The Sun. — London, England, 1836-04-13 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. The Duke of Cumberland is sure to be known by every stranger of ordinary observation before the latter has been an hour in the House. No person ever entered the gal lery, when his Royal. Highness was in the House, without, as soon as he had collected his senses, scattered by the no velty of the place and the circumstances by which he found himself surrounded—putting the question to the individual next him, " Who is that Nobleman with large whiskers and mustachios ?" pointing at the same time to the Duke of Cumberland. Not only are his Royal Highness's whiskers and mustachios of unusually large dimensions, but their milk-white appearance could not fail to make them, were they much smaller, attract the eye of every stranger. Then there is the ample harvest of hair " silvered o'er by age," which his head always exhibits. But independently of all these peculiarities in the personal appearance of the Duke, there is something so singular—l do not like to use another word lest it might be deemed invidious--something so much out of the usual class, if one may use such phraseology, of human faces, that a stranger's eye must necessarily alight on his out of two or three hundred others. It is one of that class of countenances which makes so deep and permanent im pression on you, that you can, with the greatest ease, call it up in all its individuality before your own mind's eye, but which you find to be difficult, if not impossible, to place vividly before the eye of another. His brow is ample enough, and has something of an intellectual expression ; but his eyebrows protrude, and are made more remarkable by his large prominent eyelashes. His eyes are small but quick, with a somewhat unpleasant expression about them. When he knits his brow, and contracts the other features of his face, which he sometimes does in a manner peculiar to himself, his eyes are almost buried in his head. His fea tures, generally, are strongly marked, and have the reverse of a prepossessing appearance. His complexion has some thing sallow about it. There are wrinkles in his face, which is of a round form, but they are only few in number, and not very deep or broad in one who has attained the sixty fifth year of his age. His height is above the usual size, and his figure may be said to be handsome. His counte nance has nothing of the glow of health in it, but his body seems strong and compact. He dresses with much simpli city—be is never foppish. A plain brown coat, light vest, light small clothes, and a white hat, is the kind of attire to which he seems most partial. The Duke of Cumberland is no speaker. I use the word in an emphatic sense ; for he has no voice, in the ordinary acceptation of the term. He emits certain sounds, it is true, but they are altogether unlike tl , e ordinary tones of the human voice. The words which proceed from his mouth have a sort of yelping or growling sound, and are generally so imperfectly pronounced, or in so low a tone, as to render it an altogether hopeless task for any one not im mediately beside him to perceive what he is saying, how ever great may be the attention paid to him. Whether or not this singularly imperfect enunciation be the effect of any physical cause, is a question on which I am unable to express an opinion. He speaks seldom, and generally not more than about half a dozen sentences at a time. The longest speech I ever beard him deliver—if the few sentences uttered in so short a period should be digni fied by the name of speech—did not occupy more than five minutes in the delivery. When addressing. the House, his manner is most mild and conciliatory. No one, who did not know him, would ever suppose, from his manner, that he could be sr, ultra in his Toryism, or so zealously at tached to his opinions. He stands quite motionless : there is no emphasis in his voice, nor the slightest appearance of warmth about him. He looks a perfect model of political moderation. He never, or at least but seldom, and even then only under very peculiar circumstances, ap plies a harsh or offensive epithet to his opponents. There is no man in the House who causes him a fiftieth part of the annoyance that Lord Brougham does, and yet he will allud from time to time, with the greatest apparent good nature, to certain observations of the Noble Lord. Ney, in a day or two after Lord Brougham, in one of his furious attar.ks on him, had called him " the Illustrious by cour tesy," I saw his Royal Highness lean across the table and converse for some time with his Lordship with as much apparent kindness and cordiality of feelings as if nothing h:id happened. What are tile real feelings with which he regards Lord Brougham are well known to his Royal Highness's friends. He is an excellent politician, however, in so far as external conduct is concerned ; it suits his pur pose to appear to feel as little as possible under the at- tacks of his opponents ; and he sustains the assumed (I:I - Terence remarkably well.—Random I?ccolleciions of the Howe of Lords. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEuns.—We have nothing new to report of the state of our cloth markets this week, the demand for goods at both hall;' fully keeping pace with the supply, more particularly in low and middle qualities ; a steady good demand also continues in the warehouses. lIITT,DERSFIELD, APRIL s.—This market passed off en. eouragi ugly, the demand being greater than the supply, and some of the fabrics were sold at advanced prices. BRADFORD, APRIL 7.—The report of the piece market which we gave last week was so full, and applies so exactly to the state of trade to-day, that it would be a mere waste y 1 words to attempt to vary it. Business is quite firm, and goods are readily disposad of. The state of the yarn market for several weeks past has been such that we have found it difficult to obtain specific information on the subject. The .demand has been so great, that in some instances the spin uers have been obliged to decline orders urged upon them ; mnder such circumstances it is not surprising that prices have progressively advanced with almost unexampled ra pidity. It appears the spinners are still unable to meet the demand ; and we understand some of the manufficturers state to-day that they cannot obtain yarn except at an .advanced price, which will oblige them to ask a further advance on six-quarter wide merinos. Compared with the state of the wool trade a short time ago, but little busi ness has been done this week. An indisposition to purchase prevails generally among spinners. No alteration has taken place this last fortnight or three weeks. Super hogs con tinuci scarce. WAKEFIELD, APRIL B.—Since our last week's report sales have not been on so extensive a scale as for several previ xis weeks. Prices remain unaltered. We noticed a turn-out amongst the workmen in the blanket trade last week, and most of the manufacturers having fallen in to the dvarice, and taken their hands on again, we may expect mare doing in wool adapted to that trade. A. POOLE LIBERAL.—A certain Gentleman (a Liberal--[This man is a Tory in disguise, who the better to carry em his swindling projects assumes the name of a party that xvpuld repudiate any connexion with a person capable of conduct such as is described]—canvassing for the office of Guardian in one of the suburban parishes of Poole, lately called on a Mr. 8., a livery-stable keeper, when the following dialogue, or words to the same effect, ensued—" Mr. 8., I've called to solicit your vote—l am offering myself for the office of Guardian— I hope you will—oh ! by the bye, Mr. 8., what would you charge for a hearse to go down into Devonshire ?" " When do you want it, Sir ?"—" Why, I don't—l don't ex actly know ; but my poor mother, poor old soul, can't live long--she's going fast l"—" I suppose about a guinea a day, Sir, if you can lend us your horse."—" Well, but Mr. B. you will give me your vote ?" Suffice to say, that although as sailed by so able a diplomatist, Mr. B. was un-" liberal" enough to refuse ; and the poor candidate afflicted with the prospect of losing both his " poor old soul," and the election to boot, walked off, frowning at fate, to plead his suit in another quarter. It will scarcely be believed, that this very identical gentleman, and most affectionate son, not less than a year and a-half ago, made the very same pathetic appeal to a well-known inn keeper in Poole ; and then stated that his mother " pour old soul," could not live long t It was intended then, however, that the defunct lady should travel in a post-chaise I—Salis bury Guardian. A few days ago an inquest was held at the Goat in Boots, Little Chelsea, before Mr. Stirling, on view of the body of a servant girl (in the employ of Mrs. Haverton, a lady residing in that neighbourhood), who had committed sui cide by suspending herself to a bed-post. It appeared from the evidence that she had broken a valuable china vase, the property of her mistress, who was from home at the time ; and it is conjectured that, dreading the consequences, and not having the means of replacing it, she destroyed herself. She was discovered hanging by a policeman, passing at the time, who, it seems, possessing more timidity than wit, instead of instantly giving the alarm, hastened to a surgeon for assist ance, but ere they had time to reach the room the young woman was dead. The Jury returned a verdict of " Tempo rary in3anity." NEW YORK.