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C• .L . the g grue— °f attended bJ t it C 5 Waal, , 3 ) ch Wi th ter 4crday of ber by the 11°11 ; Torringto:l d p a ge, l o f Mormone en s, heir Pres" e FrontiiPi:(4l • b f m ib G., G C. .ajec 0 t de r the , t he ders, am! te d ing Pr° cCs te Vairslbc.l63 Y , a" Irt y to D iout f c• ° I ,or forma re . with his P with the )11r r. clergy bei l Oter O ver ; s ito rs4 1 , vi va s• bt ou iti rt "pre on o r ,t AO O, k ing- 0 .4 1 ,01 1 °, 0 it 0 " wid 0- °es rt. P derfitde his trs t t L i l i a • P try A ... jo( , P e r t ies; L itb •ei• c 0 1t:4) 1 .4 DP" I-- o rp gee ititY o e f th Ho jcp ;es .I.IVENING P ARLIAMENTAR.Y (From the rote s and Proceedings o 1 the House of Common..) RRIDAY, MARCH 19. POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word ', no w " to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into a Commit tee instead thereof:"—Question put," That the words proposed to he left out stand part of the Question." --The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, Abereromby, G. B. k Gladstone, J. N. Acland, Sir T. 1). i Gordon, Robert Lel and, T. 1.). Goulburn,. Henry 4 ,l l ' B C t o o u n r , t. iie C , a vknd t,,. (Sr .ham, Sir James Adam, S;r Curies Grey, Sir G. Grimston, Lord Antrobus, Edward Grosvenor. Lord R. A shley, L o a, , • , rd Grote, G. V!,"1, Joseph Hamilton, Lord C. bailey. Jos. >I ' Hindley, Charles Baldwin C.113' jun. ItLl:rtninagr*d,FE.TO: Harcourt, G. S. Hardinge. Sir H. Hawes, B. tasentinck, Lord G. Hawkins. J. H. r k t eleY, F. 11. Hayes, Sir E. I` " 1, 7, Hon. C. Hayter, W. 0. mat, it Hcathcote, S r W. 11 3 hen, R . Hector, C. J. I) Ive T. Blakey', W./. Heneage. E. Hedniker, H l n . BL,xlkin, John James Herbert, Hon. S. ^Nell, Bctiah ' ti.rG.iwbeaszionj, Lord Hill. Lord A. M. C. uoblionse, T. B. H Band, Robert .B aniston, T. W. mime!, W. A'Court grisene, J. I. Hope, G. W. likoadley, H. Horsman, Edward bro w' , ~ n. rip .1. S. Howard, B. G. ...., un "l ici g ke e r, s . it 7. ,. v}.{ . L. Howard, F. J. Howard, P. H. Enllvr. Sir J. Y. Howard, C. W. G. how , ck. Lord "r• Higford Hume, I. r...., Bo ghes, H. Hutt, W. . re ild, William i Inglis, Sir IL H. eill s, lalhar.r.l7 James, William ' nq (.., Jermyn, Lord ' , lll '"P t lell, - S.r . H. P. Jervis, Swynfen c Pbell, Sir J. • Johnstone, Hol e iOiling, oir S• Jones, John l nil uPe Lord Kemble, Henry 4 cw. Hon. R. S. Knatchbull, Sir P.. ~ veridish, Hon. C. Knight, H. G. :.,17eridish, G. H. I.asouchere, H. Initialers P Langdale, Hon. C. tli ti ,P. 41 te. W.L. w. List elles, W. S. elg' W. Lemur, Sir C. ma: '.. Sir Gorge Lennox, LAM A. Robert Loch, James ~. I.ington, C. W. Lushington, C. %other, John Lushiogton, Hon. S tornpton HC. Macauley, T. B. I . ii H. Craig r, on. W. F. Marsha"' W. . . W G Maraland, H. lowford, W. Martin, J. Cre we ~ b. , a. Sir G. Melgund, Lord '''''.', l neriv. Lord Miles, W. brjrnple, Sir A Miles, P. S. Icr.Y, George A. , iilnes, Richard , 41r , W . J. Molesworth, Sii W Mordaunt, Si• I. Morgan, Oetavius D u ras, S:r C. 1314.vett°,"E.", S. H. Morpeth, Viscount • . James lalorrison, James „Z.gdale, W. S. t7itere, George Muskett, George A Norreys, Lort tp J. tiller Norreys, Sir D. J. atrior, Viscount O'Brien, W. Smith kii t° „fl , Lord F. O'Connell, M. J. 11l 1- " Ord, W. to ' Wed Ynn Ossulston, Lord 'as, any, 0 Packe, C. W. • 1.4,0,' W. Paget, F. 1.4.1 f„ a rn, E. B. Pakington, J. S. irin,”l"st Edward Pal:. Cr, Robert —", Sir }Award Palmerton. Visct. tam, • , i hrro ' -43rd Parker, John ~,,, Y. I.ord Charles Parnell, Sir H. rie,,,,° Y, 110, • H. Patten, Wilson ~ —mg, J . Pattison, J. ;e e l ' s L , Pease, Joseph . mantle Sir T Peel, Ilon. Sir 11. ' st alrne, 1r T. Philips, M. ladstone, W. E. 247. Phillips, G. Pigot, D. R. Plumptre, J. P. Ponsonby, Hon. J. Powell, Colonel Praed, W. T. Price, Sir It Protheroe, Edward Posey, P. Rawdon, J. D. Rice, E B. Rich, Henry Rickford, W Roche, W Rolleston, 1, Rose, Sir George Round, C. G. Rundle, J. Rushbrook, Colonel Russell, Lord John Rutherford, A. Salwey, Colonel Sanderson, B. 9 auk n, Lord bcarlett, .1 Y. Scrope, G. P. Seymour, Lord Shaw, Frederick Shell, R L. Sheprard, T. Shirley, E. J. S aney, R. A. Smith, Jol n Abel Smith, Abel S nith, It Vernon S nyth, Sir H. Somers, J. P. S9merset, Lord G. S,imerville, Sir W, Satheron, T. E. Stansfield, W. R. C. Staunton, Sir G. T. Stewart, James Stock, Dr. Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Stuart, Villiers Teignmouth, Lord Thornely, Thomas Townley, R. G. Trotter, J• Troubridge, S:r I'. ulna, H. Turner, Edmund Tyrell, Sir J.'l'. Vere, Sir C B. Verney, Sir H. Villiers, Charles P. Villiers, tarn Vivian, John H. Vivian. Sir R. Wall, C. B. Warburton, H. W trtl, H. G' Welby, G. E. White, A. Wilbraham, G. Winnington, Sir T. Winnington, H. J. Wodehouse, Hon. E. Wood, C. Wood, Colonel Wood, G. W. Wood, Colonel T. Wood, B. Worsley, Lr rd Wynn, C. W. Wyse, Thomas Yates, J. A. TELLERS. Stanley. E. J. Maul; Hon. Fox MINORITY—NOES, tt e t tti : General. Fector, J. M. rielden, J. pltw o • W. Fleetwood, H. $. ll Colonel eolonel H. Gore, 0. J. R. kik. latthe w Halford, H. k radJtone, W. S. H dl, Sir B. li o , r' P Ol . James S 11 r -",_ wood Henry Hinoley, Charles itrotn e rton, J. Hodges, T. L. C ,7,11, George 0 "",'.I William Hodgson , Frederick rx ; pod, w . 1),in49• Hurt,H ou ld s F w r o a r n t c h i , s T. _ co rnle, T. S. idon, S. ,_1 robe, W" J ames, sir W. C. Zfuncombe, A terton. A. j L • a 4 , , Sir De Lacy Iloleaharndtseoor?Gejo*:: Generalge Miller, W. h. Palmer, George Pechell, Captain Planta, J Polhill, Frederick Richards, H. Sch.,lefield, J. Sibthorp, Colonel SUnley, E. 1 hompson, Ald. Wakley, Thomas Walker, R. Wilbraham, Hon. B. Williams, T. P. Williams, W. TELLEas. Parker. R. T. Grimsditch, Thomas P ARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. • the Potes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, March 19 Debi 1 , • et in RAILWAYS, &c. Vide Streets Bill—"for further extending the powers as sever al Acts, for ena bling the Commissioners of Wide Streets, srubi in i n th ,to wi den and improve certa i n ways, streets, and passages, th e itY and county of Dublin, and for raising funds to enable e said Commissioners to carry the sameinto execution." presented "(I read a first time ; to be read a second time. rol e .st and C ave hill R a il wa y Bill—" to amend an . d enlarge the c.._!!.a. p nd rovisions of the Acts relatin to the r to the Harbour of Belfast, in the g county of ßailway Antrim, Free • and read a first time; to be . real , a second time. Forth and Clyde Naviation Bill— t consolidate, amend, and t " he le t, r ge the powers and provisions of the n se Acts relating to to orth he read an s d ee C eh ly d d t e im N e a . vigation, n " presented and read a first time; a latin""al Harbour Bill—' e the H ar b our of Yough ' improving , maintaining, and regu. C a fo l, r ithe counties of Waterford and lit a, in Ireland, " presented and read a first time ;to be read a n d time, Preston and Lon riege Railway Bill—reported ; to be ingrossed. a ta r. i igb Foyle Drainage g Bill—" for granting further rowe . rs for "paringingatnhde same," presented , certain Lands in Lough Foyle, in the t3 ' of Londonderry, and for incorporating the undertakers . for presented, and read a first time, and to be re ad a second time. th.- 14 , U gh S g and 'lly embanking e B c ll e i rtai,—"n for granting further powers for g Lands in Lough Swi lly, in the 4 tY of Donegal , a nd for incorporating the undertakers for exe. s a ting the same," presented, and read a first time, and to be read seeond time.ltlarylcbo ne Paving Bill,—" for paving, repairing, cleansing, lightingand dlgex the parish of Saint Maryleboae, in the county of Mid. and for the better relief and maintenance of the Poor thereof, ~7‘ t be election of Vestrymen time, and Auditors, and for otherp ur. I. 2 e s relating to the said parish," presented, and read a first - " ti to be read a second time. Bla ckburn Improvement, Market, &c., Bill,-' for improving the ettkr e ets and p ublic places, and erecting a Town Hall, and improving e . -Markets, in the township of Blackburn, in the county palatine ; le: r other di s p osa l thereof n euter; and for vestin the Town's Moor in Trustees, for f g or the benefit of the Poor," presented, r ead a first time, and to be read a second time. DiPertbury Pier and Approaches Bill,—" for making a Pier in the of Portbur ,in the county of Somerset, read Works and ' ,r oaches connect ted therewith," presented, and a first time, o be read a second time. vi n g lain f ord Improvement Bill,—" for paving, cleansing, and other. oe - ; iin Proving the town and borough of Stamford, in the counties t a l in eoln and N o r t h am pton," prese n t e d, an d rea d a fi rs t time, a nd be read a second time. or letl ina River N av i ga ti on Bill,—" f or improving the Navigation river Mrdina, in the Isle of Wight," presented, and read a first l., "Me, and to be read a second time. Reehoogii ed a Harbour Bill,—" for the improvement of the Port and rea d U of Drgheda," presented, and read a first time, and to be S a ',COnd t o ime. I ' - " i ng Committee,—Resolutions reported Orders p etit. .roat. in the case of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway 2. T n ' t he standing Orders ought not to i ti n e ster dispensed . hat, in the case of the Great Le ond Munster Rail. • eit tion, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." donroil to lie on the Table. "(I °n and Greenwich . Railway for enabling the Lon. fr alp,,end Greenwich Railway Company to purchase property ando rat'nlit certain streets and Places contiguous to their Railway, 44: n 2 e :ding the Acts relating to such Railway , ," presented, and "nt time, and to he read a second time. j h teieekeltoliv nt; of Wicklow,"iarbourßiil ,—" for making a Harbour at Wicklow, e,; real a second ti me. presented, and read a first time, and to 'Aver wea sel P o ol Docks (Runcorn Dues Exemption) Bill,—" to exempt fitn a , - , h t freclitenting the Port of Runcorn, in the county of Chester, tee, Or e Pa yment of certain Rates, Tolls, and Duties to the Trus. to the Liv erpool Docks," presented, and read a first time, and Co a second t i me. te a 7 t rift ereja; Gas Company Bill,—" for incorporating the Com illa 1 Gag Light and Coke Company, and for better lighting l. with 4 4 a certain district in the eastern part of the Metro po is," pre- G. eti . and read a first time, and to be read a second . time. Ole e rave aend Pier sill,—." for amending the Acts relating to the ts ait a es g end and Picr, in the county of Kent," presented, and Belt 11 1 tune, and to be read a second time. AMr c est Harbour Bill,—" to amend an Act for the formation of a the 13 ' 4 or channel, and for otherwise more effectually improving e nd t art "d Harbour of Belfast," presented, and read a first time, ° be r e See . ad a second time. ti h ltish Marine Insurance Company to enable the' Scot. laistZia..rine Insurance Company' to sue and be sued, and for other like. presented, and read a first time, and to be read a second a ndbu, Election,—Mr. Ord reported from the General Com. d sr 12, -ett r „.. , aiections the names of the Members appointed to try and Ble tt 7 i ne the matter of the petition complaining of ._ an vv u il n li d a u m e echtlitarilt!anuaanrid.ndßeturn for the Borough of Sudbury , E sq ., Lancelot Rolleston, Esq., Charles . v Len ie ox 1.10,-;ntg !truce, Esq, Thomas Thornely, Esq., Lord N i tirs en Y, Bare: Sebright Lascelles ; Chairman, Sir Charles .em , o "'her said seven Members were called as te e, her e upon the names of the Rdir, " be ing come to the 'Fable, they were sworn by the Clerk, te atto,... - -You and eac h o f you s h a ll we ll and truly try the is.." th e Petition com pl a i n i ng o f an un du e Election ando Re.Petit"' th e Borough o f S u db ury, now re f erre d to you ; an d f the re ' of the P art i es admitted to defend the said Return, 4) 3 • h I, and a true judgment give according to the evidence. 