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atility to the public, by means of the convenience it would afford to the commercial parts of the country. Mr. PHILLIPS thought that rail-roads would bring with them more Injurious effects than any contemplated benefits. Ile sisoulsk certainly vote against the motion. Sir J. NEW PORT supported the motion, on the ground that competition prevented monopoly. The rail-road had already had the effect of lowering the rate of charges on the canal. - After some observations frum Captain BRA/KHAN, the House divided—For the third reading 88—for the amendment 41. Ma - ":jiiiitiliTTaitiur . of the original motion 4?. The Bill was then read a - third thtie and passed. A Message came from the Lords, to the effect that their Lord ships had agreed 'to the Small Tythet Recovery Bill. On bringing up tjse Report of the Basingstoke Canal Bill, Mr. G. BA N KES opposed its being receiv:d, and contended that this was a very hard case of encroachment upon private property, which no plea of public advantage could justify. Mr. BRIGHT gave his support to the Bill. Mr. MABERLY ()Prised the Bill. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved as an amendment, that the Report be dismissed. Mr. T. W ILSON supported the motion of Mr. Alderman Wows. Sir T. LE al BRIDGE contended for the neces-ity of the Basingstoke Canal, in order to facilitate the eornruerciai intercourse of the counties through which • it would pass—and also between Bristol and London— arid between Ireland and this - country. The local inconveniencics were, comparatively speaking, of a trifling nature. He opposed the amendment. Sir 11. J. Al I LON' A Y declared the proposed measure would be a gross outrage on the sacred right of property. Aldetman THOMPSON supported the amend . ment, on the principle that 'besides the uselessness of . the project, and its being a nuisance to the landed Gen try of the intended line of canal, it would he a gross injwtice to those who vested their money (150,0000 in the Thames Navigation Canal. The City of Landon, as trustees of those lenders of money. felt it to be their imperative duty- to oppose the measure, on the ground of its injustice to those who lent them their money, and - of its being of no public utility. The House then divided on the amendment—For it 49—Against it 3s. The measure was, therefore, lost. BISHOPRIC= OP DURHAM. Mr. Secretary PEEL addressed the House for the purpose of obtaining permissi n to bring in immedi ately a Bill to remedy certain inconveniences in the administration of Justice, arising out of the demise of the S-e of Du. ham, and preventing the recurrence of the same in future. On the occasion of the demise of the Bi.lsop of Durham, it appeared to be the law now,' , that the ministerial officers of Justice in the County Palatine of Durham, were ips• facto put out of office. Insomuch so, that at the present moment there wac no • Sheriff. no Jury could be sworn, and no Quarter Ses sions held. This was so great an interruption to the public business of the county and the administration of justice, that it was his intention to introduce this evening a Bill to place in these respects the County of Durham on the same footing as other Counties of England, co that such Officers sh .11 be entitled to hold their situa tions for a certain period. He was nut prepared to say that the present Administration of the County should remain untouched, or in its present state. On the con vary, he only thought it fitting that the Gentlemen of this county should, as in other counties, perform those ministerial offices themselves, instead of allowing them to be filled by persons not equally eligible. He should, perhaps, shortly submit to the House some remedial and general Pleasure with reference to these appointments ; and one of its prin cipal features would consist of a regulation, that the Judges should select three names, which they should report to the Bishop as fit persons to fill the office of Sheriff, from wboai the Bishop should select one to fill that office. In answer to an observation from Mr. Nicootas Catimae, Au , *votary PEEL, said he did tuat anticipate any difficulty in the atrangement, as it affected the interests of the individuals hi. therto eligible—as the office was not one of emolument. After a few words from Mr. &Lice, • Mr..HUtIE said it was high time the whole system of the ad ministration of the County and Bishopric's of Durban should be revised and remodelled. It was a disgrace to the Established Church that thisßishoprkli should possess such enormously disproportioned funds as it now possessed, where there was no rational ground for such an unjust piefervrice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having intimated to the House that it was necessary for the public convenience that the lac 11 should come into immediate operation, and that be there fore hoped the House would not object to the Bill going through all it. singes that. evening, the Bill was read a first and second time , committed, and ordered to be read a third time, if engrossed, the same night. 