The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-24 00:00:00

tb trbf Wbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. FRANCE. The Government plan for making advances on deposits of goods and merchandise is generally ap proved ; it is thought to be an approach to our system of bonded warehouses and negotiable warrants. A credit of 500,000 f. on the revenue of 1848, is taken by the Government to be applied to the repair and preservation of the 18 palaces, galleries, museums, and establishments kept up by the Monarchy. An other credit of 250,000 f. is taken for the expense of building the temporary hall of meeting for the National Assembly. The Court of Assizes of the Seine is about to enter on the trials of the persons arrested during the attacks on the railway stations of the Amiens and Rouen lines. The Patr•ie states that a Republic has been pro claimed in the Duchy of Luxembourg, but not in the city itself, which is under the guns of the fortress. The news is official. A levy of recruits has been ordered throughout the Kingdom of Poland. The Chapel of the Tuileries, which was uninjured during the occupation of the Chateau, will be opened for Divine service on Sunday next. The Journal des Debats publishes the following letter, addressed from Lyons, on the 18th inst., by the Commissary of the Provisional Government to the Minister of the Interior : " Notwithstanding the continual rumours and the alarming reports propagated, but which have no foundation, I think I can answer for the maintenance of tranquillity and order. Nevertheless, the financial crisis is alarming." ITALY. THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION. We have received an extraordinary supplement, or " flying-sheet," of La Lega Italiana of Saturday last (the 18th inst.), which contains a formal proclama• tion of the new Roman Fundamental Constitution by his Holiness Pope Pius IX. As the mere summary of the general arrange ments of the new constitution occupies a space of three or four closely printed columns, exclusive of the introductory address to the people, we can only state the substance of the same in a few brief sentences : The College of Cardinals (chosen by the Pope) is to be constituted a Senate, inseparable from the game, and two Deliberative Councils for the forma tion of the laws are to be established, consisting of the " High Council" and the " Council of Deputies?' The judicial tribunals are to be independent of the Government, and no extraordinary commission courts are to be in future established. The National Guard is to be considered an institution of the State. The Pope convokes and prorogues the Legislative Chambers, and dissolves the Council of Deputies, being required to convoke a new Chamber within three months, which will be the ordinary duration of the annual session. The sessions are to be public . The member's of the Senate are to be appointed by the Pope for life, and their number is not unlimited. The qualification of a Senator is the age of 30 years, and the plenary exercise of civil and political rights. The Senate will be chosen par preference from the prelates, ecclesiastics, ministers, judges, councillors of state, consistorial lawyers, and the possessors of an income of 4,000 scudi per annum. The Pope will appoint the President and Vice. Presidents. The second council will be elective, on the numerical basis of one deputy to every 30,000 souls. The electors are to consist of the gonfalonieri, (mayors), priors, and elders of the cities and communes ; the possessors of a capital of 300 acucli ; the payeis of direct taxes to the amount of 12 scudi per annum; the members of the col leges, of their fagalties, and the titular professors of the universities ; the members of the councils of dis eipline, the advocates and attorneys practising in the collegiate tribunals, the laureates ad honorem in the state universities, the members of the chambers of commerce, the heads of factories and industrial establishments, and the heads of scientific societies and public institutions assessed for certain amounts. The qualification of a deputy is the possession of a capital of 3,000 scudi, or the payment of taxes to the amount of 100 scudi per annum, and the members of colleges and professors of universities, &e., will be eligible ex officio. The profession of the Popish religion is indispensable as a qualifica tion for the exercise of civil and political rights. A distinct electoral law will regulate the elections of deputies. The persons of the members of both councils are sacred, as far as their votes and speeches are concerned, but it appears that the pri vileges of freedDm from arrest on civil and criminal process are limited to the actual session and a month before and after. All laws and new taxes must be sanctioned by these two councils and assented to by the Pope; but the councils are not to be allowed to propose laws which may affect ecclesiastical' or mixed affairs which may be opposed to the canons and disciplines of the Church, or which may tend to vary or modify the present statute. They are also forbidden to discuss the " religious diplomatic rela tions" of the Holy See to foreign countries. The discussion of financial matters exclusively appertains to the Council of Deputies. The sum or civil list appropriated to the endowment of the Pope and the College of Cardinals, and to ecclesiastical purposes generally, as well ns to the expenses of the corps diplomatique, the Pontifical Guards, the maintenance of the Apostolical palaces and museums, and various other purposes, is fixed at 600,000 scudi per annum, including a reserve fund for contingencies. The canons, tributes, and dues, amounting to the annual sum of 12,000 scudi, are to remain at the entire disposal of the Pope. The Ministers are responsible for their actions, and have a right to speak in both Councils, whether members or not. The session of the Chambers will be sus pended by the death of the reigning Pontiff, but the new Pope must convene them a month after his election. The Ministers are to be confirmed and replaced by the Sacred College. The rights of temporal sovereignty exercised by a defunct Pontiff are vested in the Sacred College, during the interregnum. There will also be a Council of State, composed of ten councillors, and a body of auditors not exceeding twenty-four. This Council will be required to draw up projects of laws, and to give its advice on admi. nistrative affairs in cases of emergency. Ministe rial functions may also be conferred upon it by a special law. The present statute will be enforced on the opening of the new Councils, which will take place ab3ut the first Monday in June. The functions of the present Council of State will cease 20 days previous to the opening of the Councils; but it will, nevertheless, continue to examine such administrative measures as may be presented to it for consideration. All the legislati►e enactments not contrary to the decress of the present statute remain in force. The proclamation is dated the 14th of March, and h authenticated by the sign-manual of his Holiness. The advices from Naples in the Lege Palian a of Saturday, announce the expulsion of the Jesuits from that city in accordance with the popular will. The indignation against the " holy" fathers was general and nothing but a promise to leave Naples saved them from summary vengeance. It was feared at Naples that Messina was still a prey to the lames of civil war. The Government, however, had sent a special messenger to stop the further effusion of blood by the proclamation of the new constitution. PRUSSIA. Tile Cologne Gazelle, of the 22d ins►tant, announces that at one o'clock on the 20th the Poles confined in the new prison of Berlin had been set at liberty. "They proceeded in triumph to the Palace," says the corres pondent of the Goethe. `• The crowd which ac compaini.d them rent the air with their vivats. The people unyoked the horses from the carriage of Mieroslawski and drew it to the Palace. Ladies waved handkerchiefs from the windows. Mieroslawski held in his hand a black, red, and gold flag, and saluted the people as he passed. When the cort4,7e reached the Castle-square, the King appeared at the balcony. The Suabian Mercury of the .21st instant itatel, THE SUN, LONDON, that the domain of Prince Metternich, the celebrated Castle of Johannisberg, has been sequestered by the Government of Nassau, as also its extensive wine vaults. The Prince, it appears had not paid excise duties for the last 33 years, from 1815 to 1848, and the ducal Government was determined to claim the arrears. this address to his Majesty has been fraught with the must important events. His Majesty was pleased to ac cede to the nomination of a responsible Hungarian Ministry who were immediately appointed, and the deputation of the Hungarian Magnates and States to Presburgh, with all speed, to convey the welcome in telligence. Previous to quitting the city, the Deputation addressed the following thanks to the inhabitants of Vienna:— " The high-minded burghers of Vienna,— " The freedom of the people of Austria has been ac complished. " That dangerous tendency which promoted discord between the two nations no longer exists. Henceforth the bond which unites us all beneath the sway of our beloved monarch is not that of general servitude, but that of universal freedom, which is now secured to all and for all permanently and irrevocably. " Brethren, our wishes have been accorded. Hence forth there will be a responsible Hungarian ministry chosen by the majority of the natural represen tatives, who shall conduct the affairs of Hungary wider the controul of a free press, and through it by enlightened public opinion. This gives as a sure pledge that your wishes also will not remain unfulfilled; you have the guarantee of the imperial word, by the institution of a national guard, freedom of the press asd of the constitution, with all the momentous censequences and obligations arising therefrom, and which these constitutions demand in order to be truly beneficial. Brethren, we 6hall be one in liberty; strong in union ; mighty in co-operation ; every link will be ce mented by mutual g00d.