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

THE SUN, FRANCE. I roux personnel average per annum 3,534,990 f. At the i It is statiii that it WAS not the intension of the time the statement was drawn up (1851) the hi , z.bPst Goveinmi , nt to apply the;fii , vrer about taking. the . salaries were 4,501,+., and the l owest 25t. per inonth!— .. - .4tt)-ot aliegia i ie f to roe Pre,ident, to general offioers a startlit.g difference. F:rmerly, in 1743, f)r instance, who suers in exile. It was only appiio4hle to thou r tae r first i : m iog- i r n at 'h2 Grand o ,l ';era f only ree, eiv s : i i ar l y .so " o 4 f s . yeaf•• and the e_cuploytd at a chstancs, :or instance, Getietas Aupick, ' only 4.0001;a CastelbAjue, and utners, so far as the term granted to Guirnatd, onl- received- ce b l 4 eb u r t- te l d ur' d ' a r ns ti e - use, 4 330'. l ile dare:eat at pre- Aladlle. them is concerned. And that consequently there sent! when, at j the samo' theatre, artistes, w scarcely of wss no intention of depriving them of their com- first-rate excellence, receive as much as 80,000 f. a year! missions. , —nearly double the remuneration of the first magistrate The Constitutionnel announces that the French in France, the President of the High Court of Cassationl ship of-war, Charlemagne, arrived on the 9th at Amon g th e reforms now in prog ress, both in En g land Smyrna, after being refused the passage of the Dar- and France, is there no Mr. Hume to put a stop to this dandles. tax on the good-natured fully of the too easy public?— The sale of the pictures composing the gallery or Galignani s M essenger . the late Marshal Soult terminated on Saturday even• ng. The principal pictures sold on that day were— St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus, by Alphonse de Tobar, which brought 1,150 f.; Sr. Catherine, by Zurbaran, 1,600 f. ; the Interior of a Smoking room, by Davis Teniers, 1,210 f.; St. John, by Alonzo Cane, 2,800 t.; St. James, by the same, 2,100 f.; a Female Saint, by Zurbaran, 3,2001.; another, by the same, 3,300 f.; the Communion of a Saint, by the same, 2 100 f. ; St. Anthony, by the same, I,ooot. ; a Holy Family, by Ribero, 9,100 f. ; Sr. Anthony of Padua and the Infant Jesus, by Murillo, 10,200 r. ; the Repentance of Sr. Peter, by the same, 5,500 f. ; the Deaarius of Caesar, by Titian, a picture little more than two teet in height, 62,000 f.; S 4 C- The sale on that day produced 223 925 E, which added to those of the two preceding days, give a tctal of 1,477,830 f. Among the persons who purchased the principal pictures of the Spanish masters, are the Duke of Giliera, Count Pozzi di Borgo, the Marquis of Hertford, Count Duchatel, Baron Devaux, Messrs. Townend, Osborn, de Bruni, Roux, Mundler, Calle, for the Museum of Montpelier, bcc. The following p;c , ures were either bought or with drawn by the family of the Marshal, viz.—the Birth of the Virgin, by 'Murillo, which fetched 90,0001.; the Glorification of the Virgin, by the same, 5,000 f. ; Christ on the Cross, by the same, 3,100£ ; th e Mi racle of San Diego, by the same, 85 5001.; a Brigand 1 Stopping a Monk, by the same,Angels, ,000 t • Abraham 15 ~ offering Hospitality t o the by Fernandez de Navaretta, surnamed El Mudo, 25,000 f,, &c. DISCOVERY OF JUPI7 ER'S SATELLITES (From Grant's History of Physical Astronomy ) When Galileo first turned his telescope to the planets, he was delighted to perceive that they exhibited a round appearance, like the sun or moon. Jupiter presented a disc of considerable magnitude, but in no other respect was he distinguishable from the rest of the superior Having, however, e xam i ne d hi m with planets. a new telescope of superior power, on the 7th of January, 1610, his attention was soon drawn to three small but very bright stars that appeared in his vicinity, two on the cast side, and one on the west side of him. He imagined them to he three fixed stars, and still there was something in their appearance which excited his admiration. They were all disposed in a right line parallel to the plane of the ecliptic, and were brighter than other stars of the same magnitude. rhis did not, however, induce him to alter his opinion that they were fixed stars, and therefore he paid no attention to their distances from each other, or from the planet. Happening by mere accident to examine Jupiter again on the Bth of January, he was surprised to find that the stars were now arranged quite dif ferently from what they were when he first saw them. They were all now on the west side of the planet, and were nearer to each other than they had been on the previous evening; they were also disposed at equal distances from each other. The strange fact of the mutual approach of the stars did not yet strike his attention, but it excited his astonishment that Jupiter should be seen to the east of them all, when only the pre ceding night he had been seen to the west of two of them. He was induced on this account to suspect that the mo tion of the planet might he directly contrary to the calculations of astronomers, and that he had got in ad vance of the stars by means of his proper motion. He therefore waited for the following night with great anxiety, but his hopes were disappointed, for the hea vens were on all sides enveloped in clouds. On the 10th he saw only two stars, and they were both on the east side of Jupiter. He suspected that the third might be concealed behind the disc of the planet. They appeared al before in the same right line with him, and lay in the direction of the zadiae. Unable to account for such changes by the motion of the planet, and being at the same time fully assured that he always observed the same stars, his doubts now resolved themselves into ad. miration, and he found that the apparent motions should be referred to the stars themselves, and not to the planet. He therefore deemed it an object of para mount importance to watch them with increased atten tion. On the I 1 th he again saw only two stars, and they were also both on the east side of Jupiter. The more eastern one appeared nearly twice as large as the other, although on the previous evening he had found them almost equal. This fact, when considered in connexion with the constant change of the relative positions of the stars, and the total disappearance of one of them, left no doubt on his mind of their real cha racter. He therefore came to the conclusion, that hero are in the heavens three stars revolving rcund Jupiter in the same manner as Venus and Mercury revlove round the Sun, On the 12th he saw three stars; two on the east side of Jupiter and one on the west side. The third began to appear about 3 o'clock in the morn ing, emerging from the eastern limb of the planet; it was then exceedingly small, and was discernible only with great difficulty. On the 13 - 11 lie finally saw four stars. Three of them were on the west side of the planet, and the remaining one on the east side. They ere all arranged in a lino parallel to the ecliptic, with the exception of the central star of the three western ones, which declined a little towards the north. They appeared of the same magnitude, and though small, were very brilliant, shining with a much greater lustre than fixed stars of the same magnitude. '1 he future observa tions of Galileo established beyond all doubt that Jupiter was attended by four sateliites. He continued to exa mine them until the latter end of March, noting their nmfigurations, and recording the stars which appeared in the same field of view with them. GERMANY. The fact that the Prussian Chambers were pro rogued, and had disappeared as a Legislature, a few hours before the & Emperor of psis entered B-rlin as a visitor, has excited some notice and remark. Yet it was an taciden', and noting else. The prorogation had been fixed for the middle of May even b-fore the carne period was not i f i ed as that of the Em peror's arrival; and it has been eviient fur a much longer period that th e sess i on cou ld no t b e con tinued with advantage either to the Governm-at or the country. For six weeks past it has some times been difficult to get a House together in the numbers legally necessary to transact business. o fren during the sittings the Deputies would disappear, compelling the President to suspend proceedings. Six months of continual work had wearied all partied, especially as the public sittings are not the largest or most irksome part of the De • puties' duties ; it is the preliminary labours of the bureaux and commissions that are the most trying. Those who augured ill for the continued existence of the Chambers and for the Constitution generally, have been a little reassured by the handsome acknowle igrnent of the Deputies' services made by M. von Manteuffel in the address by which he ad journed them. The Government has no real cause of quarrel with either House. No chamber could have voted the budget less grudgingly or sanctioned the present and future taxes more generously. They voed one new tax even in the face of a surplus revenue, and poly negatived another because it involved a positive breach of contract. In ail essential questions the Government is strong i n both houses; and would be in a far more difficult position wi , hout them than with them. If they are in any peril, it is neither from the policy of Russia, nor the of its ruler to the constitutional form of government, but the apathy and indifference of the mass of the nation. , VHAT THE SIDNEY PAPERS ARE FULL OF. The file of a Sydney daily paper, since the com menceu3ent of gold discoveries, is quite a study for phi losophers. . . . In one week, for example, twenty five thousand pounds worth of gold has come to town, against which uprises a wholesale and retail grocer, who advertises that " Economy