The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-09 00:00:00

MEXICO, TEXAS, &c. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. Several vessels arrived here at a late hour this evening from New Orleans, by which we have been supplied with papers from that city to the date of the 7th ult. inclusive, being five days later than those teceived via New York. The greatest possible excitement prevailed there in Consequence of the continued confinement, by Mexico, of the American citizens recently- captured in the Santa Fe expedition, notwithstanding the remon strances made by the American Government, accom panied with a demand for their immediate release. It appears by the latest accounts from Mexico that the prisoners are subjected to the most shameful treat ment, being compelled to work in pairs in chains in the streets of Mexican cities, and it is said that Santa Anna is inflexible in his determination not to release them until such time as he shall be compelled by an appeal to arms ; and in order to place himself in a fit state to defend any attack that may be made upon him by the Americans, he has ordered 34,000 troops to be raised with the least pos sible delay, a small portion of which are to be stationed at Vera Cruz, and the remainder near the Texian line. In short, the movements of Santa Aua are such as to leave no doubt as to his intentions wills respect to the future treatment of the unfortu slate Americans who joined the Santa Fe expedition. Tfie above state of things had caused a complete , blaais in New Orleans and other cities in the southern states, :and popular movements were every where t e kt s g place, for the purpose of expressing ,public opinion upon the subject, and calling upon the federal government for firm and immediate action in the matter, in order that the lives of the prisoners may not be sacrificed to the avarice, cupidity, and despotism of the Mexican Pre sident, Santa Anna. At New Orleans, a very large meeting had been held, at which a string of resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted, denouncing in the strongest possible terms the gross barbarity of 4he Mexicans, and calling upon the federal government to take immediate steps for the vindication of the ho nour of the American name, and the protection of the liberty of American subjects, and urging it to in flict summary punishment upon Mexico for the insult and injustice which she has already offered and inflicted. The Legislature of the State of Louisiana had also had the subject under its consideration, and had adopted resolutions partaking of the same sentiments as those adopted at the public meeting at New Or leans. That body had also passed the Bank Bill, which enjoins immediate resumption of cash payments by the money institutions. Such as are not able to comply with its provisions are to go into liquidation forthwith. The bill was not very popular among the people, though a large number of mercantile men approved it. We have advices from Texas to the 30th of January. • Congress would, it was . supposed, adjourn about the ,Ist (if February. A bill regulating the import duties had become law. The rate of duties average from 15 to 20 per cent. ad valorem, paid in par money. The law authoring the negotiation of a loan had been repealed, The threatened invasion of Mexico had not taken place, but the people were in daily expectation of it, and were still engaged in organising measures to repel it. Business at Now Oricans had somewhat improved in the interval between the date of the last adviees and tir present. This change had been produced by the receipt of news from England, of an improvement in the cotton market, and •the announcement of Lord .k:hleuton's mission to .the United States, which is looked upon in a favourable light, end the southern men anticipate the happiest results from his labours. Th? cotton market was active, and the prices incline" inwards. Monet , was edss, `n:l the rate of exchange on London declining. It was last quoted at 11 1 ; to 12 per cent. premium. FROM LAST NIGHT S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, NlAacti 8, 1842. MEMLERS RETU EDT° SEILVE IN THE PRFSENT PA II lAA M ENT. County of Salop, Southern Divislon.—The Honourable Or larCo George Charles Bridg:nan, commonly called the Vi - cot:lt Nevsprt, in the room of tl:e lt:ght Honourable Henry Vane, commonly cal!ed Earl of Darivlgton, now Duke of Cleve -13.0. WHITEIIALL leen 5. The Lord Chancellor. has ap•fointed Thorna4 nowling, of Cerne Alba,., in the county • of horsct, Gent., to Le a Master Extraordinary in the High G-curt of Cluncery. DECLARATION OF 'INSOLVENCY, DAVID 1310:11EAD, warehouseman, Bread-stre,t, London. BANKRUPTS. 3A.IZ A HAYES, picture-dealer,... Pickett-street, Strand, to iarrend 1 . ;March 22, at half-past eleven. and April 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsagor, Eirchin-laps, official assignee; Temple and Bonner, l'urni7al's Inn. CiEORGE ROBERTSON, JOHN GA!titOW, and JOIIN ALE XAN DER, ship- chandlet 5, Liverpool, March 19, and. April 19, at one, at the Clarendon Roams, Liverpool. Dutrean aLd ltat - Icliff,, Liverpool ; Attlington, G• egory, Faulk her, ant Follett, Bedford-row, Loudon. 4 ,4AME4 ,A.l.'i .X.c+N.I3E.R. dealer and chapman, a Newcastle - 1:16 V PP , APAAsAtt o'reven, and April 1.9,.at the. Bankrupt jo . ZPO s- -room,. isieweastie-upon.Tyne. Haste, N ewcast l e - X I. „P , 7 • ' . ANIN EACH, JOHN LEACH, and JAMES LEACH, :., Ladders, 13rick- l aue,_ t•pitalfields ; March 18, at one , an d ~; April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, ifficial assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Dickson and Over ' - iury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. . .RICHARD LOXHAM, printer, Wigan, March 24, and April 19, at eleven, at the Swan-inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Arm strong, Staple-inn, London ; Lord and Ackerley, Wigan. SAMUEL LEWIS LAZARUS, coach proprietor, Jermyn street, St. James's, March 17, at eleven, and April 19, at half past one, at the C.,urt of 13 nkruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall street, official assignee; Gilbert, Craven-street, Strand. THOMAS STEPHENSON, coach maker, Manchester, March 24, at ten, and April 19, at two, at the C - numissioners% rooms, AL.nehester. Willoughby and Jaquet, Clifford's Inn, London ; Cooper and Wray, Manchester. WILLIAM WALKER and JAMES GRAY, cloth manu facturers, Leeds, March 22, at twelve, and April 19, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury -square, London; Payne, Eddisnn, and Ford, Leeds. THOMAS GALES, WILLIAM JOHN GUEST, JOHN FORSTER NAISBY, and MATTHEW KIRTLEY, ship builders, March 16, at twelve, and April 19, at eleven, at the Bridge Hotel, Bishop Wearmouth. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London; Wilson, Sunderland. JOSEPH CARLISLE, draper, Dory, Lancashire, March 24, and April 19, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Grundys, Bury, Lancashire. WILLIAM HOLMES, silk-gauze manufacturer, Friday street, Cheapside, London, March 18, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Ch eaps id e . JOHN THOMAS, Butcher, Ramsgate, March 21, at four, and April 19, at ten, at the Royal Oak Inn, Ramsgate, Austi:n and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn; Mercer and Ed wards, Ramsgate. EDARD. MULLINGER, ironmonger, Southampton, March 26, at three, and April 19, at four, at tho Stir Hotel, Southampton. Chaplain, Gray's Inn-square, Stubbs and Rsl lings, Birmingham. WILL/AM CHARNOCK, plumber, Albion -terrace, Wandsworth-road, Surrey, March 22, at half-past twelve, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, official assignee; Bebb. Argyll-street, Regent-st. GEORGE ANNESLEY THOMPSON and BENJAMIN JAMES TIIOIIIPSON, iron founders, Wylam, Northum berland, March 31 and April 19, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle.upon.Tyne. Meggison, Pringle, and Manistv, King's-road, Redford-row, London; Brockett and 1 Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. M. Coe; laceman, Goldsmith -street, Wood -street, Cheap• side, March 30, at one—B. Marshall, tallow melter, High Hol• born, March 30, at twelve. In the Country. T. Buckle, draper, Barnard Castle, Durha m , M a y 3, a t th ree , at the Waterloo Inn, Barnard Castle—J. Jervis, draper, Wells, Somersetaliire, March 31, at twelve, at the Mitre Inn, Wells —S. S. Chancellor, jun., baker, Margate, March 29, at eight, at the London Hotel, Margate—J. R:Fletcher, wine merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire, two, April 1, at at the Hotel, Newark-upon-Trent—T. Burbey, R. Loe, and J. Loe, bankers, Pottsinouth, April 18, at three, at the George Inn, Ports . ao,uth—J. Plowes, merchant, Leed s , Ap r il 1, a t f our , at t h e V) • tvz ataiissioners'-rooms, Leeds—H. an d R. Hild yar d , w i ne mer- is, Brigg, Lincolnshire, April 15, at twelve, at the Angel Beigg—fl. Reynolds, druggist, Liverpool, March 30, at „y. -mos, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—G. And r ews, wool r, Sturminster Marshall, Dorsetshire, March 29, at two , tt Greyhound Inn, Blandford Forum—A. Claph am , so d a tam, Friars Goose, Durham, March 29, at twelve, at Paiskrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. • Bentley and'!. Brown, merchants, Manchester, April 1, at twelve, at the C,Ourt-house, Bradford—G. Hudson, victualler, St. Peter the Apostle, Isle of Thauet, April 1 1, at seven, atthe Albion Hotel, Ramsgate—J. Morris, victualler, Birmingham, `April 12, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—E. Bridgewater, victualler, Birmingham, March 29, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—J. Nichol!, worsted spinner, Sowerby-bridge, Yorkshire, April 25, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax—S. Shingler and S. T. J ames , li nen d rapers , Liverpool, April 27, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms. Liverpool —T. and B. Brown, linen drapers, Wakefield, Yorkshire, April 22 , at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—Jn. Beckley, Jh. Buckley, and H. Buckley, cotton manufacturers, tlanchester, April 22, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—R. R. Walker and R. J. Peel, Manchester ware- ISousemen, Manchester, April 2t3, at ten, at the Commission ere-rooms, Manchester—J. Haigh, merchant, Morley, York shire, March 31, at eleven, at the Black Bull Inn, Bristol—R. Coleman, mercer, Manchest er , April 25, at t we l ve , at t h e Corn missionere-rooms, Manchester—N. Fraley and J. E. Mer chant, linen dr a p ers , B ristol, April 1, at twelve, at the Com mercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES—AInacu 29. T. Bemrose, grocer, Spalding, Lincolnshire—.l. R. Fletcher, wine met chain, Grantham ' Lincoln s hi re —J . Copplestone, g rocer, Plymouth—J. L. Shepherd and H. Drew, innkeepers, Southampton—B. Coleman, stock brok. r, Liverpo , Jl. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Lewis, S. E. Lewis, and F. 11. Lewis, dress makers, Hackney—C. J. Ensoll and J. Dyer, cheesemongers, Shore ditch—J. Cripps and J. Taylor, drapers, Leicester—J. and W. George, t anner s, Wincanton, Somersetshire—NV. Edwardsand W. Smith, gas manufacturers, Whitchurch, Shropshire—J. and I'. Lea, drapers, Middlewich, Cheshire—A. Dewsnap, C. Lowe, and C. Parkin, Britannia metal manufacturers, Sheiliekl H. Th r ing and H. Channel!, wine merchants, Southamp ton—H. Walker, sen., J. Walker, R. Walker, jun., J. S. Walker, H. Smith, and R. Hacking, machi ne ma k ers, Bury, Lanchasire (so far as regards R. Walker, s en .)-11 . Walker, aen., J. Walker, R. Walker, jun., and J. S. Walker, iron founders, Bury, Lancashire (so far as regards R. Walker, sen.) —W. Budd and F. Wood, bookbindors. Cornwall-road, Lam beth—T. Cubbin and G. Batcheldor, watch-case makers, Li. verpool—R, Evans J 3. Cross, and J. Cross, c.nravers, Bury, Lancashire—T. and J. Edwards, shipbuilders, St. Mary's, Bruce and R. Dorrington, woollen manufacturers, Leeds—W. C. Markham and J. M. Steven, post masters, Chester-street, Grosvenor-place—J. Sin:co and J. Douglas, soda-water manufacturers, Northampton—J. Walker and J. Butler, builders, Preston, Lancashire—D. Why to and A. t . utt,?n. commissi o n merchants, Liverpool—E. S. Clegg and "‘Lithea, governesses, Cheetham-hill, Lancashire—A. Jameson and G. Coates, commission agents, Manchester—T. Feweter and W. Jefferson, paint manufacturers, Kingston upon-Hull—T. E. Wells and W. Bradshaw, manufacturers of joiners' tools, Sheffield—C. Horwood and T. Grant, omnibus proprietors, Kensington Gravel-pits—R. Jefferson a n d J. Tur ner, wine merchants , Carlisle—J. Cumpston and J. Leighton, hat manufacturers, Little Lant-street, Borough—C. an d J. Bennett, linen drapers, Cheltenham—A. and B. Blakesley, box makers, Friday-street—R. Clark and G. Bury, surgeons, Farnham, Surrey—W. Tafe and J. Stephenson, grocers, Liver pool—C. and G. Burgess, pape r ma k ers, B ungay Trinity, Suffolk—J. Fairbridge and H. Doughty, farmers, Middlesbo rough, Yorkshire—S. Hardstaff and T. Frost, grocers, Lea ther-lane—G. Andrew, sen., J. Bruckshaw, a nd''. Andrew, un., cotton spinners, ComPstall; Cheshire—G. Willett and J. Bonnett, carvers and gildert,_Water-street, Arundel-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN ANNAND, grain dealer, Rurghead, March 14 and April 4, at two, at the Gordon Arms Inn, Elgin. THOMAS GEMMILL, merchant, Greenock, March 12 and April 2, at twelve, at the Tontine Hotel, Greenock. JAMES RODGER, grocer, Dairy, Ayrshire, March 12 and April 2, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Irvine. JOHN MACPHAIL, merchant, Dingwall, March 12 and April 1, at twelve, at the National Hotel, Dingwall. JOHN RIDDELL, innkeeper, Paisley, - March 11 and April 6, at one, at the George Inn, Paisley. SCOTT, MUIR, and CO., merchants, Glasgow, March 14, at two, and April 5, at twelve, at the Office of Knox and Endlay, Royal Exchange Court, Glasgow. JOHN HALDANE, innkeeper, Selkirk, March 16 and April 6, at one, at Mitchell's Inn, Selkirk. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Mercantile Journal of March 8.) SUGAR.—The West India market remained quiet to-day, the sales being only about 150 hhds and tres, but the merchants continue firm, and the prices of Friday last were fully maintained. MAURITIUS.—The demand was steady to-day; and at public sale 4,607 bags sold at full rates, indeed, in some cues, a small advance was obtained : -middling to fine yellow fetched 62s to 66s 6d. EAST INDIA.—At auction 2,sls:bags 297 chests Bengal sold at full rates; low to good white at 62s to 675, brown at 50a 6d to 528 per cwt. FOhEIGN.—We have to report a firm market for Foreign Sugar. At public sale to-day 1,800 boxes white and 1,310 boxes yellow Havannah, were all sold at full rates, middling to good yellow at 19s to 215,6 d, middling to good White at 25s to 27s 6d, low ditto at 24s to 24s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—The demand from the home trade is quiet, but prices are steady ; standard Lumps 79s to 79s 6d per cwt. Few sales were made for export, but the price ,of Double Crushed is steady at 28s 9d to 29s per cwt. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—The transactions of the week are about 200 puns middling St. Kitts at 255, good Demerara at 245, and common quality from less esteemed Islands, at 22s 6d to 23s per cwt. COFFEE.—The demand was pretty good to-day for Coffee for home use. Ceylon sold at 71s to 73s 6d for good ord, and superior 78s 6d per cwt ; 68 casks West India brought full naafi ; Demerara low middling and middling 92s 6d to 102 s 6d pe • Cwt. COCOA.—At public sale 320 casks, &c. West India all sold ; Trinidad low to good red at 39s to 44s 6d, and St.:Lucia, at 34s eld to 36s per cwt. TEA.—The large public sales were brought to a close on Thursday, with a spirit amongst the buyers, and firmness am , mpt the merchants, fully supporting the prices of the last sales. Vw The advices received to-day from China, produced kit little stir in the Tea market, a fair business, however, was donp, and /d per lb. advance on former transactions was paid. Company's Co:igou is Is 11 id cash and 2s to 2s Old prompts. N UTMEGS. —There is little variation in the value of this article.— 0 casks Amboyna offered at public sale Acre bought in, good fair bold first quality little limited at 3s 7d to 3s 8d per lb. - Gr NG Ea.—Very little progress can yet be made in sales of East India Ginger, notwithstanding the very low prices at which the article still rules, and in the absence of public sales no transactions worthy of notice have transpired. PIMENTO is held rather more firmly, and in the absence of a public sale stiff prices have been paid for small parcels.: PEPPER.— There is no alteration in the value of this article, but- the demand is only partial, and the business is almost confined to the public sales of 1,083 bags Malabar, which sold at aid to 33d for g.Aal fair and good light, at 3/3 for fair light, and at 3d for a fesv lots of grey, and 63Q bags ordinary to good Sumatra at 23d to 3d per lb. Cassia.—At auction 10 chests all sold at 86s rid to 90a for middling and good, being full rates. FRUIT.—A cargo of Dcnia Raisins, now landing, has been t iken by the trade at 303. With this exception prices remain much the same as before quoted. Snail's.— the Rum market remains very firm. Fine Ja maica, 5s 7d to 5s 10d, and good 5s 3d to 5s sil; proof Lee :vat ds 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Bengal 11 um, subject 'o the high duty, at Is 3/d to Is 4d, and a small lot at Is sd; admissible for home consumption at the'lowest. .Ite of duty,. at Is 0d to 2s per gallon; Mauritius,. one per cent. under prof at Is 7d per gallon. Brandy at full Prieer. Geneva unaltered. her men to work us home. lam a serious loser by the mis hap. The money lam out of pocket by being taken by the Lily amounted to 2,0404 The LORD Mayoa—But if you apply at the Colonial-office you certainly will obtain redress, upon inquiry into your case, especially as you were 'dismissed by the authorities of the Cape without even the ceremony of a trial. Captain Porter said that the process through which he must go before he could obtain restitution, would necessarily be extremely dilatory. The Loan MAYOR told Mrs. Langford that the Captain's statement was a straightforward one, of the correctness of which there could be no doubt. The supply of good seamen on board her Majesty's ships was indispensable, and it was no unusual thing to strip vessels at sea of their best men to sustain the naval character. His Lordship then assured the applicant that he would write to the Board of Admiralty on the subject of the destination of her son, and gain for her every possible intelligence about him ; and he requested Captain Porter to send to him the son's distinct accounts as to his pay, fur the atisfaction of the mother. Captain Porter most willingly acquiesced, and the poor woman went away much comforted by his Lordship's kind and soothing interference. WORSHIP-STREET. Miss Mary Cave, a dress-maker, living in Beauvoir-place, Kingsland-road, was brought before Mr. Bingham upon a warrant charged with having violently assaulted Susan Sells, a housemaid, in the service of the. Rev. John Simpson Surgrove, of Dalston-terrace, whereby one of her ribs was fractured. Mr. Wadson, a solicitor appeared for the defence. The complainant stated that the defendant had been em ployed to make a dress for her master's daughter, her charge for which became the subject of dispute, her master declining to pay more than Iss. for the dress, while the defendant de manded U. 2s. On the 10th ult. the defendant called at the house and requested to see Mr. Surgrove, who came to her in the hall, when she ur ge d h er d eman d, an d on his refusing to give her more than he had previously offered, she became very abusive, and called him by several opprobious epithets. He requested her to-withdraw, and on her refusing to do so he re tired into the drawing-room. Witness remained in the hall with the defendant, and as the latter positively refused to leave the house, and continued abusing her master, she opened the street door for the purpose of calling a policeman, when the defendant pulled her glove off her right hand, and struck her a violent blow on the left side. She suffered severely all day from the effects of the blow, and as she became worse next morning, Dr Rogers was sent for, who ascertained that one of her ribs was broken, and she had been ever since under the care of that gentleman, and of Mr Robinson, a surgeon. A certificate from Dr. Rogers was handed to the Magis tarte, to the effect that the complainant's rib had been frac tured, and that she had sustained other internal injuries pro duced by violence. Mr. Robinson, the surgeon, then stated that he had attended the complainant since the 16th ult., who had not yet recovered, and was likely to continue ill for some time longer. In answer to the charge, the defendant denied most positively having assaulted her intentionally, and felt the utmost regret for the unfortunate result. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that he had given notice the other day of his intention to move for the appointment of a Committee to take into consideration the law in Ireland, with regard to the Marriages of Dissenters, with a view to remedy any defects, if it should be found expedient to do so. He thought it would be mere convenient and important that no delay should take place in the appointment of the Com mittee, cud he would, therefore, propose immediately the appointment of such Committee. Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed with the opinion expressed by his Noble and Learned Friend as to the necessity of moving immediately the appointment of the Committee.—(hear.) Perhaps the best course would be for his Noble and Learned Friend to move now that the Bill, which stands for a second reading, be referred to that Committee. Lord SHAFTESBLTRY—He must name the Com mittee first. The Marquis of LANSI)OWNE, in the absence of his Noble Friend Lord Gosford, presented a number Of petitions for an amendment of the law of marriage . in Ireland, from Armagh, Mount morris, Caliir, and various other places in the counties of Donegal, Armagh, and 'Tyrone. THE LAW RELATING TO LUNATICS. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had mentioned last evening that it was his intention to lay on the table a Bill for amending and improving the law in the case of lunatics ; and .he thought it necessary, in the first place, to state that it was the general scope and object of the measure Which he proposed. In all cases of this kind it was- necessary to cons id er t h e actual state of the law, and the evils- resulting from it. With respect to the actual state of the law relating to lunatics, their Lordships were aware that there were certain standing Commission ers, to whom commissions Were addressed. Those gentle men were well qualified to discharge the duties en trusted to them.—(Cheers.) But their jurisdiction was confined to limits •-within twenty miles of London ; and beyond those bounds commissions were addresed to gentlemen of whom the Lord Chancellor knew nothing, and who were frequently inexperienced in such delicate and difficult inquiries, so that very great and unneces sary expenses were entaLed upon the estates of lu natics. The mode of def - :aying the expenses of the Commissioners was by fees charged upon the estates. This was the mode in which the Commissioners of Bank rupts were paid before the alterations made by the Bill of his Noble and Learned Friend ; but it was a mode liable in every way to very great objections, for the charges fell very heavily on the estate of the lunatic, p ar ticularly when the estate was small, and frequent appli cations being made to the Court of Chancery for security to the person and property of this unhappy class. Now that he should not be supposed to state inaccu rately the inconveniences of the present system, he would mention two or three instances of the charges that had fallen on the estates of lunatics through the mode of paying Commissioners by fees. In the case of Lord Portsmouth, which certainly was a peculiar one, on which six Commissioners sat, the foes to the Com missioners alone amounted to 1,0711. In the case of Davis, the fees to the Commissioners amounted to 3461. 10s. The next was the case of Taylor, whose estate was a small one, and the fees to the Commis sioners being 3464 10s., nearly consumed the estate of the lunatic. In Mr. Gundry's case, which occurred the other day, the fees were 2201. In a late case in the country, on which one Commissioner only sat for four days, the fees came to 75/. These charges were very heavy, and they had the effect, in many instances, where the estate of the lunatic was small, of majcing those connected with the lunatic afraid to apply to the Court of Chancery for a commission, for they knew well that the expense of the Commission would eat up the whole of the estate ; and, therefore, these persons were left without adequate protection as to person and property. But these were not all the objections ho had to make to _the present systems. Those public Commissioners to w hom he had referred were inadequately informed of their duties, and it often happened, therefore, when a Commission was returned that it was quashed for irregularity, and another Com mission had .to be issued, the same expense to fall on the estate again. His Noble and Learned Friend near him. would remember the case of Mr. Holmes. The inqui sition in this case was returned by country Commis sioners, it was quashed for want of form, it wen down a second time under a new Commission SAGO. —Several parcels were brought forward in public 3alo, consisting rf 1,263 IPgs boxe; Pearl, which chiefly sold 3t i 25 to 26s fid for fair to find PLarl, being stiffdr rates for the Le-t sorts. • IticE.— The demand was steady to-day, and at public sale 3,697 bags Bengal were all s:)ld at Ds 6d to lls fur low to good middling white, being full rates. Ons.—Common Fish Oils continue dull of sale, but as the stocks are still very light,Rm holders do not appear desirous to realize, anti the few transactions that have taken plade sup port the prices of last week. Sperm also quiet, but fewtellers can be found under late prices. Linseed Oil goes off slowly, chiefly for export at 33s to 34s 3d per cwt, the crushers are, however, looking for higher prices. Rape Oil very little in quired for, and its value little better than nominal. Gallipoli Oil remains dull, but Spanish continues to find buyers at im uroving rates, 521 to 531 paid during the last few days, and I,:w parcels now to be had under the latter figure. :No altera- ! tion in Cocoa Nut or Palm Oils. LLow.—ln this market we have no new feature to not be; the transactions are still of a limited character and for imme- I diate consumption only, but the hold,rs continue tirm, mad but little change can be quoted in prices ' fine parcrls of fine Yet low Candle on the sp o t h a ve c h ange d hands at sto iSs 3d per cwt. For delivery in the autumn 49s is the price named by' the importers, but there does not apear to be any inclina tion at present to purchase thereat. in South American Tal low few sales have occurred ; the stork of this descripton on the Ist instant was 397 serous and 1,i90 casks, &c. To-day Tallow was in slow request, and 48s is now the nearest price of P. Y. C. on the spot. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 8. CLARK v. SMITH. Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arguments; post polled their judgment. CARTER V. sta. W. H. PALMER—JUDGMENT. Lord COTTENHAM gave judgment in this case, affirming the decision of the Court below, with costs. THE SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY V. TUE MARQUIS OF QU RENSBURV. Lord COTTENHA also gave judgment in this appeal, affirm ing the decision below. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 8. THE CLARENCE RAILWAY V. THE HARTLEPOOL RAILWAY COMPANY. I The arguments had not concluded when his Lordship rose to attend the House of Lords. ROLLS' COURT, March 8. Short causes came before his Lordship in the early part of the day, after which the part-heard motion of JOHNSON V. TODD was resumed, and engaged the Court for the remainder of the day. It was a motion to set aside the verdict found on the trial of an issue, directed in this cause by this Court, and for anew trial. The issue had been tried before Mr. Justice Wightrnan in August last at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, an _I was to ascertain the next of kin of Robert Marshall, who had acquired a large pro perty in the West Indies, and at his death in 1821) bequeathed, with the exception of some lt-gacies, all his property to persons who, it afterwards appeared, had died during his life-tit - 9. As the next of kin became, in consequence, the persons entitled to the property, it became necessary to find out who they were. The Master's report found the plain tiff the next of kin by the mother's side ; exceptions to that report were taken and an issue was dir ec t e d. Th e J ur y f oun d that Peter Marshall was the next of kin of the testator Robert, at the time of his death. The arguments in the case are likely to engage to-morrow (this day) also. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT George Willes, 42, agent ; Wm. Saint, 26, weaver ; I Clark, 32, a eaver ; James Davis, 33, harness-maker ; and George Lloyd, 22, upholsterer, were indicted for stealing three bills of exchange, and half a 51. bank-note, the property of Jacob Ruffy ; and George Cunningham, 26, fringe maker, and George Lloyd, were indicted for feloniously forging and utter ing an endorsement to a bill of exchange, with intent to de. fraud Charles Munro Johnson. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Phillips defended the pri soners Lloyd and Cunningham ; Mr. Payne appeared for the other prisoners. . The case was very complicated, and possessed no features of general interest. A robbery had been committed on the pre mises of the prosecutor on the 26th of December last, when several bills of exchange were stolen. Shortly after the rob bery the bills were found in the possession of the prisoners, who were attempting to negotiate them to Mr. Johnson, the endorsements having been forged subsequently to the robbery. Mr. Pitimars and Mr. PAYNE having addressed the Jury for their clients, The RECORDRIL summed up the evidence, and the Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty against William Saint, William Clark, Jame s Davis, and George Lloyd, and acquitted the other prisoners. —Sentence deferred. Willes, Lloyd, and Cunningham were then indicted for fe loniously forging; and uttering an endorsement to a bill of exchange, with intent to defraud Charles Munro Johnson. The bill in question was the one alluded to in the above transaction, and the forgery imputed to the prisoners was the placing the name of Hr. Ruffey upon it, when it was taken to Mr. Wood. The evidence was the same as in the foregoing case, and Mr. Ruffey proved that his name upon the bill was a forgery. Mr. PAYNE again addressed the Jury on behalf of the pri soners, and The Jury returned a. verdict of Guilty against them all. The Raconnea then ordered the prisohers to be placed at the bar, and after a suitable admonition sentenced them to be transported beyond the seas for the term of 15 years. The MAGISTRATIS recommended the parties to settle the affair among themselves, and the defendant ultimately agreed to pay 101. damages. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 8. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at ten minutes past Five o'Clock. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. Lord STRAFFORD presented a petition from Tyrone, Cavan, and Monaghan, praying for an alteration of the law relative to Presbyterian Marriages in Ireland. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from Norwich against the Corn-laws. The Ear! of CLARENDON presented a petition from Musselborough, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. CHURCH EDUCATION. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from the Diocese of Down and Connor in favour of the Irish Church Education society. CHARITABLE PROPERTY. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Trustees of the Tiverton Charities, complaining of the expenses of the conveyance of charitabN property, and praying for an alteration in the law on that )inbject. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. a second inquiry took place, and the expense of the pro ceedings of the time of the second information (not in cluding the expenses of tho Masters) came to 5,0001. Their Lordships would feel some remedy was necessary to put an end to those evils. The remedy he (the Lord Chancellor) proposed, was to do away with the whole of the present system, and appoint instead two gentlemen of experience to execute all commissions in town and country, not to bu paid by fees, but by a fixed salary. The result of this would be, that they would hare their commissions well executed by experienced and compe tent men, and without throwing unnecessary charges on the estates of the unhappy persons who were the subjects of inquiry. But this was only a small part of the subject. In all commissions of lunacy it was tho custom to summon twenty-four Jurymen, because it was considered neces sary, according to the existing law, that twelve Jury men should concur in the verdict. These proceedings were, in this respect, analagous to the proceeding of Grand .Juries. Now what was the consequence of this? Why the consequence was, that additional charges of heavy nature were made and thrown on the estates of the unhappy persons. Generally speaking, twenty-two Jurymen attended, and they were paid a guinea each per day out of the estate, and if, as was frequently the case, they remained four or five days, the expenses were 'enormous. Now, he had already stated the chance he intended to make, so far as related to the office of Com missioner. He would state to their Lordships in a similar manner the change intended to be made so far as related to Jurors. In the case of the Earl of Portsmouth, the expenses of the Jury alone were 410/. 