% ill, genuine confidence, and universal love to the highly venerated house of our Sovereign. Brethren, you have felt that our cause is one ; the reception which you have given us will be indelibly im pressed upon our hearts,—the response to your call will be re-echoed from the remotest rallies of Hungary. "Brethren, we thank you ! we respond to you by a vivat for the •weal of the Imperial House of universal liberty, for the fraternisation of all the people of Aua• tria in mind, feeling, and interests. "Given at Vienna, March 17, 1848. " The Deputation of the Hungarian Diet." Wiener Gazette, March 17. LOMBARDY. Private letters from Milan, of the 18th instant, state that the Milanese, on hearing of the revolution at Vienna, had sent a deputation to the Governor to demand the liberation of the political prisoners and the institution of a National Guard, pro mising, in case this was granted, not to molest the Austrian troops. On the refusal of the Governor, the whole population took arms ; men, women, children, and clergymen, set about erecting barricades. The Hotel of the Police was carried by storm and burnt, and a Provisional Government in stalled under the presidency of the former Podesta Casati. At Brescia, a similar movement broke out on the same day, and the insurgents made a prisoner of the Austrian General. The entire province of Bergamo was in revolt. The moment the rising in Lombardy became known at Turin, King Charles Albert convoked a Cabinet Council to consider the expediency of march ing an armed force to the assistance of the Milanese. A letter from Turin, of the 19th inst., states that it was the Archduke Reinier who was arrested at Brescia, and that when the mail left Milan, the. Austrians were making terms with the insurgents for the evacuation of the city. THE HUNGARIAN DIET. VIENNA, MARCH 17. The deputation of the Hungarian Diet arrived here on the 15th for the purpose of presenting to the King the " representation adopted unanimously by the two Chambers on the 14th. It was received with due formality by his Majesty on the morning of the 16th. The remarkably fine and hand some Hungarians, dressed in their splendid national costumes, repaired in procession on foot to Hof burg, and were greeted with the warmest acclamations of the multitudes as they passed through the streets. The following address was then presented to his Ma jesty "May it please your Majesty,—The all important events which have been recently developed render it our imperative duty at once to give our mind to the demands which our allegiance to the Imperial house of your Majesty, our legal relation to the whole Monarchy, and our duty to our Fatherland, call for. " A retrospective glance at our history brings to our remembrance that for the space of three hundred years our constitutional existence, as commensurate with the requirements of the times, could not only not be developed, but that the very maintenance of the same demanded our most strenuous exertions. Tha cause of this was that your Majesty did not pursue a constitu tional course, and consequently could not be in harmony either with the independence of our Government or with our eonsitutional existence. " Hitherto this cause has impeded the development of our constitution ; and we are convinced that if the same course be pursued for the future, and the royal Govern ment be not in harmony with our constitutionality, the throne of your Majesty, and the monarchy itself, which, by virtue of the pragmatic sanction, is linked to us, will be involved in inconceivable consequences, and our fatherland suffer the most severe detriment. " Your Majesty has convoked us for the purpose of introducing reforms. We have recognised herein the fulfilment of our long cherished wishes, and have com menced our work with cheerful alacrity. " We have resolved that upon the basis of a general taxation we will share those public burdens of the people which formerly were defrayed only by the public admi nistrative committee, and will be equally responsible for the reimbursement of the additional expenses of the Diet. •' We have resolved to effect the abolition of immunity of urbstial relations by indemnity, and hereby equalis ing the interest of the people and of the magistates, to consolidate the throne of your Majesty by augmenting the weal of our Fatherland. " The alleviation of the military, billeting, and hos pital burthns we regard as a primary duty. " We consider the political and administrative co ordination of the royal cities of the free districts us subjects demanding immediate attention, and further consider that the time has now arrived for the people to be partakers of political privileges. " That effective measures be immediately adopted for the renovation of manufacture, commerce, and agricul ture, is in justice expected by our Fatherland. " But our constitutional existence demands dove lopment in a radical representative system, our intellectual interests demand support based upon free dom. " Our system of defence demands a radical reform conformable with our national character and the general interests of the various classes of the inhabitants in town and country. This imperatively calls fur the adoption of immediate measures to consolidate the dignity of your Majesty's royal throne, as well us the security of our fatherland. The computations and re sponsible manifestation of the income and resuirewents of the Hungarian States can be no longer postponed; for thus alone shall we be able to discharge our cousti tutional fluty of defraying the expenses of the splendour of your Majesty's royal throne, and of conserving the general expenditure of the country ; thus also shall we be able to discharge our other official legal duties, the result of which cannot tail to be favourable. " Several of thew questions naturally involve an equalisation with the hereditary Provinces, because of divers mutual interests, for the furtherance of which, while reserving our independent national rights and interests, we will gladly lend our aid. " We are also convinced that the laws which shall be enacted fur the development of our constitutional exist ence, as well as for the intellectual and material weal of our nation, can only obtain life and energy if, for the administration of the same a National Government, in dependent of every foreign influence, be called into ox• istence, which, in conformity with the constitutional basis, shall be a result of the majority of the people. Hence we regard the transformation of the present col legiate system of government into a responsible Hun garian Ministry as the main requitement and essential guarantee of all reform. " Thus and in this wise have we regarded our con vocation. " A perfect understanding with your Majesty to accomplish our great task is our resolve and purpose. This is expected from us by our fatherland, it is looked for by millions of people, and we are impelled to it by our instinctive and unshaken faithfulness and devotion to your Majesty's royal House,for we are convinced that thus alone can peace, tranquillity, and confidential intercourse be so firmly established in our fatherland, that no unfore seen events or impending storms may shatter or con found us ; and, under such a guarantee of peace and of contentment alone, will our combined energies acquire that unanimity and solidity upon which your royal dy nasty may depend at all times and ander all circum stances. Your Majesty will now, however, agree with us, that for the attainment of this desirable end, peace is itidis ponsably requisite, and that our