11A GARY OP TRW riti 4 IDRNT Olt Tint BOARD OF TRAM flu the 'notion of rise CH6NCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, the House resolved iu& into a Committee of the whole house, on the Civil Li.t Act, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, pursuant to notice, to move a Resolution relative to the situation of the President of the Board of Trade. It would belt). their recollect . on, that the subject had oc . opted ,the attention of the Howe in the course of last , Session, fnd there was then a general feeling, that as . this,was 0.. e of the most important offices under the , crown, it ought to be put upon a competent footing in • .94 other respects. Prior to 1780, the affairs of com nierce, both foreign and colonial, were conducted by Commissioners %ids an ample establishment, known by the title of a Board of Trade. It was thought about 'that time that this establishment was too complicated, 'that' the offices were too numerous, the salaries too great, pe c dt.he dtitisi top insignificant for the salaries. Ac i sorthogli it sniferid,' not exactly a natural, but rather a' violent, death, which was accelerated by the lash of ' Mr. Burke's-ridicule. Where abolished, it was thought might very easily be sustained by other / 0 ;f1F,Oi: Administration. It was soon found, however, impossible to do without some coutsclling power im mediately issuing -from the Crown to superintend the , 4iteusive interests of a commerce so large as that of great tnuniry, aid the business was left to the geoetal management of a Coirontitee selected from the Members of the Privy Council as early as 1784. As the offices and salaries of the 11.1ard of Trade had been Wholly abolished, it was found necessary to provide an adequate recompense for the President and Vice /K4:sld/int, by connecting them with other r ffices of less duty stud of competent emolunient. The House would -not deny 'the right of sufficient remuneration to any man : who devoted his talents to the public service. But it most be obvious that this mode of paying for the ful filment of the duties of a highly useful and effective office by the salary of one which was well paid, though l ess tffectise, was sulject to the gre nest possible objec tion. Parliament had acquiesced in this proposition, in far as to appoint a pioper salary for the Vice Pr si 4.tpt,*.hfch h4 . ppend vtlfen he himself held the offi ce me yeaipgo. kit ttooght that a fit remuneration .for the Prnsialent• would be 5,00 01 . a year. The House would recolkeethat it was an office which, in these times esnrcially, .01)0 for more Lebow., both rf body *rid mina, than Arry'nther now in existence. He had honour to fill it once, and he could speak to the fact, •,. tit . at no situation of which he had any knowledge re. ,drir'd 'I! ab s ohite l aeirotir n of the whole mad to the tlp4eq PI the. oiSc4 I to could not iasi on to $l4 mceitir without iodelgiNtiiiineeW with a word or two on tht ii r;: bent finider 'el ifs 'irk woulu be very had ':rte in him , :tpetiter hod! huh" -fi.)en panegytic on his - Right Irn. Vi or'teexpltnite too largely on the manner' 'in which he had fulfilled the dirties alit. No man had ever displayed more zeal and assiduity in it—none had brought a more comp.rehpnsimmind, nor a Aleaser ia tellect, into the prop& butineki of it. No one could iheW ' a more unshaken and unvarying-determination to dis.: charge the duties, nor could any bne have discharged them mere effectually to die satisfaction of the country. For his own part, he felt peculiarly gratified that to bear testimony to the acknowleJged merits and talents of his Right Hon. Friend had fallen to his lot ; and he begged further to express the 'great satisfaction he had derived from the perfect coincidence of opinion that ex isted between himself and the President of the Board of Trade, on every subject of public importance. H. was also happy that the measures which had entirely changed the commercial policy of the country had fallen into the hands of a person who had so ably conceived, and so admirably conducted them, with such ad vantage and satisfaction to the country. (Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving.that a Salary of 5,000/. per annum, be paid to the President of the Board of Trade for the time being. Mr. HUME begged the Right Hon. Gentleman to believe that no person entertained a higher opinion of the Right Hon. Gentleman who filled the situation or President of the Board of Trade, than himself. Ile bad, moreover, not the slightest objection that the person filling that important situation should receive a proper remuneration for the discharge of his duty ; but he could not suffer the question to proceed to a vote ss ir h oot asking, was the President of the Board of Trade to continue also to receive the Salary affixed to the Office of Treasurer of the Navy ? The Salary attached to this latter office was too large, and the office itself might, in fact, be dispensed with altogether, without injury to the public service. Its emoluments might be transferred to the President of the Board of Trade, and his Salary might be increased to ihe proposed sum by the abolition of many small useless offices which he could point out. He wished further to know, did the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Huslasatio) hold any other offices than the two already mentioned. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assure the Committee, that it had never entered into the head of hip Right Hon. Friend, or into his own, that he (Mr. Huskisson) should continue to receive the salary attached to the office of Treasurer of the Navy, and that now proposed to be paid to him as President of the Board of Trade. In answer to the Right Hon. Gentle man's question, whether his Right Hon. Friend held any other office, he could say that he held no other situation. At the period of his appointment to the Presidency, of the Board of Trade, his Right Hon. Friend held the office of Agent for Sierra Leone, but which he then resigned. The salary attached 'to the situation of Trea surer of the Navy was not greater than an officer of such importance ought to receive; but there was no reason why the Treasurer of the Navy 'should continue as he did then, to occupy a house in Somerset House, which could be applied to other public departments requiring accommodation. When the office of Treasurer of the Navy had been put into his own hands, the salary had been reduced from 4,0001. to 3,0004 a year.; he could not admit that that office was a sinecure. Any office might become a sinecure in the hands of a person who should not think proper to perform its duties. With regard to the remaining suggestion of the Hon. Member, he must say, that it did not appear to him that the salary of the President of the Board of Trade ought to be made up by cutting and carving here and there, and squeezing a little out of a number of small offices.—( Hear, and a laugh.)—There were no offices in existence that could be suppressed without injury to the public service ; but even if there were, he could not agree with the Hon. Gentleman, that we were not to remunerate a deserving public aim, unless we could procure the means, by hook or by crook—by lading out some other officess with salaries, and without duties to be pmformed, with which to make up the sum required.—(Hear!) Mr. CALCRAFT subscribed to the opinion, so gene rally prevalent, that no Servant •of the- Crown dis charged hi; duty to the State with more ability or . in tegrity than the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade ; but he could not but look on the mode now adopted for creating a new well paid office of 50001. as a corer for increasing the patronage of the Minis ters of the Crown. There was nothing incompetent in the performance of the duties of both situations : in fact Mr. Secretary Dundas had, when actually Minister of this country, filled the ofike of Treaaurerof the Navy.- Indeed of-so-little im port was It thought who filled that post, that it had even been filled by the Speaker of the House of Commons. Mr. ROBERTSON thought there was something suspicious in the support which Members on the other side of the House gave to the present proposition. The Hon. Member then proceeded to advert to the Silk Company, of which Mr. A. Baring had become Direc tor and Trustee; and to infer, from his having obtained a charter for the Company about the period when he supported an increase of salary to the President of the Board of Trade, that there was some improper understanding; and that Mr. A. Baring was to receive certain benefit from the establishment:A his Company. fair. BA RING said, in reference to the Silk Company, that it was set on foot last year for the purpose of doing great service, as it was said, to Ireland. With this view he was induced to put his name to it. It was a sort of experiment from which he never expected any great benefit to be derived by the country. The whole amount of his contribution was 2001. and not only was this given without any expectation of profit, but with a conviction that none could result—(Hear).— He could not account for the Hon. Gentleman suppos ing that there was something mysterious lug king behind; and he might be induced to enter into a more detailed explanation of his conduct if he could suppose the statement was entertained seriously by the House, but be could not. He trusted there would be no opposition to the motion. He objected to sinecures, but the Right 11 ,, n. Gentleman was entitled to full and ample remu neration for his services. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer said the office of Treasurer was an efficient olfLe ; but if it were so, how could it be performed by tt.e verson who filled it at present. This was a mix. taken notion which tupposed a high salary should be given hecau,e it was a situation of - great responsibility. The private fortinte of an individual was nothing compared to the millions that must pass through his hands ; and their only security W 414 in his integrity, and iu their frequently auditing the accounts. Mr. PEEL said, if these debates were confined to these walls, he would not say a word in defence of the conduct of his Right Hun. Friend. Had he been now present, he would have met the insinuations of the Hon. M: tuber for GrAmpound as they deserved ; and he (Mr. Peel) was quite astonished how that Hon. Member could have attempted to fix a stain on the purity and integrity /ibis It ght Hun. Friend's conduct relative to his votes in that House. He was quite ashamed to heir it said that the paltry profit to be had upon a sum of, 2001. could have the slightest influence on his Right Hon. Friend