The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-24 00:00:00

)N • ~011 a t be 1 ° Re bt t o r t If , teS by, the th e fl n o l4 t it "" :0 ; th ICOP 041 1 so t the C Otr r the C r 9.1 '; l2 ltil r b7t nu, lY d the nt• , ac og o f lo f tees cele pe ; f the os raie pt taut' ri, %g ot o s, deO se s I, qt e c b° W' lie , e, lA • les ,pg COY P ore root ° co° l6 l och er ica° al ill *el' • _ ad o deg' EVE iN G EDITION lONIAN ISLANDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have great pleasure in informing you that the address of the ten thouAand Zantiotes to Majesty, congratulatory of the birth of the Princess Royal, which I mentioned in my last, has been thi s d ay delivered to her Majesty by -, - "r• Gaeta, wh o was presented to the Queen b Lord Charles Fit zroy . y This d ocument, as I have been 'cold, is in itself a great curiositv, as well from t'ne number of sig natures affixed to it (in all' the variety of Greek elligraPhY), as from its being the first address in the Greek language w%ich has been presented to a British Sovereign. trAmongst the ny:Lny thousand names (the Ad tess i s 3 3 3711. - rds in length) a re th ose o f th e -.e 1 11 : 8 t and most i n fl uent i a l no bili ty an d gentry of /olio ; country , awl. I may especially enumerate the c waig—Ce ant Ca n di ano R oma , ex-M.P: ; Count Pietro Macri, ex-M.P.; Doctor Demetrio Th-;a, ex-Senator and M.P. ; Mr. Giorgio Co at,u, M•P ; Andrea. Gaeta, M.P. ; Count An l1.1"1 Cotn.rali, M.P. ; Antonio Strusa, M.P. ; ter D emetrio F rangopu l o , M.P. ; Dr. Giovanni er trio narclachi; Chevalier Carvella ; Spiro C arve l- L a ' A LP. and his brothers ; Count de N as i ; De .,lr ilacri, M.P.; Antonio Macri; Constantin ) .frer ; Gaetano de Rossi; Dr. Gaeta; the 'Archbishop, and all the clergy, &c. Allowme to observe that it is most singular that all these noblemen and gentlemen, who have thus hastened t o be amongst the first to display t eir loyal f ee li ng towards our gracious Protec i;ess, have b een d enounce d b y Si r Howard ouglas as partisans of a foreign influence, and malcontents to the British protection ! Let, how ever, the se ma l contents speak for themselves. ere is the Address, which I subjoin in the.ori g:inai, with a literal translation, and which, speak lethe sentiments not of the Zantiotes only, but all the other lonians, will, I hop e , f or ever si deuce those wh o till now h ave , f or t h e i r purposes, ar 'cl to calumniate this spirited, and grateful People as disloyal and disaffected. have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, Colonial Cl u b , M arch 24, 1841. N lONIAN. The followi ng is the Address in the original, as Presented this day to her Majesty :- 1113 0 X THN ATTHN MErAAEIOTHTA BIKTI/PIAN THN IIPI2THN 4/(A , ANATEAN THE ArrmAl lIPOETATIAA TI2N 112NLaN NHEnN iv ArAOH TTXH, rF ,t 72 "ricris 712; irp:4;7'orocot) 6 1 ,:qc0 - pc 1-Y,5" (LE rxs IvieriXElorr,ro; El 9 E1.17 - 7J%Ec 0)12412.1.ka - "G 670 vripcuo - E xapas TV , XoGpalaY TWY 'IOVCVY Ey °t Z axuvelot in;o9up.orolovv , ral va Excppacovy , ro u , °s. r ry rthgrEpav'MeyaAEionTra T'7;ll airEpsypar q,,6c4e/aAAla7ty 71.. / v 07rOly Elc V 7/ ‘,lll)XritrCAN 70iccViriv X2l l'OCro:7l'oV IrEplCrraCl - IY, Z t E " - >v7rElc Gl 117:0;211 , GpAY01 071 Y i ,tkET'Epa ME' 'V; f : EI°77 )S . 6EXEI cruyicovravEvo - Et va t 8)) El; rot s r ot OpC/GU 7 - ric vas - , ra7rElYac aXAcc c r .4 4 72 7 6 c E uxag - rwy U'lrEe Dric CrlJlrnipylEW; , ry2c -,, z) °76 cz'-'2,YOUTr i c Ev6ccip.ovixs• pf"rEpac ME". pEv'E'°T-rirof Tow' BanXixou Tr,; ILZY;yav, ?tat , row tiotravocou Eovovc, Ai. - vcirznrou Eyb s oEou *1:44 7'oxiztxuni cE'r(4"l---- t ‘ 5E ikErEpa ME - /CLXIOTY,c crl'EpOr/CrCX E;. CCZO rot V kfrr,Aoy epovoy - rw Euvoixov 13AEl.t.,mcc, oi- vz P oc aEx9l vas - EUXac 1 - cvy virooctvop,Entw, 7 r , ‘.16 ; &EV aunts/vat va EX7. - 1744;n pEA'riWtrlY Elc ‘rot 14; i7i 'vz xx.9Errx,ra 'rwy, Eip, - ri alto T . r,v T t p-ErEpav 7,lccEionra, I tLE7'LZEU ct i oeruiv EUEpyEalcov Ty , C °V°IO C.C:, T i e la - roptat OEXES crurecx,rapisp.r,crEi xoci e r vco /Evvr i aly, Tot) ' loyixow Accou *l OEI2 vpovoix ...crax.OUOVO - 2 I'o4 oEpikorEpac l h as. E7tIZI.ICrY) E7rl 77jc T FE'rEp2f MEya r,, °S . X2l EVI 7'OW 7: I OOTra'rEIJOYI - 0; N.Lac EOVGV; q 5. C "EECOrArrouc Oria'aUF.OU; TYc AvEparrov ;i oc r :; 7°s- T7K Errrozrourra oura) Elc , roy c loymoy rwv Et ) ruxiocy, , roti Ya. zap) Eiri T'ex IrPocrcrx c l fcc OoEpylwy 7 . 0c701+ ' EYSoov ' AvaTerric--7 ZczxuvOco r, xtr. AEXEYPpIOV aWp., . TRANSLATION. her Majesty Victoria 1., Queen of England, and Protectress of the lonian Islands. T he May it please your Majesty, je st m,e auspicious event of the birth of your Ma el,eY's first child has filled with joy the heart of 2 41 ,7 lonian, amongst whom the inhabitants of jest e earnestly hasten to express to your Ma iri:ahree fi ia ll d e e d s . cribable joy with which their m Pon such and so glorious an occasion, the i f il l e ,rai . gned presume to hope that your Majesty 44, " - eign to receive at the feet of your Majesty's iert)vust throne their humble congratulations, and. itie,. e " Prayers for the preservation and ever ho-easing happiness of our Majesty and your t iah 4'al Consort, as well as of the generous British t ") the glorious model of political excellence. l ool 'aY your Majesty, from your exalted throne, and down with an eye of kindness on the lonians, ‘,ueign to accept the prayers of the under tli7ed) who can only hope for an amelioration of j est t r pru.sent political condition from your Ma (leZ, amongst whose. 'other virtues and good th e 8 history will number the regeneration o lonian people. r e , I :!'a3 l * Divine Providence, in granting these our our e ," Prayers , pour down upon your Majesty , th e P ro tectress, and the nation of Great Britain, and exhaustible treasures of its infinite grace, ag e th us give to the lonian people the happiness Wi o - J°Ying the prospect of the future good deeds glorious a Queen. z (Here follow 10,200 signatures.) ante, Dec. 16, 1840. It „Rir AN METALLIC CURRENCY. S t . 40 ,,, gated ' Er easauito, FEB. 4,18 . 41. —The Senate promul lievi the following decision in aUkase of Feb. 17, it te t 'S been sanctioned on the 10th by the Emperor : aim rhe Council of the empire, in its . financial . capacity,_____ N'is a general ht h av i n g examined the Prul'''' - , 04 1 or at g r a l ,the Minister of Finance concerning the acceptance itlt' e : g . iked silver in ingots at the, depot chust, and having ti ku l Into consideration the utility of giving a greater ine;'At 5 n to cap ital, has decided as follows . . t , --e depot cbest shall bc authorised to l receive the 4010_,..6 ! d o is l p d os t i t t n io d ns si . lver ingots, conformab y with the ° f ?2 Icl ingots shall not be received under the number Ni l . a ild silver ingots under that of 84. They shall be i,, aged freely for a number of depot bills, c.orrespond e, to tt. . 41 14% the value of the metal which must bc verified by the IN 'ad its value must be certified . by the signature and may t f e Ilan office. Bills delivered in exchange for ingots 4 A exchanged according to existing regulations. 0 pr._ M e `ll h eretofore, private individuals shall 1 Mint to 1 114 e heretofore presenting gold and silver at the be bd. - lialtQ°l4, extracted from the Siberian and other mines et, ' " h eretofore b e exc l u sively presented at the Mint of 4 rh,_ . Pe rg. tersbu ' to, ° 1 "e dep o t c h est shall also rece i ve go ld i ngots w i t h e ll 4. sil ver, and silver with alloy of gold ; but, b as the tied l e l x for these metals cannot be regulated . y any iti t i ll ". it shall be referred each time to the decision of 4,2 I ster of Finance S ot ' In autheriaatian for tke acceptance of gold at the tilt did hest , there shall be made immediate o application of dated July 1, .. 14449 8 71 ; 1 ' itli O n ) s o re f la t t h i e ve i t m o P th ti e al cir m c a u n la ir tTo st u ' of gold coin. lini s : "old cannot be received at the depot . chest in a ~.;ItY less than 51., and silver less than 1/ in bills of the d ep s :* Sntall sums which cannot be paid ellest, shall be paid in ccin. e „ . elir ed Ingti. received at the dept chest can only be re- NI it the Mint with the autbortsation of the Minister of te llla tlee 1 end not until the value thereof shall have been l i n c Th ed i n the aforesaid chest by an equivalent sum either . 14°v...4114:Pet bills,orgold or silver ingots of an equiv,.- e 111 444 Th e verification of the operations . of the depot . as well as of ta e d 'i l l' the receipt and keeping of ingct , I ' l k ke "Iv erY of depot bills in exchange for ingots, t-e ipallace.conformaloly with the dispositions ,, of Ait. 12 of , 8 1 ' 11 0 C o al Ukase of July 1, 1839. . *tpLithi.,%-onimercial Gazette gives notice that the term for e art al the duti.s on coffee imported last season into Nib, : f Ste• Petersburgh is prolonged for two months. .., 184 t. AN 7 a a . - ' 11 4 e - ' e gret to announce the death of Mr. Robert he ell Tti-IV-builder which took place at his house here tiT,estklloekiy.. aafternoon. Mr. Duncan was well known i f s Z e ileiv e Z ano n e a r etive n a d nd . skilful tradesman, of quiat, un oaebable cbaracter. , , His 1144 4 a huilders'o; steamers lrrr must be very widely ex -1,-,,ott)„4a vessels of his construction arc to be found in 1 extent' v rY port where steam navigation is carried on to l!e4 in• The Britannia the first of the line of Halifax 4 1: 4 t ci e r tB ",' was built by him, ' as was also the Clyde, the I- : - ''l memo frig tes itended to carry tbe mails to tt es to Pilla 4 ti s h * V i ,eil,_ald an account of the launhcing of which 11 4d Pee st ve :i v i ttle more than a fortnight ago. .. r A . lthough, x:tai nc ,,:. 'lraking, but . a y al Duncan el ''' 4 111-h reputation even among . the boilders of (It -et P Y a d et el o r b , ° a 's 0 r ilitly entitled to vie with those of any e 4, i nt! world.— Greenock Advertiser. 1 1 4 . ~.l ° U 4 .114ei'tPer juPtioorttoksbaw9 was wounded i‘la at the action of t ilt: t he left , oti tha sth 1811, immediately tetra s nit ac t Clavicle . The one-half y of the ball was i s p lai t , b d .. , but he has been occasionally troubled tolif;:abdu.11:1;0_ e aTI tishhtreeoeoft d so te , 1 )40. 