The Express. — London, England, 1848-02-12 00:00:00

apprehended. He would take the Case of missionaries in New Zealand or in China. He 'apposed the case of a heathen of ordinary intelllgence, inqng of the missionary r egarding the differences between the Chemin= and Jews. What would the missionary tall him ? the Be would say, " see de not refuels communication with them —we subject them to taxation with all other classes in our country—we borrow money from osarn—(a laugb)—we require their military services—but we exclude them from seats in our parliament ?" Why, w iest, wbe understood by that ? (Hear, hear.) But the missionary able to take • higher and amore 5 412: d . aia , e. s u ppose • him able to say, " NV° have • debt pe pay this peophich en j oins re letor inuries wahave done them. We pro fats a renaisn w tribution for wrongs as well as forgiveness of injuries—we have before us the highest example in the death of a sacred Redeemer who died for the salvatton saa j a i n o,.—why, would tof this, he would ask, be likely of ell to prove a much more satisfactory, a much more im reeaing and ommincing argot's , nth, upon the mind of the heathen and the ignorant? (Cheering.) " For these rea sons, then," concluded the right hon. baronet, " far these magus—because it will be most in conformity with the civilised and comprehensive spirit of the British constitution that these dubtlitiee shall no longer exist—because I rejoice in the opportunity of making reparation for former wrongs and iajunes, because 1 thiuk the Jewish family have earned every indulgence from us by their great patience and for bearance, their tried fidelity and loyalty; above all, because I am one of a Christian people, and because I am a member of a Christian legislature, I am prepared to pass an act which 1 bt. lieve to he in strict conformity with the spirit and in entire obedience to the injunctions of the Christian religion. (Cheers.) I am not called upon to do that act upon the Christian principle that we should forgive those who tropes against us, but I do it upon a principle as seer -d in point of moral obligation, and far more trying to human pride, that we should forgive these against whom we have mewled. On these account., sir, I repeat, I give my cordial adherence to the bill." (Loud and protracted cheering ) Lord D. STUART then rose, but the house greeted him with loud cries of "Oh," and get at clamour. [The noble lord stood for some time geeticulating violently, without be ing able to make himself in the slightest degree audible. At last he appealed to the Speaker, who had been ineffectually endeavouring to obtain order, and threatened to move an ad journment ; upon which there was • loud derisive shout of Oh!" followed by a partial silence.) The noble lord then said that a member had been attacked in his absence, and he rose to defend him. (Oh!) It had been stated by a member of that house, in the course of debate, that the wealth of the Baron Lionel de Rothschild had be en: employed to obtain signatures to petitions to that house. lie had taken some pains to inquire into the subject, and to ascertain if the statement had any foundation in (act, and he could tell the hon. member that it was not so. lie knew the hon. mem ber would not have stated it if he had not believed it; but he belonged to a sehitol where prejudice overpowered judg ment. (Oh.) The hon. member stated that 18d. per 100 was paid for signatures. (Loud laughter.) Why,232,000 persons had petitioned that house. (Renewed cries of ' Oh, and laughter.) lie would not detain the house further—(lout cries of " hear, hear") —but as he was upon his lees--(0h, groans, and laughter)—he would say a word with respect to the reference of the right hon. baronet to the state of Po land. (Shouts of laughter, amid which the noble lord sat down, after vainly endeavouring to make a few other mu teness inedible. Mr. NE WDEGATE said that as he was the member alluded to, the house must in justice allow him to say a word in reply. lie had received same time ago two petitions to present in favour of this bill, which were brought to him by the agent who had acted for the committee which secured the Baron Rothschild's return. This being a somewhat singular circumstance he was prompted to make inquiries, and he found an oresuised system extsted to secure petitions to parliameut in favour of this bill. He believed the further statement he had made to the house upon the matter was substantially correct—that persons were em ployed to obtain signatures by the Baron Rothschild's committee, first upon • sliding-sale of la 6d. per hundred, which rose to 3. , and then upon a axed duty of In. per diem. Thie was the state of the matter. (" Oh, and cries for • division.) The house divided—For the second reading 277 Against 204-73 The bill was then read a second time. PRIVILEGE. Sir T. D. ACLAND having informed the house that Sir Robert Price ['waited its pleasure, in the custody of the serjeant-at-arms and that his absence from the panel had been occasione d by no want of respect to the house, but from his having been suddenly called iota Herefordshire, and having no idea that his presence would be required, until the fact was intimated to him by that morning's post, moved that the hon. baronet be discharged from custody on payment of the fees. The motion was agreed to, and the hon. baronet ordered to be discharged forthwith. Sir Cum g Bruce was, in like manner, on the motion of Mr. Sten. re ' tottered to be discharged from custody, on payment of the fees. air. F. MAULS availed himself of the occasion to express • hope that hon. gentlemen would in future be more careful in referring to the panels. Mr. LABOC:CHERE moved for leave to bring in a bill " to make further provision for the carriage of passengers by sea to America." The right hon. gentleman observed that the &erten% mortality, amounting to 17 per cent. of the whole number of emigrants who were conveyed last year to the Canadian provinces, had induced the government to bring in the proposed measure. The principal clauses of the bill were framed in order to regulate the number of pamengers, restricting them to a proportionate ratio with the tonnage of the vessels: to provide proper and efficient ventila tion on board passenger ships to appoint superintendents of emigration at the different ports of shipment, whose duty would be to take care that the vessels were properly provisioned, as it was found that in many cases where emi grants had to supply their own provolone for the passage, they neglected or were unable to do so, and thus were thrown upon the general stock. Care would henceforward be taken that compulsory means were adopted, in case of need, for the proper provision of passenger ships. It was desirable that the hill should be agreed to as speedily as pos sible, tefore the season for emigration aerie. d, and he there fore bunted leave to introduce the treasure, and to have it read a first time that morning. Leave was accordingly given to bring in the bill, and it was read a first time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in the absence of his noble friend at the head of the government, begged to move for the appointment of a se.ect committee to consider of the best mode of providing additional room for works of art given to the public, or purchased by means of parliamentary grants. The right hon. gentleman observed that a munificent donatitn of pictures had recently been made to the nation, for the reception of which it had been deemed necessary to hire rooms ; but as this was only a tem porary and an insufficient ariangement, his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) had thought it better to appoint a select committee for the purpose of examining and reporting to the house whether any extensive alterations in the present place of reception of the public property in pictures could be made. The committee was appointed, and the following members were named to sit meal it : Lerd J. Russell, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Hume, Viscount :Harnett:, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. B. Wall, Mr. Charter* Earl of Lincoln, Sir 11. Hall, Marquis of Granby, Mr. Parker, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Bankes. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 1. Zoite evoregg. MAILS The West India Mail., exclarling Bermuda, Kaman, Flamm Mordants, New orlami, Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Porto NOO. and including tho,e for Madeira, .Inemel, Certhagena, Santa Martha, Chagree, Panama, Went Count of Soutft America, and St. Juanale. Nicaragua, will Oe made uo on the morning of the 17th February. TM made for Var., Dporto, Lutaro, Motreira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar will be mode up on the inorning of the 17th February. The overlent while for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian !eland, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Ilona -Kong, and China, via doutuamptca will be made up on the morning or the 11th February. The meile for New South Wales, Von Diemen'. Lend, and New Zealarsd will be made up on the evening of the lath February. The overland chwou made, vie nanseilliwi, to the Mediterranean. Egypt, Aden, Ceylon. Runt Kong, will Dam ade up on the evening of thu 24th February. The mails fir Britiati North America, Rerfaida, end the Lieiteit Mitten will be made up on the evesine of the 25th February. The main f o r the Went Coot of Africa and Madeua will be made up on the evebillK of the 29th February. The merle for the lira:ills, the River Plate, Monte Video, Pernam buco, Bahia. Mddeira, end Mimeos Ante, will be made up on the evening of the MI March. TO MUM:WON DENTS. THE number of SCAMPS issued to the DAILY NEWS by the authorities of the Stamp-office, during the year 1847, wu : From JAN. 1, to Doe. 31, 3,447,009 This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the number issued to the Morning Herald, Mor Chronicle, and Morning Post, ALL FI.T TOGETHER. In addition to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS, Morning Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition, THE EXPRESS, From JAN. 1, to DEC. 31 778,714 Which was more, we believe, than were issued either to the Globe or Standard, Eveniesr Papers. Aderfetveltente letended for • The ' boodles elentse, pew, out be at the ogee, Le, Ifoeverleaereeteby Two Vetere tee day et paloWeelea. BIOIN OATHS AT LONDON IRMO& Tams Daysilosulaz. la wk. 7 s &Norm 41 lan. NW 7. To.leesnow—Mosimr. l4 miss. We a l ai1a......50 Z. Plw I. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 12. THE illness of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY has, as was expected, ended in his death. While his name !As been daily before the public and the courts of law in connexion with the discussion on the rights and duties of his office, the aged prelate has been fast withdrawing from all controvet ales of church or state. lie can scarcely have been made acquainted with the eloquent eul. glum which Lord DENMAN, ten days ago, pronounced on his character, but he may pro bably have heard with satisfaction that the confirm anon dispute was at an end, and that he had no legacy of litigation to bequea , h to his aaccessor. Thou g h younger by several years than his colleague of YORE, who only preceded him to the grave by THE E \PRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1848. three months, Dr. HOWLRY lived long enough to witness great changes of feeling and opinion in the church and in the public. It is twenty years since he became primate of all England, and fora long period before his elevation he had presided over the see of London. In early life, at Oxford, be must have been familiar with doctrines of civil and ecclesiastical policy which differed w'dely from those which now prevail both in theory and practice. The evangelical party in these days, as an unpopular and pushing minority, held a position corresponding to that which is now occupied by the hoe ile and more modern sect of the Anglo-catholics. The highest churchmanship was in close alliance with the government; the sanctity of the existing division of church property was as yet held inviolable ; and there were many relics of the old theory, which, from the middle ages downwards, had represented an incum bent as a freeholder, and a bishop as a baron—who differed from the laity rather in the nature of the ser vices by which they held their estates, than in the security or independence of their tenure. Dr. HOWLEY saw without participation, but apparently without disapproval, the revival of activity among the clergy, which was caused partly by their share in the general movement of the age, and in a great mea sure from the necessity of counteracting the unpopu larity to which they were subjected about the era of the Reform Bill. As the views of the great bulk of the clergy and of the friendly portion of the laity changed, they found a discreet representative in the archbishop. From the establishment of the ecclesiastical commission he took an active part in its operat one, presiding at the board with remarkable regularity. In dealing with the question of education he also formed a suitable organ for that portion of public opinion which he might fairly be supposed to represent. Some years ago he objected to the innovation of government inspection in church schools, and to the equal participation of the public bounty by schools of all denominations. But the clergy and laity of the church rapidly modified their views; and no personal bigotry . on the part of the primate interfered with the introduction of a wiser and juster policy. Ile never originated or headed any innovation; but he was willing to assist in the practical introduction of changes which were generally thought to be reasonable. For his conduct in the difficult question of Puseyiem he incurred much censure in various quarters. The high-church party claimed his support for the assertors of episcopal power, and of the forms of the church ; their opponents would willingly have ex communicated their antagonists by the aid of any power ecclesiastical or secular. The archbishop, according to his custom, was passive for a time. Threescore and ten is not the age for taking up a new fanaticism, even in favour of rubrics and resurree tionised antiquities ; nor, on the other hand, was Dr. HOWLEY of a character to join in the persecution of a minority at the dictate of a noisy majority. After waiting until he was appealed to for a decision, he published one which was certainly no decision; bat which, perhaps, was as useful. lie appealed to all parties to be calm. lie requested the rubrical fanatics to let well alone; to be content without using ceremonies which had grown obsolete, and not to disturb the church by changes based on a theory that change was sacrilegious. The alarmists were obliged to be satisfied with tho partial countenance given to their complaints, and to postpone their hopes of forcing on a definite schism or secession. It was perhaps a just charge against Dr. HOWLEY that he allowed the reins of power to pass from his hands into those of his active and ambitious suffragan of London. Twenty years ago the minister of the day was strongly urged to place the then Bishop of CHESTER at the head of the church. Without hold ing that station Dr. HLOMFIELD has no doubt since exercised much of the authority which belongs to it ; but few churchmen and fewer politicians have regretted the limits placed on his activity by his secondary posi tion. There has seldom been an archbishop more acceptable to the statesmen, who had occasion to deal with him in ecc:rsiastical matters, than the late prelate. Neither encroaching nor obsti nate, he never throw petty difficulties in the way of arrangements to which he assented in substance; but at the same time he maintained opinions which, IT not entitled to weight on their own account, required consideration as facto from their' general prevalence in the church. lie was an excel- lent ecclesiometer. Whatever he approved, the church was certain