relative to the p urt he took in procuring the charier which uas alluded to. He was astonished apd ashamed at such. an insinuation, breathe, of all other men, perhaps, there WAS not one within the walls 9f Parliament who brought more clearness, more petienes, and more discretion, to• the consideration of legreTy question thin his Right Hon. Friend—and to pO'man mole eaiinently added high mental powers. With respect to the Allusion which 1144 been thrown out to, relative to the severing the.effices of President of the Board of Trade and the Treasurer of the Navy, he did saot now wish to enter into any- discussion, .although he isatready -to admit he saw no advantage in limiting the ttrOviticei in onoSerson, and paying, as if 3,0004 a year for the discharge - of one duty, and 2,0001. for the other. Every one knew how onerous and laborious were the duties of the President of the Board of Tiede, and every one knew how inadequately the able discharge of those duties had been rewarded. The first question then would be, should the Committee agree to the proposed vote and then the second ques tion, which-could lie over for future discussion would be, whether the two offices should be frparated ? Without wishing to occupy more of the time of the Committee, be gave the proposed vote his 611 and eordlal support. Mr. M A BERLY was of opinion, that if the services of able men were required, they should be fairly paid for. Every man must say that the President of the Board of Trade deserved all that could be given to him ; and in now giving him an increased salary this *louse would be only doing justice to themsel%es and to the country. He agreed with the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Peel), that the services of men-like the President of the Board of Trade should be adequately remunerated; and he wa, also of opinion, that the slices of President and Treasurer of the Navy should be separated. However, as that would more properly form the subject of future discussion, he would now 'give the proposed vote his full and 1 entire concurrence. Mr. BER NA L expressed his regret that such a Vote should I have been ptoposed in so very thin a House as the present.—He was of opinion that the office of Treasurer of the Navy might be altogether abolished or re-modelled. Why might not the account kept by the Treasurer of the Navy be shifted, along with the re sponsibility, to the Bank of England ? Five thousand a year was nut too much for the Office of President of the Board of Trade, but he objected to having that office in any way mixed up with that of Treasurer of the Navy, and should certainly vote against the Grant, unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer would pledge himself to have it re-modelled. Mr. PHILIPS concurred in what had fallen from the preceding Member, and joined in the encomium passed on the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. CA LCRAFT must protest against the measure, es creating a new office, and lodging additional influence in the hands of the Crown, under pretence of remunerating a popular President of the Board of Trade. There was no occasion for a Treasurer of the Navy, or a Treasurer at all; the Paymaster of the Navy could do all the duties equally well; and he should, therefore, oppose the giant, unless it was distinctly understood that that Treasurership .aheuld be abolished, or remodelled.. Mr. ROBERTSON maintained, that the present measures at the Right lion. the President of the Board of Trade would ruin the Landed Interest. He, therefore, opposed the vote to the Right Hon. Gentleman, who was the cause of the late distresses of the country, and who was neglectful of all save the Foreign Merchant. Mr. LOCK lIART asked, whether the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Huskisson) would resign his seat in Parliament, in conse quence of the increase of salary. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE%UER observed, in reply, that there was no reference in the resolution to that point, nor any necessity fur making any. On a former occasion, a clause bad been inserted in the Bill, to prevent the Member front vacating his seat; but that was a matter for future consideration. With regard to the-office of Treasurer of the Navy, if he could Ming himself to believe that it was a mere sinecure, he should most readily pledge himself to its abolition; but he was aware, from experience, that it was no such thing. If its duties were trans. (erred to the Paymaster, a salary of £ l,OOO would be too little. The Treasurer of the Wavy had not merely to pay away the sums I for which draughts were made upon him, bat to ascertain whetbus these sums were actually due to the person to whom they were ordered to be paid. The office was in fact no sinecure ; there were upwards of forty Acts of Parliament to regulate its duties.