The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-29 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LS)ND ON, THURSDAY E V ENING, APRIL - 29, 18.58. IMPERIAL PATILIA.7.SEINT. ormation, the right hon. gentleman said, according to the census, there were 230,000 farmers - in Begland, bit if they were to take in all the occupiers of _five acres of land there was no kno ring how much that number !eight be increased, and if they omitted , ending forMs to all the bakers, butchers, tinkers and tailors who ought OCCUPY five acres of lai.d, and would by this bill come under the class of farmers to be filled up, any one so left out would rend.3r the returns inaccurate. The right hon. gentleman then onterel at great length into the difficulties of ob taining aerate inf qination by the mode of procedure suggested under the bill ; and in reference to compulsory returns, said the farmers were ready to do anything if treated kindly, hu . if they were treated duff :irently they had a very expressive phra e of cony - yin; the ir dislike—viz , " y. , u none know how awswi,r,t we can be when we like"—(laughter)—and 'he thoug'lt they wciald be flund v-ry awkward to deal with in reference to cosapnlsory returns. Tne returns made through the machinery proposed would not be- completed till Sep tember, when it would be melees far practical purposes. He was unable to - give an: estimate of the expense 4 a volan ary re , ,urn. Ha urged the bon. rzentle , nan to accept the advice given by •the hon. ge.oleman Cale. G.r t wel) and wiLlidea N t t . 0 Li 1. Accurate information would be invaluable, but inaccu rate returns would not be worth the paper on which they were v.ritten, anl as he thought the Jet er would be the case he could not agree to the second readiag of the bill. Accurate returns might be made periodically, and he thought they might be made at a little expeuie. When the Cklstli was taken - the ,anie ohjectiOn would I not be raised to pericelicil returns that exi:sted agalest annual returns. . a HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The Stu mm took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bilis were considered and ordered for third reading :—Brentford Gas ; Gerngal Real ; and Mare, Hadhana, and Bantingford Rail way. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. CAIRD moved the second reading of the bill he introduced some time since for providing agricultural statistics throughout England and Wales. He said he was anxious to divest the matter of all poli tical and party bias, and to treat it simply as a question of economical sciences. He then entered upon a series of calculations and returns to show what mis takes both producers and cinsuiners had fallen into in consequence of the want of these statistics. An acm rate system of agricultural statistics woull he thou ht prevent those serious alternations in prices which had at eerioet times prnved so detrimental to the interests d the country, by leaving au over supply at one •time and repressing the supply at another. He can vassed the statements of hon. members on the report of 'the committee to inqu're into this subject, and said there was no other class el men the Government had not inter fered with to obtain statistics of the trade, but farmers. The cotton trade was subject to these returns, and be de• • hied that the operation of the act with reference to agriculture would be more inquisitorial than the other trades. Ile considered the most important information to be obtained was the' average ef corn grown. .It was the least objectionable mode of ascertainingta the quantity, and be sugsested i t should beci i o i en the plan adopted in Ireland. The mercantile manity of this country must be lar g ely interestedin During the last four years no obtaining these returns. less than 111,000.0001. had left this country to pay for food to make up the deficiencies of our harvests, and from the want of proper information large importations of rice had taken place during the Lost two years to meet anticipated deficiencies, which had had the effect no doubt of lessening the price of corn. With the exeep• Lion of Spain and Turkey, England was the only coun try without statistical infermation relative to agricul ture. He proposed the information asked for should be voluntary, and to show it would be trustworthy, he instanced the returns that had been made on that principle during the last ten years in Ireland and for the past four years in Scotland. In Yorkshire, where the experiment had been tried, 99 3 / 4 per cant. of the returas were filled up. He further re ferred to the numeral statistics compiled from voluntary information. That department of the Board of Trade was the prOper medium for carrying out the provisions .of the bill. The occupiers of land might be obtained - from the rate-books of the various parishes, and the schedules to be filled up might be passed through the post-office, and he proposed that relieving officers should be employed to obtain information withheld by occupier. He estimated the cost at below t,OOOl. or 10,0001. Mr. PACE said the farmers had been told this bill would do them no harm, but they had a right to ask if it would do them any good. (Hear, hear.) The farmers of ingland were some years ago reduced to the brink of ruin by the legislation of the house, and in all measures affecting their interest they bad a right to demand before. hand that it should bs proved they were for their benefit before they were passed. True, these returns were to be made by voluntary means, but he was very much afraid that if Parliament adopted a permissive bill an attempt would soon be male to lender it compul sory. He looked upon the bill as the introduction of the thin edge of the wedge for a compulsory measure. (Hear, hear.) He objected to the farmers' affairs being pried into in this manner. No other trader was subject to such an inquiry into his affairs. He saw no difference between traders in fields and traders in houses, and be was at a loss to conceive why farmers were to be made the exception. If it was of advantage to the community-that they should know what produce the farmer possessed, it would be equally as a.dvantaee ons that farmers should know the stocks of tradesmen, whose aricles they consumed, and he asked the house if they were prepared to legislate accordingly and make statistics of trade universal. He moved the second read• ing of the bill this day six months. Mr. DUCANE seconded the amendment. He ob jected to this species of agricultural legislation as being calculated to mislead the public, by producing a vast amount of false information. (Hear.) Sir G. C. LEWIS said there was a peculiarity con nected with agricultural statistics ; that if they were to have them, it would be necessary to create a special agency for the purpose. (Hear, bear.) It was per fectly true that a great mass of statistics were laid annually on the t tble of the house, but many of them were obtained incidentally in the collection of the re venue, which gave the best possible security for their accuracy, and were rendered without additional expense, but there were some returns that could not be made in sidentally, such as correct information with reference to population. The returns in reference to the population were of the utmost importance, and as they cost from between 140,0301 to 150,0001. it was desirable to have them on that account taken .at decimal periods. He thought the objections raised to agri cultural statistics that they caused an inquisitorial visitation of farmers' property, and a compulsory means of obtaining information were clap-trap. His objection, then, was grounded on an opinion that annual statistics would not be valuable for practical purposes. He had no objection to a return being made every ten years for general information. He quoted Mr. Take and Mr. Newmareh in support of his opinion that agricul tural statistics would be useful for discussion, but not for political purposes. The cost of obtaining agrichltural statistics in Scotland was about 6,0001. ; in belled 7,000/. ; and it was estitnated it would be 10,0001. for Eneland, but he was inclined to believe it would be touch in excess of that sum to obtain anything like • accuracy. The yield was different in many parts ef the intitry arising from various clauses, and in gather ! ing staistics deductions must be made for such failures of crops, requiring great care and judgment, - . and which, after they were made, would no doubt be dis• puted. If this was to be a purely v ,!notary collection of statistics there was no nee issity for the bill, and if that system was to be adopted in England he di l not roe why, if the house gave the necessary amount of means, the collection should not be made, as in Ireland, but he was, however, inclined to consider that by the sth and 11th clauses the collections under this bill would be compulsory. He doubted if the statistics, when obtained, would be worth the sum of money re -q sired