The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • HOUSE OF LORDS, May 9. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills. - resented petitions from the Earl FORTESCU E p mayor and town council of Torrington, from Thornbury, .• and various other Places, in favour of the Jewish Diets :f • bilities Removal Ir3iil ; also several petitions from various lodges of Odd Fellows, praying for the legalization of their society. - Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Lord Provost and Corporation of Edinburgh in favour'of the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Wishart and several other places in favour of the Jewish Disabi lities Removal Bill. Lord STANLEY presented several petitions praying for the legalization of the Odd Fellows' Society. Lord KINNAIRD presented several petitions in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill. The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented four petitions against the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented several petitions in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill ; also, a petition from Drogheda praying for some alteration in the law of arrest for debt. Lord LYNDHURST presented several petitions in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill, DR. POTTS' INVENTION FOR PILE DRIVING. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then presented a petition from Dr. Potts, praying their Lordships to institute an inquiry into the merits of his invention for driving piles by means of pneumatic pressure. The Duke of W ELLINGTON and the Earl of AUCKLAND bore testimony to the merits of the invention. PETITIONS. The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions in favour of the legalization of the Odd Fellows' Society. ODD FELLOWS. Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions in favour of the Bill for the legalization of the Odd Fellows' Society. , Several other Noble Lords having presented various petitions with a similar prayer, Lord BEAUMONT moved the second reading of the Bill. After stating the history of the Odd Fellows', the (. Foresters', and similar societies, which had been decided to be illegal, as coming within the provisions of the Act • , • •of the 39th of George 111., cap. 76, the Noble Lord ar gued at some length that, as they were purely of a chari table character, they ought to be put on the same footing as all those other societies which were within the pro visions of the Benefit Societies Act. At present the surplus funds were invested in the names of individuals as trustees, as the society could not make an investment in its own name. This was an evil which ought to be remedied. He proposed by this Bill to render these societies legal; and another object (sf the Bill would be to provide that means should be taken to ascertain thatid the tables on which the calculations for sickness and death were made were more accurate than he w th a e s s s o a r2 e • to say they were at the present time. A time he might state, that great difficulties were expe rienced in calculating correct tables, not only by the Odd Fellows', but by all other societi es of this nature; and he would venture to suggest that the Government should call together three or four of the most eminent actuaries, such as Mr. Davis, Mr. Tidd Pratt, and others, and that they should construct a set of tables which might be taken as the standard by all the societies throughout the country. With these o bservations, he begged to move the second reading of this Bill. The Marquis of LA i NS p D ed O im W e N nt E in said the w h a e y w o a f s rel d i e et - ' de sirous not to throw any m being granted to the evils complained of : at the same time he must state that he could not assent to the principle of the Bill as moved by his Noble Friend, who proposed to legalise all societies affiliated together and communicating by signs. By the provisions of this Bill it would be extremely difficult to ascertain whether such societies were kept within the legitimate objects which, of course, they would profess; and, therefore, in giving his assent to the second reading of this Bill he must not be considered as agreeing to the principle ,farther their a desire ter see- thi n s • particular society, which certainly had a clsiessaisortife attention of their Lordships' provided with a remedy tor the evils of which they complained. If, therefore, their Lordships should agree to the second reading, he trusted that it would be so framed in Committee as to limit its provi sions to this society. With regard to the defects in the internal regulations of the society be considered that a serious evil, and he might mention that Mr. Tidd Pratt had been engaged during the last fortnight in investigating the abuses which had lately been detected in some of the savings' banks in the south of Ireland, and which were said to havo originated in defects of the law. Those abuses had resulted, he was sorry to say, in the loss of an immense amount of pro perty which belonged to the poorer classes of society, thereby still further aggravating the calamities which had already spread consternation and dismay among the people. He mentioned this to show the necessity of stringent regulations upon the subject, and with these observations he would offer no opposition to the second reading of the Bill. Lord BEAUMONT said, with regard to the abuses ' of which the Noble Marquis complained, the societies of which be was the advocate were fully aware of their own defects, and their great object was, that they might be exempted from these evils. He should be very willing when in Committee to endeavour to frame the Bill in conformity with the views of the Noble Marquis. The Bill was then read a second time, and, on the motion of Lord BEAUMONT, was referred to a Select Committee. i :... CHURCH BENEFICES BILL. The Bishop of LLANDAFF postponed his motion for an Address to her Majesty, praying for leave to intro duce a Bill for limiting the time during which church benefices, in the gift of the Crown, may be kept vacant, until Tuesday next. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 9. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir R. How Arm was introduced by Mr. llayter and Mr. Lascelles, and took the oaths and his seat for Wicklow. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Derby Waterworks Bill. Lambeth Waterworks Bill. Manchester General Cemetery Bill. Patent Gal►anized Iron Company (incorporation of company, with powers to hold lands, to raise money by loan, and to purchase letters patent) Bill. DUBLIN STEAM..PACKET COMPANY. On the motion of Mr. FORSTER, it was ordered that the letter to the Treasury from the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, upon the !übject of the mail service between Holyhead and Kingstown, together with the reply thereto from the Treasury, dated the 22d thy of December, 1846, be referred to the Select Committee on Railway Bills, Group No. 5. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. On the motion of Mr. ANDERSON, it was ordered that the report from the Select Committee on the Holyhead Harbour Bill o f t h e l ast sess i on , w i t h th e minutes of evidence, ordered by the House to be printed the 23d of June, 1847, be referred to the Select Com mittee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (power to purchase, hire, and use steam-boats, &c.) in Group No. 5 of Railway Bills. RAILWAYS. On the motion of Mr. W. BROWN, it was ordered that any statement or co mmunicatio n from any railway company, or any steam-ship company, or person, which has been received by the Board of Trade in reference to the steam-boat clauses in the Chester and Holyhead Railway, the London and Sonth-Western Railway Company's Acts Amend ment, &c., the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and the Furness Railway Bills, and upon the question generally of railway compani es b„ oming stea m-ship proprietors, be referred to th e S e l ect Com mittee on in Bills. CONSIDERATION OF REPORT. After a short discussion, the Queensferry Passage Billl wviglered to be re-committed. lel CONOLLY presented a gvat number of petitions from various parts of Ireland against the sy a . tem of National Education in Ireland. LONGFORD ELECTION. The Members appointed to consider the election for Longford appeared at the table and were sworn. Mr. W. BROWNE presented petitions in favour of the Sites for Free Churches in Scotland Bill. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition against the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee in favour of the Scottish Church Sites Bill. Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. Lord BROOKE presented a petition from a place in Warwickshire against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from the , co unty of Perth in favour of the Scottish Chu rch Sites 11 , 11. Sir ROBERT PEEL presented a petition from a Place in Scotl and to the same effect. ha l in tr s . r ocietyy o _ presented a petition from the Birming ham and praying Masons in , favour of the Odd MT. W. MIL ES presented to be included in its provisions. presented a petition from a place in Sotnersetshire a gain st u th e Bill for establishing diplomatic relations with t h e ort of Rome. JUVENILE POPULATION OF LONDON. Lord ASEILEY gav e notice that, on T ues d a y t h e 6th of June, he would bitingunder the a tt ent i on o f t h e H ouse t t he state of a • urg e of the rdetrotail: port i o n of the juvenile population .•issi CROWN Mr. G."