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hou se ; but its Coryphwus out of doors was Mr. Hall, a London barrister, whose arguments were decisive against metropolitan registration. Amongst the ob jections he stated were the possible loss of the deeds in the course of their conveyance to London, and the t in convenien ce t h at wou ld b e occas i one d to persons who wanted to borrow. Another objection was, that it would be a great grievance to all but the very wealthy re moved from the metropolis to have the registries as reference's placed at such a distance from them. There was likewise the difficulty of proving rights de- Pendent on the production of the deed. There was the additional objection of forcing into the metropolis tithe law business of the emintry, and bringing from ib ; „Protinpes sill the practitioners of eminence and 1 , 1 ; 1 9% There were likewise to be taken into account titlenst the list of objections, the risk and hazard to property, which might arise from fire, riot or rebellion in the provinces. These were the objections of Mr. Hall, and hon. members must admit that they se n led much weight with tlitin. ( Hear, hear.) The Tuttent§ in favour of local registration were simple "nd obvious—to wit, the facility of access, and the di- Eished expense. The testimony of the member for eX als o made in favour of local registration on the "end of the great delay consequent on being c?m -• pilled to employ a town agent in the metropolitan ran, and t h e greater encouragemen t t o register in th e : lea ' one. He, too, urged the diminished expense and .r 0 „1,, e "'" , as well as the greater facility of registry and reference in the latter. (Hear, hear.) A respectable gentlem an in Sheffield instanced an occasion where -4 instant execution was threatened if the deeds ee we 'e not d epos i te d d o the very day of the p an i c ; a f i l i ti 6 ll, surely, which could not be complied with , t eey had to be brought from the metropolis • and , he would contend, was a solid and unswerable argu te-"ent against the metropolitan bill. The hon. gentle onean proceeded to show, that the local system was the which prevailed in most countries where the re- fester had been established—as in Prussia, in Bavaria, io n Austria. It also prevailed in Norway and Den tottrlk, 'where registration had been established for cen hales It was likewise the practice of Sweden and s , ; and both in New York province and city the g e ' s , ;ein of local registration was adopted. In Nova tia, too, the same system was adopted since its set keentent• In his (Mr. Ciyley's) opinion, the argu ,‘ nts in favour of local courts made for, and strength ened those in favour of local registration, and militated a gainst the metropolitan plan. His hon. and learned fri end, the member for Southwark, who introduced the bill, being an advocate for local courts, should also advocate the principles of local registration. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to show, from the reports ° f both the commissioners and the committee of the house, that the majority of opinions were in favour of the local system. Some were for no registry, and one.octed a metropolitan in conjunction with a locaA point had been on by the hon. tnember for Southwark, with regard to registration by Memorial, and an objection had been raised on the pre : itidice arising from this cause against the system of re gistration pursued in Yorkshire, but it was an ob i_eetion e as il y o b v i ate d , b y making it optional to insert 4 11-len g th copy, i nstead of the memorial. In his ( Lu Cayley's) opinion (as we understood him) there , fold be but little doubt that th e reg i s t ra ti on oug h t to ess7f , ...any attempt s h a d b een ma d e , b ut unsuc b„ 4 ellY, to establi s h thi s system , an d a bill b roug h t i n r42ergeant Onslow, in 1815, was l os t on th e secon d a the full-length the m a i n o bj ect i on b e i ng , t h at i t propose d registration instead of the memorial. ZAs regarded this part of the question, he (Mr. Cayley) dered the evidence of Sir E. Sugden had not been E ' Sugden BROUGHAM was understood to say that Sir had re f use d to b e exam i ne d. c o w r ' E Y proceeded to insist that the people never be persuaded to adopt the system of me- Itan registration. The local plan was more con tiTettnt with the general feelings of the country. For e re asons he had a dd uce d, h e was oppose d to t h e Itte nire bef ore t h e house, and supported the amend g!, which he trusted would be carried. tie ,„2 r GEORGE STRICKLAND thought that, on a t it i',nen where such a variety of opinions were enter b.vtt by the best-informed men, the house ought to ;1 4 t T l e before it enforced any measure upon the country 8,„ „regard to registration. The hon. member for kil'unwark said, that when it came to be thoroughly h e ° Z l l, it would be thoroughly liked; on the contrary, "i'dieved that the more it was known, the more it ,„° l lld be disliked and dreaded. (Hear, hear.) It -as the great and fearful alteration in the law ; nor had s uc h any experience to warrant them in the adoption of - r ee Plan. The l ega l e ff ect o f t h e p l an wou ld b e to f r th e 2 11 1 every man, by the strong arm of the law, of p ion of his own title deeds, for the purpose Lou t iZg them in one great government office in ' ai d alai (Hear, hear.) He had certainly heard it 30 7 b this deposit of deeds was not made compul ao n y the bill, and that the word used was " may," p e i so Qt " Must." Oh, no. It was by no means cora of r Y" - -option was all owe d ; b ut t h e on l y consequence 1 , 1 et depo s iti ng was t h e l oss o f t h e estate. ( Hear.) ill s was th e spec i es o f non - compu l s i on which landed l'repriet ors h ad to expect. H e o bj ecte d to the plan as 1- el a n d untried. He knew it had been said that a 'Millar plan had been tried with success in Sweden I11( 1 elsewhere, and that it had answered i n YO r k s hi re 'lad Middlesex. But here the deposit of the whole deed W as required, whereas in those cases a memorial only was '"Ristered. To a registrati on o f memor i a l s h e s h ou ld n ot object, if th a t s h ou ld b e d eeme d a suff i c i ent safe guard- It was calculated, if England were divided into ilottle districts, 8,000 d ee d s wou ld b e reg i stered annually w(2)u tb- It was a d m i tte d on a l l hands that the registry fort y y be . no use to the country for twenty, thirty, or titl es. Th -a f a This plan gave no security to existing wa nner e house, therefore, was in the most generous tw eet r going to legislate for posterity. (Hear.) In d eed !. Years, therefore, there would be about 1,500,000 d eeds f in the registry. In order to trace out any title DIY to these roots or symbols. These roots appeared nary ,selnething like pedigrees, and it would be neces thieoLehtraclle it up to the pater, o . r . head, and . thence . uni o a the divisions, sub-divisions, unions, dis necteVnd re-unions, all of which were to be con- Wer e hp "Y, a sort of chain, if one of the links of which t opic I°Ken, the deed would be lost. ( Hear.) One bu t v Considerable importance had been referred to, canti„, r) ' Sl ightly, viz., the difficulties which the mer adobt;,‘Yorld would experience if this system were their til "1 obtaining loans on the equitable deposit of tu red t o e d eeds. The hon. member had, indeed, ven but Wes I s l ay, that this plan would facilitate such loans t he co e net, aware that evidence was given before m initt ee (and he might