The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-23 00:00:00

Tip tirb 9attion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. I.—MANCJIESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE (Junction with the Midlands, via Barns- Ley, and Branches therefrom).—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. Sdnrrit YORKSHIRE, DONCASTER, AND GOOLE (Ex terifilon and Alteration of Dodsworth Branch).—Pr e . amble not proved. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP No. a. —MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS DEVIATIONS.—Causes agreed to, and .Bill ordered to be reported. GROUP No. 7.—DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSNOUTH EXTENSION.—The Committee decided in this case that the preamble was not proved. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynol is's me jority waq resumed, and in the count: of the day the pc chimaera suaceedud in striking off another vote. SLIGO. The evidence of briberyand treating having closed, ,Mr. Clarke summed up on behalf of the p Aitioners. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE addressed the Committee for the sitting Member, and announced his intention to call several witnesses.—Adjourned. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 22, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King dom of Great. Britain and Ireland, granting to Sir Thomas Le Breton, Knight, the office of Bailiff of the island' of Jersey, in the room of Sir John De Veulle, deceased. _ •'e WAR- OFFICE, JUNE 23. 6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Low ther to be Adjutant, vice Maycoek, who rejoins the Adjutancy only, June 23. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel Sir Charles Fitzßoy Maclean. Bart. from half-pay Un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice John Lawren son, who exchanges; Major William Knox to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Sir C. Maclean, who retires; Captain Charles Edmund Doherty to be Major, by purchase; vice Knox; Lieutenant Robert Higginson Borrowes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Doherty; Ccrnet Cecil Mina Bolivar Dunn Gardner to be Lieu tenant, by purchaSe ' vice Borrowes; Algernon Massing herd, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gardner, June 23. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Spencer Perceval to be Captain and Li eut . - Colonel, by purchase, vice Vansittart, who retires! En sign and Lieutenant Hylton Joliffe to be Lieutenan t a nd i Captain, by purchase, vice Perceval; Ensign _Philip Sambrook Crawley, from the 74th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Joliffe. 12th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Geergo Curzon Bissitopp to be Captain, by purchase, vice Marcon, wh o retires; Ensign Edward Herrick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bisshopp; Thomas White Goodrich, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herrick, June 23. 19th • Foot Gentleman Cadet Oswald Augustus Grimston, from the Rayal Military College, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Burns, promoted in the 62d Foot.: 21st Foot—Captain Lewis Chamberlayne Irwin, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to b e C apta i n, vice Fraser, who exchanges. 35th. Foot—Major. George Browne, from the 44th Foot, to be Major, vice Moore, who exchanges; Captain William Hurt Sitwell, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major John Rowley Heyland, who retires upon half-pay, receiving the difference ; Lieut. Robert Henry Price to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sitwell, who retires ; Ensiga Samuel Fritche Blyth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Price ; Richard Long field Craster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blyth, who retires, June 23. 39th Foot—Ensign James Agnew to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, ;who retires; Benson Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice A2new, June 23; Lewis Stafford Northcote, Gent., to be Dnsign, by pur chase, vice Havelock, promoted in the 86th Foot, June 24. 44th Foot—Major John Hildebrand Oakes Moore, from the 35th Foot, to be Major, vice Browne, who ex changes, June 23. 62d Foot—Ensign Henry Macdonald Burns, from the lath Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, ♦ice Nicholas Henry Flood, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial, June 23. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Edward Mullo y , from 89th Foot, vice Williams, who exchang es , June 23. 77th Foot—Sergeant-Major John Remington Brea ding to be Quartermaster, vice . Thomas Smedley, who retires upon half-pay, June 23. 86th Fuot—Ensign henry Marshman Havelock, from the 39th Footh, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mildway, who retire, June 23. 87th Foot—Livutenant William Henry Taylor to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Boyd, who re tires; Second Lieutenant William Murphy to be First Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Taylor; Jasper Lucas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mut phy, June 23. 89th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Hobbs Williams, from the 74th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Molloy, who ex changes, June 23. 92d Foot—Captain George Cresswell, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, vice Caldwell, promoted ; Lieutenant James George Hay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cresswell, who retires ; Ensign George William Holmes Ross to t!e Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay ; William Miller, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross. Dated 23d June, 1848. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Ninian Craig to be Captain, without purchase, vice Losack, deceased, March 21; Lieutenant Robert Hughes to be Captain, without purchase, vice Craig, whose promo tion on 6th April has been cancelled, April 6; Ensign William Newcomen Watts to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Craig; March :21; Ensign John Fanning to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Watts, whose promotion, on the 6th April, 1848, has been cancelled, April 6; Ensign Richard Doyle Barrett to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fan ning, whose promotion, on the 9th April, 1841, has been cancelled, April 9; Arthur Wellesley Castray, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Barrett, June 23. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain Duncan Fraser, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Irwin, who ex changes, June 23. BREVET. —Captain William Hurt Sitwill, of the 35th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23 ; Captain George Cresswell, of the 92d Foot, to be Major in the army, Nov. 9. The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank ot Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the command ot Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frtaierick Smith, Of the Royal Engineers, at Chat ham, for field instruction s in the art of Sapping and Mining : —Edward Charle s S parshott Williams, Gent.; PhilipSallteld, Gent.; Arthur Bulnois, Gent.; Gillispie, G e nt.; Henry Elliott Stainforth, Gent.; James ThoThoma s itldard, Gent, June 23. Assistant Ilosenetz, 1T AFF S urgeon William Bar rett, from the 77th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Matthew, deceased, June 23. Erratum in the Gazettes of May 23, and June 2, 1848, 557th Regiment of Foot—For Ensign Jason Hasaard to be Lieutenant, vice Armstrong, appointed Adjutant, May 23; read, Ensign Jason Hansard to be Lieutenant vice Croker, promoted, May 18. For Ensign Jo_hn_l:l; Lothian to be Lieutenant, vice Croker, promoted, May 18; read, Ensign John H. Lothian to be Lieutenant, vice Armstrong, appointed Adjutant, May 23. ADMIRALTY, MAY 27. Corps of Royal .Marines—Second Lieutenant Philip Harris to be First Lieutenant, vice Pleydell, promoted ; Second Lieutenant William James Dunn to be First Lieutenant, vice Lowder, promoted ; Second Lieutenant John Horndon Parry to be First Lieutenant ; Second Lieutenant Richard Kennett Willson to be First Lieutenant ; Second Lieutenant Edmund Henry Cox to be First Lieutenant ; Second Lieute nant Edmund Brighouse Snow to be First Lieutenant ; Second Lieutenant James Taylor tc be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant John Barlow Butcher to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant John George Tirapson to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant Arthur Charles Steele to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant John Grieve to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant Ed ward Henderson Starr to be First Lieutenant; Second-Lieutenant Edward Joseph Ridgway Connolly to be First - Lieutenant; Second-Lieutenant Edward Ralp Hersey to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant Ar ther Ellis to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant George Basalgette to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieu. _tenant' Edward Go ug h M'C a ll um to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant Richard 'ruberville Ansell to be First Lieutenant;- Second Lieutenant George Henry Wriford to b e pi ny „Lie ieutenant. Corps nf ADMIRALTY, JUNE 12. Poore t Royal Marines Second Li eu t enan t J o h n o be F irst Lieutenant,. — vice Polkinghorne, de ceased. • WH ITEHALL, JUNE 1. The Lord C hancellor has appointed William Rad &fife of Lirerpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to of Chancery. e a Maste r Extraordi nary i n the High Court WHITEHALL, JUNE 7. Th. Lord ChancellorCanclor has appointed Thomas Copeman, of Aylsham, Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WnITEHALL, JUNE 17. The Lord Chancellor: has appointed John Williams Bell, of Gillingham, in the county of Dorset, Gent., t o b e a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancer. • BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED . y Joseph Beaman, iron manufacturer, Smethwiek, Staf fordshire. William Timmins Grove, sugar dealer, Artl:ur-street WeSt, London-bridge. • — BANKRUPTS. William Hartley, baker, Banbury, Oxfordshire, to surrender June 30, at two, and July 28, at half -past twere, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Stronghill, Colem an - s t ree t, City ; Hunt an d rortesette, Banbury. John Charles Weippert, music-seller, Soho-square, July 3 and Aug. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Jervis, Lawrence Pountney-hill. Robert Henry Watson, manufacturing chemist, Eldon place, Vauxhall, Juno 29 and August 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Hutson, Upper Clifton street, Finsbury. Christopher Sims, wharfinger, Dimmock's-wharf, Upper Ground-street, Surrey, June 30, at half-past one, and July 24, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Whit field, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Thomas Ketland Adams, gun-manufacturer, Birming ham, July 6 and Aug. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham ; Stubbs, Birmingham. John Nicholls, earthenware-manufacturers, Longton, Stoke-upon Trent, July 11, and Aug. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, Birmingham ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. George Cowan, draper, Coventry, July 1, and 29, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Dewes and Sons, Coventry; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Bir mingham. Samuel Pratt, victualler, Coventry, July 6, and 26, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Coventry ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. John Adams, earthenware manufacturer, Longton, July 8, and 26, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Clarke, Longton, Staffordshire ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. James Hudson, boardinghouse keeper, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, June 30, at halt-past one, and July 24, at one, at the Conrt of Bankruptcy. Follett, o ffi c ial assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Eden, Salisbury street, Strand. George Wilkinson, jun., builder, Louth, Lincolnshire, July 5 and 26, at halt-past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Coverdale and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Ingolsby and Co. Louth ; Wells and Smith, Hull. John Lloyd, boot manufacturer, Liverpool, July 10 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan;official assignee, Liverpool ; Oliver, Old Jewry, London ; Evans and Sons, Liverpool. Enoch Fellows, licensed victualler, Wolverhampton, July 11, and August 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham; Bowen, Stafford. Matthew Holmes, victualler, Bilstun, Staffordshire, July 1, and July 26, at half- p ast ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, offi cial assignee, Birming ham; Bolton, Wolverhampton. George Huxham , spirit merchant, Totnes, De vons hi re , d r On a , n' Exeter; Blk official July 11, at eleven , and August 3 , at one, at th e E xeter Fr e District ssw e , Totnes; Court. assignee, Exet • er, a e, Blackfriars road, London. . . _ _ Benjamin Smith, tailor and draper, Ashton-under- Lyne, July 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, Manchester ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, London; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Joseph Mycock, publican, Longsight, near Manches ter, July 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson official assignee, M a n c h es t er; S m ith, Bedford-row, London; Andrew, Manchester. William Watts, draper, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lanca. , shire, July 7 and 27, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis tri2t Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Reed, La ng f or d , and Marsden, Cheapside; Sale, Wor thington, and Shipman, Manchester. George Hesketh, straw bonnet dealer, Manchester, July 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, and Co., Bedford-row; Makinson, Manchester. Robert Jones, cotton spinner, Edenfield, Lancashire, July 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assgnee, Mancheste.t; Gregory' Faulkner, Gregory. and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Cooper, Manchester. John Woodyatt, joiner, Whitton, Chester. George Francis, tailor, Liverpool. _ . John Johnston, hosier, Stamford. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar computed from the returns made in the week ending June 20, 1848. is 255. 2 3 4 d. per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. ' (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of June, 1848. 1&31111 DEPARTMENT. X. Votes i3sned— •• .• 27,352,845 £ 27,352,845 M. ]MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 22d day of June, 1848. BANKING DEriaTion4T. Z. Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,947,g47 Silver bullion ••• . • • 1,404,998 £27,352,845 Proprietors' capital.. 14,533,000 Rest .. -• . . Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ogs-bank.s, and Di . Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,039,172 Other securities .. • • 11,143,869 Notes .. .. • . .. • • • • • . 9,975,350 Gold and silver coin • . 816,532 viaend accoants).. 5,911,694 Other deposits •••• • • 9,157,341 Seven day and other bi 115.......... •. • . 1,010,949 £34,029,973 Dated tin 22d day of June. 1848 X 34,029,973 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 23.) SUGAR.—To-day a further improvement took place in the position of the Colonial Sugar market, but for all slave-labour kinds the demand was languid. West India was much sought after for all purposes, higher rates were again obtained, and the quantity sold amounted to 500 hhds and trcs. At auction 128 hhds of Barbadoes only in part found buyers, at former rates ; fine yellow realised 43s to 43s 6d, good 41s to 42s 6(1, good middling 40s 6d to 41s, and middling 3fls to 40s; 35 trcs and 153 brls of crystalized St. Vincents went at stiff rates ; fine strong yellow at 48s 6d to 525. good 46s to 47s 6d, ordinary and middling 41s to 4is per cwt. The total quantity sold for the week amounts to 1,800 hhds and trcs, the advance in prices during that time amounts to Is per cwt on West India. REFINED.—To- day refined goods were in excellent re quest by the home trade, and prices are looking up ; standard lumps selling at 55s 6d, brown grocery 54s 6d to 55s per cwt. For bonded crushed Sugar there is little demand, sellers are ready to accept 26s 6d for first, and 25s 6d to 26s for second quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was an active de mand for Mauritius Sugar ; at public sale 5,0010 bags and 312 casks were offered—the whole sold, and at is per cwt advance on former rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with increased attention, and 1,500 bags at auction went at stiffer rates. Madras is wanted, but 1,059 bags only re alized the former worth. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately there was scarcely any demand. Holders were sellers upon rather lower terms. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced to make purchases in Coffee, either for home use or ex portation. At public sale 24 casks of Jamaica were taken in at the full value—good middling 72s to 72s 6d, middling 525, low middling 475, fi ne fi ne or din a ry 36 s to 40s; 196 bags Plantation Ceylon were bought in, good 66s to 70s, and good middling 58s to 60s. MOLASSES.—An improved demand is expected to take place shortly, and an advance in the value. In Bengal Treacle the sales made are of little moment, yet holders are not disposed to sell upon former terms. Cocoe.—lmporters of West India are not inclined to further reduce their prices, bat the trade evince little desire to operate, and there is a plentiful supply. The tendency of quotations is evidently downward!. Of 617 bags Trinidad offered at public sale, a small part only sold. Txs.—lmporters have manifested more firmness this week,e, and r e f ra i ne d f rom su b m i tt i ng any to pu b lic sale. 'rr i Rh have b een o f li tt l e moment, w h ereas a large quail • tion.tityh Per as ag ain been cleared for home c onsum p• auction on Tuesday small p arce l s are desired. In the better sorts of C ongou a goo , business has been concluded, an d a t p r i ces Id per lb above tho se previously curr e nt, l ow an d m iddli ng kinds ha ve l een dealt in with more f ree d om, an d cannot be obtain e d at last ieek's quotations—ordinary and goo d ordinary clean reali z ed 6d to 7id, but middling and middling 8d to 10 d te , strong blac k ish leaf 10fd to is 3(1, fine Is 3id rn s ar Z e d, superior is 8d to 2s. For scented Tea the of ordinary and have been taken, T here t 111 Several . is brisker, and rather better prices are aid. market al middling quality Scented Orange Pekoe 4d to 2s, and Prices has a been a much m re g e n the ad realises 9d to ls 2d, good Scented Caper Is 2d to Is 9d. the moata in other better demand for Twankay, and vance. Sales to a fair extent have been sorts of Tea ; the bett er kinds i n n o d t s ta s k el e li l n a g st week's and holders generally y r r z e a e dily, RICE.