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fo urtt 72bition SUN OFFICE, Seven. o' Clock. CROXTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) GRANBY HANDICAP. Bourton 1 BETTING AT MANCHESTER. CITY AND SUBURBAN, 7 to 2 against Virago (taken). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. Lord BROUGHAM, in moving the second reading of this bill, called attention to the defective state of the law in England with regard to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and pointed out the advantages which would result from assimilating it with the law of Scotland. In England the holder of' a bill or a note was obliged to enforce his right through an action at law, though there could be no doubt of the genuineness of the instrument, but in Scotland, by an admirable pro vision, which had existed in that country for upwards of a century and a half, he had only to register it within six weeks of its date, and he could then at once obtain judgment and summary execution against the ac ceptor, drawer, or indorser, as the case might be. The object of the present bill was to place the mercantile classes here in the same situation as those in Scotland in this respect. It was his intention to move that the bill be referred to the select committee to which the Common Law Procedure Bill was referred. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his general approval of the bill. _ _ _ After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the bill was read a second time. The Arbitration Law Amendment Bill was read a second time. The report of the amendments to the Testamentary Jurisdiction 8111 was agreed to. On the motion of the - Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Chimney Sweepers Bill was referred to a select com mittee, as required under standing order 175. . Lord ST. LEONARDS moved for returns of the number of wives and children of soldiers on service in the East, or ordered there [LEFT BPEA MING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord BECTIVE took the o:tthl and 11:s seat for Westmoreland. PII,IVATE BUSINESS. On the - motion of Mr. W. PATTEN, E ar l J ermyn was discharged from further attendance on the C ommittee of Private Bills (group 2), and Mr. J. G. Smyth and Mr, Grenfell were added thereto. The Birmingham Waterworks Bill and the Lanark Police Iwproveiuent Bill wero ordered to he upon the table. _ _ PETITIONS. Mr. C. BRUCE presented petitions from Elgin and Strathbogie against the Education Bill for Scotland. M r . BAILLIE presented a petition from the Con sultative Council of British Guiana on the subject of the duty levied on sugar, the growth of the colony. Mr. MULLINGS present , :d petitions from certain electors of Canterbury in reference to the leave given for bringing in a bill for their disfranchisement, and praying that that bill should not pass, and that the petitioners be heard by council against it. Mr. BUCK presented a petition to the same effect as the foregoing from the corporation of the borough of Barnstaple, which he moved should be read at the table, and which was read by the clerk accordingly. Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading against the Oaths Bill. Mr. MIALL presented 21 petitions from London, Lincoln, Swansea, Manchester, Salford, and other places, praying for free admission for all classes to the universities. Mr. BOOKER presented several petitions from Worcestershire against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. Mr. G. DUNDAS presented a petition from Auck land, New Zealand, praying for the withdrawal of mili tary at elections of the Legislative Council there. Petitions were also presented by Mr. WICKHAM against the Oaths Bill, from the Abbey Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford ; the Richmond-place Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford ; the Kirkgate Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford ; Low Moor We.leyan Chapel, Bradford ; Centenary Wesleyan Chapel, Bradford ; and from the inhabitants of the Chapelry of Thornton, in the parish of Bradford, in favour of closing public-houses on Sundays. Frost the members of the Bradford Ledge of Odd Fellows against the 4th clause of the Friendly Societys Bill. Sir B. HILL presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Alaryieoone, assembled at public meeting, in favour of the Reform Bill. Mr. F. SCULLY presented several petitions from places in Tipperary against the proposed inquiry into Conventual Establishments. Mr. LUCAS presented also petitions from Tipperary to the same effect, and from places in Scotland against the Lord Advocate's Equestion Bill for Scotland. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Sheffield in favour of Udversity R:•for:n. DAY OF PUBLIC PRAYER. • Lord J. RUSSELL said in reply to the Marquis of Blandfortl, there was no day yet fixed for a special ser vice to be used in the churches throughout the kingdom for the purpose of asking the blessing of Almighty God on her Majesty's Naval and Milit Lry forces to be em ployed in the war. SEIZURE OF A SHIP EY THE CUBAN AUTHORITIES. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Hutchins, who wished to know whether the Government had autho thorised Mr. Crampton, our Mini:4ter at Washington, to act in behalf of the Spanish Government in the affair of the seizure of the Black Warrior by the CubAn autho rities, said there was a prospect of the affair being speedily adjusted. - SUPPLY OF HAY TO Tii2, ARIIY OF THE EAST. Mr. SADLEIR wished toask the hon, gentleman the Secretary to the Admiralty a question relattn g t o the at tempted fraud in the supply of hay to the a rmy o f the East. He wished to know if it was true that there was no ground for holding St urgeon and Sons, of G rays, Essex, responsible for th e con sequences of this attempt e d fraud. Mr. B. OSBORNE said there was a notice in the paper to-night for a motion on this subject, and it would perhaps simplify the matter if he stated at once that the Admiralty had no objection to produce all the corres pondence that had taken place about it. As regarded the particular case of Sturgeon and Son, in looking over the reports made to the Admiralty, he found that there was no ground for charging that firm with deliberate fraud. The truss of hay containing the lamb was not in any of those supplied by Sturgeon and Son. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. FAGAN rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to make provision for the better government of the University of Dublin ; for the establishment and main- tenance of a second college therein, with co-ordinate authority, and, as near as may be, equivalent income, with Trinity College, to be called, in pursuancs to the act 14 and 15 Charles 2. c. 2, the Queen's College ; and further for the extension, in pursuance to the act 33 Geo. 3, c. 21, to students of all religious denominations, of the honours, degrees, benefits, emoluments, and offices, in the Queen's College. The honourable member said he regretted to have to state that while the Dublin University was the most richly en dowed educational establishment in the world, it gave less contributions to literat ure or sc i ence. The Dulin University was endowed with the enormous property of 200,000 acres of land, which was valued at 93,0001. a. year ; and though in point of fact that land at present did not produce above 64,0001. a-year, the University was still as it would be seen by what he had just state:, most richly endowed. The Provost of that University received an annual stipend of 3,5001 , while the heads of houses in Oxford and Cambridge had not quite 800/. ; the seven Senior Fellows in Trinity College, Dublin, had 1,8001. ayear .on an average. The first class of Junior Fellows in the Dublin University, six in number, had 0 00/. a-year. The second class Fellows, also six in number, had 6001. jp,..year ; the third class Fellows, fi ve i n number, had 40 01 . e .year ; while the Junior Fellows of Oxford avid Cambridge had not upon the average ab ove 25 01. a-year. Th e 111 success of the Dublin University as a national establ i s h men t he attributed to the strictly exclusive character of the system, by which the sch o l ars hi ps, and ell the prizes of the University, are confined to persons n, of the Protestant religio and the s . y s ematic exclusion Of Roman Catholics, by which the great body of the people of Ir eland avoided that University altogether as a seat of learning. (Hear, hear.) Tile College to hisgreat honour present Provost i n n that the scholarships at of Trinity had e x p resse d his opinion least should be open to persons of all religious per suasions ; and he (51r* Pagan) was not of only the that the tim e wa s now come scholarships, should be MC but the fellowships also, thrown open to p ersons o f every religious denemifiation. tod It was clear th a t t h e c h ar t er o f the University be separatel from Trinity College, welch Jre mainta inc:i vas the object of the statutes of its foundation, and Miller stated that the original college should be maintained till another university was founded—the college and the university being originally distinct. He had every re spect for the provincial colleges of Ireland, but every one must admit they had not the prestige of a university; and besides the Roman Catholics and the Dissenters of Dublin had not, as they ought to have, their own separate provincial colleges. The honourable