The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-18 00:00:00

fourtb 4bition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS; Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock; Lord REDESDALE presided on the Woolsack in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. Lord CAMPBELL brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Conampn Lao: , Procedure Bill. On the motion of the Noble and Learned Lord it was ordered to be considered on Fridsy. PETITIONS. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented: several peti tions from Durham and other places against the grant to Maynooth. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from females in Tyrone in favour of the inspection of nun neries. WAR IN AVA. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wished to know whether the Government were in a position to lay the papers relating to the war in Ava on tho tabh? The Noble Lord complained of the conduct pursued towards General Godwin, whosa character had been maligned just as he was about to start upon a most arduous ex pedition. The Earl of DERBY was understood to say that no blame whatever attached to the character of General Godwin. From the information which had been last received it appeared that the King of Ava had not positively rof'used to give any reparation; he had sent no answer to the message which had been trans mitted him. The dispatch alluded to bythe Noble Lord would be laid upon the table in a few days. On the motion of the Earl of LONSDALE, the E'..l• clesiastical Jurisdiction Bill passed through Committee. On the motion of the Bishop of SALISBURY, the Protestant Dissenters Bill psased through Committee. BISHOP OF CHBI3TCIILIRCH (NEW ZEALAND) peror of Russia is one of the finest men that can be seen, and yet at his side the Emperor of Aus tria is remarked for his good looks. In the evening of the 11th , a magnificent military serenade was given to the Emperor of Russia in the court of the palace. The orchestra consisted of 400 musicians and 150 drums ; and the effect produced was very fine. Russian and Austrian songs were executed with the precision which distinguishes the Germans amongst musical people. T he Emperor Nicholas would not receive any official visit, but he sent cards to all the members of the diplomatic body. He, however, paid a visit to . the Prince Marshal Windischgratz, General Jellacluch, Ban of Croatia, and Count Fiquelmont. He also paid two visits to Prince Metternich, and had a long conversa tion with M. Bach, Minister of the Interior, who is one of the most intelligent statesmen, and courageously devoted to the cause of European order. The Prater, which is the Champs-Elysees of Vienna, pr esen t e d on the same evening quite a fairy spectacle. All the population assembled there, either on foot or in carriages,, to see and salute the two Emperors, who during nearly two hours drove about in a s imple open carriage, drawn by two horses, without a single aide-de-catnp or any escort. The s implicity of this carriage f orme d a con t ras t w ith th e brilliant Equipages of the titl e d an d p rov i nc i a l aris tocracies." M. Kuhne, editor of the Europe of Leipsic, was, a short time ego, condemned to three weeks' impri sonment, by the Tribunal of that city, for having published a n ar ti c l e o ff ens i ve t o t h e Ki ng o f N ap l es . An appeal was presented to the Superior Tribunal of Dresden, and it was beard a few days back. M. Kuhne was acquitted, but condemned to the costs. rHE LONDON GAZET rE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 12, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will bold a Drawing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 3i of June next, at two o'clock. At the. Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May, 1852, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Richard Southwell Bourke (commonly called Lord Naas) wae, by her Ma jesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May, 1852, present the Queeen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to ap point the Right Hon. Joan Frederick, Earl Cawdor, to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Carmarthen, his Lordship this day took the oaths ap pointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May, 1852, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to be a Member of the Committee of Council appointed to superintend the application of any sums voted by Parliament for the purpose of pro moting public education. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May, 1852, present the Que en ' s M os t Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint Alban Lewis Gwynne, of Monachty, Esq., to be sheriff of the county of Cardigan, in the room of John Inglis Jones, of Derry Ormond, Esq. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 15. Tie Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Carl Heinrich August Maempel, as Consul at Malta for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. WHITEHALL, MAY 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Duncan McNeill, EAsi , one of the Lords of Session and of Jus ticiary, to be Lord Justice General and President of the Court of Session in Scotland. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 17. 3IEMBER3 RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Carmarthen—David Jones, of Pantglis, in the said county, Del , in the room of the 'Honourable George Rice Trevor, now Lord Dinevor, called up to the House of Peers. Town of Perth—The Honourable Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, Hyde Park-gardens, London, in the room of the Right Honourable Fox Maule, now Lord Panmure, called up to the House of Peers. ADMIRALTY, MAY 10. Corps of Royal Marines.—Second Lieutenant John Frederick Hawkey to be First Lieutenant, vice Charles Wolrige, resigned. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Ed ward Holmes Baldock, Esq , M.P., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, May 10. BANKRUPTS. Charles Wentworth Wass, picture dealer, Bond-street, to surrender June 3, at two, and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. William Russell, draper, Bethnal-green-road, May 21, at half past one, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee;- Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. IL nry Calvert, tailor, Petersfield, May 29, at twelve, and July 3d, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, cfficial assignee, Basinghall•street; Low, Chancery-lone. James Banister, brass founder, Birmingham, May 29 and June 19, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assigree, Birmingham; James, Birmingham. Juhn Passman, currier, Stockton-upon-Tees, Dur ham, May 27, at half-past twelve, and July 2, at one, a t the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, offi cial assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Allison, Darling, ton ; Berle, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane- London. or Butcher &ink, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. W. I. Rawlings, auctioneer, Williams-terrace,:Rother bithe. W. Hatteraley, botanist, St. George's-street, St. George's in the East. E. Burke, bricklayer, Seymour- place, Bryanstone-square. W. W. Dove, concertina manufacturer, Poland -street, Oxford -street. 11. Davis, grocer, Esther-place, Upper Holloway. J. Kempster, cow keeper, Queen's-road, Bayswater. J. Balchin, fishmonger, Godalming, Surrey. J. Firmieger, charcoal dealer, Sun-street, East-lane, Walwortb. J. Brinkworth, auctioneer, Stanley-street, Paddington. J. J. Hickson, beer retailer, Hawkins-street, Mile End road. H. Hermit!, widow, Gillingham-street, Pimlico. U. Stocker, baker, High-street, Wapping. F. Gadsden, baker, Upper Carlisle-street, Marylebone. H. Poynter, batter factor, Dorchester. T. Perkin, writing clerk, Darby. J. Saunders, grcccr, Ipswich. J. Winter, lic ense d victualler, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. F. Thornton, builder, Birmingham. E. IL Graveley, soup boiler, Southampton. J. Fitchett, cas ti ng pot maker, Birmingham. J. Russell, bone scale cutter, Sheffield. J. B. Cush, builder, Deptford. J. G. Gibson, mechanic, Manchester. C. W. Green, spur maker, Shrewsbury. J. Parry, labourer, Liandissiliogogo, Cardiganshire. A. Spanier, glseier and glass cutLer, Woolwich. J. Walsh, grocer, Nova Scotia, Blackbur n , Lancashire. W. Asurojd, waterman, Wakefield, Yorkshire. H. Hanson, journeyman butcher, Birmingham. E. S. Harley, commercial traveller, Birmingham. J. Bates, boiler maker, Salford, Lancashire. J. Bradley ; provision dealer, Bolton-le-Moops, Lancash. J, Kirkman, beerseller, Ainsworth, Lancashire. C. Buott, commercial traveller, Chorlton-upon-Medlock Manchester. J. Caldecutt, victualler, Heaton Norris, Lancashire. J. Elliott, currier, Derby. T. Holme, victualler, Liverpool. J. Johnson, bookseller, Manchester. E. C. Locke, pianoforte-maker, Manchester. J. Newton, waste dealer, Oldham, Lancashire. N. Sefton, labourer, Ribcbester, Lancashire. E. Sharman, bricklayer, Gorton, Manchester. J. Seaman, inspector on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, Brighton. R. Wright, tea dealer, Battle, Sussex. MARKET IN TELL' GEN CE. (From the London ,New Price Current, May 18.