The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-20 00:00:00

ittirt %baton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice Dux.) DOE DEN. STEVENS V. STEVENS. This was an action of ejectment brought by Nicholas Stevens against his brother, John Stevens, to recover p o ssession of certain premises alleged to have bee n left by the will of Nicholas Stevens (the father, a horse dealer at Bodmin, who died at the age of seventy six), to the advantage of Nicholas, one of his younger sons. John, the elde r eon, the heir-at law, had taken possession of the property in question, The will was dated the 18th Sept., 1848. On that day John, the: elder son, was at Redruth, where he was in partnership with his brother Joseph, as a horse-dealer. William was also absent at Barnstaple. Nicholas, in favour of whom the will was made, was at borne with the fathe r ; Jane, one of his daughters, living with them. Mrs.:Geek, another daughter, a widow, lived at Bodmi n, at some little distancefrom her father's residence.. Old Stevens was taken ill some time before the 18th of September, and got gradually much w orse. A letter was then written by Nicholas to William on the 15th or 16th of September, informing him that their father was ill, and ask ing him to come home immediately and see about Afferent things. It contained this passage: "I think he wi nos continue long. We want to try and get him to baye a doctor, and tee about a will, or we shall all be dont:. Do not say anything about his being ill to any body, or we shall have a house full. We will send to Redruth when they (John and Joseph) are gone." The letter was to be sent when they were gone to Barn staple fair. Old Mr. Stevens had a great objec tion to a doctor, and always said that brandy was the best medicine, but Mr. Ward, a su rgeon of Bodmin, was at last sent for, who, in his affi davit, after describing the symptoms of Mr. Stevens, stated that at the time of the execution of his will it was highly improbable that he was in a fit state of mind to make one. • The verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the defendant should not be set aside, said a new trial had—first, on the ground of misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Williams, before whom it was tried; secondly, on the ground of the reception of improper evidence; and thirdly, that the verdict given was contrary to evidence. The Court took time to consider the application. TIE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 20, 1849. Notice is he.eeby given, that the carriages proceeding to her Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 26th of April, are to fall into lice and come down the left-hand side of St. James's-street, enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the iron gate nearest Marl borough-house, to wait in St. James's-square. When called, they are to pass from the square through Charles street, into Regent-street and Jermyn-street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages will be admitted within the gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entree, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, from eleven till three o'clock; their car riages are to pass through Constitution hill-gate, into St. James's Park; those belonging to the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers are to set down at the Ambassador'- entrance in Marlborough-court, at the east end of St. James's-palace, and wait there till called : those belong ing to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State are set down in the Middle-court, and wait there : the carriages of all other persons having the entrée are like wise to set down in the Middle-court, and wait in Stable yard or St. James's-park, till called : they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket; to prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution-hill. gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Mar shal men in attendance; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the Palace than as above directed. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. " CROWN-OFFICE, Arm 18. ,mEmatut RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Nottingham (Southern Division).-Robert Bromley, Esq., in the room of Lancelot RoHeston, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 20. 6th Dragoon Guaeds-Lieutenant Robert Bickerstaff to to Adjutant, vice Blenders, who resigns the Adju tancy only, April 20. 3il Light Dragoons-Paymaster James Herbert Clay, from the 29th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cormick, deceased, April 20. 4th Light Dragoons-Cornet Francis Clare Ford to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Trederoft, who retires; lierbert James Fairlie, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur eine°, vice Ford; Surgeon Thomas Hunter, M.D., from ' the 68th Foot, to be n Surgeon, vice Graves, who ex chages. April 20. 7th Light Dragoons-Ensign James Aytoun, from the let Foot, to be Cornet, vice Heathcote, who ex changes, April 20. Ist Regiment of Foot-Cornet William Percival Heatheote, froni the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Ayloun, who exchanges, April 21. 4th Foot-Paymaster William George Menz'es Clib born, from the 75th Foot, to be Pay master, vice Cham bers, who exchanges, April 20. 23.1 Foot-Second Lieutenant Edward. Jenkins to be Adjutant, vice Lord Greenock, who - resigns the Adju tam.), only, April 20. 29th Foot-Paymaster Charles Scarlin Naylor, from We 40th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Clay, appointed to 3d Light Dragoons, April 20. 30. h Foot-Charles Mingaye Green, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase. vice Carrington, who retires, April 20. 39th Foot-Ensign William Henry Wilson to be Ad jutant. vice Haultain, promoted, April 20. 40:h . Foot-Lieutenant Frederick Montague Hock ings t be Paymaster, vice Naylor, appointed to the 29th Foot, April 20. 49th Feet-Captain Henry Garner Rainey to be Major, by purchase, vice Cotton, promoted; Lieutenant Leopold Bellairs to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rainey-; Ensign Herbert Rocke io be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Bellairs; Richard D. Astley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rocke, April2o. 67th Hislop Clarke, Gent. to be ensign, by purchase, vies Shiels, promoted in the 83.1 Foot, April 20. 60ih•Foot-Surgeon John Stewart Graves, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Hunter, who exchanges, April 20. 72d Foot-Garrison Serjeant-Major Michael Boden, St. Ann's, Barbadoes, to be Quarter-master, vice Lindsay, deceased, April 20. 75th Foot-Paymaster David Francis Chambers, from the 4th Poor, to be Paymaster, vice Clibborn, who ex changes. April 20. 87th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Thomas, from the 37th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Gibson, appointed 2d Lieutenant, April 20. 88:h Foot-,i..,hurlock Henning,Gent. to be Ensign, by purceance, vice Bayley - , whojetires, April '2O. 90th Foot-Lieutenant Thomas Smith to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Bringhurst, who re tires; Ensign William Pattison Tinling, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith; Henry Preston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tinling, April 20. 91st Foot-Lieutenant William Themes Laird Patter. son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Love, who retires; Ensign Robert Wliitle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vivo I'atterson, April 20. 98th Foca-Major William Roberts to be Lieutenant- Coloeei, without purchase, vice Gregory, deceased; Captain Thomas Heaton Lovett to •be Major, vice Roberts; Lieutenant Frederick Shelton to be Captain, vice Lovett, April 4; Ensign Hotatio Nelson Kippen to be Lieutenant, vice Shelton; Thomas Gardiner, Gent., to be Flign, vice Elippen, April 20. UNATT Major Corbet Cotten, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by -purchase. April 20, 1848. MEMORANDUM.- Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Smith, upon half-pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the army by the sale of his commission. he beirg about to become a settler in Canada. April 20, 1849. The Christian names of Ensign Gwynne, of the 62d Foot, are Charles Morgan Smythies Laugharne, not Laghame, as previously stated. The names of the Ensign appointed to the 6th Foot, on the 30th March, 1849, are Cromwell Price, not Crom well Ward Price, as previously stated. Commissions by the South Salopian Re Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. nent of Yeomanry Cavalry- Lieutenant Charles E. A. Lloyd,•Esq., Somerset resignec Lloyd to be Captain, vice ; yoccrinet Henry Whitmore to be Lieutenant ; Orlando Jack Gent., to be Cornet, vice Charles Bridgeman, be Veterinary Surgeon. Whitm ore ; Henry Crome to ADMIRALTY, APRIL la6jor James Corps.or Royal Marines - Sergeant- N Jef fery to be Second Lieutenant. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 19. A further portion of the naval medals will be ready for distribution on-, or after, Tuesday, the Ist of May next. This distribution, combined with the (Ab el e, already' advrtiged, will, with few exceptions, comprise the eLtims prefcrr d prior to the Ist December lest; and claimants whoe applications have been made since that date, are hereby informed that their medals will not be really until after the 30th June next; but due notice will be given when the medals are prepared. The a e ardeJ to claimants since deceased will be de livered to Their legal representatives on the production of sufficient proof. By command of their Lordships, W. A. B. HAMILTON. WHITEHALL, Maccrt 21. The Lord. Chancellor has appointed George Durrant 5 . e-Seisvo ' ge Wells, in the county of Kent, ' 5 t Extraordinary in the High Court / Treese CIES SITPERSE.p. Slough, B uckingham. 7-"rlfs r, Kingston-upon-Bull. ANKRUPTS. :,-e)44le merchant, Crutched- friars, to Nacrencuß.A . oFl,27 - atid Stay 25, a t one , at the Court of Baskkrupt. Neprfell, official assignee; Wilson, Furn val'a bane &Ahab. John Myers Levine, ieweller, Norwich, A ail 27 and TUE S-UN, June 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfold, official assignee; Abbott and Wheatley, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane; Miller and Son, Norwich. Samuel Seal, earthenware dealer, Queen-street, Hol born, April 27, at half-past one, and June 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. ,James Andrewartha, grocer, Alrerstoke, Hampshire, April 28, at half past two, and May 26, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-atreet; Edgee, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn; Mitchell, Portsmouth. William Fortesuue, baker, Woolwich, April 27 and May 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch.lane, Lombard-street ; Young, Mark-lane. Charles Frederick Burton, auctioneer, North Audley street, Grosvenor-square, April 28, at one, and May 29, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry•, Gam mon, Cloak-lane, City. John Holden, money scrivener, Liverpool, May 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford row; Littledale and Bardawell, Liverpool. George Davis, the younger, worsted spinner , Law rence-lane, City;May, 3, at two, and June 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, cfficial. assigner, Ab church-lane, Lombard-street; Drew and Shadwell, Ber• mondsey. James Payant, merchant Manchester, April 30, at one, and May 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Reed, Langton, and Marsden, Friday street, Cheapside; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charles Smith, wine merchant, Enfield, Middlesex, May 1, at eleven, and June 1, at twelve, ae the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Cutten, Cole man- street, City. William Prosser Morgan, innkeeper, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, May 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bridges and Co., Red Lion-square; Price and Co., Abergavonny; Goolden, Bristol. George Lister, jun., porter merchant, Kingston-upon- Hull, May 2 and 23, at ten, at the Leeds District Court, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Turner, Gray's Inn- square; Bunney and Wilson, Kings ton-upon-Hull. Henry Lister, miller, Lincoln, May 9, and June 6, at ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Jones and Sons, Millman-place, London; Tweed, Lincoln. Henry Ashbee, innkeeper, Kingscote, Gloucestershire, May 4 and June 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton official assignee, Bristol; Jones, Maims bury; Price and Bolton, Lincoln's Inn. John Taylor, licensed victualler Liverpool, May 1 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Collins, King William-street; Dodge, Liverpool. James Wood, joiner, Leeds, May 1 and 21, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee; Hawkins and Co., New Buswell-court; Horsetail-and Co., Leeds. Robert Carthy, carpenter, Stafford, April 25 and May 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Ward, Staf- ford; Smith, Birmingham. James Dobbs, timber merchant, Withington, Here fordshire, May 1 and 29, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; J. and C. Robinson, Queen-street-place, London; Prit chard, Hereford; Bloxham, Birmingham. John Stainton, bookseller, Lincoln, May 2 and 23, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Shackles and Son, Hull. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com. puted from the returns made in the week ending April 17 1849, is 265. per cwt. BANK OF ENULAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 14th day of April, 1849. 18801 DEPARTMENT. Notes 155ued........ 27,948,400 Government debt •• 11,015,106 Other securities •• •• 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,604,831 Silver bullion 323,569 27,928,400 1 X 27,938,409 M. MAIISELILL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 19th day of April, 1$ OEI.A.ZTXZN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,352,241 Other securities •• •. 10,061,870 Notes •.•.••• • • • • • • • 8,575,885 Gold and silver coin .• 774,936 Z 34,066,932 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ➢ANKING D: Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • -•••.. • . . . . 3,122,152 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and DI- vidend accounts) .. 3,484,063 Other deposits ...... 11,780,256 Seven day and other bi 115.... .• • • •• •• 1,129,161 £34,068,932 Dated the 10th day of April.lB. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, April 20.) SUGAR.—To-day the demand further decreased for West India Sugar for all purposes, and there were sel lers upon rather lower terms. The purchases amounted to only 145, making for the week 895 hhds, dcc., and the reduction amounts to 6d per cwt. ' • ' " REFINED—To-day Refined Goods were dealt in with caution for home trade purposes, and prices are on the decline; we quote brown Lumps at 50s to 50s 6d, and Standard 51 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar is still dull of sale at former rates. MAURITIUS—This afternoon there was only a limited demand for Mauritius Sugar, but at public sate 2252 bg4 sold at steady rates; fine yellow want at 40s, middling and 38 , . to 39, 6J, low 365 sa to 37s 6d, and fine brown 365 to 365 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar submitted to public sale amounted to 5,756 bags; the chief part was taken in at about the former ♦alue; Benares, fine white at 43s to 445, middling and good 40s 6d to 425, low 39s 6d to 40s, strong yellow 43s to 445, white 45s 6d to 475, very fine 49: to 494 6d, low and middling yellow, rather dark 34s to 35s 6d, and brown 325. FORElGN.—lmporters of Foreign Sugar have mani• felted a desire to sell this week, and submitted to a re duction on former rates of Is to Is 6d per cwt. For refining under bond purchases to a fair extent have been made. On the part of home dealers there is little desire to purchase, as Foreign is still higher in value than Colonial. At auction 230 hhls Porto Rico were for the most part taken hi; middling and good yellow at 40s to 42s 6d, and low 38s 6d to 39s 6d per cwr. The private operation in Foreign Sugar for the week are a cargo of brown Pernams at 19s 63 for a near port, one of brown Bahia at 20s 6d deliverable here, one of white Pernams at 25s 63 for the Mediterranean, a cargo of fine yellow Havunnah for Antwerp at 23s 6.1, and 200 chests white Bahia on the spot at 23s to 23s 6d pF r cwt. MoLAssEs.—On the part of holders there is much firmness, and former rates are well supported. but only small purchases have been made this week. Prices rule from 17s to 21s per cwt for low to fine. Deliveries are still exceeding arrivals; and like ly so to continue. For Bengal Treacle the iates asked - are 15: to 16; 63, but few buyers ar't' to be met with. COFFEE.—This afternoon a public sale of 480 cases and 45 bags Tellicherry Coffee went at moderate rates, but the whole sold; fine ordinary went at 44s to 48s, good ordinary 34s 61 to 40s 6d, ordinary 30s to 345, triage 24s to 275, very low 18s, pea berry Ms. Native met with little attention by private tr aty, and 31s to 31s 6d is the value of good ordinary. Cocos.—The demand has been more active West India this week, and stiffer rates are obtained ; the sup ply is less plentiful, and holders display firmness : at public sale 100 bags Trinidad were sold at 43s 6:1 for good red, and at 42s to 43s per cwt for grey. In the value of Foreign there is no variation, but little busi ness has been done. TEA.