7 at the place where he . was wounded and l‘ti la hi; i rnee that time. Having suffered a good late, an effort made by Dr. I'o4 bullet ad- , pe C ra al ti t o o o n, w to as ex p t e r . w t a f c a o t s at t iy he successful. ether half is , !.a 1) , 11 '"4% extras cd from the patient's back, below e tid i . !li h od,. _rA pertion of the' ball Lad t rema'ned ( e 'ti.. ti ni, 4 4 1 ? a period of enty-nine years and ten 'Note iraVelled from the breast to the Lack. Paper. k , , L ' s l • THE GUNNERY PRACTICE ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ASIA. On Saturday, the 20th instant, her Majesty's slt, A s was iuspected at Spithead by Ad m i ra l Si r E. Codringtoti, and when it is mentioned that this 514 had been in eommission five years and two days, and under the eonitnand of zealous and able officers, nota:ng need be said o f her general discip line, except that it was in all respects perfect. The chief ob ject of the inspection, however, was the efficiency of the gun nery departm en t ; an d certainly nothing could exceed the precision of the firing. A target, consisting of three small flags on different staves, and about a foot and a half apart, was placed at seven hundred yards distance, and it was not one or two shots which either struck it or went near. but the whole, from whatever part of the ship fired, went with almost the same precision. It was not broadsides that were discharged, but single guns deliberately and carefully directed, and the triggers pulled only when the captains of the guns felt certain of their arm. With the excepti.n of a single shot, every one either struck the flags or went between them, or fell within three fret on either side, or passed above them at no greater distance. The Only shot which did not pass within a yard or two, at most, of the centre cf the target, mast have been accidentally misdirected. It was the last fired but one, at a moment when the target was all but demolished, and the sea round it looked like a huge bed of cauliflower, from the splashing of the other shot, so that it was not wonderful the seaman's aim might have been a little disturbed. Sir Edward Codringten, than whom no officer in the ser vice has seen more shot fired, either for practice or in glorious earnest, was so much gratified by this remarkable exhibition of skill, that he considered it his duty to express himself in strong terms of approbation. In a short, but pithy, address, during which, with much feeling and good taste, he alluded to his hav- ing formerly carried his flag in battle on board this very ship, he strongly advised the crew, who, by long habit, had become such thorough-bred men-of-war's. men, and who had shown how well they could work their guns, to continue in the public service if her Majesty. It is greatly to be hoped that this excellent advice of the gallant Admiral may be followed by the highly-disciplined crew of the Asia, and that the ships now fitting out may enjoy the benefit of so much well-directed attention on the part of Capt. Fisher, who has, for a series of years, so ably commanded this perfect model of a man-of-war. PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO THE VESSgLS OF THE NIGER EXPEDITION. His loyal Highness Prince Albert, who has always evinced the liveliest interest in the expedition that is shortly to proceed to the River Niger, has availed himself of the earliest opportu nity of inspecting the vessels to he engaged in it. His Royal High ness , a tt en d e d b y t h e H on. M a j or Keppel, Sir E. Bovrater, Mr. Anson, &c., proceeded on Tuesday to Deptford Dock-yard, and immediately embarked on board her Majesty's ship Albert, where he was received by Captain H. D. Trotter, the commander of the expedition. To afford an opportunity of seeing the o ther v e ss e l s , an d o f examining to greater advantage the arrangements of the Albert, she was got under weigh, and proceeded to Woo! vrich, where her Majesty's ships Wilberforce and Soudan, the other vessels, were 13 ing. His Royal Highness inspected minutely every part of the Albert, and appeared much interested with his visit. The principal pecul'arities in the construction of this ves sel, and the general arrangement of the machinery, were pointed out to him, as well as the nautical instruments, the method of correcting the compasses (which was explained by Professor Airey himself), the sliding keels. Captain Smith's paddle boats, air. Grant's patent fuel, and Dr. Reid's venti'- ating and medicating apparatus, the latter of which was an object of peculiar interest. Dr. Reid explained and super intended the ventilating experiments performed on board, in which he was assisted by Dr. M‘William, surgeon of the ship, and head surgeon of the expedition, in whose charge tha ventilating apparatus is placed, illustrating its action, by exhausting the air from the various compartments, and afterwards propelling it into them—by Altering the ar rangement of the valves—various odorous matters and other substances were successively communicated to the air, which rendered its progress visible. These experiments were concluded by filling the lowerdeck (where the men sleep) with a dense smoke, which was rapidly exhausted, and discharged by the fanners, proving to the great satisfaction of his Royal Highness the command which the apparatus had in regulating the movements of the air. The paddle-box boats of Captain George Smith also excited much interest. Captain Smith showed the method of getting them off and on the paddle wheels. These boats are covered with another boat of basket work, with a cover of sailcloth over all, making altogether four boats, in addition to the number on board other steam vessels fitted in the usual manner. The Prince, on the Albert's arrival at Woolwich, was waited upon by Capt. Phipps Hornby, C. 8., the senior naval officer of the port ; Capt. William Allen, of her Majesty's ship Wil berforce; Capt. Washington, of her Majesty's ship Shearwa ter ; Capt. Bullock, of the Boxer ; and after these and the va rious officers of the Albert were introduced to his Royal High ness, he proceeded on board the Wilberforce and the Soudan, the other vessels of the expedition, where he was respectively received by Commander William Allen and Commander Bird Allen. After inspecting these vessels the Prince landed at the Dock-yard, where he was received by the Commandant of the garrison, and amidst the cheers of a orowded assemblage who had awaited his arrival ; and he entered his carriage, and pro ceeded direct for Buckingham Palace. Sir Fowell Buxton, Hart., attended on board the Albert to pay his respects to his Royal Highness. There were also intro duced to him—Dr. Reid, Capt. Smith, Mr. Laird, of Liver pool, the builder of the vessels ; Mr. Cicalae, of Portsmouth Dockyard ; and Mr. Grant, the inventor of the patent fuel, which was used instead of coal on this occasion, and the advan tages fully pointed out by that gentleman. This visit of the Prince to her Majesty's ship the Albert was the more interesting, as it was the first which his Royal High ness has paid to a British man-of-war. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen had an evening party on Monday at Bucking ham Palace. The Company arrived between nine and ten o'clock, and were conducted to the Throne Room, where her Majesty's private band were in attendance during the night. Refreshments were served to the company in the Picture Gallery. Among the company were the Belgian Minister, and Ma dan-.e Van de Weyer, the American Minister and Mrs. Ste venson, Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister ; M. de Montezuma, the Brazilian Minhter ; the Duke of Wel lington, Marquis of Hertford, Countess of Tankerville, Lord Ossulston, Earl and Countess De La Warr, Lady Elizabeth West, Lord Cantalupe, Earl and Countess of Bosebery, Ladies Primrose, Earl and Countess of. Erroll, Lady Ida Hay, Coun tess of Uxbridge, Ladies Eleanora and Cun.tance Paget, Lord Paget, Lody W. Stanhope, Earl of Morley, Earl and Countess of Minto, the Ladies Elliot, Earl of Euston and Lady litzrey, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Sarah Vil liers, Honourable Captain Villiers, Lady Adelaide Pa get, Lord George Paget, Viscountess Torrington, Vis count and Viscountes Palmerston, Lady Frances Cowper, Lord Jocelyn, Lard Sandon, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lady Elizabeth Fielding, Miss Fielding, Lord Adolphus Fitz. clarenee Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord John Rus sell, Lord Dalmeny, Count Esterhazy, Lord and Lady James Stuart, Miss Stuart, Dowager Lady Rivers, Hon. Captain Pitt, Hon. J. K. Howard, Sir George and the Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Berkley Paget, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. William Cowper, Hon. Miss Lister, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. and the Lady Theresa Lister. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. The Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Major K e pp e l, Sir Edward owater, Captain Francis Seymour, and Dr. Prcetorius, went to Deptford yesterday afternoon to inspect the vessels fitting out for the Niger Expedition. His Roya,l Highness and suite went on board the Albert Steam•packet, and immediately proceeded to Woolwich, where his Royal Highness went on board and inspected the other vessels pre paring for the expedition. His Royal Highness and suite returned to Buckingham Palace soon after six o'clock in two open carriages and four with outriders. Lady Anne Maria Dawson has succeeded Laily Fanny Howard as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. _ The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House. The Ashantee Princes had an interview with Lord J. Rus sell yesterday, at the Colonial-office, to take leave. The Princes were accompanied by Messrs. Hutton and Nichol', and the Rev. Mr. Pyne. Mr. Wyse, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., the President of the Society for Promoting Practical Design, and Mr. Anthony Crosby, the Honorary secretary, had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouehere yesterday, at the Board of Trade, respecting the establishment of Schools of Design in England. bir Bruce Chichester and the Right Hon. G. S. Byng had interviews with the Alargatis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office. _ _ Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., and the Rev. J. H. Mayers, had interviews with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office, yes • terday. FA'_“IIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Marquis of Downshire, in Hanover-square, from East hampstead Park, Berks ; the Earl and Countess of Carlisle and Lady Mary Howard, in Grosvenor place, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire ; Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P., in Jermyn-street, from Devonshire; Lord Harry Vane, in St. James's-street, from the Continent ; the Earl and Countess of Louth, at their villa at Richmond, from Louth Hall, their seat in Ireland; Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., from Arlington Court, Devonshire ; Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P., from a. Bedfordshire ; General :(1 Mr,. Maitland, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from a tour ; Lady Louisa Kerr, at ditto; the Hon. Capta n and Lady Mary Hood, in Hanover-square, from a visit to Lord and Lady Bridport, at.their seat in Somerset shire ; the Earl of Devon, in Bryanston-square, from Powder ham Castle, Devon ; Sir Alexander Grant, Bart., in Lower Grosvenor-street, from Cambridge ; Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart., in New-street, Sizing-gardens, from Devonshire ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa, in Whitehall-gardens, from St. Margaret's, Isleworth ; Edward Griffiths, Esq., at Fladong's Hotel, from New Court, near Ledbury, Hereford shire; Rev. H. Griffiths, at ditto, from ditto; Chad , s Kaye, Esq., at ditto, from Teignmouth, Devonshire; Ruddell Todd, Esq., at ditto, from Brighten. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Jersey, from Berkeley-square, for Middleton Park, Oxon; the Earl of Lincoln, from Park-lane, for East Retford ; Sir Edward arid Lady Kerrison, from Great Stan hope. street, for Brighton • Colonel Conolly, DI. P., from Up per Grosvenor-street, for Ireland ; Lord Braybrook, from Bur lington-street, for Audley-end, Essex ; Lord Charles Welles ley, from Apsley House, for Winchester ; Viscount Holmes dale, from Grosvenor-street, for Montreal, Kent; Lord Charles Russell, from Belgrave-square, for his seat in Bed fordshire ; Lord Clifford and Hon., H. Clifford, for Ughbrook Park, their seat near Chudleigh, Devon ; the Dowager Lady Trimlestown and Lieutenant-General Sir Evan Lloyd, from Regent-street, for their seat in Shropshire ; David James Har mer, Esq., from Fladong's Hotel, for the Continent ; Colonel Barrow, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Sir Tucker Clifton, Bart., from ditto, for Clifton Hall, Nottinghamshire; Edward Henry Chad, Esq , from ditto, for Pinckney Hall, Norfolk ; Admiral Sir James Whitshed, the Lady Whitshed, and Miss J. Whitshed, from Nerot's Hotel, Clifford and Cork-streets, for Holbrook; Mrs. and Miss Grove, from ditto, for Shenstone Park; Captain Cotton and Miss V. Cotton, from ditto, for Cheshire CHANCES. Sir John and Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams, at Dublin Castle, on a visit to Viscount Ebrington, from Clovelly Court, Devon ; Sir Robert and Lady Fitzwygram, at Bath, from Nutwell, Devonshire; the Earl of Carnwath, at Stovington, from Brighton; the Earl Nolson, at Lynton, Devon, from his seat, Trafalgar House, Wilts. DUNBAR HERRING FISHING) MARCH 13. The take of herrings this morning was still successful, some of the boats having about twenty trans. Several curers from L e ith h ave ta k en u p their residence in the town,in the exp ectat i on o f rewirg a good harvest ; and, in cousequence, prices hive con,iderably since yore?... day ; 20s. to 255. per cran having been given. There are no boats excepting tho se b e l ong i ng tu D un bar at the fishing. IND stnc. LONDON, WEDNESD Y, MARCH 24, 1841. NATIONAL STORE AND DOCK BANKS. This is the title of a pamphlet by Mr. Enderby, intended to recommend the establishment of banks issuing paper on the goods deposited in stores. We will, however, allow the author to explain his own scheme : The capital of the Bank of England is all to Govern ment, and it is not payable on demand ; it can only be consi dered as a security, and not as available assets, of which we have evidence; for, under the most pressing difficulties of the Bank of England in 1825, the Government, so far fi om relieving them by repaying a portion oftheir debt, actually increased the circulation, by loading the country with Exchequer Bills; and on a former occasi o n (acting a more just part), they sanctioned a suspension of specie payments. The public would have, as I have before observed, a security in the value of the Dock premises ; and, if we provide sufficient accommodation for the trade of London, and the sphere of the Bank of England operations at Manchester, Liverpool, Bir mingham, &c., the amount would infinitely exceed the capital of the Bank of England lent to Government. In the issue of their notes, the Dock Banks would have the same facilities of porchas'ng or receiving gold on deposit, as the Bank of Eng land; and their other securities would be better, and more profitable. My project, therefore, briefly, is to establish Na ticnal Store cr Dock Banks throughout the kingdom; as a - guarantee for the credit afforded in the circulation of Bilis of Exchange, or the notes, their substitutes. To carry this plan into operation, the Directors of the Dock Banks should advance their notes on the produce deposited with them, taking in addition bills payable at a fixed date for. the amount borrowed; by doing which, they would add the per social security of the parties requiring assistance. Mean while, there can be no doubt but that three or four times the value of goods is often advanced by the Bank of England on bills protessedly for the same commodities, and which have been consumed before such bills became due. • In cases where the pledges or goods deposited are not re deemed within the period specified in the bill, the Dock Bank should be at liberty to dispose of the commodities, and call on the securities for any deficiency. The solvency of such a Bank could not be shaken, as any run on it could only be for the re demption of the pledges. It may be argued that the above scheme would tend to en courage gambling speculations ; and admitting such to be the case for a short period, yet, it would have the effect of storing the nation with produce, sufficient for two or three years' con sumption, when speculath n would cease : for short importations of produce would but slightly influence prices, and high prices would stimulate increased produce aad importation. And taking rent, interest, &c., into calculation, no advance could be obtained to meet expenses sufficient to induce a speculator to attempt to monopolize the market. We might, indeed, under all circumstances, expect a more regular price for commodities, —whereas, our present monetary system subjects them to great fluctuations of price : for, money may be very abundant when the quantity of produce is small, which must have the effect of enhancing its value; and, again, when produce is abundant, money may be scarce, which must tend to its depression. These operations we have, to our cost, experienced; but should my proposed views be entertained and generally adopted, such difficulties could not occur : for, as commodities became limited or increased in store, so would the circulation of the notes be extended or contracted. The plan suggested would require no capital beyond that for the construction of the Dock, which of itself would be of great value, and exceed the paid-up capital of other Joint-Stock Banks ; whilst tl e liabili.ies of such a Bank can only be great when the Dock is full of goods, and, consequently, paying best. Thus, then, such an establishment weuldpresent all the benefits of any other Joint-stock Bank, with increased security. If individuals choose to engage in the scheme --- - - thus , recommended by Mr. knaerby, we see no objection, nationally speaking, to allow them to do it. At the same time the scheme does not appear to us to require national encouragement. It might be advantageous to holders of goods, but why should the consumers find means to en able the holders of goods to keep them out of the market ? The interest of the consumer lies in an opposite direction ; and as Mr. Enderby's scheme is avowedly intended to enable holders of goods to keep them out of the market till the market rises, the consumers—the great body of the public—have no motives to encourage such a scheme. We are inclined to think that Mr. En derby has overlooked the essential principle of a bank which is to lend and borrow money, or circu lating credit, and thereby enable manufacturers, merchants, and others to continue and extend their operations. Mr. Enderby's bank would have no money, it would have only goods (without the power to exchange them) and fixed capital. Such a scheme might answer to a limited extent, where there were money banks with which to exchange the notes of the dock banks. But we cannot suppose that it would be of much service, beyond ministering to the convenience of those who have bought and hold large quantities of goods. THE EDUCATIONAL TEST. A sensible pamphlet has appeared, entitled, "A Letter to W. Lovett, sometime resident in War wick Gaol, by a Non-Voter," which contains a number of shrewd remarks on political topics, which all political students should read. The writer is very caustic on the Church, describing it as "hostile to human progress and human good," and counselling the people " ever to cherish a lively sense of the injuries which the State Church has inflicted upon the country." We must content ourselves, however, by passing over his out-spoken remarks on " this unswerving foe of popular rights and popular happiness," and with quoting his acute observations on the educational test. This is a subject on which the popular stream sets in a direction adverse to the writer, but he knows this, and he breasts it and forces his own way a-head in the following language:— Whatever hollowness there is in finality, there is much appa rent plausibility :in the educational test. Those who argue that it is a rational safeguard against the voter's mal-exercise of the trust reposed in him are listened to with eagerness, arid too often with conviction. But who is to decide in what this test consists, and by whom it is to be applied? Mere intellec tual training is not education in anything like a complete sense of that word. The educational institutions of this coun try, from the lofty university to the humble pat ish school, are conceived in too narrow a spirit to send forth men able to un derstand rightly the richest or the poorest privileges of citi zenship. But they believe themselves educated, and the bulk of society, especially the labouring classes, uneducated, and hence the adoption of the educational test as a means of ex clusion. The working men are, I know, on their guard against this sophistry, and remembering what these self-styled educated men have done, dread what they may do. "Educuted men" have hitherto had the monopoly of the Government of this great country, and from one end of the land to the other, complaint, bitter, energetic complaint, is daily growing louder and louder. It is " educated men" who have, in the course of the last century, imposed upon us the enormous debt of eight hundred millions of money, to pay the interest of which every article of the poor man's food and the poor man's cloth ing is taxed to an extent unknown in the most despotic coun tries of Europe. It is "educated men " who by their restric tions have nearly ruined trade and commerce, and who now, supporting the infamous Corn-law, are driving our manufac turers, our artizans, arid our capitalists abroad, whilst they are inflicting