The Express. — London, England, 1849-07-24 00:00:00

&rave:A, instead of protecting and advanciog traria intercourse. The writer of the article in the Straits Ames, remarking on the policy of the late expedi 800, observes with much earnestness and truth, " It was either undertaken in the name and with the sane- I tioa of the British government, or in the name but without ita sanction. LABUAN. From this colony we have received ac wants to the 27th of May. Tee rainy season had commeseed, ushered in by laver in its fatal type.l Dr. Trencher. the colonial surgeon, was so seriously ill with the Labnan fever, and his general health so mu-tt reduced 04 to be compelled to quit this rising graveyard, and proceed to Europe on eighteen meths' leave of absence, his duties being discharged by Dr. Wilson, the military surgeon. Nearly fifty of the Madras sepoys were loud up with fever. Mr. Mot ley, the agent of the Eistera Archipelago Company, hat arrived at Lotman, to superintend the worluag of Vie coal-seam. 11a proceeded to the coal-seam, beet was attacked with fe v g er, and wits seriously ill. Cal low Pont arid its neihbourhood was considered to be the hseltlthst part of the island. Mr. Motley is al reNtly compelled to seek a healthier and restoring climate at Singapore or Sarawak. We bate on sue or two occasion noticed' the laxity of the police at the settlement. Life and property are alike unsafe. In the mouth of May last two 'hocking murders had been committed by Malays. In one cue the victim were a Klieg, whose throat was cut from ear to ear, for the paltry sum of three dollars, which be was known to be possessed of. The murderers, two Malays, confessed the crime, and pointed oat where the bode bed been buried. Both men were sent on board H.M. B. Royalist, in irons, and were to be tried for their crime. The wooed murder was committedon the 'seven of a Chinaman, going over to one of the islands in a Way boat, in company with another Chilies= ; the Malay boatmen murdered one of the Cii 4 uese, cutting him up into pieces and burying the b -dy, for the rake of a musket he had in his roes ; the atter Chinese escaped after receivieg 28 wounds in various parts of the body. Two Malays have been taken, charged with the crime, and were ;Awed on board the Semiramis steam-frigate. There wrs no other news of any note. Sir James Brooke re tuned to the colony ea May 17th, after his expedi ti•in egainat the pirates. The Nemesis steamer quitted Leman on May 22d, for Suloo, with Governor Brooke, std would in all probability be met there by Captain Keppel in the Meander. Her Majesty's brig Albatross had arrived at Lehman, and s tor Sarawak. Her Majesty's ship Royalist rema ailed ins at Lt.bnan, as guard-vessel. JAVA. News from Batavia is to May 27. Intelligence of the death of William 11. reached Batavia en the 13th, end en the 14th 101 gam were fret oat of respect for the late king, and on the fol io ring day a similar salute welcomed the new reign. B wince; was very dull, and the place abundantly stocked with Enghah manufactures. An expedition, or rather erninsay, was in preparation, to be sent to New Gaines, to frustrate any sinister views of Eng- Ist-el in farming a settlement there, the Deitch claim sovereignty over the whole archipelago south of the Straits of Singapore. ALLY. FROORESS OF DUTCH SUBJECTION. Intelligence from the bead-quarters of the Dutch lb. cps at Rally had been! received: at Batavia to the 110.1 t of May. We have already announced the cle at. action of Djaga Raga and the surrender of owns of the principal chiefs. After the battle of April 15 h and 16th, the commander-in-thief can er:jaded his military force and organised the sailors Irv+ an auxilary corps to keep open communication b tween the shipping and the shore. After the battle o' Djaga Raga, the Rajah of Balaling was driven on . of the country by his own subjects, who, in sub = 'Dog to Duty h rule, silicited from the commander chief a new prince, but in the meantime had a ,do choice of one f their own. The friendly jr nee of Baogli had taken advantage of the di comfiture of the Itajah of Blasting, to retake pa•session of Batour, formerly wrested fr in him by the Rajahs of Balelirg and Huang A%4 am. The mbrana province had also desired a p....ce to be selected by the Dutch to rule over them as -t4d of Battling. ' The destruction of Djaga Raga, b. retofore considered impregnable, had given to the B lanes° a eauvinciog . proof of the superiority of E replan arras and discipline. Submission was very generally entertained. Despatches received at Batavia from the major jr era', extendieg to the 10th of May, notice that the elation of Balaling had not on l y g one over to the nee of the Datth ' but that, like the people of Mem b. -na, they had begged to be allowed to arm them e, yea and to marsh to the frontiers, in order to make at attack on Karang Assam. This determination has been fostered by the inhuman conduct of the king, wh ), on learning that his subjects had submitted to • ch rule, put to death such of their relatives as er•re attached to hie suite. Cilienjer had openly broken off with llong-Kung. The I)cwa Azoag had driven a ay the Oluotie Djilsntick, on his march to the latter pl:co. An embassy from the Rajah of Seleparsng, on the art .red of Lombock, had waited on the Dutch general, w.th as offer of 6,000 to 8,000 men to accompany the feeagainst Karang Assam. Th is additional aid was directed to join the fleet proceeding to the east 'turd, and await orders. The lesser half of the force erns encamped at Dilating, whilst the greater portion ernharked on the oth of May, landed to the eastward. On their arrival at Karang Assam, they found the k-• g had been dethroned and murdered by his sub jcc's, and the latter submitted to the Dutch without a of being fired. The general was about to pro oe d overland to Hong-Kook Sickness was very general in the Dutch camp, owing to expoatire of the Dutch troops and a paucity of fresh previa:one. An other mouth will sell. the Bally affair, and leave this delightful and productive island in the hands of our Dutch neighbours. GERMANY. PRUSSIA.—Our correepoadent writes BERLIN, JULY 21, The results of the indirect elections, so far as they are known, outstrip the most sanguine expectations of the dernozratic party in the number who have for borne to excretae their right of suffrage. At Berlin only one-third of the electors have voted ; and in the Rhine provinces about one-fourth. AUSTRlA.—Viennadatee are July 19. The Wie ner Zeitsing revs : According to private letters from Pesth, up to seven in the evening of the 17th, the roar of cannon con tinued without interruption in the direction of Cemorn. General Paskiewitch had advanced with the bulk of his army through Waitzen against Co morn. and on the 18th began what may with less pr prietv be termed a battle than a slaughter of the fault:.: Magyars. An ordinance, dated July 2, had been issued by Ilvesaroa, minister of war, sprinting Dembinsid emarander-in-chief of the Hungarian army. The bor.-field-marshal, as the Polish general is styled, is furnished with the fullest powers to issue all orders concerning the operations of the war, quarters, corn m',esrist, itc.; and to adopt whatever dispositions s. reed to him best adapted to the posture of affairs, and croft calculated to save the country. Lord Porsonby had arrived at Vienna. ITALY. ROMAN STATES.