The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-28 00:00:00

Zbirb IZibttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS. (From the Gazette of this Evening.) RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE. WHITEAALL, FEU. 28,1845. N ntice is hereby given, that the Board constituted, by the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had under consideration the following schemes, for extending rail way'eommunication in Scotland, vie.:— The Aberdeen, The Dundee and Perth, The Edinburgh and Northern, The Scottish Midland, The Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston, The Glasgow and Ayr—Barrhead and Neilston Branch ; have determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of the Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth (line on the north bank of the Tay), Edinburgh and Northern, Scottish Midland, Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilaton ; and against the Glasgow and Ayr—Barrhead and Neilston Branch : and the Board having further had under consideration the following schemes, viz., Tie Whitehaven and Furness Junction, The Kendal and Windermere, The Lowestoft, have determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of the said schemes. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) Crown and Hanaper-office, Dublin, Feb. 24, 1845. In pursuance cf an Act passed in the fortieth year of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to re gulate the mode by which the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral, and the Commons, to serve in the Parliament of the United Kidgdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be sum moned and returned to the said • Parliament," I do hereby give notice, that the Right llonourable William Earl of Rosse has been chosen to be the Peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the room of Ed mond Henry Earl of Limerick, deceased. For C. Fitzsimon, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, - _ T. O'Mara, Deputy. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 26, 1845. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE LN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Tipperary—Richard Albert Fitzgerald, Esq., of Muckridge House, in the county of Cork, in the room of Ro bert Otway Cave, Esq., deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, Enn. 27. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE RN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Thetford—William Bingham Baring, Esq., commonly called the Hon. William Bingham Baring, Pay master-General of her Majesty's Forces. WHITEHALL, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. William Bingham Baring to be her Majesty's Paymaster-General. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Bicker ,teth, Esq., to be Resident Surgeon of Somerset Hospital, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William B. Robinson, Esq., to be Inspector-General of Public Accounts for the province of Canada. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Carlos Espana, as Consul at Malta for her Majgsty the Queen of WAR- OFFICE, FEB. 28. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet R. Sheffield to 1.,. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corbet, who retires ; D. J. Gent., to be Cornet, by ;purchase, vice Sheffield, I eb. 28. 10th Regiment of Foot—Captain R. M. Best, from 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bull, who exchanges, Dec. 11, 1844. 22d Foot—Lieutenant H. J. Coote to be Captain, without purchase, vice Mundell, deceased ; Ensign W. R. Goddard to be Lieutenant, vice Coote, Dec. 7, 1844 ; H. V. Penne father, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Goddard, Feb. 28. 57th Foot—Captain J. J. Bull, from 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Best, who exchanges, Dec. 11,1844; Lieutenant T. C. Poole, from 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice MacCarthy, ho exchanges, Dec. 4, 1844. 63d Foot—Lieutenant 11. R. Seymour to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Croly, deceased, Nov. 27, 1844 ; Ensign R. Taylor to be Lieutenant, vice Seymour, Nov. 17, 1844 ; Ensign J. S. Macauley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Taylor, whose promotion, on the 20th Dec., has been cancelled, Nov. 18, 1844; G. L. Knight, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Taylor, Feb. 28, 1845. 78th Foot—Lieut. J. F. Haliburton, to be Captain without purchase, vice Browne, deceased, Oct. 24, 1844. To be Lieutenants, m ithout purchase—Ensign W. DPGregor Archer, vice Haliburton, Oct. 24, 1844 ; Ensign H. D. Campbell, vice Shields, deceased, Nov. 29, 1844 ; Ensign W. C. Rose, from the 98th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Archer, Feb. 27, 1845 ; H.T. Macpherson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Campbell, Feb. 28, 1845. 84th Foot—Ensign R. W. Jones to be Lieutenant withdtit purchase, vice Hutchinson, deceased, Nov. 12, 1844; C. ICedham, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jonei, Feb. 28. 94th Foot—Lieutenant J. E. D. M'Carthy, from 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Poole, who exchanges, Dec. 4, 1844. 98th Foot—Lieut. C. E. Synge to be Captain, without purchase, vice Edwards, deceased; Ensign M. Dillon to be Lieutenant, vice Synge, Nov. 14, 1844 ; J. Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dillon, Feb. 27, 1845; D. A. Baby, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rose, removed to the 78th Foot, Feb. 28. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Ross, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Peto, who exchanges, Feb. 28. 3d West India Regiment—R. W. Davies, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Willcox, superseded, Feb. 27 ; 13. D. Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fitzpatrick, supersedd, Feb. 28. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant J. N. Peto from Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, who exchanges, Feb. 28. HOSPITAL. STAFF. —To be Assistant-surgeons to the Forces —W. A. Anderson, Gent., vice Nicoll, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ; W. G. Swan, M.D., vice Leigh, deceased, Feb. 28. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 27, 1845. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieut. C. R. 0. Evans to be First Lieut., vice A. S. Dickson, deceased, Feb. 4. Cerps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieut. E. F. Bourchier to be First Lieutenant, vice Fuller, resigned, Feb. 22. The dates of promotion of the undermentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery have been altered, as follows :—First _Lieut. G. J. Power, Jan. 27 ; First Lieut. C. G. Arbuthno' Feb. 1. WHITEHALL, FEB 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Alexander Main• Pinniger, of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High court of Chancery BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. R. Eldridge, innkeeper, Bletchingley, Surrey. J. P. Williams, draper, East Stonehouse, Devonshire. BANKRUPTS. James Welch, licensed victualler, Ringcross, Holloway, to surrender March 7, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Wollen, Bucklersbury. James Green and Charles Green, corn dealers, Borough road, March 11 and April 16, at twelve, at the Court of .snkruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, asingliall-street ; Barnard's Inn. James Brodie Gordon and Robert Gordon, cooper?, Or , ,ird-house, Poplar, March 17, at half-past one, and April at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, 'iiicial assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside. 1 :William Dees, James Dees, and James Hogg, builders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 10, at half past two, and Api it 15, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Williamson and Hill, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Bates and Decs, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Maryßawlings and Francis John Rawlings, cabinet-makers, Cheltenham, March 12, at half-past eleven, and April 8, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assinee, Bristol ; Brookes and Farmer, Cheltenham ; Peters and Abbot, Bristol; Talbot, Kidderminster. John Ralph. innkeeper, Bath, March 11, at half-past eleven, and April 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kvnaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Gray, Bristol. James Dalton, joiner, Salford, Laneashire, March 14, at one, and April 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee; Manchester ; Woodburne, Manchester; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, London. Edward Bayley, 'apothecary, Cheswardine, Shropshire, March 8, and April 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Ham mond, Furnival's Inn, London ; Brown, Wem ; Hodgson, Birmingham. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DEN3Lts, and a Common Jury.) FATTF.NDF.N v. HUDSON. This case arose out of an executicn made by the defendant on the goods of a person, named Pollard, supposing that they belonged to him ; but it appeared that the goods in question were bought by the plaintiff, who now brought his action. The question for the jury was whether the transaction between Pattenden and Pollard was a bona tide one. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, less 405., being the amount of some goods belonging to Pollard himself , which were also seized by the defendant. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir F. Por.ioc►c and a Common Jury.) The cases which came before the Court to-day were of an ordinary description, and possessed no peculiar interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittinga at Nisi Prius, before Lord . Chief Justice TINDAL arid a Special Jury.) NAsii U. ItAnmAN. The Court having heard the evidence on the part of the plaintiff yesterday, proceeded to hear the defendant's case, in whose behalf there were also a great number of witnesses to be called. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) NORTH WALES MINERAL RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly meeting of the Shareholders in this undertaking- was held this afternoon at the office of the Company in Moorgate street, Mr. W. R. Collett, 31. P., in the chair. The report stated that a further extension of the line had been set on foot by an independent Company, viz., from the Ruabon terminus, by way of. Oswestry to Shrewsbury, connecting it with the proposed line to Bit. mingham. To meet the accession which was likely to result to their traffic from this extension, the Committee recommended that the necessary capital should be provided for in the present Bill to enable them to make the line double. The capital for this purpose, and for the branches film the main line, uld require an addition to the present capital of about 900002, which the Directors proposed to provide for in the Bill, by Ihe creation of 9,000 ad• ditional shares of 101., which would admit of one share to each holder of a 20!. share, and one share for every two 101. extension shares. A contract had been entered into for completing the works of the roadway and stations for 72,0291., as well as for the rails for the permanent way. The receipts had amounted to 28,8001. ss: 3d. ; and the disbursments to 15,9141. 