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swe-p away 74 statutes which had for their object to in terfere with the exercise of labour, and he hoped the House would consider this matter well before Friday next. He would entreat the Right Hon. Baronet oppo site, while he was surrounded with his present difficul ties, to give his attention to the best means of putting an end to the great competition which at present existed for labour, and to consider whether other legislative measures could not be adopted that would have the effect of removing the sources of commercial distress. In the present instance he fully concurred in the course adopted by the Government. He hoped Hon. Gentle man would consider well before they would adopt or sanction any restrictions which would tend to limit or cripple the trade and commerce of the country. Mr. T. BORTHWICK trusted that the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire would afford every facility to the House for gaining information with respect to the course he intended to pursue, between this and Friday. • Mr. C. BULLER wished to make a few observations on the interpretation put upon what he said the other night by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite. The Right Hon. Baronet had taken advantage of one expression which had fallen from him (Mr. C. Buller), and which he had subsequently explained. The Right Hon. Baronet had misunderstood entirely what he said, and after misquoting his speech, he drew inferences from it that left the House and the country under a most erro neous impression. What he (Mr. C. Buller) said was, that a new state of society had arisen owing to the accumulation of great masses of unskilled labourers in the large towns, and that consequently it would be wrong if they were to legislate now upon the same prin ciples as those upon which they did formerly, and that on this account he should support the motion. Sir ROBERT PEEL said her Majesty's Govern ment had adopted that course which they thought would be most in accordance with the views of the ma jority of the House, and were willing to make every con cession short of a sacrifice of their own conscientious convictions. If he understood the Hon. Member for Liskeard aright, he had stated that this question should be looked upon not in an abstract light, but that they should consider it as the first step in a bold and novel system of legislation, and that the principle was not to be limited to this measure alone, and consequently that he was ready to follow up the new principles and abandon the old. He would further state that he was ready to carry legislative interference with labour to the fullest extent, as far as he could con sistently or without risking a greater evil. The Hon. Gentlem an h a d protested against the remarks which had been made upon his speech. The object of the Government in introducing this measure was to try whether such a one would be likely to give satisfaction to the country, and in doing so, he thought they were performing one of the first and highest duties of a res ponsible Government. Lord SANDON said he hoped the Noble Lord would acquiesce in the course proposed by her Majesty's Government to withdraw this Bill, and bring in a new one. He thought that the House was in favour of such a course, and thought it would be better if they were to reserve any expression of opinion on the dura tion of the period of labour in the factories until this new Bill was brought in. When the Bill was first brought in, her Majesty's Government attached much less importance' to it than they did now. He would en treat them to reconsider this proposition —to consider the direction in which the public sympathy was now turned —to consider the feeling which was rising up amongst manufacturers themselves, and to consider whe ther it was safe to postpone, from year to year, the final settlement of this question. Mr. {ORRISON said that he believed, in his con science, that a Ten Hours' Bill would not only be in jurious, if carried, to the labouring classes, by lowering their wages, b u t h e b e li eve d that- it would prove fatal ultimately to the cotton trade, which constituted almost the whole of the export trade of this country. He said the cotton trade, because the cotton trade was widely different (with respect to the operation of this Bill) to the silk, the woollen, or the linen trade—all of which trades were better established, and better able to bear competition, than the cotton trade. In the silk-throwing trade' our machinery was superior to that of the fo reigner ; in the woollen trade the advantage was not so striking ; but in the linen trade, owing to the inventions which had been recently introduced, more especially by Mr. Marshall, we were enabled not only to beat other countries, but, he understood that some of our manu facturers had actually established houses for the sale of linen in Hamburgh. But the persons connected with the cotton trade had to contend with a growing coins petitor. In America, not merely in Massachusetts, but through the whole of the United States, cotton mills were continually rising up. Any attempt to limit the hours of labour in this country he looked upon as a fetal blow to their export trade. Although at present our trade was in more activity than for some time past it had been, yet he thought there were symptoms which appeared to him to indicate that the present aspect of our trade would not continue ; and he had no doubt that before the next session of Parliament, the country would see his prediction had been verified. L n-cl STANLEY said that his Noble Friend (the Member for Liverpool) had made two complaints against her Majesty's Government, in both of which he (Lord Stanley) thought his Noble Friend was labouring under a mistake. In the first place, his Noble Friend explained that her Majesty's Government, some time ago, appeared to attach no value to this question. Yet now he said they tried to magnify it into a matter of vast importance. Now his Noble Friend must recollect that her Majesty's Government, from the first, had de clared in a most emphatic manner that it was their in tention to oppose the motion of his Noble Friend the Member for Dorsetshire. He believed they were gene rally supposed to be sincere in that determination, seeing that they were deprived in consequence, upon this question, of the ability and support of his Noble Friend the Member for Dorsetshire. Now he (Lord Stanley) thought this would show that the Government had not treated this subject as of a matter of slight importance. There was no difference with respect to the principle be tween his Noble Friends and her Majesty's,Government. They admitted the principle of interference with factory labour; but there was a material difference with respect to detail upon one important question and one involving important consequences. lie (Lord Stanley) believed that those consequences would be fearful to the opera tives and to the manufacturers of this country. He be lieved that the very parties for whom the Noble Lord, the Member for Dorsetshire, had taken so deep an in terest would be the very parties that would suffer most. from. his proposition, should it be adopted. This was his (Lord Stanley's) conviction as to the result, either now or at any future time, of his Noble Friend's princi ple: He confessed that the Government would be de hiding the country if they did not strongly express their opinion —not founded upon temporary circumstances, but founded upon general principles and the condition generally of the manufacturing interests of this country—that it would not be safe—that it would not be wise—that it would not be prudent to hold out any expectation as to what they might do this year, or the next year, or that what they did not do next year they might do the year following. He be lieved, that upon reflection it would be seen by those who supported the Noble Lord, and he believed that it would be seen by the labouring classes themselves, if they de liberately considered this subject, that if the proposition of the - Noble Lord were to be carried, it would inflict irreparable injury on those whom the Noble Lord espe cially wished to serve. Mr. HAWES thought no one ought to complain of the tone and-manner In which the Noble Lord had ad dressed himself to this subject.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. • Hawes) had objected to the Government Bill when it was first introduced, because it (lid not embrace the sub ject of adult labour. Ile had, however, been glad to see the Government turn its attention to the subject, seeing that sooner or later the condition of the labouring classes of the country would force itself on their atten tion. If the restriction of the hours of labour were to be followed by a reduction in the amount of wages, the Go vernment had it in their power to adopt measures at once which would, by their operation, compensate the labour ing classes for the loss they might sustain from the reduction in their wages. He therefore felt no apprehension on the ground of any reduction in the amount of the wages of the operatives who were to be affected by this Bill ; for if such reduction were to take place, the working classes of this country would then have a stronger claim upon the Government for those measures which would have the effect of compensating them for their loss. Those were the general grounds upon which he thought the system of ten hours might be adopted w ith ou t any tear of injuring the manufactures of the country. The system of interference had been tried since 1833, and it was followed by a great augmentation of the commerce and manufacturing capital of the country. The experi ment had been tried, and had succeeded, and he was of opinion that the ten hours' system must be combined with other measures which would leave trade unfettered. Mr. AGLEONBY said that the Noble Lord the Mem ber for North Lancashire had, in his opinion, justly proved that the present question was one of detail, and not of principle, and he had also set aside the question of Jack Cade legislation.—(Hear, hear.) lie for one was not afraid Of the term, and he thought too much had been made of it.—(Hear, hear.) When he heard the term it did not strike him as anything peculiar. lie believed the Right Hon. Gentleman who had used it would rather that he had not done so, but hard words broke no bones. He acquitted the Right Iron. Gentle man of any feeling of disrespect when he used it, and he must say that he heard with admiration the straight forward, candid, and manly speech which he had made. —(Hear, hear.) For himself he would not be bound by old systems, but would act as altered circum stances required. There was a curious difference in the reasons of those who supported the Govern ment from those on which the Government themselves brought the measure forward. He could understand the reasons upon which the Hon. and Gallant Member for Westminster and the Hon. Member for Montrose acted, for they protested against all interference ; but the Go vernment had interfered, and their whole proceedings were founded on interference. He considered it was the duty of the House to interfere to protect those wh o were under the undue control of others. He did not think that they ran any risk of endangering the manufactures of the country by reducing the hours of labour from twelve to ten, but it was no doubt a matter of very grave importance. He could not go the length of the Bight Hon. Baronet, in saying that twelve hours was the point up to which they were justified In interfering. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Speaker was so just and invariable in enforcing the rules of that House, that he had been unwilling to interrupt the Hon. Gentleman in the sp eec h w hi c h he ha d delivered. Raising, as he had done, a quest i on i n reference to the administration of the Irish Poor-law, on a motion for going into Committee on the Mutiny Act, he would not encourage a further violation of those rules by following the Hon. Gentleman in his remarks. Suffice it to say, that he hoped there would be no delay in presenting the returns for which the Hon. Gentleman had moved, in the course of the pre sent session. With respect to the antecedent sessions, as the orders were dropped orders, it would be necessary for the Hon. Gentlemen t o renew them. With respect to the operation of the poor-laws in Ireland, he had already stated that if it should b e t h e w i sh of Irish Mem bers to have a Committee appointed to inquire into that subject, a motion to effect that object would not be op posed by the Government. Captain PECHELL was proceeding to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not answered his Hon. Friend's remarks in reference to the employment of the Mr. E WART said he was one of those who were in favour of an Eleven Hours' and he thought if the Government had adopted the compromise of eleven hours they would have satisfied all parties. He would interfere with the rights of labour, so far as to give protection to women and children, who were unable to protect themselveS. The Noble Lord opposite said that the manufacturers of Lancashire would be satisfied with an Eleven Hours' Bill. The Noble Lord the Mem ber for Liverpool, and others, signified their intention of supporting such a proposition. He was therefore sorry the Ciovernment did not adopt it. Thore was a time for , compromise, and he was afraid the Government had naval force in Ireland in the collection of the poor-rates, acted most unwisely in allowing it to pass by. die when would support the Government in that measure, but ; The SPEAKER said he bad not interrupted the Hon. after their stern declaration to-night, he could not sup- Member who had made this motion, becau s e it was ims pert them. , possible to say that he would not conclude with an Dr. BOWRING said he did not agree with the Hon. ' amendment to the motion for going into Committee ; Member who had just sat down, that an Eleven Hours' bat as he had concluded without making any ,such Bill would give the satisfaction he seeined to think it amendment, the Hon. and Gallant Officer would be quite would. There was a great diversity of opinion on the I out of order in making any remarks on the subject of the subject. From all the information he could glean, a great Irish poor-law.—(Hear, hear.) majority out of doors was unfavourable to interference. MUTINY BILLS. Among the workines classes there was such a desire to The House then went into Committee on the Mutiny have the experiment of a Ten Hours' Bill tried, that he Bill believed the Government must interfere. His own opi- Captain PECHELL referred to the employment of nion was certainly opposed to interference, and he be- the Comet and the Stromboli on the river Shannon to lieved the time would come when those who opposed assist in collecting the poor-rates. legislation on the subject, would be looked on by the Sir J. GRAHAM said the facts were these :—On the working-classes as their best friends. He believed the coast of Galway there was a formidable, organised, and experiment must now be tried, but he was afraid the protracted resistance to the payment of poor-rates; and, working-classes would rue the consequence of their own at the instance of the Lord Lieutenant, two steam-boats wishes. He believed it would prepare the way for a were sent to the Shannon to assist the civil power. fearful and frightful crisis, and he thought the sooner it H e was qu i te prepare d to j ust i fy the proceeding, under came the better it would be for the country. the circumstances which gave rise to it. Mr. MITCHELL said that the adoption of the ten Mr. MORE O'FERRALL thought that the present hours would prove ruinous to that branch of manufac- was not the proper time to discuss the Irish poor-law, tures which consisted in spinning yarn. The result of and he would not, there"ore, enter into that subject. it would be that many persons would be thrown out of On the discussion of the clauses, employment, or that the manufacturers would lose one- Sir H. HARDINGE said there was a novelty in this sixth of their profit. He believed that ultimately the Bill, inasmuch as it gave power to the Secretary-at loss caused by the reduction of the twelve hours to ten War, in certain cases, to convert barracks, or parts of would fall on the working-classes themselves. barracks, into military prisons. Mr. ESCOTT must say that if the question before The Bill having passed through Committee, the House the House had been whether the measure of the Noble resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and the re- Lord (Ashley) was for the relief or injury of the port was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. people, if he wanted an able witness to pro ve that the The House then went into Committee on the Marine measure was injurious to the people, he would cite the Mutiny Bill. Hon. Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowring), who stated Sir C. NAPIER complained that the punishment of that the measure was in itself ruinous in principle, and marines employed on shore was not sufficiently defined. if carried into operation would be deeply injurious to the There was another object to which he wished to call the people, and yet the Hon. and Learned Gentleman stated attention of the Government. It was to this peculiarity that he would be a strenuous advocate of that measure. in the Mutiny Act, that the punishment of death should Dr.BOWRING—The Hon. Gentleman misapprehends be suffered for every crime, or such other punishment me.—(Order, order.) as a curt-martial might choose to inflict. Now, in Mr. ESCOTT would state, in a few words, why he many cases it occurred that it was necessary for the voted against the measure of sh e N o bl e L or d. He had o ffi cer i n command of a ship to i nfl i ct pun i shments ac certainly thought that the Bill of the Government was a cording to the rules and practices of the navy, salutary measure, though not perhaps proceeding upon and he wished that the last clause of the Act a principle which could be altogether considered should be so framed as to make those rules sound—(Hear, hear)—but st ill i t was a measure and practices the lawful guide, without reference to the for the improvement of the existing state higher penalty of death. As at present, the practice of the law. He (Mr. Escott) had come down to the served no purpose of example. He himself remembered House fully prepared to give every attention to the a case, where a court-martial had, under the Mutiny arguments of the Noble Lord ; and, he must say, that Act, sentenced a man to death, but recommended him his principal reason for opposing the Noble Lord's mea- to mercy on account of a wound in his head. The sure was that, in his speech in support of it, the Noble punishment was commuted to fourteen years' transporta- Lord produced no argument, from first to last, to show tion. This punishment was never known in the ser that the measure when carried into operation would be vine, and it had no effect whatever in the way of exam for the benefit of the people. So far from it, that the plc. He recommend e d that the Articl e s s h ou ld b e so Noble Lord expressly stat e d, that he would not argue modified as to leave it is the power of a court-martial upon the commercial view of the question—that whether the pecuniary interests of the people wou ld b e promoted on the spot to determine the amo u nt of p u ni s h men t. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said, that the subject had by his proposition was a question which he would not been referred to the Admiralty before. The Gallant discuss. He (Mr. Escott) must further say, not that Officer was aware, that when marines were employed on the measure of the Noble Lord, if carried, was in itself shore on foreign service, they were in a v ery diff eren t revolutionary, but the s t a t emen t s an d arguments position to that of doing duty on board. with which it was brought before the House. Mr: MORE O'FERRALL said, that the same diffi were, in themelves, decidedly revolutionary. The eulty alluded to by the Hon. and Gallant Member for chief argument, indeed, seemed only to embody a threat Marvlebone had been experienced in the employment of of violence if the alleged grievances were not removed. the Marines in the relief service in Spain, and he With respect to himself, he felt it his duty to say that thought it ought to be removed. the course taken by the Government in opposing the Captain PECHELL thought it very hard to punish a Noble Lord's measure, was_ the only one that could be man who on shipboard fell asleep upon his watch after taken consistently with their o wn honour, because the a hard day's work, as a sentinel in the army who fell only course consistent with the true interests of the asleep at his post. people. Mr. HERBERT said that an alteration in this respect Dr. BOWRING explained that he had stated his own had been extended to the marines. views on the subject, but that from communications The clause was agreed to, the House resumed. the which he had with the town which he represented, he Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit was convinced that nothing but an experiment would again to-morrow. persuade the working classes of the erroneousness of The Indemnity Bill was read a third time and passed. their views upon the matter. The Gold and Silver Warehousing Bill was read a Mr. BROCKLEHURST was at a loss to know why second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday this Bill should be introduced at all. No person had pe- next. titioned for it ; but now when it was b roug ht perma The International Copyright Bill was read a third nently before the country, it assumed a very serious time and passed. aspect. For his own part, he viewed with great alarm The report upon the Dean Forest Bill was brought up legislative interference