—The details of the proclama tion of the Pope, already received by telegraph. have rea•hed in the ordinary course. A salvo of 100 guns €red from the Castle of St. Angelo at 4 in the after neon of the 16th announced the commencement of th. fes:ivity, and at the same moment the papl flag was raised on the chief buildings of the city. Tb 4 French troops, with General Oudinot at th it head, marched to St. Peter's, saluted with shouts from the people at the windows, who threw flowers at them. After the 7'e Deum was over the city was illuminated. The same festivity took place at Civita. General Oudinot has ordered that all the officers of the Roman army teken prisoners and kfpt at Civita should be placed at liberty. It is said that Garibaldi has occupied Casigliano on the Roman frontier. SPAIN. The Madrid mail of the 17th inst. brings news of promotion of the Moister of War to be Marquis of Cmstantis sad Visconst Cass Firming. Kamp, JOLT 11.—Irthe Per . C• B6 -, ni PIPIT ; Fowler Or e r e. =pr e Oat = ea lime; akar meak FRANCE. 6.30 PARIS, Me?mar.. P.U. Many journals, and many people whose views these papers reproduce, talk de feeling of general aux:ety that exiles at the present moment. The desire that wearies should return has been put forward by M. Barret, and it is a felling which is shared in by the great mass of the public ; but, as regards the means of re-establishing that security, many disagree, and home anxiety. It is generally agreed that the constitution is a bad eas e but the difficulty of changing it is present to sveey mind. Amongst its vices may be mentioned the granting of votes to the army, a body which is esseatially hierarchic, and which unusual suffrage MUSA fail to destroy the sentiment of obedience. Thee, say some people, the constitution places in pre sence two forces, neither of which have any power over the other. The Legislative Assembly cannot dissolve itself; and cannot be dissolved by the president ; whilst, on the other hand,the Asst m hip can ed pat aside the president. The two powers are this liable, if pitted against each other by any eireamstanors, to lead to civil war. It was thus that the late Constituent Assembly was placed with regard to the president. Now, in order to re vise the constitution—for that it wants revision is a fact on which all parties are agreed—it would be necessary to wait till the term for which the Legible" live Assembly is named has expired, or that a new Constituent Assembly and a new president be chases, who would proceed to the revision. But two years and a half may be thought by many to be a very lees time to wait foe security consequent on such a aim. Every Every one knows that at this moment upwards of 158,000 lodgings are unlet in Paris. We have seen what large sums of French money have been invested in foreign fends. The Bank of France has,, in its cellars, a vast quantity of bullion and coin, which lies dormant and unproductive. Trade is stag nant; and such is the fear of the future, that leases, for three, six, or nine years cannot be entered into, people preferring to pay a little dearer for a shorter period of occupation than to risk their all by over confidence, It is in view of all this, and seeing the precarious nature of things, that anxiety exists, and is increased by rumours of intended changes. I have said that M. Mole has been seeking to prolong the presidential power to 10 years. This is a plan which is doubtless floating in the minds of many, but to propose which is a violation of the con stitution: but, as the government have not stopped at violating it in several particulars, they might not stop at doing so is grand. Such a thing might be amongst probabilities, not at once, but with time and preparation. The concomitants of such a prolonga tion of power might be a change in the electoral sys tem of the country, by which universal suffage would be modified, to the Prussian system, for instance. Then, in order to prevent the too violent collision of two powers, such as that of toe Legislative Assembly and that of the president, the system of one chamber might be &heartened, and two chambers organised. But, supposing all these changes to be possible, it is to be feared that the legitimists would very soon abandon the majority, who feel that, though changes ale necessary, the republican form must be preserved. The legitimists might think that a revolution would lead to Henry V.—bat would not the Orleanists and other parties be against them? The same result would follow from any attempt to bring back the Orle nista by a revolutionary attempt. All this cannot but be felt, and cause the majority to see that the republic must be preserved at all hazard,. That such changes as those already noticed may be in contemplation, would be impossible to gainsay ; but it must be left to time to show whether they will be made. It would seem as if M. Dufaure were an obstacle to plans formed by the rest of the ministry. The As semblie Nationale, and even the Conatitationnel, have not spared him of late, and his approaching retreat must be looked upon as certain. The Bourse, as putlic barometer, indicates that there is some hidden affection in the political atmo sphere ; and the press, as has already been said, gives vent to feats of different kinds. The debate on the press was commenced to-day by M. (irevy, who of course opposed the motion. He was followed by M Dafeure, who in answer to the assertion that the Ministry could not act otherwise than it had done, if it were hustle to the republic, said, "that if they were hostile to the republic they would act as the minority were acting." N. Itufaure was followed by M. E. Barrault, wno was speaking when the despatches left PARK iCLY 23. For Money. 33 7 . b 7 • .I Fa Assount. '~~. M Lowest. 4.34leing. • - 33 15 ST 61 sis 7 J 53 is 47 al 167 IJ $3 IS 133 10 . so 3 per Orsta.. , 3 do. 14,41; „ m s _ it pr de11........-- : : e 4 pot OWL MP m e I! .. . P. RNA'S. IS IMAM : 80 days, 23 33; 90 days, 25 224. Beets; S, 1311 Do. 3, 1142 ..... 9! „ *man Loan Do. 43 Do. 23 BAELwar4.—Pare and Wines, 7;0; Paris and Ronan. 532 50 Isess mad Havre. 230 ; Avignon and Danielle., • Wm bow ems, BD., 101 23 ; Centre (Tiersoal. 