The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

p . r bit to it SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair precisely at Twelve o'Clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of an Hort. MEMBER, it was ordered that a new writ should issue for the election of a Knight of the Shire for the Southern Division of the county of Nottingham, in the room of Colonel RoHeston, who had accepted the office of steward of the Chiltern rinntlreds. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. Sir M. LOPES presented a petition from Torquay, in favour of the Jewish Disabilities I:i li. KIRKALDY HARBOUR, &c., BILL. The House went into the consideration of the Report of the Select Committee on the Kircaldy Harbour, Docks, Ferry, and Petty Customs Bill. Mr. BERNAL suggested, as an amendment, that provision should be made in the Bill for providing and maintaining life-boats, and mortars, and rockets, by the Harbour Commissioners. Colonel FERGUSON said the Board of Admiralty had reported in favour of such a provision; but since the Committee met the Custom House had objected to it. The promoters were ready to- insert a provision in the Bill for the maintenance of life-boats and rockets, if the Board of Admiralty required it. The amendment was then agreed to. FUND FOR POOR-LAW OFFICERS. An HON. MEMBER. presented a petition from Wey mouth in favour of a fund for superannuated poor-law officers, in accordance with a recommendation in the Twelfth Anna! Report of the Poor-law Commissioners. JEWISII DISABILITIES BILL. Sir M. LOPES resented a petition from Newton Ferret's against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON SUNDAYS. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Stirling in favour of a measure of relief for clergymen seced ing from the Established Church; also several peti tions from different places in Stirlingshire against cow • -gelling railway companies to run trains on Sundays. "•-• Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Haddington . s; and other places to the same effect. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS.—THE COLONIES. - • Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House at its rising should adjourn to Monday the 16th of April. Mr. FIUME could not allow the House to separate for the Easter recess without calling its attention to the state in which the colonial governments were at the present time. There was at the present moment iu several of the colonies of this country contentions going on of a most unsatisfactory nature. They had Governors against the Legislative Council, and Legislative Councils against Governors. Such a state of things was highly unsatis factory, and greatly to be deplored. He thought any Government who would allow such a state of things to exist in the colonies for so long a time must have been guilty of great mismanagement at home. If this country wished to keep its colonies it must do Viet which would satisfy them ; it was only by the adoption of such a course that the colonies of this country would be preserved. Let them look at Jamaica; what he might call the House of Peers there, had chosen to reject the measures passed by the Assembly, with the con,ent of the people, for the reduction of taxa tion. Large military establishments were kept up in the colonies. not for she purpose of protecting them, but to hoop up misrule the; e. The House was now about to separate for the Easter recess, and before they met again a mail would be seta out to the West Indies, and what he wanted to know was, what was to be done with De merara and several other of the colonies of this country there. Notwithstanding all the representations widen, bad been so industriously made of the discontent in the C , nadas, it was evident that in no colony uneer the • British Crown was there a greater state of tranquillity than that which prevailed there. By a newspaper re• eeteed only the other day, and which bore the date of February 27, it appeared that the discussion upon grant itig allowances for the losses sustained during the rebellion had been terminated by a division - which the numbers appeared to be sixty-seven against . - five for granting remuneration to the sufferers. So that th -y had here a practical proof of the adhesion of the colonists to the British Crown. He was ready to give all praise to the Governor-General, Lord Elgin, for the temper, energy, and judgment which he had displayed. But although so much might be said of Canada, what was the report that was to be made with regard to the fealing and position of Demerara, Ceylon, and Jamaica. All the colonies had more or less causes for discontent with the mother country, and he trusted at least that if he got no satisfactory reply to this portion of his com plaint, he should at any rate elicit from the Government something of their intention with regard to these depen. &twits. Every mail was likely to bring important in • tellieence, and he should therefore move that,. instead of-neglecting such important business so long, they ' should adjourn to the 14th instead of the 19th instant. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the theme upon which, the Honourable Gentleman had just dilated was . an old one, and that nothing very novel laid been adduced on the present occasion to vivify the staleness of his oto :841rvations. F, r the test teu :years, at least, the Hon. ..:0-entleinan had been in the habit ut stating the supposed discontent i)f the colonies, and yet., by his own admission, Canada, one of the Brea est and most important of those -.colonies, was now in so high a state of loyal adhesion - for slot British Crown, that thPre had been a division of -- , Sfsityseven against five for granting a recompense to th,)so who twit suffered either in person or property • 'duriilr , the rebellion. Ile might remind the Hon. I C.Tetitteman that ten years ago he had used languna which was much more calculated to excite rebellion than 'to *mote a spirit of peaceable submi.sion to the Go- IWrriliv:nt among the pec , ple. lie (Lord John Russell) • :bud -proposed the fusion of the two Canadas into one province, and he had been very carefully remonstrated - by the Hon. Gentleman against proceeding in, . Yvhar-ble conceived to be so, unwise and dangerous a course. Het bad boon reminded of the conduct of Lord North, aid had been told that just az the measures of that No bleman had led t, the disruption of the United States from the British Crown, so would hia own measure lead to a similar consequence in the case of Canada. Yet ell he se predictions had been falsified, and by the Hon. Gt•utle:r•ari's own admission, Canada never wa; in a state of r 4 peaceable and loyal contentment than at the pre tivnt The Noble Lord then went through the cus•.s of New Zealand, New Brunswick, Nova geotia, awl the Cope of Good Hope, praising the late Go vornincnt, and especially Lord Stanley, for the appoint _ of Captain Grey - as Governor of New Zea . land . . ritd s ruing that he himielf had first made him the Presi th:nt, ut a subordinate dependency, in cumicquenee of the e,:;.zy which te had displayed in his survey of Western Ausirali:i. In the case of the Gape of Good Hope, Sir H. Smith, had been recommended to the Crown by Lord they. whom the 11,,n. Gentleman had so much con- derdned, and 3et by universal declaration there was nt man so fi!t;rl by ability, experience and energy p,st which he occupied.—(Hear, - hear.). With regard to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land he did nut think it could be said there was any di,c,ntent prevailing in those colonies. If that was not • the case, let the Meuse consider that there ere forty three c9lunies untlcr the British Crown, with vari ous insti , utiuns inileritt d from different countries, with which it roust ho always ... a matter of difficulty to deal. He would at , lc the Hon. Gentleman to name to him any other for y- three colonies similarly situated; and he ould defy him to name forty •three states so circum stnt,ced., anti toy sar• that every one of those turfy• titree bta tus, with their constitutions repro- renting almost every form of government, d,spotie and otherwise, gave perfect satisfaction at present--(llear, hear.) He thought the Hon. Gen tleman would find a great deal of difficulty in doing _ _ that. Nuw, there were colonies, he (Lord J. Russell: would riot deny, in which there was a good deal of dis sgtis`'actiur., but when the Hon. Gentleman referred to the cause of that dissatisfaction, he thought he could hardly lay it to the charge of the Colonial Secretary. Be ant the colonies concerned in the production of It would be in the recollection of the House SUglr. that two Acts were passed regulating the production of foreign sugar ; whether these Acts were wise or other- wise they were not the acts of the Colonial Secretary, hut of the Parli.mont of this country —(ilear hear. With I , gard to what the Hon. Genilena;,n had said with respect t.) the colony of British Guiana, it ought to bo remembered, that early in this session a Sleet Committee had been appointed to inquire into the afftirs c,f that colony. That Committee was now pro eet ding with that it.quiry, and he (Lord J. Russell) did not think it would be advisable, in the midst of that in quiry, to decide the question without knowing what evi dence had been taken before the Committee, and with out knowing the result of their deliberations. The Hon. Gentlemen had represented that Lord Grey would not allow the colony of British Guiana to make any claim on the civil list. Now that was not the ground taken by Lord Grey. Lord Grey said, let reductions be made in the civil list, but let them be made consistently with the faith established between the Crown and the colony. In 1834 the colonists voluntarily gave a civil list, which was to subsisti until Inl. Those who held office under that ci • list held it under an Act of the Colonial Legislature civil one hand, and of the Crown on the other. Lord Grey proper or fair for the Legislature,Provinciaelyicl 13utihoe it would not be authority, to disturb and put aside thati n u i o t its o o n w r n_ silo objection that Lord Grey made. That was shle Gentleman spoke of that Legislature i t was a vpular Le g islature. Now, the l a c n gis , : ts lr I t e in British Guiana, so far as it wa 3 Legislature, wts elected by a very small constituency, and did not by any means represent the er,i,,, - : (Cries of •• lif.ar, hear.") lie (Load John Ru-.. sAlt) ha I :always been of opinion, and was still of 4pinion, that the; e ought to be a more popular repro st.n- t won in that colony, and that the prestnt Council, . - -, which dways pretended that it represeLted thg colon), iiit i of n-pr , sent the ;mnder opinion of the colony,— ( - }l..ar, hear.) Now, therefore, the whole case of the .1 - Ico. Gentleman, of there being general discontent in tlie:colonies, meant this—that, I;itii regard to the sugar eolbnies, there had been effected by Acts of Parliament well changes as to cause very great difficulties. Tire Colonial Secretary did not, of his own authority, make those changes.