—THE BURNT DISTRICT.—Up wards of two hundred buildings are now rising from the ashes of the great conflagration, and every fair day adds some ten or .a dozen to the list. Many of them have their cellar walls up ; some the first story walls and granite , fronts ; some the timber of the second floor, &c. The district resembles for 'activity the surface of an ant-hill on a summer's day, As soon as in ch istry can accomplish it, all the destroyed stca'es will be re ply and with edifices far more beautiful an d convenient than the old ones. The streets will be much better, and on the whole we have no doubt that business will be more firmly fastened to this section of the city than it would have been if the fire have never occurred. —New York Jon rnal of Commerce. We learn from the proceedings in the Town Con.ncil cn Wednesday that Pownall-square- Alarlict is to be revived. It. was reported that proceedings 4regard to are go,ng on with th e Endowment Job. Instructions consideration given to the Improve mc .nt Committee to take into thir the subject of adiAitting the public to witness the proceedings of the Conn cil.. Liverpool Chronicle. At Arras,on-Lll4Bl inst., two children, brother at d slate r -were piagiulevir;the.Yatopsurts, when a sudden gust o f wind u .i s igg whilst they: lierk tc :ning, it carried them over, and th, 7 fell into the - fortlfiele at the depth o f sixty feet , bel ow . The girl diedn. - few hol,Pkafter, but hopes are enter tained of • the recovery of the boy,.,although he is seriously injured. ~i•s PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. ~ LONDON,e TUESDAY, APRIL 12. " ;Cumber Dividend Price. of per CANALS. per t- Sh a res. Annum. Paid. Share. _,760 61 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97E. 18s. sh. 162 1,482 61. Ashby-de.ile-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 5/. Brecknoes: and Abergavenny 150( A. 90 4,00015 h. 121. 10s, Birmingham, 1-16th share l7l. 10s. 4,000 ......... Ditto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 3i 600 ••• Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 400 5/ Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 7 500 421. Coventry 1001. sh. 4,516 .. .. ... Croydon ........ ....... Average 31/. 2s 10d. sh. 1 2,0601 . 3/.,_ 10s. Dudley lOO/. sh. 600 - 61. Derby 1001. sh. 20,000 3,5751 231 43/. Erewash 1001. sh. 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. sh. 1,500 124 Grand June' -- ..-___ _... 00/. sh. ?,849i Grand Union 100!. sh. 1,521 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. 10,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 3,096 600 131. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 749 10t. Grantham 1501. sh. 6,238 14 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. Os. 6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 5,328 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.85. 10d. sh. 2,897 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 515 121. Leicester llO4 sh. 997 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83/. 10s. 2,409 91. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 250 9/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 3,000 247 151. Neath 100/. sh. 1,786 32/. Oxford 100/• sh. 522 '2l. Oakham 1301. sh. 2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 11,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 5,669 5/. per cent. Rochdale Average 8.5!. sh. 500 84 Shropshire /2.5/. sh. 800 10/. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 45,000/. 61 per cent. to Lock Fund Stock 1114 10s. sh. 700 361. Stafford and Worcester O/ sh. 500 114 Shrewsbury 123/. sh. 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. 90. sh. 533 134 Swansea .... 1001. sh. 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 351. sh. 2,601)1 sn. 324 Ios. Trent and Mersey, + share 1001. sh. 8,1449 ......... Thames and Medway...Aver. 191. ss. &I. sh. 1,000811.1 i 51. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh 1,000.-ish. j ' 980 12t. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 3/. lOs Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7B4 Si. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts and Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 61, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 190 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/. so. DOCKS. 2 ' 6°4384 I 3 C C om mercial -"' p. c. om Chu 1001. sh. 1,44i745h 495,6678/. 4 per cent. East India Stock 3,e03:3,31.01/. 50s. p. ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds ,2,80,000/. 5/. per ct. West India 2,209 31. 6s. 4d. Bristol Average 147/. 19s. sh. 68,334/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,3,52,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,0110 4-I,i per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tbr 10 years Shoreham Harbour Deptford Pier 9 0/. sh. 3!. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 11. Hammersmith 5O/. sh. 7,1 Southwark, Old ...... ...... Av. 03/. Os Sd. sh. 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 5,000 I/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 60,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 6,000 IL Vauxhall Av ' , rage 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. '2,000 3/ lOs Albion 500/. sh. 57/ pd 59,000 r 5 per cent./ Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1 and ss. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 24,1100 81 per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 5!. pa 1,200 ;sh. 4/. Birmingham Ilirc 2704 oh. 551. pd 20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. Pd 12,1100 61. per cent. British Commercial ' 54, sb. Si. pd 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Medical,&c. Lite, /Cl/. sh. 12/10s p 0 4,000 2/ lOs County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. pot co nr , 5 per cent./ Economic Life 1000!. sh. 2501. pd ...,,„ land aji bs.) 2,271 51/. per cent. European Li le 2O/. sh. all pd 22 .o 50,000 -. Ditto, New 9 0/. oh. 2/. pot 1/. is s ,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe -stock 1 - 8 20,000 11. Guardian 100/. sh. 201. pd 37 c Fire 5 p ct./ Holes 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6t Life 8 p ct..) -1- 2,400 51. 7s. lid. Imperial Fire 'lOO/ sh. 50/. plt 120 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10!. poi 10 13,48105.13d.•per sh. Indemnity Marine li 01. oh. S/. poi 17 2,020 31 IR% KeNt Fire 501. sh. all pa 02 2/. Ditto Life 73 10, 1 00 I6s. Law Life 100/. sh. Ini. 1 4 34 3,910 London, lire "5/ oh. 12/. 10s p I 141 1 001 London, Ship "5! oh. 12/. lOs. pd 11: 30,0'u :./. per cent. Pal ladiiim Life 501. sh. 21. pd 9.17, ;;4I 25 11 ,00 1 ls. lid. Protector File "0/. sh. 31. lid 1/17• 4 a 2,:1110 11. Provident Life l4Ol. sit. I - I. lid i 100,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 1•1. pd 6... i . 5/. ?air cent. Royal Exchange Stock... '2O-2 Sun •..lii 6,110 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sp. 51. pit 5 ; 1 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life . 3l. poi JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Australaiiia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 50 10,010 10 ver cent. Bank of Birmingham 5l/. sh. 10/. pit is 10,000 10 per cent. BO minghain Bank 5O/. Fit. rw. pd i 4 18,000 2 per cent. Lon/on and Westmilister...loo/ sh. IS!. Pd .2 : 1 1 3,000 Lancaster 1001. sh. 2 , .1. Pd I'' 25,114:0 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. PI lid 22 30,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] ICO/. sh. 10/ pd 22 Discount 20,000 6 percent. Manchester 1101. sh. 20/ pd :'5; 20,000 ti per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 10a sh. 25/. pd 44 20, 10 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland 51. sh. 10/. lid 151 10,000 National Provincial Eng. ...100/. sh. 25/. pot 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 71/. pol 15 11,000 Hampshire 501. sh 5/. oil n GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1112 s Bath 2O/. sh. I‘ , /. lid 25 5,000 6/. per cent. British 4Ol. mi. 10!. pd 2,1 5, ,„ A c5/.percent] Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 24 - /anti Bs. ss. 814 5/ lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 107 4,250 2/ Os Bristol • 20'. sh. 40 1,500 Brighton ,,,, L 00/. sh. 14 750 Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/. pd 14: 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pot 19 4,000 N. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 51;1.1x1 97 1,000 10!. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd Is.is Lip() 01. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. ll's. Equitable .104 pa i 10,' 01) 5/. per cent. Imperial a 50/. sh. 4 1 SOO 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet • ) 51. sh. 20/. pd 101 2,050 6!. per cent. Independent 'lo/. oh. aI pd 4:71 1,51:0 71 per cent. Leeds "0! sh. 20/. pot 25 9,0 , 0 3/. per cent. Phenix 50/. sh. 30/. lid 23 1,000 4/. per cent. Ilateliff 4,014) South Mgtroliolitan 5"/. sh. 13/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 45!. poi :36 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 51/. sh. 50 400 1/ 5s lii/akefulad .'251. sh. 2:24 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 5i.1 6,1;0,; 12 Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/. pot 10 500 Yarmouth 20/. sh. ISt. pd 0 WATER WJItKS. 4,900 Birmingham "5/. sh. 251. pd 26 4,43:1 5/. East London lOO/. sh. 127 4,500 2/ 100 Grand Junction average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. 511 2,000 2/. Kent . 100!. sh. 46 ____ 2.500 3 88 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2110 s New diver London Bridge Water Annuities 6,186 11. Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 1,000 4 per cent. Sauth London 100/. sh. 8,300 3/. West Middlesex 4verage 63!. 12s. 9d. sh. 1.360 1! Hs York Building Co. Lessee Pr0p.......1001. sh, IRON RAILWAYS. Aylesbury - 201. sh. 11. pd. Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Bristol and Exeter 2, 1 , 4360 Bolton and Leigh 10,000 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 2/. pd. 2,000 Clarence 100!. O. 100/. pd 2,504) 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 30,000 30,C00 Great Western lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 2,000 Ilartlepool 1001. sh. 100/. pd 2,100 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 ... ...... Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sli. 100/. pa Ditto Quarter Shares ‘,51 . pd Loughborough London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201. sh. IL pd Ditto ditto (Rennie) London and Blackwell 50!. sh. 3/. pd London and Dover 501. sh. 11. pd 30,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .. .... .20/. sit. 'lOl. pd 25,000 20,1.00 London and Southampton....so/. sh. 10/. pd London and Croydon 51. pd 23,000 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3/. pd 12,500 North Midland lOOl. sh. M. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3/. pi 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 8,000 0,001) York and North Midland 5Ol. sh. 11. pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 Allen 151. sh. 101. lOs pd 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh, all pd Ditto Subscription • .25/. pd 2,000 Bolanos , 150/. sh all pd 10,000 31. ,s. Brazilian Imp. iss. Si. pm. 35/. sh. 204 pd 6,060 Ditto St. John Del Itey '2Ol. sh. 41/. pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20!. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 .......... Ditto Scrip 4/. pd .20,000 U. lA, British Iron .501. sh. 501 pd 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 3;/. pd 11,000 Cata Branca 61/. pd Candonga 7;/. pd 10,000 Copiapo 204 sh 12(1 pd 1 4 ,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. ...... 551. sh. 551. pd 2,850 31. English 12/. Its. pd 20,000 General Mining Association-201. sh. 15/. IA 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 51;/. pd 2.000 , Polberon Consols 10/. sh, Si. pd 11,500 .... ...... Real del Monte,_ Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 30,000 , United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....40/. sh. all pd Ditto Scrip Ditto Subscription 2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l. pd • - - .5,f 00 ......... 2,500 7,500 70 1441. 10,000 45,000 12,000 Uncin Gold, iss.,2/. ss. pin 221./. sh. 444 pd West Cork .50/. sh. 50/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1;800 1,500 . London University 1001. sh. all pd 700 ..., Russell 25gs. sh. King' College 100/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10e, i tustralian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 26.1/. pd 1,000 ji, Auction Mart 501. sh. 6,000 Ilritish American Land Company l3/. pd 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Compan lOOl. sh. 20/. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Caper Canada y Loan City _nonds, 4 per cent 15,000 11. per cent. Genera 1 Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 101, per cent. Hudson' . ? Bay Stock 2,000 11. London COm. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. New Brut;swick Land Company 22/ pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversiorrai'y Interest 50c...1001. sh. 1004 pd t. 1,633 Si. per cent. Ditto New. 100/. sh. 451. pd 4, 0 0( 1 ......... Thames T'snne. l 50/. sh. all pd 10,000 Van Diemer.'s Land 100/. sh. 17/. pd L I‘2l 1-I.t 1,5 ,IST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MARCH 26, 1836 . K S. BAN 1,500,00 N. p. et. Bank' of Scotland S 3/. Gs. Sd. sh. all pd 17.11. 2,000,0X1. 51 p. et- Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 170/. 500.0• X/. bp. et- British Lin, ?.n Company 1001. sh. all pd 240/. 3,000,0001. fit. p. et. Conanunrial .5001. sh. 100/. pd 150 /. 5,000,000/. sp. et, Natsonal lOOl. sh. 101. pd 15f /. 2,000,0001. 41. p. ct. Gl asgow UM on 250/. sh. 50/. pd 601. t,000,0101. 4p. ct. Western o f s_ eotland 2001. sh 304 pd 3431 INSURANCI: COMPANIES. '25 ( 4 0008 h. ri P.a. Scottish Uniov .................. 291..5h, 1/. pd - ,500 . H I ll). At, .. e r cul es • , 60, , ,000 5 p..at. /assurance Co. t )fSeo ............, sh. all pd '7l 10,. ... k , cpoo G p.,ot. ./%4rth British ............... .200/ . sh. 10/. pd IS 1 1 , 04)0 sp. et. Caledoni.‘it Fife ...............1901 . s h . 101. pd 15110 s .5,00 o p. et. Eclitiburg."A life. .............. 100/ . s h . 101. pd 141 lOs i• 60,000 4 p. Ct. West of Sc ntland. ........... I%IISC} 441.4ANTEOUS .. . ......... 101. psi 9/ It's 4,910 ......... Edin. and t •ias. IliT. Canal ,6 50 1 / . . bshh: all il pd " ) , ... 45 2 1 / : I)itto Allo. :Med 5,400 5 per cent. Edinh.:Join t Stock , Water 25/. sh all Carron , Iron Company 2501. sh : an 1 , ) ,„1 3,,. 000sli. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron E oundery 501. sh. 3 , 4 i. p d 4 .r' 10,060 3 per cent Edinburgh c Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd I ,* 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh ( ;oal Gas ...... '2sl. sh. all pd Gi li 4,450 1 Oper cent. Glasgow Ga s . . 25/. sh. all pd till 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 314 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh indnalkeith Railway...sok WOO 51 percent. Equitable I_ pan compaiiy 251 lb. 91 pd lop THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1836. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE Cif COMMONS, APRIL 12. The SPEAKER took tie Chair at 5 minutees before 4 o'clock. ...... Mr. CAMPBELL, from the East India House ' presented an account of the comp e n sa ti on a ll owe d by the Company to their retired officers. CLYDE NAVIGATION. Sir M. S. STEWART presented two petitions from dif ferent parts of Renfrew, against the Clyde Navigation Bill. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from Glasgow against the Glasgow Railway Bill. GREAT UNION RAILWAY. Mr. H. HUGHES presented a petition from certain inha bitants of Oxford, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Great Union Railway Bill. On the motion of the HON. MEMBER, the House went into the further consideration of the Report on the Tynemouth Harbour Bill, which was ordered to be engrossed. ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the Directors of the St. Katherine's Dock, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of improving their works. Mr. C. CODRINGTON presented a petition against the Gloucester Railway Bill. Lord J. STUART presented a petition from Ayr, against the Forfar Railway Bill. _ _ CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. On the moving of the further consideration of the Report upon this Bill, Mr. P. STEWART rose to move the recommittal of the Bill. No inconvenience could possibly arise from post poning and recommitting this Bill, and even if there did the House ought to prevent the infliction of a bad line, for, the sake of saving a few weeks, or even a Session itself. That very day a petition had been presented, praying for the re-committal of this Bill, which was signed by 200 individuals connected with the line of road. The Hon. Gen tleman concluded by moving that the Bill be re-committed. Mr. WILK S appealed to the good sense of the House if they ought to consent to a motion for the re-commitment of a Railway Bill after the report bad been brought up. If they sanctioned such a proceeding their deliberations would never arrive at a conclusion. If after the Bills had been referred to a committce, if, after that committee had taken all the evi dence and information capable of being afforded on the sub ject, and had reported their opinions to the House, new appli cations were to be made for the recommitment of the Bills, he would say the labours of Hon. Members in that House would be interminable.—( Hear, hear.) For himself he should express his astonishment at so frequent a reference to Steven son's present opinion, which was quite at variance with that formerly given by him on the same subject. The only apology offered for his change of opinion was that he gave the former one without sufficient deliberation ; but that now having travelled along the line,he would venture to recommend for adoption by the House a plan which he before refused to give his sanction to. He (Mr. Wilks) should protest against Mr. Stevenson's opi nion being taken as conclusive on the subject, or that a man should be considered an oracle who gave a second opinion quite at variance with his first. He had been solicited by a great portion of the inhabitants of Cheltenham and Gloucester to support the original _plan, and oppose the re-commitment moved for. Lord E. SOMERSET, as Chairman of the Committee, would say, that one of the petitions, referred to by the Hon. Member opposite, was unsupported by counsel, and could not, therefore, be attended to by the Committee. The other was from persons not locally connected with the districts through which the railroad passed, and who were escribed as members of a provisional committee for a railroad Bill from London to Cheltenham, to be brought forward next Session. The Committee considered that the promoters of the Bill had closed their case, that they had satisfied the op posing parties, and that although of the other line a survey had been made, no plan had been laid;down sufficient to warrant the Committee in declining to report their opinion in favour of the Bill now before the House. Mr. P. SCR OPE, as a member of the Committee, begged to say, if the principle upon which the re-committal of this Bill was sought for was complied with, it would be impossible to carry any Bill through that House. This Bill was now a year and a half before the public ; it was supported by many large landed proprietors and other wealthy and influential indivi duals ; and now, at the eleventh hour, it was sought to set aside a Bill which would facilitate the intercourse between po pulous manufacturing towns, in order to convenience the idlers at a fashionable watering-place, and this at an expense double in amount to that of the present Bill. He therefore hoped the proposal for the re-committal of the Bill would not be received. Captain BERKELEY, although he presented a petition in favour of the re-committal, could not approve of the propo sition, because he conceived it an injustice against the original proprietors. Mr. TOOK E supported the re-committal. He thought no disadvantage could result to the public from the enquiry. Colonel SlB'rll ORP deprecated the Bill altogether. lie would not vote for its re-commitment, or that of any othe; Railway Bill—( A laugh)—believing them to be highly de trimental to the country at large. Mr. CRI PPS objected to the re-committal of the Bill. Lord S ANDO N did not see that any case had been made out for the re-committal of the Bill. Lord G. SOMERSET objected also to the re-committal of the Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY congratulated the good people of Stroud upon the fact of their having so many friends on both sides of the House.—(Hear, hear.) He recollected the time when they were not so fortunate. He deprecated the idea of reconsidering a question in this House which had undergone full discussion in the Committee; but there was another party before the House, lvsides the shareholders in the different lines of railway, whose interest should necessarily be con sulted, and that party was the public. They were not now in a Nisi Prius Court, where it was to be considered whether a party came too late or not, and where they were bound to see that no damage was done to the opposite party. The question was, which would be the best line' to Cheltenham ? (Hear, hear, hear.) And as it was a case which would affect the public over a series of years, it should not be concluded by any technical difficulty. He thought the 13111 ought to be recommitted, but the supporters of the Stroud line ought to be protected against the expenses to which they would be put by the re-commitment of the Bill. Mr. P. THOMSON could not, in the spirit of the 6th re solution of the House on the subject of railways, consent to the motion for the re-commitment of the Bill. After the state ment of the Noble!, Lord, the Chairman of the Committee, he could not hesitate for a moment in believing that that Com mittee had fully and fairly done their duty to the public and the parties, and that they examined all the circumstances connected with the case before them. Mr. P. M. STEWART seeing the feeling of the House against him, would not press the motion to a division ; but he would claim in a future Session full consideration for the line advocated by the parties who desired the re-commitment. The amendments were then read a second time, and the Bill and the amendments were ordered to be engrossed. LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. On the motion that the Report of the Committee on the London Grand Junction Railway be agreed to, Sir S. WHALLE Y moved that the further consideration of this report be deferred until that day week. After a few words from Mr. HUME the amendment was agreed to. Mr. HODGES moved for a copy of the deed, or counter part thereof, by which the Board of Ordnance last year con veyed the Block-house Fort and premises next Gravesend to certain parties, reserving various rights and privileges to the public.—Motion agreed to. THE BOROUGH OF POOLE. Mr. PO ULTER rose, pursuant to the notice which he had given, to move for leave to bring in a Bill regarding the municipal elections of the borough of Poole. The Hon. Member proceeded to refer to the evidence given before the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry, from which it appeared that mutilated and fictitious papers had been made use of by the defendants' party, and that persons not qualified to vote had been permitted to vote, and a false and fictitious ma jority h a d thus been created. The consequence of these proceedings was that in the north-west ward nine of the Common Councilmen were elected by the defendant's party. In the south-west ward two out of nine were elected. A majority in the Common Council was thus secured, and this majority created the entire Corporation. They elected the Mayor—they turned out of office persons of the greatest integrity—and they conferred no less than twelve appoint ments by virtue of the power that they had thus assumed. There never was a case in which the proceedings had been more unfairly or more irregularly conducted. At the election the papers had been presented by one party in an unfolded state, by the other party in a folded state, and it was supposed that the fictitious and mutilated papers afterwards discovered were those which had been presented in the folded state. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to state several other in stances of what he considered gross fraud, and that the case altogether was one of the most fraudulent nature. He alluded to the case of a young man named James Parker, who had been brought up for the purpose of impersonating his father,' a person named James Parker ; but at the last stage of the proceeding the man r e f use d to go through w ith the imperso nation, and this circumstance caused the returning officer to say that he considered the proceeding had been badly managed. He anticipated that an Hon. Member might have some con stitutional objection to his proposition. The only constitu tional objection he could anticipate would be against dealing with a case which would more properly be cognizant before a Court of law. After some further observations, the Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for a Bill to void all the late municipal elections for the borough of Poole, and to go to a wew election. Mr. WTNN contended that such a course as that proposed by the Hon. Member would be most dangerous. It would be objectionable, in the first place, as perhaps affecting any pro ceeding that might take place in a Court of common law. In dependent of this, there was the other objection, that if once Parliament interfered in a case of this kind, and passed a Bill to remedy such a case as the Hon. Member had alleged, sup posing such a case to be established, they could not, in equity, refuse a Bill to apply to every other case that might be brought under their notice. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to say that he entertained great apprehension of danger from these new proceedings. He considered that if the principle of the interference of Parliament in cases of this description were once established, there was an end to the influence of the cognizance of such proceedings before the Courts of law. The Hon. Member concluded by saying, that whether alone or supported by the decision of the House, he would protest against the proposed measure. Mr. POULTER said a few words in explanation. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the House must have recollected the petitions presented with respect to the municipal election of Poole, and the course subsequently taken respecting it. After a discussion which had been con tinued for two nights, eleven individuals had been appointed to form a Committee of Inquiry. They were composed of five Honourable Gentlemen who usually sat on the other side of the House, and of six Honourable Gentlemen sitting at that (the Ministerial) side of the House, as fair a Committee as he conceived could, under such circumstances, be consti tuted. Having examined witnesses at length, this Committee unanimously concurred in their recommendation of the mea sure proposed by his Honourable Friend. He thought it would be a most unusual course, in a case where a Committee had given such a recommendation, to say that such a recom mendation should not be attended to. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the motion. After a few words from Mr. WYNN, The motion was put and aEreed to. SUB-DIVISION OF LANDED PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CASES. After some conversation— Mr. E WART moved for leave to bring in a Bill, providing that in cases of intestacy, and in the absence of any settlement to the contrary, landed property be equally divided amongst the children or next of kin of the deceased. The Honour able Member proceeded to contend that in those professions where success was attendant upon talent and toil, the sons of the aristocracy did seldom reach the same eminences as those who had more powerful motives to urge them on. In the sublime science of medicine—embracing all its accom panying scientific research, there were no members of the Aristocracy to be found practising, and not very many in the law professions. He contended that the distribution of landed property would have a valuable public effect—that it would in crease the residence of proprietors upon their estates, and lessen the number of absentees. Mr. HUME supported the motion. benefits from the measure. Mr. TO OKE did not think that a question of this kind ought to be brought forward without some inquiry on the part of Parliament ; but the Hon. Member had suddenly brought it forward, without any p re p ara tio n or n o tice. He did not think that such a proposition would meet any support in that House, and he did no t thi n k th a t it wou ld . be received with He anticipated great much respect or support by the public at large. He was sure that the law officers of the Crown, the Attorney and Solicitor General, would not be found to come forward as the advocates of such a measure. He did not think that the measure would receive any acceptance from the English people. He called on the House to negative the measure in its incipient state. Mr. ROEBUCK defended the course persued by the Hon. Member for Liverpool, and objected to the law of primogeni ture, as contrary to the principles of legislation of every nation except England, and as extremely pernicious in its effects. It was the means of accumulating property in vast masses, and of giving to the aristocracy and the House of Lords au undue influence in the State. If the Hon. Member for Truro meant to say that the House of Lords could not exist without those immense masses of property, the sooner they got rid of the House of Lords the better..—(Oh, oh.) The Hon. Member seemed surprised at this, but before he descended into the grave, which he hoped would be many years first, he would hear much more extravagant declarations ; and if he (Mr. Roebuck),were not mistaken, would see these principles carried into effect. The time would inevitably come, when the accu mulation of masses of property would no longer enable a man to clog and control the course of justice, and when a man would be regarded and have influence on personal considera tion alone. _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not assent to the motion, and if he had entertained any doubt of it before, the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath would completely have set that doubt at rest, and have shown that in reality they were to be called upon not to discuss a question as to the improvement of the laws, but as to an entire alteration in the Constitution and fundamental institu tions of the country. The Hon. Member for Bath wished to abolish hereditary distinctions, and to put an end to the power of the House of Lords. Let him bring forward those ques tions, then, in a definite shape, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was prepared to grapple with them. The result would, he was sure, convince the Hon. Member that the great bulk of the intelligence as well as the property of the country would repudiate such an attempt. It had been to be deplored that differences had sometimes arisen between the two Houses ; but such a circumstance was one of the irregularities and in conveniences to which all human institutions, however wisely framed, must be liable, and it was monstrous to seek the de struction of those institutions for that to which all institutions were inevitably subject.—(Hear, hear.) As to the subject of primogeniture, too, it was to be observed that the whole law of real property had been lately revised, and that the altera tion suggested by the Hon. Member for Liverpool was not recommended, by the Commissioners. _ _ Mr. AGLIONBY would support the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Liverpool, but without coinciding with, or feeling himself bound to adopt, the views of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered it highly in expedient now to enter into the merits of the law of primo• geniture. In the present state of the business of the House and of public feeling, he thought they could employ them selves much better than in discussing abstract and speculative questions. In not one case out of a thousand did landed pro perty descend in this country in simple compliance with the law, for, with but very few exceptions, it was invariably dis posed of either by settlement or by will. This, in his opinion, would be a most injudicious alteration, and would encourage disobedience and extravagance in children, and would be fatal to domestic peace.—( Hear.) Sir R. INGLIS rejoiced to hear what had fallen from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and from the Attorney-General, and deprecated the doctrines advanced by the Hon. Member for Bath, and which had been cheered by the Hon. Baronet the Member for West Cornwall and two or three of his imme diate neighbours. The question was a great constitutional one, and he was glad to have an opportunity of dividing the House upon it. Colonel THOMPSON said that the allusion to the Lords, on which such stress was laid by Gentlemen opposite, was, in fact, first made on the other side. He was some time ago called on by the citizens of a large commercial town to give them a dissertation on political subjects.