11s. In the case of Taylor, to which he had already referred, the expenses of the Jury amounted to 175/, and that was a small estate. In the case of Daven port, the expenses of the Jury amounted to 315/. I n the case of Lady Kirkwall, the expenses were .1931. - These expenses were added to the others in the shape Of fees to Commissioners; they would see what enormous charges were thrown on the estates of the subjects of these in quiries. He was well aware that this was a delicate sub ject, but when he told their Lordships that a great Many of these cases me t with no opposition, he was sure their Lordships would think that a discre tionary power ought to be vested in the person holding the Great Seal to summon a smaller number of jurlmen for the purpose of deciding a question Ile ought not to be required to summon twenty-four Jurymen, 'nor was i t necessary t h at a una nimous vote of twelve should decide as to whether the person was of un sound mi n d or not. He proposed, therefore, to place a discretionary power Great Seal i n certain cases in which affi d av i ts pson holding. the were inteodu ce d to regulate his judgment, to lessen the number eF j urymen necessary to be summona Now, there wer e two .points to which he had itt directed his attention forming the Bill which he wished to lay up on their Lordships' table. In consequence of the application of a woman of respectable appearance, named Langford, the LORD Mavoi sent for Mr. John Porter, commander and owner of the ship Joshua Carroll, to account for the absence of her son, who had gone out in that vessel to the coast. of Africa, but never returned to this country. •Mrs. Langford said that her son Edward had been engagad by the Commander to go a long voyage as second mate, and that, upon tbeieturn of the vessel to this port, neither her son nor any one of the crew that went ont i• the Joshua Carroll, appeared, As she could not understand from the Commander, to her satisfaction, for what reason so extraordinary a disappear.. nee had taken place, and as she naturally felt alarmed for the fate of her child, she had, she said, been advised to represent the matter to his Lordship, as he had done infinite service to the mothers and widows of poor seamen whose fate was either &Axill or dreaded. Captain Porter said that he had alrea ly given the applicant a 1 the information he could give upon the subject He had ;one to the coax' of Africa for 130 or 140 free labourers, and tell in with the Lily 3100 p-o f-war, of 18 guns, which mistook the Joshua Carroll for a slaver, and took her into the Cape of Good Hope. At the Cape it was soon found that ihe-Joshaa Carroll was an honourable trader, and she was discharged with out being brought to trial. The Lily, however, thought proper to keep for the Queen's service the whole of the able-bodied crew of the Joshua Carroll, and amongst them Edward Lang. ford, and no doubt the men were, at the present time, in ships of war, but he could not ascertain where, or anything about them. The LORD MAYOR. —How did you work your way home from the Ca ;e? Captain Porter—The Lily gave me some of TAE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1242 He had stated that it was his intention to propose the appointment of two Commissioners, men of learning and distinction at the Bar. He had found on inquiry that a year and a half had been allowed to elapse after the reference before a Committee was appointed to take care of the estate of the lunatic. What he proposed, to remedy this evil, was, that the case should be entrusted to the Lord Chancellor, for the time being, who should have the conduct. There was another point in this Bill to which he begged to direct their Lordships' attention. There was an officer called the Clerk of Custom (as we understood), and to whom, heavy fees were paid. One part of the Bill was for the purpose of abolishing this office. The Noble, Lord near him had previously attempted to abolish this office, but he was prevented from doing so, as at was considered unfair to take any office of a person, that office being held by patent. His (the Lord Chancellor's) Bill was to abolish this office at the death of the present holder, or when ho should think proper to resign. Heavy fees were attached to this office, and its abolition would tend greatly to lessen the charges in these inquiries. There was another point to which he begged leave to call the attention of the House. His Noble Friend (Lord Brougham) when he held the Great Seal, appointed vi sitors of lunacy ; that appointment was of great be nefit. Those appointments consisted of two : medi cal men and barristers ; it was their duty to visit all persons found lunatic ; their duty was performed most satisfactorily, and their returns were very full and com plete. What he proposed was this, that those gentlemen who were to be Commissioners of Lunacy should be added to the visitors—that they should, in fact, be ex officio visitors, and though they were not bound to go, round with the visitors they'were to exercise a superintendence of great importance. That was the outline of his measure, when it was printed and considered by their Lordships, he trusted they would find his proposition an amen d ment, and it wbuld be cheerfully acceded to by their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM concurred entirely with his Noble and Learned Friend that some such measure as the one proposed by him was absolutely required. When the measure came to be discussed in Committee, or on the second reading, then would be the time to enter into the subject more at large. His Noble Friend had referred to the appointment of visitors made by him when he held the Great Seal. It was but justice to his Noble and Learned Friend that he should say that he made those appointments entirely at his suggestion, and under the authority of an Act of Parliament. Heetgreed with his Noble Friend as to the manner in , which those officers had performed their duty. With respect to the abolition of the office to which his Honourable Friend referred, that abolition took place in fact in 1832. With respect to the jurisdiction to be given to the new Commissioners, and the other officers, the propriety of that could best be discussed when the details of the measure were gone into. Lord COTTENHAM said, that there were some parts of the measure of his Noble Friend in which he coincided, and others which he greatly regretted. With respect to the duties at pre sent discharged by the Masters he would refrain from saying more at present, than that no duty could be more im portant, or more delicate, than the management of the estates of lunatics. It often happened that there were parties concerned who only wished to get as much as they could out of the estate of the lunatic ; and he should be very apprehensive that, in future the management under the new ad ministration would not be so efficient for the protection , of the estates as under the Masters. Another part of the proposi tion was to pay the persons who were to fi!l the offices out of the suitors' fund. Against that he entirely and unqualifiedly protested. He did not know that the fee fund could bear much more burthens, but he could not understand, in any case, on what principle the funds of one class of causes were to defray the expenses of another. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he understood his Noble Friend to disapprove of taking these matters from the superintendence of the Masters. But the proposition was not to take lunatics out of the protection of the Great Seel. The proceedings of the Commissioners would be still subject to the revision of the Chancellor. As to the funds, he did not think it at all unreasonable that the fees paid into a Court. should be applied to pay the officers of that Court. But his Noble and Learned Friend supposed errone ously that it was intended to take the salaries of visitors out of the general suitors' fund of the Court. That was-not the case. The fund he (the Lord Chancellor) meant was the fee fund in lunacy alone. Lord BROUGHAM did not see any objeAirm to such an appropriation of the fee fund. He thought one Commissioner would be enough. The LORD CHANCELLOR would propose that in g eneral one Commissioner only should preside—( Hear, hear r)—but that in cases of great importance the Lord Chancellor might direct both to sit. Lord CAMPBELL—Suppase the Court is divided in opinion. The LORD CH aNCELLOR had a clause authorising the addition of a third Commissioner. The Lord Chancellor had the power to appoint additional Commissioners under the pre sent system, as in Lord Portsmouth's case, when six Commis sioners sat, and Mr. Hulke, soon after appointed a Judge, presided. lii CAMPBELL, seeing no difference between such trials and those that took place before the Lord Chief Justice of England, could not perceive why one Commissioner would not do as well as two. The LORD CHANCELLOR would consider all objections and suggestions when they came to Committee. LAW OF MARRIAGES IN IRELAND. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the Committee to con sider the question. Amongst the names were the Lord Chan cellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lo r d P r i vy S ea l, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Devon, the Bishops of London, Carlisle, and Exeter, Lords Minto, Melbourne, Brougham, and Cottenham. He (the Lord Chancellor) hailed they would name as early a day as possible for the sitting of the Committee, as the law of mar riages in Ireland was in a most obscure and unsatisfactory state, and there should be no longer doubts respecting the obligations anti nature of such an important and solemn contract. Per haps their Lordships would agree to Thursday.—( Hear° fhe Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he would tiso ,, e some amendments to the retrospective Bill that would. come before them. Lord CAMPBELL hoped that retrospectively as well as prospectively their Lordships would succeed in placing the law of marriage on a basis satisfactory to all parties. LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of this Bin. Some conversation ensued, in which Lords Brougham, Radnor, Monteagle, and other Peers took part, recognising the benefit Loan Societies had done the poor, but hoping that a clause would be inserted to prevent th e meet i ngs from being held at public-houses. Lord BROUGHAINI hoped his Noble Friend would apply himself to the subject to which he had referred. The Earl of DEVON said he would give his best attention to the subject, and endeavour to introduce some measure ap plicable to the point adverted to. After a few observations from the Marquis of LANsnowige and Lord CAMPBELL, ' Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that all he asked for now was, that the present measure should be continued for a year. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday. PARISH APPRENTICES. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE the Parish Ap prentices Regulation Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. DUCHY OF CORNWALL. The Duchy of Cornwall Leasing Bill went through Com mittee, and was ordered to be reported on Thursday. LAW OF EVIDENCE . Lord rose to m ove t h e second reading of the toßill improve the Law Law relatin g t o E v id ence. He begged to theirrd N3'lA call DE attention to the great importance in the administra tion of the law, of that part of which he ventured to propose a great change. But he believed he might sa y th a t th e pr i nc i p l e with oft the he chan ge was admitted by every one who was conversant practice of our Courts of Law. It was the opinion of Lord Mansfield that witnesses ought not to be excluded from giving evidence because they were interested in the matter at issue ; for it was most important for eliciting the truth that every person should state every thing which he knew, and that evidence of interested persons should go to the Jury, upon what credit they could attach to it. The object of the present Bill was to receive in all cases the evidence of interested persons, except the parties to a suit. Besides the importance o f getting the truth by all possible Means, there was another reason for the change which he proposed. It was the extreme difficulty in deciding what degree of interest was sufficient to disqualify a witness. There was no difficulty which led to greater litigation and inconvenience. There was no book in the Courts in which there were not cases of doubts arising on this question, and occasion ng great delay, great waste of time, and great expense and vexation to the suitors. He thought he need say no more to recommend that part of the Bill to their Lordships, and he was happy to say that it had been suggested to bins by some of his brethren now on the bench.—( Hear, hear.) But on the second part of the Bill there was rather more doubt ; but he thought, when their Lordships came to consider the reasons which he would have to submit to them, they would see that the proposed change was desirable, and of great importance. They knew that by the law of England a man who was once convicted o f certain .••••• crimes—of some felonies, and particularly of perjury —had his mouth closed to the end of his days, however important, however necessary his evidence might be to reveal the truth. Yet it never happened at our Assizes and Criminal Courts, when great offences were committed by many persons togeth er , b u t that persons were put into the box covered with crimes, avowing themselves guilty of crimes, and of the worst o f cr i mes the betrayal of their Osociates into the commi ss i on of crime. Therefore it was clear that it was not th e comm i ss io n o f crime which prevented criminal courts in England from receiving the evidence of a criminal. But if it happened that one of the accused had the means of obtaining a record of the witness's conviction, he could exclude his evidence— (Hear, hear)—and, on the other hand, if the prosecutor had the means, by his wealth and influence, to obtain a pardon, his witness became again admissible, so t that their Lordships would see that the law was rather whimsical in this respect. It was mere matter of accident whether a person against whom such a witness could speilk should escape, or one in whose favour he could give evidence should be convicted.—( Hear, hear.) T his showed that it was not the commission of crime which rendered evidence inad missible, but that depended on accident; on the wealth, con sideration, or legal knowledge of either side.—( Hear, hear.) Now, there was one crime which s eemed reasonably to be a ground of exclusion—that was perjury. It seemed reasonable that if a man was once convicted of falsehood in a Court . of Jus tice his evidence should not be receiv ed a g ai n ; and t was said that this was an appropriate punishment. But it was, in fact, not guilty—thehend a puni s h men t on hi m , b u t a punishment on tho se to whomjus tice was denied by his exclusion. But even this was sub ject to th e same acc id ents w hich he had just poi n t e d out. The record of hi s conv i ct i on mus t be produced , a nd ev en then his mightpar( pardon ed might their acq i Lordshipstta l o f the innocefne feel he al one i n possess i on of those from which would com e th e e l uc id at i on of truth, the co n demnation of the u b e ighitn be p o o b s t s a e i s is s e io d n , as of has m often been the case. B u t h e most impen tent facts, amid he appre hended that situ a ti on prevented from laying that evid ence before a jury 9 th a t great injury would res u lt. Now h e h a d a ca;e ' before him bear in g u p on this question. I n would t ht Therefore, to person any the course of last term a gentleman called on his attorney to money for large sums of oney received for him for several years past. He was reauired to put in an answer, and he did 8 0, stating in that answer the person to whom he ha I p a id t h e money bel ong i ng to hi s c li en t. The client had, for some years past, employed a steward, and he it was to whom the mo ney had been paid. The client who brought the attor ney b e f ore the Cou r t to answer for t hi s ma lappropriation of the money, produced in C ourt t h e co py of the record of convicti on, f or perjury, o f t h e very man w h om he had put in communi ca ti on with the attorney, and then this att orne y w as deprived of the m evidence o f this an, in consequence of the production of a copy of the record of the conviction for perjury. Now this was a perfect case in point —it proved the propriety of an altera tion i n th e law. Great Inconveniences were 'daily arising in conseq uence o f t h e l aw as it at present existed, an d yet t h ey were unable to remedy the evil in one case, without carry:- mg the principle thoughout. If in its applicati on it was found t o be wrong, and no person endeavoured to ma k e it , right, by applyi ng it to all cases, It ought not to be applied Lord DENMAN expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the Bill had been received by the House. It was his anxious wish that the Bill should undergo great consideration, and he should be happy to delay the Committee till the most convenient opportunity. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed after the Easter recess. Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday. rto any case in particular. The two first objects of his Bill were to admit to the hearing of the Court, and to the con sideration of the Jury, persons whose evidence was in doubt, and others who had previously been convicted. To these points he had added two others of minor importance; one was to allow Baptists the privilege of making an affirmation instead of taking an oath ; and the other was to regulate the proceedings of the Grand Jury, where some of their body en tertained religious scruples against taking an oath. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not rise for the purpose of opposing the second reading. On the contrary, he was disposed to support it. He believed that the opinion of the generality of professional men in Westminster-hall cor responded with the view taken by his Noble Friend. It ap peared proper to him that the Bill should be allowed to be read a second time, in order to its going into Committee ; but at the same time he thought it should net go into Committee till after the Circuits, in order that the first legal authorities should give their opinion on the subject. He always thought persons of whatever character should be allowed to give evidence to a Jury, the Jury after to decide upon their credit. At present, that law was full of absurdities and contradictions. A person convicted of felony was not allowed to give evidence. This exclusion was considered a punishment of his crime, whereas, as his Noble and Learned Friend remarked, the punishment fell on the individual who wanted the evidence ? Again, an indi vidual who steals, within an amount of petty larceny, may give evidence ; whereas, he who steals to the amount of grand lar ceny, is incompetent : so that it depended on the fact whether or not he stole to the amount of 12d. or 14d.; could any thing ho more absurd? So, a man who ran over a child by mischance, and having killed it, was committed of manslaughter, was incompetent to give evidence until he had gone through his punishment, when he was competent as a witness. In the case of Lord Warwick, a man who had committed manslaughter was offered as a witness, but objected to because he had not been burred in the hand—whereat if he had been burned in the hand he would have been competent.—( Laughter. ) But this principle was not carried out, for an accomplice was a com petent witness, though the jury were cautioned against relying on him unless his testimony were supported by material facts. Again, there was another anomaly as regarded interest. A man having a direct interest to the amouut of Is. in a case was incompetent to give evidence; but suppose a person were the heir apparent to a rich old man, an only child, having of course a probability, almost equal to a certainty, to succeed him, the former would be a competent witness in a case which his father had an interest in, to the amount of 20,0001. or 100,000/. Next, if there were a dozen subscribers to a policy of insurance, if an action were brought to recover, each of these would be a competent witness, though each would have a direct and positive interest in the result. In cases when suits came on in the shape of motions, parties interested were competent witnesses, but when actions came on in a court of common law they were not. For these reasons he would support the Bill of his Noble and Learned Friend. Whether he (the Lord Chancellor) would agree to the admission of perjurers and other parties he would not now say, but those points they could consider when they had an opportunity of consulting the Judges on their return to Westminster-hall. Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend, and he hoped the second reading would be agreed to. Even the heir apparent, alluded to, would still be a competent witness, if his father were bed-ridden and lunatic, and had made his this case he would be a competent witness in a cause in which his father was concerned to the amount of 40,0001. a year ; but the son having a direct interest to the amount •of ls. would be incompetent. The measure ' now proposed he (Lord Brougham) proposed, in a great de gree, in the other House 14 y ears ago ; h e th en f a il e d , b ut now ie had almost an immediate prospect of success, and also he was encouraged to hope for much greater changes. Even now, the parties to a suit were allowed to give evidence when they did it by affidavit. He hoped, therefore, the restrictions as regarded the interest would be done away with, as well as those that regarded the infamy. Lord WYNFORD was understood to express his approba tion of the Bill. He hoped the clauses excluding the plaintiffs and defendants from giving evidence would be struck out. :le referred to the clause affecting the Baptist congregations, believing that no congregation of that sect would object to it. They saw every day in their courts of justice that persons re fused to make oath, but he had also seen in several instances that these conscientious person; were receivers of stolen goods, and the reluctance to swear arose, not from any scruple, but from a desire not to convict an old friend, who, if left to go on in his iniquity, might prove a source of profit to them. He thought in such cases the minister of such a congregation might be admitted to say that such an objection existed. He per fectly agreed to the Bill being read a sec o nd ti me , b u t h e thought it would be advisable to allow parties to the suit to be examined as witnesses. In some cases justice would fail if this were not allowed, and he was anxiaus that some words should be introduced to provide for cases of that sort. Lord CAMPBELL said he entirely approved of the Bill of his Noble and Learned Friend, and, with great deference to the Noble and Learned Lord opposite, he thought he had pur sued the proper course in excluding persons from giving evi dence for themselves. From his own experience he believed that very great evils would arise frem admitting parties to give evidence for themselves. When a party was swearing for him self, lie quite forgot all distinctions between right and wrong, true and false ; his passions were inflamed, and he states what ever might suit his own interest. He would draw the atten tion of his Noble and Learned Friend to a case in which a man of the most profligate character might proceed against a lady, and be his own witness • she would be dragged in t o th e jury-box to swear against him, and it must go to the jury to decide which was to be believed, one or the other. He thought this principle was the great objection to the French system of examining prisoners. By giving an astute answer to a question, a prisoner very often defeated the prosecution ; while, if he were inexperienced and confused by circumstances, which, though awkward, were not sufficient to prove his guilt, he might, by his own answer, be brought in guilty. But though a party should not be examined for himself, let him be examined against himself.—( Hear, hear.) In a court of equity, by filing a bill of discovery, a man could be compelled to disclose all he knew of a subject, and it was worthy of consideration whether, in an open court, it might not be an advantage for a party to be examined against his own interest. It would frequently prevent justice being defeated byfrivolous objections . at present a witness was often excluded who might give important evidence What they had to guard against was bias, it was not interest. The law of Scotland was much more uniform and consistent on this subject. By the law of Scotland no relation within the degree of affinity which prevented marriage were allowed to give evidence one against another, but this was found very inconvenient, and in the last session of Parliament it was re formed. But his Noble Friend's objection deserved great consideration. He hoped he would overcome the difficulty of which he complained ; but the principle of his bill was to ex clude the party, but to admit interested witnesses. In this case how were they to decide who were the witness and who the party. A Bill had been introduced into the House of Commons during the lost Session of Parl.ament, but which provided that neither the nominal party nor the substantial one should be admitted as witnesses. He would not further trouble the house on this subject, but he would say it was preposterous to make a difference between a person who had been convicted of the crime of per jury, and who confessed in open court the , same crime. With regard to the remaining part of the Bill he only la mented that his Noble Friend had not gone further, and ad mitted all persons who stated that they had conscientious scruples against taking an oath to give evidence without it. Upon the whole the Bill seemed to him to be founded on the best principles, but it would require great attention and con siderable modification in Committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four &Clock. Mr. Crafer presented papers from the Treasury. On the motion of Mr. CLIVE, the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Bill, and the Birmingham and Liverpbol Junction Canal Extension Bill, were severally read .a second time, and ordered to be committed. Sir E. FILMER brought in the Gravesend Clarence Pier Bill, and the Gravesend Town Pier Bill, which were severally read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. MARYLEBONE PAVING BILL. Colonel THOMAS WOOD said that he should, at the solicitation of the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, postpone the second reading of the Marylebone Parish Paving Bill. Sir B. HALL trusted that, the Hon. and Gallant Member would divide the Bill into two parts. Mr.WAKLEY trusted that the Bill would never pass a second reading. The affairs of the parish had hitherto been managed in accordance with the wish of the inhabitants. He wished to know if they were now going to place the management in the hands of a minority, and take it away from the majority ? Where was the necessity of the change ? Would the minority now obtain power to legislate for the majority ? He trusted, that with regard to Private Bills, a different system would be pursued from that heretofore adopted. Bills were brought into that House, and the practice was, that Government did not in terfere. They were then read a second time, and they remained in Committee at a great expense to the parties. He hoped the same regulations would be adopted with respect to private Bills, which were adopted with reference to public Bills of the same description. The present Bill had produced such a commotion throughout the extensive parish of Marylebone, as he (Mr. Wakley) never before saw exhibited. The people there were astonished to find the county Member bringing in a Bill ; and they believed he must have been eamigged by a small minority, and that when he was better informed of the facts he would not persevere- A more objectionable, or a more unneces sary Bill he (Mr. W.) never saw, and he hoped, u p on reflection, the Hon. Member would withdraw it. Colonel WOOD said it was very well for the Hon. Member to say that the whole parish was excited, but a great many respectable parishioners called upon him and begged that he would introduce the Bill, and in such circumstances he could not see how he could do otherwise.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MACKINNON said, that having been a church warden of the parish of Marylebone he wished to make a few observations. The present was a Bill with which the Government had nothing to do, and the hardship that was complained of arose from the Bill introduced by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Nottingham. By that Bill scrutineers were appointed and five different poliing places were selected, the consequence of which was that one of the districts was overlooked, and there was no security for the proper conducting of the election. The feeling was that the vestrymen were not elected by the people at large. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE felt himself called upon to say a few words after the allusions which had been made by the lion. Gentleman who had just spoken to a measure which he -- (Sir J. Hobhouse) had the honour to introduce. Their laws were not like the laws of the Medes and Persians, and therefore if there were anything de fective in the present law let it be altered. If the act were defective as regarded the. appointment of scrutineers, let that defect be remedied, but this Bill did not confine itself to that point. With regard to the general work. ing of the Act, which, as an Hon. Member had justly observed, had passed almost without opposition, he (Sir J. llobhouse) must sar: - that in the parish with ho was connected he had found it to work well.- 2 (Hear, hear.) If the complaints of the working of the Act in Marylebone were well founded, the Gallant Colonel was right in endeavouring to improve it. But it should be remembered that this was a private Bill, introduced for the purpose of getting rid of Act—(Hear, hear,) —and therefore it was necessary that it should be watched most jealously. He protested against the prin. eip:o of endeavouring, by means of a private Bill, t.) put an end to the operation of a public Act which had given general satisfaction. After a few words from Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, the second reading of the Bill was postponed to this day week. We had three C o ns u l s -General, twelve Consuls of tB, a consular establiShment of the ;m co s t ly c ostly kin a e . first class, and eighte e n salaried Assistant-Consuls,e! a cost of 12,000/. per annum. Now, at no time .07 v what were c a ll e d the commercial duties of the Levant' Consuls at all heavy. The commercial systen? b the Ottoman Empire had always been characterised. l, the simplicity which must be the result of direct taxat_too.:, but no one could say that the duty of the Turkish t (- . ; I, sul had been a sinecure. He need only refer to the 4 1 volumes of correspondence, which • was the last ° l6c id tribute of the late Secretary of State. The House you ~t find in those volumes a vast mass of correspondence, a 9, 1 :' `.- ld portion of which was furnished by Consuls. 'They w . .., i % . fmdcommunications with the Consul-General a Eg.2l; from Consul Hodges, Consul Waring, and Consul Ncivi They were communications directed to the Secretar?; State for Foreign Affairs. They contained specahl: llo , B on the fortunes of war, and he believed on * ll , l r ed matters which - hitherto had been conseleved as unimportant, but which • were now h aw.) to be matters of the highest importance.