The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-20 00:00:00

, ' tot 1 5i4C tttrZ . a -, . SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. SOUTH-EASTERN AND CONTI NENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held this afternoon at the Bridge house Hotel. Mr. Macgregor, Chairman of the South- Eastern Railway, in the chair. Mr. G. S. HERBERT, the secretary, having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the common seal was attached to the register of proprietors; after which the report was submitted to the shareholders, which repre sented the undertaking to be in a highly prosperous condi tion, and atatedthat negotiations were going on for selling the boats to the Southampton Railway Company. The re ceipts of the past half-year amounted to 11,0111.105. ld., and the expenditure to 8,1361. lls. 6d., leaving a balance in hand of 2,8741. 18s. 7d., which, with the balance of 861. 13s. 10d. from last half-year, made a total of 2,961/. 12s. 5d., out of which it was proposed to pay sa. per share, leaving a balance in hand of 1811. 2s. sd. Mr. GILBERTSON made a long speech upon the state of the company's affairs, with the simple view, as it would seem, of insinuating a charge of jobbing against the chairman, because, forsooth, his brother, Mr. W. F. ,Macgregor. had been employed to build one of the boats. The CHAIRMAN, however, indignantly repelled the ini'inuation, at the same time calling upon the meeting to appoint a committee of inquiry if doubts were enter taint dof the honesty of his management. He admitted that the engines of one of their boats had been con structed by a Liverpool firm, in which his brother had a fractional interest, but that boat had turned out to be the cheapest and best of the lot, while all the boats, which were eight in number,- bad cost less per ton than those of any other company whose vessels were of the same class.(Cheers.) After the report had been adopted, and the dividend declared, the meeting, as a mark of their confidence in the Honourable Chairman, re-elected him a director by acclamation, and the proceedings terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the same gentleman, which Mr. Gilbertson seconded amidst the applause of the shareholders. BANK OF — EN GLAND—(THIS DAY). The General Court held on Thursday last, and ad journed to this day, met this morning at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of taking the determination by note, in print or writing, of the question on the follow ing resolution, proposed at the Court, for a dividend, viz.:—That a dividend be made of 51. 10s. per cent. in terest and profits, for the half-year ending the sth April next, without any deduction on account of the income-tax. At the meeting of the Court, Messrs. Gribble, Vigne, Cazenove, and Sullivan were appointed scrutineers to take, the Votes. At four o'clock the ballot closed, and the scrutineers havirig retired for the purpose of examining the votes, rqwsed into court in about tea minutes, and declared Mt the question was determined in the affirmative. The GOVERNOR then informed the proprietors that • tWe dividend warrants would be paid on Saturday the .47t1) of April next. • CPurt,t_laptiatijOurned. )IORTAMTY in the METROPOLIS. NIT ?BER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TILE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*233 Piseasss i of -Uncertain. Seat ... ~. 61 Turbercular Diseases... ... 196 Dispases of ,the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 122 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8 , Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... •• •• Atrophy. ••• ••• ••• ••• •• Old Age Sudden ••• ..• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... 22 ... 62 ... 25 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... 1;033 Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Death; 1844-8. in the 1841 Five Winters. Week. West District 3... 300,711 . . 170 ... 184 North Districts.. 375,97 . 1 .. 218 ... 185 Central Distr:as 373,653 ... 211 ... 177 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 252 ... 215 suuth Districts.. 501,190 ... 319 ... 322 Totals... . 1,948,369 Malez ... ... Females ... ... -. 1,169 ... 1,083 BIRTHS IN THE WELK. Males Females ... ... 537 ... 546 ... 768 ... 753 Total ... —.1,521 *Li this number are included 9 cases of death by Cholera, 43 by Scarlatina, end 46 by Typhus Fever. POST OFFICE NOTICE.—The letters of soldiers and seamen in the service* her Majesty or of the East India Company, when addressed to a foreign country, being atibject to the payment of any foreign rates of postage, in addition to the reduced rates of British postage specified in the general instructions, all such letters addressed to the United States will in future be chargeable with the United States' inland rate of 5 cents, or lid. sterling each, in addition to the British rate of postage of one penny. The combined rate of 30. upon soldiers' and sailors' letters, addressed to-the United States, must be paid in advance. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 20,1849. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Tburs day next, the 22d instant, for bis late Majesty the King of the Netherlands, viz.—The ladies to; wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. 'lhe gentlemen to wear black, — full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thurs day the sth of April next, viz.—The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffJ, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stair 'waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords end buckles. And on Thursday, the 12th of April next, the Court to - go out of mourning. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 19. It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Pricciral Secretary of State forForeigrt Affairs, bas eceived from the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, the copy of a letter and its inclosures addressed to their Lordships by Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.11, Commander. in-Chief of her Majesty's Naval Forces on the west Coast of Africa, announcing that war had, in the month of February last, been declared against the Chiefs of Gallinas; and. that he, the said Cummodorr, had established an effective blockade of that coast between Solyman Puint on the South and Cazee en the North. FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 16. BRITISH MARRIAGES ABROAD.- NOTICE. There being -------- ------- -.- reason to suppose that ;.n many cases of marriages heretofore solemnized in the chapels or houses of British Ambassadors and ni Ml. prtq, and in the at Foreign Ci chapels of British st f e a r c s teries abroad, the clergymen by whom such u custody d marriages were solem nized, have :'stagged in their y the records of such marriages, in consequence of therenot hay- ing been at the time ' any fixed office appointed this country for regi sterin g th e same • bu arrange meets in merits for that purpose' havin g bee n made in the rr year ange -1816, since which p eriod such records have been tran 'flitted, through the medium of her Majesty's Principals. Secretary- of State for Fdreign Affairs, to the'RerAristr 3 - office of the Lord Bishop of London, in Doctors' Com mons: this is to give notice to all 'such clergymen or their representatives, or others, whp may be in posses sion of such records as aforementioikd, dated before the year 1816, that they are requested to transmit such re cords to the Foreign-office, in' order to their being depo sited in the London Registry-office. ADMIRALTY, MARLS 19. The following pronrcti&nWhave this day taken place, consequent on thedeath of Rear-Admiral Thomas Searle, C. 8., en ,the 17th instant .•-•-'- Rent-Admiral of the Blue, Philip Browne, to be Rear , Admiral of the White. Captain William Bowen Mends to be Rear-Admira. of the Blue. Colmission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherlandshire. The Honourable George William Sutherland Leve son Gower, commonly called the Marquis of Stafford and Lord Strathnaver, to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant;of Oxfordshire. Henry Edward Francis ;Lambert, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 16. Cornraissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouth. John Arthur Herbert, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; George: ga ve , Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March.l6. WHITEHALL, Mencu 5. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Hubert Smith, of St. Leonard's, Bridgnortb, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. lIANKRupTcy s Thomas Stafford, jun., pawnbroker, BAN K Itu V:er, West Smithfield. Isle of Wight, at h a w. past one, anel April 2 ' 6, George Iklorris, broker and gr b. „ er, March 29, Paul's church at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belt, of ;t ej o a r i te o'clock, Coleman-street -buildings; Parker, Saint assignee, yard. John Waite, licensed victualler, High Ilolborn, March 29, at two, and April 27, at one, at the Court of Bank official assignee, Frederick' s _ p i ace : raptay. Edwards, °ft' Jewry ; Govett, Upper North-place, Gray' s Inn. road. Cho.rlep- oswin, dentist, Harley-street, Cavendish square, March 30, at two, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of 'Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab cllbreh-lane; J OO O3, Clifford's Inn. Joel Wilson, steel 'manufacturer,- West Bromwich, , Otaffcrlibire, April 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Birming- ham District Court. Chriltie, official assignee, Birming ham; Hodgson, Birmingham, and Vincent, Temple. Richard Smith, tanner, Hathern, Leicestershire, March 30 and April 27, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee Nottingham, ; Brewster, Nottingham. Thomas Carlin, grocer, Kingston-upon-Hull, April 4, and 24, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Horsley, Staple-inn; Walker, Hull; Shackleton Leeds. John Wesson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, March 