The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-17 00:00:00

Sri btrbTatou. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. BEVERLEY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STEEPLECHASE. Holderness MuHum in Parr, . Eight ran. HURDLE RACE. Lucifer .. ' Three ran. STAND STAKES. Friewalese Boy The Twin Eight ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took is seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord CLARENDON laid on the table the private correspondence alluded to the other evening, between Russia and her Majesty's Government, respecting Turkey. DISCLOSURE OF CABINET SECRETS. The Earl of I.AIVESBURY called the attention of Ithe house to the charge made by the First L or d o f the 'Treasury against a gentleman, formerly a clerk in the Foreign-office, for a violation of his duty in disclosing some secret correspondence of that department. Having observed that he felt it his duty to take this course in the interests of justice and fairplay, he stated that he was convinced for two reasons, that the noble earl had been deceived in making the charge against the young gentleman in question—first because the esprit de corps which existed among the clerks of the Foreign-office was such that there was not a single instance on record of any important secret having been disclosed by them ; and, secondly, because this gentleman had, during the whole period he was in the office, conducted himself in the most praiseworthy manner. He (the E trl of Malmesbury) had communicated with the gentleman, -whose name was Mr. Astley, and he had received a letter from him, expressing his deep concern at the charge made against him by the Earl of Aberdeen, and stating that he had not at any time, or in any way, divulged the secrets of the Foreign office, and that he could not therefore admit, as alleged by the noble earl, that he had scandalously violated his duty. Considering that Mr. Astley was the son of a baronet, had hitherto borne a high character, and was 'hardly 22 years of age, he hoped the noble earl would retract his accusation, which, coming free, the first per son in the country, next to the Sovereign, and having ' , hen for several days before the public, could not nu, Lave a very injurious effect on Mr. Astley's reputation. The Earl of ABERDEEN replied that, on a former evening, he had said he was perfectly ready to leave the issue upon this matter entirely with the gentleman himself. Undoubtedly, when he made the statement he did, he had not the slightest belief that this gentleman would find it possible to deny its truth ; but, as the letter read by the noble lord convinced him of the con trary, he was bound t o accep t the denial, and at the same time to express his sincere regret that he had been the means of casting any aspersions upon his conduct. He was sure, however, their lordships would believe him when he said that he would not have made the charge without a moral conviction of its truth, but if the noble earl was not satis fied, he was quite ready to make known to him the ground he had for entertaining that belief. The Earl of Aberdeen concluded by bearing strong testimony to the ability, zeal, and fidelity of all the clerks in the Foreign office. The Earl of DERBY expressed himself fully sa tisfied with the statement and ample apology of the noble earl, and said he hoped his noble friend would be ready to accept them, but he could not but think it would be more satisfactory if the noble earl, in pursuance of his offer, acquainted his noble friend with the quarter from which he obtained the information affecting the character of Mr. Astley. The Earl of Derby then strongly condemned the practice of communicating Cabinet secrets to the newspapers as injurious to the public service; and men tioned that the ultimatum sent to St. Petersburg for the evacuation of the Danubian principalities was pub lished in the Times newspaper the next morning after the sitting of the Cabinet Council, in which it was agreed to. The noble earl intimated that if the practice continued, he should feel it his duty to take up the ques tion, and endeavour to ascertain from the parties who published such information, the sources from which it was derived. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Scarborough Market Bill was considered and agreed to. SLIGO ELECTION. The members chosen to serve on the Sligo election committee were called to the table and sworn. To meet to-morrow at 12 o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. M. SMITH presented petitions from West Kent against the Oaths Bill. Several petitions were presented praying that all pub lic houses may be closed on Sundays. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition from the Patent Law Amendment Society, praying for an amend ment of the patent laws ; also a petition from the parish authorities of St. James's against the Poor Removal Bill. Mr. HIND LEY presented a petition from a place in the manufacturing districts in favour of the establish ment of reformatory schools. Mr. LAIN( presented a petition from a place in Scotland in favour of national education divested of all sectarianism. Mr. BE'JKETT presented a petition from Ripon against the bill for consolidating rural and town districts for police purposes. Mr. HORSF.A.LL presented a petition from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce against privateering. Col. BLAIR presented a petition from a Free Church congregation in Scotland against the endowment of Roman Catholic institutions. Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from Hull against the Oaths Bill. Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from Stoke-upon. Trent praying for the repeal of the duty on fire in. surance. ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Sir T. ACLAND moved an address to the Crown for the copy of a letter addressed by Lady Franklin to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 21st day of February, 1854, in reference to their lordships' announcement in the London Gazette of the 20th day of January, 1854, respecting the officers and crews of her Majesty's ship s E re b us an Terror. —Agreed to. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Lord J. RUSSELL, by command of her Majesty, brught up copies of treaties between Russia and Turkey, which were ordered to lie upon the table. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that, after Easter, he should renew his motion on the subject of the ballot. RUSSIAN PRODUCE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked Lord John Russell, in the event of war taking place, whether the pur chase of Russian produce would become illegal and liable to seizure on its transit overland, via Konigsberg to England ; or would Russian produce purchased by the subjects of any neutral state, and repurchased of them by English merchants, be illegal or liable to seizure on its transit from such neutral state to the port of London ? Lord J. RUSSELL was not prepared to give any answer to the second question, bat with regard to the first, he did not think such goods would be liable to seizure. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in a bill to make further provision for the good government and extension of the university of Oxford, and of the 43° Ilegee therein ; and in doing so be craved the indul gence of the house, on the ground of indisposition, in w nigh w i o n u to ld preclude th him from going at any great grave od and important question Iw in t rit , i la he.had to introduce. uce. The bill which he wished , commissi g 1 :_ was partly partly founded upon the report of the ti.. a , , !IWialch had sat upon the subject of Universi wa 1 ; 1 7 1 2:kJ I s l ll been prepared by himself, in conjunction chequer. 1 . 1 boil. friend the Chancellor of the Ex authorities seemed to concur in thinking that some reform was needed as well in the management of the Universitie s th e usually giver, in th_niselves as in the education which was propnis m e , and the changes which he was was about to to were the result of a long and anxi ous investigation in with regard to th e e a u Whole question. First, then, ,e,g ea nient of these institutions there could be no doubt tthiz was seriously defective, while it was equally elea'ru a strong necessity ex isted for extending the sph er t ect i ee n t c h d the different col leges. The studies pursu colleges were of too restricted a character to purpose tor Which they were meet thr _ wants of the age or to accomplish the great h w ev il ln e g Pointed out originally founded. The noble for re h t prevails at the evils of the professorial system waa the two universities, and which expensive in its operation, he went cted and argue in favour of a system which should e" embine to tutorial teaching with college instruction, s uc h as 2:10W imparted to the students of the two Universities Modern arts and sciences, together with mod ern s ' dis coveries, were too much neglected by the prevaili n system at Oxford, because it was the practice there t; confine the attention of the student principally to one species of education, and one class of books. The modern sciences, although recognised by the colleges, were not allowed to be made the means of obtaining honours as was the case at Cam bridge. The consequenc e of these defects must be manifest to any one who examined the subject. It was shown in the small attendance of students, the average number of undergraduates being 1,300 at Cambridge, the average number of undergraduates residing in the col leges was 1,300, and 700 in lodgings. (Hear, hear.) Now, considering that the income of the Univer sity . of Oxford was something like 150,0001., thi44 