The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-12 00:00:00

Wtition SUN OFFICE, Seven ("Clock. PRICES OF SHARES. BAN S. ASSURA ES NCE STOCK. , AND OTHER I COI- From the Official List, TEISLISILED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIuM., 11.1 Y 12. JOINT-STOCK 118N1LS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. , per of Paid. Pries Annum. Share. I •------- ---. .---- - 1 .1 s. d. £ s. d. Australasia .......... , 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ; British North American ' 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon •••••.•• • • • • • • I 61. p_r cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 2,ocumereial of London .64 per cont. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - colonial .. ........... ! 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ...... i 151 per cent. I - - lonian •• • • ........ - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lorvin and Westminstr ' 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ... / 61.- per cent. SO 0 0 10 0 0 14 Provincialof Ireland.. i 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 38y. Ditto, Sew.- ••• • - 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland . • bl. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Pravricial or Eng. ' 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• .. - f 5/. per cent. •20 0 0 10 0 0 - South AustrAlia •••• • ,• 1 - - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia • ... 1.61, per cent. 25 0 0 25 2 0 0 - - lO 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... t i .61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 Union of Madrid ..... ( -- 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of _I Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- 2 s. d. £ s. 5. Albion ...... •.•. - .• 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16% Ditto Marine. ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - .Vlai .•-• • • • • ........ 136.6 d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 13% British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6 Clericl,sled.&GemLife 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 C.Nanty ••.•••• • • • -•-- 31. 100 0,.0 10 0 0 - Crown ••••-•• •• •• •• 13s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Nagle • • Eng.& Scot. Law .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life ••• • .. 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. I - Family Endowtant Soc. 41. & be. 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 - Ikeemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - GioLe • . ..... ........ 61. per cent. Stock. - 118 guardian............ 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 44% linticr al Firs •••• • • • • 12 per cont. 500 0 0j 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 00110 0 0 14,4 Indemnity Marine •• •• 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 25 Law Fire •.•••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 - LAW i ife.." ..-• . - • . 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Leal and General Life =- 150 0 0 20 0 41 2 li,ndcn Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 i l; 4 L midon Ship •••• • • • • 10 s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 _ - 100 0 0 15 0 0 ‘.4u Med. Invlld & Gen. Lire .4%1. per ct. 150 0 0 / 2 ~ A ___" National Lean Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 0 1 1 "6 'o' - N ational Life • - Palladium Lite ...... - - - - 158 Prom nix .• .. . ..... .. - 010 0 - P. °teeter Life.. • . 0 c N 0 :, 0 10 010 0 0 - Provident Life •••• • • • • 11 . 5 . 5 . Rock Life...• •••• • • • • 4, 10 05 00 165 iloyal Exchange i San Fire - ... •••• • • • 61. 10s. - - litto Lite . • • • • • • • • • IL 6s. - -.-- Universal Life.... .• - --•4 0 0 4 Victoria Life • . • • • • . ••_____________ COILE COMPANIES. GAS-I.IGNT AND -____-__-_ -- Dividend Dividend Amount , Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. Paid. Price. ' -.-------- --- -- 2. s. d. I. s. d: British ••••••• • • . " • • 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 Di Ditto Provincial- • • I/. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 22 Bristol ..............Id. per cent. 20 0 0 - _..... Brighton •••••• • • • • • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 18 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 240 eontinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - Ditto, New • • .... • • 8.58. pr share 59 0 0 37 10 0 - Equitable. •••••.• • • • . 15s. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 37 Imperial Independent . ... .• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 London .• .• .• .. „ ..., 2 4,1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 976 Ditto.. - ........ •• , 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Phranix Ratcliff ..... ...... „ 5/. and bne. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General Westminster Chartered 3/. 150 0 0 - 55% Ditto, New .... -. l2s. 1 50 0 0110 0 0 , 1 1 -- -- ---- -- -- --- BRIDGES D!vidend / Amount Same of Company. per ' of raid. Price. Annum. I Share. -____ --___ ---- -- •2. s. 5. 2. e. d. Tiungerford - • • - •• •• _ - 45 Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - t 32 12 a - 254 Ditto Nw of 754 p.c. j 1315 e. per cent. 50 0 0 - 15 Waterloo ............ ' - !100 0 0 - 5 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. \ li. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. i - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .... .- Av , 1/. 16s. i 70 10 3 - 27 W.A.T ZiL.-W OIC Name of Company. Dividend 1 Amount per 1 of Annum. 1 Share. raid. Birmingham . • • • • • • • • 18s• 1;44t. London.. • • • • • • • • Bd. Grand Junction ••• • • • 21. , 10s. s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 New Rivr Lndu Brdge 2/. 10s. 'Vauxhall •• •• 'West Middlesex 100 0 0 43 12 9 5% 15s prcnt. £ s. d. 25 0 0 Price. .MST OP SCOTTISH corap.a.zams , PR.ICE6. Dividend Same of Company. per Annum Rank of Scotland Briti3h Linen Company Caledonian Bank • • .•• Amount of Paid. Share. city of Glasgow Bank • Clydesdale Bank • • • • •• Commercial Bank • • • • Eastern Bank •• .. • • • • Minn.% Glasgow Bank Exchange Blik of Scot.. Isle of Man. Company National Bank • ..... • - North of Scotland Bank Worth British Bank • • Royal Bank of Scotland Union Bank of Scotland 'Western Bauk • • • • • • • X s. d. £ s. d 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 20 0 0 j 10 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 1 25 t , 0 I IC 0 5 0 0 ,00 0 0 5 0 10 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 Ml 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 Aber seen Fi e and Life B. Accord. Life aid Fire British Guar,:ntee Ins. Caledonian Fire Insur. Church of En 4 and City of Glasgow Life.. I , :dinburgh Lite Insur. East of Sc tland Life.. Eng. & Scot, Law Life literculas insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scotind• • Life ‘ssoc. of Scotland Mercantile Life 12 10 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 to 0 0 National Fire and Life North iiriVsh Incur. • • North & West of Scot. Scottish Life and ;uar. Scot. Ma,. and Gen. Life Scottish Union Inarncs. Stan lard '.ife Ciited Dep. Assurance 10 0 0 200 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 7 0 to o 5 0 10 0 100 0 50 0 50 0 2 0 to 0 2 0 2 0 12 10 Price, 12 154 0 15 0 2 17 10 0 10 0 1 0 4X, 2N, 139 21. 59 0 10 20 0 111.0 d, 0 15 II 7. 11. Is 9q 10s. ld 11. Gs ( J 13s. Name of Compan. 71. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per gent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. Cl. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. St. per cent. 81. per cent. I 21. per cent. 101. per cent, 51. per cent. Si. per cent. M. per cent. 71. per cent. SI. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 5% /. pr cent., 51. per cent. pr cent. I 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. DOC Dividend Der Annum. 41. per cent. 61. pr cent. 11. per sh. 5/. pr cunt. 41. per cent. 5 per cent. 44/. pr cent. 2t. per cent. C Anrnt , rcial . k.:a•st and \Vast India... east Country Landon •.••••• • • • • • • Ditto Bonds • • • • • • • • St•Notharine • • • • • • • • Ditto Bonda• • • • • • •. S )uthampton • • • • • • • • Amount of Paid. Price. Share. £ s. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. £ s. d. , 21 50 0 0 5A — 0 n 77% CC. nz ILLS. Names of e IDlvldenct Price, companies. I per Annuui __ - I Ashtn& Oldh 971 71. pc 110 Barnslei •• • • 110; 121. 180 grknk&Abrgllso si. 85 131rmin.4hami 35 41. 80 Coventry • .1100' 25/. ',en v ••. • • /100 1 6!. 63 Ells r re&Chs 1331 4!. 48 Ere :tilt • • .100 1 32e . Grati3.lunctn l loo, i 51. 83 Grand Surrey 100 35 Lrand l; pion 100 1/. 10s. 21% Grantham .. 150 121. ' IC ennt & Avu 39 7s. 6cl Lee is& Li vrp 100 341. Leicester .... 140 101. Leicstr &Nth 8.1 41. Lou zhhoreghll42 701. Monmouthsh 100 81. 118tgomrysla 100 51. 3feltnM wbry 100 101. 54 410 Names of Companies, . 3 w) Macclesfield . Neath • • • • • • Oxford .. • • • • Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale.. • • Somrset Coal Do.L k Fd St & Worc Shrewsbury.. Stourbridge•• Severn and/ Wye Rail. Warwick& 1 Wrming. Warwick& Napton , . Worcstr & Birming. Wilts & Mks ,CI LLANZOITS. Dividend per Nama of Company. Annum. Australian A;riculturl Anglo-Mexican Mint, Ditto, Half Shares.. Canada 11. 4s. L'p pr Canada Bonds City bonds.. Comp. Cppr liars Eng. Gen. Revers. S. - . Invest, Equitable Reversionry Gea. Steam Navigation London Institution Peninalr & Orient.Stra. Reversionary Int. Sot. Royal Mai! South Australian Pan Dieman's Land. rnivarsal Salvage.... 