The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-15 00:00:00

Otrb Xbitiont FitANCE. The following appears in the Paris correspondence of the ll:dependance of Brwsels : "The President of the Republic, on leaving the Champ de Mars after the ceremony, had proceeded by the Qaays to return to the Ely!e-. When nearly opposite the d'Anrin, the Prince perceived that the guides bad gone considerably beyond tire place where they should have turned to the left for the Elyre,, and that ikey were going to the Tuileries. kom-citately to the General who was nearest to him. • Genera!, order them to return. I will not g,, the Tuileries; it would be said, Qae Empire cat fait.'" An accident, which might have been attended with fatal consequences, took place during the religious ce remony in the Champ de Mars on Monday. A long piece of wood, which had been loosened by the wind, was falling directly on the head of the Archbi-hop of Paris, when a person near turned its direction. It struck, however, the Cute of St. Eustache on the head, and inflicted a serious wound. He was imme diately taken to the Ecole Militaire and bled, and is not now in any danger. The Minister of Police has addressed to the pre fects of the departments a circular explaining to them, for their government, the provisions of the treaties with England and Hanover for the protection of copyright. The sister of the celebrated General Moreau, Mdlle. Alexandrine Moreau, died a few days ago, aged 92. The provincial journals continue to announce re signations of members of councils-general, municipal councils, and tribunals of commerce, to avoid taking the oath to the Con stitution of 1852. ale number is rather considerable. The Guienne says :—" We learn from a good source that the sentence on Commandant Peyronni is commuted to banishment for ten years." The Journal du Puy-de-Dome states that General Cavaignac has purchased a fine estate near Raudan, in that departmen', and has already arrived there with the intention of residing on it for a considerable portion of the year. M. de Rib:?yrolles, who was principal editor of the _Reforme, arrived, a few days ago, at Ostend from England with a false passport, in the name of Fiirote. He was recognised, and arrested for using a false passport, and was immediately atterevaids compelled to re-embark for England- GERAIANY. The Empress of RU3SIA, who arrived at Potsdam on Siturday la , t, is in a very woAi: state, hardly able to rise from her couch. Her eyesight suffers very much, one eye being very nearly lost. Altogether her vital functions tire at a v-ry low pitch, and kept from stagnation chi fly by medical stimulants. She has at length d- cried on taking the waters of Sltilari genbad, on the hat kl of the Sic will make a long stay in Crermsny. during which she will visit the Grand Duke and Duchess of IVEIMAtt. with whom she will pas the Whitsuniide. G RAND DUCHFSS, Wh.) is the tinter-in-law of the Emeauss, has hog suffered from a dista,e of the hearr. She is now lahluril g under on attack of ophthalmia, HA is subject to long fainting fic., whi,4h at times cause great alarm to h=er la , nity. A circular dispoch his been sent to all theltu,sian diplomatic agents in Ger m4ny to inform the princely houses and the ministers of all the states of the econtelervion, that the EM. PRESS will have no receptions, the state of her heal h requiring the most absolute rep Th-re will be only a few exception to this rule in favour of those houses to which she is related. ETALY. A letter from Toghurn of the Bth, in the Piednion tese Gazette, sfate3 that the Graf d Ducat, decree abolishing the constitution having been long foreseen, has not produced a great impres7ion. The Conser ratore Costituzionale of Florence hss assumed the name of Corriere dell' Arno. The Official Journal of the Two Sicilies of the let publishes a Royal decree commuting eight pu nishments, reducing one, and granting three pardons for political offe.LC ; it grants, moreover, 41 pardons for matslaughter and ordinary transgressions. TURKEY. A letter from Zirs, of the 6th, states that colli sions have occurred in the Kadilub Gatzko, between the Turks and the Montenegrins, who hive attacked various Turkish villages, and carried off 900 sheep, 90 horses, and several oxen, belonging mostly to Christians. At Nicksick, a Turkish shepherd was decapitlted by them, and his 200 goats carried off. Bands of armed horsemen, the account adds, are scouring the Ilerzgovine in every direction. The Austrian frontier is quiet as yet. Turkish troops are expected in Albania to levy secrete. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Fromm the Miring Journal of this thy.) Basioet,3 hal ht:En rao:;:tAtjy active darin ihe week, and rinar:rou3 bbarrs hav , :i changed band, tho77gh to a mach k amo3ut then ckher of the two precAing wet At ilingslon Down Consols Mine meeting, o n Tuesday, tae acoounts thavrd-Balacce last account, 661. 83. 7d.; call received, 2491. 13s. 11d. ; copper ore sal ' 9861 103. 41 --.--1,3021. 123. 10d.-731,,rchsots' bills for Jan.. 971. ss. 3d. ; costa for Feb. 481/. 103. 8d ; Marc,., 4981. 123, lOds ; three months' office expeosi , s, secretary's aalury, stationery, &c., 32/. 4.. 5d.; dis count, &C., 31 7s 11 ; dues, 621. 143. 41 ; s:winery Court fees, 21. 7s. 81 : leaving na!ance to next eceatioe, 1231. 103. 70. ; ore told, (lap! in June, 6191, makes 7241 10.. 7d. assets, again:3 ligbilnies to cud May, 1,070/. 2s. 54. At Wheal Kitty (late Lelant Consols.) quarterly meeting. held on the 28. h April the sccaurus snua ed- Lab ,or cost for J:ii 1 0 8/ 8 . 7.1.; Fen.. 9(,l 44.; Nl wo h, 591 11i ; m• reh .nts' ibillt., 881 16.. 8 i ; doct.e. f,,,,, 21. 1,. 61 =-- 3471 1,. 9 1.-Lly I ton of tin sold, Mlle. near Eiouse. sul : leave. 2971 Is. 91 against the mine, to discharge which a call was made. At Trebarvah Mine half. ) c. , a:•iy mrctiog, the balance to the eud ut March bang about 2001, a c.ll of 5,. p e r share was unsex. At Bicton. Consols meeting, on the Ist May, the le a-mumble opinion ut the aline entertained about two years since seemed tr , w to be fully borne cut by facts. At Carvaniial meeting, on Tuesday, the ag.:ut's report stated that Envy t 14,1 cut a course of grey ore in ale 56 east, worth 20/. per kn. At Wheal L anon meeting, on the 4'h inst., the. en - COUilt4 t•busvrct a balance atatiest the mine of 1,2271. 3 , ., t:, th ic h a , ge c,, , hie,;l, anti C.rry on the opera:ions, a C4ll Ci 22, . per share was noels. _ The Marke ValLy aiming Conipany'a adjourned an• ' b t i ti ' . ; nieeting war he.lo Itt the White Hart Hotel, &ills caj, en ths 30 h Atnil, when a rc:l4.r.-. was read. The a ,,," c'etiuts thow"a balm co of 1 214/. 3a. id. in Inca. s,ll,v(3:loisatioitottbdeistectn--4 him (484 ). has yet to be paid, Id reh: ae s due a, clirviJge3 of ores for F.,bruzry and placed tte same small tiabiutivs, upinst which must be March 0 0 ,..,, Pr ' thi ' l e of :as sales of the. Fehruury rod ! bean ena w ed a d in otsritie t) %ta pa l s .l t OUL The directors have borrowed capl;:j i :g 4 , )hat the miie.ea: to pay off• the 5002 before noticed quite unencumbered. with the exception At C:ttle and the 4:h May, t h e ae i ,,, :s u a Mute hi-monthly meeting, on licomt et, 2t9/ Is. 6d.; :u . w t 4 ,,, i Lhoweq-Balance from last 19;. 3.1 ; tribe; t for January,26B/. 17s. 83.; alance, Feb., 215/. 10 1.13 3 /. 1 63. 31.; wer orechanta' bills, 2721. 5,. 7& -_--,- 1,159/ s old, 4041. 143. 41; cart in I , d . 4. -By copper cla, 512/ : leaves ba lance to next account, 238/. 15371';i. A call of 2/. per Tuesday, share was made. At the Trethevy meeting on March, 161/ ‘-- . • ' ' Ithowed--Baleince last account, 2321 5 ,.3'. , the accounts ' 2 d.; mine cost February, pa 19'. 10 1.; and stationery for one year, Lot 194; la p , () Tar; 81. 101-6091. 13 3 . By calls received, 4671 0 Thje ' inst the mine 1401,• 7d. al : leaving balance age h ' s s. 6 1 The mine was divided into 1, 024 s are 3, instead bf 512 l 3 heretofore, and a call of 1 " per sham Was made on the former number; 41 shares were iodated for non-pay ment of arrears of calls. At West Pice.;ix bi me hl39n nty •g, the ac counts showed -Balance last account, . ee 58. Id. ; cash re- ceived, 266/..----3057, 53„ Id. Cot fin' February, au . 76. 104.; March, 1021. Is. I Id.; rent, printing. &co 17/.193.: leaving a balance to next at:ennui, 911. 163. 4d. A. ~,,i i of Bj. per shore was made. At the Wheel Gill meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2631. 63. 43.; mine cost for February, alai --‘)•• 15a. 7d.; ditto for Ma rch, 2681.25. Id. ; Prin tin g , 31- 16'. GL ; tent o f o ffice, 81. Bs.; sundries, 81. 19i. ld. - 8741. 17s. 71. By calls, 6191. 10s.: leaving a balance against the mina of 255/. is. 7d. A call of 133. per share was made. At Kingiett and Bedford bi-montbly meeting, on Tuesday. the accounts showed-Balance from last ac count. 731. 03. 101; cost for February., 271 145.; March, 331. 123. 2d.; rep', printing, & c ,, lal 7s. = 1521. 14g. 7d. Cash received, 1041. 181: leaving balance to next ac count. 471. 163. 71 A call of ss. per share was Ina"' and 94 shares forfeited for non-plyment of calls. At Greet Sheba Consols; bimonthly meeting. on Tues• day, the wliounta showed-F, , b. cast, 110/ 189. S ,B 1 Mirch, 11E/ 8 ~ 1.1.; wtVer-wti.-e1 and rn..c,littery, 401.; capa"su r..p.-, 35/ 11 t. 541 ; Pt.i.r.Pr, 161 15;.; 1" 13 ' 1 office, 81 8..; sut,dcy c.).t 21/. 7, 100 ; printit.g, 41 12 , ;. 61. --,-- 725/ 13. 61.-13a!aix in h ,nil. I.st account, I i 61. 15-. 7'i.; clash Et-cep/441, 6071 7e. 61 : leaving balance to atxt sec Atilt, 18s. sn. A cad of 103. per share Was made. 1 At the Wet Stray Park meet' r. ' rg, en Tile ley, the accounts BEOW.lll—Libour cost fur Octi.bi , r, 3fl, 3i. 3,1 • Nov ., touter, 561 18i. 9J.; Dee tuber, 105/. IS!. 8,1.; j ' ihn 'TY , 119t . ' , 124. 3d ; Fcbreerv, 1261 11s. I lit • MArch. t 45( a , , . 