The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-22 00:00:00

lA*r , SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 22, 1849. 4th Light Dragoons—Troop Sergeant-Major John Hill to be Quartermaster,vice Tarleton, deceased, June 22. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Crombie, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant. Colonel, viee Charles Ash Windham, who exchanges; Captain the Hon. Arthur Edward Hardinge, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Duncombe, who exchanges, June 22. 16th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. and Captain George Thomas Duncombe, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. to be Captain, vice liardinge, who ex changes, Jane 22. 17th Foot—Ensign William Pollard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore, who retires-. Charles Petris Geneste, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pollard, June 22. 45th Foot—Ensign Frederick Robert Grantham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bippen, who retires ; sign George Lamont Ho bbs to be Lieutenant, bypur. case, vice Sir Robert A. F. G. Colleton, Bart., who re tires; Henry Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grantham, June 22; John James Lloyd Williams, Ger t ~ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hobbs, June 23. 73d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hoghton to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bisse, deceased, June 9. 82d Foot—Captain Henry Christopher Marriott, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain, vice West, who exchanges; Colour-Sergeant Samuel Spence, from the 14th, to be Quartermaster, vice Robert Hare, dismissed the service by the sentence of a general court martial, June 22. _ 90th Foot--Ensign Vere Henry Close to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. William Harbord, who retires; Ensign Walter Blakeney Persse, from the 99th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Close, June 22. 99th Foot—Henry Frederick.Winchelsea Ely, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Persse , appointed to the 90th Foot, June 22. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant John In man to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dwyer, deceased, March 1. Royal Newfoundland Companies Captain Osbcrne West, from the 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Marriott, who exchanges, June 22. Royal Malta Fercible Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon Ludovico Bernard, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Mentanaro, deceased, May 9. BREVET.--Major-General William Rowan, C. 8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the Army in Canada, June 22. _ _ _ MEMORANDUM,—The Christian names of Ensign Car rington, 26th Foot, are Frederic Alfred, not Frederick, as previously stated. [Errata to Second Supplement of London Gazette of sth June, 1849.3 To be Lieutenant-Colon e l in the East Indies—For Major Skeffington Poole, Ist Bombay Native Infantry, read "Light Cavalry." To be Majors in the East Indies—For Captain " Robert Rains Kinkside," Bengal Artillery, read " Robert Raikes Kinleside." For Captain " Cairns Threshire," 10th Bombay Native Infantry," read " Cairns Threshie." Commission by the Lord,Lieuterant of Lanarkshire. Glasguw and Lower Ward of Larnarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Thomas Paterson to be Adjutant, June 16. WHITEHALL, JUNE 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Speck man, of Bradford, in:the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. _ _ BANKRUPT. James Silvester, sauce and pickle manufacturer, Hart street, Covent-garden. Richard Samuel Whitbread Goymer, hotel keeper, Deal, Kent. Samuel 1 7ines, corn factor, Crutched Friars. Edwin Lichfield, upholsterer, Ipswich. William Thomas Ferries, curpenter, Charles -street, Westminster. Thomas Truby, hardwareman, Bicester, Oxfordshire. William Butt, beotmaker, Winchester. George Russell, cabinet-maker, Goswell-road. George Flude Knott, boot and shoe manufacturer, Leicester. John Bent the younger, grocer, Dudley, Worcester shire. William Wilkinson, grocer, Birmingham. William Newton, builder, Bath. William Dalgleish, spirit merchant, Liverpool. John Philipson, printer, North Shields. John Robson, grocer, Durham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Jurbe 19, 1849, is 255. 7%d. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 22.) To-day there was no public sale of Sugar, but -pri vately from home dealers much inquiry existed, and better rates were paid for all sorts. Of West India the quantity sold was to a large extent, both for the pan and aiv'ene cv i s Itereatite - ali - dini - ttes Of --- Vidi . .irfast. - - Some parcels of West India have been withdrawn from the market. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were in excellent demand by home dealers, and the market is firmer; good brown lumps selling at 51s 6d, and fair grocery 52s to 52s 6d. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the demand has been limited at former rates. MAURITIUS,—The market has been less freely supplied with all descriptions this week. There has also been a more active demand by private treaty for all purposes, and former prices have been well supported : indeed, in some eases, stiffer rates were obtained. At public sale 1,517 bags wenweni readily; middling to good yellow at 38s to 395, low 37s to 37s 6d, ordinary and middling grey 37s to 38 , ?, good and fine brown 35s 6d to 378, low to middling 33s to 34s 6d, washed and syrupy 33s to 38s per cwt. Or ordinary brown sorts the supply i s still small. EAST INDIA.—By private treaty operations in Bengal Bengal Sug ar are u p on a more extended scale this week, and as the supply is less plentiful, stiffer rates are in some cases obtained ; 1,63 0 bags at public sale were disposed off. Madras is wanted, and the parcels so ld b y private treaty were at stiffer rates; only 468 b ags h ave been offered at auction. Penang is wanted, and stiffer rates are obffered, but few parcels are to be obtained. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and by private treaty little business was done. The purchases for the week are not worth enumerating; still there ern not sellers at lower rates. MOLASSES —A fair demand hs been experienced for West India, and full rates era obtained; holders display firmness, and 17s 6d to 22s is the value of low to fine quality. Of East India some parcels b eve been dtsposed of at 16s 6d to 17s 6d; with all sorts the market is only moderately supplied, and deliveries are getting larger. Honey is held for an advauce, and is scarce. COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon was in exceilent demand, and 1,141 bags at auction went at 6d per cwt advance; good ord realised 345 to 34s 6d, real good ord 348 61 to 35e, fine teed 35a 6d to 36a 6d, and damaged 31s to 345. 0? Plantation 275 bags and 19 casks sold is to is 6d higher; low middling 48s to to 49a 6d, fine to fine fine ordinary 40s to 47s 6d, good ordinary 37s to 395. • 700 bags Ilavannab, damaged, tc ent at 29s 611 to 363 6d. 2,000 bags Java; Singapore, sout' 353 to 365, superior 45s 51 to 475, and Company's 48's to 52s per cwt. TE.t,—A more active demand has been experienced for low and midling sorts of Green this week whilst former trees are obtained without difficulty. For Congou, quotations are well supported and a fair busi ness has been concluded, common and good common re alised 7d to Bid per lb. The quantity of tea submitted to public sale this week has amounted to 21,900 pkgs, of which 6,500 found purchasers at prices about the same as on this day week. The market for tea looks firm. SPIRITS —A much bmter demand has been expe rienced for Leeward Island Rum this week, and on the part of holders there is mora firmness. The sales amount to 400 puns, at is 4d to Is 5d proof. Of East India several parcels have been taken at Is 3d; the market is also firm. Demerara brought full rates, and the demand is more active. The sales for the week amount to aoo puns at Is iod to 2s id for 30 to 38 per cent. over proof. Jamaica is held with firmness, and at former rates several parcels ha ve b een taken by ;hip pers and home dealers; plain and mid quality 28 to 34 per cent. over proof at 2s 2d to 2s 10d, 34 to 36 over good and fine 3s to 3s Bd, and choice marks as 9d to 4!. Brandy is fully as dear as last week, and the demand is active; holders also evince more firmness. The demand is good for Geneva at is 9d to Is 10d for ord export sort, and fine at 2s 3d to 3s 3d. British made spirit realize fully former rates. COCOA.—Prices have been supported for West India this week, and the demand has been more active, but the sepply continues to get upon a larger scale : at public sale 734 bags 27 barrels Trinidad were for the most part sold ; grey at from 40s to 425, red 42s to 465, and supe rior 47s sd to 48s per cwt : of fine bright the supply is, however, small. The deliveries at all th e p or t s f or h ome consumption this year 1,398, 638, and in the former one 1,316,083 lbs. There are few b u y ers o f F ore i gn, and 27s to 29s per cwt is the value. None has been offered at public sale this week. i.rcns.