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a material improvement in the demand for West India Sugar, especially for refining purposes, and the rates obtained were in all cases 6d per cwt above those of Friday. Operations are 2,000 hluds, including at auction 200 hlids; 14 tics Barbadoea which went at the full value, fine yellow at 39a to 40s 6d, good mid to good 36 3 to 38 s 6d, nrd 343 to 35s 6d, common 33$ to 333 6d; and 96 hhda Demerara crystalized, ord 3 38 6d t o 3 for refined at,34s 6d, and brown 323 to 33s per cwt. The market for both Colonial and Foreign Sugar closes under fav ourable auspices.REF/ 3 ED —To day there was only a limited demand full.9previo-us terale AST INDIA. firro,l oy , +,, `,.ogar from home dealers, yet rates ruled per e wt. I ti une grocery lumps realized from 47s to 50$ crushed Sugar a good deal doing for ship pingrealized from 345T64his afternoon . several parcels of white al Sugar were sold privately at 6d advance, and Bengal 1,160 rather deareyr. ellott at 1,150 bags were disposed of, to 403 , grainy more in request, and 38s 6d to 403 6d, low to mid 32$ 6d good to fine There is a greater bagsdemandauction 4,800 for Madras, and stiffer rates to 3 bags were sold, are obtained; a t ord 323 to 33s 6d, brown 27s good grocery at 343 to soft 6 mid to atb yellow 26s to 27s 6d. Of to 31s, ord low to Penang 900 bags went 325, and white 333 to 355. n f a o h rei a g t n ter rate; soft yellow 27s to a material increase has place in the export demand f FOREIGN. —Since Saturday 5,000 cnests yellow lim o : Sugar, from3ss an to d very full rates have been obtained. Th e • private opera tions are taken allow Bahia ^ 393, a cargo ye 053; 10,000 bag M Sugar 33J to 355, and , not clayed 303 to 31s• -9 Manilla i some parcels Brazll, brown 313 to 323 6d, yellow 34 s to 353, and white 35. 6J to 393 per cwt. —This afternoon there was M AURITI US. mere demand for Mauritius Sugar, at auction, however, 4,500 b s w taken in 6d to la per cwt above the value, id g t o ere n e yellow at 33s 61 to 375, ord 323 to 333, go d to fine brown 303 to 323, and grey from 31s to 365 per cwt. There were buyers.6l above former terms, MOLASSES. —There is no decline in the value of West India, still operations are upon a small scale; A ntigun and Barbadoes at 133 6d to 149 6d, and other sorts 123 to 133. The rates demanded for Cuba and Y or f o Rica are 135 6d to 145; Bengal and illsraititit 11$ sti to 12s; few buyers are to be met with. There are ready buyers of Tamarinds. COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceyloo,psest with less attention, and there was a more, plentiful supply, still lower rates were not t a k e n ; at auction 2,000 bags were all bought in.at 45s for good ord. There is less doing in Plantation', and a reduction took place of Is to 2s per cwt. Of 560 casts and 200 bags at auction a small part only sold, fine at 68s to 723, good mid to good 59s to 635, low mid to mid 54s to 58s, fino to fine fine ord 503 to 535, triage 42a to 48s, and pea berry 62s to 68s. Mocha is less wanted and rather cheaper; at auction 117 bales selling at 68s to 80s for ord to good. On Change Native Ceylon was sold at 44s for good ord quality. COCOA.—A material increase has taken place in the demand for Foreign, and prices are firmer, speculators have also been operating. The rates obtained for Bahia and Para are 24s 6d to 265; and Guayaquil 29s to 30s per cwt. Home deliveries of British Plantation con tinue large, and the market has a firm tone. None has again been offered at auction; but privately many parcels have been sold, and at rates rather above those prevailing previously ; Trinidad, good to fine red realised 37a to 445, low to good mid 33s to 363, grey 303 to 335; and Grenada from 29s to 34s per cwt. These rates are much under last season; but stock is 4,500 bags larger. An impression exists that prices for Cocoa have not yet arrived at tneir highest point, there being every prospect of a greater consumption. TEA.—There is a good demand for inferior and me dium Congou, but no advance has been produced, there is, however, a firm market; previous terms are well sustained for better kinds, and operations are to a fair extent; prices for low to good ordinary rule at Bid to 9d, rather blackish to blackish leaf 90 to 100, strong and Pekoe kinds lid to is sd. For Souchong a good demand exists, still rates are not better, common selling at 9d to I Id, mid to good is to Is 3d, and fine is 4d to is Bd. Oolong is not cheaper, there are however now few buyers, sellers are willing to accept is Id to is 61 for good to fine, and 10d to is for low to mid. Several transactions have taken place in Pouchong at 6d to lid, and there is a decreased supply. There is no advance fur green, although large transactions have taken place in common and fine, with a fair demand for other sorts. Prices for Hyson and for low to mid Is ld to is 4d. good to fine is 5d to 24 3d, choice 2s 4d to 24 10d; Young Hyson, common, 10d to Is, mid to good is Id to is 6d, fine is 81 to 2s 3d; Gunpowder, Canton, 10d to is, Hyson kind is 8d to 2$ 7d, fine 2i 9d to 3s 3d; Imperial Canton, 101 to 11d, Hyson kind is to is Bd, fine is 9d to 2s, Twankay 90 to is, Caper 91 to 10id, Scented ditto lid to is •td, and Hyson Skin 7d to Is. Flowery Pekoe is still in exeeltent demand, fine and superior Is 8d to 2s 10d, and low to good 1s 3d to is 7d; exporters are still operating. In common and mid scented Orange Pekoe sales are still trilling, and there are willing sellers at 10d to Is but of good to fine many parcels have been sold at I s Id to is 83 per lb. Opinion is favourable as to future operation in the Tea market. RICE.-The best white Bengal and Java met with a good demand, and realised previous rates, supply being limited. Other sorts continue to be dealt in with reluctance both for shipping and home trade purposes; prices are supported with di ffi culty, larger parcels having been brought forward. Of 800 bags Madras at auction a part only sold at 8s 6d to 9s for good Coringa grain, 2,670 bags Moulmein, good white 9s 6d to 10a, common 8s 6d to 9s; 360 bags Arra can 9s to 9s 6d; 1 000 bags Bengal all sold at lls to lis 63 for fine white, and 8s to 103 for low mid to good. The value of white Java is 9s to 12s, and cargo 8s per cwt. SPIRITS.-East India Rum met with little attention, and there are sellers at Is 4d proof. Purchasers in Lee ward Island have been small, and Is 5d to is 5 d are the rates taken, supply being more plentiful. Of Deme rara large parcels are on offer, but Is lld to 2s 2d per gallon having been accepted for 30 to 42 per cent over proof occasioned a good business to be concluded. Operations in Jamaica are to a fair extent chiefly for shipping, yet at previous terms there are free sellers, supply being plentiful. The rates taken for choice sorts 35 to 38 over proof are from 3s 4d to 4s, fine 2s 10d to 3s 3d, good mid to good 30 to 34 over 2s 4d to 2s 83, mid 2s to 2s 3d, and low 24s to 28s over is 103 to is lid. A brick demand exists for Brandy, and large parcels have been taken for shipping, the previous cur rency being well sustained. Cognac best brands of tho vintage of 1851 realised 4s 21 to 4s 43, 1850 ditto 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 33 to 5s sd, older 5s 7d to 6s 6d, low to mid 3s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux Is lld to 2s 2d. There is a dull sale for British-made Spirit, with sellers at 9s 83 cash, Gin 8s 3d for 22 under, and 17 ditto 8s 9d. There are now few buyers of Geneva, and the value is Is 8d to Is 9d, and fine 2s to 2s 4d per gallon. lelneSo.-To day the demand was brisk for East India at the quarterly sales, and the, previous advance well sustained for all sorts. Of 666 chests passed, 23 were withdrawn, and 200 taken in, leaving 438 sold. Of the total passed (amounting to 5,973 chests), the quantity disposed of is actually 3,769 chests. Of Guatimala 100 serous sold to-day; very low lean to mid Cortes from 2s lld to 3s 63, mid to good Sobres 2s 10d to 4s 63. COCHINEAL.-To-day there was a reluctance to ope rate, and prices declined Id per lb, at auction 300 bags were only in part sold, Honduras went at 3s lid to 5s for low to fine black, Java 3s 10d to 44, low Silvers 2s Bd, Mexican black 3s 93 to 4s 4d, Silvers 3s 6d to 3e 7d per lb. PROVISIONS -New Irish butter is offered at a further redaction. The rates taken for fine Carlow, Clonmell, and Kilkenny are JB9 to 80e, Waterford 77s to 80s, Li merick 70s to 725, and fourth Cork 57s to 58s lauded. On board, fine Limerick are to be obtained at 61s for delivery from May to December, and Cork at 70s for next months shipment. Old Butter met with a slow sale at 45s to 60a. Friezland, fine at 70s to 735, surplus and interior 60s to 68s, Holland, fine 603 to 68s, inferior 54s to 565, Leer and Emden, fine 68s to 665, inferior 50s to 549, Holstein and Kiel, fine 73s to 75s per cwt. English has been dealt in with caution 56s to 10s, Fresh 6s 64 to lOs 6d per dozen lbs. There is no general redaction for Bacon. The rates taken for Irish are 49s to 435, for sizeable 47s to 50s, for heavy Hamburgh 47s to 41s, and sizeable 49s to 503 ; middles are only in moderate request, and a detice is evinced to sell at from 44s to 46 , . In Navy Provisions little is now doing, the rates asked are, however, for Irish India Pork 132 s 6d to 135 s per trc: Prime Mess 75s to 77s 6d per barrel. Beef, Irish India 120 s to 125 s per trc, Mess 100 s to 1103, and Ame rican 95s to 100 s. A good sale exists for Hams, Irish at 46s to 60s, and English 60a to 63e. For Lard there is a dull sale, and a desire is evinced to sell; Irish bled dered at 54s to 595, keg and firkin 46s to 525; Ham burgh bladdered 55s to 58s, and American 53s to 545. In Cheese sales are upon a smalf scale; Edams 33s to 425, Gouda 33a to 425, Kantar 18s to 18s 6d, and Ame rica 36s to 425. Cus.