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IMO Mittton.\ SUN OFFICE,ISeven o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING• Six o'cLocic. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Stilton 10 to 1 agst Kate—taken 10 to 1 agst Mizs Ann 10 to 1 agst Backbiter—tak en 10 to 1 agst Kick-up-the - D ust 15 to 1 agst Elthiron 25 to 1 apt Officious Eenita is scratched. CHESTEIt CUP. 18 to 1 agst Scarecrow—taken 25 agst Merry Bird 30 to 1 egst Surprise—taken TWO THOUSAND OU/NEAL 5 to 1 eget Home•brewed 6 to 1 eget Daniel O'Rourke DEBBY. 5 to 1 sgat Hobble Noble 12 to 1 agst Augur 15 to 1 agst Alfred the Greet 17 to 1 agst Claverhouse—taken SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Greengage 6 to 1 agst Mary Ann—taken to 1 agst Kiltneney—taken FRANCE. The Independance of Brussels copies from the Bulletin de Paris a long letter addressed to it by the Vis, - - , ount de rEipine, recommending an appeal to the electors of France for the proclamation of the ELu pire. The Independance publishes the letter, with ,a grave introduction, which would lead the public to believe that the communication of M. de rEspine was a mere pilot baloon, to ascertain the direction to ' be given to the project which he supposes to exist. There is nothing, however, in the character of the lithographic sheet which ] publishes the letter of M. de l'Espine, or in the position of its author, to give to them the importance attached by the Indepen dance. M. de l'Espine concludes his letter as follows " The French nation can never comprehend the nephew of the Emperor receiving the Senate and the Legislative body at the Tuileries by the side of a vacant throne. France knows what is suffered by short govern ments. Let the character of the votes of the 10th and 20th December be appreciated. Let France be again consulted, and we shall see that what she wants is the Empire." The Brussels journals state that the verdict of ac quittal in the affair of the Bulletin Franvis was only adoptEd by a majority of 7 to 5. THE under the ;reign of the Auckland-Baring Boards of Admiralty, appropriated to themselves and obtained for their connexious the beat berths in the servico? If he is, and tolerates it, the country and the navy will be very much deceived in the character of the noble and distinguished head of the Admiralty. from whose able and impartial administration of the affAirs of the service they anticipate a total regeneration of prin ciple in the distribution of that patronage which falls to his gift. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVEN IN G.) HOUSE OF LORDS; The LORD CHAlrczu.ott took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Lord Provost, Town Council, and magistrates of Edin burgh, praying for the abolition of the tests imposed on the professors of Scotch universities; also a petition from Perth to the same effect; also a petition from Brighton, praying for the enfranchisement of copyhold:; and a petition trom Cork in favour of tenant!rigiat. PRIVILEGE—EXCLUSION OF LADIES FROM THE HOUSE DURING PRAYERS. Lord CAMPBELL called the attention of the House to a question of privilege. On the last occasion when he was present in their Lordship' House, when the Noble Earl now at the head of the Government had been installed into office, there naturally had been a great anxiety shown to be present, and the galleries appropriated to Peeresses and their unmarried daughters were ac cordingly filled. When prayers commenced the ladies were ordered to withdraw, and obliged to remain waiting in the cold corridor until prayers were terminated. It appeared to him that this was a very unnecessary and discourteous course, and he hoped that their Lordships would take some steps to remedy the grievance of which he complained. The matter then dropped. FOREIGN REFUGEES. The Earl of MALMESBURY laid on the table of the House further correspondence relating to foreign re- fugees in England. OPENING OF NUNNERIES. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition, signed by a large number of ladies of the county of Tyrone, pray ing for the opening of the nunneries to the visit of in spectors. DEPOSITION OF THE AMEER ALI MOURAD. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH rose to move for a oopy of a proclamation issued on the 21st of January, 1.852, by Mr. Frere, the Commissioner in Sinde, by order of the Governor-General of India, declaring the forfeiture to the British Government .of all the territories held by the Ameer Ali Menrad, excf)pt such as he re ceived from his father,on the ground o f his having wrong. fully obtained possession of a portion of those territories by means of a forged document styled the treaty of Nownahur ; also, for an account of 'the estimated reve -1 nine of the territories so forfeited, distinguishing such as ware obtained under the Treaty of Nownahar from such as were held by the Ameer Ali Mourad at Rais, under the Cession of the Turban, concluded at Dejee on or about the 19th of December, 1842 ; and also, for an ai :count of the estimated revenue , of such of the terri tc.ries so forfeited as were heretofore in the possession ol theNuwab of Bahawulpore, and. were intended to be ceded to the said Nuwab by the several treaties signed b:y the Ameers of Sciade on the 14th of February, 1843. T ho Noble Earl said that the papers for which he moved misted to the late deposition of Ali Mourad from the territories lately occupied by bins in India, on the ground that he had gained possession of them by means of a forged treaty. The condition of Ali Mourad was that of as. independent Prince, an ally of the .British Government and the question between him and the British Govern-, went was one of state against state, end we had no right to proceed against him both as a prince and a subject. He was no ordinary individual, for many years he had be en a faithful ally of the British Oovernment, and had it not been for his co-operation. in the year 1843, when he joined with Sir C. :Napier with 5,000 men, it was very doubtful whether Sir C. Napier could have brought the opelm-ions which he was en gaged in to a successful issue; in the affair, too, of Moults°, and in still later operations his assistance had bean of great service. The charge b rought against him wi s that he had gained possession of certain districts by mi :ans of a forged treaty, and the result of a sri al ordered by the British Government was to confirm the accusation. He (Lord Ellenbo rough) complained of the manne r in which this trial had been conducted, and the judges who had presided. Gallant officers they were certainly, as he freely allowed, by the qualities I of a bold sabreur we re not those of the judge, and he certainly did not :kink that two majors were the most fitting persons to conduct an invegitation of this sort. The vase of the property which Ali Mourad had got possession of was but 4,01001. per annum, while the fine was 100,000/, He there fore hoped that if tho present Government did not altogether annul the judgment which had been pronounced, they would at lee .st revise it, and relieve the British c ame from the tar nh which the whole of this trausactot i had thrown upon it :in the minds of the people of India.. 'Lord BROUGTON rose, and was (LxFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Raw o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. SCULLY took the oaths and his seat for Cork. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. The following Bills were °onside! ed and agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed: Accidental Death Insurance and Railway Assurance Companies Amalgamation. Belfast Gas. Bradford Piece Halls. Cheltenham Improvement and Health.: Droitwich Junction Canal (Amendments to be pro posed). Macclesfield Improvement (Amendments to be pro posed). Yaaley Drainage. The following Bills were read a, second time, and ordered to be committed: — Dumfries and Maxwelltown Waterworks. Eastern Union Railway. North and South-Western and Brighton and Dover Junction Railway (Wandsworth to Croydon). North Staffordshire Railway (Sandlmch to near War- ._ rington, &o.) Swansea Local Board of Health. iramore Embankment. Wycombe Railway. EDINBURGH AND CANONGA.TE ANNUITY TAX ABOLITION BILL. Sir GIBSON CRAIG moved the second reading of thss: Bill, which he said was approved of by the late Government, but he understood that some part of it would be resisted by her Majesty's present advisers. He hoped, however, the Government would now state what their views were with regard to this Bill, and not al low it to be read a second time for the purpose of being hereafter opposed.