member after giving a brief outline of the p.hn of the measure he intended to bring forward for reforming the constitu tion of the Dublin University, moved for leave to bring in the bill. Mr. G. H. MOORE seconded the motion. Mr la, A. LUILIZON: Fro give go) moticd of . the hon. member for Cork b,is most decided opposition. This was the first time in his life that he had ever heard that the Dublin University had been established for the benefit of Roman Catholics. (Hear, hear.) Was it reasonable, was it natural to su pose, that at the very time when Queen Elizabeth was excommuni cated by Rome, and her title to the throne disputed, she should have founded a university for the education, not of persons of the Reformed faith, but of her Roman Catholic subjects. He referred to the report of the com missioners on this subject, to show that while they recog nised Trinity College, Dublin, as a Protestant establish ment, in accordance with the views of its founders, they at the same time declared that the doors of the uni versity had been thrown as wide open as they could be to persons of all religious denominations consistent with the intentions of its founders. He also quoted a speech from Sir J. Graham, in 1825, in which the right hon. bart. declared that he looked upon this University as a decidedly Protestant e stablishment. With regard to the general tolerant character of the Dublin University, he said no one was subject to a test unless he took a degree in divinity. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) CROWN-OFFICE, 111ARcu 31. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARMA- 3IENT. Borough of Tynemouth—William Schaw Lindsay, of the city of London, merchant and shipowner, in the room of Hugh Taylor, Esq., whose election has been declared void. APRIL 1. Borough of Liskeard—Ralph William Grey, of Chip chase Castle, in the county of Northumberland, Esq., in the room of Richard Budden Crowder, Esq., who has ac cepted the office of one' of the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. County of Westmoreland.—Thomas Taylor, Esq., com monly called the Earl of Bective, in the room of William Thompson, Esq., deceased. APRIL 3. County Palatine of Durham, Northern Division.—The Hon. Adolphus Frederick Charles Wm. Vane, commonly called Lord Adolphus Vane, of Wynyard-park, in the county of Durham, in the room of Geo. Henry Robt. Chas. Wm. Vane, commonly called Viscount Seaham, now Earl Vane, summoned to the House of Peers. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 3. The Right Honourable the L or d s of the Committee of p r i v y Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria, announcing that vessels arriving in Egypt from Syria are admitted to immediate pratique. - WAR OFFICE, APRIL 4. 26th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Philip Bain brigge, C.B , to he Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., removed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, March 31. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 1. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent on the removal of tha name of Rear-A.dmiral of the Blue Sir John Franklin from the list : Captain Right Honourable Charles Lord Colchester to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved List. Captain Charles Hope to be Rear-Ashniral of the Blue. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Sir Robert Peel, Bart., to be Captain, vice Des Vceux, resigned, March 29. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court, Gent., to be Lieuten ant, March 31. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—James Master son Penniugtoo, Esq., to be Captain, vice Powe, resigned, March 24. _ _ The Essex Rifles—Robert Augustus Sandell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 31. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Joseph Deane Freeman, Gentleman, to be Lieutenant,' March 18. 3,1 or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middle3ex Militia—William Hurman, Gent., to be Assist ant• Surgeon, vice Nunn, resigned, March 30. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Marcus Merryweather Tumor, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 23. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Major Henry Wenman Newman to be Limit enant- Colonel, vice Jeuner, decease t ; Captain John Surman to be Major, vice Newman, promoted ; Lieut. George Henry Bengough to be Captain, vice Surman, promoted ; Ensign Robert Heane to be Lieutenant, vice Bengough, pro moted, April 3. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Spencer P, re ival Robbing, Esq., to be Captain, vice Mac clintoch, rt signed. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia —William Dickason Clay, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 30. Regiment of Royal London Militia—Major George Mac- Call to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Samuel Wilson, pro moted ; Ensign Thomas Dennis Rew to be Lieutenant, vice Caristio.n William Mc Niell, promoted, March 31; Frede rick Robinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice William Robertson, promoted, April 1; James Duke Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, March 31; Alfred Peachey, Gent., to be Ensign, April 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle men to be Commissioners fur administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Joseph Unwin Harwood, Clement's-lane, Lombard-st. John James, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East. William Hunter, Blownsbury-street, Bedford-square. William Henry Cave, Thatcham, Berks. William E I ward Ratcliffe, Hyde, Isle of Wight. Thomas Rymer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Henry Charles Paliner, hatter, Stones End, Southwark. Thomas Dawson, butcher, Dalton, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Josaph Stanbridge Rogers Clarke, dealer in hay, Rich mond Villas, Bayswater , to surrender, April 12, at half past one, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, ofßoial assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Eldott, Doctor's-coin.: ons. John So'wawa. shipowner, Liverpool, April 12 at half past two, and M ty 15 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stausfeld, official assignee ; Ashley and Watts, Old Jewry. Frederick Hellyer, wood carver, New Brompton, April 11, at half-past two, and May 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Hillyer and Fenwiek, London. William Lloyd, licensed victualler, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, April 12, at half-past two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as signee, Aldermannury ; Parnell and Guillaume, New Broad-street, City. George Haslam, currier, Higharn, April 22 and May 6, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Barker, Huddersfield; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield. No li Leo, innkeeper, Bingley, York, A.pril 21 and May 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Park-row, Leeds ; Weatherhead and Burr, Keighloy ; and Born. and Barwick, Leeds. Sophan Meredith, draper, Birmingham, April 20, and May 11, at ten, at the Birminghtm District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birming ham. SCOTCFI SEQUESTRATION. James Liddell, warehouseman, Manchester. MARKET INT ELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of tMe day.) SUGAR.—To-day West India was generally held for ful rate, but there was only a moderate demand from refiner or-grocers. Barbadoes which went with spirit at ful terms, fine yellow at 38s to 395, low to good 31s to 376 6d and foots 31s 6d to 32s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day large parcels of refined sugar were purchased for home trade purposes, but rates are not better, ruling for brown lumps 43s to 43s 6d, and low to fine grocery 43s 61 to 47s per cwt. EAST Irv:q.t.—To-day Madras sugar met with little at tention ; good to fine grocery 37s to 395, and brown 27d 6d to 29s per cwt. FOREIGN. —To-day foreign sugar was operated in with caution for shipping and home trade purposes, but there is no actual decline. Not any was offered at public sale. COCOA.—A firm market for foreign, and several pur chases have been made, Bahia at 26s to 275, Para 28s 6d to 29s 6d, and Quayquill 31s 6d. Stock is still deficient of last season. RUM.—To:day there was a dull market, and rates rather declined • Demerara 30 t o 42 per cent. over proof, selling at 5s to es 4d, Jamaica 30 to 40 over 53 7d to 6s 2d, East India and Leewards 3s 5d to 3s 8d proof. In brandy little doing, and there aro sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 at 9s 4d to 9a 6d. COFFEE.—To-day several parcels of Plantation Coffee were sold privately rather above last week's terms. In auction 61 casks and 26 bags were taken in is to is 6d per cwt. above the value; mid at 60s to 61s, fine ord 55s 6d to 568, and Triage 45s 6d to 475. For Native demand is still on the increase and rates on the rise, TEA.