The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

burtt Xbition SUIV OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch, THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st April instant, at two o'clock. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock:—Thursday,2 April inst.; and on Thursday, 13th May next, to celekrate her Majesty's birth-day. N.B. The Knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars at the drawing-room on the 13th of May next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOMS. The Ladies who purpose to attend her Majesty's draw ing -rooms are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. And those Lat.:it:3 who are to be presented at the Drawing-room on the 29th of April instant are hereby informed, that it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the Ladies who are to present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamber lain's office on Tuesday, the 27th of April instant, before 12 o'clock, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the Lady presenting, together with that of the Lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which name shall correspond with those previ ous l y sent i n to the L or d Chamberlain 's Office. It is particularly requested that in every case written cards only be delivered. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 20. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Charles Gibson, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the island of Ceylon; Charles Peter Layard, Esq., to be Government Agent for the Western Province of that island; and Edward Hume Smedley, Esq., to be District Judge of Galle, in that island. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 19. We, being two of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ireland, hereby order that on and after the Ist January, 1353, all naval clerks who shall have passed the requisite examination as to fitness for the rank of Paymaster in the Royal Navy, so as to be duly denominated " Passed Clerks," shall be exempt from the provisions and regulations of the several Acts of Parliament relating to petty officers and seamen in her Majesty's service, so far as regards their wills, adminis trations, powers of attorney, and prize orders ; and that a ny deeds of assignment which " Passed Clerks" may make after that date will be subject to the rules apply ing to those of commissioned officers. A . DUNSOMBE, A. MILNE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 17. It is hereby notified that the Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a copy of a dispatch, dated the 11th of February last, from Henry William Bruce, Esq., Commodore and Com mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Naval Forces on the West Coast of Africa, informing their Lordships that he had issued the following notification of the raising of the blockade of certain ports and places in the Bight of Benin : Her Britannic Majesty's; steam-ship Penelope, Whydah, February 11,1852. Notice is hereby given, that the Kings and Chiefs of the places noted in the margin,' having entered into en gagements with her Britannic Majesty's Government for the complete abolition of the traffic in slaves, their sea coast and ports are to be exempt from the operations of the blockade established by nee on the 6th of December last, and to be considered free as heretofore for the pur poses of legitimate trade. (Signed) H. W. BRUCE, Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of her Britannic Majesty's Naval Forces oa the West Coast of Africa. • Block-ouse, Elmina Chica, Adaffie, Flohow, Porto Se gnro, Gomnluta, Little Popoe, Aghwey, Great P o p oe , P orto Novo, Lagos. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 19. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet Major Alex ander Tul!oh to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Louis, re tired on full-pay ; Second Captain William Swinton to be Captain, vice Tutlob ; First Lieutenant Thomas Welter ;vlilward to be Second Captain, vice Swinton ; Second Lieutenant John Keane Pickering to be First Lieutenant, vice Zdilward ; Brevet Major Henry Poole to he Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wood, retired on full-pay; Second Captain Delves Broughton to be Captain, vies Poc'e; First Lieutenant 'Henry Lowther Cherrnside to be Second Captain, vice Broughton; Second Lieutenant Augustus William Johnsen to be First Lieutenziat, vice Chermside; Brevet Major Henry George Teesdale to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vine Lethbridge, retired on full-pay ; Second Captain Allan Hamilton Graham to be Captain, vice Teesdale; Firet Lieutenant Alexander Tbeophilus Blakely ro be Second Captain, vice Graham; Second Lieutenant John Andrew Price to be First Lieutenant, vice Blakely; Brevet Major Noel Thomas Lake to be Lieutenant-Colouel, vice Stew, retired on full-pay; Se cond Captain John Miller A-dye to be Captain, vice Lake, April 1. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire. Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Bort., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyu, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; William Watkin Ed ward Wynne, Req., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Richard Meredith Richards, Lg., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid Lothian. Royal Mid Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant William Baillie to be Captain, vice Stewart Baillie Hare, resigned; Cornet John M. Mowbray to be Lieutenant, vice Baillie, promoted, Feb. 23. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Henry Cooke, hatter, Leaelinaton Priors, Warwickshire. BANKRUPTS. William Jnhn Parke and James Porter, builders, Hayfield-place, Mile End-road, to surrender, May 4, at two, and May 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrouk-court, Basingball street; Surr and Gribble, Lotubard-strect. Edmund Spettigue and George Farrance, booksellers, Chancery-lane, April 30 and June 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Csinnan, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Eisen, Clarke, and Morice, Coleman-street. John Dawson. surgeon, Tolleshunt Darcy, Essex, April 30, at half-past eleven, and June 4. at eleven, at tbd-Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Abell, Romney-terrace, Horseferry road and Colchester. William Hodge, wholesale manufacturing stationer, Great Meriborough.street, Westminster, May 5, and June 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansteld, official assignee; J. and J.H, Linklater, Size-lane, Buck lersbury, John H ints Hopkins °weer, Woolwich, April 29, at twelve, and May 27, ay at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assigneee ' Batho, America-square. Pa trick Beirns, provision dealer, Liverpool, May 4 and June 2, at e l even, at the Liverpool ol District Court. Cate oolnove, official assign ee . Li verpool; Yates, jun., Li verp. Mary' Fouracre, Innke epe r , Lancashire, May 1 and 17, at twelve, at the. l Wigan, official assißne,, Manchester; Price, Manchester District Court. E Mackenzie, INSOLVENT DE BTORS. Wigan. T. Liverpool-road , rlslington.infield, Geneal Post -office sorter, Trinity-street, Henry Blore, picture dealer, Sta r a, W. N. Robinson , saddler , St. John• treets , Chelsea. street. H. H. Creed, clerk i the House of C street, St. James's. n ominous, Duke- F. Robinson, cheesemonger, Church-street, Shoreditch, E. Hall, coffee-house keeper, Peter's-hill, Doctors' Corn. E . A. Gairn, de ntist, Henrietta-stree t , Covent garden. John Benton, Acto n-street, Gray's Inn -road. Th om as Murray, Kennington, , printer, Princes-s quare, Surrey, N. Daniell,:dentist, Mimosas J. Winter, a ttorney-at-law, Ri c h mond, Upper Gordon-street, Ea s t o ,.. satiae George Ross, cornet 14 t h Li g ht Dra g oons, Russell folotrel: Brixton-road. E. Irving, draper and lea dealer, Castleowerby, Cumber land. W. Leecb,jun., butcher, Gosforth, Cumberland. W. F. Mills, merchant, Stanley-street, Brompton. P. Bishop, licensed victualler, Birmingham. H. Bourne, maltster, W. James, provision dealer, Beaufort, Brecknockshire. W.Me ` bberi eY , brick maker, Lya W aste. Worcestershire. S. `-'•Mitchell, baker, Middlesborough, Yorkshire. E. Collins, brass founder, Birmingham. J. George, road surveyor, Coventry, Warwickshire. T. L. Hoskin, farmer, Werrington, Devons hire. E. Hoszner, leather cutter, Tonbridge Wells. C. W. Carrington, plumber, Blackbeath.hill. C. T. Kirby, linendraper, Falmouth. T. Grimmitr, malster, Coventry. I. M. Lindley, curries', Manchester. W. Merchant, shopman, Ramsgate. J. Marsh, 'screw bolt maker, Chowbent, Lancashire. J, Wrig;lesworth, licensed victualler, Liverpool. J. N. Clarke, ship chandler. Liverpool. W. Donhavand , journeyman clog,gcr, Manchester. J. Hornsby, bookbinder, Blandford Forum, Dorchester. R. Greiti,"innkeeper, Northampton. N. Kantrowitz, cigar dealer, Manchester. J. SuttOri, lime burner, Gorton, Lancashire. A. Sandiford, baker, Manchester. S. Swindells, provision shop keeper, Newton, Lancashire. S. Yates:, , KTOCer, Leeds. Tibbits, attorney at-law, Warssick. " C a s , the j w,, k = . AND SO -WESTEUN RAILWAY. —Traffic for p„nalng April 17 1852 ,75.._engers 19,835 ' ), goods and e r r r ,e2 o s,llore s and carriages.. .f. 4,1 6 ,8 12 _ ( r / Glasgow, );.:r.Vreek in last year 3,67 3 18 C2oll ' l Kenli c 'y eh ---- _, rush. and formerl —ela_te Poor-law I ns pector at 'in y pointed Governor of Gunn Light Infantry, has been ap nell, Esq.' , a, In room of Richard G. M•Don- A PROFITABLE EWE. li r. Applethwaite, in this county, has a : John Borrans, of It is now eight before it came to be called a „ hea e r `ir which had a lamb years old, aid has bad eighteen lamb s , :i 't. and for each 017 Z. The first three lambs, as also the same number l a Z t u 'ic this year had lamb it produced sold for 16e., owner has got.2os. Truly this has been a prottiZthers the - Kendal Mercury. --- -to ewe,— ...