The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-20 00:00:00

AUSTRIA. Virsiga, JUNE 14.—The Emperor of Russia, ac companied by Prince Paskewitch and the Grand Duke Constantine, arrived by special train from Warsaw at Alatzky, from whence he continued his journey to Cracow without stopping. Prince Paskewitch is expected to join the army in Hungary immediately ; all the Russian and Austrian troops are to be concentrated on the 15th in the positions respectively assigned to them, and the operations are to commence on the fol lowhag days. In making a reconnoisance on the islaba of Shutt, the Imperialists were attacked by the arriire guard of the Hungarians and sustained con siderable losses. We l*ve received intAligence by express that NelztatA had been carried by assault. W URTEMBURG. STI7TTGARD, JUNE 14.—1 n the afternoon the Wur- temburg Government received from Frankfort t hi s day the requisition no longer to suffer the sittings of the National Assembly at Stuttgard, but to expel them from the city, and even from the country. The letter is written in the name of the Central Power, signed Archduke John, Vicar of the Empire, and countersigned Wittgenstein. Immediately on the re ceipt of this notification the Ministers held a council, and M. Lowe, President of the National Assembly, convoked a secret sitting. It is said that the King desired the Ministers to use energetic measures, but that M. Romer hesitated.—German Papers. THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sills—More than twenty years ago the whole civilized population of Europe sympathised in feeling and purse for the gallant struggle of the Greeks against their op pressors, who were then fighting for freedom and inde pendence. This sympathy and pecuniary assistance from all parts of Europe would not have existed if the people and the soil had not been sacred to the memory of anoient literature, arts, and warfare of independence. From all eountries treasure flowed to the coffers of the Greek Aid Committee, and almost every parish in Europe had its place of deposit for voluntary contri butions; from North Cape to Gibraltar the cause of the struggling Greeks was identified with people of all sects. Men of high standing in society, all men of letters and arts, were eager to participate in this struggle either by mesas or goods; and the gallant Lord Byron went there in person to sacrifice in the cause of the faltering descendants of this once classic ground a princely fortune, and ultimately his life. At last Governments could not withstand the universal desire of seeing the Greeks become an independent nation of their owa, and coupled with sinister political motives, a blow was struck at Navarino, which laid the foundation to the first modern independence of Greece ; but, alas! how that adependenoe has since been hacked and torn does not belong to the subject of this letter. And now, if We consider, what is the true case at the present time in a part of Europe, equally classic and equally consisting of property belonging to all civilized Europe—Rome? It has been asserted with indisputable right, that a nation unanimous in the selection of their laws and government, has an incontestable power to alter and amend its constitution, if that nation does not thereby infringo the laws and safety of other nations. The amalgamation, or rather the placing of the temporal power under the spiritual in Rome, has created not only an absurd Government, but also that no man could be employed or make his way in a Government-office in the Pope's dominions, up to the present time, unless he passed through the church, and this is only a small part of the evil. Is it then to be wondered at that the Romans should grasp at the first opportunity to alter such absurd fundamental institutions, and endeavour again, spurred by the recollection of what Rome once was, to become a rational. nation, governed by a rational Government? What is, however, the consequence? France, a Republic in name only, cannot lay before the minds of thinking men the least tangible excuse for the present bloodshed which is going on in Rome, for the destruction of the historical property belonging to the world, for the whole sale murder of a population, which from the gre itest apathy, appear at once to be stirred with heroism in de fending its own home, its families, and its independence. Much has France to answer for. France, a Republic in name only, or its Government, supported by the present majority of the nation, can easily perceive, that if the Roman Republic was allowed to become firmly established, she would become the mother of Republics in Europe, and ultimately in the world. France, which is not fit to be a model Republic, must still continue to bear the republican appellation some time longer than the aspiring, now so-called " Mo derate Republicans," should like it; they must continue to be only " citizens" and go without, panting for their much-cherished titles and decorations for a long time yet, if the Roman 11 , :public was allowed to remain. Destroy this republican barrier, and they may soon pro 6aim a Monarchy under an Emperor, or what not. The miserable pretext and catspaw to accomplish this wanton destruction is, therefore, the spiritual head of the Catholic Church. But should the brave Romans for some time longer succeed to keep this ilitermeddling host within the walls of Rome—and who can blame their resolution—should several more thaunand Romans be slaughtered, and an equal quantity of French assailants fall in the attempt, the eontest will surely draw down the sympathy of the whole of Europe for the former, but at the same time the curse of all well-thinking men will fall on the latter. Then, perhaps, all Europe will come forward agai❑ with their true sympathy and more substantial aid to the Romans, and the reship will be otherwise than France now con templates. It is then to be hoped that Rome may not ' become a curtailed and factious-torn state like Greece, bat rise from its ashes to what it formerly was—the admiration of the world. Could not Lord Dudley Stuart, who has shown him self so indefatigable in the succour of the oppressed, be solteited to head an undertaking, whose object should be to raise subscriptions all over the country for the assist ance of the struggling Romans, and to devise paeans to came to their assistance in the best manner, without transgressing the laws of this country? Thousands would no doubt come forward, and the aid so collected and effected would not only be of the greatest material service to this oppressed nation, small as it now is, and beset by four mighty states—France, Austria, the Two Sicilias, and, forsooth! Spain—but this benevoielltsym. patily would, doubtb-ss, shortly spread to other nations In Europe, even in France itself, and then the world might again perceive, as it did twenty odd years ago about Greece, that an oppressive policy never can prosper, when public opinion is with the oppressed. London, June 18, 1849. I am, Sir, &c., GOTHUS. NAVAL PROMOTIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. SlB,—Some months ago I noticed in your spi rited journal a letter, signed " A Lieutenant when Captain Peel entered the Navy," upon which you penned and published some judicious observations, and expressed a hope that the predominance of interest over merit in the naval promotions would speedily cease. I regrets in common with hundreds of other officers, that daily occurrences forbid the expectation. The patronage of the Admiralty ever has been, is now, and ever will be, bestowed upon those who have the greatest amount of family, political, or naval interest, no matter whether they have any claims for services or not, and the hard working officers are doomed to wait in Teitn, hoping to share in the promotions which it is evi dent they never will, so long as the middle classes are neither fully nor fairly represented, and the aristocracy locust-like, eat up all the good things Government has to give. Your obituaryrecords the death of Lieutenant Walker, who had served at Trafalgar, at the capture of the Marengo and Bellepoulle, at the attack of Buenos Ayres in 1807, in the action of the Cleopatra and Topaze, at Guadeloupe, at the reduction of Martinique, and many other brilliant engagements. The last of which nas Algeirs, where he was wounded, yet this gallant officer, whom I personally knew, was continually tantalized with alternate hopes and despair of promotion to the day of his death. Imagine his feelings, and the opinion ho and his family must eutertain of the gratitude of his country, or rather those who rule it, on reading the papers which just before his death announced the promotion of Lieut. Parker, son of the Commander in -Chief of the Mediter ranean station. This young officer Was med.?, a Lieute nant in September 1346, immediately he had passed his college czar:aloe-Li ins, and is now very modestly pro moted over the heads of 2,163 Lieutenants, his seniors, solely, it would sem, because he is the son of Sir Wil liam Parker ! Is it not enough , I should like to know, that Admiral Parker has for the last tight years, out of his turn too, been holding lucrative situations in India and China, where he has pocketed some millions of dol lars, besides C. 8., K.C.8., and other honorary distinc tions, and Loot without limit, and whose grasping pro pensities in the Yang tze.Kieng earned him the appella tion of " Old Brown Sugar "(a name well known among the China Bricks), is not this, I ask, a sufficient reward for such services without loading his family unfairly with favours withheld from other more deserving officers? If this is to be the rule of promotion, it would be far better at once to avow it, and not longer insult and dis- L,ourage the hard working old servants of the Crown and country who have no Lords, Generals, or Admirals, to