—There is still a dull market for ord, and prices have farther declined, supply not decreasing, Th e cur _ rencv is now for low to good ord, lid to Ilia ; rather blackish to blackish leaf, is to is 4d; and strong to pekoe flavour, is 41d to 2s 5d pl ry pound. s r on, ord There is to i e is nos m , mid, decrease in supply o f green t ea. ls 8d to is ; good, 23 to 2s 3d ; fine, 2s 4d tio2.s6d superfine, 2s 8,1 to 3s. Young hyson, Canton, ld to is 5 w l ; a n hy:o7 lsci to i kind,lss 3 7d Gunpowderto2s fine,2d; can2tso canton, to 2s hOd. T ky 5d ; hyson kind, is 7d to 3s 11. TALLOW—The tletnau,l for Russian for all purposes has much increased since this day week, and prices declined 25 6d to 3s per cwt. On the spot the rates accepted are 68s to 634 3d for first sort P. Y. Candle, and 61s 9(1 to 69s for delivery up to June. Home melted is now only in limited request, and can 133 obtained at 663 6d to 67a. Other aorta of tallow are more freely offered for sale, spec ulators as well as the trade having been cautious in their operations prices have given w ; Austr a li an , mutton selling, mid to fine at 611 to 67s 9d, beef 63s to 665, South American 6ls to 635, and French town me lt e d 65 s to 67 s per cwt. Stock oftallow is 3,0)0 casks more than last season, and deliveries are 1,800 less. Prices rule higher by 20s to 2 Is per cwt. OILS. —There are now few buyers of linseed oil, and prices hive given- way ; sales on the spot having been mal e at 41s to 41s 6.1, and delivery 12s to 141 per cwt. Co c hin selling at 55 s to 55i 6d, an d ot h er sorts 534 to 5 is Gd. Rape oil, pale selling at 4ls to 46s 61, and brown 413 to 46s 6d, Olive G!,l. to 65/. and other sorts 10t. t o 61t. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—TUTS DAY. msteriain ............ 11 13,4 011irAltar . . Ditto; three months .. 11 154 Leghorn ....... . 3O 65 Rotterdam • • .... 11 15X, Genoa .. • ... • . 25 60 Antwerp .............. 25 20 Milan Brusiels 25 20 Venice Hamburg - 11 •• •• •• •••• • • 13 4 t, Naples i 126 Parts ........., .... _ 25 0 Messina ........ Ditto, three months .. 25 35 Lisbori Marseilles.. •• .• •• ...... 25 373 Oporto .......... B ogn i max .......... •• Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on• Maine .... 1111)4 Buenos Ayres Berlin .........• ••• • • • ;New York, 60 days' sight 14 20 Philalelphla Trieste Perersburgh.....• ...... 34 Foreizn Gold in Bars £3 17 9 M a d r id . ...... ......... 50g , Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 t) / Ix Cadiz.... ........... ~ 50% 'Mexican Dollars .... , 0 5 C% ltaroktiona....., ~ .... -- 1,4 New Dollars ro ...... 0 0 0- 'S 1 4 , .....;.... eciir r • ...t """' ' - a-kon -."....... 1 ) .- 6. ' . . .. . IMKRIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) TESTAMENTARY JURISDICTION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On Clause F, Lord WYNFORD said the commission which was appointed on this subject refused to recommend the transfer of the jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery, and and the majority of those who voted on the report were the judges to whom under this bill the jurisdiction would be transferred. He moved, as an amendment, that in• stead of the words " exercised by her Majesty's High Court of Chancery," the words "exercised by her Ma jesty's Court of Probate" be inserted. The LORD CHANCELLOR said if this amendment were adopted the bill would be made a totally different bill, and every word of it must be altered. He there fore trusted that their lordships would not agree in this amendment. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE supported the amendment. Lord CAMPBELL thought that instead of erecting a Court of Probate it would be better to let the bill stand as it was, and let the business of Probate go to the Court of Ceancery ; always supposing that there was one tribunal in the Court of Chancery to which parties could resort Lord ST. LEONARDS agreed that the jurisdiction should be in the Court of Chancery and not in a Court of Probate ; but he wished that it should be confined to one Court in Chancery, and that the judge of the Prerogative Court, whose office had been kept up at lus suggestion, should be called on to sit with the judge of that court when necessary. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought that the clause in the bill provided all that was necessary, and avoided difficulties which the language of the clause of his noble and learned friend caused. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that he had been told by one of the principal advocates that the giving them precedence in the court would be a great boon ; but as ho only wished to benefit them, and they did not desire it, he would strike that provision out. The Earl of HARROWBY inquired whether the es tablishment of one court in Chancery would have the effect of keeping up proctors and advocates. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he hoped so. He thought the business would naturally fall into their hands, although they could not have precedence. As to exclusive right to the business that was never con templated. ford ST. LEONARDS said that he could not strike out that part of his clause which related to the prece dence of advocates in the new court. The clauses up to 36 were then agreed to, with verbal amendments. Before clause 37 was put, Lord ST. LEONARDS moved the clause above stated, with reference to confining the jurisdiction of probate to one court in Chancery; Which was opposed by the LORD CHANCELLOR. Their lordships then divided-- For the clause For the amendment lO-4 The remaining clauses and the schedule having passed, the house resumed. The bill to be reported this day. Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes past eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) NORTH LONDON RAILWAY. The Marquis of CHANDOS moved the third reading of this hill, which gave rise to considerable discussion, in the course of which Mr. CARDWELL announced that on Thursday next he should state the course which the Government meant to pursue with regard to the general question of railway legislation. The bill, as well as several other railway bills which stood on the paper for progress, were postponed until Monday next, in consequence of this announcement. BUSINESS FOR TUESDAY. In reply to Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was proposed to morrow (this day) to take the second leading of the Education (Scotland) Bill, but the committee on the Clergy Disabilities Bill, which stood also for to-mor row, would be postponed. THE BLACK SEA FLEET. Captain SCOBELL said a report had gone abroad that the Black Sea fleet bad been impeded in its opera tions by the want of coals, and it would be satisfactory to the house, no doubt, if the first Lord of the Admi ralty would state whether or no there was any founda tion for the rumour. Sir J. GRAHAM had much pleasure in informing the house that he had received a letter from Admiral Dundas, dated at Constantinople as late as the 19th of March, which contained no mention of the subject ; but he knew of his own knowledge that, since the let of January, 10,000 tons of coal had been sent to Constan tinople for the use of the fleet, while there were about 6,000 tons in store at Malta. The letter to which he referred stated that the fleet would be in the Bosphorus for a few days, but he understood that this morning a telegraphic despatch had been received announcing that the fleet had arrived in the neighbourhood of Varna. (Hear, hear.) THE CASE OF MR. STONOR. Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the house for the purpose of re-opening the case of Mr. Stonor, which had already been twice before the house. The noble lard, however, who had simply given notice of a question, did not persist in the motion ; but, after making a statement, he concluded by' asking whether,' her Majesty's Government would send out a despatch for cancelling the appointment of Mr. Stonor, a com mittee being pending to inquire into the circumstances. Lord J. RUSSELL protested against the course which the noble lord bad taken of moving the adjourn ment of the house. and then went on to say that the motion for the committee would be made on Thurs day, when the Government would be quite ready to accede to it. All the circumstances touching the appointment would then come before the com mittee, and the house would find that the recom mendations of Mr. Stonor were entirely of a legal and profes-ional nature, and that it was quite an oversight of the noble duke at the head of the colonial department in not being aware of the report which had been made against Mr. Stonor. He trusted, however, that the committee would make no recommendation that the appointment should be confirmed, although it might be a case of great hardship on Mr. Stoner, but the real state of the matter was this. The appointment had been made in Victoria, but when it came home for confirma tion the nobie duke would decline to confirm it on the part of her Majesty. STATUTE LAW COMMISSION. Mr. BOWYER asked what course Government pro posed to pursue with respect to the Statute Law Conso lidation Commission, whether it was to be renewed or allowed to drop with all its valuable labours incomplete. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that as the Attorney- General was net in the house he was unable to answer the question ; but he understood his learned friend had been in communication with the Lord Chancellor on the subject. TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ErENING. APRIL 4, 185 4. NEW REFORM BILL. Sir E. DERING gave notice that on Monday next he would ask the noble lord the member for the city of London, whether he intended to move the second read ing of the Reform Bill on the 27th inst. BRIBERY, &c., BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this bill, Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving that the Speaker do leave the chair, appealed to the hon. and learned mem ber for Suffolk to allow his bill to come on next, and before the Controverted Elections Bill. Sir. F. KELLY was understood to assent to the proposal. • Mr. V. SMITH then moved as an amendment that the bill be referred to a select committee, announcing that if this amendment was carried he should move that the other two bills be referred to the same committee. The three bills ought to he considered together, but it was impossible to do that in committee of the whole house, and hence arose the necessity for a select com mittee, where all the three bills could he discussed together and ultimately consolidated into one effective measure. Several points embraced in the other bills were omitted from that of the noble lord. This showed the impossibility of considering the measures apart ; and there was not time to take them in succession on the same evening. One important matter was that neither of the bills had any provisions relating to agents, not legal agents, but those mysterious persons who went about telling people to open their hands and shut their eyes and see what they could get. (Laughter.) These were the real authors of the mischief, and yet there was no provision to roach them. The proper course would be to refer all the bills to a committee up-stairs. It might be said they would still have to be discussed by the house, but this would be done much more conve niently after an investigation before a select committee. They should then know what they could do, and how the evil could be reached. An enthusiasm against bribery had arisen that session such as was never shown before ; but out of doors the feeling very widely pre vailed that there was a gi eat deal of hypocrisy in this. (Hear, bear.) People thought that hon. members found it an easy virtue to disclaim against that bribery of which, owing to the interposition of agents, they could not possibly be convicted. It behoved them, therefore, to proceed cautiously, and not rashly to inflict such penalties as were given by the noble lord's bill. Could they carry ~ u t the serious penalty of depriving a man of his qualification for life, and would the public go with them in such a course? Suppose that, in early life, Lord John Russell himself, when party feeling was much higher than now, bad been deprived by the vote of a parliamentary committee of his se..t for life ; and he had subsequently displayed the abilities for legislation which he possessed, would the public have acquiesced in his perpetual exclu , ion from public life ? (Hear.) Tnere would be a, difEculty in finding prosecutors ; for who would come forward in such a case where the result might be to deprive a man of the chance of ever again being elected ? It became both the convenience and the honour of the house to proceed cautiously in such a mat ter, lest they should do more harm than good. A great deal might be done by themselves. One gentleman had admitted before a committ-e that he purposely refused to look at any vouchers. If candidates would directly discourage every species of bribery and undue influence, that would do more than anything else to put an end t o the system. It should be remembered that their object was not backed by any strong feeling among the consti tuencies. In one case the committee found that it was not poverty by any means which induced the acceptance of bribes ; men renting houses of 201. or V. had taken them as readily as occupiers of 10/. houses. Any violent legislation must fail, as in the case of smugglers or poachers, until the same feeling was.excited in the public mind naiad thle offence as existed in .112atIouse. He could not recognise the distinction taken by the bill be tween bribery and undue influence. He thought that a pound's worth of any kind of goods was as much bribery as a pound in money; in fact, he was at a loss to know what was undue and what was due influence. He con cluded by moving that the bill should be referred to a select committee, in the hope that it would be promptly proceeded with. Mr. DEEDES seconded the amendment, and ex pressed the difficulty which he felt in dealing with the three measures separately, all of which related more or less to elections. He hoped the noble lord would con sent to the proposal. All who sat on election commit• tees must have seen that this was a growing evil, and one which cast opprobrium on the house and on mem bers individually. If the committee went into the ques tion with a determination to apply a remedy to the evil, he was certain their end would be attained. It was most important to deal with the question conclusively. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was greatly disappointed at the amendment of his right hon. friend. He con sidered that, if it were successful, it would be equivalent to postponing till another session any consideration rela tive to bribery. (Hear, hear.) In the way he proposed to consider these bills there was not really any practical difficulty. The hon. and learned gentleman opposite, who had considered both the bills, had pointed out that clause 2 and the two following clauses in his (Lord J. Russell's) bill, with reference to oaths, and likewise clause 7, with reference to agents, related to the same subjects as were treated in his bill. Undoubtedly he was quite right ; and it would be inconvenient for the house to discuss one set of provisions of that kind with out having others before them, which the author of the bill, at least, considered more effectual. But he should have had no difficulty in proposing the postponement of all those clauses. When the committee had gone through the other clauses he should have proposed that the chair man do report progress ; they could then immediately go into the bill of the hon. and learned gentleman, and consider its various provisions with reference to that and other subjects. Besides these few clauses there were several matters treated in both bills for which different provisions were made ; and the house would have no difficulty in dealing with these propositions in ommit tee. The last speaker pointed out several other provi sions which were not in either bill, and said that there were several persons competent to suggest other provi sions which ought to be introduced. But let the house consider what a large field was thus opened. If the bills went before a select committee it could not be expected that the members would agree as to their provisions ; for many members of the house had different opinions on these subjects. There would therefore be all the provisions of these bills to consider—all those which the right hon. gentleman had recommended, and all the others which might be suggested ; and, this being so, they could hardly hope to get the bills back from the committee before the end of May or the beginning or middle of June. They would then have to be discussed in committee of the whole house ; and it was a subject on which so many members of the house were informed, so many having served on election com mittees who could not possibly be on the select com mittee, that considerable time must be occupied in dis cussing the bills in committee of the whole house. They would hardly reach the House of Lords before a very late period of the session, when there would' be great danger of their being put aside for the session. Therefore the real question for consideration was, whether or not the house was disposed to entertain the bills. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman said he objected to many of their provisions ; but the house in committee could en tertain those objections, If it found that too severe penalties were affixed to persons committing the offence of bribery, that surely was a question of principle to be considered in committee of the whole house ; and they might decide, if they saw fit, in favour of more lenient penalties. There was no practical difficulty in dealing with the question. On the other hand, if the bills were sent before a select committee he (Lord J. Russell) should be utterly unable to attend on it, he could only take part in the discussion in committee of the whole house when the bills came back. He hoped the house would now go into committee and consider these pro visions. The laws relating to bribery were tolerably well known ;be proposed to consolidate those laws. With regard to the alterations to be made in the law, the house would be a tolerably good judge; he certainly was quite ready to abide by its decision in preference to sending the bills before a committee up stairs. Mr. WALPOLE said he had on a former occasion in timated that he should not interfere with the course pro posed to be taken by the noble lord ; otherw se he should certainly have been strongly of opinion that great advantage might be derived from a full investigation of the subject by a select committee. But upon considera tion, he did not think it would be advisable to press the amendment. In the first place he should be very un willing to take any coarse which might appear to have the object of preventing the measure front passing this session, or which might seem to be in any way of a party character. The noble lord had taken the fairest possible course that could be suggested ; ha proposed to take Sir F. Kelly's bill second in order, relating as it did to tae same subject, the prevention of bribery, and to postpone the controverted clauses in his own