The Express. — London, England, 1849-06-22 00:00:00

Be concluded by mowing "that an address be presented to her fdejesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct that such a modification of the e3stem et national education in Ireland may be made as may remove the tonsc.eutious obj•ctibns which a large proportion of the clergy and laity of the established church entertain to that system se at present carried into operation ; or ark. r etire, that means may be taken to enable those of the clergy sad laity of the established church who entertain such eon• seientieue eetions to extend the blessings of scriptural sensation is Ireland. Nr. NAPIBR seconded the motion. Sir W. SOMERVILLE thought his noble friend bad kept the word of promise he made at the ope-ing of his speech— namily, that he would sot utter any remark that would be se r roive to any hon. gentleman is the house who held °pinkies different from the., which he termini. otiosely es - er tainted. If he should he inclined to take e xception to any part of the speech, it would be to th et 'n whorl allusion had been mode to the pratestants of Ireland Whilst giving *epergnes to the fretless and oonvictiosam of the protestant* of the sister country, Ms hen. tercel seemed to target that though he might Ili the representative of the majority of the protestant, of the established church, yet that there were other protestor% who dill: red from bim upon this qa. rim, and who were actuated by mode.* as cocmjeliteugls as were tho-e who coincided in his views. (Hear.) The great election he (Sir W. Somerville) had to the motion was this, that let the non gentleman pros tit it in what aspect he might it simply amounted to this, that it was was the &Willem of the present national a, stem of edu cation in Ireltnit, because when ono* they divest.ed that sys tem of its universal operation, if he might be as. pet mitled to say, from that moment its distinctive featutas vanished, and the boom would be driven to rec *pile the deems of every wilt:Iola sect in Ireland. They must than lave a grant for the established church, a grant for the yoresbyterian church, a grant for toe Roman ca• holt: church, and a grant for every other sect that claim d it. He denied that the Roman catholic* were in fa vour of having a distinct religiose sy-tom of education ; on the contrary, they were for having a united system established. (Hear, hear ) Ha bodeved that 600, out of the 2,000 clergy of the Irish church, supported the Retinas! system, and that es regarded the laity a still larger prop r two entertained opinioss sisals: to those field by the 500 clergy. The pro sbyterian Steffy we utmost to • man is favour of the national system. He believed that a majority of the prof . slants of Ireland were la favour of it ; and as the system had been taken sins age of by the great majority of the Roses cathohe population it was Lot too much to say that it had a fsir claim to be desoninaurd " national." The 15th report of the corminasioners showed that it bad exe tended from 3,825 schools aid 465,654 &choler* in the year 1817 to 4,100 schools and 5/0,496 *cooler, in 1948, thereby exhebitisg a total increase of 284 schools and 104,&32 scholars in the space of twelve months. (Cheer,) He cautioned the house, therefore, not to be hary is disturbing a system which must eventually trine forth geed fruits,and most probably meliorate the ,cool condition wf tke coestry. Lord BERNARD contended that the system was sot Maly opposed to the opinio of the large body of the proton teat clergy and laity, bat also strongly opposed is the breasts et his It 'man catholic isllow-souotrymen. He had himself presented a petition that evesicg Innis a numerous meeting in Cork, praying fur the extension of the Church E location Society, between which and the national spite to the noble lord drew 'contrast, sad quoted several fig uro in favour of the for mer, and shooing that the lacrosse of scholars attenctio.g their schools surpassed that of the national system. He had never yet heard anyone my that the rational system of education was favourable to the prop &Litt church, and be Maud upon the house to abandon it, and to endeavour to is pleat in the minds of the Irish people the trotta of Scripture, wlikk w.O d secure to them a temporary blueing here, and as sternal Mendes feereafh r. Ms. 1100 RE regretted that the motion had bees ix premed in terms so petty and seer-ries. The national sys tem of education was supported ty the majority of the Pro tenant clergy, not becaus they thought it the best system, bat the best possible under the ciocum.tanor • It was opposed by all who were most earnest and most uncomptomising in their views, who Witted to assume that the points on which men might happen to differ wore less eeeeatial than those on which they happened to agree. The second resolution was particularly objectionable. It asked fur a further grant to iho churc h schools. Had the hon. gentleman forgotten the 800,0601. already appropriated and pe col ? (near leer.) Under these circumstances e could not support th; Sir A. BROOKE referred to a former statement which he had made ut the comparative numben of *dented and un educated is the province of Ulster, and repeated that up. wards of a million MGM were receiving *decagon in Ulster than in the province of Connaught. Mr. NEWDEGATE said the present application came from twiothirds of the protestant clergymen ut Ireland, and was backed by the petitions of 60,000 of the laity. Its hoped the house would not refuse to listen to such an application. Lord C. HAMILTON said this was a sut jrct on which his constituency felt deeply. The sight hon. 8, attar, for Ire land, in his statement, had avoided all the real ditti slices of the question; he had not fairly met any of the objeciione that were made to the system. Two-thirds of the schools ander the national board were not subject to its rules. Tht non-vested schools were net bound by their rules. There were 423 prnhyterian clergymen patrons of national schools, out it would be • mistake to 'pon that these were all vested schools. There wire only 28 preshyterian clergymen patrons of vested schools ' there wen 395 patrons of non-vested schools. He believed the principle of the bond were go:el it they wire properly anted out. Nothing could he better than their books sad their :raining schools. But still they did not carry out their own ptiociples. There was no united tyres% of education, properly so called. There must, therefore, be something is the system that at least required emendagon. When be told the house that in 1,230 of these schools the religious ez, tracts" were et laded, he thought they would agree with him that there was something faulty in the eye tem—when the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on a Isle net lion, stated that he would be the lest perron to support the system of national *decease if he believed that the Bible or the religious extracts were prohibited. It was a curious fact that the automat of crime had always been in proportion to the absence of the rel Lion element in education. It appeared from • return lately presented that in Ulster there was I offence to 1,629 of the population, in Minster 1 to 745, in Connaught 1 to 360. That den. piing ratio almost exactly represented the relative oumner of schools ia the three provinces from which religious instruction was ex cluded. (Hear, bear.) Such was the entail result of the System. (Much interruption, and lout: cries of divide.") Of the 120,000 children receiving education, supported by the es.abliehed church, a very large numb. r were Roman catholies, and en actual majority dissented from that church. Let not parliament suppose that in supporting the education under the national hoard, it supported a ante I system. Thi only system which could claim public support on that ground, was the church system ; and he hoped that on sc ampi of the number of Roman ca holies, as well as protest. ante who bundled by that