The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

"!!! THE 02i - L - effTA. MAIL. We have received our private correspondence and Ries of papers from Calcutta to Jan. 22. tips take the following from the Overland Friend of India:— Mr. S. Laing landed at Calcutta on the 10th , of January. He received deputations from the public bodies of Calcutta, native and European, ran the 16th. " The suffering caused by the famine increases. Relief funds have been formed at Agra, Delhi, Meerut, and Lahore. The citizens of Calcutta have organised a movement for relief. " Minutes by Lord Canning and his Council have been published expressing the intention of Government to employ landholders and other pri vate gentlemen, native and European, as honorary magistrates. The minutes have given great satis faction." (FROM MR. REUTER'S OFFICE.) CALCUTTA, JAN. 29. (By Telegraph to Point de Gallo.) Shirtings have declined 3a. ; mule twist is dull; raw silk and indigo unchanged ; copper quiet ; sugar dull; saltpetre dull, and declining ; in linseed little doing; jute active, and prices firm; hides have an advancing tendency ; shellac dull and de- Exchange on London, 2s. lid. Government securities, Four per Cent., 19 die. ; Fives, 4 dis, Freights unchanged. Considerable shipments of rice have been effected. CHINA, By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have re ceived news from China to the 15th ult. The fol lowing is from the China Nail (Hong Kong) of that date : "In last Overland Summary we noticed that General Grant and staff had left Tien-tsin, as also all the others who did not intend passing the win ter there. Regarding those who do winter there, the latest advices describe them as being comfort ably butted, and enjoying excellent health. At Hope Sound, provisions are scarce and of an infe rior kind ; but at Taku good mutton and game are both plentiful and cheap. "Lord Elgin and suite arrived here in the I. N. steamer Feroze on the Bth of this month, and left on the 12th for Canton. On the 10th at noon he held a levee at the Government House, but he has not otherwise made Hong Kong aware of his presence. His lordship♦ visits Manilla and Batavia before re turning to England. His proposed departure in a few days is felt by the people here to be rather hurried. " The Commander-in-Chief has gone toNagasaki in the Chesapeake. Admiral Jones has also gone to Japan in the Imperieuse, accompanied by three other vessels. Matters there have been slightly unsettled of late, owing to a collision between some Japanese officials and some Englishmen. It appears that an Englishman laving been arrested for shooting a goose, was rescued by a few of his countrymen,and further retaliation resulted in the serious injury of a Japanese official. A good deal of sharp feeling has been eliminated, and a notification by Captain F. 'toward Vyse, acting consul at Kanagawa,has been remonstrated against by many of the English resi dents there. Captain Vyse, alluding to the serious injury of the Japanese officer, points out that the carrying of firearms during the day must be looked upon as a breach of the peace, and treated accord ingly. He also states that if parties will violate Japanese game laws, they cannot expect immunity any more than if they had done the same by Eng lish game laws. The residents have resented these sentiments in a protest signed by 20 individuals. They claim the carrying of firearms as a precaution absolutely necessary, and deprecate that part of the notification which forbids the practice. They also demand that foreigners, arrested on any charge whatever, be brought up first before the consul of the flag under whose protection they may be living. Japanese complaints against furious riding have received attention, and servants are not to be allowed to go on horseback at all; the thing is offensive in the eyes of the authorities. Altogether the feeling appears to be strong against the foreigners, but we trust that it will soon be allayed. " The opening of the Yang-tsze, a duty which will probably devolve upon Admiral Jones, is looked forward to with hopes of immediate commercial advantage. The Chinese produce at present in the hands of the rebels is, according to the best ac counts, considerable; and that they are anxious to clispose of it we cannot for a moment doubt. " The Island of Chusan, which by treaty provi sion had to be given up, has at length been evacuated by the Allies. " At Shanghai movements are going on against the rebels, but little fighting has taken place. The Imperial forces are quietly gathering together, and it is not impossible that we may soon hear of a battle. Passports to travellers are now obtainable under the recently-ratified treaty. A treaty be tween Russia and China was signed at Pekin on the 14th of November last, five days after Lord Elgin left theVity. The signing parties were Prince rung and dount Ignatieff. By this treaty China cedes to Russia all the seaboard from the mouth of the Amoor in 141 East, to the mouth of the Tumen in 131 Eist. This valuable , strip of land is fully 900 miles long by from 100 to 200 miles in breadth, and may be considered as advancing Russia's facilities for operating either for or against China, "From Fuh-chau we learn that the gunboat Algerinc had gone in search of a pirate 11 , Tt, re ported to have been seen surrounding the brig Aim, of Singapore. "The following notification, issued by her Majes ty's consul on Jan. 5, will be pleasing and satisfac tory to our readers :—` Her Majesty's consul has much pleasure in announcing, for the information of the British community, that the proclamation by the Prince of bung, making public the China portion of the Convention of Pekin and the Treaty of Tien-tsin, was yeaterdaY officially posted by order of the Viceroy in front of the Yatnun, in presence of the consul and iseniornaval officer and Chinese officials appointed to perform the duty. The Viceroy has also, at the consul's request, made arrangements for the posting of 18 other copies of the proclamation in different quarters of the city by the British and Chinese deputed officers in communication together.' Captain Aubaret, of H.l.M.'s war steamer Pregent, is now at Fah than, especially deputed to look after the due promulgation of the Chinese version of the French treaty, which will take place during the present month. It appears also that official instructions have reached the Viceroy over land from Pekin to promulgate extensively and carry out the provisions of the treaty and convention. " Frdm Istitigpo and Amoy there is no news. " An American, named Meredith, engaged in his lorcha in escorting some merchant junks, has been taken:liy pirates near Wanchew, and is held to ran soai 4,000 dollars. The United States gunboat Saginaw has left Hong Kong to try and liberate him. "'There is still no appearance of the Canton mer cbauts'!indemnity money being paid, although the Americana : have got nearly all theirs by this time. The garrikm at `Canton are enlivening themselves and fr 14,04 thiS'Week by horse-racing. tivifservicc abuses inquiry Mr. Caldwell goes' ° ll, 4limining witnesses for his defence; there is no prospect' of a speedy terrninatiow to this inquiry. , " The Nirnaillor - Twee has been colder of late— thermometer at 60, t, 65; at Whampo a it has been as low as 45. - !- . - . Business in generalis ex.ceedux* gly dull, owing, no doubt principally to t . hCf . approllth o f C hina is;ev, Year, which occurs on the 10th proximo. this event is over, no is anticipated, aid tk u.seAcas looking further for revival A cause of the Moivelling dulhups. ~ The recent conclinsian o f pow, with the-consequent,operation of the Treaty of Tien •tain t ig not powerful enou g h to overcome " China customs," a curtailment of operations and settlement of accoun— tg bofore the close of the old and a freshstart at si 4 N o w Year4 "' During the.sossion of 1860 seven electior; peti tions were proceeded orr, - and 23 were withdrawn. 