The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-27 00:00:00

retifti Mbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, ME3IBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR• LI IMENT. County of Derby (Southern Division)—William Mundy, of Markeaton, in the county of Derby, E , q., in the room of Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., deceased. DUCHY OF CORNWALL, SOMERSET-HOUSE, MARCH 20. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed in the name and on behalf of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, for the appointment of James Robert Gardiner, Esq , barrister-at-law, to dis charge the duties of Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the room of Lord De L'lsle, resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters Pa . ezr , to be passed for the appointment of Joshua WiglV Bateman, Esq., to discharge certain of the du les, nit otherwise provided for, attached to the office of R 2 ceiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, lately held by Sir Henry Wheatley, Bart. WHITEHALL, MARCH 21. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Stephens Hays, of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the Iligh Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Richard John Goss, victualler, Sidney-street, Stepney, to surrender April -I and May 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. StansFeld, official assignee; Turner, Mount-street, Whitechapel. John Edmunds Curtis, printer, Newport Pagnel, April 11 and May 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Ta) foe, Buck lersbury. James Reid, draper, Edgeware-road, April 11 and May 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street, Cheapside. Thomas Nunn, coal merchant, Colchester, April 2, at two, and May 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers; Bull, Ely -place; Abell, Colchester. Henry Williams, ironmonger, Park-place, Kenning ton hae, April 7, at twelve, and May 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, officiall assignee, Guildh all - chambers,Basinghall- street; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. John Redington, miller, Moreton, Essex, April 7, at half-past eleven, and May 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Hilleary, Fenchurch-street. Thomas Slanders, victualler, high-row, Knights bridge, April 5, at half-past one, and Slay 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Boil, official assignee, Cole man -street- buildings • Dangerfield, Chancery-lane. Henry D u nk, timber merchant, Chatham, April 10, at two, and May 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Freserick's-place, Old Jewry, Nicholls, Cook's -court, Carey -street. Alexander Burn Callander, corn factor, Mincing lane, April 10, at one, and May 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Marten and Cu., Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane. John Baskerville, linen draper, Ludlow, Shropshire, April 10 and May 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valy, official assignee, Birmingham; Jones, Sise-lane, City; Motteraw, Knight, and Emmett, Bir mingham. Edwin Bannister, harness maker, Abbott's Bromley, Staifor_l, April 10, and May 8, at ten, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham; Crabb, solicitor, Rugeley. Robert Roberts, grocer, Toxteth-park, Lancashire, April 10 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple Inn, London; Morecroft and Son, Li verpool. Joseph Forrester, mercer, Whitehaven, Cumberland, April 13, at half-past ten, and May 15, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Perry, Whitehaven; Stubbs, Furnival's Inn ; Ingledevr, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. James Cooper, haberdasher, Newcastle-under-Lyme, April 4 and May 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Hard ing. Newcastle-under-Lyme. Johua Sim, Cockermouth, Joseph Sim and Daniel Sim, Braithwaite, Cumberland, woollen manufacturers, April 13, at half-past ten, and May 18, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Ansel], Kes wick; Benson, Cockermouth; Dees, Newcasticrupon•. Tyne. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, March 27.) Stroen.—To-clay importers of West India displayed firmness, and refused to sell but at prices equal to those of Friday; there was, however. little disposition evinced by refiners or grocers to do business, and the private purchases amounted to only 150 hhds and tierces. The assortment at market was small, and chiefly of indifferent quality. The public sales of Sugar declared for this week are of little moment, which is to be attributed to stocks in merchants hands being much reduced. REFINED.—Today Refined Goods were dealt in with caution for home consumption; brown Lumps at 40s to 49s 6d, and Standard 50s 6d per cwt. The market fer Bonded Crnched Sugar is quiet, at former rates. Metramus.--This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was dealt in with more readiness, and at public sale 3,100 bags sold at full rates•, good and fine yellow fetched 39s to 40s 6d, low to middling 37s to 383 6d, ordinary to fine grey 37s to 39s 6d, fine brown 365 to 363 6d, and washed 355 to 38s. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was dealt in with more readiness, and 750 bags at auction sold at full rates; middling and good white Benares realised 40s 6d to 41s 6d damp and washed 40s to 41s. Of Pe nang 123 bags were sold at the full value; middling strong syrupy yellow went at 36s 6d to 37s 6d, ordinary 355. 105 casks Ceylon went at as to 34s 6d for ordinary greyish yellow, and at 303 to 323 for brown. FOREIGN.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately little business was con cluded; there are also sellers upon rather lower terms. MOLASSES.—This afternoon the demand was not better for East India Treacle, and 124 pkgs at auction were taken in at 16s per cwt for good quality. COFFEE.—For public competition on Thursday 400 bags 37 casks Plantation Ceylon Coffee are declared. To-day there was a fair export demand for Coffee, and the parcels sold privately ;,realized full rates. Home dealers continue to operate with caution, and 33s to 34s per cwt is the value of native Ceylon. There was no public sale of any kind. COCOA.—There is much firmness on the part of holders of West India, and none has been offered at pubblic sale. By private treaty much inquiry existed, and former rates are well kept up. Trinidad red is worth 42s to 455, fine 46s to 475, and low to fine grey 40s to 435. Foreign is wanted, and the parcels sold were at 27s to 28s 6d. None has been offered at public sale, and pri vately a less amount is on offer. TEA.—Holders of black are not disposed to accept lower rates. On the part of the trade little disposition has been manifested to do business. The value of law and good ord Congou is 71c1 to Sid per lb. Green has been dealt in with caution, and there are sellers rather under former rates; there is also an increased amount on offer. For Scented and Pekoe Tea the market has a dull aspect, and prices are on the decline. Public sales are declared for Thursday, at present the quantity is 17,000 pkgs. For the sth of April 1,150 pkgs Assam. RICE.—The public sales of Rice declared comprise 2,000 bags of Java, 2,000 pockets, 774 bgs Bengal, and 100 trcs of Carolina. To-day East India Rice was dealt in with greater freedom by private treaty. Several parcels were sold; mid white Bengal 93 6d, and pinky Madras 7s 9d per cwt. SAGO FLOUR.—The demand is good, and 420 bags at auction sold at 16s 6d to 175 6d per cwt.; these aro higher rates. SALTPETRE.—There has been an active demand for rough both for home consumption and exportation; the rates obtained are also rather above those current pre viously. At auction 1,000 bags of Calcutta went briskly. 3f to 5i per cent. refraction realised 28s 6d to 295, and 17i per cent. 28s to 28s 6d. British Refined 31s 6d to 32s per cwt. For Nitrate of Soda prices are on the ad vance, and rule at 12s 6d to 13s per cwt. INDIGO.—This afternoon a public sa!e of 88 serons of Guatemala Indigo went at full rates. Sobres realized 3s 6d to 3s I ld, and Cortes 2s 10d to 33 5d per lb. The quantity of Java Indigo declared for public sale by the Dutch Trading Company is 5,400 pkgs. Entine—There has been much demand for Valencia Raisins, and on the part of holders there is firmncse. The rates obtained are 38s to 395, and for prime 39s 6d to 40 5 per cwt. Denia met with little attention, and the rates tak en are 29s to 30s. The stiff prices asked for Ele me caused the sales to be of little moment. Cur rants met with little attention for . exportation, but home dealers have been holdersera to a fi fair extent at 35s to 40s per cwt, at which COCIIINEAL.—T o . day the e public sales of 173 pkgs of Cochineal went at full rates n 11 sld • I ear a 0 , duras silvers realized 35 la t and o4s 6d fo ly r ord to fine, s low • black 4s to 4s 6d, and Teneriffe 4s ld per lb. On Friday 240 bags Cochineal will be offered at public sale. g a o t od ful b ly usi f n e e r s m s er de r n a e tes in ZiPlCES.— , hero te be t e r n eat a y Black Pepper by ; Malabar 20 to 22-A s-, and sh o t 3d t o Sumatra 21 to 2d, het per lb. None has been offered at auction. Whi'e is wanted, and the rates paid are from 4d to 9d for ord to fine ; the supply is also small. Of Pod, 24 pk gs at auction ware taken in at 50s per cwt. For Pimento the market is firm, but only small parcels have be en so l d from 30 to 3-Zel per lb. Nutmegs, low and middling selling at 2s 4d to 2s I Id, good to fine 3 s to ISY and limed at 2s to 23 10d tor ordinary to fine. ..e anted at as to 2s 61 and 9 .3 8d to 2s 10d for fe — • —_-_ , N ...,„.. n , " , ----. i \ ( a t'S V" " l " 4 more ready sale, .. --- a ~., , and prices pro on .