to obtain them, but if it could be shown they would be advantageous h e wou ld support such a bill as the present. Mr. H. DIM NIMOND did not epees, the bill en the supposition that by so doing he should keep up the price of the poor man's loaf, but from a belief that no pi acti ex: benefit would result from it. The passing of such a bill would give rise to a great deal of pedantry, and by.. astl-by they would have s°me carious etbnelegist wishing returns of how many of the yellow-haired Saxons and the black•haired Normans had continued down to th e present time. (Laughter.) He wished to guard against the d:ff rence bet reel the,grower c.f c trio aid epeculs tees in c ern, and he b died they would never pass a law that would have the effect of turning the geower t) a specuietor. (Bear, hear.) The present bill was only a means to an end, Mr. CA irtn—Toat'e di that is intended. Mr. 11. D RU:11 MOis.TD —But it ends with the means. (Leuehter.) After some other rrmlrks, the hon. eent!e man intimated he should oppose the second reading of the bill. Mr. A. TURNER, was of opinion that agricultural statistics might be obtained with as much accuracy and as ea ily as the manor tctur rs did theirs with reference to the raw ‘naterial. Manufacturers delighted in obtain ing information with regard t t the raw material in then:, trades, and the cotton rraeufac , nrere kept agents ridin g about America to o bt a i n the cachet and b e st informa tion relative to the cotton cro p. He thought it would be desirable to have th e fullest information relative to the stock in the hands of wholesale and retail dealers tbroughou tthe kingdom. By knowing the quantity and price of corn in the country, farmers w ou ld b e b etter able to regulate the sales of their own crops. He knew many farmers who had retained crops in land from erro neous informetion when wheat was at 80s. a quarter, and who had afterwards been obliged to sell them fur 40s. per quarter.- (Hear.)' lie did not ex oect these sta.. tistics would beir3erfect, hut they would afford immense information, and every year would tend towards attain ing perfection. (near.) Mr. BENTINCK opposed the second reading of the bill. No practical good would result from this men ore, but it would produce increased jobbery in corn, and induce farmers to b c comecornjobhers. He could imagine nothing so mischievous as turning the corn-grower into the corn jobber. He ejected to the making of relieving officers collectors of statistics from unwilling farmers. It would teary f r the relieving officer into an authorised spy ou the farmer, and be productive of muce mischief and irritation between the parties. H e considered the provisions of the bill irritating, insulting, and offensive to the farmers. Mr. LINDSA Y said it bad been asserted by two pre. 'ions speakers that this bill would have the effect of making farmers speculate in corn. But what, he asked, was a speculator 1 A speculator was a roan • who played a game of chance, and the farmer being at • present iu the dark as to the amount of agricultural pre duce in this country he bad to play the game of chance, cud was in reality a speculator. Oa behalf of the farmer, hecalled upon the house to enlighten them on this subject, whieh was of so much impel-tepee to them. He referred to a memorial presented to Lord Aberdeen when he was in office relative t o th e su bj ec t, s i gne d by th e leading n. mercha n t s o f the City, in which they stated the i pry it was to the commercial interest that no agricultural etatisti e' I prevailed in this country. Ile denied th a t this was an inquisitori a l m e a sure , an d as regarded th a t and Zs ts compulsory nature he c mitrasted its providons with the returns ship iw ners were com pelled to m a k e . were not only compelled for their to make returnstonnage of They and price paid ships, but else if any borrowed on thew. No a o mo"ey had been v j salon made by shipowners, from a b e li e f that the re w tu a r s ns w ev e e r n e required for the public weal. After some remarks from Mr. Kea SEvereß and Mr, BA 33, Ur. CARDWEL L s p oke at some lriagth in au p e of the bill. He admitted a compulsory measure would t fail, would be to frustrate apd all its tendency the object a FIVE CHILDREN - - AT ONE BIRTH. On the morning f 'in view, It • would 6e b impossible for any ex ,• 7 vle d tc , • u ay lam., a woman named Elspet Gordon, residing 'give an accurate account of crops th requi l re , but it might I!leitnethet, gave birth to three male and two female chil be obtained to a great extent on voluntary o t t h a e ry t rine s e e , • The terse boys were born alive and lived till the and he suggested that-the-4).0. mover of llshould "o wine' mor mug, but what is very extraordinary, withdraw it; leaving it' toAhe executive carry oat 'a the ere full growa for the period of all gestation ; nor is this similar to those mot Purerieine - voluntary system of statistics in England b oys a circumstance in the case, one of the of r • of Ireland Red AcalarislisL - • • •g actually two f , o t teeth the woad. D when he came into Mr. HENLEY did44frapprove the introdnetfon of- wh6, attended the woman, appy to the bill, but baying seen its detai:s he much condemned • zfr . ) , , say, is doing *onderlully Well.-- them.e o 014 t anc, Speaking of the mode of obtaining voluntary in, Mr. MILES expr - s , el his surprise that so much op positi n had been nisei in that house to agricultural statistic 3, and he doubted very much if it was sharod in by the farmers s" enerall yi 1:4 knewmany fartners.who had no objection to returns tieing made of the_ acreage of crops sown. What they oaj Icted to was returns being made of their produce ned stack. All they required was steady and remunerative prices. (Hear, hear.) The improvements that had of late taken place ie agriculture gave beneficial and remunerative prices where they did not before ex;st. (Hear.) He took a pleasure and pride in stating that the farmers of Beg land had pot their shouliers - to the wheel, and he be lieved they were able naw to meet the foreigner in the English markets. He should support the second mailing of the bill far asserting the principle, and he called upon the hon. gentleman to adopt the suggesti in made, that of leaving to tire Government the mode in which they should be obtained. He was convinced agricultural statistics would prove highly beneficial to agrieulture. (Hear, and c-ies of "Divile.r) Mr. STANHOPE objected to the bill. Sir J. SHELLEY' also opposed the bill from its im practicable character. He Itooe'd the introducer of the bill would not press - its second reading. After some remarks. from Mr. WHITESIDE, Mr. E. BALL opposed the bill. He defied any go verntnent to pass a bill compelling return of stock and acreable produce. This bill had been shattered to pieces by the right hon. gentleman (sir. Heoley), and he ad vised the bon. member (Nlr. Calrd) to pick , up the fragments and take them out of the bottle. (Laughter.) Mr. CAIRO declined to withdraw the bill.. In coin mit,ee he should be prepared to submit alterations to meet the objections raised to it, - or, if preferable, aftr the house bad affirmed its principle he would leate it to the Government to carry out. Afr,er awns remarks in explanation from Mr. WILSON and Mr. KIM SEVER, The house divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority against the second reading --106 The bill was eongequently lost. JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANIES BILL. On the eecnnd readinv of this bill, Mr. HEA.DLA.M asked the house to pass the second reading, and take the discussion on going into commit tee. He t00v451 the second reading accoroingly. Sir J. DUKE moved the adj ,urnment of the debate. The bill involved an important principle, and he could not consent to its being then debat-d within half an hour of the time for the house to adjourn. The CFIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would remind the house that he had a notice on the paper for to-morrow, that orders of the day should take precedence of notices of motions after Thursday, May 13. The hon. member would, therefore, have an opportunity of bring ing the bill forward at an early day. The motions for adjournment of the'debate and the second reading were withdrawn, and the second reading was acci,rdingly postponed. ROADS, itc. (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord ELCIIO na )ve i the second readiug of the bill pro forma, in order that it might be referred to a select committee. Mr. BL&OKBURN suggested the second reading should be postponed till aft,r the 13th May. _He moved the adjournment of tie houie to allow the noble lord to again take that course. Mr. MONCRIEFF supported the seemd reading of the bill pro forma. After some - remarks from Mr. Stirling, Mr. Cowan, Sir M. S. Stewart, Mr. Ethos, jun., Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. S:uart,- Lord ELCFIO postponed ite second reading fir a week, when he shoul.l make a similar proposition for referring the 13111 to a select caro.nittf:e. MEDICAL PROFESSION AND MEDICAL CORPORATIONS. Mr. T. DUNCO :BE obtained leave to introdnc, a bill to define th, rigid of the tnembera of the medical profewsion, and to protect the public from the abucee of medical corporations, STADE DUES'. Mr. HENLEY moved tor a select committee to in quire into the origin of the claim of the Government of thnover to levy the Stade Toll; to consider in what degree they are detrimental to the commerce of the United Kmgdorn, sin .1 the eff-ct uf giving ro ice to determine the trea'y under which this country has . assented to the payment of such tills for a limited period.