9s. 2d., leaving a balance in hand amounting to 12,885/. 16s. Id. The Report was moved from the chair an.' adopted. INMEMIlbrft THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV_ENING, FEBRUARY 28, 18451 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (FriAn the London New Price Current of Feb. 28.) SUGAR.— To-day the businees done in all descriptions of W. I. Sugar was very limited, and the rates taken were 6d to Is per cwt lower. The total quantity sold for the week is only 620 hhds and tierces. The market closes flatly for all sorts of Colonial Sugar. REFINED.—To-dav the limited business transacted in home trade goods was at a - further reduction in prices ; brown lumps selling at 683 to 695, standard lumps 70s to 71s ; tittlers, ordi nary 69s 6d to 70s per cwt. MAtyrmus.—The demand has been less active, and mer chants generally more willing to realise. and a decline in prices of is to is 6d per cwt has taken place. EAST INDIA —This afternoon there was little desire shown to purchase Bengal. At public sale of 244 chests 1,244 bags of brown and yellow were all withdrawn. The prices the trade were inclined to pay were such that merchants would not accept. COFFEE.—This afternoon the large quantity of 1,689 bales of Mocha Coffee was submitted to public competition; buyers evinced little desire to purchase, and the whole was nearly all bought in, at moderate rates. TEA.—To-day green Tea was in demand, and fetched fully former rates, but the market is very dull for black, and 10 1 4 d to 10 1 / e d was accepted for good comman sound Congou. RICE.—To-day an increased desire was shown to purchase Bengal Rice, and 1367 bags at public sale went with anima tion, at an advance on last week's rates of 3d per cwt., good mid pearly white realised Ils to Ils 6d; sea damaged, first class lOs 6d to lls, second class 10s, and third class 9s per cwt. Rom, BRANDY, AND. HOLLANDS.—There are. sellers of Leeward Islands upon further reduced terms, still few pur chasers are to be met with at Is 100 to Is lld per gallon, proof strength. Calcutta, Is 9id to is 10d per gallon. Demerara 3s to 3s 3d. Jamaica, 21 to 20 per cent over proof 3s 3d to 3s sd, 26 to 29 over 3s stl to 38 6d, 30 to 36 over proof 3s 7d to 4s, fine 31 to 36 over proof 4s 3d to ss, very fine and rich 5s 3d to 7s per gallon Brandy again reduced ld per gallon. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s I Id, puns 45 9d 1839, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; 1840, hlids 4s Bd, puns 45 6d; 1841, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; 1842, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1843, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s, common 2s 7d to 2s 103, mid to good mid 2s 11d to-3s ld, and Bordeaux 2s 6d t.) 2s 8d per gallon. Ons.—This afternoon at public sale 100 tuns of Southern Oil, only partly sold at 2615 s to 2815 s for British, and at 29/ to 29158 for American Elephant. 30 tuns Newfoundland Whale 24115 s to 251 15s per tun. COURSE OF EXCHJ ♦msterdam CF. 12 71 Ditto, at sight l2 56 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Antwerp 26 10 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaus 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 122 NGE --(THIS DAY.) Gibra1tar............... — Leghorn 3l Genoa ...... 26 15 Milan, ....... ..... Venice 47 Naples ...... Palermo, per 0z..... 118 i Lisbon s3i Oporto .. Rio Janeiro . Bahia . ..... 24 Buenos Ayres NewYork.:.;7dyssight Philathipl rnwx.,-4 guLuox, FER OZ Foreign (1,4.1, bars. £3 17 9 Portuga: Gold (kin 3 17 5 New. Do.; ,:00115..... 9 0 0 New D(.llass J 4 9, Silver n 11‘r5..... 9 4 11 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin . Vienna, aim. fl. 3 M 9 59 Trieste, ditto litadnd 361 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LOEB CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. A message from the Commons brought up several private Bills. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, Britten's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH CONSTABULARY. The Earl of CLARENDON, on behalf of the Marquis of Normanby, gave notice of the intention of that Noble Marquis to bring the question of the Irish constabulary, of which he had given notice, before their Lordships on Tuesday next. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord MON TEAGLE then rose to move for certain papers relative to the sugar duties, to which he hoped there would be no objection. He wished, however, to make a few ob servations as to the grounds upon which he did it, because in a former discussion it seemed to be thought that he was premature in making observations on a measure that was likely to come before that House in the shape of a Bill. It was upon these grounds that he wished now to make a few observations. They were now informed, from the highest authority, that the resolution in another place would take effect at the time the resolution passed. He was not now dealing with foreign sugar merely, but with the equalisation of the sugar duties in our East and, West India colonies : and in the years 1841 and 1842, when the sugar duties were brought under discussion, he had brought the same thing under the notice of the House. He thoUght it most necessary that this principle should be understood, be cause on a late evening, when he asked a question of the Noble Lord (Stanley), he had been told that the Minis terial proposition was not to be supposed a final measure, but was only intended to give, as it were, a notice of its final legi lation proposed by the Government. They were told also by the Noble Lord, that the Government intended to adhere to the principle of equalisation on the sugars of both the East and West India colonies ; that they did not intend to observe a discriminating duty on the sugars of the East, greater than that exacted from those of the West There was an artifice of this description once perpetrated by the Government of France, and he thought it was this. In reference to the duty upon iron, it was proposed by the French Government that there should be a higher duty upon all iron which was brought by sea than that which was imposed en the same article into France by land. True, there was no mention made of either England or Belgium, but the effect was still the same, because English iron necessarily came by sea, while that of Belgium came by land. Since the former discussion oa this subject he had communicated with some influential parties con nected with the East Indies, and they appeared to entertain the same impression as he did ; they agreed with him that the measure of the Government would operate moat unjustly to the East Indies. This, he thought, most strongly showed the general impression that prevailed throughout the whole commercial world on this subject. But there was a stronger evidence than this in the memorial addressed to the Govern ment by the East India and China Association. This Association comprehended all the eminent traders in that part of the world. Two highly respectable members objected to the terms of the memorial, but he believed the rest were unanimous in agree ing to it. They complained bitterly of the measure of the Government, and pretended that it would materially injure the trade of the East Indies, holding out, as it did, a premium for the introduction of the worst quality of sugar into this country. He wished to say one word more. He had a considerable objec tion to the plan which their Lordships would be called upon to approve. When it was endeavoured to impose equal duties on sugars of a different quality it had invariably proved an unequal duty. They wished to impose an ad valorem duty. That plan had been tried and had utterly failed. The Government with which he had been connected, though he was not at that time a Member of it, had attempted a similar measure. They had classified teas, and attempted to impose an ad valorem duty on teas. The argu. ments for it were certainly very plausible, but it had utterly failed in practice. The fact was that it was invariably found that the highest quality of a secondary kind was always more valuable than the lowest quality of the first kind, and the consequence was that the duty fell unequally on the lowest quality of the first-rated article. There was a great difficulty even among the merchants themselves to ascertain the peculiar value of each species of sugar, and this was the reason vi by the duty of 55., which had been imposed on East India Sugars, which were equal to clayed sugars, had been repealed. In 1823, in replying to Mr. Woolrich Wichmore, he had stated this as the reason why he repealed the duty of 55., which bad been imposed on East India sugars. He was persuaded that if their Lordships or the other House of Parliament would only have a Committee for one week with respect to the question, that the evidence taken during that time would satisfy the Government that a measure of this kind would end in disappointment, as it would cause disputes between the officers of the Government and the ex porting merchants. If there was any tax that ought not to; be discussed annually it was a tax of such mighty and distinct interests. The object was to ascertain the whole working of -the discriminating duties of 1831, the ground on which they were- departed from, and the reasons for the present proposed duties. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for the returns of which he had given notice. Lord STANLEY was aware that it was somewhat irregular to take up their Lordships' time with the discussion of a ques tion which was not regularly before the House. When the measures of her Majesty's Government came before the House be should be prepared to defend them in every particular. He deprecated.- any construction ofi a Bill which had not gone through the other House of Par liament. He ventured to repeat the declaration he had made en a previous evening, that it was the intention, of Govern ment to equalise the duties on the products of the East and West Indies, and only to add a higher duty to the superior qualities of sugar from the east in order to equal the . duty on the same qualities of sugar from the west. The returns were then agreed to. • • BAIL IN ERROR. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in proposing the second reading of this Bill, said that it would not be necessary to do more than briefly advert to the principle of the measure. Perhaps an illustration would better explain the nature and object of the Bill. A party was charged with misden.eanour. Ile was found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment, say for three or six months, or ar longer period. He was advised by his Counsel that the judgment was erroneous, and he ought therefore to apply for a writ of error. But immediately after the sentence was pro nounced, it was executed, and he was thrown into confinement. A considerable time elapsed before the ' writ ' of error could be heard, and a decision pronounced by the Court above ; still he was suffering the sentence of the law, and if the imprisonment was not of long duration it frequently expired before judgment was pronounced upon the writ of error. What was the case, however, in civil actions. A verdict was returned and judgment pronounced, the defen dant brings a writ of error, and this susperds the execution of the judgment. 'At first, the writ of error was granted without bail or security being given ; but this being found inconvenient, the law was afterwards changed, and this person bringing the writ of error had to enter into his own recognizances, and to produce two responsible sureties that the debt and costs should be paid in the event of the judgment being confirmed. But if the amount of costs were paid immediately after the verdict was returned, the party, if he succeeded in his writ of error, could , recover the amount by an action of law. This, however, ; did not apply to • a case of a criminal nature: • , The party was punished notwith standing-,that he brought a writ of error, and he had no possibility of being restored to his former position. If it was not open to the Court to suspend the decree, it yet was open to suspend the execution of the decree, and from the commonalty of civil proceedings he apprehended there would be no difficulty in the case. On these accounts lawyers thingst o the went e n t l i i he thou g ht that this was a proper Bill , and ought !.c. pass into l aw . It was s i ngu lar that so many distinguished ke v i their iiew°f usthuael course, y H w e a e r r , e a h p e t a r. to b m) aWhe n myer s forget th e i r d uty and to slumber on their post, and it was not until somethin g unusual apathy, that they turned otoccutlriree4 to rouse them from their defi ciencies which the lapse of time tp d rovement of those ltiori his Noble Friend had brought in In the last se rought in a Bill to remedy the evil, but it was not in his (Lord Lyndhurst's) opinion free from defects, and he had accordingly opposed the second reading. if on some future cccasion he would bring in another Bill to avoid those defects, he would support it, but if he did not, he Lard Lyndhurst would introduce a Bill. There were otherwise in preparation, which he hoped shortly to introduce to their Lordships. Lord CAMPBELL rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. W. B. Baring took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Thetford, and Mr. C. Tower for the county of Berks. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. An Hole. MrstßEß presented a petition complaining that the South-Eastern Railway Extension Company had not com plied with the standing orders. Petitions praying for leave to bring in Bills were presented from the London and Canterbury Railway Company, the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Company, and the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway Company. DUBLIN CEMETERIES. . Mr. COLLETT presented a petition in favour of the Dub lin Cemeteries 13i11. SHIPLEY AND COLNE EXTENSION RAILWAY. FERRAND presented a petition against the Shipley and Colne Extension Railway Bill. SOUTHAAfPTON DOCKS. Mr. AGLION BY brought up the report on the Southamp ton Docks Bill, and stated that the standing orders had been complied with. SOUTH-WESTERN EXTENSION RAILWAY. Captain MANGLES resented a petition in favour of the South•Westernßailway Extension Bill. NATIONAL; SOCIETY-IRELAND. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Dublin praying that the patronage of the Government might be equally ex tended to the several educational establishments in Ireland. He stated that they had presented a petition previously to the House, in which they had prayed to be relieved from the injurious partiality which had been shown to the Na tional Society of Ireland, and stating that a portion of the grant had been devoted to Protestant schools. They prayed to be relieved from the difference thus made in favour of the National Society. INCOME-TAX. Lord OSSULSTOI4 presented a petition from Wooller, in Northumberland, for a repeal of so much of the income-tax as was levied on trades and professions. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. Mr. BLAKE presented a petition from Kilmean, in the county of Cork, ♦ery numerously and respectably signed, com plaining of the provisions of the late Charitable Bequests Act, particularly that part of it which proposed to abolish certain monastic institutions which had been found very useful. STOKE-UPON-TRENT. _ _ _ Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from the inhabitants of Stoke-upon-Trent, praying that a public market should be erected in that town. RAILWAYS. 31r. 0. GORE presented a petition from a place, the name of , Ahicb we could not hear owing to the noise that prevailed, in favour of the Cheshire Junction Railway. HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE. —.— Mr. HAWES presented a petition, praying for a further ex tension of powers to the Hungerford Suspension Bridge Company. POST-OFFICE INQUIRY. Mr. WAKLEY moved that the petition from certain electors and other inhabitants of the borough of Finsbury, re lating to the Post-office inquiry, which bad been presented on the 27th inst., be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to. ; WINDOW-TAX. Lord DUNCAN gave notice that, instead of moving the resolution which he had put upon the vapor, he should, on Monday, March 17, move for a Committee to inquire respect ing the window- tax. EAST INDIA COMPANY.—SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. ASTELL presented a petition from the Hon. the Pro prietoss of East India Stock, agreed to that day, against the diseriminating duty upon white sugars. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the petition was read by the Clerk at the table. POST-OFFICE SPY SYSTEM. Captain PECHELL presented a petition complaining of the openiLg of Mr. Duncombe's letters, and praying for a Parlia mentary inquiry. FOREIGN ESPIONAGE. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from a foreign gentleman resident in this country, but whose name, from the noise in the House and in the gallery, it was impossible to hear, praying the House to interfere with the powers of the Executive Government when exercised in co-operation with foreign Governments in their endeavours to control tire actions of foreigners resident in this country. Ile stated that it the proceedings of foreigners in this country were to be regulated by the rules adopted by the Austrian Government, it must put an end to all freedom of discussion on political topics, and of that liberty which was the peculiar boast of England. That it would further the ends of foreign espionage, and . would render nugatory all the efforts to promote freedom in the world, and would convert that which was merely intended for legitimate efforts fur the improvement of a country into a colourable act of conspiracy and high treason. He, theiefore, pra)ed the House to interlere, and in some way modify the use of the powers of the Executive Government in their control over foreigners, and collusion with foreign States. MARRIAGE (IRELAND) ACT. Sir T. FREMANTLE said, that with regard to the question which had been asked by the Hon. Member for Belfast (Mr. Ross), as to whether the Government in tended to amend the Act with regard to mixed marriages, celebrated by Roman Catholic clergymen, he begged to say that it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill to amend that Act.; but as the Bill had not yet come into operation, he thought it would be better to wait and see how it would work. MR. ROEBUCK AND THE ABSENT IRISH MEMBERS. Mr. E. B. ROCHE said that be bad a question to ask of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, for the purpose of asking which he had come expressly Irom Ireland.— (Laughter.) As this was a question referring to a matter in which he felt that his character as a Member of that House, and as a gentle man, was at stake, he trusted he was not asking too much of the House in begging to be allowed to make a few preliminary remarks by way of explanation of the grounds on which he asked it.—( Hear, hear.) A very short time since he saw with considerable sur prise a speech attributed to the Hon. Gentleman in the 2 imes newspaper.—( Order, order. ) The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member was irregular in referring to a newspaper for what was said in that House in a previous debate. Jr. ROCHE—WeII, then, I heard of a speech which has been attributed to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in which I find that he used the followi9 words, in alluding to a large budy of the Irish Members :—" hey have run away from their posts."