- It,:-*(kla_--; , :f • _;.:,:_:. , • —....._(!.!,'T /..,, S MARCH 23, 1849. The Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under her royal sign manual at.d the great seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to Installation, and to grant unto the Right Honourable George William Frederick Earl of Clarendon and the Right Hon. Frederick Earl Spencer, Knights of the said Must Noble Order, and duly invested with the ensigns thereof; full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ampl e a manner as if they had been formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithsta n di ng . CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 26. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1849. the advance, as the supply is small. Jamaica is quoted at 61 to 11/ for good and fine quality, other sorts 31 to 51 10s, African and Barbadose 28s to 31s, East India export sorts 22s to 255, and home trade kinds 30s to 90s per cwt. Cassia Lignea is in scanty supply, and there are several buyers at 90s to 96s per cwt. Cinnamon is held with firmness. For Cassia Buds, prices rule high, as the supply is scanty, Cloves are in more active demand; Bencoolen is quoted at Is 3d to is 9d. At auction 270 bags African sold at lid to 7-!cl for middling dark. SPlRlTS.—Leeward Island finds a better sale at Is 4id to is 5d proof; these are also higher rates, and on the part of holders there is much firmness, a small amount is on offer. Demerara has been in excellent request, and the parcels sold were at 2s to 2s 2d for 28 to 33 per cent over proof, and at 2s 3d to 2s 66 for stronger. Jamaica cannot be quoted higher, but exporters and home dealers operate with more freedom, and holders are less disposed to sell. The value of plain and mid quality 28 to 32 per cent over proof is 2s 9d to 3s, better 34 to 36 over 3s 2d to 3s 6d, fine and ►pry superior 3s 8d to 4s 61. Former rates are well kept up for Brandy ; home trade de liveries are also upon a large scale, and imports are light On the part of holders there is also much firmness. Geneva met with little attention, and a desire is evinced to sell ord at is 9d to Is 10d, and fine for duty at 2s to 3s 4d; the stock is getting upon a more extended scale. The market is dull for British made Spirit, and the price has been reduced 2rl per gallon. To-day East India Rum was in excellent request at is 3id to is 4d proof, and several purchases were made in Leewnrd Island; is 5d to is .yid is the value of good quality proof. TaLLow.—Prices are on the decline for Russian on the spot and the trade continue to make purchases wit's caution. There are sellers of fine P.Y. Candle at 40s to 405 3d per cwt, and the tendency is still to recede. For delivery in the last three months of the year a good business has been concluded at 41s 3d to 41s 6d. Home melted is not much wanted, and is offered at 40s per cwt. net cash; the supply is also greater than in the former week, ani the consumption is also getting smaller. For other sorts of Tallow a further fall in the value is visible and the quantity on offer has been large. The parcels offered at auction were nearly all sold; 300 packages of New South Wales went at from 35s 3d to 40s for low to fine; 792 ditto South American, 34s 6d to 39s 63; 35 casks North American, 36s 3d to 33i; 33 casks Tuscan, 38s to 395; 4 calks East India, 41s 63; 5 casks Cape, 41s, and 50 casks Petersburg Soap, 39a 93 per cwt. For auction the large quantity of 1,000 packages of Tallow is de clared. Ou.s.--The amount of business concluded in Linseed Oil has been small, and former rates are not sup ported. There are sellers on the spot at 25s 9 3 per cwt. For delivery the demand has been limited at 26s to 26s 61 Rape Oil, brown at 36s 6d, pale 37s to 335, and Foreign 3Ss to 395. Palm, fine 34s to 355, Olive has not risen in the value, but several purchases have been made ; Gallipoli at 431 to 43/ 103, and other sorts 401 to 461 lOs. Cocoa Nut, 345 to 37s per cwt.. at which the market is firm. There is no change for the better in the position of the market for Fish Oils ; deliveries do not fall off, and imparts are of little mom-nt. Of Cod only small parcels have been sold at 26/ lOs to 27/, end more desire is evinced to realize. Seal has been dealt in with caution, and prices are on the decline ; pale selling at 301 to 31/, other sorts 271 to 291 103. In the market for Souther❑ there is much dullness, but es the supply is small, holders are enabled to obtain for trifling parcels of ordidary and middling quality 28/ to 29l 10s, and 3C/ to 32/ for good to fine. A public sale of 100 tons fine Sperm Oil is declared for Friday. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Turbercular Diseases... ... -.*236 -. 38 174 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 130 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .. 4 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... •.. ••• •••• ••• Diseases of the Kidne3 s, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, & Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ••• Premature Birth •• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• 1•• ••• .•• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemper a n ce Causes not specified ... 59 ... 18 ... 13 ... 26 ... 29 ... 30 1,048 under local reismaragement, that the powerful hand of the Executive was about to be applied to the cor rection of the evils under which they now laboured. So limited was the municipal franchise of the city of Dublin, that instead of having a franchise of 20,000, they had only one of 2,900. Besides, great dissimilarity existed between the system pursued here and in Dublin. These persons were rated to the poor at 41., and pos sessed a vote in Dublin, nor could they do so unless they were rated for 101.—(Hear, hear.) There the administration of the rates was in the hands of seven boards, six of which were self-elected, and who employed 69 collecters to gather in 200,0001. a year. Each board consisted of a staff of commissioners, secretary, collec tors, and lawyers—lawyers without end—(Laughter)— each, in fact, was a royal court in miniature, and each estimated itself so highly that it would be as difficult to get an interview with one of them as with a Prime Minis ter.—(Laughter.) Now he asked the House to relieve the ratepayers from their intolerable burdens. He was favourable to the withdrawal of the Bills, and if, when altered, representation was made the basis of taxation, he should assist the passage of them through the House by every means in his power. Mr. T. O'BRIEN would withdraw his amendment, on the understanding that the second reading of both the Bills should be postponed. Mr. GROGAN could not consent to withdraw his Bills. Lord LINCOLN was of opinion that by refusing to allow the Lord Mayor of Dublin to withdraw his amendment, and by rejecting both Bills introduced by Mr. Reynolds, the House would be much more likely to conduce to the benefit of the city of Dublin. Mr. lIUME thought if the House postponed the second reading of the Bills withsut limit, probably they should not have any Bill brought in on the subject by the Secretary for Ireland this session. He would beg leave to suggest that those Bills should be postponed, and that her Majesty's Government should undertake to bring in a Bill. Sir W. SOMERVILLE thought the speech of the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down was not very complimentary to him; he proposed to keep those two Bills hanging over his (Sir W. Somerville's) head, in order to induce him to bring in a Bill.—(Hear, hear, and a laue,h.) He thought it ehould be preliminary to any Bill beimg brought in by the Government that both the Bills should be withdrawn or rejected. After a few words from Mr. J. O'CONNELL and Mr. REYNOLDS, to the effect, that as the first amendment was to be withdrawn, he would not press bie—(Cries of " No, no")—strangers were ordered to withdraw for a divls's,n, but after a few minutes the gallery was again opened, no division having taken place. On our re-admission into the gallery, The Earl of ARUNDEL was stating, that in the event of the amendments bring carried, the Bill would be rejected by the House. Mr. REYNOLDS said that in the discharge of his duty to the Corporation of Dublin, however unpleasant to him, he should divide the House. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... 126 -Against it ... 34 Majority ... ... —92 The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland when it was likely that the Govern ment Bills would be introduced. Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied, as soon after Easter as possible. The Dublin Improvement Bill was withdrawn. BAKEHOUSES. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice; on behalf of the Noble Lord the Member for Middlesex, that on an early day he should move for leave to bring in a Bill or limiting the manufacture of bread in bakehouses to certain hours of the night. HIGHWAYS IN SOUTH WALES. Viscount EMLYN asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure for the management of the highways in South Wales during the present session. Mr. C. LEWIS said the Government bad found it impossible to bring South Wales within the scope cf the Bill at present before the House with respect to the management of highways and turnpike trusts; but if that measure received the satisfaction of the House it was the intention of the Government to assimilate the law of South Wales to that of the rest of the kingdom. Mr. EVELYN DENISON said, as a great number of county Members would be called out of town next week to attend their respective sessions, ho wished to know whether the Hon. Gentleman would have any objection to postpone the Bill for the present? Mr. C. LEWIS said, in order to meet the general convenience of the House, he would postpone the second reading of the Bill until the 18th of April, the first Wednesday after the Easter recess. HUDSON'S BAT COMPANY. Mr. GLADSTONE asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce during the present session any Bill for the purpose of adding to or altering any of the provisions of existing statutes, having reference to the territories of the Hudson's Bay Com pany in America, with a view of giving facilities to the procerdings of the company, or of any settlement formed under it in Vancouver's Island ; and if so, whether such Bill will certainly be introduced at an early period. Mr. HAWES was heard imperfectly in the gallery, but was understood to reply that it was not the intention of the Government to bring in any measure beyond that which was introduced into the House of Lords by his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies, NOVA SCOTIA. Mr. DISRAELI gave notice of a motion with refe rence to the grievances complained of by the inhabitants of Nova Scotia. BURIALS IN TOWNS. Lord DUNCAN asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in any measure for the prevention of burials in large towns ? Sir GEORGE GREY said such a Bill as that referred to was in preparation. TRANSPORTATION TO SOUTH AFRICA. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the commis sioners, wardens, and others of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, saying that the Government would act unjustly if they converted that colony into a penal settlement. Mr. HUTT rose to present a petition from the land owners of South Australia against transportation to that part of her Majesty's dominions. The SPEAKER said the petition did not relate to the matter before the House.—(Laughter.) Sir F. BUXTON presented a petition from the Abo rigines Protection Society against convicts being sent to the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from a large landowner in Albany, South Africa, stating that in accordance with the treaty with the old Dutch settlers, convicts could not be sent to that part of the world. Mr. HUTT said he had consulted the Right Hon. Ba ronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who had advi,ed him that his petition related to the subject before the House. He, therefore, begged to seek the Speaker's permission to present the petition; it was from Australia, and it prayed that the transportation of convicts to South Africa might not be followed by sending others to South Australia. Mr. ADDERLEY having presented a petition against transportation to the Cape, proceeded to move, " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased, out of consideration for the honourable pride and moral welfare of her subjects the people of South Africa, to order that this hitherto unpolluted colony may bo spared the disgrace and affliction of being made a receptacle for the convicted criminals of the mother country, whether as prisoners, free exiles, or holders of tickets of leave. Ho should indeed deeply regret if in moving an address to the Queen to relieve one of her colonies, from a great infliction, anything he should sa y should be construed into bearing the character of a personal attack. No thing, he assured the House, was further from his mind than to bring forward under the guises of a great national grievance, an objection to the policy, and an implication of certain individuals connected with the Colonial Administration. He be lieved he spoke plainly and distinctly when ho said that this question was the A B C of the problem which was working to the destruction of our Colonial Empire. He confessed that he did not see that any notions of scrupulous delicacy should prevent him from fairly stating to the House a great grievance of this kind.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") He had the highest respect for the character of Earl Grey, and believed that his administration would work well for the colonies. In the outset, however, he wished to guard the question from two misconstructions; first, lest the House should think the question unimportant because it was brought forward by one so little known to the House in connexion with questions of great importance; and 2ndly, lest from his unskilful handling of a question of such grave importance only should be injured, or be mixed up with extraneous matter. At any rate he was totally unhampered by prejudice or party, and it would be gratifying to the colonies to learn that a questic n of this importance had not been brought forward through the instrumentality of party feeling.—(Hear, hear.) He represented a great portion of people who I , )oked with interest to the proper administration of the, col°. nies, &c., and who were further desirous to learn, whether we were disposed to treat them as slaves or as freemen. Whether they intended to stultify their moral growth of contaminating them with a dmoralized population, or to treat them as integral parts of the mother country. With regard to the question itself, simply considered on its own footing, he thought he should best consult the patience of the House and the interest of the question by at once simply and shortly stating his case. His ,case this—that Lord Grey having decided on a new ex pe iiment in convict discipline, involving, first, punishu ent by confinement in the penitentiaries of this country As a probationary state, and then on their removal to, our penal settlements by spreading the convicts under ti diets of leave over as large as possible a range of our d, Ten dencies, had begun that new experiment by recomme.acing transportation to New South Wales, and by commene' mg for the first time transportation to the Cape of Good Hope, not only without consult irg the authorities there, buX had done so also against the strong and general re m on . strance of the whole population of that c.slomy. He would not stop to question the value of the consent of New South Wales. The consent of a Legislative Council was not worth much ; hut what must the dissent of the Cape of Good Hope be, which had found its way through the narrow wad meagre channels of the public journals, and been s nt home by the Governor there, and which formed the sub Sect matter of that debate in that House? It must have be en a strong dissent. The justification of Lord Grey was the Attie mother-country having had to expend a certain et pa) of money in conducting the Kafir war, the mother-country had a right to demand in return such services from the colony. Now, he appealed to the House against the impolicy of treating our dependencies in such a manner, against the injustice so apparent, of selecting a weak dependency to try the experiment upon first, instead of trying it upon them all alike. He ap pealed to the House, to their sense of honour and their love of freedom, and then to her Majesty herself to wipe off that taint from the equity of her admininistratioe: and to wipe out as speedily as possible so flagrant an act of capricious tyranny. He appealed to that House knowing its inclination, from the freedom of its debates to digress into collateral subjects; and he ap pealed to its interest in colonial questions not to clog this question with any matter relating merely to the philosophy of punishment.—(Hear, hear.) Should any gentleman think that by avoiding the ques tion of secondary punishments he was blinking the sub ject before the House, he (Mr. Adderley) would remove every such suspicion by saying he was ready for the sake of argument during this debate to admit ell they wished on the qaestion of transportation. Be would admit, for the seke of argument, that those convicts sent out to the Cape of Good Hope would be as serviceable to the colonists as servants as they would be a good riddance to this country. He would even further admit, that if the Government were ready to carry out the principle of this measure equally and impartially to all the colonies that the greatest part of his accusation against them would fall to the ground. Now, all that ho had to do was simply this, first to prove his allegations against the Colonial Department, namely, that they bed sent con victs for the first time to the Cape of Good Hope, that they had done it without consulting the colonists, sad that they had persisted in that course against their remon strance. He would then endeavour to prove that the Cape, of all our colonies, had the most right to remons trate, and that this transaction on the part of the Noble Lord (Grey), :if sanctioned by the House, would be a direct and public adoption of a retro grade movement in colonization. (H ear , h ear .) And at the same time when s t at i ng t h at t h ese remora strances where disregarded, he believed that a system was at work which was in every respect evil. He believed that if this Act wore persevered in it would be distressing to hundreds in this country, injurious to the colonies, and dangerous to our liberties at home. His first assertion was that this was the firrt time of sending convicts to the Cape of Good Hope, but he was aware that it might be alleged that there was a prece dent for the practice. Ho was well aware that some ten years ago the philanthropic plan was started for sending foundlings and boys found in the streets without a home, and juvenile offenders, to the Cape. Yet such was the feeling excited at the Cape from the apprehension that they might some day be flooded by a convict population, that they immediately arose against it, and the measure, though only philanthropic in its character, was of neces- sity abandoned. There was another subject to which al lusion had been nude, and out of which, he was aware, much representation might arise, and from which cer tainly an impression had been created that this was not the first time that "convicts had been sent to the Cape. That was the fact, that long correspondence had been held between the Secretary ot the Cape, Mr. Montague, and the Secretary of the Colonies here upon the subject. But the object of that correspondence was to state to the authorities the suggestion which had been made to him, that it might be well for the Govern ment to know that if convicts were sent out not a single person tin the colony would employ a convict (if any were sent out) in any capacity whatever. He was aware that this might also create an impres sion that the present plan had a precedent. The third document to which he would allude was a memorial from the culeaists of the Cape on the subject to their Governor, whom they knew well sympathised in all their feelings. All these documents were now in England, and had been, he knew, for the last two months, yet not a single copy of them, though he had repeatedly asked for them, could he ob tain from the Colouiel-office.