The Express. — London, England, 1853-03-19 00:00:00

aJ ssrit..l ton.idetablP amusement by his reputed at. om pl• to stray away into a speech, every Inch attempt, wi n g prompqy detected, and called to order. Ile wished to IA dm law officers of tht Crown, as commis_ 0 ; pments, ecnetitmeil under the Patent Law I ....„A wn s Act, pawed in the last session of parliament, wh.ther ro of te n ts, specifications, disclaimen, &c., or tpb of pa, have been open fur this inspection of so ofilee Edinhurgh and Dublin rupee. the pubhc, at ervil by the 29tn section of the said act, te.:eli cline tutu htt the I 4 day of October last ; of shwthcr there is any intention on the part of the corn is,..omeri to introduce a bit to repeal the provisions ntorted t, in order to c.ntralise the inspection of such cwotiestivas, and the enrolment of such transcripts in yoluo. The Al fORNEY.GENERAL replied that there was so rattstwhste vet on the part of the c o mmissioners to de .stoe m„j,..ty's subjects in Scotland and Ireland of fr i ni a si z.• secured to them by the recent act with fe w; 14 wndtfK copies of specifications to Edinburgh and 1 0 ,.4, 0 , The only matter tont wos under the consideration was, how that could be dime most ton.oain...iy sad t meter iy. COPPER COIN IN THE COLONIES. xr. J. wlL•itiN was willow to correct an error into iskiei he had fa len, or at least was repreeeateil to hare ft :ca. lii answer to a question the other night, he was ri; and 10 haw: lid that gm:gents had been made for t of opprr coinsoe hor the colonies. That statement cre•trd some sus' ty U.I ate'Juut of the &fusible,s of the sa vant ; and he wts thsirous therefore to remark that if he is ,d 0 d tins," he ought to hare said " SOO tuns." (Laughter.) TIIE CLERGY RESERVES RILL. Ik hos;e7siviitg rersultrail itrlt into committee on this Upon the first elaum a debate arose, in which air old music of oppesieina to the hill were traversed by Sir J. p.;,,,c0n, Mr. Walpole, Sir F. Thesiger, Lord J. Manners, t•t.r It. IL. Inglis, and other hon. gentlemen; l a w were received with th, old weapons, in the hands of Lord John !tooted, Sir A. Cockburn, Mr. Hume and the goveram e nt ssp..orten. The incompatibility of the measure with the act of Hill, its breach of uational faith, and its mime advaat4es to the It iman catholic*. were urged on ere sine with au diminution of emphasis, and were met upon tee other with arguments in which the measure was justi g,d upon legal sad litteral gro.ande generally, and especially epos the great principle of colonial self-government, which it ea. the Jeterininat:on of the ministry to maintain. The chive was ultimately agreed to without a division ; gad the second claim after a great discussion upon a small Feint. Classe 3.—" So mach of the said act of the third and fourth years of her Majesty, chapter Hi. as charges the con. eslidated fend of the L nited Kingdom of °mat Britain and Indeed with, or authorise. any payment thireout of, the sums elided to supply such deficiency as in the said act mentioned, shall, Item and after the parsing of this act, be repriled." _ • • • • • • •• -• Lord J. RUSSELL said be wished to call the attention of th. , committee to this chine, of which he intended to move the emotion. In eider to make the motion under• stood, it woul.l neces‘ary to state all the circumstances . . con voted with it. The clert.7 reserves had for a long period been a source of contention and dispute, especially in Upper Canada, and when the imperial govern ment became 'wiliest' to effect the moms of the provinces, the reserves came again under discussion, and Lord Sydenham was so impressed with the mischief of discussion on that question, and the prospect of its being weird into a united parliament, that he wrote home to urge is die strongest terms that there should, if possible, be a settlement of the question before the act of union was Car ried into 'operation. Ile (Lied J. Russell) believed that Lsed eydenham was fully justified in the opinion he en tertained oa that subject. (Hear, hear) Ile believed that, considering the exasperation that prevailed, sad the obstinate adherence to former settlements of certain parties, if the question had been brought into the waited parliament immediately after its mumbling, there would hose been great danger that the upper and loser provinces would 'steer have been united on such terms of harmony as would have produced permanent peace tweets them. At all events, whether that opinion was right or wrong, it was shared by Lord Melbourne and him self (Lord .1. Reseed), and also by his colleagues in the cabinet. Lord Sydenhain was successful after considerable dos in procuring the paining of a bill which effected a fresh arrangement and distribution of the clergy reserves, and a final disposal of the lands. He was also in hopes that the sewn would have been able to give its assent to that act, but, on consulting the law officers of the crown at that time, they said that the provincial parliament in prescribing what the imperial parliament should do, and in coefinine it within certain limits, had exceeded its powers; sad that the consent of the crown could not be given to that act. It was necessary therefore that he (Lord J. Has sell) should introduce a bill into the House of Commons, and he introduced it as nearly as possible in the terms which Lord Sydenham had ascertained would be satisfactory to the province. But on the introduction of that bill it became apparent that if successful in that house, it would sever pass the other; and he certainly felt math ember rased by the position of affairs. He had hipped that the anion would prove, as it had sinew provad, a MUM of wealth and prosperity to the proviamea, and of strength to the United Kingdom, and was therefore much disappointed at finding that the whole work was likely to be marred by the difference of opinion that prevailed between the provinces and one houseeof the impe ril parliament on the subject of the clergy reserves. At that period the late Sir It sheet Peal, with some of his poli tical friends, endeavoured to frame the outline of an ar rangement with which he thought the government and the dumb of England, as represented in the House of Lords, might be satisfied. The outlines of that arrangement were communicated to him (Lord J. Russell) by Sir R. Peel, with an intimation that, if proposed ie the House of Commons, it would possibly meet with the assent of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the other prelates. On con sidering these terms, although he saw very clearly that they would not satisfy the province of Upper Canada—and they did not—yet the object was of sash greet importance, and he was so sanguine in hegdeg that the gooktion m ht be set at rest, that is iatrodased into the House of Commons such an ausseelmeat as be theeght would issue the support of the Archbishop of Canter bury, and lead to Oho settlement of the question. le that anticipaties be OM sable lord) was MI justified. Sir It. Peel was a most obi* supporter of the Union Bill, endue the third marling he delivered a speech of great power. There was a division, and there were but six boa. gentlemen who divided ag iinst the bill. Thus the Union Act and the Clergy Reserves Act were both carried toge ther. Now, no doubt he (the noble Wed) was wrong la bang so eugenic as he was that the final settlement sr dr question might by this means be brought atmeth Ha of presort himself, nu doubt, too confidently opus lbat mar Jett, eat he did is ,t think that he had made soy mistake la accepting the arrangement that was then made ; nor did the experience which they had bad of twelve years pesos sad contentment in Canada, aad of the increasing prom penty of that proviuce, at all convince him that he had bun wrong, or had then in any error in proposing the arrange ment that was made. On the contrary, he thought that OM prosperity and that loyalty would not have 'misted in the same degree as they haul dons, at all events, unless the question of the clergy reserves had been made the soon of legialatioa in use Imperial parliament. The