— For Cassia Lignea the dema n d con ti nues ac tive, and prices have risen 2s to 4s per cwt this week. At public sale 1,000 chts were sold; good first pil e a t 9 2s 6d to 94s 6d, m id sec ond pile 91s to 93s 6d, third pile 903 6d to 925, Mouldy 89s to 925, broken and broken ends 85s to 91s per cwt. Of black Pepper none has been submitted to auction, and holders display firmness. By private treaty several parcels have been taken by home dealers and shippero; Malabar heavy realized from aid to aid, inferirr 21J to 3d, Sumatra 211 to 2 1, and heavy lid to 3d per lb. White con tinues to b wanted at 5,1 to ad for crd to fine. Pod Pepper is held for more money, which checked business, and at auction 1 00 hags were - taken in at 503 per cwt for mid doll. Cinnamon is held for full terms, but '% met littlo • fattttitien. Cloves are wanted and pri ces rule firm ; Bencotilcn at Is to ls 2d, Bourben and Is 4(1 to I s 10.1, Amboyna also continue s to vet Zanzibar 7id to 8d; the supply smaller of all kinds. Mace 13 wanted at 2s to 2a sd , and better sort at 2s 6d to 2s 9d, whilst nous has again been offered at auction. For Nutmegs a good nemand exists; good to fine brown at 3s to 3s 10d, law to mid 2s 6d to 2s 10d, and tho market i s i still sparingly suppli e d. Gi nger continues n . excellent request, and the supp l y i s even smaller than in the for mer week, prices are firm; Jamaica dl to 71 10s., fine to 121, African 36s to 395. East India shipping sort 27s to 30s, and hone trade kind 4os to lOUs per owt. ,Far THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, Pimento a good demand prevails at 3d to 3id, and fine at 3d to 4d per lb. Rics.—Today Bengal Rice was in good demand, and the public sales of 2,064 bags went at full rates; good white at 10a, mid 9s to 9s 6d, and damaged 7s to 9s f_d. Oms.—To-day the public sales of 2 000 tuns of Cocoa Nut went went flatly from 27s 3d to 34s 6d, and a small part only sold, and 45 tuns of Palm 29a 6d to 30; per cwt. TAuow.—To• day there was little disposition evinced to operate in Tallow and fine P. Y. C. cannot be quoted above 38s per cwt. on the spot. Of South American 1,322 pkgs at auction were chiofly sold at 30s to 38s 6d; 350 casks New South Wales 33s 6d to 36s 3d; 57 pkgs of Cape at 363 6d to 39s 6d per cwt. COURSE OF EXCH. Arnst4rdam ••• 12 234 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 034 Rotterdam .... ••.. • . 12 2N Antwerp • ......... 25 80 Hamburgh ......M.B. 13 123 tiltona.• .............. Paris, 3 days'sight .... 26 45 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 65 Marseilles 25 65 Bourdeaux.... , . 25 65 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Petersburgh, Bil. Idle.. 35N Berlin .. •••• • ..... • • • • Vienna, arm f 10...... Trieste, ditto.— Madrid 49% Barcelona .......... INGE.--(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. Leghorn .............. 30 SO Genoa ............ 26 80 Venice.... .. • • • • • • Naples .............. 4o 4 peroz 1 1 7% Messina 120% Lisbon.. 53 4, 0p0rt0.... •• ••• • • • 53 % Rio Janeiro •• .. .• • • • • Buenos Ayres .. ••• . • • New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. • . • • • • patcis OF BULLION, PER a Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 9 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 10 Silver in bars .. ...... 0 4 11% SavWe.. .... . BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of June, 1849. taSUlt DXPAITILENT. Notes i55ued........ 28,664,695 X. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,744,256 Silver bullion • ..... 321,469 428,065,695 X 28,065,695 M. MARSEIA.LL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 21st day of June, 1849. BANZING DEPAZTMIN T. Z. Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .. ••••• ... 3,109,892 Public deposits (in (lidding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt,Sav ings.banks,andDi- vidend accounts).. 6,731,437 Other deposits ...... 9,556.938 Seven day and other bins.. •• •• • • .... 1,072,355 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,315.468 Other securities .... 9,731,825 Notes ••••••• • • • • . • . 10,094,240 Gold and silver coin.. 882,089 £31,023,622 I £35,023,622 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 19. Dated the 21st day of June, 184 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented petitions from Lincolnshire, complaining of agricultural distress. Lord POLWORTH presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from a place in Scotland, in favour of the Health of Towns Bid. Lord COLVILLE presented a petition against the Parliamentary Oaths Bill. The Bi.hop of SALISBURY presented petitions to the same effect. PASSENGERS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed, after cer tain amendments had been introduced by Earl GREY. INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL Lord CAMPBELL had to report the Bill to their Lordships' House from the Committee to whom it had been referred, with amendments. It would he remembered that when the Committee was moved fur, a fear was entertained that it could not pass this session. He, however, objected to the appoint ment unless a pledge was given that the principle of the Bill should not be opposed in Committee. That pledge was readily given, and he was glad to say it had been faithfully kept. In his opinion, the Bill had been judiciously amended by the Committee. (Hear, hear.) One of these amendments would limit the power of the Commissioners, in reference to the sale of incumbered estates, when an application was made to them for that purpose, on behalf of the party who held the incumbrance, while it was ascertained that the interest of the charges on an estate was less than one-half of its annual in come, the power of sale was taken away altogether. It was proposed also to introduce a clause empowering the Commissioners to partition estates held by bodies in a copartnership shape. He had only to move now that the Bill be reprinted, with the amendments, with the view to its re-committal. Lord STANLEY was glad that there was a pros pect of this Bill being passed in the course of the present session. The most important amendment which the Committee had introduced was the clause briefly referred to by the Noble and Learned Lord, empowering the Commissioners to sanction the division of properties held conjointly by a number of individuals. The Inclosure Commissioners of thil noun- MT.. , ?P3.9 1, 1:&ft tirietEuziy—fradwit, h t3L- Vs Acird a LIM been more extensively resorted to.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE also approved of the , amendments which had been introduced into this Bill, and was rejoiced that the Noble Lord who had just sat down had called the attention of the House to the ex change clause . in the Inclosure Act. The Duke of RICHMOND observed that the In closure Act gave the Inclosure Commissioners power to negotiate an exchange of estates between two landowners under a very inexpensive process; indeed, a man with a property valued at 20,0001. could exchange it for another of equal value, with the assistance of the Commissioners, at an expense of only 51. Lord MONTEAGLE anticipated that great benefit womld result to Ireland from the passing of this Bill in its amended form. The Earl of GLENGALL urged upon their Lord shires the expediency of accompanying this measure with a rocluction of the stamp duties. Lord CAMPBELL would communicate the suggestion of The Noble Earl to his Right Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, but he was afraid, in the exist ing state of things, there would be some difficulty in adopting. The Earl of WICKLOW took exception to the amendment which prohibited the Commissioners or the inctrzabrancer from sanctioning the sale of sn estate where the rental was double the interest of the incum bratece. Lord BROUGHAM was still adverse to the measure, notwithstanding the amendments which had been in troduced to it. His main objection to it was, that it dealt with vested rights. It was admitted by his friend= that it was an arbitrary measure, but the circumstances of Ireland would justify its passing. He did not think so. He did not think any circumstances would justify the passing of a measure which enabled a man with a flaw in his title to sell an estate which he unlawfully held. Suppose now a man died, leaving his estate to be partitioned between his eldest and youngest son, and the eldest son mans ged to conceal the will, would he not in law, be come entitled to the vvhuie? Well, then, such a man bad only to mortgage a portion of the estate, and this Bill would enable him to dispose of it in such a manner that the wronged party never could obtain redress. I.7ete Bill was then ordered to be reprinted. The Earl of REDESDALE presented a large number of petitions against the admission of Jews into Far liana ent. • Lord STANLEY had been entrusted with a petition by the London and North-Western Railway Company to present to their Lordships on the subject of railway amalgamations, but as no member of the Railway Com mittee now sitting was present, he thought it best to give notice that he would present the petition on Monday. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Norfolk complaining of agricultural distress. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Lord HOWDEN wished to to ask the Postmaster- General if any negociations going on for the reduction of postage between this country and France. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied that such negociations were going on. The post office authorities of France had made a pro posal to his Majesty's Government on the subject, to which he had sent a counter proposal, which was likely to lead at no short distance of time to a ma terial reduction in the postage between London and Paris. S PAIN. The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice th a t on Mon day he should call the attention of the House to the present state of our relations with the Government of Spain- HEALTH OF TOWNS. The Earl of GLENGALL seeing the Vint c sioner of Woods in his place, he wished to ask c iZZli Government had any measure in contemplation for ex tend the Health of Towns Bill to the metropolis. The Earl of CARLISLE replied that such a measure was in preparation, but he was afraid he should not be able t D introduce it this session. TECNANTS AT RACK RENT RELIEF BILL. The Earl of HARROWBY moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord PORTMAN opposed the motion, remarking that the only way the tenants of the country could be relieved from the existing distress was to remodel the county rate, and to place the charge of the prisoners and lunatic asylums on the Consolidated Fund. The Noble Lord moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Lord WIIARNCLILLE also objected to the Bill, as did also Lord REDESDALE, who thought the Bill was a most ur just measure. After a few words from the Earl of HARROWBY in rcply, the original motion was negatived without a di vision, and the amendment agreed to. .DT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The''SPEAKEntook the Chair at five minutes to Four . O'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bill; were considered and agreed to:— Edimburgh and Glasgow Railway and Edinburgh and Glasko w Union Canal (Amalgamation, or sale, or Lease of the Union Canal to th© Railway Company) Bill. Winds or Extension of tho Windsor, Staines, and South- Western (Ri c h mond to W i n d sor) Railway (with pawer to the Lc , ndon and South-Western Railway C9rapany to subscribe.) sill. York and North Midland Railway (Deviation and Abandonment of part of the authorised Lines of Railway between Market Weighton and Beverley, and Copman thorpe and Tadeaster) Bill. The r , ports of Committees en the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Etistrrn Counties and Norfolk Railways Amalgam& tion Bill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshireßailway (Con. solidation and Amendment of Acts) Bill. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATES. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from certain solicitors in Lincoln, praying for a remission of the at torneys' certificate duty. BEER SHOPS. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Devon, complaining of the great increase of beer shops in that county. C. lonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Wool y, ich, against the establishment of beer-houses. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATES. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from solicitors at Ulverstone, in Lancaster, praying for the remission of attorneys' certificate duty. COUNTY COURTS. Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition from Bridport, praying for an extension of the jurisdiction el the county courts. PALACE COURT. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from John Brown, a market gardener, now a prisoner in Whitecross street prison, for a centempt of the Palace Court regulations, complaining that that court, by a legal fiction, has a power to imprison for debts under 201., which no other court possesses, and that he has been imprisoned for the non-payment of a debt of 61. 63., which it is not in his power to pay. DUTY ON PAPER. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a bodyof work ing men, complaining of the injurious operation of the taxes :on paper and the newspaper stamp duties in checking the diffusion of knowledge._ ___ AFFAIRS OF DOME. Mr. ANSTEY said, in the documents which had been laid before the House with respect to the affairs of Rome, a letter from her Majesty to the Pope, expressing her sympathy with him, had been omitted, and he wished to know whether the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) had any objection to lay it before the House? Lord PALMERST ON said the letter of her Majesty was in theusual terms, and expressed her regret that the events alluded to had occurred, and that it would be a matter of great satisfaction to her to learn that the differences between the Pope and his subjects were amicably settled. That letter was not included among the printed docu ments, but the Government had inserted all the papers which they thought necessary to lay before the House. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know whether her Majesty's Government were responsible for the letter. Lord PALMERSTON was understood to answer in the affirmative. RIO DE LA PLATA. In reply to Mr. SMYTHE, Lord PALMERSTON said he thought; it not advis able to make any statement with respect to Rio de la Plata, in the present state of the negotiations. He, however, might state that communications were passing between the Argentine Government and the Governments of England and France, and he was induced to hope that the negotiations would end in a satisfactory manner. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. Mr. HORSMAN said, as he did not wish to stand in the way of the financial statement, be would with draw his motion with respect to the present state of legislation on ecclesiastical affairs.—(Hear.) The question of which he had given notice had reference to an Order in Council, and emanated from the circum stance which arose from a petition, signed by upwards of 50,000 of the inhabitants of Sunderland. The Noble Lord had favoured him with a communication stating that the matter would be disposed of under the orders of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and by the authority of an Order in Council. Now, an order in council was a secret thing, and the particular question which he had to ask was, whether the Noble Lord would, in the event of the decision being cgainst them, allow the petitioners time to appeal to Parliament. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Gentleman was perfectly correct in the surmise which be had thrown out, that the matter had bee❑ referred to the Ecclesias tical Commissioners, and though it was impossible for him to say that the decision of those Commissioners might be or that it might not be very different from the scheme which had been propounded by the petitioners, yet this much he would assure him, that the matter should not be settled without an oppor tunity being afforded to them of being heard before the Queen in Council. SCOTCH MARRIAGES BILL. In reply to a complaint from Mr. HUME, saying that this Bill was passed against the will of the whole people of Scotland, at three o'clock in the morning, Sir G. GREY stated that the Bill passed through Committee with the consent of all the Scotch Members, and with the understanding that a full opportunity for discussion should be allowed on the third reading. HEALTH OF TOWNS (IRELAND) BILL. In reply to Sir H. W. BARRON, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that the provisions to which the Hon. Baronet had referred would be carefully made in the Bill. IRELAND (REGISTRATION). Sir H. W. BASLRON inquired if it was the intention 01 bill , — cie - a - t ElctlnCi n1;114418 in Ireland. Sir WM. SOMERVILLE was understood to say that the Government had no such intention. TRANSPORTATION FOR FELONY BILL. Mr. ANSTEY inquired when the Bill was appointed for the next stage, as he intended to oppose it. Sir GEORGE GREY was understood to say that he would mention when he intended to take it later in the evening. ROME. Mr. ROEBUCK rose to ask the Noble Lord the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question respecting our diplomatic correspondence with France on the sub ject of Rome, in order to ascertain whether any disap probation has been expressed by her Majesty's Govern. ment of the proposed bombardment of Rome by the French. He said the position of this country was such, that from time to time their interference was asked by other countries. Knowing our power—the high posi tion which we occupied in the world— theywere often called upon to be arbitrators between contending Powers, an cvi• dente of which was to be found in the papers he held in his hand. But the app:ication to which they related was a most remarkable one. Unfortunately for Europe and this country, a rupture occurred between the Pope and his subjects. With these disputes they had nothing to do, except so far as other nations had chosen to interfere. Early in the present year the Pope thought it wise to leave his dominions, and take up his residence at Gaeta. He applied to foreign na tions for their interference, and amongst them 'was England. The mode in which this was done was most remarkable. A letter from the Minister of the King of the Two Sici lies was sent to the Noble Lord, asking him to take a part in the negotiations that were about to take plc.ce for the restoration of the Pope. Two modes were mentioned—by negotiation, or by force of arms. While these negotiations were going on France interfered, and not only interfered by way of negotiation, but by arms. Now, considering the position in which England now stood, con sidering that her atmosphere was serene, and that she was now in the proudest position that any nation could be placed, her opinion going forth to the world through the regular channel, the Minister of the Crown, must have the greatest weight. What, therefore, he desired to obtain from the Noble Lord was his unqualified, marked, and plain disapprobation of the interference on the part of France with the Roman people.