The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-22 00:00:00

(riibtit 12bittort SUN OFFICE, Seven o'C'lock. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22. Dividend Amount Paid. [pric e . • Share. A= d.) 73 66 100 0 0 II R 3 - 1197 41 13 4 31U - 65 620 100 0 0 125 - 152 100. 0 0 rnr Annum. Names of Com.. pantos. bf per cent. 11. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-dv.1.1.Z0ut.41..ay Basingstoke :...:,. .».„ Ilreckneck & Ahergay Birmingharn,l.l6thsh Do. and Liverp. Juoc Chelmer & Illackwater Coventry .. ... Crornford Dudley ..... Derby."... . . . .... Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash Forth and C1yde......... Grand Juncti0n........ . Grand Grand Stirrey Grand Western Glarnorgansh. ay. cost Gloucester &.Berkeley Grantham ..... Huddersfield . .... ay Kennet Avon may • Lancaster av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northarnp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire ... Melton Mowbray.. Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath ••••••••• Oxford ......... ... Peak Forest av -Regent's (ot London).. Rochdale av Shropshire . .... Somerset Coal. ..... . Do. Lock Fund Sto ck Stafford and Worcester 5hrew5bury,............... Stourbridge . Stratford Severn & Wye & RaiL r Trent & Mersey, 14 eh, Thames & Medway_av Warwick and Binning. Warwick and Napton... Worcester & Birming. Wilts and Berks av Wtsbeach Wey and pcf . cent. 401. 81. 135." I/. 59. • 31 12s. Stl. 11 106. 341. 10[. 171.. SOL 17s. 6d. - 6lob percept. 29 151. 201. IL 101. 154' 32Cioi ICII. IV. 10s. U. 48. 3 per cent. 1 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. W. 10s. • 5 per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 4 per dent. 4 per cent. IN per cent. 1/. Os. 81. 18s. Id. Per cent. U. 7s. Docks. Commercial ...... East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol Do.Bnds,var.amounts St. Ditto Bonds...—. ...... Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith ...... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 734 pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 81, Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto 80nd5,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, Vauxha11....—...........av 3. 108. 4 per cent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 13e. (0. pr sh X ss, 4 per cent. Ts per share 5 per cent. 3/. Assurances. Albion...—. ............ Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire. • British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life- County Eagle Economic Life ..... European Life .Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian ....... Hope Life Mue Fire Imperial Fi • e Ditto Life... ... ... n Indemnity lilarie Law Life ..... Legal and General Li ......Life London Fire Ditto Ship ...... . National Loan Fun - ' P+lladium Life.... . Protector Life Provident Rock Life R yal Exchange Sun Fire ..... . ... Ditto ..... University Life.„ .... Univeraal Life Union Fire and Life 7ointStk Banks Australasia Ditto New ... .. . Brit. North American . Commercial of London Colonial London & Westininstr Ditto New........ .. London Joint Stock —i Metropolitan.-- percent. Provincial of Ireland 8 per cent. 1 Ditto New per cent. National of 2la per share Nat. Provincial Englnd es. per share Ditto Gloucestershire Union of Australia ~. Union of London Gaslight tic Coke Bath British Ditto Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol ... ....... • Brighton Ditto General.. ..... City of London ..„ Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Imperial • Isle of Thanet Independent Phcenix Ratcliff South Metropolitan...« United General Westmins. Chartered Ditto New Water Works. Birmingham East London ........ Grand Junction. av Kent . ..... .. . NW Ri; .on. ....... An. Manchesterand Salford Vauxhall,4ate S.- Lend. West Middlesex .av yr k Buldg Co. Les. Prop - iron .rtailways. Birmingham & Derby Birrning. Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenbm & Gt. West Clarence ............ Eastern Counties...— Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New.... Grand Junction. . ... Great North of Junction.,,, Great Western Ditto Half ,Shares Ditto Fifths . Hull and Selby . ...... Leeds and Selby .. . ... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighton.. Ditto Loan Notes London and BLckwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds.. ...... London and S. iVestern London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension Midlana Counties North Mid1and....., .,.., Do. g_sh., 1.3.10 di5. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.s/. dis Paris and Rouen Stockt , n & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 25 dis, York and N. Midland.., Ditto New Shares.. 5 per cent', & bds. 534 per cent. bt4 per cent. per cent. 6 per cont. b per cent. 2s. ed. 12 per rent. sh. IL Si. 10s. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11 S 3. 5 per cent. IN er cent. 1/. 4s. pe' cent. 103( per cent i per cent. 6 per cent. i 5 per cent. 5 rel.. cent. 6per cent. j per cent, 10 per cent. 6 per cent. lds. 1/. 1/. is. W. 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Londnovith Sin.Tickct :London University Russell King's Ccllege Miscellaneous i Anglo Mexican Mint lO b Australian Agricultur lOO 0 Brit. American Land, , 50 0 Canada ...... t 100 0 Upper Canada Bonds._ Copper Miners' Comp. 100 0 (len. Steam Navigation 15 0 Iberian Mercantile Co. 5 q 1) itto Property 5 0 Met. Wood Pay., iss. /I. 10 0 Mex. and S. American 10 0 New Brunswick ;Land) New Zealand ...... ....... Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam • Rcver , ion ry Int, koc lOO 0 South Australian 25 0 Thames Tunnel 54 0 Van Diemen's Land 100' 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 0 110 7 0 100 0 40 0 45 0 15 0 20 0 100 0 50 0 25 0 50 0 20 0 100. O . O r 100 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 '75 0 0 50 0 0. 12 0 0 58 0 0: 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 70 0 30 0 40 0 31 0 13 10 0 1(10 0 f) 25 0 ( 150 0 0 121" 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 16 10 0 3 0 0 69 0 0 7 0 0 1507 . 13 0 210 0 ..... WO 0 0 100 0 0 JO 0 20 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 50 -0 • o 100 o 20 O 50 O 20 O 0 O 0 10 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 • 0 O 0 O 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. MARCH 5, 184-1. t per ccnt. tper cent. per cent per sent - .percent pet cent. per cent. !per cent. 7 per cent P per cent. i per cent t per cent. :per cent. ,er cent. 2 1 / 4 per cent, fig rtcnt , Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scetianal Caledonian Insurance. Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance C0..0f Scotl. Edinburgh Lile lnsur. Scottish Union Insur... Standard Life- Insur.... Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas.Railwy Wasp. and Green. Duadeeind A rbr. 110 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 Ol 2'lo 0 50 0 0 5000 25 0 0 ' 25 0 01 All7ain THE LONDON GAZETTE.. (THIS EVENING) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 22. 1844. Orders for the Court's going into Mourning on Tuesday next, the 26th instant, for his late Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, viz.:—The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neeklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords I and buckles. The Court to change the Mourning on Tuesday, the 9th of April next, viz. : The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. —The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Tuesday the 1 1 3th April next the Court go out of Mourning. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MARCH 20. The Queen was this day pleased to confor the honour of Knighthood upon Williath 13ain, Esq., Master in the Royal Navy. CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE, Marled 18. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased, to appoint Dr. Francis Hawkins to be one of his Royal Highness's Physicians. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 22. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to pass the Great Seal of the Unites Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating the Rev. Edward Field, Master of Arts, 10 the Bishoprick of Newfoundland. WHITEHALL, MARCH '22. The Queen has been pleased torant the archdeaconry of the i s l e of Man to the Rev. Joseph Christian Moore, M.A., • the same being void by the death of the Rev. John Cecil Ha 11... The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev. Joseph Christian Moore, ALA , to the rectory of Andreas, in the i s l e of Man an d di ocese of the same, void by the death of the Rev. John Cecil Hall. WHITEHALL, MARCH 20. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Bethune to the church and parish of Uig, in the presbytery of Lew is and county of Ross, vacant in consequence of the Rev. Alexander M'Leod, late minister thereof, having ceased to be a minister of the Chureh of Scotland. WAR-OFFICE, Mime!' 22. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. J. H. Gray, from 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Robertson, appointed to 2d Dragoons, March 22. 2d Dragoons—Lieut. A. Robertson, from 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenont, vice Ramsay, appointed to 14th Light Dragoons, March 22. g 3 h d i Li ght D Dragoon ra r o t n o — b C e or Lieutenant,et E. B . wit C h u o r u e t ton, from 6 purchase, 1 tviceh White, deceased, Dec. 19. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. B. W. Ramsay, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, appointed to 7th Dragoon Guards, March t. 2. 15th Light Dragoons—CornetA. Blandy, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ede, deceased, Dec. 21, 1843. 3d Foot—To be Captains - without purchase—Lieut. H. Blair, vice tewart, killed in action, Dec. 30, 1843 ; Lieut. J. Speedy, vice Magrath, died of his wounds, Jan. 14. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign R. W. Woods, vice Maude, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 30, 1843; Ensign F. N. Dore, vice Speedy, Jan. 14. To be Ensigns, without purchase—F. G. Syms, Gent., vice Woods, promoted, March 22 ; E. S. Charlton, Gent., vice Dore, promoted, March 23. To be Adjutant—Lieut. F. F. Maude, vice Blair, promoted, Dec. 30, 1843. 9th Foot—Lieut. F. L. Bennett, from the 13th Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges, Jan. 15. 13th Foot—Lieut. W. W. - Williams, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, who exchanges, Jan: 15. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. ' STANDARD.