^....:. 'it::. (From the London New Price Current, April 20.) StIGAR.-To-day the West India Sugar market pre- Anted a firm tone, both grocers and refiners were de sirous to do business paying an advance on the rates of Friday at 6d per cwt. A public sale of 19 hhds and 8 trcs Barbadoes went at a similar rise, good yellow sell ing at 36s to 37s 6d, good mid 35s to 35s 6d, mid 33s to 34s 6d, low 31s to 325, and brown 29s 6d to 30s per cwt. REFINED.-To-day Refined Sugar was 'much in re quest for home trade purposes, and rates left off with firmness, brown lumps at 44s 6d, and ord to fine gro cery lumps at 44s Gd, and ord to fine grocery lumps at 45s to 495. In Crushed Sugar purchasers to a fair ex tent made for shipping, at former rates there are not not free sellers. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon the demand was active for Mauritius Sugar, and an advance took place of 6d per cwt. At auction 5,700 bags were disposed of; fine yellow went at 34s to 34s 6d, good mid to good 32s 6d to 33s 6d, low to mid 30s to 325, good to fine brown 28s to 30s, and grey sorts from 293 to 34s p er cwt. FOREIGN.-To-day Foreign Sugar was much in de mand privately for the continental markets, and stiffer rates were offered. Several parcels of Manilla were sold at from 31s to 32s 6d for clayed, not clayed 28s to 29s 6d, and 1,000 chests yellow Havannah at from 33s to 33s for ord to fine, whilst a floating cargo sold at 19s for No. 12. At auction 86 hhds and 25 brls St. Croix were sold, good to fine yellow at 38s to 41s, ord common 30s to :339, and 30 hhds Porto Rico at 32s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the demand for Madras Sugar greatly increaied, and an advance of 6d per cwt was established. At suction 15,600 bags were all dis posed of, soft brown went at 223 to 243, fine ditto 24s 6d to 255, soft yellow 25s to 27s 6d, fine ditto 28s to 29s 6d, graining white 41s to 435, good to fine yellow ditto 35s to 37e, and other kinds 31s to 34s 6d. Bengal met with greater attention, and in some cases realised an advance of 6d per ctrl. At public sales 3,500 bags were sold. Benares fine white at 35s 6d to 365, low to good 32s 6d to 355, damp 32s to 35s 6d, mid to good like Mauritius 29s 6d to 325, and Khaur 233 6d per cwt. Cocos.-To-day there was an improvement in the de mand for Trinidad, and full rates were obtained. At auction 500 bags were sold, ord to fine red at from 32s to 40s, and grey 19s to 323 per cwt. COFFEE.-To-day private operations in Coffee were small both for the continental markets and home con -sumwion, previous terms were not generally sustained, altheugh at present there is a limited supply. The closing rates for native Ceylon were 37s 6d to 38, of Plantation 74 casks and 22 bags at auction were sold at rather lower prices, low mid at 49s to 49s 6d, good Peaberry 61s to 625, and a few lots of triage et 41s to 42s 6d for fair criatity. TEAS -To-day the previous currency wa s generally Sustained for both Black and Green Tea, but the public soles proceeded with dullness. Of 10,800 pkgs offered, 4,100 found buyers, consisting chiefly of the better sorts, FRUIT.-T'nero is a large demand for Currants, still rates remain at 28s to 345, and old 24s to 265. Little is doing in Raisins, new Valencia are offered at 28a to 30s, and Dania 223 to 243. At auction to day 1,700 pkgs Muscatels sold at 32s to 475, and 193 baskets Fero soft shell Almonds at 31s, and 25 boxes Jordan 1303 to 1403. Rzcz.-There is a reluctance on the part of exporters and home dealers to operate; purchases can easily be made at previous moderate rates. Good to fine white Bengal eta be obteined at 9.3 9J to 10s 61 mid to good mid Os to 9s 6J, broken 88 6d to 8s 9d, cargo 8s; Madras, pinkey 8e to 8s Gd, Coringa grain 89 91 to 9s, white Java 105 to 11s 63, Moulmein 9s 6d to 10s, pea barley Arracan, 8s Gd to 9s. Town dressed Carolina is still quoted at 24s to 275, and low to fine Patua Ils to 163; yet purchases are upon a small scale, and supply is reeer more plentiful. Sago met with little notte, and can be obtained at a decline; small pearl 143 to 17s, large and medium 21s to 245, and common lOs to lie. Several parcels of Sage Flour have been sold at 14e to 14s 6d. Arrowroot finds a more ready sale; Bermuda Is to Is Id; other sorts of West India 3d to 7.1, and East India lid to 2d. per lb. SPIRITS.-East India Ram is not offered under Is 4d proof, although there are few buyers. Leeward Island has been dealt in with caution, still holders are asking Isisd to is Sid proof, on account of a small supply. Demerara remains plentiful, and purchases have been small, although 30 to 40 per cent, over proof can be ob tained at from 1e lld to 2s 2d. The market for Jamaica is dull, there is no decrease of supply, and holders are willing to accept for choice marks 35 to 38 over proof 3s 4d to 4s, fine ditto 23 10d to 3s 3d, good mid to good 32 to 34 over 2s 4d to 28 6d, mid 2s to 2s 3d, and l jw 24 to 30 over proof is 9d to Is lld per gallon. For Brandy there is no decided reduction. Cognac best brands of the vintage cf 1851 can be obtained at 49 ld to 4s 3d, 1853 ditto 4s 4d to 48 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 9cl to 44 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to as 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux Is lid to 2s Id. The British Spirit trade remains inactive at 9a 8d to 9s 9d net cash, Gin 8s 6d for 22 under, and 17 ditto at 9s; indeed, some parties are selling rather under these rates. Geneva is wanted, common at Is 10d to is I Id, and fine 2s to 2s 4d; at present supply is small; several parcels are looked for shortly. PROVISIONS. -Irish Butter meets with little attention, although there are sellers at very low prices. Cork can be obtained at 66s to 723, Carlow, Clonmell, and Kil kenny 52s to 745, Waterford and Limerick 50s to 60s, Tralee and Kilrush 48s to 50s. Friesland, fine 80s to 82s, surplas and inferior 60s to 70s; Holstein and Kiel, fine 78s to 823, other sorts 80s to 745; Holland fine 705 to 745, Edam and Leer 58s to 645, and inferior 48s to 565. Imports were 2,706 cks for the past week. Fine Dorset finds a more ready sale at 84s to 86s, but mid has been dealt in with caution at 60s to 708, low 50a to 56s per cwt, and Fresh 7s 6d to lOs 6d per dozen lbs. A large business has been done in Bacon at an advance; Irish small meat sells at 47s to 525, heavy 46s to 495, and Hamburgh sizeable 46s to 493. Middles met with a free sale, and rates are on the advance ; Irish bale at 44s to 46, tierce 43s to 455, Hamburgh and American 43s to 455. There is no decline to notice for barrelled Provisions. Hams find a free sale; Irish and English at from 46s to 603, In Lard sales have been small, with free sellers of Irish bladdered at 53s to 595, keg and firkin 45s to 525, Ilambro' bladdered 55s to 58s, and American 53s to 545. In Cheese little is doing; Edam can be obtained at 36s to 445. Gouda 30s to 375, Kanter 18s to 28316 d, and American 355 to 46s per cwt. s. §ALTPETRE.-Thera is a reluctance to operate for banning and home consumption ; at present rates are non lower, ruling for good to fine Calcutta at 275 6d to pisizs,teiolwither kinds 243 6d to 27s ; Madras 22s 6d to 26s quotedß ri ti a s t h 2 R 9 :fie d e t d o met 3os withs Several e little ra Ip ta r t e t h e nastieosnh, have been made inber e litrate of Soda, and the ma r k e t i s fi rm a t 14s c o6ciatioNlEsA2L p.-Tow-t.:4, fall rates were d eman d e d , ye t little was done. Adv auction 177 bags H on d uras were only in part so l d, sil Mexican , ers 33 8d to 3 s 1 0 d . b lack 4s 2d to 59; 10 bags fair silvers 3 s Bd , good black 4s Id; 22 bags Teneriffe ie , silvers 31 ed to 4s, and black 4s TALLOW.-Although little ha s b een done in Russian 2d T to lL 4 L s o 6 w 6d per l o o n w t e h r e lo sp w o e t r , y e fi tn eaold present p e r i a c n e d s 3 a o s ia 3 c d ln a d n e d d leeraenalin9t be q uo t e d new 3.55 9d per cwt. F ew contracts have beg for delivery, and a desire i s ev i nced to seelia concluded t 37s 3d for lost three months' o f t h e year. Home m37eBltetdo met with a slow sale at 35s 6d net cash, and is in large supply. Of Australian 230 cks at auction were chiefly: disposed tsototTekneis Ito 365, beef 33 e 6 d to 34s y di s posed of; mutton at 34 s 6 3d. 186 ohs South A e h m ea e p r e ic r a 3 th 2 a s n to l s 3 s 6 t s lowBTopaool- OILS. -Although n o t m u ch has been done in C o d ; cks l i a s rg 4s er t . o still holders obtain 341 to 341 101 per tun on account of a small stock. A good sale prevail s f or Seals, pale realise 301 lOs to 301 155 and other sorts 291 to 301. Southern remains in small supply, and buyers have been com p elled to pay 321 to 34/ for common to fine A free sale exists forsperm, and Stock being light, prices are advancing, and rule at 861 to 881 tor British. Sales of Headmatter made at 901 t o 92/. In Olive a good deal has bean done, Gallipoli a t 431 to 431 10s; and other sorts 401 to 421 10s. Cocoa Nut is more in request, and rates are better ; Cochin realising 34s to 36s ; Ceylon 33s to 355 ; and Sydney 30s to 325. Operations in Palm are limited, and fine can be obtained at 26s to 263 6 d. A f u r t h er decline has taken piece for Linseed Oil, but 25s 6d to 26s per cvet been accepted, occasioned many parce ls to be sold having for shipping and home consumption. In Rape Seed little is doing ; n 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. pale 30e, and Refined brown can_ e b i e obtained at 28s 6d to 291, F Rand §porraiNeso 644 ten I iltri per lb, Sales in Lard Oil are 613141 0 1 r at g 43 3 to .505. The value of THE SUN, GERMANY The authorities of Posen (says the Times corre spondent) have enough to do to answer the strange applications that are sometimes made to them by the Polish and German peasantry. The idea that has got abroad among them of the vast grants of land , Kossuth has received from the " King of America" does not stand alone; another impression that has taken root in -their minds is much more extraordinary ; for some time past the officials have received numbers of applications for shares in a " Rothschild Lottery," of which they of course knew nothing; but, on inquiry, it was found the peasants have been persu aded that the "great Rothschild" ha s b een sente nced to be beheaded! But from his intimate relations with the European monarchs he has been allowed to procure a substitute (if he can) by lottery ! For this purpose a suns of many millions is devoted, all the tickets to be prizes of 3,000 thalers each, except one; that fatal number is a blank, and whoever draws it is to be decapitated instead of . the cele brated banker ! Notwithstanding the risk, the ap plicants for shares have been numerous, and the officials are scarcely believed when they explain to the deluded people that the lottery is a fiction. The origin of the absurd report cannot be traced, but it has given the authorities a good deal of trouble. The journals lament that any part of the population should be in such a state of ignorance as to render belief in such a story possible. COURSE OF F,36 A.mitertlam ......