The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-09 00:00:00

CATHOLIC INSTITUTE o f GREAT BRIT. • SPECIAL- 'MEETING. A special meeting of the Catholic Institut_e of Great B_Britain was held yesterday at the Great f ß o o r o t m he , p F u r rp e o ni s a e L o o f n a' l l makingall7 pursnant to public, advertiseme a n t t i , )ns in the rules,the certain amendments and alte o r: suggestions of the Vicars Ap toile of England, in a commu nication made by them to the Committee on 29th August, 1844, and under the sanct.ion of their Lordships assembled in London at the present time ; alio, to extend and increase of the Catholic Institute, and to add to their the eon other objects that of embracing the furtherance of charitable education." The mee ting was very numerously and most respectably attended, and a great number of ladies occupied the scats immediately in front of the platform and the chair. Amongst the distinguished edvocates of the institute present were the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Vicar Apostolic of London, the Hon. Edward Petre, Phillip Howard, E.sq., M.P., Right Rev. Dr. Brown, Bishop Apostolic of Wales ; Right Hon. Lord Stourton ; Hon. Charles Langdale; Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Vicar Apostolic of London ; Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, Vicar Apostolic of Yorkshire ; Right Rev. Dr. Wareing, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District of England ; Right Rev. Dr. Beggs, Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of Eng land ; Right Rev. Dr. George Brown, Vicar Apostolic of Lancashire ; Right Rev. Dr. Sharpies, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Lancashire ; Right Rev. Or. Wiseman, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Central District of England ; Right Rev. Dr. Collier, Vicar Apostolic of the Mauriti Hon. Charles Thomas Clifford ; Win. Jones, E. of us; Clytha ; Ed ward Doughty, Esq., of Upton House ; P. 11. Hoard, Esq., m.r. ; Rev Messrs. l.yt hogs, Sien, O'Connor, Hearne, T. M. Macdonell, M'Avila. Shortly after one o'clock the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury took the chair, and the Secretary read the re port of the Committee, in which regret was expressed that the institution was in a rapidly declining state, and that eherefore it was feared it must be dissolved, the subscriptions having very much fallen off ' • but if any suggestionscould be made for its resuscitation and effective continuation, the Com mittee would be happy louse their best efforts to carry it out. The report recommended that the Hon. C. Langdale should be appointed Chairman, and the Hon. E. Petre as Vice- Chairman of the Institute, if it should be continued ; that a Committee should be appointed, consisting of seven cler gymen, and that the Secretary should also be a clergyman. When the Secretary had concluded reading the report, The Noble CHAIRMAN arose, and was received with loud cheering. His Lordship said that the objects for which they were met were so well understood that it would be unneces sary for him to make any observations, and therefore he would propose that they proceed immediately with the business of the day. The Hon. C. LANGDALE, M.P., proposed the first resolu • tion. He expressed the satisfaction it afforded him to see so large an assembly of their lordships, the vicars -apostolic, present; and he hoped to have the pleasure of congratulating the meeting upon hearing their lordships state that the proposed alteration of the rules of the institute had met with their approbation. The Honourable Gentleman then read the proposed alterations, and proceeded to say that he would not delay the meeting by any lengthened observa tions, as there were several others present who would wish to address it. But there was one point which he felt bound to say a few words upon, namely, the promotion of charitable education.—(Cheers.) He hoped it would not be supposed that he meant to give any offence to any sect or party, for such was net his intention. But he would ask what was the state of the poor Roman Catholics of Great Britain in respect to education?—(Hear, hear.) It was a deplorable fact that the Catholic poor children were, in very many instances, brought up in such awtul ignorance of their religion as was terrible to think of. He conceived that great and blameable indeed was the amount of responsibility incurred by those upon-whom devolved the duty of rescuing these poor chil- dren from this fearful ignorance, and he by no means meant to say that' he himself was free from it.—(Hear, hear.) When he looked around, and beheld the noble temples erected in this country by Catholic munificence to honour the great Creator, he could not but reflect that those who could afford to contribute towards the erection of such magnificent temples—not more mag nificent than they should be could also afford to lend their aid in rescuing from a life of vice and sin, and spiritual destitution, the poor Catholic children of this country.—( Hear, hear.) He had commenced by saying he would not trespass long on the meeting, and, therefore, he would now conclude by expressing his most earnest hope that this subject would be taken up with an interest that it de served, and in a manner becoming the rank, station, wealth, and respectability of the Catholics of England.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. SISK seconded the resolution. He had heard it said that there was apathy on the part of the wealthy Catholics in this cause, but he could not bring him self to believe it—(Cheers) —and he was borne out in be lieving the contrary when he beheld such a meeting as the present ; and he had no doubt that the result of this day's proceeding would prove that he did not estimate too highly the zeal of the Catholics of England for the maintenance of their holy religion.—( Loud cheers.) What stronger proof could he have of the interest taken in this institute than the presence of their noble and munificent Chairman—(Cheers) —and of the Hon. Mr. Langdale, who had left his home in the country, at great personal inconvenience to himself , to attend here.—(Cheers.) It was a melancholy fact that, out of 24,000 Catholic children in London, only 6,000 received edu cation, and that fact would of itself be sufficient, he felt as eured, to arouse the most apathetic.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Dr. GRIFFITHS. Bishop of Olena and Vicar Apos tolic of London, said he had the pleasure to inform the meeting that the proposed alterations had met with the en tire approbation of the Vicars Apostolic. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Hon. P. HOWARD, M.P. proposed the next resolution, "That the lion. Messrs. Langdale and Petre be appointed Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Institute," and in doing so spoke of the merits of those gentlemen as advocates of Catholicity, and stated that the latter gentleman had re ceived a marked personal compliment at the hands of the Sovereign Pontiff.—(Cheers.) Mr. Jocks, of Clytha (Wales), seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. It contained also the names of those who are to form the Committee. The Right Rev. Dr. IlarGGs, Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, proposed the third resolution, calling for renewed support and re-organisation of the Catholic Insti tute. He said he knew no object which should be so dear to Catholics, or one that should be taken up with deeper interest than the education of the poor.— (Loud cheers.) He hoped much from beholding such a meeting as this, attended as it was by their Noble Chair man, the great number of prelates, and members of the noble Catholic families of this country.—(Cheers.) The presence of such men carried him back to a contemplation of the times when the Catholic aristocracy of England looked upon their religion as their best and most valuable inherit ance.—(Cheers.) Amongst those to whom the Catholics, and particularly the Catholic clergy, owed much, was the Hon. Mr. Langdale, who, in his capacity of Member of Par liament, had never flinched from the advocacy of the Ca tholic cause.—(Loud cheers.) He (Dr. Briggs) felt deeply the awful responsibility that devolved on him as a Catholic Bishop, when he reflected upon the want of educa tion amongst the poor Catholic children of this country. — (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more fearful to contem plate than a human being reared up from infancy in this state—(Hear, hear)—while, at the same time, nothing could be more easy than to impress upon a youth the value of religious education, for youth was like wax, and very sus ceptible of any impressions sought to be made upon it.— (Hear, hear) Why, then, was it, that while the mother carefully guarded her tender offspring, that child was abandoned by its spiritual mother after it had been spiritually born in baptism ?—(Hear.) Let this state of things no longer be a cause of shame to those who could re move it, but, like the old man in t: . te Scriptures, let them " sow their seed in the morning, and water it and tend it all day." Mr. BAOSTIAWE, editor of the Dublin Review, seconded the resolution. He was happy to see every Catholic district of London represented here, and he, himself, represented the very poorest of their distre.:ts.—(Hear, hear.) Ile, teok shame to himself that this institution bad been suffered to decline; but he saw by this meeting that it would not only be revived, but kept np with an intent and .determination worth y of so great a cau se .—(Ch eers .) N ow was the time for all to co-operate in this beneficent work, rich as well as poor. for all could be of use to some extent, no matter how humble.—(Hear, hear.) But all efforts would be of little use indeed if they had not the sinews of .war,' and therefore let those -4-ho couid.do it now build up the edifice of which they laid the foundation, and he would .lend all the aid in his humble power.—(Cheers.) The Right Rev. Dr. BnowN proposed the next resolution. .He Said he felt proud of the honour of addressing such a meeting as this, while at the same time ho felt great hueni litv at the circumstances under which the meeting had been lie differed from the Rev. Gentleman who said •there was no apathy on the part of the Catholics, for, if there were not, this' institute would never have de clined.—( Hear, hear.) He did not allude to individuals, but to the great body of the Catholics of Great Bri tain.—(Hear, hear.) This state of apathy was owing to the fact that Catholics were too apt to rely on their faith, for rgetful that, without good works, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and giving shelter to the destitute, their .faith would be of no avail.