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 341. pr cent. 51. per cent. Sp. c.tic he, 21 AV. pr cent. 11. S. V. per cent. 3 i. pr cent. 3Mil. pr cent. 61. per cent. Amount paid. of Share. s. d. £. s. d. 100 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 32 10 0 2 100 0 0 70 100 0 0 100 100 0 0 95 15 0 0 14 50 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 60 0 25 0 0 25 0 100 0 0 23 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 I 5; 0 j 4 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 12.) s g oAl.—Te-d ay no fu_r u t t h etur r a u d hn v a an t c s e dl occurred in the value of Raw Sugar, h firmness, and sparingly supplied the market.a ped much r sboth free The trade also entertained a favouraole o p ini on tow s and slave mad e. A fair amount of business w as con . eluded to day in Wesi India, and upon full terms sales amount t o 200, making for the week 1800 h 1; lhe ds REFT,ED.—To-day refined goods w ere much sou' 84 g l t . after by the trade, and prices closed with irmnss; brown grocery lumps at 5s 6d, and to pass the standard 56s per cwt. There is no increase in the suppl y of any sort. The market is firm for Bonded crushed S ugur , fine at 283 per cwt. - MAURITIUS —This afternoon there was no public sale of Maurit,us, but a fair business was done privately, and all sorts realized rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met ready putch,ser-4, and 1,317 bags at public sale sold at full rat‘'s—Benares, fin, white went at 443, middling 41s to 41s 6d, low 29s to 39s 6d, fine soft yellow 37s to 38, , derup aryl washed 37s to 43s per cwt. A FOREIGN .-Fur home consumption the demand has b en active for all descriptions of Fors ign Sugar by private treaty; our refiners working under bond also made purchases with greater freedom, and a fair amount of business has been concluded by exporters. Although the market has been more plentifully supplied, still there is as advance in tha value of 6d per cwt for all sorts HAMBURGH MAIL. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, MAY 5, EVENING.—The son of Prince Charles of Russia hastened through this city to day from holding to Berlin. He is reported to have said that Denmark had made propositions which would in all probability lead to peace. General Halkett is in possession of Alsen, and some persons imagine that by means of a telescope they can see the German flag hoisted there. The Danes are carrying their wounded and prisoners to Fuhnen; the Schleswig-Holstein troops are marched to Konigsan. Chevalier Bunsen was elected this day representative of our city by 473 votes, being a majority of 425 against Dr. Steindorf, who had only 47 votes. Count Von Moltke voted for Professor Gervinas. The Chevalier bas also been returned by the rural elective circle and the town of Eckerfurde intends also to declare itself in his favour. ALTONA, MAY 7.—Yesterday evening a number of wounded volunteers arrived here from the seat of war. The workhouse is to be arranged as an hospital. The Duke of Augustenburg arrived here yesterday with his son, Prince Frederick, and instantly hastened to Hamburgh. KIEL, MAY 7.—Yesterday four Swedish vessels were permitted by the Danish corvette to put to sea; also an English vessel bound for Riga. ELSINORE, MAY 4.—The ship Emily Hudson, of Lonuon, with coals from Newcastle to Sell weinemunde, put in leaky here on the Ist, and must unload her cargo. The Rienzi, Watson, from Sunderland ; the Robroy, Dry burgh, from Charlestown, and Mary Rickinscn, from Newcastle, have also arrived here with coals. The Reina Engelkens, from Rossen to Dantzic, with wine, unloaded part of her champagne yesterday, and, under present circumstances, will probably unload the whole of her cargo here. MAY 6.—According to advices from Kansa of the Ist, three Prussian ships bound for Prussian harbours have been compelled to run in here. Capt. Mager, of Hartle pool, reports having seen a Russian vessel brought up a prize by a Danish yacht in the Castlegal. The Watson, of Hull, from London for Stettin, cleared here on the Ist, and the Brant, from Bordeaux, with wine for Stettin, on the 2d, but being sent back by a Danish war frigate stationed at Schmememnnde, the former sailed for Co penh_,,a,,en, and the latter returned to our roads. HAJIBURGII, MAY 9.—Advices from Heligoland state that the Cecelia Louise and the Charlotte, for Valpa raiso, the Capella, for Monte Video, and the Johaunis Christoph, for Laguaira (all for Hamburgh), have been taken prizes to Copenhagen. COPENHAGEN, MAY s.—Numerous German ships are lying in our harbours, under embargo. The Minster of Marine has this day issued a notice, stating the following harbours to be under effectual blockade : Pillan, Dantzic, Schweimandl, Stralsund, Rostock, W it mar, and Kirel, and the entrance of the Schleswig- Holstein Canal at Hulenan. None of the other har bours are to be considered in a state of blockade until an official notification of the same has been previously made. " ZAHRTaIANN. " Copehagen, May 4." POSEN, MAY 6th.—By an order of the Commandant, all the gates and barriers of the fortress of Posen, with the exception of three, have been closed this day. By au order of the President of the Province, the bearing or sale of sillies is for the present prohibited. At midnight on the 4th, Count Titus Dzialyn-ki was arrested in his hotel and carried to the fortress. The cause is yet unknown.—ilamburgh Correspondent, May 9. JASSY, APIL 19.—The Emof Russia, in a corn , peror _ buffer anarchy m N u e n ss i To iu d n e, teoecltahrees reigninghis . Prince,. through Count irrevocable reselution not to (3 tiongthi)e Prince e m h a a n (! ?) tries which ' ( 1 ) to penetrate into those coon re under the Russian protection, (!) , and that attempts to weaken the bands which bind her paternal admonition Empire will be futile. The reign spublished the above notification with a oTociatoese i ,in-theurgh Correspondent, May 9. at resistance. ; asperity against the Hab et the fatal results of any attempts ,_, feeli ng in favour ngs and G Swedish journals manifest great m e e r e ra ti an s in regard to the Schleswig Hoistein war, a n d however, is resolved to ro • this effect the strictest neu p.etitons express a a. ct to the Court of Berlin Govern ment,stNinot the Danes mburgh for the resident The ; trality. A declaration to t I was received by the Senate of 11 Stockholm, , felt itself Swedish Minister, adding that Court of G Denmark to act troop s lstein, without taking part in the Holsteicroeton called upon to send a body of troops on the defensive in the event that the ''' did not confine their aggressions to SchlesewT4n but shou'd enter other proviuces. The residen-tit adds in his note, that the Swedish Government 4115ter not take any adverse measures in re g ard to Ger man com merce and navigation , and t ha t merchan tmen wilt be pert!, ._, itted as heretofore to enter the Sweedish and Nor wegian waters wi thout the sli g htest impedinieht so lung as they shall not adopt any hostile measures against these countries.—Huniburgh Borsenhalle,May 9. ASSOCIATION —(THIS DAY.) BRAZILIAN MINING r l 'meeting of this association IMPERIAL The half-yearly general Londona Tavern, at two o'clock, was held to-day, electing three directors in John Wray, who offered them- Thomas Gibson, t t h h e e chair, for ( I )f or m th r e . G p t u e :p e o e s , e s ( t ) r f E at sq t ., e l..e reappointed without lees for re-election, au( Lyon Goldsmtd, and Mr. se . . Mr. A. J. VaiPY , • A opposition. . teu. also re-apPoth went out by rotation, was h secretary, and the read t a them and re-app i who, like the directors, The report was then by f t substance of it was that the direct ors de ep ly regretted that they were unable to give a m ore sattslx or y state ment, in consequence of the delay o f certain arrival s, but they had ev e ry reason to speakfavoureablyeite4;liethe a! prospects of the undertaking, from their oet tions from Brasil. In the last report it :lL=7 : : declared that they had forfeited 234 shares of the non payment of the call of 2/. per share due on the Bth of July of last year. Eleven of these had been subsequently restored, and 223 have been sold. The receipts from the Gongo mine &ming the last half-year have been something more than 911b5., producing the sum of 6,1011. Is. 6d. 11,8341. Is. 5d., , While the expenditure has been leaving a deficiency of 5,732/. 19s. I Id., w'mch has been partially met tor this and other purposes by ' p r a h r r t ee e - f a t n o t ar-eQs:ravreter fund.per TCent.he t s h t e oe h i a , l , e w ( h A i ' e 2 h ,2 e 3 o s , l i . s B t i i . ,e 3 t ( e l. ci remainder of the muted was to be met by a call which the directors recommended of ten shillings per share, payable on the 14th of June next. One of the SHAREHOLDERS complained that the re port had not been printed and placed in the hands of the shareholders, and a motion was made to the effect that on all future occasions it shoud be at leapt three days be- I i fore any general meeting, but on being put it was l us t by a large majority. ividend Per ATtil - ,1 21. 10s. 201. 201 . 19c 31. 105 .._ 11. 45. 1p 41. 5. 71. 10s. 13i 6/. p. c. 281. 291 151. 28. 201. 1/. 88. 21 . 3' 11. 1 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY l2, 1848. sold by private treaty. At auction, 4,055 bales, 740 barrels, and 1,270 cases of Brazil were nearly all dis posed of, chiefly for home consumption and refining under bond. MOLASSES.—A lively demaed has been experienced for all qualities of West India this week, and prices have risen Is. per cvct, Antiguar selling at 20s, and Demerara 18s per cwt. At these rates holders are firm, and the market is less freely supplied. In East India the sales are upon a more extended scale. Cocos..