—To-day East India Rice was less sought afst.cr at public sale 2,635 bags of Madras sold 3d to 6ci cheaper ; 798 bags Bombay, good white small grain went at 8s 6d to 9s, and damaged 6s 6d to 8s; th e sound of 1,600 bags Bengal was taken in at lls to 12s for fine pearly whits, but damaged sold at 7s 6d to lOs per cwt. SPICES.-To day at auction 446 bags of Malabar Pep. per were all withdrawn; 76 bags Bombay Cloves sold id to id cheaper, good bold only realised 6id, damp 6d to 61d, and damaged Sid to 6d per lb. SALTPETRE' —To-day rough was less in request, and of 1,371 bags Calcutta at auction a small part oily sold at barely former rates. SPIRIT/I.—The proposal of the Government to make reduction in the duty of 5d per gallon has caused holders to ask an advance of 2d, but the home trade have made purchases in all sorts with caution, and export orders continue extremely limited. Leeward Island of proof strength is held for Is 9d to is 10d, East India Is 6d to Is Bd, Jamaica 29 to 36 per cent. over proof 3s 10d to 4s 3d, fine 4s 4d to ss, and Demerara 28 to 38 per cent. over at 2s 9d to 3s 4d per gallon. For Havannah holders ask is 6d proof, but there are few orders. Brandy is not much in request and there are ready sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 at 4s 7d to 4s 9d, and 1847 ditto at 3s 7d to 3s 9d per gallon. Geneva is not much wanted, and common export sort can be obtained at is 9d; fine fit for duty at 2s 8d to 3s 3d. In British Corn Spirit less business has been concluded, still prices have not suffered any de pression as stocks are small. For Gin rates are sus tained. Oms.—This afternoon at auction 40 tuna of Sperm Oil were sold at 761 for good, and low at 711 to 71/ 5s ; 50 casks Palm in part sold at 26s to 28s. TALLow.—This afternoon former rates were not ob tamed at the public sales of Tallow ; 263 casks of New South Wales were chiefly sold at 361 6d to 42s 9d ; 403 pkgs South American 39s to 45i 6d; 100 casks stranded P.Y.C. 38s 6d to 43s 9d; 50 casks Italian 40s to 43s 6d; 72 casks of Galatz 36s to 42s 9d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against the Scotch Registration Bill, which were or dered to be referred to the Select Committee on those Bills. The Bishop of NORWICH presented several petitions in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented some petitions with a similar prayer. Lord BROUGHAM complained of the exemption o London from the provisions of the Bill. Lord CAMPBELL defended the Government mea sure. LAW REFORM. The NOBLE LORD then moved the second reading of the Administration of Justice Bill.—Agreed to. The Bill was then read a second time. CASE OF VISCOUNT ARBUTHNOT. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the House that two Bills hod been found against Viscount Ar buthnot, a Scotch Peer, for forgery, and bad been re turned to the House; and, in cunformity with precedent, he moved fur the appointment of a Committee to whom the papers should be referred, and also that the Black Rod be directed to take Viscount Arbuthnot into cus tody—Agreed to. The LORD CHANCELLOR then moved that the Committee should consist of all the Peers who had at tended Parliament this session, of whom five should be a quorum ; and he also moved that the Lord Chief- Justice of the Common Pleas should be ordered to attend the Committee.—Agreed to. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BIIL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Joint Stock Companies Bill. If their Lordships would consent to the second reading ho should not propose that the Bill should be committed before Monday, July 3. The Bill was read a second time. STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE rose to give notice that he should propose an alteration in the Standing Orders regu lating the proceedings of the House in Committees of the whole House on Monday next. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. ABERAVON MARKET BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY (BRANCH ACROSS THE CLYDE, AND GLASGOW STATION). On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. WARD said he could not allow the third read ing to pass without taking notice of the most unjustifi able attacks which had been made upon the Board of Admiralty on a former occasion, by the Ho nourable. Member for Montrose. Never had a cage, he said, been more impartially and labouriously considered by his Noble Friend (Lord Auckland) and the other members of the Board, andhe only regretted that the Hon. Member had not given notice that it was his intention to make the observations to which he al luded, in order that he might have had an opportunity of replying. The facts of the case were simply these— three years ago a proposition was made to cross the Clyde with a bridge of seven arches, which was opposed by the trustees of the river, the bridge trustees, and indeed by all parties in Glasgow, and it had, therefore, received the decided opposition of the Admiralty. During the present year, however, every one of the circumstances had been changed. The com pany now proposed to carry the railway across the river in a tunnel, resting upon a single pier in the middle of the stream, or in such other manner as the Board of Admiralty might direct. The only question now left in doubt was whether there should be one arch or two arches, but he begged to say that the company could not proceed with the works without the consent of the board. The company had consented to contri bute a fund of 12,0001. for the privilege thus granted to them, which sum was to be paid over to the Paymaster of the Navy, and to be applied by the trustees for deepening and improving that part of the river. Those were the facts of the case, and he did not think a more simple or straightforward explanation could be given. STANDING ORDERS. On the motion of Mr. HEATHCOTE, a Select Com mittee was appointed for the revision of the standing orders, consisting of the following Hon. Members:—Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Greene, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Elliott, Captain Jones, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Loch, Mr. Sotheron, and Mr. Evelyn Denison. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Edinburgh and Batbgate Railway (Extension and Devi ation). Truro Turnpike-roads. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway (Extension or Deviation Line from Silecroft to Foxfieid, &c). HAMLYN'S ESTATE BILL. The report upon this Bill was considered and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition froM Bilston. pra3 ing for an extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, triennial Parliaments, and equal electoral districts. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a similar petition. Dr. BOWRING presented fifty petitions from Man chester, forty from Bolton, and a number of petitions front the metropolis, from Glasgow, Stockport, and other places, to the same effect. Mr. KEOGH presented a petition also in favour of Parliamentary reform. Captain PECHELL presented several petitions from Brighton containing a similar prayer, and also ten peti tions from:the;same place, praying the House to consider the propriety of a measure embodying the principles contained in the document called the People's Charter. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Glou cester complaining of intimidation and of general treating at the last election, and praying the House to give the electors the protection of the ballot; also a petition from Bristol in favour of Parliamentary reform. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented similar petitions from London and Bristol. Colonel THOMPSON presented fifty petitions from Manchester and its neighbourhood in favour ofParlia mentary reform. . Sir G. STRICKLAND presented petitions to the same effect from Preston, and in favour of a reduction of the public expenditure. Sir B. HALL presented two similar petitions from Marylebone. also one from the guardians of the poor, praying the House to facilitate the emigration of able bodied paupers. Mr. GRENFELL presented thirty petitions from Preston in favour of Parliamentary reform. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented petitions from Bristol and other places to the same effect. Mr. WARD presented a petition from Sheffield for the ballot, triennial Parliaments, and vote by ballot ; also a petition from an individual, praying that four of the eldest judges should have the power of investigating Bills after they had passed through Parliament, as that task, which nominally devolved on the Crown, was too much for one person, and that they should have seats in the Parliament ; also a petition, complaining of the monopoly of the Bank of England. Mr. HUME presented 79 petitions from different parts of the country in favour of the reforms which he had proposed to the House. Mr. STUART presented a petition from Newark, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. Mr. MILES presented a petition from Bristol against the navigation-laws. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from a place in Scotland, against the Lunatic Asylums Bill. Mr. BERNAL presented a petition from Rochester in favour of household suffrage, vote by ballot, and the di vision of the kingdom into electoral districts. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented a petition from 200 persons connected with the Lyceum Theatre, praying that the number of theatres in which foreigners should be allowed to perform should be limited to two. Mr. HERMES presented a petition from the General Committee of Shipowners against the repeal of the navi gation-laws. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Hereford, signed by 2,945 persons, in favour of reform. Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. SUGAR DUTIES. _ _ Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that in the event of the amendment of the Hon. Member for Droitwich being re jected by the House, he should take the first opportunity of moving that it was not expedient at present to make any alteration in the Sugar Duties Act of 1846. POLICE MAGISTRATES. In answer to a question from Mr. FORSTER, Sir GEORGE GREY stated that the 'police magis trates in sending some of the Chartist rioters to trial;did so upon their own responsibility and not through any instruction that was forwarded from the Home-office. In his opinion they displayed a sound discretion in sending them to trial. M ISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC MONEY IN On the motion that lßE the House,LAND. at its rising, do ad journ till SirFt Mond ay, B. HALL aria of the ose, pursuant to notice, to call the tion of public House to an instance of a misappro- Ireland Bill, Thostaeoney under the Land Improvement would io were Members in the last Par liamentsums of money rememb eradvanee that fo in addition to the large fur relieving Ireland an Act was passed authorising a landed proprietors in Ireland. loan of 1,500,0001. to the advanced last autumn toiMr. O'Neil , ler this Act 5001. was in the county of Galway, upon the a landed proprietor understanding that it was to be expended in the improvement so as to afford employment in the ensui ng ol' his winter to the poor of the neighbourhood, but instea d or doing that h he applied the money to liquidating a bill which become overdue at his bankers. Upon the Co mmis_ s i o ners threatening to take proceedings against h im, O'Neil, with a degree of extraordinary modest assurance, asked for a second loan in order that he might give his starving tenantry employment. That was the case so far as it regarded Mr. O'Neil. He wished to know, therefore, whether any legal pro ceedings had been instituted against Mr. O'Neil .to recover the money which had been advanced to him to carry on the works in pursuance of the Act? He wished also to call the attention of the House to the case of Lord DeFreine: to whom 70,0001. had been advanced by the Government for the purpose of carrying on certain public works on his estates in the county of Roscommon. There - was a clause in the Act called the Duke of Wellington's clause, which pro vided that all money advanced under it should be paid by the borrower in wages, and in the current coin of the realm, but Lord De Freyne, instead of acting up to the spirit or intention of the Act, had only paid ten per cent, to the labourers he employed, which be did in supplies of meal, and the remaining ninety per cent. he paid in cheques upon his agent, who, however did not cash them, but placed the amount to the liquidation of the arrears they owed for rent. When the fact was communicated to the Board of Works, they came to a resolution not to advance any more money upon which an intimation was sent by the brother of the Noble Lord (Mr. Fitzstephen French, the Member for Roscommon), that it the Government interfered between the employer and the employed, his brother would dismiss the whole of the labourers, and abandon the unexpended part of the loan. Lord De Freyne bad carried out that int ent i on, an d t h e la bourers were nowin a most wretched state in consequence of not being paid the wages which they expected they would have received under the Act. He thought he had stated enough to show that the clauses of the Bill had not been carried out, and that in stead of the money advanced o ut o f t h e Imperial Trea sury having been paid in the coin of the realm, as pro vided by the Act, that it had been paid in this way-10 per cent. in meal, and 90 per cent. in cheques on the agent of the Noble Lord, who placed the amount to the credit of the tenants who were considerably in arrear with their rents. Thus Lord de F re y ne was ena bl e d to get his land improved and his arrears of rent paid up. He wished to know if, after what had taken place, the Go vernment intended to continue the advances to that Noble Lord. _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was very indistinctly heard, was understood to say, with respect to the case of Mr. O'Neal, that the tonourable Baronet had Callen into a mistake. It ap peared that the works in question were suspended owing to the state of the weather, but that they would be immediately proceeded with. The Government did not interfere with the works undertaken by landlords on their own property, except to ascertain that the money voted was expended for the avowed purpose for which it was asked; but as the lion. Gentleman h a d not given him notice of his question, and as it required reference to Ireland, he was unable to giv e as satisfac tory a reply as he otherwise should. Second advances were not made unless the parties to whom they were made, could show that they had property ex pended the first. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ros.scommon (Mr. F. French), was better acquainted with the matter than be could pretend to be, and, perhaps he would explain that matter to the House. Mr. P. FRENCEI wished to state, on behalf of the Noble Lord with whom he was so intimately connected, that the departures from the Acts were committed en tirely without his knowledge or sanction, and that as soon as he found what had taken place he wrote over to his agent to strictly camply with the provisions of the Acts. Every order of theCommis3ioners had been o b e y e d, an d every payment that had been made since the issuing of the circular had been made in cash. DUTY ON RUM. - - - In answer to a qnestion from Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER excused himself for not answering yesterday the Hon. Gentle man's question in reference to the duty on rum, by stat ing that he was anxious to consult his colleagues upon the subject before giving a final answer. It was the opinion of the Chairman of the Excise that a differential duty of 4d. upon rum would afford ample protection to the Irish distiller, and Government had determined to persevere in their original proposition of reducing the duty from 6d. to 4d. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. Mr. URQUHART wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary ot• State for Foreign Affairs a question in re ference to the affairs of Spain. It would be remem• bered that at the time he moved for a return of the amount of arms and ammunition supplied by this country to Spain, the 'Noble Lord stated that this country had claims upon Spain. in reference to those supplies which were unsatisfied. Now, the return which he now held in his hand represented that all the claims were satisfied, and the question he wished to ask the Noble Lord was, whether the return was correct in that respect or not? Lord PALMERSTON said he would answer the question on Monday. Mr. URQUHART asked if the Noble Lord could stete how it was that the return was not signed ? ilLord PALMERSTON said he would answer that question also on Monday. Mr. OSBORNE gave notice that on Monday be would put a question to the Noble Lord respecting the Spanish correspondence, and the position of this country in re ference to the Quadruple Treaty. The motion for the adjournment of the House was then agreed to. SUSPENDED WRITS.—BOROUGH OF DERBY. Sir J. PAKINGTON moved that Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new writ for electing two burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the borough of Derby, in the room of the Right Honourable Edward Strutt and the Honourable Edward Frederick Leveson Gower, whose electien has been determined to be void. The Hon: Member stated that it was most unfair to sus pend the writ for Derby, which contained between 30,000 and 40,000 inhabitants, when writs had been issued for Cheltenham and Horsham, where similar practices to those complained of at Derby had been carried on. Mr. HUME said if it was the intention of Hon. Mem bers to bring the,,the, proceedings of the House into ridicule and contempt, such a course as that taken by the Honourable mover was calculated to do 30.- (Hear, hear.) In cases of bribery in boroughs, the House had lately taken a most inconsistent course having one day refused to issue a writ, and another day con sented to issue it. (LEFT SITTING.) COURSE OF EXCITI Amsterdam ••• 12 3 Ditto, at sight • • .... Rotterdam •• • 12 3% Antwerp • • ........ 26 10 damburgh .... • • M.B• 13 1234 ..... • • .... 3 days'sight .. • • '25 GO k.NGE.---(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. . • .......... Leghorn ........ . • • • 31 50 Genoa ..... .. 25 95 Allan .. . • ..... Naples • • • • • • 36 Palermo, perm. ••• Lisbon.. .. . • • ..... 5114 Oporto... ...... • • 52% Rio Janeiro Bahia • • Buenos Ayres • • • •• New York, 21 days'slght Philadelphia PRIM OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars • • ti 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 1136 Ditto, •••••.• • .• • • .• •..• •• ••.. • • 25 95 ourdeau .•• • • • • Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, ail. Rble • • Berlin.• •••• Vienna, effec. tio••••;• Trieste, ditto.... •• .• •• Madrid ••.......... •• Cadiz •• •••••••.• •• •• 46% 8i1ba0.... •........... Barcelona Saville•••••••••• ••••• NAPLES AND SICILY. NAPLES, JUNE 14.