The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-25 00:00:00

T TrE FRANCE. i roils personnel average per annum 3,534,990 f. Ac the ,;" It is staid that it was not the intention of the time the statement was drawn up (1851) the hnig,ht \ salaries were 4,500., and the lowest 25t. p..r rtto instance, Government to apply the drcree about taking the a startling difference. F rmerly, in 1743, fir oath of allegiance to the President, to general officers the first ringer at the Gland Opera only receiv d 1,500 f. wno were in exile. It was only applicable to those \ p er annum; iu 1783, dme. Saint Hatierti's salary was employed at a distance, for instance, Generals Aupick, only 4,0001. a year; and the celebr,ted danseuse, Matllle. Castelbajue, and others, so far us the term granted to Guimard, only received 4,3301'. How different at pre them is concerned. And that consequently there s ent! when, at the samt , theatre, artistes, scarcely of as no intention of depriving them of their com- first-rate excellence, recrive as much as 80,000 f. aear! missions. —nearly double the remuneration of the first magistrate The Constitution/le/ announces that the French in France, the President of the High Cobuortthofines,,snatliondl ship of-war, Cnariemagne, arrived on the 9th at Among the reforms now in pl ti og tn r e es t s o , put a stop to g this an Smyrna, after being refused the passage of the Dar- and France, is there hl r• ti tax on the good-natured foll y ut the too easy public?— danelles. The sale of the pictures composing the gallery of Galignanis Messenger. the late Marshal Soult termina ted on Saturday even• ng. The principal pictures sold on that day were— St, Joseph and the Infant Jesus, by Alphonse de Tobar, which brought 1,150 f.; Sc Catherine, by Zurbaran, 1,600 f. ; the Interior of a Smoking room, by Davi I Teniers, 1,210 f.; St. John, by Alonzo Cane, 2,800 f.; St. James, by the same, 2,100 f.; a Female Saint, by Zurbaran, 3,200 f.; another, by the same, 3,300 f.; the Communion of a Saint, by the same, 2,100 f. ; St. Anthony, by the same, I,ooof. ; a Holy Family, by Ribero, 9,100f._; St. Anthony of Padua and the lal , int Jesus, by M u rillo, 10,2 0 50 0 f. ; the R- pentarice of Sr. Peter, by the same, ,0 the Deas?ius of Cxsar, by Titia n, a picture little more than two feet in height , 62,000 f. ; Sac. The saJ'e on that day produced 223 925 f., w bleb added to those of the two preceding days, give a total of 1,477,830 f. Among the persons who purchased the principal pictures of the Sp anish masters, are the raulr, of G diem Count P.izzi di Borg", the Marquis of Hertford, Count Ducbatel, Baron Devaux, Messrs. Townend, Osborn, de Bruni, Roux, blundler, Calle, for the Museum of Montpelier, Stc. Tne following p,c•ures were either bought or with drawn by the family of the Marshal, viz.—the Birth of the Virgin, by M u rillo, which fetched 90,000 f. ; the Glorification of the Virgin, by the same, 5,000 f. ; Christ on the Cross, by the same, 3,100 f. ; the Miracle of San Di e go, by the same, 85 500 f.; a Brigand Stopping a Monk, by the same, 15,000 f. ; Abraham offering Hospitality to the Angels, by Fernandez de Navaretta, surnamed El Mudo, 25,000 f., &c. SATELLI7ES Er DISCOVERYomGrGrant's F HistoryJ Physicalofl 7 Astronomy ) When Galileo first turned his telescope to the planets, he was deli4hted to perceive that they exhibited a round 'Appearance, like the sun or moon. Jupiter presented a disc of consideraole magnitude, but in no other respect was he distingutshable 4 from the rest of the superior ['tenets. Having, however, examined him with e , ne w telescope of superior power, on the 7th of January, 1610, his attention was soon drawn to three small but very bright stars that appeared in his vicinity, two on the east side, and one on the west side of him. He imagined them to be three fixed stars, and still there was something in their appearanc e which excited his admiration. They were all disposed in a right line parallel to the plane of the ecliptic, and were brighter than o t her stars of the same magnitu de. This did not, however, induce him to alter his opinion that they were fixed stars, and therefore he paid no stomtion to their distances from each other, or from the planet. Happening by mere accident to examine Jupiter again ou the Bth of January, he was surprised to find that the stars were now arranged quite dif ferently from what they were when he first saw them. They were all now on the west aide of the planet, and were nearer to each other than they had been on the previous evening; they were also disposed at Equal distances from each other. The strange fact of the mutual approach of the stars did not yet strike his attention, but it excited his astonishment that Jupiter should be seen to the east of them all, when only the pre ceding night he had been seen to the west of two of them. He was induced on this account to suspect that the mo tion of the planet might be directly contrary to the calculations of astronomers, and that he had get in ad vance of the stars by means of his proper motion. He therefore waited for the following night with great anxiety, but his hopes were disappointed, for the hea vens were on all sides enveloped in cloads. On the 10th be saw only two stars, and they were both on the east side of Jupiter. He suspected that the third might he concealed behind the disc of the pla net. The y appeared as before in the same right line with him, and lay in the direction of the zodiac. Unable to account for such changes by the motion of the planet, and being at the same time fully assured that he always observed the same stars, his doubts now resolved themselves into ad miration, and he found that the apparent motions should be reterred to the stars themselves, and not to the planet. He therefore deemed it an object of para mount importance to watch them with increased atten tion. On the 11th he again saw only two stars, and they were also both on the east side of Jupiter. The more eastern one appeared nearly twice as large as the other, although on the previous evening he had found them almost Equal. This f..ct, when considered in connexion with the constant change of the relative positions of the stars, and the total disappearance of one of them, left no doubt on his mind of their real cha racter. He therefore came to the conclusion, that there are in the heavens three stars revolving round Jupiter in the same manner as Venus and Mercury revlove round the Suo, On the 12th he saw three stars; two on the east side of Jupiter and one on the west side. The third began to appear about 3 o'clock in the morn ing, emerging from the eastern limb of the planet; it was then exceedingly small, and was discernible only with great difficulty. On the 13;h he finally saw four stars. Three of them were on the west side of the planet, and the remaining one on the east side. They were all arranged in a line parallel to the ecliptic, with the exception of the central star of the three western ones, which declined a little towards the north. They appeared of the same magnitude, and though small, were very brilliant, shining with a much greater lustre than fixed stars of the same magnitude. 'the future observa tions of Galileo established beyond all doubt that Jupiter was attended by four satellites. He continued to exa mine them until the latter end of March, noting their c 'nfigurations, and recording the stars which appeared in the same field of view with them. GERMANY. The fact that the Prussian Chambers were pro rogued, and had disappeared as a Legislature, a few hours before the Emperor of Russia entered Berlin as a visitor, has excited some notice and remark. Yet it was an accident, and nothing else. The prorogation had been fixed for the middle of 11 , 1ay even b-fore the same period was notified as that of the Em peror's arrival ; and it has been evident for a much longer period that the session could not be con tinued with advantage either to the Governor-at or the country. For six weeks past it has some times been difficult to get a House together in the numbers legally necessary to transact business. Often during the sit tin g s. the Deputies would disappear, cumpelliog the President to suspend proceedings. Six months of continual svorkhad wearied all parties, espe ciall y as the public sittings are not the largest or most irksome part of the De • puties' duties ; it is the preliminary labours of the b ure aux and commissions t hat are the most trying. Those who augured ill for the continued existence of the Chambers and for the Constitution generally, have been a little rea•sured by the handsome acknowledgment of the Deputies' services made by M. von Manteuff-1 in the address by which he ad j ,tirned them. The Government has no real cause of quarrel with either House. No chamber could have voted the budget less grudgingly or sanctioned the present and future taxes more generously. They voted one new tax even in the face of a surplus revenue, and only negatived another because it involved a positive breach of contract. In all essential questions the Government is strong in both houses; and would be in a for more difficult position without them than with them. If they are in any peril, it is neither from the policy of B,thisia, nor the ill- will of its ruler to the constitutional form of government, but the apathy and indifference of the mass of the nation. HOLLAND. The Minister of Justice of Holland, M. NEDER.' MEYER VAN ROSENTHAL, has resigned. A letter from the Hague, in the ladependance, of Brussels, states that this will probably lead eventually to the dissolution of the Cibinet. It was rumoured that M. VAN SPENGLER and M. VAN SONSBECK, Minis ters of War and Foreign Affairs, were about to re sign. M. C. BACKER, King's Commissary in the province of Overyssel, was spoken of as the suc cessor of M. VAN ROSENTHAL in the Ministry of Justice. The Courrier de Marseilles publishes a letter from Bagdad of the 9th ultimo, which states that an insurrection had broken out in that province. The communications were intercepted, and the mails could not be forwarded but with an escort of 100 or 200 horsemen. The Arabs are masters of the country from Mossoul to the Persian Gulf. The Turkish authority no longer exists but in the fortified towns ; its moral force has almost entirely disap peared, and it is time for the Government at Con stantinople to put an end to this deplorable state of things. The French scientific mission had arrived at Bagdad ; its labours will occupy i's members for a year unless the state of the country should pre sent too many obstacles to the ucumplishuaent of it. NATIONAL EXHIBITION, CORK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE St Dublin Committee Rooms, Niubeum of Irish In dustry, 51. Stephen's gr,,en Elst, Nlay 21, 1852. you favour me by puollehing the enclosed letter, which, I thibk, oanuot fsll to give additional con fidence in the putilic mind to our National Exhibition? I am glad to be enabled to announce the following additional subscriptions:-- Sir Joseph Paxton ..