•• •• 12 1 311 ANGE.-FRIDAT. Gibraltar- •••• •• • • 30 824 Gea0a................ 55 5 Milan • • • • ••••• • • • Venice........ •• •• •• •• Ditto, three months Rotterdam •• ••.. • • 12 24 laitwup • • .... • • ...... 25 62% Brussels •• • • —••• • .. 25 62% 1 Ramburgh .. •• • • M.B 13 11U Paris, 3 days'sight .• 25 45 Ditto, 8 months .... 25 62% Marseilles • • •• • • 25 G 2% Bo ardeaux.. .. ••.. . - • Frankforton_Malne.... 122 Vienna, effee. do •••• • • 12 35 Trieste, ditto..... 12 12 38 Petersbargh, 311, Able.. 37 % Madrid • • ...• 49 8 i, Cadiz • • ••• 50 Barcelona 8evi11a................ Naples . 40% Palermo, peroa 122 Oporto.• •• •••••• •• • • 53 1 -1 Rio Janeiro • • Buenos Ayres .. • • New York, 60 days'eight (Philadelphia ...-. • ..... TIMM OF BULLION. PER OZ. Foreign Geld Inbar, .. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars • • • • 0 4 103{ Silver ln bars ........ 0 5 0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, YORK SPRING MEETING. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Champion Handicap. Croupier ~, ~, Sir Charles Napier ... Italian ... ... ... Won by a length. The Selling Stakes. Miss White Setter ... Timothy Won by a head. CHESTER Cur. 20 to 1 agst Nancy—taken DERRY. 13 to 1 agst Augur—taken LATEST BETTING THIS DAY UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. Offers to take 18 to 1 about Nancy DERBY. 6 to 1 agst HoLisle Noble 13 to 1 apt Claverhonse 16 to 1 agst Augur IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day to the Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill, and several private Bills. The Lords Commissioners were, the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis of Exeter, and the Marquis of Salis bury. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. At Five o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took his ISM on the Woolsack. COUNTY COURT PRACTICE. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from the attorneys' articled clerks of Westminster, pray ing to bo allowed to act as advocates in County Courts. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from Galway against the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was read a first time. 3IAYNOOTH GRANT. Earl TALBOT presented a petition against the May. nooth grant. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord COLCHESTER, in moving the third reading of this Bill, stated the alterations which had been intro duced into the Bill while in Committee. The nature of these alterations, however, did not reach the gallery. After a few observations from Lord WALDEGRAVE and Lord CAMPBELL the Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bishopric of Quebec Bill was also read a third time and passed. - THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to put a question to the Noble Earl at the head of her Majesty's Government as to his intention relative to any future grant to Maynooth. After going into the history of the original endowment, the Noble Marquis said that the answer given by the Noble Earl opposite to the question put by a Noble Lord not now present (Albe marle), bad been materially disturbed by the speech of the Solicitor-General (Sir E. Kelly) delivered only a few days ago, in which that Learned Gentleman stated that ho was ready to concur with the Government, of which he was a Member, in any step to put an en d t o the College of Maynooth, if such a step should be found necessary upon inquiry, and if the existing contract and engagements could be got rid of with honour. Wrtth regard to any inquiry, no notice of any intention of moving for a Committee on the subject had been given by the Government in either House. There certainly was a notice of motion for a Committee on the subject standing on the order-book of the House of Commons, in the name of Mr. Spooner, but the proposed object of that Committee was not to inquire into the existing contracts and engage. ments with the College of Maynooth, but to inquire into the nature of the education given at that college. That was a motion which when made by a Noble Earl (Roden) not now present, in 1645 , the Noble Earl now at the head of her Majesty's Governm en t, had op posed. This was a subject of such real importence that the Government ought not to leave this country and Ireland in the dark as to their real intentions ; and if they had any intention of making an alteration in the present settlement of the question, it was not on the hustings but before Parliament that they ought to deliver them. The Earl of DERBY said that he thought that the difficulties of maintaining endowment to Maynooth to which he hadvallude4l on a previous occasion would be greatly incroased by the sdeech of the Noble Marquis. Th 4 Noble Marquis had more leisure than he had to read newspaper re• ports, but he must protest against her Majesty's Government being made responsible for any newspaper reports of any speech whatever upon the huatings; and still more for the accuracy of any comments which the Noble Marquis might make upon that report. From what be could learn from the Noble Mar quis of the speech in question, the Solicitor- General appeared to be of opinion that the set tlement of the Maynooth question in 1845 had not pro duced all the good effects which had been anti cipated from it. In that particular point he could only say that the Solicitor-General shared the feeling of a largo number of people He quite agreed with the Noble Marquis that any in tention of any alteration ought to be proclaimed before Parliament, and not on the hustings, and he could only repeat his former statement that her Majesty's Govern ment had no present intention of making any alteration in the present grant to Maynooth, but should circumstances arise to make any such alter ation necessary, ample notice would be given in b o th Houses, and the Noble Marquis would have full oppor tunity of taking any steps which he might think neces sary for the purpose of opposing it. Earl GREY rose and was (LEFT &PEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Usher of the Black Rod (Sir A. Clifford) appeared at the table to summon. the House to attend at the bar of the Peers and hear the Royal assent given by com mission to the Mutiny and the Marine Mutiny Bills. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. F. MACKENZIE, a writ was ordered for the city of Worcester, in the room of Mr. P. Rufford, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majeity's Chiltern Hundreds. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bills were read a third tiie and passed.— _ _ Aberdeen Fire mild Life Assurance Company. Accidental Death Insurance and Railway Assurance Companies Amalgamation. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway. Newmarket Railway. Somersetabire Central Railway. South Wales Railway. Thetford Fen District Drainage. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and Malton and Driffield Junction Railways. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Think and Mahon Branch). Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Athlone Markets and Customs. Cork and Bandon Railway. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Eastern Counties Railway (Branch to the River Nene,&c.) Eastern Counties Railway (Junction with the East and West India Docks, &c.) PETITIONS. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Preston praying for the repeal of taxes on knowledge. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Newport against the Militia Bill. Mr. H. FOLEY presented a petition from a place in Worcestershire to the same effect. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from a place in Scotland, praying for the repeal of the Test Act. Mr. SPOONER and several other Hon. Members presented petitions against the Ilaynooth grant. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from the letter-press printers of Bradford, praying for the repeal of all taxes on knowledge. Mr. MULLINGS presented a petition from Thetford against the removal of the Crystal Palace. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Lambeth to the same effect. Mr. JAMES CLAY presented a petition to the same effect from Hull. Several petitions were presented from various parts of the country, :praying for the repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from Manchester and elsewhere against the Militia BilL Mr. MOWATT presented a similar petition from Penrith ; also a petition from the Painters' Company, prayin g t o b o ex empted from the operation of the Cha ritable Trusts Bill. Mr. W. COWPER presented a petition from Hertford in favour o f ocean ~.,11,, it Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from Maryleboue and other places against the Militia Bill. penny postage. ORDERS OF THE DAY. cer9Lthe.motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE- Thurßd of the ETher was agreed, after a short discussion, that on , a - ay the 4th of May the orders of the day should u ve precedence of notices of motion. The CEIA/sAre Lord JORN FINANCIAL STATEMENT. RUSSELL inquired of the Chancellor that what hi, said r if ha was now prepared to fix a day for makin meat was, that he ho pe d cial statement. LOR:of the EXCHEQUER replied, Easter he should - regard to the financial state that when the House met after say that he would ax e le to fix a day, but he did not WORKING in a very short time h: d9 'y' particular reasons mite sh ould be able to do so, but ted with the public service had hitherto prevented him. 1 Mr- SLANEY gave notice night he would more the is day fort that on this a PPoiattuaut of 6 Staudiug , CLAHseshEosp.ed, h°wever4that EVENING, APRIL 20, 1862. Committee to report from time to time on measures likely to prove beneficial to the working classes. MAYNOOTH GRANT. Mr. SPOONER, postponed his motion respecting the Maynooth Grant tilt Thursday, the 4th of May. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether the Hon. Member did really intend to bring forward his motion, as it had already been postponed two or three times, and the repeal of the grant was being made a party cry throughout the country.—(Order.) Ho ought to fix a day, and stand by it.—(Continued cries of " Order.") Mr. SPOONER—I have fixed a day and will stand by it; the reason I have postponed the motion is that the position it occupied on the paper rendered it utterly im possible to bring it on. MASSACRE AT THE SOLOMAN ISLANDS. Mr. M. MILNES asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty whether any steps had been taken by her Majesty's Government, to inquire into the facts connected with the reported massacre of Sir Benjamin Boyd, at the Soloman Islands, with the view of pl ac i ng the quest i on o f hi s f a t e beyond doubt, and of taking such ulterior measures as may be necessary? Mr. STAFFORD said directions had been sent by the mail which left on the 24th ult. desiring one or two vessels, which were under orders to return home, to return by the route of the Soloman Islands, in order to obtain some account of Sir Benjamin Boyd. Of course every measure would be adopted for his relief in the event of his still being alive. Efforts would be made to enlist the services of the United States' whalers who frequented these islands in the search which was being made for the missing gentleman. Sir R. H. INGLIS asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty how far the attention of the Board had been di rected to any plan or plans for facilitating disembarka tion from ships into boats, in the event of fire occurring at sea; and how far the crews are or ought to be exer cised in any such plan or plans. Mr. STAFFORD said that sedulous attention had been directed to this important subjeot by the Admi ralty, and some of the many inventions which were a lmost daily submitted to the Admiralty for facilitating the lowering of boats would be put into practice on board her Majesty's vessels. Instructions had been given to the captains of vessels to keep the boats and gear in proper condition, so that they could be easily re leased, and they would be required to enter a weekly report on the log book. MR. BRAGGS. Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting some outrages alleged to have been committed on British Braggs,sub belonging to one of her Majesty's ships at Leghorn. H ad an y steps been taken to obtain particularly on a non-commissioned officer named jreecciTtrsheisenaCTfollurAs:Narryßranadgae of the EXCHEQUER said it w as quite true that Mr. Braggs having got into some squabble with the police was ill-treated, and the agent of the police was imprisoned for his misconduct for eight days. Government,however, would not accept this as suffi cient reparation for the outrage, and negotiations were still going on with Tuscany on the subject. Lord D. STUART said that information had reached him that no such punishment had been inflicted upon the superintendent of the police, but only on one of the corporals. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had been given to understand that the punishment was in flicted on the chef de post du gensdarmie. Lord DUDLEY STUAR TMATHE should be glad to know what was doing in this case. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that as active negotiations were still proceeding in the matter, it would be quite out of place for him to enter into details now.—(gear.) INTERMENT IN TOWNS. 1 On the motion of Sir JAMES DUKE the following return was ordered The Report on the results of a spec inquiry ui ryinto Supplementaryth e RP practice of Interment in Towns," presented to the H ouse i n 1842 by command of her Ma jesty;Special in qu i ry i nto the practice p o f o r l tz t e n the results Interment nen ttn Towns,of 185 presented t o t h e H ouse in 18 43 by command of her the General House Scheme n of Ma jesty; " th e R eport of the G ene ral Board of Health on a " The Repo r t o f the G ener al Board of Health on a General S c h eme o f E xtramu ral Sepulture for Country oExbtyra commandm of her Majesty; and Sepulture," presented to Extramural Towns," presented to the House in 1851 by command of her Majesty, b e re f er red to the Committee on the London Necropoli s an d National Mausoleum Bill. P ARI SH VESTRIES. Sir DE LACY EVANS then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill t o ame nd an Act of the first and second year of King William the Fourth, for the regulation of vestries, with r e f erenc e to joint parishes. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON seconded the motion. Mr. WALPOLE said there would be no objection to was intended i se th e Bill, b l ithe should be glad to know if it intended that the Bill should apply to joint parishes generally, or only to those of the metropolis? Sir DE LACY EVANS said it would apply to seve ral parishes. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. THE CHURCH AND MR. BENNET. Mr. HORSMAN then rose to move, that whereas by the constitutions and cations ecclesiastical of the Church of England it is decreed and ordained, that "no bishop shall institute any to a, benefice who bath been ordained by any other bishop, except he first show unto him his letters of orders, and bring him a sufficient testimony of his former good life and behaviour, if tho bishop shall require it; and lastly, shall appear, on due examination, to be worthy.ot his ministry." (Canon 39.) Also, that " no curate or minister shall be permitted to serve in any place without examination and admission of the bishop of the diocese, or ordinary of the place, having episcopal jurisdiction, in writing under his hand and seal, having respect to the greatness of the care and meetness of the party. And the said curates and ministers, if they re move from one diocese to another, shall not be by any means admitted to serve without testimony of the bishop of the diocese, or ordinary of the place as aforesaid, whence they came, in wri:ing, of their honesty, ability, and conformity to the ecclesiastical laws of the Church of England:" (Canon 43.) An humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct inquiry to be made, whether due respect was paid to the decrees of the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical of the Church of England in the recent institution of Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of Frome. This case, the Hon. Member observed, had brought so much scandal upon the Church that he did not despair of inducing the House to adopt this motion. Ho had, however, no charge to make against Mr. Bennett upon his religious convictions; because as long as he violated no law the Reverend Gentleman had a right to adopt what princi ples he thought fit; but it was with the acts of Mr. Bennett that he had to deal with, and the conduct of one of the dignitaries of the Church in connexion with Mr. Bennett. The House was aware that in 1843 Mr. Bennett was appointed by the Bishop of London to the living of St. Paul's, and from that period down to 1850 a system prevai!ed at St. Paul's which eventually excited the indignation of the public, and led to his removal. Ac cording to a letter which the Rev. Gentleman himself had published it appeared that his proceedings had so exasperated the public mind that a large police force was required to keep the neighbourhood of the church in order, and on one occasion some of the people who at tended the church were carried before the police magistrates and punished. The magistrate, how ever, in sentencing the accused parties, strongly censured the conduct of Mr. Bennett and his followers, and the subject afterwards so forced itself upon the at• tention of the press that the Bishop of London was at length induced to remove the Rev. Gentleman from his living. The letter of the Bishop accompanying the dis missal was familiar to the House, as must also be the reply of the Rev. Gentleman to it. It would be re membered that the Bishop's letter recommended Mr. Bennett to resign, or legal measures would be taken to remove him; and in accordance with that recom mendation Mr. Bennett did resign, and his resig nation was accepted by the Bishop; not, however, before the Rev. Gentleman had made a formal protest that he had violated no rules of the Protestant Church, and the Bishop had declared that he had not only been unfaithful to the Church but insubordinate to his diocesan. It was then publicly re ported that Mr. Bennett had either gone to Rome or in tended to go there; but at all events, however that might be, the people of England fancied he bad left their church for ever. Imagine, however, t h e i r s urprise, after what he had said and written, that it should come to pass that he should again be appointed to a living in the Prote s t ant c h urc h. It was a matter of surprise that any patron cou ld present him, but a still great er matter o f surprise that any prelate could b e f oun d h a rdy enough to institute him. When M r . B ennett l e f t St. Paul's he declared that his religious conv i ct i ons were unchanged and unchangeable, and it was r i g ht that the House should know what church h e attended during the twelve months which intervened between his resignation and his appointment to the living of Frome. li 116 had been stated in a public print that Mr. Bennett had spent the interval in B avaria, where , instead of at tending the English Protestant Church, he was constant attendant at mass, and upon subsequentt__n inquiry being instituted into the truth of this stement it was found to be substanally correct. The fact was notorious to all English reastidextr: and it might be considered as proved that nr t s Bennett was, to all int en t s and out wardlyPill- at least, a Roman Catholic, h e had been all sympathy for the Church in which brought up. Notwithstanding these circumstances Protestant he was appointed Protestant Minister of r s h e ad lost people a of Frome congregation at Frome.