30 and April 27, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Wells, Nottingham. James Hodgson and Joseph Hodgson, cotton spinners, Underbank, Yorkshire, April 3 and 4, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as signee, Leeds ; Wiglesworth and Co., Gray's inn; Sutliffe, Hebden•bridge; Cronhelm Leeds. Thomas Baskerville Jones, brewer, Brecon, April 3, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Baker, Abergavenny ; Bevan, Bristol. Edwin Brooker, carver and gilder, Cheltenham, April 3 and May 1, at twelve, at the Bristol Dtstrict Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Lindo, London. George Ky rke, lime burner, Wrexham, Denbigh shire, April 3 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; William. son and Hill, Great James -street, Bedford-row; Parker, Wrexham; Mallaby and Co., Liverpool. John Lewtas, cabinet maker, Manchester, April 4 and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, :official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, «nd Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Bill, Man chester. Henry Ridsdale and Henry Carter Snell Cnauncey, sharebrokers, Liverpool, March 20, and May 10, at eleven at the Liverpool District Court. Turner official assignee, Liverpool; Bradley and Son, Staple Inn ; Car son and El Liverpool. Charles Lee, jeweller, Marlborough-cottages, St. John's Wood, March 29, at two, and May 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman street. George Howes, Northwith, innkeeper, April 2 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cole, Adelphi- terrace ; Sexton, Northwich, Cheshire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London .New Price Current, March 20.) SUQAR.—To-day there was little desire evinced by re finers or grocers to operate in West India, and in some cases the rates accepted are rather under those of Friday. The purchases are only 100 hhds, &c. For other sorts of . Sugar the demand has fallen off. , _ . REFINED.—To-day no advance took place in the value of Refined Goods, still there was no falling off in the demand for home trade purposes, and the supply is scanty. Bonded Crushed Sugar 29s 6d to 304 6d per cwt. MATIBITITIS.—This afternoon the market was better supplied with Mauritius Sugar, and the public sales con sisted of 6.563 bags 400 casks. Good and fine yellow went al 39s to 425, ordinary and middling 36s to 38s 6d, ordinary to fine grey 37s to 40s, washed and syrupy 35s to 41s 6d, inferior ditto 30s 6d to 34s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the supply of Bengal Sugar was upon - a greater scale, and the public sales corn prized 7,884 nags, a small part of which only sold at easier ,rates; good and fine white Benares went at 41s 6d to 435, ordinary and middling 40s to 4 ls, damp and washed 39s to 42s od, strong white 46s to 48a, superior 48s 6:1 to 49s 6d, strong yellow 41s to 455, brown ditto 35a to 38s, and Mauritius kind 37s to 40s 6d.. Madras at auction 1,200 bugs only partly found buyeri; low and middling soft yellow 33s 6d to 355, middling and fine brown 31s to 335. FOREI GN.— To-day there was one public sale of Foreign Suf. ar, and less inquiry existed from exporters; still hol ders were firm, and refused to sell but at full rates. This afternoon a public sale of 57 hhd 3 St. Croix Sugiir went at 41s to 43s 6cl for middling to strong yellow. MOLASSES. —West India, 16s 6d to 21s for low to fine. East India, 15s to 16s per cwt ; and on the part of holders firmness is apparent. CocoA.—There are several buyers of West India. Fine red is much wanted at from 45s to 47s per cwt. The market for Eoreign has a firm aspect, and 27s to •28s 6d per cwt is the value. COFFEE.—This afternoon the quantity of Mocha Coffee submitted to public sale was larger than for some time past, and amounted to 2,493 bales 79 half-bales. The chief portion was taken in at stiff rates; good ordinary greenish, mixed with black at 50s, long berry, yellow 65s to 68s; the portion sold went at 58s 6d to 60s for middling yellow, 35s 6d to 37s for triage, and at 31s 6d to 59s sor damage. Native Ceylon 32s 6d to 335. For public sale on Thlrsday - 12 , casks 1,100 bags Plan tation Ceylon, and 30 'casks Jamaica Coffee of the new crop are declared. T-EA.—Black cannot be purchased upon lower terms. The value of ord andiood sound common Comm' for cash is 8d to 9id per lb. - For Green the market is in a quiet state, and prices are on the decline. At public sale 6,230 pkgs have been offered, of which only 2,000 sold at a reduction of 2d to 3.1 for Hyson, and 2d per lb for Orange PLkoe. Prices for both I.3!ack and Green must still be considered as moderate ; this is, however, not expected long to be the case. RICE.—To day the demand was not better for East India Rice, and 2,182 bags Bengal at auction only in part sold at rather lower rates; good mid white went at 108 to lOs 6d, mid duety 9s to 9s 6d, sittings 7s 6d, damaged 6s to 8s 6d, pearl barley ditto 6s, and cargo 5s 61 to 7s. FRUIT.—The demand for currants continues to im prove. For Patras higher prices are expected by im porters. On Wednesday 98 butts 21 eras old Pairas were offered at public sr le and nearly all sold at 33s to 345. Vailentia Raisins 38s, and Denial at 30s. Red Smyrna Raisins at 38s, and Elemes at 42s are in goad demand fur shipping. SPICES.—There has been an increased inquiry for Black Pepper; at public auction 2,440 bags of Sumatra were disposed of at 2id to lid for lair black rather dusty. Malabar 2id to 3/ per lb. White is wanted, and the tendency of rates is to advance. At auction 140 bags were sold at sid to sid for good white Singapore, superior is worth from 4d to 81. Pimento, 1,000 bags at auction were taken in at 3id to 3id per lb. Brown Nutmegs, ordinary and middling quality, at 2s 3d to 2s 10d, and better, 3s to 3s 9d. For limed the market is quiet at 2s to 2s 9d. Mice at 2s to 2s Bd, and superior at 2s 9d to 2s. Of Cassia Lignea the supply is scanty, Cloves have been sold to a fair extent, and upon full terms; Bencoolen, is 4d to is 10d, Bourbon and Zanzibar, 6id to Id. For Cinnamon full rates are asked. Ginger has been operated in with caution. At auction a part only of 100 pkgs were sold at 60s to 140 s for ord and good. 590 bags Pimento were for the most part taken in at auction at 3id to 3-4-d per lb, being above the value. To-day at auction 24 bags of pod Pepper were taken in at 50s per cwt. Itcnico.—On the part of holders of East India there is firmness, and the rates of the last quarterly sales are sup ported. A public sale of 100 serous of Spanish is declared. COCIIINEAL.—To-day at auction the quantity offered was 200 bgs. The bidding were languid, and the part sold went at rather lower rates; Honduras silvers at 3s 10d to 4s 4d, very ord black 3s 9d to 4s 2d; Mexican silvers 3s 10d, and black 4s ld to 4s 3d perlb. SPIRITS.—For East India Rum better rates are not to he obtained. The sales are nearly 1,000 casks at is 3d to is 34d proof. In Leeward Island the sales are 500 puns at is 4d to Is 44d proof. Of Jamaica only small parcels have been sold at 2s 9cl to 3s 6d for 30 to 35 per cent over proof, better sort 3s 8d to 4s, and choice marks 4s 2d to 4s Bd. Of Demerara the sales amount to 400 casks at 2a to 2s 3d for 34 to 37 per cent over proof. To day several parcels of East India and Leeward Island Rum were sold at former rates. TALLOW.—There aro sellers of fine P. Y. Candle at 40s to 40s 6d per cwt. For delivery in the last three months of the year little business has been concluded. 41s 6d is the value. Home melted is to be obtained at 40s nett cash, still few buyers era to be met with, and the supply is getting upon an extended scale. Of St. Pctersburgh 66 cks of damaged at auc tion sold at 33s 6d to , 39s 6d; 30 cks ditto Soap were taken in at 37s to 37s 6d for sound; 156 cks New Soath Wales sold at 35s to 39s for low to fine; 77 cks Odessa 37s 6d to 40s; 50 cks North American 37s to 38s 6d; 524 pipes 726 hhds; and 226 brls of South American 35s 6d to 39s 3d, and very ord 34s per cwt. For auction 1,000 pkgs of Tallow are declared. On:s.-Z-There is firmness on the part of holders of Cod, and the rates asked are 26115 s to 271, still the sales made have been small during the last few days. Seal is held for 301 lOs to 311, straw and tinged 291 to 304 other sorts 271 103 to 281 103 of fine pale the supply is still very small. 'Soutnern 281 to 331 for low to fine. Sperm—At auction 32 tuns were sold at 791 10s t© 801 10s, and at 831 to 831 5s for Head matter. Rape Oil is less in demand. and prices are not so firm; pale selling at 37s to 378 6d, end brown 36s 6d to 37s p er cwt. In the value of Lin seed Oil there is little variation. Home dealers made purchases with caution, an d f ew export orders were com pleted, still there are not sellers on the spot under 25s 9d per cwt. The rates asked for delivery are 25s to 26s 6d. Palm is much in demand by exporters, and hnme dealers, and the market has a firm aspect; the best is worth 33s to 34s per cwt, and th e supp l y i s small. Only a moderate sale exists for Olive, and a desire is evinced to sell Gallipoli at 424 other sorts 401 to 421 per tun. Cocoa Nut has been in excellent request , an d t h ere is much firmness in the market—prices rule fir m at 34s to 378 6d per cwt. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam 12 2 Ditto, at sight 12 0 it°ttertlan, ••••• • .. • • 12 2U liamburgh ••M.B. 13 12% Altona. . • • .... Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 25 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50 tLarseilles ............ 25 50 80urdeaux......... . 25.55 Frankfort on Mains.... 121 1 4 Petersburgh, Sil. Bble.. 36% Vienna, effec. 11 36 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 36 Madrid ••..•• •• • • .... 49 Cadiz • • • • • • •. • . 50 Barcelona .. • • ........ ANGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. • • .• Leghorn .. •••• • • • • • • 34 Genoa .. • • • • • • • • •• 27 50 Hilan •• •••••• • • •• •• Venice • • • • • • • • ..... • • • Naples .. . • .... • • 40% Palen:110, per0z........ IMessina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 1.4L9b0n.• •• •• •• 53 Oporto— ••.... •••••• 53 Elio Janeiro • • ...... • • iluen6s Ayres .. ••. . •• New York, 21 days sight Philadelphia .... • • • • • • --- PRICRIS Or BULLION, ma 02 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0' 0 0 New Dollars .. 0 4 la% Silver in bars .... • . 0 b 0% NOTICE TO MARINERS. Danish Consulate-General, London, March 16. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that I have received a notice, issued by the Ministry of Marine, at Copen hagen on the 7th inst., stating that, from the 27th inst., all harbours and rivers in the Duchies of Sleswig and Holstein will be blockaded, except the islands of Als and Ce, and other places under, Royal authority. The bl oc k ade of each place will be successively raised as soon a s such Place shall, again come into the bands of the legal government, of which notice•will then be given. FLETCHER Captain G. A. Halsted; R.NWILSON. „ secretary, Lloyd's. DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CrrewcELLon took his seat upon the Wool. sack at Five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from several unions in the north of Ireland against the rate in aid; also from the Metropolitan Law Society, complaining that the Bill which he had introduced for consolidating the law of insolvency was proceeding too rapidly, and praying that the Committee on the Bill should not be proceeded with until after the Easter recess. It had not been his intention to proceed with it until after the Easter recess, and he had so stated when he introduced the Bill, but he had been informed that he spoke in so low a tone on the occasion as to be inaudible in the gallery. Lord ZirIONTEA GLE presented several petitions from various unions in Ireland against the rate in aid. The Earl of ERNE presented several petitions with a similar prayer. The Earl of ITARROWBY presented several peti tions against the repeal of the navigation-laws. WAR IN ITALY. The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that on Thurs day he should ask for some information respecting the renewal of the war in the north of Italy. BUSINESS OF THE LOUSE, After a short conversation on the subject of the pro gress of the business before the House between Lord STANLEY and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, their Lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. HENRY presented a petition from Bury, in Lancashire, in farour of international arbitration. Sir W. VERNER presented a petition from Porta. downe against the rate in aid. Mr. BUSFEILD presented a petition from Bradford in Yorkshire, praying the House to pass a law to prevent trading in seduction. An Hort. MEMBER presented a petition from Armagt against the rate in aid. Mr. SCIIDLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir. mingham in favour of international arbitration. _ qtr. FORBES presented several petitions against the Scotch Marriage Bill. Mr. COBI)EN presented a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Sheffield, praying the House to take steps to reduce the• expenditure of the country. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from New castle-under-Lyne in favour of international arbitration. Mr. CORRY presented petitions from various places in the county of Tyrone against the Rate in Aid Bill. Captain PECHI4.:LL presented a petition from John Cree, Esq., a magistrate of the county of Dorset, complaining of the proceedings of the guardian. of the Weymouth Union, and of the Poor-law Board in reference to the case of D. Beale, ninety one years of age, an inmate of the workhouse. Beale it would seem was once a respectable tradesman of Weymouth, and his grandson and other relatives were still in trade at the same place. The Hon. Gentleman gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the pe• Lion he printed with the view of founding a motion upon it. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the county of Westmeath in favour of tenant right. Several Hon. Members presented petitions from various places in Ireland against the rate in aid. THE WAR IN THE PUNJAUB. Mr. G. THOMPSON postponed his motion with re. spent to the war in the Punjsub until this day fortnight ENIPLOYMENT OF . THE IRISH POOR. Mr. I?. SCROYE gave notice that, on this day fort night, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better employment of the Irish poor. FISCAL REGULATIONS (IRELAND). Mr. J. O'CONNELL postponed his motion for a fortnight. TRAVELLING ON SUNDAYS. Mr. LOCKE postponed for a fortnight his motion for leave to introduce a Bill to secure to the public on Sun days a limited and reasonable use of all railways which convey passengers on the other days of the week. ADMIXTURE OF CHICORY WITH COFFEE. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that on this day fortnight he would move a resolution to the effect that the House view with deep concern the adulteration of coffee with chicory, in consequence of the Government having in structed the officers of the Excise not to proceed against the partios who thus contravened the law. LECTURES TO LAW STUDENTS. Mr. EWART gave notice of his intention to move on a future day fur a return of the number of lectures delivered in the inns of law. THE LAND TAX. Mr. WODE HOUSE inquired of the Chancellor of the Exchequer-1. Whether it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to introduce any measure for the purpose of remedying the present inequality of the land tax, as adverted to in the report from the Select Com mittee of the House of Lords (Session 1846), on the bur dens affecting real property referring to the evidence given upon this subject by Mr. Wood, the chairman of the Board of Excise, and also by Mr. Coode, the assistant-secretary to the Poor-law Board, and ending by declaring " that it appears that the quwas in the agricultural districts are higher, in propor tion to the value of property, than they are in the mining and manufacturing districts of the country." 2. Whether her Majesty's Government intends to adopt the suggestion contained in the report above mentioned, in which the Committee say, that, " considering the changes occasioned by the creation of real property, as well as those taking place in the relative value of the different descriptions of real property, it is scarcely necessary for them to point out the advantage as well as justice of periodical and uniform valuations." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that it was not the intention of the Government to in troduce any measure of the kind mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman. With regard to the second question, he quite agreed with him that it would be desirable to have periodical valuations, for the purpose of the more just apportionment of the tax; but this was just one of those cases in which the Goverument ought not to be called upoa to interfere. It was better to leave the matter in the hands of the counties. In the county with which he was connected a valuation of the nature stated by the Hon. Gentleman had been taken twice during the last 14 years. The Hon. Member's object would be perfectly well at tained by the exertions of the magistrates in their seve ral localities without calling •on the central government. Mr. WODEEIOUSE gave notice of bis intention to call the attention of the House again to this subject on an early day soon after Easter. POORt•LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from the chair man and committee of medical officers in the several unions in Wales, setting forth various grievances at great length, ar:d praying the House to take into their consideration a measure, with a view not only to amend the system of poor•law medical relief, but also the edu cation of the medical profession generally throughout England and Wales. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. V. smini moved for a copy ot any report of the Commissioners of Audit, to the Treasury, apon the dispatches referred to them by a Treasury minute of the 21 dsy of May, 1848, of Sir Henry Puttioger, re lating to the great irregularities which, in his Excel lency's opinion, existed in the system of paying and maintaining the native levies at the Cape cf Good Hope, and generally in tho public expenditure occasioned by the Kafir war. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a report had been received which, however, was only a pre liminary report ; a further one was to be made, and when made, he would not have the slightest objection to lay it on the table of the House. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. Mr. LOCKE moved an address for a return of the num b'Fr of persons taken into custody by the police, dis charged by the magistrates, summarily convicted, and committed for trial in the towns of Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Liverpool, in the years 1846, 1847, and 1848, or any of them, similar in form to the returns for the metropolis and Manchester, already laid before the House. The motion was agreed to. GOVERNMENT RETURNS. Mr. MILES complained of the inaccuracy of a Go vernment return relating to the importation of cattle, and asked whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made any inquiry into the subject since he (Mr. Miles) mentioned it in the House on a former day? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had made inquiry with regard to the return in ques tion, but Mr. Labouchere being out of town when he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) called upon him to get further information on the matter, he was not then able to give the Hon. Member a definite answer or ex planation. TUE STEAM NAVY. Mr. DUNCAN wished to ask the Bight Hon. Gentle man whether there had been any report received re specting the collisions which had lately taken place be tween some Government steamers, and if there had, whether he had any objection to lay the papers upon the table? Mr. LABOUCHERE said that a very valuable report had been received from C a pt a i n D enman , an d a ll the details respecting the collisions were in the hands of the Government. Certainly ho had not the slightest objec tion to lay the papers on the table, as soon as they 'IS . R o I R B s U m f A I O N N p O re could be prepared. e n FC t e l i d U t R w Copetitions,H R E V E N o U n eE from inhabitants m inhabitants ot Bishop Wearmouth, and the other from the incumbent of the parish, praying for a distribution of Church revenues, so as to render them more effi ciently useful for the parish. Those having been ordered to lie upon the table, The HONOURABLE MEstnErk proceeded to move, according to his notice, that an humble ad. dress be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be pleased to issue a commission of inquiry into the allegations contained in the petitions presented to this House from the parishioners of Bishop Wear mouth and Sunderland; and that the said commis sioners be directed to take into consideration the vgtcment stated in Parliament (on the authority of the patron of the living of Bishop Wear- Mouth) to have been entered into between himself and the present incumbent, whereby the surplus income of the living, over and above the sum of 2,0001. a year, reserved as the income of the incumbent, is to be paid over to trustees; and to report on the best mode of ap propriating that surplus to spiritual purposes connected with the two parishes, and ot giving legal effect to such appropriation. In doing so he said that the two peti tions which he had presented:would be a sufficient expla nation of the object of the motion of which he bad given itotice. These petitions represented the feelings of no less than 50,000 persons. In doing this also ha was happy to say that he was in no way hindered by the wishes of the incumbent of the parish, but the R- verend gentleman; however desirous he might he to use the ecclesistical revenues put into his hands for the general benefit of the parish, conld not by any means do so without the authority of an Act of Parliament. No place was more richly endowed for the purposes of religious teaching than of Bishop Wearmouth, yet in no place was there a greater deficiency of the means of religious instruction than there. Ile was now in a position to say that the incumbent of the town was anxiously desircus to appropriate the extra revenues to parochial purposes. It appeared from the papers put into his hands that the ecclesiastical income WAS about 5,000/. a year, arising from tithes worth 1.500/., rents and surplice fees, coal dues, and other sources of trifling amount in their value. The several sums gave a return of 4,8701. a year, a very moderate computation; for, whilst the dues upon coal had last year been stated at 3001., and the year before at 3501., they had the year before last produced as much as 1,000/., and now he understood a fresh seam of coal had been opened. This was one of those asses in which the makelministra• tion or distribution of the Church funds to a large extent had diminished the congregation of the establishment. Three-fourths of the population of this parish were lost to the Church, though not to Christianity, for they be longed to dissenting congregations. One fact of itself would show what was the real state of the parish. While there were only five chuches in it belonging to the esta blishment, there were no less than eighteen belonging to the Dissenters. In the five churches belonging to the Establishment there were only 4,200 sittings, whereas in the places of worship belonging to the Dissenters there were no less than 14,356. The sittings in the churches of the establishment were but AiodotatelY filled, while the sit tings of the Dissenters were densely crowded. This, therefore, was one of the many exemplifications of the fact, that wherever you had a large revenue ill distri buted, there the Church establishment was the weakest. and there the Dissenters were the most successful (Hear.) But Sunderland, which was, until the commence— ment of the last century, part of the parish of Bishop Wearmouth, with a population of 20,000 was probably in a worse condition than Bishop Wearmouth itself. Bishop Wearmouth was what was called the West-end of Sunderland, but the population of Sunderland itself was comprised of the poor es t an d mos t wre t c h e d o f it s inhabitants, and amongst them, of course, was religious teaching the most necessary—(Hear, hear)—but per haps Sunderland was worse off than Bishop Wearmouth. It was, however, anticipated by those who most cleplosed this state of things, that at the death of the Rector of Bishop Wearmouth • a change for' the better would im mediately take place. Well, in October last, the rector died, and by a singular coincidence the living of Sunder land became vacant, at the same period presenting at once an excellent o p portun ity for in roducing a reform into the previous system.—(Hear, hear.) Of course the occurrence occasioned a considerable sensa tion in the district, and all parties, who had influence with the Bishop, addressed themselves to him on the subject. The Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners they were told had done so too, but, unfortunately, with little effect. The memorial. of the inhabitants of Sunderland to the Bishop, agreed to: in the vestry, was to the effect that the spiritual provision for the parish was miserable in the extreme, that formerly the parish of Sunderland was part of Bishopwearmouth, but that a large proportion of the inhabitants went to the church at Sunderland, that they had their children bap. deed in it, in consequence of their residing near it. It concluded by urging upon the bishop to make the re quired and necessary provision for the spiritual care of the parishes. At length, after much correspondence, an arrangement was made by which the incumbent was to re ceive 2,000/. a year, and that the surplus was to be placed in the hands of trustees for certain purposes. In another parish it appeared that the rector was extravagantly re munerated, whilst another had been appointed: but was unable to take up his residence in the rectory in conse quence of the want of funds, and he was, therefore, residing in a humble lodging. The rector of the parish of Bishops Wearmouth was doubtless a man of high character, but he had got himself into a disagree able dilemnia. Now, as he Lad already said, the Bishop might give or withhold the benefice from any indivi dual; but, giving the living, he could not withhold the temporalities. But in this case a proposition was made to the rector that he should give up his title to a certain portion of the temporalities, and upon that condition he was presented to the living. Now, in the opinion of every lawyer he would venture to say that was a case of simony. He held in his hand a case where a living being in the bands of certain parishioners, they presented to it on a certain condition. It was held by the Court that the agreement entered into for preventing them incumbent from asserting his claim to the small tithes was simoniacal, and the presentation thereon was void. That he believed was a case strictly in point. In both instances previous to the presentation the presentee agreed that he would not assert his rights to a cer tain portion of the temporalities. Putting that aside, the arrangement was unsatistSctory in other respects. The successor of the rector on being appointed to the living might again claim the whole of the temporalities. Now it was for this among other reasons, therefore, that the patron having endeavoured to carry out a pro ceeding which by law he had no power to carry it out, that he proposed the House should institute this inquiry which he was himself prepared to institute, with the view of carrying out that arrangement which he had admitted sh o uld b e carried out. The petitioners were anxious that Parliament should take that measure into their bands. If they went through the whole length and breadth of the land if they observed the evils and abuses which met them in the different dioceses, 'which impeded the func tions and diminished the usefulness of our ecclesiastical and parochial system, it did so happen that there was not one of those evils or abuses of which there was not en exemplification, in an aggravated form, in this un fortunate parish of Bishopwearmouth, who wealth had been the attraction of every hind of avarice. There was a dense and lawless population, scantily supplied with spiritual instruction; there was an immense dis proportion in the income of the clergy. Then there was in very many instances a total want of all communicie Lion and sympathy on the part of their diocesan ; then :'herewa h was which, question of t h e use an d a b use o f patronage, ch, instead of being exercised as a public trust for the public good, was too often exercised in such a manner as to disgrace the country and the Church. Every one of those evils and abuses were congre gated in this unfortunate and wealthy parish. 