--( Hear and laughter. ) One of these was primogeniture. lie did give those disserta tions, and he found the people had another boar to hunt be sides the House of Lords, and that was primogeniture. They were full of the opinion that the effects of primogeniture was to concentrate the family influence in the eldest son, in order that the younger sons might be quartered on the public. He would strenuously support the motion. Mr. A. TREVOR, though he could not be surprised at anything that emanated from the opposite side, yet was not prepared for so monstrous a proposition as the present—one that would involve the whole landed property of the country in one chaos. Mr. WARBURTON supported the motion. The SOLICITOR—GENERAL said it was allowed by the opponents of the measure that it would be perfectly nuga tory—(Cheers)—and yet, forsooth, because it would be nu gatory, they were called upon to support it. This was cer tainly an extraordinary principle to be laid down, that because a measure would do no good it should be supported. Now it was unquestionable that in ninety-nine cases out of every 100 property was not regulated by the law of the land ; but by a law of the individual's own creation, in the disposal of his pro perty either by will, by lease, or bond, or by some such pro cess, by which he distributed his property. The country was not interested in the matter, for there was now a Bill before the House to abolish the equal partition of property in Kent, and no one petitioned against it.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN would move the previous question. Mr. J. JARVIS seconded the motion. The question having been put, Mr. GROTE said, though the measure would, he must allow, have but little practical effect, yet the House was called on to give an opinion on the abstract principle of the justice of dividing the property of an individual, when no other provision was made by him for the younger children. Lord J. RUSSELL rose in consequence of what fell from the Hon. Member for London and the Solicitor- General. The Learned Gentleman asserted, what was not denied, that the Bill would be wholly inoperative, as in 99 cases out of 100 the party disposed of his own property, yet the Hon. Member for London, admitting the inutility of the Bill, wished the House to pronounce an opinion on an abstract principle, the injustice of the present law of primogeniture. Now he de nied that the House was called on to do any such thing. If they acted on the suggestion they could not stop there, but should go further, and apply the principle to an equal distri bution of all property, and apply it too to particular cases. As the House should not unnecessarily establish such a prin ciple he should oppose the motion. Mr. PEASE supported the motion. Mr. 'WYNN said that so important a subject should not be got rid of in such an indirect way as moving the previous ques tion. The Solicitor-General declared that the law would be quite nugatory. That in itself was enough ; but there was another ground of opposition. That it was a mischievous in terference with the settlement of landed property and the law of the land. The principle sought to be established would, if acted on, overthrow all the institutions of the country. Primogeniture in England was the only means of supporting the aristocracy. If he thought it desirable to get rid of the aristocracy altogether, the measure of the Hon. Gentleman opposite was one he would support as a step towards it. Cloisnel P. THOMPSON explained. Mr. S. O'BRIEN withdrew his amendment. Mr. JERVIS coincided in the opinion of the Attorney- General. Mr. E WART said, in reply, that although he felt the ho nour of being supported by the talents of his Hon. Friend the Member for Bath, he did not think it fair that he should be bound by all he said. Amid loud cries of " Question' the Hon. and Learned Member said he should not, and never had intended to, withdraw his motion. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared—. For the motion Against it Majority —l6 OYSTER FISHERIES. Mr. F. BARING moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the regulation and improvement of the oyster fisheries in England and Wales. He said the Bill he proposed was the same as that introduced last Session, and bad principally for its object to prevent the dredging of oysters except every third season. Captain PE CHELL expressed his hearty concurrence in the Pleasure, and was anxious on the subject, as he had a sister Bill—(A laugh)—under his superintendence. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. HUME moved for the return of the dues paid to the Russia Company on importation of Russian produce ; with a copy of the charter of the Russia Company, and the rules existing for the conduct of the affairs of that Company.-- Ordered. Sir W. MOLE SWORTH postponed his motion for the return of copies and extracts of any correspondence between the Secretary at War and the Commander-in-Chief until the 3d of May next. METROPOLITAN POLICE. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the expense of the. B me tropolitan tropolitan a n d Ci ty of London police for the last police,ycar No. 68 of th e sess i on papers the expense of the ac cording to th e prov i s i on of the Act of Parliamenttforthein stitution of th e metropolitan police, was laid on he table of the House, a n d h e thought the expense was not member the best pos s ibl e manner. He had been a of the P Committee whi c h , two years ago, bad b een appointed which had P ointed to ce, in quire into th e su b ject of the metrop o litan 'police, in reported fa voura bl y upon the working o f he had been one who had originally ment, he should like to see its utility 3,000 and 4,000 td sYs i t ts em es ; ta a b n l d ish a - s The force now consisted men, besides 2,000 horse I.owareaetPiiincontestably purpose of proved. pro tecting r o .. to the opinion of Sir tecting the metropolis, and, of being placed under the controul of the head of the nd was divided partly between R. Birnie, who was examined before the Committee, instead metropolitan police, the command patrol, for e il l u o d m i n e g Office the a , the magistrates, but chiefly rfl e a ntered in the chief clerk of the appointment of nine officers, in had the of c be river police. This created a arrangement great degree of jealousy --he he admitted a most unworthy jea- - ------------- tro lousy—but it did exist on the part of the heads of the 11 , 1 , e ~,e politan police, who considered, as he did also, that all a utbo force should be consolidated and made subject to r em i r t i y nf o . uut iro ß nh y ue this means meddema: etusnt he considered fi ttte b6eom,oaodoetll,7aatnndan annually dieyue. cnv:oi;a:deroafbao.laeot threedejl the consolidated fund for the support of the service. II C Pa t the r - that the pres en t session would not pass away withoutlithee poration o f L on d on being placed in the same situation as , coltuhdeerdCboyrpmoervaitniognsfeorftbteherectouurrnits7.vibiTebh,e Hon. he Sa id, comr,r, v n the stipends of the officers, the expense of the metropoen3_, force, the expens e of the mounted patrol, the fees receiv d r e the different offices of the metropolitan police, and the eat of the police force, and the amount of the fees received at 0 offices, in the city of London. moved for, and should be pleased to see the subject brought Sir T. FREEMANTLE glad the returns were under the consideration of Parliament. Member CO Mr. C. ROSS thought that some assistance should be gi, r . c _ n to those men in the police force who might be injured or oi_s . , abled in the execution of their duty ; and hoped that in r e measure which should be introduced to the House that par Of it would not be neglected. itted The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER adro a that the suggestion just made was a useful one ; and expres.s__co a hope that it would be duly considered when the of doing so should arrive. wog ret After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP the were orderad. HALF-PAY OFFICERS IN THE POLICE, of Mr. HUME wished to know whether he had been ri g t he informed, when he was told that half-pay officers being: in, _ if , police force in England were no longer to receive their r!" d pay, whil e it would, notwithstanding, be continued to hall 1 181 officers in Ireland, similarly circumstanced ? Mr. F. BARING was inaudible in reply. NEW FOURPENNY PIECES. wa s proper time Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know whether there , any truth in the report that Government had resolved to real the new fourpenny pieces, and to issue no more of them? not The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. svu s er , aware that there was any foundation for it. It might. howeevins have arisen from the circumstance, that tile, wouldilsq,,_4e be being only an experiment to see how far the pu u li convenienced by it, the supply, which was consequently 3 mited , had been exhd. Mr. one BARING said a few words which were inaudibleio the gallery. TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) i,,ond The Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill was read a s— time, and ordered to be committed. SUPPLY.