—Agreed to. • NEW WRIT. On tha motion of Sr W. JOLLIFF;, a nem writ was ordered for Leitrim, in the room of Mr. Montgomery, who has accepted the stewardship of Hempholine. The other orders were disposed o:, and the house ad journed at a quarter to 6 o'clock. ' TUE SITE OF OLD SMITHFIELD AIiRKtL'T. 1 A letter his be h. addreased to the Home Secre tary of State by the goVerriors . of St Bartholo mew's Hospital relative to the propmel appropria lien of the site of Smithfield, market by the city corporation to the purpovis of a dead meat-markit. Tee auth Tities appear to object to any arrange ment which shall not preserve this sire as an open space. It would, probably, bl pl ante 1 with trees as a public reel- ation ground, or, at all event=, a c rain put of Smit;:field situated bet if een the h3s pital and the road that j ': - ts Long-lane' to Icaug street ; and it is suggested that the rein inder—te I c separated frein - t• o " red eation-groun i"--ni tht Ibe otb rwie empley e d for the bent-tit of Ole p'uelie. T a quite f. can the statement a ppE ml- d to he tette r of the governor, of the ho'spit a l_ct s in i tli eda i s i n the very heart of the metropolig, the b athlings ix ! ending in every dire:;tion for several mil s around it ; it is the oily open spec a with'n toe city of L an don. St. B irth&omn.v's Hespit-.1, which forms the sou h side of Smithfield, is the on7y 11 ,- )spit 1 within the city of Loudon. It has now aecomano dation for no less thin GOO j.a ionts, rani - it has generally between 500 and 600 patient= in the hoe pit d in addition to the large nimbi'', exceedin g 70,000 in Vie year,. who receive relief 'as out PI • tients• The advantage to the pellie of having spch an ins:ittition in the centre of the inetri•plis is of course immen.te, but it is attended with the disadvantage whicer must arise fromthe vitiated a ate of the ateaoThere of 'a densely populated city. This has been considerably counterated by the im mediate proximity of Smithfield, and in order that the patients of the hospital may have the full bene fit of the frt ill air of this open space, the governors ` of the hospital have fit it their duty int to spare any expense in obtaining as fetich fresh air far the patients as the situation of the hosPital per mite ; and they have sacrificed a'rentsl - exceeding 1,1001. Per a' , "llna ie houses pulling down the eases which for merly separated the hoSpital from Smithfield. Her Majesty's Government will, therefore, not be stir prised to hear that the governors of St. Bartholo mew's Hospital should v.eW with Considerable al arm any propesitiop for building on Smithfield; or tiling it in any manner which may vitiate the air. The of th e h os Pi ta l haie addres:eci The me ti , al office, a communicatiou to the governors uPon the subject in winch, after stating that they feel e a t slured that will the convaleecen e3 o f patients b • omo more protracted, and i he issue of surgical operations will become more unfavo ura bl e, and their recovery rm from them more tedious and Impe r f ec t in proportion as the atmosphere around the - hespital becomes more impure—which they consider it necessarily must be if the open area of Smithfield is allowed to be cove red: with buildings —they urge u pon t h e governo rs . the,vital importance of these considera tions, and earnestly recommend the& to use every effort to prevent the (pen space being built upon, as the adop ion of sucha course would, th e y state, certainly tend . to increase the mortality among the and materially and per manently diminish its capabilities of relieving the patients of the ilyspita l,: sick poor of London. Toe immediate object which the uovernors of St. Bat tholoniews Hospital have in view in bringing this subject under the attention of her Majesty's Government is to point ow, the evils which would ensile to the patients of the h , spitxl kepi allowing any interruw ion of the bane fit a which they dative from the open space of Smith field." The flom-otlice does - pot appear to have returned any answer ac yet ;:but the subject is pee of immediate importance. .. , - . PAIILIA3fENTA ftY DIVISIONS. HOUSE_OF LORDS-Ar'm 27. ' OATHS BILL—(IN COW .) Moved. to omit clauso V,—(The Lord Chancellor) :—On question. " 'Wool= the said • claus e shall stand• part of th 3 bill ?—Contents, 80; Not-Contents, 119.. • . _ . . CONTENTS. • . . . . . ...., ... _ , Duzis. .._ Munster De Tabby ~. Cl e veland St; Ge .. rmains . Ebury Devonshire . Splicer Foley (teller) Newcast e Zetland • Glenel , * . Norfolk VISCOUN. TS. Hatiterton Somerset _... Eversloy - Huusdon Wellington ~ . Hutchinson Lyndhurst Kaaemsr.s. S ratforddeßedeliffeMacaulaY Anglesey Sydney ' ' ' Monteagle Breadalbane Brsnors. Monteagle of Brawl. Lansdowne' Carlisle - Mostyn Towshend Hereford .Oriel Westminster , St. David's 0 verAane - EARLS. LORDS. Petro Abingdon , Ashburton Fousaaby (teller) Airlio - -Audley ' - - Portman Albemarle Belper ', Rivers Carlisle Boyle Say° and Selo Clarendon Camoys , Sefton Cowper C a mpbell . Skews Dazie . Chaworth Somerhill Darham Chesham • Stanley of Alderley Ei3CX . Clandeboye" Stewart of Stewart's Fitzwilliam Congle,ton Court Fortescue Cranworth Sadelay Granville Dac 0 Sund.ridge , Grey Dar trey Truro Hun'-ingdon Da M tuley Wensleydale Mint° Denman Wrottesloy NOT-CONTENTS. Canterbury, Arch. Linesborough Loan% Chelmsford (Lord ' Lansdale Abinger Chancellor) ' Lucan• • Bagot DUKES. Malmesbury Bateman Beaufort Mayo • Barners Bu:kingham and Nelson Rraybrooke Chandos Orkney Brodriek Manchester .Pomfret Calthorpe Marlborough Romney Casidemaine Northumberland Sandwich Churchill Rutland . Seafield Clanbrassill Maaquisxs. Selkirk Clements Abercorn Shaftesbury . Clifton Bath (teller) Stamford and War- Clinton Cholmondeley rington Colchester Exeter • Strathmore Colville of Culcross ' Salisbury Talbot Crewe Rms. Verulam Crofton Amherst Wilton De Ros Bantry VISCOUNTS. Digby Beauchamp Bolingbroke and St. Dinevor Belmore John ' ' . Downes Bradford Conabermere - Feversham Brooke & Warwick De Vesci Forester Cedogan Doneraile Grantley Cardigan Dungannon Griustead Carnarvon Falmouth Kenyon Gamier Harding() Lovel and Holland Chesterfield • Hill , Polwarth Dartmouth Lifford Rayleigh De La Warr Melville Redesdale Denbigh St. Vincent • - Sandys Derby Thsuors. - Scarsdale Desert Bangor Sheffield Doncaster • Cashel, &e. Sondes Effingham Chichester Southampton Elenborough Exeter Templemore Ferrers . Llandaff Tenterden Graham Oxford ' Teynham Hardwicke Ripon, Walsingham Harriugton Rochester Willoughby de • Hillsborough St. Asaph . Broke Howe Winchester ' Wynford HOUSE OF CO ASIONS-ArRIL 28. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BILL. Order for second ,reading read ; motion made, and ques tion proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time : '—amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided ; Ayes, 135 ; Noes, 211. AYES-135. Ening, Crum Fagan, W. Fenw.ck, H. Finlay, A. Fitzgerald, J. Foley, J. H. Foijanibe, Francis Forster, Charles Foster, W. 0. Fortescue, Hon. F. Freestun, Colonel Garnett, William Glyn, G. Grace, 0. Greenall, Gilbort Greer, Samuel Gregson, Samuel Gray, Captain Hadtleld, George Hamilton, Capt. Hardcastie, Joseph Harris, J. D. Hay, Lord John needle= T. • Henchy, D. Holland, E. Hutt, W. Jackson, W. Kershaw, J. Kirk, W. Langston, 3. H. Langton, H. G. Lewis, Sir G. C. Lincoln, Earl of I. ozUe. Macarthy, Alex.. I.l•Cattli , J. JSLac Evoy, E. Mackie, J. Mackinnon, W. Maguire, J. F. Mainwaring, T. Marsh, if. Marshal, William Matheson, Fir J. Mei hr, John NOES— 211. Agnew, Sir A. Akroyd, E. Anderson, Sir J. Bagshaw, Robert Bagwell, John Bailey, C. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Barnard, Thomas Bass, M. Baxter, W. Beale, S. .Biddulph, Col. R. M. Biggs, John Black, Adam Bake, J. Bouverie, Hon. P. Brown, W. Buchanan, Walter Buckley, Gen. Butler, C. S. Campbell, it. Cavendish, W. Clay, James Clive, George Codrington, Gin. Curbally, M. E. Cowan, C. Cox, W. Crawford, R. W. Crossley, F. Daiglish, R. Davey, It. Deasy, H. Dent, John Devereux, J. Duff, M. Duti, L. t)uke, Sir J. Dunbar, Sir W. Dunne. M. Elcho, Lord Elton, Sir A. H. Esmonde, J. Evans, T. W. Ewart, W. Ewart, J. Miles, W. Milnes, R. Moncrelff, J. Morris, D. Napier, Sir C. Nicoll, D. Paget, C. Paget, Lo:d C. Patten, Col. Pease, Henry Philips, R. Pilkington, J. Pinney, Col. Potter, Sir J. Price, IV. Pritchard, J. Itarnaden, SI r .T. Ridley, George Bobartes, T. Rushout, Capt. G. • Russell, 11. Russell, A. Smith, J. B. Stewart, Sir M. Stuart, Lord J.; Thompson, General Thornely, T. Trelawny, Sir J. Truman, C. Turner, J. A. Villiers, C. Vivian, 11. Waldron, Laurence Wattin.,, western, S. Whatlnan, J. Whitbread, S. White, James Wickham, 11. Wilson, J. Winnington, Sir T. ' Woods, Henry Wyvill, M. TELLEAS, I Caird, J. Lindsay, W. Adderley, C. B. Ferguion , Colonel Neivilegate, C. Adeaue, H. Foley, .H. W. Newport, Viscount Alexander, J. Forester, Col. . Neel, G. Arbuthnott, Gen. 11. Forster, Sir Geo. Norris, J. T. , Arehdall, Capt. M. Frazer, Sir W. North, Col. J. Ashley, Lord Gallwey, Sir W. . Paget, Lord A. i Bantle, 11. Galway, Viscount - Pakenham, Colonel; Ball, E Gard. i t. Pakington, Sir J. ' Baring, A. Gtskell, J. Palk, L. Bernard, T. Gavin, Major Palmer, R. Bat lurst. A. A. ---Glysti, G. --- Palmer. R. IV. Beach, W. Goddard, A. Paull, Henry Beaumont, W. Goderich, Viscount l'echell, Sir G. Bccereft, G. Graham, Sir J. • - Peel, Gen. Bennet, Capt. P. . Greavcs, E. ~ • Pennant, Col. E. Bentinck; G. Greenly() id, John - - ..PeroY, J. 13cresford, Rt. Hn. W. Griffith, C. . Philipps, J. Berkeley, F. Blackburn, Peter (IloGurOrgan.n, Botfleid, B. Gurney, J. 11. Power. N. o Boverle, lion. E. P. Gurney, Samuel Pugh, D. ST. Hall Bevil', Brampton Edward Powell, Portman, Francis , General John Puller, Christopher Brady, J. • Hamilton, Lord Claud ltebow, J. nrainley- Moore, J. Hamilton, G. A. Bust, James Bridges, Sir B. - Mullikin, J. , Bandon, Viscount Briscoe, John lian'mo , Robert Seater, George Brace, major Handley, H. - • Scott, Majar Bulkeley, Sir R. Hamner, Sir John - Seymer, li. Buder, J. W. Hardy, G. Shelley, sir J. . Banbury, W. B.`Shirley, II irtington. Marquis 'SlurleY, E. iturghley, Lord liessard, Michael • Smith, A. Bur ell, Sle 0 - . Ileathcote, G. Smith, A. Buxton, Sir E. N. Henley, J. Smith, Sir F. Byng, G. H.C. , Henniker, L 'l'd Smyth, Col. Cairns, 11. Hodgson, K - . Somerset, Colonel Calcraft, J. Hopwood, Jihn - Spooner, it. card .;n, Sir R. W. horn my, W. Stanhope, J. Cardwell, E „. lot Cartwright, ii. Steel, John ' Ca) ley, E. S. Hunt, G. W. StirlinT, Ir. iliinainn,, C. Lord v s-A.O-Am', John - ~ u so Charlesworth, J. C. D. i iig n,,, John Steuart, A. Cneethanl, John Johnstone, 11. B. Child, Smith Johnstone, Sir J. Stun; C. Chol ncley, Sir M. ,r o lijin, Sir IV. . Solli.an. Michael Churchill, Lord A. Jolla e, ii, Stunt, 11. Talbot, C. Cla k, J. • 1,,, - " Kend W. N. Taylor, Colonel t.nintoo, Lord - R. King, J. Taylor, S. Clone, 51. King, Edward Thornhill, W. (- 10 1!t.*11. A. Kingl.tlce, J. . To:le nacho J. Coletnuoke, Sir E: Kingecote, Capt. IL Trefusis, C. Corry, H. T. L. Knatcubull. W. Vance, John Cross, R. A. Rnatehbull-Ilimessen Vansi t tart, G. ' Curzon, Viscount D lla a l v k i e e l , M s , ir ed i p it. F.. Kn.'ght, F. ' • Vansittart, IV. knign tley, R, . Verner, Sir W. Langton, W. G. Waddington, H. Davison, It. Laslett, W. Walcott, Admiral. Lefroy, Anthony .Walpole. S. Venison, W. 11. y De Vero, S. E. Lennox, Lord Ii: G. Walsh, Sir J. Disraeli, B. - Liddell, 11. G. Warre, John • Dod, J. * Lisburne. Earl - Wegoelin, T. Drummond, IL Long, W. Welby, W. Duncombe, Thomas Lovalue, Lord Westhead, Jsshua Duncombe, A. Lowther, Col. H. C. ' Whiteside, J. Duncombe, lIon.W E. Luce, T. Whitmore. 11. Dundas, G. ' - Lygon, lion. F. Willcox, B. Du Pre, C. Lytton, Sir E. Williams, B. I Dutton, lion. R. H. M icartney, George Williams. W. East, Sir J. Macaulay', Kenneth • IVllloaghby, Sir 11. Edwards, Henry : M'Clinteck, John Willson, A. Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord J. Wingfield, It. Egerton, W. Martin, C. WoAd, B. Egerton, Edw. C Maxwell, J. Wyndham, General Eilice, E. • Molgund, Lord Wynn, Col. Ellice, E. 31iPer, Taverner . Wynne, J. A: Elliott, J. E. Miller, mtearnc Wynne., W. Elm ey, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Yorke, F. Einlyn, Viscount Moody, C. Young, I. Estcourt, T. Morgan, 0. Farnham, E. Mowbray, J. R. liar mhar, Sir M. Na." Lord Fellowes, E. Neeld, John Packe, C. Fergus, John Newark, Viscount Du Cane, C. TELLER'S. I AIMMTISSMIINT. I— SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES POWERFUT. TELESCOPES --a- OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and R. Solomon, opticians, 39, A•beinarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for va'uable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a - half i nches, with an extra eye-piece will show distiuctly Jupiter's moon,, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distaut and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat -pocket Glass, the size of a waluut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every put , pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with Wonderful powers. Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great 4.dva 'tags derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons aro enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—cam see with those lenses of a much lees magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent change, to the dat• serous effects of further powerful assistai2e. Persons can be suited at the mos. remote part of the world by send ing oae of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distinct) from the eye they can read small i rint with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness. —New Discovery.--The °manic Vibrator, as extraordivari:y powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely- different from all ot aers, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prob ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear dis'inct ly at church and at public assemblies ; the uppjeasapt sensation at singing noises in the ears is entire' v removed, and it afl ords all the assistance' that possibly could - desired.-39. A Die icaarle-street, Piccadilly—Opposite the Yea .119 tels W 1 CHURCH RATES. (From the Tinies.) It is the favourite pastime of some se'f-constituted champions of the Church of, England to.. insult the ' common sense of the country with unreasonable propositions. If a scheme or a demand, however square, symmetrical, and convenient to the friends of the author, is quite certain to be rejected, either because it is wholly unwarranted, or because it, or ' the like of it, has been rejected a hundred times before; it is 'Unreasonable. There can be no good reason for making such an appeal, so the real reasons must b 3 bad ones. It was quite clear to every reasonable being before Tuesday evening that neither the country nor the House of Commons would agree to Mr. Puller's neat preposition of a compulsory and universal rent-charge on all pro perty now liable to be assessed to a CSurch-rate iu lieu of that liability. Nehely in his senses could have imagined for an instant that in the towns and parialtes, contaiSng altogether nverll ro"lbn in.- habitants, in which either Church-rates have either never been collected at all or after a severe struggle have been abanioned, the owners would quietly sueruit to the same impost in a harder and more permanent form. We need not form any ' judgment whatever on the feelings or motives that would induce the opposition. It is sufficient to kuow that an opposition there would be, and that it would b 3 effectual. This, then, would oely be to renew the mischief in an aggravated ferm., for the. resistance this time rould be against the State, and the authority of tile State would be that com promised in the inevitable result. The House of Commons, though just now not in its wisest mood, is wise enough to see this, and to act on this know ledge. It accordingly made an example of Mr. Puller, or a martyr, as his friends will probably "Noes" against the mover and his select t s h i in ,, lc A h y im es , ,, b t y o a bi m s m aj o or ti i o ty m of T 3 h l e 7 body of supporters appear to have been anxious to disguise the poverty of their numbers by with drawing the motion. In this attempt, however, they were defeated by the member for Abingdon, who has thus let the country kn6w how the House of Commons views this sort of prop )sition. We repeat that the real reasons for making a re quest which is certain to be rejected mustbebad ones. It is true that on very trivial occasions and in very indifferent matters there are people who say " There's no harm in asking," but there can only be no harm where no feelings are hurt by a refusal, and where no results folio wone way or another. In 'such cases as that before us the greatest harm is done. Mr. Puller's motion, clad as it is in legal . r hraseDlogy, being apparently sufficient for the purpose, and hitting upon an equivalent for Church rates in just a penny in the pound upon all rate able property, is eminently calculated to impose on the minds of country clergymen and those gentle men and ladies who give much attention to the system of the Church. These persons are not much to the habit of