The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

Tbirbf Inition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. MORTALITY in the METROPOrig. KUM:BEE OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN fiTHE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 12, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Disea ses ... 313 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ••• ••• •.• 41 Turbercular Diseascu..• .• • .• • •• • •• • 208 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 152 Diseases of the heart and Blood-vessels 32 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 315 Diseases of thq Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digest L o n,.. ••• ••• ••• ••• DilleaS:46 of the Kidneys, &c. ct:ldbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... - Premature Birth ... Atrophy ••• %is ••• ••• ••• Old Age Sudden ... ••• ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Celd, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• $3 ••• 11 DzaTRI FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, --. 1,324 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,42 5 Males Females ... ••• Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Winters. Week. . 161 ... 180 . 209 ... 233 • 203 ... 226 • 235 ... 299 ~ 299 ... 386 ... 1,107 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... ". 1,324 .. 674 .. 650 Total ... ... 777 ... 680 ... 1,457 FIGHT BETWEEN LANE AND WALICER.-03T ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)—Lane was declared the ►inner after fighting ten rounds, Walker declining the contest without any apparent reason. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) BURON U. DENMAN. Tbe ATTORNEY- GENERAL (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition), said— Now, what were the real facts of the case, and he must regret , that his Learned Friend bad not acted in this case with his usual candour in stating the whale facts to the jury, which must bare been well known to him at the time. The facts of the case were shortly the following :—ln the year 1840, the defendant being then upon the station, as senior officer in command, holding then the post of commander in her Majesty's navy, upon the coast of Africa ; within the limits of that station was the Gal/Inas River, having under his command the Ro'ilo, the Saracen, and the Wanderer vessels, of in ferior rank, and sailing under general instructions, for 'the suppression of the slave trade. While upon this station he received a communication from Sir Richard Doherty, the Governor of Sierra Leone, a station belonging to this country in that neigh bourhood, where existed the mixed commission, and where the liberated negroes were taken, educated and vet free, and put in the way of obtaining an honest livelihood. The defendant received this communica tion upon the 30th of October, 1840. Before that time it appeared that a woman of the name of [Fri Norman, with her child, a subject of her Britannic . I . Viajesty, residing at Si e r ra L eone b a d b een ta k en Into captivity and held in slavery by the eldest son of King Siacchi, Prince Manna at the Gallinas. This person had written from the Gallinas to a friend at Sierra Leone, who had laid her communications before the governor, and the result was the letter addressed to the defendant, of which the following was a copy : " Freetown, Oct. 30, 1840. " Sir,—l do myself the honour to inclose for your information a communication lately received from Mr. Ferguson, of this colony, with two letters written from the Gallinas by a woman named Fry Norman to her husband and her late mistress, both residing in Freetown; and I send open a letter addressed by me to King Siachi at the same river, with the request that baying perused it, you will cause it to be conveyed 'to that chief as soon as you can conveniently do so." " These papers, the three first of which I transmit' 3 in original, and be may be returned to me, will place you in possession of circumstances attending the detention in captivity at Gallinas, by a son of King Siachi, named Manna, of Tri Norman and her child, subjects of her Majesty, and inhabitants of this colony. "In communicating this information I have to make it my special request that you will use your best endeavours for the immediate restoration to liberty of the persons thus unjustly and insolently detained, and that should it be found impossible to effect this object without resorting to force you will employ force in as far as may be necessary, and as your orders and the rules of the service may permit.: " Should circumstances require it I shall be pre pared to assist you to the extent of my ability with a military party from this garrison, or in such other manner as may appear to you advisable. "With the other enclosures I transmit a letter received from King Siachi himself respecting the blockade at this moment of the Gallinas and the slaves of the Spanish brig Elisa Davidson, lately condemned as prize in the colony, that you may more fully understand my letter now addressed to him, which is partly a reroy to that communication. t` f have, &c., (signed) " R. DOHERTY. " The lion. Commander Denman, R.N., &c." In addition to this woman, who was in captivity at the Gallinas, and which set the defendant in motion, there were also found two other British subjects in captivity, who would be called before the jury to give their evidence as to what took place. Acting upon these intentions the defendant issued a general larder on the 16th of November to the men under his command, setting out the mode in - which the attack was to be made. Early in the morning of the 19th of November the expedition rowed into the river of the Gallinas ; the defendant took up his head-quarters at Dombocorrob. He then found that a great number of slaves had been set free from their fetters, and had been driven into the bushes in the interior. The defendant found in the baracoons unmistakable signs of slaves having been kept there. At Dombocorroh the defendant found not a single persod to interrupt his landing, the Spaniards having all fled, knowing the result which awaited them. From Dombocorroh the defendant addressed a letter to King Siachi, of which the fol lowing was a copy : (Sent fin crossing the bar, addressed to King Siachi, or Mr. Rogers.) " Her Britannic Majesty's ship Wanderer, off Gallinas, 19th Nov., 1840. " King Siachi, Gallinas,—The Hon. Joseph Den man, commanding her Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels from Cape Verde to Cape Palmas, has been requested by the Governor of Sierra Leone to deliver * dispatch to the King of Gallinas, and to see him, for the purpose of talking to him upon several matters of the utmost importance to the King of Gallinas and his subjects. "Captain Denman has also some other matters of g r eatimportance to speak to the King about; but the 'whit. Tutu who have set down in the Gallinas to make this bad trade of buying and selling black men as if t'ney were brutes, instead of human beings like theaaselves, have plenty of big guns, and threaten to make war on men-of'-war's boats if they rasa their slave factories. They have also cut off all intercourse with the shore, so the cnly way left to Captain Denman is to bring with him a force able to defend itself from their bad white men ; but he does not come to do injury to King "Siachi or his people, unless King Siachi should refuse th a t which the Governor of Sierra Leone, in the name of the Queen of England, justly demands. 46 Captain Denman therefore requests that the King and hi 3 head men will colmeertotomethete Khirngasth s e le n t t e a r s deliver possible, that he may „. from the Governor cf Sierra Leone, and the causes of com pl a int that now friendly exist may be ended 'in a m ann er without de lay. (Signed) PENMAN, Comma n d er. " Several meetings took place sub s eq uentl y upon the subject, and finally a treaty w as entered into betw een the defendant on the part of her Majesty , and Prince Manna on the part of K. defendant bound himself to destro y Siachi, by which the the buildings and baracoons of the plaintiff, he having taken possession of the islands of the Gallinas, and set the King and his subjects at defiance. This tre aty bore date the rev 21st of N ovem b er , an d wa s comp lete d any attack w h a t ever h a d b een m ade by the defendant. to defendant. The articles in the treaty directly bearing upon the question were the following : " 1. King Siachi engages totally to destroy the factories belonging to these white men without delay, "2. Ding Siachi engages to give up to Commander Denman all the slaves who were in the baracoons of the white slave-dealers when he entered the river, and have been carried off into the bush. "3. King Siachi engages to send these bad white mefi„out of his country by the first opportunity, and within four