• •• ••• ••• £ 5 0 0 Roysl Hibernian Min i ng Company, per ll=nry Gibson, E-q., Managing Director, London .20 0 0 John Sampson, E.q , Cution Waste Manufac turer, Stockport ••• ••• ••• 50 0 T. W. Kinder. E-q,,Contractor fur Locomotive Service, Midland Great Western liailway..• 5 0 0 I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J O HN C. DEANE, Lim Sec. " BAIA of Ireland, 20,11 May, 1852. "Sir,—l am desired by the gov ernors and directors to anfortn o for the information of the de p utation from th e 37 Cork Exhibition that attended at the Bank this day, 1 11 ' 4 tile Cork agent will be directed, by this night's post, 50 ,PftY to the executive committee at Cork the sum of ""415 Bank's subscription to the Nationa l Exhibi tion Arts, &c., to be held in Cork. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " Joh n D." Wm. GRAVES, Secretary. Atkin, E'q., 5, Merrion-square Elst." THEATRICAL STATISTICS. An immense volum e of statistics, collected by order ro the Chamber of Commerce by a special commission , under the su p er intendex ce o f M. H o r a ce Say, with a v i e w to ascertain the state of trade and manufactures in the metropolis, furnis hes —though it seems a strange place to look for such information—some curious details respecting the state of theatricals, past and present, in France. The gentleman charged a a B indot, has not, like his with this part of the inquir, in. ''' colleagues, CM • fined his researchearto P T ar h is e , hut extended them to the whole of the couet et Y d . own at 361; of theatres in the t 36 out of that mina-1 86 departments ! s S ale small dep; ber bolongOng ' m e „a r, , t of the Seine. cards do not appeacnrd doing The provincial boa rant companies aueplied with performers, 40 itinerant ° ng duty far no Three department". have no theatre les% than 280 theatres, 4-5 onlybeing provided with stationary troupe's. - 1-1 ! being aitUVed in tun soutliTL, zere, whatever, all three ~:bouwn thettprcseityierom aaa a e . M. R indat e n , Basses -AI ea and Sr - - - a that the unm ated : e : les niB general statistics by 5td:t0p,.0.,,,_31y estimated at actors and actresses in France is v 3 .000 to 8,000. We are then 'Rider Louts XIII. - crease of theatres in Paris. , L al ; unckr Lauis thereXfV was Duly ono theatre iu the caP -- six wider Louis XV, ,is they increased to fise; there wer e e ten theatres were l vear 1807, and under his ill-fated success°. been &halal:t e a • ' 1 l h a y itf i full play. In 1791, all monopolies Si' t heatres sprung up all at °one; •bu,! the I j a privil. gc.a we find them decreased to 34: At this r e, ea r only tone wtre re-establish e d, a n d i n th e f o llowing Yea r from 181 r, were in existence. P ar i s e n j oy ed te n the e ao ra 1819 to to 1814, eleven from 1814 to 1819, fourteen tweuty-three 1830, sixteen in 1831, twenty-one la 183 2, in 184,3, twenty-five in 1845, and twentrlh "AS 000 places, These twenty-three theatres contain ab ut. a -, night ;„ and the average number of spectators ( vel ree in 1851, -I calculated at 20 0 00 . Besides th e atres, the,ie are 145Hnity, places of amusem..nt open iu t h e cap i ta l an d ityiu balla principally during the summer season— pub-le such as Mabille's, Cafe concerts, Guicguette's, &c.; , th 96l ' establishments are frequented by, it is estimated 24,00e0_ persons por diem, thus carrying the number of ples,sur teekers in Paris to 44,000 daily. Not the least inter esting part of these statistics is that which refers to the reeeipts of the metropolitan theatres, which have under gone many variations, as may be seen from the following account. From 1807 to 1811 their average was nearly five millions of francs; from 1822 to 1826, nearly seven millions; from 1837 to 1841, they averaged more than ° lnc m'allions; from 1842 to 1846, more than ten; .8 11 "1 i n. 1847 they rose to eleven millions. Here M. ° ndrit discontinues his own figarea, and quotes the Government xeturns which stand thus:-1848, 6 ' 747,4 ° 81- .1 1849, 7,775,570 f.; 1850, 9,959,785 f.; 1851, 14,460,000 f. M. Rondot concludes his return by a abatement of the number ,- 4 the personnel employe° in Use Paris theatres, from which it appears, commencing ut the lower end of the scale, that there are !upwards of 400 b, keepers, male and females, and 750 empl,,yes, clerics, &c., in the admi nistrations, whose aggregate sa a !sties amount to 740,0001 a `the dress-makers. carpen ter 3, scenee,hifters, &c., are more than 600 strong, and their average salaries amount to 500,000 r. The reamber of musicians in t aa vari , ,us orchestras is 630, and their aggregate income is 600,850. We now come to the performe rs , 0 whom, according to M. Rondot, there are 1,152 . men, and 891 fe males. Of these 793 are artistes, and the remainder choristers and figural:its. The omolizinenta of this 11"1" --- RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852 MAY. Epsom 25 Wyo .. Cartmel Epping Town, JUNE. ' IHampton Newton Tonbury Macclesfield 2l Newcastle Bibury Stockbridge . 24 Winchester Knighton 25 Carlisle Ludlow Chelmsford 3O Ei - ith 1 Lenham Manchester ... Cogge6hall Southwell 3 Ulverstone Ascot Beverley M%idst6ne Leith Lamber Lon JIT. Salisbury Newmarket 6 Worcester Lancaster LY. Liverpcol Stamford 2O Knutslord I Nottingham Abingdon I Goodwood UST. Jhtrsey Laity l4 AUG Ripon North Staffordshire Brighton Edgware ... Wolverhampton 9 Great Yarmouth lO Rftding, ____ Warwick 7 Whitehavon . 14 Doncaster Coventry Lynn York Radcliffe Eeham titourbridge Lincoln MBER. Leicester Manchester Autumn Newmarket F. 0. Chesterfield Egliatuu Club 2l I Bedford OCTO Chester _ Royal Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh Club Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham Worcester Autumn ... 2 IRISH RAC: IBER. Newmarket S. O 11 Holy well Hunt Richmond I Newmarket Houghton 25 Kilcock IBER. Cowbridge Hunt lO TO COME. Carragh 22 I JII: Heath 5 24 TME. I Monkstown rLY. Down Royal Corp 3 Phoenix Park lO Roscommon Curragh 7 Limerick Bellewstown r UST. Tuam Ballinrobo. .......... 2331 Curragh l2 Down Royal Corp 2O EMBER. IJohnstown ................. 21 Cashel .................... 28 'OBER. Carlow .................... .26 COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MONDAY, MAY 24. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended Divine Service yesterday morning at Osborne. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley performed the service. The ladies and gentlemen in attendance, and the do mestic household, were also present. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is ex pected to arrive to-day on a visit to the Queen. This morning the Band of the Royal Marines attended at Osborne, and performed the following Martinale at an early hour, in honour of her Majesty's birth day ! Chorale, the 100th Psalm (0. V.) SAt-ction, " II Flauto Magico" Selection, " Elijah" Mendelssohn. , • Si , , 237 454 - 17321 - Colchester Harwich Leigh First Second 4)s lid Third ____ Total quantity of Wheat Do. Barley Do. Oats Do. Beans COAL MAIIKE - - Prices of Coal per ton at Bata's West Hartley 13s 6d huddle's W. Hartley 13s 9d Carr's Hartley ..... 133 9d Chester Main l3s 3d Hasting's Hartley Holy well North Percy Hartley l3s 6d New Tanfield Ravensworth'sW.Plart 13s 6d Ravensw,,rth Pelaw Tyne Main lls Od anfield Moor 12s flit Townley... ..... Walker's Primrose ... Ile 3d, West Hartley West Wylam Wylam • l4s Od Wall's End, acc. Acorn Close ....... 14s 3d (ksforth . Barton Lawson l3s 6d Northumberland Shila at market, Mr. Cayley, M.P., hid an interview with Mr. Secre tary Walpole yesterday at the Home• office. The Bishop of Salisbury had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Charles A. Tillan, of Dominica, had an interview with Sir Juhn Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial office. The Bishop of Lichfield had yesterday an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole. Mr. Packe, M.P., had also an interview with the Right lion. Secretary at the Home office. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were also sent to the Governors of Hong- Kong and Ceylon. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Council office. Judgment was given in an appeal from Bengal, " Lamb v Jumoona Dasia." A petition was heard, from " Morison and others," for an extension of Berry's Pa , tent (Blast Furnaces). The Lords present were the Lord President, the Chancellor of his Royal Highness the Prinee of Wales, the Right lion. Sir E. Ryan, and the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson. THE COUNTRY MARKETS The following is the official statement of the quantities corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 12th May, 1852, to the 22d May, 1852, both inclusive:— CHELMSFORD, MAY 21.