The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-27 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, Arnit 26. Scots Fusilier Guards—Field Marshal his Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel Duke of Saxe, Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Clothe, K. G.,G. C. 8., K. St. P. from the 11th Light Dragons, to be olonel, vice General Earl Ludlow, deceased, April 26. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut.-General Sir A. B. Clifton, K.C.B. from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, April 25. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Colonel his Royal High ness Prince George William Frederick Charles of Cambridge, K. G., from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, vice S'r A. B. Clifton, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, April 25. 20th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Sir J. S. Barns, K.C.8., from the Rifle Brigade, to be Colonel, vice General Sir W. Houstoun, deceased, April 25. 40th Foot—Lieut.-General Sir A. Woodford, K.C. 8., G. C. M.G., to be Colonel, vice Lieut. -General Sir L. Smith, deceased, April 25. Rifle Brigade—Lieut.-General Sir D. L. Gilmour, K.C.8., to be Colonel Commandant of a Battalion, vice Sir J. S. Barns, appointed to the 20thltegiment of Foot, April 25. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry—H. P. Lowe, Gent. to be First Lieutenant, vice Owen Davies, resigned, April 22. ST. JAAIES'S PALACE, APRIL 14. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lerd Forester, to appoint John Ashford, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arm,, vice Hayward, retired. WHITEHALL, APRIL 25. • The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Most Honourable John Marquis of Bute to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Merewether, F.q., to be Immigration Agent in tho Territory of New South Wales, in the room of J. D. Finnock, Esq. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. D. Pinnock, Esq., to be Deputy Registrar in the district of Port Philip, in the territory of New South Wales, in the room of Francis Mere. w ether: Esq. WHITEHALL, APRIL 23. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Charles Atmore Ogilvie, M. A., the office and place of Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology, in the University of Oxford. The Queen has also been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Robert Hussey, 8.D., the office and place of Regius Professor in Ecclesiastical History, in the University of Oxford. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz ing marr•ages therein, punuant to the Act 6th and 7th Wil liam IV., chap. 85 : Wesleyan Chapel, Dorset.gardens, Brighton. Salem Chapel, Brownlow-hill, Liverpool. Soho-street Baptist Chapel, Soho-street, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM COOPER, common brewer, Shadwell, to sur render May 6, and June 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Brown, Marten, and '1 homa3, Mincing-lane. EDWARD HARE, liquor merchant, Corby, Lincolnshire, May 11 and June 7, at twelve, at the Hotel, Stamford. Tay lor, John-street, Bedford-row, London; White and Kewney, Grantham CHARLES HOLEBROOK, plumber and glazier, Ut toaster, Staffordshire, May 6, at ten, and June 7, at twelve, at the Swan, Wolverhampton. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Colmore and Beale, Birmingham. FREDERICK JO FIN MITCHELL, builder, Aldersgate street, City, May 6, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of, Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ri- . zhardson, Smith, and Jones, Golden-square. JOHN ADAMS CATER, brewer, Hertford, May 6, at twelve, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy., Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Thompson, Field, and Debenham, Salter's-hall, London ; Longmore and Sworder, Hertford. JOHN ALLEN, baker, Penzance, May 10, at two, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,' official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchel], Queen-street, Cheapside. SAMUEL SPE AKNIAN, ship builder, Preston, Lanca shire, May 19 and June 7, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Alayhevr, Johnston, and Mayhew, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, London; Blackhurst and Son, Preston. JAMES WATT, merchant, Liverpool, May 10 and June 7, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London; Wagstaff, Son, and Marsh, Warrington. JOSEPH HANDS and ELIZABE'T'H GILL, ribbon nanufacturers, Coventry, May 3 and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham. official assignee, Basinghall street ; Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard. HENY AIALCOLM LOW and WILLIAM MARCUS WESTERAI ANN, merchants, Calcutta, May 9, at two, and ,Tnne 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, offieial assignee, Copthall-buildings, London ; Oliverson and Co., Old Jewry. STEPHEN JOHN ALDRICH, chemist, Ipswich, May 6, at one, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Richardson, King's rITI -yard, Londo,n. WILLIAM HCJAIE KING, HENRY KING, and DA VID KING, coach-builders, Old Street-road, May 6, at one, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, official assignee, Coleman Street-buildings ; Gray, Flemmings- street, Kingsland-road. ROBERT ADAMS, provision merchant, Manchester, May 10, and June 7, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Johnson, Son, and Wetherell, Temple, London; Hitchcock, Manchester. BENJAMIN BA RLOW, spirit merchant, Weymouth, May 2, and June 7, at the Antelope Inn, Dorchester. Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Great Winchester-street, Lon don ; Phillips, Weymouth. WILLIAII JOHNSON, ironmonger, Birmingham, April 28, and June 3, at two, at the Waterloo. rooms, Birmingham. Tarleton, Birmingham ; Wilkinson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. JOHN GROVES, warehouseman, Manchester, May 10 and June 7, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; Baxter, Lincoln's Inn fields, London. JAMES LOCKWOOD and GEORGE LOCKWOOD, woollen drapers, Wakefield, May 6, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield, and June 7, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds, at eleven each day. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Fol lett, BedfOrd-row, Lonrron ; Taylor and Westmoreland, Wakefield. JOHN MOORE, nurseryman, Wellington, Shropshire, May JO, and June 7. at eleven, at the Shirehall, Shrewsbury. . Newman. Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Garbett, Wellington. SAMUEL LEES, innkeeper, Manchester, May 10 and June 7, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Lees, Manchester. MARTHA BROWN and SAMUEL BROMLEY, hat manufacturers, Manchester, May 9 and June 7, at ten, at the Commisioners'-rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London; Casson and Withington, Manchester. JOSEPH RADFORD, draper, Appleby, Westmoreland, May 13 and June 7, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple,' London ; Ogden, Manchester. WILLIAM BRAIN, general shopkeeper, Machen, Mont mouthshire, May 10 and June 7, at one, at the Commercial mime, Bristol. Blower and Vizard, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Leman, Prideaux, and Son, Bristol. JOSIAH BALLINGER, livery stable-keeper, Chelten ham, May 13 and June 7, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Shirreff, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. PETER LOY ALL, miller, Kingston-upon-Hull, May 7 and June 7, at eleven, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire. Mason, Lincoln ; Nicholson and Hett, Brigg, Lincolnshire; Willis, Brown, and Willie, Tokenhouse-yard, Lottibury, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Poile, dealer and chapman, Westhoathley, Sussex, May 17, at twelve—T. Corton, Jun., bookseller, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, May 19, at halt-past eleven—J. Newstead and J. Hext all, lacemen, Regent -street, Oxford-street, May 19, at tw..ive —W. Barnfield, Jun., wine merchant, Mark-lane, May 19, at one—R. Harris. merchant, Lower Thames -street, 3lay 11), at half-past two—T. Giles, wire -worker, St. John's.lane, Clerkeowell, May 19, at two—P. H. Abbott. merchant, King's Moorgate-street, May 19, at eleven—J. Knowles, H. Rodwell, G. R. Parker, and J. T. King, silk brokers, Throgmorton-street, May 20, at half-past ten—J. H. Bazley, warehouseman, Manchester. In the Country. IL J. S. Mellin, dyer, \Val-afield, )tfay 19, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—FL Hepworth, cloth manufac turer, Leeds, May 20, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—C. Webster, Fen., banker, Hulme, Lancashire, May 14, at ten, at' the Commissioners'..roonis, Manchester—T. Mister, common brewer, Kensington, Lancashire, May 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—W. Ridge, C. Ridge, and W. Newland, bankers, Chichester, May 21, at eleven, at the Dolphin Hotel, Chichester—R. Tovey, pawn broker, Bristol, May 20, at three, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristo!—W. Hague, S. Hague, and W. Shatwell, commission agents, Manchester, June 7, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester-0. Pidgeon, tobacconist, Shrewsbury, .May 24, at eleven, at the Shire hall, Shrewsbury—J. Saun ders,'miller, Cambridge, May 17, at ten, at the Hoop Hotel, Cambridge—T. Smith and H. Dowling, money scriveners, Gloucester, May 2, at two, at the Office of Me ,, srs. Whit enmbe and C 0... Gloucester—J. Oakes, cutler, Sheffield, May 18, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—W. Playne, saddler, Gloucester, May 2, at ten, at the Office of Mr. Bailey, Glou faester—J.Robinson, cloth merchant, Leeds, May 19, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. CERTIFICATES—Afar 17. R. L. Dawson and P. Vance, merchants, Liverpool—J. Coles, apothecary, Kedwelty, Monmouthshire—J. Aloxon, h o sier, Manchester—J. B. Pritchard and J. R. Croft, oil mer ebants, Liverpool—J. C. Mott, wine merchant, Loughborough, Leicestershire—E. Bentley, ;tea-dealer, Manehester—W. Wyllie, merchant, Castlebar-park, Middlesex—T. Sleeman, - wine merchant, Tenby, Pembrokeshire—T. Lyster, corn factor, llanchester. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. Lockwood and R. Baylis, manufacturers, Liverpool— S. Best and C. Tribe, dressmakers, Hillingdon-end, Middle sex—J. Spanton and J. W. Watson, mail-coach proprietors, Norwich—C., E., and U. Cadman, merchants, She ffi eld (so far as reg a rds C. Cadman) —E. and C. E. Pritchett, glovers, Strand—G. and J. Morrell, Provision dealers, Bradford—J. Braithwaite and L. Holland, surgeons, Macclesfield—G. Pear.. con and W. Upton, shoe mercers, Gerrard -street, Soho—. S. A-, M. A., and E. C. Partridge, boarding-school keepers, Colchester (so far as regards S. A. Partridge) —G. C. Voelcker, P. E. Schneider, G. A . Bredt, general merchants, . Car penter's-buildings, London-wall—S. G. Gard= and T. J. Maltby, attorneys, Threadneedle-street—G. Broom and J. Slater, printers, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire—W. Singleton and W. Wingfield, ale brewer?, Masbrough, Yorkshire—T. Hut. chisison and W. C. Sleigh, sugar refiners, Little Alie-street, Whitechapel—H. Combe, J. Delafield, Sen. W. Delafield, and J. Delafield, Jun., br ewers (so far as regard s Delafield. Jun. ) —8 Keen, J. B. Geard, and W. Langford, brewers, Hitchin, Hertfordshire , —W. Daft and J. Kirk, Jun., mercers, Notting ham W. and B. Byles, booksellers, Bradford—J. Ashton and R. Cooke, hat manufacturers, Alanchester—G. A. Woodrow and W. Gillbanks, hosiers, Norwich —J. Carter and W. Lind sell, attorneys, Raymond-building s , Gray's Inti—J, Craven, H. Harrop, and W. Harrop, worste d stuff manufacturers, Brad ford (5..) far as regards W. Harrop)—J, Lea c h, W. B rays h aw, and .f. Brayshaw, stone masons, Bradford (so far as regards J. Brayshaw)—J. and W. Adcock, woollen drapers, Northampton B. Heelez and J. Bentley, accountants, Lad-lane, City—. J., W., and E. Homan, drapers, Roche,ter (so far as regards .E. Homan)—G. Lloyd and J. Gros.natth, hat manufacturers, canner-square, St. Luke's—w. Mills, G. H. Pugh, and T. W. I Lill, bleachers, Deptford (so far as regards G. H. Pugh), F.. G. Prideaux,.Sen., F. G. Prideaux, Jun., T. Holmes, and J. Itudhall, general warehouseman, Bristol (so far as regards T. Holmes.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. DAVID :SCOTT, farmer, seed crusher, Ormiston Mains, May V,3, and May 30, at two, at the George Inn. Haddington. 3011 N GREIG, horse hirer, Edinburgh, April 30, and May 21, at -three, at Simpson's Tavern, Edinburgh. JAMES BLACK, farmer, Barrelwell, May 3, and June 2, at ter, sive, at the Office of Speld and Will, Brechin. DES SCOTT, mason, Miingavie, Stirlingshire, May 4, and Ju n , Ye 1, at one, at the Chambers of Marshall and Hill, Glasgow. • Tr birr Valttton IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. There being only twenty-two Members present at four o'clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 167 i India Stock, 3pr Cent Red.... 913 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cens 92 22 ! Ditto Old Annuities ... 31- per Cent Red.. lOO ;Dit te New Annuities... New 31- per Cent New 5 per Cent. , — Ditto 500/... Long Annuities t.o expire I Ditto Small 3B prc Jan. 1860 ... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct. 1859. .... 12 7-16 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. ........ 12i Consols for Acct 9 2 11 FO REIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 pz , : - . rent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet cent lo4} Ditto, New Ditto 37• Brazilian Bonds . . Buenos Ayres 6 per eemt !Russian, 5 per cent...... Chilian 6 per cent — ! Ditto, Metallic ..... .. .... Colom4n, 6 per cent.. !Spanish, 5 per cent.,.... 241- Ditto; 1824.......... Danish, 3 per cent — :French, 5 per cent. —l. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent I Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 34i- !French, 3 per cent Ditto, 6 per cen!:. 1837 Dutch, 21- per cent.. 53A Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 19i Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 104 SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (724 paid) 20 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... — Ditto New Shares ( paid) ......... ..... , 51 Is 8d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 54i Great Western Railway (65 paid) 931 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 65 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Loan Notes (74 r 1d) pa. ... London and Birmingham (90) London and Greenwich Railway ( pd) London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l4 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... .. 90 Ditto Quarter Shares 2 paid) .. 64 North :Midland Railway (100) Piris and Rouen (16 paid) South East.:rn and Dover (50 paid) 291 COMMON PLEA S-(THIS DAY. J (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) CALLENDER V. DITRICH. The Learned SERGEANT contended that the matters sub mitted to the Prussian tribunal were not the same causes of ac tion as were laid in the declaration here. The judgment in Konnigsberg related only to the manner of shipment, and ex cluded altogether the consideration of the contract as to t h e quality of the tares, and the condition in which they were to be delivered. The contract was made in England, and both the par ties resided in England. If, however, the judgment of the foreign Court, to which the plaintiff had chosen to apply in the first instance, (and which was put in upon the trial here) had re lated to the causes of action, upon which the plaintiff seed in in this Court, that judgment might estoppe this action ; but it was not se, the quality and condition of the tares at the time of delivery were wholly overlooked, and judgment was given only on the ground of lapse of time. Further, this action was to be considered as one for the recovery of money paid, and for which the consideration had not been received. Mr. Serjeant BOMPAS in reply, contended that the copy of the Prussian judgment, produced at the trial, must be taken as conclusive ; the Court had the whole case before it, and had decided that the plaintiff was excluded by their law from re covering upon any part of his contract; and in that view it must be admitted, upon all the authorities, that a person having appealed to a foreign tribunal, upon a matter which came within its jurisdiction, and having had its judgment against him, could not sue again upon the same matters in the Courts of England. The Coy RT were of opinion that on the face of the judgment it was not sufficiently clear that it related specifically to the same matters and things upon which the plaintiff sued here. It was not possible, without parole or other evidence of the pre vious proceedings, that the Court could receive it as applying to and determining the issues in this action. The verdict there fore must be entered for the plaintiff. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAMIRS OF THIS DAT. STANDARD.—We have to lament that the Southampton Committee persists in a course calcu lated to attract odium to the new system of tribunals established for the trial of controverted elections—a system which, except in this case, has worked admirably. It is true that the extraordinary conduct of the Com mittee in question is merely the result of ignorance of the first principles of law, or of indifference to the established legal rules, and that therefore it affords an argument against all trials by Members taken promiscuously from such a body as the House of Commons ; but the public may not look deeply into the matter, and may therefore hastily impute as a de fect in the constitution of election committees, what is really a vice inherent in the materials of which com mittees must be formed, so long as they are confined to Members of the House of Commons indiscriminately taken, that is to men for whose legal knowledge there can be no sufficient guarantee. COURIER.—The strongest of all the objections, however, urged against the Copyright in Designs Bill is that propounded by the Hon. Member for Coventry, who contended that there was no such thing as origi nality in designs, and that the only thing in the shape of originality consisted in the production and reproduc tion of combinations of old patterns. If this were the case, the argument would go to prove that no protec tion either of two months or of three months, much less of nine or twelve months, was required for ensuring the prosperity of arts and manufactures; but here all the ma anufacturers, with the solitary exception of the pirates of Manchester, are decidedly opposed to him, and al though not altogether agreed respecting the period of protection to be granted by Mr. Tennent's Bill, never theless perfectly unanimous as to the utility of .some protection. Besides, even allowing Mr. Williams's doctrine, that there is no originality in designs, to be correct, and that the patterns which come out from time to time under the pretence of being original, are neither more nor less than the pro duction and re-production of old patterns under dif ferent combinations—what does that signify ? The combinations may be varied ad infinitum—improve ment in their arrangement, and in every element that constitutes originality to suit the tastes and wants of the community ; and why, we would ask, ought not the man who expends his time and his capital in such useful labour, be as much entitled to the protection of the law as he who has invented something entirely original, if indeed there be anything original either in nature or art ? Trace all the varieties of the latter to their true sources, and it will be found that, from the blow-pipe, which melts the hardest metals, up to the steam-engine, which supersedes the labour of a thousand hands, and wafts our vessels from pole to pole, there is nothing in the shape of what is termed an invention, but an ex tended imitation and application of powers and con trivances previously in existence. We cannot, there fore, concur with him in the opinion that be cause there is, in his opinion, nothing original in designs for different species of manufactures, they ought not to be protected. They have been protected in France during a series of years, to the great bene fit of the designer and manufacturer, and why should they not be protected here also? unless, as Mr. Emer son Tennent humourously observed, it can be proved that our neighbours have been gifted with glands for the special secretion of taste in designs, with which Providence has not been pleased to endow the sons of our more northern region. GLOBE.