months from this date. " 4. King Siachi binds himself in the most Solemn manner, that no white men shall ever for the future settle in his country for the purpo se of slave-dealing.' With respect to the disposal of the goods of the plaintiff the defendant, knowing the treachery of the Spaniards, had directed the casks of gunpowd er to THE SUN, LONDON, TtTESDAV EVENING, FEIIItITAR IP 15, 184 s. be staved and thrown into the river, in order to pre vent danger to his men from any surprise of the Spaniards, and had given orders that all his men should abstain from drinking any of the spirits, as it was well kno wn th a t th e Spaniards were in the habit of poisoning them, for the purpose of de stroying the English, if they should seize them. The constant vigilance of Captain Denman had struck a final blow on the traffic in slaves in that place. The subject was referred to the Colonial Department, to the Foreign-office, to the Board of Admiralty, and every one of those boards, acting on behalf of her Majesty, not only sanctioned the proceedings and approve., the acts of the defendant, but conferred upon him the honourable appointments which were so justly his due. The defendant received the warmest thanks of the respective departments for his conduct on the occasion,". and he was promoted to the distin guished rank which he now held. Not only had the acts been approved by the respective boards he had named, but the Parliament of this country had in serted in their " Appropriation Act," in the sums required for the suppression of the slave trade, " a sum of 4,0001. to the Hon. Captain Joseph Denman, of her Majesty's ship Wanderer, and the men under his command, for their successful efforts in the liberation of slaves and the destruction of baracoons, and other services in the Gallinas." The Attorney-General then went on to contend that the Government and her Majesty had sanctioned the act. The defendant was free from all liability in the matter ; that the Queen of Spain had entered into treaties whereby the traffic in slaves was declared illegal ; the plaintiff, being a Spanish subject, he could not therefore demand compensation for damages sustained by him in conse quence of his own violation of laws, which, as a subject, he was bound to obey. By the law of nations the plaintiff was also bound to prove that the slaves were his property, it having been decided by the most eminent judges that the onus in such a case would lay upon the plaintiff, because it was the right of every person to enjoy his liberty. The plaintiff hold ing these persons in a state of slavery, he was there fore bound to prove that he was lawfully possessed of them. Under all these circumstances he felt confi dent that the jury would feel it their duty to return their verdict for the defendant. _ _ . (A. letter from the Earl of Aberdeen, to the Admi ralty, on the subject, was then put in, as also a num ber of other official communications on the subject re ferred to as "Amexis" by his Lordship, from the diffe rent departments of the Government, approving of the proceedings of the defendant.) The ATTORNEINGENBRAL then contended that this evidence proved that portion of the fourth plea, which the plaintiff had traversed, viz., that the defendant had acted under the authority of the Queen of this country. From this evidence it appeared that on the 6th and 21st of July two of the Ministers of the Crown, Lord Palmerston and Lord J. Russell, had approved of the course taken. The only point to be argued was, whether the defendant was b oun d t o ac t u p on autho rity previously given in order to justify his acts, and that he ought not to rest for their justification upon subsequent approval by the Crown ? He apprehended that it was not necessary for the defendant to have this previous command, and that the subsequent sanc tion was a full and complete justification of the acts of the defendant. Numerous authorities could be cited in support of this view of the case. Mr. M. D. HILL objected to his Learned Friend addressing the Court on the subject of the ratification of the conduct upon a number of letters put in as merely explanatory of another letter. Mr. Baron PARRE said that those letters formed a portion of the plaintiff's case, they having been put in by him. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL felt it his duty to take this opportunity on the ground of the justification, though, at the request of the defendant, he was de sired to put the question upon the broader basis. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to address the jury on the additional evidence contained in the letters put in by the plaintiff. Sir R. Doherty, late Governor of Sierra Leone in the year 1840, was then called and examined by Mr. GODSON, Q.C.—I sent a dispatch to Commander Denman on the 30th Oct. 1840; with that dispatch several letters were sent; the papers produced are the letters and dispatch referred to. The letters which I sent to Captain Denman I had received as Go vernor of Sierra Leone. The Gallinas was about 150 miles from Sierra Leone. I sent a dispatch to Lord John Russell on the 7th of December, 1840; that produced is the original which I forwarded to his Lordship. I remember the arrival of the negroes (641 in number) at Sierra Leone; there were two British subjects among them, besides the woman Tri Norman, one of whom was a liberated African, the other a British subject; both were residents at Sierra Leone. The letters and dispatches of the witness to Cap tain Denman and to Lord J. Russell on the subject of the procceedings at the Gallinas were then put in and read. Mr. Parker, M.P., Secretary to the Treasury, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—In the year 1841 he was Secretary to the Admiralty. The Ap propriation Act of last year contained a sum of 7,750/. as rewards for services 'performed on the coast of Africa in the suppression of the slave trade. The estimates for that sum were made up by myself. One of the items of that sum was 4,000/. for Captain Denman, as a reward for his services at the Gallinas in the suppression of the slave trade. Commander H. M. Hill, cross-examined by Mr. Cockburn.—l was commander of the Saracen, and em ployed on the coast of Africa in the year 1840, in the suppression of the slave trade. My superior officer was Captain Tucker, commander of the Wolf. Ws were cruising for a considerable time off the Gallines, under the command of Captain Denman, of the Wanderer ; the Saracen and Rollo were also under his command. I was off the Gallinas during the years 1839, 1840, and part of 1841. There was a considerable trade carried on in slaves at that place. Not one of the vessels which came out of the Gallinas carried any of the produce of the country that he could discover. I boarded every vessel that I could get near enough. A great many of the vessels which went to the Gallinas were adapted for the slave trade. During the years I was there I kept a very strict watch at the mouth of the river. There is a bar at the mouth of the river, sad several islands within the bar. One of the islands was called Car matundo, another Kamaporze—as to Dombcorroh he was not quite satisfied that it was an island. Upon all these places there were harraceons ; also at Tindo and other places upon the main land. A barracoon is a large build ing for the reception of slaves, very strongly fitted up for purposes of security. The distance of Camassora from Dombocorro is about one-third of a mile. Carmatindo is about the same distance; the distance of Kamassora from Tindo about half a mile, of Tindo from Dombocorro about the same distance. The blockade at the Gallinas was only extended to vessels supposed to be engaged in the slave-trade. I have known instances of assistance being refused to the boats of the English ; I went on board the American brig " Waverley," and inquired into the matter. I sent a boat into the river manned by Kroomen which was detained a considerable time before it returned. The boat was detained several hours, I made a complaint to Captain Denman on the subject of my boats not having been received in a friendly manner by two merchant ships lying in the river. The boats crew had been refused shelter on board the Waverley, owing to the Spaniards on shore refusing to deal with the Waverley if they did so give the crew of the boats shelter. On the 191.11 of Nov., I formed a part of the force which accompanied Capt. Denman into the Gallinas river. There were ten or eleven boats. I commanded the boats of my own ship. Captain Denman, before we proceeded, issued this general order. [The order was then put in and taken as read] The force first proceeded to Dombocorro. I landed there with the division under my charge. Captain Denman and the rest of the party proceeded to Kamassora. On landing at Dombocorro I found a vast number of slaves leaving the place ; they were urged to do so by the people who had the charge of them. When I got on shore I took possession of the factories, where there were some thirty or forty sickly slaves not able to be moved. I saw one of the slaves lying dead at the door of the building; the whole of them were in a most miserable state. There were many buildings, but they appeared to form a portion of one large establishment. A great number of the slaves who were driven away were chained two and two together, some of them being chained by the neck. The store at Dombocorro con tained a considerable quantity of goods ; one con tained spirits, and a magazine contained gunpowder. I could fi n d none o f th e produce of the country there, with the e xce pti on o f one o r t w o elephants' teeth. There w as a large quantity of bar iron there. I could see Kamassor werend driven . I a r a om we s ek ome pa b r e ts li o e f ve D tb o a m t b e ocorro I staid a t Dombocorro num ber of the slaves ifactories. At he away from the other found the baracoon empty, and it was his opinion that they had mostly been driven away. I am not sureet h h Fraser was among th e sickly numberw er a whichbyy Inamed saw, or whether he was brought in a canoe with several from others by Captain Denman Kamassora to Dombocorro. This boy claimed protection as a British subject. I was present when his c ase was investigated before Captain Denman. Captain Denman took up his quarters at Dombocorro. I saw him send a letter to King Siacca ; a meet i ng afterwards took place between Captain Denman and Prince Manna at Dombocorro. I was present at the meeting, Prince Manna was there also —se vera l of theßajah's family, a native who acted as interpreter, and a brother of Prince Manna. The other officeis of Captain Denman were also present. King Siacca was stated to be ill, and could not attend. Cap tain Denman complained of a woman named Tri Norman and her child being held in con finement by rrince Manna, that she was British flubjea, which Prince I ) l 4 unti did not deny. Captain Denman then insisted upon an apology, which was made in the presence of all the other parties. Captain Denman also made a complaint that his boat's crew had been refused shelter, and a free ingress into the river. I saw King Siachi myself, six or seven weeks after this interview, lying down on his couch in a state of indisposition. I saw him at Ghindimar; Prince Manna acted in the place of his father, conjointly with the other chiefs. Prince Manna resided at Ghindimar. He took the lead in the discussions, and appeared to be treated with deference by the other chiefs who were present. At the interview referred to the chiefs denied that the act with respect to refusing shelter to the boats' crews was their own act; that it was done by the white people without any sanction whatever from the chiefs. Prince Manna said that the white people, the Spaniards, usurped their author ity in holding in slavery British subjects, and preventing our boats from obtaining shelter. Captain Denman then called upon the chiefs to bind themselves by treaty to certain things, among them that the slave dealers should be banished, and their buildings and baracoons destroyed. The chiefs desired time to consider the matter, and to the best of my recollection they returned on the following day, and agreed to the terms which Captain Denman had submitted and signed the treaty. Ido not think I was present at the moment of signing the treaty. I left Lieu tenant Lewis in the room. I was present when the treaty was drawn up, and when it was read over and explained to the chiefs. No coercion whatever had been used on the part of Captain Denman to compel the chiefs to sign the treaty. They were free to go and comae as they pleased, and were treated with the utmost civility by all parties connected with the force. I was present when the factory at Camassora was set on fire. Prince Manna was standing by at the time, and expressed a wish to see the effects of the rockets upon the baracoons. The factories at Tindo and several other places were fired before I left Dombo corro. I saw the rocket fired from Dombocorro to Camassora. There were no goods whatever at Camassora. I proceeded to Camassora, where I found a native with a light in his hand setting fire to the building, and I believe that it was the natives who set fire to the building, as I do not think that our rockets took any effect. We had seen for several days the natives carrying away the goods from Tindo and other . places, and I know that there were no goods in any F of the buildings which had been fired at that place. The whole of them had, in his opinion, been re ; moved. I saw the natives carrying away the goods for two days upon their heads, wading through the water with them. At Tindo the natives reside close to the stores. No injury what ever was done to the persons or property of any of the natives by Captain Denman or his party. Cross-examined by Mr. HILL—The chiefs were called upon to sign the treaty, and told them that if they did not do so they would be held responsible for having detained British subjects in slavery and their other unfriendly acts, and must take the consequences. What those consequences were he did not state in my presence. (The case had not concluded when our report left.) ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) WEST GLOUCESTER. Some formal proofs connected with the election having been adduced, it was proposed to put in Mr. Grantley Berkeley's marriage settlement, but the Committee de clined Ito admit it as evidence. The other deeds and documents, however, referred to in Mr. Sergeant Wrang ham's opening address were allowed to be put in. In addition to the other incumbrances, it was proved that Earl Fitahardinge had advanced Mr. Grantley Berkele) money, the interest upon which, amounting to 1801. per annum, was made chargeable on the 7001. rent charge. This closed the case for the petitioners. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at 11. GREAT MARLOW. (Lontinued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAX contended that the provi sion in the Act referred to did not apply to the case, inasmuch as the petitions did not pray for a scrutiny of the votes with the view of unseating the sitting Members to replace others, but they complained simply of bribery, and prayed that the return might be declared null and void upon their proving such allegation. The objection was overruled. Thomas Frith stated that previous to the last Great Marlow election he waited upon Mr. Owen Weathen head, one of the canvassers of the sitting Members, when Mr. Weathenhead told him that if he would vote for the sitting Members, he (Mr. Weathenhead) would not only forgive him a debt of between 131. and 141., but lend him 10t. Subsequently he received the 101., which he undertook to repay in three• months, and voted for Mr. Williams and Sir William Clayton. On cross-examination the witness admitted that he was not ashamed of having broken his promise to vote for Colonel Knocks. Since the election he had been sup ported by Sir William Clayton. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY.— (THIS DAY.) The first ordinary general meeting of the share holders in this railway took place to-day, at the offices of the company in Broad-street Buildings, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors, and other business connectad with the company. WILLIAM TINDALL, Esq., the chairman of the company, took the chair at one o'clock, and, upon doing so, called upon the secretary to read the fol lowing roport : " This meeting has been convened in accordance with the Deed of Settlement, and the 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 110, by whose provisions it is enacted that an ordinary general meeting of the shareholders in joint stock companies, registered under the said Act, must be held in the months of January and July in every year, or within twenty days from the expiration of the said months respectively. " Your directors on this occasion have only to re port, that since the last meeting the company has become completely registered ; and that, with a view to obtain from the local Legislature of Ceylon, an acquiescence in the terms upon which as agoeed with, and sanctioned by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, your directors would have been prepared to recommend the pro secution of the scheme, the draft of a local ordinance, embodying;the said terms, has been prepared and forwarded to Ceylon, for the purpose of being laid before his Excellency the Governor, and the local legislature for approval or otherwise. " Your directors hope to receive the decision of the Ceylon Government by the next mail, and have now o recommend that this meeting, which has been convened solely on account of the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies' Act already referred to, be adjourned until specially summoned for the purpose of considering the communications which may arrive from the local Government. "When the nature of the decision in question shall have become known, your directors will convene a meeting, and will be prepared to offer such sugges tions for your adoption as may be deemed expedient." A resolution was then proposed and adopted sanc tioning the report, and ordering its circulation among the proprietors. After which a resolution was carried, adjourning the meeting to the 10th of April. THE BARBADOES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) An adjourned meeting of this company was held to-day at half-past twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern, in order to receive the report of a sub committee appointed at the last meeting Sir R. Schonburgh in the chair. The report stated that the funds in hand were 6691. 