befriend them, and are, therefore, shut out from the re wiards in every branch of the naval service; in fact, it appears to be the chief study how best to get rid of me ritorious old officers and their importunities, and make room for the advancement, at a rail-road pace, of the children and grandchildren of the Admirals and the Aristooracyl I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. London, June 15, 1849. CITY IMPRO EMEN TS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. yo..r paper of the 15th instant is a letter signed Cosmos,' in which he states th a t Mr. Jeffery proposed that the level , of ilolborn•bridge should be raised sixteen feet, and that if Mr. Jeffery's opinion were now asked on the subject, he would recommend a viaduct on a level from II tton-garden to Newgate-street. I beg bo state most positively that Mr. Jeffery's prcpo sition was to raise Holborn-bridge eleven feet and a half only, to which proposition ".he most firmly adheres," and to state Um* Mr. Mosely, the surveyor to the MiddlPsex magistrates, and Mr. Bunning, the City architect, have recommended a filling up of the same to the height of twelve feet, or six inches more than Mr. Jeffery proposed, a difference scarcely without a distinction. "Cosmos" is also misinformed as to the cause that prevented the formation of Mr. Jeffery's proposed avenue from Bar tholomew-lane to the Albion Chapel and Finsbury- Oircus, London-wall; perbap he will enamor t 9 be better informed before he again ventures to make state ments contrary to the facts,—l am, Sir, &c., TOM TELLTRUTII. London, June 18, 1849. REPORT ON STEAM NAVY. The Select Committee appointed " to inquire into the practicability of providing, by means of the commercial steam marine, a reserve steam navy available for the na tional defence when required," have reported to the House of Commons the following most profound conclu sions :—First, " That the mercantile steamships, if manned and armed, would be a most useful auxi liary force for national defence;" and, secondly. " that a prompt development of the whole available maritime resources of this country is moat desirable in the event of threatened hostilities." But when we turn with anxiety to see the means recommended for the equip ment and organization of such an armament, we find " that upon the steps necessary to render such mercan- tile steamers available for that purpose, the Committee do not deem it necessary to offer an opinion." Upon this Committee sat two of the Lords of the Ad miralty; but it is perhaps fortunate for us that public opinion sometimes outstrips the slow calculations of officials, and that we can supply the studied omission of the hoard by informing them that there is an absolute and immediate necessity, not only of arming and prepar ing our own ships of war, but of organizing the mer cantile steam navy, now offered to their hands, in a manner which will prevent any further discusFion on this point. It is impossible not to see, and to view with mingled disgust and indignation, the melancholy spec tacle exhibited in the steam- basin of Portsmouth, of that crowd of abortions that are now floating in the harbour--wretched vessels undergoing temporary refits, the best of which would be no match for their compe titors from Boulogne or Brest. We must urge upon the Government the inadequate armament and faulty construction of the greater part of our Royal steam navy, the intfficiency of its power as compared with that of France, the necessity of completing and launching all our steamships at present upon the stocks, and the propriety of forming a large steam re serve at each outport, with a sufficiency of seamen to navigate the vessels, and of marineartillerymen to work the guns. We must remind those in authority of the narrow and hair-breadth escapes from war that this country has experienced since 1840. Let us look at Rome, and ask ourselves if there is more reason for the bombardment of St. Peter's than of St. Paul's. We must see, al though we hardly dare avow it, that our remonstrances are becoming more and more powerless in proportion to the diminution of our fleet, and that it is high time fur us to concentrate our views at home, and not to forget Cherbourg whilst we are gazing at the Tiber. We are no alarmists upon the subject of invasion. But should that emergency arise, it is to be hoped that we shall be in a better state of preparation than at present. It is clear that we have no means of resisting an enemy it it should land: we have no method by which we can impede the movement of any large armed body— no reasonable hope that we could check them. There are no fortresses to be passed on the road, so that there would be no occasion for a heavy siege train. There are no rivers to be crozsed, and a pontoon train would be unnecessary. A firelock and a hun dred rounds of ammunition, would be all that was required, and not all the peasantry of Kent and Sus sex combined would stop the invading forces one hour. The only effectual resistance that could be made would be in preventing the disembarkation, and fur that purpose we must look to our steamers, and to them only. Upon the rapidity or tardiness of their equipment would ultimately depend the failure or suc cess of our enemies, and it is to that point that we wish to draw attention. It is well known that, in addition to our steamers of war, we have a disposable force of not less than 150 merchant vessels, each of them, as their owners allege, capable of carrying heavy guns at a very short notice; and although the Committee specially appointed to report upon this subject have left us in the dark, we have the evidence of Admiral Sir Charles Napier that he recom • mended a plan fur making these steam-ships and their crews available with the least possible delay; and al though a great portion of the evidence given by the gallant and distinguished officer had been suppressed, enough has remained to show that in more capable hands the protection of our coasts and the employment of our mercantile steam navy would be a work of simultaneous advantage and policy. Without some such organisation of our steam forts, both in materiel and personnel, it would be useless for us to hope to offer any successful oppo sition to the landing of a reckless and determined in vader. The system and rapidity with which whole regiments have been embarked at Toulon, and landed at Civita Vecchia, should convince us that the same powers might be brought into operation at a future period against ourselves. —Chronicle. MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*251 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• „. 32 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• ••• 165 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 117 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 24 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• ••• ... 88 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... 63 • _ _ •.. ••• ••• Disease; of the Kidneys, &e• 9• • •• • •• • 13 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &.1. ... ••• 11 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 4 Diseases of the Skin, Si.e. ... ... ... ... 0 Malformations... ••• ..• ••• ••1 Premature Birth ... ••• •• •• Atrophy • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Old Age ..• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ... ••• ••• •• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• ... 23 ... 44 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... .• • Population Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 in the 1841 Five Springs. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 145 ... 153 North Districts.. 375,971 •• 185 ... 158 Central Districts 373,653 ... 168 ... 163 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 207 ... 181 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 258 ... 257 Totals... ..... 1,949,369 ••• 963 ... 912 Males . ••• ••• ••• ... 513 Females ... ••• ••• ••• O. 399 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... 720 Females ... ... ... ... ... 723 Total ... ... 1,443 * In this number are included 42 cases of death by Cholera, 34 by Scarlatina, and 45 by Typhus Fever. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 16, 1849. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles En derby, Eiq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Auckland Llaud3. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Hope, Esq., to be Auditor-General of Accounts, and Charles Boyle, El., to be Clerk of the Councils, for the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint George Henry Kendrick Thwaites, Esq., to be Superin tendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradenia, in Ceylon. WHITEHALL, JUNE, 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Fox Ilaule to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the Shire of Forfar, in the room of David Earl of Airlie resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 18. Days and Places appointed for holding the Summer Assizes, 1849. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice; Mr. Justice Coltman. Buckinghamshire—Thursday, July 12, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire—Monday, July 16, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Thursday, July 19, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire Friday, July 20, at the County Courts. Norfolk—Wednesday, July 25, at the Castle of Nor- with. - City of Norwich—The same day, at the Guildhall of the same City. Suffolk —Tuesday, July 31, at Ipswich. ROMB CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock , Lor d Chief Baron; Mr. B erea Alderson Hertford—Tuesday, July io, at Reword.. 2:3sex—Monday, July 16, at Chelmsford. E. - _ , nt—Monday, July 23, at Maidstone. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. , at at L C ew re e 3 s: don. S S u u ge c y x - - M Al on li d d a a y Y, Ajuulgyus3to6 ---- The Right Hon. Sir James Parke, lint.; Mr. Justice Coleridge. Rutlandshire—Wednesday, July 11, at Oakham. Northamptonshire — The same day, at Northampton. Lincolnshire—Saturday, July 14, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln—The same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire—Wednesday, July 18, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham—The same day, at the Town of Nottingham. Derbyshire—Friday, July 20, at Derby. Leicestershire—Tuesday, July 24, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester—The same day, at the Borough of Leicester. Warwickshire, Coventry Division—Friday, July 27, at the City of Coventry. Warwickshire, Warwick Division—Saturday, July 23, at Warwick. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Wightman. Yorkshire—Wednesday, July 11, at the Castle of York. City of York—The same day, at the Guildhall of the same City. Durham—Wednesday, July 25, at the Castle of Durham. Not thumborland—Monday, July 30, at the Castle of Newcastle upon-Tyne. Town of Newcastle. upon-Tyne—The same day, at the Guildhall, of the said Town. Cumberland—Thursday, August 2, at the City of Carlisle. Westmorland—Monday, Augnst 6, at Appleby. Lancashire—Wednesday, August 8, at the Castle of Lancaster. Lancashire—Saturday, A ugust 11. at Liverpool. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Erle. Berkshire—Monday, July 9, at Abingdon. Wordshire—Wednesday, July 11, al Oxford, Worcestor—Saturday, July 14, at Worcester. City of Worcester—The same day, at the City of Wor- cester. Staffordshire—Thursday, July 19, at Stafford. Salop—July 26, at Shrewsbury. Hertfordshire—Tuesday, July 31, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Friday, Anglia 3, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire —Tuesday, August 7, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—The same day, at the City of Glou cester. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Willianv. Southampton—Tuesday, July 10, at the Castle of Win- cheater. Dorsetshire—Saturday, July 14., at Dorchester. Devonshire —Wednesday, July I',B, at the Castle of Exeter. County of the City of Exeter--The same day, ;at the Guildhall of the same City. Cornwall—Wednesday, July 2.5, at Bodmin. Somersetshire—Tuesday, July 31, at Bridgwater. Wiltshire—Monday, August 6, at Devizes. County of the City of Bristol-13aturday, August 11, at the Guildhall of the same City. CIRCUIT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES AND COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER. • Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron Platt. SOUTH WA.LES. Glamorganshire—Wednesday, July 11, at Cardiff. Carmarthem-hire—Tuesday, Jay 17, at Carmarthen. County of the Borough of Carmarthen—The same day, at the Borough of Carmarthen. Pembrokeshire—Saturday, July 21, at Haverfordwest. Town and County of Haverfordwest—The same day, at the Town of liarerfordwest. Cardiganshire—Wednesday, J my 25, at Cardigan. Brecknockshire—Saturday, July 28, at Brecknock. Radnorshire—Wednesday, August 1, at Presteign. NORTH W ALES. Montgomeryshire—Saturday, July 14, at Newtown. Merionethshire—Wednesday, July 18, at Dolgelly. Carnarvonshire—Friday, July . 20, at Csrnarvon. Anglesea— Wednesday, July In, at Beaumaris. Denbighshire—Saturday, July 28, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Wednesday, August 1, at Mold. Chest_r—Saturday, August 4, at Chester. WHITEHALL, JUNE 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis John Sheppard, of Wells, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. 3 John Ruberts, sen., woollenmanufacturer, Saddleworth, Yorkshire. John Taylor, licensed victualler, Liv€rpool. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Alpin, draper, IPsv;ich, Suffolk, to surrender, June 29 and July 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn sole and Turner, Alderraanbury, London. George Symonds Corley, dealer in music, Oundle, Northamptonshire, June 26, at twelve, and Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Comerford, Old Broad-street; Richardson, Oundle. John Sharman, maltster, Melford, Suffolk, June 26 and August 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Wilde and Co., College-hill. Griffith Lewis, plumber, Market• street, Oxford-street, June 28, at half-past one, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jchnson, official assignee, Basinghall- street ; Eyre, Devereux-court, Temple. Daniel Grant, lithographer, Cheapside, June 30, at two, and July 28, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers; Clarke and Co., Bishop sgate Church-yard. George Nye, cabinetmaker, Maidstone, June 28, at one, and July 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ; Nichols and Doyle, Bedford-row. Jonathan Hall, shipwright, Rotherhithe, July 3, at one, and Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, ,ethchurch-lane, Lombard street; Wright, Smith, and Shepherd, Golden. square. John Hill, builder, Provect-place, Holloway, June 26, at three, and July 26, at twelve. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Stevens and Satchell, Queen street, Cheapside, Thomas Moore, coachmal Ler, Derby, June 29, and July 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Vallack, Derby. George Hinchcliffe, cloth manufacturer, Chapel town, Yorkshire, July 5 and 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row ; Pickup, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Ellis, printer, .Liverpool, July 2 and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Maples and Co., Old Jewry; Greene, Liverpool. Thomas Caesar Crossdale, grocer, Oswaldtwisle, Lan cashire, June 29 and July 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Mayhew, Carey- street, Lincoln's-inn; Halsall, Middleton. John Johnson, banker, Nawcastle-upon-Tyne, July 6, at eleven, and 24, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle , upon-Tyne; Lawrence, Croivdy, and Bowlby, Doctors'- commons; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, 113.eingball-street. E. J. Coates and J. Hillard, Bread•street, Cheapside, Manchester, Liverpool, and New York, merchants, July 10, at twelve—E. Gibson, St;. Albans,] banker, July 10, at two. In the Country. J. Hsll, Shrewsbury, tim Jer merchant, at the Court, Birmingham, July 11, at twAve. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Bourne, Norton in-the-doors, Staffordshire. prin ter, second dividend of i(l., on Wednesday, June 20, and every subsequent alternate Wednesday, between eleven and three, a the office of Hr. Bittlestun, Birmingham. T. flebblewhite, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, third dividend of 7-16 d., on, Thursday, June 21, or any subsequent alternate Thursday, between eleven and two, at the cffice of Mr. Cazentyve, Liverpool. T. W. Martin, Oxford, tailor and draper, third divi dend of 9d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. T. Bromley, Leighton Be.zzard and Aylesbury, grocer, ls. 6d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At tho Court Basinghall-street. E. Hammond, Kingston and Itotherhithe, oil-crusher, July 10, at half-past twelve—Ann Anderson, Clare court, Drury-lane, tavern keeper, July 10, at one—C. Smith, Enfield, wice and spirit merchant, July 11, at twelve—J. Gurney, Lambeth-walk, brewer, July 11, at two. is I❑ the Country. W. B. Hankins, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, cattle, sheep, and corn dealer. July 11, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. W. Batchelor, Worcester, woollen draper and tailor, July 11, at twelve, at tho Court, Bir mingham. At the Court of Review, July 10. J. D. Verley, Liverpool, watchmaker—A. W. Hare, Bartlett's-buildings, and Swan Chambers, Lad-lane, and Highgate, brush manufacturer—J. Chatterton, jun., Derby, lead merchant—R. Redman and E. Redman, Mark-lane, wharfingers—G. Golding, Liverpool, builder —C. Corrie, Bowling-street, Westmininster, smith and engineer—T . Pearson, Blandford-street, Portman-square, butterman—T. Occleshed, and C. Cummins, Liverpool, commission agents—C. N. Cartwright, Leicester, dresser and spinner— R, Bullock, Kidderminster, corn factor — F. G. Ilabord, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Murray and G. ScholfielA, Liverpool, merchants — G. Laidler and J. Laidler, Yarm, Yorkshire, butchers — M. Cooke and L. Cooke, Hurst Mount, Ashton-under- Lyne, cotton spinners —J. Wood and W. Rawlinson, Mitre-court, Milk-street, City, wine merchants—P. J. Traquair, J. Dell, and T. Whitehouse, Bankside, coal merchants (so far as regards T. Whitehouse)—S. Brown, E. Gordon, and W. Dunn, Gravel-lane, Southwark, patent metallic cask manufacturers—J. Noakes and W. Goldern, Boreham St. Wartling, Sussex, drapers and grocers—T. Trimby and J. 'frimby, Bow-lane, Cheap side, paper hangers—D. H. Dale and I'. Fletcher, Skip ton Rock, Yorkshire, contractors—Elisabeth Burnard and I. Burnard, Theobald's-road, St. George-the Mar tyr, ironmongers—R. Poole and E. Poole, Hulme, Lan cashire, corn and flour dealers—W. Edwards, R. Law rence, and Mary Nicholas, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, gas manufacturers. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1849; I:1 - SOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Weaver, Bath, surveyor. John Yeoman, Wanstrow, Somersetshire, annatto and corn dealer. Harriett Parsons, Bath, greengrocer. John Spencer Frederick Baby, Henry Robert jun.,B Woodward, nearßath, surgfon John Liverpool, architect. William Robinson, Fairclough, Liverpool, painter. Mary Bryan, Liverpool, provision deAler. Charles Brittain, Kirkdale, near Liverpool, land surveyor. Thomas Faulkes, Liverpool, shopman. Joseph Melhuish, Swansea, licensed victug,ller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. S. 