is a sure road to a Gold Field," and requests the public to look rather to his teas and coffees. Then our English eyes do, indeed dwell a little on his list, when we remember our own taxes, and see that the gold diggers may buy gunpowder tea at two shillings a pound, and sugar at twopence. No wonder that they make their tea in kettles. The next weekly Gold Circular tells us tf fifteen thousand pounds worth that has come in by Government escort—an un popular, because a dear conveyance, the charge being one per cent.; and, as for the gold privately transmit ted, adds the Circular, " When we know of one man bringing down a thousand ounces in a horse-collar, it is impossible to state correctly what may come into town, On the same day, a draper declares that he is determined to sell ten thousand pounds worth of haber dashery at an alarming sacrifice, " it being perfectly Evident that at the present time it is the only means by which a trade can be dune,"—and so on. In the same paper there is advertised number one of a new perio dical, to be called the Golden Aye; and another book- Beata announces as " the only readable book ever published in Australia, The Gold Calculator; or, Diggers' and Dealers' Ready Rockoner.' " That being the humour of Australian authors, an Australian musician offers, in the same good cause " The Ophir Schottische;" while the public is in various places strongly recommended to buy pumps and cradles. , In another paper we are told ot the first passage of " te le gold coach' through a private village, and of the consequent defection of the labourers. In the same paper we have news from Mount Alexander that might well turn the head of any villager. One person " lef t Melbourne on Saturday, and returned on the Monday week following, bri ng i ng fourteen pounds weight of gold with him, dug up by himself. Another- man, after working ten days, brought back twenty-two pounds weight. A friend of mine, a gentleman who only went to see, was anxious to try his luck, and begged a dishful of earth, to have, as he thought, a few grains to t a k e h ome w i th him; a few m inutes' washing gave him nearly two ounces of gold." The gold at Mount Alexander, the richest field discovered yet, lies near the surface. Two men there obtained four hundred ounces iu three weeks. As for the weekly Gold Circular, at Sydney, it gets poetical:—" In our first shipment, we could count the value of the gold in pounds sterling by hundreds; in a few weeks it rose to thousands; in a few weeks more it became tens ot thou sands; and we are fast approaching a period when each ship will convey hundreds of thousands." At the time when that was written —on December sixth—in the very few months since the digging was commenced, there had been shipped from Australia, gold to the value ot three hundred and twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds; and since that time the yield of gold has been increasing. At the same time, California continues unexhauste(l, and the field of gold in Russia ;has eularged.—Dickens's Household Words. SEABORNE MAILS.. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-other by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] 1 . When made up in From what' When PLACItS. General Post-office port die- due. London. patched. 1 America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 28 .. .. Liverpool ..arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) N June 1 .. .. Liverpool .. May 26 America (by U.S. pkt.) M May 25 .. .. Southampt. June 3 Africa (West coast).. 1•7114 th of the month Plymouth June 3 Alexandria* ...... Z1;19114 & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 28 Belgium • • .. .. NlDaily .. .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. . .. At 9th of the month Bouthampt. 'June 16 Buenos Ayres .. .. Id 9th of the month Southampt. June 16 Calitornia(viaCharree)Ml2d & 17th of month. Southampt. June 5 Cape of Good [lope Ni 14th of month Pkymouth • . June 3 Constantinople' ..... '2B;7th 17th 27th et molDovcr .. May 30 Central America .. Ml2d & 17th of mon. I Southampt. June 5 Channel Isles •• .. NiMon., Wed., & Fri.lSouthampt. Tu. Th. Sat Chili .. .. .. . M 17th of the mouth iSouthampt. 'June 5 France .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. ;Dover .. Twiced all) Greece* .. .. N,7th 17th 27th of mo !Dover •• May 30 t lamburgh .. .. NjTuesday & Friday !London .. Tues. Sat. iLdland• • • .. All Wednes. & Satur. louden .. Mon.Thin Vondurats .•. .. Nl7th of the mouth!Southampt. June 20 if i ,l,4nd . -- M& *Twice daily ....IHolyhead.. Twieedall) a(via Siouthamp.) 111 20th of the month'Southana t. June 20 ij ulla(viasi li 1 , P m e , iterrwi arsei es) N l Sthtt,24th efmonth , Dovor • . June 1 Southan,:an (via Medit an 'on) •• 11 , 20 th of the month douthampt. Jun e 20 Marseiii`Z" (via I 1 Mexic o • • .. N Eith& 24th ofmonth'Dover •• June I Madeir a 1: •• •• If 2d of the month..lSoathampt. !June 5 Malta* • .. If 9th of tke month Southampt. June 16 Naples' ..• 28 Papal States' . •• N sth 15th 25th o f me Dover • - Junci 2 reninsular.„ .1 •• N 1 51.11 15th 25th ef molDover .. 'June 2 Peru .. .. .. • • Mj7th 17th 27th et mo Southampt. jMay 26 Tuscan y* .. .. :: M,,, 11 7th of the month Southampt. ;Arrived West Indies ~ .. 1,1 17th ISthusth o f mo D over • . !J une 2 W e st Indies (exc ept 7th of the month Southampt. 'June 20 Savanna & Nassau) l e t:2 d or p _ I . The malls to ~..,__ as month .. Southampt. !June 5 ...,,.. c ounce thus packet via Marseill es. us marked 0') are conveyed b 7 French p Saturday the usual re.. RAILWAY ACCIDE N a l e tl erd e P ts a servan number of persons killed was the ern3 irsetlaottinpg e t c o em ra b il e w r a i y ast, was printed, for the half-year, ending passengers killed sengers .as 47,509,312. Th e num The number of pas own control; nine 113, and 264 injured. There were a , ts of companies or to their own and 13z injured, from causes beyond trirt p e an t i r o er o u r of contractors pas engers were killed and 14 injured Owing causes beyond misconduct or want of caution; 3 0 32 servants . of corn of contractors were killed and 17 injur their own control ; were killed and 11 injured owing to their want of caution; 33 trespassers and other persons , or passengers nor servant of the companies, Wier , neither nine injured by crossing or walking en railwa ys, killed and Was one suicide. The length of railways ope n fb There Of June, 1851, was 6.698 miles, and on the Ist of 11);"e 30th last 6,890 miles, being an increase during the half-year 192 miles of ' A PROLIFIC KENTISH WOMAN.—At the back of the cellar of Lincoln Cathedral, lies the bod y of Michael Honeywood, one of 367 persons w hom Mar y , Wif e of the late Robert Honeywood, of Kent, ancestor of the late m . p for the county, lived to see, lawfully descended from h er viz., 16 of her own body, 114 grand children, 228 great grandchildren. La all, 367 persons; 31 3 of whoul followed her to the grave, 1 HOLLAND. The Minister of Justice of Holland, M. NEDER• MEYER VAN ROSENTHAL , has resigned. A letter from the Hague, in the Independance, of Brussels, states that this will probably lead eventually to the diisolation of the Cabinet. It was rumoured that M. VAN SPENGLER and M. VAN SONSBECK, Minis ters of War and Foreign Affairs, were about to re sign. M. C. BACKER, King's Commissary in the province of Ovpryssel, was spoken of as the suc cessor of M. VAN ROSENTHAL in the Ministry of Justice. TURKEY. The Courrier de Marseilles publishes a letter from Bagdad of the 9th ultimo, which states that an insurrection had broken out in that province. The communications were intercepted, and the mails could not be forwarded but with an escort of 100 or 200 horsemen. The Arabs are masters of the country from Mossoul to the Persian Gulf. The Turkish authority no longer exists but in the fortified towns ; its moral furce has almost entirely disap peared, and it is time for the Government at Con• stantinople to put an end to this deplorable state of thing,. The French scientific mission had arrived at Bagdad; its labours will occupy its members for a year unless the state of the country should pre sent too many obstacles to the accomplishment of it. NATIONAL EXHIBITION, CORK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Dublin Committee Rooms, Museum of Irish In dustry, 51. Stephen's. green East, May 21, 1852. SlR,—Will you livour me by publishing the enclosed letter, which, I think, cannot fail to give additional con fidence in the public mind to our National Exhibition? I am glad to be enabled to announce the following additional subscriptions:— Sir Joseph Paxton „ ... £5 0 0 Royal Hibernian Mining Company, per Henry Gibson, Esq., Managing D►rector, London. 20 0 0 John Sampson, Esq , Cotton Waste Manufac turer, Stockport ... 5 0 0 T. W. Kinder. E- q., Contractor for Locomotive Service, Midland GI-slit Western Railway... 5 0 0 I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN C. DEANE, Hon. Sec. " of Ireland, 20 h May, 1852, "Sir,—l am desired by the governors and directors to inform you, for the information of the deputation from the Cork Exhibition that attended at the Bank this day, Zthat the Cork agent will be directed. by this night's post, aci pay to the executive committee at Cork the sum ot tio ;; *A this Bank's subscription to the National Exhibi °f the Arta, &c., to be held in Cork. • "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " John D . . " WIC GRAVES, Secretary. Atkin, E'q., 5, Merrion-square List." i/B - 41 , An immense 'elite s* , of statistics, • RICAL STATISTICS. the Chamber of ( do collected by order of C ommerce by a special commission, under the su view to ascertain then slice of M. Horace Say, with a fortda s i t l ate of trade and manufactures in the metropolis, such „."