starvation upon us at home. It is " educated men" who have planted in Ireland a Protestant Church amid a Catho lic population, who have upheld that Church by force and massacre, and who, in doing this, believe that they have acted upon the pure and holy principles of Christianity. It is edu cated," aye, " highly educated nien," who have blessed us with a Protestant Church in England, which in her principles and practice is the most Popish institution in Christendom, de priving men of their liberty and property with the unscrupu lousness of a felon, and which dares to pretend that Arch bishops and Bishops, with their tens and twenties of thousands, roaring their mitred fronts in courts and senates, are the de scendants of the meek and lowly Jesus; or that the preachers of hebdomadal sermons are the religious teachers of a civilized community. It is "educated men' —but why need I unroll the catalogue of wrongs heaped upon the people of England by men self-styled educated, and who only arrogate the charac ter as ptiests have been wont to claim superior sanctity, in order the more easily to impose upon the rest of mankind. The simple truth is, that the term " educated" is employed with out being understood. No account is taken of that large class of influences which intercourse with society and the daily per formance of our duties supply. The character of a man is more operated upon by these than by the barren studies of his youth, and it is no exaggeration to assert that they are a fir better index of his fitness to exercise the elective franchise than the most profound acquaintance with classic or scientific lore. If any such test as this is to be the criterion of the right of voting, a moral would be infinitely preferable to an intellec tual qualification. We know nothing of the author, but his pam phlet indicates both an inquiring and a fearless mind. It will do good by "defecating the stand ing-pool" of the public mind. TRIALS FOR MURDER IN IRELAND.—The verdict of the jury in the case of Hughes, who was tried la,t Tuesday at the Armagh Assizes for the murder of, Mr. Powell, is freely commented on and condemned by the Mail; while the acquittal of the notorious Sam Gray at the Monaghan Assizes is regarded with equal disfavour by the Dublin Evening Post, the Maits political antagonist. Speaking of Hughes's trial, the Mail, amongst a mass of angry sayings, has th, , , following :—" Another farce, similar to that enacted at Tullamoore. has just been played off at Armagh, and another person, charged with a most le "long murder, has been enabled, for a time et least, to frustrcte the ends of justice, through the weak and per. nicious policy of the Crown. Mr. Powell was murdered in cold blood, at his own door, in the presence of his daugh ters, ore of whom clearly identified the prisoner as being active in the perpetration of the foul deed. Another wit ness saw the same man retiring from the scene of slaughter immediately after—and, on his capture, his clothes were found to tear the traces of recent blood, and these clothes he at first denied to be his. The conclusiveness of the case may be judged of from the fact that, although the Crown, as usual, declined to exercise their right of challenge, one individual only was found true encugh . to the popular system to hold out against the conviction of his companions, The construction of the Jury, however, was sufficient to make it notorious, from the moment it was sworn in, that there would be no verdi t. Before a word of evidence was given, it was known to every one in the Court-house that a conviction was hopeless. We do hope and trust that this gross case will have the effect of compelling the Crown to return to their old and constitutional exercise of the right of chal lenge. It is the grossest case that has 3et occurred. The Government should send down special commissions for th e trial of those caceg in which the Julies ail be selected from the gran 1 panels of the c ountr y. This we say will be the duty of the Government ; but, a t the same time , we are bound to declare our conviction that, unless the Jury_ bixes of the country be purged r f lie case th.gt human testimony can make will ever be sufficient to pro_ cure a verdict in prosecutions of this description." MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of March 23.) SUGAR.—For British Plantation Sugar there has been a somewhat better demand from both grocers and refiners, and prices have become more settled; still buyers have operated with much caution, the purchases for the three market days amounting to only 240 hhds and tierces, at prices much the same as those previously quoted; good and fine brown Jamaica have been disposed of at 63s to 70s ; good middling yellow St. Kitt's, 763 ;_ good b r i g ht b r own, 72s ; good brown St. Lucia, 68s ; rather better grayish, 70s ; and 68s have been re jected for strong middling grey Demerara ; the scanty business done in this market may be in some measure ascribed to Mau ritius and Bengal telling 4s to 5s under the rates current for West India. To-day holders of British Plantation evinced firmness, and the rates previously established were fully supported, but the transactions were extremely limited, and the sales are not worth enumerating : the scanty business done may be princi pally attribdted to the trade having been engaged at the public sales of Mauritius and Bengal. REFINED.—To -day there was a good demand from the home trade and prices have improved, sales of standard lumps were made at 93s 6d to 945, Treacle is, however, dull of sale at 30s to 38s. In Bastards and Pieces the operations were on a more extended scale, and prices are firmer. Bonded crushed sugar sells more freely, and prices are firmer, sales of first quality made at 32s 3d to 32s Gd per cwt. MAuftiTrus.—This afternoon the public sales attracted a large attendance of the trade, and they were anxious to pur chase ; the total quantity offered amounted to 4,922 bags ; the principal part was disposed of with fair spirit, establishing an advance on the rates of the last public sale of 2s to 4s, fine yellow went la 73s to 765, good 67s to 70s, middling and low middling 64s to 66s 6d, fino brown 59s to 60s 6d, middling to good 53s to 58s per cwt. EAST INDIA. --1 his afternoon the home trade were desirous to buy Bengal; at public sa'e 5,376 bags were offered, besides 100 bags Khaur uncleared from a former sale, nearly the whole found buyers with fair spirit, but the advance cannot be quoted more than 2s as compared with the prices of the last auctions, lew white sold at 66s 6d to 675, middling 67s 6d to 68s 6d, good 69s to 71s, fine 72s to 735, damps and washed 63s 6d to 70s ; Khaur taken in at 50s. for damps. FOREIGN.—This afternoon there was less business trans acted by private treaty in most descriptions, but prices were firm. At auction 1,086 boxes Havannah were offered, an in different parcel, all the sound taken in at full prices, viz, mid dling white at 325, soft dingy 26s 6d to 295, low soft yellow 23s to 245, brown 21!, washed 20s 6d to 21s, several lots of damaged were however disposed of at fair prices, viz. washed white at 23s to 26s 6d, low dabs 19s to 21s 6d, brown 17s 6d to 18s, a few lots sound low soft'sold at 21s to 22s per cwt. MOLASSES.—Prices have suffered no further depression for West India, but the transactions have been extremely limited, 28s to 36s is the value of low to fine quality ; several parcels have arrived. COFFEE. —Holders of West India have displayed firmness, and former rates have been sustained for all descriptions, but the demand has been limited, and nearly the whole of 200 casks 100 barrels at public auction was taken in (mostly St_ Lucia and Berbice), holders not being disposed to submit to lower rates ; the trade on the other hand were for the most Dart not disposed to purchase excepting at prices rather under those of this day week; the large supply of the lower sorts of East India operates against the demand for West India. This afternoon prices were supported for both East and West India; for the former there was a fair demand privately from both shippers and the home trade, but in the latter few purchases were made • none of either kinds were offered at auction. Foreign is held firmly, and the demand is improving. At public sale 334 bags Brazil were disposed of at full rates ; low good ordinary mixed went at 40s to 41s, good ordinary 42s to 42s 6d, sea damaged 35s to 43s 6d per cwt. Cocoa.—Holders of British Plantation have refused to lower prices. Trinidad taken in at 50s to 54s for ordinary and good rcd. Foreign at firm prices. The rate at which the Government contract was taken has not been allowed to transpire. TEA.—There has been a good demand for Free Trade Tea to supply both town and country orders, and the rates previ ously established have been fully supported for Congou and Twankay, but at the public sales prices gave way Id to 2d per lb for Imperial, Gunpowder, and Hyson, the prin cipal part offered consisting of these sorts. The total quantity submitted to public competition amount ed to 11,034 packages, 5,000 of which were disposed of with fair spirit at the following rates, Congous mixed black ish leaf, Is 7i to is 74d, blackish leaf Is 84:1 to Is 9d, strong to Pekoe flavour Is 9id to 2s 3d, Hung Aluey is 6d to Is 6d, Pouchong Is Bd, fine 2s Bid, Souchong mid mixt If is Bd, good mid blkish if 2s 5d to 2s Bd, fine blkish if 3s 4d to as sd, Orange Pekoe good 2s 6d to 2s Bd, fine '2s 10d to 3s 34d, Twankay yellowish leaf Is 7id to Is 7id, brightish leaf Is 70 to Is Bd, Hyson skin very low is 2d, yellow leaf is sid, Hyson low ordinary is lid to Is 71d, coarse yellow leaf 2s 30 to 2s 4d, middling 2s 8d to 3s, good middling brightish leaf 3s 41jd to 3s 6d, good 3s 9d, Young Hyson Twankay flavour is 10d, Imperial middling coarse 2s 5d to 2s 80, good middling brightish leaf 2s 11d, Gunpowder coarse 2s 10d, mid 3s 2d to 3s 7d, good 4s, scented Orange Pekoe 2s Bid to 3s lid, Twankay skin is 2d per lb. By private contract several purchases have been made, the lower sorts of Congou, however, have been most in request, com mon for cash has been selling at is lid to is 'lid per lb. The deliveries of tea for home consumption have fully equalled the averag-e, and large 'parcels have been again exported. In the speculative market, a fair amount of business was trans asted in the early part of the week, and Company's Congous produced ls 7d to ls 7jd cash, but during the last few days the market has been inactive, and prices have declined to Is 7P to is lid cash. To-day the demand was limited for Free Trade Tea, and but few purchases were made in either black or green descrip tions, holders, however, were firm and refused to sell except ing at former rates • common Congou for cash is with diffi culty to be purchased under Is lid per lb. Company's Con gou met with a slow sale, and closed at Is lid cash. Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-West India Rum has been taking very sparingly for both home consumption and shipping ; the total sales have amounted to only 150 puns since this day week, fine Jamaica from 7s to 7s 3d, of which the sup ply is very small, have brought former rates, while middling 30 her cent at 6s is about lid to 2d lewer ; proof Leewards are, owever, not to be purchased _under 2s 3d per gallon. In East India the transactions have been on a more extended scale, being 240 hogsheads Calcutta at is 6d proof strength. Brandy has been taken sparingly, old sorts have _ brought former rates, but new kinds are 2d cheaper ; we quote Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1836, 5s 4d in hhds, and puns 5s 2d; do 1837, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; do 1838 hhds as, puns 4s 10d; do 1839 hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; do 1840, hhds 3s 6d, puns '3s 4d. Geneva has sold i teadily at former rates. British Corn Spirits have met with a w sale at 9s 10d to 9s lid cash. _ _ The stock of West India Rum is 2,643 puns and 598 hhds larger than at this time in 1840. Sric ES. —This afternoon there was less demand for Pepper by :private contract, but holders were firm. 160 bags Black aft 75 bags White were offered at auction, the former taken in at 3id for good brown Penang but dusty, being the full value, the lattersold at 6id to 10d for low ordirary to middling. TA LLow.—Prices continued on the decline all last week. On the spot for Petersburgh Yellow Candle, holders accepted 45s 3d to 45s 6d, which was 3d under former rates. For de livery towards the end of this and for all next month prices declined from 44s 3d to 44s 6d. For the last three months of the year at 45s 9d. South American at 36s to 43s 9.t for low to good hard quality. Town Tallow and Rough Fat is rather cheaper. To-day there was a fair business transacted in P. Y. C. on the spot at 465, but for delivery there was little passing, prices however were supported. OILS.—In common descriptions of Fish Oils prices have given way for all kinds. Pale Seal 311 lOs to 311 15s, Cod 261 to 261 ss, and common Southern 251 to 251 lOs ; good middling and fine pale sweet quality taken in at 271 to 29!. For Sperm prices have further given way; ,fine quality sold at 941 per tun. For Linseed Oil prices have further im proved ; sales on the spot have been made at 29s 6d to 29s 9d, and for delvery at 30 to 30s 6d. Prices remain high for Rape. Cocoa Nut 011 at 36s to 38s. Palm Oil is not cheaper. Olive at previous rates. This afternoon 783 casks E. L Cocoa Nut Oil at public sale only a small part sold at 38s to 38s 6d. RlCE.—Java Rice at easier prices for the lower kinds, the better sorts brought former rates, low and good yellowish mixed with Paddy went at 8s to 9s 6d, low middling to good middling white 9s to lls 6d. Bengal has maintained previous rates, middling white Bengal 12s 6d per cwt. Carolina has maintained former rates. SUDBURY ELECTION COM- MITTEE. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday-) The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Mere wether, but nothing important was elicited. Mr. AUSTIN then summed up the evidence, and contended that the Committee must decide the election of Mr. Tomline to have been a good and valid ore, •and that if they should be of opinion the nomination of Mr. Bagshaw was in time, still, as the petitioners had neglected to prove that the proposer and seconder were electors of the borough, they could take no legal cognizance of the fact. Mr. Sergeant MERYWETHER being called upon to reply, begged the Committee (it being nearly four o'clock) to allow him until to-morrow to prepare himself. Ma. AUSTIN and Mr. Sergeant WRANGHA m opposed the application, and said that as there would be two other Commit tees sitting to-morrow, it would be for the convenience of Coun sel, as well as for that of the Committee, to bring the inquiry to a close that evening. The CHAIRMAN said it would he particularly so, as several members of the Committee wished to attend her Majesty's first Levee for the season to-morrow. . Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIICK repeated his application, and assured the Committee that he would be as brief in his reply as pos , ible. After some discussion it was arranged (Mr. Sergeant Mere wether undertaking that his reply should not occupy more than an hour), that the Committee should adjourn until to morrow at ten o'clock. Mr. AUSTIN-1. shall hold my watch in my hand, and time my Learned Friend tomorrow.—( Laughter. ) * The Committee then adjourned. t h e Queen Dowager has given 25/. subscribed 1001.,y, and and the the D H u n k n e . a l E y lba g ort i l w Oh n fas a donation of 50/. ; and the Bishop tow H ar e d r s IN'thleajreessroyration of ll ra S ersr t . 01 arwl iv ob l oy a . : c y l%, l ia s non stdreCil contributors. The Bradford,ST ta h ff e o r rd e. . Mr. Jesse Watts o h T f a h v e e Sutherland, p r l e c o t f i l Ferrara, 8,000/ ; and o p f a re pair; sßacive. Lichfield, eA 3. t i EarinacatTalbot,e dFetrroa Russell, of Iltrn Hail. g i v i l i g - the munificent sum of 5,000/. for the restoration of the interior of that venerable edifice, and to have it rc-pevied- CWMBRANE.--IL has been truly said that no district in the known world abounds with such natural fa cilities for manufactures as South Wales. To furnish the great moving powers of the world, iron and steam, Nature ha 3 done all; human indust r y and enterprise are alone wanting to evclop the riches of the district. Another product of our mines, we find, is no.s added to our list of exports; and begins to assume the p l ace of an important branch in the trade of this port. Nve allude to the manufacture of fire clay. About two years past a stratum of clay, bearing an exact resemblance to thavfound around the Lye, in Staf fordshire, and known by the name of Stourbridge Clay, was found at Cwrnirane, on the estate of R. J. B!ewitt, Esq., M.P. EDINBURGH.—An adjourned meeting of t h e Assembly's Commi3sion took place hero on Wednesday. The object of the adjournment was to afford as oppor tunity to the Strathbogie ministers to compear personally, and admit the facts in the libel ; but the summons not has ing been complied with, i t was resolved to report the case, as it stands, to thensuing Assembly. The p ro p osal to hold an ad erel meeting at Bundy, in the event of the seven ministers not appearing bete, wen abandoned. The pro ecedings on Wednesday are chiefly remarkable for a lugu b ' ;us speech by M r . Dunlop, on the present deplorable LLite of the Church, which is noticed in another Column.-- Semmes SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FRODI TILE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) We think it right not to leave unnoticed one or two points in the discussion of last night upon the Poor-law Amendment Bill. To the principle of the amended Poor-law we have always been favourable ; and, indeed, it would seem that no parties adv en t ure to avow themselves host le to it. We say this; because we observe that every critic of the pre sent system takes care to disavow any ilea of sever:lag to the old one. Now the principle of the amended law is, in fact, nothing else but a negation of the abuses that in hered in the unamended one. Those abuses were insepa rable from the unch:cked machinery of relief; and in fact that machinery was framed to facilitate those abuses. It was no venerable immemorial system ; it was no older than the Pitt Ministry ; and the years of high prices at the commence:nest of the last war. The absolute power of rebel' entrusted to a single unpaid Magistrate ; the Mr gisterial allowance system, pauperising the whole mass of the peasantry—these were abuses, it is now said. Yes— but abuses carri,d on systematicaly. Any Ma istrate (and there would always be one or more such characters in a district) who was ambitious of the title of the poor man's friend, by the cheap and easy process of putting his hands in the pockets of the provident and industrious, to supply weekly donatives, wlthout discrimination or scrutiny, to all who applied for them —any such personage could buy popularity, et the cost of otters, wi host restraint. The consequences arc notorious to every one in his own Le'gh bourhood. It was a matter of indifference to many to seek, or deserve, employment. Others, fully employcd, and well paid, Isere see( ivera cf parish allowances ; and that, in many easei round London, unknown to their employ era. All this, be it remembered, was at the charge of the pru dent and well disposed; not only the great land-owner, but the small tradesman, and even the labourer, were taxed, and often stinted in the honest wants of their own families, to pay the path pension list of able-bodied idleness or im providence. We are told, indeed; that such a cha , aeter must not be ascribed to pauperism —that the condition is involuntary; and must not be treated as criminal. We say, that neither must it be treated as the regular andnormal condition of any large masses of the British people. It must not be erected, as some " poor man's friends" seem to desire, into a recognised status in society, to be made as comfortable as possible. And for this simple reason— every comfort you afford, without labour, is a temptation to become an applicant fur gratuitous maintenance. (From the Standard.) The division upon Mr. Easthope's amendment may be taken as a notice to the Poor-law Commissioners tl at their reign approaches its terminati,m. They have ind, ed obtained, ostensibly, a respite for five years, by a majority of 39, in a House of 314 Mem bers; but they have obtained it upon terms which leave them but tenants-at-mill in fact, and through the influence of supplications almost abject. The new law, or the Commissioners—for practically they are identical— have been now tried for seven years; and the resuit is (to use the words of Lord John Russell's very well guarded adrrii=sion) "It cannot be denied that a very strong feeling against the continuance of the law by the Bill before Parliament pervades the country." The feeling is strong, and it will be stronger. The divi sion of last ❑ight proves its force already, but the whole strength of the feeling will be imperfectly appreciated from insulated divisions. We must look to the period during which this feeling has been progressively advancing. The New Poor-law Bill was carried in 1834 by ttiumpe ant majorities ; the law has beer, nearly :even years in operation, and the vote for its continuance is obtained by a majority cf no more than thirty-nine. We are not of the school who oscrile absolute wisdom to the decisions of any people ; but there is this distinction