—There is an increasing demand for Seal, and better prices have been obtained; Pale realizing 321 103 to 334 and other sorts 299/ lOs to 311 103 per ton. Cod is held firmly at 341 10s, and a fair business is doing. Southern is is small supply, and there are several buyers at from 321 to 35/ for common to fine. The upward movement has ceased for Sperm, yet there is no decrease in operations; at auction 40 tuns were sold et 871 to 871 15s, and inferior 851 103 to 861 103. Headmatter is worth 911 to 93/. A free sale still prevails for Palm, and prices con tinue to improve, fine and good quality selling at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil is more in request, and a less quantity is on offer, the rates obtained for Cochin are 33s to 355, Ceylon 32s 6d to 34s and Sydney 303 to 323. Trado is dull for Linseed Oil, and prices are still improving, and range at 27s 6d to 27s 9d on the spot. Purchases in Rape Oil, are of importance, there is an advance ; Foreign Pale, realising 32s 6d to 335, English 325. 'i c ALLow.—Holders of Russian are firm, and rcquire 36s 6d to 37s on the spot for fine yellow candle; still only limited purchases have been made. A good deal bits been done for delivery in last six months of theyear, at 374 6d to 38s, with not free sellers. A fair sale prevails for home melted, and 363 6d is the last quoted cash. Ot Australian 300 casks at auction were mostly disposed of ; beef from 83s to 351 ' very ord 31e to 32 5; mutton 348 6d to 37 5 . 650 pack ages South American 34s to 37a 3d. For auction 800 packages Tallow are declared. BORNEO. ATTACK ON THE SULOO PIRATES.-LOSS OF LIFE. The expedition, consisting of her Majesty's shi p 8 Cleopatra , e aroc Ind ia ner sdpe e aa ti nv m ov i tra f tr r t i re g teor a t u t tm e wr enoeeStdemwtiori vesselsa thS m Semiramis, nal aosnnodgrpienut belonging e t war steamer si the c Pluto — t he eonm s d t after thean E un a :u t Suloo pirates on the east coast of Borneo, who were con cerned in cutting off the schooner Dolphin, and the mur der of Mr. Burns and his companions. Much discussion has of late taken place on the subject of piracy in the Archipelago, and who are and who are not pirates; but of the character of the men against whom the expedi tion under Captain Massie, of her Majesty's ship Cleo patra, was sent, there is not the least doubt entertained. The head-quarters of the Suloo, Lanun, and Illanuo, piratical prahus, which scour the Indian Archipelago, has fie quently been pointed out from the days of Dalrymple to the present, but it was not until the re cent outrage on Mr. Burns that the English authori ties adopted a single step to punish the pirates in their strongholds, and on the present occasion they have been completely unsuccessful. The following particulars will show what manner of people these marauders are : Having coaled both steamers at Labuan, the expedition sailed for Maluda, the Cleopatra a short time in advance. Mr. St. John, acting commissioner, and Captain Brooks, better known as the Rajah Muda of Sarawak, were on board the Cleopatra. Captain Massie's boats pro ceeded up the Menggatal river to the house of a chief who was known to be in league with a party of Lanun pirates, but nothing was done, the object being merely a demonstration. At Maluda in formation was received of the murder of Mr. Wind ham, at Suloo, by the chief minister of the Sultan, but on inquiry at Singapore the report turned out to be untrue, Mr. Windham being at Mulish' at the time. After much difficulty the Cleopatra was taken through the Malawalli passage, and at length reached Tungku, the principal head-quarters of the Saloo pirates. The steamer's boats tried river after river be fore reaching the one they were in search of. Having anchored below the river, an expedition was formed of sixteen boats in two divisions, the light boats btiog under the direction of Captain Burbank of the Pluto, and the heavy boats under Captain Stephens of the Se miramis- Captain Massie, accompanied by the Acting Commissioner, proceeded in the Cleopatra's g i g. White flags were hoisted in most of the boats, and after two hours' Pulling they reached the chief's house, and on the top of the room they placed a white flag in token of a peaceful visit, and to induce the inhabitants to approach; not one, however, appeared, they having fled before the boats reached the place. Whilst they were meditating °Il t he 6eP neat to be taken, they lit,resuddarai 6141Wd with a shower of balls, or rather shots, issuing from the jangle, killing one of our men and wounding two others. Having thus shown a hostile disposition, Captain Massie immediately directed preparations to be made for acting on the offensive. A smart fire was returned from the marines, firing in the direction whence the smoke was observed, but without any effect. The boats then re turned to the shipping. On the 17th the flotilla pro ceeded to the place, with the view of inflicting a severe punishment for firing upon the flag of truce. The small arms men were placed on one side of the river, and the marines on the other. The stockades were reached, but the guns had been removed. Scouring par ties went in all directions, but not a man was visible. Some of the pirates, however, advanced stealthily through the jungle to the stockades, rind fired, and a party of them fired on the boats, wounding three men, one mortally. Yet not a soul was observable. Whenever smoke was seen to issue from the jungle the place was immediately in vested, but the daring, adventurous Lanues managed to escape. Finding this mode of warfare very discourage inn., orders were given to d es t ro y a ll th e b u ildi ngs , ma d e of bamboo and cadjan, and soon replaced, together with large granaries of rice, which being accamplished the flotilla returned with the loss of several men killed and wounded, without the satisfaction of knowing they had even wounded a single Lanun. From the absence of their prahus it is believed the pirates were absent on a piratical expedition, but it is equally probable that their prahus and themselves were concealed up some of the numerous and to us unknown rivers abounding in that quarter. BILL. The Bishop of OXFOR 0, in moving the second read ing of this Bill, tock the opportunity of passing an enlo gium on co nduct of the Bish o p o f N ew Z , aland in o his island, the aft et of which was to give a hope that New Zealand would become a point where the healing blessings of Christianity might be spread over the grou ps of islands in that neighbourhood. The Bishop of LONDON also concurred in the eulo gium passed by his Right Roy. Friend. The Bill wns then read a third time and passed. The Disabilities Repeal Bill was read a second time and passed. Their Lordship then adjourned until Friday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock, and - there being only 29 Members present, the House vim adjourned until to•morrow at Twelve o'clock. TATTEItSALL'S.—TIIIS EVENING Six o'cLocx. Nothing doing. COURSE OF EXCH. Am4ter:.staa .. 1.. AN GE.-(THIS DAY.) IGPnaltaz.. • • .... 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Traffic for the week ending May 15, 1852 : Passengers i 22,382), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,144 19 4 Corresponding week in last year 3,725 3 9 Glaggow, May 17. FRANCE. Ti . e Minister of 'War gave a grand breakfast on Monday to the Arab chiFf3, and a large number of generals and other officers who have served in Al geria. After breakfast, the chiefs were invited to enter the drawing-rooms, where several magnificent presents in arms, &c., were offered to them by the Minister. The Minister at the same time encouraged them to perse - vere in the fidelity which they had hitherto manifested towards France. " You must have perceived," added he, " during your short stay in Paris, the extent of our strength ; and, on your• return, you can tell your countrymen that if France knows how to recompence with munificence her faithful servants, she is powerful enough to chas tise her enemies." Si Tahar, one of the chiefs. replied in the name of the deputation, saying—" We will carry lk with us au ineffaceable remem brance of the grandeur of France and of the kind reception which we have received from the Govern- meet and the population. Reckon us amongst your most faithful suljects, ready to take up arms for our common interest . , wherever you may meet with enemies." The Minister then conducted the chiefs to the E1y , 62, where the Prince President gave them an audience of leave. On their being airnitttd, the Prince expressed how much he had been pleased to see them take part in the late military files, and said that his desire was to be able one day to return the visit which they now made to France. lie recommended them to profit by the benefits of the peace which existed, and then added : " I reckon you amongst my soldiers, and I have shown that I do so, by placing you in the midst of them." The Prince then presented to each a rich present, the Agile Mahomed-bel-Hadri preferring to everything that could be offered him a portrait of the Prince. The President also distributed tOmongst them three decorations, one to the son of Gen. Ben Ismael, killed in the French service ; a second to his nephew, El Mezary ; and the third, to the Agha of the Beni Ameur. The Prince also presented Colonel Darner', under whose care the Chiefs have been placed is Paris, with a superb carbine. The Arab deputation is to leave Paris this day. The Prefect of the Seine gave a grand banquet on Friday to the principal officers of the army of Paris. M. Berger had on his right General de St. Arnaud, and on his left M. de Pertlgny, the other Ministers being alto present. After the dinner had terminated, M. Berger rose and said : " pc.)pese to you the health of Prince lii.v)!co!, the noble chief of our valiant army— to him, w:.