system, such support would be mond. Lord J. RUSSELL was very sorry to be obliged again to invade upon the house on a subject which was so holly dis cussed is the previous series. Now, having heard the ob *none of the noble lord, he must say that the system adopted in 1831 and 1832 having been continued from that time under different governments and different lord lieute nants, and having now arrived ate point at which, according to the last report of the commissioners, there were upwards 04,000 schools established, and 500,000 children educated, in connexion with the bond, there ought to a very strong can indeed to induce the house to say that they would put an end to a system which had given education to many poor children in Ireland who never had the advantege of intrue tion before it came into operation. The noble lord was, be thought, most inconsistent in his objections. No one con tended that the national system was perfect, or thst it was the best that mild be adopted if the parents and teachers were ell of one ailed with nap Cl to religion (ber, hear.) What the original authors and peo nage& of these schools said was, that experience showed that the benefits of education could not be diffused without suiting the mode of conveying it to those who were to receive it. One of the first °banks whirh presented it self was the ohjeetion of Roman catholic parents to intro°. tion in the protestant scriptures The Roman catholic clergy and laity regarding the protestant version as incorrect, odoeation in it could not be made compulsory. The noble kat said there were a great number of the national echoola which were not in complete union with the national board. It was not true, however, that they did not comply with the regulations. There were, indeed, some particulars in which the patron of • school was alowed to take his own course. For instance, a patron connected with the church might say that from ten to eleven in the morning there should be instruction in the protestant scriptures and catechism, and that during that time peculiar doctrines should be taught, but that from eleven till the time when the nileml wee closed there should be no instruction which 'Gold not be given equally to Roman eathodcs end protestant children ; that no Instruction should be forced upon children of which the parents disapproved. He (Lord J• Russell) would certainly have thought that such an arrangement would rather diminish the objection of the noble lord, Si evincing coinderable latitude in the plan of the satiated board. (Hear, hear.) It wee objected that in a great number of schools, no scripture extents even were read. Now ea that t the Church Education Con mines urged la 1843 two a ves. First, they complained these scripture extracts mew wry Partial. 8 110• 11 •1 • manifest kaaiag towards Heim catholic tenets; sad ea singularly !sough, they tomplained that the animal board did not mast ea the reading of those extract*. The board had, is likellenien, acted very judiciously in the matter. In 1831 and 1833 it seemed to hits slant isspeseible that Roman eathelle archbishops could egree to the use of extracts, of which a protestant •rebbisb oP was the author or compiler. With regard to 2.801) schools, the difficulty had, it appeared, been dot over. That was a much neater number than he had imagined would receive the extracts; the reef refused to do so—Romea j catholies on the mead that they exhibited a protestant Nee, and Pratestaab on t h e itrnend that the bias was the other way, But it was quite an unfounded supposition, that be cause then @streets were not used, there must be an absence of all religious instruction. The object aimed at was to give as much secular instruction ae possible in school hours, and to leave religious instruction to the respective religions teaches'. He had alone undenteod that the Roman Ca tholic clergy were most anxious that the poor children of their communion should receive religious instructionj and he believed they were tent :ulnas imparting it. (Hear.) Now.sehat was the alternetive mowed by the hon. gentleman who had introduced this motion? In the filet place, he proposed that tire house ahead adopt • modification of the system. Modification was a very gentle term ; bat, as used by the sable lord, it append is mean a compulsory main of the scriptures by Roman - catholic children whose gnaws had a conscientious objection to the readieg of them. (He ar, hear ) In oth er words, of this half a million of childreit, the effect would be to drive away a great number from the schools at once. While they would not succeed in giving them scripture instruction, they would, in making the at tempt, d, pries them of secular. (Hear, hear.) That was the real stumbling-blcck which bad always stood in the way of !Mime' education in Ireland. The lot alternative of the hen. gentleman wee that if there were no medifi , Mita of the aational system, a grant should be made to pre lastest' to moist them in instructing children in protestant doctrine,. To such a plan there were two very strong aim- Moan The first was that it could hardly be adopted without eatendoig a Limiter benefit to Roman catholies. (Hear, boar.) The aid given by the CoMmitt e of I Privy Couucil out of the national funds to Roman catholic schools in this country left the religions educati n of the children entirely under the control of the Roman catholic clergy, the secular education alone being subject to inspec 'ion. If • vote were proposed which gees to some three or four hundred thousand children io Ireland au education ex clusively Roman catholic. those who now proposed this modification would then assail the government tor teaching religious error. (Hear, hear.) His other objection to the proposal was that the fonds of the established church in Ire laud ought to be sufficient fur the instruction of the poor if that church. (Hear, hear) The noble kid had spoken as though the schools which he favoured were so sorely persecuted that the gov. Tamest did not allow the doe trims of the church of England to be taught in them. (Laughter.) Why, proteatauts were at copulate litorty is establish, with the all of their cheery, such schools as they thought proper. (Hear, hear.) 11, as the noble lord said, Roman catho.ies were eater to procure scriptural instruction Ia Church of England schools, there was no objection to those schools brio, ,stab hued by individual.. (Hear, ham.) The protestant laity wets in poseesaion of a great (art of the property of Inland, ecd, therefore, he thought they ought not to complain that they had not sufficient means of granting education to schools of their own. lie had quoted Write iu that house an observation which appeared to him to lie at the bottom of that ques ion. A mousiest bishcp of the last century haying been accused et cur tihuting, an di se se, books of religion and morality,r. plied, that he she u'd be very glad if all the people is his Woes.* were good protesten a, but that if he could not make them so he shoutd he very glad tore them good catholic, good Christians, good anything (hear, hear); and 'hat it ea* ter that reason that he had distrilm , ed the book.. (Hear, hear.) Teat was, fa his (Lord J. Russell's) opinion, • Van sentiment for the state to adopt with regard to education in Ireland; and the existing system, having bets attrudel with beneficial maids fur 17 years, he hoped it would not now be ate, el. (Ch. ers ) Mr. NAPIER said he could respect a good eitholic as ' muck es any man but n- i t a protesters who belied the prin ciple he bad protessed. (Ch-ers ) It was all very well for the sable lord to tell the , srochial clergy of Ireland to sup port the education of th it 11 mks; but when their stipends amounted to only 1701 a year, it would be difficult to prove that they were able to do so They ask d tor a grant bemuse j raiment, were unable to avail themselves cooseitatiomly of the existing system. The noble lord debated the question as if the qu stion were whether they .:ere to withdraw the grant from the national schools. The cuss was a simple one ; the prottatints only melted for common justice, and that they would abandon. - - Mr. REYNOLDS a.id that it bad been &served of some of his felaow•cuuntrymen (het they ware remorkabie for one quality, six , that they were grievance-mongers Tne charge was fully exemplified by the other side tonight. When he read the notice on the paper be thought it unmet a moan. 