not to disapprove ; and the general confi dence which he enjoyed among his own order often smoothed the path of government. The general un derstanding that he was consulted as to the personal qualifications of persons selected for high church Fe ferment, prevented in almost all cases dissatisfaction with the choice of the government. In his own dice cese, we believe, he was considered, in later life at least, too lax; and he was by no means exempt from I the universal fault of bishops—inattention to the merits of the clergy in disposing of his preferment. The rumours as to the appointment of a successor are various. The subject must, no doubt. I - ave been fully considered during the long illness of Dr. How- LEY. Some years ago the Bishop Luepos, as the most active and best known of the episcopal bench, would most probably have been selected fur the primacy ; but for many reasons, which it is hardly necessary to urge, such an appointment at present would be most improbable. With much talent for the details of business, Dr. BLOMFIF.LD has never shown larg eness of view, consistenc y . of opinion, or tact and right feeling in dealing with individuals. Ile would not, like Dr. HowLEY, keep matters smooth ; and he would not command public con fidence if he adopted any active course. Dr. KAYE, of Lincoln, has often been mentioned as a possible successor to the late archbishop. He was early distinguished by academical attainments, and has passed as a prosperous scholar through the headship of a college to the government of a see, where his best recommendation is that little has been heard of the diocese of Lincoln in his time. If it has heretics within its bosom it tolerates them •, if it has agitators, they are kept from agitation. The clergy, we may euspose, attend to their functions, in stead of discussing what these functions are, and the bishop enjoys the reputation of being a judicious pre late and a man of sense and business. He has, how ever, signed the late letter to Lord Jon RUSSELL , and in politics has not generally supported the party represented by the present government. Toe Bishop of OXFORD, from his name, his elo quence, his general reputation fur ability, and his favour at court, hue for some time been considered a not improbable candidate. There can be, however, no doubt that the " Hnmpden" correspondence has put an end to his claims. It is impossible tojuatify his conduct in the matter; and we have never heard disputants on that many-sided controversy while some blamed one party, some another — dispute the pre tensions of the Bishop of OXFORD to have got into the mire deepest of all. It is unnecessary to enter farther into the c , ance of his being promoted to Can terbury. The Bishop of SALIRBURY, as a man of ability and a member of an influential Whig family, has sometimes been pointed out by rumour as the future primate; but we believe that the feeling of the government is far from favour able to him ; and he was one of the writers of the "Hampden" letter. Dr. SUMNER, I3ishop of CHESTER, who is mentioned by report, is a very active and zealous prelate, and his promotion would give satisfaction to a numerous party in the church. We should regret to see him selected for the arch bishopric on the ground that he is a strong partisan. It is very desirable that a primate should be above the internal controversies of the body over which he presides : and that all parties should have a confidence in his fairness. We think, however, that Dr. SUMNER'S appointment is by no means an impossible contin gency. To Dr. Parts and I/r. STANLEY there are similar objection., and we have not heard either of them mentioned in common rumour. The Arch bishop of YORK has, we suppose, reached his destined height of elevation. The most general report which has lately prevailed has pointed to Dr. LO NSDALE, Bisho p el LICHFIELD, who is well known as a practical and sensible man ci business, and who enjoys a good general reputa tion. We doubt whether any report on such a sub jftt is likely to be founded on sufficient authority ; but from internal evidence, we should attach great weight to a rumour that Dr. THIRLWALL, the Bishop of St. it ivin's is to be the new Archbishop. As the first of English scholars, as • politician of enlarged and statesmanlike views, and es a person entirely exempt from bigotry, fa naticism, and hypocrisy, Dr. THIItLWALL would probably be the best candidate whom the crown could select. In questions of educa tion, or of the establishment of religious equality, a wise administration would find in him, not an impediment or a clog, but a stkady and determined supporter. The charges of the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S are by far the most complete and satisfactory answers which have been given to the Tractarian party. Instead of join ing in the ignorant clamour against their Romanising tendencies, he confronted them with a calmness and security of learning superior to their own. On the Maynooth question and on the corn laws, he spoke in the House of Lords with greater effect perhaps on those who read his speeches, than on his immediate audience. He is, however, we believe, an effective preacher. Sometimes, when he has preached in Welsh in remote parts of his diocese, the dissenting chapels have been dosed to enable their congregations to hear him. We hope at any rate that the crown will select a man of sense for the office. Orthodox divines are as plenty as blackberries ; saints are sprinkled here and there ; statesmen are rarely to be found in the higher ranks of the church. The demand of the public upon them for hypocrisy is so easily and profitably an swered, that few of them fail to cultivate or plant prejudices as if they were virtues. With a popular Pope at Rome, it would be • discredit to protes tentisro, if it could not fled some reasonable portion of wisdom to occupy the humbler throne of nter bury. THE reduction of the duty on tea cannot be tro... as purely a question of revenue : it involves the extension—perhaps even the continuation, of our trade with China. The value of cotton cloths exported from this country to China amounted,inlB44,to 1,464,0001., and in 1845 to 1,543,000!. In 1846 it bad fallen to 940,000!., and in 1847 it was only 880,0001. This de cline was not owing to any unwillingness on the part of the Chinese torematn our customers, but to the difficulty of finding commercial returns in China; and this die ' culty was created in a great measure, if not altogether, by the taxation of Great Britain. The export of tea to this country is arrested, not by a short supply of the commodity, but by the impossibility of findins w : market here for the whole quantity could be supplied—an impossibility created solely by the heavy customs duty levied upon tea, and which would disappear with the reduction of the duty. The tax upon tea varies with the value of the article from 300 to 200 per cent. Whole classes of the community are thus compelled to abstain from its use, and others to consume less of it than they are disposed to do. Hence the market is already glutted, the stocks of tea are increasing, and weak holders are obliged to sell at unremunerative prices. The Chinese cannot take as much of our manufactures as they wish because we cannot take the necessary quantity of tea in exchange ; and we cannot take the tea because government makes us pay twice or thrice as much again as the natural price of the commodity on every pound we consume. To this view of the question the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER objected, on Thursday evening, that the exports to Chins in 1814 and 1845 were unnaturally and improvidently large, and could nut be expected to continue at so high an amount. There is a little truth in this allegation and much fallacy. There can be no doubt that, considering how very little we knew about China, there was great risk iu the large consignments which a great number of our manufacturers made, and for some time kept making, to that market at its first opening. But what were