03.6 d., and the claims 3001., that the resources of the company bad not been expended with sufficient economy, as more than 3,0001. had been expended in sending two gentlemen as a deputation to Barbadoes who, they considered, ought to have been recalled, inasmuch as shortly after two other members of the board had gone out on their own business, and they might, at much less expense, have transacted the necessary business. 9261. 4s. Bd. had been ex pended in directors' travelling expenses, which was a large sum, considering the extent of the undertaking and the small amount of the deposits received. In conclusion, they recommended that the board should be reduced to five members, that the board in the colony should be abolished, and that no further calls should be made without the concurrence of a meeting of the shareholders. Mr. SMITH, who had read the report, proposed its adoption, and in doing so strongly blamed the apathy of the colonists, who forgetting the old adage that " God helps those who help themselves," neglected to support a project which would promote their pros perity without any aid from the home Government, and redound to the advantage, not only of themselves, but of their children's children.—(Hear.) Mr. LAURIE MURRAY seconded the motion. He said, the line was one of the soundest that was pro jected during the speculative times they had passed through, and his opinion remained unaltered even in this season of commercial distress. He did not think the amount spent in the deputation to Bar badoes large, considering the distance the gentlemen composing it bad bent aeross the ocean. The same remark applied to the sum paid to the directors ; for he had invariably found where those entrusted with the management of a company received no remune ration that it went to the " dogs."—(Hear.) It was advisable that no further calls should be made except by the consent of a general meeting. After considerable discussion, the report was re ceived and ordered to be entered on the minutes. The report of the Directors read at the former meet ing, with the accounts, was also adopted. Resolutions in conformity with the recommenda tions of the report of the Committee were then passed, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair man and Directors, the meeting separated. Tne Company will therefore remain in abeyance for the present, and no further expenses will be in curred. Thomas Lowe the elder and Thomas Lowe the younger, bone and guano dealers, Whitchurch, Salop. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. JEWISH DISABILITIES. _ . The Archbishop of YORK presented petitions from different parts of Yorkshire against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. _ Lord DENMAN presented petitions from different parts of Derbyshire in favour of the Bill. EXCISE LAWS. Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from Scotland, praying for an alteration in the Excise laws. BANK CHARTER. The Earl of EGLINTOUN presented a petition from Glasgow, praying for inquiry into the Bank Charter Act of 1844. NAVIGATION LAWS. Lord STANLEY gave notice of his intention on Friday-week to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Navi gation Laws. PRIENIUNIRE. The Bishop of EXE I'ER !then rose pursusnt to notice, to present a petitton from certain clergy of Buckinghamshire, praying that so much of the statute of the 25th of Henry VIII. as subjected deans, chapters, and bishops, to the penalties of preemunire might be repealel. It was no wish on the part of the petitioners to interfere with the prerogatives of the Crown, or the appointment and consecration of the bishop ; and for himself, he believed that the exercise of that prerogative was highly essential and necessary for the peaceful regulation of the Church. The petitioners did not refer to what had taken place at a late election of a bishop or of the proceedings that had taken place upon it, but he trusted that the opinion of two of the Learned Judges, who were of opinion that the circumstance of a bishop was ajudicial and not a Ministerial Act would be declared to be the law of the realm. The fact of two of the Learned Judges being of that opinion gave him great hope that the object which the petitioners had in view would be acceded to. The Right Reverend Prelate after adverting to what had taken place in the Court of Queen's Bench with respect to the election of the Bishop of Hereford, and the judgment pronounced in that case by the Lord Chief Jus tice of the Court of Queen's Bench, stated that in his opinion (..they must put an end to the apostolic jurisdiction in England if they wished to support the judgment of that Learned Judge. If the law that had been laid down by that Learned Judge was the law of England, he would venture to say that it was without precedent. He was sure if the Noble and Learned Judge reflected for one moment on the effect of the construction he had put on the statute of the 25th of Henry VIII., he would recoil from his own ( pinion. The Bishops of England were ready, and willing, and desirous to obey the law, they would give up all their money, and other possessions; but he believed he stated the opinions of all of them when he said that they would be no parties, for the sake of worldly welfare, or the disobedience to the laws of the great Founder of their religion. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. TEN ANT RIGHT. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Lord Mayor and citizens of Dublin praying the House to pass a law to place the relation of landlords and tenants on a better footing, and attributing the recent agrarian outrages to the want of such a pro vision. The lion. Gentleman also presented a petition from Kildare in favour of the admission of the Jews. Sir H. VERNON presented a petition against. Mr. ADAIR, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. _ . ----- Colonel WATKINS in favour of the admission of the Jews. Colonel THOMPSON presented two petitions from Bradford and its vicinity, signed by 8,000 persons against any increase in our war establishment ; they thought instead of an increase, that a reduction should take place, as those whom an army was kept up to oppose were their be,t customers.--(Laughter.) Great Britain or any other country, at as low freights as WAS paid by the producers of countries where slavery prevailed. And fur her, wit h the vie wof atfOrding reasonable time to make all these arrange ments, this House was of opinion that the existing dif ferential duty of 6s. per cwt. should be continued for five years after the expiration of this year, namely, up to the end of 1853. THE LOSS OF THE AVENGER. Mr. FITZROY, seeing the Hon. Member the First Lord of the Admiralty in his place, wished to ask him the question of which he had given notice, with reference to that ill-fated vessel the Avenger. A rumour had prevailed of late, and had gained strength since the unsatisfactory termination of the court martial on Lieut. Cocke, that the Avenger was not properly supplied with charts ; and with the view of affording a slight satisfaction to the friends and rela tives of the unfortunate brave men who fell victims with the vessel, he wished to ask the Honourable Geatletnan whether or not the Avenger was properly supplied with charts ? Admiral DUN DAS replied that the Avenger was provided with every chart connected with the Medi terranean, and the Admiralty held the receipt of Captain Rapier for them. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE COURT OF ROME, Sir R. 11. INGLIS said en the 7th of February a Bill was introduced into the Ilouse of Lords to autho rise the establishments of diplomatic intercourse with the Court of Rome, and the Lords were eummoned for the 16th, to take the Bill into further consideration, and to read it a second time. Now, without giving an opinion on the sub.' ject, though he should be disposed to do so at the proper time, he wished to express a hope that his Noble Friend would take care that sufficient time was given for the due discussion of the measure in the Upper and Lower House, and, he might add, for its consi deration in the country.