'lnitial .•f tb•• system. The bnn. member for Tyrone did not confine hirarelf toe moth he.Ati..h ot , he sigh la, but make an attack on the satire sr tem. Re ought to have delivered the speech whim the gra-it was under the considern•ion of the lints %Let him remind the hos. member for the U. ivenity of Dublin that there were protestant tennis i Ireland, end awry one of these Tre.olll, before he was p sunned to take possession of his Hein', was compelled, wider an set posed in the reign cf I{•nry VIII , to tabs an oath that tie would maintain school in his parish. (Cries of •' Divide, divide ") Ile slaked he was not °blind to address is many men with wl in waistcoats; if he bad not, he should have been heard with greater patience. Let fir•n. gentlemen recollect that Ire. land wee a Roman eethola annoy, with a plpuletioar °reeves millions of Rotuma outtalks; there were 750,0(10 proterants, and to guard t►e epiri•ual wants of thee. prides/Ante she had 10 bishops, 2 archbishops, and 2, •`. 00 c:ergy. (Question, question.) It hal bean said that if the pros city was divided amused the clergy of Ireland it would only come to 1701. per heed; tas knew a certain archbishop who, fe r ding nothing at all had 3 001.11. a year. The hon. member finding it impossible to obtain a further hey ind in c'ns• quence of the impatience of the house, most d the a• journment of the debate. Mr. DISRAELI hoped that the hon. member would wi hdrow his motion. Ertry writ.' he bad said had been listened to. Surely that was all he could expect. (Llughter.) Mr. REYNOLDS said he had been intemipted by t►e president of the Peace Society. Lord J. RUSSELL interceded for a hearing for the hen. member. Mr. REYNOLDS withdrew his motion for wlymenment, and observed is eot.elusion that the national sch,el system was in. 4.f the best things that English legislation had (set done for Ireland. The house divided— For the motion lO2 Apish:it it LOSS OF LIFE IN COAL MINE?. Mr. WILD moved t.r a selezt committee to inquire into the ,:tent of the loves of life by explosions and accidents in c al minas, and the best means of preventing the recurrence of the s.inte in future. Sr: 0. GREY augge , ted the postponement of the motion pending so ioquiry which had been ordered by govern ment. Mr. WYLD consented to withdraw his motion. NEW BILLS. The SOLICITOR-Cili&EßACoittrined leave to intro duce a hall to amend and alter the law relating to juigmente in Ireland. Mr. HAYTBR obtained leave to bring in a bill to auto rim the sale of the Royal Pavilion at Brightor. The Joint Stock Companie. Act (1819) Amendment Bill, the Kalmar Ariandonmisnt Bill, the Sato Duties Allowances Bill, and the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill, paned through committee. The Mar/tuts an Foreign Countries facilitating Bill wu read a won l time. MARRIAOES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The hones went into committee on this bill, but Mr. FORBES, entertaining stro:..g objections to the mea sure, and having pledgsd tlmNlt vs his mew to O' pose it, must protest against is being proceeded with at that hour of the morning (neer two o'clock.) Re moved that the chairman do report progress. The committee divided— For the motion 24 Against it 59-33 Oa the first ciente, Mr. DUNCAN moved the omission of certain words. The gentry was cleared for • division, bat none took place, and the motion was withdrawn. The othi r elawes of the bill were then agreed to, with certain virhal amendments, and the house remand. REGISTERING BIRTHS, Be. (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. CHRISTOPHER objec•ed to the measure on the ground that it involved a creation of new OilLts and a grant V public money. The LORD ADVOCATE explained that the bill h►d already parsed through committee in all ite important Baas►.. It did not propose to make any charge upon the consolidated fund. The motion for going into estimates was plstpmed. The other orders of the day were then disisoeed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter after two o'clock. ME. ALDERMAN HUMPHERY wind off with Mr. William Cubit% m favour of the Marriages Bill. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FAdxs.—At the last meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, Mr. Whit more detailed the particulars of the industrial emp'oyenent of children in farming occupations at Qaatt. The tebool-farm belongs to the Bridgnorth nnion, the children beingerpnated from the workhouse at Bridgnorth. It managed by • muter, acting in the double capacity of muter of the house and schoolmaster, and his wife as matron. Their united miry is 501, with rations. The house is capable of accom modating 49 children : there are now 32 boys and 17 pirls. Of these 19 boys are above ten, and 13 from five to ten years of age ; of the girls 5 only an above ten, and 12 under ten years of age, many of them under seven years. 01 the 19 bey' above ten, one is a cripple, and unable to use the spade. The tielio4 is industrial, the boys being employed in the cul tivating of four and a half acres of land, end in the manage ment of cows, pigs, and poultry. Three, and occasionally four cows, are kept, and from four to eight pigs The girls are employed in the house and dairy week, in washing, trfting, anti baking, together with sewing, knitting, and making their own clothes, Re. The produce is disposed of, first, in supply ing the inmates of the school with what skim milk and pota toes an required for their consumption, charged at market pricer, and the rest, rush as butter, pigs, and calves, are sold at Bridgnorth. The children are clothed and led by the union. Their time is nasally thus employed: they rise at half-past five in the summer, and • quarter before seven in the winter ; they work till eight ; echoed from nine till twelve; dine at one ; and at two p. m. they go to their work ; the boys to their field and garden; and the Rids to their sewing, knitting, He. They leave work at hand sup at 6, after witted they play en hoar Of WOO, if the weath 4 per mit ; and, as they sing in the church, they prestige the psalms and chants to the following Sunday, and the day is °toed with prayers. The profits of the farm are carried to the account of the union ; they amount to from 601 . to 7W. per annum on an average, after paying rent and tales, together with a per tentage on the buildings, draining, rte. Thu profit is attributable chiefly to the labour being performed by the boys, and not charged, and from the abundance of liquid manure, arising from all the drainage of the house, cowhouse, and pigsties, being preserved I. a tank, and constantly applied to the land, sometimes to the growing vegstablcs. The crops grown en carrots, cabbage, marigol d ` wurtsel, potatoes, turnips, rape, Italian rye grass, and vetches, following in quick sucernsion, so that the land is allowed to lie ids, except in the dead of winter, at which time • plentiful supply of liquid manure is given to all the land not having • crop upon it, and, being thu. pre. pared, it requires but little in the spring to enable it to b• car the next crop. The impientries need are the spade, fork, rake, toe, liquid manure, barrel, and nut. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1849. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. Vie wr nwtoo. OUTGOING MAILS. Lill Mn Brltleh North Athena and the United °lath will be nude up this peed's,. The mails, rid Mmeillem, to the Meditenanesn, Egypt, Ceylon, toilia, liong.honet, he., will he made up on the 23th June. The mad, foe Vigo, Op:atm Liaboo, Madeira, Cadia, wad Gib:altar, will be made up cm the morning of the 27th Whine. The Wert Mina Made, iinuudmi Bermuda, daranna, Nara% . lomiursa, New Orlauri, and Mezioo, aad excluding More lot dadvirs, Xt. Jaan-do-Wicaramta, New Granada, Chili, sod Perm, will be made no on the mornine of the 2nd July. The mulls Inc Madeira, the !truth, and Buenos Ayres, will be made upon the even* of the 4th otJuly. spreading those diseases of the brain which pu• the sufferers beside themselves, and lead them, amongst trh-r il delusions, to imagine that in Lord BROUGHAM they be o'd • trustworthy politician. The d light of exhib tiog to such an at.d . ence, and of re:ailing thus the pleasures of Lis youth. is so intense that Lori BROUGHAM stipulated, it is said, before he finally determined to abandon free trade for protteth n, that tt e Bord-street com pany should give him a fair chance of a run on the theatrical boards. At first, we can well imagine ther doubts and mis;ivii ge on the score of expeuse, from the fear of being horribly quizzed, and from, per haps, certain di-creet fears lest, after all the co-t of gas, bill-sticking, and decorations had been in curred, the Lord Chamberlain might int , rpcse and interdict the terformence as unseemly. Bu. how to get the unprecedented attraction otherwise, or how t, co without him, at It remained unanswerable. The tires hetitet d long ; but as the session waned without any fruits to show, and as the accounts " from every part of the countre" continued to give the moat alsrm'ng accounts of imperld'rg abundance a d consequent low pricos of corn—the scruples if the more dignified leaders of the Carlton gave way, and it was resolved to engage PROMUS upon his own term!. Monday wee'r has b•en fixed for Mr. Disesem's merlon on the state of the nation. We hardly know whether the pliticel performances at Drury-lane will comment,' previous or subrequent to the firef.g of that signal gun ; but, for the ask, of the only man of genius in the petty, we sincerely hope that he will not cons-,:t to appear siting the bocoli, mimes who are ho)ked to figure on the scene. It may be all very well for obsoleted , magognes or coxcombical states /010 whose celebrity has been acquired in prirate the atricals, to c wet ha'f-crown plauoits and to emulate the fame of those who tie id a " re il stage ;" but we should mourn over the humiliation of one who has conquered for him-elf the whip and reins of a numerous and thorough-bred team, and who can make the dumb adjure!s go fast or slow as suits his witim or his convenience, stoling to wear a mask of poplar sympst'l, or to paint his face with the colours that denote a " farmer's friend," or to recite the " fiat and unprofitable" r assorts of the Bond-street compositions. As we suspected, it is by Order in Council and not by Bill in Parliament, that the Bishop ef Deletion means to proceed in the case of Bishop Wearmouth ; and in this mode of prom dure he w 11 be eupport.d by Lnrd JOHN RUSSELL who makes his friendship for the prelate do duty as reasms for his conduct; and by Sir GEORGE Gamm, who's gree ly family have divided amorgst them same of the best livings that Dr. .MALTBY has had to bestow on welig-lingo. To this cturee there are, however, three objections. 1. It is a breach of faith on the part of the Bishop and of the government with the House of Commute. 2. It is calculated to deprive the people of the parishes of Berhop Wearmouth and Sunderland of that opportunity of considering or expressing an opini in. in enmity, on theme measures affecting their public welfare which every class of the com munity in this country has a right to exercise and enjoy. 3. An Order in Council involves an in sufficient amount of reform, inasmuch as the Privy Council has not the legal power to do what the me multi. 8 of those parishes and the goad of the chureb require. And if these toree obi, etions be net c in clusive agai• at the trick Dr. MiLTBY has hid re eourmi to, there ate where at his service. But to un episcopal and unofficial minds, these, when esta blished, will probably sufficient. 1. As the alleued bre ch of good faith ineolre• the honour and honesty of men high in Church and in St.te, it is ent tled to precedence. If snide out, it will probably afford a clue to the meeives and indueements of the change that has taken place in the Bishop's and Lord Joux's intentions. On the death of Dr. W. ELLE.4.EY, it will bo recollected, the Bishop of Demme' made some arrangements as to the revenues of the rte. tory of Bishop Wearmouth, which gave to Mr. Fuse's collation to that berefice a simo niecel character, and for which he had, of course, no authority in law. Aesuming that these arrange ments were the very best that could be made, hi law they were nevertheless werthless ; because they were bindipg neither on the Bishop nor the rector; and that an Order in Council could not clerhe them with legal force was c rtain. It was therefore out of the ques tion. But as the arrangements, instead of being the beat, were about the worst thst could have been con cluded, an application tr parliament to breathe I .gis 'dive life into them was a dang roue experiment to try. On the opening of the session it wu apparent that Dr. MALTBY and Mr. EDEN had not at all made up their minds what to do in the matter. The Bishop had, to avert a proper measure of ecclesiastical reform and to advance the fortunes of a whig aristocrat, far overstepped his episcopal authority ; and his C ellatee had sec .pted the finest living in his patron's gift on remoniacal stipulations. Had the rest of the world been content to !cave matters as they were, it is more than probable that they would not hsve made the slightest effort to have rectified their irregu lsrities. • The case was, however, too flagrant an one, and the facts had attracted tco much attention to insure quiescence; and, after various attempts to induce the government to interfere, Mr. HORSMAN was at last co;npelled to bring it before the House of Csismons. Lord Joust endeavoured to pooh-pooh the miter down. The Bishop was his friend, Mr. EDEN was a good man, the revenues of Bishop Wearmouth were over-stated, the house was an unfit tribunal for such questions. Such were the ministerial platitudes serve' un in answer to Mr. HottsmAN. They fell lifeless and dead on the house. Mr. lIORR MAN had gained(its ear; the facts had interested it; ' a great practical abuse had been brought be'ore it ; a fine opportunity fur correcting a practical gricv. ante was open; a Bishop, notwithstanding his great age, his great income, and his great learning, had been caught in the very act of jobbing. It was imposs.ble to sanction what had been done. So up rose Alderman THOMPSON, Mr. MANGLES, Mr. Dm- RAELT, and Sir R. PEEL, in quick succession, and one after another plainly told Lord J. RUSSELL that his reply was inadmissible, that the episcopal arrange. ments we re quite intolerable, and that legislation was indispensable. Thus, for instance, spoke Sir It. PEEL:— Hs thought it would be an excellent example if the church were to require authority to make a fresh distribution of these revenues by act of parliament. Many laymen bad taken a similar course, sod had caked for power to make a new aopropriation cf valuable ecclesiastical patronage, for the sole purpose of promoting the spiritual welfare of the lo calities which it immediately concerned. It would be most seemly if the church were to follow the same course, and re. quire a similar authority under similar circumstances. He could net concur with those wha thought that in this case the parish of Sunderland had no higher claim upon the reve nues of the parish of Bishop Wearmouth than any other parish. It should be recollected how much Bishop Wear. mouth was affected by its proximity to the large and poor population of the port of Sunderland; above all, it was not to be forgotten that at the time when the revenues in guts Lion received their present a' propriation the two parishes were a united