'Harlot, Leith, dealer in fruit, to meet within Ro bertson's Coffee rooms, Edinburgh, June 23 and July 14, at eleven. merchant to to meet within W. Wilson, Edinbur g h, , Dowell's rooms, Edinburgh son's Royal Hotel, Crieff, June and Jn y 2 at W. M'Ewen, Crieff, ironmonger, 2 2 t3o andJuly 13, 1 at two. meet within Mori twelve. G. Young and J. Young, Glasgow and Kilmarnock, calico-printers, to meet within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow, June 23 and July 14, at twelve. R. Neilson, K.lsirnie, Ayrshire, miner, to meet within the George Hotel, Kilmarnock, June 23 and July 21, at one. D. Campbell, Kilchoman, Islay, grazier, to meet within the Argyll Hotel, Inverary, June 2.5 and July 24, at one. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. - The activity noticed in this market a week yesterday was somewhat checked during the remainder of the week, and less business was trancted towards the conclusion than at the beginning. The slight reaction arose, however, not so much from a decreased demand as from an attempt to secure an advance in price. The mills generally being well employed fur some time to come, manutacturers were unwillidg to accept further orders unless an advance was submitted to. As heavy purchases had been made, the merchants generally were not prepared to accede to this advance, and the result was that less business was transacted. The same cause operated to chec . k transactions yesterday. A considerable a mount of business, however, was done, and at fully last week's rates. More might have been done if prices had not been so very firm. There is a healthy feeling pervading the market, and trade generally may be skid to be iD prosperous condition. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 19.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a further decrease in the quantity of Sugar brought to market, and as the home demand was more active for all sorts, there were not generally sellers at former rates. West India met a good demand both for the scale and refining purposes, whilst in some cases the prices obtained are 6d above those of Friday. A public sale of 120 hhds 19 trcs Barbadoes Sugar went readily at full rates, and in some cases rather above; good and fine yellow realised 40s to 425, and low to middling 38s to 39s 6d. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were dealt in with cautiion by home dealers; brown lumps at 50s to 505 61, and fair grocery at 51s to 52s per cwt. Bonded Crushed is dull of sale at 28s to 29s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was an improved demand for Mauritius Sugar, and at public sale 1,517 bags sold readily, and in some cases rather above for. mer rates; low and middling yellow went at 37s 6d to 38s 6d, fine brown 363 6d to 375, middling and good 34s 6d to 365, and low 33s to 34s per cwt. There was no good yellow in the sale. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar of all sorts was dealt in with more freedom by private treaty, and 1,630 bags at auction sold et full rates ; good white Benares 41s 6d to 42s 63, and low to middling 39s 63 to 40s 63. Of Madras 468 bags were disposed of at stiffer prices ; good damp brown 33s 6d to 345, law yellow 34s 6d to 355, and middling 37s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon Foreign Sugar met with little attention by private treaty. At public sale 305 baskets were only in part sold at full rate—good and fine strong grey at 46s to 47s 6d, middling 443 to 44s 6d, and low to good yellow 403 6.1 to 42s 6d per owt. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market was well supplied with Native Ceylon Coffee: at public sale the quantity offered amounted to 5,015 bags; the whole sold readily, and in some cases rather higher rates were obtained: real good ord realised 34s to 34s 6d, good ord 33s to 33s 63, and damaged 27s to 335. Of Plantation 158 casks 88 bags went at firm rates; fine at 635, middling 52s to 55s 6d, low middling 47s to 503, fine to fine fine ordinary 37s to 46c The public sales of 193 bales and 69 half bales Mocha went at full terms; good at 56s to 575, middling 53s to 555, pea berry 645, triage 43s 63, and low ditto 27s to 28s per cwt. MOLASSES.—There is still firmness on the part of holders of West India, and former rates are asked for all sorts; but the demand has become limited by private treaty, whilst at public sale 200 casks Porto Rico were taken in at 235; 250 - casks Cuba 22s 6d; and 70 puns Mauritius I Bs. The business concluded in Bengal Treacle has been small, at 173 6d per cwt. COCOA.—Although the stock of West India is large. still o❑ the part of holders there is firmness, and none has been offered at auction since this day week. The business concluded by private treaty has been small. Trinidad red at 42s to 475, and Grenada 38s to 423. Foreign met with little attention, and there are sellers at 27s 6d to 29s 6d per cwt for ordinary to fine quality; there is also a fair stock in first hands. TEA.—To-day the public sales of Tea comprise 21,500 pkgs. There was a fair demand, and on the part of holders firmness was apparent, whilst full rates were obtained for both black and green; of 11,000 passed 3,800 pkgs were actually disposed of. RicE.—To day there was no public sale of East India Rice, but by private treaty there was more business done, and at stiffer rates; Bengal, low to fine white 8s 6,1 to 11s, pinky white Madras 83 to 8s 6d, pearl barley 8s to 8s 3d, and cargo 73 6d to 8s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—Rotigh is not offered at any further reduction. Of 1,962 bags Calcutta offered at public sale a small part only found buyers at 26s 6d to 27s 61 for good and fine quality 13 to 3 per cent refraction. British refined 30s to 31s per cwt. Nitrate of SudA lls 3d to lls 6d per cwt; at these rates there are not free sellers. COCHINEAL.—Today the demand was not better for Cochineal, and at auction 91 bags not above half sold. Honduras silvers at 3s 9d to 4s for ord to mid, and Te rteriffi at 3s 9d to 4s id for low to floe silvery black; these are about former rates, but black Honduras sold at 33 91 to 5s 2d for low to flue, which is a decline of 2d per lb. INDIGO.—To-day the public sales of Spanish Indigo consisting of 274 serous went at steady rates, and mostly sold; Cortes Is 10d to 3s, and a few silvers 3s 5d to 4d 2d per lb. The quantity of East India declared for sale is 8,197 chests. SPICES.—To-day Cassia Lignea was in excellent de mand, and 1,000 chests at public auction sold at an ad vance of 2s to 33—mid to good obtaining 90s 6d to 945, first class mouldy 91s 6d to 925, second do. 89s to 89s 6d, broken and broken ends 85s to 91s; 10 casks Jamaica Ginger likewise found buyers at 85s to 90s for middling; but 100 bags African Pod Pepper were taken in at 50s for good. SPIRITS.—There is no rise to record in the value of Brandy, but the market continues brisk, and holders evince much firmness. The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1845 is 5s 7d to 5s 9d, 1846 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, 1847 ditto 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1848 3s 7d to 33 9d, inferior brands 2s 2d to 3s 6d, Bordeaux is 11d to 2s 2d. Geneva export sort has been selling at Is 10d to is I Id, and fine for duty at 2s 3d to 33 3d per gallon. To-day East India Rum was operated in with more freedom at is 3d proof, and a fair business was concluded in Leeward Island at is 4d to is sd. Of Jamaica several parcels were disposed of at former rates, but good and fine sorts continue the most in demand. TALLOW. —On the spot Russian is offered at lower rates, but the purchases made have boen limited for town and country POIISUMptiOn, and 38s to 38s 3,1 per cwt is the value of fine P.Y.C. Only limitcd sales have been !made for delivery in last three months of the year at 38s 9d to 395. Home melted has suffered a fur ther decline, but at 36s to 37s net cash; a good de mand has been experienced, still there is not a smaller supply. Other sorts of Tallow must be quoted rather cheaper, as there is yet a large quantity on offer. At auction 239 casks of New South Wales were for the most part sold at 333 6d to 37s 6d for low to fine; 960 pkgs South American 33s to 38s, and 10 casks Gibraltar 42s 9d to 433 for fine. For auction 1,000 pkgs of Tallow are declared. The value of Rough Fat is 2s id per stone. OILS.—The demand has been more active for Cod Oil, sales having been made at 271 to 271 lOs. For Seal the market continues in a dull state, still pale is held for 301 to 314 straw and tinged 281 to 291 103, yellow and brown 251 to 271 103. For Southern sales have been made at 251 to 28l lOs for low to fine. For Sperm not more than 701 per tun can be obtained for the best Colonial. For Linseed Oil better rates have been obtained, and sales to - a fair extent have been made on the spot at 25s 6d to 25s 9d; some purchases have been made for delivery at 25s 9d to 263. For Palm a more active s 9 t s i 1 1 6 1 d i t tl t e o w 3 a o n s te d is , a t n i l sale has quality. beenexperie c n o c c e o d a , N an u d tis 2 sellers v are alueoffi ne willing to accept 34s to 36s for low to fine quality. There has been a fair business concluded in Rape Oil, and rates are firm ; pale at 37s to 37s 6d, and brown 36s 6d to 375. For Olive the market is firm, and there is a brisker home demand; the value of Gallipoli is 411 to 411 103, and of other sale at 8 rsorts33Blsto 4 lOs to 401 and perG Ground ton. n a Nutraa Lard d t 0i1 27 s to 2 is dull 7s o 6d per cwt. of the inhabitants of the washld in Sadler's Wells Th ea t re , FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY R EFORM .-0 11 for the purpose o f su pp o rting the views and objects Monday of f v F en fn in s g bu a Finsbury meeting of the Metropolitan Parli amentary and Financial Re borough Re form Association; Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., in the chair. Before entering upon the business of the evening, letters from several gentlemen, apologising for their unavoidable absence, were read. Amongst the names wero those of Messrs. W. J. Fox, E. Mi a ll, C. Lushington, T. Wakley, and T. Duncombe, who in his note enclosed a cheque for 101. to be applied to the purposes of the association. The chairman, in his ad dress to the meeting, referred to the great inequality in the present system of representation, both as regarded the numbers of people and the amount of property represented. These evils could only be met by an ex tension of the suffrage to every adult male who paid anything towards the poor-rates, by a more equal ap portionment of the electoral districts, and also by the abolition of the property qualification. In addition to these it was the conviction of the members of the asso ciation that the principle of the ballot and triennial Parliaments were esssentially necessary to that which it was their object to attain—a full, free, and fair re presentation of the people in Parliament. Mr. G. Thompson, M.P., proposed the first resolution, as follows:—" That the absence of a really representative House of Commons, the preponderance of class legislation, the unequal pressure of taxation, the general extravagance of the public expenditure, and the conse • quences of these evils, engendering discontent and threa tening disorders fatal to the political and social pros perity of this empire render the combination of the middle and working classes, for the attainment of the reform advocated by thei Metropolitan Parlia mentary and Financial Reform Association, a matter of momentous importance to the State." Mr. Thompson, after stating that Mr. Wakley was so much indisposed as to be unable to attend without danger to his life, proceeded to call to the remembrance of the meeting all the reforms which had been carried since the great one of Catholic Emancipation, and advocated the system of peaceful agitation as a weapon which the higher powers bad always been unable to cope with, and which was the only means by which they could at present attain their end. Mr. Thompson referred to the disturbances on the Continent, and the fact that the English people had not followed the example set them of warring against their own Government, as a proof that they deserved the ex tension of the suffrage that they asked. They did not seek to sap the foundations of the throne,_ nor to do anything to di s t ur b t h e m ost Illustrious Lady in the land (Enthusiastic cheering, which lasted for some time) nor did they wish to disturb the House of Lords.—(A. storm of yells and hisses.) They sought simply a fair representation of the people, and that they would obtain whether the reform came sooner or later. —(Cheers.) Mr. Burney seconded this resolution, which was carried nem. con.; and others of a similar tendency were propos, d and carried, several gentlemen addressing the meeting in support of them. The meet ing, which was a very crowded one, the theatre being filled in every part, separated at a late hour, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. A coroner's inquest was held at Coventry on Thursday last, on the body of Mr. William Wombwell, a nephew of the proprietor of the ceiebrated travelling menagerie. On the afternoon of the previous Sunday the deceased and two keepers were sitting in the booth, when two elephants who were in the same compartment began to fight. Deceased went into the den and pricked one of them with an open knife which he had in his hand, upon which the infuriated animal struck him with one of its tusks in the lower part of the abdomen and inflicted a serious wound. He was released immediately by one of his comrades, but lingered until Tuesday evening, when he died. Verdict, Accidentid Aris's Birmingham Gazette. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the London Gas Light Company (Amendment of Act) Bill were considered and agreed to. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The report on the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Act Amendment (Power to alter Tolls and for Appointment of Officers) Bill was considered and agreed to. On the motion that the report should be considered on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Deviation of Branch to Alloa Harbour, Diversion of certain Works, Extension of Time for completing Line and taking Land, and Amendment of Acts) Bill, Mr. NE WDEGATE moved that the Bill should be re-committed to the former Committee, with leave to sit and proceed to-morrow. After some observations from Mr. W. PATTEN, the motion was agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The Borough of Louth awl Free Grammar School in Louth I3dl was read a second time. Lord ME LGUND presented a petition from Greenock gainst the Lunatics' (Scotland) Bill. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from ;:erkenwell, in favour of Parliamentary and Financial leform. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from Dublin praying tor a Health of Towns Bill for Ireland. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver pool in favour of the Bankruptcy Consolidation Bill. Mr. COBDEN moved that the petition of Joshua Charlesworth and George Robinson be referred to the Committee on the Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) Bill; and that the Committee inquire into the allegations thereof, and he allowed to hear counsel, agents, and witnesses thereupon, and report thereupon to the House.— Agreed to. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Mr. E. DENISON said that he had given notice of his intention to move that the report from the Com mittee on the Great Northern Railway (Amendment of Acts Deviation and Enlargements) Bill, be taken into consideration upon Thursday next, although seven clear days will not have elapsed since the Bill was reported, provided the amended prints and breviate be pre viously deposited in accordance with the standing orders. but after consulting with his friends around him be would not persevere in it. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Lancas ter, in favour of the extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts. Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from Lynn com plaining of the intolerable burthen of poor-rates. Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from Stirling, Jedbergh, and other places against the Mar riage Affinity Bill. Sir E. N. BUXTON presented petitions from St. Luke's, Spitalfields, and various other places in London against Sunday trading. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. _ _ _ Mr. GLADSI'ONE postponed until the sth of July his motion relative to the Hudson's Bay Company. CEYLON AND BRITISH GUIANA. Mr. HUME postponed until the 12th of July his 'no tion which stood for to-day, " That it appears by the evidence taken before the Select Committee on Ceylon and British Guiana, that the Government of British Guiana has been carried on for the last ten years in op. position to the expressed views and opinions of the Elective Members of the Colonial Legislature, to the great disadvantage and injury of the colony. That this House is of opinion that the time has arrived when the public expenditure of the colony should be reduced; and for the establishment of a responsible local Government, which should have full power to decide on the extent and nature of the establishments necessary for the maintenance of peace and order, and the protection of the colonists, and to raise the means for defraying the expenses thereby incurred." OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. A 146 PEY gave notice that, on the first Supply night, he should move the amendment of which he had given notice, on the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, relating to the substitution by Ministers of pri vate letters in the place of official correspondence. EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE. Sir DE L. EVANS postponed his motion for the ex tension of the suffrage until the sth of July. NENAGH UNION. Mr. SCULLY moved for roturns of the amount of rates collected in the Nenagh Union within the year ending the 7th day of June 1849; of the amount ex• pended in relieving the poor for the same period, speci lying in-door and out-door relief; of the liabilities and numbers charged to each electoral division for each month during the same period; of the amount expended in the hospitals, and in making coffins, and the number of deaths within the same period; and, of the sums of money expended in the auxiliary workhouse, called the Brewery, and the number of persons who have died within that place since its opening in Dec. 1848. Agreed to. THE BUDGET. Mr. DISRAELI said the House would recollect that on the 15th inst. the Noble Lord at the head of the Government stated, across the table, that in consequence of the debate on Canada, the Budget would not come on until the 22d iest. The day was not positively fixed for bringing it on, which was very informal ; and it would be satisfactory to know if it was the intentinn of the Go vernment to bring on the Budget on the 22d inst. 1...,rd J. RUSSELL acid it would be brought forward on the 22d. IRISH POOR-LAW—MORNING SITTING. Mr. MONSELL said, as the two first clauses of the Bill involved questions of very great importance, it was desirable that they should be c , insidered when there was a large attendance of Members who were conversant with the working of the poor-law, and as it would be incon venient for many to attend on Thursday morning (the day appointed by the Noble Lord), he trusted that an arrangement would be made to take the important clauses at an evening sitting. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he proposed, as it would be more convenient to several Hon. Members to take the Bill on Monday, and to proceed with it again on Tuesday morning. At the suggestion of the Noble Lord, it was then agreed that the morning sitting should be altered from Thursday to Tuesday next. TRANSPORTATION (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. ANSTEY gave notice, when this Bill went into Committee, that he should move the omission of the words " transportation for life or a term of years," in order to substitute in their place " imprisonment during the Queen's pleasure." VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. The Earl of LINCOLN rose to move that an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, setting forth that this House has taken into its consideration the papers which her Majesty has graciously commanded to be pre sented to it with regard to the grant of Vancouver's Island by royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company, and is of opinion that it is ill adapted for ,super intending the establishment of any colony founded upon principles of political or commercial freedom; that it also appears from the papers before mentioned that the means adopted by the Secretary of State to ascertain " that the acceptance by the company of such a grant would be inconsistent with their Charter of Incorpora tion" were insufficient; that this House accordingly prays her Majesty to be graciously pleased to direct that such measures as shall appear to her Majeaty most suitable may be adopted to ascertain whether, by the charter in question, a grant in all respects valid has been made of the powers which it purports to convey. He said he hoped he should be able to induce the House and the Government to adopt a very different and much more satisfactory course than had yet been adopted with respect to Vancouver's Island. He had no hostility towards the late company, but he felt it his duty, however painful the topic might be, to expose certain acts to which it had been a party. Colonization by absentee proprietary companies, so far as the experience of the House had gone, had invariably failed. The case of the colony of Virginia was another instance of failure by a company. After great labour on the part of the com pany, and an expenditure of 12,0001,, there were no more than 600 persons in the colony; while, within twelve months, after a change in the system, the population increased to 1,260 persons. The same might be said again of the ease of Massachusetts which was granted to a company in 1635, but the non-resident proprietorship system failed in establishing either that colony or that of Carolina, which was granted to a company in 1665 and abandoned by them in 1668. Pennsylvania was colonized by Mr. Penn, who represented a company in Great Britain, but even there the non-resident system produced disastrous results upon the colony, and he believed its merits were ultimately estab lished by the adoption of the representative prin ciple. It was quite clear, therefore, that colo nies depended in a great measure for their suc cess upon the existence of resident proprietors, and he was prepared to insist that in the case of a colony like the present the Imperial Government ought to keep the matter in its own hands, and not delegate its powers and autho rity to a company . of individuals. (Hear, hear.) The House must bear in mind the expense which our colo nies had involved us in ; let them bear in mind the cost of South Australia, and the 138,0001. which New Zealand had cost this country. Though the Treasury might, at the present moment, be glad to get rid of the responsibility of Vancouver's Island by an arrangement with the Hud son's Bay Company they would find in future years they would be called upon to provide large sums for its main tenance. The condition of South Australia and New Zealand was doubtless bad ; but the condition of Vancouver's Island, under the govern ment of the Hudson's Bay Company, would become worse than all. His words might appear harsh, but he was prepared to show that the constitution of the country was despotic. What was in dispute in this case? Not the right of the Crown to part with land, but the extent of the land conveyed by that grant. There could be no doubt that the claim of the Hudson's Bay Company over hundreds and thousands of acres of territory were totally unfounded, ,laving, never been granted to them by the charter at all. The treaty of Utrecht, though it clearly defined the right of Great Britain to the land, had never granted it to such an extent as was now claimed of this country; and he contended, therefore, that it was impossible fur the grantor to grant to the Hudson's Bay Company that which he did not in fact possess. Questions had been raised on this subject which had not been ch cided by law, but only by compromise. He was justified in saying that the Hud son's Bay Company had raised the greatest doubts in the year 1645, with respect to the validity of their charter, when they came to that House for a Bill upon the subject. The House of Com mons of that day thought the Bill ought to be limited to ten years, and on the Bill going up to the House of Lords, they reduced the number of years to seven, Who result was the Bill was not persevered in, and the company from that time ! had never dared to come to Parliament for an Act to lay down these rights. Having slightly glanced at ' this part of the subject, he would now come to the other portion of the case, namely, the conduct of the Hudson's Bay Company with respect to' that part of the country as to which there could be no doubt the company had a right. i ., In referring to that part of the subject, he Would not kay anything of their non-fulfilment of their du ties in endeavouring to eff,ct a north-west passage. He did not think it was necessary to renew the question I affecting the past conduct of the Hudson's Bey Com pany until they had the opportunity of laying their case before the House. The reasons for conferring those ex tensive privileges on the Hudson's Bay Company were that the mural and religious improvement of the Indians might be promoted.—(Hear, hear.) The Hudson's Bay Company, he contended, had neglected the fulfilment of those conditions of their monopoly; they had in a great degree neglected the religious and moral improvement of the people; and they had also to a certain extent enc.iuraged the sale of ardent suirits. There we; another charge made against the company with which he should deal presently, namely, that not only had cases of murder been frequently perpe trate,l by the company's servants and agents, but that, after some form of trial, capital executions had taken place within the territory on two_ or these occasions, on persons after having been capitally convicted contrary to the statute to which ho should by and bye call the attention of the House. There was another topic to which he wished to allude, the sale of intoxicating liquors by the company, which had greatly affected the mural condition of the people, and been the cause of much distress and misery among them. If some steps were not taken to prevent the introduction of spirits into the country, the whole pope. lotion would be vitiated or destroy ed. It appeared by a Parliamentary return that, in 1837, 3,000 gallons were consumed, and that in 1847 ; ten years after wards, that quantity had increased to 9,000 gallons, with, he was sorry to say, a diminishing popula tion, and without any increase in the number of colonists. The company could not deny this, for it appeared that they were in the habit of exchanging spirits for furs and other articles. He had also to allude to another topic—that the company had omitted to take care of the religious instruction and education of the natives and the colonists. The Noble .Lord continued to read extracts setting forth the cruelty with which the territory was managed. One instance was the shooting of . a maniac without any steps being taken to ascertain whether ho was or was not guilty. He did not wish to press harshly upon those entrusted with the government of. this immense wild territory; but the acts of violence and brutality which had taken place ought not longer to be tolerated. Added to the complaints he had alluded to, there had been complaints of the colonists themselves of the pre vention of emigration by the Hudson's 'Bay Company, and their system of monopoly alien prevented the mer chants of Great Britain and of other countries from trading with the natives for their furs and other articles of commerce, thereby reducing those natives to the ne cessity of selling at any price that they wished to givs them.--(Hear.) When he read the evidence of Mr. G. Thompson, which states that the people of Canada, on the frontiers of this company's territory, carry on free commerce, and obtain tenfold greater prices than those who are under the company, he asked the House• did not such proceedings strongly savour of robbery ? He admitted that it might be necessary for the com• pany on some occasions to try men for petty crimes. though against the law, but for capital ones to send them to Canada. Yet he did not thank that the excuse, on the part of the company's servants, that they put those natives to death in self-defence, was sufficient of satisfactory. They had never complied with the article: , of their charter, because by that . they were bound to exert themselves to find the north-west passage, to pro pagate religion by the introduction of missiona ries, and to advance the interests of the na tives by every just and legitimate means, such as colonization, instruction in religion and morality. and to give a fair price for their article of com merce, none of which they ever acted up to.