—T0-day the state of s i ege was removed, but yesterday we escaped a serious danger, The Bourbon, in accord with the Secretary-General of the Police, the infamous Merenda, had prepared a rising of the lazzaronis against the Constitution, and to serve as a pretext to bombard the city. The French Am bassador discovered the plot, and the cowardly Minister had on this occasion the courage to protest against the infernal project of the King. Yesterday, the King, having learned th e insurrec tion of Calabria and the defeat of his tro o p s a t S a l erno, proposed to the people-Ist, the Constit u ti on o f 182 0 ; 2d, the surrender of the forts into the hand s o f t h e National Guard, as it was organized on the 14th of May ; and 3d, the entire reconstitution of the Chamber of Deputies. In the mean time the Bourbon ordered his horses, equipages, &c., to be embarked on board the Polyphemus, Prince Luis, his brother, who presided in the castle at the execution of 27 prisoners of the National Guard has left the city for ever. Letters from Sicily of the 10th inst. state that the United States of America had obtained leave for their squadron , to Winter in the harbour of Syracuse. The Minister , fgr Foreign Affairs had informed the House of Commons that the British Consul had ---- communicated to him dispatches from his Govern have ment, vinde statingc h o t s h e a n t it ki w n o g u 1 1 r d o mrecognise the se a pendence of Sicily the moment th e country should Italian Princes of the reigning families. The Minister had received from the Sicilian agents in Paris a simi lar assurance on the part of the French Govern ment. 2,000 muskets, four pieces of artillery, and a quantity of aMmianition, had been brought to Paler. mo from Toulon by the steamer Palermo. 4,000 other muskets were shortly expected. The following is the draught of the Constitution, which has, at lsst, been presented to the Chambers : " The Roman Catholic religion is declared to be the religion of the State, to the exclusion of all others. The King shall be obliged to profess t h at religion; and should be change it, h e i s to be considered as having forfeited his throne. The King of Sicily shall not wear any o th er crown. The sovereignty of the nation is to reside in three distint powers—legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative power is to be fixed in the Parliament exclusively. The Parliament is composed of two Cham bers, the Peers and Commons. The number of Peers is fixed at 120. The number of the Commons is to be regulated by au electoral law. The Parliament will assemble at Palermo on the 12th of every January. The King may convoke a Parliament for extraor dinary occasions. Every Parliamentary session to last three months. Tne King may dissolve the Parliament, but the members of the Parliament so dissolved may be re-elected. In case of such dissolu• tion the King shall he bound to summon a new Parlia ment within six months. The power to propose new laws is to belong to either Chamber. Any Bill imposing taxes be first submitted to the Commons. The National Guard is an institution essentially constitutional. It is to be organized by a special law. The freedom of speech and of the press is secured by law. , The abuse of thi s right to be punished by a special law. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Noble Marquis HOUSE OF LORDS, June 22 . Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. SPAIN. Lord STANLEY w i s h e d t o put a question to the corre spondence b etween the Sp an i s h Government and th e opposite relative to the recent Government of her • Mujesty. Afier the Spanish Go vernment had taken the very strange step, which per haps could not he justified under any circumstances, of dismissin. , Sir H. Bulwer at so* short a notice, sup posing tha t it would excite great indignation in this Country, they hastened to remove that impression by sending over Count Mirasol to explain the circum stances under which so strong a course had been adopted, and that gentleman arrived on the 25th of May. But the Noble Viscount at the head of Foreign Affairs—he would not say whether correctly or in correctly came to the conclusion that he would not receive any communication from the Spanish Government unless it came through Senor Istu ritz, the Spanish Minister here. In a private note of the 29th of May the Spanish Ambassador told Lord Palmerston that that he might have to transmit to him the documents of which Count Mirasol had been the bearer. His Lordship subsequently inquired when they were to be forwarded, on which Senor Isturitz informed him that ho did not feel himself authorised to present the communication with which another individual had been charged without first communicating with his Go vernment on the subject. On the 6th of Juno Lord Pal merston addressed to Senor Isturitz a letter, the conclud ing paragraph of which stated that her Majesty's Go vernment could not acquieFce in a course of proceeding so disrespectful to the British Crown; and that if Count Mirasol had brought any statement from the Government of Spain in explanation or justification of the dismissal of her Majesty's Minister from Madrid, he called upon Senor Isturitz to send it in writing forthwith. The Noble Lord went on in his letter to say that if he did not do so it would be in vain to have any further communica tion on the subject, and her Majesty's Government would assume that Count Mirasol had brought no statement deserving of consideration, and that the Spanish Goeerte meat in sending him had no becoming purpose in view. The Noble Lord then referred to a letter of the 7th of June, but so indistinctly that we could not catch its purport. To that letter Lord Palmerston replied on the 12th of June, intimating that Senor Isturitz (so we understood the Noble Lord) would do well to quit the country forthwith. And on the 14th of June, without having had an opportunity of submitting to the British Government the papers explanatory of the motives of the Spanish Government, which had been sent by a con fidential agent, and with such haste that, he believed, that agent had arrived in this country before Sir Henry Bulwer, the Spanish Ambassador quitted England. It was under these circumstances that the Government had laid the correspondence on the table, with an intimation that it had wholly and entirely closed. He believed, however, that within twenty-four hours after Senor Isturiti had left this country a courier arrived with dispatches giving permis sion to him to communicate to the British Government the documents brought by Count Mirasol, and other papers as well. And if the Spanish Government had a justifiable cause for believing that the British Minister at Madrid had been departing from his ordinary duties and intriguing to overthrow the Government of the Queen of Spain, it would go far to explain the con duct of the Spanish Government. Parliament was, however, to be called on to decide this most important question in the absence of that justification which the Spanish Government had forwarded by a special envoy. He wished to ask the Noble Marquis, first, whether a supplementary communication had in the first instance been made by Count Mirasol, and whether directions had subsequently been given to the Spanish Minister here to make that communi cation? If so, whether it had been m a d e; an d if ma d e, whether it had been accepted and received by the Fo reign•office? And if so received, he wished to know whether it was the intention of Ministers to submit such papers and explanations to the consideration of Parlia ment before they were called upon to decide on the merits of the question? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who was all but inaudible in the gallery) was understood to say that no further communication had been made to her Majesty's Government on the subject referred to. No communi cation, in fact, could have been received since diploma tic relations between the two countries had ceased. Lord STANLEY wished to know whether since the departure of Senor Isturitz there had been a tender by any person whatever, on the part of the Spanish Go vernment, of the explanations to which he had referred? The Marquis of LANSDOWNM was understood to say that there had not, because it could not have been received. Lord BROUGHAM—Then we can only see one side of the question. The Earl of ABERDEEN said, that in such a state of things they could not be called upon to pronounce any opinion on the subject of the correspondence in question. They must necessarily wait for that information which had been declined by her Majesty's Government—they must wait until the Spanish Government took the means of communicating it to the world.