The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

ebtO Illittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26• Dividend Per Amount Annum. Names of Com panies. Share. bi per cent. 41. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de.la-Zouch..av Basingstoke Breckneck & Abergay Birmingham, l-ltlth s h Do. and Liverp. Jut.c Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Cromford Dudley Derby D.mube and Mavno Ellesmere and Cheater Erewash Forth and Clyde Grand Junction Grand Union Grand surrey Grand Western .... Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham Huddersfield ..... av Kennet sad Avon av Lancaster -tv Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ..... ...av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield percent. 401. 81. 15s. 1/. 5L S 1 12s. Bd. 15s. 11. 10s. 34/. Jo'. 3 17s. ad. 104 6 percerat. 151. 20.7. Si. 10s. 154 32/. - 10s. 104 Si. 10s. li. 4s, rer cent. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 rer cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. IN per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. N per cent. U. Os. Bd. 183. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. 3t I Os, 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13s, to. pr sh 5/. ss. `per cent. 7s. per share 5 per cent. 34 5 per cent./ & 30s. bds. 5)4 per cent. 51§ per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent, N. 6d. 12 per cent. 19s. L sh. & bds. 11. ss. 10s. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. ss. S per cent. 63 per cent. I/. 4s. 5 per cent. 10% per cent 51. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. S per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 21e per share 6s. per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. el: li. M. and bs. 434 L and ba. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. gl per sh 315 s per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. S per cent 6 per cent. Ci Per cent. 21. 10s. U. 10s. 21. 10s. b per cent. 41. 16s. 11. 145. 10s. per sh 11. 4s. 4 per cent. 21. 10s. S. per sh. V. 5& per sh 7s 10d per sh 10 per cent . 254 per cent. SL 55. per Eh NI. per sh. I2s. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IXI. per sh 10/. per ib. 1/. 14s. 2/.per share .3s4d per eh 31.17 e. pr sh 113 s Per sh 14 14 10s. 11. ss. 'lss. //. Ils. 10d. 25 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent 10 per cent. )t. It. St. 17s. 6cl. 1.101. P)per cent. 10s. per sh. 301. rer sh. Neath Oxford Peak Forest av Regent's (01 London).. Rochdale as Shropshire ......... Somerset Coal Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Str afford .on. Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wyc & Rail. Trent & Mersey, 1 sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Birming. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Birming Wilts and Berks as Wrbeach Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol... zv Do.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto 80nd5........ Ditto Bonds Southampton llridges Hammersmith Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 73' pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 81, Ditto New ditto cf 71 Ditto Bonds Vauxhall av Assurances Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle Economic Life ...... £ s. d. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 raid. Z a. d 100 7 0 41 ri 4 100 - 77 0 100 - 0 0 AI paid !Price. IG7 31% C 5 European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hepe Life Ditto F1re........... Imperial Fite Ditto Life... ....... Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire ......... Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Palladium Life Protector Life Provident Lire Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life....... University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Hanks Australasi , ... .••• Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New..„..„..... ..,, London Joint Stock Metropolitan... ........ Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland.— Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New . . Gloucestershire. Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight & Coke ilkn ........ Ditto Provincial Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton ........... Ditto General City of London Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New....,„..,,,,,,, Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent ........ Phoenix Ratcliff South Metropolitan United Genera 1...., .., Westmins. Chartered Ditto New ........ Water Works. Birmingham East London Grand Junction av Kent .... .............. Nw Riv rOn. Bride An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lend. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron railways. Birmingham & Derby Binning. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties Edinburgh 43, 61,4 ". .C;; Ditto New Grand Junction.... Great North of nglntl Gre.:t Western - Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ....... Hull and Selby ....... : Leech and Selby ... ... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes London and BLckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds., ....... . London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leed s Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Binning Ditto Extension - Midland Counties North Midland ........ Do. 34-Sh., iss. 10 th 7. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 51. dis Paris and Rouen Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 25 dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albl:n Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss. 5/. p.m Ditto Subscription-- Bolanos Ditt , Scrip Brazil. Imp. in. 51. p. U m2_ Do. Mocaub. & Cm. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iro n Candonga. ...... ..... Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo ...... Columbian, Np.m s. 51 . General Mining _. Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unrcg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn,xvith Sin. Ticket _London University Russell . ..... King's &lie; ... Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada ... ...... ...... Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc. South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 24 li 62 12) 149 240 28 495 5 172 122 13SM 109 11234 10134 11. 4s. IL 15s. f per cent. b per cent. .5 per cent. IS. 85. and? i fs.6d. bs. tper cent. iper cent. dig per cent t per cent per ce n t. (per Cent . Wiper Pe r eent. cent. 1;71. Cent. ( cent. • k.;;7perzelitrt.t.• 0 per tier Cent. r tent. p p; vPer tent. Kric: • 6. ekt; - ' )9e . z. 1 , 14 , -1 LIST OF SCOTTISH COM MARCH 5, Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance-. Hercules Insurance. Noll Brit. Insurance %Ink ce Co. of Scotl. gh Lite Insur. Union Insur... Life Incur I Railway d Glas. Railwy and Green. Rail. ifitul Ada, Sail. 79 6 6 100 o e 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 10 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 59 A 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 • 20 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 20U 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 6 10:) 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 25 u 50 0 0 I* 6 6 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 j 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 23 o 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 i 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 32 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 e 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 40 II 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 29 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 U 25 0 1' 150 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 CO o 0 55 00 20 0 0 50 0 0 0 10 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 5000 23 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 'loo 0 0 100 0 0 10 0. 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 100 - 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 - 0 0 100 100 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 I 20 0 50 0 0 ' 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 ?ANIES' PRICES. 844. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1844. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DA Y . I STANDARD.