—(gear.) The dreaded what were in an agony of apprehension, and bad occurred in _London, might, take Place in biome; and they sent a very s t rong, b ut most respec t f u l memorial to the patroness o f t h e l i v i ng to cancel theappointment a the This memorial was s i gne d b y five clergyreri in nd the most influential p ar t o f the Pe° P re e ceived was town, but the only rep ly they - r dy made, and that the appointment was could not be reversed, Now, the patroness appointment, because in making and legal right, only exercises an undoubted s and convictions. according to her conscientious views and since the writings and preachings of the Rev. P beyond not complain of the had under all doubt that his views and to labour under his appointment to the living obfeFdraiodiniet, principles gone no change, and be appeared s, Protestantism the impression that, within ten y of use in Pro to be a faction, so far as it was He passed meting and extending Christianity. but lie no opinion upon such doctrines, Propounded would have ceased to exist, and the ear Bible be found • been simply mentioned them as having wittim the parish church ef Freme 2.1.571 Ul p L against by his own p e ri s h ione rs The ' had long ago been m a d e acqua inted of at those recent e and the reverend gen ii 9o2a n was at full] proceedings, bat h e h a d ta kea no notice ieft tnem liberty to go on preaching those principles which he (Mr. Horsman had faintly introduced to the House as they were explained by the Rev. Gentleman himself. Now the House was fully conversant of the immense powers exercised by a bishop. He was a dignitary at large enjoying great wealth, and being responsible to no one he could live where he liked, or do as he liked. If the Bishop were a bad man, his power could be used for the purpose of inflicting injury upon the people ; while, on the other hand, if he ware well disposed and gifted with a nice conscience, his office was capable of much good. The ecclesias tical law, however, regulating the appointment of beneficed clergymen was exceedingly strict. It required that before he could be appointed three bene ficed clergymen should certify that they had constant opportunities for a period of three years previously of observing his conduct, and they had Been nothing in it that was contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England. Now, had such a certificate boon signed by three beneficed clergyman in this in stance, having reference not to three but to one year previous to the appointment ? He hi.cl been told three such beneficed clergymen had been found to make such a certificate, while the Bishop of London himself had countersigned it, de cluring his conviction that for three years last past Mr. Bennett had done nothing in opposition to the principles of the Church, or at variance with its discipline. (LEFT SPEARING.) DE STRUCTIVE FIRE. Yesterday morning, about one o'cl oc k, th e inhabi tants of queen -street, Rateliff, were alarmed by the sud den outbreak of a fearful fire in the premises cccupied by Mr. W. Werneking, licensed victualler, and proprie tor of the Rainbow Tavern, situate at No. 4, in the above-mentioned street. Tho several residents in the house in attempting to gain the street by the staircase were driven back to their rooms by the flames. Mr. Werneking, having fortunately succeeded in gaining the street in safety, obtained the assistance of au old ladder, and having placed it against one of the windows, he was in the act of leading his wife down, when one of the rounds gave way, and she was thrown upon her face. Fortunately she was not very seriously injured. The servant girl, however, who was in the second floor back, on finding the fire approaching her room, in order to avoid being burnt to - iota, jumped out of window, and fell with a fearful crash on the ground. The poor creature was picked up and was found to be so seriously injured that she was forthwith obliged to be removed to the hospital, where she at present re mains in a state of great suffering. A man and a boy were also obliged to make a precipitate retreat from the first floor, and the lodgers were driven to similar expedients. The engines were quickly on the spot, and a plentiful supply of water having been procured, the firemen were setting their engines to work, when the whole building suddenly fell to the ground. The fire communicated with the premises belonging to Mr. E. Standish, No. 5, next door. The destruction of the last-named building appeared inevitable, when the bri gade, who were aided by about 50 hired assistants, worked the engines with full vigour, and they at length succeeded in getting the flames extinguished. The damage dune is thus officially reported by Mr. Braid wood to the various fire offices forming the London esta blishment :—" The premises of Mr. W. Werneking, licensed victualler, and known as the Rainbow, were very old, and fell down shortly after they took fire; con tents were insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. The premises which belonged to Messrs. Lerchin end Co., of Queen-street, were insured in the Legal and Com mercial Fire-office. The premises of Mr. Standish have the roof and side wall considerably damaged by fire, and the furidture by removal and water ; the contents were insured in the Phceaix Fire-office, and the building was insured in the Legal and C immercial-office. The furniture of Mr. G. Thorp, cowkeeper, No. 3, in the same street, is likewise damaged by removal and water. The lose will fall on the Royal Exchange Fire-office." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 19. SrocK EXCHANGE.— The share market continues very firm. Great Westerns were done to-day at 92 1 /;—South- Eastern and Dover, 22% —York and North Midland, 26. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19. STOCK EXCHANGR.—There was an improved feeling ex hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business has been done at improved prices. The sales reported were— Eastern Counties, 9 9-IG—Last Lancashire, 17%—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 74—Ditto, Fifths, 6 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 21--London and North-Western, 125 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35—Mid land, 68,A—Shropshire Union (Railway and Canal), 3 dis.— York and North Midland, 2.55. MANCHESTER, APRIL 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a fair amount of business transacted to-day, without material alteration in prices. The only transactions were as follow :—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and East Junction, 17g dis.—Blackburn (No. 1), N—West Riding Union, 4% dis.—Preston and Wyre (No. 1), 45 ',—Manchester, Buxton Matlock, and Midland, 2% —Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc o l ns hi re , 35 Ditto, New 61. Preference, p. TELEGRAPH. --The ----- GREAT NORTHERN I. ELEGRAPH.----The Electric Telegraph Company have just completed their Great Northern System of Telegraph, rid Peterborough, Lincoln, Newark, Doncaster, Boston, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and on to York, a distance of 220 miles, placing the agricultural dis trict of the Lincolnshire Wolds in immediate communication with London, the West of England, and the North. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ripon amount to 48,2001., of which 18,3001. is gold for Alexandria, Ceylon, and Madras, and 29,9001. silver for Bombay, Calcutta, and Hong-Kong. IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 19. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. Mr. HERRIES rose to move for a Select Committee ,o ir,quire into the operation of the 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, " tor the better government of her Majesty's Indian territories," and to report their observations thereon. The House would be aware that the object of this Coin mittee was to take into consideration the propriety of renewing the charter to the East India Company. He need scarcely state to the House that hitherto the East India Company had exclusively enjoyed our In dian territories, and it was equally unnecessary for him to inform the House of the extraordinary progress which the Indian empire had made since the year 1784, when the present system of government began. Si nce that period there had been a gradual tendency to abo lish as much as possible the exclusive rights and privi leges which the East India Company enjoy. For instance, in the year 1793 the charter underwent a considerable modification and a great inroad was made upon the pri vilege of the Company. Amongst other things a new system of private trade was introduced, which was ear ned on not only in connexion with, but under the imme diate direction of, the East India Company, an d this private trade had developed itself to an almost fabulous extent from that period down to 1813. About this latter period a very great alteration in the exclusive right of the East India Company as traders was made, and private traders were admitted. The only exclusive right, in feet, reserved to the Company was the trade to China, but, with that exception, all their other trading privileges were removed. N ew re gulations were introduced at the time of a most valuable nature, and these regulations continued for some time. These new regulations were the result of an inquiry which the House had instituted, and they were con tinued down to 1133. At that time a new Act for regulating the charter was i n t ro d uced and by this Act a ll the rights of the Company, including those of trading w i t h China, were m o difi e d , and from this time they ceased to be a trading company. All their powers were made over to the Crown, and their commer cial assets were disposed of under that Act. The Act was to continue for twenty years, namely, from 1834 to 1854, and it was agreed to by the Company on certain conditions. The first con dition for the immense sacrifice which the Company made was that their stock, amounting to, as he wa s informed, 6,000,000/., should not be subject to redemption for forty years. That was, it was not to be called in for forty years after the passing of the Act he had mentioned, and also, if, during that period the Government should deprive them of any privilege in cluded in the Act, they should acquire a right of de manding a redemption of their stock of 2001. for every 100/. This certainly was no great boon to the Com pany, for at this present moment the 1001. stock of the Company he understood was worth 260/. The affairs of India under this arrangement had con tinued to be administered from 1834 up to the present time, and they would continue to be administered till th e year 1854, after which it would be for this and the other House, and the Crown, to determine whether the same or another system should bo adopted. The Governmant had thought it necessary to submit the question with regard to the renewal of the charter to Committees of both Houses of Parliament. They considered that there were three courses open to them— first, to let the Act expire; secondly, to propose the re newal of the Act without further inquiry; and thirdly, to propose an inquiry before any further steps were taken in the matter. The present and the late Govern ment thought the latter was the best and most becoming course to adopt. Infinite benefit was found to result frOm the inquiry which was instituted previous to the granting of the last charter. He did not apprehend any difference of opinion with regard to the appointment of a Committee. Twenty years had nearly elapsed since 1833, and it was neces sary to inquire what effect the system of government in India bad produced on the welfare and progress of that country during this period. The revenue had in some instances been satisfactory, in others unsatisfactory. At the commencement of the . period the total income was 18,407,0001. and there had been a gradual increase in that sum during every succeeding year, and in the present year it amounted to 24 379,0001, the difference being not less than 6,000,0001. He was sorry to s a y, however, that the charges had increased from ,18,000,000/. io 1834, to 25,000,0001. in the present year, thus exhibiting a deficiency of 678,000/. It would natu rally be inquired how this deficiency arose. In the first four years there was a considerable surplus after that period there had b een almost but a con stant deficiency, with the exception of one year, when there was a surplus of 350,0001, increase of charges was occasionedtheby The disas trous wars in which India was involved during the whole ' of the period. The misereble dlig uader ta 1 called the war of Affghanistan h a d drawn certainlynojess a sum than 10,000,000/. Then the war in Scinde, and second war i n the Punj au b , and the first j ati enormous sum. It appeared , fromb' the h had been able t o co ll ect c e o st st acco a u la n n ts he an have cost a less ' that all these wars could not sum alto had been added her than 36,000,000/. There r'' 4 ! "")1 f ;-hti.t culoieriti , nce , 00,0004 i ' t-; 6,tiz‘voltmd a additional uxpetlt' Lure to the country in the of interest. There were for con , however, some points gratulation. Daring the shape 20 rears ' the exports and im- Pail 110 nearly dtlibled t i h boo Pry' t All 1..er0 sive increase in the tonnage of vessels both inwards and outwards. They had also obtained a great augmenta tion of territory and population. As many as 165,000 square miles of territory, and cer tainly not less than nine millions of popu lation, had been added to their dominions in India. On the whole he thought the future prosperity of India was incomparably more advantageous now than at any former period of its history. It had been said that the natives were precluded from all share in the administration of affairs in India, but the fact was that the Government encouraged the employment of Datives, and also promoted their education, in order to fit them for that employment. The total number of natives employed in adne . nistrative offices, having sala ries of and above 1201. per annum, is not less than 1,560, and there aro besides 2,840 others at a lower scale of sala ries. The courts of India had on the whole worked exceed ingly well, and it was satisfactory to know that of late years they had considerably improved. The appeals had been few in number, and the administration of the law bad on the whole been wise and salutary. Then, again, with regard to the important subject of education, he found that the educational establishments of India had of late years been greatly augmented. At one time there were only two, one in Calcutta and the other in Benares, but in )335 there were no less than fourteen in existence, while last year it was found that there were no less than forty existing in Bengal and the north-west part of the ter ritory. The systems observed in these educational establishments were based on sound religious prin ciple, and there could be no doubt that the Government bad all along displayed an anxious desire to improve the condition of the people committed to their charge, both in an educational as well as a moral and religious point of view. —(Hear, hear.) The state of affairs in India then was most gratifying; while with regard to the financial condition of that great territory he thought the returns upon the table would give equal satisfsetion to the House. The interest payable on the Indian debt did not exceed two millions a year, and even that was gradually being reduced, as the works which the Government had undertaken were getting into reproduc tive operation. Many of these works consisted of high roads, and not a few of them had been undertaken within the last twenty years. Therefore, in considering the management and conduct of the Government of India, these matters should not be lost sight of. And with reference to the railways which had been projected in various parts of India, he thought the works generally which had been undertaken were celled for by the exi gence of the State. The ecclesiastical establishments of India stood upon a very satisfactory footing, and the in crease which had from time to time been made in the num ber of Indian clergy displayed a laudable desire on the part of the East India Government to secure the reli gious instruction of the people. At present there were 130 clergymen employed in various parts of the empire, besides three bishoprics. The patronage of the East ludia, Company was impartially distributed, but with regard to political affairs the East India Company was only the agent of her Majesty's Government. The re sponsibility, therefore, fell upon the home Ad ministration; but it would, nevertheless, be a great mistake to suppose that that Company was simply an agent or too], because it partook of a mixed character, and, in some respects the respon sibility of government, beyond its ministerial capacity, rested as well upon the shoulders of the Company as upon the Government. Occasionally it came to pass that a difference of opinion arose between her Majesty's Government and the executive of the Cem pally; but still, upon the whole, he thought it was infi nitely to the advantage of the public se: vice that this system of mixed government should be continued. Tele, however, was one of the suLjecis which the Committee would have to take into its serious consideration, and he hoped having now gone through all the topics which suggested themselves to his mind, the House would have no hesitation in agreeing to his motion.