*. , 'HAMILTON m ove df — o; a copy of reports and paper's relating to the C row n n i t a on of cou nty Roscommon, Ireland (in c ontinuation of B a ll ) kil c li ne, Parlia mentary paper No. 457, of session 4, incurred or p a id 7 ); and return o f law costs which ha ve b ee n furnished by the Commissioners of her Ma je sty' s t s Woods a nd Forests in the ma na g ement of th e Crown estate on, Ireland in the parish of Kinglass, county R ose, !state situated (in continuation of same paper) —Agnter absence On the motion of Mr. MACGREGOR o fleave. till the 21st was given to the Lord Provost of Glasgow of May, on urgent private business. PRINTING PETITIONS. Mr. URQUHART moved that the petition of Charles Frederick Etlerman (present ed Ma y 8), be p ri nted with the votes. Mr. THORNELY said the pe t ition would Come before the Select Commit tee on Petitions, and no doubte it would be ordered to be printed. Mr. URQUHART said that under those circum stances he would withdraw the motion.—Motion accord ingly withdrawn. THE Mr. EWART presented a petition from Dumfries in I favour of the Scottish Church Sites Bill. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE METRO POLIS—WESTMINSTER. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he had been informed that in the immediate vicinity of Westminster Abbey, and, therefore, not far from the place in which they had assembled, that a malignant description of fever, not unlike typhus, had broken out, which was stated to be traceable, in some degree, to the che mical experiments that had recently been made on the drains in the neighbourhood, in which operation too great reliance had been placed upon the process of deodorizing the poisonous discharge which eliminated from the drains. He had also been informed that traps had been opened into sewers in other parts of the metropolis, which had been the means of al lowing noxious vapour to escape, to the serious detriment of the health, if not the lives of the inhabitants of the locality. He had said that too much reliance was placed in the principle which recently obtained so much favour—namely, clarifying or deodorizing fasted matter. Why, not long ago an engineer, who was examined before a Committee of the House, stated that he could clarify and deodorise a quantity of foul water. He did so, and the water appeared perfectly free from all ob noxious matter, but when one of the gentleman present —a Gallant Admiral—drank a glass it instantly acted as an emetic.—(Roars of laughter,) He wished to know it the Noble Lord could give him any information on the subject. Lord MORPETH replied that there was some truth in the statements of his Hex. Friend. A con siderable arnou nt of fever prevailed in the precincts of the Abbey no sewer in the locality had been opened since February, he did not think it could be traced to that, but was owing to the warm state of the weather. He had been informed, since the hot weather had set in, that noisome smells had prevailed in other parts of the metropolis. In the pre cincts of Parliament he feared the drainage was defi cient. He was not able to trace the fever to any operation being carried on in connexion with the drainage in the neighbourhood. Dr. Mitchell, who was the medical attendant of the school in West minster, could not trace fever to any operation of the kind. Recently 6,535 cesspools had been emptied in the metropolis, and he was told not only that the sanitary condition of the districts in which this had been done had improved, but that the inhabitants had expressed great gratitude.—(Hear.) Mr. BANKES inquired when the Noble Lord pro erpect to the EXPENDITURE.n h ot is name leisure h posed to intr oduce his Bill to improve the sanitar y con dition of Lon don and Westminster.—(Hear.) Ep E modc should f repliedintroduceor returns i t h a w e si t ul d as d r b d 1 3 u t 1e T and opportunities enabled him to do so. a Mr. HU pu blic expenditure in connexionwith soono es the navy and ordnance. BRITISH MANUFACTURES.-THE DRAWING ROOM. Lord G. BENTINCK rose to put a question which might either be styled a protectionist or free-trade one, but which at the present moment was one of the deepest importance. He need not remind the House that an announcement had recently gone forth of a desire on the part of her Majesty—(Cheers)--that the ladies who intend to be present at the drawing rooms should appear ; under the present depre=sion of commerce and of trade, in no attire—(Roars of laughter)—except the— (Laugh ter)—except that which was the produce of British industry.—(Cheers.) No doubt her Majesty's heart was breaking at the distress that prevailed around her— at the distress which was overwhelming the weavers of Spitalfields, the ribbon manufacturers of Coventry, and the lace and silk manufacturers of Nottingham, whilst hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of goods were constantly entering our ports from France and other countries, driving out of the markets the produce of her own people. In the port of London alone silk goods of foreign manu facture had been imported exceeeding the value of 400 000/., which was sufficient to give employment to 31,000 weavers.—(Hear.) Foreign lace to the value of 20,0001., and needlework to the value of 20,000/. had also been imported, which two amounts were suffi• cient to give employment to 40,000 of the needlework women of this country. There had also been imported 7,000 dozen of boots and shoes, which would have given employment to 1,200 workmen in England; and he would ask the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether he had come to rescue the country from the measures of that party which his Noble Friend had so well described as the phi losophers of the country; or whether the recommendation to appear in British attire emanated.from her Majesty,who had always lived in the hearts and the affections of her people? He would ask whether it was an emanation of her own heart. and whether it was intended to include gentlemen as well as ladies, because he considered they were bound equally on the grounds of gallantry and loyalty to carry out that recommendation. Perhaps the Noble Lord had advised her Majesty to issue that re commendation, and if so he wished to know whether it was to be held as indicative of a change of opinion in her Majesty's Government ?—(Laughter and cheers) — that they were now going to retrace that course in which they had gone so far, and by which they had brought the country into its present state of distress? Lord J. RUSSELL said the Noble Lord had certainly made a speech—(Laughter)—but with regard to the question of which he had given notice, and which he had so involved by his speech, he understood it to be, whether her ,Majesty had given commands to the ladies of England that they should be attired in dresses exclu sively of British produce and manufacture. Certainly, it was true that her Majesty had given commands that the Court should appear in dresses of British manufacture, but he believed that there was nothing new in such an order.—(Hear, hear.) In former reigns such orders had been issued for the purpose of benefiting persons en• gaged in the production of manufactures. The Noble Lord then went on to ask whether the advisers of the Crown had changed their opinions with regard to the admission of foreign manu factures, and whether the order of her Majesty was to be looked upon as indicative of such a change of opinion. With regard to that, he considered that the point immediately in question was in the confidence of the Lord Chamberlain ; but he begged to say that he had offered no advice to her Majesty. With regard to the foreign articles which had been introduced, he was of opinion that a great quantity of silk manufacture did not come through the Custom-house, but was smuggled into this country. He believed that the introduction of foreign manufactures tended greatly to improve the manufac tures of this country ; and, in the next place, he believed that though a class of persons found that distress ensued from the introduction of foreign goods, yet still the introduction of such goods stimulated the production of our English manufacturers, and led to the exportation of a greater quantity of Bri tish goods, in exchange for those imported from foreign countries.—(Cheers.) Mr. BRIGHT would not attach any undue import ance to the recommendation of her Majesty, but he thought that the Government and the House should not he too anxious to do anything that would lead to the supposition among the working classes in this country, that they would derive benefit from the ex clusion of the manufactures of other countries.—(llear, hear.) The working classes of France had driven out from that country some hundreds of the workmen of this; and he could see very little difference between that and her Majesty commanding the wearing of articles of English manufacture at the drawing-room.— (Cries of " No, no.") There could be no objection to ?adies forming themselves into associations to wear only English manufactures, but he had the greatest objection to the Government recommending the Queen to adopt a course that was calculated to deceive the working classes of this country. Sir DE LACEY EVANS would take that opportu nity of expressing a hope that the Government of the country would adopt some course to represent the claims of the English work-people who had been suddenly expelled from France, to the French authori ties, in order that something might be done for them. n eo d ur b ae eez Lord PALMERSTON said that the subject had been represented to the French authorities, and he ?o a n_ld assure the Hon. and Gallant General that it no doubt the received in ci the most humane manner. What issued earlier, he bad as intended to be adopted he could not say, but subject would meet with the consi derationmove an address • t i o t any ll Mr ' RANKF e • .S regretted that the order had not been effect. believinghowever, if now that it would have but little order she had Member of that House would made. her Majesty, thanking her for the Mr. lIUME e w(huld most h ear tily secon d it. would be wo u ld most mischievt e adopti on o f suc h a course ill.wips, as it would be calcu lated to create among afraid that the recommendation shw nations. edthat He e e Lord a e Chamberlain was a Conservati ve ec onorsist.