—[ Mr. Hums: Consolidate them]. That would not lighten the duty, and he felt certain, that the abolition of the office would be productive of essential injury to the Navy. Mr. T. WILSON could not acquiesce in the vote, when he con sidered the present state of the country. As it bad been passed by last year when the sun was shining upon them, be thought the pre sent moment very injudiciously chosen for the intoduction of such a measure. Mr. HUME moved as an amendment, that 50001. a year be the salary of the President of the Board of Trade, but with this accompanying qualification,—that it be expedient to inquire "lie &her any of the existing offices could be abolished to save and rrdke opy the above amount of 'ataxy. Sir F. 0M MA N NEY spoke in favour of the original resolution, and spoke of the great responsibility of the office of Treasurer of the Navy. Mr. BARING suggested that it would be better to leave out the consideration of the office of Treasurer of the Navy. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the two offices were not necessarily connected. He was the first who held the Treasurership of the Navy and the Presidentship of the Board of Trade. The question now was, whether 50001. a year should be given to the president of the Board of Trade? Wh en t h e office of Treasur e l. of the Navy came to be considered, the House might deal with it as it pleased. Mr. ELLICE assented to the motion for granting what he thought a moderate allowance of 50001. a year to the President of the Board of Trade—than whom no man could fill the office with greater credit to himself, or more advantage to the country. He thought the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite should pledge them selves to a reduction in some other branches of the public service. Mr. MABERLY could not support the original motion, unless It was modified, as far as it respected the Treasurership of the Navy. Mr. BROGDEN said that one amendment could not be moved on another. After a few words from Mr. CALOIATT, Mr. R. SMITH, and . Mr. T. Wilson, Mr. HUME said, that if the House went into the Committee of Inquiry, he should point out many offices from which the saving might be made. Mr. PEEL said that an inquiry into the nature of other offices was pot necessarily connected with the present motion. It was not denied that the proposed salary was too great, and whether it were great or small, if there were any useless offices, let the House abolish them, without any reference to the pres en t quest i on . Th e Hon. Member need not much regret the rejection of his amend ment now, as he would have an opportunity of bringing on the subject again in his motion on useless offices—offices performed by deputy, and the whole list of pensions. After some conversation, in which Mr. Hiner, Mr. Secretary PeaL, Mr. R. Swim, Mr. ELLICE, Mr. BARING, and the CHAN mum of the Enamor", severally took a part, The Right Hon. GENTLEMAN consented to withdraw his motion till to-morrow. The House then resumed. The Report was then brought up, and the Chairman begged leave to sit again. COMMITTER ON IRISH STAMP DUTY ACTS. The House then resolved itself into a Committee upon the Irish Stamp Duty Acts. Mr. HENRIES moved a Resolution to continue certain Acts about to expire, by which Duties were granted on Stamps. He :Rated that souse of the Officers in Ireland who had been formerly paid in a great degree by fees, were now in consequatice of recent regulations remunerated by Sled salaries. The continuance of the Acts In question had been rendered necessaty by this alteration, as the Stamp Duties granted by them constituted the fund out of which the remuneration of those offices arose. Mr. HUME bad received a lett;r from Ireland complaining of the oppression of these Law Officers. He objected, besides, that they had no previous intimatiou of what Acts were intended to be continued or amended. Mr. BRIGHT urged a similar objection. Mr. HERRIES replied that nothing could be more guarded than the proceedings of the House on occasions like the present. 'lle House first went into a Committee upon a particular class of Acts. Resolutions were proposed to that Committee. If carrkd, they were reported to the House; and when received by the House, Hills in pursuance of them were brought in, which Bins _ . had of course t• go through all the regular stages. Mr. li hilt moved as an intendment, w That the Chairman report progress and have leave to sit again. " Alter a new words from the Cls4tiCeLLol of the BicHarms, the Resolution was agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. DERRIk:S moved the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee upon the Custom Duties' Collection Acts. A similar conversation so the last ensued as to the propriety of giving notice of the Par*Alm' Acts to which Resolutions of Com mittees were to refers,. The lirtuse went into 4 Cornmime, the Resolutions were agreed and the Report ordered to be received to-mu/row. . C•smmitt.e nn the Facise Arts' runsoiilitiun was post. poned to Monday nett. The Annual Duties' Bill was read a third time and passed. The Insolvent Debtors Bill was re-committed: The ATTORNEY-GENERA T. said that the object of ;l e . Bill was to continue the former Act, and that the alterations we•e limited to details, and did not interfere with the principle of the former law. The several clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to, and the Report ordered tube received to morrow. The hiiiiilleiez :fistrvike Trust Bill was referred .to a Select Committee. —• The Sheriff of Durham Bill was read a third time and passed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at HaLf4arr Tax o'CLocit. -•- PUBLIC