The Express. — London, England, 1849-03-21 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE. A quarterly gene ral coart of proprietors of Ent Nadia stool was held this day, at the onapines hoses, is Leadenball-street, Sir James Law Lushingtos In the chair. The minutes el the last wart were rid aid ossfiemed. The CHAIRMAN said he deeply regretted hiffiiir to encases to the court the death of Mr. Poysdar, sac of the nembers of the own of proprietors, a soon worthy and excellent man, who bad for sassy 7 years past tram an actin part in their proceedings, p.rticuLri7 in reference to °erten questions in which he took a more thas ep p r inforest. Mr. STRACHAN would tabs that of basting his humble tastissuay to the merits of assessed gentle. ass, whom he had down ter many yeses. Mr. MARRIOTT end several other roprieton vrhe to the same effete. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the oonn that certain papars Ifilative to the late Itsjeh of Sauna bad bees printed, in of a neelati n of the .Dart of the 7th of February C r tr st i r nen now oa the rr."7 :;,:: . tal;. V A CHAIRMAN laid that certain papers - Which had bees aresentod to parliament since the lament (dart. were also laid on the table of the proprietors. Alen, a lit of the cepersnanatiose granted since that period. Cokmel DICKENSON den moved for the production of espies of all corresposdesee between the court of directors sad the board of control regarding the booty captured at Hyderabad. The hos. proprietor, Oar allwling to the man na in which that booty had been distributed, enacted to the correepondence that had takes place on that subject between Sir Charles Napier and the court of directen, sad mid that Ike object of his motion was to tan that canesposienco made public. The CHAIRMAN submitted to the court whether, ander all the circumstances, it was wise, expedient, or proper, to eater into any discussion of the question at the present moment. (Hear.) Tito mein we ultimately negatived, only case band being held up in its favorer. • motion of Mr. Sonoma, for the production cf all do cuments patens between the co:ideal agent of the govern ment at Lahore In the years 1844 and 1845, was negatived by • very lugs majority. The court then adjoxicclL COMMERCIAL d. MARKETS MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tleo o'Clork.—Th ere is a much betoer feeling in the Btoek Exchange this morning. Console opened at 941 to / for the aecouct, and, with a little variation in the coarse of the morning, are now quoted 911 to $, end less for money. The news from Irdia being so far satisfactory that there is no fresh disaster announced, the market ban acquired a degree of buoyancy which for several day. past it had lost. English securit'es generally have been freely dealt in at higher prices. Bank Stock is quoted 199. Exchequer Bills of June, 38r. to 41e. pm. The forego market manifests an equally improved feeling ; the South American stocks are all buoy ant, and prices higher, particularly in Mexican Bonds, which, under the influence of favourable intelligence, have advanced to 311 to I. Buenos Ayres, 39 to 41. Peruvian, 69$ to 601. Brazilian, 81 to 83. Dutch Two-ard-a-Malf per Cents., 47$ to 84 ; the Four per Ceuta., VI/ to Bs. The connurcial intelligence by the Overland Mail from India speaks of the export trade of Calcutta as active; the import market not so satisfactory. Ex change on England, le. 101 d. per rupee, with little doing in bills. The prices of Company's paper had improved in some degree, owing to the quieter intelligence from Panjanb. We give a copy of the letter which ban influenced the market for Mexican Bonds so favourably : The Committee of BpaniA-American Bondholders have received the following from Messrs. Manning and Mackin tosh : " Sir,—Since writing our letter of yesterday, circum stances hays come to our knowledge which induce us to believe that an arrangement may be at onos ef fected for the delivery in London of the equivalent of the 600,000 dollars referred to in said letter ; and we address Meson. John fichnoidcr and Co. on the saliect.—We sseisia, &a, Maud) " MANNING AIM MACLUITOIIt. "O. R. Robison, Esq =GLIM ruins look 7 I. IX Use kr Ate., OPAL On par OL la& ism, shot I • r ta n , old pat Coo o. La m. 91j I cab, Jane. 38s. to Clap YORMION PUN yer AsOrtto iced'. M T 2• 1 per ret=7 134 u. 17; 134 Pet OL os* MG 7 per Om. ditto, oat" 40.. Isgat & • oar Ct. Ittoollisa 134,..13 3 6 Ms- t >l4 Wt DIsW Now. 91 8 • WLI. D0 1 m00 u t . 74;44 1 .. IC tz 101 4 141_ • Ditto OOkonb. 14. 3 per _ Columblao Lopookr *Jo. 3 grime 74 8 . 11948 Cu. touOto • Wit WNW* 96..471 11 pair It 9 e at. Da* tune s Iltoototto Dame Sc RAILWAYS.—The Aare market has participated in the improvement in the English fends, and prices are quoted higher thi. morninT. London and North Westerns, 132 to 4; North Staffordshires, 31 to } dim.; Brighton*, 36; to } ; Midland., 77 to 79; Eastern Counties, 10 to 10}. South Eastern, 231 to 4. French shares are likewise improved, and the pricer of Boulogne and Amiens are 81 to 9; Rouen and Havre, Ill; and Orleans and Vierzcn, 61 to 6} dir. lal.o BBTOCTID VP TO TWO TRIO DAT 111 UKIDON. ( easetwer peime wen be toad In Imst pogo) Alordoss, 17 f I blidlixd, 75 7 Odolikka, 24 Do. WI. ConsoL Prof., 162 B. Consdor. 10 1 Shrews. end dna. Orr., tj Do i par C0nt..114 Booth &Morn, 331 es di, IL Odes Peri?, 15 4 Do. Salo, No. 4, 71 La laisbne. 174 Tort, Now , h Bor. (Orig. Now. E. linsolorkire, 25 & Dec), 241 4 Great Northern. It Do. (News. IL), VI Deo MOWS B, 61 Do. (O. N. L Por.), 7 Din labs, 1 1 Tort onll N. BMW, 4 5 Owe Whollwa 4 94 Do. Pre., I% Do. Do. IL rad W. Rid. Tit., 231 3 Liaingkr ild = Carlts'e, 531 ex air &Orono end Asher, SI i Inorn as Tort. tifths, 61 4to die C. of Frisco (Or. k Tier.), He Loa.. Brighton, I 14.Ctuvq, ttei I Nam/ and Urge, B I Lon. k N. Wrst., 154 st Northern et Pm/oh 101 4 Roues and Bowe, 111 lon. k B. Waters, 374 7 MU.. Yin! 10. Shrews. t 14.1, lb. 94. d 1, Kamm 70. __ Caledoldasts, U New& k Ber. Na 2, d Mass., IhelL sad Lae. ?rd. 11/ Dm h N. west,iii LIMB 81 E. Lew. New. 71 I d Welt Riding Vaios. 41d Meg. loafs, t Oode, 1 i d PRODUCE.— Mittmo-LANE, Half-past /W.— The markets have been inactive to day, as there has not been a public sale of Sugar, Coffee, or Spices brought forward, and but little dispooltion has b in flown to purchase by print* canting, but creasionally Wcdne.dsy is held to be a day on which but a thin attendance is expected. 700 bags Ba gal cargo Rice were offered, sad bought in 7.. 6.1. to ils. —Fruit : Some large trsnasetions have taken place in Valen cia Raisin.. at 38s, and keders now ask 40s.—Metal.: Iron dull ; Scotch Pie, No. 1, 488.; Welsh bars, SI. ; Spiker, 161. 10.. to Mi. 158. ; Rut Tin seminal, 955. to 97.. Doty we re sugar to het week to Land" Livened, ewt. Bristol, Ha, mad dos Oydo 1,158,022 To the rate parkd kat year 1,140,520 Immo 47,602 min PAID on 124 ur 1949 to LANT won !IL Lasko .—... 3.79903 Ltverpeol — ... 1,120,616 null --........—......- 39,661 aids — .-.—..—......—... $67,776 Total - 0,217 Same time In 104$ ..... .........................»... $3,467 • TALLOW,—The market is quiet to-day, demand beteg limited. Petenburg Y.C. en the spot, 40s. to 40e. 61. ; October to December delivery, 41e. ed. ; separate mosthe delivery, 42e. COALS.—HaIf-past Two.—Bate. Hartley, 14a. s Cares Hartley, 14a 6d.; Eden Eats, 14s. 9d. Tanfield Moor, 13e. 6d.; Walls End Haswell, 16s. 3d.• Walls End Stewart's, 15e. 9d .; Walls End Tees, 16e.--Ships at market, 76. CORN.—MaItS-LANE.—Tto arrivals of Corn of home growth have been modem* 'since Menday ; from abroad, b owe ver, the receipts of Wheat, Barley, sad Oats have been liberal. The attendance of buyers in Mark-lane this morning was limited, and the amount of business teens sated small, at the quotations of last market day, for p' Zia - 1M aIIaTVALB OSTO LONDON THOM 191 h MARCH Irtab TO . 21.5 MARCH I Taftll6lB Motel. ?fledge. Wheat BBO I 1 380 13240 Raz* B'2 Oats 76e 637 3 0 /bun 2,100 mita ; Malt, CIRINCROTRI, Muck 19 —This market is iv-entity eat , plied with ell kinds of gt in, which notwithstanding is diffi cult of disposal, a gent portion being of very inferior quali , y. Wheat Is. to 2s. lower. Barley stands as last week. The same with other grain. Wheat, W. to 121. per load. Bar ley, 231. to 30s. per qr. Oats, 12.. b. 235. Beans, 325. to 40e. Ilsxzewortra, March 20.—We had a fair show of Wheat, and for tine samples our quotations are well msintalned. A limited demand for Barley, at a decline of la. per qr. Wheat, while, 445. to 495. ; red, 38e. to 43e. ; Barley, 265. to 30.. Ps* (ILT. Hu LL, March 20.