—(Hear.) Mr. F. MACKENZIE did not speak now as a Member of the Government, but as an independent Member who last year sat upon the Committee which investigated this subject. He was not altogether opposed to the object of the Bill, but nevertheless he thought it defective both in principle and detail. It was said dis sent was on the increase in Edinburgh, and that was ore of the reasons for reducing the number of minis ters of the Established Church, which the promoter of the Bill urged in its favour. He, however, could not recognise the force of that reason , nor could he say that he had much confidence in the securities which were proposed to be taken for the payment of these fifteen m;.nisters, and unless the Bill came out of the , Com mittee very much altered he should feel bound to oppose it on the third reading. Mr. MONCRIEFF supported the Bill. He examined its provisions while in office, and he highly approved of it, and if the House could be made sensible of the heart burnings that it was calculated to put a stop to in Scot hied, it would do so also. The security, in his opinion, was far from defective, and he hoped the House would ultimately pass the BM. Sir GEORGE CLERK supported the Bill, though he was opposed to many cf its details, and he trusted, when the Bill came down from the Committee , the defect s would have been expunged. He should resist ~„enipt to reduce the nunaher of clergymen attached tlstahlished Church, and he called upon her 'Y 6 Ministers to second his exertions in that respect. Mr. J. SMITH a was also anxious to put an y e n ea d rs t h o ad t/ 1 1 ) t vai t d tation which for the last twenty upon this subject, and that was the He Con w t tly he was favourable to one part of nded that the number of clergy ought principal reason - a great hardship upon the the to b e nd re d uce d , i o f F%di ts bfuorrgitst was people . owu . that they should be compelled to support their . ergy, and that of a church which they never attende Sir B. COLE BRUU K E objected to the clause which ofs of the Chapel authorised the appropriation of the fend he called upon the clergy in be withdrawn if Edinburgh. This Bill was net a private but a pu blic Royal in Scotland to the payment p w e.s o e ult it, ale s a i s r u ß re : Han.diNsoGiLt oisughsatitdo b t h e .. a ted, d. Is ISCUaitiOn w ag o n ly a Government wasteoftime' de a t n er d m a in s Ministers to make such a declaration.llear, hear.) edthetoßti3lpl Mr. TUFNELL supported the Bill, and_ protested that I it was high time the question was settle d .—(Hear.) Mr. COWAN would not e nter into the de Bill, but he knew it was appr oved of by all ta ilse peartiof s es Edinburgh, and he trusted it wou ld be sanction t h e n d by the House for the sake of restoring pea ce in Scotland.. Mr. HUME called upon the Gov ernment to take up the Bill, and pass it into a 13w.—(hest, hear.) Mr. WALPOLE said he was not pr e p ared to tiO 80 ! nor was he prepared to say t hat he approve! of the measure; bat he was quite ready,. if the House would only grant him tune for the purpose, to take the question into his consideration, with the view of arriving at a speedy settlement. There were interests compromised by this Bill which he could never consent to; and although it might be read a eecond time, and referred to a Commit mittee, it would still be liable to be stopped by the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FOX MAULE treated this declaration as a direct negative to the measure, and he therefore recommended that it should be withdrawn. He advised the late Government to accept it as a settlement of the whole question, and he could not help feelirg if any delay took place now it would be taroamouat to a loss of another year. There was an opportunity now of settling the question, gad he regretted that it should be thrown away. BELGIUM. The Belgian Senate on Thursday elected the Prince de Ligne its president, by 41 votes to 6, given to Count de Renesse. The budget of Belgium for 1853, which has just been distributed to the Chambers, estimates the re ceipts at 121,849,250 f., and the expenses at only 117,662,724 f. 41c. The war budget figures in the expenses for 26,787,000 f. A royal decree of the King of Holland of the 24th, enacts that the postal treaty recently concluded with Belgium shall be carried into effect. MALTA. We have letters from Malta of the 22d inst On Wednesday, the 17,h, Admiral Sir William Barker, Bart., G.C.13., left the Admiralty House, to proceed on board the Queen. At three o'clock, accompanied by some of his personal friends, and his staff, he proceeded, after having partaken of a dejeuner a /a fourchette at the residence of Lieutenant Colonel Warde, R A., to the Custom House, where a guard of honour, supplied by the Maltese Fenciblee, wan drawn up to receive him. Here also Lieutenant- General Ellice and his staff, Colonel Warde several staff officers, the veteran Ruggiero Settimo, his secre tary, and many friends, assembled to bid farewell to the Commander-in-Chief of the naval forces. To them Sir William Parker addressed himself ex pressing the gratification he had ever experienced from the manner in which the heads of departments had seconded his views, and from the courtesies he hid" always met with from the public in Malta. The admiral then embarked, under a salute of 14 guns, from Fort St. Anggele, the ships in port manning their yards. At eleven A.M. on the following morn ing a signal from the Queen was made to the ships (`spiteful steam-sloop excepted) to strike the blue ensign and hoist the red one ; thus giving up the command to Rear-Admiral Dundas. An hour after, towed out by the Scourge, the Queen left port on her route to England. Sir William in the fleet was highly unpopular ; wedded to opinions of the old school, it was difficult to adapt his views to the wants of the day. In Malta he was, however, as popular as his warmest friends could desire. Ever courteous, ever hospitable, ever provident, he had the interests of commerce warmly at heart, and his pride seemed to be to afford any as sistance at his command when circumstances called it forth. The Scourge has gone to survey Graham's Shoal, which, if report is to be depended upon, has been rising since Lord Kerr last reported upon it. She returned yesterday. The Spiteful has left port for Gibraltar, where she is reported to relieve the Janus. The Hercules troop-ship, sent out to take the place of the old Ceylon, has gone homewards, manned by a portion of the Queen's crew. She has on board seve ral invalids. The island is in a state of considerable excitement, to-day being fixed upon for the third reading of the Militia Bill in the Council. As it is proposed, the measure is unpopular, not, it is believed, from the Maltese lacking the courage to defend themselves if attacked, but on account of the provisoes to deprive them of their civil liberties and privileges if they do not go out when called on. In a word, the measure has been proposed and carried before the people knew of it, and has been badly timed. Two volunteer corps, the one a rifle, have been set on foo t, and will perhaps ere long be organized. The military are being taught the use of hand grenades 4 2-5 inches, by Lieut.-Colonel Huey, " P h Light Infa n t r y. On Saturday 0 33 tons, L night the English brig James Ray, master, arrived in port with his crew, eleven in g number, in his long boat. It appears that the brig hit Trieste on the 12th instant with a c ottou for Liverpool ofsin, Morocco leather, and weather fresh. On the 19th she sprung a leak early, eropi e w_hich gained rapidly, the . crew constantly ? te d r at_ were e e pumps, rues. and 11 endeavours to free Th ea pumps became shortly a f ;er w and the captain, finding a o n hok h ed by the grain,. hopes of saving hie ship gone, determined on abandoning her. In t o e lang-hoat a He put small quantity of water and prov 161") hi s papers and chronometer, and embarking his crew, stayed b y the unlucky brig for an hour d, when she went own. The accident hap pened off Mount Etna, about 175 m i les distant from Malta. From the moment they embarked till in sight of the island, they saw no ship- The sailor s , w i th the humane feeling which Tie o ften shown, Would not allow a parrot to perish, but took it with them, and it is now alive in Malts. CAPT A F IN STOPORD. (Front the liurtsmouil4 and slat al Gautte of Saturday.) We see it stated in the daily papers of Y that C Vein the Hen. Mentsgn Stopford, otetshteertY endon, goo a aLain to the Waterloo at Sheerness, as Itig, - ( 9 1 )1.31i ; to Vice-Admiral the Hoe. J. Percy, Poet-Admirat at the Nero station! le this shuffi) really got :g to he telerated by the Duke of Northumberlan d If eh, we shall begin to think that his Grace is not so sharp-sighted as WO jatlgi , d him, or that a large ateniint of inflnenee " from without" has been brought to undermine his Grace's better judgment. How many changes has this shore-hugging Captain rung out of the Baring Admiralty since he was appointed last for sea serviee? Let us see. On the 26th of July, 1850, he was appointed to commission the Trafalgar, 120; he fitted her nut, and when she was about putting to sea a member of Captain Stopford's family fell ill, and he went ashore, tranafering the command of her to Captain Geeville, who had lately p'dcl off another ship! Captain Grerille took the Trafalgar to the Mediterranean, sad retains the command of her. On the sth ; i i t August, 1851, Captain the Honourable Montagu atlford was appointed to commission the Waterloo, 120, eee Sheerness; he fitted her out for the flag cf Rear '"."'rat pandas until she was nearly ready for the re ception of the Admir a l , w he n the French cock began to crow and frightened the Lords of the Admiralty, who substituted the Britannia, 120, at this port, for the Waterloo , lest the name of that ship should get her aides battered in and her flag in sulted by the overp e 4 French squadron in the Mediterranean: thereuren in BfTlein Stoptord was trans ferred to the London, 02, at Sheerness (tiro flag-ship), went while Captain M und y on with the fitting of the Waterloo, to take the flag fro m the London; and now we are told Captain Sto2:ord i s abou: k tokayo the Lon don for the Waterloo, UePtain bluntly returning to the former again! Now this is, without exception, one of th e mos t " art fill dodges" to gain sea time at overxpe of less in 4, s erved his time" in tie' ' fluentially named officers we heard of. When Captain Stopford has is lone shore manner, it is rumoured Captain Charles Elen' (another lucky name in die navy), the late courteous private secretary to Sir Francis FA —aring, will slide into his berth, the senior ses Lord of the present Admiralty being a relative of the Eden family by mar riage! A pretty hash up of naval patronage truly ! Can the Duke of Northumberland —a ED3C of honour, and sailor cuttiog" --ebe aware of this " shuffling and