considering those necessities, which far more than any supposed expediencies, limit ra ther than regulate the course of a nation. The fact that a thing must be, which a statesman may per ceive as clear as the black rock with its white fringe of breakers right ahead of the ship's course, weighs little with those who are more usually employed in the contemplation of proprieties, dec.tricies, graces, elegances, and duties of the more optional and tractable class. Invest a proposal with a sacred co loering and they will embrace it and commit them selves to it, as they would to a canon of architecture or even au article of faith. Defeat makes no mate rial difference in their self-esteem, for it matters not much to peopl e w h o fi g ht in their st u di es and great religious warfares drawing-rooms whether they are. conquerors or martyrs. But an im practicable policy d oe s not seriously affect the relation of those committed to it towards the rest of the world. Every step drives them further into that class which our forefathers were wont to describe by the name of "malignant?." Of course, if objects are impossible, if demands are certain to be refused, if everything is done to elicit denial and provoke contradiction, the inevitable consequence is increased bitterness of feeling towards those whom we compel toresist us. If a man were fool enough to knock at the first house in Belgrave-square, and ask the footman to take in a request for the loan of a sovereign, his feelings towards the aristocracy would certainly be intensified by the result. Mr. Puller's proposition was that the Church of England should be em [lowered to knock at every door in this kingdom, and demand a sovereign from this house, 10s. from that, and 2s. from that, towards a Church Fund, and in lieu of an impost upon which for thirty ye ire there has been a grievous social warfare. The House of Commons, with a view to the certain re sult, will not give this power. It will not repro duce the social warfare in a more aggravated from. t The conseq . aence of its refusal is that most proba bly in some hundred pulpits and SOM-3 thous and drawing-rooms it will be denounced as an ungodly, Anti-Christian Legislature, the base slave of IVlam mon, the worshipper of expediency, a traitor to truth, a despiser of righteousness, and a great deal more of that.sort. Of course, the people who use this language and entertain these eeutiments to• wards toe House of Cemmous, and pru - feat politi cians in general, will, in a correspeuding degree, rise in their opinion of themselves. Ac for the question itself, all that can be reason ably alleged for Church-rates is the principle of a national Church said to be involved and attempted to be preserved by the various substitutes going the round of Cuureh circles. The principle of the existing rate has b een reined t_o a very s h a d o wy fotm, being m ere l y the pow er o f t h e ma j or it y in a vestry t o l evy a small rat e f or a li m i te d numb .r of Church purposes. There is • not a parish in the kingdom in which it is not necessary, and geneeally easy, t 3 appeal to volun tary piety for the more substantial, more expenses of cond uc ting the service i n a b e tt er im po:taut, and m ore decorative works, an d for the style. I n every par i s h any ra t e p ayer may refu g e to pay a Chu rc h- ra t e , w ith almost th e certa i nty o f successin the first instance. It will devolve on the churchwardens to prove that the rate was made ex actly according to form of law, and for certain strictly legal purpesae If the ref i actoi y rate payer is a rich man, he can keep the parish in hot water , fir years, and nourish a feeling which will proba bly give him at list a inaj •rAy of the vestry, and so eicieguieh the raee. If he ii a poor man he has only to sutler a distress or go to prison, and he will li come a martyr. The Church-rate, hlwever, not with tandiug its boasted principle, as the sign of a n tional Co urch,` is seldom, if ever, levi el from the po o r. Th e real insig riffle ince of the so-called principle is nowhere so apparent as in whether to regar d it as a personal or proper y the inconsist e n c i es o f it s upholders, who never know tsx. Mr. NWT, tt e champion of Tuesday night, assumed it to be a t-ix on persons in respect of the occupation of property ; but, instead of leaning to what really is the highest quality of the rat , .—its per's , nal bearing —h e was ready to commute it fora go )d hold on house and laed. There is no principle in the matter of sufficient importance to be worth saving at the expense of another fierce religious war. The living practice of tie 'voluutary sys'em, which is carried out in the principal as well as the largest parishes in the metropolis, and in some of our most populous cities, i s i n fi n it e l y b e tt er than any decaying principl e o f compulsory taxa ti on . There is' no doubt of ies sufficiency, and as little doubt that it will receive a new impulse from tee surrender of an impost which, besides its other ill consequences, cieatel a ivory fictitious and exagge rated opinion of tiaticml support. At the risk of ten thousand anathemas, we beg to retain our con viction, which a few years w ill amp ly t es t, th a t th e bast-thing for the Ch urch of Eng l an d i s t o -th row herself for the maintenance of her fabrics on the of her co n g rega ti ons . 1 free offerings • (From the Daily News.) It won't do. The country has made up its mind on the point, and the ET otne o f C o m.nuns, this respect at least adequately represents the feel ing of the count ry, i s equa ll y d ec id e d. Church rates are doomed. It is not a case for compromise ; it does not admit of subterfuge. The time has come when nothing short of a total abolition of this 03i0U3 and thdefensible impost will satisfy the deter mination of the constituencies. Miserable enough it is to see the chiefs of parties—Lord John Russell among the number---eauerly catching at any substi tute, however absurd, for that measure of full and cpmPlWeilletice whi ch alone will, which alone ought to satisfy the country. It is really difficult to say whether Mr. Puller's proposalfor making Church rates a permanent rent-charge, or Mr. Buxton's for increasing tithe in order to create a fund for maintaining church fabrics, be the more absurd. It is not necessary to say more of either than that they bo'h tend to fix and perpetuate a tax of which the country demands the abolition, and which in the course of a very few years would in all probability abolish itself. The cry of the constituencies is— " Remove this impost, which we feel to be odious and vexatious." The answer of Mr. Puller is— "itri'slciVte, e ad lenit o ild f elr b d e ot i e being transitory." Was there ever.such an ans er ug htall : t o a' n ibt t e i ti n rte g dw ell e t s cyal pd ne 1 c p ihn e aa t n U kg a tt l 1 Ss certaintne 9O to such an appeal—such alliative for such a pais order ? The 'louse of Commons pronounced the fitting judgment on the absurd proposal. 'the numbers of the division list—ayes' 54 ; noes, 3.17-7. are the approp riate ep i taph on thedefunctloleci4m. It is really l amentable that t h e w i se r ifiend4 of the Establishm en t do not contr i ve i n same w a to put a stop to these very pitiable exhibitions. lie Crutch of England is rich ; the members of he Church cf England are just n ow very much in ear nest, They are eslY:eially fond, ai anyone who knows anything of provincial life can testify, of decora ting the fabric of their churches. Church-revival is a great fact—architecturally, at all events, if not spiritually. Rational people will be well disposed to agree with Mr. Walpole, that the time has come when the jealousy of the law should no longer be allowed to interfere with this particular develop ment of pious munificence. There can be no well grounded objection' to repeal so much of the Mort main Acts as may now operate to preclude parties from making voluntary provision for the repair of the church fabric. If compulsory rating were abolished, andtheartificial restrictions upon private munificence removed, doesany one seriously believe that the least difficulty would be experienced in maintaining our churches in efficient repair ? The more probable result would he, that if the matter were left to individual exertion, thousmcls would be readily contributed where hundreds are now with difficulty raised. A compulsory rate is prac tically incompatible with free-will offerings. Where men must pay, they won't give. LA it ones bi understood that the maintenance of church fabrics was left to the voluntary liberality of churchmen, with sio legal impediment to its free exercise, and no candid person can for a moment doubt as to the result. There are those who profess their inability to un derstand " how we can have a National Church establishment without some provision (i. e., com pulsory provision) for the repair of places of wor ship." The -difficul:y hardly deserves a serious solution. We must have such