—(Hear, hear.) He had heard it said that tracts need no longer be - issued to the same extent ;as had been; but he, as representing a most miserable dis trict, sh , uld say he totally dissented from such a propo ition. —(Hear, hear.) He contended that those tracts were most useful ; but he deplored the want of schools in the principality of Wales., in some parts of which he was aware of a few poor children assembling for instruction in a one-horse stable into which light and air were' admitted only through the door.—(" Oh, oh.") But he looked forward now with hope, for a happy future, and this day, he had no doubt, would be the great andgood beginning otthat bright future.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Mr. PRTRE seconded the resolution. He would not presume to delay the meeting by making a speech, after the very eloquent addresses they had heard from these . who bad preceded him. But he could not refrain fro m reminding those saw around him of d the many tim es h e h ng "ow a addressed them from that place, and P" endeavoured to impress upon them the necessity of making exertions to save the poor Catholics from the continued .efforts of their enemies at prosle.,tisrn.—( Hear, hear.) Their enemies had insulted th em by taunts the effect that their clergymen meant to keep them in rnotreance;let net the Catholics, by their apathy, corrolT)a those ebt taunts.— ti_ (Loud cheers.) 'Let them also remeinbet the d :tilde they owed the Catholic soldier, and d'liarge that debt by ensuring to hint the means of salvationic-heewnhen he should fall in the defence of his country.-_( Cheers.) felt pleasure in bearing testimony to the munificent - Int l !: and others.- - e n ti o n of their chairman, Mr. Langdale, (Cheers.) But let not persons unblessed by the possession of great wealth say, they should do nothing because they could not contribute as large sums as Lord Shrewsbury, or Lord Stourton, or others—(Cheers)—for the 11., or the smallest contributions of the poor man, would be as thankfully received as the 1001. of the rich.—(Cheers.) He hoped also that per sons would not become apathetic from the belief that • Government would aid them, for he could assure them that no such aid would be given.—( Hear.) The Hon. CHARLES CLIFFORD proposed the fifth resolution. He congratulated the meeting and the Catholic cause in seeing so many of the Vicars Apostolic present, for their pre ' sence augured well for the prosperity of this institution.— (Hear.) He regretted to have to annnonnce that her Ma jesty had lately deemed it expedient that he should retire from an office he held in the county in which he resided, for he was the only Catholic landed proprietor in that county ; but that fact should not lessen his desire for the advance ment of his relitrion, which only needed the co-operation of the people with the clergy to crown their efforts with Stlt-teSB. —.. (CiteerS.) • The Res. Mr. I . .rraGoE seconded the resolution, which Was a vote of thanks to the prelates for their attendance. He said that nearly 2,000 poor children received education iu Preston from the clergy and the sisters of charity, but the funds were supplied from the pennies of the poor.-- 7 (Cheera.) After a few words from the Rev. Mr. M'Donnell the reso --- e'arried idglOttd cheers. `Were then passed, and the meet- lizti n:44Arried amidgltlnd cheers. ivih Stts4tbuiti Votes of thanks "fere then passed, and the meet- PAA : \ o'n — n -- )11 or am has made a donation of Cham 100/ i t t • 111- m, 8414 h ef a i P t i ,:f r -P f itti ur gtetn - Chia;Ch tow . - nl3 the 4 . , 4, : • • 1 1 , i2 2 tl • S THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1845 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Arm 4, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her Majesty's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 10th of April, are to fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, come down the left hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest to the Palace, set down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marlborough House, 'and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from St. James's square, by Charles-street, into Regent street, Jermyn-street, come down St. James's-street as be fore, take up, and go away through Pail-malL No hackney carriage will be permitted to come within the gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entrée , tickets will be de livered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, between the hours of 11 and three o'clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill. proceed down St. James's Park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors' C ourt, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and Great Officers of State may afterwards 'wait in the Ambassadors' Court, and those of all other persons having the entree may wait in the Stable-yard or St. James's Park till called • they are then to take up in t he same order as they had set down, and pass away up the left-hand side of St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalnien in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward. OFFICE OF LORD CHAMBERLAIN TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER, MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, Arm', 5. The Queen -Dowager has been pleased to appoint Mr. Ser geant Henry Alworth Merewether to be her Majesty's Attor ney-General ; the Hon. James Stuart Wortley to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General ; and the Rev. George Townshentl Hudson to be one of her Majesty's Domestic Chaplains. WHITEHALL, Arm, 7. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Cook, Master of Arts, to the Church and parish of St. Leo nerds, in the Presbytery of St. Andrews and county of Fife, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Hunter, late Minister thereof. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—T. P. Maunsell, Esq., to be Colonel, vice Sir Justinian Isham, Bart., deceased: April 2. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. The Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet A. Griffith to be Lieutenant, vice Stephens, resigned ; Cornet J. Sanders to be Lieutenant,vice the Earl Fevers, resigned ; A. Manley, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Griffith, promoted, April 2. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Prince Albert's Own Corps of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieut. T. R. Buckworth to be Captain, vice Caldwell, re signed, March 25; W. M. R. Haggard, Esq., to be Cap tain, vice Knight, resigned, March 26; Cornet D. Young to he Lieutenant, vice Buckworth, promoted, March 25; B. W. Currie, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Blake , res i g ned, March 26 ; G. Wood, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Young, pro moted, March 25. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet W. Wilmot to be Lieutenant, vice What ely, resigned ; Cornet J. 0. Mason to be Lieutenant, vice Alston, resigned; the Right Hon. Heneage Lord Guernsey to be Cornet, vice Wilmot, promoted; C. W. Hoskyns, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Mason, promoted, March 25. The Loris Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hav ing certified to the Commissioners for the - Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the sth of January, 1845, amounted to the sum of three millions three hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and five pounds, eight shillings, and two-pence, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of eight hundred and thirty-nine thousand and twenty-six pounds, seven shillings (being one fourth part of the said surplus of three millions three hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and five pounds, eight shillings, and two-pence) will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of April, 1845, and the sth day of July, 1845, to the following purposes, viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of Stock <£239,026 7 0 To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer bills, made out in pursuance of the Act of 57th Geo. 111., cap. 48 600,000 0 0 £839,026 7 0 Add Interest receivable on account of Do nations and Bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock 1,053 5 11 L 840,079 12 11 S. HIGHAaf, Comptroller-General. National Debt- Office, April 4, 1845. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Bowring, merchant, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside. BANKRUPTS. John Lambert, victualler, Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, to surrender April 17, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; King, St. Mary Axe. Francis Wright, builder, Earl's Colne, Essex, April 18, at eleven, and May 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Mayhew, Coggeshall, Essex. John Sheffi,rd, hay merchant, Widmore-farm, Kent, April 15 and May 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bandruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; King, St. Mary Axe. Thomas Kilford, cabinetmaker, Southampton, April 15. at two," and May 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assimnee, Coleman-street; Dolman, Clif ford's Inn ; Wright, London-street, Fenchurch-street. John Hollingsworth, butcher, Paddington-street, April 18, at eleven, and May 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Goren, South Molton-street. Elizabeth M'Knott and James Glass, ceal merchants, Belvidere-road, Lambeth, April 22, at one, and May 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Freeman and Co., Coleman-street. Edward Smith, cheesemonger, South Molton-street, April 18, at two, and May 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Pain and Hatherll, Basinghall-street. John Smith, cotton manufacturer, Barnoldswick, York shire, April 21 and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wiglesworth, Rids dale, and Craddock, Gray's Inn, London ; ham Loftheuse, and Nelson, Leeds; Hartley and Heath, Settle, Yorkshire. Edward Edwards Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, April 28 and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn, London ; Robinson, Wolverhampton. Thomas Strutt Stuart, jun., (117-salter ' Liverpool, April 11 and May 13, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Green, Liverpool. (Dividends, &c., to-morrow.) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. Before the RECORDER and Alderman litronEs HUGHES, FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY.—Robert Bannister was -‘• in dicted for, that he, being a trader within the meaning of the statutes relating to bankrupts, did unlawfully obtain goods of James Hargreave and others, with intent to cheat them thereof." (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) On the jury re-assembling at two o'clock. Mr. HuoilEs took a technical objection to the form of the indictment. they might remember that the Counsel for the prisoner very properly endeavoured to prove that the goods had been bought on the 7th, which would have carried the transaction out of the three months mentioned by the statute, but they should also recollect that the witness Massey positively stated that the 9th was the day of sale, and they had an entry of the prisoner's on that date, ordering the goods to be sent. by a cer tain conveyance, and they had also a contemporaneous entry by the panics showing that the goods had gone off on the 11th, two days following. Then they had the acceptance of the prisoner, clearly showing his acknowledgment of his own liability for these goods. But there was another ingredient in the clause, namely, the purchasing of goods with intent to defraud the owner. Now, when they found a man starting with insolvency and ending with bank ruptcy in the course of three months—when they found that that man bought goods at wholesale prices, and sold the: at half their value—when they found that in that time he accu mulated debts to the amount of 16,000/., it was to be fairly presumed that he had not intended to carry on business as a fair trader. The jury then considered, and returned a verdict of Guilty on the first anti fourth counts. The pnsoner on being asked if he- had anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon him, said that the goOds were bought of the Messrs. Hargreaves on the Bth of April, an Easter Monday. He had been in Manchester on the day following, making purchases there. The prisoner was entering into a rambling statement, when The RECORDER interrupted him by saying that he was not advancing anything in plea of mitigation. The prisoner had nothing further to say, and The RECORDER then, after a most severe address, sen tenced him to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MARKET IN TELLIGEN CE. (From the London New Price Current of April 8.) SUGAR.—To-day grocers and refiners were induced to pur chase extensively of West India Sugar. The large quantity of 1,000 hhds and tierces was disposed of. At public sale 150 hhds of new Barbadoes, and 63 hhds 48 tierces 5 barrels of St. Lucia were offered this afternoon, the former met with less attention, and prices declined is for good and fine, and Is to 2s per cwt for low and middling qualities ; fine yellow went at 56s to 57s 6d, good 52s 6d to 54s 6d, middling 48s to 51s 6d, low 45s to 47s 6d,"very low heavy 40s, the latter went rather cheaper, good yellow selling at 455, middling 42s 6d, low 41s to 41s 6d, common brown 375, middling 38s, and common greyish 40s to 40s 6d per cwt. HEFINED.—To-day large purchases were made in Refined goods by the home trade, and, in consequence of the sup ply not being large, they were compelled to -pay 64s 6d to 65s for brown, and 66s per cwt for standard lumps. The accounts came from Russia, statieg that Sugar has created an extensive demand here, and an advance in prices has taken place, sales having been made at 32s 6d to 335. In Loaves the transactions are upon a more extended scale, and higher rates are paid, 10Ibs selling at 355, and 141bs at 34s per cwt. The quantity of Crushed Sugar sold since Satur day has amounted to the enormous quantity of from 1,800 to 2,000 tons, and nearly all for Russia. Of Dutch Crushed Sugar Lot) hhds bare been disposed of. .MAyitmus.—The supply having been large, a further de clmcurrency. e s m prices of is p er cwt has taken place for all descrip= tion , excepting fine yellow, w hi c h h as sustained the former Easi went cheap ; fine sold afternoon, aw e h n ie g h al,S ug Sugar were at public sale, 2,815 bags of B full rates excepting the brown, xhitebrought 53s to 565, good 51s to 525, middli ng 40s, damp 50s 6d to 545, washed 47s 6d to andsls ; good wa she sound d 46s 6d s strong nzsy6d,eow Mauriti us ki n d 48 s , d am p middling greyish damp brown 31s to 31s 6d, and washed per 2,982 b ags o f M a d ras were disposed of at th e full worth, c‘v. good y e ll ow at 416, middling 37s damp and washed 37 s t o 39 5 , middling 383 Gel to 40 s , ' low ditto 33s 6d to 355, an d v e ry low brown 31s 6d e p r e a r il cw so t r . ts FOREIGN.—To-day there was muc h inqt • nry of Foreign, but business w as c h ec k e d by the stiff rates that b w r e o r w e n as u ked ahi . anate pl,rsivatct,els.9lsless,abrealBsOmcallilesptasroef.dgooofdna.lindddifiintl yellow Havannah at 21s 64 to 225, and 1,500 bags of Manilla at 20s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon holders of native Ceylon were more inclined to realise, but the trade were cantious in their proceedings; of 1,243 bags at public sale two-thirds sold at priceer establishing a decline on those of the last auctions of 18 to Is 6d per cwt, good ordinary pale Brazil selling at 45s per cwt. Of Mocha - several - parcels were sold privately at leasier rates ; that is to say, middling quality at 57 s to 59 s per cwt. TEA.—To-day the business transacted in Tea *4.l.upon a morcazaended scale, but not at better prices, ;. luW common Congoti selling; at Silo ~d, - cat - nary to good Ordiniifsaizid 9d to 10d. Twankey fair useful Is 2d to Is 2id, and low Is to Is Id per lb. Public sales will be shortly declared, there will be a large quantity brought forward. MOLASSES.—This afternoon a parcel of Antigua Molasses was sold privately at 18s per cwt. At public sale 150 casks of Tamarinds were all taken in at 12s per cwt. RuM, BRANDT, AND Har.LANDs.—ln the value of Jamaica there is no variation to notice. Calcutta has met with little attention, but at present no further decline has taken place. Demerara must be quoted , rather cheaper, 100 O.P.uns having been sold at 2s 6d to 2s 10 ( 1 for 28 to 37 per cent Pln Brandy therehasbEenlittlebusincss done, and the stock is a large one. To-day there was more business transaeted in all kinds of Rum, but not at better prices. Jamaica of common quality was sold at 38 2d to 3s 4d, middling 3s 5d to 3s Bd, good 3s 6d to 4s, superior 4s 2d to ss. Leeward Proof Is 10d, Deme rara 28 to 39 per cent over proof 2s 6d to 2s lid, and Calcutta proof is 8d per gallon. 'RICE.—A good business transacted upon former terms; low to middling white fetching Ils 6d to 12s, and good 12s 3d to 12s 6d per cwt. Madras is wanted, aprices con tinue firm, yellow 9s 6d to lOs 6d per cwt. Of Java, the supply is scanty • white is worth Its to Ils 6d, and yellow 10s to 103 6d. The market has a firm appearance for cleaned Rice ; Patna fetching 14s to 18s, and Carolina 23s to 28s per cwt. The market is scantily supplied. COCHINEAL this afternoon was sought after, and 119 bags Honduras at public sale were sold, common silvers at 4s 9d to 4s 10d, middling 4s lld to ss, good 5s ld to 5s 2d, and Granilla 2s 6d to 4s 4d per lb. SALTPETRE.—This afternoon. little business was transacted by private treaty ; 341 bags of Madras at public sale were only partly sold at 24s 6d for good strong grey IN. per cent. refraction being barely the former prices. Oits.—ln Cod Oil a good business has been transacted at 291 15s to 301; and in Southern the operations are more ex tended, good to fine quality 281 las to 30/, and low to mid dling 271 to 281 per tun. Pale Seal is held for 301 to 311, straw 291 to 291 103, yellow 271 to 281 104, and brown 26l to 261 10s per tun. Sperm is wanted, and prices are firm ; British at 861 to 87/ for first quality, and American 831 to 851 per tun. For Linseed Oil prices are on the advance, and an ex tensive business has been transacted at 25s 9d to 26s on the spot. and at 26s 3d to 26s 6d per cwt for delivery. Rape Oil 38s 6d to 39s for pale, and at 37s 6d to 38s per cwt for brown. Olive Oil is selling at firm rates; Gallipoli at 411 to 41110 s; Spanish 40/ to 40/ 103; Barbary and Levant 391 to 39/ lOs per tun. For Palm prices are not so firm. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian have submitted to a further reduction in prices, 38s to 383 6d per cwt have been taken P Y C of first quality; for delivery there are sellers at the reduced rates 38s 3d to 38s 6d per cwt for the last three months of the year. but few purchasers are to be met with. Town Tallow has been in increased supply ; 38s to 39s per cwt are the rates taken for parcels, net cash. At public sale 439 plots, 77 hhds, and 7 bxs of South American went at 305.6 d to 37s for low to good; and 149 casks of New South Wales 35s 3d to .38s 6d per cwt. COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 81 Ditto, at sight l2 61 Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 20 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 361 Cadia Baba° Barcelona Seville TGE.—(YESTERI , AY.) Gibraltar..... Leghorn ...... 31 Genoa 26 20 Milan Venice . Naples ...... ..... . 39i i'slerFao, 02..... 1181 Lisbon s2i Oporto . 53 Rio Janeiro . Bahia .. Buenos Apes New Yolk.:. - dyssight pimp: , 7;7 !WLLION, TER OZ Foreign bars. 17 9 Portty,a . Coin :> - .7 5 New I'oubbons.... 0 0 0 New : - );;.:ais 0 4 9; Silva: It , tears 4 10 PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. The eighteenth anniversary of this Institution was cele brated yesterday evening, at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. Upwards of 100 gentlemen assembled on the occasion, and the chair was occupied by Mr. D'lsraeli, M.P., who was supported by Sheriffs Sidney and Hunter, and se veral other influential gentlemen. After justice had been done to a dinner served in Bathe and Breach's best style, The CtrAtitstAN proposed the usual loyal toasts, which were duly responded to ; as was also "Success and Prosperity to the Worshipful Company of Stationers." Mr. SHACKELL responded to the toast. Mr. D'lsn.ssui then, in giving the toast of the evening, said he relied with confidence on the kind feeling of the company, although he might, in doing so, well be daunted on looking over the list of royal, noble, and celebrated per sonages who had presided at former anniversaries of this Institution. He was, however, in some degree sustained in attempting to discharge the duties which he was about to do, but which he knew he could but imperfectly perform—first, by their evinced kindness; and, secondly, by the fact that although he might be deficient in the attributes of a chair man upon so important and interesting an occasion, and be neither a royal, noble, or celebrated person, yet that he was at least one of themselves.—(Applause.) He wanted to call their attention for a moment, and, if possible, to interest their feelings on behalf of a charity that was founded for the children of labour—an institution which, although its origin was humble, its achievements had been considerable; but not so ample as could be desired. He was anxious, not merely to induce them to support so valuable an institution, but to extend its benefits. They were aware, no doubt, of the general objects which the society attempted to attain. At this moment he believed it granted 50 pensions to those whose energies were decreased by age or by infirmity. Those pensions were essentially of an auxiliary nature; it was not intended to support him whose energies had entirely failed, but to assist. That so much had been done by persons who were themselves struggling for existence, was in the highest degree laudable; but if they examined the statistics of the question, he thought there was no one present who would not be struck with the immense benefits which the energies of the printers' friends had produced. The number of jour neymen printers in the metropolis could, he thought, scarcely be calculated under 4,000, and if they took only one per cent. on that number, they would find the exact number of pensions would be produced which at that moment they were paying. —(Hear.) Now in every charity and in every institution in this country, there never was an average contemplated less than two per cent.; three per cent. had been the basis upon which all charities had been calculated.