—(Hear.) Mr. ANS FEY said no one who had heard the Right Hon. Gentleman could fail to arrive at the conclusion that it was impossible to overrate the importance of the subject, or to perceive the danger of proceeding to any decision without due and full inquiry; and he thought that the appointment of a committee (or committees) to investigate the subject was what no one would object to He was not disposed to question the propriety of at pro sent continuing to follow the old course, and thought, indeed, that Parliament ought not to be called upon to legislate at all until there had been made a full inquiry under the control of Parliament. But ho asked the House to consider whether—(useful as such inquiry would be)—it would be under the present circumstances sufficient fur the object which they sought. He believed it was impossible so to conduct such an inquiry before any committee as to be satisfactory; and he, therefore, had risen to move the amendment, of which he had . given notice, to add th e f o ll ow i ng wor ds : —" And tnat an humble address be presented to her Majesty, representing the lateness of the thc powers session, the near and approach of t h e p er i o d when authorities under which the government of her Majesty's Indian dominions is now carried on will naturally determine, and the urgent importance of obtaining a thorough insight into the condition of those dominions, and into . the feelings an d w i s h es of the Queen's subjects, native and Europeans, resident withi n ' the same, before Parliament is called u p on to pass any measure for powers an t d e authorities;take the a Majesty gt for rho said tha t purpose continuing nu in nd prayingne cessarymeasures for sending commissioners of inquiry into British India, duly instructed and empowered to cernosence and prosecute all requisite inquiries in the premises, and to report the evidence, together with their observations thereupon, to her Majesty in Parliament." No inquiry (he contended) could be successfully prose cuted unless with the assistance of local commissioners authorised to take evidoece in India; the evidence of na tives, and of planters, and other residents. Even if the ' flattering picture draw!' by the Right Hon. Gentleman were oorrect, it would surely not be wise to resign 150,000,000 of our Indian subjects for another 20 years to the absolute authority of the Company, without taking the evidence of natives and residents. Without a local commission this ceuld not be done. The Hindoos were prevented by their relieion from coming to England, for they would lose caste by crossing the sea; and many of the Mahomedans could not be expected, fur the result of the Cerepany's rule had been to reduce that population to unspeakable wretchedness and poverty. In 1848 the Committee of Mr. Bright upon cotton cultivation reported that the con dition of the cultivating classes was one of extreme poverty, and there were scarcely any ocher classes in the country. There were precedents for a Commission of Inquiry; that course had been taken with respect to Africa, and to the North American boundary, and also to the lonian Islands. And with reference to India itself, the same course had been pursued in respect to ra il wa y s , which it had been said was a subject which could only be dealt with properly by a local inquiry. He did net, however, admit the flattering picture drawn by the Right Hon. Gentleman of the condition of the country to be correct. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that the debt did not exceed two years' re venue, and this appeared plausible, but was fallacious; for the revenue of India Wtni not made up merely of taxation, bat partly out of a rent received by the Com in the c a p ac i ty o f proprietors. He pan; from the lead, contended that the Company took 60 per cent. of the produce of the land, calculated not on the value of the land but on the probable value of the crop. And, added to this, there was taxation on every article on which it Was possible to imp ose i t. Yet the revenue did nut ex ceed $11,000,0001. from a territory as large as Europe, and more fertile, better peopled, and more completely in the hands of the Government—blessed with several har vests in the year, and abounding in everything, from the production of the tropics to those of the pole. This was all the revenue derived, and that paltry revenue the people were racked to produce, and often sold up and ruined. And, on the other hand, the ex penditureet w e nt on year a f ter year consum i n g only the r esources o f t h e present, b ut a l so of rho future. The truth w as , th at , as local inquiry would prove, the conditi on o f I n di a was o n e of hopeless mi sery, which was b et t or or worse according as our rule was more or less di rec t, a n d thus it was better o in the f the " non-regulation" p rov i nces (where the influence es where the tyranny than in the " regulation" provinces, Governor mitigated the tyranny of Leadenha -stree , prevailed to the greatest extent; and emigration Bing Oude, in continually goine , on from those latter provinces was into the dominions of the Nieuwe or of the of order to avoid the tyranny of the Company. Such was p„zed the population we had undertaken to liberate, but which practically we had enslaved. In India, indeed, we were at a dead lock, and it would Cbeatndlieffibociftulolttthhateot squeeze an additional farthing from the peop country. Even by the testimony of Mr. of the company's servants, who had written of the company within the last two months, that the amount of rent was estimated according manufacture crop, but that opium, sugar, and cotton paid proportion. Having reduced the value ianriticulietously mo nopolized exactions, we proceeded to tax th of the land I,y life ; and whilst we forbade the enecessari°s of n sa o l p t olize de d riv t e h d e fmroamnuratchteureseoaf, lt w h e e gu ar fact that the ' from the earth. It was a sin produced break ing out of the cholera in Ind" mfuelidyicparleovffialceenrtsamhaodngrsetp_ orted that the disease,gtr;ight creation of the salt monopolyla by was coin cident with the g f T t h h e o re ar b t a ic d le b of during e ud d r. i n o eitmiebiseerdpraonedeeaed to exami Warren Hastin s and the last feween some relaxation of p d t o o e i l i cc r h i the poor in India, who were ridiculed salt, left the rich almost Im p e'doubleoen f e this mono poly body of the people a . itPaa li pri4e'r g ic appreciable by the years, but not to an extent Member aion granted by the the " exemptions from tax- Company, the Hon. and Learned ne the position that the Board of C ontro l acted as a check on the Board of Di rectors, and v . that the Board of Directorstic s versa. He contended were as much guilty of the Afghan and other India n wars as the govern ments of the day , a nd that they had acquired territory and patronage in consequence of these wars. Well would it have been if the 36,000,000/. had been to be paid by the people of this country, for then the payment woul.l have been disputed; but as the unrepresented and tyraunised-ovi-r people of the Punjaub arid others wore the sufferers there was no chance of redress. It was remarkable, also, that whilst we had hem going on increasing our territory in India, there had been a growing deficiency in th e revenue. The state of thin g s generally was such that if Mr. Macaulay were now a member of the House of Commons, he would no lunger find it possible to repeat the praise of the Board of Di rectors ho had uttered in 1833. Mr. Campbell t :d that within the last ten years the net reveue h s id at i ' ercase<l by more than 5.000,0001., but tbo; .i ~ ' n. c , .. of the or iteary e3t'alttli•ltztets hi , ' , : 18 1 37 ' :'.° 0,utiJ,0601., so that the deductiOns, int , it 1 ( 1 ; f :' L '' in '' z u f l ,: i : per cent., wore 76 per cent. The position ( - -°- a of the joint jurisdictions of the Board of Control nom was aitorather _ . and Board of Di. * atne. The TWAIN nOw for consideration was, whether they had sufficient confi dente, in the men who have thus mismanaged the affects of India to give them a renewal of their powers. 1 : 13 ' would ray that the patrootig , of India ought to be eon" fitted to the who were really answerable for the gf' s vernment of Ind:he—they ought to give fair play repre.entative institutions they had ()Drained already, bu t which they were endeavouring to take away. They (w e b t to admit natives of rank and iuflaence into the highe,ss places of the state. The policy of this country had only succeeded in those places in India where they bad 101 . 01 _ actively interfered. In the Punjaub, for instance, t he revenue was collected with the greatest ease, and ther: 6 were no defaulters. Their resident at Loodianah bed already given evidence in favour of the fitness of the natives of India for the exercise of the higher function; to the of the Government. lie stated that there were mall °‘ the natives whose qualifications for the higher office3o' the state were such as to reflect honour upon an assembly sitting even in London or Paris. Ile had gone throng?' the list of places held by natives, and he Tound that ° „, 11 , : j , of 100,000,000 and more of nati ves , the re w ere not , receiving incomes amounting to 1,000 rupeeiea mon th ' whereas out of the 800 covenanted servan t s of the COunn: pany, 600 of them were in the receipt of between 2,0011. and 3,000 rupees a month at least ; an d o f the remainder not ono-third had less than the maximum amount of 96- lary received by natives or tincovenanted lervaute• W ll4O was the case of Colonel Outram ? Thi s wa s an hono ur " able and deserving man. In the attempt that bus been recently made to crush him they had an insight into tn i , dark recesses of Indian despotism and co rruptiov• appears that there is a tributary state to whicht of British Government had acquired by t rea ty a. right b intervention. That right they had exercised in ouch way as to extend their gua rantee t o a ll p erson s, whetb r they b e na ti ve or f ore i gn, o f b ecom i ng B r i t i s h subject and thereby o f b e i ng ent i t l e d to B r i t i sh protect i o n. ' l l3 , rights under that t rea ty were fully recognised ' , Sovereign o f that territory and the Court o f Director A very rich banker in Baroda, who was a native, f e ; calved a guarantee under this treaty from the Br' t ' s Government, and upon the faith of such he carried 0 the business of a banker. That person died, leat i l some milliees behind him to his two widows, by each cg whom he had one son, who were ultimately to inherit his property. Under the conditions of the