The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

fOUrtbVbitiOn SUY OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.)—BY EXPRESS. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sous. each. Two miles and a half: Vampyre Wanuta ... 2 ... 3 Sedarius Won by a length. Fifteen ran. WEST FLANDERS RAILWAYS. (THIS DAY.) The seventh bar-yearly general meeting of the pro proprieters of the ab :ye railways was held this, atter. noon. at the London Tavern; W. P. Richards,Ltg., in the chair. The report sta•ed, that at the general meeting held in November, the traffic receipts for the half-year, ending 31st, August, were stated to be 6,0191. ss. I ld. he total expenses of the halt-year (including those of main tenance of way) were 5,9621. 13s. 10d. At the same time the directors expressed their expectations that the expenses of the succeeding, half-year, which are now laid before the meeting, would be diminished. In this expectation they have not been deceived. The expenditure for the half-year, ending the 28th Feb. last, is reduced to 5,307/. 7s. ld. The receipts for the same period, the least productive of the two divisions of the year, amount to 5,7131. 16s. 51, being a falling off of 305/. 93. 6d. upon those of the preceding six months. The receipts, when compared with those of the corresponding half-year in 1847-8, show a diminution of 1,0961.43, 9d., which your directors believe to be the effect produced by the revolutionary movement in France, which began to ope rate in February, 1848, afflicted Belgium during the whole of last year, and is now on l y slowl y modifying its influence. Your directors have been anxious to enforce the most rigid economy ; the effects of their exertions are visible in the accounts now presented to the meet in g , and will appear still larger in the next accounts. If the whole working expenses, including proper maintenance of permament way, can be con fined to 10,0 0 0/., which will be less than 3001. per mile, the directors can hope for little more, and to this must be added a sum for the renewal of depreciated stock. The receipts since the end of February, com pared with the same time last year, show an increase during the three months, amounting to about 260 L, which it is hoped may be considered as an indication that Flanders is slowly recovering from its prostration and distress. The directors have to state that the pro- ceedings in Chancery, which were abandoned by Mr. Robert Stephenson, as executor of his late father, have been renewed by another party, the same solicitor being engaged; which course has caused some trouble and inconvenience. The directors have put in an answer to the bill filed by Mr. Palsford; and under this suit have deposited all the books and documents of this company in the Court of Chancery. The directors beg to refer the proprietors to the resolutions passed at the last meeting with reference to the forfeited sharee,.and to state that they have considered it as the safest course they could pursue to allow those shares to remain in the state which the statutes of the company ordained, as they were unwilling to incur legal responsibility hereafter, and involve the com pany in another Chancery suit. The directors have con sidered that they have best fulfilled their duty to the proprietors by simply laying before them the statement of the receipts and expenditure, with the report of the Directeur Gerant, without comment. The balance in heed is 3,6071. ; the ascertained liabilities of the com pany, as stated below, amount to about 1,840/. There are a few iterrpi, which are still matters of dispute, which are amply provided for by the balance. 'The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors upon the improved aspect of their affairs, and declared that the directors were now convinced that ultimately the undertaking would turn out to be a most profitable one. Mr. LYAL remarked that the liabilities had been cal cufated up to the present time, while receipts were only br ought down to the 28th February. Toe CHAIRMAN seid this had been done in order that the sharehalders might know the exact amount of their liabilities. A PROPRIETOR calculated that the profits would enable them to divide 2P. a share, and when he coniidered that the liabilities had been reduced from 200,000/. to 45,2001., he thought they had good cause for congratula ti,n, lie was quite sure the accounts were strictly correct. The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting that they were. The report was then adopttd, after which Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. - (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) The June General Sessions were opened this morning at the Court-house, Ilicks's Hall, Clerkenwell-green. William More was indicted for stealing a watch, f the value of 121., the propel ty of Joseph Norman Bond Kerr, from his person. The prisoner picked the pocket of the prosecutor of the watch at Stepney fair on 'Whitsun day last. The prisoner, who was defende.l by Mr. Horry, was fount The A SSISTANT • JUDGE said, if he knew of anything pr. vious against the prisoner he would certainly sen tence hiss to transportation, as he would everyone of those rn , n who frequented fairs for the purposes of robbery. They all knew one another, and he cautioned the prioner not to come here again, f.fter he should have completed the term of nine months' imprisonment, with hard la bour, to which he was now sentenced. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. 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N'aples • • .• • 433, Palermo, 116% Melsina .. 120% Lisbon.... • • .......... 53 4, ()port.) • . .. • • .... • • .. • • 5 3 [no Janeiro •• .. tluenos Ayres ........- New York, 21 days'sight Philatle!phia .......... 1/itto, 3 months .... 25 70 rzt Ars-emes • • • • • • • . 25 70 • 25 70 Frankfort on Mains.... 122 Fetersburgh, Sil.Rble,. 35 Berlin • • .. • • ...... • • • • Viet,na, effec. no— •• •• 12 51 r!este, ditto.... • • .... 12 Al .... • • ........ 491 Ca ilx ............. 50 11111.t0.. • • • • .. • • ....., Barcelona •• • • ........ PRICES OF BULLION, PEI 03 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars • . 0 4 10 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11% 5zvU1e............... MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1549. Epilennic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*209 Diseases of Uncertain Scat ... 36 Tubercular Di5ea5e5...............165 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 104 Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels 46 Di::eetses of the Lungs, and oth er Organs cf Respiration ... ••• 127 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs ... 69 cf Digestion... ••• ••• -•• ••• Diseases of the Kidnejs, &e. ..• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, A 7. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, 84c. ... ••• ... Mal:or:nations— ... ... ••• ••• Premature Birth ... ••• ... Atrophy ••• ••• ... Old Age ••• ... ••• Sudden ... ••• ••• ... ••• ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance t)auses not specified ... ... ••• .•• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 18 11 West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Distrizts 373,653 East Dis►ricts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 ... 23 ... 33 ... 10 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males • ... Females ... ... 895 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1844-8. in the Five Springs. Week. . 145 ... 156 . 185 ... 184 . 168 ... 138 . 207 ... 187 . 258 ... 230 Males Females ... 895 ... 448 ... 447 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Total ... ... 1,354 *ln this number Min iucluded 9 cases of death by Cholera, 19 by Scarlatina, end 23 by Typhus Fever. NEwrour, JUNE s.—Wind N.E.—Sid., 3d, Tribune, Malaga. 4th, Mary Barris, Boston, United States. DEAL, JUNE 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. Neptune, Milla core° River, for Exmouth; Cicero, Armstrong, Gr e . nada; Edmond Smith, La Guayra; M. Howes, Bearse, Charleston ; Mary Home, New. York. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Scourfield, Morey, Charleston ; Pri- mula, Jackson, Jamaica; Dart, Belle, 21.uleirl. Sld. Dielbourne, Port Philip. AUSTRIA. "Letters from Trieste, announce a considerable fall in the Austrian Government stock, in consequence of the reported capture of Agram, the capital of Croatia, by the Hunrarians. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 5.) &MAIL-To day there was more disposition evinced by import°rs of West India Sugar to sell, but a reduc tion of Gd per cwt being generally submitted to, occa sioned grocers and refiners to be large purchasers. The total quantity sold amounted to 1,180 hhds, in cluding 274 hhds 23 trcs 57 barrels St. Lucia at public sale, which sold, fine yellow at 40s Gd to 425, good 39a to 394 6d, low and midding 37s to 38s 6d, good and fine brown 36s to 375, low 355, ordinary to good grey 37s to 395; 46 hhds 14 casks 76 barrels Ja maica, ordinary yellow 37s 6d to 38s, middling 38s 6d to 395; 74 hhds of Trinidad, low and mid yellow 37s 6:1 to 383 6 1; 260 hhds 22 trcs 6 brls Barbadoes, fine yellow 403 6,1 to 425, mid to good 385 6d to 403, low 33,; 29 hhds 39 trs 141 barrels St. Vincenes crystaliz , d, white 453 L.) 50s, yellow 40s 6cl to 445, and brown 363 to 39s per cwt. REFINED.-To day former rates were well supported for refined goods, and home dealers were desirous to make purchases. Bonded crushed sugar is in steady demand at 29s to 30s per cwt. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon there was hss demand for grocery sorts of Mauritius, and refined kinds met with a fair sale, and generally r, alised full terms. At auction 7,726 bags were nearly all sold upon the follow ing terms:-fine yellow, 40s to 41s; mid to good, 385 61 to 39s 6d; fine brown, 37s to 37s 6d; ord to fine grey, 37s to 39s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon the market for Bengal Sugar presented a quiet aspect. At public sale, the quantity offered amounted to 5,739 bags, and prices declined 6d per cwt; but the chief part found buyers-grainy white fetching 45s 6d to 475, yellow 43s 6d to 445, good and fine white Benares 42s to 43s 6d, low to good mid 40s to 41s 6d, low and mid soft yellow 36s to 37s 6d, good to fine 38s to 393 6d. Of Penang, 1,038 mats and 169 baskets went at about the former value-soft greyish yellow at 35s 6d to 365, and brown 34s to 35s 6d. 150 serons of damp white Santa Martha went at 41s to 42s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-To-day there was much firmness in the market for Foreign Sugar, and none was submitted to public sale. By private treaty a fair business was con cluded, and in some cases stiffer rates were paid. MOLASSES-To-day at auction 50 puns of Bengal Treacle were taken in at 17s 6d for old import, being above the value. TEA.-The market for Black is not more active, although there is a smaller stock than in the former year, and home deliveries continue upon a large scale. Congou is not offered at lower prices, but on the part of town or country dealers not much desire has been evinced to operate. The better sorts met with the least attention, and are in fair supply. The value of ordinary and good ordinary is from 7id to BP, mixed blackish leaf' 9d to 10d, blackish leaf 10d to Is, ditto strong is Id to is 3d, Pekoe flavour Is 4d to Is 10d per lb. Pouchong has been dealt in with crution at 6d to Bd, Souchong at 8d to is Bd, and better sort is 9d to 2s 9d. Green Tea is offered at moderate rates, yet only small sales have been made by town or country dealers, and the market is plentifully supplied; Byson of ord and good ord quality is offered at is to is 2d, but mid and raid is 3d to is 6d, good is 7d to is 10d, tine and superior 2s to 3s, Imperial Canton is to is 4d, Ilysen sort is 6d to 2s 10d, Gunpowder is 3d to 4s, Canton made is 3d to is 6d, Twankay ord 5d to 6d, better sort 7d to Is, Young llyson 10d to is 10J, supe rior 2s to 3s, and Hyson skin low to fine 8d to Is 6d. COFFEE.-This afternoon more desire was evinced to operate in Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and at the public sates of 540 bags 50 casks, full rates were obtained; middling went at 483 to 50s, low middling 45s to 465, fine fine ordinary 41s 6d to 445, good ordinary 33s GI to 35s 61, ordinary 31s 61 to 335, pea berry 50s 61 to 563 6d, damaged 33s to 425. Native was held fur more money, which checked business privately, and at auction 420 bags were taken in at 32s 6d for good ordinary. Cocoa..-This afternoon at public sale 241 bags Bahia C , co were taken in at 29s for fine bright red. RICE.—To day there was not much desire evince.l to operate in East India Rice, and rather lower rates are accepted. At public sale 1,000 bags of Bengal went et 93 for good, 8s 6J for middling white, and 5s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt fur damaged. SPlCES.—Buyers of Pimento show no unwillingness to pay full rates, although the market is well supplied. The parcels offered at auction, amounting to 942 bags, . were all sold, and went at 3ii to 3-id for ordinary to good middling. There are still several buyers in the market, Ginger continues in good demand, end last week's rates are well supported; there is also net a more plentiful supply. At auction 100 pkgs of Jamaica were sold at 31 15s to 12/ 4s for low mid to fine bol l white. The value of shipping sort of East India is 24s to 265, and home trade kind 35s to 80s per cwt. Scverall parcels of black Pepper have been taken privately by shippers and home dealers, whereas the ratf. , s obtained are fully equal to those current on this day week. Malabar heavy is worth 3,1 to 3-a I, half heavy 2 3 i1 to 31, light 2id to 2,11, and Sumatra from 23 , 1 to 3d. White is wanted at from 5d to 91. For Nutmegs the market is firm, and a fair demand exists ; low to mid brown at 2s 41 to 2s 101, and 2etter sort 3s to 3s 94; the supply is also small. Maze ii want, aat 2s to 3s, and botter sort 2s 64 to 2a 104. Cinnamon is not cheaper. Bencolen at Is 34 to is 91, Bourbon aid Zlnzilaar 74 to 8.1, and Amboyna 104 to is per lb. _.. PIRITS.—F ,, r Leeward Island Hum the demand con tinues to improve, and several parcels have been dis peaed of at Is 4 , 1 to Is 41d Fer gallon proof; on the part of holders there is also firmness. East India has been in good demand at is 3d proof, and only a limited amount is on c fE.r. Of Demerara several p ircels have bei n disposed of, but not at better rates is 101 to 2s 4d having been accepted for 23 to 40 per cent over proof. A tall has taken place in the value of l ow and mid sorts of Jamaica; there has in consequence been a good business concluded. Sales to a fair extent have been made in superior sorts at former rates. The value of 19 to 29 per cent over proof is treas 2s to 2s 31, 30 to 36 2a 4d to 3s 3d, and fine 3s 4 to 4s per gallon. Former rates are well supported for brandy. Geneva sellers are willing to accept lr 81 for common export sort, and 2s 3,1 to 3s for fine suitable fur home consumption. Former rates are supported for British made spirit. COCHINEAL.—At auction 111 bags ;yen? only in part sold: Honduras silvers 3s 91 to 4s 4d, Mexican 35 7d to 35 Bd, black 4s lld to 4s ld, and Teneriffe silvers black 4s to 4s 2d per lb. SALTPETRE.—To-day there was more disposition evinced to m..ke purchases in Rough, and full rates were paid. At public sale 949 bags of Calcutta were all dis posed of at 26s 6d to 27s 6d for to 5' 4 1 per cent refrac tion of middling and good quality. INDIGO.—The quantity of East India declared for public ompetitiun amounts to 6,776 chts, and the amount to be offered is 15 . 01;0 chests. Orly a limited business has been concluded by exporters or home dealers, still no decline in the value has taken place. In Spanish not much busi ness has been dune. TALLOW.—Prices are not lower for Russian on the spot. The value of first sort P.Y.C. is 38s 6d to 39s per cwt. For delivery in the last five urmtlis of the year salts to a lair ex:cnt have been made at 39s 3d to 39s 61, and the market is firm. Home melted finds a free sale at 37s to ZBs nett cash. In the value or other sorts of Tallow little variation has taken place. At auction 300 pkzs of Australian were nearly idl sold at 33s 6d to 34s for low to fine; 1,220 pkgs of south American 35s to 3356 d, da , taged 29s to 35s ; 150 casks P.Y.C., stranded 34s 3d to 363 9d, and 147 casks of Cape, fine 39s to 35s 6.1. Prices are still much under those of this time in the former year, but the stocks continues extensives, and deliveries do not get much better. Rough Fat is, however, dull of sale at 23 ld. OILS.—In Cod the sales made have been upon a more ext , nded scale at 261 per tun. Southern from 251 to 271, and superior 271 103 to 281 10s. Seal, pale, 291 to 30/, straw and tinged, 371 to 38/ 10s, and other sorts 251 to 26/. For Sperm 721 to 731 is the value of fine. For Linseed, the prices are on the decline, and rule 25s 3d to 25s 61 per cwt on the spot. There are selhrs for delivery at 25s 6d to 25s 9d, but few buyers are met with. .Rapeseed Oil, pale is offered at 37s 6d, and brown 36s 6d; there is a fair consumption. Palm met with little attention, and is de pressed in value. Sales of good and fine quality have been made at 303 to 31s, and the supply is upon a more ex tended scale. Cocoa Nut 34s to 363 for low to fine. In Olive the business concluded has been small. Gallipoli is at 411 to 41/ 10s, and D vant and Portugal 401 to 401 10s. Lard Oil is 38s to 395, and Ground Nut 27s to 28s per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT , (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Earl STANHOPE presented petitions in favour of an amendment of the poor-laws; also for a repeal of the Sale of Beer Act. Lord STAFFORD presented a petition in favour of an extention of the jurisdiction of the County Courts. BANKRUPT LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the Bankruptcy Laws Consolidation Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Man chester, and several other commercial towns, in favour of the same measure ; also a petition from London, signed among others by eighteen bankers, who had subscribed ten guineas each towards the expenses of watching the progress of the Bill. The Noble and Learned Lord then went into a history of the Bill, which consisted of a digest of the existing laws relating to bankruptey, and of several improvements which it was proposed to introduce, many of which were most valuable ard important, as ho had before explaieed to their Lordships. One of the most impor tant of those improvements went to prevent fratidule nt preferetcea in favour of relatives and others. He had rejected altogether the plan of rotation as regarded Commissioners and Registrars; he also acceded to the proposition of the Chancellor to reject the proposal for naakirg a Chief Commissioner and a Chief Registrar, with an additional salary to each, end he proposed to reduce the number o ALAropolitat. Co!cnii,sir.nt,r3 and Registrar., ircm six to four. He a!ro proptsid to give the court the rower of imprisonment in certain cases of fraud, core umacy, or extravagance, throwing t he burden of proof not upon the credit o r, but the buren of dis proof on the debtor. Many persons wished to have arrest upon mense process restored under certain re strictions, because by waiting for a judgment the funds of a debtor were exhausted. He objected to that, be cause the creditor under these circumstances often got too much ; and persons having been subjected to the magical trust of a sherVs officer, often paid debts which he did not owe. The p;irsous who proposed this revival of arrest attended the Committee and examined witnesses, and to end was that, on consideration, they determined to cc cept the Bill as it at present stands. lie also had s;rnelt out what in the original Bill had been called the " deA men's elauEes " but he proposed to shorten the proceed ings in Chancery is what was called a creditor's suit, which would be a great boon to the creditor. The Bill had met with the at proval of the mercantdc classes, and they were aexious that it should pass with the least possible delay. Their Lordships might judge of the importance of the Bill when they learned that 50,000,0001 sterling a year was lost in this country by bankruptcy and insolvency. The new law would make the trades- man more careful in giving credit, and would make the debtor exhibit greater honesty, greater frugality, and greater care. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by passing a high eulogium on Mr. Miller, of the Bank ruptcy Court, who had drawn up the digest which was the foundation of the Bill. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by moving the recommittal of the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was rejoiced to find that his Noble and Learned Friend opposite had in troduced such alterations as would ensure the support of his Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chancellor, who wan unfortunately absent, and he felt that it was of the utmost importance that such progress should he made as should ensure the passing of the Bill during the course of the present session. (LEFT Sr EASING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly befure Four o'clock. THIRD READING. The Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Formation of Slip Q.lay and other Works at Granton, Extension of Station at Edinburgh, 11 , -gulation of Perth Stations, and Amendment of Acts) Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSIDERATIONS OF REPORTS. On the motion for the: consideration of the report on the Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North Western Railway Companies (Transfer of Interest in the Preston ane Wyre Railway Harbour and Dock, and regulating the Management ol the Undertaking) Bill, Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the Bill be recom • mitted to the former Committee, with leave to sit and proceed to morrow, At the suggestion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN the motion was postponed. On the motion of Sir W. SOMERVILLE, it was ordered, that the examiners of petitions for private Bills do proceed forthwith in the matter of the Dublin Im provement Bill, referred to them upon the 31st day of May last. . . Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton in favour of Parliamentary reform. 41r. HENLEY presented petitions in favour of a national poor-rate. Mr. CHRIS TOPHER presented a petition from Lincolnshire in favour of agricultural protection. Sir H. DAVIE presented a petition from the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, praying that the Borough Police Bill might be postponed. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from several places in Yorkshire complaining of the effect of free trade, and also petitions against the increase of licenses to beer-houses. On the motion of Mr. JOHN B. SMITH it was or dered that the petition of inhabitants, householders, and owners of property in the New North road, Iloxton, and its vicinity, against the New North road (Continuation Act) Bill, (deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 15th day of May last) be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and that it be an instruction to the Committee to entertain the same, notwithstanding it was not de posited in the Private Bill Office within seven clear days after the second reading of the Bill, by reason of the illness of Mr. Hume, the Member to whom it was en trusted. Mr. BURROUGHES presented 'a petition from Nor wich against the Marriage Bill, one against the national education grant, and one against the Affirmation Bill, from the same place. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL wished now to state the day on which he proposed that the House should go into Com mittee on the Irish Poor-law. He proposed that it should form the first business of the day on Friday. The Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford was anxious to call the attention of the House to the affairs of Canada, and to enable him to do so, be proposed to postpone the resolution for going into supply on the votes relating to Canada till Thursday week. Mr. GLADSTONE was willing, of course, to take any day that best suited the convenience of the Govern ment, tut be hoped nothing would be done in the mean time to prejudice the question. Lord 'JOHN RUSSELL was not aware that there could be. CLAIMS ON FRANCE. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY moved for returns of all unsettled demands on the funds provided by the Go vernment of France for the liquidating the cl.-.ims of British subjects, and of the balance which remains unappropriated to the liquidation of such claims. including interest thereon; together with copies of Treasury minut.-s relating to the surplus fond arising out of the treaties and conventions of 1814, 1815, and 1818, between his late Britannic Majesty and the King of France (in continuation of the returns already printed by order of the House of Commons of the 26th day of May, 1833, 3d day of March, 1834, and the 22J day of July, 1840),—Agreed to. THE SUN, LONDON, PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. lIUME, in rising to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the national representation, by extending the elective fraechise so as to include all householders, by enacting that votes shall be taken by ballot, that the duration of Parliaments shall not exceed three years, aed that the apportionment of representatives be ren dered more equal to the population, said, in addressing himself to this important subject, he must ask for the indulgence of the House, as he did not feel himself physically able to go fully into it. As an old re former, addressing a reformed House of Parliament, he could speck from experience as to how unsatisfactory it was for an independent Member to address the House on subjects of reform. Paring the last thirty years he had scarcely ever known a private Member introduce such a subject that it was not treated as it were unworthy of the time bestowed upon it. He took a full share in the reforms of 1831, and he was happy that they had proved so successful, because their success had convinced many parties of talent and influence, who opposed them, that they had placed this country in the unenviable position it now occu pied. lie was confident, though the Reform Bill was not carried out to that extent which many expected, that it had been productive of the greatest possible benefits; that it had put an end to the direct nomination for boroughs which formerly existed; and though it had fallen short of what they anticipated, they must yet look with gratitude to the change that was produ red, and thank those who had contributed to bring it about. He believed an opinion now exist( d very generally among those who opposed that grand proceeding, that it had been productive of much good, and had satisfied many classes who wee c weera.vated at the state of things which then existed; and it was because he thought that re'orm was not carried out to the extent wl ieh it ought to go; it was because he saw in refusing to ield that which was the right of the gre at masses of this country ; it was on those grounds that he was induced to make the motion which was on the paper, although very unwilling to do so, for ha had promised as lung as he remained in the House that ho would nut let a session pass without using his humble endeavours to f'rvvard the reforms which he proposed. lie was not prepared to deny that the House, and Parliament generally, was blow in making reforms, but it was better to go slow and sure than to make rapid strides, which were liable to danger. But he was prepared to submit that which ho thought was not in any way attended with danger, because it would produce great content and satisfaction among the community at large, who were anxious that it should be carried out. Every one, he believed, from the Crown to the peasant, were equally interested in having a good government. Ile was aware that Parliament, instead of being an engine to promote that good t hich was in tended, was an engine which extracted from the people a greater amount of taxation than their circumstances could warrant. Under the great improvements, however, which had taken place, it was no longer in the power of any aristocracy, of any oligarchy, or of any class of individuals, as on former cccasioes, to dictate to the Sovereign, who had now the power of choosing her own Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) Up to the Reform Bill the Sovereigns of this country had been the leading string of the oligarchy, and the revenue and the expenditure which was carried on in the different establishments had reference more to their own individual interests, and the interests of the classes belonging to them, and the in terests of the community at large were not at all taken into account. Now, he would say, that unless Parliament was what