The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

FRANCE. It is stated that it was not the intention of the Government to apply the decree about taking the oath of allegiance to the President, to general officers who were in exile. It was only applicable to those employed at a distance, for instance, Generals Aupick, Castelbajue, and others, so far ai the term granted to them is concerned. And that consequently there was no intention of depriving them of their com missions. The Constitutionnel announces that the French ship-of-war, Charlemagne, arrived on the 9th at Smyrna, after being refused the passage of the Dar danelles. The sale of the pictures composing the gallery of the late Marshal Soult terminated on Saturday even i ng. The principal pictures sold on that day were— St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus, by Alphonse de Tobar, which brought 1,150 f.; St. Catherine, by Zurbaran, 1,600 f.; the Interior of a Smoking-room, by David Teniers, 1,210 f.; St. John, by Alonzo Cano, 2,800 f.; St. James, by the same, 2,100 f.; a Female Saint, by Zurbaran, 3,200 f. ; another, by the same, 3,300 f. ; the Communion of a Saint, by the same, 2,1001. ; St. Anthony, by the same, I,ooof. ; a Holy Family, by Ribera, 9,100 f. ; St. Anthony of Padua and the Infant Jesus, by Murillo, 10,200 f. ; the Repentance of St. Peter, by the same, 5,500 f. ; the Denarius of Cw3ar, by Titian, a picture little more than two feet in height, 62,000 f. ; Sac. The sale on that day produced 223,92 M., which added to those of the two preceding days, give a total of 1,477,830 f. Among the persons who purchased the principal pictures of the Spanish masters, are the Duke of Galiera, Count Pozzi di Borgo, the Marquis of Hertford, Count Duchatel, Baron Devaux, Messrs. Townend, Osborn, de Bruni, Roux, Mundler, Calle, for the Museum of Montpelier, Sic. The following pictures were either bought or with drawn by the family of the Marshal, viz.—the Birth of the Virgin, by Murillo, which fetched 90,000 f. ; the Glorification of the Virgin, by the same, 5,000 f. ; Christ on the Cross, by the same, 3,100 f. ; the Miracle of San Diego, by the same, 85,500 f.; a Brigand Stopping a Monk, by the same, 15,000 f.; Abraham offering Hospitality to the Angels, by Fernandez de Navaretta, surnamed El Mudo, 25,000 f,, &c. GERMANY. The fact that the Prussian Ch am b ers were pro rogued, and had disappeared as a Legislature, a few hours before the Emperor of Russia entered Berlin as a visitor, has excited some notice and remark. Yet it was an accident, and nothing else. The prorogation had been fixed for the middle of May even before the same period wa s no tifi e d as th a t o f th e Em peror's arrival; and it has been evident for a much longer peri o d th at t h e sess i on cou ld no t b e con tinued with advantage either to the Government or the cou n t r y. F or s i x wee k s p as t it h as some times been difficult to get a Ilouse together in the numbers legally necessary to transact business. Often during the sittings the Deputies would disappear, compelling the President to suspend proceedings. Six months of continual _work had wearied all partiee,-eepecially as the public sittings are not the largest or most irksome part of the De puties' duties ; it is the preliminary labours of the bureaux and commissions that are the most trying. Those who augured ill for the continued existence of the Chambers and for the Constitution generally, have been a little reassured by the handsome acknowledgment of the Deputies' services made by M. von Manteuffel in the address by which he ad journed them. The Government has no real cause of quarrel with either House. No chamber could have voted the budget less grudgingly or sanctioned the present and future taxes more generously. They voted one new tax even in the face of a surplus revenue, and only negatived another because it involved a positive breach of contract. In all essential questions the Government is strong in both houses ; and would be in a far more difficult position without them than with them. If they are in any peril, it is neither from the policy of Russia, nor the of its ruler to the constitutional form of government, but the apathy and indifference of the mass of the nation. HOLLAND. The Minister of Justice of Holland, M. NEDER MEYER VAN ROSENTHAL, has resigned. A letter from the Hague, in the Independance, of Brussels, states that this will probably lead eventually to the dissolution of the C..binet. It was rumoured that M. VAN SPENGLER. and M. VAN SONSBECK, Minis ters of War and Foreign Affairs, were about to re sign. M. C. BACKER, King's Commissary in the province of Overyssel, was spoken of as the suc cessor of M. VAN ROSENTHAL in the Ministry of Justice. TURKEY. „ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ” Vtim. GRAVES, S..creta.ry. n jo ,_ 4 D. Atkin, Eq., 5, Merrion-Square 1 ,, 41 The Courricr de Marseilles publishes a letter from Bagdad of the 9th ultimo, which states that an insurrection had broken out in that province. The communications were intercepted, and the mails could not be forwarded but with an escort of 100 or 200 horsemen. The Arabs are mastery of the country from Mossoul to the Persian Gulf. The Turki,h authority no longer exists but in the fortified towns; its moral force has almost entirely disap peared, and it is time for the Government at Con stantinople to put an end to this deplorable state of things. _ _ Tine French scientific mision had arrived at Bagdad ; its labours wilt occupy its members for a year unless the state of the cour.try should pre sent too many obstacles to the accomplishment of it. NATIONAL EXHIBITION, CORK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Dublin Committee Rooms, Museum of Irish In dustry, 51, Stephen's-green East, May 21, 1852. SlR,—Will you favour me by pubtishing the enclosed letter, which, I think, cannot fail to give additional con fidence in the public mind to our National Exhibition? I am glad to be enabled to announce the following additional l subscriptions Sir Joseph. Paxton ... £5 0 0 Royal Hibernian Mining Company, per Henry Gibson, Esq., Managing Director, London . 20 0 0 John Sampson, Esq , Cotton Waste Manufac turer, Stockport ... T. W. Kinder, Esq., Contractor for Locomotive Service, Midland Great Western Railway... 5 0 0 I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JouN• C. DEANE, Hon. Sec. 5 0 0 " Bank of Ireland, 20th May, 1852. " Sir,—l am desired by the governors and directors to inform you, for the informaton of the deputation from the Cork Exhibition thatlattendid at the Bank this day, that th e C or k agent w ill b e di recte d , by this night's post, to pay to the executive committee at Cork the sum of Ir.) as thi s B an k' s su b scr i pt i on to the National Exhibi °Q. Of the Arts, 86c., to be held in Cork. TELE - ----- - - An immen ATRICAL STATISTICS. the Chambelre ° volume of statistics, collected by order of ___erv.Commerce by a special commission, under the view to asee'rutt_ihtrdenee of M. Horace Say, with a rain the of trade and manufactures in the metro Polis, aliel „h ri E_s-. 7 -though it seems a strange P lace to look far respecting tba gat e 4 . I ( e e treation—some curious details vni i eral : n aiesls, past and present, in France. The li da • charged with this part of the . Tilt, nii ,n ra t extended them to the fiiilngeadirhYist researches to bra lariri,)like his colleagues, eon-. at 361 b. er of theatres in the whole- of the coil6tiy. P 6 out of that num a6 departments is set dawn to rho small departmentapilr.of the _Seine. ber belonging t well supplied with Theprovincial bosrds do not vetfcirmers• 40 itinerant corepaole. s - oi lig .provided with , Three .dePa..rt,M.Pats, base Tess", Ilia . : ‘'2Bo theatres, 45 only;ti e i t3 g duty for no apilionar itroupt-y? . . ivfiiitafer c e4three be in g s"Uatectia l b° heath-- - . no. t heatre number of tictors 1 Basses,4llpes,_and .Ardeche. M. Rond a eetwin - d -4zere . , general .statiatics . t i y , s tating that. the nu m b ea his aftd-acit 4 esaetrin France is variously estim s o Ntitt, from 3;00o-to 8;006: We are then shown the prov re ,, ei ;,_ crette 'ef - theatres . in Paris. Under Coats Xrtt!' 1 the u rei wavenly one theatre in the capital ; under Ls XL-v. - thy _2lner*Od.tO - fi"te; there were six ander l iou 'i s . x .„ , au ander. Vs „ilMated successor ten theatresi" re v in • N l .Plair; 411Z9 I; ull, M on opolies having b een abolished, 51,044 tre4-oPring.apaltat once; but, by the year 1807 , we And thawidieereued to 34. At this period privile ges wei * re ": ls . i , ta4 lialiad, cod in the following year only nine Were i n - ---enotkr Paris'enjnyed ten theatres from 1810 to 1814; eleveafrom 1814 i ,five to 1819 f o urteen from 1819 to • I , . 18313'4111:e" it. 185 1, twenty-on; in 1832, twenty three in 1846, tiVenty . n 1849, and twenty-t-ree in 18al. 7 bese - Onnt7tfite 6 ,theatres contain about 34,000 places, and the average iiiirotf calculated at Ct,ooo. , rt * A . des of spectators ever y night is theatres-,nd its vicinity , t h e re are 1 45 PILW4 of amusement open in the capital a principally during the summ er ; season —public balls, such as Mabillc's, Caf e-con certs,,Guinguettc's, &c.; these establi4menta pre freqvAlted by, it is estimated 24,000 persons plilr - diem, thus carrying the.nuinher of pleasure seekers in. Paris to 44,000 daily. Not the least inter esting part of these statistics is that which refers to the receipts of the metropolitan theatres, which have under gone many variations, as may b 3 seen from the following account. From 1807 to 1811 their average was nearly five millions of-francs; from 1822 to 1826, nearly seven millions; from 1837 to 1841, they av'eratecl more than nine raillions;. from 1812 to '1846, more t h an ten; and .in' 1847 they rose to cloven .millions. Here M. . : ! , oisclot duct:intim:les Lis own figure's, ' and quotes the 4 Government returns which stand thiii:-1848 1851: 6 7 7 ,408 f.