—( 11„1. He might remind the Noble Viscount who NN as the at i , :, to of the expedition, and he might remind the House ) : 00 individual who visited Africa on a secret expediiini tt et issued a proclamation, formed treaties of the : 1 "„ e d character which no Plenipotentiary could d ' broke he did what no Plenipotentiary dred to doe bo re treaties. The gentleman to whom she referre,t not the name of Wood, an English name, hu e d 95 an English subject. This Gentleman We ar tie Vice-Consul of her Majesty at Beyroutr wood, was only referring to the case of Mr• mis ted to prove that a Vice-Consular agent was e,_ ll a ter, with diplomatic duties of the highest . cli''. f . t hey If they looked at the other side of the glebe -- , 1 Att ie' directed their attention to the republics of Soti t ', oo lll rice, they would find the state of affairs of a`• t hat different kind. The House would recollect i n to when Mr. Canning called the New ht existence, his preliminary operation was ie. 11 1 out consular establishments on a great sea co all the capitals of the South American Republics, wit h' suls-General and Vice-Consuls were established' ores salaries of a large amount. At all the Princirs ,r,f E er Consuls of the first class were established. Shortly 10 the final recognition of these States had taken toe there followed a diplomatic establishment on the etic o large scale. In every capital of South A n/ ret arY they found a Minister Plenipotentiary and a S ee r ' ot esi' World to of Legation established in addition to the "' p od , General and the Vice-Consul already °s t ab l oose Now as our diplomatic relations ' wi th di 10. States, were never very complicated, tbe se ,.,„ t ioes matic agents assumed, with one or two e%c`.r i, si very soon a character altogether commee c . i i i c iest there was really not public business s L ionts tic for the two bodies. The result was, that the ( UP ove rei body in each capital, aware that if it were dis c m ight that they were doing nothing, their services se ise; be dispensed with, monopolised to 0°25- til' tha t • all the commercial business of that country, 5 ° e .' id Consuls-General and the Vice-Consuls held fact sinecures, while the Minister PleldP ° i f s i ll and the Secretaries of Legation, occupied theter t .: de; fulfilling the duties which ought to : 11 '00 1 ,7 volved on the Consular bodies. n e ,, c urre" refer, as an instance, to what had '"'i,; n b 0 , during one of those transatlantic blockades , t i - t i de' few years since had been but too numerous. Th 4 ',..",, e , CO., Monte Mining Company the blockade of v e ' u se °` were anxious to land a cargo of machinery for th e hod' their mines.' As m ac hi nery did not pay a duty, th`stnte, ing of it would not b e a ddi ng to t h e resource s of th e . cren cll and, therefore, the Company had hoped that theo;toye Admiral Baudin an d th e Mexican Governmenttoiehoded' agreed in p erm itti ng t h e mac hi nery to be age° The Company di rec t e d t h e i r commissioner or sub' in Mexico to e n t er into negotiations on tP, e , the ject ; he immedi a t e ly applied to Mr. Pakenh a ff e ' s tie," Minister Plenipotentiary at Mexico, and that all ) t (1 ) 0" led to a correspond ence , w hi c h t h e Noble Visc°3/111c 05e. merston) had laid on the' table of the 10 0° The whole transacti on was atten d e d to b y the diP os v°,, and not by the co nsu l ar b o d y . I n M ex i co the re „. all' diplomatic questions reg ar di ng b or d er or bounder' t e a at' there was nothing whi c h cou ld pro d uce 'diploil fe eico lj rangements. But when commerce increased, the the merchants thought it better to a pply te nea ti se diplomatic body and no t th e consu l ar herb', ti 1,,,, th e , commercial affairs we re b etter atten d e d to nn , Ode' diplomatic body. He might also refer to the gees" published by Mr. Henderson, the Consul at ` - ',... - blibb" in Spanish America, who said that the double es - 10 0 P ment was ridiculous, and of no benefit to the c°. den ce on the subject, who, in The Noble Viscount opposite was himself the best e vi d ou t the year 183 , 2 Poin te an d the impropriety o f t h e double arran gemea t, t ee. that one of th em was of very a little , ca ble He called the att en ti on o f t h e House to what theffordej Viscount did 'on th a t occas i on, b ecause it u f tl 3 an illustration with regard to the conduct °soble Noble Lord on the same occasion. The i.reeo' Lord exposed the impropriety of the double a _ f die ments in Mexico, and the appointments iu.,,,,0e Consul-General and the Vice-Consul-Gene r a ' done away with ; and it was • not, F - ,,,e t` • v - s necessary the Consul should be left. He n°‘ i ts 1 the State of Colombia and the arrangeln e l e des' Bogota, a town in the bosom of the ~ see' and which had no commun i cat i on w ith t" - ,.,ipt Nothing could be more r idi cu l ous t h an to aPP",i for, Consul-General at a tow n lik e B ogota, as h a d b t)e .a it merly the case, and t o g i ve that Consul a large ''',,f as well as to give him the assistance ' c lier • Vice-Consul, who w as a l so i n i t h e rece i pt of a c°/1-elieg able salary. He (M r . D'l srael i ) had never read a11),,.;1ai5. more ridiculous th an t h at i n the writings of 33a `le in The Noble Lo r d, t h ere f ore, had acted very prof cr 'ipt putting an end to such an establishment' the there were circ ums t ances connected wit"„! diet state of Colombi a , w hi c h ren d ere d i t ne cessary a nd a political agent should be retained there,ooler such an agent was therefore left in that yor ted , try. The Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) e,° n , f f a ire: therefore, the Consul-General into a Charge a ' `%rvie e ' and recognised the principle that one of the two se ser; was inexpedient and unnecessary for the Pik" : s coot' vice. That was a sketch of what the Noble v.., tha t had done in 1832. It might, however, be saT nr eef these illustrations from ours establishments da,,, opt s ° and South America were drawn, the We deal t ' ancient empir e , w hi c h was i n a sta t e of d tila and the other from a new country ; all : g etti e4 that inovel one in each instance our relations with those ' e-- stat e ; But were h l e lae folnd ina civilized societies in Europe —he allude- was at Hanse sthile: Hanse Towns, we had a Consul-General wh ° A gent; the same time an accredited diplomati c Afri ee i We had pursued a s i m il ar system jo, Genc l :7 and in Tunis and Al g i ers our Coon' s- t i AV i ": were also Charge d'Aff a i res. A ga i n, i n S er via an oar lachia the Same principle was adopted. It,_, 1 " :00 ap t fest that the p r i nc i p l e f or wh i ch he con tentle.: :nte edee, proved of by M r . Bid well, the Super Them of the Cons u l ar D epartment at the Fore i gn -oe'' co esei Gentleman had defended th e a pp o i n t men t of a Cons eil General in Lombardy on the ground that thT sc harg e. had also import an t po li t i ca l d ut i es to ` k ith" . f r The same principle was a ll ege d b y M r. Bidwell nt 0 4 Bard to th e C onsu l at W arsaw, wh i ch appo intre e vi err j defended on the ground that the dun v.°ll political and diplomatic. The name of Warsao r 0 lig, A 0 a recal the name of a c it y w h ere they n to_ A , Consul, but he had no wish to ei?„. te t i IP'" E h ° discussion of the merits or defects of the -0 , °, - ; ° , e ""e e policy in that respect, nor to critic.-- t se.r os t i l e conduct of the Great Powers. But he m en ',. this, that no one could have read the debate ge ° " o f I subject without feeling that there was :ale Ti t ral neglect both on the part of the Pe glee Cracow, of the great powers of the . T . Ge r ` liate eli t i; at home, and of both Houses of 23- e e d *i t b the individual who was sent there, i e d a r ';.J title of Consul, while he really Was in v ,, T e n g elo Il e s a political character. The language of the 'i tren t o on that occasion was, that the violation of fore ,i, had been great and flagrant, and tb e g i sl (~; was determined to vindicate the P ° 7;:,:the t t 3 a nity of his country by sending a Consul• r n - ro de c "i te this was a curious mode to adopt. He could „' but ~,it variety of proofs in favour of this posit' e l o o 0 ", s was afraid they would accuse him o f proviog i r oot 3 '., e Whea they were convinced that a public ,stab lia I t b e r' c , founded on a vicious principle they shotild 11 1 ° ins tel oc l vented .from condemning it hey any Pn i. , ti t hav e lf• of its beneficial operation,. which lolg a- t „ie i t s k e , i curred from a violation of the tolif` que si t :- This brought him to the heart ot t' e nt -by 0 , because he could show to the House , IL- 00, 5 c o guments, but by facts, that the sYs tenl onvel'ellio tablished had occasioned great 'I I : F - i n ac ° 0 ( and injury in a political point of view, ivl i y i e v i s ion ice . mercial respect, the adopting the `; li c ser v ;be duties had proved mischievous to the P"" r O f ' He must revert for a moment to that regio n gets,. world which had o f ied 5 ° ego late °COUP . e d SO ed of their cousideration, and .Cl 6 exei . beglo an influence over the affairs of Eurore• t e e the' ; 1 00 the House to recollect the position of EgYPt ln"' k office . ell when the Noble Viscount (Palmerston) too con 0 our only public functionary in Egypt, was be tak.e, General, and this individual mgh t f,eva litin e the 90 0 as a very fair specimen of Consuls of that time. The House was, perhapa'„,,, gell" , ef the mode by which in the good old _" l " . ",egyP l tlemen were appointed Consuls-Genera l a o „ ort eral t v The Consul- General of that period be b . . been the travelling tutor of a noblemaciilsed 1 1 14 nobleman on his return to this country exc l. 004'0, the res _..,4 influence on behalf of his travelling tutor ; ortto' Y i he became Consul-General, and enjoyed the og naeiii 0 , of sending to his patron some very choice c 81) 09 : r y: coa s t e o Egyptian antiquities. These were the nece. o w _ lo a quences of a system, the fullness of which .o h n _,!) g yr, point out to the House. In 1831 the situation ° r i nier i l was a most delicate and critical one. Il ; v Constantino. '_et Egypt was at that time negotiating at . 01 _ , , vast on behalf of the Porte ; but, at the same ti r ita it t il in force was assembling at Alexandria' _ red had aPP e ll, The became the largest army that Hear') 1- the East hi modern times.—(Hear' t Co/ ' Porto a , so- Pacha, whilst negotiating for the' Porto la cier. 1 stantinople was all the while threatening .5 deuce of Syria. Now, he had reason to thatbelicynevasurof srl. influence possessed at that time in Eg}pt, the ! . 1n t ir say ~1 1 1 particularly depended ; it was impossible fog in ___ i _G e riell the ,-. °b „ e the Noble Viscount had communicated to the Cee 9 u Iv or what the Consul-General had communicated to the Pe r -- I Viscount; all he (Mr. D'lsraeli) could state was. can ° oars presentation reprobating the conduct of those EgY gt ,übiect. had been made to the British Government upon de by proper If such a representation had been made, and m a e occ urredi authority, the invasion of Syria would never have er ___ ten d e _ The commercial 'interests of the country were Eu t p_f n, s od by clerks, but the po'itical interests were more pa . r,"r wise were superintended by Viscounts. Ile asked t"' Test di e Y to consider the effects of the invasion of Syria. bad dis turbedy , be were very perilous all would admit, the, w as. - those relations which a ll it, stat es T e n i f„t o of tluo anxious to encourage none could deny. The 6'7.1 t nco of coy' nvasion every one knew. He would give ea ins a LEEDS IMPROVEMENT. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds for the improvement of that town.