The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added, for three yrs old and upwards. Heats, the last mile and a quarter of the new Derby Course. 3dagnet .• • ... ~. 2 1 1 Mischief Red Doe Miss Nipper ... .„ dis DERBY BETTING ON THE CCURSE. Even on Surplice 6 to 1 agst Glendower 7 to 1 agst Nil Desperandnm 10 to 1 agst Springy Jack 17 to 1 agst Loadstone 25 to 1 agst The Fiddler 30 to 1 agst Shylock 33 to I agst Great Western 33 - to 1 agst any other. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. (From the Bombay Timm.) SUMMARY. The advancing season brings the usual phenomena of increasing temperature and its concomitants along with it, and movements, singularly sluggish before, are not likely to be in creased in their energy or vivacity with the thermo meter in the sun at 150 deg., or in the shade at 90 deg. The most important items of our intelligence continue to be commercial. Judgment has been given in the Supreme Court at Calcutta in favour of the validity of post-bills issued to the extent of above a million sterling, by the Union Bank. Though not only not recognised by the charter, but in contravention of its provisions, the existence of post-bills was known to the shareholders—their issue was acquiesced in by their accepting a share of the profits realised on them, and their validity was believed in by those who accepted e of them, and therefore in equity they are held valid. T a t . soundness of the views of the Court seem generall y quiesced in, though at variance with the opinionsor extend previ ously given by counsel. This will maintai n the responsibilities of the shareholders in a.proportionion as it protects the interests of the bill-owners. The ppects the share of the bank seem to darken on every side • holders hold back in stolid a p ath y , while the Creditors are beginning to push thei r claims with relentless determina tion. The debtors of the bank, and those who . have lite rally made away with a couple of millions of its funds, d with a ge ntleness and forbearance which a co ie ntr t as re t ate s ingularly with the warmth with which the un happy shareholders are urged on. Mr. Ayrton, attor ney, has been sent rour d by the Commercial Bank of Bombay, to insist on early payment of the 40,0001. of its funds appropriated to their own uses by the Union Bank wheu sent to them for the purchase of bills ou England. The members of the Cal cutta Bar have unanimously refused to hold briefs along .with Sir Thomas Turton, one of those most deeply implicated in the bank transactions. Sir Thomas was, it may be remembered, secretary to Lord Durham in Canada in 1838. He was a barrister of much repute and high practice. Shortly after his return to India he became Ecclesiastical _Registrar of the Su preme Court, with a salary of 6,0001. a year. While in this position he speculated largely with the funds committed to his charge—the deficit amounting to some 50,000/. On these coming to light he resigned his appointment, with a view of resuming practice at the bier, ween his brethren refused to accept of briefs along with him. Mr. Gre.nt.;son of the late Chief jus tice Sir John Peter Grant, seems to be in not much Bette: favour, and for kindred reasons. The firm of Carr, Tagore, and Co., of Calcutta, have become insol vent. The liabilities of the house amount to 254,6201., and the assets to 290,2951. Inability to meet present demands upon them has been the cause of the firm . suspending business.—The error in the Act (No. VI. of 1847) repealing the duties on all goods .4hippedefrem •port to port in the Company's dominions, has been detected and amended, as we ex pected that it would. The Act is now in operation. —The houses of Barlow and Co. and H. Adam and Co., at the Mauritius, have declared themselves insolvent. Their liabilities respectively are 337,965 dollars and 2,378,293 dollars, _ and assets 107,800 dollars and 1,043,580 'dollari.—lslam Khan, the Boegtie Chief, who surrendered himself in September last after the brilliant action of Lieut. Merewether, and who had been located by Government on the rich lands near Larkanah, has fled with his family to the hills. He is expected to be joined by all the members of his tribe, and it is apprehended that he may give us souse trouble on the AwfissrHgrealunanitientn i lllgnE t tileutg e pg: prietor, Mr. Von Geyer, late clerk in the Commissariat, having been placed in confinement on suspicion of pecu lation from Government. Some improper allusions having ten months since got into our paper through inadvertence in reference to this gentlemen, he was allowed some months' leave from the late Governor of Sinde that he might proceed to Bombay and prosecute the Bombay Times. Every reparation that could be desired having been voluntarily made the instant it was discovered that injury had been done, the idea of legal proceedings was dropped, much to the disappcintment of Lbw who had encquraged it e ---Sindenthroughnnt has become for the:present trans formed from one of the most sickly to one of the most salubrious of the provinces we possess ; it still re quires . seventeen thousand men to guard it. The Commissioner, Mr. Pringle, returned two days since to the Presidency on domestic affairs—he and his family will shortly return to Kurrachee.—The Dewan of Mooltan is said to' have agreed to surrender to the Lahore State the lease by which he at present holds this very valuable districta:L-Mr. Vans Agnew was to proceed thither, Capt. Lumsden joining him from Peshawur. Her Majesty's 10th Regiment of Foot had moved into the new barracks built for them at Anarkullee. The weather was warm, but the health of the troops was excellent.—A public meeting, numerous and respectable almost without precedent, took place in the Town Hall on the sth for the inauguration o!' the Mechanics' Institute lately estab lished amongst us. The Chief Justice, Sir Erskine Perry, presided, and delivered a very excellent address on the occasion. '1 he other speakers were Professor Giraud, Mr. Crawford, barrister, Mr. Conybeare, civil engineer, Lieut. Burke, Mint engineer, Dr. Buist, Dr. Downes, Deputy Assay Master Mint, Archdeacon Jetferies, andahe Rev. Drs. Stevenson and Wilson. Go vernment and the community generally, have done everything in their power to promote the interests of this promising and praiseworthy institution; the Chief Justice has subscribed 100/. to its funds. • Some discus sion has occurred on the subject of uniting the institu tion with the Native G enera l Library, an admirable institution, over whose. interests the Chief Justice also presides; to us it appears that the two are much more likely to be useful separately than combined. A subsciption for a testimonial to Lord Hardin e is presently in progress throu g h out the northern div is ion of the Bombay army. Up war d s of 1 0004 has in the courso of the past fortnight been s ubscr ib ed in the Bombay presidency to the fund for the reliefof the family of the late Captain Stokoe, murd ere d by t he con victs under his charge while commanding th e s hip General Wood. The troops have been directed to withdraw from the hill country during the 'sickly season. Hi s H ighness the Raja of Sattara died on the sth insta nt , in the 46t1: year of his age; he had occupied the throne since the deposition of his brother in 1839, and ruled wisely and well. He leaves no heirs behind him, and the country lapses to the British . Government : its net revenues amount to 150,0004 a year. It will for the present, it is understo6ci, be placed under a Commission. GREECE• --- By the Levant mail we have received Athens journals to fhe 9th and Constantinople journals to the 6th instant. The Courrier d'Athenes of the 9th eontains the following account of an attempt to mur der M. Mussußus, the Turkish ambassador at the Court of Greece : " A deplorable event has just occurred, th add to the sad picture which Greece now presents. In the after noon of the sth, M. Mussurus was in his cabinet with his wife, when one of the servants of the embassy en tered suddenly and fired a pistol at him. The minister raised his arm to protect his head, and received the discharge in his elbow. The assassin fled im mediately, crying, Long live Greece ! I pain the the tyrant ; ' but he was arrested in the street and lodged in prison. His name is Apoa toll Nadir, a native of Constantinople, and 25 years of age. It is said that he had no personal resentment against -M. Mussurus, who had in fact always treated him with great kindness, and his crime is generally as cribed to political fanaticism. The wound of M. Mus surus was instantly attended to, and two shots were extracted, but there are three others still remaining, having lodged in the bone. On hearing of this event, the King immediately sent his ade-de-camp, Rear-Admiral Sahini, to express to M. MusEurus his deep regret." The rebellion In the Northern Provinces still continues. TURKEY. We read in the Gourrier de Constantinople, of the 6th:— - • -- • pacha, Sinisterzir the ot In consequence of the dismissal of the Grand V' lteschid Pacha, his Excellency Alt Foreign Affairs, has tendered his resignation to Sultan. On Thursday morniug the Grand 'via: sent an officer to Ali „Pacha, to announce to hire that his resignation was acce p ted, a nd to receive from him his insignia. At the same time Rif at . 1 Facha, Minister of Finances , and Naha Pacha, t nern t wr or the Grand Council and Minister without a Portfolio, were sent for to the Imperial Palace, where the Sultan delivered to the first the insignia of Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to the second those of Minister of Finances. 