The Sun. — London, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

Laa Idaaso Vtirt i =titian SUN 49-FEICE, Semi o'Clock. .... The following is an account of the proceedings off' the mob before they broke into the Assembly : The various clubs and the workmen of the Atelier, Idationaux met -on the Boulevards, and afterwards re paired to the Place de la Bastille. At eleven o'clock they proceeded to the National Assembly, following the Boule vards, headed by the presidents of the clubs and several officers, both of the regular troops and the National Guard. Wken the procession reached the Bridge de Is Concorde, it was guarded by s small body of National Guards who were forced by the mob to remove their bayonets from their muskets. On reaching the Palais Bourbon a general, in full . uniform, who was standing on the steps of the Palace facing the bridge, came down to receive the delegates who bore the petition; several of them entered. The proces sien, after a short stand at the back of the Palace, pro ceeded to the Place du Palais Bourbon. A small body of Garde Nationale Mobile were drawn up in front of the Palace, and received the procession with fixed bayonets. A workman immediately seizing the musket of one of the men, took - eff - the bayonet, returned him his arm, and urged the rest to remove their bayonets also, as resistance was useless, whatever might be their orders. The proces sion then stood some time on the place. Shortly after some began to shout Open the doors,' when a man scaled the wall on the right side of the gates, and, with a standard in his hand, urged the crowd to follow him. That proceeding was severely censured by a. portion of the proces sion ; the Colonel of the National Guar d, who was at the had of the procession, left the spot immediately. During the scaling of the wall several persons offered a slight resistance; some officers of the National Guard attempted to push the men off. General Courtais soon appeared, and after an ineffectual attempt to prevent one or.two persons from entering the court, he retired. The doors were now thrown open, and the mob rushed in. Very shortly after the report of a musket was heard, and the people began to fly, and shout "To arms !" It was soon reported that the musket had gone off by accident. The greatest irritation prevailed among the mob. A staff officer of the National Guard went into the Assembly, and promised the people to let them know what was going on. He soon came out, and informed those who surrounded- him that the question had the warmest sympathies of the Assembly, and that they would im mediately take the matter into consideration. That information was very ill received by the mob—one man exclaimed "We are the inasters! others, "We will have no such answers; it must be yes or no." "We will not leave the spot till war has been declared," &c. The troops appeared to be manoeuvring to surround the Palace. A large body of the Garde Mobile was drawn up on the stops that face the bridge, and troops were arriving on all sides. MESSINA. The Messinese are now enjoying an armistice, which will not be terminated till the 15 t h inst. The citadel continued to fire on the fortress ti ll the armistice was concluded ; but the people, expecting orders from the Palermitan Parliament, would not return the fire. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS XlThlinti OF DEATHS IeROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 13. 114$. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 263 DiAeases of Uncertain Seat .•• ••• „, 53 Turbercular Disettacs.:: ••• ••; Igo Diseases of. the - Brain , Ner ves ; and Senses._ ,-.;Lx..1 113 Diseases of the 'Heart and Blood4vessels • • 30 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of ' . . Reepiratiiin ... •• • • .... 167 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver,- and othe'r — Organs. of Digestii3On... Diereses of the Kidneys, •&c, . *- " Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the-Joints, Bones, and Muscles • 9 Diseases of the Skin, itc. Malformations... —• *** Premature Birth ..• ••• ••• ••• • .Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... 2 Violence, Privation, &i . Cold, 0t . ..1 . Intemperance 24 Causes not specified .•• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 DZATIIII mom ♦LL Calms 1,051 Penulation ♦verage weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths. 1843-7. In the 1641. riTS Springs. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 143 ... 143 North Districts.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 197 Central Districts 373,653 ... 171 ... 184 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 199 ... 226 south Districts.. 501,190 ... 248 ... 302 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males ... ... Females ... 943 ... 1,052 ... 493 ... 559 BIRTHS IN TIM WILES. Males Females Total . ... 672 ... 714 ... 1,386 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(THIS DAY.) Amsterdam ...... •• • • 12 4)4 libral tar.. .... .. Ditto, at sight ...... Leghora ........ • ..... Rettirdarn .... ••.. • • 12 4 Genoa .. ••••.... .. • • . . Antwerp • • ............ 26 20 Milan .. • • ............ Lionatrurgh .... • .M.B. 13 1411 Venice........ •• • • .... rails, 3 days' sight .• • . 24 El Palermo, peros ........ Ditto, .............. 24 Lisbon.. —• • .......... Marseilles •••• • • • • .... Oporto • ... • • .... ••.. • • Bourdeaux .... ..... .. Rio Janeiro • ....... • • Frankfort on Maine.... 1214 Bahia ................ ratersburgh, SU. itble • Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin.. .............• New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effec. 0...... Philadelphia .......... Trieste, ditto.... • • .... rsicss or acta.tox, r2z oz. Madrid .... • • ........ Foreign Gold la bars £3 :7 Ctadis • • •—.• • ....... New Dollars • ... • • 0 4 9 )1i Bilbao.. ..... ......... Portugal Gold Cola •• 0 0 0 Barcelona ............. Spanish Donblooas glayUla.. •...... • ....... Myer la bars ...• .. •• 0 41 1 % i 2 WI( MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Losidon New Price Current of May 16.) SIIGAR.—To-day the market for raw Sugar presented a more active appearance; supplies were limited, and an advance in the value of all sorts transpired. In West India Muscovado a good buiness was concluded for both grocery and refining purposes, and the rates paid were 6d per cwt above those of Friday. The purchases amounted to 450 hhds &c., including a public sale of 145 hlids 12 tierces of Barbadoes, which went briskly at an advance of 6d per cwt—fine yellow sold at 43e, good 41s to 42s 6d, middling 39s to 40s 6d, and low 36s 6d to 38s per cwt. The market for Sugar closes with:much firmness. REFINED.—Today Refined Goods met with 'less at tention for home consumption, but in prices we have no variation to record, on account of the small supply. The market for bonded sugar is firm at. 27. to 28. per cwt. MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon several purchases were made privately, and 1,803 bags and 37 casks at auction went 6d -per cwt higher—middling and good yellow realised 39s to 401 sd, low to fine grey 37e to 401, fine brown 35. 6d to 38s, good 34s 6d, middling 335, low 30s to 31s 6d, washed 30s to 335, and syrupy 28. to 38s 6d per Cwt. EAST Imaik.--This afternoon there was a brisker demand for Bengal privately, and 2.200 bags at auction went at 6d per owt advance--middling white Benares at 42% low 39s 6d. to 40s, middling and good soft yellow 3S. to 325, damp and washed 3sa to 41$ per cwt. Foams: 4 .- I ' o -day there was no public s a l e of any bind of Foreign Sugar; but privately, business to a lair extent was concluded, and at rather better prices. If holders had accepted former terms, large parcels would have been sold. The home trade are yet the chief oper ators. IdoLAsexs.-i-The demand for. all sorts of West India has been active, and an advance in the value o f 1, per cwt is apparent; low to fine quality realises 16a to 20. per• cwt. The market is less freely supplied, and on th e part of holders there is firmness. COCOA.—This afternoon there was not much diap o . sition manifested to make purchases in Bahia Coqoa, a n d 45$ bags at auction were all taken in at 35a it* sound, and damaged 32s per cwt. • .• COMM.—This afternoon Jamaica Coffee met with at tention ; and at public sale $ 5 tics, 54 bags were low at rather higher rates; middling fetched 50* to 58s, middling 465, fine fine ordinary 40s to 432 id, fine ordi nary 36s to 395, good ordinary 325 to 335, ordinary and triage . 23, to 21s 6ti, very ordinary 17 4 5116 d d —g to 245. Plantation Ceylon .15 wan ted , t a a n t 60 . to bags were sold at better prices 724 6d, middling 43. to 51s, lowAto-m"idddlwinegn n 43s to 455, fine and fine fine ordinary 35s to 40 s , ordinary_ad ood ordinary 25s to 325, damaged 2 7s to 313 bd. kg Nativeseveral parcels were sold privately, good and real good ordinary realized 30s to 31s per cwt. TILL—The market has still en improving appearance for all kinds of Tea,-supplies are less plentiful, and dealers in both town and country are more inclined to increase their stocks. Duty was paid at this port on 381 ,900 lbs during the past. weel4.whereas during that time 20,000 pkgs were imported. In Congou a good b usiness has been concluded; ell sorts must be con siderecLa shade higher, common and good ordinary g o is Ind realizes to 7} per lb. Of Green many r e an , have been sold, and at full rates for Q middling, whereas good and fine realised stiffer pric es- Pekoe Teas cannot be stated to have risen i n "Azle, b ut there is a more active demand. Public sales are announced to take place, but they are not of much consequence. To-day there was not much passing in the Tea market, but holders would not sell excepting at fully former rates. Rim—To-day there was little passing privately in any sort of East India Rice, and 2,424 bags bengal at auc tion were only in p art sold at barely the former value ; good white went at los t o lO s first class d a maged 9s to 9s 6d, second 8s to as 6d, third and fourth 6e to 3s per cwt. SAG° is offered at a further reduction, still the dealings have been limited by private treaty, low p good and fine 19s to 21srdSrmg i o d F d n u g earl at 17 s to 1 r 9, and 14e . to 15s is t_la, value. Tapioca is' is little wanted, dull of sale at 20 to 41d Per ot arrowroot the sup ply is yet exceeding the dean d Cent over SPIRITS. —Today higher rates were maist,; eoagtne business ',m a all sorts of Rum, but not much Proof Leewards are held foicrals33od t 0 0 0 1 3 s 8 2pde,r, India is 7d to la Bd, and JAMS proof 3s 10d to 43 6d per gallon. FRUlT.