to win the pale of " sea time" by the party who have so long, SUN, Lik) N D O NI The Bill was then read a second time, and ordeTe be committed. METROPOLIS WATER ST.IPPLY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Lord EBRING TON presented a volition from the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, prayirg for a com prehensive plan for supplying the metropolis with water. He then moved that it be an instruction to the Commit tee to cause inquiry to be made into the cost of bringing into the metropolis a supply of soft water from the sources recommended by the Earl of Carlisle and his colleagues of the Board of Health, and to report thereon before they proceed to consider the Bill, and the various other Water Bills referred to them. The late Government referred the question of water supply to the Board of Health, who, after examining an enormous number of witnesses and devoting great attention to the subject, recommended a definite scheme for providing an abundant supply of pure water to the inhabitants of London. These suggestions were never carried out, but a plan had been proposed which was universally condemned, because it would give rise to a very wasteful expenditure of capital without accomplishing the object desired. He hoped before the House compromised the pecuniary as well as the sanitary interests of the metropolis, it would, at least, cause an inquiry to be made, and direct the preparation of estimates of and plans for obtaining an adequate supply of water from the sources recommended by the highest scientific au- thorities. Mr. H. COCHRANE seconded the motion. Lord J. MANNERS trusted the House would reject the motion, not on its merits or demerits, but on the• simple ground that if acceded to another year mast pass without anything being done to improve the supply of water to the metropolis. Though there might be objections to the Bill, yet he hoped it would be so amended and strengthened in Committee as to secure to the poorer classes, if not the best supply of water, at any rate a cheaper, far more abundant, and better sup ply than they enjoyed at present. Mr. MACGREGOR complained that the districts south of the Thames were saturated, not by an over supply of water, but a want of drainage, and he hoped the House would negative this motion. Mr. COCHRANE said at the present moment there were 18,000 houses in the metropolis with a pure supply of water; but, nevertheless he did not think it would be advisable to divide the House on this motion. After a few words from Lord EBRINGTON in reply, Sir J. JOHNSTONE entered into an explanation, with the view of showing that the public had no cause to dad fault with the present water companies, either as regarded the price, the supply, or the quality of the water which was furnished to them. The motion was then negatived without a division. NOTICE OF MOTION. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR gave notice that on a future day he would put a question to the Government on the subject of the formation of a park on the south side of the Thames. POOR-LAW COMMISSION. In reply to Lord D. STUART, Sir J. TROLLOPE said it was intended to bring in a Bill this session to renew the Poor•law Commission for a short period. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. In reply to Mr. HUTT, Mr. HENLEY said he could not yet see his way clearly for the formation of a measure for the collection of agricultural statistics in the country and the colonies, though the Government wore constantly alive to the im portance of the subject. MAYNOOTH. In reply to Mr. GRANVILLE BERKELEY, Mr. SPOONER said it was his intention to per severe with his motion for the abolition of the Mayneoth grant, and he should take the earliest opportunity after Easter of balletine tur the motion. COMMON LAW FEES REGULATION BILL. This Bill went through Committee. ORDERS OF THE DAY. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX ELIEQUER the other orders of the day were read and postponed until after the motions had been disposed og THE MILITIA. Petitions: against the enrolment of the militia were presented from different parts of the country by Mr. Hume, Mr. Henley, Mr. Thornely, and other lion. Members. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE then rose to move, that in pursuance of the Order of the 20th day of February lest, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate the Laws respecting the Militia," Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Walpole, and Mr. Secretary at War, do prepare and bring to the Bill. In doing this he owned he felt no ordinary anxiety, and he threw himself on the indulgence of the House while he stated the view of her Majesty's Government on this highly important subject.—(Hear, hear.) He felt on the one hand the vast magnitude of this subject, and the difficulties that surrounded it, while on the other be expsrienced the deep responsibility which attached to him in bringing ,it forward, and had he been in the private capacity of an independent Member it was doubtful whether he should ever have spoken upon it.—(Hear, hear.) But he was convinced of the absolute necessity ot some such a measure as that which he should presently have the honour of proposing, and if he were to shrink now from the task which devolved upon him he should be not only neglecting his duty as a Minister of the Crown, but in his opinion actually abandoning the best interest of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Consider for a moment the circum stances under which they were placed. They must all agree that this country ought to be in an equal state of defence, whatever might be its means of attack with the other powers of Europe; but was that our position at the present moment?—(Hear, hear.) No; the country having enjoyed the blessing of peace for nearly forty years, had been lulled into a state of apathy, and it was now hardly posssible to imagine, let alone believe, that there was any possibility of danger.—(Hear, hear.) But though he trusted, nay he believed, that any actual danger was far removed from these shores, yet looking at the state of Europe and at the elements of anarchy and con fusion which might break out not many months hence, he thought they were bound to see that the country was in such a state of defence as to be able to resist any attack that could possibly be made upon it.— (Cheers.) A question was put to him the other night by an Hon. Member as to whether Ministers had re ceived any information from abroad as to render a measure of this nature necessary, and he now frankly admitted that they had not, but it was that absence of informa tion and our being on friendly terms with all our foreign tildes which made the present the most fitting opportunity for not producing such a measure as this.—(Hear, hear.) Looking, therefore, at the cir cumstances under which the present Government came into power, and the admission not only of all our military and naval authorities, but ot the Hcuse itself, that the country was now in a defenceless state, the Ministry, in the event of a war would be liable to be impeached if they failed to press on a measure of this kind, so that the country should be ready for the foe should he ever make his appearance.—(Hear hear, and cheers.) There were three classes of objectors to the observa tions he had made—first, those who thought the exist ing defences of the country were sufficient; secondly, those who saw no immediate danger and no immediate ne cessity for a militia; and, 3 idly, those who considered that if they inct eas.d the defences ot the country they ought to (-',O so by adding to the army and navy, instead of having recourse to a regular militia. Now, he would any a few words on each of these three classes of objectors. With regard to the first, viz., those who deemed the present defences of the country sufficient, he observed that our army consisted at present of about 160,000 men who were scattered over different parts of her Majesty's dominions. Now, before they arrived at any hasty conclusion they ought to ask themselves what use could be made of these troops for home defences? It was true they had a large army, but it was not a quarter of the army of Russia, not a half of the army of Prussia, not one-third of the army of Franca, and very little more than the army of Belgium.—(Hear, hecr.) Be sides tho 33 pewers had more compact domi• nions, and could readily concentrate their forces, while ours were scattered over the world and could not be collected tcgo her for defence at home without leaving parts unprotected. The very greatness of their empire was one source of its weakness. They could not, though availing themselves of all the forces ai the central depots and in the manufacturing districts, bring to bear upon the coast more than 25,000 men. After &al lug with the other two parties to whom he had referred, he proceeded to show the necessity of preparing a de fence in the event of an incursion or at tack being made us.on the country.