The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-29 00:00:00

trbirri litittan THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock Indian Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9 9 14 Ditto Bonds — 94 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red 1023 Ditto New Annuities ... New 34 per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 130... 75 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001. .....,.. ...... . 73 per. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 73 p Jan. 1860. ..... ......... 12% Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1859 Consols for Opg. 984 Jan. IP6O — _._ Jlndia Stock for Acct.... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.. Russian. 5 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... ........... . Colombian, 8 per Cent Ditto, 1824 Ditto, S per Cent 345 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 'Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18Z, 5 per Cent— — ,Exchange —f. --c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ...... ... French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2) per Cent.... 62 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent .........100% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 93 Ditto, New Shares, 17% paid Caledonian (5 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid): 4 Chichester and Brighton, 5 paid Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid Eastern Counties (23 paid) i Ditto Registered (816 s 8d paid) Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,No. 1 % Ditto ditto, paid, No. 2 % Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Hull and Selby, 50 paid — Ditto, Quarter Shares ( S paid) Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 5 London and Birmingham (Stock) ! 2'9 Ditto. New Thirds, 2 paid London and Blackwall (161.135. 4c1.) 7 % London and Brighton (50 paid) ... 46( London and Greenwich (12t. 15s. 4d. paid) ...... Thito, Preference or Privilege, 418 17s 2d paid 19% London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 4l North British, 2% paid Trent Valley, 2 paid - 85¢ Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) Ditto Half Shares (25 paid) .... . . ... York and Scarborough Branch (25n paid) Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen, 20 paid SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FRO% THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Thaeks to Sir James Graham for invest ing the fag end of a dull, do-little session with un wonted interest! But for his Paul Pry practices at the Post-office, Somnus would have re-assumed his reign in Parliament, and the nation would have caught the soft infection. The mutiny in the Ministerial camp, and the rumoured resignation of the Cabinet, gave a fillip to the slumbering public. But the report was too good to be true. The quarrel of Friday was patched up on Monday ; the nation re sumed its nap ; and Peel was himself again. The Home Secretary excels his Chief. His proceed ings are not likely to pass into forgetfulness. He has aroused the public mind to indignation. The topic in every circle, where politician, or commercial men, " most do congregate"—in the house, or on the way — the astounding fact, that the correspondence of the public, foreign and domestic, which is committed to the Post-office, in the full confidence that it is there alike safe from curiosity or cupidity, so far as the sanc tions and penalties of law can render it secure— that this sanctuary is liable to be entered and ran sacked, and selections made from it at the pleasure of the Home Secretary—that by virtue of a " general warrant" from him, any and every letter addressed to any individual may be stopped, detained, opened, read, and its contents communicated a revelation of such a state of things, so unexpected and alarming, was well calculated to awaken public attention, and to arouse the dormant feelings of Englishmen. And it has done so. The subject was again brought before the House of Lords last evening, to be resumed on Thurs. stay evening next in that House. A motion on the same subject is also to be brought forward in the I louse of Commons in the course of the ensuing week. Lord Radnor introduced the subject to the House of Peers on presenting a petition from Mr. Mazzini, si miles- in terms to that presented to the House of Commons by Mr, Duncombe from the same person, complaining of the detention and opening of his letters by the Post office authorities. The discussion which ensued, though almost exclusively a legal argument as to the import of the terms of the statute under which the obnoxious prac tice is defended, is invested with extraordinary interest. A great constitutional right is placed in question. A privilege only second to the boasted inviolability of an Englishman's house—be it a palace or a cottage, tt mansion or a hovel—is jeopardised. The impression of a man's seal has, in England, been hitherto regarded as securing a letter against every individual except the person to whom it was directed, or his authorised agents, us completely as the lock upon a man's house, or upon his desk, secured them from invasion against all but himself, or those to whom he entrusted the key, as the holy authorised mode of effecting an entry. This delusion has passed away. We are now told that this is a popular error, which Sir James Graham has taken upon himself to dispel, and Lord Lynd hurst and Lard Brougham—par nobile fratruni defend. The old practice—so consonant with the notions of Englishmen—of respecting the seal of a letter, or, at least, if it be opened, to apprise the party most concerned that it has been broken and the contents of the letter read, is now abolished. Every man in England—the boasted birth-place and dwelling of freedom, based on and defended by constitutional law—who commits a letter to the Post-office, or who receives a letter from his correspondent, does so under the humiliating apprehension that it may be, or has been, opened and read at the Post -office by some autho rised spy of the Home-office—the original seal broken up, and a counterfeit impression skilfully executed, and adroitly applied, affixed in the place of the original ! The legal point raised last evening is one on which the Law Lords differ in opinion. It will, however, be observed that the affirmative is adopted by Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndhurst ; the soundness of whose opinions will be impugned by their relative po sitions. Those, on the other hand, who contend that the power of detaining and opening letters is limited, and can only be exercised over a pasticular letter—specially described in a warrant issued by the secretary of State with reference to that letter, authorising its detention and inspection—are not open to the objection we have stated as applicable to the Noble and Learned Lords to whom we have alluded. The latter view was maintained by Lord Denman and Lord Campbell. In a doubtful matter, where far greater ambiguity exists as to the construction of the words employed by the Legislature, we should be quite as much disposed to take the law from the lips of the Lord Chief Justice of England— cool and dispassionate as his Lordship is in temperament, and removed as he is, by virtue of his office, from the turmoil of party strife—than from the Noble and Learned Lord who occupies the woolsack, whence he would be hurled by the overthrow of the Cabinet of which he is a member. With reference to Lord Brougham, whatever admiration may be excited by his powers of oratory, his talents as a lawyer were never rated at a high value ; while Lord Campbell has been regarded by all parties as a lawyer par excellence. In the present case, however, we think the construction to be placed on the terms in dis pute is sufficiently obvious. Lord Campbell had "carefully read, and attentively considered, the several Acts under which the power exercised by the Secretary of State was claimed and defended ; and he hal no doubt that they did not confer the power of issuing a general war rant." Lord Denman, in the most decided language, expressed his concurrence in the interpretation of the law given by Lord Campbell. "He was of opinion that every letter which was opened in the Post-office, should be opened under the authority of an express warrant." The . .irsord Chancellor referred to the Act in support of his construction of the words the meaning of which was in dispute, but stopped short of the part of the clause which made against his argument. The principle of law, which requires that all penal statutes Shall be construed strictly, and not with a latitude of interpretation against the parties to be affected by them—the constitutional right placed in issue—the resemblance which the case bears to the case of " general warrants," in the celebrated case of Wilkes, whose person and papers were seized by virtue of a general warrant" issued by Lord Halifax as Secretary of State, the illegality of which was decided by an a ppeal to the constitutional tribunals of the coun try—whaistver view be taken of the question, whether as to the teruss of the statute, or by analogy, as supply ing illustration feote cases similar to that now in dis pute ; all tend to the acme conclusion, that the practice complained of is as unjusi;Riable in law as it is odious in the estimation of the public. That it must be abolished by special enactment, if not vote.'! by Parliament to be a positive infraction of existing lase, is now no longer doubtful. STANDARD.