number of undergraduates was considerably too small for a great national institution like that, and it was proposed to extend the usefulness of the colleges by applying a larger proportion of the revenues to the purposes of education, and increasing the stipends of the professors. It might be contended that this would be an unjust interference with the rights of property, but a slight reflection would satisfy the house that such an objection was wholly untenable. Repeated changes had been made as well in the re venues as in the constitution of the different foundations at Oxford, and the alterations now proposed were cer tainly not without precedent. The revenues were too often diverted from the object of the founder—in fact the directions of the founders were in some instances wholly disregarded, or only colourably complied with, and one aim of this bill was to re store the revenues to the purposes for which they were intended by the benevolent founders of the various colleges at Oxford. The truepurpose of these colleges should be to prepare young men for the pro fessions which they selected for themselves, or to mix easily in the world when the proper time came for their entering. It was proposed, therefore, to amend the government and management of the institution by making the hebdomadal board, or council, partly elective, some of the members retiring once in three years after their election, but the council to be elected, in the first instance, for a period of six years. An alteration would be made in the oaths to be taken at the University, while power would be given Masters of Arts to open private halls under license from the Chancellor. The private halls would be for the reception •f undergraduates in the position of those who reside in lodgings at Cambridge, and they would be subjected to the same discipline as the students in the colleges. The system of confining colleges to particular counties or the descendants of the founders would be abolished un der certain limitations, and a change would be made in the qualifications to be required of resident and non-resident fellowships. The in nner in which it was proposed to carry out these changes was this. A commission of five persons would be appointed un der the bill to approve of the alterations which the university and colleges might make in their statutes for accomplishing the objects of the bill ; but if, after Michaelmas term, 1857, any of the colleges or the university should have neglected to make the necessary alterations in their statutes, the commis sioners would have the power to do it themselves, under the supervision of the Crown and the Legislature ; this was after the alterations they proposed to make should have been laid before the Queen in Council and before Parliament, and remained in abeyance, for a certain time, they should become and have the force of statutes. With regard to the revenues, the bill would give each college power to abo lish unnecessary fellowships, and to appropriate a fifth of its entire inco.ne to purposes of additional education for the inmates. It would be observed that no change would be made by this bill in the tests in force at the University, but at the same time if those tests were the subject of a separate bill, as, no doubt, they would be, he should be prepared to give the same vote upon it that he did twenty years ago on a similar measure. These were the main provisions, and, on the whole, he thought he was justified in saying that he was entitled to characterise the bill as a large and comprehensive in 3asure of University reform. Mr. BLACKETT expressed his regret that nothing was done by this bill to open the university to dis senters and to reduce the educational expenses imposed on undergraduates. Mr. MIALL made a similar complaint, and insisted that some provision ought to be made in this bill for abashing the University tests, leaving the responsibi lity of throwing out the measure to rest with another place, and not upon that house or the Government. - Mr. WALPO . LE admitted, that the measure was large and comprehensive in its alterations, but he took leave to doubt whether it was so as a measure of reform. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) ADMIRALTY, MARCH. 9. The Right Honourable Bertram Arthur Talbot, Ear of Shrewsbury, to be Vice-Admiral of the county of Chester. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 9. The Right Honourable Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, Earl of Yarborough, to be Vice-Admi ral of the county of Lincoln. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Cornelius Kort right, Esq., to bo President and Senior Member of tho Council of the Virgin Islands. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 17. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committed of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty Consul General at Havannab, enclosing copy of a transla tion of a decree of the Cuban Government, extending the privileges of exemption f rom t onnage an d o th er d ues to vessels bringing coils to the ports of Cuba, a copy of which decree is hereunto subjoined. (Translation.) MAami — (Copy.) His Excellency, the Governor Capiain-General and Delegated Superintendent of the Royal Revenues of this Island, has thought it convenient to announce to the pub lic, for their information, that by Royal Order of the 24th December last, her Majesty was pleased to determine as follows : Ist. That the vessels which enter the ports of this Island laden with coals in quantity equal to, or greater than, the measurement expressed in their certificates of registry, shall continue to enjoy th 3 exemptions which have been conceded to them, even if they should bring other cargo besides. 2d. That the vessels importing coals only, but in less quantity than their measurement, shall only be entitled to be relieved for the part occupied by the ooal, and be subjected for the difference to the full payment of the tonnage, although with the enjoyment of the other exemptions. 3d. Th it the vessels which, besides coals in quantity equal to their measurement, bring other cargo, in what ever quantity, are in the same classification as to the ton nage duty, but are subject to the payment of the clearing the harbour (ponton), health visits, registries, and the rest corresponding. 4th and last. That the vessels which, upon their dis charge of coal, show a proportion less by 20 per cent. than the quantity upon th 3 manifest or the certificate of the respective consul, shall lose their right to all favour and be subjected to wh It is the rule generally for other vessels of trade ; it being the pleasure of her Majesty that the pe riod for such exemptions is to be understood for one y ar, to be counted from the date of this announcement, within which term they shall mark its effects, in order that, with a thorough knowledge theref, in due time may be either definitely confirmed or revoked, as it may be found con venient —Havannah, 9th February, 1854. (Signed) MANUEL DE CARBAJAL, Secretary. WAR,-OFFICE, MARCH 17. 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—William George Stewart, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dick, pro moted, March 17. sth Dragoon Guards—Henry Hird Hay, Gent., to be Cornet, by p urc h ase, v i ce Godman, promoted, March 17. Bth Light Dragoons—Regimental Serjeant-Major Henry Fletcher Lane to be Quartermaster, vioe Landers, who re tires upon half-pay, March 17. 10th Light Dragoons—Augustus Alfred de Bourbel, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clark, promoted, March 17. 13th Light Dragoons—John Dearden, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Bing, promoted, March 17. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. —The Hon. John Constantine Stanley to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crofton, appointed to the 7th Foot, March 17. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign Archibald Campbell Camp bell, from the 79th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mostyn, promoted, March 17. 7th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Mitchell Jones, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer, who retires, March 17. 19th Foot—Ensign Ambrose Marshall Cardew to be Ad jutant, vice Barrett, who resigns the Adjutancy only, March 17. 21st Foot—Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice, Haddock, who re tires, March 17. 22d Foot—Ensign Thomas Newton Young (Adjutant) to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Baldwin, deceased, Jan. 3. 23d Foot—Major Henry Wm. Banbury, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, vice Frederick J. Phillott. who exchanges ; George Stephen Butler, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clarke, promoted ; Serjeant- Major Joseph Aston, to be Quarter-master, vice Charles Grant, who retires upon half-pay, March 17. 26th Foot—George Edmund Phipps Trent, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hayne, who retires, March 17. 30th Foot—Lieutenant Campbell Barber Browne, from 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tongue, promoted, with out purchase, to an Unattached Company, March 17. 47th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Roper to be Adjutant, vice Pilkington, who resigns the Adj utantcyonly, March 17. 60th Foot—James Hare, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice H. M. Jones, promoted in the 7th Foot, March 17. 68th Foot—Ensign Herbert Vaughan, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. F. W. Garfortb, who retires ; James Marshall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vaughan, March 17. 