—(Hear, hear.) The objections to increasing the navy and army were —first, that they must increase considerably the per manent expenditure, which the House of Commons would not be likely to sanction in a time of depressed revenue; and, secondly, ,both army and navy were instruments of attack as well as of defence, and if we were to increase them we should arouse suspicion :and provoke jealousy among foreign powers, at a time, too, when there was least occasion for it. It was evident that the navy must be our chief reliance for defence, and yet it would be impossible to in crease it adequately unless we had a covering force on land, and with regard to an increase of the army the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton had so adequately stated the reason against that—namely that a standing army was opposeded to the habits and feelings of the country that he did not need to allude to them again. There were many reasons why the national militia should be relied on for defence, the chief was that it had often done good service, but the calling out of the militia was attended with great hardships and incon veniences. These, however, it was thought by her Ntejesty'a Government might be disposed of by means of herepo s e d w t 00 would d d :c l e w m a a scheme of voluntary enlistment, and it was on this to bo paid down at once bby principle that her Majesty ' s Government proposed to found their scheme of a national militia. The number of the termieation 3 : s o n o men proposed to be raised was 20,009, and it was pro posed instalments.e.. b to seeer ; bc a eo rrieod o u ff lid offering different, bounties, to e nth g efore T e h a e periods certain number of skilled m (LEFT SPEAKING.) FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDE N b o dy of a Mrs. E dwards , who h:d . lef°tZ I t. - L r e id on a a y rd l s a b s y t the the was s ut of the " :Lin at Bexhill , train at forty•five minutes past four o'clock P.M., in a third ffoorroßt t e e : Bexhill, l, g e supposed the de on the rails about a mile beyond that station . ° It lying had clambered over the side of the carria c c e la a s s s ed e , a h r a r v i7 n; at the spot where she was discovered. 1 7 1 . ie rd jumped off lifted off the ground she still breathed, but in a few mom ents e the injuries receive d internally in her fall sht, happened to that she was not seen by any one to attempt getting out. MONDAY FINAN I Ikt, RPFORNT. MR COST OP CUSl'i).ll5 iNi.) EX 'l..lsE DU7'I.ES. By thi' Liverpool Financial Iteforat Association. Lirerpool: George Philip and Son. London : J. C. Bishop, Aldine Chambers, Pater noster-row. During tho last four years the Financial Reform Asso ciation of Liverpool have issued a series of Tracts on the National Expenditure—the Customs and Excise Dutie, laws, and practices—Taxation, direct and indi rect—Our Fiscal System, &c. Ste., with the view of instructing the puntic mind and paving the way for procuring the " adoption of a simple and equitable system of direct taxation, fairly levied upon property and income, in lieu of the present unequal, compli cated, and expensively collected duties upon commodi ties," or, in other words, "complete Free Trade." Of all their publications, the pamphlet now before ns appears to be the most practical, and if the basis of their calculations be correct (which we see no reason to doubt) most conclusive. The questio vexata of direct versus indirect taxation is com pletely set at rest on the single ground of expense, setting aside all reference to increased employment, increased production, decreased poor-rates, and every other benefit which would accrue were industry relieved from all fiscal burdens. Few persons have an adequate conception of the cost of collecting the revenue under the system of Customs and Excise duties. If we examine the finance accounts, we find it therein stated that the rate for which the gross receipt was collected averages from 5 to 6 per cent., or each 1001. levied on commodities yield only 94/. to 95/. to the Government. We consider this costly, as our direct taxes, such as income and property, land and assessed taxes, and stamps, are collected at from 2 to 3 per cent., or for every 1001. taken from the tax-payers; 971. to 931. is received into the Treasury, the difference about 3 per cent. being generally con sidered the total saving which would accrue were the whole of our revenue collected under one uniform and direct system of taxation. We forget, or rather over look the fact, that the duty must be paid on the articles before they are taken from the importer or manufacturer for consumption, and it forms therefore an integral part of the first cost, to which the profit of two, and often more, tradera—tho wholesale and retail dealer s—is to be added. The Government thus first of all collects the duties from the importer or manufacturer, next the im porter or manufacturer reimburses himself by collecting them from the wholesale dealer, then the wholesale dealer from the retailer, and, lastly, the retailer from the public as consumers. The public, therefore, have to pay no less than the cost of four collections, the last three being accumulated per - tentage in the shape of profits, upon all revenue derived from duties upon commodities. The estimate of this cost, or loss, to the public was pre pared at the suggestion of Mr. Hume, M.P., who, in a letter to the President of the Financial Reform Asso ciation, says— " I hope you will appoint a committee to inquire into that subject [direct taxation]; and the strongest point of view that suggests itself to me will be, to take the Ltd amount of tea imported and its import price, add the total duty paid by the importer, the profit or charge by him on the same, the additional charge by the re tailer on the prime cost, duty, and profit of the wholesale purchaser, and a calculation of the additional per-tentage, and the actual increase in the price of the article to the consumers. " It the chief articles that pay the twenty millions of Customs' duties, and also the articles under the Excise that pay the fourteen millions, are thus worked out and extended, the additional charge on the nation as con sumers will surprise the public." The Council have carried out Mr. Hume's views by preparing schedules on seven of the principal articles of consumption which pey Customs and Excise duties, and from which nearly three-fourths of the revenue are de. rived. These schedules have been compiled tied check , d by " persons of wending and experience in their various linea of business," and the result is really stealing, nay almost increchb!e; but an examination of the different schedules, which are simple, plain, and easi l y wider stood, will convince the most sceptical. 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EVENING-, MARCH 29, 1852 riking of exc, , T 7.. -31! eltG, (Nl7 r;, in or;ler to pa,- :30 , •._ the ta,gc, , rPgae arntsnni • tr,men , sPai e; a'•tit., po,,sink point, ai,d then procpedw g to divide this alleged total by the num ber of electors, he drew forth triumphantly the quoii , •nt which he had promised to show. But the wretched trick was instantly detected, and the conjuror caught in the midst of his impudent legerdemain. The asser tion of the friends of reform, as everybody knew, ap plied to tho population and electors of the United Kingdom; and the I,Chancellor of the Exchequer at temprel to juggl.,, a refuttetion of that a eertion by utibltitv.ting the figures applicable to Gree.t Bri tain exclusively! Mr. flume saw through the cheat at once, and exposed it by the simple int,rjecn lation, You omit Ireland altogether," Where upon the unabashed jester coolly obsererd, " True; but es the population in that part of the country has of late been declinieg it would not make so much diff— rence." lio,v stand the facts? By the last census the population ef Ireland was r,:tarned at 6 500 000, whit' the total number at el} c-ors for both towns and counties —notwithstanding the boasted addition made by the 121. Franchise Act passed two years ago—did not exceed 163 546. Yet this huge element in the pretended esti mate of the electoral condition of the kingdom, Mr. Disraeli sought with a wave of his juggler's wand to cause to disappear. It is now for the country to say whether it will submit any longer to the present make believe system, and whether it will patiently hear its wants and wishes turned into food for Parliamentary joking of the sort we have been adverting to. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princesses Helena and Louisa, attended by the Equerries in Wait ing, visited the Z;ological Gardens in the Regent's Park, on Saturday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.- Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon, rode out on horseback on Saturday morning. Tho Duchess d'Orleans visited her Majesty on Satur day at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs, took a drive in an open carriage on Saturday. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert did Sir George Hayter the honour to inspect his picture of the " Arrestation of Cardinal Wolsey, by the Earl of Northumberland, at Cawood Castle•." The Queen had a dinner party on Saturday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency Monsieur and Madame Va❑ do Weyer, Earl de Grey, Lord and Lady John Mariners, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord Colville, the Right Hon. Sir Henry and Lady Balwer, the Right Hon. W. E. snA Mrs. Gladstone, Colonel Wylde, Lady Fanny Howard, and Lord William Paulet. The band of the 2d Life Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following selections : March. Overture " Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendeissohn, Waltz "Le Roae de Mtvin" (Ms.) ... Hochett. Divertissement '° Propbate" Meyrrbeer. Quadrille " Grenada" D'Albert. Polka " Kassard Kier" •-• ... Grattan Cooke Gelop God save the Queen. Her Majesty's Private Band .as in attendance after Dinner in the Palace. and played the following pieces:— Overture "Der Kiff hauser-Berg" Marachner. Pastorale " Le Propha a" Meyerbeer. Selection "Le Songe u'une Nuit d'Ete" Thomas. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace, and the Royal family took their usual exercise. tier Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, he r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckinghem Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley cffictated. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge wept yestxrdie.y to Kew. . A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Furrign-office, Downing street. The Ministers pre. t:eut were the Kiri ef Derby, the Lord Chancellor, The Earl of Lonsdule, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secre tary Walpole, the Earl of elahnesbury, Sir J. Peking. ton, the Chancellor of he Exch , quer, the Duke of Nor thumberland, the Right Hon. J. aV. Henley, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. J. C. Berries, and Lord John Manners. The Council sat two hours. A deputation consisting of the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, the Rev. Dr. Simpson, Mr. Eddington, and Mr. Tait, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole on Saturday, at the Rome office. A deputation from the Railway Pa , sengers As surance Company, consisting of the Marquis of Granby, M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr. Harrison (Deputy Chairman) Mr. Harvie Farquhar, Mr. W. G. Vian (Secretary), Mr. Holt (Solicitor), and Mr. Sudlow, jun. (Parliamentary Agent), had an interview on Saturday with the Chancel lor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Down ing-street. A deputation respecting the removal of the Crystal Pelage, consisting of the Rev. Mr. Harness (Minister of All Souls), Mr. Harford (Rutland-gate, churchwar den of All Saints, Knightsbridge), Mr. Baker (Princes gate), Mr. Godson (Rutland-gate). Captain Phibbs (Rutland-gate), Mr. Auldjo (Rutland-gate), and Mr. Jennings (Princes-gate), had an interview on Saturday with Lord John Manners at the Office of the Commis sioners of Works and Public Buildings. A deputation, consisting of the Lord Provost of Edin burgh, Millie Morrison of Edinburgh, Sir W. Gibson Craig, M.P., Mr. Tuffnell, M.P., Mr. Cowan, M.P., the Lord Advocate, and the Solicitor-General for Scotland, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office on Saturday. A deputation on the subject of the proposed repeal of attorneys' certificate duty, consisting of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. for Middlesex, Colonel Sir W. Verner, Bart., M.P., Armaghahire, Mr. Cowan, M.P., Edinburgh, Mr. Smollett, M.P., Dumbartonshire, Mr. Mullings, M.P., Cirencester, Mr. Cobbold, M.P., Ipswich, Mr. Bremridge, M.P., Barnstaple, Mr. Sadler, M P., Carlow, Mr. Gregory and Mr. Coverdale, the President and Vice-President of the Incorporated Law Society, Messrs. Austen, Barnes, Clarke, Cookson, Leman, Sudlow, and Tooke, Members of the Council, and Mr. Maugham, Secretary, had an interview with the Chancello r of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Devon had an interview with Lord Col chester ua Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from Liverpool, consisting elf Mr. John son and Mr. Williams, overseers, and Mr. Hart, vestry clerk, accompanied by Sir Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Mr. !Amite. M.P. had au interview with the Chan cellor uf the Exchequer, on Saturday; Mr. Timm had also au interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting . on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Dosvuieg-street. Present—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dsan of Carlisle, the Master of Pem • broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary). Lora John Russell bad a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Chesham-place. The company consisted of S-r Thomas Birch, M.P., Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P., Lord C. Paget, M.P., Mr Bass, M.P., Mr. Jackson, M.P., Mr. Heald, M.P., Mr. Hind ley, M.P., Mr. Ogle, M P , Mr. Martin Smt h, M P , Matt , :e , v Wilson, M P., Mr. Div.-At, M.P.,Mr. Mansglee, gles, M.P., Mr. Armstrong. A.P.. Mr. Pigott, M.P., and Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, M P. Mr THE PruILS of FASHION, A NOVEL —We ques tion if ever the perils of fashionable life were more affectingly and vividly exhibited than in the charming romance before us. In the wounded feelings and affections, the defeated as. piratiens and projects of Mary D'Arci, the heroine, we have an epitome of what existence is in that charmed circle w hi c h arrogates to itself the title of le g rand monde. 1' fashionable life here depicted is not that false ideal one stereo a typed in ordinary nove l s ; it is the life drawn f being, by one experie nced in its changeful asp,heactr,oamnd ctual c h a racters p os aeses a hand skilled in the limner's art. T are numerous, and are sketched with more The Italirsan songstress, Mr. Lord Brandiston and the scherni Leigh, the clergyman, and Sir WngAvison, the diplomatist, ri;iriegiFnearliel,snhof t F d as iffi hi c o u n it t is o a b m e o re s; are evident portraits , from " c ognised. On the whol e y :popular. exc iting novel, which w e think, will become ver —Globe. ELECTION or HEAD CONSTABLE FOR LIVERPOOL. —The Liverpool watch committee I l licit on Saturd ay to e l ect a h ea d constable i n the room of Ir. Dowlin g . O r i ginally t h ere were forty candidates for the office, but th ese were re duced to five. The reduced number were in a tt en d ance, and-were in successio nbefore the committ ee. T he choice, howev er, virtually lay between Mr. Bingham, late vice-chair man of the watch committee; Captain Greig, commandant o f the pensioners.of the Liverpool district; and Lieutenant Bruce. The committee debated with closed doors for nearly two hours, when a division took place, Mr. Bingham receiv ing seven, Captain Greig six, and Lieuten an t B ruce fi ve votes. Lieuten an t Bruce's name, as lowest on the list, being li excluded, the committee again divided, when Captai n G re i g was elected head constable by a majority of eleven vot e s to seven. It m a y here be stated that one of the forty candi dates sent a plaster cast of his head, instead of the required testimonials, a nd another sent his portrait. STEREOSCOPIC DAGUERREOTYPES.—The Em peror of Russia has r ecen tl y transm i tte d to M r . Claudet, theermoir nent photographer, of Regent-street, a magnificent diamond ring, in acknowledgment of the pleasure which his Majesty has experienced in examining, by the aid of Mr. Wheat etone's ingenious invention, called Coe stereoscope, a series of daguerreotype views of the Great Exhibition, taken by Mr. Claudet, and forwarded by him to St. Petersburgh for th e Emperor's inspection. The present is accompanied by 'a very complimentary letter, in which it is stated that the Emperor has been enabled by these views, and by the mar vellous phenomenon of plane surfaces producing representa tions of objects in perfect relief, " to form a correct idea of the Great Exhibition." It is also stated that the present is made in acknowledgment of Mr. Claudet's "constant en deavours ever since 1839 to improve the interesting art of photography." THE New YORK EXHlBlTlON.—Notwithstanding some opposition from the American Institute, the Act of legislation incorporating the association for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations at New York, in its final stage, received the signature of the Governor of the State on the 11th inst., Mr. Balcock, who presented the remonstrance of the Institute, but who stated his impression to be favourable to the Bill, having : after some discussion, withdrawn his motion. The Bill was passed unanimously by the Senate. In the Assent' ly the usual forms were dispen , ,ed with on a ccount of the: importance o f di spatch in carrying out so vast an undertaking, and the Bill read a first, second, and third time, and passed, the numbers being 80 for, and 1 against it. Sir Joseph Paxtou' s d es i gn i s to be carried out in the building, which is to have a transept in addition to the original plan. A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Coin mission for the Exhibition o f 1551 , WM boldoA Thncsday at . pi g 1.4140 9i Wt4o4lViter• Pin FT of the PEIBLIC Je)tlliN_N LS. Ai 1 s s: 1 ;4.:-.... ..„. -5: 73 _A. rn •. ~i A 'S' 6.0 : ca. • ;""N °. 2 : 722 Q ° ':' Q C. .23 7.2 gg o d0.::d0.:: :: nl."ea ; 1 .1 I 2' • li . 0 0-0..P1 4 I ci , f l ! ce. F. l clii.9.siitt a .," g 8 G 7) "Thus taking 50,355,0371. 5s 6d. out ef the 1 the people to put a sum of 21,284,7611. Bs. 9id. public treasury of the State. But the total ne less cost of collection, from Customs and Exci' year ending 5,h January, 1851, was 35,133,953/. representing, at the same rate of charge, an taxation of 83,119,163 L 7s. Oil _ The difference • £47,985,209 ' Less the charges of collection 2,146,469 1 :kets o into the t revenue, ie, for the 195.10 id.. .mount of 7 2 10 7i Leaves • or 1301. 94. 4icl. per cent. upon the net revenue raised from these sources for State purposes, neither paid into the Exchequer nor to any Government officer, but simply wasted in the process of collection. " To state the case another way:—Supposing the same amount of revenue were to be raised by a system of direct taxation, which might undoubtedly be collected at an expense not exceeding 2 per cent., and probably less, the gross amount to be levied on the puhlie wool , be ... Cost of collection, say 2 per cent. Net amount to be paid into the Treasury £35,+33,953 19 10i " The Finance Accounts show that— of Customs duti e s .£22,019,783 19 7 {Wire collected at}£1,233,804 12 1 a charge of 15,260,639 10 1 1 4 of Excise duties at do. 862,664 18 6i E 37,280,423 10 Total ...... £2,146,469 10 But the cost, if levied directly, would be as above Showing a saving, in the collection alone, of As shown before, the actual amount paid by the public under the present system of Customs and Excise Duties, is But if levied directly it would only be 35,850,973 9 3} The annual saving to the public under a system of direct taxation, would, therefore, amount to £47,2g8,189 17 9i "We thus rai s e a revenue of 35,133,953/ 19s. 104 1 d. from Customs and Excise duties, at a loss of 134/. 