—As we anticipated, the Postesffice s afe is not likely to be let drop. Lord Radnor brought i t forward last night again in the House of Lords. There is an obvious reason for all this. Signor Mazaini in this way obtains nightly an advertisement as " a lite ran, person —an advertisement of which he apparently stands i n n eed, for We imagine that his contributions to literature , are as mu c h a secre t t o the rest of the world as they certainly are to ourselves ; and the grievance i moreover an excellent grievance, an d ono that will hear well, for it is impossible for the Ministers to e xplain it a w , y , without a gross v i o lation of duty, and uneXplainsu it must remain for ever odious. All the habits of thinking an d f ee li ng, w hich we form from our social experience, a re repug nant to the notion that it can b e ri g ht topry into private letters ; and even the cases which " the sa f e ty of the commonwealth, the sup law" sup reme ins been pleaded in excuse for violating the secrecy of private correspondence, have not been uniformly such as to reconcile us to the irregularity. Dr. Frank lin, the Dc puty-Postmaster of North America, not only stole but published private letters in 1773, for the pur pose of kindling war between the colonies and the mother country ; he pleaded the public good as his apology ; but he received a chastisement from the Solicitor-Gene ral Wedderburne, which few men would undergo for all the fame, whether as writer. politician, or discoverer, that attaches to the memory of the American philosopher. Again, some years ago the Whigs received, and published, and made use of—if they did not themselves actually steal—a letter of the late Chief Justice, Lord Norbury,- , employing it for the aid of the disaffected faction in Iceland, but of course pretending the public good. Now these abuses of confidence naturally enough make more hateful what our habits of private life cause us to detest, and therefore the grievance is one of the most promising kind. Still the difficulty remains. What is to be done ? Nobody ventures to say that, under no circumstances shall letters be opened in the Post-office ; and how are you to find the proper limits ? The law has left I it to time discretion of the Home Secretary to fix those - limits pro re nata, subject, of course, to the respensibi lity to which every act of a Minister is subject ' and we • do not see how, in this respect, th e l aw can b e improved upon. Lord Campbell, indeed, and Lord Denman, hold that the exercise of the discretion is hampered to the extent of requiring a particular warrant for each letter opened. We must always dispute any opinion of Lord Denman's with extreme diffidence, and, more particularly, a legal opinion, but we cannot assent to his Lordship's doctrine, which seems to us to involve a whole knot ofpractical contradictions. Let us, for example, sup pose, the case of an officer of the Post-office indicted for opening one of Signor Mazzini's letters. The officer pleads in his defence the act of Queen Anne, and a warrant, under the hand and seal of the Home Secretary, authorising him (the officer) to detain, open, and copy all letters addressed to the Signor. The clause in the Act of Anne, is not, as the Morning Chronicle to-day sagely ! remarks, a penal clause to be construed strictly ; it is, on the other hand, a remedial and enlarging clause ; and, therefore, entitled to the most liberal construc tion. Nobody knows this better than Lord Denman. Now, we ask his Lordship, would it be eon sistent with such liberal construction to reject the pled of the prisoner in the case supposed ? But we will put the case still more strongly against the Home Secre tary's right, and suppose that the warrant was directed to the detention and examination of a single letter to Mr. Mazzini ; still the officer would be safe in detaining all the letters addressed to that individual, because each might be the letter anticipated; and upon whatever letter he might be indicted the warrant would be a good defence, for the prisoner would be in a condition to say that that was the letter intended. Mr. Mazzini says that in the course of two or three months he received seventy letters, which would be, on the average of post days, three a day at the least. How could a warrant distinguish the letter suspected out of three ? We, alas, know those who sometimes receive twenty times, and even thirty times three letters in the day. Now suppose, ab sit omen, any of us, who give such work to the letter carriers, suspected of seditious practices. How could a warrant, applicable to a single letter only, afford the means of sifting our correspondence? The question of law was, however, too completel y disposed of by the arguments of Lord Brougham and the Chancellor to permit that we say more about it. The power exists legally in the Government, to the full extent to while Sir James Graham has exercised it, and probably it must continue to exist, if for no other reason, to deter men from using the Post-office as the vehicle of criminal correspondence. What the public has a right to claim is, that it shall not be wantonly exercised — exercised for any unworthy purpose—or exercised without using every precaution against injurious consequences either to the public or individuals. Now, it is not even insinuated that in Mazzini's case the power was exercised wantonly, or with any unworthy motive, and no injury to any human being can be traced to its exercise. How different the cases of Franklin's stolen letters, and of the Whig employment of Lord Norbury's stolen letter : there, breach of trust —breach of trust, too, without any sanction of legal authority—was used as the means of exciting sedition, fomenting public hatred, and calumniating individuals. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 28.) BloLAssEs.—This afternoon there was little business done in West India, and at public sale 110 puns of Trinidad Mo lasses were all taken at 25s per cwt for good quality. Cocos.—West India at former rates ; Trinidad were bought in at 42a per cwt for middling red. Foreign cannot be quoted lower. SPICES.—With Cassia Lignea the market has been better supplied this week. This afternoon 1,106 bags of Sumatra Pepper were offered at public sale ; sound, all taken in rather above the value, common quality at 2/d ; sea damaged, first class at 2/c1 to 2ad, second and third class 2/d to 2/d per lb. 40 cases bold Malabar Ginger went at 89s to 91s for good bold, being very full rates. RICE.—The operations in Bengal have been upon a large scale this week ; good white fetched 12s to 12s 6d, good mid dling lls to lls 6d, low middling yellowish white lOs 6d to its, small broken white lOs to lOs 6d, and sea damaged 8s 6d to lls 6d per cwt. Madras has been in better demand. Ordinary bold yellow Madagascar sold at 8s to Es fid, low white 8s 6d to 9s, and sea damaged 6s to 8s 6d per cwt. Java upon former terms. Cleaned Rice at 13s to 16s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt for Carolina. Rum, BRANDT, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum at very full rates ; good and fine qualities are most in request, fair quality 33 to 36 per cent 0 P at 3s 6d to 3s 9d, good 32 to 35 0 P 4s to 4s 6d, and fine 32 to 36 0 P 4s 9d to 5s per gallon. Leewards sold at 2s 2d to 2s 2/d proof strength, and good brown do 2s 3d per gallon. Demerara 3s to 3s 4d for good and: fine descriptions. Calcutta at Is ltd to is 11/d proof, with certificate ; the chief holders will not sell under 2s per gallon. Brandy is attracting but little attention, the prices being low ; we quote Cognac, best brands of the vintage of Isas, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d ; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s ld ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto 1841, hhds 5s ld, puns 4s Ild ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; mid to good mid of other brands 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 8d to 2s lld per gallon. Geneva for exportation at Is 9d to is 10d; and fine, fit for duty, is fetching 3s to 3s 4d per gallon. _ SAGO upon rather lower terms ; fine small white Pearl taken in at 20s to 23s per cwt. Sago Flour is in demand privately at 19s to 20s ; lOs 6d to 15s for sea damaged, and 6s 6d per cwt for ditto and repacked. Bermuda Arrowroot at lld to is ld ; St. Vincent's 50 to 103 d ; Jamaica 8d to 10d; other sorts West India ls to I s 2id ; East India 2id to 3d ; South Sea 2id ; East India Tamarinds very low, 15s to 17s per cwt. IsniGo.—Prices lower for East India. For Spanish there are still few purchasers, but holders are not pressing sales. OlLS.—Southern Oil fine quality at 321t0 33/, good 30/ 13s to 311155, and middling dark 301 to 3015 s per tun. Seal Oil, pale at. fiat to W lOs . anti some merchants will not sell under 361 per tun. Cod at 331 lOs to 34/ per tun. Sperm at 801 to 83/ 10s. Linseed Oil at 25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt on the spot. Rape Oil 38s to 38s 6d for pale, and 37s to 37s 6d per cwt t'or brown. In Cocoa Nut Oil little has been done. Palm fine is fetching 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. Olive is not much wanted. Gallipoli at 481 to 491; Spanish 47/ to 47/ lOs ; and Barbary 46/ per tun. This afternoon, Ceylon Cocoa Nut taken in at 30s ; Southern sold at 30/ lOs to 33/ lOs; Sea Elephant Oil, in bond for exportation, 2615 s to 271. TAuow.—For Russian Tallow on the spot prices are still on the advance; P Y Candle at 41s 3d to 41s 6d per cwt; for delivery in the last three months of the year at 42s 6d to 42s 9d. Town Tallow at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon New South Wales Tallow sold at 34s 6d to 11s 9d, Cape 44s to 455, Odessa 40s to 40s 6d, south American 34s to 41s per cwt. THE S If Loxpoitt SATItitPAY EVEPTINGs, letters had been opened, or whether this one gentleman had been injured. That gentleman complained that his letters had been continually opened for four consecutive months. That was the question on which he (the Earl of Radnor) grounded his motion for a Committee of Inquiry, as to whether this gentleman had been griev ously injured or not. His Noble and Learned Friend said that if the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment was informed by one foreign Minister abroad that a certain foreigner living in this country was a danger ous person, that person ought to be watched. He (the Earl of Radnor) said that a man ought only to be watched when he was supposed to be plotting against the realm of England. They were not to play the part of spies to foreign Governments. What excited his surprise was that although this proceeding with respect to this gen tleman had been going on for four months, and been the subject of debate twice in that House, and three times in the House of Commons, yet all the six Cabinet Ministers on the other side of the House haj not thought it their duty to inquire from the Secre tary or State of the Home Department—their colleague —into the circumstances. That was what he must say was most ex traorainary. He should endeavour—feeble an advocate as he knew himself to be—to see justice done in the case, and for this purpose he now begged leave to give notice that on Thursday next he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the subject. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, after the notice thus given, when the motion of the Noble Lord came on, it would of course be regularly debated. At that moment he would only say if the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department had issued a warrant with re spect to the letters of any person, he was authorised to say it had been done in the form usual in the office; and that the Right Hon. Gentleman had done no more than every Secretary of State had done since the days of Queen Anne.—(Ministerial cheers.) Lord KINNAIRD wished to ask the Noble Duke (Wellington) if there was any secret board at the Post office, to whom such letters, when ordered to be opened, were assigned? The Duke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord could not suppose he had any knowledge upon the sub ject; but if the Noble Lord would give notice of a ques tion on the subject, he (the Duke of Wellington) would endeavour to get such information as would enable him to answer it. The subject was then dropped. PUBLIC GRANARIES—CORN. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said he wished to oc cupy their Lordships' time for a very few minutes, in pointing out to them the expediency and sound policy of establishing public granaries of corn in various districts of the country, under the control of the Government. It was well known to their Lordships that, at a certain period of the year, when the great bulk of the corn grown was out of the hands of the farmers, that the market became under the control of a small number of men, and that these men could, and did, effect a great and serious rise in the article of wheat, by which they not only gathered a great individual profit on the home grown wheat in their possession, but realised also a fur ther larger profit by the import of great quantities of foreign corn. Now, in his (Lord Winchilsea's) opinion, if any measure could be arranged by which a fair quan tity of corn could always be ready at a fair price for the poor man, they would be conferring on the country a great public benefit. He had often contem plated, with feelings of intense anxiety, what the state of things would be in this country if there should be a failure in the harvest. And what man could say there would not be a bad harvest—nay, no harvest at all, for the produce of the land was in the hands of the Lord? And then, if they looked abroad, and found the same state of things to exist there as in this coun try, the consequences might be such as it was, indeed, awful to contemplate. The plan, then, he had to suggest was that a number of national public granaries say five or six—should be established, each to contain from 300,000 to 500,000 quarters, and that they should be situated in the most appropriate parts, such as Man chester, Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, or, in such parts as might, by competetent judges, be deemed most advisable. As to the agriculturists, he should say to them, so long as you can supply the market at say 555. the quarter, we will not interfere with you ; but, the moment wheat rose above that price, he proposed that Parliament should have the power to open the granaries, and so keep down the price to the sum agreed upon. For the purpose of supplying these granaries, he would allow to Parliament the power of buying corn abroad at the lowest price they could get it at. When he looked at the state of the manufacturing districts, and the vast increase of population, he was of opinion there should be an ample supply of food, at a fair and fixed rate, always at their command. He had exactly the same solicitude for the agricultural population, who equally merited the consideration of their Lordships. The great body of agriculturists never obtained the advantage of high prices. The price of corn was generally at the highest between the month of March and the commencement of harvest, at which time the corn was generally in the hands of speculators. Such a measure as he proposed would be of great benefit to the agricultural labourers, for the rate of wages was regulated by the price of corn. He said this, speaking from experience as a practical agri culturist. This measure would at all events secure one great benefit to the agricultural interest, namely, fixity of price. —(Cheers.) It would also, in a great degree, put an end to the agitation on the subject of the corn laws, which was at present producing such an injurious effect to the country, and during the course of which the gentry and aristocracy of England were held up to the hatred of the people as sordid persons, wishing to enrich themselves at the expense of the community. Ire had brought forward this question from no party feelings, and there were many persons, for whose opinion lie entertained the highest respect, who approved of his views on the subject, and he trusted that he should some day have the happiness of seeing this plan tried. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the speech of the Noble Lord a most important one, and if his high cha racter were not sufficient to acquit him of the charge of being actuated by party spirit in bringing forward this proposition, the calm and logical tone of his speech would at once negative such a supposition. It was quite true that the corn trade was in few hands. Some of those in whose hands it was were great capitalists some times, but there were others who were mere speculators trading upon the capital of others. It was true also that the increase of price benefited the speculator and not the agriculturist; but, why was this? The trade was open to any man—there was no license required to em bark in it. Why, therefore, was the trade in few hands? Because by their artificial laws, they made the trade in corn so gambling that no man of prudence would em bark in it.—(Hear, hear.) By the law the speculator had every inducement to withhold his wheat from the market at the time prices were rising, when it was most wanted—he had the double motive of profiting by a rise in price and a fall in duty—and when the price was raised so high that the duty fell to a shilling, then the market was at once glutted, and such would ever be the case under the sliding scale. —(Hear, hear.) He now came to the remedy which the Noble Earl proposed for these evils, and there was cer tainly no inconsistency in his proposition, and much might be said in favour of some remedy as long as they continued the sliding scale. If they had adhered tJ an unnatural system, they must apply an unnatural remedy to the evils arising out of it.—(Hear, hear.) But al though the Noble Earl might be logically right, yet he thought that practically he was wrong. The scheme was no novelty, and he would quote the opinion of Mr. Burke on the subject, from his tract en scarcity, which lie bad written at the desire of Mr. Pitt. Mr. Burke said that he feared some such measure had been proposed as the establishment of public granaries. If such a scheme were adopted, he should not like to answer for the safety of the granary, or of its agents, or ofthe town in which it was situated, in the first storm of popular phrenzy which fell on it. The construction of those granaries would be attended by an expense beyond cal culation, the purchase of grain would be enormous, and the loss by waste and corruption of the grain would be incalculable. He thought the arguments of the Noble Earl were some of the strongest arguments he had ever heard against the sliding scale. The Duke of RICHMOND, in opposing the views taken by the Noble Earl with respect to the establish ment of public granaries, said that it was not the sliding scale which caused fluctuations in price. It was the weather which caused fluctuations. The best way to pre vent a scarcity in this country was to keep a majority, such as that which had occurred in another place the other night, against a repeal of the corn-laws.—(Laughter.: The Earl of WINCHILSEA replied, and the subjec dropped. HAMB URGH MAIL. FROM THE DANUBE,JUNE 12.—Letters from the Prin cipalities on the Danube say, that extraordinary sensa tion has been created in the higher circles there by the intelligence said to have been received from St. Peters burg, that endeavours are making on the part of Russia to unite Servia, Wallachia, Moldavia, with- the adjacent Turkish provinces into a kingdom, under the supremacy of Turkey, and the protection of Russia. The report adds that the Duke of Leuchtenberg is destined to be the sovereign of this new kingdom, whereas, according to other accounts, Russia would leave the choice entirely to the Porte, and the great European powers. Some steps are said to have been already taken at Constanti nople to bring about this project, which is consideredfas the only means of relieving the Porte from the difficul ties with which it is surrounded on every side. It seems that some intimations have been made at Vienna, at least this is thought to explain the reports in circulation re specting the object of the Emperor of Russia's visit to the British capital. CUXHAVEN, JUNE 22.