The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-25 00:00:00

TWO Ilibitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS E VENING.) WHITEHALL, MAT 24, 1349. Tho Quen has been pleased to nominate and appoint ~ames Ivory, Esq., one of the Ordinary Lords of Ses sion, to be one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of John Hay Forbes, Esq., resigned. `VAR-OFFICE, Mai 25. 28th Regiment of Foot—Major-General John Duffy, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General the lion. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.8., deceased, May 18. ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA.—GeneraI Sir George Anson, G.C.8., to be Governor, vice General the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, G.C.8., deceased; General Sir Colin Ha!keit, G.C.8., to be Lieutenant-Governor, vice Gene ral Sir George Anson, G.C.8,, May is. WHITEHALL, Mar 3. _ IThe Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, bath appointed John Darlington, of Shipley-hall, near Bradford, in the county of York, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the aboli tion of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of mora simple modes of assurance in and for the West Riding of the county of York. wauELIALL, MAY 3. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, lint., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, hath appointed Charles Corser, of Wol verhampton, in the county of Stafford, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition. of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Stafford. _ _ WHITEHALL, MAY 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Carler, of the city of Worcester, Gent., to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Henry Rogers, coal merchant, Whltchurch, Southamp ton, to surrender June 1, at two, and July 3, at twelve ; at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Philp, Great Saint Helens, Bishops. gate-street. Edwin Miles, builder, Greenwich, June 9, at half-past eleven, and July 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court o Bankruptcy. Follett, of assignee, Baainghall-street Bristow and Tarrant, Walbrook. _ _ _ SiNester Sill, draper, Worcester, June 9 and July 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,,,i Birmingham; Badham, Bromyard; Alotteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Donald Grant, manufacturer of the patent ventilating lat light and heating apparatus, Greenwich, June 5, at twelve, and 4 9 1 y 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. • Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall , street; Pollock and Stevtsnson, Essex-street,-Strand. John Phillipps, banker, Upper Bullingham, Hereford 'Shire, June 6 and July 7, at-twelve, at the Birmingham 'District -Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham; Bodehharci, ii,ereford. . Nathaniel Derry Morris, hop merchant, Hereford, June 12;and July 3. "at ten,at the Birmingham District Court. ; Christie, offiyial assignee, Birmingham; Fluck, geretord; • Suckling, Birmingham. ',Aiehard ;Mote, iron merchant, reterlstreet, Bristol, '"Jitne 7,. and July 5, at eleven,' at the Bristol District Court. Acr4man, official assignee, Bristol; Whitb, Ere nail fiiVhite, Bedford-row; Stanley and \Vasil:rough,. 'Bristol: 'BOwdert, jun., farmer, Ingoldsmelk; Sniierset shire, June 6, and 27, at halr-past ten, at the Leeds District Court, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull! Armstrong, Staple-inn; Wilson and Co., Alford, Lincolnshire; Bunney and Wilson, Hull. 12!..Strah Stone, baker, Strangeways, Manchester, June 8 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Efobs,nl, official assignee, Manchester; Jaques, Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, Ely-place; Heath, Manchester. William Nicholson, Fad dl er, Pontefract, Yorkshire, June 7 and July 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District 'Court. Young, • cfficial assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Sons, Clement's-inn; Girdlestone, Pontefract; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Puha Perrett and Charles Garton, maltsters, Bristol, June 8, and July 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Crosby, Bris tol; Jay, Sergeants'-inn. Robert Williams, tailor, Liverpool, June 8, and July 6, i4t eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offidal assignee, Liverpool; Hopwood and Son, Chan cery-lane; Thornely, Liverpool. William Oakes, clock and watchmaker, Oldham, Lan cashire, June 11 and July 4, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sargeant, Essex -court, Temple; Reece, Birmingham; Cope and Faulkner, Manchester. Thomas Fenwick and Robert Kidd, brewers, Tyne mouth, Northumberland, June 8, at half-past twelve, and July 3, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley. official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Messrs. Tinley, Tynemouth; Home, Loftus, and bour.g, New Inn, London. Tnemas Cox, draper, Hanley, Staffordshire, June 12 and July 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Sale. Wor thin!ton, and Shipman, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Johu 13,arne Davis, ironmonger. Newton Abbott, Devonshire, June 5, at eleven, and 28, at one, at the Exeter Disiriet.Court. Eirizel, official assignee, Exeter; Francis, Newton Abbott; Church, Bedford-row. Thomas Wilson and Henry Cu: bett, merchants, Man chester, June i 3 and July 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn•tialds; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchz ster. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average pricOZißrO;n — orMuscovado Sugar, corn puted from the returns made in the week ending .111'7 2! 18-19, is 265. 4 1 / 2 d. per cwt. DISPATCHES. (From the London Gazette of this Ev,-ning.) INDIA BOARD, Ji AY 24, 1849. The discatt h of which the following is an extract, and the accompanying paprrs, have 'Pen this day re ceive) at the ILdut House, from the tiovernor-General of India. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA TO THE SECRET CJMMITTEE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Camp, Si ham, April 7, 1849. (Extract). On the 21st ulcimo, Mejur-Gneral Sir Walter Gilbert took possession of the city of Peshawur. Dost Mahumed Khan had fled with his army on the 19th, and had reached the western side of the Khyber Pass. The city of Peshawur was found uninjured; but must of the garden houses in the neighbourhood had been burnt by the Ail ghans, and the Seikh cantonment completely destroyed. You are aware, from my dispatch of the 24th ult., that I looked to the occupation of Peshawur, and the flight, or destruction, of Dost Mahomed Khan, as re. suits, the accomplishment of which was necessary to enable me- to declare the war concluded, and peace re. stored. The indefatigable ardour of Sir Waiter Gil bert, inspiring his troops with like zeal, achieved, with singular rapidity, the crowning successes of the war. I request your attention to the general order issued by me on the 2d instant, and to the names of the officers particularly noticed therein,. [llere follow several dispatches which appeared in The Sun of yesterday.] THE GOVERNOR• GENEICAL TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, Ferozepore, March 27, 1849. (Extract.) I have had the honour of receiving your Excellency's dispatch, dated the 25th instant, inclosing a copy of one from Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert, K.C.8., in which he announces the occupation of Peshawur by the force under his command, and the retreat of the Aweer Post Mahomed Khan and his followers beyond the Khyhz , r Pass. I request that your Excellency will convey to Major- Gener,„l Sir Walter Gilbert my strongest approbation of tho manner , in which the service on which he was sent has been conducted and performer'.. Majui-General Gilbert has earned the highest credit by the ability, energy, and discretion with which he has dir:cted these movements; and I am most sensible of the cheerfu.t and continued exertions which have been made by uflic ers and men—exertions which have produced the graJ,ifying result of compelling the surrender of the renow.nt or the Seikh army, of driving the Affghan Sove reign and his army ignominiously from the country, and brie Bing the war to tall and most honourable conclusion. Stour Excellency can now proceed to take the proper steps for breaking up the army of the Purijaub. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, May 25.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a further decrease in the supply at market of all sorts of Raw Sugar, and for all purposes the demand was greater; on the part of mer chants there is also much firmness. West India was in excellent demand both for the pan and scale, whilst in some cases the rates obtained were rathe above those of yesterday. The sales amounted to 720, making for the week 1,902 hhds and tres. REFINED.—To-day former rates were well supported for Refined Goods, and home dealers were desirous to do business. There were several orders executed for the lower sorts. For Bonded Crushed Sugar the market is dull, at former rates. Loaves are more wanted; 33s 6d to 36s is the value of 6 to 141 b, and 30s to 30s 61 for Lump+ and Tittl-rs. SlAtatlTlUS.—This afternoon there was an active demand fur Mauritius Sugar; at public sale 3,891 bags sold in some case 6d per cwt above former rates; good and fine yellow went at 39a Ga to 413 61, low to mid dling 383 to 395, fine brown 37s to 389, middling and good• 35s to 36?, and grainy 40s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was no public s ale cf NitAragi or Bengal Sugar, but privately several pAr cera were sold, and in mine cases at rather higher rates. FOREIGN.—The operations in Foreign Sugar by pri vate treaty this week have• been of much importance, consistir,g of 14 cargoes, equal to 6,000 tons of Sugar; Femora 3, in bags, deliverable here, sold at 18s 91 for beown, and white- 22s 3d to 223 6d; fur a near Port, brown a.