103.9 d. per cent., while, at the same time, we impose a charge upon industry and production (for taxes on consump tion are necessarily taxes upon production—a fact often forgotten) of upwards of eighty-three millions yearly, besides stamps amounting to some some five millions more. Such a load would sink a navy. Were there no other reasons—which the Council would by no means affirm—it is in itself amply sufficient to explain wby im ports should be unprofitable, important manufactures struggling, and comp.thion everywhere intense and ex cessive; and though this estimate may afford an ap proximation to the amount of money paid directly out of pocket in consequence of the customs and excise sys tem, there is an item for money not earned, which, conk it be ascertained, would probably prove at least as much more." To pay a direct tax costs nothing beyond the amount of the tax itself and the simple collection of it. In the State of New York there is levied what is called the mille tax, because the inhabitants are taxed one mille, or the thousandth part of a dollar on every dollar of capital they possess. This tax is levied at a cost of two per cent. But if it were to be raised to ten mille or twenty mine per dollar it would cost no more to collect it. In fact the psr-centage cost, though something must be allowed for increased responsibility, would be less , lacd as th , - rate of the tax increased. What is done in New York may be done in England; a single rate on all kinds of property, real and personal, or capitalised income, collected by one :tuff of collectors, would serve all pur poses, a certain proportion for the State, ao much for the poor, so much fur police,', so much for sanitary pur poses, &c., Sze. Every other tax could be dispensed with. Away then with all custom-houses, all excise and Customs., officers, and all the odious end detestable re strictions which belong to customs Away with every kind of tax or rate-colletor. W aind excise d uti es. a mass of temptation to evasion, to cJrruption, to fratudw, we should annihilate at once! Truth would talie t place of fallity, Government would cease to be a ch eat , hanw and cease to make chests of the people. This one e would du more to reform morals than the Churchube rep. has done, and England would in consequene dared a comparative paradise. c ever EXTENSIVE GAROTTE ROBBERY AT LIVERPOOL About nine o'clock on Friday night a gentleman was ac costed by a female in Elliot-street. lie remained in conver sation with her a minute or two when he was suddenly at tacked by two men, who kuocked hint down. The woinAn immediately grasped his purse, containing about 300/. in gold and notes. She was c iptured ou the spot, but the two men unfortunately escaped. On the way to the Elat house she threw away ; 250/. 7 and the Bridowell 601, was found upon her. ffS,—The peeer and indepereicace of s rel,re see. e asstenel eir iii it'. •11 i's ifrPinai 4.'01.1.• etitcoon, on its Parliamentary privileges. end its stend jog orders, than on the electoral basis which may sup port it. The unreformed British house of Commons, with all its rotten boroughs and its pocket seats, was nevertheless a great and powerful legislative body, be cause every Member of it was armed with the power of proposing and originating laws and amendments, be cause its freedom of debate was inviolable, and, above all, because it was the absolute mistress and sole judge of its own roes of proceeding. Without those privileges the most democratic assembly in the world may be con verted into a mere machine for enregistering the edicts of a despot, and the most extended term of the popular suffrage becomes a delusion and a snare. The decree by which Louis Napoleon has determined beforehand the rights and forms of proceeding of the Senate and the legislative body in France, which are convoked for the 29th inst. under the new Constitution, is the most effec tual mode of repression which was ever applied to mach assemblies. The mere fact that the Presidents ot the Senate and the legislative body were appointed by the Executive Government before these assemblies them selves were fully constituted, wassufficiently indicative of their subordinate position in the State. Accordingly, for one of these posts the choice of Louis Napoleon fell on his uncle Jerome, and for the other on M. Billault, a man who has alternately lent his tongue to the most factious acts of opposition and the most culpable acts of power. But, in addition to this, the proceedings of these assemblies are to be entirely regulated by autho rity; they have no will in the conduct of their own busi ness, and, instead of the head of the State repairing to the palace of the Legislature to open the session by an act of deference to the representatives of the nation, the Senate and the legislative body are summoned to the Tuileries, humbly to wait upon the executive chief, and to assume the badge of their servility by an oath of al legiance to his person. Such is to be the termination of four months' dictatorship, and the return to what is henceforth to be styled in France " constitutional go vernment." The decree of the 23d of March provides in the minutest details against every attempt on the part of the Senate or the legislative body to manifest a spirit of independence or of opposition. The pecu liar functions which were conferred by the former Consular and Imperial constitutions on the Tri bunate will now be exercised by the members of the Couucil of State, whose duty it will be to sup port the discussion of legislative measures as com missioners before the other assemblies. The Senate has simply the power of opposing or allowing the promulga tion of a law; it cannot vote amendments. The peculiar power of deciding on acts denounced to the Senate as unconstitutional is to be exercised on the report of a Committee when the act is so denounced by the Govern ment; but when the act complained of is denounced by petition, or, in other words, when the proceeding is ad verse to the Government, the previous question may be moved, which, if carried, quashes the whole complaint. Propositions to modify the Constitution may be proposed by ten senators, and it is probable that one of the very first acts of this body will be to propose the transforma tion of what remains of the Republic into the more con genial shape of the French Empire. The legislative body will applaud, the Prince accept, and another plebiscite confirm the election. The legislative body is still more closely circumscribed than the Senate by these singular and arbitrary regulations. No member can speak without having asked and obtained leave from the President, and then only from his place; so that, by a happy innovation in French assemblies, the pompous formality of the tribune for orators is suppress, d. A member called to order for interruption cannot be allowed to speak. If the speaker wanders from the question, the President may call him back to it. Nu oLe can speak on the call to the question. If a 'peaker twice recalled to the question still persists in wandering from it, he may be deprived of the right of speaking in that discussion by a summary vote of the Aseembly. All personalities and all signs of approba tion or disepprobeiion are interdicted. If a member disturbs the order of the Howe, he may, on the third offence, be excluded from his seat for any period not ex ,seeding five days. When the previous cie.-stion has been moved, it is to be put to the vote belle the general question; but the previous question cannot be moved on the propositions of the Government. This last clause is probably quite sufficient to defeat the possibility of offensive measures on the part of any opposing section in the Assembly, and oven to disarm all effectual resist ance. For, in an assembly constituted as this legislative body is likely to be, the previous question may always be moved and carried to defeat propositions which might embarrass the Government, though the same weapon can never be used against the execuive power. But, as if even this power did not suffice to enchain the furious emissaries of universal suffrage, all other details for the administration of the legislative body are to be settled by regulations of its President, who is himself a nominee of the Government ; and, in the event of still more decided symptoms of revolt, the Senate and legislative body are placed under a military guard, depending on the orders of the Minister of War. We must do Louis Napoleon and his coadjutor, M. Bil lault, the justice to admit that no precaution which despotic ingenuity could suggest has been neglected to reduce these representative bodies into the veriest slaves and mutes—we might add the eunuchs—of a seraglio ; and that they have reconciled the furthest extremes of a democratic constituency and of absolute Govern ment. In constructing this whimsical edifice, which would seem to be at least as well adapted to the longi tude of Pekin as to that of Paris, its authors have omitted but one consideration. They have forgotten that the vitality and duration of political bodies is in proportion to the respect they inspire, and that the respect they inspire depends on their efficiency and independence. Questions of privilege have by the usage of Parliament priority over all other business, necause they involve the character and existence of the body to which they appertain. Without privilege a po-• litical assembly forfeits all independence and originality of action; and if it has been forced in the first instance to submit its own internal regulations to the will of a master, it will seek in vain to assert its authority in the affairs of the country. Its existence is only tolerated as long as it masks the