303 ; Anilol. and —; Bordeaux, —; North, 416 73; Paris and ems rogg. 5; Tours and Mantes, 305 ; Mentereau ant Troyes, —; Dieppe sod Fecomp, . THE PEACE CONGRESS AT PARIS. The Peace Congress Committee are prosactiVng their preparations for this important and interesting de monstration in favour of permanent international peace. They have secured the cordial co-operation of many men of great iefloence, not only in tine country, but in France and America. Mr. Cobden end several other members of parliament have expressed their intention of attending the Congress; and the United States will be represented by Joshua Gid dings, Esq , who heirs the honourable title of the Father of the Rome, and it is expected that he will be accompanied by some other members, and by a large and highly respect able delegation of gentlemen from different parts of the The secretaries of the L•indon Committee are now in Paris, a ctively engaged with the Paris Committee, in making all the necessary preliminary arrangements for the congress. The following ranee have been enrolled upon the Committee at Organisation in Pais, and these gentlemen are working with great zeal in order to give all possible effect to the pro ceedings of the Colorise de Lemartine, Marquis de Ronehefous— , de Girardin, editor of La Preue; Mr. Joseph Gamier, M. Guilleuetis, editors of the Journal des Economists; M. Duveyrier, editor of LA Credit; It Franeirque Bouvet, member of the Assembly ; M. Horace Say, and M. Chevalier. The Congress will commence its sittings on Wednesday, the 220 d August, and the English and American delegates will proceed fr om London by special train on Tuesday. the Elet. Many gentlemen who do do not intend to take part in the congress will accompany the party as visitors, so that it is expected that Great Brimin and the United States will be represented by rovers' hundred gentlemen frem almost all part' of their respective countries. M. Em ile WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. The first public meeting of this society wag held yesterday evening, at the lecture room of the Western Lite rary Institution, Leicester-square; CHAS. Lrsumarox, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The lecture room was crowded to excess. The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting. Mr. G. 1117GGE FT then proceeded to read the report of the provisional committee appointed on the 14th of May last, which explained the working rules of the society, and read letters from Sw Ds Laq Evans, !L.P., W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P.. Sir J. Welmeley. Lord Dudley Stuart, Col. Thomp son, M.P., and W. J. Fox, M.P. ; who all expressed their sympathy with the object of the meeting, and their regret at not being able to take part in the proceediogs. Mr. W. OESSIN moved the first resolution : " That freehold land societies are highly beneficial, as • mesas of elevatiog the moral and social condition of the community ; as • profitable inveatment of the savings of the industrial claws ; and as a grans of enabling its members to acquire political independence." Mr. R. R. MOORE seconded the resolution, and observed that during the close of the free trade agitation, be had &Made fifty two great meetings for the purpose of explain ing to the people the necessity of obtaining the means of be coming county electors, and therefore having taken to Much interest in this question, he viewed with peculiar satisfaction the movement which wee now progressing so favourably. (Hew, hear.) To convince them of the ne t:mite of effecting a change in the representative system, he would mention the contest for the representation of South Lancashire, where one of the first merchant, in the county, and one who was well qualified to fill the position of mune ber of parliamen was nominated in opposition to Mr. toroth'. The res t, ult was, that the fret trade candidate was rejected ; not beaus' he bad not the gympathy of the mit majority of the people of South Lancashire, but beeaum their names were not on the register. The result ef that dation had proved that they must courier* the people et the suessity of en extension of the franchise, if they wished Ee representatkres who would consult their interests in par- Emu nt. _Meer, hear.) Mr. G. THOMPSON, M.P., supported the resolution, lend expressed himself in favour of the largest possible erten lien of the *while. The resolution was then carried unanhnousig. Mr. BERRY moved the second resolution—" That the Wesesiaater Freehold Land Society deserves the warm sup- THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY Eviputiqr put of reformers of every geode. end Mao Weft, Pledgee Itself to use its hest swum' to promote the objects of that society." T. sIACINTYRE, Esq., Welly esecaded the resolution. The resolution hiving been carried, Mr. J. TAYLOR, secretary of the Birmingham Freehold Lend Society, proceeded at great length to explain the sys tem porsud by that society and the rules by which it wu governed. One of the moat important features in their movement wu the purchase of lend In large quits tides, and the sale of it to the people at the vitas sale price. Those who became members of the society could suspend payment of their contributions at any time if prevented by indispuition or want of employment, without Incurring a and they would still be emeidered member*, provider' they renewed their subscriptions when enabled to do so. Mr. Taylor then proceeded to enumerate the advantages which mast accrue to every person who juiced the movement, and expressed the conviction that, by an e:- tension of the franchise such as they proposed, the interests of all classes of the cimmunity would be best consulted. Tee thanks of the meeting were then voted to Charles Loshington, Esq., M.P., and Mr. J. Taylor; end a com mittee having been appointed, the meeting separated. SECOND EDITION. Arom the GAZETTE of THIS NIGHT. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY W. Royal Rent. of Artillery.—Ylret Lieut. W. R. N. Uvula, to he w. cot., TM, Lyle, ret. on h.-p.; See. Lieut. 0. Finalise L'Evraelme, to be Snit lieut., vice Taylor. INSOLVENT. JONN Tana, Upper Baton.street, Pimlico, tea dealer. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED TUOILLS Cox, Hanley, Staffurdabire, draper, July 9. BANKRUPTS. EDWARD Taosis DieArmen, Willow Bank, Fulham, brewer. Joeci StDA, Brentwood, Essex, COM merchant. Jesse WILLIAM ENGLISH, Poultry, City, chemist. HILLICIL, Dorking, Surrey, earpoutAr. WILLIAM limes, see., Bei net. Hertfordshire, tarsier. GECKOS LUCK HARVEY end EDWARD ORATION, COOP wield place, Brixton, wine merchants. DAVID ALLAN, Coleman-street, City, merchant. Tiosee Kiss, jun., Rifles-terrace East, Greenwich, builder. HENRY TAPPINDEM, jun., Ashford, K. St, IME I dealer. THoMAS WISKINO, St. Johiestreet, Brick :ese, Bethnal p. timber merchant. 30111( COLLINOWOOD Ives, Norwich, babe dm UT. WILLIAM HAILDWICK. Great Ruseell•strset, 21 ecomsbuy, laceman. HAMLET DUROSI, Woodsetten, Staffordshire" eveyor. THOMAS JONES, Abbey, C irdiganshire, cattle mailman. JOHN Fisiss, Bristol, liverv-stable keeper. Seism HEAL and Jolters Beee, Ran Moor, Sheffield, scissor smiths. CONTROL OF COUNTY EXPENDITURE. LANCASHIRE. MEETING AT MANCHESTER. - Yesterday afternoon a meeting of magistrates and delegates from boards of guardians in the county of Lanese- • ter, weeheld at the Legh Arms, Newton.le-Willows, to eon shier and decide (in consequence of the present bill on this subject hi lag shelved) as to the future proceedings to be taken in order to obtain the control over the county expen diture suggested in certain resolutions passed at the last meeting. Mere were representatives from about ten unions in the county. A number of letters wen read from members representing divisions or boroughs of the county in parliament, excusing their absence. Amongst them were letters from Mr. Bright, stating that he most entirely sympathised with their move ment and objects. It appeared to him that nothing could be more indefeasible in principle, or lees satisfactory in practice than the present system of levying and expending the county rates. Mr. T. PARKER, a magistrate of the county, was called to the chair. The following resolutions were then passed : " That the