748115 ..,-, 8l.; nierch,tn:s' b:11, engine bt)ile; ' , a cconto 331 11, ' , 3d.; 1,3391 184. 81.—By Winer° lnat learmg 13 tla.,c4. per shrine _g:t_f . ttr. the mine, 7751. 19.1. U. A eJII of 1 /. ' l l a . At the Great It., ugh for Conao!s meetir7. on the 6 h in . tati t, 'be accounts sh, F .,, bruary, , w l ( d— Mine cost for.; d :6 l /. 7, VA. 1771. 17 , g. 6 1 .5 ; M4reh. 1771. 17i. 6d.: laavitig u balaL e „ ( 4 . ,. o , nrtier, 136! 17s. 6J., with are. tiill. not at Maturity. 1 un paid, 4811 10, , . un... aid t .o the - holders of It was r . 3 ,, ived ui th l . o3 ., and calla i shares ',Ai which Ca 94 r ton dais after sot* by the purser, sbould L. proceededPi again6t by the Solicitor. Dark" th 3 ii:Ok Ohar. , 3 hue ahsnse4 1104413 LI the followinv mines— Alfred Consots, Wes' Alfred, Tr°. bane, Tincr.or, Mak." Walls, L wis, St. Auhyn rend Gulls, West, Dt-g 1) utg, West Providence, 1 teena) ne, Catin fledtord. Treb.trvah, Bryorail, Cliv , Butter con, Ii lb,icken, Vale of Towey, Trammel( ad 8.1. serce, Tamar, tiny, Cuberr. Great Bryn, Spec well, Chiverton, Harriett, Cupid, Mdlpool, Gustavus, Crehur, North Down:=, Treleigh, Neptune, Tretusis, West Rus sell Fist Birch Tor, L ingford and Baring, West Friend ship. Zion, Por ke Rosewarne, Sidney Godol phin, West Treasury, Wheal Squire, Pentire Glez Coed Mawr Pool, North Wheal Buller, Wheal Mary (Sr. Just), ebrtstew, Eat Treecoll, East Ra',hleigh, Wheal Golden, Yeuland Consuls, Ctij AL East Russell, B 'ringdou Park, Eist Boringdon, North Wheal Robert, Cwnadyle R ck, Orsedd, Robins, Trevylisn, South Tamar, Union Tin, West Wheal Rose, South Carn Brea, Beacon. West Pol gooth, Wheal Lovell, Merlyn, Okel Tor, Wood, S . ). d trey, Great Polgooth , C ar7annalt East Basset t , Tyward reath, Wicklow Copper, and Mining Company of Ire- In Foreign Shares trawactims have taken place in Royal Santiago, Cobre, Worthing, Linares, St. John del Hey, Copiape, United Mexican. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) COLONELCY OF THE hCOTS GREYS.—Speculation is, of course, afloat regarding the succession lo the vacant colontley of this truly distinguished corps. Following the usual practice, it is surmised that a colonel of one of the has profitable regiments will be removed to the 2d North British Dragoons, and that Atijor-General Tay lor, C. 8., will have the vacancy so created. Among the generals named in the reports (for none cf which de we vouch), as likely t ,- ) have the Greys, are Sir H. Cumming and the Her. H. Murray. BEINFoRCEMENTS FOR JERSEY.—The depot 59th Regiment, now stationed at Canterbury, will embark at Dover on the 17th, in her Majesty's eteam-ship Samp son, for Jersey. A MILITARY FAMILY PARTY.—Major-General Bain brigge, who has embarked to take the command of the troops in Ceylon, has appointed his sons on the staff of the colony—viz., Ensign Bainbrigg.4, 13th Light In fantry, as Assistant Military Secretary, and Lieutenant - Bainbrig,r, of the Royal Engineers, as Aide de-Camp. BLESSINGS OF THE PURCHASE SYSTEM—Captain iedder, 391 h Regiment, hes purchased his commission, over the heads of nine lieutenants. This officer only last year entered the corps, having exchanged from the 3d Dragoon Guard. bTAFF.—Mr,jor-General Fleming, C. 8., left Limerick on the 12th inst,, on a tour of inspection of this district, and arrived at Galway on the 13th inst., to make his in cp,et ion of the head,qaarters of the 9th Regiment. ORDNANCE.—MiIitary escorts hays marched from the o,•dr.acce depots at Charlem mt Fort, Magazine, arid Pigeon-rwuse Fort, Dublin, Athlone, and Cork, with the ,firing allowance of practice ammunition, for the use of the troops in the several districts. CAPE STAFF.—Captain Hugh Smith, 3d Buffs, late Aide-de-C.rnii to, Lieutenant General Sir 11. Smith, has been appointed Ai.te-de Camp to Major-Generas Yorke, the second in c mmsnd at the Cape of Good Elope. VACANT REGIMENT. —By the d. cease of General Sir Wslhaw Ki. r apt, K.O 13. aid G.C.H., the Colunaley of the 2 , 1 Dragoons has become vacant. NlNj.ir-General J. Mg) inald, C. 8., has returned to K ikenny, itoeo t is tour of inspection of the district. Cons. DISTRICT —Thjor G,meral Manse!, K.H , has returfred to Cork, from his tour of inspection of the district. Tne f,,Llowing infantry regiments, stationed in Ir, land, are the first on the roster for foreign service, viz :- 71 , t (Eighlind Lfintry, 1-1 Btttaliot) S 9-11, 39 h. 14 , h, 9 11, 62 , 1, 17 11, 521 (I, , ght L'antr)), 631, 81-r, 27 h 90 , h (Light Loantry). 91st R , gicru nt (I,t Ba , taltou); 40:h, Ist Royal (2d Bat -31,t, end 57ih are already tinder order:. The following del o :2, stitiont d in Ireland, are first on the ro.ter for nte,t Bri , nir,:-6641. 34 , h, 73i, 6 h (Rryal). 41st (Welsh), 49-h, 5941. 47 h, 921 (G , tdon liiguland,Ts), 68 h (Light Int. , ntry), 56 Is, 3d (Buti,), 74 h (High!a,dets), 60:h Itlflc4 (21 13ettraion), 21 (Q teen's R yal), and 431 (Light lutsn'ry). It is report,cl that Captain Francis P. - Blackwood will take cot:Jai:lnd of the neat Expedition to R-hring's S , r4i's, should it be decided to send one to the relief of Captain Collinson and Commander McClure. Corn iwrider Inglefield will, in all probability, be second in command. MELANCHOLY DEATII OF A CLERGYMAN. EXETER, THURSDAY.—EI general gloom has been thrown over this city, by, the intelligence of the death of a clergyman who was not better known than he was ueiversally esteemed and beloved. It appears that on Saturday morning the Thy. J H. S. Burr, who was a priest vicar of Exeter Cathedral, left his residence in Culleton•crescent, to proceed to Porthleven, near rids• ton, in Cornwall, to supply the place of the Rev. J. L. Williams, the incumbent, who is absent on account of ill•healtb. Oe Sunday Mr. Burr did duty far the reverend gentleman. He was lodging in a email house which overlooked the sea, and about half-past eight on Tuesday morning he went out to indidge in sea-bathing, of which he was particularly fond. This part of the coast, however, is very dangerous, from sunken rocks and rapid currents, and Mr. Williams had earnestly re presentcd to Mr. Barr, on previous occasions, the great danger, and had begged him not to bathe without taking wry great precautions. Mr. Burr. however, who had the reputation of being an expert swimmer, is stated to have been of a venturesome disposition, and to be undeterred by any of the fears fur his sefety which were entertained by his friends. On Tuesday morning he had beer invited o breakfast at the parsunege, but not appearing at ho lice appointed, a servant was sent to his lodging to make inquiries. On h Ruling that he had not re turned from bathing, alarm was immediately felt, and tome of hs friends hastened to the spot in the direc tion which he had been last seen. They found hii clothes upon the beach, and his faithful dog —a small white ter rier—still guarding them. Nothing could be teen of the unto:What° gentleman, aed the sea vas so ro ug h that the boatenea could net put cut in any small boats. flowerer, search was prosecuted. and at a l a te h our e in the efternon the body was discovered, carried by the rapid.y of the current a distance of t wo m i les from the spA,t where the clothes and dog were found. Tho Rev. Canon Rogers, who resides within a mile, was proe.taly engaged in assisting aed suvrintending IN. search, sod toe dn•covery of ihe body was: iinure davely e.ee tt oeieete d to Mr. Burt's trier,ds ia Exeter. What aggravates the diem ssing character of tho event Is the eireuEnstarci , first Mrs. Burr was (view, visiting I,er ienda in France, when the arrang , inents were inlcle tor the de ceas,o's visit to Pun I, yen. Mrs. Burr r urned unexpectedly to Exeter on Saturday morning, after her hushm,d had It ft, fur Cornwall. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY t'a FE OF TAHICI. On Thursday morning the gi null cu ,. eting of this exedlenfand minentiy useful sneirty +c3.4 tit Id in Eiv,:er li,ll. Oe the vlalorus •we obarr ved the Hon. and Rev. BautiA D. C,x, Dr. Tidcuan, Dr. B-autnont, Dr. Etaii~ y, Rtv. John Alig.:ll Jame:;, of Birisinghsm, Rev. J. S.b,e-e. n; Covcntry, ft-v. J. A:ex..“,d,r, of N ,, rwieh, JOSLII 11,711 S. 1 1(eulOUreil) . G,orge Hitehe ck, E q., and A. R , ..olter, E , q, Mayor of Plyauouih, and mtiy oJi( rs. The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. the LORD NfAYoa, who introduced the ro din to the general importune s of e,ed thetues by a b r i e t !fl i e s s t socirty. A.N wor's, of raisstons, and a cordial expre”iien of his interest in eiS 'I he Rev. De. TID I r, theforeign ec .d the report, ..vnice ;vas the fitce-eighth re a t'i r:"ti Yl thee r:. , : re port of the society. It comMenced by hitnenting the - moval by death of their Nee respected home secretary, the Rev. Joseph John F re em an . a nd also of the Rev. Thomas Lewis, of Islington, a firm supporter of thar eociety, the venerable Dr. Philip, so many years a mis sionary of the society in South Africa, and the Pie;. Hebert Hamilton, 34 years the laborious coadjutor of Moffett, bad been taken from them. The number of European Agents at present sustained by the society was 170, with their wives and families. The band of missionaries at Tahiti and the South Sea Islaeds had been reinforced by four young brethren, and the Rev. Aaron Buzecott bad returned with five thousand copies of the Bible in the dialect of the Hervey lilande, which he (Mr. Buzscott) had translated, revised, and carried through the press. The report then explained the position of Tahiti at the present time, which it ap peared had .become very difficult and embarrassing under the present French Governor. The labours of the missionaries were restricted to certain lace hties, and the people warn restricted to certain localities, and practically prohibited from rendering any assistance to their pastors, and as these restric tions were framed and passed in the assembly of na -1 tire chiefs, but in which the icflaence of