mutual relations muit be calm and perfectly undisturbed. " In this respect we cannot fail to be deeply pained at the indications of disturbances which have appeared in various parts of the United Provinces, which linked to us by virtue of the Pragmatic sanction, and the magni tude of which has been fearfully enhanced, by the uu forseen development of events that have taken place abroad. " We will not sadden the paternal heart of your Ma jesty by entering into details of these circumstances, we will not dwell upon the sensible effects which are already experienced in a financial point of view; but the sense of faithfulness and the responsibility which devolves upon us compelsus to speak with boldness that the real origin of these manifest „evils, and the main origin of our unprogressive state in the world) lies in the na ture of our administrative system. We are firmly per suaded that your Majesty will find the securest pro tective measures against any possible misunder standing the most convincible unison with your faithful people, the most heartfelt co-operation of the diverse provinces of your country, and thereby the most unshaken support of your royal throne and dynasty ; if in all its governing relations it be sur ruuuded by those: constitutional institutions, which are imperatively demanded by the requirements of the times. ";Your Majesty events are in the hands of God ; we implicitly rely on the protection of Divine Providence, yet we deem it an imperative duty to remind your Majesty of these things, in order that your faithful Hungarian subjects may not be taken un awares by the portentous future. For the immediate relief relief of these apprehensions for the immediate intro duction of the requisite measures of reform in a consti tutional manner we shall confidently look on the present sitting of this Diet, and we are apprehensive that the customary transactions connected with the Diet, and in consequence of the collegiate system the tedius negociations with the Government should Ul3 wa t 0 , pe w ?, bo a iet r , nsidi beseech eyrtcehdhi the yr t j a oue l wtr y ie o t i ipu r aejne M estit at:ikeotsenotnyi ponder n3f . f dat r ehl a tre t y e u, r ap n lo a l du l fivt country.hr ie me w s, and dis appoint confidence, momentous and rso t h o yaal d ll delegate tewernhtboo:trhsieao of our circumstancesplenipotentiary o f r t g h a e n s c a t : r e , your con formity with the existing laws, high offices of state, namely, of the Royal Govern ment, as individuals who, professing the confi dence of your Majesty, shall be empowered eon stitutinnai organ of the Executive, and shall be be IN rsonally responsible for the execution of the law s in prescribed form. These persona further must take part in the proceedings of the Diet, state your Majesty's royal pleasure to the Diet, give the requisite elucidation and explanation of the Government, e,pt eially in financial matters, and to s ir s ,. tually promote the solution of impending questions, that the wholesome laws which are to be enacted may be the more speedily proposed for your Majesty's royal sanction, and by their aid tho uncertain and ominous state of present circumstances, the peace of our fatherland be secured, confidential in tercourse consolidated—upon the basis of this that wholesome power, both moral and physical, be de veloped in what your Majesty amid all the con tingencies of the uncertain future, may find the most unshaken confidence, and your royal throne the most sure protection."— Wiener Zeitung, March 17. IturoNsißLE 11UNG*RIAN autantr.—The result of FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS —The courtier Belge of the 22d inst. says: —" Accounts from St. Petersburgh, of the 7th inst., state that an army of 400,000 men is to be concentrated on the western frontiers." The editor observes that the cypher of 400,000 is evidently much exaggera'ed, for that Russia never has assembled an army of 400,000 men upon one spot. ANTWERP, MARes 21—Tbe Bank of Antwerp has announced that it will recommence the discount of Bel gian paper money at forty•fi►e days exchange. This measure will be an immense relief to many, but in order to be efficacious the term ought to have been extended to ninety days. A convention has been concluded be tween the Government and the Societe GeL6rale for the promotion of the national industry of Belgium, and by which the bills of the Societe Gel 6rale and the Bank of Belgium will be valid as current coin.—lournal de Com merce d'Anvers, March 23. Sir Stratford Canning, English Ambassador at Constantinople, arrived at Brussels with his family on Sunday, and had an audience with his Majesty yes terday. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 21.—Divers reports of the sirister events which have taken place at Berlin have acted unfavourably both upon inland and foreign funds—all have again experienced a decline. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. PCULLE, Chairman.) Machinson, aged 19, and John Lane, aged 15. were brought up on anifsdictment, charging them with feloniously stealing one rump and - loin of beef, the pro- perty of lis•nry Casswell, butcher, residing in the parish of St,. George the Martyr. Two witnesses were smiled, who stated that they saw the prisoners take the property in question. Upon their cross-examination it appeared that one of them, a lad, had recently undergone a month's imprisonment for felony; and the other witness, a female, was at present cohabiting with a person in the absence of her husband, who was undergoing a punishment of 14 years' transpor tation for felony. It was contended upon these facts, that no reliance could be placed on their evidence. The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and they were each sentenced to four months' hard labour. SLveral charges of misdemeanour for obtaining goods and money upon false pretences, to all of which the pri soners pleaded Guilty, wero disposed of by the Court. BANK OF ENGLAND. (Fruit this night's Gazette.) An Ascount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. eap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 18th day of March, 1848. Issue DMATMENT. Notes 10wed........ 2&,114,360 Government debt .. 11,00,100 Other securities .... U.9(14.900 Geld coin and bullion 12,889.460 Silver bullion ...... 1,1121000 £24.114,360 1 £211,414,360 M. MAI2BIIA.LL. Chief Cashier. Dated the 23d der o! Mandl, 13, BANKING D, Prot:n* l 4ton' eapltal • . 14,663,000 Reit . ...• • 3,991,560 rublit &Twat. (In eluding Exchequer, Commisolonera of National Debt, Bav- OEPIITIUNT. [ Government semi- ties (Including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,5720 SO Other securities .... 12,196,563 Notes . . • • • • • • • . • • 10,967,2711 Gold and silver cola.. 701,7)..1 Ins-banks, and Di- • vidond aceounts)• . 6,9 '• 7,392 )her depogita 9,773,110 Seven day and other bi 115•....... • .. • . 669,742 £36.114.794 .63G,144,794 if• MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated UK 2141 day of ILAreh, 1841 COURSE OF EXCII &iiio:.3r.laui ...... •• .• LNGE.-(TIIIS DAY.) 1ibra1tar........ • • •• • • Le:horn tionoa •• •• • • .. 2 1 i 20 Napleo •• • • •• Palermo, • •• • • • • Janeiro ........ • . Bahia .......... • • • • •• tioenos ♦yros New York.2ldnys'alght .......... at sight ...... 12 2 It ottc Maui .... • • ...• Silt 'carp •• • • • • LEaciabur i gh M.ll. 13 14N Aitom., • ..... .. •• .. Paris, 3 (lays' sigh t.. • . Nlarsellles ....... ••• • • 22 Ltourdeaux........ • • • Frankfort on Mains,— 122 retersburgh, Sit. ItlAst .. .. • • .. •. •"• %%oohs, elec. do • • •• Friestu, N 1341141 4 S Cacti: ...... . 47 8i1bn0........ •• Itarceloza •.. ...... . • • •• • • .. MOILS Of ECLLION, THE 0.1. Foreign Gold la bars... 43 l 7 9 Now Dollars .... • 0 0 I Portugal G.ld Coin.. 0 0 0 Apautsit Doubloons .. 0 0 0 4ftver la bars ...... •• 0 0 0 MARKET IN'. I'ELLIGENCE. kFrotn the London New Price Current of March 24.) SUGAR.—To-day the home trade operated with greater freedom in raw Sugar, and exporters also were more desirous to do business. On the part of merchants there is more firmness, and for some sorts better prices were obtained. There was a good demand for %Vest India Muscovado, and the rates paid were rather above those of yesterday. The sales privately amount to 410 hhds &c. Prices dosed the same as on Friday last, and the purchases for the week amount to 1,666 hhdi and trey. The market for raw Sugar has a more favourable appearance. EEFINED.—To day the market was firm for Refined Goods, and there was a desire to sell Standard Lumps at 53s to 53s 61, and brown grocery at 52s 61 per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells slowly at former rates. Micarrxtrs.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was operated in with greater freedom, and privately several parcels were sold. At auction 3,383 bags 32 trs and 167 casks all found buyers at Lull rates, and iu ,some cases rather above. EAST Isms.