-250 bundles of twist, part of the cargo of the Manchester, have been brought on shore here, probably more will be saved. The sale by auction is fixed for the 26th. BUSUM, JUNE 24.—" The following goods from the Manchester have been brought ashore here by some shippers, and landed: under my directions, and taken charge of by the bailiff "364 parkets of twist,ll2 pieces of velvet, 55 pieces of calico, 10 packets of tull, 199 packets of twist, 59 packets of calico. " An almost equally large quantity will be' landed to morrow. There are also some ladies' clothes, linen dresses, collars, and stockings, the latter marked M.H.S. —(From a letter from Mr. Dutton, at Cuxhaven, to Mr. R. H. Sloman, at Hamburgh.) " With this letter, I received, likewise, the information that a dead body had been found in the neighbourhood. "R. M. SLOMAN." CUXHAVEN, JUNE 23.—At Hedewigenkoog, Busum, &c., a quantity of manufactured goods, and 2,000 bundles of twist, from the wreck of the Manchester, have been saved. _ _ PRAGUE, JUNE 10.—For some days past, several thousand workmen, in the cotton manufactories belong ing to the Jews in this city, who have reduced their wages beyond all moderation, are in a state of open tumult. They meet by night in the quarries, near Prague ; and in the day time, these men, infuriated by distress and misery, destroy the machinery in the manu factories. We have just returned from a walk outside the gates, where we saw that a whole regiment of soldiers had to march out to restore order. PRAGUE, JUNE 19.—Though the machinery in some manufactories was destroyed, the display of a sufficient military force, and earnest remonstrances, have suc ceeded in restoring order among the workmen, without being obliged to employ force. They have returned to their work, A strict inquiry is instituted by the judicial authorities into this deplorable circumstance, and the guilty will, doubtless, be punished as they deserve. LIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Jim 25. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ....... ........... ..._ll3 Bank Shareii.... 1675 Anglo-Russian Loan 1123{ Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO5 Inscription, Ist series Russian 5 per Cont. Mope and Co., 3d and 4th Series ........5.... 9834 Ditto in Certificates .. ••••-• • • ..... 91 New 4 per Cent. (1840) ...... 9O % 90 Dutch Actual Debt, 9% per Cent. .. ....... ..... 10% 60 Ditto 5 per Cent. •••••••••• ..... •••• Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Cent............ ..... 15% 8134 Spanish, New 5 per Cent 5............... ..... .... 18 ..... Polish 80nd5.... 000 ........... — New Tickets ... TY leilik S CAMPBELL.—The remains of this great poet will be interred in the Poets' Corner, in West minster Abbey, on Wednesday next, at half-past eleven The noblemen and gentlemen attend ing i the forenoon. funeral,as % mark of respect to his memory, will assemble at the Abbey at a quarter past eleven o'clock. The funeral procession will enter at the west door. The late poet, in his will, mentions two articles as the "jewels of his property?' These articles Midst of a silver bowl, presented to him by her 113, the students of Glasgow when he was Rector of that niversity, and a copy of the engraved portrait o f Q ueen V ictoria , with her Majesty's autograph to it , g iven to him Majesty, The crop of melons and pum pkins this year at Havering estate (Captain Walker's) has been estimated at seventy to eighty f, , ,, , ne. The pumpkins are of a very t fi t: sort, would not only keep i;:*,. 1 . 1 " lee t° ... E .# 11 ,-5,1n P i 7 a u per, found an adrorable article of sea stock.-21...._ : A. - -a Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of (Alma Hope, and also from the Governor of St. Helena, were received yesterday at the Colonial•office. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 28.1 The LOAD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL and the Earl of WINCHILSEA pre sented petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. IRISH MARRIAGES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLO R moved the second read ing this fill, intimating t hat he would take the of dis cussion on going, into Committee. The Archbishop of ARMAG e Select Co uste mmittee which h ad would be referred to t.`: H trd that theill been appointed upon the suu`jec_t of RD After a few words from the CHANCELLOR, r, lrish marriages. the Bill was read a second time, ant; mined on Friday next. Lord BROUGHAM presented a ordered Wbe petition cone- Paisley against the Dissenters' Chapels BilL SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the first reading of this Bill, and gave notice that he should move the second reading of the Bill on Monday. Tie Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed. OPENING LETTERS AT THE POST-OFFICE. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from Mr. Mazzini, complaining that his letters had been opened at the Post-office, and praying for inquiry. The Noble Earl said he should on Thursday call the attention of their Lordships to the subject of the petition, by moving for a Committee to inquire into it. He wished now to ask whether a warrant had been issued by the Secretary of State for opening Mr. Mazzini's letters ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said he was unable to answer the question. Lord BROUGHAM said the power of opening letters at the Post-office had existed since the time of Oliver Cromwell. A few nights ago it was stated that the practice was established in the reign of Queen Anne. After a few words from the Earl of RADNOR, Lord CAMPBELL said it was not intended by the original Act that letters should be secretly opened and sealed up again. —(Hear, hear.) The Act provided that evidencesuspiciouslettet :o r u s s . t h e o f u w b .eTheseized, and A Act a l so m might providedh t b e used a that a t s every warrant,let letter opened such detained,eoaree, from ones h o uolfd the be principalop ened under aSe cretaries of State. General warrants could not, there fore, be legal. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, if a warrant were issued to empower the Postmaster to open all letters of A. B. within a certain time, that was a warrant for each letter to be opened. The Act of Parliament would be quite nugatory, unless they put this construction upon it. Lord CAMPBELL did not find fault with the law, but with the manner in which the law was carried out. Lord BROUGHAM thought the gravamen of this case was that of opening the letters, and not the seal ing them up again and forwarding them. Lord DENMAN thought that, when this subject was brought fairly before their Lordships, they would see that it was not a question of antiquarian history, but a question affecting the liberty of every subject of the realm. He felt convinced that if it were not, that he would thereby overthrow a colleague—the Noble Duke himself (the Duke'of Wellington), who came down with a measure to modify that Act which gave the power of opening letters. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Campbell) had referred to the original Act ; perhaps he would read to them the words of the existing Act. Lord CAMPBELL said it provided that a warrant should be issued in each case when a letter was to be opened. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that to do that the Secretary of State would have to go to the Post-office, and put his finger on a letter, and say " Open this." Lord DENMAN thought there was another mode.— (Cheers.) They established a system of espionage at the Post- office. A spy might write to the Secretary of State, and say, " You will receive a letter from Ports mouth on such a day." He felt that the Secretary could not conveniently exercise this enormous power, unless he stopped every letter on a certain day. If the Act of Parliament was difficult to be carried into opera tion, so much the better. Such Acts ought to be difficult of being carried into operation. The circumstances of this particular case which had come to the knowledge of their Lordships made it most imperative on the Government to introduce some new measure, to render the law clear on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM observed that they were not bound to make intelligible every Act of Parlia ment ; but, for the last hundred and fifty years, by all Governments, this law had been acted on in one way, and now his Noble and Learned Friend came forward and suggested that the proper way to carry the law into execution was one which it was almost impossible to adopt. His Noble and Learned Friend assumed that they must have a spy who knew the handwriting, whereas all they knew was, that A. B. was plotting against the State. This reading of' the Act of Parliament would reduce it to insignificance, and he thought they were bound to place such a construction upon it, borne out as they were with the practical sense of the words, as would signify that a general warrant for opening all letters was sufficient to justify each indivi dual opening. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the words of the Act were that the Postmaster-General should swear that he would not open any letter or letters except by express warrant from the Secretary of State—that in cluded the plural as well as the singular. Lord CAMPBELL—That is not the enacting clause. The LORD CHANCELLOR—It was the oath the party took, and if there was any doubt about the con struction of the Act, they must go to the oath to exem plify it. It had been supposed that a Tory Government had brought forward this Act.