—We will not affect to disguise the regret with which we refer to the proceedings of the two Houses of Pat liament last night. In the House of Lords, I Lord Brougham presented a petition from a number of , persons, women and girls, we believe, complaining that the law had deprived them of their occupation in ! collieries, and the Noble and Learned Lord took the op- ' portunity of delivering very strong opinions against any restraint upon the hours of labour, maintain ing, vs we understood his Lordship, that tk it is 1 the lot of humanity, and that the tendency of civilisation is to aggravate that toil. His Lordship also warmly protested against the policy of inter- 1 ference between employer and employed. He can have little modesty who sets his own judgment hastily against the judgment of Lord Brougham —but, in a matter so thoroughly winnowed as the question of excessive labour has been, we cannot surrender our own conviction to any authority, how highly soever we may respect it. The very case brought forward by Lord I3rougham is indeed one of the strongest arguments that we have met with against his Lordship's apparent conclusion—the case of women and girls condemned to the alternative of the disgusting, cruel, and de moralising labour of the mine, drawing others of their sex into the same painful and loathsome con dition on one side—or starvation on the other. Must not the system be odious and criminal which creates such an alternative ? and is it not right to put an end to such an execrable system ? Goldsmith, we think it is, who tells of a Chinese or a Tartar tyrant, who was in the habit of burying obnoxious or suspected per sons in dungeons "deep, deep under ground." His successor, ,a man of humanity, broke up these living tombs, when one surviving tenant of them alone was disinterred ; and he, when brought to the surface, found the light painful, discovered that he had out lived all his kindred and acquaintance, and the strength by IN hich in youth and manhood he had been able to earn a subsistence; he therefore prayed to be restored to the grave from which he had been dragged, and to the society of the toad and the spider, his only familiar friends. Whether he was rein terred is not told ; but though Goldsmith cites the story, es a proof of the power of habit, nobody that we have ever heard of has used such an instance as an argument, ex cept to prove the barbarity of imposing habits and cir cumstances that unfit human beings for the support or the enjoyment of life—habits really equivaleat to the mutilations formerly practised in the Netherlands, to disable persons from pursuing particular trades. Toil is the lot of man: no doubt in the sweat of his brow must he cat his bread; but, according to the Divine ap pointment, in the sweat of his brow he may cat his bread ; without adding the sacrifice of health, and lire, and liberty, and morals : toil, not excessive or premature, or unnatural toil, is the lot of man. We can imagine the burning scorn with which Lord Brougham would have swept away the arguments of any one who should have attempted to justify negro slavery on the ground that "toil is the lot of man." Is it true, again we ask, that the tendency of civilisation is to rendr necessary severer and more painful labour—labour breaking in upon the order of our natural associations ? We think too reverently of the dispositions of the Great Author of Nature to believe this possible. We see perfect harmony in all his other works, and we will not believe that in his dealings with man he appoints society to civilise and elevate his creatures on one side, and to degrade and corrupt them on the other; and if any moral truth was ever demonstrated, it is this—that of excessive, pre- I mature, and unnatural toil, degradation and corruption are the necessary consequences., We know, indeed, but too well that the tendency of civilisation is to tempt to the abuse of its opportunity; and of what other blessing may not this be said? Civilisation brings wealth, and wealth gives power, and power un restrained will be always exercised in selfishness and in injustice; but if civilisation brings wealth, it also brings wisdom; and one of the earliest tasks of wisdom is to impose restraints upon all irresponsible power, the power of wealth in the first place. This is the point at which we have now arrived, and we respect fully submit it to Lord Brougham as a scholar and a philosc pher, that upon the decision now made will depend the fate of the British empire; we speak of the decision in principle, not the decision in the matter of detail, though we own that we cannot easily separate them. It is now decided that the in fluence of wealth may not be in any degree restrained ; but that one rich man choosing to exact too Much, or too early, or unnatural, labour from his fellow-creatures, shall be at liberty to do so, and to ruin all who will not imitate his example (for the first tyranny is exercised upon compe titors), if this decision be come to, then we refer the Noble and Learned Lord to his own favourite author, pa licularly to " The Oration on the Classes," for a 1 pie ure of the consequences. Once more we repeat it, tlia the civilisation which grows only in wealth, and no; in wisdom and humanity, is a civilisation that leads to perdition, and leads more rapidly the more rapid the Inc .ease of wealth. It is an abuse of a Divine blessing, an I let those guilty of such abuse beware. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel last evening moved for a sel.ect committee of the House of Commons, to inquire whether any—and if any, what—improvements are required in the present law for the trial of contro verted Parliamentary elections. The present law was an experiment ; and was, in the first instance, enacted for a limited period, which expires with the ) present session. Previously to its being enacted, as e re-. -----..e 1nena......., ~ ••,5,,,1., seasonable that ite mode of operation should be ascertained. its defects, if any, will be thus pointed out, in order to their being supplied in the new Bill ; and its powers extended, if necessary, that it may be efficient for the purposes to which it is to be applied. We are therefore induced to hope that the Committee will suggest various improve ments in the existing law. Though an improvement upon the old system of ballot—which rendered the result of a petition against a return a mere lottery—the present system is far from securing a decision in accord ance with truth and justice. When the present law was under discussion we ventured to suggest that the most effectual way to secure satisfactory results from inquiries into controverted elections, and thus prevent the corrupt practices which had prevailed at Parliamentary elections, on the one hand ; and, on the other, to protect successful candidates from frivolous and vexatious petitions on the other; would be to remove the jurisdiction from the House of Commons to another and indifferent tribunal. While the House of Commons continues to be what it is—and ceasing to be what it is, an arena of party conflict, its very constitution must be changed, and thus its value would be destroyed—party spirit must pervade its members. That spirit will rule, more or less, in its election committees, and influence the de cisions at which they arrive. Sir Robert Peel, it will be seen, carefully abstained from meeting this very essential point in the inquiries he has referred to the Select Committee. The Right Hon. Baronet shrinks IA ith instinctive dread from attempting so serious an invasion of the prerogatives of the House of Commons. Mr. Gisborne, in the course of some practical re marks of considerable value upon the working of the existing law, shewed, from the party character of the decisions of election committees appointed tinder it, the necessity of providing for the exclusion of party spirit, which yet biassed election committees, and rendered their decisions justly suspected of being tainted by its influence. The constitution of these committees renders them liable to the suspicion which their decisions tend to con firm. The Committee is still a party tribunal. Three Members are selected from one side of the House and three from the other ; and, by turns, a chairman is taken from one side of the House to one committee, and from the other side to the next. This mode of forming a tribunal is most extraordinary, if the design of the inquiry be a decision in conformity with evidence. To our minds, it wears the appearance of an expedient, and that not a wise one. It gives to each party, alter nately, a chairman who has the power to rule every decision of the Committee of which he is the head, by his single rote. In numerous instances—as the published reports of the proceedings of Election Com mittees under this law incontestably prove—the mem bers of the Committee have been equally divided ac cording to their party politics ; and the chairman has decided the point, for or against the petitioners, in con formity with his party views. Then, on the question of costs—which, if the inquiry were to be conducted according to, and the decision governed by, the practice of every other Court, would depend on the result of the in quiry—there is a kind of compromise. A mutual understanding seems to exist, whatever may be the merits of the ease—however palpably frivolous and vexatious the petition, or however corrupt the practices proved against the sitting Member—there shall be no decision by which costs will be imposed on the losing party. "We will say nothing about costs ; that may ap pear to be severe. The petition was, indeed, wholly un supported; and there does not appear to have been any grounds for the inquiry." On the other hand, " The bribery by the recognised agents of the sitting member, was clearly proved: the intimida tion was terrible: the treating was on the largest scale, t and the me m b er ' s comm itt ee scarce ly took any pains toe conceal such their reee d p i a n r g t s i c a i r p e a t s i o o n e 0 m i in a tohne ! E illegal ver acts. Every one who But, then, has had anything s he proceedings ftosede7ith a severely contested election, things are of common occur rence." Thus, in th e one case h dismissed, and the membe r againsttevexatious whom ous petitions is itwas pre sented is made to pay one or two thousand poundsto had de fend his seat ; which would never have been attacked there not been a probab ilit y of getting a party ch a i rman ; nor then, had the p ractic e of the Court s b een adopted, and costs followed a failure of the attempt. In the other case, the seat would, probably, never have been defended, had the member who had ob tained his seat by illegal practices not hoped, in the first place, that the Committee would be presided over by a Chairman taken from his own side of the House, and therefore disposed to serve him where the case pressed with most severity against him ; or, if he should be un fortunate in the order in which the chairman was appointed, there would be the satisfaction of knowing that he would escape the costs of the inquiry ; except h su e c e h o p al o d rt m io a n k o e f a t s he li m gh a t s a w s er h e e p inc l urred d by himself, up h which e defence as soon as he ascertained the, by giving partycomplexion of the chairman. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. COURT-MARTIAL ON THE ENGINEER OF THE PRO 3/ETHEus.—The Court-martial which we announced last week as ordered on Mr. Hand, the second engineer of the Prometheus, Lieutenant Commander Pasco, was held yesterday at Portsmouth on board the St. Vincent., 120 flag-ship, h ear _ Admiral Hyde Parker, Superintendent of the Dock yard, acting as President, and the following officers composed the Court:—Captain Henderson, C. 8., La, of the Victory; Captain Sir T. Hastings, of the Excel lent; Captain R. F. Rowley, of the ;tit. Vincent; and Commander Wilcox, of the Victory. G. L. Greetham. Esq., officiated as Judge Advocate. The charge was for gross neglect of duty by having allowed the water in one of the boilers to get considerably below its proper level, and for not having taken the proper steps to ar r st the mischief thereby incurred. Lieut. Pasco, the commander of the Prometheus, in the course of his evidence, stated that he was aroused from his cabin on the morning of the 28th Feb., then off Madeira, by the stopping of the vessel, and en going to inquire the reason he encountered an offensive smell of something burning, which on investigation he discevered proceeded from the engine -room, and from the feltusually placed between the boilers, which he found had been ignited by the port boiler being, in the absence of water, nearly red-hot. On interrogating Mr. Hand, the engineer in charge, he, in excuse for his neglect, said he had dis covered the state of the boiler, but was so frightened that he did not know how to act. Lieutenant Pasco, then, on ascertaining the extent of the damage, and finding it impossible to get it repaired at Madeira, de termined to put back, and on arriving at Devonport, represented the circumstances to the Commander-in- Chief, Admiral Sir D. Milne, Bart., G.C.8., from which port he was ordered to Portsmouth. Mr. Frazer, the first engineer, and Mr. Wallace, the second master, corroborated the evidence of the com mander, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the factory at Woolwich, gave as his opinion that the damage sustained by the boilers was the result of careless ness and neglect, and although the boilers were of the tubular principle, they required no greater skill in their management than did the cld ones. They could not be repaired in less than a month, and would cost from 3001. to 4001. In his defence the prisoner called two- witnesses, ore of whom was an apprentice on board, who proved nothing in extenuation. The Commander, however, and Mr. Lloyd, gave the prisoner a good character both as to con duct and qualifications. The Court found him Guilty, and adjudged — "That the prisoner be dismissed her Majesty's ser vice, and that he is forthwith dismissed accordingly." COURSE OF EXCIII Amsterdam CF. 12 61 Ditto, at sight l2 41 Rotterdam 9 U l2 7 Antwerp 26 0 flamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseille 3 Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine 1221 Petersburgh, 3Us 364 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 958 1 rieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz PiThan 36 Barcelona 36 Seville ,NGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 65 Genoa 26 Milan Venice 47 Naples Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 53 Oporto 53 1 Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Avres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9 rortugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9g Silver in Bars 0 4 11i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool• sack at the usual hour. _ . Messengers from the Commons brought up the Inter national Copyright Bill and the Annual Indemnity Bill, which were read a first time. Lord KENYON presented a petition from Denbigh shire in favour of protection to agriculture. The Noble Lord save notice that on Thursday next he would pre sent a petition from the University of Oxford against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the pro vost, magistrates, and town council of Edinburgh, pray ing for the repeal of the Act of Parliament, which re quired that all professors in Scotch Universities should sign the Confession of Faith, and be members of the Church of Scotland. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. _ On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Taunton, against that part of the Ec clesiastical Courts Bill, which related to the Arch deaconry of Taunton. Their Lordships then went into Committee. Upon clause 1 being proposed, Lord COTTENHAM said he hoped their Lordships would have no objection to afford the samo powers of jurisdiction to this Bill as those which he proposed in the Bill introduced to that House in 1836. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was unwilling to deprive those Courts of the jurisdiction which they at present possessed. He had been told by gentlemen connected with Doctors' Commons, that the exercise of this jurisdiction was attended with many benefits, and at a trifling expense. The Bishop of EXETER said the power of ex-com munication was absolutely essential to the stability of the Church, and without that power it could not exist. If the Noble and Learned Lord had any other means by which he could support the discipline of the Church, he hoped be would explain it to the House; but until then he would entreat their Lordships to scout any proposition which would deprive the Church of this jurisdiction. The clause was then agreed to; as were also clauses 2,3, and 4. On clause 5 being read — Lord COTTENHAM expressed an opinion that a. I this clause went to convert rinentives into presentatives the -,..5ent of the Urown should have been given. lie also thought there was some unfairness in the arbitrary disposition of the property of individuals. He was not prepared to move an amendment to the clause—no good would result from it—but he felt called upon to express his dissent to the clause. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the clause had been exrrE ssly recommended by those Ecclesiastical Commissioners whom the Noble and Learned Lord had so warmly eulogsed the other evening, and in his (Lord Lyndhurst's) opinionn was one of the most useful and necessary clauses in the Bill.- After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the Bishop of LONDON the clause was 'agree to. Clause 6 and 7 were then agreed to: - . Clause 8 was tiled proposed. - Lord COTTENHAM said the Bill proposed to establish throughout the • country diocesan courts; that was ":.to - say a court in each diocese of England Vaw,rthiS was a proposstion condemned OP only-by all -ffrOSe• individuals who had considered the, matter, but; it was. „condemned by the reports of two Commissions Whielr'had been appointed with respect to this subject. It had also been con demned by the reports of two Select Committees— one of that House, and one of the other House of Par liament. It had also been condemned by many influential Members of the present Government • and if their Lord ships decided in favour of this Bill, they would do so witout having a single authority to support them. They would thereby perpetuate an evil to the country, without any reason having been advanced for it. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was read a second time. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY BILL. Colonel W YNDHAM presented a petition against the Brighton and Chichester Railway Bill. ➢lr. PAKINGTON presented several petitions in favour of the Bill. Lord MARCH moved the second reading of this Bill. Col. WYNDHAM opposed the motion, and moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months, as two-thirds of his constituents were opposed to the Bill. Lord ARUNDEL seconded the motion. He said this railway would destroy some of the best land in the county; and, if passed, operate as a great injustice on the inhabitants of the county of Sussex. ... Lord A. LENNOX supported the 2d reading of the Bill. Capt. PECHELL also supported the Bill. After a few words from Mr. Goring, Mr. Curteis, Mr. J. A. Smith and Sir Charles Burrell, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading 99 For the amendment 4B Majority for the second reading —sl The Bill was then read a second time, and was ordered to be committed to-morrow. STRATFORD (EASTERN COUNTIES) AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. An HON. MEMBER moved the second reading of this Bill. Colonel Fox, Mr. Hawes, and Lord Mahon, presented petitions against the Bill. Colonel FOX said that the alleged object of this Bill was to carry coals, but if that were the only object there were already two canals which were sufficient for that purpose. his constituents were opposed to the Bill, and he should move that it be read that day six months. Mr. HAWES seconded the amendment. He could name several persons of property that were opposed to the measure, and almost all the people of Stratford were opposed to it. As no public advantage would be de rived from it, the expense of going into Committee ought to be avoided. Mr. WARD knew of no ground which should pre vent a Bill going into Committee which had been allowed to go into Committee last session. He hoped the House would not prevent the Bill being committed. Sir W. JAMES said there was no cause for opposing the Bill. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the Bill read a second time. The Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill was read a second time. The Colchester' and Harwich Railway Bill was read a second time. ' The report of the Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill was further considered for the purpose of introducing an amendment. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Dublin in favour of the principle of atmospheric railways. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. The second reading of the London an d S out h Western Railway Bill (No. 1) having been moved, Mr. WALLACE protested against several of the clauses of the Bill, which enabled the Company to act as general traders, as Custom-house agents, as hotel keepers, as wharfingers, as steam-boat proprietors, and in several other capacities totally inconsistent with their office as railway proprietors. He thought that this Bill ought not to be allowed to proceed further till the ob jections he had adverted to were removed. Mr. ANTROBUS hoped the Honourable Gentleman would allow the second reading of the Bill to take place, and defer his oppositionitill the Bill went in Committee, Sir W. HEATHCOTE said t hat the clause complained of by the Hon. Member for Greenock had, he believed, been omitted by the Standing Orders Committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he thought if the objection of the Hon. Member for Greenock was well founded, it might be pointed out upon the bringing up of the report. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the question was one for the Committee, and they had every security that the ' question would not be overlooked there. The Com mittee would report specially whether or not the Stand ing Orders had been complied with. The House might feel assured that the matter would not escape the fullest investigation. The principle was one of the very greatest importance. There was a general disposition on the part of all joint-stock companies who were intrusted with certain powers for certain purposes, to em ploy those powers for other purposes. He hoped the attention of the General Committee on Railways would be directed to that point, and he hoped the House would do its utmost to check that disposition on the part of all joint-stock companies. There were cases in which an exception ought to be male. • He was not prepared to say whether or not the case of the harbour of Folkestone was of that nature, but in every case in which it was necessary to make an ex ception, the matter should be subjected to the most mi nute investigation. Mr. HUME considered that it was of the utmost importance that the principle laid down by the Right Honourable Gentleman as ;the one by which the Howe was to be guided in its dealings with joint stock companies should be known by the whole country. If they once departed from the principle, they would be open to all kinds of abuse. If the Committee did not strike out all the words enforcing the proposed powers on the company, he was satisfied that the Bill would be rejected. Mr. AGLIONBY agreed that great caution should be exercised in all these cases. The public ought to be carefully guarded, and they had many safe-guards. In the first place there was the Committee on Petitions— then there was the Standing Orders Committee—and then there was the Committee on Bills. In the present instance all the provisions not strictly analogous with the first application for the Bill were ordered to be struck out. - II; Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. MANCHESTER IMPROVEMENTS. On the motion of Mr. 111. GIBBON, the Manchester Improvements Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NOTICES OF MOTION-THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. M. MILNES begged to give notice that he would on Friday next move an amendment on the motion of the Noble Lord the Meniber for Tiver ton (Lord Palmerston) relative to the slave trade, to the effect that it is the opinion of this House that the treaties between this country and foreign countries for the purpose of suppressing the slave-trade by means of a mutual right of search, should be considered as part of a temporary experiment, to be at all times under the control of the two Governments. POOR LAWS. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that, in Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, on clause 56, he would move as an amendment that " it is not lawful for the said Commissioners to interfere with the management of the poor in any parish containing more than 20,000 inhabitants, where relief had hitherto been given under provisions of local Acts, without first obtaining the consent in writing of at least two-thirds of the guardians, or of a majority of the rate-payers. Captain PECHELL wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department whether he would have printed %ith the Votes the amendments relative to local Acts ? It would be very convenient during the recess for Hon. Gentlemen to know the sentiments of the Right Hon. Baronet relative to local Acts. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had last night stated his intention of posponing the Bill till after Easter. Previous to the Bill going into Committee, he would take care to have the amendments in the hands of Hon. Members. CATHOLIC JURORS. In answer to a question f;om Mr. BELLEW, Lord ELIOT said he had received a communication with respect to the Catholic jurors who were challenged by the Crown in a case at the assizes of the county of Monaghan, that had perfectly satisfied him, that those jurors were not excluded because they were Catholics, but that in every case there were valid grounds of the exclusion. He also stated that the Crown Soticitor, acting on the informations, could not have taken any other course than he had done. He was prepared to go into the details of all these cases ; but the House would see that it could not be done without exceeding those bounds within which it was advisable he should confine himself, SCOTCH BENEFICES. Mr. lIUME, seeing the Lord Advocate of Scotland in his place, begged to ask him when he proposed to pro ceed with the Scotch Benefices Bill ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he had postponed the Bill till after the 30th of April. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Sir R. PEEL said, he last night gave notice that he should move the adjournment of the House for the Eas ter Holidays on Wednesday next. But he found that last year he had moved the adjournment on the Tuesday evening, and unless he had reason to believe that his moving it on the same day would cause inconvenience to Hon. Members, who had Bills to bring forward, he proposed to move the adjournment on Tuesday next. TURNPIKE TOLLS. Colonel WOOD moved torlParn fn ilrinfr in ~ Rill 4 , to exempt lime from toll conveyed on any turnpik road in the Principality of Wales." In stating the nature of the measure he should not detain the House at any length. He wished the Bill to stand on its own intrinsic merits. Every description of manure, excepting lime, was ex empted from toll. In some districts the amount of toll was double the cost price of the lime. It was argued, in favour of the toll, that without it many roads could not be sustained. By Act of Parliament every description of manure, except lime, was exempted from toll. He considered that every road was a parish road, and being such, he considered it ought to be kept up by the parish. He thought he should be able t o s h ow t h at roa d s might be kept up without a toll upon lime. The Commissioners admitted that in England manure was exempt from toll, and the reason they gave for such exemption was, that the great proportion of articles used as manure were seldom transported to any dis tance ; that they were most frequently merely taken from one portion of a farm to the other. Now what would all the farmers round London say, if they were told that their exemption from toll was a occupation of exemption. If that was the only reason the Commissioners could find for this exemption they took a very short-sighted view of the matter. Lime, the Commissioners stated, was of a different character ; it was very valuable, and could be profitably transported to great distances. Now they had heard a great deal of Guano, that was brought from a great distance, and was very valuable, so was Aberdeen waste, so was coal-dust, and yet all these were exempt from toll un d er t h e pro visions of the General Turnpike Act. Lime was the only manure subject to toll, and lime was the only manure within the reach of the Welsh farmer. He entreated the Government to concede the boon of exemption of lime from toll—a measure which more than any other would secure the tranquillity of the country. Colonel POWELL seconded the motion. Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of opposing the Bill. He dissentel from the principle of allowing ' such exemptions at all. They had been made from time to time in consequence o f t h e H ouse b eing composed of agriculturists; such exemptions ought not to exist. Whatever they might exempt was a relief to the farmer ; whatever was a relief to the farmer was a benefit to the landlord. He did not see why they should be reli eve d f rom what other people were obliged to pay. The turnpikes had been established, and their own Commis sioners told them that the money that had b een em b ar k e d in them conld not be repaid unless the tolls were exacted. He objested to the Bill, therefore, in both points of view, but his chief objection was the one of principle. He did not see why the landlords should enjoy these ex emptions. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON supported the Bill. Mr. Ald. THOMPSON said that the whole system of local administration in Wales required amend ment. He had hoped the Government would come forward with some comprehensive and adequate measure to relieve those grievances of which the people of Wales so justly complained. If the Bill proposed by the Hon. and Gallant Member was to be the only panacea, he (Colonel Wood) hoped the House would reject it. For his part, he would op pose it to the utmost of his power, unless it was in.. tended to be accompanied by some more extensive mea sure on the part of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) Sir CHARLES MORGAN believed that however desirable it would be to relieve farmers from the pay ment of toll upon lime, yet in several dis tricts it would be found impossible to do so without abandoning the road. The Commission issued by the Government had had a gie at effort in calming the minds of the people ; and as he boded that some sa tisfactory measure would be proposed by the Govern ment, founded upon the report of the Commissioners, he would recommend that a partial measure, such as that of the Gallant Officer, should not be persisted in. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MArten 22. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Edward Turst Carver, Esq., as one of her Majesty's Hun. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Hamilton, who retires. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Benvenuto Mathew, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Bahama Islands. WHITEHALL, MARCH 25. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas Myles to the church and parish of Aberlemno, in the presby tery and county of Forfar, vacant by the transportation of Dr. John Crombie, late Minister thereof, to the church and pa rish of Scone, in the presbytery and shire of Perth. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Samuel Commissio n by the L or d L ieutenant of Rox b urghsh i re. Dumfries, Platt, Esq., t o b e Deputy Lieutenant, M arc h 16. Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia—J. Scott, Esq. (and not J. Scots, Esq., as inserted in the Gazette of Tuesday last ), to b e C a pt a i n Commissions by the Lord Li eutenant of, Feb. 16. Gloucestershire, and of the City and County of the City of Gloucester, and of of the City and County of the City of Bristol. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— G. W. Blaythwayte, E3q. to be Major, vice Browne, promoted; H. Barton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Godsall, resigned, March 20. WHITEHALL, MARCH 14. The Lord Chanceller h as appointed William Bennett Free land, Gent., of Steyning, in the county of Sussex, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Maacit 18. The Lord Chancillor has appointed William Way Bttekell, Gent., of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Matsui 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Nathaniel Cart wright., of Duns able, in the county of Bedford, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. ROBERT WEBSTER, victualler, Oxford-market, to sur render April 4, at eleven, and May 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Ware, Blackman- street, Southwark. WILLIAM GOLIGHTLY KELSON, builder, Canter bury, April 23, at half-past eleven, and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Kirk, Symond's Inn. THOMAS ANDREW, victualler, Little Earl-street, Seven-dials, April 23, at one, and May 14, at. half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street ; Ware, Blackman-street. WILLIAM LOTT, grocer, Ipswich, April 2, at eleven, and 30, at half•past twelve, at the Court of Bankrui,tcy; Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Bell and Cn., Bow Church-yard. EDWARD LEVY and A UGUSTUS LEVY, fruit mer chants, Botolph-lane, City, April 2, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Brown and Martin, Minc:ng-lane. ISAAC ELKERSEY, victualler, Liverpool, April 10, and May 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams, Doctors'- commons, London ; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JEREMIAH WILLIAM S, flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, April 3, and May 3, at one, at the Liver pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sar gent, Norfolk-street, Strand, London ; Owens, Newtown; Hughes, Llanidloes, Montgomery. JOSEPH Bils WAY, fringe manufacturer, Chester, April 10 and May 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Barker, Manchester; Fisher and Company, Aldersgate-street, London. JOHN WILDEY, jun., upholsterer, Nottingham, April 13 ,and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lees, Nottingham ; Motterarn and G ddey, Birmingham. ROBERT HITCHCOCK, miller, Taunton, April 11 and May 2, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter ; Bailey, Shaw, and Co., Berners-street, London ; Coles, Taunton. SAMUEL BETTISON, wine-merchant, Leamington Priors, April 12, and May 1, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Tibbs, Wrrwiek ; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row, London. BENJAMIN POUNTAIN, wine merchant, Derby, April 4. and May 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Barker and Co., Mark-lane, London; Spurrier and Chaplin, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Bell, grocer, Stockton, Durham. J. Bell, gardener, Norton, Durham. J. Bone, farmer, Rettendon, Essex. W. W. Groves, hatter, Gerrard-street, Soho. G. L. V. Grey, beer retailer, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields. Wil,on, cabinet maker, Morpeth, Northumberland. T. Willcock, bricklayer, Peter-street, Whitechapel. F. Eggleston, blacksmith, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. R. Stott, Blackburn, Lancashire. J. Holloway, baker, Heston. M. Batte, farmer, Handsworth, Staffordshire. G. Revill, linen draper, Mitcham, Surrey. R. H. Morgan, coach maker, New Church-atreet,Paddington. W. Wainwright, post-office lerk, Birmingham. G. Butler, plumber, Stanton St. John's, Oxfordshire. W. A. Locke, coal dealer, Manchester. J. W. Wood, Birmingham. B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Kendal, Westmoreland. A. Soulby, Blackwall. W. Hooper, cabinet maker, Bath. H. Burton, estate agent, Liverpool. J. Horsfall, beer seller, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. G. V. Rogers, surgeon, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. C. P. Poole, attorney-at-law, Pitt's-place, Old Kent-road, W. Shoobridge, farmer, Mayfield, Sussex. C. Cunningham, attorney, Natford-place, Alarylebone. A. G. N. Maleouronne, teacher of French, Putney. W. Mayler, publican, Chester. F. Crook, commission wine and porter agent, Great Margie bone-street. G. Wallis, saddler, Oxford. H. Tovey, coach lamp manufacturer, Bristol. J. Ingram, author, Kent. H. Alahomed, bath proprietor, Little Ryder-st., Westminster. W. Godwin, ltnendraper, High-street, Stoke Newington. T. Thompson, farmer, Birmingham. F. Rumble, artist, Battersea. A. Jenkins, fishmonger, Ryde, Isle of Wight. H. Newman, bricklayer, Clapham-road, Surrey. D. Offord, cutler, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. E. Snell, chemist, Caistor, Lincolnshire. R. D. Al'Manus, surgeon, Wilson-street, Gray's Inn-read. E. Boothroyd, innkeeper, Huddersfield. T. Hasler, japanner, East-street, Finsbury-market. T. Finley, sen.., High-street, Newington-butts. W. Denniff, fruiterer, Sheffield. T. C. Varley, mattress-manufacturer, Sheffield. W. Crowther, cloth manufacturer, Calverley, Yorkshire. D. Long, clothier, Guiseley, Yorkshire. T. Newell, beerseller, Calverley, Yorkshire. M. Snow, boarding-housekeeper, Liverpool. F. C. Gruneisen, licensed victualler, Thanet- street, Burton- crescent. E. Cooke, licensed victualler, Masborougb, Yorkshire. J. Shinton, beer seller, Fish-hill, Worcestershire. 0. Gandini, professor of fencing, Great Marlborough-street. R. Wells, carpenter, Brewer's-green, Westminster. J. Crawford, omnibus proprietor, Princes-street, Maida-hill. T. Pagden, St. Thomas street, East, Southwark. S. Drew, cabinet maker, Wakefield. J. Ribble, proctor's clerk, Peckham-grove, Camberwell. W. Bothwick, furniture broker, Tottenham-court-road. T. Standen, biscuit baker, Hastings. J. Neale, cabinet-maker, Walcot, Somersetshire. G. Cordrey, carman, Putney. S. Webster, Spring place, Paddington. T. R. Downes, clerk, Victoria-cott.g,, oomers - -town. SECOND NOTICES. J. blade, carpenter, Bexley, Kent, April 16, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Eastwood, dealer in coins, Redcross-street, Cripplegate, City, April 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton. official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings. F. Jei rald, bricklayer, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Woods, baker, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, April 1, at half-past one, at the Courf of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee : _ _ T. Clinch, beer-retailer, Albert-place, City-road, April 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clinch, official assignee. H. C. Carpenter, clerk, Coburn-row, Mile-end, April I, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. C. T. Oliver, clerk, White Hart-court, Bishopsgate-street, April 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone, April 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. R. Wightwick, journeyman carpenter, M a id s t one , Ap r il I, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. J. Marsland, weaver, Bradford, April 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, of March 26.) SUGAR.