—This afternoon the demand was more active for Bengal Sugar, and 1,945 bags at auction went at Gd per cwt higher. FOREIGN.—To-day a fair amount of business was concluded privately in Foreign Sugar at stiff rates. None was offered at public sale. MOLASSES.—The demand has been extremely limited for West India, and in consequence of the large stock, prices tend downwards, and rule at Iss to 18s for low to fine quality. The consumption is yet unsatisfoctory. Bengal Treacle is offered upon lower terms, but the sales made have been extremely limited, and there is a fair stock here. This afternoon little desire was shown to do business in Mocha Coffee, and 125 bales, 12 half ditto at public sale only in part sold at rather lower rates ; good mid lellow went at 55s to 5Gs, mid brown 535, fine yellow ong berry 744, triage 25s to 35t, and damaged 25s to 665. The market for Ceylon is quiet, and 414 bags at public sale were taken in at above the former value ; 832 bags of Costa Rica were likewise taken in at the full worth. _ _ . _ TxA.—llolders manifest more firmness, and refrained from submitting any to public sale this week. For Congou a better demand has been experienced for all sorts, bat holders are compelled to accept previous low rates, a fair amount of business, however, had been concluded, low quality at 7d to 71-d, and geod common 7jd to Bd. Green has been dealt in with more freedom, but no rise in the price is observable. SPICES.—To•day Black Pepper mot with attention, and privately sales to a fair extent were made. At auc tion 893 bags of Malabar 4okl at full rates—good half heavy grey 21d to good :ight grey 21a1 to 2-id, and damaged 2d to 211 per lb. Ulm—To-day only small purchases were made in East India Rice privately, and rather lower rates were taken. At public sale 74 trs Carolina, in bond, from New York, were sold at rather lower rates—good clean white 21s to 21s Gd, and fine 225. Of China Preserves 52 cases went at 8d to 23 Gd per lb. Farnr.—There has been little passing in Currants, and on the part of holders there is more inclination to facilitate sales. The market for Raisers is in an inactive state, and there is a desire to sell. Figs are dull of sale, and 36h to 37s is the value of Turkey. SPIRITS. —A material diminution is observable in the demand for Leeward Island rum this week, and holders evince less firmness. Only small parcels have been dis p,,sed of at is 10d to Is 101,1 proof. East India is dull of sale, and rather cheaper, Is 7id to is Bid is the value of prof. Demerara is little wanted, but cannot be called lower, and 3t to 3s 61 is the value of 30 to 38 per cent over prof. The sales made in Jamaica have been limited for all purposes, and prices are not so firm. Pre vious rates are well supported for Braudn, and there is a good demand; arrivals are near at hand. In Geneva u fair amount of business has been done. In British Corn Spirits extensive sales have been made, and the market is firm at 10s cash. INDIGO.—The market is in a ♦ery unsatisfactory p?- .sition for East India of all descriptions ; the supply is increasing, and prices are on the decline. Few export orders have been concluded this week, and on the part of the home trade little desire has been manifested to FRIDAY EVENING, MARC D. 24, 1846. make purchases : a sale of fine consuming Bengal has been forced at 6d discount. Spanish is little required, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms. SALTPETRE.—There has been much inquiry after Rough this week, and the rates offered are from 6d to Is per cwt above those previously current, but business is much interfered with by the scanty supply, and the reluctance of merchants to sell. °mg.—There is firmness on the part of holders of Olive Oil, as deliveries continue to exceed the arrivals, whilst the stock is moderate, and the consumption likely to be larger. The purchases made this week, however, have been limited. This afternoon at public sale 70 tuns of Sperm Oil went at 81110 s to 83155. TALLOW .—This afternoon higher rates were obtained. At the public sales of Tallow, 851 casks of New South Wales were mostly sold at 44s 9d to 51s 9d; 200 casks South American 45s to 49s 6d; 95 casks Petersburgh Soap 46s to 48 ; 82 casks Galata 45s to 475; 10 casks East India 48s 3d to 48s 6d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTEBBUIty took his seat on :the Woolsack at Five o'clock. JEWS. 'The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented several pea tious against the ■dmission of the Jews. QUEEN'S PRISON BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. • ODD FELLOWS. Lord BEAUMONT preseutsd a petition from the Odd Fellows of Durham, praying th a t they may be placed under the provisions of the Friendly_Societies Act. Mr. CRTPPS supported the second reading of the Bill. Mr. CIIAPLIN, on the part of the South-Western Railway Company, said that that company were quite as much disposed as the Great Western Railway Company could be to some amicable settlement of this question. He thought the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests, however much he might be disposed to give every opportanity for some amicable settlement upon the subject, was not entitled to much credit for the endeavours he had made to bring about so desirable a result. The Earl of LINCOLN thought that some opportu nity ought to be given to the Great Western Com pany, and the South-Western Company, to see if ;some amicable arrangement might not be come to. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests, notwithstanding the public business he had to attend to, would endeavour once more to bring the matter to some amicable termi nation. Lord MORPETH said that if he thought it would be of any use, and by any interference of his he could per suade these two great companies to come to some amicable arrangement he would endeavour to do so. _ The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. SLIGO ELECTION. The following Members appeared at the Table and were sworn to try the merits of the election for Sligo :—Mr. T. C. Granger (Chairman). Mr. Disraeli, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. J. Hayward, and Sir J. Johnstone. WHITEHALL. MARCH 18, 1848. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry Brooke, of Dudley, in the cow)? of Worcester-, Gent., to be a Master extrnurdinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Benjamin Harris, corn- merchant, Tevekesbury. BANKRUPTS. John Ellis and Charles Ellis, builders, Warner-road, Camberwell, to surrender March 31 and May 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall street; Hall, Moorgate-street. William Day, brickmaker, Hilgay, Norfolk, March 31, at eleven, and May 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man -street; Megison and Co.,King's-road, Bedford-row; Reed, Downhana Market. William Wheeler, builder, Notting-hill, Kensington, April 4, at two, and May 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall- street. Groom,:official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Thrupp, Winchester-buildings, Broad street. Lewis Goodheim, cap manufacturer, Birmingham April 6 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham Distric• Court. V alpy, official assignee, Birmingham; son. Birmingham. Joseph Baldwin, coal merchant, Camberwell, Surrey, March 31, at hall past one, and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Stead• man and Place, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall•street. Richard Vin: all, grazier, Mathon, Worcestershire, April 6 and May 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Harding, Birmingham. Johu Edward Junes, engineer, Upper Charlotte• street, Fitzroy-square, March 30, at one, and May 13, ut eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Gregory and Co , Bedford-row; Ford_ Shaw, Liverpool. Francis Edward Moorish, draper, Leicester-square, April 3, at half-past one, and May 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Reed, Langtord, and Marsden, Friday-street.. William Dingley, victualler, Bridgwater, Somerset, April 7 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court. tiernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Lovibond and Carslake, Bridgewater, or their agent; Bishop, Now Bridge•street, Blackfriars. J(4ln George, grocer, Jackfield, Shropshire, April 8 and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birm ingham. Frederick Merrall, grocer, Halifax, Yorkshire, April 7, and May 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co., Gray's-inn; Rudd and Cu., Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Henry Hollis, tea-dealer, Bold-street, Liverpool, April 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Rogerson, Lin coln's Inn-fields ; Davenport and Son, Liverpool. Evan Owen, auctioneer, Ruthin, Denbighshire, April 