the circumstances under which the manufacturers plunged headlong into this risk ? As observed by Mr. CARDWELL, on Thursday : " The trade was at first in the hands of British mer chants, who, when it ceased to be remunerative, dis continued it ; but it was then taken up by the manu facturers, anxious to find an increasing market for the produce of their manufactories." Manufactures in this country have for a long tract of yearshad their market limited by artificial means—by the pressure of protective and prohibitive duties on corn, ou sugar, and on many other commodities. In this unnatural state of affairs, capital and population, and skill—in short, all the elements of production—had increased much more rapidly than the means of finding a vent for produce. The nation was labouring under a ple thora of production, and producers naturally and ne cessarily rushed in headlong haste to every new open ing, and choked it up by their struggles to be first. Our manufacturers elbowed, jostled, and fought with each other, to threw themselves and their goods into the Chinese market, just as the prisoners in the black hole of Calcutta trampled each other down to get to the window—from an instinct of self-preservation. The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. with his 200 and 300 per cent. duty upon tea, is the humane sentry, with his bayonet, driving those who reach the window back to be stifled in the crowd. Another set of objectors to the reduction of the tea-duties affect scepticism as to the possibility of an increased consumption of tea even at much lower prices than now prevail. This scepticism, if real, must be based on utter ignorance of the habits of the population. In a large manufacturing town in the north there are two large and flourishing tea esta blishments supported almost exclusively by the custom of the females who work at tambouring or for the employers of hand-loom weavers in the imme disiely adjoining country : On the days when these poor creatures receive their wages, the immense num ber of small packages of tea and sugar prepared before hand is wonderful, as well as the rapidity with which they disappear. Yet the tea is infused in the very smallest quantities, and generally the leaves are pre served and dried to be used over again. In the same way it is a common practice in London and many other places, to allow female domestics so much in name of wages, and so much as tea and sugar money. In comparatively few cases is this money expended on tea, and almost never on auger. Such is the economy used with what is still a luxury. These are but indica flow; of the extent to which the quantity of tea used by the already tea-consuming classes is kept down by the high duties. And there are many classes who now never use it at all, although it never has been known that any people ever tried it, without contracting a taste for it. The average rates of consumption in different countries cor r o borate the natural inferences from the facts we have mentioned. In Australia, where tea is abundant and cheap, the average annual consumption is 81b. per head ; in this country it is only III). 10oz. per head ; although in families where expense is nn consideration it has been known to rise as high as 131 b. per head, and althoug h the allowance in the navy is tilb. 40z., and in work houses 31lb. per head. The declining state of our trade with China, the intimate association between that decline and the anomalously small consumption of tea in this country, the enormous addition made to the price of tea by our customs duties, and the immense latent power of tea consumption in the country, all point to a large re duction of the tea duty as a matter of inevitable necessity mite qu'il codte—whether the revenue be a loser or not. The reduction must he made without loss of time — before the Americans or other rivals get in and take possession of the ground we now occupy in China. h t-Auction must be large so as to occasion a sensi ble diminution in price, and render possible a large and immediate increase of consumption. These who are best acquainted with the trade, sleek of any change short of a reduction to Is. ner ib , as certain to be utterly ineffi cacious ; and notwithstanding that Mr. JAMES WIL,riN sticks out for Is. 61, we believe their view to be I sound. A duty of Is. 6d. per lb. would keep prices at a range which would still afford a motive to the present pinching self-denial of tea-drinkers, and to keep back the yet uninitiated. Some few have talked of an ad valorem duty. The dealers have always been opposed to it as unworkable. As to the validity of this objection we confess our selves not altogether convinced , but there is another which weighs with us. It has been remarked that those of the working classes who indulge in tea rarely , consume the low class kinds. This it is easy to ac count for. The agreeableandbeneficial stimulus which I good tea supplies cannot be produced by the low price teas, which are either deficient in strength or adnl terated (in the country of their growth). The very low priced class of teas will not be consumed, and ought nut to .be consumed, in any I circumstances. Again, the fancy, or exquisitely flavoured teas are limited in quantity, are 1 dear even in China, and many of them cannot stand a sea voyage ; their consumption will always be so limited as to render a higher duty upon them as a source of revenue entirely illusory. The range of prioes of teas in general consumption will vary so little as to cause the inequality of a uniform duty on teas of differing values almost to disappear in practice. The additional coat of perception rendered n by an ad valorem tax would occasion more loa e s ee t: a Z than the nice adjustment of the rate of duty to value would occasion gain to any. On these grounds we rest our conviction that the parties moving for a reduction of the tea duty have J udged wisely in discarding the idea of any but a uniform duty, and in insisting that at the utmost it shall not exceed Is. per pound. We believe, in addition to the mercantile considerations we have hitherto been adverting to, that in such a bold and extensive reduction, there is most security against any great falling off in the revenue. A small and timid change can produce no sensible increase of con sumption ; it is only a very great reduction that affords any likelihood of as immediate and marked increase ; and it is only a great and rapid increase that can compensate for diminished rates. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK was singularly infelicitous in adverting to the case of the Post-office as a proof that greatly reduced rates did not necessarily lead to aug mented returns. The Post-office is not a mere taxing, it is also a working department. The gentlemen who for many years contracted to furnish coaches and horses to the mail, never expected that their profits I would bear the same proportion to their expenditure, as the returns of the window duty to the cost of col lection. In judging of the success of the new post office system we must take into account the accom modation afforded to the public as well 811 the surplus profit of that government monopoly which is paid over to the Exc he quer. A tax upon tea is a tax, and nothing else; the aggregate returns may be increased amazingly, without any sensible increase in the cost of collection. The post-office is a trading specula tion as well as a source of revenue ; the outlay must be greatly increased before the income can begin to increase. But we again repeat, that in arguing for an imme diate and great reduction of the duty on tea we are prepared to leave considerations of revenue entirely out of the question. The maintenance and ex tension of our trade with China are at stake, and for such an object, especially in the present state of our commer cial relations, much may be risked. Ministers, it is understood, have made np their minds to lay on an additional 5 per cent of income and property tax, and , for such an augmentation of our burdens, they