• 1849, 7,773 570' • 1850, 9,959,785 E; 10,460, 00 4 . ~ , , • , M. Lonout coecludcs his return by a staternent of the number -f the pers9nnel employed in the Paris th eatre , ' of from which it appears, commencing at the lower end male scale,- that there are upwards of 400 box-keep tr ,, in the administrations, females, and 750 employes, clerks, &c., 40,00 1 0 1 rations, whose aggregate sa laries amount to 7 The dress-makers, carpen ters, scene-shifters, &e., ftre am inz e than 600 strong,' and n th u e m ir ber ave:a e ge mus s i a c l i a a r n ie s a i n o l ., ?! to 500,000 f. The orchestras 1 u lje 4 o r ine us is 600,850'. is 630; add their aggreg a.t , Wol l iaof donee to the perfordiers; - 0 1 h -to "M:, Randot, tliere„ arc -1,152 i ne w . , 0 m; according remainder 3110 ii - Of these 793 are artistes, alu i" .th a nd 891 le. • 44, 96iter. stukafigurante , The emolumentalk-tinanume ---'-iY:f..,',.;./-I !;7t; _gv.zz - - T NE strN, rous personnel average per annum 3,534,990 f. At the time the statement was drawn up ( 1851 ) t he highest salaries were 4,500 4 ., and the lowest 25f. per month'.-- a startling difference. Formerly, in 1743, for instance, the first singer at the Grand Opera only received 1,500 f. per annum; in 1783, Mme. Saint Huberti's salary was only 4,0001. a year; and the celebrated danseuse, Madlle. Guimard, only received 4,330 f. How different at pre sent! when, at the same theatre, artistes, scarcely of first-rate excellence, receive as much as 80,000 f. a year! —nearly double the remuneration of the first magistrate in France, the President of the High Court of Cessation! Among the reforms now in progress, both in England and France, is there no Mr. H ume to p ut a stop to this' tax on the good-natured fully of the too easy public?— Galignani's Messenger. DISCOVERY OF JUPIT ER' S SATELLITES (From Grant's History of Physical Astronomy.) When Galileo first turned his telescope to the planets, he was delighted to perceive that they exhibited a round appearance, like the sun or moon. Jupiter presented a disc of considerable magnitude, but in no other respect was he distinguishable from the rest of the superior planets. Having, however, examined him with a new telescope of superior power, on the 7th of January, 1610, his attention was soon drawn to three small but very bright stars that appeared in his vicinity, two on the east side, and one on the west side of him. He imagined them to be three fixed stars, and still there was something in their appearance which excited his admirati on . They were all disposed in a right line parallel to the plane of the ecliptic, and were brighter than other stars of the same magnitude. This did not, however, induce him to alter his opinion that they were fixed stars, and therefore he paid no attention to their distances from each other, or from the planet. Happening by mere accident to examine Jupiter again on the Bth of January, he was surprised to find that the stars were now arranged quite dif ferently from what they were when he first saw them. They were all now on the west side of the planet, and were nearer to each other than they had been on the previous evening; they were also disposed at equal distances from each other. The strange fact of the mutual approach of the stars did not yet strike his attention, but it excited his astonishment that Jupiter should be seen to the east of them all, when only the pre ceding night he had been seen to the west of two of them. He was induced on this account to suspect that the mo tion of the planet might be directly contrary to the calculations of astronomers, and that he had get in ad vance of the stars by means of his proper motion. He therefore waited for the following night with great anxiety, but his hopes were disappointed, for the hea vens were on all sides enveloped in clouds. On the 10th he saw only two stars, and they were both on the east side of Jupiter. He suspected that the third might be concealed behind the disc of the planet. They appeared as before in the same right line with him, and lay in the direction of the zodiac. Unable to account for such changes by the motion of the planet, and being at the same time fully assured that he always observed the same stars, his doubts now resolved themselves into ad• miration, and he found that the apparent motions should be referred to the stars themselves, and not to the planet. He therefore deemed it an object of para mount importance to watch them with increased atten tion. On the 111th he again saw only two stars, and they were also both on the east side of Jupiter. The morn eastern one appeared nearly twice as large as the other, although on the previous evening he had found them almost equal. This fact, when considered in connexion with the constant change of the relative positions of the stars, and the total disappearance of one of them, left no doubt on his mind of their real cha racter. He therefore came to the conclusion, that there are in the heavens three stars revolving round Jupiter in the same manner as Venus and Mercury revlove round the Sun. On the 12th he saw three stars; two on the east side of Jupiter and one on the west side. The third began to appear about 3 o'clock in the morn ing, emerging from the eastern limb of the planet; it was then exceedingly small, and was discernible only with great difficulty. On the 13th he finally saw four stars. Three of them were on the west side of the planet, and the remaining one on the east side. They were all arranged in a line parallel to the ecliptic, with the exception of the central star of the three western ones, which declined a little towards the north. They appeared of the same magnitude, and though small, were very brilliant, shining with a much greater lustre than fixed stars of the same magnitude. lhe future observa tions of Galileo established beyond all doubt that Jupiter was attended by four satellites. He continued to exa mine them until the latter end of March, noting their configurations, and recording the stars which appeared in the same field of view with them. WHAT THE SIDNEY PAPERS ARE FULL OF. The file of a Sydney daily paper, since the com mencement of gold discoveries, is quite a study for phi losophers. . . . In one week, for example, twenty five thousand pounds worth of gold has come to town, against which uprises a wholesale and retail grocer, who advertises that " Economy is a sure road to a Gold Field," and requests the public to look rather to his teas and coffees. Then our English eyes do, indeed dwell a little on his list, when we remember our own taxes, and see that the gold diggers may buy gunpowder tea at two shillings a pound, and sugar at twopence. No wonder that they make their tea in kettles. Tho next weekly Gold Circular tells U 9 ( f fifteen thousand pounds worth that has come in by Government escort—an un popular, because a dear conveyance, the charge being ono per cent.; and, as for the gold privately transmit ted, adds the Circular, When we know of one man bringing down a thousand ounces in a horse-collar, it is impossible to state correctly what may come into town. Ott the same day, a draper declares that he is determined to sell ten thousand pounds worth cf haber dashery at an alarming sacrifice, " it being perfectly evident that at the present time it is the only means by which a trade can be done,"—and so on. In the same paper there is advertised number ono of a new perio dical, to ba called the Golden Age; and another book seller announces as " the only readable book ever published in Australia, The Gold Calculator; or, Diggers' and Dealers' Ready Reckoner.' " That being the humour of Australian authors, an Australian musician offers, in the same good cause" The Ophir Schottische;" while the public is in various places strongly recommended to buy pumps and cradles. In another paper we are told of the first passage of e th e gold coach" through a private village, and of the consequent defection of the labourers. In the same paper we have news from Mount Alexander that might well turn the head of any villager. One person " left Melbourne on Saturday, and returned on the Monday week following, bringing fourteen pounds weight of gold with him, dug up by himself. Another man, after working ten days, brought back twenty-two pounds weight. A friend of mine, a gentleman who only went to see, was anxious to try his luck, and begged a dishful of earth, to have, as he thought, a few grains t o t a k e h ome w i t h hi m; a f e w minutes , washing gave him nearly two ounces of gold." The gold at Mount Alexander, the richest field discovered yet, lies near the surface. Two men there obtained four hundred ounces in three weeks. As for the weekly Gold Circular, at Sydney, it gets poetical:—" In our first shipment, we could count the value of the gold in pounds sterling by hundreds; in a few weeks it rose to thousands; in a few weeks more it became tens of thou sands; and we aro fast approaching a period when each ship will convey hundreds of thousands." At the time when that was written--on December sixth—in the very few months since the digging was commenced, there had been shipped from Australia, go ld to the value of three hundred and twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds; and since that time the yield of gold has been increasing. At the same time, Califorcia continues unexhausted, and the field of go ld i n R ussia has eularged.—Dickens's Household Words. SEABORNE MAILS. [N rtgniftes that the mails are sent front the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning--disPatch•] . , When made up in ' From what' When PLACF.S. GeneralPost-office' Port din- due. London: i patched. 