—ORDNANCE . On bringing up the Report of the Committee of S wholelE)_axMytrora.f agency)HUMSre medical system.i :.a. ..otfo establishments k h..e the Ordnance t ill e ember then went into the following Establishment.srtoatteeign t agrleabsip:e- otiotiSlgi Ord the expense and operation of that Department :--T i _ lie t they include,r sawuc a irc n l ylo c , e b ac e t s td t ef i er m i rs a stnh t bo e oe s t wic a n m ewrma o h, 1 er u ma: ;3n:iotsostathor other sum Commissariat, vet involvedeof ef i ,4 i 4: 1 : 4 4 4 1 9 7 l i. i ivi li ,rer h is to be b t heuents. Ordnance deducted, The becausemimoney, that sum is expended by tn e , ece in the Ordnance complicated and greatly2:oiiesn3r:e_moftol money ne e ed , Ay rpid that is sint required warte d ce s edquf iereiesiea. i i. son f ;ger f at es of than can n fna 1 I, e_ Ordnance :- 1. For the pay and expenses of the whole of the Artillerf. - gineer Forces, except the cost of their clothing' -11 11 --- ~ 2ca z .o : d i sE i l ii : eluded in the vote for the general provision of s tores , ' I Pay of artillery, engineers, &c. (including nce adjutants, to siyi surgeons pay and allowances to commanding offi- Al e lo e : 3 6 £ 9,632 Medicines, wines, & Recruiting expenses e., 1, 773 for artillery hospitals 109 Purchase suncr of horses an i ee y for beer, under the head 0f ... a . 110 . w - , hire of carriages, travelling and passacre e regiments,' formoney, allowance to messes of wine, &c. ......... .•• _________ 4 10 '728 Allowance 2. For repairs of fortifications, including all ex penses of management, viz.—. R 66,641 Ordnanc e wor k s an d repa i rs 3 1 7 Extra pay t o eng i neers f or super i ntend i ng t h e m 12, 16,9u'' 9,s,t'' A Pay of clerks of works, &c. ____--- 3. Barrack D e p ar t men t, including * all ........... of management, viz.— Buildings and repairs of barrack (infantry, ca valry, and artillery) .............................. ....E 121 9 526 . : 12.3.?„; Extra pay to engi neers super i nten di ng th e m .•• 16, 9 t" Pay to clerks of works. &c. Barrack masters' expenditure, supposed to be for rj, 44 1 ..) fuel for troop 4 generally Pay to barrack masters and barrack-sergeants... 40 , 445 Barrack law expenses, travelling expenses, ad -2.38° vertisements, &c Rents in Great Britain, Ireland, and abroad ... 5 7 :% 0,..5i0 Purchase of lands, &c. ... ..........--- or 4. Survey of counties 5. Miscellaneous expense, viz. : 1,7 68 Dr on zin g arms Advertisements, travelling expenses, passage 9,512 - money, &c 3,0 05 Alterations of store-houses at Tower General law expenses - Postages 5 0 19, 435 Allowance to two draftsmen for plans, &c 6. For the computed cost of all the stores that will be re quired for twelve months—viz. Ordnance stores £60,000 Provision for Bedding the purchase Great coats 15,000 of shores ... Artillery clothing 19,780 Packing and frs.ght of stores 4,0 114'1E09,"4‘, 7. For Boards' salaries for general superintendence ••_•ti 8. Clerks' sala r i es f or c h ec ki ng d e li ver i es o f stores , "" keeping and examining accounts—viz., 09 6 Clerks' salaries—P a ll- ma ll, T ower , an d D u blin £5B, 096 allowance for rent, &c., and for coals and 567 candles Clerks in Store D e p ar t men t a t W oo l w i c h ...... ..• ' 7 63 Clerks' allowance for making inventories ......... Clerks' salaries at out England... X 13,890 41,868 Ireland 2,152 stations Abroad ... 25,62 6 1/o'° T s u o p e r r an a n n u d a ti ons Woolwichviz Clerks' u stlf y r o arl i n i ll a a b t o l u o r n e : 11 Military * Att F h ditto Home stations in England ************** * a - n : d i a - i:iifi . ********* * viz.- -**.... ** 1 1$: ) . 28,23 7 ****** 23,10 0 24,694 £ , - - - 76 In Ireland an d a b roa d Crews of vess e ls em pl o y e d i n remov i ng - powder 77 ' 111 : 0734 1 Add Commissariat expenditure ........................... .....,../.1.49 • .------ .........../ 020 After having called the .... £l, 3 ` - '4l l ." ••• ........... 141, ......... .• , o f tbe , heads of expenditure the Hon. Gentleman went o n for ti le tend that all, with the exception perhaps of the c harg e ' O O4 TT a : t tt t aa e li ntion of the House to e.;l't4f3o3e' Ilse surveyunder r of counties, upon which he had nothing to al e COT proper . management, be materially reduced. and fro p o wan especially of the charge for extra Pay it , tot l Eongin c e e .e s r oufudcoAnritmilalenrdyinisepoarffitemereso,t,aadojudtaonftsy tra P s , rtifi cati° to t r Engineers for superintending the repairs of fo _ go d charge for Ordnance works and repairs atec,'`:„. t hee 66 1 ,6411. ; the extra pay to Eineers for superintenowo a jo g - a ll e works amounted to 12,337/, being a charge of net Bu t the 1 1 per cent. upon the whole cost of the work at e s as‘' prodigal expenditure of which he complained chit' n ot O° here, for in the next item he found a charge ef not e nore i°l l 16,9031. for the clerks of works, &c., being at the Thus it of 25 per cent, on the whole cost of the works. ow ing? would be seen that the expense of superintending! managing? t h an *id conducting the works and repairs going on in less tbs'' mace department amounted altogether to not , a a nd r e : 43 2-sths per cent. on the whole cost of those wer" to coot_ pairs. Of this he thought there was greattbreeaosloheil ,atote plain. In the barrack department, again, engineers and clerks of works amounted to 29,2401:;us for to the rate of 24 per cent. on the whole cost of the works ct: prosecution of which a vote of 121,526/. Salaries' of cl ef- A -- 11ton there was a charge of 110,2954 for the of Stores, who were merely employed to check the delive.ryositstion It ond to keep and examine accounts. H e had no . 11 , he owoo..!, saying that under a proper system of managenten ; s. fie, lP f of this charge might be reduced by at least two-th.lro..rtrouteel deed, had always been of opinion that the storeedevrs otisfl:: the Ordnance ought to be abolished, because It _ t o uch b. e be that there were no stores necessary which could nu,. ou t o ,. ter be supplied, as they were wanted, by contract , a oh t` ;,, tad ,due whole, he regretted that the Governrnent, hay..l. their year to consider of the matter, had not Carrie „ let ( tions further. of Sir A H . o L o. E M I T e H mb H er A fo Y r smaiiddditleaspepxeawreads ftoouZaithioaiicab:loo:l,,:i i tions which he believed to be very incorrect, aeu_4eia to t r P o. forward in practice would not be found at altelle" h m e nt.-e r on public service. The observations of the 11°n sistel lt ' a nd specting the Engineer corps were strikingly incn ,nioa slY .., the one hand, he complained they were parsiT _iretiditwof badly treated, and on the other of the a mount r o o t_ nis e i t ' a ucea, ba lavished on the department. Under all the e . u with 'to the country, they had brought forward estimat p o sed H o n. strictest regard to efficiency and economy. P: 9 Of the o. was to admit the good intentions and the zea coas ion , Member for Middlesex, he was on the present 0 1 tio eo posed to question both the judicious tendency and ~,, rer rectness of his observations. Colonel ANSON questioned the propriety-of:th_eriscr'alt°., tion of the Hon. Member for Middlesex for gett.belgppy, -hoetr:a gether of the accumulation of stores. He wa t s i to th at Hoy• ever, to find that one channel had been oPeee, th e tbD , a der in the outlet which Spain presented, and hoped the o rents m M u e r m e Il e e ff r e 's et s i e v p e po b r y t twould applicationb e obtained of 4:)sioreani cilelo_tete:!...orc..triftefisliroearii ante of the adaptation of the percussion prineipl . Iv .a.OO. G u S u i t r lem T u fl u O op M p A us S ite arms at present in the stores. recover the amount of the arms supplied to NN'''' F i t/. E a u N y I A n N eg T o l ral iea ( met year? ~.,I JE R, . 0 0 , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEti a te Pie ' - ob ) that in the present state of Spain the irninetll:l (2 4 lane dg the account between the countries was . not 11 c -- .,n l s h % e a le la E ti oanssk V. for its settlement just now; but that Governments —nor did he see any use of negotiation ertehelnil_.:poiroglifiCzn—'arjor°, gfor° P tOod P. £ 62,939 96,678 BRIGHTON RAILWAY BILL. Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from West Grin stead, in favour of Mr. Stevenson's line of railroad between London and Brighton. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from Archdeacon Hill, against this Railroad; also a petition from Truro, in favour of the Bristol and Exeter Railway ; and a petition from Ross, praying for the recommittal of the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway. The petitioners stated that the line was circuitous, difficult, and inconvenient, and would be particu larly obnoxious to them. LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. HUME presented two petitions against the London Grand Junction Railway Bill—one was from Mr. Robert M'William, who stated that his property would be to a consi derable extent very much injured, and the other from 400 in habitants on the line of road, who stated that they were not aware of the effect which this rail-road was likely to have on their property. They complained that they had not had an opportunity of being heard, and they prayed that the Bill might go back to a Committee, in order that they might bring forward evidence of the effect which this Bill would have. LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. Mr. BRANSTON presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land, the merchants, traders, &c. of a town in Cambridgshire, against the London and Cambridge Railway Bill. CHELTENHAM AND SWINDON RAILWAY. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented two petitions of an opposite nature from Cheltenham, on the subject of the Chel tenham and Swindon Railway Bill. The one was signed by 300 persons, and complained of being grossly deceived by the report of the Engineer first employed, by which they ware induced to assent to the line by way of Swindon ; but since having en gaged two eminent professional gentlemen, they were now inclined to support the line by Oxford to Cheltenham. The petitioners prayed the Bill should be re-committed, in order to afford them an opportunity of objecting to its provisions. The other petition was also numerously signed, praying that the Bill should pass into a law, but stating that the petitioners had no objection to the Cheltenham line. SOUTH DURHAM RAILWAY. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from the landowners of Durham, in favour of the South Durham Railway Bill. CHELTENHAM AND SWINDON RAILWAY. Ar. CLAY presented a petition from two individuals against the Cheltenham Railway Bill, and stating that they were in duced to assent to it at first, in consequence of being deceived as to its provisions. They prayed that the Bill might be re committed, and that they should be allowed to he heard by counsel against it. He now begged to call the attention of the House to a matter personal to himself. In the printed list it was stated that he (Mr. Clay) was to present a petition frees Thomas Joplin on the 12th May. Now he begged to say, however it originated, this was a mistake; no such notice had been given by him. COMPENSATION TO COACH PROPRIETORS. Mr. G. YOUNG presented a petition from a coach pro prietor of Newcastle, praying that a clause might be introduced in the Newcastle and North Shields Railway Bill, giving to the coach proprietors compensation for the losses which they might sustain by reason of the said railway. ULSTER CANAL Air. E. TENN E NT presented a petition from Earl O'Neill against the Uster Canal Bill. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from some place in Yorkshire in favor of the Great Western Railway Bill. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from the watermen of Greenwich against the Greenwich Pier Bill. Mr. JOHN MAXWELL brought up the report of the Committee on the Glasgow Court-house Bill. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from the Society of Writers in Edinburgh against the Edinburgh Poor Bill; also one from the Hammermen against the Heriots Bill. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from the Butchers' Com pany of London against the Islington Cattle Market Bill. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from the pro prietors of land near Hereford against the Great Western Railway Bill. MEDICAL WITNESSES. Mr. E WART presented a petition from the medical pray titioners of Liverpool, praying that medical witnesses attend• ing before Coroners should be properly remunerated. OBSERVANCE OF' FHE SABBATH. Mr. PEASE presented several petitions from parishes in Durham, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath. Colonel GORE LANGTON presented a petition from Frome, praying for the removal of the disabilities of the Dis senters. POOR LAWS. Major BEAUCLERK presented a petition from a parish in Surrey, deprecating that part of the Poor Law Bill which caused the separation of the husband from the wife and the parent from the child, and praying that the Bill might he amended in that respect. He was convinced that the measure was too harsh in its nature, and must be amended sooner or later. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Wes' Riding of the county of York, praying for the total repeal a the Stamp Duties on Newspapers. REGENT-STREET. Mr. T. D UNCOMBE gave notice that he would move to morrow, in the absence of the Member for Westminster (Colonel Evans), for the re-appointment of the Committee appointed last Session to inquire into the grievances of the in habitants of Regent-street._ DUTIES UPON NEWSPAPERS. Mr. HUME had three petitions to present, praying for the total repeal of the taxes on newspapers. One was from Col- chester, and was very numerously signed ; and the second was from Chatham—from the Radical Association, and other in habitants ; and the third was from Roscrea, in Ireland ; it prayed not only that this tax might be removed, but also all other re trictions with which the Press was burdened. He concurred in the prayer of these petitions, and he hoped that his Majesty's Ministers would look to the signs of the times, and give that relief which was called for by the almost unanimous wish of the country. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. GROTE had a petition, very numerously and respect ably signed, from the letter-press printers of London and its vicinity, praying for the same object as those just presented by his Hon. Friend. The petition was signed by nearly 1,500 persons, and the residence of each was appended in his own hand writing. He most cordially concurred in the prayer of the petition, and hoped that no long period would be suffered to elapse before it was granted. WESLEYAN METHODISTS. Mr. SHEPPARD presented a petition from the members of a Wesleyan Methodist congregation in Somersetshire, pray ing for assistance in the building of their houses of worship. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Sir R. FE RG U S SON presented a petition from the li censed victuallers of Nottingham, praying for relief. CORONERS' INQUESTS. Sir JOHN C. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from the medical practitioners of Nottingham, praying for comp en . sation when attending coroners' inquests. GAME LAWS. Mr. F. MAULE gave notice that on Friday he would pre sent a petition, signed by 1,200 inhabitants of Berks, against the Game Laws. Mr. P. ,STUART presented a petition, praying that the House would order the re-committal of the Report of the Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway Bill. The Over (Cambridge) Enclosure Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. THE PRESS IN INDIA. Mr. TULKE begged to ask the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Controul whether any orders had been sent out to India for restricting the liberty of the Press there, or for pulling it down altogether ? Sir J. C. HOBHO USE—No such orders have been sent out. PILOTAGE COMMISSION. Mr. G. P. YOUNG begged to know whether any mea sures had been taken by . his Majesty's Government to gi effect to the recommendations of the Pilotage Commission ? ve Mr. P. THOMPSON was not able to give the Hon. Member a decisive answer on the subj ec t ; b ut the recom . mendations of that Commission would meet with the attention i - they deserved, in any measure that would be introduced. METROPOLITAN CORPORATION COMMISSION. Mr. WILKS wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Department whether he had received any report from the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the Metra politan Corporations ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had not received any report yet. Mr. WILKS trusted the Noble Lord would s h ortly do so, as it was most important to the public that the Commissioners should arrive at a conclusion upon the subject. ---- CAPTAINS NAPIER AND SARTORIUS Mr. MACKINNON wished to know from the N o ble Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) whether as Captain Napie r h a d been restored to the navy, it was the intention to restor e also Captain Sartorius. The Hon. Member could not see any dis tinction between the cases of the Gallant Captains. Lord J. RUSSELL could not give an answer to the c ities . tion o f the Hon. Member at present, as the subject was now under consideration. ARBROATH RAILWAY BILL. The House went into the further consideration of th e R eport apon the Bill, which was ordered to be printed. 230 14 202 31 1 10 2 510 149