The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-19 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the New London Price Current of April 18.) St:GA R.-Berbice and Demerara of low brown quality has b , cn disposed of at 525. to 5.35. ; St. Kitts brown and low n id. yellow 545. to 575. ; Demerara with a little colour at s. ; Jamaica fine yellow 655. The British Plantation Sugar :market was fully supported to-day, and in some cases 6d. to 15.. advance was paid. The raw market has never perhaps b: en so scantily supplied, and therefore the sales have been e. trendy limited, mid. BeebEce sold at 555., and for good d tto 60s. per cwt. required. Refined goods have been in brisk request by the home trade at 6d. to Is. advance ; sales of Lumps equal to the standard made at 775., and those rather under at 765. ; the shippers have paid fully former rates, and there has been a steady busi ness done at 355. to 355. 6d. for double. In Dutch Crushed some business has been done at 335. 6d. to 345. On Friday the market was bare of goods ; the demand continues good at 775. for Lumps that would pass, 765. for those rather under the standard, and 365. for double Crushed. The Refined Market dull, and Crushed 355. to 355. 6d. ; large Lumps 755. NIAURITICS —This day's public sale of Mauritius consisted cf 3,666 bags, which were taken pretty readily by the trade, but in some instances at a decline of 6d. a Is. per cwt. ; colory sorts sold well, say 603., and one lot 645. 6d., the re mainder of the yellow 555. a 595. 6d., brown and washed sold at from 525. a 545. 6d. EAST I N DIA. —On Friday 1,000 bags Bengal at auction went at 61 advance, mid. and good mid. white at 325. 61 to 345. 6'1., damps 324. to 335., washed 30s. 6]. to 335. Of East India Sugar the sales this day were considerable; the first parcel consisted of 500 bags Bengal Sugar in bond, which sold 6 , 1. lower, mid, white soft and damp 31s. 6d. a 325. 6]. The neat sale consisted of 9,369 bags Manilla, of which about 5,000 bags were withdrawn, good dry brown sold at 17s. to 19s. 6d., ord. do. 15s. a 163. per cwt. FoitEtos.—This day 488 chests 692 bags 91 brig. and 3 pps. Brazil Sugar were offered ; white sold steady at 245. to 313., brown Went off heavily, in some instances at lower prices ; 144 bags Cochin China, low white 255. 6d. MOLA sszs.—Some small sales of good Demerara have been made at 27L COFFEE.-Berbice of mid. quality sold at 935. 6d. to 945., Jamaica unclean fine to fine ord. was bought in at 50s. to 825., Demerara fine ord. 755. to 8.35. ; the winds continuing to blow from an adverse quarter, there has not been a single arrival. Ceylon has undergone no change in value, and a steady demand has existed privately ; the only parcel offered at auction has been that of 156 bags, which went at 703. for ord., and 245. for ord. black triage ; the ex port kinds are still difficult of sale, and 900 bags Sasnarang and Sumatra offered at auction were mostly taken in at a re duction on former rates of 2s. ; the former was bought in at 31s. to 325. 6d. for ord. sound quality, and good pale at 40s. 6d. ; the latter sold at 355. 6d. to 395. for ord. good pale was taken in at 435. to 445. ; Mocha has been in moderate request, and a reduction on former prices has been accepted of 2s. for the inferior descriptions. Rum, BRANDY, AND IIoLLANDs.—The demand for Rum has been limited, but the Market being scantily supplied former prices have been fully supported ; the transactions have been 300 puns. Demerara, 27 to 31 per cent. over proof of fine quality at 3s. Id. to 3s. 2d., 27 9-10ths to 33 over fair •2s. 11d. to 3s. 3d., and 50 puns. Jamaica 27 to 30 over proof at 3s. 6d. to 3s. 7d. ; there are very few fine in the Market ; owing to the continuance of adverse winds there have been no arrivals. The Brandy Market remains heavy. In Geneva little has been done: the price continues at Is. 10d. to Is. I Id. COCHINEAL at to-day's sale sold from 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower, the quality very ord., and sold from ss. l ld. to 7s. 7d. per lb. Co rroN.-The East India Market has been in a very dull state again, and prices are little better than nominal. Public sales are not expected to be brought forward before next month. INDIGO.-The usual periodical sales commenced, as we have before observed, on the 11th inst., and terminated on the 17th. Bengal, blue and purple, 7s. 2d. to 7s. 7d. purple and violet, 6s. 3d. to 7s. 2d., good and fine violet, 63. 4d. to 7s. 2d., ord. and mid. violet, ss. 6d. to 6s. 3d., violet and cop per, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d., good and fine copper, ss. 9d. to 65., ord. and mid. copper, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d., broken qualities for home use 4s. 4d. to 6s , very inferior dust, &c. 4s. to 4s. 3d. ; Madras, mid. and fine 4s. to ss. 9d. ord. 2s. 2d. to 3s. 9d. ; Kurpah 2s. Bd. to 3s. 9d. ; Pondicherry 3s. ; Java 3s. 9d. to as. sd. ; Oude ord. 3s. to 4s. The sales of Guate mala Indigo to-day went from 2s. Bd. to ss. Bd. per lb. ; the ord. sorts 6d. and mid. 3d. per lb. lower, whilst the better qualities supported former prices. Tnumw.-At 445. 3d. for P YC. For delivery at 41s. 3d. for the last three months. The stock is now in few hands, and 445. a 445. 3d. is currently paid for consumption. • TOBACCO. —Ordinary quality is to be bought at prices un precedently low, parcels having been offered at 2d. per lb., but shippers do not feel disposed to give above lid. to lid. per lb. DERBYSHIRE ELECTION.—The North Derby shire Tories have fired off their great gun in the shape of a requisition to Mr. Arkwright, to become their candidate at the next election, in the room of Mr. George's papa, who has no stomach for a contest with the united forces of Messrs. Cavendish and Gisborne. We commend the old gentleman's discretion, and feel very sorry for the son, of whom we never heard anything which can make it justifiable in the Tories to fleece and flay him as they are about to do. Mr. Gisborne has just published a manly address to the electors. We hail with pleasure the renewed determination of our talented Member to fight the battle of Liberal principles in North Der byshire, in opposition to that "small minority" of the electors, who seem determined to thrust a Tory candidate on the county.—North Derbyshire Chronicle. In pursuance of the requisition to the Mayor, a very numerous and highly respectable Meeting assembled at Swansea, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of addressing the King, and pe titioning both Houses of Parliament, in favour of the Minis. terial measure for the abolition of Church-rates. In de fiance of the wintry aspect of the day, a fall of snow, sleet, and rain, and a drifting wind, we had the gratification of witnessing the attendance of most of the surrounding gentry, anxious to testify, by their presence and zea!ous aid, their ap probation the measure now before Parliament.—Cambrian. SAGACITY OF AN Ass.—ln March, 1836, an ass, the property of Captain Dundas, R. N., then in Malta, was shipped on board the later ftigate, Capt. Forrest, bound from Gibraltar for that Island. The vessel having struck on some sands off the Point de Gat, at some distance from the shore, the ass was thrown overboard to give it a chance of swimming to land—a poor one, for the sea was running so high that a boat which left the ship was lost. A few days afterwards, however, when the gates of Gibraltar were ogened in the morning, the ass presented itself for admittance, and pro ceeded to the stables of Mr. Weeks, a merchant, which he had formerly occupied, to the no small surprise of this gentleman, who imagined that from accident the animal had never been shipped on board the later. On the return of this vessel to repair, the mystery was explained ; and it turned out that Valiante (as the ass was called) had not only swam safely to shore, hut, without a guide, compass, or travelling map, had found his way from Point de Gat to Gibraltar, a distance of more than 200 miles, through a mountainous and intricate country, intersected by streams, which he had never traversed before, and in so liort - a period that he could not have made one false turn.