—(Hear.) He hoped he might induce them, that evening, not only to increase the basis of the purpose for which they had assembled, but to increase that feeling which, duly cultivated and carefully nurtured, would accomplish an object such as he had indi cated. He hoped that they would eventually afford assist ance to at least double the number to that which now it did. —(Applause.) He ventured to advocate not only the main tenance of the institution, but its expansion. When he remembered the eminent personages who, for a series of years, had advocated the interests of the society, and called upon them to support it, he thought it would be useless t• follow in their footsteps, and he would therefore go beyond his predecessors, and call upon the company, not only to sustain the institution, but to extend its advantages; and they would be surprised, if they carefully examined the subject, to find what immense benefits could be achieved from comparatively slight means.—(Applause.) Let them sup pose the number of pensions at present granted doubled — that' the number of pensioners was 100. Let them take the same ratio of per centage, and suppose 10 of those pensions not auxiliary, but absolute—that is, give's to persons whose energies had altogether ceased. If, then, they were to fix the amount of pensions at 251. per year, and to the remaining 90 they gave, to the males 151. a year, and to the female's 101. a year; if they were, in fact, to ram a munificent and ample charity, they would not require more than 5001. a year in addition to their present means.—(Hear.) He could not understand why there should be any difficulty in attaining this result. Adding that sum to the income which they at present possessed, it would make about 1,4001. a year, which was not a greater amount than he had known to have been received by other societies at their annual festivals.---(Hear.) There was no class of labour in the metropolis that was more entitled to metropolitan support than that of journeymen printers. London owed everything to it's press; it owed as much to its press as it (lid to its being the seat of govern ment and the seat of law. He regretted to say there always appeared to be a great lack of sympathy in this country in any charity connected with its literature. In every other trade there was more esprit du corps than in the realms of literature, if, indeed, they could call that a kingdom which was a perpetual scene of civil war.—(Hear, hear.) The fact was, that from alpha to omega there had been a perfect want of sympathy amongst all persons connected with lite rature. ISTo matter what they were—from the most suc cessful authors to the humblest persons connected with the press—although the gradations were numerous, the hierarchy was entire. They originated in one principle—they existed by the same means—and, did they understand it, were con nected by indivisible interests.—(Applause.) But, unfortu nately, it had ever been the case that authors, editors, re porters, and printers. had never exhibited among themselves that esprit du corps that was shown by the members of every other body of men. Jealousy and distrust had alwayi inter vened, and the time had now arrived when they ought to make a great effort to put a stop to those unfortunate differ ences. To him there was nothing more surprising than that there should be fin uncommon want of confidence amongst men wbo were in possession of the greatest power in the world.—(Hear.) Giittenburgh, the inventor of printing, though he might have imagined the great influence which his discovery might acquire, could never have thought that its followers should, amongst all classes of the community have been the least respected and the most in want.--illear.) It was true the master printers had recently given their aid to the institution, and that they had done so with very great effect—(Applause)—but there were others immediately con nected with the craft who bad not taken that prominent part they ought to have (lone. Where were the authors of England was a question which he dare not ask ; if he did, echo would answer, " Where ?"—(Laughter.) Where were the authors whose books sold? Abset,t.—( Laughter.) Where were those whose books did not sell? Still further away.—(Re newed laughter.) Why, they would not be heard of even in the immortality of the pastry-cooks, if it were not for the printers of England.—( Increased laughter.) They had many other clients to whom they could also appeal—the authoresses of England for instance. Ile knew of many . ladies who had exhibited great ability in writing upon various subjects, not even omitting sermons, to be sold at bazaars, in aid of chari ties, and yet few of them were found to come forward to sup port the decayed of that class which was mainly instrumental in placing their literary eftbrts before the public.—(Hear, and laughter) After a few other observations with respect to the object of the dimity, tl:e Chairman proposed "Success and Prosperity to the Printers' Pension Society." The toast having been drunk with loud applause, Mr. Sheriff HUNTER gave "The health of the Chairman," which was briefly responded to. The subscriptions were then announced, and amounted to upwards of 400/. "The Press," "The healths of the Sheriffs," and other toasts were subsequently proposed and responded to, and the company separated. We understand that orders have been issued by the Admiralty to discontinue raising men for the Navy. It is difficult to account for this ; as we believe that the ships recently commissioned are still considerably short of their established complements, and we are not aware that anything has occurred in the aspect of oar foreign r; la tions to do away with the necessity of having a small squadron prepared for any sudden emergency ; indeed, the additional grant for the navy was not proposed fur this purpose, but to have a home squadron for the exer cising and training of men and officers. What can have happened to render this training now unnecessary ?-- Shipping Ga cttc. n iescaesps necessary r i n y t nit than Thursdayh a s 11 li NG F.ll FORD SUSPENSION. BRIDGE OPENING . In consequence of the many untoward events which have occurred d relative to the opening of this bridge, considerable been the w ee week, e , s b a y l t w . finally settled by the company that no longer delay will be neces saryhil3ch ut tim it e - b e as ve n ry owbee arrangement will be completed for the bridge to be opened on the following•nt ing We understand that L ie uten ant- Gen era l Ilichard Dawnt.s ja6kson,K.c.Bis Si r . about to be succeeded in the command of her Majesty's forces in Canada, by General , of Hull. the Earl Cathcart, 1.T., and Governor' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 8. BOILEAU'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this Bill was read a second time, and passed through Com mittee. MAYNOOTH. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition from Lanark against any increase in the grant to the College of Maynooth, but said he did not concur in its prayer. Lord DENMAN presented a petition from the Dis senters of Huntingdon against the increase of the grant to Maynooth, but said that he could not concur in its sentiments, for he thought that the principles most conducive to the spread of Protestantism was charity and forbearance. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR BILL. Loki ASHBURTON presented a petition, signed by between 600 and 700 of the most respectable tradesmen of Newcastle, praying for a remedy of the evils which the Bill of last session had occasioned, and said he trusted the session would not pass without some remedy being provided. Lord BROUGHAM said he had'a petition, very nu merously signed by the tradesmen of London and West minster, on the same subject. They wished for a re medy, not by renewing imprisonment for debt, but that they might be placed on the same footing with regard to small debts as creditors fur larger amounts. HUSH CONSTABULARY FORCE. The Marquis of NORMANBY, after presenting a petition from Mr. Charles Burnes, late Clerk of the Rol's in Ireland, for Increased compensation for the loss of his office, begged to correct-a misrepresentation made by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley), last night, with respect to the appointment of Colonel Macgregor to the luspcctor-Generalship of the constabulary force in Ireland. He deprecated the laughter and applause of Noble Lords who were perfectly ignorant of the circumstances, and moved for a return of the date of the appointment of Colonel Macgregor. That appointment took place, not as the Noble Lord asserted, when the late Government were in extronis on a charitable bequest ; but in May 1839, when they were in their utmost strength. This was evident from the result of Sir John Y. Buller's motion ; and, therefore, he hoped that their Lordships would not refuse the re turn. Lord STANLEY could not help thinking that the Noble Marquis had exhibited some unnecessary warmth on this subject. The assertions which he made last night were founded on evidence given by Mr. Drummond, • the late Under Secretary for Ireland. The: Noble Marquis, just previous to his quitting the Government, contemplated making the alterations complained of, and those alterations were subsequently carried into effect by the Noble Lord who succeeded him. The Noble Marquis had recom mended him to be confident of his dates before he made these statements. Now, instead of Sir John Yarde Buller's motion being made in 1838, it was made in 1840, so that the Noble Marquis himself was the party who had fallen into the mistake. With regarl to the amend ment proposed by the Noble Marquis, it was evident that the omission was a clerical error. The motion might stand in its present form, and their Lordships might rely upon having every information on the subject. The Marquis of NORMANBY said the Noble Lord had addressed the House with extreme carelessness on facts. The arrang, ment made some years ago was, that there were to be no original appointments except those of chief constables ; and now the Noble Lord, eight years afterwards, came forward and stated that a certain appointment which he complained of did not come within his objection. The matter then dropped. GRANT TO MAYNOOTH. The Bishop of LICHFIELD presented a petition against any additional grant