to be taken ; though the people of England may tan, and often arc, deceived in their estimate of the merit of untried measures, they rarely are mistaken in the judgment they form upon measures which they have seen tried for so long a period as seven years. It cannot be disputed that the New Poor-law has been steadily advancing in the extent of its unpopularity. It is very true that from the first many persons denounced the law as angrily, perhaps more angrily, than any one denounces it Et pi esent ; but their number was far less than the number by whom the law is now condemned ; and this was the natural course of an oppressive system. Men cf clear foresight and strong feelings see through the character of such a system almost intuitively, and as promptly ex pose it ; but the many arc less far-sighted and mere apathetieal, and they wait for practical testimony. If that practical testimony prove favourable, or even if unfavourable testimony be absent, the result is sure to be to the advantage of the mt asure upon its trial, and the earlier accusations re-act to its honour ; but where, at the end of seven years' experiment, the public feeling against the system is seen becoming progressively stronger and more diffused, there can be no doubt that th© practical testimony has demonstrated its oppressive character. (From the Courier.) The new Poor-law discussion was resumed in Committee last etesing, and as the discussion proceeds so also Is at interminable succession of new Poor-law h srrors consccu ively evo.ved. Nay more, as if the thou salsas of hideous cases, already matter of history, were not sufficient cr appaliing enough to open the eyes wad move the hearts of the Members of the House to the exterminatory principle of the new law, and the accordant practice of the commission of administra tion, not one day passes over their heads in which the everlasting processes of new Poor-law murder are not repeated and gazetted, with, however, loathing re pugnance by the daily press, in all the frightful varie ties of death by new Poor-law starvation ia the workhouse, suicide out of doors rather than submit to it, and infanticide by heart-stricken, desperate mothers, f antic with the pangs of want and the refusal of even new Poor-law relief. We hold the present occurrence of such cases to be almost an especial interposition of Providence, by way of warning to the hard of heart, and the wilfully blind of understanding, that resistance to new Poor-13w barbarism may be policy as well as mercy, for it is not in the nature of things that innocent life wantonly sported with and slaughtered should long cry out for vengeance in vain. The people may one day arise in their wrath and sweep away both the odious Jaw, its authors and abettors. To be just betimes is to be wise to salvation. TREATMENT OF THE INSANE POOR. A pamphlet with this title, published by Ridgway, contains much useful information on the want of reme dial treatment for the poor of unsound mind in England, and on the proposal to confine them in the wards of workhouses. The writer, a medical man long acquainted with the treatment of the insane in rural districts, ob jects to the clauses in the New Poor-law all transfer ring tho insane to the care of the Poor-law Commis sioners, as well as to certain clauses in an Act for the treatment of paupers renewable this Session, and recom mends that in each county or in certain districts of two or more counties lunatic asylums should be ercc!el distinct from the union workhouses. As under these Acts," he says, " the treatment of all paupers of unsound mind not in public asylums is regu lated, and as by the Parliamentary return in 1837, Et ap pears that of 13,667 lunatics and idiots on the palish books, 2,780 only were in public asylums, while 1,491 were in private institu ions, and 9,396 were subjec!cd to no reme dial treatment, but under the care and management of the guardians of the poor were maintained as in or out of door paupers,' the present time seems highly favourable fur obtaining more effective laws, and a more humane treatment, for this most destitute class of society." Iti another place he adds— " The cure of lunacy seems to depend almost entirely upon its being immediately dealt with. Lord Lyndhurst in his invaluable speech on the subject, Dec. 23, 1830, Ee's down the ratio of cures under ordinary circumstances, where no pans are taken as to early treatment, as lin 2 1- 6Ji and 1 in 21 ; but the testimony of asylum kt epere as to success where immediate measures are taken, is far more gratif ) ing. Dr. Willis declares 9 lunatics out of JO recovered if they were placed under his care within three months from the attack ; Dr. Burrowes has reported 221 cures out of 242 recent cares ; Dr. Finch has stated that 61 out of 69 patients have recovered, who were received into his asylum within three months after the first attack of this disorder, and at the Retreat, near York, 7 out of 8, or perhaps a larger proportion of recent cases Isaac ter minated in recovery. It has been found.' says the Gloucester Asylum Ilepert last year, ' that thirteen fif teenths are cured, if sent within the first eight weeks." The following extracts expose the absurd tests of sanity too often acted upon in Courts of Law and Com missions of inquiry into Lunacy : " A man otherwise sane thought Dr. Sims our Saviour, and a person likewise. intelligent ordinarily imagined he corresponded with a princess in cherry juice, and the judges, the visitor, and jury, respectively in each ea - ,e, thought the patient deserving of confinement. On the second, Mr Blundell'e will cause, a barrister is sail to have He entertained strange opinions as to the Corn laws The witness replied, Most strange, very like what I have read in the House of Commons specchee' Then a gentleman misspelt the word through in a letter, threw,' and found it labelled 'this is lunacy.' In another irstaure a mart's sanity was to be tested by his knowledge of the multiplication table ; and Dr. Pritchard mentions a case of a person of property, who imagining Queen Char lotte was in love with him, the Chancellor granted a Com mission against him, and when declared a lunatic, his accounts were found by his committee so intricate that they could not unravel them. But the lunat:c enabled his sane friends to surmount all difficulties, and became actuel!y, if not formally, the steward of his own estate. The ab surdity, because a person has a delusion on one point, of assuming that he is altcgether of unsound mind, has been exposed in all ages, and yet we are dilly acting as though no experience had warned us on the subject." England has done less in this respect (the treatment of lung ics) than most other countries, and it is paiefal to compare the institutions for mental diseases in the poorest Roman Catholic communities with those of rich and Pro testant England. Tho proposal to shut the poor up in wards of wcrkbouses, if adopted, will not only inflict long years of pain and suffering on those upon whom we have already imposed sufficient torment, but must degrade the country in the eyes of those other European nations who estimate highly the discharge of this undeniable duty to our neighbour. The plan of inclosing in one ward the furious and the fatuous, mutually to torment each other for the rest of their lives, seems borrowed from the ima gination of some Dante, and not gathered from sources which should influence a Christian Legislature. A recom mendation t > destroy these sufferers would be mercy in comparison to leaving them to drag out such an e xistence. The proposal of the Poor-law Commissioners leaves the Government no longer the power of halting between two opinions. The cry is loud for inquiry; the Magistrates in Middlesex petition for it ; all the authorities, Combo, Browne, Pritchard, and even Dr. Conolly, i❑ the last Hanwell Report, agree as to the deplorable state of many of the asylums in England; and Mr. Pcrceval's book has been very generally read, which bears a strange testimony on the subject. with three efficient The public asylum not kept for gain, bead officers, the chaplain, the superintendent, and the medical attendant, wholly independent of each other ; and ti - e Magistrate, not as a mere visitor, but as proprietor of the house, engaging, paying, and discharging the per sons employed, and yet with no pecuniary interest therein, is the true remedy for the exiitiog state of things. The Illadhou, - ,.e Bill might perhaps be advantageously submitted to the following changer. The erection of asylums made compulsory, and Vie clause retained allow ing the junction of c•miniics. Of these asylums it should be directed that the plans before budding, are pa3Fevi by the Metropolitan Commissioners Board, or by some ether compt,teut body, in order to insu re th a t all cDotingeri&es are provided for, and indeed to prevent that lavish expen diture which has done much towards checking the increase of these asylums. The rich patients should be excluded, and a junction with other, and anomalous, bodies, is very undesirable, such as subscribers, or City Magistrates, .SLe Patients residing in the county, if there is room after the public paupers were provided for, might be admitted, to be treated in every respect as the poor, and paying, as is now the case at Lancaster, such a weekly sum over and above the board, as would defray their debt to the county for the use of the buildings. The cost of such a public asylum, when compared with that of wards provided with the conveniences ParFarrent would insist upon, if stated, would show immediately the ire:gibility of the latter plan. LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA (From the Liverpool Times, of 23d March.) The Oxford, the New York packet ship of the Ist of Marcb, ariii.ed in tiiia port on Sunday. The pap. rs which she brings are not of a later date than these brought by the Colombia steamer, of which we gtvo a very full account last Tuesday. in a second edition, but the New York Express of the Ist March contains a few interesting particulars as to the business before Congress, not contained in the papers received last week. From this paper we learn that the motion of Mr. Salton.stall, for appropriating the sum of $500,000 to the purpose of building war steamers, in addition to the sum of $1,4 9 5,000, voted for the build ing, wear and tear, and repair of the ravy generally, had passed the House by a majority of sixteen votes, after having been previously rejected in a committee of the whole House, by a msjJrity of 67 to 62. It is a curious proof of the lengths to which party spirit is carrried in the Uri:ed States, that the warlike Mr. Pickens, and the Van Burenites generally, who voted for his- gunp)wder report, voted against Mr. Saltonstall's proposal to build steam ship,' both in the