it purported to be—unless it represented the whole population—it was defective in its constitution. He did not say that any proposition of his could make Parliament perfect; but where they had evidence of acts e w l h ec o tio ns to that of injustic e comm i tted i n regard to the r i g h ts o f th o s e ought to participate House, articipat h and d h id ave say a share that in the proposition that would tend to improve that Par liament ought to be supported by the House, and by the Ministers beyond all others; they had taken an oath to her Majesty to support such measures as would tend to the security of the Throne, and the welfare of the community at large. He would ask those Ministers if they could lay their beads on their pillows with the reflection that they Lad acted as honest and faithful advisers of the Crown, to allow a state of discontent to exist which at times had threatened alarming consequences? Were he (Mr. Hume) in their situation, and had taken the oaths they had taken, he could not lay his head upon 1 is pillow, and, as a Minister of the Crown, say that he had done his duty. Ile recollected Mr. Canning, on a mot i on brought forward by a late Member for Westminster (Sir F. Burdett) sending up in his place, and 5144 geese A, for me I take ray etaeet against all reform; I am for the rotten boroughs; I wish to maintain thi m, a n d I do so because England has enjoyed a greater pre eatien of prosperity under the eysteni thief: has exhte el than in any of the continental powers; but (said M. Conning) I go further, Parliament has been ready to meet the cir cumstances of the times, and I will uphold, until I see reason for thinking otherwise, Gaeton and Old Sarum as the:bulwarks of the Constitution."—(A laugh.) He (Mr. Hume) bad visited Old Sarum a few days previously, and ceen rot even a house there, and nothing but an old building for protecting the fort ; and he asked Mr. Can ning if that was a place to be represented. lie replied, no ; but it is property, and property ought to be represented. As to Gallon and Old Sarur4, and all the other rotten places, they were now removed; and at the period of which he spoke, defective although that House was in its representation, still it steed at the top of the ladder among representative governments. Nu state in Europe could say tint there. was a greater deer( e of 1 popular power or of popular reere,senteton eeiseine, that, existed at that time in England. The times were changed, anti they had to consider whether they ought not now to make other changes. When his Ito nourablo Friend Mr. Duncombe brougtst in a Bill to repeal the rate-paying clauses, which formed a great impediment to the workir g of the Reform Bill, it was thrown out by Ministerial influence. He (Mr. Hume) recollected the Noble Lord rallied his Hon. Friend on the danger of interfering with the Bill that had passed, and talked about progressive reform. What had been the Noble Lord's progressive reform since that? Why, the Noble Lord gave notice of his intention of bringing in a Bill fur repealing the tax-paying clauses so far as they related to the assessed taxes. He (Mr. Hume) thought the proceedings of the two last years had been perfectly delusive, and therefore he came to the conclusion that the Noble Lord and his colleagues, reformers as they were in his day, had made up their minds to stand fast by the Reform Bill. They were now at the very bottom of the ladder of reprcst ntative government, and that which had been supposed dangerous to Englishmen had been conceded to Frenchmen and to almost every continental country.— (" Hear, hear," from Lord J. Russell) Look at the result What had the result been? The result had arisen form the reckless conduct of the sovereign of France, who, having agreed to reform, grossly violated his faith. He appealed to any man whether this Lad not been so ?. Let them mark the progr es s of universal suffrage in other countries, and its growth in our own. In other countries, where it had been con ceded to the people, had there been any alarm? No! On the contrary, the returns at recent elections showed a preponderance of the Conservative party. Though the people of these countries had been up to the time when they were endowed with the right unaccus tomed to popular institutions, they had exercised the right, to speak justly of them, in the most praiseworthy manner. The Noble Lord was the first to cheer his interrogatory. Look at the result ? Why, if he lo o k e d to th e con di t i on of Prussia, of Vienna, he could not fail to be struck with the result of the conduct of the " dear darling Sovereigns," who, after taking solemn oaths on the altars of their country, to concede reform to the people, openly broke those solemn asseverations. Those were the parties against whom the Noble Lord should direct his complaints and taunts, and not the people who had been outraged, and who had no interest at heart beyond that of the whole mass of the population. Of late, however, he had not heard the ar gument broached that the people could not be trusted with the unlimited exercise of the suffrage.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed they were obliged to arm against the people to awe them from arising in their might, and de manding their rights in a way which could not be refused.—(Hear, hear) He looked with deep regret upon this, because he recollected the days when the Kings of this country could trust the preservation of the peace of the country to the keeping of their own people, and the peace was in those days preserved by such means. He recollected the time when the military was kept up to pro tect the country from foreign invasion, and when garrisons in other lands were simply kept up to protect places likely to be attacked by foreigners, when the only display made by the military were recruiting .par ties; when the expenditure in respect of the military establishments was from 25,0004 to 26,0004, and when the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston), when Secretary at War (as we understood), stated before a Committee that he only required military for foreign countries, and that he was content to trust the preservation of the peace to the people. Instead of the Government adopting means whereby they might repose in the affections and r es p ec t of the people, they adopted coercive and harsh measures. In 1792, Mr. Pitt, who was then in power, studied economy in the government of the State; the military cost but 25,0001., and the whole expense of the Civil Government was limited to 12,000/. or 13,000/. l'hey had then very few barracks; now there were bar racks hi almost every town. Last year, for instance, 100,0004 was sp en t in building barracks at Preston, because they feared that the people would rise, and the whole country was covered with barracks— not to attack our enemies abroad, but to coerce and keep down the people at home. They had, for iestarce, twenty barracks scattered throughout the country, for no other purpose than the one he had stated. lle appealed to the House, then, to protect the commonweal, which would effect far more than bristling bayonets and pointed artillery. What was it done for ? From the fear of reform. He admitted that there were ardent and wild Reformers, but because there were was no into consideration. against their taking the claims of the people consideration. Its 1792 the taxation was 16,000,0001., now it was 60,000,0004, so that it had been quadrupled. The debt had been increased from the beginning of the war, from 230,000,000/. to 800 000,0004 He did not blame any one, but he declared this lay upon the oligarchy, who dreaded the spread of democratic principles, which drove them to a war against Franc e, and brough. t that enor mous burden upon the people, which, unless so ne relief was given, must press them down Wen men were well employed and well fed, matters pro gressed things went on well; but let a change take place, and then the convulsion came. Why not, then, take this opportunity, and prevent such catastrophies by checking the extravagant expenditure of the State. He appealed to I:on. Gentlemen who represented counties, and par titularly those in the south, where men and their fami lies were subsisting-noon 7.g. and Sr per week to join him in the reform movement. if they were true Conservatives they would do so at once, fur nothing could preserve the institutions of the country so much us timely concessions and wise change s.—(Hear.) He regretted that he was not in the House the other night when the miscellaneous estimates were under consideration, fur then he should have had an opportunity- of attacking the civil-list which was one great cause of the enormous increase which h a d of late years taken place in the burdens of the country. The course, however, he was disposed to take upon that subject was to make an appeal to the Sovereign ; he would ask the Ile use to address her M a j es ty on the subject, and say to her — We granted you the civil list, but let us see in what way it is expended." L e t t h em set en examp l e les making reductions at the fountein head. In tee extravagant reign of George IV. the civil list was increased to an enormous amount, at his death of William IV., matter was referred to a Select , and on the succession but Committee, and the Civil Li s t fi xe d at 385,0004 Now, he thought it due to her Majesty to state, that out of all that sum, only 60,000/. was at her own disposal. The re maining 325,0004 was spent by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chamb( rlain, the Lord Steward, and the Mast( r of the Horse. N . u doubt many o f t h e servants of the P a l ace w. re main.ained out of it, but he believed many of those servants were my Lord thi s an d my L a d y t h at, who ha d only duties to attend about once in two or three months. This was not the way to spend the money of the country ; and therefore, without interfering with the votes of the foreign or other departments. in the first instance let th em rat h er address her Majesty on the subject. Let them remind her that this w as not a fit state of things while the eye, passing along the unions of England, Scotland, and Ireland, would find four millions of peopl e in an absoluts s tate of destitution. In such a state of things there ought not to be expenditure of 3 9 0,000/. in keep ing a system of tawdry finery; a more simple style o• living would better become the Sovereign while there was so much suffering in the country. — (Hear.) The ether night he w a s a t t h e Lord Mayor's dinner, where he met the ambassador. of Constantinople, and an excellent friend of his who had been appointed to go to the U n i te d S tates as t h e repre sentative of this country, but he declared he was almost afraid to speak to them, as h e cou ld on l y d o so t h roug h the instrumental i ty of tawdry-laced footmen.