—(Hear, hear.) For himself he could not but express his astonishment, and that astonishment included his disapprobation, of the course that had been pursued by France. What had the French done? They bad girted Rome with their armies, in order to prevent the Roman people from carrying out such a revolution as France had effected for herself. He said he wanted England not to participate even by its silence in this matter, but that the Noble Lord should come forth boldly, and plainly state that England did not at all approve of this interference with Rome, and that when Rome had appealed to her, to state that England had nothing on earth to do with the matter. That was not the language for England to hold. He asked this plain question of the Noble Lord, whether he had al ready by any of the papers in his hand explained defi nitively to the Government of France that the transac tions now going on before the walls of Rome were not only by the whole people of England, but in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, worthy of se vere reprobation 7 (Hear, hear.) Rome was at this moment being bombarded by French troops, and they could not throw a shell into that city without destroying some beautiful relic of art—(Hear, hear)—and even on that ground he would ask that England should come forward and employ its high authority and its moral influence, of which the Noble Lord spoke, not simply for the sake of peace, but filiorrutthhoee sake maintenanceofthose veryof a principles r t i h n a c t i p w l e a s precious in art, and ou trage.—(Cheers.) dFpraALncerslittsuelsc d o e N pen s d ad d, th an e d ll s o t u a s y e t w hi o s u a ld tr s o e c e io th us e s on which the revolu caalredinisor to of the country.—e(Hear, hear.) Lord of a Minister of f w t a h s e del They delicacy cwy were r o e t judgment on the conduct of a Government l iiTe n r a c n e ce sot the business, he apprehended, standing in this House, to becom e t h e defender olf.o:vhne , proceedings of the French Government o n a matter on which the British Government had declined altogether to be a party.—(Hear, hear.) Ho could certainly say that we had not been parties to such circumstances as those complained of by the Honourable and Learned Member. It would be seen by the papers that we had always deprecated anything like armed intervention. We had dec lin e d to participate in the negotiations which had been carried on in Milan, and therefore he could not be expected to be acquainted with the whole of the circumstances which had led to the pre sent state of affairs. Mr. HUME thought the House would be glad to see that this country had not been a party to the interven tion at Rome. He wished to know if the Noble Lord had any objection to produce the papers which he had lately asked for. Lord PALMERSTON said that the papers had come to him in the form of a dispatch to a French Ambassador, but the French Government not having expressed any objection to it being laid before the House, he would not decline to do so. Mr. HUME, amidst loud cries from all sides, rose to ask whether this Government, having acknowledged the Government of France as a de facto Government, had also acknowledged the Roman Government. Lord PALMERSTON said that this country had not acknowledged the French govelument until it bad obtained a firm and settled standing; nor would they do_that of Bole until it had acquired the non, THE BUDGET, The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply; Mr. BERNAL in the Chair, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to make his financial statement to the house He sail, although the statement which he was about to submit to the House was not as favourable as he could have wished, or as favourable as he should have been justified in making at an earlier period of the session; he believed and hoped, considering the circum stances and times in which they had been placed, that it would not be altogether unsatisfactory to the House and the country. They would ill appreciate the value of a statement of the financial resources of the Government, if they did not take into consideration the circumstances not only of this country, but of those other countries with which we had commercial relations.—(Hesr, hear.) They must remember that, a year and a halt ago, severe commercial distress prevailed in this coun try; that there had been a famine in Ireland, and that the state of continental Europe was such that the greatest interruption had taken place in our com mercial intercourse with it. He would ap peal to those who were best acquainted with our manufacturing towns as to the truth of this ( Hear, hear.) And when he stated that our trade with Germany was supposed to be equal to two days' working of our cotton mills in a week, he thought the interruption which our tradehad felt would be sufficient to account for a diminution of those sanguine expectatio ns w hi c h were They were deeply i nterest ,d i n tranquillity ear neighbou r i ng countr i es, t e h n e ter p t e a a io c e e d. a — na (H t e r a a r n . q ) and he would appeal to that circumstance as confirming the propriety of the course he had adopted at an early part of the session, in refusing to comply with the request which had bzen made to ma k e his financial statement earlier. Large works had been undertaken by the Government. With regard to those works, the Government had been advised to borrow money to complete them, but they had decided that it would be more equitable to meet this outlay by a temporary increase of taxation. In that view the House had coincided, and the plan had accord ingly been adopted, and the borrowing of money had been avcided.—(Bear. hear.) That plan had been adopted because it was thought to be the best for the interest of the country. The burden it was true might be extended over some years, but he believed that when three years had elapsed the country would have obtained all the benefit, and the expenses would have entirely ceased. He might have made this state ment at an earlier period of the session, but it could not have been so eff2etirely made as at the present time, and the House would now be able to judge as to how those expectations had been realized. The House would remember that he had anticipated that when the falling off of business, the general agricultural diffi culty, and the distress in Ireland had been coe sidered, that there would yet be a surplus of 290,0001 He had then said that it would be difficult to form an estimate of the probable expenses, or to make any statement upon really solid grounds, but he had, if the House rememb ere d, est i mated the whole of the na tional income at 51,550,0001, and in this return he had counted upon the returns of the temporary tax. Allow ing then the 6 40,000/. which he anticipated in excess, and deducting the expenses which it was then known must arise, there would still be a surplus of 640,0001., of which 420,0001. might be considered as clear gain. Taking the ordinary expenditure of the year the actual deficiency was only 50,0001. The House would recol lect that he had anticipated thst the income of the year would be 52,130,0001., but it had only produced 52,067,7311., being 62,000/. less than he had anticipated. The actual expenditure had been 53,287,1101. But in that expen diture there were included two sums cf con siderable importance and amount, which he had not anticipated would be required namely, the grant in aid of Irish emigration, voted last year, amounting to 389,9201., and a naval ex cess of 323,8071. of the preceding year which was carried into the expenditure of the present—making together 713,727/, which being deducted from the ordinary ex penditure, showed the expenditure upon the year to have been 52 , 5 73,403/.; exceeding the estimate (as we under stood) by 120,0001. The total expenditure, including the two items he had mentioned, was therefore 53,287,1101. 'I he total receipts, including 960,0001. received from corn is the coarse of the year was 53,017,7321. The deficiency was 269,3781., but if Hon. Gentlemen would compare the receipts of the year with the expenditure, excluding those two items (he was now speaking of last year)—if they would compare the receipts of last year with the current expenditure of last year, they would find, as he had said, that the expenditure was 32,573,4031., the cur rent expenditure being less than the income by 444,3294 The surplus of income above expenditure was 444,3291, and if they added to that the expendi ture of the preceding year, deducting the expenses for Irish purposes and for emigration to Canada, there state would be a surplus of 120,0001. He now came to the prospects of the present year. The re ceipt of Customs was 121,879,0001., and of that amount 950,000/. was for corn. The receipt of Custom Duties, excluding corn, was 20,220,000/. Early in the year, as he had already stated, he was led to expect there might be no inconsicLrable increase ; that expectation had however, in some measure, not been realised, but still the receipt of Customs for the resent yea r he anticipated, snelljla;:ae t ts c ` c :;:::;; veteue&., aeirtirey had now a fixed duty on corn, at least one more easily estimated, he thought he might fairly estimate the duty in that respect.