—though it seems a strange place to look for e r t t h ln tri at e io ai n—some curioas details the state respecting France. The gentleman ten ‘plast and present, in h as t rged with this part of the N. Rondot, inquiry, Ni- ct L like his colleague, con fined his researches to Par' whole of the country. Titnie'iratet 'ti ;ended tom a tot the is set down at 3 61 :of theatres in the 88 departments the small e ~I . ,__°6 out of that bar belonging of the Seine. The provincial boards do not a e i " Im at well supplied with performers, 40 itinerant companie s -- e a Provided with less than 280 theatres, 45 only m it/i °l3 duty for no stationary troupes. Tfiteosidempaatet d tm iu en t t he h aome lie theatre whatever, all three being M. Rond "t4- "Le \ zkre Basses-Alpea, and At dt)che. ot co new .. , tu t w g that the IltMlb,r of his general statistics by s . actors • musty estimated,. . and actresses in France is var 3,000 to 8,000. We are then the prop. timi ire iL.. s hown Under outs XIII h. n . crease of theatres in Paris. ~ Louis . 1 - 'e under was Only one theatre in the capita , 7 they increased to fi ve; there were six under Louis XV,, and under his ill-fated successor ten theatres were iu full play. I n 17 91 51 theatres Sprang by the year 1 807, , all monopolies having been a b olished , up all at once; but, we find them decreased to 34. At this period privihges and in the followin g were re-establi s h e d , year only nine were in existe nce • -I. aria, enjoyed ten theatres from 1810 to 1814, eleven fr om 1814 to 1819, fourteen f ro m 1819 to ree 1830, sixteen in 1831 , twenty-one in 1832, twentrth in 1846, twenty-five i n 1849, and twenty-t hree in 1851 ' Thieve twenty-three theatres contain about 34,000 places, and the average number f ! o apectators every night is calculated at 20 000. Holmes theatres, there are 1 45 places of amusement open in the capital and its vicinity, principally ' during the sunnier season-public balls, such as Mabille's, Cafi-concerts, Gaiuguettes, &II; 1136/Se establishments, are frequented by, it is estimated 24,000 persons per diem, thus carrying the number of pleasure seekers in Paris to 44,000 daily. Not t h e least inter estingpart of these statistics is that which refers to the reseipti of the metropolitan theatres, which 'have under. gone many variations, Gs may be seri' from the following account. . i rom 1807 to 1811 tht-ir average was nearly five millions of francs; from 1822 to 1826, nearly seven rriillions; from 1837 to 1841, they averaged more than tine millions; from 1842 to 1846, more th an ten; rid .iti 1847 they r ose t o e l even m illi ons . H ere M. Rondo_t discontinues his own fi gures, and quotes the Government returns which stand thus:—.lB4B, 10;460 6 ' 747 ' 4 "t 04 • ,1849, 7,715,570 r.; 1850, 9,959,785 f.; 1851, . stateme nt _. ofßondot concludes his return by a the i' number of the the P a ris theatres from p ersonnel employed in at the lower end of to e scale, that there are upwards of 400 box keepers it a l nd females, and 750 employes. clerks, &c., in the adrnoolaortions, whose aggregate sa laries amount to 740, /tc., are m Th e dress makers, carpen- Ins, scene-rhifters, amo nre t than 600 strong, and their average salaries the to 500,000 f. The number a o n f d m t u b s e i i e r ian a s gr ieegateincome orchestras is 630, is 600,85 V. We now come to the performers, ofmw e horn, according to M. Rondot, there are 1,152 men,.. and males. Of these 793 are artistes, and the remainder fe nder shoriatera and figurants. The enniumente of t,„- .. 12111110• LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY RACING FIXTURES FOR 1652. MAY, Epzona Cartmel JUNE. Epping Town, 1 Erich Lphharn Manchester Uoggeshall ll LT SD° l e v ua e tu r ti s w t o e e 2 3 4 Ascot . Beverley Maidstone Leith Lamberton Hampton l6 Newton renbury . l7 Macclesfield 2l Newcastle Bibury Stockbridge Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow Chelmsford.. Salisbury Newmarket 6 Worcester Lancaster J,rJey Ilbley l4 Liverpool Stamtord 2O Knutsford Nottingham Abingdon Goodwood UST. Ripon North Staffordshire Brighton Edgware Wolverhampton Great Yarmouth lO Reading Coventry ll Lynn York Radcliffe 23 Egham Stourbridge 3O Lincoln MBER. Leicester 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. 0. Chesterfield SEPT; War wick Whitehaven . ...... 7 Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford OCTO Chester Royal Caledonia❑ Hunt and Edinburgh Club . 6 Yorkshire Uniun Hunt 6 Wrexham NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn IRISH RACES TO COME. MAY. Newmarket S. 0.... Holy well Hunt Richmond Newmarket Houghton 25 Kilcock JUNE. Curragh 22 I Monkstown .... 29 JULY. Heath AUGUST. Down Royal Corp 3 Tuam Phoenix Park lO Ballinrobe. Itt.01:131/1011 SEPTEMBER. Curragh 7 I Johnstown 2l Limerick OCTOBER. Curragh l2 I Carlow Down Royal C0rp...... 20 COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY, MAY 24. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended Divine Service yesterday morning at Osborne. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley performed the service. The ladies and gentlemen in attendance, and the do mestic household, were also present. His Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge is ex pected to arrive to-day on a visit to the Queen. This morning the Band of the Royal Marines attended at Osborne, and performed the following Martinale at an early hour, in honour of her Majesty's birth day Chorale, the 100th Psalm (0. V.) Selection, " Flauto Magico" Selection: " Mr. Cayley, M.P., 11-td u« invirviow with Mr. Secre tary Walpole yesterday at the Home•ofce. The Bishop of SAlisbury had en interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Charles A. Titian, of Dominica, had an interview wi'h Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Bishop of Lichfield had yesterday an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole. Mr. Packe, M.P., had also an i❑terview with the Right Hon. Secretary at the Home office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta, and to the Lord ibgh Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were also sent to the Governors of Hong- Kong and Ceylon. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Council office. Judgment was given in an appeal from Bengal, " Lamb v Jumoona Dasia." A petition was heard, from " Morison and others," for an extension of Berry's Pa tent (Blast Furnaces). The Lords present were the Lord President, the Chancellor of his Royal Highness the Prinee of Wales, the Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, and the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities cf corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 12th May, 1852, to the 22d May, 18.52, both inclusive : g o 7. O Colchester Harwich Leigh •. sla'don 2 7 371 4441 1732 i2I 5- CHELMSFORD, MAY 21.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, 42s to 48s ; red, 378 to 42s ; barley, 278 to 30s; chevalier 28s to 335; grinding 22s to 289; malt 55 to 565; chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19a to 258; peas, partridge, 289 to 319; white, 299 to 31s ; boiling, 3is to 33s ; dun, new, 28s to 30s ; beans, tick, 26s to 30s ; harrow ticks, 278 to 318; mazagan, 251 to 295. COLCHKSTIR, MAT 22.—Wheat, white 44s to 478; red 39, to 42s ; oats, 18s to 228; beans, mazagan 26s to 278; middiF and small 28s to 31s ; peas, white 31s to 38s, grey, new 28s to 3is ; barley, 289 to 301 per qr. KIItKALDT, MAY 22.—The following are the quotations for grain:— . Wheat. 'Barley. First 44s Od 31s Od Second 42s Od 293 Od Third 37s Od 283 Od Oatmeal, per bag of 280Ib HADDINGTON, MAY 21.—T grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Oat& 22a 6d 218 6d 198 Od imperial, e followir Beans. —5 Od —s Od Peas. Od —s Od Od Ils Od. prices cf Barley. OatA. Bea is. First Second 4 ►s lid Third Total quantity of Wheat ii Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans 31s Od 23s Od 335 Od 293 ld 213 6d 31s lid 25a 6d 193 Od 30a 6J market 547 qrs., 530 sold do. 98 qrs., 98 sold do. 23) qrs., 16'1 sold do. 123 qrs., 111 sold COAL MASK . --YESTZRDA2'. Prices of Coal per ton at I Bata's West Hartley 13s 6d bundle's W. Hartley 13s 9d Carr's Hartley ..... 13s 9d Chester Main ]3s 3d Hasting's Hartley Holywell North Percy Hartley l3s 6d New Tanfield Ravensworth'sW.Hart 13s 6d Ravensworth Pelaw Tyne Main lls Odl anfield Moor 12s 6di Townley.. .... 12s Od Walker's Primrose lls 3a West Hartley West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close ....... 14s 3d Gosforth Harton Lawson l3s 6d Northumberland Shii a at market, Ae close of the market :-... Riddell ..... .... ..... l3s 9d Walker l3s 6d Harvey Wylam (uns.) 12s Od I tielmont l4s 9J IBraddyll Haswell l6s 3d Lambton Lumley Russell's Iletton Scarborough l4s 6d Stewart's .. ....... Plummer Denison l4s 3d Hartlepool l6s Od Kelloe South Hartlepool Thornley Cowpen Hartley gixon's Merthyr and Cardiff iidney's Hartley Ramsay's Garesffeld 23s Od 373 Sold, 107. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was very inactive to-day. The only sale reported was—Caledonian, 19 1 / 2 . LIVERPOOL, MAY 24 NTOCK EXC.IANO.E.—The business to-day was rather li mited, but prices had an upward tendency. The sales were—Caledonian, 12 3 4—Ditto, Preference, 8 7 / 8 Eastern Counties, 8 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72 3 4—Leeds Northern (late L. and T.), 16—L on d on and North Western, 1223,1--Midland, 68 1 A—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 70. MANCHESTER, MAY 24 STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The business transacted in our share market to-day was very limited, but prices continue firm. The sales were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 10 3 4 dis.