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, 425 to 48s ; red, 37s to 425; barley, 275 to 303; chevalier 285 to 33. ; grinding 22s to 283; malt 55- to 555; chevalier 55s to 58. ; oats 195 to 25s ; peas, partridge, 285 to 313; white, 29. to 315 ; boiling, 34s to 333; dun, new, 25s to 30s ; beano, tick, 263 to 30s ; harrow ticks, 275 to 31s; mazagan, 255 to 295. CoLcgasnta, MAY 22.—Wheat, white 44. to 47s ; red 39, to 423 ; oats, 15s to 22s ; beans, mazagan 26s to 27s ; middle and small 28. to 31s ; peas, white 31s to 38s, grey, new 28s to 3is ; barley, 28. to 305 per qr. KIRKALD7, MAY 22.—The following are the quotations for grain:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pe First 44. Od 31, Od 22s 6d —s Od Second ' 423 Od 293 Od 21. 6d —s Od —3 I Third 37. Od 283 Od 19 3 Od — s Od —B Oatmeal, per bag of 28011 m imperial, 30. Od to 313 0 HADDINGTON, MAY 21.—The following are the prices L grain at our market to-day:— I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bo' 31s Od 23s Od 335 29s Id 21s 6d 31s 25s 6d 195 Od 305 market 547 qrs., 530 so do. 93 qrs., 98 sold do. 233 qrs., 16) sold do. 123 qrs., 114 sold YEST=BDA7. he close of the market : Riddell Walker 133 6d Harvey Wylam(nns.) 123 Od rl&.mont l4i 9i Braddyll Haswell l6l 3d Lam bton Lumley Ru.stiell's Iletton Scar bor;ugh l4s Gd SteLvart's .. ,Plu:nuner Denison 145 3d Hairtlepool . l6s OJ Keltloe .. 15s 6d South Hartlepool ..... 15s 6d hornley Cowpan Hartley ' Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff - Sidney's Hartley Ramsay's Garesfield 23s Od '373 Sold, 107. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, MAY 24. SrocK ExciLvanc—The share -market was very inactive to-day. The only sale reported -was—Caledonian, 19% 2 . LIVERPOOL, MAY 24 is-roos EXCHANOK.—The business to-day was rather li mited, but prices had an upward tendency. The sales were—Caledonian, 12 3 4—Ditto, Preference, 8 7 / 8 - Eastern ' Counties, 8 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72U—Leeds Northern (late L. and T.), 16—London and North- Western, 122 3 4—Midland, 68 1 / 2 —St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 70. MANCHESTER. MAY 24 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted in our share market to-day was very limited, but prices continue firm. The sales were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 10:Y 4 , dis.—Eastern Counties. 9 —Warrington and Al trincham, par—Caledonian, 19 11.-16—South - Eastern and Dover, 21 15-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72—Ditto, Fifths, G 1-16 dis. —Midland, 68% —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preferenc 13% e, tilitilllNiltiArd, MAY 24. STOCK EXCHMCGIL —We have no improvement to notice to-day. The transactions have been very limited, and prices varied little from those which have been quoted for the last few days. The sales reported were—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley, 10y 8 —Shrewsbury and Bir mingham (A), 7 3 / 8 —South Staffordshire, 1 dis. THE LATE FIRE ON BOARD TFIS BRITISH QUEEN. —Messrs. Henry, Clever, Chapman, and Co., of Liverpool, agents to Lloyd's, have addressed a letter to Mr. Court, i.ecretarl of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, in re ference to the recent ti - e on board the British Queen, steam ship, from which the following is an extract :—"-On examin ing the contents of the goods damaged by fire and water, ex British Queen, steamer, a very important discovery has been made, which may account for the origin of the fire. In a box slightly made and secured, containing a saddle and bridle and a wooden case, was found a bundle of paper -cases, con taining filchers for lighting pipes and cigars. The box is marked No. 2, P, and is now at our office: perhaps the underwriters would like to have it in the rooms tor inspection when Mr L'isset, who examined it on the quay, can explain the condition in which it was found. The bo:e cavil() out of the ship in a broken state, and the conclusion we have come to is, that the matches have dropped out, and set fire to the cargo." A sample of the luci!ers 13 exhibited in the underwriter;!' room, accompanied by a brass instrument, not unlike a pencil-case, which was filled with a sub stance v ery similar character to that known by pyrotechn i s Is as "s lo w match." in Under these circumstances, the o ri g in of the lat e fire on beard the British Queen may, no doubt, be attributed to the ignition of combustibles. The Royal Marines are to be greatly aug.mented in the number of men from the insufficiency of rolieving those doing duty in ships of war upon foreign etiO.iouz.— Kentish ittercury. WHAT THE SIDNEY PAPERS ARE FULL OF. The file of a Sydney daily paper, since the cone , mencement of gold discoveries, is quite a study for phi. losophers. . . . In one week, fur example, twenty five thousand pounds worth of gold has come to town, against which uprises a whole ale and retail grocer, who advertises that " Economy is a sure road to a Gold Field," and requests the public to look rather to his teas and coffees. Then our English eyes do, indeed dwell a little on his list, when we remember our own taxes, and see that the gold diggers may buy gunpowder tea at two shillings a pound, and sugar at twopence. No wonder that they make their tea in kettles. The next weekly Gold Circular tells us e‘f fifteen thousand pounds worth that has come in by Government escort—an un popular, because a dear conveyance, the charge being one per cent.; and, as for the gold privately transmit ted, adds the Circular, " When we know of one man bringing down a thousand ounces in a horse-collar, it is impossible to state correctly what may come into town." On the same day, a draper declares that he is determined to sell ten tho s us c a r n i d fic p e o , un „ d i s t w be o i r n th g epfehriaebeetlry dashery at an alarming a evident that at the present time it is the only means by which a trade can be done, "—and so on. In the same a paper there is advertise d number one of a new perio dical, to be called the Go lden A g e; and another book seller announces as the only readable book ever published in Australia, ' The Gold Calculator; or, Diggers' and Dealers' Rea d y .Wekoner.' " That being tiA the humour of Arai ho a n autrs, musician u-rs, in the same good cause n " The Ophir of Schottische;" while the public is s a i n n d y e r a a ri d o l us e places e s str ongly recommended to buy p um p s In another paper we are told of the first passage of " the gold coach" through a private villag e, and of the conseq tent defection of the labourers. In the same paper we have news from Mount Alexander that might well turn the head of any villager. One person l e f t Melbourne on Saturday, and returned on the Monday week following, bringing fourteen pounds weight of gold with him, dug up by himself. Another man, after working ten days, brought batik twenty-two pounds weight. A friend of mine, a gentleman who only went to see, was anxious to try his luck, and begged a dishful of earth, to have, as he thought, a f ew grains to take home with him ; a few minutes washing gave him nearly two ounces of gold." 'lhe gold at Mount Alexander, the richest field discovered yet, lies near the surface. Two men there obtained four hundred ounces in three weeks. As for the weekly Gold Circular, at Sydney, shipment, we could counitt gets theval p u o e e c ti f cal poetical:—" In our o ‘ ldinpou fi n r d s a t sterling by hundreds; in a few weeks it rose to are hu fastndr hundreds o f thousands." t housands; in a few weeks more it beca me t e ns of approachingthou sands; a period A w t h th e e n e timeha cand shipsa n d wills; and we convey w hen that was written — on December s i xth — in the very few months sinc e the di gg in g was commenced, there been shipped from Australia, gold to the value of three hundred and twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and ninety seven pounds; and since that time the yield of gold has been increasing. At the same time, California and the field of gold in Russia c h o a n s e i n u n , a e r s g e n d n . e_x h p a u ic s k t e e n d s , , s llousehold Words. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that tho mails are sent Prone tch.] the Genersl Post - odic , the night—and id by the morning—elispa Whe❑ due. rLAC - FA- When made up in From what General Post-office' port dis- London: 1 pached. Liverpool • • Livorpool • • 4gouthampt. IPlyraouth ,IDovor • • America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 23 .. .. America (by U.S. pkt.) N June 1 ... •• America (by U.S. pkt.) hi l May 25 - • • Africa (West coast).. Nll4th ot the month Alexandria* •• ...... N 119114 & 30th of mo. Belgium •,. .. .. Ni Daily • • .. .. 1 Brazil .. . .. Ml9th of the month Buenos Ayres •• .. Ml9th of the month California(viaChagree)M 2 d& 17th ot month Cape ot Good Elope Nll4th of month Constantinople * .. - Nl7th 17th 27th of mo) Central America .. hf 2d & 17th of mon. Channel Isles • • .. N i hon., , A'ed., & Fri. Chili .. .. .• . /Sf 17th ot the month France .. .. 31 &N,Twice daily .. .. Greece' .. .. .. Ni7th 17t1127thormo Baraburgh .. .. NiTuesday & Friday Clolland. .. .. SI l Wednes. & Satur. , . tlonnuras .. - . Nll7th of the mouth; Ireland .. .. M & NlTNrice daily •. .. I: lk(via Southame.) M 20th ot the month, India( . via NI arseilles) Ntsth& 24th of month Sledite Madeira :: rremean (via \ l Nte r ili 4 " t4i n) .• 11.20 th of the month s.l4n erianean (via Masi: lil t ea) • • .. N tt. th& 24 th ofmontb .. .. Mld 01 the month.. - •• .. M 9th of the month ..