The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-26 00:00:00

fourtt Vbition SUN OFFICE,:Sevim o'Cloch, Tilt LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENINVr.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PEICLE, MAItC7I2, 1852. Notion is hereby - given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the. let of April next, at two o'clock. - PGRZION-OFFICE, Mincx 25. The Queen has been pleased to, approve of Mr. Josiah Williams as Consul at Waterford, and of Mr. George E. Bevan as Vice-Consul at Swansea, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 26.. - a pp?int the Rev. Henry The Queen has been pleased to Hermann Von Dadelazen to be Colonial Chaplain of Trinity Church sit Colombo, in the Island ot Ceylon, and the Rev. William Henry Simons to be Colonial Chaphtin, at Kandy, la that island. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 24, 1852. RXTURNED TO SERVE DT THIS PRESENT PAILLIAMENT. County of Salop—Southern Division—The Right Hon. Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, commonly called Vis count Newport, Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's House hold. County of ',Cork—Viscount S cu lly, o f M err i on -s qu a re , in the city of Dublin in the room of Maurice Power, Esq., w h o has accepted the office of Governor of the Island of e'aint March 26. Borough of Coleraine —The Right Hon. Richard South well Bourke, commonly called Lord Naas, of Palmerstown, in the county of Kildare, in the room of John Boyd,. Esq., who has accepted the o ffi ce to Steward to her Alaiesty's Chiltern Hundreds. Borough of Dungannon—The Hon. William Stuart Knox, one of the Grooms in Waiting on her Majesty. WAR-OFFICE, 61Attcx 26. 17th Regiment of Light Dragrons—Lieutenant Robert White to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richards, who retires, dated March 28. 2d Iregiment of Foot—Ensign Robert Cunningham Thom -1011 t 9 be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jacson, who retires; Lieutenant James Harwood Rocke to be Adjutant, vice: Jacson, who resigns, March 26, sth Foot=Acting 'Assistant-Surgeon Henry Bowles Franklyn, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robb, deceased, March 26. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Palmer, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenants vices; Shipley, who exchanges,' March 26 eom Qhrt Kn . o; Loet, fi 10th Foot—Assistant-Slug- Jz. Loot, from the , 65th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon; vice Inglis, promoted in the 64th Foot, Basch 26. 2tst Ftiot--Second Lieutenant Holt. Waring Clerke to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King, who retires; Altfred• Temple:nal, Galati, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase; vice Clerke, March 20. 26th Foot—Ensiga Richard Chute to be Lieutenant, by . pitrohiuttgaice Myhas, who retires, .March 26. - 384- Voot—Captairatubert Townley Parker, from the 53d! lioot, to be Captain, vice Gore, who exchanges; Lieutenant Joins E. Taubman Quayle to beCaptain, by purchase, vice - Mill who retires; Ensign Valentine Bennett to be Lieute , nest, by purchase, vice Quayle. March 26 . 38th Foot —Ensign. Peter Wright Breton, from the 4th . Foot, tolie•EtHisigh,.-vice Beaw_ick, promoted, March 26. 4•lth Foot—Lieutenant_ Sir Arthur., Henry: Dillon, Bart.i • from the , 74th !Toot, to; be I,ientenant; vice Wolrige, who exchanLree, March-26. :!:3d Foot—Captain Anneilay Paul, Gore, from the Mil 3r ho exchanges, March 26 : ~loot, to be Captai li,„yicg Parker, ssts F o cA _Li e ,t e q, - Zt - William Davis Shipley, from the 7th boa, to be Lieutenant, vice Palmer, who exchangesi " March 26. Foot-4.sokaqt-Surgeon James Gordon Inglis, M.D., from the 10th Foot, to, be Surgeon, rice Archer, deceased, March 26. , _ _ nth Foot—Lieutuali Henry Ridge from the 461 th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sir Arihur Henry Dillon, Bari., who exchanges, ,Afarcil 26. 7th Fait,---,l 4 'eutenant ,ilenry Jutting Wallack to be Ciptsin br ptirdiaso, vics Rust), who retires; Ensign Ro bert Waltnesley to be Liettienant, by purchase, vice Wallack, March 26. 84th Foot—Wltiiain George Clarke, Gent., to be Assistant Sarge , m,vice Leer. appointed to the 10th Foot, March 26. 3d West Ipdta Regiment—Lieutenant. Peter John Mac donald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Thomas Prendergast, who _retires, upon full pay; Ensign George Cole to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mac ,lonald, March 2 , 3. tat West. India, iZegiment—Lieutenant Henry Hewetson, from h. it,pav, lUlat Foutriq t?e Lieutenant, vice Henry Jones, who exchanges ; Etoiign Christopher, .Lanes Magnay to be Lieutenant, by . purchase, vice Hewetson, who retires, March 26. - , BREVET.—Captain S. A. Abbott, of the 51st Bengal Native.infastry, to have the rank of Major in the East 1n414-41, March 16. OFFICE OF OIIDNAICE, AlAacir 24. Atoyal Regiment .cf Artillery.- Lieutenant. Colonel William Dell to be Colonel, vice Cruttenden, deceased ; Brevet Major Charles William Wingfield to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice }VI; Second Captain Richard Blackwuod-Price to be Cap thin, vice Wingfield; First Lieutenant George Colclongh to be Second Capten, vice Blackwoo.t-Price ; Second Lieute tlant Henry Plantagenet Prescott Phelis to be Fiat Lieute nant, vice Glclough, March 18. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Wigtonnshire. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., to be Vice-Lieutenant, March IS. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire. Stirlingshire Militia—John Alexander Henderson, Esq., to Major, vice Major Cellander, deceased. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Nutley, Reading, Berkshire. BANKRUPTS. John Hall, confectioneer, Croydon. to surrender April 2, at eleven, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Healey, Basinghall-street. Frederick King, hair dresser, Brighton, April 5, at one, and May 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street; Freemand and Bothamley, Coleman-street ; Chalk, Brighton. Edward Morgan, licensed victualler, Portman-market, Edgeware-road, April 8 and May 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Pollock, Essex-street, Strand. Charles Green, scrivener, Spalding Lincolnshire, April 16 and April 30, at half-past ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittlestcn, official assignee, Nottingham ; Jebb, Boston, Lincolnshire; Jabet, Birmingham. David Henry Thomas, draper, Tyntwr, Carnarvonshire, April ti and May 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offreial assignee, Liverpool ; Bunting, Man chester. Philip Hitchmough, corn dealer, Liverpool, April 14 and May 10, at eleven, at the - Liverpool District Court. Caze nov% official assignee, Liverpool ; Malaby and Townshend, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of .IfroWn or Muscovado Sugar, oom piaci from returns made in the week ending Ma rch 23, 1852, exchisive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatiea thereot into Great Britain From the British possessions in America 19s. 4id. per cwt From the Mauritius -20 e. 5 d. From the East Indies ... ... 211 s. lid. ~ Average price of the three foregoing de acriptions of sugar, jointly, coMputed as " above, and exclusive of duty ... 22m. „ By authority of Parliament; HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company tirocra'•hall, March 26. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) ' b A.(teonnt, ourauant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 82 for • th e,We.i en , llog on Saturday, the 20th day of Mirth, 1852, tsSUY DP.P.tanIENT. F)-Na Z. 33,175,625 GoTerrnnent debt 11, 0 1 5 . 10 Otb , !r securities ...• 2,984,90 Goltizoin and ortillou 19,142 2541 Silver bullion • • .. •• 33,375 .£ 33.175.525 M. Chief Cashier. ths ; soca 43, ilt ]larch, 1332. es.traiati DEP 411:11119. T £a3 175,62 b proprietor ecapital •. 1 4 . 4 ' 1 Z. Public . ......... „ ;7, 5 1 8 .000 ;Government s scurf- Public - deposits (in- ' ' I M : A , tlestincluding Dead ~rAding Eactienti4r, ' Weight Annuity) • • 13,567 593 rjanattilasloners of Other securities •• • • 11,722,150 National obt• Say- • ,Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 13,195,605 , , gs _baaks, anD 'Gold and ether coin • • 570405 eidend accoants) • • 7 • 510.39 a ••• . •• 12,300,704 • Other d e posits 1 Seven day cad ' ,that • 8n1......... _ ~, .. 1,001,520 - A 19,056,553 11 ..8.E5a 419,355,653 152. ALL, Chief Cashier. Pitted Km 25th L 1,4.7 Of 3farsh, 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool. sea at Five o'clock. MUTINY BILL. Oh the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Mutiny Bit was read a first time. MAY NOO TH GRANT. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a Pea' from Coester against the Maynooth grant.!l PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS ACT EXTEN SION BILL. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER this Bill was read a second time. The Commons Enclosure Bill passed through Corn alittee. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. ►n the motfon --- ofilieEarl of LONSDALE this Bill tees read a seem d time. _ . The Law of Wills Amendment Bill was reported to the House. PROCLAAATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIA- MENT. On tipi motion of Lord BROUGHAM this Bill was rtexl a second tinie. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. The karl of WICKLOW put a question to the Noble Eari at the head of the Government whether it was Ms intention to introduce a measure to prolong the En cumbered Estates Act for another year, and also, if it was his intention, at the expiration of that period, to Five a mure settled and permanent position to this Court. The Earl of DERBY said that the object of the Go. "T" leut was precisely the same as those of the Noble Sari opp".itt —6 3 prevent the inconvenience which w v u:d result itt Ireland from the sudden ter attention business iu the Encutabered Estates Court. As the Act stood at present, i t wou ld exp i re i n t h e e o urse of 0 0 present sep s i on, end to avoid the conse , qtleC • „f eudakil tu mination, it h a d b een t h oug h t !1 1- • `troduce a Bill to pro - it, -- ng existence for anotlstr ye stcivil'"L ".s 113 In t h e tiles ntiva , . e the L or d Ch ance ll or o f Ireland wild dirk.r., attention to en deavour to ascarta:n whethi r it would be prienet,ble, to B'.l3 3 Pli f Y the Mc - edin gs i n t h e CeCrum cf Chilncery irf Irehsnd, so as to allow the bll6lll°Aa 'et' the Enetim bered Court to b e trans ferred to brehin('` ry at thee s i p i ration of the jr.triuci for - it 4iii6kfoite *lfs "*" nought. This week) not be intended to diminish the goo .1 effects which 1‘4 , 1 smut had prQduecd in Ireland, but THE merely to return from the present extraoitlinary course of proceeding to the ordinary tribunals of the country. If, however, her Majesty's Govern- ware prevented from effecting those reforms in the Court of Chancery which they iniended to propose, they did not feel precluded from securing a continuance of the benefits produced by this Court, by introducing s mea ' sure for the still further prolongation of its existence. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE quite agreed with the Noble Earl, that the sadden termination of this sours would be attended by great iaconvenience, and by an entire cessation of those beneficial results which they had produced in Ireland. He was very glad to hear, too, that Ile Noble Earl would not feel precluded from continuing the operation of this court, supposing that he were not able to carry the improvements in the Court of Chancery which he proposed. After a few words from the Earls of GLENGALL and DONOUGHNONE, the matter then dropped. Lord REDESDALE then rose to move a series of resolutions respecting the progress of private business through the House, and was (LEFT SPEARING.) lIOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four. NEW MEMBERS. Lord Naas and Mr. lima took the oaths and their seats, the former for Coleraine, and the latter for Dun gannon. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Liverpool Museum and Library Bill was read a third time. The following Bills were read a second time : Kells and Cavan Railway. London Gas Light Company (Amendments of Acts, &o.) (No. 2,) PETITIONS. Colanel VERNER presented a petition from Armagh against any grant to Maynooth. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from some places in Lancashire and Essex against the Bill for the compulsory enfranchisement of copyholds. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from 62,459 of the male inhabitants of Glasgow above fourteen years of age,. praying the House to withdraw from the Papal College of Maynooth all national encouragement and support ; to repeal; the Act of Parliament endowing the same; to place all con vents, nunneries, and other similar institutions of ,the Roman Catholic Church under regular public inspection; to amend the law of mortmain; and to vindicate the rights . of all to religious freedom at home and .abroad. _ Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from the grand , jury of the county ef Roscommon, praying :that rate-payers should not be called upon to pay rates for public works which' had never been executed. , ~ Mr.- WILLCOX presented a petition from. Southarepton against the grant to Maynooth. Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from the Liver pool Church of Englund luatitutio4LQ.o3? game effelgt„ ..... Mr. H. WiTLYAiIdS. presented, a petition 'from7ruro in, favour of the Pharmacy Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY presented several petitions from Man-' chester and other places in favour of the immediate and compulsory enfranchiseinent of copyholds. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Salford against the. Charitable Trusts Bill. Mr. MONCRIEFF presented petitions froni Edinburgh, Kinross. and Perth against the university teats. Mr. STAFFORD presented * petition from - Northampton against calling out the militia. The MASTER of the ROLLS presented a petition from an officer in the Bankruptcy Court, praying for compensa tion far loss of fees occasioned by the Act of 1849. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the Lincolnshire Law Society,:in favour' of the Suitors' Chan cery Bill ; also a petition from Bridewell Hospital, against being included in the' Charitable Trusts Bill: Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petitions from Torquay against the grant to Mayncotb. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented petitions from Down, Londonderry, and Aiitrini in favour of tenant right. Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions to the same effect , from different places in Ireland. . Mr. E. T. YORKE presented' a petition ftoin Wisbeach against the post-horse duty. Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the ticket porters of the House, praying fin payment by sa . lary. Lord CASTLEREAGH. , presented petitions fr sin places in Ireland in favour of Mr. S. Crawford% motion. ' ' Sir E. N. BUXTON presented - a petition from the London Hospital against the Charitable Trusts BBL Mr. MOORS presenteda petitionTrom Mayo praying for an alteration of the law for the relief of the poor ; also a petition from Galway for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act ; and another praying for an inquiry into the Protestant I Church of Ireland. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from an individual against taxes oa knowledge. • . . "RETURNS. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved for particulars of all information which has been obtained by her Majesty's Commissioners appointed "to inquire into the practicability and mode of pub-dividing parishes," respecting:the immediate want, as reported by them, for six hundred new churches ; specifying each place in which such additional p church accom modation is required, the number Of the population of such place, and the amount of church rooni, with the proportion of free aittiiigs,now„pfavided therein.—Agreed to. JOINT-STOCK CaSIPANIES. Mr. MACGREGOR wishe to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whetherjhe inter d bfinging forward this session any measure for modifying a liability of share and stock • holders in joint-stock companies. Mr. HENRIES said, in reply to the question of the Hon. Member, he had to state that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government in the present session of Parliament to attempt to deal with the very difficult and complicated subject to which the question referred.—(Hear, hear) THE MILITIA. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS wished to ask if her Majesty's Ministers had received any lafonnation from% or respecting any foreign 'power, which increases or modifies the necessity which they oonsidered to exist for the introduction of a Militia Bill at the time of their accession to office. The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER said on Mon day next, in introdncing the Militia Bill, the Right HOll. the Secretary of State for the Home Department will express generally to the Mouse the considerations which have.in duced the Government to propose that measure.— (Hear.) CLERGY RESERVES. Mr. GREY wisiTeCitOsa the — Secretary for the Colonies, whether;it was the intention:of her. Majesty's Government to introduce a Bill into Parliament with a view to carry into effect the assurances given by the late Secretary of State, in his dispatches to Lord Elgin of the 27th January and 11th July 1851, with reference to the disposal of the clergy re servesiin Canada? Sir J. PAKINGTON said the only 'answer he could give, was, that the subject to which the question referred *as nosy under the consideration of Ministers.---(Hear, hear.) BOROUGH' HARBOURS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. F. MACKENZIE wished to know from the Hon. and Learned Member for Leith whether he intended to proceed with this Bill. _ _ _ , Mr. , MONCRIEFF had hoped the Bill would have been taken up by the Government, as it, was . a very important measure to Scotland. It Wbuld be impas sible for a private Member to carry it through, as it required the assent of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, but in abandoning the Bill for the present session he begged to give notice that should he have a seat in the next Parliament he should renew it again. THE TEST ACTS. _ F. IVIAULE Irder Mr. said a Bill stood on the o) :s Monday relating to the repeal of the Test Acts in the tniversities of Scotland, and he should be glad to know what course Government intended to take in re ference to this Bill?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WALPOLE could: not answer that question this evening. ADJOURNSIENT OF THE HOUSE. _ On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER it was agreed that the House at its rising should ad journ until Monday. SUPPLY. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. SCULLY rose and said he wished to address a few words to the House on the subject of the gl set question that was now agitating the country.- (oh, oh.) The Government were shortly going to appeal to the people upon one of the moat important topics that could be addressed to them, and upon which a great differ ence of opinion prevailed. As a hupable member of the landed interest, associated with it by the ties of ' relationship and education, he must be deeply interested in that ques tion, and he was therefore anxious to trespass for a few mo ments upon the attention of the liouse.-(Hear, hear.) Some of the gentlemen around him had declared that the land had not suffered through the repeal of the corn-laws, but he knew that it had, for in his own 'case he had been obliged to reduce his rents.-(Hear, hear.) Still he thought that measure was a step in the right direc tion, and iNithough it might have been hurriedly carried, and although a small fixed duty might have been advisable at one time for the purposes of revenue. Tee day had gone by when they could hope to tax the food of ,the people with safety. The landed I interest of the country, however, were suffering from the altered;state of the law, and he wished now to point out what he considered would be the best remedy for their case. Fair play ought to be given to the landed interest, without placing any burden on any other class of the community. The cost of transmitting a given amount of land, compared to that of transmitting a given quantity of property, was four or Eve times greater, in consequence of the technicalities of th e law and the complexity of titles. The greater rhttet7ll_ of the la requiring entailed, and what he proposed was, might truatte u e s , tead of separate Acta to sanction sales by r _a general Act should be passed of which parties a stima l Y avail themselves. This would give benefit of the landed of all kinds, and greatly ... L aud ,. • enterprise i s _ a interest. There ought to be freedom of hear.) He tr' (l - as well f ae r in other matters.-(Hear, in corn they "„ I ",r, also 'that if they had free trade He next suggested that alio have free trade in capital, settle disputes betw etl 7`,Lt.ri ea bual . should be established to there should be fresatiTi of._ His last suggestion was that moved for' L labour. If these propositions ' theY would be hailed with uni eoA•reaCO MP ANY.I I d uni versal satisfaction. were acceed®d to he belis•,,, I EASTERN Alicturn,.... or arade end of all correspondence between the Board . . r. . t n Archipet az Wise respecting the charter of the Eastern Mr. MACGREGOR, ° Company during the year t e year 1847. considerable Mr. HENLEY said a amountof lace between sh e cor respondence took company and before the the Board of rade now charter was granted, but as litigation was no going on the on r in the courts of law for setting aside the charter, thinkgitmriin't that it had been obtained by fraud, lie did not i et as et t to lay be- fore the House any documents which.rn g stilln a ~.a es. Inch tion between private explanation,w Fcßulng. After a few words of the amendment l es , withdrawn, and the House wentinto Commit tee. Colonel DUNNE rose to introduce the Ordnance Esti mates to the Committee, and, in doing so , he remarked that a upon the estimates themselves were so clear, as th e y appeared the votes that they required no explanation whatever.- (Hear, hear.) The estimates he need hardly observe were to prepared by his predecessors in office, and they appeared him to have been prepared with a due a nd p ro p er attention to economy.- (Hear, hear.) The ordnance service, was never in a more efficient state than it was at p resant, and, notwithstanding, there had been an incrense in the number of men in all the other items of the estimates, with the exception of No. 9, l which related to the survey of Scotland, which i.s year was increased by 1 0,0 001 , the votes were reduce . f ,- (Hear, hear.) The increase in the number 1 of men would of course necessitate an increase in the expenditure ; but, on the whole, the estimate shewe4 a reduction upon those,of last year. - (_l3 ar, hear.) He concluded ,by moving that the number of ;rten tor artillery and ordnance be voted at 15,582.