The Express. — London, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

i 4 determined upon:—Mr. Manta, Mr. Bouverie, sirj,•lm Yule Buller, Mr. Deedee, Sir G. orze Grey, Mr. tioulloirn. Mr. Freidifielii, Sir Georae Strickldnd, Lord Sir William nay, Mr. lt , iliert l'almer, Lord • Gio-etime, Lord Stanley, Mr. Dunham Carter, and • L re. Me WPC adjourned at a quarter to one. PAIRS ON C. Eur llaa. Henry Rorkelcy. Mr (7, 4"•.. faurot* reenea• Mr. icier. II a linsirel Amon. m r Mr Thoreely. Mr J. Mr. J. Maria. . M.waslay. M r 0 11. IleatLeote. Mr 0.10:ra. Mr. S•sriinir. 11 . r . J. Wortley Mr. Heywood ,NADA BILL. Against. Lord Brooke. Lord Worcester. Sir J. 'null. Sir T. Herbert. lion. F. Villiers. Loril Lewisham. Mr. Fuller. Mr. W. Long. Mr. Cabhell. Sir Charles Burrell. Colonel Sihthorp. lion, Mr. Buncombe. Mr. W. Cuhitt. Sir A. Campbell. L nd Annesley. Sir A. Brooke. EsVioziegji. TU cor.s9.BrozioaNts. lam"' eane-.:aisec the i.nme ewnirife I. rut:en. .1 ar.t, Ulan, sal re-ta) rigitt, in tir. e rx. tem,. t MUM C. cnini pslwr. . tio,serfm.Wzoo, Is Two 0 . ...:0ui1i da A • . 40( 1:1011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR. nri• DA s--•!wsl.r. 4.1 ....JP...mm.5. 4 3! 5. 41s. 45 A..........Aftern0w1. sr. um. L').VDO,-, TUESDAY, APRIL 12. Ir is very curious to watch how the House ell Commeus allot the time ut their disposal to the dis cussion of the manifold topics which come before thew. Whiirt at times an hour seems almost grudg ingly given to the consideration of things affecting the comfort and the lives of thousands—any num her of whole nights are often devoted to fighting over and over again ground which the public regard as little important or interesting, and the value of which is only . seen when the partisan relation of the subjects in debate is carefully scanned. Last nights di-suasion affords an instance in point, when several valuable hours were wasted upon a talk fur the tive hundredth time about that lively topic,— the Canada Clergy Reserves. As long ago as the days of Fox the real nature of this ques tion was put plainly before Parliament, and ever and anon since that time successive Houses of Comnions have been indulged with the pros and cons of the subject until it is worn as utterly threadbare* as the dreariest topic that ever added new dulness to the discussion of an unripe &bating club. 'Vet now that Canada has grown strong enough to render the longer denial of justice not only inexpedient, but even dangerous— now when the friends of liberty and progress in this country have so far overconte difficulties of all kinds as to secure the passage of a Bill on this subject even to a tb' tit reading,—up starts Mr. WALPOLE with an amendment intended to postpone once more an act of simple justice, even at the risk of danger to the rela tions of the mother country with her most important American Wetly. The reason, of course, was that Mr. IVatrote thinks partisan It...lick-II capital is to be had heat the strife. He thinks that the dccrepid party who wish is London to set the faith and regu late the affairs of the men of Canada will be gratified by his efforts. He clearly supposes that the Tory party of which he modestly claims to be a light, are bound to protest against religious equality on the other side of the Atlantic—for the opposition to the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill really amounts to that: It has been over and over again shown that our American fellow•subjects are quite able to take care of their own interests and their own affairs. It has been demonstrated by successive votes of their Provincial Parliament that they are fully resolved to have the control of their own Canadian church lands. What common sense man can blame them ? Who—remem- Luling how GEORGE 111. and his htinisters lost the United States—can on any common sense principles explain the Destuvrre interference with this act of justice to Canada? On no rational ground is the Tory opposition explicable—and, only by supposing that for party-purposes one section of the House of Commons are ready to forget everything , but party, can we understand tie devotion of still another night of valuable time to a Parliamentary , discussion on the Bill that proposes to let Canada have the management of her own lands, reserved for teaching her own people. After the many brilliant speakers who •have in times heretofore addressed themselves to the discussion of this subject, no one will be surprised to learn that Mr. WALPOLE'S ha rangue seemed limp, weak, confused, and unne cessary. 'The House was for a long time thin and dull, and a looker-on could well feel how heavy a penalty men sometimes pay for the privilege of being ligislators—when their duties include the listening to such harangues as some of last night. In the early part of the evening Lord JOHN Res mt., in reply to a Tory question, explained that the "Government had not asked for tho written opinion of the law officers of the Crown, but he had men the law officers of the Crown, and they had given their opinion to him that in the event of the clergy reserves being secularised by the Legislature of Canada, and the act receiving the Royal assent, that in that case there would be no claim on the Consolidated Fund of this country." Cries of " Hear, hear," greeted this statement, which doubtless influenced the result. Lord lona RUSSELL closed the debate in a speech that dealt with some things which had arisen in the discussion, and finally the long-wished for division came about, when 288 were found at their posts to vote for liberal progress in colonial government and 208 on the other side. This majority of 80 in a House of 4911 members will, we hope, finally diaper* of the subject, so far at least as the Commons are con cerned. 'The Lords—under the circumstances—are not likely to disturb the settlement now come to, and we may now fairly expect to have the time of Parlia ment better spent than in any renewal of the long and weary strife with those intolerant, who would fain force upon a young and distant colony the cleri cal arrangements to which they themselves are attached, and would have dominant at home. The division of last night will help to clear the way—to leave time, and thought, and leisure, for other delibe rations now impending. For England, the vote come to lest night must be good in more ways than one; to Canada it will afford a new and important proof of British willingness to do justice to an intel ligent colony. With Canada contented we may before long hope to see the day when she can dis perse with many of the English troops now quar tered idly within her boundaries. Relieved from the jealousies and vexations arising from the agitation of the Clergy Reserves question, she will also find leisure and energy for other discussions. With a Free Trade President in the neigh bsuring Republic, a portion of that energy may, and tkubtleas will, be spent on perfectirg the ar rangements for the approaching reciprocity of trade between the States and herself—in hastening the day when the free navigation of the St. Lawrence and the canals, and the free interchange of products, rill be as new bonds of fellowship and peace between the two great Anglo-Saxon communities across the Atlantic. IT is not our intention—the speech of Mr. H. BatinioND in the House of Commons, and the letter of an anonymous correspondent of the Times not withstanding—to