-- (Cries of " No, no.") The words which had been left out in the Consolidation Act had been left out by the Whig Administration. Lord CAMPBELL had before declared that the Act had been introduced when he was Attorney-General, and he was responsible for the words of it. That Act had not altered the Act of Anne, which required a special warrant for every opening. The Act had passed originally in the time of Cromwell. Cromwell had heard that a letter written from the King to the Queen was to be brought in a saddle to the Blue Boar, Holborn. He had waited the arrival of the messenger, opened the letter, and found that instead of a blue ribbon he was to have a halter. The LORD CHANCELLOR had been taunted with using the words of the oath only. He would now read the enacting clause. The clause enacted that the Post master. General should not detain or delay any letter or letters except by express warrant in writing under the hands of a principal Secretary of State. Lord CAMPBELL—Read on. The LORD CHANCELLOR —" For every such opening."—(Tremendous Opposition cheers.) Every body knew that—(Renewed cheers and laughter)—but the point turned upon the word " letters."--(Cheers.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that a simple and unlearned man would imagine that a warrant was necessary for every day's opening at least. It was im possible that the matter could stop here.— (Cheers.) They had heard doctrines from his Noble and Learned Friend who spoke from the table, and who was then sitting on the woolsack (Lord Brougham) to which an Englishman could never submit. It was utterly im possible that the Secretary of State could issue a warrant for the general opening of letters except upon informa tion ; and if that were not good information he was guilty of an act of the most desperate tyranny, and which no Government could justify. The accusation against the Tory Government, as they so chose to desig nate themselves, was, that in the case which had been brought before their Lordships by petition they had caused the letters of a gentleman to be opened with no good reason for so doing, and therefore that accusation had been unjustifiably brought against a great public officer. If it was denied that these letters had been opened by authority there was an end of the matter; but if it was not denied, they must inquire whether the Postmaster-General had opened these letters under a general warrant, and if so, what reason tho Secretary of State had for issuing that warrant. Lord BROUGHAM said he had never been more grossly misrepresented in the whole course of his par liamentary life. His Noble Friend had said that this was the first time that he (Lord Brougham) had laid down the doctrine that the Secretary of State had any right to open letters without any information upon which to proceed. Now this was a gross misapprehension, to say the least of it. Every body must admit that the Se cretary of State must have general information. No Se cretary of State would be justified without information which would lead him to suspect a party—he was not to open a letter because he dreamt that somebody was sus pected. He must have information that the parties were engaged in treasonable transactions—transactions injurious to the tranquillity of the realm at home, and he might add as to the realms abroad. He did not mean to say that any foreign Minister should be allowed to come and say, " I suspect A. 8., therefore open his letters." But if a British Minister received information that a certain individual was engaged in dangerous and unlawful practices that that individual ought to be watched—that the peace and tranquillity of the country or the due administration of justice required that he should be watched carefully; he (Lord Brougham) said that the Secretary of State had a right, by the fair con struction of that Act, to issue his warrant, and that it was a gross absurdity to say that the Act would compel him to particularise each letter, inasmuch as in 999 cases out of every 1,000 it would be an impossibility. Mr. Fox did not do so, and he was a man who was not very much attached to general warrants, and who was well informed in the law. He (Lord Brougham) had read the signature of Mr. Fox to general warrants, call ing on the Postmaster-General to detain and open all letters of all foreign Ministers without any specification whatever, and also to open any letter of which he might thereafter give notice. A NOBLE LORD—In what year was that ? Lord BROUGHAM—In the year 1782. Mr. Fox, therefore, had exercised this power, and had issued a general warrant for opening the letters of all foreign Ministers, who were living under the especial protection of the Crown in this country. And how could these Saneral warrants be avoided i n such cases as these ? uppose a Postmaster receives two letters for the same man, on the same day, which would he take? It would be, of course, a matter of chance. But he (Lord Brougham) was really ashamed to trouble their Lord ships, by longer arguing on this untenable proposition. Suppose a warrant were issued to take up three men, who could say that that was not a warrant to take up each? The LORD CHANCELLOR—That was an express warrant. Lord BROUGHAM—Yes, that was an express war rant, so it was with 411 warrants issued for the opening of letters. The Earl of RADNOR said that his Noble and Learned Friend had not been discussing the merits of the petition before the House, but had rather entered into a Z.ZChnicsi agreement on the general question, and had not entered into the question as to whether any SUGAR DUTIES BILL. The Duke of WELLINGTON said the second read ing of this Bill would be moved on Monday, and he would then move that the Committee be negatived, and take the third reading on Tuesday, after the Law of Libel Bill. Sir G. CLERK and others brought up the Dissenters' Chapels Bill from the Commons. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed, and the report ordered to be received on Monday. PARISHES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord CAMPBELL thought there was no necessity for multiplying parishes in Scotland. He objected to this Bill on the ground of its being unjust to the tithe holder in Scotland. Under the 10th section of this Bill any trustee or tutor to a union could give away for tho site of a church a manse or glebe, provided these lands did not exceed four acres. Could there be a more un just interference with the rights of property than this ? The Earl of MINTO thought that when a division of a parish took place the two incoming ministers should be placed on the same footing with respect to each other. The Earl of DUNMORE supported the Bill. The Earl of HADDINGTON said that the principle of which the Noble Lord (Campbell) complained was not a new principle, but had frequently been introduced into former Bills. It was very essential to Scotland that this Bill should pass this session, for he believed it would go far to heal differences which had long existed. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the present Bill was an infringement of the rights of property, but still he thought a Bill of the kind was necessary. After a few words from the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be oommit ted on Friday next. The County Rates Bill was read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 2s. The SPJAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Brix ham against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. 2,fjor MACNAMARA presented a petition in favour of the Bill; • • . Mr. BROTHERTON also presented a petition f ft . your of the Bill from a place in Langaskire. Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Beale, is Derbyshire, against the Dill. JUNE 29, 1644. Col. VERNON presented four petitions against the Bill. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the Brighton Railway Company against the Bill relating to railways, which has lately been introduced. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the wood sawyers of Liverpool, praying for protection. Lord ADARE presented a petition from Somerset, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from the parish of Forest, in Guernsey, complaining of the proceedings in the Royal Court of Guernsey, and praying for inquiry. The Hon. Member gave notice that he should, on Tues day, move that this petition be printed, with a view to his founding a motion thereon. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from the opera tive wood sawyers of Manchester and Salford, praying for protection. Mr. BUCK presented seventeen petitions, praying for agricultural protection. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the Joint-stock Bank Regulation and Registration Bill be recommitted, for the purpose of introducing two alterations tending to relax the stringency of the provisions of the Act. He pro posed that the Registrar of Joint-stock Banks should not be obliged to satisfy himself of the legality of every a3t to which he attached his name ; another alteration went to prevent the auditors of these banks from taking part in their management. The House went into Committee, and the amendments were received. After a few words from Sir THOS. WILDE, Mr. GLADSTONE said they had arrived at a period of the session at which it was necessary that a great economy of the public time should be gradually effected; he should propose, that on Wednesday next the House do sit at 12 o'clock; he should try the experiment of the early sitting on the present Bill, which, he pro posed, should be recommitted on Wednesday next. — Agreed to. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES' REMEDY AT LAW AND EQUITY BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE moved that this Bill be recom mitted pro forma, for the purpose of stating an altera tion he intended to introduce, making the provisions of the Bill applicable to existing Companies generally. The House went into Committee, and the amendment was received. CANAL COMPANIES BILL. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill was read, for the purpose of postponing it till this day week. On the motion of the same lIoN. GENTLEMAN the Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill was posponed till Wednesday next. Mr. YOUNG presented petitions from the north of Ireland against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. OPENING LETTERS. Mr. T. DIINCOMBE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Camberwell and Walworth, complaining of the system of opening letters, which the petitioners considered interfered with the liberty of the subject and the freedom of thought and expression. They stated that it struck at the root of domestic intercourse, and they prayed the House to take immediate steps to repeal the clause in the Act of Parliament conferring this power, or such other steps as would pre vent the social intercourse of her Majesty's subjects from being placed at the mercy of any of her Majesty's Secretaries of State ; also petitions to the same effect from Carlisle. Somers-town, Lambeth, Dumfries, Not tingham, and Bethnal-green. DUTY ON IRON. Dr. BOWRING begged leave to put the question, of which he had given notice to the Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government, respecting the renewed intention of the Zollverein to place a higher duty upon British iron; and particu larly on pig iron. He had seen that communications had taken place between the different deputies and the States they represented, and that the concurrence of those States had been obtained to discuss this question. He did not understand that any peremptory instructions had been given to the delegates to insist on the rise of duty, but they were to assemble in September next, when this topic would be again introduced. rho question he wished to ask was, whether her Majesty's Government had taken any measures on the subject, or made any representations to prevent such a disastrous result from taking place ? Sir R. PEEL said that her Majesty's Government had not received any direct official information with regard to the steps to which the Hon. Gentleman re ferred, but private communications had been received which led them to believe that there was a strong desire to raise the duty on iron. Representations had been made by her Majesty's Government, giving their own sense of such policy, and it was stated to her Majesty's Government that there might be increase of duty for a certain limited time. It would be difficult to answer what might be the result of the assembly which would take place, for they had every reason to think that there would be a strong opposition to the measure. COL. STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he had received any direct account from Dr. Wolff respecting the f-te of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, and hr Nisbed to know whether her Majesty's Governme given any support to Dr. Wolff on his mission to Lokhara, and whether he went to that country with the sanction of her Majesty's Government ? Sir R. PEEL said that Dr. Wolff did not undertake his journey to Bokhara with the direct sanction of her Majesty's Government, because those means of working on the Governor of that country were very ineffectual ; but they told Dr. Wolff that, if he undertook the jour ney on his own responsibility, he would receive every assistance that her Majesty's Government could afford •, and they had an acknowledgment from Dr. Wolff, thanking her Majesty's Government for the assistance which he had received in his journey from British agents. Communications had been received from Dr. Wolff, and Col Shiel, her Majesty's represen tative at Teheran. The letter of Colonel Shiel was dated so recently as the 6th of May, and the letter of Dr. Wolff was dated the 12th of April, at which time he was within three days of Bokhara. The two officers were in prison at the time that this person made his communication to Colonel Sheil. The officers had been two years in prison, and he had not heard of any public execution. Colonel Sheil had stated to the Government in his communications that it was difficult to collect from the conflicting testimony whether the execution had taken place or not : it certainly had not taken place in public. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to ask how these officers had been employed by her Majesty's Government ? Sir R. PEEL said that Colonel Stoddart WA! pat ployed upon a mission to Khiva, and when that mission was extended to Bokhara he was allowed to avail him self of the services of Captain Conolly. THE IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Lord HOWICK begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man, the First Lord of the Treasury, what were the in tentions of the Government as to the Bill for amending the law with respect to the registration of votes in Ireland ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he did not think the Bill could be carried further than the second reading in the present session. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. B. COCHRANE said, before the House proceeded with the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, he wished to make a few observations with respect to the course adopted on Government nights with reference to the business of the House. The House had generally understood that the question of the poor-laws was to be brought forward that night. He did not want to annoy the Government, but there must be some reason for postponing the poor-law, and that reason, he had no hesitation in saying, was that the Bank Charter had not been sufficiently proceeded with last night. Now the postponement was a great inconvenience to Hon. Mem bers who had stayed in town for the purpose of attend ing the discussion. The question of the poor-law came on first in that House on the Bth of February. Week after week had been named for further pro ceeding with the measure, but nothing had been done in it yet, and they were exactly in the same situation now as they were before. He thought the Bank Charter Bill should be postponed, and the Poor-law Bill taken that night, after the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. It would be far more convenient if the Government would keep to the particular measures ap pointed for each evening. Sir R. PEEL had the greatest sympathy for the un fortunate Members who were kept away from the coun try.—(A laugh.) He was as anxious to get there as any one—(Hear, hear)—but Hon. Members should recollect that the members of her Majesty's Government had at tended that House, for some time past, each day from five o'clock till half-past one, upon the average. Their only desire had been to take that business that was most conducive to the public interest. With respect to some measures the Government had no dis cretion ; that was the case relative to the Sugar Duties Bill, which expired on the sth of next month, and lie would put it to Hon. Members whether the Bank Charter Bill was not a measure of great importance ; it was necessary that measure should be carried in order to put down commercial speculation. He thought it a measure quite as , important as the Poor-law Bill. He admitted there was great advantage in pro ceeding with the measures appointed for the day, but that could not always be done. It was much better to proceed with measures at once than to postpone them, for after an interval of four or five weeks they returned to the subject like giants re freshed, and the subject was debated over again. He and his colleagues sat there nine hours every night for the purpose of forwarding public business, and he thought it was most important to dispose of the Dis senters' Chapels Bill, the Sugar Duties Bill, and the Bank Charter Bill, before proceeding to other measures.—(Hear, hear.) He had given a rash pledge with regard to the Irish Registration Bill, in order to meet the convenience of Irish Members. He had found that pledge so inconvenient to redeem, that it would make him exceedingly cautious how he gave another. — (A laugh.) He admitted the claims of the Poor-law Amendment Bill to immediate attention. The Irish Re gistration Bill stood for Monday. The Bank Charter Bill had to go through Committee. The Dissenters' Cha pels Bill he hoped would be disposed of in two or three hours, and then they would be at liberty to fix a day for the Poor-law Bill. Lord HOWICK agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet in opinion that the B an k Charter Bill, the Sugar D ut i es Bill, and the Dissenters' Chapels Bill ought to have pre cedence of other measures, but he would suggest to him whether in order to expedite that happy release to which they all looked forward—the end of the session—as he haainfornied them that the discussion of the Irish Regis tration could lead to no useful result, he would suggest the propriety of discharging the order for the iecona read ng of the Bill. If it Pacr been Intehded to persevere witlt the' Rip; he Should have attended to give his reasons for his vote, but asthe discussion cou ld l ea d to no useful result he should not like the trouble to take a part in it. By persevering in We court', Which he had laid down the Right Hon. Baronet could only give rise to a long, angry, and useless debate, which would most probably be adjourned. By discharging the order he would be enabled at once to proceed with public business, and he doubted not but that the Irish Members would be perfectly satisfied with the Right Honourable Baronet giving up the Bill, and would release him from his pledge and thus spare the House a vain and fruitless discussion. This would enable the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) sooner to meet the wishes of the Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Cochrane), and it would also enable him sooner to fulfil the expectations of the country with respect to many measures then pending. Mr. M. O'CONNELL said it had never occurred to him that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) would have put him in the situation of returning thanks to him; but he certainly felt called upon to do so after what had fallen from him with respect to the Irish Registration of Voters Bill ; and most happy should he be to renew and add to his thanks, if the Right Hon. Baronet would give the same assurance of delay with the Irish Munici pal Registration Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said they had brought forward the Irish Registration Bill with the full intention of passing it into a law. It should be recollected that it was at the urgent request of Hon. Gentlemen on the Opposition side of the House that he had postponed the second reading of it.