—(Hear, hear)—but he had to deal with them; and be (Lord John Russell) believed that so ter frOar requiring control on his part, the Colonial Settretary deserved the utmost assistance from him in getting out of those difficulties. The House being only atijourned,'after to-day, until the 16th instant, he did not think it was necessary now for him to say more on this matter. He did not think the scheme of popular representation was applicable everywhere. The Ronal* able Gentleman said every colony should - ....,.• S be governed by popular representation, and he (Lord John Russell) agreed with him, as a general proposition, that there ought to be, wher ever they had a British colony and a population of British descent, a popular representation. He believed that it was far better that the colonists themselves hould look into their own concerns, and have their own opinions with regard to their own finances; and their own wrongs were likely to be a great deal better re dressed by themselves than by any Colonial Secretary, whether it were Lord Grey or anybody else in this country. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. BERNAL said it was not his intention to oppose the question of adjournment; and although he was not prepared to say that every colony within the cycle of 43, was in a state of discontent, and that the Colonial Secretary of the day was chargeable with that dis content, yet he could not disguise from himself that those sugar colonies to which his Hon. Friend ad verted were in a state which it was painful to reflect upon, and painful to every member of the British Legis lature in the colony. Taking the colony of Jamaica, be knew at that moment, without travelling into the reasons or facts with which he was acquainted, that that colony, with respect to its financial and statistical condition, Wa3 in a most deplorable state. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). Sir W. SOMERVILLE, in answer to a question from Mr. O'Fiaherty, said that he hoped shortly after Easter to be able to bring in a measure with respect to the grand jury system in Ireland. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. It was then agreed that the House at its rising should adjourn until Monday, the 16th of April. ELECTORAL REFORM. Mr. HUME gave notice that, on the Ist of May, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the na tional representtition by extending the elective fran chise, by taking the votes of electors by ballot, and by limiting the duration of Parliament to three years. RATE IN AID BILL. _ _ _ Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice, that when the House went into Committee upon the Rate in Aid Bill, he should move the insertion of a clause for the purpose of constituting a National Representative Board to di. rect the disposal of the amounts levied. DEATHS FROM FIRE. Mr. WYLD gave notice that on the Ist of May be would ask for leave to bring in a Bill (as we understood) to explain and amend the laws relating to inquests upon persons dying from fire. WORKING CLASSES. Mr. THORNELY, in the absence of an lion. Member, gave notice of a motion for the appointment of a stand• ing Committee to consider and to report from time to time upon the best means of improving the condition of the working classes. PETITION OF MR. HOULDSWORTII. Sir J. Y.ARDE BULLER postponed until the 20th inst. the motion which stood on the paper to-day relative to the petition of Mr. Hould.worth, as to his invention for cooling the engine -rooms of steam-vessels. . COURTS OF EQUITY. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice that on the 17th inst. be should ask whether it was the intention of the Committee which was appointed to enquire respecting the fees of the Court of Equity in this country, to make any report to the House. CROWN PROSECUTIONS (IRELAND). Mr. KEOGH asked the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland whether the Government would lay on the table of the House the letter of instructions of the Irish At torney-General to the different Crown solicitors in Ire land, and also whether they would lay before the House the address of the grand jury of the county of Sligo relative to the Crown prosecutions in the west of Ireland? Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE said, if the Honour able Member would give notice of his question, he would then ba prepared to answer it; but at present he could not give him the information he required. Mr. KEOGH then gave notice, that on the lst May next he should call the attention of the House to the management of the Crown prosecutions in Ireland, pa ticularly with regard to the expenditure incurred by them. SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAVELLING, &c. Mr. COWAN gave notice that on the second read of the Bill brought in by Mr. Locke, relative to travelling upon railways upon the Sabbath, he should move that it be read a second time that day six months; he also gave notice that soon after Easter he would ask . the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether he would lay on the table of the House the report o the Commission appointed to inquire into the annuity. tax of Edinburgh and Montrose, and whether it wa4 the intention of the Government to take any proceed ings with reference to that report. ATTACHMENT COURT OF RECORD (IRE LAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. KEOGH said he• concurred in the general principle of the Bill, but as it abolished the process of attachment altogether, it would have the effect of removing from all those towns where the process existed an officer called the Marshal, who was paid by a fee upon each attachment, to whom no compensation was given by the Bill. The Bill, he thought, would be altogether inoperative, aid should not receive the sanction of the House unless some provision was made for that officer. He would suggest that the same fees upon the processes to be issued under this Bill to the Marshal of the Bo rough Court should still be paid to that functionary, if no other means could be devised to prevent that officer being deprived of his office. Mr. GROGAN had received a letter from the Learned Recorder of this court, and while he approved of the principle of the Bill, ho would suggest that the second reading should be postponed till after Easter, to admit of the Marshal's case being taken into con sideration. Mr. REYNOLDS was happy to perceive that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Athlone and his Honourable Colleague approved of the principle of this Bill, bat they seemed to object to it because it did not provide compensation fur a particular officer. Now, although he was exceeding'y anxious to carry the Bill because it was demanded by the universal voice of the capital of Ire land he should be unwilling to inflict any injustice upon any party entitled to compensation.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, however, the Bill might be read a se cond time now. — and that a clause might be proposed in Committee to give compensation where it was justly due, but in preparing the Bill he thought he was imperatively bound to explain to the House what it was he proposed to do. He called upon the House to apply a remedy to a crying and gigantic evil, let him remind the House that - the city of _ Dublin ' there was a court ' of Record, called the Borough Court. Before the reform of the Irish Corporation Law, that Court was known by the name of the Sheriffs' Court of the County of' Dublin, but by the 18th section of the Irish Municipal Act, the • powers of that court were transferred to the Recorder's Court in that city.—(Hear.) And what ' was the process of that court? The process was this. • If any person demanded a debt of another person he might make an affidavit before the Loi d Mayor of the city of Dublin, or the Recorder, to the following effect; but he would only read the important part of the affidavit :—•• And the defendant maketh oath, and saitb, that the said John Doe resides within the jurisdiction u of this court, that the deponent is apprehensive that such debt is in thtager of being lost unless the process of the court be issued to distrain the goods of the said John Doe. that ending 01847,r R ec or d erd 11 fur at)h, oart t I h d, e 9tuhBr ei4n t , h gmn r euatehkmeibnyteg• three rt a heo r ()e s t He found, by a P arliamentary paper which he geld ilnB4sl,"lB4h6a,adand y ain ea d r a s y w it a s s a m o a l d , e be b fo ef r o e re the th L e total of 2,285, and he found that in these affidavits were included debts under 51., 28 before th e R ecorder, 211 before the Lord Mayor; under 101., before the Recorder 46, before the Lord Mayor 279; under 15/, before the Recorder 42, before the Lord Major 257; under 20/. before the Recorder 31; before the Lord Mayor 182, making 1,078 affidavits under 20/. a-year, upon which attachment had been issued.