proceedings of the committee, appointed at a meeting of guardians, held at Newton, on the 15th January last, meet with the cordial approbation of this meeting, and that they be adop•ed and confirmed." " That the continued pressure of local taxation, and per ticulerly the increasing nature of county expenditure, which now forms one of the most important items of local finance, and in the management of which the ratepayers have not any voice, renders it a duty on the part of the ratepayer', r ot only in this county, but throughout England and Wales, to take tome decid'd step; in order to obtain from the legis lature the early establishment of county financial and admi• aistrative boards, and this meeting urges the co-operation of boards of onerdians and other parties throughout the king dom in supptrt of the present movement." " That, In the i pinion of this meeting, such county finer - dal and administrative boards should consist of two mem btre, to be elected by each board of guardians in the county, one member (not being a justice of the peso') to be chosen by the representative guardian', and one to be chosen by and from the ex tfficers, guardians, being magistrates, in each poor•law union." " That the best thanks of the meeting are due, and are hereby given, to those magistrates who have supported the present movement, to those members of the Hors of Com mons who have aided the committee in their efforts during the session of parliament now closing, and to that portion of the press who have so efficiently seconded end supported the efforts of the committee. The matting broke up about 4 o'clock. MONEY MARKET. MONDAY :vaxixo. The advi es from the West India 'Blanes by the mail steamer Thames are not, in a commercial point of view, of much importance. The latest intelligence and market adv'ces from Jamaica and Bermuda were given in our impression of this morning. At BArbadoes, feats were generally entertained that the infectious disease prevalent 3n St. Vincent and Guadeloupe would find its way to them also. The shipments of sugar were equivalent to about 30,000 hlids. Freights and exchanges were the same, and the market showed no more activity than at the last departure. The weather was very favourable, and had contributed to the salubrity of the island. The Governor of Barbadc es had laid before the House of Assembly a copy of a circular despatch from Earl Grey, directing a census to be taken in the year 1851 of the pipnlation of that colony. Earl Grey egs in his despatch (dated 20th Jan.), "The registrar-gene ral has suggested to me that it would be desirable to publish a similar return for all her Majesty's colonial possessions." The Demerara papers are interesting on the sub- ject of the second reading of the New Franchise Bill in the legislature, which was opposed by all the elec tive members of the court of policy, but was eventu ally carried by the governor's casting vote. The report of the committee on the affairs of British Guiana had been received. At Grenade, the quarantine was reduced from 20 to 10 days. The Assembly had imposed a tax of 10 per cent. on all salaries paid out of the Treasury. At St. Vincent, S. Lucia, and Guadeloupe, sickness was very general. At the latter island some muni cipal changes had ceased a serious disturbance be tween the authorities and natives, in which some of th e latter lost their lives before the disturbance could be entirely quelled. The accounts from Tobago are without interest. Letters have been received from Mexico to 14th June, at which period business was very quiet. The ex change on London was 45 to 46; on Paris, 4.80. The accounts from Cal forma are lees satisfactory, a: d report the increasing difficulties in obtaining gold dust. Provisions and all the necesearies of life were very dear, and the market was overstocked with goods. By the SappLo, Captain Easton, which arrived at Liver pool, on Saturday, from the River Plate, &fee have been received from Buenos Ayres to the 22d of May. We are glad to perceive from these advice' (for which we refer our readers to another column) that there is at length ground fir entertaining a con fident hope that the differences which have so long shackled our commercial communications with the River Plate are likely to be soon satisfactorily ad- jutted. At Buenos Ayres, exchange on England was ' gatged at 68s. per ounce: on France, 87 f. From Rio de Janeiro accounts are to the 22nd May ; but intelligence to a later date than that cow taped in them was given in our paper of Saturday. In another column will be found the substance d advices from Pernambuco, extending to the 14th ult. and received by the brig Norval, which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday. B 7 the Isabella Blyth, just arrived in the river, having sailed from the Mauritius the 26th April, we have received the intelligence that a severe hurricane had devastated the Island of Bourbon, causing great damage to property and much distress, and that the Governor of the Mauritius, on hearing of the occur rence, had despatched her Majesty's ship Nimrod with supplies to Bourbon. We shall no doubt receive the particulars on the arrival of the East India mail now due. The Committee of:Spanish American Bondholders have received letters from Mexico, of which the tol. lowing are extracts: From Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, dated Mesite, ii;•15: We have now the pleasure to inforra you that the trass union /elating to the 600,000 dollars paid by Meows. Baring r4sige and Co. on amount of the dividends has been by the completion of the 150,000 dollars in duty bills deliverable in Tampico; and we now enclose a list of those banded over, specifying the dates when due, de. The re mittances in specie from that port will therefore now be resumed, as well as from Vera Crum. On the 31st May the amount of duties caused in the latter port, but not yet olue, belonging to the dividend fund, was 220,476 dollars. The duties on silver have at length bees reduced to 3 per cent. export and 2 per cent. circulation, which measure will doubt ! less have the effect of diminishing the smuggling which has hitherto existed, and of increasing, more particularly at the Puede poets, the fund available be the dividends. From 113 . Mazatlan and San Bias nothing has yet been received on — 5O account of the duties on the large amounts known to have sh been shipped from those ports during the present year. ss Congress is appointed to re-assemble on the Ist proximo, re when it is the intention of government to urge upon Its attention the necessity of passing a measure to place the " foreign debt on a satisfactory footing. Front Messrs. Mannint, Mackintosh, and Co., dated Vera gs Crux, Jane 16. 