Committe2 and afterwards in the House, Mr. Pickens himself assertirg that he had not the slightest wish for war, nor any expectation of it ! Similar language was also held by other members of the Van Buren party. The following is the summary given by the New York Express of the measures carried in the sitting of the 27th February—by- far ill:, most important of the session, if estimated by the amount of business done. NAVY, ARMY AND INDIAN BILLS. WASHINGTON, FEB. 27, The Navy and Army Appropria:iin 13:113 both passed the House of Representatives t, - :-day. The former was taken from the Committee of the whole last evening, and the latter this evening at an early' hour. The late period of the session, and the everla-ting talk upon the va , ious propositions before both Houses of CongresF, make it ne cessary to state results. The Nary Bill passed with an important amendment, appropriating the amount askei for in the amendment so long under consideration, and introduced by Mr. Salton stall of Moss. In addition to $1,425,000 far Cie build ing, wear and tear and repair cf ships, $575,000 are ;:p -propristed for these purposes, $500,000 to be expended for the erection of steam ships of war of a middling claic. The same arneodraent was rejected in Committee cf the whol but passed in the House by a majority of some six teen votes. It is worthy cf remark, that those valiant men, like the Chairmanof the Commi,t2eon foreign relations, who telkcd so much of tsar in a blustering report, were all found in opposition to the appropriation of the navy. The whole loco foco party, always so brave on paper, were net honest enough to vete an appropriation hardly beginning to carry out the principles of their report. Yeu have the yeas and nays, and they arc worth putting upon record. It is the part of unsophisticated locofocoism, to look one way and row another. It was only last week that this war report received so much favour in Congress by the supporters of the Administration, and to-day the same men stood forth in resistance of the measure. This is in character. The Army Bill was passed without amendment. Mr. Evans, of Maine, presented ouc, which was warmly cussed, and in reference to an incL eased appropriation for the Florida service. It was lust in the evening by a ma jority of only seven votes. Tie Indian Bill, making appropriations for the Indian service for the current year, was considered in Cemmit:te, and reported to the House. A 8,11 for defraying the expenses of a delegation of Indians to Florida was token up and laid aside. A Bill in relaii-m to destitute Indians was also passed in Committee and in the House. Before the adjournment the four Bills were ready for the Se. a'e, and will he forwarded on Monday. The House (to render honour to whom honour is due) have done a good day's work. What las bee.' done, too, has been as well done as it would have been had the discussion been prolonged for a month. In the sitting of the 26th, the House refused to take any steps for armir g a naval force on the Canadian lake:. LUPE MAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MABcfr 23 The SPEAKER having taken the Chair at the usual hour, The Glasgow. Paisley, and Greenock Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS BILL. Mr. E. J. STANLEY moved " To diiichargc the Or der far telerrilig the Metropolis Improvements Bill toCom mittee of Selection, a-id to refer 8:11 to Select Committee of last Session for Metropolitan Improvement., ,viz. Mr. Edward John Stanley, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Herri,s, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Clay, Sir Benjamin Hall, Col. Thomas Wood (Middlesex), Mr. Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Loather, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. George Palmer, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Kemble, and Mr. Alderman Humphery. Mr. GREENE felt it his duty to oppose the motion. The Bill was a private Bill, and although it was introduced by the Government, be did not think it ougt tto be dealt with out of the ordinary course. Only the other day, in the case of the Severn Navigation Bili, the House refused to alter its rules respecting private Bills —he thought most wisely, and 11.1. trusted they would fol low the same course upon that occasion. Mr. E. J. S'IANLEY—Tho 13111 before the House partook mere of a public than of a private character, and, during the last two or three Sessions, the practice had been to refer Bills of a similar nature to Select Committees. He thought it would be extremely inju dicious to heve the measure now referred to an entire' ) new tribunal, who might take a totally different view of the question. Od these grounds be hoped the Hon. Ge::- tleman would not pi rsevcre in I is opposition, Afer a few words from Mr. BARNARD and Sir R. INGLIS, Mr. ESTCOURT said he should feel it his duty to oppose the motion of the Hon. Secretary to the Treasury. Sc brig as it sui , eci the views of Vie parties bringing for ward the measure they Lad treated it as a private Bill, and now they chimed the awe plivileges as if it were a public Bi 1. Mr. T. DUNCOMI3E hoped the Hon. Member for Lancaster would riot persist in hie motion. Mr. STANLEY said be had discotered that there was an objection in point of form t his motion, and therefore be should, with the leave of the House, withdraw it, and move that it be an instruction to the Commice3 of Selec tion to refer the 1111 to the Members named in his motion. M. HUME wished to know from the Speaker whether the Bill was to be considered a public or a private out? The SPEAKER was understood to say that the Bill partook cf the nature of both, being a public Bill affecting private inte.rezts. The motion was then withdrawn. BARNSTAPLE ROADS BILL. On the motion for the further consideration of the Re port of the Committee on this Bill being read, Mr. FOX M A LTLE said the present Bill was for the reeea•al of an Act for the construction of roads upon which considerable sums of money had been expended. In the present Bill he had been compelled to introduce two clauses, the first to provide for the security of those who advanced money on the undertaking, and the second related to the expenditure of money. Sir JAMES GRA HA M wished to know whether there was any felause to maintain the rights of creditors, as at present established. He would not, however, object to the printing of the clauses for the purpose of further con sideration, debate was 0 - . ea adjourned, and the clauses were ordered to be printed. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION PETITION. Tbe following Members were sworn in at the table of the House for the trial of the St. Alban's election petition : —Wm. S. Dugdale, Wm. Hutt, J. W. Bramston, P. S. Mildmay, A. Pringle, Hun. E. Elliot, and E. San ford, Esgri:._ V7ALSALL ELECTION PETITION. The folloning Meniters ive:e sworn-ft for the trial of the Walsall (lectio❑ petition :—H C. Start, W. G. Hay ter, W. B. Brodie, C. W. Packe, J. Bowie, Esqrs., and Sir W. Rae, and Lord Eliot. Mr. LOCH brought in the Cone ton Road Railway Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. HOUSTON presented a petition from Canterbury in favour of the Canterbury Paving Bill. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Brigh ton against the Shoreham and Brighton Road Bill. EASTER HOLIDAYS. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Tuesday the Gth cf Apti', he should move that the House do adjourn to Tuesday the 20th of April. Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved for n return of the names of all those Poor-law Unions in which special and not general rules had been adopted in the year 1540, and of the dates when such rules were iisued. On Captain PECHELL moving for leave of absence to Major Chetwynd, Mr. GRIMSDITCH inquired on what account the leave was asked ? Captain PECHELL replied urgent private business. An HoN. MEMBER hoped the Gallant Officer would state more preciely the grounds upon which the leave was asked. Captain PECHELL said that althou not gh the business was of a very urgent nature, he could inform th e House what it was. He had been instructed to say that it was urgent. General LYGON said he was able to state to the House that the Gallant Major'i business was o f a very urgent private nature , and such as no one could transact but himseir. TsihreEmAoßtioDnLwEasythwerkagm agreed to. gaveto. not: ce that i n Com mittee on the Administration of J ustice 13.11 he w ou ld move certain alterations in clause s, Mr. HERRIES seeing the Right of the Exchequer in his place, inthe Chancellor regard t o th e accounts to which reference was male lastnight, w as his intention to withdrawlo.-gged to ask if it pe ition l i t e nd im su p b e s r t f i c tu c t t e a a cc p o e u r n fe t c o t fthe w cue? enn of the China ex a' • EVENING EDITIO N. The CHANCtILOR of the EXCHEQUER did [ not intend to withdraw the account, which was in accord_ ante with the orders of the House ; but at the' lame time h e would have no objection to give as full an account of the China expenses as was possible. On the motion of Mr. HODGES the seconel reading of ' I the Parochial Assessments Bill was postponed tit; April 21. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. Lord MAHON rose to move—" That in the opinion of this House, the large increase of the number of convicts to be permanently confined in the hulks of Gi eat Britain, al though senteacei to transportation, in pursuaece of the Mi nute of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, dated Jan. 2, 18d9, is highly inexpedient." He said he was sorry to have found on former discussions on tr a nsportation aud secondary punishments, that these was such a discre pancy between the indifference of the ileuse and the im mense importance of the subject. That iodifference, too, had been shown whoever was the party bringing it under the notice of the House. He recollected that two years ago, when the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, made a speech upon the subject of two hours' duration, he made it to a number of Members that scarcely made a House. Still, though that was discouraging, he felt it to he his duty once more to press the question upon the attention of the House. Before doing so he had taken an opportunity of consulting some Hon. Members, who were weal quali fied to give an opinion upon the question, as maay of there had been long engaged in the administration cf justice as. chairmen of Quart< r Sessions; and if the House would grant him their patience f or a time be would pr eve, by the most irrefragable evidence, the danger of the course pursued by the Noble Lord.