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fourth Writion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. VICE-CHANCERY —(THIS DAY-) (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) LUNLET V. WAGXER. Mr. Bacore applied to his Honour this afternoon, on behalf of Mr. Lumley, the lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, for an injunction to restrain Mdlle. Johanna to agner from violating or committing any breach of the last article of an agreement signed between Mr. Lumley and Mdlle. Wagner, at Berlin, o en n the 9th November last. The Learned Counsel proceeded to read the affidavits of Mr. Lumley and others on which he grounded the application, stating that an agreement had been entered into between the parties securing the services of the defendant for:Her Majesty's Theatre fur three:months, dating from the let of April 1852, to sing in six parts , the three first of which were stipulated to be " Romeo," " Fidee," and " Valentine, " at a salary of 400/. per month, with a stipula tion that 310/. should be paid in advance, on the 15th of March, at Berlin. A clause was afterwards) inserted, stipu lating that Mdlle. Wagner should not sing at any other place in England, either in public or private, without the written consentof Mr. Lumley. This latter and supplemental clause was signed on behalf of Mdlle. Wagner, by Dr. Bacher through whose agency, being a mutual friend of both par ties, the engagement was made. On the 9th of February, Mdlle. Wagner wrote to Mr. Lumley from Hamburgh to extend the date of the commencement of her engagement from the Ist of April to the 10th of April, which was fol lowed by a letter from Herr Wagner, the defendant's father, to the same effect, to which request Mr. Lumley consented, acquainting the Wagners at the same time that Dr. Becher had in his hands the sum of 3001. ready to pay over to defenlsn ashen she chose. Dr. Bacher at that time had in his potsession the 300 L, and on the 10th of March wrote to Mdlle. Wagner acquainting her that he had in his hands on behalf of Mr. Lumley that t stip hulated and sum, and asking when and where he should pay ito er, alai) where he should meet her, according to agreement, to con vey her to England. To this he received an answer that she was at that time in Schwerin, and in Passion Week would be in Hamburgh. Dr. Bacher also received a letter from Herr Wagner, acquainting him that Mr. Lumley had consented to extend the time of the commencement of the agreement, complaining of the bad terms which they had made with Mr. Lumley as regarded money matters, more particularly resulting from the c l au se prohibiting the defendant from singing at any other place but Her Majesty's Theatre, and concluding with what the Learned Counsel denominated a characteristic re mar k, "that England was only to be valued on account of her m oney." On the 10th of Ap r il, D r . B ac h er wen t t o ifam b a egb e' where he was told by the Wagners that they bad s i g ned an engagement with Mr. Gye, and were etraid that they had done wrong in so doing. At the same time and on the same day, the 10th of April, Mr. Lun 1:y being at Paris, received a letter from Mdlle. Wagner, then at Hamburgh, accompanied by a notarial pro test, informing him that she considered that their engage ment was at an end, that she felt justified and at liberty to dispose of her time and talents as she thought best. She also said that she had been informed by another party that Mr. Lumley was very deficient in :noney matters, and that she felt it due to her professional reputation to form another engagement. Mr. Lumley then went to Hamburgh, where he had several interviews with Dr. Bacher and Mdlle. Wagner, when he was informed that Mr. Gye had offered to her 2,0001. for two months' engagement, and had made representations to her at the same time that Mr. Lumley's theatre must soon close, and that she never would receive the sums which had been pro mised to her, and that it would be injurious to her reputation to persevere in it. Under these representations, and feeling, as it were, under intimidation, she had entered into engage ments with Mr. Gye. Mr. Lumley then °tiered to her 30..'1. in Bank of England notes, which were refused, and Mr. Lumley was unable to prevail upon Mdlle. Wagner to fulfil her contract. The affidavits went on to say that on the 19th of April Mdlle. Wagner arrived in Eng land, and that she was advertised to sing at Covent-garden Theatre to-morrow evening. Affidavits were also read from Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Rach, setting forth that • in conse quence of Mdlle. Wagner not singing at Her Majesty's The atre, boxes and stalls had been re'urned on their hands, having been taken under the impression that that artiste would appear there. On these facts the Learned Counsel, after quoting the several cases of " Kemble v. Kean," " Clarke v. Price," " Morris v. Colman," and other cases, submitted that he had good ground for asking for an injunc tion to restrain Mdlle. Wagner from breaking the last clause in the agreement, and Mr. Gye from taking advantage of her services. Mr. CLARICE followed on the same Bide, insisting that the excuse of the non-payment of the 300/. was a mere after thought, and that the larger offers and misrepresentations of Mr. Gye were the real cause of the pre-engagement being broken. Mr. MALIN% for the defendant, said that in consequence of the very short notice given he had had no opportunity of becoming acquainted with the plaintiff's affidavit, or of filing a ffid av it s on behalf of the defendant. There was a substantive answer, however, on the part of the defendant and that was, a breach of the contract on the part of Mr. Lumley under circumstances which induced the defendant and her father to belive that Mr. Lumley would be unable to perform it. With regard to the negative. clause, he submitted that that was not proved with sufficient clearness to have been a part of the original contract; it was inserted afterwards, and was signed merely by Dr. Becher. He should suggest that the case should be deferred until Monday, when he should be pre pared to go into it on its merits. One night's performance could not do so much harm to Mr. Lumley. Vice-Chancellor PAEKER—Are you prepared to give any undertakings? Mr. aanuirs said that he would have no objection to give an undertaking that Mille. Wagner should not sing a se cond time until the affair was disposed of. Mr. BACON said that this would certainly not meet the views of his c ient. Mr. Maares then proceeded to argue that there was no proof that the negative stipu!ation hod been accepted or signed ty Mdlle. Wagner, and it could not therefore be considered to be part of the contract. The Court, there fore, could do nothing, because, even though it might on sufficient grounds have prevented Mdlle. Wagner from sing ing at Coventg-arden, it ce Mainly had no power to make her sing at Her Majesty's Theatre. The Learned Counsel quoted a number of cases to show that it had always been the practice of the Court, when it could not enforce the specific performance of a contract, not to interfere at all. He a'so sub mitted that there had been a breach of the contract by the non-payment or the stipulated sum of 309/. on the part of Mr. Lumley. He therefore thought that the Court was not called upon to take the course which was urged upon it, but that the parties ought to be left to their remedy at law. Mr. MORTIMER followed on the same side. His HONCXR suggesteal hat an undertaking should be given that the young lady should not act te-morrow, leaving an opportunity at the same time of making affidavits in the course of the day and entering into the merits of the case. Mr. Metiers said that be was afraid be should nct be in a bet ter position, because it would he impossible to make affi davits in the course of to-morrow. His Honoult then said that the Court must act necessarily on ex parte information, and the statement of one side only of the question. It appeared then to him in the first place, that the contract containing the prohibitory clause was the real bone fide contract existing between the parties, and that it had been accepted and agreed upon by both parties, and was the agreement by which the conditions of the engagement were regulated. If there were a contract between the parties, there was little doubt on his mind, that if a party agree i to do a specific thing for a valuable consideration, and to refrain from doing something else inconsistent with that former thing , that the Court could and would interfere to restrain the party from doing that which had been agreed not to be done, even w ere unable to compel the performance of that which ha d been agree d to be done. With regard to the other questio n, the non-payment of the 3001. at the stipulate d information wh l ch tine h e, it appeared to him, from the obliged to act, that a posseaocd, on which be was r Lumley had by the letters already read, both of his own and that of Dr. Becher,' offered pay ment of it before the tithe grant an injunction agreed upon. He should, there fore,pertoz sinst Mdlle. Johanna Wagner, restraining her from at the Royal Italian Opera, and also against Mr. Gye,g r estraining vlinng him from taking ad vantage of her services, l eave however, to the de fondante, either to-morrow or an y yliitsiuotsequent day, to file affidavite, and to move for its dissolution. [HE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAAIBERLAIN'S OFFICE A . , fo N ot ice is hereby given , that her :A' `L E, P RIL 7 1852 Drawing-rooms. at Sr. James's Palace, :lil sq. the will hold llowing days, at two o'clock: —Thursday, 29 t h A prii lust " and on Thursday'. 13 th M a y next, to celebrate hz , rj 4 eat - y' B zi " birth-day. N.B. The K ni g hts of th e several orders are to appear in their collars at the Drawing-room on the 13th of May next. FOREIGN- OFFICE, APRIL 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Hoyte as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty the Ring of Hanover. 1 The Queen has also been pleased to a pp rove of M. Joseph Hitler as Consul a t Liverpool, and of M . Theodore G oepp as Consul at Newcastle for the French Republic. WHITEHALL, APRIL 22. IlleThe Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. William Earl of Mansfield, K T., to be her Ma jesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, APRIL 21. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Colin Mac kenzie to the church and parish of Contin, in the presbytery of Dingwall. and county of Rose, vacant by the deat h of the Rev. Charles Downie, late Minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. John Sinclair to the church and parish of Muckairn, in the presbytery of Lorn, and shire of Argyll, vacant by the trans portation of the Rev. Donald M'Farlaoe, late minister thereof, to the united parishes of Killeen and Killenzie. WAR-OFFICE, Arnie 23. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Troop Serjeant-Major William Smith to be Quartermaster, vice Joseph Mis:.ett, who retires upon half-pay, April 23. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Andrew Rudkin Robin son has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission ; Cornet John William Cannon, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Cornet, April 23. 4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Hutton to be Captain, by purchase. vice Wellington, who retires, April 23. 21st Regiment of Foot—MajJr Frederick George Ainslie to be Lieutenant-Colonal, by purchase, vice Thorpe, who re- Lrevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard Sackville, l al te \ Vest, to be Major, by purchase. vice Ainslie; First tient John Thomas Dal yell to lee Captain, by purchase, v iei le r e st t e dNli t ext; Second Lieutenant John Aldridge to be 32d Fl, n t t, pureheee, vice Dalvel I, April 23. West Indi ittenant James Dugafil Thomson, from the appointed p ey l , a pcsere, to be Lieutenant, vice Garfortb, :33 , 1 Foot — Astas t t , 4ril Macbeth to be A •' i Staff Surgeon Alexander Mackay Stlet-Auts,4 April 23. eurgeon, vice Webster, who resigns, 46th Foot—Captain Rob Ll,eht Drkecone, to b e e t l . Nisbet, from hall-pay 20tit Stuart, promoted to an -dl ia a t li t l, vice Ilrevet Major - Douai] chtlAe; Lieutenant P..ohprt w i ned ALijority, without pur purcb.an‘4ll4n t Pieer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Nisbet, who retiree'''. William Itegicald Hesketh to be Lieutenant, by ' 60th F e at—First Lieutenant GeorieeeT, ice Piper, April 23. t Li tro ,.. nr)ted ; Second taro, without purchase, vice Bineb em a P"tt to be Cap- Lieutenant John Du Cane to be First Lieutenant purchase, vice Clapcott, Oct. 19, 1851 ; without George Clarke has been permitted to retire f e " 4 April 23 ; William Augustus Dean Pitt, G e r n °l : l ,the B .rvice, Lieutenant, without purchast., vice Du c an ' ) b l Second Wykebam Leigh Pemberton, Gent. to be Seco n d &tit 22 ; by purchase, vice Tedlie, promoted, April 23. ut enant, 92d Foot—Ensign Gibson Stott to be Lieutenant, by p &Me, Vice Cunningham. who retiree; hillltS A1f434:174; Wellesley Leith, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stott, April 23. UNATTACHED. — Brevet Colonel Edward Charlton. Unat tached, late Deputy Adjutant-General in Ceylon, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Lieutenant Arthur Lowther, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, April 23. BREVET.—Captain Robert Nisbit, of the 46th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10 ; Major Robert Nisbit, of the 46th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11. ME MORANDIJA. Brevet-Major Richard Wolfe, on half-pay as a Sub- Inspector of Militia, has been allowed to retire from the army by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler at the Cape of Good Hope, April 23. The Christian names of Assistant -Surgeon Armstrong, ap pointed to the 2d Dragoons, on 2d April, 1852, are James Jekell, and not James Tekell, as previously stated. The name of the Assistant -Surgeon appointed to the 9 1 st Foot, on 13th April, 1852, is John O'Nial, and not John O'Neal, as stated. HosPrrat STAFF.—For Edward Akers, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smelt, deceased, April 13, read, Edward Akers, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smith. deceased. [Eratum in the Gazette of the 16th April, 1852]. For Brevet Major Stephen James Stevens, C.B. of the Bombay Army, to be Major in the East Indies while em ployed as Captain and Adjutant at the East'lndia Company's Dep6t at Warley, read, Brevet Major Stephen James Ste vens, C.B. of the Bombay Army (Adjutant of the East India Company's Depot at Warley), ty have the rank of Captain in the Army while so employed. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Amt. 20. Corps of Royal Engineers - Brevet Major William Biddle comb Marlow to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice I.namore, re tired on full pay ; Second Captain John Summerfield Haw kins to be Captain, vice Marlow; First Lieutenant William Howard Jesse to be Second Captain, vice Hawkins; Second Lieutenant James Grantham to be First Lieutenant, vice Jesse, April 1. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 19. We, being two of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, hereby order that on and after the Ist of January, 1853, all Naval Clerks who shall have passed the requisite examination as to fitness for the rank of Paymaster in the Royal Navy, so as to be duly denominated " Passed Clerks," shall be exempt from the provisions and regulations of the several Acts of Parliament relating to petty officers and seamen in her Majesty's service, so far as regards their wills, administrations, powers of at torney, and prize orders: and that any deeds of assignment which passed clerks may make after that date, will be sub ject to the rules applying to those of commissioned officers. A. DUNCOILBE, A. MILNE. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—Ed ward Lovegrove, Esq., to be Captain of a Company, vice Viscount Glentworth, deceased. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—William Wallace Hosier, Esq., to be Adjutant (without pay),April 10. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Christopher Joseph Knapping, cattle dealer, Eastwood Essex. Hugh Clark, stock and share broker, Cheshunt, Herta. BANKRUPTS. Henry Lamplorigh, chemist, Hamilton-place, New-road, May 1, at eleven, and June 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Langley and Gibbon, Great James-street, Bedford-row. John George Lacy. gun manufacturer, Great St. Helens, Bishopsgate-street, May 1, at half-past one, and June 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall. chambers, Basinghall-street ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday -street. James Laing, coal merchant, Southampton, May 4, at one, and June 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Hanle, Southampton-bui.dings, London; Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Loder, inn keeper, Wokingham, Berkshire, May 6, at two, and Jane 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Soames, Old Broad street, Load , n, and Wokingham. Thomas Welsh, builder, Burslem, Sraffordshire, May 5 and 27, at half. past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Shelton, Staffordshire ; Messrs. Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. John Meek, victualler, Wolverhampton, May 3 and 24, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Kitson, Wolverhampton; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Richard Wilson Todd and Richard Hobbs, ironmongers, Bath, May 6 and June 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Hellings, Bath. Elizabeth Ann Yandall, inn keeper, Bath, May 7, and June 2, at eleuen, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Hellings, Bath. Mary Fouracre, innkeeper, Wigan, Lancashire, May 1 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Mackenzie, official assignee ; Price, Wigan. Thomas Pearce and William Thackray, timber merchants, Sunderland, May 11 and June 10, at twelve, at the oficial assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne Distr ict Court. Waklo9, o fficial Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Moore, Bishopswearmouth. Henry Bates and Henry Williamson, brewers, H a lif a x, Yorkshire, May 2 4 , at t welve, at the Leeds D istrict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Wavell, Philbrick and Foster, Halifax. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 20, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 20e. 100. per cwt From the Mauritius No return. „ From the East Indies 20s. „ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 20s. 10 d. , By authority of Parliament, EMIT BICRN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, April 23. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS; Their Lordships assembled at Five o'ekck. Lord REDESD.4.LE presided on the Woolsack in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. PETITIONS. _ The Bishop of NOIiWICH presented a petition from Norfolk against the grant to Maynooth. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition to the name effect from a place in Scotland. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from the Cape of Good Hope praying the House to expedite the Constitution for that enlony. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from Ire land egninst Ministers' money. JOTEE PERSHAUD. _ _ _ Lord BROUGHTON: moved that there be laidibafore the House copies of the correspondence between the Court of East India Directors and the Government of India, relative to the trial of Jotee Pershaud, and to the conduct of certain members of the Indian service, con nected with that proceeding. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGEI considered the mo tion was perfectly proper, and he hoped, in justice to the parties whose conduct was involgt , d in the matter, that it would be agreed to by their Lordships. The Ell.' of DERBY intimated that there would be no objection on the part of the Government to lay the correspondence before the House. The motion was then agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Athlone Markets and Customs. Cheshire Constabulary. Cork and Bandon Railway. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Eastern Counties Railway (Branch to the River Nene, &c.) Eastern Counties Railway (Junction with the East and 'West India Docks, &c.) Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway. Newmarket Railway. Somersetehire Central Railway. South Wales Railway. Thetford Fen District Drainage. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and Talton and Driffleld Junction Railways. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Thirsk and Malton Branch). The following Bills were considered and agreed to : Thptterd Gas. London (City) Small Debts Extension. Runcorn Improvement. The Kennington Common Improvement Bill Was read a second time, and ordered to be e ,mmitted. PETITIONS. Mr. 11. BERKLEY presented a petition, signed by 12,000 o f t h e i n h a b itants o f B r i sto l , ag vinst the Militia Bill. Mr. J. WILLIAMS presented nine petitions from vari:us places in Walks against the Militia Bill. Colonel Tf from q l I° B S O 0 0 N o f presentedthe electors a 0 t petition Bradford. tothe *c t Admiral BERKELEY pr e s en t e d s i m il a r petitions Adoai satne ttl from Gloucestershire. Mr. D&WES from Ne w Port in • the Isle of Wight. presented a petition to the same effect Mr. MUNTZ neighbourhood presented similar p e titi ons f r om the f Mr. J. ELLIS Birmingham. caster. presented similar petiti ons from Lei- An Box. M Esisx Harwich. R presented a similar petition from SirJAMES mAT HR the Maynooth Grant. SON presented a petition against Mr. HOLLAND in favour of the retention present e d a petition from Hasti ngs Mr. WADDINGTON 01 the Crystal Pal :ca. f o lk against the Maynootfiresented a petition from Su& grant. Mr. G. THOMPSON f ro m various places against I:hreesqitild several petitions tition from Hackney, praying for r Militia Bill. Al so a pe knowledge, and the retention of the Crystal Pala ce' repeal of all t axes on Mr. W. BROWN presented several Lancashire against the Militia Bill, petiti ons f rom An H o n. MEMBER presented a simil • ar petition frcm Cockermonth. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from R oss against the repeal of the Tests Act. Mr. Jacob Bell, Mr. Wadley ',Mr. C. Lushington, Mr. Greenall, and. other, Hon. ,eaters presented petitions against the Militia Bill. Mr. SHOLEFIELD presented;asimilar petition signed, by 13,000 of toe ito . ,ablur.ts ofpirmiught.ro. Lord D. STUART presented a similar petition from Mari L brn,e. Mr. COI3DEN proented sovoral similar Petitions Gom various places in the West Riding and other p arts o f the e)oniry. Sir B. HALL presented a similar petition from Ma r y. lebone. Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a similar petition from Worcester. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from Stafford, against the Maynoodt grant. Also a petition from a temperance society, praying the House to take measures to prevent the spread of ititempersEce. Sir G. PECUELL presented a petition from Brighton - and other places on the South coast, stating that the in habitants of these districts had no tear of an irivraion, I and praying the Bonne to reject the Militia Dili' THE -SUN, Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition from up wards of TOO of the inhabitants of the borough of Wey mouth and Melcombe Regis against the endowment of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth. The peti tioners pray the repeal of the Act of 1845 as promptly as may be consistent with the engagements entered into with the parties now holding office under that Act; also a petition from upwards of 200 of the inhabitants of the Inland of Portland to the same effect. PORTS AND HARBOURS. Mr. A. STAFFORD gave notice that on Monday be would move for it are to bring in a Bill for the regula tion and preservation of ports and harbours in the United Kingdom. MAYNOOTH. Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH said, in the early part of the present session the Hon. Member for Warwickshire gave notice of motion on the subject of the system of education pursued in the College of Maynooth. That notice wes !rem time to time postponed till the 4th of May, and he observed by the paper to-day that it bad been farther postponed until the 11th of May. Now, as the coaotry took a deep interest in this subject, he should be glad to know whether the Hon. Genteman really intended to bring on his motion on this latter day ? Mr. SPOONER would give a very good reason for the postponement. His motion stood second for the 4th, and if the House recal to mind the antecedents of the motion which stood first, they would at once per ceive that there would have been little chance of bring ing forward his motion on the 4th; he therefore post poned it till the 11th, on which day the motion would stand first. Mr. ANSTEY reminded the House that in the early part of the session the terms of the motion were "To move the House on the subject of the grant to May nooth," the motion as it now stood, however, was for a Committee of Enquiry as to the course of education adopted at Maynooth, and be wanted to know whether the Honourable Member bad any serious intention of moving that the Maynooth grant be repealed. Mr. SPOONER said he had never expressed any intention to move the repeal of the grant.—Oh, oh.) It was true he gave notice on the 10th of February of his intention to bring under the consideration of the House the grant, but at the same time he intimated that he should afterwards place upon the paper the precise nature of the motion which he intended to submit to the House. The grant was established by an Act of Parliament, and what be wanted the House to do now, was to grant him a Committee for the purpose of ascer taining how far that Act had operated fur the benefit of the country, and until after that Committee should have made its report, he had no intention whatever of moving that the grant should be either repealed or continued. The subject then dropped. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. Mr. CHRISTY wished to ask tee Secretary of State for the Colonies. whether, in compliance with the terms of the grant of Vancouver's Island to the Hudson's Bay Company, a return has been made to the Colonial office of the number of colonists settled in that island, and of the =own and application of the proceeds received by the company arising out of the sale of lands and mine rals. Sir J. PARINGTON said there had been only time as yet to make more than one return, and that return gave the number of acres sold, and the number of per sons sent out, but it did not give the number of colonists. POOR LAW. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY wished to ask the President of the Poor-law Board, if it is the intention of Govern ment to bring under the coneideration of Parliament the present Laws of Settlement and Removal of the Poor. Will the Right Hon. Baronet lay on the table of the House, the reports received by the Poor-law Board on those questions since the last session of Parliament. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE said both the late and the present Government had considered the subject of the law of removal, but there was no chance of their ar riving at a settlement of this important question in the course of the present session. With regard to the second question there had been no reports received since those of last session. NATIONAL GALLERY. Col. RAWDON wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it the Government has taken into oonside ration the report of the Committee of 1850, and that of the commission of 1851, respecting the Naional Gal lery. Since the commission bad been issued by the Go vernment, Mr. Tut nor, the eminent Rer.l Academician, had died, bequeathing the whole of his valuable and ex tensive collection of pictures to the country, on condition that the country supplied a suitable gallery for their re ception. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there were other reasons besides the interesting cause which the Hun. and Gallant &lernber had referred to which should induce the Government to consider t he importance and advisability of building a proper re ception for the works of ar t now b e l ong ing to, and which might hereafter come into the pos session of tnis country, and the subject had excited the attention of the present Government, as well as their predecessors; nevertheless it was not in his power to give any decisive pledge upon the topic further than that it would not escape the attention of the Go vernment.—(Elear, hear.) FOREIGN TARIFFS. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether the Government are in possession of information derived from the Consuls or 13041,matic Agents of this country on service abroad, or have from other reliable sources, and will furnish to this House, information, in continuation of that afforded by a return to an ed.lress which was ordered to be printed on the Ist day of March 1848; and further, in continuation and correction of a return to an address which was ordered to be printed on the 17th of July, 1850; which returns purport to show the alterations that have of late years been made in the terms upon which goods and merchandise are imported into and exported from foreign countries and the Briti.h possessions; and if the Government are not in possession of such information, whether they will renew the instrucions given by the late Government for the collection of such ir.f ,rmation, or adopt any other means for procuring it, and whether they will furnish this 1 information, when obtained, in an available form to the Home. Mr. HENLEY said the question which bad been put to him was one of great extent and considerable im portance. The Goverement bad received a good deal of ititorwation on the subject of the tar:ffr, of foreign coun tries, and the department of the Board of Trade was now engaged in patting it into shape, but before he should consent to its being printed the House would have to pronounce an opinion as to whether the country should go to that expense. COLONEL OUTRAM. On the question that the House on its rising should adjsurn tilt Monday next, Sir J. W. HOGG entered into an explanation as re latieg to a matter of a somewhat personal character. The Hon. and Learned Member for Yonehal the other nieht impugned in the course of the Indian debate the honour and integrity of tie Bombay Government, and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman did it in such a man mr as to lend the House to believe that the information upon which he bred his charge was derived from Colonel Outram. Ile (Sir J. Hogg) now held in his hund a letter from that gallant officer, in which he denied the impu;ation which the Hon. and Learned Member's speech was calculated to convey. Mr. AN3TEY said he made the charge upon his own responsibility, but if the Gallant Officer wished the House to infer from his letter that he had had no com munication with the Hon. and Gallant Offic. r, he begged to state that at the instauce of a Mr. Hamilton Brown, who acted ou behalf of the Gallant Officer, he moved for the correspondence and documents relating to the Gallant Officer's dismislal, the c;hirge3 which had been made egainst the Bombay Government. He could only say that he should be ready to withdraw every thing he had said, either in favour or against Col. Outram, tt' it had had any effect in disturbing the com proeniee which it appeared had been entered into between Col. Outram and the Court of Directors. Sir J. W. HOGG read a letter from Col. Outram di rected to Mr. H. Browne, expressing the pleasure which he should have in s'eing the papers relating to his affairs produced, but repudiating any wish to agitate personally in the matter. After a few words from Mr. WAKLEY and Mr. ANsTEY in explanation, Thy motion that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday next was agreed to. MILITIA BILL. Oa the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Petitions were presented against it by L'ird R. Gros venor, from the Secie ty of Friends; by Mr. T. Duncembe, from Feisbury; by Mr. Flume, from Aberdeen; by Mr. NI. Gibson, from Maucbester; by Mr. J. Williams, from Berkbainsied; by Mr. Evart, from Liverpool; by Mr. Cohd- ' n from Si. Helen's Sunder land, and Manchester; by Mr. Card well, from a body of the Scciety of Friends. Sir DE LACY EVANS rose to move that the Bill be read a second time this day three months. 