—Dr. Jarrold's Reason and Instinct. At the Gravesend bench on Friday, William Collier was charged with violently assaulting and beating William Ray, who deposed that on Thursday, he was sent to Denton Marshes, when the prisoner met him just beyond Park-place, and said, " I want a word with you—you pounded my don key," and began to pull off his coat, and struck him, when his master's dog flew at, and hit, the prisoner. Collier then, with stick and stones, beat off the dog, and knocked the complain ant down. The prisoner admitted that he struck Ray, but not until after he set the dog at him. A solicitor, who was pre sent, said the frets of the case were that he had a stack of about 35- loads of hay in the marshes, and the donkey men were is the habit of turning their animals in after eleven at night, and fetching them out before five in the morning. They had actu ally eaten their way right through the stack, and consumed nearly fifteen or twenty pounds' worth of hay. But a short time since he paid 2/. 10s. for a strong fence. This was car ried away in no time. He supposed the men thsught that as it was a lawyer's hay it was free game. The boy had caught the prisoner's donkey, and impounded it ; but almost imp e diately after the animal was lifted over; but he intended to apply for summonses against the parties for pound-breaking. Fined 3s. and costs.—Gravesend Journal. On 'Wednesday last, about one hundred of the electors sat down to an excellent dinner, to celebrate Mr. Col - return:— Warwick Advertiser. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—Box TUNNEL. WORKS.—The progress of the seven permanent shafts of this stupendous undertaking is now more than half completed. Two of the shallow shafts are finished towards the Chippen ham end of the line, and the remainder are 1.50 feet vertically sunk. In proceeding wi.li these shafts, which will be to th.. extent of 300 feet in depth, which is carried through the beds of forest marble, M'Skallett, corn-grit, and ground stone, im pediments have arisen, and have been overcome by the contrac tor, in consequence of a great quantity of top water draining through the joists of the oolite, and settling itself upon the di vision of strata in coming to the marl. To surmount these difficulties, Mr. Brunel, of the Thames Tunnel, has been kind enough to allow sonic of his most skilful workmen to assist the contractor in this great work, the local men being more ex pert in quarrying, and not experienced in this description of labour. To effect this object good and substantial tim ber curbs were bedded in segments upon the marl, and the ashlar work carried up in Roman cement. In performing this operation it was necessary to gather the drainage in sepa rate channels, so as to preserve the water for mixing the mor tar. Iron pipes are therefore inserted in the masonry, which may be plugged and drawn off as required for this purpose ; the expense of fetching water from a considerable distance at the bottom of the hill is thus obviated. The cylinder, therefore, of the masonry itself, forms a complete and perfect reservoir, without the least interruption from water following the work men in the excavation, or proceeding with the constant and rapid undermining of the masonry. The construction of those works b e i ng o f t h e greatest magn i tu d e o f any similar undertak ing in this or any other country, will be viewed by geologists and others with much anxiety. The shafts describe a circle of thirty feet in diameter, and the tunnel, the largest in area, will be thirty feet by forty in the clear, and one mile and three quarters in length. The machinery for lifting the soil is worked by horse-power of good contrivance, the application of steam-power being impracticable from the want of water at the summit of the hill to feed an engine. The preparatory works are completed, the plan of the whole work well brought into action, and there is no doubt that the work will be completed before the time allowed to the contractor. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS. ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 18. ST‘imper Dividend Price or re u r m. CANAI S. per Snares. Antrum. Paid. Share. 1, 7 66 7 per sent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. ISs. sh. 135 1, 182 41. Ashby.de.lc.Zouch Average 113/. sh. 70 1,2E4) Basingstoke ...... .. 10 0 1. sh. 5i 1,005 51. Brocknock and Altergavenny 150 . sh, 10C 8,000 1-164 h 91. 9s. Rinningham, 1.16,th share ... S ,-'. & 711. 218 4.1)00 ...... ... Ditto a.... 1 Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 31 6410 , - Pridgewater and 'Taunton -10;1. sh. all pd 414 400 41. Chelmer and Blachwater 100/. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry I ON. alt. 7(0 4,515 Croydon •,............. Average 31/ 2s Ind. sh. 4;1 2,0.11 4/. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. 'B5 600 71. Dean/ 1(01. sh. 122 20.000 Danube and ;Mayne 4ll. Ills. 4d. 291/. pd 22 3,575} 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. /SO 231 401. Erewash 1 001. eh. 6/0 1,297 ....V. Forth and Clyde l. v eraye lee/ .lils. sh. 60.1 11,900 121. Grand Junc•'- - IOII. sh. 2031 2,8491 11. Grand Union 1001.8 h. 2 i 1,500 Grand Surrey 120,001. 1/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 70 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. Sd. Glainorganshire, Average cost 1721. I3s. 4d. 230 749 119. Grantham 1501. sh. 2(02 6,?.3 . 4 1/. 15s Huddersfield Average 571. tts. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kensingt an 100 sh all pd. 10 25,321 11. 2s. Kennet t id Avon, Average 391. ISs. 100. sh. 22; 2,407; 2(11. , Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 540 5451 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 195 1, 8 97 4/. 101. Leicester and Northampton... Aver int. Ios. 77 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire lool.sh. !04) 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1(01. sh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOOl. sh. 5130 3,000 11 10s. Macclesfield 1001. ;h. all pd. 54 217 171. Neath ' 001. sh . 325 1.786 201. Oxford 1041. sh. 545 2,400 il. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 04 21,418 12e. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. lci. Sd. sh. ;6 5,669 61. per cent. r.ochdale Average 831. sh. 119 500 84 Shropshire t'ls/. sh. 139 sou 9/. Ills. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 143 3,6 0 0/. 41 per cent Ditto bock Fund Stock l2l. 09. sh. 111 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 9/. Shrew- b ur y 125/. ill. 243 300 91. 3tourbridge 3,647 2/.. s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tol. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea...... I 00/. sh. '2'29 8,76.2 11. Os. Severn and Wye and Railway ...AT. 351. sh. 26i 2,6o , ists. 321. 10s. Trent and .Mersey, i share lOO/. .h. 550 8,14)) Thames ..nd Medway...Aver. 191. ss. $O. sh. 2 1 000 ah 1 ' ' 15/- Warwick a.ll Birmingham lOOl. sh. 240 1,000.)sh. 950 116. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 180 6,000 45 Os. Worcest , r and Birminghatn...A v. 7S/.Bs. eh 81 5,04/) 225. Wilts aria Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Sd. sh. 21 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisheach 905 1/. Way and Arun llO/. oh. 221 DOCKS. 2 ' 600k i3la • Commercial 100/. sh. 55 1,055i5h. p ' ' 493,507 f/. ti per ct. &tit India Stock 115 3,8,3i0.11. 50s. p. et. London Ditto Bonds 1,390,0001. 54 per et. West India Stock 105 12;M:i 21. 19s. Bristol ek5,324/. 5/. per cent. I)itte Notes, various amounts ll5 1,3A,752 4 per &mt. St. Katharine Stock Ofl 500,001 4i per rent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tur 10 years 9tl Shoreham 1-I,altour 2.500 ........ Deptford Piet °W. sh. 31. BRIDGES. 1,600 re. Harnmersrn at, 7,1 Southwark, Old .... ...... ..Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New. of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. ~ 14 5,000 —. Waterloo lOOl. sh. 4 5,000 fie. id. Ditto, Old Annuities of W. 6Ol. pi 181 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 151 60,000/. 21. per sent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,818 14. Vauxhall A, 'rage 701. 10s. 3d. oh. 161 AS , URANCI,' CONIPA:ES.. 2,000 Si 104 Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd $1 /0,000 t i g c r i c i e ss n . l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10j1. pd 124 50,000 1 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 51 24,000 41 perch. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 13 ; , 1,200 ish. V. Birmingham 1 ire 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 IV. per cent. British Cutninci oat 501. sta. 5/. pd 6j 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, -Meth al, &c. Life, ICO/. sh. 12110 s pd 4 4,1100 21 lle County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. _ Eagle 5O/. sh. 51. pd II . - • ~0 0 I'3 per cert./ onomic Life lOOO/. sh. 2301. pia 875 - Land 301 bs.l Ec 2,271 225. per cent. European Liar 'O/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2e. Ditto, New .01. sh. 21. pd 11 1.000,0001. 