-alta* .. .. , r 7th,17th,19th,27th Napless / . &30th ot month Papal st a t e s. •• •• N sth 15th 2.5tt, of me reninstuar.. •• -... N sth 15th 25th of mu' Peru .. .. • •• Si 7th 17th 27th ot mo ' Tuscany* .. " •• 51 17th of the month • west indies ... •• N sth 15th 251 h of in° those e c tl3l .trie West Indies I Ml7th of the m onth & Naa,,ace) , (except 1 tiz F rench packet via ts thus marl 51,2 d of the month -1 * The mails to Dover • • Southampt• 180athampt. Sotitliampt. 'Plynaouth•• (Dover .• hßouthampt. Southampt. Southanipt. ;Dover •• Dover ;London •. London .. ou thlun pt. Holy head ;;;outhanapt. Dover •. ' i gouthrunpt. Dover .. Southampt. Southampt. Dover !Arrived May '26 !Juno 3 June 3 May 28 Daily !June 16 June 16 June 5 June 3 May 30 ,June 5 Tn. Th. Sat !June 5 Twicedaib may 30 Tun's. Sat. N - OFt Thur June 20 Twieedatil June 20 Jane June 20 'June June 5 ,June 1G IMay 28 Dover • Dover .. Soathampt. Soathampt. Dover .. ISouthampt. Juno 2 June 2 May 26 'Arrived June 2 June 20 lioutharupt. June 5 ted (*) are conveyed by On Saturday nhaear, u s killedu a T as ,5 0 9,3 2c , a There h ey e r i e ldu e er i r g ev. h a t n t p s a o s f s ecnogme rpsani killedcompanies or t t r e n 3i re st la o t t in D g e t c o un ra b il e w r a l y ast a , c T s c w . i h RAILWAY ACCIDENT for the half-year, ending d a e ri s rinted. The number of pas :ember of perso t their own control; nine p se a n s g _ e e n r : rs as sN 4 -e 7 re killed and 14 injured i a u from causes beyond andll3, .2aln3d injured, i e n d j , u f r r el. t c oo o m m tp • L [ i > ei n r les or of contractors owing to their own other misconduct or misconduct or want of caution • of contractors were killed and 17 injured companies, persons, w neither l ere killed and twheerier killed ownc o a n n t d r 0 1 1 1; injured u s r e e r d va o n w ts i n o g f e want of ecrsauntoiorns;en3„3anttsresopfastsheres and half -year December on r a ? i se w tn a o y (t.). s n . the 30th of nine injured by crossing or walking was one suicide. The length of railway s ~.) of June, 1851, was 6.698 miles, and on the last 6,890 miles, being an increase during th© 192 miles A PROLIFIC KENTISH WOMIN.—At th e b ac k o f the cellar of Lincoln Cathedral, lies the body of Michael Honeywood, one of 367 persons whom Mary, wife of h late R o bert Honeywood, of Kent, ancestor ot the late M t p e' for the county, lived to see, lawfully descended from her' viz., 16 of her own body, 114 grand children, 228 great grandchildren. In all, 367 persona; 313 Of whom followed her to the grave. Dean LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENING, MAY 26, IMPERIAL PARLI &MEN T HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. C. W. GRENFELL took the oaths and his scat 'or Windsor. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills wets considered and agreed to: — Aberdeen Fire and Life Assurance Company. Cheltenham Improvement and Health. Forth and Clyde Navigation. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Liverpool Corporation Waterworks. Sheffield Bridges end Streets. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Great Western, Shrewebury and Birmingham, and Sere webury and Chester Railway Companies Ausal gametion. Limerick Improvement and Market, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 2), Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway. Marsden, (iisburne, and Long Preston Roads. Pedmore and Rowley Roads. Stroud and Bisley Road. Tremor. Embankment. The following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Beaconsfield and Redhill Road. Cambridge to Ely sad other Roads. Eastern Union Railway. Kettering and Northampton Road. Kingston-upon-Hull Dues and Docks. Kingston and Sheetbridge Roads. Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement. River Humber Conservancy and Kingston-upon-Hull Docks, The Bowden-park Estate Bill and the Manchester and Salford EduceTien Bill were read a third time, and or dered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from the Wes leyan College against the Militia Bill. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition from Orkney against the Maynooth grant. Mr. L. HEYWORTH presented four petitions from four different temperance societies, praying the House to inquire into the causes and consequences of intem perance. Mr. NOEL presented a petition from Buckingham shire against the Maynooth grant. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland in favour of ocean penny postage. Mr. EWART presented a petition from Dumfries against the Maynooth grant. Admiral STEWART presented a petition from Dept ford in favour of ocean penny postage. Alderman KERstaAw presented a petition from a place in Monmouthshire against the Militia Bill. Mr. LOVEDEN presented a petition from Aberys twith against the Militia Bill; also one from Cardigan praying for the repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty. FINSBURY PARK. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to know from the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he had, received the new estimate for the Finsbury Park; and, secondly, whether he could hold out any hope of a Bill being introduced for the formation of the park during the present session? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government had received the new estimate, but having carefully considered it he did not feel that he should be justified in bringing in a Bill for the formation of the park this session, as the data which bad been placed before him was not of a satisfactory nature, but the sub ject would continue to receive the attention of the Go vernment.--(Hear, hear.) OYSTERS. Sir GEORGE PECHELL wished to ask the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, whether any instructions have been issued to the Commissioners of Customs (in consequence of any representation from the French Go vernment), directing the commanders of revenue cruisers to prevent vessels taking oysters in the English Channel beyond the limits exclusively reserved to the fishermen of this country? Mr. HENLEY said an Act of Parliament was passed in pursuance of a convention with France, which prohi bited the use of dredges between the 18th of May and the Ist of September, but the fishermen of Dover and Essex were opposed to the Act. and had memorialised the Government to relax it accordingly, while the fisher men on the coast of Kent were anxious that the Act should be strictly carried out. Under these circumstances, the Government had no alternative but to see that the Act was strictly enforced, so far as it related to dredging, but there was no law against the lauding of oysters.—(liear.) In reply to further questions, Mr. HENLEY would have no objection to lay the correspondence and the memorials before the House. THE BARODA INQUIRY. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know from the President of the Board of Control the reason of the delay in pre senting the papers relating to the Baroda inquiry, and the removal of Colonel Outram? Mr. BERRIES said such papers as could be pro duced were in preparation, and they would be shortly forthcoming. AUSTRIAN TREATMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS. Mr. ANSTEY wished to ask the Chancellor of the cf Exchequer when the House might expect the papers relating to the expulsion of British subjects from the Austrian do:minions ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the papers were printed, and in a day or so they would be laid before the House. IRISH. RAILWAYS. Mr. W. 0, GORE wished to ask whether, in the event of railway companies having paid up a certain es proportion of their capital, and complied with certain 2 conditions to b 33 named by the Government, the Govern ment was willing to make advances by way of loan to I 0 railway companies in Ireland; and whether the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was prepared to state what the conditions were which he required to be complied with before making such advances? The CHANGELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the conditions peecedent upon which loans were made to railway companies were contained in the Acts of Parliament by which the railway companies were framed, and Government took care that for each loan they made an equal sum was also advanced out of the funds of the company.--(Hear, hear.) In this manner the sum of 1,200,000/. had been advanced; and he W. 381 bound to say that the interest had been duly met ,and the instalments duly paid.— Od (dear, hear.) Besides that 500,0001. had been advanced Oa under a special Act to The Irish Great Western Com od pany; and if the Hon. Gksntleman could bring a fair and proper case before the Treasury it should be as fairly entertained.—(Hear, helve) METROPOLIS BUILDINGS ACT, sioner of W oods an d Forosts wh e t her he p ro p osed to ,ns. Mr. OSBORNE; wishcel to ask the First Commis - Od lid bring in a M etro p o lis Buildings Act in the course of t he MANNERS said, it was his intention t o bring ? Lo to reconstruct the Court before who m L' 131 ee lin aßill reonro session iOIIN t an buildin g di spu t e s were adjudicated. ir- °SB r t NE—T his session? Lord J. MANNERS—Yes, if possible. CANADA RAILWAY. Mr. M'CULLAGII wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the communications that had lately taken place between her Majesty's Govern ment and the members of the Executive Councils of Canada and New Brunswick who have come to this country, relative to the formation of a railway from Bs lifax to Quebec, have been brought to a satisfactory ter mination Sir J. PAKINGTON said the negotiations to which the Honourable Gentleman's question referred had now terminated, but whether they had terminat ed sa tisfactorily he must leave for the Honourable and Learned Gentleman himself to .determine.