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could not agree to any single proposition advanced by either of the hon. gentleman who moved and seconded the motion. He should at present confine himself to simply denying that the increased taxation on malt and spirits would be paid by the landed interest, the fact being that it would be paid by the community at large. (Hear, hear.) He begged leave entirely to decline the discussion until they arrived at the stage when the question might be fairly raised and fully considered. Of course, the Government must meet the amendment with a negative, and adhere to the resolution as it stands. (Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI considered it most impolitic that a subject which he had thought was set at rest for ever should have been brought by the Government again on the carpet of Parliament. He quoted precedents of former Governments of the postponement such as be suggested last night of similar resolutions for further consideration. He must still urge upon the Government to postpone this resolution. If the Government con sented to postpone it till Monday he should support the Government ; if they did not, he must support his hon. friend the member for Cambridgeshire (Mr. E. Ball). Lord J. RUSSELL thought the house had agreed last night to receive the report to-night, and take the whole discussion next Monday; but from that agreement the right hon. gentleman now seemed to wish to deviate. He denied that the precedents quoted by the tight hon. gentleman were at all analogous to the present case. The chairman of the Inland Revenue calculated the loss to the country of collecting this tax, even for one week, would amount to 250,0001. —(hear)—and would hon. gentlemen opposite deprive the Government of this sum for the good of the country, merely to take a division to night, instead of waiting till Monday next ? (Hear.) Sir J. SHELLEY supported the view taken by the Government on this question. Mr. HENLEY begged to give the most positive denial that there had been any understanding on his side of the house not to oppose this pait of the resolutions to-night. Mr. GOULMIRN remarked that if this question were delayed, the maltster would get all the advantage, for he would take his malt out of bond at the present duty, and when the duty was raised he would sell it at a price as if it had paid the higher duty. Mr. BARROW denied that there had been any un derstanding about agreeing to these resolutions to-night. If there had been any understanding, it was that the question should be postponed for discussion until Mon day rent. Sir C. WOOD reminded the house that no one would be pledged by the vote to-night ; and as a question of 250,0001. being saved to the public purse was involved in this vote, he put it to the hon. members whether they would not be acting injudiciously if they delayed the report until Monday next. The house then divided when there appeared— For the resolution Against it Majority —Bl The result of the division was loudly cheered by the supporters of the Government. THE SUGAR DUTIES. In answer to Mr, DUNLOP, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in the statement he made last night he proposed a scale of duties on sugars, irrespective of origin, and ho likewise proposed that the scale of duties should take effect im mediately, but an objection was taken by the right hon, member for Huntingdon that there was still a period of nine weeks to run, during which those persons interested in the sugar duties had a right to look for a continuation of the differential duties. The Government were dis posed, under all the circumstances, to give way to that objection, and he had therefore framed a resolution which would authorise them to levy 15 per cent. on the sugar duties as they now existed. The course adopted by the Government was in accordance with precedent, for the proper manner of limiting the operation of the present duties would be by a clause in the act. A clause would therefore be proposed at the proper time, limiting the operation of those duties from and after the 15th of July. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. BAILLIE wished to ask the right hon. gen tleman whether he had understood him to say that the different classes of sugar were to be maintained '• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER believed that on the previous night he had mentioned that the standard of sugar should be reconstructed and modified. The alterations, if the house should adopt the proposals of the Government, would not be great ; but their ten dency would be in favour of the lower qualities. (Hear.) Leave was then given to bring in a bill founded on the resolutions. THE ORANGE RIVER TERRITORY, Mr. ADDERLEY moved an address, praying that her Majesty would reconsider the order in council for the promulgation, on or before the Ist of August next, of a proclamation abandoning and renouncing all sove reignty over the Orange River territory and its inhabi tants. He desired to vindicate the right of the people of this country to a voice in the disposal of the territories of the Crown. A great constitutional question was in volved in the consideration he proposed to the House. He briefly sketched the history of the territory since its occupation in 1836, and urged that the renunciation was a breach of engagements, and was in opposition to the wish of the colonists, and he dilated at considerable length upon its illegality and its expediency. Mr. G. LIDDELL seconded the motion. Mr. F. PEEL said his hon. friend had reviewed this subject to its illegality, and as to the policy and expe diency of the course which the Government had been pursuing. It was upon the illegality of the course pur sued, and as to the competency of the Crown to perform a constitutional act, which it had been advised to execute that he principally laid stress. The expediency and policy of the measure seemed to be of secondary importance. The course which the present Government had taken was that of carrying out the determination of the late Government, whose policy was to abandon the Orange territory. Now, what had the Crown done ? Why, it had made an order in Council by which it autho rised a commissioner of the Orange territory to issue, on a specified day, an order by which the Crown abandoned its sovereignty over a certain district, and he thereupon declared that thenceforward the Crown would not hold itself responsible to give protection to British subjects who chose to permanently reside beyond the limits of the Orange River. He certainly considered that the Crown was perfectly competent to take that course without its being necessary for the Government to have recourse to an Act of Parliament. The case of this ter ritory was this :—lt was a country which had not been acquired by colonisation, and it was not a country which was the fruit of settlement by British subjects, but it was a country which had been acquired by conquest. The honourable member had considered that the case of this territory was like that of Gibraltar, and he had had the boldness to compare that stronghold which this country had held for a , century and a half with a country the possession of which they had had for only five or six years. The hon. member compared Gibraltar—the key of the Mediterranean—with a terri tory which was valueless as an acquisition, and an un inhabited desert in the midst of Central Africa. The hon. member had described the territory at being ex tremely fertile—its produce very abundant—and amonc its mineral resources gold had been discovered. He • (Mr. Peel) could only say that the hon. gentleman had been greatly indebted to his imagination for his descrip tion of the country and its contents. There were other peculiarities connected with the territory. It had never been a colony—never raised into the condition of a colony ; but it remained now as it first was when it came under the dominion of England. English law had never taken root there. It had never been planted, because the proclamation of Sir Harry Smith was not made previous to the late war. The law in force was the Roman Dutch law. It was country for which the Crown had never granted any regular constitution, and, although letters patent had been issued by the Crown, they did not reach the colony before the late war broke out, and Sir Harry Smith postponed the promulgation of them. As to • the question whether the Crown could alienate a portion of its dominions, there were at least two precedents, and these two were Tobago and Minorca. With regard to the former, it was ceded to this country by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, and it remained in the possession of England for 20 years. It was not conquered by their enemies dur ing the American war, but it remained in their posses sion during the whole of the war, and yet at the treaty of 1783, the Crown, without the authority of Parlia ment, either precedent or following, ceded that island to the Government of France, and made no provision for British subjects, except that the French King should respect their property. With regard to Minorca, it was a still stron ger case . Th e i s l an d was in th e possess i on of this country for nearly 70 years. It was ceded by the treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, and it remained in their Possession until nearly the close of the American war. He mentioned the case of this island principally because he had b een told that English law had begun to take effect within it, for the Spanish law was substituted, to a great extent, without any authority o f P ar that island to the liament, the Crown ceded Government of Spain. This power of alienation of the Crown was exercised only when the Crown made a treaty of was to pass an act of ppaerale. But suppose the house v essels coming to thei r prohibiting Russian ports, it were known that / Russia would not make a treatypeace with them unless that prohibition were removed, of ved, 7 ould it be p t e it would to remove con sidered that, before making a treaty o o l v i e e n the ate be requisite to p ass an act of Parliament prohibition ? Certa i nly not. The Crown could rera a a portion