—The arrivals of Wheat during the past week from ahrord have again been t ) a fair extent, sad a large proportion of very moderate quality. The trade has been elonetvely inactive, and, when gam were effected, low pekes bad to be submitted to. With a fair supply of Wheat, and • dell report horn Mark-lace, our this day's market was very heavy, except Ea the bitter descriptions of English, which fetched last week's prices. Foreign low quality full 2s. lower than last Tuesday, but we note no alteration in the better rues of red. Very little business peering in Barley, and we do not alter our quontione. Bane are Is. low er. In Oats and Pees nothing doing. O n ly a nun arri v al of • Lensed, and the market quite es dear. We note no alien flea in Linseed Cakes. Rape Cakes dull, at out quotatins. Wheat, English, red, 40 e. to 42 5. white, 425. to 441. • Duda) sad Koafpberg, 4 6 5. to iers. ; Pomeranian and Haniburo, 40.. to 425. ; Danish, Holaiiin, and Friesland, 375. to 40e. ; Beals. sod Odom, 365. to 40s. Oats, Hug. limit, 14s. to 16e.; Danish, 13s. to 16..; ' , liaised, 14s. to 175.; Burials sad Odom. 14s. to 16e. Barley, minis', 24.. to ne.; oriodisg, 110 s. to 291. Buns, 235. to 28au; foreign, 265. to 30s. Pim whits and 701bw,24e. to 28s ; n 5 :4 220. to 241. Lhisred, Black firs, 395. to 415.; reties -345. to ; _Rigs and Arehangol. 356 . to 3 7 1 4 Bo re. 320. to no Lieseed w p Hull, H. 6a. ; goo : heollid. 71. ; 61. RA 261. to 281. Hap Cares, 85e. Od Tares, foreign, .to '3Be. Guano, 81. to • Bones, 935. By. Heal, 61. Ireenen, llareh 20.-Oar market to-day was billy sup plied with Wheat. Little business done, farmer& bsiag • to sell at a reduction. We have a steady sale for fine nn asides Mirky, at late prim, the sapply of which Is fast di- In Stang, Peas, and Oats we notice no alters- LIII4, Watch 20. —The arrival of Wheat is moderate ; the trade ie still of s retail ehatacter, sod prices tole Rook the oiaat PI Mt riidsi. Bexley is asap particularly heat) qes ts liti at es, which e an: s wum. Metes LP. per quarter lower. Ovhw at, d 4 itk u. auk :: not materially from last week. 30s. 3d. d. Oat*, 18s. 10d. Beam, . L21081'0)1 Bvezann, March 20.—Whist and Barley were again in limited supply. Trade dull. but we do not alter quotations from last week. In Beaus, Peas, &c., so little doing that their value meet be constdend almost nominal. Wheat, per load of 6 bushels, 28e. to 30e. Barley, per imp. qr.. 245. to 295. Beans, old, 225. 6d. to Ns. ; new, 19s. to 225. 6d. per 6 bushels. Lawns, March 20 —The supply of Wheat was small to. day, bat no improvement could be made. The trade slow, at last week's rates. Barley but little inquired for. Oats In demand. Wheat, white 81. to 101. • red, 71. to 91. Har ley, 25e. to 28e. Oats, white, to 111 s. Beans, 325. to Me. Peas, Ms. to 361. - - • ---- LIVIBTOOL, Much 20.-The arrivals into this pert since Tuesday 1-st furnish a tolerable supply of Oats, but very little produce of any other kind either, coastwise or from Ireland ' • we have to note, however, partly from the near ports of the continent, but chiefly from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, a g sod supply of Wheat sad Bears ; and hem the American States, a fair accession of Corn Meal and Flour, with 28,802 qrs. of Indian Corn , a g ainst 10,738 qrs. expend during the weak to Ireland. Having a atanierous attendeaos of home and coir.try sadism at our market to-day. English end foreign Wheats were taken more freely than of late, and the trunnions on the whole having been tea fair extent, the decline on Friday was partly but not fully fen/erred, thereby placing our present quotations Id. per 701 b. under the currency of this day week. American Flour assuming a rather lively aspect, 15,000 to 20_ ,000 barrels wen reported to have changed hands ; Western Cued at 23e., other descriptions at proportionate ratio as is quality, and towards the close of business 6d. per buret more was required, but not readily obtained ; English sod Ir ah Flour, at the same time, remaining . dull at former priors. Baxley, Malt, B, au, and Peas remained severally in seemly the same state as noted in the above report of Friday Not. Good timeline Oats, upon en improved demand, fully supponed previous rates ; other qualities, meeting very little inquiry, barely 'waned late prism Oatmeal difficult of ails at the decline above mentlesed. Indian Coro, for whit& the disused ecestissed masted, advanced 6J. per V.; and Cogs Meal mss \di tidier more steadily at our quotatiosa. Adrian, per steamer litsrepa t arrived this morn from New York, with dates to tho 7th unt, state the mar ked for Flour mbar easier in pricee; but Wheats, particularly fine qualities, wen quoted somewhat dearer, both articles being influenced exclusively by local consideration; and the business for export to Great Britain suspended for the time, such pines still prevailing as would leave a decided loss upon shipments. Indian Corn continued in light supply, with firm priors, and the parcels shipping were chiefly from store at ra•es, inclusive of freight, ier round yellow, 295. 21. to 29a. 9d.; fiat yellow, 285.; mixed, 26.. 4d. per 4801bs. ster ling, f.o.b. The following are the present quotations:- British: What, per 701 b., English, red, new, 6s. 01. to 6e. 4d. ; old, 6s. 2d. to 6s. Si.;white, new, 61. 44. to Be. Bd. • old, 6s. Bd. to Od. ; Irish, re d , new, 6s. 2d. to ss. Id.; old, ss. Bd. to 6s. ; whio, new, ss. Bd. to 6e. Od. ; old. 6e Od. to 6s. 2d. Barley, per qr., Eng., new, 29e. to 315.; Chevalier, 31e. to 335.; Scotch and Irish, per 601 he., 3s. 34.t0 3s. 6d. Malt, Eng., per qr., pale, 565. to 60a. Oats, English and Scotch, per 451 b., old, 2c. ild. to 2s. 10d.; Welsh, tdd, 2s. 7d. to 2s. Bd.; Irish, fine sorts, new, 2a. 5Sd. to 2a. 6d. ; old, 2a. 74. to 2s. Bd. • general, new, 2a. 44. to 2s. 51d. . • old, 21. M. to 2s. 7d. Bee ' nv, per qr., Eng., new, 31e. to 33.. 04.; old, 325. to 34e.; Scotch and Irish,m 411011 e, sew, 265. Od. to 28a. Od.; old, 275. se 295. Peas, ReglM, per qr., white, new. 325. to 34e. ; ditto and Irish, grey, 28e. to 30a. Floor, per 2801 b., English and Irish, fine, 335. to 36e.; superfine, 34.. to 365. ; extra, 3.55. to 375. Oatmeal, per Ned of 2401 b., Isiah, new, 224. Od. to 225. 6d. ; old, 20s. to Ile.; Canadian, old, 21e. to 21s. fid. Bran, per 24Th.. 10d. te la. Foreign: Wheat, per 701 b., Canadian, red, orro. Bd. to is. Od.; white, 6s. 2d. to 6s. 6d. ; United States, red, Oa. Od. to 6s. 3J. ; white, 6s. 9d. to 71.24. ; Dantaie, misted and red, sg. 10,1. to Ge. 2d. ; high mixed, 7s. 24 . to 7e. 5 d.; Lower Baltic and Hamburg, red, 6s. 2d. to 60. sd. ; white, 84. to 6s. 11d. ; • Riga and Petersburg, red, 51. 84. to ice 10d. ; Archangel, ss. 6d. to 6e. 9d. ; Odessa, common, rod s As. id. to ss. 84. • Polish, se. 84. to sa. 11d. ; French, and Italian, red, sa. 104. to 6s. Id. • white, 6s. 4d. M k Bd. ; Bennet and Marianopoli, red, Cm. 84. to ss. 10d. ; Egyptian, 4. . Od. to 4s. 6d.; Mediterranean, dc., bard, red, se. 24. to se. 44. Rye, per quarter. Baltic, &c., 265. to 26.. Barley, per 601 b., 3s. 64. to 3s. 91. Oats, per 461 b., 22.6 d. to 2e. 7d. ; Russian, 2a. 3d. to 2s. 4d. Beans, per qr., European, 29e. Od. to 31s. Od.; Egyptian, per 4601 b., 228.64. to 23s Od. Peas, per qr., Baltic, &c., white, 28s. to 305.; Ca sarlien, 275. to 28s. Flour, per brl. of 196 lb., Canadian, sweet, Bd. to 231. ild.; United States and Western Canal, sweet, bee, 23e. Od. to 235. 6d. ; Ohio, 245. Od. to 245. 6d. ; Phila delphia and Baltimore, 2 3 .. 6d. to 245. Od. United States, and Canadian. sour. 22a. to 225. 6d. Indian Corn, per 4b01b., American, white,.2Bs. °alto 295. Od.; ellow, 295. &J. to 305.; European, yellow, 295. to 31s. 6d. Indian Meal, per 1961ba., 134.6 d. to 11a Od. Arrivals into Liverpool and Runcorn from the 13th to the 19th March inclusive: Wheat, 11,787 qn ; Barley, 629 ; Malt, 606 ; Oats, 5,194 ; Beans, 3,674 ; Peas, 26; Indian Corn, 28,802 ; Indian Corn Meal, 2,920 barman Oatmeal, 586 tacks; Flour, 2 , 016 sacks 15,674 heeds. LYNN, Mush 20.-The farmers being busy Barley sow ftsg, there was tut a small supply of Corn at market to-day. Wheat further gave way Is. to 2.. per qr. Barley of good quality fought after at late prices. Wheat, 601bs. to 62115., 35e. to 421. ; fine white, 451. Barley, best runs, 28s. ; fine, 80e. per qr. NRWCASTLB ON-TYNIS„ March 20.-The weather continues fl that could be wished for the country; and shculd it continue equal y so for ten days longer seeding cperations will have been brought to a conclusion in this district under moat auspicious eir,ua.stance . . At our market this morning we lad a mode rate show of Wheat from the frowns, and, having only 120 qrs. coastwise, fresh thrashed samples were taken off freely, at the rates of Saturday. A good business was done in foreign, were holders inclined to acce pt previous prices. Grad mixed Daman commended 491. to 50.. ; choice Brabant, 475. ; Pomeranian aid Stettin, 475. to 48s. ; tetra Rostock being worth 495. to 505., all weighed 631 b.. per bushel. For Flour there was a fair steady inquiry, approve' marks of households making 345., and white 36s per sack respectively. Rye unaltered. Malting Barley in slow re quest, and rather cheaper; but grinding : sorts find a more clouded sale and are likely, in our opinion to be in favour, so long as laid Pomeranian qualities may be purchased at 7.05. to 21.. per qr., 53Ibs. per bushel. Melt eull, and in clining cheaper. Boling Peas rather more irquircd for ; but tolerably good breakers can still be had at 265. per qr. Beans comparatively neglec'ed. Oats seem to ha held with more firmness, which tends to cheek the business. PLYMOUTH, March 20.