'This was not the first Bill which had been pie pared on the subject, and of the two he must say that he preferred the first one to that now before them. lie disapproved of a militia force altogether, it possessed no aJvaatage whatever over a regular force, and as far as expense was concerned he was convinced that 50,000 militia men would cost just as much as so many regulars. In pinionhis c d the if best Tit c d o e n f c e e n n e t e r England a f t o r r dour ro g w u a i r t h feerßere s i British foolishly f r the levying of a militia should have no occasion e a nd injudiciously dis p ersed in our colonies, we force. LONDON, (LEFT SPEA KING.) .. L .......,—_____—_,-._ -..T i , Current,l IGr ~'`it).lr il ;3.) (From the London New . MARKET IN SUGAR. —To-day there w of West India as ready bu.ers making for the week for all sorts. Operations are. 186; l Pr i ce l '4 l' to is per cwt. The Sugar for home consumption, and stiffer rates were offered 1,524 hhds, &c , and an advance of 6d auspices. market for both Colonial and Foreign closes under favourable REFINED--To-dav there were ready bu y ers of Sugar f or h ome co n sumpt i o n, and rates closet with 1 • firm ness; lo w to fine grocery Lumps at 453 to 49. cwt. The per a Refined market, i for C rus h ed S ugar i s i n a firm position , a nd there is large export demand. MAuruTius —Thi s a f ternoon the demand for Mauritius Sugar was even g rea t er t h an previously, and rates com p ared with Friday List s h ows an a d vanc e of Is to is fid p er cwt. b ags went briskly, At auction 13,100 b • . fine and superior grainy 3bs. mid to good 323 6d to 34s 6d, common 3ls to 323, good to fine brown 283 6dto 30s 6d, grey sorts from :1103 to 353, fine yellow at 355 to 31s to 37s 6d per cwt. EAsT ImotA.—Thi s a f ternoon B eng al sugar met with cwt At auction 859 b ags 38s to 403 hd, and ot her kinds from ready buyers, and an a d vance took p l . .ce of 6d to is per fine white Benares, and damp 32s to 363. For Madras a good demand exists, a e c o s eve ra l I i u p e a a r t c a e l l parcels markets,of a and stiffer rates are obtained. At auc tionsold at 33s to 36s 6d for ord to 3,616 bags all found buyers—soft brown at 22s to 255, and yellow ditto 25s to 27s 6d per cwt. privately, mostly m N o — st T ly o- f d o a r y th Foreign n d rateswere sold close 6 tjd ;An cwt above thin 4 1 week, AL Auction 150 lilid* *5O rls Porto Rico, were disposed of, fine yellow at 38s to 41e, ' mid to good 355 to 36s 6d, and low 335. Morasses .-A fair demand exists for West India, and ar rivals keeping small, rates rule firm. Barbadoes and Anti gua at 13s to 13s 6d, other kinds 12s to 123 6d. Some parcels of Bengal and Mauritius have sold at lls to Ils 6d; Cuba ' and Porto Rico at 13s to 13s 6d. There is now a slow sale for Honey, good to fine Jamaica 48s to 545, and low to mid 38s to 465. Several parcels of Tamarinds have been disposed of, East India at 9s to 12s ; and West India 243 to 345 per cfst. Cocoa. -For Trinidad there is a better demand, and prices have ceased to decline, but supply remains plentiful. At auction 700 bags were disposed of, fine red at 388 to 445, good 358 to 375, ord to mid 31s to 34s 6d, grey 30s to 325, and common ditto 28 s to 29 5. The value of Grenada and St. Lucia is 27s to 34s per cwt. Foreign remains dull of sale ; Bahia and Para can be obtained at 233 6d to 255; and Guayaquil 284 to 295. COFFEE -This afternoon there was an extensive demand for Plantation Ceylon Coffee, both for shipping and home consumption, rates also advanced 2s to 4s per cwt. At auction 125 cks, 332 bags and 96 brls were disposed of, good went at 59a to 635, mid 65s to 58a low mid 52s to 643, fine ord hOs to 51s 6.1, other sorts 47s 6d to 49e 6d, and triage 358 6d to 141 Native met with much attention privately. At auction 158 cks realised 40s to 40s 6d. Mocha is in better demand at the former value, and 192 be'es sold at 73s to 778 for low to mid. Of low Bahia 229 bags were taken in at 335. Tka.-The demand for Congou is much better. Prices for low quality range at 6 1 ,4 d to 7d, good common 7 1 / a d to 7%d. rather blackish leaf to blackiek leaf 8d to 10c1, strong and Pekoe kind Io , ad to is sd. The best Oolong is wanted at Previous valuations; in inferior little is doing. Prices for good to fine range at lid to is 3d, and common to mid. 8d to 10d. In common Seuchong purshases have been trifling, although there are sellers at 8d to 9d, but other kinds re main in good demand at the previous currency of Is 3d to Is 7d for fine mid, and good 10d to Is 2d. There is a brisker sale for Pouchong, still the low terms of 4d to 6d are taken. Of good to fine scented Pekoe many parcels have been sold at is to Is 7d; the market, however, is yet dull fur inferior at 92 to 10d. For F;owery Pekoe a good export demand exists, especially for best sorts, yet cricea have not improved. Sales of fine and superior are made at front is Gd to 2s 82, and low to good is to is sd. There are ready buyers of true kinds of Gun - Pow der at from ls 22 t o Is 9d, and in most other Green Th e value of Hyson, low t o m id, Teas operations have been upon a more extended scale. i s i s to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to 2 s. choice 2 3 2d to 2s sd. Young Hyson, ord 8d to Iod, mid to good lid to is 6d, fine is 7d to 2s; Gunpowder, to fine is 6d to 21, fine and choice 2s 2d to 3s 2d ; Imperial, Canton 9d to lid, Ryson kind is to is 7d, file ditto la 82 Canton P-Lyson kind, low to mid is to is d,S good sn B;l so t s lid; kn Caper operations are trifling at sd to 10d, and Scented 10d to is 3d per lb. 6d to 10d, and Twankay ti%d to Is. In Rick. - For East India no general decline has taken place, the market having been sparingly supplied. Bengal, good to fine white, can be obtained at 93 9d to lOs 6d, mid to good mid 9a to 9s 6d, broken 8s 6d to 8s 9d, cargo Bs, pinkey Madras 8s to 8s 6d, Corings grain 8s 6d to 9s, white Java 9s to 118 6a, pearl barley and Aracan 8s 6d to 9s. At auction 870 bags Moulmein were sold at 98 to 9s 6d for ord a hite, end at 6s 6d to 7s per cwt for sifting. There is at present no decline for Cleaned Rice : Carolina 21s to 275, and Patna Ile to 168. Sago has been dealt in with caution, small pearl 14s to 175, large and medium 21s to 245, and common 108 to lls per cwt. Sag o Flour is still wanted at 14s to 14s 6d, and Farina, 168 to 18s. Tapioca sells more readily at lid to 4id per lh. The demand for Arrowroot is brisker. At auc tion 90 brls 300 tins St. Vincent sold aid to 7d, and 20 brls Bermuda is id. The value of East India is lid to 21 per lb. SPICES.-To-day prices slightly declined for Cassia Lignes, and at auction 209 this only in part sold, pile one at 120 s, ditto two 1 I- S, ditto three 110 s, and good mouldy 115 s per cwt. Ia Pimento there is more business doing at fnll terms, and a public sale of 603 bags went at 4ad to 4/cl for mid to good. Srutris.l-East India Rum cannot be obtained under is 4d proof. Leeward Island finds a more ready sale, merchants obtain is 5d t o i s s id proo f . I n Demerara a good business has been do ne; t h e low terms of is lld to 2s 2d having been accepted f or 30 t o 40 per cent over proof. The superior ki n d s o f Jama i ca fi n d a more ready sale. For the lower sorts a dull sale prevails and former low terms are taken on account of a large supply. Sales of choice marks 35 to 38 over proof have been made at from 33 4d to 4s, fine ditto 2s 10d to 3s 3d, good mid to good 32 to 34 over 2s 4d to 23 9d, mid 2s to 2s 3d, and low 24 to 30 over is 9d to is Ild. The value of Cognac best Brands of the vintage of 1851 is 4s Id to 4s 3d, 1850 ditto 43 4l to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s I Id, 1-48 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 41 to 4s, and Bordeaux is lld to 2s ld. For Briti.hsmade Spirit trade remains dull, w i t h sellers at 95 B d, net cash; Gin, 2e under 8s 51. a n d 17 ditto 9s. A good demand exists for Geneva; common at is 10d to is 11d, and fine is ld to 2s ld per gallon. Isintoo.—To-day at the sales of Guatimala Indigo of 513 serons all sold with a good deal of animation at from 2s 10d to 4s 10d per lb for low Cortes to goodand fine Sobres, being extreme rates to 2d lb advance. SALTPETRE.—Prices for the best sorts to-day declined Is 6d to 2s per cwt; at a public sale of 1,273 bags Cal cutta, fine refraction 34 selling at 3 is to 31s 6d, 5 1 A to 5 , 4 ditto 303, and net refracted 28s to As 6d. o:her sorts are rather cheaper, with a slow sale at 24s to 295, and Madras 22s to 265. In British Refined little has been done, and a desire is evinced to sell at 29s 6d to 30. For Nitrate of Sods tore are several buyers' and the rates paid are 14s. 6d to 15s. TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went at full rates; 250 pkgs South American at from 33s 6d to 353 9d ; 117 cases Australiad 333 to 35s 9d, and 111 cks East India Vegetable 36s to 38s. OMs.—To-day at public sale 50 hhds East India Fish Oils sold at 2515 s to 25 103, 100 hhds Ground Nut at 30/, 140 cks Palm sold at 27s to 28s 6d. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and K tti ot Victoria, cap. 82 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of April, 1852. 1881:1G DEPAZTBIENT. Notes issued .. .. .. .. 33,080,27-0 £33,( 50,270 Dated the 22,1 day of April, 185! BANCING D. Proprietor a's apical 14,553,000 neat • ••••••• •• • • 3,094,923 Pubic deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- lngs-banks, and Dl - accoanns).. 3 2c5.285 Other deposits • • • • • . 18,9)6,918 Seven day and other Bills • • •..... •• • • 1,156,34 f 35,936,432 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 19,046,900 Silver bullion ...... 