to Maynooth. RELIGIOUS ORDERS. The Earl of SHREWSBURY presented a petition, signed by no less than 10,152 individuals inhabiting the city of Cork, praying their Lordships to repeal the clauses in the Catholic Relief Bill, and which had sub sequently been confirmed by the Charitable Bequests Bill, relating to the extinction of Religious Orders. Lord BREADALBANE presented two petitions from the county of Argyle, praying their Lordships to take steps to limit the number of public-houses in England, and to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. The Noble Marquis also presented three petitions, one from Melrose, in the County of Roxburgh, one from the Free Synod of Sterling, and the last from Gordon, ex pressing the fear of the petitioners that the privileges of the Sabbath would be infringed by railway travelling. Lord PORTMORE stated that it was his intention, after Whitsuntide, to call the attention of the House to the expediency of vroviding compensation to tenants of lands for certain improvements. He would consider the point, whether he should bring in a Bill as he did last year, or ask for a Couimittee on the subject. The Earl of DEVON said that he believed it was the intention of the Government in considering the sanato-y condition of the people of Ireland to make some provisions for compensation for improvements ; and he had no doubt that there could be no objection to extend that to this country. Whether the measure would be satisfactory to the Noble Lord, or would meet the object he had in view, was another question. Lord PORTMORE expressed his gratification at the statements of the Noble Earl. SUGAR DUTIES. On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Sugar Duties Bill, and, upon the understanding that the discus sion should be taken on the third reading on Friday, the Bill went throw. h Committee without observation. JUSTICES AND CORONERS. The Marquis of NORMANBY wished to know whether it was intended that the House should sit on Thursday ? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said it had been arra ged that the House should not sit on Thursday, The Marquis of NORMANBY observed that, such being the case, he should bring forward his motion with respect to Justices and Coroners on Friday, instead of Thursday, as he had given notice. The House then adjourned to Friday, HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 8. The SPEangte•took the Chair at Ten Minutes before Four o'clock. . Petitions were presented against the London, Wor cester, and South Staffordshire Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. COWPER, the Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway Bill was read a second time, and ! ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. E. TENNENT, the Belfast Improvement Bill was read a second time, and ordered to game-laws from Sal- be committed. The Wear Valley Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway Bill -p fr e o t ra itio H n e f r ro ef m or P d o o ti was real a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill was o d ilt a ge of Maynooth. , read a second time, imd ordered to be committed. and apothecaries of that city t e c to e r td againstr O L lA t N h eG grantT O N ts ehtpdpiorrreete.sheen College petitions Mr. W. PATTEN presented similar .petitions from , - different Air.i3 a pa l r L t i s tly of p L re an se c h A petition from theth e physicians, subjec t oof the 0 n s, against certain portions of the Medical Bill. Mr. BnoTußwroN of Ma:, nooth ; and a Sal ford, praying for the repeal of the Bill for abolishing presented a petition, signed by itnprisonment for debt; also petitions from Stratford upon-Avon and from Salford against any petition grantagSira in s G. to the T t ißeice Med i calKo 11 eNe Bil l . 2.100 Catholics of Leicester, praying th House to limit the number of houses for the sale of sp e irituous liquors, and to prevent the sale of them on the Sabbath day. The Hon. Baronet also presented a petition from Fleet wood deprecating war, and praying for no further in crease in the naval force of this country. Mr..CHUTE presented petitions from Norfolk against any increase of the grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. B. ESCOTT presented a petition from Mr. Charles Bird, a barrister of the Temple, complaining of the abuses in the Crown Court of Exeter, and praying for a Commission to inquire into the subject. (;RANT TO MAYNOOTrI. Mr. GREENE presented a petition against any grant to the College of Maynooth ; also a petition against the law of settlement. Mr. LAWSON presented a petition against the grant. Mr. DENISON presented petitions from different parts of Surrey against the grant to the College of Maynooth ; and also petitions praying for the repeal of the malt duties. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented five petitions from places in the county of Lincoln against any further grant to Mayereeh. . Captain JONES presented petitions to the same effect rem the north of Ireland. Mr. T. EGERTON presented seven petitions from Wesleyan congregations near Macclesfield to the same effect; also two petitions from places in Cheshire with the same prayer. The Hon. Gentleman also presented a petition against the Parochial Settlement Bill, and a petition against the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a number of petitions from the counties of Kent, Yorkshire, Ayr, and Lei cester, against any further grant to Maynooth. Dr. BOWRING presented petitions from Lancashire to the same effect. BEDFORD AND LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. H. STURT, the Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway Bill was read a second tire. Mr. TURNER presented a petition against the pro posed grant to the College of Maynooth. MIDDLESBOROUGH AND It EDCAR RAILWAY. On the motion of Lord 11. VANE the Middlesborough Redcar Railway Bill was read a second time. On the motion!of Lord INGESTRE, the Oxford, Wor cester, and. Wolverhampton Railway Bill was read a Aeonnd time. The 'Noble Lord prrs riled a petition against the Trent Valley Railway Bill; also a petition from the diocese of Lichfield against the farther grant to, Maynooth. Mr. ENTWISLII presented petitions from Lancashire, against the proposed grant to Maynooth. .On the motion of Mr. BUSFEILD, the Huddersfield; Waterworks Bill was read a second time. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition. against the im portation of bill-coolies into the West Indies ; also a petition from Bridgewater against the increase of the naval forces ; also, twenty-three petitions against the grant to the College of Maynooth ; and fifty-three petitions against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the' Sabbath. Sir W. JOLLIFFE presented a-petition from a place in the county of Somerset against the grant to May nooth. Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions from various, places in Ireland. in favour of Church chicaned. ." Mr. CHARTER'S presented a petition from .010-u-' cestershire, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for relief. Mr. R. YORKE presented a petition from York against the grant to Maynooth. Lord COURTENAY presented a petition from Totnes against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition against the grant to Maynooth. Colonel WOOD presented two petitions against the additional grant to Maynooth. Captain I'ECLIELL presented a petition from a sur geon in Brighton, named Pickferd, against the Physic and Surgery Bill. The Zion. and Gallant Member, at the samo time, prdsented petitions signed by forty seven medical practitioners, and agreed to at a public meeting of the profession, held in Brighton, against the Medical Reform Bill. • Mr. GROGAN presented several petitions from the inhabitants of Dublin against the proposed increased grant to the College of Maynooth. Sir J. TYRRELL presented several petitions against the grant to the College of Maynooth. BURIALS IN LARGE TOWNS. Lord MAHON presented a petition from the parish of Paddington against the interruent within the precincts of large towns. SCOTCH BANKING SYSTEM. Captain GORDON presented a petition from Aber deen against any interference with the present system of banking in Scotland. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. HUTT gave notice that, on Thursday neat, -he would present a petition of en extraordinary character from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, praying to have conceded to that colony the right which had been granted to Canada of importing corn into this country. The HoN. MEmnEn was about to give another notice on the same subject, when • The SPEAKER decided that he could rot do so until after the other notices had been gone through. THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on this day fort night, he would bring forward a motion rcTocting the condition of the labouring - classes in England and Wales, THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that, in the Committee of Supply, he would ask leave of the Ifouse to make an explanation respecting statements which had been pub lished as to his conduct in connexion with the New Zealand Company. Captain ROUS took that opportunity of giving no tice that when the question was brought forward he would move a resolution to the effect that the conduct of the Directors of the New Zealand Company was op posed to the interests and policy of this country. EXCISE DUTY ON SPIRITS. On the motion of Sir R. FERGUSON the following return was ordered:—Account of the produce of the excise duty rec(ived on spirits in Ireland, during each of the years ending the sth day of April, 1844 and 1845; and the number of gallons brought to charge, showing the increase or decrease in gallons and in duty. Ac count of the number of gallons of spirits brought to charge in Ireland, and the duty paid thereon, in the quarters ending the sth day of April, 1844 and 1845, showing the increase or decrease. Account of the number of gallons of proof spirits (distin guishing the quantities produced from malt and from a mixture of malt and unmalted grain) on which duty was paid for home consumption in Ireland, in each quarter of the years ending respectively the sth of April, 1844 and 1845, and in each of the years. Ac count of the number of detections and the number of persons prosecuted for offences in Ireland against the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation, in each quarter of the years ending respectively the sth day of April, 1844 and 1845, distinguishing those convicted. Account of the number of persons confined in each gaol in Ireland for offences against the laws for the sup pression of illicit distillation on the sth day of January, the sth day of Marsh, and the ith day of April, 1845 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 411, of Session 1844). Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved an bumble address to her Majesty for a copy of the dispatch of Lord Syden ham to Lord John Russell of the 9th of August, 1841, respecting . the territory in dispute between Great Britain and America.