with labour ; and, with respect to and agreed to. The Night Poaching Prevention Bill passed through manufactures, he thought they had been doing man unwise things for se v e r a l y ears p as t. I n consequence Committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up of our unwise legislation, the growth of 'manufactures to-morrow. • was fostered in countries which otherwise never would CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. have dreamed of such a thing. He had voted for the Sir ROBERT PEEL said that in the course of last ten hours' measure, because he thought it the better of session, when the Bill for the trial of Controverted Elec the two courses proposed, though he did not approve of tions was mentioned in the House, he had undertaken many of the doctrines of the Noble Lord (Ashley.) to propose the appointment during the present session However, he trusted that, on Friday next, the measure of a Committee of the House, to inquire if any amend which would be introduced would be such a one as he ment could be introduced into its mode of proceeding. could support. In fulfilment of that promise he hid now to move The SPEAKER then put the question that the order of that a Select Committee should be nominated for that the day for going into Committee on the Factories Bill purpose. He proposed this measure merely for the pur be read, far the purpose of postponing it to Friday next, pose of considering whether any amendment could which was agreed to. he made in the present course of proceedings, and not POOR-LAWS (IRELAND;. with a view to discuss and report as to the jurisdiction On the Order of the Day fur going into Committee on itself. The important question of the jurisdiction ought the Mutiny Bill, in his opinion to be carefully reserved for the considera- Mr. FRENCH rose, pursuant to notice, to call the , tion of the House itself. He had no wish to hinder attention of the House to the neglect of the Poor-law Hon. Members from discussing this great question in Commissioners to furnish returns ordered by the House the House, but he wished to confine the object of the in a reasonable time. proposed Committee to the suggestions of amend- The SPEAKER said that if the Hon. Gentleman ment in the existing system as it stood. He meant to bring forward his motion as a case of privilege, had endeavoured to make the Committee as fair it would he a most unusual course before an order of the and as useful as possible by placing upon it !louse had been madd . that the returns should be fur- those who were looked to as authorities, and who would nished forthwith. When such an order was made, and come prepared to assist in rendering the existing sys the returns were not in accordance with it furnished tem as perfect as possible. He did not see any neces forthwith, then it was competent for the Hon. Gentleman situ for entering into a statement, or inviting discussion, to bring forward his motion on a question of privilege. and he should, therefore, content himself simply with Mr. FRENCH said he should take care nut to do any moving the appointment of a Select Committee, to in thing irregular, and he would very shortly state the quire and report, whether it would - be desirable to make reasons which induced him to complain, and which led any alteration in the law at present in force in respect him to the belief that the delay in furnishing to the trial of Controverted Elections. the returns had been both systematic and intentional Mr. GISBORNE said, he should have been gratified on the part of the Commissioners. Returns had been if. upon the present occasion, the Right Hon. Baronet ordered by that House on his motion, and he had a right (Sir Robert Peep had stated what he thought of the, to get those returns, and he insisted upon getti ng th em . p resent l aw f rom t h e experience they had been enabled to The returns ordered by the House on the 12th February, have of it. The object of the Bill had been to remedy 1843, were for the names and local situations of each of that which had certainly become a crying evil, and it the union workhouses in Ireland, which had not a suf. was a question of interest to ascertain how far in the ficient supply of fresh water. On the 4th of March Right Hon. Baronet's opinion an amendment had been following, no return having been made, he took occasion effected. For his (Mr. Gisborne's) part, he was inclined to complain of the delay, and to point to it as a contempt to think there had been some amendment. He had that of the authority of the House, and to move that Mr. morning looked at the Journals of the House, to find, as Nicholls and Mr. Lewis, the Commissioners, should be well as he could, how far party feeling might be supposed called before the House to answer for their contempt. to have influenced the decisions of Committees. He Afterwards there was a return made, professing to be found that twenty-five Committees had decided conform that which he moved for, but it really was not so. On ably with the politics they were supposed to entertain; the 11th of August, 1843, he moved for the names of and that eight had decided contrary to the opinion the Assistant Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland, the supposed to be entertained by them. He was also bound names of the respective unions to which they were to state that in the latter Committees there appeared to attached, and the number of their attendances at each be much less conformity in the political opinions of its union workhouse during the preceding six months. members than the former ones. There was one amend- That return could have been made in six hours. On ment in the practice of the Committees which he thought the 6th February in the present session, he moved for a might be introduced with special advantage. He was return of the names of the places where police soldiers no lawyer, but he understood that in a common law were employed in collecting the rate, and s p ec ifyi ng t h e act i on a party could give notice to his opponent that if number of m en em pl oye d, and the amount collected. he did not admit certain points he should No return, however, of this kind had been made. He then prove them at his (the opponent's) expense. thought that those delays might be attributed either Now this practice might be advantageously admitted by to pressure of business or to accident, but when he the Committee, for it would effect a great saving both of reflected that the continuance of the useless expense time and of money. There were other points which of that despotic Commission rested entirely upon presented themselves to his notice, but as the House the state of ignorance in which the Government had seemed indisposed to discussion at that time, he would been kept as to the real operation of the poor-law, and not enter on them. He hoped, however, that on the Corn the opinions of the Irish people upon it, the conviction mittee there would be some Hon. Gentlemen who had forced itself on his mind that the delay in presenting, suffered in these matters, for, as they best knew where those returns had been, on the part of the Commis- the shoe pinched, they would best assist the Committee shiners both wilful and intentional The returns in coming to sound conclusions. he had called for this year, if honestly and cor- Mr. COLLETT hoped the House would adopt some rectly given, were calculated very much to undeceive the course to save Members from persecution. He had Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the some time back been declared by a Committee of Home Department, as to the real state of affairs in Ire- that House duly returned to serve for the present land. Should the Right Hon. Gentleman, by any acci- Parliament for the borough of Athlone, and he dent whatever, he cared not what, arrive at the truth, thought the matter was at an end, and he should he (Mr. F.) was convinced, from the Right lion. he subjected to no further - annoyance. lie had, Baronet's clearness of mind and firmness of purpose, however, been forced before another Committee, there would be a speedy end put to both Commission who, on the 7th of this month, had again declared him and Commissioners in Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman duly elected "to serve in the present Parliament" for then, in reference to his motion for a return of the the borough of Athlone, and he was again threatened number of soldiers and police employed in the collection not merely with another petition against him, but with of the rate, read an account in which it was stated, that an annual attempt to wrest his seat from him. in February last, at a place called Bellow, 700 soldiers Sir GEORGE GREY thought the Right Hon. Ba and police were marched to meet the peasantry, who, ronet had pursued a ver y w i se course in keeping the to the numbe r o f 300, arme d w i t h p i tc hf orks, &c., had question of jurisdiction for the consideration of the assembled to offer the most determined opposition 'House itself, and confining the labours of the Select to the collection of the rate, and even resolved Committee to the consideration of amdndments in the on waging war to the knife, but that fortunately, practice and proceedings of the Committees on Contro owing to the humane exertions of a magistrate in the verted Elections. neighbourhood, Captain Kelly, of Fairfield, the colli- Mr. FRENCH hoped that neither Ministers nor ex sion was prevented, and the people peaceably dispersed. Ministers would be allowed to sit on the Committee. The Hon. Gentleman also read, from Dr. Kirwan of the Sir E. COLEBROOKE suggested that Committees county Galway, a most respectable Roman Catholic should have the assistance of eminent lawyers to sit as priest, a letter describing the difficulty of collecting the assessors, and assist in declaring the law and making rates in his neighbourhood, and stating that the unpo- their proceedings conformable to it. pularity of the tax was so great that, in the Sir R. PEEL said, whilst he thought the House had parish of Kilallan, no one could be found who better not prejudge the question by going into discussion would undertake to collect it, and that in con- into it—that he considered the suggestion as to sequence a collector was obliged to be sent assessors was well worthy the consideration of the down from the office of the Commissioners in Dublin, Committee. He doubted the policy and propriety and that he was obliged to be protected in the perform- of placing Members on the Committee, who had ante of his duties by two - companies of infantry, a troop suffered from these election petitions. The Mem of the 10th Hussars, two sub-inspectors of police, and 50 bers that he should propose to form the Committee rank and file of that body, together with two stipendiary were the following, and he thought the House would magistrates ; also the forces from the Stromboli steamer, agree w i t h hi m w h en t h ey h eard the names, that those the D ee , and another vessel of war, were employed t o M em b ers h a d h a d a to l erably good insight into the collect the rate ; and that, notwith s t an di ng a ll th ose f orces , cases o f controverted elections. and the rate to be colle c t e d was un d er 2001., more The following were proposed as a Committee:— than one-third of the rate remained uncollected ; and Lord J. Russell, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Charles Dr. Kirwa n also stated that the collection of every Is. in Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten Sir George Grey, Lord that neighb our h ood cost 1/. sterling—the natural conse- Sandon, The O'Conor Don, Mr. Pakington -Mr. quence of attempti ng to force a rate from a population who Hawes, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Escott, Mr. Locke, Mr. Wynn, were scarcely above the condition of paupers themselves. and Sir Thomas Fremantle. The Hon. I ember then read an extract from the writ- The motion was agreed to, after a few words in ex ings of Mr. Daly, as to the operation of the present law, planation by Mr. COLLETT. stating that an armed force was required to carry it out, Mr. R. SCO CT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to which in his opinion formed one of the strongest con- annex detached parts of counties to the counties by stitutional objections to it. It was also stated that which they were surrounded. 