33,375 33,00,270 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. :1. AItTNIN T. Dated the 22d day of April, 185: COURSE OF EXCH., Axastar. - - •• • • 12 1 Ditto. three months.. 12 2% iotterclam .. .........12 2 ? „, Antwerp •••••• •• •• •• 25 6S Brussels.. .• 25 65 Bambargh .•M.B. 13 1114 Lltena.• .• •• •... •• •• •• Paris, 3 days's) ght •• 25 45 Ditto, 3 months .. 2a 62% Marseilles •• .. •• •• •• •• 26 62% Bourdeaux . • • • • • •• •• • FrankiortOn Maine.... 122% Berlin•• •••••• •• •• •• Vienna, effec. 80."... 12 25 Trieste, ditto.... .• 12 27 Petersbargh, SU. Rble.. 37% Madrid •• •• •- •• •• •• 49% Cadiz • • _.••••• •• •• 60 Barcelona • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• `Government securi ties (including Decd Weight Annuity)•. 13,396,779 Other securities •... 11 OSC 331 Notes .............. 11,024 320 Gold said silver coin.. 48U,C02 $33,986432 ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. AN GE.-(THIS DAY.) Giraltar•• •• •• •• • • •• •• 30 82 tiBFlOB, •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 65 •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Naples •• •• ar% , alernio,peroz•• •• •• •• 121.3.4: Xessina •••••••••• •• •• i 22 Lisbon.• •• •• • • •• •• •• 53 1 % Jportu•• •• .• .• •• •• •• 431 4 Rio Janeiro ........ •• tlaenos Ayres .. •• . New York, 60 days i slght Philadelphia .. .. • • .. PRICES OP BULLION, PER Og. Foreign Gold inbars...f3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin u 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• 0 4 10 1 ,4 3ilver in bars •• •• •• •• 0 5 0 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS BRISTOL. AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week ending April 11 : Passengers .. Goods Parcels Mails ... Total FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1852 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, April 22. ST. ALBANS DISFRANCHISEMEN I' BILL. The Eerl of DERBY rose to move the second reading of this Bill. The Noble Earl slid he was aware that their Lordships would be very unwilling to agree to any measure of disfranchisement which had not been pre ceded by an investigation, or which could only lead to the punishment of many for the sins of a few. But if he could show that in the present case the bribery had not been confined to a few, but had extended over the whole electoral body; that it had not been limited to a single election, but had prevailed at several successive elections—if he could show that the bribery had been exorbiteot in its amount, and if the whole of these facts had been substantiated betore a competent tribunal, which had entered into an inquiry on the subject under the sanction of an Act of Parliament—he felt persuaded that they would not then be disposed to save the offend ing boettugh from the p-nary justly due to its offences. In the course of the year 1850 a vacancy had oaken place in the representation of St. Albsn's, in conse quence of the death of one of the members. A contest bad ensued, as had almost always been the case; and the result of that contest had been the return of a Mem ber who had been petitioned against, in the session of 1851, on the ground of gross and notorious bribery. The petition had been tried betore a Committee of the House of Commons, and the evidence which had been brought before that Committee had been sufficient to satisfy them that exteneive bribery bed been practised at the election; but in consequence of the evasion and escape of some of the principal witnesses, it had been found impossible to bring home that bribery to the sitting Member or his eg; nts. The Committee had, therefore, made the somewhat inconsistent report that gross bribery bad been committed at the election, but that it could not sffect the seat of the sitting Member. He (the Earl of Derby) would say a few words in passing, on the effect produced by the alterations made in the tribunals to Ahem the trial of elections had been referred. Un douhtedly great abuses had been put an end to by the introduction of the Grenville Act; but, in spite of that Act and the various modifications and improvements which had subsequently been made in it, those election tribunals had been pervaded by this defect, that the inves tigation of that which was a public grievance could only be prosecuted by individuals, and that the investigation could not take place if private individuals wore unwilling to incur the great expanse by which it was accompa nied. He was afraid that under that arrangement gross bribery had prevailed at the elections in various be• rouges, session after session; although he would not go so far as a person of the neme of Coppock, whose expe rience in the annals of corruption was unparalleled on the part of any other individual in this country, who for the last fifteen or sixteen years had been a leading agent in contested elections, and who, atter having stated that ho knew something of most of the boroughs in England, added that, if he were to go through them from the first to the last, he should be able to make quite as extraordinary revelations with respect to them generally as Mr. Edwards had made with respect to the borough of St. Alban's. Ho (the Earl of Derby) re peated that he was not prepared to go quite that length, although he admitted the great experience and knowledge of Mr. Coppock in that matter; and he hoped it would be remembered at the next election that the appearance sf Mr. Coppock in a borough afforded a prima facie evidence that bribery was to be practised there The House of Commons had thought it necessary to take op the questien affecting the borough of St. Alban's, not for the purpo..e of unseating the sitting Member, but in order to ascertain how far bribery had prevailed in the borough. They had passed an Act, which had sub sequently received the assent of their L Idships, by which a Commission had been appointed with very ex tensive powers to inquire into the proceedings in the borough, not only et the last election, but at any pre ceding e lection to which they might think it desirable to extend their investigations. The disclosures made to that Commission were as open and as frank as any one could desire. It appeared that previously to the passing of the Reform Act the constituency of St. Alban's Tied consisted of between 600 and 700 voters; but when the non-resident freemen had be-n struck off by that Act, and the 10/ househoiders had been introduced, the number of the ell ctors had been considerably ditnini , bed. She; total number of them in 1850 had amounted to 483. It appeared that the p ;liticel influence in the borough had originally been divided between the two great families of Spencer and Alnemarle. Previously to the Reform Act it bad been the practice to give a speci fied amount of head money to each elector. But it bed subsequently turned out that the 101 householders had been much more venal than the old voters, and th.t h , gher sums had been paid to them. The Commissioners had come to the conclusion that previou-ly to the %dorm Act one third part of the total sum expended at an election in the borough was spent in bribery, while two-thirds of the total expense of an election there since the passing of the R-form Act had been devoted to the corruption of the elsccors. The cost of the various candidates at seven elections during a period of 19 years haul amounted to 37,0001., of which two-thirds, or 24,6001., had been spent in bribery; and that gave an average of more than 3,0001. spent in bri bery at each election. In 1841 the bribery o stn had been administered to every voter who had gone to the poll, and the oath had been taken by each of them; and yet there bad been spent at that election upwards of 6,0001., of which 4,0001. heel been employed in brib , ry. The total nuieber of 101 voters wol 354, and o; these 212 ha bitually sold their votes; and of 66 scot and tot voters 64 habitually sold their votes. There were two parties in the borough—the Conservative party, which was represented by a gentleman of the name of Blagg, and the Liberal party, which was represented by a gentleman of the name of Edwards. There was also a third or a neutral party, which had been established under the auspices of Mr. Webster. That latter party embraced 200 voters— a number amply sufficient to turn the scale a: an election. The members of that party had been in the habit of hanging up a key in the town as an indication that they were about to take part in a contest. The Commissioners reported that there was no doubt' of the gross general venality of the borough, and that, as Mr. Coppock said, the great majority 01 the electors had alway s b een bought and sold. In the year 1847, atter a variety of intrigues between Mr. Coppock, Mr. Blagg, an d Mr. Edwards, Mr. Raphael had been returned as the Liberal candidate, and with him Mr. Repton, a Conservative; and it was a remarkable fact that the voters for Mr. Repton had been bribed with the money advanced by Mr. Raphael, in order to carry out a previous arrange. ment ; for it appeared that there was honour even among election agents.—(A laugh.) Mr Raphael bed not lived long enough to enjoy h had is success. He ha bee d died to the year 185 0 . M r. Cuppeck instantly nin the field. At an interview with Mr. Edwards he bad promised a situation to the son of the latter, and there was ample evidence to show that Mr. Cop. pock had possessed the power cf obtaining public situa tions. At that time there had appeared on the stage a gentleman of the name of Simpson, who had been a clerk to Mr. Blag g and then to Mr. Ed war d s, and who on finding that tho bribing of electors had not been an unprofitable trade, had set up for himself. He and Mr. Edwards had hit on a candidate in the person of a practising chemist and druggist, who hied been desirous of obtaining a seat in Parliament, not for the purpose of exercising any political influence, but for the purpose of carrying some measures connected with the medical profession. Both these gentlemen came to Mr. Bell, whom they found ready to treat. It was true that Mr. Bell throughout the contest declared that he would have not hing to do with the Election, and that all matters of ex pense should be dealt with by his friend. It up peered, however, that this friend, who had negotiated psymenta to the extent of 3 0001., was the confiden slat pertner of Mr. B-. 