—There has been little desire evinced to do business in Black, and there are sellers rather under former rates; supplies also continue to get larger. In the market for Green much dulness exists, aid the amount on offer is extensive; for most sorts rather lower rates have been taken. At the public sales the buildings were languid and the small part only 5,500 actually found buyers, out of 20,000 packages passed. SPIRITS.—Thero is little variation in the value of Leeward Island Rum this week ; fine continues to be wanted for all purposes, but for inferior the market has a dull aspect, and supplies do not get smaller. Leeward Island has been dealt in with caution, and rather lower rates have been accepted; small sales having been made at Is 31d to is 4di proof. East India met with little atten tion, and can be obtained at is 3d proof; there are also several parcels on offer. Demerara has been dealt in w.th caution at 2s to 2s 4d for 30 to 40 per cent. over proof. Brandy is held with firmness at former rates; the de mand has also been more active. For Geneva there is a dull sale at is 9d to Is 103 for common, and at 2s 3d to 3s 3d for fine. In the value of British made Spirit there is no variation. 1 kRICE. —There is still much dulness in the market for East India, and rather lower rates are again accepted; the supply also continues upon a large scale. By pri- Tate treaty all sorts have been dealt in with caution, and 8,175 plugs at public vale were only in part sold— Bengal, good middling and good w hite went at 93 61 to 103, fine 10i 6d to I Is, mid Si 6d to 9s, low Bs, and broken Arraean 5s 6d to 63 6.1 per cwt. Today there was no public sale of East India Bice, and by private treaty the business done was extremely limited in all sorts downwards. SAGO.—Operations aro upon a more extended sale in consequence of rather lower rates having been accepted, but the market has been well supplied. At auction 1,000 chts w‘ra sold at 21s to 22s 6d for large, and at 20i for small gra)ish pearl. Sago Flour has been in fair de mand at 174 to 17s 6d. Of Farina 80 sacks were taken in at 163 64 per cwt. In the value of Tapioca and Ar rowroot is no variation. SPICES. —To-day at auction 102 packages Jamaica Gincer were taken in at 883 to 93s for middling, but 340 bags Bengal sold at 25s to 25s 6d for Bengal export sort, and at 19a to 24s for damaged; 4 cases Mace sold at Is 9d to 2a Id fur mouldy ; It) chests of Nutmegs taken in at 3s for brown fo fair quality. FRUIT.— Sinco the Easter holidays the demand for Currants has been brisk, at steady prices. T-day 152 butts 33 cats and 30 cs o ld P atras were offered at public sale, the principal part of which sold freely, at 33s to 34s for butts, and 34s for crtla and cases. A large business has been done this week in Valentia Raisins, at 40s, and very few can now be bought at that price. The whole stock of Valentias is nearly in the hands of one or two houses, and their price is 423. Denia Raisins are firm at 30s; the quantity in the market is very small. In other sorts of Fruit there is very little doing. COCHINEAL.-- There is still a large supply with only a limited demand, and rather lower rates are accepted. Of 304 bags offered at auction not above half 191 d ;lion duras silvers at 3s 9d to 4s 4d, fine 4s 4d to 4s 7d, black good 5s to 56 2d; Mexican sivers 3s 8d to 4s lod,—back 3s lid to 4s 2d, and a few bags of very fine 4s 8d to 41. 101 SALTPETRE.—Today rough met with little attention, and at auction 1200 bags of Calcutta were taken in at 29s to 29s 6d for 5i to 71 per cent refraction of mid quality; these are rather lower rates. INurco.—To-day the demand wits limited for Spanish indigo, and at auction 212 serous Guatamala were only in part sold at from 2s Id to 3s 9d; these are rather lower rates. Ls.—There has been much inquiry after Rape seed Oil, and prices continue to advance, as the supply is still getting smaller, and there is an enlarged con sumption. Pale has been selling at 38s 6d to 395, and brown 37s 6d to 38s. There is much firmness in the market for Linseed Oil, and home dealers have been ready pur chasers. Sales to a fair extent. have also been made for exportation, and the rates paid are 26s 6d to 27s per cwt on the spot, at which there are not free sellers. For de• livery several contracts have been concluded at 27s to 27s 6d. The consumption of Oil is still exceeding production. Of Palm fine is held for 34s to 34s 6d. Cocoa Nut Oil met with less attention, and prices are on the decline. Olive Gallipoli at 421 lOs to 431, Barbary, Levant and Portugal 401 to 40/ lOs per tun. Deliveries are not so good as of late, still imports are of little mo ment. Of Fish Oils only small parcels have been imported yet the demand does not get better, and deliveries are ul.on a smaller scale. In Cod only small sales have been made, and a dispositicn is shown to . sell at 261 to 261135. For Seal the market has a dull aspect; pale can be purchased at 301, straw and tinged 281 lOs to 291 10s, yellow and brown 261 to 281. Southern met with little attentian from exporters or home dealers, but as the supply continues scanty holders 271 to 811 for low to fine quality. Sperm is not much wanted, and a desire is evinced to sell fine Colo nial at 801 to 801 104 ; the supply is also on a large scale, whilst several parcels are near at hand. Lard Oil met with little attention, and can be purchased at 38s to 42i per cwt. Ground Nut is still dull of scale at 31s 6d to 32s per cwt. TALLow.—To-day the Tallow market presented a firmer aspect, and fine P. Y. Candle on the spot realised 39s per cwt. At auction 820 packages of Sydney at 33s to 38s 9d; 150 packages South American sold at 36s 6d to 365 9d. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool. sack at Fire o'clock. The Marquis of LANSD OWNE laid certain returns on the table relating to the assessment of poor-rate in Ireland. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1849 SMOKE BILL. Lord REDESDALE introduced the Prevention o 1 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 twainst the rate in aid. CONVERSION OF ESTATES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Thursday he should more the second reading of the Conversion into Renewable Leaseholds of Copyhold Estates Bill. CASE OF NIESSRS.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 Lord moved that these petitions should be taken into consideration, and would leave it to the Noble Lord 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 n, at be would move that these petitions be taken into the consideration of the House. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petitions from different parts, praying that no new licenses 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 .14:w of Marriage Bill. Colonel MUIR presented several petitions from Glas• gow and other parts of Scotland, against the runnirg of trains on Sundays on railways. 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. HEYWORTEI presented petitions from Derby and other places against granting any further licences to beer-hoeses. Mr. FERGUS presented several petitions from dif ferent parts of Scotland in favour of the Clergy Belief Bill, against the Marriage Registration Bill, and against the Lunatic Asylums Bill. Sir D. DUNDAS presented petitions from Suther land•hire 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 thejlaw of marriage. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Rams. gate egaiust any alteration in the navigation laws. Captain BAT ESON presented petitions from London derry against the Rate in Aid Bill. Mr. BAKES presented petitions :from Dorsetshire praying for the repeal of the malt and hop duties. Captain C PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton in favour of the Clergy R lief Bill and the release of the lir v. Mr. Shore. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented petitions from Westminster, and other places, praying for the extension of the elective franchise. Mr. J. IN ORSLEY presented a petition from Saint Mary-le-Strand, and a!so 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 mint of the poor-law, and another, praying for an alteration of the Irish grand-jury laws. Mr. M. GWSON present: d a petition from Manches ter, complaining of the state of the relations between this country and Brazil:, in reference to the suppres sion of the slave trade. SCOTCH LUNATIC ASYLUMS. In reply to Mr. MACKENZIE, The LORD ADVOCATE paid he bad no objection to lay on the table of the House the information which he had received rt have to the lunatic asylums in Scot land, and that ho would not move the second reading of the Lunitic Asylums (S;otlandy Bill until the 30th of April. THE HOP DUTIES. In reply to a question from Mr. II ERRIES, expressing e a pt hadayttmshierenet felt t o o f na r t e hu m ec o he i og his H e tbi a elis d , doubt which seemed to per v a de the myeianrdsof allowedthe theh w d .b p ie g b rOw b • a e d rs, u a s s ua to lly bindulgence granted beingfur this having The putCHAthNe question.CELLOß o T f he th o e nly E s l n C sw H e E r QthUatEhße could ed to Right on. Friend for give to the inquiry was that which he had given last night. In answer to that question, he b had h stated that dhioodfr intend . e ss by his (the Chan y cedor t o; h a there would be no remission ort o erhsm f asta d thai u' oeu t nt gents of Goverument unle q if nu u rt e th r h ' e : ) rh no p ph I s ge r s rr e nv l nf go r a c n ot d hu en e t ii x eh t si. proprietors o E x l might i h e . y w a e h r o o htichae a lm o a ' w s, o o st f po th n e ed du ri t l i l es so w m h e ic d h a the payment m be en p t m. usually d ue but what day he could not now exactly state. An lioN. MENDER trusted that it would be some day after Michaelmas, to allow of the receipt of dividends and the settlement of aceoents.