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said the Bill was in the hands of the Lord President of the Council , and he had no doubt he would give sufficient time for the considera tion of the measure in the House of Peers without any interference from him or from any of the other Members of that House. When the Bill came down to that House he should not use any undue haste in passing the measure.—(Heor.) Mr. HINDLEY inquired if the Noble Lord had any objection to lay the correspondence which had pasted between Lord Minto and the Court of Rome before the House ? Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said the Hon. Gentleman must be aware that the mission of Lord Minto to the Court of Rome was entirely divested of any diplomatic character.—(Laughter.) He carried with him, however, credentials to the powers of Sardinia, Florence, and Naples. His mis sion, however, being divested of a diplomatic character, did not place him in a position to be enabled to lay any correspondence that had taken place before the House.—(ltenewed laughter.) ITALY. Dr. BOWRING then rose to move for copies or extracts of the correspondence on the subject of the ' Commercial League of Italy. Italy, notwithstand ing all her former grandeur, her learning, her high position in the scale of nations, and the universality of her language, continued even now to justify the words of the poet— " Conquering and conquered still to be a slave." The Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had done justice to the admirable man who was placed at the head of the pontifical Government. His advent to that Government had been a blessing to Italy. He had exercised all his influence for the purpose of removing some of the causes of complaint among the people, end he hoped that the Pontiff, assisted by the other Powers, would he enabled to remove easily the large amount of grievances sc much needed to be removed, not only in Rome but in Naples. He did not wish this country to interfere in the internal concerns of other countries, but that desire not to interfere was not at all incompatible with the expression of the fullest sympathy on the part of this country with the op pressed against the oppressors. The free- trade movement of Tuscany seemed also to be fraught with good to the Italian Peninsula. It was a favourable thing that Rome had been enabled so to control the the Italian mind, so as to obtain from them some security that those principles would not be lost, but that it would finally end in a regresentative system of Government. —(hear, hear.) But the influence of Pius IX., would pass away no doubt with his life, and it was the interest of this country to establish upon a permanent basis the constitutions of the different portions of Italy. In the free-trade movement of Italy, Sardinia occu pied about the same position as Prussia did among the the Zollverein, and he had no doubt that the constitution recently stablised there would prove acceptable to the people. Tuscany had always been a place of considerable interest, its influence was widely spread ; she had established the largest portions of the illustrations of Italian literature. Of Naples he felt bound to speak with some degree of apprehension; but he had no doubt that the seed sown there would eventually bring forth fruit, and the King of Naples warned, by what he saw going on around him, would be had no doubt finally unite'vvith the other portions of Italy. With respect to Sicily it must be remem bered that although some blood had been shed still this country was the first to awaken the bosom of the Sicilians the love of freedom. (Hear, hear.) The name of Lord William Bentinck was spoken of by the Sicilians with the most perfect reverence, and there was not a Sicilian bosom which heaved with anticipation at the time when the Sicilian people should be consulted on the subject of Sicilian laws. The idea of a commercial league in Italy was a most happy thought. With the national feeling of Italy there was also united a con siderable amount of local feeling. The feeling of the Sicilians was very distinct from the Tuscans, and the Tuscans from both the Romans and the Lombards. It would be wise still to cherish these local feelings. The idea of one united king dom in Italy was a perfect chimera, and a dream which could be indulged in by no persons who . had really studied the position and feelings of the inhabitants of the various states of Italy, The example of Germany should be made the groundwork of their future commercial regulations, and then he had no doubt the commercial glory of Italy would again return. Genoa, Leghorn, and Venice, these great maarts of com merce would again see a return of those days of splendour with which their romantic history was as sociated. I-Ie was not aware whether his Noble Friend would at present find himself in a condition to make any communication to the House on the subject; but of this he was convinced, that the matter might be safely left in the hands of the Noble Lord; and therefore without detaining the House further, ha begged leave to move the motion of Nthich he had given notice. Lord PALMERSTON rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) COURSE OF EXCH. &Miter inni ...... •• • • 12 3 1 A at sight Rottcrda , n .. • • 12 Int werp • .... 25 75 damburith .... • • 31,13. 13 i 2 .11tona ......... . • . i'aris, 3 days'3ight ...• 25 45 Ditto, ....... ..... 25 65 Nlarseilles • • • • 2 5 75 !Soup - lc:aux 25 75 Frankfort on Maine.. 122% Peteraburgh, 811. Rble .• NGE.-(THIS DAY.) 1;er1in...:.;.......... Leghorn .. 31 :lenoa ..... ......... 25 45 Milan . Naples •—••••••••••• Palermo, p0r0z........ f,isbon. Rio Janeiro • • • . Buenos Ayres .. • ....• New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia Vienna, effee. lio.. •. •• 10 1:1 Trieste, ditto.... •..... 10 14 Madrid .... ........ 46N Cadla ..... 48% rri1b50.............„., llarcelona •• • ........ iarille..•.. ..... ...... :175t, 51% PRIORS OF BULLION, I A or. Foreigu Gold in bars.. .C.: :7 9 New Dollars .. •• 6 4 9 3 4 Portugal Gold Coi❑ .. 0 0 0 Apanlsh Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 14. NEW PALACE AT WESTMINSTER. . • - -- - Mr. OSBORNE (in continuation) proceeded to say—There had been much laudation of the frescoes in the other House; he (Mr. Osborne) was not a man of taste, and would not, therefore, venture an opinion on the subject, farther than the wing that, us a Member of the House, he could not vote for the ap pointment of a committee of taste of the gentlemen who lauded the frescoes.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) But as to the frescoes, in relation to the progress of the build ing, he decidedly objected to the proposition advanced by Mr. Barry, that there must be more ventilation and re-arrangements, involving great delay and great ex pense, merely for the purpose of preserving these preci ous frescoes.—(Hear, hear.) What, on this subject said Lord Sudeley—at all events as good a judge of frescoes and of architecture as Mr: Barry? Why, Lord Sudeley, before the Committee of 1844, said that if the new Houses of Parliament were meant as exhibitions of the fine arts, Mr. Bjrry's view on the points might be a correct one so far, but that he himself re garded the new Houses of Parliament in a different light, and considered that the fine arts, while adapted in the way of embellishment, were not to supersede every other consideration, or to interfere with arrangements otherwise desirable.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Barry, how ever, upn all occasions, put forward the orders of the trine Arts Committee as a reason for this or that altera tion, or addition, or deviation, and the result would be an additional outlay of some 200,0001. for mere whims. —(Hear, hear.) As to what anything would cost, how ever, this nobody knew, the architect least of all per sons, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests— the responsible functionary—excepted. Mr. Barry, when asked by one of the Committees what he thought would now be the expense, coolly answered that he had not the slightest idea on the subject—that be could not even guess what would be the ultimate cost.--(llear.) And as to the Noble Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, he declared himself wholly unpre pared to assist Mr. Barry in his calculations, and, indeed, distinctly repudiated any knowledge of the matter whatever—an abnegation which at once suggested a strong doubt as to the utility of the office which he represented.