—The silence (so proper in their po sition) which the .Members of the House of Lords have hitherto observed upon the subject of the State trials in Ireland, is, it appears, about to be interrupeed by the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Marquis of Clanricarde, who have given notice of motions referring to the trials in question for this day week. The public has been long aware that the convicted traversers have given no tice of applying for a writ of error, resting upon those very circumstances which, as it appears, are to institute the ground of the motions of the two Noble Marquises ; but a writ of error from the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland passes immediately into the House of Lords, and the effect of the motions of Lords Lansdowne and Clanricarde will be to anticipate a judicial deci sion of the House by an extra-judicial debate and judgment—a , proceeding which is, -to say the least of it, somewhat irreplar and un usual. It may be, that thee absurd project of ir writ of error has been abandoned, and that the Noble Lords, in question have been let into the secret. If such is the case, however, we must think that this secret ought to be kept no longer, for surely it were an ill precedent for the Appellate Court of the empire to take volun tarily and irregularly into consideration . a process in an inferior Court, without • an assurance that the process was not to come regularly before it, in the form of *s appeal. In other respects there is every reason to rejoice that a question which has been so much obscured by falsehood and calumny as the State prosecution in Ireland has been, shall be submitted to investigation by a body comprising so many able and learned men as the House of Lords ; a body, too, which can claim the assistance of the 15 judges of England. We know `what the result of such an investi gation must be (for it is impossible that Lords' Lans downe and Clanricarde can be allowed to have the whole game to themselves) ; and if the effect, of the premature movement be to revive, a fortnight before sentence, in more lively force, a sense of the deep criminality of the ' convicts, they will have to blame none but their own m officious friends., , GLOBE.—The Bill for " Improving the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Wales," which Lord Lyndhurst has originated in the House of Lords, gave rise last evening to a rather animated discussion, previously to its being read . a second time. The Royal Commission, which was issued in 1829 for in quiring into the constitution and practice of these odious • Courts, may be regarded as the first blow struck at:their • existence. The discussions which have arisen" upon the different Bills that have been . framed for the purpose of improving their practice and remedying their abuses—although the measures have, from various causes, been withdrawn—hare had the effect of drawing attention to the monstrous injustice in flicted by these tribunals. They owe their continued 1 4 existence to the concealment and deep secresy which they succeeded in keeping up. The invasion . of their retirement, by . means of the inquiry to which their proceedings, were subjected, and the persevering '34 attempts to dragthem forth into light—resisted, as those % efforts have been, by those who have an interest in preserving and perpetuating as many of their abuses as is possible—these agitations and collisions will be lil beneficial in their imm e di a t e an d r emo t e resu lt s . Th ey will secure a di m i nu ti on o f t h e a b uses so l ong com ;plained of--a partial cleansing of the Augean stable. , Preparatory to the sweeping flood being let in, which. '34 shall purify the jurisprudence of the country from these 1 anomalous and oppressive jurisdictions which, to the reproach of everything spiritual, are distinguished by , 14 the appellation of Spiritual Co ur ts, it i s some thi ng , gained to have the nuisance abated. ' For these ' reasons we congratulate the country upon the in-,, ;% troduction of Lo r d L yn dh urs t' s Bill.. The Noble 'and Learned Lord, it will be seen, adheres to'the mea -4 sure as it was originally proposed ; and thus demon -6% -5N strates the difficulties with .which " a strong Govern ment" has to contend, when it applies. itself to the rev 534 moval of abuses in which the Church has a pecuniary 3 interest. There can be no question but that any Go- D vernment, if left to itself, unfettered by the Eccle- Si' siastical influence which - invariably busies itself in 7;.. such matters, would gladly assimilate the jurisprudence 8 of the country on all subjects relating to the pro -61.3 perty and liberty of the subject, to *one uniform mode itfa of administration. This, however, is .an attempt:too dangerous to be made on a large scale. The State may 41 nibble at the outworks, but must not venture to assail i 5 the cit a d e l. Th e C ourt i Peculiar are to be abolished. 41 The Arches' and P rerogat i ve C ourts i n the provinces* of 2 Canterbu r y and - York are to be consolidat e d. Thi s is s.• - something —a small' instalment of th'e whole, which will certainly be demanded, an d o bt a i ne d, a t no distant day. 4 % The Diocesan Court s _ are t o .. be retained. The reasons 5 assigned by Lord Lyndhurst for their preservation 2 are worthy of notice. Antiquity is. their sole recom -2% mendation. Lord C o tt en h am ex p resse d hi s di ssat i s f ac - ; 4 tion with the Bill as it stood. Hii Lordship com mented, with great force of argument, and with, some t severity of language, on the constitution and practice• i a of the Ecclesiastical Courts as they now exiit ; and .74 showed the insufficiency of the remedy sought to ; 4 be applied for their improvement. In this he was th ably supported by Lord Campbell ; and also by Lord Brougham, who gave a n amusing hi s t or i ca l s k etc h o f 3 the opposition with which Lord Grey's. Govprnment N was assailed upon attempting to carry out the i % recommendations of the Commissions of Inquiry. 