3 and 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry; Evans and Son. Liverpool. Joseph Taylor Woolner, currier, Bury, Lancashire, April 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Appleby, Ilarpur-street, Ked Lion square, London; Grundy, Bury. William Lax, land-surveyor, Darlington, April 4, at twelve, and May 11, at half-past one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon Tyne ; Allison, Richmond, Yorkshire ; Harle, Newcastle• upon-Tyne. James Dove, tanner, Darlington, Durham, April 4, at eleven, and May 11, at one, at the Newcastlo• upon-Tyne District Court. Riker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Mewburn, Great Winchester street, Lon don; Mewburn, Hutchinson and Mewburn, Darlington; Rymer, Darlington; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle upon-Tyne. William Price, engraver, Bristol, April 7, and May 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and White, London; Sabim., Bristol. James Penny, brewer, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan shire, April 6, at half•past eleven, and May 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee St. Augustine's•place; Bishop, New Bridge-street, Lou don ; or to Lovibond and Co., Bridgwater. James Bonnin, jun., builder, Ouslow-cottage, Bromp ton, April 11, at half-past one, and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London; Tucker and Steavenson, Threadneedle-street. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 21 1848, is 245. Bd. per cwt. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The immense quantity of rain which has fallen almost continuously for a very long period, threatens already to commit rude havoc on the agricultural prospects of our own county in this eventful year. It appears that in great part of the country, the wheat is completely inundated, and farmers find it impossible, in the present state of the weather, to proceed with barley sowing and other agri cultural operations. The barometer was never known to be so low for so extended a period; and on Sunday last, the instrument in the Philosophical Room, sank to a lower figure than at any recent period. Whether the coming comet has really exerted any influence in pro ducing these natural phenomena we really cannot tell; but certainly both in the political and in the natural world, the aspect of thej horizon is peculiarly gloomy and clouded at this moment.—Cambridge Advertise?. 11111. TON, A SMARTISH MAN.—Sueeess—business success—is, in as American community the inexorable, touchstone of merit in every undertaking. And if a man should publish another " Paradise Lost" in num bers, which would not sell, he would lose among us in personal respectability, for throwii,g, himself away on an empty enterprise. " That Milton (quoth a shrewd spirit from Wall-street)—that John Milton was a smarti.h man, but he showed a great want of practical sense i❑ giving so much time to a book, which it seems, after all, the public did not want."—Aew Yolk Literary World. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 23. ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS (CHAN CERY) BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, his Bill passed through Committee. NEW BISHOPS. Lord STANLEY, in reference to the Bill which had passed last session, authorising the formation of new bishoprics, said that he believed the understand ing between the Government and the heads of the Church was, that four new bishops should be ap pointed, and it was so stated in the preamble of the Bill, as it was originally introduced into their Lordships' House, although those words had been struck out in the House of Com mons, the Prime Minister having at the same time pledged himself to appoint three new bishops in addition to the Bishop of Manchester, so soon as they should have funds for the endowment of those new sees. By the recent decease of the Archbishops of York and Canterbury a great addition had been made to the fund, and he asked, therefore, if the Government adhered to that agreement, and if they intended to proceed to the ap pointment of the new bishops without delay. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Government still adhered to the agreement alluded to by the Noble Lord, and whenever the means appeared to be sufficient for the purpose, it would be for her Majesty to determine what new bishop should be appointed. The Noble Lord well knew that there were several Bishops whose in comes were lower than the sums fixed by the Ecclesiastical Commission, and certainly they had a claim to have their incomes raised to the ave rage before any new bishops should be appointed. The Bishop of SALISBURY was sure it would be highly gratifying to the members of the Church to know that her Majesty's Government still adhered to the agreement which they had entered into with the heads of the Church for the appointment of new bishops, and thought it desirable that as little delay as possible should take place in their appointment. After a few words from the Earl of DETON, which were inaudible is the gallery, Lord MONTEAGLE deprecated the idea of in creasing the number of bishops. The feeling of the people, who were as much members of the Church as the clergy, was opposed to it. He hoped the condition of the working clergy would not be lost sight of, and that the increased fund would be applied as might be thought best for the interests of the Church as a body, without reference to any separate claims of the episcopacy. —(Hear, hear.) The Bishop of OXFORD regretted the tone of the Noble Lord's speech, which was so totally dif ferent from that of the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne). It was no discovery that the laity were part of the Church ; on the contrary, he admitted that they were the most important part cf her, and the bishops, priests, and deacons were her ministers. There was no jealousy on the part of the episcopal bench with regard to the working clergy, whose condition they wished to see improved ; and the question was merely whether the interests and proper government of the Church did not require an additional number of bishops.—(llear, Jiear) Ile rejoiced to find that the Government adhered to their determination of last year.—(Hear, hear.) Lord LYTTELTON said the feeling among the laity of the English Church was, that the number of prelates was greatly inadequate ; he thought an amalgamation of the two funds would be desirable. Lord REDESD ALE said if the two funds were put together it would be almost impossible that an addition to the episcopacy could take place. If there was now 6,000/. in hand, as appeared to be admitted, why was it not at once applied to the creation of a new Bishopric ? The Earl of HARR° WI3Y confirmed the statement of his Noble Friend Lord Lyttelton, that the feeling of the laity as well as the clergy was generally in favour of an extension of episcopacy. The Marquis of LANSDOW.NE said he fully accepted the explanation given by the Bishop of Ox ford, as to the proper application of the funds, that was, that in carrying out an extension of the episcopal staff they should be applied in such places, or in such ways, as should tend most to the interests of the Church. But he never had given any pledge that the whole of the funds should be applied only to episcopal purposes, if it shoUld appear. that the in terests of the Church would be promoted by a dif fer,nt application. Under all circumstances it would be the true i❑terests of the Church that would be considered. The Bishop of OXFORD should object to such a managing of the two funds as to make it impossible, under any circumstances, to add to the efficiency of the episcopate. Their Lordships adjourned at tea minutes to Seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Match 23. HARWICH. On our admission to the gallery we found Mr. HUME, on his legs, objecting to the issuing of the writ. Mr. WAKLEY said the course pursued was calcu lated to bring the House into contempt out of doors• There was no doubt the Hon. Member who was un- seated knew what was doing.—(No, no.) Corruption had been proved, and now the writ was to go to the same corrupt parties. The House ought to negative the motion, and institute a searching inquiry. The public belief was that the majority of the Members of that House had obtained their seats by the expenditure of large sums of money.—(No, ❑o.) But if this writ were issued, and inquiry were stifled, would not the inference be that the House was afraid of the truth being known? Mr. W ORTLEY said the Hon. Member had made a most unfounded charge against the Members of the Committee; and on their behalf he 1 - egged distinctly to deny that they knew the sitting Member to have been privy to the acts of bribery, as alleged by the Hon. Member.