—(Ministerial cheers.) He still adhered fully , and entirely to the principle of that Bill—(Hear, hear)—but in the present state of public business, and seeing that, even if the Bill were carried into a law, it would not affect the present year's registration, he saw no use in unnecessarily pressing it beyond a second reading. At the same time, he thought a discussion of its principle—and he saw no reason whatever why it should be an angry one—would be very desirable. Such discussion could not be other sise than advantageous to the Government, and might the better enable the country to form an opinion upon it. As to the discussion being of an angry and acrimonious character, that, of course, rested with the Noble Lord himself (Lord Howick). Mr. ROEBUCK said the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) had forgotten one thing in his category— a Bill called the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill.—(Laughter.) He should wish to know whether the Government in tended to abandon that measure also? Sir R. PEEL said he could not answer then as to all these Bills separately ' • the Noble Lord opp os it e h a d suggested that he (Si r R. Peel) should state what mea sures the Government had a prospect of carrying, and w hat measures they did not expect to pass into laws. He did not at the time comply with the Noble Lord's request, but on an early day in the next week he should be pre. pared to state what Bills would be proceeded with, and what abandoned. Mr. ESCOTT said it was very desirable, if it suited the convenience of the Government, that the Ecclesias tical Courts Bill should be one of the measures to be post poned for another session. It was certainly not one that could be brought to any satisfactory settlement. Lord J. RUSSELL said there was another measure— (Laughter)-- the County Courts Bill, which he under stood from the Right Hon. Baronet had been deferred, in consequence of a measure being under consideration in the House of Lords, for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, which it was supposed would materially alter the provisions of the County Courts Bill. At that time it appeared the Government highly approved of the measure brought in by Lord Cottenham, but since then other circumstances had occurred. He (Lord J. Rus sell) understood that this Bill and another were referred to a Select Committee of the House of Lords, where it would probably remain for the remainder of the session. He should be glad to know what the views of the Go vernment were with respect to this measure, and whether it had changed its views since the former answer was given ? Mr. P. BORTHWICK complained of the postpone ment of the Poor-law Bill on several occasions for two years past. He hoped that if brought forward, reason. able time would be afforded Hon. Members for discuss ing it. Sir J. GRAHAM said that on an early day next week he would fix those measures, which it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to press, and the order in which they were to come on. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman and the House that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to press forward the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and to take the earliest opportunity for that purpose. Had the Dissen ters' Chapels Bill been read a third time last night, he would have brought on the Poor-law Amendment Bill that night, but more inconvenience would result from not proceeding with the Dissenters' Chapels Bill than from postponing the Poor-law Bill. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. On the motion for the reading of the order of the day for the third reading of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, Mr. COLQUHOUN said that, notwithstanding all the talent which had been ranged in favour of the Bill in that House, the feeling against it out of doors was still as strong as ever. The Dissenters entertained no hos tile feeling against the Unitarians. This Bill was in part wholly unnecessary, and, where necessary, it would lead to great practical injustice. It was said that a great many lawsuits would be the consequence if the Bill did not pass. He did not believe that would be the case, for the common sense of the parties would prevent that. He denied that the grievances of the class of Dissenters who would be relieved by this Bill were so great as to justify so great an alteration of the law. The Bill broke in upon the wholesome principle by which the Legislature had hitherto protected trust pro perty. His Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State interfere with the Home Department pr o p ose d a Bill t o with charitable trusts. That Bill was objected to, and did not pass. In his opinion the question ought to be left to the Courts of Law, and ought not to be inter fered with by the Legislature. The Bill, in his opinion, introduced a dangerous principle with respect to trust property, and he should therefore move that it be read a third time that day six months. Sir R. INGLIS seconded the motion. He retained the same opinions now as he did when the Bill was read a second time. The Bill had been altered in Commis tee, and en recommittal, and on the bringing up of the report, but he believed its substantial character remained unaltered. The second clause of the Bill, which was the vital one, remained unaltered. It still guaranteed per petual possession, requiring nothing more from the par ties than that they should have been in possession with or without the consent of the founders. He could assure the House that the measure was regarded with deep ap prehension and pain, he might Almost have said of horror, by the great mass of people out of doors. He had never treated the question as a religious one, he looked on it simply as a matter of property. But the whole question had been so completely exhauesed by the discussion, and the pamphlets that had 'eeu sc — tten upon it, that he should not detain the :louse f but simply con clude by seconding coe amendme, Lord ELIOT co , iid assure hir. Friend, that if he had any bias on 7':-" e "question at a ,t was rather unfa vourable to the - Oasure than °there ;9e. He thought it would be impc,4sible to distinguish between those cases where trusts had been founded originally by Unitarians, and those wheile, from the lapse of tine, the Unitarian doctrine camel - 6'lse taught. Looking to all the circum stances, he thought it was but an act of justice that the Bill should pass. Sir THOS. WILDE said that at first he held an opi• nion adverse to the Bill, and having been waited on by several persons interested in the Bill, he gave it consi derable attention, and the conclusion he came to was, that it was a Bill to prevent the confiscation of property.— (Hear, hear.) Considerable misrepresentation prevailed with regard to it. The Honourable Gentleman opposite him had certainly mistaken the law as applicable to trusts. The principal object of the Bill was to extend to the trustees of chapels the same protection which was al lowed by the law to all other trustees. In the case of Lady Hewley's trust there had been expended upwards of 30,000 L, and yet a new suit was about to be instituted. The Bill was to be opposed, not by the persons interested, but by those who would absorb the whole fund in costs of law.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill would have no other effect than preventing the future misapplication of the funds of any charity. He (Sir I'. Wilde) had entered into the investigation with a strong impression against the Bill, but since he had considered it fully, he had felt it to be his duty to support the measure.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Member had charged him with having undertaken to lead the Opposition to this measure in that House. He had done no such thing.— (Hear, hear.) What he really did do was this. A de putation waited upon him, he discussed the Bill with them, and his impression was adverse to the measure. The Hon. Gentleman said that he (Sir T, Wilde) had had their papers. He had had no such thing ; but he had asked the Right Hon. Baronet for more time to consider the Bill, and he, with his usual courtesy, had granted it. The statement of the Hon. and Learned Member regarding his (Sir T. Wilde's) having been en gaged by any party out of the House to oppose the Bill was wholly without foundation. He had not been even asked to do so, nor to take any other part than as an individual Member of Parliament. He had been, it was true, originally opposed to the Bill, but had subsequently changed his mind on the subject, and intimated to several of his Hon. Friends such change of opinion, and, fur ther, that he meant to state his reasons for the change in Parliament. He must now say that he thought the Bill was a good one, and that the Government had acted wisely in introducing it to the House. His constituents were, it was true, opposed to it, and were anxious that their representatives should oppose it; but, convinced as he was of its utility, he felt it his painful duty to act contrary to their wishes. Mr. SHAW explained, and repeated the expressions he really had used regarding the lion. and Learned Member for Worcester. He had especially guarded his expressions against any personal censure upon that Hon. and Learned Member; he had even said on the occasion that he imputed no blame whatever to him. He had upon that discussion inaccurately stated that an emi nent member of the Synod of Ulster, Dr. Montgomery, had subscribed to the Trinitarian form