1 America (by Brit. pkt.)N l May 28 .. .. i Liverpool .. Arrived America (by V.S. pkt.) N June 1 .. • • 'Liverpool .. May 26 America (by IJ.S.pkt.) M May 25 .. .. Southampt. 'June 3 Africa (West coast).. Nll4th of the month IPlymoath June 3 Alexandria* ........ N,l9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 28 Belgium •• .. N Daily • • .. Dover .. Daily I Brazil . •• • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. June 16 Buenos Ayres '.• .. M 9th of the month 'Southampt. June 16 California(viaChagrer) hi 2d & 17th of month Southampt. June 5 Cape of Good Hope N l l4th of month I Plymouth.• June 3 Constantinople* .. .. N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. I May 30 Central America .. lit 2d & 17th of men. Southampt. June 5 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th.Sai Chili .. .. .. .3( 17th of the month Southampt. Jane 5 France .. .. bl &N Twice daily .. '.. ;Dover .• Twicedaily Greece* .. 0 .. .. DT Ith 17th 27th of mo I Dover .. May 30 Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Rolland .. .. .. M Wednes. & Satur. 'London .. Mon. Thur Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the menth'Southampt. Juno 20 Ireland .. .. M& N. Twice daily .. '.. Holyhead.. Twicedaily Etia(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southarapt. June 20 1-12(vialliarseilles) N, Bth& 24th efmonth Dover .. June 1 7„.`errallean (via• via faeic t - '"" 4011 ) •• M 20th of the month ,Southampt. June 20 e ndue/La ( I arum." Mexie e --- • , •• .. N Bth&24tkofmonth Dover .. June 1 Madei ra .. •• .. M2d of the month.. Soathampt.;June 5 Malta. ~ •• .. 11,9 th of the month Southampt. 'June 16 !. '..• f'7th,l7th,l9th,27th 1,, Naples* _ ( I &30th of month 5 Dove! May 28 Papal StaQe :.• •• N s th 15th 25th ofme Dover .. June 2 Peninsular.. , •• Nll4lllsth 25th efrao Dover .. June 2 Peru .. .. • .. 31,7 th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. jMlay 26 Tuscany* .. .. M,l7th of the month Southampt. I Arrived 4 a 3 t 17th of th e mon th Southampt. June 20 West Indies .. ." N s th 15th 25th °fro° Dover • • 'June 2 West Indies ( Savanna & Na aaa) ... _ _ e The moue to th _'diza f the month tharapt. June 5 Frenc h packet visiZZ e Ztries thus marked (*) are conveyed by RAILWAY ACCIDE ------ - Were Ins._oo saturday the usual the Th h e al n f? i la b r e , ro eid r i:g turn relating to railway accid the 31st of December last, pas sengers was 47,1;09,3)2. of persons killed was and - 213 injured, from causes beyo u d e t i g e ht 113, and 264 injured. passengers killed pasengers were killed and 1 4 h eir own control ; nine injured misconduct or want of caution; 30 owing to their own se of contractors were killed and 17 inj ur r e v d aiiits of companies or their own control ; 32 servants of companies causes beyond were killed and 11 injured owing to their es or of contractors want of caution ; 33 trespassers and other°wn misconduct or passengers nor servants of the companies, persons, neither nine injured by crossing or walking on were killed and railways, There was one suicide. The length of railways open Mich last 6,890 miles, being of the 30th the Ist an increase during the o f June, 1851, Was 6,69B T tulles, iTewrh eae es numberr a i n nf d toerd o . n December 192 miles. half-year of A PROLIFIC KENTISH WOMAN.—At the back of the cellar of Lincoln Cathedral, lies the body o f Honeywood, one of 367 persons whom Mary, W if e of t a:l late Robert Honeywood, of Kent, ancestor of the late Mr ° for the county, lived to see, lawfu ll y descended from her viz., 16 of her own body, 114 grand children , 22 8 great grandchildon. 4 a u. 36tpencto; 313 of 0_1919, w ind 10r - tulle grave, :- ' . .._ ~. _ ~. „.,.i) ~..., c... 4 !...i.,. AtACING FIXTURES FOR 1852. VIAY. Epsol2l 25 Wye ....... 3 Car tmel JUNE. Hampton l6 Newton Tenbury Macclesfield 2l Newcastle Bibury Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Epping Town, 1 Erith Lenham fl lanchester c G •ggeshall Sotehwell Dean Ulverst e Ascot ....- 8 Bc, , verley - ;... 9 Maidstone .. 9 Leith . ll Lamberton ...., l5 Carlisle Ludlow Chelmsford 3O Salisbury . 1 Newmarket 6 Worcester Lancaster Jersey 7 Ilsley l4 Liverpool Stamford 2O Knutiford Nottingham Abingdon Goodwood kUST. .i.UG' Ripon North Staffordshire 3 Brighton Edgware 5 Wolverhampton 9 Great Yarmouth lO Reading Warwick fi Whitehaven . Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford Coventry ll Lynn ... l2 York Radcliffe 23 Egham Stourbridge Lincoln MBER. ' Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. 0. Chesterfield IBER. Cheater Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn IRISH RACES TO COME. MAY. Newmarket S. 0. Holywell Hunt Richmond ... Newmarket Houghton 25 Ecilcook JUNE. Curragh 22 I Monkstown JULY. Heath 5 I Bellewstown AUGUST. Down Royal Corp 3 'Tam Phoenix Park lO Ballinrobe. Roscommon SEPTEMBER. Curragh 7 I Johnstown 2l Limerick OBER. eurragh. . l2 Down Royal C0rp...... 20 •------- I Carlow COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY, MAY 24. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended Divine Service yesterday morning at Osborrp. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley performed the service. The ladies and gentlemen in attendance, and the do mestic household, were also present. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is ex pected to arrive to-day on a visit to the Queen. This morning the Band of the Royal Marines attended at Osborne, and performed the following Martinale at an early hour, in honour of her Majesty's birth day:— Chorale, the 100th Psalm (0. V.) Sel,ctiou, "Il Flauto Magico" Selection, " Elijah" MeDdelssohn. Mr. Cayley, M.P., had an interview with }lr. Secre tary Walpole yesterday at the Home office. The Bishop of Salisbury had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence is Downing-street. Mr. Charles A. Titian, of Dominica, had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Bishop of Lichfield had yesterday an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole. Mr. Packe, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Secretary at the Home office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were also sent to the Governors of Hong- Kong and Ceylon. The Judicial Committeo of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Council office. Judgment was given in an appeal from Bengal, " Lamb v Jumoona Dasia." A petition was heard, from " Morison and others," for an extension of Berry's Pa tent (Blast Furnaces). The Lords present were the Lord President, the Chancellor of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, and the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson. NT IMPER HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW ME M.BER. Mr. C. W. GRENFELL took the oaths and his sea for Windsor. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' emeudments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Aberdeen Fire and Life Assurance Company. Cheltenham Improvement and Health. Forth and Clyde Navigation. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Liverpool Corporation Waterworks. Sheffield Bridges and Streets. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Cheater Railway Companies Amal gamation. Limerick Improvement and Market. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 2), Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction IL:away. Marsden, Gisburne, and Long Preston Roads. Pedmore and Rowley Roads. Stroud and Bisley Road. Tramore Embankment. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Beaconsfield and Redhill Road. Cambridge to Ely and other Roads. Eastern Union Railway. Kettering and Northampton Road. Kingston-upon-Hull Dues and Docks. Kingston and Sheetbridge Roads. None Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement. River Humber Conservancy and Kingston•upon-Hull Docks. The Bowden-park Estate Bill and the Manchester and Salford Education Bill were read a third time, and or dered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from the Wes leyan College against the Militia Bill. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from Orkney against the Maynooth grant. Mr. L. HEYWORTH presented four petitions from four different temperance societies, praying the House to inquire into the causes and consequences of intem perance. Mr. NOEL presented a petition from Buckingham shire against the Maynooth grant. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland in favour of ocean penny postage. Mr. E WART presented a petition from Dumfries against the Maynooth grant. Admiral STEWART presented a petition from Dept ford in favour of ocean penny postage. Alderman KERSHAW presented a petition from a place in Monmouthshire against the Militia Bill. Mr. LOVEDEN presented a petition from Aberys twith against the Militia Bill; also one from Cardigan praying for the repeal of the - attorneys' certificate duty. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities cf corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 12th May, 1852, to the 221 May, 1852, both inclusive : fl 7: pl i Colchester i Harwich Leigh . 484; Maldon . 1732 I 8 1 4' 500 1012 CHELMSFORD, MAY 21.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, 428 to 48s ; red, 378 to 425; barley, 278 to 30s; chevalier 28s to 333; grinding 22. to 288; malt 55g to 565; chevalier 55s to 583 ; oats 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 28, to 31s ; white, 293 to 31s ; boiling, 303 to 33s ; dun, new, 288 to 30s; beans, tick, 26s to 30s; harrow ticks, 278 to 31s; mazagan, 258 to 295. COLCHESTER, MAT 22.—Wheat, white 44s to 475; red 39s to 428 ; oats, 18s to 228; beans, mazagan 26s to `273; middle and small 28s to 31s ; peas, white 34s to 38s, grey, new 283 to 11Js ; barley, 28. to 30. per qr. KIIUCALDY, MAT 22.