* 19s, white 22s 6d; Bahia, fur London, brown at 20s 'o 24s 40, white 233 6d; yellow Havanna!), for the, Mediterranean 23s add, and white, for St. Peters burgh, tt 37s per cwt. 12)... --.There is no improvement in the value of Con gou, and a fair quantity is on offer ; but the business concluded has been larger than in the former week. On the part of holders there is firmness, and a more active demand 'is expected to take place shortly; the value of ord and goo d ord is 7id to Sid, mixed blackish leaf 9d to 10d, blackish leaf l Id to ls, ditto strong is ld to is 3d, superior and Pekoe flavour is 4d to is 10d. There has been little passing in Soucbong, and sellers are willing to accept 8d to is 6d, and for superior is 8d to 2s Bd. Of Pouchong the supply is small, hut there are few buyers, and 6d to 8d is the value. Of Green the supply continues to get larger. Gunpowder, Canton is offered at is 4d to is 7d, Hyson sort is 8d to 3s 6:1, superior 8s Sd to 4s 4d; Imperial, Canton is to is 41, Hyson sort Is 5d to 23 10d ; Young Hyson 10:1 to 2s, and superior 2s 3d to 3s 3d; Hyson Skin 8d to is 61; Hyson, ord and good ord is to is 2d, but mid and mid is 33 to is Bd, good to fine Is 9d to 2s Sd, superior 2s 9d to 3s 3d; Twankay 5d to 7d, better sort 8d to ls, and Caper 7d to Is 6d. For Flowery Pekoe the rates asked are 10d to is 10d, and for superior 2s to 3s 6d; but there are not many buyers. Black leaf Pekoe has been dealt in with caution at 8d to is 6d, and Plain Orange at 9d to ls. COFFEE —This afternoon there was no public sale of Coffee, and by private treaty the business concluded was small by exporters and home dealers. The valu e of Native - Ceylon, of the usual description, is 32s to 33s per cwt. For Coffee subject to the lower rate of duty, prices have a downward tendency. MoLassEs.—A good demand has been experienced for West India this week, and prices are still on the ad vance. Sales have been made of fine Antigua at 22s to 22s 6d, and it is difficult to purchase West India of low quality under 18s. Bengal Treacle 15s 6d to 16s per cwt. RlCE.—To•day the demand of East India Rice was not brisker. At auction 3.364 bars of Penang were taken in at 8s for barley grain, being above the value; of 1,686 bags Bengal a part only sold at barely former rates, good and fine white 103 to Ils. At auction 115 brls, 24 I brio, 233 tins St Vincents Arrowroot were dis posed of at 6d to iid, better sort 8d to 3id, damaged 4d to Sid per lb. _ ISincis.—To-day black Pepper met with a brisker sale, and 1,475 at auction sold at firm rates ; clean Sumatra realised 24d, and fair half heavy Malabar 2id to 2id, and damaged 2id to 2i; 159 bgs Pod sold at 60; to 60s 6d: 1 box Cayenne 2s ld ; 159 bags African Ginger, takea in at 36s 6d to 37s being above the value. FRUIT. —For fine Currants there is such demand, and former cases are readily paid, as the supply is small. For the lower sorts the market has a quiet aspect, still lower rates are not acceded to. For New the value is from 36e to 40s, and old 355. Raisins : Denis at 31s to 325, Valencia 425, Eleme 46s to 48s, Sultana 60s to Gss, Muscatels 44s to 60s, French Plums 70s to 804, and Im perial 80s to 130 s. Almonds are not much wanted; the value of Jordon is from 71 to 104 Valencia 75% to 80s, Barbary sweet 445, and bitter 355. There has been little demand for Figs, and Greek can be obtained at 36s to 38s. SPIRITS.—On the part of holders of Leeward Island Rum there is firmness, and the rates asked are Is 4d to Is 4id for proof. East India is held for is 2-0 to Is 3d proof. Demerara, 10 to 20 per cent. over proof is held for is 7d to Is 10d and 21 to 36 over is lld • to 2s 3d. Jamaica 19 to 22 per cent. over proof, from 2s 2d to 2s 4d, 30 to 36, 2s 5d to 3s 6d, and fine 3s 8d to 4s 2d. For Brandy the demand has been active, and on the part of holders there is much firmness. The value -of Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1845 is 5s 8d to 55 10d, 1846 ditto 5s 4d to 5s 6d, 1847 ditto 4s 3d to 4s sd, 1848 ditto 4s 7d to 3s 9d, interior 2s to 3s sd; and Bordeaux 2s to 2s 3d. Geneva is 9d for common, and 2s 3d to 3s 3d for fine for duty. In the value of British made Spirit there is no variation. COCHINEAL.—HoIders displayed more firmness, and a less amount is on offer. There is no improvement to `notice in the value, still rather more desire has been shown to Make 'purchasr.s . by private treaty; and none has - been offered at auction. The value of black Hon duraq is 5s to 53 - 7 d, silvers, 3s ad to 4s 6d, Mexican bliick 3s 10d to 4s 44,•silvers .33 7il to 3s 9.1 per lb. INDIGO.--Of "East India imports to. this , port have ex ceeded those of the • former , year by 5,000 cots. Since the conclusion of the quarterly sales a fair business has been concluded, and former rates are well supported; on the part of holders there is also firmness. Spanish in small parcels realized full terms, and the supply is not larger. TALLow.—To-day at auction Tallow went at easier rates; of Sydney 700 pkgs were nearly all sold at 343 to 37s 6d, and 750 pkgs South American 333 3d to 383 6d per cwt. OILS.—To-day a public sale of 100 tuns of Southern Oil went at 241 lOs to 281 153 fur low to fine, and 16 tuns of Sperm at 711 lOs for lair to fine. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 19th day of May, 1849. 1931711 DEPARTMENT. X. Notes i55ued........ :7,517,705 127,517,705 Dated the 24th day of May, 1841 SANILING DI Proprietors' capital • • 14,553,000 Kest • • • Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, &iv- Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other aecurities • • '2,934,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,194,136 Silver bullion • • • • • • 323,569 ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts)•. 4,802,145 Other deposits •• • • .. 9,935,529 Ssven day and other bills.. •• •• •• .... 1,101,793 27,517,705 DIABSIIILL, Chief Cashier. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,055,069 Other securities •• • . 9,878,145 Notes • • • • • • • • ...... 5,502,905 Gold and silver coin•• 533,748 £33.599,867 X:33,599,867 31. ICIRSILKLL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 24th day of May, 1f44 COURSE OF EXUH Amster .:am .......... 12 234 i DM% at sight • • .... 12 1 Rotterdam 12 3 Antwerp•....... .. 25 774 ilArnburgh ••11.8. 13 13 3 ,4 Altona• . • • .. • • • . •• earls, 3 days' itght .... 2.5 50 Ditto, 3 months 25 75 filarseilles •••••••• .. • . 25 8 80ardeaux......... . 25 80 Franktort on Maine.... 122 eetersburgh, Y i Vienna, effec. fib • • 12 12 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 12 irladrid ••.•••• • • . • • • • 5 , Cadiz .. ............. 50U iiarcelona ............ 5evi11e........ • • • • • • . THE SUN, LONDON, JAMES BERRINGTON'S INVENTION. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from James Berrington, twenty-seven years a veterinary surgeon in the army, praying that the House would take measures for cart.) ing out an invention of his for a mode of car rying the weight borne by infantry zoldiers. IRISH SPIRIT DEALERS. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from certain merchants end traders in Irish manufactured spirits in Dublin, Tipperary, Duntnrvau, Ardee.l Castleblanry, and other towns in Ireland, complaining that they are compelled to pay for a quantity ot spirits which their casks will not hold, and are not allowed any thing for evaporation. The Hon. Gentleman also presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen and burgesses ot Dublin, fully concurring in the alteration in the law re lating to the process of attachment in Courts of Record in Dublin. GE.-t TM'S DAY. Gibraltar ...... •• Leghorn ............ 31 0 leaoa .. • . • ... 26 50 Allan ...... • • • . Naples ...... • • ...... 4'1 1 ,4 ?Item°, p5r0z........ 11 fiX, Messina .............. ISO Lisboa.— .......... .. 53 , )porto • . •...•• • • • • 531 A itio Janeiro ...... • • Buenos Ayres . • . Yew York, 21 days'aight Philadelphia PZICILS or BULLION, PER OZ Foreign Gold in bars...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. G 0 0 13panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 1 'New Dollars •..... 0 0 0 3ilverio bars ...... • • 0 0 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lord Alps assembled at Five o'clock. The Earl of S r. GERMANS presented several peti tions in favour of the Bil; for the protection of women. The Bishop of NORWICH presented several petitions with a similar prayer. He wished to impress upon their Lordships the necessity of adopting some legislative measure on the subj( ct, and he was persuaded they might introduce au efficient measure to put a stop to the horrible trade in prostitution, which was a disgrace to a civilizA community. M. MANZONL—THE EXCURSION TO PARIS. Lord BROUGHAN drew the attention of their Lord ships to a letter signed " Manzoni," which appeared in the Times, challenging him and other Noble Lords to fight a duel. He had received a letter from M. Manzoni, stating that he knew nothing of the letter, and he be lieved it must have been inserted by inadvertance. He thought it due to M. Manzoni to snake this statement. He would also allude to the newly projected visit of the English to Paris. He wished it to be distinctly understood that this was merely a private visit. He wished again to express his opinion that no communica tion could take place between the two nations except officially, and he hoped no official countenance would be given to the persons intending to visit Paris. The Marquis of BREADALBANE thought we had nothing to do with the manner in which the French Go vernment might receive the visitors to Paris. Her Ma jesty's subjects had a tight to go where they liked. Lord BROUGHAM had never said a word to prevent her Majesty's subjects from going over to France, or against any good reception that might be given to them. If the French could affiod to treat them, the more they feted the better, provided they conducted themselves properly. After a few words from the Earl of MOUNT CASHEL, , Lard IiEDESDALE said that in his opinion these visits ought to be discouraged. Had the visit of the French National Guards to this country taken place in the March of last year instead of in the summer, it might have been attended with the most disastrous effect s. CANADA. Earl GREY presented papers relating to Canada. CONSULAR EXPENDITURE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitions in favour of the Bill for the better protection of women; also in favour of a measure for the better regulation of beer shops. The Bishop of LICHFIELD presented petitions in favour of a Bill for the better protection of women. Earl NELSON presented a petition with a similar prayer. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Ayr against the repeal of the navigation-laws. ADJOURNMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday se'nnight. Agreed to. NAVIGATION-LAWS REPEAL BILL. The report on this Bill having been brought up, The MarquiTof LANSDOWNE gave notice that he should move the third reading on Tuesday se'unight. The Bishop of OXFORD said that he should move the amendment of which he had given notice in the Bill on the third reading. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The .SPEAKER took the Chair five minutes before Fuur o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The Lords' amendments to the following private Bills were considered and agreed to Bury Saint Edmund's Gas Company Bill. Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society (Incorpora ting and Conferring Powers) Bill. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Sir J. BULLER presented a petition from 8,800 owners and occupiers of land in the county of Devon, complaining of alarming agricultural distress in that county; also a petition from owners and occupiers of land in Kingsbridge, in the county J f Devon, signed by 1,200 persons, to the lame effect. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Sir R. LOPES presented a petition from Devon, complaining of agricultural distress in that county, and praying for the re-imposition of protective duties on agricultural produce. PRISON DISCIPLINE. Mr. C. PEARSON presen•ed a petition from Dr. Rice, as the representative of a very large body of gentlemen, magistrates, inspectors, and chaplains of prisons, assembled in the City to discuss the question of prison discipline, and praying that the petition may be referred to a Committee to inquiry into the truth of its statements. EXTENSION OF COUNTY COURTS. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from 200 Jadesmen in Brighton, praying that the jurisdiction of the County Courts may be extended to debts of ut least 501. THE STEAM•BOAT ACCIDENT IN THE IRISH CHANNEL In answer to a question from Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. LABOUCD ERE said Captain Denham had re turned from his visit of inspection to Liverpool, into the recent calamity which happened on the voyage of a steam-vessel between Liverpool and the coast of Ire land ; hot unfortunately a domestic affliction had pre vented Captain Denham presenting his report to the Board of Trade. He thought, however, the report would be received to-morrow, and there would be no objection to lay it on the table of the House. PRIVATE BILLS. The Cockermouth and Workington Railway (Branch to Bridgefoot, Amendment of Act, and Power to lease to Whitehaven Junction Railway Company) Bill was read a third time and passed. The report on the Transfer of Sheffield Canal to River Dun Navigation Company Bill was considered and agreed to. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Colonel SIBTHORP would beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the House was likely to have a discussion un the civil contingencies and miscellaneous estimates? Mr. PARKER said it would come on on Thursday next. Sir J. GRAHAM said surely the discussion on that subject would not come on so early as Thursday night ? The papers had not yet been circulated among the Members. Mr. PARKER said that was owing to the papers not having been printed yet. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said (with some warmth) that surely the matter would not be pressed on on Thurs day night. Mr. PARKER said the Right Hon. Gentlemtin bad better repeat his question when ho saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his place. Sir J. kiRAHAM—Pooh! , FISCAL DUTIES OF IRISH GRAND JURIES. Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to 0.4 s the Secretary for Ireland whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to submit any measure for the amendment of the laws relating to the fischl duties of grand juries in Ireland • during the present session. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said a Bill was in course of preparation on the subject. A NEW BOOT FOR THE ARMY. In reply to Mr. C. LUSHINGTON, Mr. FOX MAULE stated, that as Secretary at War, ho had nothing to do with the discipline of the army. It appeared that a Mr. Duhey, a very respectable person, had taken out a patent for a certain description of boot, which having been tried - by several commanding officers arid men, was generally approved ot ; and, like all tradesmen, he applied to the Board of General Officers to make the, boots what was called a "sealed pattern;" they inspected it, and re ported against the application. The board at the same time intimated that they saw no reason why the soldiers should not purchase the boot for their own use at their own expense ; but by some means or ether, for which ho was not responsible, the permission thus given had ant been allowed.—(Hear, hear.) THE ECCLESIASTCAL COMMISSION. Mr. iiGRS3IAN inquired if the Noble Lord intended to proceed with his motion with respect to the Ecclesi astical Commission on the Bth of June, and if he was in a position to state to the House any particulars with respect to the rectory of Bishopswearinoutb. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that he did not intend on the Bth of June to proceed with the motion in ques tion ; he should merely do so pro forma. The question of the rectory of - Bishopswearmouth had been under the consideration of the Ecclesiastical Commission, and the result of their deliberations had been placed in the hands of the officers of the Crown. When he had received further information he should be happy to communicate it t, the lion. Gentleman. Mr. HORSMAN inquired it the Bill for amending the constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission would be introduced during the present session ? Sir G. GREY replied that he feared there was not a reasunable prospect. THE FINANCIAL. STATEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, L')rd J. RUSSELL intimated that next week he should propose to proceed with the Committee of Sup ply. Until the House had made some progress with the miscellaneous estimates, the statement referred to would not be made. He calculated that it would be made about the middle of June. S FATE OF IRELAND. Mr. AIONSELL, in the absence of the Noble Lord, the Member tor Arundel, inquired whether after the recess the Government would b, prepared to lay before the House the existing state of the people of Ireland in the distressed unions, and the areount of aid afforded to them out of the funds of tho Government. Sir GEORGE GREY s,id at the beginning of the present month a statement was laid before the House. Further information would be laid before the house also the applications made for aid from the Poor-law Commissioners. IRISH. POOR-LAW AND INCUMBERED ES TATES (IRELAND). Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to a question from Mr. Stafford, said that he proposed proceeding with the In cumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill on the 4th, and the A Po p o jr-olauits w(lr l e j la E n N O TB 01, ill o THE tbe HOUSEB tht June. AND MIS CELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. _Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to move the adjourn ment of the House to Thursday next, and on doing so stated that it was the intention of the Government to pro ceed with the Miscellaneous Estimates on that day. Any item that was objected to might be postponed. Generally speaking, the estimates were the same as last year. Sir J. GRAHAM said that considering the estimates were not yet in .the bands of Members, that they ought not to proceed with . 4 them on Thursday. They might proceed with the Civil Contingencies on Thursday, as Members had received them. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that until the Miscella neous Estimates had been passed, the Budget could not be brought forward. Mr. DISRAELI condemned the principle of putting off the financial statement to so late a period of the session. Mr. CARDWELL complained of the postponement of the budget to so indefinite a period. Mr. GLADSTONE could not understand what con nexion there was between the budget and the miscella neous estimates. • Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that it was usual to proceed to a considerable extent with the estimates be fore bringing on the budget. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. HERBERT wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether he was aware of the fact that a body had been cast ashore in Ireland, and that the starving population had eaten the body to allay their hunger? Mr. P. SCROPE wished, before the Noble Lord answered the question, to call the attention of th e House and the Government to the awful responsibility they incurred in not doing something more effectual for the relief of the suffering and starvation of Ireland. Who was responsible for this dreadful misery and suf fering? In no country in the world could such a state of things be found as that to be witnessed in the United Kingdom. On the one hand, they had unbounded free dom, with the people enjoying themselves in every kind of amusement, and revelling In luxuries ; and, on the other, within a t went y-f our hours' journey, the people smaiidser that a were dying by th ousan d s f rom the absolute want of food. Let it for not this be said tfotrhothpeeyopwleereofrEeandgy to England were responsible sanc tion any measure tiovernment might propose to mi tigate, if not to remove it.