11, carrying on ,rrebusinessspondewnicteh. him, and with whom he wea in daily correspondence. It appeared that Simpson found it necessary to get an other candidate, and Alderman Carden was applied to. It was but justice to Alderman Carden to state that he seemed desirous of representing St. Alban's on the purity system. He was told that if he went to St. Al ban's he would be the means of restoring the borough to a state of purity, as there were meaty voters there sick of the bribery system, and anxious to support him. It appeared, from the evidence of the witness Blanks, that be went to London to seek for a candidate to pre vent the course being walked over, and that Alderman Carden went down. It appeared that he was received by the town councillors, some of whom walked arm in arm with him, and that out of the sixteen councillors, twelve voted for him, two against him, and two remained neutral. The solicitor of Alderman Carden found out what was going on in the borough, and informed him that he had no chance unless he bribed. Alderman Carden refused to do this. Though he had spent 660/., there was no reason to suppose thet he was cognisant of any bribery, and the result was, that Mr. 801 l polled 276 votes, and Alderman Garden, the cacdids:e in the purity system, polled only 147 votes. Mr. Bell, after having spent a large sum, wise returned, and he must do that gentleman the justice to say that he appeared to be a forgiving and much enduring man, for when the Bill for the disfran chisement of St. Alban's met with the unanimous support of the other House in all its stages, Mr. B. was the only voice raised tts protest against the hardship done to St. Alban':, and to utter a melancholy plaint on the too probable fate of the corrupt borough which he repre sented. In conclusion, he begged to read the summary which the Commissioners had given at the end of their report, as to the bribery which had been practised:— " We find that a sum of 3,5001 was advanced by Mr. Raphael to Mr. Hen r y Edwards for the purposes of the e l ec tion in 1847; that the greater part of that sum was expended by hi m with the knowledge of Mr. R a ph ae l in bribing voters; and that Mr. Raphael owed his elec tion in 1847 to such bribery. We find that the sum of 1 2001. PM expended by Mr. Blagg on behalf of Mr. Repton, for the purposes of the elsct;on in 1847; that soul., part of this sum, was ad vanced by Mr. Edwards to Mr. Blagg for the express purpose o f bribery, and was expended by Mr. Blite b uy i n g votes for Mr. Repton; that M r. Repton, duringni the peeing, and before the election, knew that b ri b er y was b e ing practised on his behalf, and we find that he y. owed his election in 1847 to suc h b r i ber "We find that nearly 1 000 % was advanced by the lion. Mr. Craven to Mr. Ed Nerd Gibson for the pur poses of the electio n in 1 847, when ho was one of the unsuccessful candidates; that 300/, part of this sum , was given by M r . Gib son to Mr. 'James ViViS for the purpose of bribing voters on behalf of Mr. Craven; and that the said suns of 300 % . was expended by Mr. V ass in bribery. ," We find th a t M r. C raven was no t directly cognisant of any portion of the money having been expended in bribery; hut that he had strong su spicion of the way in which the m oney h a d b een em ployed. " We find that a win of 800/. was advanced by Mr. Willts for the purposes of the election in 1847, when he also was 008 of the unsuccc.ssf ul candidates; and that a large portion el this sum was exo.ended by his agent, Mr. Thomas Elscris, in bribery on his behalf; that Harris gave 751. to George Perry, and 50/. to Mr. Fredorielc Theophilus Webster, for the purpose of ---- bribing voters for Mr. Wilks; and that the said sums ! that the duty on paper ought not to be considered as were expended by Petry and Webster in bribery. ' pert of oar permanent system of taxation. The Excite We end th a t e t 'he e l e ezien in 1850, 2,500/. was ad- regulations connected with the manufac,ure of peteen vanced by Mr. Thom es [ey r i es H i n t ea, b.half of Mr. were most Oppzebi,ivet en d vtna ti oe s ; yet they were not Bell to Mr. Henry Edwards; that the greeter part of i sufficient to protect the honest against the fraudulsut this sum was expended by Mr. Edwards in bribery; I manufacturer. Notwithstanding the precautions of the and that Mr. Hills well knew at the time that he ad- Excise, it was a notorious fact that large quantities of vauced the money that it was to be so applied. paper were sold which bud never paid duty, and they came "We find that 2,000/. of this sum was advanced by in competition with the goods of the fair and honest way of loan to Mr. Hills, by Messrs. Brace and Colt, trader who was subject to taxation. The county cf who knew the purposes to which it was to be applied. Buckinghamshire, which was represented by the Bight "We find that of the 2,500/ 2,000/. was first trans- Hon. Gentlem a n th e C h anc e llor of the E xche q uer, Was mitted by Mr. Hills to he i.ffi ee , o t Me'. Coppeek by his admirably adapted for the ntanutneture of OaP er t direction, and was thence forw a rd. dto Mr. Edvvards at but most of the paper-mills it: it were now St. Atans by Mr. Ceppock, with full knowledge on shut up in corotqucnce of the inju rious the part of the latter unit it was to be expended in 1 tendency of the Excite duties, which created bribery. I a kind of cougi ttien of vapttd, and threw the busieets "We find that Mr• Bell knew that money was being almost entirely into the hatiiis 01 great cepioilitte. 11° advanced on bit behalf tor 'he iterates of brib e ry, and , would read en ex• riot f rom a letter addressed t o the we find that he owed hie eleetion to such brib e ry." iOh metier of rte Exchequer, and written by a ge tic : The report then stated the number of vo;e..s who received 1 men wetl , !Aided to speak on such a subj. :et-engine' , bribes at the election of 18 4 7. (JUL of 450 electors the ' Mr. Ingram, the propne or of the Illustrated .News:-'-' names were given of 307 who nad received bribes. The " I yesterday aid Int self the fitment to forward f °l. total number who received bribes at the election of 1850 your ecceptatce a copy of the Illustrated London .:Ve dtte'st: was proved to be 219, though , doubtlest, there acre i o f which lam the proprietor, that I might being tin tt others whote cos s hid net been proved.. He teought I your no ice a copy of your taw:reit engraved fo rl l he had at' fed tutieient to those that the bribery had not j - .weed —(Loughter.) I now take the liberty of a : been ircidental—thtt it was not confined to a few, and dressing you upon a tut jest of national importance, a that disfrtinchiseme ut would not, therefore, be an unnuen fatting not only the Irate ae o°l d the literature of tie n that punishment of the whole fur a f ault o f the f ew. On try in general, but the welfare of the agticuithral ROW the contrary, the bribery hid been systematic , e l ection lation iii many districts, and etpecielty in Buckinghatn; after election, and at le4st twc-thirds of tee voters had eeire and Hertfordshire. The sueject I aitude to is %lief been proved to be cerrupt. Such a state of thi n g s o f th e Eicise duty upon paper, with the whole effect ° t would, he feared, continued the borough were allowed which lam particularly acquainted , not only a s a neer-e to return Members to Psrliament, and so long as the paper proprietor, but as en extensive manufacturer. an' constituency, without any consideration except. that of consumer of paper. Your long and honourable nee: °` money, allowed themselves to be driven like sheep to next, n with lite rature , and the high position which Y; the 1:011 by those from whom they received their bri b es , no w occu py in the councils of her Majesty , justifrilieEno The House of Commons in this case had taken the only in beneviug that eou will d o me th e h o nour to l t ig course it could take, and after the clear and coeclu , ivo to the facts which I proceed to lay before you. in "P - t ; evidence which had been thin before Parlt.ment on th. na t ion of the practical injuries ieflecied by this iniP 6 d subject, he trusted their Lerilships would agree unsni - injuries which were, I em certain , never contentPletted mously in reading a second time this Bill for ditfrau - as possible when the ta x was first levied. I feted cbising the borough of St. Alban's, scarcely exp lain to y ou that , when paper is made, ithlta, Lord REDESDALE (who occupied the Woolsack) wet; that , as the Excise d uty is levied upon t he Weig, it said that before he put the question be wished to inform the paper-manufacturer naturally dries the paper that tg their Lordships that a petition had been presented from may be as light as possible when he is favoured w,ldt Sr. Alban's by certain persons praying to be heard by the visits of the Excise-officer; and that after it ne d counsel against the Bill, been so dried, and paid the duty, it must be This The Earl of VERULAM said he hail presented such again before it can be used in the printingtoffice. ' - e l a petition, though be disagreed in its prayer. After the double process of drying and wetting, besides being , - ,, P' evidence which had been taken, be thought it impossible., tended by a very considerable expense , fur labour , na ` - : for the borough to make out a ease for itself: rally damages the quality of the paper; and, ooe" m ore ree The Marquis of WLANRICARDE thought their involves an additional cost in subjecting it to Pr es° • Lordships were in a position to legislate on the question that the article may recover the glossy and smo oth 6ttr et without hearing couns e l. face it has lost. Now, I have found by experiment stet Lord CAMPBELL thought the parties affected by a trial, that pees can be manufactured in a fit stat e 0 1 state Bill of pains and penaltie s lik e t hi s had a ri g ht to be the printer, with a beautifully smooth surface , w t t heard at the bar. would not be impaired by printing and drying, a n ~o c ti Lord MONTEAGLE agreed that parties affected by printing upon such paper could be carried to s t d i a n ßill had a right to be heard against itt•but the parties higher perfection as an art, both for letter-pre ss- e e• the present case had been heard, and had been found ' engravings, than can be attained by paper dried ae p e so guilty• wetted according to the present practice. The datnet e e, The Earl of HARROW BY was in favour of hearing of such paper would be scarcely perceptible to the W I- d i 11 the petitioners at the bit*, if they d es i re d it, but would require fir such paper as the e -usirate e , o r The Earl of WICKLOW sa id h e s h ou ld b e gu id e d by L o ndon N e ws Is printed upon a weight of s tee ntj precedent, and should vote fur the parties being heard water amounting to no less then 131 b. per reara: ee to by counsel, if it could b e s h own that that course had been wtre ,•o ute such paper in my business I should ne'ild, ado;:teel in similar cases. pay an. Excise tax upon water of no less than lat le, The Earl of DERBY sa id, no d ou b t t h e petitioners per ream, in addition to a tax of the same rate Pe 'net were anxious not to be inclul e d among those who had on the paper itself. Nuw,l consume twenty tons ot Pr t e ut° been guilty of brib e ry, b ut t h ere cou ld b e no d ou b t as ptr week, or 1,040 toils and upwards per an t „ n ee to the extent of it. It was stated in the report that the a fact weich I state that you may see at a Vi t a bribery was not confined to persons of one station, but what an enormous sum should h I save to pay as a P el 4 i s• extenued to professional men, tradesmen, and even to for using the improved paper, which I could me n ' oe cl persona holding subordinate offices connected with the ture by the aid of a little water. lum quite willing re t ) , administration of justice in the borough, and that the prepared to inform all printers and pepeimakers of t ell exceptions were the clergy of all persuasions' and some experiment, and its results, which could be iromed ia ' te e of the principal inhebitants. adopted with much benefit to all concerned, provided er g The second reading was then agreed to. could obtain a removal of the Excise duty. g a bA Lord REDESDALE te en presented a petition, and other in mumera b l e ob j ections to the im p ost, which ,to moved that leave b e g i ven t o part i es a ff ec t e d by this Bill practical man I could point out, I may be permi tt e u ege to appear by counsel, a s suc h a cou r se was c o nformable remind you tha t it involves considerable trouble O d d to to precedent, though he did not think the parties would pease let the collection, both to the manufacturer 5 0 ta d be disposed to ineur the expense. the Cue ten -house, and prevents books from being Pr ic er . Lord CAMPBELL w oe !! not refuse to support the where 1 hey ought to be printed, Intnely, at the p Plits petition, as the preyer of the petitieners was r,-asociablo mill 117 : 1 " and customary, and the Bill ittelf one of a very stringent Were it not tor the operattou of thc " -- g e eti, duty I , c,. .iuld print at my paper-mill educsdottal 13° e tt character Bibles. fest:talents, Sec., and, iedeed, every de r ' eriP t ti e u si Earl GREY said that Route ought not to be bound by of twines, et The cost ,t the ink added ennl' l Y t ij v iar' narrow or teenmeal ruies woicn otitemed iii courts of of the peper, a fact which, ei h others t V a ' n o if l h a r w oad blteswi:strtrhens duty o f ne tt !e mu e to do j A stute on a pomade I trunk. I could sit isfactorily prove t° )' - '•oll psctive 0 ! the practice of other courts. you swat d grant me the honour of an interview. " the He did not think cou nst ! cou ld advise the House of the must, Sir, in your youth, have wandered alonn dto course they ought to pu rsue , no r did he think it woe beautiful streams of Bucktegesmthire, and list eet : e eo contietent with the di gni ty o f that House to call counsel the busy sound of the. water wheel, tearing to P ie e ele to the bar in order to induce them by a rguments to alter whereto,. us• lees article, to manutacture it into refl e ct l' their opinion on fens, and to iuflaence their decision, paper; and it must have given you pleasure to or The E ar l of DERBY did not think , it leave were tnat tilts gave healthful. pleasenw and rernunersti e i g g ion , given, that coun s el would appear , on acc o unt of the ex - ployrneeet to gri-at bombers of the rural poPe n - to to pease, and even if they did appear, be doubted whether Most of the Buckiugheueshire mills have, I g ri `teiori they would have any effect on the proceedings or de- remind you, been swtpt , away under the or. 0 cis,ins of their Lordships. lie should, however, sup- of the Excise duty, and transferred to barreilto‘. port the motion, because the case of Sudbury was a pre- populoot• coal districts, leaving the populat ion of super cedent, and it would be advisable not to deprive indi- inghants hire unemployed, and to a great extent e ne victuals of what they might consider an advautage. ix U. I Lave no hesitation in saying that , if 'the S 0 be L - frel MONTEAGLE said if this h a d b een a s i ng l e die upon paper were abolished, these mills Wentplee case he for one would have been ready to he a r c o unse l, a g a in prosperous and employ large numbers of 1 101' but the case was but too corenvin. The precedent of Nor is dais the only evil result of the tax upon °god Sudbury had been adduced, but it was f or th e i r L or d- t ura l d i s t r icts. Oise article, straw, which is P r° Ind , ships to decide whether that was a ueteul and a wh o l e - by the termer, is no sooner employed in some precedent to follow, He thought, therefore, the tor whech it is well adapted, • d SOO Pe r • ifs than it is texe h a posa coun-el ought not to be heard. I need n.ot d teen at further length upon suc h Lard BEAU 11ON r d•-vied there bail been any jecli• injury to agriculture as that et." eh a of t he cial inquiry into the case. There had only been a corn- He believe d is could be proved that three-gtt— ew es, mission to report to that House,,which was, in fact, the value of paper consisted in the labour of men; fi g i elite judicial tribunal. The parties had not been heart in and chePdren; and considering that the agricuttl. froth p t per ine oeo g their defecce, and now was the time to hear them. If Wiens were precisely the localities beat adsPr e n ,' s , for the House refused to hear counsel, he asserted their their water power and the purity of their streadess'ooo Lordships would do a monstrous injustice, and would act the palwr manufacture, he contended that be h" ; ger differently to every other tribunal in the country. He claim to submit this motion to the consideration ottiolitnet believed their Lordships considered the facts too strong icemen opposite, evetn as an agricultural Tie" do elA to be upset by any proof or reasonin but even were (Flear.t l With regard to Ireland, he bad nl e We, such the case, that was nor a valid reasons gainst hearing what , over that the repeal of the Excise duty 'O n ' e 0 1 counsel. !truest beneficiel effect in producing the emploY t °2 l o 9 ael' The Marquis of CL AN RICARD? , considered hearing labour. 'rho Excise duty necessitated a much larger no , counsel was a delusion, coil derogatory to the dignity of tat than would otherwise be required for the Co 0 t h e H ouse w h en s i tt i ng j udicially, meet o f a pa p er manufac tory; and thereforinlcteoo The Duke of ARGYLL sai d the commission had country othich was so pressed dow n by difficti e i 0 been appointed bY that House, who had examined Leland, nod where there was a deficiency of esplutttof parties on oath, and had elicited clear proofs of bribery, carry on various! branches of industry, it was impoll o r It . counsel were employed, they would he ussful in se- that amu tiulacture so valuable in respect to tbe en tio pawing those who were culpabl e t rom th ese w h o we re meet of labour as the paper maeutacture sho p u be lt not culpable. He hoped their Lordsh i p sw ould the motion, Ttos Duke of NEWCASTLE regretted it was borne in mind that the Irish portion of the "' C O agree to longer be shackled by this ror E th x e ci e s ff e e d et ut o y f t; th e e sp d e u e t i y a . ll: o 7 l:l: 4 , ' et 's i v ie : , u rr' , facture_tr p o t tu d which IE was deeired r i e.. o o • that a troductd lett year to stop corruption at elections had ßill not in pasted,so much to p Y idu sw ce a r li e, ; venue as to prohibit to a gr e c t r o oS forthcoming deeti., h s, He was os o pinion if their Lord- revertue.7( pr.) II f l a a . very short extractn_tpoe• as it might have been applied aith effect to the - r te 4 r i t 6 t e Cti: ships f o ll o w e d th e p rece d ent b roug h. f o rward, that they letter written by a geut emen in Ireland upon ibis ' O a wont ibe greatly weakening the effect of the Commis- lion, and h e' said—• Apt f elle a manutscturer I give constant ympleY lll " o st e sioners, and be again introducing party feelings and party unable. uabbles in those matters, w hi c h were very objet - full wa g es to 300 individuals, all of this l o cality -1n fr ost t io them instructed by - Lord CAMPBELL did not intend, by hearing counsel, Dripseywrille, near Cork)—" and I am told bY OI OO myselt"—(thi s ge u t l e man wrote Jo that their Lordships should renew the ipqa tr y g one cler gy men of the p a r i sh , both Protestan t and leave through by the Commission; but he proposed, after the Catholic (for I enjoy the friendship of both), tbst n. A Commission had reported to their Lordships, that coun - mor e than twice that number out of the workus pee sal should be heard, to see if a strong case could be made d,:vote my time and attention to my business, wi th oel - 0 0 t n out against the majority of the St. Albans' electors. exception only of one day in the week, the bee ar - dial 0 f The Earl of WICKLOW said he had always found of which is given to my duties as poor-law g nl-- that though objections had been made to the hearing of this union." e the P a PGr counsel, their Lordships' sense of justice had always Thus showing the importance of the repeal 0- overruled those objections. As no former application duty as an industrial question, and there noe l " a per had bean rejected, he hoped their Lordship would not reason why this cou tn n roy t e r tx y tepoc a rtb h eusu o asy u u li y d u,upre not mend actor° b° ta r ov me a t , t hi s a precettent for refuse'. for the whole world —(Hear, hear.) We migh t , b p s ot t Lord REOESD.ALE, after a few words of explana- porters of paper as we were of cutten goody, . L • gt : l ts '''' lion, put the motion, Upon which their Lordships di- c t f o uo e sm i e li e s o h ifor d too u p t ,t y ht w usr e e d otu i l d lne vided, when there appeared— Contents 41 , ;A. p a c o u o:t e e t cotton e vr a ' t E t ti ee r „ . . 1- :_ t ij u l d r , i tl ::: Non cerwents 15 paper stid sending „ de pri t i ••• ••• ..