—The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. :13arley. I First 44, On 31s Od Second 42s Od 29s Od Third 372 Od 283 Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HAonprorrox, MAY 21.—T1 grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Oats. 22s 6cl 21s 6d 19s Od imperial, e followis Beans. —s Od Peas. —s Od —3 Od —5 Od Ps 01 prices cf —s Od I—s Od 303 Od to ; ig are the First Second Us I Id 1 Third Total quantity of Wheat in Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans Barley. 31s Od 29s Id 25a 6d market do. do. do. Oats. Buns. 23s Od 33s Od 21s 6d 31s lld 19s Od 30s 61 517 qrs., 530 sold 98 qrs., 98 sold 233 qrs., 160 sold 123 qrs., 111 sold COAL MARKE' 7.-YEST.IRDAY. Bat B P 'e ri N c ir e e s st of fi d a o rt a l l ey p Bundle's W. Hartley 13s 9d per . t l o 3 n3 at 6d I Carr's Hartley ..... l3s 9d Chester Main l3s 3d Hasting's Hartley - 13s 6d Holywell North Percy Hartley l3s 6d New Tanfield Ravensworth'aW. Hart 13s 6d Ravensworth Pelaw Tyne Main lls Od Tanfield Moor Townley.. ......,,,, w 12s Od . Walker's Primrose West Hartley West Wylam Wylam .... l4s Od Wall's End, &a Acorn Close ....... Gosforth ... Harton Lawsqp l3s 6d Northumberland l3s 3u Ships at market, the close of the market Riddell Walker l3s 6d Harvey Wylam (uns.) 12s Od Belmont ... 14s 9..1 Braddyll Haswell l6s 3d Lambton Lumley . Russell's Hetton Scarborough l4s 6d • Stewart's .. ... .... ,Plummer I H e ar ni tle Q p i1 00 l Kenos South Hartlepool Thornley Cowpen Hartley Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff . 2ls 0 3 Sidney's Hartley .. ... 13q 9 Ramsay's Garedeld.. 23s Od 373 Sold, 107. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGL—The share market was very inactive to-day. The , only sale reported was—Caledonian, 19 4. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was rather li mited, but prices had an upward tendency. The sales were—Caledonian, 12 3 4—Ditto, Preference, B%—Eastern Counties, 8 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72 3 1,—Leeds Northern (late L. and T.), 16—London and North-Western, 122 3 / 4 ,--Midland, 68%—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 70. MANCHESTER, MAY .24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted in our share market to-day was very limited, but prices continue firm. The sales were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 10 3 4 dis.—Eastern Counties, 9—Warrington and Al. trincham, par—Caledonian, 19 11-16—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 15.16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72—Ditto, Fifths, 6 1-16 dis.—Midland, 68%—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 13 1 4: BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—We have no improvement to notice to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices varied little from those which have been quoted for the last few days. The sales reported were—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley, 10 5 A—Shrewsbary and Bir mingham (A), 7-% —South Staffordshire, 1 dis. THB LATE FIRE ON BOARD THE BRITISH QUEEN. —Messrs. Henry, Cleaver, Chapman, and Co. ' of Liverpool, agents to Lloyd's, have addressed a letter to Mr. Court, secretary of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, in re ference to the recent tire on board the British Queen, steam ship, from which the following is an extract :—" On examin ing the contents of the goods damaged by fire and water, ex British Queen, steamer, a very important discovery has been made, which may account for the origin of the fire. In a box slightly made and secured, containing a saddle and bridle and a wooden case, was found a bundle of paper-cases, con taining inciters for lighting pipes and cigars. The box is marked No. 2, P, and is now at oar office : perhaps the underwriters would like to have it in the rooms for inspection when Blr Bisset, who examined it on the quay, can explain the condition in which it was found. The box came out of the ship in a broken state, and the conclusion we have come to is, that tilt matches have dropped out, and set fire to the cargo." A sample of the inciters is exhibited in the uuderwriters' room, accompanied by a brass instrument, sot unlike a pencil-case, which was filled with a substance very Similar in character to that known by pyrotechnists as "slow match." Under these circumstances, the origin of the late fire on board the British Queen may, no doubt, be attributed to the ignition of combustibles. The Royal Marines are to be greatly augmented in the number of men from the insufficiency of relieving those doing duty in ehipti of war upon f ore i gn gations,— Kentish Mercury. . LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1852 FINSBURY PARK. Mr. T. DUNCOM.BE wished to know from the Right Hon. the Chancellor cf the Exchequer whether he had received the new estimate for the Finsbury Park; and, secondly, whether he could bold out any hope of a Bill being introduced for the formation of the park during the present session? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had received the new estimate, but having carefully considered it he did not feel that he should be justified in bringing in a Bill for the formation of the park this session, as the data which had been placed before him was not of a satisfactory nature, bat the sub ject would continue to receive the attention of the Go vernment.—(Hear, hear.) OYSTERS. Sir s ciGueEnOceßoGf any EP y ECHELL wished to ask the Presi- C d o ent e ol the Bo a rd of T ra d e , w h e ther an y i ns tru c ti o ns have been i ssue d t o th e C omm i ss i oners o f C us t oms (i n n representation from the French Go vernment), directing the commanders of revenue cruisers to prevent vessels taking oysters in the English Channel beyond the limits exclusively reserved to the fishermen of this country? Mr. HENLEY said an Act of Parliament was passed in pursuance of a convention with France, which prohi bited the use of dredges between the 18th of May and the Ist of September, bat the fishermen of Dover and Essex were opposed to the Act, and had memorialised the Government to relax it accordingly, while the fisher men on the coast of Kent were anxious that the Act should be strictly carried out. Under these circumstances, the Government had no alternative but to see that the Act was strictly enforced, so far as it related to dredging, but there was no law against the lauding of oysters.—(Hear.) In reply to further questions, Mr. HENLEY would have no objection to lay the correspondence and the memorials before the House. THE BARODA INQUIRY. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know from the President of the Board of Control the reason of the delay in pre senting the papers relating to the Baroda inquiry, and the removal of Colonel Outram? Mr. BERRIES said such papers as could be pro duced were in preparation, and they would be shortly forthcoming. AUSTRIAN TREATMENT OF BRITISH bUBJECTS. Mr. ANSTEY wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the House might expect the papers relating to the expulsion of British subjects from the Austrian dominions ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the papers were printed, and in a day or so they would be laid before the House. IRISH RAILWAYS. Mr. W. 0. GORE wished to ask whether, in the event of railway companies having paid up a certain proportion of their capital, and complied with certain conditions to be named by the Government, the Govern ment was willing to make advances by way of loan to railway companies in Ireland ; and whether the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was prepared to state what the conditions were which he req u i re d t o b e comp li e d w i th before making such advances? •• • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the conditions precedent upon which loans were made to railway companies were contained in the Acts of Parliament by which the railway companies were framed, and Government took care that for each loan they ma de an equal sum w as a l so a d vance d out of the funds of the company.—(Hear, hear.) In this manner the sum of 1,200,0001. had been advanced; and he was bound to say that the interest had been duly met and th e i nsta l ments duly paid.-.. (Hear, hear.) Besides that 500,0001. had been advanced under a special Act to the Irish Great Western Com pany; and if the Hon. Gentleman could bring a fair and proper case before the Treasury it should be as fairly entertained.—(Hear , hear.) METROPOLIS - BUILDINGS ACT. Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the First Commis sioner of Woods and Forests wh e th er h e p ro p ose d to penbrriensgitn a session? bring in a Bill to reconstruct the C ou rt b e f ore w h om metropolitan building disput es were a dj u di ca t e d. Mr. OSBORNE—This ses s io n ? esMentr?o Lord JOHN MANNERS sa id, it was hi s intention to polis Buildings A c t i n th e course o f th e possible. i I f L W AY. Lord J. MA C N A N N E A RS D — A y es , Mr. M'CULLAGII wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the communications that had lately taken-place between her Majesty's Govern ment and the members of the Executive Councils of Canada and New Brunswick who have come to this country, relative to the formation of a railway from Ha lifax to Quebec, have been brought to a satisfactory ter mination? Sir J. PAKINGTON said the negotiations to which the Honourable Gentleman's question referred had now terminated, but whether they had terminated sa tisfactorily he must leave for the Honourable and Learned Gentleman himself to determine.