owe us same compensation. Remission in a tax so calcu lated to depress the productive ii.dustry of the coun try as the existing tea duty, is a most legitimate kind of compensation. The reluctance with which we swallow an additional dose of the income and property tax is too well known to require further allusion to it at present; but we have some words to say as to the principle of its assessment, and will say them soon. Cbt utt. The Queen held a court and privy council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The council was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Se cretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, arid Colonial Dos pertinent', the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. At the council, her Majesty havi-g been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Charles lord Sudeley to be lord ' lieutenant of the county of Montgomery, his lordship took the usual oaths. The Archbishop of York and William Goodenough Hayter, Esq., were by command of the Queen sworn of her Majesty's most honourable privy council, and took their respective places at the boar 1. The Right Hon. W. G. Ilayter had the honour of kissing hands on , aing appointed Judge Advocate General. The Qaeen pricked the list of sheriffs for the present year. A Seal for the general government of New Zealand, a Seal for the province of New Ulster in New Zealand. a Seal for the province of New Munger in New Zealand, and a Seal for the island of Labuan , which had been prepared by Mr. B. Wyon, chief cog f her Ma jesty's seals, were submitted to the Queen in council, and were approved of. The Hon. W. Bathurst was the clerk of the council in waiting at the court Viscount k'alklaud had an audience of the Queen, and resigned his gold stick of office as captain of the yeomen guard. The Marquis of Donegal had an audience of her Majesty, and kissed hands on being appointed captain of the yeomen guard. The noble marquis received from the Queen his gold !tick of office. Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen, when her Majesty appointed a sheriff for Lancashire. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord J. Russell. The court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey. gold stick in waiting, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice•ChamlserLain, the Comptroller of the Household, .the Earl of Morley, lord is waiting, and Col. Drummond, groom in waiting. At the close of the performance of the " (Ediptur at Buckingham Palace on Thursday (the anniversary of bee Majesty's marriage), the Queen and Prince Albert wen pleased to express to Mr. Bartley their most gracious appro bation of the admirable manner in which he had officiated as reader of the tragedy. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were alma pleased to express to Mr. Bartholomew their gra cious approval of his translation of the work. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cohourg, Count Arthur Momdorff, Madame de Wangenheim, Mr. G. H. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Baron Fritsch. A deputation from the Steam Shipowners Associa lion, consisting of Mr. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Williams, Mr. ; Wilson, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Morgan (secretary), and accom panied by Mr. Patti.on, M.P., Mr Browne, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M P., Mr. Guinness, M.P., Mr. Willrox. M.P., and Mr. Bryden, parliamentary agent, had an interview yes terday with the Commissioners of Railways. at the Board of Trade.—l,r , l Portman had au interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation from the candle manufacturers of the City, headt d by Alderman Humph( ry, M.P., and attended by Mr. Wire, their solicitor, and Mr. Bryden, parliamen tary agent, had an interview with the President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on the subject of the opposition to " Price's Patent Candle Company's Bill." The deputation consisted of the following gentlemen •. Mr. Warrec, Mr. Hale, Mr. Humphries, Mr. Tindall, and Mr. Davis. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-of f ice, for the Governors of the North American provinces. Dr. Lushington had an interview yesterday with Sir G. Grey : Mr. Matthew Bell, M.P. for Northumberland, had also an interview with the right lion. baronet. Mr. T. W. Webster had an interview Yesterday with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, on the subject of the lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway, accompanied by Mr. Sheill, of Dundee, the secretary to the company. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat yesterday, and heard an appeal from Jamaica, Davis v. HEAurn OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—We under stand that the Lord Bishop of London is in a weak state of health, and that his lordship is frequently obliged to have recourse to galvanism as a remedy.—CAttreA and State Gazette. DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER C. G. MAITLAND, BART —nth venerable baronet died, on Monday last, at Etlinliurgh, at the great age of 9'2 yearn, having been bern in 17."; i. He was eldest son of the Hon. G,n. Sir A. Mait land, Bart., son of the sixth Earl of Lauderdale, who ob tained the baronetcy for hii military services. He is suc ceeded by his grandson, Alexander Charles, born in 1820. (From last night's Gazette.) WAR-OFFICY, F; R. 11. 7th Drag. Gds.—J. Thomson, M.D., to be aa5.41.11., vice lock, killed at the Cape of Good Hope.. 3rd It. Draga.—H. F. Dimniole, gent., to be car., by par., doe Campbell, prom. to 6th Drag. Gds. 9th U. Drank—A. E. Wilkinson, gent., to be ear., by pur., vice Richards, prom. 2nd F.—Capt. Lord H. F. Chichester, from 9th Fto be cam., vice G. N. K. A. Yang, who exch. ; Lieut. G. E. A. Tobin, to be CA bO Pt" be I b le y u pw t, bj v p ite ur iAri ., vlee n To F il a Chk ; K h . esk li. r huss wi ll, m rin ; t., E to n' be L ens ing ., l6 3 : par, vice Inglis. 9th F.—Lout. W. T. De Wilton, from 22nd F., to be lieut., vice Whiteside, who each. 22nd I.—Lieut.-Col. S. J. Cotton, from 28th F., to be lieut.-col., vice Peonetather, who each.; Lieut. .1. Whiteside, from 9th F., to be lieut., vice Ito Wilms, who each. 24th I'.—Gent. Cadet C. W. St. John, from Royal MU. Col., to be cm., without par., vice Bull, dee. • 27th E.—Maj :am. W. F. P. Napier, C. 8., to be col., vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Maclean, K.C.8., dee. 26th of. J. L. Pennefather, C.A., from 22nd F., to be lout vice Cotten, who exch. 40th F.—Ens. F. B. thew, to be adj., on Snelling, who rot. the adjutancy only. 4 let F.—Maj.-Gen. C. A. A'Court, C. 0., to be col., vice Gen. Sir R. Darliog, app. to 69th F 46th F.—Age.—Surg. W. . S. Johnstone, M.D., from 87 th F., to be aen-surg., vice Wray, who exch. 28th F.—Maj.-Ger. G. C. D'Aguilar, GB., to be ml., vice Gen. F. Maitland, deo. 62nd F.—Lieut. L. B. Tyler, to be cant., by par., vice Graves, who rot; Ens. W. Rudman, to be lieut., by pur., vice Tyler ; H. S. Ad. lington, gent., to be eon, by pur., no, Rudman. 69th F. Gen. Bir R. Darling, from 41st F., to be col., T/01 Gen. J. Vincent, dec. 73rd Bro te be maj., by vice Baker, whose prom. hsa been cane.; Lieut. J. F. Murray, to be opt, without par vice Baker, Idlled at the Cape of Good Hope; Lieut. J. R. 8. Via: gerald, from h.+. 62nd F., to be lieut., vice Murray; Assist-Surg. J. Poynter, from Rine Brig., to be surg., vice Oompbell, killed at the Cape of Good Hope. 75th F.--Gent Flatlet R. Carter, from Royal Mil. Col, to be ens. without pur., vice Milks, app. adj.; Ens. T. Milks, to be , vice Brooks, prom. 82nd F.—Quartermast.-Serj. R. Hate, to be qoartamast., vice B. Grant, who ret upm h..p. 87th F.—Asitst. -Sun. C. W. Wray, from 46th F., to be assist..rarg., vice Johnstone, who exch. 93rd I.—Ens. W. F. A. to be lieut., by vice ghutsr, who ret..; .1. Dalyell, roc, b a be ens., by our. nee Mop. 96th I.—Ens. J. V. O'Donnell, to be lieut., by par., vice Campbell, who rot; W. A. Swift, gent., to be ens., by par., woe O'Donnell. Ride Brigade--. 