bill. Another reason fur objecting to the amendment was that stated by the noble lord, that he himself would be unable to serve on the committee ; and any committee without the noble lord's assistance would not give satis faction. (Hear, hear.) He, therefore, hoped that the amendment would not be pressed. He thought it right to take that opportunity of stating that there were cer tain clauses in his bill of of last session which ho should be under the necessity of proposing as asisendinents on this bill. Col. SIBTHORP said, that with regard to bribery he had as much objection to it as any person ; but, after being twenty-six years in that house, he had yet to learn what bribery was. The noble lord attempted to define it in his bill ; but he (the Colonel) could not subscribe to his definition. (Laughter.) What he defined as bribery was practised almost every day by those who had the honour of sitting on the treasury bench. (A. laugh.) It appeared that the noble lord—the pure lord —the spotless minister of the crown—had chosen to give an appointment to Mr. Stonor, after he had been con victed of bribery. (Hear.) There was purity for you! (Great laughter.) He had read all these bills, but could not approve of them, and should oppose the house going into committee on them. He thought, now that we were engaged in war, that such a subject ought to be allowed to drop. He found that the noble lord's two bills had not been inttoduced until a week after Mr. Walpole's, and yet the former were to be considered first. What was the meaning of this ? Was there an understanding between the whip and tory benches (L inghter.) He should move the further postponement of the bill till that day six months. The SPEAKER said the hon. and gallant member ceold not move that amendment now. Mr. PHINN regretted that the noble lord had not consented to refer the bill to a select committee. The noble lord proposed to repeal no less than 10 statutes, incorporating many of their provisions into different sect'ons of this bill ; and the mode in which this was done required the most careful consideration. The committee on the Dungarvan election put a construc tion on the Treating Act which was much more stringent than that usually put upon it by election committees. It was, in fact, almost impossible to reconcile the con flicting decisions of committees on that subject. (Hear, hear.) He did not agree with the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) that the reference of the bill to a select com mittee would nines its postponement to the next ses sion. A fortnight would suffice to get through it, and he saw no reason why it should not be ready to be submitted to the Lords by the middle of May. Mr. F. PIG-OTT opposed the amendment. Mr. I. BUTT should vote for the amendment if it were messed to a division. The noble lord said if the bill were referred to a select committee it must be post poned till next year. Even if that were the case, the question was whether it was better to have a bad bill this session or a good one next. (Hear, hear.) Hasty legislation was not likely to be at all effectual. Mr. NAPIER thought the sooner the house got into the subject the better. He should himself have pre ferred a select committee, but if the noble lord was op posed to it he should not vote against him. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY was convinced that if the house got into committee it would never get out of it. (Laughter.) So many intricate questions were in volved that there would be a perfect war of words. He wished to know what was meant by the provision as to having received or asked for, directly or indirectly, place, office, or employment. Whether or not any Go vernment could exist in this country without the exer cise of patronage, he could not pretend to determine ; but it became the house to beware in what position they placed electors. Mr. CROSSLEY was in favour of at once going into committee, not because he thought the bill would prove effectual, but because he wished the Government to learn that they must, after all, come to the ballot. (Hear.) Mr. PACKE supported the amendment. He would suggest to the noble lord to consider whether, during the hours of polling a restriction might not usefully be placed on the sale of intoxicating liquors. Lord HOTHAM said it appeared to him that, with the exception of the noble lord himself, who held no office, the whole of the members of the Government would come under the charge of bribery as defined in the bill. It was notorious that nine out of ten of the public offices were distributed for political purposes. The whole subject was No complicated, that there could be no satisfactory legislation upon it without a select committee. The house then divided — For going into committee 146 For the amendment The house then went into committee, and clauses 1 to 4 inclusive were agreed to. On clause 5, Mr. WALPOLE said be thought the words of the clause made the offence of bribery too extensive, treating as bribery what was not so in fact. If any person gave valuable consideration to a voter who was "about to vote," though it might not be in order to induce him to vote; the transa c ti o n was t r eated as bribery. A person who was about t o vo t e m i g ht have a place given to him without any corrupt intention. The words which he would suggest, instead of those used, were, " with the intent to induce any voter to vote, or to refrain from voting, at any election." He would also suggest that the 5 and 6 Vie., c. 102, with regard to head money, should be inserted. He thought, too, that there should be a provision with regard to kindred or affinity. He men t!oned this because last year a case came before au elec tion committee in which a father, who was not himself a voter, was led to persuade his son to vote in a par ticular manner for his own advantage. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the words "about to vote" sufficiently conveyed the object for which the place was given. With regard to bead money, that was provided for in a subsequent part of the bill. With regard to the third point, he thought it better that the words "`kindred or otrwity" should not be introducod, because the voter might be influenced by a person who was no relation receiving a bribe. Mr. V. SMITH wished to know the meaning of the words " any person authorised to act as agent." The case of agency was one of the greatest difficulties they had to contend against. It was, therefore essential that it should be cleaned; Sir F. KELLY apprehended the words were not in tended to include any case of agency except that of agency directly authorised by the candidate. He would suggest, therefore, in order to render the clause more clear, that the words "by him" (the candidate) should be inserted before the word " authorised." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said this being a penal clause, it was not intended to apply to the case of con structive agency, which had been the subject of great anxiety and some opprobrium. The agent here in tended was the person directly authorised by the candi date to commit the act prohibited, and though that was necessarily implied by the words of the clause, no doubt the words suggested by the lion. and learned gentleman would make the clause more clear. The object of the clause was to strike at an offence characterised by a males animus. Mr. G. BUTT thought that the addition of the words suggested by his hon. and learned friend would be ne cessary. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL signified that he had no objec tion to their insertion. Colonel SIBTHORP said this bill struck at the free men of England, who were more pure than the members of the Treasury bench themselves. (Laughter.) He would wash his hands out of the bill for the present, but would oppose it in future stages. Mr. PHINN suggested the words " employed by him," which were the words used in the statute of George 11. Mr. I. BUTT thought it quite right that the agent direc'ed to commit should be deemed guilty of a crimi nal offence ; but they should be cautious that, in crea ting a criminal offence, they did not alter the whole some law which subjected the member to loss of his seat for constructive agency. The words proposed by Sir F. Kelly were then ordered to be inserted. After a long discussion, on some verbal objections raised by Mr. WALPOLE, Mr. MALINS, and Mr. I. BUTT, Lord J. RUSSELL promised to recommit the bill, in order that an opportunity might be afforded the house to reconsider the phraseology of this and other clauses, after it had been finally settled by the Government. In the meantime, the suggestions of the hon. and learned gentlemen would meet with every attention, and would in all probability be adopted. Lord HOTHALVI thought the latter part of this sec tion would extend to cases not within the intention of the framers of the measure. For instance, if a gentle man, wishing to get his son a seat in Parliament, were to make a present—not in money—to a person who had exerted himself in obtaining the son's return, that would be an offence under this clause. Lord_J. RUSSELL thought that the introduction of the word "corruptly" would obviate all difficulty. Lord HOTHANI thought that, inasmuch as the in terpetration of this clause would have to be made by committees of the house, the introduction of the word "corruptly" would not get over the difficulty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL reminded the com mittee that the clause under consideration was a penal clause, imposing a penalty of 1001. Committ ees o f th a t house did not impose penalties or en'orce penal statutes, therefore the noble lord was not quite correct when be said the interpretation of the measure would rest with committees of the house. Lord tioruA.m wished to know whether the gift of offices and places by members of her Majesty's Govern ment would be bribery within this bill. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Not unless corruptly given. Mr. HENLEY' thought that the duties to be per. formed by common agents would bring them within the bill. Mr. R. PALMER said that the bill followed the language of the statute of George 111., which had been held not to include common agents. Upon that part of the clause fixing thepenalty at 1001. being real, Mr. WALPOLE proposed to alter the amount to 50/. The only elect of fixing the penalty high was to make the measure a dead letter. Mr. MASSEY was for doing away with the penalty altogether, and making bribery an offence at common law. If an agent became liable under the present bill, the candidate, feeling that he had got the agent into the scrape, would be sure to pay the amount of the penalty, and thus the system proposed in the bill would in effect only swell the election expenses. The CHAIRMAN said it would be irregular to put the amendment at the present time, but it might be put afterwards. After a short discussion the amendment was with drawn. Mr. PHINN asked the Solicitor General if he would consent to a proviso giving costs to the prosecutor in case of conviction. As the law at present stood, if a pers )n prosecuted for bribery he had to pay the costs, while if he prosecuted for riot the costs were allowed. The SOLICI fOR-GRNERAL said the suggestion was an exceedingly valuable one. The Attorney-General was at present nut in the house, but he would consult him upon it. Mr. HENLEY hoped the hon. gentleman would well consider on this subject before he made up his mind upon it. It would hold out great temptations to vexa tious prosecutions, because the parties who carried on the prosecutions would do so with no risk to them selves, the public paying the costs. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL remarked that all such prosecutions would be subject to the control of the At torney-General. Mr. G. BUTT opposed the proviso. Mr. PHINN observed that in all cases the costs wore at the discretion of the court, and if it saw that the pro secution was improperly instituted it would not allow the costs. Lord R. GROSVENOR asked if it was intended to prevent candidates being charged with travelling ex penses, which were frequently made the means of bri bery. Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not propose to make any alteration in that respect in this bill., Clause 5 was then agreed to. On clause 6, Mr. WALPOLE sail clause 5 dealt with persons who offered bribes, and clause 6 related to persons who re ceived bribes. By this clause they made a person guilty of bribery who asked for any place on account of having voted for any ptrticular candidate. Suppose a person who voted for the noble lord (Lord John Russell), and within a year after ha asked for place which he was perfectly competent to fill, was he to be deemed guilty of bribery ? Col. SIBTHORP said a wink was as good. (Laughter.) The whole of this bill was nothing more nor less than an attempt to undermine the fair and legitimate right of those who possessed the property—he meant the aris tocracy„ The - SOLICITOR-GENERAL said his present im pression was that the words "ask for" had better be 1, ft out. (Hear, and laughter.) It would be necessary to make this clause and the counterpart of clause 5 corre spond. He would therefo re t a k e it i nto cons id era ti on previous to the re-committal of the bill. Mr. AGLIONBY thought the clause would have very little operation, as it would be difficult to prove a case so as to bring about a conviction, Mr. HILD YARD said it was absurd to insert such a clause. When Lord Derby took office, he (Mr. Elild yard) had many applications from his constituents for places ; and when Lord Derby left office those applica tions ceased. Was the noble lord about to declare that the practice which had heretofore prevailed should cease to exist ? Mr. MALINS also opposed the clause on similar grounds. - Colonel SIBTHORP said that during the six and twenty years he had been in the house he had never asked a favour of any Government. At the same time he had always been courteously treated by both Whi g s and Tories, and he attrib u t e d th a t to t h e stra i g h t f orward course he had always pursued. Lord J. RUSSELL said the object of this bill was to consolidate and amend the law relating to bribery. Hon. gentlemen, however, spoke as if he were intro ducing for the first time a clause against persons receiv ing a bribe in the shape either of moiety or employ ment ; but they entirely forgot that there were already upon the statute book laws for that purpose ; and what he proposed to do chiefly by this clause was to reduce the penalty imposed by the act of George 11. from 500/. to 50/. There was no doubt whatever that there were some words in the clause that went beyond thmexisting law, and his hoc.. and learned friend pri posed to recon sider it with the view of making an alteration in its phraseology, though without any alteration it would not apply to the case which had been put by the hon. and learned member for Cockermouth. Mr. DISRAELI said the bill not only consolidated, but it also amended and extended the law in a very ma terial particular. The great fault of these consolidation bills was that they consolidated that which often ought to be repealed. The clause as it now stood was mon strous in its provisions, but it appeared to him that if they were to leave out the last two lines many of the objections would be got rid of. Sir W. CLAY suggested that the best way to pre vent these cases was to extend the constituencies. Most of the applications for places came from small con stituencies. Mr. WALPOLE would answer the suggestion by reading a few words from a return which had just been laid on the table. It was a return of the boroughs con victed of corrupt practices between 1833 and 1853, and the total number was 76 ; of those, being boroughs in England and Wales, 12 had a constituency of less than 500 ; there were many between 500 and 1.000, while there were 22 places where the constituency was more than 1,000. In 1850 it was found that the majority of the bribery cases applied to large towns, the worst of which were places like Hull and Liverpool. Sir W. CLAY had said nothing about bribery, he had simply referred to applications for places, but even in these large towns the bribery was confined to freemen. Mr. BOOKER viewed this bill as a thorough piece of humbug, but as it was intended to revolutionise the system of Government patronage, be would propose that the further consideration of the bill should be postponed to a more fitting opportunity. It was ridiculous to sup pose that the Government would ever d•stribute their patronage amongst other than friends and supporters. After a remark from Mr. V. SCuLLY, Mr. BOOKER moved that the chairman do report progress. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that it appeared to him that the Irn, member was favourable to bribery. Row- ever, all that the committee was now required - to do was to pass the clause, with a view to its being altered, and the bill afterwards re-committed. 1(r, P;SR4isi 44W 7 729 objection to that course. Mr. BOOKER assured the noble lord that he was as much opposed to bribery as any man, but he decidedly objected to imposing pains and penalties upon the poor constituency, when in nine cases out of ten the member was the really offending party. He withdrew the amend ment. Mr. V. SMITH asked what was the alteration pro posed to be made in the clause ? Lord J. RUSSELL intended to introduce the words "in consideration of," suggested by an bon. and learned member, so as to keep the clause within the bounds of the existing law. Lord C. HAMILTON suggested that as such great alterations and modifications were to be made in the clause it had better be postponed. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had had a good deal of experience in passing bills through that house, and he had found it the best course to have a discussion in com mittee on the clauses, but not to weigh every word so as to fix them, and then to recommit the bill. He had passed the Tithe Commutation Bill, and the Municipal Corporations Bill. After some conversation in which Mr. I. BUTT ob jected to clauses being thrown on the table one after the other merely to be postponed, and Mr. WARNER sug gested that the Government should reconsider their de termination and let the bill go to a select committee, Mr. BOOKER said he hoped the noble lord would not press tte clause, or he must move that the chairman report progress. Lorci J. RUSSELL agreed to the postponement, and the house resumed. The Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill went through committee pro form&. The Church Buildings Continuance Acts Bill as amended was considered. The Dublin Port Bill was read a second time. MINISTERS' MONEY BILL. This bill was read a third titne, and after a clause brought up by Mr. FAGAN had been added to it and certain verbal amendments made, was passed. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 12. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—APRIL 3. BRIBERY, &c., BILL. Order for committee read, Motion made, and question pro posed, " That Mr. Speaker do now I,ave the chair." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " the bill be committed to a select committee"—(Mr. Vernon Smith)—instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out staud part of the question. The house divided—Ayes, 146 ; Noes, 76. AYES-146. A'Court, C. Goderich, Viscount. Patten, J. AV erley, C. Goo titian S r G. Peel, F. Aglionby, H. Graham, Sir J. Pau% A. Alcock, T. Greenall G. Percy. I. tnderson, Sir J. Gree,e, Thomas Peto, S. liag , haw. J. Greville, l'ol F. Pia , ,tt, F. Ba.nes. Et. Hon. M. Grosvenor. Ld. R. PilK ington, J. Eta:lies, T. Had tield, 0 Pinney, N. Barrow, W. Hamil,on, G. A. P. hart -Urquhart, W Bass, T. Haute, Ilex. row 'T, N. Beamish, F. H 'sit , Archd. P ice Sir It. Bell. J. Heard. J. Pugh, D. Bethel, Sir B. Hert-age, G•-o. F. 111 ado, J. Biggs, W. Dervey, T,ord A. hican4o, 0. Blani, L. H. He wood, J. R ch irkoa. J. 13Jotn, Sir Rt. Gore fleywortn, L. Robartes, T. uouverie, Hon. E. P. Hun. Hey, C. Hu soil, Lord J. Br ,cklehurst, J. Tag') a n, R. ;4 4 wle, C. Aro' herton, J. Kelly. Sir F. Sch 1 field, W. Brow ~ W. Ker3h-ity, J. Sca .ell, Capt. G. nice, 1 ord E. K-nnii. , l, A. Scan. , F. "lard x,•11, E. Kb k, W. Scu ly, V. Cau'f lit, t -Col J. Lie ii ',lr E. She t, s,•rit IV. heetnam, John T-rt'n?, S. 5 ,, e11e, , ,, -ir J. • holincinieley Lord Lans,ston, J. 11. Santo, .1. B. Cobbett J. It. • Lam, too, H. (4. Stioooer, R t;ohden. R. Lan. ton, W. H. P. G. Starkie, Le G. Crossley, F, Lee, W. Strut E. I Javereux, J. T. Units .y, W. butt •ii, J. Dive t, E. Low,, It. Tattered. 11. Duncan, G. Lace. i'. Thicion.se, R. I buadas, G. . Mac,le, J. 1 lioinps,n, G. Dun!up, A. M` an ~ T. Thoniely, I'. Bicho, ord McTa'2'..fart, Sir J. Wa eott, I din! ral -strion. 4 e, J. Maisey, W. Wa . msley, birJ. Fagan, W. Math. , :-on, A. Wa!p,lc, S. redden, 51. M:all, E. Whatin ,n, J. ergus, J. 111 , ti...tan, R. WL.lthan, li. W. Ferguson, J. Mills, I'. lvtlkiimit, W. • itzrerald. Lt-G.SirJ. Moles,o , th, Sir W. Wit' ,ox. 11. vliztlerald, J. .1110 sf.II, W Wil tams, M. • Fitzr,, , , [lon. H. Nowt): ay, J. Williams W. Forster. J. MuFg , ave, Earl of Winnin ton, Sir T. F. , 1-L, Selle, C. Murrough, J. Wy .uhanu. W Fox; W. Na .'er J. Wvvil M. French, F. Oakes, T. Young. Sir J. , lardner, R. O'Brien, P. .leach, C. 0' onnell, 1. TELLERS. ilyn, G. 0 horie, R. Hayter, W. Goddard, A. Palmer, Rona tell Berkeley, G. NOE 4-76. Alexander, J. Forbes, IV. Naas, Lord Arbutbnott, Lt. G. 11. George, J. Pocke, C Ark + right, G. Gooch. Sir C. Phinn, r. Baird, J. Graham, Lord M. Bolt. P. Ball, E. Greaves, E. Sanders, G. Boring, Sir F. Henley, J. Seymour, Lord Bateson, Capt T. Herbert, Sir T. Sibthurp, 01. Bennet, Capt P. Hilyard, It. C. St inley. Lord !tent nck, G Hmsfall, T. Swi t, R Blackett, J. '. B. liothaln, Lord Taylor, Lt.-Col. J. ilia r, Cul. J. H. Hume, IV. Tumline, G. Buller, ir J. Into;:. S. Tyler, Sir G. Sunbury, Capt. W. Kennedy T. Van ,Lod H. Butt, +. Kin-, J. Vanslttart, G. nutt, I. Kuight, F. Vernon, G. Chelsea. Viscount Laffan, Capt. R. Wandinuton. H. Child, Smith Lennox, Lord A. F. Walsh, Sir J. Crook, J. Liddell, H. T. Whiteside. J. Cubitt, W. Lockhart, A. E. Whitmore, H. Di4raeli, Hon. B. Lucas, F. Wltioughtry,Slr H. Dunne, Col. Macgregor, Jas. v, Ise. A. East, Sir J. Macguire, J. Woudd, B. Egerton E. M .I,s. R. Evelyn, W. Meagher, T. Ferguson, Sir R. Michell, W. Fitzg raid, W. Montgomery, H. Follett, B. Muilings, J. TELLERS. Smith, II Dee des, W. MIDDLESEX SESSION'-April 3. The April general quarter sessions of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at Clerken well, there being 94 prisoners for trial. The As4istant Judge, in addressing the grand jury, said that during the last 12 months 2,500 bills had been sent to this court, 75 of which were ignored through the non-appearance of prlsecutors. ' In six of the cases there had been a full confession of guilt by the prisoners, and in others women who had been bound over to prosecute their husbands for assaulting them had de,ied before the grand jury that they had ever been beaten at all, their object being to save their husbands from the con sequences of a trial. After some general observations on the cases that would come before them he dismissed them to their duties. THE ATTEMPTED FRAUD ON THE LESSEE OF DRURY- LANE THEATRE. llenry Joseph Perry, convicted last session, was brought up to receive judgment. He was convicted of stealing half of a 101. note from the officei of the Wesleyan Re form Association, at Exeter Hall, and was given into custody in consequence of having attempted to obtain some money upon it from Mr. E T. Smith, the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, representing that he had been sent by his hither, Mr. Flexmore, the clown. The Assistant Judge said he considered the best course he could take would be to sentence the prisoner to a long term of imprisonment, with a view of being ad mitted into the Philanthropic Society's S at Red hill. The prisoner was sentenced to two years' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGEN B. WORSHIP-STREET.—Charles Smith, 50, a musi cian, Thodzas Hardy, a hawker, and Thonzas Lewis, a weaver, were charged with outrag, , s upon their wives. In Smith's case, the wife stated that she sat up waiting for her husband till near midnight, when he returned home furious with drink, and, after loading her with the vilest epithets he could think of, swore that he would dash her brains out ; and, grasping hold of the poker, levelled such a terrible blow at the side of her head with it that, if it had taken effect, the woman said it must have instantly killed her. She stooped, however, and so evaded part of the force of it ; on seeing which, the prisoner levelled a second blow at her head, and, not so fortunate in escaping it this time, the poker descended heavily upon her shoulder, injuring her very much. "He is constantly Hinging me in this way, sir, and I am always in great danger of losing my life through him." Mr. Hammill sentenced this man, who simply pl ea d e d intoxication, to be imprisoned for six months in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour, and to provide bail for his peaceable b e h av i our for six, months more. • In Lewis's case, King, a constable of the H division, was on duty in Charlton-street, Betlinall-green, at a late hour at night on the 18th ult., when he heard a woman uttering terrifying screams ; and, upon hastening up, found the prisoner's wife in the street, almost naked, her mouth bleeding profusely, and so contused and swollen " as to have the appearance of a piece of liver." She complained that her husband had inflicted these in jures, and detailed another injury of so brutal and inde cent a character that it cannot be stated. Notwith standing this both the woman herself and her married daughter positively refused to give any evidence against the man, the wife protesting that it was all her own fault, and, though they were both obliged to confess to former and repeated illtisage, they obstinately perse vered in screening him all they could. Mr. Hainmill said they were evidently trying to con ceal all the facts, but more than sufficient had been eli cited to establish the case, and he should therefore sen tence the prisoner, (who had been remanded since the 18th, and expressed great contrition) to three inonths' imprisonment in addition. Hardy's wife, whose countenance-was shookingly co n . tused, said—l was in Shoreditch at half-past 11 last night, looking for my living, which is that of a prosti tute, as my husband, who will ❑ot work, has refused to support me, and I am therefore obliged to support him in that manner, when he came up and told me to go with him. I did so, to his mother's, when he struck me with his fist, tore all my clothes, called me scanda lous names, and then as tin dealt me a blew on one of my eyes. Ima home to get another bonnet, as he had crushed the first, and went into Hare-street, when I found him following me. I ran into a beer-shop to escape him, but he followed me in, dragged me out, and struck me again heavily upon my left eye, injering it as it now appears. I have only been married to him two years, but he has beaten me in this way a great many times. The prisoner stoutly denied all that bis wife had stated, but . - Mr. Rammili sentenced him, like the first, to be im prisoned in Vie House of Correction for six months, a n d kept to bard labour, and, to insure protection to the wife against further illusage, ordered him, in addition, to put in suOstantial sureties for hiti behaviour fta a fur ti or tir ß o f Wi t dtmitione SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, APRIL 3. ENTERED TNWA RDS.—The Blanche, from Buenos Ayres; Genoa, Odessa • Maria Eugeni a , Marianople • Everdine Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Ch ar l es , C aen ; Edward, Haderss leben ; Graf Von Nassau, Amsterdam ; Aglae, Havre ; Tertia, Varna ; Nov a Alb ona , Li s b on • Egypt, Demerara; Lelia, St. John's and N assau ; Black i r arrior, New York; Mary Jane, Gergenti ; Augusta, Ancona ; Engine, Havre ; Mary Green, C a ll ao ; A rab i stan, New Orleans ; Wattou Muncaster, Iquique; Lue:la, St. Vincent • Wellesly, Cal cutta ; Hydra, Charleston; Coquimbo, New York and Fayal ; Maloina, St. Croix ; Shepherdess, Algoa Bay; Candidate, Barbadoes ; Concordia, Mar , eilles • Siudah, ' Auckland and C a ll ao • Woodcock, New York ; 'Sob emas, Demerara ; Euclid. Savannah ; Barham, Calcutta ; Nor- Own bei laud, Melbourne, Port Philip; Auguste, Grave lines ; Talavera, Sydney. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Esther, for Panama and San Francisco ; Shepherdess, Algoa Bay ; Jonge Kerst, Dantzte ; Lelia, St. Thomas and Nassau; Mystery, berbice ; Sjardina Anngina, Memel ; Canada, S. Leone ' • Eclipse, R ou n ; Ore Haigh Gold borg, Nestvecl. ; Callao, S dney ; Linser, St. Vincent ; Liberty, Cher hour, ; Providence, Genoa ; Sovereign, Jamaica ' • Superb, Godenburgh ; Virginia, Boston; Semlah, New Zealand; Challenger, Sydney ; James Scott, New Zealand. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Emanuel, for Hatuburgh ; Basilia, Bilboa ; Hendrika Margarita, Santa Cruz and Grand Canary; Cambridge, Jamaica; Nuevo Rosano, Bilboa ; Silva, Hamburgh ; Ameable Marie Louise, Bordeaux ; Dorothy, Mauritius ; Ida, Altona ; New Expres , , Trinidad ; Virginia, Boston; Sir Charles Forbes, Adelaide; Mercury, Bremen. LIVERPOOL, 3. The Roy a li s t, f rom New York, APRIL at this port, passed on the 7th ult. th e wreck of the Express, apparently about breaking up ; and on the 10th, in lat. 40, long. 49, saw si . great many icebergs. The Charity (a. s.), from this port, has arrived at Port' land, in 28 days from the Clyde, having been hemmed in the ice nine (Lys. The A sia (Royal -mail steamer), from New York, has ar rived at this port, left March 22. Specie on board $303,0 00 0 of which $16,000 aru for England. The Emerald, from Baltimore for this port, was wrecked 600 miles to westward of Cape Clear. LEMVIQ, March 27.—A vessel derelict, with both masts cut away, and apparently having been adrift at sea for some time past, drove on sh n•e on the strand, off Koob jerg, in the night of 25th March The cargo consists of planks, which are marked on one end "C. B."—the vessel, apparently a galle:isse, is marked in the hatch rim " C. L. 31," wi!h the Norwegian lion, and branded either Nor wegian Property, or Northern Property—the words being rather irdistinct. TJLVOSUND, Feb. 24.—1 t blew a heavy gale last night. The wreck of a vessel capsized was seen this morning ; several letters have been picked up, addressed to Capt. C. H. Therg, Commander of the ship Minnie, and there is no doubt that this ship was lost, with all hands, upon her voyage to Bergen REVEL, March 14--The Pythia, from Liverpool to this port, was carried fr the ice at Baitic Port, about ten miles from the harbour. The ice is, however, so strong, that it is impossible ior her to approach. The Roads are closed, and there is no open water to lie seen. ANTWERP, April 1. —The Belle Kate, for Shields, came , in contact with another vessel in proceeding down the river to-day, and has put back to repair, having carried away her bowsprit. HARWICH, April I.—The vessel with which the John and Margaret, from London to Hartlepool, which put in here. March 30, with damage, was rn contact, was the Thetis (brig), of Shields. The collision took place in the night of the 29th, off the Gunfleet Light. MONTROSE, March 3L—The Jane (sch.), of this port, Sunderland, to Kirkwall, which was ashore, has got off, having thrown part of cargo overboard. ELSINORE, March 30.—Her Majesty's steamer Gorgon p titl the Sound yesterday from the North Sea, and pro ceeded. The arrivals from the North Sea are proceeding in course, bat some vessels from the Baltic are still detaihed and bound in the roadstead. Weather to-day calm and very foggy. AmsTERDAg, March 31.—The English schooner Anna Magd,t!eaa was stranded on the Lanwerzee on March 24, and br-ke op —crew saved, and arrived. at Kleosterburen• ST. MICHAEL'S, March i6.—The Goddess, of London, whilst under weigh in the roadstead, got in contact with the schooner Aurora, of Guernsey, and received some da mage —part, of stanchions, rails, and bulwarks broken, 4C. MELnotiaNg, Jan. 28. —The Hope, of Greenock, from the Clyde to this port, was wiandoned dismasted and in a si - iking state on Dec. 30, in lat. 4J, long. 62 E.—crew and passengers saved Aux CAYES (HAYTI) March 7.—Th e H anna h an d F ann y of Hamburg, f or Jacinel, which put back to this port Jan. . 5, with 4 feet water in her hold, has been finally surveytcl and found to be in such a disabled state that the repairs would exceed her value. The surveyors also declared that the repairs cannot be done hare, through default of la bourers and materials, and there being no place to heave her down. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Robert Thomas, M•irch 4, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. The Celestial, London to How , ' Kong, Mar c h 5, lat. 3, long. 22 Osprey, Clyd e t o Port Philip, same d a y. The Ann Nelson, March 20, lat. 36, long. 34. The Norfolk, Mauritius to London, March 21, lat. 37, long. 33. The John Currier, March 23, lat. 40, long. 38. The Beethoven, Valparaiso to Swansea, March 28, lat. 44, long. 21. The Virago, March 28, lat. 47, long. 13. The rlassiopeia, Mauritius to Liverpool, lat. 23 S., long'. 2 E. The John Genge, Bombay to London, Feb. 10, lat. 7 S. long. 15 W. The Stephane, Clyde to :Melbourne, Feb. 16, lat. 1 long. 20 W. The Countess of Zetland, London to B. rbadoes, Marc* 4, lat. 17 N., long. 39 W. The American Enterprise, New York to Liverpool, ' March 21, lat. 45 N., long. 27 W. Birque, second distinguishing pendant No. 6932, Bahl** to Bremen, March 28, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W. The Clemire of Cork, Liverpool to Barbadoes, March 29,, lat. 49 N., long. 10 W. Colchester Harwich ~ Leigh Ha 60' 129 7' ll , 201 92, t 300 LL3 KIRKCALDY —APRIL 1. Here, today, we had extremely limited supplies of ar kin,:s of grain ; and of wheat the quality was better than last week, and thr) adranee is 8s to I.os per hir , oats about 2s, and barley and Is per qr. over last week's rates. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I I First Second Third 6os Od 36s Oct 27s ud Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs Imperial, 44s Od to 4 es Od. Beans. Os Od Os Od Os Od :ET.-APRIL 3. le close of the market : Wallsend, &e. s. faswell 24 9 • Kepier l9 9 ),,!_,Liubton 2O 6 Lumley .................. _l9 reusher ................ . 19 9 I Plummer2o 0 .tussell's Hetton 20 6' 4tewart's 29 6 Whitwell ll 9 ) Hall l9 3- 'louth Kelloe l9 :3 tees 2O 6 Whitworth lB Low Ilitehburn 16 3 West Tees ............18 0 St. Helen's Tees ..........17 9 Woodhouse Close 17 9 Cowpen ...20 V) Derwentwater Hartley. 20 , 0 =ray's West Hartley ~..19 6 rlangeunech ..............23 0 Tyne Cannel ............ 23 0 Sidney's Hartl ey 2J 0 co ulv 7RI MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—MARCu 31. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 691 to to 83s Od, new 6.► s to 83s ; red, old 57s to 795, new 593 to 79s ; barley, 27s to 35s ; chevalier, 33s to 383 ; p i n ai n4 21s to 3. - )s ; malt, 61s to 65s ; chevalier, tAs to 68s ; oats, 233 t o 30 s ; peas, partridge, 39s to 44s ; white, 47s to 49 , ; boiling 51s to 6 s ; dun, new, 39s to 41s ; beans, tick, 38s to 40s ; Harrow ticks, 36s to 423 ; Mazagan, 36s to 395. COLCHESTER —APRIL 1. The wheat trade has assumed a different asp ect, 'many farmers lefusing to show their samples. The prices given to-day were 8s per qr. over last week's. Barley rather dearer. Beans and peas 2s to as per qr. dearer. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 76.4 to 88s; red, 72s to 8 's ; barley, 34s to 3 s ; oats, 26s to 303 ; beans, Mazatlan, 36s to 3is ; midille and small, 38s to 4.6 s p peas, white, 56s to 60s ; grey, ads to 425. • Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, in the port of London, from the follow in the 27th March to the Ist April, both inel: &c., Twelve(' !g porta : , from c - I• c.T.$ 4 I a, 1 --- ( - - prinri circus T I an eximes ih , se I hav, almost that I the 55' recolle r WAA ANN 3 5 3, Ca ehO rtr Oth i:y Po dene e et: t COAL MARK: Prices of Coal per ton at t ' s. d Buruhope IG Carr's Hartley 2O Davisou's West Hartloy 20 Hastio WS Hartley 2O I H01ywe11...... ...... 2O Howard's West Hartley Netherton 20 0 Old Adairs 16 0: Ravensworth Hartley l9 Redheugh Main 16 4 Taußcld Moor l7 Tauflehl Moor Butes 17 (..; West Hartley ' 2 , 1 () Willington Hartley 2O 0 Wylam 18 () Wallsend, &e. Bell and 8r0wn......, 18 C Johnson lB 3 Lawson lB 0 Bell's Primrose .......... 19 C Belmont 19 C E B i e . c (1 . Fram wellgate l9 Hetton 2ii C BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 2d inst., at 14, Bernard-street, Russell-square s , the ife of G. G. Osborne, Ec. q . 0 the 3.1 inst., at Great Berkhanystead, the wilt of J. Robinson, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 2.1 inst., at the .11 , 3etery, Shadwell, the wii!e of the Rev. B. C. Stsogar. On tho 3d iost., at Winablodon, the wife of Edmuwa Bourdillon, Esq. MARRIED. On the 9th of February, at Kerowly, 119.jpootana, J. E. Ball aityne, E=q., LL.D., Principal of the Goveretm College, Benarel, to ,kon4b , 11a Georgiana, fourth daub ter of the late Captain T. Ilion& MAUL, R.N. DIED. On the 31st ult., suddenly, of apoplexy, at Ha( 114 9: green, 11 li.idle3ex, C , truniss,iry•Goner,tl Dickens, Sp eel , " CoininisAioner of Property and Income Tax, in the 'itkh year of his age, and the 60th in the public Fervice. 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