—(Hear, hear.) CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this Bill. His Lordship stated some of the alterations which he proposed to make, as also the reasons why he thought there should be a digest of the criminal law which should make it more easily understood; and concluded by say ing it was his intention to refer the whole matter to a Select Committe. The LORD CHANCELLOR approved of the Noble and Learned Lord's proposition to refer so complicated a subject to a Select Committee. Lord CAMPBELL also thought it desirable that the measure should be fully considered. The Earl of POWIS called attention to a clause in the Bill enacting severe penalties on deans end chapters for refusing to obey letters missive of the Crown nomi nating to bishoprics. He complained of such a clause, and hoped it would not be allowed to pass without the fullest consideration. Lord BROUGHAM said the Bill proposed no more than that which was now part of the law: of the land. Lord DENMAN hoped this matter would be taken altogether out of the criminal code. - Th 6 law had been accidentally and carelessly enacted by a statute of Ed ward VI., and he thought there was a general wish that it should be done away with. After a few words from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the motion was agreed to; and Lord BROUGHAM nominated the Select Committee. COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT EXTENSION BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Lord WIIARNCLIFFE presented a petition from the lord of the manor of St. John, Clerkenwell, praying for protection from certain provisions of the Bill, end stated at some length the object which the petitioner had in view. As far as could be collected in the gal lery, the petitioner objected to a compulsory valuation of his property, and prayed exemption from the operation of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Bill was not intended to interfere with any voluntary arrangements. It professed only to deal with particular circumstances of the tenure, which at present rendered the property less valuable, and its object was to make the property more valuable to both landlord and tenant. Great inconvenience arose from the present copyhold tenure. The Bill dealt with fines, heriots, wastes (including the mode of dealing with the timber), and sought to improve the interests of all parties concerned. The operation of heriots was most injurious ; if the holder of a copyhold tenement died, his most va luable property might be seized by the lord of the manor. There were many other equally injurious things con nected with the copyhold tenure. Wastes were a very uncertain source of profit to the lords of the manors, owing to the difficulty of making a just estimate. To remedy this, the Bill proposed to gi ve a se ttl e d sum to the landlord, to be made the subject of previous esti mates. The system of fines had operated most prejudi cially; its tendency in many cases was to prevent im provement by the tenant. He could cite a case in point, where a small estate of six acres, in Herefordshire, had been subjected to a fine of 4,0001., because the Court of Chancery bad appointed the trustees, and these were held to be so many new lives in the lease, and a proportionate fine on renewal was charged. The question was only settled after thirteen years' litigation and four trials. The Bill also pro posed improvements in the matter of timber, for the purpose of adjusting contending claims. It was admitted at present that copyhold tenure prevented the parties from deriving the full benefit of the property; and to put an end to this state of things, it was proposed to convert such property into freehold, by giving tenants a right to call on the lords to accept a fair compensation for their interest. One great difficulty which they had had to deal with was the stewards' fees, which were re gulated by different customs in different manors. These would be simplified by the establishment of a scale, and interfered with as little as possible. It had been sug gested that in some cases an arbitrary fine might be ne cessary as a protection; and to meet these cases he should propose a clause in Committee. He hoped th e ir Lord . _ ships would consent to the second reading of this Bill, which ho now moved. The Marquis of SALISBURY said that in all cases of this kind, where legislative interference had been exer- cised, it had been customary to give a compensation, or at least an option, to the parties who wer e lik e l y to b e aggrieved. He believed that under the operation of this Bill copyhold tenures would totally disappear. He therefore moved that it be read a second time that day six months. Lord BEAUMONT thought the Bill desirable, but objected to its taking away from the lord of the manor the protection he now enjoyed without giving him any thing in lieu of it. It gave the copyhold tenant the power of forcing a sale to the prejudice of the lord of the: manor, while the latter had no power of forcing the tenant to a commutation or sale of his interests. lle would support the Bill, but hoped to see it altered in this respect. Lord REDESDALE said that the Bill amounted to such a dangerous violation of principle, that, ir carried one step further, it would place property in the same position it now was in on the continent, and materially affect the whole system of leases and lives. lie, there fore, supported the amendment. Lord CAMPBELL defended the Bill as necessary to remove an odium which justly attached to this descrip tion of tenure, but regretted that it did not make com mutation compulsory in all cases. The Earl of HARROWBY observed, there was one universal feeling in the country as to the great incon venience resulting from the existing system. Many of the details of the Bill required further consideration in Committee, but as to the principle, it was one which de served the assent of their Lordships. Lord STANLEY said the Bill went much further than the recommendation of the Commissioners, for it not only made the enfranchisement compulsory as against, the lord of the manor, or a certain number of the te nants joining together in demanding it, but it also em powered the lord, ho having consented to such demand, to compel those tenants whose assent had not been ob tained to commute their copyhold into a permanent tenure. The compulsory power as against the landlord might be a great advantage to the rich copyholder, but the compulsory power as against the tenant might be productive of serious injury to the poor man who had not the means to pay for the commutation. The Bill was altogether unnecessary, inasmuch as voluntary com mutation, especially in regard to ecclesiastical property, was now going on to no small extent ; but ho jetted to it further on the ground that it was an im proper interference with_the rights of property, and if his Noble Friend divided on his amendment, he should vote with him. Lord ABIN GER. thought it better to adhere to the present system of voluntary commutation. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR in reply, Their Lordships divided, when there appeared— Contents Non-contents -15 Majority. The Bill was then read a second time. EVICTED DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the further consideration of the amendments proposed on the report. Lord MONTEAGLE said that he had assented to the second reading of the Bill, believing that its principle was in all fair and just cases to make provision for evicted tenants. In its present shape, however, it was open to many objections. He thought the notices should be served on the relieving officer, who would be always on the spot, instead of on the guardians of the union. The Noble Lord then stated the substance of the amend ments which he meant to propose. His only object was to secure relief to the evicted and really destitute tenants. He would now move that the Bill be re-committed. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he should not object to the re-committal of the Bill, having him self sundry amendments to propose. After a conversation, the Lord Chancellor quitted the woolsack, but the•l3ouse was delayed going into Com mittee by the absence of Lord Shaftesbury. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that Lord Beaumont should take the chair. Lord REDESI)ALE said, that in his opinion, as the Lord Chancellor had left the woolsack, the Noble Mar quis could not make that motion. Lord CAMPBELL said it was the inherent right of their Lordships to appoint their own Chairman of Com mittees, and there'ore the motion was perfectly good. After a general discussion on the subject, which ap peared to excite considerable amusement, Earl GREY begged of the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Redesdale) to consider for a moment the absurdity of his proposition, for, if it were true, it would be equally im possible for their Lordships to get back again or resume. Their Lordships then went into Committee, Lord Beaumont in the chair. On the first clause being read, Lord MONTEAGLE moved his amendment to render the service of ejectment process uniform with the service of any other description of process The Marquis of CLANRICARDE opeosed the amend ment. He acknowledged that the Bill would occasion difficulties to the landlords, but he would ask them whe ther it was not better to incur that disadvantage and the risk of a greater expense, rather than allow a loss of life to take place, which a timely and effectual enactment might prevent. —(Hear, hear.) On that consideration, he prayed their Lordships to accept the Bill as it stood. Lord STANLEY here rose 'to call the attention of their Lordships to a question of form, arising upon the suggestion thrown out by the Noble Earl opposite (Earl Grey), that the House would be unable to resume after going into Committee, if the argument of his Noble Friend near him (Lord Redesdale) were deemed correct. Now he (Lord Stanley) apprehended, according to a rule of the 17th of Tune, 1814, that their Lordships, when in Committee, had the power to resume, by an unanimous resolution to that effect, agreed to amongst themselves, without any question being put from the chair. After a few words from the Marquis of LANS DOWNE, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he objected to the argument of the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley), because it assumed that their Lordships were at that moment not in form, which, he was of opinion, was not correct. Their Lordships were not bound by an ap pointment of Chairman of Committees at all times, for the Chairman of Committees, by virtue of his appoint ment, was to preside at the Committees on all occa sions, unless on any one occasion their Lordships made a different provision.