boss was wed aware, for they had bad mush &erasion upon the subject that night, that the settlement made in HMO differed from the act of 1791, not wily with regard to various provisions as to the distri betas of the sum received from the clergy reserves ; but it see differed from it in having no clause expressly giving power to the provincial legislature to legislate upon that subject, and in reserving power to the Imperial Parliament to step sad preclude that legislation. On the contrary, that en proceeded on the assumption that the clergy reserves our to Is finally sold, sad pointed out the distribution of fee saw of money. It seemed to him, and he argued in the introduction of it. that, whatever was the demi- Wien they made, it ought not in any way to be seetralled by the present parliament or the sovereign; but misavosisd to support the power of the legislature of Clark to make an entirely fresh arrangement epos the Stint if they should see fit to do so. But there was one Came in that act to which he now wished to eel the attention of the bowie It was the claim by which a guarantee was given from the Consolidated Fund for 7,7001. to the clergy of the church of Lsglaad, and I,elBol. to the clergy of the church of Scot tiad. for the sums they at that time received. The Arch 8 p of Csaterbury, in making what he thought a very e•asiderable concession upon this subject, had expressed • ha , that. unless there was some guarantee, the clergy m orsel might produce so insufficient a sum that the clergy alibi pot receive the allowances which had been hitherto PIA to them. In order to quiet that sPfolthasailms a clause !Ts prepared with regard to rim payearui of this sum, by Utah It was provided that, in case of a deiciency in ths crier seems, a collateral security was to be given from the Consolidated Fund. Cpon that subject be did not coa tis himself to the question, but he trusted that the matter would be finally settled, and he thought that this security would be a perpetual guarantee to the !aura or England and the church of Ireland ' 4 the paymeut of these surer. Sir Robert Peel 1, 4 put in the saute debate, and used nearly the same ordie Ile said th at the house ought to accept the bill, as I w wore as a guarantee in perpetuity for the sums he had aentiosed. It c , rteinly struck ham (the noble lord) that. somewhat different .e toasts' from question upon because by the legislature of of the church -.a the sums they recipients, namely, of Scotland, and _a that fora con resort in any caw d by the clause terms which he 'hen the t:ate should pro- England and of the stuns et present `or J;stributiou 1 then be ode ,' thought the sad chtlicelty, Ay upon thew It might bo face, that t►ie The whole tn. deficiences in case the sums arising from the sale of the clergy reserves should not be enfikietst. That was the only we parlia ment had in contemplatiro, and thus was** only case which they were at present °guided'. Oaths ether hand, supposing that this ch arge rema i ne d apes the yedkunent et Canada, end that it p artoo k o f t h e nature of a paystual en dowment, he thought that if they were to urge that °Wow tion iu term., and to say that they would not epos te rig paving of this bill unless they (the Canadian pedlnommc &treed to the perpetual endowment of the two abarehos is the extent of the sums he had named, it would excite vat, °ponderable discontent, not only upon the grounds he led stated, and which he thought were just ones, but oa the ground that it had never before been mentioned. It was sat mentioned in the despatch of Lord Grey, which stated he thought the just and constitutional doctrine that this was a local concern There was no mention of this particular pew. vision, in the ntne manner, in the desp a t c h e t hi s no b= friend the Duke of Newcastle. There had has no quer two of this particular provision, so that he (Lysol/. Russell) thought they could hardly propose to isiondons into this bill a cormilsory clause enacting that, Mars the legislators of Canada made a provision to the eateat he lad Insothimod, they should not be at liberty to make mold= /se a dlihr ent disposition of the clergy reserves. Seeing dews dill coition and these objection', it had *tensed to the grew sent that the course freest from objection at the present time would be to propose the omission of this clause and as the same time to make a communication to Canada. The Duke of Newc utle proposed therefore—and here he (the noble lord) muu say bet ore he went further, that h e (the noble duke) had not been any party to this sort of engage mesa or understanding in 1840; but feeling with his col leagues the obligations it imposed upon them, the Duke of Newcastle proposed to write to Lord Elgin, the Governor- Neutral of Canada and state to him the difficulty—stating he him that they should not propose any other terms than those which they had already proposed ; that those terms would be strieCy adhered to on their part ; but desiring hon to lay the whole case before the pada sant of Canada, and stating to him the wish and expiator goo of her Majesty's government that they would tusks Nee provision. Ile (Lord J. Russell) did not k no w that is a matter of such difficulty they could have taken my batter course. At all events that appeared to them the sours* which was the fairest to all parties, and which could hest fulfil what they had undertaken. He thought it would not be wise at the present moment to enact this clause in the bill. Tie y proposed to place the matter entirely in the heads of the Canadian 1. gislature, and they left the act in that respect as it at 'present stood. After the commutator bees he had referred to, the Canadian parliament would be tatter able to decide upon the whole case, and be felt confident that they would decide quite justly, and at the same time take into consideration the expectations which they had formed of them. (Cheers.) Mr. MIALL bad listened to the statement of the noble lord with surprise and commiseration. (Laughter.) The noble lord in 1840, whatever might have been the nature of the moron which he had himself introduced, was obliged to receive a changeling end adopt it as his own. Although his original conceptions might be fair and honest and good, he was never able when they referred to the church to carry them into effect. (Hear, hear.) In the present case a bill had been introduced to give to the legislature of Ca nada the disposition of their clergy reserves. That bill seemed to a considerable number of members on that siee of the house to embody the principles of self-government for the colonies in all matters which affected their purely lead interests. The hill seemed to be clear and straight's'. ward, and under that impression they had given the WSW lord their hearty and zealous support, in comequeme of which the second reading was carried by a mijority of as votes. Ten days afterwards the noble lord gave the hews the first intimation of his intention to make any alterations in the measure. That evening they had beard an explaaa. lion of the circumstances which had induced him to make that alteration; and he (Mr. Miall) must confess that be could not see anything in those circumstances which did not apply when the bill was brought in. (Cheer) When the noble lord stated his intentions at the commencement of the session, aad when the Under Secretary for the Colonies gavel an outline of the measure on its introduction end en the second reading, it might have been perfectly fair, and honest, and candid, to have stated that the bill wee in tended to give effect to the principle of self government in the coloaies. at some considerable expense to the English people. (Hear, hear.) The clause, as it stood, had re ference to a contingent liability created by the Bth section of the act of 1810. That liability they had never been called upon to make good; not a single teething had been paid, the preemie of the clergy reserves having been amply suf ficient ; and, as the noble lord had well said, the guarantee was a mere collateral security. It was proposed now agave the Canadian