The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-21 00:00:00

Elltrli Xbition EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 21, 1849. THE COURT of DIRECTORS - of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the Said Company will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on TrasnAv, the 24th instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of consi dering Motions of Thanks to the Governor-General, the Commander- In-Chief. and the Officers and Men of the Army in India, for their aertises is tbe *west Military Operations in the Pun4aub. JA.MXii C. MELYILL, Secretary. EPSOM RACES. The Trial Stakes. Esaidarius Eva .., Christians . Won by a bead. The Two Yrs Old Stakes. Officious The Swede Valentine Won easy. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Fornhill ... Peep-o'-cley Boy Do-the-Boys Bagley -- ... Sixteen ran. BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) ... 1 ... 2 .. 3 ... 2 -. 3 ... 2 -. 3 ... 4 ro urtt Zbfition THE FUNDS.—(CLOSING PRICES.) Oils cLur3ING P.M I: Is OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK FRICKii. Bank Stock 193% 193 193 S per Cent. Reduced Arms ...... 1 per Cent. Console Annuities 9IX 92% 92 1 Now 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna.-- LongAnns. to expire Jaa.lB6o -16 8% 8% Routh Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account,. ....... Console for Account. Excbe 'der - Bills. I%d. Si 2d. 1,0001. June 45 48 p Small. June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE OCLOCK. $9% 193% 92% • Cbitian Bonds II per Cent... • . 92% ..: + Equador Bonds Segm.,een. 5 per Cent. 1846 ..... Ac , -.nt.• -- 3041 48p 48 p CLOSING PRICES. 921,4 4 3 -ft 30 - i .Ditto, Accou, ... ..... ..._ • • Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto, Account — ' . Portuguese 5 per Cents.. — • •• Ditto, 4 per Cent 2B 29 , • ''' - Ditto, Account ...- ........... gPantsh 5 per Cent. 1840. i Ditto, 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. , , Dutch 23( per Cent., 12 Guild 5 0 1,4% 50 3 4 „ . „. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 78!4 78Ni PRICES 07 EITSIVESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY- SHARES, PAJI). AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES 4 ..( Aberdeen • Do. Preference C4lecicnian - ....... ..... 50 • D o . Quarters ' ........ 12% 8 t ...... ........ 6% Eastemn Comtties... ..... 20 ' • loo.' New Guaranteed ' ' ' 6 per Cent.. -- 4. Ekst*Linicashire Last Dine/haat:sire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glaagow 50 • ...linaat..Northern DS., ` / . 2 A Deferred ... 12 1 4 .... ... ...... D0., 1 ,, t B 6 per-Cent,„ 7 1 ,i ..... 6 , 7 i, Do. ,It.'xteujoii.. 287. Creat'Ndrtli of England.loo ...... Dkto. New, 30 . / 28 28 Ti 32% 23 3 / 4 42 11% 5 6 1 A ; 1% 236 713th great .Weatern ~.100 - " Dittd.`Piff.M - .. tO Pull and Selby :. .. :. .. 50 ...... Leeds Snd 'Bradford 5O 10 0 1A; 100.. .. ... 100 London Si Black waif ' 1 . 2% — LOl o,ioll. -Brighton, and • South Coast .sa .... 39% a i .... 39 1 ,4 London and N. We,atern 100 Ditto, :sew Quarters.. 7 ...... 11% 11 Lon,l. &S. Western 5O ...... Im. New 501. ... ..... 42%.. .. .....29 1 4 Ditto, Thirds 161.138.4d. .. 4 1 ,4 dis 4 3 A dis. Blanchaiter.Buxton,and Matlock..._ Midland Do., do., 4104 Shares 25 ... .. Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Norfolk ....................100 ..... • • ••• •• North Briti3b ... .... ... 25 1 4 1% ... ...... ... Ditto, Thirds .... .. ~ 84 ~ Beading, Guildford, and 38 14% 4% Reigiie 124 l3'4 .. ... Scottish Central Shropshire Union South EastArn .. - ..... .. 33% 22 217 Do., No. IL AN., No. 3 ..... ...... 30 ..... 204 •• Dii, Registered No. 4 10' ' 67i Do., Scrip No 4 .. ... 1021 - 731, Wear Valley 6 per I Cent. . Guaranteed ;.. ... ..... 60 ...... 29 1 4 .... Yoik, Newcastle, and Berwick..':.: Do; Newcastle Eaten. 20 t)o, ti.N.E.Preierenee 8 ... York and North Midland 50 Ditt 0, Preference lO Le. Eat and Westßid lug Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 134 24 2 1 / 2 22% 14% 2 0 1 / 2 6% Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... Ssf ..... F,asit Indian 3 1 4 Great Indian Peninsular 5 Northern of France...... 13 Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 . Konen and Havre ...... 20 ..- — MINES Australian.... ..... ...... 3 ...... 6 Brazil ian Imperial . ..... 24% Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... ............... Cobre Copper 40 71i 29 1 4 22L4 16; 4 oy6 19% 1% 4A I 11; 3% 11% 10 3 / 4 221,4 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) , LONDON, APRIL 21.—Wind S.S.E., moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, APRIL 20.—Wind N.N.E. to N.E.—Arrd. from the river, and aid., Cornwall, Dawson, New Zea land; Washington, Westlake, Port Natal and Mauritius. Bk. Duke of Roxburgh, Collard, Plymouth, and Sydney, New South Wales. LITZRPOOL, APRIL 20.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. 19, Jessie, Mitchell, Buenos Ayres; Indian Queen, Forsyth, _ Barbados.; Princess Royal, Duguid, New Orleans; Lord Elgin, Heron, Mobile; Martha, German, Havannah; American,- Saunders, Charleston; Corabrook, Meeguire, ditto; William Penn, Michal, Philadelphia, having en counte,rerl immense masses of ice Ist April, in lat. 411, lon. 45. 20, Laurel, Savannah; Burrs), Foster, Charleston; Oriental, Hoyt, New York. Sid. 19, James Allerton, New Orleans; Scipio, Newfoundland. 20, Victory, Bombay; Pernambuco; Triton, Charleston; Cainbritige, Sew York; Britannia, Staten Islanthi Lady Falkland, Miramichi. TORBAY, APRIL 19.—Last night it blew a heavy gale from S.W., and this morning suddenly shifted to N.N.E., with unabated fury. GUERNSEY. APRIL 20.—The Active (brig), Frost, of Poole, which sailed 18th inst. tor Newfoundland, in pass• ing back yesterday during a gale from N. to N.N.E., went on shore on Castle Cornet Rocks, and remains, cargo being Jangled, but partially damaged; hopes are entertained that she may be got off. SWANSEA, APRIL 20.—The Lively, Hughes, of Aberys with, sunk on the Mumbles last evening. DuILIN, APRIL 18.—It commenced blowing a violent gale from N.E. about two o'clock this morning. The yachts Blaz , r, Dream, and the trawler Mary drove on shore; the former are sunk, but the latter was as sisted off. The Seotia steamer received damage along side the quay, and the Harmony, Drogheda (in ballast), was stranded at the back of the East Pier, anl fills with the tide. BELFAST, APRIL 19.—1 t has been blowing a heavy gale fur the last 24 hours from S.W. to N.N.W. A vessel tram New York fur Glasgow, with a cargo of Indian corn, was on shore 18th inst., near the South Light; stew saved. . . JERSEY, APRIL 16.—Tho Echo barque, of this island, salt laden, parted her moorings in the outward harbour last night, during a viol, nt squall, and drove on the rocks, but was gut off the following tide; the extent of the damage is not yet ascertained. • SUIELDR, APRIL 20 —A light schooner, in being towed out; got upon the Head Sand this morning, in constquence of the rope breaking, but is expected to be got off. -•-• SCARBORoU6I3, Aram 19 —A boat, marked " Isa ' belle, of Boston, Parker, master," has been picked up see. Hisawmft, APRIL 20.—One of the schooners reported yesterday as having been on shore on the Half Ebb Rock is reported to be the Triton, of Brixham, with iron ore, and is leaky. • M3NTROSE, APRIL IB.—The Veronica, Wallace, in attempting to go out to day, missed stays, and went on shore up'.as the Annet, but expected to be got off next tide; crew saved. ST. 111 .7.1.art4E. Aram 16.—A board, 15k feet long, with Pursuit" branded on the outside of her stern, was picked rip off this port on the 15th inst. PENZANCE, APRIL 19.—1 t has blown a very heavy gale all !silt night and throughout to-day from W.S.W. to with very severcirotlila Plymouth of rain and sleet. The Lark, of Brixharn, mouth to Neath, in ballast, parted her anchors and wear on last night at Sr,. Michael's Mount, wh ere she lies badly bilged, with no probabifity of being got off; crew and m a t e ri a l s saved. HULL. APRIL 19 —The Enterprise, of Yarmouth, fo Hartlep 01, parted her anchor 17 th inst., and drove on r shore on Spurn Point, but was afterwards floated and taken into Grimsby. PouTsmouTtt, Aram 20.—Wind N.N.E., strong, squally, with snow.—Arrd. Victoria, Johnston, Lon don and sailed for New York. Sld. Mohawk, China; Nix urn, Calcutta. IgeAti f tiaisrTorq, APRIL 20.—Sid. Washington (0, New Yo. k. • • OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 17.—Elizabeth, Buenos Ayres for Antwerp. SWANSEA, APRIL 19.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Hero, Grenada. • WHITEHAVEN, APRIL 19.—Wind N.W.—Sid. Jessie, 19.—The Agenoria, of Ilfracombe, It ' • • ~4.lroveon shore in a squall from N.N.E. near I. • '.1 : "-54004i and may be considered a wreck; crew pisatcfs Ad 80 sail are lying windbound at as , Or +di Li .1 St .1" z iirj4 anchor in the Roads. Sinc: dark, the weather has mo derated greatly. It now blows fresh at N.E. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 20.—Wind N.—Asrd., 18th, Au gusta, Langenberg, Havanna, for Bremen. ARDROSSAN, APR.U. 18.—Sid. Henry, Dalhousie. CLYDE, APRIL 18.—Kestrel (steamer), Newfoundland. 19. Agile, Buenos Ayres. Dunnirr, APRIL 19.—Wind E.N.E.—SId., 18, Eliza beth, New York. WATERFORD, APRIL 19.—Wind W.N.W., heavy gales and much rain.— Sid. 18. John, Francis, Quebec. LONDONDERRY, Arum 18.—S1d. Bolton Abbey, New York. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 19.—Wind N.E., snow.