of its dominions when conquered by force of arms. The hon. gentleman quoted th e authority of Grotius and other j urists as to cession of territory. He could not admit the authority of Grotius as regarded the constitution of England or the prerogatives of th e Crown. The ho n . g entleman said, the power used Was only exercised when a treaty of peace was made. But he ought to recollect that this territory was that of a conquered country. The hon. gentleman referrterritoryed to the opinion of Mr., Porter, who said that t became ours by occupation, and that it had been ac quired by cession. But the most a uthoritative decla ration as to the nature of the title which we acquired was to be found in the reports of the Privy consisting of Lord Campb ell and several other eminent members of that board. And that body did not agree with Mr. Porter, nor ,001-11(1 they con cur in his conclusions. They were of opinion that the original sovereignty of conquest attached to it—that it had been taken by her Majesty's army—that in im parting to such a territory a local government there was only liberty to depart from the model of our own so far as the welfare of the colonists justified. If the hon. gentleman admitted that conquests might be ceded to the enemy, it was quite competent to cede to those from whom we conquered the territory, namely, its own in habitants. If this territory had been acquired by occu pation, it was well known that the Crown could not •confer any legisiative power upon any authorities within its limits who had not been elected freeholders of the country. But the constitution which, in 1850, was pro vided for the Orange River territory, vested the legisla tive authority in Persons who were nominated by the Crown. In point of fact, there could be no doubt but this territory had been acquired by conquest. The hon. member referred to the precedent of the United States of America, and maintained that, though. the Crown in thata free case a er nd independenteeognisedtl r s ev ta o t l e te , d it cdoildonsieos virtue e ico as f an Act of Parliament. But there were many reasons in the case of those colonies for rendering the concur renceth was a well any knownof its s t u h b a the t c r o o f w P a a itself e w n a t s dleessisr adisposed t jects to conclude hostilities ; and, unless there was an express declaration of Parliament on the subject, it was not likely that the Crown would have suffered hostilities to be brought to a termination. Another reason why Parliament authorised the Crown to treat with the American colonists was, because there had been a long series of acts prohibiting commerce with the American colonists, who would not, of course, agree to a peace until those acts were repealed. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman referred to the Act of 1836. That act em powered the Crown to exercise the jurisdiction of a magi strate beyond the limits of the colony. That act laid down a most important principle as to what ought to be the policy of this country. The hon, gentleman then read the section which gave the Crown power to exercise the jurisdiction of a magistrate beyond the limits of the Orange River, but said that nothing therein contained should extend to vest in her Majesty, her heirs or suc cessors, any claim of sovereignty over any such terri tory, or power to dicate to the tribes, &c., of such out lying territory. (Hear.) He wished they had never crossed the Orange River except with magisterial au thority, merely to punish those who offended against the natives of our own colony. As to what the hon. 'gen tleman said of the allegiance of those people, it was quite true that no British subject could divest himself of his allegiance except by consent of Parliament. They had not divested British subjects of their allegiance. All the Crown did was to relieve the people of this ter ritory from their subjugation. It might be asked, could a man remain a British subject and be also the subject of another country ? He might answer that question by asking anothdr. Where was the inconve nience resulting from those persons remaining British subjects ? They would find it no more inconvenient than millions of British subjects in America who had emigrated from this country. But if those people really desired to be relieved from any communication with the Government of this country or its sovereignty, a bill might be introduced into Parliament for that purpose. It might be stipulated that those inhabitants should be relieved from their allegiance, and at the same time that they should forfeit all the rights, privileges, and immunities attaching in a British subject, including the right of inheritance to their relatives who might die in the Cape Colony, and who were our sub jects. The house had acknowledged that this was en tirely a legal question, and one which he could presume to say little upon. The law officers of the Crown, however, upon whose advice the Government had acted would no doubt be prepared to defend their opinions. As to the question of policy, he would endeavour to state to the house what were the motives which actuated the Go vernment in the line of policy they had pursued. The hon. gentleman complained that this question was not referred to the Cape legislature, but he (Mr. Peel) maintained that the Government was right in viewing this question as they did, namely as an imperial question —an essentially imperial question—(hear)—the home government being much more interested in it than the local government. He agreed with the hon. gentleman that where self-government was given to a colony the colonists ought to bear the expenses of maintaining the internal and frontier tranquillity. The Government re cognised the soundness of that doctrine, and had acted upon it as far as they were able. The Legislature had shown a disposition to accommodate itself to the views of the Government. He must remind the house that it was not now for the first time this doctrine that the colonists should pay the expenses of maintaining frontier tranquillity was laid down by a Secretary of State. The hon. gentleman then read the instructions of Lord Grey, at the close of the Kaffir war, which lasted during the years 1846 and 1847. The opinionrof the Government, Lord Grey said, was, that though, under the circum stances, the late Kaffir war being justifiable, the Go vernment was right in recommending a large grant for the payment of its expenses—that effort on the part of the mother country could not be repeated in the event of a similar coitingency. Such were the wor d s o f L or d Grey. But what happened ? A Kaffir war broke out again in 1851 ; and everybody knew that the whole ex penses of that war had been defrayed by this country. What was happening at this very moment? Why, there were now 8,000 troops in the Cape colony. The Go vernment felt it impossible to withdraw them, much as they wanted them, knowing that if the force was re duced war would break out afresh. And if the local legislature had been asked to maintain those 8,000 troops, would they not have complained—have declared the troops were necessary for the protection of the colony, the keeping peace on the frontier, and that their means and resources were utterly inadequate to such a burden. But if the local legislature would say in time of peace, what would be the case in the time of war, when the force would be raised from 8,000 to 10,000, at which it stood 12 months ago. Why, the colonists would say they could not pay the expenses, and the result would be this country would have to pay them as it had to do before. Therefore, he was justified in saying this was an essential Imperial question, and the Government would be wanting in its duty to that house, which had so liberally supplied its demands at the time of the Kaffir war, if it did not seek to extricate them from the source of expenditure and of trouble. This was the policy which the Government had pursued in British Kaffraria as well as in the Orange River territory. He (Mr. Peel) wished we could quit altogether British Kaf fraria—he wished they could hold themselves aloof from the native population of the country, and say to them, " You must manage your own affairs." But General Cathcart had advised the Government, that if they abandoned British Kaffraria, the possession of that country having been the object of the late war—the object for which the Kaffirs went to war— the abandonment would be considered by the Kaffirs a victory. But, if they could not abandon British Kaffraria, let the Government at least take advantage of the lessons of experience. The case of the Orange River territory was identical with that of British Kaffraria. In British Kaffraria, there were 60,000 Kaffirs and 1,000 Europeans ; in the Orange River territory, 100,000 Kaffirs, and 10,000 Europeans. There being this mixture of aborigines and Europeans, and the latter having possessed themselves of the most fertile parts of the country, it would be their mutual interest to maintain tranquillity. There was only one of two courses for Government to pursue—either to estab lish a strong government, supported by a large mili tary force, to crush division and uphold the limits of the territory ; and the other course was that which the Government now proposed for the acceptance of the house—namely, the cession of the Orange River terri tory. The course which the Government had taken was supported by great authorities. The Orange River ter ritory had been acquired under peculiar circumstances. When Sir H. Smith went out there in 1847, it was still a possession beyond the limits of the Queen's dominions. In one of the despatches, Sir H. Smith compared him self to the Governor-General of India. He said that governor -generals who had been most eminent for their ability had determined to rest content with the extent of the dominions which they had found, and yet their rule was invariably distinguished by the annexation of new tracts of country. The anticipations of Sir Harry Smith unfortunately turned out to be delu sive, and it was proved by unfortunate events, that, so far from the majority of the aboriginal inhabitants being favourably disposed towards British rule, the