--(ilear' hear.) The result, however, had been communicated to the Governor of the colony. and it was, tha t the Go vernment could not recommend the Crown to allow the Imperial revenu e to become the security for the repay ment of the sum required for the railway. NEW ZEALAND COMPA.NY. In reply to Sir J. GRAHAM, Sir J. PAKINGTON said the Crown was pledged not only by the Ne^W Zealand Act, but also by a corre spond Colonial- office and the New Zealand Company, once which had since taken place between the which he men to secure certain rights to the corolaanY tamed to the 11111 SO oil Friday. The correspondence had already been printed, and was now to be found in one of t h° bleashooks.—(Flear, ) , wee Mr. CAYLEY said great calamities were continually takingplace EXPLOSION I , from explosions in miees. One occurred the meter (lay, when 60 lives were lost, and more recently another happened, wben4s lives were lost. Now he wished to ask, in whether any inquiry was, being the first place, N MINES. made into the cause of these appalling calamities, and, secondly, whether there would be any objection to ap point a Committee with the view of arriving at some means by which. such accidents ente coul d? d be rendered less frequent, if not absolutely prev—(Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE said he had received information re spootiug the last accident, and some causes for it had been suggested to him. However, an inquiry was now going 011 into the matte r, and it would shortly be ter m: nat e d. I n t h e mean time he should have no objec tic u to th e a ppointment o f a Committee to investigate the, ,Mr. CAYLEY gave n otice then that to-morrow he would move the appointment of a Committe.—(Hear.) whole subject.--(Hear, hear.) THE REV. MR. BENNETT. e Lord CASTLEREAGH said he had received a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bennett, stating that there was not one w or d of truth in the rumour that he had join d the Ro man Catholic Church; and adding, that he still held holy orders in the Church of England, and had no intention o f leaving it. The N oble Lord warned the House agains placing too implicit faith in rumoured conversions to the Roman Catholic religion, and observed tha t the Roman Catholic Directory contained the name of a clergyna d who not only adhered to the doctrin es of the Establi h Church, but was in possession of bis living. j Uj u E n .R es aisa T Ci ABOLITION OF GRAND JURIES. In reply to Mr. FRESHFIELD. There e be e e t The CHANCELLOR of the EX nsation to clerks of the saw no reason for giving comPe but he wus not allowed peace and to the clerks of the Centra our. an oath to a witness in in consequence of the Bill a bolis _ • Was some difference, however, with regard to the crier, who rece i v ed a fee of ed• for every witness who was eaurt. The Government thought it would be a fair ar rangement to permit this functionary to levy a fee on the teoxatmakineeadnbyeffeoerefothr eariunidstjeurriyu,g administration of oaths to witnesses in court, and if a clause were proposed to that effect, they would give it SEPT NOVE: SEPT OCT , MILITIA DILL, TA reply to Mr. }3lilGla The CH ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he 1 which they could' proceed to disfranchise the county? believed that it was clearly understood that the report i There was a machinery for disfranchisi n g boroughs— on the Militia Bill was to be b rou g ht u p ou Thursday. 1 but that machioery would not do for counties. How. Of course the third reading could not take place until ' ever good, therefore, the amendment might be, it had after the holidays. not been well considered with reference to the powers of THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. , the Act upon the House. If the Honourable Ge ntleman The CHANCELLOR of the EXC HE Q UER said it ) would insist on having counties inserted it would be ne was his intention to move the adj ournment of the House cessary to have other machinery. It required a differ for the holidays on Friday next until the Thursday the Noblet machin Lord that an ery for countamie s,endment and he ot qu such importance ite agreed with following. ought not to have been brought forward in this manner MESSAGE FROM THE LOR DS. A messenger from the Lords brought up the follow- without notice. The machinery in existence was inade ing Bills, to which their Lordships have agreed:— tnd he would stele the Hon. Gentleman if in case , , Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. corruption should be proved, he was prepared to distran- British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company, chise, say the West Riding, and thus leave a consider without amendment, able part of England unrepresented ? He did not clasp rove of the principle of the amendment, but as the ma- Somersetslaire Central Railway, with amendments. p Also, An Act to amend the Law relating to the cer- chinery of the Bill would not apply to counties he hoped tifying and registering Places of Religious Worship of theL HOn. MGROSVENOR ember would not press it ibery was not rin- Protestant Dissenters. ord R said b CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. known in ceunties; he would instance West Gloucester; On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, for a question was not long ago brought belore the whether a certain Noble Lord had not, by Colonel SIBTHORP said he telt it his duty to Committee, oppose the further progress of the Bill. He was the way he interfered in an election for that division, surprised to find the Government had taken up committed a breach of privilege.—(llear,) He ap p rove d and adopted such a measure as the present, which of the amendment, and, if pressed, would vote for it. was originated by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Mr. W AKLEY said, after what had just passed, if John Russell). It was a trap artfully invented by the the Right Hon. Gentleman could not adopt the amend other side of the House, and he warned the went at once, the proper course to take would be to ad- Government against the man-traps and spring- journ the debate. Tnere must not be this invidious dis guns which were placed in their way. The Honourable btween bouroughs and counties. The Right Star Chamber was a farce to the tribunal which was to Gentleman • said counties were pure; well, be appointed under the Bill. There was to be a body let them be kept pure by having something like his Hon. of commissioner's," composed perhaps of briefiess bar Friend's amendment hanging over their heads. But he risters, who were to go to various parts of the country did not agree in the opiniou of the Right Hon. Gentle.. and prey like vultures on the innocent and unwary. man. He believed as much or more corruption existed Such attempts at legislation were unworthy of any in counties as in boroughs; and he firmly believed that assembly, especially when a great po rtion of it consisted bribery in counties would soon be practised on a far of Members who called themselves Liberals. A more larger scale than ever before attempted, be i r o use ) th ld e inquisitorial, unchristian -like, and dan g erous measure stake in the present instance was so great. vv, u he never saw. Instead of doing any good, it would lay move the adjournment of the debate—(No, no)—unless a trap for innocent men, and encourage perjury. The the amendment were put. Hon. and Gallant Member moved that the Bill be read ' After a few words from Mr. W. WILLI AMS in fa d third time that day six mont h s . your of the amendment, Mr. GEORGE HUDSON said he should vote Alderman SIDNEY said he knew from his own know against the third reading, believing that the Bill ledge that in the West Riding it was matter of agree proposed to deal with the constituencies of England ment between the contending parties to give tickets of in a most unfair manner. He was quite satisfied refreshments, and also to pay the expenses of voters to it was not to the advantage of the country to pass such a and from the nomination, and to and from the hust imeasure, and he hoped, when it reached the House of ings on the day of the poll. He knew also that in the Lords it would be kicked out. He could not conceive a elections for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge grea ter insult to the constituenci es of En g land than the it was the practice to pay the 'poorer clergymen their present Bill, because it assumed that most boroughs travelling expenses who came from a distance to vote, were corrupt. Did corruption exist to such au extent and also their expenses at Oxford or Cambridge during as to require such a wholesale and sweeping remedy ? the poll. If the House agreed to the amendment he He believed not, and be therefore hoped the House would 'should certainly move that the universities be also in not pass the Bill.chided in the Bill. Alderman SIDNEY sae , no reason whatever why the Sir A. COCKBURN said there was only one reason constituencies of the country should be subject to the why he objected to the amendment, and it was that injustice which was to be established by the Bill. stated by the Noble Lord near him with reference to The effect of the measure would be to the time and stage at which it was proposed; otherwise encourage a set of persons who had neither money nor he concurred with the Hon. Member as to the propriety r character to lose to come before the commissioners b for of applying the principle to counties as well as to the purpose of giving e vidence a g ainst the purity o h f 1 0-: towns, He believed treating prevailed to a considerable roughs. He was no advoc ate of corruption, but he s ou d extent at county elections; and he also believed that oppose all Bills of this kind which were founded on such other influences existed, which the sooner the attention an unnecessary assumption as to the existence of evils, of the House was called to them the better. When he and which gave powers far exceeding any that had ever found it admitted and avowed that a Noble Lord, a been granted under similar circumstances. member of the House of Peers, had entered into a oor- The House then divided, when there appeared— ! rupt contract in direct violation of the privileges of that For the third reading ... ... 