—There can be no doubt that Mr. Fleming has no legal excuse whatever for refusing to answer the question that was proposed to him ; and his own avowal, that his reply could not criminate himself, proves that he has no pretext for his present behaviour, but such as is to be found in the very vague privileges of "a man of honour and a gentleman." Is there any one that would be disgraced by the Hon. Member's reply to the question put to him ? And, if there is, would it not have been better to have thought, at the time he en tered into the transactions or negotiations which are *now the subject of investigation, how far his being concerned in them might at any future period inter fe .e with his feelings, or his position, as " a man of honour and a gentleman ?" The first duty every gentleman owes to society is obedience to the law. No man need get himself in volved in matters which might cause him to have no alternative but despising the law, or making a sacrifice f honour. When the laws of honour and those of the land come into collision, one must be right and the other wrong; so that a gentleman can have very little difficulty in deciding to which he owes obedience. The only way in which Mr. Fleming can with cre dit withdraw from his present position, is by conform ing to the resolution of the House, or by being released from (the obligation to answer the question that the Committee has put to him. The interrogatory is either one that it was improper to put, or to which it was wrong to refuse to answer. The only course to be pursued by " men of honour and gentlemen " is, that the party which has erred shall recede at once from the ground that it has taken. The extraordi nary course adopted by Mr. Fleming is calculated to inflict injury on innocent individuals, of the highest rank, by exciting suspicion that they would be com promised .i)v his disclosures, were such fully and fairly made to the Committee in answer to the question which he has refused to answer. We have heard the name of an illustrious Duke, who, though not !folding office, takes a leading part in her Majesty's eJuncils, associated with the 5007. referred to. W e give no credence to the rumour, which is, how ever, sufficiently rife to deserve notice, and to call for contradiction. The best way of satis fying the public mind on the subject, and to prove that the nobleman referred to is free from the imputation east upon his reputation by the suspicion, is for Mr. .Fleming to produce the list of subscribers to this election fund : and as he asserts that the money was applied to purposes per fectly legitimate, he will neither criminate himself nor implicate others by his evidence ; while to persist in refusing to answer the ques ti on as t o th e p ar ti es w h o supplied this money, he will fasten suspicion on him- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1842. PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE QUELN OF SPAIN. The revolution of September, 1840, made im portant changes in the domestic circumstances and management of the personal property of the Queen of Spain, Isabel 11. In consequence of that event and the contemporaneous abdication of the Regency by her Majesty's mother, Maria Christina de Bourbon, she and her sister, Infanta of Spain, were left in a state of parental and political orphanage, and the royal patrimony without other administrator than the Government and Cortes of the nation. It is hardly possible, indeed, to conceive a case of more complete separation from friends and family than that in which the royal minors were placed. Their father, Fer dinand VII., long dead ; their mother become the wife of another husband ; their elder uncle Don Carlos an enemy, and proscribed the country; his brother, Don Francisco de Paula, and his family, residing in France at the time ; the fate of the children and of their estates devolved into the hands of the nation. There was not even one of their kindred or relatives at the time to look after them. in their abandonment, or to look to their interests. It is necessary to keep these particulars in view in considering their fortunes since ; and an account of the Queen's household and patrimony, recently draw n up and addressed to her Majesty's guardian, Don Augustin Arguelles, by the intendant or adminis trator of the palace, Don Martin de los Heros, the two individuals charged with the care of her Majesty and her sister, and their property. Only six hundred copies of this Memoir, of which you may have seen partial extracts in the Spanish journals, have been printed for private distribution. M. Heros commences by making a few remarks on the numerous complaints raised against him and her Majesty's guardian for not having made more ex tensive changes in the household, and management of the royal patrimony, on entering into office in August last. The people having seen for seven years pre viously the household and royal patrimony so scanda lously and ruinously mismanaged, it was but natural that the nation would come to the conclusion that a complete change of administration was required. M. Heros, however, shows that the complaints made were, at least, not all well founded, and that it would have been imprudent and unjust to comply with all of them. Some idea of these complaints, and the em barrassing position in which they placed the author and M. Arguelles, may be formed from the following passage in the Memoir " During the five months I have been now in office, and I presume the same must have happened to you, I have been plagued by a greater number of applications, complaints, scandals, and animadversions, than ever fell, perhaps, to the lot of one man. The old ' Servile,' the modern Carlist,' the Liberal' of a former, and the Reformer' of the present day, those within and those without the palace, all run upon me, some wanting to be promoted, others saying that they were persecuted for this or that political opinion, and more complaining of this or that person exercising undue influence in the affairs of the palace. In a word, all sought to. be placed, replaced, pensioned, or indemni fied ; and still worse, to remove others without any better reason than that the applicants would get their situations. None seemed to recollect that Spaniards of all denominations contributed to the support of her Majesty, that to proscribe for mere political opinion would be unworthy of her service, and that in the Rey - al household there were old and faithful adherents, that domestic habits and affections had been formed, and which it was of importance to the young Queen's personal comforts and happiness to respect." M. Heros next proceeds to describe the state in which he found the Royal Treasury on entering into office. On the 31st July, 1841, when the works were delivered up to him, he found in the Treasury 576,5951. sterling. Of this gross sum there were only 10,3741. sterling in cash, the rest being made up of bills, &c., of one kind or other. Since that period some 12,0001. sterling of these bills and credits have been realised, so that the available moneys in the Treasury on his entering office imay be set set down at 22,0001. sterling. The difference between this sum and the gross one stated above, was chiefly made up of 385,9241. sterling in bills upon the provinces, given by former Governments in payment of her Majesty's allowance from the State, but which were never paid, and remain without hope of being so ; and of about 153,740/. sterling in Spanish bonds, the coupons of which have been since capitalized. No state ment of the sum found in the Treasury on the abdication of Maria Christina is given—a circum stance in the history of the Treasury which the reader will not confound with the period now under consideration, the provisional Regency having pre ceded Arguelles and Heros. M. Heros now proceeds to show the net sum due by the State to the young Queen, the 385,924/. sterling in unpaid bills in the provinces mentioned, above, forming only a part of what is still due to her. He makes out the sum due to her as follows : In August, 1835, the annual stun of 280,0001. ster ling was settled upon her by the Cortes, which, from, that period to December, 1841, would have amounted' to 1,796,6661. sterling. Of this sum, however, only 1,472,786/. sterling ,were paid her, leaving a deficit of 323,880/. sterling. But as a considerable portion of the orders given in payment by the Government were not paid, orders which M. Heros gives in detail, but which I must not state in detail, he brings the State in debt to the Queen at the present moment to the amount of 881,262/. sterling. M. Heros has been active in his remonstrances to the Government to provide means of paying up this sum. u M. Heros next refutes the reports of the incomes derived from the Royal pa p in at . rim ln on tice r o e r ign pe o r f so t n h a e l estates last Sov o e f regn, the eQeen o Ferdinand the Seventh, the incomes of this kind from Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, amounted to 43,4191. sterling per annum ; but according to the information yet received by M. Heros, they will not amount this year to more than 7,6801. sterling, owing to the difficulties of collection, and changes made in various taxes which formed a part of the revenue as received by the late King. A minute account of the causes of the diminution of the Royal income in these provinces is given by M. Heros. The property of the Royal Convent of the Escurial is next brought under consideration. At the time the convent was suppressed, with all the others of the kingdom, in March, 1836, it was sup posed that a large addition would have been thus made