parliament power to secularise reserves, if they pleased, and if they did that, the consolidated fund was to become chargeable to the amount of 7,9001. for the clergy of the church of England and 1,580/. for the clergy of the church of Seethed in pen petuity. (Hear, hear.) That was to say, we were to pay a certain amount of money to some power—the power that teemed to bring so much pressure to bear upon the noble lord —a sum which being capitalised would be equal to 300,0001., and upwards, in order that the Canadian legislature might deal as it pleased with its own affairs. (Cheers) The right hon. gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, had well observed the other night that there was no interest that stood so much in need of protection as the consolidated fund. When any other in terim was assailed those who had the guardianship of it were always ready to repel all such attempts; hut wh those of the church of England were in question be observed that the consolidated fund seemed to be a mat accessible and convenient instrumentality. (Cheers.) He was as willing as any one could be to make a considerable sacrifice, is order that the Canadians might enjoy what he thought they were well entitled to, the right of self goverommt. (Hear, hear.) He would also increase that sacrifice, in order that they might realise the of ject upon which they had set their hearts—namely, to throw off that ineumbratiee which had pressed so long upon the infant energies, preventing their natural development, fostering an odious spirit of exclusiveness, and setting to' gather by the ears the teachers of different denominations. To get rid of this ineumbranee he would submit to a huge sacrifice, but he did not think that the people of this country should be called on prospectively to sacrifice their hard earnings, not to give free government to the Canadians, but to satisfy the demands of sore party in this country which did not make its appearance, but operated on the mind of the government in order to obtain compromises each as was now proposed, just as Mr. Brown and Mr. Coppock compromised election matters. (Hear.) He could not see-the object of leaving oat this clause, unless it was that whatever was done of justice to the Canadians was obliged to be purchased. In continuing the guarantee, the object of the noble lord could hardly be directed to the question of religion in Canada. Lord Grey admitted that the maintenance of religious institutions was a purely local question, and if the people of Canada were not to be trusted with that they could not be trusted at all. At all events it was somewhat anomalous that we should be giving a perpetual guarantee to keep up a church in Canada which they *odd not retain unless that was done—that is to my, that the government and the church of England were de sirous that no sanction should be given to the minatory principle. That principle he (Mr. Miall) felt bound always to defand when it was attacked, and he put forward a few facts relating to that principle as it existed in North Ame rica, whisk might serve as a guide to show what it sleet isalsiones. The religious statistics of the United Mahe had lately been published by authority, and it ap peased that the =usher of churches and edifices devoted he religious worship was 36,000, or one to every 166 persons of the population. (Hear, bear.) The average number of persons who could be accommodated in them wee 384, and if they wore all filled at one tints they would hold 13,849,896 persons, being mere than one-half of the population of the United States which was estimated at 24 millions. It was calcu lated that about half a population could attend church, and here there was accimunadation for nearly two millions more than that ealcalation supposed could go at once to religious worship, The March property of the United States was 86,416,639 dollars or 17,283,3271. sterling. Dr. Bsird stated in a statistic al work that more than 3,000,0001. was raised in 1850 for religions purposes, and since then the sums raised fur those purposes had gone on in an increased ratio in each year. In the United States there was no state endowment, and there religious intolerance was almost unknown. Sir Charles LyeU in hie semen of his second visit to the United States said, "that after the severe struggle for the presidency . between Mr. Clay and Mr. Polk few Americans whom he met could tell him to what denomination either of them belonged, but he at last ascertained that one of them was an episcopalian and the other a presbyterian; but that want of knowledge did not arise from any indiffer ence to religion or want of regard for moral character, but it was akar that in the choice of a first magistrate their =Ms were :occupied by other considerations, and the segotation of political from religions feeling, though far lbws =owlet/ yet, was one of the healthy features of the washing of the American system. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Miall) =old not see why Canada should be less happy under Ace some system. He intended to oppose the withdrawal of the awe by the noble lord, because his did not see why a len shwald he saddled in perpetuity on the people of this sentry is order that Canada should have the Church of Ragland, and he should take the sense of the house upon the question. (Cheep ) Mr. V. SMITH hoped his noble friend would either not repeal the clause till he heard whether the colonise would take the gueraatee on themselves or not—or amend the clause so as ta make the guarantee the same as when the Dill was introdoo d. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ADDERLIiY eg.eed with the right hon. gentleman in much of his objection, but at She sane time he did not agree that the measure should be Mord snail an answer was received from the colonies. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER feared that his bon. friend (Hr. Adderley) did not precisely under stand the position of the question. Ht wished distinctly to repudiate tho idea of secret Influence or compromise thrown out by Mr. Miall. The proposal was on. emanat ing from the government themselves, guided by their own careful reflection on the subject it wee said they were about to pension the churches of England and Scotland in the colony perpetually out of the imperial revenues. He did not believe the colonies were so extremely delicate about receiving this kind of support; but he denied that the omission of the clause would have that effect. He was a party to the arrangement in 184 d, which was not merely a compact between this country and the colony, but one which WAS shared in by all parties in fluencing parliamentary deliberations. Distinct and formal communications had taken place between the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and the government of the day. The arrangement, was that the church in the colony should surrender certain rights; and the distinct and solo equivalent for that was the guarantee wtich it was now sought to repeal. (Hear, hear.) This was GA the proper time LA , dealing with th at gua- award. It c.rt , iinly struck him (the nob thee gran were thereby placed in a somewl illation from an Um other sums which were the clergy reserves; but it was not a qua 'hub any immediate difficulty could arise, bet wnd clause hound they had secured and the le Cristo were to secure to tie clergy of of Eaglind and of the church of Scotland tt y Welted during the lives of the Tenpin ' , SOL to the cl erg y o f the church o f Si 7 •70 W. to the clergy of the church of England. 119:e. NI rubric —lt i 59,0001. LIM J. It UsSELL.-1 t was thus evident th sideroble bun to c.me there would be no resort guarantee which was p rov id e d by !lit tho he get which we, introduced under the ten 'blamed. but with rigard to tho future, wl Intl,: tome, when the legislature of Canada th.