a Church E,tablish ment as is practiCally possible, not such as is logically and theoretically complete. In numbers of parishes at the present day no rate can, or ever again will, be levied for the repair of places of wor ship. In every point, except being repaired by rate, those places of worship belong to the National Church Establishment. Does the circumstance that they are not repaired by rate prevent them from being national 7 Surely the great end of a National Church is to promote in the nation that spirit of peace and goodwill which is the essence of the gospel teaching., If the compulsory levy of a rate for the repair of those fabrics, which could be otherwise maintained, is hostile, nay, is fatal, to this spirit, does not the argument derived from the notion of a National Church wholly fail ? Which is it most desirable to keep up, the logical consistency iof ideas, or the practical harmony of facts ; to be con sequential and quarrelsome, or inconsequential and free from strife ; to set our Christianity above our raitaphysics, or our metaphysics above onr Chris tianity 7 Church-rates may, or may not, be essen tial to the logical notion of a National Establish ment ; but we all know that the attempt to enforce them on conscientious objectors is grossly inconsis tent with the spiritual notion of a Christian Church. _ _ It has also been represented as unreasonable to I uphold a provision for the payment of the clergy, and to have none for the maintenance of the churches. This argument is, of course, not in tended for those who, as advocates of the volun tary principle, object to all compulsory payments either for clergy maintenance or church repair. It is meant for those who, acquiescing in Tithes, ob ject to Church-rates. Even with this"class it can have no weight. The mere fact that Tithes, as now settled, are not made the subjects of general pro test, and that Church-rates are, creates a suffi ciently wide practical difference between the two cases. But it does not rest there. Much may be said in favour of Tithes regarded only as a national provision for a national clergy, which cannot be urged with any truth in favour of Church-rates. It is well that the teacher should not depend too entirely upon those whom he teaches for the means of subsistence. Subseriiency, oratorical display, the unceasing necessity of finding new sources of excitement, are amen the objectionable results of a system which makes the' pay of the ,preacher depend on his popularity.. The system of a State provision for the clergy, has many faults of its own, but it avoids these. There is mueU to be said on both sides. If the thing were to do again from .the beginning it would,' no doubt, be differently done ; as it is there, is no serious desire in any quarter to alter or re - adjust the last settlement of the Tithe question.' But na one con -1 tends that the compulsory system of supporting Church fabrics has any iuherent fitness in it in com parison to the voluntary system. And besides it is, + at the: present moment, it long has been, and, as it lasts, will manifestly continue to be, a fertile source of disquietude, vexation, and strife. Is it wise, is it Christian, is is the part of,:a prudent Churchmau or an enlightened statesman to per petuate som e 3 this: , bitterness oo o a,yr, a and w hio il h l - ftehee v l in o g l . u 'for t voluntary the sake of . of Churchmen is abundantly competent to supply L 4TV INTELLIGENCE.-April 28. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices of Appeal.) VINEY V. CHAPLET. This part-heard appeal from a decision of Vice- Chancellor Kindersley was this morning resumed. The facts of the case were that the defendant, John Chaplin, was the mortgagee in fee, with power of sale, of four m9ssulges-- 7 viz., No. 2,3, 4, and 5, Darnley-road, Gravesend, as sole acting executor of the will of the late Alderman Harmer. By a contract iu writing, dated the 15th of Oct., 1857, and duly signed by the defendant and endorsed on certain printed particulars and conditions of sale, the defendant agreed to sell the in-ssuages in ques tion in fee to the plaintiff, James Viney, for 9001., subject to the conditions of sale. By the third con dition the purchase money was to . be paid to the vendor, at the office of Mr. Steele, No. 1, Lincoln's inn-fields, on or before the 11th of November, 1857. The abstract of title was delivered in duo course, ce rtain arrangements were made relative to an outstanding _judgment, the plaintiff aceep'ed the title, and on the 24th of December, 1857, the conveyance was sent to Adam R. Steele, the defendant's solicitor, for approval. The convey ance was approved, and returned, and after some little delay, in consequence of the closing of the stocks in which-the purchase money.was invested, the engro=sments were sent to the def,eadatit's soli citor. Oa the 23th of Dee., 1857, Messrs. Temple and Windsor, the plaintiff's solicitors, by letter to the defend:tueri solicitor, intimated that they would b, obliged by his procuring the alendance of the defendant at the completion of the purchase. The defendant's solicitor declined to allow him (the de fendant) to execute the conveyance in the pl a i n tiff' s r'i p e li i n' E s sY execution a letter stating presence , and at the same time intinat e d th a t h o intended bringing an action for t h e purchase money, s-intimation that he h a Icing. Obtained a ccoi n Cthlia of the deeds. This produced a remonstra nce , re quiring not only that the defendant should execute the deeds in the pre s ence of the phintiff and his solicitor, but that th e purchase money should be then actually paid to him personally. In. answer to this letter Steele stated that they were not en titled to what they asked, and the plaintiff's solici tors offered to refer the points to arbitration ; b u t the threatened action was brought iu the Exche quer for the purchase money, and the plaintiff served with process in the usual way. On the 4th of Jannary, 1858, the plaintiff and his solicitor at t( nded at the office of Mr. Steele, and an account of the purchase money, interest, and costs, amount ing to HU Ss., was hsnded to them ; but the de fendant not being in aqendance, they left. They then proceeded to the residence of the defendant, but not being able to see him, left a message in writing, stating that they had come to tender him the 9651. 55., which they had brought with them. They again called on the following day with the sa me object ; bet the defendant, although at home as alleged, refused to see them, stating by a message that his solicitor had the conveyances executed, aed would deliver them upon payment of the purchase money, or to that effect. On Jan. 8, 1858, the plaintiff Viuey wrote to the de f endant-requesting . that he would meet Lim, as he preferred • paying the purchase money to him personally, but this letter was returned unopened. A correspondence then took place between th e solicitors, and plaintiff was obliged to plead -to th e ac ti on, and subsequently in•tituted the present suit for specific performance, and per mmance, and for an injunction to restrain the action, mak ing Mr. Steele, the defendant's solicitor, a defen dant. The Vice-Chancellor granted an injunction and the matter was then brought before this Court by appeal during the sittings after last term. On that occasion, by arrangement, the purchase was complet6d, andihe purchase money paid to. Mr. Steele, and the appeal motion converted into the aring of the cause, with a view of final!ar deciding which of the patties was in the right, or, in other words, which of them is to pay the costs, now amonnting to a considerable sum. Mr. Glasse and Mr. Druce, for the plaintiff, con tended as a general- rule that a purchaser had a right to see his vendor sign the -conveyance, and also to pay the purchase money to him personally. In th 6 present case, a fortiori, Mr. Viney was enti tled to ask Mr. Chaplin to receive the money him self, as he had sold the property in his character of trustee under Mr.' Hatmer's will. Sir lit Bothell, Mr. Badly, and Mr. G. L. Rus urd that the sell, for the defendant appealing, G. practice of paying the purchase money to the soli citor of the vendor was a very common and most convenient one: There might be several vendors residing - in difftirent parts of the world, and to compel them all to be present at the time the pur chase money was paid would be attended with the greatest inconvenience. The same observations applied to file execution of the conveyance. In the present case Mr. Chaplin had, to the knowledge of the purchaser, au►horised the payment of the pur chase money to Mr. Steele. Mr. Glasse having replied, The Lord Chancellor said, the Court would look into the authorities and the evidence, and give judgment on Saturday week. bOURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) CONQUEST V. LINDFIELD. _ _ Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Brandt were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Serjeant