The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

fourth XVition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: Lord BEDZSDLLE took his seat on the Woolsack at Fire o'clock. N UNNERIE S. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the ladies of the county oF Tyrone, praying for the inspec tion of nunneries. MAYNOOTH. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from Dublin and the island of Jersey against the Maynooth grant. SANITARY ISIPROVEMtNT The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from the inhabitants of the metropolis, praying for sanitary improvement in the dwellings of the poor. MAYNOOTH. The Duke of MONTROSE presented a petition from Glasgow against the Maynooth Grant. COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved the second; reading of this Bill, which the Most Reverend Prelate said was to remedy an omission in the Act ap pointing the Bishops of Bombay and Madras. After a few words from Earl DESAAT and the Bishop Of LONDON, the 811 was read a second time. PENAL LAWS—MR. SALOMON'S CASE. _ Lord LYNDHURST rose to call the attention of the House to tho disabilities created by the 6th George I, cap. 16. His Lordship said that he had no wish to abolish the mere pecuniary penalties, but what he wished more particularly to do away with was the disqua lifications which attended a breach of this law. No person exposed to their force could ever afterwards bring an action at law or a suit in equity, he could recover no property of his own which might be held by another, he could not act as guardian to an infant, or administrator to an estate, in fact, he might be assumed to be a com plete outlaw. The case:which had more particularly drawn hii attention to the was the case of a a gentleman g e ogruarotely teen subjected to th ese penalties and uolification by the ddecision of a court of law for having sat and voted in the other House of Parliament without being properly qualified. This gentleman, by that decision, was subject teen these penalties, though of course no one would think of en forcing them, se it Wll3 evident that though he had subjected himself to them with his eye open, yet his course of conduct had not been marked by any presumption. He shfaild suggest the propriety of repealing these disquaiitations, and , for that purpose he had prepared a short Bill which be would ask their Lordahips to reset for a firat time. Lord CAMPBELL - said he was rejoiced that Noble and Learped Lord had introduced this Bill to„ to do away with penalties which were a disgrace to the', statute- book. The Noble Lord had formerly proposed measures for the benefit or the Jews, and he hoped that his name would go down to posterity as the eman cipator of the Jews. • The Earl of DERBY said that he would not imitate the example of the Noble sad Learned Lord who had just sat down, Who had gone into the particular case of the Jews, whereas he thought that the Bill was intended to apply generally. As the recent decision in the Court of Exchequer' had been allided to, he would take the present opportunity of statiog what had since taken place on that aufkject. Since that decision Mr. Salomon had written, to her Majesty's Government requesting, that an Act of Indemnity should be passed freeing him from all the penalties r xeopt tho.. pecuniary on,s;to-which he bad become suhji , ct. Her M-4,jety's Government taking into consideration the f:xt that the decision of the Court of Exchequer had not been unanimous, ;and that' the conduct •of Mr. Salomons had not been frivolous and, vexatious . , thought it expedient that be was fairly entilcd to such an Act being introdticed, but they were also of opinion that some pro ceedings should be taken by the party in question him• self, to petition the Legislature praying for such an Act. There was also another difficulty, and that was that there yet lay an anpeal to the Court of Exche quer Chamber, and from thence to their Lordship's House, and it was . 4 !elt thrit . no steps could be consistently taken to grant an Act of indemnity exc9pt on the with drawal by Mr. Saloinons dal intention to appeal, or by that appal going against him, as it would selrcely be proper to grant an individual indemnity from future consequences which bad no:. yet accrued. Be should, however, not oppoge the introduction of this Bill. The Marquii of LANSDOWNE expressed his plea• sire at the introduction of this Bill. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, i n expla nation, and Lord WICKLOW, the Bill was read a first time, Sod their Lordships adjourted. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER t:s.ok the Chairs few minutes before Four oVock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bills ever considered and agreed to Deeside Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way. Merthyr Tydfil Waterwork. Yeovil and Ilchester Turnpike Trusts. The 3ianchc,sl,er Efous9 of Recovery Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol against the itia Bill. Mr. MUNTZ presented two pqitions from Birming. ram to tho same effect. Sir G. S fRICKLAND presented a similar petition from Preston. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Eastern Steam Navigation C-mpany, complaining of the undue preference that was Riven to the tenders of the Peninsular and Orienta! Company, and praying the House to appoint a Committee to inquire into the subject of such contraetr. Mr. W. J. FOX presented eight petitions from Lan cashire against the 14filiti Bill. Mr. CURRY pres,.nied Tpetition from a plate in Ir‘lacci, praying that nunneries may Le placed under the suprrvision of the civil authorities. Mr. T. DITNCOMBE ?resented a petition from 1 ; 200 of tte inhabitants of Finsbury against the Maynooth grant. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Forfar to the same effect. - - Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented:several petitions from places in the county of Louth, praying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical Titles 13111. _ _ Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the hand-loom weavers c , lmpiaining of distress, and praying the House to establish a system of home colonization. Sir E. BUXTON presented a petition from Belden, in Essex, against the Militia Bid. The HON. AIEMBER also presented a petition from Ja maica, complaining of distress, and praying for relief. Mr. HEYWOOD presented similar petitions from places in Lancashire. POST-HORSE DUTY. d 1 _ 11. • T. DUNCOMBE gave 7_:.)tiee that en an early 0 !/./?.(: , •hould move for a Committee of the whole House u tn subject of the post-horse duty, with a view to its repeal. Mr. BL` LIGHT DUES. ttz gave should ca ll i notice that on an early day he the light cues, and attention of the House to ihc subject cf submit a motion on the subject. Mr. 11E8.1)144.g , ,COALS. he should cake gave notics that on this day month 4 motion • on tae subject of the importa tion of British c )ale into France. HOmE„m Mr. REYNOLDS ADE SPIRITS. shoald ask whether i t !„474e„ notice tirtt on Friday he to introduce a Bill to place the iwentiGa of Government forteme spiri:s on •ane manufacturers and dealers I - equal footing •• prs and dea:ers In foreign spirits with the im- GRAND ,Juiti% The ATTORNEY-GENER AL • th e event of the Grand Juries Abolition that in a second time , h e should mo ve that it Bill being rea d bo referred to a Select Committee. BURMESE WAR, Sir EDWARD COLEBROOKE wished to know was the intention of the Board of Co ntrol to coen —ra if it cateto tt • House th e p a p ers relatin g to ththe- pni proceedings which had led to the war with Ava? Mr. HERRIES said it was as soon as the negotiations now pending with the King of Ave relative to certain conditions which ho was required to agree to should be brought to a close. THE HUMBER. Mr. EDWARD HENEAGE wished to auk the Secretary of the Admiralty whether ha had received any report from the engineer employed at Spurn Point, Humber, with regard to the progress made towards stop. ping the gap caused by the sea, and whether it was now considered free from danger. Mr. STAFFORD - said the gap had . been effectually closed, but there were still further works to be under taken which the engineer thought necessary. THE FRANCHISE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE R gave notice that oa Monday next b e wou ld ask for leave to bring in a Bill to assign th e seats vaca t e d by the dis franchisement of Sudbury and Bt. Albans. PASSPORTS. Sir HENRY DAVIE moved for a return showing the number of passports issued from the Foretzn-office in each week since the commencement, on the 22d day of February, 1851, of the new i 3 item (at 7s. 6d. for each passport), compared vri:h the number issued in the cor responding wee!: of the preceding year under the old system (as 24 7s. 6d. for each passport); and also show ing the comparative results of the two systems in a financ4tl point, of view; aiso the largest number of passports issued on any cue day sinee the new system had been introduced.--Agreed to. .THE - ADJOURNED DEBATE Mr. SLANEY then rose to move for a department, Standing CoramitLee, or unpaid Commission, to con sider, and report from time to time, preven tive and "remedial measures, to benefit, the social condi tion cif the worki ng classes, and for removing legal and other obBtacles to their improvement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER inter posed. lie though t i t was understood last night that the adjourned debate on the Mirti Bill was to be taken the first thing this 1 a evenin a L pealed t o he Hon. ord J. USSELL wail also f that impres2ion, and p Mensbr. r to g i ve way. R t Mr. SLANEY said as thi s wa3 a 1-:nbjct . in which he • took a deep interest, and as it was not probable that he should have azother opportunity OF addressing Parlia ment, must go on uc,les3 Government would under take to give him some future d a y. The CHANCELLOR of the 'F, - xen EQuER said he i could not pledge him2elt to g i ve a particular day, but he would take care that Hon. Gentlemen who bad motions oa the paper to-night should not be placed in a disad vantage by giving way. Mr. SLANEY said, under these circumstances, he would consent to postpone his motion if other Hon. Members would do the same. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said, though he was opposed to the Militia Bill, he would give way to the adjourned debate if the Chancellor of the Exchequer would fix a day for him within this day fortnight; otherwise he should feel it his public duty to proceed with his motion. _ _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the Hon. Member's motion at the early part of the session stood first upon the paper, but on being called upon he was not in his place.—(Hear, and laughter.) Therefore he h a d l os t a good opportunity through his own fault. He (the Chancellor of the . Exchequer) ac knowledged that a day sitting, at 1 2 o'clock, might be had recourse to under extraordinary c ircumst ances to facili tate business, but Ministers had something else to do besides attending the House, and it was a great tax upon their time to attend the House on Wednesday i n addition to discharging their other duties. To fix a day for the Hon. Member would not be courteous to the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, who had so cour teously acceded to his suggestion. He could not give a pledge, but he hoped to be able to place the Hon. Member in an equivalent position before the close of the session. Mr. WALPOLE also urged the Hoe. Member to withdraw his motion, which he eventually did. THE MILITIA BILL—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The order of the day for resuming the adjourned de bate on this Bill having been read, Captain SCOBELL said he did not move the adjourn ment of the debate last night from any want of defer ence to the House, but because several Members were anxious to speak who were not able:to catch the Speaker's eye. Up to the present moment 1,000 petitions had been presented against the Militia Bill, and scarcely one in its favour. He appreh e nd e d n o b reac h o f th e peace be tween nation and nation. It wa s only last year that her Majesty, at the beginning of the session, annonnced that she was at peace with all the rest of the world. Scarcely any two Members agreed in opinion upon the Bill. Some Ho n o ura bl e M em b ers o pp os it e c onnected with the army thought that an increase of the army would be infinitely preferable to this limping militia ; but still, like good soldiers, they fol lowed their leader when the division took place. The Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General for Ireland observed that a militia was not so expensive as an invasion or a revolution, but no case had been shown to prove that any rational fear need be enter tained of invasion, much less of a revolution. Such observations were therefore beside the matter under; discussion. The . same Learned Gentleman also said that the apprehension of war was as inju rious as war itself. That was a strange observation to come from such:a quarter, because it involved the very argument which was used by the Honourable Member for the West Riding, and the others who supported him, viz., that it was this unneceasary apprehension of war—this alarm of panic-mongers—that c gave rise to the present Bill; bat he believed that in less. 'than a month her.ce the majority of the House t litld be of very different opinion in respect, to . measure. The Learned Gentleman went on tto say that in every age arms and agriculture were the strength and glory of the nation. Now that was a very fine plare.se, but he could not see its force or application. He had listened to three very long debates on the militia, but scarcely once heard any allusion made to the navy, which was the greatest in the world. The English navy exceeded all other navies taken singly, end almost the combined navies of two or three nations, It might be taken as a maximum that what ever Ration had the command of the sea, that nation eyould be successf u l i n a il it s ex peditions; while, on the contrary, the nation whose enemy command e d th e sea, wou ld have no success inits expeditions, especially in those on a large scale. He looked upon the narrowness of the channel between this country and France to be of great advantage to England, because from being narrow the channel wee more easily watched. If any fears of invasion were really enter tained, and it W!!!.; not all sham, why was recourse not had to the plan suggeet.cl by his Hon. Friend the Member fur the West Riding, of bringing home all the vessels that could be spared from foreign stations for the purpose of protecting our shores. He thought, however, there was an ample force at borne to meet all danger. There were three line of battle ships at Spithead and one at Plymouth, with a total force on board of 3,350. On invasion be coming imminent, all they would have to do would be to distribute these men in steam-vessels, and station them along the coast . , and our shores would be safe. Napoleon admitted tha tunless he had the command of the Channel for a week he never could invade England, and he hoped that admission woald keep the country alive to the importance of keeping the Channel safe. Don't let them spend money uselessly upon militias, but devote it to improving the harbours of refuge, where the ships guarding our coast could retreat to in stormy weather. The French had none of these harbours, at least not in the same proportion as England; and therefore, instead of wasting time upon this Bill the House ought to directs attention to this subject of harbours of refuge. He had no fear' of war, but should it come he was convinced tee progress of science would be as remark able on cur side as the enemy's. He ad mitted that he voted for the introduction of the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for London, but it did not follow that because he supported its introduction he must also vote for it in its future stages. He simply wished to give the Noble Lord an opportunity of laying his Bill on the table, and he must say that an unfair means was taken to prevent his doing so. In conclusion he begged to express his conviction that should another war should occur, it would be found that England's wooden walls were her best bulwarks.—(Hear, hear.) Sir H. VERNEY said it was the universal opinion of our great statesmen and our bravest generals that our defences were defective, and it was their duty to listen to the opinions of these men. In the event of an invasion the Members of that House would not be consulted as to the best mode of defence; hat the question which would have to be decided wa s where should Napier and where should Hardinge be sen t. Well, then, these men had pronounced our de fences defective, and so had the best French military writers, and he insisted that it .was the duty of the House not to wait until the danger arrived, but to take time by the forelock and take care to be prepared for every emergency.—(Hear, hear.) France had made . wonderful advanc es i n t h e art of war spite of her internal dissensions, and although it could be against the intere s t o f F ran ce to go to war with, yet 83 it did not'alway s h a pp en th a t countries were guided by their interests, it was the duty of the House to take the precautionary measures which this Bill provided. The plan ought to be carried out, however, with as little interference as possible, and he would therefore suggest that all party feeling should be set aside, both by the Governm en t an d the Opposition, with the view of ultimately devising some scheme which should prove as little burdensome to the people as was possible.—(Hear, hear.) Honourable Gentlemen argued this question as if th e Militia was unpopular with tho people, because it had a tendency to render the men engaged in it inclined to lead an immoral life and they argued in this way upon the supposition that the army was a school for immorality. Now he would undertake in to say that so f ar tra that being the case the regimeuts of the li ne were remar k a bl e b ot h for morality and sobriety. There were some bad men amongst them, but t a k en as a whole their morality was unexceptionable, and the same result, he was convinced, would attend a wise and judicious embodiment of the militia.—(Hear.) Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Mostyn Stakes. Charming Woman ... ... Maid of Avon filly ... ..• Louisa colt ... ••• The Chesterfield Stakes. • Lancaster ••• ••• Lucid ... 2 ,•• ••• ... • • • • • . .T MARKET IN TEL LIGEN CE. c (From the L on d on N ew P r i ce Current, May 4 .) SUGAR —T O- t bodaayWve hetstolsne of Friday.diaSuga r obtained in some cases 6d Per cwt A public sale of 200 hh a d f s 6 a d n , d fia B tree Barbadoes went with spirit at an advance yellow mid4o - for refiner's e yellow realizing 40s to 40s 6d, good 36 s 6d to 38a brown lumps 34e to 36a, ord 32s to 33s 6d, good grainry o-day the home trade demand was ac- Ruin,32,._T e, and 34s per cwt. 49e 6d per cwt. se rgar, and stiffer rates were obtained, MAURITIUS. Th _i l ng:t , 46a, and grocery from 46s 6d to n a c t r f u u s l h l e fa d r s m u e g r ar rat t e h s e . re is a good deal active request, and doing for shipping, bg, waerrieseabtlodo;kmpi afternoon Mauritius Sugar was in auction 5,645 d la t c a e g o o f od 6d ye p l e la r w cw w t e . nt A at t 343 to 355, ord 323 6d to 328, black 21 s 64 t to 33s 6d, m id to fi no brown 28s 34s 6d, middlin g graino 225, o r d to good grey 31s to ditto 40e to 453 per cwt, EAST INDIA.