of faith. lie had been since informed by that eminent individual that such was not the case. Regarding the Bill itself he en tertained the same opinions as formerly, and would oppose the third reading. Strangers were then ordered to withdrawn, and the House divided, when there appeared-- For the third reading Against it Majority for the third reading —l2o The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheering. NEW WRIT. A new writ was moved and ordered for Limerick, in the room of Sir D. Roche, Bart., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BANN, CHARTER BILL. The Hose then went into Committee on the Bank Charier Bill. Clauses 7,8, 9, 10, and 11 were agreed to. On clause 12 being put, Colonel SIBTIIOItP asked the question of which he had given notice, as to the difference of the actual amount of circulation by extending the issue of notes by too priyat:a and Joint-stock banking oompaniaa to the average of the last four years, instead of limiting It the last three months. Sir R. PEEL said it was impossible to take the so ) rage so as to suit every case. The period taken 015 that which involved the least risk of disturbing any 1 :d terest. The longer th e p er i o d over w hi c h t h ey e xtend the average, the more numerous wou ld b e t h e cas es h r s, would require spe c i a l c l auses . Th e country b an k s our to set the diminution of competition, he was proearil for them, against the restriction he was imposing respect to the average. Mr. P. M. STEWART read the clause which is l g r prevent banks o f s i x p artners f rom i ssuing no t e s after the number of pa r t ners s h a ll excee d s i x, an d move" anamendment to the end of the clause, " provided alio,' that it shall be lawful forany banking company to ttsf o fer its business t o an y ot h er banking comjian4wb shall thereupon b e en titl e d to a dd t h e circulation of bank to the previous amount of its own circulation- Sir R. PEEL said it was th e i ntent i on o f t h e Gover.a, . ment to respect e x i s ti ng i nterests, and to protec t estsu lishments in th e p r i v il eges t h ey en j oyed ; but i t was cent tainly not their i n t en ti on t o perm i t them to hawk auuti/lia those privileges in the market. He knew that he not prevent the addition of partners in private 1 38 , : ; d up to the number o f s i x , an d h e h ad t h erefore n ot trie d to to do so; but he wished private banks and banks to adhere to their respective characters. The 1 1 °. 0 Gentleman proposed—it was as well to use P l ll B language —to allow the joint-stock banks to buy 1113 . t t to privilege of issue from the private banks, and to ad 1 , - .A their own circulation. But several joint-stock banks "'", an immense number of branches, with expensive b u t chinery, which were carried on not with advantag e s , from a desire to mon o p o li se th e b us i ness o f seve ral "1 tricts. He had no o bj ec ti on to see new j oint - stoc k 100,9 established under b e tt er regulations, whi c h should o°4 on their circulati on i n B an k of England notes. 13u he r, must refuse to adopt th e suggest i on o f t h e Hon. Melnk-ita and he hoped the co un t r y b an k ers wou l d stand " in resisting this attempt to swallow up their busines s ,' e Mr. DARBY said th e country b an k s too k t he view of the subject as the Right Hon. Baronet. gos. Mr. HAVES said that the object of the Right Gentleman was to bring Bank of England notes int ° Ile culation, and ultimately to have one bank of, issue• li g did not think that was a desirable thing. He till, e they were doing great injustice in under -estimating stability and utility of country banks. 0 -00 Mr. DARBY thou g ht th at th e Bill wou ld give tbe security to country b an k s , an d h e b e li eve d t h a t was "at opinion of the co un t r y b an k ers t h emselves. H e did f see why the Bill sh ou ld p u t au en d to t h e c i rcu latioU; country banks unless they found it rather for their vantage to circulate Bank of England paper. ore Mr. WILLIAMS th oug ht th e great va l ue o f t h e mesi tea was, that a greater a moun t of gold would be citeu,lbe than at present, and th a t the paper circulation wou ld diminished, the unsteadiness thereby created would by lessened. The Right Hon. Gentleman was supPort ed a e the country and the House in regard to this teas and the fewer concessions he made the better. Mr. M. PHILIPS thought the tendency of this O 101; sure was decidedly good. He considered the coneill o s to which the Hon. Member fbr Lambeth jumped' tos there was to be ultimately one bank of issue, va s hasty. ad d Mr. P. M. STEWART sa id t h at h e h ope d they would never approach ne a r er t o one b an k o f i ssue than 4 would under the pr esen t Bill, w hi c h h e w i s h e d we; of though he thought it was dangerous. Ile would press his amendment to a division. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the - was agreed to. Clause 12 was agreed to. Clause 13 was agreed to. On clause 14 being proposed, and Mr. P. HOWARD (on behalf of Mr. P. Tape r ' n ge in his absenc e ) move d, i n li ne 1 of clause 14, to exP e ; t l the words " Provided always," and to insert at L th e - 0 11 of line 16 of cl ause 14:--" Provided always, t t a. tOr special circumstan ces ar i s i ng out o f suc h cent' .i. of agreement be explained to such Commissienerss to Stamps and Taxes by one o f t h e contracting er.„tie,nis. suoh contract or agreem en t ; an d t h at t h e sa id LAM" I t o sioners of Stamps and Taxes shall have power t ?„ - f icl' such special circumst ances i n t o t h e i r cons id era tion i' eo s. jesting the average under such contract or agr ee :loss And be it enacted, th a t w ith a v i ew to pre" - n o" s' to the working classes, that from and after the f ing of this Act, the Governor and CompaNY Bank of England, at their bank, or branch bank 0f sol e' shall take, as of th e va l ue o f twenty shillings, alle;o-ve' reigns, and as of the value of ten shillings, all reigns tendered to them, which equally balance ' n scales, notwithstandi ng th e same may no t turn tb e or of lance ; and that any l oss ar i s i ng to t h e sa id Goverri,ldot and Company of th e B an k o f E ng l an d f rom the r "e t c' of such sovereigns o r h a lf sovere i gns, s h a ll be tetfresse from the profit arisin g t o th e pu bli c f rom any " — swig, of the issues of the Governor and Company of the bO, of England, before such profit be paid over to the Pl a de' Sir R. PEEL oppos e d th e mo ti on . He 311 ° 11 ' the cidedly object to any su c h p ower b e i ng given tf me d Commissioners of Stamp s a n d T axes , as that pror" in the amendment. a W . After a few words from Colonel SIBTBORP an d rill W. WILLIAms, the amendment was withdrawn, ap clause agreed to. Clause 15 was agreed to without discussion. )f. On clause 16, in r e ply t o a quest i on f ro m gr.` , STEWART, Sir R. PEEL said no clause in the Bill, exeeP t , R i l s• 10th, would apply t o S co tl an d ; b ut h e rese rved to e to self the right o f b r i ng i ng i n a Bill at a f utu re ti l l s 'o4 extend the operation o f th e Bill b ot h to S c otian" Ireland. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses to 19 inclusive were then agreed to. On clause 20 being proposed, P trsi I Mr. S. WORTLEY sugges t e d th a t so me re s should be imposed upon the joint-stock banks. , sur gf Sir R. PEEL said th a t th e o bj ect was to eV' fair competition in respect to banking. The clause was then agreed to. ° The remaining claus e s o f th e Bill were then agre ed as were also the schedules. clot° Mr. BARNARD proposed that the followieg,„,ibe r should be a dd e d t o t h e Bill :—" An d b e it . `"t; the enacted, that it shall b e l aw f u l , w i t h t h e co nsent 0 f the Queen in Council, f or th e G overnor an d Directors of Bank of England, in their banking department , fr,g, ill ossc i to time, to withdraw and exchange Bank of '. - I Ted er notes of 5/. and upwards for Bank of England not 0 , 4 11 ; 5/., to an amount not exceeding two millions, to 60' drawn and re-exchanged within one year fromfr 0 0 . , exchange, any law to th e con t rary no twithstanalin . Sir R. PEEL obje c t e d t o t h e clause, which /"- mately withdrawn. ;II a/O rr The preamble w a s th en agree d to , an d the Bill ported to the House amid much cheering. 19 or Mr. COLLETT wi s h e d t o k now w h e ther ebit l '" plied to banks in Lond on ? i Sir R. PEEL—C er t a i n l y . H e did n ot se° h e i rtl lle: public should n o t k now w h o were t h e responsible in banks in London as well as the country. The Education Bill went through C om mittee__,„. c The Charitable Loans S oc i e ti es (Ireland) 331 7ted through Committee, and was ordered Itvoebsnten:rerirelesli: Monday next. The Protection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bi n W° a second time. ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH' tat Ca On the motion of Sir C. BURRELL s ° e ''` - plie° mitte was appointed to consider of aid to be sPten the the repairs of St. Margaret's Church, Committee to consist of Sir Charles Howard, Lord Seymour, Mr. D'Eyncourt, 141,,del Stuart, Mr. Jervis, Mr. Hindloy, Earl of -Ar e- Cob:Op Surrey, Mr. Blackburne, Viscount Ushf e 'gr. stjt Rushbrooke, Mr. William Fielden, Mr. rac'e' i&fo rete r ford O'Brien, an d C o l one l F ox . m of Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved for e Il o ber er the years 1841, 1842, an d 1843, o f th o Ntisr n 'a. persons sentenced to transport a ti o n by Cour ts in Irell o a Sessions or General Sessions of the Peac e o eed , • tit date of the Session, name of the person sen t ! rtst. l° , 4 , the offence charged, and the term the number of persons left in custody after 01 %, we a l to o f trael e msis during the above period, who were after p ors ..n d Sessions ; the number of persons who have e t t oled take their trial at the Assizes, who have bees been afterwards tried at the Sessions. 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