-(lfeer.)' Mr. WILLIAMS admitted that the ordnanance was in a slate of great efficiency, while the estimates shared a reduc tion over those of last year, bat as compared with 1835, they had Increased from 1,152,0001. to 2,470.0004, which he thought was a disgraceful circumstance.—(Hear, hear.). The fact was the military services of this country were wretchedly managed, and general officers who were'receiv- • ing large sums from the state in the shape of pay were allowed to augment their means by taking the clothing con tracts of their different regiments.—(Hear, hear.) That was a k . systein`" - -, which - the Committee ought to insist should at once be put a stop to, and he demanded that it should .be done now.—(Hear, hear.) - The commissary estimates, which should consist of one item only, he found were divided into two, and he was strongly inclined to suspect the Treasury exercised no control over these estimates, or it would have taken care that the recommendations which were made by the Commission of 1837 were fully carried out.—(Hear, hear.) Had that been done, the estimates would have been immediately reduced, and the foundation for a rigid system of economy established for the future.—(Hear, heer.) Colonel DUNNE had no answer to make to the observe- tions of the Hon. Gentleman, but he was glad to learn from him that he intended to offer no opposition to the estimates. —(Hear.) With regard to his last remark, however, he begged to assure the Hon. Member that many of the recommenda tions had been carried into effeet.—(Hear, hear.) Mr J. A. SMITH again took the opportunity of pressing upon the Government the propriety of doing something to increase the comforts of the soldier while in barracks. Colonel DUNNE said he was ready to give that subject his best attention, but the Hon. Member would see, that as the matter would involve an increase of expense, it was one which the Committee ought themselves to deal with.— (Hear.) Colonel AN SON assured the Committee that these estimates had been prepared with a due attention to economy, and so Honourable Members would only take the trouble to ex amine before discussing them.—(Elear, hear.) They could be easily understood, and had his Noble Friend the Member for Lambeth taken the trouble to make himself master of them he would not haue fallen idto the error of supposing that the estimate this year exhibited an extravagant in-, crease over those of 1835. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said many important changes might be made both in the army and the ordnance' with great advantage to the public' service; but, nevertheless, as the estimatrs wero not those of the present Government, he would make no opposition to them. —(Hear, hear.) He would, however, recommend the War Department to turn its attention to the improvements which! had been suggested, and see if they could not; be curried into effect.—(Hear, hear.) At all.evonts unless) they did so they , would not obtain the estimates : so easilyl as they were getting them. now, .for in no department wasi there more room for economy and improvement than WI that of the army and ordnanbe: After stew words from Mt. EWART, the vote,was agreed to, as was also a money vote for the pay of the men am ,unting to 749, 2541. (LEFT an , TIN'O.) COURSt' OF EXCH imaserir•al •• •• •• •• •• 12 0 EMU,. Chro• month' 12 1 itotterdam •• .• •• 12 1 antwerp.• ;;••'ll,O. 0;041 •• 25 55 25 55 Elambargh • MM. 13 15 - Altuna. •• .• ••••••• .. Paris, 3 days'siglit • 25 37% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 55. Marseilles • • •.. gg •• 25 55 Bourdeenz •• •• •• •• • - • Trankfortorl Mettle.... 122 Berlin • • • a • • • • • • • • • • • • - Vienna, effec. flo•. 12 45 Trieste, 12 45 Petersburgh, BEL Bble .. 374 Madrid •• .. •• •• •• •• 49X Cadiz •• •- •• •• •• •• 50% Barcelona •• ..•• .• •• •• &NGE.-(THIS DAY.) pibraltaf..•• •• •• •• - --•- - • Gellogi:•••••••••••:'4:• 25 60 Mita?' sji r• •• •• •• •• bo Venice. •• •• •• EL giggles- 40% t'A1ern10,per03........ 122 ifessina .............. 122 Lisbon•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •6 53% OPOrtO • • •• •• •• •• ••••• ••• 63% Elio Janelro auenos Ayres .. .:.. .. New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. • • .... estais el nutLXON, rza Pore! gn Geld Hi bars.. AS 17 '9 Portugal Gold Coln 0 00 I spanigiDoubloons 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10% stivorin bars ........ 0 5 0% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London IVezo Price Current, March 26.) SIIGA.R.—To-day full rates were demanded for West India Sugar, the market presented a quiet tone. 'Operatic)* are only 221, making for the week 2,000 hhds, Sec., bat thels is only a limited quantity , on sale. REFINEA—To-day Refined Sugar was in greater request foe home consumption, and rates closed rather higher, brown Lumps at 31s 6d, and low to fine grocery Lumps at 44s t.) to 48s per,cwt. The export demand for Crushed Sugar Is not better, still lOwer rates are not taken. MAURMV s.—This afternoon at auction 6,885 bags f Mauritius Sugar nearly_all found buyers, and full - rates we obtained, good mid to good yellow realised 32s to 33s 6 , t low to mid 29s to 31. 6d, good to fine browm 26s 6d to 29 , mid 25s to 265,' good to fine grainy yellow 353 to 375, in ferior and mid 30$ to 34s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar met with ready sale. At auction 2,959 bags were sold, soft brown t 22s Gd to 245, yellow ditto 24s 6d to 27s 6d, low to mid li e MauritiUs 28s to 29s 6d, and mid grainy yellow 33s to 331 6 , Of Bengal 3,Boo"bags were nearly all sold, the tower sorts f white went rattier cheaper, bnt all other kind's realised `f 1 rates, mid grainy white went at 40s 6d to 415 # ord to go soft yellow 24s 6d to 27a 6d, fine white Benares 35s to 35s 6 , mid to good Ns 6d to 34e 6d, low 31s 6d to 325, damp washed 31s to 34s per cwt. FosEIGN.--"Po-day several purchases were made in yello Havannah Sugar by private treaty, and cargo of bre realized I-1s per cwt. At public sale 20 hhds St. Croix we e sold at 4?. 6d for fine yellow, and good 378 6'd to 38s; 2 1 hhds, 23 trcs, 514 bris Tortola, low brown 25. to 26.6 , better sorts 27s to 2 98, low to mid yellow 22s 6d to 30s, g and good mid 32s 6d is 33s 6d ; 109 hhds and 139 bris Por o Rico were only in part disposed of, good to fine yellow 34s d to 38s, and mid 33s 6d to 34s per owt. COlFFE.—Exi ; itay .Native Ceylon attracted less attentio , Yet lower fates are rejected. At auction 698 bags of t e mark P 0 H were nearly all taken in at 893 for good 'o . Plantation continues to be wanted. Few paresis were so d privately ; whilst 68 casks at sale were taken in at 53s r low mid. Taw—There is a greater demand for true. medium kin of Young Hyson and Gunpowder at from Is to le Bd. The general quotations for Hyson low mid are Is to - is 3d, good to fine Is 4d to 2s, superi 2s 2d to 2s Bd, common Young Hyson 9d to 11 mid to good is to is 6d, fine is 7d to 21 2d, Gn powder Canton 8d to Ild, low to mid Hyson sold Is to is etter kinds is 7d to as 4d, Caper 8d to is ad, Hyson s. 7d to Is and Twankay 10d to is Id. Scented Orange PeW ord and mid sorts are dull of sale at 8d to ls, but a fair di mead exists for good to fine at is 2d to is 7d. Flowel Pekoe sells more freely ; low to goad can be obtained at to is 6d, fine and superior is 8d to 2s Bd. For really flu Congou a, more ready sale preyails, but for other sor a alight redtiction has taken place. The rates taken f common quality are 7id, good ord 8d to Sid, rather blackit leaf and blackish leaf 80 to 100, fine to Pekoe kinds lld Is 6.1. Oolong met with a dull sale, and offered at from 1; to Is 3d 'for good to fine, and 8d to 10d for inferior. Sol thong 8d to is 2d, and fine. Is 3d to is 6d. Pouchong wanted at 4d to 6d. RICE.—To-day East India was operated in with caution and the rates taken were 65 per cwt under the last auctions Of 3,109 bags Bengal at public sale, a small pait only soli( at 93 6d to lOs 6cl for mid to good w hite, and damaged 5s tc 9s 6d. Of Sago 1 . 017 chests sold at full rates—large pearl 21s 6d to 23s 6d, and good small 16s to 165 9d. SPICES.—A larger demand exists for Nutmegs, and there is an advance of ld per lb. At auction 50 chts were sold : common brown at is lOd to 2s ld, mid 2s 2d to 2s 6d, good 2s 7d to 2s 10d, fine 3s Id to 3s 4d,and shrivelled is 65 pei lb. The rates paid privately for limed were is 85 to 4d. Mace is wanted. At auction 22 chts were sol 4 common and mid Is 10d to 2s 4d, and mouldy is 4d tc 1 s 10d. Privately sales of good to fine made at 2s 3d if 2s 6d. Pepper is still held with firmness. Prices for Ma. labar range from 3i to 4d; Penang and Sumatra 34 to sA bite is wanted. Some parcels of Cayenne have beer sold at 8d to is. Pod Pepper is in small supplt there are bvyers at 40e to 51s, and fine 60s ;tf 655. Pimento is held with firmness, and none has again beer offered for at auction. A good demand prevails privately the rates'paid being from 4%d to 4%a for mid to:good. Clove, are not higher, although several purchas have been made The value of Amboyna is 7d to 71%d; Penang lld to 2d; Bourbon and African 6d to 6%d. In Cinnamon trans actions are larger than last week ; yet Ceylon, of first quail'', cau be obtained at Is 10d. to 3d, second ditto is 4d to 2s. 35 third and fourths Is 3d per lb. Cassia Lignea is wanted Prices for common to mid range at 112 e to 116 s, and good ti fine 117 e to 122 s per ewt. OF Cassia Buds there is no sup ply. For Ginger privately several transactions have takes place at full previous terms ; Jamaica realizing from 40s to 115 s, fine 120 s to 2203- Cochin, low to mid 28s .to 38s, good.l to fine 405.t0 48s, and African 24s to 24s 6d per cwt. SPIRITS.,—Few transactions -have again taken place 'in Leeward Island Rum, and rates incline downwards, ruling at is 4id to is sicl, fine and brown Is 6d per gallon proof. East India Is 4d. For Bermuda a good business has been concluded at from 2s to 2s 2d for 30 .to 40 over proof. For Jamaica the market has a. dull aspect, and there are willing sellers of choice sorts 34 to 38 over proof at 3s 6d to 4s, fine 3s to ffs sd, good 85 to 38 over , 2s 5d to 29 10d, mid 2s 2d to 2s 4d, and low 26 'to 130 over Is lid to 2s Id. Cognac beat Brandy !of the vintage of 1651 can be obtained at 4s ld ,to 4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 4d to 411 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d 'to 4s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 65 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 43, and Bordeaux is Ild to 2s 2d, For British made Spirit trade is dull, and there are free sellers at 95 Ild to lOs net cash. Gin 8s 6d for 22 under proof, and 17 ditto. at 9s. Geneva is 9d to is 10d, and fine 2s to 2s 4d pail gallon. 1mma0...-Of East India many parcels have been aga ' iri l , taken by shippers and home dealers ; holders have confi.:. dance, and are obtaining'an advance on last males' rates of a to 45 pet lb.. The quantity in first hands is much reduced., Spanish is mounted. We quote Floras at 5s 2d to 55 sff; Sobras 4e 4d to 5s • Cortes, good to fine 43 to 45 4d, mid 3s 6d to 3s 10d; and low to ord 2s 8d to 3s 4d per lb. Codusre.X.L.—To-day Cochineal was dealt in' ivith, reifies tanee,and. former rates are barely. sustained. At auction $6 bags Mexican were nearly all taken in at 3s 5d to 3e 6d for silvers, and black 3s 7d to 4s 2d. Ort.s.