131 The bondholders' proportion of the import duties for May amounts by approeimation 1047,600 dole., which added to the le 172,876 dole. 16c. due on the 30th April, makes 220,476 doh. 16e. pending for collection on the 31st ult. Of this amount gs wallow hoed the bills for 55,361 doh. 40c., the greater part so of which fall due, that is their mean term, in all next month. lee In addition to the bondholders' proportion of duties not $ 3 l import, we, therefore, hope to receive and to be enabled to 1 4 , 71 send home, by the July steamer, a large proportion of these du- 121 tin, say, about 30,000 to 35,000 dole., but much of costa will w depend upon the punctuality 3their payment' of the parties Ss on whom these bills are drawii. By this opportunity we 13 ship for this account 19,990 dole. 62e., being• one-fifth of the 40 duties exclusive of import collected at this port from the Ist is to the 21st ult. The circulation duty on specie has been 3 ,1 reduced to 2 per cent. and the export duty to 31 per cent. In,' The committee hove also received a letter from 10, Messrs. John Schneider & Co., the publication of which we must deter. IL RAILWAYS. Tins DAT, Two o'Cioca. There is no new feature to notice in shares to-day, the market confirming extremely quiet, and the busi ness transsctsd being on the most limited scale. Prices remain without variation from yesterday. In French shares no business is doing. Ck Y% ng ter& 4°.4 7. oleo today up to I o'cdook. 1 Pd. I Harms RAILWAYS. JULY 24, 1849. THIS DAY. Two o'CLooz, There is a want of animation observable on the Stoet Exchange this morning, and Console for money gave way 1 at the opening, being first marked at 924 ; they then rcc )vered, and were next done at 931- and last at 93. For account they opened at 93 to 1, the closing price of yesterday, at which they have con tinued stationary and firm the whole morning, and so remain quoted. The Three per Cents. Reduced were marked at 92 and last at 93. The Three-and-a-1 Quarter per Cents. at 931 94 and 931. Exchequer Bills at 475. and 50s. premium. Bank Stock, at 199 and 198/. In foreign securities there is no quotable variation, and the business of the morning is improved under the Mowing : —Brazilian Bonds, at 85. Buenos Ayres, at 44. Chilien Six per Cents., at 96. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, at 801. Portuguese Con verted, at 30. Russian, at 106. Spanish Five per Cents., at 181 and /. The French funds closed yesterday, at Paris : The Three per Cents., at 53.15; and the Five per Cents., at 87.65. ENGLISH YUNDS. lank Stork. 199 ICO 1 3 per Ct. Con.. Aug. 14.93 9 3 per Ca Red. Anna. 81 3 31 per Cm. 03t i 3 per Ct. Coo. Anna. 921 F OREIGN FUND gleheoue S. rßUD. 47.. to 6 0 ‘ 6 per Ct. &Antrim Bonds. 1 per Ct. Grenade Edit. 15t Ise 4 per Ct. Dent. Donde, 83 5 Wordsßent. Deferred Ede.. 3 5 1 24 per Cent. ditto. 6 pee Oa Nei.. 1846. 361 7 &per Ct. livarlhan 13,15..163 5 6 per Oa Peruvian Sda. 2 14110 NIP.. 83 4 6 per Co. Bognor Ayres. 43 5 r. 1 ,..-turint,c,riar.ilos 7 Unto Cetilan WS . 3 4 6 .ono Spanish lids., 183 5 Ditto entomb. Def. Ildo. 3 pt Ct. Spanish Hell . 344 5 Columbian }quad or ihis.. 34; Spanish rki e r ro d 8d...- 6 per Ct. Daniell late., V) 71 Ditto Passive lids, 3i 4 2.4 per Ca Dutch We., 91 i 2 pa Ct. Veactuielaisd4 , 215 4 per Ct. Dutch Curt , .. 40 1 Venezuela Deterred We.. 63 Ti PRODUCE. So MINCING-LANE, TIIIISDAT, Half-past Two. 50 Bronx'—The large public sales are progressing without ,n spirit, but without any material alteration in prices. Refined dull, at yo 50s. to 525. for granary lumps. et. Cones.—Good ordinary native Ceylon partly sold in public sale, at 14 955. The Importer bought in the greater portion, at 35e. 30 have.—The public sales went off rather heavily- the quantity, 10 13,000 bags, exceeding the demand; the Arrican, about 7,000 bags, et, was bought in ; the Bengal partly sold at last week's currency. 40 Carron Is arm, but not active. 40 Tax remains steady. 1611 In other articles no material alteration, but the market generally 40 has been dull. 16 TALLOW.—The market is quiet, both for goo& on the w a spot end 2... r delivery. Petersburg Y.C. on the soot, 395. 6d._ ; 23 Miser to December delivery, 39 9. . 3d. ; eeparato m0rt.114 9 delivery, 324 395. 9d. 19 HOP INTELLIGENCE. MainsvoNa.—We have had some floe showers, which ap.. „ per to have freshened and Invigorated the bine; but the vermin fol. low the young shoots, and appear as numerous as ever; ir.doeil esme grounds may be eirtelt from a considerable dintanee ; many o' these are " done fm." If the weather continue favourable, it is, however, possible that In many grounds we may have • top crop yet. We last *eel stated that the duty was getting up, a predtetten which the results of the past week have fulfilled. Another week or two will, doubtless, decide the question of top crop or no crop. SO MinitWoiam, ATZlONOlittalf TISTON, &c.—The hops 90 have improved in the grounds where th re is a fair share of bine; but, 5 in the grounds that are weak, there is no improtemeat to notice— 25 indeed some lmk worse. ALLING.—Thoogh the late rains have partially washed the bine', we can hardly speak of improvement in the best, while the worse are still going back. The general appearance is very bad. 6 BItINCHLEY.—AI • hough the late showers hate tended to 90 cleanse the hope in appearance, mane in this parish are past re. 60 covery, and I cannot quote any material improvement on the whole. II HARICHURST.—The same remarks (frrenchley) are appli cable to Ilawkburst and that part of the Weald. 23 Wounoinicm.--Tne hops here are all blighted. We IS! shall warmly pick a pocket. 91 GOUDRURAT AND Hoantosbzw.—There has beon some improvement this Mot week in the strong grounds with little or no vermin, tut the weakly ones still continue In the tame stile us re- 10 potted a fortnight gime; it Is evident they are past recovery. 1 was so Horstworiden nearly every day, end minutely Inspected several gar- is dees, and 1 find the low. r part of the pariah decidedly superior to the is ether, much better on the whole than Cloudburst. Some pieces, how- 20 seer soot grow 5 cwt. per atm. Mr. Bootlace has been siting his 1,0 two.horee power engine for a considvable time, in washing his eaten- 25 live gardens, and with very great advantage Ile has annihilated the 12 ' vermin entirely mute time ago, and the hope are making rapid pro. grew. His bops arc so peculiarly situated as to have a mill stream= $2 l each ride. 331 !OUTRAN AND Saab.—There are a few grounds which se continue to look clean and well, and bid fair for a sprinkle of hops, 10 but the greater part have gone further into the blight, the al 1 leaves 10 curling and falling or, while the young shoots are closely followed •0 with live vermin. YALDING.—Oar hops, alter the showers of the past week, 23 in some grounds seem to bear a better aspect. and we hope will turn I oak favourable; but another week may make the change mare decisive. 20 Waornom.— The hops here to .k much better today 10 (Ilaturday) than they have looked 'or some time, being armlet entirely 1 3 fres from fly, lice, he, in °marque= of the late Tie, which has 16 alma so beneficial to them, though it has beaten down some of the 01 . heavy corn very much. SMAIDEN AND BIDDINDEN.—The bine has slightly ion. proved; vermin is decreasing, and there are a great many fly gold- et. ins& The late rains have done good. mos sßritneoali AND VICINITT.