°, in replacing on our colt urs the imperial has res!ored to cur national colours their accient —(Bravo, bravo I) May, for the honour of France, the e gturi ou3 %itncs.es of our immortal victories now ever - , Vlv e Leg yearswis; of peace and prosperity. ttite te r rose-end S ' aid app;eu6o had s u b s id e d, .M. de Persigny " Cientie mee the m of '— ' propose to you, tiro army, which, in ideao, idst a" di l rce • ri aordt rof 'e minds cud anarchy of wh the en' demoralised, pre o i, t around it appeared corrupted or the sentimen t e e r 904 in its reeks French honour, the country, and w - i u t t,y, the f ee li ng o f d evote d ness to ~ virtues which constitute disdain cf wealth, all the your fathers of Mareee grem rations. Gentlemen, Ia Moscowa, perform e d g't Austerlitz, Wagrem, and feats. They fertiltz d w ith their bleed througO ti r t ea t t while world the germs of an idea of civilization, and lustre on the French revolution, purified it so ti7rastirggely, and caused it to take such root in the mind ofotrhou ,e world, that it is henceferward invincible.—(Leed a n more—a )e • applause.) Well then, you have done eve , in a tim f • y u r),vo prEservd te e ,i e o corruption and madness even Emperor in th r e tue of ur fathers, and in felli - isving the n , vtiew of hi s ccurag enu; enterprise, you have year r the fath ers h wholeto honour of France.-- appl ause.) saved e tho then, gentlemen; resamn your eagles, world knows that you are as worthy as q with them. • decorate your drink to the standerd `French Artny.'"—(Cheers.) At these last words all the guests ros e , and drank the toast with great enthusiesni. General de st . Arnaud returned thanks. He sa id Thanks, Gentlemen, in the name of the army, for your cordial reception; h ono ur to the city of Paris, o ne of whose chadren lam p ro ud to be. And in this mo ment, whe n t ruthful sent i men ts are so well underst oo d , permit me to unite in a single toast three thoughts which are intimately connected together, and which ought never to be separated in our minds —To Prince Louis Napoleon!—T o the glory and grandeur of France!—To the prosperity of the City of Paris!"—(lmmense applause.) In the evening, a concert was given in the beautiful apartment of the Pr e f ect; a great nu mber of officers of the army and national guard, not at the dinner, and the delegates who had come to Paris for the dis tribution of the eagles, being present. The company separated about one in the morning, delighted with the evening's entertainment. Tae trial of M. de Jarente for the murder of his wife in a fit of jealousy, at the Hotel de Paris, was terminated at a late hour on Sourday evening. The jury condemned him to hard labour at the hulks for life. The circumstances of this assassination are probably fresh in the recollection of our readers. Madame _de Jarente was a beautiful woman, occupying a distin guished position in French society; in consequence of her husband's jealously, she had been compelled to leave home, and take refug e at the Hotel d e P ar i s . Thither sh e was followed by her implacable husband, who deliberately shot her, on finding that a gentle man The u v e t a fo ll yt i u nt t h e e room where she had taken ref uge . died be na lady lingered for a f ew d a y s , and th en ' horrible torments. GERMAN Y. Tbe Vienna correspondent of the Comtifutionnel, giving nh accou n t of the military review is that after city by the Emperors or Ituasia and Au3tria, says -13y,. their high and majestic mature, by the dignity and nobleneis of their manners, the Emperors of Russia and Auatria reresent perfectly the sovereign inesteci. The Eta • authority with wiik4l thly are THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEA-BORNE MAILS. When the new ocean mail contracts into which the Government has recently entered come into opera tion, the whole cost to the nation for conveying its sea-borne correspondence will amount to nearly a million sterling per annum. Th e ocean mil packet lines nerved by this country will then be about 60,000 miles in length; and the number of miles which the British mail packets will traverse annually will be nearly 2 500,000 miles. The number of letters which these packets will carry in tke course of a year, at the present postal packet rates, will be about thirty millions. The relative importance of different parts of the world with this country may be estimated by th e f requenc y o f the ma il packet communication with them. Th us , th e communication with France will be twice daily ; with Belgium, once daily ; with Holland and Hamburg!), twice weekly ; with America, weekly ; with the East Indies and the Peninsula, three times monthly ; with the Cape of Good Hope, five times every two months ; with the West Indies, China, the west coast of Africa, Central America, Chili, Peru, and the Spanish Main, twice monthly ; and with Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Buenos Ayres, monthly. The principal steam packet companies who have con tracts with the Government are: the Pacific, the British and American, the West India, and the Peninsular and Oriental Companies. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company has hitherto confined its operations to the south-western coast of America, between Panama and Valparaiso. It will most probably extend its enterprise to California, and mate rially assist in the navigation of the Pacific Ocean, and in establishing a western communication with Australia. The British and American Steam Packet Company is distinguished for the success with which it has navi gated the North Atlantic Ocean. It has been in ad vance of all the other steam-packet companies, as far as the perfection of its vessels is concerned; and in taking immediate advantage of every discovery in the improve ment of steamers. Its ship-building career has been one continued triumph, each of its packets having sur passed its predecessor in magnitude and speed. The operations of thia company have consisted almost ex clusively in running packets between England and the United States, and British North America. When California was discovered, it was expected that the British and American Company would have extended its enterprise southward from New York, in order to share the immense traffic that would arise on that route. It has not, however, seen fit to do so, and has allowed the American people to monopolise the whole of the sea traffic between New York and San Francisco. The Royal West India Mail Packet Company differs from all other companies in having commenced its exis tence as a great company, and in undertaking at the outset of its career a vast and magnificent ocean mail packet scheme. It has been more unfortunate than all the other companies put together, having lost, in the space of 10 years, a splendid fleet of steamers, the de struction of which has caused some of the most terrible and heartrending calamities recorded in the history of ocean navigation. It is singular that from the first mail packet sch e me, projected by this company, the re wou ld seem to have been anticipated some great discovery in the Pacific in connexion with the United States, since it comprehended a com munication between th e D ar i en Gulf and New York. It is curious to observe, al so , th e changes which this company's mail route scheme has undergone. In the first instance, of so little importance were the North and South American ports in the Pacific considered, that Chagres was never visited until the northern Antilles had been served, and then only by a branch steamer, once a month, from Jamai c a. As for Grey Town, it was not even mentioned in their scheme. Now, however, there i s a di rect com munication between England, and Chagres, and Grey Town, once every fourteen days. The great policy of the Royal Mail Company, at present, is to prevent the riches and traffic, originating on the eastern shores of the Pacific, from passing to this country by way of New York; and to draw it to England, by a direct north-easterly course, from the Isthmus of Panama. To accomplish this gigantic steamers are running between St. Thomas and their home station; the packetsnurn e with Mexico ic c o om to pa b n e y p is art t i o al b ly e augmented, r. a e nd kn it i s al trad sacrificed. The Peninsular and Oriental Company was the most insignificant of all the picket companies, and has become the greate - st of any. It first possessed, as a foreign packet company, two or three steamers only, which were employed in coasting in the Bay of Biscay. and it now possesses a fleet of which a nation might be proud. In a few months its fleet will consist of upwards of 30 steamers, which will cover a sea and ocean line 15,000 miles in length. The operations of this company have been spreading eastward with marvellous rapidity. The company has now secured the principal traffic of the eastern world, which will scarcely be interfered with, even when a western communication with Australia is established. Trading with the richest and most populous countries on the globe, with no great ocean to cross, have made the Peninsular and Oriental Company the wealthiest and most fortunate steam packet company in the world. The mail steam packet service of this country is one of its crowning achievements, and will leave more last ing and beneficial traces of its greatness than any monu ment existing of the most celebrated nations of anti qwui l i l ty b ; e f e o le r te b n y d i e t d s aogveenrci the English name and language t - he civilized world; and the fame of England will rest on commerce and not on conquest. There can be little doubt that if a uniform foreign postal rate, sufficiently low in amount, prepaid by stamps, were substituted for the present charges, the o v e rsea corresponde nce o f t hi s country would pro bably increase from thirty millions of letters a year to three hundred milliteas, without any additional ex pense to the Government. In consequence of the intro postage the inland correspondence d o u f c t t h io is n c o o f u t n h t e pe ryi n n n e y reased from 90 millions of letters a year to 400 millions. If