‘t rgy of tic church of England aur Sentlan should not receive the sun kd a, o, n i to, but that there shoul d be another gun - s, it waserident that there would t 1444 ' , Poo the consolidated fund. Now, he • hea w ee one of considerable intricacy am 14 both I.:es had sated that no obligation lay t 'lity the, h mom fr wn the consolidated fund. irened, and he aereght argued with great tag "is bu t a coll a t era l security. (Hear, bear.) Ti t ' 4 oll of the clam* was to provide lot the di THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 19, 1853 nut.,, which might be said to be merely one epos paper, and one which could become a reality but in the con- tingency of the Canadian legislature proceeding to secu larise the clergy reserves. If they did not do so, the gua rantee would continue one merely on paper; if they did, then would be the time for the ministry of the day to deal with the guarantee ; and even in th a t even t th e lives of in cumbents would have to drop, ten or fifteen years hence, before the g tee could come iato force. (Hear, hear.) and d e question of tion of the guara n t ee w one exclusively British ; embarrassment arising out of it ought to apply to this country alone, and ought not to affect the colony. Seeing that the guarantee could only become operative in the two contingencies he had pointed out, that was a strong reason for separating the question of the guarantee altogether from that of the clergy reserves. (Hear, hear.) They were as distinct as any two questions that could be named. Is the event of the question of the guarantee arising, some arrangement might be come to with the churches of England and Scot land ; bat how could they go and ask those churches now to accede to such an arrangement, when the contingency had not arisen ? To do so would be to assume that the Canadian legislature would secularise the reserves, which they professed, in advocating this bill, not to believe. (Hear.) He was confident that the arrangement of 1640 was one highly beneficial to the colony; but the good faith of this country would forbid it, of having given this gua rantee, to proceed precipitately to its withdrawal. (Hear.) He felt that the gouts, pursued by his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) w► the beat that could be adopted. The pica notes bed been given in all good faith, and they ought not to proceed precipitately to ice removal. (Hear.) Mr. FIUME reminded the right hon. gentleman that he ought to be the defender of the Consolidated Fund. (Laughter.) If the clause was now to be withdrawn, why was it ever brutish% into the bill ? It appeared they were going to surrender the property applicable to the sup port of the church, and still to retain their liabilities. (Hear, hear.) Much was said of the influence used by the Duke of Wellington, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and others, in 1840; he was sorry :bat those individuals had ever had so much influence. There was no hurry with this measure ; is a few days they would have an answer from Canada, and he thoir.,lit the suggestion to wait till then a very good one. Nothing would render the church in the colonies more unpopular than to make it a pensioner on the imperial revenues. No leis than fourteen bills had been brought in at different times in the Canadian legislature for appropriating these reserves; and it WAS certain to be done sooner or later; and hence the impolicy of parting with the property and cnntinuing to give the guarantee. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI, who ruse amidst loud cries of " Divide," min this clause had been introduced along with the bill, to which it was stated mature consideration had been given. There were only three clauses in the bill; and the proposal to withdraw this clause did not ex hibit that itatesmanlike management of business which might be expected from the present government The first clause had been affirmed ; the second war a mere parenthesis ; the third was to be omitted. (Hear, hear.) He could only infer from the incongruous statement, and incompatible reasoning he had lately heard, that there had bean a change of policy— l aughter ) — and on the subject of this third clause, he should like to appeal to the First Com missioner of Works. (Great laughter.) Did the right hon. gentleman give his cordial concurrence to the proposal of has colleagues to abandon this clause ? (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for Aberdeen had said there was no doubt the reserves would be secularised by the Catadian legislature ; and seeing that a despatch had just been sent out by the colonial minister, referring the matter to their decision, he thought it would hi more than decorous, it would be satisfactory, to wait till an answer was returned to that despatch. Notwithstanding the glowing description given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the care taken in the preparation of the bill, ha thou.:ht the beat course, after what had taken place, would be to move that the chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord J. Rosen, and Mr. Hymn in explanation, Mr. BRIGHT said it appeared to him that there seemed to be some considerable difference of opinion in the gum meat on this subject. (Hear, hear.) The light hon. gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had at least dis cussed the subject with a vivacity which the Roble lord the member for London could not at all summon up. (Hear, bear.) But that, perhaps, was not to be wondered at, eee ing that the right hon. gentleman was a trustee and a mag nate of that antiquated society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. (Laughter.) The right hon. gen tleman said that there was a solemn compact with reference to this clause. There might have been such a compact to which a few individuals were parties, but neither the peo ple of England nor the people of Canada were parties to it. (War, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL—It was mentioned in parliament. Mr. BRIGHT—Even if it were, were they in 1&53 to be bound by the opinion that prevailed in 1840 ? (Hear.) It was said that this was not the time for discussing the ques tion of the guarantee. It was the very time to do so, as any man of business would see at once, because here were two parties liable for 9,oool.—the clergy reserves of Canada end the consolidated fund of England, and it was now pro posed to give up the former security and to make the con solidated fund liable for the whole. (Cheers.) This was the very time, therefore, to see that this matter was properly and justly arranged. (Hear, hear.) If they were to be bound by what took place ten years ago would not people tan years hence, referring to the proceed ings which were now taking place in respect to this subject, ask; how can you, after the declarations made by the ministers of the crown, abandon the engagements eslemnly entered into by the ministry of 1853 ? (Hear, hear.) but it appeared doubtful to him whether there was any gua rantee at all, and he did not know that there was any mode by which the consolidated fund could be called on to pay. If. would vote in favour of the clause, because it put out of all question any doubt as to the liability. (Hear, hear.) He considered it use of the most impudent propo sitions ever made to parliament, to propose that the people of this country, who were not in half the condition of independence that the people of Canada were in, should contribute one farthing to establish any party or sect three or four thousand miles off on the other side of the Atlantic. (Cheers.) The noble lord had often honest and just conceptions of public ques tions, but he wanted the grasp or the vig.ear to carry them through this house, or tether through the other house of parliament. (Hear.) If the noble lord would rely more on !that wasjust and what could be safely recommended to the honest opinions of the people of this country, he would meet with an amount of support greatly than he calculated on, and which would much facilitate the passing of hie measures through parliament. (Hear, hear.) It was perfectly absurd and mere childishness to ask the Canadian legislature, who in common with the Cana- 1 dish people wanted to get rid of this question, whe ther they would undertake a guarantee which they never entered into; and such an idea partook of • simplicity which he did not think was ever to be found in a member of a cabinet. (t. Hear, hear," and laughter.) This was a question, not between them and the Canadian legislature, but between them and the established church of Canada. Looking at the question in this light, and considering that it was one on which a decision should be come to, he would vote against the amendment of the right hon. gentleman (Mr Disraeli) and in favour of the motion of the hon. mem ber for Rochdale. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI having withdrawn his amendment, Sir G. GREY said he wished, before the house came to • vote on the main question, to state the grounds on which he would vote for the omission of the clause. He was dis posed to take the same view of the nature of the guarantee which was taken by the boo. member for Manchester. Like him he was disposed to regard the guarantee as • bows fide guarantee. The consolidated fund was given as security for any deficiency, if the reserves fell below 7,0001. for the clergy of the church of England, and 1,6001. for the church of Scotland. The Canadian legislature getting by this bill the same power of dealing with these reserves which the imperial parliament possessed, there was the same possibility of a deficiency existing now. To the limi ted extent of making up that deficiency he was prepared to go, and in that limited sense, and that alone, he would vote for the omission of the clause. (Hear, hear.) The committee then divided— For the clause Against it The clause was consequently struck out. The house then resumed. The third reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill was fixed by Lord J. Russell for Monday 11th April. LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Lo&D ADVOCATI this bill, the ob jutqf which was to assimilate the law of evidence in Scot land to that of England, w►v read a second time. SHERIFFS' COURT (SCOTLAND) BILL. The order for the second reading of this bill wu read and discharged. MERCIIANT SHIPPING. istotronoitirTaltlTlVila.,a resolution was in committee of the whole house for altering the CI Misting to merchant shipping, and a bill founded thereon ordered to be brought in. RETURNS ORDERED. On the motion of Mr. F. SCULLY, return stating the names of the schools under the management of the Com missioners of Education in Ireland, and where situated, with the number if boys in each, on the Ist day of May, 1862, and the number of boys taught in each school gratis in each year for the last four years, ending the 31st day of December, 1862 (in continuation of parliamentary paper, No. 607, Of session 1849). On the motion of Mr. L. KING :—Alphabetical list *fall election petitions presented during the present mein; showing the names of the places, names of members pen tined against, the dates of presentation, and petitions to i defend rrrrr as ; end in what manner any of suck p..titions may have been disposed of; whether by the sureties to the rengninnees being repotted as objectionable, or by being withdrawr ; with the dates of the reports and such withdrawals, or otherwise, together with the names of the agents: returns of all reports, special reports, and determinations or resolutions of any election committees reported to this house : of the names of all members who have been unseated, and for what causes they have been so unseated ; and of the names of all places the writs for which have be en suspended, and to what dates they have been so suspended, the whole of the above returns to be made complete up to Easter. On the motion of Mr. DRUMMOND, address fur return of the number of lunatic, fatuous, in-ane, or impotent per sons confined in each parish in Scotland, stating the places where confined, and the cost paid the support of the same. NATIONAL GALLERY. Col. MILE nr)ved that the select committee on the National Gallery do consist of 17 members :—Col. Mere, Mr. Lain). .chere, Mr. Chartoris, Mr. Stirling, Mr. Raikea Currie, Mr. Manes, Mr. Marshall, Lord Seymour, Mr. Vernon, Lord Brooke, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Baring Wall, &r William Moleswurth, Mr. Hardinge, l Lord Graham. and Mr. Hamilton. Mr. HUME suggested the postponement of the nomina tion till after Easter. Mr. D. SEYMOUR objected to the proposed eonstitutioo of the 'matinee, on the ground that it included no mem bers who bad expressed an opinion adverse to the removal of the pictures to Kensington. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said the great point was, to have on the committee gentlemen who understood paintings. Colonel MURE said Mr. Baring Wall was put in nomina tion expressly because be was the leader of the party who opposed the removal in 1860. &r J. PAKINGTON must remind the house that the question was not purely one of fine art, a great outlay of money being involved. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD intimated his intention to move the addition of Mr. D. Seymour's name after Easter. The motion was then agreed to. WATERFORD ELECTION PETITION. Mr. VANCE, in the a since and on behslf of Mr. White- side, moved that the evidence taken by the committee ap pointed to try the county of Waterford election petition be laid en the table of the house.—Agreed to. The house adjourned at one o'clock. Pataa•—Jtw Pack. against, with Mr. T. Smith, tor; L"rd Senham, against, with Mr. Evelyn Deni-on, for; Colonel Pennant, against, with Mr. Corbally, for. gut. eirortl. ltt I)IZ!iIiSPONDENTS. -eand Edition .1" The Empress," eontaning the mac even" .a cdaette," in pl.i.liatted tray Tae day asul time tr. 14114. & , wernent.• mended ror ••Tbe Eames," Union Ececing pletet, tn.ih. he at the (alma, loaceetieetinet, by Two o'clock on be icy of publication. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ton Dar—Manrite, Oa. sea.. Afternoon, th. 41et. fanonnow—Morning, 25 Artornso4 14go. FRANCE. TELBORAPIi.] PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING. The customs duties hare been fixed or modified as follows: Minerals of every kind except brimstone, by French vessels or by land, exempt; by foreign vessels, lfr. the 100 kilos. Racks de reglisse, by French vessel., exempt; by foreign vessels and by rand, 2fr. the 100 kilos. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The budget was presented to-day to the Legisla tive Assembly; the estimated expenditure exceeds the receipts by 1,388,630 francs, notwithstanding the long desiierattd. equilibrium. Francesco and Rasa Mailiai were suffered to em bark on Wednesday lost from Leghorn for Mar seilles. There wan a complete panic at the Boirse to-day, which lasted tilt nearly the close. The Three per Cents., which were quoted yesterday at 81, and even alter business hours so high as 81.10, fell to 79.60. Ihe obstensible cause of this enormous decline was a rumour that the English fleet had cutcaed the Dar danelles. This report, uftcr a little reflection, was considered as a mere stock exchange invention, but it was still very generally believed that after the arrival of Prince Meutshikoff in Constantinople, the English charge d'affaires there had sent to Multi for the fleet iu case the Sultan should require support. This, order, how ever, supposing it to have been issued at all, must have been sent prior to the resignation of Fuad Effendi, and the acceptance by the Porte of the ulti matum to which that minister objected. This con- Aderation went far to tranquillise the minds of the speculators, and within the last quarter of an hour numerous purchases strengthened the market, and the Threes closed at 80.35. _ _ The Marriteur announces that the Emperor has just named the Marquis Target, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, as Ambassador at the Court of Spain, in place of General Aupick, lately nominated senator. The Emperor and Empress went last night to the Cirque on the Boulevar d s, to see " Massena, l'Enfant Cheri i e la Petrie," an equestrian military spectacle, which has had a great run. The Empress appeared delighted with the performance, so