'The two new Ministers, attended by two officers of the Palace went to the Sublime Porte, where, according to usage they were present in the Hall of the Grand Coun cil, where the imperial decree appointing them to their new functions was read by the grand reporter, Fuad Effendi. After this the two new Ministers received the congratulations of all the high functionaries and officers of the Sublime Porte, after which they took their seats in the Grand Council under the Psesidency of the Grand Vizir." The same journal has the following : The cholera-morbus has within the last five or six days shown itself with more alarming symptoms than ever. A considerable number of cases have occurred at Has-Beni, Balate, Arnaout Keui, and on board several merchant vessel& According to the returns of the board of health there have been 27 cases in the diffe rent suburbs of Constantillople. At Has Keui the mor tality has been so great that several Jewish families of the village have left their habitations and encamped themselves in the plains of Kiat•Hane and Ali Bey Keui." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS• NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 267 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ••• ••• , el!, Turbercular Diseases... ... ... ••• ••• 1 " Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 105 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ••• 28 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 113 Respiration ... ... ... ••• ••• Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs __. 56 of Digestion... ••• ••• 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 Causes not specified ... ••• ••1 DEATHS FROM ALL CAIIIIXII ... Population Enumerated, 134 h West Districts.•• 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Females ... 42 969 Males Females Total ... ♦verage weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Springs. Week. . 143 130 . 182 189 • 171 162 . 199 ... 233 . 248 256 ... 481 ... 488 ... 1,367 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1848. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed Bristol Docks Transfer Bill. Lanark and Hamilton Court House and County Rates Bill. Midland Railway (Alteration of the Line and Branches near Wellingborough and approach to the Welling borough Station) Bill. CLIEgTER Agll HOLYHEAD RAILWAY BILL. On the motion that the report of this Bill be con. sidered, Mr. GROGAN rose to oppose it on the ground that it was contrary to the standing orders of the House, and besides, would give a railway company the monopoly of the steam-boat traffic, which could not fail to be at tended with great disadvantages to the public. He therefore begged leave to move that the report be read this day six months. Mr. HUME seconded the motion, and said he con sidered if the Bill were passed that it would establish a system which would be totally ruinons to all fair com petition. Sir ROBERT PEEL said he was Chairman of the Committee upon the group of lines of which the Chester and Holyhead formed one, and that the Committee were of opinion that it would be to the public advantage and convenience that this company should have the 'power of applying a portion of its capital to the purchase of steam-vessels to complete the line of communication between Ilolyhead and Dublin. The Government had always looked upon the railway as a great national undertaking, the terminus of which was not, in fact, Holyhead, but Dublin, and the public advantages offered to them so great that they had departed from the ordinary rules and granted a sum of money to assist in carrying it out. For himself he must say that great advantages resulted from placing in the hands of railway companies the power to carry their passengers by steam-packets. In the first place it prevented any chance of collision between parties; and, in the next, the officers of the company might be employed in connexion with the vessels, to the convenience of persons proceeding by the railway. election Committee appearedatatphpeoLElCESTEßbar re ad E n d L t o E t C r y T I t O i t e N . Mr. BROWN opposed grantingwmerits of this The e r t e h s e worn. proposed powers to the railway company. Mr. LABOIJC LIEBE • said the question before the House was one of unusualinterest, both with regard to the way in which th private business of the House should be transacted, and in ion with the interests of railway companies and t n he "n u u b e T his special attention to the matter , pic, and having given he wished to say a few words to the House with respect laid down by the Right Hon. to the principle Baronet a (Sir R. Peel), have whether railway companies should ethe power of becoming steam-boat proprietors. He wished tostate i that it bad received the serious attention of the Committee t') whom such matters were usually referred ; and s m ub u se qu ently, at the request of that body, by the Board o f Trade, whose opinions with respect to the Bill were so fully stated in Mr. Letevre's letter that it was unneces sary for him to trouble the House with them. It must be a matter of sincere gratification to all interested in the matter that the question had been since considered by a Committee of which the Right Hon. Baronet was a Member. He (Mr. Labouchere) con fessed that he had approached the consideration of the Bill with a strong impression on his mind against allow. ing railway companies to become steam-boat proprietors —(Hear, hear)—and, although his mind was altered in that respect so far as this company was concerned, he nevertheless considered that no such power should be delegated to railway companies, except under special circumstances. This was the strongest case that could ' be adduced in support of the principle contended for in the Bill ; and unless the House was pre pared to refuse such powers to railways in all cases. they must accede to the reception of the report. The 'whole purpose of the Chester and Holyhead Cm was the establishment of goo d commun i ca tion between Holyhead and Dublin ; an d t h ere f ore i t h a d i n terest than any o th er b o d y i n k eep i ng t h a t communication in good condition. B u t th e Bill n d clauses restricting the f ares t o a cer t a in greatercoo t apia Company amount, and continuing the powers for a limited time only, and the whole matter could, under the Bill, be opened after a limited number of years, so that Par liament might revise the fares and discuss the whole question at issue. He thought, therefore, that the com pany should be empowered to invest money in steam boats to ply between Holyhead and Dublin. Mr. BERNAL would not enter into the principles involved, but he wished to point out that no special report had emanated from that Committee of which ''he Right Hon. Baronet was a member, to the effect that tnis case was an exception to the ordinary rule, and that it should be acceded to. It way a matter for extreme regret, and one for which the House should take shame to itself, that no really definite rule had been laid down, session after session, for its guidance in these matters; so that in this case the Committee did not know whether to look the report of the Board of Trade published in March, oridecide upon the matter on their own responsibility. He thought it to be his duty, whenever he could, to point out the evil to the House of the system at present in existence, and the clause that he had proposed was a clause simply to enable Parliament to revise the decision of its Committee. Sir R. PEEL said that the grounds upon which the Committee had acted were, that as there was not a rail way, they were not called upon to insert the clause. No one could wish, or was more anxious than he was, that the standing orders of the House should be strictly com plied with. It roust, however. be remembered that the House had limited its report. After a few words from Sir W. HEATHCOTE, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the report Against it Majority —l2o The report was then agreed to. CHELTENHAM ELECTION. The Members of the Cheltenham Election Committee were summoned to the table and sworn. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (EXTENSION OF THE BERKS AND HANTS. On the question that the report upon this Bill be read, a lengthened discussion arose as to a discrepancy in the Bill, in not defining the purposes to which the capital raised under it was to be devoted, and ultimately Mr. LABOUCHERE mvoed that it be re-committed, in order to introduce into it a clause, stating the general purposes for which the money is to be raised and ex pended, which was agreed to. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY, (LONDON-BRIDGE AND NEW CROSS STATIONS, &c.) BILL. Mr. GRENFELL moved the reception of the report. Capt. PECHELL opposed the reception of thereport of the Committee, on the ground that the line did not afford the accommodation it should to the poorer olasses, as the company had stopped day-tickets, increased the fares, stopped many of the trains, closed several of the stations and moved their goods station from London bridge to New Cross; and within the last few days a meeting had been held at Brighton to oppose this Bill, so dissatisfied were the inhabitants with the conduct of the railway. He thought when parties consented to a line, perhaps because a particular station should be erected, that Parliament ought not to allow railway companies to close it. Mr. GRENFELL said the public generally formed unreasonable expectations with respect to the benefits they ought to receive. With respect to the Parlia mentary train, the directors would be happy to give full explanation in relation to their conduct in respect of them to the tribunal appointed by the Legislature. Sir DE LACY EVANS said he should oppose the Bill at a future stage. The report was then received. REPORTS. The following reports were then received and agreed to: - Caledonian Canal Bill. Furness Railway Bill. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (London bridge and New Cross Stations, &c.) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Station Approach in Manchester) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Station at Sheffield and Branch to the Sheffield Canal) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junction with the Midland Railway, via Barn; ley, and Branches therefrom) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Crossing of Sheffield-street in Manchester, &c.) Bill. Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Bill. Oxford Paving Bill. Oxford, :Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. I—lncrease of Capital) Bill. Payne's Patents (Improvements preserving Vegetable Matters) Bill. Vale of Neath Railway (Power to the South Wales Railway Company to subscribe, and Amendment of Acts) Bill. COLONIAL EXPENDITURE. vuSjritd3uuy TcIFVOQI33r &PMP ar gall gra iEntiOn - Of the House to the colonial expenditure and government. SPAIN.—DEPARTURE OF SIR H. BULWER. Lord PALMERSTON, in ii;swerioa question from Mr. Bankes, stated that her Majesty's Government bad that morning received dispatches from Sir H. Bulwer, from Madrid, to the 17th instant, in which it was stated that Sir H. Bulwer was about to leave Madrid, that he had received his passports from the Spanish Govornment for that purpose, and that it was his (Lord Palmerston's) intention to lay the correspondence on the subject on the table of the House on Thursday next. (1.1117 SITTING.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Cu rr ent 0 0f2:1a723.) SUGAR.—To day the market was in a satisfactory position for ail descriptions of raw Sugar; home buyers purchased with more readiness, and for all sorts enhanced rates were obtained. ,and The demand was good for West India of all kinds, and the prices paid 6d per cwt above those of Friday. s firmness manifested by holders. The sales 425, middling 40s to 40s 6d to 980 hhds and tics, including a o n p hhds of Barbadoes, which went advance—fine yellow realising 43 t o 24'3hser6ed g d u bl ic were a u readily at 6n i t n i n o h n of 2 i n I re s . , ' d per cwt amounted good was s 41s to Berbice realised 38s to 39 3 for l i o d w 38s 6d. 40 hhds of m and good strong grey. quest by the borne trade, and prices ruled firm at 54s r tor standard, and at 56s for b Bonded crushed Sugar there wasown grocery lumps. In 27s 6d to 2 8s are the rates asked df not much passing, but for fine quality. MAURITIUS.—This after noon the demand was active for all sorts of Mauritius Su auc tion were all sold at 6d to is gar ' and 4,368 bags at p cwt advance. E AS T INDIA.—This afterno e o r ti ßengal Sugar was in excellent request , but the market wa plied. At pub lic sale 8,853 bags 3 more freely sup plied, were sold at 6d, and in some cases is advance. FOREIGN.—This afternoon a fair ‘ amount of business wa s concluded pri v at e ly in Foreign Sugar of ; at auction 403 hhds, 54 tre y, and 27 b arrels Muscovado were sold at 6d to is advance. CoFFEE.—Thts afternoon there • was an active demand for Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and 2,010 bags at auction we re sold at Is t o 2s p er cwt advance, nearl y the hole consisted of the lower qualities—ordinary went at 28s good ordinary' 29s to 325, fine ordinary 341 to 365 6d , , triage 17s to 295, damaged 19s to 26s 6d, low ordinary pea berry 365 to 38s 6d. The market totalss firm for Native; good and real good ordinary at 31s a fair business was concluded. Cocoa..—There are sellers of all descriptions of West India upon reduced terms, but the sales made by private treaty have been limited in all sorts, and arrivals are upon a more extended scale. At auction 127 bags Grenada were disposed of upon lower terms, middling red went at 40s, good and fine 42s 6d to 445, but 604 bags Trinidad were taken in middling good bold grey at 44. to 455, good dark red 45s to 46s per cwt. For auction 300 bags of Trinidad are announced. TEA.—In Congou large purchases have been made in all descriptions, and the rates paid are fully equal to those previously current. The market is less plentifully supplied, whilst merchants display firmness. To-day the quantity of Tea offered at public sale amounted to 3,500 pkgs. There wa s a good demand, and the chief part sold ; black at full rates, and green at a small advance. RlCE.—Although all kinds of. East India can be pur chased upon rather lower terms, still there is no increase in the export demand, and home buyers make purchases with caution; there is also no decrease in the supply. Privately only small parcels have been disposed of. At auction 3,000 bags of Bengal found buyers at 8s 6d to 9s for middling broken dusty white, low is 6d to Bs, and damaged 2s 6cl to 95 per cwt. Carolina is not much in request, and can be obtained at 21s to 25s for town dressed. Patna is dull of sale, and can be obtained at 12. to 16s. SPICES.—This afternoon a good demand was expe rienced for Mace, and 14 cases of Penang at auction were all sold, realising full rates. Nutmegs are wanted, and 25 cases 6 bags went at full market rates. Ot Cloves, 50 cases went at Is 3d for middling rather small dull Penang. CocursreaL.—This afternoon there was no increase in the demand, and the market was abundantly supplied. At public sale 100 pkgs of Honduras were offered, and a part only sold at former rates for the better kinds, but inferior went ld so 2d cheaper. SasreeTass.—The market has been in a dull state for Rough sin ce our last report, and there are sellers upon rather lower terms. British Refined are not much in request, and can be obtained at 36s 6d to 37a per cwt. Nitrate of Soda has been dealt in with caution. SPIRITS.—The market for Geneva is inactive, and sellers • are willing to accept Is 9d to is 10d for ordinar y , and 2s 8d to 3s 3d for fine home trade kind. For Brandy the market is inactive, and the t en d ency of prices is to decline, us large parcels are near at hand. Cognac best brGnds of the vintage of 1846 can be obtained at 4s 8d to 43 10d, and 1847 at 3s 811 to 3s 10d per gallon. For British Corn Spirits the demand is active, and former rates are well supported. This afternoon there was little passing in Rum, and holders are not so firm; East India proof can be oh tained at is 64 to is 7J, and Leeward bland is Bid to ls 9d. TALLow.—holders of Russian are willing to make a furthtr concession in the value, and accept 45s Ei I to 46a per cwt fur fine P.C. Candle on the spot, still the trade continue to operate with much caution, on account of the decreased consumption. The s a l es made for forward delivery have been trilling, and sellers are ready to accept 44s 6d to 45s per cwt. Home made is not in demand, and can be obtained at 46s to 46s 6d per cwt nett cash, there is also an increased quantity on offer. For other sorts of T a ll ow p r i ces k ee p on the decline, and there is no decrease in the supply. At auction 13 casks of new South %Vales were sold. The value of roneh Fat is 2s 71d per stone. For auction 600 casks of Tallow are declared. OILS —Prices are further depressed for all descrip tions of common Fish Oils, as the demand continue on the decrease for all purposes, and there are further ar rivals. None has been submitted to public sale, but privately the market is well supplied. Cod has been obtained at 241 lOs to 251, still the purchases made have been trifling. Seal has been operated in with caution, and there is a desire to sell pale at 251 to 251 10,,, tinged 241 10 , , straw 23/ lOs to 241. yellow 23/ to 231 ss, and brown at 221 to 221 10s. The demand tor alt snort of Southern has been extremely limited. Sperm is little wanted. Alibouo Linseed Oil is only in moderate sup ply, the con-umption is large; yet prices have declined. Li Rapseed Oil there has been less bust ness. done, but prices are steady. The market for Olive is inactive, and at arrivals are near at hand, holders evince a desire to sell. Cocoa Nut is little wanted, and prices continue to decline. Palm is dull of sale. Lard Oil is offered at 46s to 48s, and Ground Nut Oil at 38s to 38s 6d, but few buyers are to be met with. THE NEW DISTRICT CHURCHES, DEVONPORT.— Two of the new churches in this district, we understand, it is contemplated to commence the erection of this year: that for the district of St. Stephen, in George-street; and that for the district of St. James, Morice. town, on a site at the top of Charlotte street. Towards the latter the Admiralty gives a grant of 4,0001., for which seats will be reservtd for the officers and men of the new steam yard at Morice-town. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 22. THE CHURCH. In answer to a question from Earl BROWNLOW, The Bishop of LINCOLN said—l feel obliged to the Noble Earl for putting the question, and enabling me to offer an explanation upon the subject to which it relates. As soon as I read the report of the Honourable Gentle man's speech in the Times newspaper, which repre sented him to have said that two clergymen in Lincoln or the neighbourhood had died of starvation, thinking that such a statement cast a great stigma upon the clergy of the county, I requested the Honourable Gen tleman to furnish me with the names of the two clergy men. In his answer he tells me that the report in the Times is incorrect: that he did not state that two clergy men had died of starvation; but that he could give instances of clergymen who had died in such a state of destitution that it would hardly be too much to say that it was bordering on starvation. In confirmation of this, as I asked him for two cases, he enclosed an extract from a report made to him on the subject in January last, and of the correctness of which, in all essential points, he had no doubt. He adds, they are by no means the only cases of extreme destitution and suffering which he could cite :—" In the parish of Auborne, six miles and a quarter from Lincoln, there died, in the year 1834, the Rev. Mr. Watkins, the vicar of that parish. He came there in 1810, a widower. Some years after he became afflicted with a cancer. Of course he stood in urgent need of the best medical as sistance, but his income, 541. per annum, and that some times not regularly paid, precluded the possibility of his obtaining such advice. His disease became so terrible, and superadded to the misery of his position, weighed down his health and spirits so heavily, that he was driven to the consumption of opium in order to produce stupefaction. Thus he went on for several years. The services of the church were of course neglected. Some times there was no service for six or nine weeks toge ther. No administration of the sacrament for two years. A large dissenting chapel sprung u 2, and the district soon became what it still remains, the focus of dis sent. Sometimes, when the poor vicar awoke completely to a sense of his position, it is reported his feelings proved almost maddening. He had no one to care for him—not even a servant to look after him. He was obliged sometimes— so dt ep was his poverty—even to beg his daily bread. He was forced to the humiliating ne cessity of asking for the smallest sums of money from neighbouring clergy, net as a loan but absolutely as a gift. At last (math put un end to his sufferings, which it must indeed have required all the fortitude of a Christian minister to endure—agony of body, agony of spirit, agony of mind I He died with no other attendant about , him than a charwoman, and he was buried at the cost and by the direction of the clergy of the adjacent villages. Nor is this a singular case of distress. Within the last few days a case has occurred in this very city, by no means dissimilar from that I have depicted. The incumbent of a parish of 951. a year, two miles from the cathe dral, has died. His death was occasioned, I am sorry to say, by his own excesses, and therefore that amount of pity cannot be entertained for him that must be felt for the poor vicar of Auborne. But the account of his death—l have it from one cognisant of all the facts—is dreadful. He had been some time ill; his wife was ill also. The only other person in the house was a little workhouse girl of fifteen or sixteen years of age—a dreadful beginning of life indeed for her. In the middle of the night this child was awoke by the poor man's groans. She went to his room, found him writhing in extreme agony, threw a sheet over him, and left him to expire. A dog could scarcely have died more wretchedly. It was not till late in the evening that any one could be fa h e earls a....*ehed death-bed. When they house, not a single cotu or any kind, nor a single article of food, was to be found. The body of this clergyman of the Established Church of England and Ireland was interred at the cost of Archdeacon Bonney." On the first of the two cases, which occurred fourteen years ago, when I was not resident in the county, and consequently could not be acquainted with the circumstances of indivi dual clergymen in it, I can say little. I remember only that Mr. Watkins was represented to me as very poor; and, if my memory does not deceive me, he had once been confined fur debt in Lincoln Castle; but I am con fident that the' neighbouring clergy would never have allowed him to 'die of starvation. The second is a recent case, and I know that Mr. Baker died in circumstances of extreme destitution; but he had contracted inveterate habits of drinking, and his death was the consequence of those habits. I know that he had borrowed money of the Dean of Lincoln within six weeks or two months of his death; but if a clergyman spends all that he re ceives in the purchase of intoxicating liquors, how can he do otherwise than die in extreme destitution? I will offer no further remarks on the Honourable Gentleman's statement, because as the report in the Times, the only one which I have read, appears to be incorrect, I may be commenting on that which the Honourable Gentle man did not actually say. He quoted a letter from a cor respondent, giving an account of a clergyman who rode over the country performing several duties on the Lord's day, at churches at great distances from each other. My persuasion is that this statement, if in quired into, would be found to relate to facts which took place some years ago. But I must be permitted to remark that if the Honourable Gentleman's correspon. dent had communicated the facts to the bishop of the diocese at the time when they took place, in order that means might be taken to prevent their recurrence, he would have shown a more sincere desire to correct the abuses in the Church than by the course which he has taken. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in rising to move " that there be laid before this House account of all charges of which ,the amount was voted and appro priated from the public revenue in 1838, and which were defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund in 1847 ; also of all charges defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund in 1838, of which the amount was voted and appro priated from the public revenue in 1747 ; showing the amount of each several charge in each year, from 1838 to 1847, both inclusive, and whether defrayed from the Consolidated Fund or voted and appropriated from the public revenue in each year," said that there appeared to be a constant and steady increase in the public ex penditure from the Consolidated Fund, under the head of miscellaneous estimates. When we had a good re venue as compared with our expenditure, the question of outlay was not so important; but after a period of reduced taxation and of revenue, as compared with in come, which was not what it had been in former times, it was of great importance to look to additional expen diture. Additional taxation was regarded with the greatest reluctance, when it was necessary in order to maintain the balance between expenditure and income.— ((Tear, hear.) He did not see any great cause of a hope that there would soon be any great increase in our revenue ; for, looking at the state of the continent and the prospects which that state of things ex hibited, he did not see any probability of an increase of our exports to the continental states. If the convulsions which now affected the continent were to continue the effect might besimilar to that which had been produced in the last year, namely, the destruction of manufactures on the continent ; but short of that result, he saw no great probability of an increase in the consumption of English manufactures, and he need not say, that even no regard for the interests of this country would induce him to wish to see such a result.— (Cheers.) The great means of national advantage which we had now in our command was a strict regard for economy. We did not know that we were not at the commencement of a great and protracted struggle—he did not say that he perceived a probability of our being at an early period involved in a war, but it was obviously our duty at such a period as this to be prepared for all political contingencies ; and the best preparation was economy in public matters—strict economy.—(Hear, hear.) It was, in fact, the duty of Parliament to show the people of this country, that the constitution of this country guaranteed to them a s muc h freedom as was enjoyed by any people in any country, and that, not only was the constit u ti on o f t hi s country not incompatible with economy, but that it was ancillary to it.—(Cheers.) No Government could stand long in this country which was not purely and strictly economic; and feeling that conviction, he was desirous of directing the attontior of their Lordships to the relative expendi ture of various years sinc e 1838, at a per i od when the reduction of our expenses was of the greatest import ance. In 1838 the sum appropriated out of the Con solidated Fund was 2,332,0001., whilst in 1847 the sum appropriated for the same purposes—the purposes alluded to in his motion—was 3,669,000/ ; thus showing an increase in ten years of 1,307,0001; and in this in crease he did not include the sum of 60,000/. for Irish colleges, w hil st certa i n c h arges , to the amount of 150,0001., were transferred; and including those trans fierred charges, and the amount for the Caledonian Canal and harbours of refuge, the total increase of expenditure in 1847, as compared with 1838, was 805,0001. The sum for public works and buildings for 1838 was 215,0001., and for 1847 it was 376 0001. After deducting harbours of refute and canal;, the average increase of 1838, 1839, and 1840, was 185.0001., whilst the average increase of 1845, 1846, and 1847, was 304,0001. Tne chargefor building the edifice in which they were at that moment sitting hadi been for the ten years since the 1838 no less than 844,0001. It was necessary that we lion. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on , to should have new houses of Parliament—of that there ; .substct, and must, therefore, ask his .Noble Fries" was no question ; but he would undertake to say that no postpone it for the present. persons in the country viewed with less pleasure than An Hoer. MEMBER suggested that some ought their Lordships the lavish expenditure that was going to be allowed to the present occupiers of the ce . o e sr s r , j ' a on, both wiihin and without, in the construction of that provide themselves with other dwellings after til P House—an expenditure which was going on apparently came into operation. without any check.—(Hear, hear.) For his part, he did Lord MORPETH said he would add a provisoeSt the 11.1'1 0 not think that all that finery was necessary, and he could end of the clause to give twelve months' time not regard some part of that expenditure without a little passing of the Act betime the provisions in relation pain. That was not the style of building which was cellars came into operation. adapted eir a country in its mature strength; it was Mr. T. EGERTON remarked that in Liverpooloa.ons!, more suited to the wealthy and vain-glorious condition , years ago the cellars had been taken possession .. ,t_ l9 l of a declining empire ; and he would aid, that he only ; the poorer classes against the will ot the ownerseeere; wished they could in that House discharge their duties it would be hard to fix the owners with penalties l ' end transact their business as ee/1 as their ancestor, did the occupation of the c,llars under such circumstan ces ' ,.. in a plain, r edifice.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to public , Dr. BOW RING said that he was informed that_roll: works, of course he was desirous that every attention Belton it would be impossible in a single year to Poo, and a commoilatien should be afforded to the Crown, ' vide the immense mass of cellar occupants with. _ be and that in the royal palaces thegreatest comforts which , doteicdes. He thought two years' time ought to architecture cottio afford should exist: but he cuuld net ! allowedthat purpose. avoid remerking that in 1847, a year of unparelleled ; Mr. SLAN EY opposed any further extension of o ~t i. l sk c e distress, a large sum had been voted for an addition to 1 bee oral sine yi ar, as it would protract the evils 1 le s a royal palace, and he would say that it would tiff ref oceupaeion of places unfit for the reception of hewn" him great satisfaction if he had an assurance that there beings. would be no additional expenditure on that head until a The Earl of LINCOLN thought that in many toll better state of the revenue was exhibited. They might great hardships would be inflicted on the poor class e e, s o ,, build a palace out of a surplus revenue; but they could the provisions of this clause were brought too se: eV, not afford to build a palace out of a deficient revenue. 1 into operation. He also was of opinion that som i n,' Amongst the charges in the return of miscellaneous ex- 1 cretion in this respect ought to be vested in the r ot + penditure, there was a sum of 22,000/. for a farm at . boards. It would be well to follow in this Bill a 12! the Kew—a sum considerable in amount, and which might i sion contained in the Metropolitan Buildings Act, te_ ; .,, be usefully employed in various other ways. He did ' effect that six months antecedent to the Bill being not object to the charge for canals or harbours, brought into operation it should be the duty of the te lov, be though he would remark that the charge for surveyor to give notice not only to the owners but_ i _ t ' he the Caledonian Canal in that period was 280,0001. occupiers of cellar property of the day from which The next subject to which he would direct the Act would take effect. • n and , attention of their Lordships was the sum in the estimates Lord MORPETH was obliged for the suggestO s e e ms for miscellaneous services charges for salaries of before the report, would look at the Metropolitan le," clerks, &c., in the public departments, upon which there ings Act, and give the matter every eonsiderati° ll : .. 0. was an increase of 164,0001. Ho regretted to observe Sir G. STRICKLAND concurred in the opitUnle, be that last year there was an excess of 88,0001. in the pressed that two years instead of one year ought ;lb° department of printing, &c., for the public service, as given to provide new domiciles for the present . compared with 1838. In 1844 the expenses of printing occupants. were 217,000/., in 1845 they were 226,0001, in 1846 Mr. NEWDEGATE objected to the matter ss b lel they were 249,000 L, in 1847 they were 295,000/. He left in the hands of any authority, as in such ts es'e o r• hoped that the Members of the House of Commons Bill might be made the instrument of wholesale meta. would consider, when they had before their view the ances. The time ought to be strictly defined by the 4 .), in subject of printing, that however necessary that branch Lord MORPETH sa id th at t h e di scre tion yestSrlej of public expenditure, that a reckless expenditure in that the Liverpool auth or iti es b y t h e i r L oca l Act had w° respect would cause a very great loss of money from the without any inconvenience. ve" SW' public exchequer. There were many small items which, After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. ast; se though insignificant in themselves, were important, as Lord Morpeth, Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. BOUYerie, 5 12 ° showing a decided tendency to increase, and this was Slaney took part, se es. particularly to be noticed as regarded the expenses o f Lord DUNCAN ag a i n a d ver t e d to hi s former suee s e of commissions, one of which had raised its expenses from tion as to the exemption from the window MI ed is 2,000/. to 11,000/. or 12,000/. in 1847. It was not by windows ordered by the local surveyor to be oP en se eed one great item that the expenses of the public underground tenements. The Noble Lord re te ite elo exchequer were so much increased as by a that in the report of the S an it ar y C om misaioners o l v der number of small items ; and in the Privy Council over and over again stated th a t th e rea son whY- was to charges of the Board of Trade it was remarkable that ground dwellings were without proper windows wo e , there was a small increase in 1847 over th e char g e be traced distinctly to the operation of the win u° n sble for 1846, although the railway depart me nt h a d- been Under such circumstances, it would not be ttnres e o - n ede removed in 1846 from that department. Anoth e r c om - to make the ex e mptio n h e c l a i me d on sa nitary g r . oos' mission had increased in its expenses f ro m 3,000/. i n After a few word s f rom Lord R. GAO6 l7 ' 1838,; to 5,000/. in 1847, and the Poor-law Commission which did not reach us, ir '' 0 14 •i. .. 0 / had increased from 54,000/. to 59,000/—(H ear , h ear .) The Earl of LINCOLN remar k e d that 0 . 0 0 1 He had frequently remarked that whenever a commis- not be possible to add a proviso to meet the o gle jeobl: sion was appointed, it began with sma ll expenses, but the Noble Lord the Member f i r Bath until th e they gradually increased to a larger sum; and, on the Lord opposite (Lord Morpeth) had an °I 3 P - ol rt d P:i whole, he would remark th a t th ere was an i ncrease i n o f consu l t i ng th e Ch ance ll or of the Exc h eq uer tio 1847 over 1845 of 268,0001. Under the head of law and rest of his colleagues, as this involved It ques of justice, there was also a great in crease , as we ll as un d er revenue . s o° , the head of prisons, which h a d i ncrease d f rom M r . MILES expresse d a h ope that the sugg,e, 0 ~ be e e 110,0001. to 307,000/. in ten y ears; an d t h at i ncrease th e N o bl e L or d (L or d D uncan) would even tua lly went on, notwithstanding the grants for education ceded to. which it was suppos e d w ou ld render the expenses under Mr. BROTIIERTON and Mr. S. CRA.WFORD e % r the head of prisons less than before. The grants for similar opinions, and tli take es education were, in 1838, 70,0001., an d i n 18 47 they were Lord MORPETK repeated that he would ; so: 11.