BUSINESS BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THIS DAY. Orders of the Day—l, Supply, Committee--3, ' Ways and Means, ditto-3, Bank Charter Amendment Bill, ditto-4, Fast India Writers' Bill, Second Reading —5, Juries in India Bill, U. port-6, Resolution of 50001. per mourn to Presilcut of Board of Trade. TH E EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, MS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 791, for the Accouq, the same price as they left off yesterday, went up to 791 1, and are now 79} Same business has been doing, but chiefly iu making up Accounts for Settling Day, which is near at band In the Foreign Market, the most doing is in Colombian aad Mexican Securities, which are considerably drooping. Current Prices: Old Spanish 10, Mexican 641, Colombian new 48, Greek 16 17, Peruvian 27 29. P n [CR OF STOCKS AT FOLHI. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ex. div. 203% 3 per Cent. - lied. ex. div. 78% 5 / 8 3 per Cent. Cons. 79 1 4 3 / 8 3 / 8 31 per Cent. ex. div. 86 1 / 4 ' Si per Cent. Red. ex. div. 85% % 4 per Cent. 96 3 / 4 3 / 4 3 / 8 3 / 8 • Long Ann. ex. div. 19 7-16 5 16 ' India Bond. 7 5 preen. 121,09 J Exclieq. Rills 6 7 prem. 1.:100 And £2 , 10 ditto 6 7 prem. £50() ditto 6 7 prem. Cons. for Acct. 79 7 / 8 3 / 4 % 3 / 8 79 1 / 4 3 / 4 EXCt-TANG F.S. Hammerman, Mitten 31.—0 n London, 37. 2. 2 31. 31. 1. Bratty, MARCH 28.—0 n London, 3 M. 7. 34. FRENCH FUNDS, Etats, Aran. 4. Five per Cents. . . . 971. Three per Cents. .' . 65f. 60c. Bauk Stock . . • 2015 f. Rentes de Naples . . . 74f. Royal Spanish Loan . . 4811. Ilaytian Luau . • . 765 f. FORE! I; NI FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK Austrian ilda 5p Ct 904 Gt. Bonds 1825; 3 p C.l O ll 15i lirsielhan Hondo, 554 i i 16i Ditto Acct. ES Mexican Bonds, 5 p C. Suenas Ayres lion k6l Colombian lid., 6 p C. Mex. Bonds 1825,664 654 1 31 51 3 Do. lids 1824,5014950 4517)6 Ditto Acct. 664 6 4 651 6 41 Do. Ace. 50i 50 4 454 7 61 6 Peruv. lids. 6pC.28 6) 7 Danish Rds,lB2s ' Sp C. 571 II Ditto for Arse. 27 61 7 Ditto Acct. 571 Russ.Bds,lB22, 5 p C. CO Greek Winds Span. S p Ct. Cons. 9) . Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. 91 10 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, Tll/0 O'CLOCK: . SNARL PAilh British Iron Company 100 30 121 Paseo Peruvian 100 10 1 1 Potosi La Paz and Peru. Ass. 50 5 1 i Real del Monte 400 400 SAO lialpuzahua 400 SO SO United Masker% 40 20 .- Ditto New 40 15 11 Last night, in the House of Commons, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the salary of the President of the Board of Trade for the time being should be fixed at 50001. The Right Hob. Gentleman pointed out the important duties of the office, and Mem bers from all sides of the House bore testimony to the zeal and ability with which the office is filled by the present President, Mr. Husctssow : a discussion aro s e on the subject of the Treasurership of the Navy, aad the motion was postponed to this day. In our last page will be found an additional docu ment on the Revenue, which tenth to confirm the favourable view We gave of the Quarter's Return, in the STAR of yesterday. From the commencement of the war in Greece it has been with the utmost d'fficulty that correct in formation of the events that have occurred could be obtained. The Greek Journals and those in their in terest have, in the course of the contest, annihilated five times the number of Mussulmen that have entered the Morea ; while the Austrian Observer and the Orien tal spectator have certainly, if their accounts are to be credited, exterminated twice the population, both on the Greek Continent and in the Islands. It is just about twelve months since the German and Italian Journals assured us that Patras had fallen ioto the hands of the Greeks—a day sr two afterwards we were told that Missolnnghi was invested, and the Greeks tendering their submission in all directions; nay, we recollect being assured by a Gentleman who took a lively interest in the struggle, that he had seen letters front Zante, announcing the fall of Missolonghi, and with it alt hopes of Grecian independence. We have been led to these remarks from one of our contemporaries having stated that an express reached London yesterday from Marseilles, bringing an eclat account that Mis,olonghi had been taken by storm, and all the garrison put to the sword.. This news is staved to have been received by the steam-boat from Corfu. " Now, although we arc aware that our contemporary has expresses which reach no other Journalist—the one from Liverpool to wit—yet we have some doubts as to the correctness of this information. It will be observed that no date is given, either when Mi,solonghi fell, the steam-boat left Coda, or reached Marseilles ; and ha..! intelligence of such an event really been received el t Marseilles, we think it would have been more natural to communicate it by telegraph to Paris than by an ex press to London. On the contrary, the Paris Journal, make no mention of it ; the Frankfort Papers, which ate to the Ist inst. are also silent on the subject; and ac counts from Corfu to the llth, and from Trieste to tl e 23th of March, represent Missolonghi as vigorously de , t.nditig itself. We trust, therefore, that the report I