The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-05 00:00:00

FRANCE. The ball given by the Prince President at the Tuileries on Saturday was very brilliantly attended, mid the invitations having been more limited than on former occasions, there was none of the incon .nience from over-crowding which was then expe- Awed. The dresses of the ladies were splendid, and e,.;rewas a fine display of diamonds. The members of the diplomatic corps, a large number of senators, the members of the Legislative Body, many of them wear ag for the first time the cfficial costume, most of the councillors of state, also in their official costume, the high public functionaries, and nearly all the general officers and colonels now in Paris, were pre sent. The number of foreigners of distinction who had been honoured with invitations was considerable. The Prince President, accompanied by about forty persons of distinction, senators, deputies, council lora of state, ministers, generals, &c., walked several times through the rooms, and stopped fre quently to converse with persons who were known to him. On his entering tha room, the Prince was ac companied by Lady Cowley, with whom he opened the hall. At about half-past eleven the vast double buffet fur the ladies and gentlemen was thrown open, and refreshments of every kind were supplied in abundance. The dancing was kept up until after daylight. The Prince slept at the Tuileries for the first time since his assuming the reins of government. Lieutenant-Colonel Mouton, on half-pay from an infantry regiment, who hes been for some time con fined at St. Lo fur politieal reasons, was last week sent to Brest, under an escort of gendarmes, to be transported to Algeria. On Wednesday, the sth, being the 31st a nniversary of the death of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, a commemorative service will take place in the Church of the Invalides, at which the Prince President of the Republic, the members of the Imperial family, and the high functionaries of the Government and of the army will be present: The Patrie says— .' The President was present on Wednesday last at the Dame our Camitius, at the Vaudeville. He has since sent by Count Bacchiochi, his orderly officer, to Mine. Doche, who plays the principal part, a magnifi cent bracelet set with diamonds and rubies. The even ing after he was present at the performance of Madelon, at the Opera Comique,' THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 4. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, A PRIL 7, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Dry/wing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, lath m a y next, at two o'clock, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N.B. The Knights of the several or ders are to appear in their collare. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased t o a pprove of Mr. Cle• nien:a Frederick Good as Consul-General at Hull for his Majesty the King of Denmark. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. flenry Taylor to the district church of Christ Church, in the Forest of Dean, in the county of Glou cester, and dioceso of Gloucester and Bristol, void by the resignation of the Rev. James Banks. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph More. land, Eig., to be Captain in the Artillery Company► o London. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 3. lIHMBEII SFATTRNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Uonnty of Suffolk (Eastern Division)—Sir Fitzroy Kelly, lint., in the room of Frederic Bum Rendlesham, deceased. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAT 1. The Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to ap point the Lady Suffield to be her Royal Highness' Lady in Waiting. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. The Honourable William John Monson to be Leputy Lieutenant, April 3. Commision by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicester. Sir George Howland Beaumont, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 5. Commissions by her Majesty's Lieutenant for Cornwall. Thomas Sibbald, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Yowler, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 24. Duke of Cornwall's Rangers—John Fincher Trist, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Call, promoted; the Hon. William Henry Edgeumbe, commonly called Viscount Vaßetort, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bennet, pro moted, April 24. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of. Oxfordshire._ Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Adjutant Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill to be Captain by Brevet, April 27. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Mar wood Shuttleworth Yeatman, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Glyn, resigned, April 28. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet William Butler Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Botfield, resigned. Commissions by the Lord , Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry evralry—Thomas Greenwood Teals to be Cornet, April 19. Ist West York Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—%r Thomas Edward. Pilkington, Bart., to be Captain, vice Preston, resigned; Cornet John Field Wright to be Lieutenant, vice Boynton, resigned; Cor net Enjamin Heywood Brooksbank to be Lieutenant, vice Ellison, deceased ; Willis,ai Frederick Dickson to be Oernet, vice Ellison, promoted, April 2t. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert Logan, to be surgeon. Commission by the Lord : Lieutenant ofSeffulk. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Hill Mussenden Leonel', E!q., to be Captain, ♦ice Collett, resigned, May 1. BANKRUPTS. Charles Ritchie, jeweller, Oxford-street, to surrender, May 13, at eleven, and June 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinglhall slteet; Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. Frank James, iron founder, Walsall, Staffordshire, May 19 and June 15, at half-past eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Duignan:and Hemmant, W alsall ; Wrighta, Birmingham. John Eard, brewer, littoxeter, Staffordshire, May 15, *June 5, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Daignan and Hemmant, Walsall; Wrighta, Birmingham. Samuel Beniams, jun., grocer, All Saints, Hereford shire, May 18 and June 15, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Prichard, Hereford; Bloxham, Birming ham. James Thomas Woodhouse, scrivener, Leominster, tray 15 and Jane 5, at half-past ten, at the Birming ain District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham; Motterana, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. _ William Arthur Watson, builder, Whitacre, Warwick ahire, M ay is, and Jane 15, at half-past eleven, at the i t m r r raihghar a District Court. Valpy, official assignee, ham. la gham; Dabbs, Atherstone; Hodgson, Birming- INSOLVENT DEBTORS. John Carver, licensed victualler, Liverpool. Adam Dalgleish, supervisor Manchester. Lawrence Hartley, provision -shop keeper, Burnley-lane Head, Lanc as hi re. J. 100- Johnson ll , je, --nerman lighterman, John- atree t,Wa ter road. T. Lowe, watchmaker, Freesehool-streot, Southwark. W. Norton, win street-road. win street-road. Ch a d we ll- s t ree t, St. John j. L. White,journeyman baker, Saint Mary's Cray, Kent. J. Walker , fiahmeng,er, Uppe r S ymon s-street, Chelsea. • S burn, Carlton-square. Old Kent -road. W. Nicholson, builder, Shotloy-bridge, Durham. R. Sales, gr ocer, Haverfordw est. W. Joy, corn factor, Chathan;, Kent. J. L. Evans, Ourmarthentiri. W. Brown, fanner, Bristo l, ore • Pollitt, licensed victualler, ouse r keeper, Lancashire. Staffordshire. J. Wood, Deansgate , eat'ub_,l2. Manchester. C. Yeatea, printer, Monm °t " tbromwich, Sta s ff t Bent, coal master, W. C. Draper, boot ,Halifax, Yorkshire. ma nufacturer, Stone, C. Duckit, commercial near Merthyr Ts r d;ii_ M. Humphrey, miner, Dawials , J. common brewer, Mirfield, Yorkshire. J. Priestley, butcher, 0 venden- Yorkshire,Y° rkshiro. J. Paiestley, farmer, Ovenden, W. I, B Ykes, mungo dealer, Dewsbury,"• Wood, dealer in oil, Kingston-upon -Hull. J. BlBteaett, blacksmith, M anc h e ster. 8- BlWeendale, brass founder, Liverpool. J. Chris, joiner, Liverpool. G. tgabtree, Burley Woodhead, Yorkshire. J...nrbyshire, butch er ,;Yo r k, A.. ‘TohnsOn, draper, S ' troud, Gloucestershir e. Kelly, painter, Chorhou-upon-Medlock, J. Mellor, innkeeper, H a lif ax, Yorkshire. G. Mason, fishmonger, Ho w d en, Yorkshire. Manchester. I . Po w ell, out of business, Gloucester. J. Wkitworth, millwright, Leeds. D. aissith, woolsorter, Ripponden, Yorkshire. G. T. Buckley, whiteimith, Middleton Lancashire. D. Leather, lioensed victualler, Great Sankey, Lancashire. J. Lord, machine maker, Huhne, Manchester. A. Npilb, farmer, Shelf, York#aire. J. 'reams's, journeyman joiner, TT —a-nae, Manchester. J. P.4nington, fis,bmonger, Manchester. J. B. Gordon, shipowner, Belsiz-road, Finchley-road. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Ba.;inghall-streel. R. Darer, Cornhill, cook, day 25, at twelve —J. Bar nett and T. Flancock, Conduit-street, Regent-street, shoeinegers, May 27, at half-past twelve—J. Grimble, y• squarP, Whitechapcl, builder, May 2 7, at eleven . ',lanes, Castle-street, Finsbury, cabinetmaker, M a y 27 , at two—T. Britten Suffolk-lune, Canon-stree t, . wine n ' y r e"nt. May it ' twelve—R. Attree, Brighton, oilier, May 25, tlt ticavvr. Li the Country. T. Oceleshead and C. Cummins, Liverpool, commis sion vont; 'trlay 27, et eleven, at the Court, Liverpool G. Rennie, Liverpool, merchant, May 27, at the Court, Live•rpool—J. Longiuottona and T. Fawcett, Leeds, cloth mciehants, May . 