—To-day at auctien 40 tuns Cod Oil sold -at 321 15s to 331, one lot 331108; 20 tuns Seal 281 15s to 291 5s for. straw and tinged ; 12 tuns Newfoundland Whale `2l/ to 291 5s ; 115 cks. Palm, ord to fine 25a to 26s 9d ; 80 hhds Ma dras Cocoa Nut 30s 9d to .32s ltd; 100 tons Cochin 855 6d, and 398 hhds Ground Cocoa /Int Oil 30s. TaLLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went off quietly. Of 148 pkgs South American only 79 sold, at 32s to 358 3d; 163 cks Sydney nearly all found buyers at 32s to 36s 3d ; 140 cks Italian 34s to 35s ; 7 cks East Indian 39s 9d to 40s; 90 cks North American Grease 288; 80 cks Petersburgh Soap Tallow were all taken in. NOlialit STAFFORD/OMR RAILWAY. ( MiICS open, 112. Return of traffic for the week ending March 14:— Railway and canal ... ... £4,828 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,740 0 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. THE LONDON-BRIDGE • CLOCK.—The Southwark Paving Board have determined to erect a lofty and elegant quadrangular clock-tower to contain the large clock manu factured by Mr. George W. Beinett, of Blackheath, for the Crystal Palace. The Tower, which will be constructed of cast iron and glass, and in general form not very dissimilar to the markSt•erosses to be seen at Winchester and else where, will stand about 32 feet high, will be surmounted by an elegant octagonal open-work spire of 20 feet, making a total height of 52 feet, and will be placed nearly ii the middle of the road o n the Southwark side of London-bridge; so that the dials; which will be of glass, and about six feet in diameter,*iil be distinctly visible, both by night and day, over London -bridge, and as far as Union-street in the Borough; as well as tnern'Tooley-street and the approach to the rail w ! l Y"_l i min,,ittl; 'led, as they . will be • illuminated, c annot fau'ro o,e:*,itffinite service to the vast multitudes of peiSons conglintly traversing those thoroughfares. —Kent:* sh Mercury. A deputation on the subject of the Dorchester and Exeter Railway had 'an interview with the Right lion. J. W. H en l e y yesterday, at the'railway.-depattmealpof,,th•-Beard of Trade. SPORTING NOTES. No. CXCV. . REVIEW OF THE NORTHAMPTON. MEETING, WITH A GLANCE AT THAT-OF CROXTON-PARK, &c. . • TO THE 'EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—My remarks on the past meeting at Northampton were, for the most part, borne out by the running, the, decisions, in six instances out of the ten, having been- in favour of 'my selections. The ball. opened on - Wednesday with. the Trial Stakes, which, as Clincher failed to win, my second selection, the Glee colt, accomplished the task by an easy two lengths. Directly Clincher faced the hill, it was perceived that the immense stake invested on his chance was lost, for be cut it immediately. In all probability WV shill heat of the Glee colt in connexion with the Derby betting; he, however, pos sesses no earthly chance of carryins f off the great stake - on the Downs of Epsom. The Triennial Stakes were won, at I imagined they would be, by Frantic, who cantered borne two lengths in advance of ConvulsioriVelopidas and Plumstead cut a very miserable The principal race of the - meeting; the Great Northamp7 tonshire Stakes, in its decision' bowled over the calculations of the seven metropolitan sporting writers, not one taking the winner absolutely for shoice. The five horses that I remarked the race would lie among obtained the five foremost places. Chief Justice, whom I selected as my winner, finishing a so-so second. Ballet Girl, who stood third in my estimation, was third. Teddington, whom I Voted decidedly against notwithstanding the enor mous favouritism awarded him by the stable and the public, I placed fourth—the exact position he attained. But now comes my serious blunder. At Teddington's heels, I observed, that Darkie and Poodle would be: found; Darkie cer tainly was there, but' Poodle Was in a very different place, as he cleared the post au easy winner by a couple of lengths, Of Poodle's chance I . stated, in my note of Monday, that he was " the light weight destined to beat all Me three years old, and is the pick of the Newmarket divi sion." Although I have failed in selecting the winner of this Haticlicap, - yet I 'cannot complain of the • fickle goddess's treatment of me, as out of the three Kincipal Handicaps run this year,' I was right with Hyacinth at Doncaster, with Doubt at' Warwick, and am now no farther off the :Mark than second at Northampton. 'The amount of money wohon Poodle is by no Meaner great ; but had Chief Justice deTeddingtonPulled through, the professionals would have been hit very hard. Poodle is among the adceptanCes for the Newmarket Handicap, at sst 21b and 71b penalty, and looks somewhat dangerous; but more of this anon. He .also figures in the Cheater cup, and gat 71b and 101 b penalty, makinghis weight s.st 3114-which reads very well. • The 'Whittlebury Stakes resulted in a bit of a blunder, or -in all' probability Caption would have finished 'second 'Longbow; ithe, however, to** it into her head to 'bOlt, and unsatiafietbrily.settled hat chance., The Premier's Longbeer hadi at elf his owns Way, winning . with, the most cAnaammitik ease gby three lengths t , PappermenV being the on!y,aniniakl3,Y. th at gat'any where near him. The 'Alth 'Stares were won a comital looking brute as black - Eon cbal,c; and who' rejoices 'in the ceepaorn,Pl p r Athan- bli ra... proauce oz tne LIMB s aragone ;an if t vro hie is a specimen of that stallion's produce, I am very much:afraid .that they:will be generally of little . " lr the ei,ception-of Glenavoni whose " day" has not arrived, the,rest of the competitors were of a 'fi e ry mediocre -class, and likely to do but little in any of their future essays if in respectable company. Earl Spencer's Plate,' as usual, produced the best field, numerically, of the whole meeting : seventeen came . to the post, and after a couple of false starts they got away very badly ; not, however, without a serious contre temps, Free dom falling and giving her jockey (Wells) a severe bruising, from which he is stilt suffering acutely. The filly injured herself so badly that she died almost immediately afterwards. Lady Agnes also met with an accident, having run against a man, fallen, pitching• young Carroll off; neither jock nor mare; hbwever, being seriously hurt. The race is described in a few words: my particular fancy, the Prime Minister, with Forester and the Prince Caradoc colt, were in front all the • way ; Forester winning, after a desperate struggle, by a head; the Minister beating Prince Caradoc colt by a neck. In my remarks on this stake on Mbndsiy - last, I observed that the Plate Would probably result "in a victory for the Prime mister, 'notwithstanding the topping weight of Bst 1016 allotted to him, the Prince Caradoc 'colt and Forester being in close attend ance.' My ideas were, consequently, very nearly realised ; the three I. selected to finish in front occupied the first, second, and third places; the heavy weight on my espe cial choice telling fatally in the last few strides. It is singular that Wadlow's horses have every time they have started this year obtained a place, generally the second one ; but in no one instance have been victorious. The Delapre Stakes were won; as I foretold, by Paddy Bird, and the Cup fell to the lot of the Brother to Willing ham, one of my selected nags for that race. The Innkeepers' Plato I announced as a certainty for Fechabers or Ballet Girl ; the latter won it cleverly by half aliiiigthTiiiid — tielotmer found himself an indifferent third, Milkboy being second, Olothworker a wretched fourth, aid 'Avia if - vile fifth and last. 'So mach for Northampton. Now turn we to the sport for the ensuing - week, which is pregnant with the fate of cash andhorses. On Monday we have the Milnthorpe Steeplechase; on Tuesday the Alwinton Steeplechases ; Croxton Park alto' on , Tuesday ; the Epsom Spring Meeting -and West of Scotland . Steeplechases on Thursday the Epsom Steeplechases on Friday; and the Liverpool Hunt "Steeplechases on Saturday;, a busy week truly. I shall not touch upon anything else at the present time than the races at Croxton Park; with a slight glance at the *Weft' Metropolitan Stakes. The Crouton Park Meeting stands for decision on Tuesday and Wednesday, and commences, as sual, with a small stake not entered for as yet;. then follows.the Betook Castle Stakes of 15 sort each, 10 ft, with 80 added if three horses start; for three years o!d ; colts, list 71b ; fillies, Bst 51h, with allow ances and penalties, cue mile.. I do not anticipate seeing many at the post for this race, nor , do I imagine that there is anything among the entries— perhaps with the exception of Adige —that stands a chance of competing successfully with Lord Derby's Lomaaow. Fledgling wilt probably be the nearest horse to this couple. The garters for this, as well as for the other stakel at this meeting, I shall publish on Monday. The Granby Handicap, about a mile and a half, out of its subscription list, numbering fifty-one, nineteen nominators have declared themselves content with the imposts on their horses. Alonzo, at 12st 81b, I consider placed hors de combat. Clothworker, at list 131 b, and Chief Justice, at list 101 b, have quite as much as they can con veniently carry. Lough Bawn is no go. Agis, steered by Captain Little, may run forward, but his so doing is let 11b he Brother to Dough and Faux dubious. Darkie at 1 let 61 b• and Sir Robert at list Sib, possess moderate chances - Pas none. Herbert, at l bad s ' and with Lord Wilton up, looks anything but s pec. Loadstone is very , queer. Warwick, who is going to have a crick jock up—at least so I understand, at 10st , • 131 b, ought to be about the mark. Jack-in-the-Corner, if ridden. by the Count, will be no where. John of Berwick is moderate. /Bolus wretched. Estafette, lOst 31b, *ay/ good. Don Juan, Ischia, sad Cyclops forlorn hopes. '"At the present writing the race I imagine will rest with Herbert, Warwick, and Estafette; Waatwtor, if any, for choice. The entries for the Gold Cup being for the most part the same as those in the Granby Handicap it will be superfluous to venture an opinion ‘on at this time; I may observe, how ever, that - Ischia, at lOst 21b, is said to be mischievous. One of Roger's string, probably. Fledgling or Bing Ch ,aT!inE in reported at Newmarket to be a good thing for the OM plate, given by Mrs. Fletcher Norton. The other stakes I cannot touch upon to-day. With respect to the Great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom, I may remark that Baby, Cockcrow, Cnwas, Grand Duke, Grey Tommy, Letterpress,Masham, Pelopidas, Knock Knoll, Janina, and Cyclops, are reported to be on the missing lilt ; `chat Osborne hat some hopes of carrying off the stake with ofie of his nags; and that Irate and Stilton are all but certain to occupy two out of the four first pl aces . , I sun, Sir, y awl, &e. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.i. I March 26,1852. - I , ll.li , a _i x eturn - especi t _ ----___„___-,____ D IE ll o p puv.—l eatardai., Mr. Bodges, M.P. the hop duty, which mmons. The returns ,extend 11144 0744...18.51. Last y4ai the . number of acres , was W 4.4. The amount of duty charged P w r a o s c . u p r il e a d tp b a is roo,the ,uove: tinclersultiva w . 46,6 iL, (the ani °mat, of the oAd d uty.only was 129,56 W.) oo • f years was fit. 33., 'id. i 're Tex acre for the whole series dicllew Granada, to the end of :41e jan P u :v ar P v eerl h : s ef v ra e :m ar;ve g ; ,: b ila u : t they contain little of interest. The popular. w ur. Improvements tranquil , and the Government con tinuedih state connexion with internal ! co m munic ation. were ' being ste a dil y proceeded with, and through this medium trade, it we anticiPated,bwould be greatly benefited. • l a a s generally The Mexican papers • recentl— y received contain accounts of continued activity amonethe (mining interests in that country. The following paragraph describes the re-opening of some Works abandoned in 1820: •' The mines of Valletillo, in the' state of New Leon, which was abandoned by the Spaniards in 1820, has been re-opened, and is now being worked with great success: The water has all been pumped out by means of a steam-engine, and the mine put in good order 'Agate It yields silver in abundance, and• a small quantitynf miircury. ' ' The yield per day reaches 1,000 dolls.i _and the expenses amount to only '5O dolls." ' - • . zi• a L, it: Mr. 