Shoe and Mr. Mere wether 'appeared for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a builder, in Islington, to recover damages from the defendant, who is the landlord of the " Royal is Upper-etreet, Islingtoe, for slanderous words spoken I . )y him on th e 4th of N o vember last. The nature of the case will appear by the evidence of the p'aintiff. • Cornelius Conquest, examined by Mr. Brandt— I am a builder in Islington, and the plaintiff in this action. On the 4th of . tsfovemt.er last I went, after my day's work was over, to play at bagatelle at the Royal Mail, with a friend, Matthew Head. We had coma grog. Head chalked up the glasses we had. They were four in number. , When we wished to pay the boy said we had drunk six. Wo refused t pay. The defendant then came up, and used very violent and disgusting language. I said, "Good God, Lindfield, one would think you came from a b-- house, instead of being a Ontistian." He threatened to pitch me out of the w ndo.v. We then got cool,' and gradually went downstairs. I then put down half-a-crown, and said, " What you' conscientiously charge take out . of that." The defendant then n3_4 more gross language, and gave utterance to the following words : " your eyes, you are a thief—a b-- thief ; you have been a thief for 14 years ; you keep not only one b-- house, but two." • (This was the slander complainei of, but the remainder of the expressions used by the defendant are unfit tor publication.) Cross-examined by Sergeant Sbee—We had. a supper since tliisOoccurred. Perhaps it was a re conciliation kipper, but on conditions. Mr. Hawkins—A. supper without prejudice. (Laughter.) Witness—l was in the chair. I was put into it. Johnson was vice president. It was not moved and carried that there was a better way of settling the case than the Court of Common Pleas, We did not drink " Confusion to the Common Pleas." There was no confusion •to the Common Pleas. We had tripe and trimmings for supper. Cow's belly, you know. My health was drunk. That was after the tripe. Linfield proposed it, and said he was glad we were friend=, and hoped we should remain friends, that I was a good fellow, and that he was very s 'rry he had hurt my feelings. I returned thanks in the, usual way, and said what people do on such occasions. I said, however, "It is all very well gi " ving me tripe, but I must have a written apology. By the Judge—l wanted an apology in the papers —the Times, the Adv'ertter, and the Dispatch. It he had said he wee mad or drunk I should have been satisfied. I think I deserved an apology. (Laughter.) Matthew Head, examined by Mr. Hawkins—l am a nurseryman, and was present at the Royal Mail on this occasion. The defendant used very harsh language,' and came at th plaintiff to throw him out of the window. He was big enough to knock him into the next world. This witness then proved the uttering of a portion of the slander, and added, "I think it is a pity that this case should go on ; they are both of them too respectable to be brought into the Common Pleas." (Laughter.) Cross-examined—What 'the defendant said was not "if I keep one, I don't keep two brothels." Mr. Serjeant Shoe having addressed the jury for the defendant in an eloquent and hume:ous speech, and The learned Judge , having carefully summed up The jury returned'a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 28. MANSION-HOUSE.--The Rev. George Rad cliffe, aged 55, Rector of St. Edmund's, Salisbury, was brought up on remand, charged with having feloniously made a transfer of certain stock and annuities on the 30th of July last, to wit, 1,0281. 6s. 33. Three per Cent. Consols, with intent to defraud the governor and company of the Bank of England, he not being the true owner of the said stock and annuities. Mr. Freshfield appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wontoer for the ,prisoner. The prisoner was first brought up on Saturday hat, when it appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Freshfield that he had been for some years joint trustee under a marriage settlement between Mrs Isaac Flower, of Salisbury, and Miss Mar guerita Cooper, with Mr. Robert Raxworthy, and that he had by the aid of f.rged certificates of the death of that gentleman succeeded in selling out a sum of 1,0281. 6s. 3.1. Three per Cents., which stood in their joint names at the bank, 'and had applied the proceeds to his own u , e. In support of the prosecution on that occasion some evidence was given to prove the s.de of a transfer of the stock by the prisoner, and also to prove that there we , e no such persons as those who purported to certify the death and identity of. Mr. Raxworthy, living at the place where the " deceased" was alleged to have been buried. Mr. Freshfield, sen., said Mr. Raxworthy was in court, and quite prepared to prove that he was net dead, and that the transfer had not been authorised by him. Mr. R. Raxworthy . --I am a farmer, living near Blandford, Dorset. I was a trustee under the marriage settlement of Mr. and Mrs. Flower, and am so to this day. I was joint transfer with Mr. Radcliffe - for a sum of 1,0281. 6s. 3d. stock standing in our joint names. The dividends on that stock were received by power of attorney, and accounted for to Mr. Flolvor, through Everard's Bank, at Loth bury. I never authorised the prisoner to sell that stook, and was not personally acqUainted with him, and had never seen him till the 17th April, when he came to me. Ho said he c true about the stock that hid been sold out by mistake for a person named Richards, who was deceased; that the, bankers had made a mistake, and thought I was the person deceased. He also said I need take no trouble about it, or 'go to town, as the dividends. would be all right on the next dividend-day. I have not seen hien since till tl-day. ()I'm-examined. by Mr. \Vol nor—l knew the prisoner's family.ware very reipectable. He d d not say the Mock should be replaced immediately, but he said it should• be made all right. I have ascertained that since that interval the stock hls been replaced in the same names. He always re ceived the dividends. I never interfered' with them. Ido not know that the deed constituting him a trustee has not been properly executed. The prisoner, who reserved hts defence, was then committed for trial, .and the witnesses were bound over to appear against him at the Old Bailey. GUILDHALL. ---r George Barrow, the senior part ner in the firm of Barrow and Ham end, wholesale stationer:s of 72, Basingball-street, was charged with forging and uttering two bills of exchange fir 451. and 381. lOs. 4d., with intent to defraud the Union Bank of London. It will be remembered that the prisoner's part ner was charged with the same offence at this court on Tuesday last. Sergeant Spittle, a detective officer, said about half-past seven o'clock on Tuesday evening he ap. prehendel the prisoner at the Chalk-farm railway station. He told. him, he was charged with forging and uttering two bills of exchange with intent to defraud the Union Bank of London. The prisoner waked upon whose authority he was appreneude,l, and upon being told that it was upon the authority of the Union Bank ho Made no 'further remark. At the pblice station he asked if he could be alloWed to make any statement, and when informed that whatever ho said would be used in evidence against him he declined saying anything. Sergeant. Brett. said, when he showed the pri soner the two bills in question, he merely asked to see the backs of the bills, but he did not say any thing. Alderman. Phillips said there was sufficient to justify him in remanding the prisoner until day next, so that the two partners might. be brought up together. Remanded accordingly. James Palmer, alias Toni Lane, was brought up, charged with stealing a horse and chaise and suit of livery, value 701., the property of Mr. Willi tin Blew Jone', of Kilburn Priory. • The prosecutor said that on the 16th of April last ho was proceeding through Fleet-street, when he saw a gentleman whom he supposed to have been abroad, and b&ng desirous of ascertaining where he lived, he called the prisoner arid deired him to trace the gentleman home, and then go to hi m at a place named in Regent -street. The prisoner did so, and the prosecutor put him into a cab, and having his own chaise ready he drove down, fjl lowed by the prisoner, to Hunter-street, Bruns• wick-square, where he discharged the cab, and left his own horse and chaise in the prisoner's care while he went into the house which the prisoner had traced the gentleman to. He had not been thero long when, happening to look out at the window, he found his horse and chaise and the prisoner had vanished. On making inquiries in the neighbour hood he found his- horse and chaise in a ine , 4 s in Henrietta street, but the prisoner had - decamp, with aat nit of livery which was in the chaise. 4..