2 7, at one, at the Court Leeds—J. Norwood, Soaith, Yorkshire, May 27, at one at the Court, Leeds—J. Taverner, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, *ilk manufacturwr, May 27, at half• past e l even, at t h e Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. P. True, Downham Market, Norfolk, ironmonger, 5d., any Wednesday, betwe en eleven an d three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, B as ingball-street. itb, Thresdneedle - Oreet , Bow-common, and am Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-aalds, copper smelter and c silversmith, 5 ; -; ; , 1., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, a,t the °ilk.) of Mr. Whitmore, Basing,hall-street. C. Read, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, wale merchant, 6!, any Tuesday, between eleven and two,*:_at l'ne office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. J. Duggan, Maryport, Cumberland, draper, 31. Si., on Saturday, May 8 , or any subsequent Saturday, be t-veen ten and three, at the of of Mr. Baker, New castle-upon-Tyre. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. T. Brookes, Banbury, Oxfordshire, printer, May 31, at twelve. _ _ In the Country. D. J. Field and B. Molineaux, jun., Manchester, corn dealers, May 26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— W. Noblet, Blackpool, Lancashire, post horse keeper, May 26, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Laugher, T. Lougher, and D. Lougher, Plymouth, ironfounders, May 27, at eleven, at the Hall oZ Commerce, Plymouth —B. Smith, Droitwitch, Worcestershire, salt manufac turer, May 27, at balf-past eleven, at the Court, i3ir mingham—W. asyncs, Leeds, flax spinner, May 27, at one, at the Court, Leeds- CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. S. Ward, Bruton, Sumersetshire, silk-throwster, certificate of the first class—W. E. Spencer, Holland street, Blackfriars-road, mustard manufacturer, certifi cate of the first class—E. H. Palmer, Brentford, Middle sex, brewer, certificate of the first class—T. Burten shaw, S o uthwark-bridge-road, builder, certificate of the second elaas—R. Bateman and H. Ilardwicke, Carey s Inn, printers, certificates of the second s treet, Lincoln' class—E. Waring, Eirkdale, Lancashire, innkeeper, cer tificate of the secon•l class, after three months from April 6—H. Pamment, Penton street, Pentonville, cieesemonger, certificate of the second class—S. Webb, Oxford-street, St. Marylebone, India-rubber warehouse man, certificate of the second class—R. S. James, Leeds, wholesale ironmonger, certificate of the second class, 21 days from April 30—G. Sherlock, Hulme Lancashire, joiner, certificate of the third class—Sarah Wilson, Not tingham, hotel keeper, certificate of the first class—W. Hawkins, Heage, Derbyshire, seedsman, certificate of the first class—P. Ratford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, banker, certificate of the third class, atter twelve months from June 30, 1851. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. N. Dervalue and A. Tibeyrant, Panton-street, Hay market, hotel keepers—J. N. Highmore and W. V. Mat thews, Yeovil, Somersetshire, publishers and printers— M. P'nillippsthal and C. Plaxton, Kingston-upon-Hull, ship-brokers—R. Alexander, C. F. Ellerman, and L. Lempart, Fenchurch-street, City, merchants—G. Pep percorn and A. Peppercorn, Deptford, Kent, butchers — W. G. Kell and A. Chaffers, Bedford-row attorneys and solicitors—E. Whittaker and J. Whittaker, Rochdale, Lancashire, engineers and millwrigets—Charlotte Nor man and W. Brooke, Kingston, Surrey, milliners and dressmakers—T. Hunt and C. Marsland, Cheade Bulke ley, Cheshire, cotton manufacturers and cotton spinners —Martha Malkin, and G. Hill, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufacturers—G. S. Sands and W. F. Jackson, Bride-court, Fleet-street, printers—T. Butler, Hannah Butler, M. Butler, and T. W. Butler, Ivychurch, Kent, farmers and grazers—J. Gregory and E. Bascome, Brentford, Middlesex —B. King and J. Clarke, Kentish Town, farmers—S. C. Hall, E. G. Salisbury, G. Virtue and F. W. Fairholt (as far as regards S. C. Hall and F. W. Fairholt), Wellington-street, Strand, proprietors and publishers of works called the Art Journal and Vernon Gallery—R. Booth and J. Patter son, Scotforth, Lancashire, brick and tile manufacturers —T. Eveson, sen., T. Eveson, jun•, J. Eveson, and C. Eveson, Shepherd's Brook Iron-works, Worcestershire —J. Hughes and T. Da►ock, Manchester, manufacturers —P. Cornthwaite, G. Stubbs, and F. Bredt (as far as regards P. Cornthwaite), Liverpool, tea merchants — Ellen Adams and Elizabeth Adams, Liverpool, tobac conists—T. Crofts and J. Heath, Preston Brook, Cheshire, railway contractors—C. Holland, H. Davies, J. V. Hall, and J. Horrocks, Rio Grande and Porto Alegre, Brazils, merchants (ai far as regards H. Davies and J. Horrocks)—H. Perks and T. Boote, Graccchurch street, cheesemongers—W. Boss, jun., and W. Wileman, jun., Measham, Derbyshire, coal merchants—J. Dickin and Beardsworth, Wrexham, Denbighshire, and Ches ter, timber merchants, brewers and tanners—A Twelve trees and LI. Twelvetrees, Holland-street, Blackfriars road, general merchants—J. Scott and J. M•lntosh, Me niott, Somersetslaire, nurserymen—W. C. Courteney, C. B. Courtney, W. C. Courtney, and C. B. Courtney, Chan dos-street, Covent-garden. coach-builders—W. Sharland and T. M. C. Sharland, Chereton Fitzpane, Devonshire, tanners and farmers—J. Rawlings, W. Walker, and S. Gibson, Shacklewell, auctioneers and nurserymen. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Field, Birmingham, butcher. John Holme, Oldham, Lancashire, clerk. Joseph Phillips, jun., Coventry, plumber. John Beard, Lindfield. Sussex, builder. William Baker, Angmering, Sussex, baker. Benjamin Archer, Hulme, Lancashire, bookkeeper. George Taylor, Norwich, fruiterer. James Runchman Barfoot, Bristol. George Hawkins, Bristol, painter. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Jack, Arbroath, baker, to meet within the Albany Hotel, Arbroath, May 7th and 31st, at twelve. D. Clark, Perth, writer, to meet within the Salutation Hotel, Perth, May 11, and June 1, at twelve. H. Watson, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the London Hotel, Glasgow, May 10 and June 7, at one. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, May 4.) SUGAR.-To-day West India Sugar obtained in some cases 6d per cwt above those of Friday. A public sale of 200 hhds and 8 trcs Barbadoes went with spirit at an advance of 6i, fine yellow realizing 40s to 40s 6d, good 36i 61 to 38s, mid 34s to 365, ord 32s to 33s 6d, good grainy yellow 40e, and 34s per cwt. REFINED.-To-day the home trails demand was ac tive for refiner's sugar, and stiffer rates were obtained, brown lumps selling at 465, and grocery from 46s 61 to 49i ed per cwt. In crushed sugar there is a good deal doing for shipping, at full former rates. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in active request, and a rise took place of 6d per cwt. At auction 5,645 bgs were sold; mid to good yellow went at 34s to 355, ord 32a 6d to 333 6d, mid to fiae brown 283 to 323, black 21s 61 to 225, ord to good grey 31s to 34s 6d, middling grainy yellow 363 to 383, and white ditto 40s to 453 per cwt. EAST INDIA.--.This afternoon Madras Sugar advanced 6rl per cwt. At auction 1,700 bags were sold, soft brown went at 24s 6d to 263 6d, yellow ditto 27s to 303, good and fine 31s to 323 6d. Bengal is much in demand, and there is a further rise of 6d to Is. At auction 6,500 bags were sold; good white Bonares went at 36s to 373, mid 34s 6d to 35s 63, ord 333 6d to 345, damp and washed 33s to 36s 6d, grainy white 44s to 455, fine yellow ditto 41s to 41s 6d. ord to mid 343 6d to 353 6d, fine brown 32s to 323 6d, good to flee soft bright yellow 32s 6d to 33s 6d, and mid 293 per cwt. FOREIGN.-Today business of moment was prevented in the Foreign Sugar market by a scanty supply. There were ready buyers for shipping at prices fully equal to last week. None was offered at public sale. COFFEE.-To-day Native Ceylon met with more at tention, and privately several parcels were sold at 43s for good ord. None was offered at public sale. In plantation less business was done, and prices slightly de clined. At auction 150 cks and 166 bgs were mostly sold, low mid to mid at 54s to 562, fine tine ord 51s to 533, good to fine ord 473 to 503, and triage 40s to 463. Costa Rica is much wanted, and a public sale of 899 bags went at high prices, good ord selling at 45s to fine fine ord 475 to 53s per cwt. In Mocha much business is doing privately at full terms. TEA.-There continues to be an extensive demand for low to good common Congou both for consumption and on speculation; prices are also still advancing, and rule at 8d to 91c1 per lb. Orders are on the increase for other kinds, with more firmness on the part of merchants; the rates obtained for rather bleckish leaf to blackish leaf ere 91,1 to 10id, strong and Pekoe kinds lld to Is sd. In Souchoag important purchases have been made, the prices obtained for common being 101 to I Id, mid to good is to is 3d, and fine is 43 to is Bd. Oolong finds a more ready sale, and rates have a dvanced, g ood to fine realising is Id to is 6d, and common to mid 10d to Is. Pouchong has been selling at from 6d to Bd. A large business has been concluded in Green, and rates have an upward tendency; the quantity on offer of all kinds:is less than previously. Hyson of common and mid quality is selling at is Id to is 43, good to fine Is 5d to 2s 21 ; Young Hyson, ord 101 to I Id, mid to good Is to is 6d, fine 13 3tl LV 23 2cl, Gunpowder Canton 103 to Is; Hy son sorts, low to mid is 21 to is 7d, good to fine is 4d to 33 3d; Imperial 103 to 23; Hyson skin 7d to Is; Twankay 9d to Is; Caper 9d to lOid, and Scented lld to Is 4d. The demand for Flowery Pekoe is brisk, and prices are better, ruling at is 8d to 2s 8d fur fine and superior, other sorts is 3d to is 7d. For inferior Orange Pekoe demand is not better, and common to mid can be obtained at 10d to Is, but of good to fine many parcels have been sold at is Id to is 8d per lb. RICE.-To -d a y operations in Rice were trifling, and at auctionpartsold l t y e . rasostmaOless6d to Os 93 for g o o d b o l d white, bein g CINNAX cm-There was a re l uc t ance t o opera t e a t th e buyers; fi cu rs r t re s n o 'iz prices and declined Id to 2d per lb for firsts ' to best thirds, all under sustained the 1,472 bales offered 1,000 found went at 2s to 2s 9d, damaged is 10d to s 4d to 2s, damaged is to Is 6d, third a2nid3fd'Our2tanda l sound is to I s 7d, damaged I Id to Is 3d, and 28 cases broken at Ild to is 6d for first, second, and third sort. SPIRITS.