—(Hear.) Lord CAMPBELL repeated what be had said be fore, that their Lordships had an inherent right to ap point, at any time, their own Chairman of Committees. A desultory conversation ensued, in which the Earl of Minto, Earl Desart, and the Earl of St. Germans took part: The House then resumed. Earl GREY said there was, it could not but strike their Lordships, a spirit of opposition growing up in Ireland against the rights of property; and their Lord ships should take care to adopt such a course as would put an effectual stop to that spirit. He was quite aware that in many instances the landlords in Ireland were not to blame, and whilst they armed them with power to consolidate small holdings, they should take care that the interests of the poorer classes should be in some way protected in cases of ejectment. He was of opinion that the law with respect to ejectments ought to be so eonstructed that the ejected party would not be subjected to be dispossessed after sunset in winter, and the best way that this could be effected would be by serving notices on the relieving officers that such an ejectment was to take place; and the notice should be given seven days beforehand, that the board of guardians might make the necessary preparations. There were eases wherein poor people were exposed, by the severity of those ejectments in inclement winter nights, and fever and disease were, in many instances, the consequence. He, therefore, hoped that their Lordships would adopt such a course as would most effectually remedy that state of things. Lord MONTEAGLE repudiated altogether the in terpretation put upon this Bill by the Noble Earl. He would take the course which he believed to be right, and sooner or later justice would be done. His object was, notwithstanding the taunts that had been thrown out, to obtain speedier and more effectual relief for the poor. The first clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. On the second clause being proposed, Lord MONTEAGLE wished to know whether any effi•ctual notice had been given, so as to show who were the parties entitled to receive support. The Marquis of CLA NRICARDE was aware that even twenty and thirty families were sometimes ejected ; and he would therefore ask how was it possible that the relieving officers could confer relief on those parties, unless due notice were previously given ? He should therefore propose, as an amendment, that the word " before " do stand part of the Bill. After a few words from the Earl of ROUE and the Duke of LEINSTE R, Lord GLENGALL said that great sympathy was raised on the part of the ejected paupers against the landowners, who are generally severe sufferers; for those paupers get up an affecting story, and bring odium, together with loss, on the landowners. He felt assured that if seven days' notice wer3 required the ejectments would never take place, because the people would get up a conspiracy and shoot the landlord, as they did Major Mahon and others. The Earl of ST. GERMANS could not agree with the objection of the Noble Lord (Lord Glengall), because he thought it right that the relieving officer should have notice from the landlord who ejects, and should he fail in giving this notice of twenty-tbur or forty-eight hours, that he should be punished. The Committee then divided on the question that the word "before" stand part of the Bill— Contents , Non-contents 23 On our return to the gallery we found the Earl o: SHAFTESBURY in the chair, and Lord STANLEY on his legs, inquiring in what posi tion the House now stood. Lord Beaumont had been voted into.the chair, but just at the moment of the di vision in came the Earl of of Shaftesbury and left the Noble Lord at liberty to vote, and thus the numbers on the division were equal. He wished to know on what principle the Noble Lord (Lord Beaumont) had been turned out of the chair after having been voted into it? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that the Noble Lord had taken the chair in the absence of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and, on the re-appearance of the Noble Earl, of course the latter resumed his office as eh airman. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY (with great animation) —Yes ; perfectly right.—(Loud laughter.) The Earl of CLANRICARDE, as we understood him, said that according to the forms of the House the amend ment was lost, and that the word " before" would be erased. The clause was then agreed to. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, with some verbal amendments, and the Bill was reported. "'Their Lordships then adjourned at Ten Minutes to Twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 22. GREAT WESTERN AND OXFORD AND BIR MINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. The third reading of the Bill for conferring on the Great Western Railway Company the power to pur chase the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Line, &c., was then moved, but we did not oollept by whom. Mr. LABOUCHERE desired the postponement of the measure, as being likely, in the opinion of the Railway Board, to operate injuriously upon the general railway interest of the country, if prematurely assented to. The experience of the working of the mixed gauge upon a lengthened line was not sufficiently mature to enable the House to pass a final judgment on the principle. And until this experience was attained, it would be in the highest degree unadvisable to sanction the extension of the principle. The double gauge was now being tried on two tolerably long lines—the Rugby and Oxford, and the Wolverhampton, Oxford and Worcester, and the experience upon these railways would enable I'ailia ment to determine whether or not the sane principle should be extended to other lines. He moved that the third reading be postponed till Monday, in order that the clauses relating to the double gauge might then be struck out. Sir E. HAYES supported the recommendation of the Select Committee in favour of the Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS would assent to the amendment. Mr. E. DENISON said that the consent of the House to these measures would involve a breach of the pledge which had been given to the Buckinghamshire Railways that the railways to Birmingham should be upon the narrow gauge. Mr. INIUNTZ said that the rule of the House to support its Committees ought not to be departed from on the present occasion, which gave no grounds for an exception to the rule. He considered that the double gauge had been sufficiently tried for the purposes of this Bill. ---- Mi.HUDSON said ho had the hon our o f presiding over the six miles upon which the double gauge was at work, and he considered that it was impossible, from the complication of the system, t o work it satisfactorily. —(Hear, hear.) IN about complaining of the Com mittee, he begged to express an op i nion that, in its search for information on the subject, it would not have done ill to have called befor e i t the engineer of the Mid land r tn ii wa y, o n which these six miles of double gauge were being tried.—(llear, hear.) He was of the convic tion that the double gauge could not be worked uponany length of line. He found it all but intolerable, even upon six miles of railway; it would be perfectly intole able upon a greater distance.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHRISTOPHER said that the Committee had examined both the engineers, and then consalted the Government surveyor before they came to any decision upon the clauses. That decision was in favour of the two gauges being worked upon the line of rail. Mr. HUDSON denied having made any personal al lusion to the lion. Member for Whitby. Mr. H. VERNEY (amidst cries of " Divide"), said that the experiment of the double gauge already tried upon the Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway was not hostile to its being made with success upon a longer line of rail. The House divided, when there appeared— For the third reading 147 For postponing the Bill Majority The Bill was then read a third time and passed. REFORM.