—(Hear.) Now, he found that in the course of the last year there was received upon Indian corn and meal no less than 96,0001 He took the income derived from grain at between 200,0004 and 300,000/. He proposed to take it at 250,000/, making a total income from the Customs duties of 20,450,000/. The income derived from the Excise duties last year was 13 ,932,270/. He proposed to take it at 13,710,0004 The stamp duties produced 6,565,3641. They were, he was happy to say, improving since the beginning of the y ear . He proposed to take them a t 6,750,000/ The taxes produced 3,318,9004 lie proposed now to take them at 4,300,000/. The income-tax pro duced 5,725,000/. He proposed to take it at 8,000,00 W. The Hon. Member went a little further into detail, and then stated that the whole revenue of the year was 52,252,0004 He now turned to the expenditure side. The expence of managing the public debt was 27,635,0271; the interest on Exchequer-bills, 480,0001. odd, making a separate f or the Arctic expedition, the interest on the public debt 28,243,5274 The whole charge on the Consolidated F un d was 31,750,083/. The naval expenditure was 6,260 , 7 40 1 ; for packet ser service,9ee6gi.;a total for navy, packet service, a n d of 7,021,72 4 / The expense for the 12,658 i 12,6881.—making for militia, 113,0 004 —making a total of the Ordnance d epartment there were , trier() w a s anot h er 6,142,000/. vaor Arcticmtearmy o amounted e 3 x 1 p , 8 e 7 d 2 i t / . i v 6 0 ,2 t 8 e5 7,0 0 8 f 3/. 2, 1 65 n 4,27 04 , 3,924,731/., atel of 520,1731. These were the total expenses of the year. But Hon. Gentlemen were aware ;that he had not yet finished. There was a naval excess for the years 1847 and 1848, amounting to 23,7084, an ordnance excess, up to April, 1848, of 27,984/.. in the commissariat- for there was also an excess of 642,632/, and the total expen• ses, including all the excesses of the year, would amount to 52,157,6961., deducting then the total amount of expenditure, from the amount of re ceipts, there remained a surplus ef 104,704/. Hon. Gentleman should remember that these estimates were 500,000/. or 600,000/. higher than those of preced ing years. The Government bad used every exertion to redeem the pledge they had made to keep the expenditure under the income, and if their anticipations were realised, there would be an excess on income over expenditure this year 111,000/. or 112,0001.; and be, therefore, did hope, when they recovered from tho excesses of former 3 ears, even though there might not be any inc rease o f i ncome, or any reduction of expenditure, that there would still be a consid , rallo surplus of it come over expenditure. In former years there had been surpluses which had been invariably placed to the account of the public creditor, of course surrendered for the common benefit. But the greatest saving would arise from the plans which had been adopted for improving the dockyards of her Ma jesty's navy, and which, but for the plans which had been adopted, would have 3howu uu excess in the outlay. Bitter experience had, however, enabled them to follow a more economical system.—(Hear, hear.) But he thought it right to show upon what their expectations of an increased income were founded.—(Hear, bear.) Their expenses they knew, but income arose from many uncertain sources.—(Hear, hear.) Their expenditure they were certain about, but income was at all times uncertain. The financial year, as all knew, began on the sth of April, but the three quarterly ac counts were made up on the sth of January. The greatest falling off since that period was in the Excise, and the deficiency in that department since the date which he had just given was upwards of 496,000/.; but since the sth of April, the commencement of the finan cial year, the deficit was only 400,000/. Then, again, in compliance with the wishes of the hopgrowers, he had postponed until tne autumn the payment of the hop duties. The half amount of those duties was 180,0001. Then again the payment of the malt duties had been postponed six weeks later than it was last year. In the last year there had been anincreaso of nearly 200,000/., and taking the effect of the law for re gulating the excise upon spirits in Ireland and Scot land, which affected the revenue to:Abe extent of 400,0001 From the beginning of January in the present year, it was gratifying to fi n d th a t there- had been an in in the reve nue fr om Stamps of 40,000 /. a gratifying proof of the revival of trade.— (Hear, hear.) In the Excise (as we understood, for it was most difficult to catch the import of many of the Right Honourable Baronet's statements) there appeared a falling off of 58,000/.; but in reality it was only 5,7001 ., and i n the income-tax there had been a gradual i ncrease, during the same period, the increase of 9,700/. With regard to I re l and he was sorry that he co u ld no t t e ll the same good story, lle would now go a littl e f ur th er b ac k , and glance at the incomes of former years. If they went six or eight years back, an d g l ance at t h e circumstances of each of these years th e y wou ld agree with him that his antiei p yearat ions ending wereb April]ased u th p: rt sth th , e lB b 4 e , s , t th g e ro o u r n d d in s a . ry F i e n r co t m li e e 46,500,000/ ; i n 1814-5, the amount realized bringi ug 4'Ban at ,110 Ot attained d 11. was 1 8,000,000/. ; i n 1843 i t was 45,500,00 a; in 1814, c 4 o B, o o s O i tO ra o b of e , reductions were made at that period, and in 1846 the income fell a little under 46.600,0001 ; but in 1847, notwithstanding great reduct ous had been F a d e in taxation, it rose to upwards of 48,000,0001. •Than was a peculiar year, and its revenue was swayed by various real and fictitious circumstances. He thought he was right in assuming that the ordinary income of the present year would amount to 46,000,000/.; that it would be kept up notwithstanding the recent reductions in taxa tion. The reduction of the income of the country in the year ending 1847 was 344,8824 and the estimated reduotiou of the p rese nt y ear wou ld • ' JUNE 22, 11149 hi shout 385,865/.. ftoz..r. and yet, notAi.th.taiclo., ; ,; f - 9 inc,.:me tor the present year would Lot WI Sotrrt ut 46,000,000/—(llear. hear.) Ile would further, that it was his belief that the state of the country was such that he felt warranted in making that antici pation. In ordinary circumstances he should have felt it to be his (hay to go into the state of the country, hut as the Honourable Gentleman the Metribtr for Buckingham lied given notice of his intention to bring the subj - ct forward he would not ~ .fo into it now, becau,e if 'be did it would rpoil the discussion that woud take place on the Hon. Member's motion. He thought i , . batter that should be taken as a whole.—(Hear, hear.) He would only say there was a decided improvement in the manufacturing districts, and the amount of bullion in the Bank of England had considerably in creased, and he thought (LEFT SPEAKING.) SUABLIRY OF THE BUDGET. The House having resolved itself into Committee of Ways and Means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to bring forward the Budget. 114 said, that although the statement he was about to submit was not as favourable as he should • hive been justified in making at an earlier period, yet he hoped that it would not be found altogether unsatisfactory. It should be remembered that last year had been a year of g ••eat commercial distress in England, of famine in Ireland, and of war and disturbance in Europe. The war between Denmark and Germany had created a large diminution in our manufacturing exports. The export to Germany equalled two days' work per week in our munufactuiing districts. This proved how great was our interest in the preservation of peace in Europe. Early in last session the Government had felt it incumbent on them to recommend increased taxation ; to this the House did not agree, and therefore the Government re duced the expenditure while it was in their power to reduce, and proposed a loan to meet that expenditure, which could not ; be reduced. Lie had at that time stated that if the measure pro posed had been granted he had every reason for anticipating that there would have been a surplus of revenue over expenditure. In that estimate he had ex eluded corn, and he had estimated the ordinary revenue at 52,550,0001. That estimate had fallen short by 50,000/. of the actual revenue. The actual expenditure amounted to 53 287,1101., but which included an item of 389,9901. fur Irish distress, and a naval excess of the preceding year, making altogether 713,7071., which be had not included in his calculations, The total revenue, including that from corn, was 53,170,732/, so that there was an excess of revenue ever expenditure during the last year of 269,3791. But if they deducted the sum voted for Irish distress, and for naval excess, they,would find that the actual expenditure of the year was 52,573,4051., showing an excess of actual revenue of the year over the ac tual expenditure of the year of 444,329/, so that there still remained, making this deduction, a surplus of iccomo over expenditure of 120,0001. The receipt of Customs was 21,170,3531., and excluding corn, 20,220,0001.; and he proposed to estimate the receipt of Customs for this year 20,200,0001.; and hating now a fixed duty of is. on every quarter of corn, he estimated the revenue from that source at 250.000/., making the total estimated sun 20,450,000/, He proposed to take the Excise at 13,710,0004; the Stamps at 6,700,000/ ; and taxes at 4,300,000/., and the income-tax at 5,275,000/, the Post-office at 800,0001.; and the Crown lands, which last year produced 100,0001., at 180,000/. ; and the mis cellaneous at 222,000/.; old store at 285,000/, the sum it produced last year; and surplus fees at 90,0001.; making for the whole year 52,252,000/. Then as regards expenditure— the interest on the public debt was 28,243,5211., and the total charge for Irish dis tress and other charges was 2,831,561/ making a total charge on the Consolidated Fund under this head of 31,750.082/. Then there were the Naval, Army, Miscellaneous, and Ordnance estimates which had been voted, which with the excesses of last year would make a total