the Gover nor was paramount, th e y h a d all the authority of native law. Such -ac 1 • s were obviously at va riance p., . eeceng w . with the original treaty made by the Queen do i m th F o r t c h c e h E au . tboritie . s, in which the unrestaicted free. British missionaries was guaranteed ; but events the gave instructroßenens months,fr om _,_, , had deterred the directors, for the present, ace therefore thePublin' 0 ,,, 67 , •I r o ri g redress through the inteovention of our On May 4, the Governer of Tahiti 4; for a fete in celebration of the anniver sary of the which occurred on the Sunday, at da ng Ame rican, Sabbath, by the raixi natives council not to profane the ~ave missionaries, both English and prcnrcutt d " for Y:t themselves up with it, as it oc ritted by For thia the Rev. Mr. Howe was curred oti th into contempt;' a rr . h e e meting to bring the Government t ß h sv. Gentleman defended himself, and was acquitted state that rwmare, t h P jury. The report went on to reality little better than, Car a Q''' en i'l "me' wes in h e ir toedeee. hin,, had, ,a euiffiv, and (lei ply felt her Pro estant priuciph., how, ver, , no , dy meteteined ini,,ionatieswas to., :. end her r.eard f o r BritlA the Protestant c h urc h es their e e eeseas i se . wht .v e ideot to be grateful to the had hitherto heal f Tahiti had rp ee i v ,., l nail 'Tahitians, the Popish priesthoodi additions of your g had - been ordain. d, to stored. totelly u nsuccesdal, so tar ars, corited. Ssveral native paste '' • nativeg were eel " counteract the curtailment of the hiss' BioDatiOi. The ixtirpwin g civil wars,rty tong the vile ile'vire touched' in and devastating the s,,,ertub Island B s ° ng raging , had ceased, the m issionaries, titer e a x t" al pc ( pr i t ab C3Mo oatnicithpeEacs(tlatliviBo6f PtarenWlestrflnee,B, the e _ to South Africa, and entered , into (1131stifeine(cder mofanytheehaerotAtiedoutcitodeta' ccustmions brou g ht ag•-tit:st their loyalty. Th e re p ort next stated th at the ietelt , — geeee of tee death ef the Queen of Madagascar had proved inaccurate. Eighteen Dative Chrietims had been tidied to the already ex'ebdoi list of martyrs ha that island, and some two thousand others had been fined, impri soned, he. China was next touched on. T ao first copy of the revised Chinese New Testament, p r i nted in moveuble metal types, by thy . 2 4 itiunarille Colonis e _ l tion Sessiety, heel been It-Miea ; an allitinial mis, sioTary had been sent. India came next, and was elabo rat,ly reviewed. The cash st,tement st t torth that the receipts of the wilt year included subscriptions to the amount of 46 7641 ; legacies, 10 1081 ; and contribu tions tram mi,siouary stations, 12.175/ ; total, 69.0481. Expenditure (including special disbursements to the re pairs of the John Williams, rr4i.qtionsry ship, and the erection of a college at Calcutta), 72,830/. The Right Hon. Chairman being compelled to leave the meeting, he was succeeded by Mr. Kershaw, M.P. The Rev. Dr. Halley, of Manchester, moved, the Rev. Dr. Cox. of Hackney, stcond9d, and the Rev. John Angell Jmnes, of Birmingham, supported, a resolution adopting the report. Mr. JAMES stated that en the preceding evenings note of 5001. bad been put in the pla'e after Dr. Beaumont's sermon at the Tab , -rnacle.—(Clae , rs.) Another gentle, man promised a guinea a day.—(Cheere.) The meeting was subsrqutntly addressed by the Mayor of Plymouth, Rev. S. Stratten, Dr. a-aumont, and several others, after which rt.e ~Tyvared. The Count Baptiste Metaxi left Cumberland-street on a summer visit to his family connexion in Greece and the lonian Islands. lIIALVERN.-A serious accident, showing the evil consequences of drunkenness, occurred to a man named William Jones, on the night of !.zunday week. It seems that while in a state of intoxication he was walking up the yard of the Unicorn Inn, when he fell down into another yard at the back of Mr. Stannah's shop, a distance of about thirty feet. One of his legs was broken below the knee and one of his fingers, and he also sustained other severe injuries. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the Bth day of ➢fay - , 1852. twat DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 33,732,130 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,9.4,%0 Gold coin and bullion 19,698 755 Silver bullion .. •. • • 33,375 433.732,130 £33,732 13 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 13th day of ➢iay, 1852. SANKiNG DEPAILTMAN T. Proprictorecapital.. 11,553,000 Rost • . • 3,124,968 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di widend accoun,s) • . 3.526 451 Other deposits • • 14,139,767 Saven day and other .... 1,277,254 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13 338,023 Other securities .•.• 10,8x8495 Notes .. •• ••.• .• 11,887 015 Gold and silver coin.. 498,907 135,612,440 I IN 012,440 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 13th day of May. 1852. THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 1 BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JAbn Wilkinson, brace manu!icturer, Nottingham. Tnems Y.,ungruan, draper, 014-street-road. BANKULUP i's. Robert White anti John Bo kkr, scale board cutter., Gloucester-street, Curtain-road, May 22 and June 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offiokl assignee, Basinghall-street; Nurzon and Son, New street, Bisfe:psgate. Thomas insme, innkeeper, Buckingham, May 28, at half past tivtive. and June 26: at One, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W.ThiLmore, official assignee, Basingball. street; Bas!ey, Mecklenburgh square. James Absefl, u pholiterer, Cambridge place, Hackney road, May 22, at half-past one, and June 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Norton and Sou, New-street, Bishops gate. Joseph Osborne, butcher, Leigh, Essex, May 21, at half-past twelve, and July 3 . at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, t.ffieial assignt e, Gu:ldhsll Chambers; Lii klaterv, Sise lane, Bucklersbury; Wood ard, 13s11. , ricay. Essex. Eiward Dabbles, common brewer, Colchester, May 21, and June 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrup!cy. Graham, official assignee; Wire and Child, Swithins. lane; Barnes and N, ck, Colchester. Fledecick Gettl.3 Munsarrat, wino merchant, Duke. street, Grosvenor-square, May 21, at one, and June 25, at twelve, at the Conrt of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Linkiwera, Si se-lane, Bucklersbury. Stephens Tripp, money ecnivener, Sergeant's-inn, Fleet street, May 25, at half-past twelve, and June 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signee; Lawrence, Liews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. _ _ _ Henry Banks, carpenter, Bethnal-green-road, May 25, at half-past two. and Juno 29, at twt Ire, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Jones and Clarke, Bury-street, St. James's, William Hoblyn, surgeon, Cambridge, May 25, at two, and June 29, at twelve, at thu Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street; Linklaters, Sise-lane, Bucklerabury. Francis Parker Hoblyn, surgeon, Cambridge, May 25, at two, and Juno 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambre( k court, Basinghall-street; Linklaters, Sise-lane, Bucklers bury. Thomas Head, apothecary, Hanley, Staffordshire, May 24 and June 14, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birming ham; Cowdell, jun., Hinckley. William Collins, draper, Marlborough, May 27 and June 24, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Sole, Turner, and Turner, London. William Barnard Frankish, draper, Kingston-npon- Hull, June 2 and 23, at twelve, at the Lledi District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; BA!, Hull. Hiram Broadbent, grocer, Dukintield, Cheshire, May 27 and June 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, offizia assignee, Manchester; Darnton, Ashton-under-Lyne; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the C urr, Basinghall-street. J. G. Fuller, St. James's street, wine merchant, June 4, at twelve—R. sm., and R Billing, jun., Reading, Berkshire, briel7makers, Jane 4, at eleven—J. Miller, Couduit-street %Vest, Paddington, corn dealer, Juno 10, at two—J. W. Diwson and T. E. Williams, Crescent-place, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. wine merchants, Jane 10. at eleven—J. Cunifall, Old Bond street, publisher, June 4, at one—P. Phillips, Crowlaud, Lincolnshire, conam n brQwer, June 4, at half-cast eleven —W. Ridge, C Ridge, and W. Newland, Cnichf Su-sex, bsi.ker4, June 5, at half-past eleven—G. Hart and T. Hart, Union-street, SThuth Nark. trimming manu facturers, June 4, at hall-past one—W. Waltz. and S. Webb. Oxford -street, iudia rubber warebousemen, June 4, at eleven. In the Country. J. 0. Holmes and Y. L. Marshall, Sunderland, tim her merchants, June 11, at eleven, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—T. Patteson, Sheriff hill, Durham, earthenware manu►acturer, June 9, at half pat ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Ty ne —T. Coates, Sunderlant' Dufhatn, wine merchant, June 8, at half•p'ast rino, at the Court, Newcastle-upor.- Tyne—J. Y. Smith, Newcastle upon. Tyne, ship and insurance brAer, June 11, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Nichol son, Jonkin Cr - tigg, Weitmortlazid, cattle and sheep salesman. June 11, at one, at the COurr, Newcaitlo- upon- Tyne—E , zib9th Harris Ryder, Birmingham. jeweller, June 8 at half-plat eleven, et the Court, 13irmingham D. Shaw and J. Shaw, Meltbatn, Y. irkshire, manufac turers, Jive 11, - at eleven, at tile C )ert, L4eda. TUE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY l5, DECLiiRATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. A. Clark, ;lumber, 13 , ar-fr ado], S , Juflawark, first div. of is 81, in tha pound, S ' Aurdav, May 15, and thr(-C sublequpnt Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Satnbro , ,k court. E. W. Jrarrad, jun., carpenter, Oxford street, first div. of 3i. 3d. in the pound, Saturday, May 15, and three subsfrioent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook court. C. Day, artists' colourman, Newman-street, Oxrord street, first div. of 20s. in the pound, Saturday, May 15, and three subm - quent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook oclirt. A. Moue, wine merchant, Creed-lane, first div. of 4. 