—Eastern Counties, 9—Warrington and Al trinchani, par—Caledonian, 19 11-IG—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 16.16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72—Ditto, Fifths, 6 1-16 dis. —Midland, 6 8%—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 13 1 4. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 24. Srocr Exciraxan.—We have no improvement to notice to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices varied little from those which have been quoted for the last few days. The sales reported were—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley, 10%—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham (A), 7% —South Staffordshire, 1 dis. THE LATE FIRE ON BOARD THE B alma QUEEN. —Messrs. Henry, Cleaver, Chapman, and Co., of Liverpool, agents to Lloyd's, have addressed a letter to Mr. Court, secretary of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, in re ference to the recent fi e on board the British Queen, steam ship, from which the following is an extract :—" On examin ing the contents of the goods damaged by fire and water, ex British Queen, steamer, a very important discovery has been made, which may account for the origin of the fire. In a box slightly made and secured, containing a saddle and bridle and a wooden case, was found a bundle of paper-cases, con taining inciters for lighting pipes and cigars. The box is marked No. 2, P, and is now at our office: perhaps the underwriters would like to have it in the rooms for inspection when Mr Bisset, who examined it on the quay, can explain the condition in which it was found. The box came out of the ship in a broken state, and the conclusion we have come to is, that the matches have dropped out, and set fire to the cargo." A sample of the luciiers is exhibited in the uriderwriters' room, accompanied by a brass instrument, not unlike a pencil-case, which w as fill e d w i t h a su b stance very similarin character to that known by pyrotechnists as "slow match." Under these circumstances, the origin of the late fire on board th e B r i t i s h Q ueen may, no doubt, be attributed to the ignition of combustibles. The Royal M ar i nes are to be greatly augmented To doing duty the number of men from the insufficiency of relieving sen shiPa of war upon foreign etations.— Zentish Mercury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ;,', • HOUSE OF COMMONS, Ara y 24. The SPEAKER wok the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. C. W. GRENFELL took the oaths and his seal for Windsor. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said•he believA that it was clearly understood that the report on the Militia Bill was to be brought up on Thursday. Of course the third readiag could not take place until after the holidays. THE WHITSUNTIDE 'HOLIDAYS. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lurch' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Aberdeen Fire and LFe Assurance Company. Cheltenham Improvement and Health. Forth and Clyde Navigation. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Liverpool Corporation Waterworks. Sheffield Bridges and Streets. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amal gam ition. Limerick Improvement and Market. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 2). Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway. Marsden, Gisburne, and Long Preston Roads. Pedmore and Rowley Roads. Stroud and Bisley Road. Tramore Embankment. The following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Beaconsfield and Redhill Road. Cambridge to Ely and other Roads. Eastern Union Railway. Kettering and Northampton Road. Kingiton-upon-Hull Duos and Docks. Kingston and Sheetbridge Roads. Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement. River Humber Conservancy and Kingston-upon-Hull Dock The Bowden-park Estate Bill and the Manchester and Salford Educa ion Bill were read a third time, and or dered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from the Wes leyan College against the Militia Bill. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from Orkney against the Maynooth grant. Mr. L. HEY WORTH presented four petitions from four different temperance societies, praying the House to inquire into the causes and consequences of intem perance. Mr. NOEL presented a petition from Buckingham shire against the Msynooth grant. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland in favour of ocean penny postage. Mr. E WART presented a petition from Dumfries against the Maynooth grant. Admiral STEWART presented a petition from Dept ford in favour of ocean penny postage. Alderman KERSHAW presented a petition from a place in Monmouthshire against the Militia Bill. Mr. LOVEDEN presented a petition from Aberys twith against the Militia Bill; also one from Cardigan praying for the repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty. FINSBURY PARK. Mr. T. DUNCO MBE wished to know from the Right Hon. the Chancellor 6f the Exchequer whether he had received the new estimate for the Finsbury Park; and, secondly, whether he could hold out any hope of a Bill being introduced for the formation of the park during the present cession? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government h a d rece i ve d t h e new es ti mate , but havin g carefully consid ere d it h e did no t f e el that he should be justified i n b r i ng i ng in a Bill f or the f ormat i on o f t h e park thi s session as the data which bad been placed before hi m was not of a satisfactory nature , b ut th e sub , ject would continue to receive the attention of the Go vernment.—(Hear, hear.) OYSTERS. Sir GEORGE PECHELL wished to ask the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, whether any instructions have been issued to the Commissioners of Customs (in consequence of any representation from the French Go vernment), directing tho commanders of revenue cruisers to prevent vessels taking oysters in the English Channel beyond the limits exclusively reserved to the tishurmen of this country? Mr. HENLEY said an Act of Parliament was passed in pursuance of a convention with France, which prohi bited the use of dredges between the 18th of May and the Ist of September, bat the fishermen of Dover and Essex were opposed to the Act, and had memorialised the Government to relax it accordingly, while the fisher men on the coast of Kent were anxious that the Act should be strictly carried out. Under these circumstances, the Government had no alternative but to see that the Act was strictly enforced, so far as it related to dredging, but there was no law against the lauding of oysters.—(Hear.) In reply to further questions, Mr. HENLEY would have no objection to lay the correspondence and the memorials before the House. TUE BARODA INQUIRY. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know from the President of the Board of Control the reason of the delay is pre senting the papers relating to the Baroda inquiry, and the removal of Colonel Outram? Mr. BERRIES said such papers as could be pro duced were in preparation, and they would be shortly forthcoming. AUSTRIAN TREATMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS. Mr. ANSTEY wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the House might expect the papers relating to the expulsion of British subjects from the Austrian dominions ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the papers were printed, and in a day or so they would be laid before the House. IRISH RAILWAYS. Mr. W. 0. GORE wished to ask whether, in the event of railway companies having paid up a certain was i o proportion of their capital, and com pli e d w i t h cer t a i n . 2 conditions to be named by the Gover nmen t, th e Govern ment was willing to make advan ces b y way o f l oan t o Ireland ; and whether the Chan cellorprepared to state what the conditions were which he requir e d t o b e comp li e d w i t h before making such advances? railway ofco the Th e CHANCELLOR of th e E XCHEQUER sa i d Exchequer ni e companies i n the conditions precedent upon which loans were made to rai l wa y companies were contained in the Acts of Parliament by which the railway companies were framed, and Government took care that for each loan they made an equal bum was also advanced out of the funds of the company.—(Hear, hear.) In this manner the sum of 1,200,0001. had been advanced; and he was bound to say that the interest had been duly met and the instalments duly paid.— (Hear, hear.) Besides that 500000/. had been advanced under a special Act to the Irish Great Western Com pany; and if the Hon. Gentleman could bring a fair and proper case before the Treasury it should be as fairly entertained.—(Hear , hear.) METROPOLIS BUILDINGS ACT. Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the First Commis sioner of Woods and Forests whether he proposed to bring in a Metropolis Buildings Act in the course of the present session? Lord JOHN MANNERS said, it was his intention to bring in a Bill to reconstruct the Court before whom metropolitan building disputes were adjudicated. Mr. OSBORNE—This session? Lord J. MANNERS—Yes, if possible. CANADA RAILWAY. Mr. M'CULLAGLI wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the communications that had lately taken place between her Majesty's Govern ment and the members of the Executive Councils of Canada and New Brunswick who have come to this country, relative to the formation of a railway from Ha lifax to Quebec, have been brought to a satisfactory ter mination? Sir J. PAKINGTON said the negotiations to which the Honourable Gentlem an ' s question referred had now t e rminated, but whether they had terminated sa tisfactorily he must leave for the Honourable and Learned Gentleman himself to determine.