to the Royal patrimony, or rather the income derived from it. These expectations have not at all been realised. The portions belonging to the Crown and to the monastery, and which latter has become that of the country, are not yet satisfactorily made out. Not only has no revenue been yet derived from the suppression of that convent, but the preservation of the buildings ;and payment of eighteen chaplains to perform service there, at a salary of 60/. sterling each, have entailed a considerable expense on her Majesty. A Committee, however, is now sitting, and have made considerable progress, in determining the portions belonging respectively to the Crown and the State. The next section of M. Heros' Memoir is devoted to the sums received and paid by him since his ap poin..tment. During the five months he has been in office, he received from the Government and other source' 79,4641. sterling, of which sums lie has paid out in the expenses of the palace, 67,570/. sterling. The items I need not set down ; but it is satisfactory to be able to state, that the officers of the household, servants, pensioners, &c., are now regularly paid, as much so, indeed, as at any Court, perhaps, in Europe. With this part of his subject M. Heros connects some important reflections on the management of the nu merous pensions paid by the Crown of Spain, but which I cannot find room for here. Some interesting remarks are also made in this part of the work upon the attention paid to her Majesty's personal cir cumstances. "From the receipts of the Royal Treasury, during the last five months, we have been able to extend the small sum of five pounds sterling, formerly allowed her Majesty for private charity, to ten pounds sterling per month. Her Majesty's wardrobe has been also supplied with costly articles suited to the dignity of the person for whom they have been provided, and her apartments fitted up with several articles of new fur niture. Fit persons have been also appointed to take charge of her Majesty's jewels and library, and new liveries ordered for all the servants and guards of the Pniac Royal demesnes." The a' The id state of the palace of Madrid, and of all the others belonging to the Crown, as those of the Pardo, Aranjuiz, the Escurial, and San Ildefonso, have been examined by the proper architects, and considerable sums laid out on their repairs. In fact every depart ment of the Royal establishment and patrimony has been carefully looked into, and some important im provements made. In speaking of those effected in Aranjuiz, Heros gives the following list of the Royal stud there, which I state as a matter of curio sity. The breeding establishment there consists at present of 313 males, 121 colts, 117 fillies, 83 geld ings, 93 mules, 2 sires of the horse kind, 7 ditto of the largest sized ass kind, and 4 females of the latter breed. The reader will be rather surprised at the fewness of the sires of the horse kind stated. This is explicable by the knowledge of the fact, that it is usual to use all the carriage horses of her Majesty for this purpose. When the proper reason arrives, a number of these are sent down from Madrid to Aranjuiz, and having served the purposes of their mission, are conveyed back again to the Royal stables of the capital. M. Heros, however, I se e, proposes to import some English and Mecklen burg sires for the use of the Royal stud at Aranjuiz. Some of the former were brought over during the reign of 'Ferdinand ; but owing to the extraordinary dif ference between the temper of the English and Spanish horse, and the timidity of the Spanish grooms, those which arrived at Aranjuiz were treated more like beasts than domestic animals, and I believe soon pe rished. It M. Heros, therefore, will go to New market, he will also have to take ce :1 English groom or two, or his labour and money will be lost. The list given. above is eN.eitisi•vc of the numerous and magnificent collection of horses and mules in the royal stables at Madrid. 1806 he regenerated, on a footing of solid magnifi cence, the _tiaras, or breeding establishments of tLe old monarchy in all their pristine splendour ; but he soon pounced upon the German horses, and brought home with him all that was worth having in Mecklen burgh, Hesse, and Baden. Heros next enumerates the dismissals and ap pointments made in the household by him and M. Arguelles. The persons filling the high situations, and in nearest communication with her Majesty, are the Marchioness of Belgida, the Countess of Espoz y Mina, the first as Camarera Mayor, and the latter as her Majesty's governess, to whom I understand .she is particularly attached. On the removal of M. Oribe, Patriarch of the Indies, from the office of confessor to her Majesty, M. Busto, Bishop of , Tarragona, was appointed. The brother of the Duke de la Victoria, M. Antonio Fernandez Espartero, an ecclesiastic, well known for his piety and the purity of his morals, has been made one of the chaplains of the Royal chapel. Having dispatched the subject of removals and ap pointments in the household, and the improvements and repairs in the patrimony and palaces of her Ma jesty, M. Heros goes on to remark upon three impor tant points, namely, the property which Ferdinand the Seventh had in shares in the Bank of San Fer nando at his death, the secret purse or savings set aside by Maria' Christina, in 1833, out of her daugh ter's income, and which was carried on to 1840, and lastly, on the existing doubt with respect to the share of the jewels and personal property of the late King, which respectively belong to the Queen and her siste - f the Infanta. What has become of the bank shares no one seems to know or to acknowledge. Some docu ments, however, in the Intendant's office prove their existence. A like fate would seem. to have befallen the secret purse set apart for her Majesty. In the eight years which this saving was being accumulated, there entered the Royal Treasury for the purpose 371,2231. sterling, of which the new banker of the palace, on taking an account of the treasury after the abdication of the late Queen Regent, was handed over no more than 4,4701. sterling. And lastly, the persons charged with the guardianship of her Majesty and sister, have no means of deciding, in the absence of the proper documents, which appear to be missing, the property left or belonging to the Infanta. In such case it is but natural to suppose that the deci sion of the doubts in question, and the usual provision for the Infanta, will be referred to the proper law tri bunals and Cortes of the country. In the whole of the memoir, it is remarkable that not one word derogatory to the conduct of the late Queen Regent, or of her management of the large in comes of the young Queen, is expressed. How much of these incomes and of the jewels, &c. of the Crown have been removed out of Spain, the public are left, out of respect to the young Queen, in complete igno rance. The report, however, of the Committee ap pointed long since to inquire into the subject, will one day or other throw some light on it. Louis XVIII., notwithstanding his embarrass ments, founded several prizes. In 1819 we find Latitat, belonging to the Comte de Narbonne—in 1820, M. Reinssec's mare Enigone—in 1823, cele brated by the good running of Nell, the first tho rough-bred mare foaled in France—and in 1824 Lucy belonged to the Duc d'Escars. France owes this improvement in her breed of horses. principally to the Due de Guiche, who so ably superintended these breeding establishments, and under his auspices Truffle, Milton, Tancredi, Rowiston, and R a i n b ow , were destined to regenerate the bastardised equine race of France, and old Cremieux brought over Tan den, the ci devant multunt in parvo, whose singular adventure at Ascot must be ever fresh in the recollec tion of all sporting men. Charles X. was too fond of shooting to care much about horse-racing. The Duc de Guiche, however, induced him to give some prizes, and in 1827, Vit toria, by Milton, out of Geane, added lustre to the sporting annals of his reign. In 1828, M. Delaroque, a Normandy breAler, ran his famous Zephyr, by D. I. 0., out of Hebe, and in 1829 appeared M. de Bastide's mare Vesta. In September, 1826, Lord Henry Seymour made his debut upon the French turf. He paid forfeit to the Lady of the Lake for his horse Felix. His successes with Frank and An nette has amply repaid him for his ill-omened com mencement. At the change of dynasty in 1830 Louis Philippe appointed M. de Strada to succeed M. de Guiche, but the Republican nominee knew just about a 3 much of horse-flesh as a tailor, and in a short time undid all the good that the Duke had prepared for him. The whole of his exploits consisted in the purchase of Nimrod, a great floundering coach-horse, which he bought in England for 4001., and ultimately sold in France for 400 f. (161.) Louis Phillippe at last got rid of M. de Strada, and presented the Tiaras to the Due d'Orleans, who has ap pointed M. de Cambis to be Director. This gentle man, though not so good a judge as the Due de Guiche, is very superior to his predecessor. Under his auspices the Raras has regained its lost splendour, and now contains within its precints Vittoria, Eva, Sweet lips, Margarita, Jenny Vertpre, Chevrail, and Cama rilla. The Duc d'Orleans takes great interest in the rise and progress of the establishment, and frequently passes several hours during the week in inspecting his young proteges. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aprtl 26. The SPEAKER took his seat at Four o'Clock. SAUNDERSFOOT HARBOUR BILL. On the motion of Mr. R. PHILIPS, this Bill was read a third time, and passed. SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS BILL. On the motion of Mr. KEMBLE, this Bill was read a second time. BOLTON AND WESTHOUGHTON ROAD BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. BOSTON HARBOUR BILL. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the Boston Harbour Bill was withdrawn. ORIGIN OF 110ItSE RACES IN ENGLAND AND PhANCE. We have no means of ascertaining the period at which horse-racing commenced in England. There are, however, authentic records still existing, de scribing some races at Epsom during the reign of Henry the Second. Under Henry the Eighth the traces are somewhat more clearly defined. We learn that " bluff Harry" was present at horse-races at Chester and Stamford, where prizes were run for. They might have been called steeple-chases ; for there were some rasping fences on the race-course. The prizes were valuable only for the honour due to the conqueror, who received a small wooden bell, or namented with flowers. James the First established a regular organisation for these matters. There were fixed periods for the races to take place. Race-courses were laid out at Newmarket, Croydon, and Enfield Chase, and a silver bell was substituted for the former wooden one. Cromwell—all Roundhead as he was—had a num ber of brood mares. As a sportsman, however, he must how before his Equerry, wbose famous horse, " Place's White Turk," is well known in the annals of ancient sporting. After Cromwell came Charles the Second, and from this period horse-racing may date the import ance which it has ever since maintained in England. On coming to the throne, he found heavy chargers, blowing like Grampuses, struggling against Flemish hunters, which in the high and palmy days of Melton would have been dubbed dray-horses. Charles, the Merry Monarch, re-established the races which had been instituted at Newmarket by James the First, and which had .been interrupted by the " crop-eared knave" Cromwell. He also established the system of giving prizes of value, and set the example by giving a silver cup, value 100 guineas, to be run for. The, era of thorough-bred horses may be said to have com menced under the reign of this jovial Prince. His stables contained some superb Arab stallions, and he packed off his Master of the Horse, Si r Christopher Wyvil, in search of some thorough-bred mares. Sir Christopher set out on his travels, but whether he went to Arabia, And a l us i a , P ers i a , Tartary, or India, history saith not—certain, however, — it is, that he returned to England with a string ofvery beautiful mares, which were henceforth denominated the " Royal Mares." In the reign of Queen Anne, Arabian Darby, the Lister Turf, which was bought by the Duke of Ber wick at the siege of Buda, and Curwar's bay Barb, presented to Louis the Fourteenth by the Emperor of Morocco, and eventually taken to England, obtained a great celebrity in England. Darby Arabian may be considered as the sire of a breed of horses which have CROYDON RAILWAY BILL. Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition from an in dividual, praying to be heard against the Croydon Rail way Bill. BLACKWALL RAILWAY. Mr. STUART WORTLEY brought in the London and Blackwall Railway Improvement Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. LICHFIELD ELECTION. Mr. DIVETT wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment to the provisions of the Controverted Elec tions Bill, for the purpose of ascertaining the opinion of the House and that of the Right Hon. Baronet as to the course that should be pursued under the circum stances which had taken place. A question had arisen in the Election Committee of which he was the Chairman, as to the attendance of witnesses who were in prison. A question had arisen before the Committee whether it was competent to the Chairman to direct the attendance of those witnesses ; a consultation had taken place among the Committee ; some of the Members of which thought that it was competent to the Chairman to do so under the 74th section. He would now move that the Speaker do issue his war rant to the keepers of those gaols respectively, command ing them to bring up the said witnesses before the Committee. He (Mr. D.) thought thae the 74th clause of the Election Committee's Act would justify him, as Chairman of the Committees in issuing a summons to each of those keepers to the same effect, but as there was some doubt on the point, he had resorted to the present motion. At the same time, he would ask the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government, whether the Committee had the power to issue such a summons under the 74th clause of the Act ? Sir ROI3ERT PEEL had great diffidence in answer ing the question, without some consideration before hand. The best opinion he could now give was, that the Hon. Gentleman had taken the proper course in asking for the interference of the Speaker. Committees, it was true, had the power of committing witnesses to the custody of the Ser geant-at-Arms, but the Act had overlooked the probability of their wanting to get witnesses out of prison. He believed similar difficulties had already occurred tO Committees, and they applied to the Speaker of the House to issue his warrant to bring up the re quired witnesses out of custody. On these grounds, he (Sir R. Peel) thought the Hon. Member for Exeter was now taking the proper course. After a few words from Mr. C. WOOD, Mr. ROEBUCK said it seemed an important point to ascertain whether the House could interfere with persons in custody under process from the Queen, and bring ' them up without a habeas corpus. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the question was how they could compel the appearance of persons now in custody ' - he believed th a t th e s ummons of the Chairman would be of no effect, but he appre hended that an order of the House would compel their appearance. The order would be addressed to the gaoler, who would be bound to bring them up according to it. and would be liable to punishment for a contempt of that House if he did not. The gaoler also would be examined, as his evidence would be material. The motion that the Speaker do issue his order was then agreed to. SAUNDERSFOOT RAILWAY. ever since remained unrivalled by other countries. George the First and George the Second encou raged the breeding of horses; but the efforts of George the Second were seconded by his good fortune in se curing Godolphin Arabian, which was taken out of a heavy cart, which he was dragging about the streets of Paris, and was brought over to this couutry. The French novelist, Eugene Sue, has already celebrated the glories and misfbrtunes of this famous horse. The race of English horses may be, therefore, satis factorily traced to Arabia ; but in equine, as in other nobility, the pedigree is ever found to contain some admixture of plebeian blood. In former days we were in the habit of putting half-bred mares to thorough-bred stallions, but fortu nately the richness and innate " nobility," so to speak, of the Arab blood absorbed all the vices of the half-bred maternal blood, and the colts and fillies were removed into the illustrious category of tho rough-breds. For the last century this practice has dis continued, and simultaneously with it the Arab blood, the primary principle of the thorough-bred stock, has rarely, if ever, been allowed the honour of admixture with regular thorough-breds. English thorough bred horses, when carefully trained under the eye of English trainers, have been found by experience to be so immensely superior to the Arab breed, that in all handicap races several pounds weight is invariably al lowed to Arabian horses. On the motion for the further consideration of the Report of this Bill, Mr. GREENE rose with the view of obtaining- the opinion of the House whether it he n o t i nexpe di ent to allow the introduction of similar provisi o n s i n t o R a il. 'ay Bills, to call the attention of the House to the clauses relating to taking temporary possession of land during the construction of th e R a il way , and especially to the following clause (96) : And be it enacted, That, subject to the pro visions herein contained, it shall be lawful for the Com pany at any time before the expiration of the period by this Act limited for the completion of the railway, with out making any previous payment, tend er , or d epos i t, to enter upon and use any existing private roads not being more than five hundred yards distant from the centre oe the raik ay, and also to enter upon any lands not being more than two hundred and fifty yards distant from the centre of the railway,and not beluga garden, orchard,parlc, plantation, planted walk, avenue, or ground planted and set apart as a nursery for trees, and not being nearer than five hundred yards to the mansion house of the owner of any such lands, and to occupy the said lands during the construction or repair of the railway, and to use the same for any of the following purposes (that is to say), for the purpose of taking earth or soil, by side cuttings therefrom; for the purpose of obtaining materials therefrom for the formation of the railway ; ur for the purpose of forming roads thereon to or from the railway. And, in exercise of the powers aforesaid, it shall be ;aw ful for the Company to deposit, and also to manufacture and work upon such lands materials of every kind used in constructing the railway ; and also to dig and take front out of any such lands, any clay, stone, gravel, sand, or other things that may be found therein useful or pro per for constructing the railway, or any such roads as aforesaid. He proposed to have the words "two hundred and fifty" struck out of the clause, and to insert instead the words " one hundred." It would be tedious to go through the list of cele brated names which are to be found in the " Stud Book," the first of which was published in 1753. We may, however, note down Eclipse, who was born in 1754, and died in 1789, after having made his owner's fortune, and leaving behind him 320 colts and fillies, almost all of which showed themselves worthy of their sire. If the English boast of the antiquity of their races, they must yield the palm to France. The races of Semur, a small town In th e C o t e d'O r, h ave been carried on since the reign of Charles V. None of the arrangements have undergone any alteration ever since 1:.350. The races have always come off on the same day, the Thursday after Pentecost. The prizes have not been changed, viz., a gold ring, a white scarf, a pair of gloves trimmed with golden fringe, and a purse containing forty francs. Cen tury after century have these humble races been always looked forward to at the appointed day, by the inha bitants of the surrounding neighbourhood, but seve ral ages elapsed before this premature love of sport was engrafted into other parts of France. Before we find the annals of any other races, we must leap from 1350 to 1776, from Semur to Paris, from Charles V. to tie Count d'Artois and the Duc de Chartres. The Duc de Chartres went over to England, where he was much taken with the English customs and habits, especially their method of training horses. On returning to France his Anglo-mania was so violent that he always appeared in public in tops and leathers, and either a pink coat, or a Newmarket ; his whole time and attention were given up to horses, bets, and jockeys, and the young nobles of the Court were delighted at finding this wide field of pleasure and excitement thrown open to them—the huge pow dered wigs, the red heels, the stuff coats and waist coats were thrown aside, and Paris looked like a vast stableyard. . _ After a few words from Mr. LABOUCHERE sug gesting (us we understood) that the question should Le postponed for the present.