—Prices remain firm, as the stock is small, and nearly all in the hands of one party. The purchases made by private treaty are limited at from 47s to 50s per cwt. None has been offered at public sale. The purchases made in Foreign are trifling; holders will not accept lower rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon the operations in Native Ceylon were upon a more extended scale, and 1322 bags at auction sold at rather higher rates; real good ordinary fetched 30s 6d to 31s 6d, good ordinary 30s, and damaged 25s to 29s 6d; 10 casks 194 bags Plantation went rather higher, fine realized 75s to 865, good 65s to 70s, low middling 43s to 44s 6d, fine ordinary mixed 32s to 3te 3s; 112 casks Jamaica were only in part sold at steady ras. TEA.—A further improvement is apparent in the position of the market for all descriptions, and holders appear to be sanguine in their expectations as to the future. In Congou large purchases have been ma in qualities ; the rates paid are rather above those of this day week—good common realiz•s 7d, to 7-id per lb. In Green a good business has been concluded, anhe go at full rates for low and middling, od a nd fine on t contrary advanced id par lb. Pekoe Tea h a s not im on amore proved in value, the dealings are, however, up extended scale. part 4,382 bags. 980 packets at public sale, .a middling white at 8s to 9s, damaged 4s to is 6d, mixed sound cargo 6s s 6 r d ic t E o s. 7_s_, T an o c . i d d a a y m a a t g 6 1 s 1 6 1 d h p ag er a sold at 3d to 34d for, good mid and 1; rates. which are full rates. 13 pkgs Nutmegs realised d 2s 10d for epdubts.c6satloe Sumatra Mace, good brown, and middling 25 4d to 2s sd. 6 cases M middling 2s to 2s 3d. 103 bags clean Pepper 24d. bauo.—This afternoon at public sale 429 cases of Pearl sold 2s to 3s cheaper. and went at 18s to 19s 6d per cwt for good and fine qlity. SPIRITS. —A much better demand has been experi enced tor all descriptions of Jamaica Rum this week, and full r ates are obtained; indeed the finer sorts realised rather snore money. The sales for the week amount 3 50 puns, plain quality 2 8 to 31 per cent over proof real ized 3e 8d to 3 s 9 d , good 3 2 to 34 over 3s 9d to 3s 10d, fine 33 to , 35 over 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 33 t high flavoured 4s 6d to 4 s 8d per ga11 36 over on. On the he very part holders there is decidedly more For ore firmness.fine high Leeward of Island the state of the market is more satisfactory; the sales made are upon a more extended scale, and stiffer rates are obtained. 150 puns have been sold at is 9d for proof, and strung firm brown ditt o I s 10d, a t which the market is East India is more in demand, and stiffer prices are obtained. D emerara i s i n f a i r requ est. Havannah is not much wanted. and can be obtained at is sid to is 6d ter proof. For Brandy prices remain much the same as previously; the sales made are, however, limited, and for all purposes, whilst the stock is yet on the in crease. Geneva is little required, and ordinary for ex port is only worth is 9d to is 10d. For British Corn Spirits the market is very firm. lenico.—The quarterly sale of East India was, to the surprise of many parties, brought to a conclusion early to-day. The quantity declared was 7,377 chests (of which 393 were not printed), leaving 6,984, viz. :-4,794 chests Bengal, 324 Oudess, 545 Kurpahs, 1,286 Madras, and 35 sundries. SALTPETRE.—To -day there was no improvement in the demand for Rough, and 941 bags at public sale only in pa: t sold at 6d per cwt. decline—Calcutta middling grey 8 per cent went at 325, 124 ditto 31s 6d, and 54 ditto 32s 6d. OILS.--This afternoon at public sale 60 tons Sea Elephant Oil sold 231 5s to 231 15s per tun. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 178 casks of French Tallow were only in part sold at 45s to 47s 6d; 84 casks Siberia, 455; 240 casks P. Y. Candle, 45s to 46s 6d; 25 casks white Tallow, 445; 50 casks New South Wales 40s to 445; 722 packages South American 38s to 46s 6d. Another SHAREIIOLDEA then suggested that, instead of the call of ten shillings a share, the same plan as that adopted in the Unite d Mexican Association should be followed, viz., the allowing certain shareholders to ad vance money on the security . of the property to enable the works to be proceeded with, the directors giving such shareholders equivalent advantages for their ad vances. Mr. GIBISES stated in reply that only within the last week the directors. had received . advices of the carriage of gold towards this country which had, however, been unexpectedly delayed at 1 - tio Janeiro, but which might arrive st any moment, and it would therefore, he thought, be unwise to deviate from the usual plan on the present occasion. The report was then put and adopted, and the meet ing was dissolved. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 6th day of May, 1848. METZ DITAATMENT. N'otes i55ued........ 26.1-76,25 e £ 26.176,2 i 5 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other necurities •• • • 2,9m4,900 Gold coin and bullion 10,612,421 Silver bullion ••• • .. 1,563,834 Dated the 11th day of May. 1154 I 26,176,256 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 'AITKEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 11,713,630 Other securities •• . 11,535,962 Notes • • • • • • • • .. 7,554,451. Gold and silver coin 649,853 £31,753,900 K. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. JUNKING Dl Propr'etors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rent .. - .• • • .. 3,435,766 Public depi.sits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sm.- -logs-banks, and Dl vidend accounts).. 2,436,781 Other deposits ...... 10,250,972 Seven day and other bills— :—....r. -- .:: 1,077,381 £31,753,900 Dated the 11th day of May. 1548, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. (THIS DAY.) AFTERNOON SITTING. Mr. ANDREW HARLEY, delegate for Glasgow, sent in his resignation as a commissioner and as a.member of the Assembly. Mr. M‘Carthy was elected in his place ANSWER FROM THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. E. JONES said, yesterday he had been instructed by the Executive to write to the Lord Chamberlain to know when her Majesty would recei ve the de p utation which had been appointed to present the national memorials. Accordingly, be indited a letter to the following effect to his Lor dshi p :—"My Lord — Memorials to her Majesty having been ado pted at public meetings held throug hout the United Kingdom, I am instructed by the memorialists to enquire when Her Majesty will be p leased to receive the deputation, instructed to present the same." He bad just received the following reply from Lord Spencer, •• I have had the honor to receive your letter, and in reply have to ac quaint you that your application must be made to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, P b NE whose duty it is to take the Queen's pleasure in ca ses in question.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, The next step, therefore, for tne A"ssSemEly C to R .take" was to decide whether they should address themselves to the Home Secretary or not. If they sent the memorial through his hands, they would perhaps receive a very civil and polite answer. saying that be would take care to present them to her Majesty, but they would never afterwards hear anything about the matter. Mr. ADAMS proposed that the public meeting to be held on Clerkenwell-green on Monday next should be requested to accompany the deputation to Buckingham Palace, to demand an immediate audience with the So vereign, for the purpose of presenting the memorial ; the procession to be headed by the executive committee. A long discussion then ensued, nearly every speaker having a motion or an amendment of his own to pro pose, with respect the presentation of the memorial, and it ended by the passing of a motion of Mr. Jones, that a letter should be sent to Sir George Grey, to ask him when her Majesty would receive the deputation. RAILWAY COIUMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP 11. SOUTH YORKSHIRE, DONCASTER, AND GOOLE. Mr. Blackstone in the chair. The object of this Bill is to amend the original Act, and empower the company to extend their line to Pent wood, and make alterations in the Dodsworth Branch. The Committee passed the preamble, and agreed to the clauses. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. This Bill is to enable the company to carry their line across Sheffield-street, in Manchester. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. MANCHESTER ALTRINSOUTH JUNCTION AND CHAM. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. GROUP IV. VALE OF HEATH. Sir Edward Hayes in the chair. This Bill is to enable the South Wales Company to contribute towards the capital of the Vale of Neath line, and to amend the original Act. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND, WOLVERFIAMP TON (No. 1). The object of this Bill is to enable the company to in crease their capital. Preamble proved; clauses deferred. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMP TON (No. 2). This Bill is to enable the company to make deviations in the line, and empower the Shrewsbury and Birming ham, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dunley Railway Companies to contribute towards the capital. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. GROUP V. Sir Robert Peel in the chair. SOUTH-WESTERN (POWER TO PURCHASE STEAM-BOATS). Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters of this Bill, to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company to become the proprietors of the boats running between Brighton and Dieppe in their owu right. GROUP XII. Captain Fitzroy in the chair. EDINBURGEI AND GLASGOW. Mr. AUSTIN opened the case for the promoters of the Bill, to enable the Edinburgh and Glasgow to raise 300,0001. to pay off their debts, and to invest them with powers to make a line from North Mains to Port Elgar and South Queen Ferry, with two branches to the hir hour of South Queensferry and to the pier of Port E Igar. The Bill was opposed by the Scottish Central Company, but the Committee decided that they had no locus standi, and declined to hear them. Two witnesses proved the case, after which the Committee decided that the preamble had not been proved. Mr. AUSTIN inquired upon what ground they had arrived at that conclusion ? The CHAIRMAN stated that the Bill had been reported against by the Board of Trade, because it diet not define for what purpose the new capital was to be raised. Besides, it was said, that the money was re quired to enable the company to make good the illegal contracts they had entered into for contributing towards new shares. Mr. AUSTIN protested against the decision and called upon the Committee to reconsider it, but the Committee declined to do so. GROUP XIV. GREAT WESTERN. The object of this Bill was to enable the Great Western Company to extend the Berks and Hants Railway from Hungertord to Westbury, and to make a branch to Devizes. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. BRISTOL AND EXETER. This Bill was to enable the above company to make a line from Taunton to Castle Cary. It was opposed by Mr. HoPE, on behalf of several petitioners, on the ground that the subscription contracts were defective. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT'. (THIS EVENING.) Their LordAhips met at Five o'clock. Earl FI rZHARDINGE presented several petitions in f avour of legalizing the society of Odd Fellows. HOUSE OF LORDS. Petiti ons w i th a similar prayer were p re sented by Earl FrrzwiLmAst and Lord STANLEY . the Sy no d o f Lothian and Tweeddale against t The E ar l o f GALLOWAY presented a petihteionDfiprolom. matic Relations with Rome Bill. Lord BEAUMONT presented several p e titions in favour of th e l ega li zation of the Odd Fellows ' Society. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Lanark, against the Registration (Scotland) Bill. STATE OF THE LAW. Lord BROUGHAM then rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice on the state of the law, and was (LEFT SPEMEING.) HO SE K U took the C C laa O ir 3 s l h M ort O ly NS The before Four E LSON PATTEN presented petitions from j r , o'clock. i places in Lancas hire a g ainst the sale of spirituous liquors on Sunday. Mr. WILSON presented four petitions from places in Yorkshire against any alteration in the navigation-laws. Mr. SPOONER presented petitions from places in Sutherlandshire against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. rese nted petitions fro Viscount CASTLEREAGH pm places in Down against the Bill for the amendment of the law of imprisonment for debt. • FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. S Mr. F. O'CONNOR brought on the Friendly ocie ties Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday, 14th of June. Railway (Isle of Axholme testaju on the Great STUARTAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. 3 . 1 SU moved, pursuant to notice, that it be an instruction to the Committee Northern Company of Proprietors of Extension) fo ß rt i h ll' an t d o libeeaardtlehye Canal Navigation on the matter of their petition against • Ist West India Regiment—Ensign William Newco the said Bill, which was presented upon the Ist day of men Watts to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice this instant May. Gernon, decased, April 9 ; William James Russ, Gent., Sir W. HE ATIICOTE objected to the motion, and to be Ensign, vice sVaati, May 12. after a few observations from 2d West India Regiment—Captain Charles Durie, Mr. STUART in reply, from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Douglas, who The House divided, when there appeared— exchanges, May 12. For the motion Against it 69 15th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, May 12. Majority against it —sB Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. DUBLIN. The Honourable Charles Henry Cust to be Deputy Mr. REYNOLDS moved that the evidence taken be- Lieutenant; Frederick William Allix, Esq., to be Deputy fore the surveying officers upon the local inquiries held Lieutenant, May S. in Dublin, upon the subject of the applications to Pars Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. liament for the Dublin Improvement Bill and the Dublin Francis L'Estrange Astley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu- Consolidation Improvements and Waterworks Bill, be tenannt; James Bradfield Sanders Bradfield, Esq., to be laid on the table forthwith. Deputy Lieutenant; John Gay, Esq., to be Deputy The SPEAKER said the evidence was already on the Lieutenant, April 25. table, and the motion was withdrawn. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckingham. Mr. E WART presented a petition in favour of free Thomas Peers Williams, Esq., to be Captain, vice sites being granted for Scottish churches. Brickwell, deceased. April 18. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a congregation ADMIRALTY, MAY 3. in Newcastle to the same effect. Corps of Royal Marines—Second-Lieutenant Alex- Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Nottingham, ander Finlaison Sutherland to be First-Lieutenant, vice praying for a reduction in the taxation and expenditure Winne, dismissed. of the state. The petition was signed by the mayor and ADMIRALTY, MAY 4, 1848. upwards of 2,000 inhabitants of the town. First Lieut. Edward Stanley Browne to be Captain, Mr. HILDYARD presented a petition from White- vice Brevet Major James Fynmore, retired on full pay; haven against the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sunday. Second Lieut. Edward Richards to be First Lieutenant, Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from Carlisle vice Browne, promoted. o of Rome Bill. against the central clau se of the Health of Towns Bill. The Right H onourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Rot., Mr. COWAN pre sented se veral petitions from Scot - Lord Chief Ju stice of her Ma j est y 's Court of Common land in favour of the Free Sit es for Churches Bill. Pleas at We stminster, has a pp ointed Richard Holmes, petition against the Diplo- of Arundel, in the county of Sussex, Gent. , to be one a matic Relations withiFteOlalttißonEsSthe p res ented Curt of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the aeknow- Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition against diplo- legments of deeds to be executed by married women, matic relations with the Court of Rome. under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and re- THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE. coverics and for the substitution of more simple modes Mr. HUME said he had already given notice of assurance, in and for the county of Sussex. that he intended, on the 23d instant, to submit a mo- WHITEHALL, MAY 6. tion, and to call the attention of the House to the state The Lord Chancellor has appointed Juhn Howard, of the representation of the people.—(Hear, hear.) The of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to terms of the motion which he intended to submit on be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan- Tuesday week were to the following effect :—That this eery. House, as constituted, does not fairly represent BANKRUPTS. the property, i n telligence and industry of the country, Frederick Finney, pastry-cook, Tottenham, Middle in consequence of which great discontent had arisen in sex, to surrender May 19, at half-past twelve, and June the minds of a great portion of the people, and with a 23, at eleven, at the Covrt of Bankruptcy. Cannan, view to amend the national representation leave be given official assignee, Birchin-lane; Gregson and Co., Angel to bring in Bills for the following purposes :—First, that court, Throgmorton-street. the elective franchise be extended to all householders; John Boote, malster, Audlem, Cheshire, June 6 and that votes be taken by ballot ; that the duration of Par- June 20 at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. liaments do not exceed three years ; and that a more Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley and Co., equitable apportionment of the population to the number Chancery-lane, London ; Etches, Whitehurch; Tyrer, of Members to be elected be adopted—(Cheers) —or, Liverpool. in other words, equal electoral districts.—(Hear.) Richard Baxter, innkeeper, Hertford, May 23, at half- LONGFORD. past two, and June 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- Mr. BOUVERIE read the report of this Committee, ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, which was to the effect that Mr. Fox had been duly Old Jewry; Weymouth James-street, Buckingham-gate. elected. The report complained of the defective state of George Acome, tailor, Robert-street, Hanover-square, the registration in Ireland, and recommended the House May 18, at half-past twelve, and June 26, at halt-past to devise a remedy. eleven, at the Court of Banruptcy. Graham, official NOVA SCOTIA. assignee, Coleman street; Ambrose, Manchester-square. Mr. B. COCHRANE inquired whether information Samuel Mayer, earthenware manufacturer, Burslem, had been received at the Colonial Office to the 'effect Staffordshire, May 23 and July 4, at twelve, at the that the secretary of the colony (a very valuable officer) Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, had been induced to retire upon an allowance of only Birmingham; Woolston, Furnival's Inn, London; Bishop 4001. a year ; whether the judges of the courts were and Twig, Burslem. liable to be displaced simply by a petition to Charles Radenhurst, spirit dealer, Birmingham, May , the Colonial-office from the assemblies, and 25, at half-past ten, and July 4, at eleven, at the Bir without any specific allegations being assigned mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, against them; also, whether the salary of the Governor Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. had been reduced from 3,500/., with an allowance of 400 e Joseph llirst wire drawer, Halifax, Yorkshire, May for his secretary, to 3,0001., with 250/. for his secretary ? 