—Sld. Wear Packet, Bathurst. IRELAND. DEATH OF VISCOUNT MONCK. DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING. - The above-named Nobleman expired this morning at his residence in Merrion-square, having survived a few months his elder brother the Earl of Rathdown, by whose death the earldom became extinct. The late Viscount is suc ceeded in his title and estates by his son the Hon. Charles Stanlay Monck, who at the late election stood candida to for the representation of his native county of Wicklow. The Evativ Mail states, on competent authority, that two respectable Roman Catholic priests in a western county have been forced by necessity to have their names placed on the relief list. It is also stated that a beneficent Protestant clergyman has, within the last few weeks, petitioned a relief association for per mission to appropriate half a ton of oatmeal confided to him to the purpose of raving his children from starving. Accounts from Clonmel mention a desperate conflict among the boatmen on the river Stair, arising out of a combination. Some men who had returned to their work were last night attacked by a party of rioters. Some of the fel lows were armed with knives, and severely wounded a man named Timothy Sweeney a little- below the spine, and another named Edward Walsh had his head cut severely and several bruises about his body. The police were promptly on the spot, and, after some resistance, succeeded in arresting five of the ringleaders. THE CORN TRADE.—We had not so much animation in our market to-day, but prices of Tuesday were well supported for wheat and barley, while oats may be quoted 3d to 6d dearer. For the best samples of Indian corn an advance of 6d was obtained, but the business done was inconsiderable. White wheat, old, 23s to 27s 6d; red ditto, 22s to 261; beaas and barley, 13s to lis 6d; oats, lOs 6d to 12s 6d; oatmeal, lls 6d to 13s; second flour, 14s to 18s; Indian corn, per 4801 b. 31s to 36s 6d. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TZAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year:— ! 4 01 ~.1. .. • ' Week Last fg g.... _ ./. ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. 0 ~. „.. O' u g - -- - I $ April- Aberdeen ............. •..• • .. ...... - - 15 Amiens and Boulogne . ........ •. • ... 1,437 997 14 Belfast and Ballymena •• •••••• • • • • • • sn - 15 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 914 640 14 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 458 - 8,210 3,555 14 Chester and Holyhead..• .. - - Cockermonth and Workington •• • • - 104 12 Dublin and Drogheda.. •• • • ••••• • • - • 732 716 17 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 753 635 14 Dundee, Perth. and Aberdeen •••. • • .. 1,070 - ICEast Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 665 447 14 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • •••• • • • • 3,800 3,386 14 Edinbnrgh and Northern ••..•-• • • • • • 1,93 5 1,223 15 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,910 13,556 14 East Lancashire .................... 2,678 965 14 Eastern Union"... ....... ........ 1,023 1,016 14 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,712 '2,026 14 Glasgow and Greenock • . 15 Great Northern and E. L. • • •....... 1,988 - 14 Great Southern and Western •. - .... 3,742 - 15 Great Western, &c .................. 20,017 18,701 - Kendal and Windermere •• • • - - 15 Lancashire and Yorkshire...... - .... 12,240 9,176 8 Lancaster and Carlisle-- - ..... ... 2,222 1,007 15 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• •• 109 - 14 Londonderry and Enniskillen .. .... .. 157 154 15 London and North Western, &c 40,818 38,012 15 London and Blackwel1.. - 14 London and Brighton 15 London and South Western . 14 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3,405 2,169 IS Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham 20,456 19,210 li Midland Great Western (Irish) - Monklands - - - Newcastle and Carlisle...-. --..- - _ -- IS North British .............. ••• • • 14 Paris and Rouen . 14 Rouen and Havre 14 Scottish Central - 15 Shrewsbury and Chester 14 South Eastern and Branches ........ 9,018 6,919 13 South Devon 1,768 782 14 Taff Vale •• • • ............ 2,027 1,681 870 952 7 Waterford and Limerick.- -- - .... 249 - - Whitehaven Junction .... •••••• • • • .. - - 13 York and Newcastle . .......• •.• . - 11,551 10,336 14 York and North Midland . .... • • .... 6,697 7,889 MININ G IN TELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The business transacted during the week has been rather more limited than we have had it for some time past, although offers are still made for shares in most of our leading mines, at prices to which sellers in general will not conform. Several shares in Devon Great Consols have changed hands during the week. The gratifying nature of the directors' annual financial statement, furnished to the sharow,lders preparatory to the yearly meeting, has no doubt brought the many purohcolers in the market. We learn that a run has taken place in Wheal Maria, between the 28 and 40 fm. levels, bringing away about 800 tons of copper ore. Kircudbright shares have been in request, and several transactions have taken place at an advance on former quotations. South Tolgus, South Wheal Basset, West Caradon, Condurrow, Levant, West Buller, and South Frances, have been in demand. West Caradon is stated to have considerably improved, a valuable discovery having been made in a north lode by a cross-cut extended from the 120 fm. leveL Shares in the following mines have changed hands daring the week, via.:—Devon Great Consols, Mary Ann, Trehane, East Pool, Grambler and St. Aubyn, Great Rough Tor Consols, Stray Park, West Wheal Jewel, Sharp Tor, Kingsett and Bedford, Camborne Consols, East Tamar, Bedford Uaited, South Tamar, Tincroft, Tamar Consols, Wellington, Treleigh Consols, Drake -Walls, Holmbush, &c. The report of the Kinzigthal Mining Company, read at the meeting held on Friday, is of a favourable character. In St. Michael, one of the five mines worked by the company, operations had been carried on for testing the value of the lode, in the prosecution of which it became necessary to drain the mine. A quantity of ore had been raised from the silver and cobalt mines in the Wittichen district; but the pocket of native silver, mentioned at the last meeting, had not yet realised the expectations entertained. But, exclusive of this, the quantity of cobalt ore raised would, the Chairman thought, yield a satisfactory result for the year. The prospects of the copper mine were such as to afford the best anticipation of future profit ; and this alone would pay a handsome dividend, which would be largely increased by the pocket of rich native silver referred to. The funds, including those arising from the sale of ore in stock, were deemed suffi cient for the operations of the company to the end of the year. The expenses were about 2001. monthly, and no liabilities of importance were incurred. The report was unanimously adopted. Since the meeting of the Wheal Seton adventurers, at which the statement of accounts, showing a balance of 1691. 3s. sd. in favour of the company, was made, the agent's report of the mine has reached us. The rise in the back of the 90 fm. level, on the north taunter lode, is producing 12 tons of ore per fm. The 80 end, and the stopes in the back, are producing 8 tons per fm. The stopes in the back of the 70 are returning 14 tons per fm. The stopes in the back of the 60 produce 6 tons per fm. All the other levels and stopes are producing 4,3, and 2 tons per fin. respectively. Upon the whole, we consider the mine to be in an improving position. The meeting of the Wheal Fortescue adventurers, held on the 13th instant, at which the accounts from September to February inclusive were audited, showed a balance of 95/, 3s. 9d. in favour of the adventurers. The adventurers have taken the West Wheal Mania sett, which will give an extensive piece of ground, through which the south lobes run. The engine-shaft is down to within 2i fms.fof the point from whence it is pro posed to drive a crosscut, to intersect the Great Wheal Maria lode, which, at the 20 fm. level, appeared very promising. To carry out these operations a call of 1/. per share was made. By the statement of accounts at the East rool meeting it appears that the balance against the mine is 1371. 17s. Bd. The ores sold (less dues) amounted to 9231. lls. ld.; the costs and merchants' bills, 1,0471. 6s. 3d. The accounts of the Wheal Mary (Etedruth) show a balance in favour of the purser of 3671. 6s. id. The ores sold amounted to 4441. 10s. I Id. A call of 103. a share was made. The bi-monthly meeting of Condurrow adventurers was held on Monday, for the purpose of auditing the accounts for February and March. The balance-sheet presents a profit of 371. is. 11d. on the two months' working, carrying a credit of 2361. 19s. 3d. to the next account, exclusive of the copper ore sold on the sth, amounting to 1,5691. 