2/. 12s. a year was the average allowance for paupers; The House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock. whilst that of the Commissioners was 1,500/. He hop e d that the returns would not be refused. • RICHARD DADD.—It has been erroneously stated that this unfortunate young man would be brought to trial at the assizes. 'We understand that it is the opinion of his medicale brain i,hs ihoweve rva, attendants stti an that that heiawtgfarhyetq. frequently w ieiona i eyl notum remarkable standsi lnoanr luminary f s mo avyni fact sb-hee,o. is a d e that nza tinesh,d th at e t re ' g e e i s n u g n Observer. [Dadd, it will be recollected, killed his father in a fit of insanity at Cobham Park, the seat of Earl Darnley, near Gravesend.] [ADVERTISEMENT.]-..0N THE VERGE OF TEM GRAVE ; OR. A MIRACULOUS CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS! —James Langley, a ladies' shoemaker, residing in Allen street, Goswell-street, caught a violent cold about twelve months since, which, being neglected, b roug h t on a swelling of the logs and feet, pains in the side and shoulders, night sweats, with inability to keep food on his stomach : indeed, he was at last reduced to such a state of general weakness t but en h an y d t d h e e bi l l t i s ty e t n h f a H t n o o n ( o w n e a y t h , s o u p g i h l t is he e c v o e u ry ld d l n o n n g g e s re ur n ‘ s iv s e ys; quickly disappeared, and he is now as hale and as hearty as ever he was in his life.—Sold at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis); the and e by d al s mos w t n a r i lti all respectable vendors of medicine throughout THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1844. SPAIN. Colonel Napier, in one of those bold but felicitous passages' which distinguish his History of the Peninsular War, has compared the Spanish revolution to f A leafy *rub in a vio lent gale of wind, greatly agitated, but disclosing only slight unconnected stems, which afford no sure hold for the ambi tion of a master spirit, if such there were. The comparison holds good from the first outbreak of the war of independence in 1808 to the lase absurdities or barbatities of 1844. The master spirit has not appeared ; and if he had, it is not easy to conjecture in what form he could have taken a firm hold on the people of Spain. No new shoots of the old plant have borne either blossoms or fruit; the ivy of tradition, which still clung to the dead boughs, has been torn down; and if. there be any vitality left in the body politic, it must lie at the root. So detestable, indeed, were the effects of the igno rant and profligate A4ministrations . of the last Spanish Sove reigns, that even fort, years of war and confusion have been less unfavourable to the progress of. the country in popula tion and in wealth, than the policy of the preceding reigns. At the present moment the affairs of Spain, as they are termed in France or in this country, mean little more than the plots and intrigues of half-a-dozen , adventurers who are playing at tyrants ; but beneath . them still lies a people of twelve millions of men, who are living on fbr the most part unconscious of, or indifferent to, the incessant fluctuations of the surface, and who are following a course of improve. ment, slow - indeed when compared with that of other nations, but marvAlously rapid when contrasted with their former stationary or retrograde condition. It is vain, we fear, to look amongst such a people for that efficient support which a Government derives from the public spirit of an enlightened community. The representative .system in Spain has pro. duced the weakest of all Governments ; and in every serious emergency the Constitution has been either violated; altered, or suspended. With such results before us as the events now going on at Madrid, it is not, therefore, unnatural that some attention should be excited by the position of that party which so long disputed the rights of Queen Isabella to the crown. Those rights we take to be now as well ascertained as those of any sovereign in Europe, nor are we prepared to argue that they would gain anything in strength or validity, if most t e s y t strecognisedubborn adversaries. without a di ssen ti en t vo i ce b y th e i r ies. But tho ug h th e r i g ht to, and m w b e b r ( e mn adv the possession of, the crown has been established, much re mains to be done for the security of Isabella and for the tranquillity of her dominions. The division of the Royal family is one source of weakness--the non-recognition of the Queen by several of the Powers of Europe is another; and it cannot be doubted that much would be gained if these breaches could be healed without sacrificing any portion of the just rights of the Queen, or abandoning the constitu tional pledges of the monarchy. The Queen and the Consti tution can scarcely be exposed to greater dangers than those which actually threaten them from the alternate abuse arid suspension of the institutions which profess to defend them. The time is said to have arrived when Don Carlos has been induced by his advisers to contemplate a formal renunciation of his pretensions to the crown. As far as he is personally concerned, the interests of his branch of the Spanish family, and the party passions associated with his name, are sup posed to require that he should abandon a contest so fatal to the great interests of the monarchy; but this determination . . may be carried into effect in two ways—either by transferring his claims, such as they are, to the person of his son, or by re nouncing them altogether by, virtue of a compromise to be effected with the female line: The former course would only reserve to Spain the chances of another civil war, whenever the opportunities which a revolution too surely brings with it might invite the young Pretender to try his fortune in the mountains of Biscay; the latter suggests the possibility of ter minating many of the existing difficulties by a marriage be tween Queen Isabella and her cousin, the Prince of the Asturias, who would then accept, in lieu of all his clai ms , the rank of King Consort of Spain. It were well if the final withdrawal from the scene of the principal actors in the late war—of Christina on the one hand, and Carlos on the other—could obliterate the vestiges of those parties which were always deplorable and are now effete. A younger generation might succeed in quenching old animosities; and the only parties then known in the kingdom would be that of the friends of the monarchy, and that of its less formidable opponents. The less of foreign in fluence there might be in such an arrangement, the more likely it would be to succeed. It ought to have the full character of a national transaction, and to be based on the assent of the nation, with a due regard to those institutions which are less likely to subsist in their present condition than under the legitimate protec tion of a temperate monarchy. The abrupt termina tion of the Regency, and the interval of military power which has succeeded it, have naturally strength ened those. Conservative principles in Spain which are based on the evident truth, that freedom is never in greater peril than when it has been carried to excess for factious pur poses. Sooner or later some such reaction will be openly felt, either in the sinister movements of violence and war, or in the happier adjustment to which we refer. The former alternative is fraught with the utmost danger to the Queen, the' Constitution, and all their adherents; the latter at once recognises The established order of things, and increases the chances of its duration. If the fate of the Queen is bound up with the ascendancy of a party, with that party the monarchy may perish; it. may stand on the broader basis which such a marriage would give to the government of the nation. No doubt the factions and the factious ambitions which it is so essential to subdue would offer the main obstacle-to such a conclusion. Such arrangements are not often effected by ac cident or by party intrigues, but by strong resolution and strong patriotism; and we know not to whom the partisans of this settlement can look for such qUalities. But such an expe dient, judiciously handled, might command the support of no inconsiderable portion of the people; and it has at least little to fear from the political energy of its opponents. The measure, as we have already observed, depends in no degree on foreign influence; but it might become the duty of the Government of this country to take care that no foreign influence interfered to thwart it. In France alone, we may suspect that the zeal of the reigning Sovereign for the house of Bourbon does not extend to all the branches of it ; and that a compromise which' should re-unite the Royal Family of Spain might be viewed with at least secret dissa • tisfaction. There is, however, no real analogy b e t ween th e respective positions f the Sovereigns and the. Pretenders in the two countries ; and the question will be considered, if ever it be seriously raised, not with reference to the convenience of contiguous States, but to the internal welfare and dignity of Spain herself.— Times. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING. LONDON, MARCH 25.—Light South-Westerly breeze, and cloudy, with rain at times. DEAL, MARCH 23.—Wind E.S.E. to N.N.W. and N.W., moderate.—And. Viscount Sandon, Lancaster, China, sld. Nov. 27, St. Helena, 3d. ult. ; H.M.S. Forte, Plymouth. Sid. Agatina, Launceston; Druid, Singapore; Chandos, Ber bice ; York, St. John's, N.B ; James, Halifax ; Lady Seaton, Montreal ; Isabella Wood, Ceylon. Th e Corsair, Aikin, from New York to London, ashore on the Goodwin Sand, has been got off, in the Downs, with darnage,loss of anchors, &c. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—Acrd. Royal William, Shields, for Rio. Sid. Mediator, New York; Sir John Falstaff, Quebec; Spectakir, Bordeaux. COWES, MARCH 23.—Arrd. Malcolm, M'Farlane, Manilla, out 194 days. SOUTHAMPTON. M.Ancif 24.—Arrd. Severn, steamer, West Indies ; Ski. Swiftsure, ditto. BRIDPORT, MARCH 23.—Skl. Devon, St. John's, New foundland. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind W.—Castor, Newfound land. The sloop Mounts Bay, got ashore on Battery Point this morning, but was assisted off, without apparent damage. The Commerce, Bean, from Bordeaux to Havre, which put in here 20th instant, with damage, is discharging to repair. FALMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.E. to N.W., fresh breezes and squally. 24.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Off port, Cowslip, Colledge, Mauritius, sailed Dec. 20. LANCASTER, MARCH 21.—Arrd. Thomas Hughes, Ichoboe. CLYDE, MARCH 21.—S1d. Jane Blane, M a d ras an d P enang ; Athol, Bomb a y ; Glasgow, Trinidad.. DUBLIN, Apprentice,im JohnsOn; Mauritius. a, Cape of Good Hop e . Oo PETERHEAD, MARCH 21. Sid. Joseph G reen, and Travel ler, Davis' Straits. 11 AR IA C n i c i Napar JERSEY, MARCH 21.--Sid. Welcome, Newfoundland; Di ton; Gaspe; P.R.C., Arichat. HAYLE, MARCH 21.—The schooner Ivy, in leaving the harbour yesterday, got ashore, but is expected off. YARMOUTH, 22.—The Cosmopolite of Sunderland, is reported to be riding at anchor in the roads, with broadside stove. DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind S.W. to S.W. by W.—Arrd. Isabella Wood, Ceylon. LtvErtPoon,MAncit 23.—WindN.W. rood. ;24,W.N.W. do.— Arrd. Woodstock,Nicholson,Mauritius ; Mathew Peace, Lovey, La Guayra,Feb. 4. ; Kingston,Thompson, La Guayra (Jan. 29) ; Letitia Heyn, Arnold, New Orleans; Hibernia and Oxford, New York: 24.—Duchess of Kent, Atkinson, Calcutta; Robert Bain, Ritchie, Bombay; • Barbara, Peerse, Mauritius, Dec. 27; Sarah, Fletcher, Savannah; Thos. P. Cope, Phila delphia ; Southerner, Palmer,New York ; ElizaAnn,VAllist er , St. John's, N. B (24 days); Meliza, Queb ec . Sld . B roo k e, Cape of Good Hope, Iron Queen, Rio ; Princess Royal, Africa ; Governor of Jamaica, Thos. Battersby, New Orleans; George Washington, New York ; Real, Newfoundland. Put back, Susan, for Africa. The Arabian, for this port, was on the Bar of the Mississippi about the 20th ult. The Thohas, hence to Belfast, was run down this morning offCrosbyLight by the Nithsdale (st.) from Dumfries, master, mate, and one man saved. A brig, water-logged and abandoned, supposed the Queen, of Sunderland, was passed on the 15th inst. in lat. 51 lon. 14, by the Mathew Peace, arrd. at Liverpool. GOOLE, MARCH 24.—A schooner, from Scotland to Swine fleet, supposed the Magnet, upset this morning on Whitson Sand—crew saved. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Viscount Sandon, Lancaster, from China, in the Downs, sailed Nov. 25, Anjer Dec. 17, St. Helena Feb. 2 ; Apprentice, Johnson, from Mauritius, off Cork, sailed Dec. 10, Cape Jan. 10 ,• Cowslip, Colledge, from Mauritius, off Falmouth, sailed Dec. 12 ; Malcolm, M'Farlane, from Ma. nilla, at Cowes, sailed Aug. 31 ; B ar b ara , -P urss , from Mau• ritius, at Liverpool, sailed Dec. 27, St. Helena, Jan. 29 Robert Benn, Ritchie, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Oct 13, St. Helena, Jan. 26. Arrivals at St. Helena—Valentine, Feb. 1, from Bourbon, London ; Benn from Bengal, and sailed to Liverpool ; Mo nado, from Batavia, and sailed 2d, to Rotterdam ; Urgent, from Bengal, and sailed to London ; John Cree, Rogerson, from Singapore, and sailed 2d, to London ; British Queen, Brown, from Calcutta and Cape, and sailed to London ; Wm. Turner, Roals, 2d, from Mauritius ; Cygne, from Bourbon ; Aberfoyle, from Bombay ; John Whelan, from Calcutta; Brooklyn, from Manilla; Ann, Farr, from coast of Africa; City of London, Martin, from Mauritius ; Juliet, Alexander, f rom China; Wm. Lee, Shepherd, from Calcutta ; W. S. Hamil ton, Brown, from Singapore. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Sophia, London to Madras, 11th ult. lat. 6, lon. 20 ; M arqu i s Bute, Cardiff to Mobile, 22d, Mt:2o, lon. 31, by the Apprentice, arrived at Cork. Gil Blas, Clyde to Calcutta, Jan. 28, lat. 28, lon. 25 (out 35 days), by the Donna Maria, arrived at Antigua. Indian Queen, Cork to Barbadoes, 6th ult. (out 37 days), by the Clydesdale, arrived at Antigua. Prosperous, London to St. Michael's, 13th inst., lat. 43, lon. 14; Three Sisters, bound to Venice, 16th inst , lat. 47, ion. 9 ; Ceres, of Rotterdam, for Batavia, 19th inst., lat. 48, lon. 8 ; barque . Beatrice, from Liverpool, 20th inst., lat. 49, lon. 9; Recovery, of Brixham, and Min carlo, of Scilly, 21st inst., lat. 50, lon. 6, by the Emma, ar rived at Plymouth. Duthh barque Sooloo, Rotterdam to Batavia. lat. 4, lon. 19, by the Malcolm, arrived at Cowes. Sarah Maria, China to Ainsterdam, Dec. 15, lat. 33 S., l o n. 31 E. ; Phoebe , Mainla to London, Dec. 17, in the Straits of Sunda ; Zoe, Mauritius to Cork, Jan. 19, lat. 30, lon. 20 E. ; Tigris, Ceylon to London, 20th (would call at the Cape) ; Monado, Batavia to Rotterdam, 4th ult., lat. 16; Athena, Liverpool to Calcutta, 16th ult., lat. 23 S., lon. 23 W. ; Adelaide, from Liverpool, 18th inst., lat. 48 N., lon. 13 W., by the Viscount Sandon, arrived in the Downs. Queen of England, from Calcutta, Jan. 17, lat. 33 S., lon. 31 E., by the Zoe, spoken as above. Comma, MARcif 1 6.—Positive information has been received here that in consequence of the death of our late Duke, his Royal Highness Prince Albert will pay a visit to Gotha and to this city. The reigning Duke and buchess will go next week with a great part of the household to (lotha to receive their illustrious guest, and accompany him hither. The Prince's journey from London to Gotha is to be performed in 52 hours. It is understood that his Royal High ness will make but a short stay at Gotha. TILE BANK. OF ENGLAND CHARTER. Nearly all the delicacy and the difficulty of his scheme may be said to lie in the mariner in which his proposed National Bank is to be constructed, so as to be freed from the control of any future corrupt Ministry, who may pervert it to im proper uses, and yet quietly proceed with its functions in the support of the banking and trading in periods of danger. There seems no impossibility, however, in giving to the new institution that independent character which can alone sus tain its utility, and the general features of the plan, as has been already stated, obtain much approbation among those who ought to be looked to by the Ministry for advice and assistance at this important juncture.—Times. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times "Sir,-1 am informed it has been stated by the editors of the Morning Chronicle and the Standard that they are dis• posed to think it probable my Considerations connected with the renewal of the Bank Charter,' which yesterday ap peared in the columns of the Timeg, bad been written after communication with my son, the President of the Board of Trade. In consequence, I think it my duty thus to declare that I had/no communication on the subject of them with My son or with any . other member of the Government, directly or directly, or indeed with any other person previous to doing so; they are the fruits of the experience of along commercial life, and under impressions of the importance of their object, I ventured to submit them to the public under my sole responsibility, however undeserving of confidence they probably may appear to many. I ought also to add, that I am wholly unacquainted with the views and intentions of the Government in connexion with this subject. "I have the honour_to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " JOHN GLADSTONE. "Carlton-gardens, March 23." THE FACTORIES BILL. The five gentlemen whose strange votes, against both pro positions, reduced Friday night's whole proceedings to a nullity, were : W. Aldam (Leeds) William Ewart (Dumfries) Captain Archdall (County I John Martin (Tewkesbury) Fermanagh) George Palmer (Essex) The following Conservative Members, who had been absent from the Factory divisions on Monday night, voted with the Government, and against Lord Ashley, on Friday : Allix, Peter Jolliffe ' Sir W. G. Hylton Arbuthnot, Hon. Hugh Lascelles, Hon. W. S. Bailey, Joseph (Worcester) Maunsell, Thoinas Philip Bell, Matthew Powell, Col. (Cardiganshire) Buller, Sir J. Y. (Devonshire) Rous, Hon. Captain Cartwright, William Ralph Russell, Charles (Reading) Charteris, Hon. Francis Seymour, Sir H. Beauchamp Follett, Sir William" Sheppard, Thomas Hale, Robert Blagden Stuart, Henry (Bedford) Heathcote, Sir W. (Hants) Waddington, Harry S. Irving, John Yorke, Hon. E. (Cambridge) The following Whig and Radical Members, absent from the divisions on Monday night, voted with the Government, and against Lord Ashley, on Friday : Currie, Rai kea Ord, William Hayter, William C. Ward, Henry George Marjoribanks, Stewart W r i g ht son , William Battie Morrison, James (Inverness) (Northallerton) Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Morgan O'Connell, absent on Mon day night, voted with Lord Ashley on Friday. Captain Gladstone, M.P. for Ipswich, and Mr. Sturt, M.P. for Dorset, who had v o t e d w ith- Lord Ashley on Mon day night, absented theinselvesfroin the division on Friday. Lord J. Russell paired with Sir J. C. Hobliouse for Lord Ashley's amendments ; as did Mr. John S. Wortley with Mr. C. Wood. Mr. Wortley was absent solely through illness. Mr. Aaron Chapman, who had voted with Lord Ashley on Monday, was kept away en Friday by domestic affliction ; and Lord Alfred Paget, who had also voted with Lord Ashley in the previous debates, was absent on Friday in consequence of the death of Lady Uxbridge. Dr. Bowring, the Radical Member for Bolton, who voted with the Government on Monday, was absent from the divi sion on Friday, in consequence of the great dissatisfaction his votes of Monday had occasioned in that borough. We hear that Mr. William H. Stanton, the Whig Member for Stroud, who- had not voted on the former night, went down into the country on purpose to consult his constituents, and came back again, saying that they had no objection to the ten hours' amendment. He consequently voted with Lord Ashley.— Tory paper. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE • DREADFUL EXPLOSION ON THE POTOMAC. (From the Public Ledger.) Captain Stockton's great gun was again loaded with shot, ' and another trial made of its strength and efficiency. The gun was pointed to leeward, anl behind it stood Captain Stockton, a little to the left of him Mr. J. Washington Tyson, assistant postmaster-general of your city. By the side of the latter, a little behind him, stood Mr. Strickland, also of your city; and a little to the right of, but behind him. Colonel Benton. of Missouri, who had a lady on his arm, and Judge Phelps, senator from Vermont. To the leeward of the gun stood Judge Upshur, late Secretary of State; Go vernor Gilmer, late Secretary of the Navy, who had but a few days ago entered on the duties of his office; and a little behind them our late Chargé de Affaires to Belgium, Mr. Maxey, of Maryland. By the side of him stood Mr. Gar diner (I believe this is the way he spells his name), of New York, and Commodore Kennon, of the Navy, wh3 at the same time was chief of one of the bureaus of the Navy de partment. When the gun was fired, the whole ship shook, a dense cloud of smoke enveloped the whole group on the forecastle, but when this blew away, an awful scene presented itself to the view of the spectator. The lower part of the gun from the trunnions to the breech was blown off, and one half section of it lay on Mr. Upshur's breast. It took two sailors to remove it. He was badly cut over the eye, and in his legs ; his clothes were literally torn from his body; he expired in about three minutes. Gover nor Gilmer, of Virginia, was found equally badly injured. He had evidently been struck by the section of the gun before it had reached Mr. Upshur. Mr. Sykes, the Member from New Jersey, endeavoured to raise him from the ground, but was unable, A mattress was procured and he was placed on it ; before any medical assistance could be procured, he was no longer among the living. Mr. Maxey had his arms and one of his legs cut off, the pieces of flesh hanging to the mutilated limbs, cold and blood less, in a manner truly frightful. He died instantly. Mr. Gardiner, of New York, and Commodore Kennon, lingered about half an hour; but they did not seem for a single moment to be conscious of their fate, and expired almost without a groan. The flags of the Union were placed over their dead bodies as their winding-sheets. Behind the gun, the scene, though at first equally distres sing, was less alarming. Captain Stockton, who was 'mocked down, almost instantly rose to his feet, and jumped on time wooden carriage to' survey the whole effect of the calamity. All the hair of his head and face was burnt off, and lie stood calm and undismayed, but silent, over the wreck. In addi tion to the deaths already mentioned, about a dozen sailors were badly wounded ; one was dead, and behind him, Colonel Benton, Judge Phelps, and Mr. Strickland, as if dead, extended on the deck. On that side, by a singular concate nation of circumstances, Mr. Tyson, of Philadelphia, was the only person who stood his ground, though a piece of the gun, we►ghing about two pounds, had passed through his hat, about two inches from his skull, and fallen down by the side of him. The lady who had Colonel Benton's arm was actually blown into the rigging, but not hurt. Colonel Benton ex claimed, immediately after he fell, " Lord, I am hurt I" but he was only stunned. He was carried aft and placed on a mattress, where Mrs. Benton and his friends administered to him what aid they could, which, however, he repeatedly declined, saying there was nothing the matter with him. He tasted a little brandy and water (no Cologne being at hand), and was soon after able to walk, with some slight assistance, over the- railing of the ship on board the steam boat that took the company otf.to Washington. Judge Phelps, of Vermont, had his hat blown or knocked off, and the buttons of his coat torn ; but he was not other wise injured. _ _ Mr. Strickland, of Philadelphia, was not at all injurel, and instantly recovered his position. Miss Woodbury and Miss Cooper, who, in company of Captain Reed, of the army, and Mr. Welles, of Philadelphia, had been standing on a leeward gun, were not hurt; but Miss Woodbury (the beautiful and accomplished daughter of the senator from New Hampshire) had her whole face sprinkled with blood, which, however, I am glad to say, was not her own. Such was the force of the explosion, that the starboard and larboard bulwarks were literally shattered, and that part of the gun I described was blown into twenty or thirty pieces besides the two principal sections. Judge Wilkins was only saved by a witticism of his. He had taken his stand by the side of Governor Gilmer, but some remarks falling from the lips of the latter, and in perceiving that the gun was about to be fired, exclaimed, " Though Secretary of War I don't like this firing, and believe that I Mr. J. Gladstone's letter, which appeared in the Times of Friday, has been the subject of very general comment among the City capitalists, and appears, on the whole, to be that plan, compared with many others lately current for a reform in the currency, which will obtain the majority of suffrages in its favour. That the exclusive privileges of the Bank of England are about to cease, and her whole consti tution to undergo important modifications, is a conclusion to which most people have come who have bestowed any con sideration on the subject, and for these reasons—that the evil is manifest ; the period for a legal remedy at hand to be applied now, or to stand over of necessity for ten years longer ; and, lastly, that a state of the money market exists which can oppose no obstacles to the Minister's plans, so far 4 they may depend upon a new creation, or a new disposition of capital. Capitalists are only waiting, therefore, as they have been for a considerable. time past, for some indication of the course intended to be pursued by the Ministry, respecting which nothing has yet been suffered to transpire. This feeling will very naturally account for the notice which has been bestowed upon Mr. Gladstone's letter; for though no sort of official character can be ascribed to it, it is de finite and clear in its view of the subject, novel and plau sible. The circumstance which especially recommends it to their approval is the very slight alteration which it proposes in the existing system ; for all men of property dread and abhor great and sudden changes, and in this there is nothing absolutely new, except that another bank, and that a Go vernment one, is created; and the Bank of England is called upon to part with those of her exclusive privileges which have for so 14ng a periocl been an annoyance to the public and dangerous to herself. There are circumstances in this plan which would leave the Bank of England in a better po sition than before, as the amount represented by her stock of bullion might then be at once rendered productive, instead of lying wholly useless, as it is at present. The Government business or agency would naturally find its way to her, in the character of the Bank possessing the largest capital of any in the metropolis; and by being left free to assist commerce at the periods when it was most required, instead of desert ing the merchants at the moment of danger, which she was compelled heretofore to do by a regard for her own safety, she would become a point d'appui, instead of a rock a-head, to the trading community. The only thing noticed as a defect in that part of Mr. Gladstone's plan which refers to the Bank of England is his reserving the character of.a legal- tender to the notes issued by her in the same manner as those notes to be issued by the. proposed " National Bank." These last should alone, as is considered in many quarters where the subject has been discussed, possess that character, though there is this to be remarked in its favour—that any sudden alteration in the character of that which forms so large a proportion of the existing circulation might lead to much public inconvenience. This may, therefore, as a matter of prudence and caution, which this subject above all others requires, in whatever manner it is approached, justify for a time the reservation of this privilege ; but a limit might be fixed for its dufation, to a time when the notes of the "Na tional Bank" had found their way into general circulation, and when these latter alone should possess the distinction of being a legal tender in all payments. Mr. Gladstone's suggestions for placing a more effective che , k upon the issues of notes by joint-stock com panies and private partnerships in banking are well gnough adapted for the purpose. They are not, however, new, and might be found in practice to be attended with so much inconvenience, not to mention the facility with which eva sions could be practised, that they would probably become a dead letter, and that in a very short time. shall run." So saying he retreated, suiting the action to the word, and was saved. The President himself had taken his position but a few minutes previous, precisely were Governor Gilmer was killed; but for some reason or other went aft, and was thus provi dentially saved.. The most heart-rending scene, however, was that which followed. The two daughters of Mr. Gardiner, of New York, were on board, and lamented the death of their father ; while Mrs. Gihner, from ;Whom they in vain attempted to lickep the dreadful news of the death of her husband, presented truly a spoctacle tit to be depicted by a tragedian. There she sat on deck, with her hair disheveled, pale as death, struggling with her feelings, and with the dignity of a woman—her lips quivering, her eyes fixed and upturned, without a tear, only the corners a little moist, soliloquising—" Oh, certainly not ! Mr Gilmer cannot be dead !, Who would dare to injure him? Yes, oh Lord, have mercy on him ! Oh Lord, have mercy on him !" And then, still more apparently calm and seeming too collected, With the furies tearing her heart within, " I beseech ye, gentlemen, to tell nee where my husband is? Oh, impossible—impossible ! Can he, can he, can he be dead? Im possible !" . • Here Mr. Senator Rives, of Virginia, drew near. " Come near, Mr. Rives," she said, in a soft whisper, which resembled Ophelia's madness, "tell me where my hus band is—tell me whether he is dead. Now, certainly, Mr. Rives, this is impossible—is it not so?" Mr. Rives stood speechless,*the tears trickling down his cheeks. "I tell you, Mr. Rives, it is impossible," she almost screeched; and then again, moderating her voice, "Now d o , M r . Ri ves , t e ll hi s wife whether her husband lives." Here several ladies ex claimed, "Oh God, grant that she may be able to cry. It would certainly relieve her some. If not, she must die of a broken heart." But my account has already grown much too lengthy, and I must close for the present by informing you that the President, Mr. Robert Tyler, Mr. John Tyler, jun., and many other officers remained on board the Princeton when we left. There were but two surgeons on board at the time of the disaiter, Dr. Thomas and Dr. Hunt, the regular physicians of the ship. Every attention was shown to the wounded. I will give you further particulars to-morrow. FRANKLIN. P.S.