1 .. 7 t , you Go d. —Committee to meet to.morrow. 4 tts er r"' Local Acts Amendment Bill,—" for amending . certain n. is tion 'e t . lati ng to the borough of Liverpool, and for the Police re u. "se i a`" °° ` i government, and improvement of the said . boroug , and read a first time, to be read a second time. . 'oe ( Sornerset) Market Bill,—" for improving and regulating Of -ore4'kta yr' th• city and borough of W ells, county in the thitteer aet,,,in the presented, and read a first time, to . be read a second e ak."' I tent ana• Bank of England Company,—Petition for leave to prre-e -liensafole,,titi°n for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on sout Private Bills. , tr ee% G war k Improvement (No. 2) Bill,—" for making a new soern Bla ckman -street, in the parish of St. George the Mar. Dro U l t s b a . wer k, in the county of Surrey, to Blackfriars.road, in " r 's of Christ Church, in the said county, and for bri ttle le trie district called the Mint, in the said parish of St. George 'tad 'flYt, Southwark " presented, and read a first time, to be tlitat second time. hd to 'i c. °W , :and Dundyvan Junction Railway Bill,—" for making se-tzndaii•ni-Raeaiing a Rail yto be called the Glasgow and Dundyvan waY," pr w es a ented, and read a first time, to be read a • `'itei "'" 'vine —A t ordered, "of the number of gallons of bee t r , Wine, —Ac coun t t h : Paid , imPorted, of the quantities upon which Duty has quart. 'or I.orne consumption, and the quantities exported : also arentrties retained for home consumption after deducting the eti. n,„t,ePorted subsequently to the IpBr;endtistonflgDmu,thyi,vefor the oil h°h,tbe sth day of January, Cape, "'toga% panish, Madeira, Rhenish, C . anary, Fayal, Si retaatult:d ?tiler sorts ; together with the quantities of . each . sort ‘ le n fr ont a l° bond on the sth day of January, distinguishing Lon_ kni t . t "e country,"_ (Mr. Alderman Thompson.) so number of proof gallons of die . . count ordered, "of the _ n _ 7:erite:::;:heing West India, East India, and Foreign , also, ndy. G en _ , other Foreign, Colonial, or Jersey Spirits .quantities upon which duty has been paid for t bi Ppea ..n"Plion, the quantities exported, and the quantities aas s'or a...7' of JahuarY t a, and used b y the navy, for the year en d e d t h e s t h -, 1 841 ; together with the quantities of each sort to L en : On bond on the sth day of January, 184 1, distinguish. Sh t ,. from the country "—(Mr Alderman Thompson.) tan call " and Wilsontown Ra . il • " for making a Railway, The WilsontownwaMy or i ningside, land Coltness Rail. • 4 fir e h t e ti t'unties of Lanark ' and LinlittrgOw," presented, and •• s • we, to be read a second time, .- r COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. Pollee and G ,, van Railway Bill,—Order of March 16, referring the Bill to Mr. Bernal, &c., discharged, and the Bill referred to the South West Scotland List, and Mr. W. Chute (Norfolk, West), Mr. R. Alston (Hertfordshire), Mr. Collier (Plymouth), Lord C. Hamilton (Tyrone County), Mr. John Jones (Caermarthem hire). Three to be the quorum of Selected Members, and the Committee to meet March 24, at twelve o'clock. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. FRIDAY, MARCH 19. 1. Sir Walter Scott's Monument,—Committee on Standing Orders, March 31. 2. Neptune Marine Insurance Com.,—Secdnd Reading, March 23. 3. York and North Midland Railway Approaches,—Further Con- sideration of Report, March 23. 4. Glas t ow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway,—Report, March 22. 5. Glas;;ow, Paisley, and Greenock. Railway,—Third Reading, March 23. 6. Liverpool Docks,—Second Reading, March 23. 7. Clcnt Vicarage,—Second Reading, March 23. S. Canterbury Pavement,—Second Reading, March 23. D. Winwick Rectory,—Third Reading, March 22. 10. Eccleshall Inclosure,—Second Reading, March 23. 11. Bolckow's Naturalization,—Report, March 22. 12. Bolckow's Naturalization,—Third Reading, March 23. 13. York and London Assurance Company.—Lords' Amendments to be considered, March 22. 14. Christchurch and Lyndhurst Road,—Report, March 22. 15. Wimborne and Piddletown Road,—Report, March 22. 16. Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks,—Report, March 22. 17. Manchester and Salford Waterworks.,—Third Reading,March22 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TH. MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. CHRONICLE.—Besides the remittance of dollars for behoof of the bondholders, we learn that a considerable amount of custom warrants have been cancelled at Vera Cruz. The precise amount is not stated, but the balance of them outstanding is now nearly exhausted, so that in a few packets we may expect that the one-sixth part of the custom duties should be regularly thereafter remitted in bullion. HERALD.—With the exception of Mexican Stock, the Funds, both Home and Foreign, have been without activity to-day. By - the Sheldrake packet from the coast of Mexico the dates are, from Tampico to the 7th of February, from Vera Cruz to the 23th of January, and from the City of Mexico to the The accounts are altogether favourable. Financially upwards of 250,000/. in the whole of certificates of dividends on the Mexican debt here had been received out and duly liquidated on presentation according to order at the Mexican custom-houses. This punctuality does honour to the charac ter of the Mexican Government, and President Bustamente in particular, who has ever shown the best disposition and deter mination to redeem the national faith and credit. SUN.—The Funds were dull all the day, but there was no material alteration in prices. On the whole, per ha2r, the account price may he said not to have been quite supported. Consols for immediate transfer have been marked 884 to 884-, and for the Account 88/ to 88i. Ex chequer Bills have been dull at 6s. to Bs. prem. ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have realized 97 to 964-; the South Sea New Annuities have been done at 861 ; and India Stock for the opening has touched 248/. The favourable accounts from Mexico sent up the price of the Stock of that republic, from 284 to 314. These, however, were the account prices, the money bargains being effected at 30 to 304. Colombian Bonds of 1824 weic reduced om 224 to 21i and 22, but this was owing to the unsatisfactory intelligence that has reached the Committee of South American bondholders from New Granada. Brazil Stock was worth 71/, being a slight improvement ; Chilian touched 63, and Peruvian remained at 161; Russian Bonds were worth 111 to ; and Dutch Five per Cents. were steady at 99/. In the Peninsular Stocks there was scarcely any business done. Portu guese New F.IT per Cents. were dull at 31 ; the Three per Cents. at 18i; and Spanish Actives at 234. There was a good business done in the Railway Shares, and at fully previous rates. The London and Birmingham Railway Shares were done at 64 to 63 prem. ex. New, the Quarter at 17 to 16/, the New at 22, the Midland Counties, Quarter Shares, at 4/ to 1, the York and North Midland at 30, the Great We:tern at 25/ to 24, the New at 12 to 114, the Fifths at 54 to and the South `Pester., Tenths at prem. Brighton Shares were at q, Black wall at bi, South Eastern at 16, Midland Counties at 22, Birmingham and Derby at 31 to 30, and the Third Shaves at 2to discount, Australasian Bank Shares were at 14 premium. The Foreign Exchanges were rather firmer this after noon. Three months paper was negotiated as follows : Paris, .26f. 60c. to 65c. ; Frankfort, 149 i; Hambure, 13 8+ ; Amsterdam, 12 34-; Antwerp, 12 24 to 3 ; Trieste, 10 1/ to 10 2. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Last evening the new oratorio, by Mr. George Perry, entitled " The Death of Abel," was performed for the first time at Exeter Hall. Some days ago we gave a favourable account of the rehearsal, and were glad to find, on witness ing the full performance, that it justifies our ex pectations. The title sufficiently explains the principal features of the oratorio. Mr. Phillips represented Adam, Mr. Hobbs, Abel, Mr. Pear sall, Cain, and Miss Ward, Eve, who, though she performed the most remarkable part of any of her sex in the history of the world, is all but kept out of view through the whole performance. Her representative appeared only twice, and as that appearance was in a chorus, we cannot form any correct idea what her sentiments might have been respecting the Vast change which she had produced in the destinies of mankind. Mr. Phillips, to the de light of the audience, had some of the most im portant scenes in the piece allotted to him, and acquitted himself with his usual ability and skill. He was in excellent voice, and seemed to delight in the character which he had to repre sent. He was encored thrice, and most enthu siastically in the following air:— Oh, Cain, I well deserve to be despised 1 But sbould'st thou not have spared thy wretched father ? Should'st thou not have forborne this cruel charge, Which, like a clap of thunder, shakes my soul." He was also extremely successful in the air, " Father Omnipotent," and in the chorus with the same title, in which Miss Ward ably sup ported him. In the air, "0, Cain," Mr. Lind ley accompanied Mr. Phillips on the violoncello obligato, and shared more than half the praise of the audience, but not more than he was fully entitled to. The orchestra was numerous, con sisting of nearly five hundred performers, and kept time wonderfully, considering the vast body of vocal and instrumental performers. The oratorio, on the whole, is very creditable to the composer. Some of the parts may appear common-place, but many of them are of a superior cast, especially the airs of a plaintive character, and the chorus at the conclusion of the first part. The large hall, in which the per