-Demerara Rum, to sev 4 e 2 ral parcels have l been E 5 e s old at is lld to 2 s 2 d for 33 o 4 ver proof. nEast India a good business is doing at is acceptLeew Leeward edatan( sellers to Is la 543. rs The trade is yet Jamaica,t 35 to 33 over pr oo f 33 4d to 4s fine 2s 103 choicetd o t 1 31 Islandfr ark s u3Jmiswanted good mid to good 32 t o 34 over 25 ' 43 to 2s 9d, middling 23 to 23 3d, low 24 to 30 over Is 10d to is 11d. r I n Brandy eale 3 have of th e v i ntage of 1851 are been of importan ce . Th e rates p 4: 1850 ditt o 43 ~d to 4s 7d, 1849 dit to 4 3 93 to 43 lid, 1848 ditto 53 3d to 5a sd, ol der sorts 5 s i o d d fo to r Cognac4l best brands 3d to 6s 61, low to mid 23 4d to 4e, and Bordeaux is I Id to 2s. In Bribieh-made Spirit a desire is evinced to sell at 93 83 to 0.4 9,1 net each. Gin 22 under proof 85 61, and 17 ditto 94. Geneva is 9d to Is 19d, and fine 2s Id to 23 4d per gallon. COCHINEAL -This afternoon the demand wa s not better for Cochineal, and in some cases Id per lb. in ad vance was obtained. At auction 216 bags nearly all sold, Honduras silvers at 33 8d to 33 10d, and ord to mid black 4s 2d to 4s 6d, but Mexican was taken in at 4s 2d to 43 3d for black. INDIGO.-There has again been a good business doin g in East India, both for shipping and home consumption, prices have yet an upward tendency, an d rule 4d to 6d above last quarterly sales. For auction on the 11th, only 7,355 Oats ore declared. For SPoiah t he re are TILE SUN, LONDON, free buyers, and at rates rather above those of this day week. Guatemala is from 23 101 to 53 53, and Caracas 33 21 to 53 6d per lb. SALTPETRE.—This article is little required at pre sent. Of 2,250 bags Calcutta at auction a small portion only found buyers: 41 per cent. refraction went at 303 61 to 31s, and 14} to 61 ditto 263 eel to 293 6d. There are sellers of other kinds at 243 61 to 263, and Madras 223 61 to 263 per cwt. For British Refined sellers are willing to accept 299 6d to 303. Nitrate of Soda is wanted at 14s 9d to 153. Ou.s.—This afternoon at public sale 30 tuns of Seal Oil sold at 281 103 to 301 103 for brown to pale, 15 tans Southern ord and low 311 to 321 103, 10 tans Palm fine and good 265 to 26s 91, and small parcel of Madras Cocoa Nut Oil 303 per cwt. TALLOW.—The market for Russian is firm, fine yet low Candle selling at 353 91 to 36s per cwt. Operations are upon a more extended scale for delivery, and there are few sellers under 37s 6d for the last three months of the year. A good sale exists for home melted, and the value is 35s 9d to 36s per owt nett cash. At Auction 560 casks Australian were mostly sold ; beef 32s 9d to 343 9d ; mutton 32s 31 to 37s ; and 220 pkgs South ;American at 31s 3a to 353 91 for low to tine ; 150 ek3 East India Vegetable 383 61 to 40, but 30 ck 3 Petersburgh Soap were taken in at 343 per cwt. PROVISIONS.—There is no further reduction for old Irish Butter, and a large business has been done from 463 to 683. Sales of new Limerick made at 723 to 743 ; lurk of fourth quality 603 to 623. Of foreign arrivals are extensive, and amounted to 12,420 casks last week, and prices declined 43 to 63 per cwt, but a largo business has been done; fine Friesland, and Kiel selling at 70s to 74 , , Tae market for English has been dull, and there is a decline; fine selling at 78s to 803, other kinds 60s to 703: stale 503 to 563; and fresh 6s 61 to 11a per dozen pounds. In Bacon less business has been done, and prices have declined; Irish selling at 493 to 533 for sizable, and heavy 46s to 503. In mid dles a fair business has been done, bale at 443 to 46 . e, and tierce 43s to 495, but the tendency is downwards. In Pork an extensive business has been concluded chiefly on Liverpool account, the rates Irish prime mess 703 per barrel, and Bacon mess 67s 6d; American mess 67s 6d, and India 1053 per tierce; these are higher prices. A good sale exists for beef and the market is firm; Irish India at 1103 to 120 s per tierce; prime mess 953, and American 95s to 1003. Fine pale Hams are much in request, and other sorts sell more readily. The value of Irish and English is from 46s to 603. Only a limited demand exists for Lard, sellers are willing to accept for Irish bladdered 54s to 595; Keg and Firkin 46s to 525; Hamburgh bladdered 563 to 58s, and Ham burgh Cheese at 34s to 463; Dutch 28s to 465, and Kanta 183 per cwt. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL NEWS. The commercial advices from New York this week describe continued steadiness in the stock-market and uninterrupted activity in the general business of the country. Quotations on the whole show little alteration, but the tendency has been towards an advance. The amount of railway bonds supplied from all quarters (and in some cases at low prices, which should excite caution) prevents the rapid accumulation of capital that would otherwise be felt, but money, nevertheless, was becom ing more easy every day, and it was difficult now to obtain 5 per cent. All attempts to get up Californian gold mining companies had proved more or less abortive, and this peculiar field was still likely to be left open to the more sanguine speculators of the London share-market. On the other band, the less glowing enterprises connected with improvements at home and the establishment of steam and telegraphic communication with more distant parts appear to be forwarded with the greatest ardour. The Morse line of telegraph between Washington and Nom , York had just declared a quarterly dividend at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum, although they are sub jected to active competition, and adopt a scale of charges which, as compared with those in England, are merely fractional. The arrangements for the proposed Indus trial Expssition appear to be in progress, but there seems little enthusiasm on the subject, and it is stated that the whole expenses, including the cost of the building, are not to exceed 40,0001., which is to be raised by a joint-stock subscription. A collection was being made for the sufferers by the recent fire in the Swedish West India island of St. Barthomolew. The latest advices from Mexico were to the 2d of April. The representatives of England, France, Spain, Russia, and the United States had, it is said, made a re mcnstrance against the exceptional lowering of duties at the port of Matamoras. In order to coun teract the smuggling temptations which gave influence to the revolutionists under Carvajal on the northern frontier, the Mexican Government made a great reduc tion at Matamoras, leaving Vera Cruz, Tampico, and other ports, to exact the customary high rates. It was consequently contended by the various Foreign Minis ters, on behalf of the merchants of their respective countries interested in the trade of the ports thus in jured, that the exemption should not be continued, and that either the old charges should be restored at Mate mores, or that all should be equally reduced. The reply of President Arista was, that the question could only be decided by Congress. The mining industry of the country was in an improving state, chiefly in consequence of the better supply of quick silver. Immigration also appears likely to increase, and an extraordinary contract is alleged to have been en tered into by the Belgian Government " for transporting 50,000 Belgians to the interior of Mexico," where they are to receive either lands to settle on, or employment from proprietors according to certain stipulated condi tions. There was nothing new from the frontier, but the Texan accounts, in stating everything to be quiet, used the phrase, " and will remain so for a short time," as if the pause were a mere matter of temporary arrange ment. It is also added, that Brownsville, which is the border town where Carvajal's sympathizers chiefly re sort, is filled with strangers who profess themselves bound for California, bat whom the Mexican autho rities regard as pirates. From Hayti the last dates were to the 28th of March. Soulouque, the black Emperor, was to be crowned as Faustin the First on the 11th of April. It was expected that about a hundred thousand persons would be present at the festivities, and all business was to be sus pended for about a fortnight. There was nothing new from California, but the tide of traffic between that state and New York was uninterrupted, and the demand for conveyance was as active as usual. Another steamer has been withdrawn from her intended service across the Atlantic, to meet the wants of the Nicaragua route, and the .New York Express gives the fallowing account of the steamers at present on that line:— We see it stated that the steam-propeller Pioneer, originally built to run between this Port and Liverpool, and after one trip withdrawn, has been chartered for the Nicaragua route, to run on the Pacific side, pro bably to take the place of the North America, lost. We understand that Captain Vanderbilt will soon leave for Central America, on business connected with this gigantic enterprise, of which he is the prime mover. The Vanderbilt line now comprises seven first-class steamers, as follows :—Northern Light, Prometheus, Daniel Webster, Pacific, Brother Jonathan, Independence, and S. S. Lewis. In addition to these, another steamer, making the eighth, is now about half com pleted, and the keel of the ninth, to be about the size of the late North America, is on the point of being laid. The Accessory Transit Company of Nicaragua has six steamers running on the river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua, in connexion with the above steamers, and a seventh will be completed this month at San Juan. Their names are as follows:—Central America, Sir Henry Bulwer, John M. Clayton, Joseph L. White, E. H. Miller (not named), Director." SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent frora the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made up in From what When PLACES. General Pcst-ofticel port dis- due. London; patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 7 .. Liverpool .. May 10 America (by U.S. pkt.) May 4 'Liverpool ,May 12 America (by U.S. pkt.)3l May 14 .. 