45., which is not shown in the statement. The manager's report of the mine states, that the engine-shaft will be down to the 80 fathom level by next month, which has gone through the lode for 2 fathoms, and is ..stimated worth 40/. per fathom. The 70 east has been driven on a very productive lode fur 27 fms. ; 8 fms. further east a wit as has been sunk on the lode from the level above, producing four tons of ore per fm.; on the north a por tion of the lode has been left standing, producing four tons per fm., which has not yet been ascertained to be a distinct lode ; the 70 west is not at present so productive as it has been for the last 8 fms. On the Llandour lode a winze is sinking under the 30 fin. level, east of Pryor's shaft, worth 151. per fin. Extensive tutwork is in ope ratTiohnetuosrueal render Condurrow etiv r m ro e wa profitable and permanent mine. g adventu rers took pl ace on Monday last,w o h f e t n he a dividend Levant wasd e eared of 121. per 160th s h are, l eav i ng a b alance of 1,100/. in i th rt e foreignparser ' msbonds, e have little to noti ce , th e t ransac - C ' le e l r . Y ß tiona in shares having been limited. The chief business has been in S t . J ohn Monte Association shares. for del , Copiapo, Unit e d Mexican, Guadalcanal, an d R eal The report of the Alt en Mi ning February shows a return of 151 tons for the month. Nearly all the mines are repres ente d to have im whilst, at Carl Johan's, the lode h as increased trneYaedrly 1 3 feet wide, with a course of solid ore. Th e proprietors may be congratulated on their, present prospects, which are as promising, if not indeed brighter than at any former period. Letters from South Australia, dated Adelaide, to the 24th of January, state that the Burra Burra Company had ceased taking up more vessels for freight of ore. The late quarrel between the managers of the mine and the miners had been satisfactorily arranged, and the lat ter were fully employed. The smelting works of the company were expected to be shortly in operation. 324 tons of ore had left the mine for the week ending 6th of January, and 500 tons more were forwarded to Port Adelaide during the same week. We find it stated that the Governor of the colony and his lady were about to pay a visit to the mines; and the chairman, accompa nied by some of the directors had left Port Adelaide for the purpose of receiving them. The fast quotations of shares were—Burrs Burrs, 125 L; Princess Royal, 10L; Adelaide, 11.; Kapunda,:2/.; Enterprise, 11 10s.; Parings,, 21. 10s.; Port Lincoln, 5L 55.; Wheal Gawler, 201.; Prince Albert, 2L Nothing of importance had occurred with respect to the other mines. BANK OF ENGLAND WEEKLY STATEMENT. The changes in the Bank of England weekly state ment to the 14th are very material, arising chiefly from the dividend payments. The amount taken from the public deposits, and which it may fairly be con cluded passed almost entirely into the hands of annuitants, was considerable, and there has since the re turn been, no doubt, a further reduction. On the other hand, we have striking evidence of the abundance of unemployed money in banking and other cir cles, for the other deposits have been greatly augmented, and the loans upon other securities sensibly curtailed. To some extent this is usual, be cause advances are made repayable upon the re opening of the transfer books. The active circulation has increased and the bullion has decreased, but without reference to exports of the precious metals, we might account for the latter upon the supposition that part of the dividends would be received in cash, a large number of persons taking amounts under 101., and not requir ing notes. When we look at such a return as that before us, including nearly twelve millions in pri vate deposits, and not far short of fifteen millions in the precious metals, we cannot wonder at money being worth only 2i to 3 per cent., or at the exportations of some amount being considered a positive relief:— Notes Issued ... ... 27,928,400 Decrease ... 91,080 Rest ... ... ... 3,122,152 Increase ... 42,293 - Public Deposits ... 3,484,073 Decrease ... 4,247,718 Other Deposits ... ... 11,780,256 Increase ... 2,155,034 Seven Day and other Bills 1,129,461 Increase 28,318 Government Securities ... ... 14,352,241 Decrease ... 20,603 Other Securities ... .. 10,061,870 Decrease ... 1,062,716 Notes ... 8,875.885 Decrease ... 861,690 Bullion ... 14,707,336 Decrease ... 168,144 Active Circulation ... 19,052,515 Increase ... ... 770,610 BANK OF FRAN CE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to April 11: ♦SSETS. Cash and ingots ... . . f. 194,276,632 55 Ditto in branch banks . . 128,362,298 00 Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 92,994 24 Blab falling due in Paris, of which 15,070,023 f. 61c. are from the branch banks •.. 49,196,645 99 Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 82,277,698 17 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 17,357,746 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 28,788,099 95 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,501,337 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 60,000,000 00 Itentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Aentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,468 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,779,541 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,283,787 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 8,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ••• ••• 6,919,564 14 Ditto at the branches ... ... 4,162,794 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 393,669 53 Ditto of the branches ... 306,507 00 Miscellaneous ... 1,026,026 94 Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• ••• ••• 3,000,000 00 Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles ..• 1,000,000 00 f. 698,741,830 03 LIABILITIES. .Japital . . f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,960,750 00 Reserve- im m o bil ere ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 390,992,900 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 22,297,150 00 . . Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 1,115,070 05 Account-current with Treasury creditor 32,309,571 34 Various accounts current ... ... 92,014,151 90 Ditto in branches ... ... ... 29,063,094 00 Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 4,787,300 00 Ditto at branches .., ... ... 1,012,567 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ... ... ... 6,762,347 26 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 4,061,998 00 Dividends payable ... . . ... 256,280 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 206,489 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,084,402 28 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 1,465,356 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 80 Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 460,661 00, Miscellaneous ... ... ... . ... 375,632 04 f,698,741.830 03 The metallic reserve has again declined, being about 300,000 f. less in Paris, and nearly 2f millions less in the branch banks. The discount accommodation is upwards of 1,000,000 f. less in Paris, and about 150,000 E more in the departments. The protested bills are 200,000 f. less in Paris, and about the same as the preceding week in the branch banks. The overdue bills show little change. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have declined about 8} ,millions in Paris, and about 1 million in the departments. The account•current of the Treasury has increased about 800,0001., being now 32,309,571 f. The whole amount of the metallie reserve is at present 3221 millions to 414 millions of notes in circulation. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (Frew the United Service Gazette of this day.) - DESERTION OF BRITISH• SEAMEN.—We have it from very good authority that no less than 14,000 British seamen have deserts d the merchant service during the past year, 8,000 of whom have left their vessels on the American coasts. It is reported that Rear-Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart , C. 13., at present residing at Malta, has become a Roman Catholic. It is reported that Captain Codrington, C. 8., of H.M.S. Thetis, at Leghorn, is shortly to be united to a very wealthy young lady, of the family name of Smith, residing at Florence. THZ POST-OFFICE PACKET SERVICE.—NOW that the Admiralty have established their four steam-packets, Llewellyn, Banshee, Caradoc, and St. Colomba, in regu lar working order, and the mails are conveyed to and from London and Dublin, via Holyhead, with much greater celerity than by way of Liverpool, their Lord ships have determined to do away with the Liverpool establishment, and thereby save the amount now paid to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, and on and after the 20th of June, to have all the mails conveyed to and fro between Holyhead and Kingstown, by her Ma jesty's steam-boats above named. It is quite time that the Holyhead boats should do more work for their ex penses. General Lord Seaton, the High Commissioner of the lithian Islands (by private letters from Corfu), was, with his family, about to embark in her Majesty's ship Sharpshooter, for a passage to Trieste, en route to England. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF CHATHAM DCCKYARD.— We regret to state that Captain Superintendent Sir Thomas Bouchier, K.C.8., is again very ill at her Ma jesty's Dockyard, Chatham. A fancy ball upon an extensive and magnificent scale will talie place in the course or the summer in the grounds of her Majesty's Royal Military Hospital, Chel sea, in aid of the funds of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Needlewomen. THE AMERICANS AT ALEXANDRIA.