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fourth 151xttton SUN OFF 10E, Seven o' Clock. TA TTERSALL'S.—T HIS EVENING. Six o'cLocx. Nothing doing. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The following extract from a letter dated Hong Kong, March 28, is not without interest to the public : "There have been here no less than 37 whalers from the Arctic seas. It may interest you to know, that they almost all believe that Sir John Franklin is safe, and that he has got through the ice barrier into inner waters, here he will not be reached until a mild season arrives, which they say the present will be. Most of them have now departed. They say Franklin will not suffer for want of food. They give strange accounts of the Dqui maux vibrating from the Asiatic to the American conti nent and back again, carrying their boats, made of skins and whalebone, over the ice, and launching them when they meet with open water. They ail confirm the fact that the whales found in the Behring's Straits and in Baffin's Bay aro the same epecies, proving the existence of a passage ; for a whale of th© Arctic species, they say, has never been seen to the south of 22 deg. of latitude, so they cannot have doubled either of the Capes (of Good Hope or Cape Horn), and the whale is under the necessity of making his presence known by coming to the surface to blow." IMPERIAL PARLI AMEN T. (THIS DAY.) lIOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER PRI too V ATE BUSINESS k the Chair at Twelve o'clock, The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, Londonderry and Enniskillm Railway. The following Bills were read a third time and passed . Great Western, Shrewsbury, and Birmingham, Shrews bury and Chester, Shrewsbury and Hereford, Birken head, Lancashire. and Cheshire Junction, and Here ford, Ross, and Gloucester Reilway Companies. Greenfield and Shepley Lino Head Road. Kirkby Stephen and Hawes Road. Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway. Leek and Hasson and Nliddlehills and Buxton Road. Wakefield and Denby Dale Road. Worcester and liereford Railway. Macclesfield and Beaton Road. The following Bills were considered and agreed to : Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amal gamation. Limerick Improvement and Merket. Manchester," Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (N 0.2.) Marsden, Gisburne, and Long Preston Reads. PETITIONS. Sir R. IL INGLIS presented a petition from West minster against the Maynooth grant. Mr. DUNFORD presented a similar petition from Oldham. Mr. JONES presented a petition from a place in Wales, praying the House to iestitute an inquiry into the cause and effects of ioterep , runco. Colonel PEEL pecsented a petition from Huntingdon against the Maynooth grant. Mr. COWAN presented a similar petition from Eciin burgh, and a petition from the same place against the Militia Bill. Mr. PACK and Mr. HENLEY presented petitions in favour of ocean penny postage. Mr. W. LOCIC.ii ART presented a petition from Argyleshire against the Maynooth grant. The Marquis of BLANDFORD presented a shriller petition from South Shielde, and another from South wark. _ Mr. P. 130 WARD presented two potitiona from places iu Northumberlard against the Charitable Trusts Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that on the 6th of June he should move-for leave to bring in a Bill to extend tho el,!ctoral franchise to persons roalified by education or residence. Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that on the 15th of June ho should submit a rnoticn to the House on the subject o the rec , :nt presents ion to the vicarage of Fru me. BUR ‘, "ESE WAR. In reply to Sir fIEitRIES said he shoull'be prepari:d shortly to lay on the table of the Howe the paps - ms relating to the Burmese war. It *a untrue that hostilities had already commenced, or that the expedition which the Governor- General had contemplated had been abandoned. It was dispatched in due course, and was to have arrived on the Ist of April. COLONIAL BISUOPS' BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE .aid he had received an intimation from the Government that they did not intend to oppose the second reading of this Bill, though they should pro pose amendments in Committee. They were anxious, however, that • the second rt adirg should be postponed for the present session, and he hoped tho House would have no objection to give him fourteen days to consider this proposal.—(lLnr, hear.) THE ST. LiWRENCE. Mr. HUME 9bsPrvert I.y th: - ) orrliwary channels that a dispute had arisen bmvveni this country and the Uni4 , d States relative to tile opening up of the river St. Liwrence; and he should be glad to know whether Government was prepared to lay the papers relating to the dienute before the Howe.? Sir JOHN PARINoTON FtiA the dispute related not only to the opening of the St. Lawrence, but was c innected with other crvadons. The fubject in dispute was a delicate one, and he thtrc fore could not answer the question without previous notice.—(lear.) Mr. HUME would repeat the question on a future day. EMIGRATION. Mr. P. HOWARD had been requested by the hand loom weavers of Carlisle to ask the Right Hon. the Se cretary for the Colonies to state who would end who would not be open to accept the bounty of the Govern ment for the purpose of emigrating to Australh? Sir JOHN PAKINGTON could only repeat the answer he had given the other night, which was that the subject was engaging the earnest attention of the Government—(llear, bear.) The Emigration Commissioners had already relaxed their regulations in favour of the Highlanders of Scotland, and he bad no doubt they would confer a similar favour on the hand loom weavers.--(Hear. hear.) THE REV. MIL BENNETT. Mr. HOUSMAN claim d the attention of the House while he called epee the Government to give bin a day to renew his mAion for an invirY into the Vieeintineet of Mr. Bennett to the vicarege of Frome. It w ould be remembered that some weeks ago, when the ' - ` ro :' , : i se was about to come to a decision upon such a - ", the Governmen t undertook to make such an in.. (Dairy thein _ e ,.. p 4. to e 5 Ives, but it now appearei that they had no same peaitiou h he ie 3 isted n' t h h a V t tb u r n it, and under those circumstances .o ,y aught to place the mote n in the hear.) li e rn t. at it stood some time ago.--(Hear, asking the_ LeZilt, perhaps, take that opportunity of given an eliblion es t d Attorney-General whether be had the Bishop or xr e • i lhe effect ihn.t a prosecution against Discipline Acs? -.(gear, would lie under the Church The ATfOßNtElleor, hear.) without said he could not Bnswer the question Mr. WALPOLE sail lj t u h t,,,E G Q ‘ t i i v e :_rornent were anxious to give the H ot. Genuetaan a d a y to renew his present state att-7ht. but they we nder so nu " motion, promises to other Hon. Members that the r. pablic business would not admit of their COLONIAL BlsRops ft7Let'' hear.) On the order of the day being read for adjourned debate u p on this Bill, resuming the Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it would be very inconvenient to go on with a de bate Which was not likely to be attende d with any prac tical result. 1:1 hoped that when the Secretary of State for the Celoniees had stated his views on the subject be W--"*.' mu move the adjournment of the debate. Sir JOHN PAKING ICL4 sa id, after the course taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member f or the University of Oxford (lir. Gladstone) he felt it his J ul ., perative duty which to explain to the House . the v i ews he entertained with respect to the Bill. Though at first eight the Bill appeared to be very sim p le end strai g h t . forward, y e t, on looking Into it more closely, it would be found that it was the worst measure on ecclesiastical matters which had for years been introduced into the House. If passed in its present form it would be th e desired in first step towards changes which might be our ecclesiastic a l p o li ty b y a certa i n party, but which were opposed to th e w i shes o f t h e grea t body of the people- both in this country a n d the colonies. While he admitted that the Right Hon. Gentleman was actuated by most pure and conscientious motives, he would not yield to him in attachment to the Church, or in a desire to hand down to their descendants in the possessions of the British Crown all the blessings of the Church, with its Protestant simplicity, purity, tol!ration, and charity. —(Hear.) He wished our distant colonies, which in herited our language, laws, literature, and freedom, to possess also the blessings that were to be derived from the reformed Christian faith, which was so closely associated with freedom. The wants of the Colonial Church were chiefly threefold — first, its inability to make regulations for its own discipline ; second, its want of synodical action, and lastly, its want of power to adopt Its forms and liturgy to the requirements of a uslisionary Church, which the Colonial Church to a great extent was. Sir J. Pakington then alluded to the agit a ti on w hi c h t oo k pl a c e in Australia r es p ect i ng the Gorham case, and to the resolution Come to by the colonial bishop s t o exc l u d e eve ry o ne from the Ch urc h r o di ssented from the decision of the Privy Council in thee case. Meetings of the clergy and laity were held in the colony on the subject, and addresses were presented to the Crown against l of bi4heps. Now, though h e (sijp it t i e reso lution t the be a party to narrow the broad and compre h ens i ve lng on) would b ne ver .f the Church, he agreed with hit Rglituon..riiend si t t a o t there ought to Le some chang e ut the law. Ia conse quence of the representation s sent home, the attention of the Archbishop - of flaute h -tett?, waa drawn to the sub ject, and he felt it was time some