'Bonth a mpt. (May 7 Africa (West coast).. 17;14th of the month IPlyraouth May 3 Alexandria' • • ...... Nll9tla & 30th et mo.I Dover .. May 18 Belgium • • .. •• N Daily .. . Dover .. Daily Brazil .. . • .. Ml9th of the month Sontha m pt. May 15 Buenos Ayres .. M9th of the month ,Southampt. May 10 C alifornia (via Chagrez) M,2d & 17th of monthlSoutham pt. May 5 Cape of Good Hope Nil4th of month I Plymouth.. May 3 Constantinople* l'i i 7th 17th 27th of mo Mover .. May 10 Central America .. Mi 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. May 5 Channel Isles •• N f Mon., Wed., &Fri. Senthampt. Tn. Th• Bat Chili .. M i 17th of the month ;Southampt. May 5 France M &Nl Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* • • .. N 7thl7th27th of mo Dover .. May 10 Hambnrgh N Tuesday & Friday ,London .. ITnes. Sat. Holland M Wednes. & Satur.'London MOR.Thar Honduran . N 17th of the mouthliSontharapt. May 20 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. 'Holyhead .. Twlcedally India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Sonthampt. May 20 India (via Marseilles) N, ,Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. May 16 Mediterranean (via 20 Sontharrnton) •. M,2oth of the month Southampt May moditert anean (via Marseilles) .. •. N Bth&24thofmonth Dover .• May 16 Mexico • • .. .. 31 2d of the month.. l ISouthampt. May 5 Madeira • • •• M of the month Sonthampt. May 10 Maltat •• f 7th,17th,19th,27th D May 10 & 30th of month j over Naples', •.• 11,5 th 15th 25th ofme l Dover .. May 2 papal States' 271 5 th 15th25th ef mo Dover .. May 2 ren i nst aar.. 7th 17th 27th e f mo • Southampt. !Arrived Peru 31117th of the month Southampt. (MAY 5 Tuscany * •• N,sth 15 th25thofmo Dover .. !May 2 West Indies • • .. M 17th of the month Southampt. 'May 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 3C2cl of the month Southampt. May 5 At The mails to those c ountries thus marked (e) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS!. BRISTOL, MAY 4. STOCK EXCITANGE.—We had a very fiat market to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The only transactions reported were—Midlands, 7 014—Taff Vale, 153. LIVERPOOL, MAT 4. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The share market opened heavily this morning, but afterwards improved, and a fair amount of business was done at turn prices. The transactions were as follow :—Ambergate and East Junction, Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 11 dis.—Ditto, 2•_>l. Shares, 6 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 73, A—Ditto, Fifths, 15-16 dis.—Ditto, 20/. F Shares, :;( 3 dis.—Ditto Fifths SWest Riding Union), 4% dis. — L iver p o o l, Crosby, and outhport, 21; , a—London and North-Western, 1 24—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 3 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 4% p.—London and South-Western, 933i—Midland, 70 1 A —North Staffordshire, 7 LA. I dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 22 7 /a —Belfast and Bal- Vnlena, 33'h—Dutch Rhenish, 314 dis. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 4. SrocK EXCHANGL—The share market remains not only extremely firm, but there is a decided tendency upwards. The transactions to-day were as follow :—Coventry and Nun eaton Stock, 124—Midland Stock, 70;4—North Stafford shire, 714 dis.—South Staffordshire, 1 dis. REFORMATION IN DUBLIN.—Six persons on Sunday last, under the spiritual direction and instruction of the Rev. Thomas Scott, and a reformed Romanist priest, abjured the errors of Popery; and subsequently received the Lord's Supper in St. Thomas's Church. One of the converts had been a candidate for the itcaniah prieatheed, and tWQ of thew are Fich9QlMatiten. WEDNESDAY EVENING, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 4. Lord REDESDALE took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. NUNNERIES. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the ladies of the county of Tyrone, praying for the inspec tion of nunneries. _ _ AYNOOTII. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from Dublin and the island of Jersey against the Maynooth grant. SANITARY IMPROVEMENT. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from the inhabitants of the metropolis, praying for sanitary improvement in the dwellings of the poor. M AYNOOTH. The Duke of MONTROSE presented a petition from Glasgow against the Maynooth Grant. COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved the second reading of this Bill, which the Most Reverend Prelate slid was to remedy an omission in the Act ap pointing the Bishops of Bombay and Madras. After a few words from Earl DESART and the Bishop of Losaim, the Bill was read a second time. PENAL LAWS—MR. SALOMON'S CASE. Lord LYNDHURST rose to call the attention of the House to the disabilities created by the 6th George 1., cap. 16. His Lords' ip said that he had no wish to abolish the mere pecuniary penalties, but what he wished more particularly to do away with was the disqua lifications which attended a breach of this law. No person exposed to their force could ever afterwards bring an action at law or a suit in equity; he could recover no property of his own which might be hold by another, he could not act as guardian to an infant, or administrator to an esta'e, in fact, he might be assumed to be a com plete outlaw. The case:which had more particularly drawn his attention to the circumstances was the case of a a gentleman who had lately been subjected to these penalties and disqualification by the decision of a court of law for having sat and voted in the other House of Parliament without being properly qualified. This gentleman, by that decision, was subject to all these penalties, though of course no one would think of en forcing them, as it was evident that though he had subjected himself to them with his eyes open, yet his course of conduct had not been marked by any presumption. He should suggest the propriety of repealing these disqualifications, and for that purpose he had prepared a short Bill which he would ask their Lordships to read for a first time. Lord CAMPBELL said he was rejoiced that the Noble and Learned Lord had introduced this Bill to to do away with penalties which were a disgrace to the statute-book. The Noble Lord bad formerly proposed measures for the benefit of the Jews, and he hoped that his namo would go down to posterity as the eman cipator of the Jews. The Earl of DERBY said that he would not imitate the example of the Noble and Learned Lord who had just sat down, who had gone into the particular case of the Jews, whereas he thought that the Bill was intended to apply generally. As the recent decision in the Court of Exchequer had been alluded to, he would take the present opportunity of stating what had since taken place on that subject. Since that decision Mr. Salomons had written to her Majesty's Government requesting that an Act of Indemnity should be passed freeing him from all the penalties except the pecuniary ones, to which he bad become subject. Her Majesty's Government taking into consideration the feet that the decision of the Court of Exchequer had not been unanimous, end that the conduct of Mr. Salomons had not been frivolous and vexatious, thought it expedient that he was fairly entitled to such an Aot being introduced, but they were also of opinion that some pro ceedings should be taken by the party in question him self, to petition the Legi.lature praying for such an Act. There was also another difficulty, and that was that there yet lay an appeal to the Court of Exche• quer Chamber, and from thence to their Lordships' House, and it was felt that no steps could be consistently taken to grant an Act of Indemnity except on the with drawal by Mr. Salomons of all intention to appeal, or by that appeal going against him, as it would scarcely be proper to grant an individual indemnity from future consequences which had not yet accrued. Ho should, however, not oppose the introduction of this Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE expressed his plea sire at the introduction of this Bill. Aft©r a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, in expla nation, and Lord Wrexeow, the Bill was read a first time, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 4. Tho SPEAKER took the Chnir a few minutes beforo Four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bills were considered and agreed to : Deesido Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Merthyr Tydfil Waterworks. Yeovil and Ilehester Turnpike Trusts. The Manchester House of Recovery Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol against the Militia Bill. Mr. MUNTZ presented two petitions from Birming ham to the same effect. Sir G. S rRICKLAND presented a similar petition from Preston. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, complaining of the undue preference that was given to the tenders of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and praying the House to appoint a Committee to inquire into the subject of such contracts. Mr. W. J. FOX presented eight petitions from Lan cashire against the Militia Bill. Mr. CORRY presented a petition from a plale in Ireland, praying that nunneries may be placed under the supervision of the civil authorities. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from 1,200 of the inhabitants of Finsbury against the Maynooth grant. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Forfar to the same effect. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented several petitions from places in the county of Louth, praying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the hand-loom weavers complaining of distress, and praying the House to establish a system of home colonization. Sir E. BUXTON presented a petition from Keldon, in Eases, against the Militia Bill. The HoN. MEMBER also presented a petition from Ja maica, complaining of distress, and praying for relief. Mr. HEYWOOD presented similar petitions from places in Lancashire. POST-HORSE DUTY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rave notice that on an early day he should move for a Committee of the whole House on the subject of the post-horse duty, with a view to its repeal. LIGHT DUES. motion. Mr. HUME gave notice that on an early day he should call the attention of the House to the subject of light dues, and submit a motion on tho subject. COALS. Mr. HEADLASI gave notice that on this day month he should make a motion on the subject of the importa tion of British coals into Franco. 