'The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to cite the authorities of Chief-Justice Hale, and several other eminent judges, on the subject, for the - purpose of showing that the course that had been pursued was totally against all law and precedent. Now pthly authorities; he did not e law of the, land that the i w t ish w t a o s d o e a ssoy; butto t m w u a l s t i p re u v b e l n ic u l the high es t o f a ll au th or ities. Purposes were entrusted for pesur f p o o r s e e s c , c a l e n s ( a f s r t o i c m a Having stated what was the principle and the spirit of the law, he would now turn to what was Parliamentary and practical. He would then revert to the case of the Bishop of Ely, which was a much stronger case than even this. In that case the matter had re ference not to the tempo alities but to the spiritualitics of the Church. Lord Dacre, iu presenting a petition upon a circumstance in which an interference with the ,piritualities appeared to be evidently necessary, had stated that he intended to found a motion upon it for an address to the Crown. The Bishop of Ely in reply to his Lordship's address had asserted ,that if they as sented to this doctrine' they would be opening a door to a course of proceeding :which would prove to be not only inconvenient, but would prove a fertile source of embarrassment for the future. The House of Lords did not, however, confirm this view of the Bishop of Ely, and though there was a large attendance of the Bench of Bishops, there was not one who attempted to support the principle of ecclesiastical responsibility which had been openly avowed. The Bishop of Ely was followed by Lord Holland, and he by Lord Bowls, no mean authority in the Church, and he again by the Marquis of Lansdowne, a ll of whom took this matter en tirely off the ground of there being in Parliamentary right to interfere with the revenues of the Church Many speeches were made in the House of Lords, and nearly all of them against the position assumed by the Bishop of Ely, but the strongest of all those which were made were those of the nearest friends and strongest Parliamentary allies of the Noble Lord who was now the Chief Minister of the Crown. Lord Althorp, too, had denounced the system of ecclesiastical responsibility, and had asserted that it ought to meet with the utmost re probation of the House of Lords. When last year he had spoken upon this subject be had been teamed that the Government would take the matter into their early consideration, and from what be had heard be fully expected that they would have entered upon a course of action. Hitherto, however, be had been disappointed he trusted from unforeseen causes —bat if the matter were to be further delayed, he should be compelled at no long deferred period to bring f o rward two other motion s which he had prepared for their consideration. Sho u ld he do so, he should then invite the House to a con sideration of every particular abuse.—(Hear, hear.) He should take them ' from dioCese to diocese, and from pariah to perish,: and bring 'forward a mass of evidence which he should be in the extreme sorry to produce, but upon the gr eatest compulsion, an d which, if it were once brought forward, would show an abuse of ecclesiastical patronage which would most • certainly arouse the indignation of the whole country He should invite the House, on an early opportunity to give its opinion as to the propriety of establishing that Episcopal responsibility, the want of which had produced such calamitous results, and in the meantime he had to ask the House to consider the case of these petitoners.—(Hear, hear.) Their object was simple , their prayer moderate, and a refusal of their request might lead to serious consequences. He called upon the House not to aggravate the dangers which had been occasioned by pas t neglect, but Ito a ccede grace fully to the prayer of these petitioners, who prayed the House to keep them within the pale of its church. If the House assented to their prayer it would strengthen them in their sentiments of affection for the Church, but if it were neglected, they would turn from them in despair, they would murmur this reproach against them that although the House pro. fessed Ecclesiastical reform in the abstract, yet when an opportunity occurred for the House to give proof of the sincerity of its professions, it shrank from the test, and then it was found that the followers of the Church ,had nothing to hope from its sympathies, and nothing to expect from its justice, and turning away—their interests neglected—their hopes disappointed — t heir affections alienated —they would tell the House that in the treatment they had received from it, the House had written its own condemnation, and that so far as it might depend on it, the House had written its own judgment.—(Cheers.) Mr. MANGLES s conded the motion. s s Lord J. RU SELL doubted much whether the po liey sought to be ;r.t:odu-ed by the Hon. Mernbar was a geoid one—that in each cas., in which the pa!ron of a living had ex;nehtd his right and appointed a rector, the 11 ei.e to: Commons might be called up,n to istri to prom:twee its' opinion whether that paireie,ge. had Leen sightly exercised or nor. Cert,inly such a course could—makiug the House in fact a -court of appeal —not fail to result in the inmost inconvenience since no one in that House was authorised to speak with respect to the facts. He was not ashamed to ac knowledge the friendship of the Bishop of Durham, notwithstanding the imputations that bad been cast upon him. The Hon. Gentleman said that persons having the patronage of livings ought to pro mote their own advantage in the bestowal ci° them. And he (Lord J. Russell) cousiderod that it persons having presentation ef populous parishes, exercised that power for their individual advantage, and not for the benefit of the residents in that district that they deserved much censure.—(Ht ar, hear.) He had receiven no general explanation from the Bishop with respet:t to the appointments he had matle. How, he should like to know, when an Honourable Member had taken great pains to collect all the complaints of dissatisfied persons, could any Minister of the Crown be prepared to go through each case. The Honourable Gentleman had, however, admitted that the appointments to the . rectory or Bishopwearmouth had given great satisfaction.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Noble Lord, after deprecating the attack that had been made against the Bishop of Durham, and passing a high eulogium on his character, stated that he must op pose the motion. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON rose and was (LEFT SPEARING.) NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Hampshire Telegraph states that the Queen, 110, Captain Bruce, now in the Mediterranean, is ordered home to be paid off,• and then sent out again to carry the flag of the Mediter ranean Commander•in- Chief. We cannot believe that such an act, in the face of the fact we have so recently instanced about untried old-new ships, is, or has latterly been, contemplated by the Admiralty. The Queen has been kept in. commission since launched in 1839, to the exclusion of eqUally good, and beyond question less ex• pensive hulks, and the sooner she is taken off the com missioned list to give place to some more venerable prop to the " wooden wails," the cheaper and better for the service and the country. Of coursa when she comes home she will have an immediate and expensive refit, perhaps a second edition of the Chatham 10,000/. dock ingandalteration! _ _ - The Briton, convict hospital ship, was removed from her moorings in Block house Hole to-day to a berth near the Creek ut Clarence-yard, to make room for the De fence. The place is to be deepened by the dredging vessel for the reception of the latter. Wind, S.E. by E.; moderate breezes, and dark hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Her Majesty's ship Van guard, Captain George F. Rich, under all plain canvass, hove in sight with a light easterly breeze this morning at eight o'clock, and shortly after entered the Sound by the western passage, saluted the flag of the Port Admiral, and dropped anchor to the north of Camber. She left Gibraltar en the 4th inst., and having had light northerly and easterly winds has been as far as 19 deg. west lon gitude. Within the last three or four days the wind has veered to the southward and south-east, and yesterday, at 3 a' mi., she hove to off the Lizard. The Vanguard lett the St. Vincent, 120. and three or, four steamers at Gibraltar; the Powerful had sailed for Malta. No fur ther discovery has been made of the pirates on the north coast of Africa. The Vanguard was commissioned on February 7, 1845, and httaehed to the experimental squadron until Octfiber, 1846, when she went up the Mediterranean, where she has continued till the present time. The Vanguard to-morrow goes up Hanmaze to be paid off. She will require at least six months' repair, being very weak, especially in her decks. Her Majesty's steam-ship Stromboli came in this morning from Portsmouth. Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Capt. T. W. Car ter, was paid wages and inspected yesterday morning by Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis. This morning at ten o'clock she loosed canvass, and at eleven, shortly after high water, under all plain sail, with a light easterly wind, left the Sound by.the western channel; outside she held her wind, and made off the land to the eastward, and at twelve o'clock, owing to the fog, was out of sight. She was destined for Malta up to Friday, when it is un derstood she received sailing orders for Naples. Wind easterly, light and hazy weather. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE OF DATeS.—h is a curious coincidence that Rear-Admiral H. 1). Byng received his appointment to that rank on the 14th inst., the anniver sary of the day on which his ancestor, Admiral Byng was " done to death" at Spithead. Lieut. Edward Heunah (1821), of the coast guard service, died on the 11th inst. at Government House, Hastings, eaving a widow and six young children without any private means of support. The Racer, 12, Commander Beddoes, was mustered and inspected yesterday, at Devonport, by Real-Admiral Superintendent. Sir John Louis, after which she will sail for the Mediterranean station, first, most pro bably, relieving the Harlequin, 12, Commander Beau champ Seymour, at Lisbon, and sending her to Devon purt, to be paid off. _---- -- '++~+.