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.) He saw that the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies was taking a note of that assertion .—(Hear, hear.) He might not h ave asked with anyt hi ng lik e official aptitude, but lee had numbered the papers for which he inquired as A, B, C. He might have been wrong—he might have asked for papers under A which were re• gistered under B, but h e had made the application in such a way as to e li c it th e n ecessary replies, but he had not obtained them.—(Hear, bear.) The Hon. Gen tleman then read a series of extracts from the docum en t s which bad been su ppli e d to hi m to prove his assertions. By a resolution a ssen t e d t o by a large meeting a peti tion, touchingly an d r es p ec tf u lly appealing to the con sideration of the Sovereign, and a memorial to the Governor, appealing to the sympathy which he was known to feel for the colonists, ought to have produced some better response than sim ple silence and disr e g a rd ; but no such thing. The Noble Lord at the h ea d o f th e Colonial Government simultaneously announced the receipt of these pa pers, and hi s d e t erm i nat i on to disregard their prayer.—(Hear.) Since then the Noble Earl had acted as if the colonists themselves were of no consequence, or as if he felt that he had power enough to crush their opposition, but he, for one, could only say, that if any English spirit still existed in the colony, as to inducing a rising against this unjust policy he would not vote a single shilling to put it down.—(Hear.) He thought he had proved how injurious this policy had been to both the mother country and the colonies, and ho wished non- to shorn that the Cape had especial grounds for remonstrating against an infliction of the sort. The Cape was originally a Dutch establishment, which originated about the period of the foundation of New England. Indeed, the Dutch Cape and New England stood at one time in the position of two brothers who had left their parent home, but some time afterwards the Cape was adopted by a band of Protestant refugees, who were remarkable for their intelligence and strict moral habits. To this day even, the inhabitants of the Cape retained that character, and the state of society in the Cape s trongly contrasted with th a t o f some of our speculating colonies, where the moral in terests of the colonists were often sacrificed a thirst for wealth.—(Hear, hear.) But the strict morality of the inhabitants of the Cape might be inferred from the simple fact that they exacted testimonials of good cha racter from all strangers enterin g t h e co l ony, b ut inde pendently of this system being averse to the feelings of the people, there were other features attached to the colony, which rendered it unfit for a p ena l sett l ement. In the first place one portion of the C a p e was overrun with barbarous tribes ; &but, p er h aps, i t would be said that the ;convicts set out might become missionaries amongst those tribes, tho ug h h e was inclined to question the morality which such missionaries. The colonist s t h emselves, however, urged stronger objection to the Cape b e i ng made the recep tacle of convicts. They said their society was sufficienttly advanced to admit of their requiring or being able to establish gaols.—(licar, hea r .) H e came now to the thatin mentionin g thi s measure o f last point, namely, the Noble Lord, it would be adopting on the part of the House a retrograde movement in colonization.—(Hear.) Perhaps the Cape was not st rong enough to manifest itself as America did, but it was labouring precisely under the same grievances. Carlyle had related with just disgust a feature in th e l i fe of Louis XV. who after using every r eme d y, without success, to cure his vitiated body, resorted to the most selfish and .brutal super s ti t i on to recover his health by debauching young virgins. N ow th at was precisely the way in which they had dealt with their colonies. If the House took no steps to avert the consequences to which the conduct of the Govern ment had given rise. They would be looked upon as sanctioning what he called a "deb as i ng system of colonization. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Let them send convicts to the Cape in its turn, but ,do not take the weakest colony first. What he feared most in dealing with this question was apathy. Oh! that he could transport a few lion. Members to the Cape (Laughter) —in order th a t t h ey m i ght learn how odious this system of transportation to the Cape would be; more especially as it would be placed under irresponsible Government.—(Hear, hear.) Ile asked the House if in serving a Colonial Minister it would endanger losing a colonial empire. The Hon. Gentleman concluded with proposing his motion. Sir G. GREY rose to warn the House of the danger it would incur by the adoption of the views of the Honourable Gentlemar. His whole speech was entirely directed against transportation to any of our colonies. If the House ado[t.d his motion it would pronounce a verdict against ti a isportation altogether.—(Hear, hear.) (um SPEAKING.) LEEDS PAROCHIAL EEPENDITURE. — Yesterday, public meeting of the inhabitants of the township of Leeds was held a t th e C ou rt-house, in pursuance of a requisition, signed by upwards of 450 rate• payers, to take into consideration the best means that can be de vised for effecting a reduction in the local expenditure of the township. Mr. Alderman Bateson presided ; and after speeches from Mr. Bissington, Mr. Councillor Newsome, Mr. Councillor Brooke, and others, a resolu tion was unanimously adopted, which recited that, dur ing a few years past the local rates had accrued to an almost unprecedented amount, resolved that a committee should be appointed to investigate the causes of this in crease, andreport to report to a future meeting, and also to inquire into the causes of the increase of pauperism, and also into the remedies for the same, with a view of profitably employing pauper labour on land or other wise. A committee was accordingly appointed for that purpose. DECLINE OF TRADE IN SHEFFIELD. Too little union among the masters, and too much of it among the men, appear to be fast ruining this once busy seat of trade. Every one complains, yet no one mows an amend ment. Thus, while Belgium, Germany, and the United States, in which no such pernicious system prevails, are beating the English out of extensive markets, and even bearding the Shaffielder in his own den, or shaving him rather with his own weapon—by help of the same sure instrumentality the latter is deliberately cutting his own throat — smashing his own machinery, in fact, in more senses than one. There is a talk of the necessity of some new trade. But of what use would a new trade be with the old system of " anion" and disunion? It is " a new man" that is wanted probably still more than a new trade.— The Builder. Thirty-four steam and sailing vessels were pre paring to leave New York, on the 7th instant, for San Francisco ; including several old Liverpool favourites, amongst them being the celebrated ship Memnon, and the Clyde-built steam-ship Unicorn. The Unicorn was entered also for Vancouver's Island, Oregon.—Liverpool Albion. SOUTIIA3IPTON MARCH 26,—Sld, liermann:stearaer, Now York. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 26. This morning the House resumed its sittings on appeals. The Lords present were—the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, end the Earl Somers. MALCOM V. I , 4ANSFIELD AND OTHERS. The arguments in this appeal were resumed. This was an appeal against two interlocutors of the Court of Session in Scotland. The arguments were altogether confined to matters of technicality in Scotch law. Mr. Turner and Mr. Dl‘Neill having brought their arguments to a termination, The House, without hearing counsel for the respon dents, at once dismissed the appeal, and affirmed the in terlocutory of the Court below. BARNARD GREGORY V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND ing, and immediately the room was filled with steam and sulphur. Part of the floor was blown up. They were all very much scalded, and were taken to the house of re covery, where Mary Hart died. Joseph Clayton, engineer —He made the two boilers, waggon shaped, for the Brunswick mill. They were low pressure. To such boilers a gauge of neve r more than 91b. is applied. The usual pressure wa s not more than 41b. to 61b. In August, 1843, witnes o and Mr. Steph enson exam i ned the engine and boilers' which had the safety valve in such a state as to admit of a pressure of 20Ib. to the inch, when the steam ought to have blown ell at 101 b. at most. Witness was at Mr. Cooper's a few days afterwards, and in consequence of what took place in September, 1843, witness put on the boil-over pipes, which would boil over at a pressure of 121 b. On the 7th witness saw the prisoner and the master together, and he told them they were working the boiler at a pressure greater than it could bear. The prisoner said they could not work the machinery with the boil-over pipes on. Mr. Cooper asked why. The prisoner said because they were con tinually boiling over. Witness said yes, that was what they were put there for, to prevent them giving it a higher pressure than the bailer ought to be worked with. He again asked the prisoner what had become of the boil over pipes, lie answered he had ordered them to be taken off, as when they were on they could not drive the whole of the machinery, as they were con stantly boiling over. Hi; LORDSHIP told tlro` jury if a man did an act ne gligently, by which the Ife of a man was lost, he was guilty of manslaughter at least, and he should be sorry that there should be any doubt about it. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly re commended him to mercy, and his Lordthip fined him 51., and to enter into recognizances in 1004 for two years. Mary Ann Smith, aged 20, was indicted for the mur der of Hugh Watson, at Liverpool, on the 3d of March. Watson was a porter, and on that night he met a woman named Collins, who now swore that he accosted her in the street, asking where he could get a lodging, and she took him to a house of ill-fame, on arriving at which she knocked, and a servant opened the door, and as he was going in he fell off the step. She lifted him up. The surgeon said the deceased had an abrasion on the cheek, and on a post mortem examination ho found that the skull was fractured, caused by a severe blow at the base, and consequent effusion on the brain by a fall. His LORDSHIP said it was a case of manslaughter only, and the jury acquitted the prisoner of murder and found her guilty of manslaughter, on which his Lord ship, telling her it was a bad case, sentenced her to be transported for ten years. IMPERIAL PARLIAAIENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 26. NOVA SCOTIA. Lord STANLEY (in continuation from our Third Edition) said—Mr. Fairbanks accepted the office on the understanding that he should not be removed for poll tical causes; he had performed his duties faith fully, and it was proposed to remove him without compensation, and the Noble Earl considered that the faith of the Crown was not pledged to him, and had said that without again appealing to the people of the colony, he would, it those who had passed the Bill persevered in it, advise the Crown to give its assent to the measure. Why, if the faith of the Crown was not ph dged in this instance, in what instance could it be said to be pledged ? Under these circum stances ho thought that Mr. Fairbanks had been un fairly treated, if the Colonial-office should give its con sent to the measure which the Noble Earl had previously condemned. The plea could not be maintained, that the membt rs of the Cabinet should be of the same political opinions, which Ives a modern arrangement, even in this country, and was a principle which could not be applied to a colonial administration without great inconvenience, because there could not be an effectual check upon the Legislative Council. The Liberal party not only dis missed Mr. Fairbanks, but removed one hundred jus tices without assigning a cause; and after the election, at which they obtained a majority, they nominated all the members of the Legislative Council of their own party. They could not but regard with alarm, under such circumstances, that the minority 'might be oppressed by a temporary political majority. It was on these grounds that the petitioners prayed their Lord ships to protect them from despotic government. They should look with jealousy at the enunciation of a prin ciple, that the Government was not responsible, and that he should not take any steps without the advice of the Council. This principle was repudiated by Lord Met calfe, when Governor of Canada, who said that such a surrench r of the prerogative of the Crown would be incompatible with the character of a British colony. He cordially concurred in that sentiment, and thought the petitioners should be protected from a small domi nant majority. Earl GREY felt that in this case he stood on so strong a foundation of truth and reason that he might well ere counter the Noble Lord's superior powers. He should take the topics in the opposite order from that in which they had been introduced by the Noble Lord, and if he endeavoured first to explain his own views of the system of colonial administration, their application to the indi vidual case before their Lordships would then be more easily made. The Noble Lord had pointed out the diffi culty of reconciling the exercise of due authority on the part of the Crown with the enjoyment by the colonies of those privileges in the administration of affairs which they valued no less than the people of this country. Lord John Russell, when Secretary . for the Colonies, had otravx a, llintl• lb was easy to point out contradictions and difficulties which might arise from an extreme use of power vested in different authorities. Ms words were—" It may be said that I have not drawn any spe cific line beyond which the power of the Governor, on the one hand, and the privileges of the Assembly, on the other, ought not to extend. But this must be the case in any mixed Government. Every political constitution in which different bodies share the supreme power, is only enabled to exist by the forbearance of those among whom this power is distributed. In this respect the ex ample of England may well bo imitated. The Sove reign using the prerogative of the Crown to the utmost extent, and the House of Commons exerting its power of the purse to carry all its resolutions into immediate effect, would produce confusion in the country in less than a twelvemonth. So in a colony; the Governor thwarting every legitimate proposition of the Assembly, and the Assembly continually recurring to its power of' refusing supplies, can but disturb all political relations, embarrass trade, and retard the prosperity of the people. Each must ex ercise a wise moderation. The Governor must only oppose the wishes of the Assembly where the honour of the Crown or the interests of the empire are deeply con cerned; and the Assembly must be ready to modify some of its measures, for the sake of harmony and from a re verent attachment to the authority of Great Britain." If the great authorities of the state strained their respective powers, our balanced system of a constitution would be brought in a month to a stand still, and the result would be, hopeless confusion • but the remedy, t o use t h e expres sive language of his confusion; Friend, was to be found in the "wise moderation" with which their constitutional powers were exercised. The same principle must be applied to the colonies. The time now had arrived when the power of the colonies of this country must be regulated by the feelings and judgment of the colonists. He had never intimated to any governor that he was free from respon sibility for such measures as he might sanction, but after the constitutions which they had given to these colonies, they could not shrink from the conclusion that public opinion must finally prevail. The Noble Lord having read some extracts taken from his dispatches to Sir J. Harvey, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, directing him as to the policy he should pursue, proceeded to observe, that in his opinion th e y cou ld not ma i nta i n the North American colonies on any other grounds. These were his views as to colonial government, and these were the views he had uniformly and constantly maintained; and in doing which he had the full concur rence of his colleagues. He had endeavoured to carry them out as fairly and impartially as he could, he had administered the powers entrusted to him to the best of his ability, and whenever mistakes may have been com mitted—for he was not presumptuous enough to suppose mistakes were not committed—the actual condition of their North American provinces was the best proof that those principles were sound and just. The Noble Lord said that the power of the Crown was thrown away in this instance. Lord STANLEY did not say the power of the Crown was exactly thrown away, but that it was exercised in an unsound manner. Earl GREY misunderstood the Noble Lord, no doubt, but in the conclusion of the Noble Lord's speech he said something very like it. To tell the colonies they were to decide on local concerns, and that, whatever difference arose, the Assembly, and not the Secretary of State, was to give way; it followed that free grovernment was really, under such circumstances, but a name. Now what hap pened in Nova Scotia? For 15 3 ears the granting of the civil list was a subject of great contention, and during the five years the Noble Lord was in office he endeavoured to bring that difficult question to a satisfactory conclusion, particularly as regarded the payment of the judge:. Since he (Earl Grey) came into office, he had also endeavoured to settle it, and he had the satisfaction of stating that by a dispatch received not many days since, the question was brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The Assembly had seen the propriety of settling it, and thus was the question set at rest. The Noble Lord read a dispatch of his (Earl Grey's) to Sir John Harvey as to keeping the principle of removal cf judges ou political grounds within the narrowest limits, of which he was pleased to approve —and that principle, he was happy to say, was about to be carried out very generally in their co lonies. Again, he (Earl Grey) strongly urged that, in adopting that system, they should refrain from doing inju"y to individuals ; that whenever persons were removed they should get compensation, and that rule they also recognised. When their Lordships remem bered bow strong public feeling was on the con tinent of America against the giving of pensions, they would at once see how important it was that they should be limited within as narrow a compass as pos sible. If he w e r e p re p are d to grant that, in the pre sent instance, the powers of the Crown were prescribed —if he were to grant that which he was not ready to do, it ought to b e reco ll ecte d t h at , even i n this cc,untry, no party or office could altogether justify the manner in which the power of the Crown was exercised, and if that were so at honae, how much more might they ex pect it in the colonies. Ho would not say thet n o errors were committed, but he contended that, to tight the party battles in that House, of their North American Colonies, would be most disastrous. When quarrels existed between the Crown and the colonies, uo doubt the subject was brought very properly before Parliament.