'Filson Patten had fln int t errimiyith the Chancellor 'of thi,Excheciner,"ghis . :Aciel rplEtens,a*t Powning-street, ..; „ Fla/114,4g._ . .. , .. :I ::t:,,- , I in): e; i 0 Lis no km.. 1.4-, ~ :i. .1,:;,..: 1 , - •••,-7.--..------ , .. t rd-.-L , --- • -• , I ENT. F, MAIM - I -- , 4' 4 ; • HOPSE OF LORDS, March 25. i LAW. OF WILLS AMENDMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving that this Bill be committed r said thetthe first clause in it Wllit they great ob ject which he wished to carryet present. He should move in Committee that , the second and third clauses should' be struck out of the Bill; but he should afterwards introduce them as separate Bills, and take the sense of their Lordships uponithem. The House then went into Committee. The first clause way then read. It is in the following terms :=' That whereas, by an Act passed in the let year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled ' An Act {for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills,' it is enacted that no will shall be valid unless it shall:be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence, and by his directidn; every so far only as regards the position of th e signature of h o s ft a h li e testator, or of the person signing for him as aforesaid, be deemed to be valid within the said enact ment, as explained by this Act, if the signature shall be so placed at or after, or following, or under, or beside,' or opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be apparent that the testator intended to give e ff ec t t o th e wr iti ng signed', as his will by such his signature, although the same shall not follow or be immediately after the foot or end of the Will, and although a blank space shall intervene between the con eluding word of the will and the signature, and although the signature shall be placed among the words of t he testimonium clause or of the c l ause of attestation, or . it follow or be after or under the clause of attestation, either , with or b e o r after, without fte r , o r a under,blank beside intervening, theriam o e r s , shall a ho l n l tie f o o hr l l oish the names, of the subscribing witnesses, and aft pa p e signature ror shall papersb be containing t a a i n s i i n d g e or th page il o l r w o h t e h r e e r o p: be written paragraph or disposing part of the will s h all to be above the signature, and although there shal l ap p ear _ din - side, or sufficient space on or at the bottom of the prec eding 5 is written, to contain the signature; but di nsition or direct' on b p e ag o e, p o er r a o t t iv h e er to portion give o e f fr t e li c e t sa t m o e a p n a y pe s o p n o 1 aive n r toiOeni altho u gh the which is underneath or follows it, nor shall any disposition inserted after the signature s any blank space in the will." this clause, as now Lord CRANWORTH was afraid that as it was intended worded, would create as many difficultiets ri" froth the site to correct. The fault at present dap(' . 4 . effect to of the law, but from the decisions of the i udogwesshigunpaotnuriet. shall ,As it be t m he ad w e i i l n l to the regulation which his Noble and Learned Friend had made for the case of persons making wills in extremis, he thought that their case should be made the exceptioe, and not the rule. He repeated that the language of the existing law was clear. Here the Noble and Learned Lord read the following clause from the Ist of Victoria, c. 26 And be it further enacted, that no will shall be valid unless it 8112.11 be in writing and executed in manner here inafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his p - resence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the pre sence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary." It was the judges of the ecclesiastical' courts, and not the judges of the courts of common law, who required that the signature of the testator should be at the foot of the will, and who declared that whenever a large blank was left at the foot of it the will was invalid. Perhaps they might be justified in this; but the subsequent cases had gone much further—ay, even to the length of saying that if a testator signed his name at more than an inch beluw the will itself that will was thereby invalidated. His Noble and Learned Friend's clause provided that, "if the signature should be so placed at or after, or following or under, or beside, or opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be ap parent that the testator intended to give effect to the writing as his will by such signature, although the same should not follow, or be immediately after the foot or end of the will," it should be deemed valid; and then followed a long string of althoughs, which the Noble and Learned Lord read, which showed that his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack had carefully read through all the existing deci sions, and had framed his language to meet them. Now, was not his Noble and Learned Friend opening a door by such a profusion of language to further difficulties? lle thought that it would be an amendment of the clause to make it stop before the first " although" (so, at least, we understood). The LORD CHANCELLOR had not expected any ob jection to this clause, especially after he had agreed to in troduce the two other clauses of this Bill as separate mea sures. His Noble and Learned Friend said that this first clause would increase a hundred times over the present diffi culties about wills. If that were so, he (the Lord Chan cellor) must be a very bad draughtsman indeed, and ought to hand over his measure for improvement to his Noble and Learned Friend. But he believed the language of the clause to be correct as it stood. He had only one object in bringing forward this clause, and that was, to make all wills signed with due solemnity valid. If his Noble and Learned Friend could improve the language of the clause he should have no objection to his doing so. This Bill, though recently pro duced, had not been got up in haste. He had been conver sant with this subject all his life; he had written a book upon it, and he had carefully perused and, reviewed all the deci sions with as much care, impartiality, and precision as he could command. He assured his Noble and Learned Friend that the clause, as altered by him, would by no means ac complish the object which he had in view. After a short conversation, in which Lord LTNDHUZST and Lord Ceeterwoem took part. hut of th > r eef, was inaudible in the gallery, The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH suggested that the Noble and Learned Lords should meet in Select Committee to morrow morning, and there settle the language of the clause. After making himself merry for some time with the multi plicity of adverbs somewhat contradictory, contained in the first part of this clause, he concluded by stating that they ought to be carefully considered, as the omission of one of them might jeopardize the inheritance of many. The LORD CHANCELLOR again repeated that he did not expect such an opposition as this to the present clause, especially as the view which he had taken of the existing law was perfectly accurate. Lord BROUGHAM objected to sending the Bill to a Se lect Committee, as he doubted if that proceeding would be productive of any benefit. The Bill then passed through Committee. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH inquired if the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government was prepared to fix a day for the consideration of the East India Com pany's charter? The Earl of DERBY replied, that he had already stated he proposed to take the subject into consideration on Friday, April 2. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, he had observed in one report, and in one only, of the remake in another place of the Right Hon. Gentlemen the President of the Board of Control, that it was his intention to state his views on the subject of the East India charter on proposing the Committee of Inquiry. He could hardly think his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Herries), who had been so short a time in office, could come to any final decision on so important a matter in such a limited period. It would be a great satisfaction to him to hear that his Noble Friend at the head of the Govern ment was not prepared to commit himself to any specific arrangement or to the details of any measure in reference to the East India Government without full inquiry. The Earl of DERBY said he would state in general terms the course her Majesty's Government thought it expedient to take when he brought the subject before their Lordships, but that he would not feel justified in entering into details on that occasion, and that his observations would certainly be of a very general character. He was anxious that the Government should be guided in their final determination by the information which was to be derived from the labours of the Committees of Inquiry. THE IRISH DEBT. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a Select Committee to which shall be referred the Treasury minates providing for the debts due from the counties and unions in Ireland by the imposition of a consolidated annuity for a period not exceed ing forty years. He did not mean to find fault with the generosity or the prudence displayed by this country, and the Parliament of this country, with reference to the noble aid they had extended to Ireland, to enable her to meet the most distressing calamity that had ever befallen any country; but the subsequent arrangements which had been come to with reference to the re-payment of advances to Ireland had been productive of great, if not permanent, inconvenience. One of the mistakes most often heard in discussion and met with in print was the assertion that money advanced to Ireland was to be regarded as a gift for the repayment of which it was useless to look ; whereas the fact really was, that of the various sums advanced to Ireland, under the Acts passed for the purpose within the last few years, and which sums it had been asserted were not very likely to be repaid, no less an amount than 6,065,879/. had been repaid. And since the poor law had been introduced into Ireland, notwithstanding the distress which pressed upon the country, sums amount ing in the whole to upwards of 7,000,000/. sterling had been raised by Ireland out of her own resources for the relief of the distress afilicting her people. Owing to the peculiar circumstances of Ireland, and her being almost wholly an agricultural country, the agricultural calamity of a failure of crops bad fallen on her with excessive hardship. The value of land between 1841 and 1851 in Ireland had exhibited a considerable decline. In the former _year it was set down at 13,076,00 W.; in 1851 it had fallen to 11,580,000/.