— (Hear.) .N.,w what was the nature of this attachment? Why, it was competent for any man in the city of Dublin, no matter whether bumble or rich, to go before the Recorder or the Lord Mayor and swear that any citizen owes him money, no matter how large in amount, as the debts bad varied from 51. to 1,2001, and upon payment of a fee of Is. 6d. to the Lord Mayor, and 6d. to the Marshal, an attachment issued. The first notice the defendant had of it was the seizure of his goods in the presence of the bailiff, in his shop or house, and by the 181st section of the Act, it was provided that in all cases where goods were seized under this process, the defendant should produce two solvent securities of the city of Dublin who should swear that they were respectively worth double the amount of the debt for which the attachment was marked. The House would perceive that the defendant was not compelled to put in personal bail, but he was compelled to bail the debt, so that, in point of fact, the attachment and affidavit had all the force of a judg ment of a superior court. Let him just put a case— a pauper walking the streets might make an affidavit that the most respectable merchant in the City of Dublin was indebted to him to the amount of 100,0001. The defendant had no notice of the affidavit, and his gocds were seized to the amount of 100,0001, which could not be released until he produced two sureties who would swear that they were worth 100,0001. each.—(Hear.) Such a mischievous ma chine as that in existence in a mercantile city must have a most destructive effect on commerce. He would mention a ease that bad actually occurred of this sort-4A professional gentleman who occupied a house in one of the best squares in Dublin, went on the continent, le av i ng two servants in charge of his house. In his absence a man sized;it t h a t the h e owe d ser vants w hi h m o h s a o d b ot e n a h n i a s kuo . w not what to do, and the g oods were servanthis goods n3a d e a w n e r a e ffi da e s h l i l ,,u. :l ,h , ea a d n ,s t t l iatkh s: o b nu , tt n hae tb tapr e ioakdru g b: e c!e ntleman returned he found his • t" al of furniture.—(Hear, hear.) to examine the return so far as it related to cost , thanoe found per.clitur e of no les s rm.!. tiny mi L tht havo m b Now hearing in • 3l3l .had been incu l e r e . thus recoveredall th i r n s i en receivin g debts th c n v e i r l e 3 B 4 u s ;:d l e a c r n o 2 u e O x r t at a cot of ss. 9d. each them a :ioliat the uJi.le amount of t 3 h 4 a s n l. 8w1.7w1 inut hhe involve d f a o v u e n that ' out k n or the 2,285 cases be expenditure of more ghaloyhaepoved of had already referred to, 1 ,076 begged to under 201 —( Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL Lutindoinhei ere for debts the principle of the Bill; state that his Hon. Friend who had introduced t not expect that the Government would proposet must any compensation to the officer for the los s o f his office if the Bill passed. He could not see why amendments in the law should be clogged by giving .compensation ; parties who were not entitled to it. Mr. SADLIER supported the second reading of Bill. The Bill was then read a ie., time and ordered to he committed chi.; day three PASSENGERS BILL. _ _ On the motion being put for the second reading of this Bill, . • Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said, that though ready to approve of the Bill generally, he yet thought that it was open to much improvement which might be effected in Committee. Mr. J. O'CONNELL suggested that a clause should be introduced into the Bill for the protection and sup port of deck passengers. Mr. MONSELL trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman the Under Secretary for the Colonies would pursue the same course as that which had been observed during the last year with respect to the Bill then passed. That was clearly intended to be a temporary measure. This was a matter which affected not less than 250,000 of their fellow-subjects every year, and the better plan would be to refer the Bill to a Select Committee up stairs. There were two points to which he thought the Com• mittee ought particularly,to apply themselves —these were the dietary and the appointment ol surgeons. He thought that a great improvement might be made in the former, and that if the surgeons were appointed by the Govern ment Commissioner there would be a far greater security for the passengers than at present existed. But these points could be better attended to in Committee, and he trusted, therefore, that it would be referred to one up stairs. Mr. FOSTER agreed in the main with the observa tions of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. Col. DUNNE conceived that the Act of last year had worked exceedingly well, and the dietary in the present Bill was an improvement upon the list in that. Mr. H. HERBERT said that he had been on the Com mittee last year, and it was not until after a very long discussion that the details of the Bill had been decided upon. Mr. HUME conceived that the Bill was far too long, and the details too numerous. From the letters which he was receiving from time to time from abroad he found that this was a great evil. There was a Committee sitting in New York, a portion of whom always went down to an emigrant ship when she arrived in order to investigate the state of the passengers befUre they landed, and those gentlemen had represented that the directions of the Act wero so numerous that th i ey only served to create contusion and served no good end whatever. He should therefore recommend that the Bill should be shortened as much as possible. Mr. HAWES said the Bill itself, which he had the honour to ask the House to read a second time, was a general consolidation Bill. There were in it many details contained in former Acts, but it was not a new en,- ment at all.—(Hear, hear.) There were some important alterations undoubtedly. There wns one relating to the dietary of emigrants. The evidence which they had received from the agents abroad was of such a character as decidedly to justify lin increase to the dietary, and it went to show that whereVer it had been increased it had operated most beneficially on the emigrants, as respected their obtaining employ ment and sustaining that employment. The dietary new proposed, however, was not what was called a f u ll di e t a i y . The Hon. Member for Montrose had objected to tht#e details being stated in an Act of Parliament ; b u t it wits most important that all parties connected with the ship ping and landed interests, and engaged in promoting emigration, should know what the law really was upon that point—(Hear, hear)—and he (Mr. Hawes) thought it far better to have the dietary stated in the Act of Parliament. Another Hon. Member had stated that it would be expedient to refer the Bill to a Committee. He (Mr. Hawes) should.oot like to pledge himself to take that course. He fully admitted that the Committee of last year had been most useful; but lie thought the subject was fully discussed and considered, and that the bearing of the evidence laid before the Com mittee rather showed that some increase of the dietary would be expedient than otherwise. He would not, however, undertake to say at that moment that he would object going into Committee ; he would rather reserve that point. The suggestion of the Honourable Baronet opposite, as to extending the Bill to vessels carrying emigrants from one country to another, that hardly came within th e p rov i s i ons of this Bill.—(hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) thought a very' different regulation was necessary, and therefore to in clude the whole coasting trade in the Bill would be highly objectionable. Another objection had been made by the Hon. Member far Montrose, who thought it wais desirable to compel the agents abroad to afford to emi grants landing opportunities of hearing complaints ih order to their being redressed. Now, that was done already. His friend would find in the paper before the House various communications showing that the cord plaints of the emigrants were settled by the ordinary tribunals under the Passengers' Act. He thought the new regulations of the Passengers' Act were still genee rally must beneficial, though some of them might bi objectionable in detail. Reserving his opinion as tb whether this Bill should be referred to a Committee, he hoped - the House would now agree to th second reading of the Bill. Major BLACKALL thought the matter of the dietary would be much better settled by a Select Committe than by the House. He would not say there ought.to a difference between the dietary of an English and an Irish emigrant; but it would be a hard case if the House lai down a dietary, and insisted on the emigrant conformin to that dietary, whether he could of and it or not, an thereby raising the price of his passage, which some} times resulted in an emigrant's leaving his family behind him, which to an Irishman was peculiarly painful.lt woul be a general disappointment to many of the Irish peopl who during the winter had been laying by evory farthin that they could scrape together for the purpose of emi grating in the spring, if, by an enactment for raising th dietary to a scale suitable to the standard of living of th English emigrant, the price of their passage should bi raised to a degree which would render it necessary that they should have recourse to the painful expedient of leaving their families behind them. The Bill was then read a second time. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' BILL. Mr. SOTHERON, in moving the second reading o this Bill, said that in ors? :r to give greater security t friendly societies, it was required by the Bill that th tables and rules of each should be certified by a compe teat authority previous to registration. By arecent Ac it was provided that every five years a valuation of the as sets and liabilities of each society should be drawn up an sent to the registrar, but there was no provision that end statement should be made by a compet en t p erson; an d , id reality, the Act had, so far as that was concerned, becom almost nugatory.—(Hear.) He had introduced certai words into this Bill which required the assets and liabi fides to be made by an actuary of five years' standing and registered, as before, every five years. He had directed that the actuary should be remunerated for the labour according to the number of members in the so ciety, viz., one guinea, where the number did not exceed 200; between 200 and 400, two guineas; between 400 and 700, three guineas ; between 700 and 1,000, feu guineas ; between 1,000 and 1,500, five guineas ; and ' i an extra half guinea for every five hundred members. He thought that was not too much for giving to members the means of ascertaining the sol vency of the societies to which they belonged. He re quired, besides, that a return should be made every year by each society, for the purpose of enabling the registrar to collect a great deal of most important' information with reference to friendly societies. It' was not generally known that a very large por tion of the community were subscribers in one, shape or another to friendly and other societies. The l Bill, trifling as it might seem, would atfslct not less than; 34,200 societies, the members of which, as far as he had : been able to ascertain, exceeded four millions, and their' total revenue, which consisted fur the most part of the hard earned savings of the poor man, exceeded six millions of money. He thought it must be allowed that such such ties deserved the attention of Parliament.—(Hear.) It deserved their attention more this year than any other, in consequence of what had happened with re spect to some savings' banks, and they ought to take the best means in their power to provide m w t ou of ld b ( i u r r a ia w li some security fo r th e p aor man who had invested his savings in ti n se soc i et i es. The Attorney- General had intimated that he wou ld ta k e that odyinpportunity of rem.- money, the and evils i that arising at Ri g t from Ilea. the Gentleman a yen up a clause for this purpose he would be happy to sup port it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would en deavour to engraft some provision into the Bill with re spect to the temptations held out by burial societies, and would introduce other clauses, so as to make the whole a perfect measure. Mr. R. PALMER thought that the present situ ation of Odd Fellows' societies was a matter of great importance and called for the interference of the House, because they had at their disposal a large amount of property in their possession belonging to the industrious classes, which was almost placed beyond the reach of legal protection. It any fraud was committed in the disposal of the funds, no possible remedy at law or equity could be resorted to. In the Manchester Union of Odd Fellows alone there were no less than 264,000 persons; and there were thousands of similar societies in England and Scotland, which also embraced a great number of members and a considerable amount of property. Last year a great number of the members expressed a wish to be placed under the operations of the law, but though a Bill was introduced for that purpose, it was not proceeded with, in consequence of the members not being able to agree among themselves. He, however, thought that it was the business of the House to see that parties had some legal mode of enforcing their rights with respect to property placed in the bands of these socit ties.—(Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was not his in tention to introduce any provision with respect to Odd Fellows' societies into this Bill. A Bill was introduced last session into the House of Lords on the subject of Odd Fellows' societies, and the Government were desirous of conceding any measure which it might be thought necessary to pass ; but, as the Honourable Member had stated, it was not Proceeded with, because the parties could nut agree among themselves. He objected to these societies on - ... __........ .....„ two ground,—first, because they had secr e t sigra;.. and secondly, in cause they had corresponding societies, whicb:w4 re,contr2ry to the Corresponding Societies' Act. The societies were willing to give up their secret signs, but not their corresponding branches, and • the Bill tell through. Government, however, were very desirous that these societies should be legalised, and they were quite ready to adopt any practicable proposal on the subject. Mr. BROTHERTON said the observations of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down Were woe, by of the deepest consideration, because it was trefore glad that this (t' a the utmost importance that friendly societies should be put on a safe footing. At present there was no law to prevent defalcations, 'and he introduced. It would prove no dou m b e t a s very ure us eful, h ad b e but en he trust e d the }lon. Gentlema n whohad c h a wAild not rend er it ino perative by encumbe ring berin rge gitolvfithit THE SUN, , SDAY LON DON, W F D N EVI4',NING, APRIL 4 1849 h. y fees.—(Hear.) It was of the greatest importance to tee country to encourage Meunier societies, hut he was sorry to think that many of them now in ;ex istence were based upon erroneous principles, and the consequence was that when a member, who had sub scribed all his life, cs me to require relief, he found thereivvas nothing to divide—(Hear.) Another bad practice was the system of holding the meetings in public-houses. He thought that practice ought to be done away with, as well as all secret signs and the plan of placing the con trolling power entirely in the hands of the elder mem bers.—(Hear, hear) Mr. ADDERLEY said there was nothing to prevent Odd Fellows' Societies coming into the law, but their secret signs. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Yes, there is the Corresponding Societies' Act. Mr. ADDERLEY did not think that Act could prevent Odd Fellows' societies from being legalized. l'he funds collected by these societies were exceedingly large, and he thought this was the proper time to make an effort to induce the Odd Fellows to give up their signs, and place their funds and institutions within the jurisdiction of the law.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said it was of the greatest importance that the suggestion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth should not be lost sight of.—(Hear, hear.) At present, so expensive was the mode of proceeding to obtain a legal opinion as to the solvency or va lidity ef a friendly society, that societies notoriously insolvent were allowed to go on increasing the mischief they had already commenced.—(Hear.) He bad always thought that the best means for securing the welfare of the industrious classes was the establishment of a safe and sure institution for depoziting their small earnings, and he, for one, was ready to remove the difficulty the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth had complained of by cons eatiug to the appointment, at the expense of the State, of competent legal officers, to whom the so cieties should have access, free of charge, when they entertained any doubt as to the validity of their proceedings.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know whether the Attorney-General would object •to some measure to bring these societies into a secure state, and within the pale of the law. The defalcations that had lately taken - place among these societies rendered it necessary that something should be done. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL thought that some measure must be adopted to place these societies upon a sound footing. Mr. E. DENISON trusted after what had taken place to-day:some measure wculd be adopted to make these societies take a larger scope, by being placed on a better footing. Mr. P. SCROPE thought that the Government was the only party that could properly manage these socie ties, and he trusted that the time was not far distant be fore the whole subject would be taken into consideration by them. Lord D. STUART said that the excellence, the uti lity, and the importance of these societies was allowed on all sides; and it this was the case, it was evident that it was also important that they should be legal societies. Some of them had gone on, blindly no doubt, to do many things which were not exactly in accordance with the letter of the law. He had hoped that be should have been able to convince the Attorney-General last year of the necessity of granting some boon to these societies. He trusted, though he had not been successful last year he hoped he might be this in inducing the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to make some provision for the ad vantage of these societies, especially including those of the Odd FelloWs. Mr. F. LEWIS said that as there seemed to be sonie objection to the second reading of the . Bill, he would suggest that it should be withdrawn, and that it should be reintroduced with the advantage of the improvements which had been suggested during the discussion, or if that plan was not pursued, he thought they might be in troduced in the progress of the Bill through Committee. Mr. SOTHERON said that when it was recollected that out of the 32,000 societicii, with an aggregate re venue of 6,000,0001., only 14,000 were enrolled, while 18,000 had no legal protection whatever, some legii lation was clearly necessary upon the subject. He was happy to accept the suggestion of the Hon. Gentle man, and trusted that he might have the assistance of the Government in a complete modelling of the whole of the law with respect to friendly societies. Mr. F. LEWIS had no objection to impose that useful duty on the lion. Member, and would render all the aid which, as a member a the Government, it lay in his power to give. The Bill was then read a second time. TENANTS' RACK RENT BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. SOTHERON said, that though he had for many years been a Member of that HOUB3 he bad never until lately known that it was competent for him to move two Bills on the same day ; the matter to which that now before the House referred was of so much consequence, that he was induced to proceed with it. He thought by the present measure a greater degree of uniformity in the management of gaols would be at tained than at present existed. Then the items that would remain would be the salary of the treasurer of the county, the clerk of the peace, and the coroner, and one or two minor items. He thought it would be desirable that all parties who feel interested in this matter should meet together during the holidays, and endeavour to agree upon some plain and intelligible plan for apporS fleeing those burdens fairly and equitably upon the rate r payers. He hoped, however, that the House would agree to the Bill in its present shape, after adopting certain' verbal amendments which seemed to be necessary. Mr. E. DENISON said his Hon. Friend founts h's principle carrie d him a great deal farther than the details of his Bill iudlcated. If the system of local taxation and the management of the county cess was in a satisfactory state, partial legislation, such as the Hon. Member proposed in this case, might be desirable; but was the local taxation and the management of the county cess in that satisfactory stets ? He (Mr. E. Denison) thought not: He did r.ot wish to throw any impediment in the way of the measure, but he would put it to his Honourable Friend whether, with his own views and proposals, it would be possible for the House to adopt this small modicum of legislation. As the subject was about to be taken up and considered in a bona fide manner, he trusted that his Hon. Friend would consent to put the present measure off until the Committee on the subject had made their report. Mr. SPOONER would consent to a C ommittee up practical ev il ex i st i ng aasnda he trusted, th ere f ore , ethmweelodeuyl7l persevere w ith hi s B ill, that t whirs hh s n e oe e dn B . ill r r , r i b ea u n and the passing of it would remedy a great evil, and would not interfere with the regulations that had been proposed. Mr. HUME said that the landowners and farmers were very properly complaining of the increase of the county rate, which, when the Commission was appointed, amounted to 600,0004 but had now increased to 1,000,000/. Ho agreed with the principle of the Bill, but it would only be partial in its operation, rh e ci l cet F werere rents shod and ho thought that the b etter course would be to let it go to the Com m i ttee up stairs, in order to see it it could not be mad e more perfect, and also more acceptable to the land owners, ratepayers, and to the country generally. said cast s i t t u l la n w u pa was simply then , exemptedpar n o d m - fprooSsei pro posed c WILLIAM certain tenantslANburdens i atj° LTFE w although ho agreed that much more ought to be done, he thought that there could not be any great objection to grant those tenants a moiety of relief, for which they would be extremely grateful. Mr. SEYMER supported the Bill. Mr. C. LEWIS said that if this Bill were referred to the Committee up stairs many subjects connected with it could be maturely discussed which could not well be determined upon in the House, but he should be sorry to see it postponed, as it involved a great practical im provement. The question could hardly be considerd as ono of county expenditure, because it simply related to a matter of taxation between landlord and tenant. Mr. W. PATTEN said that the principle of the Bill was agreed upon several years ago, and, therefore, he thought it would be unfair to refer it to a Committee up stairs. Heeshould give the Bill his warmest support. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY conceived that some mea sure was necessary, for a universal spirit of dissatisf ac tion existed throughout the country. Mr. E. DENISON said that the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) did not object to the progress of this Bill, except in so far as it was only the ground work, and not the proposal, of a larger measure. What was the principle of this Bill ? Why it was this, so far as ho could understand: it contained a proposition that half the expense shOuld fall upon the landlord and half upon the tenant, yet every Member who had yet spoken had been in decided opposition to any such principle. The Hon. Member fur Montrose had suggested that the Bill should be referred to a ge neral Committee, and his own feeling was quite in ac cordance with that notion. He believed that the usual course of the House was to pass the Bill through its pre sent stage, and then upon its recommittal to refer it to a Select Committee, and he would suggest that it should be referred to the same Committee as that which was instituted for the larger measure. If such a course were pursued he should withdraw his opposition. Mr. C. LE NIS explained that the nature of the Bill now before the House was altogether different from that which was introduced yesterday, and if the same Com•• mittee dealt with both Bills, the probability was that the right principle would be altogether overlooked. Mr. SOTHERON said that the object of the Bill would, he conceived, be altogether lost sight of if it were to be referred to the same Committee as that which was sitting on the larger measure. The effect of such a proceeding would be to verge the small measure into the principle of the larger one. But the objects of the two Bills were altogether different, and that point which he desired to gain of an equitable ad justment of the rates would be totally lost. He would suggest that this Bill should pass through this stage, and then be referred to a Select Committee; they would then have to wait a whole year for the benefit which he intended to obtain. Mr. E. DENlSOls,. : inTexplanation, said that he had no desire IA hatever to press his opposition. Be could not see any obstacle to the re'erence of the two Bills to the same Committee, awl was ready to withdraw his opposi tion on the understanding that the principle should be fully considered in Committee. After a few words WILSON PATTEN, Mr. HUME said the object of his Bill was for the entire manageinelit of the expenditure of the county.. rates, and had no reference whatever to any different apportionment. Mr. P. SCROPE hoped that the:Government, having taken this subject under its consideration, would take into consideration tho whole subject of local taxation. It was desirable to have a better system of audit of the accounts, and of the collection of local taxation, than has hitherto obtained. He did trust the whole subject would be taken into consideration. Here the discussion dropped. The verbal amendments were then agreed to, the resumed, and the report was ordered to be Li. - ,Jught up on 'Wednesday, the 25th. SEQUESTRATORS' REMEDIES BILL. The Louse then went into Committee on this Bil., Mr. MULLINGS proposed the following amen, menu:—Clause 1, line 7, to strike out " whenever a se. questrator is," and insert " every sequestrator who shall then have been or shall thereafter be." Line 9, to strike out after "duty" the word " of," and insert" due or owing from." Line 10, to strike out "it shall be lawful for such sequestrator," and insert "may and is hereby au thorised and empowered." Line 16, after "nature" to add "or in lieu;" and after "tithe," to add "or other rent or annual sum." Page 2, line 6, to strike out " Levari facias," and insert " }led facias de bonis Ecelesiasticis, or Levari facias de bonis Eeclesiasticis or s( questrari facias." Mr. S. WORTLEY proposed the following clause:— " 111. Charge of tithe ;commutation expenses to be first made. And be it enacted, that out of the moneys to be ceivcd by any sequestrator of any benefice, the said sequestrator shall, in the first instance, pay and dis• charge any instalment or instalments due or to become due en such benefice in respect of any charge made thereon, or ou the tithe rent charge thereof, to secure the repayment of the moneys expended in the commuta tion of the tithes of such benefice." Both amendments were agreed to without any dis cussion. The Committee then went through the remaining clauses of the Bill, which were agreed to, the House resumed, and the seport was ordered to be brought up after the Faster recess. PARTITION OR SALE OF CHATTELS PER SONAL HELD IN JOINT TENANCY. The House having resumed, Mr. R. PALMER rose to ask leave to bring in a Bill to authorise, • in certain cases, the partition or sale of chattels personal held in joint tenancy or tenancy in common. He said there were in many cases great in convenience felt in dividing or disposing of property of that tenure, especially with regard to shipping. He himself had had many representations of their inconve nience from shipowners in Liverpool. The evil they complained of was this, that if there were a number of part-owners of a ship, the majority of the owners had the power to dispose of the ship, in cases of disagreement, against the will of the minority, who had no remedy in such cases.