—(Hear, hear.) The result, however, had been communicated to the Governor of the colony, and it was, that the Go vernment could not recommend the Crown to allow the Imperial revenue to becom e the security for the repay ment of the sum required for the railway. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. In reply to Sir J. GRAHAM , Sir J. PAKINGTON said the Crown was pledged not only by the New Z'etland Act, but also by a corre spondence which had s i nce taken place between the Colonial-office and the - New Zealand Company, to secure certain rights to the company which he men tioned to the House o n Friday The correspondence had already been printed, and was ° now to be found in one of ho blue-books.—(Hear, hear.) EXP LOSION IN MINES. Mr. CAYLEY s a id co ntinually great calamities w ere taking place from explaaions in mines. Oee occu rred the ocher day, when 60 d more recently were lost, an d another happened, wheu4vselsises werelost. Now he wished to ask, in the first place, whether any inquiry was being made into th e cause of these ap alling ca l a mities, and, secondly, wh e th er there would be any objection to ap point a Committee with the view of arriving at some means by whi ch such accidents cou ld b e rendered less frequent, it not absolutely preven ted? —(Hear.) Mr. WALPO LE said he hadreceived i n formation re specting the l ast accident, and some cause s for ithad been suggested to him. However, an inquiry was now going on into the matter and it would shortly be t of a er minated. I n t h e mean time he should h ave no objec tion to the appointment Committee to investigate the whole subject.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CAYLEY gave notice then that to-morrow he would move the appointment of is Committee.—(Hear.) THE REV. MR. I3ENNETT. from the R e y, Lord CASTLEREAGH said ho had r eceived a letter its Mr. Bennett, stating that there was not one word of truth in the rumour that be had joined the Ro man Catholic Church; and adding, that he still held holy orders in the Church of England, and had no intention of leaving it. Th e Noble Lord warned the House against placing too implicit faith in rumoured conversions to the Roman Catholic religion, and observed that the Roman Catholic Directory contained the name of a clergyman who not only a d hered to the doctr i nes of the Established Church, but was in possession of bis living. „. ABOLITION OF GRAND JURIE. In reply to Mr. FRESHFIELD , UER said he The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ saw no reason f or g i v i ng compensa tion to clerks of the peace and to th e c l er k s of t h e C e ntral Cri m inal Court There was consequen ce o f t h e B i l l a b o li s hi n g grand jur i es. was some diff erence , h owever , w ith regard to the crier, who received a f ee o f 6 d . f or e very witness who was examined before th e gran d j ur y, but he was not allowed t o take any fe e f or a d m i n i ster ing an oath to a witness in court. The Go vernmen t thought it would be a fair ar rangement to permit this functionary to levy a f©e on the administration of oaths to witnesses in court, and if a clause were proposed to that effect, they would gi ve i t their support. MILITIA DILL , Lu reP l 7 to Dir, 73141W3T Tho CHANCELLOR of tie EXCUEQUEI raid was his intention to move the adjournment of the House for the holidays on Friday next until the Thursday following. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A messenger from the Lords brought up the follow ing Bills, to which their Lordships have agreed:— Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company, without amendment. Somersetshire Central Railway, with amendments. Also, An Act to amend the Law relating to the cer tifying and registering Places of Religious Worship of Protestant Dissenters. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP said he felt it his duty to oppose the further progress of the Bill. He was surprised to find the Government bad taken up and adopted such a measure as the present, which was originated by the Noble Lord oppoeito (Lord John Russell). It was a trap artfully invented by the other sole of the House, and he warned the Government against the man-traps and spring guns which were placed in their way. The Star Chamber was a farce to the tribunal which was to be appointed under the Bill. There was to be a body of commissioners, composed perhaps of briefless bar risters, who were to go to various parts of the country and prey like vultures on the innocent and unwary. Such attempts at legislation were unworthy of any assembly, especially when a great portion of it consisted of Members who called themselves Liberals. A more inquisitorial, unchristian-like, and dangerous measure he never saw. Instead of doing any good, it would lay a trap for innocent men, and encourage perjury. Tee Hon. and Gallant Member moved that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. GEORGE HUDSON said he should vote against the third reading, believing that the Bill proposed to deal with the constituencies of England in a most unfair manner. He was quite satisfied it was not to the advantage of the country to pass such a measure, and he hoped, when it reached the House of Lords it would be kicked out. He could not conceive a greater insult to the constituencies of England than the present Bill, because it assumed that most boroughs were corrupt. Did corruption exist to such an extent as to require such a wholesale and sweeping remedy? He believed not, and he therefore hoped the House would not pass the Bill. Alderman SIDNEY saw no reason whatever wby the constituencies of the country should be subject to the injustice which was to be established by the Bill. The effect of the measure would be to encourage a set of persons who bad neither money nor character to lose to come before the commissioners for the purpose of giving evidence against the purity of bos roughs. He was no advocate of corruption, but he should oppose all Bills of this kind which were founded on such an unnecessary assumption as to the existence of evils, and which gave powers far exceeding any that had ever been granted under similar circumstances. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading ... 281 Against it ... 6 Majority ... ••• ••• —275 Colonel SIBTHORP th e n moved the following clause :—" I hat it shall be lawful to pay to every out voter residing within the prescribed distance of each city or borough, or having any other right according to Act of Parliament of voting for such city or borough, such allowance in money, not exceeding 55., as may appear, under existing circumstances, reasonable for travelling or other incidental and necessary expenses as may have been incurred, or to which he or they may have been liable in carrying into effect the exercise of his or their elective franchise on the day of polling at such election." The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. ANSTEY moved the insertion, at page 1, clause 1, line 9, after the word " that," of the words following, "any judicial proceedings have been had in some court of record of competent jurisdiction by which it bath been ascertained or made to appear, or that." Sir A. COCKBURN opposed the amendment. After a few words from Lord J. RUSSELL, the motion was negatived without a division. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, he could not see why this Act should not extend to counties. He should move certain words which would have the effect of remedying that defect. He considered that quite as much corrup tion was to be found iii counties as in boroughs. Take, for instance, the 501. tenants at will county voters. It was well known they were thoroughly dependent on their landlords, and as bribery was considered to be the giving of some "valuable consideration "to influence a vete, what could be more complete bribery than to pro mise a tenant at will the " valuable consideration "of continuing him in the possession of his farm if he gave his vote according to the dictation of his landlord? Tnen, with respect to treating, it was notorious that as much treating took place at election time in counties as in boroughs. He begged, therefore, to move the insertion of words which would have the effect of bringing coun ties within the operation of the Act. Colonel SIB rHORP hardly knew how the Hon. Member could reconcile his present proposition with the vote he had recently given on his (Colonel Sib thorp's) motion. As far as his own actions were con cerned, he declared he had never controlled a tenant's vote; and, believing tenants wore an honest class of men, be would not sanction any motion which tended to cast a reflection on them. Captain HARRIS was ready to support any well-con sidered measure for putting down bribery. Ho could not discover any valid reason, if inquiry were to take place, why counties should not be included. He believed there was as much bribery in counties as in boroughs, not from landlords intimidating their tenants, but from such associations as the freehold land societies, the ob ject of which was to bring the holder, as far as his vote was concerned, into subjection to the committee of man agement. This and other matters ought to be looked into. He believed that one side of the House was quite as much to be charged with bribery as the other. Mr. P. HO WARD would put down bribery by every means. if Mr. S. CRA.WFORD said, protection to 201. sad 50/. tenants was necessary i in England,t was doubly He should su pp ort the amend necessary in Ireland. ment. Mr. ANSTEY considered that the freehold land so cieties had done much goo d in the way of extending the franchise, and it would be for tleepraosmaostesersrtoed, that of those t societies to say whether it was