—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Per haps I had better be allowed to name my own day; but I may say it will be one that will best consist wi• h the convenience of those who have to pay the duties. NATIONAL ECONOMY. Mr. HUME said, that se( ing from a paper which had been isued to-day that the national expenditure was still upwards of 269,000/. beyond the revenue of the country, he was desirous to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man at the head of the Exchequer, whether any mea sures were in progress for effecting that reduction in the public expenses which he bad 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 rouni figures .amounted to about 270,0001.; but, on the other hand, he had to observe that a full investigation into the several items would not lead to unsatisfactory results. Fur al though there was this excess, there was also a saving in the Irish expenditure to the extent of 390,0004 an ex penditure which had been regularly incurred for the last three years, and there was the agreeable faot, that in consequence of this and other saviegs, 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 be 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 hid been promised, were in prcgress. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—His Hon. Friend must know that there were already mea sures before the House for effecting a reduction of 1,400,000/, a year, Mr. BERRIES 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 iHon. Wil liam Temple, at Naples, on the 26th of January, 1849. The paragraph ran thits :—" It is possible that' the Neapolitan Government may complain to you of this trap • :Action (assisting the Sicilians with - arms), 973 the ground that, although no direct assistance wss furnished by the Government to the Government of Sicily, yet facilities were aff aded 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 Govetnment of the Crown: and, secondly, he must be 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 Government 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.—(llear, 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 )ear, when the kingdom of Naples requested Lord Tinto 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 PALMERSTON s aid there was no doubt of the fact that there was a Sic ilian Government for the 'go• vernment of the affairs of Sicily , and that there was a Government de facto-in Sicily it was impo ss ibl e t o deny, Ireland, men were dying of starvation, in c-nsequence cf the failure of the potato diet in Munster they were now obliged to live upon turnips—(Hear, hear)-and he believed it only required about six weeks of that diet to kill an able-bodied man. The Noble Lot d had represented the project as a cure of an 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 starvation.—(Hear.) It had been said that some districts in Ireland had re pudiated their just liabilities to the Impala! Ex chequer—that tilt) , bad Rot repaid the sums of money which had been advanced for the erection of poor house—and that that evidenced a natural de,ire in Ireland as to the repudiation of the debt.—(Hear.) He considered that no case had been made out to justity that assertion, and he utterly denied that any district has been guilty of such a repudiation. Au exertion had been made in Ireland such that the history of nationd would never present anything analogous to it, which had contributed vastly more than any measure eleanating from the Treasury benches to preserve life in that country. [LEFT"SPEARING.] PRICES OF SHARES. .N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' s'rocK. From the Official Li,t. PUBLISLIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FAIDAY EVENING. LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 20. TOTNT-STOCX BANKS. Dividend Amount same of Company, per of Paid, Price Annum. Share. --..-....- -- ---- Australasia .......... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 23 Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon •••• .. •• - C numercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -: C denial.. . - Gloucestershire •• •• • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian •• ••••..• • •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto •• •• •• •• • • •-••- - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland •. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... ••• •.. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ...... 51. per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia.... 6!. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto .............. 61, per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... I - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - . INSURANCE COMPANIES. Name of Company. Dividend Amount Amount 'of - Paid. Price Annum. share. A s. d. I # a. d. Albion ••••-• • - • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 ALiance Brit. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19 ,Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - ./1.!1a4 .. •• • • Britiso Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Clericl,sled.&Gen.Life spr ct.& be. 100 0• 0 10 0 0 19 C.` minty ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown • • ...... •••• -14 s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - EAgle Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life •••• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Endowmnt Soc. 4/. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - F:•eemasons' .• •••• • • • (1. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - 4,obe ... -••••• • •• •• 61. per cent. Stock. - - G milli an •••••• •• • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 - Imperial Fire •• •• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 '220 Lnperial Life •••• •• • • 12s. 100 0 C 10 0 0 15 ladeemity Marine •• 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 I - Law Fire - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law 1 ife•• -..-•• .. 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Le;al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4110 e. Loecicri Fire -•••• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 London Ship .... •• •• 101. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 )farine -.••-• • • • .. - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Sled. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. por ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - N4tional Ufe•.. - PAlladium Life ...... Pelican .. • • • • • • •• .. • • - - - - l'ile.caix . . - - 141 PI otector Life •• - ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life •• - .... 11. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 Bock Life • ........... ss. 8 l4oyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock 0 010 0 % . - 184 ' San Fire .• - . 61. 10s. - - 203 I.ltto Life .. . - - 44 Universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Victoria Life .... - 40 0 4% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name oilitompany. per of Paid, Price, Annum. Share. .£. a. d. X. s. d. Charing , cross - - 25 0 0 - Sonthwrk,Nw Sub.A.v - 632 12 8 - I% Ditto Nw of 7% p.c 3.55. per cent. 50 0 0 - 4 Waterloo - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81 ll. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71 ll. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... ••• Av ll. 171. 70 10 3 - 24 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- --. - £ s. d. X S. d. C Anmercial •• -•• .•• 41. per cent. Stock. - 75 East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 132% East Country - - London •• • • - 112 Ditto Bonds.• ••.• • • 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine ••-• • •• 4 per sent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds.• .• • • 1%1. pr cent. - - - Sluthampton •• -- - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. i per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ I. Q. 4 s. d. East London..• ••• • • - 81. 