—MARCH 27. — Sailed, the United States frigate Constitution, having been detained some days to gain redress for an insult offered to one of her officers, viz.:—A boat from Consti tution, when at watering place, a scuffle ensued between one of the crew and an Arab water carrier, from the latter having refused to give him any to drink, upon which the officer ordered the men into the boat. A party of Egyptian soldiers came down and demanded the man to be given up to them who had been scuffling, pointing out the man at the same time, which, upon his refusing to do, they walked him off before their officer, striking him twice with muskets. The soldiers have been baste nadoed, and it is supposed that the Egyptian officer will be degraded to the ranks, as the American Consul de mands the same. THE LIVERPOOL MURDERS. The excitement in the public mind relative to the un happy fate of Mrs. Hinrichson, herchildren, and servants, has, in some degree, subsided; but still great anxiety exists to learn the early history of the man who has given the name of John Gleeson Wilson, and who has been committed on the charge of wilful murder. Our excel lent head constable, Mr. Dowling, has at length been enabled to obtain some authentic particulars as to the supposed murderer, and as these may be confidently re lied on, they will scatter to the winos all the unfounded statements and suspicions which have been afloat on this subject. The real name of the prisoner is Maurice Gleeson. He is the son of David Gleeson, and was born at the village, or townland, as it is called, of Brurie, nine miles from Limerick. He has three brothers younger than himself, and two sisters. The father is a black. smith by trade, but has done little or no work for some time. He is dissipated and idle, and the whole family have/ been noted for their idleness and vicious propensities. The father is now in receipt of out-door relief from the parish. The prisoner, who workfd a lit tie with his father as a (locksmith, left home more then two years ago, in consequence of baying been chraged with a robbery, although the crime was not clearly proved against him. Since he left his father's house, Honorab, one of his sisters, has been transported for ;ten years. The prisoner went from Ireland to Plymouth, where he worked for a few months in a foundry, as striker. From Plymouth ha went to London, and lived for some time in Limehouse, About ten months ago he came to Liverpool, and took lodgings at the house in Sparling-street, kept by his pre sent wife, whom, as we before stated, he married at the end of last year. Since he came to Liverpool he has never be( n known to do, a day's work, but the head con stable has now ample evidence as to his pursuits and mode o f li v ing. The prisoner himself gave Mr. Dowling par ticulars, similar to the above, before he was removed to Ku kdale, and they have since been confirmed by unques. tionable authority. L will be seen from our shipping intelligence that the Duncan, Captain Hinrichson, did not arrive out at Cal cutta till the 25th of Febuary.—Liverpool Mercury. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLING NEARLY 5,0001. At the Leeds court-house, yesterday, Mr. Peter Mann, who has been chief clerk of the Leeds Water works Company since its incorporation, upwards of seven years ago, was' brought up in custody, having been apprehended on the previous day by a warrant, which charged him with having received various sums of money, the property of his employers, and embezzled the same. Mr. J. W. Dather, one of the engineers of the company, said that in consequence of what he had observed regarding the management of the company's depot, he was induced at the last monthly meeting of the directors of the company, held on the first Monday in April, to ask for the appointment of a sub-committee to inquire into the manner in which the business was transacted there. A sub-committee was appointed, and the result of its investigations showed that the prisoner, whose duty it was to receive the water rents from the collectors and to pay them to the treasurer the next day, had some years ago begun to retain the sums so received in his own hands for a few days, afterwards for longer periods, say a month, and sometimes be had• not paid them over at all. The consequence was that out of the sums received by Mr. Mann from the collectors of the water rents from time to time, he had withheld moneys to the extent of nearly 5,0001. The directors had met on Wednesday, and had come to the painful conclusion that they must bring the present charge against the prisoner. They had' appointed Mr. Bywater, the accountant, to examine' the books, and as that investi gation was not yet Con'cluded, the case was not ripe for inquiry by the - bench,' and therefore the prosecu tors had to ask that ' the accused might be remanded to a future day. Mr. J. M. Barrett, solicitor, who appeared for the prisoner, said that he did not object to a remand, but he, wished the magistrates to fix the amount of the hail they would require for his client's appearance on . the day to be named. He said that this matter had been before the directors for the last ten days, and that since they had ascertained the extent of his deficiencies they had taken an assign ment of all his goods and effects, and he had not sought to absent himself. Mr. Barr, clerk to the ;justices, who is also clerk to the water-works' com pany, said that the prisoner had volunteered a state ment to a gentleman connected with the company, and also to himself, that he was a considerable defaulter, stating that he had invested the money in purchases of grain, peas;beans, Scc , and he appeared to be , under the impression that it would realize more than he had withheld from the company, and he had offered to give up everything that he possessed. He had since executed a deed, by which he had assigned to the company all the property he possessed, whether solely his own, or in which he had only a partnership interest; and he was now penniless, though the pro perty given up was not equal to his deficiencies. The magistrates, after retiring to consider the point, re fused to take hail, and remanded the prisoner for further examination on Monday next. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 19. , WILDS V. HARRIS. . = This was an action to recover compensation- in damages for a breach of promise of marriage, under the following circumstances. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Needham were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Huddlestone conducted the defence. The Learned SERGEANT, in stating the plaintiff's case, said that his client was a widow, residing in Birmingham,l where she carried on the business of girnblet• maker, which had been previously carried on •by her late husband. The .defendent was a contrac tor under the Telegraphic Railway Company, earning a salary of 3001. a year. In the year 1847 he came _to Birmingham for the purpose of erecting the tele graph for the London and North-western Railway, and took lodgings in the house of the plaintiff. Al t-unit immediately he began to pay her marked atten tion, representing himself as the employ! of Govern ment with an income of 3001. a year. He after a few lays', declared himself her lover, and proposed 'mn.rTiage. Plaintiff accepted him, and he not only made the promise to marry, but actually gave orders about the wedding dresses, at the same time inviting her sister to be bridesmaid; and planned the wedding en,shoe said that as he wouia Ina ..“1.4 io Birmingham, he would take a house for her in Ashley grove or Vauxhall. All of a sudden he pretended he received a message from Somerset-house, and would be obliged to go to London, but would return within a fortnight; that time had long elapsed, though plain tiff wrote defendant several letters reminding him of his promise, but never could obtain a reply ; at last an inquiry was set on foot, when it was ascertained that he was a married man with a wife and four children. The Learned Counsel appealed,to the jury, whether the plaintiff was not entitled to'heavy damages. The defendant not only palmed himself on her as a single man, but what was worse, unhappily insinuated him self into her embraces, and the fruit of such inter course was an illegitimate child. He was sure under those circumstances his unfortunate client would obtain justice at their hands. Miss Jane Steer stated that she was the sister of the plaintiff, who is a gimblet maker, in Birmingham. In January, 18411, the defendant came to lodge in her sister's house, who is a widow, ab ou t 28 years o f age. Heard defendant propose marriage to her sister, and told witness she should be bridesmaid, and spoke of the wedding dresses she should wear. He repre sented himself. as employed by Government to lay down rails for the public safety. He stated that for the wedding trip he would take her to London, but as he was to be . stationed in Birmingham he would take a house there. He lodged in her sister's house from the 4th of January to the let of February. Crosi•examiried—When he made the promise it was on a Sunday evening, they were drinking gin and water. Cannot remember the colour of the pro posed wedding dress for her as bridesmaid. There are two apprentices in' the house, one twenty two years of age, the other a mere boy. Her sister was confined of a childin the September after the defendant left. Re-examined—Her sister had previously two chil dren by her husband. Mr. Thomas Evans, clerk in the telegraph-office, proved that the -defendant was employed as a con tractor. Previously to the present year his profits were about 3001. a year, but this year they would not be more than 1001. or liol. He believed him to be a married man with four children. Mr. HUDDLEiTONE addressed the Jury for the de fendant, and said that his client was represented to be a large contractor for the Telegraphic Railway. He 'was no more than a common carpenter, and the ques tion was, whether any promise was made, was there any proof the recently born child was the defendant's. Could she not hare summoned him before a magis trate, and produced his conviction before them in evi dence to establish the fact, but his unfortunate client had got into the widow's clutches. The Learned Gentleman concluded by calling on the jury to give the smallest possible damages. Flis Lounsuip oblrl the jury that he thought the promise was proved, and the question for them was damages, which he, thought should be moderate. The jury having retired for half an hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 10/. THE LATE MR. MARERLY.