legisle.tion should take place, in order to put the Colonial Church on a better footing. He wrote to the Bishop of Ssdeey, and he re ceived a reply from him, silting that he would as semble the clergy and laity, and collect their 0 0' t nions with the view of assisting towards the pre paration of some legislative measure. Now did the Right Hon. Gentleman think it expedient to press the Bill while this inquiry was pending? He thought the much better course would be to withdraw it for the present session. The Bill was drawn in erms so indistinct, and in language so open to doubt that he ques tioned whether any two lawyers could be found who would agree as to its real effect. He doubted whether any colony would venture to adopt the Bill, or whether any church would venture to regulate its proceedings by it. If passed, the Bill would have a threefold effect; first, instead of giving the Colonial Church that e quality which had been mentioned, it wt uld place it in a state of domination which it never before possessed; secondly, it would tend to break up the Church of Eng land into a number of small separate churches, and, thirdly, it would tend to destroy the supremacy of the Crown. One part of the Bill provided that no person should be confirmed, consecrated, ordained, or presented to any living who had not previously taken the oath of allegiance. This involved an idteration of the service of the Church of England, because tee oath of supremacy which was now required to be taken had been dispensed with, and the oath of allegiance sub stituted for ie—(Loud cries of " Hear, bear.") This was the first time of its being proposed to appoint persons to ecclesiastical posts in the Church of England without requiring them to tales the oath of supremacy. It might be said, however, that the regula tion did not extend to the colonies; but as early as the reign of Elizabeth, it was enacted that the supre macy of the Crcvsn in matters ecclesiastical extended to all the realms and dependencies of the Crown. tWbeimthserlerfeesr, he en fulcetloy the demend made by the colonies agreed that from Canada, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope there had proceeded re• uests for legislation in order to give them more liberty of self-government; but he did not know of any request having proceeded from any one colony praying to have this Bill passed as it now stood, or of any desire having been manifested to separate from the connexion of the Church of England, or to reject the supremacy of the Crown. In fact, the desires of the colonists were by no means directed to such a separation or repudiation, their only object was to obtain greater freedom of action, and he held in his hand expressions of opinion from Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, and Cape Town, which entirely repudiated any wish to separate from or to weaken the connexion with the Church of England, but rather to strengthen it. Being convinced, therefore, that this Bill went to destroy the connexion—though he thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman him self would be slow to do that if ho knew it— he could have no other coarse but to oppose this Bill. lie hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would test proceed further with this Bill, seeing that negotiations were now going on between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Metropolitan of Sydney, from whicb, no doubt, some measure would result, and he would say this much, that if the Honourable Gentlmean would consent not to go further with this Bill it should not be his fault if in another year some legislation did not take place. Agree ing to a considerable extent with the principle of the Bill, he would not move that it be read a second time on that day six months, but would propose that the House should now pass to the other orders of the day. Mr. ADDERLEY rose to move that the debate on this Bill be postponed for three days. The SPEAKER informed the lion. Gentleman that there being already ono amendment before the House, that must be disposed of before a second one could be proposed. Mr. GLADSTONE said that he would not now at tempt to reply to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, for the reasons he had already given; but he had a pain ful duty to perform, that of noticing in the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet one of the grossest misrepresenta tions he had ever heard. The main part of the Right Honourable Gentleman's objections to the Bill had rested on the assertion that there was the first attempt to dispense with the supremacy of the Crown in the colonies, and that in the ordination of priests the oath of allegiance was only required to he token, and not the mutt of supremacy. Nor was the subseription of the 36sh canon. The Right Hon. Gen tleman, in reading the 7th clause, in which he said the dispensation wai contained, had stopped short in the middle of the sentence, and had forborne to tell the House what was the real condition imposed on the can didates for ordination. The real condition was not that it should be unlawful for any one to be ordained after having taken merely the oath of allegiance, but the clause went on to say that he should likewise subscribe the Thirty-nine Articlee, and further declare his ucfe:gned assent and consent to all that was contained in the Book of Common Prayer. Now, the 37th of the 39 Articles contained as full and complete an acknowledgement of the supremacy of the Crown, and a repudiation of the authority of the Pope of Rome, as was contained in the oath of supremacy, and the 36,h canon, and, to his view, the Bill, by re quiring a subscription of the 39 Articles—a fact which had been kept back by the Right Hon. Gentleman— quite as fully asserted the principle of the supremacy of toe Crown as it could have done in any other manner. With regard to the veto of the Crown, that he should leave in the hands of the House entirely; if they chose to retain it he thought it would be of considerable ser vice, but if not he should acquiesce in its rejection. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he was sorry that his Right Hon. Friend should have had occasion to think that he had been misrepresented by him, sand he regretted that he had not, for form's sake, read out the remainder of the 7th clause. Notwithstanding the remainder of the clause, he still believed, and still asserted, that this Bill dispensed with the oath of supremacy and with the 36th canon of the Church. Mr. OSWALD said the Right Hon. Baronet the Se creftiry of State for the Colonies seemed strangely ignorant of the Book of Common Prayer, or he would have known that the service for the ordination of deacons contained a subscription of the oath of supremacy and a renunciation of Papal authority, and as this Bill required the consent of all persons to be ordained to everything contained in the book of Common Prayer it could scarcely ba objected to it that it did away entirely with the oath of supremacy. The Right lion. Baronet's speech only showed that the Government had not been able to make up their mind 3 on this as on every other subject, political or ecclesiastical. Mr. ADDERLEY said, it was with great pain that he found hi mse lf compelled to cllil'Jr from those with whom ho generally acted, but he could not consent to submit to a delay of this measure, on grounds which he considered so wholly futile as those which had been given by the Right Hon. Bart. He felt that the two alternatives which the House had to choose lx, , twren were the second reading of this Bill or an interminable postponement of a measure acknowledged on all aides to be necessary. He therefore pressed upon the Right Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward this Bill—who was the great authority and support to whom as he knew, the colonie s chiefly looked—th e res p ons ibility of not consenting to this delay, and he urged upon hi% tko necessity of great consideration before acquiescing in the course suggested by the Government. _ _ - _ Sir R. H. INGLIS disputed the position which the Hon. Gentlem an t h e M em b er f or N o rth Staffordshir e had taken up, while he d en i e d the fundamental princi plep re euepeod. N. h upon w hich t t it e rthec was of England t h i .3 end e o u lthed Church of Rome had ever ht permitted the existence of the local tribunal which in is allß al contemplated. There of action was a uni t ychurches, and in the th h e ads of all was vested power of settling disputes between is clergy ac e d members .—( Hear.) That was the rule which prevailed in b 27 to the Church of England and the Chui e clV e o l t e ß enot o b n u l i Jae in reference to the Wesleyan Church and r o e* F Church of Scotland.--(Hear.) In all th ese churches, "e which had ministers in every part of the world, the ' n peal in cases of dispute wa s to the central head at home, and it was an every-day occurrence to have such appeals disposed of by the superior ecclesiastical authority of England.—(Hear, hear.) Like the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Colonies, he was one of thorn who could not reconcile the various clauses of this Bill with each other; for instance, under the provisions of this Bill, men who were not members of the Church of England in full communion might overpower those who were, by their majorities, and thus be enabled to change or alter the liturgy of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) And yet another clause professed to give a dominant cha racter to the Church of England, but before such a legislature as that which prevailed in Canada and other colonies, the Church of England would be powerless, and declared members of the Church would have no difficulty in overriding, for sinister motives, the feelings and wishes of those members of the Church of England who were in full communion.