110SIE-MADE SPIRITS. _ Mr. REYNOLDS gave noticeihat — on Friday he should ask whether it was the intention of Government to introduce a Bill to place the manufacturers and dealers in home-made spirits on an equal footing with the im porters and dealers in foreign spirits. GRAND JURIES. The ATTORNEY - GENERAL gave notice that in the event of the Grand Juries Abolition Bill being read a second time, he should move that it be referred to a Select Committee. BURMESE WAR. Sir EDWARD COLEBROOKE wished to know if it was the intention of the Board of Control to communi oste to the House the papers relating to the proceedings which had led to the war with A va ? Mr. BERRIES said it was as soon as the negotiations now pending with the King of Ava relative to certain conditions which ho was required to agree to should be brought to a close. THE HUMBER. Mr. EDWARD HENEAGE wished to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty whether he had received any report from the engineer employed at Spurn Point, Humber, with regard to the progress made towards stop ping the gap caused by the sea, and whether it was now considered free from danger. Mr. STAFFORD said the gap had been effectually closed, but there were still further works to be under taken which the engineer thought necessary. T HE FRANCHISE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE R g ave notice that on Monday next he would ask for leave to bring in a Bill to ass i gn the seats vac ated by the dis franchisement of Sudbury and St. Albans. PASSPORTS. Sir HENRY DAVIE moved for a return showing the number of Passports i ssue d f rom the Foreign-office in each week si nce t h e commencemen t, on the 22d day of February, 1851, o f the new system (at 7s. 6d. for each passport), compared with the number issued in the cor responding week of system (at and a l s o show the preceding year under the old V. 7s. 6d. for each passport); ing the comparative results of the two systems in a financial point of view ; a l s o the larg est num b er of passports issued on any one day since the new system had been introduced.—Agreed to. THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. SLANEY then rose to move for a department, Standing Committee, or unpaid Commission, to con sider, suggest , an d report fr om time to preven tivetimf,. and remedial m easure s, to benefit the soci a l al condt and tion of the working classes, and for removing eg other obstacles to their improvemen t. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inter . ' posed. Be thought it was understood last that ill was to b night e taken the adjourned debate on the Militia the first thing this evening. Lord J. RUSSELL was also of that impression, and appealed to the Hon. Member to give way . Mr. SLANEY said as this was a subject in which he took a deep interest, and as it was not probable that he should have another opportunity of addressing Parlia ment, he must go on unless Government would under take to give him some future day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not pledge himselt to give a day , bat he wh bed motions particular would take care that Hon. Gentlemen on the paper to-night should not be placed a disad vantage by giving way. Mr. SLANEY said, under these circumstances, he would consent to postpone his motion if other Hon. Members would do the same. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said, thougy to the adjourned h he was opposed to the Militia Bill, he would give wa debate if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would fix day for him withi❑ this day fortnight; otherwise he should feel it bi 3 public duty to proceed with his The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the Hon. M , miber's motion at the early part of the session stood first upon the ppor, but on being called upon he was not in his place.—(Hear, and laughter.) Therefore he hod boat a good opportunity through his own fault. He (the Chancellor of the Exzhequer) ec knowledged that a day sitting, at 12 o'clock, might be had recourse to under extraordinary circumstances to facili tate business, but Ministers had something else to do besides attending the House, and it was a great tax upon their time to attend the House on Wednesday in addition to discharging their other duties. To fix a day for the Member would not be courteous to the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, who had so cour teously acceded to his suggestion. He could not give a pledge, but he hoped to be able to place the Hon. Member in an equivalent position before the close of the session. _ Mr. WALPOLE also urged tha Hon. Member to withdraw his motion, which he eventually did. TIIE MILIFIA BILL.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The order of th© they for resuming the adjourned de bate ou this Bill having been read, Captain SCOBELL said ho did not move the adjourn ment of the debate last night from any want of defer ence to the House, but because several Members were anxious to speak who wore net able to catch the Speaker's eye. Up to the present moment 1,000 petitions had been presented against the Militia Bill, and scarcely one in its favour. Ha apprehended no breach of the peace be tween nation and nation. It was only last year that her Mijesty, at the beginning of the session, announced that she was at peace with all the rest of the world. Scarcely any two Members agreed in opinion upon the Bill. Some Honourable Members oppesite connected with the army thought that an increase of the army would be infinitely preferable to this limping militia ; but still, like good soldiers, they fol lowed their leader when the division took place. The Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General for Ireland observed that a militia was not so expensive as an invasion or a revolution, but no case had been shown to prove that any rational fear need be enter tained of invasion, much less of a revolution. Such observations were therefore beside the matter under discussion. The same Learned Gentleman also said that the apprehension of war was as inju rious as war itself. That was a strange observation to come from such a quarter, because it involved the very argument which was used by the Honourable Member for the West Riding, and the others who supported him, viz., that it was this unnecessary apprehension of war—this alarm of panic-mongers—that gave rise to the present Bill; but ho believed that in less than a month hence the majority of the House would be of a very different opinion in respect to the measure. The Learned Gentleman went on to say that in every ago arms and agriculture were the strength and glory of the nation. Now that was a very fine phrase, but he could not see its force or application. He had listened to three very long debates on the militia, but scarcely once heard any allusion made to the navy, which was the greatest in the world. The English navy exceeded all other navies taken singly, and almost the combined navies of two or three nations. It might be taken as a maxim that what ever nation had the command of the sea, that nation would be successful in all its ex peditions; while, on the contrary, the nation whose enemy commanded the sea, would have no success in its expeditions, especially in those on a large scale. He looked upon the narrowness of the channel between this country and France to be of great advantage to England, because from being narrow the channel was more easily watched. If any fears of invasion were really enter tained, and it was not all sham, why was recourse not had to the plan suggested by his Hon. Friend the Member for the West Riding, of bringing home all the vessels that could be spared from foreign stations for the purpose of protecting our shores? Ho thought, however, there was an ample force at home to meet all danger. There were three line of-battle ships at Spithead and ono at Plymouth, with a total force on board of 3,350. On invasion be coming imminent, all they would have to do would be to distribute these men in steam-vessels, and station them along the coast, and our shores would be safe. Napoleon admitted that unless he had the command of the Channel for a week he never could invade England, and he hoped that admission would keep the country alive to the importance of keeping the Channel safe. Don't let them spend money uselessly upon militias, but devote it to improving the harbours of refuge, where the ships guarding our coast could retreat to in stormy weather. The French had none of those harbours, at least not in the same proportion as England; and therefore, instead of wasting time upon this Bill, the House ought to direct its attention to the subject of harbours of refuge. He had no fear of war, but should it come he was convinced the progress of science would be as remark able on our side as the enemy's. He ad mitted that he voted for the introduction of the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for London, but it did not follow that because he supported its introduction he must also vote for it in its future stages. He simply wished to give the Noble Lord an opportunity of laying his Bill on the table, and he must say that au unfair means was taken to prevent his doing so. In conclusion he begged to express his conviction that should another war occur, it would be found that England's wooden walls were her best bulwarks.—(hear, hear.) Sir H. VERNEY said it was the universal opinion of our great statesmen and our bravest generals that Our defences were defective, and it was their duty to listen to the opinions of these men. In the event of an invasion the Members of that House would not be consulted as to the best mode of defence; but the question which would have to be decided was where should Napier and where should Hardinge be sent. Well, then, these men had pronounced our de fences defective, and so had the best French military writers, and he insisted that it was the duty of the House not to wait until th e dan g er arrived, but to take a mad e time by the forelock and t ake care to be pr n ep d ared for every e v e ry emergency.