—It is with much re gret we have to record the death of John Maberly, Esq., who died recently at Amiens. It is well known that Mr. Maberly's extensive connexion with the ma nufacturing interest of Aberdeen originating a good many years ago in the purchase of the flax spinning milt at Broadtord, which with his characteristic en terprise, he very greatly enlarged, and carried on with a degree of spirit most creditable to himself, and no less beneficial to those in his immediate employment than advantageous to the whole commu nity. At a somewhat later period he engaged in the business of banking, in which he was not so successful; he consequently disposed of his manufacturing concerns in this place, went to reside in Ami ens i n F rance, and was the first to introduce into that country the mill spinning of flax. So highly was he respected and esteemed in Amiens, that, at his death, the inhabitants generally united in a public tribute to his memory, by erecting a monument over his grave, recording the date of his de mise, his age, and the number of years he had sat as a M,mber of the British House of Commons.—Aberdean Banner. '[nE DANIsa BLOCKADE.—The following arrivals in the river have been officially reported at the Custom house as having taken place on Wednesday last:—The ship Malcolm Brown, of London, has arrived at Graves end, with her outward cargo on board, having been cared on the .sth inst. for Hamburgb, but prevented entering the Elbe by the Danish blockading squadron; the vessel Argo, of Shields, arrived at Stunestairs, with her outward cargo on beard, having been cleared on the sch inst. fur fiamburgh, and prevented entering the Elbe by the Danish blockading squadron; and the vessel Concordia, of Waterford, has arrived at Deptford, with her outward cargo on board, having been cleared for Bremer-haven, and prevented from entering, the port being in a . 6 kat,e of blockade. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 20. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the woo. sack at Five o'clock. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid certain returns on the table relating to the assessruint of poor-rate in Ireland. SMOKE BILL. Lord REDESDALE introduced the Prevention o: Smoke Bill, which was read a first time. PETITIONS. Lord COLCHESTER presented a petition from the landowners of Sussex, complaining of agricultural distress. The Earl of ROSSE presented several petitions from various unions in Ireland against the rate in aid. CONVERSION OF ESTATES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Thursday he should move the second reading of the Conversion into Renewable Leaseholds of Copyhold Estates Bill. CASE OF MESSRS. CHADWICK AND MARRINER, Lord BEAUMONT presented petitions from Messrs. Chadwick and Marriner, apologizing for their contempt, and praying that their Lordships would be pleased to order their release from custody. The Noble L .rd moved that these petitions should be taken into consideration, and would leave it to the Noble Lcrd on the Woolsack to state when they ought to be taken into consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that they could not be taken into consideration before Monday. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice that on Monday nt at he would move that these petitions be taken into tho consideration of the House. Their Lordships then adjourned. -- HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly be:ore Four o'clock. Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petitions from different parts, praying that no new licences might be granted to beer-houses. • UNIVERSAL RAILWAY CASUALTY COMPEN SATION COMPANY BILL. The third reading •f this Bill was postponed till Monday. Colonel REID presented a petition from Windsor against the alteration of the Law of Marriage Bill. Colonel MUIR presented several petitions from Glas gow and other parts of Scotland, against the runnirg of trains on Sundays on railway•. Also petitions against the Marriage Bill and the Lunatic Asylums Bill. Mr. ALCOCK presented petitions from Surrey against any alteration in the law of marriage. Mr. HEYWORTH presented petitions from Derby and other places against granting any further licences to beer-houses. Mr. FERGUS presented several petitions from dif ferent parts of Scotland in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill, against the Marriage Registration Bill, and against the Lunatic Asylums Bill. Sir D. DUNDAS presented petitions from Suther landshire against the running of passenger trains on Sundays. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Coventry against the Public Roads Bill. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY presented a petition from Bridgenorth against any alteration in the law of marriage. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Rams gate against any alteration in the navigation laws. Captain BATESON presented petitions from London derry against the Rate in Aid Bill. Mr. BANKES presented petitions :from Dorsetshire praying for the repeal of the malt and hop duties. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill and the release of the Rev. Mr. Shore. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented petitions from Westminster, and other places, praying for the extension of the elective franchise. Mr. d. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from St. Mary-le-Strand, and also several other petitions, in favour of the Marriage Bill. Mr. H. A. HERBERT presented a petition from the grand jury of the county of Kerry, praying for an amend ment of the poor-law, and another, praying for an alteration of the Irish grand jury laws. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Manches ter, complaining of the state of the relations between this country and Braids, in reference to the suppres sion of the slave trade. SCOTCH LUNATIC ASYLUMS. In reply to Mr. MACKENZIE, The LORD ADVOCATE said he had no objection to lay on the table of the House the information which he had received relative to the lunatic asylums in Scot land, and that he would not move the second reading of the Lunitic Asylums (SJotland) Bill until the 30th of April. THE HOP DUTIES. In reply to a question from Mr. HERRIES, expressing a desire to remove a doubt which seemed to pervade the minds of the hop growers as to the indulgence being this year allowed which had usually been granted for the payment of the duties, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he felt much obliged to his Right Hon. Friend for having put the question. The only answer that he could give to the inquiry was that which he had given last night. In answer to that riuestion, he had stated that there would be no remission of duty by the agents of Government unless by his (the Chancellor of the Exche• quer's) personal and express authority. He might further observe, for the information of the proprietors in the hop-glowing counties that he did intend to allow the payment of the duties which were usually due in May to be postponed till some day about Michaelmas, but what day he could not now exactly state. An EloN. MEMBER trusted that it would be some day after Michaelmas, to allow of the receipt of dividends and the settlement of accoants.—(Hear, hoar.) The CHANCELLOR ur the Exc;HEQUEß—Per haps I bad better be allowed to name my own day; but I may say it will be one that will beat consist with the convenience of those who have to pay the duties. NATIONAL ECONOMY. Mr. HUME said, that seeing from a paper which had been issued to-day that the national expenditure was still upwards of 269,0001. beyond the revenue of the country, he was desirous to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man at the head of the Exchequer, whether auy mea• sures were in progress for effecting that reduction in the public expenses which he had led the House to expect. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was quite ready to allow that there was a seeming excess of expenditure over the revenue, which in round figures amounted to about 270,000 L; but, on the other hand, he had to observe that a full investigation into the several items would not lead to unsatisfactory results. For al though there was this excess, there was also a saving in the Irish expenditure to the extent of 390,000/., an ex penditure which had been regularly incurred for the last three years, and there was the agreeable fact, that in consequence of this and other savings, the yearly balance-sheet of the country would show an amount of more than half a million to the credit side of the account better than he could have anticipated when he last addressed the House upon the subject. In addition to that, certain sums of large amount were charged against this year's account, which ought fairly to be charged to the next year. Then such had been the influence of the blockade of the northern ports on the trade that the revenue had been much injured by it. Mr. HUME said that his question did not so much refer to the revenue as to the decrease of the expendi ture of the country. What he wanted to know was, whether any of those measures for retrenchment, which had been promised, were in progress. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—His Hon. Friend must know that there were already mea sures before the House for effecting a reduction of 1,400,0001. a year. Mr. HERRIES could not well see how the blockade of the northern ports could effect the revenue, at least to any extent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that surely his Hon. Friend must perceive that the re venue depended greatly upon the general trade of the country. SICILY. Mr. BANKES wished to draw the attention of the Noble Lord the Foreign Secretary to a portion of a letter, addressed by the Noble Lord, to the Hon. Wil liam Temple, at Naples, on the 26th of January, 1849. The paragraph ran thws :—" It is possible that the Neapolitan Government may complain to you of this trim saction (assisting the Sicilians with arms), on the, ground that, although no direct assistance was furnished by the Government to the Government of Sicily, yet facilities were afforded to the contractor, who had en gaged to supply that Government with arms, and in case that representation should be made, you will say that the authority in question was given inadvertently, that Government regrets what has occurred, and that a simi lar facility will be given to the contractor for furnish ing the Government of Sicily with arms, while the differences between Sicily and the kingdom of Naples is unsettled?' Now, first of all, he wished to ask the Noble Lord whether this letter was to be taken as the letter, which he presumed it to be, sent by the Noble Lord 'with the authority of the united Government of the Crown; and, secondly, he must ba allowed to ask him at what time it was that the insurgents of Sicily were recog nised by the Government of Great Britain as being the Sicilian Governmentf—,at what time it so com menced, to recognise them, and up to what time did that recognition continue. Lord PALMERSTON said, in answer to the question of the Honourable and Learned Gentle man, he had to state that the letter was sent not only by the authority of the united Govern ment of the kingdom of Great Britain, but by the authority of the united Government of the United Kingdom.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) With regard to the second question, he had to state that the existence of a Government in Sicily, acting and administering the affairs of that island, was acknow ledged by the Government as early as the beginning of last year, when the kingdom of Naples requested Lord Minto to place himself in communication with that Government for the purpose of effecting an amicable settlement of the differences between the two parties, and from that time to the present Government had re cognised that as the Government of Sicily. Mr. BANKES would be glad to know if her Majesty's Government recognised the Sicilian Government as dis tinct and separate from the Government of the kingdom of Naples ? Lord PALMERS'I'ON said there was no doubt of the fact that there was a Sicilian Government for the go vernment of the affairs of Sicily, and that there was a Government de facto in Sicily it was impossible to deny, FRENCH POSTAGE. An 110 N. MINDER asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether any proposal had been made by the Go vernment of France to reduce the rate of postage be tween France and this country ; and if so, whether there would be any objection to lay the correspondence which may have taken place on:the subject before the House. Load J. RUSSELL said A nrgoriat:on gc:in r ; or, in reference to this subject, but the curzeipondecce not y( t been brought to a close. CEYLON. Mr. MACGREGOli,;;eingthe Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies in his place, he wished to ask him if it was true that the Government of Ceylon were about to establish a Government debt, and that they intended to take the funds of the savings' banks and other public funds for the immediate use of the Executive. Mr. HAWES said there was no foundation for the report, though it was true that such a report had got aliroad in Ceylon. SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and on the vote of 350,0001 on account of the Navy Estimates for the maintenance of artificers and labourers in the naval establishments being read, Mr. FITZROY submitted to the House that there was no plausible pretext for pursuing that course at the pre sprit moment, and that it was extremely undesirable to take those grants out of the ordinary course. Mr. HUME said it would be desirable to know what proportion of sash vote was now to be taken. He should object to any further vote of that kind, for it was an invasion of the ordinary practice. Mr. WARD said he had no desire to shirk any dis cussion on the subject. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY was understood to say_ he objected to taking those grants out of the ordinary course. He would not state the reasons then for taking that course, but he should do so on a future occasion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made an observation, wholly inaudible, explanatory of the reason why the grant had been taken out of the ordinarycourse. Mr. HERRIES did not understand the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer; he per fectly agreed with his Hon. Friend Mr. Fitzroy, who had raised an objection of that kind. Ile thought this was a most unfavourable moment for passing this vote on account, considering that some greater vigilance ought to be exercised with respect to the public expenditure before votes of this description were allowed on account. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that although he thought this course objectionable, yet under the circumstances it was the best course to be pursued at the present moment. Captain PECHELL thought the course proposed in voting money on account an extremely inconvenient one. Why, he would ask, should not the estimates have been brought forward at an earlier period of the session? If the lion. Member for Lewes would resist this mode of proceeding at a future period, the Government would find that the present would be the last time that it would be allowed to take place. After a few words from Mr. FITZROY, Th• vote was then agreed to, as were also 350,0001. for Naval Stores, 500,0001. for Half•pay, 200,0001. for Military Pensions and Allowances, and 100,0004 for Civil Pensions and Allowances. The House then resumed. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. _ _ In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Navigation Bill upon Monday and Thursday next. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND) RATE IN AID. Upon the motion for going into Committee upon this Bill, Mr. SADLEIR rose and said he would state as briefly as possible some of the considerations which had induced him to resist the proposition which had been brought forward by the Government, to raise a certain sum of money for the relief of distress in certain districts of Ireland, under the name of a rate in aid. He re gretted to perceive, from the observations addressed to him last evening by the Noble Lord, that he was disposed to re-echo the clap-trap and, as he must think, mist unjust cry of those few Members who were fir' favour of the Ministerial project. It had been stated, most unfairly and unjustly, that the majority of the Irish Members, Isiy opposing the proposition, placed themselves in the position of men who were prepared to pass a sentence of death upon a large portion of their fellow-countrymen. He was convinced that it was not only an unjust and delu sive proposition, but that it was calculated to extend the circle of destitution and suffering, which he was sure the Noble Lord was anxious to alleviate, and as far as possible to reduce. The tenant occupier stood at present in at position which made him wholly dependent on the landlord, and it was futile to expect that any advantages to be de rived from a good harvest could ever place him in the position which the Noble Lord had pointed out. Now it should be recollected that this rate in aid would fall with no sort of equality upon the different parts of the country. Ulster, for instance, would have to pay a great deal more to such a rate than Munster, or any other province in Ireland. He did rejoice that the Government had brought before the House the revolting state of destitu tion that prevailed in the province of Connaught, but he regretted that whilst doing so, they had not produced the evidence which the Government possessed respecting the state of the whole of the la bouring popu lation. He was desirous especially, for instance, that the state of the distressed unions, as they were called in Leinster and Munster, should have been more fully laid before the House. The Honourable Gentleman then pro ceeded to cite instances of that distress int several unions. In the Queen's County the distrese was of the same character; there the clothing of the farraers was made up from rough frieze cloth, while that of the peasantry consisted of nothing but rags and tatters. In Tipperary, which