—(Order, order. ) 'I he SPEAKER—It is quite evident the Hon. Gentle man is referring to a speech made by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath daring the present session, and it is quite irregular for any Hun. Gentleman to allude to a previous de bate dui ing the same session. Mr. ROCHE—I may be permitted at any rate to ask this question. Certain observations I understand were made— supposing that they were made—(Cries of " Order, order.") The SPEAKER said he was sure the House would feel that it was quite impossible that the Hon. Member could be allowed to Teter to any words spoken in a previous debate. POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE. On the reading of the order of the day for going into a Com mittee of Ways and Means, Mr. DUNCOMBE rose to move, " That certain officers be lunging to her Majesty's Post-office do attend this House at its neat meeting, for the purpose of informing this House under what authority they had been parties to the detaining, delaying, or opening any post letters of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esquire, a Member of this House." IThe Honourable Member said he very much regretted that the little progress which had been made in public business on 1 uesday evening last had prevented him from bringing for ward the motion of which he bad given notice. In again calling, as lie felt himself compelled to do, the attention of the House to the very grave subject a hick had already occupied tuo much of its time ; he thought that he should be able to prove that no blame on account of that occu pation of time was attributable to himself. Not being able to bring the question forward the other evening, he had no alternative but to take the earliest opportunity of setting this question again fairly bef're the public. Now what occurred on a former occasion ? He was told in the first place that he had no evidence at all of his letters having beets intercepted at the Post-office; and, secondly, that even if he did possess information enabling him to prove that interception of his letters had taken place that information could only have been obtained by corrupting the officers of that establishment. The Noble Lord the Mem ber for Newark (Lord J. Manners), for whom he entertained a deep respect, said that if what he had stated was true he was a degraded man; while the Hon. Member for the Uni versity of Oxford said that no innocent man would complain of the opening of his letters. He need not state what was the inference to be drawn from the latter statement. If, however, the House would give him the opportunity—and even after the display of injustice which took place on the previous evening, he still hoped they would not refuse it—he would prove that he was innocent as regarded the imputation which hung over him on account of the opening of his letters. Now, he asked, what had occurred in reference to this subject? He did the other evening, and he did new, altogether disclaim any personal hostility to any individualon the opposite benches. what he said then he would again state, that whatever responsi bility attached to the fact of having opened his letters, must be shared by all of her Majesty's Ministers, that they must all bear an equal share of responsibility with respect to it.—( Hear, hear.) He was obliged to address himself to the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, because if any person issued a warrant for that opening of his letters, he must have been the person who issued it. It that warrant were issued, he (Mr. Duncombe) would not believe it was done with the knowledge or sanction of the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Ministers. He would not now believe that the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, knew any thing at all about •the matter ; he did nu believe that the. Right Honourable Gentleman was ever consulted as to whether his letters should be opened or not • he acquitted him entirely of it, and he did not believe that if be had known it, he would have permitted it. Whatever offence his observations gave to that bench, the whole of the Ministry must share it among them.—( Hear, hear.) Now, what had oc curred in reference to this question? When he presented to this House the petition of M. Mazzini, he certainly then knew nothing at all of his letters having been opened. As far as he was concerned the House should now know all the truth. When he presented Mr. Rlazzini's petition he knew nothing of the opening of his letters, he did not even suspected that the Government would hue perpetrated so mean and base -an act as that of opening his letters. That was on the 14th of June. He said this in answer to the Hon. Member for Pomfret, because that Hon. Gentleman said that he (Mr. Duncombe) must have known whether he presented Mazzini's petition, that his letters had been opened. He knew nothing cf that sort. On the 24th of June he piesented the petition of M. Stolzman, he knew nothing even then, and did not suspect that his letters had been stopped. On the 2d of July he received some informa tion from M. Mazzini in the. interim, with respect to certain parties connected with the Post-office. He understood there was a general rumour, a common subject of conversation in the establishment, which was simply this,—that the clerks and sorters, and sub- sorters, were in the habit of saying, " What is the use of Mr. Duncombe's making a bother about the letters of foreigners, he. had .much better look after the villainy that is being • perpetrated towards his own." And he should be able to prove that if they would allow him the opportunity of a Committee. On hearing this he certainly pricked up his ears—(Laughter)—he asked M. Mazzini if he could produce the persons who could prove these conversations. He said he could, but told him that in' the meantime, he (Mr. Duncombe) had better make a motion in the House for a Committee of inquiry into the wwking of the inner or secret office of the Post-office. He therefore gave notice of a motion of that sort, and said that if he could only get a Committee of Inquiry, that be would ascertain the Eames of parties, which were notorious in the Post-office, and that he would have the whole thing ont. He gave notice of a motion of inquiry into the working into this inner office, and into the duties of the persons employed is it, with a view of ascertaining by what authority they acted. Well, how was that met ? He had said, in introducing that motion, that-the question was no longer between M. Alazzini and the Government—it was no longer : between him and the Right" Honourable Baronet, but it was a question between the people of England and her Majesty's Ministers, and that the people wished to know whether these letters were the property of the Secretary of State or not. The Right Hon. Baronet then said that he agreed with him (Mr. Duncombe) that the question had gone so far that it could not stop there—that it was a question between the Government and the people of England, and that it was quite right that the people of England should be satisfied on the pint. How did he propose to satisfied them? Instead of adopting the proposal made by him (Mr. Dun combe), himoved an amendment that a Secret Committee should be appointed. The Right Hon. Gentleman named that Com mittee—he named his own jury—reserving to himself at the same time, the right of appeal from the decision of that tri bunal, and of course he (Mr. Duncombe) reserved to himself equally the right of appeal; and in exercise of that right he bad called the attention of the House as early as he could during the present session, the report being presented late in the last session, to what he considered the unsatisfactory and evasive character of that report. In doing so he had subjected him self to a number of insinuations, and he could get no satisfaction whatever on the subject Amongst those insinuations the Hon. Member for Pontefract had told him (Mr. Duucorube) that his name had been associated with persons who had been under the sentence of the law. He asked the Hon. Member to name them, and he mentioned Mr. Lovett. Well, what was the case of Mr. Lovett? He (Mr. Duueombe) certainly had taken up his cause, and the consequence was, that during the incarceration of Messrs. Lovett and Collins at Warwick, their treatment was modified, and, instead of being treated as felons, they were treated as political prisoners ought to be treated. But would any one say that that was a justification of the Government opening his letters. Be fore that time he had never heard of Messrs. Lovett and Collins. Then the Hon. and Learned Member for Both had had stated that he (Mr. Duncombe) had been in correspon dence with certain persons who had threathened to burn the town of Sheffield. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman defended those individuals. He was their counsel, and he defended them with so much ability, that they got four years' incarceration in the House of Correction.—(Loud laughter.) Was there any proof that he (Mr. Duncombe) was connected with those individuals? He had never beard their names, nor had he ever held the slightest correspondence with them. Was there in that, then, any ground for opening his letters ? The first time he had ever been connected with the Chartist parties was in 1841, just previou's to the general election, when he presented a petition for them, praying for an amnesty so all political prisoners, and sfgned by 1,700,000 individuals. These political prisoners had been imprisoned for political offences committed during the period that his Noble Friend was in office. In the year 1841, in the month of June or July, he (Mr. Duncombe) moved an humble address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to order the case of those prisoners should be taken into consideration with a view to their release. Well, what was the result? The House was equally divided upon the motion, and upon the casting vote of the Speaker that address was rejected. Was that any reason why his letters should have been opened?— ( Hear, and a laugh.) Then, again, in the year 1842, in the month of May, he pre sented a petition upon the national condition, signed by 3,300,000 members of the working-classes. There were great differences of opinion as to the truth of the allegations con tained in that petition ; many said that the expres sions contained in it were foolish and indiscreet, and that they could not be' proved. Perhaps so ; but the petitioners prayed to be called to the bar of this House, but that prayer was rejected. Next, in the year 1842 an outbreak and strike took place in Staffordshire; and the opinion expressed upon that occasion by the Right Mon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department, was, that he thought the whole thing had been very much exaggerated. and that there was nothing whatever political in it.—( Hear, hear.) Now, he (Mr. Duncombe) apprehended that his letters were opened upon political grounds, and in connexion with supposed political offenders—he assumed that such was the case. Well, in 1842 the manufactu'ing districts were in a frightfully disturbed state ; but at that time the conduct of the working classes was extremely creditable to them. For three days it had been stated that that town was in possession of what was called the mob ; but notwithstanding that, such was the re spect and regard of the people for private property, that not even a pane of glass was broken. Therefore there could have been no reason for opening his letters then ; yet he was in a position to prove that at that very time his letters had been opened at the General Post-office. He had now with him in the House some letters he had received at that time; but there were no letters of a treasonable character amongst them, so that if any such were sent to him at that time, the Right Honourable Baronet must have kept them himself.