'twelve election committees sat during the session, and three mem bers were tuLt,cated. TIIE 117A.V1'. The Lucifer paddle steam tender arrivr. at t Portsmouth yesterday from Pembroke, having in tow the Pandora, 5, three-masted screw schooner, recently launched from that yard, and in charge of Commander It. L. Stokes, Master-attendant of Portsmouth dockyard. On clearing Milford Haven the Pandora cast adrift her warps from the Lucifer, and made her way under canvas as far as the Start, displaying good sailing qualities. Off the Start, the wind drawing ahead, the Lucifer took her again in tow, and continued with her to the re mainder of the voyage round. In the Bristol Channel numbers of vessels were seen which had all suffered more or less severely from the effects of the late. gale. Off the Lizard, and to the north west, a very heavy sea was running. The Pan dora will be docked and, after coppering, placed i n the steam basin to receive her outfit for the steam reserve. According to present arrangements the Narcis sus, 51, screw, Captain Risk, is expected to sail for the Cape of Good Hope the latter end of the present week, Sir 13. W. Walker, K.C.8., em barking to-morrow or Thursday, unless delayed by the forthcoming Admiralty Commission. The Victoria and Albert Royal paddle yacht will be taken out of No. 8 dock at Portsmouth to-day and placed in the steam basin, where she will receive her masts, which have each been shortened eight feet. The Cossack, 21, screw, Capt. R. Moorman, will be taken out of No. 1 dock at Portsmouth to morrow, and the Rolla, naval apprentices' brig, Lieut.-Commander Nelson, afterwards placed in the same, In the Miscellaneous Services of the Naval Esti mates for the present year are the following rather striking items :—Compensation for damages done by Her Majesty's ships, £13,672 3s. 9d. ; raising men, £21,816 14s. 3d. The Isis, 44, sailing ship, fitting at Chatham for a store ship at Sierra Leone, and. the Pigeon, 5, screw despatch gunvessel, fitting for steam reserve, will be undocked this afternoon, when the Hussar receiving hulk will be placed in the same dock, to be fitted as a target ship to be stationed at Shoe buryness. The iron paddlewheel steamer Trident, Com mander Nicolas, which vessel sailed from Woolwich on the 13th inst. for Sheerness, having met with some injury to her port side paddlewheel and some slight damage to her machinery, causing her to return to Woolwich for repairs, recommenced her voyage yesterday, and proceeded down the river on trial, under the inspection of Mr. Partridge, assistant engineer of the factory at Woolwich, and inspector afloat. It appears that considerable disunion exists among the petty officers and seamen as well as the assistant engineers and stokers, insomuch that several desertions have taken place, to the number of 12 or 14 from among the crew of 50 men, some of whom have been picked up by the police and returned to the ship. Her Majesty's troopship Dee, Master Commander Thomas Pullen, has embarked a heavy cargo of steam machinery from Woolwich for the newly constructed screw steamships Black Prince, at Glasgow ; Defiance, at Pembroke ; Liverpool and Albion, at Devonport, consisting of two boilers, weighing 23 tons each, some heavy cylinders and condensers, to be lashed on deck, and some minor gear, which will admit of being stowed below. From the heavy weight and bulk of the cargo being thus necessarily placed on the upper deck it is apprehended that the voyage will be one of great peril, as experienced on her late voyage from Scot land with a similar cargo for Bristol. The screw steam gun vessel Flying Fish, 6, Com mander Hope, in Plymouth Sound, got up steam yesterday, mad shifted her berth for the readjust ment of her compasses. HUNGARY. General Turr, having been elected a member of the administrative committee of the Comitat of Czabolcs, in Hungary, has addressed to the general assembly of this comitat the following letter : To the General Assembly of the Comitat of Czaboles, at Nagy Kallo. Gentlemen,—Receive my sincerest thanks for having called me by your votes to the honour of being one of the members of your administrative committee. We all feel the significancy of this election. The Croats, Serbs, Walla • chians, and Hungarians are all convinced that there is no means for them to become free except to take as guides the principles of fraternity, for no intrigue, no brutal force can triumph over the brotherly union of all the races. We all have our duties to perform, and our line of action to follow. My colleagues on the committee, who aro in the country, are making every effort to insure that the laws we possess by our will and not by the good pleasure of others, shall be at once re-establishedafterhavingbeen violently suppressed for 11 years. Let the King of Hungary restore to us our autonomic and responsible government; let the constitution of 1843 be re-established in full force ; let every foreign soldier leave our country ; let the Hungarian army be brought back to it ; and let the House of Hapsburg give up tyran nising over your brothers of Venetia by the help of Hunga rian, Serbian, Wallachian and Croatian blood ; then we shall return to our country without needing an amnesty. But so long as that is not the case the members of your committee who are abroad will remain there ; for what the country demands is not the pardon of a few isolated citizens but the restoration and religious observance of all our con stitutional rights. We shall not be caught by means of an amnesty. It will soon be decided whether an Austrian wishes once more to hound on his people and excite theta against one another. In this case we shall embrace the first opportunity that offers to strike' out some path to our country, and there joining our forces to re-obtain our freedom. The patience of European Governments is exhausted. At last, English statesmen themselves acknowledge thiit, fur the mainte nance of European equilibrium, the existence of the house of Hapsburg is not necessary.—l am, with patriotic greet ings, your devoted fellow citizen, • Milan, Feb. 5, IS6I. STEPHEN TURR. A number of Hungarian youths Intve just sent to V, H. Berlioz a silver crown of exquisite work manship, bearing on a shield the arms of the town of Gyor (in German, Raab), and these Hungarian words " Berlioz Ilectornak a Giori ifjussak" (to Hector Berlioz, the young men of Gyor). This present was accompanied by a letter, also in Hun garian, the translation of which runs thus:— Most honoured Sir,—Receire our sincerest thanks and this trifling testimony of our gratitude for the honour you have done the Hungarian nation by your new setting of RakocEy's march, for the flattering sympathy you have shown us by selecting from our entire musical literature our national theme as the most worthy, by taking up this aban doned gem, and honouring it with your sublime develop ments ; for the taste, enthusiasm, and warlike and national character with which you have raised to the rank of a work of art our popular march, which animates us to the combat or to death, for . the glory of our. country. Receive the hist wishes of our sincere Hungarian hearts; may God grant to your life, which sheds such lustre on the musical art of Europe, as ntueh happiness as your mind has shown great ness in the production of •this work,—We are, most hon oured air, your devoted admirers, ,The Youth of•Gyor (Raab). duraus TA.MASSY, Secretary. January 31, 1861. GENERAL CIALDINI AT GAETA. , The following is the order 'of the day published by General Cialdini at Gaeta, and already men• boned by telegraph - Mula di Gaeta, Feb.'l7. Soldicrs,.--Gieta has fallen ! The Italian flag and the victorious cross. of Savoy are waving upon the top of the Orlando tower.• What I foretold on the 10th of January you accomplished on the 13th of this 'month. He who leads soldiers like you tan safely, beCome a prophet of victory. In 90 days you have subdued a fortress celebrated by numerous sieges, and become still stronger by the addition of new works of defence ; a fortress which at the beginning of Alija century resisted for nearly four months. the first soldiers of. Europe. . History will tell the exertions you made, the fatigues you went through . , you constancy, 'abnegation, and valour. History 'will tell the gigantic work accomplished by - you in so short .a. time. The King and the country: applaud your triumph ; the King and the country thank you: • , Soldierst..We have fought against Italians. It was a ' sad `but 'necessary: duty; I Cannot therefore invite you toyoYftil demonstrations—to the insulting merriment of the conqueror. 1 think it worthier both of you and me to unite you_ to-day in the isthmus, under the walls of Gaeta, where a funeral mass will be said. There we shall' pray for those galhnt soldiers . who during this memorable siege have fallen, both amongst our ranks and Upon the enemy's 'bastions. Death t dVers with* a' sad veil Mullah wrath, - and the dead are all eviel befOre the eyes of g enerous men. Our anger Sh On ld not l i ve beyond the fight : the soldier of Victor Emmanuel ...fights and pardons. CIALDIAL THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Claus! up to 133 were agreed to. On clause 134, Mr. SCHOLEFIELD proposed after the words, "the Bank of England," to insert " or such bank as the creditors at such meeting may direct." He said no harm could be done by this. The creditors were dealing with their own money, and it seemed but fair they should choose where it should be invested. Mr. MURRAY said ho would propose an amendment which would come before that of the hon. member. He proposed to leave out the words, "not necessarily retained for current expenses," he thought the retention of those wards would leave a loop-hole for the assignee keeping money in his bands which ought to be in the bank. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the words C necessarily retained for current expenses," imposed a great check. The inconvenience of striking out the words would be that the creditors' assignee would be compelled to pay every small sum ho received, even down to £5, into the bank, and he could not get anything out without going to the official assignee, and the result would be that costs would be incurred for getting out every £5, £lO, or £2O, as it might be required. Mr. GUY N said there was a great deal of observation abroad as to the largo balance that would be kept in the Bank of England on this account. He was not prepared to say that some commission ought not to be charged by the Bank, but at the same time It ought to be regulated. After a few words from Mr. AI RTON and Mr. Epwrx JAMES, the amendment was negatived. Mr. MURRAY remarked that the last return showed lat the average balance in the Bank of England standing in the name of the Accountant-General of ifankruptcy was from £BO,OOO to £100,003, and they charged for keeping that account between £3,000 and £4,000 a year. There was no charge for receiving the money, but they charged ss. per cent. for paying it out. As the Bank had always so large a balance in its hands, be thought no charge ought to be made for paying the money out. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he hoped some ar rangement might be made with the Bank by which this charge might be reduced. At the same time it was but fair to the Bank to state that these payments were made in different parts of the country, and there certainly ought to be some percentage to the Bank for making these payments, The hon. gentleman might rest assured that this subject would not escape his attention, and that great care would be taken in endeavouring to make a more advantageous ar rangement, With regard to the amendment proposed by the hon. member for Birmingham, he was sorry he could not consent to it. When the alteration was made by which official assignees were appointed, the system of having private banks was entirely put an end to, and he thought rightly, for under the old system when the creditors chose the bank they were never able to ascertain whether certain sums of money might not be left in those banks undistri buted. Accordingly when the new system was introduced the official assignees exerted themselves, and they found very large sums of money that were retained by different bankers throughout the country who had profited by the retention of those moneys for an indefinite period of time, and which the creditors would never have heard of but for this new arrangement. He could not by any means con sent that money should be loft in the hands of private bankers. He thought it very injurious to permit bankers to bid as it were for creditors' money by offering them an amount of interest. He hoped the committee would adhere to the present practice in this respect, which ensured to the whole body of creditors every shilling that was paid in, which might not be the case if the money was left in the hands of private bankers. ' Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said he shouldnot press his amend ment against the opinion of the Attorney. General, and ho withdrew it. The clause was then agreed to. On clause 135, which provides that the official assignee shall collect debts under £lO, Mr. PAGET moved to insert, after "due to the estate," the words, "as the creditors' assignee shall require." He thought the realising of the assets would be best accom plished by the creditors' assignee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said alittle consideration would probably satisfy the hon. gentleman that his amend ment would never answer. Take a debt of £l5O or £5OO, and suppose the creditors' assignee instructed the official assignee to get it in ; who was to employ the solicitor ? The creditors' assignee would have virtually to do that, and therefore the proposal was merely a long roundabout pro• cess with regard to the collection of large debts. With re gard to small ones, however, the case was different. The, official assignee had a number of clerks, and accordingly as, soon as a man was bankrupt he would send round a circular to persons who owed the estate trifling sums, and require them at once to pay ; or, in the event of their not doing so, he would proceed against them by summons, or would have recourse to the county court. He would rather give the whole duty into the hands of the official assignee than leave it on the indefinite footing proposed. Mr. PAGET requested that the clause might be post poned. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said if the hon. gentle man had any well-considered clause he might on the report move to substitute it for the one now in the bill ; but to postpone the clause would only lead to confusion. Mr. BOLT observed that if the proposal of the bill were some well-defined scheme of making the official assignee, paid by salary, act under the supervision of the creditors, it would be intelligible. But as the bill stood, with the divided functions of the two assignees, he was afraid it would not be found to work well. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there never had been more prophecies of failure than with regard to the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill; and yet no laNt.had been found to work more quietly or more efficiently than that. He thought there ought to be an efficient audit of both assignees' accounts ; and it was a simple process for obtain ing that audit which excited the alarm of the hon. and learned gentleman. Mr. AYRTON suggested that some difficulty might be experienced under the clause in case of a business being carried on by the creditors, and he therefore recommended the insertion of the words " if the assignees should so require." Mr. COLLIER thought the clause was better as it stood ; and it was then agreed to. On clause 141, " Pay, half-pay, and pension of bankrup' to be applicable for creditors." Mr. AYRTON moved that it be omitted altogether. By a subsequent clause (163), power was given to make any future property of the bankrupt available for the payment of his debts, provided that he had been guilty of any mis conduct towards his creditors. This clause was, however, an absolute one, and was quite irrespective of any question of conduct. He (the hon, gentleman) could not see any dis tinction between the position of a public servant and the servant of a railway company or a private merchant. If the bankrupt had anything in the nature of property, let it be made liable in the same manner as other property ; but he did not perceive how a remuneration for services to be per formed could come under that designation. Ho did not desire however, to deprive the court of the proposed power; only let it be made a general one, applicably to all persons alike, and not merely to persons in the public service. - • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the clause was copied almost verbatim from the Ist Vic. c. 110, s. 156, the present Insolvent Act. The principle was that when a man pos. ceased halfpay, or a retiring pension, or a settled salary for life, it was net right that ho should be left to enjoy the whole of it while his creditors remained unpaid. There was in fact no difference between a salary of £l,OOO a year for life and a life estate of £1.,000 a year, except that in justice to the public service the possessor of it ought to be allowed sufficient for his maintenance, so that he might be able to fulfil the duties of his office. As to making the clause universal, it must be remembered that persons in private employment only held t he'r situations durante bone placito, and were liable at any time to be dismissed. It would therefore be idle to attempt to deal with their incomes. The only question was whether the clause went far enough; because, in the case of retiring salaries, it was doubtful whether the whole ought not to be taken like any other life interest. Mr. AYKTON said the principle of the Insolvent Act was wholly different from that of the present bill; and therefore the hon. gentleman's reasoning from analogy did not apply. Under the Insolvent Act a person only ob' ained security from arrest, and did not get clear from his liabilities; but the principle of this bill was that on giving up all his property the bankrupt should be entirely discharged from his debts. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that retiring pen sions were not permitted to be assigned except with the consent of the department. This therefore could not be made part of the general assignment of a bankrupt's pro perty', and must be dealt with specially. Under the old law the' insolvent might be called up do anno in annum, and ordered to set apart so much of his salary as the court might think fit. The present bill would give power to deal with it once for all. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 142, " Sequestration of profits and benefices." Mr. AYRTON objected also' to this clause. The salary of a clergyraan was no property of his own, but was in tended for the benefit of , his parishioners ; and it was of the utmost importance that ho should continue to receive it, to enable him to discharge the duties of his office. He thought the COMMiSBiOIIMI had the best right to the fund, and it ought to bo preserved for their sakes. Mr. COLLIER said he did not see why clergymen should be cxerripted from the necessity of paying their debts more than other people. It seemed to him to be only an extension Of the preloding clause, which related to pensions. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL was pleased to find that the hon. and learned member for the Tower Hamlets was so great a friend to the clergy. But he thought the interests of the clergy would bo best' consulted by making no invi dious distinction. When a sequestration took place, the bishop stepped in, and an appropriation, was made of part of the emoluments, in order to-pay the stipond-ot curate;' Ho had introduced a similar provision into this clause. Mr. AYRTON said that if the Attorney-General had ) given the bishop a ‘ poWer to remove from his post a clergy man who should beeothe bankrupt, he should have been much obliged to him. But he objected to a man remaining in his parish whilst the money contributed by the parish ioners to his support was being spent elsewhere. Mr. MALINS said he thought his hon. and learned friend (Mr. Ayrton) had mistaken the object of the clause. This clause was merely a transcript from the Insolvent Act, which had been always found to act very well in this respect. Mr. E. JAMES said he thought his hon. and learned friend had misconceived the effect of the clause. Clergy men were often subscribers to banks and other institutions, which sometimes failed. In fact, clergymen might become bankrupt by misfortune, and it would plainly be a great injustice to deprive them altogether of their livings on that account. The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses from 143 to 159 inclusive. • After clause 159, Mr. E. JAMES moved to insert the following clause : " If any bankrupt shall be liable under any covereint or agreement to keep on foot any policy or policies of insurance effected on his own or any other life, the amount or value of such liability shall be ascertained by an actuary or other - wise, as the court may direct, and the creditor entitled to the benefit of such covenant or agreement shall be admitted to prove against the bankrupt's estate fur the sum which shall be so ascertained." Agreed to. On clause 163, fixing the rules as to granting orders of discharge, Mr. MALINS suggested that power ought to be given to the chief judge to grant certificates to bankrupts who have been without them, and were imprisoned for tWelee months. The AttORNtY-GEXERAL said that he considered the bill went far enough in that direction Alter/dee Mr. WALPOLE urged that in all cases where the hank rupt was to be placed on trial for misdemeanour ho ought to have the benefit of a jury. He moved the omission of the words in the clause, " if the bankrupt should require it." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that in many cases of misdemeanour they could not have a trial by jury with out considerable inconvenience and expense. Many bank rupts would prefer charges of this nature being disposed of by the chief judge or commissioner without the interven tion of a jury. Ho hoped the amendment would not be pressed. Mr. ROEBUCK thought .the clause as it stood might, when the bankrupt demanded to be tried by a jury, create alfeeling of antagonism in the mind of the judge. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed that no such feeling would enter the mind of a right-thinking judge, but that, on the contrary, ho would be most anxious to avail himself of the assistance of a jury. Mr. WALPOLE said that he would not, after the ex planation of the Attorney-General, press his amendment. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD thought that where a bankrupt omitted to keep proper books of account, such omission ought to be taken as wilful intent to conceal the true state of his affairs. Mr. GREGSON suggested as one of the offences for which imprisonment not exceeding 12 months ought to be inflicted be, where a bankrupt carried on trade not only by means of fictitious capital but with the aid of accommoda tion bills for which no value was received. Mr. ROEBUCK asked was it possible that trading could be carried on without accommodation bills ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that accommodation bills to a certain extent might be right in many cases. The difficulty connected with them was where they were used is excess, and substituted for actual capital. He could not agree in the suggestion of the hon. member for Lancaster. Mr. MALINS was of opinion that when a bankrupt had been punished for an offence against the bankruptcy law, and when the terms of his punishment had in all respects been satisfied, he ought then not to be excluded from all ,N further chance of redeeming himself again in circumstances by any severe operation of the act, but ought to be restored to society, and at liberty to pursue his industry and enter prise in trade again. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he saw no reason for altering the provisions of the bill in the manner which his hon. and learned friend had suggested. It was a well known fact that a bankrupt, after he had gone three or four times through the court, rose from each fall he had in trade with renewed vigour, and was again ready to embark innew enterprises ; and it was in order to protect creditors and honest traders that those provisions in the bill which his hon. and learned friend thought too stringent were intro duced. He should therefore adhere to his resolution of leaving the clause as it stood. Mr. ROLT said that if his observation was right, a great deal of what they called traders' dishonesty arose from the fact that the trader knew that if he succeeded he would keep the gains; but if he failed, his future property would be safe. At present a non-trader was free from that; but by putting them upon the same footing, the result would be the same in both cases. He must, therefore, protest against the tenor of this bill, as calculated to introduce, in relation to non-traders, a distinction that might hereafter act,as an incentive to and result in dishonesty. He thought the power proposed to be vested by the bill.in the hands of the chief judge with respect to any property which a non trader might at any future thee come into receipt of was not sufficient. The ATTORNEY GENERAL could not concur in the observations made by his hon, and learned friend, and he considered that when the debtor delivered up all that he was Possessed of at the time of the bankruptcy to the cre ditors was all that, in such a state of circumstances, should be required of him. He thought that when creditors gave accommodation to young men with facility, it might lead them into extravagance and profligate habits of life, and that some check ought to be put to such proceedings, when r the credit was known to be given only because the creditors knew that the young man was likely at some future time to come in for property, and bo in a position to discharge his obligations. Mr. SELIVYN said that by the provisions of the Insol vent Debtors Act a power was vested in the court to take cognisance of any property that a party might come into at a future time, and in peculiar circumstances to deal with it, subject to certain conditions, for the benefit of the creditors. He thought that that power might be left by the provisions of this bill in the hands of the chief judge. The LORD ADVOCATE said that in. Scotland