thrmance took place, was crowded to excess. Probably not fewer than three thousand persons, independent of the performers, were present, and all seemed highly gratified with the result. We cannot say much for the poetry of the piece. It wants the beauty and magnificence of the words of the Messiah, which give such an effect to that celebrated composition, but every allow ance, of course, must be made for the descrip tions of scenes of which we know little. MALTA. We have received Malta papers to the 7th instant, but they contain no intelligence from the Levant of mo re recen t d a t e than our last. Ihe following shipping news is given by the Malta Times : " The Implacable, 74, and Beacon, surveying vessels, have returned from Syracuse, where they took in a supply of water, the former on the 3d and the latter on the 2d inst. The Edin burgh, 74, it is expected, will sail to-morrow for Syracuse, for a supply of water, and thence proceed to Alexandria. The Hydra steam frigate took her departure on the 3d instant for Marmorice, with despatches and letters for the fleet, arrived by the London mail of the 13th ult. The Me gwra, steam-packet, arrived from Gibraltar on the Ist inst., with the London mail of 10th ult. The City of Dublin, con tract steamer, arrived on the 3d inst. with mails from the lonian Is'ands and Greece; those for Gibraltar and Eng land mu-t remain here till the 15th inst., as they arrived after the departure of the Great Liverpool; the City of Dublin having been seven instead of three days on her passage from Corfu, she was obliged to put into Syracuse for a supply of fire-wood, having consumed all her coals. The Asia, 84, and Pique, 36, were fallen in with by the Alegtera on the 24th ult., the former forty and the latter thirty miles to the eastward of Gibraltar, where they would probably arrive on the following day. The Sapphire troop ship, which left Malta on the 23d of January with part of the 59th Regiment, bound to Barbadoes, arrived at Gibraltar on the 24th ult. The Athol troop-ship, with the remainder of this regiment, took her second departure hence, on the 2d instant, for Barhadoes. The Benbow, 72, is expected from Beyrout." A report wes current at Malta that Admiral Sir Robert Stopford contemplates breaking up his establishn ent there about the 20th instant, before which he expects to receive permission from England to retire from his command in the Mediterranean. The Howe will be the new flag-ship, but the new Corn mander-in-Chief is not yet officially named. SPORTS OF THE FIELD ! !—Last Monday a fine buck was turned out at Two-pot House before the bounds of George Crofts, Esq., of Streamhill, county of Cork, and a large field of gentlemen. After a splendid run the aniraal was captured at Balli ellis. Immediately after the buck aas ran in to, two gentlemen sot to beating each other with their loaded whips', their horses going at top speed until the belligerents grappled each other and fell on the field. The horses ran wild for a long dis !arce, while their riders were stretched on the ground kicking and thump'ng each other, having dropped their whips. Richard Hill, 111., J. P., of Doneraile, how. ever, came up, and with the assistance of a number of gee emen and countrymen arrested the parties and took Mum into Doneraile, %here they were bound over t 3 keep the peace. DOVER, MARCII 19.—The 34th depot station ed at the Castle have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to leave this garrison for Portsmouth early in the slimmer. They ire to be relieved by the 6th depot from Chat ham. The Gth regiment is now on its passage home from India, and is expected to land and remain at Dover. The 54th regiment stationed at the heights have also received orders to hold themselves in readiness to leave this garrison for Weedon, early in April next. What corps is to relieve the 54th is not known. We regret that this fine regiment with its excellent band are to leave us so soon, both officers and teen being endeared to the affections of the inhabitants by a mutual interchange of friendly feeling and social intercourse. The regiment, though it has been only five monthi here, and rotaithstanding the inclement weather, has made very con siderable progress in military discipline and appearance, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1841 THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON, MARCH 20. Barometer 29 65 In. Thermometer Highest . Lowest Wind S,—Freezing Point 32 Deg. PRICE•;S OF CAN AL,DOCK, ASSUR• ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. ecc. LONDON, FRIDAY, AIARCII 19. Number Divider d Price of per _. CANALS. per Share'. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,706 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs. eh. 110 I, 482 41. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Average 1151.5 h. 72 1, 60 Basingstoke 1001.5 h. 5 1,005 5!. Brecknock and Abergavenny 7 150i.sh. 93 -,00) 1-16th. 101. Birmingham, 1 -16th share ...811. & 711. 200 4,600 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lsl 7 l/. 01.100 pd 25% GA 31. Bridgewater and Tatinton.loo/. sh. all pd 400 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh • 101 500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 600 Crcydon. Avernge3ll.2s 10d. sh. 2 ,060 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. 96 1100 131. Derby lool.sh. 120 20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.13 e. 4d .pd :1 3,5751 4' EllesTr...,reandChoster Aver:4ol33l.sta. 61 231 621 Ercwasn I ,2",Y7 301. Forth and Clydo....Averaye 4.0.01.165. :b. 6`o 11,000 8/. Grand 4 unctiGn ICIOI. en 130 1,6491 255. Grand Union lool.sh 211 1,500 .., Grand Surrey lool.sh. 15 ~ 1,0001 41:percent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. .7196 Grand Western 600 131,123. Pd. Gkunorgansbire, Aver. cost 1721.139.4 d. '2CO ._ _. ___ -.... .....____ 749 Ns. Granthivn 3,238 21.01. Huddet A eld Average :',//. Gs. 6d. sh 27 100 15,328 11.106. Kennet znd Avon, Av. 29/.lBs. 10d. sh 24 3 4 11,6994 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. Cs. 8d 27 y, 2 2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool ... ....... .....100/.sh 750 545! 111. Leicester 140/.11 1411; 1,897 5/.os. Leicester & NortiamptonAver 02!. 10s 73 2.400 101. ' Monmouthshire lool.Bl' 200 15( 10/. Melton Mowbray • lool.sh. 2CG 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lool.sh. 550 3,000 21. 10s. Maceles tleld lOl. sh. all pd 34'7 247 171. Neath lOO/.56, 325 '2,4.00 51. Peak Forest Aveli.ge about 78/. sh. 75 21,418 SS. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh. 10 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 051.5 h. 67 500 81. Shropshire ..)'251. sh. 137 SOO 10/. Os. Somerset Coal I 50/. sh. 180 1,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/.los. sh. 114 700 3fl. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 650 LOO 151 Shrewsbury 330 9 3taurbridge .....,........ 145/. sh. 396 3,047 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avoi. Aver.... 791. 9s. bd. sh. 35 533 In? Swansea lOO/.s h. 265 3,762 2/. 81. Serern and Wyc and Railway Ar. 351. sh. 45 2.60015 h. al. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOO/. Th. 590 6.140 1,00050.1 im. Warwick and 13 , riningham lool.s- 242 I,ooolsh. i ". 980 13; Warwick and Nap..." 100/. sh. 170 7,000 41 g Worcester & Birmingham Av. 78/.81. sh. 55 5,000 32e. Wilts and Berko A ver age 67 /. 10 s. 86 . sh. 27 eon 6.. Wli ley and Essington 1251. sh '74 .26 W,sueacn ,..1.;,:. oh. 50 903 li. Wey and Antit llOl. in. 2*,', DOCKS. 2,600 & } Sn c. Commerc al lOOl. sh, 63), 1,065150. p' •... 000000 East and West India Stock 97 3,238,3101/. 60s. p.ct. London .....„....5t0ck 675, Ditto Bonds 2,209 31. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 1-I'/. 9s. sh • 75 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock J 2 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier ~ 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. ,600 10s. Hammersmith 501.5 h. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 26 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of% per cent.. 501.5 h. 13 0100 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 001. pd . 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 186 80,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 26s Vauxhall .......,.Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 5OO/. sh. 50/. pd 72 50,000 1 6 3 Allianceßritiai &Foreignloo/.sh. 111. pd 141, 4 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5 a p n e d r cent.) lss. 4,000 41. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 14% I,2oo}sh. Si. Birmingham fire... 250/. sh. 55/. pd 107 1 % 20,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial _ 50 1. sta. 5!. pd 5% 5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Med ic:rl Lite, ICO/. sh. 2 /10s pd .04 4,000 310 s County lOO/. oh. 10!. pd If 20(00 1 , 1. Eagle 501. oh. 51. lid 5% r ,„„ r 5 per cent.l " t and 301 bs.l Economic Litc 10001. sh. 250/. pd 406 2,271 22s.per cent. European Li,- 9 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 9 01. sh. 2/. pd 1 % .000,0001. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 119 20,000 51. Guardian 30,000 s. ad. Hope 5O!. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2,400 5/. 7s. ed. Imperial Fire 'loo/. sh. 501. pd 133 7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,459 5/. percent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 8/. pd 29 2,020 3/ 10$ Kent Fire 5Ol. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66 10,000 161. Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 30% 5,000 10s. London, Fire '251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 19 , 4 3,900 10s. London, Ship "51. sh. 121. 10s. pd 19% 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 5b0,000/. -- National Loan Fund 2l. ss. pd 2 30,000 Si. per cent. Palladium Li tc 5O/. sh. 2/. pd '2l6s 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 0 0/. sh. 2/. pd 18s Od 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....1101. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2,500 1/. Provident Lite 2,70,000 7s. Rock Life 5/. pd 4 89,220/ 51. per coat. Royal Exchange Stock 183 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. Si. pd 7U JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Corn. of Ireland2s/. sh. 10!. pd 5,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 531 4 10;410 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham SCI. sh. 10/. rid 13% 10,000 IA per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 20/. pd 24 60,000 51. London Joint Stock '5O!. sh. 10/. pd 12% 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster Liverpool 25,000 100 / s h. 10/. pd 20 50,000 7i per cent. Manchester and Liver.] 