—(Hear, near.) Besides, if this Bill passed, the local synods would be in a position to place the home authorities at defiance, and he was sure the House would never consent to the second reading of a Bill which sanctioned such a prin ciple as that.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") But it was said agorae change in the existing law was absolutely neces aeknowl d should be it was suggested that a Royal Commission Id be appointed to inquire into the matter in the colonies themselves.—(Hear, hear.) He, however, did the State, h not this ~.. w e ge such a necessity, nor did he think have iaZ e a ti s demanded by the colonies, and as it would et of separating the Colonial Church from menn—rrz_ e _ was to place the r m . ust give his vote in favour of the amend- Mr. A. DOPE rE denied that the object of this Bill auprenaaCchurch of England in the colonies in a state of a state of degradatioe the Secretary f or 'il as was alleged by the Right Hon. Colonies, or to put the Church in by the last sp ea k er... t. as was declared would be its effect Bill was to leave --T ear, hear.) The object of the the Colonial th disputes which might arise in local clergy in Churchconneaiontowiihhe which was dear, se le tt e l a e l d Leg by tslatu th re e and as that was an object the d by the cclo it would the Church , he was at a 1 nista themselves, whil e • elevate the character of Souse should be called u 03S to understand why the upon to withhold the motio n for the second rradin its sanction to The ATTORNEY.GENER g• — alear, hear.) AL said there or two points connected with this Bill were one upon which wished to sa y a few wo rds. He he th a t the Right Honourable fully admitted his Bill had made .. e G entleman who had charge of t out his case that th e Colonial Chur ch was in a moat unsatisfactory state. It did not enjoy the laws which i a ned to the appertained mo th e r Church, nor had it the sa me powers and privi leges which existed at home. There we e cc l es ia s tical jurisdiction in the colon ies , the c 3 no efffi cen t and ol ' were, in fact, withou t the institutions which mules were known at home as ecclesiastical court,. The only power which the colonial bisho ps e d was that of removal with out a p peal, but the clergymene obtained his stipend from the local le g ielat nre,over which the bishop had no control whatever. There was absolutely no power of app?al or correction vested in the bishop under the existing law, and as parts of this Bill went upon the supposition that there was, it must be clear to the House ttOt it would prove wholly inorratiTe. Bus, they, , it might be said the Bill would do this good—it would empower the Colonial Church, both clergy and laity, to meet and make rules for their own internal government in the manner authorised by the 25th of Henry VIII.; but the House must be made acquainted with the fact that, in a legal sense, the 25th of Henry VIII. did not apply to the colonies, and was wholly inapplicable to the circumstances in which the colonies were at present placed.—(Hear.) It would, therefore, be quite impossible to carry out the provi sions of this Bit! unless the Colonial Church were sepa rated from the State, and at once constituted a free and independent church, which he was sure neither the House nor the colonies wished to see accomplished.— (Hear.) Of what use, then, would be the passing of this Biti? I; would indeed be little less than a dead letter, and he therefore hoped the House would refuse the second reading —(Hear.) Mr. BETHELL did not think that the Act of Henry VIII. gave the right of synodical action to the Church. Mr. Gladstone had said that the mem bers of the Church of England in the colonies were under great disabilities as compared with other religious communities; but this was not so, the fact being that the law affirded them the same faci lities for the regulation of their affairs as other religious bodies. The Bill would interfere with the prerogative and supremacy of the Crown, and that being so, he should give it his opposition. He hoped the Right Honourable Gentleman would withdraw the Bill, and introduce it again in a shape more acceptable to the House. Sir W. P. W OOD said it was admitted on all hands that the Colonial Church ought not to remain in its present state. He denied that the Church had all the privileges of Dissenters in regard to the management of her affairs. The Right Hon. Gen tleman who introduced the Bill said its principle was simply to remove the obstacles which prevented mem bers of the Church assembling and regulating their affairs in the same way as religious Dissenting bodies, and if any of the clauses deviated from that object there would be ample opportunity to amend them in Com mittee. He was far from saying that all the clauses were free from objection. If they gave the Church of England fair play, and left her unfettered, he had so much confidence in her integtity, that he believed she would exert herself, as she had done in America, to pro mote the cause of religion. Though there was not much chance of passing a Bill this session, he trusted the time was not far distant when Parliament would seriously direct its attention to the subject. Mr. HORSMAN observed that Mr. Gladstone had stated his object was to leave the Church in the colonies entirely unlettered. Did he mean to say there should be no State restriction on the one side, nor State advan tage on the other? Ha agreed that perfect religious equality was the best principle to adopt in the colonies. The Secretary for the Colonies had given a pledge to legislate on the subject next year, on the ground that the condition of the colonies, in regard to the Church, was in an extremely unsatisfactory state, and under those circumstances he suggested the Bill should not be pressed. He warned the Secretary for the Colonies that legislation on suet' a question would be attended with great diffi culty, and would require much caution and delicacy. The effect of the present Bill would be to establish one state of church government at home and another in the colonies, an arrangement which he thought was cal culated to give rise to considerable evils.—(Hear.) It was impossible to show that the provisions were consistent with the rules and regulations of the Church of England. The proposer of the Bill said he wished to give to the members of the Colonial Church that equality which was enjoyed by voluntary religious bodies, but that could be done without an Act of Parliament. The Free Church of Scotland made rules for her own government, but she did not ask for the in terference of the Legislature to enable this to be dune, because it was unnecessary. Mr. GLADSTONE inquired if the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary of State would have any objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Sydney ? S!r . J. PAtKINGTON said, that as the correspond ence was a private one, he could not undertake to lay it before the House. The amen.iment was then carried without a division, and the Heu-e proceeded to the other orders of the day. COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS BILL. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. B. DENISON said that having had some ex perience in county elections, he was satisfied that county electors might be polled in one day. He had scarcely ever known an instance where the result of the first day's poll had been reversed by the second day. A county election was always a holiday, and gentlemen who were acquainted with the manufacturing districts' would acknowledge, as he did, the evil effects of the second day's election. Mr. PACKE opposed the Bill. Col. SIBTEIOI 7 ‘P said the Bill was a disgrace to a civilized community, and he hoped that the House would give a decided negative to it. Mr. W. BROWN thought the Bill would be a great benefit to county constituencies, and ho should therefore support the Bill. Mr. LOCKE KING supported the Bill. Mr. B. OSBORNE thought that every Hon. Member who had any wish to put an end to the system of inti midation at county elections would vote for this Bill. To say that there was no such thing at county elections was absurd, when they remembered the ♦ery singular correspondence which had been given to the world within the last fow days between Mr. Kor and the Marquis of Londonderry. Mr. BRAMSTON opposed the Bill on the ground that if a third candidate were suddenly started without notice on the polling day, there would be no time to carry out the arrangements. Mr. R. PALMER thought this was an alteration which ought to be made at some time, though he did not think this the proper season. After some remarke from Sir J. Pakington, Lord R. Grosvenor, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Bill was rest , ' a second time. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE (ADJOURNED DE BATE.) On the motion for the further adjournment of this debate until the 10th of June. Mr. CARDWELL said, as that was a day on which many Hon. Members thought that this House would not exist, at any rate that it would be too near its end to allow of an investigation of this nature to be carried out, he wished to know what were the real intentions of those who had instituted the motion. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that as his Hon. Colleague (Mr. Spooner) bad met with an accident he had desired him to watch the progress of this motion. For this purpose he had made inquiries, and as her Majesty's Government could not give him a day specially for the purpose—(ironical cheers)—he found that the 16th of June was the first day on which this motion could be brought forward with a view to discussion. As this was a question on which the country was desirous of obtaining the decision of the House in the form of the motion laid before it, be had felt him self bound to fix the renewal of the debate for that day. Lord J. RUSSELL said that fixing the debate for so late a period was, he thought, a mere mockery. If there was to be an inquiry into the system of education pur sued at Maynooth, it could not be by a Com mittee, which could not commence its sittings before the 18th of June, and could not continue them longer than a few days. He thought this was treating the question with great disregard, and he hoped that if the qu-hition mita not be brought on sooner, that it would not be brought on at all, lie himself was not opposed to inquiry on this subject, but still he could not say that tie was was prepared to vote for the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, for it was one thing to propose to inquire whether the system of education at the College of Maynooth was such as it ought to be supported by a Govenment grant, and another thing to question the very grounds on which the grant was made. d o the that powers th the tut whichd b t y h e t y h e p G e s o e v e e a r s n e d m . e n t ,H He according re He thought the in qu i r y wou ld b e much better insti grettet speech of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Home Secretary had not been more explicit as to the intentions of Government on the subject of the Maynooth grant, and he hoped that by the time this debate was renewed they would have made up their minds on the subject and be prepared to tell the House whether or not they meant to propose the abrogation of this grant. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had no intention of proposing the abro gation of the grant to Maynooth; nor had anything fallen from any member of the Government calculated to raise any such impression. He him self was not inclined to concur in the grounds far the inquiry which had been given by the lion. Mover, although he did think it desirable that an inquiry should bo made, and that too in the manner now proposed, and he considered there were great objections to the mode of a Royal Commis sion as proposed by the Noble Lord opposite. With regard to the Government not having granted a specific day for the resuming of the debate, he thought that the press of business which they had at present was a sufficient answer. Mr. B.,OSBORNE said that there was no motion fixed for Wednesday next. Surely a race was not of so much importance as Maynooth.—(Laughter.) Mr. C. ANSTEY moved that the debate be adjourned until Wednesday next. Mr. NEWDEGATE said he could not agree to the amendment. The Hon. Ge n tl e man was addressing the House when Six o'clock arrived, and The SPEAKER sojourned the House until to morrow. THE SEARCH for SIR JOHN FRANKLIN The following are the Admiralty instructions to Sir Edward Belcher, relative to his search for Sir John Franklin :- 1. Having appointed you to the command of the ex pedition (in consist of the ships Assistance, Resolute, Pioneer, Intrepid, and North Star), preparing for the further search of Sir John Franklin, you are, whenever such ships shall be in all respects ready to put to sea, and proceeding down channel, or north about, make the best of your way to Barow's Strait v calling at Disco (if in your way) for such replenishments as the place affords and a supply of dogs for sledging purposes. 2. We have entrusted you with this command, in the full persuasion of your thorough acquaintance wit h its obligations, and of your judgment and ability to meet them. 3. Wo do not therefore consider it necessary to en cumber you with minute instructions for your guidance at each step of your proceedings; bnt furnishing you with papers which point out the views of the Admiralty, as successive expeditions have been dispatched from this country, and those also relative to the difficulties OceUr4 ring to oppose those views, we leave it to you to decide, as the case shall present itself. 4. We deem it right, however, that a certain course of proceedings should be pointed out to you; and adopting the recommendation of the committee appointed in Oc tober, 1851, to inquire and report upon a previous ex pedition, the plan of future operations there proposed is to be considered as the basis of your proceedings. By that plan, Beechy Island, is the point indicated as the basis of your operations, and you are to consider it as the grant rendezvous to which you are are to push for ward, there to establish the North Star as a general def 5. Arrived at this point, two great objects will en gage your attention : 1. The endeavouring to pass up Wellington Channel with one sailing vessel and one st'amer. 2. The advance of a similar force towards Melville Island. 6. The object of the first of these expeditions will bo the endeavour to recover those traces of Sir John Fr anklin which ceased at Cape Bowden, to the north of Beechy Island; and to follow up such traces, if they should be found. The object of the other expedition will be, to deposit, if possible, at Winter Harbour, Melvilio Island, or tailing that, at Byam klartin Island, a supply of provisions, fuel, and clothing for any parties that might reach such positions from Captain Collin son's or Captain M'Clure's ships. 7. As r( girds the first-named expedition, and the possible contirigency of corning upon Sir John Frank lin's track; we cannot too strongly impress upon you the necessity of your establishing along your line of route, cachettes of provisions sufficient to supply your crews and those of the missing ships, should any accident happen to your own vessels, and render it necessary for you to return without them to the general rendezvous at Beechy Island; and you will be most careful along the line of such route, as well as in every other direction you may have to take, to avail yourselves of every re markable promontory, point of land, or other distinctive locality, to deposit exact notices of your condition and intended proceedings ; and you are to give positive orders that these notices or records are to be deposited ten feet true north of the cairn or staff, and likewise beneath or in the cairn itself. 8. With regard to the expedition to be dispatched towards Melville Island, it is scarcely to be contemplated that, under the most favourable circumstances, more could be done in the first season than to reach that point; and the officer in charge of that service will of course have to take into account the having to winter in that quarter. 9. His earliest attention in that case, in the ensuing spring, will b:--Ist. The depositing such supplies at Melville Island as he can spare, or endeavouring to con vey them thither by sledges, if ho should not reach the island with his ships; and 2d. The detaching travelling parties in a westerly direction for the combined purpose of a search for traces of Sir John Franklin, and of de positing notices in conspicuous situations as to where the supplies are left, but being at the same time strictly en joined to return to their ships before the usual period of the breaking up of the ice, in order that such ships may return to their rendezvous at Beechy Island or other wise prepare for quitting Lancaster Sound to return to England, according as the supplies on board of his ships, and the length of time consumed in the above service shall require. 10. And here we think it necessary more particularly to call your attention to the instructions to be given by you to the officer charged with this branch of the ex pedition; for whilst there is a possibility of your calculating on an early return of such officer from Melville Island, in the summer of 1853, and of his being able to afford you support in any particular direction, it is on the other hand not improbable that, from a prolong ed detention to the westward, it may be his bounden duty not to hazard a further stay in those seas, but to make the best of his way home; in which case he must endeavour to com municate with the rendezvous at Beechy Island, before finally quitting Barrow's Strait, in order to obtain in formation of the other ships, and to deposit records of his proceedings. 11. He should, therefore, be made to understand the nature of the responsibility that devolves upon him both as to the execution of his orders, in the first in stance, and determining the point at which the power of compliance with those orders ceases. occur l2. t olt is experienced by th e e xp e dition in 1850-51 may again pr , e o v f en co t ur a se p , p as o s s a s g i e ble that seasons such as were by ships up Wellington Channel, or to the west of Griffith Island, and, und er such circumstances, it will be for you to consider how far it might ssrve any useful purpose to undertake an examination by travelling parties from Baring Bay, or Prince Alfred Bay, in the direction of Jones's Sound, in addition to those which it will be your duty to send out to the north and north-west, for traces of Sir John Franklin, in the direction of Queen's Channel. 13. Our instructions, theretore, are without reference to the possible circumstance of records still being found at Beechy Island, or elsewhere (and for which it will be your duty to search) at a certain distance from the re spective cairns, where it has been stated it was Sir John Franklin's custom to deposit them ;" and if by such re cords it should prove that Sir John Franklin proceeded to the eastward out of Lancaster Sound, after he win tered at Beechy Island in 1845-46, you will still con tinue to push forward two of your ships towards Mel ville Island, as already directed by us, and with the other two you are to act as circumstances may render necessary, depending on the information which those records may convey ; and adverting to the report of two ships having been seen on the ice in the North Atlantic, in the spring of 1851, we think it expedient to draw your attention to this subject, that you may adopt such steps on your way from Baffin Bay, with reference to search and iinquiry on the shores of Davis Straits, as you may consider most advisable under the circumstances above stated, and the information the records may convey. 