they had had for about five years a system similar to that pro posed to be introduced by his hon. and learned friend, and they had found none of the disadvantages which had been spoken of. No extreme cases of persecution or hardship had occurred. The true objects of a bankruptcy were to make the whole estates of a bankrupt available for the pay ment of his debts equally among all his creditors, and that was a fact which had been lost sight of in the course of the present discussion. Another object was the discharge of the honest debtor from all future liabilities. He could not con ceive any benefit to arise to society by allowing a man who had been unfortunate to have this chain around him, per haps all I , ie life, simply for the chance, that he might pus • sibly earn something fur the benefit of his creditors. F. appeared to him, therefore, that there was no just objection to the clause as it stooge, Mr. MALINS agreed with the general principle just laid down, that the two great objects of a bankruptcy law should be to produce a ccssio bonortws and a general dis charge. In that respect he did not see that there should be any distinction made between traders and non-t ra d ers , b eca use when persons gave credit to no n -t ra d ers th ey h a d wereas e no a uo n t gtr o s eicu o h tk f p o nl oie t ovns h tsf e a debtor, e h b o t or, shouldan d rh therefore d r e itt t et u hok ny ejlgeui given n,d o e nfbho k t giro n nir t o y:. agm n Tn g hsdceer el t ry h tedhe e iset they ought t t o c h r e b e e d e ixet existing s i o n u a g - s means of the debtor, but upon the expectation of property to which he might afterwards become entitled. Nothing could be more abominable than the system of credit in use among money-lenders who gave credit to extravagant young men entitled to succeed to property, and the greater the discou ragement given by the law to these speculators the better it would be for society. But the fact was that the bill, as it now stood, (lid give power to the court, in certain case, where the transactions of tho debtor had been tainted with fraud, to make any future acquired property liable for the payment of his debts. As to the supposed or alleged hardship in the case of non-traders, those who were conversant withethe actual practice in the courts, knew that nothing was so easy as for non-traders to got up a colourable and fictitious trading, and thus entitle themselves to all the benefits of the bankruptcy. A few years ago a young nobleman, son of an earl, and entitled to large property, in order to get rid of his debts, petitioned as a brickenaker—that was, he turned over seine clay, made a few bricks, sold them, ant then came before the court as a trader, and received a discharge in full. The law of debtor and creditor ought to be the same for all. Mr. MELLOR supported the clause as it stood. Tho clause was then agreed to. On clause 164, Mr. WALPOLE said he had given notice of an amend ment to omit the clause which gave the chief judge the power to send cases of misdemeanour to be tried in the cri minal courts. That appeared to him to be contrary to the general principle of the bill, which was that the new courts should be competent to deal with all matters brought before them ; and on that simple ground he hoped his hon. and learned friend would consent to the omission of the clause. Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the clause referred not only to the chief judge, but also to the comAssioners, and it was thought better to give the district commissioners the discretionary power of sending cases of misdemeanour to the assize courts, for this, among other reasons, that the persons so dealt with might not in the country be able to obtain the services of counsel to defend them. Ho thought, therefore, this was a very proper clause, and trusted his right hon. friend would not /moss his objection. After a few words from Mr. ROBBLI CK and Mr. MELLOR, Mr. WALPOLE said he must frankly admit that the reason given by the Attorney-General in favour of this dis cretionary power had made a sireng impression on his mind, and he should therefore withdraw his opposition to the clause ; which was then agreed to, as were the follow ing clauses up to and including 175. On clause 176, which relates to the appeal against the order of things. Mr. MALINS said he thought the clause ought to secure a right of appeal to the bankrupt as well as the creditors. The ATIORNEY-CiENERAL, said ho had very oreu PE BR (TAR Y 26, 4861. fully considered the matter. It occurred to him that where the case w_aguheard by the chief judge in company with a commissioner, it was not desirable to give the bankrupt whoset dischrge tad been refused a right of appeal. .But in the cases where the commissioner heard and decided alone, they had the right of appeal to the chief judge. The clause, and also clauses to 184 inclusive, were agreed to. On clause 185, Mr. MOFFATT moved the omission of the clause, and that the following clause be inserted in lieu thereof :—" At a meeting of the declaration of a final dividend, the accounts of the creditors' assignee shall be audited by the official assignee, in the presence of the registrar or the county court judge, as the case may be, and thereafter the creditors' assignee shall be entitled to his discharge, unless cause be shown to the contrary." lie thought tho'clause, as it stood, was so stringent, that it would pre vent any respect able merchant from accepting the office of assignee. _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought there was no thing in the clause to deter respectable men, from under taking the duties of the ofilce of assignee. After some conversation, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL having proposed some alterations which met the views of Mr. Moffatt, that gentleman's clause was withdrawn. The clause as amended was then agreed to, as were also clauses up to 197 inclusive with verbal amendments. ThO:ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that he would re sume the committee on this bill that day week. The CHAIRMAN then left the chair and the house re sumed. APPROPRIATION OF SJATS (SUDBURY AND ST. ALBANS) BILL. Sir G. C. LEWIS in moving the second reading of this bill said, that as the principle of the bill was the filling up of four vacant seats no hon. member who voted for the second reading of the bill would be bound to the parti cular arrangement which was proposed in the bill, nor be precluded from taking any course he might deem to be ex pedient and fitting in the next stage of the bill. If that view of the matter should be acquiesced in he should simply now move that the bill be read a second time. On the question being put, Mt. BAXTER said ho had not any objection to the transfer of the oats, but he could not concur in the pro posal that the bill shOuld be read a second time sub silentic His object in rising was to call attention to the claims of Scotland to one of the vacant seats, and to express a hope that they would ijve one seat to the Universities of Scotland instead of giving ii to Chelsea or Kensington. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He wouLl. leave that question in the hands of the hon. member who had given a notice on the subject,.and he hoped the Scotch members, irrespective of party, would give the hon. mem ber for Perthshire their earnest and cordial support. (Hear, heat.) The universities in Scotland were at pre sent entirely unrepresented, though they were celebrated in all countries, and he wished them, therefore, to under stand the great 'injustice that 'was practised on Scotland, and that the people of Scotland looked forward to a great increase in the number of their members. He hoped the Government would deal with the borough of Berwick upon-Tweed as they had done with Sudbury and St. Albans, and transfer the seat either to Dundee or Aber deen. There was the' county of Ayr, and other Scotch counties, which only returned ono member each. He held in his hand a return which was printed in March, 1859, whieh was made upon the joint basis of taxation and of popnlation. According to chat basis of representation Scotland •should return 73 members, whereas it only re turned 53; and, upon the same basis, Ireland, which re turned 105 members, should only return 101. Ireland had, therefore, four members more than it was entitled to. He, therefore, thought that one of the vacant seats should be given to the Universities of Scotland. Mr. BENTINCK considered the proposal of the right hon. gentleman, the Home Secretary, as unjust. There had been much said in that'house about Reform, and there had always been great difficulty