1. It. 31. Lewia, M.D., to be ssaist..surg., vice Poynter, prom. in .73rd F. fad West India Regt.—Quartermaet. T. Birley, to be adj., with rank dens., viee Darragh, dec. 3rd Weet India Regt.—Ens. R. W. Devise, to be heat., without PF., Woe Gardner, dee.; W. IL Walsh, gent., to be ens., vice Da p ne, eylon Bide Rest —Gar...Serj.-Maj. T. Miller, late 96th F., to be see.-lieut., without par., vice Dixon. dec. toed H. F. Claithcater, of lad F., to be mai. in the army. Einem' in the Gazette u. Noe 1517.-73rd Foot—Far Lent. C. Littl.rtslee, to be apt.. by po •:ea Baker, prom" reed, Mee Broten, pram OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Fca. D. Corps of Royal Finghteers.—bret.-tral. C. C. Alearmder, to be lieut.- rice Piper, ret cm f.-p.; Set. ("Apt. B. 0. Ilemiltoo. to be apt. Mee Aloanftr; Pine Lett T. L. I. Chdlwey, Co be let apt, wen Ilannitan ; bee. Lieut. IL Manors be drat beat, Moe Gainer SHERIFFS FOR 1848. Trees s sopplcnoent to we olgiat'sGesters.l Yesterday, at the Court at Buckingham Palace, the following were appointed by her Majesty to council sheriffs for the year 1848 - .—T. A. Omen, Esq., Paseaham. Rofddos, Esq., el arch. Lc...odes, Esq., M the Bury, in Cbeedasn. Herrnsupos.—J. M. Ilesthwto, Esq., of Conning. Utagaz.--1. SON A$D D. Maclean, Faq., of Lazenby. 101111LI.-11. Brooke, Eeq., of the Grange. nonniusa.—Bir R. Burdett, Bart., of Forernart. .0111111RIL—.1. &Want, Esq., of Coombe. Ooodden, Paq., of Over Comptoo. Iscrision---flir W. Wm, Bart., of It indlesionnhalL Easix.—B. B. Colvin, Eaq., of Mangham'si.holl. Waltham HOJSCrOIL GLOVCISTWIfiai.—W. avg. Faq., of the Grove, Painawick. Hearroavautaih —R. M. Lingwood, Eaq , of Lymone-hoop'. HISTIVIDEMIL—W. Parker. Esq., of Wore.park. kistr.--J. A. Worm, Eaq., of Wearcllffe, it. Lawrence, Monet. Lzscoormisinsur.—H. F. Colewoso E.g., of Beinirton-hall. Ellisee, Eaq., of Sudbrooke Uolme. NOSIIOUTZNEILL—E. H. Phillips, Erg., of Tremont cottage. NOR/OM—W. Birth, Eaq., of Wretham. Norm aursousan oa.—The Hon. ILU. liotch it s of Lois, \Voodoo. Lown.-0. Burden, Faq., of Heddae-house. ems.—J. H. IL Button, Faq.. of Kelhani. M. P. W. Boohoo, Eel., of Great Tew. -The lion C. G. Noel, commonly called Lord Nu Eq., of Plowden. of Nyneheivl.coort. of Perry Barr. Esq., of Medd= Grange, count Campiee, of Plittrda.pparvk Sttoccutuu.—W. H. V. Plotrd Soutuusoottac.—E. A. Sulfur STAFTOIWIMIRR.—Tes lion. P. Coc+rr or Alga. Scrroas.—C. A. Lord Iluntingfield, of Sraniy.—L. Steer,. Esh of Jars, Dorking. Scanzi.-84 S. B. P. blicklethosit, Bart., of 'ridge-place. WAIMCIIIIIII2.—T. Mike, Eq., of Maxtoke.essfie. Wu:Dorm—J. H. C. Wyndham, Eq., of the Colima, Salisbury. Woacrorairmum —l. F. Ledassk Esq., of Northfield. YOR.lollllll4—Y.Greame, Eq., of Sesraby. WALES. .—Sir H. D. Ooring, Sart., of Trysgloryn. tas.—P. Williams, Eq., of PenponL ossanta—G. A. !luMaXt, EAq., of Brynkir. taxstuns.—Sir J. Williams, Bart.. of Edwlasford. moslossoruaa.—J. Bowen. Eq., of Teredyraur. 1W1.11.1.11..-8. Yorke, Esq., of End*. tp - rstua.—Sir W. H. Clerke, Bart., of Kertstl. le_arnao,4.l3lll¢l.—T. W. Booker, Eq., of Yeitridra. Lutener, P.M. of Doleror. Jona% Eq., of Goerndilehra. —O. Owen, Esq., of CennEloyoe. I. A. Whittaker, EM., of Newoutis.eourt. INSTALLATION M OF THE TER FIRST BISHOP OF AN C . Dr. Lee, the new Bishop of Manchester, ar rived in the city by express train, on Thursday night, about eleven o'clock, from London, accompanied by his secretary, and proceeded to the Palatine Hotel, near the cathedral. Although the ceremony was fixed for eleven o'clock, yester day, the company began to assemble before nine to the morning, and iucluded a great number of ladies. The throne was a handsome temporwy erection on the clothuth-side of the choir, affixed to a scree of crimson at the head of the sta ll s, and was n surmounted by • canopy of carved oak tnricbed by pinnacles, as nearly as possible in keeping with the older carved work of the rolls, so much admired for teir richness. The back of the choir or thtone was emblazo h ned with the arms of the diocese. The chair formerly occupied by the Bishop of Chester Tiiiti to this city, then part of his diocese, was lilacs d on • dais in front of the communion for the use of the bishop in the fins instance. The clergy of the diocese present, and • few ladies only, in addition to the chaplains and choristers, were admitted ithin the chair, which could bold no more than from 100 to 150 persons. The powerful organ in the nave of the church com menced • voluntary, about twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, and the Bishop of Manchester, the Dean and Canons, entered the cathedral in procession by the south west door, advanced up the south aisle through the nave, and entered the chapter-house. The scene in the church at this moment was most exciting, potties scrambling in all directions for • first view of the new dignitary, and the la dies occupying the upper north steps of the altar having risen en their feet, so as to exclude all behind them from • sighs. All eyes were directed towards the chapter-house, when the doors re-opened about eleven o'clock, and front thence were turned towards the western door of the choir, so the procession again left the chapter-house sad ad vanced to that part of the edifice. Hislordship took his seat on the chair before mentioned as having been placed is front of the altar. The dean and chapter occupied seats on the right of his lordship. The service used for the occasion was what is termed full cathedral service, and this commenced immediately. At the end of the morning service, and before the litany, the Bishop came forward and petitioned in his own name to be inducted into all the rights, privileges, authori ties and station of the office of a bishop of the new See of Manchester. The Very Rev. the Dean put the interroga tions, asking if he " will to the utmost of his power defend ell the rights, privileges, and immunities of tae see ;" and, having received satisfactory answers, he then administered the oath to that effect, the bishop repeating it word by word after the dean. The dean and canons then ad vanced, and the dean taking the bishop by the right hand, conducted him to the throne, where he received the congratulations of the chapter. The dean and canons next advanced f ol low communion in their white surplices, and an anthemed, clearing ',hints the Bishop stood in front of the throne, and was foe the first time seen by the majority of the congregation lathe choir and its aisles. The Dean read the serener of the litany usually recited by the Ordinary. He also read the prayer for the High Court of Parliament and the general thankegiving. The Dean concluded with this prayer : "We return thanks 0 God, for the reverend pastor who is at thin time installed bishop of this church, and supplicate the Divine Msieety that be may long continue bishop of this church and diocese, providing by • happy government for its pro sperity, sod may so proceed that both be and the people committed to his charge may In the end attain eternal life." The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Manchester intents diately zoo and pronounced, in a loud and clear voice, from the throne, the benediction. Thus ended the ceremony of installation, which lasted only an hour and a half. His lordship afterwards proceeded to Whalley Range to lay the first stone of a new church, to be dedicated to Mazgaret NQUERTs, YESTERDAY.—MATIFLAUGHTER AT LAM METH WORK HUl:OZ.—Before Mr. Carter, in the committee room of Lambeth workhouse, concerning the death of Jane Jackson. The facta have appeared in the police reports. The deceased on Wednesday last was sitting in the proba tionary wird, when two females came in for the night. A row ensued between Buckley and Maria Connell. They were about to commence fighting, when the deceased rushed in between them, and in so doing received a blow on the head from Connell, which was intended for Buckley. The deeeawel became insensible, and during the night died. Mr. S. Caldcleugh, surgeon to the house, said the deceased's death was from concussion, occasioned by the blow. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against M. Connell.— DETKATION or A YOUNG FEMALE FOE NINE YEARS IN LUN►TIC HSTLCII, WITHOUT NOR PARENTE' KNOW LEDON.—By Mr. Mills, at the Ashby Castle, Northampton- Nome, Clerkenwell, on the body of the late Miss Kate Ling, aged 29, daughter of Mr. Laing, a captain in the merchant service —Captain Laing said the deceased was his daughter, and that during the time he was at sea, he left her hi care of a relative, whom he paid for her support. When he r. turned home, nine years ago, he was informed that his daughter was in a situation, and fur nine years he , imagined that such was the fact. About 12 months ago, he heard for the first time that his daughter hod been for nine years in a private lunatic asylum, which greatly astonished him, as she had never betrayed symptoms of insanity. He had h:r instantly removed to the house of Mrs. Barns, Rog. worth-place, where every attention was paid her, until the .sth inst., when she was found dead on the floor in her bedroom. Atter her removal to Mrs. Barns's, she be trayed symptoms of insanity, which he attributed to the treat ment to which she had been subjected during his absence. Although he repeatedly passed for years theWesternAsylum, Sloane-street, where his daughter was confined, he bad no idea that she was its inmate.—Mr. Taylor, surgeon, made a post mortens examination. The body externally presented a kw slight bruises, and internally he found the lungs so com pletely collapseti, that death must have been instantaneoas. That might have occurred by the shock her system sustained by her falling from her bed to the ground.—The jury, after some deliberaton, returned a nerd ct of "natural death: after which the father of deceased intimated his intention to proceed criminally against the parties who placed his daugh:er in a lunatic asylum IRELAND. DUBLIN. Fee. 10. Lord Clarendon follows his policy with detei mina tion and vigour. Resolved on the suppression of crime to the full extent of the powers vested in him by the recent act, he has just issued an order to the high constable of Middle Third, Tipperary, to levy ten pounds off the townland of Balladine, in the parish of Ardmuile. A murder bad been committed in the now suffering district on the 28th of De cember last, and an additional constable was placed there, whose maintenance for three months is the amount of the present levy. The townland consists of 33 acres, and is held by 16 occupiers; so that the rate will come up to six shillings in the pound for the three months : for the entire year it would exceed the letting value of the land. This will fall with sufficient severity on the occupiers. Better to aid lin the suppression of crime, than groan under such a penalty. PROVINCIAL. BOILER EXPLOSION IN NIANCIIESTER.—EPAIT PEasoss KlLLED.—Yeaterday morning, a great loss of life occurred from the bursting of a boiler at the manufactory of a spindle and fly maker, named Thomas Riley, in Medlock street, Ardwick, Manchester. The engine - house , p art of manufactory, and a smithy, were shattered to pieces, and the materials scattered in all directions. Four youths, vary ing from 14 to 18 years of age, named Henry Hughes, Jo seph Atkinson, Join Davies, and Charles McHardy, all of whom were employed by Mr. Riley, were removed from the ruins, quite dead. Samuel Chatterton, the sun of the owner of the smithy, and two children, aged seven and ten years, eons ..r butcher named Wordsworth, were playing together in the ya , il adjoining the engine-hone at the time, and also met A.rn taeir deaths in consequence of the explosion. &char.. Wordsworth, four years, who was also playing in the yard , sustained severe injuries. There were also arrend others, youths p injured ld. bruins; and one of them , Peter C ash, a g ed 19, died sc at bail out one o'ciack. Four of the others who are injured are is • dangerous state. The bricks and a portion of the engin, were thrown • considerable distant.', some as far as 200 yards ; and the bull attached to the boiler entered the roof of • tailor's workshop, and one or two of the people cm.' ployed sustained sonic slight injuries. In con.equence of the reports which were rife as to the dangerous state the boiler had been in for come time, Mr. Thomas Riley, the owner of tha manufactory, was taken into custody after the accident by Mr. Berwick, chief superintendent of police. Atkinson, mentioned above as only 15 years of age, and whose life has been • sacrifice with others by this a wful cala mity, had chirge of the engine; and great blan.• Stand and the owner ci the manufactory for employing such a young and inexperienced engineer. Mote. DRURY-LANE.—After many postponements " The Marriage of Figaro" was produced at this theatre last even ing, and its performance, on the whole, was succesefol. It was hand,omely got up in respect to scenery and costumes, and the music, in general, was well executed. As a dra matic representation it was certainly a falure, as not one of the characters could properly be said to have been pet sonated. Indeed, had the actors been ever so good their efforts would have been marred by their being obliged to carry on the dialogue in recitative; a thing which We bane been long convinced is, in comic opera, quite impracticable. Such is the flexibility of the Italian language, and its adaption to musical inflections, that Italian actors, in their own tongue, can talk as lightly and as fluently in recit ative u in ordinary speech ; nay, the comic effect of the dialogue may be heightened by grotesque and uncommon musical tones and intervals. But no other language has this capahility—in no other language has it been ever attempted, till now, to make recitative the vehicle of common dialogue; and in performing this v e r y opera, in the best theatres of Germany, the dialogue is always simply spoken. Recitative, either in German or English, may he used for the broken phrases of an agitated or pessionste soliloquy ; but fur lively, busy, rapid conversation, it is wholly out of the question. Nothing, accordingly, could be more dismal than the dialogue of this gay opera as it was given.last wipht ; it was really "tragical mirth." More than half of it was cut out, and the performers stammered and blundered through the re mainder, with the help of the prompter, whose voice cessantly audible In every part of the house, and with races elongated by care and anxiety. Though the dialogue was thus mutilated, and though whole scenes were omitted, yet it dragged an slowly, that the opera was not over till between 11 and 12 o'clock. Such, however, are the musical charms of this opera, that it pleased the audience, notwithstanding its dramatic nullity. Merely to listen to the delicious har monies of the orchestra was delightful ; and it was a pleasure which never lost its relish, from the overture to the finale. Miss Birch, as Susanna, sang admirably. Her great effort was the exquisite ‘• Doh vieni, non tardar," wlsch was as pure and beautiful a piece of vocaiieation as we have ever heard. Mrs Lea, tothe Countess, surpassed our exp. boas. The The latter part of " Dove mono," demanded a greater , but in other respec ts volume of vo.ce than she possesses this fine sir was well sung ; and her " Porsi enter " was really beautiful. Mr. Weiss, though he certainly didnot look the gay and gallant Count Alniat . .va, sang like a good musi cian. The duet " Cruuel, perchi floors," between him and Mia Barch,weut off admirably. Miss Miran,who war pees , rated by the reason we have already given from personating the I'age, as she would otherwise have done, sang the music of the part most deliciously. Her" Vol she , apete" enrap,ured the audience. Mr. Whitworth was the I,garo: he sang carefully and in a pure style, bet without the breadth, bold .ness, and spirit which the part demands. The tint concerted pieces appeared to have been well rehearsed. and had su ex cellent effect. The audience expres.