—(Hear, hear.) Yet Lord Duncannon had in the most distinct manner asserted, not mer e ly the WINDOW TAX. Mr. LUSHINGFON presented a petition from parish of St. Ann's, Westminster, signed by 800 or 900 persons, praying for a repeal of the window duties. Mr. GRAINGER presented a petition in favour of the Roman Catholic Disabilities Bill. Colonel TFIOMPSON presented a petition in fa vour of the admission of Jews. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol to the same effect. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. HU rr presented a petition from Gateshead, in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. TENANT RIGHT. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented petitions from Drogheda, Kildare, Down, and Clare, in favour of a Tenant Right Bill. SCOTCH BANKS. An Hon'. MEMBER presented a petition from Dun bar, praying for a modification of the Bank Act of 1845. NAVIGATION LAWS.. Mr. HILDYARD presented a petition against the repeal of the navigation-laws. Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions from Lancashire, Derbyshire, and other places, against any addition to our war establishments ; and one in favour of the repeal of the punishment of death. LYME REGIS. The Members of this Committee were called to the table and sworn. Sir H. R. INGLIS presented a petition from Exeter against the Roman Catholic Charities' Biil ; from the loyal Orangemen of Ashton-under-Lyme, complaining of the rescript in ewna Domini ; several against the admission of the Jews, and one from Kingston-upon-Hull against denunciations from the altar. NAVAL AND MILITARY ESTABLISH MENTS. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition, numerously signed, from Halifax against any increase in the naval and military establishments of the country. JEWISH DISABILITIES. The Hox. MEMBER also presented a petition in favour of the removal of Jewish disabilities. KINSALE ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Members of this Committee were called to the table and sworn. POOR-LAW SUPERANNUATION. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition in favour of making some superannuation allowance to those poor-law officers who were disabled for the dis charge of their duties. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Colonel DUNNE gave notice that he would, upon an early day, move for certain returns, with a view of shewing the efficacy of the existing poor-law in Ireland to relieve the distress of that country. MERCHANT NAVY. Captain HARRIS gave notice that he would, on Tuesday, the 27th inst., move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying for the appoint ment of a Commission to inquire into how far her Majesty might depend, in case of war, upon assistance from the merchant navy of this country. EXCHEQUER LOAN COMMISSIONERS — (IRELAND). Major BLACKALL gave notice that he would to morrow ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was the intention of the Government to place any further amount of funds at the disposal of the Ex chequer Loan Commissioners of Ireland. WASTE LANDS (IRELAND.) Mr. P. SCROPE gave notice that he would, upon this day fortnight, call the attentioa of the House to the subject cf the waste lands of Ireland, with a view of showing in what manner they could be made available for the purpose of relieving the distress o! that country. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. __ Mr. THORNELY wished to ask his Right Hon. Friend the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether it was the intention of Government to in troduce a Bill this session to enable joint-stock companies to wind up their concerns. Mr. M. GIBSON said a Bill had already been prepared for that purpose, and to-night he should give notice of his intention to introduce it. WEST INDIA COLONIES. Mr. HUME said on a former evening he gave conditional notice, that if the Hon. Member for Gloucester did not submit to the House any mo tion respecting the Sugar Duties, he would submit a resolution upon the subject, and he wished now to state the terms of the resolution which he intended to submit to the House. He would fix such period for bringing it on as he could arrange with the Government. It was a question more for them than for him to introduce; but the resolution he proposed to move was to this effect, that it wars incumbent on Parliament to enable the Colonies to make a fair trial of free labour by removing all restrictions in the way of ob taining free labour ; to enforce in the Colonies the same strict system of vagrancy laws which were in force in England, making these applicable to the black and the white population alike, to allow the colonies to reduce their establishments establishments and fiscal regulations to the lowest point, consistent with the due and proper maintenance of the police and military services of the country ; to r eliable the ooloniste to transport their produce to MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 15.) SUGAR.—To- day prices suffered a further depression for all kinds of Raw Sugar, as supplies were on an in creased scale, and all parties being cautious in their proceedings. West India Muscovado was purchased re luctantly by both refiners and grocers, although mer chants were willing to realise, and submitted to a de cline on the rates of Friday of 6d per cwt for all sorts. The private sales are only 440 hhds and trs. There was no public sale of Barbadoes. REFINED.—To-day the market had a dull appearance for all kinds of Refined goods, and prices are on the de cline, standard Lumps selling at 545, and brown Lumps 53s to 53s 6d. The market is well supplied, arid the refiners are freely at work. Crushed Sugar is little wanted for exportation, and there are sellers of first sort at 29s to 303 per cent. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon a greater desire was manifested by importers of Mauritius Sugar to realise. The quantity offered at public sale was large, and amounted to 100 casks, and 10,944 bags, consisting chiefly of middling yellow and grey sorts. There was little desire shown by grocers or refiners to operate, and a part only sold at a decline on Friday of 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was not much desire manifested to make purchases in Bengal Sugar. At public sale three parcels amounting to 2,916 bags were offered, the whole sold but at a decline on former rates of 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-dap the market for Foreign Sugar had dull appearance. Holders offered to take rather lower rates, still exporters and the home trade operated with much auction. The quantity declared fbr public sale is large. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market for Foreign Coffee had a firm appearance. 1,578 bags of Costa Rica at auction were all sold, and at an advance on last week's rates of 2s per cwt. Of native Ceylon none was offered at public sale, but privately purchases to a fair extent were made. Plantation is wanted, and 998 bags at unction all sold at firm rates. TEA.—To-day the market was quiet for Tea, but full rates were insisted upon for all kinds. The arrivals during the past week are 36,000 packages, and during that time duty was paid on 525,989 pounds Brxems.—To-day the demand was good privately for Pimento ; and 168 bags at sale were nearly all sold at stiffer rates. Jamaica Ginger is less wanted. Of black Pepper, several parcels were sold privately at full rates ; 77 bans of Eastern at auction were, however, taken in 2d for damaged. MOLASSES.—The market is quiet for West India, but holders are firm. At auction 12 puns of Nevis were taken in at 16s. East India Treacle sells slowly. • Cocoa..—At auction, 335 bags Trinidad were all taken in. Foreign is held with firmness, but is not much wanted, and 401 bags Bahia at auction were mostly , taken in at 35s for good red; the small part sold went at 37s for fine, being the previous value. SPIRITS.—To-day a fair demand was experienced for Jamaica Ruin, but better prices were not to be ob.. tained; plain and good quality 30 to 36 per cent over proof selling at 3s 8d to 4s 23, and fine 4s 3d to 4s 6d. East India is dull of sale at Is 6d to is 7d, and Leeward Island at is 8d proof strength. Rim—To-day there were sellers of East India Rice upon rather lower terms, still few buyers were to be met with for home use or exportation. None was offered at public sale. TALLOW.—This afternoon, at public sale, 144 tons Brazil Wood sold at better prices, pile 1 at 771 15s to 861 15s. pile 2 60/ 10s to 72/, pile 3 60/ to 60/ 15s; other sorts 32l to 551; pile 6 branch Wood, slightly stained, 581 to 671 15s. OILS.—The purchases made in Linseed Oil have been extensive by the home trade, and several export orders were concluded. For forward delivery a good business has been concluded, and the crushers manifest much firmness. In Rapeseed Oil several purchases have been made, and the supply keeps small. Palm has been in excellent request by private treaty, and 170 casks at auction realised 36s to 36s 9d for fine quality. The consumption is yet on the increase, and supplies are not large. Cocoa Nut Oil sells more readily, and at stiffer rates: 96 packages at auction were chiefly disposed of. Olive met with a good demand, and holders are firmer. INDIGO.