—The hop in this &Strict, sixteen par wholeishes of the union, arc looking upon the exieedingly bat, and the chances of • crop are mw completely Aden aod. There are a few pieces in the neighbourhood of the town (where high farming has produced an abundance of bine) that the .1 late tains have certainly much improved, but allowing the fullest ex tent of well-wishing, nothing like a half-crop can be grown upon them favoured soots. Upon the mid clays in the val.eyis, taking the under- 0 rivers, treald,Suntwe, and Chevening youth, with Ctudslingstone, Hever, sad the low of Br eted. there will be acres in which not a , bin will set foot, the bine in many hVAMICee being not four feet high, and as brown as a b rry; In fact the plant is completely beaten. and the least shoot thrown out by the exhausted plant Is immediately covered by myriads of vw novas. An old and experienced planter says it is now nonsense, except in very strong place., to think;of a crop, z` , CsAratitoox —We eta sat feel justified in reporting any ear fsvourable change in the bine in this locality at proem On Friday ; 0 evening we were visited by a somewhat heavy thunder storm , scmea. 10 ponied by some fine shower% the s alutar y e ff ects of which, however, „„ are not yet manifested, at least only so far as they seem to have 1-; , ' washed the bine and imparted a ftetbseve and vigour to the general „ 6 appearance of the plant. There is still a large qua..titv of vermin. i; ORTINGION.—Sinee the thunder storms of Inst Friday I is find • fresh attack of Sy (and the lice cover the the young leaves and are Nil of lire), and upon the whole I must report the hops worse, and going aver , fast ; only now and then a hill 'bowing a little burr at the very top of the polL EDW.:BRIO° 6.—T h ere is an improvement generally in the cep of the bine. although the lice follow it up. WnsronElit.—The hops are in so precarious a state that it !edifier* to oar whether the Mte rains have improved or injur. d them. I suppose this will be determined by the state of the cultiva tion, and the forward or backward state of the bine.--lfaidot - G met f e of this day. CORN.—Cratucaerze., July 23 —A Rood supply of Wheat at our market today. Prises not quite so good as last week. Wheat, 101. to lat. per lewd. Oats, 12a. to 26a. per qr. Beano, 345. to 365. CARLMLI. July 21.—We bad a Rood tolls.suppy of Wheat. The demand being slow sauna a decline of Rd. The supply of Oats and Barley was Short, and the former sohl at an advance of Gd. per bushel. Barley scarcely sold so freely as last week, and in soma instances rather led was taken. Wheat, white. 20s. to 214.6 d.; red, lita. 6d. te 195. 6d. Barley, new, Ina. to Ils. 6d. old, 10s. to Gd. Oats, _Potato, fle. to 99 • common, Ts. to Rs. piour, per atone, 25. So 2a. 4d. Oatmeal, Is. id. Ryaneal, le. 4d. Barleymeal, le. 2d. HADLEIGII, July 23.—We bad a ftir 'up* of Wheat at market to-day; the beat simple§ were taken by the millers at about late prices, but we mud rediark that they of with great cau tion; as towing, we hash so little that It is scarcely worth mention ing the prise at all, and therstoie call them the same as of late. CATTLE —CoLcstanza, July 21.—The show of Sheep and Lambs fell coestderably short or lad week's silly ly; the trade cou ryoues very dull in Sheep, and there was not so much bri-lutee• in the Lamb trade as for ieveral weeks past. we ma quota no particu lar alteration in prices. Beads continue plentiful. and more sales were effected in lean ones Stan of late, although prices are not lon. proved. F. 4 one. ao'd It rather improving rate.. There were a few good witch cows at market, which fold were peen. Suckling calves rather cheaper. lige St for slaurhtar extremely slow in sale, and were °Doddered 34. per stone chew,. There were several pens of exoelent worse, which commanded good prices. Sows forward in Dtt told pretty well. Supply: Sheep and Lambs, 1,560; Beasts, ; Pigs, 210; Calves, 50. Livattroor., JOLT 23.—The early of stock was smaller than last week. The demand fair for beef, mutton, and iamb, at rather improved prices for each. Beef, 41d. to 51d. ; mutton. sd. to lamb, 114cL ; 4.4. to 6d. per lb. 1,511 aide, 13,243 sheep and lambs at sachet. NORWICB, July 21.—Oar sanket exhlbited a fair show of Scot., idtort.horns, and Derma; it bang ewe/11am fair day, tem buyers were present, and little badmen. dame, on about the same terms as last week. Pet Beasts a email show, at Porn Is. toga. 6d. per stone of 141ba. The tons were fairly filled ; Lambs of all kinds quite as deer ; keeping Sheep dull in isle. Pat Sheep, Be. to le. 60. per atone, and not half sold. Ewes of all ape in good dca and ; cremes, 111 s. to lis. ; aged Sheep, Ilk to Si..; young attd fresh ewes, 14e. to Saa per bead. In stem Missed fat Pork malterstka worth notios. be 'Abate= 41 171o7Kele-reni,i 4 I Ataigt.,Not.,boo.,&l2. In 6 Berea & Hants Eit. (Gt. Writ. perpetual • p. , 1.) 25 Birmingham and Wm* Jumdm,ealladuly paid, se with • guarantee 60 De. without a guarantee ii 1 Biiis.,iiii;,ZiTi 10 Bina., Wo l v., and Thu calls duly paid, or i if Da Without agaars . _ IBristal and Exeter Do . Tuts 50 Caledonian 10 Do. SlO Yreferencereg. 50 Chester and Holyhead .. 15 Do. Preference 40 Dublin and Balked June.. 1/1 Do. ( II B. k H.) .. $4 D0.(31.106. ) 6 p. Ct. Pref. 20 Eastern Counties 10 Do. New Goa. 6p. Ct... 61 Do. Eat, &p. Ct., No. 64 Do. do. N 0.2 $0 Do. N. k Y.. I per Ct.. 124, Do. t i abarte 43 Do,ew 25 Eastern Union, dams 11 (late I. k B. sb.) 25 224 Do. elan C. ditto. .. 20 20 Do. Berip (Irma. 6p. 25 23 East Laaceslure 25 23 Do. New 61 61 Da. Jo. shares 64 64 00. 6 per Ct. PreL tsh. 33 25 FAN Llnsolnabire SO gellsbuTtaind Glasgow.. 20 Do. 4 .. 25 Edinburgh & Northern .1 15 Do. Newport —. 24 Ezeter, Yeovil, & Dorsi.. 20 Great Northern 124 D 0.4 shares, fi,De..ferrel, 76 D 0.4 shore' Et. 6u. CL.' 5 Do. 3 per Cent. Pref..... 474 Gt. South. and West. (ire.) 10e Great North of Saikati... 3. Do. New, £4O .. . . 30 Do. New, £3O ... ... IS Do. New, aiS ... .. 100 Great Westin... ... .. 20 Do. ... ... .. 15 Do. New, £l7 ... ... St. Null and Selby... ... 25 Do. 4 shares ... ... .. 124 IUo. I shares .- .. SO Lancaster and Carlisle .. , to Do. Thirds ~ 96 Laneashhe and.Yorisakire IS klo.'ltirds ... . , ... 10 Do. New (goer. 6 p.. Ct.).. 46 Do. Liverpcolar Bury.. 9 bo. West Hiding Umon 25 Do. Preston and Wyre 10 Do. 4 shares (a) ... .. Su Lee& and Bradford... ... SO Leeds and Thirds ... ... SO I Do. New ... ... .. 121 London and Blackwell .. SO Lon., Brighton, &e. Coast 9 Do. guaranteed 5 p.CL. late CroycLinThis*.. 50 Do. Pref. S per Cent... 50 Do.Conert. S p.Ct.,1832 5 Do. New ES gum.. 6 p.Ct. 121 London and Greenwich ... 20 Do. Preference .- .. 10(1 London & North-Western 12 Do. do. Raw j shares.. 2 Do. Fifths . 1 Deg 10 sli,i.iandß.(&; SO London & South-Western 424 Du. New, g5O .. ... 34 Do. New, £4O ... .. 161 Do. Thirds ... ... - 8 Do. Preference 7p. Ct.. 44 Ranch-, Buz., and Mat. 100 Manch., Slut., anti Line IS Do. shares, No. 1 ... 23 Do. shares, No. 2 .. 124 Do. shares, No. 3 .. 10 Do, sw £lO Pref. ... 50 Do., Great Grimsby ... 20 Do. feet and Lincoln... ZS Do. Grimsby Dock ... 44 Do. Lincobi Udon .. 100 Midland .. -. ... ... 100 Do. Con. Preference .. SO Ito. £5O shares ... .. 100 1)o. Bien. and Derby ... 100 Do. B. and B. 6p. Cent. I 1119 Norfolk ... 15 Do. New 'iti .. ... 20 Do. Guaran. 5 per Ct... 3 Do. Guaran.s4 per Ct._ 23 North British ... .. ... 124 Do. tabihrard: ... ... _ 8 Do. ... ... ... 2 Do. Preference ... ... 174 North Staffordshire ... 50 Oxford, Worc, Sr Waiver. 15 Resd„Gultd., and Reigate 44 Royston and !litchis' . . 25 lostti‘h Central 11 Shrews., & Birm., dial A 7 Do., Class B ... .. ... I Do., New Guaranteed... 