parish. He therefore considered it impossible to coot. nd that Sunderland had ne greater claim on any sur plus there might he after amply providing for the spiritual wants of Bishop Wearmouth than a parish in a distant part of England. If the noble lord succeeded in negativing the present resolution, he might surely enter into a friendly l i communization with the right rev. prelate on the subject. Well; aided by this hick-bonded support, Lord Jon succeeded, not, however, in negativing the reso lution, but in carrying by a very small majority the " previous question ;" and, no sooner had he thereby avoided Mr. Hoitsaimeh motion, thin he mounted the stool of repentance, and thus adopted Sir ROBERT'S suggestion : He had no hesitation, after the division which had taken pla e, to adopt the suggestius of Sir R. Peel, and commu nicate with the Bishop of Durham with reference to the feeling of the house on the subject And the " feeling of the house on the subject" gu;ckly produced a very satisfactory reply from the Bishop; for, in a fortnight's time, LordJoux reported that— Be had been in communicatinn with the Bishop of Dur ham and the Rector of Bishop Weymouth, and they both stated that it bad always been in their contemplation that an ad of parliament would be necessary to cyry out the strangements which th.y had in dew; and be would be able, titer Raster, to state when it was intended to bring in 1 a bill. This usurauce—this pledge—quieted all apprehen sion. A bill was certain, and though, as introduced, it might be insufficient, its provisions would, at all event', undergo discussion and revision. Under such circumstances it would have been unseemly to have pres , e4 the government further. Whitsuntide wu allowed to pus without the bill; and half June had elapsed before anything more was heard about the matter. Rumours, however, got abroad that a trick was rin contemplation. Lord Joni b-gun to shirk inquiry in the house; until, at last, on Friday right, further con cealment became impossible ; and, Lord ions, with astounding *eV-complacency, admitted that there was no intenei en of bringing in a bill ; but that an order in cmincil would be substituted. Tots, we submit, is as flagrant a breach of Rood faith on the part of Dr. MALTBY and Lord JOHN RUSSELL as ever bishop patronised or prime minister pi rpetra ted. L , rd JOHN was saved from defeat, awe the bishop from what would have been a vote of ceneure by the fc...ling of the house " that I%;i:dation was indisp-usahle. Taankful fur being raved, they promised legiehtion ; and, now that pub lic opini n his somewhat coiled down on the subject, they drib rattly break their pramiee. 2. For be it rein mbered. however meritorious the order in council may be, it must be &scheme it:cretly pr.ptrr t , silently enacted, and without the approba tion of these most deeply interest. d in its operation. It will su'Aitute the legislation of Dr. MALTBY, Mr. EDEN, rod Lord Jetts Itussent. (two of whom per petrated the original job and the other of whom sanceioned it) for Vie legislation cf parliament; it will be the work of an ecclesiastical c &aye ; it will ire denuded of all popular atehoi y; it will deny to the people of Bishop Wearmouth and Sunderland tt.e right th , y crnstitutiunally prawns, viz., of forming end expreesing an opinion nn a public measure retrying their welfare; and it will deprive them cf the u ietance of p irli-ntent, which th2y we-re aolemn'y promised they should have. Are the inha bitants of this great and important town pre porel to submit to such treatment? Will they sanction by their si'ende the trick that their bishop has had the audacity to play off upon them and parliament ? Are they content to be thus deprived of the'r constitat ion-el rights; and to have their ecclesiastical concerns legislated on by such a body as the ecclesiastical c:mraission ? If they are not, their petitions will intercept the sung arrangements contemplated by Lord JOHN and his friend," the Bishop. 3. Fur, lastly, they must knnw that an order in council cannut in this matter do them ju-tice. Par liament hes net corf reed on the privy council the powers necessary to correct the mongrme abuse of ecclesiastical revenues to be seen in their town. T..at bviy may manipulate the revenues; may do Milne little good ; but it cannot pr duce a measure of tho rough and perfect reform. That .h.. legislature alone can achieve. And it will yet be their own fruit if Iparliament does not achieve it for them. Though ate, there is st , ll time to the &vete the bishop. Bad and faithiets as Lard Joni RUSSELL'S conduct in this matter huts en, his condor t on the Ecclesias- Cell Commission Bill has been far worse. But the xposure of the trick he ha• playtd off on the Church Reform , rs in the Howe of C mtmons requires a sepa rate notice; and that it shall have. DIARRIACIES BILL. Cameos on question at the Re cud Beadligiitids MlL—Ayes, 177, NOM 143. AYES. Abd7, T. N. Ilastie, Ale:miler ACur, Hugh E. limier, Benjamin Artliemby, 11. Ilead'arn, Thomas Alava, Thomas Ileald, James Anson, Colonel He Abeam, John Bagsharr, John Heatheote, G. J. Nunes, M. T. Heneage, E. Baldwin, C. B. Heray, Alexander Baring, Sir F. T. Heyward, James Baring, Thomas Iley worth, L. Barnard, E. G. Ilill, Lard Maroon liarringtov, .iMouLt Batsman, E. Bellew, R. 31. Howard, C. W. G. Birch, 61r Thomas Hutt, William Biewia, Resinad Jarlzeon. William lirackley, Viscount Jeer:a, Sr John Broadwood, H. Jocelyn, Viscount BrocklehorAt, John Johtetoae, Sir J. Bromley, Robert Jolliffe, sir W. IL Broth, rum, J. Keogh, ti illiara Brawn, 11. KrPlrl, 0. T. Brown, W. Ker. Itichard Ilium, Lord F. . Kershaw, James B. uce, C. L C. King, P. J. Bunbory, Edward Labourhere, Henry Buxton, Sir E. Laura', J. 11. Ckirdw,ll, E. Larcellea, F. Cotter, J. B. Len on, Sir C. Caulfnild, J. M. Lewis, Sir T. Choloteler, Sir M. Lew* George C. Chris y, Samuel I latrine, E. R. Clay, James leNaghten, Sir E. lob :en, it. M..rstiall, J. G. Coke, E. K. alar.hal , , William Co!ebruoke, Sir T. Martin, JAR Coarile, C. B. Martin, C. W. Orin bind, AUL Wenn, Samuel Crowder, It. B. Matermae, J. Currie, Raines Matheson, A. Darks, D. A. S. Matheson, Colonel Dodd, U. M. igund, Viscount Druadamig. Via. Milner, W. M. Dent," Viscount MIL" R. M. Dandies. Admiral Mitchell, T. A. .ori, Lord Moffatt, George IBM., Moloswarth, Sir W. Firgusge, Sir 8.. Moody, C. A. Yorgavr, Mathew Moretti David Fortegruei,Chlehostu Mostya, E. M. Yorteacue, J. W. Ilulgrave Earl Vox, W. J. O'Brien, John Firers, C. H. WM len, Mr Lueins Galway, Viscount Ogle, S. C. Gibmo, 'hookas M. Paget, Lord A, Granger, T. C. Parker, Jahn Greene, John P. arson, Charles Grey, Sir Georg* F. rhea, Ciptain Grey, K. W. Palma, Sir G. R. Ilairairt, U.G. Pigott, Francis Marrs, Itichard l'illuuston, James Powlott. Lora W. Pipe, Prys• Pugh, 1.0,0r1d Resist, 0. W. I. Rice, Y.. R. Robartte, T. I. Radii', Sir Jobs Ruird, Freida Rause% E. F. C. Rutherturd A _ . iy, Colin:lel Sanders, George Feholetield, William Berme., G. P. Seymour, Lord Shaft°, It. D. Sidney, Al erman Smith, J. A. Smith, M. Tucker Smyth, .1. U. Smythe, G. Somerrille. Sir W, Stoo - er, Rich ard Star efle.!d. W. It. C. Strickland, Sir G. Stuart, Lord D. Stuart, Lord J. TAN° , C. IL Taltourd. is.rjeaNt Thicancort, R. A. aninon, ( . 0:oral Tboiniron, Georg* I homely. T. ToLensache F. J. Towncl. y, John Tontialo nd. CIVAin Trelarrny, J. 8. Tat ”ell, Henry Vire, Lord IL Vivian, J. 11. liradilliirion, 11. 