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. -75 Mr. COBI)EN, in the absence of Mr. Hume, post poned the adjourned debate on the motion for a reform in the House of Commons from this day (Friday) to Friday next, which day the Government had consented to give up to the lion. Member for that purpose. WRIT FOR HORSHAM. Mr. GORING moved that Mr. Speaker do issue Ins warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the election of a burgess to servo in the present Parliament for the borough of Horsham, in the room of John Jervis, Esq., whose election has been determined to be void. Mr. AGLIONBY (amidst cries of" Divide") said that the decision of Wednesday in favour of issuing the writ for Cheltenham had place the House in a contradictory position with respect to the suspended writs. Unless he received an assurance that the Government would give every assistance to th e H on . M em b er f ur Flint in passing his Bill into a la w , h e (M r . A g li on by) rou st vote in favour of the immedi a t e i ssue o f t h e writ for Horsham. Sergeant TALFOURD said th a t even s upposing' under the most favourable cir cums t ances , th e Bill of the Hon. Member for Flint were t o p ass i n t o a l a w in , course of a month from the pre se nt ti me , th e l a bours o the Commissioners would then only commenc e, and - the House would have been prorogu e d b e f ore th e ir reports could be received. He could not, therefore, consent to depart from the usual course that had been pursued in former cases such as the present—namely, to COw suit the report of the Committee, which stated that oull two cases of treating had been proved, and upon diet ° the Member had been unseated. This was not an offeo ° deserving of so severe a penalty as the suspension of the writ for a year, and th ere f ore b e s h ou ld vote i n f avo ur° the motion. Sir C. BURRELL bore testimony to the honourabll character of the electors of Horsham generally, 0 1 stated that it would in his opinion be a great harclabiP • the writ were to be suspended any longer. Mr. HAYTER s aid ther e wa s am pl e t i me f o r the Bin of the Hon. Member for Flint to be passed into s II! during the present s ess i on . H e s h ou ld vote 80 014 t ": issue of the writ for Horsham, in conformity to the tw previous decisions come t o by th e H ouse w i t h respect to this same borough. Mr. BANKES said he should be ashamed of the 11° 115. of Commons if, on account of two slight cases of tru ing, they could b e ind uce d t o re f use to i ssue the writ for the borough of H ors h am . H e was on l y sorr y the Y"" had been so long delayed. The House then divided, when there appeared -- For the motion Against it ...... 50 Majority The writ was accordingly ordered to be issued. REMOVAL OF JUDGE MONTAGY. m thereceived at th e C o l on i a l- o ff ice f ro Mr. ANSTEY, i n mov i ng for copies of the dispa tches Van Diemen's Land, relative to the removal o f Judge Montagu, asked the Hon. Under-Secretary for the important Colonies how it was that the receipt of the hi s know dispatches in question had been kept from ledge for three days after their arrival, as must have been the case from the answer • given by the Hon. Member on a former • ht night to a question put to him lative to those dispatches? Mr. B. HAWES said that the Hon. Member made Governor of much ado about nothing. The dispatches in questien being very important, and involving law questions of considerable intricacy, had been retained by the other Under-Colonial Secretary for considera tion (he being a lawyer) before they were sent to the Noble Earl at the head of the department. The dispatches in question would have to be submitted.t° the law officers of the Crown before any decision wes, come to respecting the question to which they refer ral : It was very much to be wished that the Hon. an d Learned Member would give notice of his intention to ask questions of him, for then ho should be prepared to answer them. The return was then ordered. DIFFERENTIAL DU PIES ON RUM. Sir L. O'BRIEN begged to ask some of the Hon. Gen tlemen on the Treasury bench to answer a 'question which he had put to the Right Hon. Baronet the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whom he did not see in his place. The question was, whether it was the intention of the Right lion. Rhronet to persist in the differential duty of 4d. on rum? Mr. B. HAWES begged the Hon. Baronet to put his question to-morrow (this day), as no notice had been given of his intention to put it. Sir L. O'BRIEN said that he had given the Chan cellor notice of his intention to ask the question six hours ago. SUGAR DUTIES.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The order of the day for the adjourned debate on this question being read, Lord G. BENTINCK took that opportunity of pre senting a petition from the West Indian agents in this country complaining of the inefficiency of the Govern. went proposition towards affording any relief to the West India p'anters. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair, Sir L. O'BRIEN said that as he had failed in getting an answer to what he deemed to be a most important question he should feel it his duty to move the adjourn ment of the Mr. SPOONER seconded the motion. Mr. HAWES intimated that the Hon. Baronet had not given the usual notice of his question. • Sir L. O'BRIEN—I gave a written notice to-day. •. Mr. HAWES said that that could hardly be color', dered a sufficient notice. Mr. C. ANSTEY said that the intention of the Borg°' Baronet to ask the question was notorious. It had been . agreed to at a meeting of Irish Members. The Chao' cellor of the Exchequer had had written notice, and was known that the votes of several Irish Members de pended upon the answer. Under such circumstance°, the ignorance of the Under-Secretary, and the absence of the Right Hon. Gentleman, were most significant cir"' • cumstanc, s.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. F. MAULE said that the case was one of A ye l l unprecedented nature, and one which he could not rerf well understand.—(Laughter.) It appeared that ° F r !: had been a meeting of certain Irish Members respecti n g • the differential duties on rum, and that at that me eting it was determined to as k the Chancellor of the Exc h , e ,.. quer certain questi ons . Th e H on. Baronet t h e Mee' for Clare had come down to the House for the purpose , without having given the Chancellor of the r, Exct,l, ec l uer any notice of h is i ntent i on.—( "No no," from Da' O'Brien.) It w as a question which the Chancellor et the Exchequer alone could answer, and he would 111°1 probably be in his place before the conclusion of the de' bate. Surely th e H on . B aronet d i d not mea n to pet?, l in a motion which, if carried, would cause the loss 0 evening for a most important debate.—(Hear, he ar.) a; Mr. C. ANSTEY persisted in thinking t hat Chancellor of th e Exchequer had had sufficient Ott of the question. morning the Irish Members had an interview with s pf Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. SPOONER said that the facts were, that on tis! ,- q ch ues eb i ..lo o ! : respecting the differential duty an o d n could get no answer. It was then determined that t. 17, nods question should be asked in the House, and due was given. The Chancellor of the Exchequer not b!!2,ta b to im w a hi in his place when the order for going into Common; put rum,t 0 was read, his (Mr. Spooner's) Hon. Friend the Matir o d for Clare had moved the adjournment of the House, ho (Mr. Spooner), seeing that no Cabinet Minister in his place—that the question was most impor e e, and that many votes probably d e p en d e d on Ow an Jobe-, had felt it his duty to second the motion.--(LOT 0 Russell at that moment entered the House.) rer 000 the Noble Lord at the head of the Government was present be would be able to solve the difficulty. r ' the Mr. ROBINSON Perhaps the Chancellor or. . he _ _ _ Exchequer might be in his place in the c ourse d pt evening; if so, the b e tt er wa y wou ld be to pros on with the debate.—(No, no.) , flue s- Lord JOHN RUSSELL—With respect to tu e ' 2 to tion which has been asked, I have in the first plac st e ion observe that it does not immediately affect which before the House. It is part only of a plan 0 - ;pg. laid the outline before the Hous e o n a former evening. eir Certain Members of this House did, on the part ol l o o. constituents, make representations to my big ht ter- Friend, and I had some conversation with him Y t es g uy day on the subject, when he stated that ho was no in possession of their views. I saw him again to-od' when ha said that he had been made fully acquai nt t e ll with the views of the deputation, and had them 13 ; 1 10 under consideration. As soon as my Rig Friend has made up his mind he will inform the Hausa —(A laugh.) I am not prepared to make any de taile e statement now, but I think it would be hardly lair to dee, fer a debate on the sugar duties until the a nover been obtained. Sir L. O'BRIEN said that would der erid many votes on the answer, and, therefore, he was unwilling that th e , debate should proceed until he had obtained it.—( ll " r " Lord J. RUSSELL —lmike en -- am not going to ma statement with a view of securin h H Baronet g t e on. he ° vote. . We made the proposition which we thought act according to his own views ; for all the interests concerned. The Hon. Baronet we Right Honourane. such measures as we think best for the public.—( Lord G. BENTINCK—In my opinion the House' we will only proll placed in a most extraordinary position.—(Hear , hea r ' It is proposed to go into Committee, to consider the Gn; vernment plan respecting the sugar duties, but half le')`_ that plan r e f ers t o th e diff ere ntial duty on West J odi* rum. Now we hear that, unknown to the House , som thing like a bargain has been transacted out of d oors between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Ir ish 11 0 Members.—(" Hear, hear," and "No, no," fro m Treasury benches.) Yes, .it is expected on the Pa r of the Irish Members that Government will r edi l the relief quoad rum, which has been pr omise to the %Vest Indies; and if we are rightly infornsed, the Irish Members are prepared, if that part of the Govern went measure he withdrawn which re l a tes to the d! l o ferential duly between ruin and corn spirits, they (tD.. Irish Memb e rs) a re then prepared to support Ministers in their measure respecting the sugar duties.—( ll " r : hear.) Now, the West Indians are not satisfied with th e concession originally prvinisid, and ill any case th THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, J UN_E 23, 1818. 110,