69th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant John Lindsay Maclean, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires, March 17. _ _ _ 79t1; Foot—JOhn Macdonald Leith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Archibald Campbell Campbell, pro moted in the Scots Fusilier Guards, March 17. 86th Foot— Quartermaster-Serjeant Henry Hammond, to be Quartermaster, vice Joseph Jerome, who retires upon half-pay, March 17. 91st Foot—Ensign Alexander Cunningham Bruce to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Norman, who retires ; Henry Edward Glass to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce, March 17. 98th Foot—Ensign William Lewis Devenish Meares to be Lieutenant, by purchase, March 17. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant John Thomas Cochrane, from Paymaster 73d Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice Peter Macdonald, promoted, without purchase, to an Un attached Company ; Second Lieutenant Henry (ore Lindsay to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coch rane, who retires ; William Norris, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lindsay, March 17. 3d West India Regiment—Andrew George Onslow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goble, promoted, March 17. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 14. Corps of Royal Marines—Lieut.-Colnel Davi'dam to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Giles, d r. M tire A d on full - Pay ; Brevet-Major Samuel Hawkins to be Lieut.- Colonel, vice M'Adain, promoted ; First Li eu t. H enry Bates Leonard to be Captain, vice Hawkins, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Francis Edward Halliday to be First Lieutenant, vice Leonard, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Li Tower H am l ets—Henry Merceron, Esq., to be Deputy .Marche 15. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment—Arthur Delgrano Swift, Gent., to be Ensicrn March 4. Leicestershi re Militia .Henry Thomas, Esq., to be Cap tain ; George Walker, Gent. to be Ensign, Feb. 25. Royal Flintshire Militia Frederick Philips, Esq., to be First Lieutenant. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1854 Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Captain the Hon. Henry Edward Hall Gage to be Major, vice Hurst, resigned, March 10 ; William Davidson, Wee den, Gent., to be Ensign, March 9. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Henry Percy Anderson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 9. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Jas. Ross, Gent., to be Ensign; Frederick Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign, March 9. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. was devoted to purposes of this description, and it was not the force of law, but the tenacious grasp of that monarch which took this property from the purposes to which it was applied, and devoted it to purposes which were perhaps more useful. The general result of all these acts was, that no land could be given to a corpora tion and held by that corporation unless there was a license from the crown, or a provision cont&ned in the act ofParliament under which the corporation was established. With regard to personal estates, to use a parliamentary phrase, he had three courses. He might forbid the giving of all personally ; and there were some gentle. men on the committee who advocated that view, but he thought that would be too stringent a provision. The second course would be to make the law the same as that which applied to the other descriptions of per sonal property, that was to say, that there should be no restraint whatever. He, for one, was not disposed to accede to that. He thought it was not desirable to in troduce so grave a relaxation as that would be. What lie proposed was a medium course between the two, and that all personal estate should be subject to one law with regard to bequests, namely, that the will should be executed three months before the death of the testator, and that notice of it be given one month before the death to the charitycommissioners. Be confessed he attached more importance to the second of these provisions than the first ; because, if one thing had been proved before the committee more clearly than another, it was the great expediency of having such gifts brought under the cognisance of the commissioners. He did not intend, of course, that the objects of these bequests should be made public until after the testator's death ; but he wished to have all such executed in :is solemn and formal a manner as possible. It was possible that under this bill some charitable bequests might fail, but it should be remembered that at present half the personal property in the kingdom could not be given for charitable purposes at all ; and therefore he considered his proposal a fair compromise. The next matter to which he would allude was the necessity of some measure for cuting the defects of titles, which had grown up under the present law. The house would be surprised to hear the extent to which these defective titles existed. Mr. Bunting, in his evi dence, said, "I think I could, in five minutes, from my own knowledge of the cases, enumerate property to the extent of 200,0001. and 300,0001., the title to which is bad, except so far as it has been cured by statute." The source of these defects in the case referred to by Mr. .Bunting was the local custom he had already mentioned ; and about twenty years ago it had been found necessary to pass an act of Parliament on the subject. He (Mr. Headlam) now proposed by a general enactment to make valid all existing titles except where proceed iiigs had been taken to impeach them ; and he trusted that no retrospective measure of this kind would ever be required in future. (Hear, hear.) There was another object which he sought in this bill to attain, namely, to prevent what were called secret trusts ; that was to say, cases where property was given to indivi duals for trusts the nature of which was not disclosed. A very strong opinion had been expressed-by the com mittee against trusts of this description, an opinion which was founded upon evidence equally strong ; and, indeed, it was obvious that secret trusts must hold out great temptations to laxity and dishonesty, and give rise to continual heartburnings. He should, therefore, propose to enact, that if any person accepted property upon any secret trust, and should omit to give notice to the Chari table Trusts Commissioners, he should be, personally liable to refund all the rents and profits which he had applied to purposes specified, and if no suit were insti tuted within a given time by the persons interested in the property, then the Attorney-General should be at liberty to sue. He (Mr. Headlam) was quite willing to admit the impossibility of entirely preventing cases of this kind ; but he thought the proposal lie had made would materially check the practice, which was, per haps, all the legislature could hope to effect. (Hear, hear.) Since the act of George 11. various exemptions from its operation were obtained by different parties ; but he was strongly of opinion that there should be one geaeral law based upon a sound principle, and that from such law no exemptions should be allowed. In the reign of George 11. a very earnest endeavour was made by the universities to be excepted, and several other bodies had since obtained - the same privilege. The committee, however, had had the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford before them, and that gentleman had stated his opinion that the university had not derived any material advantage by the concession. That state ment appeared to be quite the fact, for there seemed to have been no gifts made to the university on ac count of its exemption from the act. But although such exemptions were of such small practical value, their continuance did impart a certain degree of unfair ness to the law ; and he (Mr. Headlam) would provide against that by a clause to the effect that the exemptions which had been obtained from the operation of previous acts should not be likewise admitted as exemptions from this bill. (Rear, hear.) There was now only one other point remaining to be noticed. Dr. Wiseman had complained before the committee of the Statute of Superstitious uses. Now he (Mr. Headlain) did not think that there was any practical grievance in that statute, inasmuch as the act of the 2nd and 3rd of Win. IV. placed the Roman Catholics on precisely the same footing as Protestant Dissenters. However, as the statute of Edward 11. might have possibly have prac tical operation notwithstanding the Relief Act- -which he very much doubted—he should propose its formal re peal ; such repeal, however, not to effect the legal defi nition of the word "charity," so that Roman Catholics, Dissenters, and members of the Church of England would then all stand upon precisely the same footing. He had now enumerated all the materials provisions of the bill he was proposing, and he had described the nature of the changes which he sought to introduce. When he first moved in t.lis matter and asked the house to appoint a select committee on the subject he stated that it was not his intention to make any difference between the diffe rent religious communities in this country ; and he trusted that there was nothing in what he had said or proposed that could insult the feelings or even wound the preju dices of any person whatever. (Hear, hear.) His bill had been oonceived in no illiberal spirit towards the charities of the country. We had many proofs of the greatness and wealth of this kingdom —many proofs !of the power we exercised in the remotest parts