71. per et. Globe Stock 151 20,000 51. Guardian ... ...... .. ....... ...... 1001. oh. 27i1 pd Sif 40,000 1.. 6d. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd tit 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial hire 500/ oh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 les. Imperial Life lOO/. oh. 10/. pd 10 13,453 121. per oh. Indemnity Mxrine l.O/. sh. 84 pd 15 2,020 31 101 Keat Fire 54.11. sh. all pd 82 31. Thine Life 72 10,000 16e, . Law Life 1001. oh. 101. pd 27 5.000 10e. London, Firc 93/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship 0 51. *h. 1...1. 10s. pd 151 30,0.4 51. per sent. Palladium Lite 50/. sh. 2!. pd VSs Od 50,000 Protector Fite 00!. sh. 2/. pd :Ss ed 2,300 11. Provident I.ite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 5!. per lent. Rock Life 0 01. sh. 21. pd 01 6139,220/ 51. per coat. Royal - Exchange Stoi•k... 220 6,000 1 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. Si. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 Agric and Cumm. of Ireland 251. sh. 101. pi 14 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 591 10,001 10 per cent. Bank of liti iningliam 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14 30,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 20/. pd 191 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 201. pd 30 25,4)00 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 19 50,000 6 per sent. Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. sh. 13/ pit 211 Discount 20 , 0 0 0 7i percent. Manchester 1001. sh. 231 pd 281 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pel '.";81 20,' CO National Bank of Ireland s"l. sh 1:11. pd 14 111,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOOl. sh. 35/. pd 281 10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 9 G kS LIGHT AN() COKE COMPANIES. 2,5410 It Ls 4kl Bath 2Ol. sh. I(l. psi 24 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 21 5,000 1 51 a ,;r c i e R re i. " 5 1:1 Ditto Provincial •)0/. eh. 19 pd 24/ g'22 51101 Birmingham 5Ol. oh. 154 4,350 21 Os Bristol 1,500 3.1 10s Brighton 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2,471 1, per cent. Brighton General 20/ sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidatird lOO/. f. 21/. pd 70 1,000 101. City 01 London lOO/. sh. all pd Isu 1, 1 00 ell. Ditto, Ncvi _ . . 4,000 4/. 10e. Equitable 10,00 2f per cent. Imperial 5O/..h. 41i 31)0 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet .1/. sh. 20/. pd '2O 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 31)l. ii h. a'l pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39/. pd 2t 1,000 44 per cent. Itatclifr 100!. oh. 804 pd 4,01) ...... ... South '49triipulitan 5 ,7. oh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5!. per cent. United General 9ll. oh. 4.ti/. pd 23 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 50/. eh. 50 400 el. per cent Walcetiold 25/. sh. 22i 12,000 31. Westmipst, Chartered 6,000 128. Ditto Now 5ll. sh. 10/. p(1 10 8(Al Yarmouth 9 u/. sh. HI. pd la WATER Wo RKs. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 5/. eh. 'slpd NI 4,424 8/. East London lOO/.611. 139 5;)00 21 Ins tir..iiii Junction .....Averal:e 411 131. 441. ch. 50 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. ch. 43 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2.201. sh. 3'..15 1,500 21 104 Now dtver I,otidon Bridge Water Annititiet 51i 11,493 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 5: 1 4 1,000 4 per tent. SJuth Lou Lou lOO/. sh. 8 1 8,294 3.11. West Middlesex 4ver.i7e 034 12s lid. ~b. 7 1 ,i 1.360 1114. York Builcling Co. Lessee Prop 1001 .h. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 41,000 Birmingham and Derby lOl. pd 5 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester l l'l pd 01 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Oi 15 0 10 ... ...... Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. spd s 4160 Calcutta and Saugur 54)1. sh. 2/. pd CI 7,500 ..... ... Cheltenham and G. Western-1001. sh. 74! i 3,000 Clarence lOO/..h. lOW. pd 40 12, 0 00 5,001 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 2i pd I 60,01:10 Eastern Counties 251 :)h. 2/ p,l of Grand Junction 1001. sh. 50/. p.l 11)7 Great North of England 25. , .:10 Great \Vest ern 144 )1 sh. 401. pd 401 2,0, ti I Hartlepool tool. sh. 104)1 lot 100 9,000 Hull and s)eltiy 5411. if,. 51. pd 24 10,001 Lrels and Manchester 10 , ...1. sh. 5/, pc! 14 7,1110 Leeds and Sclhy 1.500 Leicester 411(1 Swannington ....Sol. sh. all pd '7O ...... ... 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo4 1. sh. I'll!. pel 2114 Ditto Qua,ter Shares •5l. pd 01 10,1 1 00 London and Brighton 45, , 1M Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...1/ sh. I!. pd 04 16,(410 ..... .... Ditto ditto (14ennie)....50/. sh, 51. pit If 10,0 I I)itto ditto ),Cuntly)...loo/. sh. 31. pd 04 12,4100 London and Blackwall 501 sh 31 pd ni 20,4100 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 'U. sk. 201. pd 194 2.1,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 75/, pd 9); 20, , (X.l .......„. London and Southampton -.501. sh. 3..11 pd 10; 7,000 ......... London and Croydon 2‘!/. sh. IV. pit 12 12,455) London Grand Junction 5 1 sh. 3/.14 04 14,000 M .nchester South Union BST sli 5/. psi 14 ...... ... North Midland 1041/. sh. 1 1 pd 5 ...... ... Northe , u and Eastern lOOl. oh. 3/. pd 4 2.4100 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. St. pd '39,100 1, , 011 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 9,04)0 Th... es haven . 51)1. sh. 2/. Ills. Tat 04 1,41)0 Westminster and Greenwich 51)1. sh. 21. pd 0. 6,000 York and North Midland 5O . eh. 3/. pd 21 MINES. 8,0041 Albion Copper V sh. 3!/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten 151. eh. 121. 104 pd 14 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, les. 5/. prn....100/. Ilk all uil 71 Ditto Subscription 'l5l. pa 4 2,008 80l nos I 'At/. sh al! pd 1 12 i 10,000 IL i las Brazilian Imp. i sm. .51. pm 35/. sh. JAI/ pd 24 11,0 0 Macanhas ei Cocaes United...2s/.sh 2:31/. pd 7 11,..10 ...... .. Ditto St. John Del Rey *MI. sh. 91. p. l 21 10,000 Bolivar topper Company 901. sh 201. pel 3; 111,11)0 :10,00 i Britlah Iron slil. sh. fit'l pd 411 6,000 British topper Cata Branca 01.1. pd 0. ! Candonga 1(1,000 it. Copi a po 2lll. th 1211 pd 15 $,500 Colnrnlnatt, iss. 5/. pm. '151..9. 551. pd (1.1 2,'5..0 31. English l2l Its. pd 1.:2 20,000 General Mining A saociation,..2o/. sh. 15/ rfti 0 11, 155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 5411. IA iti 3,000 Potherint Consols I r/. sh Si. pd 7 11,500 Real del Motile, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 12.5 30,000 .... ..... United Mexican, iss. :' pm ....In/. sh. all pd 21 at t_ Scrip 1 Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd :1 West Cork 50/. 6h. 50/. pd :8 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. . ___ 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket V 75gs. sh. 2' , 1 1,500 London University loci. sli. all pd .2.ii 700 Russell •ngs. sh. 15 King' College lOOl. pd S'l MISCEIA. A NI Et) US. ,__ 10,000 lac . Australian Azricultural 100/. sh "el/ pd 2d 6,000 et per cent. British American Land Company ... 23/. pd Ifil 10,000 6/ per cam. Canada Company PP/. sh. 241 pd 331 200,000 51 per ceut. Upper Canada Loan 95 City Bonds, 4 per cent .... 15,000 It 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 1:11. psi 25 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 U. London Corn. Sale Rooms A•. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company ....51. sh 241. pd li New Brunswick Land Company 43/. pd 13 2,74 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. 1001. pd 126 2,033 51. per cent. Ditto New ON. sh. 451. pi 804 4,000 1 flames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 71 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES APRIL 6, 1837. BANKS. /,500,0001. 61. p. ct. San: of Scotland ......S3/. 64 84. sh. all pd 1991. 2,000,0)(/. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1581. 500,0.1t1. Bp. et. British Linen Company 1001. sls. :ill pd '2361. 3,000,000/. 6/. p. et. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175/. 5,000,008 s. 5 occ 's +clonal lOOl. sh 101 pc! 151/. 2,000,00 c/. 5/ p. et. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd Go/. 1,000,0104 4p. et. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 3611. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25L000sh gi p. ct. Scottish Union 2Ol. sh. /.pd 25s - ,500 sp. et. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 141 Os. Ine,ooo 5 p. et. insurance Co. of Scotland ....101..h. all pd St 50,001 6p. ct. North British ' , Oa sh. 101. pd P/. 