expenditure of 52,157,6961, being a surplus on the estimated receipt of 104,3044; deducting the expendi ture for excesses, the total expenditure would be 51,515,064/. These estimates were between 500,0001 . and 600,000/ higher than th e y wou ld h ave b een had not the House determined for the first time to include the total expenditure of the year with the estimates of the year. He trusted that when they recovered from the excesses of former years, that even if no increase of revenue or diminution of expenditure were to take place, they would for the;future have a surplus. Then, with regard to the navy, the most expensive thing they could do for the navy, as regarded the year i s . v4s to un as ;;' h ,7 the i force,at- be tter be discussed he thought when the question was imme diately under the attention of the House, but this would account for an apparent increase of expenditure under that head. There had been an increase since the com mencement of the year in stamps, taxes, and income-tax, which ho considered to be a proof of the increasing prosperity of the country. In comparing the present state of the national income with that of years back they would have a subject for congratulation. In 1843 it was forty-five million and a half, and 1844-45 it was 48,110,0004, exclusive of income-tax ; in 1846 it was 46,000,0004, in 1847 it was 48,000,000/.; that he took as a fair ordinary year ; and this year he took it at 46,000,0001 He believed that the state of the country was such as to warrant his estimating the state of the revenue at that amount, and he should have gone on to the subject of the state of the country had it not been for the fear of spoiling the speech which he knew the Hun. Member for Buckingham had proposed on this subject.—(A laugh.) There was an increase of property in the manufacturing districts. The amount of bullion in the Bank of England had increased, and he thought, therefore, he was justified in declaring that he thought the country was in a prosperous state. He hoped to be Doll further enabled to diminish the public expenditure although the did nut propose to go back to the expenditure of 1835. He would only go back to 1845, when the Right Hon. Baronet, in proposing the removal of the income-tax, declared it was necessary to increase the expenditure to which the !louse agreed, and he believed that the vote for increasing our Laval estimates, prepared at that time, was most popular with the House and the country, and those gentlemen who now joined financial associations—among them the Hon. and Gallant Member for Middlesex—complained of the ne glected state of our national defences. Those works having been commenced, it would be now most impolitic and most wasteful to abandon them. He thought they were perfectlp justified last year in refusing to reduce the forces of the army and the navy. They had heard a talk of a mock insurrection in Ireland. Certainly nothing was more difficelt to prove than the existence of an insur rection, which had been prevented from breaking out by the presence of a large force, although nothing would have caused a greater expenditure both of blood and of money, than to have, by diminishing the force encouraged an insurrection to break out. There ,had been a reduction this year in all the estimates, and the Government at all times exercised a watchful conduct over the expenditure of the country. In the civil service estimates there was a decrease in every class, except those for the administration of justice. The whole reduction in the estimates of this year was 1,511,4551., which added to the reduction of last year, showed a total re , duction in the estimates during the two years o 2.340,1351., which he hoped would meet the approva of his Hon. Friend behind him. Mr. HUME objected not to the reduction, but to the income. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, thought they should have credit for the reduction. They had by consolidating the Bonds of Excise, Stamps, and Taxes—by that manner they had reduced the number of persons employed by upwards of two thousand and the expenditure by a sum of 247,0001. All persons above sixty were superannuated, and 188 had been re-appointed in the public service; and as the whole patronage of the Government would be given up, be thought that in fifteen months all those per sons would be re-appointed in the public service. a similar inquiry was going on with regard to the Customs, and he hoped that reductions to a great extent would be made in that department. He had not reduced the salaries of the officers, because he thought they were not overpaid, but he had reduced the number and increased the work of those retained, because he believed the public work would he better done by a small staff of well paid officers thereby a large staff of under paid persons.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that next year that when a surplus of income suffi• cient to place them in a wore comfortable. position in that, respect than they occupied at present Ho did nut think that the present circumstances would jusify them in going on with so small a sur plus, at the same time he did not feel called upon to prcpose any increase of taxation. He must protest • .. - . . against my attempt to get rid of any small surplus they might have in reducing some small item of taxation. us such a (3 , urse of conduct would preclude them for ever dealing with taxation on a large scale. Ile would rather recommend that such surplus should he permitted to accumulate, in order that we might be in a position to t... ,t;11 iL i ; Mr. LI U Eio e arid v, as A 1; I ) (LF FT Sr)TARINC.) CRICKET,-(TillS 13-AY) KENT V. ENGLAND. This match was ret,umcd this mot fling. The following is the noire up to three o'clock: ENGLAND.—FIRST INNINGS. Total ... 6•11 •• "IR KEN T . • --FIRST INNIMaS. Total ... ENGLAND.-SECOND INNINGS. Total ... CRICKLT. UNIVERSITY OF OXFonD UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE This annual coutes• cutureetati d at " Lords" 3:.( ste. thy mornii,g, in the presence of a large giv herir,g of specta tors. L will be r. marked, when the reader loots at, the score, that there were some long hands made. Our limits will not allow us to enter into any details of the play. When " time" was called the score stood as follows: OXFORD. Mr. 0. Haribury—b Blore Mr. J. Aitken—c King, b flora Mr. C. Coleridge —c King, b King Mr. J. C. Pattison—b Potter Mr. C. Riditing—not out ... Mr. J. Chitty-1 bw b King Mr. W. Ridding—c and b Potter Mr. A. Ridding —run out ... Mr. A. Wilson—b Blore Mr. C. Willie—b Blur© ... Mr. M. Jones—b Blore Bye; 18; wide, 13 ... CAMBRIDGE. Mr. C. Blayds—b Jones ... Mr. W. Barnett—c Willis, b Jones Mr. S. Deacon—b Willis ... Mr. R. T. King —c C. Ridding, b Willis Mr. T. Jonyns—b Banbury Mr. J. Walker —not out ... Byes, 7; wide, 5; no ball. 1 ... 116 The game will be resumed at ten o'clock this morning. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS FOR THE CITY OF LON DON, &C.—The following notice has been issuA by toe overseers of the different parishes in the city of London and Westminster, the metropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets, Finsbury, Marylebone, Lamheih, Stuthwatk, Greenwich, and the con ties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Essex, &c., respecting the registration of voters in the re turn of Membi rs to Parlisment:—" We hereby give notice that no person will be entitled to have his name inserted in any list of voters for this city or borough now about to be made, in respect of the occupation 01 premises of the clear annual value of 101, whether situate wholly or in part within the parish of —, unless he shall pay on or before the 20th day of July next all the poor-rates and assessed taxes (schedule B, No. 2) .which have became payable from him in respect of such premises during the twelsi: calendar months next before the sth day of January last past, and will tre incapable of being upon the next register of votera for this city er borough." (Sgneri by tle overseers.) "Notice is hereby given that all persons entitled to vote in the election of knight or knights of tire siire for the county of &c., in respect of any property situate wholly or is part within the parish of —, who are n:,t upon the IN gists r of voters now in force, and who are desirous of hasiog their names inserted in the register of voters about to be made of the said c,unty of —, are also requestial to send in their names on or before the 20th day or July with their name and surname in fell, t'reir place of abode, and the par ticulars of their qualification, which must be legibly written according to the form set forth. Any person who is upon the present register may also make his claim if he thinks fir but it is not necessary he should do so if he has the same qualification and place of abode now described in the register." Mr. Macready will commence an engagement at the Theatre Royal, in this town, on Monday weLk.-- Liverpcol Courier. POST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Foxford, county of Mayo, Ireland, having been constituted a post town, the post (Abe there will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders on and after the 6th July next. PETERHEAD, JUNE 20.