—( Great lauAhter. ) Amongst the letters of a " suspicious-looking character " that he then received—( A laugh ) he now held one in his hand, which certainly appeared as if, to use the technical phrase, it had been " operated upon"—(Loud laughter)—and if closely examiued, he believed there could be no doubt that it had been " operated"upon.—(Laughter. ) This letterhe would now read ; it was from Mr. Feargus O'Connor—(A laugh ) and was written during the. Nottingham election, when Mr. Sturge was a candidate for that borough. The Honourable Member then read the letter, the substance of which was to this effect—" I snatch a moment from the excite ment of the day to send you a word or two upon what is doing here. There never was so much excitement—so much ex citement as is to be witnessed here.—( Laughter.) And but for it the Tories would he triumphant here.—( Laughter.) A num ber of men have come in here from Derbyshire, sent in by the Tories, to personate, not dead, but living voters.—( Loud laugther. , But they have been detected, though trying to represent the real Simon Pure.—(Laughter. ) I must now stop, in order to make all right here, and then be off to a village, 4 miles off, to make all right there." The writer then called attention to a placard he inclosed, and concluded by saying that, " if llobhouse was the au'hor of it. he should never again venture to show his nose in Nottingham."—( Laugh er.) That was the sort of correspondence which he had re ceived during the whole of that time. In the course of 1842 he had no communication whatever w'th Mr. Fergus O'Conner ; and, therefore, he should be glad to know upon what grounds his letters were opened. —( Hear.) If he could prove that they had been opened by the servants of the Post-office. Let them them show their authority for opening his letters.— (Hear, hear.) If they produced the authority, then it would be for them to justify it. Either the Government had issued warrants for the opening of his letters, or they had been opened without warrants.—( Hear, hear.) If they had been opened without a warrant, then, no doubt, a breach of privilege had (been committed. He did not know, nor did he on the former occasion make this a question of privilege. That was a question which the House would decide when it heard the evidence. LEFT SPEAKING.) SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES.—The New Orleans papers publish the following trial, and sentence passed upon the offender :—"Pauline, a slave belonging to Peter Reppeneck, was tried at New Orleans on the 21st, on charge of having struck her mistress so as to cause the shed ding of blood. It was proved that about six weeks before, Mr. Reppeneck went to St. Louis, leaving his wife, whom he repre sented to the neighbours as being crazy, and children,with 200 doll. in money, in charge of Pauline, who it was proved was his paramour. Immediately after his departure the slave took pos session of her mistress's rooms, and removed Mrs. Reppeneck and her three young children to a back cabin. Mrs. Reppeneck testified that Pauline frequently came and beat her severely with a leather thong and her fist, and that her knowledge of her husband's intercourse with the slave had frequently led him to strike her. Her testimony was corroborated by that of Dinah, another slave, who had witnessed the brutal treatment of Mrs. Reppeneck and her children on several occasions, and who finally informed a gentleman of it, through whose interference it came to the knowledge of the po li c e. The testimony was so direst and undoubted, that Pauline was convicted and sentenced to be hung on the 21st of February, though the sentence was postponed until the 28th of March, 1846, in consequence of the fact that she is now pregnant." C Sunday morning last an ex. tensirfallElß— oftlEteacllliYn IT took c place at the Signal Station Hill, near the Lighthouse, spreading itself far and wide upon the beach, and covering several acres of ground. The cliff, at this spot, attains an elevation of about 250 feet, and is composed principally of unstratified white and yellow sand resting upon clay. Hundreds of persons have been attracted to the spot to witness its huge intermingled masses rent into lofty pinnacles and deep ravines by the overwhelming pressure of the subterraneous waters collected in the caverns of the cliff, and presenting the idea of an earthquake, but without its concomitant horrors.—Norwich Mercury. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act ith and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the 11( eek euding on Saturday, the 22d day of February, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued . . ... . 28,679,520. Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities... 2,984,900 + Gold coin and bul -12,755,367 Silver bullion__ 1,924,153 £28,679,520 £28,679,520 M. 11 Dated the 27th day of Febrw :ARSITALL, Chief Cashier. Lry, 1845. BANKING DE . -C. Proprietors' capita 114,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in eluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners ofNational Debt, and divi- • dend accounts) 5,237,999 Other deposits 9,941,556 Seven day andother bills PARTMENT. Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 10.784,494 Notes 8,889,215 Gold and silver coin 773,783 £33,969,87 1 £33,969,871 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Lary, 1845. Di. MAT Dated the 27th day of Febnu PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Feb.2s, 1845, is 295. I Id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 27. THE RUBRIC. The Bishop of EXETER (in continuation from our Third Edition of last night) said—That was one reason he could assure their Lordships for his seeking to introduce those changes. The Noble Lord said that he (the Bishop of Exeter) was attempting to revive ancient usages which had long fallen into , disuse.—(Hear, hear.) There was a meeting called in his diocese of individuals described in the circulars as worshippers of the Church of England in the town of Southtnolton, he believed, and at that meeting certain resolutions were passed in ac cordance with the wishes of the Noble Earl, who be it remtmbered was Lord -Lieutenant and Cult, Rotulorum of the county. The meeting was only too happy to adopt the resolutions of the Noble Earl. It was not to be supposed that the petition, although it expressed the opinion of the Noble Earl and those with whom he was associated, represented the opinions of all the people of Southmolton. He felt the great advantage of standing face to face with the Noble Earl.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to be opposed to a generous oppo nent like the Noble Earl, and he trusted that he would tell him what they were all about, as he must confess he did not know.—( A laugh.) He was not aware what ceremonies had fallen into disuse in the Church. The meeting at which the petition was got up that had been preseuted by the Noble Earl, was presided aver by the Mayor of Exeter, a most worthy individual. ' lie (the Bishop of Exeter) had not lately read the newspapers much, but he understood that the speeches that had been delivered were singular for the ignorarioe they displayed. There was one speech, y however, he had read, and only one, Mr. Bere e, a barrister of five years' standing, that did not take the same line as the Noble Earl. He proposed petitioning the Queen, and not coming to that House. The example was set by the Noble Lord opposite, and afterwards followed by the Mayor of Exeter, and other persons. At first they petitioned the Queen, but now they were petitioning their Lordships. But he must say he thought their determination nut to go to Parliament was much more - constitutional than their present step, and for this reason. The Queen could, if she were advised to do so by Parliament, take a course which would really settle this business on a con stitutional principle. At the meeting held in Exeter this learned gentleman said the Queen, through her supre macy, had power to alter and settle the rubric. The learned gentleman told the meeting that this early supre macy came from the Pope. The learned gentleman con tended, that because the Pope was the supreme head of the Church during his usurpation of power in this country, and had the privilege of settling the rubric, the Queen possessed the same jurisdiction by the statute law. Now he (the Right Rev. Prelate) would venture to say that no such jurisdiction was given to Henry VIII. by Parliament. No spiritual jurisdiction whatever was given to the Crown, and the power of altering the rubric was left er.tirely to the Church. No ancient law-what ever gave the Crown power to impose upon the Church any change or alteration in the rubric. But this learned gentleman said the Queen had the power of doing this and acting alone in the Privy Council. The learned gentleman added that the Archbishops and Bishops were members of this .Council, and of course they would be her Majesty's advisers in this matter. Now, he was not aware of this before, but th e le a rned" gentleman said they were called " Right Rev. Prelates,". by virtue of their office of Privy Councillors. He believed that that gentleman was a man of high respectability. He was certainly a man of very considerable property, and he (the Bishop of Exeter) knew that he administered it with great advantage to the people around him. He be lieved also that he fulfilled the duties of' Judge over the Court over which he presided with very great ability. BUt perhaps his ignorance of the subject on which he had now entered gave him more time to attend to the Court of Bankruptcy. lie had now done with South molton. The next point he had to take up was the pe tition of Dr. Carwithen, which he believed had occa sioned great excitement. He (the Bishop of EXeter) believed that Dr. Carwithen was a very strict observer of the rubrics. Indeed, he had an impression that there was no more strict observer of the rubrics in England than Dr. Carwithen.. He believed that it had been the practice of Dr. Carwithen to carry out every one of the rubrics. How, then, could the Noble Earl say that these practices were utterly obsolete? He believed his last pastoral.. letter had taken from Dr. Carwithen the distinction of observing all the rubrics. Ile did not mean to say that Dr. Carwithen would feel this as a grievance ; but it appeared that he was placed in .a state of great excitement by those frightful statutes of 2d and 3d of Edward VI., and the Ist of Elizabeth. Now if the Noble Lord would bring in a Bill to repeal those statutes, and thus free the Rev. petitioner twin the tremendous penalties which those statutes imposed, he would be one of the first to support that Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Knowir.g the excitement which had been raised by a petition presented in another place, he had felt it his duty, under the fear of