14. You are aware of the deposit of stores and provi sions at Port Leopold, and of the steam launch left there by Sir James Roes; you are at liberty to employ that vessel in any way that her services may be made available; but with reference to the store of provisions at Port Leopold, and also those for 100 men, which were landed by Mr. Saunders on an island in Navy Board Inlet, it is our directions that such provisions and stores shell on no account be touched by any of the vessels under your orders, unless compelled to do so by abso lute necessity. 15. We have furnished you with copies of these in structions, which you are to deliver to the captain and officers in command of vessels under your orders. And we deem it necessary that you should be directed to communicate freely and unreservedly with your second in command, and the officers in charge of the other ships, on all points connected with the expedition, keeping them acquainted with your views and intentions, that, in case of an accident happening to yourself, or a separation of the ships, these officers may be fully aware of the course of proceedings intended to be adopted by yon, and when the ships are separated from you for the purpose of carrying out our orders, the same un reserved intercourse and communication is to be main tained between the officers in command of the respective ships. 16. You are, no doubt, aware of the Prince Albert private vessel being engaged in a like search in the Arctic Seas; you aro to afford that vessel every aid and assistance, in the event of falling in with her, but you are in 110 way to interfere with her orders or take her under your charge. 17. The various logs and private journals, with draw ings, plans, &0., are to be sent to this office, on the re• turn of the expedition. And you are to be careful that from the date of your parting company with the ships sent to assist in towing you, your own letters to our secretary, together with those of the officers addressing you, are duly numbered as well as dated; and you are invariably, should any opportunity offer, to-leave letters for us at such places as Cape Warrender, Ponds Bay. &c., provided no delay be incurred thereby. 18. Your ships have been fully (quipped for the ser vice they are going upon, and it has been our desire that you should be provided with every means and resource that might be made available. We have an entire reli ance on the best use and application of those means on your part, and we have equal confidence in the care to be exercised by you fQr those employed under your orders; but there is one object which in the exercise of that care will naturally engage your constant attention, and that is, the safe return of your party to this country. 19. We are sensible, however, that no twithstanding a t therefore, t wish to keep this part of your duty prominently in mind , yet, that an ardent desi re t o accom plish the object of your mission, added t o a generous sympathy for yonr missing countrymen, ma y p reva il i n so me degree to carry you beyond the limit s o f a caut i ous p r udence. directions 2O.Y ou t o h are te l severale ' distinctly sh shall each be on it s way home, an d to the eastward of Barrow Strait, wh enever the i r stoc k o f provisions shall have been red uce d to twelve mont h s ' f u ll allowance; and ships t under o understand you r orders r de our rs commending you, and those employed under you, to the providence of God, we trust that success msy crown your efforts, and that you may be the means of affording suc cour to those of our countrymen whose absence we have so long deplored. N OR THUMBERLAND. Given und er our h an d s t hi s 16th day of April, 1 8 52 . HYDE PARKER. PHIPPS HORNE r. THOS. HERBERT. ALEX. MILKS. Majesty's ship Assista n ce, at Greenhithe. To Sir Ed ward Belcher, C. 8,, Captain of her By command of their Lordships, W. A. B. HAMILTON. The piece of ti n or co pper, said by Adam Beck to have been dropp e d f rom a staff, s h ou ld also be looked for. See Evidence before Arcti c Committee. THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 18. - - -- - -- - BANKRUPTS. Charles Wentworth Wass, picture dealer, Bond-street, to surrend er J une 3, at two, and June 29. at ele ven , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hughes, Chapel-street , Bedford - row. William Russell, draper, Bethnal - green - road , May 21, at half-past one, and June 29, at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assig nee ; Ashurs t and Son, Old J ewry. Henry Calvert, tailor, Potersfield, May 29, at twelve, and July 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank 2, Baker,at on e o , i zt . Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Low, Chancery -lone. James Banister, brass founder, Birmingham, May 29 and June 19, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; James, Birmingham. scrivener John Passman, currier, Stockton-upon-Teev, Dur ham, M ay the Newca 2 st 7 le-upon- - T p y a n s t o t D we i s s iv tric f a t o n i C k d iu m j r n o t. l n y ey. ghall-street. cial assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Allison, Dirling, ton; DIVIDENDS. Berle, Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane. A. WoodsA, Greet rtehaet Yarmouth,Court, er, June 10, at one—J, Wright, Chesham, Buis' h • ing Smog l2Bil3 shire, grocer, June 7, at one—A. Lyon, Saffron Walden, Essex, draper, June 7, at twelve—C. H. Waite, South ampton, glass•dealer, Juno 7, at twelve. In the Country. Sarah Wilson, Nottingham, hotel-keeper, June 11, at half-past ten, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Gracie, Bristol, and Dudley, Worcestershire, woollen-draper, Jane 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. J. Rayner, Manchester, tailor and linen-draper, 25., on any Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Macke' zie, Manchester. Jane Parker, Goanargh-with-Newsham, Lancashire, innkeeper, 10;., on any Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Mackenzie, Mincheltcr. J. J. Nicholas. second dividend Lit 31. 6J., together with the first dividend of 10a. 6 i., upon new proofs, on Wednesday, May 26, or any subsequent Wrdneday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. W. B. Richards, Hill Top, Staffordshire, provision dealnr, 2i., on Thursday, May 20, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Yelpy. Btrmingbam. N. Mence, Heuwick, Worcestershire, porter brewer, Is. Sid., any Thursday, betweQa eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. C. H. Giusden, H )ve, Sussex, lic ,, nsed victualler, Is. 8d , on Thursday nexc, and three i(dlowir,g Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman street. B. Billings, Harlow, Essex, common brewer, Is. 6L, on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. H. Byshe, Brighton, builder, 2d., on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. C. Champion, Fenchurch•street, merchant, June 14, at twelve—J. G. Marsh, Church-street, Minories, car penter and builder, June 9, at twelve—M. Lockwood, Wandsworth, grocer and cheesemonger, Jane 9, at twelve—J. Hall, Croydon, confectioner, June 9, at one. In the Country. H. Hayman, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, apothe cary, June 15. at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1 95 1852. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. G Bennett and A. Booth, Long-acre, Scotch whisky and bottled beer dealers, certificate of the second class— T. Freeman, Northampton, innkeeper, certificate of the second class—J. Burls, Hampstead-road, brewer, certifi cate of the first class—J. Heywood, Liverpool, provision merchant, certificate of the second class—J. Norris, Watford, grocer, certificate of the third class—W. Har ding, Acton, miller, certificate of the third class—J. Knight, jun., Walhata-green, butcher, certificate of the second class—J. James, Netherton, Worcestershire, tailor and draper, certificate of the second class—E. B. S. Hoff, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, dealer in chicory, certi ficate of the first class—J. Rogers, Leicester, grocer, certificate of the second class—l. Morris, Ashbourne road, Derbyshire, innkeeper and cattle dealer, certificate of the first class. _ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Salmon and J. Goatley, Eigware-road—D. P. Burnett and J. Wynne, Surrey-street, Strand, navy agents—F. Pearson and J. F. Ridyard, Birmingham, wart , houseasen—T. Rakers and N. Emersom, Bishop Auckland, Durham, mercers—J. Sutcliffe and J. Platt, 11,3chdale, Lancashire, worpiag mill and heck makers — J. Hannay and A. Hannay, Cnorhon-upon-Medlock, Lancashire; drapers—J. Heaps and J. Turner, Man ningham, Yorkshire, fire brick and tile makers—E. Stead, E. Simpson, and R. Nichols, Leeds, Yorkshire, patent leather manufacturers (so far as regards R. Nichols)—A. Gottschalck and A. Schroder, Basinghall street, City—J. Speechly and. S. Dolman, Spalding, Lincolnshire, brick and tile manufacturers—R. Jall and E. Jull, Tunbridge Wells, grocers—T. Darhyshire and . J. D trbyshire, Manchester, groeers—T. Old acres and H. Geary, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire. surgeons— S. N. Cooke and Mary Marsh Williams, Birmingham, Berlin wool dealers—T. Fitton and H. Barker, Alan cheater, machine and tool makers—Emma Parker and Mary Ann Packer, High.street, Islington, dealers in china and glass—G. Smith and J. 0. Duckworth, Cod dington, Cheshire, millers—W. H. Crowhure, C. All work, and G. E. Tacker, Cheap,ide, City. hotel keepers (so far as regards G. E. Tucker)—J. Britton and A. Waddaras, Birmingham, gun implement makers—R. Dallimore and Fanny Perress, woollen drapers, New port and Yarmouth, hie of Wight. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. M. Walker, Glasgow, warper, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, May 21, and June 11, at twelve. J. Cromar, Montrose, goldsmith, to meet within the Star Inn, Montrose, May 25, and June 22, at one. R. Latta, Glasgow, merchant, to meat within the London Hotel, Glasgow, May 24, and June 14, at one. J. Marshall, G. Marshall, and D. Marshall, near Kilsytb, Stirlingshire, coal masters, to meet within the Duntreath Arms Inn, Ktlayth, May 21, and June 11, at one. A. Miller, Glasgow, wholesale tea and eGffee merchant, to meet within the Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow, May 20, and June 17, at twelve. BATH RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Cup. S:ory-teller ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Kate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 The Weston Stakes!. Vaultress ... ... ••• ... ... 1 Libel filly ... • • ••• ••• 2 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKEN WELL. James Stockbridge and John Darvell, stout young men, dressed as agricultural labourers, were placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr whitt, charged with having at tempted to murder James Cole, a labouring man, residing in Llemtning's-buildings, Chapel-street, Clerkenwell. The prosecutor, who appeared in the witness-box with his throat cut and plastered, having been sworn, said that on Monday night last he had been drinking with the prisoners at a public-house in the neighbourhood of Islington, when he left them to return home. At about one o'clock in the morning, while he was with his sister and some other persons, the prisoners came to the house and wished to be let in; but, not wishing to admit them at such sn unseasonable hour, he told his sister to in form them that be was not at home. They would not believe it, and endeavoured to force their way in, but she resisted them, on which they pulled out their throat, of , knives and threatened to murder her, and her cries for " Help" and of " Murder" induced him to go out for (w i tness ) being undermost; and while on the her protection, when he saw both prisoners armed with i t : 2 11 e :: i f n e p ll knives. Oa making his appearance they swore they toe esca p e , when the prisoner Darrell attacked would murder him, when Stockbridge made a stab at a deep wound with his knife. Oa him, and a p a r tr is u o g t g le le r s e L iy o s e u k e b d r , idg in e c w ot h h ic is h , getting up he was at ssweidtuneisss wounds,edded,th a a n t d h h e e w wa a s s n ta o k w en in to a him and stabbed him mica in the arm and back with his knife. They threatened that they would murder down termonpnt , idn h gt e h everybody in the holm, which there was no doubt they would have d o ne had it not been, for the timely arrival very weakly condition through the loss of blood. Mr. TYRWEIITT inquired as to the cause of all this extraordinary violence, and whether the prisoners drunk at the time of the outrage? Answer—Theyner s were not drunk, and no cause could be assigned for their were . con duct, except their having been ref ~ d a jf s t u h r e ge P o u n it , e vr e. ho T d h re e u.e admission into the house. Esther Cole, sister of the prosecutor, corroborated his e vidence. She was going on a n erran d pri soners came and asked her a f ter her brother. Shewhenthe said ho was not at home. They followed her with their knives, threatening to murder her, and they her into the house. Her broth er came to her protection, when be was stabbed and thrown down. _ She di s ti n ctly saw Stockbridge cut her brother's throat with a knife; she also saw him stab a woman who came to their as sistance, who was seriously injured , and unable to at tend. She also saw Darvell stab her brother in the hand and back. of Hemnaing's.buildings, w a s a l arme d Henry Beck, by the cries of "Police" and " Murder." He went out, and saw the prisoners brandishing their knives; they pushed witness, and would no doubt have murdered him, had he not made his escape into a neighbour's house, The police arrived, and took the prisoners into custody, when they were locked up. Numerous policemen were in attendance to confirm the above evidence. Mr. Tutwrinv asked the prisoners what they had to say to such a daring and lawless outrage. It was a wholesale attempt at slaughter. Stockbridge said, they were all together at a public-house, where they remained until two o'clock in the morning, when the prosecutor left them, and did not return again. He (Stockbridge) and Darvell went a ft e r hi m , an d in passing by the house in Hemming's-buildings they beard some persons in the house. They knocked at the door, but they would not let them in. They inquired for the prosecutor, when the sister told them that he was not at home. _ An officer said that the knife belonging to Stockbridge was found near the house in Hemming's-buddings. Stockbridge denied having a knife. Darvell, with equal indifference, made a similar defence. Mr. TYRWHITT said he would remand both prisoners for a week. Other persons had been seriously injured by them, and it was necessary to ascertain the extent of the injuries and the fate that awaited them. Instructions wore given for their attendance, an d a l so that of the surgeon. The prisoners were then conveyed to prison. LAMBETH. Mr. Townshend, managing clerk to Messrs. Trinder and. Eyre, of John-street, Bedford-row, solicitors, ap plied to Mr. Elliot for his advice and assistance under the following circumstances:-- The applicant stated that about five weeks since there appeared an advertisement in one of the weekly news papers, addressed "t o no bl emen, clergymen, and others requiring money to be advanced on their personal se curity, on liber a l t erms and in strict confidence. Applica tions to be made, by letters only, to Mr. H. Holford, 44, Carey-street, Li ncoln ' s Inn, London. " A clergyman having seen the above advertisement desired to avail himself of the offer thereby trad e , an d accor di ng l y wrote to Mr.li el ford at th e a dd ress g i ven, w i t h t h e view of obtaining 601. for a short period, on the security of his promis sory not e . Th ereupon a correspondence t ook t°ok place resu lt of between the clergyman and Holford, the which was that Holford succeeded in obtaining e b o t t aini f e o g r from 6o the applicant's client his promissor y note weal letter kiroing woroplahed this Uolfind vrr 0 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. to the clergyman, making various excuses for not for warding the money. Soon eter the receipt of the last of these letters the clergyman get a letter signed "J. Alves, 6, St. Mary-street, Walcot-square, Lam beth," advising him that his promissory note had been offered to him (Alves) to discount, and desiring to know if such note would be duly honoured on its becoming due. Oa the receipt of this the clergym in began to suspect that all was not right, and accordingly consulted his solicitor on the subject, and the result was that the particulars, with the c irrespondence, were forwarded to Messrs. Trinder and Eyre, the London agents of the country solicitor, with a request that the necessary in quiries should be made in.() it. Oa Scurdey last he (Applicant) carte I at No, 4t, Carey-street, the address given in the advertisement, and four 1 chit -h' ffite wss styled on the wiedoes blind, " A G'neral Business Agency-office;" that 11011ord's name eve.s not up; but the ro was the name of " Grey mei Co, general agents." Upon inquiry in the i ffie, of me. Holt 'r e a youth there said he was unfortunate, for that Mr. H ,Ifore had but just gone out ; but he would go 'rid f him back. Ire a few minutes the youth re. turned, and said Mr. Holford wes c 'mill in, and on this person making hi s appearance, he (applicant) artlressed him as Mr. flelferd; but he said his name was not [Telford, and that that persoe merely called there far his letters. .Applicant, then observed he was sorry he could nor see H Alford, as he understood he Was in the hauit of discoureing hills on good perseeal security—that he had, in tact, sesei ht i advertisement in the newspapers, and was desiteius of seeing him en the subject. The person he addreesed hero replied th et it was all right, and that if he put the particular. in writing he would take care of it. He alio said that Mr. Elotfotd was not in the habit of seeing anybody personally, and required negotiations in writing. Applicant here re m irked that it was rather stranee that the youth in the office, and who was evidently his son, should have repre sented him as Mr. Holford, and again asked him if that was not his name. The person thereupon repeated that it was all right, that he was walking along the street with Mr. Holford, when his son came after them, and brought him back. Applicant then disclosed the real object of his visit, and handed to the person of whom he spoke a written notice demanding the promissory note of his client, and offered him at the same time the pay ment of any expenses he might have been pat to. The person then replied that he knew nothing more of Mr. Holford than his calling there to receive his letters, and he did not even know where he resided. He (applicant) had made several attempts to see Alves, but without success, and he had no doubt whatever that both he and Holford were two of a gang of notorious swindlers and bill stealers, and were connected with an attorney who had been tried but a short time sines for bill stealing. Under the circumstances, he (Nlr. Townshend) hoped his Worship would grant a summons against Helinrd and Alves for conspiracy, or for obtaining a valuable security for money upon false pretences. Mr. ELLIOTT ; hevitig carefully looked through the correspondunee that had parsed between the parties, stated it as his impression that there was not sufficient on the face of it to connect Alves and Holford, and ad vised the applicant to continue his inquiries, and then come again. Mr. Tosvnshend promised to do so, and, having thanked his Worship for Ih3 attention with which ho had heard hiw, left the court. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S LEVEE.—TiIe following officers attended the levee of his Grace yes terday:—Lieut. W. 13, Maggiore, Captain J. J. Newell, Commander H. G. Morris, Lieut, R. E. Builen, Carain C. 0. Haye.i, Commander G. Smyth, Commander J. S. Nott, Commander S. Mercer, Lieut. G. Read, Captain Sir G. Ozway, Commander W. G. Mansfield, Captain W.Maersona, Captain, F. W. Beechy, Lieut. J. Pollard, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. Elliot, Commander A Reeil, Lieut, E. F,. D-:nt,..Carnmander F, Cannon, J. H. Crang, Commander J. W. Lake,:Capiain W. B. ifloneY p,:nny, Commander J. A. St. I.,ger, Captain. R. F. Rowley, Capmin J. A Stevens, Lieut.. C S. 'T.:elegem, Commander N. Vansittirt, Captain H. Dunlop, Captain F. Marti", Commander R. G. Welch, L:eutenant J R. Liiburn. ADMItt&L HYDE PARKER'S LEVEE.—The following offiatrs were pr. s.•ric t t :admiral Parker's levee 304 r - day :—Capiaili R. F. Rowley, Captain A. Stevens, Capt. Hay, Captain William Cia-k, Captain Newel, Captain Collier, Commander Frederick Cannon, Commander R. J. J. G. Macdonald, Commander W. G. Mansti4l, Commander J. W.Fin;:h, Commander Curtis, Commander G. F. Wes;bru,k, Commander Thomas Stewart, Com mander J tines St. Leger, Cammsnder TI. Falcon, Com mander Massingbred, L.eut. J. H. Crang, Lieut. E. 11,unsell, Lirut.. H. F. M'Killop, Lieut. C. J. Didbarn, Lieut. W. Mould, Mr. Todd (mate), Lieut.-Colonel Cu lomb, Admiral Corry. ADMIRAL LIORNBY'S LEVEE.—The following was the list 3 esierda) :—Lit:ut. T. B. Field, Lieut. W. N Boyce, Commander T. W. Finch, Mr. Thomas Somerville, surgeon; Captain J. E. Erskine, Mr. Charles M. Hughes, Lieut. E. W. Ling, Commander Thomas Smarr, Captain W. Clark, Captain Newell, Commander J. Rienarthon, Commander Cannon, Lieut. E. Bulkn, Commander J. Mi-kiPance, Mr. G. Field, Captain Farquhar, Liarut, W. M•Killop, Lieut. C. Didhana. APPOINTMENT. Commander Henry Phelps, to tile Ferret. PROMOTION. Mr. F. M,txe (mate), to the rank of lieutenant. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir T. Briggs, issw,d a general memorandum last evening, thanking the officers, the seamen, and the marines of the fleet that landed and assisted to extin guish the awful fire in the dockyard yesterday morning. Nothing further occurred atter we sent off our dispatch. The ladders were left against the Tarring-house, and 16 fire engines were left in clo se v i c i n i ty, a l l rigged and full of water, ready to play in case of any outbreak. The debris of the fire is being removed to-day. We stated that the probable damage would be abut 7001. It may be nearly double lbw. sum, the interior et the compartment of the building that took fire is totally de stroyed and the walls injured. The building, which stands in a confined locality, will be converted into some less dangerous use than tarring yarn; and a building placed in some open space will be appropriated fur that ' purpose. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs and Captain Chads pro ceeded to Spithead this morning in the Sprightly steamer, and inspected the Philemel brig, in gunnery and other exercises; the Philotnel will go to Plymouth to pay off. Commo lore W. F. Martin's broad pendant was per manently struck at sunset last night on board the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead, which ended the unseal specta cle of a broad pendant being kept flying at a home sta tion in time of peace in the presence of two Admirals' flags. The Channel squadron will not again be com manded in this peculiar manner, but a Rear-Admiral (A. L. Corry) will take the command of the next squad ron—an alteration which, senile it adds dignity to the service, cannot fail to be more agreeable to the gallant offic , rs employed in it. Commodore Martin's appoint ment (one of the Baring board's acts) has been a grievous eyesore to the flag officers of the navy ever since It was so injudi&ously made. Rear -Admiral Curry's ap pointment is made at the instance of the Premier, we are informed, but whether that be ao or not he is a most experienced and popular officer; he commanded the ex p.--rimental brig squadron in 1844. Captain Hutton is reported as likely to be filg-captain, and the Queen or Prince Regent the flig-ship. The Fairy, Royal yacht, MaAter Commander Welsh, and the Efin dispatch tand-r. Master Commander Bel listen, were tekt.n out at harbour this morning by Cap tain Crispin, to test their engines, & )., atter repair. Tneee two beautiful little vessels Appear in better order and more neat and elegant thin ev.,r—they certainly do their officers much credit. They will be ready to remove the Court from the Clarence-yard to Osborne on Satur day next. The Lightning steam-yacht and the Adder arrived at Portsmouth, bringing from Deptford the Q 'eet - I : u a officers and men that navigated the Hercules froze,m 3 'I he Queen, 120, hung her rudder today; her copper has been put in order, and she will be taken out of deck on Friday, and soon after go to Devunport to be paid down. - - — T — he Lightning and Adder returned to the eastward this evening. DEvoNPuRT. MAY 17.—Miss Burdett Coutts has been on a visit to this neighbourhood, and called at the deck yard, and in company with Mrs. Edye she visited the Female Orphan School, founded for the orphans of docksmen, and which she has liberally supported. She minutely inspected the es , ablistiment, and expressed herself highly pleased with all the arrangements, and the whole management of the asylum. She i 3 still here, or rather at the hotel, Plymouth. She visited the school on Thursday, Friday, and again to-day. aYpepsetaerrs day she attended the Dockyard Chapel. She highly pleased with all she has seen here. Desperate steamer, in charge of Lieutenant Stevens, returned to this pert last evening, and came into har bour and took up her moorings. Sprightly sailed this afternoon for Portsmouth. Sanspareil has bent sails to-day, and will be ready to go out to-morrow afternoon or Wednesday morning. Ferret, 8, is ordered to be commissioned at Devon port by Commander Phelps (1849), it is supposed for the Coast of Africa. 72SHEERNESS, TIIESDAY.—Hor Majesty's ship Hercules, , has been removed from the anchorage off Standgate Creek to Chatham. The officers and seamen who lately navigated her to England have been conveyed to Ports mouth by the Lightning and Adder steamers, to embark on board the Queen. Her Majesty's ship Achille, 76. was taken into the north dock of the fitting basin yesterday, for the purpose s of havingher copper examined and: necessaryadnce r e e a d repairs effected, to place her in an efficient state as an having ship. She' as launched at Gravesend in been built on the liuez of the Pumpeo. She measures 1 987 tons. this port now consists of the The first division of the ste A am mp sci t j u ie ad n, ron cJ o e f i r o e p s s e , rve at and frigate [foredo, under the command of the Hon. S. Barracouta, with the screw steam- frigate eem c Carnegie. sceline Percy entertained the principal the Her. nprincipal port offi c ersa dJo the heads of the depart . meats at a full dress dinner yesterday, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. Her Maj esty's steam-tan touched h are yesterday on her retu rn to W ] —lloilo way's Pill 3 have effec- TINEMENT. r ADVER • al.i Clark,ver of L a ke Complaint George,of a mostNew h s o o p u e t l h e ss w n ra a l t e n s , r e w . — a s with after trying all their skill, candidly gave their seriously l afdictedfor ye ars a l iver complaint. His medi tularl.ly_vicuorrneda, is case was hopeless. In this situation, and i lil e ' l t: E : p h e a: C .: :;: ht g that every day would terminate his earth 4, career, a friend recommended him to try Holloway's Pills, as suring him that he knew a person who was cured by them of that complaint. He adopted the advice, and found speedy re lief from taking them, and was in a short time perfectly re stored to health.—S o ld b y all -Druggists and at Professor liollowayli Establishment, 244, Strand, Loudon. IPSWICH, MAY 18. The market continues to be very scantily supplied with wheat ; the best conditioned samples sold at previous rates, whilst the secondary qualities and samples out of candition met sale only by Aredwion of about a shilling per qr. PER QUARTEK.I PER QUARTER. Wheat,red Ditto, white. 433 to 46s Oats oos to 003 Barley, malting ... 00s to 0, 1 5 Rye Ditto, grinding ... 00s to 0 is Malt. oos to 001 Beans ...... • • 305 to 32s Flour, per sack ... 00s to 00s AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK. ENDING MAY 15, 1852. Wheat 1 31,8 quarters, at 41s tid Barley Beans . Peas ~... ..... Oats 00s Od ... ....... - ,9 HULL, MAY 18. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—With con inued insignificant arrivals of each description of grains the trade of the past week has been in the same beautifully dull state that we have so long had to record it. The supplies of home-grown wheat to the consuming markets still prove fully equal to consumptive necessiti s, and next to no foreign is now being used by the millers; no impression can consequently be made on chambered stocks. For spring corn there is a re,.. - nlar hand-to-mouth sale at our currency. There has been some nice rain during the week, but more is wanted. We had a very fair supply of wheat from our own farmers today, and who appeared uninfluenced by tre dull reports from other markets : as stated before, the wealthier c. 1255 of farmers are now the chief holders, and they appear disposed to abide the " chapter of accidents" rather than part with their stocks at much aderation upon present. rates. We make no change in our currency to-day. Very little doing in foreign wheat. A little increased demand for barley. A lot of fine new Orleans Indian corn is on the market, both white and yellow. Beans o off tairly at late prices ; our principal supply continues to be Egyptian. Very little doing in linseed, the bulk of the im port being for crushers' account. The sale for cakes is more limited since the rain ; a parcel of fine round American are now on sale. No business In rapeseed, but cakes are inquired for, and only one small lot on the market, held at £53. Several transactions in bones at tss to 97s 6d, according to quality. The following are the present prices or grain 8. 