25, and June 29, at the Leeds District Court. Young, Mr. HAWES (*he was very indistinctly heard in the official assignee, Leeds; Jones and Co., John-street, gallery) was understood to say that the secretary had Bedford-row, London; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. resigned upon the allowance mentioned after a service William Ashton Barton, surgeon, Coventry, May 20 of five years, but he held another office which yielded and June 15, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District considerable emolument. The salary of the Governor, Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Davis, which was voted with the civil list, would be reduced as Coventry ; Smith, Birmingham. stated. He should feel happy to lay any papers on the Moses Preston, surgeon, Wakefield, May 25 and June , matter before the House. 29, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford row, Lon- Sir B. HALL wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman, the don; Westmorland and Taylor, Wakefield. Member for Nottingham, a question with respect to a Henry Smith Searle, dealer in surgical instruments, Bill which he had introduced. He found that a great Queen's-place, Kennington, May 20, at one, and June number of persons had joined it as subscribers. 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fol- What he was anxious to know was, when the Hon. and lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Learned Member intended that the company should be Meymott, Blacktriars-road. put in such a position that he, as one of the promoters of Edward Self, cheesemonger, Bath, May 25, at eleven, the company, should be able to take out a certificate of and June 23, at two, at the Bristol District Court. registration? Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Cruttwell, Bath. Mr. F. O'CONNOR would answer the questions of Mary Ann Owens, victualler, Toxteth-park, near the Hon. Baronet with great pleasure. As soon as this Liverpool, May 23, and June 13, at eleven, at the company was established application was made to Mr. Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Tidd Pratt to register it, and it was then discovered Liverpool; Adams, Old Jewry-chambers, London; that, in consequence of several judgments of Mr. Justice Pemberton, Liverpool. Wightman, Mr. Tidd Pratt could not completely register George Umphray, merchant, Liverpool, June 6 and the company. He then had the company provi- 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, sionally registered, and having proceeded to a certain official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford extent, it was found that the expenses of complete row, London; Miller and Peel, Liverpool. registration would be so enormous that he had con• PRICE OF SUGAR. sidered it to be his duty to see if he could not The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed materially alter, if nut do away with, those from the returns io 4 d.cwt . have mad, t. in the week ending May 9, . expenses altogether to render it unnecessary to i 1848,s 2 have complete registration. That Bill he had brought in that day ; it had been read a first and ordered to be read a second time on the 14th of June • and he could assure the Honourable Member that if the House refused to pass this Bill, it was his determination to prosecute the matter to com plete registration, and nothing would give him greater satisfaction than to be discharged from the onerous duty that now devolved upon him.—(Hear, hear.) TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Mr. URQUHART said it had been rumoured that an offensive and defensive treaty had been concluded be tween Russia and Turkey during the absence of Sir Stratford Canning, and that her Majesty's Government had permitted that treaty to be entered into. He wished, therefore, if the rumour was untrue, that her Majesty's Government would contradict it. Lord PALMERSTON said, as far as the information of the Government extended, they had no knowledge of any treaty having been made between Russia and Turkey, and certainly they had given no instruc tions to Sir Stratford Canning on the subject. AMERICAN POSTAL REGULATIONS. In answer to a question from Mr. W. BROWN, Lord PALMERSTON stated that negotiations were pending between her Majesty's Government and the American Government relative to the Postal Regula tions with the United States, and when they were con cluded, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be prepared to explain the reasons for the course he was pursuing. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Sir R. INGLIS, pursuant to notice, wished to ask the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, in what state are the several improvements recommended by her Ma jesty's Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements in their successive reports. The improvements that bad been recommended were these—an embankment from Westminster-bridge to Blacklriars (to effect which a Bill was introduced) ; an embankment on the upper part of the river from Vauxhall to Chelsea ; an improved commu nication between Pimlico and the west front of Westminster Abbey, which would have led to the im provement of a part of the metropolis, that was all drained and unhealthy; next the improvement of a portion of the metropolis, immediately adjacent to the Eastern Counties Railway, by the proposed park at Battersea. He wished to take this occasion to mention that the Duke of Bed ford had offered to give 13,000/. towards effecting ins paovements in a particular locality. One reason of his asking these questions was, oa account of the injury which those who had property in these localities, which was stated would be required for the improvements, were suffering from the delay that had taken place, as they could not let or dispose of it. Lord MORPETH said the improvemeats referred to had been carried out to the utmost extent within the dowers of the Commissioners, and they were only now retarded in c onsequence of the Commissioners not having sufficient funds at their disposal to proceed with them as rapidly as they could with. STAMFORD ELECTION. Mr. WOOD then moved for the appointment of a Select Committee, to iuquire into the allegations contained in the Petition of certain Electors and Inhabitants of the borough of Stamford, which was presented upon the 14th day of March last, complaining of the interierence of the Marquis of Exeter, a Peer of the Realm, and Lord- Lieutenant of the county of Northampton, at the late and former elections of Members to serve for the said borough. 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The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH complained that only one month's notice had been given by the Govern ment of the renewal of the contract for the conveyance of the mails to Alexandria. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE explained that although only one month's notice of the renewal of the contract had been given, yet the Government had the power of rejecting all the tenders that might be made, if it should be of opinion that none of them were ad vantageous to the public service. BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Lord REDESDALE reminded their Lordships that last session a Commission had been appointed to report on the best means of providing for increased railway accommodation between Birmingham and London. That Commission had not yet reported. He wished to know when it was probable the report would be laid upon the table? The answer of Earl GRANVILLE was inaudible in the gallery. NAVIGATION-LAWS IN INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved for certain returns relating to the operation of the Navigation-laws in India. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not object to the furnishing the returns, and the motion was agreed to. DEFALCATIONS IN INDIA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then said, he wi,hed to call attention to the fact, that it had been discovered that more than one or two of the officers connected with the Supreme Court of Justice in India had been found defaulters in their accounts. He hoped some measure would be introduced to guard the public against the re petitio❑ of such disgraceful conduct. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE agreed with the Noble Earl, that the transaction alluded to by him was of the most disgraceful nature. Immediately on its be coming known to the Government in India, steps had been taken for the removal of one of the highest officers of that Court. An investigation had been going on, and a case had been submitted to the law officers of the Crown, with a view to ascertain how the matter stood in a legal point of view, and as soon as they had give❑ their opinion, a Bill would be introduced, if necessary, to correct the evil. Lord CAMPBELL presented petitions from various Odd Fellows' lodges praying to be put on the same foot ing as other friendly societies. The House then adjourned. (LBFT SITTING.) THE to-NDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHA.LL, .MAY 12, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honourable James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie. WAR.OFFICE, MAY 12. 