—Although there has been a large amount_ cr i business concluded in Currants, yet prices have not . id_; Mood. At emotion, Sd phis wine sold. Oa the put of holders there is firmness, and the stock continues on the decrease, whilst the deliveries are getting larger. Raisins are much in request for home consumption, and prices are on the advance, the stock is also on the de crease. On the part of holders there is much firmness. SALTPITRE.—To-day there was more activity in the market for rough, and the parcels sold privately were at 6d per cwt advance. At public sale 921 bags of Cal cutta found buyers—middling dingy grey 7 per cent refraction fetched 325, st, ditto 32$ 6d, and not refracted 31s to 31s 6d. CocznizAL.—This afternoon there was no improve ment in the position of the market for CochineaL At public sale 3$ bags of Honduras silvers were only in part sold. OlLS.—This afternoon Linseed Oil met with attention, and the price declined to 23s per cwt on the spot. Seal is cheaper . and 251 1 0 s accepted for pale. For Olive prices are lower; Galipoli selling at 441 to 451, and other sorts 401 to 431 per tun. TALLow.—On the spot Russian is offered at a further redaction, yet the purchases made have been trivial, and 46a 6d to 46a 9d are the rates taken for fine P. Y.Candle, at which merchants appear willing sellers. For for ward delivery there has been little passing, and sales can be made at 45s for the last three months of the year. Although home made can be obtained at the reduced rates of 46s to 47a nett cash, yet on the part of the trade little desire is shown to operate, and the supply is plektiful. Other sorts of Tallow are further depressed in value. At public sale 178 casks of French were in part sold. RAILWAY COAMITTE (THIS DAY.) THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY May 30, and June 21, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter ; Keddell, Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, London. Wolfe Ansell, broker, Pontypool, May 30, at twelve, and June 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Jones and Co., Crosby-square, London ; Abbott, Bristol. Peter Martin, miller and baker, Northampton, May 26, and June 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; A'Becket and Co., Golden-square; Pell, Welford. George Adana A nderson and Geor g e Kirk, hardware men, meisTMay 39, and June 20, a t twelve, at the Leeds Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Ivimey, Chancery-lane, London; Wright, Birmingham; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. George Matthewman, commission agent, Leeds, May 30, at twelve, and June 19, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Tattershall, Great James-street, London. James Boughton, wine merchant, Leicester, May 26, and June 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Ste venson, Leicester ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, ,Csahteßristol;tlWilliams,hteen Bh aßrimrsot, omamlnlDdeayyiTst2ahr9noi District Birmingham. aacCtsootW:u tw elv e, and s i i r n J , n u ; * :ncffiehc2ei auc tioneers, shyre, Cheltenham. ohn Cotton, spindle maker, Manchester. John Wood and Henry Wood, woollen manufacturers, Dearnley-mill, Hundersfield, Rochdale. at assignee,Te lheovnn IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) The LORD HOUSECusticEL various membersß E A.O MO LOR O to F ok s O eat ß up ri on S the Wool sack at Five o 'Cl oc k . ofN T s presented societies of o several dd Fe petitions praying fr om The Marquis of LONDONDERRY inquired whether her Majesty's Government were united in a cordial ap probation of Mr. Bulwer's recent conduct, without any reflections of indiscretion on his part in the orders he had received? It was not a question as to whether the Government of Spain was good or bad, but a bad Go vernment was better than no Government at all. There were several Spaniards pensioners on the English Government. Now he thought it would be advisable to stop those pensions until the Spanish landholders had been paid up their arrears. He objected to the pay ments which were made to Spanish refugees. He would conclude by moving fora return of all payments made to Spanish refugees since the death of Ferdinand the Seventh in 1833; specifying whether any fresh names had been added to the list since that period. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the pensions had not been granted by the Foreign-office.. That office had nothing to do with them. They were paid through the Horse Guards, and the Noble Duke the Commander-in-Chief and Lord Fitzroy Somerset were the only persons who had anything to do with them. With regard to Mr. Bulwer, he had nothing to add to what he had said on a former occasion. The Duke of WELLINGTON said these pensions had been granted for services rendered to the British army in Spain. The Foreign Office had nothing to do with them, and he objected to the publication of the names of the recipients. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY withdrew that part of the motion relating to the names, and the mo ' tion as amended was agreed to. ALIEN The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE , ipored,,that.:the; -Common'samendmente to the Alien Bill .be agreed to. The Rarl of IiLLENBOROUGH rote and rem . . t fat (=FT INNSALDia.) - h,t L I.(s t:.. .52c-g .1 its . .4111, - -, I , :IIOUSE - OF COMMONS: , n,t The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock;• van- NEW WRIT . . ; !JCIJ On the motion of Ate PARKER, s new-Writ:was ordered for York; in the ii:forn of the late Mr. R. Yorke. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Bill. Leicester Navigation (Sale of lands on Forest line) Bill. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Aberdare Railway Act Amendment (Lease of Line and Works to the Taff Yale Railway Company) Bill. Chester Cemetery Bill. Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Alteration of Levels of Leeds and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston, and Stockton, &c.) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Sheffield Canal Purchase) Bill. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (late York and Newcastle Main Line Improvement, &c.) Bill. Col. CONOLLY presented a petition in favour of the Sites for Churches Bill. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition, signed by 4,500 inhabitants of Bristol, in favour of the ballot. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Gateshead against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath. An Hom. MEMBER presented a petition from Walsall, praying for alteration of the law relating to debtors and creditors. ES. GROUP 11. The Committee on this group met st the usual hour, Mr. Blackstone in the chair. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. The case of the Humber Ferries Improvement Bill occupied the attention of the Committee the whole day. _ ------__ GROUP IV. The Committee on this group m et at the usual hour, Mr. Walpole in the cha ir. T: T of ri t - h W is E B S i T LI EZN. i 4 R the pro Tli AND The cue for o S rn te and was adjoued. resumed, occupied the whole ditY L _________ GROUP V. The Committee on this group met at the usual hour, Sir Robert Peel in the chair. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. 5 per cent. interest on loans, instead of The object of this Bill is to enable the above corn. were empowered to do under the P4:ll) :f tr h in e tcogen C PAta o 3c si t.a mi s rr the E y s considered that the provisions of the Bill would infringe the 24th of the new standing orders, and resolved that the preamble was not proved. GROUP IX. This group met for the first time this morning. LONDON AND COLERAINE. This Bill is to enable the company to make several deviations in their line, and amend their existing Acts. The Bill is opposed by several landholders, but the opposition will not be gone into till Thursday. GROUP 111. The Committee on this group met at the usual hour, Mr. Fitzroy in the chair. EDINBURGH AN)) NORTHERN. The Committee passed the Bill for making the Bos cobie, Keltyhead, and Glencraig Branch, and agreed to the clauses. -., .4D,IIPURGH AND GtASGOW ' ' "•,` Tbe-sibie,,o pc „siliilpr iilV-iraTo-iiiit *Vie-Edinburer and Glasgow Company . to m'a'ke sivdral` britches, and to raise a faragr,cmicikrof3oo,o:l9/. for tbegenstalpur poses of the, line, ~ _ The 13iik W%l- oPPoeest by . _ • , Mr. TalbVit belialfof the . , ~„ , , ,90,,T :A .k.., :3 t i Scattists Ceugriii.,c9anY•9P - • . • - _ '‘_____ -‘—;.. i ..:1--.. 0 , t.,Ail-,,,,, fr , —GRCtUP•Xtir. 73- ihe gompittee on t hh - group - oset nt the usual hour, Mr. EliotTorke id the' chat. BRISTOL AND EXETER. The case for the Castle Cary Branch, and the oppo sition to the subscription contracts was further gone into, and further adjourned. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) ',Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. YIIiNAN. This was an information filed by the Attorney- General against Sarah Firman, to obtain the condemna tion of 625 gallons of sweet spirits of nitre, and 93 carboys in which it was contained. The Solicitor-Gentral conducted the case for the Crown, and Mr. Martin appeared for the defendant. It appeared that the spirit in question was manu factured by a person of the name of Bailey, who kept a distillery in Globe-road, which in 1845 was entered by the Excise officers, and the spirits and apparatus seized, in consequence of the distillery not haying been properly entered at the Excise-office. Subsequently the defend ant's house was entered, and the 625 gallons of spirit and the i 93 carboys were also seized. The main ques tion n the case was whether sweet spirits of nitre was a spirit within the meaning of the law and liable to a duty. The JUDGZ told the jury that he was of opinion that sweet spirits of nitre was entirely an article of commerce, perfectly well known and distinguishable from spirits, and treated as such by several enactments; but he left it to them to say whether it was in their opinion a mechanical mixture or a chemical combination. If they were of opinion that the spirit was in an uncombined state they would find for the Crown, but if they were not satisfied on that point their verdict ought to be for the defendant. _ The jury found for the defendant. A bill of exception• was tendered by the Crown. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 16, 1848. ROME. Mr. MASTERMAN presented two petitions again& diplomatic relations with Rome. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition from North ampton praying tor an alteration of this law. Mr. COWAN presented petitions from Edinburgh against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath. Several petitions were presented from various parts of the country to the same effect. Sir D. DUNDAS presented a petition from a place in Sutherland in favour of the Sites for Churches Bill. LANCASTER ELECTION. The Members appointed to try the merits of the Lancaster election were summoned to the table, and sworn. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Gloucester, in favour of a reformed toll-gate system; also a petition from a Nottingham branch of Odd Fellows, praying the Benefit Societies' Act might be extended to them; and several petitions in favour of the Sites for Churches Bill. Lord BERNARD presented a petition, signed by several aldermen of the corporation of Cork, complaining of the inflammatory language used at public meetings in Ireland; also another petition from the county of Cork against the national system of education. Sir. TENNENT presented a petition in favour of the sites for Churches Bill. se... .......... ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Mr. HUME postponed the following motion, which he had given notice to bring forward to-day, for a fortnight: —That it appears by papers before this House, that Par liament, in 1833, when passing the Act to emancipate all slvaves in the British colonies, gave the sum of twenty f a l t ab t o h u e r sa to me th t e im o e w , nceornstebmypsluacteh theem aconncitpinautiaon% millions sterling, in p a y ment o f t h e est i mated proportion o but l o ci s i s d 9 , of the cultivation of sugar in those colonies, and the gradual training of the negroes to regular and indus trious habits by means of the apprenticeship that was then established. That the apprenticeship was after a time, put as end to by Parliament before its object had been attained ; but that then every assistance was promised to the colonists towards procuring an adequate supply of free labour, to enable them to compete with foreign slave labour. That the success of the great experiment of slave emancipation then de pended, and still depends, en such adequate supply of free labour, accompanied by the removal of all restric tions tending to prevent a fair trial of the free labour system. That by orders in Council,:and other restrictions, this adequate supply of free labour has been withheld from the colonists, and wages have thereby been raised to an extent that has rendered the cost of production in the British colonies far greater than in Cuba and Brazil, thus disabling the colonists from competing with the produce of slavery. That the home market for sugar, during the progress of the experiment, was guaranteed to the colonists by Act of Parliament at the time of Duffield, of - emancipation, but that market has since been opened WHITEHALL, APRIL 22. by the Act of 1846, and slave-grown sugar admitted be- The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Ward fore the experiment has ever been fairly pat in operation ; Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Robert thus depriving the colonists of the bene fi t contemplated by the former Act. That the great experiment of slave BANKRUPTS. emancipation, alike called for by humanity and sound surrender, m ay Rwitt, licensed victualler; Bennington-lane to policy, and as an example to other nations, must fail if 26, at half-past twelve, and June 27, ' at the British colonists are unable to compete with the twelve, a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Yhitmore, official foreign slave states; and in that case the United King assignee,_Balinghall treat • Brown, Finsbury-place. John Smith, past one, and June 28, atone at the Court of Bank jewellser, Regent- street , May 24, at half- dam will be forced mainly to depend for its supply of sugar on those very slave states to whom the , ruptcy. Johnson, of fi cial ~ B ritish colonies, . and the cause of :Cmancipa- John Vaughan, leather dresser , High Holborn, M assignee, Basinghall-street ; Orchard, Hatton-garden, lion, will, in fact, have been sacrificed. That, 26, and June 23 , at half -past one, ' at the Court of Bank- it taking all these circumstances into consideration, it ii incumbent on Parliament to give adequate en ruptcy. Pennell, official as ,i niee . ,_, . .1 , .1 . . r...uwards, Nelson- coeragement to the colonists, and to allow them a rea „qaere, Eilagjerriars-road.. aixd ji.ine ., 2 g 3 h , - a s t tr i e zt et, South- sonable time to make a fair trial of free labour, by tIA George William. Dean, jeweller; Hi removal of all improper restrictions in the obtaining and wank, May 26, at. three, employment of labour; to enforce in the colonies the same strict system of Vagrant laws which are in force in Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, church-lane; Holmer, Bridge-street,Southasige.e, Ab- England, and to make them applicable equally to the 'Eusebius Langley, innkeeper, liednesford, s t o k ,, d _ black and to the white population; and to allow the shire, May 31, and June 22, at half-past ten, at the Bit.. colonists to reduce their establishments and fiscal charges °fUial a. i .on e at the mingham District Cotirt. Valpy, official assign ee , Bi n _ to the lowest amount they shall judge requisite for the mingham ; Blair , Uttoxeter ; Motteram, Knight, andpolice and municipal services of the colony.. rated to the poor at th IRELAND. Emmet, Birmingham. number ratedabove George Morrell, innkeeper, Belper, . D er by s hi re , m ay Mr. BATESON moved for returns of the number of person s in each county in Ireland whose tenements are eleven, at the Birmingham District ton o ffi cial assi gnee, Not- Court, Nottingham. Biddies , 26, and June 23, at Derby ; Enfielda, Not-$l. an e d an n n o u t a l xceed value ing of I t ;; o a f bo th ve e 101. and not excee ding 12/. ; above 121. and not exceed tingham ; tingham.in 15/ • Williamson and . Shaw, g • , above 151. and not exceeding 181. ; above 181. Thy Holt, rope manufacturer, _ Bur y , Lan ca shi re , and not exceeding 20/. May 30, and June 20, at one, at the Manchester District 25/. ; and above 261. j i above 20/. and not exceeding Court. Fraser, o ffi cial assignee, Manchester; Bndger Mr. BRIGHT geed . to. presentedpetitions from Heywood and and Blake, London-wall, London; Dodge, Liverpool. Ashton•under-Ly me , pre i th at Thomas Hair, attorney at law, Miles-street, South k ue passed to limit the l ai n of int ox icat i ng so me measure should Lambeth, May 22, at two, and June 26, at twelve, at Sunday ; also a petition from a Mr . Holland, li quors on surgeon,. the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, o ffi cial assignee, Manchester, praying the House not to make any impor- Guildhall-chambers; Smith and Co. Bedford-row. t en t alteration in the p rov i s i ons of the Health of George William M'Arthur Reynolds, publisher, Wel- Towns Bill. lington• street North, Strand, May 26, at half-past two, Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition in favour and June 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. of the Sites:for Churches Bill. Groom, official assignee, Abcharch-lane; Davis, Holles- INDIAN MAILS. street, Nottingham. Mr. HENLEY asked the following questions of the John Jossett, boot manufacturer, Loughborough, Secretary of the Admiralty, respecting the conveyance May 26 and June 23. at eleven, at the Birmingham of the Indian mails :-1. Whether, in accordance with District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ' •d ec id ed the opinion expressed by the Committee of the Inglesant, Loughborough. H ou se' execu tion oof Lords, any inquiry has been instituted into the cost of the Robert Turtill, s a ddl e r, High Holborn, May 26, and f the former contra c t s - July 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, i for co erin . g the mails from England to Alex official assignee, Aldermanbury; Downes and Co., Fur- , • 1". into t he in which -the service has manna; into the manner rival's lan. . William tit4TE2s, saddler, "Taunton, Bowersetshirei - Viscount Palmerston, bet - "Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, Las received a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copehagen, inclosing a note from Count Knuth, the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated the Bth instant, announcing that neither the Mouth of the Elbe, nor that of the Weser, not any other port in the North Sea, will for the present be blockaded ; and also that the bloekade of Pillar, Dantsig, Stralsund, Rostock, and Wismar, will cease on the 16th instant; and further announcing, that Kiel, with the Mouth of the canal of Schleswig . at Holtenan, and Swinemiinde, will remain blockaded, :and that this blockade will be extended, from the 16th instant, to the three Mouths of the Oder, namely, those of Wolgast, of Swinemilnde, and of Cammin. tractors. 