501.5 h. 15/ pd 10 pool Distri-t 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOO/.Bh. 25/. pd 4'3 3 4 90,000 Provincial Bank of I relandloo/. sh. 25/.1,4 43% So,ooo 5 ler /cot. National Bank of Ireland 501. oh. 17;!. pd 15% 10,000 5 per cent. National Prov , ,,cial Eng. lOW, sh. 351. pd 34% 10,000 - . Ditto New 101. sh. 10/, pd 9% 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s (id Bath 20/. sh. 101. pd 22 5,000 British 401. eh. 161. pd 184 spoo fs a l.perc 6 sent.} Ditto Provincial nd 11 . s. 201. sh. 1111. pd 25 928 51 10s Birmingham 50!. sh. '96 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O!. sh. 36 2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13% 750 31 lOs Ditto, New WV. sh. 18!. pd 9 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9 4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated .... 751. (31/. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London.. ....... -.100/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 3405. Equitable 5O/. pd 20 10,000 2.1 per cent. Imperial 504 sh. 57 900 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. eh. 201. pd 18% 2,350 Si. per cant. Independent '3O/. sh. all p., 49 9,000 41. per cent. Phcenix 5O/. 511. 391. pd 34 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 63 4,000 South Metropolitan 501. sh. 191. pd 17 9,000 4/.per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30 240 5/, per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 54 per cent Wakefield 2,000 31 . Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd 11 x 780 3 per cent, Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS 4,800 31s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 851. pd 21 4,434 71. East London 1001. sh. 164% 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. 62 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 46 372 10/. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 326 1,500 2 110 s New Myer London Bridge Water Ann... CO 6,486 21 10s Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 555% 1,000 4 per cent. South London lOO4 sh. 104% 8,294 4f/. West Middlesex Average 634'.125. 9d. sh. 101 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. cow ...... ... Birmingham and Derby ...- lO.l/ pd 70 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 1601. pd 78 15,100 .... ..... Bristol and Exeter lOOl. ch. 6(1 pd 33 7,500 Cheltenham& G. Western 1004 sh. 62 A 1. 27 3,004 Clarence 100/. sh. 1001 pd 30 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1004 sh. 51. pd 60.000 ..... .... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23!. pd 654 10,000 Great North of England PlO/. sh. 701. pd 65 10,9:8 14 percent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 204 25,000 Great Western l3O/. sh. 65/. pd 8.1 25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. 101. pd 6 1 5,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5Ol e h. 40!.'{x1 41 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1(101. pd 11534 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/, pd 43 2,100 44 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sit. 65% 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool & Manchester 10(1.sh. 1004 pet 185 7,9118 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5 l ll pd 20 11,495 10 per sent. Ditto Quarter Shares °5l. pd 45 36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. 50/ pd 4214 94,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 251. pd 19% 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich _2O/. Os. 20!. pd 84 25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 901. pd 151 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....251. sh. 5/. pd 23 31,250 Ditto New Shares 321. sh. 321. pd 51 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 38/,175. Id. 55 1, 4 33,000 Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 11 % Ditto New Scrip.... 11.4 13,000 Manchester and Leeds...loo4 sit. 70/. pd 0% 13,000 .. 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 7 OLsh. 401. 25 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 1214 10,000 Midland Counties 'Ol l /. sh. 1004 pd '7B 15,000 North Midland Ditto New 5,128 Northern and Eastern...l9o4 sh 564 pd 22 2,6ti0 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 304 pd 36 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,(100 101 . per cent. Stockton and Darlington .... . . WO/. sh. 275 9,000 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd £0 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51.1 .. OIL pd ,12 4,000 11. Se. A (ten l5l. sh 121. It .t. pd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5!. pm.lool. sh. at 'i d I% Ditto Subscription 95/. int I 2,000 10/. Bolanos . 150/. sh all pd 35 10,000 11. lOs Brazilianlmp. iss. 51. pm... 351. sh. 20/. pd 74 6,000 Macaubas Cocaes United 2 5/.5h.25/. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey _204 sh. 111 pd 24 10000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip 1(11, sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 551. pd ,0011 British Copper 5/. sh. 441. pd 1% C its BrAnca 6 l/. pd 7 Candonga...... t/. pd 5 ,„. . . . . ... 10,000 11 Copiapci ...... ............ ...... 20/. sh, 151. j).l pi g 8,500 ... Columbian, ids. Si. pm. —55/. sh. 55/. pd ON 2,850 3/. English l4/. Gs. pd 3 20,000 General MiningAssociation2o/ sh.lB/: pd 1% 0,155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. 57,14. pd 6 3,000 Polberou Consols , lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered IN Ditto Loan Note. , 150/. pd 160 30,000 United Mexican, los. 2 pm. 401. sh. all pd 214 DWG Scrip 314 Ditto New Scrip 51 !ad 4V, 'West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 16 1,500 London University lOOl. sh. all pd 8 700 King' College lOOl. 19% MISCELLANEOUS. 10,)01 15s. Australian Agricultu;al.loo/.'sh 281 pd 39 6, )00 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3 lir. pd 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company_... ...... 1004 sh. 301. pd 31N pO,OOO 5/. per cent. Upper Cana,oa Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO% 20,000 1/, Gs. General Steam Navigation 15/. :h. 141. pd 25% 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,008 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms.... Av. 75/. sh l9 ,000 Caoutchouc Company 124/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land C0mpa4y...50/. pd 12 9,154 5/. per cent. Reversionary tnt. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 2,03:1 5/. per cent. Ditto Ncw 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,000 50.000 0, Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 100/. sh. 17.1/, pd & LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES FEB. 6, 1841, BANKS. 1,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland...63l. Cs. Bd. Th. all pd 152 2,000,0004 6 p. ct. ltcyal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd 151 500,000/. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.Bh. all pd 2 , 29 500,0001. 01. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1004 pd 174 500,0081. sn. ct. National 100!.,h. 101. pd 143, 500,0001. 71. p. et. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 74 1A0,000/, 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 40/. pd 74 INSURANCE COMPANIES.S 250.000 th. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 11. d 25s 6d. 7,500 '7 p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd ns 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of S p 13 Scotland .10/. sh. all pd ,k 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 2001 . sh. 10/. pd 1 . 6 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1901. sli. 10/. pd 20 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pi it% 100,000 - 3} p. ct, West ot Scotland lO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,BlBend Was. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10 Ditto Allocatral! SW. sh. all pd 47 SAOC 5 per cent. MIA Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 35 2,0005 h 75 per cent. Shotts Iron Founnerv.. .... 50/ sh 481. rd 53 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. lti/. pd 8 4 ,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Ccal Gas ...... —O5/. sh. all pit 50 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 52 '750 71 per cent, Leith Coal Gas 2O/. sh. all pd 51 1,200 RAILWAY CARRIAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have just come up to town from the north, and am Lappy to say that the York and North Mid land Railway Company have introduced in their second class carriages wooden slides, to protect the passengers from cold and rain. They cannot cost more than ten shillings per carriage, showing that Railway Companies need not endanger the lives of travellers, under the pre text that they cannot a ff or d g l ass windows. I agree with the Marqui s o f N orman b y th a t imperfect drainage is injurious to health, but I believe second-class railway carriages arc equally so.—l am, Sir, Your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. ( From th.e Globe.) We have so often expressed our opinion on the Church rate question, that the debate which arose last night in the House of Commons on the case of Mr. Baine', of Leicester, now a prisoner in the gaol of that town for non-payment of a Church-rate, might be allowed to pass without remark from us, seeing it presents nothing new in the way of fact or illustration to distinguish it from the many former debates on the same question. The question—stripped of the extraneous mat ter, and extricated from the entanglements with wliish the heated passions of the contending parties have embar rassed it—resolves itself into a simple form. To the Church it is proposed, whether it be not expedient for the character of the national establishment. which must depend for its efficiency and ultimate stability on public opinion, to promote the abrogation of this obnoxious law ? The attempt to carry a rate in vestry is accompanied by " strife and debat ',and smiting with the fist of wickedness." The arena of contest is the " house of prayer"—the presiding officer is the minister of religion, the clergyman of the parish —the chief debaters are the fiercest of the professors of the rival creeds, who arc attended by their respective parti sans : these import into the controversy the elements of theological hate, quickened into violence by the attempt to ascertain from the result of the pending contest the chances of success in future political struggles. Need we de scribe the scenes of tumult which such collisions must pro duce, or the injury which religion, in its spirit and character, must sustain, and of which the Church, in its institutions, and clergy, come in for by far the largest share ? Then comes the enforcement of the rate upon those who plead inability from ppverty, or disinclination from consc;- entious okjections ; the seizure by warrant of di s tr e ss of some article of wretched furniture from the strug gling widow or half-employed artizan, who, with