- 200,000 e, not including an addition a l c h arge f or M ay- ear li est moment to consult his Right Hon- 111..e -'tooth College of 40,0001. per annum. The next Chancellor or the Exchequer. was se Cile te li charge was that of arts and scienc es . Th e patronage O n t h e mot i on of the NOBLE LORD a prov iso iss ,. I was of recent date, and that charge h a d very l argely a d de d to t h e clause, to the effect that so far es re el s e e ° increased. In 1838 it was 55,000/, in 1847 131,000/. cellars and underground tenements the Bill si n u pen In the next charge, that of the Briti s h Museum, the come into operation until 12 mont h s a fter it h'''' o steS increase last year was 60,0001. The tool sum expended into law, and the claus e s o amen d e d was er dered t • iii the building of the Museum, in ten years, w as near ly p art ot t h e Bel. „ t Str e eth 400,0001. The sum expended in purchases w as iii arty On clause 59, which plac es th e manageeoee -° e, 200.e001 In geology, of which the first ch a r ge was & e ., in t h e hands of local boards, being propo' s se eir only 1001. a tear tor one officer, the expendliure had Mr. HENLEY s a id he observed the cilit i t e seie e ' s arisen to neatly 11,000/. The commission for the sup- . powered the local boards to raise, lower, ° r f semi. pression of the slave trade had risen from 14,000/. or isting streets. Now thi s m i g h t b e pro ductive °. O 10 0 0$ 15,000/. to 23,0001. Th e t o tal sum under the h ea d s el damage to dw e ll i n gs on t rot h s id es t h e stre°,t„ s o 044 charge was 1,307.000 e He had mentioned the other rex., d with, and he wa s o f op i n i on t h at the c's'' s br Ole night the en o rmous inc rease o f the charge of mail to provide the mode by which compensatiors woes packets. It had increased since 1841, 335,(001. a year. d amage or i n j ury m i g h t b e o b ta i ned by the ° ' eiti ej There was a charge for the suppression of the elate the property affected. ' Or ° ol e trade in addition to the charge by the treaty of The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said this 'cc clop i the Ai 1826. There was a charge of some vessels on the for in a subsequent clause; and to insert it ', ti e d to '- coast of Brazil, of others occasionally employed now under consideration would only be to le- ea o in the Mozambique Channel, and w e had also are culties in th e cons t ruct i on o f the Act. muneration for special service for the support of cap- Mr. BAINES concurre d i n t h e op i n i o n eePreer:t be tured negroes, and the justices of the West Indies. All his Hon. and Learned Friend the Solicitor-Ge e es eett , these charges were matters of serious consideration; Mr. HENLEY was satisfied with the exPl,,s'esstleisee Parliament should give Government every means of had rec e i ve d f r o m t h e t wo H on. an d Learned,'" 0400 maintaining the public security and faith, but in times He, h owever , th oug h t some diff i cu l t y wouei hst wee like these it was obviously necessary to p os tpo ne ever y a n o th er p o i nt w hi c h t hi s clause raised, else yr- • 0' charge which could be postponed without d e t r i men t t o b e cons id ere d a h ig h way. 0 0 0 the public service, and forego altogether every charge A long desultory and uninteresting e°,_°"l„ j'e• which Government were not satisfied was absolutely sued, in which several Hon. Members too k P- - o der -1 % , necessary.—(Hear, hear.) Sir W. CLAY conceived that the clause' ° t oe ise e The Marquis of , LsiNSDOWNE thought the House cussion embodied a very important imPr evePle t li o p g° indebted to the Noble Earl for the part he had taken in isting local acts, by compelling the p!trties mov i ng , fis. *en.. , sterns—Cr-hser)—for the sehj,,ts Loop their streets and highways in repair. „ st em i 00 were worthy of attentive and careful consideration. It After a conversation the clause, es cal ' should not be forgotten, however, that with the increas- agreed to. tbe ing demands of society, the expenditure must have a On clause 60, is b tW o teli constant tendency to increase. The House could hardly Captain PECHELL expressed a w se ar expect that he should go through all the various items words " street" and " highway " should be to which the Noble Earl had alluded, and which, more defined. or less, were subject to the general remark he had made, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL referred to te -b a e ot s a that they had a constant tendency to increase. There and said the distinction was sufficiently rl li a 'e it smog were no means within the reach of the Government and Lord G. BENTINCK said that the cisti e e ' li e - fi cl ''',..; 1 0 1 of Parliament by which the wants of a constantly in- might compel the owners of unoccupied — evelt) creasing population, and a constantly increasing demand, formed part of a street to contribute to the . t , -- and Net could be provided for without increased estimates and that street, although they had no interest.iesisle'd atltt , increased expenditure. It was necessary to have a con- default of payment their land might be ° , 4 01 trolling power, and it was impossible to exercise that for ten years. leas - It/ control without an increase in the establishments for the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this e ven ed r administration of justice. Ho begged attention to some not apply to a highway, but only to s streets OP ee r l yii of the items in order that it might be seen whether they private individuals for the sake of the building 7 We ti did not conform to what he had stated. With respect to - tion, and in that case only so far as the *tree ' tife the royal palaces, it was we ll k nown that there was a open and built upon. wire 14 necessity for enlarged accommo d at i on. Not in Parlia- The Earl of LINCOLN objected to the n ev oliel l b. ment only, but out o f Parliament, opinions were ex- operation of th e c l ause. Thi s might be $ P e u pressed that it becam e necessary for the dignity of the omitting the word " present " from the fir s o lleN Crown in this country not to repair that which was re- clause. A the . 14 ' 0" presented as an unsightly and deficient palace, but that The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defendee - sr eets iss ee an entire new palace should be built. Government were tion of the provision to those cases wher e a s Oa ' l oe l represented as bein g insensible to th e ro y a l dignity, been opened on speculation, and where partlelete et because they did not come to Parliament for a new induced to occupy in the blief that a comP -.et estimate, which would probably amount to half a would be formed. „. 0 0 1 million, but which, when the Bill came to be Mr. W. PATTEN thouht the paid, would more probably turn o u t t o be a great hardship on parties in l ar eman . ti n f e e c cu t f a r t l io_t ,:, 01 . million and a half. Who was it resisted this? The Go- who had laid out streets as a b u il d in g e er , he t holt t e-se vernment of the day; they thought it was but just not speculation had afterwards failed . sue clause Ire. u v i g th 0_ S hi t ; to tax the people, who were already sufficiently taxed, would be a less evil than to leave the etr eetil j" d' la, With respect to the Caledonian Canal, it was true that present unfinished state. great sums had been expended on that work, and it would Mr. HENLEY ' thought the power of remedy o ° 00 be very bad economy, after having expended so much, ten year was a very questionable .reFaea7a ti t e not to complete it. As to the new Houses of Parlia- could nut be built on during that time , lan d, old ment, which termed one of the principal heads of expen were provided for the to redeem the tnor d e W owner dilute to which the Noble Earl had alluded, he must say The ATTORNEY- GENERAL seidtb s e eilillgitl2ll°6° that it was the unanimous sentiment of the country l e l ! be introduced giving that power. agreedhe clause, large, that the houses should be of a construction e n , te e °l° 3..... u.., wil solid and magnificent. It was wished to make('the m aylet be to. i$ worthy of the country, in the principal featurewith some verbal amenume details due economy should be observed in the minute whilst ler° rrt" ' They were made to contribute to the encouragement of , Mr. S. CRAW FORD proposed to add) after see dee O te n e c d •la n u ig se hw el a , ) s p . rovidin that certain streets es . , art in this country, although perhaps that encourage "highway," the %verde e repaired by the pu is prO ,o r ment had been administered sonless lavishly than was intended . As to the British Museum itwas . ha T d . h b e ee: 4 l l r co ' l' n O si ß de N re E d Y . e a G n E d N w E a ß s A t L eun heaidto ibis 111 . not what it was forty, or thirty, or even twenty years jectionsble -er the 0 ago. It was a museum which 4 i h re in p h ris w in e g re ellections of the Mr. NEWDEGATE . was anxious ,_ ed t o .•US to throw. 0 $O 4 . most unbounded extent, • wtthout a building ad, quate for their o r r ece s p o t il io w n, timeand t p n en b s e e p o a n ve t d h . e local board, where they ordered te the ° OH ) without a sufficient number all eases' fie 10 . . of officers to superintend Mr GRANGFR thought that, in etas ' s _ o o them The . building was now fast approaching to cum- sent of . the owners ' ought to be obtained b woo 9 '7 pletion. With respect to the superintendence of the lac- board ordered to be paved. lie vf 0 teriee, that was founded on the most benevolent oh the additii'n ofawnyorsdtsreteOthat effect. i g ht biiii jects. In order to make this interference useful, and in The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this and wb ° bi (Age Id order to prevent its being made vexatious and obnoxious, convenient course where the property bel was be the Government was ' of bound to provide for the inspection to one owner, but in ; being placed in fit hands. He did not believe that more several persons. t itc °9•° ,ot ° not cases where it w" could be done with that view than had been done. The Mr. HENLEY said it might be a g rea bore P 6 ' increase in4oo other branches had also arisen from similar private property to bring a noisy thoroug 1 causes . • tred ilb tli i person's m o R The Duke of RICHMOND adverted to the returns ETI' consented to the to at o f . of Viscount . the no se which were moved for by economists in the other/ 0° House, w • the proviso rendering necessary which he said were moved for for the sake f owners. anle ndeci I gaining popularity, and often cost more than they were After a short conversation the clause as , 0 0 worth. agreed to, as was clause 62. out of I ler fi : 4 After a few word s f rom Lord BEAUMONT, which On clause 6 3 , relating to the laying , boa rd, were not audible i n t h e ga l lery, level and width to be fixed by t h e local sets The Earl of HARDWICKE said that he agreed in roposed, _wee co t COOP' 0 , the necessity of looking carefully . at the expenditure, I) Mr. SPOONER said he thought the s - 01 0 eel but he did not agree thatthe the landlord if wa s t" °A ex had taken ought to pay more ground 3 0 1 place in regard to great public works or Public build- the making of a street than was necessary was' ) • ings was an expenditure taxin the community purposes of a street. claim r 0 without considerable benefit. He was decidedly of The Earl of LINCOLN said that if a lairs, fo a • PI opinion that any principle of taxation which went to in for the landlord, he would put in a to c .. .