1,000 .5 p. et. Caledonian Fire WO/. sh. 101. pd 12!5s 5,000 f p. ct. Edinburgh 1 ale 100/. sh. 101. pd 14110 s 00,001 . MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocated . .2f1. sh. all pd 65/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.;Joirit Stock Water.... 95/. sh. all pd 3744 Carron Iran Company 250/. sh. all pd 4C/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Eoundery... .501. sh ai+/. pd 4-11 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh 81 Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd Si. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 561 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 0 5/. sh. all pd 611 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal (;as 201. sh. all pd 451. 1,206 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sam-, 601. $O3OO 5 per cent. Few:table Loan Company 2a Ai. 111. pd 104 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. ApAn. 18. The Lola) CliaNcELLon took Lis scat on the Woo!. sack at five o'clock. On the motion of Lord KENYON, the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill, and the South Eastern Exteusion li;11 were read a second time. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Members cf the House of Commons brought up the Stamford Waterworks Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition against the Oxford junction with the Great Western Rail ‘v,iy Bill, praying that it might be referred to the Com mittee on the Bill. Referred to the Committee. CHURCH RATES. The Duke of WELLINGTON then presented peti tions against the abolition of Church-rates from Sunder land, and frcm places in Buckingham. Lord REDESDALE presented similar petitions front places in Norfolk, Essex, and Kent. The Bishop of LINCOLN presented similar petitions from places in Leicester and Bedford. Lord BEAUCHAMP presented similar petitions from places in Herefordshire. Lord HOLLAND presented petitions in favour of the abolition of Church-rates, from the Independent Congre gations of Lancashire ; the yearly cost of the places of worship of these persons was 0,00 0 / , and at their annual meeting the petition was unanimously agreed to. Also a petition to the same effect from the Protestant Dissenters of Hammersmith. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition against the Leeds and Manchester Railway Bill. Lord RADNOR presented a petition against Church rates from Broadway, in Somersetshire. The Noble Lord then gave notice, that on Monday next he would move H into the a Committee of their Lo r d s hip s ' House to inquire the management of the colleges and halls of the Universi ties of Oxford and Cambridge, as far as relates to their statutes and the oaths they are bound to obey. Lord HADDINGTON presented a petition against the New Poor Law Bill from Oxford, also a petition from a place in Oxford, in favour of Church-rates. Lord GODOLPHIN presented a petition from a place in Devonshire, against Church-rates. Lord FALMOUTH presented a petition in favour of Church-rates from St. Mary Cray. Lord .BROUGHAM presented petitions against Church-rates from two parishes in Halifax, one signed by 47.5, and the other by 494 persons ; also from Worcester, from Gravesend, from parishes in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Norfolk, from Perth, from parishes in Suffolk, from Penryn, and from other places. Lord DEVON presented a petition in favour of Church rates from Devonport. Lord RODEN presented petitions from the parishes of St. Mary and St. Thomas, in Dublin, praying that their Lordships would enquire into the working of the English Municipal Bill before they passed any measure to alter the Corporations of Ireland. The Noble Lord then presented a petition from the Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, stating that a con spiracy existed in Ireland to overthrow the Established Church, and to separate Ireland from England. The peti tioner stated that he had the names of the conspirators, and offered to read the list of them at their Lordship's Bar. The prayer was, that he might be allowed to make thus the statements to which he alluded, or that a Select Committee might be appointed to inquire into them. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The Marquis of LA NSDOWNE presented petitions against Church-rates from places in Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire. The Noble Lord then said that in calling the attention of their Lordships to the state of the Houses of Parliament, he would allude to the last resolu tion of their Lordships on the subject which recommended that plan 64 should be adopted, on :the understanding that the sum required would not exceed the sum estimated by Mr. Barry. Mr. Barry had informed him since, that the cost would not amount to more than the estimate ; and all the plans having been laid before persons compe tent to judge of the matter, he was now entitled to state that the cost would not exceed the estimate. Lord BROUGHAM would ask whether it would be now too late to retrace their steps as the public feeling had much changed since the styles had been confined for the plans to the Gothic and Elizabethan ? Lord DUNC AN NON said that the first architects had given their opinions on the plans, and their opinions had been confirmed by Committees of both Houses, and if they retraced their steps now, they would have a long course to pursue. Lord BROUGHAM said it would be important that any building erected should be constructed to last for ages, and he much doubted, if the present plans were adopted, buil dings according to them would prove so lasting. The Marquis of L A NSDO WN E said, that a decision had been come to in both Houses on the subject ; and although he had read the work of Mr. Hamilton on the subject with great pleasure, yet if a Grecian style were to be adopted, the uniformity ►with Westminster Hall would be lost, and an alteration would be attended with inconve nience and expense. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented petitions in favour of Church-rates from places in Yorkshire. Viscount MELBOURNE presented petitions against Church-rates from Bridgewater, Taunton, and from places in Carmarthen. Lord ASH BURTON presented petitions in favour of Church-rates from a place in Norfolk ; and moved for returns relative to the Customs and Excise. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND the Bath Railway Alteration Bill was read a second time.—Com mitted on Tuesday next. On the motion of the E:trl of SHAFTESBURY the Marine Mutiny Bill and the Mutiny Bill were read a third time, and the several Bills on the table were advanced a stage. The house then adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COALVONS, APRIL 13. The Speaker took the chair at Four o'Clock. Mr. COLLIER presented a pttition from the magis trates and merchants of Plymouth, in favour of the South Manchester Railway. On the motion of Mr. CHAPMAN the Drogheda and hells Railway Bill was read ►i second time, and ordered to be committed. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK presented a petition from the Provost and Town Council of Glasgow, against the Glasgow Railway Bill. Mr. SHUTT presented a petition from certain ship• owners and Merchants in Kingstown-upon-Hull, against. the American Steam Company Bill. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Leeds, against the Leeds Water Works Bill. Mr. P. M. STEWART presented a petition from Lancaster, in favour of the Manchester and Stafford Railway Bill. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from an individual against the London Caoutchoue Company. TRINITY HARBOUR. Sir A. LEITH HAY moved the further considoraCon of the Report on the Trinity Harbour Bill. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from Huddersfield in favour of the Holme Reservoir Bill. Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from Derby in fa vour of the South Union Railway. Nit.. KEA RSL EY presented a petition in favour of the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill. Mr. MARSL AND presented a petition from the mill holclers of Stockport, against the Stockport Improvement CHURCH-RATES. Petitions against the Ministerial plan for the abolitio❑ of Church-rates were presented by Mr. Bell, Mr. Finch, Sir John Beckett, Mr. P. Palm6r, Mr. Law, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr. Scarlett ; and in favour of the plan for the abolition of Church-rates by Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Strut t, Mr. Baines, Colonel Seale and other Hon. Members. Mr. H UME presented petitions from Belgrave, Oxen don, and four other places, in favour of the Government measure for the abolition of Church-rates. Petitions, with a similar prayer, wet e presented by Mr. James from the parish of Brougham, Westmoreland ; Mr. Hodges from Gravesend and another place ; Mr. Brother ton from two parishes in Lancashire ; Mr. Bannerman from two parishes in Aberdeenshire ; Mr. Pease from two pa rishes in the county of Durham ; and Mr. Wilks, from 150 householders belonging to the Wesleyan connection in NorthamptOnshire. They came forward, because the lion. Member for Northampton had stated that the Wesleyan.; in that county were in favour of the continuance of the impost. That was not their opinion, and they prayed the House to pass the Government measure on the subject. Mr. HARDY presented a petition from Bradford, against the measure for the abolition of Church -rates. The HON. MEMBEIt also presented a petition from the members of the Established Church at Woolston, in the county of Warwick, in favour of the Government plan for the abolition of Church-rates. Also a similar petition from the Tredgar Iron Works, signed by 720 persons ; and a similar petition from Saffron Walden. Mr. PINCH presented petitions from different parts of :be county of Lancaster, in favour of the Bill for curtailing :he Hours of Labour in Factories. Mr. POULTER presented similar petitions from Man chester and Stockport. Mr. HARDY also presented similar petitions from Bradford and other places. Major BEAUCLERK presented petitions from Rye gate, Wandsworth and Farnham, in favour of the Minis terial plan for abolition of Church-ratos. The lion. Member also presented petitions from Godalming, stating that they had lately built a large and extensive workhouse, and com plaining that they were compelled to build a union work house wl , en the one already erected might be employed for that purpose. The Hon. Member also presented a peti tion from the poor in the workhonse of Godalmiug, and praying that they had not proper medical attendance. The RECORDER presented a petition from the Professors of Medicine in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, complaining that the poor had not proper medical atten dance. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of a Union in Berkshire, stating that after two years' experience they found the workhouse answered the purpose for which it was intended, and praying they might not be compelled to enlarge it. Mr. SHEPPARD presented a petition, praying that the Skipping Gazette might be relieved from the payment of postage. Sir CHARLES BURRELL presented a similar peti tion from Shoreham. Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition in favour (1 the Salmon Fisheries Bill. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. Sir JOHN BECKETT presented petitions from con. gregations in Leeds, praying the House to pass some mca• sure to enforce a better observance of the Sabbath. Sir A. AGNEW presented several petitions to the same effect. Colonel THOMSON presented a petition from 660 in habitants of Mirfield, in the West hiding of Yorkshire, praying that the property qualification of electors be done away with, and that the franchise be extended to all persons of sound mind, untainted by crime, and above the age of 21 years. FIRE INSURANCES. Mr. ALSTON presented two petitions for a repeal of the duty on Fire Insurances. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from the Directors of the North of England Insurance Company to the same effect. Sir A. L. HAY presented a petition from Strathaven, in favour of the Burghs Barony Bill. The petitioners com plained of a want of magistrates in that district. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN presented several petitions from Limerick in favour of the Irish Municipal Bill, which he had been prevented by indisposition from presenting at an earlier period. Petitions in favour of the abolition of Church-rates were presented by Mr. Wilbraham ; and petitions against the measure were presented by the Hon. Mr. Duncombe from twenty-two parishes in Yorkshire ; by Mr. Barclay from parishes in Surrey and Sussex ; and by Lord Saudon. Mr. E W ART gave notice that on going into Com mittee on the Capital Punishment Bill, he would move that it be an instruction to the Committee to abolish the punishment of death in all cases except those of murder. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. Mr. HUME postponed his motion respecting Universal Suffrage to the Bth of June. An HON. NIEMBEIt presented a petition from the Arch bishop of Armagh against the national system of education in Ireland. CHURCH COMMISSION (SCOTLAND). _ . Sir G. CLERK seeing the Secreiary for the Treasury in his place, wished to call his attention to the discussion that had taken place the other night, with respect to a reverend gentleman in Scotland, relative to evidence taken before the Church Commission. The report of what had been stated by the Honourable Gentleman opposite had given that Clergyman great pain, as it appeared to convey the notion that he had practised some deception. He (Sir G. Clerk) was sure that such was not the inten tion of the Hon. Gent. opposite, and he trusted that, for the satisfaction of the Clergyman in question, he would state the sources from which he received his information. He believed it was not the intention of the Hon. Member opposite to convey any imputation upon the character of the Reverend Gentleman ; and if that was the case, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would feel no hesitation in saying so. 'Air. FOX MAULE, in reply to the question of the Honourable Baronet, said that the statement referred to by him in The Sun Newspaper was substantially correct. He had at the time endeavoured to guard himself against making any reflections on the character of any one ; he had merely stated to the House the official information he had received, and he had no objection to lay on the table of the House the official documents from which that answer had been given. Mr. CHALMERS trusted the Hon. Member would lay those documents on the table of the House. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from Bangor, in the County of Down, for the better obser vance of the Sabbath.—( Hear, hear.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition from Penryn, in favour of the Exeter Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. NICHOLLS, the Cardiff' Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT presented petitions from places in Somerset and Exeter, against the abolition of Church-rates. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Liberties of Westminster, complaining of inequality in the levying of the Window Tax. r Mr. SANFORD presented petitions from Yeovil and Kingsbury in favour of the abolition of Church•rates. Many of them had signed a counter petition, being told that by the Government plan the poor would be excluded from the parish Churches. Sir 0. MOSLEY presented a petition from a parish in Staffordshire, praying that they might not be added to any Union under the Poor-law Amendment Act, as they were already incorporated under Gilbert's Act, and its provi sions were quite enough for them. Mr. HOWARD, seeing the Noble Lord (Stanley) in his place, wished to call his attention to a letter which he had received, and which complained of the report of the speech of the Noble Lord on the Irish Municipal Bill. The letter was not long, and he would save the time of the House by reading the letter, which was from one of the Common Council of Carlisle, who thought the Noble Lord had unfairly attacked the Corporation of Carlisle. The SPEAKER said that it was contrary to all Par liamentary usage for Hon. Members to bring down news papers to make what they found stated in them a ground for discussion in that House. Mr. HO WARD merely wished to read the letter.— (Cries of " No, no.") If the House was against him he would not press the subject further ; but he thought it his duty to state that the Corporation of Carlisle had been the subject of severe animadversion by the Noble Lord the Member for Lancashire. He (Mr. H.) thought that the course he had adopted was the right one to pursue, particularly as the House had nothing immediately before it.