•• ••• Majrite, for the motion ... ••• —26 was a sy'ste'm thitt did jot supply revenue, but '" ev en l ie it to supply our own c010t,..e- ,fe Their Lordships then te•j .urned t this cuuntry of a valuable meoutecture, an d P n r i of , 4 ,61 the employment of labour, and the improventiwg, 17'1 -- - - moral end phytical character of the people' quite °$ important view of (bi t touched upon those points with regard to the 0 O A r' venue, but at the present time he held that eioe c t to it, and did not apply to any other question P ee 0 1 or taxation, teas the effect of ibis duty on the Mei - n t tl e , or the country. He must ask the favour of the e 0 Gentlemen opposite, it they condescended to go ial o U f 1 0 giF stein, and also those who que.tion that pecuriarlyohf t„ p li ' e sat on his own side t tx , ial Uouse, not to make use of that argument that ha t e ont ta t ' as it were, a stop argument in opposition to a Pt e t v ) . P . for the repeal of the pa per duty. It was said the e' it tt tfl tot ''' a' . of books, that the purchaser of boo cht t e price paper entered to so small an extent into the 11- cot I ° not feel the effect of the c,,liorof the Exchequer and Mr. Fox Maul° 1 15 " f 4r o quoted the e xampl e ° it tett, b a , rgu c in am e Tie ' r u c r i i e d / hi Dictionary. That book , A. -I' " i a per lb., amounted upon that o t. u ot th e s u sai t :ertdi.utwibi weighed iL t .4 h ' ed 4eo, ,nd sold for 50e, 6d. only ; and what would be the reduction of 6 ,° to sil t • f a hook that sold for 50s. ? He had owl 1 " being only lid. price o and the IsaP et , g e .0 rice iii in answer to that statement that it had no r efers 0 a the position he took upon the question.—Oil i ef L? OP e t p position was th e e f f e ct of the paper duty, fin d ...- Che t • expensive works that sold for 505., but upon °t. be /1 ; . popular literature that sold at a low price, and l a tiel y tur n of which was derived f rom an extensive cittoehte 5 That was the species of literature he wa g t ors, t ;0 upon ; hut, eve n if h e were to allude to the othlbool t should like to know if a reduction in the Pr ic e e t t e W tj ;tl was to be of no value to the purchaser of booet e ty ' to was the mest}irg of their h ' g p led lb ° i ; tl d Bibles and Prayer books, loU'vtinbecause they increase the circuls'jon of those sacredcirculation vol ' 9 " j r they knew that the Excise duty on paper ha- f th e itf eve nt the effect of preventing the circulation ° itig 'r i 1, That view of the question which he was urg MO ' a r not at aII met by the argument about . fool d loch's Dictionary, and he atked as a persoat d ow itt o o ,1 " that upon this occasion, at least. it should lie. ai e rn e t though he knew it bad been used as an a fie b l e ca r, V 'cent when the repeal of the paper duly bad he feet ) ss p aid. lie would point out what appeared I, ° c . fi p lii i e' be the injurious effect of the paper duty upon e ":i e oule ti jit ture. If was Lot that it raised its price, but l its q t i l e denaons:rati d;meihetna•ically that it deteriorat ed rov 4 lily—(Meer) chat it stolid iu the way of itr i te g am ° ic y quality 01 that literature that might be circu atcp ut eic ' OO the people, and which that House had a deep ! o de t o t tritest in caking every step in their power .to ch r eopt i s eir , lateral and iwproviug as petsible. They h n ee P u b Ag o they wanted goodness. They bad their Cou'eas got o ld lions; what :tweet in the way of making ti he tv 7 0 1 they could bo made?—tne paper duty; an c ; f a pt st ijo explain how that operated. Take the cas',..' s _ sse ll, _rho publication, and be would quote from Mr. u o is, ele e ti!,. o was extenstvely engaged in the publication r o f &At . , works, calculated to improve the grest bo n y sc litO i/ le One of those works was entitleo—c an d ,of . peop • eine et le entitled —the Popular Educator. That gso , tt ek. p at le p• tided something little short of 100/e Per .` e ff bit pet ,c, the Goverement in herd cash, for c i r eal!tti r i l ir hos , par , 4 public.t.tions. The duty on the paper used i t t were rePe° i 4 catious tuck away that 1001, p,..r week. It i . , t 0 woe ~ he Po. oL i the publications would still be itsued—t _ ieri p no; us reduced—qt was low en ough su siectir**"- ROUSE OF CO 14 MONS, April 22. TAXES ON K.'NOWLeEptir'• Mr. MILNER GIBSON nreugh t under the notice of the Howie the poli c y of deriving revenue from taxes upon knowl e d ge, f ur t h e purpose o f moving, in separate resolutions_,hat such financial airrangernente ought to be made as wou ld ena bl e P a rliament to dispense with the duty on paper; that the newspaper 8,903 P oughtto b . Pe ' abolished ; and th a t th e tax on tedveetisemen a t i s d nu t g t n ar to on repealed. The Honourable Al in bringing forward a motion fur the repeal s of j an; in3ependent MEtntiPT portion of taxation an laboured under considerable difficulty, inasmuch as it might be considered that he was yielding to a clamour out of doors against paying any taxation. He admitted there were persons who were rather indiscrimineting in the course they took eith re gard to the repeal of taxes, but he for one bed avoidiel supporting any motion tei the repeal of taxes without . having satisfied himeelf egr ands on w hi c h i t prot the ceeded. lie hoped, therefore, tteet he might be understood as bringing forward his motion tin ground; of public pot cy and in reference to the character of a tax and its a ttects on the morals of the nation, rather than the effect it Dad in increasing the price of the articre taxed. There wits another difficulty which he had also to encounter. Thee were sometimes told, after the financial statement been made, that it would be improper to bring for ward a m o t ion for the repeal of taxes , because the financi a l arrangements hatf beon completed; and then aga i n they were sometimes told that it would be improp er to propose such a moti. , ,n until the financial statement had been presented to t Between House-proper these two views it WAS impossible ice fix upe . l o i n — o r time for submitting a proposal or ib r , taxa tion, but he consicu,red that the leg attention of t,xa- Hotue ought to be given to the iti' miateduteteintion of the tion, for the purpose of ascertain g i e n n ie e : ' , I vied in a better and ' bl u er in particular instances taxation might tot be leto be understood less Oppressive manner. not representing any partilciuelawrlintel r•Fst, neither that of the papermaker, nor the new6Pia rP' proprietor, nor the publisher of cheap produc'eiois;llearefore, if he were told that certain papermakers, ne w.paper proprietors, or publishers were opposed to the r ?peal of these taxes on the ground of vested interest, , he permit this that to would be no answer to the motion. Neitber ou be treated as a p a rty question. Wh , en his proposal was submitted to Parlioment, two years ., ago, it was stip portett by gentlemen of all pelitelial views. It was supported by no less than f our distinguish e d mernbers of her Mejesty'e present Government. His first motion had reference to the repeal of the paper duties. He did not propose asking Members to agree t o a large reduction or taxation, at id he had put his motions separately in order that Members might, on supporting one, not necessarily pledge themselves to the principle of the others. With regard to the first motion, he , only a sled the House to agree to the recommendations ,of the resolutions whico had been passed by one of its, own Committees in 1834, when the reeee ue of the country was in much less satisfeetor3 st a l e . het resolved that tae dal on pep, r, iu conjunceeen with the utter two duties ought, on moral as yells cial general wanner grounds, be repo: sled with the least poesibla (414 7. — (Hear, hear.) His i potion was oilaplY £2 817 0 7 .. 1,191 7 9 275 4 6 223 4 2, ... ... Total "' ... ... £4,496 17 0 SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY. _Traffic receipts for the week ending April 18 : Passengers, &c, ..„ £673 9 3 Merchandise, minerals, &e. 975 2 2 £1,638 11 5 Corresponding week last year ... 10 587 13 9 MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNO now RAlLwAT.—Return of traffic for the week ending April 11 :—Passengers, &c. .£l3l 18 8 Corresponding week last year •-• 131; 14 9 CODK AND BANDON RAILWAY.-(20 miles open)—Return of Traffic for the week ending April 17, 1852: Passengers, parcels, &c. .. £llO 1 9 Merchaudise, cattle ,&c.... «. 46 1 5 Total ~. Corresponding week ir . 1851 (10 miles open) parcels,.. • 3 , 3 211 PaAsengers, Merehandis- cattle, & 1151 e. .., £156 3 2 Total 37 18 0 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. DERRY SMITIIFIEL D MARKET, ATRIL 20. The supply of fat beast s to -d ay was again large, w ith a g ood attend ance of purchaser s , w i thout any alteration i n pr ice. The numb er o f , lld to I4d per lb ; calf skins, 2 d to 3 1d per lb. - sheep was cons i derably larger than i t h as b ee n this ye a r, w hi c h caused the pri ee to be a hide lower. The show of fat and store calves was exceedingly e average. Beef, 4 1d to bd ; large, and a few left on hand unsold. F at pigs about mutton, 54 to 6d ; veal, 4/ I d to 5d per lb ; pigs, is 3d to Hides is 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6 d per stone of 141 bs. UPPING to Aram 21.—Wheat 3tis to 41s; barley 25s t o 28s Od ; oats 19s t o 24 1; b ean s 29s to 32s per qr. Butter 8d to Bid pe r lb ; eggs 23 for Is. LOUTH, A PRIL 21.—Wheat 3 6 3 t o 40 s; b ar l ey 25 s to 28s; oats 16s to 19 s; b eans 26s to 30s per qr . Nawasta, APR IL 21 . —Wheat, white 44a to 465, red 3Ss to 4 1 s ; barl ey , malting 28s to 30s, grinding 23. to 249; oats, 245 t., 22s to 235. 22st , 20s to 21s; beans, 3.:s Od to 325; malt, .6s to 60s ; tares, 3 , ts to 109 per qr. &semi, APRIL 2l.—Wheat, red 33s to 39s Od, white 39s to 425, superfine 44s to 003 ; barley 25s to 27s ; oats, 16s to 20s; beans 275 to 31s; peas 26s to 29. per qr. EDIN B URGH GRAIN MARKET, APRIL 21.—We had in the market a good supply of grain to-day, except barley. Sales dull, except wheat, which sold readily. The The top o f wheat was 3s down, and the average ld up. Barley on the top same as last week, and the average 3J down. Oats on the toy :A, and the average 3d down. Beans on the top Is tid, and the4d Unsold, r Beans ... 4i - average down. q.s barley, 38 qrs oats, and 3 qrs beans. Top of Wheat ••• 65 lb. 46 , 3 () Pa d ' ~ Barley . ••• .. 56t1b. :32s 45 lb. 23s Od 73 qrs wheat, to Os Od ~ Oat s ••• ••• •" ..• ••• —slNliußcul CATTLE••IITAasrr, Arius 21.—The number of cattle was f,91, or 161 leas than last week. Top price, 6s 3d top price, 5i 66 lb. 3.1 s 6d to 53 Od per Dutch stone. A clearance was not effected The number of sheep at market this morning was 2 ' 919 ' being 425 less than last week. Best wedder mutton, ; current, 68 Od ; secondary and inferior, from 44 6d effected. At the close a clearance was not e d per lb ; current, 5d to Od; ewes, 4d to 40. We regret to state that the Lord Chenedlor will not be able to sit in the ILuse of Lords or Court o f Ch ancer y for a few d a y s , b e ing confined to his bed by a severe attack of Ituabago,—Rerad,