—Ordered. MR. MAZZINI. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. Duncombe, which was not audible, said that he was not able to lay before the House any further information, in reference to the statements made by him regarding Mr. Mazzini. SCOTCH AND IRISH BANKS. Sir ROBERT PEEL announced that he would take any early opportunity of stating to the House what the measure was which the Government proposed to intro duce relative to banking establishments in Scotland and Ireland. The pressure of other impor tant busineis was at present very great ; but he would in the course of a month, and before the period referred to by Hon. Gentlemen who had remarked .upon this question on former evenings, state the nature of the measure to the House.—( Hear, hear.) THE POST-OFFICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then rose, for the purpose o moving for leave to bring in a Bill to secure the inviola bility of letters passing through the Post-office. He felt that it was a reflection on the system of Govern ment under which we lived, as well as a reproach to our institutions of which we were so proud, that any Member of that House should be obliged to seek for the inviolability of his correspondence: In submitting this motion to the House, he would abstain as much as possible from everything of individual or of a personal nature. It was with the system he was going to war , 'lt was a system he felt it his duty to endeavour to de stroy. Committees of this House and of the other House had been appointed during the last session to re port what was the state of the law on this subject. Ali that the Committee of the house of Commons had • told them was, that the law in 1844 was exactly the same as it was in the time of Queen Anne, but they did not tell them what that law was. The House of Lords had gone one step further, and had told them that the only way the intention of the law could be explained was, by the fact that that power was fully -recognised by Act of Parliament, because it did not give the Secretary of State the power of detaining letters. They !old them that the power appeared to have been exercised from the earliest period ' and that it hid been exercised ac cording to several Acts of Parliament. That was all that the House of Lords said in reference to the matter, admitting that there had been no law. He.would grant that the practice had obtained, from old usage, and was recognised by those Acts of Parliament ; but if they referred to those cases in the Appendix of the Report of the Commons, they would find that there had been no such proof that letters had been stopped in the Post-office, opened, and then sent forward to the parties who ought to have received them ; there was no evidence that such .a system of fraud and forgery had ever been exercised; they were used in Courts of law as evidence against certain parties. The law was so different on that point that they did not allow them to ask where was the warrant whereby those letters were taken ; it seemed that they came into the hands of the Government some way or other, but they would not allow it to be asked who detained those letters. The first of Vic toria, increased the power of the former Act of Par - 'lament. He had the authority of the highest men—the highest legal authorities, for saying that there was no law for the exercise of that power now made use of. All that was done bitlie Act was to re lieve the servant of the Post-office froinn misdemeanor in detaining ovopening any letters. Melt the legality of the warrant totally and entirely untouched, just the same as a constable who produces his warrant is exonerated from all responsibility as to the legality of that warrant. The same thing might be said of the orders that were given for the admission of strangers into the gallery of that House. If a stranger in that gallery were to be apprehended, he would produce the order as his protec tion. Yet it was clear that the power of admitting strangers did not exist in that House. Bat admitting that the Government possessed the power of opening letters, the question the Hinse had to decide was, what advantage they had obtained by its exercise. They all knew the difficulties in which the present Governmenthad been placed ; and they all knew the ill feeling which had been created by the exposures in that House. And if there was ever any benefit derived from this subject, he would ask any rational and sensible man whether, after the disclosures which had been made, a man engaged in a treasonable correspondence would not be an idiot or a ' fool to send that correspondence through the General Post-office. He said, therefore, after the expOsures which had taken place, that the value or utility of this practice had been destroyed. If this system was to be of any value at all it must be practised in secret. There was no middle course. They must either stand by the present system, or abolish it altogether. Why ' should they not expunge from the statute-book this odious power, if such power existed? Such a power existed in no other country. One of the articles of the Belgian Constitution protected the correspondence of the Belgian people. The power of opening letters did not exist in the United States, nor in Canada. It did not exist in France. Monsieur Guizot had de clared, in his place in the. French Chamber, that in law and in fact the correspondence of the French people was inviolable. Honourable Gentlemen opposite smiled, but that had been the declaration of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in France. If correspondence in this country were violated, there was no redres , , because nobody was responsible for it. Sir Robert Walpole had declared that this power ought only to be exercised in times of great internal danger. From that time down to the present day the power had been increasing. It had been used, not o ,ly for criminal warrants, but also for political purposes. If they confined the system to cri minal warrants, he should not have so great an objection to it: bat that was clearly imp issible. On a former oc casion it had been stated that Lord Sidmouth had issued a great number of warrants for opea;ng letteri. Now . he (Mr. Duncombe) had had lately a communication With a banker in the city of London, and he had told him that a clerk in his service had been guilty of for gery, and had absconded. Application was made to Lord Sidmouth to intercept the letters of the clerk. Lord Sidmouth declined doing so, saying that he never issued warrants for opening letters except in cases of high treason. An application was then made to Lord Sidmouth for the parties to be allowed to see the address of the letters, and Lord Sidmouth said he would send an answer in the evening. He did so, and it was to this effect—" That he considered the Post-office so sacred that he would not be a party to allowing the superscrip done of any letters to .be seen." Two-thirds of tbewar rants issued within the last forty - years had been criminal warrants; and, in pointof fact,the question resolved itself inte`this-e=should the Crown have the power of issuing those warrants? He thought that when the House looked to the extension of the police and other instru ments ef the Executive, it would see that there was no necessity - for this' . additional "poWeic of opening letters. He had asked for copies of the warrants that had been issued. Now he wished at that moment to ask the Right Fon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department whether the former warrants had been adopted by him (Sir J. Graham) as the models of those which he him- self had issued? Sir J. GRAHAM—Not as to the form. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, it would be very inter esting to him and others, to have before them copies of those new forms which had been used in their own cases.--(Hear, and a laugh.) He believed it would he found that the practice had been of ,a most demoralising effect. To prove this, be would read the ordei of the postmaster general, dismissing servants of the post-office for opening the letters of certain noblemen and r en tlemen connected with sporting affair s.=-(The Hon. Gentleman read the order.) Now the opening of letters by a postman was a transportable offence. But the postmaster dared not prosecute those men, because they might plead the example of their superiors as an au thority. If a jury found them guilty, it would be with a recommendation to , mercy on account of the example set them.—(llear, hear.) The dismissal of those men was occasioned by the unwillingness of the Post• office and the Home Secretary to go into a Court of Cri minal law, with an avowal of their own acts.—(Hear, hear.) There were Members of 'the Committee of In quiry now in the House, and he wished to take the op. portunity of reminding them of their own re port ; in which they expressed some regret that they could not go into an explanation of all the circumstances connected with those traniactions. • • Now what did the Committee mean by that ? Did they picture to themselves a Secretary of State for the" Hotyw Department sitting in his office in a state of Alarm (having read, perhaps, the Morning Herald, the Minis terial organ), with respect to some treasonable conspi racy, or some sedition, which he learned from a letter brought from some person in the Pogt-ofhee, but which, after all, might turn out to be a conspiracy got up by some Conservative Operative Society, or a mere Chartist meeting. The Right Hon. Gentleman having found Out the extent of the conspiracy might put his letter and the Morning Herald in the fire. Another reason given for maintaining - this power was this—that if you aoolish it, the Post-office, this great t;rovernnvnt establislonet.t, would be made the vehicle of treasonable or seditious practices. That was the only argument for retaining this power which had any plausibility ; but upon exa urination he thought it would be found to possess more sentiment than common sense. If this argument were good as regarded the Post-office, it would be equally ap plicable to every railway., omnibus •: driver, or even cab-driver in the kingdom.