—There has been more activity in the West India Sugar market; previous rates have been maintained, and a fair demand has prevailed for grocery and refining purposes. To day buyers of West India Sugar came forward with less free dom ; the demand was limited for all descriptions for the pan and scale, but the rates paid were equal to those of Friday, the purchases amounted to only 200 hhds, including 90 hhds of Trinidad at public sale, which sold at 5916 d to 60s 6d for mid dling, and SOS per cwt for low yellow. REFINED.—The home trade have been extensive prchasers of all descriptions of Refined Goods, but no improvement has taken place in prices. To-day the home demaud for refined Sugar was good, and prices are firmer : brown lumps selling at 74s to 74s 6d, and Standard Lumps 75s 6d to 76s per cwt. The demand for Bonded Crushed is brisker, and it is difficult to purchase und'r 26s per cwt for first quality. Mauritius.—lmporters have shown more firmness, and none has been brought to public sale ; privately, purchases to a fair extent made at full rates. This afternoon some parcels were disposed of privately at rather higher rates : there was no public sale. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar, in bond, and duty paid, were submitted to public competition ; the former all sold at good prices, mid bright sound yellow fetched 33s to 33a 6d, low mid 30s to 325, damp 32s to 365, washed 29s 6d to 325, damp brown 26s to 31s 6d, washed 25, to 30s 6d ; of the latter a small part only sold, damp sls 6d to 56s 6d, washed 49s to 545, sound bright yellow taken in at 55s per cwt. Bengal Sugar, mid white fetched 63s to 645, good to fine 65s to 68, yellow 61s to 665, and inferior 58, to 60s per cwt. Fortxton.—Te-day the market was firm for Foreign Sugar, and very little is on offer. A cargo of white Bahia has been sold for the Mediterranean at 23s 3d, being a very full price. Small parcels of bron n Brazil have fetched former rates. More business would have been done tf the market was better supplied. . _ MOLA SSRS.—The operations in West India are upon a small scale only, and the tendency of prices downwards. For Honey prices remain firm. This afternoon Madras Molasses duty paid and in bond were offered at auction ; the former sold—good at 18s, and the latter withdrawn. COFFEE.—Privately few purchases have been made in West India Coffee, but the supply being scanty, holders have been enabled to obtain previous rates. Mocha in good request, at the former currency. In other kinds of East India former rates are sustained. This afternoon for Ceylon Coffee 66s to 56s 6d per cwt paid currently fur good ord. Padang taken in Is to 2s under previous rates—viz., good ord bold a little mixed at 32s per cwt. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLA NPS. —For all descriptions of Jamaica Rum full rates have been paid : fair quality 30 to 40 per cent overproof sold at 3s 6d to 3s 7d per gallon, and small parcels of better quality at 4s to 5s 6d. Demerara 3s 3d to 3s 4d, for 35 to 40 per cent overproof. Leewards at 2s 2d proof. Calcutta at Is lid per gallon proof. For Brandy Prices rule as follows :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 1 Id, puns 5s 9d ; 1839, hlids 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d ; 1840, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; 1641, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d ; 1842, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d, middling 3s 6d to 4s Gd, and common marks 2s 10d to 3s 5d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sort is Pd to Is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 3d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d cash, arAd Gin 22 per cent over proof 8s Sd per gallon. To-day Rum sold at stiff rates ;31 per cent over proof Jamaica at 3s 6d, Demerara 33 over 3s 3d, stronger 3s 4d to 3s sd, and proof Leewards 2s 2d to 2s 2id per gallon. Cocoa.—The demand has improved for Foreign, and by private contract 28s 6d paid for 238 bags of mixed red Para, being the former value. Of West India none has been brought to public sale ; privately several parcels have been disposed of at the advanced rates previously established. TEA.—The market has presented a firm appearance for green Tea since Tuesday last large purchases have been made by private contract, and stiff rates paid for the better qualities. Common Is 2id to is 3d, but in black little business has been transacted, and rather lower prices accepted, common and good common Congou selling at Is to Is Id per lb. To-day there was little inclination shown on the part of the trade to operate ; the demand was limited for green Tea, and black met with a dull sale ; the prices accepted were 2d per lb under those of the last public sales for Imperial and Gunpow der, Id for Hyson, ld to 2d for Young Hyson, lid to 2d for Pouchong, and id per lb for Congou. SPICES.—To-day several parcels of Cinnamon were dis posed of at 4s 3d to 6s Gd for Ceylon, and Is 3d to 2s 6d per lb for Malabar ; these rates are 3d to 4d per lb above those of tme last quarterly sale. Pepper in request and prices firm ; Sumatra s with difficulty to be had under 3id per lb. Rim—For Bengal previous rates are (sustained; Ils 6d to 12s is the value of the middling to fine white ; lOs to lOs 6d for low broken white, and 9s 6d per cwt for sea damaged. Cleaned Rice is wanted ; Patna has been selling at 14s to 17s and Caro lina at 21s to 20s per cwt. To-day for Bengal Rice, prices are drooping) lit 3d to lit Gd accepted privately for mid white. SAGO has been only in limited request, and rather lower rates accepted. Sago Flour 2ls to 225 per cwt for good qua lity. Arrowroot, Bermuda 10d to is 21d, St. Vincents 4id to 6d, and Jamaica 6d per lb. INDIGO.—The market has an improving appearance for East India, and the rates paid show an advance on those of the last quarterly sale of 3d to 4d per lb. Spanish at firm rates. TALLow. —Prices have been firm for Russian, and on the spot a good business has been transacted ; 40s 9d to 41s 34 per cwt are the current rates paid for P Y Candle of first qua lity. For delivery in the last three months of the year 415 9d to 42s per cwt ; South American sold at 355 to 395 ; North America 34s 3d to 40s 3d; Galata 40s to 40s 9d; New South Wales 33s 6d to 40s 9d ; East India 37s 6d to 41s 6d, and Italian 425. Town Tallow at 41s to 4ls 6d per cwt, nett cash. This aftenoon P.Y. Candle at 41s to 41s 3d for the primest P.Y. Candle on the spot, and 42s for delivery in the last three months of the year. Ort,s.—Cod 341 10s, pale Seal 351, and common to fine Southern 311 to 34 per tun. Sperm, British at 711 to 721, and American 701 to 70 10s per tun. Palm fetched 25s to 28s for common to good quality. Olive Oil has been in extensive re quest, and prices are still advancing, Gallipoli at 491 to 491 10s, Spanish 461 to 461 10s, and Barbary 451 to 451 10s per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil, fine, at 31s to 325, and inferior 29s to 30s per cwt. Linseed Oil at 26s 6d to 26, 9d per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil in good request, pale at 37s to 37s 6d, and brown 36s to 36s 6d per cwt. Egyptian Natron 8s 3d per cwt. To-day Linseed Oil at 26s 6d per cwt. :Sicily 471 to 471 10s per tun. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKENWELL. Thomas Shrkord, a hairdresser, residing in White cross-street, Clerkenwell, was charged with attempting to bribe a witness for the purpose of clandestinely sup pressing a charge of felony. A man named Henry Burgess was yesterday charged in this Court with breaking into a dwelling-house and stealing therefrom money and wearing apparel, value 101., the property of David Roes, a shopkeeper, living in 'Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. It was proved by sereral witnesses that Shelford had, in the passage of the Court, and in the public-house opposite, offered a sum of 21. 10s. to the prosecutor not to press the charge. He, ',however, declined, and gave information of the offer to the police. Mr. GREENWOOD expressed his determination to send the prisoner for trial, but would at present remand him. He would, however, accept of security to the amount of 401„ and himself in the same sum, for his appearance at this Court on Thursday next. A lad named Smith was charged with stealing two coats from the house of Mr. Sanson, a clerk in the Cus tom-house, residing at No. 2, Cloudesly-street, Islington. On Saturday evening, the prisoner was seen running from Mr. Sanson's house by Police-constable N 21 with the coats on his shoulder. He was taken into custody. It appeared that the door having been left ajar for a moment by the servant, the prisoner entered and re moved the coats, which were hanging in the hall. Com mitted for trial. Two well known little thieves named Cooke and Softy, were charged with stealing twelve telescopes, the pro perty of Mr. Settor, a shopkeeper residing in Duke street, Holborn, and a marine storesdealer named Moore with receiving the property. The prisoners were com mitted for trial. • 21% 17. 24 20% 00 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 - 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 59 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 e 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 9 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2.5 0 0 lu e 0 0 0 Is 8 o 10 0 0 50 7 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 5% 400 U. 133. 