of the world ; but the proof that made the greatest impression of all upon his mind were the enormous sums that were annually contributed by individuals amongst us to chari table and religious purposes, and the zeal and energy that were displayed by so many persons in improving the condition of their fellow-subjects, and in spreading the blessings of civilisation and religion to the farthest ends of the earth. (Hear, hear.) He had no wish to freeze up the source of this munificence ; for the alms which men gave in their lifetime—the rich from their super fluities, the men of moderate means from their necessi ties, and those in humbler circumstances from their poverty itself—conferred a benefit not only on the ob jects of their benevolence, but upon them-elves. Of money so given the description of the poet was no less accurate than beautiful— " The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain Irons heaven, Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed, It b'esseth hi m th a t g i ves an d hi m that takes." HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) COASTING TRAM BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved the second reading of this bill. Noble lords opposite who had an ticipated so much evil from the passing of the measure for the repeal of the navigation laws in 1849, would, with his noble friends on that side of the house, be pleased to learn that it had proved to ba a great boon to the shipping. trade. The shipping showed an increase of 700,000 tons, and the additional seamen employed amounted to 20,000. If any portion of the shipping trade had not partaken of this prcsperity it was the coast ing trade, which, so far from having increased, had re mained stationary. (Hear.) Be was aware that the conveyance of coal by railways and the employment of steamboats had diminished the number of ships employed in the coasting trade. One objection which had been urged to extending the measure of 1849 to the coasting trade had been, that it would afford facilities for carrying on a contraband trade, to allow foreign ships to be em ployed in our coasting trade. That objection, however, he thought was of little weight, when it was remembered that the fact of the persons employed speaking a foreign tongue would render it difficult for them to evade the re venue officers. The whole trade of the country had suf fered from the want of shipping—freights had risen up wards of 50 per cent., and in the trade between New castle and London, the wages of seamen had risen from 31. and 4/. per month to 71. and 81. The consequence of this had been a great increase in the price of coal to the consumer in this tOWR. As an instance of the injury which had been inflicted on trade by the want of shipping, he might state the fact, that there was a large company in Newcastle employed in the manufac ture of alkali, and which required upwards of 100,000 tons of shipping during the last year, but they were greatly impeded in their operations from the want of vesseis, although there were many Norwegian ships lying in the port which had brought over cargoes of timber. He hoped their lordships would see the policy of relaxing the law which gave rise to so much inconve nience and loss. There was no fear of foreigners being able advantageously to compete with Englishmen when it was considered that the latter would have a perfect knowledge of the coast and the Ports ; but many foreign vessels which now came from the Baltic and elsewhere with cargoes were often obliged to go in ballast to some other port to obtain a cargo, and no less than 415,000 tons of foreign shipping sailed from one port in England to another during the last year in ballast. Another im portant consideration was, that if they kept up the price of freights by the continuance of the pi esent law, the result would be to throw a large p*rtion of the trade into the hands of the railway companies, who were now most formidable competitors ; and if they once got the greater part of the trade into their hands it would he difficult to restore it back to its former channel. With regard to a suggestion made in the other house, th it measures should be taken to secure reciprocity, and that no country should be admitted to the advantage of cur coasting trade which refused to permit British ships to partici pate in their coasting trade, he was of a different opinion. He thought we should rather prove our confidence in the correctness of the principles we were adopting by allowing them to work their own was, and that foreign Governments should be induced to follow our example, not by any bargain compelling them to concede equal advantages to us, but by the success attending their adoption by us. (Hear, hear.) And in the case of the United States of America, the effect of throwing open our coasting trade to American vessels would be to a great extent to remove the constitutional objection urged by the United States Government against admitting British-vessels to participate in their Californian trade. He believed it would be found that foreign countries would meet us in a fair and honourable spirit, as Holland and other maritime states had done in reference to the concessions nreviously made. A clause had, however, been introduced, enabling the Crown to exclude from participation in the coasting trade of this country any foreign nation, should circumstances arise with regard to it rendering such exclusion advisable. On the ground that the measure was one calculated to extend the trade and commerce, and consequently the material prosperity of the country, he hoped there would be no objection to its second reading. Lord COLCHESTER admitted that there had been an increase in our foreign trade since the passing of the bill of 1849, but he attributed it rather to the gold dis coveries in California and Australia, the erngration which had followed, and the necessity of supplying the emi grants with necessaries, rather than to that measure. The objection, however, that had be en urge d aga i ns t th at measure, on the part of its opponents, was not on the ground of free trade, but that it would tend to interfere with the supply of British seamen to the British navy. He did not intend to propose any amendment to the present bill. Earl WALDEGRAVE suggested that national clanger might arise from the knowledge which foreign sailors would obtain of the navigation of our coasts and rivers by being permitted to participate in the coasting trade. The Earl of DERBY believed it had been stated, in reference to the measure of 1849, that by the law of the United States, any nation relaxing their navigation laws in favour of American ships would obtain the same re lax tions of the 'navigation laws of that country in return. The coasting trade was not included in that measure, and as the trade from New York to California was claimed by America as coasting trade, our ships were excluded from participating in it. He wished to know whether the necessary effect of passing this bill would he to throw open the Californian trade to British vessels Lord BROUGHAM had, with other Free-traders, op posed the measure of 1849, on the ground_ stated by the most venerable authority on free trade, though he did not go with him to the full extent—Dr. Adam Smith ; whose doctrine was that while he bad no doubt of the soundness of free trade as applied to the wealth of a coun try, he considered that the defences of a country must always form an exception. His view had always been, when things were well to leave them so, and not to apply change where change was unnecessary, especially in so important a matter as the national defences. The mea sure of 1849, however, having passed, he thought the present measure a necessary consequence, and one which the Legislature could not stop short of. The bill was then read a second time. HIGHWAYS (SOUTH WALES) BILL. This bill was, on the motion of Earl CAWDOR, read a second time. The Mutiny Bill and the Commons Inolosure Bill were read a second time. The Consolidated Fund (8,000,0001.) Bill was read a third time and passed. The select committee on the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill was, nominated, and Their lordships adjourned. Cor Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Coutts, Viscount Bury, late of Scots Fusi lier Guards and 43d Light Infantry, to be Captain, vice Griffiths, promoted, March 9. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Egbert Pell 'Pardon, Gent., to be Lieutenant; W. Mathew Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign, March 9. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Albert William Murray, Esq., late Cap tain Royal Trinidad Battalion, to be Captain ; Frederick William Woodall, Gent. to be Lieutenant, March 9. 2d Cornwall Rifles Militia---janies Campbell, Gent., late Second Lieutenant Huntingdon Militia, to be Second Lieutenant, March 11. _ _ The Essex Rifles—Samuel George Lavin, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, March 9. West Essex Militia- Zedward Brett, Gent., to be Lieu. tenant, March 11. _ _ _ Wait Essex Yeomanry Cavalry—George Palmer, junior, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Cornet John Bramston to be Lieutenant, March 11. The Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Robert Clive to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Ward, promoted, March 10. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry 'Cavalry William Lang, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Charles Vereker Hamilton Campbell, promoted, 13th March. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gen tlemen to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Charles Blake, Fleet-street. Mark Shephard, Clifford's-inn. Samuel Denton, Gray's-inn-square. Richard Hart, Wilitefriars, City. George Martin Frankham, Moorgate street. Madgwick Spicer Davidson, Spring-gardens. George Cornelius Stigant, Portsea. George Blake, Carlton-chambers, Regent-street. Mark Henry Gregory, Wax Chandlers'-hall, Gresham. stre t West, City. James Thomas Cookney, Lamb's Conduit-place, Found. ling Hospital. John Rogers, Jermyn-street, St. James's. Charles Wilkinson, Kendal. BA.NSRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Gately, iron merchant, Derby. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Colyer, licensed victualler, High Holborn, to surrender, March 28, at twelve, and Ap r il 27, a t h a f- pas t eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Martineau and Reid, Raymond buildings, Gray's-inn. William Duncan, grocer, Kingston-upon-Hull, April 5, and May 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Car rick, official assignee, Hull ; Richardson cud Lee, Kings ton-upon-Hull. Jaines Hughes, coal merchant, Birkenhead, March 30, and April 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hough, Carlisle. Mary Parkes, printer, Golden-square, April 4, at one, and May 2, at twelve, at the Court of B.mkruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Cole, Tokeuhouso-yard. James Shannon, linen-draper, Liverpool, March 29 and April 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze neve, official assignee, Liverpool; Bretherton, Liverpool. James Matthias, lineudraper, Swansea, March 29 and April 2.j, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, of eial assignee, Bristol ; Leman and Humphreys, Bristol. Charles Ferguson, draper, fiitchin, March 24, and April 28, at one, at the Court of Boukruptey. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermambury ; Longmore, Sworder, and Longmore, Hert ford. John Driscoll, potatoo merchant, Cardiff, March 29, and April 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bird, Cardiff. John Symmons, cut nail and shoe heel manufacturer, Bristol, March 3 i, and April 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Crosby, Bristol. William Jones, slater and plasterer, Liverpool, March 30 and April 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Conway, Liverpool. William Forbes, stationer and bookbin, ter, Birmingham, April 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Hodg son Birmingham. Hodg son, Frater, brewer, Manchester,- March 28, and April 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, Mott, official assignee , Manchester; Richardson, B o lt on -l e -M oors; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester. Thomas Burrowes Moss, tea and colonial dealer 12, Little Tower street, City, 24th Mar c h an d 28th April, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Moss, Q ueen - s t ree t , Cheapside. Joan Hunter, tape and lace manufacturer, Fazely, Staf ford, April lst and 29th, at ten, at the Birmingham Dig triot Court; Bittleson, official assignee; Hodgson, Birming ham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Wilson, calenderer, Glasgow. John Stewart, jun., writer, Glasgow. Peter Al‘Laren and Company, ship carpenters, Glasgow. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 82, for the 1 i to day of March, 1854. ISSUE DEP, X I Notes Issued ........ 28,€41,070 .A.ILTMENT. Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities.- 2,934,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,1)41,070 Silver bul i0n........ - £28,641,07u • . £24,611,070 it. NIA.RSIIALL, Chief Caviler. 1861. ,PARTIKENT. Dated the 16th day of March, Government Reenrittes plicludg.l)o4,l , , eight A:nnuitys 11,747 728 Other securities...... 13,064,655 N •tes . • ...... • ..... 7,620,65) Gold and silver coin .. 755,615 X 33, 1 ,44,653 MARSITILL, Chief Cashier. 'Cheers.) But the same observation was scarcely accu rate when applied to money given, nut during the life of the donor, but at a time when it ceuid hardly be called his own—given when he could exercise no self denial in providing it, nor control its disposition. (Hear, hear.) If anything, therefore, that he (Mr. Headlam) had said, or any provisions of the bill he sought to intro duce, should have the effect of changing charitable dona tions of this second class into those of the first, in induc ing men to give in their life-time rather than upon their deathbed, be, for his own part, should be completely satisfied with the result ; and he should feel that his labour had not been in vain. (Cheers.) Mr. HA.DFIELD seconded the motion for introduc ing the bill, arid expressed his regret that a measure of such importance had not been brought in by the Govern ment. As to deathbed bequests to charitable objects, he believed that the majority of the people of this coun try knee, nothing of them at all. Such, at least, had been the experience of Mr Bunting, and such, too, his own. But what they had to complain of were the diffi culties thrown by the existing law in the way of gifts to ,charitable and religious objects. The statute of mort main was never intended to operate against di,pen caries, places of worship, schools, or the like, and he believed that an entirely erroneous construction of the act had for a long period prevailed in the courts, to the no small detriment of the cause of benevolence. The charity of which the people of Manchester were most proud, was the infirmary ; but that was held for fifty years upon a bad title. The trustees had reserved a small rent-charge to the lord of the manor, and their reservation completely vitiated the title. Under the mortrnain acts copyhold land could not be applied to 'any purpose of charity ; and in the whole of large dis tricts, where the land was all copyhold, not a dispen sary, a school, or a literary institution could be safely erected. He knew a .case where a gentleman had left 60,0001. to found a blind school and a blue-coat school ; .but that noble charity Was actually kept 10 years in abeyance owing to the impossibility of finding a site to which a safe title could be given ; and the difficulty had at last to be obviated by a private subscription. (Hear, hear.) The bill would give facilities to charitable pur poses of all descriptions, and it would not have the least sectarian tendency. He should therefore second its in troluction with great pleasure. The ATT ORNEY -GENERAL said that on the part of the Governmetit there was no objection to the intro duction of the bill. (Hear, hear.) The subject was no doubt one of great importance, and he thought the time had come when the law of mortmain might well undergo revision. (Cheers.) His hon. and learned friend had given a great deal of time to the question, and no one was better able to deal with it than he ; and therefore without pledging the Government as to the course they would pursue when the bill was before them, he (the Attorney-General) had no hesitation in saying that the objects the bill proposed were well worthy of the con sideration of the house. (Hear.) Mr. BOWYER admitted the justice and fairness with which the subject had been treated by the hon. and learned gentleman, and assured the house that when measures affecting the Roman Catholics, and framed in that spirit, were brought forward, they would always be discussed with moderation and candour by hon. gentle men of that persuasion. (Hear, hear.) Leave was then given to introduce the bill, which was brought in accordingly. ENDOWED GRAMMAR-SCHOOLS. Mr. PELLATT moved for an address for the appoint ment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the stete, average number of pupils, diseip!itie, studies, and re venue of endowed schools of England and Wales • also of the endowment for scholars, their number and re venue ; likewise of all bequests of libraries, and endow ments for their support ; the character, numbers, and condition of the books, th e num b er of the librarians and their salaries, with the view of increasing the educational and of h other i motion ad vantages was theto bringpublicto in bear, forgeneral. t rf o h ar e object HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) LAW OF MORTMAIN. Mr. HEAD LAM, in moving for leave to introduce a bill to amend the law of mortuiain, said he rose for the purpose of submitting to the house a measure of some importance. He was about to ask the house to consider the whole law affecting the disposition of property for charitable and religious purposes, a law under which it was right to state, in the first instance, many institu tions in this country had been established, and which were sanctified by the memories of the past—a law which, on the other hand, it was equally right to say, by which great injustice had been done, a great amount of litiga tion had been caused, and a great amount of property had been taken from those who had a moral claim to its possession, and applied to purposes of questionable utility. He was going to ask the house to repeal the existing law on the subject, and enact in its place provi sions which he hoped to prove were more adapted to the circumstances of the time. The existing law had failed to answer the purposes for which it was intended, tnd at the same time had given rise to evils of great magni tude. It was right that he should say a word for himself, as some apology might be considered due from au inde pendent member venturing to bring forward a measure of so comprehensive a character. But the house would remember that in the last Parliament a select committee was appointed on this subject, of which he had the honour to be chairman, and, aster investigating the subject for two sessions, a full report was made to the house, and he pledged