—a fall of 1,509,000/., or 10 per cent. on the whole. This decline in value had been experienced princi pally in Connaught and Munster, where, in a valuation of 5,199,0001., the fall was 1,026,0001. In like manner the population had greatly decreased. In the period between 1841 and 1851 it had decreased 20 per cent., or 1,600,009 souls. Emigration had no doubt con tributed to that result; but the emigration was of a pre judicial character, for the persons emigrating carried away out of the country a greater amount of capital in pro portion to the capital of the whole country, than the number of persons emigrating bore to the whole population of the country. The consequence of this state of things was that the country felt most severely the amount of rate and local taxation, and that pressure was likely to be felt in augmented degree under the operation of the Treasury minute. The powers given to the Treasury were extravagant in their nature. The Act did not provide for any Parliamentary revision on the subject, and though objections were taken by certain Noble Lords, and himself amongst the number, they were precluded from proposing any amendment by the fact of its being a money Bill. The Act was passed on the 17th of May, and the first minute was issued on the 4th of June. That minute pointed out the mode in which the money was to be repaid, as well as established the machinery for its distribution; and although the Treasury made the ad vances, and no account had been rendered the board of guardians, yet when these bodies, upon repayment being de manded, begged respectfully to be informed of what the items consisted, the imputation was thrown out against them that they refused to pay their just debts. The Noble Lord then referred to the Labour-rate Act, under which, he said, a debt was contracted to the extent of more than 2,000,000/. ' • but that debt was so excessive that no indi vidual in his senses could by possibility have dreamt that they would have the power of enforcing it. The ex penditure was not administered by any local authority whatever, but by officers of the Government, appointed by the Gbverninent, responsible to the Government, and acting under the direction and control of the Government; and there were some Noble Lords now present who well knew that, when the gentry, landowners, and occupiers felt it ne cessary occasionally to call the attention of Government to the abuses which were prevailing under the public-works system, so far were they from receiving any of their state ments with candour or courtesy, that they were directed to mind their own business.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He granted that where there was such an army as 75,000 per sons employed, under the authority of 1,500 engineers and officers, abuses would arise l but he made no imputation on the gentlemen at the head of the Board of Public Works on that account, for the operations were, undoubtedly, beyond their management and control. Having observed that his object in proposing an inquiry was to ascertain whether the claims advanced were just claims, and in the next place in what manner the 4,000,0001. sterling had been expended, the Noble Lord concluded by moving the appointment of a Committee. The Earl of DERBY said, with regard to the proposition for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the subject which his Noble Friend had brought under their Lordships consideration; he (the Earl of Derby) had no ob jection whatever to make. His Noble Friend had stated very fairly the various charges which he had made against the powers conferred by the Act of Parliament on the Trea sury for carrying on public works in Ireland. In some of those charges he (the Earl of Derby) was ready to agree. In t the first place his Noble Friend had laid good ground for, at all events, questioning the propriety of that portion ex the Act Act which gave encouragement to an extraordinary diture on the part of the unions, the effect of whicht-: their enable those unions to evade the just repayumveineion of the debt to the Treasury, He meant that Act which declared that the payment of thePriarinennu, ity cease whenever the rates, not only in the re uach to a certain but should d namely, Another division of the union, should amount. That was a point which a u d n e av in oid th a o b s le e Another point was also deservingdesenrrsideeration, namely, whether there might not be sog i z s etyhe t heyc o n w t r e o r l e ofw works n k y s cases where there had been wherea nor allowancei d o e k r a b t I h e e a nl nm s d e Ives had not waste of money, been of a beneficiarc hdabr local authority; thong ~,,„107meut to and to keep alive large , ac a te t r ihesare anedtienar undertaken to give --illation who, if such works had not of the Pol) Id have been left unemp loyed been pert aken mould f utter destitution. He (the Earl of been undert Noble Friend in and in a state o concurred with his Derby) that it was but right, when charges were Government against any particular unions the opinioanl" made by the for the repayment o f adv ances, that a full account of the particulars of those charges should be furnished. IVhat should be deemed a satisfactory account would be matter of consideration for the Committee. No doubt the Commit tee would fairly examine into the case of each union, and weigh the facts deliberately, both on one s ide and the other. He was g l a d to hear his Noble Friend state that there was no intention on the part of Ireland to ask for a remission of the debt justly due from the people of Ireland for that for which they had actually received value. On the other ha n d, h e ( t h e Earl of Derby) could assure his Noble Friend that the Government was quite prepared to give full consideration to the nature of the claims arising out of charges over which the population of Ireland had net been able to exercise any controul ; and to make all due al lowance for any abuses which had prevailed in the expendi ture of the money which had been advanced to meet those charges. At the same time, he must beg their Lordships to bear in mind that, if there had been abuses in the expenditure of those advances, there had, on the other band, been TorY SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 2 61 1852. large sums expended which had produced great good to the people of Ireland. This fact ought to be set against any misapplication of moneys which might in other instances have occurred. It was not because they might prove that in certain parts of Ireland abuses had prevailed, that, there fore, there existed a claim on the part of the whole of Ireland for a remission of those advances. To the extent of the abuses he admitted there existed a claim to consideration, but, on the other side, equal fairness demanded that where great aid had been supplied to the people of Ireland in their utmost need, on those portions of the country the Govern ment had claims for repayment which neither justice nor equity could resist. It would be the duty of the Committee to be appointed to examine and sift these accounts, and strike a balance fairly and justly between the parties. Having done so, it would then be their duty to report to their Lordships the result, with a view to some further Par liamentary provision being made on the subject. The Noble Earl concluded by saying he had no opposition to make to the present motion. The Earl of GLENGALL thought the appointment of a Committee would be regarded with satisfaction in Ireland. There was a debt of 4,500,0001. to be paid by the Irish peo ple; but 7,500,0001. were claimed, including interest—inte rest at rather a Jewish rate. It was morally impossible for Ireland to sustain the enormous load of taxation imposed on her. There were counties where 55., 65., or 7s. in the pound were charged. 55., 65., or 75., in the pound ! Why, where was the pound? The pound was not there. Whole tracts of land were left without a beast upon them, or without a blade of corn. He spoke of counties in the west of Ireland espe cially. They could not support their poor, though they levied as much as possible off the face of the earth. Nobody would buy in those counties. An Encumbered Estates Act was in vented for the purpose of bringing new settlers to those parts. Those were the very parts to which new settlers had not gone. A plantation must have been established consist ing of new people, and no difficulty in carrying out the un ertaking would now arise from the necessity of supplanting the old population, for the whole population were either gone to America or were dead. The rates levied were no test of the wants and requirements of the poor. Last year there were 780,000 persons in the workhouses, a greater number absolutely than in 1848. Pauperism might be said to be increasing. Nobody wanted labourers, because the cultivation of grain had been given up. The people were therefore compelled to go into the workhouses, where they died exactly at the rate of a thousand a-week. And no wonder; for they got one meal of that nasty filth called Indian corn," which produced dysentery. That was what was called supporting the poor through the system of Mr. Nichols, which had been so lauded as an admirable system. The existing state of matters was attributable, he repeated, to the want of employment— to that " displacement of la bour" to which Sir R. Peel alluded when he said he did not believe so large a number of persons could be reduced to indigence and destitution by any cause as "by a sudden displacement of so large an amount of labour em ployed in the cultivation of wheat." There were .39,000 acres under wheat cultivation in Ireland less in 1850 than in 1847, involving a value of 1,300,0001. From 1841 to 1845 there were transported from Ireland to 14,c00,000 a grain from 1846 to 1850 there were exported in like manner 7,500,000 quarters, exactly one-half of the quantity exported in the preceding period. The export of flour from Ireland, in 1845, was 775,000 quarters ; in 1850, 168,000 quarters. Coming to the great trade in bacon, the house would find that, in 1847, Ireland exported 480,000 pigs; and, in 1850, only 1 09,000. The loss might be estimated at 3,000,000/. or 4,000,0001. annually. In the salt provision trade, which had involved hundreds of thousands of pounds, the great contracts were ,gone, and why? Because, following out the principle of free trade, the late Boarthof Admiralty sent their contract, not to Cork, but to Galatz, in Wallachia. He only hoped the Noble Duke at the head of the Admiralty would have the kindness to deal with Cork.