—(Hear, hear.) With the Government, then, must rest the responsibility as they had it in their power to apply to Parliament for additional advances, or to propound some scheme for the profitable employment of the starving Irish people. Lord J. RUSSELL had certainly not received any official information of the circumstance referred to by the Honourable Member opposite who asked the first question, but he would cause inquiry to be made into it. With regard to the second question ot the Hon. Gen deman behind him, all he could do was simply to direct the attention of the lion. Gentleman to what had already been done for Ireland in the present session. No less than 80,0001. bad been advanced for relieving the mise rie;: of her p-ople, besides the other measures of a revue. , dial character, and whatever the Honourable Gentleman might say about the responsibility of Government, what he could only reply was that Government had done, and were still anxious to do all iu their power to improve the condition of Ireland.—(Cheers.) NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. In reply to Sir H. WILLOUGH BY, The CHANCELLOR ot the EXCHEQUER stated that before any vote could be taken for the new Houses of Parliament a report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the building would be laid on the table. STATE OF IRELAND. Mr. J. O'CONNELL, adverting to the former subject, was glad to hear the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government state that he would cause inquiries to be made into the nature and extent of the sufferings of the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He confessed he felt rather anxious upon the result of the inquiry, as on a FRIDAY EVENING, MA Y 25, TM% land was lost in a singular manner, the whole press teemed with it, while in Ireland thousands were dying every week without any notice being taken of it. What had the Rev. Mr. Anderson, the minister of Ballinarobe, stated to the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment in a letter he had written to him. He had stated that no language he could tine could describe the misery that was existing in that union. He had heard in that House of comprehensive measures for Ire land—comprehensive measures for what, he would as? Why, for skeletons who could not walk. It had been said what had Ireland done for herself ? He would answer that question by stating that she had paid two mil lions and a halt' in eighteen months for the relief of her destitute pour. In his opinion the first duty of the Government was to save the lives of the people, and he trusted that they would not allow the people of Ireland to say this, which in fact they were saying, th,t if you cannot govern Ireland let Ireland govern herself. Sir G. GREY said the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had fallen into error in some of his figures. While with regard to the charge that the people of England were callous to the sufferings ut the people of Ireland, all he could say was, that in addition to the grants from the public purse, the state of Ireland had thrown large burdens upon the local rata s of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to have a distinct answer to this question. Was it to be underste od that no further grants would be made to Ireland, whatever might be the extent of the distress. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had always refused to give a pledp,e that under no circumstances would Government bo prep ired to make any further grant to Irehind.— (Hear, hear.) Government must be allowed to take its own course, and to meet ad exigencies in their own way.—(llehr.) Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL rose to explain, but loud cries of " Order, order" compelled him to resume his seat. Colonel DUNNE then explained that the reason Irish Members opposed the Rate in Aid Bill w,s because they felt that it would agrivate instead of mitigate the evils. The motion for the adjournment was then agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) DEATH of a LATTER-DAY SAINT THROUGH REFUSING MEDICAL ADVICE. A man named John Pugh. belonging to the sect of Latter-day Saints, was seriously burned at the late colliery explosion at Aberdare. His brother Saints refused to permit any medical man to come near him, and he died in consequence. Au inquest was held, at which two of " the Saints" were examined, tney gave the following evidence (we copy from the report which appears in the Principalitg):— James Jones (Jim Pontypool) was next called, who stated that he was a Saint, and according to their creed no one should send for a doctor, but reiy on the ordinances of their church for cures in all cases, and had it not been for the vveakntss of John Pugh's faith he would have been cured immediately. Having made several other absurd and most contradictory statements, several of the jurors said they could not believe him on his oath. With this the deputy-coroner quite agreed, and he was dismissed without being sworn. William Sims was next called, who also stated that he was a Saint and an elder in the Church of Christ. On the day John Pugh met with the accident ho was sent for. He went and anointed him with Oil, and ad ministered the ordinances of the Church of Christ. He was perfectly sure had John Pugh's faith been- good he would have cured him that instant. He tried him again several times, but the deceased's faith was too weak each time. Ile knew that Dr. Evans had offered his service to attend the deceased, but that John Pugh wished to try the ordinances of the s ChurchCf Christ, and if that failed then he would have a medical man. Though I faikd to cure him I did not adViselheVropriety of having .a doctor. It is my duty as an elder to. exhort - our people to trust to the ordinances of the Church for cures in all cases, and not to medical men. Still we would not ex clude any one from having a doctor. He knew that the deceased was delirious for several days before he died, still he took no steps to have a proper medical man to see him. Ido most solemnly declare that if all the flesh was burnt off my hand this moment that my blessing would cure it in an instant. I have cured myself many times. I have cured my wife frequently, and I have per formed instantaheous cures on my children by nay bles sing only, and had John Pugh's faith been good I would have cured him like putting one hand in the other. The jury returned the following verdict:—We find that the deceased John Pugh died from the effects of an accident caused by an explosion of fire-damp at Weasa Colliery, May Bth, and the culpable neglect of his attendants, who were members of a certain society called the Latter-day Saints, in refusing to permit a me dical gentleman to attend to his case. The jurors beg in the strongest language to censure the conduct of these deluded people, and caution them not to repeat their foolish practices in future." The verdict was read in open coal t by the Deputy coroner, who advised the Saints, and said that the jury had been exceedingly lenient, and that the verdict was a very merciful one. He fully expected to have had to commit several of them for manslaughter, but us it was they had a must narrow escape this time, and he trusted that the serious caution of the jury would have due weight with them. Had they not put the fault upon the poor man now dead, nothing could have prevented them from being sent to anodic/1- tribunal. The proceedings lasted for nine hilirs. DREADFUL ACCIDLNT AT LANT WIT VARDRE COLLIERY. SEVEN LIVES LUST. Last week we gave particulars of a fatal accident at the Werf colliery, by means of which two of our fel low-creatures were brought to an untimely grave. No sooner had the intelligence appeared in our columns, than another tearful and more distressing accident oc• curred at Lsntwit Vardre colliery, near Treforest, be longing to Thos. Powell, Esq., the extensive colliery proprietor, when five men were killed on the spot, and others dreadfully injured. It appears that there are two pits at the colliery, worked by the same machinery, so that the weight de scending into one pit enables the engineer to raise the weight in the other with comparative ease. On Friday night the chain belonging to one of the piles was broken, which led to the temporary suspension of the works. There was left, therefore, but one pit in working order, mid the weight of materials ascending or descending it must have been, consequently, borne by the engine itself. About one o'clock on Saturday morning the foreman made application to the engineer to let him down the pit, but was refused, the engineer very properly wishing to ascertain by daylight whether or not not any injury had been done to the machinery by the accident of the pre vious night. About four, having first of all examined the engine and found everything safe, he let three men down the pit, who reached the bottom in safety. About seven o'clock, John Jones, a contractor or underground weward, came to the engineer, accompanied by three or four other men, and requested to be let down also. The engineer, we were given to understand, remonstrated with him, ho being anxious to test the machinery by some dead weight; but it was to no purpose. The engineer then set the engine in order, and when the carriage was descend ing the pit, he perceived that a considerable number of men had entered it. They had not descended more than seven or teen yards before to engineer heard a crack or a jerk in the machinery. He instantly stopped the engine, examined it, and found it out of - gear." The unfortu nate though reckless men in the pit, by this time per ceiving their dangerous position, cried out, and called on the engineer to raise them. He attempted, and while doing so the engine lost all power over the fly-wheel, and the natural consequence was, that the poor fellows were precipitated to the bottom of the pit, nearly one hundred yards deep. The heavy chain which suspended the carriage then fell with great force on them. Every effort was then made to assist the sufferers, and it was not until one o'clock that all the bodies were taken out. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and every attention was paid to the injured. It is rather remarkable that the only man whose injuries were comparatively light was a stranger, who had gone with the men to see the pit.—The Principality. DEATH OF MR. VERNON. —Our obituary records the death, in his 75th year, of Dlr. Robert Vernon, a gentleman known for many years past in the world of art, and more recently to the public by his munificent gift to the nation of a collection of pictures—the works of modern English artists—which deserves to be highly estimated, not merely for the generosity which prompted the gift, and for the actual money value thus transferred from the possession of an individual to the public, but also for its intrinsic excellence, as supplying a deficiency left by the want of regularly organised patronage in this country. The " Vernon Gallery" may be regarded as a complete collection of the most characteristic works of the most talented of our native artists, and as a vin dication of the national taste in a department of national production which, in the hurry of our commercial pur 6uits, we have been too ready to overlook; while our modesty as a nation has also led us to undervalue our excellence. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE ADMIRAL SIR NESBIT WILLOUGHBY.—IIe was the greatest "dare-devil" of his day. On one occasion he had been sent from his ship in command of the boats to board an enemy's pri vateer. The privateer proved to be well manned and armed, and the boats suffered a good deal in pulling up to her. Willoughby was encouraging his men in every possible way by word and deed. When his boat neared the privateer she was prepared to resist them; when Lieutenant Willoughby, taking off his hat, flung it over the quarter on the deck of the vessel, exclaiming, "A gallon of rum to the fellow who gives it me back." Willoughby was the first to board himself, but it is un derstood that three or four fellows claimed the grog, which was divided amongst them. The privateer was taken, but with considerable loss, as her crew far out numberk d the peple in the boats. LINNMAN SOClETY.—Yesterday the annual general meeting of this society, which was establisl:ed in 1788, was held in the house of the institution, S.tho-square; the Bishop of Ipswich in the chair. The usual routine business having been disposed of, the Secretary read the report, from which it appeared that during the past year many valuable presents had been made to the society, both in the shape of hooks and rare specimens of natu ral history. Deserving of notice was " Carl von Linnes Antechningar ofver Nemesis Divina;" a portrait of Sir Joseph Banks was presented by a Fellow, and two other lithographic portraits, one of which was that of the Bishop of Norwich. The receipts for the year were 8831., and the disbursements 6311., leaving a balance of 2521. Ten members had died during the session, and only one had been made a Fellow. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Right Rev. Chairman, the meeting 64aratrcl, BRISTOL, MAY 23.--Wind W.N.W.—Memorandum: The Sarah, Jones, from Callao, has not arrived here as reported yesterday. recent occasion when he made a statement to the House with regard to the existing distress, he was accused by the Hume Secretary of great exaggeration. While they were discussing that money should he granted they were willingly or unwillingly allowing thousands to die in destitution. According to the re turn which had been made in consequence of the motion of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Londonderry, it appeared that the expense of sustaining the paupers indi vidually was, in England 31.55. lOW., in Seotlend 21. 7s. W., and in Ireland 16 s. Bd. When such facts as these were placed befare Hoe. Members, something like an ' effect would be wrought, and the House would resolve itself into a Committee of The whole House.—(Hear.) Mr. MONSELL would remind the House that while they were discussing this point no measures had been taken to relieve the destitution in Ireland. He was quite sure that the several Members of the Admininis tration were anxious to relieve the distress, but as a Government while they were dallying, no stay was put upon the destitution in Ireland. From the resonate, it appeared that in Connaught and Munster, on the 28th of April, 1848, there were in the several workhouses 122,369 paupers, and that the deaths in the course of one week were not less than 1,703, or, on an averege, fourteen in every 1,000 whereas in this great metropolis, where there wes a population approaching to two millions and a half of souls, according to the statement made by the Poor law Commissioners, in the very worst week of the year, that which ended on the 29th January, 1849, the proportion of deaths was only five in a thousand, and in Connaught, during the previous year, the proportion was about the same. Seth being the case, he trusted that the House would nut refuse to lend its immediate attention to the subject.—(llear, hear.) Self - . OSBORNE said that the great obstacle to the granting this relief was the Honourable Member for Ripon himself.—(Hear, hear.) When the grant fur 50,000/. was asked for by Government the Right Hun. Baronet had stated his intention to vote for the grant, provided it was not the first of a series, but that he should decidedly op pose it unless it was the beginning of more compre hensive measures. It was then stated that 100,000/. would be insufficient to meet the emergency, and the 84,0001. now in the hands of the Commissioners would hardly satisfy the momentary necessity of the period. He thought that for the sake of their own character, to ap peal to no other principle, they ought not to suffer thousands thus to perish from absolute starvation. — There were now upwards of 160,0001. owing to the contractors to suppl y f oo d, and they had determined to forward no mor e f oo d until this debt was discharge d. fie trusted, theref ore , that while thousands w ere perish ing, exist a n e g they would not b e was ti n g the time of the country in x discussionsistin an upon extreme degree. —(Cheers.) Colonel SIBITIORVE sa id he did not wish to inter ruptacknowledged to the business of the evening, but he would like to ask any Member who was more conversant with Ireland than he could possibly presume to be, whether the free trade measures had not, in a great degree, been the cause of distress in Ireland?—(Laugjeter, and cries of " Hear." He could feel for Irelatd, and he could also feel for England ; ' but he had every reason for asking that if free-trade measures were continued, England would feel the effects . of them just as much as Ireland had done.—(Hear.) ...pie CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER did not think it expedient to go into the discussion upon free trade, So far as Ireland went he thought it had contributed yery largely ,to preservation of life in that country.— (Loud cries of " dear, hear.") The effect of free trade hied been to preserve the lives of a greater number of.person's in 'lreland than could have been done where Provisions were dearer. The Honourable Gentleman. behind him (Mr. Scrope) had stated that lde or lid. a day was 'sufficient to preserve the life of a person, but that arose . , from the_ importation of 'lndian meal, which hail already preserved so many lives, in Ireland—(hear)—and that was one of those free trade measures of which the Hun. Gentleman com plained.—(Hear, hear.) lie would not, however, pursue that subject further.—(Hear, hear.) lie had to warn the House not to be led away by the statements, or he should rather say, sentiments, respect ing the distress which it was said now existed, and if he wanted anything to justify such a re qtrest he would find it, In the admission wade by the Hon. Member for Limerick. That Hun. Gentleman bad stated that 860 deaths had taken place in the Ballinasloe Union, but he now corrected himself, and said the truth was that the 860 people were not dead, hut were ill of fever and cholera.—(Hear: hear.) At the early part of the session the Government proposed a grant of 50,600/. for the preservation of IVe until some other measure was introduced for the purpose of making Ireland contribute its fair and equal proportion. It was a doctrine maintained by several Irish Members that property should contribute to the support of p o . verty. and he believed it was the universal opinion of the Hovse, when the grant was proposed, that it was unreasonable to expect that any further demands could be made upon the T reasur y , and that it they were, it was indispensable that t he y should look to Ireland for the repayment of advonces made by the Govern ment.—(Hear, hear.) A measure for that purpose was brought forward, and so far from u reproach being made on the Government, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was accused of making sentimental speeches and impassioned appeals to Irish Members to contribute towards the relief of distress in Ireland.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The opposition to granting relict' came not from him, but from Irish Mem bers, and the lion. Member (Mr. John O'Connell) voted against the Rate in Aid, againet measures for relieving districts, and now ue turned round and complained that he (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was hard fit a-ted and inciiffer, , nt to to the distress which existed.