their sympathising neighbours, regard the deprivation as an act of oppresion, and too readily conceive an antipathy to the Church, if not to religion generally, because of the inconvenience and loss to which they have been sub jected by the law which deprived them of their table or chair, perhaps their Bible or bed, for its support. (From the Standard.) It is most desirable to direct the attention of tke country to that which was the subject of the conversation upon Mr. Rice's unsuccessful motion last night, the necessity of pro viding a capacious harbour of refuge for merchantmen, and of rendezvous for ships of war, at some place in the Channel. This great commercial and naval State has at present but three harbours in England suited for ships of war, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Sheerness, and none of these is in a position adapted for military purposes. The immense commerce of London, too, has to be conducted through a labyrinth of banks which the boldest and most skilful seaman does not encounter without anxiety in the darkness of night, or in foggy or tempestuous weather, but which, nevertheless, he must encounter at present, if at night he arrives near the mouth of the river. The Downs, it is true, affords protection in some winds; but in a wind from the south or south south-east, or any point between, the Downs is without shelter. Is it right that there should be no harbour of rendezvous for ships of war be tween Portsmouth and Sheerness, exactly the most accessible part of the coast to an invading enemy, and exactly that part of the coast from which we could most effectually molest an enemy in turn? Is it right that the commerce of London with the whole world, and what we may therefore call the commerce of the world, should remain in its present state of exposure to danger? Nearly forty years ago the subject engaged the attention of Mr. Pitt, and all that has occurred within the interval gives reason to regret deeply that the exigency of the times disabled that great man from realising the design of defending England by a capacious deep-water harbour at the narrowest part of the Channel, which it is known he entertained. The introduction of steam navigation, which must in future bring every contest of naval powers to close quarters and to a short issue, however, leaves us now, if we see our interest or our danger, almost without a choice. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 13th March, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average 1838-9-40. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases lB3 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 157 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion.. Diseases of the Kidnoys, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, or Natural Decay ll4 71 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 25 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes 1049 - Average Weekly Deaths .. 926 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1838-9-40. Western Districts ..... ... 190 ...... 139 North Districts Central,Districts 203 ..... 190 East Districts South Districts .. . ... 24 9 - 233 Total 1049 926 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City cf London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of West m i nster, t h e out parishes within the bills of niortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapclry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington • St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-lc bow ; Camberwell% Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156. • Genera Register-otlice, March 18, 1841. STEAM TO THE WEST INDIES.—It is well known, w e believe, that in addition to the Royal Mail steamers which now ply regularly between Liverpool and Boston in the United St.tes, Government has entered into a contract with a London Company to build fourteen large steamers, for the purpose of carrying the mails to the West Indies. One of these magnificent ships is now in course of buildin g b y t h e Messrs. Menzies of Leith, the same gentlemen who built the Sirius steamer, which had the credit of being the first steamer that ever crossed the Atlantic. The . vessel on which they are now engaged is of much larger proportions, being about 240 feet in length from figure-head to stern, with a breadth of 36 feet across the beam, and 31 feet deep. When completed, she will carry two engines of 210 horse power each, and her burden will be 1,350 tons. She is to have four decks, one of which will be solely oc cupied with sleeping berths for the passengers ; and in ac cordance with a provision in the contract with Govern ment, she will he able, if necessary, to carry guns, and act as a war steamer. We believe ttat in the case of the North American steamers they were al built accord ing to the same model. With the West Indian vessels, we understand, there is no such arrangement. The ships are to be built in the principal ports of the country, and each builder is left much to his own discretion as to the mould and figure of the ship he is entrusted with ; so that when the whole are finished, it will become an interesting point to ascertain w hich of the various builds are the best adapted for their purposes. The vessel now on the stocks at Leith has been the admiration of all competent judges who have visited her, both for the beautiful proportions of her figure, and for the prodi gious strength and solidity which is imparted to her prin cipal joints. Her stern is round, instead of square, which has an agreeable effect on the eye, and by allowing the planking to be brought down the whole length of the sh i p, g i ves greater solidity to that part. From each of the principal beams, diagonal supports of wood, others of iron, run in every direction, lapping over one another in some cases to a thickness of fifteen inches. A visit scattered main deck is th 1. 1 o ai u d g , h a o n u d t t h i l o e , r and as she is required to this magnificent vessel is an c i l n in t g er in es g ting sight. She is far soon, not fewer than two hundred men are employed in Courant. to all parts of present a varied . resemblance to the movements c r d sadvancing completion;f fast; tt t hh h eee work, different m ra a th d e van o c th ed ers tow ar a She will be launched, we understand, about the end of May; and in accordance with the reso solution of the Company, that their vessels should bear the names of the rivers on which they were built, she is to be mate, we understand, has been down to THE GovEßFon FENNER.--This unfortu nate vessel, it would seem, bas gone to pieces on the coast in that neighbourhood. The beach for Wales.of f amed the F oTrthbe. —Edinburgh Criccieth and Aberffravv, and recovered a trunk belonging to himself, and another the property of his wife, which had been thrown up sixty miles along the coast was thickly strewed h wit per ions of the wreck. At Aberffraw, a chest belonging to Wm. Thorns, one of the passengers from Cheltenham, we be lieve, and containing wearing apparel, books, and sixty pounds in money had been found, and at Criccieth, a runk, full of female dresses, belonging to a couple lately married at Chester, but whose names are not in our of bees is e a n sheivebuPlekr'ati°afinsd pos session, has been cast up by the waves. In the trunk of Mr. Thorns a letter was found, wiitten by Mr. Dugan, of Waterloc-road, recommending the bearer to his relatives in America. Him they made acquainted with the affair, .tnd he immediately wrote to Mr. Thorns on the subject ; and, yesterday ramping. Mr. Dugan and the widow re turned from Wales, bringing with them the contents of the trunk, consisting of clothes, 13 sovereigns, two Ame rican eagles, and 250 dollars, which she sold to Messrs. Durandu and Luff, money brokers. It is stated, that several other boxes have come on shore at different parts of the coast, and the hull of the Governor Fenner was seen only a few days since. It is to be 'hoped the•vessel nay be recovered, as there i 3 little dr j aht there are minty valuables still rembining in her.: Liverpool Mercury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, M.4ncll 19. The Etrl of S.HAFTESBURY took Lii teat on the Wool sack shortly after five o'e!ock. The Mutiny, and the Marine Mutiny Bills were scv:rally read a Second tine, and ordered to Ix: committed on Mon day _ _ Lord FOLEY presented a petition against certain partt of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from the Synod of A-gyll, praying for the total abolition of pa tronage in the Ch urc h of Scotland; also similar petitions from the Gaelic Chinch, meeting in Hope-strut, Glas gow, and from Dundee. The Marquis of NORAIANBY presented a petition front the Town-Council of Hull in favour of the principle of the Drainage Bill. He might men tion that he hoped they would be enabled to proceed with the Bill in Committee next week, the Bill having been now divided into two. Lcrd ELLE NB ORO UG H—They only suspended proceeding with the Bill in order that they might get on faster. The Ea,l of BANDON presented I 2 petitions from parishes in the county ofCork against any alteration in the Corn-laws. The Earl of CLARE presented a petition from Car narvon, rgainst the union of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph. NEWFOUNDLAND. The Earl of ABERDEEN had a pcftion to present to which he begged to ca 1 the attention of the Noble i Lords opposite, particularly cf the Noble Marquis lately at the head of the Colonial Department. It related to the colony of Nee founolend. He had thought the sub ject before their Lordships in 1839; he had presented a petition which truly set forth that the colony was the most distracted and unfortunate colony of any under the dominion of this country; but, bad as it was then, it had now become much worse. He was convinced that the only hope there was of any improvement in the state of that cslony must be obtained by means of Parliamentary inquiry. The inquiries promised and made by official persons were wholly use'sss—the evils were of such magnitude that they could only be redressed by an in quiry by that or the other House of Parliament. The great vii consisted in the alsuse of the Constitution granted to the Colony in 1831-32. The House of Assembly was constituted in such a manner that it was wholly impossible they could Oischarge any legislative duties with any bene ficial result to the colony. It consisted of fifteen members, one of whom was in the condition of a menial servant, receiving only ten pound a-year of wages. Such were the gentlemen in the House of Assembly, some of whom might have accompanied the Noble Mar quis upon a shooting excursion and carried his baggage. It was a burlesque that these persons should have the control of ell the funds in the colony, what had been the result ? Why, that the expenses and burthens of the