The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

birti Mbittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. 'ERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat upon the ck at Five o'clock. NAVIGATION-LAWS. ions against the repeal of the navigation-laws resented by the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis donderry, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Wharn ad Lord Stanley, from certain bankers, shipowners, izans of London, signed by 31,771 persons, and trious other places. ions in favour of the repeal of the navigation re presented by the Marquis of LAN SDOW , E [anchester and Dundee. ___ _ EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL. he motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this Bill was second time. SICILY. Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table papers relating to Sicily. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved the reading of the Bid far the repeal of the naviga vs. He felt himselfrelieved from the necessity ofde thc. r LordsciEs at any gre at 'ength, f cm a know- let their Lordships were already familiar with all the facts and arguments of the case. He, how lust detail some of the reasons which induced him e his motion, because he knew that in many cases )osition to this Bill was founded upon a belief, he 'd an erroneous, but he was sure a sincere, belief, is measure would affect the naval supremacy of , untry. It would be his business to endeavour to se the minds of Noble Lords of that belief. He ad that it was necessary to sacrifice some of our liberty to preserve the rest, as it necessary to sacrifice some portion wealth and resources of the country or the es of defence. But he trusted he should heir Lordships that such sacrifices as were desired continuance of the navigation laws were not re . He could not go step by step into the history of laws. The first attempt at a navigation law was he time of Richard 11., but the year its enactment it was so destructive to .roe that the very Parliament which passed it mpelled to repeal it. These laws were founded in :ional feeling of grasping at every thing in cons , which invariably brought with it its own punish- The prosperity of every country must be invari eunded upon the prosperity of other commercial iea—(Cheers)—and, consequently, all those at had failed. Another attempt had been made to a navigation-law by Henry VIII., and having ted the shipowner, he protected the people t the shipowner by enacting that only a number of ships should be permitted - er the ports of the kingdom. This scheme, ght have been supposed, failed. It was dot until tie of Cromwell that the present navigation-laws enacted. The object of the navigation-law was purely of a commercial nature, his object to punish the Dutch for the support which lad given to Charles IL Considering the then on of this country there might perhaps have been rounds for trying the experiment how far by a Lt sacrifice of wealth a stimulus might be given to development of cur marine strength. Our istances, with regard to Holland, were at ime the very reverse of what they were new. But t he admitted that the experiment have been at the time fairly tried, no means admitted that that experiment had been sful. Fifteen years after those laws had been d he found it recorded in that most amusing book, Diary of Mr. Secretary Pepys," that it was im le to see any but women navigating boats, as the lad all been pressed, and that as a remedy for this of things, it had been found necessary to recom the immediate suspension of the navigation-laws. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. SPEARED. took the Chair at Four o'Clock. NEW MEMBER. . ROEBUCK took the oaths and his seat for Shef- The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was introduced !onel P. Thompson and Mr. Hutt. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. . BERNAL having explained the difference which d between the report of the Committee and his own ,sed opinions with regard to this Bid, Bill for the Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, ead, and Neilston Direct Rail /gay by the Cale- Railway was then read a third time. AS OF 'SUPREMACY AND ABJURATION. Sheriffs of the city of London appeared at the the House to present a petition from the Corpo , under the corporate seal, against tho oath re• !g supremacy and abjuration. 3ION OF LIVING OF RICHMOND AND KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES. C. LUSHINGTON said that the offensive parts s Bill having been withdrawn he should retrain any further opposition. • Bill was then read a third time. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS. LACY presented several petitions, in favour of ration in the Parliamentary oaths. ;GOW, KILMARNOCK, AND ARDROSSAN RAILWAY BILL. Bill was read a third time. COUNTY COURTS. BROWNE and other Hon. Members presented I petitions from Liverpool and ocher pieces, in of the constitution of financial boards in conjunc ith the county courts. PALIAMENTARY OATHS. PLUMPTRE presented several petitions against aeration of the Acts for this purpose. STRATION OF MARRIAGE AND DEATHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. J. GRAHAM and several other Members pre petitione against this Bill. REDUCTION OF BEER-HOUSES. J. GRAHAM also presented several petitions in of some measure for the reduction of the number •-houses. lIAGE WITH THE SISTER OF A DECEASED WIFE. CUMMING BRUCE presented several petitions , ur of Mr. Stuart Wortley's Bill for the alteration present law. LIMERICK RAILWAY. 11. W. BARRON presented a petition most ously signed by the nobility and gentry, and • others by the Lord-Lieutenants of Waterford ipperary, and other residents in the southern s of Ireland, in favour of some grant from Go. ant for the completion of this railway. ISHTON•UNIIER-LYNE LOCAL BILL. Ashton-under-Lyne Police, Markets, and Improve lets Extension and Amendment, and Transference s and Waterworks and other Property to the Cor m Bill, was ordered to be re-committed. PARLIAMEN TARY OATHS. NEWI)EGATE presented several petitions t the alteration of Parliamentary oaths. STAFFORD presented several petitions to the Erect. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. C HARTERIS, in rising to ask the First Lord of 3aiury whether his attention had been drawn to ort which had been recently published by a com appointed to inquire into the management of the of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, in so it affected the general character of the House, 1 the indulgence of the House while he made a ,ervations, as considerable misunderstanding ex ith reference to the object which he had in putting , stion. It had been supposed by many persons, s question was directed against some individuill, r of that House, but he begged to say that nothing then from his intention than that.—(Hear, hear.) ny Members then present had not, perhaps, I their attention to the matter to which the ques :erred, he would read an extract from the report committee of shareholders as it appeared in the newspaper. It was to the following effect:— the investigation of the disbursements, under the f Parliamentary expenses, there appeared several the character of which your committee could not at. The items were— 1 17 (1846) Par;ismentary expenses £5OO 0 0 24 If f f ft 300 0 0 2,400 17 6 1,700 0 0 f f Total 7,606 17 6 rence to those items, the explanation given to ommittee by Mr. Waddington and Mr. John was, that the sums were disbursed by the com or services rendered, and in a manner which did ow them liberty to mention the particulars, which id, could nut be given without implicating others." were rumours prevalent that that sum had been led for what was called facilitating the passage of trough Parliament, in other words, in plain ' for bribing Members of th a t H ouse .—(ll ear , He could not believe that any Member of puse had been guilty of conduct so disgraceful inonourable; but as those rumours were very at, it appeared to him that not a moment should without some notice being taken of them. ,uld not allow them to circulate and to poison Aix ear; and he conceived the House wis to institute some inquiry into rumours such se, which not only affected the character House, which ought to be above suspicion, but private and individual honour of every Membt r ig to it —(Loud cheers.) He felt cee.tident that :se on inquiry would Lind that there was little or lation for these rumours, but if it unforturately ,ut otherwise, the House would at least have the ion of detectil g tt e guilty panic s, and holdinr , ) to the reprobation aed contempt of all Hon .' .s.—(Cheers.) JOHN RUSSELL agreed with the Hon. Gen that the wow's to which reference had been had a tendency to excite suspicion, and '.vt• the character and credit of that Ha did not himself give the slightest credence ritnitour to which the H.