increased facilities for trade and commerce had not arisen in the country a few years since, the penny, postage could not have caused such an in crease in the number of letters; and even if it had, no means would have existed for its conveyance without the assistance of railroads. Thus the cause of increase affirded facilities for its existence. In like manner the extension of railway and steam navigation all over the world increases foreign trade and international inter course, and this extension would cause a vast addition of our foreign correspondence, and would afford the requisite facilities for its conveyance and existence. It is the peculiar privilege of England to be the ocean mail carriers for almost the whole world. Her mail packet system extends, in Europe and Africa, from Hamburgh to the Cap e o f G oo d H o p e ; in America, the River Plate ; and from the Panama Gulf to the sou th ernmos t limit of Chili ; and in it is comp re h en d e d t h e w hole of the sea from Halifax to coast of Asia. The Dutch and the Spaniards are indebted to her for conveying their mails to and from Java and the Philippines; and she carries the corre spondence of every maritime power in Europe which has dependencies in the west. Her power to do good by means o f c h eap f ore i g n postage is enor mous. By it s h e could mater i a lly advance civi lizetion, enco urage i nternat i ona l peace and amity, assist emigration, and augment the commerce of the world. By refusi ng to bestow the b oon o f cheap foreign postage, s h e w i ll neglect her hi g h m i s sion, and incur an unenviable responsibility. No one who has ever seen a foreign mail arrive at or leave this coun try could fail to have been struck with the ludi crous disproportion existing between its bulk, the m agnitude of the steamers appointed to carry it, and th e enormous sums paid to t h e p ac k e t com p an i es for its c onveyance ; and yet t hi s ma il contains lit era ll y the seaborn e correspon d ence of one portion of the world with the oth er . Great B r it a i n, b y act i ng gene rously, and reducing h er high packet r a t es o f pos t ag e, may claim the homage and the gratitude of all nations; but by keeping up her im politic charges and contracting international correspond. nee within narrow limits she will deservedly incur their censure. e ll sse r d ed in t h e GATHERING OF THE VINE, The ancient t ypes an d figures descriptive of th e vintage are still li tera lly true. The mar c h o f agri cultural improvement seems never to have set foot amid the vi nes. A s i t was with th e patr i archs In the E ast, so it is w i th the mo d ern children of men. The goa d e d ox s till b ears house the high- grape too, and the ie e feet w h i e o h f the m ak e t h treader gle d theare P st r i heartpurple juice of man. Th e scene i s at on ce f u ll o f b ea uty, an and of t en d er and even sacred associations. Th e songs of the vintagers, frequently chorussed from one part of th e fi eld to the other, ring blithely i nto th e bright summer air, pealing out above the rough jokes and hearty peals of laughter shouted hither and thither. All the green jungle is alive with the moving figures of men and women, stooping among the vines, or bearing pairs and basketfuls of grapes out to the grass grown cross roads, along which the labouring oxen drag the rough vintage carts, groaning and cracking as they stagger along beneath their weight of purple tubs heaped high with the tumbling masses of luscious fruit. The congregation of every age and b ot h sexes, and the careless variety of costume, add additional features of picturesqueness to the scene. Tho white haired old man labours with shaking hands to fill the b as k et which his black eyed imp a grandchild carri es rejoic wily oway,. gwout b 1 . 9 o d-k ) amMe d $4 MY aucl fely hos —handkerchiefs twisted like turbans over straggling elf locks—swarthy skins tanned to an olive brown—black hashing eyes—and hands and feet stained in the abound ing juices of the precious fruit—all these southern pecu liarities of costume and appearance supply the vintage with its peasant characteristics. The clatter of tongues is incessent. A fire of jokes and jeers, of saucy questions and more saucy retorts—of what in fact, in the humble and unpoetic but expressive ver nacular, is called " chaff"—is kept up with a vigour which seldom filgß, except now and then, when the butt•end of a song, or the twanging close of a chorus strikes the general fancy, and procures for the morceau a lusty encore.—Reache's Claret and Olives. MAY 18, 1852. THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. It is a rule in the Austrian army, that if any officer, whether on duty or not, is struck by a man, armed or unarmed, it is his duty to hill him on the spot. If he fails to do so, he is disgraced, and forced to quit the service. No duel, no apology, no explanation, after wards can wipe out the affront. He must drat. his sword and slay the offender at the moment. In a number of cases this has been done. When half a down officers were present, all have aided in the slaughter of one, perhaps inadvertent, offender; and no punhhment has ever followed such murders, for they can b 3 called by no other name. On the other hand, there have been instances in which the officers offended, from humanity or inexperience have delayed their vengeance to the next day, and have then called out and fought the offender. They wero bound to quit the army ! None of their brother officers would serve with them. It is not a law of the country, but a rule of the service, which is acted on in these cases. BATH RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Selling Stakes. Letter-press 1 Snowdrift 2 The Sweepstakes of 10 soya, each were won in two heats by Cloth worker, beating Scapulary and Waterfall. No Derby betting. THE COMMITTEE OF EDUCATION.—It appears from an official document that last year the amount of grants by the Education Committee of the Privy Council to normal and elementary schools amounted to 142,2291. Bs. 90., and in the preceding year to 160,0971. 7s. 104 d. GREENLAND SEAL FISEIERY.—PETERHEAD, MAY 15.—The following vessels, at the seal fishery, are reported by three of the crew of the Joseph Green, arrived in the Milinka, from Greenland :—Agustina, of Peterhead, 29th April, 14 tuns; Columbia, ditto, 3,000 seals; Commerce, ditto, 5,000 ditto; Hamilton Ross, ditto, 100 tuns; Mary A. Henderson, ditto, 60 ditto; Panona, ditto, 60 ditto; Xanthers, ditto, 100 ditto; Abram, of Hull, 50 ditto; Swan, ditto, 50 ditto; St. George, ditto, 800 seals. The Joseph Green, of Peterhead, was last at Greenland on the 20th of March; while taking the ice, during a gale from N.E., master and three men drowned. GENERAL LOPEZ STILL ALIVE I—The New Or leans Crescent, of the 19th ultimo, has the following para graph :—" One of the returned Cuban prisoners states that he is credibly informed, and has reason to believe, that Ge neral Lopez was not garrotted, but that another individual, a notorious criminal, who very much resembled Lopez, was the sufferer in the tragic scene at the Plaza de Armas. Our informant states that Lopez is confined in one of the dun geons of Havannah, where, without light, without clothing, solitary, and scantily fed, he is daily subjected to the most excruciating tortures. Spanish invention, it is said, has been put to the rack to invent tortures sufficiently refined for this scourge of royalty in the Antilles. Without endorsing the story, we give it for what it is worth." IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T HOUSE OF LORDS, May 17. THE CASE OF MR. MURRAY AT RO3IE. The Duke of ARGYLL said it appeared from the public prints that an English subject, named Murray, had been confined in prison, at Rome, for two or three years, for a criminal offence, and had lately been found guilty and sentenced to death. He wished to ask the Earl of Malmesbury whether any communication had taken place on the subject with our Consul at Rome? The Earl of MALMESBURY said about a week after he entered office, ho received a dispatch from Mr. Free born, our Consul at Rome, stating that a gentleman of the name of Murray, the son of a meritorious officer in her Majesty's service, had been confined for thirty months in the prison of Ancona, on a charge of murder, but that subsequently, in co nsequence o f representations made to the Papal authorities, ho was sent to Rome. Mr. Freeborn immediately communicated with Cardinal Antonelli, and in reply he was informed that all justice would be done to the prisoner. He (Lord Malmesbury) had since received a dispatch from Mr. Freeborn an nouncing the arrival of Mr. Murray at Rome. He (Lord Malmesbury), therefore,wrote to Mr. Freeborn, re questing him to watch the proceedings against Mr. Mur ray, and to see that he received fair play. Their Lordships were, however, aware of the very anomalous state of our relations with Rome. In consequence of not having an ambassador there, the Government had to proceed in such matters in a rather roundabout and underhand manner, which he thought was unworthy a great country like England. The Duke of ARGYLL said that the explanation of the Noble Earl was perfectly satisfactory so far as he was himself concerned, but as this gentleman had been in prison for two, or, according to some of the papers, three years, without any protest on his behalf having been made by the Government of England, there ap peared to be some responsibility resting upon those who had preceded the Nobee Earl in office. EXPULSION OF BRITISH MISSIONARIES FROU THE AUSTRIAN DOMINIONS. The NOBLE DUKE continued—My Lords, I also rise to ask my Noble Friend opposite whether ho has any objection to produce the dispatches which have passed between him and