--The President's mulatto servant, who was also badly wounded, has died since. THE WILLS FORGERIES 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 404, 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 Coohe and Sotty, 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. • MARYLEBONE, Win. Reynolds, a powerful fellow, was charged with an aggravated assault on . Win. Smith, a private in the 2d batta lion of Grenadier Guards. The complainant said that as he was a married man he had permission to live out of barracks, and he was, therefore, going in company with his wife, late on Saturday evening to pur chase what he required in Portman-market. Prisoner and and several others were standing at the corner of Church street ; and, on passing, he applied the epithet of - soldier to him (complainant), and another of a similar character to his wife. He remonstrated on the vile nature of his language, when the prisoner " butted" him down, and while on the ground he was struck by him and his companions. Two constables coming up, the prisoner was taken into custody. The wife gave similar evidence, and the prisoner having no defence to make, was fined 20s. UNION-HALL. Sophia Mills, a young woman, in the service of Captain Hamilton, of the East India Company's service, residing at Nunhead, was charged before Mr. 'I rail! with being con cerned in a burglary and robbery at her master's house. The Captain stated that on Monday night his house was broken into, the thieves having effected an entrance by cutting two circular pieces of wood out of the back door with a centre-bit. They then entered the rooms down stairs, from which they succeeded in taking a gold watch, a mu sical snuff-box, and about two hundred cigars. The rob bery was not discovered until the following morning, and the prisoner being suspected, she was questioned and prevaricated so much that her master considered it neces sary to give her into custody. In the course of the inquiries made respecting the prisoner, it was found that she had given a fictitious character in obtaining the situation, and that on the night of the robbery she lett the back kitchen window unfastened in such a way that would have rendered it an easy task for thieves to get into the house. Other cir cumstances of suspicion being excited against the prisoner, she was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Trigg, alias" the Paddington Dustman," well known to the police for many years past, was charged with robbing a young man named Thomas Bain, living at No. 13, Tower street, Westminster-road, of 3101. in Bank of England notes, and twenty-seven sovereigns, under the following circum - stances:— - On Saturday last, the prosecutor, having the money in question, which had been left to him by a relative, in his possession, went into a public-house in the neighbourhood of Seven-dials, and while drinking there, fell in company with the prisoner. They continued drinking together for several hours, and at length they adj ourne d t o anot h er pu b l i c house. the George, in Great Chapel-street, Soho, where they had more drink, and eventually the prisoner became overpowered by the liquor he had swallowed, and fell asleep. On awak ing, he discovered that he was minus his notes and gold; the former were in a tin case, which was also taken with them. He immediately gave information to the police, who, from the prisoner being so well known, succeeded in tracing him out and taking him into custody, between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night, in Little Harcourt-street, Mary lebone. In the meantime the tin case, containing the whole of the stolen notes, was found, thrown down the area of the house of Mr. Richardson of No. 78, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; it was picked up by one of the female servants who imme diately gave it to her master. It is supposed that the pri soner (who is a very illiterate man) being drunk at the time did not discover that the case contained Bank notes, but supposing them only to be papers threw them away to pre vent their being found on him. The prisoner was- remanded for the attendance of some witnesses. Only a few shillings was found on the prisoner when ap prehended, but he had purchased several articles of wearing apparel which he had on. QUEEN'S-SQUARE. JoseA Magee, a bricklayer, and George Stafford, a sawyer, two young men, were charged before Mr. Bond, the former with fighting and creating a disturbance at Knightsbridge, and the latter with throwing stones and mud at the police, and otherwise obstructing them in the execution of their duty. John Jones, 37 B, said that between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning, he- saw Magee fighting with another man, not in custody, in the High-road, Knightsbridge, and surrounded by a mob of two hundred persons, a great number of whom were shouting and making considerable disturbance. He tried to take Magee into custody, but, on attempting to do so, several persons attacked him, and prevented him from doing to. He sprang his rattle, and obtained the assistance of four other constables, who as sisted him in taking Magee into custody, who tore the coat of one of the officers; and was exceedingly violent in his be haviour. On their progress to the station-house the mob attacked the police, who were compelled to draw their staves in self-defence. Two of the police had their hats cat through by the missiles thrown at them. Stafford, with other per sons, who escaped, threw stones and mud at the constables. Other policemen, who were called to Jones's assistance, corroborated his statement. In reply to the charge, Magee said he saw a mob opposite the Marquis of Granby, Knightsbridge; he ran into the road to see what was the matter, and had only been there a few minutes when the policeman Came up and said that he was one of the men who had seen fighting, and took him into cus tody. Magee complained that the police tore the clothes off his back, and that he lost six shillings. Mr. BOND said that complaints were frequently made to him by persons brought before him, that their clothes were torn by the police, but that was no reason why a milder punishment should be inflicted upon them. If persons, by their own misconduct, rendered it necessary that the police should interfere to prevent them from doing themselves or other persons injury —and their conduct was so violent as to compel the police to use force—they (the police) were not to blame, but rather the parties themselves, who were the sole cause of any injuries which they might receive whilst in their custody. Stafford said he was merely amusing himself by throwing pieces of mud at the police. The pieces were so small that he was sure no injury could result fr om th em . They were fined 30s. each, or in default of payment, twenty one days' imprisonment. TRADE.--We hear that the assignees of Messrs. Oliver, York, and Harrison, the late proprietors of the Horse ley iron works, at Tipton, have succeeding in disposing of that important concern to Messrs. I3ramah and Co., of the Woodside iron works, and that the works will soon be put in active operation. This will, doubtless, be the means of affording employment to a great number of hands, and bo cf great benefit to the neighb our h oo d . W e h o p e this may be taken as a sign of general improvement.—Ten Towns Xessentien MANSION-HOUSE-(YESTERDAY) At a quarter before eleven o'clock this morning John For rester, the officer, arrived at the Mansion-house, bringing with him Lydia Sanders, who stands charged with having personated Miss Emma Slack, and thereby enabling the other prisoners to obtain the sum of 2,000/., the property of the said Emma Slack. . _ After the night charges were disposed of by Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, who sat for the Lord Mayor, the prisoner was brought in about half-past one o'clock, when the Lord Mayor came and took his seat. The prisoner, who is a much better looking female than her sister, Mrs. Dorey, was dressed in a check gown, a blue plaid cloak, and black mourning bonnet. She was accommodated with a seat. Mr. Cotton, the chair man of the Bank of England, and several of the Directors, were present during the inquiry. Mr. Freshfield, having stated the nature of the charge, said, that to-day his only object was to give such evidence as would justify his Lordship to remand her. The LORD Mayou having inquired if she had any profes sional adviser, the prisoner replied in the negative. Evidenc.t was then adduced as to the prisoner going to Doctors'-commons and the Bank, and representing herself as Emma Slack. The prisoner was then remanded until Saturday, when she will be brought up with the other prisoners, for the purpose of being committed. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLERKENWELL. Thomas Shq:lford, a hairdresser, residing in White cross-street, Clerkenwell, was charged with attempting to bribe a witnesi for the purpose of clandestinely sup pressing a charge of felony. A man named' Henry Burgess was yesterday charged in this Court with breaking int') a dwelling-house and stealing therefroth money and wearing apparel, value 101., the propei•ty of David Rees, a shop'reeper, living in Turnmill•street, Clerkenwell. It was proved by several witnesses that Shelford had, in the passage of the Court, and in-the public-house opposite, offered a sum of 21. 103. to the prosecutor not to press the charge. He, however, declined, and gave information of the offer to the police. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTER— .I( CONW•EXCIZANG E . dull' The demand for Wheat f res h up ruled excessivelito and in order to effect s a l es an abatement of from 15 1 4 of per quarter was submitt e d t o b y o the factors, with e c i is progress being made. Foreign Wheat, both free ..A bond, at a decline . of 2s. per quarter from the prices sef; e lei Monday last. The finest M a lti ng B ar l ey a t f u lly last:: g et quotations ; grinding and distilling sorts were lower 11;ist quarter. Malt ga v e wa y I s . per quarter. Oats h e 'AO unvaried figures. Beans and Peas about stationarP had a downward tendency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. to ••• 65 1 Kezar--Essex & Kent, (MALT—Chevaller........; red 41s tc , &Ss OATS—Yorkshire moo to Ditto, white ..., 52s to Ms' Lincolneh., feed ;3 - , to Norfolk and Lin Potatoe ... coln, red ....... 443. to 43s Youghall and Coo igs . rs to Ai l" Dittowhite 42s to 474 black . Irish, red „„.„.„.„ 47s to 50s Cork; white .... ( 1 d,,a Ditto, wh•te .....N 49s to Ms, Scotch, reed ..... to RYE—Old 24,s to 33s SIAM to A ; New 364 to 3Ss PICAS= Grey ..... to .T, BARLEY—Grinding 255-to 2tlsl Mipte 90s t° 3 go Making 338 fe 36s White .......•••••••"" t ° ssl Chevalier....— « , Us to 35s Boilers.... ~.....»•«•• to S . MALT—Suffblk and Nor Inova—Towirmade to . folk s6s to 6251 Suffo .... to Brown 50s to 514 i Stockton It " rio . riolk Kingston and Ware 56s to 625 , - FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN 80ND. 20 , is f ( 6 o ° WasaT-..Dantsie 4Ss to 62sliekus ...... t° Hamburgh ..... to 40s P (0 BARLEY .....