—The amendment was with drawn. The Report was then received, and the Bill was or dered to be engrossed. REFUSAL OF A MEMBER TO GIVE EVI- DENCE BEFORE A COMMITTEE. Mr. REDINGTON appeared at the bar, and said that he was directed by the Southampton Committee to inform the House ihat John Fleming, Esq., a Member of the House, refused to answer a question put to him by the Committee, on the ground that it would be a betrayal of confidence improper on his part, and de grading to him as a gentleman, and although the Com mittee insisted upon receiving an answer he persisted in his refusal.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) On the question that the Report be brought up being carried, Report on t h e ta b le, and lir sa . id ß t E ha p t i t N he G C T l N mit l t a e i e d h t a n d e done in this case what the Act required, but they had not authority to deal with it as with 'hat which they yesterd a y b roug h t b efore the House.—(Hear, hear.) Th ey could not order a Member of the House to be committed; and he 'had now to ask the House to interpose, and that, as they had yesterday compelled a witness to answer th would not now allow any ot h er to refuse.—(Cries of "Move, move.") He then moved that John Fleming, Esq., a Member of that House, be required to appear before the Southampton Election Committee, and answer such questions as were put to him by that Committee. The SPEAKER made some suggestion to the Hon. Member, who ultimately moved that John Fleming, Esq.. a Member of that House, be asked by the Speaker whether he persists in refusing to give evidence. The question was put in that form, and was carried by a large majority of " Ayes " to two "Noes," the latter causing great laughter. The SPEAKER—Is the Hon. Member in his place ? Mr FLENIING—Yes. The Hon. Member was about to answer the question, when— On'the sth of November, 1776, a match was got up between the Duc de Chartres and Major Bankes, but it did not come off. On the following days there was, however, some good running by Barbary and Comus, belonging to the Count d'Artois, Partner be longing to the Due d'Chartres, Pilgrim to the Due de Lauzan, Nip to the Marquis de Conflaus. In all these races a French h orse L'Abh e , b e l ong i ng to t h e Prince do Guemenee, was the victor. We again find L'Abbe in 1777, when he beat eight English horses. On the same day the famous sweepstakes for forty horses came off at Fointaine bleau. This was not a bad beginning for noviciates on the turf. A sweepstakes for forty horses in 1777, when, in 1842, either in England or France, it is rarely we see above fifteen or twenty at the start ing-post. But behind this apparent frivolity was hid a source of considerable public utility—France was centuries behind her neighbours in the art of improving the breeding of horses, and the French, like other chil dren, must be amused while they are instructed. Napoleon, in the midst of his political projects and stupendous undertakings, ever found time to encou rage and foster this growing taste amongst the nobi lity. In 1805 he gave prizes to be run for, and, in Thp SPEAKER said that he would put the a l utasii9 l foi mally. s i iii The SPEAKER th en p u t th e quest i on. —D o you persist in refusing to answer before the Committee? _ d Mr. FLEMLNG—I n answer to t h at quest i on, I' ree.i,"' a man of honour and as a gentleman, that I cannot an' swer.—(Loud cheers.) The SPEAKER—The Hon. Gentleman having' ¶ swered the question, N% ill feel it his duty to withdraw::- :Mr. FLEMING—May I not be a ll owe d to • ex plain ? The SPEAKER—If the Hon. Member has anything to offer in explanation he may do so. . lf Mr. FLEMING then said, that it was ex -, rartit" ; painful to him to have it thought that he eould.„.a! 'any action 'which would render it necessary that* should be reported to the House. It was necessary for him to state that in the conduct which .I rn : complained of he did not intend an y disresPee to the Chairman or Members of the Col' mittee.—(Cries of Hear, hear.) With respect to 0 ° question put to him, if he could be so unworthy 98 t° solicit subscriptions to curry on those corrupt acts ,i'l!: pined by the petitioners b e f ore th e C omm itt e e, il e . should not attempt to refus e an answer. B u t t 7 position in which he stood was this :—After the terror nation of the Southampton e l ect i on, he went with his family to Ireland, and ton his r e turn he heard from his friends in Southanapt r° that they were endeavouring to def ra y th e l ega l ex peese* of the agents who conducted the election.—(Hear, heft and laughter.) He begged t o assure H ono urable Members that such was the fact. The object for Wit funds were required, being s t r i c tly - legitimate, '' did, under the circumstances, say that he would repro' . sent the case to many o; his private and inti ma t e frier d and he received subscriptions from th em , w hi c h he . Ile i _, into the bank on account of the election. That .3 07 six weeks arter the election had taken P l n ce ' so that it could not be for the purpose of corruptio o . -- (Hear, hear.) He felt that he was not doing anythil wrong in endeavouring to get his friends to •ass i ) him for the purpose he had st a t e d.—(H ear , hear") was satisfied that the questi on was put fro 2a tives or curiosity, in order. abet they might have setv l 7.. , honourable names to peck at. Und er th ese cireumstapc,,, " he would put it to the House wheth er H on. Merabel . , were to betray the confidence rep ose d i n t h em by 0 3 :. friends, when that betrayal wou ld answe r ' 1 ; beneficial end ? He thought if h e was to pursue sail course he should not be worthy of a seat in that Ile' He would not say more, but would retire from the 1 2 10 05 !; (The Hon. Member left the Hou se am id l ou d cheers fru'" the Ministerial side.) - Mr. REDINGTON trusted th a t, as Chairmati of the Southampton Election C omm itt ee, the -41°u'', would do him the justice to think that, in the C he had pursued, he was only d o i ng that whichPr considered to be his duty.—(Hear, hear.) He bad ....,,w personal feeling against th e Honourable MeoOrr:, and all that he had done he considered be- : 1 1 bound to do in the discharge o f hi s d uty. He ~e,,ou'' not go into the mutter which arose b e f ore the. LX.:,/ mittee, but he might state that. a question was- l'',., by counsel to the Honourabl e M em b er, w hich be refused to answer. The Committee then consultedAs_: whether the Honourable Me m b er was bound to_t swer the question, and they dete rm i n ed t h at he i'lL Such being the case, he had' now 'to ask...._ W House, as they last night.decided that . - Election,. mittees were the parties to judge whether a W.k a should answer a question, . t o p ursue , the sr), course now. He could not m ove t h a t. 7„ - Honourable Gentleman should b e . ca ll e d to. the t. but he believed the proper course wou ld be hiri.' the Speaker to ask the Honourable - Mt_ig_';;; in his place if he still versevered in refill to answer the question, and if h e did, t h at h e s h ou ld informed by the Speaker that he was bound to ans*er i s _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sa id, . there o'l he no doubt that whatever the private opinion to the Honourable Member might be with regard r io time obligations of honour and confidence ill .P L io. vete, that all those considerations vanished for ow demand of justice, if - the individual was Called 0 , to give evidence. This principle was placed Du bo firm a basis, that he need scarcely dwell on ii . ;•1i1 .. .,i would just mention the case o f L or d Langton, 'who '''' f . p • called on, in the trial of the Duchess of Kingston' os state if he had ever learned whether or pot . she fist ever married to Mr. H arve y. He had __ at is refused to answer the qu es ti on , on t h e ground -0 - ef doing so lie should violate th e honourable confiden ce o f the private intercourse of soc i e ty.. Th e H o use ~0 Lords adjourned and consulted, and decided , 1 ,•' . .' 4 4 he must answer the question. H e t h ere f ore preP'''', o it the best answer he could from th e conversation W"tve had taken place twenty years previously. He bail r doubt whatever but that the Committee ivai ro fectly right in putting th e quest i on if they o.°l-10' it mater'.al, and the witn e s s was . bound to .1 115 70 , the question so put. Every p erson , w h e th er a May:, of the House or not, appeared before the Committee before a Court of Justice, and if that Committee had l'', power to commit a witness, it had also the power'of ten, ing a refusal to answer a question to the House. He o.' : Attorney-General) then cited several clauses of the .A . c. bearing on the point, and proceeded to say Committee had exercised a sound discretion, and II lie thought th e acted with every respect to that . House in il_., ° having committed a Member of it to custody. But WIT, the Hon. Member was apprised of the opinion of ' ... . 