over whelming majority of them were d ec id e dl y hostile to it. Lord Grey, before leaving office, warned by these facts, had bequeathed it as his opinion to his successors that the settled policy of this country ought to be to abandon the Orange settlement. Sir G. Clarke had expressed similar views, and had spoken of the settlement as one which was anything but an acquisition in the proper sense of the word, the territory being one which brought no strength to Great Britain, and no credit to its cha rater, and no lustre to its crown. The Government had suffered themselves to be guided by these and similar opinions, and it was satisfactory for them to think that the course they had adopted was that which was most acceptable to the natives and the Dutch farmers. An HON. MEMBER moved that the house be counted. CAt the time that the motion was made there were nothing like 40 members present, but when the bell rang the members flocked in from the coffee-rooms and smoking-rooms, and soon made a house.] The SPEAKER counted, and their being 40 members present, there was, of course, a house. Mr. F. PEEL continued his address, and gave an his torical summary of the circumstances under which the Dutch farmers who were now invited to undertake the responsibility of self-government first settled in the colony. The delegates appointed by those boors had recently declared their entire willingness to undertake upon themselves the government of the country, and Sir G. Clerk had signed a convention with them recog nising their country as henceforward independent of British rule. It could not be denied that the immense grants of land which had been made to British proprie tors had been exceedingly prejudicial to the native chiefs. The extent to which the British proprietors pushed their encroachments was sufficiently proved by tho fact that 140 English proprietors, who were absentees, residing at the Cape Colony, had in their hands no less than two millions and a half of acres in the sovereignty. The Government had adopted that course which was mani festly most popular with the natives, and they resolved to discourage further intervention in the quarrels of the native tribes. He hoped the house would sanction their policy, and reject the motion. 81 r PAKINGTON observed that, during the time h had the h onour of hold i ng the seals of the Colonial-office, his att ention had been much directed to South Africa, in eluding the Orange imraPortant subject of the retention or non-reten . tion of the O River territory , . He felt bound to stat e his vie ws upon by those who deemedalways them. He quite acknowledged the excellent motives of the introduced subject, but he was sorry that he could not concur in the hon. gentleman. The hadsubjectheOpinions expressed by —one relating to the policy other as to the la the Govegerentizent carried out hon. gentleman into two headys, been divided by the could noetirn'B motion, g o a f l a it b y an o d f o t n h i e ng m th od e e so i v n er w e h ig i n ch t considered therefore,e whateveran to that object. The terms of th th e e h y on. however, were so general that to refer directly to either point, and, might be his (Sir J. Pakington's) ultimate opinion propriety of the m ode of p roc e edin g adopted by the the G o still, as he differed from his hon. fri en d as to tvheopmroepnrtiety of tho abandonment of the territory, it would be impossible for him to vote for the resolution in its pre sent terms. He concurred with the hon. gentleman the Under Secretary for the Colonies in the wish that we_had never had the Orange River sovereignty. He very much regretted the policy adopted by the Government of Lord J. Russell in acceding to the wishes of Sir Harry Smith, that the Orange River territory should be added to the dominions of the Crown in South Africa. Earl Grey, then the Colonial Minister, at first expressed a very strong dis inclination to increase the territories of the Crown, hut nevertheless he relied on the representations of Sir H. Smith, and accepted the sovereignty. A very short time, however, elapsed before Lord Grey was desirous of re versing his policy, and when h© (Sir J. Pakington) suc ceeded in 1852 to the office of Colonial Secretary, he found that Lord Grey had actually sent out directions for steps to be taken to abandon the sovereignty. Lord Grey had also sent out a commission, consisting of Major Hogg and Mr. Owen two gentlemen who performed their duties with great ability, and the country had to 'egret the premature death of Major Hogg, a man esteemed and valued by all who knew him. During the time he (Sir J. Pakington) was in office he took no active steps as to the Orange River Territory, being in hopes of receiving the re port of the two commissioners. He had no hesitation, how ever, in saying that his own individual opinion was in ac cordance with that of the hon. gentleman the Under-Secre tary for the Colonies, and of the Duke of Newcastle, in favour of the reversal of what he considered a ruinous step. As he had said, while waiting for a report from the com missioners, he had taken no active steps beyond consulting the law advisers of the department as to the proper mode of proceeding to effect a step which he thought sound policy required to be taken. He need not detail the reasons which inducedhim to come to the resolution which he had adopted, for in the speech of the hon. member for North Staffordshire (Mr. Adderley) he had heard no very strong reason against that course. He doubted whether the country, or even that house, was fully aware of the gigan tic extent of our possessions in South Africa. Most persons regarded the colony of the Cape of Good Hope as limited to th town and harbour, and some circumadjacent lands, and few were aware of the enormous extent of the territory, which, even without Natal and the Orange River territory, was not less,than 600 or 700 miles in length and 300 in ,breadth. The population, especially of Europeans, was not adequate for the necessities of that immense district. Upon the eastern confines of that enormous territory was a dis trict not hitherto attached to the British Crown. and then came the colony of Natal, to which possessions, already too large, were then added the Orange River territory. He be lieved he did not at all overstate the facts when ho said that between the Orange River and the Vaar was comprised no less than2so,ooo square miles, with a population of 100,000 Kafirs, fully 60,000 of whom constituted the pseudo tribe ac knowledging allegiance to the chief Moshesh, and were among the most intelligent of the Kaffir tribes. Sir G. Cathcart had attempted to settle the question; but a struggle en sued of a more formidable character than any in which we had ever before been engaged in South Africa. The Euro pean population in that country did not exceed, he believed, 10,000, of whom not 1 in 20 were British subjects. The re mainder were of Dutch origin, a large portion of whom had migrated to that territory in order to escape British sove reignty. (Hear.) Those persons did not concur in any wish that the British Crown should retain the sovereignty, and he believed that that desire was confined to the handful of British subjects who had speculated in land there. Au argument had been used, dwelling upon the danger and in convenience of allowing an independent republic to esta blish itself upon our northern frontier. How could that be prevented, when it already existed? _He could not agree that, wherever those migratory boors—those flying Dutchmen, as he might call them—chose to wander we were bound to follow, and assert a sovereignty in order to avoid the phantom danger of an independent republic in our vicinity. (Hear.) That republic existed now, but it was surrounded on nearly all sides by British territory, and was 400 miles from any seaport, so that little danger could be apprehended from its existence. There was another point worthy of consideration—what would be the expense of maintaining possession of this. territory? He was ad vised that we could not keep the sovereignty without an army of 2,000 men, of whom 500 must be cavalry ; and, with our already overgrown possessions in South Africa, it could not be worth while to maintain such a force for the sake of a handful of Europeans. Was there any object of imperial policy requiring such a step ? He could see none. It was true that he had seen it stated in the news papers that gold had been found, but he believed the Government had no authentic information on that point, and he must say that his impression remained the same as as to the propriety of retaining the territory. He found by the last despatches that, so far from reversing the opi nions he had held when in office, they went very strongly to corroborate them. Sir George Clerk had sent home some very strong despatches describing the state of the country in the most discouraging terms, and Sir Geo. Cath cart, than whom there could be no higher authority, had also written home, evidently sharing the opinion that, after the struggles we had had in South Africa, and looking to the amount of European population and other circum stances, it would be more advisable to abandon the colony. Mr. V. SMITH said the main argument of the hon. member for North Staffordshire was, that the sovereignty of the colony ought to be abandoned by act of Parliament, and not by the will of the Queen. He (Mr. S.) did not, however, think that the hon. gentleman had advanced his arguments by the speech he had made. As a layman, ha thought that, if the Crown had the power of making bar gains and ceding territories, it ought also to have the power of abandoning them. It had never, however, been the policy of this country to abandon an inch of territory. On the contrary, our policy had always been to claim every rock upon which a head of cattle could be found, and an nex it to the sovereignty of England. He believed the opinions of Major Hogg, Mr. Owen, Sir George Clerk, and of all persons conversant with the Cape colony, were in favour of its abandonment, as a costly and unprofitable appanage of the Crown. It was, he thought, absurd to say that an extensive and barbarous colony in South Africa should be