refer to names of great 'oau s ',e), that it would put a total end to equitable witn es ,„ th e deposit of title deeds, and that some of the Wa s L" e s, ‘ lyent so far as to say, that such tendency iuf er :e ce uctal to the country ? ( Hear, hear.) This p ili ,7 4 ' o _ 1 11 8 ? , denied. He knew that, during the f or e. 2.), such was the activity in searching title deeds in the We t Riding of Yorkshire, 'llat the registry office at Wakefield was kept open f acilities and day, and he would sa fel y 'acilities given at that time by assert that the . a i egotiation of equitable loans upon Zigistration to the i!eds saved hundreds of considerable entdepoisi ba i e t ne o ts f title niters from utter ruin. ( Hear.) lladnirte ti , s ary to lose time by sending to the metro ol n is n f e o - r pe `: Purpose of searching such a registry as that is th e ' r ed, they must have been ruined.. He denied that c uri " could be any efficient provision .against merely W58411s searchers, all the protection given by the bill sea ms requisition of a declaration from the person tha t i : L og that he was interested in the property, or sorti be. was the attorney, or clerk to the attorney, of th a P t e jscon interested. What protection was there to i ' The exposure of title deeds was calculated la,,,lnerease -• litigation, and to expose the possessors . of l ' r c'eee ( te l r° ,.Perty to many very vexatious. andhhavairnasgsmtgo tops• He protested also against "qtl lQ , - s title deeds through the post-office. Not 'eing the praise which it was fashionable to , that department in that house, he knew many qad instances in which it was very badly conducted. He tit tle inplained to the Postmaster-General some short tb:g v ? ?lthe want of a regular post to a large town {laid to jac.nuty of Doncaster. No attention had been h ad sin e ' s memorial, and the post-bag to that town h‘,'Oriv ey ,.. s e been twice lost (Hear) ; and this was the is ti t i7, , e i by Which he was to be compelled to send deeds. It was the opinion of Mr. Preston ..`"eh k nd ir `Award Sugden that the total alteration notice w 0 oral registration would make in the law of H 4 e l4 ,be productive of the greatest inconveni t,,,; w ills i n a lso protested against the registration of hi so te - London, the present local registration 5 18 4144 )11 401 more convenient. The whole plan, in w e ,CUri ty shook the security of property, the real ° Leh p re Which was the possession of the deeds Mr. L i ed the title. ';sPect f C H said, that no man could have a greater 0 k sten t o h r t h e opinions of Sir E. Sugden and Mr. PPeEe t h in be had. But to those opinions he would e opinions of men who were entitled to scarcely less weight. He could quote the opinions of Mr. Sanders, Mr. ,Humphries, and of the late Sir Samuel Romilly, and Mr. Butler. ( Hear.) He had really heard no good_ reason from those who did not object to a local registration, why they should object to a metropolitan registry. The great bustle of all legal transactions took place in London, and a registry there would be far more convenient than a number of local registries. He really saw no reason to appre hend a civil war in England, and thought that argu ment, at least, a very bad one ; for, surely, if a civil war did spring up, tumults were as likely to arise in provincial towns, as in the metropolis. Had they not heard of riots at Bristol, at Nottingham, and at Derby ? (Hear, hear.) The arguments told in favour of a metropolitan registration. As' to all these pam phlets the fact was, that the country attorneys were I afraid of losing their business ( Hear), for they appre hended that their business would be transferred to London by this bill, and this was the whole gist of the opposition of the country attorneys. ( Hear.) They had no reason to fear it. The whole business could be transacted in the country as now ; the deeds could be prepared there, and, when prepared, could be sent with the duplicate to London. He agreed in all the statements made by the member for Yorkshire, who had spoken first, with respect to the expediency of re- gistration ; but he differed from him with respect to the mode of that registration. If reliance were placed on the memorial, it must be recollected that the vali dity of the transfer would depend on the correctness of that memorial. If the memorial should be defec tive, the priority would be lost. There would -be great risk in this. He objected also to the expense which would attend the memorial. All that was re quired by the bill of the hon. and learned member for Southwark was a simple duplicate of the deed ; while the memorial must be drawn up on parchment, must be attested by two witnesses, and must, in other re spects, be attended with considerable expense. Great difficulties would be occasionally created in the proving of titles if the memorial were to be put on the register. What was proposed by the bill of his hon. and learned friend the member for Southwark was the construction of a perfect index. Mr. Bell, whose talents and knowledge every one was acquainted with, was always in favour of a registration. (No, no.) Mr. Bell was in favour of registration, but was not satisfied as to the mode of constructing the index ; but when the mode prescribed in his hon. and learned friend's bill was shown to him, he expressed his conviction that the system would work well. Convinced as he was that the adoption of the bill of his hon. and learned friend would be highly advantageous to the public, it should on that ground receive his support. Lord M 0 RPE T H had no difficulty in stating that the sense of that Riding of Yorkshire which he had the honour to represent, and which it was hardly neces sary for him to say contained a number of persons of large landed property, was almost unanimous against the bill of his hon. and learned friend the member for Southwark ; a feeling which he had no doubt that Riding only shared in common with the other Ridings of the important county of Yorkshire. Now, he thought it could not be denied that the wishes of his constituency ought to have great weight with every member of that house, in reference to all matters which lore on private concerns, and on the administra tion of property. Unquestionably the sense of the people of Yorkshire was favourable to the system of registration which they possessed, and not to the sys tem proposed by the bill of his hon. and learned friend. They were very willing to amend any defects which might appear in their present system, but the system itself they were desirous of retaining. It was his intention, therefore, to vote, not for the bill of his hon. and learned friend the member for South wark, but for the bill of the hon. member for the North Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. ROMILL Y thought this bill ought to be allowed to go into committee, in order that its provi sions might be fully and impartially examined. Much misrepresentation existed with respect to many parts of it. With respect to the disclosures which might take place under the proposed system, he could not see that they would be injurious except to those who sought a fraudulent concealment. He knew many merchants in the city of London who were of opinion that a general disclosure of property would be in no way injurious to commercial interests. As it was, many persons, with a view to conceal their real condi tion, went on living at a greater expense than they could afford, until they involved themselves and a number of other persons in