-There was a good attendance at this morning's corn market, and millers showed more dis position to purchase Wheat than of late. Some Isles were mode at last week's prime, and the trade looks healthy, as regards demand and consumption, but the prices offer very little encouragement to import. SALISBURY, March 20.-There was a good supply of all descriptions of vain, and though the attendance was net more numerous, a bettor trade was done in Wheat, at fully last week's prices. The best qualities of Barley was in good request, and some few samples realised a small advance ; whit the prices of other description* were held firmly. The trade in general for Oats, Beau, and Peas was more lively, without any alteration in value. But a small quantify of Flour changed hands, and prices underwent no alteration. The Malt trade was similar to that of Flour. Wilted, new, 364. to 525. ; old, 401. to 5.5.. Barle 265. to 32c. Oats, 164. to 225. Beano, 30s. to 445. Peas, 3 8.. to 46., per qr. Flour, 349. to 355. per sack. Plait, 7e. 3d. to 7.. 6d. per bushel. MANUFACTURBB.—IittDDEBSFIELD, March 20. —Considering the null amount of stock at present in our Hall, we hate bad a good market. When great selections cannot be made in consequence of want of quantity and pat tern, it cannot be expected that the usual amount of goods can be disposed of. The potter's* most in rr qu. rot arc mix tures of all shades end large plaids, in prim from 2s. 10d. to 4s. rer yard. All kinds of Woollen goods may be quoted Id. to 2d. per yard higher than a month ago. The Wool trade still erratum's dull, but without any abatement in all I Prick HOPB.—Boßovou MAsurr.—Mom. Pattenden and Smith report that the maths& is die rise. CATTLE, &C.—DERBY, March 20.—The supply of fat Beasts to-day was not so large as on the preceding market, nor was the quality generally so good, yet the sup ply was equal to the demand ; there was little or no altira ti min the prices. The number of Sheep penned was olio emuiderably less and were better sold ; there were seas few Sheep out of their wool. Fat Pigs were mane and in better request. Fat and store calves were about the same as last week. Beef, 6d. to 51d. NIWCASTLIB-1:PON-TYINi t March 20.—The supply was not so great es last week, especially of Beasts, and as demand was great, prices rose full 6d. per stone. Sheep were a plentiftal supply, as also were Fig% and hot% kinds of stock were in excellent vad:tiou, and mstnt'taed last week's price,. Beasts. inferior to prime, 6s. to 6-. per stone of 141 M. Sheep, 51. to 6d. per lb. Figs, 6.. to 6s. 9d. per stone. EOLLIABITILT, March 20.—1 n the number of Beasts exhi bited to day there was a falling off, and, notwithstanding the attendance of buyers was tolerably good, the trade nth d very dull, and many very prime Beasts were driven away unsold. The number of Sheep penned avenged the usual quantity and quality, and, though the sales proceeded very slowly, nearly all were disposed of. We had but a very few Lambs on offer which hung on land; but were ultimately fold at from 20i. to 22a. per heed. There was a great many r Calves on offer, sad a good trade was transaetrd. Pigs mold dull, and prime at the decline. Beef, Bs. to 10s. per icon ; , wetber Mutton, 6d. to 51d. per lb ; Southdown, 61. to 6yd. ; Veal, 6d. to 7d. Bacon Pigs, Bs, to fle. 3d. per soore..Ptrkers, Bs. 3d. to ls. Bd. THE .EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21 1849. IMPERIAL P. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsDAT, MARCH 20. Tb LOID took kis wt oi4 *Wok. Min 11011311114 4 PONL-17 Ike hishbe at beta *vie le Ids ate_ wag& ag. tids mei el the Wailed Lee OoWeiidee SUL— Ikea• pita laseee/esee. apt him the lame Vol" what a nes Wilt Ale teem the ehremmod mime deb, Peeetwelet Lem Meseittleet, ea he ides* at Ste lestes. net est beetweet theeellhethe mete: het usellsolag Neile peespeiel Ole the Naha reseer—lhel hen the Real lier at Cabs. eel amen oat Won ft Ihe wislg of Other, dee Om a _ wiles 12 the emeMi phut a see th W. — Lei ton the pent i r et Delete. erel mime le AVM" the seme sleet —Me Re el HARZOWBT. taa the peels of uattak whet the Itrelpelse Live ; she hem Mime. spiel the *Tale( et lenience. - - NOTICE OF MOTION.LIiaa ins Noir; or iram—The Earl of ABERDEEN, oa Thursday amM. , to arm tar laftwaation with re. Viet to the renewal of the war In Oa walk of Italy. BANKRUPTCY a -- " .. """tNCY lAOVAL§ •••- g o vA aULIDATION EILt. Lord BROUGHAM, on presenting the petition from the Provincial Law Association, said the petit ion ers complained that they did not know the nature of the bill, whereas he had, in fact, stated it twice, as clearly as he could. He made every exertion to have it properly undentood, and be found upon inquiry that his observations were heard at that end of the house, although they appeared not to have reached the other. He said that the proposed alterations well in favour of the creditor end against the debtor, the recent alterations of the law having been too much the other way. He also stated, when last he had the honour of addressing their lordships, that he should postpone the bill until afar the Easter recast, expressly to afford the legal profession sn opportunity of meeting and discussing the merits of the I mums and suggesting any alterations in it if they should think them ntressary. He had also before stated that the bankers, traders, and merchants of the city of London were fully heard lest session before the committee; that they had sinew had a meeting on the subject, and they were so fully satisfied with the improvements made in the bill since last session that they had unanimously withdrawn all oppo sition to the measure. He had no doubt they should have another petition next week complaining that they had re fused to put off the bill until after Euter ; but he would not present it—any other noble lord might. Liberari animism mann —he had stated three times over what tr. ea intended in he alone with the hill he Owl told the peti tioners they had better come below the bar to hear what he was going to say then, and be would not repeat it. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lard STANLEY asked a question relative to the business of the house and the adjournment Sr the Easter recess ; but the observations of the Marquis of LAMBDOWNZ in reply were totally inaudible In the gallery. Their lordships adjourned at half-part 5 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEsDAT, MARCH 20. The SPSAILIZ took the choir at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUALSES4. REPORT CONSlDERED.—Whitelmeen Waterworks Bill. PUBLIC BUSINESS. AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED.—Protection of Jusners (Ireland) Bill. PETITIONS.—By Mr. HOUSMAN, from Sunderland (3,000 signa tures), from Bishop Wrings& (3,0e0 signsoure), praying for a re arrangement of Senna* eeminews of Bishop Weamoute. —Mr. S. CRAWFORD, hem Wegtmenth, in favour of tenant Tight —Mr. HENRY, teem Hwy, Is Lancashire; Mr. SCROLLHELD. from kg insesensal arbitration Munn of war.—Mr. i tt r rlrt i r ins pawky paeans of the union of Dse, Open town, and Cl., tram twin eommimineen af from rate-payers et mown (el Is In nasty ifyienta), from the rate. payers of thsessety Tyrom at a ribs meeting milieu by the high AM. ; Sir - W. 11/1411114 hen lbelniewn ; an HON. MEMBER, Rem Armagh, 'plot the IYn is Aid SUL—Lord ASH LEY, stem from nwitasal Mikenen other nasal no, hr intendment in the sy el lawmen relief, esd nweelpalations respect tags ears el Ile prell gene .-4k. NEwDEGATE, from a plan in Hareits ; Mr. BUM from Bradford, in Yorlualre, fee mem elleetisl suppression of and prostitu. tloo.—Mr. COMM. hem lbeeeld ; Mr. MUM from Lancashire, for reduetiesed twastles.--Ont. PECRELL. tam John CM. Rai., omagistrate at theaenty of Dorset, of the prothedings f the guardien al the mermen Ullioll ml Ye the poor law board, in refereuee to the ors of Beale, 91 years et age , an in of the workhouse. (To be tirinted . with the Totes.) RETURNS ORDERED.—Mr. Lo for return of the number of person taken into custody by the police, discharged by the magistrates, WISE idly convicted, and committed for trial in the ) towns of Olsagew, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Liverpool, in the years In4B, 1847 CPS , ando n O ItMOTION laig .—STATe tf teT tliem (Ann in form to the returns far the NOTI metrop , E OFalready laid before this house. F AFFAIRS IN THE PUN. JAUB.—Mr. O. THOMPSON postponed his nodes as this tit that day krualabc. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.