—(Hear, titan) Franee, wonderful advances in the art of war in spite of againsther i t n h t e er i n n an to d g a o lth t o o u w g ,s h r i w t itwhouusld, yetbe countries were guided as it did not always happen atelredsitssuef9 which this Bill provided. the precautionary measures -d out, however, with as little by their interests, it was the duty of the House to take The plan ought to be came dissensions, and interference as possible, and should bo set aside, both that all party feeling ho would there f o re suggest by the Government an d the Opposition, w ith the view of ultimately devising some schem e which should prove a Honourable Gentlemenpeo p le as was possible .—( Hea r ' n if the militia was unpopular argued this question as s little burdensome to the it had a tendency to render the it inclined wa y upon the supposition that with the people, becausenclined to lead an immoral life,r ality. Now he h 1 for learner • would the army was a sc ho ol andthe men they engaged argued i n far from tharemarkable the as th undertake to say that so and the ere e both regiments of and sobriety. There were some for morality r. them, but taken as a bad men amongst lay was unexceptionable, e napfallen as they then were whole their mora . nvineed, would attend a wise and same result, he was e t ° of the militia.—(Hear.) judicious enebodimen _ Ewa LEy sa . h thethilsine • w td e never saw SO the Opposition beno ranee evinced by them in the . TOO only jolly appearance ado by the li pro- Mr. GRANTLEYnesbi pro ceedings of last night was 111 on. Member seen , ey , who, with a naivete peculiar 11 ) for Finsbury (Mr- la' the Chancellor of the to himself, asked Exchequer to of the debate, . postponement because he in agree to the h e measure every opposition in his tended to offer t ) The Hon. Member for the West power.—(Sear, Yorkshirehoar.) The that, with the exception Riding of there was no question of the question of free-trade , . that suited to the country with as the him so well to g 0 to the nom Gentleman must always It appeared, then, that ievance; for, if he had none, his poli tical a political gr t,ccOme a nonentity.—(La ' tical life would _(Laughter.) He h those ow ose , which they had should like to knowspoken of, were heard so much obtained. How was it which was one of considerable • that his county, t him a petition to import bad never Ben present against ante, 0 great manufacturing towns, in which the Bill? Th 1 b Aem er had so much owes the Honourable p wer, were . • placesfrom whichthese petitions emanated. the only Member for Manchester subject, (Mr. Bright), w h en speaking on this of like Bob Acres, felt age o ozing out his finger-ends. That Ho nourablecourage Gentleman said that the army and navy were forgotten at that moment in favour o f w h at he c alled the blundering,e : miserable, and undiscipli ne d horde that would constitute their militia force. The House ought to mark well the difference of the lan guage used by the Hon. Member when addressing these persons out of doors. He also said that a political panic wa s sometimes got up for the purpose of trading on it. He (Mr. G. Berkeley) would ask the Hon. Gentleman whether he did not know of such a panic being got up for the purpose of exciting the hostility of the people against the Government; and that language was uttered on such occasions outside of the House which dared not be uttered inside of it.—(Hear, hear.) Why, at the first gathering of the Anti-Corn-law League there was language used which was well calculated to excite re bellion. The Hon. Member for Manchester last night was pleased to attach to the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton (Lord Palmerston) the title of Mrs. Jellaby. Now he (Hr. G. Berkeley) recollected reading of two characters described by the same author which he thought were singularly applicable to the Hon. Member and the lion. Member for the West Riding of York shire—namely, Unhappy John and Miserable . Dick.— (Laughter.) He would give his support to the passing of this Bill, which he was convinced was a moat consti tutional and appropriate measure to meet the evils com plained of. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to explain a misap prehension that was abroad as to what he had said on the second reading of this Bill. What he had then stated was that there wore 80 guns on the peace esta blishment which might be made available upon an emer gency. He also said that the Marine Artillery had 20 guns, but without horses, which also could be made available. He saw no difficulty in providing them with horses; so that there could bo mustered in all 100 guns for active service. Sir Hew Ross bad written to him on the subject of this misstatement, and ho now wished to explain to the House what he reallysay did upon the occasion referred to. He then w e nt on a tos y that these horses might be procured at once, an d rendered avail able, when an lion. and Gallant Colonel rather sneered at the observation by d• ll aumg to the probability of those horses r • untnng away when brought into action. New be was speaking practically when ho made that state ment, for he had gone into action himself with horses collected only two or three days before from farm houses on the road side. He had also stated that the number of rank and file, including °ince"' whichso 0 might be made available for service , _ was N - , s men; that there was also 9,000 of the Ordnance cor e M A Y 5, 1852, out of 15,000, which were goner:My at home, and to th:l3o numben they might add 5,300 marines. Ht wls, however, told that he ou.ght not to compute the cineere, the noncommissioned oftioer3 and the band. lie wanted to know why they should no; b include) in the force which constituted a combatant army? If he had m sde these deductions he would b e compelled to make similar deductions from the army of the enemy. As yet he (Sir de Lacy Evans) had said nothing about the 13,000 mounted yeomanry in this county. He considered, however, that they were a very good force, and believed that they would prove very troublesome customers in the flank and rear of an invading army. With regard to the French army, they were not, as had been stated, 400,000. The French estimates showed that they were 369,000, and from that number was to bo deducted 70,000 men for Algiers; so that here at once wore 100,000 men struck off thi s re p ute d f orce o f 400,000. Then, again, if he followed the practice which was adopted with reference to the estimates fur our own army, he should have to deduct from the remaining 300,000 the officers, non-commissioned officers, drum mers, and trumpeters—and these stood us follows: — Officers, 16,000; non-commissioned (Incurs, 2 4 ,500; and drummers and trumpeters, 23,000. Iu the next place, he must deduct 21,000 gens d'armes, who were a sort of local police force, and not available fur an in vading expedition. But if they were to be taken as forming part of the army, ho saw no reason why we should not also count the 10,000 or 12,000 police in Irs - lan,l, who were better soldiers, in his opinion, than any troops the French could bring against us. Allowing, therefore, these deductions, and others on account of the sick-list, the French army would be reduced to 200,000 men. Did Hun. Gentlemen thick, however, that the whole even of this force was available for any sudden exigency? No such thing. For of that number 100,000 men would be required for the garrison towns, and still leave the important forts of Strasburg, Belfort, Dtetz, Lille, and other places, without a garrison; and if all these were properly garrisoned, be did not think 30,000 man could be seat us an invading fordagainst thiscouti try. With regard to the measure of her Majesty's Ministers, he thought the force it proposed to raise was a delusive force, that the Militia Bill of the late Govern ment was a less objectionable measure, and that in the present state of the public mind a much more substan tial and effective addition might be made to our national defences. As to war with France he did not think there was the least probability of such an event occurring. The fact was that since the year 1848 the French had gone on reducing their army, and whereas it numbered in that year 502,000 men, it was now but 369,000, so that the amount of reduction in three years only was not less than 132,000 men. Mr. BERESFORD observed, that the original state ment upon the subject of the army we could bring into the field was made by the Home Secretary, who, not without due consideration, and desirous to state the highest amount equitable, placed it at 25,000. The Hon. and Gallant Member (Sir D. L. Evans) placed it at 85,000; that included the officers, whom it was not usual to reckon in official returns, bat thia could easily be allowed for. The Hon. and Gallant Member in cluded the army in Ireland; the late Prime Minister the other night excluded that from the force available for the defence of Great Britain, and stated that no man re sponsible for the government of this country or for the defence of Ireland would withdraw a man from Ireland in case of invasion here; and in that he (Mr. Beresford) agreed, and should exclude the 21,000 rank and filo iu Ireland. The same reason would apply to the armed police—a most efficient force, raised from the lower classes there irrespective of creed, proving that Irish men might be trusted with arms and relied upon in the case of need.