18 Shrewsbury and Charter (Nor. W. Illn.) ... ... o. 184 Do. Gaweery ... .. 10 Do. 8 bes;i.. Preis ._ 25 Do. Preference ... 84 South staffordshire...... .. 334 South Eastern ... „.. .. 32 Le. No. I ... ... _ 30 Do. No. 3 ... ... ... 10 Do. No. 4 Registered ... 10 Do. No. 4 Scrip ... 33 South Wales ... ... ... 10 S. York., Don, & Goole.. lit 93eftietd, Rotherham, ant Goole. N. DL gnu 5 p.CL 20 Waterford and Kilkenny.. so Wear Valley, 6p. Ct. gum.. 25 Do. do. do. 12 Windsor,iltuines,&i.West 23 York,Newenstlea Berwick 20 Do.E2L(YorkeNewca.) 5 Do. O.N.E. Purchase or Preference 50 York and North Midland.. 19 to IV 9 i Prit -96 it as. 1 Ms. pr 101 Ili ex la 11 d pat. 34 44 pa. 24 22 poia. 3 di. 11 7 dia. 25 1 15i dial it 62 6 dia. 11 II pia. 17 15 14 12 =to 33 31 dlr. 2 21 14 2 14 i 9 li I pa. pm I pm. ii 1P 55_ 57 i s l i t 3 pia. 25 14 6 *Si 23 10 1 4 " 6 1 A 1 11 1 dbl. 101 10 l 1 114 2 1 11 d; It lit .230 ' ii - Wi. - - 1 1 i dlul 233 4 13 1 3e (119. 93 - ii Fe. 13 iwir 1 pm. 16 16 Ms. 10 $ 4i die. 11 61 die. 2 2i pm. 41 41 di& 59 40 6 7 pin. 162 104 19 21 19 21 4 41 37i $3 91 10 61 GI 114 10 214 224 132 134 h 6 pm. 3 3 4 PIL 35 S 1 di 15 14 dli. 11 104 M 11 1 3 41 dia. pm. 91 3 die.: Si 33 io a diAA 9 i 4 3ex in tie 111 19 21 ex in Is 11 &lei II 7 Want] 13 14 dis. 13 14 die. 3C 6721 di& II 121 Meths:A 42 44 liii lie ez. di•. $9 11 is io dia. 19 20 ex in 5 ai 12 5 1 121 2 31 4 ( / 117/ IaPM 41 41 dia. 175 i 16i 17 ex in 4 I Pol. 22 24_ dla.:l Si &ea 1 2 pa. al& pir 1 Ca. par 7 $ Wm. (11s. 151 15, 21 dia.: i 12 II ii ii. cus. 2I 22 -ii 911 ex ht 4 $ di. 1 i as :ml $ $ 5 Se pm. 64 1 6 die. 4t 4 (114.1 30 II ii 2 dill.' FOllllOll RAILWAYS. Anglo-Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 20 Boulogne and Amiens _ 20 Central Prance (Vicreas) 14 Dutch Rheulah 11( East Indian ... 6 Great Indian Pr.ninatila 10a. Ito. fi Luxemburg 2 Madrid and Valentla . 20 Namur sad Liege 13 Northern of ' , ranee ... ... 7 Orleans and Bordeaux ... 25 Paris and Orleans 20 Pariaand Bonen 11 Paris and ittraaboxs „ 20 Rouen end Havre 20 Sambre and Mamas 11 Tours and Nantes 4 Si dim. 64 7 14 12 44 ex la 7 ells. db. Ipai. Par Pm. Par Pm. — Bl — 74 db. 1 1 61 3 3,1 dbl. 4 dis.x 29 81 ex in 211 2 5 1 6 1 1 dla. 91 10 4 3 6 71 AL. LIVERPOOL, Jody 23. ETOCI-ISICHAMOB.—The market was much better to day. Sales :—Gladow, Paisley, and Greenock (pref. 6 per cent. till l 5.1), 71 I—Grest Northern (5 per cent pref. issued 2) d.), 1) d.—Ditto London awl York Extension, 11 d.—Lancaahlre and Yorkshire (fifth shares), 6 - la. 9d. d.—Ditto (pref. shares), 12) — Ditto (fifth alarm, W. it. U.), 411 d.—Loadon and North Western, 113 —Midland () shares), 121 d.—North British (new pref.), p.— North Staffordshire, 4 16s. 3d. d.—North Union (A), 930 —Shrews ry and Chester (N. W. M.), 1 d.—South Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6)—York , Newcastle, and lkiwick (0. N. E. 6 per cent. till '5O), 4 d. —Belfast and Ballymena, 191. MANCHESTER, July 23. Svvcx.ExcxexoE.—There was a limited busideas dons at =changed prices. BIRMINGHAM. July 23. STOCK EICIUNOE.—There was very little business tran sacts lin this market toalit^. The latest quotations were—North Stafford., 41 die.; South &affords, 41.165. 3d. dia.; and 03Tentrp and :Swanton, 1. pm. LEEDS, July 23. STOCK ETCHANOIL—The market this morning may be said to present a allght improvement in tone as compared with the prevailing dulness of the close of last week. Lancashire and York shire Preference were done at 121. 4S. 3d., New East Lancashire' at 11i, York and North Midlands at 201. and Great Mahan' at 1 101 dia. - BRISTOL, July 28. Bvocz-Zimterrow.—The share market continues very steady, and with little fluctuation in prices. Groat Western smar ten were done at 5 din COTTON.—LiuzapooL, Jure 23.—The market to-dayt was well supplied. but there was not much bushman done. Priem however, were well maintained ; 7,000 bales wee WA, including 100 taken for export and 1,300 for speculation. HAY.—Smat ;crimp, Jura. 24. atom tad Davis report thifolowine quotations : Miss Meadow. 60s. to Us I ,towen.. —to H ew 650 to Ns. Inferior New 65a to las. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT-. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY, JULY 23. The Earl of Smsrubsuitir (Deputy Speaker) took Nat at i o'clock. CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS. A messenger from the Commons attended at the Ir, sy desired a conference with their lordships on the Incumbeig Estates (Ireland) Bill. Managers were then named on the part of their lost ships; and alter an interview with the managers for tt s Commons, Lord CAMPBELL sated that the Common* had sp e d to all their lordships' amendments, except two. He pp, gOirthat the amendments of tit( ir lordships an d As mons should be printed and taken into consideration on Thursday. THE WAR IN HUNGARY Lord BROUGHAM v.ivhed to repeat a question whirl; he had put to the noble marquis (Lansdowne), a short fly ago with reference to the war in Hungary. He hoped thee. had been no recounitiln of Kossuth and the Hungarian ite su We nts hl ' a r rq b u e i r s M 0 ' 1 4 1,21*/ g ;MI bed only to say that there bad been no alteration in the cireuntstaneg in which we coed with regard to Hungary since he lit assured his noble and learned friend that there could be no such recognition as he referred to. (Hear, hea►.) LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motian that the house should go into committal se this bill, Lord MONTEAGLE referred to the manner in which lunatic asyht:ca were managed in Ireland, and said he 11%414 like to see the correspondence between the Lunacy Commit• Moneta and the Lord Chancellor with reference to the he affecting these p:ecer•, lard on the table of the house. Lora BROUGRAM said as the matter referred to wet tub judice, he should not f xpri Cs an opinion on it. The bill then passed through committee. SLAVE TRADE. Earl NELSON, on bi half of tee Bishop of Orford, pra tented the report of the committee on the African gars trade. STOCK IN TRADE BILL. Earl GRANVILLE mooed the second reading of thi, e om was s lo w e Earl of exempt es stock raa,ssairennt E e rytddrorSeprißrerdhwo:Ureopeu:b i n creasedp. r otnsr arti sa i d the eetthp t runt i b iattsyd: e g e 9 6 ocem. ito o : b 6:to j r7tot e too:r c ooo6o: t 4:l 00. to ;p f y t nhor h d. eid,ro p. ! N E In the year 1847 the poor rate was 5,200,0001 , and in 18ag es rs e e 6i rentalt. it hh , r l t e un' must, England of t I tu, had O p n and the land alone paid 3,200,0101. the rest being chargeda g e it of property was not rated. Ile thought all popery should be rated alike. One of the objections whisk had been urged to a national rate was that there would; be no control over its local manages trent ; he did not, however, see any difficulty in the way of such control. It would be easy to raise such a tax for three or five years, and sd. in the pound would be enough to pay the whole of the poor rates paid for the last three or five yeow. This tax aright be voted for three or live years, establishing this rule—that each parish should receive the avenge sum it had expended f y the last three or five yeah, wad if they exceeded the amount, the sum in ex. ceas might be railed by a rate in aid. The noble we in conclusion made some observations as to the inequality of the income tax, with reference to incomes derived from professions and funded proFerty. After farther discussion the bill was read a second time. ARMY AND NAVY MEDALS. The Duke et RICHMOND rose to ask a question on ths subject of the granting of those m...dals. He had before es ferred to the Egeptian campaign, and he thought men en. gaged in then splendid victories ought to receive medals r well se those who had served in the Peninsula. 