--( Laughter.) The SPEAKER here called upon the Serjeant, which considerably increased the laughter in the House—the Hon. Member for Carlisle turning quickly round at the call, as if he supposed it was tho intention of the Speaker to place him in custody. A message from the Lords brought up several Bills. On the motion of Mr. BARNARD, further consider ation of the Report on the London and Greenwich Rail- way was proceeded with. The amendments were read a second time, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. The farther consideration of the Report on the London and Birmingham Railway was also proceeded with. POSTAGE ON PETITIONS. Mr. A. TREVOR seeing the Right Hon. Gentle man, one of the Commissioners of the Post Office in his place, wished to draw his attention to a cir cumstance that had occurred relative to a petition with which he had been charged ; a petition had been sent to him through the Post-office in the usual way, for which -he had been charged not less &sum than 31., on the ground of its being of over-weight: He did not know what the regulations of the Pest-office were on this sub- ject ; but considering that the " right of petitioning was one of the greatest which a subject could enjoy, he wished to know if it was the intention of the Post-office Commissioners, in the regulations they were about to adopt, to remedy the inconvenience of which he then complained. Mr. L ABOUC HERE said he was not qualified to represent the Post-office in that House, and there fore was not prepared to answer every question that was put in reference to that department.—( Hear, hear.) With regard to the particular question just put to him, he believed that what had been done in that case was accord ing to the general regulations of the Post-office. He be lieved that if the petition had been sent open in the usual manner it would have been received free. Au HON. MEMBER—Not if it was above six ounces in weight. LABOUCHERE was not aware there was any limitation as to weight, but he would make enquiries about it. He would state now, as he had done before, that the object of the Post-office Bill was to consolidate the law relating to the Post-office, and not to make any altera tion in the rates of postage. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. A. TREVOR wished to ask the Noble Lord op posite, on what day he intended to proceed with the fur ther consideration of the Church-rate question ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was his wish, as soon as he could proceed with the public business of the Government, to bring on the resolutions with respect to Canada. After that he should proceed with the Irish Poor Law Bill, and likewise some Scotch Bills that were in the House ; and then he should endeavour after that to fix a day for the further considera tion of the Church-rate question. Mr. A. TREVOR —Then the Church-rate question is postponed sine die—no day is fixed ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I cannot fix a day till I know when the other business will come on. ILLEGAL SOCIETIES. Colonel VERNON wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, whether the Government were in possession of any information relative to the designs and organisation of Societies, in the most considerable manufac turing towns in England and Scotland, having for their object the separation of Ireland from this country, and the destruction .of Protestantism. Lord MORPETII said that no such information had reached the Government. FIRE INSURANCES. Col. SIBTHORP had a motion to make when the Budget was brought forward, relative to the reduction of the duty on Fire Insurances ; and begged to know whether the returns he had moved for would be granted. Mr. BARING would inquire, and let the Hon. Member know to-morrow. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to bring under the notice of the House a question regarding its privileges, which he felt to he of very great importance, and which ought to be decided, after the most mature consideration of the subject. If the Report of the Poor-law Committee had merely referred to such a breach of the privileges of that House as had on former occasions been committed, he should not have hesitated from proceeding according to the forms and practices of the House ; and in order to state what it was, he should merely refer to the last reso lution of the House upon that subject, dated May, 1832—and on which, after various proceedings rela tive to the evidence given before a Select Committee, which had been printed in a Dublin Newspaper, it was resolved that Mr. Sheehan, who had committed that breach of privilege, should be committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. He should not bring that case under the consideration of the House i❑ the manner which its importance deserved, if he did not state that it was the impression of the Poor-law Commissioners that the breach of privilege committed by the publication in the True Sun Newspaper, of parts of the evidence, and some of the documents presented before that Committee, had been made according to the directions, or under the controul, of a Member of that House, who was also a Member of the Committee. Such was the impression of that Committee, it being known that the Member in question was proprietor of that Newspaper. Now he felt quite certain that if that - - were the case, the Member of the House so con cerned in the publication of the evidence would not allow the House to call to its bar the printer of the newspaper, and suffer him to be committed to the Sergeant-at-Arms, while the act was done by his directions. That being the case, he felt it his duty to bring the question under the consideration of the House—(Hear, hear)—as a question upon which they ought, after mature deliberation, to come to some de c:sion as to what should be the proceeding of that House. It might be right (for he would not now enter into that question, because he would rather do so on a future occasion), that every Member of the Committee should have the pri vilege of publishing, in any Newspaper he chose, the evidence taken before the Committee ; but if that was to be the case it should be by resolution of that House. In the first place, he trusted that if any Member of the Committee had been concerned in the publication, he would feel it his duty to come forward and state so, so that the printer or publisher might not be punished for a fault over which they had no control. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, confining himself for the present to the mere question which had been put to him by the Noble Lord, and reserving any observations which he might think it his duty to make until the resolution of the Noble Lord was before the House, he had no hesita tion in saying that no man would be more ashamed than he would, if he could seek protection behind the backs of either a printer or publisher.—(Loud cheering.) He was the proprietor of the paper, and, as called upon by law, he made affidavit of the fact at Somerset hlouse. Both there and elsewhere he was the person who was re sponsible for its contents. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The Hon. Member had taken the course which he had expected he would do, and scorned to seek protection through his servants.— (Hear, hear.) As the publication had not taken place through the interference of any editor or printer of the paper, but had been sanctioned by a Member of the Com mittee, he would alter the course he meant to have pursued. He would propose the adjournment of the question till to-morrow in order that Members might make up their minds as to the propriety of the course he would then propose. He would then move that according to the undoubted privileges of the House, and in order to afford due protection to the public business, evidence taken before a Select Committee ought not to be published by any Member of such Committee, or any other person. If the House entertained that resolution, it would then be come the duty of every Member to conform himself to the order of the House. The Noble Lord then moved the adjournment of the debate till to-morrow. Mr. D. W. HARVEY trusted the Noble Lord would postpone this very important case until Thursday. The debate of that evening might run so far into the next day that it might be doubtful whether there would be a House to-morrow or no ; besides Honourable Members might have•occasion to give notice of an amendment.—( Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to the proposal of the Hon. Member, and would move that the conside ration of the subject should be postponed to Thursday next. Mr. O'CONNELL said if no other person did so, he should move as an amendment when the subject was again brought forward, that the publication bona fide of what took place before the Committees was not only advanta geous but useful to the public. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL in answer' to a question from Mr. C. Pelham, which was totally inaudibl e i n th e gallery, said that according to the orders of the House, the Hon. Member for Coventry should have precedence, but he wished to submit to him, not for the convenience of Go vernment, but the House, the propriety of postponing his motion, in order that the debate which had been begun last night, and which deeply affected the interests of the country, and likewise contained a charge against the Government, might be proceeded with. Mr. WILLIAMS was most anxious to comply with the wishes of the Noble Lord, and to consult the conve nience of that House ; but if he did so, he must request the Noble Lord to appoint a specific day, when he might bring it forward in a fortnight or three weeks at most. Mr. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT said he was most anxious that so important a question should come to an early decision ; and he was resolved to persevere at the present moment to bring the House to a division on the subject, if the Noble Lord did not give him an assurance to appoint an early day, within the period prescribed by his Hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, for the dis cussion of this most important question. If an early day was not appointed, lie should take the sense of the House upon the subject, and if he was overborne he should move, upon an early day, an amendment upon an order of the day, in order to force the House to a discussion on the question. He trusted, however, that the Noble Lord would relieve them at once by naming one of his own days on which the question might be brought forward. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the House would allow him to say a few words on behalf of the Government on this occasion. The question which the Right Hon. Gentleman meant to bring on would not be brought forward for the advantage of the Government, but to surprise the Govern ment. There were questions of grave importance which he wished to bring before the House ; there were the Irish Poor-law Bill, the Resolutions relating to Canada, Bills for the better administration of justice in Scotland, the Church-rate question ; and there was also a measure with respect to Irish Tithes.—(Hear, hear.) Now it would not be denied that those questions to which only the Monday and Friday of the week could possibly be devoted, were questions of seriods national importance. Be the opinions of different Members on those questions what they might, why should Gentleman pass over the notice days, and ask the Government to give up order days for their motions ? There was Tuesday, the 9th of May, for which several notices had been given that were not of a very pressing nature. Now, he would ask the House whether lie was to give up the Irish Poor Law Bill, or any other of those national questions he had alluded to, or whether they would not ask Gentlemen to give up a notice day for that purpose ? Mr. WILLIAMS considered the discussion on the Septenaial Act, and the expression of the House on that subject of far greater importance than any of the measures the Noble Lord had alluded to. He should feel it his duty to go on with the motion, unless it was the opinion of the House that he ought not to do so, and in that case he would give notice at once that he should make his motion as an amendment to the first Orders of the Day or Com mittee of Supply on Friday, the sth of May. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not object to the course the Hon. Gent. hid taken. He thought it was desirable to go on with the debate of last night ; at the same time he,must say the Order of the Day fixed for the sth of May would be of more importance than those notices which had been given for notice-days in the month of May. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he should bring for ward his motion relative to the Post Office, on the 9th of May, and no persuasions on earth should induce him to give way.—(A laugh.) Mr. WILLIAMS did not think he should give way. As he had before stated, for the convenience of the House he had agreed to allow the Right Hon. Memb er f or Lam beth to brine forward his motion first. Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT was placed in a very unplea sant predicament, and regretted the Noble Lord did not assign an open day on which the question might be brought forward. Lord J. RUSSELL, as we understood, said he had no objection to its being brought forward on the Bth of May. —(Cries of " The Budget.") Mr. D'EYNCOURT had no objection if the Budget was postponed, as he thought his motion of much more con , sequence than any Budget.—(A laugh.) colonel SII3THORP objected to the Budget being postponed, as he had a Nery important motion to bring for ward. After some further discussion it was arranged that the question of the repeal of the Septennial Act should be brought forward on either Monday, the Bth May, or the Friday following. Sir E. wiLmoT had a notice upon the book, but it was almost a matter of course. He hoped he would meet with no o pp os iti on i n b r i ng i ng i n his Bill, and taking the discussion on the second reading. lie then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to empower Magistrates to award summ a ry p un i s h ment i n cases o f conv i c tion before them, where the parties were under 15 years of age, and tle value stolen below 10s. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to the arrange ment, and leave was given. The other Hon. Members who had notices on the book having given way, ADJOURNED DEBATE—SPAIN. Mr. MACLEAN rose, and resumed the adjourned de bate on the affairs o f Sp a i n . H e was very i mper f ec tly heard for some time, in consequence of the noise made by Me n " hers leaving the H ouse . H e sa id t h e party w i t h who m he acted could not be charged with any wish to hara the Government, fo r th e y h a d a ll owe d t h e w h o l e period to elapse which th e O r d er i n C ounc il contem plated, before they had brought the foreign affairs of th e country before the House. Before he sat down he would be able to show the House that the anticipations of the Noble Lord, so far from being realized, had been frustrated. What was the language the Noble Lord had used at the close of the last debate but one, when this subject was un der discussion ? Why, he had said that he did not s hrink from the anticipations of the result upon the subject. Wha t was the result of the course of proceedings adopted by the Noble Lord ? lie would ask whether they had not been the source of disappointment ? Upon being asked what in terest England had in the sacrifice of the lives of her countrymen and her property in the cause of Spain. th e Noble Lord had said if England had no interest, then she had been wrong in entering into the Treaty. It was the interest of England to make Spain part of the balance of power in Europe, and for that purpose it was necessary to give he r that Constitution which M ar ti nez d e l a R osa h a d propoun ded; Thus it would seem that the basis of the interference that had taken place was of a two-fold kind : first, because it was the interest of England to make Spain an element in the balance, of power; and, secondly, t o ena bl e h er to reap t h e b ene fit °L the Constitution propounded by Martinez de la Rosa. NoW he (Mr. Maclean) thought that the conduct pursued by the two Governments of Great Britain and Spain had tended in no eminent degree to protect the Constitution which had been, so much lauded by th e N o bl e L or d. Wh en t h e Q ueen of Spain first ascended the throne, she proposed to conduct the Government on the principle of enlightened despotism obi served by her predecessor ; but when, from the effects of the movements in 1812 and 1823, she found it impossible to sus., tain a Government of that kind, she sought the assistance el Martinez de la Rosa, and adopted the Constitution which he had propounded. What did Martinez de la Rosa do ? He brought forward, in the first instance, the Estatuto Real, as e constitutional form of G overnmen t, and it was to that form o ' e Government that the Noble Lord opposite had, as he (Mr' Maclean) understood, pledged himself. The Noble Lord shook his head; but had not he (Mr. Maclean) quoted the Noble Lord's own words, in which the Noble Lord said that the reason upon which he grounded his intervention was that Spain might reap the advantage of the form of Government which Martinez de la Rosa had endeavoured to procure for her. He begged to ask the Noble Lord whether the views of the English Government relative to the Constitution of Martinet de la Rosa were entertained by the Governments of France and