—(A laugh.) , and not a political Mr. NEWDEGATE, as the representative sense of the poor people who had been alluded of the course of the discussion, would be to is the duty if he did not rise and aenting in his gratitude to her Majesty for ti: Pre i r his she had exhibited in the order. The kindness of the district which he represented was great beyond measure—men, women, and children were daily ;rowing lean in the ir struggles for a bare ex i stence, while others w ere absolutely dying of famine, and what ever political economists might say, he could assure the Majesty House that this kindness of her had sunk deeply into the hearts of the people.—(Hear, hear.) l THOMPSON said—Sir, it is clear that Colonel rties to this question, who there are other pa . ntioned. My constituents of have not yet been mo d waistcoat piece Brad ford,manufac- Sir, are pantaloon a` on and they say and believe turers for foreign consume , d pantaloons are virtuall y that these waistcoat pi eces an trucked against the from rnce ladies' petticoats . ~ is If that be the case, the n is t h e re any charit F ya— is t there any humanity—is their a n y j ustice here anyn this policy—is there any common sense i tilities to ho order in representing or recommending e wards one portion of the manufacturing c l as ses of the ceuntryi at the expense of another? and the recommen dation coming too from such a quarter, I am sure no one wishes to spoak without the utmost affection and reverence,—(H,ar, hear.) This, Sir, must have been the doing of some Court Polonius—(Litughter) — or of some Noble Lord who fills the responsible office, of black or white stick in waiting, but at all events it is not the act of any l a d y. I have too great con fid ence in the ladies to fancy they have any hand in it. No, I believe the ladies would have wiser been ; for there is not a girl in England that wears a pair of French gloves that does not know that .of Bri tish industry has purchased them.—(Loud cheers.) With respect to the question of distress there is enough of it in Bradford. Privations are suffered there of the most terrible d • • description. I have . seen in stances of it with my own eyes; but is there no p riv at i ons or distress in Birmingham ? I asked the tiro o Mem bers SUN, LOND'ON for Birmingham yesterday whether they had ever heard of anything being manufactured in Birmingham for foreign consumption. They said often; and I believe a large proportion of the manufactures of Birmingham were of that kind which it is now n cu u r fa e ctures at the thec consumption pt p io u n t downop proposed. o p o o n s b e e y d , m e n a on classs doubt fo ra n attempt p t u o r m e s ae innocence, expense of another, whose business it is to make articles for foreign consumption.—(Hear.) Really, then, I think that sufficient attention has not been paid to this matter, or no one could ever have thought of putting down one-half of the manufactures of the coun try to allow the other half to live.—(Hear, hear.) After a tew words from Mr. ROBINSON, Colonel SIBTHORP asked when the Budget would be d? IIER gave it as his opinion th a t th e m anufactures the country suff e red more f rom free trade than Lord J. RUSSELL—After so much had b een sa id, Mbroughtr. C ha i I n Rf the io r S oforward? Mr. T Housear i! °imagined. he begged to say a few words in explanation. He did not consider this order in the view taken by the Noble Lord opposite. He did not, however, consider it as a matter for which _they were not to be grateful, or not as a matter of great importance. Certainly it had not been adopted with a view to injure other classes of the people, still less was there any retaliation meant in reference to the depriving the English workmen in France of their employment. The case was more analogous to that of a lady, who, living in the country, might have had her dresses from London or Paris, and who living in a vil lage, and finding the villagers were in a distressed condi tion, should give orders that the materials should be furnished by the inhabitants of the locality, instead of their being brought from London or Paris. The Lord Chamberlain, he believed, was not a Protectionist in L opinion, but might have advised such an order out of good feeling. Sir W. MOLES%VORTH said this was a silly, foolish ' order of the Lord Chamberlain ; and he was informed, on the best authority, that there was not the slightest chance that it would be acted upon. Colonel SIBTHORP said he should to-morrow (this ' day) again put the question he had put to the Noble Lord, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that he should then insist upon a reply.—(Hear.) Lord W. BENTINCIi begged to ask the Under-Secre tary for the Colonies whether disastrous news had not been received from the Mauritius, by advisee up to the 15th of February? Mr. HAWES said dispatches had been received by the Government by the Lady Smith, and it did not ap pear from those advises that there were any peculiar cir cumstances attaching to the state of the colony ; on the contrary, the state of things was then more favourable than usual. The Marquis of GRANBY expressed his thanks to her Majesty for having come forward on this occasion. Such was the extent of distress in Coventry, that in seven weeks 40,000 loaves of bread had been given in relief. The motion was agreed to. Mr. FORBES begged to ask the Hon. Member for Dartmouth whether it was his intention to proceed with the motion of which he had some time since given notice having reference to the grievances of distillers? Mr. MOFFATT, in reply, said that he had no inten tion of abandoning such a measure. The delay had been caused solely and exclusively on the part of the Government, they having declared their intention to bring in a large measure of reform in the excise-laws. lie would renew his noticwen the earliest possible day. NAVAL DOCKS. Mr. 'MACGREGOR rose to address the House on his motion for, a Select Committee to inquire late our naval docks,&c., but the arguments and details of the Hon. Geacicman were wholly inaudible in the gallery. The Hon.Ventleman commenced by saying that in bringing for Ward this motion he was not actuated by any factious or - ffililevelent spirit, but by an anxious desire to impress upon the House the fact that the ex penditure of our dockyards might bo very greatly re duced without at all impairing the efficiency of the naval power of the country. Much greater economy might be exercist d in respect to the building and repair ing of our chips;- indeed it the seine system which bad pervaded her Majesty's dockyards were pursued in a private dockyard, the only result must be utter ruin to the parties. He admitted that lately very great and lasting improvements had been made in respect to the dockyards of Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Sheerness. But the ships of the late Surveyor of the Navy had entailhd upon the country an immense ex pendituri• in alterations and repairs. The hulls alone of ships of war, built and building by the late surveyor, had cost nearly 1.500,0001. It appeared that the ships built and building by the late surveyor included 28 ships of .the line, 25 frigates, 5 corvettes, 35 brigs, and 13 smaller vessels. And he said nothing about 50 steams ships on a corresponding extravagant scale. The vessels which he had alluded to were built at the cost he had stated, on the late surveyor's plans, without regard to expense. The ships the Queen, Albion, Superb, and Vanguard, had all falsified the statements as to their respective displacement of water, &c. Then there was the Retribution steam-frigate, which cost the country 100,000/., fitted out at Chatham in October and November, 1845. This vessel, when she sailed, was found to swim so much by the head that her coal was started, and her armament was modified. She was 200 tons short of the required flotation. The Union, 98-gun ship, built on the hues of Nelson's favourite ship, the Victory, was sacrificed to the Surveyor of the Navy. The estimated cost for the repair of this ship was 45,000/. A sum of 14,0001. was expended on her, and many alte rations made, after which she was pulled to pieces. Some time ago it was considered desirable to cut down several of the old 74's ar.d convert them into " screws." This had bee❑ attended with great expense, and had led to great controversy. The same remark applied to the dockyard at Devonport, the expenditure of which would be little short of 300,0001. That scheme had been conceived in the same spirit of extravagance as many others which had been loudly and justly complained of. Considering the system of extravagance whioh had been pursued in the naval dockyards, and the declining reve nue, he felt bound to bring the matter before the House. He considered that a great saving might bo effected with regard to the contracts. He felt great confidence in the Board of Admiralty, and hoped they would practise a rigid system of economy, which they might carry to a considerable