ruin. How many landed proprietors were at this moment living beyond their means ? Having a nominal income arising from a property deeply mortgaged, they lived up to that no minal income, in order that the condition of their pro perty might not be disclosed. To such persons a sys tem of registration, by which the real condition of their property would be shown, wouldbe advantageous, as they would be prevented from obtaining that credit, the facility in getting which now plunged them into inextricable embarrassments. He denied that the ex pense of the proposed proceeding would be such as it had been described to be. Duplicates of the deeds would not be expensive, and the objection that it would not be practicable to raise money on them, was totally unfounded. Ile did not think that the bill of the hon. member for Southwark would make such a material alteration in the present practice, and he should give it his most cordial support. Mr. A. SANDFORD said, that the bill then be fore the house would not make the property in York shire one jot more secure, nor make it worth a single year's purchase more, than the land in any other part of England. That there were at times abuses under the present system he did not deny ; but he was sa tisfied that the present measure, instead of acting as a remedy to those abuses, would tend materially to ag gravate them. _ _ _ - Mr. DUNC °MBE considered if the house con sented to the bill, there was nothing but downright force that could put it into operation in Yorkshire— it would be resisted ; and perhaps this would be better understood by the hon. and learned member (Mr. Brougham) than by most men, as he was one of the first to advise the people to resist the payment of cer tain taxes. If the measure was now rejected, as he fully anticipated it would be, he hoped it would never be introduced again. Why was it thus perseveringly brought forward, after having been so signally de feated ? and this, too, without a single new argument in support of it ? He did not believe that the hon. and learned member could be anxious for notoriety— of that he had, indeed, enough already. He did not believe he was courting popularity, for none could be got by such a bill ; nor did he believe that he brought it forward for the sake of increasing the business of the London practitioners, for as that increased there would be a proportionate diminution in that public confidence and respect which had hitherto been in variably and deservedly awarded to them. He should vote directly against the bill, because he looked upon it as obnoxious to the feelings of the great mass of proprietors—as injurious to their interests and de structive to their rights. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it appeared to him that the argument had been diverted from its proper ground. There were, in fact, only two ques tions to be considered, the first, whether there was to be any registry at all ; the second, how that registry could be best effected. The proper ground to take was this, that by making a registry they would render titles so much the more secure, and the transfer of land so much the more easy. Purchases would thus be made more willingly, much more cheaply, and much more expeditiously. At present there was no place at which to obtain information on the subject . of Property, its owner, or its title. Persons were wholly dependant for it on fortuitous circumstances, and it wasth7efore u tt er ly i m p oss ibl e t o p rocee d t o a bar gainwith anythi ng lik e secur ity or con fid ence . I n a 511 elt r ., major i t y o f i nstances, vendors undou b tedly acted aiiy, but there were instances, and those of not very unfrequerit occurrence, where fair dealing did not take place. Prac tically,therefore, there was a great evil in the present system. But they were told by some that there was really no great injury, forgetful that to guard against this actually necessary. injury NiT as ox is e a ntire code of laws was wholesome transfe statement, h he would ask, in a co un t ry w h ere easy, and, to be easy, must necessarily be ro safe t tPoos be Pos session of land was no evidenc e o f t i tle, and the im mediate- purchaser should not be icjur e d b y f rau therefore he could not see why any objection ought to exist on the part of the owner of an estate to a cor rect registration of its deeds. Fraudulent persons might indeed be opposed to it—persons who were de sirous to raise money on lands, so heavily encumbered that an honest investigation could not be borne. There might, also, he a Imitted, be an unwillingness among individuals in embarrassed circumstances, to have their affairs laid bare, but such an unwillingness should merge in the general good. From all he could gather, from the opinions already expressed, he came to the conclusion,that there was no difference re specting the advantages likely to result from a general registry, the only difference being, bow the registry could be carried into effect. They were then, how ever at the second reading of the bill ; let them allow it then to go into committee, and then regulate it as they pleased. He should not discuss the questions whether the registry ought to be metropolitan o.• no The committee was the best place to meet that ; but if opposed in the — committee, the proper course would be to agree to the proposition of the hon. and learned member for Southwark. (Question, question.) 'He considered registration a measure of the first import. ance, and he again urged the propriety of going into committee. Mr. PEASE rose amid loud cries of " Question." lie had met, he said, some time ago, a large portion of the freeholders of South Durham, who were de cidedly opposed to the bill then before the house. They considered their rights as Englishmen ought not to be surrendered, which they would be if an oppressive law like the present were passed. He considered the present measure, if carried, would place the landed and agricultural interest in great danger, and therefore he should oppose the bill. SirW. H 0 RNEwould vote for the second reading of the bill. ( Question, question.) Mr. CUTL AR FERGUSSON said the simple question was, whether there was to be a registry or not ; the question standing so, not being influenced by the collateral one, if metropolitan or local. In Scotland, for the last 200 years, there had been a general registration, which had been productive of the most beneficial effects. The fair and honest man would not seek disguise, but the cheat would. By the present bill he would be prevented from defraud ing his creditors. (Hear.) He trusted they would at least permit the present bill to go into Committee. Mr. TOOKE considered the house, from what it had already heard, should pause before they proceeded further. From what they already knew they would be inclined to avoid trying an experiment from which they could not retrace their steps. ( Hear, and Ques tion.) An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, opposed the bill. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said, the losses, the injuries, and the gross frauds which were practised under the present system ought to be put a stop to, and he thought that any hon. member who considered them would at once support the principle of the bill before the house. Mr. PR YME contended that registration with all the incumbrances attached to it under this bill, and confined, as it was intended to be, entirely to the me tropolis, was not desirable, and he would therefore vote against the bill. Mr. ROLFE rose amidst loud cries of " Question." He concurred fully in the principle of the bill, and would give it his decided support. Mr. W. BROUGHAM replied, after which The house divided on the bill, when there appeared— • For the second reading 45 Against it. Majority against the second reading —ll6 The house then divided on Mr. Cayley's bill, when the numbers were— Ayes . Noes . . . 