9. Wall, C. B. Walinaley, Bir J. Wawn, J. T. West era, J. P. Willcox, Brodie Wi ham*, John Willyaron 11. Jams 9lattliew Vold, nir Charles Worcester, Marquis Wrightson, W. It Wynn, Sir W. rill, M. Ynur.g, Sir John TILLLIR‘. Wt.rtley, J. S. Drama, Edmund NOES. Aeland, Sir T. Adare, Viacount Arkaright, U. AAley, Lord Bog 4, WI ham Note!, Jo mph Badlic, 11. J. li. look, IL H. Bate on, Tramam Bennet, P. B. owlet, Lord IL Beresford, Berkeley, C. L. U. Bernard, Viscount Bu ro, H. U. B In, Admiral Boyle, Colonel Bromaton, T. W. Brooke, Lord Busk, Lewis W. Bider, sir J. Y. Rumen, bit C. Campbell, W. F. Carew W. P. thiclueeter, Lrd J. Clive, 11. IL Fitentirt,J. R. B. Mundy, Wiliam Farnham, E. B. Napier, Joseph Isrrer, James Seek!, Joseph Venoms, E. Nichol., John Flom, John Nugent. Lord Forte., W. ticonnel, John loolyce, A. D. trConrier., Mouoice Fuller, A. E. trilvtieriy, Anthony Gladstne, W. E. Parke, C. W. Gorton. Charles l'slington, Sir J. 6'lEllO, 0. Palmer, Itoundell Gram, Marais Potlen, J. IV. Grogan, Edward l'e, I, sir Robert Gue-t, air J. Peel, Fr. ("erica Gwyn, Monti I'lowden, W. 11. Ithgvitt, V. R. Plumptie, J. P. lisle, R. R. l'ortst, Melville Ilakey, T I'. Pillow, Richard Ilamiltott, G. A. Furey, P. Willey, J. W. Raphael, Alexander Deicer, Lord A. Ite - A, OA. lloilyard, T. B. Richards, Richard Ilodges, T. L. Ru•hout, Capt. Hugs •n, W. N. Santhas, Joseph 14.0 d, Sir A. Se,Mam, Viscount Hope, Sir J. Shell, It. 1.. Mix, A. Sheridan, R. B. Bonita., John Sirs. on, Juba Ilutilam, Lord Smollett, A. Jones, Captain StatEnn, A. L iw, C. E. Stanley, Edward Legh, C.C. Stanton, W. IL L•wl ham, Viscount Saliva , Michael Uncoln, Earl of Ten'aon, E. K. Lind ay, Culoncl Thesger, Kit V. La Mart , A. E. Trevor, 0. Locibari. W. Trollops, dir J. Lopes, Sir Ralph Turner, O. J. Lowther, t'ulonel Vivisn, J. E. Lygon, Gen. Walpole, M. H. Macvenz.e, W.F. Walvb, Sir J. E. Mud aid, Thorns Walter, John Mann, ri, Lord C. West, F. R. Mach. Earl of IATJ umn T. P. Maunavn, T. P. Wool, W. F. Milos I'. w. S. Miic,, Willi m TM-IAM. Illonsell, William Goulhurn, Henry Mullings, J. It. lagli., Sir It. 'Teary B. Gots, T. el. Vole, Clan. H. A. Culeti HOW/ B. Compton, H. C. Conoly, Thomas Currie. Itenry Instles, W. IMoieme, J. E. Inancli. W.ett, Yd ward Douro, Marqun Lhuloimuni, Dinimur:ll, Mr J. D.dr, Georgel3. Dutr, Juno Duntg.albc, A. buncombe. 0. Mus.utt, Joh& Um duy G Pre - ; C. 0. Lot. edr J. B. Einlyn, Vlocoaat 1110114 W AtV.A AT LONDON ISIUI/01. T.,. pm 3 To lluarow—liasim.43 Ws. pen 3. Aftraima. ta mu. p.m 4. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22. Tux proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre are titely to become a signal and insfructive example of the value of the old maxim—" never despair." Long has darkness overhung their spangled dome. Long have the echoes of Sc, nic song been mute. Silence has for weary months reigned in the hall of tragic kings, and dust has gathered thick and unsightly on the magi^ floor which formerly the twinkling f, et were set to touch with " point of silken shoon." To all the world of melodrama and music, harlequinade and histrionic art, offers were made " to sell or let," but all unhappily in vain. Foreign or domestic—bipeds or guadrupeds—" per manently or for the season"—every winning way well tried, but no bidder could be found ; none would touch the cot cern : it was a case, if ever there was one, for absolute despair. But gentlemen in difficulties, and under the op pressive influence of unfavourable circumstances, ought always to remember that when they have ex hausted all their chances of persuading the s'irewd and practical and substantial classes of the community to deal with them,there still remains& great alterntrive, or rather a great series of alternatives in the opposite class of mankind. It a good customer cannot be had —sooner then have none, it is often lucky to be able to find an indifferent one. If you cannot get highly respectable or particularly sensible people fur tenants —still it is pleasant to hear of a tender from cbarac ters:less thoroughly authenticated. Who knows ? There is great comfort and a certain rudiment of hope in that. They may be fools, or worse, for aught at first sight appears. Still as they only propose to take the concern "on trial." and as the adverti•ements will at least keep it in public remembrance, and their crowds and lights keep toe place air( d, we may aswell see what will come of the tang, as r main for another three months as we are. One can imagine the course of doubtful induction whereby the proprietors of Drury lane Theatre argued th-mselves into agreeing for a certain sum—which it would perhaps be indelicate to name--to makes letting to—who does the reader suppose ? the Protectionist ;Society, it is said, have hired Drury-lane! So the story goes. Vouch for it, or for anything else which the untortunate gentlemen who are named as securities for the rent of the edifice may be persuaded to do, we of course have no rash inten tion. It may afrer all be a hoax, a wicked and waggish one upon Mr. HUDSON and the Duke of Mamma% to couple their names with the comical enterprise. Bat all that as public journalists we can do is, to give the rumour as a prevailing, and it will be admitted a very amusing one ; accompanied by the distinct assurance that we shall be ready and happy to ins. rt any authorised contradiction from the par ties said to be concerned. Meantime the story is this Lord BROUGHAM, it is well known, has long been weary of wasting his effervescent eloquence on the dull immobility of the House of Lords. His attempt to get into the Constituent Assembly of France last year can hardly be forgotten. Since 1838, when in Exeter hall he made his last onslaught upon the " West India interest," as he now calls the "dealers in humen fl.sh" of that turgid time,—he has not had what all great actors prize so mach,—a run. A popu lar audience is indispensable fir thst enjoyment ; at least a crowd. When men's bodies get compressed in a vast, hot, uncAnfortable mass, their minds get sufficiently confused to receive that species of rhetorical impressions of which Lord BROUGHAM is one of the moat expert and inexhaustible manufac toren. Men in such a condition lose the power of seeing with the same distinctness, and of distinguist. leg the mod of real truth from that of clever imitations of it. They are besides in the most favourable condition to take infection from those around them; and by carefully distributing manaveable lunatics, and persons suffering under the hay or cora fever amongst the crowd, it is supposed that there will be an excellent opportunity foe WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal West India Mail Packet Severn, Capt. Vincent, arrived at Sun lismpton yesterday, and It ded her mails under the chtrge of Lieu'. J. lily, R.N., Admiral , y agent. The Severn had a fair wind and moderate gels a during the voyage. The dtte4 by the Severn were :—Vera Cruz, May 16; Tampico, May 1.1; Havannah, May 27 ; Hon duras, M.y 11; Jamaica, May 23 ; St. Jago de Cuba, Mal. 20 ; Demerara, May 19 ; Trinidad, May 22; Barbidoes, May 29; Antigua, May 30; Gamic- I , up.: and MAI tinique, May 30; Port Wei, May 29; Xllfl4lll, May 30; St. Thomas, June 2; Bermuda, June 6. The Se rern bri ege home 41 r assen g tv,amon g whom aro 11 die resod resmen. The freight on bird conri•ts of 675,995 dollars on merchants' account, and 8,161 dollars on accaunt of Mexican dividends; 260/. British coin ; 494 sir. ns cochineal; 5 serons jalap, 26 bees tobacco; 51 tsars cigars ; 32 casks arrowroot ; 4 cuts vanilla; 3 es...es suceades: 6 emus pines; 20 live turtle; 70 pants of sundrier. The news from Mexico is of a chequered com plexion. The republic has not enjoyed public tran quillity cv. r sirce the American war, and it is a war of castes which has been raging, especially in Yucatan, for in veral years past, and it is to be feared that it will be very difficult to put down the Indians of that province, who appear to be supplied with arms and ammuation. The against. the Indians of the " sierra " of (4i:ureter° and San Luis Potosi, is of lets importance, and it is gererally surmised that this waif ire is kept up he aome opponents of the government, w ho avail themselves of the disturbance for party purposes. flu t althoug h the present party in office, the moderadoes, is weak enough, and frequent chances of ministers we going on, the President, Dr. Joaquin llrrrera, will be able to maintain himself, so long as he can draw against the American indemnil money. This is the resource which his