—(!fear, heir.) Ile thought that those Irish Members who made such ap peals for the suffering Irish might hive accelerated the progress of the Bill through the House.—Oleary Now, he thought, under those circumstances, it was not true either that Parliament had itself the means or that Government hail not used the means, or that it was ne• cescary at present to make any further appeal to Par liament for further advances, for the relief of the distress which he was sorry to s'iy still prevailed to a great extent in the west of Ireland. The Government would not shrink from asking the House for a further advance when they believed it to be necessary to mitigate the distress, or from appealing to Parliament, if necessary, for money on the credit of the rate in aid. th e E. B. ROCHE asked what were the real facts of the case with ri gard to the matter of the Ballinasloe Union, though his lion. Friend the Member for Limerick had inadvertently misstated the number of people who had died in the workhouse. Yet 460 or 490 people died in one week in that werkhose—(Hear, hear)—if his (Mr. Roche's) recollection served him. They had it on the authority of the best medical men that those epidemics, the cholera on the one hand and the fever on the other, arising from the utter destitution and suffering of the people. He must say for one, that the Noble Lord at the head of the Governmet, and theg Chancellor of the Exchequer had succeeded in throwing from their own shoulders a great deal of the responsibility of that very urgent distress. Several Hotioureble Members posed all former grants, were now pressing upon the Government the necessity of the case, and calling on them to relieve the distress in Ireland. Now was the time for thepoverinnentcotning forward t o re li eve th a t di stress; thep bad not been able permanently or adequately to relieve the distress of the people ,• many would have been dead now who were not dead, if the Government had not done the little they had done; but they had not done what, as a Government thing, they ought to have done; they had not preserved the lives of the people of the country, and he said it was the first duty of a Government to preserve the lives of the people over whom they ruled.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore he said, now was the time for bringing forward some comprehen sive measure; there never was a better opportunity than the present Sir JOHN YOUNG denied having attempted to under rate the distress prevalent in Ireland. The facts of the case were that in the Balli nasloe union, where great distress had prevailed, cholera and dyssentery had visited the union, hundreds of people had been effected by the epidemic. Some of the auxi liary workouses bail been changed into cholera hospitals, end those people who had taken the cholera were driven into those auxiliary houses. Now it was shown that the people died in a few days after they came into the work house, and not from the insnfficiency of relief.—(Bear.) He concurred svith the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, that it was not in the power of the Go vernment, or of any Government, to put an end to the state of suffering in Ireland. Mr. ROCHE explained. Mr. E. DENNISON remarked that it was easy to say that a few additional thousands would put an end to the distress in Ireland, and that the deaths of thousands rested upon our s houlders.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The Noble ',cod bad taken a step which every body must approve of; namely, saving thousands of the people of Ireland from starving. It was utterly impossible that the great mass of the people could be fed save by the soil on which they had been born, rather tban by mea ns supplied from a distance. He was one o f those who had always advocated the cultivation of the soil in order that the peop:e might be enabled to support themselves.—(Hear, heat.) He thought it could not be said that the Government had been behindhand. lie did not think this country would be disposed to give much more to relieve Ireland, looking at the comparatively small effect, and to the amount of money which he was sorry to say had been squandered.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS did not wish to blame the Govern ment or the House for any neglect of the people. Nevertheless hundreds of thousands had died, or rather were dying. and within twelve hours' sail of the great and wealthy capital of Great Britain and Ireland—hundreds and thousands of British subjects were dying of starvation. Ile did not under stand the Honourable Member for Cork to speak in an offensive t•pirit of the Honourable Gentleman, but he was prepared to state that the lion. Gentleman was underserving of such a charge, as he never saw a chair man evince a greater desire to sift the whole question to the bottom. With rest) , ct to Ballinasloe, it appear that the population of the town, which was a small one, was 4,000; and that 4,700 of the population of the union were in the workhouse. Since a statement he had made on a former night had been denied, he must be permitted to say that the guardians, whom he charged with the grossest inhumunity, passed a resolution by which they concentrated the whole of the diseased and famished per within the walls of the workhouse, They said, in effect, to a destitute per son, twenty miles from the house, "Now, you aro af flicted with typhus, you shall obtain no relief except you go into the house at a distance of twenty miles," for the union contained an area of 2,500 square miles. He asked the representatives of, the British people whether they were prepared to sit quietly ou the benches of the House of Commons while these awful slaughters of the people in Ireland were taking place, If one life in Eng- IMPERIAL PARLIADIEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 24. The Earl of YARBOROIiii pre•ent&d a petition frcirn _Hampshire, complaining of agrcultural niatress, and pray;ng for a revision of local taxation. NAVIGATION-LAWS. On the motion of the Mniquis of LANSDOWNE, their Lordships resolved thems.zlves into C,:nimittee on the Navigation•Uws Repeal Bill, Lord Bekuulont in the chair. _ s ee_ On the clause enacting that the measure shall come into operation on the Ist January, 1850, being proposed, The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH movcd that the word " one" should be added, so that the Bill should not come into operation until January, 1851. lle said the amendment in no way affected the principles of the 'nee sure, and was only intended to render the change more gradual, and enable the shipowner to prepare to meet the competitio❑ which he would have to eecounter from foreigners. The time at present specified in the Bill, namely, seven months, was too short, us there were now many vessels departing, or about to depart, from home ports for foreign ports, which, at the expiration of that term, would be in such foreign ports. Now as the ship owner, in order to be able to compete with the foreigner would have to reduce his expenses of wailing, it would manifestly be very inconvient tor him to have to make the economical changes necessary, such as a reduction of crews, masts, sails, &c., in a foreign port. He also urged that in the present agitated state of the internal affairs of foreign ceur►tries, it would be very inexpedient to enter into negotiations fur reciprocsl treaties, and that time ought to be given to enable such negotiations to be carried on with the care and prudence they re quired. Another reason why it was advisable to post pone the period was, that it was desirable that the alter ation should come into force during the sitting of Par liament, so that Ministers might be stimulated by the questions that would, be put to them to enter into and carry on transactions with foreign powers for obtaining such reciprocal advantages.—(Hear.) A very import ant point which required time for its cousideratiou, and which would materially bear on the question, was with regard to the masters of vessels. It was of the highest consequence to the British shipowner, if he was to com pete with foreigners, that the utmost attention should be paid to the competence and character of the masters he employed, and that the public should receive the fullest assurance that that was attended to. For that purpose he considered there should be a previous examination of masters on all necessary points of nautical knowledge. In her Majesty's service, if a ship were lost, the:captain, officers, and crew, were brought to a court martial, and compelled to give reasons for losing the vessel; and if they did not do so satisfactorily, they were subject to punishment. He thought that might be advantageously extended to the merchant service, and also where the vessel was lost by the incompetence or neglect of the master, that the shipowner should be liable to a fine for not having made proper inquiry, or that their insurance should be void. All these he considered absolutely ne cessary to enable the British shipowner to compete with the foreigner, and for these reasons he urged the House to agree to his amendment. Earl GREY trusted the House would not adopt the amendment. He felt that great improvements were ne cessary, but he did not think them so imperatively necessary as to justify the delay which the Noble Earl proposed. In no foreign country was there any excess of shipping; but, assuming that they were, or would be, numerous enough to raise such a competition with British vessels as would drive them out of the market, still, he would contend, until the ships he spoke of were built, it was impossible that foreign ships could, to any great extent, supersede British ships.. The draft of ships occasioned by emigration to California and Australia were new sources of demand for the employment of shipping, and in addition to these circumstances, the dis turbed state of foreign countries held out a very pro musing aspect for the future prosperity of shipping. It was only necessary to pass this Act, he was convinced, to place our negotiations with the majority-of the principal, foreign countries, in point of commercial regulations, on the most satisfactory footing possible. On the other hand, nothing could be worse than by adopting this delay, to throw the shipping interest of this country into so embarrassing a state of uncertainty as would of necessity ensue. The trade of the S. Lawrence would be completely crippled, and in other quarters of the world a corresponding amount 01 practical inconvenience, and of injury to the commerce of Great Britain, would be occasioned. For those reasons he hoped the Com mittee would not consent to the proposition of the Noble Lord. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that he could not help agreeing with the Noble Earl who had just resumed his seat, in the observations he had made with regard to the inconvenience and uncertainty which would arise from delay, and he felt the force of it so strongly as to regret very much that the Bill had not been introduced at an earlier period, so as to admit of its being brought into force in the course of the next month, or at any rate during the session of Parliament. Earl GRANVILLE observed that if the Bill were ready for operation in America next month, it would even then be quite two months after the opening of the Sr. Lawrence. The Committee then divided, and there appeared— Contents for the amendment 44 Non-contents against it M3jority against the amendment —l3 Earl WALDEGRAVE rose to move an amendment, the nature of which could not be precisely ascertained from his speech, not one word of which could be heard in the reporters' gallery; but it was supposed to have t - elaion to the exclusion of foreign ships from the benefit of the English registry. EArl GRANVILLE said that the latter observations of his Noble Friend made it unnecessary for him to address their Lordship; at any length. It was quite clear that we could build ships better and cheaper in London than in any p.art of the world, and the fact that Messrs. Gt.( ten and Wigram, of Blackwell, gave a larger sum for labour in Londoe than they would pay either in America or in Sunderland, showed that the mere money value was the smallest consideration in respect to ship building. It might be said, if we could build ships cheaper than fo reign countries, why should we pass this clause? The reason was this, that the monopoly which at present ex isted on this subject was not only injurious to the country, but to the parties interested in it. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND agreed with the amendment, and thought it unfair to admit foreign ships to the advantages of the English registration of ships. He supported the navigation-laws because, amongst other things, they were calculated to prevent the necessity of impressment, the painfulness of which he had often witnessed. The Noble Duke then alluded to the advantage which an American-built ship would have over an English -built ship in times of peace and war. In the former case, the American ship could trade on the American coast, while the English ship could only take in ballast, and in the latter the English ship could only leave port in convoy; whereas the American ship would be able to go where it pleased. He looked upon the na vigation-laws as necessary to the maintenance of our mercantile marine, which he believed to be essential to the continuance of our greatness. The Earl of CADOGAN supported the amendment. The Earl of MIN TO defended the clause, and con tended that this country was not likely to suffer in re spect to ship-building in the event of it passing, for labour and materials, with the exception of one article, were more expensive in America than in this country. He had no doubt the effect of this measure would be to render ships of a valuablecharacter cheaper. lie thought on the whole that the introduction of cheaper ships would increase commerce and the intercourse between nations, this country retaining her position as a mari time power. Loid COLCHESTER denied that we could compete with the Americans, as had been stated by the Noble Earl the Secretary for the Colonies. Mr. Wigram seated that it cost him twenty-four pounds a ton to build a ship fit for sea. Mr. Winton, another witness, stated that at New York they could build ships for from 14 to 15 pounds a ton, and gave it as his opinion that this competition would ruin the trade in this country, and he should be obliged to send his son to New York to build ships there, should the measure become law. The result would have a most injurious t fleet upon the great body of artificers engaged in the trade of ship building. Earl 'TALBOT would say but a few words in addition to what had bean already urged in favour of the amend ment. He felt it his duty as a naval officer, to ware them against the danger they incurred in admitting foreign ships to have a British register. There was no doubt that ships would be built cheaper at Sunderland than in the River Thames; but the Sunderland ships were built of foreign timber, whereas they used British produce in the construction of ships built in the River Thames. There would be a great inconvenience on the breaking out of a war, from having their seamen sailing under foreign flags. He hoped their Lordships would not pass the clause, but adopt the amendment. The Earl of ELLESMERE said the ship-building trade had been a monopoly, but he could not but think that the removal of that monopoly might not in the end be advantageous, alth oug h i nconvenience might arise while it was in a state of transition. He had seen several monopolies removed at various times, from which great injury was anticipated, resulting in ultimate benefits. If the existing superiority of the British marine would be broken down by this measure, he feared it would be impossible to retain it. He thought it would have a different effact. The Earl of lIARROWBY supported the amend ment, on the ground that the British shipowner would be put in an unfair position in competing with foreigners whu could build ships so much cheaper. Earl GRANVILLE, in answer to the Noble Earl who had just spoken, read a portion of the evidence of Mr. Minton, who, in answer to questions 8,598, said that the only item was wood, with regard to which a ship could be built cheaper in America than in England. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed that by re• turns of the Baltic trade in the years 1845, 1846, and 1847, the amount of English_shipping which had passed the sound had progressively increased, and that the effect of this measure would rather tend to assist that increase than otherwise , . Lord STANLEY said that the navigation-laws prac tically gave this country the whole of the tea t ra d e w i t h China, and the advantage afterwards of shipping in de tail the smaller quantities of tea re quired by foreign countries. The Government, however, appeared to con sider that circumstance and other monopolies of a similar nature an argument in favour of the measure. The Committee then divided, and the numbers were— Contents for the amendment 37 Non•contents against it 49 Majority against --12 Lord STANLEY said that though he did riot intend to divide the Committee again upon any other question involved in this Bill, still there were some points to which he must draw their Lordships' attention, because it really appeared as it the Noble Earl opposite had wholly omitted to consider them. Ile firmly believed that their repeal of the navigation-laws would prove the destruction of English shipping; but it was, moreover, very unjust, as, with reference to the navigation of the St. Lawrence, it quite deprived the Canadians or a choice of traesit for their exports to this country, either by le , vi York or the St. Lawresice. \Vith regard to the \Vest Indies, the island of Trinidad complained, n ot of the navigation-laws, bat o f an or d er in Council, under Act of Parlitem nt, which was not the navigation - la w, but in which it wits reverted, that by the navigation lew, that trade which by the Possession Act should have come to it, was otherwise diverted. On this point, and some others, the present Bill contained contradictory provisions, her Mkiee e t Y., being empowered to dispense with the fulfilment by the colonies of certain conditions, which she neverthe• less hail to certify the performance of. With these greti C discrepancies in view, he thought he should not be Ps' titied in contending against minor provisions; but there were one or two that ought not to pass by without notice, because they entailed upon the shipowner the most one" rous restrictions of the present system, exposing him at the same time to an open competition. The Govern ment held out prospects of a renewal of the South Sc° Whale Fishery. At present the oil could only be el " ported from the foreign ports into which it was brought, w here it was ent; red, and from which it was aftere tad s clear( d out. Ile contended that all seamen looked IWO to that provision of the navigation-laws which related apprentices, as most essential to the welfare of the maritime marine of this country. There was a nother point on which he desired to make an observation. 13 Y the first cause, it was proposed to place the Lascar upon the same footing as British seamen. This was proposed to be done in ignorance of the demands of the service, and in i g norance of the purpose of the existing resolutions, The chief object of this part of the nev'.; gation.laws was to save the Lascars, who, from their physical structure, were not equal to the severe dude' of sailors in all parts of the world. In conclusion, ile would observe that he would give the Bill no furtber, opposition, but would leave the entire responsibility e t gassing the measure upon the Government.