12,000 fighting men landed under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in Egypt, acd they took 22,000 prisoner. ' 1003 guns, 6 frigates in fts harbour, and 200 sail of merchants. No less than this. peerages were granted on that occasion; and the only arse meat against medals being granted to the men engaged MS that the superior officers did not receive any medal at the time; but the Hine of Engl eel permitted the Sulu to give medals to them. He hoped the goverment would recon her the question, and twee care the fair play should he done to those ld vetenai, The noble duke conclud d by asking whither it ea the intention of the government to extend medals to persons who had distinduiehed themselves, and who hid hitherto been exclu .ed from such an honour? He ale moved for a nominal return of the actions in which medels hal been awarded by sea and by land from 1794 to 1814, and thee action, for which the thanks of parliament had been toted Earl GREY raid that the great difficulty which bad beet experienced in respect to granting medals was to weenie the degree of merit which should create a &rind* When then' hie duke first brought this question before the house, he had himself raid that such an honour should not be granted without great discrimination. To bestow it a all who claim. dit would not only be inconvenient but it. jealous. It was necessary, therefore, to define a rule le granting ravioli • and af:er much consideration, the minute having consulte d the noble duke at the table (Wei. lington), it we. 'greed that in all cases when the servic • rendered was considered at the time ts be worthy of a medal, and that such had been conferred a the superior offic.rs, that action should be considered • giving a claim to a medal ; and, accordingly, the records d the Wur-office were consulted, and wherever superior offieri were ft und to have received medals all theme who wenn. gaged in the same swim also were to receive them. With respect to the navy another rule was adopted; those nun officers whose experience qualified tl!em to judge of the is portance of naval services were consulted, and their sang was generally adopted. On these two rules the medals hi been awarded. With respect to Egypt, that question we yet under consideration, and he might he allowed to say that the campaign there did great honour to the British army. The matter was not yet settled. All he could ray at present was, that the subject was still uncle consideration, and if any general rule could he adopted it would he done, hut it could not be expected that individual , such as the noble duke referred to should have their claim preferred to others, u such a course would be alike hue venient and injurious. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, it appeared to Ilia that the order for granHng medals issued in 1847 ewer fulfilled the desire of the claimants for medals. They said that medals had been granted for Waterloo and for resins in the East Indi. e, but not for the Peninsular Wee, sri certainly when the Queen was graciously pleased to code medals on the Peninsular otfi ors and soldier, he coneident that the very course had been taken which was calculatedta give satisfacti..n to all concerned. Re begged their lord ships to observe, that the crown conferred Ike distinction, and that alone caused it to he valuable. and when such distinctions were conferred in consequeses d addrewes from either tonne of parliament, it was stints crown that created the value of the distinction conferred He entirely agreed that if they were universally paled they would lose all merit as Fistinctions. After a few words from Lord Cotrazsoma and the Doh o p f E ß T l T cn y mo ß rr A n o , theo OFFICES s dro w npe ou d. L. TITLES OF RELIGIOITS CONGREGATIONS (SCOT. This bill was read a seenn ß er LAND) BILL. RT OF CHANCERSI Their lordships went into committee on this bill. Lord REDESDALE said that ibis bill was not requird by the Scottish people; ant he hoped that at all events:: would not be premed forward at that late period of th session. Lord CAMPBELL said that the bill was perfectly ni understood in S,otlanel, and decidedly approved of lie sugh say, by all denominations there. Lord CAMPBELL defended the bill, and moved that O be reported. Lord REDESDALE moved, as an amendment, theta be reported that day three months. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY (in the choir)—Wl,t when there i• no amendment on the bill ? (A lough.) 1 1 ain't move that. It mint he reported. I will lee oat the chair, end then you monk) what you like with it. (I laugh.) The Earl of Snarreenuay then resumed his seat on the woolsack, and the bill was reported. Lord CAMPBELL moved that the bill be read a nig time to-morrow (this dry). Lord REDESDALE moved by way of emendment that it be read a third time that day three months. Their lordships divided, the numberslwere— Content 17 Non-content 23-6 The bill was consequently lost. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The Margit • ~ f LANSDOWN E moved that th e stse resents on this bill be brought up. Clause 8, which provided that rent-charges, by wit?! annuity and jointure, should be made liable to dedeens for poor rate haeiner been proposed, The Earl of WICKLOW touk occasion to enter Li' disapproval of it. Lord REDESDALE thought that the clause wouldli4 only to a great deal of difficulty, and it ought to be otaittel altogether. Lord BEAUMONT said the provisions in this chul were totally different from the statement muddy the lord who bad charge of the bill. Lord CAMPBELL could not see the difficulties sugent 4 As the jointure issued out of the whole of the lend, do disuse provided, that the dedue'ion for poor rate should made in respect of every part dit the land charged with* annuity or jointure. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that afser the e'!" jections which had been urged, he would cornet tett' omission of the clause in order to facilitate the Wain of 11111 remaining provisions of the bill. The clause was then omitted, on the mo•ion of the Egli Wicklow. Lord STANLEY said, es the clause had been disposed 0 1, be was only anxious that the bill should hems& as genenl4 useful as possible. He wished to call their lordships atto!,, Von to the 10th clause, which provided that occupiers nen', not deduct from the rent more than one-half th e amount the rate paid. The poor-law act provided that Or the person occuying any property rated to the reliJ of tr . poor shall be liable to pay rent in respect of the sion,r, might deduct from the rent one-half of the rate psid:s opest of each pound of the net annual value (whethe iTent shall be greater or less than such annual valu e), "" 1 ,,r, lin proportion for any less sum than a pound. 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