9th Light Light Dragoons Gentleman Cadet Henry Scott, from the Royal Military College, May . 15th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Digby Gerahty, from half-pay 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mac- Gregor, promoted, May 12. 16th Foot—Captain George Douglas, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Ca p tain, vice Durie, who exchanges, May 12. 34th Foot—Robert Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kenny, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 12. 35th Foot—Lieutenant John Alexander Ewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Cooper, who retires; Ensign James Bickerstaff to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ewart; Will iam Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bickerstaff, May 12. 36th Foot—Captain Lewi s Alexander Boyd, from half-p a y U na ttached, to be Capta in, vice Robert Stuart Ridge, 57th Foot—Lieutenant Ge or g e Henry Hunt to be who retires upon full pay , Ma y 12. Captain, without purchase, vice John Ovens, who re tires upon full pay, May 12. 68th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Fre derick from half-pay- Unattached, to be Major, ;ce Rich ar d L ec k on b y Phipps, who excha n g es ; Ca p tai n Henry Smyth to b e Major, by pur chase, vice Tinlin g , who retires; Captain John Edward Lewis, from half . 3d . ceased; Lieutenant t o b e C a ptain, vice Carmichael, de• ; Lieutenant John Edward Leveson Gower to be Anthonytai7n,oyp v u ic re e h S a h se u , tti v e i w ce ort it h ica A r l i t:y w l2 h . U Captain,tre by Purchase ' vice Smyth ; Engign Charles purchase,wer viege G'o Shuttleworth, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ; Thomas Tryon. Gent. to be Ensign, by Foot—Lieut. Chaloner Bisse, to be Ca - o retires ; Ensign Walmesley, to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Bisse;Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Gent., to be ' En sign, by purchase, vice Walmesley ; May 12. - O 0 - O 0 - O 0 2 HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 11. LUNATIC ASYLUMS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE moved the second reading of this Bill, and said that he wished to state that a better regulation of lunatic asylums prevailed, considering the absolute and abject condition of pauper lunatics in Scot land. Look, said he, to the state of that country, and when you are given to understand, on the most undeni able proofs of the Commissioners appointed to investi gate into their wretched condition, that there are in Scotland twenty-four counties without one single luna tic asylum, will you not >say that their affliction is worthy of the Consideration of the humane and chari table.? Then there are six counties where a few hospi tals or asylums exist, and to those gather all the afflicted, or at least as many as can possibly, from the twenty four to which I have already alluded. At present there are in Scotland 3,400 lunatics. Of' these there are 1,660 who can support themselves; of the pauper lunatics, 1,770 have not a solitary cell in any asylum throughout the country. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then alluded to the number of lunatics in several of the counties who were able to support themselves, and to the quadruple number of pauper lunatics, and implored the sympathy of the House and the country to redeem crea tures suffering the most agonising torture, both mentally and bodily. He then, in a most pathetic manner, de scribed some melancholy sufferings of those creatures, and trusted that the House would evince its well-known generosity to fellow-creatures and fellow-subjects who are doomed to s• ch afflictions. From the communica tions he had received, and the statistical returns he had seen, he had every reason to believe that the measure would be attended with considerable success. In order to make it the more extensively efficient, he should pro pose that it go ttrough a Committee up stairs, where its defects might be the better corrected on a discus sion. —(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. F. 3,IACKENZIE, Mr. HUME said he should not oppose the Bill, be cause he took it for granted that a Committee up stairs would deal with it properly, and he hoped that in parti cular the question of expenditure would receive due consideration. Mr. AGLIONBY said he believed the Bill was not wanted in Scotland, though he should not now oppose it on principle. There was a very excellent asylum in the neighbourhood of Dumfries, which occasioned some expenditure to the inhabitants of the district, and the operation of this Bill would be to increase it. After a few words from Mr. FORBES, Mr. EW ART said he should give his support to the Bill of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Lord Ad vocate, but would beg to call his attention to a eircum- stance connected with the subject. Dumfries possessed perhaps the finest asylum in the kingdom, and therefore he hoped that an exemption might be made for this place, which could include as a district the counties of Pum- fries, Kirkcudbright, and Wigton. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL of SCOTLAND ex plained, that the Bill in such a case would not occasion an unnecessary expenditure. Sir G. GRE Y supported the Bill, and approved of the Lord Advocate's plan of referring it to a Select Com- mittee up stairs. - Mr. S. WORTLEY supported the Bill, and said that his experience in the county of Bute fully bore out the correctness of the principle upon which it proceeded. Sir D. DUNDAS also supported the measure, which, be said, was really an act of charity towards the un fortunate persons who would be the objects of it in Scotland. The LORD ADVOCATE having explained, The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. REMOVAL OF ALIENS BILL. On the order of the day being moved to read this Bill a third time, The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY read an ex tract from a letter of Montalembert, in which he dis claimed having ever excited any hostility to England, but hoped at the same time that she would do justice to Ireland. Mr. MOWATT moved that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. He thought the Bill was a gross outrage on public opinion, and that the Government ought by this time to have stated some case upon which he might ask them to pass the Bill. If the country were in that state of peril which the Noble Lord at the head of the Go srnment would have them infer, it would be the more easy for them to state that case, and their negligence in that respect was, therefore, the more culpable. He thought that the right feeling of the people of this coun try would at all times, if there were necessity, be suffi cient to counteract any designs of foreigners against the peace and security of this country. It would, were there any attempt on the part of foreigners to disturb the quiet of the country, be as easy to track them as it would a wild beast. They had had nothing of late but a series of harsh and illiberal measures at the hands of a Government calling itself not only liberal, but the light and spirit of the age in this country.—(Hear, hear.) First, they had in this session, the Irish co ercion Bill ; then they had " the*Ga,gging Bill;" and now they were about to be afflicted with the proposed Alien Bill. He considered it a most silly, childish, uncalled-for, and, he must say, tyrannical Bill—a Bill which was an outrage on the common sense of the day. He had had much intercourse with the people of the continent, and in particular with the French, and all the foreigners with whom he had communicated agreed in strongly condemning the Bill, which they pronounced as a Bill calculated to exasperate the violent party in Re. publican France against this country. It was true that they had had a revolution recently in France; and he must say that it was absolutely called for, and that, he was not sorry for it. This Bill was intended to stop the progress and influence of " propagandism" in this country; but it would be utterly inoperative for that purpose, for every well-educated man was now a propa gandist of liberal opinions.—(Hear.) The Hon. Mem ber concluded by proposing that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. He deeply la mented that such a Bill had been brought forward by the present Government—a Government from whose cha racter the country and the world had a right to expect better things; and he regretted it the more, as it was a Bill calculated to injure the character and interests of this country. It was a measure to be deprecated in the strongest manner, and for those reasons, and the reasons he had already expressed on the subject, he should second the motion that the Bill be read a third time this day six months. Lord DUDLEY STUART could not allow the Bill to go to a third reading without again recording his opinion against it. He did not see any necessity for such a Bill at the present time. He was not aware of any circumstances that could at all justify it; and he considered it a Bill calculated to injure the cha racter of this country. It would affect the liberty or interest of many thousands of foreigners located in this country, and was in that respect a power that ought not lightly to be vested in the bands of any one man. He would refer the House to the speech of a late noble and excellent Lord, Lord Holland, against a former Bill of the kind now before the House. That Noble Lord, from whose speeches he was fond of quoting, in speaking of the Alien Bill, used these words —" You contract the spirit of our law, you shake the very foundations of British justice, when you entrust such a power over the lives, liberty, and property of any set of men on the principle that the power will not be abused." He had