extent without impairing the efficiency of the navy. He was afraid the Noble Lord at the head of the Admiralty was too much occupied to pay sufficient attention to the details of the dockyard, which were shamefelly mismanaged. Hardly a ship of war was turned out without having to be re-docked and altered at a great expense, and even her Majesty's yacht was no exception to the general rule. After some further remarks, impressing on the Government the necessity of economising, the Holt. Member concluded by moving for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the expenditure of the naval dockyards of the country. The motion having been seconded, Mr. WARD said 'he felt bound to oppose the motion of his lion. Friend, not from any want of sympathy with him as to the necessity of enforcing the most rigid sys tem of economy in all matters connected with the naval force of the country, but because a weaker case had never been submitted to the House to induce it to insti tute an inquiry into a great branch of the public ex penditure. The Hon. Member laboured under some strong hallucination if he supposed the subject had not been previously considered: A Committee had now been sitting on the Navy Estimates fur six weeks, making a most minute examination into every branch of the subject, and he believed in the course of a short time they would lay a report before the House, containing the most valuable information. Not one portion of the naval expendidure had escaped the researches of that Committee, which was composed of the most able men, and men cf the greatest experience. A great deal had been said at different times with re spect to the conduct of Sir W. Symonds— some persons approving of what he bad. done, and others censuring him in the strongest manner, but he believed the truth rested between both parties. Sir N. Symonds had introduced many valuable improvements, and on the other hand some things had certainly been done with a great disregard to expenditure ; but he trusted that in future they would profit by past experi ence.—(llear, hear.) Every possible precaution had been taken by the late and present Boards of Admiralty to prevent any rash and precipitate charges, and that cutting down ot ships which had cost so much money. Before any order was issued ample inquiry was made, and the matter was fully considered by the surveyor, by the board, and by a committee of master builders. In short, the present board were fully alive to the neces sity of preventing anything like an improper expendi ture. The Honourable Member had alluded to what he considered another proof of bad management — the controversy which had recently taken place in the papers with regard to the basin at Devonport. (Hear, hear.) Now, no stronger proof could be ad duced of the vigilance of the Government. The plan was originally adopted without any doubt as to its probable success. But the board had felt it their duty to institute a most searching inquiry, when a pro bable saving of 190,0001. had been pointed out. They had not yet come to any decision, and no decision would be come to without calling in the aid of some of the first engineers of the day, whose opinions would be conclu sive on the subject. The Hon. Member imagined that a wasteful system of expenditure prevailed in the dock yards, and that if the board had sufficient time to examinei,;. into it, a great diminution might be effected. had been .f a ulri v te e h ll a a n r d ge to d m i w m at i s n e ution, amounting to 600,0001., account been promised in the estimates for next year, on be uaulertloil e th d e efficiency of the steam navy, and every member of the board substitution of S a s n ti x i i l o g u r s e t s o te e r x r t e e d n u d e t t i h o e ns p . rom T i h s e e r wr w a:s i o s ,dl, hed the dockyard at Devonport to Sheer ness nor at would probably recommend the found. Probably at Chatham, but it h w ee l n l e d ss . expense, w i h t b i l o eh ria i l t r w e , o a rn s n m ot ig a h t t a b li e d o e b s t i a ra in b e le d additional de.o . ueld aßtautetnpdrneodepietwrhietrhaat substituteS heebre ifthexrespect to the examinations in the deck rgirheeeWoboard had d one of ev o e ffi ry c t e hing they possibly s s i d e il es connected rs wthe:apt saving With e their fill there spectivelf.ii,rrebguairlddintgosh ships, it vi s i lT to ld be y toit consider ablerdn c s d , u e c h o ig u i l l d a to nd ens r u es r p e o a ns s i u b c l e e contracts lVit recollected that there was a great difference between e a ted in situations. te war-steamers and inerehaet-.steamers. The Hon. Heinen had alluded to the Terrible That steamer had been eminently successaful. With regard to the Fury, thqt vessel had steamed all the way out to the East Indies without repairs. Ile had no doubt that in future all matters connected with war -steamers would i that there w ould be less dsappont regulated, and i be bett er the system ot building by Gentleman had allud ed to builder would, on the inept with respect t o their qualities. The Honour a bl e contract. But the dockyards there of well-seasoned timber. In chance of a conwtrhaactt, were at present 66,00 0 load , ' of timber, all seasoned pkreievpateon hand a sufficient stock necessary, for :116e, a preparation which Was highly WI4.IDNESDAY ______ EVENING, MAY JO, 1848. but which it was not likely a private person would have capital to make. If they failed to make that preparation, and if they built vessels in a hurry, as was done in old times, the result would be a large, an immense expenditure for repairs. It was most erro neous to suppose that building bycoatract would not lead to increased expense for repairs. Whatever might be said about vessels built in the dockyards, there was not a ship-builder on the Thames who would not admit that the timber of these vessels was of a better quality than that used in private ship-yards, and that the vessels re quired less repairs. In 1838 two packets, the Peterel and the Penguin, were built by the Government, and about the same time the Ranger and the Alert were built by contract. The Peterel cost ... ... £8,219 Repairs in eight years ... 1,314 Annual cost ••• ••• ••• 164 The Ranger coat ... 7,0 9 0 Repairs in eight years 8,225 Annual cost ••• •A• 914 ••• The Penguin cost ... 8,386 Repairs in eight years ... 1,540 Annual cost 192 The Alert cost ... 7,478 Repairs in seven years ... 5,163 Annual cost 737 He trusted he had satisfied the House that the Hon. Gentleman had not brought forward any sufficient grounds for a Committee upon the subject; and he hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would not press the motion to a division. Lord INGESTRE wished to call the attention of the lion. Gentleman opposite to one important point con nected with this subject of Surveyor of the Navy, the duties of which he thought had been ill-defined and still worse executed. With regard to the board of reference he had said at the time that it was a step in the right direction. He thought the duties belonging to it had been very well performed, and that it had been produc tive of great service to the country. He thanked the late Board of Admiralty for having appointed the com mittee of reference, but as he was not aware whether that committee was at present either broken up or about to be broken up, he wished to ask the Gallant Officer op posite what he proposed to substitute in its place. He quite approved of the appointment of Sir Baldwin Walker as Surveyor of the Navy ; but he hoped to,hear that he would have sufficient advice at hand to prevent hi m f a lling into the errors of his predecessors. He had always held that with the march of science on this subject, the Admiralty would not be doing its duty to the country if it did not institute a scientific board, to whom they might refer the plans submitted to them on the subject of shipbuilding. Such a board would be of the greatest benefit, and he should rejoice to see an officer like Sir Baldwin Walker at the head of it, always, of course, under the control of the Board of Admiralty. He agreed with the Secretary of the Admiralty in what he said as to the building ships by contract. He be lieved, however, there had been of late several Govern ment vessels built in merchant yards. While they had such dockyards as those at Milford Haven, Portsmouth, and Devonport, he did not see why they should resort to private yards at all. lie wished much to know the in tentions of the Admiralty with regard to the future regulations of the office of Surveyor of the Navy. He had always advocated the claims of the School of Naval Architecture, of which ha had a high opinion, and regretted that it had been abolished. With respect to the present motion he would advise the Hon. Gentle man not to press it to a division. Admiral DUNDAS said that as soon as the regula tions respecting the office of Surveyor of the Navy were completed, they would be laid before the House. He believed the only G o vernment vessels which had lately been constructed in merchant yards were the Holyhead packets. Captain HARRIS expressed a hope that the question of economy would be c o nsidered solely with reference to the efficiency of the navy, and not in the spirit of party. As to building by contract, he did not think it would be found to answer for the navy of this country. Mr. HUME believed that Government was anxious to do what they could to prevent the repetition of the abuses connected with the expenditure for the navy, and to put an end to the system of making alterations in ships without any necessity. He believed that Govern ment would be obliged to