--(Hear, hear.) The evidence showed that the parties at Harwich had studiously avoided general corruption; had the contrary been proved, the Commit too must have reported it Ito the House. Mr. ELLIOT said the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) had one speech that he made to the House on all occasions, and he would declare that there wag but one speech that the Hon. Member ever made to the House.—(Cheers and laughter.) The first time he had heard the voice of the Hon. Member was in 1837. He had listened to him fur four years, and had always heard the same speech, until he was almost obliged to conclude that the Hon. Member had borrowed the speech from somebody.—(Laughter.) Thus it ran (the old story over and over again)—" You are all a set of rogues, and I am the only honest man among you. (Cheers and laughter.) The people out of doors know you very well, and they know that I, the Member for Finsbury, am the only honest man in the House. I have been brought up in the principles of honour and virtue, while you have no pretensions to anything of the kind." Now, as the lion. Member for Finsbury was so fond of telling the Members of that House what people said of them out of doors, it was but fair to the Hon. Member to let him know what people said of him.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Elliot) had heard it said a hundred times, that all the speeches of the Hon. Member meant one and the same thing; namely, that there was not an honest rams in the House of Commons except himself, and that he made all those speeches for the purpose of gratifying the lowest persons in the borough of Yinsbury.—(Laughter and cheers.) He had thought it right at least to tell the Hon. Member what was said of him. Mr. OSBORNE said it was hard that an lion. Mem' ber whose seat perhaps cost less than any other should thus be attacked. He would answer for it that those who were styled " the lowest classes in the borough of Fins bury," if possessed of the franchise, would not barter it away, as the constituents of some lion. Members were proved to have done.--;Hear, and " Oh.") Looking at the evidence before the Harwich Committee it was dia• cult to believe that Mr. Attwood was not privy to the expenditure, especially in the case of a person named Saxley.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Osborne) thought the institutions of the country would be much safer, and the House a more efficient representation of the people, ifs portion of these who were called the lowest classes were admitted to the franchise.—(Hear.) Mr. ELLIOT said in using the terra "lowest classes" he meant those lowest in moral feeling. Mr. WAKLEY asked if it was consistent with order that the lion. Member who had just sat down shoald impute improper motives to him (Mr. Wakley)? The SPEAKER said that he did not understand the Hon. Member to have imputed such motives. After a few words from Mr. EUME and Sir Dig L. EVANS, The House divided, when there appeared— For issuing the writ . Against it Majority The writ was then ordered. BORGUGH OF HORSHAM. An HON. MEMBER having moved that a writ should issue for Horsham, for the election of a Member in OW of Mr. Jervis, Mr. HUME moved, as an amendment, that the writ should be suspended until the evidence was before the House. The Earl of MARCH supported the issuing of the writ. Lord COURTENA.Y, a member of the Committee, said if a division was pressed he should support tb. amendment. The amendment and motion were then, by leave, withdrawn. Mr. HUME moved that the evidence taken before the Committee should be printed and laid before the House.—Agreed to. CASE OF CAPTAIN JOHN DILLON. Mr. O'CONNOR moved an address to the Crown on the statement contained in the petition of John Dillon, presented to the House on the 14th December last. The case was simply this:—The brig Peru, a smuggling vessel, laden with tobacco, was forced into the harbour of New Ross, in 1822, by stress of weather, and Captain Dillon, who was then stationed there, went out to cap ture her, and drove her into the harbour of Kinsale. There the vessel was taken in smooth water by a person named Masters. The vessel, with the cargo, was sold for 53,0001., of which Masters gut 11,7001. Now, he maintained that it was not necessary for Captain Dile lon to hare pursued the brig into the harbour in order to entitle him to compensation. The case had been referred to Sir E. Codrington, and he gave his award against Captain Dillon, on the ground that the vessel was bound to France. In consequence of that decision Capt. Dillon went to New York, and tie then ascertained from the books of the Custom-house officers that the vessel was bound for Ireland. He maintained till° Captain Dillon's claim was valid in point of law, and it was no answer to say that the exchequer was empty The very fact of the Government having paid Captain Dillon 1501. showed that they recognised the justice of his claim. The case of this gentleman was not perfect heretofore, because he could not prove that the vessel was not bound for France. That imperfection was now supplied, and he wanted to know what reason the Lord/ of the Treasury could allege for not making Captain Dillon compensation. He hoped that the time which elapsed since the transaction took place would not 10 set up as a bar to his claim. The Hon. Gentleman con eluded by moving that the House resolve itself into * Committee this day fortnight for the purpose of moving an address in the case of Captain Dillon. Mr. PARKER said that it was the duty of the Treasury, in deciding upon the claims of individuals, to take care that they were fully and clearly estab lished.—(Hear, bear.) He would assume that the Peru was a smuggling vessel, and that its object was to land contraband goods on the coast of Ireland. No doubt Captain Dillon was desirous of capturing the vessel, and he sailed oat after the Peru ; but that vessel being stronger than his own, he returned re is. fees. Subsequently the Pere put into Kinsale from stress of weather, and was there seised. and the proceeds were distributed in the reenter usual in such cool. Captain Dillon never put in any claim at that time. 11 0 did not take any steps in the matter from 1822 to 1129. After that period his applications were indeed very numerous, and his efforts were most persevering. When the question was brought before Lord Althorp, he said that Captain Dillon was not entitled to compensation. Subsequently the subject was referred to Sir E.Codring ton, but he only pronounced his judgment with reference to a professional point, and not as to the justice of his claim to compensation. There was no imputation on the character of Captain Dillon for want of bravery, but it was considered that what lie did in the affair did not entitle him to compensation. Mr. HUME said that he was of opinion that Captain Dillon had not established his claim to compensation He could bear his testimony to .the anxious considera tion which Lord Althorp gave' this subject. He thought Lord Althorp's decision was a correct one, and he saw no reason to alter that opinion. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he gave considerable at tention to this subject, and he came to the conclusion that Captain Dillon had been ill-treated. Compensation was refused him, in the first instance, because it was said that Captain Dillon had been guilty of cowardice. That point was referred to competent judges, and they entirely acquitted Captain Dillon of that charge, and not the least imputation rested upon the character of that olscer. (Hear, hear.) He thought his case was a very hard one, but he was afraid he had not much chance of succeeding in his object. Mr. S. CRAWFORD was confident in his own mind that Captain Dillon was entitled to compensation. Mr. WAKLEY thought no adequate answer had been made to the statement of the Member for Not tingham. Dr. POWER briefly supported the claim. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had considered the ease with the mot anxious regard to justice, and had come to the unbiassed decision that Capt. Dillon had no claim whatever for compensation. At the same time he thought there was no pretence for any charge upon his professional character. But Capt. Dillon had not captured the Peru; he had driven her off the coast end prevented hi r landing her cargo, but he had nothing in the world to do with her putting into Kinsale or with tho seizure of her cargo when she got there. Mr. AGLIONBY asked if it was not true that Capt. Dillcn's vessel gave the Peru chase, and that she went into Kinsale in consequence of the damage she received from his fire? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Captain Dillon might have given the Peru chase, but that he kept up a fire at her from his bouts he yeti tured to doubt. Mr. F. O'CONNOR replied. It had been distinctly proved by the ship's carpenter that Captain Dillon did keep up a fire at the Peru. He loft it to the House, whether a man who bad spent his whole substance in an effort to obtain justice, should now be righted or not. The House divided— For the motion Against it Majority —sl ' ME. GA. ,-LAWS. Mr. BRIGHT then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the repeal of the game-laws. He said he should make no apology for offering this motion to the attention AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS' BILL This Bill, on the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, was read a third time sad passed. CRIMINAL LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill, with respect to which . he would not occupy their Lordships time, as be bel ieved it would not have to encounter any opposition. Its object, as their Lordships were aware, was for the purpose of establishing a court of appeal in criminal cases. He objected to the measure which had been proposed some two years since . for the purpose of establi s hing a court of appeal in criminal cases before which convicts, as a matter of right move for a new trial, because it would give a most unfair advantage to the rich man over the poor man. Is no country in Europe was such an appeal admitted. In France, the Court of Cassation merely decided on matters of law not a matter of fact, but still he admitted that some alteration in the criminal law on that point was necessary, and be should not object to have the matter reft•rred to a Select Committee. The Marquis of SALISBURY defended the manner in which justice was administered by the county magis trates and in Courts of Quarter Session. Lord CAMPBELL had no intention of casting the slightest slur on the administration of the criminal law by the Courts of Quarter Session. After a few words from the Earl of DEVON and Lord STANLEY the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that leave be given to withdraw the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbold (presented 28th February), and of Henry Pattison (presented Ist March), against the Patent Galvanized Iron Company (Incorporation of Company. with powers to hold lands to raise money by loan, and to purchase Letters Patent) Bill. That leave be given to withdraw the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbuld (presented 28th February), and of Henry Pattison (presented Ist March) against the Patent Galvanised Iron Company trading under the style or firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons' Bill.—Agreed to. SECOND READINGS. _ . The followinitliaflwey BTUs were read a second time anal ordered to be committed. Aberdeen (Additional Capital). Airdrie and Bathgata Junction (Amendment and De viation). Arbroath and Forfar (Additional Capital). Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation from Leamington to Warwick). Bristol and Exeter (Glastonbury Navigation and Caaal Purchase). Direct London and Portsmouth. Drumpeller Railway. Dundee and Arbroath (Dundee Junction). Dundee and Perth (Dundee Junction). Dundee and Perth (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway) Dunfermline and Queensferry (from Dunfermline to North Queensferry, with a Branch to Inverkeithing Harbour). Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 2—Amendment of Acts, New Branches, Abandonment of Branch, and Increase of Capital). Edinburgh and Glasgow, 'and Glasgow, Airdrie, and "Monklands Junction (Amendment of Acts). East Anglian (Ely and Huntingdon Railway, Extension of Time). East Liacolnshire (Alteration of Great Grimsby Branch). Furness Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Revision of maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways). Great Western '(to confer additional Powers on the Company with reference to the Purchase of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, &c., Railways). Great Western (Loop Line from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway through Leamington). Kendal and Windermere Act Amendment. Leeds and Thirsk (Alteration of Levels of Leeds and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston, and Stockton, &c.) London and South-Western Railway Company's 'Acts Amendment, Extension, Deviation, and New Works. Louden and South-Western, Exeter and Crediton, Taw Vale Railway and Dock, and Bodmin and Wade bridge Railway Companies Arrangements. London and South-Western Railway Company and Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company Amalgamation. London, Brighton, and South Coast (London bridge and New Cross Stations, &c). London and Blackwell Connecting Branch, &o. Londonderry and Enniskillen (Relinquishment of Line between Omagh and Enniskillen, &c.) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Humber Fer ries Improvement at Hull and New Holland, &c.) Midland (Branch to Ripley, & c. ) Midland (Alteration of the Line and Branches near Wellingborough, and Approach to the Wellingborough Station). Newport and Pontypool Act Amendment. Norfolk (Amendment of Acts and Extension of Time for commencing Reedham and Disc Branches). North British (No. I —lncrease and Division of Capital). North British (No. 2—Junction with Leith Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, &c.) Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Extension of Time, &c.) South Wales Amendment of Acts. Vale of Neath (Power to the South Wales Company to subscribe, and Amendment of Acts). Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Extension or Devi ation Line from Silecroft to Foxfield, &c.) York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of Eng land, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing). York, Newcastle and Berwick (Deviation and abandon ment of part of the Thirek and Malton Branch). The Burntisland Harbour Improvement Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (POWER TO PURCHASE) BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. FORSTER rose to move, as an amendment, that it be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that it would place in the hands of a railway company the monopoly of the traffic between Dublin and Holyhead. Mr. H. BERKELEY seconded the motion, and said, no doubt, the President of the Railway Board, if he were in the House, would also join in the opposition. Mr. GLYN then said the Bill was not now brought in for the first time, as it had been on a former occasion, before the House. The Commissioners of Railways at that time allowed the Bill to proceed, and the Committee to whom it was referred declared that its carrying out was expedient; but it was withdrawn simply on the ground that the session was near its close, and that it could not bo completed before the prorogation. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, so far from wishing to establish a monopoly, were perfectly ready to treat with the established companies if they were disposed to undertake the service ; if they were prepared to do so the promoters of the Bill were prepared to withdraw that portion of it. The condi tic n, however, on which the company proposed carry ing out the steam-boat communication, with the terms they proposed to charge, were before the House, and were to be rendered subject to the approval of the Board of! Trade. The rates were extremely low. !Mr. F. FRENCH opposed the Bill, on the ground that it; would utterly ruin the existing companies. !After a few words from Sir W. HEATIICOTE, !Mr. GLYN stated, in reply, that the company sought pa w.r to raise further additional capital, and that they wf )uld be put to much inconvenience if those provisions vitals not assented to. Sir 11. VERNEY considered that the Bill would creeste a monstrous monopoly, and that therefore the House ought not to consent to it. Mr. GLYN said that, acting upon the suggestion of thie Hon. Member, he would withdraw his motion. ,The second reading of the Bill was then postponed. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (BRANCH FROM SLOUGH TO WINDSOR). On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, :Mr. GLADSTONE rose to oppose the second rot .ding, on the ground that a Bill had already been read a s 4cond time, introduced by the South-WesternCompany , to supply the wants of that district, and suggested that the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests shy Fuld interpose himself as a mediator between the two cot ttending parties, the Great Western and Soutl.