-n. Gentleman had 41% he (Lord John Russell) did agree wi t h would not be right to let tho.e words, re se they were by a:public committee, pass by with lie did not himself think there would be any THE advantage in that inquiry being instituted by a member of the Government, unless it were decidedly the wish of the House; but his opinion was, that the Honourable Gentleman having turned his attention to the subject, and the question being one atieoting the character of individual Members of the House, he (Lord John Russell) thought it would be better that the inquiry should bo in the hands of the Honourable Gentleman, assisted as the Hon. Gentleman would bo by Members of all parties in the House, than that the inquiry should be conducted by the Government. He could have the advice and assistance of Hon. Members as to the best mode of facilitating the inqury—an inquiry which should be pursued until the whole truth was elicited.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. WADDINGTON said that ho was not at all aware until he saw in the report the remark made by the committee, that after he had given evidence in reference to the sums alluded to, it was stated that he could not answer, lest his reply might implicate indivi dual Members in that Hcuse. When he told the House that he made no remark in that committee affecting any Member in that House, he thought the House would join with him that there was no reason for such a remark as that being made, inasmuch as he did not by implication or otherwise allude to any Member of the House of Commons. So soon as the report appeared, the directors took the only course they could to inform the public of the real state of the facts ; and, with the permission of the House, be would read the remarks that the Eastern Counties Railway Company made in re ference to the 7,6001. (The remarks substantially were that there was a committee sitting in April, 1846, called the Size-lane Committee, formed for the purpose of carrying out a scheme for amalgamating the Eastern Counties and the London and York, which had been propounded by Mr. Hudson in 1845, and that had that committee been successful, a great amount of the legal expenses would have been saved.] He could only beg to assure the House, which he did as a man and as a gentleman appearing before that assembly, that there was not a Member of that House, directly or indirectly, who had had the benefit of a single shilling in reference to that 7,6001. He thanked he Honourable Member for giving him an opportunity for contradicting the rumour ; and if such a statement had been made before the committee, he would have repelled it with indignation. Mr. CHARTER'S said he was in the hands of the House as to the course he should pursue. With all due respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member, which he in some measure believed, he thought it would be satisfactory if an inquiry took place into the matter— (Heir, hear)—and, believing the House to be of the same opinion, he begged to give notice that on Thursday next he should move for the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry. The matter then dropped. THE SICILIAN PAPERS. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that the papers would be placed immediately in the hands of lion. Members. S-11 N, PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the second reading of the Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS rose to move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. He complained that the real nature of the Bill could not be satisfactorily traced from its title. None save those who had had an opportunity of reading the Bill could tell what was its object, and indeed he thought it would have been more consistent in the Noble Lord if he had favoured the House with some statement as to the exact purpose of the Bill—what the object was that it had been introduced to effect. If, however, they took the Bill under what he supposed was its true designation, the •• Jews' Bill," they should perhaps gather its mean ing ; but though they had had opportunities every year of discussing the object it had in view, for the last 30 years, yet they had never discussed it under circumstances so likely to effect its success, and therefore the Christian character of that House, as during the last two years. Indeed, he apprehended that no Bill of this nature would have been brought forward but for the recent election in the city of London. Though the avowed object of the Bill had been re jected by the House of Lords, it had been re introduced into this House under a new name. Now this Bill was brought forward for the second time, and it proposed in a wholesale manner to deprive the Crown and the country of one of the safeguards of the constitution. It proposed to remove altogether those oaths which had hitherto been held essential for the maintenance of the constitution; but they had not heard a single argument to show for what good purpose the alteration could be made. The oath to be substituted for those already in existence ought to contain all the provisions of the present oaths. The oath of allegiance remained unaltered for six cen turies, till the year 1688, when certain alterations were made in it to give more latitude to the consciences of those who took it. At that time the words heirs and successors were left out, but they were retained in the oath of abjuration. Surely, then, if they were retained in one they ought to be retained in the other; bat still be did not propose that they should be re-inserted. This was a Protestant country; the people in it were not ashamed of professing Protestantism; aed so long as the country existed as a Protesant state there could b© no just ground or reason to change the Protestant oaths which a Member of either House of Parliament took on entering his seat.—(Hear.) A very important element in the discussion was, that there was no element whatever in the oath which his Noble Friend proposed to substitute ; there was no re ference whatever to the Protestant character of the Sovereign. It was as a Protestant, and as Protestants only, that the illustrious family of her Majesty ascended the throne, and not only as Protestants, but as Pro testants of the Episcopal Church of England and Ire land. In fact, his Noble Friend had hoisted neutral colours, simply that he might cover enemies' goods.— (Hear and cheers.) The fact was that the 13111 was calculated to take away from the Legislature the essen tial portion of its Christian character.—(Hear, hear.) He was aware that the alteration bad been made within the last twenty years, but as he had stated on a former occasion, until that alteration was made there was always some Cristian rite. The oath was taken either upon the gospels, upon the crown , or upon some religiou s re li c . Such an argument might be by some considered irreve lant, but irrovelaney by no means diminished its force. Ho had the opinions of several eminent men of 1773, and it might be said the opinions of those who lived a century ago, but it should be recollected that although abroad power might be vested only in those who were seated in positions of authority, in this country it was distributed throughout the whole of the community, and was especially assigned to those who in that House took part in the Government of the country.—(Cheers.) His Noble Friend had last year asked, 'with more of an air of triumph that the occasion justified, what good the oath had donei—(Hear, hear.) Why it had at least done this good, that it had served as a bulwark in the attacks on our common Christianity.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving that the Bill be read a 2nd time that day six months. Mr. BERESFORD seconded the motion, and said he had failed to see any sufficient cause, or any just reason, for hazsrding such a great experiment as the admission of Jews into Parliament. He supported the doctrine that those in the possession of the administrative should show at least an acknowledgment of the Christian faith in their measures. Upon that doctrine they had hitherto acted, and under it they had flourished, and he would not now participate in that which he considered morally and religiously wrong. It was strange that the Government, instead of fostering and shielding their faith should be the first to give offence to it. He had a strong confidence in the religious feeling of the people of England, who would struggle and prevail in spite of every obstacle, and he trusted, that with the blessing of an all-merciful Being, they would continue still to be, not a professing, but a faithful and Christian nation. Mr. PEEL and Mr. TRELAWNY rose together, but The SPEAKER called upon Mr. Peel,and immediately the utmost silence and attention was manifested by the House. Mr. PEEL said, he should be sure on the present 'occasion to express his sentiments upon the Antastion tinder consideration, and almost had already occupied so much the attention of the House; and he felt not the interest that he should not duly show his re spect to the House, which had so mach considered that subject if he did not confidently rely upon that indul gence which the House was always disposed to extend to those who had occasion for the first time to express their sentiments.