—Mr. ANSTRY—On sn early day, to move that the house disapproves of the adulterators of coffee by chicory m sanetiesed by the odious of excise. THE LAND TAX. Mr. WODEHOUSE asked the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer : Whether it is the intention of her Majesty's government to intro. duel any manure for the purpose of remedying the presets' inequality title Mod tan, as adverted to in the report trim the select committee of the House of Lords (melon UM), on the burdens affecting real =referring to the evidence given open this subject by Mr. tie chairman of the Baird at Enda*, and also by Mr. Coale, the 'gasket-secretary to the Poor LP gam* and mding by declar ing " that It appeanthat the queers tie vWe a to the property, eintitaral districts the 4 ,es erei r =rZi4 dietelete ofh eoistey;* th istrgether lese preenemest WM, to adopt the sespetket contained In the raped Owe matkeed, r whisit the etommittee say that, " eaneineeing the sinew esesehnsi try tbe ereetten of real rty, as weit es tire to plese In the Motive velem ef the different de ruttiest' trot peoperty, It Is seseeely Deemer, he they to point out the adweolege smell as puttee of periodical sod =Mom vain. atkos." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it wee not the intention of the government to introduce any mea sure to Equalise the land tax ; and if the hon. member would refer to the esidenca alluded to in his question, he would find that such a =suers would be attended with great in justice, particularly at a time when the land tax had been commuted to a certain fixed sum, with power of redemption. That being so, it would be utterly impossible to equalise it upon the present assessment of property. Respectiog the second question he quite agreed with the hon. gentleman that it was c'esirable that there should be periodical valua tions for the purposes of adjustment ; but he entirely ob jected to the government being &lad upon to interfere. Every county could do it of itself, and it bad been done twits in the last fourteen years in the West Riding ti Yorkshire. Mr. WODEHOUSH led he would give notice to call the attention of the hews to the subject soon after Easter. KAFFIR WAR. Mr. V. SMITH moved for a copy of any report of the corarniseicners of audit, to the treasury, upon the despatches vete' red to them by a treasury minute of the 2nd day cf May 1845, of Sir H. Pottinger, relating to the great irregularities which, in his excellency's opinion, existed in the system of paying and maintaining the native levies at the Cape of Good Hope, and generally in the public expenditure occa sioned by the Kaffir war. The hon. member iuktel if any further report was received or expected. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hat no oh. jection b the motion, and replied that another report had been received, but, as it was only preliminary, perhaps his hon. fr:end would prefer waiting for both. —Motion agreed to. NAVIGATION RETURNS. Mr. MILES pat a question respe-ting the returns et the importation of cattle and the navigation table. In reply to which, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the chairman of the board of customs being absent at present be could not speak positively, but thole tables were sub stantially correct, and mien be relied upon. The cargoes and tables tallied in the end, although not always on the same day. ACCIDENTS TOSTEAM-BOATS. la reply to a question from Mr. Demean, Mr LABOUCHERE said that a very valuable report had been received on this subject from Ca?tain Denham, and thus was no objection to lay it before the house. LIVING OF BISHOP WEARMOUTH. Mr. HORSHAM, en rising to bring forward his motion respecting the living of Bishop Weermouth said that the Tendons he had just presented from the 6,000 parishioners of that place and Sanderland, were themselves illustrative of it. They said that as members of the Established Church, and representing a popufation of no lees than 60,000, they were desirous of being continued in the blessings of its teaching and its community. They complained that, not withstanding the enormous revenues of the parishes to which they belonged, the religious teach ing for which those revenues were destined war withheld, and they asked the interference of that hoax to enable them to derive the advantage which the law in tended they should. Their prayer was so simple in its object, and .so just in itself, that he could not conceive there could be any hesitation on the part of the house to accede to it. The noble lord at the head of the government much misunderstood the object of the question which he put to him on a former occasion respecting Bishop Weermoutb. His object was, not to impugn any act, nor to call upon the house to impugn any proueding of the patron of that parish ; his object was to get from authority a confirmation of what had been stated, namely, that that patron bad declared that the income was much too large for the incumbent, that it ought to be reduced, and the surplus applied to general paro• cheal purposes. Having got that statement from authority, he felt that he had acquired parliamentary ground for his motion, which would only be prospective and not retro 'retire in its operation. It was not antagonistic, but auxiliary to the patron, who had declared that there ought to he a redistribution of revenues preceded by inquiry; but that redistribution could not be curled out without the interference of parliament. The living of Bishop Wearmouth mightbe said to be very wealthy. It nearly approached if it did not exceed 5,000/. a year, an d the manner in which it was made up arose from tithes commuted, 1,6001. a year; rent of glebe farm, 4201. ; surplice fees, at leut, 1801. ; rents and way leaves, 1,7001. ; coal rents, 3501 ; rectory park ground rent for buildicg, 7201. ; making a total of 4,670/. He believed this to be en extremely moderate statement and within the mark, because the coal rents were taken at an average of many years, whereas new coal grounds had been opened, which last year and the year before produced 1,0001., and he believed the coal rents might he taken at least at that sum, instead of 3501. The late rector returned his net income at 2,9001., and the noble lord stated the t xpenditure at 1,6001. for parochial kurpons. But that was made upon a return eighteen Jeers ago, since when new coal w • rks had been opened. But he would admit that it war quite immaterial to his motion whether the amount was as he calculated or not; he was willing to take it at 3,8001., as salted in that house, and the surplus excuses at 1,6001. It was to that surplus that his motion was directed. There wan besides the parish church four district aimpelries, en 4 i mit frequently happened with artificial as well as natural bodies where there was much blood at the head, the es enmities were proportionately markt d by coldness and poverty. There were seen is contrast the enormously wealthy bene ficed clergy, and the poor half-starved curates. In the rec- tory wee seen ea exemplineation of Dives, from wives sump. tams, table only • few combs occasionally fell. The four aspirin were not 1 t esastituted parishes, and had only very small iacomes. Th ere were also two di strict churches, which, when established, were understood to be maintained oat of the rectorial estate ; and payments were made to them out of that estate. The incumbent of St. Thom bad the sharp of a population of 10;000, for which he received SOK a year • the ether incumbent (St. Andrew's, Deptford) fed the &mine of 8,000 souls, and pot 1901. a year. The in emlieSS of Ryhope, with a population of 800 received 1001. per ammo ; sad the incumbent of South Hylton. with • mektion of 4,000, 801. One of them incumbents received WM a year from pew-rents ; the other three did hot derive from pew rents and all other sources more than 1001. a year 'menet them. The incumbent of Deptford kept a curate, is which ha wan assisted by the Diocesan Society. Such, therefore, was the condition of Bishop Wearmoutb. The rector of this wealthypariah received, including the in sane of a stall In the , probably not km than 7,000/. or 8,0001. a year • bat he was non-resident, and ease- uses suppor.eu uy ass It= manta. ble ehnstian sod. ties. As might be expected the difficulties of those of the clergy ea whom the burden fell, were con siderably increased by the now residence of the rector, and by their own poverty ; acd the church, se might be ex pected, was rendered less efficient in its operations, in pro portion es they were circumscribed in their means. This was one of the eases in which we might be thankful that there were dissenters in the country • Mr by their means, all that had been lost to the church'had not been lost to christionity. They had come forward will so much promp titude, that thrall oaths cf the worshipping community of this wealthy parish wore now members of dissenting con gregations. One fact alone would show the spiritual condition of the parish in this nspeet. There were five churches belonging to the establishment. and no less than eighteen places of worship belonging to the