—(Hear.) He would observe incidentally, that it was proposed by , the Government to establish proper tribunals for the die administration of the law. Ever since the transfer of the Red River settlement the greatest dissatisfaction had prevailed. The enormous freights which were charged to the colonists stood materially in the way of improve ment, and prevented the spread of anything like com merce. In page 45 of the last papers would be found the copy of a land deed, which every colonist, except those of the Red River, were required to sign, before he could enter into any farm, notwithstanding the extrava gant price he was obliged to pay for it. He would say no more of that deed, except that its operation was to make the colonists as completely the serfs of the Hudson's Bay Company as any process could render them, and the company itself totally unfit to be entrusted with any operations of colonization. It was impossible to answer this, and many other charges against the company, whose proceedings he was con • fident the House would never sanction. The Hudson's Bay Company actually levied an arbitrary, and, as he maintained, an illegal taxation. From a work writ ten by one of the company's servants, and entitled the Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, he would point to a letter from the author to his brother, which stated, in broad terms, the nature of the authority exercised by the company over the land colonist'. Lord Elgio, in speaking of this subject, after making inquiry into the facts, said he thought it was a matter much to be regretted that a jurisdiction so large, and exercised by British subjects at so great a distance, should be totally removed from the surveillance of the home Government, and that public opinion should be altogether excluded from it. That repert (If Lord Elgin might be takeu as establishing conclusively these com plaints against the Hudson's Bay Company. The re. port of Colonel Colwell had been promised for some time, but it did not appear amongst the papers, and Earl Grey stated that he had nut thought it necessary to await the report of that Gallant Officer. With regard to the means of knowledge possessed by Colonel Crofton, as much weight would no doubt be placed upon his report, he would ask the House how it was possible that that gen. tleman, quartered for a short time on the outskirts of a ter ritory exceeding in magnitude the whole ofEurope, could form an accurate opinion upon charges which ex tended not only over the whole territorial possessions of thelludsou's Bay Company, but also in the vast country to the west of the Rocky Mountains, over which they reigned su preme. At the risk of wearying the House, he would show how many and how great were the discrepancies between the opinions of Colonel Crofton, Major Griffiths, and other officers, upon the very same questions , arising, no doubt, from the circumstances which he had, ust de scribed to be those under which these observations were made. To point out a few of these discrepancies, he would mention that the first of these officers had described seve ral rigid regulations of the Hudson's Bay Company for bidding the sale or barter of ardent spirits; whilst the second stated that the company had very liberally allowed their introduction. With regard to the increase of the tribes, Colonel Crofton inferred from the ordinary trading lists of the company, prepared for the purpose of regulating the supply of couamodi ies to the popula tion, that because the number of natives that traded with the company was greater than it was when the North-west Company was incorporated, therefore the population must have increased since that event. The fact was the reverse. Then,on the subject of religious instruction, whilst one of these authorities de- Glared that there were places of religious wor ship and instruction in the setilement, it was expressly stated by an American missionary, and also by the other, that there was not a single Prot( stew, misaiottary to be found westward of the Rocky Mountains. There might be Hon. Gentlemen in that House who would say that religion in the island was not confined to the Church of England. He deeply regretted that the Church of England bed not received due facility for encourugieg the spread of the Christian religion in the colony and throughout the whole of the vast continent. There was at that moment but one Wesleyan missionary. With respect to education, let them refer to the work of Sir George Simpson, and they would find that of the charges for its promotion tour-firths were borne by the religious and charitable, and the renriiiiitig fifth by pour persens, having 15s. a week ; but not one penny, ac• cording to Sir George Simpsoe's book, was paid towards those charges by the Hudson's Bay Company —not one penny was paid by the company for the purpose of education throughout the whole of the vast continent, in which they had so great an interest. He thought, on referring to the charges he had made, that there were many Members in the House who would concur with him, that the retures made by the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Depart ment (Lord Grey) were far from satisfactory. He did not mean to say that every charge metie against the company would be sustained; but this he would say, that as yet they were not disproved. Ile thought he had shown in a clear and conclusive manner that the Hudson's Bay Company was essentially e n anti col° , nizing company, and that it would be most unwise to hand over to that company ;the entire control and inte rest in Vancouver's Island. The Noble Lord then read do cuments in support of his assertion, that the Hudson's Bay Company was an anti-colonizieg company, with the exception, perhaps, of the efforts to colonize at the settlement of the Red River. Such he continued, was the desire of the company to maintain secrecy with respect to their affairs and pioceeoings, that, according to the papers from which he was now quoting, they car ried their tyranny to au imposition on their servants not to keep any journal of their transactions, and in one of the cases to which he had referred, that of Mr. Dunne, he had it on authority that that individual was compelled to burn his journal. Now, fur hanself,ehe hoped that the statements of such a system of tyranny were a case 'ere not correct; •but he thought he had wad e s °u contained calling for a disproval of the charges in these papers, to which he had the fishery interests the were also D an) g r . e e ferr. In referred. at one time chargeable with the m ost se s proci edings; but their efforts to monopolise the whole of the trade were defeated. And now , he woul'3 ask what could b t o the company Vancouver s h the object of granting land ?--(Hear, hear.) l An island in which inter es t s might be established whic would go far to bre a k up the monopoly of the Hud son s Bay Company, at d put an end to the evils which he had p ointed out to the House. It was said that the Hudson's Bay Company h a d an invest ment () o f f c4oolooulsiooulg, which might be appli e d to the pur poses Vancouver's Island; and establiihing but he denied, however wealthy the company might be individually, and he admitted they were so in many in stances, that their capital could be so applied. Looking a little further into the consideration of this question, he found that the governor and the magistrates of the island were to be named and appointed by the Hudson's Bay Company. He thought thet it would be most unwise to give to the company the appointment of the public ser vants in the island. He admired as much :..s any nun could free institutions, and rejoiced to see them extend ,ti to tettlemeuts; but while he 5341 that, he ;must at the _ same time say, that a free constitution vies not all that was necessary to a new settlement. The Noble Lord then referred the attention of the House to Vancouver's description of the island, from which it would appear that it abounds in the most fertile tracts of land, the richest mines, the most valuable timbe=r, rivers teeming mith fish, and inexhaustible resources; and also to is more recent and corroborative account of its rich value, from the pen of a gentleman who, in his communication he , itated not to say that Earl Grey ought to be impeached _ for handing over so valuable an appendage of the British dominions to the Hudson's Bay Company. It was of the greatest importance that there should be a free and in dependent colony established in Vancouver's Island. It was no answer to this consideration to say, that Van ceuv,r's bland was at a great distance from England, and that therefore it was not of that consequence to Eng land which its advocates urged; but this matter of distance ()led very soon be settled, for the increased facilities of communication would materially shorten the distance be tvvcen this country and Vancouver's Island. The Noble Lord then adverted to the advantages of the colony, and said that these advantages were overlooked by England, and the control of the colony banded over to the cruel care of the Hudson's Bay Company. The. Noble Lord then read a letter from Mr. Ward, the Secretary of the Admiralty, to the Colonial-office, calling the attention of that department to the *ffeet of the existence of coal in Vancouver's Island, and suggesting that means should be taken to secure the right of this article to the Crown. The Colonial-office, in reply, said when the proper time arrived the suggestion contained in Mr. Ward's letter in respect to coal would be attended to. But what was the result ? Why, that the whole of the right in reference to coals and minerals in the colony had been handed over to the Hudson's Bay Company, to the prejudice of the Crown. The Noble Lord then referred to the high charge for land in Vancouver's Island, and asked, Vic was likely emigrants would give a high price for land in that colony when they could, within a few miles of it, get land for ss. 3d. an acre ? But he was told that the charter was to be forfeited if no colony was to be founded in Vancouver's Island within five years. Now, if the Com pany transferred Puget Sound establishment to Van couver's Island, would not that be sufficient to meet the supposed security in the charter, namely, that the Crown could come in and purchase the colony from the Hudson's Bay Company. Now, he contended that the sum which would be paid them in such a case would be a premium upon the bad government of the Hudson's Bay Company of the island in question. Mr. LABOUCHERE explained. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. He said he was anxious to say a few words upon the question. He thought the conduct of the Colonial-office was wrong throughout the whole affair. He did not blame the Hudson's Bay Company, for their object was to promote their own interests. The main object of the company was to prevent colonization, because their profits were derived from it as a hunting ground, for the collection of furs. The course of the company had been mono poly, and he therefore considert d this a most unfortunate attempt to entrust this company with the powers given to them by this charter. He condemned the Govern ment for allowing the company to make out their own case for the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. and still more for refusing to produce this case, and the opinion given upon it by the law officers. This was most injudicious after what bad taken place with regard to Prince Edward's Island. It Vancouver's Island sea not colonized this country would have no port on that entire coast where an English ship could be protected, and he therefore thought the conduct of the Government in this case was most culpable. He supported the mo tion, and would willingly go further, and agree to a vote of condo mnation. Mr. HAWES had risen rto reply, when, upon the mo; don of an Hon. Member, the House was counted, and there being but thirty-seven Members piesent the Rouse adjourned at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 19. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions/ praying fur an y alt in the laws regulating the side of beer ; also petitions praying for a restoration of 10' cultural protection ; also petitions against the Perlui.l' mentary Oaths Bill. The, Earl of WARWICK presented petitions praying for an import duty on corn ; also a petition praying for the extension of county courts. HIGHWAYS ANNUAL RETURN BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. EXPLOSION IN COAL MINES. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY recommended the appointment of a Commission to investigate the merits of the invention of Mr. Gurney rather than the non' tinuance of the Committee. He was convinced the Com mittee could not conduct the inquiry sa ti s factorily, and he doubted the po wer or a bilit y of the Government to Interfere effectually below the earth in coal mines. r Lord W HARNCLIFFE r eg r e tt e d that th e name (,); the Noble Marquis w a s not o n th e C omm ittee, and won't have no objection to the name of the Noble DiarqU ie being al•ded. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said it was ne• cessary a motion should be made to that effect. The subject then dropped. GRAND JURY CESS BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this Bill was re td a second time. CANADA. Lord BROUGHASiiose -- to — move the following re solutions:—" That by an Act passed in the Parliament of Canada, intituled An Act to provide for the indem nification of parties in Lower Canada whose property. was destroyed during the rebellion in the years 18 37 cod 1838,' no security is afforded against corereir cation for losses sustained in the rebellion in Canada in 1837 and 1838, being giv e n to persons engage' in the said rebellion. That it is just and necessary eitt er by recommending a further and amending Bill 1° ;he Legislature of Canada, or by such other means as may be effectual, to provide security against any come sensation for losses sustained in the said rebellion being riven to persons engaged in having aided or abetted th e some." The late affairs of the province of Canada had ceased great interest, not (slily at home but in our colonic!! Without any further preface to the observations which he was about to make, and notwithstanding the able discussion which that question had undergone by Judi cious men elsewhere, he should proceed to retested .1 House shortly of the hi s t or y o f th e co l on y of Upper a nd end Lower Canada. It would be remembered that by the peace of Canada in 1762, negotiated by hi s Noble Friend's father, we having wres ted - from French by force of arms th e province of Canada.; that province had, by the peace of P a ris, been , ceded to us, and had continued ever sin c e, by a t e nure more or le s s . nominal, or more or less real, to be one of the po sse sions of the British Crown. The settlers of that pro' voice were, of course, French, and their descendants, who were now three or f o ur ti mes the number of Brit ish subjects in the province, were, to all intents and Per' poses, equally French. In Upper Canada, on the coo" trary, the inhabitants were, with a small exception, entirely British settlers or of British descent, the pro f vince having been mainly settled during or after th e American revolutionary war, when many loyalist Americans quitted the United States, disliking, from their attachment to monarchical institutions and their loyalty to the British Crown, to remain under the domi nion of a Government which had thrown aside both. Of all the men whose opinions were strongly tinctured with the most vehement desire of monarchical Govern ment, and with the warmest sense of duty, allegiance , and loyalty to their Prince, he might venture to say thil 6 the American loyalists bad at all times proved themselves to be among the first.—(Hear, hear.) Accordingly they did not change their minds with the sky under whir they began to live, they did not alter their opini ons i modify their principles, or reverse their feelings loyal attachment to the Crown of England, whet' they removed from America to Canada, but they ratio' , on the contrary, cherished more near l y an d go re warmly the same feelings which caused their emigrations and, having left their homes, where they had been born, and having, as it were, transferred their household gods to a foreign soil, they cl as p e d t h e more eagerly to their bosoms those principles which had led to their quitti n g their native soil. Such, then, as was their origin, so their progress—such as they were at first di s tinguish e above ail men by their love of their mother country, by their scrupulous attachment and the zealous performan ce of their duties to that mother country and their So; reign, so throughout, in good furtune and in bad, in they always been faithful subjects of their Sovereign, o fi n„ devoted adherents to the cause of the parent state. instituted no unjust comparison between them and their fellow-subjects, the French inhabitants of Canada, putting forward their claims to the respect and sympathy ot the Home, yet he could not help adverting to the Da" tional distinction between the two classes of the Caw diens. The one at all times, in good and bad fortune, the attached subjects of the British Crown, and by . blood, language, religion, manners, institutions, and laws, Englishmen at their hearths and in their hearts; while the others, in every one of these respects, as well as by descent Frenchmen, although a o a m c o e accident—by the chances of war—they British subjects. Nevertheless, these felt bound subjects of our had, generally Ise , F h r o e b n a c d h fellow. h r demeanour, a con summationto say, behaved like peaceable subject of the Crown, and shown no want of loyalty oi; if not occasioned, hccasione e-e continued;that in that kind of union yet facilitated pruba probably, if not mu e c h e caused, d b , bY t" a the which subsists between mother country and the colonies, which he lead elsewhere taken leave to call the eyertt,ejlncetdelin a co improper federal union; there was always on the part ot the Gover nment a g rea t force, a g reattrpsuorwe ander,o we ight, a nd an influence, both of treasure of authority and of troops by sea and by land possessed by the mother country, which made it impossible to say that the mother country de' pended on the colonies ; as the Government of the mother country depended on the consent and goodwill of the citize ns at l arge, the subjects of the Crown a t home, and, consequently, the French Canadians, knew full well whose authority she had, or, as their Liturgy said, "duly considering whose authority she had," also duly considering what power she had of maintaining that au' thority, and duly considering that at all times the fleets and armies of England, and the treasures of England, wielded by the British Government, in .concert with the ' British Patliament, and with the consent of the British people, were ready to stifle revolt in all parts of her vast colonial dominions—considering, he repeated, all these things, the French Canadians had exhibited at least an apparent loyalty, and thus for many years, had any out break in the colony been prevented. But the time was approaching when attempts were at last apprehended, and some idea of a severance of the present connexion might enter the minds of the Lower Province, and un happily it proved true that in the years 1837 and 1838, a serious attempt was made, not arising from say parti cular grievance, not excited by any act of rest or sup posed oppression, but more probably from the difference of feeling of the, colonists towards one another, and to- • wards the mother country, and rebellion, for he could call it by no other name, of a very serious nature, broke out canada. It was fOlll4l tha; 091lepirecy hid