—(Cheers.) Indeed he stood much in need of that indulgence, because he had the misfortune to follow a Bight lion. Baronet well known in that House, and whose personal character entitled him to its respect ; and the more so because he had arrived at a conclusion directly opposite do that which he had come to on the facts which pre sented themselves for their consideration—(Hear, hear)—ho had come to the conclusion to vote for the second reading of the Bill, under cover of which it was sought to relieve the Jews from these disabilities which attached to them as subjects of this realm, and which, let the House recollect, attached to no other sub ject of the realm. He wished, by the permission of the House to state some of the grounds. He supported the Bill on the broad fundamental principle of our constitution, that all its privileges ought of right to belong to every natural born subject of the realm— they belonged to them, not because they were communi cants of a particular sect, but because they fulfilled all the obligations which devolved upon the cit'zens of a state. Indeed, Parliament had recognised the rights of the Jews by conferring upon them all the offices of the state—civil, military, and judicial. As a magistrate he ought to administer the law judicially, and ministerially as a sheriff. Almost every office of trust and authority which he could name were open to the few. They had given him votes at elections, both parliamentary and municipal, but nevertheless he was disqualified from sitting in that House. The constituencies might elect him, at d the, re turning officer re• urn him as a Membtr of Parliament. yet he could not take his seat in that House and voices a Mem ber of Parliament. It was true a distinction had been drass n between the holding of the two offices. The Act of Charts H., on which much stress had been laid, did not prevent Protestant Dissenters from sitting in that House; yet these cases appeared in no wise different from the case of the admission 'of the Jew. The law to which he would note call attention affected the Jew so as to prevent his admission into the House, as he was callei upon to take the on - h " One the true faith of a Christian." In the reign of James the F.rit an oath was required to be taken by Members of the House of Commons previous to entering the House, and no further legislative mea sure 3 were made till the reign of Charles 11., when a more st ringeu t measure was yelped requiring Members of both Houses of Parliament to take the oath of allegiance, abjuration, and supremacy, and to sign a declaration against trap. LONDON, substantiation. These oaths did not at all contain the words " upon the true faith of a Christian," and there fore, as far as the legislative disabilities of that period went, the Jew was not disabled from taking his seat in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Louis XIV., however, having recognized the pretender, an Act was passed imposing upon the members of the Legislature an oath, which declared that King William had lawfully suc ceeded to the throne, and no one else had any right or title to it, and then it was that the words " on. the true faith of a Christian" were introduced into the oath. The design of the oath, however, was not to ex clude the Jew, and it was not the oath which now ex cluded him, but the fortuitous circumstances which led to the introduction of these words. Upon political grounds, therefore, the Jew ought not to be ex• eluded. Bat it might be argued upon political grounds that it was important that before any man was admitted to Parliament that his con science should be first bound before ho entered upon his legislative functions. Well, the Jew did not object to that, nor did he object to take the oath provided they permitted him to take it in a different shape.—(Hear, hear.) That they could bind the con science of a Jew was generally admitted. and as the words "upon the true faith of a Christian," were parely of a ceremonial character, int en d e d no theibt to give greater significance and solemnity to the taking of the oaths, he could see no reason, either in a religions or political point of view, why the phraseology should not be changed so as to enable the Jew to subscribe to it. These expressions showed how strongly the county y was divided upon the subject ; but when the terms acre considered attentively, it would appear that there was contained in them no degree of danger.— (thee, hear.) It was by some others supposed that, as in the olden time the State was in subssraienco to the Church. It was not to be denied that there were per sons who desired that the Charch should bo in subser vience to the State. But there were facts which could not be denied, and among them was this, that they had deliberately, and after a sufficient view of the ch cum stances of the case, already in two instances altered the oaths taken by Members of Parliament, and departed from the old rule which had prescribed that note should be members but those who were in communion with the Church of England.—(Cheers and lend cries of "Hear." They had first altered the sacramental in 1825. and again they had altered the terms of the oath in 1828; and why should they depart from this rul.tt of progress on the present occasion, and depart from that principle which had al ways been the distinguishing mark of the Bri:ish constitution. Another argument of religious expediency advanced against the further progres of this measure ivas, that the influence which this Bill, if passed into law, might introduce into ;the con3p )si, ion of Parlisment would unfit it for the discharge Of that branch of its functions which concerns d the interests of the Church. Ho thought it wnnld hp scl r+itc.a that there was a community in Parliament, cons itt , ted as it now was, which dealt with the affairs of the clitarch. At the same time it should be borne, in mind that Parliament dealt only with the temporal affairs of the Church. A short answer to an objecrion of that kind appeared to him to be that the c on gruity which already existed was introduced when the Members of that House ceased to be exclusively composed of conformists to j the church. He did pass on to another argument. He referred to the value which was set on the nominal profession of christianity on the ?Inert of the members of the Legislature. That • outw and union was represented as part of the law and practice of Parliament and the Constitution; but when was it, he would ask, when that had bee a a gnarantee of the Christianity of the nation? Tire H on: Member concluded by saying he would give his cori lial support for the second reading of the Bill.—(Louti and prolonged cheering.) Mr. TURNER followed, and was [LEFT SPEA BING.] APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS THIS EVENING.—The lobbies and avenues to the llonal of Lords this evening were crowded as early as four o'e. ock by those persons who were fortunate enough to poi seas Peers'orders to the strangers' gallery, which was crow ded to excess. The whole of the space below the bar -was likewise fully occupied, as it always is on the evening of a great discussion. The space at the foot of the throne was crowded by gentlemen possessing the ri,;ht of entrée. In the Commons gallery there were about twenty gentlemen, and the ladies gallery, on the opposite side, was more than half filled Frith elegantly dressed ladies, who appeared to take a great interest in the proceedings. The attendance of Peers was early and numerous. The Marquis of Lawnsclowne appearing in full dress—" his constant custom " on fi.eld nights. DEBUT OF MR. F. PEEL IN TIIE HOUSE OF C;OM MONS.—The son of Sir Robert Peel, the newly el. Icted Member for Leominster, made his maiden speech this evening, in favour of the second reading of the Bill for the Emancipation of the Jews, and mover have we heard a more successful maiden speech. 'The Hon. Gentleman has all the requisites for an cKtstor. In vo'co, and manner, and personal appea ?nice, he bears a great resemblance to his illus trirma father. His speech was not only elnqu ent but logical, and full of sound sense. He is in every way worthy of his sire. He was much cheered, more particularly from the Ministerial benches, and has evidently done that which few Members Bo in a maiden speech, secured the car of the house of Com mons. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, ,slx o'CLocac. SUFFOLK STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Essedarius 4 to 1 agst Collingwood—taken 4 to 1 agst Wanota 10 to 1 agst Do-it-again DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 5 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 11 to 2 agst Tadmor 10 to 1 agst Vanguard 17 to 1 agst Vatican 18 to 1 agst Elthiron 20 to 1 agst The Knout 20 to 1 agst Chatterer 30 to 1 agst Honeycomb 50 to 1 agst I)rakelow OARS. No betting. CANADA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ste,—The recent accounts from Canada (if we are to believe the! ,standard) give us grave in:ormatien as to the proceedings held at a meeting of the " 13..!oche vile Association ;" but being a Canadian, and - well acquainted with the politics of that colony, I venture to explain much of that report which might tc:nd to excite alarm in this country. You are aware that an indemnity Bill was pass e d in the Legislature of the Canadas to pay the losses incurred by the late rebellion; and that it awaits—as is usually the course—the Governor's assent at the end of the session, there is nothing very wonderful in Lerd Elgin's not at once assenting to the Bill, for it is the invariable custom to await the closing of the Legislature, ere assent or dissent is expressed to any Bill. There is no doubt some parties in Canada who are fond of stirring up anarchy are now at work sowil the elements of discord. But the strong arm of the Is w is quite ample to suppress any outbreak, which is very far distant if the only casus belli is the " Indemni :y Bill ;" and we know that save other matter of greater importance to the Canadas (and I allude to the anxious wish of the Canadians that all restrictio-as to the free navigation of the St. Lawrence he removed, that Canada may cope with the United States in the transit of produce via the it. Lawrence to Gieat Britain, whilst by prese of restrictions she cannot command a carrying trade, no colony enjoys such quiet as the Canadas. Then as to the indemnity Bill on perusing the names of claimants, th at of " Wolfred Nelson". appears for nearly one-fifth the amount. This person was attainted with treason, he fled the country, or might have been one of the " Ber muda gang" transported to that colony, and for which Lord Durham was charged with exceeding his power in causing their transport to Bermuda. If that one name had been omitted, and there can not be a doubt of Dr. Nelson and his brother both having fomented on the banks of the Richelieu treason to the fullest extent by their public speeches and acts, I repeat, if Dr. Nelson's name had be en omitted, we never should have heard from Canada of any opposition to this bill ; for in the previous ses sion an Indemnity Bill for losses sustained in Upper Canada received the royal assent. Then why not act as righteously towards Lower Canada ? For the rebellion raged stronger in Upper than Lower Canada. Lord Elgin has placed himself in a position of difficulty, and he has himself to blame for it. Had he looked over the State Papers con nected with the rebellion, he must have noticed the iliporfant part acted by Wolfred Nelson and Ro bert Nelson—and that both brothers fled their country ; presumptive signs at least of guilt !! Then at the incipient stage of introducing this Government measure to the Legislature, was the period for Lord Elgin to have taken a bold stand, and either dismissed his ministry or appealed to the con stituency. As it is, he now can act in no other way to save his own reputation than adopt the latter course. Let Englishmen remember, that ;Canada possesses in miniature the British Const itution, and that if its representation and Legislature is based on the princi ples of the Imperial Parliamen t. Let me ask, the Indemnity Bill bad passed the British House of Commons by a majority of even 46 to 20, and the Lords by a majority of even 2, then would the Queen attempt to veto the measure t h en w hen how can the Governor- General of the Canadas resist, and refuse his acquiescence to a niete•ure, hns , passed buth bratici es of the Legislature, Lti i duced by his own Ministry ? The members of the Legislative Assembly represent and give action to the views of their respective consti- MONDAY tuencies, if they will that such a law should pass, they who by taxation in the provinces will be called on to find the amount to indemnify these losses. Who in justice can interfere ? I question much if any inter ference by the Government of Downing -street will not prove the most unwarrantable violation of the subject's rights, and by so doing lead to rebellion. It is the interference by the Colonial Snretaty with the local matters of the British colonies which has sown the seeds of discord and misery in each of these possessions ; and we are reaping the fruits of that unjust system, tyrannical in its bearing, and repulsive to the colonists. But this matter being adjudicated, ceases to claim from Earl Grey any supervision or interference. Let him beware ! Let Lord Elgin weigh well what he is doing now. His Ministry recommended the measure to him, with one exeception to Wolfred Nelson's claim. No ob jection could be raised to this Bill—he must adopt it or dissolve the House. But as regards the important meeting of the "Brockville Association." The names that figure there are, one and all, too contemptible to attach any importance to their resolutions. The meeting was not held at Montreal. 3lr. Ogle it Gowan for years fomented discord as the " Grand Master of Orangemen," and many of the others are little lawyers and wee tradesmen—but as a sign of the times. I may add that Sherwood represervs this town. He was Solicitor-General, to the weak Administration, and he and S:r Allan N. Macnab are the fo'nentors of a movement which will go but to a trifling extent further, and then we shall hear no more of them ; for as to rebellion the who!e affair is a "storm in a butter boat." "Let the St. Lawrence be thrown open to free trade with the world, and 1850 will tell a happy tale for the Canadas." Your obedient servant, A. W. HART. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THAMES. Daniel Harley, a powerful young fellow, a ballast getter, 25 years of age, was charged with feloniously wounding Mr. Thomas Cock, a clerk, residing at Church-lane, Whitechapel. The complainant was proceeding with a friend through Wapping, on the previous night between eleven and twelve, when the prisoner and four other men, with a woman, surrounded them, and in a threatening manner demanded something to drink-; being refused, the prisoner struck complainant with a bag which had something in it. He struck out again in his own defence, but did not' hit any one, on whin}, that prisoner made with a knife. He fortunately warded it off, but in doing so hi's fingers were nearly severed from his hand. He called loudly for assistance, when some of the river police approached, on seeing whom the pri soner and his party decamped. The prisoner, how ever, was subsequently found crouching in. a neigh bouring alley. The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 40s. or be imprisoned for a month. CRUEL AND COWARDLY ASSAULT ON SOME OF THE CREW OF Tll5 CHINESE JUNK.—• Two powerful young labourers named Allen and Meade, residing at Lime home, were charged with assaulting four of the crew of the Chinev. Junk in the following brutal and cowardly manner. The men ware passing quietly through Poplar, when the two ruffians at the bar sallied out of the Harrow public house, and, without the slightest pro vocation, knocked the men down, and thumped and kicked them in the most brutal manner. Mr. INGRAM sentenced Allen, who was the worst, to pay a fine of 205., or be imprisoned for a fortnight; Meade was ordered to pay a tine of 53 , or to be im prisoned for three days. Locked up in default. THE ALLEGED SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO-BRIDGE. On Saturday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Higgs, the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, at the Spotted Dog, Strand, on the body of Mr. Henry Ford, aged 36. • Mr. W. It. Cooke, compositor, stated that he had known the deceased for seven or eight years, who was also a compositor. On Friday morning he met Shim at the Bell Tavern, in Wellington street, Strand. At that time he was very much depressed in spirits, which he had been labouring under for some weeks past. Witness left the Bell with a friend, and the deceased followed to Waterloo -bridge. The de ceased put down a penny and walked on, but witness called on him not to go so fast, as his friend was troubled with the rheumatism. lie only turned round, laughed, and then went on at a quicker pace, till he reached the third recess, when he got on the seat, knocked his hat off, and climbed over the parapet. "Witness ran to the spot, and could just see him through the ballustrades falling from the ledge outside. To the Coroner—His impressioti was that he threw himself over. A boat was procured, and he was taken out in about four or five minutes. llis depression, no doubt, was caused by pecuniary em barrassments, and he knew they must one day be dis covered. Richard Teasdale, a vvaterman, proved seeing the deceased when he had fallen about half down, and he then was dashed on the abutment with great violence, and then into the river. He was got out, but ap pared quite dead, and witness was of opinion that his death must have been instantaneous, as the whole of the back of his head was forced in, and his brains scattered about._.... Mr. James Wilkie, another compositor, who was in company with 111 r. Cook e , gave s i m il ar test i mony as to the deceased's conduct after leaving the Bell. He; however, had some doubts whether he had thrown himself over the parapet, or had fallen. The jury ultimately returned a verdict " That the deceased died from fracture of the skull, caused by a fall; but whether that fall