2. By whom such inquiry has been made. I 3. Whether the Government proposes, on the part of the public, to continue to pay the present heavy charge for such communication. 4. Whether, in any future con tracts, the Government propose to adopt the suggestion of the Committee of the House of Lords, that the public shall be secured, by adequate provisions in the contracts, a participation in the profits, when they shall exceed a certain per tentage on the capital; access to the accounts, and a full knowledge of all the transactions of the several companies with which agreements may be entered into. 5. Whether any department of the Government, and if any which, will be responsible to Parliament that the contracts about to be entered into shall be just and proper. Mr. WARD stated, in reply to the first and second questions, that he thought it was generally understood that the Admiralty had no power, under the contracts, to insist upon such an inquiry as that pointed out ; but the Commissioners had consented to admit an agent of the Admiralty to in spect their books, and as the Admiralty intended to satisfy itself in the matter, Captain Ellis had been appointed to make the requisite investigation. With respect to the third question, he had to state that the Admiralty had taken the best precaution they could for reducing their charges, with a view to the public in terests. With respect to the fourth query, he was in structed to state that the Admiralty did not think it advisable to appoint an auditor, believing that they pos sessed a much more effectual check, in opening periodi cally the contracts and accepting the lowest tender; and for the proper carrying out of the contracts the Admi ralty was responsible. THE MAURITIUS. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman, the Under Secretary of State for the the Mauritius pt Colonies, if he had an y objection to lay on the table he re of received the on condition Satur day last h fromv e offir very i al different Association," which gave of the colony com p are d with that drawn by the Hon. Gentleman l ast eveni ng. Mr. HAWES had no t the least objection to lay the taeleffte t which memorial on the table ; in fact, he was indebted to the Noble Lord for calling the attention of the House to it. It only arrived last evening. lie maintained that his state ment was perfectly correct, and he did not wish to retract may portion of it whatever, namely, that the aecceunts received up to the 4th of February were more favourable than former communications had given them reason to Anticipate. The memorial stated that in February the price of sugar was higher in the Mauritius than in the home market, and attempted to de duce from this fact that this proved the distressed condition of the colony, and when it was laid upon the bible the House would judge whether the statements were worthy of credence or not. TOBAGO. • Mr. GOULBURN wished to know from the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any infor mation had been received by the Government relative to Tobago? (14Mr. HAWES said that the Government had not re. wed any information. - ' CATHEDRALS AND COLLEGIATE CHURCHES Mr. HOKSMAN t h e n rose to move, pursuant to notice, that an hu m bl e address b e e hu p r r c e h se e n s, ted w t i o th he a r vMieaw jaensrtyn,atphreadyrianlga a t h n a d t e s n h l e l e gi will at e be graciously pleas e d t o direct an in qu i r y tes be made into the state of of ascertaining whether they may not be rendered • more conducive to the services of the Church and the spiritual instructions of the people. His proposition was shortly this. These establishments were formerly en d owe d f o r public purposes, they wer e invested with l arge power s and large properties for en couraging charity and promoting education. For a functionsourig and long series o f y ears th es e establishments performed the for e w ffe bich et ow th t ey ti . a .w is er t e e • %year, they had fallen into a etate- o f st er p or - which- was greatly detrimental -originally- founded w ith to the interest -of • the Church, - and utterly opposed to every principle of Christianity. • To convince the House of this he need only ,bring under the attention of Hon. Members the present state of ,the , see of Canterbury. In that see there were nine members nf. the Chapter, who,. besides dividing, am ongst themselees 17, 00 a a year, derivabl e from lands wad property attached to the see, had- in their possession the patronage of 40 livings, and were in the receipt of annual sti pends amounting to upwards of 8,0001. each. The question naturally to be asked then was, what did these functionaries do for all this money? What ad vantage was derived from their services or conferred upon religion? He had made an inquiry into this ques tion, and it was melancholy to state that they did abso lutely nothing that was at all calculated to promote the interests of religion. Bearing in mind the large provi sion that was made for the comfort of the chapter, let them now see what the chapter did for the public. The services performed at Canterbury—of the character of which he should have something to say directly—were two a day; and he had obtained a return of the number of persons who attended these services on two of the finest days last week. At the morning service the offici ating parties nearly equalled the congregation, the num bers being 22 against 25; while in the afternoon the num bers were 23 as against 53: but Canterbury presented a favourable aspect in this respect compared with other sees. AtiDurham the return was so extraordinary that he had it taken over again, and for three days, instead of one, and he found that on the morning of the first day the number of official functionaries was thirty two, and the number of the congregation four.—(Laughter.) In the afternoon there were thirty-three functionaries pre sent, and the congregation numbered thirty-seven•. and in the two following days the att en d ance was nea rly the same. Taking the three days together, th e num b er of officials present was one-third more than that of the congregation.—(Hear, hear.) Oxford was also remark • able in that respect, for the officials numbered fifteen, and the congregation eighteen; and at Lincoln the congregation only consisted of eight persons, whilst the number of officials present was 24.—(Hear, hear.) And as far as he had been able to judge, those richly endowed institutions which ought to give every encou ragement to persons to attend the services, were shunned by the public. At Canterbury, out of a population of 15,000, the average attendance at the cathedral was only 39. Indeed, it was an universal fact that in proportion to the richness of the cathedral institutions the poorer were the churches in the city, and from a me morial which was presented by some clergymen of Canterbury to the Ecclesiastical Commission, it appeared that the highest salary of a clergyman there, with the exception of one, was 1401., andithe lowest 751., and that the salary of the whole not amount to more than the salary of one member of the chapter. The Hon. Gentleman then called the attention of the House to another return, showing that the attend ance at the Established Churches at Canterbury was 5,700, and the attendance at Dissenting Chapels 4,800. Thus the Established Church bad 8,000, and the Dis senters 3,700. The largest attendance at the churches of the Established Church was 3,200 ; at those of the Dissenters, 2,67 o—whilst the number of scholars who attended the former was 647; that of the Dissenters 830,—(Hear)--so that the whole attendance in favour of the Church was one-seventh, and one fourth in favour of the Disst nt.rs in this richly endowed City ,of Canterbury. In the fifteen churches belonging to the Church, there was service i n ten only in the morning, in the afternoon in seven, and in the evening in five : so that in fact one third of the churches were shut up on Sun days in which morning service should be performed, and more than two-thirds of them were closed in the evening. Now in these fifteen churches twenty two services only were performed, whilst in the nine dissenting chapels as many were performed, showing the great activity of the Dissenters.—(Hear, hear.) If this was the state of the churches of the city,, it could not be expected that the Chapter took greater care of those in the rural districts, contiguous to the town. Ten of these were visited by the district committee, and it was found that in nearly the whole of them but one ser vice was pertormed on the Sabbath. In severs of their service was only performed on alternate Sun days ; few had a resident incumbent, and none pos sessed any schools. In the poorest parish — T rinit y parish, in Dover—the incumbent either came himself or sent his curate once a fortnight, and the one o r the other preached either in the morning or afternoon, but in the winter months there was no service whatever. —(Hear, hear.) Then there were several hospitals in Canterbury under the ex officio ma nagement of the chapter—hospitals for the decayed poor of the town. The nomination of • the poor men laid with canons, and what did the House suppose was the ;course that had been adopted by that body when, instead of nomi nating poor men they had nominated servants of their own, and Mr. Archdeacon Croft had actually appointed Mr. Austin, me of the most wealthy men of Canterbury, o ne .of ' the poor , brothers, and Miss Austin one of the pber sisters.