dissenters. In the five churches were 4,200 sittings; in the dissenters' places of worship 14,360; the former were only moderately filled, the latter densely crowded. This was one of the many exemplifications that might be given of the fact, that wherever there were large revenues ill distributed, there the establishment was the weakest, and religion in the establishment was most apt to languish. Such was Bishop Wearmonth, with a dense population, neglected by the skulk and the inhabitants daily falling o ff from it. But he W stated only one half the eviL Sunderland and Ohiter•Vnatuanath were usighaelly one perish; they had boon Milmited, but still remained, for all ecclesiastical pur rilliees town and one community. Sands/lend, with t pugnlation of 20,000, waa probably in a still wine condition than Bishop Wearmoutb. Its population was of to different kind. Bishop Wearmouth might be galled" the west-end ; " Sunderland was composed of the purest and most wretched inhabitants, to whom religious tembirg and superintendence were moat necessary. That mulatto° we the moat liable to every contagious disease end fever; and at this moment, cholera was most fiercely raging there, while other parts of England were compare sleety exempt In Sunderland there were three churches, all snider one rector, whose ircomo was something under 6001. slear ; and for that population and those three churches. he had the ssaistence of two curates, in whose maintenance he was aided by the diocesan societies. There were therefore seven clergymen, for this population of 60,000 ; their overate income was under 1801 ; and of five of them, the avenge was under 901. This state of things had been long felt sad seriously deplored throughout the parish ; but one piospoct held out acme distant hope of amendment. The rector was a very old man ; in the course of things some change must take place beers long; and as the patron of the living was also the bishop of the diocese, it was thought probable that, when that change did take place, under his paternal are, it would conduce to a considerable improvement. Last Octo ber, the rector of Bishop Wearmouth hat died; sad as though to make the opportunity still better, and to make the change still mere blessed for the population, it happened at the same instant that there was a vacancy is the neighbour ing parish of Sunderland. Both benefices, so vacant, were la the gift of the same patron, who had therefore the fullest and amplest opportunity of m aking any new arrangement he pleased, and thus contributing to the utmost extent to the spiritual improvement and welfare of the pariebiocers. Considerable sensation was created in the parish; it was felt to be a great opportunity : and, accordingly, all parties who had any influence with the bishop, or any interest is thy result, addressed him on the occasion. The noble lord at the head of the government had stated in the list week of the session that be had corresponded with the bishop; and rumour said that the ecclesianical commies/loners, with that scrupulous and conscientious regsrd which they always showed for the interests of the church, when not opposed to their own, had also given their advice to the bishop. Memorials were addressed to him by the in habitants both of Sunderland and Bishop Wearmouth ; those memorials were before the house. They remained unan awned about sir weeks. Th. se memorials were in a very dilltrentopirit—the vestry of Bishop Wearmouth being a self. elated body, and their proceedirgs being secret: while the vestry of Sunderland was elected by the ratepayer,. and pro perly represented the inhabi'ants of the tows. Writing t the bishop Wearmouth vestry, and telling them the arrange ments that had been made, the bishop said, " I have only fixed upon Mr. Eden, the incumbent of this place, of whose sound judgment, active but well-regulated zeal, and con ciliatery manners I have had much ex: erience, at a great sacrifice of my own feelings, and in some degree of my own wishes.' No oulogium would be mimed upon Mr. Eden that he did not deserve. Appointed under urcumstareel whim rendered him not at that time accept able to the parishioners, he had already gained upon their respect 8,4 affections ; and his ministration would probably be a great blessing. But the whole of the arrangement was certainly not satisfactory. Mr. Eden had nand the living of Bishop Auckland, which, next to Bishop Wearmouth, was cue of the richest in the diocese ; the bishop had there- upon ordained a nephew of his own, not then in holy orders, and had presented him to that living the next day. Part of , 1 the arrangement was that the income of the new rector of Bishop Wearmouth should be limited to 2,0001. ; the rarplus to be placed in the hands of trustees, for a certain period, to be applied at a future time, for purposes and in proportions no yet stated. So far as that arrangement was legal, the parishioners bad no complaint to make. They might have their own opinion on the subject. and might comment on what they could not altogether approve ; they might believe that 2,000/ was rather excessive, and that an unnecessary con trast bad been made in the course pursued towards the two rectors. The one was to have, until the month of May, the whole income accruing from the rectorial estate, to enable him to go into the rectory; the other was left in such com parative poverty that, though there was a rectory at Sunder land, he was not able to take pcconsion of it, and had been obliged to occupy two rooms in a very humble lodging. But as far as the !proceeding was legal, the parishioners bowed submissively to the law ; but a portion of it was not sal isfac. tory, and was not legal. The new rector of Bishop Wear mouth, acting no doubt from a very good intention, bad pot himself into a not very agreeable dilemma. There was no doubt that the:proceeding on his part was sinsoniacaL The pate n had the right to present any one whom he pleased ; but with the patronage the temporalities necessarily went, and the patron had no porter of interfering and keeping back a portion after the institution had taken place. In a note in Stephens's Exlesiasticol Suits," it wan distinctly laid down that " the cure of souls of every parish or paro chial district belongs to, sod ad its emoluments are by the original founder and endower set apart for the maintenance of, the Incumbent and his successors, and become vested in the existing incumbent by his institution and induction." Hence, the bishop might give or withhold a benefice ; but, giving the living, he could not withhold the temporalities. In this can a condition had been made that the rector should give up his title to a certain portion of the temoora li•ies ; and on that condition he bad been presented. Every lawyer would ay that this was a case of direct simony. There was a ow exactly in point, where, the patronage being in the hands of certain parishioner., they had pre sented on specific conditions; the coart held, that the agree. meat entered into for the purpose of restraining the then mrate from asserting his claim to the small tithes by due course of law and furnishing evidence against his successor, was eimoniarzil, and the presentation made thereon void. This was a ass exactly in point. In both instances, previous to presentation, the presentee had agreed not to assert his rights to certain portions of the temporalities ; and such an agreement had always been held to be simoniacal. Putting that aside, the arrangement woo unsatisfactory in other res pects. It was left in such a state that, if the rector died, after several years' accumulations, these might be claimed by his representatives ; or his successor, wben appointed, might lay claim to the whole of the temporalities, and, if the pa tronage were then vested in another bishop, the whole of those temporalities might bo given. The patron having en-, disavowed to carry out a proceeding which he had no legal power to carry out, let the house nut tun an inquiry with tea view of carrying out an arrangement which the patron himself had admitted to be desirable. There were strong ressons why parliament should take this question into ill own hands. The parishioner were an for it. did not wish to express any distrust of their patron : still, IS there was to be an inquiry and a re-distribution of the rem nues, they should have more confidence in its being dons under the authority of parliament than under that of the' patron and his present advisers. These advisers were the very same gentlemen, the self-elected body, who had gone to him and represented themselves as speaking in the name of the inhabitants, from whom their proceedings were kept secret. He had made certain inquiries of them which would have been more propsily pat to those responsible for the spiritual condition of the pariah. If the inhabitants felt d : strus: as to those arrange mats, they were certainly justified by past circumstances in the government of that parish. Let