--This aft, 611 per cwt. At auction I,7roao° w ent at 24s 6d to 263 6d, yellow 36s to 38s, an d w hi te o b a Madras Sugar ad vance d yellow ags were sold, so f t b rown ditto 27s to co s , good a nd fine 31s to 32 3 6d. Be nga l 12 mach there is a further rise of 6d to 13 in demand, and . At auction 6,500 b ags wer e sold; good white Benares went a 345 6d to 353 6 d , ord 33 e 6 d to 345, damp 36s to 375, ra id 334 to 363 6 d , grai n y w hite 44 s to 455, men and washed 4ls to 41s 6 d. or d to mid 34 s 6 d to 353 6de yellow dit to fine brown 323 to 323 tid, good to fiae soft bright yellow 32s 6d to 33s 6d, and mid 29s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To -day business of moment was prevented in the Foreign Sug ar market b y a sc anty supply. There were ready buyers for shi pp in g at prices fully equal to last week. None was ofTered at public sale. COFFEE,—To -day Native Ceylon net with more at tention, and privately several parcels were sold at 43s for good ord. None was offered et public sale. In plantation less business was done, and prices slightly de clined, At auction 150 ties and 166 bge were mostly sold, low mid to mid at 54s to 56e, fine tine ord 518 to 535, good to fine ord 47s to 503, and triage 403 to 46a. Costa Rica is much wanted, and a public sale of 899 bags went et high prices, good ord selling at 45a to 46 fine fi ne ord 473 to 538 per cwt. In Mocha much business is doing privately at lull terms. TEA.—There continues to be an extensive demand for low to good common Congou both for consumption and on speculation; priors are also still advancing, and ruie at Bkd to 9d per lb. Orders are on the increase for other kinds, with more firmness on the part of merchants; the rates obtained for rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf are 9,1 d to 10V, strong and Pekoe kinds lid to is sd. In Souchoag important purchases have b een ma d e , the prices obtained for common being 10d to lid, mid to good is to Is 3d, and fine is 4d to is Bd. Oolong finds a more ready sale, and rates have advanced, good to fine realising Is Id to is 6d, and common to mid 10d to Is. Pouchong has been selling at from 6d to Bd. A large business has been concluded in Green, and rates have an upward tendency; the quantity on offer of all kinds is less than previously. Hyson of common and mid quality a selling et is ld to is 4d, good to fine is 5d to 2s 2d ; Young Hyson, ord 10d to 11d, mid to good Is to is 6d, fine is 8d to 2s 2d; Gunpowder Canton 10d to ls; Hy son sorts, low to mid is 2d to is 7d, good to fine is 4d to 3s 3d; Imperial 10d to 2s; Hyson skin 7d to Is; Twankay 9d to Is; Caper 9d to Niel, and Scented lld to Is 4d. The demand for Flowery Pekoe is brisk, and prices are better, ruling at is 8d to 2s 8d for fine and superior, other sorts is 3d to is 7d. For inferior Orange Pekoe demand is not better, and common to mid can be obtained at 10d to is, but of good to fine many parcels have been sold at is Id to is 8d per lb. RICE.—To-day operations in Rice were trifling, and at auction 850 packets, 199 bags Bengal were only in part sold at 9s 6d to 9s 9d for good bold white, being low prices. CINNAMON—There was a reluctance to operate at the quarterly sales, and prices declined Id to 2d per lb for Ceylon from firsts to best thirds, all under sustained the previous currency. Of 1,472 bales offered 1,000 found buyers; first sort went at 2a to 2s 9d, damaged is 10d to 2s 3d, 2nds is 4d to 2s, damaged Is to is 6d, third and fourth sound is to is 7d, damaged 11d to is 3d, and 28 cases broken at Ild to is 6d for first, second, and third sort. SPlRlTS.—Demerara Rum, several parcels have been sold at is lld to 2s 2d for 33 to 42 over proof. In East India a good business is doing at is 4d proof. Leeward Island is wanted at is 5d to la sid. The trade is yet dull for Jamaica, and sellers are willing to accept for choice marks 35 to 38 over proof 3s 4d to 4s, fine 2s 10d to 3s 3d, good mid to good 32 to 34 over 2s 4d to 2s 9d, middling 2s to 2s 3d, low 24 to 30 over is 10d to is 11d. In Brandy sales have been of importance. The rates paid for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 are 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s lid, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older sorts 5s 9d to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux la lld to 2s. In British-mede Spirit a desire is evinced to sell at 93 8d to 9s 9d net cash. Gin 22 under proof 8s 6d, and 17 ditto 9s. Geneva is 9d to is 10d, and fine 2s Id to 2a 4d per gallon. . _ _ COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was not better for Cochineal, and in some cases Id per lb. in ad vance was obtained. At auction 216 bags nearly all sold, Honduras silvers at 3a 8d to 3s 10d, and ord to , mid black 4s 2d to 4s 6d, but Mexican was taken in at 4a 2d to 4a 3d to 4s 3d for black. INDIGO.—There has again been a good business doing in East India, both for shipping and home consumption, priors have yet an upward tendency, and rule 4d to 6d above last quarterly sales. For auction on the 11th, only 7,355 chts are declared. For Spanish there are free buyers, and at rates rather above those of this day week. Guatemala is from 2s 10d to 5s sd, and Caracas 38 2d to 5s 6d per lb. SALTPETRE.—This article is little required at pre sent. Of 2,260 bags Calcutta at auction a small portion only found buyers: 41 per cent. refraction went at 303 6d to 31s, and 14i to 6i ditto 26s 6d to 29s 6d. fi a n n ed d MadrasTher e 22s sailors6d t per e le w in t. d s Forat 1,61. British 2 R 6 s e , sellers are willing to accept 29s 6d to 303. Nitrate of Soda is wanted at 14s 9d to 153. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sate 30 tuns of Seal Oil sold at 281 103 to 301 lOs for brown to pale, 15 tuns Southern ord and low 31/ to 321 103, 10 tuns Palm fine and good 26s to 26s 9d, and small parcel of Madras Cocoa Nut Oil 30s per cwt. TALLow.—The market for Russian is firm, fine yel low Candle selling at 35s 9d to 36s per cwt. Operations are upon a more extended scale for delivery, and there are few sellers under 37s 6d for the last three months of the year. A good sale exists for home melted, and the value is 35s 9d to 36s per cwt nett cash. At Auction 560 casks Australian were meaty sold ; beef 82s 9d to 34a 9d ; mutton 32s 3d to 37s ; and 220 pkgs South American at 31s 3d to 35s 9d for lobe to fine ; 150 cks East India Vegetable 38s 6d to 30, but 30 cks Petersburgh Soap were taken in at 34s per cwt. PROVISIONS.—There is no further reduction for old Irish Butter, and a large business has been done from 46s to 68s. Sales of new Limerick made at 72s to 7 . 4 s ; Cork of fourth quality 60s to 525. Of foreign arrivals extensive, and amounted to 12,420 casks last week, and are prices declined 4s to 6s per cwt, but a large business has been done; fine Friezland, and Kiel selling at 70s to 745, The market for English has been dull, and there is a decline; fine selling at 78s to 80s, other kinds 60s to 70s: stale 503 to 565; and fresh 6s 6d to Its per dozen pounds. In Bacon less business has been done, and pieces have declined; Irish selling at 49s to 53s for sizeable, and heavy 46s to 503. In mid dles a fair business has been done, bale at 44s to 465, and tierce 43s to 495, but the tendency is downwards. In Pork an extensive business has been concluded chiefly on Liverpool account, the rates Irish prime mess 70s per barrel, and Bacon mess 67s 6d; American mess 67s 6d, and. India 105 s per tierce; these are higher prices. A good sale exists for beef and the market is firm; Irish India at 110 s to 1203 per tierce; prime mess 955, and American 95s to 100 s. Fine pale Hams are much in request, and other sorts sell more readily. The value of Irish and English is from 46a to 60s. Only a limited demand exists for Lard, sellers are willing to accept for Irish bladdered 54s to 595; Keg and Firkin 463 to 525; Hamburgh bladdered 56s to 58s, and Ham burgh Cheese at 34s to 465; Dutch 28s to 465, and Kanta IBs per cwt. COURSE OF EXCHA Amster:am .......... 12 1i Ditto, three months.. 12 2 ily Rotterdam • • .... 12 234 Antwerp .••••••• •• •• •• 25 65 13np 32 , 3 i s 25 65 Ilamburgh •• • • • • M.B . 13 11% Paris, 3 days'sight •• 25 45 Ditto, 3 months • . 25 62% Marseilles • • •• •• •• 25 6234 Board ems .• . Prankfort on. Maine.... 1223 f 80r1in.... • ... .. •• • • Vienna, effee. tio •••• •• 12 36 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 3S Petersbargh,Bil. /Chia.. 37 Madrid • • • • ••• ••• • • •• •• 49% Cadiz .. •• •• •• •• •• 49% Barcelona •• .......... .• •• •• •• •• • • •• .NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghorn •• •• •• •• •• •• 30 3 0 Genoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 623 Milan •• r• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice .• •• .• •• • • .• •• Naples .. •-•-•• •• 40% Palermo, perms 121% Stessina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 122 153% Oporto 53 1 i Rio Janeiro •• ...... • • • Buenos Ayres -.-......... -.. New York, 60 days'aight Philadelphia .......... VSICIEB el BEILLION. ran oz, Foreign Gold inbars ...i3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 - Now Dollars ...... 0 4 10% Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% rHE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, 13th May next, at two o'clock, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N.B. The Knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars. T E S U N, lA. At. 7 . 4 0 .I.A . FOhEIGN.OFFICE, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Cle• ments Frederick Good as Consul• General at Hull for his Majesty the King of Denmark. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. William Henry Taylor to the district church of Christ Church, in the Forest of Dean, in the county of Glou cester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, void by the resignation of the Rev. James Banks. WHITEHALL, MAT 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph More land, Esq., to be Captain in the Artillery Company of London. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 3. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Suffolk ( Eastern Division)—Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Knt., in tho room of Frederic Baron Rendlesham, deceased. a e M l e been T i p g l h l e . a n s e e s d E to Lady in sJsliourffi eEI CambridgedS' to S eherh PALACE, Ra so poi T n h t e th D e u L c S h a T d e in Waiting. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. The Honourable William John Monson to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 3. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicester. Sir George Howland Beaumont, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 5. Commissions by her Majesty's Lieutenant for Cornwall. Thomas Sibbald, Rig., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Vowler, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 24. Duke of Cornwall's Rangers—John Pincher Trist, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Call, promoted; the Hon. William Henry Edgcurnbo, commonly called Viscount Valletort, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bennet, pro moted, April 24. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Adjutant Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill to be Captain by Brevet, April 27. Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Mar wood Shuttlewerth Yeatman, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Glyn, resigned, April 28. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet William Butler Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Botfield, resigned. Commissions by the Lord• Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of Wesi Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Greenwood Teale to be Cornet, April 19. Ist West York Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir Thomas Edward Pilkington, Bart., to be Captain, vice Preston, resigned; Cornet John Field Wright to be Lieutenant, vice Boynton, resigned; Cor net Benjamin Heywood Brooksbank to be Lieutenant, vice Ellison, 'deceased ; William Frederick Dickson to be Cornet, vice Ellison, promoted, April 26. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert Logan, to be surgeon. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Hill Mussenden Leather, Esq., to be Captain, vice Collett, resigned, May 1. BANKRUPTS. Charles Ritchi e , j ewe ll er , O x ford-street, to surrender , clay 13, at e l even. and June 10, at twe l v e, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. street; Frasar, D ean - street , Soho. Frank James Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall , iron founder, Walsall, Staffo rdshire, May 18 and June 15, at half-past eleven, at tho Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Biliniegham; Duignan and Llemmant, Walsall; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. John Eard, brewer, Uttoxetcr, Staffordshire, May 15, and June 5, at half-past ten, at the BirLii eghana Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Daignan and Hemmant, Walsall; Wright, Birmingham. Samuel B",niatns ' jun., grocer, All S a i n t s , Hereford shire, May 18 and June 15, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, of icial assignee, Birmingham ; Prichard, Hereford; Bioxham, Birmingham. James Thomas Woodhouse, scrivener, Leominster, May 15 and June 5, at half-past ten, at the Birming ham Disirict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. William Arthur Watson, builder, Whitf.cre ' May 18, and June 15, et half-past eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Dabbs, Atherstone; Hodgson, Birmingham. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. John Carver, licensed victualler, Liverpool. Adam Dalgleish, supervisor, Manchester. Lawrence Hartley, provision -shop keeper, Burnley-lane Head, Lancashire. J. Johnscn, journeyman lighterman, John-street,Water loo-road. T. Lowe, watchmaker, Freeschool-street, Southwark. W. N or toa, wine merchant, Chadwell-street, St. John street-road. J. L. White, journeyman baker, Saint Mary's Cray, Kent. J. Walker, fishmonger, Upper Symons-street, Chelsea. J. Shure, Carlton-square, Old Kent-road. W. Nicholson, builder, Shotley-bridge, Durham. R. Safes, grocer, Haverfordwest. W. Joy, corn factor, Chatham, Kent. J. L. Evans, Carmarthenshire. W. Brown, farmer, Bristol. J. Pollitt, licensed victualler, Over Darwen, Lancashire. J. Wood, Deansgate, eating house keeper, Manchester. C. Yeates, printer, Monmouth. H. Bent, coal mastea, Westbromwich, Staffordshire. W. C. Draper, boot manufacturer, Stone, Staffordshire. C. Duckit, commercial traveller, Halifax, Yorkshire. M. Humphrey, miner, Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydvil. J. Helliwell, common brewer, Airfield, Yorkshire. J. Priestley, butcher, Ovenden. Yorkshire. J. Priestley, farmer, Ovenden, Yorkshire, W. Sykes, mungo dealer, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. J. S. Wood, dealer in oil, Kingston-upon-Hull. J. Blacicett, blacksmith, Manchester. Brazendale, brass founder, Liverpool. Clare, joiner, Liverpool. Crabtree, out of business, Burley Woodhead, Yorkshire. Derbyshire, butcher, York. A, Johnston, draper, St rou d, Gl ouces t ers hi re . T. Kelly, painter, Choriton-upon-Mefflock, Manchester. J. Mellor, inn keeper, Halifax, Yorkshire. G. Mason, fishmonger, Hoveden, Yorkseire. I. Powell, out of business, Gloucester. J. Whitworth, millwright, Leeds. D. Smith, woolsorter, Rippondeu, Yorkshire. G. T. Buckley, whitesmith, Middleton, Lancashire. D. Leather, licensed victualler, Great Sankey, Lancashire. J. Lord, machine maker, Hulme, Manchester. A. North, farmer, Shelf, Yorkshire. FRANCE. The ball given by the Prince President at the Tuilerie3 on Sa'urday was very brilliantly attended, and the invitations having been more limited than on the former occasions there was none of the incon venience from over-crowing which was then expe rienced. The dresses of the ladies were splendid, and there Wag a fine display of diamonds. The members of the diplomatic corps, a large number of senators, the members of the Legislative Body, many of them wear ing for the first time the official costume, most of the councillors of state, also in their official costume, the high public functionaries, and nearly all the general officers and colonels now in Paris, were pre sent. The number of foreigners of distinction who had been honoured with invitations was considerable. The Prince President, accompanied by about forty persons of distinction, senators, deputies, council lors of state, ministers, generals, &c., walked several times through the room?, and stopped fre quently to converse with persons who were known to him. On his entering the room, the Prince was ac companied by Lady Cowley, with whom he opened the ball. At about half- pe , t eleven the vast double buffet for the ladies and gentlemen was thrown open, and refreshments of every kind were supplied in abundance. The dancing was kept up until after day. light. The Prince slept at the Tuileries for the first time since his assuming the reins of Government. Lieutenant-Colonel Mouton, on half-pay from an infantry regiment, who has been for some time con fined at St. Lo for political reasons, was last week sent to Brest, under an escort of gendarmes, to be transported to Algeria. On Wednesday, the sth, being the 31st anniversary of the death of the Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena, a commemorative service will take place in the Church of the Invalides, at which the Prince President of the Republic, the members of the imperial family, and the high functionaries of the Government and of the army will be present: The Patrie says— " The Presid en t was present on Wed nes d ay l ast at the Dame aux Cametzas, at the Vaudeville. He has since sen t b y C oun t Bacehiochi, his ord er l y o ffi cer, to Mme. Roche, who plays the principal part, a magnifi cent bracelet set with diamonds and rubies. The even ing after ho was present at the performance of Madelon, at the Opera Comique. THE MARRIAGES, , BIRTHS AND DEATHS ______ IN ENGLAND. The quarterly return of marriages, births, and deaths was issued on Saturday. The general results of the return are satisfactory ; the marriages exceed the average number, the births are ab ove , th e d eat h s are b elow the average of the kingdom. 90,936 persons were married in the last quarter of the year ending December 31st, 1851. In England the greatest proportion of marriages is always celebrated in the months of September, October, November, after harvest; and the numbers in the last season not only ex ceeded the marriages in the previous quarters of 1851, but those in the corresponding quarters of previous years. Allowing for increase of population, the proportion of marriages was slightly less than in the autumns of 1845 and 1850, but greater than in any other autumn since 1842. Ono in 58 of the per sons living was married in 1851; or there was one marriage to every 117 persons li v i ng . The marriages increased chiefly in London, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Vi r orcestershire, Warwick shire, Rutlandshire, No ttinghamshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. They declined in the southern, south midland, and eastern counties ; in Wiltshire and Devonshire, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Mon mouthshire. The increase was most striking in Rei gate Croydon, Maidstone, East Ashford, Faversham, Brighton,i Falmouth, Taunton Bristol, Gloucester, Wolverhampton, irmingham, ' Derby, Preston, Hull, Durham. The r ß ate of marriage was high, but sta tionary or slightly declinin g Leeds, and Sheffield. ,in Liverpool, Ma nc h es t er , The births of 161,776 children, born alive, were re gistered in the months o f January, February, and March, 18 52 . The number greatly exceeds the average of the season, which is generally the most prolific of the year. So many births wer e never registered before in the same time. L ondon, the West Midland counties, Yorkshire, and the northern counties exhibit the great est excess over their ordinary average. As the births registered were 161,776, the deaths 106,682 an addition i s made to the population in th re e months of 55,094 persons. This is the natu ral increase. During the same period an army of 67 , 4;74 emigrants s ail ed s frum the ports of the United Kingdom ich there aro Government emigration officers; 51999 of them sailed from three English ports-8,438 from London, 1,798 from Ply mouth, and 41,763, comprising an indefinite number of the Irish people, from Liverpool. 