281 House and of the rights of the people, and that his no- Against it ... ... ... .• • 6 , mines to a seat in that House had been denied the privi- Mejority ... „. „, ---275 , lege of soliciting the sieffrages of the electors in his own Colonel SIBTHORP then moved the following county, it was tell time the attention of the House were clause:—"That it shall be lawful to pay to every out- called to the subject. He fully concurred that the prin t) u l dg i voter residing within the prescribed distance of each city, ciple of the Bill should be applied to counties as well as or borough, or having any other right according to Act boroughs, but he felt the danger of admitting any amend wssbedinlithwe of Parliament of voting for such city or borough, such m ha e d nt pa ( Committee.vethe Bill a new character) after it allowance in money, not exceeding 55., as may appear, under existing circumstances , rea sonable for travelling Mr. HORSMAN said that there was nothing in the have Bill about disfranchisement. It only provided that when or other incidental and necessary expens es as may been incurred, or to which he or they m a y have been corrupt practices existed the House might address her liable in carrying into effect the exercise of his or their Majesty to issue a commission of inquiry. He did not elective franchise on the day of polling at s uch election." see why counties should be.excluded. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. FLOYER said, he was as much opposed to cor- Mr. -ANSTEY moved the inaertion, at page 1, clause rupt practices at elections as any ono, but all the cases 1, line 9, after the word " that," of the words following, referred to in this discussion bad, with perhaps one ex " any judicial proceedings have been had in so me court ception, been cases of treating, which, though against of record of competent jurisdiction by which it hath the strict letter of the law, were not attended with any been ascertained or made to appear, or that." great demoraliaatim He did not think the House Sir A. COCKBURN opposed the amendment. ought to depart from the usual course, by introducing a After a few words from Lord J. RUSSELL, the clause at that stage with reference to treating, which motion was negatived without a division. did not extend beyond giving ' a dinner to a poor electo r Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, he could not see why this who had come a long way to vote. He should certain l y Act should not extend to counties. He should move object to the extension of the Bill to counties. certain words which would hare the effect of remedying Mr. HUDSON confirmed the statement of the Hon. that defect. He considered that quite as much corrup- Member for Stafford, with reference to the elections iu tion was to be found in counties as in boroughs. Take, the West Riding. In all contested elections in that for instance, the 501. tenants at will county voters. It division of the county, it was a regular thing for the was well known they were thoroughly: dependent on candidates to give 2s. 6d. and . ss. tickets to their voters. their landlordg, and as bribery was considered to be the He should not vote at all on the Bill, bat he thought the giving of some "valuable consideration "to influence a universities ought to be included. vote, what could be more complete brib er y than to pro- The House divided, when there appeared— mise a tenant at will the " valuable consideration "of For the amendment ~„ 109 ••• continuing him in the possession of his farm if he gave A g ainst it ... ... ... -* 71 his vote according to the dictation of his landlord? Then, Majority for the • amendment —3B with respect to treating, it was notorious that as much On the motion of Alderman SIDNEY the universi treating took place at election time in counties as in sities were also included in the Bill. boroughs. He begged, therefore, to move the insertion On the question that the Bill do pass, of words which would have the effect of bringing cowl- Mr. STANFORD said before the Bill passed he ties within the operation of the Act. wished to state, in a few words, his opinions respecting Colonel SIBTHORP hardly knew how the Hon. it. Ho conceived that no greater humbug could be per- Member could reconcile his present proposition with petrated than for the House to pass such a measure, the vote he had recently given on his (Colonel Sib- when Hon. Members themselves had the means in their thorp's) motion. As far as his own actions were con- own hands of• putting an end to them. 'There could be cerned, he declared he had never controlled a tenant's no doubt that at any general election there was from a vote; and, believing tenants were an honest class of men, million and a half to two millions of money paid in en he would not sanction any motion which tended to cast couraging these corrupt practices, and he hoped the a reflection on them. electors themselves would take the matter into their own Captain HARRIS was ready to support any well-con- hands, and by their just and reputable conduct spurn side red measure for putting down bribery. Ile could the practice which had brought so much disrepute on not discover any valid reason, if inquiry were to take the constituencies of the coantry. It was clear that place, why counties s hould not be included. He believed the great object of gentlemen coming into that House there was as much bribery in counties as in boroughs, was either to enjoy the sweets of office, or to not from landlords intimidating their tenants, but from live in hopes of tasting th e h oney . A n y man who suc h associations as t he freehold land societies, the . ob - acted upon principle, or sp o k e hi s s entiments honestly. jest of which was to bring . the holder, as far as his vote would be voted an ass (Laughter.) The clause which man- t e ob e Lord the Member for London admitted into was concerned, into subjection to tbe committee of hN I •—• ',gement. This and other matters ought to be looked the Bill destroyed any merit that it had. The Bill quite would n into. He believed that one side of y t a h a e t H e o a u t s h e e w r. as the onl not prevent corrupt practices at elections, and put down bribery h by every by that House setting an example of purity to the y way to prevent corruption by the people was a s Mr. machr.toHboe wchAarigwed wwoiuthldbpriub peop'e. said . , if e protection . to 201. and Mr. WAKLEY said he had heard means. cessa ry in England, it was doubly speeches in that House, but that delivered m b e y n Mr. S. CRAWFORDtyheqffueoear. 501. tenants was cc necess ary in Ireland. He should support the amend- Member who had just sat down was the queerest he had ever heard. Th e H on . G ent l ema n had c o mplained ,went. considered that the freehold land so- that there was no purity at elections. Well, surely, they tending the all knew that the only w promoters of those means of the ballot.—( He a a y r, to h p ea re r v .) ent T t ae his b e a v l i l l bt w would franchise, clerics had done much good in the way of ex • it would b . e for the franchise, and whether it was true, as asserted , that societies to say their holdings under the base the members held vote at the service of the tenure Lions, provided they had large constituencies.—(Hear, of placing their V some error in the H on. society. He hear.) The Honourable Gentleman. said that any man hoped there was and Gallant that would 'express himself ' in an independent manner k He thought it was not f • • Member's realer • air to go to in that House would be called an ass.—(A. laugh.) ut first hearing bee opin . a division witho . ion of her Ma- Had the Honourable Genteman been speaking his own jesty's Ministers on the important question involved in sentiments? the amendment. RR/9 said, the Ho Mr. STANFORD—Yes. Captain EIA b. n il and Learned Mem- Mr. WAKLEY—Then what are you ?—(Laughter.) with statingsaidthat t at which was incor- He was told that the Honourable Gentleman had rect. what he from freehold was advanced to pledged himself to form an intimate alliance with persons holding landwag in land societies, that the purer portion of the borough which be while the a money be at the course . of payment the vote of represented.—(Laughter.) But the Hon. Gentleman t he party was to hat he had been informed . was w Gentleman was, however, to be excused, for he understood mr, i neaaE was connected with a freehold land so- the fault was not his riots, an d it was a calumny say own.—(Laughter .) Yet there to the society in clues- could be no great complaint of advances not having tioa interfered with the votes of individuals in any Y. parties wa been made from other Th e whole obj ect of the soci ety was to extend theran- after the character which f to carry out the alliance, the Hon. Gentleman chise.—(Hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Member h f himself. ' They given ~ e o bad at that side of the House tested hoped, would at some future day name the did as he stated, because until shooth done glad 1 f la a pplied to all land societies. Hd bea umny motion or t e ballot. Well, would it be credited, on to hear last occasion when the motion for the ballot was before w hat Government had to say against extending the Bill the House, the lion. Member for Reading voted against to counties. Well, bow Mr. BRIGHT would speak it?