true, the members held their h oldin g s uner the base t enure of placing their vote at the service of the society. He hoped there was some error in the Hon. and Gallant Member's remark. He thought it was not fair to go to a division without first hearing the opinion of h er Ma jesty's Ministers on th e im p ortant question involved in the amendment. Captain HARRIS s a id, the Hon. and Learn e d M em• bey had charged him with stating thatwhich was incor was, that m oneyevasadvanced to persons holding la nd rect. What be said from freehold land soc i et i es, that while the money was in c ourse of paym ent t h e vote of the party was to be at the service of the society. That was what be had been informed. Mr. Isnle4E was connected with a freehold l an d so ciety, and it wa s a calumny to say o the society i n ques tion interfered with the votes t the r f r , a hne individuals in an y way. The whole object of the societyand G was to extend Gallant Member, e ra (Flear.) The future hoped, would at someday name the society w hi c h b ec ause until that w as d did as he stated , done the calumny all land societies. He should be glad applie Go t had to say agaito hear what ernmen ast extending the Bill to counties. BRIGHT would speak particularly with respect to the in f ree hold land societyßirmingham and oth er societies in would ganchester, and assert that nothing of sort as stated by the Hon. and G a ll ant the Member cc. curred in those societies. He believed the Hon. and Gal lant Member knew nothing of the subject except what he collected from the newspapers devoted to his own party. Th ere was a land society, to be sure, p romoted by a Con-. se rvative party with which the Hon. Member for North Warwickshire was connected, from whose doings the Hon. and Gallant Member might have possibly obtained his impressions.—(Haar.) He denied that bribery h existed in large borough constituencies, suc h as Man Li v erpool, Fcc , or that a n y p et i t i ons had been presented in consequence of alleged corrupt practices. So, if the plea for exempting counties on account of the large con stituencies was good, why then the Bill was improper a nd unfair as far as lar ge b oroug h constituencies c oncerned. If one rul e was t o b e applied to boroughsr and another to counties, it was tantamount to saying that one rule of virt ue was requ i red for counties, and another for horouehs. Lord J. RUSSELL would expl lin why in this Bill counties were not inserted in the first instance. There were numerous cases of bribery brought against bo roughs, but none with respect to counties; so therefore it was thought fit to apply the Bill to cases which had been inquired into, but not to extend it beyond them. There was this further reason why no distinction was made in the Bill between large and small con stituencies—because it would be difficult in the Bill to draw a line, and to decide what towns should and what should not be included. The rea son why counties wero not included was simply that which he had stated. He saw no objec tion—if complaints of bribery in counties arose—in bringing them into this Bill; but ho certainly objected to insert such words at that moment, as the Ro n . Member had not given notice of them, nor had he pro posed their insertion in Committee. There were three notices of amendments, but not a word about this one. He considered the amendment was so important that it ought not to be adopted without no ti ce . L et the Hon. Gentleman give due notic e , an d then the question might be fairly discussed whether counties ought to be included. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would remark, in reference to the amendment of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, that, in any Bill for au inquiry into the conduct of constituencies, to limit that inquiry to a particular class of constituencies would be odious. His sincere belief, however, wds that there was no ne cessity for extending inquiry to counties, as the county constituencies were pure,,.—(Hear, and laughter.) He did not believe bribery was practised in counties—and he was satisfied if his opinion were not founded on good faith, they would have had complaints brought beio'e them, He would further say, he believed corruption in boroughs had been much 4-xaggerated— (Hear)—and that bribery was mainly confined to a limited class of bo roughs. H e did not quarrel with the suggestion of the Hon. M em b er. H e thought the House ought, however, not at pr e s en t t o a d opt i t, b ut to consider how, it would apply. S u pp ose t h e Houseinvestigated bribery of bribery at a country election, and suppose and corruption WON proud, had they any m if fa adopted, byease 15 JU AUG BER. .30s Oo Li; are 25, 1852. which they could proceed to disfranchise the c aunty? There was a' machinery far disfranchising heroughs— hut that machinery would not do for counties. low• ever good, therefore, the amendment might be, it had not been well considered with reference to the powers of the Act upon the House. If the Honourable Gentlemen would insist on having cot n-ies inserted it would be ne cessary to have other machinery. It le quired a differ ent machinery for counties, and he quite agreed with the Noble Lord that an amendment of such importance ought not to have been brought forward in this manner without notice. The machinery in existence was inade quate, and he would ask the Hon. Gentleman if, in case corruption should be proved, he was prepared to disfran chise, say the Weat Riding, and thus leave a consider able part of England unrepresented? He did not disap prove of the principle of the amendment, but as the ma chinery of the Bill would not apply to counties he hoped the Hon. Member would not press it. L)rd 11, GROSVENOR said bribery was not un known in c unties; he would instance West Gloucester; for a question was not long ego brought before the Committee, whether a certain Noble Lord had not, by the way be interfered in an election for that division, committed a breach of privilege.—(llear.) He approved of the amendment, and, if pressed, would vote for it. Mr. WAKLEY said, after what had just, passed, if the Right Hon. Gentleman could not adopt the amend went at once, the proper course to take would be to ad journ the debate. Teem must not be this invidious dis tinction between bouroughs and counties. The Right Honourable Gentleman said counties were pure; well, let them be kept pure by having something like his Hon. Friend's amendment hanging over their heads. But he did not agree in the opinion of the Right Hon. Gentle man. He believed as much or more corruption existed in counties as in boroughs; and he firmly believed that bribery in counties would soon be practised on a far larger scale than ever before attseempgkreeda,t. H because the stake in the present instance was move the adjournment of the debate—(No, no)—unless the amendment were put. After a few words from Mr. W. WILLIAMB in fa your of the amendment, Alderman SIDNEY said he knew crom his own know ledge that in the West Riding it was matter of agree ment between the contending parties to give tickets of refreshments, and also to pay the expenses of voters to and from the nomination, and to and from the hust ings on the day of the poll. He knew also that in the elections for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge it was the practice to pay the poorer clergymen their travelling expenses who came from a distance to vote, and also their expenses at Oxford or Cambridge during the poll. If the House agreed to the amendment he should certainly move that the universities be also in cluded in the Bill. Sir A. COCKBURN said there was only one reason why he objected to the amendment, and it was that stated by the Noble Lord near him with reference to the time and stage at which it was proposed; otherwise he concurred with the Hon. Member as to the propriety of applying the princip'e to counties as well as to towns. He believed treating prevailed to a considerable extent at county elections; and he also believed that other influences existed, which the sooner the attention of the House was called to them the better. When he found it admitted and avowed that a Noble Lord, a member of the House of Peers, had entered into a cor rupt contract in direct violation of the privileges of that House and of the rights of the people, and that his no minee to a seat in that House had been denied the privi lege of soliciting the suffrages of the electors in his own county, it was lull time the attention of the House were called to the subject. He fully concurred that the prin ciple of the Bill should be applied to counties as well as boroughs, but he felt the danger of admitting any amend ment (which would give the Bill a now character) after it had passed the Committee. Mr. HORSMAN staid that there was nothing in the Bill about disfranchisement. It only provided that when corrupt practices existed the House might address her Majesty to issue a commission of inquiry. He did not see why counties should be excluded. Mr. FLOYER said, he was as much opposed to cor rupt practices at elections as any one, but all the cases referred to in this discussion had, with perhaps one ex ception, been cases of treating, which, though against the strict letter of the law, were not attended with any great demoralisation. He did not think the House ought to depart from the usual course, by introducing a clause at that stage with reference to treating, which did not extend beyond giving a dinner to a poor elector who had come a long way to vote. He should certainly object to the extension of the Bill to counties. Mr. HUDSON confirmed the statement of the Hon. Member for Stafford, with reference to the elections in the West Riding. In all contested elections in that division of the county, it was a regular thing for the candidates to give 2s, 6d. and ss. tickets to their voters. He should not vote at all on the Bill, but he thought the universities ought to be included. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ••• ••• 109 ••• Against it ... ••• 71 Majority for the amendment --38 On the motion of Alderman SIDNEY the universi sides were also included in the Bill. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. STANFORD said before the Bill passed he wished to state, in a few words, his opinions respecting it. He conceived that no greater humbug could be per petrated than for the House to pass such a measure, when Hon. Members themselves had the means in their own hands of putting an end to them. There could be no doubt that at any general election there was from a million and a half to two millions of money paid in en couraging these corrupt practices, and he hoped the electors themselves would take the matter into their own hands, and by their just and reputable conduct spurn the practice which had brought so much disrepute on the constituencies of the country. It was clear that the great object of gentlemen coming into that House was either to enjoy the sweets of office, or to live in hopes of tasting the honey. Any man who acted upon principle, or spoke his sentiments honestly, would be voted an ass.—(Laughter.) The clause which the Noble Lord the Member for London admitted into the Bill destroyed any merit that it had. The Bill the would not prevent corrupt practices at elections, and only way to prevent corruption by the people was by that House setting en example of purity to the peop'e. Mr. WAKLEY said he had heard many queer spee ember ches w i in a that had ll i o a u s s t e , s a b t u t d o t h w a n t delivered by a e t e h r e e s li t o h n e complained . had ever heard. T he Hon. Gentleman had that there was no purity at elections. Well, surely, they all means knew that ball the only way t o p revent this evil was by of the ot.—(Hear, hear.) The p ballot would at elec be a sure preventive against corrupt practices lions, provided they had large constituencies.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman said that any man that would express himself in an independent manner in that House would be called an ass.—(A. laugh.) Had the Honourable Genternan been speaking his own sentiments? Mr. STANFORD —Yes. Mr. WAKLEY—Then what are you ?—(Laughter.) He was told that the Honourable Gentleman had pledged himself to form an intimate alliance with the purer portion of the borough which be represented.—(Laughter.) But the lion. Gentleman had not redeemed the pledge.—(Laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman was, however, to be excused, for he understood the fault was not his own. —(Laughter.) Yet there could be no great complaint of advances not having been made from other parties to carry out the alliance, after the character which the Hon. Gentleman had given of himself. They had at that side of the House tested the question of purity of election by bringing forward a motion for the ballot. Well, would it be credited, on the last occasion when the motion for the ballot was before the House, the Hon. Member for Reading voted against it?—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Stanford.) Well, how were they to have purity of election without the ballot? —(Hear, hear.) From the speech of the Hon. Gentle man he presumed he was taking leave of his political friends and of that House.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Stanford.) Wed, the Hon. Member had only himself to blame for this, because h e would not vote for the ballot. The Bill then passed. POOR•LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE BILL. Lord D. STUART, on the order of the day for going into Committee on the Poor•law Board Continuance Bill, moved that it be an instruction to the Committee ;hat they have power to make provision for amending ;he said Bill if they should so think fit. He considered ,he question they had to consider one of the utmost itn portence to a great portion e,f the public, for it was a fact that at any rate wherever there were parishes go. verned by local Acts a deep interest was felt in the Motion which he had to submit; and he thought that envyproifncipl which whoever was in favour of the principle of local self that vernment should support that motion. Lie believed the foundation of all the power, wt:alth, prosperity, and h 7 c o h n wonder the world, hanaddto contend. As freedom of this great country, and the for ta w a was had this made principle England re garded the present state of the law, could establish three propositions — f he considered that he led to litigation; secJndly,irst, that it certainly that inter preted by the Poor -law Board, the existing law, as the intention of its origil 1 was not in harmony with the system could not be 1 apromoters; and thirdly, that benefi cial. Its uncertainty was . regarded as salutary or Pancras, of which he illustrated in the ease of St. his belief on the should have to speak; and as to he might quote high other points which he had mentioned, (minion that the authority. Sir Robert Peel was of power of the Poor-law Board should not extend to • parishes d overt le by local Acts, and had always t h ought that g where there were immense masses of popul at i on well governed under local Acts it would not be found expedient to place them under the control of the co • airmosioners. He hoped Hon. Members would agree with that opinion of Sir IL Peel's. Was it not , on the face of it, much more likely that such parishes as Mary lebone and St. Pancras would be well arid har moniously governed, if they were under the management of the local authorities—men who, from their position iu every parish, m us t k now the wants, wishes, and require ments of the parishioners—than if gov erned by any me tropolitan board? Why, in these parishes which he had cited, with their enormous and continually increasing populations, the management of the workhouses was ad mirable; and this was where the officers were popul ar l y elected. He could not conceive that any poor-law board or commission could be more fitted to manage these affairs than the r epresentatives chosen by the parish ioners, then w h om he believed no more intelligent men could be found. lie h a d mentioned, as a result of the present uncertainty of the law, that it h ad s given rise to litigation in some well'hilOwu cases where the local board of directors or guardians of been brought into collision withthe the poor had Commissioners. There was the case of St. P - arleras, proper parochialn auth or i t i es, havi • i where the vest r y, or of the union, refused to reinstate him at the request of the Commissioners, and eve Commissioners tin 1 13, as was said, to afford the exP itlllitl94 of the circumsittnees under which they had dismissed him. He thought the ve•try of Sr. Pancras would have been ,justified if they had reused to give information to the Poor-law Boerd I but an point of fact they had not refused, for no request had been directly made to them What took piece was this—that on the 11th of March, when the Eight lion. Baronet opposite was in office, a letter was received from his office intimating hat the Board would not allow the vestry to dismiss the master without carrying the case by mandamus to the C )urt of Queen's Bench; but if the vestry had any charge to make against the master, the Board was ready to listen and to report upon it. That was the only manner in which information was requested, and surely that could not be called a direct request. He hoped the motion which he now brought forward would not be resisted by the Government. He would have made it though his politi cal friends had been in power, though he confessed with far loss hope than now, when the Treasury bench was occupied by Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who, on every occasion when the Poor-law Bill was brought be fore the House, had voted against is. Ia 1834, when the Bill wasfirst introduced; inlB39,in 1840,in 1841, in 1542, and again in 1847, which was the last time this Bill was brought before the House, the same opposition was given to it. In IS4I the present Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the Bill on the greued that it terminated the old parochial constitution of the country, and outraged the manners of the people for a mere sordid consideration. In 1847 the present Judge-Advocate objected to the power that vves grant d by the Bill to the Poor-'aw Board. The President of the Board of Trade also be e Imo actually impassioned in opposition to the Bill. He &clan d that the poor would regard the powers that were given to the Poerdaw Commissioners as a hard ship, Red that some clay the system would end in way that they would all be sorry to see. The Noble Lard the President of the Board of Works used similar language. The Chancellor of the Exchequer again opposed the powers that were vest, d in the Commissioners; and, still more important perhaps, th e present President of the Poor-law Board concurred in the opposition of his colleagues, and opposed their going into Committee on the Bill, because there was not el single disuse which he approved of. It was possible they might new have all received a new light on the subs ject; and if their conversion was sincere he would treat it with every respect; but it was only a few nights ago he had heard the Chancellor of the 'Exchequer declare that he had taken office with the intention of carrying oat the principles which he advocated in opposition.