125 Majority against it . —57 Both bills were consequently lost for the session. GENERAL POST-OFFICE DELIVERY BILL. Mr. C. BERKELEY moved the second reading of the General Post-office Delivery Bill. Mr. PHILLPOTTS supported the motion. Mr. V. SMITH said that if the nature of the bill were generally known, it would create the utmost astonishment in every town and hamlet in the country. He was at a loss to discover what the object of the hon. member was. The hon. member, he believed, proposed to assimilate the post-office delivery in the country to that in London ; but it remained to be seen if the project was practicable, or, if practicable, desirable. The hon. member stated , that under the present law the limits of the post-office delivery were unlimited and undefined ; but such as the hon. mem ber proposed would create the greatest inconvenience, and no circumstances could justify it. The Postmaster- General had submitted the plan of the hon. member to the inspectors, all of whom declared it to be impracticable. The hon. gentleman must know that there must be limits to the delivery. He (Mr. V. Smith) conceived that, under these circumstances, the measure could not receive the sanction of the house, and would therefore move, " That the bill be read that day six months." An Hos. MEMBER, whose name we did not learn, seconded the amendment. Mr. WARBURTON did not intend to support the bill ; but he wished to state to the house, on the part of the hon. member for Plymouth (Sir E. Codrington) what he could have stated himself, had he been present. In Stone bouse—a town between Devonport and Plymouth—there was a population of 40,000 souls, a considerable portion of which population consisted of retired naval officers. They had applied for a post-office to themselves ; as, under the existing arrangement, they could not get their letters, without paying an extra penny on each letter. He thought that a town containing so large a population—especially as so many of the inhabitants were retired naval officers, to whom every penny was an object—ought to have its appli cation granted. Mr. 'WALLACE, as we understood him, complained of the expense to which the people of Cheltenham were sub jected from the arrangements that at present existed in that town respecting the delivery of letters. In 1830 they had to pay 92,000 pennies on the delivery of their letters ; in 1800, 103,000 pennies; in 1831, 123,000; in 1832, 146,000 ; and in 1833, 167,000 pennies. The hon. member then proceeded to complain of the ridiculous state of the law as regarded the transmission of newspapers. If a newspaper was sent a few miles through a two-penny or three-penny post-office, postage was charged, while it could be sent free through the general post-office to the remotest part of the kingdom. He (Mr. Wallace), in a correspond ence he had had on the subject of the post-office with the venerable Sir Francis Freeling, whom he always did, and always would, consider postmaster-general, had pointed out this anomaly. There was another point on which be wished to touch. The inhabitants of the metropolis suf fered great inconvenience in consequence of there being no delivery on the Sabbath Day. He would ask the hon. member smack (Laughter) why a delivery was not allowed on Sunday ? Ile maintained there was no law in exist ence to prevent letters being delivered on the Sabbath Day. He would not detain the house by entering further into the subject now. The whole question of the post office would soon come on for discussion, when he would lay the whole circumstances to which he had referred be fore the house. Lord WILLIAM LENNOX rose to repel the vitupera tive and uncalled-for attack which the hon. member for Greenock had made on his noble relative, the Postmaster- General. He must know that Sir Francis Freeling was not the Postmaster-General. The hon. gentleman had advanced assertions without proof. He wished he (Mr. Wallace) would bring forward his charges in some tangible shape against the Postmaster-General, and then they would be met and refuted. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY supported the Bill. Mr. SPRING RICE was sure the house must see, that there must necessarily be limits to the post office delivery. He could speak to the fact, that the greatest exertions had been made by the noble duke at the head of the Post Office department, to meet the convenience of the public in the delivery of the letters, and this, too, at a ponsider able sacrifice of revenue. Mr. H. HUGHES ) and Mr. G. F. YOUNG severally supported the Bill. Sir M. W. RIDLEY said, that were this Bill to pass, there would be a deficiency of revenue every year from its operation, to the amount of between 8,000/. and 10,0001. What, then, would be the deficiency of revenue, were the measure to be extended to the country generally ? He would oppose the Bill. Mr. V. SMITH could assure the hon. member for Greenock, that all his complaints against the Post-office would be inquired into; but he (Mr. V. Smith) wished he would postpone all his small skirmishes until the 26th of June, the day fixed for the great battle on the subject. The House then divided, when their appeared— For the motion 52 ' For the amendment 66 Majority saint the bill The Chimney Sweepers Bill went through a committee pro forma. RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY BILL. Mr. HARDY moved the second reacting of this bill. Mr. FINCH supported it, and Dr. LUSHINGTON objected to it. The existing law presented no impediment to any persons assembling, and preaching to any number of hearers he pleased. He had but to register his name, and take out a license, which would cost him :Is. 6d. The proposed bill appeared to him calculated, in its indirect results, to produce much mischief to the church ; and the liberty it gave might be perverted to far different purposes than worship. He should there fore move as an amendment, that it be read that day six months. Mr. F. G. YOUNG seconded the amendment. Mr. PEASE thought no obstruction whatever ought to be put, to prevent any number of persons meeting to offer up their prayers to the Creator whenever and wherever they thought fit. Air. WARBURTON approved of the principle of the bill : the form of it might be altered in committee. Lord SANDON thought the importance of the measure merited the fullest consideration; he, therefore, should suggest to the hon. member to postpone the second reading. Air. SPRING RICE concurred in the suggestion. Mr. HARDY rep ied. Sir M. W. RIDLEY opposed the bill. He said he would not give his consent, modified in any way, for lay men to be allowed to preach the Gospel. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the bill. After a few words from Mr. PRYME and Mr. RUTH NI/IZ, the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading For the amendment Majority —2s The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to b( ommitted on Wednesday next. • SABBATH OBSERVANCE BILL. On our re-admission to the galery, Lord SANDON was stating that he wouli not opp - se the bill. Mr. CURTEIS objected to the introduction of the 13 . 