had been for centuries known as the " golden green," the only pawnbroker of the union stated that during the last two years nothing in the shape of clothing or wearing apparel now formed a part of his pledges, and lie represent.a that the clothing of the p....iltry- w .. nothing but a mass of rags, which requirml the utmost ingenuity to keep together. How could they hope, then, that the farmers would be able to pay th 4 :s rate ? There could be no hope of it; and he was wiry much afraid that, instead of relieving Ireland, this measure would have the effect of throwing those who were at present in work out of employment and increasing the prevalent distress. But some Honourable Gentlemen had had the folly to describe the opposition to this motion as one of a sectarian and religious character, and as an . effort on the part of the Protestants of Ulster to exonerate themselves from the liability of assisting to alleviate the destitution and distress in their country ; but that could not possibly be the case, because the greater part of the Members in that House who represented constituencies in the north of Irelaid were Catholics, and therefore it was a most unjust statement which had been put for ward, with the view of advancing some pr ejudice in favour of those cbjections among the uneducated ins isses inlreland. Hon. Gentlemen should also bear in mind the principle on which that rate in aid was to be levied as a tax. It was to be levied on a valuation which was not uniform—not uniform even in any one union throughout Ireland, and the practical effect of that would be, that whilst the mere comfortable classes in some districts would not practically pay 2d. in the pound, otlers would be paying 6d. in the pound, because every Honour able Gentleman at all acquaint ed with the principles on which the poor- law valuation was carried out in Ireland, must know perfectly well that a sixpenny rate in aid might be it sixpenny rate in aid in one district, but would not amount to 3d. or 4d. in other districts better circumstanced and. better able to bear any additional impost at this moment.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord contrasted the very small amount of the poor-rates in the fair and prosperous localities of Ireland with the poor-rates levied in so Lose of the worst localities in England. He (Mr. Sadleir) did not think that was a fair inference, because in marey of those dis tricts the poor-law had been kept down by the resident pro prietors in those districts. The principle -of remitting the arrears of poor -rates was similar to remitting arrears of rent in cases of estates in Ireland adiriinistered under the Court of Chancery, and equally mischievous. The proposition was delusive with referer tee to the people of Ireland, and delusive also to the Eng fish people, and their representatives in that House. If the Government would state frankly and boldly the social position of all classes in Ireland, from the mass of intern laden they were furnished with— if they did:so it would only be a calcu lation of figures to show that it was delusive to suppose that any sum they might advance would put a stop to the famine and starvation that was exist ing in Ireland. The Government bad information which showed them that in the most fruitful parts of Ireland, men were dying of starvation. In consequence of the failure of the potato diet in .Munster they were now obliged to live upon to rnipa—(Hear, hear)—and he believed it only required about six weeks of that diet to kill an able-bodied man. 'Vne Noble Lord had represented the project as a cure of a n acute evil— that acute evil was the starvation of the people of Ire land. He utterly denied that this sum was sufficient to preserve the poor of Ireland from nary a tion.—(Bear.) It had been said that some districts in :Ireland had re pudiated their just liabilities to the Imperial Ex chequer—that they had not repaid the Lulus of money which had been advanced for the E rection of poor houses, and that that evidenced a natural desire in Ireland as to the repudiation of the debt.—(Hear.) He considered that no case had been madee out to justify that assertion, and he utterly denied that a ny district had been guilty of such a repudiation. IL,I exertion had been made in Ireland, such that the history of nations would never present anything analogous to it, which had contributed vastly more than any mea's'ure emanating from the Treasury benches to preset fee life in that country, While acknowledging with gratitude the ad vances made to them, they had merely ark ed as a favour that the period for the repayment of the instalments should be extended, but intimation was g-i , een them that, as their resources were not entirely exhales ted, their ap plication could not be complied with. The farmers in Kent, however, were treated differently when they ap plied for an extension of the time for the ¶payment of the hop duties, and their request was atter .c'ed to, as they had a right to expect it would be, in consequence of the circumstances of the country.—(Hear,; hear.) The Right Hon. Member for Tamworsh hay said that he wished to see a great exertion made by Ireland to alle viate the distress; but if the Right Hone Baronet had recently visited In-land and had en tt !red the cabin of the tenant-farmer, the dwellings of Ithe priesthood, of the ministers of the Establishment,:a n d of the Pres• byterian clery—if he had walked into the medical man's laboratory, the dismantled dwellin g of the land lord, struggling to relieve the destitutio n by which he was surrounded—if he had looked over the schedule of the broken-down and insolvent trades; nt in—if he had observed the enormous sacrifices made of every descrip • tion, and directed his attention to the voluntary sub scriptions in every quarter for the relief ~o f distress, the Right Hon. Baronet would have acknov ri edged that an exertion had been made by Ireland such a .s could not be found in the history of any other nation. He wished te know whether the Noble Lord at the lies id of the Go vernment would cope with the difficult question con nected with the surplus agricultural population in Ire land, instead of compelling the industriol us and solvent IL, to awiiituill io uilenese above e people. With re gar d t o th e area G f taxat io n, he believ ed that the present extended area would encourage yet e ,, mination, and not th e a d opt i o n o f a di m i n i s h e d ar ea ' which, accompanied by a s i m pl e l aw o f settlemen t, Would tend to check the syst em o f exterm i nat i on. Wh a t cc°ld be more delusive than the anticipations founded LIP° O the prospect of the returning potato? Of what vale: would it soon be for feedin g pigs? Fre?-h pork was nu imported. from America. Th e p otato could not b e relied upon for carrying the tenant-farmer through the strug gle which awaited him. H e w as i n a very diff ere nt ees: from the tenant - farmer in E ng l an d ; i n England fr, e _ trade might be followed by an a dj ustment o f ren t to tu e price of agricultural pr o d uce , b ut i n I re l an d to as k the r encumbered landlord to red uce th e rent some 20 per cent., or even less, was virtu a lly t o as k hi m to pai ls , sentence of expatriation upon h imse lf.--(Hear, bear') He (Mr. Sadleir) had received a l etter t h a t m orning from Queen's County, written by Mr. Wood, a Pr ec ‘ tical man, thoroughly acquaint e d w i t h the dis trict; and he stated that in the divisions of Denogav more and Borris-in-Ossory there were about 3,000 acr es partially deserted. This was one of the districts frel which the sixpenny rate was expected to be collected ! —(Hear,) This gentleman estimated the quantity 0 „ land without h o of or h orn upon i t at more than 6,00, 0 acres ; .there was no pr os p ect o f gett i ng t h e rates o f ibis land before October next. He stated also, that from 011 thousand acres, Irish plantation measure, the poor-sets could only be got by sale of the farm horse, or the c 0: on which the subsistence o f th e f am il y depen d e d . Sur- were the circumstances of th e coun t ry; an d t h ey j us tifies him (Mr. Sadleir) in saying th a t h e. was oppose d to th, rate in aid, and he was also oppo se d t o t h e i mpos ition 0 ` an income-tax upon any interest, profession, or calling l in Ireland. The Noble Lord (Lord _John , Russe l ' ) might smile at that, but - let him show What class or interest was in such a' condition as to makeeit upon Imperial grounds, to impose upon it a tax fr e . 