much so indeed that the Emperor, with unmistakeable gesticulation, frequently signified to her that her naive manifesta tions of pleasure were too demonstrative. About 200 private soldiers were present, and it is worthy of remark that the whole garrison of Paris has been in succession marched to see this piece, their places being paid for by the govern , ment. Although the drama is calculated to awaken warlike feelings in the bosoms of the soldiery as con nected with the name of Napoleon, it must in fair ness be stated that it concludes wit hl a special moral pointing to peace. The drop scene at the end repre sents Napoleon L, pointing through a cloud to the rising figure of Napoleon 111., and exclaiming, "Frenchmen, I wished to give you peace, but could not ; there is my successor, who will give it you." The affair of the Countess de Solms came before the civil tribunal of the Seine yesterday in a new form. Messrs. Cerf and Michel had furnished the Countess in October last with cashmere shawls to the value of 4,000 fr., of which they had re ceived I,ooofr. on account. Believing her to be a member of the imperial family, they had no anxiety about the payment of the balance, but when she was expelled from France as a foreigner and imposter, they became uneasy, and brought an action against her for the 3,000 fr., at the same time taking her furniture in execution upon wane process, a right which the law gives a Frenchman against a foreigner. M. Berry er applied to the court to set aside the execution, upon the ground that, not withstanding the arbitrary order of expulsion by the Minister of Police, the Countess de Solms was really a Frenchwoman by marria;e, if not indeed by birth, which he contended, as a supplementary argument, that she was. M. Berryer asserted that the Coun tess de Solms was no adventurer, but the legitimate child of Mdlle. Bonaparte, the daugkter of Lucien Bonaparte, by her marriage with Mr. Wyse. Her husband, M. de Selma, was born in France. He was the grandson of a German, who had quitted his country to reside in France, so long ago as 1792-93. M. Berryer produced documentary evidence to show that as soon as M. de Solms attained the age of 21 he had been inserted by the Mayor of Strasburg on the list of young men liable to be drawn for the army, that he had since filled many public functions, and that on the 25th of Feb. 1848, he, conjointly with M. de Basun°, was employed to furnish provi sions for the troops then in Paris. Having thus, as he contended, proved conclusively M. de Solm's na tionality, he had shown enough to satisfy the court that his wife could not now be excluded from her privileges as a Frenchwoman by a declaration of her husband that he was a foreigner, a declara tion which he, M. Berryer, asserted M. de Selma had been bribed to make. This assertion called forth an energetic denial from the imperial:ad vocate, to which M. Berryer replied that he would discuss that paint on a future occasion. The argu ment for the Minister of Police was simply that M. de Selma, although born in France, had never made the declaration required: by the Code Napoleon from children of foreign parents, in order to show their election of a French nationality. The Court held that the Countess de Semis bad not proved herself to be a Frenchwoman, and refused to set ' aside the execution on her furniture. The following aro the latest quotations received to-day by telegraph :—Berliu : Emp. Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1031; ditto, Three-and-a-Half, 931. Rink, lon Frankfort : Emp. d'Aut. Threo per Cen's., 97; ditto Pow-And-a-Half, 781; ditto Threes, 521. Bank, 1543. Spanish Three per Cents., 441. Belgian Four-and-a-Half, 991. Vienna: Metallique Five per Cent., 941; Emp., 1851, loot Lombardo Venetian, 100. Bank, 1,428. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19. Tin debate last night on the Canada Clergy Re serves Bill is not much calculated to raise the Govern ment in the estimation of the country. In the days when the Church of England in Canada had everything its own way, certain lauds in that colony were sold and the proceeds were invested, tor the benefit of present and future clergymen of the Churches of England and Scotland. Cinder one Act of Parliament referring to inch arrangements, it was enacted that if in any year the defined arrange ment of Canada Land Sales did not produce 9,2801. a year for the two favoured Churches in that Colony the deficiency should be made up out of the Consolidated Fund : or in other words, out of the pockets of the taxpayers in England. When we got a Ministry, like the pre sent, sufficiently liberal to take in hand the grievances of our North American Colonies, with a view to their settlement on a broad and liberal basis, the bill was drawn which has been of late before the House of Commons. The third clause of that bill ran thus : So much of the said act of the third sad fourth years of her blejesty, chapter 78, as charges the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland with, or authorises any payment thercout of. the semi needed to supply such deficiency as in the said act men tioned shall from and after the pawing of this act be re pealed. On Monday night, however, Lord lons RUSSELL came down to the House and proposed to withdraw this third clause. Much surprise was very naturally excited by such a step on the part of the Leader of the House of Commons. . Mioisterialists asked what it meant—Derbyites in quired whether the chance could be worked to damage the government—and neutrals saw suddenly one of those mysterious whispering and explanatory side talks which often accompany a ministerial scrape. The Ministers had put a bill on the table of the House, and had earned it through a second reading, before they found out that foolish friends or crafty foes had put them iuto a position from which it was their interest to slip as soon as pos sible. The Bill had been drawn to carry the whole question broadly , through the English Legislature. Canada had asked justice and an English Ministry was content, nay, ready, to grant It. The whole question of the lands in dispute was to be very pro perly handed over to the Canadian Parliament, to be finally settled as that body may hereafter think best. Suddenly, however, it was found that the third clause of the Bill—very properly inserted to carry out these wise views—would interfere with certain clerical interests in this country. England had been long ago induced—to speak iu plain English—to endorse a clerical acceptance for some nine thousand a-year for ever—becoming liable for the whole of that amount should any future interference with the land sales prevent Canada from meeting the said clerical engagements made in times when Canada had little voice in such bargains. The passing of the Bill now before the House of Commons will very properly hand over to the Canadian Parliament not a portion but the entire management of the Reserved Lands. The probabilities are, that those lands will be applied to educational and such other purposes as the needs of the country may seem ,most to require. In fact they are likely to be secularised. In that use the upshot, in all probability, will be the fixing of the English people with the payment of about 9,2801. a year, for the support of Clergymen of the English and Scottish Churches in North America. Some politi cians do not hesitate to state their belief that this sacrifice of the third clause of the bill is an offering at the shrine of the Bench Of Ilishoes ; others strive to get the Cabinet out of their fix by declaring such a clause to be unnecessary, and putting the blame of its insertion on the shoulders of ministerial subordinates. Cer tain it is however that such a clause was in, and ought to be retained in, the bill, or to be replaced by some equally sufficient arrangement for securing this country hereafter from the cost of finding spiritual pastors for a colony who are to have given them the whole property and control of their own church lands. All Lord JOHN RUSSELL could last night say afforded bat poor