—The Flamingo, of Aberdeen, arrived off this place today, left the ice on the 3d inst., and reports having seen the Traveller, of Peterhead, 6th ult., very much stove and with 1,800 seals, and on tha same day the Sarah and Elizabeth, of Hull, going N., with 300 seals. On the 12th saw the Enterprise, of Peterhead, and on the 18th the Eclipse, of Peterhead, both going N., but did not communicate with them. On the 3d inst. spoke a vessel belong:ng to Gluckstadt, and was shown a piece of a foremast, cut by the deck, which is thought to have belonged to the Mary, of Aberdeen, supposed to be lost. Off Port—Flamingo, of Aberdeen, Greenland, with 1,400 seals-20 tons. I.AX 1 , 11 It A. h . rARLIAMENT , HOUSE cr ct ,v 1 .110 , 1 V S. June 21. EQUALIZATION OF POOL -RATES. Mr. PACKE and Lord NUGENT presented several pe tions in Isvour of the equalization of poor rates. Lord NUGENT then rose, pursuant to notice, to move for a Committee to inquire into the practicability or better providing for the maintenance of the indigent poor of Eng,lind and Wales, by an equal and general Apportion ment of the burthen of the same. He was perfectly aware that this was not a most invitteg subject for the consideration of the House ; at the same time. as it was a question of the utmost importance, he ask , d the indulgence of the ]louse while he stated the prin cipal points connected Kith the subject. Ile felt flint he should have no right to ask I,:r any favourable consideration of his motion if he contented Isimsel with laying before the House the inequality o the mode of rating, and the grievous hardship upon the rate-payers. He would have no right to ask for an inquiry upon the euhject, did he not think he could lay bete), e the House the means b) which those hardshiss might btu avoided.—(fleer.) He need nut dwell upon the grievances which resin- trom the present mode of rating, because he bslievet InA should be justified in darling with those es ecknow lodged evils. There could be no doubt that the presen system of rating was [nest unjust and at:ow:titers, it. in,- qualities were universally admitted. Ile could not g , the 1, ne:11 of saying that they were increased by Lb. amended LLVV of 1834, but. th, re was no doubt of tine, ml. a. it had bad the EM:ct, 01 ['lacing the guardians in tintw,. nism to the: rate-payt rs and both to the poor. The pre. sent system of rating was most uni quel; iL was m..st in• furious, it not absolute spoliati In to many of the rate ply yrs ; and, above all, it was most injurious to the ob jects of parochialrelies;—(Heir.)ln many instance, the rate had bi en twen,y- five shillings in the pound. or, more properly speaki g, five shillings abovt the pound. From a return it appeared that the anima! charge up to Lady day,1847, fur the its-door maintenance of the poor in all the unions was 769 690/.; and to Lad) - day 1848, 95.5,700/.; tin -1 the establishments and salaries for 1847, were 76'2,4204 anti for 1848, 970,985/. Thi' shoeed that the sleet of keeping up the eA.blishments and paying salaries amounted to 15,000/. more that. was required for the maintenance of all the poor. The tote! poor -rates expended in England and Ovules; during the year ending 25th March, 1848, was 3,£47,4851. Ot this sum there was expended in law charges, expentts of proceedings before magistrates, payments under the Parochial Assessments Act, and " for other pur poses," no less than 1,856,720/. There was thus nearly 2,000,0001. expended annually in the mere machinery of the poor-laws, and of that sum there was an item o' 214,7111. for " other expenses." Ile thought that even official gentlemen would think that that was an enormou: sum to be put down und.r such a head. It wouli be found, both in town and country, that the poorer parishes were rated enormously higher, and the riche' parishes enormously lower, than they ought to be. The representative system in the beard of guardians had been likened to the system of representation which pre vailed in that House. No two things, however, could be more different or opposed in their nature; because whilst in Parliament all c l asses were represente, in boards of guardians one only was represented, being the contribu tors to the poor. rate. He would now point out the ine qualities of the pour-rate in different localities, then the principal difficulties to be overcome in equalising it; end thereby he would suggest a means, as it appeared to him, whereby the equalisation might be safely made. With regard to the inequality of the rate, he might state generally, that it ranged indefinitely from one farthing to fourteen shillings. From a paper presented to Parlia ment on the 21st of Marcia,lB4B,itappeared that the total sum expended during that year, ending on the 12th of March, 1848, was, under the poor-law, 8,047,4851., of which only 6,108,7651 was spent in relieving the poor; the balance of 1,938,7201. being expended in th e f o ll ow . ing manner : — v i z ., 70 , 380/ , in law charges, 58,000/. in proceedings before magistrates; 14,158/. for parochial assessments, surveys, and valuation; 11,539/. for ex penses of parish property; and an extraordinary item of 214,711/. for " other purposes." There was a large item, also, for " petty cash." Expenses under the lie. gistration Act, 56,9821.; county, borough, and police rates, 1,391,3761 These charges amounting together nearly to the sum of 2,000,0001., were expended entirely in moving the cumbrous machinery of the poor.law. The system of rating the several parishes in the country was so unequal and unjust, that it demanded the serious at tention of the House. Under this system the poems! parishes were rated enormously higher, and the richer enormously lower, than in the medium. Notice, metro politan parishes, the richer ones at the west (nu P"° very little, while the poorer suburban ones vvereop pressed unbearably. Notice Eait London Unb , n, the parishes were rated at 9 s. ad. and 3s. 4d. ,__ -.James's, • m int that 'was the rate in Bethnal- g r een ; w h erea s in S Westminster, it was Is. lid-. and in St' Geor g e's, in 1847, 91 Now it was ordy 7id., which vi,s rim one fifth of the rate paid in Bermonds y. In proportion lo the vale of the property in a par i,b, it at, gh L have bet a supposed that the rts'e would have been er2iluab d . T• 10 reverse of this was the case, as wz,s siiilieLm:ly 1 ai ; " fested in the casts of the par ishes o f the Exe..11:., / ,,, 1--. of one in Lt.actenhall-street. There v .,,,,. e 3 - ,, -, :" alio rishes, rated at from 6d. to Is. ; 838 '" 27 Pa . Is to 4s. ; and 383 at from 45. to 14,, at from parochial clis• - ricts •17•,585 inhabit, dbr 1" """. at nil, and all this was owhig t o tte hu ' es II ere rated imilittte antagonism with g l i a t7erous kcni most unnatural at d peri , teb,o s j av , ; ° PPrtvioii of that was in absol ' "'" " "I- ''''. tlemen g t. m.d T , l ; i n a d t pl./judicially to the country., b every I, and .pt-tua (1 most circulation of labrur, Which, 3- interfering with the most essential to promote. IV;:41-.13"e all the s. it it was ,i6i9n, he would leave ~z i. ~. regard to weal aiper- La t entirely to the discretion of , nf- rr• 1,4. 4 1, -.44, !, 14 : r. 44,4,04, 11 Vl,7;::i, flu tit SlO England at,U. tv aa 59:2 under the roor-lAw Atnerda.en( Act, and adding wine which Lad been created tioder a , nbstquest Act, the number of unions he wo:Oci talie to be 616. To every eight of th,f,e lie w: , uld appoint a superiniendo,t, with a ;na r y ,1 6001. per arnuca, of nh cii it shoed be under stooei Itia was to go for travellis,g expenses. To each s 7:; et in met n. lie woidd Awe two chelis, at a sehary of loOt, and he was coefidelit that the null( of the• poem law ceti'd be setisfacte rely di , ctuged by this st,ff, at, d that, too. upon more j 4 1A14.114.1 prirciples. A saving of 30,560/. for supervision would arise at once from this ariangement. The ehmition of the law of settlement and the heavy law expenses, which it pas the means of entailing on parishes, would render this system riot only eesy of applicatioe, but h:g-itly eatisface,ry in its reaults, lacause free eh cuLtien weal! then he given to labour, hinds hitherto uncohivati d would at oeco be brought into cultivation, end aha poor of the country, from being a bureitrn to it, w,uld eventually become a real benefit to it, by being prnfuelively empleyed. lle himself called upon to speak to the great sufferings arid peat erongs iriiitcted oil the poor. The poor man out of work goes to the officer and a-ks for relief, and the first question put to bier " Have you applied for ?" But there was a great fahicy in that. The man who, p, rhsps, 11,d a wife rind family in a state of want, was subjected to the greeteet hardship before re lief was give!, to him, under the operation of this sys tem. lie applies, for instance, for relief, and is informed that he must appear ((gain adore the bond, before any relief can he given to him. The hoard adjourns and meets again ju a fortnight, meanwhile the peer man, requiring relief and unable to cumin sui.p:irt, goes at:d lr,aks a window, is taken into custody by the police, committed by the magistrate for the offence, and after a certain time in confinement, comes out better fed and in better condition. He bad no hesitation in saying that a system fraught with so much evil was most vicious, and be therefore implored the House to grant a Committee. The pressure of the system was most unjust, and he begged the House, if the Government were riot disposed to do any thing to cure so great an evil, to take the matter into its own hands, and to give, at least, an an swer to the destitute poor, that it desired to see estab lished a system more equal, more just,and more humane. The Noble Lord concluded by reading his motion. Alr. Alderman SIDNEY said, in rising to second the motion, he did so on grounds of justice, humanity, and sound policy. He was enabled to show, from the Par hanientery returns published last year, that there had been, in 28 of the metropolitan parishes, an