101. in the pound, Saturday, May 15, and three sub sequent Saturdays, at the cffiee of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane. T. Cox, chemist, Cambridge, first div. of 4s. Bd. in the pound, Saturday, May 15, and three subsequent Satur days, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch•lane. W. Robinson, grocer, West Lynn, first div. of le. 63. in the pound, Saturday, May 15, and three subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Nesbitt, E. Stewart, and J. Nesbitt, jun., merchants, Aldermauhury, seventh div. of lid. in the pound, any Wednesday, at tho office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall. street. J. B. Taylor, ship broker, Liverpool, div. of Is. 91 in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Padgett, cloth manufac:urer, Idle, first div. of 23. 6(1. in the pound, any day, at the OffiJe of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. Thorman, engine builder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, first div, of Is. in the pound, Saturday, May 22, and any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Peverley and J. A. Charlton, ship builders, Sun derland, first div. cf 7s, in the pound, any Saturday, a t the office oNOf Mr. lliker, Newesstle-upon-Tvne. TICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basingho.ll-street. J. Branch, Camberwell, corn-dealer, June 4, at 'one, J. Dormer, Charles-street, St. John's Wood, Portland. town, grocer, June 5, at eleven—C. H. White, South smptoti, dc alai' in china, glass, and earthenware,lune 5, at half past eleven—G. 1-3uto r, jun , Margate, bait' r, June 8, at eleven—F. Long. Vete- street. Oalord-strtet, Iwpm - ter of foi eto lice, June 15, at twelve—S. Couch man, Sticod, Kent, gcocnr, Julie 10, at °:.e. In the Country. R. - Peacock, Ggebtiesd, carpenter, June 8, at one, at the Court, New castte-upon-Tvne — R. W, Newcastlo-upon•Tyne, ship and insurance bruit r, June 8, at balf-p..et twelve, at the Court . , New castle-upon-'l'} ne--R H. Bell, South Shields, Dcrham, piper manufacturer, June 10. at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Ty nr—E Bel!, South Sbielde, Durham, paper manufacturer, Jung 10, at one, at the Cotrr, New. ea,ile upon-Tyne-2P Hitchuitugh,, Liverpool, co'. dealer, June 7. a t ..it.ven, E v, the Court, Liverpool. R. hrictr the second cla s s—J. Yate-, Prescot, Lancv,hire, rES GitliNaltie r E . 1) Cert of itlCS'e c.rtificate of the third clam—D. Magrath, George's-row, City-road, calif-manufacturer, certificate of the third Smith, Warlor r's-butldo gs, Old Dent-road, cure deaf-r, cerl , fiokite of the third c lass. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Salmon and J. Guutley, Edg wa re. road-- W. ThOlills and R. Richards, St. John's Wood, Maryl.bonP, car pentera—G. J. Flower and , A..146-t - iis, Elope-terraco, •Ilute_C9lt-itteet, Lipleiacque, shvonta9aget67.ll§triet Beatty end W. Beatty, L is.mington Pri , rs, Warwick shire, carvers rind gilders—Savanna Shoe and T. Shore, Totnes, and Ex :vink. D. vnoshire, P Eyton, J. W. Massey, E Eyton, P. Parry, R. Evans, J. Evan;, Sarah Wightwick, Wightwick, J. Cnurt , n, R. Knowles, J. B. Wightwick, Sarah Gr-..c0 Wight wick, J. B. Fogg, E. advvell, J. Malloy, T. Ritson, and W. Williamson, Mold, Fiintshire, colliers —E. C. squires, and W. Lawrie, Lower-road, Deptford, naptha refiners—E. L. Lewis, and W. Paitson, Whitehaven, Cumberland, malt tors and brew ers—W. Robinson and C. Robinson, Leeds, stutT and woollen printers—M. L. Job!ingt and J. Fleming, New castle-upon-Tyne, attorneys—W. Rush end G. E. El wards, Ipswich. wholesale staymakE.-rs—W. Gibson, G. Gibson, and W. J. Anson, L eds, cloth merchants (as far as regards W. J Anson)—J. Lord and J. Lord, Ha lifax, Yurkshire, dyers—l. Hoiden and J. P. Holden, Nlauchester, architects—W, 6i iding and J. Bromiley, Nlstachester, bleachers—A. L imbe, L. Le Paige, and M. C. Lambe, Wakefild, maouf.wturing chemists—S. Hunt and G. Hunt, Evesham, Worce , tershire, builders —W. Prodger, sen., and J. Prodger, Eastbourne, Sussex, plumbers and glsziers—T. Burgess, VV. Burgess, and A. Burges', L•icester, woolstaplers (as far as regards Burgess)—C. Gordon and G. S.disbury, Derby, silk throwsters— P. Peace and J. R Ldlenbury, Bristol, flo rists—E. T. Clegg and E. Lewi.s, Liverpool, chemists. INSOLVENT PE II ['LONERS. Thomas R Alum, Liver" 001, blacksmith. Joseph Buckley, Liverpool, butcher. Paul Parr, Liverpool, grocer. Richard B sntley, Liverpool, bookkeeper. Thom - is Jones, Liverpool, butcher. Hill Johnson, Greethavn, Lincolnshire, blacksmith. John Stephenson, Nafferton, Yorkshire, tailor. William Giles Chapm sn, Bristol, licensed victualler. John Nortbcotr, Bristol, carpenter and builder. Henry Augustus Rowley, Bristol, architect. James Paul Michau, Brighton, dancing master. Matthew Armstrong, King's Lynn, Norfolk, travelling draper and tea dealer. A. Coates, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, journeyman grccer. John Stephens, Aylesbury, grocer. Joseph Dine, Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, li censed victualler. Henry Thompson, Macclesfield, commission agent. David Fisk, Whitgift, Yorkshire, painter and glszier. Francis Nicholson, South Carlton, Lincolnshire, farmer. Charles Corthorn, Lincolnshire, leather seller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Mackenzie and Son, Edinburgh, working jew ellers, to meet May 18 - and Juno 8, at one, within Dowell's and Lyons' Rooms, E tinhurgh. D. Tough and Sor, Glasgow, sail makers and chip chandlers, to meet May 20 and June 8, at one, wi:hin the Glasgow Stock Exchange, G. Imrie, Perth, spirit dealer and corn merchant, to meet May 20 and June 17, at twelve, within the Saluta tion Hotel, Perth. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. May 14. CAN'AIN WARNER'S LONG RANGE. Earl TALBOT should not have ventured to obtrude this question on their Lerdships, but for the excitement on the subject of the national defences which pervaded the puelic mind. The subjact of the long range had been long before their Lordships, having been under inquiry on various occasions since 1832, when a Commission ap pointed by the Creivan, consising of Sir Richard Keats sad another distinguished t ffic r, reported in its favour. It was alter the year 1832 that he (Earl Ttilb n) to-came cogteernt of this invention, and he soon felt conviec, d that is was of such a nature as sit all events to entitle it to be inquired into. Ile had witnessed several experi ments at Wandsvioneh, which proved most successful. Soon after that a Committee was appointed to examine into the subject. Sir Howard Douglas, a very eminent man in his profession, sat upon that Committee, but he went into the investigation wifn his mind made up that the invention were all moondaine. He (Earl Talbot) had a very different opinion. Grew, difficulty was experieecA by Captain Warner in securing a proper trial. The la.e Mr. Soames put a ship of 310 toes bundens, the John of Gaunt at his disposal. The vessel was built of teak wood end in sound condition, and it was taken down to Brighton to be operated upon. There it was publicly blown up by Captain Warner in the most e ffectual manner. Captain Henderson and Ceptain Dickesen RN., who were both present on the occasion, subscribed to a cs r tifieate certifying to the success of the experiment. u i t g was ou sa rb b o si o ci d, to lenllY wade in his (Lor d show that C a ptain , A ra n i o b t o h t e , : ) ex o p w e experiment was sabs' quenily wade in his (Lord ralbot's) own 555ighb ne ighbourhood, Warner's missiles could be thrown to a considerable distance. Commissioners appointed by the Government also witnessed it. It was true the shells did not go in the direction that was wished, because the wind was unfavourable; but the Commissioners, without examin ing the spot where they fell , went away, and hastily re ported that the e xperiment was an entire f a il ure . li e (Earl Talbot) contended that it was not a failure, and that a thing of that kind ought not to be pronounced upon until it had been t r ied more than once or twice. Captain Warner still endeavoured to press the matter upon the attention of the Government, but did not re• ceive any encouragement. Lord John Russell was un derstood to have stated in a private room that the Captain was at liberty to take his invention where he liked. The matter slept for some time longer, when Captain Warner wrote a letter to Lordndmerston,which was afterwards handed over to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, stating that if the invention was taken to the Cape of Good Hope, the Kafir war could soon be put an etel to through its instrumentality. The offer, however, was not embraced. Sir George Murray, the late Master. General of the Ordnance, had drawn up a document setting forth the manner in which the inven tion ought to be treated between the Government and Captain Warner; and if that arrangement had been car ried out, the question would have been settled long ago. It might be said that he (Earl Talbot) would have done better if, instead of meking this motion, he had gone to the Government amid asked for an inquiry. Now he coneessed that he had had quite enough of applications to the Government, If he went to the Noble Earl at the head of the Government he would tell him that he was not a professional man, amid that he must refer him to the Master of the Ordnanc e . It ho went to the Master o f the Ordnance, th at Mi n i s t er would refer him to the Commander-i n -Chi e f ; an d if he applied to his Grace, no doubt he would receive in reply one litters, of his pithy that he must decline to meddle with the thing unless u was properly brought before his notice.