11 at so late an hour. He would move, as an amendmen t , the postponement of the bringing in of the bill for a week. Lord MORPETH said the bill was of a very qualified character, and he hoped the bringing of it in would not be opposed. Mr. WARBURTON would not oppose the bill. He thought that every hon. member had better bring in a bill on the subject, and then they could take the one which they liked best. This was surely the best course, consi dering the number of such bills that had been prepared both in the house and out of it. The amendment having been negatived without a divi sion, the bill was brought in and read a first time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at twenty minutes past two o'clock. THE IRISH CHURCH. RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED BY MR. WARD, ON TUESDAY, MAY 27. Resolved,—l. That the property now held by the Irish church, whether consisting of Bishops' lands, glebes, tithes, or any other species of endowment, is the property of the state, and ought to bepreserved for such purposes as the legislature may determine. 2. That in the opinion of the house the Protestant esta blishment in Ireland, as now established by law, exceeds the spiritual wants of the Protestant population, to which standard it ought to be reduced. 3. That, with a view to effect this reduction, the prin ciples of the Irish Church Reform Bill of last year be ex tended, and the ecclesiastical commissioners appointed by that bill be empowered to act as trustees for the whole of the church property in Ireland, including bishops' lands, glebes, tithes, and every other species of endowment. 4. That out of the fund thus created, the commissioners shall issue to every archbishop, bishop, dean, rector, vi car, &c., the full amount of the sums which they are now entitled to receive during the term of their natural lives, they continuing to discharge their ecclesiastical duties as at present, where required. _ . . . 5. That upon the death of the present incumbents, no issue shall be made by the commissioners for any future incumbent, in any parish where the registered number of the Protestant inhabitants does not amount to one of the whole population. 6. That upon the death of any bishop whose see does not contain parishes, each having a Protestant population consisting of one of the whole po pulation, no issue shall be made by the commissioners for any future bishop • but the see shall be annexed to that adjoining see by which the duties of episcopal superinten dence can be most conveniently discharged. 7. That out of the fund arising from the bishops' lands, glebes, and tithes, thus gradually . falling in, the commis sioners be empowered to extinguish all private rights of presentation, by buying up the advowsons, where they are property of individuals ; but that the advowsons now in the gift of the sees shall only be retained by them where the livings are retained, and shall drop without compensa tion wherever the living is extinguished by the want of a Protestant congregation. 8. That a discretionary power be given to the com missioners in cases where the number of resident Protestants falls short of that proportion of the whole population fixed by the fifth reso lution, to assist such Protestants in keeping up the performance of the divine service, by an advance from the general fund, not exceeding 1501. annually, a return being made to Parliament of all such cases as may occur. 9. That the provisions already made for the sale of bishops' lands, the repairing of churches, and the commu tation of tithes into a tax upon land, shall not be affected by the present resolutions. 10. That the surplus fund remaining in the hands of the commissioners be applied, either in the promotion of education or in the employment of the poor, or in making a provision for the religious instruction of the people by the ministers of every branch of the Christian church, or in such other purposes of public utility as Parliament in its wisdom may think fit. CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION SOCIETY. A very numerous meeting of the friends of this useful association was held last night, at the Chapel in Finsbury circus, T. F. Bux•rov, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the Society numbered 1,574 visiters of the poor, all acting gratuitously ; and that they visited and instructed no fewer than 57,650 families. They had recently appointed a foreign gentleman of great learn ing, piety, and zeal (Dr. Louis Giustiniana), to visit the foreigners in this country, particularly the Poles. A num ber of these (about 200) were found at Portsmouth, who having been on board a Prussian ship, which by the preva lence of westerly winds had been driven into Portsmouth, refused again to embark on board the transport, and were living upon public charity, compelled to make a stable their lodging-house, and straw their bed. As the majority of them understood the German language, Dr. Giustiniani found frequent opportunities of addressing them both in public and private, and their serious attention and grate ful acknowledgments proved how gladly they received his instructions. After staying with them a fortnight, Dr. Giustiniani came to London, and having, by the liberality of the Bri tish and Foreign Bible Society, obtained a grant of fifty Polish Testaments, with some German copies of the Scriptures, he returned to these poor wanderers again, who hailed his second visit, and these copies of the Testa ment, with great satisfaction and thankfulness. Some doubts having been entertained respecting the sincerity of their professions, a gentleman undertook to watch their conduct in the stable where they slept, and when about ten o'clock one evening he approached the door, all were silent, except one individual, who, on peeping through the shutter, he saw reading the New Testament, while a large company of Isis poor comrades were kneeling around to listen to him. As some of these outcasts were sick, a builder lent one of his workshops as a little hospital, and the soldier who had the care of his comrades was the in dividual already named, and who was constantly employed in reading the Scriptures to the sick; and the owner of the premises remarked that he never saw an Englishman more diligently devoted to the Word of God. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. J. YOUNG, Dr. HEUGH, from Scotland, and other gentlemen, and liberal contributions were made at the close of the meeting. The Duchess of Kent was announced as a donor of 10/. l Os. and Mr. Trueman 501. The East India Company's ship Thomas Grenville arrived in the Downs May 5. She sailed from China the 12th January, and St. Helena the 19th March. Rooxwoon.—The plot of this remarkable narrative is founded on an English domestic legend, in which is illustrated, as in some of the ancient Greek tragedies, the mysterious principle of Fate or Destiny. The interest is centred in one family, to which belong the chief actors in the story, and they all bear the awful stamp of doom. Whether this preternatural feeling has not a tendency to promote the result which is dreaded, may be justly questioned ; but that the tradition on which the romance of " Rookwood " is constructed is yet extant in one of our shires, cannot be doubted. The theme is a grand one, and it is said to have been grandly treated. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Lord Craigie. His lordship had long en joyed good health, but was on Saturday last suddenly attacked by apoplexy and palsy at Lundin House, Le ven, where he died on Thursday night, at 9 o'clock. He was in his 80th year. As a judge, Lord Craigie was guided by the most unbending principles of inte grity. In private life he was esteemed by all who knew him. He was gifted with a benevolence and sympathy which are rarely to be met with, and still more rarely manifested by such unwearied deeds of kindness and anxiety to promote the happiness and comfort of all who were around him. Many a one has lost a valuable friend by the death of this truly excel lent man.—We understand that the Lord Advocate is to be offered the seat on the bench, and in the event of his lordship accepting it Mr. John A. Murray will be appointed Advocate. We think he will make a very bad one. But it is said that the Lord Advocate means to give way to the Solicitor-General, and allow Mr. Cockburn to step to the bench. We do not be lieve this ; and, farther, we hope his lordship will not be the means of placing upotx the bench one so much inferior to himself in every qualification requisite for a judge.—Edinburgh Evening Post. A ridiculous instance of the despotic influ ence by which combinations are governed occurred on Thursday in a power-loom factory in Glasgow. The manager, having given notice of dismissal to a tenter for drunkenness, the female weavers (which body has for some time been associated with their male brethren of the trades' union) took it in high dudgeon that, forsooth, such an act should have taken place without their sovereign consent; and they one and all turned out, and refused to work till the dismissal was can celled. The overseers were hooted, and a great deal of uproar occurred about the premises ; but, finding that such intimidation would not succeed, and r eceiv ing some wholesome advice about the illegality of their conduct, they became repentant, and solicited permis sion to resume their work, which was granted them, as their strik e h a d no t l as t e d many minutes.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. IRISH TITHE BILL. LIST OF THE MINORITY O? Fifty-four, Tellers included, who voted against Second Reading of the Irish Tithe Bill. For the Bill Against it Majority for it ENGLAND. .. 196 ,Fitzsimon, N.—King's County Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal ;Lambert, H.—Wexford Co. Lynch, A. H.—Galway Martin, T.—Galway Co. Nagle, Si.tß.—Westmeath O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Callaghan, C.—"lipperary O'C , ouch', I).—Dublin City O'Connell. Maurice—Tra lee 0 Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connell, C.—Kerry Co. O'Connor, Don—Roscom. Co. O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda O'Ferrall, IL M.—Kildare O'Reilly, W.—Dundalk Roche,' David—Limerick Roche, W.—Limerick Ruthven, S.—Dublin Ruthven, Eduard—Kildare Talbot, J. H.—New Ross Talbot, J.—Athlone Vigors, N. C.—Carlow Walker, C. A.—Wexford Wallace, T.—Carlow Aglionby, A.—Cockermouth Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham illamire, William—East Cum. berland Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Davies, T. H.—Worcester Fielden, John—Oldham Kennedy, J.—Tiverton Palmer, General—Bath Pease, Joseph—South Durham SCOTLAND. Oswald, IL A.—Ayrshire IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr.—Cork City Barron, Pi eree—Water ford City Bellew, 11. M.—Louth IPackney, W —Carlow Blake, M.—Galway Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co, Callaghan, D.—Cork City Chapman, M.—Westmeath Dobbin, L.—Armagh Evans, G.—Dublin Co. Finn, W. F —Kilkenny Fitzgerald, Thos.—Louth Co. Fitzgibbon, R.—Limerick Co. Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin Co. TELLERS. Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. Ronayne, D.—Cionmell PAIRED OFF AGAINST. Grattan, Henry—Meath PENSION LIST. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of One Hundred and Fifty, Tellers included, who voted in favour of Mr. Harvey's Motion, " That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to direct inquiry to be made into the consideration of each pension, as it appears in the list ordered to be printed by his faithful Commons, on the 28th of August, 1833, with a view to be assured that such persons only are in the receipt of the public money as have just claims on the Royal beneficence, or who by their personal services to the Crown, by their per formance of duties to the public, or by their useful dis coveries in science, and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their So vereign, and the gratitude of their country." Po - r the motion Against it •" Is° }ln the house, 542. ....392 Majority against the motioi ENGLAND. Adams, E. H.—Carmarthensh. Aglionby, H. A ---Cockermouth Attw ood, T.—Birmingham Bei Hie, J. E.—Bristol Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Beauclerk, Aubrey Wm.—East Surrey Berkeley, G. C. F.—West Glou cestershire In 242 • Rippon, C.—Gateshead Robinson, G. K—Worcester Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Botch, B.—Knaresborough icholetield .I.—Birmingham Scrope, Poulette—Stroud Spry, S. T.—Bodmin lalmash, A. G.—Grantham l'ancred, H. \V.—Banbury t'ennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Tooke, W.—Truro Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Turner, W.—Blackburn Tynte, C. J. K.—West Sower setshire Vincent, Sir F.—St. Albans Walter, John—Berkshire Warburton, H.—Blidport Wason, Rigby—lpswich Watkins, J. L. V.—Brecon Whalley, Sir S.—Marylebone Wilks, J.—Boston Williams, G.—Ashton Williams, W. A.—Monmouth shire Wilmot, Sir E. E.—North War wickshire Wood, Alderman—London Berkeley, C. F —Cheltenham Bowes, T —Plymouth Bish, T--Leominster, ;lake, Sir F.—Berwick ilamire, Win.—East Cumber. land BlaWritortl, Marquis of—Wood• stock _ _ Bos, J. G.—Sorthallerton Bowes, John—South Durham Briggs, IL—Halifax Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield t3ulwer, E. L.—Lincoln Chaytor, Sir W.—Sunderland Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Codrington, Sir E.—Devonport Collier, J.—Plymouth Crawley, S.—Bedford Curteis, H. B.—East Sussex Curteis, E. B.—Rye Dashwood, G. H.—Bucks SCOTLAND. Gil!on, W. D.—Falkirk Oliphant, Laurence—Perth ,Oswald, R.—Ayrshire Oswald, J. Glasgow Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Sandford, Sir D. K.—Paisley Wallace, R.—Greenock Davies, Cc;lonel—Worcester Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth Elwards, John—Montgomery Ellis, W.—Leicester F.twall, R.—Andover Evans, Wm. De Lacy—West. miniter Faithful, George—Brighton FeHowes, H. A. W.—Andover Fenton, John—Rochdale Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Fielden, John—Oldham Fleetwood, 1' H.—Preston Fort, J.—Clitheroe - Fryer, R.—Wolverh ani pion Gaskell, Daniel—Wakefield Godson, R.—Kidderminster Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Grote, George—London Guest, J. J.—Merthyr Tydvil Gully, John—Pontefract Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Halse, James—St. Ives Handley, IL—Lincolnshire Handley. Benjamin—Boston Hardy, John—Bradford Heathcoat, J.—Tiverton Hill, M. D.—Kingston.on-Hull Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Hughes, Hughes—Oxford Hudson, T.—Evesham Elumphery, John—Southwark Hutt, W.—Kingston-on.Hull Ingilby, Sir W. A.—Parts . Of Lindsey, Lincolnshire James, IV—Carlisle Jervis, J.--Chester Kennedy, J.—Tiverton Langton, Wm. Gore—East SO. l mersetshire Leech. J.—West Surrey Lennox, Lord W.—King's Lynn Lester, B. Lester—Poole Lister, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Marryatt, Joseph—Sandwich Methuen, P.