—(A laugh.) People had been endeavouring to effect an impossibility, to make the poor support the poor. Almost all classes had been reduced to nearly the same level. It was said property ought to support poverty ; but property had been destroyed, and poverty was left. A manufacturer, very largely connected with the woollen trade in Ireland, had described in conversation the ruinous depression which existed, remarking that wherever his travellers went there were shops closed. The question was as much an English as it was an Irish question. Before free trade existed Ireland exported 10,1 00.000/. worth of produce to England, taking back between 10,000,0001. and 11,000,000/. From the statement issued by a Chamber of Commerce which was in the practice of publishing informa tion on such subjects, it appeared that there had been a falling off in exports from England to Ireland amounting nearly to 4,000,000/. Everything used in Ireland, from a steam-en gine to the commonest nail, came from England. When peo ple ran down that country, and said the state of matters was the fault of the landlords, of the farmers, of the Celts, they ought to recollect that they had themselves destroyed the English market by their new policy, and were themselves losers. It was impossible to go on in this kind of way The more Ireland was distressed the more did Parliament seem determined to tax her. The system resembled that of the celebrated Dr. Sangrado; the more reduced the Irish were the more did bleeding seem to be thought good for them. When he reflected on the misery that prevailed, the emigra tion which was draining the country of able-bodied persons, and other subjects connected with Ireland, he could not re frain from declaring that he was quite disgusted with the state to which matters had been brought. The motion was then agreed to. THE BISHOP OF COLOMBO. Lord TORRINGTON said, with reference to the notice he had given of his intention to inquire whether papers bad been received from Ceylon, and would be produced, relating to differences between the Bishop of Colombo and his clergy, he had put himself in communication with the Noble Lord opposite, and he concurred in the views stated by the Noble Lord, namely, that under the present circumstances of the case it was not desirable that those papers should be laid on the table. It was undesirable also, under those circum stances, that he (Lord Torrington) should enter into the subject; and therefore he should simply state that, believing the Noble Lord would be prepared to give the House the in formation required as speedily as possible, he should with draw the notice he had given, and abstain from putting the two questions to which it referred, reserving to himself the right of subsequently calling attention to the differences that existed in Ceylon between the bishop and his clergy. The Earl of DONOUGHINIORE had to express his thanks to the Noble Lord for not having asked for those papers, and also having abstained from asking whether steps had been taken by her Majesty's Government on the subject of certain unfortunate orcurreht,ca which had happeuea ILA tho ialanri of Ceylon—occurrences to which it would be inconvenient to give publicity at this moment. The Noble Lord might be assured that her Majesty's Government would, with the utmost attention and zeal, proceed to apply those remedies which they thought moat desirable. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 25. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Lam beth, signed by 1,641 persons, in favour of Mr. Hume's motion for Parliamentary reform. Mr. HUME then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bil to amend the national representation, by extending the elective franchise in England and Wales, so that every man of full age, and not subject to any mental or legal disability, who shall have been the resident occupier of a house, or of part of a house as a lodger, for twelve months, and shall have been duly rated to the poor of that parish for that time, shall be registered as an elector, and be entitled to vete for a representative in Parliament. Also by enacting that votes shall be taken by ballot, that the duration of Par liments shall not exceed three years, and that the proportion of representatives be made more consis tent with the amount of population and property. He had been placed in considerable difficulty in bringing forward motions for reform, in consequence of many Hon Members, who pretended to be reformers, objecting to vote on any abstract questions. In order to overcome those diffi culties, he now proposed to submit to the House a definite plan, and could not concur in any measure which would not embrace the points included in his motion. He considered, it necessary to combine with the extension of the suffrage protection to the voter, so that, if the right of voting should be extended to him, he should be duly protected in the exer cise of that right; for, without such protection, it mast be evident that the vote would not be the vote of the individual, but the vote of the party who might have power or influence over him.—(Hear.) If such a fear was only visionary he should be the last man to propose such a measure, but having witnessed the painful consequences of the influence exercised by men in power, and by masters over their workmen, he did not think it possible that anything like a fair representation of the people could take place without such protection being afforded. The object of his motion was twofold. In the first place, he wished to extend the right of voting, for it was a right, and not a favour, or a privilege ; and as it was de sirable that it should not rest with the voter himself to re gister his vote, he proposed to make it the duty of some public officer to enrol every man who had been resident in a house, or a portion of a house, as a lodger. He was of op nion that some of the most valuable and intelligent men in the country were lodgers, and must continue to be so, and the Bill would contain a provision by which not only every householder resident for twelve months, but every lodger re sident .for the same period, and rated and liable to pay !11 1 the assessments to the parish, should be placed on the regis ter..of Another object of the Bill was to lim it the duratiroionnee Parliaments. He had in the course of a longex s pe ves at observed how differently Members condu cted theme Instead the commencement and at the end of a Parham beenthought the of giving a Member a lease of seven Year ea s, rs, trust should only be granted for thr ork control over his the electors might possess some che i e or by mistake, forfeit con duct, in case he should intentionally, in order that were the principal objects of the pledges he had given. These that he had brought forward subject, because on the preset occasion ight be too little or too much; but a circumstances of the country. He did not country. Government, his Bill, and he thought no Heosneourable Membera could an object j a e n c . t It could be safely brought forward s i tt wasa c t propo r tion. aas complete any But he in the present motion last year on the satisfactory l t e o d r y g t o o f t t h h e e ourld have introduced been b b r e in i g m f a o g rs i v n arJ ;v some la that they P which would Luave dldisapointed, and th b a d been sa and sayountry had also been disappointed ; he was sorry to that, instead of ful filling their promises, the late Government recede from reform. One part of their l were too ready to cer tainly have effected an extension ate plan would would not have been effectual, as of the suffrage, but it ballot. He had recently receive it did not include the dis tricts, every one of whomsaiddeputations from 145 great extension of the they should regret to see any of Members suffrage without a more equal dis tributionwas particularly andanxious protection to the electors. He an opinion on thethat the House should express subjectj of reform, in conse quence of a declaration recently made by the Noble Lord now at the head of the Government. He deeply regretted the course taken by that Noble Lord, who was once such an excellent Reformer. He considered the Noble Lord at one time the best Church Reformer he had ever met with, for at one fell swoop he levelled ten bishoprics. The Noble Lord, after supporting Reform for nineteen years, was not only re ceding from his former principles, but abusing those who had not changed their principles as he had done When he found any man having recourse to abuse, and making use of nick names instead of resorting to reason, it weakened his belief in that man's intellects and his benesty.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Noble Lord bad done him and some of his Honourable Friends near him a great injustice by calling them " demagogues." On looking into Johnson he found the definition of a demagogue to be " the ringleader of a rabble." He treated such an appellation with perfect contempt. He had often been at the head of large numbers of people, but never at the head cf a rabble, and never would be; on the contrary, he had done everything in his power to pacify men who had sometimes met in great numbers smarting under a sense of great injustice. His Honourable Friends the Members for Manchester were in the same category as himself, and no doubt would answer for them selves. For himself he would throw back ti ie imputation on the Noble Lord, and say it was unworthy of him, when alluding to the meeting in Cheslihm- place, to say that it was attended by nothing but demagogues. He now wished par ticularly to direct the attention of the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite to some of the observations of the Noble Lord, which were very alarming. The Noble Lord asked, Will you support a Government which will oxen Rolf, I do not hesitate to say, to afford some opposition, to oppose some barrier, against that recurrence of that continuouely encroaching democratic influence in this country which is bent on throwing the whole authority of the country nomi nally into the haues of the masses, practically into the hands of demagogues and republicans, who exert-lee au influence over those unthinking masse? Will you support a Go: vernmene which is determined to resist that dangerous and obnoxious influence, to preserve the influence and prerogative of the Crown, the rights of your Lord. ships House, and the liberties of a freely-elected House of Commons?" Now, how any man of common sal could say the House of Commons was freely elected, and fairly repres uted the opinion of the people, he c old n ot imagine. The fact was the very reverse. The Noble Lord went on to say—" Taese are the questions on which, when l e go to the country to make my appeal on behalf of myself and my colleagues, I claim to use the words which the wurst felon who stands in the prisoner's dock has a right to el' ploy, but which I do not deem unworthy of the First Mr ulster of the Crown of the first nation in the world, an d to say - I elect to be tried by God and my country.' l ie would tell the Noble Lord that he (Mr. Hume) was not ono who wished to put down toe institutions of the couutre li - e had too often stated the estimati on in which be he ld " those institutions, and was convinced th a t if properly act ed upon they would carry out the gre..t object of good govern" meat - the happiness of the greatest number. What were the inetitutious of which the c ou nt r y was so proud? First, there was the Queen, the head of the Executive ; then t he r e was the House of Lords, s t an di ng per h aps b e tween the impetuosity of the people, and, it might be, the tyranny cf the Crown. He considered that body to be wisely C e ri : Iv stituted for the benefit of the comm un ity a t large, and ha barrier against that hasty and in cons id era t e b g i s lation o'''. , might be carried on by means of popular agitation, He di d not wish to infringe upon their grea t an d j ust p r i v ileges; b u g he wished to confine the Peers t o th e i r l eg i t i ma te privtleg,ee ' and did not like to see them interf e r e w ith th e other leg e. five chamber. The House of Commons belonged to the people, but he would asl if there was one man in the Hou se / who would say that it was a full and fair representation 0 the mass of the people? If nu man had the courage t o d° that, then he would say let the system be conderuned. BY the law every man in this country was en titl e d to election, but they were nut allowed to elect any persons but these P e r e sessiug landed estates. In Scotland, however, no such q ul e i e fication was required, and he did not see why the sa me rule should nut be applied to the other puts of the kleg a° "'e He complained of the interference of men of wealth , Peers, with the election of Members of the House of Com mons—he complained that the mass of the community were not represented, and asked the House to remedy t e o " 93 present anomalous state of things. and to remove tu ., o grounds of complaint which excited so much diesatisfaett's in the minds of the people. He considered that e very unjust attack had b een ma d e on himself an d those w ho wished to prevent any danger arising from the disco ntent which prevailed. Wise men ought in times of peece an't w hich ne i g h quietness to remove the causes of discontent lead to danger. The c o unt r y was now in such a situation that no one knew when a storm m i g h t ar i se. Should'fin a feeliug arise as that which exist e d i n 184 2 an d 18-I'3 whoa a. reunion or at az.. rg we vut or caup j to Luc. t, 1.1101 stronger claims would be brought torward, and the most serious con. sequences might ensue, lie found that in 1792 Lord Gr e y —the then Lord Grey, not th e p resent —(A gb), ws n s f commissioned by the so-called Association of the .Friends the People, consisting of som e o f t h e most di s ti n guished Pe e ' „ and many of the most estimable men in society, to present 1 petition in which the L eg i s l ature was as k ed to g rant sever reforms, namely, an ext ens i on o f t h e su ff rage t o s. holders, Innitation of Parliaments to three years' and an alteration in the qualification of Members. -",-, B Z - na " titiouers stated that at that day the House of s'i„ ; mous did not fully and fairl y reresent the P ee e e e , of iingfand in a manner consistentl y y with what t , , ,, e d believed to be the rights of the people. They comP lutu n d all housned that the electoral franchise was so unequally distributed, sr, less than io,uoo electors. Now , in so many instances ci aamitted to bodies of men of vet limited numbers, that the majority of the House of L ' e . as mons was elected b es uch o eci the nature of the complaints that were made at that day, and if lion. Members would refer to the debates they '' at flied that the very same objections which were allegedno that time against granting reform were those that were 8 urged in certain quarters, and therefore he was very °je l l e d that the opinions of such men as the Duke of Richnioed: be Mr. Lembtorn which were there stated, should not ne e ' t he overlooked. The Duke of Richmond stated that on e v e e eti ld be a representative body securities of the House of Commons was that it s- ple freely chosen by t he P''-to themselves, independent of the Crown and of the ar i l o f cracy, and amenable at short intervals to the judo s old the constituents. Mr. Lambton said: "The ex aniPle fione situation of another kingdom are held out to deter n e c k we unovetions of any kind. We say that the reforms ' o ' l , a to have in view are not i nnovat i ons ; our i nten tion i 3 '.„ the destroy but to restore; no t to displace but to reinstat , e , ou Constitution on its true b as i s ana legitimate grou nds 'elouse another occasion the Earl o f Ch a th am d ec l ar ed in the _ to , of Lords that what he meant b his advocacy of reform; In favour to infuse new life into the Constitution; that his reae ( T pe favour of Parliamentary reform were grounded on anon of rience of twenty-six years, which, whether in or t th e office, had convinced him that the improvement of the the House of Commons by the restoration of the rigb ts etion people was the only remedy for that system of corrurit',.___ which bad brought the nation to disgrace and pov e . ' on ly (Hear.) In his (Mr. Hume'e) humble opinion means of enabling this country to bear the een n e nee tere which would come upon it etc long from various q eese nt was by making that House fully and fairly to re . P .nu i t y the mass of the people, in order that the coal' ores . at large might acquire an interest in our hati el 3 were perity by having those rights given to them w e h Wel)! at now withheld.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble L°r", ate d the the head of her Majesty's Government bad 4 3e eaten other night that he should continue to support 6 „. tby or sion of the suffrage to all men who were en W the ti t: " fit to exercise it. His (Mr. Hume's) an at _ hi de hat e had been that he would not accept as a favour what he. fight manded as a tight, because be considered it to be then that 1 of every free born Englishman to be represented i o _ eet ,, House, and he only drew the line of distinction thnvetitioa w here an z ei ld' y absolutely required it. The Noble Lord had very c o o re admitted that no injurious results had followed from who forms which had already taken place, and that all must ar would give the question a moment's consideration e the uta rive at the conclusion that those reforms bad been °I rdinarY most advantage to the country during the changes that had been going un upon the c oati e• na land Europe. He (Mr. Hume) did not believe that e . ' e could would have remained quiet, or that the public Pea h c ad been have been maintained, if the state of the country : Ji On the such in 1848 as the Noble Lord found it in 18 sill had, in contrary, the changes introduced by the Reform ..... and that his opinion, checked the lawless march of democracy t became lavr democratic progress could only be evil when 1 Seek for their less, since the people had as good a claim to e He regretteu rights as any other class of the community. extritoent of Government should have concluded his able speech on a that the Noble Lord at the head of the • by recent occasion le by the peole saying that no progress could be made to other *lasses. towards obtaining their rights without deli ge s r uffrage to every and that he was not prepared to gives he those who were fit man mho had a right to it, but only ° t the words of to exercise it. Ile (Mr. Hume) would quo e . what the rights of a very high authority with respect to rue theory the people were. Betckstone said that upon the of t the come and genuine principles of liberty every member and that every munity, however poor, should bays a vote, agent ought to have a rece man who was supposed to be a f ree Earl Grey and Lord John Russell ha quoted that authority support of several other voice in the election of the representatives of the people. in 1831, and it had received the distinguished names. It was up on such grounds ,n (Mr. Hum e ) as k e d the House to e,ethe those rights. 11satisfied while th e i n j us ti ce lasted; and he said that every sense of inju s ti ce existed, how could any man rest 0 _ that lie a lie ought to be ready disaffection and dle- t o extend what was just and fair to all classes of the people, and thus prevent ne content.—(llear, hear.) In the year 1e1,49 2 forming a majority in that House, were elected b y Member. for every ern electors, giving an average of 450 electors . stered voters, Thus, one-filth part of the whole of the then registered ity in amounting to 956,000 in number, might elect He would not the House of CuMMOnS.—(ilear, hear.) the lists to show trouble the House by referring to the he would say d but ine quality between Scotland and England, but 1846, 33d1 bMernbers, to him to be so that the state of the representation only with regard to electors to property, that a with respect . and population, but also d and he did intreat Honourable great injustice was committed, 'least desire to carry out the unequal and so inconsistent, not I Members, if they had t e a him firsupporting his measure. and move the impediments t°anjufacturing country which was not There was not re i t n o sti i t t u s tio p n ro s o o p f er t competitors, in order to obtain the v y in g with its achiness for the manufacture of the best n . essible • In roduced. Now, that House was the tax articles which it P ihti)s,countryl e t.sh have he country,best possiblethrough c every man re ing machine t ibution to the general stock •order that anti fin mated his contribution upon industry might be • wisely managed , that those drafts ma W c hi hin h es, according to they 11 other man f m ple of A . U a cturera—(Hear)—and that the exa be done by removing the present inequalities. If only given their rights, men were and were protected in the exercise of those rights, he would venture to say that they w ould exercise them properly. bore The industrious classes a tenfold proportion of taxation to that borne b • the other classes_ of the community, and, therefore, in order Y to reform ought t°c, that House,and to enable it to perform its duty to the coun try, so as to make the laws and taxation just and uitable, they ought to give the eo share in - • honest and independent M b p p lea e ,_ em ers. Would any man tel him Pl' Flume), looking at the exposure which had recentl taken place, and seeing a candidate become that House a Member of who had declared that, if he were put on a C one " mittee of In he would declare himself ille gally elected, that the representation of the peoP e Was, in any degree, fair or just? After the e ; posure of St. Albans, and knowing as they did lust the same system existed in at least ninety o ther boroug h s ' he could not conceive how any one, having the slightes t p r n e t tence to be a reformer, could be satisfied with the presex. state of things.— (Hear, hear.) Unless they granted an e ee tension of the suffrage they would leave on the minds of t h e people a conviction that they were unjustly treate d, an when when times of danger came they would, not join in the ene't, port of those institutions which they believed to be litel us e , and unless the ballot were also given there would be no Pi ll ' a tection for voters.—(Wear, hear.) Whatever might be ile a result of the division that evening, he was firmly sa te ` e e that before long, when they came to revise the taxati on t be the country, and to show the unju s t position in whic h itt le industrious classes were pl a c e d, th e y w o u ld appear in i d be better state than that of se i f s , and th a t then there would to ade reason to regret that more att e mpts h a d not been in, yob reform the House of Comm o ns. As a friend to the L 3.° d ; , to to the Peers, and to the Ho use o f C ommo ns, he desire d of see all classes of this country parti c ip a te in the ben e ven t reform. His wish was to remove injustice, and to Pr e e „.... those evils which might arise in times of exciterleePe ee d (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Hon. Member conc.lMead by moving ur leave to bring in the Bill of which 113 t'' givela notice. e e to Sir J. WALMSLEY, in seconding the motion, begg e the congratulate his lion. Friend who had just eat down ollurse, earnestness with which he had pursued his even ° on ly and on the evident progress which be had made , n ot ions in the country, but in that House—(Hear, hear) _led hundred and twenty Members of which had already .vde'vet in favour of his motion. He (Sir J. Wahnsley) el l , - ill doubt that that number would very shortly be gree tl Y o - of creased, and he believed it to be merely a ques t i on i c e. time—(Hear)—for the motion itself was founded on e u j i ff The corrupt state of the representation had so freq ue 3 1. been the subject of discussion that it would Fecal to o re most most unnecessary to offer a word in support of any Ine`e;ae calculated to amend or to mitigate the evils of such 8 , dia tem. But the course which had been pursuea,,ch reference to that question, and the measures Yeroed had been recently introduced by the Noble, Lord the Member for London, induced him (Sir J e i„ee Walmsley) to offer some observations as to "' te e reforms which he believed to be earnestly desired by 0 , great majority of the people. When the Noble Lord lonre'tn, cuced his Bill, he (Sir J. Walmsley) had taken th e oPP tee pity to state that he believed that it would no t have . had support and confidence of the people. Subsequent e ven t s erg to some extent justified that observation, and be 1 0,5 isr glad to AO that the Noble Lold hinaielf had intimated N"'