—(" Hear hear," from Mr. Stanford.) particularly with respect were they to have purity of election without the ballot? to the freehold land society in Birmingham and other —(Hear, hear.) From the speech of the Hon. Gentle societies in Manchester, and would assert that nothing of man he presumed he was taking leave hearhis political the sort as stated by the Hon. and Gallant Member oc . friends and of that House.—(.. Hear, "fm Mr. culled in those societies. He believed the Hon. and Gal- Stanford.) Well, the Hon. Member had only himself lant Member knew nothi ng of the subject except what to blame for this, because he would not vote for the he collected from the newspapers devoted to his own party. ballot. There was a land society, to be sure, promoted by a Con- The Bill then passed. servative party with which the Hon. Member for North POOR-LAW BOARD CONTINUANCE, BILL. Warwickshire was connected, from whose doings the Lord D. STUART, on the order of the day for going Hon. and Gallant Member might have possibly obtained into Committee on the Poor-law Board Continuance his impressions.—(Hear,) He d e nied that bribery existed Bill, moved that it be an instruction to the Committee in large borough constituencies, such as Manchester, that they have power to make provision for amendiug' Liverpool, Bcc., or that any petitions had been presented the said Bill if they should so think fit. He Considered in consequence of alleged corrupt practices. So, if the the question they had to consider one of the utmost im• plea for exempting counties on account of the large con- portence to a great portion of the public, for it was a stituenoies was good, why then the Bill was improper fact that at any rate wherever there were parishes go and unfair as far as large borough constituencies were mo r on by local Acts a deep interest was felt in the concerned. If one rule was to be applied to b or oughs motion which he had to submit; and he thought that and another to counties, it was tantamount to saying whoever was in favour of the principle of local self- go that one rule of virtue wa s r equired for counties, and vernment should support that motion. He believed another for horonehs. . the foundation of all the power, wealth, that prosperity, and Lord J. RUSSELL would explain why in this Bill freedom of this great country, and the ri b . ple which counties were not inserted in the first instance. There had made England the wonder and envy P of the world, were numerous cases of bribery . brought against bo- wa sth principle for which he had to come d. As re roughs, but none with respect to counties; so therefore gar d ed the present state of the law, he considOred that he it was thought fit to apply the Bill to cases which had could establish three propositions—first, that' it certainly led been inquired into, but not to extend it beyond . them. to litigation; secondly, that the existing law, as inter- There was this further reason why no distinction was preted by the Poor-law Board, was not in baitmony with made in the Bill between large and in small con- the intention of its originalthat the Bill the promoters; and thirdly, stituencies—because it would be difficult system could not be regarded salutary belie& as or to draw a line, and to decide what towns should vial. Its uncertainty was Illustrated in the case of St. and what should not be included. ThePancras of which he should have thep; and al to son why counties 'were not included was simply his belie ' f on the other points which had: mentioned, that which he had stated. lie saw no objec- spin might quote high authorit S R b OPeel was of y. ir ,er in counties a ' if complaints of bribery rose--; Lion—-n on that the power of the Poor-law card should bringing them into this Bill; but he certainly objected not extend to parishes governed by local A ts, and had to insert such words at that moment, as the lion, always thought that where there were im e ase masses Member had not given notice of them, nor had he pro- ofpopulationwell governedunder local Acts it would not posed their insertion in Committee. ' There were r t e control of' three be found expedient to place them nude notices of amendments, but not a word about this one, the He hoped Hon. M . e bars would commisaioners. He considered the amendment was so important that itagree • hthat opinion of Si; R. Peel's. as it not, on ought not to be adopted without notice. Let the Hon. it face of " op e i n more o likely that such parishes as . the it, mach s would be .01 and Gentleman give give due notice, and then the question Marylebone and S t . Panora might be fairly discussed whether counties d ba the ' if they were 1113 er e management ought to moniously governed,. be included. authorities—onen who, from their position in of the local aut The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would every parish, must know the wants, wishes, !and require remark, in reference to the amendment ofthe Hon. ments s —than if goverueil by any me- Member for Finsbur' litan board? Why, in these parishes ';which he had y, that, in any Bill for an inuir tropo into the conduct o f conat i t • • • inquiry with their enormous and continually increasing constituencies, to limit that qy cited , a particular class ofpopulations, the management of the workhous - constituencies would be odious. , owherethe , e es was al toi-.1 nu this was His sincere belief, however, was that there was no ne- Mirs.e; a . IA 4re popularly the not conceive . cessity for ext e ndi ng inquiry to countie ®, as the county elected. He GO than ally pOor-law board commission could be more • constituencies were pure.—(Hear, and laughter.) He or c than the represen • fisted to 'manage these did not believe bribery was practised in counties —and 6 frair : than whom he tatives &losen bit the palish he was satisfied if his opinion were not founded on good loner s, could be found. He hd believed no more intelligent men faith, they would have had complaints brought betor of uaelitioned, as r a result of the present uncertainty the law, that it had given boroughs had been much exaggerated — Cl i fl — s an o t 6o- local board of directors.seme well-known ca es where the bribery was mainly confined to a- limited a estflon of the been brought into or -guardians of the poor had roughs. He did not quarrel with the sag ge ht, however,; There was thf. collision with ,:,the Clonitnissioneri. Hon, Member. He thought the f 1 e ! i ci s e o h n o g yv , if adopted, j properparochialcase et St. Pa 'eras, whind the v.stry, or not at present to adopt it, but to cons' jeurv44atig ated a cas 'of t . authorities, haying dismi4sed . the master it would apply. Suppose the Roused briber y tie commission use reitiatate him at the request of and suppose eers and of bribery at a country election , .by y ,____. ~even, as was said , , to afford the bad they machinery and corruption were preyed, any vvmmleelorters all explanation of tho i oirotimatancee .i 2! ;' 1669,, under which they had dismissed him. He thoseght the vestry of S. Pancras would have beer itteified if they had reused to give information to the Poor-law Board; but in point of feet they had not refused, for no request had been directly made to them. What took place was thin—that on the 11th of March ' when the Right Hon. Baronet oppesite was in office. nletter was received from his office intimating that the Beard would not allow the vestry to dismiss the m o ter without carrying the case by matelimmus to the C .urt of gicen'a Bench; but it the vestry read any chergt to rue.ke against the master, the Board was ready to listen and to report upon it. Teat was the only manner in which imormation was requested, and surely that could nut be called a direct request. He hoped the motion which ho row brought forward would not be resisted by the Government. He would have made it though his politi cal friends had been in power, though he confessed with far less hope than now, when the Treasury beech was i°, oc cupied by Rieht H en. Gentlemen opposite, who, on every occasion when the P,:-or-law 13i11 was breuebt be fore the House, had voted against it. In 1834. when the 4 Bill was fleet introduced; in 1839, in 1840, iu 1841, in 1842, ;- e F and again in 1847, which was the last time this Bill was brought before the iToum, the same opposition wus eivent...) to it. In 1841 the present Chancellor of the Exchequer e opposed the Bill on the ground that it terminated the old , a , parochial constitution of the country, and outraged the , , , manners of the people for a mere sordid -consideration, ,d', In 1847 the present Judge-Advocate objected to the 04 power that was granted by the Bill to the Poor-law :.