__ l 0,8 rin tl i take money out of the pockets of the rich and place it in occupiers and the health of the inhabits° rest diet its 0 the hands of the poor, was of considerable advantage to Lord MORPETH thought that as tie t he vslu r ' d .t the country. Therefore the expense of taking care that prevailed in different towns with reg a h r o u i 0 01 11 1,0 2 9 P) the Sovereign was properly lodged, and the expense of the streets, it was better to leave _t ee . „ .....( r e eag i e el keeping up a great public museum, was by no means an liberty to consult "the genius of the pl o leo° out, c , e ty ) to expenditure of public money which was disadvantageous Mr. S. CRAWFORD proposed t which w oul .. _ to the count r y, ina sm uc h as the artisan whose services words from the clause, the result of el boar' Of were required benefited by it. He believed that that take away the power of appeal to the ceitn_tr win o se ntit f ri ee t which the public complained of chiefly was the descrip- After a few words from Mr. Ueteug A 1: of Lion of expenditure which went towards the salaries of appeal, t he re-- et the great public officers, which was increased by the appoint- • The Earl of LINCOLN supporte d , stoup 0 0 meat of commissions, when on the request of any one this words proposed to be left out. Pe' should be inquired into, a there should be as little interference shoul4 p ity I who thought that a matter that t here • bee barrister of so many years' standing was appointed to as possible ; but he thought , e „, w er 0 0 make the inquiry, and the result of that inquiry became appeal from them in cases where wee dict's' be 0 1 0 1 by PM the law of the land. Expenditure of that description, show favour or to be influenced P ee sho uld ee et which took money out of the hands of the public, and Mr. SPOONER thought that r there be to the . 00 put it into the pockets of the more wealthy classes, was appeal, but he objected that it should oul a at the expenditure that was complained of. board. that it w a- - L osid 1 boar „to The motion was then agreed to, and their Lordships The ATTORNEY-GENERA onto d wa s be adjourned. advisable to leave the appeal to the the 00 . 0 t which e with local_ I? ( r asso L least for the five years during _ eig ht be e a exist. After that period the appeal "' iv nal t ° 14 110"; Secretary of State. Acts. He mouth 0, power of appeal in local Ac • mistrust t Mr. HENLEY did not think it les s ee li h s t the :woe' ing of an appeal would imply a ei ts boards. eel- JO id to the' res t w 00 Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the e PP -Me rl sr 0 Lord MORPETH could nut assent .uaply 03is gr , so The argument that an appeal would l Quarter Ses gi°l)9 ion ,• Tully apply to the Court of Qua _ o pt to 7he Court el Chancery. r , fa i r OP .4 o h Mr. HUDSON did not think it liv i d Comm ittee should be thrown on the local boards,. Attar a short conversation the ln when there appear , d— ........................ Majority n ..... For the amendment ...................... :: ..... 556 Against it ..... ............. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 22. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Tho House then resolved itself into Committee on the Health of Towns Bill; . Mr. BER NAL i n t h e cha i r. Clause 57, the object of. which was to reg i ster lodging houses, was agreed to, with some v e rb a l amen d ments. After ss' a short discussion, clause 58, with respect to the letting and occupation of cellars, was ttn-n put. Lord DUNCAN observed that the clause provided that the local surveyor . should havepoeer to order a window of a certaic siz: to Le opened in those cellar' used as dwellings. He wished to know whether a win dow so opened would be exerepti-d from the window tax. Ile thought it but just there rhoulil be such an exemp tion provided. Sir R. H. INGLIS expressed his entire concurrence in the sui!gestion of the Noble Lord. Lord MORPETH said he was not prepared at once to answer the question. He must first consult his Bight BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. COURSE OF EXCM Amsterdam 12 3 34 Ditt4,, at sight.. Rottcrdarn ........ 12 3 % Antwerp.... 26 20 Hamburg]] ......„ M.B. 13 14 34 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 50 Ditto, Marseilles • . .... ••.. • • flourdeaux.... •• •• • • • Frankfort on Mains Petersburgh, Sil. Rble •• .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Vienna, effec. 11 30 Trieste, ditto .. — Madrid .... • • — Bilbao •• •• Barcelona • • 'GE.-(THIS DAY.) iGibraltar.. • • .... Leghorn .. ...... 26 - Venice.. .. .. • • • • • Naples .. ••.••• • • • • Palermo, per oz ........ Lisbon.... • • • • • • • • Oporto. - Rio Janeiro ••.• . • • • IBahia ................ Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... PRICES OP BULLION, PE OS. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars ••.. • • is 4 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • • () 4 11;4 51% •••• .... bl 3 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.; GROUP No. 2.— SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER.-- The Humber Ferries Improvement Bill was again under consideration. _ _ GROUP No. 3.—MIDLAND.—The preamble to the above company's Bill for making a branch to Ripley was passed, and clauses agreed to. GROUP No. 6.—GREAT WESTERN.—Evidence taken in favour of the branch from Slough to Windsor. GROUP No. 9.— LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE.-- The object of this Bill was to authorise a deviation of the main line at Newtown. It was opposed by several landholders, but the Committee decided that thepreamble had been proved, and passed the clauses. GROUP No. W.—DUNDEE AND PERT/I.—The ob ject of this Bill is to enable the above company to form a junction with the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. Case opened, and evidence taken in in its favour. GLASGOW AND MoNzLA.NDs.—Evidence was again taken in opposition to the above company's branch across the Cqde. GROUP No. 14.— LEEDS AND THUM( RAILWAY.— The object of this Bill was to make a breach from Malmesbury to North Allerton, or a junction from the York and Newcastle Railway. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. LEEDS CENTRAL RAILWAY STATlON.—Preamble Droved. and clauses agreed to. proved, and clauses agreed to. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JIINCTION.—The object of this Bill was to amend and improve the Lanarkshire branch. Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING.—The object of this Bill was to enable the above company to make several colliery branches. Case opened, and evi dence taken in its favour. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, MAT 23, 1848. 3d Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Hickes Slade to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Oakes, who retires; Augustus Hunt, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Slade, May 23, 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Shepherd Town end, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Smith, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, May 23. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis Edmund Mac naghten to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Saltmarshe, who retires; Somerset John Gough Calthorpe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Macnaghten, May 23. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Charles Abbott Delmar to be Lieutenat, by purchase, vice Kemp, who retires; Robert Sutherland, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Delmar, May 23. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Michael Cusac Smith, from the 3d Light Drigoons to be Cornet, vice Town end, appointed to the 3d Light Dragoons, May 23. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Elpbinstone Fleeming to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lyon, who re tires ; Cornet William Henry Kennedy Erskine to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Fleeming, May 23. 9th Foot—Lieut. Alexander Taylor to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cookson, who retires; Ensign Henry Ed ward Fardell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor; Henry John Wilkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Fardell, May 23. 10th Foot—William Henry Peter Gordon Etna, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rocke, appointed to the 78th Foot, May 23. 26th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew T. Hemphill, from the 29th Foot, to be Lietenant-Colonel, vice Mountain, who exchanges, March 8. 