government always retorts to, so socn as it is hard up for money, and by dint of these supplies he has been enabled to make head against the ultra-liberals (Turns) Santanistas, Monarquistas or ariat'xratical party, and some more minor tractions, who, if they or some of them did unite, would soon upset the pre sent party. There is still another circumstance which ought to be borne in mind, viz., the general drains, which will take place towards the latter end of the yi ar. It cannot be expected that parties will keep quiet: on the contrary, if the opponents of government do not secure a majority for next Congress, some of the various fractions will white for the sole por.ion of upeettir g government; and if such a union ts brought about government will be lint. G •neral Santa Anna, at present a resident of Kingston, Jamaica, is con stantly on the look-out, and emissaries are frequently going and coming : however his pirtv is gradually losing ground, for its strength consisted in the army, which has been almost disbanded, and only a few corps have been kept, who, being commanded by offP ere who are pommel enemies of Santa Anna, are considered faithful to government. _ _ At most of the Cires• India Wands freights are high, in consequence of the number of ships taken op for Calif onia. Most of the adventurers who left Elmore within the last three months are detained at Chagres and Panama, in car s• pierce of the want of conveyance, and a recent proclamation of the Ameri can President opposing the landing of Europeans on the north-west coast of America. JAMAICA. A general cry has been raised for the reduction of duties on sugar and coffee in Great Britain. Com plaints are made of the irregularity of the mails. BRITISH GUIANA. Governor Barkly has been making an excursion to thn Arabian coast ; he returred to Georgetown on the 14th of May. It is understood that he intends to visit in sucxssion the other districts. The politics of the colony remained in statu quo. JAMAICA MARKETS. KINOBTON, MAT 23.—The business of the put fortnight has been duller than ever. The demand for every article la extremely limited. We refer our readers for detailed information to the team c tire heads in the review at foot. Much dissatisfaction has been created ' among the mercantile commualty by the irregularity of the packet system. For rune months the steamers have arrived two, three, and sometimes as many an six days alter they were due. We believe some notice is t, be taken of the matter in an address to the Lords of , the Admiralty. No one could complain of the delay which might arise from accident, but mince the Bermuda route has been com mence% everything 'opens to have gone wrong, even in the finest weather. The present system, which subjects the public to much In convenience, should therefore at once be revised and altered. BtlTlO.—The stock of every description immense. sad, badly as the market is now depressed, there is no doubt that it must become much worse unless a cessation of arrivals for a considerable period ' be resorted to. Irish moved tilore.y at 9d. ; but holders have been compelled to submiLte as low a figure se Bd. per lb., at which twice the last sale was effected. Mould the new be ship ed la say quantl. ties, there le no saying what .11 be the result. 182 kegs lianas prime have been taken at 64. per lb. and United States at U. CANDLV , .—Are unsaleable even at 7d. per lb.-6's and 12's are said to be the favourite sixes. The stock is heavy. Connenn—The stock Is not heavy, the last three reeds having brought small cargoes One of these were sold at Its. lid. per 100 its. in make and itin. per box, and the other at 15s. per lOulbs in casks and 16n per box. The last cargo containing II tierces and SO boxes, has been sold at 15s. 64. per 1001te% in casks. and 17s. per box. liasamota—The last two arrivals, mixed roe and split, were eagerly taken at 20a. per Danis The stock is still light. NALOON.-18 almost out of consumption, and very few barrels are a eutlicient supply In any cargo. No 3 is ':resaleable at any price. No. 2 is worth 505., and No. 160 e. per barrel. Boar.—The market is completely overstocked with all descriptions of common quality. The only kind that can be called saleable is Steele's double crown, of which 60Iba hues (20 tars) arc warred. We quote this manufacturer's map at Ils. for 411115 e. Feather, 12r. 6d. for 56lbs; and 13a. 6d. for 561 b. doable crown. The market is fell of American ; bat this desaiptioa is in great disfavour, and the trade will not ware it. FOUL—The stock of corn is now much reduced, and 150 barrels have been sold as high as 635. per barrel. Prime is done at Sts. Hotta—Prisse American changed hands at 74. to 70. per lb. We have not heard of any transactions in larcaahire. Beer is dull; 15 half barrels family have been disposed of at ela per half barrel, and 23 quarter barrels at 21s. Ott—AU the late arrivals of cod and seal were sold at Is. 6d. per gallon. These sorts are hardly so brisk as they were, however, on account of the receipts of lard ml which have lately occurred, and of which 15 barrels have bon sold at 3s. 31. per 'alba, and 20 barrels at la 6d., in tom of two and three barrels. Mann—The peke in bulk has fallen. Berelay's London has been offered at 925., and Lane's Oak has been sold at ens. Landon boar. d porter and pale ale are dull at ts. 6 I. per dozen. Lancs.—Moderate quantities of wh'te pine would meet ready I sale, there being eery tittle at market. Tbe market is well etocbed with all other descriptions. Cedar shingles are dull at lbs. per thousand. BlANDT.—Martell's dark is worth Ss. 6d. to Ss. nd. per ra1101; in bead. Other brands have been sold at Ss. Gd. to Se. bd. Tosaino.—Otvendinh is abundant and dull at :d. to :id. per lb. for IVA and 10'e. Leaf is wanted. Brit.—Sal. • have been made at 2.. 4d. per gallon and 2d. per extra bead, rash ; 2s. Sd. per gallon and 2d. per extra bred, owls; 2.. 3d. per gallon and 341. per extra bead, Cie days; 2a. faL per gallon and 3d. per extra bead, 60 nays. te !tingly advanced. We may quote lie to 1:s. per 1001 b. with oaks for export. Poo-rm.-70 butts have realised lid. per lb. Enendos.—Are 4.. per owl. for surer and coffee, and bd. per gal. lon foe rum. Ch irters continue to be maue at St Ss. to 31. for ton. nage. Ves•els are to'erably abundant. Excrabois.—On London : Colonial Bank, 00 days, I per cent. pm.; ditto, GO days. I per cent. pm. J3Maiel Bank. 91 drya, 4 per cent. pm.; l'itto, 60 days, I per e nt. pm. Sterch into' bills, 90 days, par. Columbian doubloons, very scarce, at 3 to 4 per cant par. COLONIAL. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. There are dates from Hobart Town to the 23rd of February. The news from Van Diemen's Land, as regards the increasing prosperity and wealth of the colony, is of itm If most gratifyirg, though they still do sigh for the blessings of Pelf-government. 'the free population had manly doubli d I . self duriog the list ten years, and amounted in 1847, when the last census was taken, to 46,000 souls; whilst the convict population at the same period amounted to 24,188 persons. The revenue wee 150,4741., spinet 142,..77/. expenditure, showing a balance in favour of government. The everts inwards am unted •0619, and imported effects valued at 723 5931., against 611 vessels outwards, (sporting produce valued at 600,87 g. The lend in cultivation amounted to 146,004 acre.. These statistics, which show the colony to be in a flourishing state, are for the year 1817, the latest, we under. tend, publ shed. But the most satisfactm y part of the advic s received is the present improving condition of the whaling interest, and we are happy to firm !het the Taminiene have had the good sense to devote thimselve to that particular branch of trade, offering as it does. in the mina of years, a fair rimunerstive return for the cap:tsl so employ.d, and for which no country could be better situated or poste.sgrt att r kcal advantages titan Van Dienrm's Lind, teing placed, as it we , e, in the very centre of the fishing ground. We find that the en terprising merchsnta of Hobirt Town employ 38 ships, rept., s. nting 7,260 tons, valued at 148,0001., which e.nploy 1 100 seam-n in the sperm whale fishery of the South Seas and Pacific Ocean. The quantity of spe , m oil landed at Hobert Town in the year 1848 was 613 tons; of black nit, 433 tons; and of whalehone, 175 cwt.; of which the estimated ex port value was 50,171 t. ; showing, on a rough calcu lation, ia round numbers, an annual return of more than 30 per ant. on the capital embarktd in the trade. From this, howeier, must be deducted the Peptises of Baling the vessels, sill the shares due to the crews. Wheat was quoted at Hobart Town e, highest, 4s. 61 per Lu•hel ; and f o r old, at Liunerston. 