- On the following morning he was ridir 1g outside an omnibus when he saw the prisoner en terging from Field-lane, and gave bim into custody %. The coat was found in the possession of a woman who lived with the prisoner, and the , rest of the suit of livery was traced to a pawnbroker's shop. The prisoner was remanded, in order that the woman might be brought up with him. Alderman Phillips, at the conclusion o f the night charges, said—l have received a letter which I think of so much importance to the public that, without any comments, I will at once band it over to -the reporters of, the press. It is written to a gentleman of the highest respectability, but as there are ladies in court 1 will not read it aloud, but let it speak ft r itself through the mediuni of the public press. The following is a, copy of the letter, with. the exception of •the namt s and addresses, which, for obvious reasons, we withhold for the present Sir,-1 beg permission to inform you that lAm in the occasional habit of makingpecunLary advances to ladies, And that at the present time I have some eligible investments 'to offer, which, besides yield ieg a most remunerative rate of interest, will, in all probability, place other advantages At your dis posal. Further particulars may be obtained on application to me, between the hours of eleven and tour or by appointment..—l have tlie honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, &c." WORS IP-STREET. —Jules Evions, short thick-set person of gentlemanly exterior, and de scribed as -a native of France, was charged before Mr. D'Eyneeurt with violently assaulting Wil liam Hughes, a cab driver, badge 3,715. From the evidence of complainant it appeared that he was in the employ of Mr. Grove, landlord of the Spread Eagle tavern, in lingsland-road, and an extensive cab proprietor. On the previous evening defendant entered the house and took re- freshment, but immediately became very excited, and insulted every one near hi= Mr. Grove de sired Hughes to interfere, but the latter had scarcely done so when defendant seized the thumb of " the cabman's left hand between his teeth, and bit it completely , through the thick fleshy part, ror would he lose his hold for several tninutes. "In fact," said complainant, "he was like a bUll dOg. I could no', induce him to release my thumb which is now extremely painful. Aftera policeman was called in, and I got away, I went to a sur geon, and he burnt out thainjured part, but I have no., had any sleep the whole night." Mr. D'Eyncourt—l . see the defendant has a severe black eye. Did you inflict that blow as a chastisement ? Complainant—No, sir ; his eye was in that state when he entered the house ; but I should like to baye blackened both his eyes, and would if the con stable had allowed me. 1 would sooner have " lynch law" on him now than any other. A tradesman, named May, described the French man's conduct as more resembling that of a wild bear than a human being, and proved that no, insult or interference was offered to him previous to his becoming disorderly. Mr. D'Eyncoutt fined the offender 20s. for the assault and 30s. costs, the latter to be given to the cabman. The fine was paid together with costs. Country Markets EDINBURGH RAY AND STRAW• MARKET Ant L 27. - Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 9s Oci. to 128 Od per kempin of 16 stun es trop ; wheat do., 7s Od to lls Otis; barley do., 840.1 to 9s Od. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—APitu, 27. There were in the market to-day 12 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 40s Od and —s. DALKEITII MEAL .RKET-A Nur: 26. There were in the market to-day 19 bags of oatmeal, 0 of barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto .... --s Od. —s Od —s L d Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per d itto... . —s Od —s Od —s Od , Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od Od DUBLIN—Amur, 27. White wheat, 27s Od to 29s Od; red ditto, 24s Od to 26s 6d; ditto new, --s ; barley, malting, 14s to 18s Od; grind ing, --s to —3 ; oa.s, old, 133 Gd to 15s; ditto, new, to —s Od; oatmeal, 13s 6d to 15s 6d; bore, new, to Od.; rapese, d, —s Od to s Od, per brl ; bakers' flour, 14s 6d to 19s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 15s 01 to 37s Od per 430 lbs. :-APRIL 28. the close of the market Wallsend, &o. s el. Harton Gosforth . 14 6 Acorn Close l5 Eden 15 6 Riddell • 14 6 Braddyll ....« 15 6 South Hetten .....16 9 Hatton l7 0 Hilda 14 0 I , (eiper Graiuge l6 0 ' Wharucliffe 14 6 Bell •l4 0 Benson 15 0 Eden Main irramwell,gate ' 15 6 aussell'aßetton. 15 6 Tees l7 0 t, 112 ;` sold 92. COAL MARK: Prices of Coals per ton al s. d. Tanileld Moor l2 .3 Tanfield Moor /hates - 12 - C Wylam Bell's Primrose l2 C Howard's West Hartley Netherkm 16 Walker Primrose l2. 9 Htl'pool West Hartley., 16 0 Benton West Hartley 15- North' Percy Hartley l4 Davison'sWest.Hartley 16 ( Haswell Gas 13 0 VVOsend, &e. Rough Hall . 15 C Wayne's Merthyr 20 c, Stew. rt's Powell's Duffryn Steam 20 0 Haswell 17 0 Ships at market LOCAL SHAlil MARZETB. LIVERPOOL-APRIL 28. • . STOCK EXCHANGE—The market has been good to-day. and dosed about the best. Great Western of Canada, 19 9-16 c. —London and North Teatern, 94i s—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 90 914—Midlands, 941 1 i—Eastern Counties, 12 —Caledonians, 43 421 —South Eastern, 21 211 c.--Grand Trunk of Caliada; 12 E-16. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Thia market was steady to-day, and. A moderate business doing, chiefly in local stock. Mid lands were done at 94i --Birmingham Canals, 92i—London and North Westerns closed at U 5 —.Birmingham and Stour Valleys, B—South StatTords, 10k MANCHESTER, Arm 28 STOCK EiCIiANGE. , —The market opened with a firmer business, sales very few, and prices improved from th• qu4ations 'of yesterday. Midlands, 93i 43—Sheffields, 37/-BA—Grand= Trunks. 12i—Birkenhead Stock, 74 North Eastern Leeds f 47.- • ---- SIR COLIN CAMPBELL'S REWABD.—A correspondent of the Dublin . Free2dan's Journal writes :—" I believe I am right in tellingyoti tbat an intimation bas been sent to Sir . Colin- Campbell . that a peerage is at his ser vice, but he does not care to accept it, Sir Colin is A soldier from head to *foot, and his desire would be ad vancement to the highest grade iri his professiciu, that of field-tnarshal. That 'advancement he will shortly obtain, but the difficulty for the moment is a money one with the Ea3t India Company. The pay and allowances of a field-marshal on the stiff in India would not - be much less- than 30,0001. 'a -year, and there is a delay until it be ascertained if .Sir Colin would continue to serve on a general's pay.. He would undoubtedly do so, for L?rd Hardinge only took general's pay, though be continued to be Commander-in-Chief for - some months after be was a fiel l- mars h a l . . L or d Seaton, yonr.Com wander of the Forces in Ireland, though a general in the army, only receive' the pay of a lieutenant-general ; and Sir Colin himself, when Inepeetor-General of In fantry, only got the pay of a major -general,' although his rank entitled him to more." BIRTHS. BATSMAN—On the 28th inst., at 37, Brook-street, Grosvenor square, the Lady Bateman,.of a daughter. Houraar —On the 27th inst., at the Woodlands, Newport, Monmoutbsh.re, the wife of L. Augustn4 Hominy, Esq of a daughter. NALDER---On. the 27th inst., at Kensington-square, the wifo of Howard Nakler; Esq., of Croydon, of a son. WILBRAHAM —On the 27th inst., at Cheltenham, the wife of Major Wilbraham, of-a son. MARRIAGES. CASTLEROpSE—Timmt--On the 28th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Chelsea, by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, Vis count. CAstlerosse, M.P., son of the Earl of Kenmare, to Gertrude Harriet, only daughter of Lord and Lady Chas. Thynne. NORRIS--LCSHINGTON—On the '2Bth inst., at Ockham parish church, Surrey, the Rev. John Pilkington Norris, M.A., Fellow of Trin.-Col.-Cam and one of her Majesty's In spectors of Sehoo:s, to Edith Grace, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington. • DEATHS. AMES —OR the 27th inst.. 'at his residence, 24, Camden street. Islington, Mr. Samuel Ames, deeply regretted, aged 72. Abll BY —On the 27th inst., at 7, Aldgate, MI% Margaret Athby, aged 73. BUCK---On' the 25th inst., in Norfolk-street, Lewis William Buck, Esq., late M.P. for the North Division of the County of Devon. HAYDON— On the 21st inst., at Guildford, Miss Jane Haydoii, aged 73. WALTER—OD the 28th inst., at Brighton, Emily Franees, the beloved wife of John Walter, Esq., M.P., age d 34. WILLIAMSON—BeIieved to have fallen at Cawnpo re on or a tou the 27th June last, Captain W.Williamson, Deputy- Assistant: Commissary-General, youngest son of th e late Major•Geueral David Williamson, Bengal Army. Believed also to have i erished, about the same time, at Cawnpore, Jessie, wife of the a 'eve Capt. W.Williamson, and Eleanor Mary, their infant dauglitz. 1.02030 N Printed and Published by WIRD() YOUN(3I of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middtesex, Thursday, April 20,1858,