arose from accident or his own act they had not sufficient evidence to show." APPALLING MURDERS. (From the Welshman of Friday.) It is happily but seldom that it becomes our painful duty to record an instance of the double crime of murder and suicide in this peaceable locality. We are this week, however, reluctantly compelled to re port one of the most horrific tragedies which has ever transpired in the principality. Early on Wednesday morning a rumour gained extensive credence, that in the neighbourhood of Llanbyther, a man had murdered his wife and child, and then committed suicide; and upon making in vestigation into the circumstances, it was unfortu nately ascertained that the report was but too true. The name of the wretched perpetrator of these inhuman deeds, is Thomas Davies, a small farmer, residing at Cefnrhyddlan-issa, in the parish of Llan wenog, Cardiganshire, and it appears that early on Tuesday morning, while in bed with his wife and child, (the latter nine months old) he attacked them with a razor, and having first nearly severed the infant's head from its body, he attempted the de struction of his wife. He first cut her across the wrist, severing completely all the arteries, and next gashed her throat end face in the most fright ful manner. Not content with this, he cut her across the abdomen, ripping it completely open, and causing the intestines t o p rotr u de. Leaving the house he rushed into the Tiry , for t h e pu r po s e , it is imagined, of bhuet returned finding ttoh the ewhaotuesre andtoo attempted shallowdroforwnin tog his purpose,cuht im h s is el' t own throat. Failing, however, to sever the jugular rein, he ripped open his own ab domen with the razor, which caused a similar protru 'ion to that which his unfortunate wife experienced. Police-serjeant Edward Lloyd, of the Carmarthen shire constabulary, stationed at Llanbyther, hearing of the occurrence, immediately repaired to the spot, and found the little girl in bed, with its throat frightfully lacerated, quite dead and cold. The wife, Mary Davies, had escaped from the house, and having proceeded about a field's breadth on the south side, fell down. When found she was still alive, but lying exhausted on her right side in a ditch with her intes tines visibly protruding, and her throat, wrist, and face, cut in a most fearful manner. e th h i outrage could with speakh is razor faint . ly, and in reply to questions, a nswere d t h a t h er husband had perpetrated conveyed i n t o th e h ouse wrapped She ivn'as immediately conveyed b m la m nk ed et ia , t a e n% on further search being made on the north side of the residence, at the bottom of a field, the husband was found lying on his left side in his shirt sleeves, having his throat lacerated, and bis abdomen cut open from side to side about an inch below the navel, with his intestines also protruding. He was still alive, and could speak more distinctly than could his ill-fated partner. He acknowledged to the police constable that he had killed the child, and that he had cut his own and his wite's throat with his razor. The razor with which the direful deeds were perpetrated, was found lying in a brook adjacent to the spot where the unhappy man was discovered. Mr. Thomas, the surgeon of Dollar), was speedily sent for, who dressed the various wounds, but at once pronounced each case to be mortal. His prediction was verified by the death of Thomas Davies, at eleven o'clock that nig , the decease of the wife tran s pi re d a t n i ne o' . Vednesday morninz. • MFG •'. n Wood, Chairman of th:: Board of Inland Re venue, had an interview with the Chancellor ( f the Ex chequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down i )g-str. et. STANFIELD HALL.—AII the furniture and &acts in Stat.field flail will be sold by public aueti"n during the eas44og month, as the family will not reside there in futtite The ball is to bo let. Both Mr.?. Jermy and Eliza Chesney have left Stanfield Hall ; Mr s . J e r m y, on Tuesday, was removed to Norwi , h; her general health e9ntinws to improYe. F.iiza Cllesnoy heving ,e.xpressNl a d. sire to be left in the reig' b:mrhooo, wh ' r '' her friend 4 .ty:d ulttivcs nye tress's fa .gi mily ; r.,z • L.. - 7 I" s.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Vink, at Wymondham.—Norfolk Chronicle. SUNDERLAND, MA. young, Demerara. EVENING, THE POISONING AT BATH. BATH, MAY 5.--The painful excitement which has been created in this city by the recent investigation into the alleged poisoning of a husband by his wife, was much increased to-day by the exhumation of the body of a decered wife of the prisoner Harris. The exhumation took place at the burial-groung of the Ebenezer Chapel, Walcot. The corpse was that of a woman about thirty years of age ' • her maiden name was Louisa Perry, and prior to her marriage with the prisoner Harris she carrit d on the occupa tion of a laundress. The marriage took place on the 17th of July last., and she was buried on the Ist of February following. During the whole of this pe riod her health was anything but good; she was at tended by Dr. Watson, and at one time she was a patient of the Beth Union Hospital, where she was treated for a bad leg. She got better, and was able to walk about very well. Towards the close of her life—within the last fortnight or so—a numbness and deadness of the legs came on, and at the end of Janu ary she died. As soon as she was dead the prisoner Harris said, " I will have another wife within a month ;" and he manifested no feeling whatever at her loss. He did not send for any of her friends, and he absolutely refused to follow her to the grave. When one of the other prisoners, Mrs. Sheyler, heard that they were going to take up this and the other bodies, she said, " I hope they will not ; if they do I shall die." The exhumation was made in the presence of Messrs. Harries and Barrett, surgeons, Mr. Hera path, the analytical chemist of Bristol, the superin tendent, and several inspectors of police, and numer• ous other persons. A jury was empanelled; the only evidence taken before them this day was with regard to the identity of the body, which was clearly proved, and it was then remoeed to a vault in the burial ground of the chapel, where the post martem examination was made by Mr. Harries. The viscera end stomach were re moved and were taken charge of by Mr. Herapath for the purpose of undergoing a minute medical and chemical examination. Should poison be found in them, it is intended to take up another deceased wife of the prisoner Harris, and also two children of Mrs. Sheyler. The inquest was adjourned till Wednesday next at ten o'clock. THE POISONINGS IN SUSSEX. HASTINGS, MAT s.—Mary Ann Goering, who is suspected of having poisoned l'er husband and three sons, underwent Si lengthened examination this day at the Town-ball before Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Staines, and nttioe oou..ty rta , sB;istreArcm. The bodies which hal'heen interred in the parish churchyard of Guestlingy wt?re exhumed, and the contents of the stomachs sent to Mr. Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, for analysation. The analysis as yet is not complete in all the cases. In two, however, arsenic has been discovered in sufficient quantity to account for death.. The evidence, as far as it went, afforded strong grounds of suspicion, ar.d tha proceedings having lasted till a late hour in the day, the magistrates re tolved to remind the prisoner. The prisoner was then removed to the Hastings gaol. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE O 1 FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS: At the Court, Basinghall-street. T. James, Mmrgate-street, City, merchant, May 25, at eleven—J. Thomas, Carmarthen, linendraper, May 25, at half-past twelve—J. Jackson, Upper Ranelagh street, Pimlico, scrivener, May 25, =tit one—J. Hum phrey, North Walsham, Norfolk, grocer, May 25, at elev,n—R. Tippler, Great Tower-Areet, City, colonial broker, May 25, at half-past twelve—C. Andrews, Brighton, fruiterer, May 25, at half-past one—J. Mar shall, Norwich, silk merchant, May 24, at half-past eleven. In the Country. C. Reeves, Batb, Marble Mason, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Jones, Cardiff, Glamorgan shire, ship builder, June 4, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. C. Jennings and W. C. Jennings, corn and provision merchants, May 29, at eleven, a t t h e C ourt , Bristol—T. White, Liverpool, merchant, May 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Nash, Netherton, Worcestershire, scythe plater, June 7. at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—A. Nicholl and W. Nicholl, Hali fax, Yorkshire, worsted spinners, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Beauland, Bristol and Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstaplers, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Beatner, Liverpool, builder, 55., any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. J. Baylis, jun., and J. Baylis, Gutter-lane, City, id., on Wednesday, May 9, and three following Wedues days, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Guil !hall-chambers, Basinghall.street. P. Clark, jun., Colchester, Essex, pawnbroker, 2s. 9d., on Wedne.tday, May 9, and three following Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman street. J. Wilkins, Bridport, Dorsetshire, marble mason, 6d., any Tuesday or Friday after May 10, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Heineman, Exeter. J. Harvey, Sidmouth, Devonshire, printer, 2,r 3d., any Tuesday or Friday after May 10, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Herna man, Exeter. G. Crocker, of Yeovil, Somerzetshire, ironmonger, 3s. 9d. any Tuesday or Friday after May 10, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Her naman, Exeter. H. Kennedy, Taunton, Samersetshire, draper and tea dealer, 3s. lid, any Tuesday or Friday after May 10, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. T. Symee, Brigwater, Somersetshire, scrivener. Is. sid., any Tuesday or Friday, after May 10, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernamen, Exeter. H. V. Stroud, Spettiabury, Dorsetshire, miller, 63., any Tuesday or Friday af'er May 10, between the hours of eleven cad three, at the office of Mr. Ilernaman, Exeter. W. El'-am, jun., Birmingham, patent cock-founder, one-tenth of a penny, every alternate Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the cffice of Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham. T. Lay, Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer, Is. W. every alternate Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of T. Bittleston, Birmingham. M. Emanuel and H. Emanuel, Hanover-square, goldsmiths, 31,1, first, second, and third of 10s. 41d., on new proofs, any three next Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. J. Hobson and T. Mowbray, Leicester, builders, 4s. 3d., on May 12, or any subsequent alternate Satur day. between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bath ston, Nottingham. T. Martin, Saarthing Moor, Nottingham, miller, 25., May 12, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bit tleston, Nottingham. T. Nesbitt and R. C. Nesbitt, Sunderland, brewers, 3s. 101, any Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wukley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. C. Robinson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, grocer, 4d., any Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. C. F. Smyrk, Lavinia, grove, Wharf-road, builder, Is., on Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. Innell and Cookes, Little Queen-street, Holborn, varnish manufacturers, Is. 2d., on Saturday next and three following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane. V. S. Godfrey, Duddington, Northamptonshire, miller, 39. 61., on Saturday next and three following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. _ _ R. Rueseil, Kingston-on Thames, upholsterer, id., on Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lano. T. Read, Manchester, cigar dealer, eleven•sixteenths of a penny, anv Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson. Manchester. J. Roe, Manchester, drysalter, 10,id., any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. T. Wren, Preston, Lancashire, sharebroker, ld. and one-sixteenth of a penny, and Is. 6d. on new proofs, any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fres2r, Manchester. W. T. Watson, Leeds, commiss;on agent, 55., and 9s. 6d. on new proofs, any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Esdale, Manchester, hatter, led., and 2s. 9d. on new proofs, any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, et the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. Ellis, Preston, Lancashire, cotton spinner, 51d., any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Putt, Manchester. S• Rig,g, Manchester and Salford, cotton spinner, Bd. and nine-thirty-seconds of a penny, any Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. NOIICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court, BaEinghall-street. T. J. Colson and W. M. Colson, Upper Holloway, Friern Barnet, and Betti'-style, near Southgate, brick makers, May 25, at half-past one—E. Allsop and 1). Al!sop, Arlington-place, Back-road, St. George's-in the- East, builders, May 25, at one—J. Ayars, Elham, Kent, farmer and grazier, May 25, at half-past eleven—W. Springbett and T. Sprirgbett, Leadenhall-street and Charlotte-row,Walworth road, wine and beer mereharts, May 18, at twelve— W. Atkinson, Chester toe Catn brigeshire, May 21, at half-past devcn—J. Crinateott- street, Wilkiw-walk, Bermondsey, victualler, May 21, at half-past twelve. In the Country. J. Tily, Cheltenham, che:nist, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—H. Wtlltatns, Pwlheli, Carnarvm shire, linendraper, May 25, nt twelve, at the Court, Manchester —G. Bradshaw, Weichpoul, Montgomery shire, linendraper, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Li verpool—J. Ar Lintliwaite , Almondbury, York shire. inn•tt , r per, if _y 25, aN eleven, at tilt , Court, LctlL—G, e' 11 , :y 23, at ntoNn, et th Court, 1,-..ed.;--1.3. Fox ; h eta and jurie 8, at cievoi, at, tle,3 Court, No;- tingham—W. Lloyd, Madeley and Wryne-hill, Stafford shire, linendraper, June 6, at twelve, at the Court, Dix.- mingham—E. Davis, Marnhull, DorsetAire, May 31, at one, at the C.)urt, Exetcr. At the Court of Review, May 25. J. S.. Turner, Woolwich, surgeon—J. Sputter ani W. F. Ittsnamond, Limehouse, engineers —W. Y. Dent, Leeds, manufacturing chemist—J. Gill, Litherland, near Liverpool, coal merchant—N. Daniell, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, dentist—T. Raymond, Bishop's-road, Paddington, builder—G. Davison, Princes-street, Turk street, Bethnal-green, leather seller—G. Douglas, Bury, Lancashire, draper—G. Eastwood, Manchester, fustian manufacturer—C. F. Ellerman and H. S. Coleman, St. Martin's lane, Westminster, merchants—W. 3l'Graw, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street Without, cabinet manufacturer—Mary Guy and Henry Smith, Fairing don-street, and Ludgate-hill, linendrapers—E. Nelson, Madely, Shropshire, clothier—G. Maddock, Bursh in, Staffordshire, grocer—T. L. Walker and E. W. Kelsall, Nuneaton, Warwickshire—E. B. Clay ton, Argyle-place, Regt nt-street, dentist—Hannah Husband, Richmond, Yorkshire, innkeeper. PA RTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Phillipson and T. S. Turner, Stamford, wine and spirit merchants—W. G. Byers slid F. C. Byers, Devon port, booksellers, stationers, printers, bookbinders, patent medicine Vendors, &e —Louisa Thomas, E. Bonser, and C. Thomas, Bristol, grocers—R. Frewin and R. Sum mers, High-street, lioxton, boot and shoe manutac turers—J. Rob. its and J. Ed a ands, Liverpool, cart owners—C. Fison and T. L. Prentice, Thetford, Norto:le, =listens and merchants—C. Ford and J. Barter, Shel ton, Statf,,rdshire, manufacturers of tools for making of cockspurs—J. Pearson, sun., and 11. Pearson, Maidstone, Kent, blacksmiths and wheelwrights—W. Bell and J. Todd, Eccleston-place, Pimlico, build rs—H. Comper, C. C. Dendy, W. Gruggen, and H. Comper, Chichester, bankers (so far as regards C. C. Dendy)—M. L. Shack lock and J. Shacklock, Spalding, Lincolnshire, plumbers, painters and glaziers—M. Schoentsld and C. G. Speyer, Bradford, Yorkshire, commission agents and stuff mer chants—G. Liddell and J. Garthorne, Kingston-upon- Hull, wine and spirit merchants and commission agents —A. F. Watts and A. Porter, Paddington and Liver pool, wine and spirit merchants and licensed victuallers— A. Soyer, J. Gibbs, and R. Baker, Rupert-street, Hay market, nectar mak, rs—J. E. Piper, A. Soyer, J. Gibbs, and R. Baker, Rupert-street, Haymarket, nectar makers (so far as regards J. E. Piper)—S. Biley and G. Riley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, merchants and finishers of cloth—J. Fitt, G. Fitt, and F. Fitt, Wilmer gardens, Buxton, lard manufacturers—J. Reid and A. Bevan, Rid Lion-square, architects and surveyors—J. Shaw and J. Shaw, Manchester, drapers—R. 'l'. Banks and H. Ltoratt, Manchester, makers-up and packers— J. H. Lardner and E. N. Dawes, Rye, Sussex, attor ney• at-law and solicitors—J. Awford and S. Healing, Byeford Mills, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, millers— Sarah Bowes and J. Bowes, York, builders—l. Deal and S. H. Deal, Chelmsford, Essex, grocers, flour and corn dealers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John B. Bowkcr, Bithop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, at torney-at-law. Charles Snow, Bristol, grocer's assistant. Joseph Fussell, Bristol, gardener. Henry Dean, Bristol. Samuel AVakefi,ld, Bristol, beer-house-keeper. Edward Hatton, jun., Wheatley, Oxfordshire. Prince, Britwell &tome, Oxfordshire, tailor. William Hughes, Plymouth, barrister-at-law. Thomas henry Nimmo, Reading, Berkshire, gas- • engineer. Charles Markwick, Brighton, Sussex, cowkeeper. Charles Davies, Hokin, Pembrokeshire, butcher. John WiLmott, Stourport, Worcestershire, butcher. SDphia Goodall, Cotton-end, Staffordshire. George Mulley, Ipswich, Sunlk, bricklayer. Thoulas SmiLh, Ipswich, Suffolk. James Nor brook, sen., Ipswick, Suffolk, saddler. Itotymq, IVa,d, Beverley, Yorkshire, bricklayer. Richard Baker, jun., Danford, Northamptonshire, farmer. Benjamin Gough Morris, Bunker's-hill, Yorkshire, bookbinder. • David Stott, Rochdale, Lancashire, beer retailer. Walter Daniels, Mobley, Gloucester.hire, butcher. Thomas Johnson, Sam bourne, Warwickshire. Thomas Hatton, Bidford, Warwickshire, victualler. Thomas Goodchild, Newmarket, butcher. Richard Morris, Harelon lexige Farm, Warwickshire, farmer. James Peter Hill, Honiton, Devonshire, surgeon. Thomas Hurd, IJoniton, Devonshire, watch and clock maker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. W. Kirkpatrick, Old of Girthon, Kirkcudbright shire, tailor and clothier, to meet within the Sr !kirk Arms Inn, Kircudbright, May 12 and June 2, at two. A. Hutton, jun., Allos, brewer, to meet within the Royal Inn, Altoa, May 9 aird*june 4, at twelve. J. C. Henderson; Glasgow; nierdhant, to meet within the Globe" Hotel, Glisgow, Mjy 9 and June 4, at twelve. MAY 1 , 1849. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Aduiiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.FI., Com mander.-in-Chief at Devonport, returned from leave, and rthoisted his flag on board the Impregnable, on Thursday morning. Captain Prescott, of the Superb, 80, at Spithead, gAve u . .dcjeuner, on Saturday, on board that ship, to a laige party of fashionables. Rear-Admiral Prescott and family, Captain and Colonel Chads, with their fami!ies were amongst the visitors. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—George Pine (1841), to the Coast Guard service ; Matthew Lidden, from Harwich Coast Guard station to Southampton Water station, vice Richard A. Nicholson, resigned; . Thomas Curtis Ross, from Axmonth to Harwich station, vice Liddon, his appointment to Challaborough station, previously announced, having been cancelled Robert llemer, from Twenty• four Tower to Epple Bay station, vice Mr. James Quested, superannuated. Surgeon—Dr. C. A. Browning (1817), to 'Wool wich dockyard, vice Suther, to Chatham dockyard, vice Warden, deceased. Second Master—W. W. Kiddle, of Medusa, to Spitfire, in the Mediterranean, vice Tomlin, to Medusa. Mr. Kiddle is the officer who rendered such good service in March last at Marseilles, in trying to suppress the fire at the Hotel de Colonies, on which occasion he burnt his hands severely. The French press was most complimentary to this gallant officer's conduct in its remarks on the fire. Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. James Jenkins (1841), late of the Penelope, to the Figaro, commodore's ship, at Woolwich. Clerk in Charge—John Sheepman (1845), to the Speed well, surveying cutter. Midshipmen—Augustus G. Broadhead, to the Ex cellent, gunnery ship; Charles D. Lucas, to the Dragon, steam-frigate, at Kingstown. Naval Cadet—lt. T. Earl, to the Wellesley, flag. ship, in the %Vest Indies. Mr. W. Pennell, who has held the office of store keeper at Portsmouth Dockyard since the 224 July, 1829, has retired from the service on superannuation. Mr. Corbet Edwards, storekeeper at Sheerness, has been removed to Portsmouth, vice Pennell, and Mr. Thomas Baldock, store receiver at Chatham, has been promoted to be storekeeper at Sheerness. Mr. Henry Elliot has been appointed temporary clerk in the storekeeper's department at Deptford. Mr. W. Radford, inspector of joiners at Devonport, is ordered to be superannuated, and Mr. John Drake, who had been appointed to Sheerness, is ordered t o b e retained at De vonport to supply Mr. Radford's place. The Wellesley was about to proceed to Halifax, to which place it would be advisable for friends to address their letters in future. The Heroine, 8, Commander Edmunds, was paid advance, and mustered, inspected, &c., by Admiral Superintendent Sir J o h n L ou i s, and lft Devonport on Saturday with the mail for the coast. The Comet, surveying steamer, Comminder Otter, put in at Devonport on Friday from Portsmouth, and was to proceed to the Hebrides on being supplied with coals and stores. The Trinity yacht-steamer anchored at Spithead yesterday morning. It is supposed the Court will remove to Osborne House on Monday, the 21st instant. Lieutenant George Baker (1844), late of her Ma jesty's ship Rodney, died on the 3d instant, at the residence of Mrs. Fry, Beech House, Tottenham, after ten days' illness, of inflamm a ti on o f th e l ungs, aged 34. — Lieutenant John Simpson has resigned the: corn• mand of the Barking Creek coast-guard station; and Mr. William Broad Stocker has been appointed to that post from the Beer station. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 6.—The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander IVingrove, arrived this mcrning at Spit head from the 'Vest India station. She sailed from Bermuda on the 11th of April. On the 27th she signalled the barque Glene]g, in lat. 41 54, long. 31 42, homeward bound; on the 28th spoke the barque Young Queen, in lat. 43 3, long. 28 3, 35 days from Cuba, for Swansea • on the 4th i ns t. spo k e th e schooner Arrow, in Swansea; 49 18, long. 7 26, 14 days from Lisbon,. experienced easterly winds for 10 days. Captain H. M. Drummond, of the 42d Highlanders, and Lieut. Boxer, additional of the Wellesley (left at Bermuda), have come home in the Scourge. The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Jenner, sailed for Halifax on the 11th ult. Rear-Admiral Superintendent 11. Prescott, C. 8., having by the demise of Admiral Sir A. Drummond, Knight, and K.C.11. become a Rear-Admiral of the White, exchanged his flag on board the Illustrious accordingly yesterday at noon, saluting the Comman der-in-Chien, as customary, with 17 guns, and re ceiving 11 guns from the Victory in return. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk, sailed, in pursuance of her previous orders, yesterday afternoon, to tow the North Star to the vicinity of the ice, with provisions fur the use of Sir J. C. Ross's exploratory squadron. Yesterday afternoon orders were suddenly received to prepare the Hecate and Sphynx steam-sloops for immediate service. The Hecate is to be the first in readiness; both are to be officered and manned from the ships in port. Commander J. A Stevens, of the Blenheim, with officers, seamen, and marines from that std,..), worked with such assiduity in preparing the Ikea° that she was out of harbour at se\ en P.M. ari;ving at -- 'i,ithead :Ale was manned ;row .‘ziuperb, and giv( nup to Commander ° haw, link; Lids anoming soeil u Zvi (113 lig:.t she te,,k in her powder. The cause of this sudden move is . not exactly known, but it is said to be consequent on the ,`.ll, belligerent movements in Germany, and that ei principal outport is to furnish a quota of two .team sloops to form a squadron of six. Captain Sir Thomas Pasley has accepted the ap pointment of Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard vice Richards, to Chatham. Captain Christopher Wyvill, late of the Cleopatra, will be the Commodore on the Cape station, hoisting his pennant in the Castor, not Sir Thonizs Pasley, as we were led into believing on Friday. Lieutenant Hervery G. St. John Mildmay (1844) is appointed First Lieutenant of the Stromboli steam sloop. Wind—N.E.; fresh breezes and fine weather. ROYAL MARINES. First Lieutenant J. 11. Stewart is appointed Ad jutant of the Portsmouth Division, vice Tarrant, promoted. Firzt Lieutenant It. S. llarrison h appointed Act ing Adjutant at Pembroke, vice J. 11. Stewart. . . . - Lieutenant N. 0. L. Lewis embarked on Saturday on baard her Majesty's ship Illustrious, at Ports mouth. Wooewicu, MAY 6.—Mr. Davy arrived yesterday at Woolwich, and hoisted his pennant in the Niger steam vessel, fitted with a screw propeller and engines of 400 horse power, by Messrs. Meud,lay, Field, and S )n. Mr. Dinnen, one of the inspectors of steam ma chinery afloat, has also arrived, and et ill remain in the Niger during the comparative trial of that vessel with the Basilisk steam vessel, fitted with paddle-wheels and engines of 400 horse power, by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill and Co. Captain Halstead will have the charge of the experiments in the Niger, and Mr. Davy the charge of the seamen-riggers to navigate the vessel. The Basilisk is to be under the direction of Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., and the seamen-riggers, who navigate her, under the charge of Mr. Allen. Mr. Baker, one of the inspectors of s team machinery afloat, will proceed in the Basilisk during the experimental trial. Both vessels had their rigging lightened en Friday last, and their sails bent on Saturday, and the Basilisk will leave Woolwich on Tuesday, May 8, for Green hithe, to have her compasses adjusted by C a ptain Johnson, previous to proceeding to sea. The Niger will leave for Greenhithe to have In r compasses ad justed on ThUrsday, Mey 10, and then both will pro ceed to sea together, and the result of the trial of the screw-propeller and the paddle-wheels, both vessels being on the same lines, and as near as possible in every other respect the same, will he looked for with the greatest interest, and from the known capabilities and