—(Hcar; hear.) But that was not all, Archdeacon Croft had a stall in the cathedral of 1,0001. a year, and oth a. Church emolument amounting altogether 10 3,6001., and with all thathe hadnot - hesitated - to adopt the O Gurse to which he had referred. Nothing, in his opinion, could 1e ju s tify the carelessness _ that robbed the poor people of Canterbury of the benefits that were intends:4'W them. by the benevolence of their ancestors. He had dwelt at some length u . pon the case of Canterbury, and = he would now call upon the House to look to the" case of Lincoln. The course that had been taken of the Commissioners at Lincoln was mos., se remar kable ;, they made . reduction in the stalls of all the cathedrals of the kingdom, • but they made no re duction d but instead of that they created a the stalls of Lincoln, a new one. There the Chapter was left in as unc ontro lled . power as before the appointment of the Comzi t ia h sto h n ; There were some very curious facs c onnected chapter had 2 , 0001. see of Lincoln. The members of t h e what duties they performed. year each; but it was difficult to say been able to y performed. He confessed he had never discover from any one any accurate account of the duties performed by the members of the c hap ter. . The some Eccle siastical Commissioners attempted to o btai n infor mation upon this point ; but it was certainly not very ample. The Dean, for instanc e, was asked what were the duties of his o ffi ce. The reply . was that the duties of the office were the ordinary duties of a cathe dral dean—not very definite certainly. The sub-dean was then asked, what were the duties of hi s office ; the reply - was equally 'as definite as t he former. The reply ws, that the duties of his office were to assist the Dean in his cer was no less office. The answer of the third of lacer duties of his sotis factory, for the Chancellor stated that he t dral Chancellor office were the ordinary duties of a Cat ve them so hilt the answer of the fourth member g ; the me thing like information. , The answer o . superintend the in va riably devolved choir, w hi c h, b y the way, to preach a sermon upon th e s i ng i ng - m aster, and once a-year.—(Hear and laughter.) But there was of Canter something in connexion with the se es , bury an d 1 Li nco l n still more singular than this. In Canterbury t h e Commissioners pro- P"" 1 to reduce the number of the chapter f rom "VW. to four, b ut the chop* protats4 that twelve FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Hicks, as Consul at Lerwick for his Majesty the King of Hanover. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Gunder Anton Martin Aas, as Consul at Great Grimsby for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. James M•Dowell, as Consul at Belfast for the United States of America. OFFICE OF' ORDNANCE, MAY 12. . Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant John James Brandling to be Second Captain, vice Ramsay, retired on half pay; Second Lieutenant Henry Jermyn Montgomery Campbell to be First Lieutenant, vice Brandliog, May 1. OFFICE OF ORrisAnCE r , MAY 15. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Richard Burnaby to be Second Captain, vice Hornby, deceased; Second Lieutenant Augustus Jonathan Clerke. to be First Lieutenant, vice Burnaby, April 14. MEssolANDust.—The date of the promotion of Sesond Captain Craigie, and First Lieutenant G. H. Gordon, has been altered to April . Commission, by the Lord Lieutenant. of the West Riding of Yorkshire.'" First West Regiment of , West'lliding Yeomanry Cavalry—Charles Stanley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 12. EVENING. MAY 16, lB4B. was not sufficient to perform the duties, while at Lincoln, where the Commissioners proposed to increase the number from three to four, the chapter protested that three were quite sufficient. — (Hear and Laughter.) Let them see now what accom modation the Chapter of Lincoln provided for the public. (LEFT SPEAKING.) STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MAY 12.—There has been no apparent alteration in this market, either as re gard sales or prices since our last week's report. We expect, however, to- see more bu'ineis doing when the present London sales are brought to a conclusion. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MAY 12.—We have not any change to report this week. Combing wools remain dull sale; and the tendency of prices is down wards. There is rather more doing in middle qualities of clothing sorts, at last week's rates. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The markets at the cloth halls have this week been about the same as last, but there continues to be more goods delivered out of the halls. and although the quantity of goods coming in from the country makers has been larger than of late, the stocks in their hands do not accumulate. Prices remain steady. There continues be a moderate demand for goods for the hesne market, and the foreign houses are now doing more than they have been doing of late. On the whole the tone of trade is improving. TRADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING. — The favourable appearances that showed themselves last week have disappeared, and that altogether, and prices obtained a week ago are not now obtainable for either goods or yarns, both of which are now selling on lower terms than ever before known, and which, if continued, must be ruinous. This retrograde movement may, how ever, be safely attributed to the very unexpected news relative to the blockade of the Elbe and other rivers, and which it is thought will not be long continued, as in any event, a few weeks arrangements will no doubt be made for sending by another route. At present, however, all German trade is at a stand—even bales at the carriers as well as those at Hull, have been stopped from being forwarded. The Americans are doing considerably, and in rather valuable goods. The. Greek houses are gra dually resuming their former shipments. For India and China a moderate but not a large business is doing. To show the ruinous rates at which some spinners are selling yarns, it :nay be stated that a large lot of yarn, 16 and 18 Nos., has been sold at 54d. per lb. TRADE or NOTTINGNAM.—The cut-up cotton hose trade in the town has retrograded a shade further, but not to an extent to be much felt; this hes caused a dis pute to take place between a master atockinger who employs a number of cut-up frames and the workmen, who have struck, and to such heat is this carried, that a paper war has commenced, both parties publishing hand-bills. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch has also rather retrograded, and some few hands are again without work. The silk glove branch continues " pretty good," the hands in general having employ ment, and there are some few frames to let. Tee wrought coiton hose, appear# gradually declining, but without that intense distress we have witnessed in some other parts of the manufacture. The bobbin-net trade, it is more generally admitted, is a shade better, though some of the German houses have become half atagnart. We hear of more lace hands coming from the interior of France, whilst a few others are returning to Calais by solicitations of their former employers. The warp lace trade throughout is in a most lamentable state, but is improving in coarse strong articles, particularly in the imitation knittings. TRADE or LEICESTER.—There is more confidence in our market, both for worsted and cotton goods, as far as the home trade is concerned—the orders from America, though comparatively small, yet being carefully given, have put amass cheerful aspect on our-trade. ‘Vorsted! yarns are still heavy of sale but little is doing in wools, and prices are in ray* of the t staplir. THE CONrit s rlo,ll., QF 'FAR • There is a is Essex; called • the Aveley Farmers' tlub, composed of indivicuals • who have something More in view than the protection of their own indivi dual interests, They have an eye to improving the con• dition of the agricultural labourer. Heaven knows, be is in a deplorable plight at present; and unless some thing be done fur him, instead of a hardy race of English peasants, we shall soon have a puny, sickly people, without a particle of iron in their composi tion, eat up with scrofula, and a prey to all the diseases to which flesh is heir. What do the Aveley farmers mean to do in order to improve the condition of the labourer. The task is a difficult one. In the first place, he has been reduced to pauperism. The Squirearchy boasted that the peasantry were paid, or should be paid, according to the market price of corn. When the price ran down the scale, down also fell wages; but when the price ran up, wages did not follow. It was a hollow pretence to say that men were paid wages agreeably with the price of corn. By degrees, the poor hard-working clod hopper was robbed of his labour wages ; and then, to complete his misery, the bastile was erected by the instrumentality of the very same class of men, to receive hiin and his family, after they had been made paupers by their accursed system. A member of the Aveley Club observed "There were three objects which he considered especially calculated to claim the atten tion of the meeting, and of all those persona who, from their circumstances or position, possessed ;the power of promoting them. The first of these was the im portant benefit which would accrue to the labouring man, if those farmers whose capital enabled them to enlarge their business would, instead of extending thei occupation, employ it in additional labour; fur, by this means, they would materially reduce the poor-rates, increase their profits, and add to the general production of the country; for it by no means followed, as a matter of course, that an increase in the number of acres compre hended an increase of business, since daily experience would show that there is frequently as much labour employed on some farms of two hundred acres as on others of double the number. Another means whereby the condition of the labourer might be exceedingly improved, would be the providing for him a comfortable cottage, with a garden attached to it. 