—(A laugh.) He (Earl Talbot) was anxious, therefore, to urge the matter on the attention of Parlia ment; and he hAieved that if the invention were adopted by the Government, it would save the country the ex pense of a militia force.—(Laughtet.) He made this statement advisedly, although it appaared to cause a smile. Captain Warner had received very great offas f Powers, but preferred an arrangement that would fo s r e e C ig ur n e the advantage of his discovery to his native country. He (Earl Talbot) would only say, in corclu sioe, that he wua a: xi els, as far as in him lay, to have the metier thori.ughly sifted and investigated. All he a,keid for Captain Warner was an inquiry—a thing which o ught not to be denied to any teen. His professional experience induced him to believe that by rej , cting Cap- tain Warner's overtures they might suti-et iherest'lves to the loss of chat Might prove the salvation and the defence of this country. The Nubia Earl sat down by i n to the that a Select Committee be appointed to it quire n to the Warner in vent i ans , an d t h e severa l r e ports con fleet-eel therewith. — Trio E id of f he-t. n.t rise ARDwicKE sa; 1 di --, for the purpOS3 of opposing the mo ti o n o f Li s legible Friend, but he wished to know how be desired to con duct his proposed iequiry. The country had had this subject before it f or a num b er o f years , a nd it hal beau e xamiced by s c i enti fi c men an d b y C o mmittees ao pointed by the O:dnance and and also by th e Ord nance and Admiralty combined. All these investige , 1 :ions, however, had failed to elicit from Captain Warner any informtion with r ega rd to the nature of his inven tions unless a lar ge amoun t o f money was first gu aran • teed to him by t h e G overnment . What he, therefore , wished to kno w was, w h et h er , if this inquiry was insti tuted, Captain Warner himself would be prepared to give perfect and thorough information on the subject of 110 investigation ; because it he was not disposed to lay before the Committee the mode of conducting his opera tions, with th e d raw i ngs , pl a ns, and instruments them selves, the i nqu i ry wou ld b e utterly and entirely useless. (Hear, he ar ,) If C apta in Warner camo forward to stipulatethat he must receive the p romise of 400 000 L, or even 12,000/., as he had done be fore, there could be no possibl e use i n a pp o inting the Committee. But, in the hope th at h e wou ld be ready to give the necessary information he of magic pose the inquiry now asked for. (the Earl of Ila,rdwicke) would not op- Lord DE ROS said that he ha d g one to Winche ster Down s , b y after fl ttaiDngother his to 8 00 Captain Warner's long range tried. He passed the authority of the Cs mniander • in- Chie f, the night, an d a very long night it was—out upon the downs—(A laugh)—while Captain W arner, in a kind b o a circle,. by bayptain the madeai d of t o o n r e che e s x , c w as a e s and,. in sheet, they waited till broad daylight before the balloon was got ready. When it was nearly ready, Captain Warner said it would be very dangerous, and he must Lilts his glass to see if there were any cattle near. With one delay and another their patience got quite ex hausted, and be (Lord De Ros) could not stop any longer, and he told the Captain that if he did set his balloon off it would be very dangerous. Captain War ner then. speculated about what it would have done if it had gone off, and wished him (Lord De Ros) to say that if it had gone off it would have done its work; but he refused, telling him that he did not attend there to be convinced by his arguments, but to see the effects of his operations. Be then returned to town, satisfied that it was all an evasion. It Captain Warner was really so anxious to have his invention tried, why did he not take a steamer and go to the rock of Atlas, where might drop one of his long-range ballo ens without doing any mis ohlff to life or property ? or why did he not ge to Si,ce'npas, where he would have several miles of clear strand for his operations? The Earl of A.LBEHARLE said that Captain War ner had had every facility affarded him for conducting his experiments', hut they had all proved faituree. The opinion that Sir Howard Duugtas had given in evidence Ws") that Captain Warner was labotiring under a hallu cination on this subject. The. E ar l of MINTO said that this invention was not new. It was not the invention of Captain Warner, but, as far back as 1803, a ge ntleman of the name of Scott conn ive d that he might doitrey the French floilla in 13suloene harbour, by weans of aliens delivered from balloons. 13y a very ingenious method, more ingenious than Captain Warner's, Mr. Scott adjusted the time of the fallieg of the shot to the flight of the balloon. That invention was eXamined by tree Admiralty in the }ear 1804, but the G o vernment of that day did not think it worth while to adopt it. He (Lord Mint o ) actua l ly had a model of &lr. Seott'e inventive' in his vwu house at this moment, and he had offered tOethow it to . Ceptain Outdo and Captain flutings, •,_ • The Du to of ARGYLL said that, although incompe tent to give a prore,sional opinion on this subject, he might state ,that, linia,ning to be stayieg at Brighton when tho experitnent was made upon the John of Grinut with C,ptain Warner's short range, he perso nally witnessed the experiment. Certainly the vessel was west effectually destroyed, as far as that went; but the impression left on the mind of the spectators was very much like that described as having been lett on the minds of those who witnessed 'he experiments with the lo: g range—namely, that it was impossible to be confident that the instrument could be made available against an enemy; nor could they be sure that some explosive material had not been introduced into the ship. He was satisfied that the Committee would end like the invention, in smoke, unless Captain Warner would give up his secret, and fully and fairly state the principles upon which he proceeds, and could show that it was also applicable in the k vent of war. The Earl of MAL\IESBUIIY thought that whilst the Noble Earl who introduced that motion appeared rather too sanguine on this subject, all those who had spoken on the opposite side had thrown cold water on these supposed inventions in a manner hardly con sistent with the mode in which discoveries were met in this age of activity and improvement. He thought if his Noble Friend would promise their Lordships to bring Ciptain Warner before the Committee, and if Captain Warner should then, without any further heii tation, premise to give an intelligible account of his in vention to the Members of the Committee, that it would be a pity to refuse him the means of proving the utility of his invention. The Elrl of WICKLOW thought it would be unjust to call on Captlin Warner to reveal his secret to the Committer, unless some promise of reward were held out to him. The Earl of ELLESMERE observed that Captain Warner laid claim to two perfectly distinct inventions, one of which was stated not to be his own. One of these inventions bad been tried by the Austrians at the siege of Veuic:?, where it might have succeed hard not a current of air caused the shell to fall into the sea instead of into St. Mark's Place. He thought that the lung range of Captain Warner was worthy of being inquired into by some practical persons whom their Lordships might appoint. Earl TALBOT said that he should have no hesitation whatever in producing Captain Warner before the Com mittee, and he fat certain that Captain Warner would there make any disclosure that their Lordships might think that be ought to make. Lord VIVIAN thought that it would be quite im possible for their Lordthjps to conduct an inquiry of this kind without the assistance of some scientific men. Earl GRANVILLE said it would be very easy for the Government to appoint some persons to make the inquiry. Their Lordships' influence would be diminished if they undertook to inquire into questions of this sort, with respect to ,which they were hardly competent to arrive at a conclusion. The Earl of MALMESBURY hoped that if a Com mittee were appointed, it would be composed principally, if not exclusively, of such of their Lordships as were conver4ant with military matters, and were competent to judge of the star-ments of Captain Warner. He wished to guard the Government on one point, and to state distinctly that he could give to Captain Warner no sort 0 0 1 : 0 prom ise we b yany o tha thistfthose r expi mutton which a a a t r ion onhis parttthe first would be he appeared to have cxpected from the Government. As far as the Government was concerned he must appear before the Committee and give his explanation on the understanding that no promise or bribe was held out to him to reveal hi, svcrer. TALBOT re - Toted that he was perfectly ready to produce C..ptain Warner before the Committee, and he did not want the Government directly or indirectly to part with a single sixpence. The inquiry would be wholly of a ju liciat character. The appointment of the Committee was then agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF GUAIMONS, May 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Ler& amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Aberdare Market and Slaughter houses. Bradford Piece II flls. D2dley Waterworks. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: — Abbey Tintern and ifgswear Roads. Battle and Robartsbriage Road. Blyth and Tyre 13iiivwWy. C!aussen'a Patent Flax Company. Lanabarsfs Estate. Lancashire and Yorkshire and York and North Midland Laeds Waterworks (No. 2). London (City) Improvements. Londonderry Bridge (No. 1). Londonderry Bridge (No. 2). Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway. Preston and Garsteng Road. Railway Passengers A. , ;turrince Company. Sharplea and floghton Road. Shillingford, Wallingford, and Reading Road, and Shillingford Bridge. Shields and Murpeth Roads. Yeovil and Ilchester Turnpike Trusts. Belfast Custom House, &J. The following Bills were considered and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time: — Chelsea Waterworks. Great Western, Shrewsbury, and Birmingham; Shrews bury and Chester; Shrewsbury and Hereford; Birken head, Lincashire, and Cheshire Junction; and Here ford, Rait, and Gloucester Railway Companies. Grcen&ld and Shepley Lane Head Road. Kirkby Stephen and Hawes Road. Leech, Branford, and Halifax Junction Railway. Leek and I-Ilssop and Middlehills and Buxton Road. Stockport and Nlarple Road. Wakefield and Denby Dale Road. INorcester and Hereford Railway. CORK IMPROVENIENT BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Coljnel CITA.TTERTON , proposed that the second reading be deferred until Tuesday next. Sir W. MOLESWORTH, as Chairman of the Com mittee that had passed the Bill, resisted the amendment. After a brief discussion, the amendment was with drawn, and the Bill was raioNs read a third time and passed. PE Mr. KERSHAW presented several petitions from Lancashire aainst the Militia Bill. Mr. DUN a CAN presented a petition from Dundee against the Wiynooth grant. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY presented a petition from the corporation of Oldham against the Militia Bill. Mr. E. DbNISON presented several petitions from the West Riding 3gainst the Maynoeth grant. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented two petitions from Jamaica complaining of distress, and praying for pro petition of slave grown sugar. tect i on sgaiust the cow Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Ro man Catholic iutishitants of Dukinfi:Ad, praying that B „, r . t) Citholic charities b 3 exempt from the operation of the Charitable Trusts Bill. Mr. LIUM...:; presented a pethiori from Trelawnoy, i n Jammics, pra)il.g the House to take miJisures to rupply the island with sulficiAnt labour to enable the sugar planters to compete with the producers of slave grown eugar. Mr. J. S ruARr presented a petition from Newark, pretling the! II '11;0 to ifiquire i t: t o t h e caases o f intem perance with the view at ditieovering a remedy for the Colonel FREESTUN presen'ed a petition from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Radipole, Weymouth, praying the attention of the House to the b,tt( r admi n of the Charitable Trusts Bill nuw before the Hence. The petitioners state their b:-lief that, there is an Act of Elizabeth in the statute-book, for upwards of e century and a half, which has fallen into disuse. They therefore pray that the said Bill, as it now stands, may not pass into law. GEORGE DUNCAN presented a petition from the members and adherents of the Baptist Church as sembling in Rattray's-court, Lingate, Dundee, against the grant to Maynoeth. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Sir HARRY VERNEY wished to ask what was the state of the book question connected with the Irish Board of Educa,ion ; whether the plan suggested by the Committee of the Irish Board to the Treasury, and the recommendation in Mr. Lingen's letter, appended to it, was likely to be carried out? Mr. HAMILTON said this was a very difficult matter to deal with, as there were several confltaing interests at stake, but the subject was under the consideration of the Treasury, and he hoped in a few days to commu nicate to the Chancellor of the Exchequer a plan by which those difficulties might be s urmounted.—(llear.) SMUGGLING IN IRELAND. Admiral BOWLES wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, whether any report had been received from the efficers of Customs at Dublin, of landings of contraband tobacco within the limits of that port; and also, whether smuggliog in Ireland had not increased since the withdrawal of the revenue cruizars employed there formerly? Mr. HAMILTON said that it esrtainly did appear from reports which had reached the Treasury that the landing of contraband goods had taken place almost within the port of Dublin. No less than 2,000 lbs. of tobacco was seield on the 30th of last month near Dublin, and a boat was found deserted at Kings head which had evident maths of having contained tobacco. There vvas no reason however, for suppceing that smuggling on the coast of Ireland was on Q t the ARANTIN inerease.—(Etiea L A r, hear.) WS. Mr. HUME cvlsth-d to ask whedierany reportalad been receiv4d from the Sanitary Congress at Paris, to consider the questunt cf quarantine; and whether any and what tn:p.lifioation had beat made as respects the laws of cparantine? Mr. IiENLEI: said the report of the convention which islet at Paris had been received. It proposed a modification of the quarantine laws, but none had yet taken place. The subject, however, was under diecus sion, and he entertained considerable hope that a satis facto'', result would be ultimate arrived at.—(Hear.) CO LAW AMENDMENT BILL. WAN wished to know whether it was the intention of Government to persevere with this Bill? Mr. HENLEY said he should endeavour to induce the House to read the Bill a second time, and then to refer it to a Sclect Committee, to see if it could not be put in a fit watt, tor passing into a law.—(bear , be ar. ) DESERTION OF SEAMEN IN AUSTRALIA. Mr. MASTERM XN wished to know,il the Govern- Ment w era prepared to adopt any mesiures to prevent the desertion of seamen in Australia, as such a practice had become an evil of the greatest magnitude, and a large number of ships were now actually NW up in the Australian ports , from want of htuadsi • • Sir JOHN PAKING lON thought the House would f feel that the q testton put to him by hie Honouruble Friend related to a portion, s end not the least im p"rtallt Portion, of a must rxrraerdieary emergeticy which had arisen in our Austreliin col nies, itt conse quence of the recent discovery of gold there, an emer gency which; it was hardly necessary fcr him to state, had commanded the most serious attention of her Ma jesty's Government.--(ifear, hear) In putting the que,,tion his Hon. Friend had alluded to the number of snipe the crews of which had deserted, end perhaps it weird be satisfactory to the House i'' he were to state the exact position of the matter in Port Melbourne when the diseier, , ries of gold had been on the largest scale.—(He a r, hear.) On the 6 . h of Ja nuary there were 35 ships :Is Port Melbourne, the ag gregate number. of the crews being 816, and of these 417 had deserted. Tne meat pres,eng repregentations hid been made Upon this subject by the Goternors of New South Walos and Vittoria, urging upm the Government the etsolute necessity of rendering some mileary or oteer aeeistatice under the evraorei nary state of things which Lad arisen; and only within the last few days a dispatch had been rec:Aved from Victoria, pointing out the -groat evil that was resulting to the commercial interest of the colony from the system eet desetenn which was going on.—(fiear, hear.) Udder these cir cumatances it hal been decided by the Government to send two companies of infantry to Sydumy, and four to :Vlelbourne, where the greatest quantity of geld had been found.—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") The financial state of these colonies was extremely prosperous, and Gyve:nine:A therefore felt that they had a right to call upon them not only"to provide for the pay and support of the troops, but also to secure them the necessary bar rack accommodation.—(Hear, hear.) Government had also thought it right that the assistance of a man-of-war should be appointed to Port Melbourne, and that very day he had sent a dispatch to the Governor of that colony, informing bin that ar rangements had been made for placing one of the men-of-war in those seas at his disposal, and directing the Governor to put himself at once in communication with the officer commanding the ship.—(Hear, hear.) The Governors of both colonies had conducted themselves with much wisdom and great vigour, and be really did hope that the meaus to which he had referred would be found sufficient to check the evil complained of. Mr. GLADSTONE wished to know if the Right Hon. Baronet could inform the House whetber he had the power of securing a guarantee for the -payment of expenses by the colonies? Sir J. PAKINGTON said the continuance of the as sistance would be made dependent upon the payment of the expenies.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME Old not think the force proposed to be sent out would have the effect of preventing desertion. At present there were between 3,000 and 4,000 handloom weavers in Lancashire who received enly 4s. a week, and he thought the Government ought, in order to supply the deficiency of labour in the colony, to propose some plan for paying the expenses out of some of them, on condi tion of their agreeing to work as shepherds for a period of ayear._ Sir J FAKING TON said, in reply to the observa tions of the Hun. Mt tuber, that lately the colonists had sent home sums of unusual magnitude for the promotion of emigration from the mother country. The colony of Victoria had transmitted betvreen 160,000!. and 170 0001, and New South Wales 70,0001. Ho was now iu com munication with the Emigration Commissioners with regard to the most bennucial mode of expending the moupy.--(Hear, hear.) METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS AND WATER plying the ballot they might,. purislrsny parqetilsr etontry they Lk.