—(liear, hear.) Was it not better to use the poWer which the law at present gave of using a search warrant for the opening of letters in the Post-office, if they were supposed to contain treasonable matter, than to open them privately? That would be a less dishonourable proceeding and less offensive to the individenl. He did not see how the power which was lately exercised could be of any value after the exposures that were made. He did not think that there was much fear of treason new that they had policemen in every corner. They had their county rural police, their borough police. What could they want more. But they had more, if they knew how to use it properly—a loyal and affectionate people, who, if they were well treated, would be the best safeguard of the Crown, and the tranquillity of the country. He would ask the House to allow him to bring in a Bill, and let there be no mistake on the subject. He asked for leave to bring in a Bill for the unconditional repeal of this . power. lie was satisfied that no middle course could be adopted. This system of opening letters—this system of fraud and of forgery must either continue or ceas e. He would be no party to any other course—be would not be made a fool of by bringing in a Bill, supposing leave were granted him to do so, and then having that Bill frittered away or strangled in some of the subsequent stages. He would have a clear and decided vote of the House, whether the power was to continue or cease. He was not aware what was the in tention of the Government on the subject, but he hoped he would hear the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department rise.in his place and de clare that this was a power not only odious for a Minis ter to exercise, but repugnant, to the feelings of the people of this country—that he would take the matter nut of his (Mr. Duncombe's) hands, and endeavour to expunge it from the statute-book, on the clear understanding that any ill-feeling which this discussion had given rise to, and any suspicion which had been engendered, should be now and for ever buried in oblivion —(Hear, hear.) And this was not the only benefit that would arise from the abolition of this odious power. If any foreign Minister, or the spy of any foreign despot, came sneaking to their doors, a British Minister might tell them that this power no longer existed—that he was ready to give them any redress and protection which the British law enabled him to do ; but with respect to this species of treachery it was no longer in his power (and he might at the same time point_ to the Act) to open letters for the gratifica don .of any foreign power. With these views, he .would ask for leave to bring in a Bill to secure the inviolability of letters passing through the Post-office.—(Cheers.) Dr. BOWRING, in seconding the motion, said that he wished the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department to state whether or not he in tended to make the reparation he promised to Mr. Mazzini's character, in case he found .he had unjustly aspersed it. He wished to know if the Right Hon. Gen tleman was able to produce anything in support of the criminatory charges he had .alleged nainst Mr. Mazzini. He would also ask the Right Hon. Baronet if he were in possession of any other documents relating to this matter other than those which he bad laid before the House. It appeared that there had been a communica tion from Sir Augustus Foster, st.ther that the Austrian Minister . had got hold of certain letters of Mazzini, who had '.been expelled from Genoa, showing that Mazzini was the head of the secret tribunal which had authorised the atrocious murder Which had been committed at Rodez. Now, Sir Augustus Foster only stated tlyt the Aust,lan Minister professed to have got hold of ct-rain documente eating Mr. Mazzini, and he wished to ask the -Right Hee, Baronet if hefted taken' any steps to get at the truth in relation to those documents; and he would also ask it there was anything against Mr. Mazzini be yond the insinuations which had been made on a former occasion, and if there was any- further evidence to be brought forward in support of the accusation against this ill- t reated,ealumniated, and, as the Right Hon. Gentleman .himself had characterised him, unprotected foreigner? Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in commencing the obser vations which he should feel it to be his duty to add-e 9 to the House on the present occasion, would commence by alluding to the questions which hat'gs been put to him - by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. In the first place; he would repeat what he had stated to the House on a former occasion, that until he had been in formed of the circumstance in that House on . Tuesday last, he believed he was not aware of the fact that in the Westminster Revielv there had appeared a de fence of the conduct of Mr. - Mazzini. He had subsequently stated that it would be his duty to make inquiries into the facts of the case, and that if the result should leave any doubt upon his mind as to the accu racy of the statements he had made respecting the transaction to which he had alluded, he should be, happy to take the first opportunity to state that fact to the House. He had certainly before stated to the Hoes on the first occasion that he had endeavoured to inform . himself from the best authority, if any. prosecution had been instituted by Mr. Mazzini against the paper (the Moniteur) which had first brought forward the accusa tion, and he had been informed that no prosecution had been instituted against that paper. But the same party 'from whom he had obtained that information, had taken no notice whatever . - to him of the prosecution which. it was said, had bee* instituted against another party— namely, Monsieur Gisquet, for a republication of the same statement. Under these circumstances, he 'had thought it his duty to institute further inquiries. He had done so, but he had only heard of these circumstan ces on Tuesday last for the first time, and he had as yet received no further information on the subject. As soon as he should have received further information, it would be his duty to state the same to the House— (Hear, hear)---and, at the same time, to state the impression left upon his mind as the result of that inquiry.—(Cheers.) Painful as that discussion had been to him on former occasions, he was boun-1 to say thae. the Hon. Member for Finsbury, in introducing a grea t question of that importance, had done it in a manner the most dispassionate that it was possible for any Hon. Member to do. So far from contending against the po sition the lion. Member had taken, he should say that he was ready to agree with it. lie agreed with him in say ing that he did not believe it useful to continue this power unless secresy be ob-erved. That was the leading proposition iu the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, and to that proposition he was willing to give his entire assent. lie should stale to the House that the lion. Gentleman had, in thc: way he represented it, almost seduced him from hi., duty, aid he should admit that this pvi-r had been viewed with jealousy by the people of this country; but at the same time he did - not think it consistent with his duty that he should assent to his motion. If he did not think so, nothing could give him more ; but - he was first to consider this question with reference to the public interest, and to the an d would very shortly venture to d p e u t h il li w c i i t n h te ev r h s t:t ab'e was-the law of the case, anal to differ with the view of the Hon. Gentleman. He must say that the power was not fir-it given by the statute of Anne. -Opening a letter was a gr.: at moral offence on the. part of him who - was entrusted with it, but until this statute passed it was part of the royal prero -gatiVe to convey letters, and it was universally known that the Government, from time to time, whenever grave suspicion arose, did; without hesitation. open letlere con fided to its trust, and so far from its being a legal offence, it was not only not a misdemeanour, but w:ts not even a ground for a civil action. The statute created the mis demeanour, and also created au exception to the Crown. lie perceived that the law was clear on this point. The effect of the repeal of this statute would be, that the opening of letters in the Post-office would no longer be a misdemeanour or au offence prosecuted by law. The effect of the restriction of the law in this way, giving an exception only in favour of the Crown, was, that the se• curity of correspondence was inviolable. The Hon. Gentleman had stated, and stated very fairly, what was the general purport-of the report ot . the Secret Com mittee on this subject. The Hon. Member also stated that the people of this country had an immense interest in the safety of correspondence sent by post ; he con curred in that, and so did the Committee, who, for that reason, had stated in their report, that with the exception of such an act being committed by the Secre tary of State under warrant,, the security of that cor respondence should be inviolable. The Committee fur ther stated in their report, the facts 'relative to the issuing of such warrants on former occasions, and the circumstances under which they had been issued. • They stated the number of warrants that had been issued during the last twenty-two years, and that that number did not exceed an average of eight in the year. In fact the substance of the report was that this pri vilege had never been-abused in reference to political w arrants, and that not more than one warrant in a . year during the same period had been issued for criminal purposes. But was that all ? No ; the report further stated that great alterations and improvements had been made in the law in this respect since the time of lebrci Spencer, in 1806, and that all such warrants issued since then had been carefully preserved. Well, was there no other change ? He would show that there was, and i t was to this effect, that now no Secretary of State could issue a warrant without the presence of three witnesses —a confidential clerk and two others, and a Copy of each such warrant to be left at the Post-office. In this reepect he bogged to assure the House thaf every warrant issued by him had been copied, and a copy sent to the Pest office ; and not only that, but he produced before Po Committee every warrant he had issued, and g ave an account seriatim of each. In . all that he had 'done in this respect he felt that he would be obliard. to follow precedent, and he dit[so. In respect to political warrants, the Act required that the Secretary of 'Stat e should give his reasons in Writing for issuing them , a nti leave a copy of them at the Post-office, so that its fact, so far as regulations could go, he did not see how regula" tions could be carried further.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the question as to the expediency of this power, he would say that if it never had existed, RI" haps he would question the expediency of rem giving it; but it having existed, and that, too, from a very esrly period, and haying undergone many and various media" cations and asnendments, from the time 3f the R volution down to the present time, and by the highest authority in the country, he did nit see why it should • not b e avalicd.ol- %hen circumstances required. 