found respecting it, but the real evil was that the rural diitricts had not their fair share of the franchise. (Hear, hear.) The position which he maintained was, that while popular orators were clamouring about popular rights, and for extending the franchise to the working classes—the claims of the popula tion of the rural districts were wholly overlooked, Now it was admitted that taxation and representation were convertible terms. If this were • so, then there was no doubt that the rural districts had the strongest claims pos sible on that house to have the representation increased. How stood the fact? Why, that the property of the counties amounted to sixty millions sterling, the in habited houses exceeded three millions, and the popula tion was ten millions. ThIS property in boroughs amounted 'to £42,000,000. The value of inhabitel houses in boroughs was £1,200,000, and the population was about £7,000,000. So stood the facts of the case, and arguing from them he should say that the rural districts ought to have an addi tion of 144 members. (Laughter.) He also objected to the proposed plan of the Government, seeing that it proposed to increase the number of the Metropolitan members. Now, his opinion was that instead of being increased they ought to be lessened. (A laugh.) Tho proposed addition in this respect was a subject of serious consideration to the house. As, however, it was said that this was a matter that ought to be considered in committee, ho would not further occupy the attention of the house. Captain CARNEGIE said what he complained of was, that the bill did not go far enough. He should be glad that Gloucester, Wakefield, and Berwick-upon-Tweed had been included 'in the disfranchising clauses of the measure, as these borough had given proofs that they were influenced by corrupt motives in sending' members to Parliament. (Hear.) The claims of Salford, of the county of Cork, of Staleybridge, Aberdeen, and other places, had been urged upon the eonsideration of the house for an additional mem ber. His opinion was that that place which made out the strongest claim ought to have the benefit of the representa tion they asked for. Ho saw no special reason why one of the seats in question should be given to the West Riding of Yorkshire, while there were other places that could show stronger claims to be represented in that house. And- here he must urge upon the house the very great claims which the universities - of Scotland had to be represented in that helm. Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin had two members each, but the universities of Scotland were not represented here. This being the case he thought the modest demand which the Scotch univlersities made for ono member ought not to be overlooked ; and he was sure of this that any member who was returned by the constituencies of the Scotch universities would be an honour and credit to that house. (Hear, hear.) : Mr, PEACOCK expressed his regret that the opportth nity of affording - a direct representation to the working classes in that house had been thrown away. Recent legis lation had tended materially to improve the position of the working classes in the country, and yet it was to be re • gretted that the 'class of our fellow-citizens had no direct representation within the walls of that assembly. Under the Reform BillAhe classes whose interests we,re taken care of were there in the middle ranks of society, and it ought now to be their duty to see that the working classes should laS represented in some way. He would take the two largo towns of Liverpool and Manchester, and he would ask, why not add to the representation of these towns, an additional member to each, to be returned by electors rated under £lO ?` The £lO franchise under the. Reform Bill gave the borough representation into the hands of a parti • cular class, but it was their duty to extend the franchise in the way he suggested, in order that the representatives of the working-classes might sit side by side in that house with the representatives of the £lO franchise,'and thus the working classes would, through their direct representa tives; have an opportunity of having their views and feel ings brought fully and fairly under the cons id era ti on of that branch of the Legislature. (Hear, hear.) The only way in which the working classes had. of making them:- selves heard in the country was by attending monster and such like meetings, and it was possible that during a period of excitement in the country their attendance at these meet ings might load to inconvenience. But if they had a direct representation by the means which he suggested in that house, they would not be induced to attend such meet ings, but would be content that their views came properly before that house through the medium of their recognised representatives. -For himself he must say he had every confidence in the working classes, and he was satisfied they would send proper and effi cient members to represent them in the Legislature. Tho constituencies of the metropolis possessed an in fluence which was not adequately represented by the mere numerical votes of their representatives ; for whenever a metropolitan grievance was brought forward, if there were only a shadow of foundation for it, it was immediately re-. dressed. The representation of Kensington and Chelsea would not effect the enfranchisement of any now class of the community, and for that reason he strongly objected to it. He could only say he had a strong feeling on the sub ject, and if any kon. gentleman would move in committee a resolution embodying the views he had enunciated, he might rely upon his receiving the most cordial support from him. Mr. LOCKE said that he should not have risen to speak in that debate had it not been for the usual attack on the metropolitan members. (Hear, hoar, and laughter.) The hon. member for Malden came forward in a generous way on that occasion, and seeing four seats vacant expressed his readiness that they should be given to the working classes. According to his plan, however, those four representatives would be elected on different conditions to the remainder of the house ; but, setting aside that consideration, ho would ask the hon. gentleman whether the working classes, who numbered 6,000,000, according to the esti mate of the hon. member for Norfolk, were likely to be put off by a representation of four members. If they were, he should say that they would forfeit all claim to the intelligent character which was attributed to them without contradiction. The hon. member for Norfolk had expressed a great aversion to the metropolitan members, but ho did not see that he had given them any good reasons for that opinion. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Having himself had a long experience as a member for a metropolitan, borough, he was altogether unable to confirm what had been stated by the hon. member for Malden as to tho ease and readiness with' which metropolitan grie vances were redressed. On the contrary, he generally found said the fact of a complaint b e ing metropolitan, disinclined the Government to attend to it, while a grievance brought from Ireland inunediately enlisted i streng feeling of kind rims from the English members which led to its speedy cor rection—(laughter frotif the Irish members) and the Scotch members showed themselves fully sensible of the value of union, for no matter whether a Lord Advocate was Whig or Tory, he dined at Greenwich with the other Scotch members. (Laughter.) Now the hon. member for Norfolk had brought forward some figures which nobody had risen to answer, because no one thought there was any thing in them, and he did not think there was much. The hon. gentleman said that the counties should have more members.. (Conservative cheers.) The hon. gentleman contended in support of that proposition by a reference to the population of the country districts. But what was that population ? Why it was composed of those very working classes to which the hon. gentleman and hon. gentlemen opposite persisted .in denying the franchise. (Cheers ) Then with regard to his other point, that of taxation. If taxation were to be the criterion, what place could have a better claim to increased representation than the metro polis ? Whether from population, therefore, or taxation, or the interests it contained, were derived the proper basis of the representation, the metropolis was entitled to a much larger share than it at present enjoyed. Its population was nearly 3,000,000, while its representatives were only 18 in number, or 20, including the two members. for Middlesex. On this question, therefore, the hon. Somber for Norfolk, in advocating his extraordinary views on the question of Reform, scarcely did justice to himself, and he hoped that, after having had an opportunity of re-considering them, he would, when the subject was next under consideration, ad dress them a wiser and bettor man. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. BLACKBURN deprecated the principle laid down by the right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary in intro ducing the bill, that because these were English seats they ought 'to be given to England, for if that principle were to be fully carried out, any re-distribution of seats Which would redress tho grievance of Scotland would henceforth be impossible. No more distinction should now be made between the country north and south of the Tweed than was now made with reference to the Thames, the Trent, or the I yne. Looking at the comparative representation of England and Szotland, ho had found that in 10 counties south of the Thames, with the county of Middlesex, more representatives were enjoyed than was enjoyed in Scot land ; yet now it was proposed to enfranchise Kensington and Chelsea, a district which, with a less intellectual com munity than that of Lanarkshire, only produced asparagus and mushrooms. (Cheers and laughter.) Lord ENFIELD expressed his gratification at the sub ject having been taken in hand by the Government. Per sonalities had unfortunately entered into the discussion, but ji t ; could assure the house that, while the rural districts were not denied their full rights to a fair share in the repre sentation, on the other hand, there was no reason to put objections 'to the metropolitan members. He feared the hon. member for Norfolk bad not taken into account schedule D as well as schedule A of the income tax, in re ference to his relative estimate of taxation. Mr. C.. BRUCE said that the united Universities of Scotland were, on every showing, fairly entitled to be re presented ; and, were the point conceded, the house would gain an irreproachable constituency, while the cause of education in Scotland would receive a powerful impetus. • Colonel DUNNE said the agricultural and landed into - rests were . not fairly represented, and this was especially the case with regard to Ireland. Boroughs were much better represented in that house than the counties were. This was proved by statistics ; for whereas in boroughs there was one member to £127,274 in the valuation, there was in the counties only one to £380,906. Some hon. gen tlemen had talked of the working classes being represented. No doubt they ought to be represented, and were repve sented, but it was not by those whom they called their own members, but by his (the Conservative) side of the house. (Opposition cheers.) In proof of this, he would ask who it was that supported the Ten Hours' Bill, the bill for Feticing Machinery, and the Factories and Bleaching Works Bills ? They had been carried by that (the Oppo siden) side of the house, with one or two splendid excep. tions, as, fnr instance, when the hon. member for Sheffield raised his voice C..n behalf of the working men. In fact, liberty in the mouthi of such persons was similar to liberty in the mouths of the Southern secession party in America, with whom it signified liberty to retain their slaves in bon dage. The Souahern Americans were always talking of liberty, but did not extend it to their slaves ; and some members professing to represent the working classes in that house acted in the same way. He thought in jusiiee one of those seats ought to go to Ireland. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Last year two of them were promised to Ireland, and no one objected ; with what show of reason, therefore, could they object this year? (Hear.) Though 105 was the proportion settled for Ireland at the Union, the population had gone on increasing, and there was no reason why the representation should remain at that num ber. He contended that the representation was at present very unequal, and should be more fairly balanced ; for there was in England one member to 36,612, in Ireland one to 65,924, and in Scotland one to 54, 00. Two of these seats having been promised to Ireland last year, ho did not see how they could justly be refused now. Mr. JACKSON advocated the claims of Birker;N ad which he said would begin with 5,319 voters, of whorl; 2,600 were over the £2O rental; there were between 50,000 and 60,000 inhabitants, and the number was constantly in creasing with a rapidity unexampled in any other part of the country. In fact, by the time this measure came into operation in December, the number of voters would have increased to over 6,000. Mr. HORSMAN begged to draw the attention of the house to one point which had not been adverted to in the debate. A paper had been put into his hand by an hon. member which led him to think that the conclusions which his hon. friend had arrived at would lead the house to one result. He stated that there were twenty metropolitan representatives, and that if they took the population into account there ought to be 40 members. Hedoubted it if they were to take the number of representatives by those who theoretically sat for those constituencies. Here was a list of no fewer than seven very eminent London bankers, all of them representing etherconstituencies, but whose residences and interests were all in the City of London. (Hear.) Then he found that there were also no less than eight Bank di rectors, who also sat in that house as the representatives of other constituencies. • There were also four aldermen of tho City of London who represented rural constituencies. There were also five great merchant princes, eminent London mer chants, representing distinct constituencies front those of London; but no man in that house would say that where the interests of the metropolis were concerned, they would not be representatives as accessible and as efficient as any of those who represented a metropolitan borough. (Hear.) Then, there were six very eminent shipowners, whose com mercial interests were in the City of London; and without going more minutely through the list, he might say there were no less than 40 members in that house, in addi - tion to the 20—all eminent men, all as available, as fit, and as well adapted to represent the metropolitan inte rests as any metropolitan member who represented them. (Hear.) 'that was putting out of the question a great many others who, like himself, were electors for metropolitan districts, having property in those districts, andovlio were entitled to assist in all matters of local interest, and who were more or less representatives of metropolitan consti tuencies. So far, therefore, from there being only 20 re presentatives, there were more than the number of 40 mem bers, which was the number demanded by his hon. friend (Mr. Locke). He would say, then, that there sat in that house from 40 to 50 members unconnected with the repre sentation of metropolitan districts, who still were as di rectly connected with all metropolitan interests as any of those who had been elected to that house. There was another point which was very much lost sight of, which was that in the claim of any constituency to representation the question of locality and vicinity should be considered. He held that any borough being within the vicinity of the me tropolis, having two members residing within 10 miles of the metropolis, and who were always accessible, did not re quire so many representatives as a district in Ireland or Scotland of the same population. For those reasons he thought it a question of grave doubt whether the metro polis was not represented far more in proportion than more distant constituencies who had greater claims. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS said the principle under discussion in the Government Bill was the distribution of the four vacant seats, and the question for the consideration of the house was the distribution of those seats. His opinion was that two of those seats ought to be disposed cf in a different manner, and he:must say that he thought the Government, in the digpOsal of the seats, might give a third seat to the West Riding of Yorkshire, which at present bad but two members, but whose population and importance justly en titled it to look for a third member to represent its great interests. Mr. ROUPELL said that many of the objections which had been raised by hon. members to the Government bill might be far more fitly made in committee. He merely rose to express his entire dissent from the opinion of the right hon. gentleman the member for Stroud. It appeared to him a most extraordinary notion- that the metropolis should be considered as represented •by 40 or 50 members, who were returned by other constituencies, because they were more or less iiterested. (Hear, hear.) Surely the noble lord the member for Marylebone might be considered as representing an Irish borough. (Hear.) Nothing could be more absurd than to say that the metropolis was represented by 40 or 50 gentlemen who were supposed at the same time to represent their own constituencies. (Hear.) Did they repre sent their own constituencies, or did they not ? They might represent the general interests of the country, but it was idle to say that those seven or eight bankers, those eight directors, and also those gentlemen who were con nected with the shipping interests were sent to that house as the representatives of the metropolitan constituencies, ra ther than the constituencies that returned th em t o th a t house. Lord W. GRA HAM was anxious to ask her Majesty's Government what course they meant to pursue with regard to the motion put on the paper by the hon. member for Finsbury (Mr. Duncombe). lie put that question because he thought it might influence certain members when the house went into committee ort that bill. Now, if the Go • vernment did not intend to oppose that motion it would be unwise in them, in his opinion, to proceed further with the present bill. (Hear.) The result of the census next year might alter materially the deteimination which hon. mem bore WOlll4 COMO t 9 as to the pliON )71404 %WIWI 0- preseneativ es should be conferred. The Government must, he presumed, have fully made - up their mind on the ques tion, and he desired to be informed whether they intended to support or oppose the motion of the hon. member for Finsbury. Mr. COLLIES said he was glad the vacant seats were to i be filled up, but he considered that the West Riding o York had not meteki out to it that measure of justice whirl was promised last ye.ar. He thought they might vote fo r the second reading of the bill, and then in committee mot 0 such amendments as they believed desirable. Mr. V. SCULLY wished that the silence of the Iris h members might not be interpreted as an approval of tl to measure. They had heard clajms made for the vacant sea Ex on the part of Scotland and the metropolis, but in his op 1- , nion theyought to be kept open until a bona fide reform ln was introduced. He protested against this miserable a) ./11 wretched apology for a reform_ bill, and if any hon. men:lu 3r diviJed the house ho should vote against the second readin g. Major PARKER said that he had received a letter fro ex the mayor of the ancient borough of Sudbury which 1 le: should like to communicate to the house. For three cen turies, up to the year 1844, when the borough was dis - franchised, it enjoyed the privilege of returning two men '- berg to Parliament in consideration of services rendered ' to the Crown. The western division of Suffolk, in which Su &- bury was situated, returned only 9 members, while t. hs county of Sussex returned 18, Wiltshire 18, and Buckin hamshire 11. The mayor pointed out that numerous otb ,er constituencies had been convicted of bribery and corruptic ar, and yet they were allowed to retain the right of electing r v presentatives. In Gloucester and Wakefield the writs w( ire suspended, and at Berwick-on-Tweed the house could r tot forget what had very rocontlyoccurred. Would the Gover It ment deal out the same penalties to those smaller cons ti tuencies who had fallen into the grievous error of corrup tion and bribery as they now proposed to inflict on t ha larger delinquents ? The bill. -was then road a second time, and the consider tion in committee fixed for Thursday week. HIGHWAYS BILL. I, Sir G. a. LEWIS moved the second reading of this Wt. He hopod the b °use would assent to the motion, as the ` met ‘- sure had been fully discussed last session. (Cries 'of N, no.") Mr. HENL. fetid he trusted the hon. gentlesnan woul A not, at so late an' hour, ask the house to consider a mean,' Ist with reference to which many hon. gentlemen desired I" express their ()pink Nns. Lord PALMEROTON moved the adjournment of tics debate. Mr. HARDY appea led to the right hon. gentleman to, fix some definite period when hon. members interested in.l this important question might rely that the bill would be: discussed. Sir G. C. LEWIS woul d do hittbast to name a day when. the house could, without . further delay or postponement % consider the bill. CRIMINAL MENDMENT .LAW 'CONSOLIDATION AND A. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL the Select Committee .on .Criminal Law and Consolidation. Amendment was appointed., to consist of the following. members :—Mr. Attorney-Gteneral, Mr. Solicitor-General, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, t he Lord Advocate, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Sir Hugh Cairns, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. George, Mr. Mure, Mr. Massey, Mr. Henle.y ? Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Gaythorne Hardy, Hr. Roebuck, Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Butt, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. PATellor, Mr. Sergeant King lake, Mr. Bovill, Mr. Cobbett, Mx . . Collier, Mr. Locke, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. M'Mahon, Mr. Ewast, Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Denman, and Mr. Ayrton ; pour to send for persons, papers, and records; five to be the quoru.m. The house then adjourned at ten minutes to 12 o'clock. COUNTRY MA BEETS. COLCHESTER-PE. 23. A Ynode.mte supply of wheat ; best samples readily rea lised ate fun prices of last week ; inferior parcels difficult of sale. Five malting barley commands full prices, and other sorts - dull. Beans and peas as before. Wheat, wlOte .. . . 60s to 68s . .tieans, Mazagan..36s to 423 red to 60s Middle & small 44s to 50a Barley Oats 4 .—s to —s Grey.. 421 to 48a CV - ELMSFORD-FEB. 22. A fair number of 'sh•mples of wheat on offer, but the business done was very lcuited, at barely previous prices. Spring corn Wheat, white 39s to 63s I Peas, Partridge ..430 to 44a red 48s to 60s I , White .. 43S to 46s Barley 29s to 42s • . Boiling 43s to 47s Chevalier ....32s to 4.58 bun 39s to 42a Grinding 26s to 37s Beans, Tick ....36s to 443 Malt ... 61s to 6 7s Harrow Ticks 37s to 47a Chevalier , ...Ms to 69s Mazagan '. . 30s to 41s Oats .. 26s to 31s . NORT:EIANIPTON—FEB. 23. At this corn-market the wheat supply was a limited one, with a fair demand, prices ranging from 64s to 68s for old, and 42s to 62s for new: In barley a steady business, malting 38s to 435, grinding 29s to 32s per qr. Oats in small supply, and prices as before—quoted at 22s to 38s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 51s to 665; peas, 405 to 50s. Rye, ac 375 to 425; 685 to 72s ; .. hour, 33s to 34s per _s We had only KIRIKALDY—Fa. 23.. ;:ioderate supplies to-day of wheat and barley, but large of ti Its. Last week's rates were realised for wheat and barley, an oats sold at rather more money. Wheat I Barley Oats First.... 33s Od 3ls Od 2t Od Second .. 669 Od •:.ils Od 288. Od Third .. 60s 6d 43s Od 320 Od THE MALLS: MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • . • • Mar. 21. Do. (via Marseilles) Mtn. 14. Brazil and Cape Verds . .. Mar. 6.. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video,. &o. ".„ .. Feb. —. Cuba and Mexico .. • . . Feb. 28 Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .; Overdue. Cape of Good Hope, 'So.•Groh 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Mar. 6. Do (via Marseilles) Feb. 2;. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Feb. 25. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Sottthampton) Feb. —. Do. (via Marseilles) Feb. 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Feb. 25. Do. (via. Marseilles) .. Feb. 27. Lisbon Feb 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Mar. 6. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Feb. 27. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Mar. 1. United States, California, &e. Feb. 28. Western Coast of Africa Madeira, Teneriffe Mar. la. `Vest Indies and Pacifie, ' Carthagena , Cuba, &c. Feb. 28. 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WROTTESLEY.—On the 24th inst., at Clifton, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Charles Alexander Wrottesley, second 'son of the Ist Lord Wrottesley, late of the 29th Regiment, aged 62. LoNnoN : Printed andyublished by 41011130 YOVNQ, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, - at THE SUN Office, No. fl2,Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of middleoex, Wiviriciah Felnuall Xo• 1801.