institute a special inquiry into the state of the dockyards. In the meantime, as the Committee sitting on the subject of naval expenditure would have to consider many of the points mentioned by his Hon. Friend, he would advise him not to press his motion to a division, but wait for the report of that Com mittee. If he should find that there still remained points for inquiry, then would be the time to call the attention of the Government to the subject. Captain PECHELL said he thanked the lion. Member for Edinburgh for the statement he had made ; for al though the Government opposed his motion, the subject matter had been so introduced that their attention would be forced to the same. Mr. MACGREGOR having briefly replied, the motion was, by leave, withdrawn. • AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. Mr. URQUIIART then rose to bring forward the motion, of which he had given notice, for an address to her Majesty, representing that the intervention under taken in her name in Portugal was unlawful, and praying her Majesty to forbid the continuation of this, or the repetition of similar measures by her servants. The Hon. Member referred to former debates which had taken place in Parliament on the subject in question, and was proceeding to quote the opinions of several Hon. Members in favour of the principle of non-inter vention, when An HON. MEssnEn. moved that the House be counted; and there having been only thirty-six Members present, the House was adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock till to morrow (this day). TIIE " COUNT OUT" LAST NIGHT. The following is the list of Members present when the House was counted:— Arundel, Earl of Palmerston, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Peto, S. M. Bright, J. Robinson, G. R. Brown, W. S. Rusiell, Lord J. Bellew, R. M. Rich, H. Busfeild, W.. Stuart, Lord D. Banker, G. Stanley, E. J. Baines, M. T. Strickland, Sir G. Cobden, R. Smith, J. A. Duncan, G. S2rope, G. P. Evans, Sir de Lacy Thompson, Colonel French, F. Thompson, G. Hume, J. Urquhart, D. Hawes, B. Ward, G. H. Hill, Lord M. Williams, J. Koppel, G. T. Williamson, Sir H. Molesworth, Sir W. Wood, Sir C. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and P rweeet.aags o f House of Commons. ) TUKAIDAY, MAT 9. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolution was reported from the above Committee : That in the case of the Direct Tyne Ferry petition for Additional Provision, th e stan di ng or d ers oug ht t o b e dis pensed with:—That the parties be permitted to intro duce such Additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think lit.—Resolution agreed to. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. GROUP V. Tthis group met for the first time yesterday Committe e erda morning, °n g,in Room No. 28; Sir Robert Peel in the chair. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, 'WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN. The object of this Bill was to enable the company to extend the time allowed them by their original Act for taking a lease of the Dublin and Kings town Railway—to authorise the alteration of the existing gauge of the Dublin and Kingstown Rail way, and to empower the South Wales Company to subscribe towards the Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow undertaking to the extent of 250,0001. The Bill was unopposed, and the Committee passed the preamble. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. eighty - four s f i expenditure al lowinghtxi millions, the original estimate being little more than two millions, and its success would de pend in a great measure upon the company being allowed to establish a steam-boat communication between Holyhead and Dublin. The Committee were, no doubt, aware that the-Legislature had sanctioned the construc tion of a harbour of refuge. at Holyhead, this company' contributing 200,0001, and Government 800,000/. towards the expense of the work. In the last Parliament a pri vate Bill was passed authorising the company to contri bute their quota, which contained a clause ens• bl ing the company to become the proprietors of steam-boats ; but the Select Committee appointed to examine into the merits of the public Bill authoris ing the Government to expend 800,0001. of the public money upon the harbour, by dn accident omitted to pass the clause enabling the Chester and Holyhead Company to establish a line of steam-boats, and this circumstance led to the w ithd ra wal of the pri v a te Bill. Since then the proposal h a d been fully exam ined b y the Board of Trade, wh o were agreed that it w ould be as much for the interest of the public as for that of the compan y that this Bill sh ou ld pass to emp ower them to run steam boats on th e i r o wn account betw een Hol y head and Kingstown or Dublin. The evid e n ce taken before the Selec t Committee last year having been put in, a gentleman was called to p r o v e the inconvenience that would result to the public if the company were not allowed to run boats. The Bill was opposed by the' Steam Shipping Asso ciation and several other interests, but the opposition was adjourned till to-morrow. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. AFTERNOON SITTING. The business transacted at the afternoon sittin g yes terday was entirely devoid of any general_interest,being confined to the consideration of the organization com mittee's report. The Government short-hand writers, Messrs. Bond, Hugh es , an d Bennett, still continue their attendance and talc 3 close " notes" of the speeches, although the speeches have for some days been exceedingly tame and entirely free from any seditious matter. FATAL FIRE ARMS ACClDENT. —Yesterda y , NS r. Montague breast cilla Fitzpatrick, who was accidenta ll y wounded in the b m 4amt by a bullet from a pistol, by her master's sun , expired in the U n i vers i t y C o llege Hospital, after eleven days of i ntense suffering. Richard Leverson , o f IS, Q ueen s quare . There is a rumour that the Marquis of Lansdowne is to be created Duke of Wiltshire. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. WHITEHALL, MAY 8, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Edward John Stanley, and to the heirs male at his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Eddisbury, of Winning ton, in the county palatine of Chester. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeo manry Cavalry--Archibald Gerard, Esq., to be Captain, April 17; James Thomas Brown, Esq., to be Captain, April 18. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry - Cornet Robert James Atty to be Lieutenant, vice Bar nard, promoted, May 3. WHITEHALL, MAT 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Packer, of Axbridge, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordineey in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles William Lawrence, of Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Muster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Hughesdon and Alexander Mackay, merchants, Calcutta, to surrender May 16 and Juno 20, at eleven, at the ourt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assig nee, Basinghall-street; Fyson, Curling, and hope, Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry. , Henry Simmons, grocer, Ramsgate, May 23, at two, II and June 20, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Hall, Mourilyan, and Rowsell, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn. Edward Callas, tailor and draper, Strand, May 18, and June 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers ; Sidney, Finsbury circus. Samuel Bayly, grocer, Folkestone, Kent, May 16, at twelve, and June 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall. chambers ; Dods, St. Martin's-lane. William Plucknett Micklam, tobacconist, Fleet-street, May 16, at half-past twelve, and June 20, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Gidley, Earl-street, Blackfriars. John Johnson, merchant, Great Winchester-street, May 17, at half-past one, and June 15, ut one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings; Cotterill, Throgmorton-street. James Blomfield Rush, cattle dealer, Mylne-street, Claremont-square, Middlesex, May 19 at two, end June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Waugh and Mitchell, Great James -street, Bedford-row, Joseph Liddiatt, builder, Whitehead's-grove, Chelsea, May 19 and June 17, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Ba.singhall-street ; Smith, Barnard's Inn. Robert Fletcher, manufacturer of steel, Great Win chester-street, and Rawson's W heel, Sheffield, May 16, nt and June 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry Chambers. Henry, I3rading licenced victualler, Shepherd and Shepherdess-walk, City-road, May 19, at one, and June 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Ashley, High-street, Shoreditch. Richard Grimbly, wine merchant, Banbury, Oxford shire, May 19, at one, and June 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official ussignee ; Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-fields; 'rims and Co. Banbury. Thomas Cooper, baker, Tottenham-court-road, May 19, at half-pest twelve, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee; Alder manbury, Garry, Chancery-lane. George Murphy, plumber, Church.street, Cam berwell, May 23, at one, and June 20. at two, at the Court of Bankriircy. Edwards, official assignee ; Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Hooke and Co., Philpot lane. William Hinton, builder, Pudding-lane, City, May 18 at ten, and June 21 at *levet), at ;the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-stree; Strutt, Buckingham-street, Strand. John Deely, ironfounder, West Broomwich, Stafford shire, May 23 and June 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bir mingham. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Hodgson, Birmingham. Joseph Hill, jeweller, Birmingham, May 20 and June 17, at halt-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Suckling, Bir mingham. Thomas Williams and William Williams, jun., auc-. tioneers, Cheltenham, May 22 and June 22, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. Miller, official assignee, Bristol, Bromley and Co., Gray's Inn, and Cheshire, Chelten ham. A. Tregerthen, grocer, Brynmawr, Breconshire, May 22 and Jane 22, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol,. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol; Blower and Co., Lin coln's lnn, and Leman, Bristol. W. Webber, grocer, Cheltenham, May 23, at eleven, and June 22 at twelve, at the Court, Bristol. Acranaan, official assignee, Bristol; Jones and Co., Crosby-square, Smallridge, Gloucester. John Tomkinsou, stonemason and builder, Liverpool, and Runcorn, Cheshire, May 23, and June 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co , Liverpool; Lowndes and Co., Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall•street. ' J. Wright, Oxford-street, druggist and manufacturing chemist, May 30, at one-J. Miller, Ipswich, licensed victualler, ink and pipe manufacturer, and coal-mer chant, May 30, at half-past twelve-O. T. J. Stocken, Walhatn-green, Middlesex, brewer, June 1, at eleven- R. Stephenson, Southwick -street, Hyde Park, apothe cary, May 30, at twelve-W. G. Jones, Notting-hill, Middlesex, draper, May 30, at twelve-J. Bentley, St. John-street-road, Clerkenwell, linendraper, May 30, at eleven-W. 'l'. Gooding, Old Brentford, glass cutter, May 30, at eleven-T. Lett, Apsley Guise, Bedford shire, builder, May 30, at halt-past eleven-R. Slade, sen., R. Biddle, M. Seeger, and It. Major, Poole, New foundland, merchants, and rope manutacturers, May 31, at twelve-R. Ashby and S. Ashby, Staines, and Upper Thames-street, City, rnealmen, Juno 1, at eleven -G. Rougemont, Broad-street-buildings, City, mer chant, May 30, at one-G. Clarke, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, carpet manufacturer and worsted spinner, May 30, at eleven-J. Furby and R. Stockton, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, tailors, June 1, at twelve 11. Clark, Aldermanbury, warehouseman, June 1, at half-past eleven-W. Pithey, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch street, merchant, June 1, at half past twelve. In the Country. T. Bevan, Brccon, corn dealer and grocer, June 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-A. Uglow, St. Thomas the Apostle, Cornwall, miller and corn factor, June 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter-G. Conway, Tiverton, De vonshire, woolstapler and cloth manufacturer, June 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter-J. Tuckett, Exeter, herbalist and apothecary, June 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter- J. J. Pearce, Kenton, Devonshire, baker and grocer, June 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter-M. S. Synnot, Liverpool, merchant. June 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-O. I'. Roberts, Llanddausant, Anglesey, grocer, draper, and cattle dealer, June 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-P. T. Dobson, Tunstall, Stafford shire, draper, June 9, at eleven, at the Court, Manches ter-T. Gales, Ford, Durham, ship builder, June 5, a t twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-C. Martin, Darlington, Durham, plumber and glazier, June 5, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - R. Brown, Kingston-upon-Hull, bookseller and printer, June 7, at half-past ten, at the Court, Kingston-upon-Hull-C. R. Bewley, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, grocer and dealer in glass and china ware- May 23, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Dailey and A. Inskipp, Long-lane, Bermondsey, leather manufacturers, Is. 2d. on Thursday, May 11, and three following Thursdays,. between twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arm's-yard, Moorgate-street. J. Mawson, Runcorn, Cheshire, druggist, 10s. 2d., on Tuesday, May 9, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. W. Clayton, W. ClaytOn, and W. Wilson, Preston, Lancashire, bankers, 3s. 4d., on Tuesday, May 9, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. G. Douglas, Bury, Lancashire, draper, 33. I Id., on Tuesday, May 9, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office•of Mr: Pott, Manchester. J. Hind and R. Warbrick, Liverpool, curriers, Is., on Thursday, May 11, or any subsequent Thursday, be twaen eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. . • N. J. Reed, Marlborough, 'Wiltshire, brewer, 2s. 6d., on Wednesday, May 10, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. T. Cooper, York, stock and share-broker, Is. 6d., on Thursday, May 11, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. B. Robinson, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fancy cloth manufacturer, 6d., on Thursday, May 11, or any subse quent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman. Leeds. C. Curme, Hilperton, Wiltshire, brewer 2s. 6d. on Wednesday, May 10, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. R. Newboult. East Retford, Nottingham draper, 155., on Saturday, May 13, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. W. Astill, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, ironmonger 55., on Saturday, May 13, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At t'.e Court, 13asinghell-street. S. L. Lazarus, Oxford -street, horse-dealer, May 30, at eleven-W. Bullmore, Clerkenwell-close, gold and silver wire drawer, May 30, at half-past one-W. Fuller, Horton Old Town, carman, May 30, at twelve-J. Ba ker, George-street, Hanover square, tailor, May 31, at twelve-E. Scott, Tunbridge-wells, innkeeper, June 1, at half-past one-C. T. Wood, Drury lane, licensed vic tualler, June 1 at half-past eleven-T. Masterson, Cheap side, warehouseman. May 31, at one-F. Francis, Folk stone, Kent, furnishing ironmonger and whitesmith, Nlity 30, at halt-past eleven-C. T. Chapman, Cambridge, livery stable keeper, June 2, at eleven-F. W. Allen, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square, riding master and !eider in horses, June 1, at half-past twe-J. Hope, Tunbridge-wells, grocer, June 1, at one-F. E. Morrish, Leicester-square, draper, June 1, at half past twelve- J. P. Shaw, .Mortiiner. street, Cavendish-square, uphol sterer, June 1, at half-past eleven. In the Country. T. Dubberley, Monmouth, watch and clock maker May 30, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—H. Hastings, Cheltenham, butcher, June 5, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. W. Hornsby, Darlington, Durham, miller, June 2, at eleven, at the Court, Neweastle-upon-Tyne-- R. Gill, Black Banks, Durham, brick and tile manufac turer, May 30, at hail-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—B. Rontree, Hylton-ferry, Durham, grocer, June 2, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tye-- T. Gales, Ford, Durham, ship builder, June 5, at half past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon Tyne—G. Frampton, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, butcher, June 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. W. Braddick, Silverton, Devonshire, brick and tile maker, June 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. Lewis, Plymouth, grocer and tea dealer, May 31, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Galpin, Broadwindsor, Dorsetshire, innkeeper, Juno 1, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. M. Hannay, Birken head, Cheshire, stock and share broker, June 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Nickson, Cefu Major, Denbighshire, publican, June 5, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—E. Owen, Ruthin, Denbighshire, auctioneer, May 30, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool —ll. Buckmaster, Liverpool, wine merchant, May 30, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. George, Broseley, Shropshire, grocer, May 30, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham —J. Goodwin, Birmingham, newspaper proprietor, May 31, at half-past ten, at the Court, Bir mingham. At the Court of Review, May 30. B. Bromly, Great Bromley, Essex, cattle dealer—R. Langwith, Lidlington-place, Oakley-square, St. Pancras, builder—H. Harvey, Stock-Exchange, City, and St. Paul's -terrace, Islington, stock and share dealer—W. Speller, Berkeley-street West, builder—M. Teversham, jun., Cornhill, and Finch-lane, City, stock and share broker—W. Farmer, Great Sutton-street. Clerkenwell, engineer —Maria Ham, otherwise Baker, Wells, Somer setshire, milliner and dressmaker— IL Morris, Liverpool, licensed victualler—M. Woolf, Penzance, Cornwall, brewer—C. Broad, Bristol, timber merchant—J. Wal lace, Liverpool, corn and provision merchant—S. Grundy, Bridport, Dorsetshire, banker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. J. Whitty and W. Ellis, Liverpool, printers—T. Mackern and C. D. Fitzpatrick, Litberland and Bootle, Lancashire, surgeons—J. S. N.eble and J. Williams, Liverpool, shipwrights—W. Parker and J. G. Parker, New York and Sheffield—T. Worrell and J. J. Har wood, Manchester, smallware manufacturers—J. Lang horn and W. Scott. Kendal, coopers—T. W. M`Gill and W. T. Eastman, Windmill- street, Tottenham-court road, and Connaught-terrace,Edgware- road, dyers—J. Pooley and Peter Taylor, Manchester, engineers—W. Feilden, M. J. Feilden, and J. L. Feilden, Blackburn, cotton spinners (so far as regards J. L. Feilden—G. Gregson and J. Tiplady, Duram, attorneys—W. Turner, J. Hammill, and Mary Speakman, Parr, Lancashire, manufacturing chemists—W. Cooper and P. Sharp, Owston, Lincolnshire, sacking manufacturers—S. Han bury and E.Wright, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street— J. Smith and L. C. Dutton, Warrington, maltsters—J. Shuttleworth and W. •Laycock, Sheffield, brush makers —H. Nock and J. Nock, hirrningham, watch glass ma nufacturers—W. Urch and Eliza Urch, Nettlebridge, Somersetshire, hosiers—C. Hawkins and G: Hawkins, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, grocers—E. Seger and 11. Seger, jun., Liverpool, corn merchants—H. Liver more and W. Franah, Tottenham court-road, pawn bro kers—J. Bower. J. Bower, jun., C. Grosvenor, and J. Wood, Kippax, Yorkshire, coal masters (so far as re gards J. Wood). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George Lythgoe, Long 'Preston, Yorkshire, sub railway contractor. John Westbrook, Shiffnall, Yorkshire, boot maker. James Steel, Winchester, carpenter. William Clyne, Liverpool, lodging housekeeper. John Maderson, Bury St. Edmunds, hurdle maker. Lewis Jones, Bangor, lodging housekeeper. Robert Cullum Blander), Gestingthorpe, Essex, butcher. Richard Wm. Pritchard, Llanllyfui, Carnarvonshire, coal merchant. David Evans Davies, Carnarvon, victualler. John Gayen, Eastry, Kent, mealman. Joseph Bond, Brighton, grocer. John Pocock Column, Brighton, plumber. Thomas Dorrington, Manchester, shopkeeper. John Stewart Fisher, Chorlton. unon-Medlock, salesman. William Wilson, Sheffield, warehouseman. James Troup, Silsden, Yorkshire, shopkeeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Simpson and R. Simpson, Greenock, upholsterers, to meet May 13 and June 8, at twelve, within Melvin's Temperance Coffee-house, Greenock. A. Philp, Kirkcaldy, distiller, to meet May 12 and June 2, at twelve, within M`Glashan's Inn, Kirkcaldy. W. Russell, Glasgow, tea merchant, to meet May 11 and June 1, at one, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. 1 A. Hadden, G. Hadden, J. Hadden, and J. F. Hadden, Aberdeen, wool spinners, to meet May 16 and June 6, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. • L. Masson. A. Hadden, and T. L. Hadden, Aberdeen, flat -spinners, to meet May 15 and June 5, at twelve, within the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. . . _ A. Webste;, Gardyne, Forfarshire, farmer, to meet May 17 and June 7, at twelve, within Morrison's Inn Forfar. J. 11`liechnie, Glasgow, merchant anti builder, to meet May 12 and June 2, at two, within the Royal Hotel (Comrie's), Glasgow. J. Walker, Edinburgh, woollen draper, to meet May 15 and June 5, at two, within the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh. J. Baird and A. Baird, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, and Moddiesburn, Lanarkshire, timber and lime merchants, to meet May 13 and June 3, at one, within Hunter'► Ayr Arms, Ayr. J. Ronald, W. F. Burnley, A. Eccles, and G. J. Eccles, Greenock and Glasgow, merchants, to meet May If and June 6, at one, within Carrick's Hotel, Glasgow. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 271 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 41 Turbercular Diseases... ... 192 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 127 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 19 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... 158 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 49 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• • •• • ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• . . Old Age Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance ... 19 Causes not specified 6 ... , ... ... 25 ... 54 DEATUS FROM ♦LL CAUSES ... ... 1,015 Ponulatien Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the 1841. Five Springs. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 143 ... 135 North Districts.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 189 Central Districts 373,653 ... 171 ... 179 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 199 ... 239 South Districts .. 501,190 ... 248 ... 273 T0ta15........ 1,948,369 ... 943 ... 1,015 Males ... ... ... ... ... 507 Females ... ... ... ... ... 508 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ••• ... 761 Females ... ... ... ... ... 775 Total ... . . ... ... ... 1,536 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 9.) SvoAtt.—To• day an increased demand was expe rienced for all kinds of raw Sugar, and in several cases stiller rates were obtained, notwithstanding the market is well supplied. The home trade continues to be the principle buyers. West India Muscovado was, however, in excellent request for both the scale and refining purposes; the rates paid were, generally, 6d per cwt above those of Friday. The purchases amounted to 630 hhds, &c., including a public sale of 150 hhds, 12 tierces of Barbadoes, which went at full rates—fine yellow, at 42s 6d to 445, good 40s 6d to 41s 6d, middling 38s to 39s 6d, and low 35s 6d to 37s per cwt. _ _ REFINED.—To-day the home trade were much in want of refined goods and offered advanced rates, the supply is yet scanty. Brown grocery lumps realised 54s 6d to 555, and Standard 55s 6d to 56i. In Bonded Crushed Sugar several sales were made, and 27s to 28s were paid for first and second sort. - - " MAURITIUS.—To-day there was no variation in the value of Jamaica Rum, but no improvement took place in the demand. East India is dull of sale at is 6d to 1 s bid proof strength. Leeward Island is little required, and is not worth more than Is Id proof. Of Demerara 60 puns have been sold at 2s 4d for 26 per cent over proof, equal to is 10d proof. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon five parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 8,659 bags, were offered at public sale, and the whole sold—white at full rates, whilst ellow sorts went rather higher. FOREIGN.—To day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar; but privately several inquiries existed. Stiffer rates being asked, caused the purchases to be of little moment. _ . . _ MoLessEs.—The demand continues ou the increase for all qualities, and there is again a slight rise in the value—the market is plentifully supplied. Since this day we'k 400 puns have been sold. At auction 24 casks, imported from Alexandria, were sold at 21s 6d tor fine. East India Treacle is more in request, at from 16s to 17s. COFFEE.—Thin afternoon the dealings in Native Cey lon were upon a loss extended scale, and of 1,778 bags at auction, a small part only so ld at the former value, real good ordinary at 31s, and damaged 25s to 295. Of Plantation 660 bags were all taken in, fine bold colory at 625, good 52s to 555, middling 50s, but the damaged sold at 35s to 4886 d, very ordinary 14s. 2,4'49 bags and 452 sacks of Costa Rica were bought in. fine ordinary pale foxey sound at 31s to 325, a few lots sold at 27s 6d to 28s for ordinary. E j. —To day the quantity of Tea offered at public sale amounted to 7,770 packages. A good desire was nrznifested by the trade to Operate, and 3,000 actually sold at full rates. Green of good and fine quality met with the most attention, and realised suffer prices—Congou, common sold at 6id to 6d ; Oolong 111 d to 1 lid ; Hyson, fair to good 2s lid to 24 64d, fine 2s 6d to 3s aid ; Imperial, Canton lld to Hid ; Hyson kind, good and fine 2s to 2s 8d ; Gunpowder, low to fine 15 9id to 4s 2d per lb. r • 1.- , ItLeil u.aiusuolti ._-_-. COCOA.—Prices are maintained for all sorts of West India, as the stock is small, and nearly all in the hands of one firm. The sales made privately have been of little moment, and none has been submitted to public auction. Foreign is held with firmness, the demand is, however, not more active, and 284 bags of Bahia at auc tion were taken in at 37s to 33s for fine bright red, but damaged sold at 32s to 34s per cwt. SPICES.—To-day - the purchases mide in Black pepper privately were of a limited character only; and 416 bags at auction were nearly all taken in at 21d for Sumatra' however, a small part sold at 2id per lb. Saco.—There are sellers upon lower terms , and the supply is on the increase. On the part of the trade little desire has been evinced to make purchases , and 17i to 21a is the value of low to fine quality. Sago Flour is dull of sale, and can be obtained at a reduction. Rica.--To-day holders of East India were willing sellers upon the low rates previously noticed. sales concluded privately were trifling in all sorts• i t t auction 600 bags of Java sold at 101 to 105 6d fur good white rather broken, and damaged 45 6d to 10s per cwt. C ill SALTPETRE.—To-day there was no improvenie the demand for Rough privately, and 2,956 bags of eutta at auction were nearly all taken in. Sire CocumEAL.—This afternoon there was little de 4d evinced to operate, and prices were depressed 3d to still the_ _ per lb. SPlRlTS.—Leeward Island met with little attenti?tny' and prices are still - on the decline. Proof of low qualitili can he obtained at Is Bd. Of East India only 6in dh, parcels have been taken at is 6d to is 7d proof strenb , to and which are easier rates. In the value of Deni er ,: o little variation is apparent. For Jamaica export or continue trifling, and home buyers make purchas es I.or reluctance, although easier rates would be taken., . 