oppression of the Government, or serves as an implement in the hands of the ruler; but the rights it derives from popular election are held in entire subordination to the regulating authority of the supreme power. The result is inevitable. Its honest and independent members—if any such have the misfor tune to belong to it—are insulted and disheartened; its servile majority is corrupt and omnipotent. In the end, the Government itself is the chief sufferer by this mockery of free institutions, for, instead of finding strength and support in such assemblies in an weir of danger, it has to bear, in addition to its own faults, the contempt which they inspire. That experi ment has already been tried in France by Napoleon; and even before the period of his disasters began he had learnt that the political bodies of the Empire were a 4ource ot internal weakness. In a conversation with Prince Metteruich, which took place in 1812, the Em peror expressed himself in the bitterest terms in speak oig of these institutions. "My Senate," said he, "is rotten. My legislative body is the derision of the world. Such assemblies are a burden, not a support, to my Go vernment." Yet these are precisely the bodies which his nephew has attempted to recall to lite, under circum stances far more adverse to their character and success; and, after France has had 35 years' experience of the lights and liberei_s of constitutional monarchy, and !De nise these assemblies have even taken possession of the palaces assigned to them, or worn their new liveries, they are condemned to submit to regulations which would cause a riot in an English boarding-school. Such is the condition to which the loss of freedom may reduce the representatives of a great nation. DAILY NEWS.—The analysis of the division on Hume's motion in favour of electoral reform is the best answer to the elaborate mystification and misrepresen tation with which the plain case on behalf of manliest right was met by Mr. Disraeli and his friends who now occupy the Treasury bench. Oa former occasions the representatives of the greater number of the large con stituencies of the empire recorded their votes in support of the national claim to an adequate suffrage and pro tection to the individual voter. But there were added to the list on last Thursday night, in addition to these, sixteen other names of gentlemen representing not less than a NILLIUN AND A HALF of people. In former years we saw the active and energetic Members of most of the large towns arrayed on the side of popular jus tice. But there still were many omissions. To day we have the pleasure to fill up several of the most notable of these. Coventry, Bath, and Chester have pronounced by the lips of their representatives that they concur with Manches ter, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Glasgow in repu diating the present oligarchical system, while a number of lesser towns, like Rochester, Lincoln, and Hastings, have now for the first time joined in swelling the de mand. Nor are there wanting symptoms of an awaken ing sense among the counties. North Lancashire gives, in its adhesion through Mr. Heywood , a nd the duFae e county of Kildare has registered its ass ent to the justle leeted of the democratic claim by the vote of its lately which in the member, Mr. Cogan. These are facts fustian elaborately heaped together by tn American - the hour. Anonymous letters abusrionmg the frank r mind of the country will outweigh all thee timeitnioisntearnodf in stitutions, and garbled extractsshla f citizens, are little cal- American statesman to his f feearnest or thoughtful men re proofs administered in an a m m e b ch it a io n n ism wil c i culated to shake the faith h o people's claim. anerdi. Nobody ever :I form. The continue in the rightfulness of the breasts of me n ' conceivable e contended that f any ra on e e 0 Avarice t St rtt ° andn a i real to infest eocietyatu : are the best means of curbi cafe the love o question 04, w dof securing to the humble ng their • l effects, PO and hard pohtica mane"o ©very e r t y h e i d w e s t i e t . the leastamount of interference and injury from them? The ballot and a widely-extended suffrage may not w helly beffie such evils; but does that prove t h a t they do not directly and necessarily teed to restrict their sphere of mischief? As Mr. Hume cogen tly put it in his r ep l y to Mr. Disraeli ' s quo ations from a spe ec h o f the scrap Governor of New i‘ Dees he recommend the abrogation of the ballot its a remedy, or a limitation " e f the suffrage as a cure?" The unscrupulous Chancellor of the Exche quer, however, did not hesitate to purchase a laugh and a cheer on Thursday night yemt arguments) use of sophiAticel lus , rations (we cannot call them but he actually condescended to resort o ot a . tats t kind, ly compiled series of mock statistics, by which he attempted iu‘ to fix the imputation of wholesale inaccuracy leaders of the reform t par y. With a degree of effron tery rarely exhibited by even a Plotectioeist declaimer, Mr. Disraeli undertook to show that the proportion which the electors of the kingdom her to the male oalul , pop elation was eon es setted by Sir Jo•hus WalmAky, , that of one in six, but re e ily a b out one in four. With all the pomp and circumstance of an official statement, the Right Hon. Gentleman affected to enter into a serious and atilt:sere 0314minEttio ef the elements et the gelctiht- !1 - 17, Y ~.. * ~~ r.,1 A P. K ,/VERI . JOL, ItCii 27. he uepi ersi.i, aof the gra"' trade continues, in the lace of very moderate imports, and since Tuesday same sales of American flour have been forced, making prices irregular. This week's return of sales of British wheat. as given in the Gazette, is 85,125 quarters, against !u7,37f quarters last week, showing an important falling off. The Corn Exchange yesterday was again marked by dulness in the general demand, and wheat was considered to be Id to 2d per bushel, and flour 6d per barrel worse in price than on Tuesday last. Indian corn was also 3d., and EgyPti,a n beans .41 per quarter lower. In oats and oatmeal a nd barley there was no change in value. The trade to-day is still dull. ~laxCiiESTa.s, MARCH -)7.—lncreasing dulness has cha racterized the trade throughout the week, and, as is usual under such circumstances, most articles (but particularly fleas which has been more anxiously pressed for sale) have con tinued to exhibit a drooping tendency in value. Coastwise and from Ireland the arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are only to a moderate amount ; but from abroad iherai supp its of wheat, beans, and flour are; reported. At our market this nao,-ning wheat declined dto 2d per 7 lb, and fl our Is per sack, t without leading to any material increase of b usiness. 0 a and oaten al likewise met a very li m ited sale, and b arely supported the previous currency ; whilst beans, both E n g lish and E g yptian, gave way 6d to is per quarter. DALRICITH, MARCH 25.—The relative weight per four bolsi., of the three prices of wheat were 18st I ilb, llSst 21b, and I7st 81b. Oats, I3st 21b, 12st 41b, an d 1, eat 131 h. Barley, 16st 4114 15st 61b, and 14st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 215, 18st 121br end 183 t 21bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 135 Wheat ......,., £2 7 0 £2 2 0 £1 18 0 18°3 Oats 231 Barley ll2 9 19 0 15 0 22 Peas and Beans 1 16 0 1 13 6 1 11 0 Average of wheat 415 2id. Anstarialts, MARCH 26.—Grain—Oats 17s 9d to 185 6(1, 401bs per bushel ; barley, 24s tiel to 25s Od. 521bs per bwiliel ; bear, 2456 d to 26s Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375; ditto, white 42s to 435, 6:_lbs per bushel; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s per boll; flour, 32a to 318 041 per sack. Provisions --Beels 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4 d to 6el; pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5s to 650 d; tallow, per stone, 3i Od 0 . 3s 6d ; potatoes, per Pe e !' 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, e ach, to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 9d to 10d; eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; hoar p 2 e s r d to pair, o 25 2 6 6 a d ;t ducklings, edki ditto, chickens, ditto, buttero 0 , I s f s ood l d; exportationtt o u r ts e ;: d s ducks, perp rae eir cl , 7 0. . ; to 9s Od; geese, ditto, is to tai; cure), per cwt, Otis to 62s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, (P Od to 4id ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21l) loaf, 3d; pork, per stone of 141bia Or t:d to Os 0d; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of tO4 Ibis, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 7d to Od; p aaacaaaal, 10 100 t 4, oal aid,, Oal ur 7tii Uctcturco, t. •- to Is sd; flour, Is 9d to 2s 03; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, is 5d to is 6d. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 25.