137 1 A 48 °2 IR6 16% 1 2 6% 2, 40s. Il9s. 4% 170 205 12% Ibl 4 42% 135 11% 64 16% 231 9914 111% 6 9 12% 13N 5% 118 r 4 4 4 52% 104 2 I 9i 166% 161 220 162 8% 1736 1 4% 50 59% 14 WORSHIP-STREET. A tall military-looking man, named William Spurrell alias Wigram, waas charged before Mr. Broughton on suspicion of having been concerned with two other persons, now in cus tody, named James Martin and Mary Spurrell, in stealing a large quantity of valuable shawls and silks, the property of some person at present unknown. Evidence was now given as to the prisoner's movements, aliases, and apprehension. In his defence he said that his real name was Wigram, which was his mother's, he being the natural son of a gentle man in Essex, named Spurrell. He had assumed the firm of Wigram and Co. for-the sake of appearances, not dreaming of any wrong. Having a bill coming due on Saturday, he said he had ordered his family to pledge goods to raise the money, and all would turn out correct in the end, &c. Mr. BROUGHTON said the case was involved in deep suspi cion, and he should remand the prisoner for further examina tion on Wednesday, but would take bail for his appearance, himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each. The prisoner declared his inability to find the bail, and was removed. LAMBETH-STREET. A middle-aged female, named Mary Furley, was placed within the felons' bar, before Mr. Norton, on a charge of murder, in having caused the death of George Furley, her infant son, aged eighteen months, and also with having attempted the additional crime of suicide by endangering her own life. The wretched woman, who appeared to be la bouring under the deepest mental anguish as well as bodily suffering, was accommodated with a chair in the dock, and in addition to this it was found necessary to support her during the investigation. The first witness called was Mr. Thomas Gardener, of the Commercial Coal-wharf, adjoining the Regent's Canal, in the Mile-end-road, who deposed that on the preceding night, about nine o'clock, he was alarmed by the violent barking of a dog in the yard, and in consequence went into the wharf adjoining the Regent's Canal. On reaching the edge of the water he saw something floating, and he in stantly laid hold of a boat-hook and drew it towards the bank. He then discovered it to be the prisoner, and as soon as he had got her to the shallow water she exclaimed— " Oh, my child ! my child !" Supposing from this excla mation that her child was also in the water, he (Mr. Gar dener) released the boat-hook from her clothes and drew it alongside of her in the water, and in doing so he brought on shore the body of her child, who appeared lifeless at the time. He however took it in his arms, and carried it as quick as possible to the house of his uncle, the New Globe Tavern, near the bridge, and placed it without delay in a warm bath. A medical gentleman who had been sent for had promptly attended, and declared that no better means could be adopted for its resuscitation than that resorted to, but it proved inef fectual. Polka-constable Henry Cottin, said that he had been called in to Mr. Gardener's premises on the evening before, to take the prisoner into custody, and on her way to the sta tion•house she said she had something very heavy on her mind, and that she threw herself into the canal with her child, whose name was George, in her arms, and that •she regretted exceedingly the gentleman had rescued her, as her sufferings must be greater than ever. The prisoner entered into a long statement. She said that she had been in Bethnal-green workhouse for about twelve months, and made complaints that her children had been taken from her, and not well treated ; that she left the workhouse, suffered much, and rather than return was ready to endure any extremity ; that she was bewildered by her sufferings, having been much better off in her time, &c. Her mind was evidently affected. Mr. NORTON, after complimenting Mr. Gardener upon his promptness and humanity, remanded the prisoner for a future day, and desired that a note should be appended to the com mittal that she should be taken particular care of. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MR. KEMP, ARCHITECT. —On Monday forenoon the body of Mr. Kemp, well known as the architect of the Scott Monument, was found in the canal. He had been missing for twelve days previously, and was last seen at the house of Mr. Lind, contractor for the mo nument, on whom he had called to arrange about the pro gress of the works. It is supposed that, on his return home to Morningside, he had taken the way by the banks of the canal, and that the night being dark, he had stumbled into the water at the place where he was found—an open and dangerous point beside Lochrin Distillery.—Edinburgh Witness. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 25. FACTORIES BILL. Captain ROUS congratulated the House on the prospect of getting rid of this Bill. He had risen three times in vain during the first night's debate, for the purpose of condemning the policy which in terfered with self-government. In the first division he did not vote, but on the last night it appeared to him that a sort of party spirit governed the votes, and therefore he came to the conclusion that he should vote for the Twelve Hours' Bill, as it appeared to him to be the lesser evil.—(Hear, hear.) In the first place he would observe, that whoever drew up this Bill, must be totally ignorant of the feelings both of the manufacturers and the workmen.— (Great laughter and cheers.) He had heard. Hon. and Right Hon. Gentlemen speak of the ex cesses of Jack Cade and of Vat Tyler, who killed a man fur taking improper liberties with his daugh ter.—(A laugh.) But he (Captain Rous) believed that this Bill would be as great a grievance as those which caused the insurrections of Cade and Tyler. He looked upon the master manufacturers as being the most valuable men in the coun try. No men in the country deserved better ; they did not spend their capital abroad in unprofita ble luxuries, but they employed it in endeavouring to promote industry at home, and giving employment to hundreds of thousands of the people. Nothing could be more mischievous than the interference of Govern ment with private individuals.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if the House of Commons was to tell him to give eight half holidays in the week to his servants, he would tell the House that he would see the House of Commons --(Hear, hear, and great laughter)— he would see them somewhere else first.—(Cheers, and great laughter.) The master manufacturers had also their feelings, and this meddling and interference with private affairs was attended with the greatest evils in all parts of the world. Look to those places where the Governmentsinter fered with trade and private affairs, and what were the consequences? In Sweden and Prusia the Government interfered with families even to the sending of the children to schools ; and, ac cording to Mr. Laing, there was three times the amount of crime in Sweden that there was in this country. Government nad quite enough to do to look after their own proper business; there was not one Government whose affairs were managed with proper economy. 'Were any private establishment to show such a contempt for economy, they would be bankrupt in three months.—(Hear, hear.) The same causes must produce the same effects; if they pursued the same course as Sweden and Prussia, the same re sults would be produced. The diffusion of education among the people of the lowest condition only ren dered them unfit for their station. The Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary had stated that the Noble Lord (Ashley) had refused a high seat on the Treasury be nc h. He could only say that if men of such tender and sensitive feelings were to carry on the Government, this smiling country would, before three years were over, become a desert.—(Oh, oh, and laughter.) Such constant interference must be mischievous. If they went to ten hours, they would go to eight, and where should they stop ? The Noble Lord would make a most excellent Archbishop of Canterbury, but he would make a very bad statesman. He believed that the poor men, generally speaking, in this country were well looked after ; he believed that in that respect there was no country like England ; and nothing was more likely to make them miserable than Hon. Members and Noble Lords getting up on each side of the House, and making the statements they had done.—(Hear, hear.) He believed there was more good among the labourers of tla's co un t than, any other upon the face of the earth , bk 3calls bio they had not, N o bl e L or d s on that, and Honeudrs.fe Members on the other side of the House, would ri t'aem mad.—(Great laughter.) Mr. V. SMITH would not take three days t o b i e sever the observations of the Right Baronet, although he had done so to answer , I ,d; He would explain to the House what he real* r at said. The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated tu vr he (Mr. V. Smith) had asserted that the Poer -la would be the resource of those driven out of the factrortY: and that high wages were productive of iminer a Now, the Right Hon. Gentleman had most griev s , fl ibe Honotuabis. misrepresented him. What he said was, th ay w o poor-law was a provision for those poor peotle c _ . could not possibly themselves obtain a subsisten of He had not said that crime was the cao s equ ene / 1 0 0. high wages in the sense stated by the It 1,5 11 t Baronet, but that high wages being dispropoir t o and unusual were generally the cause of dissiPautA the recipients. The reason of this was, that " - wages were generally conferred upon hard-avorkersel over exertion prolueed excitement, and excitenie_, stimulated men to the use of strong liquor, and stro g , liquor led to immorality.