1 Havannah the market is dull, and Is sid per o °ll e l f the valise of proof strength. On the part of holders Brandy a desire is manifested to make a slight coo°. Joel ( ' sion in the value on acccount of the increasing s - r t The home demand has been limited, and few °F. ia orders have been completed. The purchases Inair t o Geneva have been triflaig, and for all purposes. . 13ri i o a made Spirit is held with firmness at lOs 3d per cash, at which tho demand is active, and the OPP is small. t ACV.' Irimgo.—The position of the market for Es 3 - l i d e ra of all descriptions was unsatisfactory to-day. 11° ;h e ir were in many instances inclined to further reduce .00, prices; still exporters and home consumers were eB9l for their proceedings; only 7,367 chests were deehlr i- os the quarterly sales which commenced this day quantity passed amounted to 1,103 chests. The ai.ce of foreign and home buyers Has unusually sID l) and it became evident that orders were exce ed f; . ft limited ; although proprietors h ave g i ven some sties to their marks. OlLS.—There is more firmness in the market fo r iii b; seed Oil, a good demand has been experienced fool • home trade, and exporters have been purchasers i°o fair extent. Prices advanced to 22s 9d to 23s Pee ressc on the spot, and the supply continues t) he small, i ti the consumption is proceeding satisfst to i'y. For ft )l 7 l9 pe delivery several contracts have been entered into' or Seed met with a much better demand, and realiseuhio, harmed rates. There is not the least improvement i n () ;01 6 although the demand is on the increase and 51 1' 0 1 1 0. small. Purchases to a fair extent have been made la Cocoa Nut met with little attention by private tu t pis and can be obtained at a reducti o n. Ground 14t1 ; „ t , is dull of sale. Theta is a further in c rease to n°t`,:•-iig the stock of Fish Oils, and a greater desire is I : t it• by holders to realise as the deliveries are °0 d ell factory. The demand for Seal has been e%,lr e- for limited, and there are sellers of pale at 271 101 Southern Oil prices suffered a depression % r ot per tun, as the quantity brought to market wes-old, than for some time past. At auction 125 tune e ll .00 Sperm is cheaper, and the purchases made by Pr' 0 10 treaty have been of little moment; 47 tuns at public O. were sold. For auction 60 tuns of Sea Elephant declared. iO O TALLOW.—Prices hare suffered a further depress-b. for Russian on the spot, as the demand continues re ex t reme ly limited for all purposes, and merchants lito willing sellers. The rates taken are 47s t 4Ss per cwt for fine 1). three months of the year there are sellers at 45s 60: still the amount of business concluded has been scatOo Y. C. For delivery in the 1 0 ; Town Tallow is cheaper, and can be obtained at 4g nett cash, but the demand is limited, end supply c r est The The public sales went off.at.rediseed rates; the quallti t i offered was large. UNIVERSITY INTELL CAMBRIDGE, MAY 9.—At the Congregat io n t , to holden on Wednesday, the 10th instant, in addi tire the grace for the adoption of a loyal address. bevoi. Queen (previously noticed), a grace "To af fi l tn,, tpe versity seal to a letter of congratulation, written 44 public orator to his Grace the Archbishop, of Cantvoreo on his Grace's elevation to the Primacy, will be,; f i l iiti also one " to confer the degree of Doctor of PI A . $l. upon Henry Wilkinson Cookson , 8.D., master v Peter's College, by royal mandate." °t O l The Regius Professor of Hebrew resumed his b oo on the Prophecies of Isaiah yesterday, in the M a tical Schools. The examination for Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Schobi l tb commences on Wednesday (this dy). TRINITY COLLEGE. Out fa 76 candidat es' tytl under-mentioned gentleme n h ave b een selecte d scholarships on this foundation:—J. S. Fergusna , 0 0 6 A A. Taylor, W. F. Edwa r d s , J . F . Thrupp, A . Jc4atfe A. W. Neadlam, D. Wi g l esworth, A. II: Bull, '." 117. 0 lake, H. W. Wat son , C. B owr i ng, H. Chance. .' Beaumont. Westminster Scholars—G. F. Bro w "' Upperton, W. T. Chamberlayne.—.--ii t et ta CAMBRIDGE P HILOSOPHICAL SocrETr.% ttisirb: ing of the society hold en l ast even i ng, the Master of Catherine Hall (Dr. Philpott) in thee, alts the Rev. J. S. Wood, 8.A., St. John's Colleg Ate( elected a fellow of the society. The Astrononlero O o .p r read a supplement to a pap er " the int en ro fel, h t light in the neighbourhood of a caustic." of v o Miller gave an account of the theoretical valne k 9 oo o, radii of the rainbow and its supexounierisrf sot l 0 determined in the paper read by the Astronna le o luni with their observed radii. The receipt of satn e „Coll i , presents of books, &c., and copies of the trans ' 0 co' other learned bodies, English and F o reign, t y municated by the secretary. THE CHURCH. o f 5), y° The Rev. T. R. White, M.A., (B. A. 1 83 , c or John's College, has been presented to the r- Co' Finchley, miff 00' The Rev. 11. T. Gibbins, (B.A. 1845), TO por lege, has been instituted to the curacy of Folk e 'colleg o s The Rev. W. 11. Charlton, M.A., Trinist, r ost 9 ' has been presented to the rectory of Easton 14° of tons hire. of The Rev. J. M. W. Piercy, (M.A.) (B.A. `„/ OP" Clare Hall, has been present e d to t h e rect ory " ve t) stun, Leicestershire. The Rev. C. S. Sharpe, o f Ch r i st ' s C o ll e ge, 13 ,1 i i4 ll- presented to the p er p etua l curacy of H a lliv(s" cashire. -p; RAILWAY SHARE MArts.— I LIVERPOOL, ifay 9. O e i ls ' STOCK EXCHANGE. --With a large quantity of tr il l 101;f o ll e to report, we have to notice a further advance ill q h ; e 210 The sales are — Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Clregn f e tion, 31/. Shares, 64 di..--Lancashire and Yorkshir ;rlPy ri k (late West Riding Union). 3% dis.--Leeds st' d wegq r )t New 50/. Shares, 19% dis.—London and Nort h ; d 1321 / 2 — Ditto, Quarters, 48s. 9d. p.--Ditto ( Mon' : A and B, 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and lar l- siPols Quarters, No. I,.2%.dis.—Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 144"fre f 0 0 4 Stock, 103 1 1 —Ditto,New Halves, 5 c. dis.—Ditt (4 o4ittO , Valley, 7 p.—Nprth Staffordshire, 246 clis.—Sleet Cheater (late N. W. M.), New 13% Shares, % T h - PO' Shrewsbury, Oswestry, a n d Ch ester , 7% dis.- 6 ° ° ;;; - -'i'ti ft and Dover, 24 3 / 4 —Ditt o , N o . 4 , Thi r d s, 2% v i re 301 Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and G. N. E. Purchase, 1 1 A % p.--York and North . 111 '"" ference, 3 1 ,4 c. p. MANCHESTER, MAY 9. d, LOOrN STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Jiirk.enbe, shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6 19-16 dis.— East 1 1 - 14, (0 0' New, 7 dis.7—Lancashire and. Yorkshire, 82,. , Shis li „* 1 1, —Ditto (West Riding Union), 3% dis.—LiverP:s.J. ,o o chester, and Newcastle Junction, 4s. per -5/ 23r , e 1 01 1 ,'0 4 and North-Western (Man. and Birtn.), Quarters „e - as l / 1 ,0c 6 2 (late Hudd. and Man. Rail. and 'v - r ele fi r"ig ilis.—Manchester, Sheffield,. and Lincolnshire ,'„,"...•v 0 ' Y 8 c. p.— Ditto (Grimsby), 501. Shares, 21 1 iL"'";, ;4 ' l° ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 4% dis.,—North Staffer Cl9 A ' dis.—North Union (A), 199—Shrewsbury an—,S°4llv (Shrews., Oswes., and Chest.), Preference, %see' Eastern and Dover, 2% dis.—York, New , Berwick, Preference. p. or, f ew: ,' . : TRADE PAl S LE Y . —Ditring true 185. - 446 t0,0 , trade of this town has been in a very languid: if we are glad to learn that within the last 4 00 1 0 better feeling prevails in town. It is expeet e „t late order by her Majesty in Council in rayon!' n s' e f tr t manufactures will operate favourably on the iii- o sP e4 io' here. This circumstance, coupled with the P r rt , g in p ri the royal visit to the Highlands, has given a G.° 00 1 : 4 11/ petus to the fancy tartan trade, and by-and - , e ve our skilful and industrious population will b. employed.— ilenfrewshire Advertiser. • 13" MATHS. „Ad, On the 29th ult., a t the Rectory, Aston TYr— the lady of the R ev . J. L e i g h Hoskyns, of twin'soocop4- On the 4th inst., at the Rectory, Hought° ll ,htf r '4o 4 Beds, the wif e o f-th e R ev. Henry J. !tone, of adi u rf On the sth in s t., i n Berkeley-square, the la d y ° 15 4 Smirke, Esq., of a son . t he On the sth inst., at Chillenden Rectory, Ken" 11 0I ' the Rev. Egerton Douglas Hammond, of a fen. On the 6th i ns t., at Witley , Surrey, the wit ° - , ' 60 1 John Chandler. of a daughter. f, On the 7th inst., in Doughty-street, Mrs. Fr e " - )' dale, of a son. d ()I' A On the 7th i ns t., i n Chester-square, the AP Goddard, Esq., of a son and heir. clf the e On the 3d inst., a t G un t er ' s - grove , Furhani - t °4 jutl of P. Broe, Esq., f a slaughter. On the 3d inst., o at Blackheath, Hamilton-territeel;. vale, the lady of Ri c h ar d M ars h D unn , nscl., fa s° AI A A:RIED. On the 2d inst., at St. James's. Pieced-1 11 Y' th e Younger. Esq., of the Strand, to Sarah, relict 0 oil , Brian t, Esq., of Cocks our-street. Isf ig :sp et o l On the 3d inst., at Birdham. near Chichest ert h ot e Sampson, Esq., surgeon, Southampton, to Sti rs eldest daughter of the Rev. H. J. G. Bla ke, Budham. ". joel ° 13e ° ( nlse.ieb, On the 4th inst., at Wood-lawn, Da' ff Ate, `„}et' Samuda, Esq., aged 50. Londom •eat e " On the 6th inst., in Suffolk-place. , ate oct Douglas Douglas, Esq., fourth son of the I v et, r General Sir Kenneth Douglas, Bart. gargA" On the 6:h inst., at Kingston-on-Thame s, A e l of Mr. William French, aged 75: - On* , DO • London : Printed and Published M v E LOse, ti°' 0000 No. 112, Strand,"Printer, at The S u " be Strand, in the Precinct of the SavoY, Middlesex, Wodnesdv liay - }OO 180 ""