~„ The Arrtigant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fitzroy, is receiving her sea-service stores at Portsmouth: She victualled from the coppers yesterday about 210 men. Most-of the crew being seamen from the Rodney, &c., have not yet returned from leave, so that she is compa• ratively short-handed at present. The Stromboli, 6, steam. soup, Commander A. W. Beauclerk, proceeded on to Pembroke, for Plymouth, on Sunday evening. The Vulcan revenue cruiser, Lieutenant-Commander Pritchard, was alongside the coal depot at Portsmouth yesterday, taking. in a supply ,C fuel. AUS 1 ItiA. A Vienna letter of the 14th says :—" It is expected that the state of siege will be raised in a month or six weeks. Dr. Fischotf, one of the ex-deputies who was arrested, has been given up to the Criminal Tribunal, and M. Prato, another ex-deputy, has been set at liberty on condition of leaving the city forthwith. M.M. Violand, luster, and Kudlich, who are in custody, are accused of high treason. A demonstration was made yesterday by some members of the ex-Acadernic Legion, but it was not of much importance. Ten persons were arrested, and groups which bad as sembled dispersed peacefully on the appearance of patrols. HOLLAND. MARCH 18.—Baron Von Westcappellen, Grand Master of the Household of his late Majesty, has gone to Tilburg for the purpose of making the neces sary preparations for the funeral of his late Majesty. The proclamation issued by the Ministers to the Netherlands nation ; announcing the death of William 11., and the accession of William 111. has had en extremely good effect in quieting the minds of the people, upon whom the' unexpected death of their beloved Monarch tell like. a thunderbolt. All the theatres and places of public amusement are closed, and the whole . city bears the impress of sorrow. Count Von Richetiren and General Klerck, who went to London to inform the Prince of Orange of the death of his illustrious father, were to urge his immediate return. U.SSIA All the regiments have been placed on a war footing since the 15th of March, and each regiment is furnished with the equipments of war. All persons on furlough, capable of bearing arms, have been recalled, .• and the Lanthturm is being raised. The latter are to occupy the frontier, in case the regular troops should be obliged to quit the country. The principal part of the troops are concentrated on the south of the kingdom of Poland,' between, Lublin and Sandotnir, while the corps d' armie are assembled in the environs of Kowno. The latter are to take up a position there against Prussia. This measure has probably some reference to the Danish question. Travellers state that the object of these armaments continue to bNenveloped in mystery.— Cologne Gazette, March 19. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 19. The Sunderland Waterworks Bill was read a third time, and passed. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. Mr. F. MAULE (in continuation from our Third Edition) said—The Hon. M,mher for the West Riding had said that when an increase was made to the army at any time in the colonies, it was not reduced afterwards when the cause of that increase was removed. 'That did not apply to Canada, for whilst in 1838 and 1839, owing to the rebel►ion there, the troops were 13.825, the num bar now was only 7,708. In Bermuda the number was much the same as in 18:!3,-1.080. In New South Wales the number iu 1834 was 2,636. It was:now 4,000. Bat it must be remembered that the colony or New Zea land had been added to our colonial possessions in that part of the world, and that, the colonists had had to be defended against the attacks of a very warlike and skilfull body of natives. In the Mauritius the number in 1833 was 2,000; at present it was 1,520; and, considering that the people were not altogether friendly to English rule, it would not be safe to reduce the number further. In Jamaica the num ber in 1833 was 4,000, including the flack troops; it was now 1,940. In the \Vest Indies, not including Jamaica, the number in 1833 was 5,281; it was now 3,160. In St. Helena the number now was 375; and in Hong Kong (first garrisoned i❑ 1846) the number had been reduced from 2,000 to 1,140. He had asked many Gentlemen connected with the trade in those seas, and they all agreed that it was absolutely necessary to have a mili tary post in that quarter, and that Hong Kong was the best. He thought that the Committee would agree with him that it would not be prudent to reduce the colonial force lower than it was at present.—(Hear, beer.) Ile then came to the next consideration, of the force re quired for the mihntetrarce oF peace and order at home. Ho never was one who wished to maintain order in this country by military despotism, but it was necessary - to maintain a sufficient foie° to protect ;hose who were at tachcd to order, ho were embarked in commerce, and in the general pursuits of peace, i❑ case of tumult and out- break—(Rear, hear)—and to support the magistrates in the execution of their duty, in enforcing the laws against the refractory. At this moment the military force in this country consisted of 53,000 men, of whom 27,000 were quartered in England and Scotland, anst 25,000 in Irelaud; Ouzo were rank and file. 04 the 25,000 lu Eeglend, and 2 000 in Scotland, they were seettered very generally over the iteanufacturima end populous; dis tr;.ets in Lancashire, Yorkshire, and coentiee of that d e . scriptien, ard, numerous es that ;- . .0i3y rnielit appear to be, the floe se might be eurprist•d to be told that, not in thin nor in the .past year alone but e:euer; fly in every year, as far back as he could remember, looade,,e; to the requirements mad e by th e c i v il t o t h e military ttthori ties for the aid of the military power, that number of troops had no light duty to perform. He held in his hand a list of the applications made in the year 1848 by the civil magistrates to the military authorities for assistance in preserving the peace on various occasions, • and in different towns in this country. In that list were included the towns of Brecon and Car digan, Derby, Weymouth, Durham, Wigan, Liverpool (on six • differ, et ree :tees.), Ash ton- melt r-Line, Rochdale, Leiceeter ' Nott big hem, Bath, Teignmoutla Stockton-on-Tees, Birmingham, Dadlee . e Sheffield, Leeds, Barnsley, Halifax, Doecaster and Keighley. Some of these applications —ere made on extremely fri volous and vexatious grounds; but still, it the udlitery heti not been there, complein s would have been made that Ministers were neelectine :hen duty. end that the country was not provided with treops sufficient to pre vetit the outbreaks which had taken place. At Leeds the Mayor had called a meetine, at which resolutions were passed in favour of reform. But the mayor had in one minute signed the requisition for that meeting, in order to give the public sit Opportunity of expressing their opinions on the subject, and, in the next, had signed a requisition to the officer commanding the troops, to fur nish him with u military force in the event of any breach of the peace taking place.—(A laugh,and " Hear, hear.") Fortunately, no collision had taken place on that occa sion, but the circumstance showed that it was considered necessary to have troops in readiness in the manufac turing and other districts of England in which disturb ances were anticipated. He believed that it was a wise economy to have these troops at hand; that prevention was, in 99 cases oue of 100, better than cure; and that, although the public might be taxed a few thousands extra to maintain a greater number of troops than would be otherwise absolutely necessary; yet that it was wise to do so, inasmuch as they were pre venting collision and an effusion of blood, from the cir cumstance of its being known that the troops were at hand, and ready to act, if the occasion should arise for their services. —(Hear, hear.) With reference to the fourth consideration, the relief to the tr o op s i n I n di a and the colonies, if Hon. Gentleman would read the speech of Sir R. Peel in 1845, they would remark the stress which he had most properly laid on the bounden duty of those who had charge of the military arrange ments of this country, to see that those who had entered into the service of the country should not be banished into honourable exile, but that they should have the prospect; within a reasonable time, of returning to their friends in this country. The rule acknowledged to be the proper ane was, that regiments serving in India should not remain there more than fifteen years, whereas they had in some instances been compelled to serve there for a period of 26 years; that regiments serving in any of the nearer colonies should not be abroad more than ten years; and that every regiment re turning to this country should remain here for at least five years. Now, with the numbers of the army as at present proposed by the Government, these desirable ends could just be attained, but if the House agreed to the proposition ot the Hon. Member for Montrose, and reduced the number by 14,000 men more than the Go vernment proposal, the system of relief to which he had adverted would be most effectually prevented. He hoped that such a number of troops might be maintained as would enable the Horse Guards to relieve troops which had served 15 years in India and 10 in the other colonies, audio enable them to serve five years at home; and 153,000 men were not more than they were warranted in placing at the disposal of the Government for the purpose of effecting these important objects and maintaining the general interests of thecountry. He might now place the vote in the hands of the chairman, with the simple request that the House would not agree to the motion of the Honourable Member (Mr. Hume), but the custom of explaining the votes in detail which were in cluded in the army estimates rendered it necessary for him to take a rapid glance at the money votes succeed ing the vote for ne-n. The first vote being for the num ber of men (103,254), the second was the estillsate of the charge for the payment of that number and amount of the land force.. 