- d by lt-tryiog in that county by Immo of the ballot the whoic number of men deficient under the volu - Ae.rr system, abd permitting the other counties tube ex rupr, Mr. WALPOLE said that. by the 17th: clause cr edit would br , given to csch subdivision of a cnunty fur 1 10 , number of men raised in it - by voluntary enlistment, and it the ballot were enforced, such subdivisions. ao parishes as had raised :the. full uutnbfr of.volunteers portioned to tht-m would be wholly exempt from 0 ° operatioo of the h allot., - Mr. GOULBUIZN said that the word. efit and liable to serve" having b-u, omitted fr. m the Sir-clause, it a" neee,sary that they should be lift out in the claws bc -I:tore the Coratui tee—the purport of which - Was simPli to le t up:le the Croon to al:er the limits of the several suir e glivisions of enuntk, but did note fix the quotas in 0 08 eubdivt —( fit ar.) In' 6t n The words 't with reference to the number of In' 6 1 and liable to s, rye in the milith," were then strurk of the clause to make it agree wi-h the onaprnedtng li l and the clause as amended teas ordered to stand pa d ° the Bill. • 0 - t clause 10, providing for raising the .militia by luntary enlistment, Mr. WALPOLE.' said that in its present AO ° t r. clause was somewhat eat bigu ius as to where the vole. toera were to be raised. He proposed, therefore, ° ll i. Bert words providing that ti.o vt•luntci ra ahou;cl be dent in the curty in which they were raised. Mr. MO WATT complained that there CVT3 no rec o - o 'i nixed principle or data on which any given number men were to be raised in any.county whatever. vt i. Sir G. CLERK apprehended that the :proposed tetion would turn out to be very inconvenient. 1; "ere highly expedient, no doubt, that the persons who Res es serve should b e re s id en t within th a t _portion ol `ro United Kingdom in which they would be resetli" d vf serve; but he thought that they might ba reaidents o` d s in the county in which they were raised, or the cone" immediately adjoieine Mr. W. PATTEN said that the restriction tcoll itio , 1) ; rate most injuriously upon the county of Litoet i t e l where in conscpence of the high rate of wages , ',het volunteers wsted probably be raised than in any o rb county in England.—(llear, hear.) e t ht Mr. OSBORNE—As the Bill now stood, was it not e bois the power of the Secretary of State to raise the force in one county, if he ao thought fit? Mr. WALPOLE—CIearIy not, in his opinion. A i l Mr. CARDWELL wanted to know,e - upposiog t b `;,l owing to the higher rate of wages in one counlYn e is should not get enough of volunteers in -it, and til t b s i another county from the wagers being much loWert i b s e , got more volunteers to present themselves in. it ef they required there, would they supply the deficies e9 o the one locality by the redundancy of the other, B,e? to dispense with the necessity of inflicting the bal l ,", to Mr. WALPOLE was prepared to make a provil' e i be that effect. But even if the full number :should l' e ,es obtained at first—say not more than 40,000 tofe be thought they might he sure the- ballot would no exercised. efr Mr. Me GIBSON said the answer of the rc,_ °l fe se• cretary convinced him of the insincerity of the u e n ' is ete meat in the whole matter. lie contended it witsi l- fieite stitutional to come to Parliament to ask for en i e s u s r o ger. and vague force, to meet an indefinite and vague " n "i 'be Ministers, in dealing with the important queslO n svi defences of the country, should not be g uictel bof toy considerations of the popularity or unpepularil DEO particular measure; but they should, on -their resrose• Wits', make the proposal which they thooghtthe e' t p ro. stances of the country required, and stand by pose], whether popular or not, provided it Was by a sense of their duty. Lord PALIIERS roN said the• Right Hoe. ,a the man (Mr. Gibson) seemed not to have rtimernbe i r ostY exact form of the resolutions put in theetrnsY Ittenti estimates, and seemed to the k they were O.F" ts is resolutions upon the G e v e rmsnt t o r a i s e and WO - the certain number of men. -It was no such tbilil„„' w ise, M 1 resolutions of the army and navy estimates 00. authority to the Gevrretnent to raise a body of exceeding a certain rumbsr, but they foimed no e t ; g tir tion to raise that number of men to expresi•ed• : f oe fore the objtetien of-the Right lion. GetiVem-al, e; e pti' indefinite number , epplied to the arcerand D 2 'i lo ttit mates as well as to tso present or a-ure. The aid, , t he •t ho Right Hon. Gentleman went to_ this—tna „ 7rot Government were neglecting their duty if they 'l,l d rao, enforce by ballot the raising of the L u ll nuo3tnr °.` sip, Lot that be distinctly understood, that his Big" t Bp d Friend was the quarter whence came the atroltg el ec etle most urgeet 0411 upon the Government to bave le F to the baLot. ballad Mr. M. GIBSON was not in favour of t he n--os g b but he contended it the Ministers of thus Crown tbel the ballot was right . , and that the forcoevas wan ted ' r ought not to be influenced by considerations of P er 11 rity or unpopularity in dealings with the tilest le f , l3 ( ;esi' was their duty to take ' upon themselves the hility of the proposition, and incur the necessary ° iota which attached to Ministers proposing (Ind oarrYi n goot operation the ballot. He was arguing, not tocoorse course he himself would adopt. but es to tbeeei tosep which Ministers, with the o pi n i ons which ; 14 ' b tS tertainc don the matter, ought to adopt. As for e ar l ° he opposed the ballot, because he believed it le'P r- bere ` have compulsory military service. He declinede.topte fore, the construction which the Noble Lord P ll his words. ht 110 0 ; Lard PALMERSTON observed that the Rtg"„ t etili Gentleman had not negatived his (Lord Psitn e „ — fego l 2, proposition. The Right Hen. Gentleman wainger A the Uovernmenr, who were carrying the Bill the bn stages by majorities of 100 every night, that il l oe ts• any faith in their own views they should en,t e be th e ballot. The House would judge what wouland Or g effect of the negaire of his Right Hon. P ie " eject the affirm-a:ice of his (Lord Palmerston's) • Mr. B. OSBORNE iequierd if the bounty' o ,,, c ' e i ; soti bond fide 61., or would the soldier's knapsack, ". 7 ' A necesari , 6 be furnished out of it, as in the sitOd e st nn e Mr. COBDEN said it wl:s a totally eter ece eo o t, thing in the army or navy estimates to ask lo t ody men, or any other number, and - then say thei r , content with 30,C00 or 40,000, or any other le' e propos t her of men, and the reply of the Right foe. Gen re Il i, the Secretary for the Home Dspartment had the to justity the opposition that was made to opi There was no earnestness or sincerity in" t f i t which had been propoaed. The whole thing v ls _ efl:, do lent pretence throughout. When Is restudied; ot mameots was demanded, a loud outcry an d f the, alarm were raise d to justify the maintenance of for firmaments, and also a demand fur are increased It was the Neble Lord, however, the Peleto b n _ e , ne r , city of London who was originally to u lB l 3O this measure.- It was the bfoble_Lord in ' o f O e i instance eho had rendered the 'pessi e gifi e n ) Bill • possible, and it was the oPP, es ",: d elert, the Noelo Lord afterwards which but' B ee f oppo,i,ion to the Bill imp -sAblee-(Cheers and 1 0 ; 6 4 It was the Whigs, and the Whigs alsne,. th at o blame for the measure, and it, was the Whig g ; o :srfr country wield hl me fur it, for the Tories of weuld uevt r have dared to . make garb I . o l ° ,:rt e And let there are what it was .ttley wore inflte t ` t !" ll r the ceuntry. He and those whu concurred 4 ' ll o f l/ i j had bsen laughed et when they pointed"_ out 6001 i l l, c e nsequer.css of such a mensure. H e h, i n his t t .f an liecount taken min . the Wiltshire Indepent les „,oos recent m.eting of tie yeomanry cavalry of th" t o d A Ikv z which havi gdo ocA r' at >cribed the apP g rtri, the ,„ a rain their being cell officered: by the of Bath, Loed Smerton. Mr. Sidney Herbert, ' 64 l , e ' r d'" on to state that they had been essmitted bY s ,';:tiore Page=, Ineutenent-Colom 1 of the 4,fiLighil)7,',f • and then proceeded to relate What followed- B *g reri exercises were over. The - concluding P°l't stated that it vies a matter of much re' die many of the members of this regioT e ce s , after h lying , escaped from • the surve"'"„ l3 Ulcer officers, have conducted themselves in s — jot 'le proper, anti disreputable manner—that during o f fed three nights repeated and systematic disturW o c etl9d kept up by them in the public placee • gr es ; t V t ;rl them parading the street s of:the town, Vete" o f 111 and tea-trays—(Laughter):—ringing the h'" s u nen door, breaking the windows r red tramp lieg sa r t ,ttell,: e flower-beds et the houses of the peaceable lilu e jelis!; s and that their conduct had been so bad the so t r t r u see tif ol v o il i tents expressed thernielves by no means exercises had clossd. The paragraph Seidel; je , (d i e the matter was much regretted by the oLn ee .., ths c , l ff respectable members of the. re gisnent N 0 fie es ( ' the conduct of a body composed of farmere' e re e t- , sons of tradesmen; but by this measure they e " t sie to bring to the public-houses, not members 0' foe el respectable elms, but labourers and voluntestleses ri te vagrant classes. Wbat,•then, would be th o e o p r o i f ti 4 were likely to witness on bringin g such b together? Was not that an important const r or slil l iS to the mischievous social effect of s the d e " e tbclo scenes that were sure to be enacted? Let it , - by °f' then, that they who opposed the measure wa l e ct i e u i p' so throwing any doubt upon the conduct of 1,, 00, 0 (1' trymen. As to the compulsory claufes, as t ": t be bell merit themselves admitted that they would n i ` dn O e n ing until January next, he hoped they would ". h e was the wiser and the jester course to postpone'''. o f sure altogether t o a new P ar li ament . Gen °e° Lord PALMERSTON sa id t h at t he Hon : iv having asked whether it ever happeced that Ist P r "' 0 ' proposing a vote for the army accompanied t it el, bidets by a statement that under circumste nce the happen that the Government -should. not " i s se hsT i° o r ili' number of men voted, he -(Lord Palmerston) cu e 051 ply that the feet had so occurred and migh t e r e eere e '„ - e)' Nothing would be more likely than that a in the beginning' of the years proposiet4 a ral- i pswi l b w i o is u h ld rn b e e nt ne w authority to raise ce lte a h ry t , hey , thenght, under circtleoseloco or 150 000—by a etatemeet the: if, in, the ou. n e the ywgodill.ednanccuommbpearnoyf rn elt e tyl r : o lo of . clo t; year, it should appear-they weeild not ruclo l ' i d co t o f number of men, that full number cf men sh! n ..d i t nidt raised; end there would be nothing eetll' u p i • j / j unperliamentary in making such aestatete%ool._Dip speaking from rerombratic:, he thought cases ha g feend where statements precisely to that 0 1 ... 