maintained at enormous cost, in order that it might enjoy a free constitution ! It was equally absurd to contend that the cost of abandoning the colony would be as great as retaining it, after the experience we had had of three Kaffir wars. If the hon. gentleman proceeded to a division, he would cordially vote against the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would confine, himself strictly to the legal part of the question, and he must 'say the hon. member for North Staffordshire had hardly acted fairly towards the house, or, at all events, towards the legal advisers of the Government, in the manner in which he had framed his resolutions, as he (the Attorney-General) and his hon. and learned colleague, the Solicitor-General, were not aware until that evening that his motion would involve any question of the legal rights of the Crown. Ho would very briefly state the grounds on which he was pre p...ea to justify tho eonrse whirl, th e aoyernme u t bed pursued. Colonies might oe divided into three classes-- such as were acquired by occupancy on the one hand, and such as were acquired by conquest or cession on the other. As regarded colonies gained by occupancy, there was no doubt that a British subject who went forth and occupied a territory hitherto unoccupied, carried with him all the rights and privileges of his birth—the laws, in other words, of England, in so far as they were applicable to his condi tion. On the other hand, where colonies were acquired by conquest or by cession, the Crown gained the absolute so vereignty, and no person settling or born there had any right to the laws or institutions of this country. As to colonies acquired by occupancy, considerable doubt existed whether the Crown had'any right to quit the territory with out the sanction of the Legislature, and much could be said upon the subject; but as the present case appeared to him to rest ona different footing, because he did not think the terri tory in question had been gained by occupancy, but by con quest, he should confine himself to it. The Cape of Good Hope, the principal colony of South Africa, was acquired by conquest The boors, who were subject to the Crown at that period, thought proper at a subsequent time to quit the territory and to establish themselves in the dis trict of the Orange River. They did that for the express purpose of escaping the dominion of the British Crown, and of establishing their independence ; they were pur sued by Sir H. Smith, who proclaimed the power of the British Crown over them as subjects, but they resisted with arms the forces of Great Britain, they were overcome, and compelled to acknowledge the power which they had at tempted to resist. The territory occupied by those in the position which he had described was gained not by occu pancy_but by conquest, and therefore he said, as the terri tory had been gained without the intervention of Parlia ment, without that intervention it might be abandoned again by the Crown. The hon. gentleman, indeed, ad mitted the power of the Crown, which he (the Attorney- General) contended for, because he referred to the aban dement of Calais and Dunk:rk, and Gibraltar ; but he made a distinction between such places as these and what be called large tracts of territory, as to which he denied the power of the Crown so to abandon them. But ho (the Attorney-General) would like to know on what principle he made the distinction. Why give up Calais, Dunkirk, or Gibraltar, each containing a large number of inhabi tants ? For if the Crown could give up these, what differ ence was there between them and this territory ? He must protest that he saw none, for the difference established was not between town and territory, but on the modes of ac quisition, whether by occupancy or conquest. Why, we had already dealt so with some of our colonies; Curacoa, he believed, was an instance. Indeed, the honourable gentleman, who was so well acquainted with the history of the Cape, must know that, when it was first acquired, we acquired it by conquest, but that we after that gave it up by the prerogative of the Crown without the intervention of Parliament. Therefore, it appeared to him that the course pursued in this case was the proper course in the circumstances. But, then, he was told that his pre decessors had come to a different opinion. He did not know the reasons which had led them to such a result, but he must admit that nothing would make him so diffident of his opinion as to hear that his two learned friends, two so eminent men as his predecessors were, entertained a dif ferent opinion. But he could well understand that those gentlemen might have thought, and that it might still be expedient, that an act of Parliament should be passed to relieve the persons in that territory altogether from all claims which the Crown might have over them. But as far as the mere question went, whether the Crown, having acquired dominion by conquest, could abandon it without Parliament, he must still maintain that the means resorted were the right means for the purpose. Sir F. THESIGER said, as he had been so pointedly alluded to, he was desirous of explaining his views, which were not so different from the Attorney-General's in the result as in the way by which that result had been arrived at. For although he did think it better there should be an act of Parliament to meet the difficulties of the case ; yet that an act was essential, he never did at all entertain such an opinion. But he did not agree in thinking that this ter ritory was gained by conquest ; there was no annexation of territory whatever to the British Crown in this instance, and if any sovereignty existed at all, it must have been of the most peculiar description. The boors, farmers, at an early period began to wander beyond the Cape colony to find their sheep and to return afterwards, thus going and return ing at intervals; but in 1836 they fixed for themselves a more permanent abode beyond the colony, began to assume inde pendence, and to exercise dominion over the natives of the district. That led to abuses which called for the inter vention of the British power, and an Act of Parliament was passed giving the Cape Colony power over the vicinity to 25 degrees of north latitude. He maintained, against the opinion of some, that we did not by that act claim dominion over the territory, but only over our own Bri tish subjects the same force as was given to the Acts of Parliament a few years ago which declared it to be felony for a British subject to hold slaves. The natives and people of the district remained as before under their own governors; among whom there were two more distinguished than the rest, namely, Adam Cock and iNloshcsh. Sir Peregrine Maitland, in a treaty which he concluded with Adam Cock, distinctly recognised his sovereignty, and that, too, as late as the year 18-16, long after the establish ment of these boors and their claim of an independent ju risdiction. Mr. Porter, the Attorney-General at the Cape, it appeared, entertained the opinion that this territory was acquired by occupancy, but the counsel came to a different conclusion, for they thought it had been an acquisition by contest, and recommended that an Act of Parliament should be introduced, reciting that doubts had been enter tained how the territory had been gained, and whether it could bo abandoned by the mere authority of the Crown, then to proceed to allay those doubts by enactments proper to the case. Therefore, he thought he was entitled to say that, up to that time, it was established opinion that there had been an acquisition ' by cc) a c Ple , t. in the Orange River territory. Sir Barry Smith afterwards, by treaty with Adam Cock, while re citing the previous treaties, plainly recognised the Bove also in another treaty, r st ety l ig o n ngly o a f op t r h o e vet C l h o i f e t f li s e l C ) lnsi e r s a li bleness of maintaining tran quility with the Queen of a - At Britain, and strict alliance with her, thereby distinctly recognising his independence. But Sir H. Smith issued a new proclamation in 1848, de claring that the chiefs had acknowledged the power of her Majesty in all disputes tending to disturb the peace of South Africa, but adding that no power was sought or assumed over the subjects of any of the chiefs. Sir H. Smith could not have acquired for the Crown a sove reignty over these tribes by proclamation unless they had consented to the change. The position, then, of the British power in that country was similar to that of the consular power in the Levant, extending only to British subjects, and no further, and affecting none of the territory. Lord Grey was of opinion that that proclamation made an im proper distinction between British subjects and natives, holding all to be subjects who were within the territory over which the British power extended. A year after that despatch of Lord Grey's, another proclamation of Sir H. Smith's declared that it should not apply to the subjects of the chiefs within the territory, thereby making a distinction between British subjects and the native tribes. In March, 1851, letters patent passed the Great Seal, erecting the district into what was called the Orange River Sovereignty; but these letters, though sent out, were kept private, and did not see the light till Sir George Cathcart went out in 1852. He would not enter into the question of the expediency of abandonment, for that point had already been completely settled by the speeches of the Under Secretary for the Colonies and his right hon. friend the member for Droitwich. The letters patent of 1851 were, he believed, never published. The sovereignty might bo abandoned without the consent of the Legislature ; but ho had come, by a different process, to the same conclusion which had been stated by his hon. and learned friend the Attorney-General. He would not offer any opinion on the general and important question, how far it was competent for the Crown to dispossess itself of any portion of its dominions without the assent of the Le gislature. The question was one of great difficulty, for Lord Loughborough had expressed an opinion one way and Lord Thurlow another. According to his (Sir F. Thesi ger's) view, it was unnecessary to enter into that, for there was no conquest, and he could not conceive that there was anything more than an abstract sovereignty to be exercised over British subjects, which could be relinquished without the interference of the Legis lature. He admitted that the Crown could not give up the allegiance of its subjects ; but nothing of the kind had occurred in this case. These people, born in the Cape colony, had wandered into this territory, which must be considered and treated as a foreign country, and their allegiance had travelled with them. They were now replaced in the position in which they originally stood when they left the British territory, and they could not divest them selves of their allegiance, neither could the Cro wn di sc h arge them from it. Upon the whole, he thought that it would have been more satisfactory if the Government had applied to the Legislature before the abandonment was resolved upon; but such application was not essential, and no ground therefore, he thought, had been stated for agreeing to the motion of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Adderley.) Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE said that the opinion expres sed by Lord Loughborough was that of a warm partisan, and that it was at once contradicted by Lord Thurlow. The question now bbfore the house was in fact, whether we lived under a monarchy or a republic ? Mr. Justice Blackstone laid down very distinctly the law on the point, namely, that the power of alienating territory by treaty was vested by the constitution in the Sovereign, subject, of course to the responsibility of the Ministers who gave their advice, and the rule, ho thought, could not be disputed. (Hear.) Mr. ADDERLEY replied. He would not press his indi vidual opinion against such high legal authority as had been expressedin favour of the power of the Crown, without the interposition of the Legislature, to abandon this territory He would merely add that the proclamation expressly re leased these persons from their allegiance. He was satis fied with having raised this discussion on behalf of those who were more interested in it than himself ; and, under the circumstances, he would not press his motion. The motion was then withdrawn. • THE WORKING CLASSES. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed until this day fortnight his motion respecting the complaints of the working and industrial classes of Preston. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Mr. BELL moved for leave to bring in a bill to extend the rights enjoyed by the graduates of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in respect to the practice of medicine, to the graduates of the London University. Leave was then given. CHURCH RATES. Mr. PACKE moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve Dissenters from the payment of church rates in certain cases, and otherwise to amend the law respecting the making, asssessing, and collecting of church rates in Eng land and Wales. His object was to relieve Dissenters from the payment of these rates, and, at the same time, to pro vide sufficient means for the maintenance of the fabric of the different churches. Mr. HADFIELD opposed the motion, having no ade quate explanation from the hon. gentleman of the objects of his bill, but which he believed was a side-wind against Dissenters. Sir W. CLAY advisied his hon. friend (Mr. Hadfield) not to oppose the introduction of the bill, as they should be enabled to examine its details. Lord PALMERSTON said ho was not disposed to object to the bill being brought in, reserving to her Majesty's Government perfect freedom of dealing with it when it was brought in. After a few words from Mr. L. HEYWORTH in favour o f bringing in the bill, Mr. HADFIELD withdrew his amendment ; and Leave was given to bring in the bill. PROPERTY OF BRITISH SUBJECTS CONFIS CATED IN THE LATE WAR. Mr. BOWYER, who had a notice on the paper for a se lect committee to inquire into the claims of Mr. Edwardes (as representative of William Sturgeon), on the funds allotted by the French Government at the peace, 'to com pensate for confiscation of the property of British subjects, said he had been requested, on the part of her Majesty's Government, to postpone his motion ; but he should bring it on next Wednesday week. MEDICAL POOR RELIEF. Mr. PIGOTT moved for a select committee to inquire into the mode in which medical relief is now administered in the different unions in England and Wales, and to as certain whether any additional facilities might be afforded the poor in obtaining medical aid. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, no doubt, the medical re lief of the poor formed a very important branch of the general poor relief of the country, and therefore he should be very sorry to advance any objection to the committee moved for. At the same time, it would not be right to eHeourage an expectation of any great benefit to be derived from separating medical relief from the general poor-law relief. If public relief, paid out of the rates, was given to the labourer, whether as a pauper or without the name of a pauper, it was not a matter of any difference. On the part of the Government, he should not object to the ap pointment. The motion was agreed to. BILLS OF EXCHANGE. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to make fraudulent dealings with regard to bills of exchange felonious in certain c ases , sa id t h at it was unne cessary for him at any length to state the grounds on which he asked leave to introduce the present bill, as the house, from its experience of the number of cases that had been brought before the law courts of late years, from the case of Capt. Scott to that of Sherwo o d v. Meiklam, was aware of the mode in which sharpers were accustomed, in these bill transactions, to impose on young men. At the conclu sion of the case of Sherwood v. Meiklam, Baron Alderson said, " I think I could cure this system in bill discountinr, matters by making it a felony. It i s per f ec tl y di sgrac e ful. ° It would be a most beneficial act if any gent l eman would and brin g i n a . bill ma ki ng such a hand, is n o l ess th an stealing a man ' s m act of P ar li ament were passed,-the good i oa n nh c y aeulable, an d th e part i es would be at effectedt transactionaok n e e tyh. lofsuch would lad subject a bef c in l the bar of the Old Bailey.';. He was certain, after this opi nion of the learned judge, if the hou se , without doing any violence to existing statutes, would allow him (Mr. S.) to deal with these fraudulent practices by an act of Parlia ment, it would be conferring an important benefit on the young men who were the victims of such transactions. He submitted to the house that it was competent, by a sim ple piece of legislation, to deal with the evils that now existed. He proposed, therefore, to bring in a bill for that object, his sole desire being to remove what he believed to be a stigma upon the criminal jurisprudence of the country. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, there could be no doubt that a most nefarious system of imposition and wrong was practised by the unwary by a class of persons who called themselves bill discounters, but who were, in fact, bill stealers ; and any remedy for this evil, lik e ly t o carry out the views of the learned judge to whom the hon. and learned gentleman had referred, would be entitled to the consideration of the house. The hon. and learned gentleman had not explained the nature of the measure he meant to introduce ; but he was sure that any plan which proposed to carry out the object he had in view would be received with indulgence by the house. (Hear, hear.) Leave was then given to bring in the bill. The Militia Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered to be issued for Hertfordshire in the room of Mr. Halsey, deceased. The house adjourned at half-past 11 o'clock. Mr. DENT paired, in favour of Ministers, with Sir T. HERBERT against. Mr. HUTCHINS was accidentally shut out of the division and prevented from voting in favour of the increase of the malt-tax. REPRESENTATION Or CAMBRIDGE.— On Thursday evening, according to previous notice, a meeting of the Liberal electors was holden at the Town-hall, in order to decide upon which of the acknowledged three, out of the four candidates for their suffrages, they would select to go to the poll. The existence of the Hon., Mr. Campbell, as a candidate, appears to be ignored alto gether on the part of the Whigs ; but that gentleman sent a note refusing to recognise the proceedings of the meeting as in anywise affecting his position. The chair man (Mr. Alderman C. F. Foster) briefly stated the course to be adopted. At seven o'clock the doors were locked, and the audience passing out received cards in scribed respectively, "Adair," "Mowatt," "James ; " two of these were deposited in a box in the ante-room by the voter, and the numbers were declared on Friday morning as follows :—Mowatt, 236 ; Adair, 167 ; J ames, 49. A bill was forthwith issued, declaring that the choice of the meeting had fallen on Messrs. Mowatt and A.dair. Each candidate at the last meeting pledged him self to abide by the result of the ballot. The number of Liberals polled at the last election was 737. Mr. Camp bell has trown himself into the arms of the Conserva tives, who will support him in default of more congenial candidates. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. — On Friday, the 21st ult., as Mr. Haughton Grubb, in company with some friends, was hunting rabbits on the lands of Caher Abbey, two of his dogs (terrier bitches), having got into a burrow, were unable to return, and after waiting for some time in expectation of their escap. ing, Mr. Grubb procured some labourers, and proceeded to try and dig them out. Upwards of one hundred bur rows were opened, and still no trace could be found of the missing animals. However, on 'Wednesday last, a boy imagined he heard them in a particular spot, and proceeded to clear away the earth, when both dogs crawled forth, having been immured without food in their subterranean quarters for eleven,days and twelve nights. They were at once taken care of, and are now fast re covering from the effects of their lengthened confinement. This instance of enduranCe in the dog is remarkable in deed, and deserves to be recorded.