31. 2d. t , ) 3s. 61.; aid for Lew, 2s. id. Fleur, 81. to 81. 101. per ton. _ . _ Treasury Bills wera offering by fin government. Oe Court The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel 11,uverie went yesterday afternoon to the tete at Holland.park, Kensington, and witoes ed the national games, undcr the auspice. of the Sentthh Society of London. The Count and Countess de Ncuilly, accompanied b the Duke and Duchess de Nemo urs and the Duke and Duchess D'Aumsle, paid • visit to the Queen and Prince Albert yestereay at Burials/ham Palace, and partook of luncheon with her Majtry and his royal hi. hn,sa. Ilia Royal Ilighneaa Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the. Hen. C. B Phipps, dined with the Scots Fuld lien Guards Club yesterday evening. Rio Serene Highness Prince Erni et of Ilesse Philippdahl tuned with the Queen yesterday evening at Buckit ghatn Palace. the Q teen honoured tho performance at her IN. sty's Theatre liva evening with her presence. Her Majesty was ecenmpani.d by Lis Serene Wellness Prince Ernest of Ileum Philippatahl, and was attended by the Count, et of Mean, Hon Lucy Kerr, Led Camp, and Colonel Bouverie. Prince Alfr. d, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa took their laud exercise yisterday in the garacn of the palace. Tne Count and Countess de Nenilly, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, and the Duke and Dur•ha's d'Aumale, •isited her It qral Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. His Serene Hiehneser Prince Erne4 of Hesse Pnilippstakl also visited the Royal Duchtss yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Richmond and Lord C delies'er had an interview with S:r George Grey yetti rday at the Home office. Lord de Freyne, Mr. Grace, and Mr. Fitzitt phen French had an int rview with Earl Gray yraterelay at the Ceelooial office Mr. Chaplin, M.P., Chairman of the London and Sou h. Western Had way Company, Mr. W. Harding (secre tary ), and Mr Banharn, traureetel business yesterday at the office of the Cummisdoners of Itiol map in the Buard of Trade. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Birming ham, Mr. Schohfeld , M P., and Mr. Alderman Geach, had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Manned had she an interview yesterday with the right hon. baronet, Despatcht a from the Governor of Van D:emen's Land were r ct ived rs'erday at the Colonial ottice. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat r sterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall, and heard B tutee's petition for an extension of letters patent, and Pdtterson's petition for an extension of letters patent. The lords present were the Muter of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Di_ijor Be - Tither and party, end Count Jarnac and family rml.arked at lilackuall, on Thursday rooming, on hoard the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship, Soho, fc r Antwerp. THE ST. ANN'S SOClETY.—Yesterday, a floral and fancy 16ie in aid of the funds of this society commenced at the Hanover-square 11 Kim*, under the moa distinguished patronage. Considerable care was displayed in the arrange ments, and the large room presented a coup &coil at once tasteful and elegant. The centre of the apartment was decorated with choice fhwers, and the stalls were ranged along the sides and at each end. The names of the call holders were written on scrolls over each compartment, and the ornamental appen dages to the scene derived increased effect from a well displayed collection of flags. Several pictures were exhibited for sale, and amongst them a " Fruit Piece," by George Lance, "The Crypt of Holy Trisity, Aldgate," by J. W. Archer, " Hope Deferred," by R. Redgrave, and '• The Children in the Wood," by J. M. Crossland, all these paint ings having been presented by the artists to toe society. A band, cad. r the direction of Mr. Larkin, and selected from the Italian opera's companies was In attendance, and played at intervals througheut the day. The ft ewer show (which took place in one of the lower rooms adjoining the entrance hall), was upon a small scale, and many of the best speci mens were recognised as having previously done duty at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The floricultural exhibition, however, was, for an in-door show, very praiseworthy, and the effect was all that could be desired. The follow ing ladies occupied the amiable position of stall-holders : —The Duchess of Leeds, the Duchess of Marlboraugh, the Dowsger Duchess of Northumberland, the Leidy Charlotte Guest, the Vitconntess Combermere. the Hon. Mrs. G. Anson, Mrs. B. H. Lee, Mrs R. Montgomery, Mrs. G. Combos, the Children, the Lady Selsey, the Lady Pearson, the Lady Stsaley, the Marchioness of Blandford, the Lady C. Bathurst, the Viscountess Bercs'ord, the Countess of Morley. FIRE AT MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD.—EarIy yesterday morning a fire broke out at Magdalen College, which, but for the speedy arrival of the engines, and plenty of hinds and water, must have been of most serious eons.- nuence. The fire broke out in the servant's room (up the gentleman commoners' common room staircase), attached to the rooms of Mr. Angell, and projecting from the kitchen chimney. The servants' rooms were completely destroyed, as well as a quantity of wine, glass, china. &c. The fire for tunately was got under without spreading farther. Oa removing a large beam from the top of the ki:chsn fire-place r which was 10 inches thick, it was round to be bathed m two. It is supprs:d to have been smouldering for many days. This was the cause of the fire, which, had it once got a-head, would, in all probability, have destroyed the whole of the building neer the bridge. STEALING A CHILD TO BEG WITH: The Caledonian Mercury says :—Within the last few dais a singular case of child-stealing has come under the cognisance of the police authorities of Edinburgh. On the 6th of this month a woman, named Neilson, or M'Kay, suddenly disappeared from Hull, with an Infant, aged about eleven months, the mother of whom, who is the wife of a sailor, bad entrusted it to her charge for a short time. As M'Kay belonged to Scotland, it was conjectured that she had taken the child to Leith, and a warrant was receivei there on the lath from the magistrates of Hull, for her apprehension. The mother, who was much distracted at her lee, also obtained the sum of 6s. from the authorities to bring her to Leith, where she sr,ived neat day. Her slender means being ex hausted, she applied is the House of Refuee, Cannngate, for admistion, which she obtained; and while apeakirg to the inspector en Thursday morning, she suddenly rushed down stairs, and gat, ing the street, obtained the apprehension of M'Kay, whim, from the window, she had observed to pass up the Canongate with the child in her arms. M'Ksy, who is believed to have stolen the child for begging prows, gave a very confused account of her disappearance from Hull, and one of her statements was, that she had been on hosed ' the Leith vessel, when she had obtained some drink from the sailors, and was intoxicated when the vessel sailed. The l magistrates have commuted the culprit for trial. ,