given notice of two clauses, which he proposed to add to the Bill. Mr. MUNTZ had very great pleasure in supporting the amendment, and he only wished that it was in his power to throw out the Bill wholly. He had mixed much with foreigners, and he thought the alarms of the Government were only worthy of an old woman. Mr. EW ART could not allow the Bill to pass the third reading without expressing his entire disapproba tion of its whole principle. Such a Bill showed a want of confidence in the constitution of this country ; but if the constitution was good for anything, it would, with out the aid of this Bill, resist and correct any attempts which might be made by persons coming from other countries to disturb the institutions of this. Mr. FORSTER thought it unnecessary for him to say one word in explanation of the votes he had already given on this Bill. If he thought the Bill necessary for the preservation of the peace of this country, he should feel it his duty to support the measure ; but he consi dered it wholly unnecessary. He objected to it on the ground that foreigners would be driven by it to think most unkindly of us ; and he could not but believe, with respect to the circumstances said to call for it, that the ,Government must have been deceived. Sir H. VERNEY would ask Hon. Gentlemen if they were prepared to allow foreigners to come into this country, and interfere in designing and fomenting plots to disturb the peace of the people? Hon. Gentlemen had ridiculed the Government, as being influenced by timidity and panic ; but he could assure those Hon. Gentlemen that he knew of a country that had been lost by panic. His opinion was, that it was the wisest and justest course that the Government could have pursued, and he should, under all the circumstances, support the Bill. Mr. G. DUNCAN had voted on twelve different divi sions out of seventeen in favour of this Bill, and he was quite prepared at present to support the measure, as her Majesty's Government said they required it. Sir GEORGE GREY admitted that nothing could be more fair than the manner in which Honourable Members opposed this Bill. Honourable Members had expressed themselves at a loss to know the grounds on which her Majesty's Government could justify their introduction of this Bill. Me did not wish to intro duce any names into the discussions on the Bill ; but the circumstances that bad come to his own knowledge with reference to foreigners—not such foreigners as the Hon. Member (Mr. Muntz) had spoken of his acquaint ance with, but foreigners who were here for the purpose of interfering with and disturbing the institutions of this country. He did not mean to say that this Bill was brought forward in a dastardly spirit to protect the people of this country, who were impressed with the most loyal attachment to the constitution of the country, and prepared to put any disturb ance down that might be attempted. But looking at what was taking place in other countries and in Ireland, he thought the Government were entitled to some credit for the steps they bad taken to secure the peace. The Government thought that under the circumstances of the present time, and looking at the pro pagandism, not, he would say, on the part of foreigners in this country, but in other quarters, that they were bound to look to the security of the Crown and Government; and they now asked only for a Bill of this kind, having for its exclusive object the preservation of the peace and tranquillity of the country. He thought that the objections to this Bill would be best answered by its being known that the Government possessed the power given by the Bill in its own hands. With respect to the hospitality of this country, it was well known to be at all times proverbial; but should any occasion arise, then it was well that the Government should possess the power of dealing with it—a power which it would exercise, and which he should not shrink from exer cising. The Hon. Member for Birmingham (Mr. Muntz) had spoken of foreigners; but he was quite sure that it was not from such foreigners as he was in the habit of associating with that the danger was to be appre hended; and it was against that class only from whom danger was to be apprehended that the powers of this Bill were intended to be exercised. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said that those who believed that the laws of the land were not sufficient to prevent aliens from interfering with the constitution, had an ample justification for supporting this Bill. For himself, he thought that a foreigner should stand precisely upon the same ground that an Englishman did. Had a foreigner less need of the safeguard of our laws than an English man? He thought that, if 'anything, he should be treated with greater consideration, but at least he should not be placed in a worse condition.—(Bear.) Mr. BROTIIERTON said he was bound to give his confidence to a Government who had hitherto voted for every liberal measure. If they asked for this Bill, if they said it was necessary, he would give his vote of con fidence to the Government, who were looking to the peace and welfare of the country.—(Hear.) Mr. COBDEN said the speech of his lion. Friend the Member for Salford was not a speech in favour of the Alien Bill, but of the Ministry. His Hon. Friend had given his reasons for the vote which he was about to give, and had deprecated any misinterpretation of the motives by which he was actuated ; but he was sure that there was no Member of that House who had less reason to be anxious on that score.—(Loud cheers.) Th e speech of his Hon. Friend had, however, confirmed hint in an opinion which he had long entertained—that they were prone to pass bad laws, not because they approved of them, but because the peculiar state of parties induced a large number on that side of the House to support the measures of the Government, whether good or bad, be cause for fifteen years they had been in the habit of voting with them.—(Hear, hear.) On the other side of the House, olso, a large portion voted for the Govern ment, because they themselves were not prepared to take the government on themselves —(Hear, hear) — while another section on the same side supported the Government, because they wished to prevent the latter from coming into power.—(Hear.) This was a very un fortunate state of things, because it removed all the old responsibility of public men, and induced them, instead of voting with reference to the measures proposed, to satisfy their consciences by pleading old friendships and old hostilities. He had, for some time past, made up his mind to give his vote:quite independently of ay parties; and he believed the country would never suc ceed in getting good or escaping bad measures until her Members resolved to disregard old distinctions of party, and treated questions on their own merits. He was quite sure that, with respect to the great questions with which he had been identified—he alluded particularly to the measure connected with free trade—not one would have passed, had not its supporters resolved to treat Whig and Tory the same. In all future questions in which he might take an interest, he should continue to regard them in the same light. The Alien Bill had been so exhausted that it was unnecessary for him to dwell upon it. There was, however, one point of view in which it had not as yet been regarded. It ape peered to him, that whilst the Government were passing alien Bills, and Bills for the protection of the Crown and Government, it was a proof that they were taking the wrong direction as to what was the best course for satisfying the country and maintaining our institutions. —(Hear, hear.) It seemed to him that the Government had not profited by the examples set on the Continent, where they had seen repression and coercion fail of their purpose—(Hear, hear)—and Governments prostrate, because they had not taken the wise course of conciliation and concession. The Government was seen still follow ing the old course of coercion and repression, but no measures were propounded calculated to increase the attachment of the people to the institutions of this country.—(Hear, hear.) He would venture to say that the country was at this moment looking moat a nxiousl i f —not for coercion, not for gagging Bills, not for Bil ls for the protection of the people against aliens, but for the announcement of remedial measures—(Hear) —ex pecting to hear the Government prepared to put our representative system in harmony with the spirit of the age.—(Hear, hear.) They were not prepared to see the whole world in motion, and this country standing still, or taking a retrograde movement.—(Hear, hear.) The country was also looking to retrenchment and economy , and I will venture to say (continued the Hon. Member) that, if you wish to maintain the monarchy againt ree publican innovation you will do more towards the accomplishment of your object by cutting away much of that barbarous splendour which belonged to other times, to the cost of the country, and the aggrandisement of the aristocracy.—(Hear, hear.) You will do more to recon cile the people of this country to monarchical institution s by removing some of these useless and mischievous sr pendages to royalty, than by preventing the people from discussing republicanism. I entreat the Governmen t not to think there is a passive acquiescence in the men" sures they are now passing in this House. I have 0" plained why you have a majority. The feeling out of doors is very different.--(Hear, hear.) If you want to maintain your institutions do not pass coercion Bills, but resort at once to remedial measures; reform yourselves, and retrench your expenditure.