his predecessors in office and the Austrian Government with respect to Messrs. Win gate, Smith, and Edwards. I confess, my Lords, that I shall peruie this correspondence with some curiosity. As far as I have been able to form an opinion, the reply which has been given by my Noble Friend opposite to the Aus trian Government is far from satisfactory, and the answer of the Austrian Government I consider still less satisfactory. At the same time Ido not wish to be misunderstood by the Noble Eirl as to the spirit in which I put this question. lam not anxious to express any opinion at alt upon the home policy of the Govern ment, of which no human being knows anything what ever, but there is one thing I am anxious to deprecate, and that is the supposition that it is to be imagined by any party in this House, that whoever may be at the head of the Foreign-office, he is not ever to be anxious to vindicate the rights of British subjects abroad. I feel perfectly certa in, that whatever political party ma y be in power, they will always be anxious to vindicate the rights of British suajms—(H.,ar, hear)—and to main tain inviolate those rights which it hi the especial duty of the Noble Ear l and of the Forei gn - office to defend. - After a few words from the Earl of MINT°, which were inaudible in the gallery, The Earl of MALMESBURY said—Hy Lords, I am sorry to say that, in consequence of the correspondence not being complete, lam unable to produce it. With re gard to what the Noble Duke has stated as to th e main tenance of the rights of British subjects, I beg to give him my most solemn assurance that t h ere is nothing I have had so much at heart since I had the honour to fill my present (Zee as the faithful performance of that duty which especially devolves upon me —namely, that of maintaining inviolate the nati ona l law bentweeely, nthis and other countries.—(hear, hear.) If I understand my duty aright, it is not to argue w i t h other countries as to what shall be the particular la w which they in their wisdom (or the reverse) may be pl ease d to establish, but to see that that law -is car r i e d out fairly with Ithink respectl .s m to her Majesty's suftjects.—(H ear, h ear.) duty, and that duty I have Thatendeavoured to discharge. y My Lords, when the correspondence in question is com plete, I shall be happy to produce it.—(dear, hear.) The Marquis of BREADALBANE observed that the predeceesor of the Noble Earl in office had expressed an opinion that these gentlemen had been most unjustly treated, and that they were ent i t l e d to some pecuniary compensation. He trust( d the Austrian Government would not be allowed to escape, or to suppose that they could deal arbitrary towards British subjects, as they did to their own. These gentlemen were British sub jects, exercising legitimate and legal rights. For four or five years they had been permitted to exercise those rights unquestioned; but immediately on Lord Palmer ston quitting the Foreign-office they were ordered to leave the Austrian dominions. THE CASE OF MR. MATHER. Earl FITZ WILLIAM inquired whether any addi tional information h .d reached the Government with re spect to the proceedings of the Tuscan and Austrian Courts in reference to Mr. Mother? The Earl of MALMESBURY replied that the case of this gentleman was not quite settled, although he be lieved it was nearly so. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY—I only rise for the purpose of stating that no communication with re gard to the proceedings against Mr. Murray, at Rome, had been received whilst her Majesty's late Government were in office. I beg to call the attention of the Hume to the fact, that the treatment of British subjects by fo reign Governments was regulated not so much by any existing international lave, as by the tenets which they imagined were held by t he Government for the tim e being in this country. Lord CAMPBELL , stated that from personal observa tion he knew that great disaster area() in this country ' f r om our not having a properly accredited Minister at Rome. There was now at Rome a most honourable and intelligent man, who had been . appointed by thi s cou ntry in an underhand w a y to take care of the inte rests of this country. There was also a Mr. Petro, who filled the situation of att ac l d to the mission of Florence, whose duty it was to take care of the inter es t s o f B r i t i s h y subjects in that p ar t o f Italy, But he (Lord Campbell) any y ul En d ( In s tur th e a t t o w sa ei y „h th t at those . gentlemen had not by with the Court of Rome which would belong to a person who was th e orga n of the English Government, ; and, th ere f ore , th e Court of ff public ß (p Rome was n os u abused in England, __with respect to the state gland, and to that we might astride Boma of the late disasters which we had to deplore. Ile believed that the Court of Borne Was by no means disinclined to hear the truth. Even in the highest quarter there was an anatiety to be well informed, and ho believed that if we had a Minister accredited to the Court of Rome the happiest consequences might be anticipated. If we had 6 4 4 a Minister he wonlcl be able to bay before bie ness and the Roman Court the real state of public opinion in Ergland and Ireland, and also to state what was the real interest of the English and Irish Roman Catholics. He believed that the consequences which would flow from such an appointment would be most salutary.—(Hear, heir.) THE MAYNOOTH ENDOWMENT. The Marquis of I3READALBANE was proceeding to present some petitions against the Maynooth grant, but was reminded of the rule against the presentation of petitions after a quarter past five o'clock, if the crders of the day were not disposed of. The Noble Earl then said that most probably he would present these petitions on Friday, and at the same time ask the Noble Earl at the head of the Government what course they intended to adopt with regard to this important subject, with re spect to which the country took so deep Rll interest. COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, this Bill was read a third time and paswd. STOCK IN TRADE BILL. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, this Bill was read a second time. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. This Bill was also read a second time, on the motion of the same Noble Lord. THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES AND EMIGRATION. The Earl of HARRO WBY then rose to move for— t, A return of vessels, with tonnege and number of emigrants (men, women, and children specified), which have sailed from British ports for South Australia and Victoria respectively, from September 1, 1851; also, 2, similar return for the previous five years, severally ; also, 3, money now at the disposal of the Emigrati on Com missioners for the purposes of emigration to those settlements; also, 4, extracts from diseatches of the governors, received from the Ist of March forareti ss to io t u h r e e da ed te of the returns, urging the necessity emigration, and notifying increased remittances being made for that purpose; end also, 5, copies of letters addressed to her Majesty's Secretaries of State for the Colonies, from the Ist of Dec, tuber last to the present time, on the subject of increased activity in suppl3iog the great want of labour in the pastoral and agricul tural districts of Australia, from Captain Stanley Carr, chairman of the Committee of Australian colonists. The Noble Earl observed that, in consequence of the recent discoveries of gold in Australia, a great social revolu tion had taken place in the colony. The population of Australia at this moment was not sufficiently numerous to meet the increased demand for labour, and the colony , naturally looked to this country to make up the defici ency. A general feeling had got abroad, however, that the Government of this country had done nothing to promote emigration to Australia, and that, in fact, they had attempted to enforce old regulations with regard to emigration which were no longer practicable. The Go vernment, it was thought, had attempted to force upon Australia emigrants from the rural districts of this country, whereas the people of Australia desired emi grants from the towns. The colonists also desired the importation of young persons from this country, but the Government restrictions were so great that it was consi dered almost hopeless on the part of the Australians to accomplish their wishes in this respect. The Earl of DESART observed it was perfectly true that great apprehensions were entertained as to the evils which would result from the abandonment of labour and occupation on the part of those em ployed in Victoria and other parts of a New South Wales. Her Majesty's Government, who, as their Lordships were aware, had not a very strong dispo sable force on the spot, had done the utmost to assist the colony in obviating the unfavourable results anti cipated from the reek nt gold discoveries. It had been stated by the Secretary of State for the Colonies that four companies of the 59th Regiment had been asked for by the colonists, to aid in the preservation of peace and order; and the First Lord of the Admiralty had received a requisition to send out a ship to Mel bourne to assist in the same direction. The Noble Lord went on to say that he had many misgivings as to the character of the emigrants who were now going out, and who were of a class from whom he feared much danger was to be apprehended, and who were liable to the gold fever. Their first impulse would be to rush to the gold diggings at once; and the influx of a large po pulation composed of classes not very disposed, perhaps, to consider their best interests, would tend rather to in crease than alleviate the evil. At the same time much evil would result from the abandonment of many fields of labour, in which it was' esirable as much as possible to augment the supply of labour.