—(Hear.) Earl GREY contended that if the amendment whiel the Noble Lord had proposed on a former evening W e been adopted, it would have been futile as regard ed Canada, and would have produced great discontent i° the other colonies. Then, as regarded the whale fisher , ' he contended that they were perfectly justified in alter' ing the protection given to British ships in respect to thi s fishery, for, under protection, we had lost the whole of the whale fishery, which would now be resuscitated through the medium of vessels coming from New Zea land and other places, whose trade would be served hi this new arrangement in respect to the whale fisher'''. He would not, after the declaration by the Noble Lord. that he would not further oppose the Bill, occupy thei r Lordships' time at any great length. After a few words from Lord Colchester, Earl Gr l e' yille, and Earl Waldegrave, Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the Bishop Oxford would not bring forward the amendment ef which he had given notice until the third reading of t he Bill. The clauses up to, and including clause eight, O r. then agreed to. Upon clause nine being proposed, Lord ELLENBOROUGII objected to the Pe w . e e r given to her Majesty in Councilto regulate the proporn e e of foreign sailors to British in British merchant shit' s ,'. and said that this power ,ought only to be ves ted in " e " Majesty in Council in time aware Earl GREY said that this proviso , was intended f° meet the heavy draft that might be mad e u p on the mgr ; cantile marine to meet 'the wants of her Majesty's na v y a time of war; but there was great diffiulty in clefiew e a in an Act of Parliament . what was a tim e o f war, 6 ' therefore no alteration ought . to be made in the clause. Lord ELLENBOROUH,, aftei thisirielanati n e , ° ' would withdraw his opposition toehe clause, which ri" - consequenily agreed to. Upon clause 10 being proposed,.. et' Lord WHARNCLIFFE rose to object to the 1 % 10 precity clauses in ' the Bill,.but he said that as the Ne" t Lord (Stanley) had . expreised his determihation 020 to oppose the further prOgre'sS . of the measure, (Lord Wharneliffe) would not press upon their Lordsh i ra consideration the amendments which he had intee ° lo to propose in this part of the Bill. Their object W B5 s throw open the navigation to all nations, but where foreign power refused to reciprocate, he thought till; ought to have the power either to withhold the re laxatity, or to take any other measures which might be CO, dared necessary to protect their own interests. . Flaton, the American statesman, held' that every nape, had the abstract right to regulate their home conetnr' r ; and also that with their colonies. He thought, bete..., they were justified in relaxing any restrictions exietifst against foreign ships, they ought to demand a correct) punding relaxation on the pact of the nation, w h i it mighL avail itself of such relaxation. Ile hePet!„, o would not be thought he had taken up too much tr'_ . in explanation of the clause he had intended to prop o i ; It he had any chance of pressing the amendment w eofi e success, without injuring the Bill, he would here " em it so. As the case stood, however, he should only "emit the amendment to the consideration of the Ceniw itt o ee t le Earl GREY said he was ready to do e t ment , motives of the Noble Lord In proposing the an" would but he could not agree with him that its adoption l carry out e to be an improvement. It was quite itnpossib. would the principle of reciprocity, the effect of which wou le in fact, to punish themselves, by acting on the princiP.,. justice of retaliation. He was glad their was no intention L" press the amendment. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said he thought thel had no middle course to p u rsu e w ith re g ard to Cane d ~" They should stipulate for that colony a perfe c t freeu °- of intercourse between that colony and the U n it e d Seat e b e ; just as it Canada was an independent State. This n n g to be aimed at through negotiation with America. to The Earl of HARROWBY thought they ought o , leave nothing to be gained be Canada through aur i f t he tion with America—and would impress this view °l o re case on the Government, Parliament by this W h ich would leave a great discretion to the Government, vi ought to be exercised with discretion. Earl GREY said the Government was perfectlY Bible of the importance of removing the restriepho which existed in the intercourse between Canada se tr ies United States. He also felt satisfied that these r es. to tions were more injurious to the United States thenbo Canada. That colony was no doubt suffering fr oei lo general commercial depression, but he had no doubt "'of the effect of this Bill would be to open a new car eer prosperity for that colony, key I / Earl ST. GERMANS said that as he had net tee,b c ir great part in the progress of this Bill through . 9 i o o Lordship's House, he did not propose on this e r e ca te ke to speak at any length upon the subject. Be woul d that opportunity of expressing his firm convictiorerl'oo, ever, that any attempt at reciprocity must prove ' n ot against the innumerable difficulties which would P f r i e did themselves upon the adoption of that poll* e 0 not attach much importance either to the value 01 05 0 taliatory policy, but he could easily conceive that ° et , it of great aggravation might arise to call for it, "i, h , l e of might be tee means of removing. A liberal " n t his policy would, no doubt, obviate on all occasions forg°4, thon mode of dealing; and that was the point, he towards which their legislation ought to tend. tie d The amendment was then by leave withdrawn , ~,e the clause agreed to; as were also the remaining cletr.4, Their Lordships then resumed, and the Bill WAS v dered to be reported to-morrow (this day). o f The Earl of CARLISLE moved the seeond reading the Freemen's Lands Bill, which was agreed to. ,be Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of Accounts of Turnpike Trusts (Scotland) Bill, whiob also agreed to. ‘otioo 011 The Earl of GLENGALL gave notice of a nmu ig the subject of the law relating to landed prope rt l Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned, at Eleven o'cloCll* HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 24. THE BALLOT. (Continued from our Fourth E..ition of last night.) f ief Captain BERKELEY, w h o rose amidst lou d c.:01 of " Hear," entered into a defence of the conduct of ' b it Fitzhardinge. He denied that the charges made 1 40 relative against the Noble Lord were t rue . H e had "iir interfered with the troop of Yeoman?y with whieh;jo Hon. Gentleman was connected, and he had ne t of missed the tenant-farmer, named by him, on ace: 0 , 1) 0 his political opinions, but on account of a di s pute W k " , be unconnected with political matters ; besides whic" o is had been convicted of lopping woad. He felt de e ps fe lt in addressing the House on these subjects, and I R O that it was not a fit arena for their discussion -- "k e hear)—but he could not allow the character c de' Noble Lord to be attacked in his absence withon;ol,lo fending it.—(Hear, hear.) So f a r f ro m that o f - 10 Lord being opposed to the ballot, he stated in ne e fros t speeches that he had derived the greatest pleasur e ,/ the speeches of his brothers in favour of the b t " (Divide, divide.) crie s a cr d Mr. W. J. FOX rose, amidst renewed ne e " Divide" and " Hear." He said he scarcely e l f tic h that the House would be disposed to dismiss, in ° ov ert summary, and, he might add, contemptuous a_, Ul ire sdl„ a proposition of such importance, and which had 6 , Wi t " received the sanctionof Parliament.—(Hear, hear..l ige olti 6 respect to the motion, he confessed he felt some in giving his support to it fur various reasons ; l' re fort!' of which was, that this, a question of organic iviam' was brought forward separately, whereas, in his ° P s c oa t ' all such reforms ought to be carried b y a judiei° ll l ot ref bination of organic changes.—(Hear, hear.) 110 t ioe 0 luctance, also, because, with the present distribu te 0 the suffrage, the ballot mi g ht l ea d to wholesale, 01$ of retail corruption.—(Oppositi on cheers.) . Thi_en-otes to be a re arrangement o f e l ectoral distri cts, by of which the votes would be more equally distribereco& (Cries of " Hear, h ear .") This principle wa' 9 o pOe e ' t nised even by the Reform Bill, when it was Pi t ed that the maximu m num b er of voters req— t hre e send a Member should not be less than fe lt I t hundred.—(Ch eers .) A not h er reason why b lhe 12 , 1 ‘,:; difficulty on the q ues ti on was a conv i ct i on that 'isol lot by itself wo u ld w id en t h e diff erence a l r eady e ho between tho se w h o now h ave t h e vote an d those w" w oo' ht no vote, who had been called, and he fild justly, the sl ave - c l ass , b ecause t h ey were exclud e r all direct p art i c i pat i on i n pol i t i cal r i g h t s.--(H e by to ~P He felt, therefore, strongly, that the ballot otigi rog e. l4 accompanied by a large extension of the s ti _ joe ttee t e i t (Hear, hear.) Another reason for his voting r`_, v roP was the feeling that secrecy was neither a fit nu` c h e er7 o mode of discharging this duty.—(Opposition to, to, as But the reason why secrecy was had recours cro w that those who cheered would not allow the ex ec the here , °' the right fairly and impartially, and, t and ` be were driven to the conclusion that it was, u o f tti cumstances, essential to the proper dischtaragyboaibo duty, that it should be accompanied the (Counter cheers.) With regard to the 13!"..,55 in ec Honourable Member sought to introduce, itofr the ° c ol opinion not merely required by the state an d s o .• tors, but also in justice to the character * di ; 6/3 admittedrelations that of theo rr u p ea existed, Memberstieoefi but that th Heouise- awe - Aivide d! grace of that corruption was not equallyb c