1 , House, and what must be the opinion of every lek",, authority, that because, under a legal obligation to IP; 0 swer he would take a different view of the circumstance', / ,/ if a question were put to a witness, and h e refuseu, At give an answer, it would rem a in to b e seen to ".1.4,41" extent he would be justified i n th at refusal. WE,. not because a Learned C ounse l h a d put lo gile f S7 that the Committee were bound to enforce it.--(rA' o . lie was sure that the m anner i n w hi c h the C00,172"„4a had acted would induce the House. to repow o %r dance in their decisio n , even if t h ey h a d net the s r 0 thority of the law on their sid e . B ut t h e question los ° I) , ei solely of discretion ; th e H ouse cou ld repose confia e o 4. in a discretion which had been so • soundly exec' i , 0 if the Committee had reas on t o b e li eve t h at t h e guesl p ," if might leadto painful disclosur es , th e H ouse wo uld a1,,, - , .f them to decide accordin g ly, an d h e was sure t hat 1 ." would do justice to all the parties. f Mr. ROEBUCK said, h e w i s h e d to k now whether; l't not a witness before a Committ ee o f t h e House of • COW,. I9 0 , 0 was to be placed in a different situation from U''' n J which he would ‘ be placed bef ore any ot h e r tVi bu t il, in the kingdom?;—(Hear, hear.) If h e were bor o , r ?„ 0 Court of Queen's Bench, an d a man were to ask b i g r he had committed a murder, what would be his an s ` g a to If he were guilty, he would say, " I doret ilit e ' n We criminate myself," and the Court would say o' question was an i m p roper one, becaos. 104' its . tendency to crimin a t e. th e w i tne ss.—(liar' o li4t hear.) Now he wanted to know . if, .1, AO ~ an Hon. Member or any man in this °AA !- were to be brought before a Committee: of the '''' e r he was to be asked a question which might tentonoi it minate himself, and be f orce d to -answer.itsur, O a ' 0 of imprisonment—as a l awyer h e desired w P from lawyers an answer to .that questioo: 0 118 did not want to make the question a p#4 l 0 1 1' : ' he wanted to strip it of all that. He was glad it sol ose or t , ether side of the House. He wanted to know frent . t, 001 p were of that honourable profession on both sides of ev s, '-' r whether any one would be bold enough to say, that ' 1 . ..,5,,,1 e d b o , law of England, acknowledged by her Judges, star aa trostit • those who had hitherto been above all imputation--n o re4 to know, whether by the law, that amen coming-be psi lelo tribunal in this kingdom was bound to answer a q uestw' tended to criminate himself ?_( Cheers. ) • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No. • 0 0° 2 e Mr. ROEBUCK.—No. He knew the Attorner i i s ess - would say, No. Now came his (Mr. Roebuck's). &PP, s gee!: e How was this House to determine whether any privet 1:1"; 1 man was compelled to answer a question, unless t> oass, l ", e knew whether it criminated him, and how were the „h i t 1 ," ii know it ? They could not knew it until they knew „O-"topelle e question was. He fur one protested against being ' ' — to llo ° ' to vote blindly in such a matter. He wanted therefore •, 1 what this question was.—( Hear, hear.) be )00° e Mr. O'CONNELL said, that the Learned Oell ia g to i• e asked a ques, ion very emphatically, which had u„,°'"„,ieg) `: * with the matter. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. r1 — ,.../91W . it Le l a !,-- , not say that giving an answer to this question FP? s is ac ct t 0 I him. He said directly the reverse. Suppose this %co ins ure' i , I in the Court of Queen's Bench, and the wi tneDg .bet- 11 of say ing his answer would tend to criminate himself' I n / Aleg i to. this ea.e, that he was unwilling to answer througu sno ste De/ - delicacy, though those motives were very great, hu - b :ot(' , e f t the House, would the Court of Queen's Beockt, 4, - , sre 'il l s moment?—( Hear, hear.) No. They would saY must sn orer ho l , sorry to trespass on your feelings, but you a iiraol o i question." There frequently were cases when 1 0 ,0° 1 t , e strong reasons to refuse to answer questioner- ...! ino sse 1 _.,,,, s delicacy alone were not sufficient to alloW-,; c tie rittS"' • withhold their evidence. The case of L ot'4 6 , o ,let e ; I for example, was one of private conversation c? ixt s ,te rtlev,,,, t' ( Hear, hear.) Questions have frequently been P el oot &n o 1 gentlemen of the test experience, which they sc°;;; abegw — t a. 0 for any quantity of property that could be Over% t yies br e am.. ' they have been compelled to reveal the civet:4° o ' n , ,Gent % we e Court. Everything the law required the I ,.'',„,i ii g Wan fie and „ spoke: to tell, he must tell. Did he know that by ,'''„,.'" heer• t be this question, he was violating his otth?-o .l6 "i' m an, ' 6 .till ( Mr. O'Connell) did not know the Hen. Gen" th ,, bot ; int believed he was quite incapable of violating 0 0 ° by stsn r _ uaintentiorally, no doubt, he was doing 'Pt ex to °S between the tribunal and the fact it s ought n ot re .. tain.—( Hear, hear.) If the tribunal m• l er ° e- , - „p o rta , - eata •, cided aright, they would have an '''''' Wen' fiber considering the question a hen the H o nourehle niina that before them, and there could be no appeeb e ieis atr • it . sate sip would enforce any violation of confidenceOl o , o ifono n ora" solutely necessary to the merits of the case . ls e n uei tio at t i ii h t w ill a e s m n b o e t r n f o o w r Biantlls(cAulsrsionß.oeblutceke)uilidactitertan'hdeeci d a ou l tcs ,..A t hat to ans wer ' ne " Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fleming) was deet" „ma sh- R. H. INGLIS objected to the very wanes , w: s qu a down by the Attorney-General ! thasteshould have barn c:: ' pellable to answer every question.. and further- by a j, IR tied by the relevancy of the question, and . h i s pipe . )) . Tinno , fidence between a professional agentl2introduction 111 ; n ',,, n er (Sir R. H. Inglis) objected to t he c ommittee. They r ine or not, o si of the particular question put in t . was relevant . e,as to censider nut whether the question part, questioned had t___ . . k trribus— portant or not, but whether the pa,,_ were not a fit 0 _.. to answer. if an Election Committee were bo s u weeping that House wis.e9ttree_ to decide on questions of election.: (sir R. H. log i , yey measureably less fit to do so. 1 1 sent back to the 1 .• w , should be ~_.....i. fact terday, ran ale s that the party s were Eut to ola" That mittee and answer such questionsas w Committee. her himself tot e __elm. that the party should submit . from the Hon. M . _ biat was all they had a right to requ d tre to the tallied the opinions on this subject that he had e xpres ~.0 _.. questions tout.w t o a de for Hampshire, and if he objecte on the ground of itte° matter. course the Colton t heme • Mr. FORBES wished to ark what . answer t Fleming should decane to ID should irrelevancy, let the t and the : Ayes had it. _ a t The question was then pu , attend in his place fortaw," ordered to a Mr. Fleming was now .a b' t question ? —(" Question ," and having appeared accordingly, the lion. Member, , 1 Al t be The SPEAKER, addressing Committee eel should best discharge is dut y . __ tbs (the Speaker) declined' l to answer a Vies a°° P ir ' John Fleming, E'q.'havin g w informed 'chat 01 ° I ,. to him by a l ega l t r ibunal , be no , should be so ' lion which he might have to answering th e m . by rea'.sieg t • et revolution that the House . had 'um agreed to. wilier,. w as at milted t F o L t E li; i Committee Seas Viith a tang_ that provoked general laughter. : 3 t v eLa a n n d d d t e o t u e k rro hi i s tied o , n oS t t hew. "id 4 r_ I On t 1 s:Alizabe the I The !died Eliza ratted 2 The if., be E ig i . ax_ Are Rick L Tilonth • Do y „month vo y • Georgi tati Sehobe • Produe • to Inv, e'er Has Ha: Anent Did aminat In vi • tzeitec In v The The tiplyta Lucas seen L Was ou state o Ina the wi tion to great possibl which as to r with r „ Mr. know Waz -fib Ilak; 'rite e. , atilt Alf eon pis It fax 't • Ha nei Set lot I t „ ▪ oat , ca .M all t _ _ I tit to th , vs ati • ' th to •, dc hi to ; , , ' t ; a > 4 - 0, h tl • ts I 4, • " TtJ t) • . ti t4.4 .. "'• • ti I s -11 -t ' - $ I C • '; t' , a C,: ' : T ~: ~~.. self, and, as we have shown, on persons of the highest rank, probably wholly unconnected with the tran saction. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—We regret to state that the market yesterday, instead of feeling the influence of the activity which is understood to prevail in the metropolis, was de cidedly worse than that of the preceding week. The demand for yarn was limited, and sales were made at a decline in many cases of to /d. per pound on previous rates. Goods were in very limited de mand, and at gradually declining prices. As a neces sary consequence of the depressed state of the goods market, the hand-loom weavers are getting rapidly out ofiwork ; and there have been some large meetings of the unemployed in the neighbourhood of Burnley, for the purpose of considering what steps can be taken to improve their condition. One of these took place on Henfield, near Accrington, on Sundly morning last. Hitherto the conduct of the parties assembling has been perfectly peaceable, and we do not learn that they en tertain the slightest feeling of animosity towards their employers. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, APRIL 25.—The flannel market is weekly growing worse, and there ap pears no prospect of any change for the better. There has scarcely been any business done to-day at any price. There has been an extremely still wool market, and manufacturers are unwilling to buy while prices con tinue on the decline. lIUDDEIISFIELD MARKET, APRIL 2G.