'rho gross charge for the financial year 1848-49, exclusi.ve of India, was 3,971,1221.; for the present year, 3,655,588/., being a decrease of 315.534/. The third vote was tor the general staff. Last year the gross charge was 172,8861, this year it was 173 3761, being a small increase of 4901. On the home stuff there had been an increase of 1,6061, or. the foreign staff a decrease of 1,116/., making the total increase 4901. Vote 4 was for the public departments. The gross charge in 1848 9 was 96,5914; in 1849 50, 94,1991, being a decrease of 2,3921. Vote 5 was fur the Royal Military College, in which there was an increase of 1,1254, but the institution was self-supporting, and the in crease would be provided from its own resources, and paid into the Exchequer. Vote 6 was for the Royal Military Asylum. The gross vote in 1848 9 was 19,5591., in 1849.50, 19.2984, being a decrease of 2611. Vote 7 was for the yeomanry. The gross charge for 1848 9 was 80,309/. ; for the present year it would be 66,2864 being a decrease of 14,023/. The Government had effected this reduction in the charge for yeomanry by directing that they should be assembled for simple, ex ercise only during the present year. Looking to the facts that there had been frequent insi ections of the yeomanry, that the various corps were well drilled and appointed, and ready for efficient service ; that they had been generally " out " last :tear, and that many had voluntarily served in the spring on particular service, the Government felt that, without any imputation dero gatory to that body, and without diminishing its etli ciency, the assembling merely for exercise would be suf ficient in the present year. These were the votes on effective services, the total decrease in which was 330,5951. The votes for non-effective service b gun with Vote 8, rewards for distinguished services, the gross charge for which in 1848 9 was 15,507/., and in the present year 15,120/., being a decrease of 3871. Vote 9, the pay of general officers amounted to 76,0001. to 1848-9, and in the present year to 65,0u01., being an actual d crease of 11,000/. There came, however, this year into the vote a charge of rather an extraordinary nature. In 1818 General Mur ray was promoted from a lieutenant-colonelcy in the Life Guards to the rank of a major-general, and claimed to be retained en the strength of the army as lieutenant colonel of the regiment from which he was promoted. The War-office and General Murray differed upon this subject, and the cons , quence was that the latter, refused to draw any pay at all during the whole period from 1818 to 1848, and the amount of his pay remained in the hands ot the public, being paid back into the Exche quer. On the death of General Murray his executors put in a claim, for principal and compound interest, of 24,0001. The amount which would be paid to them was 13,9081., which showed an apparent increase on this vote of 2,908/. Votes 10, 11, and 12, which formed the buik of what was called the dead weight of the army, were, as many Honourable Members must be aware, most scrupulously attended to by those who adminis tered the financial affairs of the army.—( Hear, hear.) As a proof he would trouble the Committee with the difference in the amount of this vote since 1821. In that year the whole number of officers of the army on full pay, unattached, retired, half-pay, and fis reign half-pay, was 17,426; in the present year the number was 10,514, being a diminution in the present year of 6,912. There was an increase of 1,016 officers on full pay, but there had been an increase of men in proportion. In 1822 !Ise pay for officers unattached was 182,1264; in 1849 it was 65,000/., a decrease of 117,4261. The charge for officers on retired full pay in 1822 was 145,2351.; it was now 56,000/. The half-pay in 1822 was 870,000/ ; it was now 400,0004, being a reduction of 47n 000/. The foreign h,lf-pay amounted to 97,000/. in 1822; it was now 44,000/. The decrease on these three votes since 1822 was no less than 745,000/. So far as the dead weight was concerned it was, therefore, evident that it had been narrowly watched by every successive Goveinment.—(flear, hear.) The next vote (13) was for widows' pensions. Last year the gross charge was 129,8551; this year it was 128,7781, being a decrease of 1,077/. Vote 14 was for comparative allowances, which was 95,500/. this year, against 98,000/. last year, a decrea se o f 2,500/. Vote 15, in pensions, presented a gross charge last year of 38.5801. this year of 35,5411., a decrease of 3,0391. Vote 16 was for out-pensions, the charge for which in 1848-9 was 1.248,8101., and in 1849.50, 1,224,053/., a decrease of 24,757/. One item of this vote, of 600/., required ex planation, as it had been misunderstood and misrepre sented. It was for the payment of an officer (Captaio Tulloch) who had been sent to Canada for the purpose of reviewing the pensioners in British North America, ' in order to ascertain the possibility of forming them into a similar body to that which had been formed out of the pensioners at home. This body were paid through the Commissariat, and it was believed that many of the same defects in the mode of paying the pensioners in British North America would be found to exist which had been exposed in this country. Captain Tulloch would investigate the whole circumstances respecting this body of men, and he had no doubt that the result would amply repay this outlay of 500/. On vote 17, for Superannuation allowances, there was a small decrease, the gross charge for 1848.9 being 38,232/., and, for 1849, 38,000/. The whole decrease in the charges for the non-effective service for the present year was 48,029/., and, on the effective service, 330,595/., making a total decrease on the effective and non-effective ser vice of 378,624/. as compared with last year. .But then it was stated that the votes for the present year ought to be regulated by the standard of 1835. He was glad to see that Mr. Hume proposed to arrive at that stand ard gradually, and not suddenly; but he would venture to compare the expenditure for 1835 and 1849. So far as regarded the charges of those two years he believed there was a very small difference in the actual burden of taxation for the maintenance of the army. In 1835 the gross charges on the army estimates were 5,906,7821.; in 1849-50, 6,142,211/., being an increase in one year over the other of 235,000/., and no more. But since the year 1835 many charges had been placed on the army esti mates, with the consent of all parties in that House, and after :he most mature deliberation on the part of the House. He might instance the 50,000/. which had been foregone as poundage, and the expense for mili tary" prisons in lieu of cirporal punishment. The number of points in which the present estimates neces sarily differed from those of 1835 were much greater than might at first view appear. If, for example, they had included in the votes for 1835 as great a charge for education as was contained in the estimates now before the House, it would be found that the army expenses of that year would greatly exceed those of the year 1849, sad that, too, for a less force than was to be maintained in the present year. It had been, of coutse, the aim of every Government to render the effective force of the array as much as possible what an effective force ()tight to be. taking care at the same time to keep the non-effec tive force at the Jewest possible point; consistent with justice and expediency. He admitted that since the year 1835 shere had been a large addition tg the 0144 of the army, be: teat arc so from an increase in the stations. Then, as to the augmentation of the officers, his Hen. Friend near him knee , as ivell ho did that tee pro pertion of teen guided the proportion of effisers.- (Hear, hear.) They must Lave a slit - lit:lent number of officers and a sufficient number of grecic s aracnest' the eiliccrs to irentre tee eti;n'plitio fled effi ciency of the troops. Every one knew that e hero there were . men there must be officers to command them.-(Hear, hear.) In this way we might go through all the Totes of 1835 seriatim, but this he should not do, considering that it would be quite unne cessary for him to occupy the time of the House with such minute details. He might, however, just touch upon one or two points in which alterations had been mz:de, conformably with the rec• mrneneatioes of the Committee of 1836, and of the-e the mo st important was a sem of 24,000/ tolabourers, and 24,000/. on account of the increased expemes of married soldiers. In the course of last year inquiry had been made into the condition of married soldiers in barracks, and it had been feline to be the habit of the service teat many of them, with their wives, occupied sleeping rooms in 7oennon with single men, and it was now proposed by the Govern • inept to incur such further expense as would put as end to a practice so oteectionable, by enabling commanding officers to allow married men to find lodgings for them selves.