—(Hear, hear.) He said he had consulted persons both in Liverpool and London.who were well conversant with the operations of the law on this subject, and he proposed simply this Bill to enable parties by petition to the Court of Chan cery to have the partition or sale of chattels personal hold in joint tenancy. _ Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The Hon. Member subsequently brought in the Bill. POLICE IN POPULOUS TOWNS. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, in the absence of ; the Lord Advocate, obtained leave to bring in a Bill to make more effectual provision for regulating the police of towns and populous places in Scotland, and for paving, draining, cleansing. lighting, and improving the same. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. REYNOLDS postponed his motion until this day three weeks relative to the appointment of a Select Committee on savings banks. REV. JAMES SHORE. After the presentation of a few petitions relstive to the liberation of the Rev. Mr. Shore, The Musa adjourned, at Five o'clock, until Monday, the 16th of April. THE STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS. TRIAL OF RUSH. BY EXPRESS-(THIS DAY (PRO XI OUR. OWN REPORTER ) NORWICH, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Court was not so crowded this morning. Rush, we understand, was busily engaged during part of the night in writing, and preparing for the continua tion of his defence to-day. Ile ate a hasty breakfast at eight o'clock. Mr. Baron RonrE took his seat at a quarter to nine. The jury then entered the box. After the lapse of a few minutes Rush was placed at the bar; ho looked well. Rush continued his defence.—Having reminded the jury of what he was saying when ho broke off last night, (the prisoner spoke sometimes in so low and gutteral a tone that we could only gather the purport of his remarks with great difficulty), he complained that all the witnesses had been tampered with, and asserted that in many most important points they had clearly and grossly contradicted themselves. Had Howe been a respectable man his evidence would have been most im portant for the ends of the prosecution. He had received a letter yesterday, signed by several respectable per sons, stating that he had offered to come to Norwich to give evidence on either side fur twenty pounds. He regretted he could not put it in evidence. Of course, only having been informed at the last moment that Howe would be called, he could not be ex pected to obtain all the evidence that he could wish to show the character of that witness. Ho should, how ever, produce respectable individuals who would inform them who and what Howe was. Then, the boy Smith, Who littered the straw, gave different evidence in this court to that he had given before the Coroner. The CounT intimated that the depositions taken before the Coroner were not in evidence. He had simply to answer the evidence thut had been adduced in this court. Rush said, then, he would not allude further to that discrepancy in the testimony of the witness. He clearly showed that the " slack " had been littered some time before the day of the murder. The straw had been there more than a fortnight. The COURT intimated that the witness said ho could not swear that it had been there more than a fortnight. He could not speak to the exact time, whether it was a fortuight or a day or two before the murder. Rush contended that the witness meant to say that the straw had been there a fortnight. The assertion that ho had said " young Jenny was his enemy," was got up for the purpose of colouring the case against him, and was altogether opposed to truth. He complained that the papers iu his carpet-bag had been thrown about for the purpose of rendering them as valueless to him as pos sible. Ho then referred to the evidence of Pont and Mortar, the constables. Great mystery was endeavoured to be attached to the wigs. Why, they were kept in an open box, to which access could be easily obtained, which would not have been the case if they had been kept for the purpose of disguise. The pri soner then proceeded to deal to painful tediousness with the most trivial matters which cannot affect the posi tion in which he stands to any ext ent . S peak i ng of the evidence of Hubbersty with respect to Emily Sandford signing her deposition, he said he k new by the man's ey e t h at he was telling a lie. He complained much of Mr. Cann's interference with his private papers, and of the secret examinations of Emily Sandford by him, The fictitious signature of Mr. Jenny was so unlike the real, that no person of the slightest sense could mistake the two. Let them look at them and say, as men of business, if they wo u ld not at once be def ec t e d. I t was said that he intended to murder Mr. Jenny, and to mike use of the forged deeds in order to get possession of the property, which was as horrible and as gross and un founded a charge as could be brought against any man in a court of justice. His signature was a most emcomnion one ; it was well known, and the forgery could, th ere f ore , b e detected at once. Ile implored the jury to examine the two, and to judge for themselves. Su much evidence had been adduced, and that of so contradictory a nature, that he trusted the jury would bear with him. He saw they were patient, and he was obliged to them. He was utterly at a loss to understand why Savory, who spoke to meeting him at five o'clock on the night of the murder, was produced, except it was to prolong time. He put it to them, as men of common sense, if it was likely that he would make the inquiries he had as to whether or not Mr. Jermy was at home on the night of the murder, if he intended that same night to commit the horrible crime of murder! It was not feasible, and he could not make it out. He defied any one in England to say, after looking at the way the prosecution had been conducted, at the taking possession of documents of the utmost importance to his defence and withholding them, and at the private examinstions that had taken place, to say that he had had justice done him —everybody knew that he had not. He repeated that he never used stronger lan. gunge to any one with respect to Mr. Jermy than'he had to that gentleman himself. Howe had been kept back until the last moment, and at a time when the counsel for the prosecution knew that he would have but little tune to bring forward evidence to show the value of his testimony. Ho had now gone through the remarks which he had to make upon the pricipal evidence adduced against him. Instead of its being to his interest that Mr. Jermy should die it was to his interest that he should live, on account of the agreements into which he entered with him with respect to the property. The prisoner uttered this with much vehemence, striking his hand as he said it emphatically on the dock before him. (He here detailed the nature of his relations with Mr Jermy with respect to Potash ) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) RUSH'S DEFENCE. NOR wicn, THREE o'CLocx. The Court was opened at th, usual hour. Rush continued—The nature of his relations in re spect of property with Mr. Jenny were such that it was to his interest that ho sh(,uld live, rather than die If he had intended to commit the horrible crime of murder, did they think he would have had Emily ISandford at Potash? She said he trembled. He did ; I as, from what he had heard at the Hall, and his differ ences with the family, he feared ,be should be suspected : but when he went to bed he was as firm as at that moment his conscience accused him of no guilt. " God Almighty if I had done such a thing, I could not have looked you in the lace—l should have been mad by this time." The coat ho had on that night of the murder he buried in the pig stye, knowing that he should be su - pected.—(Sensation.) He should produce it. Mrs. Jenny said the murderer wore a grey coat, not a cloak, and differed altogether from Watson. They could not believe such con tradictory statements, nor convict him upon them. He implored them to take ample time to consider their verdict—the improbability of his being the murderer—for the sake of his dear young children, now bursting with suspense, who were destitute of a mother, and who prayed they would give them back their father. If condemned, the time would come, when his innocence would be manifest. Might God give them wise understanding to see his guiltless ness, and to return a verdict of Not Guilty. Rush finished at twelve o'clock. lie called the following evidence : Mr. Waugh, a solicitor, said he would not believe Howe on oath, unless supported by respectable testi- mony. The lad Savory proved the littering of the straw some time before the marder. That the boots worn by Rush on that night were left to dry at the ire. Sat up one night to watch for poachers. Saw Rush last at half- past seven. Last time he saw him that night be had his in•door dress on. Ey the JUDGE—He got the boots at half past five. He washed them and put them at the fire, where they remained till he gave them to the police. Rush here sought a few minutes, and the Court ad journed. The trial is expected to finish late tonight. NORWICH, HALF -PAST SIX O'CLOCK. Mr. Hyde, accountant, swore that Howe had jocularly offered to give evidence on either side for twenty pounds. At this stage the prisoner not being able to obtain material facts in his favour got into a passion, exclaiming, " What is the use of calling more witnesses when new ones are calltd at the last moment. I don't want to ask any more questions. Nor do I want any more witnesses. He then sat sulkily down, having previous)) intimated that the pig had destroyed the coat to which he had re• ferred. Mr. Sergeant BILES rose at three o'clock to reply, and in an able speech scattered to the winds the weak defence of the prisoner. In the course of its delivery he was repeatedly and violently interrupted by the pri soner, which caused his Lordship to order his removal; promising to be quiet, he was allowed to remain yet he at times interfered throughout its whole delivery, bat with modified violence. He concluded shortly after five. Mr. Baron Rolfe is summing up whilst I write this, he has spoken over an hour, he said he should be two or three hours. The moment of the verdict I will despatch it for your EXTRAORDINARY EDITION. THE VERDICT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NORWICH, HALF-PAST EIGHT. Mr. Baron ROLFE concluded at a quarter past Eight. The Jury consulted for five minutes, and returned a verdict of " GUILTY " amidst the most profound silence. The prisoner was slightly affected, and said, " I know it is now all up with me, my Lord." He was sentenced to death. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day. MANCHESTER, APRIL 3.—The India department of our market has been favourably influenced by Lord Gough's decisive victory in the Punjaub, and by the in telligence that, even in the absence of information from the seat of war, there Continued to be an active call for goods and yarns at Bombay, while, at Calcutta, a steady, though rather tame, demand for goods (but not yarns) was going on at firm prices. We have consequently experi enced an increased inquiry for shirtings, madapollams, jac conets, and certain other cloths adapted to those markets. The actual business, however, has not been large; and it has been in same degree restricted to-day by the refusal of producers to sell at prices which were accepted yesterday. An advance of lid. to 3d. per piece upon the attainable prices of last week has, in someinstances, been realised. The inquiry for yarns has not increased proportionately with that for goods; yet an advance of i to * per lb. is asked upon India qualities. It is too soon to judge of the effect of the Overland advices; but the merchants appear disposed to act with much caution. ROCHDALE, APRIL 2.—We have had another dull market to day—something like that of the preceding Monday. Prices have been low, and the manufacturers are poorly remunerated for their labour. There has been very little doing in wool, but prices continuo firm. HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 3.—The sales in the Cloth hall to• day have not been equal to last week, but it may be ascribed to the scarcity of stocks adapted for this season; The business in the warehouses has been good during the week. In vestings rather more is doing. HALIFAX, MARCH 31.--The demand for worsted goods is still languid, the merchants being unwilling to accede to the prices asked by the manufacturers, and the latter being equally unwilling to accept prices be low the cost of production. Yarns maintain their firmness, and the spinners are busy on old orders ; but new orders are cautiously given out by the shipping houses, partly on account of the state of the continent and partly on account of price. The wool market is not active, and the quotations manifest a slightly downward tendency. LEEDS, APRIL 3.—We have had today a very in different market; nor was there much doing in the warehouses this last week. We may, however, soon experience some improvement in the export trade, as the prospects for a good fall -trade to America continue cheering, and the latest accounts from the continent and from India are so much more favourable. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FRO M ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. MARCH 31, 1549. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*263 Diseases of Un cer t a i n S eat ... .„ ..• 63 Turbercular Diseases... •.. 186 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 147 Diseases of the H ear t an d 81 00d -vessels 41 Diseases of the L ungs, and other Organs of Respiration ..• ... 197 Diseases of the St omac h , Li ver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... • • ••1 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age •• Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• ••• 13 ... 26' • 28 • 43! ... 501 ... 82 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 West Districts... 300,711 North D.Aricts.. 375,971 Central Distr;ats 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 Average weekly • Deaths Deaths, 18.14-8. in the Five Winters. Week. 170 ... 157 218 ... 219 211 • • • 255 252 ••• 294 319 • 316 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 - - 1,169 Males Females ...... 61 1 6 ,241 ... 625 METALLIC PRODUCE OF ItUSSIA.—The followig is a statement o f t h e aggregate of the metallic produce n of the Russian empire for the year 1848, irom the official documents :—Gold amounted to 1,826 poods; plating, 11 poods; silver, 1,192 poods; copper, 254,569 poods; wrought iron, 8,513,673 goods; and salt, 24,733,208 poods. Taking the pood at 361 b. avoirdupois, and mea suring the gold by the English standard of fineness, the production of the year would amount to 3,944,8321, or, allowing for the fraction which the pood is more than 361 b. avoirdupois, to rather upwards of 4,000,000 L ster ling. Th e p ro d uction of silver is comparatively . • ficant, but t a ki ng to about 188,0001. Th e pro d uct i on of the Russian mines it at ss. 6d. per ounce, it wou ld amoun t possesses the more int e rest at present, ina be s inasm d uch t uc hat o h as af te pa rallel may soon drawn between them an Californian " El Dorado."—M ining Journal. TUE WEATHER —Since our last we have had weather befitting April,—sunshine and shower,—and the wind has changed from the east to the west. Yesterday, the weather was gloomy, but fair ; vegetation is forward, and we have heard of no serious injury from the last nocturnal frosts. The following is the telegraphic return from various places yesterday moriting. It shows a 'preponderance of fine weather :—Glasgow, S. rain ; Edinburgh, S. slight frost; York, S.W. fine; Newcastle, S.E. cloudy; Hull, N.W. fine; Bradford, E. dull; Skip ton, E. dull; Normanton, N.W. fine; Cliesterfield,,S. fine; Nottingham, S.W. cloudy;; Rotherham, S.E. fine; Rugby, W. moderately fine; Derby, S.W., frost; Brandon, S. cloudy; Birmingham, S.IIV. cloudy; Dere ham, S.E. fine; Hereford, W. fine; Chelmsford, S.W. tine; Colchester, S.E. fine; Cambrid: e, W. fine; St. Ives, N.W. fine; Norwich, S. fine; Varmouth, S. fine; Lowtsterft, S. fine; London, S.W. fine;. Liverpool, S.W. cloudy; Holyhead, N.W. moderate breeze; Manchester, S.E. gloomy.—Manchester Guardian a this day. ROM THE LONDON -GAZETV OF TUESDAY. ,• BANKRUPTS. Alexander Charles Handley, draper, Maldon, Essex, t surrender April 11, at one, amid May 15, at twelve, at th , Court of. Bankrupt c y. Stanskil, official assignee; Sole AN( Turner, Aldermanbury. Henry Mackenzie, draper, Farnham, Surrey, April 14, 8 one, and May 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basiughall-strect Collins, King William -street, City. Frederick John Ablett, draper, Merthyr Tydvil,• Glamor , gansbire, April 11 and May 9, at twelve, at the Court o Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. Joseph Hulls, coppersmith, High Wycombe, Buckingham shire, April 12, at halt-past one, and May 10, at eleven, a the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Gem and Co., Lincoln's-inn- fields. Henry Goring, butcher, Hanwell, Middlesex, April 11, a eleven, and May 10, at half past one. at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings Allen and Nicol, Queen-street. Cheapside. John Dyson Anderson, linendraper, Pavement, Blty_.•rfields April 17, at two, and May 17, at eleven, at the Court Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch.lane, Loin bard-street; Jones, Size-lane Bucklersbury. George Newbold, mercer, I:origton, Staffordshire, April 12 and May 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Young, Longton and Smith, Birmingham. Richard Bullock, corn factor, Kidderminster, April 21 an( May 12, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore official assignee, Birmingham; Finch, Worcster ; MotteraO and Co., Birmingham; Letts. Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn , Lucy Ferrer; innkeeper, Holsworthy, Devonshire, April 1 1 and May 3, at one, at the Exeter District Court. liirtzel official assignee, Exeter; Gurney and Cowlard, Launceston Cornwall ; Turner, Exeter; Bell and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields William Freman Fawcett, grocer, Sedbusk, Yorkshire April 26 and May 18, a t e l even, at the Leeds District Court Young, official assignee, Leeds; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Matthew Norman, jun., cabinet maker, Richmond, York' shire, April 24 and May 15, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Chilton and Co Chancery-lane ; Benson, Birmingham ; Courtenay, Leeds. Aaron Egerton, builder, Over, Chester, April 17 and MO 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi' cial assignee, Birmingham; Milne and Co., Temple; Cooke, Over; Tyrer, Liverpool. John Strutt, silk mercer, Liverpool, April 17 and May 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vi ncen t, T emp l e; C urry and Statham Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. P. Robertson, Renfrew, farmer and grazier, to meet withig the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, April 6 and May 4, at two, J. meet Cwithin ampbell, Glasow distillers aent and merchant, 1 4 the Al bi on 'Tavern, Glas gow, April 9 and Apr 30, at one. W. Grant, Kirkmichael, Banffshire, farmer, cattle dealer, and banker, to meet within Murray's Inn, Dutftown, Banff' shire, April 10 and May 1, at twe l ve. T. Jaffray and A. Jaffrey, Newhills, Aberdeea, paper ms' nufacturers, td meat within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aber. deen, April 7 and May 1, at one. T. T. Hanna, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within Wad tyre's Tavern, Glasgow, April 10 and May 9, at one. Erratum in last Gazette.