guarac t 'n• just referred to the two widows continued to carry °^", the business of the bank, until upon one day a fraudulec' agent of the bank had carried off one of the childrebn'd the other having died previously. The child thus earr ie off was murdered, and the guilty p ar ty t o screen himsel f charged the unfortunate mother with having feis te- e ll spurious offspring upon her husband. She was tb,e r ;,: upon immured in g ao l, an d t h e accuser was placed pessessien of the property. Colonel Outran soap after this circumstance wan appointed resident of Bart,' and the widow contrived to make her case known to htr, e ' He made a searching inquiry into all the facts, and the result was not only to establish her innocence, bu t - n e extensive conspiracy, in which were implicated raacY,, - the officers of the late resident in this fraud. It was Bled' covered that many of the highest rank had been bribe n t by the ill-gotten gains of this agent to refuse the slighte st support to any of the woman's applications for redress' At the same juncture the facts became so widely know, that the Bombay Government were obliged to make nt show of interference in th e ma t ter , en d a letter was den„ to Colonel Outran), dated the 15th M a y, 1851, rola" 0 ing him to report wheth er h e h a d an y reason t o suPP° 9 O that any such bribery existed generally. A e O PY f ~,„ this letter was sent to e v er y o ffi cer i n t h e B o mbay u"'„ vernment that bad been charged with the office of no', dent. Colonel O u tr am o b e y e d t h e i nstruct i o ns thu s communicated, and made an effectual inquiry into tnth subj. ce fie found the char ge p rove d, aed ascne d taieed that from 1840 large su ms o f money I% been sent to Bomb a y C ast le, an d h a d b een expen" in the way of bribes. The highest persons w ere denounced as the recipient s o f th ose bribes. Colon el Outram found, whether they were recipients or n ° ' that the money bad reached the castle, and had. pr o " cured those particular services which it was meant t u purchase. Colonel Outram was enabled to intercept on the nay to Bombay Castle the most se cret and extract" dinary minutes of the Governor in Council, which had been so recently adopted that they had not yet bee° acted upon, and yet they were , translated into the native dialect. This intercepted document he sent back to the proper quarter. For thus acting he was suspended' although be (Mr. Anstev) contended that under the Pe; culiar circum•tances of the case he could not have seen otherwise. Notwithstanding Colonel Outram's denaenl s , the authorities have refused to nuke any inquiry into case, but on the contrary have endeavoured by every m eans in their power t o h us h i t up. The most along" articles have appear e d f rom t i me to time in the 110"11: papers there, Partic u l ar l y the native ones, in reference t" the conduct of the British authorities in this matt e !' Was this the t reatment to which they ought to mu"' ject that ma n w h o h ad rendered such valuable serv ing to their ar m y i n S c i ntie, and who had been annoin t resident in Barcd a f or t h e l ast serv i ces b e h a d ten' dered them at H y d era b ad? Colonel Outram was ne,; in En g l an d as ki ng them for justice. He hel d in his band the report of th e Ad vocate - genera l i n .BareoL l , It was dated July 31, 1843, many years prior the appointment of C o lonel O u tra m , M r . L e Mesuce_r n the Advocate-general say s ," Th ere can b e no doubt MI: his highness, finding his po s i t i on b ecom i n g critic" formed the design of bribing lar ge ly t h ose members. of 0 the British Government who w ere i n a position to 11 1 , 0 effect to his wishes and th ese o f hi s Ministers." sir document went on to sa y th a t a l ong intimacy wit%ese James Cam Cameo pointed that gen tl eman ou t as and hat channel of re ac hi ng t h e G overnor of Bombay ; d 145,0001. bad al rea dy b een proved to have b ee n exPe pue be , in the way of b r ib es . Th e accusat i on cont i n ued t° disregarded, and th e B om b ay G overnment refuseuulta vindicate its own character. He (Mr. Anstey) v v° now ask what confidence could they place in the e „, deuce produced before a select committee in referenen, e , such a state of public affairs ? What trust could lisp repose in the honesty of superintendents come fors"ard to give evidence upon such , a subject ? 11 for could they reach those w h o cou ld give them in motion upon those s ecre t ma tters of corruPt i nn a unless they went to the pl ace i tse lf, and showed the people of India that they were really in earnest' and that they would be perfectly sate in coming forward to give evidence ? The people of England were deeply concerned in this inquiry; for they were QV! guarantees to India for their s incerity of purpose. . I _ 4 was easy for them to inquire here into tilt corruption practised in some of their borough; but there were thou' sands of miles of rolling sea separating and there was also to be considered the immbensediffe rence which existed between this country a d IndiaUnles in s respect to language, religion, andthem from Indus; prejudices. inquiry into the subject, it to make a full anti searching hopeless to expect any useful result. such a commission was appointed to sit in India, and with power . was utter ly t h b e a a t r th e e v E id a e r ee l c o e t there ajt undisturbed by any contingencies of a change of Cabinet or permit him to do so. When, and d d but he did not know whether the Burmese war to ffe India was however, he did return home, he might possibly ell , bousie was coming w n o o u m d e iu the language of Lord Herdiune, that the great concerns of the empire, and the constant fear of war, - had quite unfitted him for giving any opinion on the administrative affairs of India, lie would implore of t h e House mot to oppose his proposition, but rather • to remember the words of warning which bad been uttered by many great men, na me ly—that the natives of India being justly discontented were be" coming disaffected and desirous of a change of masters' • It was yet in their power to arrest the further spread of this feeling. Let them not trust to hearsay or secondary evidence. Let them distrust the statements of their irreconcileable enemies, who have gone to India, not for the benefit of the people, but for the mere put" • pose of putting money in their own pockets. The by and Learned Gentlema n concluded moving his amendment. An HON. MEMBER, whose a s t er- • name we could not es tain, seconded the amendment. The SPEAKER having put the t• ques , Mr. H. J. BAILLIE said that as the Hon. en Learned Member for Youghal (Mr. Anstey )a d had en opportunity of explaining the views and opinions he en-. tertaino , _A on this subject the to the House, he trusted lion, and Learned Gentleman would be satisfi ed with that advanta ge , an d not press ils amendment to a di vision. If h e understood the Honourable Member rightly, he was ofßoyal Cominission opinion that a to ascertain the should be issued to proceed to 111 d is, of that country sentime nts of the native opulation with reference to the manner i n which the govern ment there had been administered under the auspices of the East India Company. NOW b e (Mr. B a illi e ) con fessed th at h e entirely padniyfi cre d from the Hon. Member as to the be s t mode of obtaining t hat informatio n w hi c h. however, he believed the House generally were of opinion it was desirable should be laid th© before Parliament ere it proc ee d e d to legislate not think it was t? t future government desirable that a Royal Commissionthither to o f Inclia. — (Hear.) • e— should proceed . In. quire into the complaints and grievances o f a ll those dlf ferent nations whic h now acknowledged the supremacy be of British rule--nation s,it remembered, differing from one another in manners and customs—differing from one another in religioa—differing from one an other also in langusge,band spread, as the Honourable M e mber had hi mself o served, over a space on the sur face of .the globe little less—it' at all less—than that which was occupied by the whole of Europe. Ile eon' that he did not ' !eased, then, think It would be desirable s e herculean a task thatas this inquiry would I ‘, prove should be entrusted to commissioners ar po• te n by tho Crown, —(}jean, " , ean, hear.) He 5 qu i te ready to admit tnat it' commissioners were t o • proceed to India, and it were understood that those gentlemen had gone there for the r 4 purpose o f heari the complaints and grievances of the people, no doubt their time would be fully occupied; there 'You'd be a good aria very y of complaints gnu grievances laid before the H ( the nise• and doubtless, as Hen Member . had remarked, i • • so urce never.failing _ e of complaint and grievance n t India the operation 01 the land-tax, would be on e o f the most prominent of those complaints.—nlf e•.ear, hea r .) Th e settlement whic h took place und er L ord Corn Isettlement which eve its—a he believed Was entered not only into in great igncranc,, of the mann ers and customs, but of the rights and Pri" vitsges of the naive p opulat i on of India—bud been a great nuts' , ortute, and bad led to considerable injustice; but we w all were now unable to retrace our see pd—a t events, we could not do so with reference to that settle:, tent without committing still greater injustice to an e n Lose interests which have grown up in India during 11.5; the last sixty or seventy years. But that this question of the laud tax was the main grievance of the people of India, we had already ample proof before us' The very prospect of the appointment of a Committee of r had cawfd an ossooistion to spring -14 ) T zn , C.lr the eXiateo purpose of Ittyive thv, vorzykin: a;`'3 o, v,wfio /1 - t'a t. , " ll34 : l i'tee. 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