1 ' is ft V i t d made. The Hon. Gentlemen sae s that tbt'., res t 0 , m mer a i s t u o r r e' d a etr t i h t a o t f u t p h o a n t t rn h' e ' as Nl u ' r k e i . gs As H e n rilu „ ; , b e l lr e s.:,, D o l tier of that body, he (Unit Palmerston) te a : o wls: 0 0 Hon. Gentleman most cordially, for ble t he their having bad the boldcess—he sheuld 601' B O" of dui}—ot adepticg so re quisitu a Ines e ! c 7 to ~P o d far from feeling it us ti mare r rePrn be (nsl r e enntribtred ionards oriODairef.f, that ines" 36- co wpil ot' Palmerston) felt exccourt giy proud o r , the ',Pi which the HOD. Geetlemen paid bile- t tyhf Joel"' / I Gentleman complained hat the House " 3 ', t er.) JO e la: s e him and his friciali —ol, , ar, hear, 0 1 : , the 0. ,l i ot was not wholly without some EXCUSE) that sot bu so, for it was a mint singular and reaark . uu h oe pp dJ I cour.e—(Laughter)—those Hoe. Getilleto en cos pla!' ) ol I I sued in respect to the measure. First, tiley ou j o g to I:of_the enormous tyranny the ballot dr/105- 185,1. SIJPPLY BILLS. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE wished to know when the Go. vernment intended to lay the Metroplitan Interments Bill on the table; also whether it was their intuition to submit the Water Supply 'Bill, which had come down from the Committee upstairs, to a Committee of the whole 11.'11 , 4). Mr. WALPOLE said he would lay the first Bill before the Howe early nfxt week, and that he would submit the laver one to a C. , namitt. e of the whole Howe. ACCIDENTS IN COLLIERIES. Mr. WARLEY inquired whether the attention of the Government had 13 , en directed to tne recent colliery acoident in South Wales, and whether it was their in tention to bring in any measure on the subject? Mr. WALPOLE said, as soon after the accident took place as possible special instructions were sent down to the Government inspectors to irquire into the whole matter. The inquest was appointed fur the 19th of May, and ho thought it would be premature to say more on the subject until the verdict was given. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. In reply to Sir J YOUNG, Mr. HENLEY admitted that this Bill was one of very great importance, but he did not think that in its pressnt shape it would receive the sanction of Parliament. He thought there was very little chance of its being passed this session. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. REYNOLDS asked whether it wai the intention of the Government this Session to introduca a Bill for emending the law respecting savings banks in Great Britain ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, there was no intention on the part of the Liovernment to introduce any Bill this sesaion on the subject, but the law respecting savings' banks', was under the consi deration of the Government, and they would take the earliest opportunity of proposing a measure nest session. CHELSEA. WATERWORKS BILL. In reply toMr.WAKLEY, Lorcl . d. MANNERS said the subject of rating in regard to the supply of water was under the con sideration oF the Government, and they would propose the postponement of this Bill until they had come to a decision on the subject. ADJOURNMENT OF THE. HOUSE. It was tht.ii agreed that the House at its rising should adjourn until Monday neat. MILL CIA BILL. The House then went tat.) Committee upon this Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. Clause 9 having been proposed, Mr. M. GIBSON, ater presenting petitions against the Bill from Nottingham and Camberwell, proceeded to say that he required some explanation as to clause 9, after altering clause 8 in the manner they did on Friday night last. It was nt cestary to alter clause 9 so as to make it read with clause 8, otherwise it would be sur plusage. The alteration effected in clause Bon Friday night last changed the old system and law of the old militia. It would ba competent now for the Home Se cretary to raise the whole militia in one county, leaving the other counties untouched; which was not the came under the old militia-law, which required each county to furnish its quota. Now, if the ba►lot were introduced, it was fair it should t ,ke of ct over all the counties, otherwiie a great injustice would be committed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Itight•Hon . . Gentlom,n was misteken. Althoukh thc 42d George 111 affixed the Totes, it wily uffixed - th-in for three years, down to 1805; after which a disert tion was given to the Qiisen in Conneil to tax the differt•nt quotas. Mr. 11. GIBSON eon:II)I44RA that the expisity,tion was not satisfactory. The pi( oiple! of effrxing quotas had not been hid down by tho Hon. and Learn e d Atto r n e y. General. He thought a rini , -Ity had been introduced in the Present measurecaleulated to do great injastioe. WALL't)LE said-the alteration in ett.use 8 was entirely adopted on the suggestion of the Right Hon Bironot the Member for Halifax (Sir C. Wood). By Clause 8 the Queen in Couriel had the power of iitaxicg the quotas of each county, so a 3 to apportion the r; bole number. In answer to Mr. G. J. HE ATHCOTE, Mr. WALPOLE slid the intention was to arrange the quotas equitably; but that a discretionary power would rest with the Crown to determine what those quotas sivuld he. Mr. BRIGHT said the B'll clause, as it stood in the Bill, at first went upon the principle of ascertaining the awnber a persons fit and liable to serve; and upon that computation to fix or apportion the quotas of persons to be raised for the militia. By tiling the words " fit aid liable," they took as the basis of the measure the popula tion of the country, so that ttecoeding to the number of persons between 18 and 35 years of age would be the num ber of militiamen to be apportioned for the counties. But as the clause new stood it contained no principle on which the number of militia was to be raised; so that in the discretion of the Saeretary of State. Lancashire) might be called upon to raise 10,000 men, Yorkshire 5 000, and Middlesex 15 000, without any reference whatever to the relative population of the several counties. Ile con tended, therefore, that that was a point of which he - had a right to complain, and that the basis upon which the men were to be raised ought to be clearly determined and explained. Mr. WALPOLE said the omission of the words " fit and liable to serve" from the Bth clause wt:s suggested by the Right Zion. Baronet opposite (Sir C. Wood), and he (Mr. Walpole) thought at the time that it was going too far. Unquestionably the alteration had the effect of giving the Crown a much larger discretionary power than it would have had before the alteration was made; but he did not see that it would prove burdensome where e the men were ra i se d b y vo l untary en li stment , an e Crown would h ave no power t o p u t th e ballot into t o s t _ b. ration otherwise than under the conditions stated in Sequent clauses of the Bill. supested the otni s sion of the words Sir C. WOOD said it was qu r i d t s e t a h n a d t 1p h hl a e d ” f t r h u a m t htebealBsCibtchleauugshe't but t e t w b o u rds At w tu e s rn (? ey i; G ec e e n e e s r s a a l ry s , ta a t e e r d i vrroment, before the be hee left Chancellor of l o d f the the Eeix„cuhseeq,rieleeetrz.eitaiddut in n ey t h h a e d for b m ette in r which it was introduced by t. to: h i d ° u e s r , t t r h o e ub 4 l 2 e ,7l b° , quotas an e, e c e e .i u , ld x p b e c e 6 4 i x v e e d , he processwhole) f ohullos whi) Nv"" t , h h e e l w )n hole of the f. roe to be rui , t.d George 111. would have to ries T fi e t t c h n r d on i g i :2 h , lri. in to e: e d i e v r ., t ; o ), whereas, Cu Pt m ' i ccie , t, that fat wou dbe totally by voluntary eon. : that caae, it mattered not villa% i en f" f r t 4 c l i tld liable to Fero© in;ght resi&ut t lere.tore, of each were fixed ac t=rosoAtryln, in A county. 7:2irre,g(ititi , re l ict .- o p e pti d la e ti ee in , o w l ti ,..lh w tre a o s utg a hh l a l that t tthhee quite a 3 w il o o til d w a r s es u f. in leaving a larttcr °P d mi:cicBre: t r u a tt r . h y ;i p t'b o la w' I . e l U ° r rtd. w i h InTr Mtjesty in C: , uncil; but h e entertained no 01 , j, - ctEn tbit', because he wa4 cer tain it would properly extrei:ed. At the some time, if it vveto thought necpsilry, rowdy might be inserted, • -• provr;teZ I:itY, the apportt , :. , nment bo tvade with reterocce to the population of czch county. Mr. MOW ATr did not anprehi-nd that the discre• tioniiry power vetted in the d•own w , old he ex- rci-ed partially in the came, of volunto,r,, P. was not to be ex rxtod, if the volunteers (rote Middl , , , sex were insullicO.nt, and a greater number - were- offert,d in Surrey than were rcepiirecl, that the .xcess in the latter cony should not be taken to balance the deficiency in .the other. What 110- dOaittd, 110170 7 er- 7t4Si thatorada the syeteat of OP.