—The anxious tradesman has again been disappointed. A hope was indulged, that the threatened change in the American tariff would have caused some extensive speculations, and given an impetus to exports that has been wanting so long ; but unfortunately there was little if any im provement to-day. Few heavy sales were made ; and, what is remarkable, exceedingly little was purchased for exportation ; and, without a foreign trade, it is clear the home trade cannot furnish employment in any thin' like proportion to the ample means at command. Prices are very nominal. LATEST BETTING AT MAN CHESTER. TUESDAY EVENING. A majority of our influential speculators are now on the "high road " to Norfolk, and the assemblage at the subscription room, this morning, was consequently limited. THE 2,000 GUINEA STAKES.-5 to 2on the field. Some cross bets were laid, but of no importance, as the event will be so soon upon the table. THE CHESTER CUP.—This event is still very dark ; Scott will not let the " absolute" horse out. We give the prices of a few of the favourites :-7i to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanercost (t 8) ; 8 to 1 agst Mr. Holmes's Vulcan (c 9) ; 9 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Marshal Soult (t) ; 10 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Haw thorn ; 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's The Young-'lln (t freely). THE DERBY.-71 to 1 agst Attila was once taken. Some other bets of no importance followed. THE Omts.-7 to 1 on the field (offered). ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) SOUTHAMPTON. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. It was expected that Mr. Fleming would have attended to have replied to the question which he declined answer ing yesterday, but on being called, it appeared that he had been in attendance, but had left. The Committee, therefore, proceeded to take the evidence of Mr. Bing ham Baring and other witnesses, and were proceeding with the examination up to four o'clock. LICHFIELD. The labours of the Committee on the Lichfield peti tion terminated this morning, by a decision by which the sitting Member retains his seat. BLACKBURN. This Committee had a terminatiod put to its proceed ings this morning, by the petitioner withdrawing from the contest. The Southampton is the only Committee now sitting. - - U IVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxFoan, APRIL 23.—There will be an election at St. John's College on June 27, to fill three founders'- kin fellowships, candidates for which are to send their pedigrees to the President on or before June 1, and present themselves for examination on the 22d. There will be an election at Oriel College on Friday, May 27, to fill two scholarships, candidates for which must not have exceeded the age of 20 years, nor, if members of the Uni versity, have been matriculated more than eight terms. Cer tificates and testimonials to be presented to the Provost on or before May 23. There will be an election at Trinity College on Monday, May 23, to fill two scholarships, candidates for which must be above 16 and under 29 years of age, and will be required to pre sent in person to the President certificates and testimonials, together with a Latin epistle to request permission to offer themselves at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, May 18. The annual election at Merton College will take place on Friday, May 27, when three open postmasterships will be filled ; the usual certificates and testimonials must be delivered to the Warden on the 23d. The examination will be on the 24th of May, a preference will be given to the candidate who being duly qualified in classics shall pass the best mathematical examination. The Regius Professor of Divinity will commence his public course of lectures, en Thursday, May 18, at twelve o'clock. The Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy proposes to deliver two lectures, on Tuesday and Wednesday next, at the Botanic Garden, at two o'clock. Yesterday Mr. J. D. B. Pollen, from Harrow School, was elected a scholar of Corpus Christi College. The Dean and Chapter of Worcester have presented the Rev. R. Sarjeant, late of Magdalen Hall, to the rectory of St. Swithin, Worcester, and the Rev. 0. Fox, of Lincoln College, to the vicarage of Stoke Prior. The Rev. E. Girdlestone has presented the Rev. J. R. Alsop, of Brasennose College, to the perpetual curacy of West Houghton, Lancashire. CAmpaincx, APRIL 23.—The Queen's Professor of the Civil Law hasresumed his lectures, and appointed the follow ing days for examination :—Friday, April 29 ; Friday, May 13 ; Iriday, May 20. The examination for the Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholarship will commence on the second Wednesday in May next; and candidates are requested to send in their names to Emmanuel College Lodge, on or before the Ist day of May. On Tuesday, the 12th instant, Mr. G. F. R. Weidemain, 8.A., scholar of Catharine Hall, was elected a Skirne Fellow of that Society. A pension of 1001. has been granted to the Rev, Thomas Kidd, )1.A., of Trinity College, in consideration of services in the advancement of learning, as the editor and publisher of various works of classical literature. THE CHURCH. The following appointments have ;aken place:— The Rev. W. Forbes Raymond, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, and of University College, Durham, and Prebendary of Chichester, to the archdeaconry of Northum berland, vacant by the death of the Venerable Dr. Singleton. The Rev. John Samuel Green, formerly scholar and Tan cred student of Christ's College, to be rector of St. Mary-le- Bow, in the city of Durham. The Rev. George Townshend Hudson to the rectory of Stiffkey. The Duke of Cleveland has appointed the Rev. J. W. D. Merest, 8.D., of St. John's College, Vicar of Staindrop, to be one of his Grace's domestic chaplains. Prince Albert yesterday afternoon inspected the new Houses of Parliament. His Royal Highness was con ducted over the works by Mr. Barry, the architect. The Prince remained nearly an hour. The present Board of Admiralty has been much oc cupied for some time past with the subject of naval architec ture; and having appointed a committee of practical ship builders to take into consideration this important question, and to suggest such improvements in the construction of our Thips of war as their long experience and practical acquaintance 1% ith the science might enable them to do, and receeived its report, have resolved _ to aat upon it without delay. Their Lordships have, moreover, directed three of the most distinguished members of the School of Naval Architecture, Messrs. Read, Chatfield, and Creuze, to furnish a series of designs for ships of euery class in the ser vice, for which purpose they have been ordered to repair to Chatham, and commence their labours immediately. By hue combining the highest scientific attainments with the prac tical intelligence of master shipwrights of our dockyards, we may fairly anticipate a degree of 'perfection in the construction of our wooden walls for the future to which they have never hitherto attained. A rumour is cnrrent that the post of Surveyor of the Navy is to be abolished, and that of Naval Architect to be substituted in its stead. At all events, the appointment of the three gentlemen already alluded to may fairly be regarded as a preliminary step to the establishment of a board of naiai revision; an arrangement which cannot fail of proving of the utmost advantage to the country. Up wards of two millions sterling have already been expended on 'hips, which we gather from the parliamentary admissions of Sir George Cockburn and Captain Rous are decided failures. It is therefore surely time to put a stop to this speculative mode of ship-building, and the Admiralty deserves high credit for the earnest and laborious attention it has lately devoted to the subject. The New Zurich Gazette announces that the po lice-commission of Lucerne has ordered that the guillotine which was purchased-by the late Government, and had never been used, shall be broken to pieces. An impressive ceremony took place a few days ago in the Tribunal de Commerc e a t B or d eaux . The Presi dent. having ordered the name of Buffet to be called out, a per son in the dress of a sailor, with a complexion evidently hard ened and embrowned by a seafaring life, came forward, and with modest firmness stood in front of the Court. The Pre sident addressed him in very impressive terms on his brave and devoted conduct in saving the crew of the Commerce de Bordeaux. "In the night of March 11, this vessel," said the President, " was thrown en the rocks at the mouth of the river, and every soul would have perished, but for the cou rage and undaunted perseverance of Buffet, The National Shipwreck Society, informed of his noble conduct, had awarded him a medal of honour, which he (the President) had great pride in presenting to him. The owners of the sip to which he belonged, in testimony of their admiration, had resolved to promote him to the rank of mate, and the Tribunal of Commerce had likewise determined to confer upon him a pecuniary reward, as a testimony of its admiration." The President having presented the reward, the brave sailor returned his thanks in grateful but modest terms, and retired !fading by the hand a c hild who m h e h a d saved, amidst the praises arid cheers of a crowded audience of all classes of soc•ety. The Minister of Commerce has addressed a letter, dated 19th inst., to the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, in reply to one which he had received from that body, on the sub ject of the critical position of French subjects in the Republic of Paraguay, in consequence of the war with that of Rio de la Plata. The Minister announces that orders have been given for the reinforcement of the French naval force in that quarter of the world, with a view to the protection of French interests. The Toulonnais of the 21st instant informs us that the statement of the four ships recently returned from Smyrna having been ordered to take in three months' provisions, and to get ready for sea, was unfounded. The order applied to the ships in the roadstead, under . the comma n d o f Ad m i ra l H ugon, but this, says the Toulonna i s, has been suspended by a tele graphic communication, and nothing has transpired to warrant the belief that an expedition was on the point of being sent against Morocco. ~"