'On this subject,' said he, I can speak most feelingly and from experience, having been in the habit of visiting as many as 70 cottages in a day, and I am convinced that nothing is more calculated to demoralize the labouring classes, and render them unhealthy and uthappy, than the Present crowded and miserable condition in which whole families are frequently huddled together in one or two small, badly-ventilated, and ill-lighted rooms, without re gard either to age or sex. The poor man is thus driven to seek at the beer-shop that comfort or relief which he can not find at home; he is there exposed to the example of men of bad character, loses his self-respect, becomes reck less of himself and indifferent to the welfare of his family, and thus sinks below the moral standard which, under more favourable circumstances, he would have sustained." Well, the upshot of the meeting was this. Atter some observations had been made on the subject of the importance of educating the agricultural labourer, the meeting came to the following sensible resolu tion:-" That this club deeply feels the necessity of im proving the moral and social condition et the agricultural labourer, and strenuously urges on landlords the duty of co-operating with their tenants in-1. Providing com fortable cottages and gardens. 2. Enlarging the field of labour. 3. Extending the blessings of education." If this resolution were worked out, and we see no reason why it should not be, happiness would at once be brought home to the hut of every labourer. Whenever the a ll otment system has been introduced, upon a favourable system, the labourer's condition has been improved. In some cases, *here the grasping landlord exacts an excessive rent from the poor devil, his chances of success are less ; and we regret that, in a few instances, where a cottier has brought waste land into cultivation, it has been mercilessly wrested from him by his bard-hearted landlord. There ought to be a fixity of tenure, whereby a man might be enabled to see his way clear. He ought not to be pounced upon at a moment when he has rendered a desert a prolific source of cul ture, without being handsomely paid for the improve ments, and his toil and anxiety. We are satisfied that the allotment system might be made to work to the ad vantage of the peasant. He might return to the " good old time" when the labourer kept a pig and fowls, and, in some instances, a cow—when he grew potatoes and other vegetables more than sufficient for his own consump tion—when he could get a draught of beer after a hard day's toil, and could buy himself coals instead of going to the parish, and furnish his house with what he cannot get at present—namely, coals and candles. We heartily hope that many Aveley Clubs may start into existence, in order to secure the labourer his rights. We perceive that the directors of the South-Eastern Railway are letting small allotments of land; and from what we have already seen on the line, we are induced to augur the most favourable results. The plan begets a spirit of rivalry ; industry is encouraged, and, ere long, thou sands of acres of land, now lying waste, we hope may b e placed under cultivation. A few hundred cottages, erected between the stations, would afford great accom modation to labourers, while they would be remunera tive to the company, and, in cases of accident, assistance might always be secured. But it is the landed gentry must begin the work.— Weekly Dispatch. ,M LA- EXPORTATION OF BREEDING STOCK.-011 Satur day last ten bulls, with twelve heifers of the pure short horn class, six rams, four ewes, two gimmers, two sows, and a fine sporting dog, all of the finest breed, were shipped on board the steam-ship Gazelle, Captain Main, for Antwerp. The whole of the above have been selected by the agents of Messrs. Von Vulsen and Co., of Brus sels, from the stocks of the most eminent breeders in Durham.—Hull Packit. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, May 15. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo' sack at Five o'clock. Lord EDDISBURY (lato Mr. E. J. Stanley) took the oaths and his seat. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS BILL. Lord STANLEY moved the second reading of this Bill. After the kindness with which their Lordships had listened tr him, when he brought in the Bill, he would not detain them by any further observations. Lord CAMPBELL did not rise to oppose the second reading of the Bill, although he doubted whether the measure proposed by the Noble Lord would provide a remedy for the evil of which he complained. The pro visions of the Bill, however, were worthy of the most attentive consideration, for.they went to change the whole constitution of Parliament. The Noble Lord proceeded upon the supposition that it was necessary that every Bill should be read three times in each House. Such, however, was not the case. It was not the law—it was merely an order of each House, which it was perfectly competent for either House, so far as regarded its own procoodinfik so necked by Fesolutioa. The position of th e akii rentwould sitandid with Es*wil Pm' tical inconveniences. Suppose the House ,of Commons should agree to repeal an obnoxious tax, and should send the Bill up to their Lordships' House ; .if the Bill of the Noble Lord were to become law, it would be per!ectly competent to their Lordships to read the Bill a first and second time, and then, without rejecting it, to detain it in their Lordships' House for twelve months, and thus virtually continue a tax which the House of Commons had determined to abandon. It should be borne in mind, too, that the circumstances under which one branch of the Legislature had thought it expedient to pass a particular measure might have altered, and rendered it quite inexpedient to carry the measure further. Their Lordships would do well to pause before they agree d to a measure the consequences of which would be difficult to foresee ; and he much doubted whether it would not be expedient to look for another remedy for the inconveniences which the Noble Lord's Bill aimed at removing. Lord REDESDALE felt it his duty to express his opinion most strongly against the measure. The system contemplated by the Bill would be found quite inopera tive in times of political excitement, and it might lead to collisions of a most dangerous character between the two Houses of the Legislature. It was not want of time they had to complain of so much as the late period of the session when Bills were brought up to their Lordships' House, and when there was a very limited at tendance of Peers ; but that was an evil which the Bill of the Noble Lord would rather increase than diminish. Earl GREY was of opinion that both Noble Lords who had spoken against the Bill had rested their objections on the most far-fetched and unlikely suppositions whick it was possible to conceive. Surely, if the present practice was an inconvenient one it was the duty of Parliament to amend it. For his part, he thought that very consi derable advantage had arisen from the manner in which the Railway Bills were allowed to continue over two sessions ; and that it would be highly convenient if the measures which this Bill affected, were to be originated in the other House, and that this House should then revise and pass the measures, if necessary. Though he was strongly of opinion that this Bill by itself would afford a very inadequate remedy for the evil hitherto complained of, yet, so far as it went, it was plainly in the right direction towards effecting an improvement in that which had been experienced to be a great incon venience. Lord BROUGHAM concurred in opinion with the Noble Earl, and should have the greatest reluctance in opposing a measure which had for its object the removal of what was a very great and crying evil. Still, without giving a decided opinion upon the subject until he saw the Bill in its later stages, he could not say that he had made up his mind to give it his support. Their Lordships should recollect that this would be the very first time that there had been an Act of Parliament passed to regulate the standing orders of either House of Par liament. Between two sessions of Parliament circum stances might occur to change the opinion of the House of Commons, though they might not change the opinion of the House of Lords, and the effect of their Lord ships adopting the Bill without an alteration would be to tie down the House of Commons to the measure as originally passed by them, and that notwithstanding their change of opinion. Lord BEAUMONT agreed with other Noble Lords that it was necessary to provide some remedy for a growing evil, but he was not prepared to say that the present measure was the best way of curing that of which they justly complained. If the Bill were passed, it would prevent any Bills of importance being ori ginated in that House. He would reserve further ob jections until they went into Committee, when, if it were not greatly improved according to his mind, he must record his vote against it on a future stage. After a few words from the Earl of DEVON, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had stated on the introduction of this Bill his warm concurrence in the object which the Noble Lord had in view. He was not disposed to withdraw that concurrence. He was per fectly sensible of the - inconveniences and difficulties which had been stated as attendant upon the Bill, but Of all those inconveniences there was none greater than that Howe being compelled' to give their assent to a measure to which they were not averse in principle in too hasty a manner. He trusted the Noble Lord would give his att,ntion to the suggestions given that evening, and improve the details before proceeding turther with the Bill. _ _ Lord STANLEY received with respect and thank fulness any suggestions from any Noble Lord, and un doubtedly they would have his best consideration. At that hour of the night he would but very lightly notice some of the objections which had been taken to the Bill. He had stated in introducing the Bill