8. 1 8. 9 Wheat, English, re d 38 to 40yeas, white and yel. 30 --- 32 Do. white ...... . ..... 40 44 1)o. grey - 2 ,2 Dantzic and K o - Linseed, Black Sea 44 -- '.'" nigsberg 42 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 --- 45 Pomeranian and Do. Riga&ArchngL 38 -- 42 Hamburgh Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 36 381Lins. c., Hull 81 2s 6d to QIN Russian and Odessa 34 —3 8 1 Do. fine for. 71 12 s 6d to 0/0a Oats, English Do. Danish l6 18 Rapeseed. ..... .. 23/ lOs to IN, Do. Friesland lB 20 Rape cakes...92s 6d to 001 04 Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 17]Tares, English .373 --° O 2 Barley, malting 25 30 ; D o. f ore i gn 323-- 3 7,: Da. grindia !: 1.?5 —271 Guano Beans Do~ foreign CORK, MAY 17. Barrels. Currency. O White wheat 00s Od to 004 Od 00a Od-20 stee 3 6 Red wheat l9s 6d to 00s OJ O Ditto OO3 Od to 00s Od 00a Od-20 do O Ditto oos 04 to 00s I'd 68 Barley 123 10d to 12s lld O Ditto ,oos 04 to 00s Od 00s Od-00 do O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 0 Here . ....... Od to 00s Od Os Od 48 Oats. lO5 7d to 11s 2(1 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 00s 04-0 de O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od ) O Pigs. o , s Od to 00s Od 00s Od per eft Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:— 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 16 barley; 0 here; 1 oats; 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:re Wheat, 47. Barley, 410. Oats, 543. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRINCY. • .•'' First quality Secend quality Third quality • 6is Third quality 451 M 1: Fourth 'quality Fifth quality - 43 s Fifth quality . ... ... .. . • Sixth quality - /s Sixth quality ' 77 Return of Cattle sold for week ending May.B. Pigs, 194. - Sheep, 362. • Cows", 7d. Cort.x.--I , lour—liirst 12. 64 to 13s 0d; • extra .148'YI 5-teends, 11i, 6d to 12 s Od ; n ouee h o ld s 10s to 1184 thirds, 711 •_ ; °— ,, • iler cwt. Oatrens.; 118 to I I s 6(1; Indian meal 7s 6clti, Tsai; melt. 8,6 d 0. 936, per evrt. Indian corn 71 55 to 7110,0 Bran 67.6 d to 90a per ton.- • HayL—Farmers 13. s 6d to 255; averse? ON; dealers :359 to 00. Od; average 00s per ton. Su aw--Fart i er : 153 04 to 21. Od ; average Ot's; dealers 00s Od to 00 , "'"' average 00. Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 66d to Od; household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d W 10d - per lb. Eggs— 4d to 3s 6(1 per hundred. C°st . :lee/bort 15. O d ; Lydney lb . ; Landore 00s ; „ 12, 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s per c li Wlll ° l 9 , 2 5 o. p., 515 9(1 per imperial gallon. r",,, —Beef 4id to 7d ; mutton 5d to b i d ; vea l ba • id ; pork 4(1 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausage. 5d per lb. 00P° 8! Rs to 9/ 0s per cwt. Bangor slates 2/178 6cl to 3/09 pe' t° ll. Bark, red 7/ to 8/ lOs per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15s per sten t Heusi, 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish— &rotas herrings 19s to 00s; ref, ditto, 24. to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os to 11/ Pr_ ton.. Timber—Memel. 70. per ton; red pine, 3/ ss; yellow ditto, 21 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 131 per 100. Fltdesl. Market 18s to 255 ; salted 20s to 26 8 per c wt ; calf 3id to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9(1; pi s ' 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 10/ 10s to 111; Ichaboes to 91 ok per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market presented an IRt „ proved appearance to-d a y, an d p r i ces genera lly had a te n dency upwards. Th e t ransact i ons were as follow --9‘.Tre: Westerns, 92% —M id land, 69 3 A—Taff Vale, 156—Ditt0/ 11e " 2 p.—We6t Cornwall, 3% dis. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted in our sba r market to-day was very limited, but prices continue 1113. The transactions were as follow:—Cal e d o ni a n, 19 3 /- L an; cash ire and Yorkshire, 73—L on d on an d North-Western, , —Ditto, New Quarters, 5 1 / 2 p.—Midland, 70;i —6°vi : ta - Eastern and Dover, 21V,—North Staffordshire, 614 , North Union, Pres. and W., 46—York and North blid l4ll 24 3 A—Dutch Rhenish, 3% dis. aIANUktr.STER, MAY 18. of Sioux ExcHANGE.—There has been a fair amount business transacted to-day, and prices had an upward ten dency. The transactions were as follow:—Caledoni an ' 21:y 6 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 73 1 A—North Stafford' shire, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 7-16. tilliallNt4HAM, MAY 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been firm to-day, but there was very littl e b us i ness d o ing. The 0019 sale reported was—Coventry and Nuneaton, 1./5. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAL—Traf fic the week ending May 15. 1852 ;-- Passengers t 22,382), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,144 19 4 Corresponding week in last year 3,725 3 9 Glasgow. May 17. SEABORNE MAILS. 4 1011 [N signifies that the moils are sent from the aenorar Poe t 4 by the night—and AS by the morning—dispatch.] When made up, in when PLACES. General Post-oface ' Fro port m din- what due. London. j patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 21 .. • • (Liverpool America (by U.S. pest.) N May IS Liverpool Arzariea (by U.S. plit.) M , May 25 iouthampt. Africa (West coast).. N,l4tn of the month ,Plymouth Alexandria. ........ N 19th & 30th of mo.f Dover .. Belgium .„ N , Daily ..IDover firazil. M j 9th of the month ;Southampt. Southampt. . t Buenos Ayres .. 51 9th oftho of m ni on o t n h tt 'Southampt. California( viaChavef ) M id Sc 17th Cape of Good Dope N j 14th or month Plymouth.. Constantinople.' N 7th 17th 17th of mo Dover Central America .. M2d & 17th or coon. ,Southampt. Channel Isles •• N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Chill .. 31 17th of the mo'itn Southampt. France .. M& N Twice daily !Dover Greece........" 7th 7th 21th of mo Dover Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London Rolland •• Wednes. & Satnr. Londe _ c3atnr. London .. Elonduras . N-170 of the tnouth 'Southampt. Ireland .. M& N ! Twice daily :Holyhead.. India (via louthamp.) 5i 20th of the month'Southanot. India (vI a M arseill es) N sth& 24th of month Dover -• • Mediterranean (via tioutbairnthn) 20th of the month .Bouthampt. Mediterldnean (via Marseilles) N B th&24tls ofmonth Dover • • Mexico •• M2d 01 the month.. I Southampt. Madeira .. 9th of the month !Southampt. f 7th,17th,19th.27th! Dover ! & 30th of month Naples* Nsth 15th 25th of me!Dover • Papal States* p, sth 15th 25 Eh atm • Dover . ?eninsular.. IM 7th 17th 27th ef mo,Southampt. Peru .. IM 17th to the month ISouthampt. Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th of mol Dover • • West Indies ii/;l7th of the month I Southampt. West Indies (except nil Fiavanna & Nassau) M2d of the month The mails to those c ountries thus mar' French packet via Marseilles. Malta* .. .. Nay 24 may 26 May 2 1 June 3 May 18 Daily /June 16 June 16 !May 20 ;June 3 1141 ay 20 ;May 20 ; Ta. TWOS , May 20 Twicedalli May 20 Tues. t'St• Nay 20 _" ;Twiceeaw Imay , 20 ;June !g a y 23 !June June 5 June 1 6 May 20 m a y 22 ;May 22 31ay 26 ;may 20 may 22 .May 20 ISontharnpt.!June 5 ked (*) are conveyed W Mr. Secretary Walpole, in reply to a letter from the Harbour Commissioners of Wat er f ur d , has stated th o t he has no commands as to the inte n ti on o f h er Majesty to land this summer at the port of Waterford. • [ADVERTISEMENT.] —BeIIs Life in London, ° n Sunday next, May the 23d, will contain—Epsom Anticipa tions, with a glance of the probable winners of the Der b y and Oaks, by Pegasus —A programme of the Epsom Meeting —The latest state of the odds in town an d coun t ry —Horses, arrived, and en route for Epsom —Bath an d S omerse t County Races, and all the exciting turf news o f th e period—Crichet. The All England and other inter est i ng matches—Aqua tics A few words about the forthcoming ma t c h f or t h e Chain' pi o nship, between R. Coombes an d T. Cole—Pedestrianisnr- Pi ge on-shootirg—The Ri ng , an d all the Sporting intell.l" gence of the week. Offices, 170, Strand. Price of Bell's Life in London. 6d. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 15th inst., at Chertsey, the wife of Captain Yates, 28th Regiment M. N. I. On the 17th inst., at Gloucester-place, Hyde-park' g ardens ' the wife of James R. Robertson, Esq. OF A DA MIME. On the 16th i nst., at Stamforcl-grove West, Upper Clap the wife of the Rev. Dr. Cappcl. tap A. 11. C ooper. On the 16th i nst., at Balitha-villas, Barnsbury-park, Irs. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at St. Sepulchre'e,.Northampfun, Adam Carrie Keep, of Wollaston, son of Joseph Keep, E , q• lingbwough, to Eli za , e ld es t d aug ht er o f Willi am Wi'lliams Esq., Northam t p OP. DIED. On the 13th inst., at Harndon, near Sandwich, Kent, aged 81 Henry Wise Harvey, Esq. On the 13th inst., at Paris. the Hon. Lady Airey, widow Of the late General Sir George .A.irey, K.C.11. 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