average in crease of 36 per cant. in the year 1848, over the eight preceding years; and he feund by the same returns that the average increase of the rates of 28 manufacturing towns in E.:gland, in the last year. was 84 per cent. over the average of the eight preceding years. So, in like manner, in the agricultural counties, twelve of which paid 2s. 2d. and 3s. in the pound. He might give another in-tance of the unequal operation of it it in the parishes of St. Bride, and George, Hanover.square. Li St. Bride the assessment was 3s. in the pound, and in the wealthy pariah of St. George, Hanover square, it was only 7id. in the pound. Then several of their rich establishments escaped the payment of poor rates, from the circumstance of their being what was termed " extra p,:ruchial," while the poor and the industrious in the vicinity were not so fortu- Date. The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange , were cases of this sort, and came off ‘• scot free. The country- was not satisfied why the people should in one parish le subject to en assessment of 3s. or 4s. in the r.und, and find their neighbours were Doi assessed at all. He regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) was toe in the H use, as the case to which he was now about to direct attention, concerned him. While the bereugh or Tumwor th, for instance, was frilly assessed, its dateable value 1:1111g £OOl. a year, another part of the Bight lion. Baronet's preTerty, on which he built a fine nouse, and which was turned to agricultural purposes, was only assessed at 18s. 9d. Now, if justice was done, Sir Uremia Peel, ire.tt-ad of relying lBs. 9e. in the year, w o uld have to pay 2001. How it was tout a tax, which was a national tax, could be assessed on such unequal terms appvered to him and to the country roost strange. sphere in which he (Mr. Alderman S!ciney) moved gave bite much opportunity of being in , ortm-d as to the unequal operation of teis tax. The shopkeepers and operative classes, in large t:iwns, felt the unequal and severe pressure of the tale?, and cemplaieed bitterly of it, the burden falling with p culier hardship on them. So, in like manner, in the agricultural districts; in some parishes, where there were wealthy proprietors and fen poor, those proprietors scarcely paid any rates. lie had that day heard a case wherein a poor woman who had a husband and four sons engaged in the glass menu' lecture?, but who, owing to the importations of foreign : : lass, were thrown out of work, and she was, in copse cla, nce, unable to pay her rates, three. quarters of which she was in arrear of, and would gladly pay under other_ circumstances. I n addi t i on t o t h e cases w hi c h he had (greeted attention to, there were six poor parishes in the t City, which were asse sse d, some at 2 s. sd. an d some a 3s, 4d. in the pound. H e thou2,ht, looking at all those circumstances, that he had made out a case for investee gation. The Hon. Member then directed the attention_ of the Hous e to the circumstance of a great number of manufacturers engaged in the camlet trade in Norwich, being thrown out or employment by that trade having tattoo ~cr; vua while ..on was the condition of the du.trious operative, the poor rate in Norwich was 5s and 6s. Bd. in the pound. In Leeds the poor -rates were si milar in their oppressive amount. Ile would not detain the House longer than to Say that the question was not confined to trading, manufacturing, or agricultural interests; and that the poor ought to be considered in relation to it with feelings of humanity. He considered it was the duty of the legislature to see that so great a 'earthen] should not fall unequally, and with those feel ings he begged leave to second the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. BAINES hoped his Honourable Friend who had ust sat dawn would tot suppose loin to be guilty of any disrespct towards him, i he declined to follow him in a tong reply to all that he had stated. The questions of the law of settlement and removal would of themselves raLie discus ion. Neither did he propose to follow the Noble Lord into the wh o l e question of the opera d or Lion of th e p oor -l aw enact, ent, the misconduct of the 000 r-law officers. Those were questions which of them ., Ives formed in each case a very important subject. file proposal mace by the Noble Lord on that occa --ton was not that of which he had previously given notice. The former notice of motion was, that the charge for the poor shuttle' be placed on the revenue of the country. Sulnequently the motion of the Noble Lord was to charge the support of the poor upon pe income of the country, tad on the 7th June ;tat .motion vr•.B again changed, and it was iinly on Monday last that the :notion of the Noble Lord to o l i , ssurned the shape it now presented. But uu- Joel:y.4 &y the objee t of the Noble Lord was to place the permanent charge of the poor on the revenue of the country.—(ll, ar, hoar.) Now, it the House were to go into a Comnsittce of liigniry on this subject, it would tst a doubt as respected he peseta mode by which the p, - ;cr of the country coolil be supported, being the best .mat could be devis , d for 'Fet purpose, anti as he could not a,sent to any such doctrine, and as he believed the country was opals, dto any alteration or the existing system by which the poor of the country were maim si ,cel l ho must meet the present proposition wits a di roct ro gative. The Noble Lord must recollect that two y, erg ago a Committee sat to inquire into the very_ q matters which he now proposed soeuld be investig ated —that they had r e p or t e d , en d t h at t h e w h o le told been en nvassc d i n t h e f u ll ost an d mo st complete -6 egstincr. 'lbis being so, wh ere , h e as k e d, was the I If ne cessit.y of a similar i nqu i ry b e i ng i nst ituted now? the Nobl e L or d h a d coma forward w i t h a specific pro position, f oun d e d on t h e f acts elicited on the occas ion to whi c h h e a ll u d e d , the matter would bo different —they would then know what they had to deal with, and they could decide respi cting it upon its merits. Ile looked upon he proposition of the Noble Lord, to place the charge of supporting the poor upon the general revenue of the community, as being dangerous in the highest degree to that into rests of the country, and as tending to preju dice both ratepayers and paupers. When the Noble Lord proposed, as one of his means to carry out his object, to get rd of all local self-government, he fur nished one very strong and conclusive argument against his own proposition. Nothing had a more salutary effect upon the national character than this habit of the people to interest themselves in matters connected with the concerns of the several districts in which they re sided. If the propee,al of the Noble Lord were to sue' coed, one of two things must arise ; either that the funds of the country, intended for the support of the poor. should be administered by local boards, or by the Go vernment itself. What would be the consequence of these funds being administered by local boards ? If the boards were honest, they would not dispense these funds with a due regard to their nature. The pressure of producing the money for the maintenance of the poor not being di rectly upon them, they would dispose of it in a manner regardless of results, and there would be no means ofpre venting an undue expenditure of the public money. But in the event of these local boards being composed of dis honest persons, it would be very easy for them to practice the most monstrous system of jobbi ng possible. Then w h a t w as the alternative of thi s ? Why, that you were to get rid of self-government, a n d place the whole of the maintenance of the poor in the hands of the Government. Now, he thought there were objections of a very cogent character against this sir` Look then, at the motion rangement. . as a whole. In the fir: t place it effected a general change in the sstem under which the poor Were maintained; and secondly,it plucked up by the roots the valuable principle of selfgo vnment. From the earliest period •tn the history of this country down to the present day the charge of main taining the poor had been I d which the poor existed. paleupon the locality in that system would Believing that any charg e of have a dangerous effect upon the country, he would gative,—(flear.) meet the motion by a direct ne- Mr. MCKINNO A N Noble Lord, deprecated the propositi on o f the Ezice the,_ and satd if it w e r e fully carri e d i t would Noble Lord, who prided himself us being de sceed ed from tLe Plantagenets, in the position of being no thing more than a humble follower of Ledru ltollin and M. l'roudhon. The present system of !supporting the poor in their respective localities, induced these who were obliged to find the means for t k • at support to keep down the rater, and t o li mit tiro number of the poor. If this chick did not exist, the result would be that this country woul d, be over, on by FAipers. Populdion wtis only kept down. by tnordity, or by vice and misery. lie regretted to be o bli ge d to tee tiitit 11'4 wore not tor the misery that ex isted in niuty parts of dd., country, the population would he so great that it would he impossible to supply the wants if those who wculti qu:re support as paupers. Ile adati,o.cl the disci-, parley between the p• or -rates in many of the metropolitan parishes as compared with those charged in the pa, id, of S. Georgi';, Ilauover square. But this could not be helped, and the only way to keep down a pauper population was to have a pres.