—(Hear, hear.) It was the duty of the Government to facilitate the trans mission of emigrants, and they would avail them selves to the utmost of the funds at their disposal, in order to avert the evils which otherwise must re sult from the great influx of labourers selected only from classes least likely to consult their own real interests.—(Hear, hear.) It was a great question whether, after all, those who devoted themselves to agriculture might not realise more money by the high prices which would result from the abandon ment of so many fields of employment, and the gre a t quantity of gold, than by going to the gold diggin gs ._ (Hear.) And he believed that this would, in tact, be the case, and that such persons would at once earn a great debt of gratioide from the country, and derive great advantage to themselves—(Hear)—preventing the waste of a large quantity of capital now invested in flocks of sheep, wandering (it might be said) without a shep herd.—(Hear, bear.) Lord PORTMAN wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord to the regulations of the Emigration Com missioners, which were, many of them, so minute th.t it was scarcely possible to comply with them, and they were evaded or disregarded iu a way which the Com missioners would rather disapprove of. For instance. there was required a certificate of registry of birth and baptism. This might be easily obtained in countiy places, but in large towns there were vast numbers who would find it very difficult to discover the place of re gistry.—(Hear.) Then, again, the payments required to be made by the mechanids were larger than thoae re quired from agriculturists, and Set the mechanics were of as much use as the lebeurers. The certificate was too stringent in its requisitions, and was often on that ac count signed without much scruple with respect to the character of the persons proposing to emigrate, it being believed that the man who was rather an idle fellow, and somewhat of a poacher withal at home, would make a very good colonist or emigrant abroad. Earl GREY said the subject was of extreme import ance, and his opinion had always been that the money to be expended in emigration ought to be expended with a primary view to the welfare of the colony, being derived from the purchase of lands in the colony; and this principle had been laid down by Parliament, and had been pursued by various Secretaries of State. In conformity with this principle had been his instructions to the Emigration Commissioners, whom he had desired to consider themselves trustees for the colonists, and bound eo to spend the money at their disposal as to pro duce the greatest possible advantage to the colony, and not to consider the interest of the landowners, who were pressing them with the object of getting rid of such persons as would rather be an incumbrance than an ad vantage to the colony. His Noble Friend (Lord Port man) entertained an opposite opinion, but he (Lord Grey) believed that an idle and drunken man at home would be an idle and drunken man abroad. In spite even of the existing regulations, attempts were made from time to time to defeat the vigilance of the Commissioners by giving false certificates; but the Commissioners would, to the utmost, resist those attempts, and would avail themselves of a ll t h e powers of the law to punish such scandalous misconduct.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord objected to the regulations as too stringent, especially with regard to mechanics. But these regulations were established at the earnest desire of the colonists, and when, some years ago, they had been relaxed, the result h a d b een complained of by the colonists, as tending to give them mechanics instead of agriculturiats. Men were very much the creatures of habit, and those who wore accustomed to live in towns would not be content to live in solitude, keeping sheep. a o y f s ch h i r lr e n, ou i t t h A a s d r a e r g i a s r e d n s f t r h o e m li t m he ita fa t c in t u th in at th i e lln n e u ss inb a e lw r when a great number were on board a vessel. Hoquite agreed that the money sent over by the colonists should be expended as speedily as possible—( Hear, hear)—con sistently with the due selection of emigrants. He was not unaware of the dangers referred to by the Noble Earl (Desert), but he believed they would not be di minished by any attempts to diminish the current of emigration. Since labour bad become more abundant, applications had been made to reduce the amount re quired to be deposited, so as to increase the facilities for emigration; but he hoped advantage wouldbetahkyenthoef the gold fever to increase the sum thus payable emigrants. The Earl of DONOUGIIMORE said he thought the class of young persons now shut up in workhouses in Ireland would be very fit for emigration to Australia. It was obvious that the class of persons now going out were going out only for the gold diggings. But be be lieved that the young persons to whom ho referred would stay with the parties by whom they were hired. The result of their emigration would be greatly to relieve the over-burdened workhottes of Ireland.—(Hear.) Lord WODEHOUSE said the position of the Austra lian colonies interested this country greatly in conse quence of the trade in wool; and to relieve the colonists, and benefit that trade, it was r, quisite that th e emigra tion should b e not only abundant, but immediate. — (Hear, hear.) And the question was, whether a suffi cient number would be obtained in a sufficient time without relaxing the regulations of the Commissioners. — Meer, hear.) The effect of these regulations seemed to bo that none could emigrate except a class of persons whom we should be sorry to see go..—(Hear, h The Duke of ARGYLL said the question was whether the regulations mi g ht no t b e to a certain extentbe sent out (Hear, hear.) a relaxed (Hear, hear)—and yet eligible emigrants The Noble Earl, lately at th e head of the Colonial Department, seemed to think that the s re gulations were to remain exactly ( s H om ea some degree, uear.) a in nd fa la ct e , hopedthey alreadyhwaduuldhe altered been yetalterednn ho left them. But, o in r of periodically recurring periods de pressionwere exposed to nse uence of this, a n d The population of manufacturing towns,. such as Paieley, cl very well qualified and distress; and ine foundco agricultural, the . con l s tu ta r n a t l c h th a a ng w e e o a f re o r c s eu w p e a r tion k from i manufacturing to ythese regulations for a good deal of farming ti w e o e r ouf—me emigration,--(Hear, ij o gs work—ploughing, tui l eo n rn g 3 , l.xual fencing, ueded ( ar, hear.) from wasregulation man of t B6 li n e . w Y ea n y H t er o n ?oners wished not to might be altered with advantage to the mother country and to the c olonists.—(ficar, h m e l a s r. been stopped in consequence of could get labourers. As to the I GREY igrati oi if , a t said te they t a n d e the conduct of the board of guardians in not conforming a r :o h s weavers r e l in to the regulations of the Commissitmere, which, in some cases, had been fraudulently evaded. The Earl of HA RRO WBY said there was another consideration besides the character of the class of emi grants who would most benefit the colony, and that was the lapse of tithe.—(tieftr) it might haPPeu 041 the best possible class could not be obtained in the aortal , time. And he wished to say that the weavers formed by no means the worst class of emigrants.—(Hear.) The Eerl of SHAFTESBURY said they hsd been found the beet shepherds ever sent cut.—(Llear.) Lord REDESDALE said it mast be borne in mied that it was cheaper to seed the emigrants to Alneliell than Australia.—(Near.) The Earl of DESART said the Government wer e anxious to spend on emigration the funds at their ells' poste! for that purpose; nod that if the emigration wer° not sufficient, it would then be considered whether s relaxation of the regulations were advisable.—(Rea r ' ) The motion was agreed t'. PROTESTANT DISSENTERS BILL. d The Bishop of SALISBURY rose to move the soon reading of this Bill, which was, in substance, the ear ge as had on two former occasions been introduced iod their Lordships' House, and, on one occasion, had pas se . 0 through it. When the T o l e r a ti o n Act was pasee rl ' l the rcigis of William 111., Protestant dissenters were re; quired to register their places of wo r s hip in the court 0` the bishop, and before the clerk of the peace. The r e e :; son was that the Act reli , ved them from pe nalties un der various statutes, of the administration of which Th e . bishops might naturally be considered guardians. lapse of time and change of opinion rendered it desire_u., that regulations, which originally might have been leuo proper, should now no longer bo continued. Dl ° ° , l' d imagined that Prot( slant dissenters, who worsb'PPio God according to their own consciences, should oa t ! to account ho subjected to penalties. However Ino,. °lj n ia regretted that any portion of his fellow subjects eg i e for be separated from him in worship, they ought ° to ts that reason, to be exposed to any penalties in l ore , civil or ecclesiastical. Ile diel not desire, there in that the vgiskraTion should continue to be tood,_ ° „ia the ecclesiastical courts, and proposed that it en e " . ) be only before the clerk of tiee peace,—(l:lear. The measure, therefore, would provide that, and see u ig , b r e ,ozi agr a e d ea u b ty le, he hoped, to the dissenters. It would bet cf b do e m a b c mt c o e int pt: p b aa l s e to the Church of England as relievi n g 1 ;10 which did not properly attach to her. I n imerely it a wasmatter called of licence; registration. and u . t hi gr e was a certificate of registration given, the Weil —. h o T u s a e: w A e r r e e bb e is a h ll o e p d ::f I C ice A n N se T d E ." RBURY said t he 113 r n th w e veniences of the p resent system were so evident, 513, :,- remedy proposed by th e Ri g h t R ev. P re l ate s o clear a 0• simple, that it was unnecessary to say anything l , e - oo t ge firmation of what he had stated. He should giv e measure his support. The Bill was then read a second time. AN Bill The Bishopric of Christch urc h (N ew Zattlami "- was recommitted and thm' report received. and The Disabilities Repeal Bill was read a third.do e passed. The Repayment of Advances (Ireland) Acts Anic ild ‘ merit Bid was also read a third time and p a ssed. The Committee on Captain Warner's invention vi'" nominated, and Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 17. THE MILITIA BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Clause 14 was proposed, which enacts that volunteer' should be sworn and enrolled. or other parts of the United Kingdom in which th e y h a sha M pe r• t ß h ß e o militia m bj ig ec h t t ed be to oo t ru he pe o l a le th d , t t o ha se t t i v n e i i t e s I P r o c not been raised. the Mr. WALPOLE said the oath was taken fromt Interchanging Act, allowed the sending of . 11 2 ' o f tiamen raised in England to Ireland or other pang the Unit. d Kingdom, and the bringing the militia rete st in Ireland to this country. But it did not follow . 7 ity this power would be put in force, unless the nee° for doing so arose. ct Mr. ICRIGH r —The object of the Interchanging, the was connected with a particul a r department °f g. duties of the militia—namely, th e su pp r ession of lethal rection and rebellion withi n th e ki ng d o m. But Bill, duty not being required of th em un d er t h e present got , he did not see th ere cou ld b e t h e same ne cessity i bis l sending the English militia to Ireland. A leer Of the nature ought nut to be c o nfi ne d to one port i o n of hot United Kingdom only, tho ug h h e wou ld no t more t tun it should be extend e d t o e i t h er S cot l an d or Rented. o ; however, the Right Hon. Gentleman said there wa s ps the slightest possib;lity that the power would he us e s e (No, no)—ho (Mr. Bright) suggested that in this w the oath in the 42.1 Geo. , which confined the ° P eo, , e tions of the militi a t o E ng l an d an d W a l es , should be substituted for the one referred to in the clause. Lord PALMERSTON h o p e d t h e Ri g h t Hon. GS, man would not a c c e d e t o th e sugges ti on of the gine Member for Manch es t er . Th e serv i ces o f them wee . were originally limited to the i s l a nd in which the e e l was raised. The object of the militia was not to ( e l it down insurrection, but to defend the country; eh t o being found inconvenient to confine the Irish milit th e s Ireland, and the English militia to England, Parlie rhe thought proper to alter that description of service, io enacted that thenceforward every militiaman she ll!d he re liable to serve in any part of the U n it e d Ki n gdom f ,r his services might te re quired.—(Hear, hear.) s° , ji from seeing any reason for restri c ti on i n the fact tb/ t ie was proposed by the Governm en t t o ra ise the 113 toe) only in England and Wal es , h e (L or d Fakeer s 4, mu-e say that it afforded an additional reason f01.:12. tiering to the arrang emen t ma d e b y the Act of 1530 s The reason for which a ny m ili t i a was required w as t he an additional force might be wanted to defend so country against invasion • and he begged leave easethe war as Esgland iteet.—(lleer, hear.) The fact that the Government: did Dot think it necessary at present torahs a militia in Ireland was no reason for preventieg English militia f rom go i ng to Ireland. o n t h e control/ it Vi'4B a reason altogether the her . Sir G. PECHELL said that seeing way the Governhinte hid consented to th e a pp o i ntment o f a S e l ec t Comel lt i c e of the House of Lords to investigate Captain W 4r , 13 :c10 inventions, aho could say bnt thy might be abl e be without any militia at all?—(Laughter.) For his ear"i n s considered the inventions snare humbug; but se ull t h s e quiry was to be instituted, he would suggest ti ltd e n of ougbt now to report progress and await the resu lt that inquun.—(Laughter.) Member for Mr. BULGE:U-11e Noble Lord the Meu e r e ne se Tiverton (Lord Palmerston) had not all o wed the 1 " - (03 0, Secretary to reply t o hi s (M r . B r i g h t ' s ) obser"tee' because he entertained a f e a r l es t th a t Ri g ht Been The tlensan would commit himself —(A laugh and Ohl) f t he Noble Lord seemed to b e qu it e a t w i n -b r other o Right Lion. Gentleman on th ese occas i ons . But the Nu e u ti s tr Lord exclaimed the other ni g ht, " Wh a t, wou ld r u w bf the people of Ireland as if th e y were traitors? the then would the Noble Lord exclude that part of was United Kingdom from the op era ti on o f th e Bill? It tie -a special ground of complaint against the B forcing it in one portion of the kingdom only, they t he ir ballotted men from that portion, and insisted upon t en ts serving in parts of the United Kingdom to vgli i ` oo the Bill did not apply. That was not just d ie ee n ele with the people of England and Wales. The '"-ear Lord's inconsistencies were interminable. As, ho ve ' fl y he seemed to be able to make the Government take se e . course lie chose, ho (Mr. Bright) would suggest ,hll7, that he should force them to extend the measure to 1 7 d Bill thatce,ol‘ land, se that men should not be dragged from Engla nd and Wales to any part of Scotland or Ireland Ig lu such an oath as this. • Mr. WALPOLE said that if it were intended to 013 2; ploy the militia to suppress insurrection or rebellion , t" Bill might he objectionable if it proposed to send tb,el to Ireland for tnat purpose. But it was only intend;„ to send them for the defence of the country, and en e nable the Government to bri ng over the troops of tun line from Ireland to England, in case this country should be invaded. U n l ess the necessity arose th is didponewnsetrrliyswetohuel the power) w would not power be o ought ought i t n o t f eooxr butbsebet ipnu tt h eii in B forc e, tt hLa_tnecessity uees s t q ßill.—(Bear' ) After a few wor d s from Mr. CLAY and - MOWATT, Colonel Cori- trusted the Governoi ent uwpoounl military not take any advice from the Hon. Gentlel matters. He hoped no alt e ration wo o be made in the construction of the clause. d Mr. HUME sa id the question was not a re ;no d id question at a ll. Th e question was whether they if,°„-te oblige a man who was t o b e d ra f te d against his vi . be take the oath pre sc rib e d i n th e B i ll— a Bill which t present Government would never ha ve p rocee ded tei th .7, o , the late Government had not brought it in. ° I) ,J," o f tionable, however, as he thought th e measure , WIC' es his objection to it would be remov e d if t h e b a llot cleu s were struck out. Mr. BRIGHT said they insisted upon the men tall an oath which would oblige them to serve in Role ° . and Scotland us well as in England. To obviate the'; and to confine their services to England, he moved the e the oath of the Act of 1802 be substit u t e d f or the oat , ' of the Act of 1811. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the question w ag whether they would adopt the oath by w hi c h they woul d be enabled to compel the attendance of volunteers 'h those parts of the United Kingdom which required th, 3 : fence, or whether they would substitute an oath- wh ic- e' providing for the defence of England and Scotland' by GlBBONballot, hdltwhat tlhn a l i adw d b, a , eisoa would not enable them to send a ;force into Relen t " whatever might be the necessities of the service the r°. He was sure the Committee would not hesitate a e 3 " - ment as to which to adopt. Mr. M. as one part of the force was t° be raised rrtanothermibneeg formed by volunteering, t heyai anys suitablehn e ld i au c tso o e n s si o d te. both,tr hawen u o a a o r th n eas tb o w n e hi l e g e h u r e p_ s e w ti s o a t u p s o;:n o.. i io ti the House had decided whether P any portion of the foe, should be raised by ballot or not. It was most tha s t u t b he people of England, Scotland, and Wales shoe' - beject to compulsory service, and the people of Ire land not. Lord J. RUSSELL ob served that the natural construe' tion of the clause would be that there was no intention of takin g the militia beyond England and Wales. But, when the militia was embodied it , would be great / a dins advantage if they could not remove them to any part Ivit.. the empire. t ' respect to Ireland, supposing there was a war, and it were necessary to ha ve a m ilitia, i t ° doubt a militia force would be embodied i n Ireland at well as in England and Wales. In Ir e l an d he wig''' . observe that the militia was usually raised by volunteer ing —in fact, by beat o f drum ; b u t, at a ll events , ~ were necessary, they would have a militia force raised in Ireland, and then, as during the tate war, they cool° , if they deemed it necessary, send a part of the Englis h militia into Ireland and a portion of the Irish militia into England. lie could not, therefore, support the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman (M r . B r i g h t ). Wi th regard to the observation of the Hon. Member for Mont rose (Ur. Hume), he begged to say that the Bill wa s not his (Lord J. Ruasell's) Bill, and he had not the ro' spoesibility of it. Lord PALMERSTON said that in Ireland the militia force had been raised always by voluntary enlistmen t ' end he epptektude4 thAt by tho oxiatiog lbw iohttipg W