-Wee. ter n Railway Companies. :Lord MORPETH said that ho should be most has ppy if an end could be put to the litigation bs s tween those two companies. He had endea ef)ured to bring about that reconciliation, but he cf mid not flatter himself that he should be able Fetis h] etorily to interpose in the affairs. He thought tie at the Great Western Company were not seeking by thi a Bill anything unreasonable when they sought to oh Lain the powers to make a station more convenient to tht : town of Windsor. RYE ELECTION. The following Members appeared at the table, and were sworn to try the merits of the election for Rye:— Mr. E. Divett (Chairman), Sir H. Halliard, Mr. J. IL Vivian. the Hon. F. Charteris, and Mr. M. J. Bloke. THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. On the motion for the second reading of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway and Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Queensferry and Inverkeithing Branches) Bill, Sir J. CLERK opposed the motion. He moved as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. F. MACKENZIE said the Right Hon. Baronet was in error when he supposed this was a similar Bill to the one rejected last year. In the present Bill many improvements and amendments had been intro duced, and as most parties who opposed the Bill had since withdrawn their opposition he thought the House ought, in justice to the company, to reject the amendment. Mr. COWAN supported the second reading. The Bill was only opposed by one individual, and even that opposition arose out of the fact that the company had refused to give 50,0001. for the land belonging to him which the line traversed. Mr. SOTHERON opposed the second reading. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority in favour of the amendment —45 The Bill was lost. Mr. REYNOLDS presented several petitions against the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill. GAME-LAWS. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice of his intention to move immediately after the Easter Recess, for leave to bring in a Bill for the repeal of the Game-laws. FARES ON RAILWAYS. Mr. BANKES gave notice of his intention to more on an early day a resolution for the purpose of securing a diminished rate of charges to the public upon all rail ways in the United Kingdom. DERBY ELECTION. An Hori. MEMBER gave notice of his intention to move, upon an early day, that the minutes of the evi dence given before the Derby Election Committee should be printed. ENTERING PORTS WITHOUT PILOTS. Lord RENDLESHAM wished to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty, whether it be tru-, that two French steam-ships of war were brought into Sheerness harbour during the night by their own masters, without any,assis tance from a licensed pilot. Also, whether, on the occa sion of a French ship of war coming into Harwich harbour this last autumn, there was not some delay or difficulty in the garrison's returning the accustomed salute fired by that vessel on entering the port? Mr. WARD was understood to reply that he had no official intelligence on the subject. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. CARDWELL wished to ask the Noble Lord the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests when he intended to proceed with the Public Health Bill ? Lord MORPETH said he was afraid he should not be able to bring it on next week; but the House might rely upon his proceeding with it on the earliest opportunity. ELECTION RECOGNIZANCES BILL. On the question being put that the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday, Mr. STAFFORD urged upon the Right Hon. the Chairman of the General Committee of Elections, the propriety of postponing the nomination of the Com mittees on the Cheltenham, Leicester, and Bodmin petitions till after the Election Recognizances Bill had been disposed of. Mr. GARDNER also made a similar appeal to the right Hon. Gentleman, insisting that great hardship would be inflicted on the parties petitioned against if the appointment of the Committees were not delayed. He thought the House would do great injustice if it did not take some further steps in the matter. Mr. F. MAULE defended the General Committee of Elections against the attacks that had been made against it. He did not see what other course that Committee could adopt other than that which it had stated its determination to pursue, of com mencing the selection from the panels on Monday next. Any objection that could be urged against the course the Committee intended to pursue would, he was sure, be ittended to on Monday. Mr. STUART WORTLEY was glad that the Com mittee of Selection was open to suggestions upon the sub• ject, and he trusted that they would do nothing hastily. He should ask the House to take the subject of the se cond reading of the Bill into consideration on Monday next the first thing, as it was a question of privilege. After some observations from Sir G. GREY, the sub ject dropped. NAME-LAWS.--MURDER OF THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S GAME-KEEPER Mr. BRIGHT, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the Head of the Home Department in his place, was desirous of putting a question to him upon a subject that he was sure would be painful to him. It was well known that two men were at the present moment under sentence of death in the county gaol of Durham for the murder of the gamekeeper of the Duke of Cleveland. He observed that a reprieve had been sent down for one of them. He understood the jury sent up to the Home-office a memorial in favour of a respite for the nnhappy men. 'rhe House, the other evening, seemed in favour of juries returning verdicts of mercy when thero were extenuating circumstances, in which case the extreme penalty of the law was not carried out ; but if they had signed such a memorial, it seemed to hint equivalent to a recommendation to mercy. He wished to ask whether the Right Hon. Baronet had any objection to lay copies of such memorial or recommendation to mercy upon the table of the House ? Having received various commu nications from the district, must plead his excuse for asking the question. Sir GEORGE GREY gave the Hon. Gentleman credit for being actuated by the best of motives; but he could not help expressing his deep regret that questions of this kind, the circumstances of which it was impossible to bring clearly before the House, were so frequently brought before it. Such proceedings, if perse vered in, would very much tend to impede the discharge of the painful duty entrusted to him in this as in other instances. The matter had received his serious attention, and the decision he had come to was one he should not wish to shrink from.— (Hear, hear.) The verdict of the jury was not accom panied by a recommendation to mercy. He, like the honourable Member, had received various com munications on the subject from Durham. He did not think he should discharge his duty if he produced the copies sought, as such a course, he believed, in such matters, would be subversive of the practice heretofore adopted.—(Hear.) EMIGRATION TO CANADA. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to ask the Under Secre tary for the Colonies, whether any additional tax is im posed upon emigrants landing in Canada or the North American Provinces, and if so, the amount of tax? Mr. HAWES said the House was no doubt aware of the disastrous consequences that accompanied the emigration last year. Out of 50,000 emigrants 15,000 died during that voyage or soon after landing. Under these circunastlnces EaTlGreyrecommend that the tax should remain as now, under ordinary circumstances; when healthy, that there should be no tax ; but if the shipz were in quarantine, then it was (as we understood) to be doubled. (LISYT INLAYING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton. John Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieu touant, dated March 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Frederick Leopold Sapieha Monteutfel Baron do Rutzen Fientz to be Deputy Lieutenant, March g. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Rutland. The Honourable Gerard James Noel, to be Deputy- Lieutenant ; Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, March 17, 1845. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of York. Gilbert Stapleton, Esq., to be be Deputy Lieutenant ; Thomas Emerson Headlain, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute nant, March 11. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff Princi pal of Ayrshire. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry Lord Fergus Kennedy to be Cornet, Vice William Cochrane Patrick, promoted, March 17. ADMIRALTY, MARCH O. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent upon the death of Admiral Richard Matson : Vice Admiral of fne Red Sir Adam Drummond K.C.11., to be Admiral of th e Bl ue. , Vice-Admiral of the White George M'Kinley to be Vice• Admiral of the Red. Vioe-Admiral f the Blue Sir Samuel Ppm, K.C.11., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red, James Richard Dacres, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, Honourable Josceline Percy, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the .Blue, Honourable Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Yellew, C. 8., K.C.H. to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Charles Sotheby, to be Roar-Admiral of the Blue. P