impartiality of the gallant officers •who hat-4 been appointed to take charge of the experiments , the Go vernment and the count r y may re l y on a fair state' ment of the capabilities and advantage of the screw propeller compared with paddle-wheels, and the ad vantages or disadvantages which these different kinds of motive power have over the vessels when tried with sails alone, or with sails aided by their steam power, and in every wa y i n w hi c h their merits or de- merits can be tested. The Gladiator steam-frigate, now ready to proceed to Devonport, in charge of .Mr. Laen, is ordered ,to take on board the jury -masts brought round to Wool wich in the I\lagicienne, and convey them to Devon port. The Contiance is also to take on board the other stores required fur navigating the Magicienne to this port, and return vdt.h them to Pembroke, 03 they will again be required in the Desperate steam' vessel, recently launched there, and ordered to the river to be fitted with her engines. The detection of the escaped convict, by a constable of the S division, at East B inlet, was singular, hair" ing been effected at the moment one constable was handing the description of the convicts, at the ex' tremity of his beat to the other, who began to peruse the description just a s the convict was passing, and, at once took him int o cus t o d y . I t i s now the genera l belief that the other convict has been drowned in his attempt to escape, and if that has been the result, it .will deter others from attempting to escape in future. On the night the two jumped overboard severa l others intended to follow their example, if successful. DneyForto, MAY 6.—The Right lion. Sir Francis T. Baring, Bart., Rear-Admiral J. W. Deans Dug' das, C. 13,, Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., Captain Alexander Milne Lords of th e Ad m i ra l ty; C ap tain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the NOY and Colonel Irvine, director of engineering wet)° , visited Deptford Victualling and Dockyards yester" day, arriving at the former at half-past ten o'clock, where they were received by Captain- Superintendent Sir John Hill, Knt., Mr. Elliott, storekeeper, Alr• Brown, surgeon, and Mr. Aitchison, secretary to the Captain. Superintendent. Their Lordships immediately proceeded to inspect the laboratory, the rum and rsioe stores, the sugar and soap stores, the bakery and flour- mill, and the pick' ling and slop stores. They then passed through the communication gat e i n t o t h e d oc k yard, where their Lordships and Sir John Hill were joined by M r ' Wilcox, master. shipwright, Mr. Mouchet, store: keeper, and the heads of the various departments, and proceeded to inspect the ships in progress of con' struction, and every part of the yard possessing the least interest. Their Lordships previous to leaving expressed their approbation of the very satisfactory manner in which - s . the yard was kept, its great cleanliness, and the care which was bestowed in storing the timber, and the most excellent and rapid progress of the works carried on in it ; the keel of the Hannibal 80 gun ship being only laid about four months ago, and now having the whole of her frame timbers put up, the whole reflect' ing great credit on the able Fu perin ten cif nee of Si John Hill and the heads of the departments. , The Mount Stuart Elphinstone, one of Mr. F...putellf - f: freight-ships, h as been placed under the command 01,, , Captain H. Loney, and v: ill proceed to DePti°r during the present week to take on board stores, pre paratory to embarking convicts at Woolwich for New South Wales. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, MAT 5. ak STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k et was very dull to-JAY', s prices were lower in the little business that was done. The sales: o ; 13.), 0d East Lan ashire, N ew, 10 dia. — Lancashire and Yorkshire (11,e C. dis.—Lond on an d North-Western, 3Y, p.—Midland, ,":": —Ditto, Halves, 12 di s.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 1,11, York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, Nog. I and 2), 5 Ditto (G. (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 3% dis. ! - BIRMINGHAM, MAY 5. SToCK EXCRANGE.—Tho following aro to-day's transactions Great Great Western, 85—L on d on and North-Western, 129—South '.aw foreishire, 41. as. 9d. dis. • YORK, NAT 4. • STOCK EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as: fel' lows:—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goo:c, N. Div., guaranteed -5 Pe r cent., 9% York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Exter4 ool ISN, —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 51. Is. 3d. GLASGOW, May 4. STOCK EXCIIINGE.—The bu s i ness d one i n ' the Stock Excn.an.- to day has been as tollows Kiltriarnock, and Ayr, 5 4 4 Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 6%—Aberdeen, Preference, 41.85. 6(l.—Dan''' and Perth, 'Quarters, 17s. 6d.— Glasgow and Greenock, Preferenc e : 7 %—Nor th British, P re f erence, 22s —York, Newcastle, and 13erWic' (G. N. E. Purchase), 5%. „ - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAT 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were u follows Caledonian, 27 —London and North-Western, 129% —Neleca7 i 2 / : and Carlisle. 100—Whit c h aren an d F urness, 12% dis. —York; `l";°' castle, and Berwick Extension, 15%. SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OP MENDICITT•" * " The 31st annual meeting of this society was held an Saturday in Red Lion-square, and was presided over by the Marquis of Westminster. The report which WO read deluded the operations of the society during the past year. It stated that the rule which had been intro duced, that none but those who had been six months Ia work London should be considered as obffejfcts of charity, ha u l worked very well, and that by its effect and the improve" management in ether respects adopted, the institution was now in a satisfactory state. The income of the year 1848 presented a decrease of more than 1,0001. as cow pared with that of 1847. The number of vagrants spa prebended in the year h a d b een 1,485, of whom 979, he been committed—a result showing increased activity is this department of the society's usefulness. There hive also been 35 begging letter impostors convicted through the instrumentality of the society. Resolutions haying been agreed to in accordance with the report, the pro' ceedings termicated with the usual vote of thanks 10 the chairman. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial' office from the Governor of Gibraltar. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A perfect Cure of Dropsy by Holloway's Pills.—Airs. Lambert, of Swan-street, Newcastle , had enjoyed the best of health until the meridian of life, at that; critical period she was attacked with dropsy, attended by • very troublesome cough. The medical aid of several eminen t practitioners was procured, but their efforts failed to remove or - even abate the rigour of the disease. The water in herlsody and legs increased so rapidly that fears were entertained that she could n o t l ong surv i ve . A t t hi s cr i s i s she commence d taking Holloway's Pills, which acted so powerfully on her corn plaint that its progress was immediately arrested, and in th i • course of two months the cure was complete.—Sold by 1 1 1 Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 2 41 s Strand, London. BIRTHS. _ On the 2d inst.. the wife of H. Stnith, Esq., her Majesty's Ordnance.cffice, Tower, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., the wife of the Rev. W. her, incumbent of Tipton, Staffordshire, of a daughter. •On the 2 9th ult., the lady rt P. R. Peck, Esq., of St. George's. square, Worcester, of a son and heir. At the Vicarage, Mortimer, near Reading, on the 29th ult., ' the wife of the Rev. H. J. C. Harper, of a 803. On the Ist just, at Priddy's Hard, Gosport, the wife o f Major Lethbridge, Royal Artillery, of a son. On the 2d inst., at Blomfield-road, Maida-hill, the lady 0f Walter Butler, Esq , of a :on. MAWED. On the 25th ult., at St. Georges,Hanover-square, WilliamOsb , rne Maclaine, only son of the late Colonel Hector Mac; laine, Ki ngston, Glocestershire to Anna, eldest daughter °. J. Thu r b urn, Etq., Murtle, 'Aberdecnshire. On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, William Wilberforce, Esc.. j un. , on l y son of William Wilberforce, Es 97 of the Grange, 11 1.irkington, to Rosa Elizabeth, younge s t daughter of Thomas Jones, E.g. of Pentri -hall Carnarvon• , • DIED. On the Ist inst., at Sundridge, near Sevenoaks, Bent, Thomas Lowe Wheeler, Rig., aged 59. On the 2d inst., Harriet, the wife of T. D. Young, E'q of the Grove, Hertford. On the 30th ult., aged 83, Ann, the 14iflow of James Val" lance, EA., late of Ktngsland llurstpierpoint, Sussex. G. On the 80th u lt., at Mecklenburg!' .quare, aged 7 2 , Yates. Eq., of the firm of liedwell, Yates, and Co, 0" ano. !,- Niurpj,o yotr;:ts. Au. 1 1 2, btrami. i?riuter, at 'flee Sun Unice, No; i l l Strand, in ne Precinct of the Savoy, in the cOunt7 ° Middlesex, Monday, May 7, 1849,