—(dear, hear.) When a difference arose also between the Representative Assemblies and the Crown, it was right that a similar course shculd bo pur sued; but, in the present instance, the case brought for ward nas by a minority, who corup; a i ne d that their views were not acted on, although the majority had decided against them, githerty every Goyeranacut bAcl endea- DEATHS FROX ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Females Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1844-8. in the Five Winters. Week. 170 ... 156 218 ... 221 211 ... 204 252 ... 210 319 ... 257 ... 1,169 ... 1,048 ... 505 ... 543 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 740 ... 705 Total ... ... ... ... 1,445 *ln this number are included 10 cases of death by Cholera, 40 by Scarlatina, and 40 by Typhus Fever. COURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam ...... •• • • 12 2U Ditto, at sight ...... 12% Rotterdam .... • ... .. 12 236 Antwerp .......... .... 25 70 Hamburgh ......M.B. 13 123 f, Paris, 3 days'sight .... 25 30 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50 Cdarsellles ............ 25 50 Bourdeaux . 25 55 Frankfort on Mains.... 121 l Petersburgh, Sil. Vienna, effec. flo •• 11 40 Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 40 Madrid 49 Bilbao .. ........ Barcelona .• • • . ... INGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. • ......, Leghorn • • .. • . 34 Genoa • • 28 Milan •••• • • • • •• •• •• Venice N'aples ...... • • .... 40U Palermo, perm Messina 119% 0p0rt0.... • ..... .. 33 Rio Janeiro .......... 23 Buenos Ayres ....... Y. New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .... • • -- PRIM! OF BULLION, PEE 02 Foreign Gold imbue.. £3 17 9 PortMgal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars • • 0 0 Silver in bars • • 0 5 0 5evi11e.......... .::::: IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo: sack at Five o'clock. The Bishop of CASHELL presented a petition from an Irish clergyman, praying for an additional grant to schools connected with the Established Church in Ire land, and gave notice of a question for Thursday to the Ministers on the subject. The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented a petition in favour of the Bill for the punishment of seduction. PETTY SESSIONS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Petty Sessions Bill. The object of the Bill was to give magistrates the power of holding courts of petty sesions in cities and boroughs in the same menneras in counties, so that cities and boroughs should possess the same privileges with regard to the constitution of courts of petty sessions as counties. Another object of the Bill was to enable magistrates to hire premises for the holding of petty sessions, to that they might not be obliged to hold the petty sessions in places of public entertainment, and be exposed to the fumes of gin and tobacco. In the other House the only objection was that this portion of the Bill was not com pulsory; but the Noble Marquis (Salisbury) objected to the Bill that it gave to the magistrates the power of hiring a place for holding petty ses sions elsewhere than in places of public entertainment. The Bill proposed to give to the Court of Quarter Sessions power of ordering the erection, purchase, or hiring of proper places for the holding of petty ses sions, the expense of which was to be defrayed out of the county rates. The Marquis of SALISBURY opposed the motion. They would have to provide 760 places for holding petty sessions, and these would cost at least 5001. each, which sum would have to be defrayed out of the county rates. He moved, as an amendment, that the Bill should be read a second time that day six months. The Earl of MALMESBURY complained that the moment was not well chosen to throw additional burdens on the county rates. (LEFT SPEAKING.) The S H PEA ° IK U ER SII° took the E Cha?r ° at :lll Fo M ur ° o' N clo B cll. DUBLIN CONSOLIDATION, IMPROVEMENT WATERWORKS, AND SEWERS BILL. "Upon the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. TIMOTHY O'BRIEN moved, by way of an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER suggested that all the Bills relating to the subject of improvements in Dublin should be taken up by the Government, because it was quite manifest that no amicable arrangement could be come to by the parties in Dublin. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE said the Govern ment had taken very great trouble to bring about some satisfactory arrangement between the parties, but he regretted that their efforts had as yet been unsuccessful. It was, howerer, right that they should consider the general interests of the great bulk of the people in Dublin, and he begged to say that he was prepared, provided he should receive the support of the House, to bring in some measure which would obviate the ob jections entertained to the present Bills, and put an end to the differences between the contending parties. Mr. GROGAN said he had but one object in view— viz., to get a good Bill for Dublin, and he would suggest that the present Bills should not at once be thrown over board, but should remain in abeyance until the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland was in a posi tion to ascertain whether he could bring in a measure that would meet with the satisfaction of the House. Mr. S. HERBERT thought that the only chance of getting a good Bill was to place the matter in the hands of the Government, and he hoped the House wculd not consent to the proposal of the Hon. Member, that the Bills should remain in abeyance. Mr. W. PATTEN recommended that all the Bills should be at once withdrawn. Mr. REYNOLDS said he had listened to the state ment of the Secretary for Ireland with great pleasure and satisfaction, and he congratulated him and the House, and the i° l 2l4bitults of Dublin, who had to long been ANOTHER. After the case had, on the priscnt occasion, proceeded come way, Lord Baoucmot suggested that the parties should make an application to the Court of Exchequer Chamber on the rubject of that entry, and then, if so advised, that they should again bring the matter under the considera tion of their Lordships' House. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME Cll?CUlT.—Kingston, March 26. The Commission fur the county of Surrey was opened on Saturday, and this morning business commenced in both,Courts. There are 37 prisoners for trial on the Crown side, and the cause list contains 66 entries, 12 of which are special jury cases. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WtouTsiaat.) Richard Hunter, IG, a well known thief, wai indicted for stealing from the person of Mary Anne Burnes, a purse, containing 125., her property. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoner. The evidence of the robbery by the prisoner was most conclusive. He was watched by Romayne, a very useful officer, in the New-cut, Lambeth, on the 19th of Feb ruary, in company with two other boys, evidently prowl ing about for the purposes of plunder,- and he was at length seen to lilt up the gown of the prosecutrix, and pat his hand into her pocket, and he withdrew it clenched, and then made a motion, as if passing some thing to one of his companions, who immediately ran off. The constable then seized the prisoner, and, after a violent strugg!e, succeeled in securing him, and the prosecutrix, on putting her hand into her pocket, found that her purse and its contents had been stolen. Mr. CHARNOCK, in his address to the jury, com mented upon the fact that no money had bee❑ found upon the prison r, and that the policeman was unable to swear that the prisoner actually passed the purse to his companion. The jury, after deliberating a short time, did not ap pear likely to agree, and his Lordship inquired if there was any portion of the evidence which they wished to have read over to them. The Foreman of the jury said that they felt a diffi culty on account of there being no proof that the pri soner actually passed away the purse, and that the pro perty was not produced. His LORDSHIP told them that if juries were to decline to convict in all cases where the stolen property was not produced it might tend to occasion a great failure of justice. In the present case, they were to say, as rea sonable men, whether the fair inference from the evi dence was not that the prisoner passed the purse to the other lad, who ran away with it. The jury then again deliberated for a short time, when they returned a verdict of Guilty. A previous conviction for a robbery from the person was then proved against the prisoner, and ho was sen tenced to be transported for seven years. Henry Wilson, alias Durrant, 23, was indicted for breaking into the parish church at Ewell, and stealing a surplice and ether articles, the property of the Rev. James Arthur Dunnage. The prisoner was also indicted for being feloniously at large before the expiration of a period of transporta tion, to which he had been sentenced in 1847. It will be remembered that at the spring assizes at this place in 1847 the prisoner was tried for a robbery at the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Addington, and upon his conviction he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. After his sentence he was taken back to the gaol at Kingston, and he contrived, during the temporary absence of the turnkey to scale the wall and make his escape, and nothing was heard of him until he was re. committed to take his trial upon the first-mentioned charge. The prisoner pleaded guilty to both indictments. Sentence deferred. William Stradivick, 22, was indicted for feloniously attempting to discharge a loaded gun at William Paters, with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension, and in a second count his intent was laid to be to do the prose cutor grievous bodily harm. Mr. Lilly prosecuted. It appeared from the evidence that Peters is an assis tant gamekeeper to the Earl of Onslow, and on the night of the 11th of January, he and two other men were watching in a wood at Kepley. About eleven o'clock they heard the report of a gun, and as they were pro ceeding in the direction whence it appeared to come they heard a second shot, and very soon afterwards Peters came up with the prisoner and another man. The latter ran off, but the prisoner, who had a gun in his hand. presented it at the keeper, and told him to keep off. The prosecutor instantly knocked the gun out of his hand, and the prisoner was then taken into,custody, and on his being searched a hen pheasant, and a quantity of powder and shot, were found upon him, and the gun which had been in his possession was discovered, upon its being examined, to be loaded with a large charge of powder and shot. The prisoner, i❑ his defence, said that he was aiming the gun at a bird when the keeper came up, and he had not time to take it from his shoulder before it was knocked out of his hand. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. Baron PARKE did not sit on the civil side until one o'clock, and his Lordship disposed of a few common jury cases, the details of which were perfectly unin teresting. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Hereford, March 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Thomas Whitford was indicted for tho wilful murder o his wife, Elizabeth Whitford, at Brilley, on the 2Sth October fact. It appeared that the prisoner had for, tome time la- boured under religious mania, which at times exhibited itself in great violence of conduct. The unfortunate deceased was some years older than the prisoner, and it appeared that their household presented a scene of great connubial misery. On the night in question he re turned home, and a quarrel commenced between them which was heard by the neighbours, who fearing that the dispute had been attended with more serious conse quences than usual, sent a constable to the house, who, with some of the neighpours effected an entrance, when they found the poor woman lying dead on the ground with her brains literally beaten out, and her skull dread fully fractured, the prisoner standing near the body in a complete state of nudity. On examining the body, the key of the door was found in deceased's pocket, so that it would appear she had locked the door from the inside. The conduct of the prisoner left little doubt that his mind was diseased, and the jury Acquitted him on the ground of insanity. Mr. Baron PLATT ordered him to be detained in cus tody during her Majesty's pleasure; and he was recom mitted to the county gaol, there to await the Royal will respecting him. Elijah Lewis, John Symonds, Henry Williams, and Thomas Thomas, were indicted for violently assaulting Thomas Ball, at Huntingdon, on the 17th of February, and stealing a purse, three sovereigns, a cheque-book, and other articles from his person. The prisoners waylaid Mr. Ball, a farmer, as he was returning from Hereford market, knocked him from his horse, knelt on his chest, and violently rifled his pockets. It appeared that they mistook him for Mr. Taylor, the steward of Sir R. Price, Bart., M.P., who they supposed would pass that way on his road to Foxley Court, and who was known to have been receiving a large sum of money in Hereford that day, on the Baronet's account. They were convicted. The business of the assizes was brought to a close by eleven to-night, until which hour both the Judges sat. - MONMOUTH, March 25. Mr. Sergeant Tslfourd opened the commission for this county yesterday afternoon; and Mr. Baron Platt, with Mr. Justice Coltman, arrived from Hereford this morn ing, when they attended Divine service at St. Mary's Church. The calendar contains the names of 48 prisoners, but there is n , ) charge of murder, although independent of that, some of the crimes are of a very serious nature. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, March 26. Lord Chief Baron Pullock and Mr. Baron Rolfe opened the commission this morning, having been es corted into the city by the High Sheriff, with the usual formalities. The calendar is not heavy, and there are but few cases to be tried of any importance, with the exception of the case of the Stanfield Hall murders, which engrosses pub. lie attention exclusively. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Liverpool, March 26. CROWN COLTRT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDEDSON,) Boger Fogg, a respoctable looking Quaker, was in dicted for manslaughter at Preston, on the 3d of March last. Mrs. Lambert worked at the mill. The prisoner was the manager. Met. , srs. Cooper and Gannington were the masters. The engine• tenter was Robert Wilkinson. The reeling.room, in which witness worked, was over the boiler. Mary Hart worked in the same room and two others. An explosion, like the report of a cannon took r place, about.half-past eleven o'ely4 in t,he Mr. Manisty appeared for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Snow for the defendant. It will be remembered that some years since the plain tiff in error, and the plaintiff in the Court below, at that time being the proprietor or editor of the Satirist news paper, made his appearance on the stage of Drury lane Theatre, in the character of Hamlet, and that on the occasion there was a great disturbance in the home, which led to the utmost confusion. This dis turbance the appellant alleged the respondents to have been the cause or, and to have led, with a view to his injury. The appellant, therefore, brought an action for the recovery of compensation in damages. The trial came on in the Court of Common Pleas, at the sittings after Trinity term, 1843, when a verdict was found for the respondents on all the issues. A rule nisi was afterwards obtained, but in Hilary term, 1844, was dis charged and judgment given for the defendants. A writ of error was then brought in the Exchequer Chamber, when the then plaintiff assigned errors, in which errors the then defendants joined. The Court of Exchequer Chamber affirmed the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas, and the present writ of error was the result. The question which was raised by the writ was as to the form in nhich the judgment had been entered by the Court below. Toured to exercise their power as impartially as po sib to use the power of the Crown to moderate the ex cusses of party feeling, and that if, in cases like the present, they were called on to account why they did not interfere, he feared it would be impossible to steer clear of party contests. If the divisions that existed in the cola-. nies were to be carried on in this country, what would be the consequence? Suppose a change of Administration had taken place at home —that a party got into office without any corresponding change of feeling taking place in the colonies, or that the majorities in the Assemblies were against the home Government, how could they act? In what a dilemma should they be placed. He (Earl Grey) regretted what fell from the Noble Lord as to the present condition of Canada, and the opinion expressed by him that certain proceedings now going on there were likely to lead to a rebellion.