-(Heir, hear.) A further expense now proposed to be incurred was 2,0001. for barrack libraries, and 5,000!. for schools for female children. There was en additional item of which he doubted not that the House would fully approve. It sometimes became necessary to put soldiu-s in confinement ter offences purely military ; and, since secondary punishments h a d b een increased so much as they had recently been, the neces• sity for military prisons had undergone a corresponding augmentation, an expense which he was sure the House would not refuse, inasmuch as it would prevent the no cessity of sending soldiers, guilt) of no moral or civil offence, to herd among common felons. The sum re quired for this purpose would be 28,0001. The other rotes which he might here mention would be on account of divine service, or rather spiritual assistance to Ro man Catholics, 3.000/.: for regimental savings -banks, 2,5001.; for good conduct warrants, 4,000/ • for the Jer sey and Guernsey Militia, 2,700 L; and for the SL Helena corps, 11,9881., which, with 5,5001. for other items, gave a total of 253,000/. in the shape of additional charges since 1835, and upon the whole the country possessed the services of a much larger force in 1849 than in 1835. He should now come to some ether matters relating to the general condition of the troops both at home and abroad, and more especially to the sanitary condition of our military force. He held in his hand a state ment from Colonel Tulluch on this subject, the sub stance of which he now proposed to lay before the House as follows :-In Jamaica, the average mortality per 1,000 of white troops annually during. a period of 20 years ending in 1836 amounted to 121 3-10ths; during a period of ten years, ending in 1846, 66 9-10ths; the difference in the mortality per 1,000 of troops employed, 54 4.loths reduction: Windward and Leeward Islands, during a period of 20 years ending in 1836, 78 5-10ths ; period of 10 years ending in 1846, 68 7-10ths; reduc tion, 9 8-10ths; Gibraltar, 20 years ending in 1836, 21 4.1011 s; 10 years ending in 1846, 10 9-10ths; reduc tion, 10 5-10ths; Malta, 20 years ending in 1836, 16 3-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 14 9-10ths; reduc tion, 1 4.loths; lonian Islands, 20 years ending in 1836, 25 2 10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 15 5-10ths; re duction, 9 7-10ths; Bermudas, 20 years ending in 1836, 28 8-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 29 2-10ths; excess, 4-10 tbs; Nova Scotia and New Bruns wick, 20 years ending in 1836,147-10ths; lOyearsending in 1846, 13; reduction, 1 7-10ths; Canada, 20 years ending in 1836, 16 1-10th; 10 years ending in 1846, 12 6-10ths; reduction, 3 5-I . oths; Newfoundland, 20 years ending in 1836, 41 ; 10 years ending in 1846, 9 1-10th; reduction, 31 9-10ths: St. Helena, 20 years ending in 1836, 34 2-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 15 4 10th ; reduction, 18 8•10ths: Mauritius, 20 years ending in 1836, 27 4-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 24 4 10ths; reduction, 3: Ceylon, 20 years ending in 1836, 69 8-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 41 4-10ths; reduction, 28 4-10ths: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 20 years ending in 1836, 14 ; 10 years ending in 1846, 11 ; reduction, 3 : Cape of Good Hope, 20 years end ing 1836, 13 7-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 13; re ductien, 7-10ths. In the Windward and Leward corn- - mand, the average mortality per 1.000 of blank hoops annually during a period of 20 years ending in 1836, amounted to 40 ; 10 years ending in 1846, 30; difference in the mortality per 1,000 of troops employed, 10 reduc • Lion: Jamaica, 20 years ending in 1836 30; 10years ending in. 1846, 26 5-10ths; reduction, 3 5-10th : Ceylon, 20 years ending in 1836, 24 8-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 24 7-10ths ; reduction, 1•10 th : Cape of Good Hope, 20 years ending in 1836, 10 9-10ths ; 10 years ending in 1846, 14 8-10ths ; excess, 8 9-10ths. In the Household Cavalry the average mortality per 1,000 of troops employed in the United Kingdom during a p e riod of 7 years previous to 1836, 14 5-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 11 1-101 h; difference in the mortality per 1,000, 3 4-10ths reduction : Dragoon Guards and Dragoons, 7 years previous to 1836, 15 3-10ths ; 10 years ending ill 1846, 13 7-10ths; reduction, 1 6-10ths : Foot Guards, 7 years previous to 1836, 21 6-10ths; 10 years ending in 1846, 20 4•loths; reduction, 1 2 .10ths: Line Regiments , 7 years previous to 1836, 18 5-10ths ; 10 years ending in 1846, 17 9• 10ths ; reduction, 6-10ths. In Jamaica the deaths that would have taken place among the whit* troops had the mortality from 1836 to 1846 been at the same rate as in the previous 20 years, 1,960; whereas the number who actually died during the periods under re view were only 1,082.1 saving; of life during the 10 years ending in 1846, 878; in the Windward and Leeward Is lands, deaths that would have taken place, 2,655; actually died, 2,323: saving, 332: in Gibraltar, deaths that would have taken place, 718; actually died, 364; saving, 354: in Malta, deaths that would have taken place, 348; actually died, 319; saving, 29: in the lonian Is lands, deaths that would have taken place, 660; actually died, 505; saving 255: in the Bermudas, excess, 5: in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, deaths that would have taken place, 396; actually died, 351; saving, 45: in Canada, deaths that would have 'taken place, 1,472 1 actually died, 1,153; saving, 319: in Newfoundland, deaths that would have taken place, 154; actually died, 34; saving, 120: in St. Helena, deaths that would haste taken place, 95; actually died, 43; saving, 52: at the Cape of Good Hope, deaths that would have taken .e place, 345 ; actually died, 327 ; saving, 18 at the Mauritius, deaths that would have taken place, 474 ; actually died, 422 ; saving, 52 in Ceylon, deaths that would have taken place. 1.085; actually died, 644; saving, 441; in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, deaths that would have • ' taken place, 312; actually died, 242; saving 70.. At the home stations, the deaths that would have taken place among the Household Cavalry, 174; actually died, 124; saving 40; among the Dragoon Guards and Dragoopie deaths that would have taken place, 836; actually died. 742; saving, 94: among the Foot Guards, deaths that would have taken place, 865; actually died, 820; seeing , 45: among the Line Regiments, deaths that would have taken place, 2,965; actually died, 2,860; saving, 105 Under the Windward and Leeward Command, the deaths that would h a v e t a k en pl ace among t he troops, 457; actually died, 340; saving 117: in Jain as y t the deaths that would have t a k en pl ace , 164tec te died, 146; saving. 18: in C e yl on , d ea th s that woul d have taken place, 498; actually di e d, 497 ; B aling, 1: a t the Cape of :Good Hope, excess, 19; total excess, 24. Total of those who would have died, 16,633; total of those who actually died, 13 248: making a total saving of life in the course of this period of 3,385 men. which was nearly equal to five battalions. From the foregoing statements the [louse would see that much improvement had been effected in the sanitary conditisn of the troops in the West Indies by an abolition of salt diet, and by the discontinuance of inferior food of other kinds, as well as by removing the troops out of the sea side barracks and placing them in higher and more healthful situations. From the statements which he had just laid before the House it became evident that, at com paratively trifling expense, they bad been enabled to effect a great improvement in the condition of the sol dier-(Hear, hear)-which, even apart from its hums' nity, had the further but much lower recommendation of being a measure of wise and sound economy. The saving of human life by means of those improvements amounted to not less than 3,385, being equal to five bat talions. The next subject to which be wished to advert had reference to six questions, of which notice had been given by a Noble Lord opposite. One of those questions related to the number of deaths that had taken place in the 66th Regiment; another, whether any case of yellow fever had occurred in the 72d before the 66th were en' camped in the rear of their barracks; and also if the officers of those regiments bad not been put to great ex pense for medical advice? In reply to the first of these questions, ho should state that the 66th arrived in the island of Barbadoes about the end of February; and, at ter a day or two, took possession of the barracks of the 88th, which regiment they relieved. They remsi o tolerably healthy till about the end of August, ; disease became virulent. O n th e 6 t h o f S e ptember they were encamp e d. A s man y as 18 h a d di e d before the Ist of September, and 17 died during the month of September. .As to the latter clause of the question respecting Dr. Davy's letter to the medical' inspector+ he had no information to give. In reply to the Noble Lord's second question, respecting Assistant- Surgeon Simpson's letter to Dr. Davy, be bad only to say ,that no such letter was in the hands of the S Inspector-General. His reply to the third question was this-that no case of yellow fever occurred in the 72d Regiment prior to the 66th being encamped. The 66th were encamped on the 6th of September, and the first case of yellow fever occurred in the 72d on the 3d of October. The 88th were en camped on the same ground as the 66th, while the 70 Fusiliers occupied the same barracks, and no case of yellow fever occurred in that corps. The inference was that the 66th did not bring the fever by contagion. Then, with regard to thefourth question, conc erning the expenses to which the officers were supposed to be set , be begged to inform th e N o bl e Lord on encampment the officers become entitled to field allowances, e e o rder to enable them t o meet extra expenses; and they had no occasion to p ay anything extra for medical .at. tendance. N ext i n order came the fifth que stn which he had no means of answering, and h et a nd only to stat e th at t h e expense of encantewedecem extra stores wo u ld a pp ear i n t h e O r d nanc e an, The inissariat ac c o un t s f or t h e quarter. -(H ear , hear.' y Noble Lord' s s i xt h quest i on was to th i s e ffect, h" w In ae • medical men were available for duty d ur i n g the e pidemic? His answer was th a t d ur i ng th e f o ll ow ing periods the medical officers were-in January, 1848, 11, in February 11, in March 12, in April 12, in May 12, in June 9, in July 9, in August 9, in September 9. in ee Oc tober 10, in November 12, in December 9, Now , he should submit, that that amount of mtdiced assist ance must always be considered quite enough for 1,300, and had more medical aid been required is might have beers obtained from any other island in the n eighbourhood , , t , there haviug been full power to send for it. With respect to the barracks of St. Anne's, be had to s that that they were not more unhealthy than tol e o p srt of the island. From 1843 to 1847 the troops in these barracks enjoyed 11 gate health seldom if ever ow; 16.w.me••• ,^^ " ......" sages : 111 h. THE SU N, LON DON T LIES DAY EVENING, MAR CH 20 1849 ~,~ Rre o. Ou r dear !Oldi 1 1:14s 1 DtUii