29th Foot Brevet-Colonel Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain, C. 8., from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Hemphill, who exchanges, Match 8. 49th Foot—Lieut. Richard Thompson to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Grant (2d), who retires ; Ensign George Chichester to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson ; Fanshawe Gostiing, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chichester, May 23. 57th Foot—Ensign Jason Hassard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Armstrong, appointed Adjutant ; Lieutenant George Armstrong to be Adjutant, vice Hunt, promoted ; Alexander Nenon Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bastard, May 23. . esgth Foot—Ensign Francis Robert Chester Master to bLieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles Chester ~..Master, deceased, Dec. 8, 1847. John Rae Johnstone, to be Adjutant, j v o i h c l e t Jones, Gor Gent., jtt: to be Ensign, vice F. R. &ester Master, May 23. u n Fo ot — Lieutenant Edward Fitz Gerald ampbell vice Van Toll,promoted, May 23. 74th Foot— , whodon Gent., to Ensign by pur chase,iltires, May 23. 78th Foot.— Brevpeaty Unattached, George Browne, from half vice Rawdon John l'ophara ~irtataached, to be Major,. Major, •all, who exehanges ; Captain John Burns to b e o by purchase, vice Browne, who retires; Lieutenant; thaimo.asGarrettDonald to be kel,icferoist the 10 ; th E F ns o i o g t n , Captain, by purchase, vice Burns B Lieutenant, agshaw e H b a y r r purchase, a ltoa to be Ensign, vice Stuart, May 23. 84thFoot—Lieut. John Faircloth to be , to enbrey vice James Farrell, who retires upon half-pay, May 23, 99th Foot--Robert William Benison, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Russell, whose app o i nt _ ment has been cancelled, May 23. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Ninian Craig to be Captain, without purchase, vice Charles Murray, deceased; Ensign William Newcomen Watts to be Lieutenant, vice Craig, April 6; Ensign John Fanning to be Lieutenant, vice Watts, whose promotion, on the 9th April has been cancelled, April 9; Angus William Mackay, Gent., to be Ensign, vic • e Fanning, May 23. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant Surgeon Robert Wni chester Fraser, M.D. from the 34th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, - May 2s. ERRATUM in the Gazette of May 12. For Captain Robert MacGregor, from - the 15th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, May 12, Read Lieutenant Robert MacGregor, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, &c. Commissionjby the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Sir James Nicoll M'Adam, dint., to be Deputy-Lieu ,enant, April 24. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. James Hozier, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 14. Upper Ward and Airdrie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeo manry Cavalry—Lieut. Archibald Gerard to be Captain, vice Campbell, retired, April 17 ; Lieut. James Thomas Brown to be Captain, vice Harvie, retired, April 18. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of North- amptonshire. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—John Borlase Maunsell, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's 12th Regi ment of Light Dragoons, to be Captain, April 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckingham shire. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry-- Henry Beauclerk, Esq., to be Captain, vice Rose, re signed; Lieutenant henry Smith to be Captain, vice Carrington, resigned; Cornet William Henry Bonsey to be Lieutenant, vice Shrimpton, resigned; Cornet William Loveridge to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, promoted, May 6. WHITEHALL, MAY 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Dale the younger, of North Shields, in the county of Northam berland. Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Hall, stock broker. NKRUPTS. Manchester. BA Thomas Sternberg, wine merchant, Northampton, June 2, and July 7, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy-. Whitmore, cfficial assignee, Basinghall. street ; Harrison, Walbrook. Stephen Davies, coal merchant, Times-wharf, Pim lico,Middlesex, June 1, at one, and July 7, at half. p as t w e at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, offici a l assignee, Birchin-lane; S(le and Turner, Ald erman b ury . ty Francis Lee, carver and gilder, Great Marylebone. street, Middlesex, May 31, at one, and July 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennel, official assignee; Thrupp, Winchester-buildings, Great Winchester street. _ Gervas Parnell, brewer, Walworth-common, June 1 and July 3, at halt-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman. street ; Atkinson and Co., Chu rc h court, Lothbury ; Kemp, Bath. William Timmins Grove, sugar-dealer, Arthur- street West, Louden-bridge, May 31, at halt-past twelve, and f 7 us w tu - s s es a t x r t me, Bankruptcy.one,e om t , Montgomery gy i sham, Juneru New - street, s 2 oe official assignee , Coleman-street-buildings ; Norton and os a 3hm t loe t p h rajsy e ngodaßhtnrjas. Court couknni,es t2oo7ffin innkeepe r,offi c ial twelve, assignee, aa t the e. - singhall-street ; Rodgers and Co., King- street, Cheapside. James Walter, bookseller, New Kent-road, June 6, at one, and July 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Towse. Lawrence Pountney-lane, Cannon-street. Thomas North, metal piercer, Blackfriars-road, May 30, at half-past two, and June 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane, Lombard-street; English, Coleman-street. David William Weddell, scrivener, Gosport, June 6 at two, and July 4, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's- place, Old Jewry; Briggs and Son, Lincoln's Inn-Fields. Thomas Bonier, meat salesman, Newgate-market, June 5, at half-past two, and July 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Thompson, Bucklersbury. George Deakin Deveroux. innkeeper, Leominster, Herefordshire, June 7 and 28, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Bir mingham. Richard Ray, china manufacturer, Stoke-upon-Trent, June 10 and July 1, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham; Williams, Henley-in-the-Potteries, Staffordshire. James Walter Busst, innkeeper, Bilston, June 7 and 29, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Phillips, Wolverhampton; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Bir mingham. William Blount, grocer, Ripley, Derbyshire, ':June 2 and July 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Vallack, Derby. William Watson, ironmonger, Elland, Yorkshire, June 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bed ford-row, London ; Wavell, Halifax; Courtenay, Leeds. Joseph Travis Clay, cloth-manufacturer, Rastrick, Yorkshire, June 12, and July 3. at twelve, at the Leeds District Court ; Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Hartley, Southampton-street, London ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. _ _ _ Mary Brunton, innkeeper, Leeds, June 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row; Naylor, Leeds. Joseph Howard, cotton spinner, Glossop, Derby, June 2 and 23, at one o'clock, at the Manchester District GAIN. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, L;neoln's-inn. fields, London; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at five o'clock. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented several peti- tions against the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented several petitions with a similar prayer. Lord DUNFERMLINE presented several petitions in favour of the Bill. Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions from various lodges of Odd Fellows, in favour of the Bill for the legalization of their society. THE VERNON GALLERY. Lord MONTEAGLE, after passing a high eulogium on Mr. Vernon for the magnificent present of pictures which he had made to the public, moved for a return of all donations that had been made by private indivi duals to the National Gallery. EIYP MTN tifit'itillagg Beaumont, Mr. Holwell Carr and the other benefactors to the National Gallery. Lord COLBORNE reminded their Lordships that more than one moiety of the pictures in the National Gallery had been the gift of private individuals. He would suggest the propriety of enlarging the Gallery, for it was not fair after they had accepted this muni ficent gift from Mr. Vernon, that they should put him to the inconvenience of opening his private house to the public twice a week to exhibit these pictures to the public.—The motion was agreed to. PETITIONS. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented seve ral petitions from the North of Ireland, in favour of the Free Church Sites (Scotland) Bill. SPAIN. The No3Lw MARQUIS asked if the letter which had recently appeared in the papers, purporting to be a letter trom the Duke of Sotomayor to Sir H. Bulwer, was genuine, and whether any further correspondence had taken place on the subject. He should, notwith standing the opinion of the Noble Duke, persevere in his motion for a return of the names of the Spanish pen- sioners. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could not answer the question, as the Noble Marquis had not given any notice of his intention to ask it. The NOBLE MARQUIS then presented several petitions from the Protestant clergymen of Ireland, in favour of the national system of education; also upwards of 100 petitions in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill.