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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from the Council and Assembly of Barbadoes, praying for a re duction of the duty on colonial sugar. The Income-tax and Chimney Sweepers' Bills were read a second time. OATHS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAIVIENT. In reply to the Earl of WICKLOW, Lord LYNDHURST said he would not decide as to bringing in his bill of last session respecting the oaths to be taken by members of Parliament, until he saw what course the Government took with regard to a similar measure which was now before the House of Commons. The Bishop of LONDON intimated that a measure which would so materially affect the constitution of Parliament would meet with considerable opposition both in that house and out of doors. HULL CEMETERY BILL. This bill was read a second time, after a short discus- Dion. SEIZURE OF SIR G. H. SEYMOUR'S PRO PERTY AT ST. PETERSBURG. Lord LYNDHURST wished to know whether the Government had received any official information with regard to a report which had been in circulation for the last few days, that the property of our late excellent Minister at St. Petersburg had been seized there by the Russian Government. If this were true it was a gross violation of the admitted laws of na tiorrs, and would have the effect of excluding Russia from the class of civilised nations. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said in the absence of the Foreign Secretary, he had to state in reply, that if such an occurrence had taken place, he entirely agreed in the terms in which the noble and learned lord ha d characterised it. He could only state that up to a very late momen' Earl Clarendon had received no official information on the subject. Lord LYNDHURST understood that a letter had been received by Sir G. H. Seymour himself, intimating that such was the case. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it was pos Bible, but repeated that no information was in possession of the Foreign-office with regard to the matter. PUBLICATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. In reply to Lord CAMPBELL, Earl GRANVILLE said it was his intention, after the Easter recess, to bring under their lordships' notice the subject as to the publication of papers laid before this house. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH drew attention to the already enormous cost of printing Parliamentary papers, and hoped the Government would take stops to effect some economy in this respect, and apply the money saved to more useful purposes. After a short discussion their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. W. PATTEN moved to suspend so much of stand ing order No. 4 as relates to the Chairman of the Gene ral Committee of Railway and Canal Bills • and that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to ap point a chairman to the General Committee of Railway and Canal Bills. Mr. E. DENISON opposed the motion. After a brief explanation the motion was agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : __Haverin g , Dagenham, &c., Sewers Bill ; Hertford, Ware, andWeiwyn Junction Railway bill. Tlme following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Ea tern Union Railway ; East Lan cashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railways ; Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company • Lancashire and Yorkshire R ailwa y (Liver pool Dock Branches) ; Madras Railway Company ; New River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &c.) ; New River (New Reservoirs, &c.) ; Portsmouth Railway ; West Hartlepool Improvement ; Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier ; Winchester and Petersfield Road; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junc tion Railway (Extension into Nottingham, &c.) ; Blyth and Tyne Railway ; Lancashire and Y orkshire Railway ; London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway ; White haven, Cleator, and Egremeot Railway. CASE OF MR. STONOR. The following members were, on the motion of Sir G. GILET, nominated a select committee to inquire into the case of Mr. Stonor :—Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. J. M. Gaskell, Mr. Horsinan, Sir J. Duck worth. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. C. BnITCE, from vari ous places in Scotland, against the Lord Advocates Education Bill ; by Lord HOTHAM, from various places in Yorkshire, praying for the closing of public-houses on Sundays ; by Mr. BLACKETT, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, in favour of the establishment of reformatory schools ; by Mr. G. PIIILLIMORB, in favour of the appointment of a public prosecutor ; Sir J. FAKINGTON, from Worcestershire, in favour of reformatory schools ; Mr. FORBES, from places in Scotland, against the Education Bill ; Mr. BRIGHT, from Cheatham in Lancashire, complaining of the conduct of the Board of Health in reference to the sanitary state of that town ; Mr. KINNAIRD, from certain dissenting bo dies, praying for the admission of Dissenters into the universities ; by Mr. IL W. WICKHAM, from the pa rishioners of St. Jude's district, Bradford, Yorkshire, in favour of closing public-houses and beer-shops on Sun days. BARON DE BODE. Mr. T. CHAMBERS gave notice that, after Easter, he should call attention to the case of the Baron de Bode. REFORM BILL. Sir E. DERING asked Lord J. Russell, whether it is his intention to move the second reading of the Re form Bill on the 27th of April: Lord J. RUSSELL was unable to answer the ques tion now, but he purposed to make a statement to the house on the subject to-morrow, when he would satisfy the hon. baronet upon the point about which he appeared so anxious. INDIA BUDGET. Mr. HUME asked the President of the Board of Control at what period he intends to submit the annual budget for India. Sir C. WOOD was afraid he would not be able to make his statement before June, as a great financial experiment was being tried in India, and he was anxious to see the result of the experiment before he disclosed the budget for India. NEWFOUNDLAND. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the Under Secretary for the Colonies, whether it is true that the Rouse of Assembly of Newfoundland have lately refused to pro ceed with business unless responsible Government is con ceded to that colony, and whether her Majest's Minis ters have consented to establish responsible government in Newfoundland, and if so, upon what conditions. Mr. F. PEEL replied in the affirmative, but a de spatch had been forwarded to the colony, intimating the readiness to concede a responsible Government so soon as certain conditions should be complied with. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. Mr. ADDERLEY asked if it was the intention o: the Government to bring in a bill on the subject of re formatory schools this session ? Lord PALMERSTON was understood to say that was. UNIVERSITY REFORM BILL. In reply to Mr. WALPOLE, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was proposed to commit. tee this bill pro forma to-morrow for the purpose of in. troducing clauses. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. In reply to Mr. CRAUFURD, Lord PALMERSTON said he must withhold his consent to the further proceeding of this bill, as a general measure on the subject was in contemplation. TRENT TRANSPORT SHIP. Colonel BLAIR asked whether the Admiralty had received any report of a board of officers having con demned the wine, beer, and other provisions supplied to the Trent transport; and further, whether that vessel sailed before any others were supplied Mr. B. OSBORNE said there was a mistake in the matter, which had arisen in this way : The beer put on board consisted on two qualities—beer to be tapped im mediately, and beer to be tapped after some delay. It appeared, however, that a cask of the latter was tapped first, and hence the report alluded to had arisen. (A laugh.) CIVIL SERVICE. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the following return was ordered :—Statement of the names of all permanent public officers who hold any office or employment out of their office, such as directors of life assurance, of railway, of banking or other commercial companies, stating the office each such servant holds, the time he has been in the public service, and the amount of salary and emoluments received from the public by him in 1852. ST. ANDREW, HOLBORN. On the motion of Mr. T. DuiscontßE. the follow iog return was ordered :—The number of houses charged w i t h c ustomary payments in lieu of tithes, in each of the years 1818, 1819, and 1820, in the p arish of St. An drew Holborn above Bars, and the liberties of Hatton Garden an d El y Rents, showing the total amount p aid by such house s, in each of the said years ; and, simil ar return for the years 1850, 1851, and 1853. RAIL WAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC TION BILL. REGULA- The bill was read a second time, and ordered to b e committed on 'Monday, the 24th inst. COLONIAL CLERGY DISABILITIES BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Mr. DUNLOP said, in proceeding to move amend ments in this bill, he must at once deny that he was actuated by any feeling of hostility towards the Church of England. The general object which he had in view was to prevent the bill. from giving that church a status in the colonies which it did not now legally possess. He denied that the prerogative of the Crown extended to giving either the Church of England or the Church of Scotland the position and character of an establishment, and he proposed th ere f ore to leave out the words "diocese" and "province." He did not know how a diocese could be established in a colony where there was a colonial legislature, on the mere authority of the crown, when none could be established in this country without an act of Parliament. How could the crown be justi fied in establishing a Protestant diocese in the midst of the Roman Catholics of Lower Canada? He earnestly entreated the Government to accede to his amendment, and not to persist in a course which would probably have the effect of bringing the church into collieien with THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1854. the colonial legislature. The hon. member concluded by moving the omission of the words, "the metropolitan of any province, or the bishop of any diocese," and the insertion of " bishops and clergy." Mr. ELLICE felt great pleasure in secondieg the amendment. He never saw a bill of this kind without feeling that, instead of benefitting the episcopal church in the colonies, and making it popular among the people, it was likely to have the contrary effect. (Hear, hear.) He could not conceive of what use the bill could pos sibly be. If there was any statute which interfered with the regulation of its own affairs by the episcopal church, let Parliament either repeal it or give the colo nial legislature the power of doing so. He was not for retaining any restriction which interfered with the use fulness either of the Church:of England or of the Church of Scotland. (Hear, hear.) Half a century ago he saw the result of an attempt to set up the Church 9f Eng land in the colonies, and to give it an exceptional posi tion. He recollected that when a bishop was first sent ' to Upper Canada he called himself " Lord Bishop," taking precedence of almost every one else in the colony, he was much disliked ; and the result was that the legislature adopted a resolution, by a majority of 36 to 4, declaring that the Church of England, as by law esta blished, was not the religion of the inhabitants of that colony. This was the tendency of all such interference as that now proposed. The Reformed Church was one of the most popular ministries in the United States ; and those who had any regard for the English Church should endeavour to bring it into the same position in the colo nies. He did not see why the position of the Church of England in the colonies should not be precisely similar to its position in Scotland. It was very common in patents to call bishops " Lord Bishop." He objected to that title, as altering their status ; and as it did not give them any additional civil rights, he thought it would be best to discontinue a practice which made them less respected and less useful. Mr. HUME wished to . know what really were the grievances to be remedied by this bill. If an act of Par liament pressed unfairly upon the colonies, why not re peal the act, and then leave the colonies to arrange their affairs as they chose. These things could not be so well arranged in the mother country as in the colony. The contrary course of action had already caused many ab surdities. What could be more ridiculous than to send a bishop to Hong-Kong, when there were not more than 20 episcopalians there, or to require that such a bishop when he went on board one of her Majesty's ves sels should be saluted with 7 guns? (Hear, and laughter.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL begged to remind hon. members that this measure was now in committee, and that the objections which had been made referring rather ' to the principles than the details of it, were not alto gether in place. (Hear.) At the same time he could not object to the observations which had been made, for they rather tended, when properly explained, to support the bill than otherwise. He entirely agreed with the hon. member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) that the colo nies ought to have a power of regulating their own ecclesiastical aflairs—(hear)—and he no less fully sub scribed to the ideas that it was desirable to keep the colonial Church es free from the legislative interference of Parliament as possible. It was that object which he had before him in the present measure, winch proposed only to give the colonial Church liberty of action and freedom of management. But it would not do to carry out that end by repealing the statute of Henry VIII. ' as his hon. friend the meinber for Montrose seemed to think, because that statute comprised a variety of ob jects, and. it was most essential to preserve it in order that the supremacy of the Crown might be preserved. (Hear.) Tee act of Henry VIII. prohibited any convocation of the clergy without the previous royal permission to meet; it provided also that no convocation should discuss any new canon of the Church without the authority of the Crown, and that no canon should be passed contrary to the canon law as recognised and established by the common law of the realm. Now, the two last provi sions it was necessary to preserve, and hence it was manifestly impossible to repeal the act. (Hear, hear.) There seemed to be ou the part of some hon. members a misapprehension with regard to the position of the colo nial Church. That Church was a portion of the united Church of England and Ireland, and great care had always been taken to preserve to it that character. In the earliest colonial bishopric that had been created— that of Calcutta—the bishop was expressly termed " Bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland." TLi; course had been followed in the 5 Viet., c. 6, which appointed a " bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland in Ireland." Neither in these acts of Par liament, nor in the letters patent under them, were the bishops given the title Of "Lord," and with regard to the salvo of seven guns—mentioned by the lion. mem ber for Montrose—he (the Solicitor-General) could only say that if any indiscreet captain thought the bishop required such an expenditure of gunpowder, the matter must be ascribed rather to naval ideas than to episcopal requisitions. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The amendments of the lion. and learned gentleman (Mr. Dunlop) went to change the principle of the law. (Hear, hear.) He (the Solicitor-General) intended to remedy a specific evil by a specific remedy—not to alter the foundation of the law. This was the desire of the colonists themselves, as he had been assured by a dis tingiished member of the colonial Legislature who was at present in this country. The colonists, by NS hich he meant those colonists who were episcopalians, desired only that the Church of England in the colonies should be put on the same footing as other sects were, and this iwas the object proposed by the present bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON concurred in thinking that this was not a moment for discussing the principle of the bill. He thought that the hon. and learned Solicitor-General had not stated sufficiently what were the feelings of the colonists on the question. He (Sir J. Pakington) was disposed to view all these bills with suspicion, and be should, in fact, move amendments to the present mea sure, bat he could not forget that the colonists loudly demanded the bill. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY thought the question was being dis cussed in the dark, and that the committee had not been sufficiently informed what was the position of the Church I of England in the colonies, and what were the disabilities which this bill was to remove. He had not been able to understand why a simple act, repealing so much of the objectionable part of the act of Henry VIII. as referred to the colonies, could not meet the requirements of the present case. It seemed to him that the object of the Solicitor-General was to give to the colonial Church all the benefits of a state, and also of a free Church. Mr. ADDERLEY thought the right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) misconceived the whole matter. The ob ject of the bill was to remove the disability of the Epis copal Church in the colonies, which prevented it from regulating its affairs in the way which all other religious sects could do. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE said that the amendments proposed by the hon. and learned member would cause great uncertainty and confusion. It was to be observed that the colonial patents conferred no territorial juris diction. The Church of England in the colonies was not an established Church, its legal position being that the crown nominated a bishop who was consecrated in this country, so that a spiritual connexion remained, but no civil prerogatives. The church in the colonies, more over, was supported by voluntary contributions, and therefore he did not see who in the colonies it concerned to interfere in the matter, except the members of the Church of England in the colonies. At present the church in the colonies had all the disadvantages of a free church, without the power of regulating its own religi ous affairs, and the bill really did no more than to put our colonial brethren on as advantageous a footing as the other religious denominations, and had no covert intention whatever. Mr. NAPIER said the lion. and learned Solicitor- General asserted that to understand the bill it was only necessary to understand the law. Did he mean to assert the converse, that whoever did not understand the bill was ignorant of the law ? If so, he (Mr. Napier) feared he must come under the category of the ignorant. (Laughter.) The hon. and learned gentleman said that the object of the bill was to cement the connection be tween the church at home and in the colonies. He (Mr. Napier) feared that its effects would be to sever that connection. The common law ordained that no ecclesiastical jurisdiction should be independent of the royal supremacy, but here in the bill that supremacy was dispensed with, with the abolition of the royal license. The hon. and learned member proceeded to quote from Hansard a speech of the Solicitor-General, made in a former year, when the subject of the colonial church was under the consideration of Parliament, and which lie (Mr. Napier) contended was hostile to the principle contained in the present bill. What he com plained of was that the bill did not give the church in the colonies proper power to regulate its doctrine, dis cipline, and government—matters the government of which was properly inherent in the church. He was willing t o attempt to make the church in more efficient, but he would never give his the colonies vote for any measure which should have the effect of damaging the supremacy of the crown in matters of re ligion. Mr. HENLEY said that the church in the colonies was part and parcel of the Church of England, and therefore he felt that the amendment would be quite out of place. Mr. WALPOLE said that the grievance of the church in the colonies was that the clergy were paid by salary which they received from the civil authority, while at the same time they could not preach without license from the bishop. The bishop had thus an au tocratic power over them from which there was no appeal. The next question was how they were to re dress that grievance. Repeal of the statute of Henry VIII. would not redress it. Ecclesiastical courts might do so - but would the colonies tolerate them or would that house permit them ? (Hear.) Some hon. members were of opinion that the best remedy would be total se verance from the Church of England. He did not think so. He believed the operation of this clause would be to put the members of the Church of England in the colonies in exactly the same position as any other reli gious body in the colonies, while it would enable the church to make rules, or enter into contracts for its own government, without any control or appeal whatever. He did not believe the bill would interfere with the su premacy of the crown ; but, at the same time, he thought it would be advisable to insert a proviso declaring the bill should not disturb the Act of Supremacy, nor should it enable to make orders or regulations for its govern ment which, either in terms or spirit, were contrary to the Book of Common Prayer, or the doctrines contained ' in the Thirty-nine Articles. Mr. DUNLOP replied, and insisted that nothing had occurred in the course of the debate to shake his confi dence in the amendment he had proposed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, upon a reconsi deration of the subject, he had no objection to the amend ment, and therefore he would not trouble the committee to divide upon it. Sir J. PAKINGTON remarked that the amendment would make such a material alteration in the bill, as well as so largely alter the chAidater of the Established Church in the colonies, that he must divide upon it if no one else would. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that it would disturb either the position or character of the Church, and since there was something fair and equitable in the proposition of the hon. member for Greenock, it certainly deserved support. At present the Church in the colonies exercised its diocesan functions under an authority derived from the prerogative of the Crown, and the simple object of the amendment was to withhold from this bill anything like a statutory recogni tion of that authority which its provisions would give if it were passed without the proposed alteration. After a few words from Mr. Henley, the Solicitor- General, and Mr. 'Walpole, the committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Bl Against it 34-47 The amendment was accordingly agreed to. Mr. DUNLOP then proposed in page 2 to leave out lines 4 and 5, and insert "of churches in communion with the United Church of England and Ireland, , and the lay members of the co n g re g ations of such clergy." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL could not accede to this amendment, but he should propose to leave out the words objected to, with the view of inserting others w hich would accomplish all that t he hon. member had in view. Sir J. PAKINGTON wanted to know before the clause passed who was to put these bodies in motion ; was it to rest with the laity or the bishops, or would it entirely rest with the latter ? The CHAIRMAN held that the proper time had not arrived yet for discussing that question. Mr. J. B. SMITH observed that there was so much uncertainty and confusion about the bill, that the best thing they could do was to report progress. He should therefore move that the chairman do leave the chair. Mr. T. CHAMBERS seconded the amendment, be lieving that it was impossible for the framers of the bill or anybody else to comprehend it, or to say what its effect would be when passed, if it ever arrived at that stage. Mr. R. PALMER opposed the motion. A short conversation ensued, in which Sir J. PAKINGTON spoke in favour of continuing the discussion. Mr. A. KINNAIRD said it was impossible, as the bill stood, to understend it ; that there was no strong feeling on the subject in the colonies ; and that it was better to leave it to be dealt with by the colonial legis lature ; which opinion Mr. F. PEEL combated, stating that the colonies generally had petitioned in favour of some such mea sure ; and Mr. 111 ALL urged that the whole difficulty com plained of by the colonial clergy arose out of their con nection with the state. Ultimately the motion for reporting progress was withdrawn. Mr. DUNLOP'S amendment to insert the words " of churches in communion with the united churches of England and Ireland was then put. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected that the amet:dnient assumed that there was in the colonies a Church in communion with the united church of Eng land and Ireland not being a part of that Church, which was not the case, historically, legally, or practically ; and if the words were introduced they would destroy the efficacy of the bill. It had been asked why had this bill been introduced? By the common law of England the clergy of the united Church of England and Ireland were prohibited from meeting for the purpose of dis cussing matters of ecclesiastical regulation ; and by the;l statute of Henry the Eighth that common law had been ' declared. Both in England snd Ireland this prohibi tion existed. The hon. and learned gentleman then urged that the bishops and clergy of the colonies had no' power of investigating or instituting inquiries and taking proofs in matters of clerical discipline, and that state of things must continue unless the Legislature gave a civil authority and ecclesiastical power to the bishops and congregation, and it was to enable the bishops and clergy to meet and adopt some mutual arrangement to. effect this object that the present bill was designed,l whilst they could not do otherwise without incurring the penalty attached by the act of Henry VIII. to the bishops and clergy meeting to discuss ecclesiastical matters. He denied that he had asserted that the act of Henry VIII. had no jurisdiction in the colonies, for he had repeated again and again that that act was a part of the law relating to the supremacy of the crown, and prevailed in all the dominions of the crown. For that reason the bishops and clergy of the colonies were bound by a statute which ought not to bind thorn. As to the Established Church in the colonies, there was no such Established Church, inasmuch as the Church there possessed no civil or ecclesiastical autho rity, but only. a spiritual power, which entitled it to be designated as a part of the united Church of Eng land and Ireland. It was intended, therefore, by this bill, to ielieve the bishops and clergy of the colonies from personal disability to make any future arrangement among themselves for the discipline of the church. With regard to adopting the amendment of the hon. member for Greenock, by leaving out of the clause the words " province and diocese," which implied an ecclesiastical authority, which it was not the intention of the bill to recognise, there was no inconsistency on the part of the Government. The words would therefore read thus— " Bishops and clergy, and lay members of the congrega tion of such clergy in the colonies, being members of the z.nited church of England and Ireland." Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE deni.ed the assertion of the Solicitor-General that the spiritual supremacy of the Crown was part of the common law. Sir Thomas More lost his head because he denied that doctrine; and he quoted him rather than Bishop Fisher, who was a clergy man, and whose opinion might not be viewed with so much confidence as that of Sir T. More, who died in de fence of his opinion. It was impossible not to see that this bill was an attempt to establish in the colonies the convocation of the church, which was not allowed to be in action here. What else was meant by the petition for synodal action presented by the hon. member for Bury ? Since 1717, when convocation played such a part to wards Bishop Hoadley, it had been found necessary to suspend its operation in this country, and what reason' was there to suppose that its existence would benefit the colonies ? The hon. member for Staffordshire wished the bill to be passed because the colonial legislature would not do so, and that was the very reason why it should not be passed. As to putting the church in the colo nies on the same footing as the dissenters, • this bill did more, for it gave the power of enforcing its provisions personally on members of the Church. In his opinion the suspension of the powers of convocation in this coun try was wise, and he objected to its powers being ex tended to the colonies. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered his earnest protest against the course taken by the hon. and learned gentleman and other members, for they were now for the fifth time discussing on the amendments the principle of the bill in every imaginable form, and then gentlemen complained of there being confusion. If you wanted a recipe for confusion about a bill, you had but to mix up discussions of the principle with verbal results and the result would be certain confusion. He denied the assertion of the hon. member for Leominster, that the petition from the diocese of Toronto praying for synodal action was a prayer for the establishment of con vocation ; and this was the first time he ever heard that these two things were the same. So far from establishing convocation in the colonies, all that was wanted was a power to enable members of the Church to meet and make any compact among themselves to meet their local difficulties and such matters as disturbed the tranquillity of their Church ; and it was not too much for our colo nial fellow-subjects to ask that when matters were at stake which they considered of vital interest, that these matters should be treated by that house with as much consideration as a railway or turnpike bill. As to the immediate amendment he thought, in order that it might be known what they were discussing, it would be better for the chairman to put it again. Mr. NAPIER contended that what this bill really meant to do was not to interfere with the statute of Henry the Eighth, but with the common law relatin g to the supremacy of the crown , which did extend to the colonies,•and if by that law the bishop and clergy were forbidden to meet for ecclesiastical purposes, the com mon law provided a remedy. For the same thing might be done as was done in Ireland, where a license was given to the bishop and clergy for the purpose of allow ing them so to meet. He looked at this bill with great distrust, and should give it all the opposition in his power. Mr. Serjeant SHEE said he had listened to the de bate, and tried to understand what was meant by the united. Church of England and Ireland. It was urged by Mr. Napier that it was a part of the common law that an acknowledgment of the supremacy of the crown should accompany the Church of England where ever it went. Was it meant by that that no one but subjects of the crown of England could belong to the church ? And must all who believed in that church ac knowledge the supremacy of the Queen ? (Hear hear.) If that was so, could it be called a Catholic church ? The amendment of the hon. member for Greenock re moved this difficulty. The probability was that in the colonies the members of the united church of England and Ireland would be in a miserable minority ; but they would get rid of the difficulty that would put them in by adopting the amendment of the hon. member for Greenoc. Mr. DUNLOP said he must persist in his amend ment ; the words proposed by the Solicitor-General would not, in his view meet the difficulty. The committee divided, and the amendment was ne gatived. Mr. MOWBRAY asked the meaning of the words "bishops and clergy." Would not those terms, apply to any bishops and clergy ? There might be a synod of the character of the synod of Thurles in one of the colonies, and the words " lay members of the church of England" would not override the words " bishops and clergy." The 'SOLICITOR -GENERAL said he should not have consented to the introduction of the words if they had been liable to the interpretation that the hon. mem ber put upon them, but they could not be so construed, inasmuch as the preamble spoke of " bishops and clergy of the united churches of England and Ireland in the colonies," and therefore they could apply to no other bishops and clergy. Mr. MANGLES said it appeared to him very ob jectionable that amendments of this kind should be brought in without notice. Sir J. PAKINGTON opposed the clause as proposed to be altered by the Solicitor-General. Mr. G. BUTT said it was quite clear that what was meant was that the bishop of a diocese or the metropo litan should meet with his clergy and lay members, but now, as the Solicitor-General had got it, that all the bishops and laity should meet together. Mr. WALPOLE suggested that the difficulty could be overcome in a proviso ; and after some further con versation the clause was agreed to, the Solicitor-General promising carefully to reconsider its language, with a view to make it carry in the best manner the amend ments agreed to. The CIIAIRMAN then reported progress, and Lord J. RUSSELL said he proposed to resume the committee on Tnesday the 24th. BOUNDARIES SURVEY (IRELAND) BILL. The second reading being moved, Mr. FRENCH asked what was the object of the bill ? Sir J. YOUNG replied that it was intended to pro vide for such alterations in boundaries as should be ren dered necessary by the alteration of the course of streams from a circuitous to a straight line. The bill was then read a second time. VENTILATION OF TIIE HOUSE. Mr. SPOONER brought up the report from th e com mittee appointed M investigate the state of the ventila tion of the house. Describing the process by which, with the aid of three steam-engines, what was called fresh air was brought into the home ' he characterised the result as thoroughly disgraceful.. Two hundred thousand pounds had been spent, and two " ventilation doctors" consulted on the subject,. but every change seemed to make matters worse. Daring the Easter re cess the committee recommended that trials should be made upon a new and simpler principle under the super vision of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, who had promised to erect an efficient apparatus at a cast of a few hundred pounds. Sir W. MOLESWORTH submitted that the com mittee had formed their decision upon insufficient evi dence, and deprecated the hasty introduction of new ap paratus without some better founded assurance of its fitness for the purpose required. Mr. BOUVERIE vindicated the industry of the com mittee, and recommended the adoption of their report so far as to entrust Mr. Gurney with the conduct of some preliminary trials. After some further conversation that course was agreed to, and the recommendation of the committee received the sanction of the house. JUDGMENT EXECUTION BILL. Mr. FRENCH was proceeding to move some additions to the committee on the Judgment Execution Bill, when the house was counted out at half-past twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COIvIAIONS—APair, 10. COLONIAL CLERGY DISABILITIES BILL. Considered in committee :—Clause 1 (Indemnity to the clergy attending meetings for regulating ecclesiastical affairs) :—Amendment proposed , in page 2, line 2, to leave out the words " Metropolitan of any province, or the Bishop of any diocese," and insert the words " Bi shops and Clergy" — (Mr. Dunlop)tead thereof : Question put, "That the words proposed to ba left out stand part of the clause :" The committee divided ; Ayes, 34 ; Noes, 81. - - AYES-34. Adderley, C. Hamilton, G. A. Bailey, C. Heathcoate, Sir W. Baldock. E. - Henley, J. Harrow, W. Hudson, G. Bentinck, G. 34 acartHey, G. Bratnston, T. W. ?MacGregor Jas. Kruce, C. L. C. 1% , •• ic , ,ed, Dr. W. Butt, G. !t.l. • Na ier, J. Cecil, Loid Oakes, J. Chaudos, Marquis of Pakinton, Sir J. Cuoitt, W. Palfner, Roundel Duncombe, Hon.W.E. Portal, M. Gladstone, Capt. J. Pugh, D Bolt. P. Sawle, C. Vantte, J. Vane, Lord A. Nv a pole. 4. Whitmore, It. Willoughby, Sir 11. Yorke, TELLERS Spooner, R. Alowbray, J. NOES-81. A'Court, C. - Gladstone, W. , Palmerston, Viscount Baines, lit. Hon. M. Gower, F. Patten, J. Barnes, T. Gregson, Samuel Peel, F. Bell, J. Grey, Re Hon Sir G. Pell .rt, A. Berkeley, G. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Pet,. S. Bethel!, Sir R. Hadfield, George: Phi limore, J. G. Boyle, Lt -Col. Hall, Sir Benj.:Mtn Fish more, it. J. Brothert(m, J. Hmtie, .1. relit!. Pilkington, J. Bruce, Lord E. lierb ,rt, S. Russell, Lord J. Buckley, Gets. Hervey, Lord A. Shee, serjt. W. Butler, C. 5, Heywood, J. Smith, J. A. Challis, T. Horsma ~ E. Smith, J. B. Chambers, M. Kershlw, J. Smith, J . Chambers, T. Kinnaird, A. Strutt, E. Cheetham, John Loboucr.ere,Rt.llon.ll Thompson, G. Clay, Sir W. Bt. Langton, H. li• Thornely, T. Collier, R. P. Lee, W. Welrnsley. Sir J. Craufurd, E. H.J. LindsaY,W Warner, E. Crook, J. Loveden, P. Wickham, H. Wilkinson, W. Crossley, F. Lowe , R. Drumlanrig, Vis. MacKinnon, W. A. Williams, W. Duncan, G. Mangies , It. Wyndham, W. Dundas, F. Marshall, W. Youog, Sir J. Dunlop, A. nail, E. Ellice, E. Molesworth, Sir W. Ferguson, J. Murrougb, J. Fitzroy, lion. C. liorreys, Lord Fox, W. Osborne, R. Hay ter, W. French F. Paget, Lord A. Mulgrave, Earl of TELLERS. Another amendment proposed, in line 3, after the word "Majesty," to insert the words "of Churches in com munion with the United Kingdom of England and Ire land, and the lay members of the congregations of such clergy"—(Mr. Dunlop) :—Question put, "That those words be there insarted :"—The committee divided; ayes, 4.3 ; Noes , 78. AYES-43. Barnes, T Fox, W. Bell, J. Gardner, R. Brocklehurst, J. Glyn, G. Brotherton, J. Goodman. Sir G. Chambers, T. Hadfield, G. Cheetham, John Hall, Sir B. Clay. Sir %V. Bt. Hastie, Archd. Craufurd, E. li. J. Koffman, E. Crook, J. Keating, H. Crossley,F, , Kersimr. J. Dal.e, sir - S. Birk, -W. Duncan, G. Langton, H. G. Dtmclas, F. Mangles, R. D. Ellice, E. Mall, E. Fergus, J. Nurrough. J. Ferguson, J. Norreys, Lord Peto, S. Minimore, J. G. Pigott, F. Pilitington, J. Price, W. ihee,Serjt. W. Smith, R. Thornely, T. Walmsley, Sir J. Warner, E. Wilkinson, W. TELLERS. Dunlop, A. Kinnaird, A. NOES-73. A'Court, C. Elmlay, Vi 3. Adderley, C. Fitzroy, 11. Archdall, M. French, F. Bailey, C. Geach, C. Baines, Et. Hon. M. Gladstone, W. Baring, Sir F. Gladstone, Capt. 5. Barrow, W. Goderich, Viscount. Beach, Sir M. Greene, Thomas Beamish, F. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Bennet, Capt P. Hamilton, G. A. Bentinck, G. Hawkey, T. Berkeley, G. Manley, J. lielltell,.Sir_R. Herbert, S. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Dervey, Lord A. Bruce, Lord E. Hudson, G. Bruce, C. L. C. Hume. W. Buckeley, Gen. Lee, W. Butt, I. Liddell, H. G. Butt, I. Loveden, P. Cecil, Lorclllt. Lowe, ':t. Chamber:. Al. Macgregor, Jas. Chandos, Marquis of Michell, W. Chohnondeley Lord Molesworth, Sir W. Jollier, R. P. Moody, C. Denison, J. E. Mowbray, J. Drumlinrig, Vis. .1 luntz, G Egerton, Sir F. Oakes, J. Eicho, Lord Paget, Lord A. Pakinton, Sir J. Palmer, Rounlell Patten, J. Peel, F. Phillimore, R. J. Portal M. Bolt, P. Sawle, C. .Scholefleld, W. Seymer, H. Spooner, It Stanhope. J. Strut E. Thornhill, W. Walpole, S. Wickham, H. W. Willcox, B. Williams. W. Wood, Sir C. Wyndham, H. Wyiloham, W Yorke, E. TELLERS. Hayter, W. Mulgrave, Earl of POLICE INTELLIGBNOE. GUILDHALL. Joseph Weod, Stephen Thomas, William Sweeting, and John Palmer, were placed at the bar before Sir R. W. Carden, charged with stealing a large quantity of pig iron, the property of Mr. Cleaver, of St. Anne's Wharf, Blackfriars. Alfred Green, a d;tective officer, said from information he received he welt to Earl-street, Blackfriars, about seven o'clock in the morning, and saw Thomas come out of the wharf, and g) towards the bridge. In a few mi nutes he returned by Thames-street way, and went on the wharf again. lie then came out, and Wood went down the wharf wits a pony and cart, and witness saw Thomas and Sweetirg put some pig iron into the cart, and Wood afterward; drove it away to Martin's foundry, in Vine-street, York-road. Wood, on being asked how he became possessei, of the pig iron, said he bought it for 30s. The prisoners wire all committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—A well-dressed, middle-aged person, of sanctinoni•us aspect, who gave the name of George Jerry, btt refused to disclose his address or occupation, was clarged, before Mr. Hammill, with a gross and aggravated assault upon a female child, at Dr. Cox's Independent Chapel, in Mare-street, Hackney. Witnesses harin; been heard in support of the charge, Mr. Hammill 3aid it was a very flagrant case, and ordered the prisorei to be remanded for the completion of the evidence. MARLBORO - LAB-STREET. —John Jay, an elderly man of respectabl! appearance, was brought up for final examination, jarged with having obtained money from various benetelent persons under fraudulent pre tences. It appeared that tie prisoner had been getting money from various persons of distinction, by representing himself to be collector to the Hospital for Consumption at Brompton, several other charities. The follow ing cases beini complete, were selected to send the pri soner to trial ipon. The first cae was for obtaining three guineas from Lady Charlote Denim, of Burlington-house, Picca dilly. John Clarl4, footman to Lady Denison, said, on the 17th of Mar& last the prisoner called at Burlington honse for an annual subscription of three guineas for the Bromptm Consumption Hospital. The prisoner produced a Tinted list of subscribers, with her lady ship's name own. Her ladyship requested him to ask the prisoner he was prepared to give a receipt for the money, and tie prisoner returning a reply in the affir mative, her idyship wrote a cheque, which the pri soner receied and gave the receipt now produced. The prisoner said her ladyship was entitled to some letters of adaission, which he would send. William larben, assistant secretary and collector to the Hospitafor Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, at Bromptot said he knew nothing at all of the pri soner, who /as not connected with the institution, and not autharild to collect subscriptions. The prisaer was fully committed on this charge. The second chap was for obtaining three guineas from Countess Gay, 13, Carlton-gardens. Samuel Tall, footman to Lady Grey, proved that the prisoner cal•d on her ladyship on the 18th March for the subscrigon to the Brompton Hospital for Diseases of the Chef, The prisoner produced a book, which was shownito Lady Grey, who gave three guineas, for which the lisoner furnished a receipt. Fully co.rnitted. The this case was for obtaining 31. from Lady Ash burnham, 'o. 101, Eaton-square. Joseph 3ell, butler to Lord Ashburnham, said the prisoner cried at Lord Ashburnham's house on the 4th of March,and asked for a subscription to the Hos pital for Mmen, in Soho-square. The prisoner requested him to akiter ladyship for a donation also, as the hos , pital was n debt. Her ladyship sent the annual subscriptic, of 31., but declined to give a donation at that time. The prisoner gave a recept for the money. 1 The prison said he had no letters ef athrtission to the l hospital wh him, but he would send some. Thomas anger, 36, Doughty-street, secretary to the THE NEW SUSPE.4 hospital in Soho-square, knew nothing about the pri soner, who had never been employed by the hospital. Fully committed. The fourth case was for obtaining three guineas from Mrs. Temple Bowdoin, 26, Sussex-square. Richard Farmer, the footman, proved the payment of three guineas to the prisoner, who represented himself to be the collector to the Hospital for Women, in Soho square. Fully committed. The fifth case was for obtaining 5/. from Mr. James Thompson, tea-broker, Mincing-lane. Mr. Thompson proved that he paid the prisoner Si. in January last; as his subscription to the Strangers' Friend Society. John Yatman, the secretary, knew nothing of the prisoner. Fully committed on this charge. LAMBETH.—Thomas Mitchell, a man of respectable I appearance, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer to a summons taken out against him by Mr. Madden, the assistant officer of the parish of Kensington, for refusing to support his father. Mr. Madden informed the ma gistrate that the father of the defendant, who was now in his 65th year, had, from infirmities, become charge able to the parish of Kensington, and having four sons, all able to contribute to his maintenance, the guardians deemed it to be their duty to call on each for their quota, so that the ratepayers might be saved the burthen. One of the sons had been sum moned before the Petty Sessions at Kensington, and the court made an order for the payment of two shillings a week towards his father's support. Two others of the sons resided at Brighton, and it was his (Mr. Madden!s) intention to proceed against them at the sessions there for their quota, and the defendant was summoned to this court on account of his living in its district. The father of the defendant, a decent-looking man, corroborated Mr. Madden's statement, and said his son was well able to contribute to his support, as he was in in the receipt of two guineas a week and had no family. The defendant pleaded inability to pay anything, and said his father had brought all his troubles on by marry ing a young wife, to the perfect annoyance of all his family. Mr. Elliott, however, made an order on the defendant for the payment of 2s. a week. SPORTING IR TEL bIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY. The double triumph which Virago achieved at Epsom last Thursday was a severe blow to The Ring ; but, from the smoothness with which the business of settling was carried on, there was evidently no tightness with regard to money ; it was " High 'Change" throughout the afternoon. _ . ..CHESTER CUP.—AII sorts of quotations were afloat about Newminster, but as nothing definite came under our own observation, no place has been assigned him in the subjoined list. In the City 25 to 1 was laid. Marc Antony was 9 to 1, taken and offered. Baalbec and Star of Surrey, the latter one of Virago's stable companions, were in very strong favour ; the former opened at 15 to 1, the latter at 20 to 1 ; at the close 12 to 1, in hundreds, was taken about each. Peggy re appeared at 25 to 1. THE Two THOUSAND. — Ruby was again down to 9 to 2, offered ; 7 to 2 offered against Buiardo. THE DERBY.-5 to 1 was taken to 4501. about Auto crat ; 050 to 100 and 1,200 to 200 about King Torn ; 15 to 2 to 1001., and 7 to 1 to 400 about Dervish ; 550 to 400 betted against the three 1,500 to 50, and 1,250 to 50 taken about Andover ; 1,000 to 30 Marsyas ; 1,000 to 30, and 1,500 to 50 twice about Ostrogoth; 875 to 25 twice about "Bessus ; 3,000 to 75 about Scythian ; and 1,000 to 25 The Knight of St. George. New Warrior, halt-brother to Virago, was introduced at 1,000 to 15, and such was the prestige attached to his, pedigree that he quickly advanced to 4,000 to 100 taken. It wilt be recollected that he made his debut on the turf last August at Wolverhampton for the Chillington Stakes. Corin, Bst 71b, was first, Wild Huntsman, Bst 121 b (including 51b extra) second, New Warrior, Bst 71b, third, Rally, Bst 4ib, fourth. Corin won by a neck, New Warrior finished is length and a half behind Wild Huntsman, and was a length in advance of Rally. Belgrave and Grey Plover were backed for 501. each at 50 to 1, and 1,000 to 15 was taken about Marble Hill. CLOSING PRICES. GREAT NORTHERN. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Heapy (taken). 4. to 1 would have been taken freely abon Virago. CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Mr. J. Powney's Marc Antony (taken and offered). 12 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Star of Surrey (t). 12 to 1 agst Mr. F. Knowles's Baalbec (taken). 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Peggy (taken). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo (offered). 9to 2 agst Mr. J Adkins's Ruby (offered). THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat (t). 6 -to 1 agst Baron Rotbschild's.King Tom (t). 7to 1 agst Lord Derby's Dervish (taken). 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Andover (taken). 30 to 1. agst Lord Chesterfield's Ostrogoth (t). 33 to 1 agst Mr. F. Knowles's Marsyas (taken). 35 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Bessus (taken). 40 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Scythian (taken). 40 to 1 agst Mr. Morris's Knight of St. George (taken). 40 to 1 agst Mr. Shepherdson's New Warrior (t.) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Belgrave (taken). 50 to 1 agst Sir T. Burke's Grey Plover (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Mr. F. Knowles's Marble Hill (t). 550 to 400 agst Autocrat, King Tom, and Dervish (t). Ptolemy was struck out of his engagements at York and Chester, on Friday last, the 17th inst., at 4.15 p.m. BATH AND SOMERSET MEETING, MAY 23. ACCEPTANCES for the SOMERSETSEIIRE STAKES.—TWO miles and a distance. 82 subs., 52 of whom declared, and pay 5 sovs. each. Yrs st lb Ratzplan Haco Exact 4 7 9 Lough Bawn 6 7 8 Black Doctor Lindrick Poodle Colsterdale Prince Leopold 4 6 12 St. Faith Jaqueliue 4 6 8 Whalebone Charley Georgy Hope 4 6 2 Yrs st lb Rosalba 4 6 0 Epaminondas St. Spiro Lady Bird 3 6 0 Naomi Royalist 3 5 9 Vingt-un Aribbas Vixen 3 5 7 Surgeon-General 3 5 7 Coup-d'6tat Hercules Sampson (h. b.) 3 5 4 Jephson 3 5 4 Brigadier RACING FIXTI AP Newmarket Craven 17 Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny . 2O Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians& Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S l6 Shrewsbury lB Manchester Ascot Heath. l3 Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 JU Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfid 11 Liverpool l2 ps with 13 AUC Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolverhampton l4 SEPT] Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 Egham York 23 Hereford Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth Lincoln 31 RES FOR 1854. IL. York Spring 25 Malton 27 Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes l9 Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 30 UNE. Bibury 2B Stockbridge ........ 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O Stourbridge l7 Stamford 18 Nottingham 20 Goodwood 25 Ripon 31 BUST. MBER. Bedford 19 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark Newmarket F 0 26 Northallerton 2B BIRTH PLACES OF THE CHIEF OFFICERS ABOUT TO ACT AGAINST RUSSIA.—A gentleman curious in such matters has made out the following statement : Of the five who are to command divisions, all are of different birth—a Scotchman, a Hanover ian, an Irishman, a Canadian, and an Englishman—thus Sir George Brown is a native of Linkwood, near Elgin ; the Duke of Cambridge was born at ller enkausen, in Hanover ; Sir De Lacy Evans is a native of Moig, county Limerick, Ireland ; Sir Richard England, a native of Detroit, in Upper Canada ; and the Earl of Lucan is the only Englishman of that rank ; he is to com mand the cavalry, and is a Londoner by birth, though of course an Irishman by descent. So also it is remark. able with respect to the two fleets, how the two highest command are not Englishmen. Sir Charles Napier was born near Falkirk, in Scotland, and Admiral Dund,is at Calcutta, though he also is a Scotchman by descent. Amongst the eleven Brigadiers-general, it is interesting to observe H. J. Bentinck (English ?), of Dutch origin on both sides —his mother having been a De Reeds de Ginkle), Sir Colin and Sir John Campbell, of Scotch blood, Colonel Pennefather, a " Tipperary boy." Colonel Yorke Scarlett, of Jamaica descent, while J. B. Estcourt is a Londoner, born near Port man-square, and Lord Cardigan, a native of Hamble dim, leaving only four unaccounted for, and of these, H. W. Adams is probably a native of War• wickshire, since he is the head of an old family in that county. Wm. Eyre is probably of Nottinghamshire birth, and George Buller a Cornishman. Among the six assistant adjutants-general we notice the two Irish names of Doyle and Sullivan, and two Scotch, Maule and Gordon. The mixed nature of our population is here shadowed forth, but Englishmen have not secured " the lion's share" of the staff' appointments.—Civil Service Ciazette. rE AT CHELSEA.I SHIPPING INT ELL IGE The suspension-bridge over the Thames, at Chelsea, I now in the course of construction for the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works, under the superintendence of Mr. Page, their engineer, stands nearly midway between Vauxhall and Battersea-bridges, Some particulars of the construction may be interesting. For the founda tions, piles of elm timber, averaging 13 inches square, are driven at intervals of 3 feet, on an average 28 feet below the bed of the river, enclosed by a strong cast iron casing, 88 feet in length, and 19 feet in width, with curved cutwater. This iron case consists of piles and plates driven into the bed of the river, the piles to a depth of 25 feet, and the plates 20 feet below the low-water line. These piles are driven at every 9 fast; the metal is one inch thick, and the plates are cast with ribs 6 inches deep, and have projecting pieces arranged to fit into the grooves of the piles : this casing forms the outside of the pier ; it rises 7 feet above high water, and is surmounted by a moulded cast-iron curb. From the depth of the piles and plates below the bed of the river it prevents the water ever undermining the foundations. The elm bear ing piles are cut off at a level of two feet above low water, and are securely tied together transversely and longitudinally, by iron bars, bolted to every pile. The loose ground between the piles is scooped out, and the entire space filled to the top of the piles, with concrete, consisting of five parts of gravel to one part of blue has lime : upon this concrete two layers of thick Yorkshire stone landings are bedded, care being taken that no void is left between the under surface of the bottom layer and the concrete, but that the stones shall bear equally over the whole foundations. This forms the floor upon which the towers of the bridge are to be erected. The towers, which are being prepared, are of cast-iron columns, 10 inches diameter, firmly braced and tied together, and are to be inclosed in an ornamental casing, partly of wrought and partly of cast iron. The space between the frame work and the cast-iron casing of the piers and the foundations will be filled in solid with concrete, and upon this will be a layer of Bradford landings forming the floors of the piers. The chains will be carried over the towers on saddles, moving on rollers six inches diameter placed on a horizontal bed, and secured to the abutments by mooring -stones, from which spring strong brick arches, which sustain the weight of the concrete, forming the interior of the abut ments. The mooring-stones likewise bear against the side walls, so that the whole weight of the abutments is made effective in counteracting the pull of the chains. The roadway is to be formed of wrought-iron girders placed transversely at every 8 feet of the bridge suspen ded to the chains by iron bars 2 inches diameter, and diagonally braced with smaller girders of similar con struction, upon which r at the roadway plates, and upon these the pavement forming the road. The footpaths are to be placed outside the chains, and supported at distances of eight feet by wrought-iron cantilevers bolted to the transverse girders of the roadway. Between the footpaths and the road way a wrought-iron girder six feet deep, and rising about three feet above the road way, will run the whole length of the bridge, stiffening the roadway, and preventing that tremulous motion to which suspension-bridges are so subject. On each abut ment two ornamental lodges are built, in character with the architecture of the towers, and will serve as habita- tions for the toll men. There is much novelty in the construction of the foundations, and we are not surprised to learn that, since the bridge wa commenced, several French and German engineers have vi,ited the works, with a view of adopting in their own countries the method employed. EXPENSES OF THE WAR. --~---- The following petition bas been presented to Parlia ment from the inhabitants of Conway, Carnarvonshire : "To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Tenaplral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament as-,embled, the humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the Town and Borough of Conway, in the County of Carnar- von , - " Sheweth.—That your petitioners have observed with satisfaction the decided measures which have at last been adopted by her Majesty's Government, in conjunction with her allies, to resist the unprincipled encroachments of the Russian Czar. _ _ " But that your petitioners, at the same time, beg re spectfully to point out that, in return for the burdens and sacrifices of war, the inhabitants of this kingdom are entitled to require efficient securities for the future pre servation of a real and permanent peace. " That from recent events, as well as from the history of past ages, it is obvious that any guarantee, founded on the treaties and engagements of the Russian Govern ment, will prove futile, and that such treaties and en gagements will be unscrupulously disregarded whenever a temporary separation of interest and opinion among the other leading Powers of Europe, or some ether con tingency, shall appear to present a favourable opportu nity for the accomplishment of its aggressive designs on neighbouring States. " That your petitioners therefore venture to suggest that the only efficient protection that can be obtained against Russian aggression must consist in a diminution of the geograghical and military resources of that em pire, which, from their vast extent, as well as from the nefarious policy with which they have ever been em ployed, are utterly irreconcilable with the future well being and tranquillity of the civilised world. " That the dominions of Russia are in great measure composed of the territories of adjoining nations subdued by violence, treachery, and fraud, and held in subjection by a system of terror and oppression. And that the liberation of the territories thus acquired and retained would be only an act of justice to the inhabitants, at the same time that it would give to Europe, against Russian desi g ns, the only guarantee that can, consistently with the dictates of common sense, be regarded otherwise than as illusory. " That it is equally important to the general interests of Europe that an end should be put to the uppre sions and intrigues of Russia iu ileighbouring countries which have never submitted to her yoke—and that the voice of humanity as well as the requisitions of a wise and prudent policy, must plead alike for the inhabitants of the Danubian and other Turkish provinces, and for the heroic Circassians, who, unaided, have so long victori ously resisted the common oppressors of mankind. " That your petitioners beg to point out that the war now impending will, in all probability, be worse than barren of good results, if it should terminate in a mere restoration of the condition of affairs anterior to the present hostilities, and in a renewal of the treaties on which are founded the pretensions of the Czar to in terfere in the internal affairs of the Ottoman empire. " That justice obviously demands that the Russian Government should be compelled to defray all the ex penses of the war, which has originated entirely in its own perfidy and ambition ; but that your petitioners nevertheless may be permitted to ob , erve that.direct compensation for the :tost of the extraordinary naval and military armaments, required on the present occa sion, will be far less important to this country and to Europe than such a reduction or the overgrown power of Russia, as may enable the other E ropean nations to diminish those standing naval and military establish ments which will other wise be rendered necessary as a permament safeguard against her designs. " That the Ottoman Sultan is entitled to the grati tude of this country for the steps he has taken to place his Christian on an equal footing with his Mahometan subjects, and for the toleration and protection he has afforded to Protestants, in consequence of which so large a number of Protestant congregations have sprung up in his dominions ; and that the Russian Czar, by pro hibiting the circulation of the scriptures and by ex cluding Protestant teachers from his territories, has proved his policy to be founded on a settled hostility to religious as well as to civil liberty. And your peti tioners beg to point out that the noblest recompense this country can receive for the sacrifices at present im posed upon her will consist in the emancipation of op pressed nations, and in the extension as a consequence of their freedom and prosperity of the field of British comiorce—the main source of British power, British civilisation and British liberty. That in expressing the foregoing views, your peti tioners have no desire to fetter the discretion or to em barrass the policy of her Majesty's advisers. And that your petitioners humbly pray that the sen timents they have ventured to express may receive the favourable consideration of your Right lion. House. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 10. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Peninsula, from Cadiz ; Oscar, Hamburgh ; Behrends, Memel ; Thilda, Skien ; Charles Ferdinand, Callao ; Maori, Canton ; Turbot, Gravelines ; Aurora, Sarpshorg ; Earl Grey, Bombay ; Betsy, Csen ; Tongataboo, Callao ; Klara Kathinka, Aar huus ; Valparaiso, Rotterdam ; Tegner, Christiania ; Fanny, St. Michael's ; Elizabeth, Mauritius ; Ocean Queen, New York; Venus, Havanilah ; William Stewart, Cal cutta; Hector, Gravelines ; Majestic, Calcutta ; and the Continental steam-packets. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Emelia, for St. Michael's and Terceira ; Countess of Seafield, Sydney.; Bebrends, Memel ; Black Warrior, Port Philip ; Maori, New Zealand • Immanuel, Harburg ; Sumatra, St. Croix. CLEARED CiUTWARDS i WITH CAlloo.—The Chieftain, for Quebec; Feronia, Santa Cruz and Grand Canary; Spirit of "the Age, Sydney ; Cicely, Dominicia ; Ostrich, Ade laide ; Tigris, Geelong ; Gustafva, Stockhom; Mercurius, Port Philip; Warrior, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, April 10.—The Sabrina, hence to Mel bourne, was spoken April 3, lat. 41 N., long. 8 W. GLUCKSTADT, April 6.—The Ann, and -Lizzy, from Hamburg to New York,_ and the Greenwell—(brig), from Sunderland, are both lying in. the Roadstead with damage, and will probably ho:ve to come into the harbour to repair, having been in contact in the Elbe. ANTWERP, April B.—The Sarah, sailed from Buenos Ayres, on Nov. 25, for this port, and has not since been heard of, GALATZ, March 27.—The Bedlington (barque) was sunk in the Danube, near the branch of Ismail, on March 19, by the batteries ; the hull is entirely under water. The master and crew are at Ismail. YARMOUTH, N.S., March 25.—The Perthshire, of and froin St. John's N. 8., for Liverpool, which was on shore near the mouth of Jebogne River, on March 11, has driven further up towards the beach during the late heavy gales; some of her bottom planks have washed on shore; the be tween decks cargo is being discharged. ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), March 23.—The sealing fleets fitted out here and in Conception Bay, sailed for the ice between the lst and 13th M arch. A good deal of drift ice has passed to the southward during the last month, very near the land ; at present it is some distance off, and vessels can approach any harbour from Bacalieu South. Feb. 28.—The Mary, of Yarmouth, N.S. (not the Mall Scott as reported April 4), from Liverpool to Boston, had her bow port knocked in by the ice on Feb. 15, iu lat. 47 long 43, and sank about 20 minutes afterwards; creyr, except one man, who died from exhaustion, picked up in the long boat, after being five days and four nights at sea , ' and landed here. STIZTTIN, April 7.—The Navigator, hence for Aberdeen, with wheat, whilst proceeding down the Swine, in t o w of the Jack (a.), came in contact with the Friends (galley) from Sunderland, lying at anchor about two English miles this side of Swiuemuode, and has received damage in stem a nd bowsprit, and will probablydisehargeat Swinemuude. The Friends has also sustained considerable damage. HALIFAX, - N.S., March 30.—The Colchis, from Boston, for London, which put in here on the 25th March very leaky, had lost part of bulwarks and stanchions, having had her decks swept in a gale on the 19th of March; cargo discharging. Several vessels have recently been seen float ing about in the ice on the north coast of Cape Breton. Vessels have been sent out to look after them, and if pow' sibl, get them into port. PARIS, April 9.—The Trident, from Callao for Reunion , which put into St. Helena on the 9d of Jan. in distress , had been surveyed after her cargo of guano had been dis charged, and was expected to be formally condemned. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Lady Flora Hastings, 33 days from London, let N., long. 21 W. The Sabrina, from Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W., 3, lat. 51 N., long. 3 W. The Tay, from Chincas Isles to Queenstown, Feb. 1 7, with bulwarks stove and binnacle washed away in a pain' pero, ou Jan. 26, in lat. 36. J. H. Glydden, from Cardiff to New Orleans, March 1 7, lat. 25 N, long. 80 W. The Augusta Schneider, from Callao to Queenstow n, Feb. 2, lat. 56 S, long. 63 W. The Shamrock, from Callao to Queenstown, Feb. 12, lat . 41 S, long. 36 W. The Rolling Wave, from Liverpool to Calcutta, March 6, lat. 7S, long. 32 W. The City of Candy, from Cardiff to Rio Janeiro, same day. The Town of Liverpool, from Pernambuco, Feb. 24, lat. 31 N, long. 41 W. No. 8,354, 2 D. P. (barque), from Madras to London , Jan. 23, lat. 25 S, long. 59 E. E. D. T. (barque), from Shields to Cape Horn, Feb. SP lat. 44 S., long. 16 E. The Liebnitz (ship) from London to Port Philip, axl e day. The Gazelle (barque) from Liverpool to Madras, March 4, lat. 1 N., long. 22. The British Queen, from Bombay, for Liverpool, March 7, lat. 4 N., long. 22 W. The Calypso (ship), from the Clyde, for Trinidad, March 25, lat. 41 N., lat. 32 W, The British Tar (barque), outward bound, 17th, in Ist' 47 N. long, 9 W. The Burmah, from Calcutta to London, Jan. 17, in 14. 35 S., long. 23 W. The Alipore (ship), steering S.W., April 5, lat. 49 O.P long. 6 W. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The share market opened with great buoyancy at 2 to 3 per cent. above the opening prices of Saturday, hut in the afternoon a reaction of I to 1t per cent. on the opening prices took place, the market closing with a quieter feeling. Caledonian, 27 6 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61i 2 ; Lon Jon and . North-Western ' 97 8; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 201 . ; Midland, 59i ; South-Eastern and Dover, 17k 13-16. Preference shares — Shrewsbury and Chester (guaranteed 8 per cent.), 161 ; Dutch Rhenish, 4 1-16 d. MANCHESTER, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a very flat market. Prices went up at the opening, but few buyers presented themselves, and business closed at about the rates with which it had opened. Leeds, 61/ ; London Eighths, 4 d.; Dovers, 17 11-16 ; East Anglian, 6 per cents., 3 3 / 4 ; Mid lands, 593/4. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was buoyant to-day; thtre was a better demand for stocks, and prices improved considerably. Midlands were done at 54 594 ; Shrews bury and Birminghams at 50 ; ditto (London and North- Western guaranteed), 5011. LEEDS, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This morning there was a better feeling, and more disposition to speculate. Many of the transactions entered into were for the end of the next account, and at a considerable advance. The transactions were as under :—North-Western (Skipton to Lancaster line) , 7 71 16s 3d ; Great Northerns, 21i; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 61A. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —HOLLOWAY'S PILLS FOR THE CURE OF LIVER COMPLAINTS INDIGESTION, AND DISOR DERED STOMACH.-Mr. Richard Haynes, of her Majesty's Dockyard at Plymouth, for several years had not had the enjoyment of a day's goo , l health, con stantly suffering fr,,rn indigestion arid liver complaint. He h a d the best medical advice from both army- and navy surgeons, but the disease yielded not to their tre.;.taieut, and various other remedies were tried with a like result. At last he began to use Holloway's pills, and this fine medicine bas so strengthened the time of his stomach and invigorated his constitution, that ho is most perfectly cured, and en joys the best of health. —Sold by ail druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—APRIL 8. The trade to-day for wheat was extremely dull, and is! t week's prices were barely maintained. Oats met are sal sale, and in some instances a trifling advance was realisa" All other descriptions of grain unaltered in value. to Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 69 5 to 83s Od, new 69s to 83s ; red, old 57s to 795, ne w 595 to 79s ; barley, 27s to 35s ; chevalier, 33 s to 38s ; grindin-4 ts 21s to 30s ; malt, 61s to 655 ; chevalier, 645 to 68s ; ont 23s to 30s ; peas, partridge, 39s to 44s ; white, 47s to 49 5 ; boiling 54s to 6 s ; dun, iiew, 39s to 41s ; beans, tick, 3 6 ' to 40s ; Harrow ticks, 36s to 42s ; Mazagan, 363 to 395. COLCHESTER -APRIL 8. A large supply of wheat, and prices 34 to 4s per qr. lower. Barley not so brisk a sale, and the turn in favour of the buyer. Beans fully as dear. For peas there W 5l no demand. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 76, to 83-; red, 72s to 811 s ; barley, 34s to 38s ; oats, 28s to 333 bear':' Mazagan, 36s to• 388; middle and small, 38s to 46s ; petb4 white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 38s to 425. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn in the port of London, from the followiE the 3d to the Bth April, both inclusive. , &c., recel ,,, oed ig ports, fro • . 1'; A 8 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 65) 541 425 - - 560 52 6:); - 492, 275 - 2° rylv KIRKCALDY—APRIL 8. Here, today, we had extremely limited supplies of 011 , kinds of grain. Barley sold very quickly at is to 2s P°,l qr. advance ; wheat and oats slowly, but the adve,uco both over last week's rates was from 2s to 3s per qr. Wheat. I Barley. I First Second Third 1 • 360satso.; Bears'. 62s Od I Vs Od I 30s Od I Os v Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 44s Od to 465 061' COAL MARKET.—APRIL 10. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :-- s. d.! Wallsend, &c. 0 a. Carr's Hartley 2O 01 1 • C Hastiug's Hartley 2O 0, Hedley ....................... 18 0 Holywell l9 6'Johnson .................... l ei C Howard's West Hartley jEdon Main . ............ •• 1 ' Ci 20 0 Braddyll .................••10 (! 9 Netherton Old Adairs 17 0 Hetton ..................... ,•,, 6 , Tanfield Moor l7 6 Lumley ..................... °„ (I Tanfield Moor Butes 17 •6Cassop .. . . ............... . 1 - 0 Walker Primrose l7 0 Heugh Hall . . ............... 19 0 Wylam . 18 0 S ou th lielloe ........ ........ 1 9 0 TeesWhitworth .......................... 1 8 : i 18 3 Woodhouse Close .. !.. ••• 00 18 3 Derwentwater Hartley. ',..',,, D ,18 l: Sidney's Hartley ......... "11 .18 0 Wallsend, &o. Gosforth Halton Hebburn Hilda [AlovEgnsEmENT.]—A most interesting recovery front a vast CS . I Vicatiou of diseases, without the aid of medicine, is recorded i 1 following letter : 86' " Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1 - n e 4 vt "Grateful for the benefit I have derived from Du Barry'e„l,nie lenta Arabica Food, I feel it my duty to ex p res s to you my 11110700' thanks for the invariable kindness I have met with at you r self; My case is an extra irdinary one , and as it may benefit of e`t. ferers I think it but right to place its details at your disPe'„ i taffi have suffered these 33 years continually from diseased lungs, 'Yti ; of blood, liver derangements, deafness, singing in the ears: co o potion, debility, shortness of breath and c oug h, and dur.;:j et period taken so much mi-dicine that I can safely say I hav e 110' a upwards of a thousand pounds at the chemist's and doctor's. t fl ue actually worn out two medical men curing my ailments wi ,l7°u e spak, rl ing any improvement in my health. I n d ee d I was in utter ~ and never expected to get over it, when I was fortunate eno7o, become acquainted with your Revalenta Arabica, which, Hea praised, restored me to a state of health which I long since (gigll" of attaining. Sty lungs, liver, stoma .h, head, and ears are ,tiasili; my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all mY ev c ook, tances.— I am, respec t f u l' 3 , " JAMES ROBERTS, Wood 3 1 e iri strO v In canisters, suitably p ac k e d f or all climates, aid with ful l e r tions-1 lb., 2s 9d ; 2 11., 4s 6d ; 5 lb., 11N; 12 lb., 22s ; rupee,v., tined, slb , 22s ; 10 lb., 335. The 10 lb and 12 lb. carriage e gee' receipt of Post-office order Barry, Du berry, and Co., 77, i e ,tl; street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors t her t; 4 ?iccadilly ; also at 63, Oxford-street; 60, Gracechu. - ch Blshopsgate-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451, Strand BIRTHS, OP A BON. On the 7th inst„ at Glynn, the Lady Vivian. , goo' On the Bth inst. , at D yrham park, Barnet, th e Mrs. Trotter. OF A DAUGHTER. r iot On the B th inst ., at Grey Abbey, the Lady c" af Montgomery. wife .. On the B th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the the Row. E. Venables, curate of Bonehurch. '/ MARRIED. ,b 0 On the Bth inst., at St. John's, Oxford-square, riivie; Snow, Esq., surgeon, Walton, Suffolk, to Elizabetll toot youngest daughter of H e n r y Wilkiu, Esq., C°/3 terrace, Hyde-park. of°r 3. DIED. On the 7th inst., at the Manor-house, 0 shire, Frederick Whitaker, Esq. goal 001' On the Bth inst., Julia, wife of Lieutenant ~,, Crealock, 90th Regiment. 1 0 lintshire) On the Bth inst , at Bangor Rectory, F Li edt' wife of the Rev. G. A. E. Marsh, aged 62. On the Bth inst., at Richmond-place, Bzighton, Colonel Triekey, aged 84. 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