„..........N.. 30s to 33s not/a—American ...... to .•"" OATS—New ........ 15s to 175 Baltic .... Feed ........»...•„.N» 14s to 16s SMITHFIELD. The Beef trade was in , a depressed state , and the sa le s were compelled to give way in p r i c e qu it e 2d per Sibs ;_ 5 00 ever, a few of the very primest Norfolk and Aberde e4 ,, s cie Scots found buyers at 3 s 10d per Sib s. Th e M u tton : lip / was in a very depressed state, a n d th e currenc i e s cle` g ol quite 2d per Blbs ; the highest figure obtained for the be tba Downs in the wool being 4s 441 per Blbs ; those out °f gibi• wool selling at 3.s Bd. Lambs ruled from 5s to Gs ni,rs st re Prime:mall Calves supported their pvious value. ° last week's quotations. SUPPLY AT MAXIM'''. fie Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I °I3 2,900 2.5.240 , Per Sibs. to sink the °Md s. . d . to" 9 0 s. d. to s. d., 2 8 $ Literior Beasts 2 4 28, Inferior Sheep,..... «• g 10 'second qu .11ty itto 210 32, Second quality ditto.. • •• Z , 3 6 Prime large Oxen 34 3 6 Coarse.woolled ditto.. ; Prime Scots, &c ....„, 3 8 3 10' Setithdown VVether 6 4. s . 0 6 Large coarse Calves 310 4 te t Large Hogs 310 o f d Prime small ditto 4B 4 10, Smal l Porkers s o 0 • Suckling Calves, each 18 028 0 I Quarter old Pivoted! Lambs, 6s to 6s, 611 6 NEVITGATE AND LEADENII 10. . 02 5. 0 The primest Mutton, Lamb, a n d P or k, a t full pri all other kinds of meat exceedingly, little was doing 44 instances, a trifle beneath late rates. (1. At par stone, t y the Carcase 4, to; 5. d. to s. ot.; 6 Reef, Inferior...sm 2 .4 2 6 ; Mutton, inferior g middling 2 8 2 10, —.— ; 6 ; Frusta large 210 3 --- prime ••••," e 6 a 4 prime small 3 2 3 4, Pork, 3 „ 6 Veal .....•••••••••••••••••••• 3 6 4 iti/ Lamb. 4s Sd to ss. 10d. ...,,r ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST W EE " ' ' I'M Beasts. Sheep. Calv e. ' bu" Scotland. l6 6510 "" ° Yorksi.ire ..... .............. l7 760 -" I ,,, A °° Norfolk Suffolk 6 190 -' 5° Cambridgeshire Essex Surrey 2O 270 110 if- Devonshire ..... . ...... Wiltshire Other parts —.—. —..-- , 9,, Total.. ... .......... ..„ 130 2 , 89 , s te3 "0 4 Previous wee " k'sarrival..7..... 1133 •2,204 5:4 ..../ ...... .... ........... ............". o Difference since our last... 3 638 44 ....211.0 , esICI BOROUGH AND SPITALTXX-w— , 3t W .4, The arrivals of Potatoes at the waterside, in the P;. , 0 )1+ " have consisted of about 3,100 tons, 400 being fron l ,. , r e 0 11 ' The best qualities are quite as dear, but other kill neglected. 4 1 BOROUGH HOP BEAIItS36T—*A ki° There continues to be a very sm a ll q u a ntity of do wil A Hops on offer here, hence the amount of busiuds° sh • fill comparatively trifling. The market, however, Is prices are steadily supported. bee ° WOOL MARKET. 1 to d During the week, a very limited quantity of W°o, lo o ll imported into London. By private contract, the tolerably active, and prices are steadily supported . , TALLOW. ince There is not the least alteration in this ma rkef4 B o ; 1 1 ; last. The demand is steady, and prices firm „ 1 0 f°, o o letters received this morning from St. Peteraburg",, - `ore' e s, 2cl (14th) instant • business had been done 'nee 08 ' or since ere , t o post to the extent of 3,500 casks. The prices vi e cte`a and the quantity for shipment this year is fully e ~ be only 110,000 casks. Town Tallow is plentiful a t nett cash. i d s Of n• QUIEKSILVER.—The different compo llll '.' h are 11 ,,,,.. metal are decomposed by yeast, and by bodies wh lc i e ire b,ll dergoing fermentation. It would appear that dar_ ' 7 --.ll ex , table decomposition a new attraction is bodies in which quicksilver exists. Some very ° al io periments have been instituted by Riegel, which c ° fact.—Polytechnic Review. th e BIRTHS. ebia' On the 23d inst., at Sandford 1 Chelte -p ace, lOW Countess Baptiste Metaxa, of a son and heir. e , the On the 7th inst., at Naples, in the Palazzo Fe rr A e lt. „tot] of Francis Hastings Medhurst, Esq ,of a 5011, 0 ; 10 th/ 00 " ‘ On the 17th inst., at Lorn-road; Mrs. E. "• " r of of a son. ~„,d PO On the 21st inst., the wife of Luke TrapP FL -- w ; ' ( b Lidham Lodge, Addison-road Kension of aa°i x i . , 0 On the 21st inst., the lad y o f Ed ward on, • cl° blu l daughter. of Tusufort• On the 21st inst., Mrs. Walker, ''"-- e 0 sr ] ings, Strand, of a daughter. of t he goil• v- On the 21st inst., at Brighton, the lady' we , Hanbury Tracy, of a son. tlan" exertedritiol; the On the 21st inst., in Devonshire-street , por ~ . 0 0. lady of the Rev. J. IL B u tt erwor th, of a son • liar& of 1 ' On the 22d inst., Mrs. A. Gillespie, America-sit et On the 23d of December, 1843, in the Garris°ll eg MARRIED. Cli orc tto Kandy, Ceylon, Mr. Charles Urquhart Stuart; ritO'd of the late Dr. Robert Stuart, of Grant-town -, ° ding , to Clarissa Sophia, third daughter of Mr. Jones 11$ Ill'' On eGrov-hill-terrace, Camberwell, Surrey. , tr o, „ the 20th inst., at St. Philip's Church, Birnling l ' - ho lilt' Benjamin Smith, of Birmingham , .. to Ann, relict of t Mr. Cyrus Slater, of London I , Stu C On the 21st inst., at Boston, Lincolnshire SteP-ecialtightsf of Cu Charles rtis,Esq ,i,irroifgShtto,kEes-qN.,eiovfinßgtoszi.London, to Anne - ft, il. DIED. iv, On the 20th inst., in Connaugh-terrace, Laura Enll,:ojget wife of Benjamin Cowie, Esq., of Tilgate Foreit ' Sussex. m Wi lli° olfvono O tiyh n el h t lsa l ue i terelg9les2tolhtnah,theal inst., r n gt s iei t d . ea , at i a sQe t ., Ring m e r, Sussex, ...,,,, idol ix s uclo o " ' On the 19th inst., inuaegUinepdeprBfe°67; nroearok-Csat irellee:77:teoll-: Nancy, relict of the late T. E. Tidswell, Esq., sari Within of General n ra th l e an l d 9t L h ad i y nst, h l a l r a lo r t le t y e B G a r eo ev n ill . e, eldest i ilig e . 0 of IT. Br O op n hy th , e2Oth inst., Peter Winsland, the ill fluit - a ..ti Esq., of Dublin. :Amir of ' .41 On the 22d inst., at Greenwich, Anna Marie, w'"" ~, late Right Hon. George Tierney. , von' _ On the 22d inst., Charlotte, e ld es t daug Wildom, liter of ildom, of Wood-street,Chea ' pside. " .. i - AT TNO ,-1 . London : Printed and Published by MVO-o—i '-', O - „ 11''‘ No 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Of 0 ce t ,'; t y i" Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tbe "'- Middlesex, Tuesday, March 27, 1844. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE', OXFORD, MARCH 23.—The following gentlemen , been elected schol ars o f Lincoln College :--J. R. 1391 1 of Exet er C o ll ege ; J. O ates, of Lincoln College ; W. H. Davey, o f Ch ar t er H ouse S c h oo l. Mr. Frec'evel! B. Guy has been elected an Exh;bitioneron Lord ewe foundation at tin same College. lir. Mr. G. H. Curteis, of University- College, na • James, from Rugby SehoOl, have been elected of University College, and Mr. Thomas Arnoldt l ' 9ll the late Dr. Arnold, has been elected to the 8e, 1198 Scholarship of the same College. the There will be an election at Worcester College 22d of June of two scholars, on Mr. Eaton's founds",, g y; candidates for which are required to deliver to the Prf, l w t ; on or before the 19th of the same.month, a certin d e ll bi signed by the minister of their respective parishes, 8 0 ,, two inhabitants of the same, that they are sonsof clerEf o men of the Church of England, and want assistance„ support them a t th e U n i vers i ty, toget he r with let'' ,n, testimonial of their moral and religious character. The following are the successful candidates for : 1 1 3 1., Mathematical Schotirships :--Senior SeliplarshiP , 11 " E. Cook, of Brase n o se College ; Junioi• Scholarsh,P Mr. J. L. Capper, of Merton College. h a re The Principal and F e ll ows o f Brasenose College presented the Rev. G. T. Driffield, Fellow of their ciety, to the Rectory of Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex value 319/. per annum. oiled The Divinity Stat u t e i s no t w i t hd rawn , b u t pOS•P„,- u t. until next term. The a lt era ti ons i n i t w ill be 1 11.°— . 0 ci gated in congregati on on th e 29 t h o f A pr il , an d pr)1 0 in convocation on the 2d of May. held oa CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 23.—At a congregation,, Friday, the 22d, the following degrees were conferred, Honorary Masters of Arts—Viscount Fielding , e n nity College ; Hon. Le w i s William Denman, Mag got College. Masters of Arts—FA war d M. C ope, T r i n ity Colleg e ; Frederick Currey, Trinity College ; Octavian ir oa , Cameron Harrison, Trinity C o ll ege ; H. W. ID ug' e Trinity College ; Alf re d Martineau, Trinity Collego v Theodore Preston, T r i n ity C o ll ege ; Th om as ri ers Richardson, Trinity C o ll ege ; Th omas R o bi ns on, Trini as College . William Smith, Trinity Coliege ; 111° Ttt, Jones Burton, Peter's College ; George West rig - Peter's College •, John Headlam, Pembroke College'Gabrole. John Power, Pembroke College ; George Stokes, Pembroke College ; John Sykes, r e p broke College ; William Jephson, Corpus Colle6 William Martin, Corpus College ; William „,, Queen's College ; William Henry Edwards, V - i d li t Collett; John Clarke Rowlett, Q ueen ' s College; L 44 Minim, Catherine H a ll ; O smon d Fi s h er, J esu s ect e s' l ' Richard Nicholson Wood, Jesus College; James St".t. Forbes, Christ Coll ege; J o hn Dowell Ridout, Christ ;4 u" . lege; Charles A. Swainson, Christ College; Edward Wheatley, Downing College. furl Ad Eundem—John P r i ce J ones , J esus C o ll e ge, SCHOLARSHIPS.—The following have just [Ask, awarded:—Sir William Browne' s , to John Sto e ill., g Stallard, St. Peter' s College; Bell's, to Edward El 71: Sc John's College, and Joseph Simps o n, of Trinity " lege. •c• idol The following grace p asse d t h e Senate onan last:—" To authorise the Vice-Chancellor to make t.• allowance of 1001. out of th e l ast year's tithe ten et charge of Burw e ll, t o th ose occupiers of land in 104 parish who suffered from the h a il s t orm o f August to be distribut e d i n p roportion to t h e i r est i ma ted losse ors PEMBROKE COLLEGE.—At a CoUrt of the GOVer:nia of Christ's Hospital, held on Monday last, a l' - ,-, ll4 " a rt honourable testimonial of the approbation of the t' c ' tie r was unanimously voted to Mr. Henry James Sioneng Maine, 8.A., of this college, a former pupil and p re n e e exhibitioner of Christ's Hospital, on the c ircurns t3 o l of his having been pl ace d at t h e h ea d o f the el ass t his tripes ht the recent examination for honours to . University. erg' The Plumian Prof es so r ' s course o f l ec t u res 011, he n tical astronomy a n d a stronom i ca l i nstrumen t s on the 22d of April. T ilt 6R I,4oB;rsinoun, ")Wi ; 1 ! ° n• C. i": 48 131 qjP; Vl'st 4l4 E e: 4l ' 3l - a:t ,i c 0 1M ittl'ete°l.6,, 11 net', ttft .4AG o „. t,2 0 -7 o r 41 1 ki ng Ntof 4 Pril electin eo th e bit g ecto b ittkg has atek , AL/ . .4 401 t c c CaPiti r4ll' NE Nbrv iDr 1 1 the 410 0 425 A £1 , A n 4 Lrib,, Ividend L it 841 kt p ar prao,r aI It I4 N IA' h ave le I' i l)p,°,lt vrld 'pp4t4 h. fou ~4 0„,, * , ,N4 ,fCI44 la b Zpo '6r4Ne