— At our market to-day the numbers ware oxen, 742; sheep, 637. In con sequence of there being a shorter supply of cattle at our market the demand was brisk, and sales easily effected at pri es with an upward tendency. Best ox beef 435, current 40s to 423, middling quality aSs, inferior from 32s to 36s per cwt, sinking the offal; all sold. The supply of sheep was rather over that of last week, but d d not exceed the demand, and prices ruled about those of last week. Best wethers 51d, current sd, inferior 41id per lb, sinking the offal; all sold. CORK, MARCH 26. The trade during the week has been exceedingly dull, and, with but a very trifling business passing in any description of grain, the market is lifeless and inactive in the extreme. The arrivals from abroad which have taken place, and the dull ad vices from the English side have contributed to produce the dulness. The supply of home grain is trifling, the receipts for the week being—Wheat 65 brls, at 20s to 22s 3d per brl barley 372 brls, at 13s to 13s 9d per brl; oats 1,545 brls, la 9s 7d to lls Ga per brl. The value of each is much the same as last week. In foreign wheat scarcely a transaction Ilt_oola taken place, and buyers are offering at the decline of 6d to (mentioned in oua last), but without finding purchasers. BO' ley continues firm ; but in eats we have not a single trap ices tion to record, as holders here continue to demand pri.ce which purchasers cannot afford to give. The business pass.of in fine flour is very trifling, and the article is exceeding du Coarse flour, however, continue in good demand, andd rn sell f u re t e D a st this !Y; Indian corn partakes in the g eneral depression, an iuot. d2s ed to 5s per ton low er ; the transactions even ~_ reduction being limited in th e extreme. We are informe good authority, that large quant ities of p otatoes are still IA d the hands of the growers in the western diatric s of this country tsarreis. varreuoj• tue 0 White, wheat ON Od to 00s Od 00) Od-20 a 9 Red wheat ...18s Od to 21s 3d O Ditto ...... ...Ous Od to Oos 005 Od--2 0 O Ditto d 14 Barley l3s Od to 13s 61 ) O Ditto . Otis Od to 00s Od 00s O Ditto .. .oos Od to 00s Od O Bere .ods Od to 00s Od Os Od 11.1 Oats lOl 2d to 105 6d Si Ditto los 6d to I 1 s 6d} ON Od-14 de O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od 81 Pigs 305 Od to 335 6d 00s Od per cid Quantity sold at the Hi g hest Prices:— barrelso ps white wheat; 7 re d ; 67 pigs,. 25 barley ; 0 bare; 1 3 oa ts F . Q sv uan he ti a t t y . sofuG.raißnaarnledy,N3u2m2b. eroofatPs:g2s,oso74ld._ la ap i r t eigs. wee l _1( .5 t 7 .7 Return of Cattle sold for week ending M _ _h_ . 2 0 Pigs, 466. Sheep, 224. Cows, 111 Coax.—Flour—First 125 6d to 141 Od ; ee1571 togs seconds, lls Od to 12s Od; households 94 to 10s 6d; thirds , _ w. es. per cwt. Oatmeallo. 6d to 115; Indian meal7s 6d to 7s 9J, meal, 10s Od to 10s 63 per cwt. Indian corn 710 s to 7175 T6edrapeg.re ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay —Farmers 21e to 305;1 la 28. ; dealers 30s to 365 Od; average 34s p er ton. Straw .-- rag Od; tr, 15, Od to 24s Od; average 185 ; dealers 265 Od to 00 0 , a verage ON Od per ton. Bread — Whe aten loaf 6id household loaf sid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d 103 per lb. Eg gs-4s 43. to 4s 6d per hundred. üba.' New 15. Od ; Lydney 15 s ; Landore ON ; wt. - 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 371 Od to 3ee Per 4,,, Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. bd rto —Beef 4.id to 7d mutton 5d to 6id ; veal 7d ; pork 4cl to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausage: 5d per lb rf . l 81 85 to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/17s 6d to 31 01 pel Bark, red 71 to 8110• per ton. Fleece wool 14e to 15s per 0611 _ a Hemp 291 to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 006 ru 4 w . ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, la' Os to ili t ye,s, ton. Timber—Memel , 70 s pe r ton ; red p ine, 31 55 ; ditto, 2/ 155 per ton ; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. 11,1 skins' Market IN to 255; salted 20s to 26s per cvst ,• ca lf aid to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 7 d to 8d ; pick ; :, 10d to 12d. Guano—Peruvian, 101 lOs to 11/ ; lahe ts). ' to 910 h par ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barreL RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRIST , )L, MAirca 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market wan very i r m to-da The sales reported were—Bristol and Exeter, 90r—Gre Western, 88 4—Vale of Need], 5 1 ,4 dis. LIVERPOOL, MAacri 2 7 . li 18Tokrx EXCAANGE.—The business to•day was rather W mited, but prices had an upward tendency. The transatv tions were as follow:—Aberdeen, 1334—Blackburn ( l a t e 16- C. and W. Y.), 5 1 —Caledonian, 19 5-16—Eastern Cou El" , ties, 9 1 % - Lancashire and Yorkshire, 724 —Ditto, Fift tte (West Riding Union ,4'4 dis. —London and North-Westez ia ' 12444—Ditto, New Quarters, 5 p. - Ditto, Quarters (C), 2 p. 174—Shrewsbury— Midland, 64 —North Union (B), 174 —Shrewsbury f ard Birmingham, Preference, 111,4—South -Eastern a :id DOA ref', 2 3 / 4 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick 183/4—York and Nc rth Midland, 24LA—North and South Wales, 3%. 11ANCHESTEK, 111.11tcrt 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow: - Caledonian, , 4 —Eastern C o unties, 9 1 % —E ; 1411 0 Lancashire, 17 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72i,,,—L0n, Ica and North-Western, New Quarters, 5 , A p.—Midland, 6. South-Eastern and Dever, 113/4. ------ one ICI [ADVERTISEMENT.j—A Life Guar dsman,t Hollows q's the Heroes of Waterloo, cured of Rheumati sm Ointment and l'ills.—Mr. Thomas BrantT afflicted for ma ay Waterloo Tavern. Coatham, Yorkshire, His legs we. rat labnydlorod o o w f s i the of every hue, months with rheumatism and rheumatic lgowaolouut.rs dreadfully painful, and dis fi gured w ith severalhe vr as medical wholly menunable reelt to frightful to behold. For ten . w f e r e o k in s walk, the treatment he recei.ove3. but leaving him in fact in; a b t this juncture Holloway's Ptit 0 only failing to do him an y .. g and by their sole means he bo I acnond.ioclemrtambleynwt woresreecorensdoirttioend.toA, been restored to health an y ad 'E. fr_enstgatbnus—hraSoelnfit,by2aull,Drsutgrgaiail I+ and at Professor Willow London. E site sic P . RINTING.—Mejor Beniew ?Sig i i mtovsm delivered a n extremely in teresting lecture on Thurs du Y . even i n g at the M echanics Institute, which was attended: lil several Members of both Houses o f th e L eg i s l a t ur e, some , of our most eminent City capitalists, connected with the fourth estate, and nearly 200 a thi it h i g hly ntelligent London. The immedi atea number of gentle' ne 11 class, objectthe ofletttheer-pmreesestiopgrwinasteisto die - o! plain certain improvements which Major Beniowski has covered in the art of printing , enablin g any erson'to set •uP writings in metal for the press without the hitherto unavas) :ri able necessity of having recourse to professional occupatsi 11 :. On the foot and aide of the newt ype are letters by moires " which k " composition" is wonderfully simlified, and the to s not only of ~ distribution, ,, but of "correction" render e.d. I comparatively easy. A page composed of these tykes 4 I p o l g a o in t ]y and clearly legible, through the instrumentalq (o'f silvering, as a printed book. Then, with the assiPr 3 g,,_ ypes, no less a number than 4,500 letters ean. u c le mi ss posed in one hour. Beniowski produced a young la „":,. , i OO an Harris, who executed the task at the rate of nearly.coa;__ _ re hour, and very few literal errors. His printing_ . a ?,!_*„. composed of several thousand compartments, capabl ('.' a taming about 100,000 types, and occupy no more rooms'. 14 " . . the usual ones. ' The lecture gave great satisfaction. • . nt .tury SHOCKING SUICIDE IN IZIPERPOOL.—An 1 n into the death of Mr. Charles Wallvrork, chemist and d r ug " __.ll gist, Liverpool, took place before the coroner of that a b y oro u o on Friday. His death took place the previou the following circumstances, as appeared from th e ean in . a de _ Shortly after dinner the deceased, who had b t into a pressed state for some months, left the parlour and went into the shop; he almost instantly returned and well small room used as a nursery. Directly after ediatel on en sdeviduenndeer. a"noise as of a person snoring deeply, d lying his into the room, when she found her husban as __ diet e r back in a state of insensibility. Assistance sy!"` contained procured, and an ounce bottle, that had evid ent l yabout a quarter of prussic acid, was found. Death ensued in an hour. A surgeon made a and immhis wife beard body, and found the undoubted evidence having taken a strong dose of prussic acid. exo a f m t i h n e atio d n eo o e f as t e h s post vortex BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 26th inst., Lady Alfred Paget. Id On the 24th inst., at li et tl e thorpe-hall, near Wakefie the wife of H. B. Farnall, Esq. On the 25th inst., the wife of Edward Bearcroft, Esq' , Merehall, Worcestershire. OF • DAUGHTER. On the 22d inst., at Eon College , the w ife of the Ea. W. B. Marriott. On the 25th inst., at Oxford-square, Hyde-park, the wit' of C. M. Smith, Esq., of the Middle MARRIED. On the 24th inst., at Albyn-place, Ed . nbu r g h, John Ward, Esq., R.N., to Mary Hope, daughter to John Bowie, Esql writer to the signet. DIED. Oc the 24th inst., at Calais, Jane Craufard, Viscountess Hawarden. Ott the 24th inst., at Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, La" Milford, aged 49. On the 24th inst., at the Firs, Kenilworth , Lieut.-General Thomas Stew Art, of the Madras Army, aged 75. gr. On the '4th inst., in Cleveland-street, Itarylcbone, Gsorge Ewings, aged 78. 1110a1 , .1........--raLLSA........i.ae ..311•1. London: Printed and Published by MURDO vUN n No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, t'iC h Strand, in tha Precinct of the Savuh so cfMam gicUlloso; Dbadajr; Malcli29, 1852# VIUR! COUI lad of the 1850, all pe , of Litt 4, esex, Star lnog at th , nresent at Oe, by the tome in such persoi NIT, Esq. Southar THE -111 by C - . Contir On DEP knit for %Mount an And ( CASK Per cent 'Ate cent LOINS with t t Tory a Rlll bo nil gleAtion. 16, Tok ,_____ R - tritSCR l EVEIC 7tly pla E' e YW,IIc 611 Paym€ aebact rttblle E: 444,w I\"ktentec leatt ems C lothier' Nte, as In 4,11 a. Ito. 11 No I Unithrml o. 11E •ning. ~Xo. 12 41 veries, tlPecin In eac ' 46 adm 1. 411 y gc j. 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