—Tipperary Free Press. t _ _ r't 1„ , " I T ' .7 ' 71 1 r rti r, r -Tx: THE. SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1854. SPORTING INTELT,IGENCE. CHESTER RACES, TUESDAY. The Cr'ROS,VENOR STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 40 added ; three-yrs-old, Est 121 b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st lib ; six and aged, 9st 31b. Certain winners extra— mares and geldings allowed 31b. Grosvenor course, about a mile and a quarter. 12 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Flatman) 1 Capt. D. Lane's Epaminondas, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ...(Wells) 2 ' Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, aged, 9st 31b (W. White) 3 Mr. Saxon's Barrel, 3 yrs, Est 121 b The following also ran :—Red Lion, Ireland's Eye, Helena, and Tearaway. Betting-5 to 2 agst Rataplan, 4to 1 each agst Barrel and Epaminondas. \Von cleverly by a length. Same dis tance between second and third. Two lengths between third and fourth. Red Lion was fifth ; Helena sixth ; Ireland's Eye seventh ; and Tearaway colt, beaten off early, brought up the rear. The PALATINE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; three-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each. Certain penalties and allowances. The second to save his stake. About one mile two furlongs. 17 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap, Bst (Charlton) 1 Mr. Bailey's Lurley, Bst Mr. R. Jones's Adelaide, Bst 41b (Tomplema,u) 3 Lord Eglinton's Bianca, Bst 21b (G. Oates) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst,Lurley, sto 2 each agst Mishap and Adelaide, sto 1 agst Bianca. Mishap led off with Lurley second, Bianca third, and Adelaide fourth. These positions were kept to the half-mile post, where Adelaide took third place. No other change occurred. Mishap maintained the lead throughout, and won easily by a length. Two lengths between the second and third. The CHESTERFIELD STAKES, a handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds. The second to receive 25 Boys. out of the stakes. Certain winners extra. Once round and a distance. 33 subs. Mr. Mather's St. Clair, 7st 61b ..(Carroll) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Communist, Est 101 b.... (Ashmall) 2 Lord Eglinton's Erycina, 6st 81b (Waddington) 3 The following also ran :—Juliet, Falcon, Brother to An dante, Lord Hill, Robin Hood, Sy vagee, Si r M ar k , B r i g h t Phoebus, Miss Sellon, Topsy, Cestria, Kennyside Hero. Betting-7 to 2 agst Juliet, sto i agst Falcon, 7to 1 each agst Miss Sellon and Lord Hill. W on cleverly by half a length. • Same distance between secondand third. Bro ther to Andante was fourth, and Syvagee fifth. The others beaten off. Kennyside Hero got badly off, and came into collision with Miss Sellon, who also lost ground. Fortu nately no injury was sustained. The MOSTYN STAKES, of 10 sovs each, with 100 added for two-yr-olds ' - colts, Bst 71b ; filli es an d ge ldi ngs, B s t 31b . The second to receive 20 sovs out of the Stakes. A winner in the present year of 100 sovs clear, 31bs extra. Three quarters of a mile. 29 subs. Mr. T. Powell's Flatterer, Bst 101 b Mr. J. Osborne's Lord Alfred, Bst 71b (Osborne) 2 Lord Chesterfield's br f by Epirus, Pelion's darn, Bst 31b (Flatman) 3 The folloing also ran :—Saucebox, Gipsy King, Trojan Warrior, Lily, Moor of Venice. Betting-7 to 4on Flatterer, sto 1 agst Lord Alfred. Lord Alfred made the running, with Gipsy King second, Flatterer and Epirus filly the next two. In this way they ran to within the distance, where Flatterer went up to Lord Alfred, and a fine race ensued, Flatterer winning by a head. A length and a half between second and third. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Certain allowances. The winner to be sold for 80 sows. Once round and a distance. 7 subs. Brother to King of Troy Surgeon-General 2 Uncleared 3 Seven ran. THE WYNNSTAY HANDICAP. Domino. General. Nightshade . Wire Only these four ran. Won easily. BETTING—MONDAY NIGHT. DERBY. 4to 1 agst Autocrat (taken to 1001., the layer refused to go on). 11 to 1 agst King Tom (taken to nearly 1,400). 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 1000 to 30 agst The Trapper (taken). BETTING—TUESDAY MORNING. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Baalbec (offers to back him agst anything). 12 to 1 agst Aldford. 100 to 8 agst Acrobat (taken, 16 to 1 also laid.) 15 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 16 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (20 to 1 taken). 20 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 30 to 1 asst Jack Frost (taken freely). 40 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken). 40 to 1 agst Epaminondas (taken). 40 to 1 agst Jephson (taken). DERBY. 7to 2 agst Autocrat. 11 to 2 agst King Tom (taken to 2000 1000 to 40 agst Neville (laid four times). 2000 to GO agst The Trapper (taken). BETTING ON THE COURSE UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK . CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Aldford (taken). 11 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken). 100 to 6 agst Acrobat (taken). 20 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 20 to 1 agst Domino (taken). 25 to 1 agst Newminster (taken and offered). 25 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 30 to 1 agst Epaminondas .(taken). 30 to 1 agst Catspaw. 30 to 1 agst Eva. 33 to 1 agst Anna Sutherland. 50 to 1 agst Nabob (taken). 50 to 1 agst St. Clair (taken). 1000 to 1 agst Joe Miller and Cobnut coupled (taken). CHESTER CUP.—Lough Bawn was declared not to start at 4'15 this day. Orson and•Duchoss of Lorraine colt are also scratched. Alford, Joe Miller, and Newminster have arrived. CHESTER RACES—THIS DAY. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2.15 Helter Skelter. 2.35 Triennial Produce. 3.45 The Cup. 4.45 Member's Plate. 5.15 Scramble. 5.35 Queen's Plate. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN GREAT AND LITTLE BELTS. A submarine cable having been laid down, as well in Great as Little Belt, notice is hereby given, that, to point out the direction of the said cables, the following beacons, painted white, have been placed :- 1. For the submarine cable in Great Belt : (a) On Fune, about half a mile of Knudshoved, two beacons, in a WAS and EtN direction, indicating the lino of the said cable from Knudshoved to Sprogo. (b) On Sealand, northward of Thorsortown, two similar beacons, in a WAN and ES direction, to show how the cable lies between Sprogo and Thorsor. (c) South of Sprogo brioys have been laid down for the purpose of indicating the situation of the cable at that place. 2. For the submarine cable in Little Belt : On, Fune, a little eastward of Strib Point, two beacons, which, kept in ono in a NNW4N and SSEAS direction indicate the bed of the cable between Frederic& and Fune. Mariners are requested not to anchor within those marks or bearings, lest by doing so they damage the electric cable, or lose their own anchors, and to follow the directions given by the pilots or other functionaries on this account. Ministry of Naval Affairs, Copenhagen, April 20, 1854. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 9. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Snake, from St. Michael's ; Trader Brodre, Marstrand. ; Elspeth, St. Lucia ; Electra, Grenada ; Gilbert Munro, St. Lucia ; Jenny Jones, Leg horn ; Arab, Guayana and Porto Rico ; Mazeppa, Hon duras and Cherbourg ; Planter, Tobago • Scandade, Oport o ; Rarobler, Mauritius ; L o t us , Barbadoes ; Marie Julia, Antwerp ; Pallas, Oporto ; Sarah, Leghorn. 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The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint William Hand cock Middleton, Esq., one of her 'Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Cotter, retired. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. Heath Havi land, Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Alexander Bannerman, Knt., now Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Bahama Islands, and their dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Dominick Daly, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island. RUSSIAN CONSULAR OFFICERS. Notice is hereby given, that the " Exequaturs" hereto fore granted by her Majesty to the former Con sul-General and Consuls of his Imperial Majesty the Em peror of all the Russias, in various ports and places throughout her Majesty's dominions, have been with drawn ; and that no person is recognised or permitted to act within her Majesty's dominions as Consul-General, Consul, or Vice-Consul, -or to perform any other duties as, or to act in any respect as, a Consul, Vice-Consul, Consular Officer, or Agent, on behalf of his Imperial Ma jesty. Foreign-office, May 6, 1854. CROWN-OFFICE, MAT 9. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARMA. lIENT. County of .Flint—The Honourable Thomas Ed war d Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, in the room of the Honourable Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, no* Lord Mostyn, sum moned to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 9. Royal Horse Guards Blue—General the Right Honour able Fitzßoy James Henry Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Master- General of the Ordnance, from the 53d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Field Marshal Henry William Marquis of Anglesey, K.G. and G.C.8., deceased, May 8. 53d Regiment of Foot—Major-General John M‘Donald, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., removed to the Royal Horse Guards Blue, May : 70th Regiment of Foot—Major-General. George William Paty, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Gage John Hall, deceased, May 8. 86th liegincient of Foot—Major-General Lord James Hay to be Colonel, vice Major-General Roger Parke, deceased, May 8. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant George John Young to be First Lieutenant, vice St. John, de ceased, March 17 ; Mathew John Harpley, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, April 24. MEMORANDUM. —The dates of the promotion of the under-mentioned officers have been altered as follows : First Lieutenant A. L. Kaye, Jan. 28 ; First Lieutenant W. A. P. Willie, Feb. 17 ; First Lieutenant C. G. John son, Feb. 24; First Lieutenant H. Cardew, March 7; First Lieutenant H. Perceval, March 12, COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En sign Henry Newton Brown to be Lieutenant, May 4. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant William Henry Burgess to be Captain, vice Perrott, resigned ; Joseph Erlam, late 2d Queen's Own Regiment of Militia, to be Captain, May 4. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant George Barrington Godbold, to be Captain, v i ce Bliss, resigned ; Charles Foveaux Kirby, Esq., late Cap tain 14th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, to be Cap tain, vice Nelson, appointed Adjutant to the Depot Batta lion at Walmer, April 27 ; Charles Mortimer, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 2. Cambridgeshire Militia—Lieutenant Lancelot Reed to be Captain ; Robert Muria', Gent., to be Assistant-Sur geon, May 4. Derbyshire Militia, Ist Regiment—To be Lieutenants— George Webb, Gent. ; Hiram Manful', Gent., May Shropshire Regiment of Militia—John Stubbs, Gent., to be Ensign, May 4. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Alex ander Milford Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Leonard Bid well, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 28 ; Percy Charles Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain, May 4. Ist Regiment a the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Bryan Walter Atkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Patersion, resigned, April 28. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Charles Andrew Irwin to be Lieutenant, vice Kershaw, promoted, May 5 ; Ensign George Arthur Crawford to be Lieutenant, vice Knott, resigned, May 6. sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Arthur Ray mond Pelly, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 3. Hertfordshire Militia—Bryan Viney Douglas Vernon, Esq., to be Captain, May 1. 2cl Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Sharp Taylor, Esq., to be Surgeon, May G. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Henry Shepherd Law, Bush-lane, City. Joseph Ivimey, Southampton-buildings. Frederic Morehouse Metcalfe, Wisbeach. John Casley, Guildford-street, Russell-square. Edward Mackeson, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Richard Horn, King William-street, City. William Sutton Page, Stroud. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Lewis Davis, shipowner, Canton-street, East India-road. BANKRUPTS. William Hill and Thomas Campion Lawrence, ship and insurance agents, Lime-street, to surrender, May 19, at two, and June 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Ellis, Phillips, and Salomouson, Clement's-lane. Nockalls Johnson Cottingham, surveyor, Regent-street, May 19, and June 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Depree and Austen, Lawrence-lane ; Darvill, Windsor. Robert Ewin, upholsterer, High-street, Islington, May at eleven, and June 17; at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain Gresham street. William Holloway, coal and corn merchant, Watford, Hertfordshire, May 18, at half-past eleven, and June 17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee; Basinghall-street ; Thompson, Debenham, and Brown, Swithin's-lane, London, and St. Albans, Herts. John Featon, draper, Three Colt-street, Limehouse, May 18, at half-past twelve, and June 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street-buildings; Goddard, King-street, Cheapside. Ely Kitson, saddler, Fenchurch-street, May 18, at half past one, and June 22, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Burkett, Curriers' Hall, London-wall. Henry Bioxall, carpenter and builder, Guildford, May 23, at two, and June 20, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sa m b roo k- cour t ; Dodd, jun., New Broad-street. Joseph J— Wells, haberdasher, Coventry, May 19, at half-past one, and June 23, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Goddard, King-street, Cheapside. James Townsend Wigney, spirit merchant, Hudders field, May 26 and June 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Robinson, Hud dersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Hind, joiner, Sheffield, May 20 and June 17, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fernell, Sheffield. DIVIDENDS DECLARED, Messrs. Boggs, Taylor, and Shand, of Great Winchester street, City, merchants, final dividend of 1 7-10ci. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Bisinghall street, on any Tuesday. William Barnfield, jun., of 17, Mark-lane, City, wine merchant, third dividend of 9i d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. William Bolderston, of Liverpool, grocer, first dividend of 4d. in the pound, payable at 12, Cook-street, Liver pool, on Wednesday, May 17, and any subsequent Wed nesday. Henry Allen, of Bristol, chemist, a di v id en d o f s s. i n the pound, payable at 19, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol, on Wednesday, May 17, and any subsequent • Wed nesday., John Malley, of Lancaster, silversmith, second division of lid. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte-street, Man chester, on any Tuesday. Ann Crawford, of Warden, Northumberland, paper manufacturer, first and final dividend of 4id. in the pound, payable at 21, Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. Henry Jordan, of Wantage, Berkshire, first and final dividend of 2s. sd. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. W. D. Wasbrough Wantage, on any day. William Blackow, of Manchester, porter, a dividend of 3s. 5d., in the pound, payable at the office of Messrs. J. and W. Norris, Manchester, on and after May 16. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Mary Francis, of Liverpool, schoolmistress—George Francis, of Liverpool, watch jeweller—Adam Batterson, of Liverpool, out of business—William Henry Partridge, Aston, Warwickshire, clerk—George Sadler, Birmi ng h am, huckster—William Elkington, King's Heath, Worcester. shire, attorney—William Adolphus Howlett, Aston New Town, Birmingham, carver—George Carter, Ch ar i ng, Kent, tea dealer—Joseph Tutt, Barbourne, Kent, baker —John Barrow, Oaken Gates, Shropshire, provision dealer—Robert Boustead, Allanwood, Cumberland, inn keeper—Joseph Rush, Peter's Syke, Cumberland, brick m Aker—William, Humffrcys, Llwyn, Montgomeryshire— R o bert Stone, Dudley, Worcestershire, licensed victualler —William Gears, Kates Hill, Worcestershire, miner— Samuel Gurney Read, jtin., Norwich, police constable— Wm. Mason, Norwich, i ronfounder—Stephen Peter Wells, Norwich, clerk—Robert de C ar l e, N orwich, clerk—George Franklin, Cambridge, licensed victualler —Robert Harris, Totnes, Devonshire, baker—Alfred 'Bing, Southdown, Suffolk, baker—James Farrow Smith, Great Yarmouth, baker—James Bignell, Brighton, coachmaker—John Fowles, Brighton, pewterer—Richard Boswell, 'Brighton, publican—Edward Verrall, Alfriston, Sussex, boot w aker. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. Micah Mellor, of Clare, Suffolk, innkeeper, 'June 1— William Warrington, yen., of 42, Upper Berkelestreet West, painter, J une I—Robert Mulock Wright and Joseph Smith Anstie, of 41 and 4', Upper Thames-street, City (and on the separate of Joseph Smith Anstie), drysalters, June I—John Barrel), of Billeric a y, E ssex , grocer , J une I—Henry G room, of Bray, Berkshire, miller, June 1 — Henry Jesse, of Basingstoke, Southampton, corn factor, May 30 —Claudius Alfred Scrivesor, of Old Change, City, milliner, May .31— George Henry Bradbery and George Rice Lowe, of 18, Great Tower-street, City, flour factors, May 30—Joseph Windt° Cole, of 6, Great Winchester street, City, merchant, May' 31—Frederick Shove, of El thara, Kent, grocer, May 31—Robert Bislr , p, of Vero street, Oxford-street, hotel keeper, May 30—Daniel Wm. Lucas and Isaac Dods, of H, Arthur-street West, hemp merchants, May 30—H enr y Huggins, of Manchester, wood type cutter, June 2—John Ireland, of Kingston-upon-Hull, draper, June 7—lsaac Blackburn and William Sigismund Stiebel, of Leeds, iron -founders, June 2- James Black and, Rupert Cope, of Earl-street, Blackfriars, iron merchants. CERTIFICATES' James Crofts, 48, Threadneedle-street, City, wine broker, June I—Ssliomia Sterne, Great St. Helen's-chambers, City, merchant, Al ay 31—Frederick Shove, Either% gout, grocer, May 31—Daniel William Lucas and Isaac Wet ti, Arthur street West, City, hemp merchants, May 30- - William Adams, formerly of C mterbury, miller, May 3 0 —William Jones, Liverpool,,i,lasterer, June I—William Duncan, Kingston -upon-Hull, grocer, June 7—Noah Lee, Bingley, Yorkshire, innkeeper, June 16. PARTNERSHIPS DISOLVED. Richard S. Crankrien B. E. Crankrien, and B. A. MiP pelblom Beyer, Rott er d am , merchants—Thomas Wells and Joseph Francis Cotterell, 35, Basinghall-street, litho . graphers—John Mitchell, Henry Peel, John Horroeks , and Thomas Greenhalgh, of Freetown, Lancashire! cotton manufacturers,, so far as regards John shell)—Henry Peel and John Mitchell, Bury, Laney share, spindle makers—Wm. Mills and Wm. Henry_3o ll6 Gwennap, Cornw a ll, b oo t an d shoe makers—Win. Kenyon and Giles Haworth, Blackburn, Lancashire, coal dealers-- Thos. Charlton, Thos. Allen, and Wm. Wagstaff, Mount ., street, Grosvenor-square upholsterers ( so f ar as regal Wm. Wagstaff)—Thos. Green and Alex. Prince, Trafalgar' square, patent agents—Ed m. W m. D u b ois and Charlotte Cuplestone, Park-terrace, Park-road, Regent's-park, hosiers —Thos. Orchard and Geo. Jas. Eady, attorneys—G. Leek and C. Hardy, London, cabinet makers—Win. Thorn Chambers and John Chambers, Dunstable, Bedfordshire? grocers—Thos. Thomas and m. Morley, Liverpool , pawnbrokers—Henry Andrews and Henry Elgar, Ashford, Kent, coal merchants—Edm. Barker, Reuben Haigh, Eau . Lord, and Win. Sutcliffe, Todmorden and Walsden, Lan: aashire ' cotton spinners ( so f ar as regar d s W m. Sutcliffe/ —Richard Hope and John Walker, Manchester, cotton, manufacturer—Thos. Bi nne y, Win. Thos. Binney, an d Robert Binney, Kingston-upon-Hull, corn merchants (so far as regards. Thomas Binney)—Charles Dillon and Thomas Hawley, Coventry, dyers Frederick Hilton, Join Spencer, and John Skilbeck, Manchester , cotton spinners (so far as regards John Spencer)—Chas. • Beddoe and Thos. Tindal, Bradford, Yorkshire, linen (Iry pers—James Chapman and Joseph Brown, S un derland commission agents—Thos. P r i nce an d J o h n Soar, Heannr , Derbyshire, late makers—Eli Lees and Isaiah Brooks, Old* ham, Lancashire, brickmakers—John Fletcher and Joseph l Hague Hulme, Lancashi re , j o i ners —Th os . H ogg an d Israel White, Waltham, Lincolnshire, propri e t ors o f thrashing machines—Alfred Robinson and Robert Haynes, O rc hard: street, Portman-s q u are , solicitors Samuel Wilkes and John Watson, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, patent ker tle manufacturers—J ose ph Sl aug ht er an d Th os. Gladwient Mark-lane, merchants— Joseph P ar k er , J o h n G oo di er , Krauss, and James Parrott, Manchester, commission met" chants—Beckingsall-and Co., Cheltenham, grocers—Joh n Fawcett, Thomas Nelson, and James Nelson, Fire-chi,' Works, Haltwhistle, Northumberland (so far as regards John Fawcett). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William Naismith, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow. COUNTRY MARKET& LIVERPOOL, MAY 9. This week there has been a formidable list of =irk% chiefly of flour and Indian corn. A strong demand for wheat, flour, and Indian corn, and prices generally vre: kustained. The Corn-exchange this morning was vrel attended, and prices showed an upward tendency. Whew' commanded 'extreme prices. American flour 6d per bar' rel, oatmeal 6d per load, and Indian corn is to is 6d a r qr., dearer than on Frid a y l as t. I n o th er ar ti c l es no alto ration worthy of remark. IPSWICH—MAY 9. The supply of wheat small, not enough apparently fo r the millers. Choice qualities brought full prices. The secondary sorts dull, and Is 6d per qr. lower. All spring corn maintains high rates. .1 PER QIIARTER • PER QUA IOIB. Wheat, red (old) 7 s to 808 Barley, grinding ... OOs to 008 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 84s to 86s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 32s to 37s 1 Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING) MAY 9, 1854. Wheat Barley Oats PP Bears Peas .00s Od - ~ HULL-MAT 9. Farmers brought a limited supply of wheat to this market, and the market is fully as dear as last week fc'i best wheats. Spring corn met a good demand. Linseed cakes a shade lower. Rapecakes in demand at the quota tion noted. s Wheat, English, red 78 to 8" Ditto white B4 to 86 Dantzic and Konigs berg Fomeranian and Ham - burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 7O to 74 Russian and Odessa 66 to 72 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian ...... Barley, malting Ditto grinding 33 to 36, Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 5O to 54, s. t Peas, grey and black 45 to 4 : Linseed, Black Sea... 67 to 6 „ Ditto Petersburgh ... 62 to Dv Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel — to --"" Per TO. Lins. c.,HulllO/ 1-236 d to 010 0 Ditto fine for. 9/ OE. Od 10/ OsOci Ditto inf. for Ol Os Od to 010 0 Rapeseed OO/ Os to 00/ 0° Rape cakes 1178 6d to 00 0 Tares, English...„... 00s to 0 0 ! Ditto foreign 00s to 00M Guano 4/ 10s. 81 to 124 0 0 Bones l2ss ( Od to 008 Od Rye Meal COURSE OF EXCE Amsterdam .. .......... 11 13% Ditto, three months .. 11 15% Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 15% Antwerp .............. 25 20 Brussels .............. 25 20 I.lamburgh ............ 13 49 'Altona ................ Paris ........ • • •• .... 24 97% Ditto, three months •• 25 30 Marseilles. ... .... • • .... 25 30 Bourdeaux ............ EANGE—YEsTI {AWAY. Gibraltar .... it Leghorn .••• • • • • to •• • • 30 52 ,7 w Genoa ...... ...... 25 691 v 'Venice .... ;Naples .. ............... 41N, ;Palermo Messina ........- ...... 12' 3 .7 Lisbon 53 Oporto .. 535 Rio Janeiro ...... .• .. Buenos Ayres .. — New York, 60 day. s' sight Philadelphia .. PRICES OF BIILLEON, p 514 Of. Foreign Gold in Bud% £3 17 9 Poriugal Gold Coin 0 '0 0 Mexican Dollars 45 OA Frankfort-on-Maine .... 11834 Berlin .............. -------------- Vienna ..•• ....... ..... 13 50 Trieste ................ 13 51 Petersburgh•••• ........ 34% Madrid •••• •• .• •••• •• •. 504, Barcelona...... Seville 4:••• .• •• •• •• ..•• New Dollars: Ailver in bars ~ 0 0 o o 6 I% RAILWAY SHARE MARKET'S. LIVERPOOL, MAY 9. 4. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t opened bet.or - this morning and improved as the day progressed, closing firm at a rise of 1 per cent. on the lowest quotations of yeste r , n i day. Caledoni ans 26i ; L ancash i re and Y.Drkshioo, u"), ; London and North-Western, 95i ; Midland, WTI *' South-Eastern, 17 9-16 11-16. MANCHESTER, MAY 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The-market h as fluctuated g°,° a 4 deal to-day, b u t p r i ces generally are higher. The aw l ' s were :—Eastern Counties 12; East Lancashire,l4 ; 1 - 4111/ ' cashire and York s hi re, 591 ; London and North-W ester!' 94i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 19 ; Midlall2' 57a a ; South-Eastern, 17 9-16 g ; Warrington: and Stools' port, 3 dis. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Getteltil Post;2ofro. by the night—and M by the morning--elespatch.) Day when mad, u, From wise IVhc° COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port this in Office, London.* Disoatche e Ea, flan yol l ' America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool Eacb America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N May 2 . . Liverpool . . May 10 America (by U States packet) .......... N April 25:......... Southatapt tip May .4 Australia (via South ampton) ..........M May 4 ..... .ISouthampt on May /9 Ditto (via Marseilles) N May 8 . Dover .... June. 4 Ditto (via Cape of Qoed Hope) ...... •. • ...N June t , • • . linear bi ll ' Africa (West Coast)-•N .13d of the month. Plymouth ..r6 Alexandria.......... NB, 9, 24, &30of rn Dover ..., 119 '29 Alexandria •......• 4th & 20th of moiLlSouthampf Bahamas ...........M 17th of the montl• Seutinunpt can ,May 1 Belgium .......... ..N Daily.• •... • ... Dover Brazil .............. NI 9th of the month .. Southamp , iMay' l6 • Buenos Ayres AI 9th of the month.. Southamp, :ttr. May '" Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month, Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope ..N 114th of the month. Southampt on Cape de Verds ....N 14th of th e month Southampton Marc Ott 06 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. .• ......N , l4th of the month April 2 ?t, Channel Isles Mon ~Wed.,&Frict Southampt Tu.TI b M 2d & 17th of m on th Seuthamptt in 'May 1 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover .... • !April 3 2 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Sonthampt on Cont. of Europ e M& N Twice daily ..'„ Dover ... i Twie oda.. Egypt {see India) France M& N Twice daily.... D0ver.....,.,.Twit eclaOf Gibraltar .........M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampa it May 6 Greece (see India) • Greytown & 17th of mon. Southampto, a May 1 Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London Havannah 51 2nd of the month Southampton Tune Holland Dover ....• )ally" Honduras 17th of the month. Southamptcei 3 Kay 1 6 India (vlaSouthampt.)Mf4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. 1 131ay India (via Marseilles)4Bth&24th of month Dover ..... tpril lOnian Isles (see Inclia) l 7, 17, &27 of mon D over.... •. 7 97 of Ireland & NlTwice daily Holyhead •17iv ' lct Lisbon 9, 17, &270 f m. Southampto aY Madeira .....• • • ....1119th of the month Southampto. a ,May Madeira............Ni23d0f month Plymouth 'April Malta (see India) - • Malta . ..... .......N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover . 19 Itl ea au xui ri coit t l i us us .. (s . e . e .. ln .. t ) m m ..N 1 14th of the month April t 6 Napl s ...... .14.1,2nd of the month.. Southampt vn June 1 (~N:bthlsth2sthormon. Dover iktay 2 New Granada New ......1112d & 17th of month Southampto t, May 1- , •"• By private ship .. Various p or t , ncei qx. Papal States ......N ls thl s th2 s thofinon. Dover May 1 1 Peninsula ..........mllthl7th2Bthormon. Southamptoi May Peru . • Id & 27th of mon Southamptob• 311ay 1 Port Natal • 14th of the month Plymo u th .. _ Sicily sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover May 2 Tuscany • sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .May 2 Venezuela m .2d & 17th of month South amp t o.g 'M aY 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) West Indies m 2d & 17th °I monthiSouthampton I May 16 ...-- . v..„ * When any of th ese d a t es f a ll o 1 a Sunday, the malts will despatched on the following day, with the exception of the India l a Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deapatetheif thdi day preceding. BIRTH'S. A SON. On the 6th inst., at Ayot St. Lawrence, Lady Emily' Cavendish. On the Gth inst., at 61, Eaton-place, the Countess of Mulgrave. OF A DAUGHTER. On the sth inst., at Longhills, near Lincoln, the wife of the Rev. Ativill Curtois. On the 7th inst., at Dawson-place, Westbourne-gr°"' the wife of C. Stanbridge, Esq. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at St. Mary's, Winkfield, Berks, the Rev. C S. Will e tt , vicar (4 . Monkleigh, Devon, to Mari" anne, eldest d aug h ter of J. Forbes, Esq., Capt. R.N., ° Winkfield-place. On the 7th i nst., at 12, DIED Arlington-street, Pi cca dilly, .A' Grant, Esq., o f Aberlour, Fifeshire, many years a mein her of the Jamaica Legislature. On the 25th ult., at Oporto, Portugal, from the effects of a fall f rom his horse, Henry Jebb, Esq., M.D., son of the late Sir Henry Jebb, St. Stephen's-green, Dublin. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 1, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the -count"' O 1 ndd1%074 WecWeedily, May 10,185 the the hec q pet to fall Appl the 13ti the No from ltd Trains. Itlay Tc TIII3 Compoi 4 111-1? 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