—' (Hear, hear.) If so, h e did not see how he could sue' port the pour-law in its integrity ; for these reasons, then , he hoped that the Government would accede to his 1150° tion For his part, he had other objection s to the poo r ' law. He believed that under its operations the poor were frequently exposed to great cruelty and oppression —that the system of medical relief was defective, and did not attain its object—that the poor often suffered from the enormous size of the unions—and that the, aged poor were treated unneces sary h arshness and rigour. Ho must, therefore, press the motion which he had proposed. Sir. B. HALL seconded the motion. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE said that the present . Bill Commissionerswa s only fir a of continuancethe Poor-law o Board w already hi ch h tepos sessed for another year, and therefore he thouget it was very inconvenient that the whole management of the poor should bo discussed by any Hon. Gentleman raising:a question of this kind. He did not think the law was so uncertain as the Noble Lord had supposed, for there were several decisions of the courts of law which established the right of the Poor-law Board to interfere in perishes which were governed by local Acts. It was true that a case had arisen in the parish of St. Pancras, to which the Noble Lord had re ferred, respecting the ri g ht t o di sm i ss t h e master of t h e union, and that question was still in dependence. NOW, if the Noble Lord should succeed in his uresent mottos, there would be an end of the question; but, then, on he other hand, there would b e an en d to a ll uniformity would law with regard to the r e li e f o f t h e poor; there w"de be one mode of reli e f t o th e north, and another m° de of relief to the s ou th of Oxford-street.—(Fleet' hear.) The Noble Lord supposes that all th e f parishes having lo ca l A cts were anxious to shake ° r the control of th e C omm i ss i oners, but it happened till' the very first deputation he had the honour to receive after accepting office from a metropolitan parish, asking for advice how they might relieve themselves for the operation of a local Act. It was plain, therefore, t hat parishes were not so unan i mous on this subject as te e Noble Lord supp ose d . I t was true there were font petitions in favour of the Noble Lord's motion; but from whom did these petitions come? Not from the rate' payers, but from the vestrymen—the parochial digni" l. ries who did not like to be controlled by the Poor- 10 Commissioners. And if the Noble Lord's motion wer e carried, it would exempt about one-eighth of the poPu la. tion and one-ninth o f th e p oor -l aw ex p en di ture f ro m th e u supervision of th e C omm i ss i oners , an d g i ve r i se to all the abuses which the Act of 1843 had put an end 10 ' It must not be supposed that these abuses existed on l l in rural districts—there were also malversions in townt l t and expenditure for eating and drinking which used t o be greatly complained of. He found that even the yes' trymen of St. Marylebone did not give entire satisfec; tion; for only the other week a successful oppositio e had been raised to the further cont i nuance in office of last year's vestrymen. As a res id ent f or sever al years in (hat parish, he could hi mse lf bear wimsea , t to the dissatisfaction that wa s general l y f e l t on tu point; and he held in his hand a letter from genth man who had long been resident physician Iv the workhouse, complaining of several defects—am ° g othcrs, that the wor kh ouse, which could only properly accommodate 1,500, wes somet i mes forced to c ontain . from 1,900 to 2,200; that there was no proper classifica tion. of the inmates; that the boys' school was close t,o , the men's ward, and the girls' school to the wolu en h , ward, and that communication took place between _ children and the adults, to the marifest injury of tea former; ; that the atmosphere of the establishment `vas prejudicial to infant life, so that about seven'y infests died annually in the establishment; while the num ber f ° inmates under medical treatment average d 600 , o r al; one-third of the whole. He (Sir J. Trollops) mig h t state that in 1843 a lengthened inquiry t oo k pl ac e befe , r e two medical gentlemen as to the rate of mortality ie r:! it Marylebone w o rkho us e, and they ma d e a re p or t wb!'.. gave very great o ff ence t o th e M ar yl e b one di g nitartol Ile Right Hon. B aro n e t th en rea d a comm unicatw," e o from Dr. Boyd, n e w connecte d w i t h a pau p e r lugl asylum at Wills. and who formerly held a medical al e pointment under the Marylebone vestry, showing, _t,, e hard lot of the little girls brought up in the Maryleet workhouse, after they lett that establishment_ to go to service among the small tradeq e e c 7 e 7l and shopkeepers in the parish, who el oug h them to do th e wor k o f exper i ence d servan ts, t There it was not at all suited to their years or station• t _ e two was no reproach on the character of either of s tu d rea d, medical gentlemen whose communications he Since dissolving their connexion with the Maer-ment of vestry they had both been appointed to the menikee evidence their evt pauper lunatic asylums, and he thought of was unimpeachable. He contended that the parishes Marylebone and St. Pancras—the former with a popula tionto of 200.000 and the latter 160,000—were much .° large to admit of the wants of the poor being properly attended to by local boards. The Marylebone vestry was occasionally termed the Marylebone Parliament,conertec hylebone from the circumstance of its being and of Hungary, and such . questions s s o t o act, provided they and perhaps they had a ri g ht into an arena for the discussion toifontlasseosmswetrhtolenragessof window-tax;Poland did not neglect the r e lief of ar i t s grievous faults of management For hheeisr of the local boards to remed y . instance, the parish and say that in those grea t of Marylebone bad no t followed the example of many other p whitohwenr there la ° o ch it werevras m But any he in the power metropolit a n parishes, and removed th e i r pauper children out of the precincts of the workhouse. He was sure that no man who understood the management of a work house would pay it was right to keep 400 children within the walls of such an establishment. —(Hear, hear.) A ll i o v e r . Bqe, among that they had done in M ary l e b one was to remove some sixty or seventy of th e c hild ren to a sea-bathin Ws; s b I t i . s G lim eo e r n g t e a , t a at Margate. Hanover-square, other ot h h a e n r d s , t t h h a e t parish might be named, and tha n w hi c h there was no better example o f good local mansgement,had removed their p a uper children to a healthy, d ry, a i ry spot at Chelsea, where they wer e out of the w a y or contamination, and where everything was done for their proper accommodation. But not so with that great metropolitan parish, Marylebone. It confined 400 children within the walls of its own work' house, subject to all the contamination they might re" ceiv fromc age. on thethe admixture of classes. He might cite ano ther22d of April last a motion was made in the Queen's Bench for a mandamus against the ves trymen of Sr. Mary's, Islington, to compel them, under the provisions of their own local act, to make a rite for the relief of the poor. The Learned Counsel who made the application Paid the object to be attained was "to command the defendants to cause a vestry meeting to be assembled, as by !djournment from t the meeting of the vestry on Easter Tuesdaylast. At that time a meeting wa s held for , the ascer taining what was the sunec e ssy ar ea y r. On that day th e vestry had assembled the die local act which w as i n to be raised fur the su m purpose of relief of the poor in th p resent estimate of the money that red for the maintenance of the p oor f or force in the parish , and an would be required ' the year was duly p resented, but the rate to raise the t ul h o o n l ey ecas;as not at that moment agreed to, b ecause, by act, other machinery was to be put in motion before the rate was actually made. The local act WAS the sth George IV., c. 125, which repealed several other acts passed for a similar purpose. The facts of the case were these t—Ou Easter Tuesday last there was a meeting, after due notice given, and an estimate was duly presented, declaring the sum required to be im pos•d for the relief of the poor amounted to 22,000 1 ., instead of 29,000/, as in 1850, and 27,000/ as in 1851. A motion way made that this estimate should be received a n d a d opted, and enter e d on t h e m i n utes. It was obj, c t e d that if it was adopted all further discussion would be precluded, and therefore it was moved that it shwald only be entered on the gn i ' flutes. This was d one. An amendment was then moved, that the sum necessary fur the relief of the poor was 011 3 penny. The motion was seconded, but was ultimately withdrawn; but in the, end the meeting negatived the proposed estimate. The poor were, therefore, left wi 11 " put provi s i on, except through the means of what sorao rich and charitable individuals among the parishiontra had advanced. The object of this application was to compel the defendants, under the provisions of their own local Act, to complete what had been begun, and not only to enter the estimate on the minutes, but to adopt the estimate and to make a rate," Now, what did the court do in this case? The court granted the applica tion, and, on the suggestion of Mr. Pashley, the counsel, who made the application, that th e ma t ter was one of pressing necessity, the court or d ere d t h at t h e writ should issue at once, instead of there being a rule to show cause. So that the Court of Q ueen ' s B e nch had absolutely to overrule the law of the land to gieg' relief under the circumetwoo, Nor, all that the