—North Wilts ' Mills, J.—Rochester Parrott, J.—Totness Pease, Joseph-South Durham Philips, Mark—Manchester Potter, R.—Wigan Ramsbottom, J.—Windsor Richards, J.—Knarcsborough Rickford, W.—Aylesbury Mr. H. L Bulwer paired ono IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr. H.—Cork City Barr, , G. S.—Cork Co. Bellew, R. M.—Louth Blackney, W.—C'. of Carlow Blake, M. J.—Galway Co. Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co. Chapman, M. L.—Westmeath Copeland, Ald.—Coleraine Finn, W. F.—Kilkenny Co. Fitzgerald, Thomas—Louth Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin o. Fitzsimon, N.--King's CO. Ffrench, F.—Rosscommon Grattan, H.—Meath Co. Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. Lynch, A. H.—Galway Macnamara, F.—Ennis Nagle, Sir R.—Westmeath O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Connell, Daniel—Dublin O'Connell, Charles—Kerry O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda O'Ferrall, IL M.—Kildare O'Reilly, W.—Dundalk Roche, William—Limerick Roche, D.—Limerick Ronayne, D.—Clonmell Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin Ruthvcn, Ed.—Kildare Shell, R. L—Tipperary Sullivan, R.—Kilkenny Talbot, J. H.—New Ross Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Wallace, T.—Carlow 'lf F.LI.ERS. Harvey, P. W.—Colchester Huuie, J.—Middlesex PAIRED OFF IN FAVOUR. King, E. B.—Warwick Molesworth, Sir William—East Cornwall O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Connor, Feargus —Cork Co. favour with Sir James Ramsden. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of Two Hundred and Thirty-two, who voted for Mr. Strutt's Amendment, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the Pensions charged on the Civil List and on the Conso lidated Fuud, in order to ascertain the nature and extent of any abuses which may have occurred in the granting of the said Pensions, with a view of giving full effect to the resolutions of this House of the 18th of February last." 1545 in the house. F A o g r ai t n h s e t Amendment 232 it Majority aga ENGLAND. Adams, E. H. Aglionby, H. A. Astley, SirJ. D. Attwood, T. Baillte, J. E. Bainbridge, E. T. Baines, E Barnard, E. G. Beauclerk, Major Benett, John Berkeley, C. F. Berkeley, G. C. Hewes, T. Bish, T. illackhurne, J. Blake, Sir F. Blamire, W. Blandford, Marq. of Blunt, Sir C. Boss, J. G.• Bouverie, Captain Bowes, J. Briggs, R. Briscoe, J. I. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. B. Brothertol , , J. Buckingham, J. S. Bulwer, E E. L. Cayley, E. S. Chaytor, Sir W. Clay, W. Codrington, Sir E. Collier, J. Crawley, S. Curteis, Captain Curteis, H. B. Dashwood, G. H. Davies, Colonel Dawson, E. Denison, W. J. Dick, Q. Dillwyn, L. W. Divett, E. • Dundas ' Captain Dykes, F. L. Edwards, J. Ellis, W. Etwall, R. Evans, Colonel Ewart, W. Faithful, G. Feilden, W. Fellowes, H. A. Fenton, J. Fergusson, Sir Ron Fielden, J. Fleetwood, H. Fort, J. Fryer, R. Onkel, D. Godson, R. Goring, H. D. Grote, G Guest, J. J. • Guise, Sir W. B Gully, J. Hall, B. Halse, .1. Handley, B. Handley, H. Hardy, J. Harvey, D. W. Hawes, B. Hawkins, J. H. Heathcoat, J. Hill, M. D. Hodges, T. L. Hoskins, K. inst it Bl Hudson, T. Hughes, H. Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Hurst, R. H. Hutt, W. Ingham, R. Ingilby, Sir W. James, W. Jervis, J. Kennedy, J. Langdale, Hon. C Langton, Col G. Leech, J Lefevre, C. S. Lennard, T. B. Lennox,Lord G. Lennox, Lord A. Lennox, Lord W. Lester, B. L. Lister, E. C. Lloyd, J. H. LOCKC, W. Madocks, J. Marryatt Sir J. Martin,John Methuen, V. Mills, John Molesworth, Sir W Moreton, A. H. Morrison, J. Ord, \V. Parker, J. Parrott, J. Pease, Joseph Pendarves, E. W. Petre, Hon. E. Philips, M. Phillpotts, J. Plumptre J. I'. Potter, R . Poulter, J. S. Pryme, G. Pryse, P. Ramsbottom, J. Richards, J. Rickford, W. Rider, T. Rippon, C. Robinson, G. R. Roebuck, J. A. Romily, .1. Scholetleld, J. Scott, J. W. Scrope, P. Seale, Colonel . Shawe, R. N. Simeon, Sir R. G. Spry, S. T. Sraveley, T. K. Tancred, 11. W. Tenny on, C. Thicknesse, R. Thompson, W. Todd, J. R. Tullemache, A. 0. Cooke, W. Torrens, Colonel Townshend, Lord C Trelawney, VV. L. S. Turner, \V. Tynte, C. J. K. Vernon, G. H. Vincent, Sir F. Vivian, J. H. Walter, J. Warburton, 11. Wason, It. Watkins, J. 1.. 1 Whatley, sir S. Wilbraham, G. Wilks, J. Williams, Col. Williams, W. A. Wilmot, Sir E. Windham, W. H. Winnington, H. J. Wood, Alderman Yelverton, Hon. W Young G. F. SCOTLAND. Abercromby, Right Hon. J. Bannerman, A. Dunlop, J. Ewing, J. Fergusson, R. C. Gillon, W. D. Johnstone, A. Maxwell, J. Murray, J. A. Oliphant, L. Oswald, R. A. Oswald, J. Parnell, Sir H. Prii.gle, R. Sandford, Sir D. K. Sharpe, General Sinclair, G. Stewart, Sir ➢I. S. Wallace, R. Wernyss, Capt. IRELAND. Baldwin, Dr. Barry, G. S. Bellew, R. M. Blacknev, W. Blake, M. Butler, Hon. r. S. Callaghan, D. Chapman, M. L. Copeland, W. Evans, G. Finn, NV. F. Fitzgerald, T. Fitzsimon, C. Fitzsimon, N. French, F. Grattan, H. Jephson, C. D. 0. Lalor, Lynch, A. H. Nlacnauwa, F. Maenamara, W. Nagle, Sir R. 0 Brien, C. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, C. O'Connell, Morgan O'Connell, Maurice O'Connor Don O'Dwyer, *C. A. O'Ferrall, It. M. O'Reilly, NV Roche, W. Roche, D. Ronayne, I?. . Ituthven, e. S. ilutliven, E. Shell, R. L. Sullivan, R. Talbot, J. H. Vigors, N. A. Walker, C. A. Wallace, T. TELLERS. Strutt, E. Hominy, E. Young cuckoos arc frequently found in the titlark's nest in Richmond-park. Both birds abound in this park.—Jesse's Gleaxings. 20 1 1 PLYM Ci- 11 - T,''ILAY i'.' \‘'?,\ On the 3d arrivel .-tO t nip - Ort., froin- elt eastwa . a, - J., vith arms foe t rans hi " 4b. ISd a ril ,he — aiiro fug, 4:), the Hon. Jocelyn tr(***;f.l64 - nander, lA‘' • in he Sound, ready for delsalnturtid seated '• I ers. . ' It is said by those who profesa : ti N ' to the 'lest information, that the Canopus i - .• proceed on l'hursday, and that her destination is Corunna, where she is to drop the six thousand stand of arm; (tilt twelve thousand as erroneously stated), and then --) sail for the Mediterranean. It is rather curious, that whilst there is no want of rumours, nor even of .)ositive statements, of battles between some of the more numerous conflicting parties, neither of the• re ant arrivals here affords intelligence of any moment 0 those whose duties require them to sift out the most ninute circumstances. The fact is, that if any weight is to be attached to the statement that the County of Pembroke steamer conveyed the treaty of amity to Lisbon, and to the conclusion drawn there riom that a pacification may be effected, it would ippear that a sort of suspension of hostilities is the more: probable—a suspension likely, according to the opinions of some, to continue for an indefinite period,. Is it cannot be expected, under the circumstances of the internal conflict now going on in Spain, &h' ilitt power is quite in a situation to guarantee the ter-; formance of her part of the treaty. It has transpire& that the County of Pembroke was to remain but two 'lays at Lisbon, and then to return direct to this coun try. Persons express considerable disappointment that his Majesty's brig Savage, which arrived yesterday, brings no information of importance : but it is easily to be accounted for, since it is hardly possible that the first result of the communication from the County ty Pembroke will be published before the return of the messenger to England, if then; so that the occurrence of any important event at Lisbon previous to the