—To-day 776 chests have passed the sale; the biddings were more brisk than yesterday from exporters or the home dealers, and the rates previously established have been fully supported for all kinds. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February, 1848, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day his Grace Thomas Lord Archbishop of York and the Right Honourable William Goodenough Hayter were, by her Ma jesty 's command, sworn of her Majesty Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Charles Lord Sudeley to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Montgomery, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February, 1848, present, the Queen'e Most Excellent Majesty Au Council. Her Majesty in enanea was this day pleased, upon the representatio❑ of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Reverend Frederick Temple, M.A., to be Principal of the Training School for School masters at Knellar•hall. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Honourable the Lords Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Reverend William Henry Brookfield, M.A., to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in England, vice the Venerable .John Allen, now Vicar of Prees an 3 Arch deacon of Salop; and also to appoint John Daniell Morell and Zelinger C. Symons, Esqrs. to be two of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in England and Wales; and John Gibson, Esq. to be one of her Ma jesty's Inspectors of Schools in Scotland. - - ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint David James Harmer, Esq., to be Standard Bearer to Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms, vice Matthew Wyatt, Esq., pro.noted. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mat thew Wyatt, Esq , late Standard-bearer to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, to he her Lieutenant in the same Corps, rice Sir Henry Robinson, Kilt., retired. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley. to appoint William Majoribanks Hughes, late Captain let the King's Regiment of Dragoon Guards, to be one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, rice Tyrwhitt Walker, retired. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 11. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Sir Thomas George Heeketh, of Rufford.hall, Bart., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER, SOMERSET-HOUSE, FEB. 14, 1848. Augustus Coryton, of Pentillie Cantle, in the county of Cornwall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the county of Cornwall. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 11, 1848. The Queen bos been pleased to approve of Mr. Vic tor Weber, as Consul at Ramsgate, and of Mr. Thomas Jenner, as Consul at Rye, for his Majesty the King of Hanover. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. The Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia — Henry Tufnell, Esq., M.P., to be Captain. Feb. 10; Ernest Oswald Cue. Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 7. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 14. The following promotion has this day taken place, consequent upon the death of Rear Admiral the Hon. James William King; Captain Villiers Francis Hatton to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Bond Cooke and Georgo Shaw, hat manu facturers, Denton, Lancashire. Robert Murray, woollen draper, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. • Thomas Phipps, saddler, High Holborn, to surrender, Feb. 24, at twelve, and March 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Abbott, Jenkins, and Abbott, New inn. Stephen Charles Taylor, wine merchant, New Peck ham, Surrey, Feb. 25, at hall past one, and April 1, at half past eleven. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury, Londondon ; Axford, Poultry. Thomas Freemantle, builder, Clapham-rise, Surrey, Feb. 24, and April 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingz,ball-street ; Adams, G eorge-street, Mansion-house. Henry Burrell, lodging -housekeeper, Bull and Mouth street, City. Charles Slade, market gardener, Grange, Kent. Henry Clark, warehouseman. Aldermanbury, City. Robert Oakley, market gardener, Southampton. George Stokes, cheese dealer, King's Arms•yard, Snow-hill. James Haddon Brownlie, cabinet-maker, Richmond street, St. James's. Henry Harvey, stock and share dealer, Stock Ex change. Jabez Rubery, lock manufacturer, Darlaston, Stafford shire. Thomas Butterworth, woollen manufacturer, Green booth-mills, Rochdale. William Henry Bushell, innkeeper, Manchester. Simon Rutland, coachmaker, flosstborpe, Lincolnshire. Eliza Anne Edwards, banker, Bristol. Evan Parry, draper, Pontypool, Monmouthshire. Lewis Povey, printer, Wootton-under -Edge, Glouces tershire. John Stephens, grocer, Bath. Richard Jewell, bootmaker, Beeralston, Devonshire. William Stanbury, grocer, Cawsand, Cornwall. Henry Tucker, linendraper. Colyton, Devonshire. William Henry Mann, colour merchant, Maiden•lane, Cheapside. Mary Emma Edwards, banker, Bristol. Ellen Edwards, partner in the North of England Joint Stock Banking Company, Bristol. Bobert Burns, general draper, Exeter. Altred Furniss, grocer, Derby. Ti 19046 94tel Wilcox, linen draper, Birmingham. to right of the Woods and Forest department to contr the architects of any works, but their bounden duty do 60.-(Hear, hear.) The committee of 1844, in their report, had stated that during the progress of the building of the new Houses, certain deviations and alterations had been made by Mr. Barry without snj authority from the Goverment. Yet from that time to this, no public functionary had called the attention of the House to these alterations and deviations. With respect to the delay that had taken place in completing the new Houses of Parliament, what, let him ask, was the House led to expect in the year 1836 would be the term which the new buildings would require for their entire completion ? The Hon. Baronet belosar him (Sir R. Inglis) would remember in common smith himself that six years was the extreme limit • 0f time fixed by Mr. Barry for the House to be ill the occupation of the Members ; and further, he revel , lected that on the occasion when this statement was made Mr. Barry volunteered the assurance that from the time that the foundations were laid there would only elapse a period of two years before the Committee rooms would be ready for the reception of Members.-- (Hear, hear.) But then there arose a delay and a diffi culty in laying the foundations of the House, and in the year 1846, when Mr. Barry was asked when the foun dations were'laid, he replied that he. could not tell, for he kept no diary of the progress of the works. Would any private gentleman act upon such a plan in his own building?—(Hear, hear.) In point of fact the architect, and all those who were officially concerned in the build ings, had been annually subjected to a running fire of questions respecting the opening of the new Houses which they had found it very inconvenient to parry. In 1842 his Honourable Friend oa his left (Mr. Hume) received for answer from Lord Lincoln, then at the head of the Woods and Forests, the reply that he had seen Mr. Barry on the very day the question as to when the House would be opened was put, and that he assured the House the buildings would be ready for their reception in 1845. So, again, in the year 1845, the Honourable Member for York repeated the same question, and he was assured, in prec isel y the same terms as before, that there was no reason why the Houses should not be ready by 1847. Mr. Barry hip ; self, when asked by the Lords' Committee A t period he expected the House of Commons to be rel l °)% answered, that he had not the smallest idea—(A lattitt; —and, lastly, Lord Morpeth had very recently AS3Utea Hon. Members that the House would be ready, but at what period the Noble Lord had totally omitted to state. So that the House and the country were as much in the dark on this point as ever. There was another point to which he begged to draw the attention of the Noble Lord, namely, as to the accounts furnished of the money paid for the new buildings. There was an item of 25,0001. paid to the architect on account of his remuneration for superintending the construction after the original plan. But it was stated in a note that this sum had not been accepted by Mr. Barry as a payment in full for his services. Now he (Mr. B. Osborne) distinctly assured the Committee that 25,0001. was to be the utmost limit of the remune ration to be received by him, and a letter written by the late Earl of Bessborough was on record, wherein that Noble Lord stated that Mr. Barry had no claim what.. ever beyond the 25,0001. agreed to be paid on the ap proval of his plan by both Houses of Parliament. In answer to this letter Mr. Barry said that he acceded to the award, although the amount nas below what was customary for architects to receive, and that he did 00 because he found it was considered by the Government to be a liberal remuneration; and not only did the Board of Commissioners think the payment liberal, but when the sum was specified to Sir Benjamin Stephen son and Mr. Milnes, they were also of opinion it was quite sufficient. Having thus laid the various facts con nected with the subject before the House, he could only express his acknowledgments for the courteous attention with which his statement had been received, and await the information which the Government might think proper to give.