1,399 emigrants sailed from Glasgow and Greenock; 4,476 from Irish ports. The average price of wheat during the three months was 40s. 10d., or 4s. higher - than it was in the last three months off 18 51, when more wheat was sold. The quanti ties of wheat and wh eat flour en t ere d f o r home con sumption at the chief Ports of Great Britain rapidly di minished in the three last periods from 91,040 to 47, 986 and 27,540 quarters ~. weekly The price of potatoes at the waterside market, Southwark, was 70s. a ton, and ranged from 33. to 4s. a hundred weight. The average price of mutton by the carcase ranged from 3 1d. to 5 2d.; and has scarcely varied f or nine months. The price of the inferior beef rose from 3d. to 3id. The average price of Consols was 971 . of England The mortality l , ogland is highest in the winter quarter. Notwithstanding the peouliarities of the weather, the mortality in the past winter bas been considerably below th e average of the season. The annual rat e of mortality in the winter quarter of 1852 was 2.364 per cent., which is less by 0.111 than the me an ten previous winters.an_nual rate of mortality in the winters, after all o ys- 1 population, there To every 22 deaths in previous "Ing for increase of . were 21 deaths i - 11 the past winter , during which, as Mr. Glaisher has shown . meteorology, the temperature wa s 3 deg. above the in his valuable account of the perature 'VA average. The health of the districts comprising chiefly small towns and co untry average standard; the was considerab l y above the ; the towns exhibited less improvement, and lost a fourth part more of the population by death than the c ountry districts. In London 14 , 5 92 deaths . were registered in the three months of January February, and March; 14 , 481 in the thirteen week s en cling March 27. Small - pox , scarlatina, and hoopingscoueh - revailed to a considerable extent. Influe nza, bronchitis') and p eas pneumonia were fatal to 40, 1,422, a n d 908 persons • wher ; the deaths in the pre vious winter o f 1851 from the same di sea ses were 205, 1,612, and 1,244. Consumption, on the other hand, was more fatal in the two last than it was in the two previ ous winters. Scurvy and purpura were only fatal to 10 persons. 527 persons died in the thirteen weeks of typhus. 62 women died of metric or puerperal fever, and 62 of other diseases incidental to child-bearing. 120 cases of erysipelas are recorded. Cancer is an example of great regularity in the mortality some diseases cause; in the five last winters the deaths from cancer were 222, 231, 213, 2 36, and 231. Deaths from diseases of the nervous system remained very uniformly the same. Diseases of the heart are returned in increasing numbers; to that cause 425 deaths were referred in 1848, and 603 in 1852. The increase is probably duo to the advancement and diffusion of medical know ledge; for many of these deaths would in former years have been referred to dropsy. Nephria, or Bright'a disease, has increased from the same cause. One of the most sin gular facts in the return is the increase of deaths by car buncle; whi c h f rom an average o f a b ou t 2 intem perance, to 17 in the quart er , 19 deaths were d i rect l y ascribed to 29 to delirium tremens, 12 to privation, 64 to the want of breast milk, 4 to cold, 23 to poison, 88 to burns and scalds, 76 to hanging and suffocation, 72 to 1 drowning, 161 to fractures and contusions, 35 to wounds, and 11 to other violence. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 3. TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION. Earl GRANVILLE rose to inquire whether it was the intention of the Government to take any measure to re move the Transatlantic packet station from Liverpool to any one of the southern or western purrs of Ireland? Ho had given notice of this question the other day in consequence of seeing an extract from a Dublin paper, giving an account of a deputation which waited on the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland for the purpose of soliciting a grant of public money for the purpose of improving Galway harbour. The Lord-Lieutenant was reported to have expressed a hope that the whole of the traffic between this country and the United States might pass through Ireland; but that he did not pledge himself to anything, ae much must depend on the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and that he would communicate with the Government on the subject. The commission over which ho (Earl Granville) presided collected a great mass of evidence in respect to this matter, and, having anxiously considered it, they came to the conclusion that it would not be consistent with their duty to recommend the re moval el the Transatlantic packet station from Liver pool to one of the Irish ports. Now, he thought that it was very natural that any one in the position of Lord- Lieuteuant of Ireland should feel anxious to consider any question likely to be of advantage to Ireland, and which. its geographical position might seem to entitle it to. On the other hand, it was not unlikely that the ac want in the newspaper to which he referred might not be correct, for very tow persons in official life were ta awr.re that in the case of deputations, the person who received them frequently found himself, on seeing the account given of them, very much like the lion iu the fable when he found himself represented by the sculptor. As many false alarms might be excited by any misapprehension on this sitl.3ect, ho thought the matter of sufficient importance to justify him in asking whether the hope expressed by the Lord-Lieutenant was such as described in the report he had alluded to; if so, whether the Government concurred in it, and whether they intended to take any steps for the removal of the Transatlantic packet station to any harbour in Ireland? The Earl of DERBY said the Noble Lord had re ferred to the reports of deputations, and he might also observe that such of their Lordships as had official ex perience well knew that they frequently received letters reminding them of some promise given with respect to an appointment, and on referring they found they had promised to put the applicant down on the list, at the same time telling him there were a great many before him, bat that when it came to his turn his application should be considered. This was construed into a posi tive promise; and ho could not help believing that there had been, not from any wish to misrepresent, but from an over sanguine view of the case, some misrepresenta tion in the present instance. In consequence of the notice which had been given by the Noble Earl of the question he had just put, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land wrote to him (Lord Derby), stating that ho saw to his great surprise that what he had said had been consider ably misrepreeented, and that the Lord Mayor of Dublin had called on him next day to express his great regret at the misrepresentation. When he mentioned the answer which the Lord-Lieutenant had given to the deputation, he felt sure that their Lordships would agree that it was just such a statement as the Lord- Lieutenant ought to have made on the occasion. He stated that he felt a deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of Ireland, and that he was personally anxious to see the whole trade, not of England only, but of all Europe, pass through Ireland to America, hut that any good wishes that he might entertain not only could not obtain the establishment of a Transatlantic station in Ire land, but could not even obtain the granting of the re quest of the deputation for the building of a pier in Galway harbour. That was the only answer the Lord- Lieutenant gave, with the exception of an assurance that be would transmit the representations of the &pa. tation to the Government. In reference to the question put by the Noble Earl, ho (Lord Derby) replied that • Government had not seen reason to come to any decision adveree to the conclusion at which the commission referred to by the Noble Earl had arrived, and, consequently, the Govern ment, as at present advised, had no intention of remov ing the Transatlantic packet station from Liverpool, and establishing it in soy of the ports of Ireland. But, at the same time, he must observe, that the subject was open to inquiry, and there were many motives, more especially the submarine telegraph between England and Ireland, if it should be carried into effect, which might render it desirable that such a packet station as had been alluded to should be at some future time esta blished, and that every encouragement should be given to the improvement of those splendid harbours, in which the west coast of Ireland more especially abounded. Nevertheless, he would not, on the part of the Govern ment, desire to hold out any expectation, at all events for the present, that the Transatlantic packet station would be established on the west coast of Ireland, or that any preference was intended to be shown in favour of one port over another, more especially as between the two ports which had been prominently put forward, Lime rick and Galway. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE was sorry that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had not said as much as he had been represented to have said. It was admitted in the report of the Commission that, so far as commu nication was concerned, advantages would be gained by the establishment of a Transatlantic packet station at Galway, but that those advantages would not be com mensurate with the cost. The question, however, as to whether the expense was worth the advantage to be gained, was one which ought to be kept in sight both by the Government of the United States and more par ticularly by the Government of this country. The re port of the Commission distinctly recommended Holy head as the point of departure and arrival for the mails. When he was at the Post-office he considered that mat ter, and the recommendation of the Post-office autho rities, in which he joined, was that that part of the re port should be carried out. For this he had been abused in Ireland, for when a public man fulfilled his duty without regard to the country to which he owed a great deal, he was considered unpatriotic; but he was free to admit that the adoption of Holyhead for the service of the mails would, in his opinion, have ulti mately led to the adoption of a port in Ireland, as it would have led to an alteration in the system of naviga tion and communication. He hoped that the recom mendation of the report, which was adverse to the adoption of a port in Ireland, would be reconsidered. After a few words from the Earl of CAWDOR, which were not distinctly heard in the gallery, Lord MONTEAGLE said ho did not intend to reflect on the zeal or impartiality of the Commission, b ut ho thought that the inquiry was in one respect incomplete. No douht, whatever might bo done in Ireland, manufac tures and goods for America would be sent out directly from the most favourable trading port in this country; and the question as respected Ireland, therefore, resolved itself exclusively into one of postal communication, r e i n c t a: He thought the report of the Com mission he did not mean to say h t t h n a o t t a tcoonasciderera.tion with regard to Pd a ills passenger r fromtraifi traffic might VritilainA extent, be possible benefits and stationed that might arise from a windward port; and it . appeared from the evidence had greatly underrated the Post-office and passenger purposes, of an e minent engineer that if a vessel were exclusively at a windward port, the voyage from Ireland to Halifax, might be made in 52- days. Nova Scotia, He believed built for Post that the whole postal communication of North ern Europe w i t h America would inevitably flow into this line. As had been pointed out—one was Galway, and the other a port on the Shannon. Ho hoped his Noble Friend would institute a loca l investi gation into the actual cir cumstances of these two ports, and in the meantime he wauld take the liberty of moving that the memorials ad dressed to the Treasury on the whole of this subject be laid on the table of the House. Earl GRANVILLE supposed there would be no ob jection to the production of these memorials; and, after they were laid on the table, perhaps the House could go further into the subject.—(Bear, hear.) Lord CAMPBELL said, their Lordships would per baps be surprised that he should rise to take part in a debate of this kind; but, as ho had lately had the honour thrust upon him of becoming an Irish pro -1 prietor—(g laugh)—and as he had been requested, if an opportunity presented itself, to put in a good word on this subject, and particularly in favour of the port of Galway, he wished to make one or two obser vations. He was much afraid that nothing could be expected to be done in this matter in favour of Ireland or of Galway; but, as the Noble Lord (Lord Derby) had told them that the completion of the submarine telegraph might alter the state of affairs, and as they had seen sudden revolutions on other sub jects of late years, it might be that they would expe rience a sudden revolution in this matter also.—(Hear, hear.) He had been informed that the submarine tele graph would be almost immediately put in operation, and then communications would take place between Lon don and Dublin in the course of a few seconds. When that was once done, he hoped they would see the very desirable object carried out of a packet station at Gal way.—(Hear, hear.) With reference to the condition of property in that part of the country, he might mention that he knew an estate which used to produce 3,0001. a-year that for the last five years had not yielded enough to pay the rates. Th© motion for the production of the memorials was then agreed to. The Copyright Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 3. NEW ZEALAND. Sir J. PAKINGTON rose to ask for leave to bring in a Bill for granting a representative constitution to the colony of New Zealand. When he first came into office it was his intention, looking at the condition of New Zealand, to move that the constitution to the colony be suspended for a year longer, but after receiv ing repeated representations on the subject from persons interested in the welfare of New Zealand, he at length, with the concurrence of his colleagues, determined to submit a new constitution for their approval. Though a most interesting colony, it was one of the most recently acquired dependencies of the British Crown. The first advance of civilization in the colony was made by those pioneers of civilization—th e mission aries of the Established Church and of other religious persuasions, in the year 1808. They were followed by en terprising merchants and Others lor the purposes of trade, but the visits of these persons led to the commission of crime in the colony. In 1832 a Bill passed the House of Commons for the prevention of erime committed in Now Zealand and other islands in the Pacific. Intercourse with the colony continued to increase, and at length_ a e consul was sent out, who was to assume th Government es soon as ho obtained from the natives e _ rtst a cession of the colony to the Crown. In 1836 t s h ieo fi of step was teke❑ to make New Zealand a Great Britain, therefore only twelve year T s P h bla se d: since it became attached to this country : elapsed of the colony had been retarded by various causes, and among others by the rebellion of the natives in 1845. In 1816 Earl Grey gave the colony a representative insti tution, but in 1848, in conssquence of events which then happened, it was suspended for a period of five years. The five years expires on the Ist March, 1853, there fore it was absolutely necessary to do semati•dng in the present session, because the Act of 1846 would of itself come into operation next year. During the interval the colony had progressed greatly, both as regarded the population and the extent of commerce carried on. In 1848 the population was about 17,000; in the present year it had increased to 26,000 or 27,000. The value of goods exported was in 1848, 44,2151., and iu 1850, 115,4151. There had also been an incease in the reve nue of the colony—in 1848 it was 48,5891., and in 1845, 57,7421. Sir G. Grey, . the governor, in one of his dis patches, spoke highly of the intellectual superiority of the natives, whom he considered might bo well in trusted with those privileges of self-government which Earl Groy gave them in 1846, but which, under special circumstances, were afterwards withheld. There were three peculiarities which rendered New Zealand distinct from any other of the British dependen cies,-Ist, the geographical situation of the colony ; 2d, the mode of settlement adopted; and, lastly, the high natural qualities and intellect of the natives. The centre of the two islands was occupied by lofty mountain ridges, which were unfit for cultivation, and consequently all cultivation was confined to the planes. Then in regard to the mode of settlement adopted; the people did not, as in other colonies, congregate around one centre, but took up their residences in different parts of the island, and they were now spread over a length of country of between 800 or 900 miles. As he had already stated, the character of the natives was of a very high order. They had been converted to Christianity, they were attached to agriculture, fond of the sea, and made good sailors, and they were ambitious to become skilled in European arts and customs. They were great adepts in warfare, and some were even better equipped than our own regular troops. Some of the chiefs had acquired considerable property by their industry, and had several thousand pounds invested in the Govern ment funds. In arranging a local government for these colonies there would be some difference of opinion, but he apprehended no opposition to the proposition that the right of separate government should be given to the detached dependencies. There would, however, be a difference of opinion as to whether these detached por tions should be dealt with as independent colonies, or only as portions of a colony having a local government. •of their own, but under a general federation, as in the United States. The Government, after the best con. sideration, thought that the dependency ought to be treated as one colony, and that the detached portions should be dealt with as small bin not as independent colo nies. In order to carry out this plan they would establish local legislatures and a general legislature for governing the whole. Earl Grey proposed, in 1846, to form five different provinces. It was now the intention of the Government to increase the number to six, viz., Welling ' ton, New Plymouth, Auckland, Nelson, Canterbury, and Natal. It was proposed to have a governing officer for 1 each province, called a su p er i nten d ent , who should be 'appointed at a salary of 5001. by the Governor of the colony, and not by the Colonial-office. Below the superintendent there would be a legislative council. It appeared to the Government that, looking to the small population which existed in these districts, it was not advisable that there should be two chambers, nor vas it advisable that the ono chamber should be composed principally of nominee members. That system had already failed in New Zealand, and it was therefore proposed that these provisional councils should be wholly elective.--(Hear, hear.) Then came the question of the franchise. And here, looking at the ignorance which necessarily prevailed at this distance from the colony upon its local affairs, it was thought by the Government that there was no alterna tive open to them but to adopt the franchise recommended by the Governor, Sir G. Grey, which was that every man possessing a house worth 501., or occupying a house in a town at 101. a year, or 5/. a year in the county, should be entitled to vote. — (Hear, hear.) The franchise should be enjoyed alike by the native as the European, while the question of payment to mem b ers wou ld be left for the deovion of the provincial councils themselves. It was proposed by the Bill that on the first day of meeting those mem bers who resided ten miles beyond their respective councils should be allowed a sum for expenses. But a matter of this detail he thought it much better to leave to themselves to settle, as they, of course, must be the best judges of what is most conducive to their own in terests. He now came to a very important point in refe rence to the arrangement of the Provincial Councils — namely, those subjects upon which it was proposed to restrict them from legislating. He proposed 14 subjects upon which the Provincial Coucils were to be prohibited from legislating upon: and here again there was one very important difference between the plan recommended by the present Government and that of Lord Grey. But he might observe that the plan of the present Govern ment was supported by Governor Grey. It was pro posed that they should not interfere by legislation with Crown land; because the Government apprehended that if they were to have that power in all probability tbere would be one principle adopted by one of these councils, and another by another. It was, therefore, deemed much more desirable to leave this great question to be dealt with by a higher and separate authority. Well, then, these restrictions were to be as follow, viz.:— First, they were not to legislate upon the imposition or regulation of duties of customs. Second, they were not to legislate in reference to the establishment ,of any civil or criminal court, except for the purposes .of trying offences now punishable by law in New Zealand. Third, they were not to determine the extent of juris diction or course of proceeding in the Supreme Court. Fourth, they were not to regulate the currency of coin issued in the colony. Fifth, they were not to interfere or determine the weights and measures. Sixth, they were not to regulate the post office or the carriage of letters. Seventh, they were not to legislate in reference to the establishment of laws in cases of bankruptcy and Insolvency. .Eighth, they were not to interfere in refe rence to the erection of beacons and lighthouses. Ninth, they were not to legislate in reference to the imposition of duties and other charges upon ships. Tenth, they were not to interfere for the regulation of marriages. Eleventh, they were not to interfere by legislation in re ference to Crown lands, or lands in respect to which the titles of the aborigines had not been determined. Twelfth, they were not to interfere in respect to disabi lities or restrictions affecting persons of the native race, to which Europeans were not subject. Thirteenth, they were restricted from altering ,in any way the criminal law of New Zealand. Fourteenth, they were not to interfere for the regulation of the course of inheritance in respect to real or personal property. He ought to ob serve that these restrictions were identical with what were proposed by Lord Grey, and recommended by Sir G. Grey, the governor, excepting that one relating to the Crown hands. There was one other point upon which the present Government ven tured to differ from Lord Grey—he meant the mode in which the Acts passed by:the Provincial Legislatures of the colony were to receive the Royal assent. It was proposed by Lord Grey that the Acts passed by the Provincial Legislatures should be ultimately sent to this country for the assent of her Majesty—in fact, that they should follow the course now adopted in regard to the Acts of the other colonial Legislatures. But looking to the number of restrictions which it was intended by the Government measure to impose, and the limited power of the Legislature, it seemed to the Government more advisable that these matters should be at once settled without the delay which the necessity of sending them home for the assent of her Majesty would necessarily occasion ; it was therefore proposed that the Governor in-Chief should have the power giving to these Acts the final assent of her Majesty.—(Hear, hear.) But at the same time be was disposed to think it would be better, subject to general instructions in case of any special re quirement in respect to a particular Act, that it should be referred home for the assent of the Crown.—(Hear.) That, however, was a matter open for the consideration of Parliament. With the permission of the House he would now describe the way in which it was proposed to constitute the Central Legislature. They proposed that the Governor-in-Chief should of course be the head of the central Government, and that the central Legislature should consist of the Governor-in-Chief, of a Legislative Council, and of a fairly chosen Assembly. The first question of difficulty that presented itself was, how tide Legislative Council was to be constituted. This was the most important point upon which the present Government had ventured to differ from Lord Grey in reference to this measure. It was the intention of Lord Grey that the Upper Chamber of the Central Legislature should be an elective body; bat it was propoied to make them elective in a very peculiar manner, for which they had no precedent—namely, those of the Provincial Legislatures should send three persons each, who were to constitute themselves the Legislative Council of the Government House of Legislature. He thought he would be borne out in the fact when he said that there was no precedent in her Majesty's dominions for an elective Upper Chamber. Even in the provinces of Ca nada, where the power of self-government and the freedom of British institutions had been carried fur ther than in any of the dependencies of the Crown, not only was there not an elective Upper Chamber, but as far as p ho knew ther e h a d never existed any desire to have such. He believed he was correct in saying it had been intimated to that province that they might express their opinions upon the question whether or not t h ey would regard an elect i ve Upper Chamber as desirable, notwithstanding which they had never shown any indication of such a wish. There was one instance of such a prop os i t i on , but he could not re gar d t h at as a precedent, because it was one that was yet u n d er cons id erat i on —h e meant the of consti tution that was u n d er co n s ideration for the. Capethelate Good Hope. For that proposed constitution Government had decided in favour of anfelective Chamber. The peculiarity, however, o er Chamber thap n lace Uppera this—the franchise and elections for the u . pp were to be precisely the same as thoseforoattembLeoreweorf h Chamber, but the difference was elected by certain elec s this—the the Lower Chamber were to tore within the electoral districts; but electedbut inr efe rence votes e the f the whole body under Upper Chamber they were to certain this point, that he had modifications. He was bound to say, while upon_rom the Cape of Good Hop e re ceived communications f which led him to suppose that there were very consi derable objections in the colony to this mode of consti tuting the Upper Chamber, and that th e y v i ewe d that part of the measure with much apprehension. I n providing a constitution for Ne w Z ea l an d , he, th e refore, confessed he had no inclinati on o f following the precedent of that proposed for the Capo of Good Hope; but the mode of electing the Upper Chamber as recommended by Governor Grey was wholly different— namely, by a double elective system. Those who were already chosen as members of the Provincial Councils should be authorised to elect the members of the Central Chamber of Legislation. Ho would not pretend to say that that was a good plan. In ame of this magnitude and importance he confessed on his own part he did not think that this was an experiment in which the Govern- Went would be prepared to embark. They 'thought it much better to follow the precedent which existed in every other colony of the British Crown.—(Hear, hear.) In respect to this Central Lc gislature looking to that support, which the Governor would require from it, and the importance which it must assume as the colony in." creased in pro s p er ity, th e G overnme nt thought it mu ch better to follow the precedent of other colonies. The)", therefore, proposed that the Upper Chamber should b© as it was elsewhere, a nomicee Upper Chamber, corn" posed of persons appointed by the Crown to hold tbeia' offices during pleasure. They proposed that the dare ic i tion of this Parliam en t o f C entral Legislation sh° lll be five years. He h a d f orgot t en to mention , in epeeking of the Provincial Legislatures, tha t the Governor recommend e d th at th ey should last ler two years; but the present Government agreed wit h Lord Grey, that this period would be much too sheer and that it should rather be for four years. The Pro' vincial Councils they proposed should not consist in all case of less than nice members. The numbers of th e Upper Chamber of the Central Legislature they Pre posed should be at the discretion o f t h e Governor, with this understanding, that it should not be less than ten' nor more than 15, Members. The Elective Assembly' should not be less more 25 nor more than 40, M e mbers , Tee acts of the Provincial L eg i s l ature must n ot be ai gather dependent where the ac t s o f t h e C en tral Legis lature overrode them. They th en propose d that the r e shall be a civil list reserv e . U pon t hi s po i n t they ol s bl ° differed from Lord Grey. Th e H ouse was proba/ aware that the present civil list was 30,000/. a Y ear ; They proposed to retain such a civil list. They did no b propose to increase it; but they proposed to ab°_, li i B ) ,, some of the judges as altogetoer unnecessary, and '' this means they would be enabled to provide salaries for the superintendents of provinces without resorting to the necessity of increasing the civil list:; (Hear, (Hear, hear.) Th ere was another importan t Poi sanctioned by the Governor. They meant to reconemtat that a sum of 7 ,000 1 . should be reserved for w" - were called native purposes. Where the natives were resident within the limits of th os e sess provinc eMembersth e of e theta same e e e r wE ii c lar i e L t , h e o is r l i e g t b u t re e s f , doting and w, f , o u r id the franchise as others; but the House was aware that there was a vast number of intelligent natives who c ontribut ets largely to the revenue by t h e consumption of ile portea goods, and who would b e o bli ged to contribute to t h e re; venue in other ways, who would not at present ba Ye a d voice in the represent a ti on . They, therefore, propes'4 that 7,0001. a year should be reserved for the benefit; these native tribes, su c h money to b e appropriated to Ihl-4 construction and maintena nce o f h osp i tals and of sc hnt —for the payment, t oo , o f res i dent masters—for t"" making of presents to native chiefs for services ten" dered, and generally f or other purposes tendiegL , promote the prosperity an d happiness of the patina race.—(Hear, bear.) H e t rus t e d a f ter w h at be stated in respect to the p rogress o f t h e na tives 0 - e happiness and prosperity, an d l oo ki ng to the la t b consumption of the goods imported into the eelooY, that there would be no objection offered to the 017Pr,,°d priatiou of this sum. On th e contrary, he was disM o to think that there would be evinced a dispe sillo' to increase the grant to a large amount. Tber e 2, - . another power proposed t o b e reserve d to the '-'1 1 , 3r tral Legislature, which Lord Grey proposed to On es upon the provincial Legislatures —he meant the manta went of the Crown lands. He (Sir J. rakingtOn) g not mean to interfere with the present system of dell aos e with the natives for their land; but after the par C i r o. from the natives was effected, they proposed that all be raegements regarding those Crown lands ebotlis'ody, placed in the nands of the general legislative b el i e f They proposed the adoption of this plan from the i b er e, that that body would b e b etter a bl e to d ea l Wit° t ° r oes end knew be:ter what was f or t h e i nterest o f all Pa rt concerned, than the Provi nc i a l L eg i s l ature . The r" must be well aware of th e comp li cate d nature of t"" a, ea must isting arrangements in regard to these lands• and claims of the New Zealand Company, for instane e l s soe the peculiar powers grante d b y P ar li ament to thltt-ct by elation. The Canterbury rights were guarsn' e Ld e sia Act of Parliament, as well as the Now Zealsnd,,: s ebe These were matters whi c h ten d e d to complicate tg",tral ject of land in the co l ony , an d w i t h which the.„.ueLuld Legislature would be mo s t competent to deal. la not enter further upon this subject; but in respect ": is:- measure, it was their i n t ent i on to preserve erri'-?tdea. ing righte, and not t o a ll ow t h em to b e ov There only remained one more subject, which, hop's jje he felt to be one of the greatest insportance• toe thought that the Ho use must fee l , a f ter the explaea, he had given th em , t h at i n some respects they Inus'ost, gard this constit ut i on as an experiment. They t he at all events, look forward to the gra d u al increase 0 colony in p o p u l at i on, and an advance in prosPr th ig They could n o t h ope, i n s h a d ow i ng ou t a scheme 0' ase . kind, that such a s y s t em was t o be looked at as a pe rw t o neat and final settlement of this difficult qu estion, as what manner the r e sid e nts of a distant colony upon tb d other side of the globe could best govern themselves thu e ., conduct their own affairs.—(Hear , hear.) It was, te e at° fore, the intention of the Government to introduce t the measure clauses to enable the legi s l a ture of . - O T o Zealand to propose and enact such changes in thei r o stitutions as they thought right.—(Hear, bear.) 09 .. regarded the Provincial Legislatures, if, as the Pc , l P e s tion increased, they preferred two Chambers to 00:(700ti. them enact it—in the same way as regarded Lhe rcl v t° all tution of the Central Legislature, and in reg a des aihes the arrangements he had that day attempted t° egisla they proposed that the co l on y, th roug h their e esatteiss tures, should have full power to deal with these Co otie only stipulating, that in reference to any Of t b , e d be be tut oval changes he had alluded to, none should be COet the sorted to without obtaining ultimately the consent Crown. He had to thank the House for the Pn. d be with which they had listened to his statement' arid. le had only to hope that he had made himself intebok. in sketching out the plan of a measure be eves thenla tot' ing the leave of the House to introduce. Be v( 011 . s ed redeem the pledge he had given to those who sele a w with some reason, that there ought to he no ftirther:;43,, in carrying this measure forward. It remained. 'Z o o for the House to decide, and ho would not shrintt boldly putting forth this question—namely, wh . f': n d after this explanation, this a measu r e which feirl, b 0 reasonably might be considered as coming witbrn„,,' category of necessary measures to which her 340.07e0t Government were pledged to confine for the P re at their legielation? — (Hear , hear.) He submitt ed : R ate question fairly and frankly for the consideration oi, tbie House. His own opinion was that it did come vi i en e such category. If, however, it should bo the judge l di l s e of the House that it did not, he would r ed bow to that decision. — (Hear, hear.) But on one oAll he wished particularly not to be misunderstood. in d who take an interest in the colony should bear ie f o re that the alternative will be either of passing tibia e j e li to with such amendments as the House might du e ' for make in it, or of passing an Act for proloogi l3 f ear ,) another year the existing state of affairs.-- - ( fle t r m ' e r of He had received a strong protest from , t 1 ent gentlemen in New Zealand requesting the u ° " --- ▪ in t to —so great was their anxiety on the subject--ne,bei delay the granting to the colony f ree i n stitutions; preyed preyed that even the Act of 1846 should be rev iv than that there should be any f u rther de t J o y the passing of thi s measure. He however, matt o frankly, that her M a j esty ' s G overn ment were• 1 846 willing to co nsen t to t h e rev i val o f t h e Act w ere under any circumstances. He thought that 'her!" be serious objections to allowing the revival of tu t t he and he was sure that the House would feel Ot io se- Government was . the more justified. in °KJ- i n let:l ing this opinion when they were fortified by the °t ore of Lord Grey himself who had introduced that u Noble 'n erd te of 1846. In a dispatch written by the Noe-e 1 „„d the governor shortly before he left office he ,„ -- 0 40 0 „ pressed himself of that opinion. He ought t i , ° „ — t oonl a e l that the. Government did not intend that this hol ; • interfere with those municipal institutions riu"' e d a been recommended by L or d G rey, an d w hich fo r t e d , itt part of the measure of 18 4 6, a l thoug h no t inc' e , woo that Act. They thou g ht it moat d es irable thalcomil municipal institutions should be extended in th e nov eriv of New Zealand.—(llear.) On the part of the pro" ment he had th us eu d eavoured to do his duty t'Jh ti bi• posing a measure which would confer upon tbe 11 :00- tants of the colony those institutions and righ ts _ they were naturally so anxious to obtair—alea2 / wo uld was sanguine enough to hope that the If eis:uru not meet with any serious opposition. -- should„_ the bas passed by the House it would only remain r g c ia be 1"e -express his gratitudo ' for the honour they won wh i c h f w i o s u ts l , d w b h e conferring on him. He believed it was a measure o th h e av f e ou b n e d e constitutional freedom which they had so long a n t inoant naturally a g l i r y e great advantages t a o g f eespit ooytihevrieieib-eO-4; in this their fatherland.—(Cheer e.) The SPEAKER having put the question, Sir R. 13. INGLIS said , been expectations that had that the Right Hon. Gec tle man had fully met all the ba d al He (Sir R. H. Inglis) PP 0 subject. He colony should be a minia tti A raised wayae uponon contended d this e d that have every soot bp i , possessed in the mother countrYt civil right they the full should have England. The colonists - 01 50- eli above all, they gious i n stitutions. He would put it to the Bight Gentleinaa whether he ought not to r e serve a el' co' propor t ion of the fund raised by the revenue in the lona , for the purpose of religion. In respect to I" mall st i tut ion of the Upper Chamber, it w a s a s ubject w- ee ted o f co nsideration whether the member s oug ht to be ow" for life. w ho Mr. GLADSTONE said he wa s one of OW o f urged upon the Government the proprieti to confining themselves during the sent eeestrine the introduction of measures of the moat urger"' ~rec essity. He felt it no more than just cea th e ht r oe sent occasion, then, to state that he thoug" fer• Government had on done their duty in bringing ward the present measure—(Bear hear)—notveithet thadt ing the state of th e Perliament and the great i esti f was to be shortly tried at home.--(Hear, he ar ' ) i tt ion would be de e pl y gr i eved that the differences of cP Pe en existed among themselves in regard to th e ,Pe„en cular kind of constitution which ought to conferrer' ut . : oo New Zealand should stand in the way of conferrinsg ot, or the colonists at once the benefit of free institution 9.,_40 his part, so desirous was be that no further delay . :4 8 - take place in the passing of such a measure as tl eo r tiee sent, he would be ready to lend the Right no.;,„„. G e ri his mart every assistance in his power in forward i ng Bill.— Hear hear.) Although there were many sett gone which at other times might be asked, he , a rot e at the present time, on theh sonably put was this—was the Bill before them , • t the only one that they couto whole, a boon to the colonies, and such as it was . _ ve the while for them to receive? Ho could not..e, e _ wou ld slightest hesitation in saying that it was, and r n e e another oPev ying the consideration of its details to support the principle of it with all his heart, st_',, rtu e nity.—(Hesr, hear.) ° bore e rise, Mr, V. SMITH said he should offer but e nv few no nations on the Bill, for he was taken by r hav i ng e xpected that the - Right Holl.'Glentlealtill TUESDAY , N ; M A Y & C r I