causes being apparent in London, is by no means probable. We learn from Russia, that in consequence of a recent decision of the Minister of Finance, mosaic trinkets or shirt-buttons, &c., were declared subject to a duty of two rubles (ten silver copecks) per lb. The Memorial Bordelais of the 2d inst, has accounts from Bayonne, which mention an advantage gained over Lorenzo by Erazo, at Lerin. Several different versions of the action were circulated, list they all agree that the Carlists were victorious. The Wirtemberg Gazette of the 2d instant states, that many soldiers absent on furlough have been recalled, that the military patrols in Statgard have been augmented, and much vigilance is exercised by the police. This is attributed to the conspiracy dis covered at Warsaw. The Madrid Gazette contains a Royal de cree whereby, in order, among other advantages, that the elections of the Procuradores or Deputies to the Cortes may be rendered more easy . and effective, it is ordained that the whole of the provinces of the Penin sula and the adjacent islands, as they were formed by the decree of November 30th, shall be subdivided into judicial arrondissements. By advices from Rio Janeiro it is stated that the cultivation of sugar in the Brazils had increased, of late years, in an extraordinary degree, the last crop amounting to not less than ninety millions of pounds. The drought, however, which had prevailed for eight months in the provinces, had much injured the crop of the present season, and it was estimated there would be a deficiency of 100,000 to 110,000 bags. A letter of the 2d instant, from Lyons, says, " The Minister of War has directed that only such of the soldiers as took part in the late conflicts with the insurgents in this town, shall be admitted to fill up the vacancies occasioned by the deaths of those who , fell. The number of officers killed was fifteen, and several more are expected to die of their wounds. Lieut.-Colonel Diethman, who was commander of the garrison, ad interim, has been promoted to the rank of full colonel, and succeeded by M. Floccard." FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ALGIERS.—The Constitutionnel says—" It is asserted that after the result of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, the President of the Council openly declared his intention to propose at the commencement of the next session a general plan for the occupation of the Regency of Algiers ; and it is added that one of the members of the African Committee has been charged by the President of the Council to prepare a constitu tion, which is to form, in fact, the charter of this part of the territory of France." The Hamburg Correspondent gives the following from Berlin, dated the 25th ult. :—" There are still at Graudentz and its environs upwards of 200 Polish soldiers, who being unwilling to embark for America, are perinitted to remain until further orders. We learn from Posen that the works at the fortifica tions are being carried on with the utmost activity, 500 men being daily employed upon them. Several new forts, connected with each other, surround the town ; the course of the river Warth has in part been turned, and two stone bridges, one having 12 arches, have been thrown over it. The fort of Winiari is almost finished, and 1,200 iron bedsteads have been sent from Berlin for the numerous garrison that is to occupy the extensive barracks about to be erected." The Indicateur of Bordeaux of the 2d inst. has the following from Bayonne, dated the 30th ult. : —Carnicer, a fugitive, since his defeat, has rejoined the Navarrese. Quesada, Butron, and El Pastor met the insurgents on the 27th, on the road from Tolosa to Pampeluna, between a place called the Two Sisters and Aresso, when a dreadful conflict ensued. The firing was heard at Velata and Lecumberri. Que sada, Lorenzo, and Oraa, who were engaged in this action, then entered Pampeluna, and the Cal-lists took "to flight. General Butron has taken the direction of St. Sebastian, and El Pastor that of Tolosa. We learn that General Llauder had just ordered a contri bution of 2,000,000 to be levied upon the clergy." The latest advices from Cairo state that great complaints were made of the Pacha, and that the poor inhabitants were crushed by the enormous imposts heaped upon them. The system of recruiting also had nearly depopulated the country of all its able hands. The harvests had been every year less pro ductive, and many branches of commerce had entirely disappeared ; agriculture had been irreparably in jured, and in consequence thereof the revenue of Me hemet Ali had sensibly diminished. He had visited Cairo, and given several audiences to the European Consuls ; but was shortly to return to Alexandria. In consequence of the great exertions of the English and French Consuls on the subject of Candia, the Pacha had sent an order to the Governor of that island to re call the exiles, and to restore them to their property. - RUSSIA AND EGYPT.—The Penile Souve rain of Marseilles gives the following extract of a let ter from Alexandria, in Egypt, dated March 24 : " Our affairs are becoming daily more and more com plicated. M. Duhamel, the Russian Consul-General, before he would do any official act, required a written declaration from Mehemet Ali, avowing his submission to the Porte. Thus, on the very first pretence—and it will not be long before one presents itself--Russia will come forward as arbitrator between Egypt and the Ottoman Porte. It is stated that very consider able corps of Russians are assembled in Russian Ar menia. The Pacha has, on his part, intimated to the French and English Consuls, his attention to render all Europeans established in Egypt subject to his civil, commercial, and criminal laws." SWITZERLAND.—Extract of a letter from Berne, dated the 29th ult. :—" Addresses sent by the Council of State of Neufchatel to the other states of the Confederation, declare that its determination to insist upon a separation is irrevocable. It is considered as certain, that, if the separation does take place, the principality will continue as it was before it became the twenty-first canton of the Confederation, to be ris l c a o n m d p . Fe'drainn thel it s s st s e ai m d, of de th m e an n d e s utr t a h l a i t ty it o s f ha S l w l i n t e z v e e r- r be guarded by any troops but its ow n. No reasonable man believes, however, a report circulated that Prussia has lately sent between 1,500 and 1,600 men in dis guise i n t Toh t e he s p am rin e ci e p q a u li a ty ll , y t u o nf f o o u rm nde t d he r u n m u o c le r e u was a s o f set army. afloat two years ago. The whole armed force in Neufchatel is an Urban Guard of between 200 and 300 men. Basle-Town has granted the freedom of the city to all Swiss and foreigners who joined in its defence during its contest with Basle-Country. All that is required is that they should be of the reformed religion, a restriction that is in a certain degree justi fied by the peculiar position in which this small republic has been placed since the late events." LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 6. The - market during the last two days has been very firm even under the very heavy imports. Holders arc very firm, though, of course, we can hardly predict what will follow, when the arrivals have been 70,000 bales. The sales to-day are 3,000 bales, which is a large business for Tuesday, at prices quite unchanged ; 200 Maranhams for export, logd. to 11d. ; remainder Americans to the trade.