that it was an interference with the preroga tive of the Crown —it was but slight but still he had said that he doubted whether the Bill could be passed without the consent of the Crown being signified through one of its responsible Ministers. The consent of the Crown ought to be taken as a preliminary to the adjournment of any Bill, said the Noble Marquis ; but supposing that such were the law, it would give the Minister of the period a veto to prevent the adjournment of any Bill. The Bill did not touch the prerogative of the Crown until the Bill was proposed to be ad journed. There must first he a majority for passing the Bill, and also a majority for an adjournment. Under such circumstances no Minister would dare in these days to stop any Bill ; but still the Crown, even if his Bill passed, would have the power to stop any obnoxious Bill, by a prorogation of even 4.8 hours at the time proposed for the further proceeding of the Bill, supposing that any Minister would dare to take such a bold step. The great objection he had heard raised with regard to the principle of the Bill was, that it was likely to make an innovation of an organic nature upon our present consti tutional system. It was said that difficulties might arise from postponing Bills from one session of Parliament to another; but, for his own part, he could not see that any breach of constitutional principle, or more inconvenience would arise from postponing measures from July to February, than from February to July. In conclusion, he trusted that their Lordships would give a second reading to the Bill; and, having heard many valuable suggestions made by his Noble and Learned Friend opposite (Lord Campbell), he should be happy to con sider them in Committee. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. ASSIGNMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL DIS- THICTS BILL. On the motion of the Bishop of WINCHESTER this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 15. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. LABOUCHERE (in continuation) said—l now come to the case of the West Indies, and I find in the same way that the strongest representations have been sent to this country from those colonies as to the evils which the inhabitants believed were imposed on them by the restrictions of the present navigation- laws. —(Hear, hear.) I know there are some Hon. Gentlemen who will say the West Indians do not understand their own interest, and that these laws are really beneficial to them ; but in reply to that, all I can say is, that the West Indians themselves are of a very different opinion. If any faith is to be placed in documents emanating from the bodies the most important, and submitted to the consideration of this country, the West Indians claim it as a matter of right and justice that we, having re moved all protection from their goods and produce, should set them free from the trammels of the naviga tion.laws. I shall now proceed to lay before you an ex tract from the memorial of the House of Assembly in Jamaica to her Majesty's Government :—" Your memorialists could point out the advantages pos sessed by the island of Jamaica for becoming a commer cial depot, especially as to a position with respect to both continents of America and the surrounding islands. If the navigation-laws were withdrawn, foreigners would bring assortments of goods from Europe, Asia, and North America, and other foreigners would come to purchase and re-export these; and as the Government of England already permits the abolition of all differen tial duties hitherto enforced for the protection of her manufactures, no injury could arise from an extension of t hi s permission and a relaxation of the navigation. laws. Your memorialists would call to your Majesty's consideration, that the prosperity of your Majesty's colonies cannot but be beneficial to the people of Eng land, who always have been able to undersell the manufactures of all other countries, and could not fail to find in the free ports of Jamaica a profitable outlet and depot for their productions, both for con sumption and exportation, nor could any loss occur to them in regard to their shipping, which has ever competed successfully with that of the world; a great demand would inevitably arise both for ships and manu factures, and merchandise of all kinds. The benefit to Jamaica from such relaxation to the navigation-laws would be infinite; it is the most desirable boon that her iGnohvaebrintamnetsnic;olutldwosoollidciatiodr Jamaica receiv ou t fro m h y o o r u d r ffiot Majesty's es receive it would be hailed with exultation, and with every sentiment of gratitude and respect; and it would be an honourable and generous concession on the part of Great Britain, which would exalt her in the esteem and admiration of all nations." The next docu ment I shall quote is an extract from a dispatch of Lord Harris, Governor of Trinidad 'addressed to Earl Grey, the Noble Lord at t h e head of colonial affairs, on the 30th ;of January, 1847:—" But what I intended to ask is, whether any relaxation in the terms of the navigation-laws might be hoped for; such as I am in formed has already been granted to the Mauritius, and which the nature of the population of this island and its position might warrant, sous to allow the goods of all nations to be brought here in any vessel without restriction? it would undoubtedly promote an extensive and direct commerce between Trinidad and France and Spain, which is now much retarded and restricted by being carried on by way of Martinique and the Spanish main. Another great advantage would accrue respecting immigration, as the freight of immigrants would be much reduced. When Coolie labour was first proposed to be introduced, American vessels could have been pro eared to bring them at 91. per head, whereas the present charge is nearly 181. But I really feel it is a waste of time to argue the question whether or not the advantage of the colonies would be promoted by abolishing those restrictions. The West Indian colonies are, by their position and natural advantages, qualified t o b e t h e entrepots and depositories of the commerce of the world, and it is as impossible to say to what development their trade might not reach, if they were allowed to ex tend their own energies, and to hold unrestricted intercourse with other countries.—(Hear, hear.) I am unwilling to detain the House any longer than is necessary, but I could quote from the evidence taken before the Committee, on the motion of the Honourable Member for Stoke-upon-Trent (Mr, Ricardo) many pas sages to justify these views. I cannot mention the name of the Hon. Member to whom I have alluded without paying my humble tribute to the g reat i n d ustry an d laity which he brought to the investigation of the ----- subject, and in promoting the formation of just 54 . c1i - : . sound views on this imp o rtant question.—(Hear, h ear s ) : In connexion with it I may be allowed to mention that it was but the other day one of the most eminent Norih American merchants—a gentleman who would be know* to many Hon. Members—Mr. Gillespie—came to me at, the Board of Trade, and said, "Let us have the St . Levi" : rence free. If you do rx, I have made up my mind to abandon my trade with Canada." He is, I believe, a Pro tectionist, and was very sorry we reduced the duty in this country on colonial produce.—(hear, hear, from the Protectionist benches.) Yes, but the House having done so, he said "You must do away with these restric tions—(Renewed cries of Hear, hear, and scheers fros the same quarter) —you have reduced the amount of colonial protection, and if you refuse to free the colo nies you will commit a monstrous injustice." It th! majority of the House do not agree with him, and WW I Hon. Gentlemen opposite, in thinking we should retrace our steps and impose a differential duty on the produces of the colonies, we certainly should notimpose on then those restrictions which drive Mr. Gillespie and other re- spectable and enterprising merchants out of the trsdet because they are unable to contend with the foreiver is. consequence of those restrictions, which, if renewel would leave them in a position to do so. I have said this much with respect to the result of the navigation-. laws upon our colonies; and I will now proceed to 001 to those portions of them the object of which is to .- cure to this country the long-voyage trade, and whict prohibit British ships from bringing the produce of Asia, Africa, or America from any foreign European port to this country. A British ship, for instance, cal: not go to Havre or Hamburgh, and bring back t o this country a cargo of cotton, sugar, mahogany, or of an/ other article the produce of Asia, Africa, or America. believelaws of are this almost entirely condemned. I shall certai nl y be much surprised if it finds a defender even in c h i ranks of Honourable Gentlemen opposite. There are, a see, some indications on their part of an intention tot resign some parts of these laws; and if so, this ton e certainly be the part they intend to abandon, for thef, are extremely mischievous and indefensible. What hags the results been ? Just see how produce an b ; manufactures are affected. If the mahogoni s , b made into furniture—if the Alpaca wool, frui c i i you bring - from Peru, be made into clot if the sugar be refined, you may bring th e° from any part of Europe, as they are no longer con; sidered produce, but manufactures. The c onsequenc e :, that these laws operate, in this respect, as a bounty against our own in favour of the foreign manufacturer, while at the same time they deprive the shiporin s er : themselves of a large share of th e t ra d e which W e ' would otherwise possess. W e h ave h a d rec ently so ng) conversation in the House as to the difficulty of bring; ing cotton from Havre. It was stated that a I nerchs ci t in this country had sent over a cargo of cotton to , r t/a s ti s port for the supply of the manufacturers there. ','"„ political events of the last few weeks destroyed the market there, but it could not be brought back to 1 - 41 ,9 3r 1 . 