falling into any misapprehen sion, to consult two very learned friends, whose opinion their Lordships were accustomed very much to rely on. They confirmed distinctly the 'construction he had put on the Act. That Act did not apply, except there was a resolute and obstinate refusal to obey the rubric. The phrase was, that-if any obstinate person should refuse, Zee., he would be liable to the penalties. What became, then, of the anxiety of the Noble Earl-for the bishops? It was very true that there were instances of indictments being preferred at an early period in the- reign of James 1., when certainly no case of obstinacy' was proved against the defendant, but their Lordships would bear in mind that at that time the non-observance of the statute was the exception, and in those times there would be sufficient reason fur a conviction; but he had been in formed by the learned person to whom he had referred that now an indictment could not possibly be sustained under similar circurnstanees. Dr. Carwithen stated that the Marriage Act had set aside a portion of the rubric, inasmuch as it provided that in certain cases banns might be Published in she afternoon. The rubric provided for this, and therefore Dr. Carwithen was mistaken in his allegatisn. The Marriage Act, so far from ale ring the rubric, carefully avoided dealing with it. The rubric recognised the right of the Crown to require anything • that could be lawfully published in the church to be pub lished, because it directed that nothing should be pub lished in the church except by the order of the Crown or the ordinary. He earnestly entreated their Lordships to remember what would be ,the effect of the course they were now called upon to pursuse. Jn the year 1643 their Lordships' predecessors fornied themselves into a Committee of religion. Their Lordships' House at that -time consisted of men of great talent; they were warm supporters of the Church, and when some alterations were made in the Liturgy, they required that common prayer should be used according to the laws of the land with respect to common prayer. In three years the same House that began by inquiry agreed. to abolish the common law with respect to prayer. He trusted their. Lordships would not enter into a question of that sort, if they found it was not their duty to do so. For his own part he did not think the House had the power to do so, but that it lay in the Crown. The principle' had ever been recognised by Parliament that in matters re lating to the. Church, those who were appointed instruc tors by the Divine head of the Church were to propose the laws which guided them, and that the lay members of it were to signify their assent or thssent, as it might be, to what was so proposed. Ile did hope that if at any time, any proceedir' of that kind should be deemed necessary, it would emanate from the Crown, and not, as in this case, to bring by petition the subject before their Lordship? House. He thought at the present time it was very de sirable to adopt that course, in order to let the excite ment which had astonished no one more than himself to die away. If before that time it was thought necessary to act otherwise, he would venture to predict - that the practices of 1645 would be again but too fearfully ap parent. Lord BROUGHAM deprecated all Parliamentary in terference in the controversy which was at present di viding the Church ; and he might, perhaps, be allowed to congratulate the House and the country that there was no more important matter to divide the Church than this mere matter of discipline—a question merely involving the propriety of whether a sermon should be delivered in a surplice or a black gown.---(Laughter.) Many persons conscientiously advocated the use of sur plices, and it was not for him, God forbid 1 to say that a matter affecting men's consciences should be in any way trifled with. Undoubtedly a difference of opinion did prevail, and it had' happened that certain things, laid down 170 years ago, or more, matters of form which wire deemed fit and proper to be exacted from clergy men, should, since they had fallen into other hands— (Laughter)—and upon other views, be so changed that they were no longer a matter of moment; and he (Lord Brougham) thought, therefore, that it would have been a matter of common sense to have allowed things to go on as they were, whether they were trifling or important, as the revival of them only gave rise to discontent and anarchy, and scandalous dissensions between the pastors and the flocks, of all things that which should most care fully have been avoided. He (Lord Brougham) agreed in the general recommendation issued by the Right Reverend Prelate to his spiritual children; he agreed in the humanity, the wisdom, and the cha rity of that recommendation, and at the time when he first saw the pastoral letter he admired the tone of wisdom, humanity, and • charity exhibited in it. On - no account whatever would he wish the subject brought before Parliament, for he was quite sure that the very worst thing they could do was to call for Parlia mentary interference. He agreed with the Right Rev. Prelate in some things he had advocated,' but he dis agreed with him in others. As a son of the Church he certainly agreed to the rule that the laws of the Church should be made by her fathers, and he certainly did not think- that that was the place for discussion upon this subject. The Bishop of EXETER, in reference to a remark of the Noble Lord, did not believe that in any one of the churches itrhis diocese the rubric had got into univesral disuse. But in one parish one practice prevailed, and in another another prevailed ; and his object, in promul gating his letter, was ,to reduce their various practices to something like regularity. Earl FORTESCUE, while giving credit to the Bishop of Exeter for the zeal and conscientiousness with which he had performed his duties, cOuld not help wishing that he had left things as, they' were; and in that case the petitions which he had that night presented might have been spared to the House. The Bishop of EXETER said the way in which he was alluded to by the Noble Earl called upon him for an explanation. Ile requested the House to remark the animus which pervaded his letter. His sole object in effecting a change, was to prevent the necessity for future change. The Bishop of NORWICH had no wish to interfere in the discussion on a subject relating to one peculiar dibeese, but he could not avoid saying that the general feeling of his own diocese was opposed to the re vival Of any form that ' approximated in a dis tant degree to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church. and he rejoiced that this feeling was so universal, and that therefore those petitions had been presented. It shovved;tif least that the laity were alive to the subject, and the temperate and calm, and dispassionate address which they had presented would he hoped animate the masses of the people of England. They could never return to the rubrical forms, which were itnprac ticable in the present state of society. The Right Rev. Prelate said that they were under stringent obligations to abide by the rubric. He (the Bishop of Norwich) said they were not so stringently botind, because they in fast could not be so. He did not see by what right any Right Rev. Bishop could say "This part of the rubric I will order in my diocese, and that I will dis pense with," and so forth. He felt that that was utterly impracticable, and therefore he rejoiced that they at tempted to remove some of the difficulties which beset the question. The Bishop of LONDON was understood to say, that where the rubric could be 'enforced it was incumbent on them to do so. The petittons were ordered to be printed. ITALIAN EXILES. Lord ItEAUMONT proceeded to fulfil the notice which he bad given on the previous day, of putting a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, relative to an expedition which sailed last year from Corfu to the coast of Italy. He, felt that considerable importance attached to this question, in asmuch as upon the answer he should receive would depend the truth or falsehood of a charge which had been ma de against her Majesty's Govern ment of having . participated in one of the most violent acts that had ever been perpetrated by any Country. — (Hear, hear.) In putting this question it would be ne cessary for him briefly to relate the events which formed the history of this tragical event. In so doing, he should only refer to those statements which were before the pub lie. The version he should give then would be the version of the public, as collected from detached accounts which had gone forth to the public. If, therefore, he should daring his statement fall into an error of fact, it would be for the Noble Earl to correct him, in the answer he should make to the question he was about to put, as well as to set him right should he make any false conclusions or deductions. The history of the case appeared to be this, as far as he could collect it from the information now before their Lordships. In the year 1843 informa tion was received bT this Government that the exiles and refugees from the States of Italy, who at the time re sided in the .British possessions in the Mediterranean, including the lonian Islands, were then plotting or con cocting a conspiracy, which had for its of to make a descent upon the Papal States, and spread the same spirie.tht ough Italy which had existed in the year 1834 He understood, moreover, that a remonstrance was ad dressed by the Government of Austria, complaining of the British Government allowing the lonian Islands to be made a shelter for those persons who bad fled from Italy. This remonstrance was accompanied by - a threat that if any revOillt iOl3 or commotion took place in the Pepe! States, the Austrian Government would send forth an army to overrun those States. This led to the exercise of a power in this country which he would not then stop to inquire if it were wise or not. But the fact was, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment issued a warrant for opening the letters in the Post-office of a certain individual named Signor Mazzit.i, an Italian, residing in this country, who was supposed to be corresponding with • those refugees who were at the time in the British pos sessions of the Mediterranean. According to this autho rity, the letters and correspondence, of this gentleman were opened, and from them it was ascertained that a conspiracy was forming among these refugees, and that a generaldeseent upon the Papal States was contem plated. Austria uas put in possession of this informa tion ; but it would appear .from_the_report of the Secret Committee appointed ' to inquire into . the Opening of these letters, that the information was communicated in such a manner as not to compromise the safety of any individual in the power of tt.at Government. From subsequent letters it turned out that, by the advice of Signor Mazzini, this ; plot was abandoned ; and w o uld thi,t the scene had clOsed here—would that the curtain had fallen, and no other act been added. But it was not so ; and to this part of the . subject.. he invited the partictilar attention of their Lordships. The same emissaries of the • Neapolitan Government were instructed —no doubt upon information re ceived from Austria with regard to the disposition of these refugees vi ho had once contemplated a descent upon the .Papal States, but afterwards abandoned the . idea to proceed to Corfu, where two sons of General Bandiera had taken refuge. Under the disguise of be ing fellow-conspirators they induced these refugees to favour a new plot against the Neapolitan Government. .He must diverge here for a moment to state that neither .the Papal nor the Austrian consul made any remon strance on the subject to Lord Seaton. They took no notice of this new plot. On the 12th of June, 22. per sops; including these emigrants, sailed from -Corfu, and .then, and not till then, did the Papal Consul and the' Neapolitan consul apply tor as istance to 'Lord Seaton: Lent Seaton, however;fleclined to follow,their suggestion of sending an armed power to capture this expedition. On the 13th, the succeeding . day, informs Lion was forwarded to the two Powers, intimating', that the expedition had sailed. On the 16th the expedition landed on the coast of Calabria; on the 17th they pro ceeded onwards to Otranto, and On the following day they were met by some armed p o li ce , just sufficient to master the expedition. One of them was shot in the encounter, and the rest were made prisoners.. On the 25th nine of them were put to de a th, an d amongst them were the two sons of Admiral Bandieri, and seven others of the misguided men whom Signor Mezzini had before prevented from putting their design into execution. 'Now, if the Government had supplied the information which led to these sad results, he must say a more disgracefel proceeding was hardly to he met with in the annals of this country. Ile . hoped, there fore, the Noble Eai I was prepared for the question he was about to put, in order that this matter might be set at rest. Now he wished to know'if the.. British Govern ment had supplied any foreign Poser with information calculated to cempremise the rights of individuals, at:d whether they were aware 'of this information having been communicated to another Government? And' also, whether the British Government had any knowledge of the intended expedition from Corfu ; and if they had, whether they had taken any, and* what measures, to prevent it ? The Earl of ABERDEEN said their Lordships prohably remember that, for the last two years, great politic.4l excitement had prevailed in Italy. Insurrec tions had made in the Papal States, which had created great alarm, and led to the Austrian Govern ment determining upon sending an armed force into the States, in the event of any further outbieak. He need not poiet out to their Lordships what would be the pro bable consequences of such an attack. It was not im probable that, if it had been attempted, the peace of Europe could not have been maintained. Their Lord ships were aware that this conspiracy and these projects were planned, not in the lonian Islands, or in the Bri tish possessions of the Mediterranean, but in London. It was, on that account, thought necessary to detain and open the letters to Signor Mazzini. He need not remind their Lordships that the warrant was not issued by him, .or under his direction. Saying this, however, the House must. not understand that he was in the least prepared to censure the issuing of that warrant. On the contrary, he was prepared, as well he believed as every other Member of her' Majesty's Government, to defend and sustain the full responsibilities of that act. Those letters when detained were sent from him to the Home. office, and, acting u.on his discretion, it appeared to him to be consistent with his duties to communicate the informa tion wlich they contained to a foreign Power. The course he adopted was this—he determined that no agent of a foreign Government should see, a single syllable of these letters ; nor, indeed, did he intend that any foreign Government should know that any letters existed. In addition to this, he determined to Is- , ep in view a necessary regard to the personal safety of all individuals who might be compromised by any information on the subject. With this de termination and with these precautions he com municated, from time to time, such information as he thought was necessary . for the safety of a foreign State. Acting on this principle, he felt. entitled to make a communication to the Neapolitan Minister. But he did not state that any letters had been submitted to the in spection of the Government. Their Lordships would re member that complaints were made last year that the lodgings of a Polish gentleman had been entered, that his writing-desk had been broken open, and his papers taken and delivered to the Russian Government. This, however,' was denied at the time ; and in answer to a question put to him by a Noble Marcptis, 'he positively contradicted an assertion that Mr. Mazzini's letters had been submitted to the inspection of a foreign Govern ment. Ile was happy to say that these precautions had proved successful, and he believed not a syl• fable of those letters was made known to the Govern rnsnts alluded to. He woul-' now approach the immediate question of the Noble Lord. It had been presumed, from a passage in the report of the Secret Committee appointed to inquire into the opening of letters, that in formation had been supplied to a foreign Government which had endangered the personal safety of persons under its power. But this was incorrect. The fact stated in the report was the result of an answer made to him, by 'a question put by the Committee, as to whether any person in the power of the Austrian Government ,was in danger from the information which had been given to it? lie replied, certainly not. It did not follow, therefore, that they had given information to one Power, knowing that it would be transferred to another, where it would endanger the safety of individuals. Now, with respect to the question of the Noble Lord, he begged to say that he never had any conception of an attempt being about to be made to recover the Papal States by the refugees of Corfu. He knew that a certain number of Italian refugees resided in Corfu, but he had not the remotest knowiedge of their intentions. He was aware also that one of the sons of General Bandiera had been, at Corfu, because the Austrian Minister complained to him of his being suffered to remain there. He be liese el, if he recollected rightly, that when this person deserted from Venice, the newspapers announced that he had gone to Corfu. He was quite aware of his being there ; he knew also that another of the sons of General Bandiera was at Malta, because a captain of an Austrian ship had made a demand upon the Government to have him surrendered as a deserter. Sir P. Stewart, in answer to that application, said he had no power to surrender him, and in his (Lord Aberdeen's) opinion, very properly so. But still this was not sufficient to make him aware of the practical projects intended by the Bandiera family. Their Lordships must recollect that the desertion of these persons from the Austrian navy had created great alarm, because it was impossible to say how far this example might extend, and this probably would account for the precautions taken by the Papal and Neapolitan Governments. The whole of the preparation for the expedition and the putting it into execution occupied only one week. Had Lord Seaton received any instructions, he would doubtless have taken measures to prevent the insurrection. In a letter which had been received at the Foreign-office, Lord Seatoh says that the younger Bandiera arrived in Corfu in February, and not finding his brother there, he left by the Austrian packet for Malta • having proceeded to that island in search of his brother. In this, however, he was not successful, and not meeting with his brother there, he went to Greece, and the brothers did not meet in Corfu till the month of June. Colonel Rieciotti ar rived in Corfu on, the sth June, in the . hope of getting into Italy by some unknown and unexpected means. These persons did not arrive in Corfu until the sth of June, and the expedition took place on the 12th. Itwas therefore impossible for him (Lord Aberdeen) to have received any notice of this expedition. The whole of the time which elapsed between the planning of the expedi tion or, at least between the meetings of the parties who were to carry it into effect, was one week, so that it was utterly impossible for him (Lord Aberdeen) to have re ceived any notice of this expedition before it was carried into effect. If any notice had been given to him, unques tionably instructions would have been sent to Lord Seaton to prevent it. When, then, it was asserted that the Government were acquainted with this expedition, and refused any measure to prevent it, he could only say that the Government had no informa tion whatever of the intended descent on the coast of Calabria. Th, expedition was planned on the sth, and was put into effect, on the 12th. Had there been any such notice, certainly he should have, felt it a duty to prevent these unfortuttate men from undertaking such a h e perilous enterprise, and he did think that he s h° p c able to prove to their Lordships that seither Lord Seaton had any knoeledge. cf its prutabilitSt:eit that the Austrian and Neapolitan Government s treacherous part in the course of this transactior.s it , vas ascertained by the Austrian and licareii' e t) suls at Corfu, on the morning of the 13th cfJ un iSl these men had sailed the evening before, they 0 diately went to Lord Seaton, and requested hir e t t ° o ' measures to prevent the expedition, and ser e tin" before their arri v al in It a ly. Was that the coo persons wishin g t o en t ra p? Th e co nsuls of A tli Naples, and the Pontifical States, waited eP e rp Seaton at ten o'clock in the morning of the 1 3 t i s i and requested him to t a k e m eas ur e s f o r the erre:l°ll.u: the refugees. His Lordship r e pli e d that be ca ul k s all conceive that such an expedition was li ke j l so planned in Corfu, and conceived it to be roer e l'st' idle report in the town. He, however, desired 0 0 rector of police in the island to investigate the e Before however Lord Seaton had received the rePt director of police, the