—(Hear, hear.) That Lt: was the sense in which he used the phrase " 1 "t o , wages," and he appealed to any Hon. M e mber had heard him.—(Hear, hear, from the Tory ate' hers.) That such was the effect of high wag es .; 0 those who received them, he appealed to any P el r, conversant with the condition of the inanufacturwe. districts, and to the Report of the Children's EmPli ment Commission. In that report the Reve t r o Alexander Gilmour, minister of the Presbyte ri,a Congregation in Greenock, said that high el would promote intemperance rather than comfort. Hall, of Wolverhampton, before the same Committee'', stated that the best workmen were the oftenest dra m from the same reason ; he said such men were Ho n , a whole week together drunk. The R i ght P Gentleman was unable to support his version of ; (Mr. V. Smith's) speech by any report of it in , 11 3 - newspaper in the kingdom. He very much regre'',, a a the determination to which the Government 07, come—(Hear, hear)—and the thought the Right li b ewi Gentleman would not in his cooler moments say an hour's labour a day less than at present would the ruin of the country, which seemed to be in s c()/1‘ sistent with good sense and experience.—(flear .) Sir J. GRAHAM said he was very sorry the t o Hon. Gentleman had felt himself bound to say tha s (Sir J. Graham) had put words into his m outh. thing, he could assure the House, was farther from 1 , 5 intention. He had taken a note of the Hon. Gentleinali words at the time he spoke them, and he certailli; did understand him to say that high wages 1 5 . productive of immorality and vice in the factory' ch tricts ; and the report of the Hon. Gentleman's sPt c h in the Morning Chronicle agreed with the notes gn e , he had taken,and which he had stated to the o°, ll . tio The Right Hon. Baronet then proceeded to roar er , extract from the Morning Chronicle, but was i, 11 , 401 . rupted by cries of " Order" from the Opposite The Right Hon. Gentleman appealed to the SPes o i whether or not he was in order. It was a pert ° be matter—it affected him personally—and as 511 % to put it to the House whether he had not a rir , explain and defend himself.—(Loud cries of “0/00. hear.") After reading the extract the Right 40 . Baronet said that although there was such a etufho cidence between his statement and the repor t e,' c l o d Hon. Gentleman's speech in the newspaper ehu the to, still, as the Hon. Gentleman had diselaime u a e r. observations in the sense in which they. were 1 11 0 0• stood by him, he would of course give toe ttite Gentleman full credit for his explanation, and ,Wa s q willing to believe that he had misunderstood Os,' 0 Sir ROBERT INGLIS was anxious,, is bad friendly spirit, to observe upon one phrase which o f been used by his Right Hon. Friend the Secretartere State for the Home Department. He sai d tht were three courses which were op , en for the Gev e o o ment to recommend to the House, and the 11110 Hon. Gentleman maintained those three courses full possession of his faculties and temper—(A —recommended a particular course which he could not then stop to examine ; but he would ash Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of her M a i es Government, whether he considered the ex c , oda sion used by the Right Hon. Gentleman W I hi d those Members on that side of the House 'O rb° supported the Noble Lord were just and proper. ..„ 0 wished to know, whether the Right Hon. Gentle6ao and the Cabinet adopted the phrase "JaCk Goa course of Legislation" used by the Right Hon. 5 or tleman in reference to the twenty-three Member that House who had been almost the consistent ;510 porters of the present Government since they ;Ton, into office. He put the question to his Right go Friend (Sir R. Peel), he need not use any effeelos• expression, nor apply any epithet nor say ani;'a which might engender bad feeling ; but wo ul ea down by asking if the Government adopted the pressions of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secrets* of State for the Home Department. Sir J. GRAHAM rose, apparently labonr i l under some excitement, and said—l used the pin, pause)—l am answerable for it, and withr o , mission to the House, I will answer the Righ t m s e, Gentleman, or, if he will allow me to call hie' the my Right Hon. Friend. Notwithstanding,o„ht Ifriendly spirit"—(A laugh)—in which rnY ,Tao Hon. Friend put the question, I must say tt s t o did not act quite fairly in attempting to ma g at Cabinet responsible for my words, for ', E a a ns Hon. Friend very well knew that, for exPr e 7: s hi• used in the heat of debate by a member of the 0. net, all the members of the Cabinet are not resr eo . sible 7 -none but the member of it who us ed t to, That phrase does not affect, and has no reference „a any deliberations here or elsewhere. When l i n 0 the phrase, I distinctly stated that I had read it tea newspaper within forty-eight hours, and I adeP the I hope the Right Hon. Gentleman will not ca rr y expression further than the words warrant. I t s o used in the heat of debate, and I did not Illes il nt or disrespect to my Right Hon. Friend, or any - Hon. Member.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. INGLIS said the intimacy betwee s , fl ai and the Right Hon. Baronet was of old stalluo-uld and, in answer to his question, whether he W hot # l call him friend, he candidly answered that b e an he would long call him so.—(Cheers.) His c l ue- fele was to the Right Hon. Gentleman at the hea d, Government, who had not answered his quest° (Laughter, in which Sir R. Peel joined.) greP Mr. BERNAL did not think the e hs ,,ol) lion of his Right Hon. Friend (Sir J. Gr.,taell should affiliate the Government in the phrase °J; the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the Vo if , a - o t to of Oxford complained. The Government wer e ":„ t of speak of the danger of invading the freed'. ft labour, and interfering with the hours of (aefo°4 work. The principle had been acted ur s ales years ago. The door had been opened to thi s ' 7 44 of legislation forty years ago, in the Acts rega l , the parochial apprentices. The operative class es l i e or country would not be satisfied unless the Inea sti. Ths the Noble Lord were carried into operation . to rte Government had called for reports • those t rej et? showed the necessity for legislation. 'Medic s ' ° cow' ficates, and the opinions of those best entitled O se d of fidence, clearly demonstrated the absolute 11 Parliamentary interference.—(Hear, hear.) Lord SANDON wished to ask the Rig"'',ool(l Gentleman if the alterations proposed by hi m - ' affect adult female labour ? wet to Sir J. GRAHAM would give a decided Os ou rse the question of his Noble Friend. After t he e e. sanctioned by the House in Committee, he 1 0 16 50 pared to say that the Government would not i nc t heta its limitations adult female labourers, putti o al' on the same footing as infant labourers had of • ready placed upon, deal this pains HINDLEY said he had taken a grea t this, pains during the last fifteen years to investigarpos subject. If the working-men got a Twel ve , ottir Bill by their own efforts, they would not r est fled with it, but proceed farther. r oos t Mr. FERRAND s a id—l r i se t o n otice a which the Right Hon. the Secretary for the the Department made—l all u d e t o hi s a pplicatio n the w Right ords"J lon. B a l ekC Cade."—(Cries tsCrreitersaocLT fOJdheer, or „) erte r flora ber havig been called to order)— ove r Sir J. GRAHAM said that he had over r/t again, during his argument s on this sulale'aslof claimed the slightest i n te n ti on o f anything l ike fensive or general application of the word . at t he Mr. FERRAND expressed his satisfaction explanation of the Right Hon. Baronet. ties tion, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said as this le yore was one of vast importance, he hoped the Nen a dopt' would state the course which he proposed 1 : 1 0 bee; In this case the general principles of legisle l o ero been departed from. What could be a m ore f e o re principle than that children should be left to In, t hey of their parents to educate andsprotect---tipla:too should be dependent upon paternal affection 1 7 05 the ing and seeing after their interests ? Su ch 0 far 0 principle upon which all legislation rested, 5 e t to those matters were concerned. But had they s o li to that principle ? No. They found it flee s° , t ear depart from it, and in the beginning of the la s li tre' tury a man of most benevolent intentions firs! litre' tury a measure on the subject, and again tl!is_ ciple had been departed from, in 1833, tion of the Right Honourable Gentleina..%ifed posite. There was another principle ill y rso o • P e in this matter, and that was, that e 5 the. should be free to dispose of their labour ves, to thought would be most profitable to thein se ,at to make whatever contracts they liked with restthe remuneration. But her Majesty's Ministers, ta Pi t iot Bill now before the House, had departed f r % the principle, and, considering this, he thought th! , 13 11 had been inconsistent ; because, in the Faetorlet of last year, they had never interfered at all with tno: or hours of labour. In this debate there were twes,o9 ties—the one, who were unwilling that there su