himself to bring forward a practical measure if it were not undertaken by Government. He had urged it on successive Governments since that period, and as Government did not intend to undertake the measure he thought it right to fulfil his pledge. The first law on the subject of mortain aas to be found in Magna Charta, which stated that it shall not be lawful to give land or hereditamnents to any religious house, and to take the same land again to hold of the same house, nor shall it be lawful for any house of religion to lease the same ; and if any one shall give his land to a religious house the gift shalLtie utterly void." This was in reality the commencement of the law on the subject, but before that time the principle of the common law prohibited the giving land to religious houses. Our statutes were passed subsequently for the purpose of preventing eva sions of the law which from time to time took place. This provision of Ma,goa Charta was still in force, but had become obsolete with reference to the circumstances of modern times. He might commence his proposed bill by repealing the provision, but as it did no harm he should not raise his hand against it. As he had stated this was the commencement of a series of statutes by which Par liament endeavoured to prevent the evasions which con tinually took place. Blackstone said "in perusing the history of these statutes, it will be a matter of curiosity to observe the great contrivances in evading this law from time to time, and the zeal with which successive Parlia ments adopted new remedies till at length the legislature, though with great difficulty, obtained the victory." It was true a great many statutes were passed, but he differed with him when he said the legislature obtained the victory. They were all of them familiar with what was called long terms of years of conveyancing-. Now, where land was give❑ for charity purposes they at that time evaded the law by granting the land for very long periods. The 7th Edward I. was enacted for the pur pose of meeting this evasion. Then they heard prob ably of what were termed fines and recoveries, which were proceedings technically existing in the law till within the last 20 years. They were also used for the purpose of evading the law of mortrnain, and the 13th Edward I. was enacted to prevent that mode of evasion. Then there were uses and trusts which were applied to modern conveyancing, but which were introduced also for the purposes of evasion, and the 15th Richard 11. was passed to put a stop to that mode of evasion. I n the time of Henry VIII. a great proportion of the land BANKING DCI Proprietors' capital .. 14.583.000 Itedt .. . 3,718,228 Public deposits .in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of N ational Debt, Sav ing's Bauks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,899,597 Other depo 10,887,396 Seven Day and other 8i115........ . 1,126,432 £33, I 84,653 Dated the 16th day of March, 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 14th day of March, 1851, is 245. 11d, per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXC RANGE—Tars DAY. Amsterdam.. .... 11 13 1 A i Gibraltar ...... •• • ..... Ditto, three months .• 11 15 Leghorn .............. 30 65 Rotterdam • • .... I 1 15 Genoa ...... • • •....... 25 52% Brussels . 25 15 !Venice .. — 11arnburgh ..... 13 4%. Naples 42% Altona ................ Palermo .............. 12 % Paris— ........ •• •• .... 24 97 L 6 dessina ...... 126% Ditto, three months • • 2.5 27% Lisbon ................ 53% Ilarseilles • • .... 25 27% iporto .......... Bourdeaux ............ tin Janeiro ..... Frankfort-on-Maine .... 1183£ tuenos lyres — Berlin ................ few York, 60 days' sight Vienna .. • • ............ 13 15 'hilalelphla Trieste ............ • • .. 13 16 PZICES or BULLION, YEA OZ, Petersburgh.... • • 3430 'oreign Gold in Bars 43 17 9 Kadiid ................ 50 •ortugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 n Cadiz.... • ............. 50% iexican Dollars .... 0 5 03% Barcnloua • • ..., Ne , v ...... 0 0 0 Seville ................ liver in bars ...... 0 5 113 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, MARGIT 15. Ellen Davis, a young married woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her child, Isaiah Davis, at Wolver hampton, on the 17th December last. The husband of the prisoner left her to go to work on the above day, at six o'clock. There were three chil dren in the house then, one a baby a month old. On his return at twelve o'clock, he asked where was the baby, and she said, sullenly, it was in the well. The husband at once got a neighbour to go and search the well with him, which was in the cellar of the house, and they pulled up the child with a pike. On being spoken to as to how it got into the well, she said it fell in, and she did not know why. She did not make an alarm. She looked a sullen stupid woman, and a doctor who attended her in her first confinement, said she then suffered from puerperal mania to such an extent that he recommended her to be sent to a lunatic asylum, where she was confined for several months ; and he believed her to be on the above day in the same state as when he ordered her to the asylum. Acquitted on the ground of insanity. THE MONSTER SCREW AND PADDLE STEAMER FOR THE EASTERN NAVIGATION COMPANY. —Active prepa rations are now in the course of progress at the yard of Messrs. Scott Russell, at Millwall, for laying down the immense iron steam-ship for the Eastern Navigation Company, the peculiar construction of which is exciting vast interest among shipbuilders. In consequence of there not being sufficient length in the yard for her ways, it became necessary to add the adjoining yard of Messrs. Napier to Messrs. Scott Russell's works, and many hundred piles have been driven in preparatory to laying down the keel, which is to take place in the course of the present month. The dimensions will be nearly as follows :—Tonnage, 10,000 tons, or builders' measurement, 22,000 tons ; extreme length, 700 feet ; extreme breadth, 83 feet ; depth of hold, 58 feet ; with screw and paddle engines of the aggregate nominal horse-power, 2 ,8 0 0-horses; stowage for coals, 10,000 tons ; for cargo, 5,000 tons ; 500 first class cabins, with ample space for troops and lower class passengers. Her entire construction will be similar to the tube of the Britannia-bridge, a kind of double ship, with a space of 2 feet 8 inches between, of a cellular formation. She is to have 14 water - t i ght compartmen t s , mos t o f them 40 feet ap ar t. Wi t h these, it is said, she will carry out sufficient f ue l f or a voyage t o C a lc u tt a or Australia and back t o E ng l and, an d avo id th e d e l a y o f lengthened stoppages and coaling which other steam ships are subject to. The ship is designed by Mr. Brunel, the Great Western Railway Company's engi neer, and who, it will be remembered, designed the Great Britain. It is expected by that gentleman that she will accomplish the voyage between England and India, by the Cape, in 30 or 33 days' less time than the distance is at present done by sea-going steamers. She is to be completed in 18 months.—Shipping Gazette. [A D VERTISEMENT. I—A LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treat-qr-it of the doctor, after several months' trial, was withc , :uc- Coss. At this juncture he commenced taking thews Pills. and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course of six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duc.—Sold by all drug gists ; and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, atrand, Loudon. tional purposes, the large funds belonging to these en dowments which at present were applied in very minute proportion to the purposes for which they were granted. He had not the slightest doubt that, could the whole of these funds be applied to their intended purpose, the educational system of the country might be placed on an efficient footing without any aid whatever from the Go vernment. It might be said, perhaps, that the Charitable Trust Commission were competent to deal with this subject, the commissioners had already more work on their hands than they could transact for the next 40 years to come. From the funds of Dulwich College alone more than 5,000/. a-year might be applied to the educational pur poses for which they were granted, but to which they were not applied. Another instance he might mention was that of the Grammar School of St. David's, in South Wales, where lands bequeathed for educational purposes were, by mismanagement, let for 1,5001., where they might readily realise 6,0001., and where but 501. of the amount was applied to education. The case of the Grammar School at Cheltenham proved how much might be done by rigid inquiry ; for whereas, a few years since, only sixteen children were educated there, now, in consequence of the investigation that had taken place, means were found by the fund, which had been so long misapplied, for the education of 300 children. Lord J. RUSSELL—The subject which had been brought forward by the hon. gentleman was, undoubtedly one of considerable importance, and he was not pre pared to deny that some further measures might be necessary for the purpose of thorough investigation. The inquiry, however, proposed by the hon. gentleman would be attended with considerable expense, and would, in fact, be an interference with the commission which was appointed last year. (Hear, hear.) It did not appear to him quite obvious to what an inquiry into all the particulars ref rred to by the hon. member would tend, and it was to be recollected that there had al ready been a commission of inquiry into the system of charity- schools, which