—ln the sequestration of Mattho Paton, Wright and smith, in Greenock, the meeting will be held on May 7, in place of May 4. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Aram 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was somewhat depressed to-ds.l The sales are —Great Western, Quarters, 2% dis.—Caledonialt Preference, 1% p.—South Devon, Preference, 17. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3. STOOL EXCHANGE.—The market opened heavily, and closed wit/ a tendency to still further recede. The sales are—Lancashirl and Yorkshire (late M and L), Quarters, 6 dis.--Ditto, 1111. Piisferene* 6 per cent., 11 —Ditto Halves (late L. and B.), 12 his.—Ditto Fifths (late West Riding Union), 4% dis. - 111dland Stock, 77% Ditto, New Halves, 8% dis.—North British, liew Preference, 3s. 9d. p.—Sonth-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 71. 6s. 3 d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, 16s. '3d. diO• MANCHESTER, APRIL 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds, Fifths, 3 5-16 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 42—Manchester and Birmingham (C) , Quarters, 3% p.—North Staffordshire, 3% n. d.—Great Norther* 8 13-16 dis.—Dover (No. 4), 7%—Sheffield, Eighths, 5 c. BIRMINGHAM, Arm. 3. STOCK EXCHANON.— The transactions to-day hive been as fellows Ambergate, 114—Eastern Counties, 9 London and North' Western,l37—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5 dis.—South Star' fordshire, 3/. 13s. 9d. dis. YORK, Aran. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol • 10VVS : Great Northern Halves, (A), Deferred, 4% —Ditto ( 1 4 guaranteed 6 per cent., 6 )(. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E• rerchase), .... NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchange 0' day has been as follows : Great Northern (B), 6 per cent., 6% - "" North British, Preference, 2s. 6d. P.—Caledonian, Preference, 11 fi- - Hartlepool Deck and Railway, 134 —Newcastle and Carlisle (Scrip) , 102—York, Ne vrcastle, and Berwick Extension, 18 k —North Stafford shire, 144. GLASGOW, 2. STOCK Excnamm.—The following Ar are m to-day's transaction, Caledonian, Preference, 113( Ediabargh and Glasgow, 8334—GlaP gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, andAyr, 573< —Ditto, Halve. (N o . 1), 71. 4 s. — Ditto (No. 2), 7i. 6s.—North Britis h, Preference, 245.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N: E. Put' chase), 73(—Scottish Central, 23X. PRESIDENT TAYLOR'S ADDRESS AND ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHING IN ENGLAND.—Tb e last arrival of the steam-ship Europa, at Liverpool, was watched with the greatest interest, as it was known that she would convey President Taylor's inaugural address. In order to have this important document sent 'forward to London with the least possible delay, a special engine was engaged; and in case she arrived in the night or early in the morning, the electric telegraph also. A few minutes after the steamer entered the river, Messrs. Willmer and Smith's reporter banded in the document, together , with, a synopsis o f t h e commercial news, to the clerk a the electric telegraph, who at once proceeded; to waft, on the wings of the lightning messenger, the con' tents of General Taylor's address. It is but justice to that gentleman to say that he performed his task with a degree of activity, perseverance, and precision which reflected upon him the greatest credit. One of the most remarkable features in connexion with this event is the extraordinary sum paid for its transmission from Liver pool to London. It occupied about ninety-eight lines; and the sum paid by Willmer and Smith so the Electric Telegraph Company was twenty-one pound sterling. The same thing would have been done in America for as many dollars. How can the English press, under its already heavy expenditure, endure pecuniary inflictions of this nature7—From the European Times. IMPORTS OF GRAIN.—A. week or two ago we noticed a large arrival of corn at this port by steam- ships from the nearer continental ports, the navigation ,to which was not then interrupted by ice. From the many arrivals at Hull, as well as at the other ports on the east coast, this week, it would appear that the internal navigation throughout Germany and the Danish provinces is entirely free, and that the trading community in those counties are determined to ship their produce for England earl), lest hostilities should again wit an end to commercial affairs. Since our last publication, the first spring fleet of sailing vessels from the continent has arrived in port, their cargoes consisting almost ear. tirely of grain. Although of a small class —very feW exceeding 100 tons—the number is very large for this period of the year. From the report of the daily ship', ping li s t, i t appears that upwards of eighty sail o f vessels, grain laden, have entered our docks since yes terday week. suppose each of these vessels have 500 quarters of -grain on board, which, we think, is rather under the actual quantity, then 40,000 qrs. have been imported in a few days. By seam -boats, too, we have received several thousand bags of wheat, &c., and 31 vessels—five for Gainsberough, and 26 for Goole —have passed up the Humber, also entirely laden with grain. Notwithstanding this extensive importation, prices of grain since Tu es d ay ' s market have had a tendency wards, and fine English wheats are quoted lte per quarter better.—Hull Advertiser. TRIAL OF RUSH. --- OBSERVER. -- A gratuitous supplement, o f 2 0 extra columns, will b pub lished w i t h the Observer of Sunday, April 8 e . Thie gratis half-sheet is intended to render the Trial of Rush complete in the two Observers. That of Sunday, April 1, gave 10 folio columns of this important trial, brought down to Saturday night at Norwich by the Observer reporters with an express special train. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at Ave o'clock Sunday morning; the Monday's Edition (best for the country and abroad) at four Monday afternoon. A six pence, or six postage stamps, enclosed to Mr. Clement, tun , 170, Strand, will insure a copy of the Observer by return of post. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE . --- Yesterday an inques was held at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Elizabett Williams, a servant, aged 23, who died from the effecth of several wounds inflicted upon her throat by herself' Deceased had been beguiled by the blandishments of a policeman, and the result of her imprudence being the birth of a child on Sunday week she was so affected by the contemplation of her ruined condition, that in a fit of desperation she inflicted the injuries which resulted in her death. The sister of the deceased wept bitterly while giving her evidence. She said her aged parents were net aware of the melancholy occurrence, and that the news would break their hearts. The deceased al ways had a very comfortable home in the country . ; and was always a most virtuous girl. The policeman bad left the force and could not be found. Verdict—" Tem porary insanity." BIRTHS, Ott the Ist inst., at St. James's-place, the Lady Maria Ponsonby, of a daughter. On the 81st ult., in Baker-stree t, Portman -square, the wif of W. H. Holmes, Esq., of a daughter. On the Blst ult., at Clifton-road, St. John's -wood, the widow of the late R. Dart, Esq., of a daughter. At Brighton, on the Ist inst., the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Hope Gibsone, late 7th Dragoon Guards, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Torquay, the lady of Charles H. Mack intosh, M.D., of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Kensington, the wife of Richard Valpy, jun., Esq., of a son, Gun On t ter, he 2 9th ult., at O ld Brompton, Jane, the wife of R. Esq., of a daughter. 1.41 7 I 5 • On the 29th ult., at Down Church, William Beardsworth, second son of John Fox, Esq., of Farnborough, Kent, to Maria, only daughter of the late Philip Eaton, Esq., of Wick ham, Kent. - On the 29th ult., at Colchester, Algernon Wells, EN, of Upper Clapton, to Susannah Frances, eldest daughter of Isaac Sewell, Esq., of Stamford•hill. LOn the Ist inst., at Herne-hill, Surrey, Robert Hutton, Esq., aged 5L On the let inst., T. Williamson. Esq., of Somers-place East, New road, St. Pancras, aged 70. On the Ist inst., at Bournmoutb, Dorset, J. Quincey, Esq. On the Ist inst., G. Priestl e y, E sq., of White Windows, Yorkshire, and the Grove, Bucks, aged 63. On the 31st ult., Miss Corbett, of Footherly-hall, Lich field. aged 74. On the 30th ult., at Cheltenham, Jane, the wife of William Burnside, Esq., of Lansdowne-place, Brunswick-square. On the 29th ult., at Reading, the Rev. J. Lawson, rector of Sherborne St. John, Basingstoke, Hants, aged 35. On the 9 th tilt., in th e C rescent , S outhampton, Robert Smith, Esq , aged 80. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand,' Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, "Strand, - in th e ' Pr e cin c t of the Slaw, in - the minty of Middlesex, Wednesday, April 4,1849. '1