—(Hear, hear.) But if that force was necessary in Ireland now, in time of peace, it would be equally necessary there in case of invasion. —(Hear, hear.) There would be a great difficulty in bring ing over from Ireland the pensioners, of whom nearly 6,000 were in that country ; they would make excellent troops in well chosen positions, but they were not troops of such activity as would make it desirable to remove them here and bring them into the field. Then, leaving out the Irish force, we should have in England 39,172 men. That included 5,029 cavalry; but the southern portion of England was not that description of country where cavalry would be exceedingly available to repel an invasion. Deducting the cavalry, therefore, there would remain 34,143 in fantry, artillery, tappers and miners, and foot guards. Now, on an average of six regiments in this country and Ireland, it was found that, including recruits at drill, there were about 205, or nearly one-fourth of the esta blishment, non-efficient; deducting the recruits (at this moment very numerous) it was only 142, or one-sixth; one-fifth would be a fair deduction to make to find the number that could be brought into the field effective, and this would reduce the available infantry and artil lery to 27,314. Now, the Hon. and Gallant Member was severe upon the Right Hon. Member for South Wilts for taking upon himself to sketch the distribution of the army, but ho (Mr. Beresford) must do it. He could not mention higher authority than that of the Noble and Gallant Duke commanding the army, the Noble and Gallant Officer at the head of the ordnance, and the Gallant Officer at the head of the engineers. The highest amounts of force which they respec tively calculated as necessary in case of invasion, for holding arsenals and ports, were 33.000 infantry and artillery, 30,000, and 28,000. Taking the last of these estimates, there would be required for Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney, 5,000 men; for the Thames, including Sheerness, Tilbury, the Tower, Deptford, Woolwich, 8,000 men; for Dover and its dependencies, 2,b00; for Portsmouth, 5,000; and for Plymouth, 5,000; for Pembroke and other detached places, 3,000. Adding the pensioners to the artillery and infantry, an available force would be made up of 34,280 rank and file; and, deducting 28 000, the force necessary for the defence of the arsenals and ports, there would remain of infantry and artillery available fur other purposes 6,280 rank and filo. There remained the cavalry, which would not be so efficient a force to meet an enemy in the southern part of England on account of the enclosures; adding 4.023 cavalry and 261 sappers and terriers to the 6,280 infantry, there would be 10,564 rank and file to meet an invading force. It must be al lowed that 10,500 men did not constitute a proper and available force to meet an invasion. How, then, it would be asked, would you make up an available force? He would reply, by this very militia. By the existence of such a force they would be enabled to hold the garrisons and forts to which he had referred. The militia, whom some called a rabble, were Englishmen, fit with the addition of soldiers, to maintain those places. They were an available force of infantry for that pur pose; and it was to get a proper and available force for the field that the militia was desirable. If the Noble Lord the late First Minister of the Crown found out in April that there were 90,000 or 100,000 men available for the defences of the country, why did ho not make the discovery in January or February, when ho was digesting a Militia Bill? It could not be supposed that it was necessary for him to go into Opposition to ascer tain the available force at the service of the Government. The Hon. Member for Richmond suggested another and larger view; he made his force 200,000 men. Mr. RICH remarked that the force tie stated was that which might be available if the additions he suggested were made. Mr. BERESFORD would acknowledge in that case that the militia would be useless. But it was not an ideal force that was wanted. He would not have it said that this was not a military nation. Where was the country whose soldiers showed more devotion as well as subordination? Those men who, on board the Birken head, did not flinch amid the terrors of the' vasty deep, would not fail amid the excitement of the battlefield, It had been said that ono great source of safety to the country would be this difficulty of disembarkation; and that in Montego Bay, which took ten days, had been cited. It did not appear why, because that disembarkation took ten days, a disembarkation on the English coast should take ten days. First, the French coast was near; secondly, steam power could be applied; thirdly, on the disembarkation at Montego Bay there was a heavy surf. One would think the HOD. and Gal lant Member (Sir D. L. Evans) was not aware (the Hon. and Gallant Member, he was sure, however, was aware) of a disembarkation made in 1814 in North America, when an army under General Roses landed in one day, the 19th of August, commenced its march on the 20th, marched on the 21st, 22(1, and 23d, and, having marched 60 miles, fought on the 24th an action and gained a vic tory. That would show that it was not verydifficult ir fo u ra ed n English army to disembark in one day; and ho trusted thatthat the Hon. and Gallant Member had not forgotten the services rendered by Lieutenant Evans as Quartermaster General on that occasion—had not forgotten his own cervices. The practice of the Hon. and Gallant Member seemed better than his theory, his action in the field than his counsel in the Senate. In the same year a disern darkation took place near New Orleans, which began at six in the morning; 4,500 men were landed by twelve o'clock, and engaged in action, after a march of seven miles, at four P.M. If English troops could disembark in so short a space, so m i ght others. He would not enter on the question of an augmentation of the army, but he did not believe that an augmentation could or would be retained, An addition of 15,000 men, which was not sufficient for the garrisons, would cost 600,0001, the first year, and 525,0001. the second, whereas the whole expense for the militia, the first year, would be 350,0001, only. This force had received the sanction of the highest military autho rities. The old militia papers justified the expec.ation that a great body of men would enter the service for the bounty. lie could not see why it should be supposed that men would not be forthcoming in greater numbers than at the time to which he referred, for the population had increased. He did not think it would be necessary to recur to the ballot. Neither did he believe the militia would interfere with recruiting for the army. Some of the finest bodies of recruits during the Peninsular war . were sent from th e m ili t i a . A s to the alleged imrploseoomi bility of maki ng men ta k e n from the plough or good soldiers, he would refer to th© rapidity with Russia,which, in 1813, Napoleon, after the loss of his army in beginning of raised a force in January or the Fe bruary, and, having marched 170,0001ag h o those and w, on nw in n the Germany in the month of Match, following May the battle of fertzen. With non-commis sioned officers from the line . th s e w fo o r t c k e , t i o f t h )e ,,e r e a s i i s a el r e y . wo H uld e be able to do great and glori.oue was me men ore likely t ceat believed that voluntary serve independence of cha racter among th scr. than o tho r co n e - ;ption o • f the ballot, nor could he admit it was any ne to take up arms in defeaceof their homes an h ar dship to call d on ti p ie f ir op, co untry. That was an obli ge . out all lt citizens, and it was a s l ur oa Englishme n lion which restedto say theywere opposed t o a Bill o f t h is nature, every clause in which was of a mitigated cha rec tor, - b ro ught forward as it had been by the Govern went in the honest desire to do their duty and in the determination to show they would not leave this country incapable c f defence.—(Hear.) Mr. MAC G REG OR believed the statements of the lion. and Gallant Member (Sir D. L. Evans) would bo cre dited generally, not only by this country, but on the eoutineut. There Wtta no neoessity for the Bill before the Home. All the States of Europe had keen dim i niehin;; their armies ever sinco 1848, under the prose are of finsneial embarrassments, and the French nation in particular had been stated by Marshal Soalt to have become averse to war and military service. If the army of the country was insufficient for its defector!, the people would demand new estimates. He contended that the statements made on a former occasion by the Secretory of the Admiralty were not correct, and that, so far from being inferior to other States in our naval pose er, our fleet ass much greater than that of France or Russia, added to which there was an enormous mercantile steam navy, capable of defending cur shores in time of peace. Those whom he represented de tested the very idea of a number of people being led away from their homes as volunteers for a period of four or six weeks, knowing that it would demeraliz ) them much more than if they enlisted in the regular army ; and, if there existed a necessity for an increased military force, it would be far better at once to increase the ri guler standing army. Sir F. BARING was anxious to state why he should vote against the amendment. The Secretary of the Ad miralty had stated th.at he considered it inconvenient for the public service to furnish the information called for by the Hen. Member. (Sir . F. Rating's) own expe rience lad him to cube it in that opinion. lie had him self on former occasions di clip ed giving retto ns of a much less specific nature th mu these now asked for. When the department of the Government %Lich was re sponsible declined to furnish such returns, it was never tee practice to compel the production of them. These were just the returns which au enemy (if there were any) would be anxious to obtain. He was aware that it would be said that an enemy could get the same informa tion elsewhere. So let him. Ile admitted that the publi city of the press in this country did enable parties a broad to get a knowledge of the proceedings of the English Go vernment which could not be obtained concerning the proceedings of foreign Governments by us. But lot us not get into the practice of furnishing foreign countries with every information they were anxious to obtain. But that wits not the main object of the amendment. The Hon. Member fur Manchester