—(Cheers.) Lord 11OR,PETH said he must preface the few ob servations which he had to offer to the House by stating that he really thought his Hon. Friend who had just concluded his speech had entirely mistated the answers given the tiler night by his Noble Friend the First Lord of tee Treasury and by himself. In the first place, he thought hr might appeal to the House to say whether there was anything like a sneer in the answer which he gave. 'II( n, with respect to the answer given by his Noble Friend, that surely could not be constructed as indicating that the Board of Woods and Forests, or the Treasury could not exercise any control over the ex penditure incurred in erecting the two Houses of Pare liament. All that was said was, when the question was asked whether the Government could guarantee that the cost of the entire work would not exceed 1,400,0001., that the Government certainly could not guarantee that the expense of a work of such prodigious magnitude would not exceed the precise sum of 1,400,0001. His Hon. Friend had been rather severe on his (Lord Morpeth's) department, and had stated, that if it could not control the expenditure now going on, it was useless, and ought to be abolished. Since he had had the honour to hold the office of Chief Com missioner of the Woods and Forests he had made it his particular business to inquire and ascertain in what the duties of that department were understood to consist, both by his predecessors, Lord Besborough, Lord Line coin, and Lord Canning, and by those gentlemen who permanently retained their seats at the board. All these gentlemen conceived that they acted ministerially, as a subordinate department of the Treasury, and that they had no more power to control the amount of-ex penditure incurred than they had to settle the details of the architecture. And, certainly, he thought it very lucky that such was not the case, for if the Woods and Forests were called on to control the expenses of the building, and settle the details of the architecture, they would probalil) make but indifferent work of it. He conceived that this department was intended to inves tigate accounts, and to see in what way money was applied after its outlay had received the sanction of the Treasury, It had to see that responsible persons were employed, and that proper terms were agreed upon ; it had to examine accounts, to seo that the conditions of contracts were faithfully observed, and that the bills were paid.- The duties imposed upon the office were very laborious, and he was convinced that they were discharged with great zeal and ability. He might say this in particular of that excellent public servant, Mr. Milne,• so long 'connected with this department. Fur ther, it was certainly the duty of the Woods and Forests to report any deviation from the original design in at public work to the Treasury, for their sanction or disal lowance, anti this rule, be believed, had been acted upon by the department. But when his Hon. Friend threw blame on the department of Woods and Forests, and said he wished that a Parliamentary Commission had been appointed, he must remind him that one of the chief sources of expense had been, that this building had been carried on under the special direction and superin tendence of a committee of the two Houses of Parliament, which had sat on the subject, conducted their investiga teeis, and made their reports. He wished to state to the House what, up to the present day, the actual expenditure had been, and what was the excess of expenditure over the original estimate. The original es timate furnished by Mr. Barry was 707,0001. The sum advanced for works, including architect's commission. clerks' wages, &c., was 808,0001.; but of this, 378,000 1 . had been paid for embankments, river wall, warming and ventilating, tire-proof construction, additional resi (l. nces, sewers, decorations, fittings, furniture of the I louse of Lords, and other miscellaneous works, all of which formed no part of the original estimate, leaving a balance of 430,0001,, which had been expended oa ac count of the original design and estimate. It was fair, therefore, to state, that in the execution of the original design, only 430,000/. had been at present spent. lie would not, any more than his Hon. Friend, venture to pronounce any judgment upon the style of that building. That was a matter of bygone times, and as there were many Members of the House, there might be many minds upon it. The style selected was the highly decorated style, which they knew was a highly expensive one. Neither would he now enter upon a discussion of the propriety of appointing a Committee of Fine Arts. Her Majesty's present Government ;were not responsible for that commission, but he must say that be did not think the country at large would at all syrups' thise with the attempt made by his Hon. Friend to cast discredit upon that opening which had been made for Ovine. encouragement to the rising talent of the coun try.—(Hear, hear.) Of course he agreed with his Hon. Friend that substantial utility ought not to be postponed to decoration, but bare walls might properly be covered by pictures, and he could not help thinking that his Hon. Friend had been unduly severe upon the frescoes in the House of Lords. They were not, it was true, perfect, but they were very creditable examples of a new mode of decorative art, and he had no doubt that the most com petent judges would confirm this verdict, which he yen tured, with diffidence, to pronounce. Of course he did not mean to deny that' this had been a most expensive building, and had considerably exceeded the sum esti mated as the cost of its completion, but he put it to the House, whether it could fairly have been expected to be otherwise?—(Hear, hear.) The original desigp of a building of such vast magnitude and such vari ous uses could only have embraced the general arrangement and character of the building. Mall errors of the architect which must have been originally included in the design—many difficulties which he did not then foresee—could only be considered and cor rected as the architect came to deal with the require ments made upon him. The modifications required from him had been endless, both from Committees of that House and from the ,heads of departments con nected with the public service. Since the first stone of the Houses of Parliament was laid, the growth of public business had been immense, and required increased ac commodation, which the architect had to provide. lie need only instance that splendid , corridor which stretched its proud length by the committee rooms of the House of Commons, and which, expensive as it might be, scarcely bore a proportion to the costliness of the transactions there carried on.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Then, among other things for which the architect was not prepared, and could not be prepared, were the warming and ventilating arrangements, which were not considered in the original estimate. His Hon. Friend had talked of the great expenses which bad been incurred for these arrangements ; but 5, 11. ' Barry was not responsible for them, since the House itself had determinee that the pleas and arrange' ments of Dr. Reid should have full scope for develop' went. He (Lord Morpeth) had himself announced tb st it was the intention of the Government that those plap" should be applied to the House of Commons, and that announcement was received with an unanimous e xprer sion of pleasure in the House. With regard to th e i charge of stone, to which his Hon. Friend had allu ded, he believed that much difficulty had been experienced ie finding sufficient quarries of stone for so vast a building/ and the charge for that item was consequently increas e d i by 22,000/. As to the non-completion of the cruc ia l residences, he agreed with his Hon. Friend in tbier: e ing it was a great pity that they were not spared necessity of paying a large sum for the hire Of tuv— r