renew the discussion of the quvilio rernta of Borneo piracy. But, amii altogether from the questions whether the Ilyaks of the Serebas and Sakarran are or are sot pirates -whether the conduct of Sir JAMY.S Eitookx towards them has been wise and humane or the reverse—there are considerations connected with the position of the British in and relating to Borneo, am imperatively and urgently call for explana tion. In a prriphlet published by Sir 'AYER BROOKE— idle!' :mum s the form of a letter to Mr. IlEstiv 1113 VV , ,N J.ines makes two remarkable stattnunts. The first relates to the nature of hiA position in Sarawak :—" Page 13 shows that in 1%14 I wrote that ' I eauld not sport an independent St 'flsrehy,' and that in 1 , 452, I declared (the eireuni s"arii• being altered), that ' I held my position at Nair as emanating from the will of a free THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1853 FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY Evaxiso. The Austrian government published, on the Trh, a further ordinance relative to the future administra tion of Hungary. For the purposes of government, the kingdom is to he divided into three districts, wilt deputy governors, subject to the Governor-in ' Chief at Pesth. The Univers publishes the Encyclical letter of the Pope to the Archbishops and Bishops of Franc•, which, as I informed you, arrived in Paris cn the day before the Archbishop " spontaneously " with drew his interdict against that paper. The victory of the Cnivers is even more complete than was sup posed. There is not a word throughout the letter to mitigate the bitterness of the humiliation inflicted upon the Archbishop. The document is so full of " what the learned call rigmarole," that I would defy any of your readers who may not happen to know the precise occasion which called it forth, to comprehend it without a key. Those who are art courant will, however, at once discern the few lines, out of several columns of verbi age, in whi,.•h alone there is any point. The Archbishop of Paris, a Gallican divine, of the school of Bossuet, had been so alarmed at the increasing audacity with which extreme u!tramontane doctrines were advocated by the Univers, that he prohibited all the clergy in his diocese from reading that journal under pain of suspension. M. Louis Vcuillot, the editor, appealed in person to the Pope. His Holiness, giving his decision in the roundabout form of at letter to the episcopacy of France generally, thus declares in favour of the ritirers : "We instantly pray you"—the bishops, meaning the Archbishop of Paris in particular—" to extend all your benevolence and all your favour to the men"—meaning the editors of the Univers—" who, animated with the catholic I spirit and versed in letters and sciences, devote their days to write and publish books end journals for the diffusion and defence of catholic doctrines, and for the dispersion of opinions and sentiments adverse to the Holy See and its authority"—meaning the opi nions and sentiments entertained by the Archbishop of Paris. "Your charity and your epi<copal solicitude should then excite the ardour of catholic writers ani mated with a goodspirit,"—meaningngain the writers in the Unietrs—"so that they may continue to de fend the cause of catholic truth with attention I tad with knowledge, and if in writing they should happen to err in any respect,"—implying that the Univers has not in any respect erred—" you should admonish them with paternal words and pru dence,"—meaning that the Archbishop's interdiction of the Univers was violent and improper. fhe only other part of the letter worth noticing is a censure of a pamphlet written by one of the adversaries of the Abbi! Gaume. The Union of the Sarthe has received a warning for copying the article from the Ariembh le beginning with the words, "The Count de Chambord," &c. The Revue de r Instruction Publique having re ceived a private warning in consequence of some independent remarks upon the government educa tion scheme, announces that not being able to speak freely, it will in future merely publish official docu ments and literary matter, abstaining from all ,poli tical comment. M. Louis Bellocq, formerly French minister at Florence, died in I'uris on Saturday. The Prase, in its weakly commercial review, gives but a poor account of the state of business: Tne Paris manufacturers have received some orders during the last week, but business is still heavy. Buyers r..sk for concessions not only in the price of fgoods,!hut in the mode . of payment, and many houses Lave been compelled to refuse ••rdcre rather than consent to terms which would kot have left them a sufficient profit. The want of stock in country shops is however beginning to be felt, and It is thought that micas for country houses will before long be obliged to offer prices more in accordance with the general rise in ma nual labour and raw materials. Since January, many Para manufacturers have produced assortments of certain articles, merely for the sake of keeping their ;lien employed. These they are selling at a low rate, while they adhere to a higher Kale with respect to bespoke goods. Exportation is very dull. People arc at a loss to r.ccount for the delay in those commissions which habitually come in after the first days of March. The entries in our prin cipal ports during the month of March have (Mien off seusibly. Thvs, at the Ilavre custom-house the diminution is no less 3.36,156 fr. as compared with the receipts of March, 18.52, and a nearly similar result is shown by the returns from Nantes end Bordeaux. At Marseilles alone the imports are improving - a fact explained by the continued increase in the commercial relatinns of that port wi:h Algeria and the East. The notiveauejs shore liave had a few satisfactory days this week, and if the weather I were settled they would doubtless seriously begin to sell ' their spring stuffs. We are assured that the large manufacturing Douses have rich assortment of patterns for the line season than now, but hitherto the retail shops have been very sparing in thei. purchases. The retail dealers generally complain more than the wholesale. We have already remarked more ' than once that the latter mouths of 1852 were not so favourable for the shops as for the manufacto ries. Great complaints are made of the habit that has grown up of late years among many private indi viduals, of making their purchases at the manufactory, instsuil of the retail shop. We can understand the advan tage which the manufacturer finds in selling to the con sumer for ready money, and without discount, but should this habit become general, grave inconveniences might result from it, and the wholesale tradesmen, .alter having ruined the retail, may find that they have seriously diminished the general amount of business. The corn markets cootioue calm, and what is surprising is that prices generally tend downward, although everybody is agreed that the quantity of corn in granary is not abundant, and will be in great part exhausted by harvest time. A sudden rise is, therefore, to be leered, unless the harvest should present a very tivourable appe . srancn towards the month of June. There is scarcely any speculation going on in any agricultural produce. Flour, wines, spirits, and Colas oils are all on the decline. _ _ The Bourse was very animated to-day. The high est expectations continue to be entertained of a good effect to be produced in the French money market by Mr. Gladstone's financial measure. The Saint Germain Railway shares were in great request, owing to the result of the general meeting of share holderi held this morning, at which the splitting of the existing shares into four was voted. At the Bourse, to-day, the market for Rentes was buoyant, and an advance established on Saturday's quotations. At the conclusion of business, prices were firm, and had an upward tendency. For cash, the Three per Cents. advanced 45c., and for the account, 35c. The Four and-a-Half per Cents., for cash, rose 30c., and for the account, 10c. Bank Stock was dull, and declined sf. Prices closed as follows:—For cash: Three per Cents., 80f. 75c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 757. For the account : Three per Cents., 80f. 85c.; Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 103 f. 85c.; Bank Stock, 2735. In the railway share market a good business was transacted, at an advance on the last quotations in the principal lines, and prices closed firmly. Last quotations :—Northerns, 9091. 30c.; Orleans, 1,055 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasbourg, 851 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 9521. 25c.; Paris and Rouen, 1,057 f. 50e.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 8131. ; Western of France, 7551. Credit Foncier closed at 902 f., and Credit blobilier at 941 f. PARIS, SUNDAY. Some piquant disclosures were made at the Parini', de Justice, yesterday, regarding the sale of the Con seitutionnel. It appears that the old company which carried on that paper was dissolved in 1844; the journal was then put up to auction, and bought by Dr. Veron and fourteen other persons for 432,000 f. A new partnership deed was then made, dividing the enterprise into 180 shares, valued at 3,000 f. each. Dr. Veron, as manager, was to be an absolute dic tator in everything relating to the political, literary, and commercial editing. He was moreover autho rised to make all suchmodifierlions as he might see fit • • in the price and size of the paper, and to introduce new partners into the company. The partnership ! was for 50 years, but Veron stipulated that he would bo solely responsible for all fines and damages incurred and would personally bear all losses within the limits of 200,0000 f. the Constitution/at went on with various fortunes, Veron being always commander-iu chief, but in 1851 it had become very prosperous. In that year he admitted the Count de Morny us his c>manager, and received from him 100,0001. for ono- half of the value of' that positi , n. In 18.)2, wheal the Conatiltdionnel tad lost 10,000 subscribers out of 30,000 in six months, and when owing to M. Granier de Cassagnac's misunderstanding with the Emperor on the subject of his article on Belgium, the paper had received two warnings, Dr. Veron became,l us he states in his pamphlet, exceedingly frightened about his property. But at this time .\l. Mir.:., the editor of the Pap Journal do 1 'Empire, came like a good angel, and made him tempting offers to buy the property. Miriis offered the shareholders 4,0001. a share. Veron ran round to most of them individually, making a very long face about the warnings received by the C'toistitutiwand, stating that they would bn mid not to ac ce pt Mi r e s ulicr, I that there NM no time to call a general meeting, and by the use of these arguments, urged in hot haste, he obtained the signatures of most of the shareholder*. It appears that he never hinted the sum that he was to receive for himself, but merely said in that undertone which a delica:e-minded man loves to use when speaking of his own interest, that of course he must be indemnified, as manager. The bargain was struck, and the account stands thus : Purchase money, 1,900,000 f., divided as follows Veron, as manager, 650,000 f.; Count de Morns-, 500,000 f. ; Veron, again as shareholder, 96,000 f. ; Veron, again as shareholder in a friend's name,2B,ooof. ; Count de Moray, as shareholder in a friend's name, 4smoof. Thus leaving to the vulgar shareholders, to the plebes, as M. Hebert, MM. Aguado's advocate, styled them, to the proprietors of 10.11Rhs of the whole property, 648,000 f. out of the 1,900,000 f., and the partition of this property so depreciated as in one point of view it was represen t e d, but so aug mented for the benefit of the manager, was made on such a principle that the Messrs. Agusdo, who had not signed the sale, were expected to eceept without remonstrance 24,000 f. for shares for which they, at M. h'eron's request, had paid 63,000 f. This transac tion is designated by M. Hebert no sale but a eonfis cation by trustees fur their own benefit. The Lyons and Bordeaux Railway shareholders will not fail to see that their president, Count de Morny, is a shrewd man of business. I observe in a correspondence of the InWpen (lance Beige a very important statement, quite at variance with an assertion of the Patrie the other evening respecting Prussia and Neuchatel. The writer of this comumbication professes to know freer good authority that all the powers parties to the treaty of Vknna are agreed that the authority of the ' King of Prussia shall be re-established in that cau -1 ton. The line of march to be taken by the Prussians is minutely laid down. It is said the army will start from the banks of the Rhine, cross the duchy of Baden, and pass through the canton, but not the town of Bale to Liestal, Porrentruy, and Biel. This military route, according to the story, fs expressly designated by the treaties, and the plan will be exe cuted so effectually as to cause no serious resistance. CV Court. TLe Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday after- The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Miry caved yesterday at the place, to inquire after the hcalth of the Queen. Prince Albert rodeout on honeback yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. The following representatives of foreign powers called yesterday at Buckingham Palace, to make inquiry att. r the state of her Majesty:—The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the lienoverien Minister, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, the Bavarian Minister and Barauess de Cetto, the Hessian Minister as(' Baroness Bruonow, the Turkish Minister and Madame 'Lammas, the Austrian Mi nister and Countess Colloredo, the Danish Minister ar,d Madame de Bile, the Diptmastie Agent and Ceinsal-Gene ral for the Haase Towns and Mrs. Colquhoun, the Mexican Charge d'Affaires and Madame and Madetaoiseile and the New Grenada Charge d'Athirt A. A very numerous assemblage of the and gentry also called at the Palace during the day, to read the bulletin. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited the Duchtss of Kent yesterday, at Clarence {Lou►e, St. Jantea's. The Dueheu of Kent, RC compAniel by the Prineers Ade laide of llohenlohe, nod a•Yend d by Lai% Anna M trig I).twson, Baroness de Speth, und Sir George Cooper, h moored the Princess's Theutre with her presence yester day evening. A deputation from the Chelsea Improvement Commis sioners had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yes terday, at the oflice of Works and Public Buildings, in Whitehall-place. The deputation emsisted of the Chair man, Mr. Fie Wen, Mr. Drew, and Mr. Perry, and the %Ai citar of the commis•ion, Mr. 11. Whitehead. The depute tioa were a-comp:allied by the comity members, Lord IL ' Grosvenor and Mr. B. °simile. Lord Chel,ea, L ird C. P. Clinton, Mr. Rice, Mr. James M'Gregor, and a deputat:oo on the subject of the Pilotage 1::11, had an intvreiew au Saturday with the Richt lion. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley or .V.derlty, at the Board of Trade. A deputation on the subject of the proposed B:Aeration of theroad at Kennington-common, c. , misting of Mr. Charles Few, of Streatham-toill; Mr. Jobn Br tilbury, of Streatham; and Mr. James Henry Shears, of Bankside, had an inter view with Sir William Molesworth yesterday, at the unite of Works and Public Buillings, in Whitehall-place. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone had a dinner party on Saturday, at the a di:nil residence of the right hon. gentleman, in Dawning-street. The company included the Duke of Newcastle, the Marchioness of Ades bury, Lord and Lady Wharncliffo, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blombeld, the Speaker and Mrs. Lefeero, Sir J. lianmer, Bart., M.P., Colonel Malcolm and Mrs. Malcolm, Mr. Milnes Woken, M.P., and Mrs. Mines Gaskell, and Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy. There was a small party in the evening. Dospatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday, from the Governor-General of Canada and the Governors of the other North American provinces. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office , Downing-street, yesterday. The Ministers present were :—The Earl or Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis ot Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl ot' Cla rendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Hight Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil liam Molvsworth. The Council eat two hours and a half. LANCASTER ELECTION. LANCASTER, MONDAY. The nomination of candidates for the konour of representing the borough of Lancaster, in toe room of Mr. R. B. Armstrong, who was unseated by the committee on the petition, took place in the Town-hall this morniug. The nomination was fixed for 10 o'clock, and shortly be fore 10 o'clock the candidate., Mr. Greene, who formerly repre sented the borough, and Mr. John Armstrong, Mother to the unseated member, accompanied by tin.ir supporters, en tered the ball, and were speedily followed by the Mayor, Mr. John Hall. The writ for the election having been read, and the usual formalities gone through, Dr. DR VITRE proposed Thomas Greene, Esq., of Whit tington-hall, as a fit and proper person to nprescut the borough in parliament. Mr. A bleelhatl DUCKEMAY seconded thy nomination, Mr. W. B. BOLDER proposed Me. John Armstrong, of Acrelande, as a fit and proper person to represent the bo rough in parliament. He auimidserted at some length on the changeableness which Mr. Greene bad manifested in his political opinions whilst in parliament.. Dr. Jonsisos seconded the nomination of Mr. Arm strong. No other candidate being proposed, Mr. T. GREENE then presented himself, and was re ceived with loud cheers hisses , , aid groans. He addressed the elector at consider able length, vindicating himself fiorn being at all concerned in the petition against Mr. Arm strong, and expressing his strong disapproval of it. lie de fended himself from the charge of political inconsistency, observing that Ise kad only followed in the steps of Sir Ro• bert Peel, whose measures he had invariably supported, being convinced that he heel no other motive than to pro mote the public welfare. He then adverted to the measure en education proposed by Lord John Russell, in which he expressed his hearty concurrence, and enlarged on the be nefit of religion being maintained as a portion of the Femme. Mr. Joax ARMSTRONG addressed the meeting very briefly. Ile expressed himself a free-trader, in the broadest sense of the term ; he was in favour of the ballot, and libe ral and progressive measures. It had been stated by his ep ponents that he as a dissenter was opposed to the church and to education, but in direct contra liction he could state that he had ever been a warm friend to religion under every denomination ; and as to education, when he proposed at a neighbouring village to erect a school for all sects, the church people held back, and he erected one himself. It was said that he belonged to the Manchester school. If by that it was meant he was a free-trader, and that he was desirous of seeing all classes—the poor as well as the rich— prosper, have plenty of work, food, and clothing—then he gloried in belonging to the Manchester school. He had no doubt whatever that in the pending contest liberalism would triumph, and that he should be returned by a large majority. Mr. ROBERT BATNRR ARMSTRONG (the late member) then addressed the electors at some length, contending that Mr. Greene and his party were the real end bona fide peti tioners. He should not have comnlained of Mr. Greene's petition bad he petitioned in his own name, because then he (Mr. Armstrong) could have entered into the corruption on I his (Mr. Greene s) side, and could equally have disquali fi ed A allow of bands was then taken, and declared is be largely in favour of Mr. Armstrong. A poll was demanded for Mr. Greene, which was fixed to take place on Tuesday (to•day). FURTHER AGITATION FOR ADVANCED \V AGES. — The plasterers at Manchester have been seeking an advance of wages, by which their average earnings would be raised from 265. per week to 28s. ; and most of the employers find it desirable to comply with their request. The trade is rather brisk, besides which emigration has somewhat affected numbers. The bricklayers are following the el. ample of their brethren of the trowel; and as joiners are likely to join them, their joint demands will fall heavily on builders—especially those having contracts. Several large halides@ have felt a difficulty in taking up new contracts in the present disturbed state of the trade, and hare for that reason declined to tender. The wages of masons arc ss. and ss. 6d. per day, and they contemplate asking 6s. awl upwards per day. THE DIXON FOLD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—After lingering rather more than a month the unfortunate Mr. Constantine Caratti, a Greek msrehant, from Gla.gow, an seriously hurt by the train running off the Lancashire and ' Yorkshire line on the 4th ult., has sunk under his suffer ings. His brother was with him at the:tiine of his death, which took place in the Manchester Royal Infirmary on Sunday. There is no truth in the story given in some of the morning papers that Mr. Caratti had laid Isis dxmages against the company at 20,0001. ; in fact no claim whatever ha *been made, Mr. Robert Fitton, of Middleton Hall, who was removed from the infirmary to hie cum home on the day after the accident, has been found to have been more injured than was at first supposed, and one of his legs has had to be amputated. It appears that he was re moved from the infirmary against the advice of the sur geons of the institution. INQUEST ON Dn. RICHARD CllAMlSEßS.—Yester day Mr. Wakky held an inquest at the Weymouth Arms, Weymouth-street, Portland-place, on the body of Dr. It. Chamber:, late of Wimpole-street, the circumstances of whose death have already been reported in the Express. Mr. Wilsan, of Charlotte -street, who had made the post mortem examination, said, that on opening the body he was struck, as were other medical gentlemen present, with the odour of prussic acid. lie found the right ventricle 01 the heart double its natural size. The phial Puled by the side of the deceased smelt strongly of prussic acid, and upon reference to the prescription from which :to contents had been compounded, he found that the deceased had pre. scribed for himself six drops of prussic acid, of Schceic's strength, with ten drops of Battley's solution of opium, one drachm of colchicum, two of acetate of ammonia, and an ounce anti a hall of water. Be believed that the deceased had taken this as a medicine, and that owing to the disease of the heart, the: prussic acid had caused death. Tile jury, after hearing other evidence, found " That the death of de deceased was caused by a diseased heert,under the influence pos.ibly of prussic acid taken medicinally." FUWIT OF BLANQUI.—TIic Lorientais of the Bth gives a minute narrative of the escape of the formidable republican leader Blanqui from the l'alais at 11.1:e-Isle-en leer. Blanqui &I with another republican prisoner named Cazavan, and managed to evade the notice of the keeper by an ingenious stratagem. Ile made up and dressed a figure of himself, which the turnkey iu making his evening Mop:v. tion of the cell mist. ok fur his prisoner, who appeared to him to be sitting and warming himself. He was very short.) , afterwards taken in a barn, where he lay concealed, having exchanged the prison costume fur a suit of !slack, ano obtained from some friend 1,0001. in gull. Ise has since been placed in a penal cell. S. HLONE. Yesterday dd E alyi C r t. h r 1 : 17 :1 7 ::: 0 of \lra Bran. stop, cha irman, Me. ;or' ei, Sir J. Duch worth,m l ai h a t t, l 4 l t e. , ' , e Ie thecs. h the ,eirusirchineielenueloat.edt,h sum up the evidence, and show in what re: thatha not e L e ea se t 'element. The statute eves imperative ado" the pfd it, that no member was entitled to be elected er ht in the House of Commons, melees p seemed of a clear annual lucerne of 3001. The evidence went to show that Mr. Keogh hail cot the re quired qualification when be incumbraec . given its ee idenco were brought to bear, and further than :his it weu'd be sem that even if Mr. had the rieoare.l elev.:laic...qua, it would be found eliet he had not made a groper declaration e e it in conformity with the statute. Oa these grounds the election would Le avoided, and Mr. lapse!, the eclair can he declared duly elected. Search lee I been made is the register kept since the reign of Queen A.ane, and no entry could be found of the exist -ace C any: rent charge upon property in tonne:am with M. Keugh'e name. Judgments existed to the ,meant of 9,67!/., and they meat ti t h w e i t have their due operation, having been catered in redeeming his property qualification. Some of these judgment bonds might be penal bonds—that was to sat, Tepees( sting double their r, al amount ; but this uttal have to be proved, and also that tie/ did not exceed the aineunt of the alleged annuities. nese judgments under the Judgment Act had a similar effect to Inc Unwell epee' property, and it would be fur the other side to prove test these judantente had been mantled. It had been set Mali that it was cot customary to enter eatiefeetiou for 'judgments in Ir. hued, but only to meant tie teary of the I Jud e malt, but he thought it would he (lathe:: to prove any each :.nornely es this. Ile regretted that tar. Jaunt had imported facts law the evidence on cross e %emanation inc levant to the inquiry, toesidering that the question was eimply a point of law. However they mi g ht regret the present state of the law upon th s mere it would be ad mitted that any reform of any of its obeozioue previsions could not be better brought about than in dealing with coats that arose in high quar ters. They might also have roan'. a t regret, by any decivien t.e committee might come to, the exclusion of in able and an eloquent number trim the House of Commons., though probable o'n.c oft e aiiehtest members of that beefy were those who, in e stet of mohey quelifications, weighed Last in the setae, end the present l'eci."3:l::cedni..KraLp.rdtteeti ease, from the circumstance of Mr. Ke,eli tieing her Ma jesty's Solicitor-General, would, ia the esa.t of his being unseated, furnish au important precedeut fer all, adieu in the law. I ,Mr. Huddleeteine (Su the absence of Mr. James Q.C.) thou opened the tie f u r Mr. K e o g h, contending ;hat, in reality, there had beam nothing proved, end that a case more barren of proof had midem been lmauelit before a com mittee of the house. He was surprised to Leal alum CUIIII• ad 01 the other aide that they had endeareured to make their case as complete as possible, when they had nut even laid before the coaimittee the declaration made by Mr. K ogle, before the several justices of the eenee. They said they had sought for them, but were not athe to find them, but that they were taken away by Mr. K:eigh, an.: that all ttey could get was a certiikete lodged in the Court of Chancery, on which no infermatiou was given. All that was required under the act was that when a demand was Made ton behalf of the sitting member, er by .wee registered electors, the (mediae , . shall make a deeliZnetion in a cer tain form, and subsequently certify the !MOW before the juetices of the peace. In the prescut cam the justices had the..: certificates, and althouah the other site said they could not obtain them, Hwy hal not shown that they had made any attempt to obtain them, and Lad not summoned any one of the justices of the peace to give evidence Lean.: te- emaninee, although three of them were members of the house, and one (Mr. French) was present in the committee-room. But no ; th e y p re hared to harass Mr. Keogh, both before the election, and four times after. And they could also have ohtained the decl within made by Mr. Keogh in the House of Cornmeal, hest they asked, which must have been in their kneed, nee. The deer eratien made belote Mr. Magann (and those before Mr. French and Mr. (irate, and Mr. Itathtione, a stipendiary magietrete, were similar in form), was that Mr. Keogh's qualification arose out of an annuity of OWL a year. chargeable upon mid arising out of lands at Kilglass, in the county of . Limerick ; and an annuity of 1501. charged on other lands, and also a rent -charge alell. a year, and annuities held fora term of Alves. The learned counsel then proceeded to polite the value and the reiture of the qualiSoatiam in question. Counsel on the other side could have called on Mr. Keogh ' to Late pretuced Ines deede, Mr. Keogh, with the attesting wi hese, heing present with them, and hi this view of the case he held that the course pursued on the otter site was unfair and unerecedented. They had neither called Mr. Keogh nor given Lint notice to produce his deeds, as was required and done in the cases of Coventry ah‘t Bodmin. The proof of qualification depended on the production of them deeds, and yet they had nut called fur their produc tion. These deeda, when produced, would show that Mr. Keogh was possessed of an ample qualification or at any rate to the extent stated in hit declaration. The total amount of ju lament debts against Mr. Keogh was 9,6715., but this :aneuut was only nominal. The majority of these judgments were upon penal bands, that v.a. to say the umount of them represented just double the amount of the real debt, as that it the penal ammuts were deducted these judgments debts would be found to represent only 6,3581. instead of 9,671/. Of this 6,3.551., the petitioners, had their object been only to ascertain the fact, instead of to annoy, 3,1621. had been paid off and satisfied before the election, ICOVir:4 a balance of 2,1931. at the time of tho election, and which was reduced again by three other items, which were not due—viz., 33'. ' 1351., end 1731.. together 3961., and which being deducted fr in the 2,1031. kit a balance of only 1,7h9/. duo at the time of the 'lethal. Was the witness Cox under these circuutstenees entitled to the character of a fair witness when he stated th it the total amount of judgment debts against Mr. Keogh was 10,0001. anal upwards, wliea by a little investigation he could have discovered that the total incumbe fences at the time of the election was I,Booh, and that the greater part of that had been paid off before Mr.Keogli took his seat for Athlone. The law relating to these penal bond. wee, that judgment was taken for eouhie the amount on condition of the debt being paid, and the cvid.ece to be adduced would completely exonerate Mr. KeogL against the allegation of aut being duly qualified. Mr. Keogh was then examined at great length by Mr. Meugher. Ile had 4.l=i/it dthe lists of judgments produced as affecting his ratites on Saturday. Tile arose sumac cured by these judgmeuts, irrespective of the penahy, was 9,6711. The doeumeut produced was a copy of the judgment ob tained upon bond by the National Bank of Irelaud against witness for 900/. sad 4001., together t,330? , in the 11:1010 of Fitasimon. A. sum of 7761., the full amount due, had been paid on the foot of these twujudgmi au. 5031. of this was paid immediately on demand in March last,in Dublin. Witness had never paid any other sum since ee election to satisfy this 605/. The circumstances were these. Mr. Mahuney, solicitor, of Dublin, called up,n wattles, on the day in question, used int.-tined him that the National Bank insisted on h. jo g pai 1 their money. Witness told Mahoney to call on him the next day, and witness paid him the amount in bank notes, nu previous intimation having been ale:a him that the money wee reaehred. The certificate preauced was the certificate of the proper officer of the fact of the judg ment debt of 1,000/. by Steinair having been paid. The real amount of this judgment debt, viz., 500/., was paid at the beginning of tail. In Ireland, he might state in paw ing, there was not one judgment out of 300 satisfied that was entered on the record, as it involved acme expecte. All this must have been known to the witness Cox, because he had boasted to Mr. Mahoney be would have witna ss rested. Produced the certificate of satisfaction of Smith's judgment for 1,0001., in respect of which 3001. had been paid before the election. Tao sum was paid as demand, and it was well known to the petitioners. Witness had this under the hand of Dr. Lempriere. a d.:etor of civil law and a bar rister of the Inner Temple, wao acted as egoist of Mr. Limes at the last Athlone elettian. The letters to Smith were as follows, ana similar 01104 Ica re sent to every person to whom witness was supposed to owe a shilling: "t, Ilarcot.r:-buiidii.a., Temple, Oct. 11, 1552. "Dear Sir,—You hold a judgment ag .in..t Mr. KLu,4l2, M.P. fur Athlone. to the amount of 1,0001 , and as he has entered a qualiheatian to which your judgment will attach, 1 am instructed t) apply to you whether you so ill join his other creditor: in putting execution to the judgment sa as to recover your deft from the pr.:icrty that he has raurnid as his qualificathin. "C. Lt.:menu la " "Temple, :KA. 21, 15.7,2. "My dear Sir,—l send you on the other side a espy of Mr. Keogh's qualification. Are you still of the same mind about standing aloof? Any tisaistanec you could kindly give would he of great aersice. " C. LEMPILICRE." The certificates wart then produced and sworn t by the hon. member of judgments satisfied in - the following cases : Langan, fur 2151, of which the real amount, lOW., had been paid ; Macdermott, 200!., of which 100/.. the sum due, had been paid. 501. before the elect:on and 5(1/. since ; Mat thews. 571., paid altar election ; Phibhs, 381., not sue ; Brookes, 591., paid before the election ; Ilearltine, 2,0001., 1,001., the real amount, paid before the election ; Rai ain, .-15/., and Mackie, M. paid before the election ; Cowper 1561., 281. of which had ben paid before and (50,. after the : election ; H. B. Batley, fur 1,0001., the real amount being 500/., 201. b, Mg paid before the election, leaving 300 L due ; It Woodroffe, 3601., real amount ISO!, rein tilling due ; Carpenter, 3501., the real am mat, 1901., remaining due ; G. Browne, 185!., not due ; Campbell, 303/., 1001. of which had been paid ; W. Woodville, 2001., the real amount, 1001., be lug due; J. IL Thornhill, 911. remaining due; W. Joyce. 100/. rc main ing due ; Copland Ita l ., of which 361. remained due. W. Dom ke, 217 L, real amount 1N.11., it wagon a bill, and was paid before the election. Tilley 107/., real amount 531., paid before tie election. The Dundalk Railway Company 12561., oak! before 'he election. 8.'.: and Co. 401., still slue, I and IL Butier 1711. created and paid since the election. The pecuniary position of these watts ra in the aggregate was as follows : —Total amount of nominal judgmaut debt, 9,6711. Total amount of real ditto, 5,35111. Total paid be fore election, 3,162/. Suns due at election, 1,7991. Rani paid, 805/. Amount due, 1,031/ Amount not due, NM 1 About 7001. of the 1,7901. due at the time of the election was not chargeable as against qualification, having bees I effected since the poising of Sir J. Hominy's Act. Believed ' that the onlycharges affecting his income as returned of 1,0 'Ol. ware less than 1,000/. The judgment of Joyce fur 1261. was the one under which Mr. Louisa, the rival candidate, en -1 deavoured to get vritnassatrestei at the election, and When I her,6els on thelledu j a. a t gm be cas",ter:lf the ffto Dundalk R t do u i n tinthe polli . 'he ..: for shares previous to the election ;bu !taw %We. 2. private arrangement with one of the •d ',dra( ytlay,, :- . r- I pauv, were transferred in the books of e 4 ..., II credit of the company, and couseyucntly. yebillits , -( po' ...' •,. '- ', i . -J ' people to choose its own form of government.' Is there anything astonishing in this ? Do not changes of circumstances begetchangca of government ? ito not nations progress from dependence to inde pendence ?" Sir James BROOKE, therefore, now claims to " sport an independent monarchy;" he claims now to be King of Sarawak by the choice of the people, not by grant of the SULTAN of BRUNE. And he maintains that his claim has been allowed by England, and recognised by other nations. " Mr. Hume is ignorant," he says, " that Lord Jobs lltssest., as the Prime Minister, knowing the position I held in Sarawak, thaiikcd me in the name of her Ms.tEsTv's Government for the services I had rendered to my native country; that the ti e' es hoisted at Sarawak wa s sanction e d a s a commercial flag by the English Government, which had previously declared that it sought to avail itself of ' ntq relatiwas' with that country. lie is knorant that the PRESIDENT of the UNITED PrATES addressed me ns ruler of Sarawak, proposinga treaty of friendship and of commerce with America; that Lord PALMERSTON, being previously informed, tittered no objection to the contemplated treaty w hen the subject was mentioned in Parliament; and, lastly, that my position in Sarawak has been known and tacitly acknowledged during the last ten years by England and by the other countries of Europe." The second statement in Sir JAMES Bnooees letter to Mr. DeeNtatoNn, to which we would call attention, relates to the part which the " independent monarch" of Sarawak is about to take in the politics of the island of Borneo with refe:coce to the disputed succession to the throne of Brune : "Mr. HUME still strives to prevent my exerting the influence I possess to reconcile contending factiens, or to place the worthiest candidate on the throne,': and thus to save the sovereignty from extinction. I am bound to the son of MUDA HASSIM by every sentiment of honour. I would save him from the' fate of his unhappy father; and I would teach him, by precept and example, to govern his people justly." In other words, Sir JAMES BROOKE goes out deter mined to dispossess the individual who actually has got possession of the throne of lime, and to substi tute for him—he does not say a more capable candi date, but—one to whom, for his father's sake, he (Sir Jsvtes) "is bound by every sentiment of honour." Let us now attempt to read, by the light of these passages, the news from Borneo announced in the House of Commons by Mr.llesrav DRUMMOND, and in a letter in the Times. It will be kept in mind that the rule of the Sultans of Brune formerly extended from Brune southward to the southern frontier of Sarawak; that Sarawak is now an independent principality, over which Sir JAMES BROOKE claims to go vern by " the will of a free people r that the territories on the river Sakarran and Screbas (between Sarawak and Brune) are either still subject to the Sultan of BRUNE, or gc verned by independent rajahs or sheiks, like Sir JAMES BROOKE, " the choice of a free people." It will also be kept in mind, that by the admission of the letter writer in the Times three forts have been erected, maintained, and garrisoned by the " inde pendent monarch" of Sarawak in these territories— which whether still belonging to Brune, or become independent like Sarawak, certainly do not belong to the Rajah of the latter place—for the purpose of pre venting the inhabitants from going to sea. From Mr. DRUMMOND and the letter writer in the Times we learn that on the 3rd of February last a icollision took place between the English gentlemen in charge of the forts and a chief who resides in the interior, at a place sonic 70 or 100 miles inland. The origin and nature of the conflict are rather vaguely stated, and er parte ; but it appears that the Eng lishmen had reason, or pretended to have, that the native chief was preparing to force his way to the sea, and to make war on all his countrymen who re fused to juin with him—that Messrs. BRERETON and LEE, with what forces they could raise, proceeded up the river and fortified a station about seventy miles from the sea ; that two of the native chiefs boats approaching, were tired upon by these gentlemen, retreated, and were pursued by them; that the forces under Messrs. BRERETON and LEE in the pursuit came upon the main body of the native Chiel's forces, and that a conflict ensued, in which Mr. LEE was killed, Mr. Ilitearruses boat sunk, and their followers killed or obliged to fly. Now it will be remembered that this is the first conflict between the Anglo-Dyak Government of Sarawak and the tribes of the bakarran and Screbas since the affair of the Nemesis. Allowing the story of Mr. DaeatmoNu and the letter writer in the Times to be perfectly correct as far as it goes, the collision is evidently only one of the first movements conse quent upon the disputed succession of Brune 'throughout the territories which belong, or have once belonged, to that monarchy. The fight on the Serebast is the first battle in the war of succession by which the " independent monarch" of Sarawak is to place the son of his friend MuDA HAMM on the throne of Brune, and either re-subject to its sceptre the tribes of the Screbas and Sakarran, or take them under his own. All this places this country in a very awkward relation to north-western Borneo. SirJAmes BROOKE is an accredited agent of the English crown, and he is at the same time "independent mo narch" of Sarawak. It is neither the interest of England to take part in the miserable feuds of that insignificant and barbarous country. But the accredited representative of England there is determined to take part in them —his officers have already taken part in them; and this' accredited representative, if ordered by the British Government to desist, may say, "I am acting not as your representative, but in my own right as an independent monarch.' " By his interference ho must of necessity compromise the name of England, and the Government of England cannot check or prevent his interference. The dilemma in which England has been placed by appointing an "independent monarch" to repre sent and act for her in north-western Borneo is not the only evil that must ensue from this anomalous appointment. Will the Dutch or Spaniards believa that the accredited representative of England in the Eastern Archipelago acts without the approbation and support of his Government ? Will the monarchs of Siam and Cochin China believe it? Will the in dependent Princes of Sumatra and the Malay l'enin sula believe it? Our hybrid between a British envoy and an "independent monarch" will involve us in suspicions and misunderstandings, if not in actual war, with every power in the Eastern Archipelago. The effects of this upon our settlements at Singapore and Hong Kong, and our whole commerce with China and the islands of the Archipelago, cannot fail to be detrimental in the extreme. This is a conside ration to which it is to be hoped men will lend an ear who arc deaf to the tale of Borneau piracies and i the means adopted to prevent them. SCULPTURE FOR TIIR LONDON CORPORATION.- Our readers are aware of the determination on the putt of the corporation to commi.sion the production of a certain number of atatues for the adornment of the Mansion•bouts . . —a determination for which they and their architect, Mr. Banning, deserve the warm thanks of all whom interested in the progress of the fine arts of this country. In carry ing out their intention, the corporation wisely avoided competition ; they visited various studios, and then named by ballot sic sculptors who should each be commissioned to produce an idsal figure from one of the English poets. The artists selected are Messrs. Bailey, M'Dowell, Foley, Lough, Calder Marshall, and Thrupp ; and they have each submitted a sketch in plaster of their di sign, one-fourth the real size, which it to be svmewhat lamer than life. The subjects are—following the same order as the names:— " Bright Morning Star," Milton; " Leah," from Moore's "Lives of the Angels:" " Egeria," from Byren's " Child° Harold ;" Cumus, Oriselda, and a figure called the " Lion Slayer," unappropriated. This last is to be withdrawn, and a sutstitute provided. The statuettes for the most put promise very well ; but, being little more than sketches, everything will depend on the manner in which they arc carried out, and for this, of eourve, the corpora tion depend on the reputation of the sculptors. We sin es-rely h pis that the result will prove satisfactory.—The Builder. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT SUEFFIELD.— An inquest was held before Thomas Badger, k: q., coroner os Tuesday last, at the New Inn, Sheffield, touching the death of James Johnson, [toed 26, a single man, lately em ployed by Mr. W. Bingham, steel manufacturer, Globe Works, Sheffield, who cime to his death under somewhat I singular circumstances. On Monday evening. the decossi d walked into Messrs. Smith, Redfern, and Co.'s malt shed in a state of intoxication, where he fell asleep. While lie was asleep, a rafter in ill^ roof broke, and u great quan tity of malt fell in the sln d where the deceased was, and smothered him. The d• ceased was not found until the malt was removed, when, of course, he was qu.tc dead, having been buried from tun to twelve inches deep in milt. Verdict. " Found dead and accidentally smothered and suf fucated."—Derkishire Courier. BELGIUM. Brussels letters of the 9th describe the proceedings of that day in the Senate of the Kingdom, when the Crown Prince, the Duke of Brabant, took his sent in that assembly, and swore to maintain the national charter. Nothing, it would appear, was omitted to give ~clot to the ceremony and invest it with the character of a great constitutional event. All the I ministers, high functionaries, and membcre of the diplomatic body were present in grand costume, and the palace of the Senate, which was adorned with the national colours, was guarded by a considerable number of troops. The young prince, before taking his seat, protested his devotion to the constitutional system of government, swore to maintain the charter, `and was then proclaimed a member of the Senate by the Prince de Ligne. ITALY. The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies was engaged on the ith inst. in discussing the law on commercial taxation presented by the ministers. The democratic Genoa journal, the Italia e Popolo, has been seized by the authorities. GERMANY. The two heavy ammunition trains whose depar ture from Vienna by the Southern Railroad was noticed a few days ago, were sent to Carlstadt, in Croatia. _ _ _ Since tho 12th of February last, there have been executed for political offences in the Austrian mo narchy—as appears from official publications—thirty nine persons banged. Letters from Berlin state that the police are , secretly pursuing the investigations relative to the lately discovered conspiracy. The papers continue to publish paragraphs relative to the recent arrest, hut these resolve themselves, for the most part, into conjectures and repetitions of previous statements. Thu stretch of power successfully attempted by the police, in arbitrarily abolishing the great sick club, without judicial process, and in holding up private citiz•cns by name to reprobation, as has been done in I the " decree" just published, was very ill received in 1 the Prussian capital. The Bavarian government has notified that it will not recognise marriages which have taken place according to the forms of tho German catholic com munity. Parties to such marriages refusing to be married according to the orthodox rites, will be sepa lrated by the police, as living in coneubinage. SERVIA. The Gratchate, a Belgrade journal, states that M. Elias Garaschanin, Servian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has given in his resignation. On the 27th of March he received the visit of the Pacha and some of the consuls, and in the evening of the same day an offizial of the Prince, his master, brought him a draught of a resignation, which he was ordered to sign without delay. The overthrow of the minister, like that of his colleague of the interior, which oc curred only a few weeks ago, is ascribed directly to the influence of Russia. The Czas, the organ of the Sclavic party, remarks that Garaszanin, like his master, Prince Alexander, in stead of playing into Russia's hands, was bent on maintaining the independence of Servia, and increas ing its power. At the outbreak of the Montenegrin war Servia offered the Porte its intervention on the following terms : "The Montenegrins to be placed in about the same position, in regard to Turkey, as Servia ; the Montenegrins to unite the temporal and spiritual power in the hands of a Vladika who should be appointed by the Servian metropolitan; Montenegro to form a kind of federal union with Servia, and to have one common representative at Constantinople." Germania was resolved not to be made a tool of by Russia, and accordingly when that power affected to consider the Montenegrin cam paign a holy war the Servian government remained perketly passive. SPANISH DEBT. The Junta of the Public Debt, published in the Madrid Gazette of the sth, the result of the 16th adjudica tion by public auction of the redeemable debt of the first and second class, conformably to the prescriptions of the law of the Ist August, 1851. It appears from that docu ment that the propositions admitted for the redeemable debt of the first class were five in number, amounting to 631,067 reels, those of the second class (domestic) were 23, repre-enting a sum of 6,456.257 reale, and those of the second class (foreign) were 3, fur a total of 6,328,300 reale. The prices of adjudication were 11 per cent. fer the debt of the first class; 5.75 to 5 85 for that of the second class (do mestic) ; and 5.85 to 6.94 teethe foreign debt. The prices fixed by the Junta were II and 6.25. The Junta also published a recapitulation of the proposi tions presented for the purpose of participating in the pub lic adjudication, which took place on the 30th Match last, with a view to convert into the Consolidated Three per Cent. Debt the sum of 45,549,061 teals (nominal value), in deben tures of the Deferred Foreign and Domestic Debt, agreeably to the authorisation granted to foreign and national credi tors by the decree of the Ist October lost, and the royal ordi nance of the same month; said suns of 45,549,061 reale re maining disposable out of the 400,000,0410 of reale which, in virtue of the shove ordiner.ce, were applied to that conver sion during the six months expiring on the 3lst March last. Three propositions were presented, two of which were ad mitted, representing au amount of 1,120,000 reels, adjudi cated at the price of 55 per cent., according to the provisions of the 7th article of the decree of the Ist October last. EXCHEQUER BONDS. TO THE EDITOR UP Tllll SIMMS. SIR,—As the proposed Exchequer Bonds will be much sought after by capitalists, wishing for a temporary investment, would not their eligibility be increased if they were issued with coupons, with interest payable quarterly instead of half-yearly and if they are to suprr,ede Exche quer Bills, on which the interest is calculated from day to day, the suggestion 1 have made has greater force.— Yours, 6re., E. IL K. April 9. ST. CLEMENT's CIItitCIIYARD.—On Monday next, the 18th instant, this churchyard is expected to be closed by the order in council under the Nuisances Removal Act. t.et tinge to relate, numerous burials have taken place, and parishioaers are anxiously looking for the final closing of the place. There is a rumour that the time is to be ea tendtl, but it is to be hoped that the anxiety of the inha bitant, will prevent the government from granting any cvetision, and that Monday will be the lust day for inter- 1 i