had been attended witii vast ex pense, and the report of which had filled many folio volumes. He believed that there might still remain some things to he done, and that, as the commissioners appointed last year might not' be able to extend their inquiry to the subject of endowed schools and such matters, so as to be able to effect the desired improve ments, it might, therefore, be necessary to extend their powers and to give them a larger stiff than they had at present. Before, however, taking any steps, it would be desirable that the Government should take into conside ration the whole subject. He be!ieved that the staff at the disposal of the commissioners appointed last year was little adequate for the purpose, and it might be desirable to give them some additional powers. Believing that the subject was one which required the considera tion of the Government, he should oppose the motion. The noble lord then moved the previous question. Mr. HUME thought that the hon. member for Southwark must be aware that a great number of the schools to which he bad referred came within the scope of the cominission which bad already been appointed, and he therefore thought that the appointment of a new commission would be productive of mischief rather than good. As he understood from the noble lord that the Government intended taking the subject into their con,ideration, he trusted that the hon. member would withdraw his motion. He must, however, express a hope that there would be no delay in the proceeding of the commission, more espe cially with regard to the funds of these schools. Mr. HENLEY wished, where abuses existed, to see them removed ; but he did not think that the funds of any of those schools should be applied for a purpose different from that which was intended by their founders, and he trusted that no such arrangement was contem plated by the noble lord. Sir G. GREY had understood the noble lord to state that it would be necessary to increase the powers of the commissioners by an augmentation of their staff. If the hon member for Southwark passed his motion, he should he prepared to shoW that the present commis sioners had power to conduct the first part of the in quiry now proposed. By the law, as it at present stood, endowed schools were bound to send in, before such day as the commissioners appointed, a full statement of their revenues ; but it would lie impossible, with so limited a staff, to undertake the whole inquiry. Mr. PELLATT then withdrew the motion. SUSPENDED WRITS. On the motion for the adjournment of the house, Mr. WALPOLE wished to know what course the Government meant to pursue with regard to the writs for the boroughs of Cambridge, Canterbury, Barnstaple, and Kingston ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Attorney-General would make a motion on the subject of the bills he had prepared for prevention of bribery in those boroughs be fore the orders of the day on Monday next. He did not see any objection to defer the issuing of these writs, hut in the case of Tynemouth the matter was different. It was only proper in such matters that sufficient notice, say, six or seven days, should be given to the house, so as to enable any person to take objection to the course proposed, if he should think fit to do so. The house adjourned at seven o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-MARCH 16. Although the room was only thinly attended, a. con siderable amount of bus mess was transacted, as the sub joined quotations will show. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.--Lamprocles was again in high favour, 6to 1 was taken freely. Several corn missions were in hand to back Defiance, but only two or three of them were executed on the terms required. The general answer to applications was, `Full, and done with." Red Lion came back to 9to I—taken to a pony— and 20 to 1 was taken to a small sum about Pancake. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.—Ariosto, Jonathan Martin, Virago, and Lamprocles were in good request ; 10 to 1 against each of the first two was taken, 11 and 12 to 1 about Virago, 1,000 to 60 and 200 to 12 about Lamprocles. The odds quoted against Haco were laid to only 101. CHESTER CUP.—Otlers of 20 to 1 on the field indi cated something unfavourable with regard to Newinin ster-2000 to 80 taken about Brown Brandy. THE Two THOUSAND.-100 to 30 taken about Boiardo, 4 to 1 offered against Ruby, and 200 to 30 taken about Champagne. Taa DERBY.—Autocrat and King Tom were still coldly received; 9 to 1 was taken to upwards of 701. about Dervish ; 425 to 25 and 1,000 to 60 about Wild Huntsman ; 625 to 25, 1,000 to 45, and 2,000 to 100 about Marsyas, who was backed at the commencement against Ruby for 500 even. At the close Ruby was no minally at 25 to 1. 500 to 15 was taken three or four times about Andover, and some fresh investments were made on Acrobat at 30 to 1, on the chance of his jump ing up again. 2,000 to 50 and 3,500 to 100 taken about Bessus ' 1,000 to 20 each Old Noll and Boiardo, 1,000 to 15 The Early Bird, and 1,000 'to 15 wanted about Ostrogoth—odds which were offered against Phaeton after 1,000 to 20 had been taken. 1,000 to 10 betted against Marble Hill. — THE OAKS.—The bets on this event were only to small sums. MORETON-IN-MARSH STEEPLECHASES. THURSDAY. The Free handicap was won, six lengths, by Mr. J. Tollitt's Rejected, lOst 81b (Lovesy), beating Mr. Golby's Ploughboy, list 71b (S. Darling), second, Mr. Symonds's The Dean, lOst 81b (W. Archer), third. Mr. Fry's Bar sell, 94 Blb (Twiddy), Ca.ptlin Berkeley's Mina, lOst 121 b (Tasker), and Mr. Blood's Star of England, lOst 21b (W. White). Six lengths between the second and third ; Barsell and Mina walked in, and Star of Eng land was pulled up a mile from home. The Hunt Steeplechase was won in a canter by Mr. Tollitt's Tarn Wadlin, 12st. (Twiddy), beating Mr. Tollitt's Premier, 12st (Lovesy), second, Mr. Oldham's Harry, 13st, including 141 b extra (Brown), third, Mr. F. Jacob's Frederick, 12st (James), Mr. Day's Miller, 12st (Enock), Mr. Phillips's Trueboy, 12st (Gillett), Mr. J. Day's Mountain Dew, 12st (S. Darling), and Mr. Blake's Little Jane, 12st (Owner). The Hack Selling Stake was won in two heats by Mr. C. Lindon's Gift, beating Mr. C. Symonds's Janus and four others. ST. IVES' STEEPLECHASES, TEIIIRSDAT. The Selling Steeplechase was won by Mr. Wadey's Brown Bess, lOst 71b (Nightingale), beating Mr. Lang. ham's Baylock, lOst 71b, Mr. Salt's Reindeer, lOst 71b, and Mr. Fielding's the Monk, lOst 71b. The Handicap Steeplechase was won by Mr. Jones's Lady Grey, lOst 101 b (Mr. Hartley), beating Mr. Fox's Dragsman, lOst 81b, Mr. White's Queen Bess, lOst 81b, and Mr. Gibson's Lively Bob, 12st 81b. The Selling Hurdle Race was won in three heats by Mr. G. M. Erle's Pimperne (401.), lOst 71b. (Owner), beating Mr. Davis's Sadler (201.), 9st 71b (carried 9st 10Ib), and six others. The winner was bought in for 45 guineas. The Scurry Handicap was won by Mr. Fielding's Monk, beating 10 others. METROPOLITAN SECOND SPRING STEEPLECHASES.— We have authority to announce that, to avoid clashing with the Bath fixture, the Metropolitan Second Spring Meeting, at Harrow, is postponed from the 31st of March to the 11th of April. I [ADVERTISEMENT.I-Fitty thousand Cures have been effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as; t eaves fifty times its cost in other remedies). " T wenty-five years nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." "Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps; spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid, lington Rectory, Norfolk." "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's e xcellent food. Ale xs . St uar t, A rc hd eacon o f R oss , Skibbereen. ' —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, ,flatulency, spasms, si c k ness. at the stomach, and vomitings, has been remo ve d by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jol l y , Wortham Ling, neg.!' Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testi monials of 50 000 cures (including those of Lord Stuartre de Decies, Major -General Thomas King,Drs. u Shorland, and Harv e y (gratis). In canisters, with 1b instructions, 11b., 2 s . 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6 d. ; Hs. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. _Carry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and 00 .1 purTeyors to her Majesty, Ficeadil4. SHIPPING INT ELLICIENCI CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 16. ENTERED IN*ARDS.—The Baron Osy, from Antra . erp; William Thornborrow, Guernsey; Hanover, R'etterd am; Rapid, Tereeiro ; William, Guernsey ; Mati I,la, do. ; Blonde, Occra ; Dublin Lass, Guernsey; St. Plicha ,ers, St. Kitt's ; Vesta, Oporto ; Rodsley, Manilla and the Cape of Good Hope ; Vrouw Helleclina, Groningen ; Al. bertus, Guernsey ; Elena, Altea ; Florencia, Bill ; Ingram, Altea ; Culloden, Mauritius ; Paramatta, d o .; Unition, Guernsey ; W. S. Lindsay, Whampoa • Ele a ',nor, Mauritius ; Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Eclipse, Mau ritius ; Triton, Calais ; Soho, Havre ; Eon Ezer, Aai Maus ; Rhine, Rotterdam ; Glentnore, Mauritius ; James, , Lou vain ; Governor, Buena Ventura ; Admiral !elson, Guernsey. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The St. Micl z for St. Kitt's; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Brisk, Bath ursAt and River Gambia ; Concordia, Rotterdam • Charlotte, Port Philip; Gleanor, Mauritius ; Earl of Auckland, Rot ;ter dam ; Eclipse, Mauritius ; Soho, Havre ; Triton, Cal ais; Cicely, Dominica ; Missionary, Hobart Town ; Patti ota, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Bengal, Port Philip. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—• The Ann, for Madras; Adonis, Bremen ; Neptunes, Hamburgh ; Ye; ible Segunda, Santander; Maria, Constantinople and °del ;as; Sea Queen, Kurrachee ; Ttialia, Mauritius ; Newell,* tie, Ghent; Dromo, Cape Coast Castle • City of Paris, E iou logne; Olillia, Port Philip; Condor, Dunkirk; ino, Antwerp ; Eliza, Demerara ; Tiger, Hamburgb ; C )lar, Dunkirk. LIVERPOOL, MARCR 16. Tho Orontes (s s), from Alexandria, arrived this • morn ing had on board four of the crew of the barque S 1 , r i ng , mull at Gibraltar, by collision with the Himalaya (a s). BALDIINA, March 9.—The ice in the gulf, with the to rind at W. have again loosened from the coast, and drifted ra wont one wert from the land. Fair way still fast ; mild weal her with thick foc , ; temperature 3 tieg. above zero. EMDEN, March a 11.—The Eelzie, from Newcastle to Ham ourg, which put into Delfzyl, Feb. 97, with bows] irlt sprung, loss of anchor and chains, and other damage, has repaired, and proceeded on her voyage. GEFLE, Feb. 28.—Since yesterday the weather has I:« Hui mild, and a thaw set in. To-day the sky is overcast, w ith indications of cold or snow. UMEA, Feb, 25.—The Hedwig Sofie, from Simrich, Net .ich arrived at Constantinople Jan. 13, was hailed by a pi ti rate the same day off the Sea of Marmora, which, under the plea of obtaining a supply of water, ranged up along ; ide, but finding the crew armed and ready to defend theinselF yes, she bheerecl off again. PILLAII, March 2. -The Cite, hence for Hull, which . ] put back Feb. 16, leaky, and with other damage, has ( Lis charged her cargo, and the damaged portion will be sot 1. HELIGOLAND, March 7. -- Several northern logs a ad planks, part of them marked on the ends " G. G." a ad " H. G." in red paint, and various pieces of wreckai have been picked up off this isload and brought he re. Since the gale the weather has been constantly fine. Wi ad to-day, southward. AilitirELtDl2l, March 3.—The Haabet, from Rotten I am to Hartlepool, wasgfallen in with in the North Sea, dis masted and half full of water, and the reuilinder of the crew (four men) taken off and landed at Hei l voetsluys , by the Vrouw Neeltje. The master of the Haabet had pre viously been washed overboard, and two men drowne d to the hold while shifting ballast. COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD-MA.RCH 14. There was a limited number of fat beasts to-day, flz) 1 9 maintaining last week's prices, and a clearance was elm' ly effected. The supply of sheep was large and in good It e quest, without any alteration in price. Fat and sto: re calves were again plentiful. There were several pens . of fat pigs, both English and Irish. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 6it 1; mutton, 7d to 70 ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d to Od p er lb. ; pigs, 9s thl to lOs per score ; rough fat, 5s 91 to Os , Od per 141 b.; hides, 20 to 3d per lb ; cali•skins, 30 to • 4d per lb. EDIRMIRGIT GRAIN.—MAncH 15. -The supply of grain in the market to-day was mckcler Ate. Wheat, barley, and beans fell considerably, while oasts I' os ° 4d on the average, a considerable quantity havin g been sold for seed. Sales for all sorts were dull. Wheat oil the top 2s 4d, and the average .s Bd, clown. Barley on the top is, and the average 3,1, down. Oats on the top 2s 8d down, and the average 44 up. Bea. as On the top 4s up, and the Average 84 down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 379 qrs sold 273 qrs Barley B2l qrs sold 654 qrs Oats 1769 qrs sold 1187 qrs Beaus l5l qrs sold 102 qra Top of Wheat ......... ..... ...... ..... .... 62 t'lb 90 . 4 04 • Barley...—. ............. .......... 57# lb Vs Od -- Oats Beans 69lh 6as Od Average of wheat .C3 15 9 9-12 ths Ditto of Barley Ditto yf Oats . 1 13 9 0-12t.hs Ditto of Beaus . ...... .......... BOSTON—MARoa 15. At to-clay's market the wheat ,trade was in a most 41 cited state, and with a limited supply the demand ru exceedingly dull at a decline of 3s to, in some instant • s► 5s per qr., and even at this reduction only little busint it es was transacted, the dealers generally operating with c tlit" creme caution, whilst some merchants refused to look at •,s sample. In the value of spring corn no material chalk 1 8 occurred. Prices :—Wheat, red, 64s Od to 75s Od; white, 75s Od Eo 77s Od extra, Bas Od. Barley, 32s Od to 38s Od. Oat th 24s to 30s. Beans, 42s Od to 49s Od. Peas, 45s Od to IA )s per qr. NEWARK—MAucII 15. At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a good attendance., and liberal supplies of grain, which experienced a heavy trade. Wheat was 4s to ss, and barley was Is to 2s per qr., lower. Other articles as before. Prices :—Wheat, white, 88s Od to 90s Od; red, 82a1 Od to 86s 'U. Barley, malting, 3 4 s Od to 42s Od; griudin4 36s Od to 38s 01. Oats, old, 3Js Od to 36s 0,1; new, 278 Oil to 30s Od. Beans, 46s Oil to 62s Od. Peas, 00s a 1 to 008 Od. Malt, 66s Od to 708 Oil. Tares, 68s Od to 72s o\i, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was depressed to-clay, . at a decline upon yesterday's rates, but closed at a slight.: advance from the morning's quotations : —Aberdeen, 114 ; ; Caledonian, 27$ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63$ ; Leeds bkrthern, 134 ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 114; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 214 ; Midland, 59i ; South-Eastern and Dover, 1811-Ih, ; East Lancashire,. Quarter Shares, 84; Buckinghamshire, 9.i. MANCHESTER, MARCH 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business still continues to be small in amount. The sales were :—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, IIA dis. ; Caledonian, 27$ ;. Lancashire and Yorkshire , 63a x.d. ; London and North-. Western, 1001 ; Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, 211;. Midland Railway Consols, 59i ; South Eastern, 18 n. BIRMINGHAM, MARen 16. STOOL ExonArrun —There was but little doing on. Change to-day. Midland closed at 601. BRISTOL, MARCH 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues without ani mation. Great Westerns, which opened this inclining A 78, closed this afternoon at 77i ; and Vale of Neath sha.re3 were done at 151. TRIAL OF DR. SMITH FOR MURDER.—OR Monday last - Dr. Win. Smith, lately residing at the old village of St. Fergus, near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, was placed at the bar of the High Court ofJusticiary, Eninhurgh, charged with the murder, on the 19th of November last, of Wm. M`Donald, farm-servant, on whose life the prisoner is said to have effected various insurances for short periods, and which were on the point of expiry when M , Donald was found lying dead in a ditch, in a field near the prisoner's house, having apparently been shot with a pistol. The respectable station hitherto occupied by the prisoner, and the extraordinary grounds of suspicion alleged against him, gave the trial a degree of interest which has not been paralleled in Scotland for many years, and the court-roam was densely crowded with a most respectable assemblage,. not a few of whom had come from the locality, a distance, of 150 miles, to witness the trial. The Lord Advocate (who , had come down from London for the purpose), with the Solicitor-General (Craufurd) and Mr. Clark, conducted the prosecution. The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates (Inglis) and Mr. Young appeared for the defence. The pri soner, a tall man, negligently dressed, of fair complexion, and about 35 years of age, pleaded "Not Guilty," and a jury were accordingly empannelled. Throughout the day he maintained great composure, and often evinced cheer fulness. On the first day only 14 out of 81 witnesses for the prosecution—chiefly the relatives of the deceased—had been examined. Next morning, on the meeting of the court, the progress of the case was stopped by the ab sence of a juror, regarding whom medical evidence was given that he was labouring under a degree of mental excitement such as to disqualify him from discharging the duty for which he was sworn. The diet was con tinued against the prisoner, against whomcriminal let ters will immediately be served, so as to bring on a new trial as early as possible. BIRT II S. OF A SON. Ott the 13th inst., at the Auberries, Essex, the wife of C. Alexander, Esq. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Richard Sharpe, Grange•road, Bermondsey. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 13th inst., at Downham Rectory, Cambridge• shire, the wife of the Rev. Fr ederic k Fisher. On the 14th inst., at, Some-lodge,, Hamm ersm ith , th e wife of Louis Jacob. MARRIED. ORtie. em. 16th ins at St. Mary' s Ch urch, Kensington, the .Ga t' Garrett, curate of St. M ary ' s Church, Car- Tl 6 di tt t o Emma Graham Eardley Howard, of 3, Drayton terrace, Old Brompton, ( laughter of the l a t e C a pt a i n W. 11.E' H o ward, of the H.E.1.C.5 ., Bengal Fusiliers. On the inst., at St. Pancras Church, Frederick, second son of Lewis Helbling, Esq. of Tulse-hill, to Maria, eldest daughter of George I. Wulff, Esq., of Duncan terrace. On DIED. the 14th inst., at Queen's-road West, Regent's-p a rk, Mr. Thomas .Augustus Warde, youngest son of the late Ambrose Ward, Esq., in his 23d year. On the 14th inst., at 20, Blomfield-street, Westbourne terrace North, Helen Malcolm, the wife of Mr. John R. Stevens, aged 24. On the 15th inst., in Harewood-square, the infant daughter of James F. Saunders, Esq. On the 15th inst., at the Castle Priory, Wallingford, aged 72, Thomas Duffield, Esq., the High Steward of the boroagh, and magistrate of the county of Berks. 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