several consuls of At1 ,11 : 0 0 , pies, and the Pontifical States returned to his Lorus,s, half-past eleven, and requested him to di'nf-e" Medea steamer to bring back the refugees: llt r ship replied that the Medea could not be used I°l,is purpose, for he did not conceive that such a s u l lego persons could meditate any serious design en Le e e sl titan Government, but that a boat might lay o si Otranto with information of the intended de si s ee „ o ss that that information might be transmitted to s7te". I telegraph. There were bitter complaints . agai n re " Seaton, for the sea at the time was calm, and the 1.00i7, might without any 'difficulty have overtaken th s e ' s let guided men. For his own part he (Lord st'eolill deeply regretted that Lord Seaton had not % s e with the request which had been made to biro , 1 ,,„10 had dispatched the steamer there was littledoubt no/ it would have brought back the persons who O f this expedition. Now, with respect to the parts W o ol o was said other Governments bad had in W e / ( 1,„,j transaction, he thought that there would be u ° , in proving that they had had none. At any rel s t assured that this was the case with respect t ° r politan Government. The Bandieras • and thel, se! sailed on the evening of the 12th of June ; th three days at sea, and landed, on the 16th, at 010:4 Was it reasonable to suppose that, if the l' e p `s; ll Government had had any intimation of the des ee ts ee A l P f would have suffered these men to be three daYe. r . i i : then have suffered them to land on the coast, wi t ° l se', interruption from their troops? Not only vils te st ' case, but that Government had absolutely. to b er p the neighbourhood, and the only oppositio n t who raised the insurrection met with, was frauth e beFi of the country. For three days after landi s ub st or vanced through a thinly peopled country,wit il° " - par t ; tion, but on the 19th they were encountered bye s° A persons who had gathered together from the nere ing country—a kind of rural police. By the.se o r i e, who acted. without any definite plan, they, we re Da but ineffectively, for over them the Banderas, e iv ietY, party obtained the advantage, and killed their 4 0 of f, one or . two of the rural police. The proof th e insurrection then proceeded to Osenza, night a great number of persons collected a n iette r''"; to attack the party. Mr. Temple, in a 'psi had been received at the Foreign-office, e° l ? sys ee e . il y facts. He says that the insurrectionists a" cs si!l Osenza on the 16th, and were there met by ' i d CO/30, able number of the country people, who We re ;s C O/3 0 , one of the civic guard and three gendarmes' seems ensued, and the result was that one of therse ,, , was killed, but the people on behalf, tl oa ti vernmen bad the advantage. Their euv - eille",.; attended with complete success, and the) ? , p stii l o'; , took as prisoners the whole number of th e se e ,of s with the exception of five who fled. The 1, 0 , 1 0 0 ! , . attempt was exceedingly satisfactory to theY b r e e . t ; l because it was put down by the people the out the intervention of any troops ; for, the s t s 04; 1 there were no troops nearer to the place wwi f. 1 4 1 „,`' flict took place than the city of Naples its e sso vetl i s was a . strange mode of proceeding for a i' 2 l ot te s • who were privy to such an undertaking as, t be dla n t s et i no troops to put down the insurrection, an Gs ver"sr that it was quite clear that the Neapolitano had not any other part in this insurrection t 1 , 1 , 1 ), tb r o t! press it. He (Lord Aberdeen) could ii °t ea t saw any reason to suppose that the Governalt s ea ,1, 4 : part in these transactions, from the differ! f eel: passed upon the prisoners. Of these, W e Ou'e°: seven were condemned to death, and one we t ot to five years' imprisonment. What arginu e , f/ p d, Pr ", f unded on this result he could not under ors tio e e 4 was no light sentence, and was put into r i g 0 0 5 /, tion. The person on %%horn this sentence wesdstic,,,s; a Corsican, and was in no collusion with the in Naples. That he was suffering a seferletr:,,Sl ' was evident from *the fact that, whitest had written to Mr. Temple for pecuniarl e „ 5 ; e;jl 9 ,J to request that gentleman's interferon slleos Neapolitan Government for the remission ,e O , s of his sentence, on the ground of his bel subject. The fact was, that it appeartd, ° fo eP e .;t l Lion that his father and his family ha d ;ties i s r , joyed the protection of the British autho r ibo ! 1 )1 0,; place abroad. Mr. Temple replied that Me posies how it was his business to interfere with t h a w 0 0 , 1 's of a . person engaged in such an ent er re e r. against a State with which the British apt sOi was at the time holding friendly relations:. YSeortir he (Lord Aberdeen) fully exonerated P e tt ers d s s Government from any collusion in this tu tre pcb e r a not mean to say that there had been n° he believed that there had been, h u „se4t r iati treachery originated, and how far it ex 0 - ' { r oo tf J not prepared to say. All he could sak' f r ee ,iry believed the Neapolitan Government to ',f t 1 : b lt id for so styongly , was the Neapolitan "00. 1 0 , 1 remonstrate with the British Governt e ; ith: p ell charge amounted to something more th e t ; g ll„ l o 4 ,l collusion, and in his complaint he was str e pe gil?; P it t to charge the British Government wit h , 0 3 ,0 11 0 least. With respect to treachery, cot; st y extraordinary circumstance that one of t ; iie, F r i o .4 was not taken with his (Lord Aberdeen e e l tec l 0 1)0 0't ; $ his pocket. The principal person eon ° , e ts e conspiracy was not either of the Bancit e s'ot",p r e;s' young, thoughtless, and enthusiastic me n ' 001 8 0 I: Colonel Ricciotti, a man who had been free r 00 th ,0 0, 0 , • in affairs of this sort, and aas well knowileigo Sid nent. Colonel Ricciotti came to the f a t i lice'`''''demand a passport ; but, as Noble Isor rs ot not the custom of the Foreign s office to g Col o ll°4 to foreigners without a recommendation•iveof Giboolseir ciotti represented himself to be a ne e, si s ° ,l4r merchant, who wanted to go to his resi"',,i s be l 0 0 4 rt refused the passport, on the ground of l o pde t ho . ,,io reigner, he came back recommended by %u se man. He was again refused, b e ' t , a d _A " ! )1 0 1 commendation was not sufficient ; sr , s lo;pa applied with his recommendation " tv e 0 8 ,10 most highly respectable banking-h° B er D r l passport was granted 'and he left Lond °ll ' his t o A t' well known to the French police, ane„t ee d ise s e' Marseilles he was arrested., Hcw A l -- A lL ee l jir he (Lord Aberdeen) bad never learne"' ig oer. s o o i s! could not help observing, that when °l i e It l rsoe i s , ceived, as they always were received, w ei ssill to t er io pitality, he thought it was their duty t° t r o ubl e heti ) / proceedings which might cause any 0 4; ! ir e), who had received them. For his own, he ba d r o t CY his public or in his private capacity, " e tbs ol e o 1 4 , 1 11 ceived the exiles of other countries wit h , eSti s e s4 ' ° d e e , kindness. lie had received Span exiles, and Italian exiles, with all the ug ht t i , O 5P obb was in his power to show; and he O t ? she thing was due from these persons .0 , 0 0 they had received. Of the unfortunate be bo'f,to", had just spoken he would say nothing; , s ies ed en) ts an unhappy end, but he (Lord Ahe e aro° s t il l s his passport had not been found on his I ' oo lo ° o ft' be , proved to the Austrian and 1 - I .! e t r is ti t a ments that with these transaction Government had nothing to tit; ; 000 0 ; personally, that by par t a king °, htest • .114 acquitted by his conscience of the Vg s st: ( e that last great day of account, in his 06 ° 01, 11 0 * appear, everyone must answer for T ein , sloe! sir knew that all, even the very best of t if th e et ;bet cry for mercy and forbearance. But d ote 1,0 4 01 opposite were to him the nearest allu., o seiot t 0;01; heart could desire, he could wish for ,_" 0 pigs" ) 0 him, as he did for himself, than that 'I his efei thing more to answer for than the for ° be ee s deer's) share of these trans ne tion! ; nee to pr, slightest share he felt by his cons ete , the 011 , r exculpated.—(Hear, hear, and cheersiou °r oe P ot os i Lord BEAUMONT said the . vet ba d gd ) ,3 ,,, ,, ,„ Earl was very different to that w hck, h the 00 rite the public. He was fully satisfied w so l 'plete l l t so which had been given, as it had 00 the rs articipat t . te d te og bt si f s the Noble Earl from any p He (Lord Beaumont had never susPet 0 s eo be e bu t ti m hould os Earl had any participation in it, necessary that an explanation s:nd i s att_ b is o ts` li on the subject. After the v s . e 1 4 °, b etOfje, Neapolitan Government by to,:, cry he must say that the charge, with a n ger G souse` on so frail a basis that he could 1 10 t f e "coal s i; pee it. He would say, however, that .% enters r with the course of the Noble Ear l c ' e in e i l i peqiio, minute examination of corresponeten .b s ser s o th f ou a gh t t hr it ea w t ou b l Y d the Austrian- Government had Put' execution. • T T h h e e E su a b4e o c f t t p he A n L d n ro t p )u ne s di g theave been-better the Austria; 1135 poreo, the appointment of constables in r ijau HOUSE CaLawsS' F. to 0 1 0 / 1:i GABLE r oad' otk e ssisi Their Lordships then adjourned. S, Mr. BRIGHT, in continuatirouP_ than O s soro —i , one or two of these, more sagae _S:iiect„oo/ _ov that the plan would not haveso_ta°o'st th e for 400,? the poachers,' and for this rya s , n e ' f , the ga,r t se o g os l2 game could not support and we , afford to se e P ers or 4 and therefore could not . _ xcep t th or her i s * e s' cheap as the poachers, wise, eo e they ran in killing the game; w" w t h be fe YV and thus, by underselling eere r i g" - ect , t th is 4C l ' " 0 4re p be r . B . ve e d ve t n hat g th re ß a se ter po failed ; the law had since been In% bol ;setae evil still existed.—(Hear , s s o t" t his I p te,s! mendation of the Comm th i a tt li c t e h : f°re s: . s lte l;l r e eh : 3' night, not for the purpose of ,tn.t."e1'17,,,„, he cotspl.e.se respect to the present state e_t e I " str il s je er it Vs: ulterers. or to suggest a remedy for th did of r He did nut think that any se- eln id thin, s ree.,se't, rIY and to tti ss se in 0 on O r 0 0 mnoiwtteperoefplarnegcluitroydoousgvt tboutbleieg.ruanted,tiarßoorrolotii,c.4c; r q e u p ir ß e rt i t n h t e o r t e h s e u r t h t o ß le th s a u t b n j e o c u t t'tllent orr come to a wise and sound in t° .verf,ill His object was to cause an inclu'',l 3 „ in o ` se e , arise from the preservation of ga t _ ere th the kingdom, and particularly wll maililaNNll Ran wh, Pay T ool So