4 : which it had been hitherto exempted. He (Mr. Sadler) had with him a letter from Mr. Purdy, agent to til e Mining Company of Ireland, s h ow i ng t h e ver y great reduction in the quantity of - small coal of late for buil t ing lime to manure land, corroborating what 'he (M r ; Sadleir) knew to be true of a vast-proportion of the class in Tipperary and Queen's - County, that tbl tenantry, who were just getting what C ro p th e y 000' , out of the land, were calculating leaving in the autumn Another letter described the miserable condition of !i ll estate, the people dying by inchi.s; and that was a die' trict from which the rate in aid was to be levied!'" (Hear, hear.) Could anything be more like playlei with the lives of the pe o pl e , than to put forwar d such an absurd proposition to practical men of busines s to meet a great and pressing difficulty? Let the tle" sound social state of Ireland b e l a id b are to the peeres of this country, and then, if the House of Common -would pass (to use the phrase of the Minister) a delibe: rate sentence of death upon the distressed p e ople 0 ' Ireland, let him appeal to the constituencies and see whether England would sanction such treatment of people unequalled for patience and resignation—a pee: plo who had been too submissive under a policy whieu seemed like a cruel indifference to the increasing motW lity to which they were exposed. He had frequently elr pealed to the Government to take s o me s t e p s by which the vital statistics of Ireland might be placed before the House. He had asked them to employ the machine*/ which they already possessed to obtain. a return o f the cattle, corn, poultry, and pigs of Ireland--ttiemploy the police, and to avail themselves of the assistance of the - clergy, the sheriffs, and the coroners of Ireland, in order to get materials for placing before the House the nature and character of that mortality which many private in dividuals knew well was rapidly and fearfully increasing' —(Hear.) The Noble Lord acknowledged the import' ante of this subject, but notwithstanding he had not e l/ yet introduced any measure for the registration of births and deaths in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared el. if there was a wish to conceal the dreadful state of thing; in Ireland—that there was a crafty effort to withboh: from the people of England a report of this di sg racefu l , mortality.—(Hear, he ar .) Th e f ear f u l d est i tut ion 0 ' Ireland was the main ground on which he rested his op . position to the rate in aid, as well as to the income-ta l ' He found himself compelled to vote against the Bel a ' Member for Kerry in hi e p roposa l o f an i ncome - tax , and also against the rate in a id, w hi c h t h e G overnmen t be'' brought forward as the most wise and just mode of taxa tion it was in their power to suggest. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated last year, that though on strict principles of justice it could not be denied that the fa' come-tax ought to be equally imposed on both countries, 1 yet that in the particular circumstances of Ireland ' would not be expedient to do so. On that occasion be spoke of professional men in Ireland who might be in the receipt of 3,000/. or 4,0001. a year; but he.(Mr. Sadleirl must say the number of such was very small. Tber were not more than six members of the Irish ba r whose professional incomes exceeded . 3,000/. per an num ; and, with those exceptions, he did' not he'll° there were many receiving 2,0004 per annum ; the great majority scarcely earned as much Its W" „ pay their current expenses. Th e reasons g i v en by the Right Honourable Gentl eman l ast y ea r for n ot imposing the income-tax m i g ht b e urge d w i t h equal force at the present moment; and, therefore, he could:not give the amendment of the Hon. Memb er for Kerry' his sup' port. With reference to the case of encumbered estates in Ireland, he was satisfied that so long - as they aimed at the administration of those estates through the courts of equity they would never .re move the difficulties they had now to contend w4 h They must make up their minds to surrender to some commission with extraordinary powers the as certainment of the demands justly chargeable upon these properties, and all other circumstances, and to oonfer Parliamentary titles on those who might:purchase. Such a project was no novelty in Ireland. It had been tried in that country with perfect success, and he was satis fied that, if' now adopted, instead of employing the ma chinery of the Court of Chancery, a saving of from SO W 40 per cent. would be effeeted on the properties which might under such a commission change hands.—(Hear.) Mr. CLEMENTS thought the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken had brought forward strong arguments in favour of the amendment of the Hon. Member for Kerry; for anything that showed the prostration of the farming class in Ireland, anything that pointed out the great burdens they had to boar connected with the poor rate, spoke in favour of an income-tax in preference to a rate-in-aid. If they were merely to consider the question whether Ireland should, under existing circall stances, be taxed, he thought they would all come to the conclusion that it ought not to be taxed. In ordinary circumstances he would take the Hon. Gentleman's view of the:case; but it was admitted that they were in no ordi nary circumstances. Right or wrong, the English people were admitted to be against affording any further aid to Ireland ; but it was, at the same time, unques - tioned that the distress of the western districts of Ireland must be relieved. Then where was the money to come from? It could only be drawn from Irish resources—(Hear, hear)—and the only question before the Committee was, what kind of tax would it be mast convenient for them to pay? —(Hear, hear.) Everything that had been urged by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sadleir) spoke trumpet-tongued in favour of an in come-tax; and he had heard nothing either from the Noble Lord or the Chancellor of the Exchequer that could induce him to approve of the principle of the rat* in aid. The Noble Lord had said that if the Irish Meta bars were in favour of an income- tax he would have no objection to it; but he regretted that the mode in which he thought it desirable to propose that substitution bad anything but tended to a solution of the difficulty.- - (Hear, hear.) At the same time he thought it unfortu nate that any gentleman should have been frightened from the position they were inclined to take by the sort of almost threat which the Noble Lord held out to them, that if they adopted an income-tax, still further taxation would be imposed upon them.—(Hear.) He could not tla derstand why an income-tax should not realise as much as a rate in aid. The only ground for Supposing it would not was that a large amount of income was al ready paid in England out of Irish resources. But he en treated Irish Members not to be frightened at the threat of the Noble Lord, but to consider the question fully and fairly whether it was not more desirable to have au income- tax than a rate in-aid. By having . to income-tax they would avoid the degrading principle involved in making Ireland the area of a separate tax ation for purposes which should Ise a charge on the united empire. When he reflected en the moral effect a rate in aid would have on the farming classes in Ireland, be was really at a loss for expressions adequately to de' scribe the apprehensions which must naturally be felt on that subject. It; therefore, the Irish members were pre pared to meet the present crisis by agreeing to the imposition of some new tax, he would cordially support the amendment of his Hon. Friend. Mr. RICE would have been content to have given s silent vote in favour of a rate in aid, if it had not ap peared ,to him that the Hon. Member for Kerry had made this an English :question. Undoubtedly the pe ple olEngland did feel it hard that they should paY an income-tax while the people of Ireland were exempt from such a charge. Having on it, former occasion voted in favour of extending the income-tax to Ireland, it was necessary he should explain why he now gave his preference to a rate in aid. His sole reason was that he believed a, rate in aid would meet the esti' gency that now pressed upon the House—that of saving of the people of Ireland. from starvation- -- whereas an income-tax would not.—(Hear,) If the rate in aid was only to be ;sixpence in the pound, 11 ° thought a very unnecessary,degree of indignation had been displayed, and much valuable time wasted in debate bi those who opposed that proposition. He admitted , however, that there bad been some valid objections urged against it. One was, the uncertainty that existed as £ 0 whether the rate would be limited in amount or in dura tion. That point ought at once to be sent at rest by the Government.—(Hear, hear.) He would limit the time to one year, and the amount to sixpence in the pound° But when the rate in aid ceased, then the income OS should commence.—(" Hear," and laughter.) He wes glad that his proposition had been received with sue° good humour; indeed, he was happy to observe that th° debate had taken a much better tone than was evinced 1 0 the beginning of the discussion,—when some Hon. GO• tleruen were pleased to say—" We in Ulster are Protes tants and prosperous; while you in Connaught are Catho: lies and in distress;—become like us, be Protestants and be p rosperous, and then you will need no one to reliev e you." Such bad been the language used in these debat e s '; __ but the Hon. M em b er f or K erry and the Hon. Mew: her who had j ust a dd resse d the House had spoken / 11 - very different spirit. It was honourable for Irish Merir bets to come forward and say that they were P re; pared to submit t o an i ncome-tax for Ireland. H e w as willing to give them an income-tax ; and he should sl' e like to meet the wish es o f t h e N o bl e L or d t h e Mernb° r for Down (Lt,rd Castlereagh), who had expressed desire that it should be an Imperial-tax and tor 11 °' penal purposes ; and, moreover, that it should ha r d the same character o f p ermanency w hi c h h e believe_ the income-tax in thi s coun t r y was d est i ne d to en, joy.--(L aug h ter .) H e gave hi s vote on t hi s o e sion as a, vote of confidence in the Governtn e :, (Hear, hear)—for he possessed no information with THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1849. t