colonies had been increased to a great degree and the Governor had found it impossible to carry the law into effect. In the last Gazette was an answer cf the Governor of the colony to an Address of the House of Assembly. He presumed, in consequence of the out rages committed at the late elections, the Governor had stigmatised them in sonic prcclamations, and that the House of Assembly had required him to lay before them the information upon which the pre ccedings were so described. The answer of the Gover nor was : " The scandalous events which occurred at two elections during the recess, the ferocious conduct of the mob at Comberme-e, by which the election was rendered abortive, and the necessity of the in terference of the military, are matters of noto riety. I consider the documents laid before the House are sufficiently demonstrative of the evils which exist, and under existing circumstances, I must deny compliance with the address, believing that no good could possibly arise to the community, by a publication of all the repre sentations I have received." That was the year the general election ought to have taken place, but the Governor went on to say, " so convinced was I of the absolute necessity of an amendment of the election law that I avail myself of this opportunity to state, that should unhappily no legislative enactment be made to secure tranquillity at future elec tions, I shall not undertake the responsibility of issuing proclamations or writs for the election of a new House of Assembly, or make myself responsible for the serious con sequences, the confusion and bloodshed so likely to ensue thereupon under the present system ; but referring the whole affair to the Supreme Government, I shall, as in duty bound, follow such instructions as I may rece:ve." The Governor was so convinced that something should be done to prevent the recurrence cf those outrages, and to protect the voters in the free exercise of the franchise that he declared in his answer to the address that he would not summon another House of Assembly or issue new writs, which he was bound to do according to law—in this year, unless the House of Assembly agreed upon some mea sure which would so alter the electoral law of the Colony as to remedy the evils that existed. The Noble Earl had some other petitions of a similar description to present, which attributed all the evils that dis turbed and affected the Colony to the conduct of the House of Assembly and their immediate servants. The petitioners prayed for an alteration in the present system of representation, and for a better protection to the voters. The Marquis of NORNIANBY said if his Noble Friend bad referred to an earlier period of the Session, and had read the opening speech of the Governor, he would see that there was no necessity to have a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry, for the Governor informed the House of Assembly in that apt ech, that the whole subject was under the consideration of the Government at home. Gov( rnor Preston had also, in his answer to the Address, pressed upon the Legislature of the Colony to take into consideration an amendment of the law of election, so as to afford protection to the voters.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Colonial Session was not yet concluded, and although the House of Assembly had not taken any steps in furthera:ce cf the objects re commended to them by the Governor, yet the session was still proceedirg, and it was not advisable for the Parlia mert to interfere until it was ascertained what might be done before its dote. —( Hear, bear.) Tue Governor was by law justified in the withholding the issue of the writs of a new election until he should receive instructions from the Government at home. His Noble Friend had referred to a former peti tion presented upon the subject, but a contrary one had also bsen laid before the House, which stated the finances of the country to be in the most deplorable conditior, the outrages to be excessive and unrestrained, and the fisheries in a state of progressive decay. The matter had been referred to the Governor, and his report thereon was in a great degree satisfactory, and showed that the state ments of the petitioners were exceedingly exaggerated as regarded the alleged outrages—that the finances of the co lony were by no means in the unsatisfactory state represented, and that ihore was every hope that the fisheries would re vive. He (Lord N.) was of opinion with the Government that if his recommendation were not attended to, some measure must be taken by the Government at home to remedy the existing evils. He Lad not a very sanguine expectation that the House of Assembly would take any effectual steps this Session, seeing that they had allowed so much of it to elapse without turning their attention to the subject ; 3ct he hoped that his Noble Friend would suspend further proceedings upon the petition now presented, and leave the matter for the time in the hands of the Government. The petition was then Hid on the table. POOR.LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. Nicholls, Poor-law Commissioner for Ireland, waa then called to the bar, upon the Older of the Day', to be examined. In answer to the Earl of GLENG A LI., Mr. Nicholls said that he was not in Dublin in March, 1839. He had no recollceti m whether or not upon his arrival in Dublin he made inquiry as to the ap pointment of Mr. Butler, but had no doubt tkat he must have done so. In answer to other questions the witness, who was very imperfectly heard in the Reporters' Gal lery, went into a detail of the system upon which the mi.. nutes of correspondence were kept in the office of the Poor-law Commissi,mers in Dublin. By the Duke of WELLINGTON—He considered himself as responsible for the appointment of Assistant- Commissioners. Supposing a man were to be an insolvent, or if he were a decided Fartizan, even if he were the I3C pt. ew of an Archbishop, he would think him totally unfit for the situation of returning officer in any Union. lie was not in Dublin when the correspondence upon this af fair was commenced. Mr. Earle was the party responsible for the duties of the office in his abienca, or the Secret.ry. Mr. Phe!an had nothing to do with the office. He was an Assistant. Coma issioner in the Dublin district, Lander Mr. Earle ; but he had clearly nothing to do with the ap pointment of Mr. Butler—he had nothing to do with the office. If he interfered in that appointment, arid told any one that that appointment had been confirmed, he had been guilty of an irregularity. Every act done under the Com mision—every letter that was written or received—and every interview bad on office business—was entered on the registry of the Beard. Any error in that must have been unintentional. He was net responsible for any error in the copying of the letters, or the entries in the registry. lie was clearly responsible for the due execution of the Act of Parliament. The minutes and registry required to be kept were accurately kept, and contained a minute of every act done by the Commissioners, and the reasons upon which the act was founded. There was not a single act of the Commissioners that was not supported by documentary evidence. By the Marquis of NORMA NBY.—He believed a copy of the minutes 0 which he referred was in London. lie had not the slightest recollection how the Commission ers obtained the i, formation reqceting Mr. Buller, be sides what was stated in the letter to Mr. Bagwell. Lord RED ESDALE asked if any inquiries vtere now making as to his character. Witness did not know. Lord REDESDALE.—Do you not think that the character of your Assistant-Commissioner is involved in the character elieh Le has given you of Mr. Bailer ? Ile says that Mr. Butler was a gentleman, residing in Clonmell, and lately retired from business, and that he had known him for twenty-seven years. Now if it be true that he was at that time in li&aud, insolvent, and that his character and conduct had Leon such as they arc now rc presenteo, do you not think the veracity of your Assistant- Cernmisiom r is questionable, and that such a person is m t fit to hold such an office ? Witness thought that a person who trade a false state ment was not fit to be an Assistant-Commissioner.—( Hear. ) Lord IZEDE SDA LE—And yet you have made no inquiry? .11r. Nicholls begged leave to read a letter which he had rece;ved upon the subject from Mr. Phelan, and after some discussion, in which the Earl of Devon and the Marquis of Normanby recommended the permission, and the Earl of Glengall and Lord fiedesdale objected, leave was given, but Mr. Nicholl4 read it in a tone quite inaudible in the gallery. In answer to a question from Lord Redesdale he said that Mr. Phelan was ap pointed 2hiefly upon his (Mr. Nicholls') recommendation, given from his knowledge of that gentleman's character. Mr. Phelan had also been recommended by Lord Morpeth and the late Mr. Drummond. Witness was not certain that ho had not also been recommended by Mr. Ball, the late Member fo Clonrool. A -groat•number of (-;_opplaiqts were made by some of the guardians end rate-payers of the Clonmel Union after Mr. Butler had commenced his dude; as returning officer, and he directed furt!.er in quiries to be made into Mr Butler's fitness and cha racter, and he received the letter of 23d May from Mr. Phelan. He (the witness) directed those inquiries to be made by Mr. Phelan. He had no doubt that be di. rested and superintended the investigation in the conduct of Butler at the election of guardians at Clonmel. There had been extreme irregularities in the elections, but espe cially at the first. He did not particularly recollect the complaint made against Butler for having struck out the names of some candidates:, and put in others. His memory was refreshed by the return made to the House. lie could not answer to this point without rcferring to the entries, and all the books and pagers connected with the offico had been taken back, on the under standing that they were done with. He was not aware that he would be uxamined on that point. He acknowledged that there had been incorrectness in the whole of the transactions under inquiry. He could not account for it, except b y the negligence of the clerk, who had been since dismissed for misconduct. This was the first time in his ( Mr. Nieholl'x) life that his own correct ness was ever called in question. Mr. Stanley had acted with him for two or three years, and he could bear testi mony to that gentleman's fidelity and assiduity, and his strict regard to truth. Lord G L ENG A LL—The letter of Mr. Phel in to the Commissioners appea.ed in tie returns three socral times, and in different terms each time. How did that happen ? Witness in the first return directed an extract to be sent of so much as he thought bore upon the subject. Lord ELLENBORO UG H—The House oriered a re turn of correspondence, and not of extracts; and the Corn. missioneri deceived the House by making such a return. After some further questions of minor detail, on maw rs already sufficiently explained, the witness was permitted to srishdraw. Their Lorditips then (at Twenty Nlinutes to Eight o'Clock) adjourned till Monday. ROUSE OF COMMONS, MAACK' 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. The Dublin Wide Strccti' 13111 was read a third time and passed. _ _ SUDBURY ELECTION. The following Members were chosen from panel No. 1, to try the merits of the petition presented against the return of Mr. Tomline fn- the borough cf Sudbury : M. W. C. Harland, Mr. C. Bruce, Col. RoHeston, Mr. Thornley, Lord Wesley, the lion. W. S. Lascellcs, and Sir Charles Lemon, Chairman of the C.immittce. Mr. ALSTON moved the acc,md reading of the Lor don and Blackwall Commercial Railway B;11. Mr. CRA WFORD did not mean to oppose the second reading of the Bill. In Committee he would feel obliged to oppose a clause in the Bill extendir•g for ten years the time fur reselling extra land, and giving a power to lease it during that time. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. ALSTON presented a petition from the Trustees t,f ilie R.ver Lee, against the Northern and Eastern Rail way Bill. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from tte vestry of Marylebone, against the Middlesex Sesi.ions Bill. And o❑ the motion of the Hon. Baronet, the Kentish Town Paving Bill was read a second time. Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from the trustees of the Surrey New Roads against the Southwark Improse ment Bill. Mr. TATTON EGERTON brought in the Liverpool Dock Bill, which was read a first time. Dr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Commercial Gas Bill, which waa read a first time. Mr. GISBORNE preiented a petition from the iron masters of Staffordshire against certain clauses in the Severn Navigatian Bill. Cclonel SIBTEIORP presented a petition from Lin coln against the Stafford and Rugby Railway Bill, and a petition against certain clauses in the Poor-law Amend ment Bill. Mr. W. HEATHCOTE presented petitions from the rate-payers of Hampshire in favour of out-door relief in certain cases. 11lr. ORD presented a petition from Newcastle-upon- Tyre ag inst the County Courts' Bill. Sir GEORGE CREWE presented petitions from thirty-seven parishes in Gloucestershire against certain clauses in the Poor-law Bill. Sir E. WILMOT presented petitions from places in Warwickshire, praying that the petitioners might be exempted from the payment of any of the expenses of the Birmingham rict;.. Mr. MILES presented peti ions from several places in the county of Somerset in favour of amendments and alterations in the Poor-law Amendment Act. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented five petitions in favour of Church Extension. Sir W. SOMERVILLE pre eated a petition from the medical practitioners of Drogheda, against certilin clauses of the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. GREENE presented petitions from places in Lancashire, against that part of the Poor-law Amendment Bill, which enables the Commissioners to put an end to the Gilbert Unions. Mr. KEMBLE presented thrc. petitions from places in the county of Surrey, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. D'ISRAELI presented a petition from Radnor against the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Mr. W. DUN COM BE presented petitions from places in the counties of York and Lancaster, against the Poor law Amendm , nt Bill. Mr. CLAY pre-ented a petition from medical practi tioners in the Tower Hamlets, against the Medical Re form Bill. Mr. NV. ATTWOOD presented a petition from the churchwardens, overseers, ar,d parishioners of Greenwich, against the Poor-law Amendment Bill. — Mr. HOLDS WORTH presented a similar petition from a place in Ncttinghamsliire. Lord G. BENTINCK presented petitions against the County Courts Bi'l. Mr. FIELDEN presented petitions from Oldham, Kettering, Loughborough, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and several other places against Cie Poor-hrs. Lor 1 SAND 0 N brought in a Bill to amend the Liver pool Local Acts Bill. The Bill was read a first time and ordered to be engrossed. Capt. Pectic'', Mr. R. Palmer, and Sir E. Knatchbull, gave notice of certain amendments on going into Com mittoe on the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Mr. EWART gave notice that on Tuesday next he would renew his notion on the subject of the appoint ment of a Committee on Education. An Hos. MEMDER begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what vi as his intention viith regard to the South Sea Company. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the subject was now under consideration, and he hoped the Session would not pass without some measure relative to it being introduced. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee of Supply, Mr. BERNAL in the Chair. Sir G. CLERK wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question with respect to the naval expendi ture. It appeared that when all the outstanding demands were considered, there was a deficiency of 421,0001. He wished to know if the Honourable Gentle man intended to make any provision to meet that excess. Would it not be proper to propose a vote which would cover the whole demand ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Right Hon. Gentleman would remember that it was not %Le account for the financial year, but from the lit of January to the Ist of January. Sir G. CLERK said that it was an account of out standing demands against the Naval service, laid upon the table of the House on the 'eth of February. It ap peared by that account that the outstanding demands then ascertained amounted to 1,400,000/. The whole sum voted by Parli talent to matt those demands was only 1,000,000/. Therefore, there was an excess of expendi ture over the sum which had been voted of 400,000/. He wished to know how that excess was to be met ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that not having had notice of the nature of the question it was impossible that 1e coubi anse cc it. Mr. lIERRIES and SIR E. NATCW3 K • ULL made a few ob servations, which were inaudible in the galte-y. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho had observed more than once on points of ac counts, that when because no notice had been given, he had not been able to give an immediate explana tion, an attempt had been made to give it an appearance of a want of fair dealing on his part.—(llear, hear.) Now he had not the slightest desire of concealment asith regard to any account, and if proper tic tice had been given in the present instance, the Secretary of the Admiralty would have been iq his place, and would have been able to give the desired explanation.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GOULBURN said that if any question of impor tance was to be put to any Member of the G,vern meat it was but fair, and to be expected, that due notice should be given of it. But in the present instance the Chancellor of the Exchequer had laid on the table of the House an account of the navy debt, which showed the amount due to be 400,0001, and when, therefore, the Chancelb r of the Exchequer proposed that a warrant should issue only for 165,000/., could there be any more natural question, or ono that could be more naturally expected, than how he could reconcile the estimates? He must say, that if ever there was a question which a Minister might expect, be thought it would be one like the present.—( Hear, bear.) Lord J, RUSSELL said that he was not, account, and than his Right Hon. Friend, prepared for this ques tion, It was entirely a matter of any more barauccounts were de pended on the mode in Office, ray ade out.—( Hear, hear, be w ar h . i ) ell army, he knew that at the Victu‘ sTere always entered regard to the meets made on account of the to th© year in which the service' re- Bard to the navy by the arr angement madev d b b y u t t h with i Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, w any demand y ea r 1840, for instance , was entere d in that year, though paid in . the mashowednner of the distinction to anncr 33, or 30 . This 't of understandin g it before giving an answer.• the vcted in 1335, 36, 37 , With respect to the Right of keeping accounts, and the recess) y than th e manner Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Goulburn), he( Lord J. Russ e ll) must say that be more candid nothing cou ld in which he always brought subjects of th.s sort before the Elouac.—( Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Noble Lord drew a distinction between the way in which the a rmy an d navy acco unts were kept. Now that had nothing whatever to do with the questio n. Accordin g to the vote, 165,000/. we re demanded to meet the naval expenses, whereas the total amount of expenditure was really 4 00,0001. That was the subjc et that required explanation. He (Sir J. Graham) thought that the vote ought to be postponed. Sir G. CLERK said that the Noble Lord had no right whatever, on the present occasion, to charge him with being guilty of any want of courtesy against the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. He had rut the least doubt that there was no wish on his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) part to mystify the accounts, but really it appeared to "la (Sir G. Clerk) that it was a ma•tar which requited a few words of explanation,, bow EVENING EDITION the discrepancy between the vote now proposed and the amount of the standing demands had ( arisen. He was surprised that neither the Secretary for the Treasury, nor the Secretary to the Admira'ty were present, who could perhaps better give an answer to a question of detail than the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. L ABOUC HERE thought that in a question purely relatirg to tile naval accounts, and net to the question of general expenditure, it was very extraordinary thatit should be made matter of grave accusation against the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. He thought his Right Hon. Friend had a right to he annoyed at the matter. Colonel SIBTHORP complained a the manner in which the publi c accounts were kept, and of the absence of tic Members of the Government who could answer the important questions asked on that side of the Houses The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re gretted that the time of the House had teen waste in such a discussion. He should have had no objet on whatever to answer the questi on h a d h e been prepared. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported progress. ._. __ ....._ ........._ SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The House then went into committee on the South Austraiii Acts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be remembered that on a former occasion a vote had been proposed which had for its object to relieve the dis tress now prevailing in South Australia. The vote in the firm in vi hid, it was proposed was objected to. He now proposed to advance out of the Consolidated Fund the sum of 155,0001. for the purpose of effecting this object. Sir W. MOLES WORTH said he cordially approved of what had b2en proposed by the Hon. Gentleman, as the only means of preventing c ast distress in the colony. It ap peared to him that the proposal did not go far enough to meet the exigencies of the case. Not only ought the bills which had been drawn by the Governor of South Australia to be provided for, but in his ( Sir W. Moles worth's) opinion the debt incurred by the Commissioners, and due to the Emigration Fund, ought also to be paid. The House was, perhaps, aware, that by art Act passed in 1834, persons were induced to expend considerable sums of money in waste lands. There were no funds now available to the Emigration Fund, and the debt due to those parties amounted to 56,0001. If they were board to pay the bills which had besn drawn by the Governor of the colony, they were equally bound to protect these individuals from loss. One of the Colonisation Commissioners stated that a great portion of the 56,0001. bad bcen paid for the purchase of -land by country gentlemen, who were anxious to afford the means of emigration to their surplus tenantry. He entreated the consideration of the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Committee to these circumst mccc, and recommended that they would take a supplementary vote for that sum. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the lion. Baronet did not appear to be aware of the nature of the v,.t... It was not a tir'al settlement.--(hear.) It merely provided for the rcli f of parties who were placed in circumstances of great difficulty, while other questions were pending. As the measure was merely a temporary one he did not think it necessary to press the question at the present moment. The resolution was then agreed to. The House re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL that the Order of the Day for going into Committ..e on the Poor-law Amendment BAt be read, a great number of petitions on the subject were presented, among which were a petition presented by Mr. T. DUNCOME3E, from eleven hundred of the rate-payers of the parish cf St. Andrew's, Holborn, and other parishes in London, agairst extending the authority of the Commissioners ; and in favour of greater powers being given to the parochial officers. Aiso a petition presented by Lord HOWICK from Norfolk, pra) ing for sufficient discretion being given to the Poor-law Guarutansto enable them :o atl,Jd out-door re lief in cares ‘Nhere it might be necessary. Nlr. G. PALMER presented a petition from Brook dale, in Essex, against the Poor-laws. Sir DE LACY EVANS pretested petitions from parishes in Westminster, praying for modification of the Poor-law s. Mr. T. F. HOPE presented a petition from medical practiLioncrs in Gloucester, praying for alteration as re spects the employment of medical practioners. Mr. AINSWORTH presented a petition from Bolton, against the New Poor-law Bill. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from Lambeth to the same effect. Sir J. Y. BULLER presenteJ a petiiion from Ash burton to the same erect. Colonel NVOOD presented a petition from the county of 13. econ to the same effect. Mr. B. WOOD presented a petition from the parish of St. George, Southwark, praying for modifications in the Bill. Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition from Ken sington against the Bill. Mr. L HODG ES presented a petition from Gravesend to the same effect. Mr. WAKLEY presented petitions from St. Mary, Newington, Surrey ; from Leicestershire; from the Tosser Liberty; from the vicar, guardians, and overse2r9 of a pariah i❑ Berkshire ; from a Poor-law guardian in Chelsea, and a Poor-law guardian in Kensington, against the passing of the Bill. Petitions were also presented by Mr. Langdale, from Hull, North Shields, Sommerton, Hereford, and Taunton, praying that Roman Catholic paupers might be allowed to attend their own religious worship on Sundays; by Captain Nebel', from 4,980 inhabitants of Biigbton, praying tlic management might be entrusted to local au thorities; and by Sir John Tyrrell, from Essex, against the Bill. _ _ Mr. WAKLEY said, that when he gave notice of filo motion on the paper, the lion. Member for Preston buld not gilen notice of his amendment; and he understood if his (Mr. Wakley's) amendment was negatived, it would pi event thu amendmet.t of the Hon. Member for Preston from being entcrt.ined. He wanted to hear the ()Onion of the Spelker on that point. The 6PE AK ER said the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury did not in any way interfere with that of the Hon. Member for Preston. Mr. WAKLEY then rose to move that it bean instruc- tion to the Committee to divide the Bill into two Bills. His motion would be a test of the sincerity of the 11 olio tNith respect to the Bill. With reference to the continu ance of the Commission, it was said by a great number of Members that they would vote fcr its continuance for five years, but no longer. Others said they objected to the Commission altogether, but were in favour of cer tain clauses of the Bill ; and thus between this diversity of feeling and opinion the majority cf the Hulse found opportunities to vote on every occasion in favour of the measure. Now, suppo-ing the Bill were divided into two parts, the house would have an opportunity of expressing its opinion upon each respectively. If they did desire that the Commission should terminate at the end of five years—if they would act like practical and sensible men —if they desired to consult public feeling as became the representatives of the people, they cou Id not object o draw the Bill in such a form asahould have the effect of en abling them to work it when the Commission should cease to exist. The present Bill would appear, from its construction, to contemplate the permanent continuance of the Commission. There was nothing in the present Bill that could lead any man to suppose that it was in tended, at the end of five years, that the Commission should cease.—( Hear.) There was not a word, a line, or a sen canoe in any one clause on which any friend of the measure could place his finger and say, ~ H ers is evidence that at the end of five years, it is our object to terminate the Commission." This was net dealing f.irly with the people. It was a most unfair, a most un. just, and a most unphilosophical mode of proceeding. With a people, like the English. they should say at once what they intended to do. If they intended to make the Commission permanent, they should frame the Bill ac cordingly; but it they intended it should cease, they should come turward with a Bill suited to such a "nurse. And he said, unless thin were done, the House was dealing, trea cherously with the English community. Was there a feeling that the people would not endure the continuance of the Commission ? Was the House afraid to brave the public team , ? He was at a loss to understand how the great landdatiste cracy of the country, who had such a stoke at issue, could lend themselves, he bad almost said meanly lend themselves, to p ro mote a law of this nature. Were they as are o f w h at they were doing ? He was ar preteatingnitTahihentewayienasiallitzh astonished that any person, who veted for thecont a i n n d uance of this law, could also encourage the education th so a , t e b n u .. - t lightenment of the people. It Cr" impossiblen together. The lightenment and this law could people saw that it was the means of of every feeling:'which of the country at the P caw:el:I: had dr 0 theytda taker cn,d, Te r e en i e d . - Chd e : a i l . I,:utelm:i distant al life, and, enibp'ucun:Pato'hiseeir beings. o e f tat e s , insist o ti ll ie ght ar to ist b o e cr r a e c sf , ecte f d ir a . m t o e ht iz e i o g and, not only on the sacrifica of human i„ j eo pardy. If circumstances such placing their own i etmh.peir\e:orkhAousurasttt placewichin these few days in the metropolis s of the Commissioners, what must have the j got to the to . 1 un all the way to rea:hheits)tasttleieed have taken plac e l , - called upon to act officially at Isle_ time since hc i was inquest on a child that died there. buried, and when the mother the way takenadt the t s :l 1- was informed that the child could not be pox at al, and that it was a fabrication. The clergyman e b4 a v a e tw i. a ,a, nyr warrant no tri inquirytfiv[ifor ta cjvc i a ' , l: :E u t i a rri e le : h l t :, : b: Vt e o: a r n s ' a (li u n )hes sle i lue s iti : c l 'a i h a da d n., t d d i d i i e o n d g . i l i t t ,l f i d i t a l a t i e ti i ti hsmallad then stated that he should not inter the . child, but weseld instituted, and wrote a send it back to a e n h e i d ld ; be s i l r i a c a s a u n bj in ee g t u . es l- t l , e considered i t letter his ( t i o ut i y i i t n o ( INi issue proved that when themother '. oughtworkhouse, to tet weaned had been five weaenkds it tn Bras old, the surgeon said it „, a year a. and • was taker, ifrom her and placed in the nursery. It was said she did not object, it sent cn Tuesday. On the Monday following she made an ordinary visit to it, and on entering the nurser y th e child w as so changed that she could not recognise it. The mollies went to the Governor, and said she desired to leave the house, for if she remained there another week it was impossible the child could live. The Governor informed her they had first some business to settle. (It was an ill, g -i_ tirnate child.) The doctor saw it at two o'clock, and stated there was nothing serious the matter.. That was on the M o nday following t he Tuesday on which she w as Sunday night, at nine admitted. On the following, o'clock, the child was seized with convulsions,. and at a it died. The nurse Informed the Go vernorginner to eleven f the child's death came out in evidence, ( that the mother was n ot informed of i t until the next morning, w h en she learned the fact from the wo men i n the breakfas t - r oom. Was the House pr e p are d t o sanc tion, uphol d, and su pp ort such a s y stem o f legislation ? 0r we e gentlemen So foolish as t o b e li eve t h at un d er suc h a system they would remain in safe posses s i on o f th e i r pro perty? they taught parents to have no regard for their children, would those parents have respect to pro.. perty? They might talk of Radicalism and Ra dicals, and destructine measures, but of all the destructive laws that ever were invented—of all the revolutionary laws that ever were des . igned—of all the sangtuealy jaws r -laws having a sanguinary tendency-. ~.i 6