—(Hear, hear.) • Lord J. RUSSELL—The lion. Member for Falmouth (Mr. Mowatt) complained that the Government had, et the beginning of the session, introduced various men' sures of coercion, and said that they were abandoning the principles which they had formerly professed, and were acting against the constitution of the country as gen e " rally recognised by the people. It has certainly been our fate to have to introduce measures which were in' tended for the purposes of repression. If such measures were not necessary, we were not justified in introducing them; if they were necessary, I think then we should have been much to blame, had we refused to perform that which was our duty to the well-affected and well disposed people of this country, from any fear of such ire' putations as the Hon. Gentleman has thrown out. (Hear, hear.) But I think there are some tests by which the utility and necessity of such measures nisi be tried. One test is, whether such measures as we have hitherto introduced, and of which the operation has been in some degree seen, have been successful in diminishing crime and the excitement to crime, whether they have been successful in allaying that state of disturbance and uneasiness which prevailed in one part of the United King dom. And a second test is, whether those measures have operated with as little disturbance as it was possible to give to the ordinary and usual enjoyment of the liberties of the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) In speak ing of those measures , and a pp l y in g these tests—fol lowing the example of the Honoura ble Member for the , West Riding of Yorkshire — l do no t mean to mak ear any distinction between Whi g a nd Tory—(real', h b w e h c a a t u e s v e e r I nabelieve e that been b t o h t e h d i p s a t i r n t tics which belonged to these par ties in anterior periods of our history, have been earnest l y and e q ually anxious gch es a e rac t t im. eri e 's s.: gieusishin th in to maintain those constitutional liberties so longs hhe boast of the inhabitants of these isla nds. Now, regard to the first measure introduced by us' which has been described as a coercive measure—the Irish Arms Bill—we found that there began to prevail, last autumn , a dreadful frequency of crime in Ireland, making the life of every individual unsafe, and either driving men from the country, or exposing them, as they returned home from market or any other ordinary business, to be Ivey' laid and assassinated _from behind:the hedges; in shorts reducing the country to such a state, that every one who was a possessor of property, or had anything to to with its management, even down to the small farmer , was made to feel that he could not safely inhabit the country.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, we introduced a Bi ll which I do not think interfered with the ordinary en” ployment of the people of Ireland, which was not ope n to the objection that attached to the various Bills tha t have been introduced with the same object at oth er times—that of confounding th e innocent with the guil t ij for this Bill, while it left th e i nnocent i n t h e enjoylne'," of all their privileges, t oo k effectual pains to disar m those who were intent u p on cr i me and in t habit of committing crime. I am happy 10 561 that the last accounts which we h ave received as to °l f : amount of crime in Ireland, tend to show bow "'if great a change has been introduced into the barcondition the people. I find that while in April, 1847, the nu only of crimes amounted to 5,209, in April, 1843, they 011 ,;_ amounted to 1,196. Homicides, which in April , l t; were twenty-four, were in April, 1848, only nine. crime of firing at persons had diminished from ninetfmee in April, 1847, to three in April, 1848. The er.`e. of demand or robbery of arms had diminished zruoi 67 in April, 1847, to 12 in April, 1848 ; the criMiept, bearing arms from 16 in April, 1847, to 7 in Ari l be d In the same way several other crimes have dirnin' s r ed very greatly : and even in the last month, as coMPliber with the preceding, the diminution in the total ntl e r° o ,) of crimes has been from 1,429 to I,l96.—(Hear, 13°00 I certainly should not omit to mention that in no circuits, those of King's County and Roscorurn ° , ll :,4B. offences against the person are reported in April, lutbe Therefore, whatever language may be used again s p si Government for having introduced the Bill whie D i e • carried through this House before Christmas, it .." 1 in, great satisfaction to me to have been instrum e r b - , in passing an Act, owing to the consequences of vell' e d e ti a great measure, there has been secured greater 5, 10 05 to life, and men are enabled to carry on their occuPP• o es with safety in that country, free from the apprehe ns itat, of continual and barbarous murders.—(Cheers.) ee ter sir, we introduced very lately a m easu r e for the g r n ' t ef. security of the Crown and G overnmen t o f this co o n iii' The main features of that measure were f ea tures °L ; r u slf gation—mitigation of the l aw o f t reason as it pre/'," 00 1d stood. But we did th a t t o w hi c h I t hi n k n o one -,that well object, seeing that if a measure in reference te cry crime was necessary for England, it was no less nen e e ss ot or for Ireland; and if it were proper that we in thise—teat try should be subj ec t t o suc h a law, it was no less n‘tijoen the Irish should b e su bj ec t t o th e same ee ry hear.) Though that Act has been in operation but s ti ha , short time, its effect, its suc cess f u l e ff e ct, in Ire's ° w eer been very visible.—(Ch eers .) E ver y one will reln e o fthe that, six weeks ago, it was impossible to read any e r eal‘: papers from Ireland without seeing that men were es' ing a great bravado of their courage; with the emphasis, and with great demonstration of wha:r io i were about to do, they declared it was their ilite ° '," r eoP/' make war against her Majesty and her IMajestY s and to sever Ireland from its allegiance to this n e- ot ite s ; and they spared no kind of invective, not only %le n ' the Crown and Government, but against the Pe n rdeed , this country.—(Cheers.) It has a pp eare d lately , in pay' that those persons, although they spoke insa d spoke so very much because th e y were in Dlinl""'yeri actually under the security and protection of thn t st ion, Government which they profe sse d th e ir detert en ! it e f to overthrow and annihilate.—(Che e rs.) And der ": happen that when on one occasion the comma tit bl° her Majesty's troops had not forces immediately of the disposal, in order to protect the persons of sorn e we re worst of these would-be traitors—those personlisieetf danger, not from her Majesty's troops and her so. ,ed police, but they required the assistance of tbosucoese: troops and police in order to save them front the 0 ,0 0 , quences of those harangues and those writing s _ °the; they had so freely indulged in Dublin and sel t heuB o places.—(Cheers and laughter.) But, Sir, : 00 , t o those very persons were so willing, a few we ek read/ to submit to the penalties of high treason, and se .e etl° B declare that they must either put down Lord ter eir ;on o or that Lord Clarendon must put down then", W oof O a , has been entirely changed.—(Cheers.) It is ,„inven o i most mild and mitigated treason—the most t - te re water sedition—(Laughter)—so weak 1n'%11, 4 " treason, insubordination, and rebellion, that it rt.,' pr e ' become quite flat to those whose appetites for: viously been tickled by the highly-flavoured neleioneta merly prepared and administered by those Pe' 0 40, (Great laughter.) Therefore I say, "' it ' l l 011, to that Act, which met with so ral e ' us e L' • sition in this House, that it has been Ye r ti n g W e e for its purpose, and has had the effect of nur dse gern it great measure this very inflammatory and art thiseshe language. At the same time, I venture to ass bed t he has not in the least degree diminished or cL" .esn ect proper liberty of discussion in Ireland with y r c e n l e re e eS any measure of the Government.—(Hear.) I e t he say that any one who really wishes to disci's be Mig h t sures of the Government—whatever faults s wish to find with them, or whatever epithet wish to apply to the conduct of the Governor t his before me s a passed. much at liberty to do so as ho was he 'of ase passed. He must keep within certain limits; not use seditious language. Such was _t a n _ the I_l`oo, land befere this Act passed; such is the l 7z, l3;i ll:l oii now.—(Hear, hear.) Then we come t. 13 c . 1 1 eertjeet before the House, to the effects of wh ts i e n,., 11,0 cannot speak very confidently; but cer h in as u gipee Hon. Friend near me (Sir G. Grey) eoe deiel reason to think that it will have a be o n, sa, r e arf I wish to disclaim its being directed agas!",_ri.,(o_eted ticular Government or any particulasr iete o " op ie hear.) It is quite untrue that it i _t st t he r Go' against the French Government or agsale_t to the re.; of France.—(Bear, hear.) With re P a l', res son4t vernment of France, lam sure we hav e e _ ira tion „ehe collect with the strongest feelings of an: et od fro a moment of great peril, when no one 1b of 1 1 . !. Go. might be the fate next day of the m t n e c r ' s n r i s. o o e stine visional Government, one of the rnen w eto C l ' ea& vernment, Mons. Laruartine, held ,u the least, for a feu, ACM' 1 , ol deputies, who, to say . cap the . 0 0 purpose, had gone to the Frencnb. to the ace° ti an se II Ith language which, while it exposed lin d Wen trie any ruffian who wished to carry terrorsbie to him -4 011 ' it into this country, was both honour: and praiseworthy to him as a minis ter _ t w an/ se r i e eel° showed that he really had at heart, s e e might be to himself, the maintenanc 01 ..riff