Portugal ? The Noble Lord would remembe r that in 1835 the Spanish Government applied to this country and to France for an armed intervention. France refused. Martinez de la Rosa at that time ceased to govern, and was succeeded by Mendizabal, who was then in London, deeel interested, together with the great mercantile house of Ri• cardo, Rothschild, and others, in negotiating a loan for the Queen of Spain. These parties, dreading the moral effect 0 1 the refusal of France to interpose, applied to the Noble Lord for permission to raise an auxiliary legion of 10,000 men je Great Britain to assist the cause of tise Queen. That reques t was complied with, and the troops were raised. This lie be' lieved was the true cause of the armed interference which had been made in support o f the Queen:s cause. The Hon. en', Learned Member for Kilkenny last night complained of the Hon. and Gallant Officer who opened the debate having spoken disparagingly of General Evans. But so far from that being the fact, the Hon. and Gallant Officer most carefully abstained throwing the slightest reflection on Gen. Evans. ne t what had been the course of the Legion since it landed in Spells in Dec., 1835 ? He was in possession of the correspondenc e of an officer belonging to that Legion, in which he detailed hoe. rors almost incredible, and recorded the sufferings of the Legio n at the very initiative of the campaign. He stated that on starting from Portugal e tt e t o Vi ttor i a, t h ey were la d en w ith three days' salt provisions, furnished from his Majesty's ship the Ringdove ; and he represented the troops, soon afte r reachinc , Vittoria, to be in a situation revolting to humanity They suffered from fever of the most dangerous kind, while labouring under the utmost privations, the Spanish authori ties refusing to render them the slightest assistance. WV* he:would ask, did not General Evans interfere, and o btain for these men whom he had taken out from this country the same assistance and the same comforts which, we were told. the French General obtained, on his threatening to march his troops back to France if proper necessaries were not sup' plied to them ? Why did not General Evans also threaten to march back the British Legion ? The correspondent whom he (Mr. M'Lean) was quoting told him that what with dis ease, discomfort, and privation, the Legion lost while at Vit toria upwards of 2,000 men and seventy officers, That wal l , the first operation of th e L eg i on , an d w h at was the secon d operation ? They marched back again in April, 1836, to St. Sebastian ; and from that period up to the present' April 1837 (with the exception of the unfortunate CS pedition again s t F uen t ara bi a ), t h e L egion had not marc h e d five miles out of St. Sebastian. What had been the advan tage resulting to this country from our interference in th e Spanish civil war ? The Noble Lord would perhaps inform the House what this country had gainel in point of com Merl cial advantage or p o liti ca l i n fl uence ; but the only results o f which he (Mr. M'Lean) was aware were, that half a million of British money had been expended in stores and provision s ' and another half-million for shipping; and that the Legion' which had originally consisted of 10,000 men, had been r e ' duced to 4,000. So that the effect of our interference ba d been the expe n dit ure o f a m i l li on of money, and the 100°r 6,000 British subj ec t s , b es id es h oldingf up ourselves to De: rope as incapable, after two years' operation, of p ro ducinb the slightest eff ec t i n t h e way of putting an end to the w,er in Spain. N a y, h a d i t not b een for the most provident°i presence of hi s M a j esty ' s mar i nes, nearly the whole of th e British troops would h ave b een sacrif i ced to the Carlists. , disastrous, indeed, had been the result, that they were n°7 absolutely debating w h e th er t h ey would suffer the contest t` ., ; go on for six w ee k s l onger, or at once abandon it. \V i la; had the Nobl e L or d ga i ne d at Madrid by these sacrifice s , ? Had he m a d e E ng l an d more respected ? The 5 " . nistry of Spain had run through every phase o f go vern' ment, until it had reached the existinr, Government, e °11 ; ferred upo n it, no t b y any one of the Ministers with who m the Noble Lord h a d b een i n communication, but by Sergea n t Garcia. All that had been done by Don Martinez de la 11° ,, sa was put an end to i n one n i g h t b y Sergeant Garcia; and tu: result was, that th e G overnment now actually existing Spain was the Constitutional Government of 1812—a forin Government which h a d b een re j ected repeatedly, as w holly unsuited either to the modern or ancient institutions and sus' toms of that country. When the Noble Lord instructed Al. r ; Villiers to make appli ca ti on to t h e S panish Governmen t. 1 order to save the li ves o f twenty-seven Carlists who had been taken prisoners by th e Q ueen ' s troops, and propose that t bose prisoners sho u ld b e lib erate d or exchanged, what was the answ er which Mr. Villi ers rece i ve d ? T he answer of the Spanish c Government was, th a t a lth oug h a ll t hi ngs combined to inclee them to lend the mse l ves to t h e arrangement propose d, .Y 0 they were prevented front carrying their good intentions in effect by publi c o pi n i on —( H ear, hear)—which, with all tr r, excitements incide n tal t o a c i v il war, caught at ever,' sir' cumstanee as indicati ve o f t h e v i ews and i n tentions cd lio Government. Those unfortunate men were finally sen t to prisoners to Porto Rico, the Noble Lord not being ableo,o, excite the slightest feeling on the part of the Spanish no e vernment towards these twenty-seven persons, who were taken in arms, b u t were capture d unarmed on the high sea Much had b e en sa id o f t h e D urango degree. He edrerly ° that was a decre e b ar b arous i n pr i nc i ple and foolish i n Po 'e u Pointed ; but did no t t h e N o bl e L ord recollect the e di c t t een by the Spanish Mi n i s t er aga i nst t h e adherents of Don Carle, r soon after he had got t o th e P en i nsu l a, and before the Ale tender, as he was c a ll e d, got i nto the Basque provinces? 0 madover was at th a t ti me C apt ain-General of Valencia an. o st i.. President of the C or t es . Th e j unta of Valencia, at the local gation of th e p eo pl e , as k e d Al ina d os er to deliver over to were ten individuals for slaughter. He gave eight, and they put to de a th. Soot' after this the j un t a di s pl ac ed him fro tored the Captain-G e n era l s hip ; b ut h e was subsequently resorder to that situation, a n d th en i t was t h at he issue d an rap , which, if they were t o ta k e a ll t h e d ecrees of Turkey , °r to sack the archives of Ali Pacha, it would be imnpss ibl o e o ler equal in atrocity. The tenth article of that atrocleu e o, or finnan was especially directed against all those w jo i a ne writing, or word of mouth, or otherwise, expressed O c i to contrary to the estabiiThed order of things. In short, an w ho crown all, judgment was pronounced against all 111'4'r way were arrested in the streets. This edict of Almadcv e ‘ro ble issued before the Durango decree. But did not the '' ev er Lord also recollect the massacre of Barcelona ? Had he u' pe; been able to bring the parties guilty of that massacre t° nishment ? No. The monster Mina, he who ent -h . d, the' Ilerod, afterwards possessed such influence at Al a dri o wa s the Noble Lord knew that the Government of Sil t , hie afraid to punish such a man, because it v ia : 3 t the power to have raised the whole of Catalonia aga' es d to il l " —( Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. Villiers was again direc o t% itig in terfere : he did so, but he obtained absolutely n 1 00 bed the way of stopping the horrors of war. This wa' 1 %, No", ginning to e n d t h e sum of the infl uence p o ssessed Lor" ble Lord at Madrid. The time was when the No ble by might have done much to allay the horrors of this e r in' negotiation, but he had thrown to the winds the n" , :e,, ou rl terference with a probability of success which this N e bt once possessed over the destinies of Europe. ." ; tale" - t t a 3 ; Lord perhaps might say_that this country hae .n-, tween France and the United States ; but the tru r tl e ' Llia ;fec.' a such inteiference was not looked upon with any Pe: con test I t _ ing of favour by either party. But in the presen iscil i g ernd Spain, in which this country appeared as a oust.' the we had no power to enable us to interfere betwee n s THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA. V, APRIL 19, 1837