—(A laugh.) and so it was with the Ministers of State, who never went out without the attendance of taudily dressed footmen, whose general appearance only served to pleas( ani excite the admiration of children.—(A laugh.) He did not consider the sum of 60,000/. at the private disposal of the Queen too mesh, considering the calls that were made upon her charity—(Hear, hear) but when he saw how the other establishment of tho Court were kept up, the gold lace and tinsel that was frittered away from the rockets of the people, he thought the time was come when they ought to have a House of Commons who would address h er M a j es ty on t h e subject of such useless and wasteful expenditure. Ile would therefore begin at the head, and in saying that he was sure that her Majesty would be the first to say that her people ought not to be so un necessarily pressed upon, and that be would willingly yield to the suggestion of the House of Commons. Now, as a proof of what might be done, if only properly attempted, he would say, look at Belgium. When mat ters were represented in the proper quarter there, the franchise was extended immediately, and every public officer reduced his salary one-third towards the urgency of the State. Look again at the case of the present King of Wurternburgh, whose father was over head and ears in debt. When the present King ascended the throne he reduced his establishments one-half, and for which he obtained the love and affec tion of all his subjects. He thought the time had now come when si m il ar s t e ps should be adopted in England, and for t h at purpose he asked that the House of Commons s h ou ld b e ma d e the real representation of the people.—(llear, hear.) Unless they changed the pre. sent system o f t h e House of Commons , no good could be done._ ( hear hear.) The pr esent House might be seized with fits of economy, but they would not be permanent.—(hear, hear.) The change of the system of election was the only way to make things permanent in this country.—(Hear.). He longed to see that state of things return to this country which existed in the time of Elizabeth, who, when asked where were her troops, answered that her troops were her sub jects.—(Hear, hear.) He cont ended that Parliament did not repre sent the different communities that existed he this country, and if Parliament would only allow him to bring in the Bill, the details might be settled afterwards. There was a diffi culty tan among his own friends to find those that wou l d agre e with every measure that be pro posed--(Laughter)—but if the House would allow him to bring in the Bill he would endeavour to modify his visas to meet th e wishes of tilt paries,—(liear, hear.) Ii the people wei e to have a share . in the repr esen t at i on of the country , t h ey oug ht to have it effectually. If they were to du justice to the people they must extend the suffrage.—(Hear, hear.) Every man that had a house over his h ea d oug h t to h av e a voice in the representa tion in that house.—(Hear, hear.) But while he was anxious to extend and bring within th e pale of the Constitution those who ought to have a vote, he thought they ought to have the opportunity of voting secretly, namely, by the ballot.—(Hear, hear.) Having stated what hi s v i e w of the condition was, he would not read the opinions expressed by the Noblet Lord below bun (Lord J,ggssell), which of late years ho teemed to have thrown to the winds; nor to whatfell fromE irl Grey, when he introduced the Refrrin Bill; and lie would only say that he was one of those who supported him ith greet eistliu,iasm, end raised the city, " The Bill, the whole Bill, aril nothing bet the Bill.—(Hear.) Al though he would not (a 6 he dad said) read the Noble Lead's (Lord John Russell's) speech, l e would just state that the Noble Lord said every man undea our coostitution was considered to be represent, d in the lieuse of Commons, that he was considered to have a share in the election of these who made laws affecting his life and property ; and, therefore, he recommended a reform, certainly not to the extent he (Mr. Hume) wished to go, but the principle argued by the rule laid down went to show that a hat he proposed was right. There was one view in hith he thought the question ought to be sub mitted to the House—viz , that things were not remaining stationary, and that materials were being collected which must explode unless some timely remedy was adopted. The population of the country in round numbers numbered about twenty millions ; there were three millions of adults ; and yet the Lumber of eh ctors only amounted to 126,000. Lut of the c ight millions of the people of Ireland the re were only 40,000 electors. From the returns of 1836, it appealed there were only one eh ctar to 51 male adults; and since then the population had increased, and the relative nuni bars might now be taken at (The elector to ten adults. The increase was not in the agricultural but in the ma nufacturing districts, where the people were, from their intelligence, more capable of exercising tho franchise. In no disturbance that had taken place had the working chisses of this country shown any disposition to plunder the property of their superiors; they had innumerable examples to the country; and would the House refuse to those men, what had been given to the very Lezzarini of Italy ? What did the inequality consist in? He had made a compariecn be tween the great and small constituencies. He had taken 16 boroughs containing a population of 2,917,000, being one-half of the whole borough population of England. Those 16 boroughs returned 32 members. Ho wished the House to compare them with 23 small boroughs, where there were only 100,000 inhabitants, and yet they returned as many Members as that immense population in the former 16 boroughs.—(Hear, hear.) Now, could any man say that was a fair participation in the elective franchise to which all were entitled by the Con stitution?—(Hear, hear.) He aske I a fair partici pation not sisl a favour, but as a constitutional right. Would any man place himself in the situation of any one of those who were deprived of those rights and see how he would act, if he was compelled to re main in that situation. What were the consequences of the struggle ? Why the Chartists ; and they even took the alarm.—(Laughter.) Was it not time to put an end to that state of things. He found there were 85 different kinds of qualification for the electors of this country, from potwallopers to ten pounders Did not Oat lead to enormous expense, trouble, delay, and complexity beyond anything that could be conceived ? 330 out of the 658 Members of which the House con• sisted represented 3,127,000, and 238 23,817,000. The larger number fur the majority showed that on the aver age each Member represented,9,soo electors, and that each of the minority represented 70,000 voters. Now this was called the people's House. Many men were so brazen-faced as to contend that it really was what it was s'} led.—(Laughter.) The aristocracy had o .e House of their own, and he saw no reason why they should possess that House also. Under the present system they, how ever, possessed that House also.—(Hear. hear,) Was it likely, when they put so many out of their doors— only admitting one out of every eight, that either property or the Crown could continue to be respected. Of what class did these consist of whom they excluded. Many of the aristocracy favoured the establishment of baths, washhouses, and lodging-lhouses, but he found that they were the very persons who would admit them within the portals of the constitution, and raise them in the:social scale. Give them their rights and they would work out their own redemption. The Honourable Member then referred to a speech delivered by Lord Ashley on the presentation of prizes for essays on the Sabbath, in which he much complimented the ability and morality of the working classes. Yet that Noble Lord would not give the people those rights which would enable them to accomplish all this for themselves, be cause it would enable them to direct and feel an interest in the welfare of the country, elevating them, therefore, in the social [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JUNE 4, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Marquis of the said United Kingdom to James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Governor-General of India, and the heirs male of his body, lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Marquis of Dalhousie, of Dalhousie Castle, in the county of Edinburgh, aild of the Puniaub. The Qaeen has alto been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dig nity of n Viscount of the said United Kingdom to Lieut. General Hugh Baron Gough, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, ar:d Cr , ,ncri I and Conimanrb r•in-Chief of her Alsjest)'s forces in the East [tidies, and tai the heirs male of his body, Los fully be gotten, by the name, style, and title of Viscount Gough, of Goojerat, of the Punjlub, and of the city of TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5 1849. FORI:IGN-014FICE, MAY 30. The Queen ha been graciously plcascd to appoint Stephen Henry Sulivan, Esq., now Secretary to her majestys Legation at Munich, t , ) be her M3jeAy's :Mar t e d'Affaires and Consul-General in the Republic of Chili. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap- point Mired Guthrie Bonar, now Paid Attucl e to her Majesty's Legation at Dresd,n, to be Scretary to her Majesty's Legation at Munich. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Felix Beding field, Esq., to be Master of the Supreme Civil Court for the Island of Trinidad. WHITEHALL, JUNE 4. The Queen has been pleased to present the Honour able and Reverend Charles Leslie Courtenay, M.A., to the vicarage of Borey Tracey, in the county of Devon, ind diocese of Exeter, the 531119 being void by the ces sion of the Reverend John Macaulay, M.A., the last incumbent. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 4. MEMBER. RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Limerick—Samuel Dickson, Esq , in the room of William Smith O'Brien, who has been adjudged 4uilty of high treason. Commission si?,ned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. Shropshire 'Regiment of Militia The Right llon. Rowland Viscount Ilill to be Colonel, vice Colonel Gatacre, resigned. Commissit n by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The Queen's Oki n Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—The lion. Charles John Talbot, aommonly called Viscount Ingestre, to be Lieutenant, May 22. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE. JUNE 2. Corps of Royal Enginctrs—First Lieutenant Albert O'Donnell Gratton to be Second Captain, vice Da Costa, deceased; Second Lieutenant Charles Augustus Rice to be First Lieutenant, vice Gratton, Feb. 26. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Charles Stewart, builder, Little St. James'-street, St. St. James's, Middlesex. William Shackel, bacon merchant, Canning-place, Old-street, St. Luke's. BANKUPTS. John Myers Levine and Mark Levison, jewellers, Norwich. William Ridge, corn dealer, Pimlico. Henry ;ti akin, draper, Newport; Shropshire. William Towse, oil and colourman, Wokingham, Berkshire. George Savage, grocer, East Dean, Sussex. Joseph Ellis, wine and spirit merchant, Pontypool. Ebsworihy Tapson, coal agent, Cardiff: Giles Dixon, butter factor, Uffculme, Devonshire. John Quigley, victualler, Chester. John Morris, druggist, Brecon. Elward Weston Lemm, tailor, Princes-street, Han over-square. John Haskins Gandell, railway contractor. West minster. Isaac Perry Cartwright, chemist, Nantwicb, Cheshire. John Turnill and William Waterhouse, carpenters, Denbigh-street, Pimlico. THE WEATHEIL—The weather continues highly favourable. The crops begin to make a splendid ap. pearance. There never was a finer prospect of an abundant harvest.—Carlisle Patriot. UXBRIDGE YEOMANRY CAVALRY. - This corps, under the command of Captain de Burgh, met for five days' training and exercise on the 29th, finishing with a review on Saturday, after which an excellent dinner was given to the men ,by the officers. Cornet Sleigh, who has just joined, and was formerly in her Majesty's 77th Regiment, passed a high compliment on the corps for its general efficiency. The races in conjunction with this corps, we understand, will take place early in August. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, June 4. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Lord MON I:EAGLE rose to present a petition from the shareholders of the Caledonian Railway complaining of the misappropriation of the funds of the company which had been invested in speculations with other companies by the directors. The Noble Lord inti mates that when the for the extension of this line came before their Lordships h^ should ask them to r. ject it, as he thought their Lordships ought to express their opinion ution the conduct of these directors. Lord BROUGHAM quite concurred in the view taken of this matter by his Noble Friend, to whom the public were much indebted for the watchfulness which ho dis played in respect to railway affairs. He (Lord Brougham) had been taunted for not bringing in a mea sure on the subject of railway audit of accounts; but he did not do so. He did not wish to take the matter out of the hands of his Noble Friend, who was so well able to deal with it. Ile should certainly assist his Noble Friend to pr even t th e secon d rea ding of the Caledonian Bill from passing their Lordships' House after the state ment thitt had been made by his Noble Fried. After a few observations from Lord Montengle, Lord Wharnclitre, and the Duke of Baccleuch, the conversa tion droppco, and the petition woo ordcred to lie on the tAle. Lord BROUGHAM then presented a petition, pray irz for en extension of the powers of the County Courts. The Noble Lord then presented a petition front the As scciatcd Carpenter; of Finsbury, stating that they were in distress, and praying for the establishment of home colonies, and for an advance of a loan from the Treasury to support the formation of such colonies, which they looked upon as toe most effective means of relieving their present distress. The Noble and Learned Lord said that :chile he sympathised with the petitioners on recount of their distresses, he yet could not support the prayer of their petition, as he did not think home colo nies would produce the eff ct intended, nor did he think that the Treasury had money to :Tare for the purposes proposed by the petitioners. The Apprehension of Deserters Bill then passed through Committee. Lord PORTMAN moved the second reading of the Landlord and Tenants Bill, which came up from the House of Commons, and where the provisions of the Bill were fully explained. After a few words from the Bishop of ST. ASAPH, Lord BEAUMONT objected to the Bill, which he believed to be an unwise measure. He begged to move that it be read a second time that day 1-. ix months. Lord CA MPLELL suppor:ed the principle of the Bill, but thought it might be amended in Committee. After a few words from the Earl of WICKLOW, their Lordships divided, when there appeared— ntents Non-contents . . ... 5 Majority for the second reading... —4 Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 4. INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. SADLEIR had the misfortune to the a very dif ferent view of he measure before the House from that of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman who had preceded him. To the principle of the Ircumbered Estates Act of last session, as reflected in its preamble, he had given an unqualified support, though he objected to some of its details. His Hon. and Learned Friend took a very narrow view of the Bill before the House. He seemed to think in passing this Bill the House would be destroying a vast deal of the property in Ireland; but if his Hon. and Learned Friend had known what were the practices of the Master's office in Ireland, he would not have spoken as he had done in respect of its being supers. ded. So far as the appointment of the Commissioners was concerned, he cared not what these gentlemen might be, provicted they were active, intelligent, business men, who would efficiently do their duty, and whether they did so on the principles of the Court of Chancery or no, should they do it expeditiously, he was alike careless. Were they to do their duty, he was, however, certain the measure would be the means of rescuing a large amount of the property in Ireland from the useless state in which it now lay; as at present, the character and conditions of sale propounded by the Court of Chancery were the means of scaring away purchasers from those incumbered properties, and therefore they continued useless. He therefore supported the third reading of the Bill, because it took up bolder ground than the Bill of last session. But he would at the some time call atten tion to some defects in it, One of there was as re garded life-renters, and to take it out of their power to put the Act in operatiou, as it was impossible to bring within the compass of this Act estates so situated. Why should not the tenant for life be empowered to take the initiative, and sell the inheritance for the benefit of the life-renters; and why, also, should the creditor of the tenant for life be shut out from par ticipating in thief proceeds? If that were done they would be really facilitating the sale of incumbered es tates in Ireland. He also thought that the powers of the Commissioners were too limited. They had not the power of compelling the attendance of witnesses, or the production of deeds, except by a most circuitous route. It would likewise produce a most salutary and beneficial ffect in Ireland were the Commissioners empowered immediately to expose for sale those estates which were hung up in the Courts of Chancery and Equity in Ire land.