--(" Hear, hear," from Lord Stanley.) The Noble Lord reiterated his assertion; but all he (Earl Grey) could say was, that from official do cuments which reached this country, he had be-n formed that those engaged in the transaction alluded to by the Noble Lord, repudiated such a construed( n as he placed upon it. Lord STANLEY said he knew quite the contrary : Etr GREY—The Noble Lord says his information leads him to believe that the contrary was the tact ; but he (Earl Grey) had seen the resolution proposed for adoption in the Assembly. Lord STANLEY observed that he also had seen the resolution alluded to by the Noble Lord, as well as the amendments proposed. It may be quite true that the Noble Earl had more information on the subject than he had, but the amendments moved, which were negatived by two to one, adopted the proposition that no compen sation should be given; and some of the members of the Canadian Government were found in the majority, Be' cording to the list of votes which he had seen. Earl GREY continued—He had not seen the votes to which the Noble Lord alluded. They were not sent to the Colonial-office, because the practice hitherto had been not to do so, until the end of the session of an As' sembly, but he sent out directions that in future they should be regularly forwarded. He had, however, in his possession the lastest newspapers, and it did not ap pear that the resolution was as yet discussed, or the Bill to be founded upon it brought forward for consi deration. The Assembly entirely disclaimed the inten tion of rewarding treason or rebellion, but they did sal that as in regard to Upper Canada, and against .their strong remonstrance, a Bill was framed to remunerate persons whose properties had been destroyed or injured by the militia, on suspicion of their being found in the rebellion, that when compensation was so obtained, and that, too, while the Noble Lord was in office, they saw no reason why it should not be extended to the other portions of the province. They added, that when the Bill so passed they objected to it, that it was an erroneous measure, but in common justice and common honesty it was necessary to apply the same rule to Lower Canada. They held that what was treason or rebellion was a question which ought to be decided by legal tribunals, and by them alone, and that even for policy's sake it was desirable that compen sation should be granted, because it was notorious at that time the majority of the French Canadians were disloyal to the British Crown, and that now, when they were warmly and seriously attached to it, their loyalty should not be discouraged. Looking at the re solutions passed by the Assembly, there was nothing monstrous in the doctrine propounded. All he knew of his Noble Friend (Lord Elgin) was by reputation, and he advised his appointment in Canada, which he had conducted with great prudence, and he had unlimited con fidecce in him, and no doubt he had good reasons foe the course he had adopted. With their Lordships' per mission he would read a private letter which he bad re ceived from him at the time of the late threatened re bellion in Ireland, in which he described the actual state of the country over which he presided. Irish politics had been attempted to be introduced into that country; but he stated his intention to combat them vigorously, and the result of his efforts had been a firm and wide spread display of attachment and loyalty to the British Crown. That was the result of the system he bad pur sued, and its beneficial tendency. The Assembly showed a disposition to treat his advice with respectful deference. In conformity to that advice the Assembly had consented to reduce the tax proposed to be levied upon provisions, although they had doubts about its propriety. From the results of th e genera l pr i nc i p l es of his L'ordship's government, he would come to the case of Mr. Fair banks, who, he admitted, had been somewhat hardly dealt with. But there was a very material part of the case omitted by the Noble Lord. The treasurer's sa lary was annually voted by the Assembly, and at any moment that salary could have been withdrawn, although the Crown had the power of appointment. That being so, the tenure of the office was clearly at the pleasure of the Assembly, and not of the Crown. He was sorry that the Noble Lord had brought forward this case of Mr. Fairbanks, because it had compelled him to make that statement which he feared would greatly injure him, as his case was not yot decided. He had now stated what were the actual circumstances of the case, but had not determined what advice he should give to her Majesty on the subject, but he had shown that Mr. Fairbanks did practically hold his office at the will of the Assemble'. It would not have been right to oppose the financial mea sures of the Assembly, and if he was placed in the same situation again he should give the same advice. Lord BROUGHAM was aware that out of doors it was supposed that the Noble Earl had been instrumental in the appointment of Lord Elgin to his present high office, but ho (Lord Brougham) and his Noble Friend (Lord Stanley) knew to the contrary. There having been a. olamour raised against the Noble Earl's adminis tration, that he gave colonial offices to various members of his family, he would take the present opportunity sei doing another act of justice to the Noble Earl. Hi' (Lord Brougham) was constantly hearing the presenit Governor of Jamaica called one of the Grey family, hit name being Grey; whereas he happened to be related tc the Noble Earl in the same way as he was to him (Lord !, Brougham)—namely, through the first parents 0“ the human race. He had listened with great' pain to the Noble Earl's defence of the treatment' experienced by Mr. Fairbanks. He considered the.: t gentleman to have been exceedingly ill used. • It might be true that Mr. Fairbanks held • his office upon a precarious tenure, depending upon the will of a majority of the Assembly, but that was na reason why the Government should have acted towards him in a spirit of hardship and injustice. He hoped it: was not too late, and that the Noble Earl would refuse , to sanction so iniquitous a course as had been proposed) to be adopted. Why did not the Noble Earl act in tht case of Mr. Fairbanks, as he had done in the case; a the Civil List Bill ? Upon another point he felt stilt more strongly on public grounds; he alluded to the dis missal of one hundred magistrates without any cause , assigned. This was not the act of the Assembly, but it was a measure of the Colonial Government itself.. These magistrates had not only the ordinary judicial powers in criminal matters, but four-fifths of the civil business of the colony were disposed of by them. It was a most violent measure. There was a majority of seven. A ch ange o f f our votes might defeat t the Government ; then came another pa rty into power, and perhaps another one hundred magistrates would be dismissed, and the first 100 be re stored; so that every magistrate in the colony would be turned into a partisan and political trader. Ho should like to know what would be said if a Lord Chancellor or a Secretary of State should in this country strike out of the commission of the peace a number of magistrates in the proportion of 100 to every 250,000 inhabitants ? Why, that would be striking off between 7,000 and 8,000 magistrates in one morning .! Ho regretted that the affairs of the colony were not in a satisfactory state,rand he considered a more vigilant control over the local authorities was required. Earl GREY said that the list of magistrates said to have been dismissed included the names of upwards of 40 persons who were dead. Lord BROUGHAM —Then there has been very great misrepresentation. Earl GREY said that was precisely what he wished to press upon their Lordships, and to call upon them nor , to forma judgment until they knew the real facts. With regard to what the Noble and Learned Lord had said in reference to Sir Charles Grey, he (Lord Grey) should be sorry if his Right Hon. Friend should be mortified that he disclaimed him either as a political ally or as distant relation. Certainly he was originally of the same family, and not merely related to the Greys of Howicki as the Noble and Learned Lord had said, through our common first parents. Lord STANLEY observed "that whether one hundred or only sixty magistrates had been dismissed the case wus the same in point of principle ; but he would not attempt to justify a gross misrepresentation. Their Lordships adjourned at Half-past Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 26. NAVIGATION BILL.—COMMITTEE. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. J. STEWART trusted that his Hon. Irmo would not press this motion to a division, for it was _ perfectly immaterial how the power was conferred. If the words "if the Queen shall think fit" in the 31st in any waylirnited the power orincreased it, sameth o e ft power he clause was clearly conferred by another portio llrefore, trusted where the tame words occurred. that his Hon. Friend woull not and clauses 20 The amendment was then withdrawn, the proposition of and 21 having been agreed to, Majesty in Council to make clause 22, which enables hert. press his motion. foreign countries for thepur posecertain arrangements with other states in our harbours and to our shipping the of giving reciprocal advantages t'r to i the shipping harbours of other countries, so far as port and light dues were concerned, Mr. .LABOUCHERE said, in reply to Mr. Wawn, that this clause was m-cessary, for a considerable difli• culty had been experienced in inducing other countries to enter into reciprocal treaties. With regard to Spain, for instance, there was every disposition to enter into amicable arrangements so far as the practicable business was concerned, but a great indisposition to a political arrangement. After a further remark from Mr. WAWN, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that dock dues and light dues were on a very different footing. Mr. WA WN said the Hull Dock Company had re' ceived very large sums of money as compensation for dock dues, which they had surrendered under reciprocity treaties, and he should therefore propose that the words " dock dues " be added to the thirty•third line of the dune. ' The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said if the Honour able Gentleman would read the clause a little further on, he would find the words, " and other dues," which would embrace the dues the Hon. Gentleman had mentioned. Mr. `YAWN said in that case there ought to be no objection to adopting his proposal. Mr. HENLEY said, now that they proposed to deal with private rights so extensively, and to compensate dock companies for the loss of their dues out of the Con. solidatcd Fund, some general Act ought to be introduced on the subject. 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