•' Board. The President of the Board of Trade also he- , :'7 ' came actually impassioned in opposition to the Bill. He declared that the poor would regard the powers that • were given to the Po tr-law Commissioners es a hard ship, and that some day the system would end in a way that they would all be sorry to see. The Noble Lord tire President of the Board of Works used : similar language. The Chancellor oS the Exchequer Again opposed the powers that were vested iet the Commissioners ; and, still more important perhaps, the present President of the Poor-law Board concurred in the opposition of his colleagues, and opposed their going into Committee on the Bill, because there was not a t s h in e g y le mi e g l h a that be had taken re i , , which officen, Government lho tnevseehi sub ject; and it with every respect; but it was only a few nights ago he had heard the Chancellor of the Exchequer declare goenr a t nieh d tttey v r r eoof anobutiriedhetdeehtawei accede os n ce:hs o rde p eteao p tes o oote s hnn i he t l, iid,soptnhou life" poor law. 0: ..: rwndahntidiemedth the intention of carrying outsup porthhe Lionehoped the tor h,p lehe, p deop r aroi that rnoh. might fsncer)oti principles which i lp ' ti i wharfs have' all ol conversion r approvede e ety ed wasa s newionfc. e r l .inters light et w we e no s utlnd the tr ea possible law. Ho believed that under its operations the poor were frequently exposed to great cruelty and oppressett —that the system of medical relief was defective, and did not attain its object — that the poor often suf ferea from the enormous size of the unions—and that the aged poor were treated unnecessary harshness and rigour. He must, therefore, press the motion which he had proposed. Sir. B. HALL seconded the motion. Sir JOHN TROLLUPE said that the present ;Bill was only for a continuance of the powers which the Commissioners of the Poor-law Board already pos sessed for another year, and therefore he thong at it was very inconvenient that the whole management of the rpaoiesrinsgh,gougledestbieendeifsetuhsissedkinbyd. a H ny Hon. Gentleman e didnetoliekthl law was so uecertain as the Noble Lord had supposed, for there were several decisions of the courts of law which established the right of the Poor-lavr Board to interfere in parishes which were governed V local Acts. It was true that a cese had arisen in the parish of St. Pancras, to which the Noble Lord had he; (erred, respecting the right to dismiss the master °f t u ly union, and that question was still in dependence. On! if the Noble Lord should succeed in his present ntetil; there would be an end of the question; but, then , 0° t o f ' other hand, there would be au end to all uniforreitY id law with regard to the relief of the poor; there er od e be one mode of relief to the north, and another ,h l3° or , of relief to the south of Oxiord.streete•—(l ae , - b; hear.) The Noble Lord supposes that ell ' e ff parishes having lee ii Acts were anxious to elie o ;4 4 the control of the. Cemtnissioners, but it happened e we ' , the very first deputation he had the honour to rec e e 't e after accepting offic-, irons a metropolitan parish; es ''';',7, for advice how they might relieve themselves for te tt operation of a local Act. It was plain, therefore, thbp. ' parishes were not so unanimous on this subject as or Noble Lord supposed. It was true there were ' e el petitions in favour of the Noble Lord's motion; but lre pr , , whom did these petitions come? Nut from the r'% h payers, but from the vestrymen—she parochial digel,4 ries who did not like to be controlled by the Poor-lete Commissioners. And if the Noble Lord's motion te l l,. carried, it would exempt about (me-eighth of the pePth e , tion and one-ninth of the poor-law expenditure from the supervision of the Commissioners, and give rise 1 0 0 , the abuses which the Act of 1843 had p at an end 'l, It must not be supposed t hat these abuses existed 00,/,_ in rural districts — there were also malversions in tclti'ol anti expenditure for eating a nd drinkin g which us s• be greatly complained of. He found that even tbe vr a ,,, try men of St. Mart leb e ne did not g ive entire ea felo n lion ; for only the other week a succes sful oppesihho had been raised to the further continuance in o 'e ; se ver o of last year's vestrymen. As a residen t for nese years in that parish, he could himselt bear ev""tbst to the dissatisfaction that was generally felt faro 6 point; and he held in his hand a lett"r - its genti,man who had long been resident PhY sicis oog the workhouse, complaining of several delect s " — r a f ee ell ' others, that the workhouse, which could on l y P';',.; o tsie accommodate 1,500, was sometimes forced to eetifior from 1,900 to 2.200; that there was no prope r cles hse t 0 tion of the inmates; that the boys' school was eh% one the men's ward, and the girls' school to the W ° 7 3 t he ward, and that communication - took place betwee, the children and the adults, to the manifest injury c't, h as former; that the atmosphere of the establishreerjaate ' prejudicial to infant life, so that about seventy ' b e t et died annually in the establishment; while the nute tena t inmates under medical treatment averaged 600, or ! .. .1 g b t one-third of the whole. He (Sir J. Trollope) font.° state that in 1843 a lengthened inquiry to ok place L l 3 th e two medical gentlemen as to the rate of mortality 1100 Marylebone workhouse, and they made a reV rt ha rieg' gave very great offence to the Marylebone etig io tion file Right Hon. Baronet then read a conareenboatie ' from Dr. Boyd, now connected with a pauP er e , ee ltsP' asylum at Wells, and who formerly held a nee , th e n e e pointment under the Marylebone vestry , sho bo ne wi i hard lot of the little girls brought up in the Ms e , o bwee t workhouse, after they lett that estaTeiffleople, • to go to service among the small tru u eh r peete ° and shopkeepers in the parish, eeh ° , s _ t heug li them to do the work of experienced serreP": There it was not-at all suited to their years or statl . 00 two was no reproach on the character of either' ha d read' ' medical gentlemen whose communication s e g e ehleborte Since dissolving their connexion with the svemo t ol vestry they had both been appointed to theLhr o videel pauper lunatic asylums, and he thought t a isbts o was unimpeachable. He contended that the Ipar Marylebone and St. Pancras—the former with 0 a l' ci r; t oo tion of 200 000 and the latter 160,000 —we re al rePerif large to admit of the wants of the poor being P eas trf attended to by local boards. ` e 1 . : Di The I e r ) 0 a, Marylebone ' t ee from the circumstance of its being B l a u the wrongs of r° was occasionally termed the into an arena for the discussion t o,. as owto, l o t o e u ti e m e r s eee is , re r i atol i and of Hungary, and such. questions as the wind h t bei d and the relief of : their own poor. But baud did not neglecte say that in those great parishes there were inapeopf perhaps they had a rig act, provided° cii grievous faults of management which it was in the r h of eris f of the local hoards to remeli For instance, the p c oe. Marylebone had not followed the example of unte9. lo o metropolitan parishes, and removed their pauper 0 31 E uro out of the precincts of the workhouse. lie was orb' that no man who understood the m a nagement o f e eiteil hohse would say it was right to keep 400 childre n , W. , t 0 the walls of such an establishm e nt.—(Hear, bea n ' l orli e , that they had done in Marylebone was to remove esti; sixty or seventy of the children to a sea-batbieg , oh 0 1 bliebmeut at Margate. On the other hand, the P a - r 'ettl St. George, Hanover-square, among others that te o lg pie 0 c named, and than which there was no better eN6 h ear e e a good local man4gement,had removed their they pauP `red to a healthy, dry, airy spot at Chelsea, where erhei ' oo out of the way of contamination, and wher e eve oor I/ was done for their proper accommodation. 13 4 a bart e. 1 ,, with that great metropolitan parish, Marre he eor e confined 400 children within the walls of its 0:1 0 0 c o ,' house, subject to all the contamination. they et w e i're 0 0 4 a ceive from the admixture of classes. He migeh h , t aeh in the Queen's Bench for a mandamus again.st_col`,o,:; tiler ca , e. On the 22d of April last a motion 7%, fe . ', trytnen of Sr. Alary's, blington, to compel he_ o te l , o the provisions of their own local act, to make 9 0 to o .1 Latertyl raid the object to be al o es A the application defendants o v was "to comtnand the. to cause ho, the relief of the poor. The Learned Counsel We Easter Tuesday lasre, the meeting of the vestry o held for the- purpose of f et a raining time a meeting was haiht, e nen s d um an ne e c s e ti s m sa a r t y e to of t . e t e h r e a mt ise o u neoir t i ; s meeting to be assembled, n a h s by adjournment fi On h t 0 / rraeilutaifngetwtehteatpoor in the present year. t a eas , bad assembled under the local act which 'l' t ie' vestry force in the parish, would wase uired for the maintenance of the P ° tP iis pi the year duly presented, but the rate to ra - , e , money was not at that moment agreed to, beei ti o heih the locul act, other machinery was to be pet in c t f before the rate was actually made. The loc al alotire the sth George IV., c. 125, which repealed see er tbe eP o acts passed for a similar purpose. The fact!' o f nei I were these :—On East e r T ues d a y last the re at e l v ;# tneetintz, after due notic e g i ven , an d an oti °3- be 'eh, duly presented, declaring the sum required teoooeo instead for the relief of the poor amounted t L, 0 0 instead of 29;0001, as in 1850, and 27, 00° olt ou e 1851. A motien was made that • this estimate joster be received and adopted, and entered on th e 113 t lje • ll f ilf ' 1 It was objected that if it was adopted a_ fo re e h discussion would be precluded, atict thou tiles, was moved that it should only be entered 0 1: :: 0 t ee` of h metes. This was done. An amendment was t or l'a't ch that the sum necessary for the relief of the po 1 0 5 11 ,e Penny. Tee motion was seconded, but was :hoc' i e. withdrawn; but in the end the me eting neg h et 0 ,00 , ' proposed estimate. The poor were, teerefteT h eat, - 0 , f'i out provision, extrpt theca eh the means ' a nsbi c h t° the a P tioo see oo o , rich and eharit,t , le Wivi.inal. among had advanced. The object of this aPPI i ! ot ib d 0 0 , compel the defendaets, ui.der the provision: .. ti, ati_ cio r local Act, to complete what bad been bg b `h h toe, td, only to enter the estimate on the minute', Wha t dithro the- estimate and to make a rate." Now, t ee f i llsO e court do iu this case? Tho court grant ed t ee c e s , °, tem, and, on the suggestion of Mr7Pashle3h has 0 0' who made the application, that the mattf at pe p! , pre-sing ree,ssity, the ceort o rdered t b u eing (1 1 ' 4 eh should issue at once, instead of thee 0 Bee(' toe` show cause. So that the Court of Quee tt ,,, 0 absolutely to overrule the law of the fu tb relief under the cireumitances. 14°v1 22 23 28 29