-ed their satisfaction by calling for the principal performers at the end of the piece, and loudly applauding them. The theatre was crowded. NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, Fee. 11. - ArroINTSIENTS. - Lieutenant; W. 3. It. Card (additi• nal), to llibernia.--Midshipman : F. %ming, to Wellesley.-Nand Cadets 3. Hey, to Havannah ; E. Deentry, to Prince K t;J.E. M. Wilco% to thdeduedm--iguana : 11. Baton wonto C aledonia. r FUZZ MONIII.-1 HE tAiGNET.-Notice is teen in last eight's Gazette to the °Movie and company of her wit ety'e chip 11. Layton, Esq., onumander , that. an to/mount of the proceeds C an Y r t' f the bounty money on the tonnage of the .:are brigantine% name untnown, captured 11th 51. ch, 1846, and Clara, on the 12th March, 1046, will be detomited in the registry of the 1140 Ciurt Adtainelty, on or before the Bth of Mare% ISIS, agreeably to act of parliament.-Waratiaritex.-- the account ralea of the promo& arising from the capture of the clime vessel thaim, by her Majecty'e ship Waterwtteh ; Birch, l'aq., commander, on the tat ol alay. 1846, will be registered in the high (Sort at Admiralty. on or after the 19th inst.- Wsa cram, -The officers and eompany of Lae Ma. jemy's 'loop Wanderer, Captain the Hon. .1. Bemoan, then ion mender, who were aetuidly present at the dectroc Bon 01 tome clam barriceonson the Galling, between the 19th and 26th NOVelittlrY. 11140, are tolorme.l that a parliament:o . y grant havn9 rein mete to them fur the alerts liberated no this uetaudo, a distribution ilareof will be made, on Friday, the 25th ban., at No. 14, (heat eiconce-..tmet, Westminster, where the unclaimed ehares will be recalled tor 3 no idler. Commander, 3381. 19s. 0.d.; 3rd Nash 741. Ble. 6;tl. • ith clas% 371. b.. 31d. ; sth elm% 331. In e. ; 6th elms, 2:/. 71,1 z elms, 141. 12s. 74d.; Sth clam, itt. lea. lid.; 9th deer, 111.3.. 141.; 10th elms, /1.9.04 d.; .9th clew, 51.11 lid. ; 12th ctn., 31. I I/. Old.; 13th clam, 21. 150.101.1.-Ssasero.-The oflicers and ronspany of her Mairety's ship Saracen, Lieut. IL W. 1101 cosenuindieg, are in. formed that, to the 95th Met., t he y will be paid, at 11, Norfolk Strand, their proportion. of a grant roierred tar toe destruct= • barracoons, at the GLUM., between the 111th and the 96th Nor.. 1040, Rollo and Wanderer in company; and the eh :tresvill be reatlltd for three months to mow, agreeably to set of purlianwnt :-'rd dam. r 449 r. ; 4th claw, 371 5, 30.; Stb chum, ;2. 10s. 1314.; clam, 22/.7. ; 7th clue, 1 81. 12s. Bth chase, a 141. I11+. ; 9th Nan., 111. 3*. ,• 10th claw% 71. fic.O.d.; 11th clan, 3/.110.94d.; 12th clam, 3/. 14a. 6,10. ; lath elan, 15e. 10/01.-11aiia.-Tha officers and earnpany of her Sladelny's brig Rolla, C. Hell, mundit.g, sill be paid on Friday, the 25th of thin month, at No. 22, Arundetagrem, Boned, their rev dire proportimo of bounties granted for the liberation of Mares and destruction of banteemaut by that vessel, in company with her Alints43's hip. Wandertr .aid an, between the 19th and 20th ot November, 1340; mid that the 114 will be reeohed, tin Wedneaday- and Thursdays ouly, tor the three ad /owing months, at the same place i--Conunauder, 149/. In. 1d; led; clam, 14!. lug. Mid.; 4th elan, 37/. Sa 310.; Sth c:asa, 331 10,11p1. 6.h ch.., 22/. o. Lid.; ith claw, 181. 12s. 7id.; Ith Natty 141. tae. 11d.; 9th cltvlt 3e. fild.; It lb clam, 71. tte. 044.; Itch clam, 5/. Ile. 12t h claw, 31.140. 61d.; 13th class, L. lie. 1441. CAIFYI CAZY, MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—C. Dixon. of Staniar& cprk, Emsworth, one of the Vim-presidents et Poe ntscrotul, alter reftiring from a friend, whom he bad deputed to make inquiries toe him, a report respecting the charity, Imo presented to the com mittee a donation of SOW., in addition to precious tufa:baboon amounting to SPORTING. LIVERPOOL. SPRING MEETING, ISM. HANDICAP FOR THE. LIVERPOOL BPRING Fisher (6 Tis), Bet /lb: Ennui ‘ '3 3re), hot sth ; Administrator (4 v. .4st 21b; Spectator (aged), ist 121 b; Mums (aged), lot lob; Peeps- Do Roy (4 Ere), Tin Mb; Rellinatad (4 re), 'i @ lb: Rob Roy 1 yrs). Ist 4lb ; Mermaid (3 yrs), 7et 3tb; Lady 'airmen (4 yrs), 7ot 110; Sir Martin (4 3rs), 'M 111 b; Brown Fly 3 ye) Get 15th; Upham, (4 re , rst 9th; Fernhill (4 yes), r)st Mb; ( yro,, C. 4. Porteieto be declared at the 15th list. NEWMARKET STEEPLE CHASFE—Yi vvicti.vv. HANDICAP of 10 soy*. each, ud 70 added. 4 miles. 22 mile+ , five of whom declared Britieh Yeoman Beekeeper Eagle The fultowing also rim :--Bnielegata, Gawky, Me. Witch, The Doctor, KLonikor., cayhurst, Jerry. Ilmbromi, Blue PeJ, Railroad. Lady Helen. Woe by half a ha" a length between second aad third. .tueviut; Sme.Y.PATAKIII 01'5 KM. each, and 25 added, Ilst. 71b. each. 4 miles. le sabs. Gardener Wilmene Columbine Rix others mewled. Wes by four length' NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING—To trots. t‘lt 6 MILS lITANW. - 010b6U nn rot NIA. Tom Tit beat Viceroy, Mein, beat Tom Thumb. flit 1,61 , 11 , 0 PT \ KM. Bolan beat Eton Pet, Gilpin bat Saucy, Dot beat Sikh, Vita beat Icronim (Mr. Arm.treng) I 2 FIRM' Tit". Billow beat Gilpin, Dot beat Viata. Tilt Lr.—SICCONIO Great Wertem beat Brut., Girl of Kent beat Bonaparte, Ti)). 0457. 14/0711 71511. Vitula beat Trite; Fkielia beat Dante. ills PONT 15105.- IMIOND 7110. Figaro beat FeneiLi; taketeeeib ran a bye. Tlli LOTTISINAY .R. 41004. Guy beat Guetartia ; Moo beat Vtl.eity. UAL rIit.VRIAT , ITAKFO. Brut:rice beat r maim ; Ferir beat Gun tot._ Li* lazitittgrutc. MUSE OF WEDS. Present—The Lced Chimesbor sad other Peas. FLEMING AMD °THERA 0. NE.WTOL—PuHLICAVON THE BLACK LIST.—INTESIDIOT. — Sir Fitzroy K. y wy heard in reply la th! , case, which was au appeal fr , ,ri the Sc.tch Courts, and p4rtle argued on Thursday.—Th.• Lord Chancellor, at the close of the reply, said the judgment be low appeared vague and not so accurate as we are accus tomed to in this part of the kingdom. The house would have to give the case careful consideration before pro nouncing its judgment. COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH. Not Pane. —Belpre Mr. Joitio•kile. Tar QCEEN 1,. OLIVER WATIEIRLOO KU/U.—PERJURY.-- Mr. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. C. Clarke, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Servant Wilkins, with whom was Mr. Farr, were counsel for the defend ant.: This was the Et cood trial on an indiettnentfor perjury, alleged to Inv , been committed by the defendant in swearing an affidavit of debt against one George Felthouse, in which the defendant had sworn that Felthouse was indebted to him in the turn of 41A., for which Felthouse had given an I 0 U.—Mr. Chemins' stattd the case to the jury, bet the facts can be better ascer tained from the evidence which we give in detail. George Felthonse, examined by Mr. Chambers : I am • plumber and glacier. At the snd of the year 1846 I resided at Dorset - te r race , Hammersmith-road. When the defendant took the publle..house called the Hand and Flower, in the Hammersmith-road , I applied to him to get the plumber's work, which I succeeded in obtaining. It was arranged that vouchers should pan between myself and the defendant for what :1 did for him, and for what "goods I might have of him. Two of my men lodged in Ilse de fendant's house. Disputes subsequently arose between myself and the defendant as to the balance that was be tween us, and I ultimately brought an action, but it was re fined to arbitration. It was appointed that we shoul.i duet at my attorney's—Mr. Bebbs. Mr. Campbell was the do fendant's attorney. I arrived too late, and did eat see the g vouchers produced. My account wee about 64/.. s,-,l the de-. fendant's Pl., and I paid the balance. At the 14E. of ' meeting at Mr. Belehe' we had been at cariankr, but •cm ..-, the accounts were settled we adjourned to a puolic-h • . and had two pints of wine. The deleousn: then asked Imo— tO destroy the vouchers. This made me s+:-put somethili .. \(......,.. ~... .--:"......,‘,.. :5- V. • ~~ , ^ 1 • 1 i I ;. i ' q I , 11' i I \ , . I . ' 1 1 •' 1 1 I 1 ~1 I , , I