—Referred to the Select Committee on Private Bills. The Reports on the London and Holywell Roads Bill, the Drogheda Harbour Bill, and the New Cross. Roads Bill, were respectively brought up. PRESBYTERIAN MIXED MARRIAGES. . Sir R. BA TESON presented seven petitions from places in the counties of Londonderry, Down, and An trim, on the subject of Presbyterian Marriages in Ireland. CORN-LAWS. Colonel BAILLIE presented a petition from Honiton, praying the House to pass a law, enacting that in all cases corn should be sold by measure, and not by weight, or otherwise to declare what weight should be taken for a bushel of wheat. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting of the township of Blatch ingworth and Calderbrook, in the parish of Rochdale, and signed by the Chairman (Joseph Schofield, Esq,) on be half of the meeting. The petitioners stated that the man ner in which the Ministerial measure on the subject of the Corn-laws had been received by the House, furnished conclusive evidence that the House of Commons, as at present constituted, did not represent the opinions of the people, and they therefore prayed that the elective fran chise might be granted to every male inhabitant of 21 years of age, of sound mind and unconvicted of crime ; also for annual Parliaments, vote by ballot, no property qualification, paid members, and equal electoral districts. IMPORTATION OF FLOUR. Mr. SHARMAN CRA WFORD presented a petition from the Committee of the Belfast Flour and Bread Company, stating that their Company was formed in Belfast in the year 1800, and that it still existed for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants with bread of good quality and free from adulteration ; that owing to un favourable seasons the petitioners could not often pro cure flour of a fit quality for bread in Ireland, and that the law as it has existed in that country precluded them from importing flour suitable to their purpose. The petitioners therefore prayed that the House would remove the restrictions at present existing on the im portation of flour into Ireland. Captain JONES presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county Westmeath, praying.for an increase in the duty upon foreign oats proposed by the present Government. Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented a petition from several clergymen in Yorkshire, born in Wales, praying the House to take into its consideration the advantage of appointing clergymen acquainted with the Welsh lan guage to benefices in Wales. Me. O'CONNELL presented a petition from certain -millers in Ireland, praying for a further protection to the millers of that country. Mt: HAWES presented a_ petition from Lambeth, signed by 2,000 inhabitants, and six other petitions from various parts of the metropolis, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. VILLIERS presented several petitions from places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Derbyshire, and Staffordshire, to the same effect. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the county of Cork, complaining of the present proposed scale of duties on wheat and flour, in proportion to each other, and praying for protection to Irish agriculture. Mr. MILLS presented a petition against any further grant to the Catholic College of Maynooth. Lord SANDON presented a petition against the operation of the proposed corn citifies. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice that to-morrow he should move that there be laid on the table of the House, a statement of the quantity of each kind of grain imported f rom Ireland into England, from 1821 to 1841 inclusive, divided into septen nial periods, specifying the quantities of barley, wheat, oats, oatmeal, and malt ; also of the quantities of grain imported from 1802 to 1841, in periods of ten years, and other details conn ec t e d w i t h t h e C orn trade with Ireland. Lord C. FITZROY begged to give notice that to morrow he would move •for a Return of the Memorials addressed to the Board of Trade, praying for the legis lation of a measure regarding Masters and Mates in the Merchant service. Dr. BOWRING gave notice, that he would defer his motion for the correspondence respecting the establish ment of an English Bishop at Jerusalem till Thursday, the 17th of March. Mr. FERRAND begged leave to withdraw the mo tion of which' he . had given notice, in addition to the notice of the Honourable Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton), for a return of the " names or firms of all occupiers of cotton, woollen, flax, and silk mills, or factories, who pay their wages in goods inste a d of money." He had been told by many Hon. Gen tlemen in that House, who were well acquainted with the subject that the motion was an impracticable one.— (Hear, hear.) And he would, therefore, beg leave to withdraw it.— Motion withdrawn. Mr. O'CONNELL begged leave to postpone to this day week the motion of which he had given notice, for a "copy of the instructions given to the respective Crown Solicitors on each Circuit, respecting the challenging Jurors in Crown cases by each of the following gentle mer, when filling the office of. Attorney-General in Ireland:—Mr. Richards, now Baron Richards ; Mr. O'Loghlen, now Sir Michael • O'Loghlen, Baronet ; Mr. Brady, now Chief Baron Brady ; Mr. Pigott, late Attorney-General for Ireland ; Mr. Black burn, now Attorney-General for Ireland ; specifying the particulars in which they differ. Return of the number and names of the Barristers appointed in the present year to be supernumerary prosecuting Counsel on each Circuit in Ireland. Return of the number and names of Barristers so appointed who have declined to act. Re turn of the number and names of Barristers who were employed last year as supernumerary Crown Counsel, and who are not included in the foregoing returns." The Hosz. MEMBER then moved, pursuant to notice, for a return of the numbers, names, and description of the persons who have registered arms in the county of Down, Ireland. • Mr. SHAW asked if the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had any objection to extend his motion to all Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL said that he had no objection whatever. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. HUTT gave notice that to-morrow he would pre sent a petition from the Corporation of Hull, complain ing of the appointment of Municipal Magistrates. Mr. ELPfIINSTONE moved for a return showing the amount of capital on which the several rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in Great Britain, in the year ended the sth day of January, 1842 ; abstract of the total amount under each rate since 1797 ; account showing the total amount of Duties on Legacies, Probates, and Administrations received in Ire land, in the year ended the sth day of January, 1842 ; Returns for the year 1841, ended the sth day of Janu ary, 1842, showing the amount of capital on which the several rates of legacy duty have been paid in Ireland, and distinguishing the amount f each rate ; Return of the total amount of Revenue received in the United Kingdom in the year ended the sth day of July, 1842, for Stamp Duty on Legacies,distinguishing those on direct and on reversionary bequests, if possible, on Probates, Admini strations, and testamentary inventories ; distinguishing the amount from England and Wales, Scotland and Ire land ; with an abstract of the whole amount of duty re ceived since 1797. Amount of total duty received in the United Kingdom since 1797, to the sth day of January, 1842. (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 146, of Session 184 1 .)—Ordered. Dr. BOWRING begged to put a question to the Right Hon. -Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department. He understood that, within a few days, he had recei ve d a document on the state of the manufacturing districts, which contained a great number of facts collected by a committee of gentlemen, who were charged to examine into the state of the working population. He would be glad to know from the Right Hon. Baronet when he would lay that documest on the table of the House ? Sir. J. GRAHAM said that if the Hon. Gentleman would repeat the question to-morrow he would probably be able to answer it. Mr. BROTHERTON wished to say that at the time when he gave notice of his motion for a return of the number of manufacturers who paid their wages upon the truck system, he was not aware that 100 manufacturers would come forward and give that denial which they had done to the statements of the Hon. Member opposite. His object in giving notice that he would move for that return, was to show that the t ruc k system was not adopted generally amongst manufacturers at Man chester. After what bad occurred he would withdraw his motion ; but at the same time he called upon the Hon. Member to state when he would move for a Com mittee to inquire into the system. CONSULS AND DIPLOMATIC AGENTS. Mr. D'ISRAELIsaid he rose to submit to the House the motion of which he had given notice, with respect to the consular establishment of the empire. It appeared to!him that at a time when the commercial interests of the country were almost monopolising their consideration, it was not inopportune to consider whether those establishments which were maintained in foreign countries, for the pur pose of superintending, and, if possible, encouraging our commerce, were adapted to promote that object. That was the question which he wished to submit to the consideration of the House. He thought it was of the utmost importance that those agents who were appointed to superintend the commercial affairs , of the country should be capable of performing their duties, and of assisting in protecting the interests of commerce generally. The interests of this country were attached to and conducted by two principal bodies. One the diplomatic body— the other the consular body, one of these bodies were destined to attend to what were called the poli tical interest, and the other the commercial , in- , terest of the country. It was the duty of. the House to see that a particular class of those interests should not be entrusted to an inferior order"of agents. It would be expedient to inquire whether those political and commercial' interests should be at tended to. The question of peace or ,war, or the duration or the probability of either, were questions which submitted themselves to the considera tion of those agents who arrange the commercial inter ests of the country. It was then necessary to enter into consideration upon th e su bj ect. It was difficult to draw the line of demarcation which separated the commercial from the political class of agents. Thus whilst the interests of the country at large were attended to by one class of men,. the m i nutest i nterests o f tr a de were superintended. by the Ministers of the State.' Of the four quarters one was the scene of the most ancient consular establishment, another was the theatre of its most recent introduction : he alluded to the Turkish em pire and the South American republic. On the coast of the Mediterranean, from J4ibanus to Alexandria, we had kb! Clp hli the $, h a p p tr ig Ala( , sli g ;tut] ~d Se a . i . 1 / 4 0 4 . 4 burg Cara an -ur, 24i"iii tt orr, :1 1 the 45felit' eal e Iltk ed de ns • th, th e t" war let( d try 4ee ' wh Ili S e l), the: A. bi z tr,141 I ha 14 _~ i ~J ~:ll.{ .1",„ kltv; sti th of an she the