100 0 0 - 173 Grand Junction ...... I 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - b 0 Kent........ • • ...... 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - - Lambeth ............ 5 7 . per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 New It= Lndu Brdgc 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall ............ M. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100 Welt Middlesex . . . j 61.0•. pr cnt. - - 190 FRENCH POSTAGE. An Hort. blamina 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 Ithe subject before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said a negotiation was now going on in reference to thfi subject, but the correspondence bad not yet been brought to a close. CEYLON. Mr. MACGREGOR seeing the 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 th• 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 abroad 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 fin" 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• lent 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 tech 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 11. WILLOUGHBY was understood to say he objected to taking those grants out of the ordinary course. Ile would not state the reasons then for taking that course, but be 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 ordinary course. •Mr. BERRIES did not understand the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer; ho per. fectly agreed with his Hon. Friend Mr. Fitzroy, who had raised an objection of that kind. He 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 (,1 this description were allowed on account. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that although he thought this course objectionable, yet under the present circum stances it was the best course to be pursued at the pre sent 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 Limo that it would be allowed to take place. After a few words from Mr. FITZROY, The vote was then agreed to, as were also 350 0001. for naval stores, 500,0001. for half pay, :200,000/. for military pensions and allowances, and 100,0601. for civil pensions and allowances. The House then resumed. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In reply ton question from Mr. lIIJME, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Navigation Bill upon Monday and Thurs lay next. POOR-LAWS (IREL e ND) RATE-IN AID. Upon the motion for going into Committee upon this Bill, Mr. SADLIER 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 a dd resse d to him last evening by the Noble Lord, th a t h e was y of those f ew M embers who most unfairly sad u n j us tly, td a t disposed to re - echo the clep-trap and, as h e mus t think, hu.ae dre i been mostn favourstated, unjust o f c r the Ministerial pr o je c t. It the majority of the Irish members, by 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 dela• sire 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 a position which made him wholly dependent on the landlord, and it was futile to expect that any advantage to be derived from the benefits from a good harvest could ever place him in the position which the Lord had ; pointed out. Now it should be recollected that this rate in Howe t o j t a o h i es c e e ptrho t e h y i a rne t eveo t aid would fall with no sort of equality upon the different parts of the country. Ulster, for pay a gnat deal more instance, would have to to such a rate than Munster, or any other province in b lr r e o .l u a gt e hh d at . ol the revolting ;Connaught,e, Government ta te ofdestitu tion but u t h h a had before prevailed e did the regreted that whilst doing ao, they had not - at the same produced the evidence which the Government possessed respecting the state of the whole of the labouring popu lation. lie 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 in several unions. In the Queen's County the distress was of the same character; there the clothing of the farmers was made up from rough frieze cloth, while that ; of the—peasantry consisted of nothing but raga 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 he represented that the clothing of the peasantry was nothing but a mass of rags, which required the utmost ingenuity to keep together. How could they hope, then, that the farmers would be able to pay this rate ? There could be no hope at it ; and he was very much afraid that, instead of relieving Ireland, this measure would have the efect of throwing those who were at present in work out of employment and increasing the prevalent distress. Bat 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 Ireland were Catholics, and therefore it was a most unjust statement which had been put for ward,with the view of advancing some prejudice in favour of those cbjections among the uneducated masaesinlreland. 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, and others would be paying 6d. in the pound, because every Honour able Gentleman at all acquainted 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 a sixpenny rate in aid in one district, but would not amount to 3d. or 4d.in other districts better circumstanced and bettor able to bear any additional impost at tnis 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 some of the worst localities in England. lie (Mr. Sadlier) did not think that was a fair inrerence, because in many 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 eases of estates in Ireland administered under the Court of Chancery, and equally mischievous. The proposition was delusive with reference to the people of Ireland, and delusive also to the English 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 information 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 sto the famine and starvation that was exist ing is Ireland. The Government had information Which Shoved their that in the most fruitful parts of GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend I Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -....- X. s. d. A. s. d. [ British ••••••• • • • • • .• 1 1 . 40 0 0 18 00 1 l4 Ditto Provincial.. •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol . • •••••• • • • • • ICI. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton ••••.. - • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 25 ...........455. •• - 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 32 Imperial ...........• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% London • • .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 123,,, - 50 0 0 50 0 - Phoenix .••.. • • ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 24 itatcliff -•••..• • • • • • 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General .• - - 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1254 Weatminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - -49 Ditto, New •••• • • - . 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 934 CANALS. Companies.... 1 s , l ; 'Dividend 'Names of 1 F., Dividend, Price. Names of Companies. [ ;,,I I per , Companies. t. 3 't A p er Price. At n um. e Annum. v 3 ---- - 1 - - ---- £' X Ashtn % Oldh 97 71. - Macclesfield . 100. 21. 10s. - Barnsley •• • • 1601 121. 180 Neath -•• • • 100; 18/. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150, 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 1001 20/. 185 Birmingham 351 41. 81 Peak Forest. 73131. 18s. - Coventry.. - 100' 251. 210 Regent's •• • • 33 1 11. ss. 18% Derby ••• • • 100; 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 1 41. 54 ElismretChs 133 1 565. 40 Sornrset Coal 150 1 71.105. 130 s S t h o r u e r w b s r b i d u g r y e : : Erewash .• • 100 1 32/. - Do.Lk Fd St 1 2 61. p. c. - ;, L l lr r a a n n ci d .l t j un n c io t n n 1 1 0 0 0 0 . Stffrd &Wore 140 A 281. 210 51. , irandSurrey 100 21. 11.10 s. 24 8300 125 151. - 145 201. 285 Grantham • • 150, - - Severn and l !Unlit & AVIJ 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. j 26 2 '. 05 ' 25 Lee.ls& Livrpl 100 301. 320 Warwick&l 100 41 . 60 Leicester ....1140 1 5/. 63% Ilirming. j •,eicstr &Nth' 83 1 41. 45 W N arwlck& l 100 31. L hboroghll42 l 701. 50 ton 41 3t, 4 6 al, Nfonmoutlish 100 81. - Worestr Sc 178 21. 41 Mntgemrysh 100 - - Birming. MoitnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICSS ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per 'of • Paid. Price. Annum, Share. ------ -- -- X s. d. A s. d Bank of Scotland .160 British Linen Company 81. por cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow ',Sank Clydesdale Bank •••- 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12X 'Commercial Bank .• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 152 Eastern Bank•• •• •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s 4.1.1nb.14 Glasgow Bank 6!. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 32 Isle of Tian. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6sq per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% North of Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 0.178. North British Bank - 50 0 0 10 0 0 4-8.6 d Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 8054 Western Bauk• •••• • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73% Aber.leen Ftre and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 2% B. Accord. LiteaUd Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 - tlritiSh Guarantee Ins. 4!. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 105 Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 1 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 60 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. lis i , 'Alinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 175{ East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 85.6 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ['lsar. Co. of Scetlnd•• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. p"er cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 63 Mercantile Life .. •• • • - 10 0 0 010 0 Ifs. Od. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.6 d North British Incur. •• 55%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 225 t North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 170.6 d. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mas. and Oen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 i - Scottish Union Inarnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 111. 23 Standard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 1155.0 d ... MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. Annum. Share. er of Paid. Price. £. s. d. X. E. d. Australian Azriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mlnt ll. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto. Half Shares - - 210 0 -... Canada ....• Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - - 88 City Navigation - - _._ 904 Comp .Cppr 3furs Eng 5l. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 100 Gien.Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 1 14 0 0 - London Institution - - Russell Institution.. • - ..._, 7826 15 5 0 0 3 Peninsir& Orient.Stm B/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68 Reversionary Int. Soc 45 4 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 [lO O 0 0 90 - Iloyal3lail Steam GI 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0[ GO 0 0 5 1 South Australian... -1/. per share. 25 0 01 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land., - 100 0 01 23 0 0 - No mails from Canada or New Brunswick were received by the Canada, the express by which the mails are forwarded • from Montreal to Halifax not having reached the latter port when the packet sailed. ROYAL ARTILLERY. , —WOOLWIC 11, APRIL 19. Lieutenant• Colonel Locke, recently second in command of the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar, has been appointed to command the Royal Artillery at Chatham, vice Lieu tenant-Colonel Harrison, retired on full pay. Lieute nant. Colonel Wilson has been appointed to command the Royal Artillery at Jersey, vice Lieutenant Colonel James, who has been in command at that station since 14ICh i 1846, AUSTRIA. The letters from the seat of war in Hungary, which appear in the Vienna papers of the 15th, are such as to induce us to believe that the victory of Waitz-m was even more complete than it has be en represented, and that the Imperial army before Comorn is threat ened with destruction. The Ban of Croatia, whose position was of late on the railroad line leading from Pesth to Albert and Czegled, that is to say on the left bank of the Danube, is now most suddenly found to be on the - right bank of that river. Nor is it probable that he would have quitted his former position and crossed the river, unless compelled by a defeat. The Hungarian Generals Vetter and Dembinski following in the wake of Baron Jella chich's corps, have likewise crossed the Danube, and occupied ‘Veissenburg ; in other words, the Hun garians had turned either wing of the Austrian army by a flank march, and Buda-Pesth, which a few days ago formed the centre operations of either army, is now in the rear of the scene of war and of the Magyar forces. The Imperial army besieging Comorn, and which besides has been weakened by the succour which its Commander, General Wohlge muth, was obliged to send to General Ramberg, who endeavoured to oppose the approach of the Hunga rians from \Vaita.en to Gran, is now exposed to a threefold attack from the north, the south, and from the garrison of the fortress itself. The country sur rounding Comorn is all but in the hands of the Mag yars, and Comorn is but 20 leagues distant from Vienna. DENMARK. Baron Adeler, the aide•de-camp of his Majesty, arrived at Stockholm on the Gth, and was presented to the King by the Danish Ambassador on the ith, for the purpose of delivering an autograph letter from his Sovereign. He was invited to the royal dinner table on the Bth, and quitted early on the morning of the 9th for Copenhagen, when he will immediately return to the Danish head quarters. It is generally asserted that he carries with him the intelligence that Stockholm will not take part in the Danish German war this year, the general impres sion being that the negotiations for peace had proved abortive by the pertinacity of Denmark. No armaments of any kind have been made in Sweden. Previous to the renewal of the Danish war, Russia reiterated its protest of last year against the advance of the German troops into Jutland ; since the com mencement of the war this protest has been renewed with great decision, in a special note. The :Berliner, Nachrichten says—" That in con• sequence of this protest, an order has been issued to the German army not to advance into Jutland, but wholly to occupy:Schleswig." The Hamburgh Borsenhalle says—" That 600 Danish prisoners, all seamen, have this day been conveyed by special train from Rendsburg to Gldek stadt. SWINEMUNDE, APRIL 4. The Baltic Zeitung trays " Commodore Schroder has not yet returned with the steamer. This morning the steamer Swinemunde went seawards to Wolgast, for neither yesterday nor yet this morning have any Danish cruisers been visible ; communications with the cruisers, in so far as they relate to commerce, has been permitted to-day. CU/MAYEN, APRIL 16.—We learn by electric telegraph that the London mail steamer Caledonia, for which a luuk•out was kept here this morning, arrived in the Elbe during the night, and was not detained by the Danish men of-war. CUXHAVEN, APRIL 17.—The Admiralty jolly boat, which returned from sea late last night, encountered no war ships whatever in the Elbe. We learn from the Spanish schooner Telesfora that she encountered only one Danish frigate at the mouth of the Elbe, and passed without being stopped. The English brig John Hardy, and several others, lie at anchor here. HAMBURGIi, APRIL 17.—The steamer Paris arrived here today from Havre. Captain Vasse, however, refused to unload his cargo, having bound himself by promise to the commander of the Danish blockade squadron, M. Steenbille, on sailing into the river that he would merely take in a supply of coals, and return forthwith. The parties interested:in the cargo have immediately commenced legal proceedings. Trade of course suffers greatly from the Danish blockade.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle. lIAMBURGB, APRIL IG.—Between to-day and the 18th we expect seven trains with military. The Cologne Railway lhas brought the Brunswick Hussars, wile at once proceeded to Altona.—llam burgh Correspondent. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam •... 12 214 Dit:A,, at sight •• .... 12 0% Ketterdain 12 0% Antwerp • • ............ 25 75 liamburgh ••11.1.8. 13 12% &Rona— ........ •• Paris, 3 days'aight .. • • 25 37% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 GO 'tlarsellles • . 25 62% Bourdeaux ......... • 25 65 Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Petersburgh, Sil. lible.. 36 4 1 • • •• Vienna, effec. f 10...... 11 32 Trieste, ditto.— • • .... 11 33 Cadiz .. ............. 49 3 A 8i1ba0.... •... • • Barcelona •• •• ........ ,NGE.--(THIS DAY.) 1G1bra1tar............. Leghorn .............. 'Genoa . • ...... • • .. Naples ............ raiermo, peros ........ Lisbon.... • ••• • • . itio Janeiro • • • ...... • . ituenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York, 21 days'sight ehiladelphla .... • . PRICED OF BULLION, PER 03 Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. G 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 10 1 A ~ilvertn bars •• 0 4 117 IMPERIAL I' HOUSE OF CO (Continued from our Thi RATE IN 'A RLIAMEN T. MMONS, April 19. ird Edition of last night.) AID BILL. The House then vl ent The CHANCELLOR o Committee upon this Bill ,f the EXCHEQUER, pro ceeded to make a statement to the House, to show the necessity of money being advanced for the relief of dis tress in the western part of Ireland; and having enume rated and named the several unions in which great dis • tress is prevailing, and the difficulty, if not almost im possibility, of collecting rates to alleviate it concluded by moving a resolution, to the effect, " That the House do authorise the Commissioners of her ➢lajesty's Tree. awry to advance a sum of money not exceeding 100,000/. for the relief of the distressed unions in Ireland." Mr. HUME admitted the prevalence of great distress in Ireland, acd the,necessity of granting relief in alle viation of it; but he should most decidedly obj , ct to the advance of the money until the Rate in Aid Bill should be first passed—and from an impression that many Mem bers of that House connected with Ireland would, if the money were first advanced, do all in their power to de feat the passing of the Rate in Aid Bill. Ile should be glad to learn trom the NOV° Lord at tLe head of the Government what course the Government intended to pursue in relation to the proposed advance of 100,0001 There was still sufficient money to go on for a week or two of the 50,0001. grant, and as two weeks would be sufficient to pass the Bill, he should move that no part of the money be advanced until after the passing of the Rate in Aid Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would state fairly what his views were with respect to, the proposed advance of 100,000/. Ilis intention was, that the 100,000/ should be advanced in reference to the rate in aid, and should the resolution be affirmed, that they should be repaid out of that rate; but when the Hot'. Gentleman asked the House not to grant any portion of the money until the Rate in Aid Bill should first pass, he could not give his assent to that proposition. There were 6,000/. still in hand to be advanced of the recent grant, and should those 6,000/. be expended before the Bill be passed, then it was his intention to come down to the House, and ask for an advance of fire or six thousand pounds, and in taking that course, if either this House or the other House should refuse to pass the Bill now under conside ration, then it was his intention to again come down to the House, and ask it to convert the five or six thousand pounds into an absolute grant, and in relation to any further relit f, he should not, he felt, be justified in calling on the House,to advance any more, and upon those who might refuse this rate in aid, be the responsi bility and the consequences.—(Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question from Mr. Vernon Smith, stated, that with respect to his asking the precise sum of 100,000/ to meet the distress, his impression was that the advance would be sufficient until the harvest be gathered in. Mr. HENRY HERBERT maintained that no sustain able argument had been advanced in support of the ne cessity of the measure now before the House.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lurd had stated to that House, that it was not his intention to ask Parliament to give its sanction to any more grants, should Ireland not consent to be taxed as now proposed. lie (Mr. Herbert) had no hesitation in saying, that the county with which he was connected, and in which his entire interest was contained, was already taxed beyond its power of bearing.—(Hear, hear.) It had been dccided by the House that some in crease of taxation should be borne by Ireland, and it be came a question, by whom was it to be borne? It had been laid down by a high autho►ity, that taxation should be borne by those who were best able to bear it. Now, when he came to examine that, he found that in the case of Ireland no one condition of it could at present be ful filled. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the allusions of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, to the precedents which he said bad prevailed in this country of levying a rate in aid on one or more unions, for the relief of others in a state of distress; and pro ceeded to say that he could show the Right Hon. Baronet that what be said on that occasion was not entirely borne out. He would read to the House a return moved for by his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Dublin (Mr. Hamilton) on this subject, in re Lion to England and Wales. By that return, which he now held in his hand, and which was entitled— " A return of the Names of any Unions or Parishes 'in England and Wales, in aid of which any rate or assessment for the relief of the poor has been made upon any county, hundred, union, cr parish, during each of the ten years preceding Lady-day, 1848, &c." He found that there was no similarity existing between the following eight ravishes in Wor cester—Whistones, St. Nicholas, ht. Clement, St. John Bedwardine, St. Swithin, St. Martin, St. Helen, St. Peter, and St. Michael Bedwardine, and the electoral divisions in Ireland, respecting the rate in aid. He con sidered it most unjust and unprecedented that her Ma jesty's Government should press this measure, particu larly when many who had been trapped by the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) to support the measure in Committee had afterwards, having detected the design, openly ®pressed thciZ determined hostility tc, soul measure, and even voted against. it, and also in another place the Committee, to which her Alitjesty's Govern ment had submitted this plan, had also expressed their opposition to it in thtir rf port. The witnesses brought by the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) were oppostd to it, and the officials, the four-law Commis sioners, men who from their office might be considered to be favourable to any proposition of the Government, expressed their dissatisfaction of such a plan. Every evidence was against it, and the chief commissioner, when he he hoard of such a measure, did not wait to be called on to give his opinion about it, but knew it to be so severe and unjust that he immediately resigned his office. Under these circumstances, be thought that a Committee should bs appointed to investigate into the whole of that question, so that if it be found thAt Irish property is not taxed according to a fair and just amount that a suitable tax be imposed on it. He contended that the evils of that country were mainly attributable to the conduct of Government, and he should at all times oppose them when they pursued such a course as they were now adopting. His amend ment was, that an income and property-tax be as sessed on incomes and property in Ireland not liable to income and property-tax under 11 and 12 Victoria, chap. 8 ; but the Noble Lard's (Lord J. Russell) proi,osition was that the 100,0001. should be advanced far the relief of distress in some districts of Ireland, should be secured on the assessed income of the rate in aid. He a ould be in favour of having that loan se cured by the income and property tax; but at the same time did not see any charm or reason why lid. in the pound in property tax, or 1501. per year in the income tax, shp•uld be established as a standard in Ireland, par ticularly as there was a precedent for the contrary in Scotland, in the case of property tax. Ile believed that property in Ireland was not fit for such a tax, and should read an extract from the speech cf the Nuble.Lord in the introduction of the income tax for England. He (Lord J. Russell) then used these words as applying to Ireland, " That by extending this tax to Ireland, you would check her efforts at prosperity, and that by the check ing her you injure not only Ireland but also England and Scotland." The Noble Lord said Ireland was not fit to bear that taxation, and he (Mr. Herbert) believed that she was at present ten times worse than she was last year, when the Noble Lord adverted to her in those terms. He wished to exempt from this rate the farmers, who are the principal sufferers, and totally dif fered from the resolutions at a great meeting held in 1847 in Dublin, which proved the universal distress of Ireland. That meeting suggested the propriety of an income and propert-tax in aid of local taxation, but he wished for a general taxation in Ireland for local pur poses, and considered flint every tax for every purpose should be paid into the treasury of the Exchequer, as being a firm supporter of the Union. It had been said . . that - this is a landlord question, and the Hon. Member for the city of Dublin stated in the Hbuse that the objeet of it was to shift the burden from the shoulders of the landlords to the honest and hardworking tradesmen; but to that he should say that there was no proposition to exempt the landlords, and if there was he would be one of the first to oppose such a plan. On whom would this burden fall? It would fall on that class that are already ground down—on the untorttmate farmers who are using every exertion to keep their holdings—on men who are not in a position to bear that burden, and who are dilly emigrating in consequence of their inability to meet their expenses. Nor was the industrious tradesman, who has invested his little capital in building, fit to bear such a taxation. He hoped that his proposition would not be rejected, because there was no machinery fur car rying it out, as the poor•law measure had been carried out without any machinery whntever. He should next refer to the plan of the Righ t t Hon. Baronet (Sir Robert Peel), which he and the people of Ireland looked upon as a comment upon the do-nothing policy of the present Government, and which raised a hope in the minds of that people that the Ministry would not long continue in office; for the laissez faire,' laissez passer policy of the Noble Lord's speech, in the beginning of this session, created but one opinion, and that was—that nothing good could come from that Government. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he (Mr. H.) supported that policy. Mr. HERBERT said, that he, with eleven other Irish Members, to whose political principles ho was opposed, had determined to protest against the conduct of Go vernment respecting Ireland. He should say that Go vernment were the cause of the evils of Ireland. He was grateful tor the grants made to Ireland, but he contended that the responsibility of their not effecting good did not rest u[on the Irish or the Irish gentry, be cause the Government had disregarded their suggestions. He assured the House, that he was fully resolved not to withdraw his amendment, now that the Noble Lord had not stated what taxes he proposed to impose, and he should, therefore, conclude by moving the imposition of an income and property tax in Ireland. Mr. F. FRENCH said he regretted that the Hon. Gentleman should have thought proper to persevere with his amendment in opposition to the opinions of the ma• jority of the Irish Members. He could not thi n k that Ireland was in a position to bear any increased taxation. He denied that the Irish Members were bound to suggest a substitute for the plan proposed by the Government. Ile objscted to the rate in aid upon principle. He also contended, that Ireland- paid an equivalent for the in come-tax levied in this country.-s-(slear.) It should be recollected that out of the thirteen millions of rental in Ireland, eight millions were spent in England which was subject to the income-tax, but for which Ireland did not get credit. They were asked wby they had not repaid the million advanced to them for the purpose of building their workhouses, when similar advances made in Eng land fur the same purpose were repaid? In England this money was advaused to carry out an improvement of the law, and was advanced at their re vest; but in Ireland the law was objected to, and the advances were, not asked for by them, but by the Poor-law Commis sioners. So obnoxious was this law, that the whole of the army and constabulary in Ireland were maintained to uphold the poor-law. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said they were placed between two alternatives of choosing between two burdens. It was asked was England to go on for ever making grants to Ireland; but they should take into the ques tion the fact that Ireland has been exposed to gb famine unpredecedent.d in the history of modern times. They had for forty-nine years robbed Irelani+ and now in a season of distress, when they bad exhausted her resources, they taunted them with their poverty. If tl.ey were as generous and liberal as 011 claimed to be, they ought to be, happy to contribute to the relict of her distress. It was most inconsistent noW to propose a new tax, when, even before the famine took place, she was too poor to bear it. He denounced the horrible and hideous process of evictions now going 00 in Ireland at that moment, but he would not then go into details. The lion. Member who put forward the re: sent proposition was not, he said, prepared to contests' that Ireland contributed her just share of the taxation of the country, but others were prepared to do so, has' he allowed them, or had he not brought forward hi s motion, again-4 the wishes of the great majority of the Irish Members. The Hon. Member for Buckingham' shire said, very properly, the other night, that Irish absentee proprietors, mortgagors, and others, paid in come-tax; and stated so most correctly, for though 1 3 ° returns could be got of the amount, he believed it was at that moment 250,0001., in addition to 65 000/. fo r quit rents and other matters. Why should not Ireland get credit for these sums of money? Why 9 °, t . get credit fur duties paid on ar t i c l es i n E ng l an d which were afterwards consumed in Ireland, and all of which. he believed, would in the aggregate amount to 700,0 w? or 200,0001. more that] that sought for by the rate ie aid. He denounced the Hon. Member for Kerry for bringing forward such a motion as he introduced; and although he did it in a less obnoxious manner than vsee expected, yet it did not do away with the very s erious, objections against i t. He (Mr. J. O'Connell) had n °s as yet given any support to the rate in aid measure, be cause he did not wish to press too heavily on the poorer ratepayers; but now there was no choice left him. I le found himself driven into a corner, and although he should give the measure bis vote that night, he should chi: so with a firm conviction of its utter inutility. He we als' vote for it, however, in consequence of the frightful syl - of evictions which was going on, as might be seen from the accounts given in the Cork and Limerick papers. The Hon. Gentleman then read extracts frolni letters written by the Rev. Mr. Flannelly and Mr. Hills both of Mayo in the western parts of Ireland, giving the / most horrible accounts of the privations which the p e ople suffered, and of the deaths which occurred from starvs; tion. Coerced by those horrible details which he he° thus read for the House, he should support the motion of the Government. Captain JONES considered that he had only th e choice between two modes of taxation, that proposed by the Government as a rate in aid, and that by Friend; and h e b a d no h es it at i on i n g i v i ng the latter e As a r e p resen t a ti ve o f the county of Derriv the grand he received a c,,mmunication from his lion . jury, 1 . 3 which they declared their disapprobation of a rate in said although willing to bear any burden which could be le' vied in a more equitable manner. If the Governmen t persisted in levying their rate in aid measure, he had 0 0 hesitation in saying, that they would, by doing so, ender ger the whole measure of a poor-law in Ireland, or it° practical working, in consequence of the oppositio e which must arise to the payment of any rato whatever. lie was a warm advocate for the poor-law, and it rig* therefore, he was anxious that nothing should be done 1 0 mar its proper working. Mr. R. FOX should support the amendment of 111 Hon. Friend. In the union of Longford, w h e re his Pr o ' perry was situate, the r a t e i n aid amounted at that raf, went, in support of th e p oor o f C onnaught, to 3 d. in the pound. That aros e f rom t h e fact that the poor inhar c i ants of the w es t ern parts o f Irelan d travel L em &este ards, thr oug h L ongfor d , on the i r way, „w-a England—but whil e t h ey h a d t h e power in Eogui to send them ba c k, no suc h aut h or i ty ex i ste d i n Loegi ford; and thu s were t h ey b ur d ene d f or t h e supportt; parties who were prop er ly ch argea bl e on un i ons in C 0"; naught.—(ll ar.) if the rate in aid w ere , th e refore, ' f be levied as proposed by the Government—instead g„ its being 6d. it would be 9d. on him, and that, too, wi th out any remedy whatever. He denounced it as unjo b - t, to compel other parties to pa 3. for the poor of Connaug ht; or in support of the unions of that province, because th e present poverty was brought about in a great m easur e by by the miscondun of landlords,.the misconduct of t"" to who administered the pour-law, and other causes , /0 which he should not then more particularly refer. so his opinion an income-tax was more preterable, beca id. it was more just, than a rate in aid; and he Shoo d. therefore, support the amendment of his Hon. Fr ies Now, from whatever source those sums of ta yli were to be deriv e d, he wished to know how they wer o to be expe n d e d. Th e pl an o f re li ev ing distress ss unions had, he believed, already caused the gr" t ,ets demoralization ; and that would be continued, if g ra : o 4 of money, and assistance of the kind proposed, contin,u;, to be given. The way he believed in which the culty was to be met, was to search out these Pr o , spots, leaving the sound portions to assist them ;ad as they were willing to do—to hunt up the U3ls°