—(Hear.) The most serious objection he had to that m4sure was in consequence of the professional ab sentee proprietors of Ireland; and he regretted the Bill was not so framed as to afford them an advantageous mode of disposing of their incumbered property. It was thought by many that it mattered not to the tenantry whether their landlords received their rents on the banks of the Thames or the Tagus; but he very widely differed from them, because he believed that nothing tended more to the peaceful, social, and religious habits of the people than the presence and attention of their land lords. He, therefore, hoped that Government would use their powerful influence to induce those absentees to part with some of their property by some clauses in the Bill, which would mainly tend to the advancement of the people of Ireland. He would allude to the wot ds of the Right lion. Member for Tamworth, in reply to Sir J. Newport, in 1816, when he (Sir R. Peel) was then Secretary for Ireland, and the representative of an Irish constituency, and had therefore the means and power of judging what would be beneficial to that country. ' 6 If I were to say from what measure good would accrue to Ireland, I would say that the compulsion of the landlords to reside there would be better than any proposition that could come from any other party; for he believed that the presence of the landlords would do more good for the preset vation of the peace and laws of that country than any other syste m." Again, this opinion is corroborated by that of Chi; f Justice Black bur nee, when a xamined before a Committee of the House of Lords, which was to the following cfleet, that much injury arose to the to nantry of Ireland in cense quence of the absence of the proprietors.—(Hear.) The number of absentee landlords was rapidly increasing, for if any of them wished to evade the poor-law tax he had only to go to France, spend the proceeds of his property there, and thus escape all social and political responsibility. The en tire acreage of the county of Kerry amounts to 100,983 acres; of this 92,983 rcres belong to four absentees, and half of the remaining 8,000 acres also belong to persons not resident in that country for many years. lie, there fore, considered that the Government would bring for ward some measure this session, for it would be impos sible, under the two judgment acts to which he before ad verted, to dispose of incumbered estates in Ireland, and if not, capitalists will never be found to purchase those estates. He then said he would support the Bill. Mr. HENLEY said that from the speech of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sadleir), he expected that he would move that the Bill be re-committed, but instead of that he (Mr. Sadleir) said that he would support the third reading of it, though all his remarks were strongly op posed to it. He (Mr. Sadleir) also stated that the pre sent measure would be as inoperative as the Bill of last sessi,,n was; thus after cutting it up in every possible manner, he informed the House he would support it. He had three reasons for opposing the third reading. One was, that there was much of the incumbered pro perty that should be set lcose for the benefit of Ireland, which was not at all to be effected by this Bill, for there was much property in that country that was without marketable titles and prices. Another objection was, that the Commissioners whose appointment this Bill pro vides for, are not to act openly and publicly, and, of course, might to subjects, through ex-pa; to staaements and one -sided testimony, to prejudices against those whose interests are most involved; he therefore feared that the Commissioners might, by a jealous and annoyed people, become suspected of jobbing. Again, he did not see that any national object would be gained by taking the distribution of the funds from the proper tribunals of the country, and placing it in the hands of Commissioners, from whose decision and fuections there could be no appeal. He should, therefore, op• pose it, because he did not think it would secure its object. Mr. SADLEIR briefly explained that he did not sup port the present Bill to strengthen the Bill of last ses sion; for the latter he believed to be inoperative. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he should only refer to the leading points of the Bill. He cer tainly believed that the details alluded to by the Hon. Member (Mr. Sadleir) should have been debated on in Committee, and not on the third reading of the Bill, and that if it were his (Mr. Sadleir's) opinion that the mea sure did not go far enough, that he would have the op portunity next session, when the Bill would be tested, in case of a failure, to bring in his measure. Ile also con sidered, though contrary to the opinion of the Hen. Member opposite (Mr. Henley), that it was confined to incumbered estates, and should say to him and to the Honourable and Learned Member for the University of Dublin (Mr. Napier) with respect to the non-in terference of the law courts, that the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland expressed his full satisfaction with the present measure, and that it did not at all reflect incompetency on either the Court of Chancery or the Court of Exchequer, for there were many matters connected with Membered estates that the Court of Chancery could not easily disentangle to the satisfaction appoint three of allpersons p e c r r s ti e n s s He oo .ituthnoduegrshttd th much subject, and to who and who would lay down their reasons without that species of legal technicalities that always incumber the sale of land.—(Hear, hear.) He always thought that those difficulties that had been alluded to would not be found in the working of the present measure, for there are only two classes, the disputed and the undisputed class; and, should any doubt at any time arise to those three persons, they could have access to the opinions of any of the courts they might wish to consult for the more prompt and ready administration of their duties. He also believed that the Bill would facilitate the means of procuring purchasers, and that nothing would be wanted to secure its success. The propositions con tained in the Bill bad met with very general approba tion, and there was no quarter from which any sugges tion had emanated to the effect that, when carried into practice, it would not prove productive of benefit. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by ac knowledging the assistance he had derived from an esteemed friend of his, Mr. Golsen, in his effort to re vive and regenerate the rights of property in Ireland. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading ll7 Against it l2 Majority for the Bill The Bill Wit 9 then read a third time and passed. The question having been put that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Sir H. W. BARRON asked the Noble Lord at the head of the Goverment whether be meant to move, on Friday next, the Committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill ? Lord J. RUSSELL answered in the affirmative. SUPPLY—MI6CELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. The louse then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. The following votes were agreed to:- 110,117/. for superannuation allowances and compen sation to persons who had been employed in the public service. 4,1001. for the relief of American loyalists and other charge'', 2,0001. for the National Vaccine EitabliAment. 20001. for the Refuge for the Desti'ute. A vote of 8 900/. having been proposed for the relief of Polish and Spanish refuge,t a, Mr. REPTON said he thought it was time f or them to put an end t o th ese P o li s h grants . He trusted ue would be supported in his opposition to the vo:c by those gentlemen who had of late raist , d so great a cry throughout the country in favour of financial . refertni olt was unnecessary for him to remind the Committee the 1 rominent part which the Poles had taken in t he revolutionary movements on the Continent during the last twelve months; in all those movemen t s they h e ,, been prominent and distinguished actors—( , Hear, bear from some Honourable Member on the Ministeriats tee of the Howe.) Hun. Gentlemen opposite might cheer that statement; but he should remind them that th ere might be a difference of opinion as t o th e va lue of the notoriety which had thus been secured. ]fie did ne;" however, wish to say a word against the Poles in this country who were the recipient s of that grant. 11e be; lieved that finny of them were very excel!eut men; self one of them, a nobleman who h a d di st i ng uished him by his exertions for the relief of distress in the sis ter country, was universally respe c t e d. B u t h e certainly thought that the Committee ought to insist on receiving t some information as to who were th e rec i p i en ts of grant, and what was the mode in which it was dis. trihuted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a considBrable revision of th e li st o f t h e reciPi rr e n, of that grant had taken place since last year. I , names of some of the parties had b een struc k ou t; °thet a had resigned; and to a third cl ass it h a d b een a rrang e , that no relief should be given bey on d t h e p res ent Y es :i The estimate of the grants to th e P o li s h refugees year had been 8,7001. ; this y ear , it was 7 , 3801 4 and the expiration of this year it wou ld b e re d uce d to 2, 8 ° 3t He trusted the Committee would not withdraw the pre posed maintenance from parties wh o , if t h e y w ere net 4 relieved, would necessarily become chargeable to the ui ferent parishes as casual poor. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know if vacan cies in the list were filled up ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rep he a • that they were nut. The vote was then agreed to. ot A sum of 6,423/. having been pr o p ose d f or Protesta Dissenters, and other miscellaneou s a ll owance s, form e rl y payable out of the civil list. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON said ho had the commencement of the session that ho should opP° ll o any renewal of the reyiurn donunt. He found that wh e n the grant had been proposed last year a very strong fe l ; position had been made to it, both out of doors ann, / , 1 that House. But he was surprised to perceive IT' s during the present session the Dissenters had observed ; complete silence upon that subject. Last year petit s i l. had been presented from most influential bodies of r seaters against a continuance of the grant; but this y ea s there had been but one solitary petition to that eiwi e from one obscure village in Derbyshire. Under th e to given notice fite circumstances he felt very much puzzled what c ourse + adopt. He believed, however, on g i v i ng hi s best CO ro '. deration to the matter, that he s h ou ld b e ac ting in 'P perly in opposing a grant to the di ssen ti ng b o dy to s v m . hir s they had themselves ceased to object. s9s l s Mr. WYLD said he understood th a t th e su m of 1,- ~n . which was proposed in that vote f or P ro t es t a nt Piss ters, was not the regium donum, although it was 5 S e re for the same purpose. He b e li eve d t h e Di sse nters % if as much oppposed as ever t o th e grant, and that 111 °,. ° 0 1 reason they had not con ti nue d to pet i t i on against "s.erg that they saw very littl e use i n a dd ress i ng t h e ir pray 4 0 to that House. He found by a Parliamentary re t " ;e 4 that the sum voted under this head, and distribude, amongst the clergymen of three denominations - n .lll O O pentlents, Presbyterians, and B a pti s t s , did no t give ° o h than 225. for each. What sub s t an ti a l re li e f could 0. „ assistance afford? The Dissenters of England r e P o l dieted the grant, over which they had no control, 11 4 he hoped the Noble Lord a t th e h ea d o f th e G o verntn e oc % if he would not consent to abandon it on the presen t a i s , casion, would give a pledge that this insult to the a id renting body would b e di scon ti nue d. If not , he s"° feel compelled to divide the Committee. Age of Lord J. RUSSELL could cer t a i n ly g i ve no Pies' , " e i e the kind. So far from this grant being forced y e ll o re Dissenters, the applications for assistance from i t w ing numerous, and it was distributed by Dr. Rees and e s : b e d of great respectability as a m a tt er o f charity. 1 " ; of been given ever since the time of George I.; first olio; the civil list, and subsequently by Parliament - to t could not, therefore, give any promise that the g would be withdrawn. Mr. B. SMITH wished to k n o w w h e ther the ° tb ° s vernmerst had any objection to furnish a list of recipients ? Ise rti Mr. WYLD expressed his regret th a t th e Noble for s should persevere in refusing to remove this stigma t he the dissenting body, who had always regarded d ; he Noble Lord with the m os t s i ncere respect. Ce lli Ott Noble Lord point to a single dissenting c ongreP re • which would acknowl e d ge that any of its ininittereolf ceivcd relief from this grant? The recipients vvtr e s to to be found anssng the three classes of Dissenterem which he had referred. The We s l e y ans did not r ee one farthing of it. Mr. BRIGHT said that nothing could be m ore e r b r :; neous than the inference that because no petifollsterg been presented, therefore the opinions of the Diss em bsa had relaxed on the subji et of the grant. They no la made a considerable effort last ye a r, an d probably 11 ,:d so make another two or three ye ars h ence ." With reg a ' bl ii furnishing the names of th e rec i p i ents, he thetigssliti most unconstitutional th a t th ousan d s of the PIO money should be distributed amongst persons of 5 . they knew nothing. U n til th e n a mes were farms"see he for one would never believe th a t a t h ousan d Diskeile ing ministers 101 l received relief from this source• a bo could promise the Noble Lo r d th a t the first list wee l et the last; for either the parties w ou ld b e d e t e rred f rig , spoiling again by the force of public opinion, or the seining bonies to which they bel onge d would teak whatever might be necessary to maintain them in dependent and honourable position. sot° Mr. W. J. FOX said this was perhaps the enloci: in the estimates which was opposed by its noteinu`„ t s I ,' pirnts. the money mu s t b e grante d, a t all ev e 'n v uo ought to be placed in the hand s o f t h ose w h o rePr es ; - 0 be' the dissenting bodies for who se b ene fi t it pr o fesseu , oto The present mode of distribution was peculiarly 1;0; abuse, of which instances were within his otv",. err iOli ledge. It was at all times made the means of con i ng 0 0. undue influence on certain individuals, and wisese frequently used for the promotion of political enuires all sides this, it was a violation of a principle to v‘" l groPr dissenters were firmly attached—namely, that 11 ° o n of public money o ug ht t o b e ma d e f or t h e promo° any particular syste m o f th eo l ogy . eS to Mr. KERSHAW said he h a d t a k en some f a g o lio' ascertain the parties amongst whom this grant pan tributcd, but without success; an d t h e c onclusls „ isee therefore forced upon him that it mus t e ither b e t og , to to unworthy objects, or to i n di v id ua l s no t belag t s i e the dissenting ministry at all. With regar d to legcd alteration in the feelings of th e di sse nters, P e ci her that since last year very strong resolutions b r passed by those bodies against th e gran t. ight A t. ' Lord J. RUSSELL certainly did no t think it ' y give the names of those amongst whom the W e b e e r for distributed; for he agreed with the Hon. W ie l d be s - Manchester in thinking that to publish them sveu",, reP s : put a speedy end to the list. It would be the o rig- ife7 persons of any denomination to wham alms wer e ou 5 "; If to any of these it were said--"I will give Y but I will publish your name in the votes of this Joie; of Commons," who would accept the boon? Il er rie e s that the distribution of the money was made stw e hl isbil to political purposes, or for the purpose of esta A v ies any sort of connexion between the dissenting b°",, e itO the state, or, indeed, for any objects whatever , those of harity. Mr. BRIGHT still objected to this bens pail° fn of system, under which no one could tell how was distributed. The Noble Lord said it wo u set P a seemedpit- to exposthee get t partieshat he e wwahs onpotardtiecipliantedwigio-0111, money, but with that of the public. —(hear, h ee e r. Y 4 : l the Noble Lord chose to give 51. to the Church 0 0", land, or any other church,every day, he had no okl i e og 11 to it; but lie had the greatest objection to his te s t - f" from those funds of which the Chancellor of tw"wer e chequer was the trustee for the nation, and whichav O with difficulty raised by taxe s on the consinn e ` io whom they often pressed with gre a t i nequa lity ti - t ,14 e r justice. If tho Noble Lord was as mu c h a 13W is erl be r o he used to be—(Laughter)—he believ e d the No" ;e at, used to attend a dissenting chapel u ntil Hon. G e til 8 , 1 0 opposite put a stop to it— (Ch eers an d l au ghter oE Noble Lord knew us w e ll as h e (M r . Bright) rod feeling of Dissenters, he would be aware that ti g this kind was not in accordance with their policf• The Committee divided, when there appeared For the vote For the amendment 3 319 Majority The vote was then agreed to, as were also -1,0001. for the Dublin Fever Hospital. 12,093/. for the House of Industry, Dublitr. 410 1 fir On the vote of HOZ for the Female Orphan Jl e J ; Mr. FAGAN complained that the vote was t; hilt distributed among the female orphan children 0 ' te S The children received in the asylum were e duee b orlf h 9 ; elusively in the Established religion, and w hen , to t h e ; of the Roman Catholic religion were brought lil isr; institution, he knew that they were brought uP st al /If religion of the Established Church. He conten d gik ; the Roman Catholic population were entitled te ( ! da 11 1 , 1 in the grant, and he should fe e l it hi s d ut y to divifti_d° Committee on the grant, unless his Right Il ev ' at ifv t o the Secretary for Ireland would give him some 3s icif il that the Catholic orph ans o f I re l an d would Par in the grant: d Sir %V. SOMERVILLE a d m i tte d t h a t the o o te o l 0 , of an exclusive c h aracter. I t h a d b een vo t e d fo r Au cticii long time, and was i n t h e course o f annua l de•: nu e and it would b e a great h ardsh i p to di s couti suddenly. ot fitjr o Major BLACKALL sa id t h e i nst i tut i on was /l ob • pored exclusively by a grant from the Govern ° 0 ; the re was a large su m su b scr ib e d f or it s supporta' old fig Mr. FAGAN h o p e d some h ope wou ld be ' D e P' that the grant would be increased in the WO d r suggested. g b01 ). 00 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU uallY on the c, nicely, th a t th e vot e vvou 'd be one The vote a as then agreed to, as were also- - 2,2501. for th e L oc k H os pit a l, Dublin. 800/. for the Lying-in Hospital. 1,500/-for Steven's Hospital, Dublin. 3,8001. for the Cork street Fever Hospital. 5004 for the Hospital of Incurables. Sec ealr° On the vote of 37,1831. to non-confor ra ing, • a and Protestant dissenting rdnisters in Ireland, _ e a tb Mr. TRELAWNY said if the House sanctir_, eel n vote, they ought to go a step further and pal gi°- of Ireland. The vote was clearly not one of oral PS' principles; but it was a question w hether it W oje giOn be advisable-to wake sorne.effort to_secureLtbe OOP of the, priests, as the friends of order in Itellg"