frankly stated last night that he supported the amendment with a view to get rid of the Bill altogether. He (Sir F. Baring) voted for the second reading of the Bill. Without en tering into the war qatstion, he might observe that he had concurred with the most eminent military authori ties—with the Government of Sir R. Peel, with that of his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell), and with the pre sent Government—as to the inadequacy of our present military defences. There might be exaggeration in the statements us to any immediate danger, but the ques tion really was, whether their defences were sufficient to secure them against invasion. He admitted that it was for the interest of every country to keep at peace, a nd among the rest that it was fur the interest of the Presi dent at the head of the French Government to do 80; but he was afraid, judging from the history of the world, that the argument which the Hon. Member for Man chester had urged as to the impossibility of France en tertaining the notion of invading this country was scarcely to be relied on. Ile would rather have the assurance that we were in a position to defend ourselves. Even supposs ing the return were granted, he could not see what would be gained by it. With great respect to the Hon. Member (Ur. Cobden), he dill not believe he would, even then, be in possession of sufficient knowledge of public affairs to enable him to judge of what would bo a proper distribu tion of the British fleet. It was the duty of the Govern ment to propose to Parliament the force which they con' sidered adequate for the protection of the country. B was rare indeed that Parliament took upon itself the re sponsibility of refusing to grant that force which the Government required. Bus when the force had been granted it was for the Government to apply it in a man - ner best calculated to carry into effect 'het defence for which they were responsible. He should very much re' gret to see Parliament dictating to the Government la what manner the ships constituting the fleet of this country should be distributed. Without the necessary information, it was impossible that any Hon. Membe r should be able to form a judgment as to the distributio n of our ships. .He was afraid the Honourable Gentlemen would not gain much by the adoption of some of the proposal which he had made. It was not possible On we understood the Right Honourable Baronet to say) ,t ° call all the line of battle ships home and station them in the Channel. The Honourable Gentleman appeared 1 0 be under the impression that we had a great naval force abroad, without being of any use whatever. The Hon. Gentleman could not be aware of the number of appli cations by the commercial interests abroad for protec tion. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman that one of the main reasons why our merchants were not injured in some of the South American States was because the people of those States knew that our ships would not permit those merchants to be injured. He was glad to avail himself of this opportunity of expressing his appro bation of the good judgment and discretion which our naval officers had exercised in some of the States of South America. The lion. Gentleman had also sug gested that ships sta ioned in the East Indies should be recalled. All he (Sir F. Baring) would say with regard to the present mode of employing those ships was, that nothing conduced more to the spread of civilizstion throughout the world than the keeping safe the hi e liwaY of commerce—the sea. With regard to the African squadron, he would not now touch upon it. He did not believe the people would at present consent to withdraw that squadron, and when the Chancellor of the Exche" quer the other night made, in his free-trade speecb!---4 (Cheers)—an allusion to the great advantages which had arisen from the reduction of the duty on : 8 " Of he (Sir F. Baring) rdlected with some ueg",,e„, to satisfaction that that result was in a great dsgr' - n d be attributed to the exertions of that squadron, t 1 that when he l e f t o ffi ce t h e slave trade wil 9 T h e lower ebb than it had been for many a long year. Hon. Gentleman, iu commenting upon some observatiend he (Sir F. B a ring) ma d e on a f ormer occas i o n, aPPeareo to have misunderstood him. He (Sir F. Baring) on Lb f occasion, expressed his doubts as to the expediency keeping up a large fleet in the Charnel. The grounds of his doubts were these,—he apprehended that the °l° jt et, of their naval defence was to secure their own safety but, at the same time, to do so by means the least med dlesome and offensive possible to other parties. That was the mode in which those who were anxious for the' own safety, and also for peace, would distribute ant force they had at command. Here he muss rentals: upon a misunderstanding of what was stated by the last Secretary but one of the Admiralty, the Hon. Membe. for Tyrone (Mr. Corry.) If that Hon. Gentleman me an i to state that there was a superiority in the Channel e' the French over the English force, then he (Sir Baring) entirely differed from the Hon. Gentlema n as to the fact. But the Honourable Gentleman wa s speaking of the whole force of the Fre nch in the Mediterranean, as well as in the Channel , and was comparing it with the British force in th e Channel only. Now, he (Sir F. Baring) stated distinctly , and deliberately that, at the time and b e f o re be left office, and even so early as in December last, there was ample power in the English force for manning ships en as to secure to us a superiority in the Channel, es cores pared, not with the French ships then in commission in the Channel, for there were hardly any, but with the French ships in port. With regard to the plan for man' ning the ships which he had proposed, he regretted to find that it was considered by the Admiralty to be ine.i ficient. He should have had no reason to complain' they thought the plan wrong, had they wished for anis' to consider it, and p ost p one d th e a d opt i on o f the Or; but he did regret th a t two officers of the Admiralty should have conde mne d ( an d one o f th em i n s trong . 01-- guage, too) that plan, and yet that the Admiralty should not have abandoned it. Abandon the schem e ; you please, but don't say you will try th e plan, and the o'f in the House of Commons, systematically 00 133 PI E t i L ke it. lie did not consider that fair pl a y t o any schem a that might be proposed.—(Hear.) the Captain DUNCOMBE was sorry to have raised b .. indignation of the Right Hon. Gentleman by his 0 „, servations with respect to the legacy left to their 6- „ - i cessors by the late Board of Admiralty, in the shsP rr e b - , the proposal for a reserve force for the navY• a- House, however, would remem b er that those observen Lions, made in the course of a preceding debate, had s b A e called forth by the s p eec h of a Gallant Admiral l" mi difficulty i r el l ucto iga ß truy, e e r ihpn k ,e Berkeley), one evidentlynne of the condemnedß ht Itihoen.pGinennthlieratussef r ) ryi l ng he ou p t re th se ti n s t eh ß e o m a e rd as sa p gre a t leete Admiralty,d by th e saw s e e rY nc . ton • eervice. No one tinned by any Officers employed the - than seeing that the proposition was not sa _ subject, however, had had greater consideration n than this, or bad been more maturely weighed, and th--°y had perceived that there would be a very great difficult,se in carrying it out so as to prom ote the welfare t L navy. If the Right lion. Gentleman accused the Board" of any double-faced dealing, he would state that the co sideration of the scheme bad not yet been abandorer• The Noble Duke at the bead of the Board had consulted willing to carry the pla n out to the fullest extent , i f _ _ with experienced offi ce rs on the subjec t, and was read/ and it could be proved to be fur the benefit of the public! service.—(Hetir.) Sir F. BARING was not aware that he had used , a n any words the effect of which vi r ol! c ! now in office at t he Admiralty. He thou g ht it hardly d to id t h n r o o t winitmenpduttaotiuonse4on the honour of th ose w ho we. ° l necessary to make this explanation, which must have been rendered necessary by a mistake on the part of the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Mr. k aseue, having when this Militia Bill was dal pro posed by the Noble Lord then at the head of her a i Government stated his obj ec ti ons to th e princi ''OefsttYhe Bill, as not being conson ant to t h e age in whit we lived, and contrary to the feeli ngs o f t h e country , l arge , bad intended to content himself with that OPP °9 d l ; t i o n and with voting a ga i nst i t on those gr°llll,l, in every ono of its stages ; h u t th ere h a d been so' extraordinary statements made in the course of the preposterous, debates that had ensued, and allegations (as he nOn i ceived) so utterly allow this opportunity to pass without venturing state the view he took of the question now before the House. Ho could not conceive how that he could not information which was sought in the return movedbe for by the lion. Member for the West Riding could . _ e called unnecessary. He admitted that the effect of the motion would be to postpone the Bill, and his objec t, __ o , like manner, was to postpone it until the present a Li te as to invasion had left both the present and the late nn Cabinet.—(Hear, hear.) The panic which prevail.. d the subject of our national defences had been can c an ,' sort of cholera, for it came and nobody knew " r3lit he went away and nobody knew how.—(A laugh.) in believed th a t, w hatever might be the state of feeltn the House, there was no such alarm out of doors; ' was petitions had been presented sgainst the Bill, and desire d most desirable to postpone it until we had the that to information. The House had been gravely told . a to the grant this return would he to . give informatio similar information to this from enemy, but, so far was . _ • to tb e that in the appendix having been kept secret, wows. report the Naval Committee of 1848 they to that find given the n umber of ships from 18 28 tie scar, the s tations the ships were on, and