1 pool, where it could have been sold at once, as no Bilt` ha i ship could take it. The result of all this was, th e ' t.l- 4- British merchant lost- his money in his venture, an , the manufacturer of Manchester could not get t, h l cotton, of which he would have been so glad. ',se evil is the consequence of your futil e attempts to se. - o the entire possession of the long voyage, i t ) so constantly eludes your grasp.—(Hear, be" - t ' s An Hon. Gentleman, a Member of this House,.fi ci "4, cargo of crushed nuts, extensively us e d in making oil, to Havre. He called on me, and said he hoped L e g)tt a, use my efforts with the Government to procure the tot mission of the cargo into the ports of this co untrYf, • $ 4 I was obliged to tell him that such a course was O il s in the teeth of the navigation-laws. It is an absurdtas , foolish restriction, to be sure; but the Treasury hsei t ir the power of dispensing with the law of the 16 iiei What absurdity and nonsense restrictions of this's-„ fie are!—(Hear, hear.)___lxannot imagine - that-the g° for a moment can suppose the maintenance of the I% r gation-laws in their present state conduces to the % F s pert of this country, nr that it is necessary for d th e ',oo , terests of her trade to ~keep up those absurd an 'lllO terests restrictions.—(Hear, hear.) It is true, Sir, that g si i s s may have as yet comparatively produced but small wi i s' chief; but now, when the distances between toughen are shortened by better means of intercaurse, w'l6 facilities of communication are increased, it is * bora, st maintain those antiquated laws. Such a course is c°_, putting new wine into old bottles, and the resultcanny; but be destructive to the article you intended twosr: iii —(Hear, hear)—nay, important evidence ...t before the Committee on this point, but I win call_ trouble you with a few important extracts from Mr. R. V. Swaine, a merchant at Hamburgh, said _ tit; if the navigation-laws were repealed, the whole 01;4 Alpaca wool, South American sheep soda, and almost all the palm oil from the coast of Afr i sts brought to Europe for account of Hamburgh inerchsoomi, in foreign bottoms, would go to London or Live r P o to The palm oil which now goes to Hamburgh wouldg f t he England in Hamburgh vessels. The operation c i isti navigation laws with respects to the supply of fer u s ysi• wool, and nitre, ic u i wools to this country, such as are brought to the c " to • nent of Europe first, is unquestionably unfavoursbletic, British manufacturers , because the German man turer is purchasing that article now at a less priee 03 the manufacturers can purchase it in Lancaebire is Yorkshire, and the consequence must be that the G er f t sce manufacturer can afford to sell his cloth at a leas rt is than the English." Mr. G. Mapleton, a es erchO t i l e yt come to withutahtovei Having England the wn g tr l ad English with vesselsthe be iil:ca r, ft i: London and the Canary Islands, said, " The naYig r , e- g ° o' l s a h w ip s p i e n d te t r o fe c r a e d e:ce o s w st i v n e g.m l ries. The cochineal produced there is obliged l ' as e E in o g ro d p i e r , ec i t t to m E no n o g t lan e d o once been la, nu o , e- tb t e . produce of Africa, except for exportation, al to elth° a"'S s the Canaries are virtually part of Spain', is t°, consequence is, that it n ow goes almost erlDr e ,' in France. The barilla trade i s circumscribed nlitipor the same way.. Cochineal c an b e so ld at 4d. t° ";: t ion' pound more for consumpti on t h an f or otpe r r 00 This prevention of the import a ti on o f cochin i c e ' n ter Europe into Great Britain give s a ver y gr eat ou vs t a e to the French and other foreign manufacturers ° s ert English manufacturers, as the c oc hi ne al of the ; `',, -- s et, Islands is of a very superior quality. The effect is isjOrl dition of 6d. per pound to the price, besides tbesotifti4; caused by the prohibition of its use in British 03 i a nd tures." But the House will form a very i to per ,.' e' io tiss inadequate estimate of the evils which this sYe Se ie bic ti produced, if they look only to the critical cases in o uch it can be shown to bu injurious. There is 6 00. , . 00 00 di/ wider field which we are to regard in con tr , the effect of these laws. We must look to the sold which is absolutely prevented from coming to °` - gs src e li by their operation.—(Hear, hear.) I believe it P. ivec' s , possible to estimate the development our cotnte e ' ii arl 'S',: i receive if these restrictions were thrown doe ll d 0 0 w ss : tally abolished, and if navigation were condttesste to p II; same large and liberal principles which the P r e ot i s etic e , decided should prevail with respect to the il l s , itoe ) ;( of foreign corn. I now come to a i r i e ffec ion cant part of this question. I mean th e to be a s those provisions of which the object anPe e , r r s ,,de. :het secure to this country the indirect carrying 7„ -- , l elie' b at not think it is necessary to go into the que e t l- fs es' : - , s o or not those provisions were wise in former ..- - ii ,j t i o. I will not hesitate to declare_ my opinion thot, ss et t o P r ',. o did they ensure the effi , ct they were inteno 0 0° 4 " duce. We shell, however, very much mistake thee rgu it one of the real ques ion at issue if we decide to 3,'Outil•seii.v the supposition that we are free to take what - ,i s o r i fie ' please upon it. This is a game at which two is of "- l'here is already no obscure or doubtful indicattetooilo ; intentions of other countries on the san 3• i fini s ol Already we see signs which warn us that t o 0 04 , f fast approachin g i n w hi c h we can tra de on n o , to C hi terms with other nati ons , and when they w ill o . l ' 1. o r " Whatever we give w e w ill requ i re from 3 ) c m so o f question now is, not whether these laws VP s Na t it not, but whether we ar e p re p are d to embark n i or i c ieel er , retaliation with every other country in thew t vor li e , t h p° be our real i n t eres t to embark in this war , fi bs i de, by a course of wi se a nd t i me l y conce ssion, w e r is e tt e ;00 0 ' i a n d rea p li l t a y ee do it m o o o re prosperity m fo o r re th s e eeureood of ru fsuncl st o f o safer " v oice 0 , than we could possibly obtain by the mai n a g e ec tt ai those narrow and useless restrictions? ir, e , ra no t else try already has proceeded a voice—l will - jaeg - i pse menace, for it uttered no unfriendly or hostile the s 0 —but a voice of warning. It has issued fron i do sch is country, considerations respecting which site i 0 1823, Mr. Huskisson to propose his great site o yiob o t the navigation laws—l mean Prussia . Slies s P o eff il l of the name of Germany on this occasion, adl e pOil lo r the time when a commercial treaty is ()II the the time when a commercial treaty IS OP b 3 1 . %.0 3 expiring, and this is the language addressed 0 1; 16 Fr l or , sen, the representative of Prussia, to . my N the P of at the head of Foreign Affairs. I beg to tale notico• ticular attention of the;he House to it. It g er ss :tk n e ' tfl the intention on part of Prussia not tO reP_A w Jr" o f as sr. of isting treaty, and proceeded (in a note adiss7 o vee, Palmerston, on May 10, 1847), to BAP" - e s ipt' ot ir 1814 does not allow Prussia, as the aggrievertio op . and public opinion of Germany, which P° lv . ot in fer s li tbe ports those interests, would require, to restr! . ,„ie alogous manner the admission of British 91 / 1 1 7 130'ise second article of this treaty accords to ° re fle ct 0 , 0 6 the right of the most favoured nation with v e6 ' o ll °los& importation of sugar and rice. The expira ti o re do libertytr eaty a t t o the the e p n r d o and a c",: vs t cu t e ssoifanthGeovperrensmenetntrar wat h re iinge of its laws affecting navigation has been the sl i mi - i, P a rana' serious consideration. The nomination ° oip - r iw mentary Committee to examine the English r.,°, - 00 laws, and to report during the present ee""Th e V" - , ment thereupon, has nevertheless held out t f ° : t 0 F e ci siffe Government a hope that Great Britain rribc - ot ire h , re means of a general legislati ve I/3- weigr l OW period, by the restrictions to disappear which at presen.ch so no' German navigation and commerce, and lyhterciel refs' riously impede the development of the coral: il l o? ° , t 0 tione of the two countries." The Hon e° b e 0 01° 4 0 ) . that the nominati on o f t h e C om mittee on s c a r v ett the Hon. Member f or S to k e - u p o n -Trent ( no hod ser, of the compositi on o f w hi c h so me eoleplAling the t oo made, actually had th e e ffect of pro d v ox pre i l f ) oo o pension of tL a t w hi c h Prussia vir h ie's 0 04 to strike at British shipping, and ape pi' ? have fallen on t h em h a d it not bee 0 „loses _ r ot Sir, I have r em ind e d the House that fromutxbier go o ceeded this voice of warning. Front e s n soot led 1 0 til e among foreign nations at the same time 1 0 ,`,', ti li t icle n ' s A not ot warning but of invitation. §i . r o ,._ t i, s ec r o , . great republic of the British race, vehl e dr elltir a , Sp° to ourselves in commercial and maritime Lr ° it 7 y tii: mean the United States of America. °:,', 0 ..... 4 P pIOW of lost ) 0 , 9 sail' autumn of last year— the end , carne to an 1, American Minister, Mr. Bancroft, s ffii ir 0 _ o or _ believing that it was the disposition o. __ ga m to D I 0;, F se r l i f e , nadodthinetB.oermcreedtaorsytohfoSt t t a b t e e G fo o r r F er. o o re ncu lt_ n o r po o f b i r rr c fetf oi t or, , make large and liberal changes w re •opev ete WOO stud time laws, way moat anxious to c° us an t e giv e 0.. . ot?_, , this work, and in conjunction with fn.l) s e h . re_e,' , be ple rr to: d h ri e c r ti e r s e t o o f t t a he m w es o t rid exund , which we P c i: ; l a . #F,..