—(Hear. hear.) The result, however, had been communicated to th e Governor of the colony, and it was, that the Go vernment could not recommend the Crown to allow the Imperial revenue to become the security for the repay ment of the sum required for the railway. , E G A R L A A H ND AM COMPANY. SIING.TON said the Crown was pledged nolStnior J. l nrelypbYr li to Si W New Zealand -Act, but also by a corre spondence which had since taken pl ace between the Hear, hear.) to the Hous e o n Friday, The correspondence had Mr. CAYLEY and the New ' -Zealand Company , Colonial- o e ffi er c ta e he blue-books.--( already been pri n t ed, and was now to be foun d i n o ne of in rights to the company w hich he men tionedt E XPLOSION IN MINES. said great calamities wer e continuall y taking place f rom explosions in mines. One occu r re d the other day, w h en 60 lives were lost, and m ore recentl y another happened , when 45 lives werelost. Now he wished made into .the cause of th ese appalling c alamities, and, to ask, in th e fi rst place, whether any inquiry was being secondly, wh e th er there would be any o bj e ction to ap point a Com mittee with ,the view of arriving at some means by whi ch such accidents could be rendered less frequ ent, if not absolutely p revent ed? — ( Hear.) Mr ' W ALPOLE said he had received information re specting the l ast accident, and some canoes for it had been suggested to him. However , an inquiry was now going on i n t o the matter, and it wou ld s h or tly b e ter n'ineted. In th e mean time h e s hould have no objec tion to the appointment of a Committee .to in v e stigate the whole s u bj ect. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. CAYL EY gave notice then t h a t t o - morrow he would move th e appointment o f a C om mittee.—(He ar .) THE REV. MR. BENNETT. Lor d CASTLEREAGH said he had received a letter from the Rev. M r . B ennett , s t a ting that there was n o t one word of truth in the rumour that he h a d j o i ne d the Ro man Cath o li c Church; and adding, that he still held holy orders in the Church of England, and had no intention of leaving it. The N o bl e L or d warned the House against placing too impli c i t f a i t h i n rumou red conversions t o th e Roman Catholic religion, and observed that the Roman Catholic Directory contained the name of a clergyman who not only adhered to the doctrines of the Established Church, but was in possession of his living. ABOLITION OF GRAND JURIES. In reply to Mr. FRESHFIELD. The CHANC ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa id h e saw no reaso n f or giving compensation to c l er k s o r the peace and t o t h e clerks of the Central Crimin al Court in consequ ence of the Bill abolishing gran d juries. There was some difference however with regard to the crier, who receiv ' ' -a d a fee of GI f o r every witness who w as examined befor e t h e grand j ury , but he was not allowed t o take any an oath to a witness in fee for administering dim court. T he G overnment thoug ht it would be a fair ar rangement to pe rm it t hi s f u nctionary to levy a fee on the admi nistration of oaths to witnesses in court, and if a clause wer e proposed 0 that effect, they would give it their sapport. - ' NTLITIA DILL ....-,,, .A.. 4 1 reply to AIL pligua The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he believed that it was clearly understood that the report on the Militia Bill was to be brought up on Thursday. Of course the third reading could not take place until after the holidays. THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. The CHANCELLOR of th., EXCHEQUER said it was his intention to move the adjournment of the 'Luse for the holidays on Friday next until the Thursday following. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A messenger from the Lords brought up the follow ing Bills, to which their Lordships have agreed:— Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company, without- amendment. Somersetshire Central Railway, with amendments. Also, An Act to amend the Law relating to the cer tifying and registering Places of Religious Worship of Protestant Dissenters. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP said he felt it his duty to oppose the further progress of the Bill. He was surprised to find the Government had taken up and adopted such a measure as the present, which was originated by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord John Russell). It was a trap artfully invented by the other side of the House, and he warned the Government against the man -traps and spring guns which were placed in their way. The Star Chamber was a farce to the tribunal which was to be appointed under the Bill. There was to be a body of commissioners, composed perhaps of briefless bar risters, who were to go to various parts of the country and prey like vultures on the innocent and unwary. Suoh attempts at legislation were unworthy of any assembly, especially when a great portion of it consisted of Members who called themselves Liberals. A more inquisitorial, unchristian-like, and dangerous measure he never saw. Instead of doing any good, it would lay a trap for innocent men, and - encourage perjury. The Hon. and Gallant Member moved that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. GEORGE HUDSON said he should vote against the third reading;' believing that the Bill proposed to deal with, the constituencies of England in a most unfair manner. He was quite satisfied it was not to the advantage of the country to pass such a measure, and he hoped, when it reached the - House of Lords,it, would be kicked out. Ho could not conceive a greater insult to the constituencies of England than the present Bill, because it assumed that ,most boroughs were corrupt. Did corruption exist to such an extent as to reqaire such a wholesale and sweeping remedy? He believed not, and he therefore hoped the House would not pass the Bill. Alderman SIDNEY saw no reason whatever why the constituencies of the country should be subject ,to the injustice which was to be established by the Bill. The effect of the measure would be to encourage a set of persons who had neither money nor character to lose to come before the commissioners for the purpose of giying evidence against the purity of bo roughs. He was no advocate of corruption, but he should oppose all Bills of this kind which were founded on such an unnecessary asaumption, as to the existence of evils, and which gave powers far exceeding any that had ever been granted under similar circumstances. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading ... 281 Against it ... 6 „, Majority I Colonel SIBTHORP then moved the following clause:—"'J hat it shall be lawful to pay to every out voter residing within the prescribed distance of each city or borough, or having any other right according to Act of Parliament of voting for such city or borough, such allowance in money, not exceeding 55., as may appear, under existing circumstances, reasonable for travelling or other incidental and necessary expenses as may have been incurred, or to which he or they may have been liable in carrying into effect the exercise of his or their elective franchise on the day of polling at such election." The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. ANSTEY moved the insertion, at page 1, clause 1, line 9, after the word "that," of the words following, "any judicial proceedings have been had in some court of record of competent jurisdiction by which it hath been ascertained or made to appear, or that." Sir A. COCKBURN opposed the amendment. After a few words from Lord J. RUSSELL, the motion was negatived without a division. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, he could not see why this Act should not extend to counties. He should move certain words which would have the effect of remedying that defect. He considered .that quite as much corrup tion was to be found in counties as in boroughs. Take, for instance, the 501. tenants at will county voters. It was well known they were thoroughly dependent on their landlords, and as bribery was considered to be the giving of some "valuable consideration "to influence a vote, what could be more complete bribery than to pro mise a tenant at will the " valuable consideration " of continuing him in the possession of his farm if ho gave his vote according to the dictation of his landlord? Then, with respect to treating, it was notorious that as much treating took place at election time in counties as in boroughs. He begged, therefore, to move the insertion of words which would have the effect of bringing coun ties within the operation of the Act. Colonel SIBTHORP hardly knew how the Hon. Member could reconcile his present proposition with the vote he had recently given on his (Colonel Sib thorp's) motion. As far as his own actions wore con cerned, he declared he had never controlled a tenant's vote; and, believing tenants were an honest class of men, he would not sanction any motion which tended to cast a reflection on them. Captain HARRIS was ready to support any well-con sidered measure for putting down bribery. He could not discover any valid reason, if inquiry were to take place, why counties should not be included. He believed there was as much bribery in counties as in boroughs, not from landlords intimidating their tenants, but from such associations as the freehold land societies, .the ob ject of which was to bring the ho lder, a s faras vote was concerned, into subjection to the committee hi s o f man agement. This and other matters ought to be looked into. He believed that one side of the House was quite as much to be charged with bribery as the other. Mr. P. HOWARD would p ut down bribery by every means. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said, Eifnpgrloanted, ctioitnlvatos2dooLoahalyd 501. tenants was necessary in fie should support the amend necessary in Ireland. ment. Mr. ANSTEY considered that the freehold l au d so cieties had done much good in the way of e x t en di ng the asserted tenure that ro of placing their vote ,o franchise, and it would b . e for the promoters o f t h ose societies to say whether it was true, as the members held their h.oldings. uncle? the at the service of the society. He e rror in the Hon. and Gallant Member's remark. hoped there was some He thought it wasnot fair to go t o a division without first hearing the opini on of her Ma jesty's Ministers on the imp o rtant question involved in the amendment. the Hon, and Learned Mem berwith stating that which was incor rect. Captain HARRIS said, , hin was, that money was advanced to had charged What he_ said_ from freehold land societies, that payment the vote of persons holding land while the money was in course of the party was to be at the service of th e society. That ee e n on in n f e n c r t m ed ed w . ith a freehold land so ciety,calumny say . andlitr HUMS was a in ques tion interfered with the votes . of t . y. The whole object of the H socie y was to extend the fran chise•—(Hear.) Thee futu o r n e . d and ay name the society which Gallant Member, he hoped, would at some as he stated,because . until that was done the calumny did a pplied to all land societies. He should b® glad to hear against extending the Bill what Governme nt had to sa y to counties. ju ts BRIGHT would speak particularly with respect to the freehold laud society in Birmingham and other societies in Manchester, and would assert that nothin of the sort as stated by the Hon. and G a ll ant Membergocs c ursed in those societies. He believed the Hon. and Gal. lent Member knew nothing of the subject except what he collected from the newspapers devoted to his own party. There was a land society, to b e sure, promoted by a-Con-. Con servative party with which the Hon. Member for North Warwickshire was connected, from whose doings the Hon. and Gallant Member might have possibly obtained his impressions.—(Hear.) He denied that bribery existed in large borough constituencies, such as Manchester, Liverpool, &c., or that any petitions had been presented in consequence of alleged corrupt practices. So, if the plea for exempting counties on account of the large con stituencies, was good, why then the Bill was improper and unfair as far as large borough constituencies were concerned. If one rule was to be applied to boroughs and another to counties, it was tantamount to saying that one rule of virtue was required for counties, and another for boroughs. Lord J. RUSSELL would expl sin why in this Bill counties were not inserted in the first instance. There were numerous cases of . bribery brought against bo roughs, but none with respect to counties; so therefore it was thought fit to apply the Bill to cases which had been inquired into, but not to extend it beyond them. There was this further reason why no distinction was made in the Bill between large and small con stituencies—because it would be difficult in the Bill to draw a line, and to decide what towns should and what should not be :included. The rea son why counties were not included was simply that which he had stated. He saw no objec tion—if complaints of bribery in counties arose—in bringing them into this Bill; but he certainly objected to insert such words at that moment, as the Hon. Member had not given notice of them, nor had he pro posed their insertion in Committee. There were three notices of amendments, but not a word i about this one. the e tquestion the ]lon. He considered the ame ndment was so important that it ought not to be adopted without notice. Let L Gentleman give duo notice, and might be fairly discussed whether counties ought to be included. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would remark, in reference to the anaeudinent of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, that, in any Bill for an inquiry into the conduct of constituencies, to limit that inquiry to a particular class of constitu enc i es would be ous. His sincere belief, however, was that there was no ne cessity for extending inquiry to counties, as the county constituencies were pure.—(Elear, and laughter.) He did not believe b r ib ery was practised ' in counties—and he was satisfied if his opinion were not founded on good faith, they would have had complaints brought beto:e them. He would further say, he believed corruption in boroughs had been much( xaggerated—(Hear)—and that bribery was mainly of confined to a limited class bo roughs. He did not quarrel with the suggestion of the Hon. Member. He thought the House ought, however, not at present to adopt it, but to consider how, if adopted, it would apply. Suppose the. House investigated a case Of bribery at a country; qlectiou, and suppose , briber y Ind orruptipti were proved, bad they any MagbinerY which' they could proceed to disfranchise the county ? I There was a machinery fcr disfranchising beroughs— but that machinery would not do for counties. ever good; therefore, the amendment might be, it had not been` well considered with ri ference to the powers of the Act upon the House. If the Honore:elle Gentlemen I svould insist on having conniee inserted it would be ne cessary to have usher meehinery. Isreqeired a differ ent machinte: far counties:, areie he pito agreed with the Noble Lord that an amendment of such importance ought not to hare been brought fdetwieira in this manner without notice. The machinery in exigence was inade quate, and he would ask the Hon. Gentleman if, in case corruption should be proved, he was prepared to disfran chise, say. the. West Riding, and thus leave a consider able part of England unrepresented,? He did net disap prove of the, principle of" the amendment, but as the ma airier'Y of the Bill would not apply to counties he hoped the Hon. Member would not press it. Lord R. GROSVENOR said bribery 'was not nn known in n , inities; he would instance West Gloucester; for a. question was not lone ego brought before the Committee, whether a certain Nuble Lord had not, by the way he interfered in an election for that division, committed a breach of privilege.—(Hear,) He approved of the amendment, and, if pressed, would vote for it. Mr. WAKLEY said, after what had just passed, if the Right Hon. Gentleman could not adopt the amend ment at once, the proper course to take would be to ad journ the debate. Tnere must not be this invidious dis tinction between bouroughs and counties. The Right Honourable Gentleman said counties w e r e pure; well, let them be kept pure by having something like his Hon. Friend's amendment hanging over their heads. But he did not agree in the opinion of the Right Hon. G ent l e _ man. He believed as much or more corruption existed in counties as in boroughs; and he firmly believed that bribery in counties would soon be practised on a far larger-scale than ever before -attempted, because o t u h ld e stake in the present instance was so great. move the adjournment of the debate—(No, no)—unless the amendment were put. After a few words froth Mr: W. WILLIAMS in fa veiur-df the amendment, Alderman SIDNEY said be knew from his own know ledge that in the West Riding it was matter of agree ment between. the contending parties to give tickets of refreshments, and she to pay the expenses of voters to and from the nomination, and to and from the hust ings on the 'day of the poll. He knew also that in the .elections for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge it was the practice to pay .the poorer clergymen their 'travelling expenses who came from a distance to vote, and also their expenses at Oxford or Cambridge during the poll. If the House agreed to the amendment he should certainly move that the universities be also in cluded in the Bill. Sir A. COCKBURN said there was only one reason why he objected to • the amendment, and it was that stated byethe Noble Lord near him with reference to the. time and stage at which it was proposed; otherwise he concurred with the Hon. Member as to the propriety of applying the principie to counties' as well as to towns. He believed treating prevailed to a considerable extent at county elections; and he also believed that Other influences existed, 'which the sooner the attention of the House was called to them the better. When he found it' admitted and avowed that a Noble Lord, a member of the House of Peers, had entered into a cor rupt contract in direct violation of the privileges of that House and of the rights of the people, and that his no minee to as seat in that House bad been denied the privi lege of soliciting the suffrages of the electors in his_ own county,: it wag tullktime the attention of the House were called to the subject. He fully concurred that the prin ciple of the Bill should be applied to counties as well as boroughs, but he felt the danger of admitting any amend ment (which would give the Bill a new character) after it had passed the Committee. Mr. HORSMAN said that there was nothing in the Bill about diafranchisement. It only provided that when corrupt practices existed the House might address her Majesty to issue a.commission of inquiry. - He did net see why counties should be excluded. Mr. FLOYER said, he, was as much opposed to cor rupt practices at elections as any one, but all the cases referred to in this discussion had, with perhaps one ex ception, been cases of treating, which, though against the strict letter ol the law, were not attended with any demoralisation.great deoralisation. He did not think the House ought to depart from the usual course, by introducing a clause at that stage with reference to treating, which did not extend beyond giving a dinner to a poor elector who had come a long way to vote. He should certainly object to the extension of the Bill to counties. Mr. HUDSON confirmed the statement of the Hon. Member for Stafford, with reference to the elections in the West Riding. In elf contested elections in that division of the county, it was a regular thing for the candidates to give 2s. 6d. and ss. tickets to their voters. He should not vote at all on the Bill, but he thought the . universities ought to be included. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendm en t ••• 109 Against it' .-• "' 71 Majority for the amendment —3B On the motion of Alderman SIDNEY the universi sides were also - included in the Bill. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. STANFORD. said before the Bill passed he wished to stateee in a few words, his opinions respecting it. 'He conceived that no greater humbug could be per petrated than for the House to pass such a measure, when Hon.'Members themselves hod-the means in their own hands of putting an end to them. There could be no doubt that at any general election there was from a million and a half to two -milliens.of money paid in en coursging theso corrupt practices, and he hoped the electors themseilves would take the matter into their own hands, and by their just and reputable conduct spurn the - practice which - had brought so much disrepute on the constituencies of the country. It was clear that the great object of gentlemen coming into that House was either to enjoy the sweets of office, or to live in hopes of tasting the honey. Any man who acted upon principle., or spoke his sentiments honestly, would be voted an a s s: -- (Leughter.) The clause which the Noble Lord the Member for. London etdmitted into the Bill destroyed any merit that- it had. The Bill would not prevent corrupt p ract i ces a t e l ec ti ons, an d the only way to prevent corruption by the people was by that House setting an example of purity to the peop!e. Mr., WAKLEY Said he had beard many queer speeches in that House, but that delivered by the Hon. Member who had just sat down 'was the queerest he had ever heard. The' Hon. Gentleman had complained that there was no purity at elections. Well, surely, they all knew that the only way to prevent this evil, was by means of' the ballot.—(Hear, hear.) The ballot would be a sure preventive against corrupt practices at elec tions, provi,ded' they had large constituencies.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman said that any man that would express himielf in an independent manner in that House 'Would be called an ass.—(A. laugh.) Had the Honoutrable Genteman been speaking his own sentiments? Mr. STANFORD—Yes. Mr. VilAKIAY—Thep what are You ?—(Laughter.) He was told that the Honourable Gentleman had pledged himself to 'form an intimate alliance with the purer portion' of the borough which he represented.—(Laughter.) But the Hon. Gentleman had not redeemed the pledge.—(Liughter.) The 'Hon. Gentleman was, however, to be excused, for he understood the fault was not his own.—(Laughter.) Yet there could be no great complaint of advances not hiving boon made from - other parties to carry out the alliance, after the character which the Hon. Gentleman had given of himself. They had at that side of the House tested the question of purity of election by bringing forward a motion for the ballot. Well, would it be credited, on the last occasion when the motion for the ballot was before the Hquie„ the Lion. Member for Reading voted against itP—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Stanford.) Well, i how were they to have purity of election without the ballot? —(Hear, From the speech of the H on. . Gentle man he presumed ho was-taking leave of h is_pobtLeal friends and of that- -Hense-.—("-Heari ----- heari" - flu?? Mr. Stanford.) 'Well, the Hon. Member had only himself to blame for, this, because he would not vote for the ballot. The Bill then passed. POOR-LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE BILL. Lord D. STUART, on the order of the day for going into Committee on' the -Poor-law Board Continuance Bill, moved that it be an instruction to the Committee that they have power to make provision for amending the said Bill if they should so think fit. He considered the question they had to consider one of the utmost im portance to a great portion of the public, for it w as a fact that any rate wherever there were parishes go thatth e principle motion. n o f e local believed-s el f t - g h o t - a verned by local Acts a deep interest was felt i n t h e m otion which he had to submit; and he thought that v w e h r o n e tne v e e was r fa vour upo r o t f tsh in ouldsp the foundation of all the power, wealth, prosperity; and freedom of this groat country, and the had envy made England the wonder and principle which was this principle for which h e had of the World, to contend. As re garded the present state of the law, h could establish three p ropos i t i ons— fi e considered that he led to litigation; secondly, that the p ropos i t ions — fi rst , that it cert a i n ly inter preted by the Poor -l aw Board, existing law, as was the intention of its original the system could not be promoters; and thirdly; that Its regarded a s sa l u t ar y or benefi cial. uncertainty wasillustrated in the case cif- St. Pancras, of which h his belief o n the h e should have t o s p ea k ; an d as to he might quote other points which -be h a d m entioned, high authority. Sir Robert Peel was of opinion that the power of the Poor-law Board should not extend to parishes governed by local Acts, and bad always th oug h t that where there were immense masses of population well governed under local Acts it would not be found expedient to place them under the oontiol of the w ould agree H e hoped Hon. Members would agree with that opinion of Sir 14. Peel's. Was it net; on. the face of it, much more likely that such parishes as Marylebone and St. Pancras would be well and har moniously governed, if they were under the manaement of the local authorities—men who, from their position in every parish, must know the wants, wishes, and require ments of the parishioners —than if governed by any me tropolitan board? Why, in these parishes which he had cited, with their enormous and continually increasing populations, the management of the workhouses was ad . mirablo; and this was where the officers were popularly elected. He could not conceive that any poor-law board or commission could bo more filed to manage these affairs than the re presentatives diesel by the parish ioners, than whom he believed no more intelligent me n could be found. He had mentiousd, as a re su l t -- , the present u ncertainty of the law, that it 1. 1 - of ad given rise to litigation in some well-known' cases f where the local board of directors or guardians the poor had been brcught into collision with th £ There was the case of S r . p ancr e Co:cnvssioneri. . proper parochial authorities, ha v ingas, v; here thin vestry, or of the ut►ro n to dismissed the master reinsure• theCodinlissioners, apd him at the .reqsleat of _ma as 4aild '' Qpizinissicanro au cx 1 - ' -- W aS - o l°,_ 1010 the P ikUlitioll Of the MCIPZIiitiLiCtO , . . . undhr whieh they had dismissed him. Ho thought the ve - stry of S'. Pancras would have been ,justified if they had refused to give information to the Poor-law Board; hut in point of tart they had not refused, for no request bad heels directly made to , hem. What took place was this--teat ou the ti th of Much, when the Right Hee. Bahenst opposite teas in (Zee, a letter was remised from his effiro intimeting that the Board would not allow the vestry to dismiss; the mister without carrying the case by mandamus to the Court of Queen's Bench; but if the vestry had any charge to make against the master, the Board waa ready to listen and to report upon it. That was the only manner in which information was requested, and surely that could not be called direct request. He hoped the motion which be now brought forward would not be resisted by th e Government. He would have made it though his poll" - cal friends had been in power, though he confessed with far less hope than now, when the Treasury bench was occupici by Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who, on every occasion when the Poor-law Bill was brought be fore the House, had heed against it. In 1834, when the Bill was first introduced; in 1839, in 1840, in 1841, i n 1842, and again in 1847, which was the last time this Bill wee brought before the House, the Lame opposition was ;siren to it. In 1841 the present Chaney llor of the Exchequer, opposed the BA on the ground that it t erm i nate d the old parochial constitutioa of the country, end outraged the manners of the people for a mere sordid consideratio n. In 1847 the present Judge-Advocate objeoted to th e power that was gratthid by the Bill to the POor-!s % Board. The President of the Board of Trade also be came actually impassioned in opposition to the Bill. o s t dechared that the poor would regard th e p owe rs tbt were given to the Po o r-law ttomnsis,ioners AS a her d ' ship, and that - some day , the system would end in s way that they would all be sorry to see. The Nob Lord the P res id en t o f th e B oar d o f W or k s need ; similar l anguege . Th © Ch ance ll or of the Etta:loll,e; again opp ose d t h e powers t h at were vested.' in t he Commis s i oners; an d , st ill more important perhaps, le e present President o f th e P oor -l aw B oar d concurred , 1 ; the oppositi on o f h i s colleagnee, and opposed their gon: into Com m i ttee on the Bill, because there wail n° - single clause which he approved of. It was possible they might now have all received a new light on the e n !: y ject; and if th e i r conversion was sincere he would V. it with every r es p ect; but it was only a few nights eg o he had heard the Ch ancellor of the Exchequer &cle f ; that be had taken office with the intention - of carri ise out the principles which he advocated in opposition (Hear, hear.) If so, h e did not see how he could sue' port the poor-law in its integrity; for these reasons, t he , - he hoped that the Government would accede to' Iris P3 a - : tion For his part, he had other objections to the P e ,`; law. He believed that under its operations the Pr,d were frequently exposed to great cruelty and e hpren —that the system of medical relief was defective, a n d did not attain its object—that the poor often suffer% from the enormous size of the unions—and that th d aged poor were treated unnecessary harshness 0 rigour. - He must, therefore, press the motion which he had proposed. Sir. B. HALL seconded the motion. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE said that the present :Bil l was only for a continuance of the powers which the Commissioners of the Poor-law Board already post sessed for another year, and therefore he thought it was very inconvenient that the whole management of t h e poor should be discussed by any Hon. Gentlem o raising :a question of this kind. He did not think t he law was so uccertain as the Noble Lord bad supposed, for there were several decisions of the court: of law which established the right of the Poor-brW Beard to interfere in parishes which were governed g • local Acts. It Was true that a c a se bad arisen in l e , parish of St. Pancras, to which the Noble Lord had b e ferred, respecting the right to dismiss the master Not union, and that question was still in dependence. if the Noble Lord should succeed in his present raoh tb e e there would be an end of the qu es ti on; b u t, then, on o f other hand, there would be an end to all uniformity ld law with regard to the relief of the poor; there 10° de be one mode of relief to the -north, and another , a tn ° of relief to the south of Oxford-street.--( 6e t il a; hear.) The Noble Lord supposes that " o ff parishes having local Acts were anxious to sba a as t a $ the control of the Commissioners, but it happene t a hh:e the very first deputation he had the honour to r' - e i e g after accepting office from a metropolitan parish, nehi be for advice how they might relieve themselves for lo t operation of a local Act. It was plain, therefore , I to parishes were not so unanimous on this eubjeot as ar Noble Lord supposed. It was true there were ' ° lo petitions in favour of the Noble Lord's motion; but fr ° . .whom did these petitions come? Not from the I l t lo a . .payers, b u t f rom t h e vestrymen—the paroch i a l digl o . ries who did not lik e t o b e con t ro ll e d b y the PJor - Commissioners. And if the Noble Lord's motion w ere r carried, it would exempt a b ou t o n e- e i g hth o f the poO a h6 tion and one-ninth of the poer-law expenditure from supervision of the Commissioners, and give rise to the abuses which the Act of 1843 had put an end ,7 6 It must not be supposed that these abuses existed oc ly _, . in rural districts—there were also malversions towns, and'exeaditure for rating and drinking which us ( h a . he greatly itomplitined of. He found that even the:a trymeil of • Stt'Marylebone did not giv e entire sad . rt"" ti tio Lion; for only the other week a successful oPPeo face had been raised to the further continuance in ct of last year's vestrymen. As a resident for sr a v eo years in that parish, he could himself bear erl tu bba t to the dissatisfaction that wa s genera lly f e lt on 6 point e and ho held in his hand a letter from 1 0 geuthmau who had long be en res id ent physic the workhouse, complaining of several defects-10"a otht rs, that the workhouse, which could only P" P ets ia aceenatecelate-1,-500,- was-- sometimes-- forced to cor aoh from 1,900 tot 2 200; that there was doproper claset n lion of the i nmates; t h at t h e boys' school was eloss to the men's ward, and the girls' school to the wor ne t b e ward, and that communication took place between the children and the adults, to the m an if es t i n jury -ci former; that , the atmosphere of the establishmen t , ; at prejudicial to' infant life, so th a t a b out seve nty int o f died annually in the establishment ; w hil e the n umber inmates under medical treatment average d 600, or shoat one-third of - the whole. He (Si r J. Trollop ti 7pre state that in 1843 a lengthened inqui r y t oo k place be the two medical gentlemen as to the rate of mortality t 0 i c b Marylebone workhouse, and they made a report ev ea gave very great offence to the Ma r yl e b one dignitar i tioe 'lle Right Hen: Baronet the n rea d a comaihnie s at ie from Dr. Boyd, now' connected with a pauper In ,p• asylum at Wells, and who formerly held a medical t he pointment under the Maryl e b one vestry, showingbone hard lot of the little girls bro ug ht u p i n t h e Marylh Workhouse, after they ,- lett . that establishlhh,o to go to service among the small tradeePege hi and shopkeepers in the parish, who el i f e ou gh them to do the - work of experienced servants, There it was not at' all Suited he- their yea rs or s tatiov• c tbe t w° was no reproach on the cha racter o f e i t h er o f read. t ie d reit medical gentlemen whose communications hh c - e teloone Since dissolving their conn ex i on w i t h t h e mere en„ of vestry they had both been aointed to the snnean em pauper lunatic asylums, and he thought their evidence e o f was unimpeachabl e . H e conten d e d that the parishesuhr Marylebone and St. P ancras — t h e f ormer w ith a P°P tion of 200.000 too and the latter 160,000—were muc h large to-admit of the wa n ts_of the .poor being properly attended to by local boards. The Marylebone vestry was occasionally termed the Marylebone Parliarnent, , from the oircu mi t anc e of its being sometimes convert ed uoetions as the window-tar s and of Hungary, and such e h, into an arena for the discuss . i t ot h e e. i e r f o t w he n , so to act, provided they of their there were many an d w po r o on r. gs ß of ut P h o e la d n id: and perhaps they had ti of management which it was in the pow"' grievous faults F • h of of the local boards to remedy. or instance, the parts saydid n t h o s t t n i e n g neglect tehegrreealitefprosi Mary Letione had not followed the example of many other metropolitan parishes, and removed their pauper children out - of the precincts of the workhouse. He was O re that no man who understood the management of a work house would say it was right to keep 400 children within the walls of such an establishment. —(Hear, hear.) P AI, that they had done in M ary l e b one was to remove so me sixty or sehenty - of the childr en t o a sea-bathing . ee ls i bliehmentateltergate e Oa th e o th er h an d , t h e parish o St. George, Hanover -square, among others that might b 1 named,' and than which there was no better example gnod local mansgement, had removed their pauper children to a healthy, dry, airy spot at Chelsea, where they were out of the way et contamination, and where everything was done for their proper accommodation. But not he, with that great metropolitan parish, Marylebone. confined 400 children within the walls of its own work' house, subject to all- the contamination they might re' ceive from the admixture of classes. He might cite sin: ther cate. On the 22d of April last a motion was made _ in the Queen's Bench for a mandamus against the trymen of Sr. Mary's, Islington, to compel them, under the provisions of their own local act, to make a rate for e object- toe attained the application_ ._ said_ th- - b - - . the relief of the poor. The Learned Counsel who ma de ~tho defendants to cause a vestry waa '° to command meeting to Tuesday last. At of vestry on Easter the meeting the purpose o ascer ld for the f be assembled, as by adjournment from that time a meeting was he year. On that day the relief of the poor in the present ge bled under the local act which was in hesttY bad assembled destimate of taining what was the sum necessary to be raised for rho pe rish, an an the money that nance of the poor for s duly presented, but the rate to raise the the year wit was not at that moment agreed to, because, by money w fo o r u ce ld i the local act, other machinery was to be put in motion nbethreequired for the mainte before the rate was actually made. The local act was the sth George IV., c. 125, which repealed several other acts passed for a similar purpose. The facts of the case were these :—On Easter Tuesday last there was meeting, after due notice given, and an estimate was duly presented, declaring the sum required to be im' posed for the relief of the poor amounted-to 22,000/, instead .of, 2 9,0001, as in 1850, and 27,000/., he in 1851. A motion was Entitle that this estimate should be received and adopted, and entered on the minutes. It was obi cted that if it was adopted all further discussion would be precluded, and therefore it was moved that it should only be entered on the erti' notes. This was done. An amendment was then moved, that the sum necessary for the relief of the poor was OW penny. 'r6o motion was seconded, but was ultimately withdrawn ; but in the end the meeting negatived the proposed estimate. The poor were, therefore, left Wi out provision, except through the means of what some rich and charitatle individuals among the parishiont re had advanced. The object of this application was to compsl the defendaote under the provisions of their ow" local Act, to complete what had been begun, and not t only to enter the estimate on the minutes, but to adop t the estimate and to make a rate." Now, what did tn° court do in this case? The court granted the applies' Lion, and, on the suggestion of Mr. Pashley, the cottee a e f who made the application, that the matter was one (3 pressing necessity, the court ordered that the' writ to should issue at once, instead of there being a rnie k . d show cause. So that the Court of Queen's Bench h . : I absolutely to overrule the law •of the.land glr e relies under the eiretiantwoo, Nov, 01 thud