'rhea Hour wee., now celled , upon to declare that the Governrriens efe tail not have the power of interfering with the eel . ' respetelence ef any parties; either foreien or dereesli e, no matter how dangerous or treasonable. The goo. Gentleman' thoeght it was too much to leave to the responsible servants of the Crown to take rneesoree t a , discover the design, of parties believed to be eneteee° in pletS and intrigues dangerous to this country itself or menacing te the peace and security o f co here -(Hear.) - Every country in Etieel e, except Deena' gave its government the power of preventing the s ettle tnent of foreigners within its territory, or of effeeting their expulsion. He (Sir Jarees Graham) did not ask fir the restoration i f such favoure to the English G.° . vernmene He hid elways been eeposed to those pewee ivhilst they existed. But he thought it was. not- toe much to ask, in the absence of such powers, that there should be continued the means of checking correspein denci from this country, which was calculated to dis turb the peace and endanger the safety of other Stan, and to prevent this coentry being made the focus. e conspiracies against its allies. — (Hear, hear.) focus es wished he could Arrive at the conclusion at which the Hon. Gentleman had arrived, that the power s oeimite ( e and restricted as, it. was, could be altogether ahandelle" with safety. He did not think so, and especially w it ' reference to foreign correspondence, there being n° power in the Government to check the arrival of L e - reigners in this country or to effect their rejection. n believed that the Hon. Gentleman was correct in st n tic% that any attempt to modify further the power of t 4 ' ° Crown would prove nugatory, and be, therefore, Pre" ferred the course which the Hon. Gentleman had taken of bringing in a Bill to take away that power altog ether. ' To that Bill OR the part of her Majesty's Ministe rs -he ' would give a decided opposition.—(Hear, hear.) see Lord J. RUS SELL said he quite agreed with vi,- Right Hon. Gentleman that nothing could have b ee t i more fairly stated than the case of his Hon. Friel) His Hon. Friend had brought forward the question AS: constitutional one and he had placed his a rgallo fairly before the House. Now he (Lord J. Itlessele', found himself in. the situation of being neither able '- agree with his Hon. Friend nor with the Right flertgi Gentleman. He thought there was great force in one, t the observations made by his Hon. Friend, .namely, thy this power having been much questioned, much - dill i t s sion having taken place amongst the public. as we u eel e in that House, the power was no longer of the 0 ;; 4 utility that it had been at a former b e n s utility that there was a sort of WalltPss given to all persons inclined to use the ree as a means of correspondence, not to attempt to earrY ee , an illegal correspondence by such an agency. Let hie however, say that, with regard to the law of the questitp. his investigations, as far as they had proceeded, had se 0 , him to the same conclusion as that which the Rig ht Pct of Gentlemen had borne to. 'lt appeared that the Act. Anne was framed entirely with the view of in t o gz g punishment and penalties on clerks and persons Cu 40 in the Post - office, and not either to give a powe r or Ps, away a power from the Crown which it formerll.P°o sessed. He had asked several gentlemen conn.ectenAg the legal profession what sort of criminal prOcB could be taken against a person who bad agreed to esseeli letters and had betrayed his trust, and he could not be 'any authority upon which a criminal indictment eo e nt li s preferred. It seemed to him, then, that it was oviibe that the purpose of the Act of Anne was to P e epe d public security against their letters being op t he by going through the Post-o ffi ce ;• and a t t his same time, while it gave that security, it reserved, ra, power,. which was then considered an established en, re • cognised power. Of course in that else it wa s lieb it cessary to confer the power by Act of Parliamentee'ea was ot ly neces-ary to refer to it. It had been llTe-e that this power should be used with more forraalitY!Le preceution for the liberty of the subject than hithero'"; 'His Noble Friend (Lord Radnor) was prepared to P ip % pose a measure providing that, in all cases of °pl o y letters,. information upon oath should be a niece peelirninary for the issuing of the warrant. Ile ri der" stood that such was the opinion of a very high a` i `i o f .t s h it i e s e s, L ,r ojd - D co e n n i ns iti a e n t , ai t )l h e at dis t c h u e s r s e io s n h h o a u d ld thaekean centree Placetiootl; the subject, arid lie was of opinion that some rest Fa una. of this- sort should be. imposed. - But his* fin „,: 0 ,1 the Member for Finsbury went be y ond' this, and sP—ee eo consider that letters in the Post-of fi ciewere eeo ' titled to a peculiar inviolability, so that 0 0 persons. carrying on treason would ha i r ite sort of security, by the Bill he won,'" l eo , eroduce, He could ,not, therefore, vote with 01 0 0 Member for the introduction of his Bill. But i f ' t ee, carne from the other HOUSE', or was proposed in. t his having - the restrictions mentioned, he would g ive 1 0 14 support. One effect which this Bill would have vi e la' be that of preventing the opening of letters at Vi e t e 0 stance of any 'foreign Minister: A letter would a° u r . -opened, in case such a Bill passed, for the alleged pr' pose of preventing or detecting an insurrection a r _OO spiracy in a foreign country. The Bill would r e ab le any such danger. lie thought that was an urtialti Gee' use of this poWer.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Jo ur. tleman had, of course, acted from a sense of public go' lil ° He did not believe he was sway ed by party or e° l- 0 0 1 motives.' He did so.because he considered it to l'f. e .o' ful to the public service ; but in his (Lord J. 1 3 . 05 s te" ' opinion, the use of thi s p ower i n order to further bee se views of a for e i gn Mi n i s t er w as unjust.' For ''''lle reasons he did'not wish to see that power exereised•ci pot had expressed what his views were, and he an d 0 00 give his vote befaVotir °this Ben; Friend, but he w e ,be ready to impose such restrictions as he bad s tate; 100 , Mr. WARBURTON said, that he thought his 00 1/ Friend ,the Member for Finsbury had taken th e G OP course which it was expedient to take on this etl e "`oe. It appeared to him that there was no middle coooo, Abrogate the practice, and do not attempt by new (e lle. saY , e lations to set it upon its legs again. He must • se re .. considered it highly creditable to the British Goverf,eise to the abstract that 'their power or established P r beat"' of opening letters was exercised with so much fo r l ice;' ance. He did not metal to say that in certain Pardee .lar cases there might not have been a want of disc re e t) 0 On the contrary,' his opinion was that there hadheseei! Want of discretion, but still it was greatly to the °Lors of the British,. Government that for twenteetwo )r , the, :they, had only issued eight warrants a year (3 . 1 0 0 1 , average,,' and he thought that must be the eP in e l 0: foreigners themselves. As to the authority on ; e se s this practice rested, - it must either depend on ' 0 1 rogative or common-law, or on the statutesool lAnne. With regard .to prerogative, only tha t . persons versed in antiquarian lore gave evidene,ee,ooll such a power was exercised in • the time of the Eo" e se" and Henries, and that the power therefore rested 0 1,0 rogative. But from a certain return moved for !V rie s! (Mr. Warburton) it would app ear tha t the wa r eves. issued in those times were not the result of p r erog e ° 00 but of requests made by the representatives nicestAt people, requesting the Crown to interfere to P r o 01 , the extortions of the *representatives- of the 03utered Rome in this.country. There were, indeed, two e r te ar exceptions in the • course of a century, where th e ;-era s rant were of a political nature. Of this characteriveol the we, rents which immediately receded the d i e t hos e Edward 11., and the death of Richard 11., but wit': 0 poi -exceptions no' warrants de se, utinis faciendo (tooper litical nature were issued.. It was the practice ill l ees eci Ona , s for the Privy Geincil to torture prisoners 0 ' e ve; for State ,i'feneet, in order to extract from the °3 st eea Bence with . regard to the crime with which they ) lel; 'charged. He belies , . d that se c h w as the custern s( e , till as the reign of Charlis the Fi rs t. Even if th e y re iee° show from historical 'evid ence th a t the elrown ese " th e the power of opening lettere, he would put it e° ere. same footing as Ile power of torturing prisonersioter he would, ask - thein why they did - not put the g e ar' ) ' power into practiee at the present day?" —( ;sle d lie believed that if this power existed at all it ei t . o f by statute. It was especially noticed in the w er ttb e :Bishop Woolley, in some of his communications, f . e ;e_., - 1. 9 1 ,10nql IntelliYelicer, and it was on the occasion ' ,f OF . ference to the proceedings of the Administrationn'isheP, R. Walpole, and"to- justify" the proeecution a -, e o: ,Atterbury. In that communication - he expressly Zero' of those proceedings having been taken under th e t tlei 4. Act—the Act of Anne. He expressly, said tha t! , 1 power was exercised under the Act recently Pa ss r , , all ot 'was therefore .clearly no prerogative of the Crew ; 09 ' he believed that if the House were to take the re w r e se l e ' the Committees they would find that there w as 11 ,?,,r e th el , whatever for the retention of-this . power. weetiii-or ly O . e looked upon the matter as related to the crimina 3essV liecal, bearitig,- they would find that no really v 0 e op li information had been obtained, or at least iloahiee rei tneneurate with the'social evil andimmoralitY w" e ct sulted from the use of the power. Whether th . e): Le o' on the information furnished by the returns of t he ti erittee on the political or on the criminal warralllo use would find that the exercise of this power was e itle' lesie and unnecessary, cre v° 0 Lord HOWICK said- that he wished, be'9,. een' e ° o for the motion of his Hun. Friend, to assign '1 0 , lo for doing's°. He was not at all prepared to sent practice of opening letters to remain in its pres_e": o " e ite t He believed that the present system of secresY . : er e th!, gethcr unnecessary.—(Hear, hear.) He 'was a"iotot's there was some power requisite for the SecretarLey.er, we t but this practice of opening and resealing 1 4 : 0 , 0 0 , , one' calculated to create a feeling in the eonn e ` t r o iste, nothing would. be safe from the scrutiny of 0, A li 0,11'3 Did the Right Hon. Baronet suppose that, afte r woll merous discussions in that How, ever be made a medium for traitorous or seditio n la e ol, munications? He might be assured that it W be n i i e ve i ; the Post-Of c !, C O0'1: and if a power was . 'required; as se e es ehefi s e, 'that to 'some extent it - was,.. they might - -twee' - Awe s . of his Honourable Friend, and,- if. they e r c e ON .introduce a clause into Committee which - wo"' i r sal We, a, 11-t t e cit a or 11,