comfort,but, practically, the question seems to resolve itself into this : Shall we do an act of justice to Canada at a possible risk to our selves of having to pay 9,0001. a-year ? The answer to this question is much simplified when we recollect that Canada had nothing what ever to do with fixing any such possible liability upon ns. The English Parliament alone gave the guarantee now hanging so painfully over our shoal ders—aad gave it clearly as an offering to the Eng lish and Scottish Churches. The Canadians did not make the bargain we are now likely to suffer from, and therefore, as a matter of justice and policy, we caa scarcely plead our own past follies as reason enough for any present or future injustice to our Canadian brethren. We may, however, and ought, to protest most loudly against anything like • per manent charge on English tax-payers for Canadian clergymen. If Canada wants her pulpits filled, she may very fairly be asked to pay their occupants. Doubtless the clerical bodies charged with the patronage of this 9,0001. a year will say we cannot remove any such incubus. They will affirm our arrangements to be, like the laws of the Medea and Persians, un changeable; but selfish pleas never deceive very long, and this one will be viewed in its right light, and be, some day, dealt with accordingly. State endow ments are distasteful enough when they have antiquity to quote in their favour, and when their recipients are men of our own country—living and working zealously amongst us. But to think that any State endowment founded on a temporary Mi nisterial expediency, unsanctioned by any clearly ex pressed will of the nation, and payable for the bene fit of a distant people fully able to cater for their own spiritual wants—to think, we say, that any such new State endowment could become permanently irksome, is to ignore the whole growth of modern intelligence amongst us and to disbelieve the power of justice to secure right. A Ministry of Coalition seems necessarily a Ministry of Compromise, and that spirit seems to have reached the settlement of the Canada Clergy Reserve question. But since this Cabinet of Lord ABERDEEN is the only one that has had honesty enough and courage enough to offer our Canadian colonies the management of their own waste church lands, it would be merely play ing the game of the Detbyites to stop the measure, because we are already liable. to n charge of a few thousands a year. It was doubt less a feeling of this sort that secured Lord JOIIN ItussELL his majority of 6s last night. Let us give Canada her own, and then go to work to see that she pays for her own spiritual teaching. SPAIN. The Espana of the 11th states that the majority of the committee of the Senate, chosen to report on the representation made by Marshal Narvaez, are agreed, and that M. Arrazola is charged to draw up the report in his own name, and in the names of the Duke de Rivas, M. Pena Aguayo, and the Count de Lucena. General Laureano Sans and the Marquis de la Pezuela will present a proposition of their own. M. Fernando de Balboa has been confirmed in the post of Governor of the province of Grenada. Pre parations are being made for embarking 1,000 men to fill up the vacancies in the army of Cuba. There are at present nine regiments of cavalry on duty in Madrid sod the environs; this force is, it is said, to be increased in the spring. GERMANY. The booksellers of Cologne have now received an intimation from the police that the " Introduction" of Gervinus is contraband. The tribunal to which the booksellers of Konigsberg appealed when the book was confiscated there, has cnniirmed the act of the police, and declared the book to be illegal. The Second Chamber of Prussia adopted, on the 14th, by a majority of 161 to 137, the second and last reading of the bill for prolonging parliaments from three to six years, after the close of the present legislative period. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Munich, 12th, states that an English colonel (the name is not given) had a few days before been expelled from that city. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople of the 3rd state that the Turks were to restore the hostages and prisoners made in the Montenegrin war, and the Montene grins were to surrender the guns taken from Zabljak and Cladine. The Austrian and Russian commissions in Montenegro are said to have impressed upon Prince Daniel the necessity of abstaining from acts which might justify Turkey in resuming hostilities. THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BRIGITTON.—BM(iII TON, MAttett 18.—After our parcel was despatehe: list night by the last train the coroner (F. H. Ciell, E.^ .) ran tinned his invecinntion fora couple of hours at the I'(r -minus Tavern, Queen's road, and after heariiv.; a .Tric a.!di tional evidence, the jury di cided on canine for the evisiecee ors government inspector, and the inquat was then ad journed. THE'RELEASE OF THE MADIAL In the House of Commons last night —as will be seen by our report—it was announced by Lord John Russell that the Madiai, whose imprisonment for reading the Bible has excited so wide an interest in the protestant world, have been released. This re sult may be said to be entirely due to the spirited exertions of the friends of religious liberty in this ,country, where alone the Buff. rings of the Medial gained anything like that practical sympathy which does not content itself with mere words, but makes 'exertion for the relief of those whom it regards as suffering from oppression. The exact terms of Lord John Russell's explanation on this subject are worth repetition. Speaking of the conduct of the Austrians in Lombardy he stated: "'The government had received information that the Grand ])uke of Tuscany had liberated the Madiai—(loud cheers)—and that they had embarked at Leghorn and left Tuscany." • Ine Court. Yesterday was the birthday of the Princess Louisa. The Duchess of Kcut arrived at an early hour in v.e morn ing, accompanied by the Princess Ad.daide of llohealobe, to pay a visit of congra'ulation to her MAjesty. The Queen Rave a juveot:e party in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchets of Nemoun and three children, and the Prince and Priwess Augustus of Saxe Cobuurg with tour childrin, waived at three o'clock. The Duchess of Sutherland and four children, Madame Van de Weyer and two children, the Countess of Shaftesbury and four daughters, the Cuuntest of Desert and two children, Lady Alfred P..get and one daughter, and four children of the family of Mr. Farquharseti act incur cauld, had also she honour of beim; invited. The Duchess cf Kent and the Prine,M Adelaide of Hohenlohe Mal arrived at the Palace in the atteriman. M. Houdin attended and had the honurofp7ifurming in the Picture Gallery, in the press nee of hi r and Prince Albert, who were ac onipani,il by tte Princess Louisa, the Prince of Weirs, the Vrinecie ituyal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice and Helena. unit Prince Arthur, and also by the distinguished time as,einb!ed in the Palace. Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Captain de Res, ho noured the Baron Maroc:anti with a visit IA his studio in Onaluvr-square yesterday morning. The Queen hard a dinner party la•t evenirc at Bucking ! ham Palace. Tee company included the Duethess of Kent, the Prince Augustus of Saxe Cubutg, the Princsos Adelaide of liehenlobe, the Duchess of Sutherland, the liarin and Baroness Brunnow, the Caunt and Countess Lavrsdirr, the Marquis de Louie', Lade Fanny Howard, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the karl of C arendon, E Montrose, Viscount Palmerston, Sir John Mei-schen, and Lady Caro line Barrington. A deputation from Chelmsford respecting the case of the cocvict Saunders, under sentence el death, had au icter view yesterday with Viscount Palmerston, at the Mame office. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Thomas Marriage, John Candler, William Impey, and Aug. Sirters. A deputation upon the subject of the duty upon soap, with reference to the trade in palm oil (ruin Africa, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Esehel i var )estarday at his official residence in Downing street. The depute. tion consisted of Mr. James Aspivalu Tobin erode Mr. George Mendell, accompanied by Mr. Cuarles Turner, member for Liverpool. Mr. James Caird had an interview with the Duke of New castle yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord Stradbroke had an interview with Viscount Pal merston yesterday. Colonel Freestun, M.P., had also an interview with thu noble viscount at the H(aut.-. Wee. A deputation on the subject of the Peebles lt vlway Bill had an interview with the Right Bon. E. CI.I dwell ys ster day at the Baud of Trade. The deputation consisted of Sir Graham Montgomery, Bart., M.P., Sir Adam Huy, and Mr James Badd, parliamentary agent. Mr. John Wand, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mt. Pressly, had nu interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yest relay. Sir Alexander Spearman had also an interview with the right hon. gen tleman. --- Adeputation from the Commissioners of Pavements, of Rotherhithe, consisting of the Rev. E. Blink (rector); Meters. Ilackwood, Ravenhill, and W. Cris:J.l, Mr. Kelsey (surveyor), and Mr. H. S. Hawks (cleric), had an interview with Sir William Molesworto ye:terilay, at the office of Works and Public Buildings, in Whitehall Palace. Mr. Edwin Wignall, of Birmingham, and Mr. R. Spencer had an inter-iew with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home Office. Despatches were received at the Colonial Offlce yesterday from the Governors of the Cape rf Uoed Hope, New South Wales, South Australia, and New Z,aland. Despatches were bent yesterday to the Governor-General of Canute, and the Governors of the other North American pro vinces. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. • ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 17.—The Quen has been pleased to appoint the lion. Mary Hu:tee] to be one of the Maids of Honour in ordinary to her Majesty, in, the room of the lion. Amelia Mal ilda Murray, resigned. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, 111Ancn 17.—The Quell has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Amelia M4tilda Mur ray to be Extra Maid of Honour to her Maj. sty. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 18.—The Queen kW been plowed to make the following appointments fur the island of Mauritius, via.:—Henry Collett Bury, Esq., to be muter of the Supreme Court; Philip Down Souper„ Esq., to be registrar of the Supremo Court ; Onezitau Des marais, Henry Maxwell Self, Henri Bruneau, Jules Virieux, Noma Gclfroy, John Audersou Itobertsun, Charles Robert Telfair, Thorny Huddle, and Esenor Dupont, Esqs., to be district magistrates; Uu tave Gireaudeati and Charles St. Felix, Esq.., to be clerks to the cuu:t at Port Louis ; Evariste Genet, Esq., to be clerk to the court at Pamplemousses; Charles Telfair, Esq., to be clerk to the court at ltiviere du Rempart; Alfred Montocchie, Esq., to be clerk to the court at Flory.; Jacques Charles Uodre, Esq., to be clerk to the court at Maltebourg ; Henry Drai ning, Esq., to be clerk to the court at Savanne ; Edward Mangeot ' Esq., to be clerk to the court at Black River ; William Lavers, Esq., to be clerk to the court at Muka cum Plaines Wilhems ; F. Herchenroder, Esq , to be chief clerk to the registry of t h e Supreme Court. THE RECENT DOUBLE INFANTICIDE AND SUICIDE AT BRICITOL —" BaISTOL, FILIDAT, SIAW7II 18. Tim coroner's inquest on the !miles of the unf.rtunate man Tucker and his two children, of whose murder and suicide I sent you a brief outline yesterday, was held this morning at the Portcullis Tavern, Wellington-terrsce,Clifto.i, before 1 J. B. Griudon, Esq., coroner, and a highly role ct►blc jury. The horrible affair had mitt d an intense amount of in terest in the neighbourhood, and long before the liras Sled for the commencement of the inquiry the inquest-room was crowded by persons anxious to bear the prociediugn. The jury, after bearing evidence which showed that Tucker was deranged, returned a verdict " That the d ceased, Isaac Tuckcr, destroyed himself and his children while in a fit of insanity." CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—A quarterly p natal meeting of the members of this society was held, under the presidency of Lord Ranelaeli, on Thursday after noon at the Freemasons' Tavern. The report stated that the society met with continued success. The total number of shares issued up to that time had been nearly 3,000, representing a capital of 150,0001., on which upwards of 20,0001. had been paid. Siuce the last quarterly meeting the committee had effected the purchase of three bites— one at Hounslow, close to the station on the South Wes tern Railway ; another at Woodgreen, Tottenham, botweea the Great Northern and the Eastern Counties Railways ; and a third between Hertford and Ware. They hid been very anxious to obtain sites in other counties besides Mid dlesex, Hertfordshire, and East Surrey, in accordance with wishes expressed by many of the shareholders, and would do so with as little delay . as possible. With this view they had inspected 90 estates in various party of the country; 514 shareholders had now been ploced on the order Si rights, and the estates purchased were more than sufficient to satisfy that number, even if all the holders selected lot from the present property. Some of the allotments had been sold at a premium of from 201. to 301. BURFORD'S PANoasus.—Mr. Burford has a new picture at his ever-changing and ever-attractive rooms is Leieetter-square. This time Geoffrey Crayon's Sketch book is to be taken with us. and we are to enjoy a sight of the city of Granada and the Alhambra. As always with Mr. Burford and Mr. Selous the painting is very fine ; and it will be admitted, at the first thought, that a better sub ject for a panoramic establisument could not have beet Iselected. There is not only in this case the splendid , and striking view of the picturesque Ssracenie I town, placed in the midst of the msguificert Vega; Granada is of all European cities the metropolis of me dimes,' romance. We will not quote from Mr. Burford'e descriptive letter.prer, in which he impresses on us Andes l 1 • usian history—we recommend Geoffrey Crayon, as before mentioned, an hour with Mr. Ford, and then a tour to Leicester-square. Among the visitors at tho private view ! yesterday was the Duke (with the Duchess) of Wellinetun, who inherits from his lather the estate of the Soto de 11t...ma, which is in the neighbourhoed of Granada. A JUDGE CAUGHT NAPPING, AND AFTERWARDS • %TNT AT POST.—Me. Justice Williams was the other day on the Great Western Riilway, b nand for Oxford. Hie lordship, possibly fatigued by the forensic eloquence so la ! vishly di-played by learned gentlemen when ou circuit, very speedily surrendered himself to ale, p ; the pMeury of which Jury be imagined, when we state that tie did not awake till the train reacred Steventon. This was an awkward affair. Ili* 11-rdship was wanted at Oxford, unit thither he must pr ceed—hut how ? l'ost-horses have not been know* ' Kure the rail opened, and there was no conveyance but the mail cart. Stein necessity knows no law, and judicial dierity, arcustomed to state prociesions, pondered footmen, and luxurious carriages, had to be content with the rough trip of a country pestrnae. Jeliu ' ignorant of the rank of his travelling companion, indulged his gossipping propensity to a gre t! extent ; it so happened that a recent assize trial, in which he bad been ereicerned, was fresh in his recollee tion, and as the decision was contrary to his views, he took his revenoe of judge, bar, and jury, in no measured terms, roswing the utmost contempt for the institution of trial by jury, and giving it as his well-grounded opinion that all lawyers were rogues—the biggest of the it's always having the most luck. The judge, doubtless, enjoyed the fun; hut the poor postman was naralysid when he afetrwards learnt the name and profession of his ae.ricuNhed ream ' ger.— Ezetxr Thing Post. 1 I