any one go through the length and breadth of the land, and observe the evils, abases, and eye-sores which, in different dioceses, pervaded the functions and diminished the usefulneo of oar ecclesias tical and parochial system, and they would find that there ms not one of those evils of which there was not so exem plification, in an abridged form, in this unfortunate perish of Bishop Wearmouth, whose wealth bad been the attraction of every possible abuse. There were things which operated meet injuriously upon the material agencies of our ecclesias tical system ; first, the existence of these is menee parishes, with enormous populations and most deficient =toil instruction; secondly, the immense dispropor between the labour and the payment of the sleepy, and between the income of one clergyman and another; then, the comparative isolation of the poorest and most neglected of the clergy, and the want of all countenance and sympathy for theca by their diocesan. Thera was also the question of the abase of patronage, which instead of being exercised as a publics trust, was too often exercised ist a very different manner, so as to dishonour both the church and the patron. Then that* was the glaring and gross waste dollar& property, which woo going on, not only unchecked, but absolutely, is some instance, encouraged by than who had authority to check it. All then evils and abuse* were here congregated. The abuse of patronage, in particular, was strongly felt by the pa ri shioners; and any one looking through the rich livings in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham, and observing how the six which bad fallen vacant in the ep iscopacy of the present prelate had been disposed of, must be convinced that the view practica'ly taken in h's case, and taken in many others, was, that the patronage of the church wee not a public trust, to be used for a sacred purpose, but might be need to gra tify the private wishes and feelings of the individual patron. The waste of church property was a still mere serious matter ; its extent was such that it was impossible to contemplate it without surprise and grief. In the parish of Bishop Wesrmouth this abuse had been very recently prac tised, and 1,0001. a year was now received from aco mine opened wi'hin a recent period. This being a mineral dis trict, and the wealth of the church there being principally mineral wealth, it was obvious that the system of spoliation there going on must be speedily arrested, er it tumid soon exhaust the revenues of the church. It was so illegal that no ecclesiastical offence was visited with higher penalties. On this subject he would cite one authority, taken from what had occurred in this very dicer:et. In the case of "Jefferson o. Shute, Bishop of Durham," Chief Justice Eyre concluded tie elaborate judgment with same observe liens, which had been commended by Lord Chancellor Bides, and which were deserving of general attention. He said— Few who know the hon. •ind right rev. prelate, who have been winsome to the munition' e which he has displayed In repairing and beautifying the fabric of his church, of his males, and his paiaces, will suspect him of having intentionally wasted the posse salons of the we of Durham. At the same time, It le by no means impersible, that he, as well as many other churchmen, may unwarily have slid into this heavy ecolesiutical offence, which all agree to be a cause of de privation, and which may probably be found to be also an injury cog nisable by some of the lines temporal courts. - Mr. instier.Rooke oiserve;i— I tonekler the bishop ea having, to certain purposes, a fee simple in hi bitlrpriz. Bat he is seiaed to a special intent sa a public officer for publi trusts. In spite of this law, so strong and so decided, the spoliation and waste in the diocese of Durham bad gone on as profusely and ae notoriously as if there had been no law on the subject. From the highest dignitary to the lowest Incumbent the sys tem prevailed; it was one perpetual scramble o: busy, inces sant, raoseious, active digging, as if it was in California itself. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) And who was to interfere? Certainly not the bishop of the diocese ; for while a compa ratively poor rector added a few hundreds to his income, thousands found their way into the episcopal coffers ; and the bishop, who had been exempted from the operation of that measure which would have reduced his income to 8,000/., had received in one year no leas than 21,0001. if this spolia tion wanton—if thieves had broken into the treasury of the church in Durham—it was a rtainly not the diocesan who could be sent after them in punuit—he was too heavily laden with the spoil to be able is move in that direction. This was a matter of such serious importance that, before long, he hoped to make it the subject of a substantive motion. When he had formerly alluded to it be had been met on the threshold by the noble lord at the head of the government, who said it was not a question at all for parliamentary in terference, and denied that the legislature could take cog nisance of it, thereby implying that the patron was invested with certain rights and privileges which, during his lifetime, he was entitled to exercise without challenge, just as any private patron might exercise any right conferred on him by the law. He entirely denied that doctrine. Between the right ofa private and a public patron there was no ana gy whatever. The right of a private patron was a private right ; that of a bishop was a public right. In the one case it was personal property attached to the individual, and which he might use for his own individual profit ; in the other, it was attached, not to the individual, but to the office ; and every administration of it was an official act for which he was as much reepetsible as any other public functionary for his act.. This was at °nee the law, the constitu tion, and the practice of the c 'awry. As to the low he need go no urther than what was notorious to every body, and what was seen every day. • private patron might acquire a righ t by inheritance or purchase ; he might alienate it, or do w ith it as he pleased. But a public patron net only could not alienate or sell his right, he could not exercise the smallest prospective right, not even to make the next presentation during the lifetime of the incumbent. The law itself was specific on this point. In the cue he had already cited, Mr. Justice Rooke said: "I consider the bishop es having, for a certain !purpose, a fee simple in his bishopric; tut he is seised for a special intent, as a public officer, and for a public trait." He then cited Sir W. Blackstone, who said : " The design of an ecclesiastical corporation is to be the furtherance of religion, end perpetuating the rights of the chur:h." And Sir Edward Coke said: " Masters and fellows are mind to them and their successors for ever, in jure collegti, pro bores nubile°, and to pious and charitable uses." 'io the seme effect a great variety of authorities might be cited. The highest ecclesiastical authorities all concurred in ihowir g not only that this principle of law was correct, but that it flowed from a source which rendered i: impossible that it should be otherwise. He would only mention one, that of Hooker, who aid : Pe nne eceleeiastie a are God's stewards, not mile that he bath yet them over his family as the ministers of ghostly food, but even for this came also—that they are to receive and dispor e of his temporal revenues, Meets and oblations which men bring him. And he quotes in confirmation of this view the words of Tertullian, who said : Touching such goods—viz., estate', fee., of Whops—the law civil, following mere light of nature, &heeds them to be no man's, because no man nor community of men bath right of property In them. And again, Hooker says, in another passage : For the better information of men which carry true, honest, lad indifferent minds, these things we will endeavour to make clearly manifest—first, that In goods and livings of the church none bath pro. party but God himself; secondly, that the honour which the clergy therein bath is to be as it were, God's receiver. No one would deny, such being the law of the land, that persons in authority in the church were vested with a public trust, proceeding from the very highest source, and bel under a solemn and sacred responsibility, which those autho. rides insisted they could not and ought not to violate, Ile would briefly state what had been the practice on the sub. jest. The last time the question was brought before parlia ment was in the case of the Bishop of Ely, in the House of Lords. It was a much stronger ease than the ',resent, inas much as there was parliamentary interference, not merely in the administration of temporalitim, but with the exercise of a purely spiritual function. The Bishop of Ely had determined on a certain list of questions which he submitted to every candidate for