—(l - lear, bear.) In the Noble Lord's minutes, on the 2d of January, 1839, he laid down this proposition—that the coei;iets sentenced. to seven year.,' transportation should be, as far as practi cable, contieed is the hulks at the dock-yarde. This was followed up by a letter from the Under-Secretary of' State. The accumulation of convicts at the Hulks was 35,000, whereas it would ap,near that the number confined there the Ist of January,. in the previous year, was 1,789; the increase, therefore, was about double. From the report of Mr. Capper it appeared that the number on the Ist of January last was. 3,553. Bet he must observe that a much larger increase most be soon expected, for without adverting to the flue-. tuating policy adopted on the subjec , , arid looking• only to the practical state of things, he found. from a calculation appended to the minute,. that in the year 1837 the total number of convicts sen tenced to transportation was 3,600, and that of these, those sentenced to seven years' transportation were 2,100 % or nearly tyre-thirds cf the whole. Therefore, the practieal. state of things, according to the system of the Noble Lord,. was that 2,000 convicts, who otherwise would have been transported abroad were retained in the dock-yarda and hulks at borne. After a certain number of years to be again turned loose upon society: Teis being the state of facts, the first objection to the proceedings of the Noble Lord appeared to him to be the undue extension of the prerogative of the Crown.-- (Hear, hear.) 'They were, no doubt, in conformity with the letter of the law, but they clearly appeared to him ( Lord M.) to be a violation of its spirit:. Let them consider what was the object of the law in. allowing this discretion to the Secretary of State.. It was undoubtedly that he might discriminate..• between particular cases, and that in the event. of early youth or extreme old age, or any other :-peciil circumstance;, he might at discretion retain . at home those whom the law bad sentenced to trans portation. But the law did not contemplate the wholesale exercise of this power by the Noble Lord, or that the.. words " transperts fur seven years" should be con— strued into " imprisonment in the Hulks at horne." - Tlir.t was undoubtedly an undue extension of the powers of the law ; and that was the first to which he wished to call the attention of the House. The neat subject upon, which he had to complain was the undue disregard of the, evidence taken before the House of Lords. A Committee • had sat in 1835 fur the pee pose of considering the whole: subject, and that Committee had pursued its inquiries , with great diligence. It had for its Chairman the thus eof Richmond—a sufficient guarantee that the inquiry had been conducted laid, ciaigence talent, and skill That Corn mittee bad come to tl:e following resolution :—'" From the view which the Committee takes of the inherent defects of the hulk system and of the mischief which it is ca;,,ailateet to produce, tl:ej cannot but concur in the op 'mon expressed by a Committee of the House of Commons 00 secondary punishments, to the effect that in future no persorr sentenced to transportstion should be allowed torcmain per-. aemeatly in the country, with the exception of these selected for confinement in the Millbank Penitentiary, and that henceforward the convicts established et the hulks should be considered solely as an interrneeliete station between the gaol and a penal colony:." That was the recommendation of a Committee of the House of Lords e,mw,liiiattetihiittoeteuhrd after ta;taaadniiy,ydcishns a f uiceobwrws, e?of,aiuu.cylretd ul a stn l ,lltaehs jekgr. question vthech salettd deb i i ogNnadl Noble Lord L t and c o.doinquiryopposite without po s i itneitloa‘v% having I l i ; , g e e rn a i determined party n o n c e o al y l i tz n i g d understand the course of the Noble Lard, who might say that he did not assent to an opinion adopted by such men as the Duke of Richmond, or Lord NVharncliffe; but on such a question as the present he ( Lord Matron) saw no reason why the Noble Lord should not respect the recommendation in question. Now he would ask why. v i , liout any subsequent inquiry, this reccmmendaion cf the Committee for the discesnii nuacce of the hulks had been set aside ? L-rd JOHN RUSSELL—The Transportztion Com mittee sat subsequently to that recommendation. Lord MAHON would remind the House that the Transportation Committee hud not en'etei into the question of the hulks at all, nor was there one syllable of their Report which could be considered as a commendation of the hulk system of Great Britain. Perhaps the Noble Lord might have thought that the Peers' Committee had proceeded on their own judgment without nny ceidence, but the contr.: ry was the fact ; they had examined those persons who of all others were the most competent to form an opinion on that subject. They had examined M. W. Crawford, and surely the Noble Lord could not ob ject to his authority, seeing that the Noble Lord had himself, in conjunctim wi.b his colleagues, ap pointed that gentleman to examine into the bulk system cf the Uni:cd States. Mr. Crawford raid the hulk system was very bad, and as a proof he stated that having been on Ow Committee of the Refuge for the Des' itute fors ears he had always found that parties !cleaved from the hulks who applied for relief to that Institution, lad invariably turned cut to be the lior,t characters, and that he had frequently asked gaolors their opinion of trans portaiien, and they all stated it excited the greatest dread in the minds of convicts. Mr. Newman, the turn key of Ncwgate, when asked if he thought ti ans portation excited dread in the minds of eriiiinalr, re tried that he thought it did, and that they gene. ra'ly know that it was worse now than it used to be. Perhaps the strongest opinion which he could adduce was that of Mr. Samuel Elan, Secretory (as ate understood the Noble Lord) of the Society fir Promoting th e Improvement of Prison Discipline. Being asked if he be- Loved that the hulk system had Leon cf any ser vice, he replied that, so far from that, he be lieved it, to be most admirably ca'eukted to pro mote crime ; yet the system was relied on by the Government as the means of checkingerime. Considerable misapprehension had prevailed as to the object tobe obtained; he bad seen many plans which had no other ends in view than the recormation and improvement of the criminal, for the prevention of crime was yet a hi g h er o bj ec t, the hulks were entirely inefficient. He could state on the authority of several respectable gentlemen, Mem bers of that House and Chairmen of Quarter Sessions, that they did not inspire a sufficient degree of terror, and were looked upon by the friends and relations of the criminal as a light punishment compared with transportation. fi s , liey.al the records deposited in the office of the Secretary be ef State for the Home Depart meet would abundantly justify this ,r. ts,c.l a yo s_ n s . : a c r u t :cii i nst o me t e i t . ehonrit H u e d might allude to the case which cecurred last year. In that case petitions were presented by the friends of the criminal, praying that he might undergo his sentence in the hulks. The argument was plausiLla, that by increasing the severity of the prison discipline at home, you inspire terror, but e ie n t t 1 d ta e ius t e, e r r evat fro d m i st a crime. nce, practically the puni-liment of the hulks was insufli- Hear, hear.) He be lieved that the minute of the Noble Lord had been attended with very prejudicial effects, not only to the comforts, but the health of the prisoners, and that many had died from confinement in the hulks. He had moved for certain returns, about three weeks sifter', which would elucidate that point, but they had not yet been laid upon the table, and he could not in their absence lay further stress upon the reports that had been a t b of d the he (Hear, hear, hear.) In the Report of Hulks, which had been lately placed Hon- Members, it was stated that the . in:p of health and the unnatural and constant depression the hard la. inthe inspector h o s r e t a regretted hands strength that was experienced bour and rigorous discipline strong words coming from an for several years past there pointment. He added thatfthe I s ci , it ~ees m fa r m s i aeul l e snb n ,d e tts s li isto(ufitoriafo the.notion ptroiiif had been a gradual decay o I:E s: et : ic e : er n ° gglti holdinguik ' f t h suchT pherisseaonnweaerlrs'e-, did st n e place in their le ' I h had of late taken . gis a_ provement which otrn;Paaffnodrd, i t n hos s e ho f r a t, cil t i h ti e es h fo u r lk i s m i - n They could not luso either the se parate which iet . he The attributed t e t h r , isi i n b ii kluctiot:eet_dshyt(uodu (Hear, kos the ,,frr:)terhs htep o ree r sr n eanr e tm.s. s )p s e 0 system The yin, :led same c id pe e - a tion on that subject. parate or ratedsimprisonmenton s practice 3 i noi yeas a g. . les7oeaorttol:inn re0111.1a:: b e e ri h m a i d na b l e s e , been re moved sylsttemap.pearTedhetarepnrt miles t- of ccean !oiler so circumstanced fI • punishment, ofthe t s o c u s rw a e i w — ith ( him that if they could avoid suffering consistently with the main objects of the e the in.. regulations were prompted by specters, however, distiuctly showed that even when humane and benevolent motives, they their rolling between most 0 0 u f :her 1;1 0 1 11 g a from p t t C h r e l toofre quently productive of past - had been. the prisoners. and suffering to pri.oners. He would take th se e ver'y of the Penitentiary at Milbank, and it appeared from case tbe fourth Report of the inspectors of prisons in I F 39, that in case the prisoners were well conducted they were allowed to see their friends e once in six months during the first year of their confine ment, and once i n ever th re e months during the second year of th e i r confinemnt, punished in the Penitentiary for the slightest offence, or for no offences at all. There was for instance a punish.. meet awarded for speaking, certainly could to l converse_a might the Magistrates had stand. Let him not, He foutn_dbctehoaujtudspta,nrtotiteccusesivaldseae,rr.:y humane , intentions, and that crime, the nature of which beweiteirl however, be misunderstood. h lie dirt net at.rnadm d ee e xd n p y tehdei that e nt . those regulations il e d r e i d g w u ni l to ai i denyons they had been sanctioned by the Noble Lord from similar home required so mush strictness of disci motives ; but those very circumstances showed that Un inspired so little . dread, that it was necessary to p ii.e, the system with in carry out severity the manage pirisonmorent at manage ment. if they compared that severity at home with t h e rigour of transportation abroad, they found that in many cases transportation was not the greater punishment. He had another objection to imprisonment in the hulks fora number of years.”-it was that it led to an