ordination, and made the answers to those questions the condition of ordination. Lord Bateman presented a petition from one of those candidates, with the view of founding upon it an address to the queen The Bishop of Ely protested against the interferenc-, and said there was no authority for it, that it would be a dangerous precedent, and would lead to serious em barramment. The house did not adopt that view. Lord Harrowby, a great friend of the church, voted for in quiry; Lord Calthorpe said it ought to meet with the repro bation of the house. But the strongest denunciations were uttered by the political friends of the noble lord. Earl Grey said that he thought the House of Leeds bad the power of applying a remedy, and the Marquis of Lansdowne used elosilar language. Not a single bishop in the House of Lords took the view of the Bishop of E . They were taunted with their silence, but not one of them ventured to vin dicate the doctrine of ecclesiastical irresponsibility, of which the noble lord unexpectedly came forward as the advocate. With regard to measures of ecclesiastical reform, he had re ceived strong assurances from the noble lord of action on the part of the government with respect to them. But uo very great alacrity had as yet bees shown in repealing the present system. He did not impute blame to the noble lord for that. He would not come prematurely to the conclusion that mea sures of a large and satisfactory character would not be intrc duced before long. There were, no doubt, obstacles in the way, but the noble lord must have felt that these obstacles were to be apprehended, and it was in this respect that their hopes and expectations might to disappointed. It that were the case it would not be long before he tested the doctrine of episcopal irresponsibility now broached. He would invite the house to go with him from diocese to diocese, from parish to parish, and he would show them the manner in which ecclesiastical duties had been performed, the mode in whichestatea had been managed—in which tem poralities had been administered and patronege bestowed. The materials which he had in hie possession (which, how ever, he did not mean to use except in the last extremity) were such as would startle both the house and the public. He would give them an opportunity of pronouncing an opinion as to the propriety of imposing responsibility and control where the want of responsibility and control had been hitherto attended with such disastrous results. But this was foreign to the present motion. He would now only ask the house to consider the an: which the es petitioners presented, avid the prayer which they made to the house. Their object was simple, and their prayer S 4 moderate, that he would venture to say i s rejectim would lead to very serious consequences, if the character of the parishioners as given by the Bishop of Durham himself, in a Charge to his Mergy on his introduction to the diem.. fn 1836, was cor rect. Every word of that Charge was se admirable, 63 statesmanlike in re character, so truly episcopal in the pre cedents introduced—it showed an e3e that sew so clearly, a heart that felt so warmly what was the responsibility, and what the duty that devolved on him, that he would read a portion of it to the house : Perhaps, he says, this diocese differs from most others, if not in peculiar features of country, yet in the singular and most appalling banana/1y with which changes of population take place in it. There is no douse In which so many thousands are found to Is, so scattered as to he thrown at a most Inconvenient &duos from existing places of worship ; noels there perhaps any diocese's which such numerous instances (CCU( of the hihabinintssompidlylliereleing. or beingeosud denly created. When' barren moor lately presented the appearance of a desert, never inhabited, and hut rarely visited by man, a railroad may perhaps be formed, sr a coal-pit opened out; cottages built, and men, women, and children appear dldrently emp loyed in gaining their daily bread, but seeking in vain for that bees which sustains the vital principle even to everlasting ages. Lastly*. I fear there is no diocese which presents so many instances of redundant population and scanty endowment; for it should be remembered that, In large part-Yea, the care of one man, however zealous and active, will not suffice. The united exertions of two or more are probably required, while the income may not afford adequate remuneration even to the laborious and conecientions incumbent. Hence It appears that in many cases a necessity exists for the erection of chapels, and pro- either for the due discharge of lured duties in them. In other cases it must be apparent that schools should be built, and diltigent and well-qualified maters appointed to superintend over them. In some parishes, again, however °meat may be the want of moist ance to the incumbent, his income la so limited, or his family so eirmunstsneed, that it cannot provide him with that aid of which he Is so deeply sensible, his perishionere, as well as himself, stand in need. • • I am bound to say of my pre decessors that they seem to have held their almost princely revenues u good stewards of the manifold grace of Get 4 and freely imparted to all as all had need. • • And I have only to express an earnest with that, in any future arrange ments which may be made, whether In revising such as have now re ceived the Meteor law, or In any other contemplated changes, ell the resources which arc drawn from one part of the eeclesiastie;,l fiend of the diocese, may, as much as possible, be devoted to the assietance and improvement of the others. Having thus shown what was the condition of this diocese on the highest authority resident within it, let him show what was the condition of the popul Mon generally, and the character of the times whiffs rendered great reform in the shush necessary. He held in his hand an extract Rom • sermon, of one et the greatest ornaments and lights which Hie eheleh had ever seen, the late Dr. Arnold. In a sermon I, ggll tgsd by him in 1813, he sage: WAIN% ht as came to what we can conceive at any rate, MA ask what would be our feeling', If this nation of great misery, with ine, mid peeteence, and w ee • enema it is true, we know ba ttle by our own pg r i ow — a • thie kw . things, for when pistlisses did visit us a tz tew no means In Its most fearful kern, and famine sag ▪ e seek to oe olionether ; pawn well know that there sea have massed wed all these things. 24 ensgsk that wash° skald suffer thous; that ore ca , t w g,, -- ",....7 46. 1113.1" seamen aided to a gassral dspreadon of trade, 11, 0 ,4 catty Into disks's, and distress into actual 74. 1 as kis so apt to do, should breed pestilence, that dasout crowded is the narrow limits of our our ad this misery bi m e=worse misery of their -- °•ele discontent should violence, sod that taa ' a liak tig....,__; bloodshed, should rage from one sad of the nation they did •• few years back is Franne,—what ask,--eould we give of the population committed to Tina What account indeed could they ern, w h o d i ;;;* condition of that neglected population in this wsalthyt.,l6 Truly when they considered how the Choi* a g g "I? those who had rule and authority in the clissu. that rish .... , , tl:y tai nsig en li t t lintie feel li th h a i t c l i er b : it on those who had not, as faithful ate *...-77 11 011 aaans...E. h .'!" —ooto fa leg Let them not aggravate that responsib ility, Aug the danger, by refunusg the prayer of this petin oe o . listening to the prayer of these petitioners, this bo uin 4 earn their gratitude, and would strengthen the mint; but neglecting it, they w.iuld turn from hwj.,- in despair, and they would return th's reproach 10- . that, though they professed themselves (avowable in the abstract, yet when the opportunity., marred of rin h -- a practical proof of the sincerity of tour professions - ' then shrank from the test; and then the.. part i te, kJ that the church bad nothing to hope from their 0n ee .. L .."" 4 that the expectation which they loomed froni bad been slighted, would turn away, their intyy n ; u '' neglected, their hopes disappoir ted, and their aff eti k t ,--' alienated—and tell them that, in the treatm ent they ha-- received, they had written their own condemnatio n, far as depended on them, had pronounced their the church's doom. The hon. gentleman cousl g h i g• - •' loud cheers, by moving anilasi That aa bumble address be presented to her Majesty she will be pleased to issue a commission of bigotry i stoti ll contained in the petitions presented to this boon hM the of Bishop Wearmouth and eunderland ; and that tkeemie rar e • shiners be directed to take into consideration the parliament (on the authority of the patron of the llag o er ki : Wearmouth) to have been entered into between himethafg present incumbent, whereby the surplus femme of the ii s l. and above the sum of 2,0001. a year, reserved as the lame Asa cumbent, is to be paid over to trustees; and to Inertia emi t mode of appropriat that eurplus to Kitimat mum ...vs with tbs two parishes , and of giving legal ga d to _a—. priatioa. """e Mr. MANGLES seconded the no' lie. The question leaving been put, Lord J. RUSSELL rose and denied the dothios at egh copal irresponoihility which had been attnbuted to lain the hon. gentleman. He never laid down any such On n i z ih' The hon. gentleman quoted various passages os thank which he thought were unnecessary, hien% itien ht disputed that bishops having high authority Mats thef t were responsible. They held • public trust, agd bound to exorcise any patronage or soy po wer key pre sees with a due regard to the service and Nosh ohn i thumb, and for the promo'i in of the 'Tirane' *dhow the peorle committed to their charge. (Hear, Of this there could be no doubt whatever. Ben itieg large step to go from that doctrine and to soy thyi laud particular case where a party exercised his plump particular way, or in favour of • particular pence, wa il . taro trusts and duties annexed, the House of - ssmg e ahould interfere and declue wheth,r that poltroon s exercised rightly or not. It might be that the how, hag a case, would los led to discuss trtheamiens of which ity n perfect knowledge, because, with regard to the dung* of patronage in the diocese of Durham, or in say gig diocese, no person might be authorised to see* ebb effect of that distribution of patronage by the keg, It did so happen, that in this particular case, beltway of the Bishop of Durham, 6f which he was augg ashamed, notwithstanding all that had been Impute Ms right rev, prelate, he wrote a private letter to Wait distribution of patronage, but not in the sense of wheel hon. gentleman spoke, but merely to Aids:kik trusted he should soon hear of his being quite evarthifi culties with which the distribution of patronage sad asp riding for the spiritual care of so large a perish oaths cumbered. But the hon. gentleman, in pa:coa t i motion for inquiring into what had been done vamp to the parish of Bishop Wearmoutb, in whisk he is a great many imputation on the Bishop of Doha had certainly confirmed one part of the gamut el I alTaiitniostnethrse—anpatapoienly' " tm cn iht t of either bad ither n of theo e* preseat mliet netes bi a l Bishop Wearmouth and Sunderland, both of wham ow clergymen of exemplary character end of great mishandle. votion." (Hoar, hear.) The hon. gentleman dish appointment of the present rector of Bishop Wenire would be a blessing to the parishioners. (Heir, keu complaints were made in that house, he should have dug it would have been on the ground of the immotality true ranee of the persons who bad been appointed tecton. 1: the hon. gentleman disavowed any such chthe. E must protest against the doctrine of the hon. se Deccan that individuals having church pew might use it solely for their own indickluel hat whilst bishops were and to consider it as a pubic tea and to use it for the public advantage. He thought inn person who, either by inheritance or purchase, benne p eased of such patronage, and had to appoint clone to the cure of souls, would neglect a solemn deity, Mae his proprietorial rights might be, if, in appointing ads to large and populous parishes, or even to scull punkt) used such patronage to his own individual benefit 1k hear.) Having met that charge, it remained to es what other charges these petitioners made. Now itths the inconvenience of bringing forward motions of thish in the House of Commons, that having received fres Bishop of Durham a statement of the arrogation* he made, he had received no general explanation hoe of the grounds on which he proceeded in his diatribes: the revenues of the parish. He d'd not know Ovine tent he carried inquiry, what were his general tin: the subject, what was the nature of the repeal= made to him, or on what grounds he expected Wan Tell creme Zits which he made were the best that could ku for the parish. And if be, who was a friend for marl of the Bishop of Durham, wee quite ignorant co thse ject, how could it be expected that in every ease dna* which might be brought forward either oh spent to the distribution of patronage by de mister of the crown, or any one eh. house could go through the ground. on which the off% meat ought to be made, or those on which it mist fonder. The hon. gentleman alleged other proudest motion arising from the state of the pogulmisni parishes and their spiritual wants, which e aid CM , sufficiently provided for by the arrangements nook fr ae Bi Bishop cumstanceef D o u f r which ham tNheowlitet.'greenwtl cs but to which he did not give that prominence whir locoed to it, and which was the very essence of the per and complaint. Bishop Wearmouth was connected e the town of Sunderland, but the parish of Bishop Ws . mouth was distinct from the parish of Sunderland. no, as em lb s e n re tx, a k rem i, s i lk e di gentleman said that the town of Sunderland bad mole and starving persona who lived in wretched houses, std= they were very badly off, both as respected their tsar and spiritual wants. That he believed to be a true re sentation of their case, as he understood from letter' b"; coined from persons unconnected with the Bishop 0! I. ham. He was told that there were persons in the ton Sunderlsnd who made a large profit out of very small lor in which the poor were miserably cared for, and when: want of cleanliness end the necessaries of life led ta illness and to great mortality. (Hear.) That he berseedv the case, and it was a great misfortune ; but it we s o of things wholly unconnected with the dierilnal church patronage. The petitioners prayed that 'moor distribution of the surplus revenues of the rectory of H Wearmouth should be applied to the support of the stir and chapels in the town of Sunderland. This we" s with which it would be difficult for the bishop to can! (hear) ; and with which it would be difficu It for that or the commissioners to deal. Here were too distieeteo' ed to bete" plied to its spiritual wants, because it happen it. If this was a reasonable ground for such a deustrai 4 and one asked to have the surplus revenues a the ode, obvious that any poor parish in this metropol is 110 .1 d similar one for the revenues of a neighbouring n et Those who paid the tithes of such a rich perish as thought, be very slow te comply with such a de un , hand over their tithes to the rector of the mien', parish. It was not the law, and if it were he 9 . fteg . ' , : would be complained of as a great injustice. low lived in the rich parish would be entitled to say st 111:7 " Let the tithes which are taken from us be gi( .17. benefit of the church at large ; for we see no anion tt other parish, merely because it is nesr• i ' take the tithes which belong to to, 55 1 it ., been devoted from ancient times to ont benefit." The bisho did not think he bed 1 , 1 72 power. He told him (Lord J. Russell ) thathe 7.°:' a petition on the subject, but he aid, that what spiritual wants of the place might be, he hal :: : II by law to comply with what was asked for, or to one parish what properly belonged to another • 7_ "" 7, 4 bishop did was this. The late rector, who was dent, had an income of 3,8001 a year. A new w' d of s' been appointed, to whom an income was assiezw_ v a 1,2001. The petitioners and the hon. gentleman than_ •d thie f beside to be only 1,2001. Then it was said , beside a park which was worth 60 01 • era` be 2,0001., but all that he could say was that he dm but which he was informed was of no such value, t elriesi was not likely to be used for building ground. . n Tb, h t e ',., surplus which vrouldbe given o poor chap and there was besides another Pam arising from 7, way leaves, amounting altogether to 1,00/ the bishop also proposed to place in the hands ofm i ,' A he applied in future years to the b e nefit of these chspelries. Whether this was a fair immediately distribution, whew proper sum had been g toes! Riven the rector. whe t h er pelries ought to be augmented, sho d , it was proper and just that this sum placed in the hands of trustees for th e futon mmentation of chapelries, was not the eIiPT„ He could pronounce no opinion whatever ors the b not baying had the full particulars before bim n .er . say was, that the arrangement had been 'vide 1, t r; o t. l . a view to give a large portion of the income _7;:i reef), for the spiritual benefit of the parish. end the income of the chapelries. He should 1!01r_f,.,, chapelry would be so augmented that each cleT ec 7 in officiated in it would receive a competent _W w _, he trusted, one so lowi'as 1001. a year, though exist in the way of a different arrangement e thet W w to say. But the hon. gentleman, after say ing y ed ii,i oun d so , a sum had been given to the rector, tu rn _ no wit that the rector, by making certain tumoral', that bishop, had entered into a 'monism' barlifweg own consequently null and void, and that it could hold good in law. Well , if that were so, it