344 414 ro the speeches of these Noble and Learned Lords,. 3's and to that of the Bishop o f L on d on , w e can on l y 54 generally refer as well deserving of careful perusal. ii% The Right Reverend Prelate's remarks we -regard as valuable, inasmuch as they concede several of the objet tions which are urged against these courts.. The Bishop admits that the opposition which would be raised ,agaiii - st any attempt to remove them, is the principal object to their being abolished. This, from such a quarter, is gratifying, for the candour displayed and for the en couragement afforded to hope for their eventual removal. The adhesion of Lord Lyndhurst 'to the' law of bona notabilia, as it now stands, is, however, in 'our view, the most glaring defect in his measure, and for which we cannot discover the shadow of an argument. We take his Lordship's own statement as the best exemplification of the mischiefs which result from the law, and the folly of allowing them to remain unremove d and undiminished. In ,order to regulate and preserve 'evidence Hof the succession to personal property (and, for certain reasons with which lawyers are familiar, but which are not easily. understood_ by the rest of mankind, land is frequently treated in this respect as personality) by testament, or intestacy, tertian legal - ceremonies are re _quired. It is necessary to prove the *ill in the' one case ; ' and, in -the other, to take out letters of administration in the proper Ecclesiastical Cintil. If there were -one - general court in the metropolis, for the whole of England and Wales, there world b e no difficulty ; nor, perhaps, if there were one in eac h county town for the entire county. But wills and intestacies, being matters of spiritual cognizance, the familiar division of sheriffs and their counties must not be followed, but that of bishops and their dio ceses. An executor, or administrator, must make him self acquainted with the divisiOn of England into dioceses ; for if it should be discovered, subsequently to taking out the grant, that there were bona notabilia above the value of five pounds in any other diocese than that in which the grant was taken out, the will must be proved over again in the courts there, and fees must . .be paid there also. _ And this process must be ' re newed upon the discovery of goods or moneys in any . other diocese, how often' soever the' discovery may be repeated! Every Bishop is privileged to recfuiren fresh probate to be taken out, at the same expense as the first! And this-annoying 'machinery, falsely called the administration of justice, is to be retained! 60 0 01 2 40 0 0 21 50 0 6 o 11 0 5 0 55 0 50 0 2 10 10 0 50 250 0 All pai, 2 0 3 0 o r. ost 91 a tu. 7 .i: 5 0 0 6 5 0 12 20 0 0 • Ibij O 41 O 41 O 4: 0. 13 O 15 O 24 91 1: U 4:i Di 9 1? 0 I 0 2S 0 lc M 0 0 22 18 8 0 20 19 0 0 24 120 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 28 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30'0 0 30 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 45 0 0 2S 207 8! 56 60 11% 6 h, 231 100 111% 61 57% 25 3 . 5. ,4 265 122 55% 3i 6 4 134 118 3914 101 27% ?a fin 4 4 4 • 52 . 14 lot le5N 161 220 162 844 17h 4% 1 50 5934 ; 14 1 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1844. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Montginiieryshire. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant, vice Lieut.. Colonel C. W. W. Wynn, resigned; H. A. FroctOr, Eeq. o be Major, vice D. Pugh, resigned, Jan. 26. • ' '' BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM CHAPMAN surgeon, York-place, New-road, to surrender April 2, at twelve, and May 3, at halt-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy- Al alter, o ffi cial assignee, Birchin-lane • Rickards and Walker , ' Lincoln's-inn-fields. JONATHAN GUNDRY,:shoemiker, Hamstead, April 17, at half-past eleven, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court 01 Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-streft ; Pain and Co.. Great Marlborough -street. HENRY WILLIAM HEMSWORTH, wine -merchant, 'Primrose -street, Bishopsgate-street, April 2, at two, and May 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Pain and Co., Great Marlborough-street. JOHN MEWS, hard confectioner, Langley-place, Core.: mercial-road East, March 26, at half-past twelve, and Apri► 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Edwards, official as iignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Todd, Thavies' Inn, Holborn. FREDERICK FORD and VREDK. RILEY BROCKLE HURST, stationers, Bow-lane, City, April 6, at one, ano May 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, Jones, Size-lane, Bucklersbury. GEORGE WILKINSON and JOSEPH WILKINSON, carriers, Bishop Auckland, Durham, April 1 and May 2, at two, at the Neweastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;. Bell, Bioderick, and sell, Bew Church-yard, London ; Seymour, Newcastle-upen-Tyne. ROBERT. HURST, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tpde, April 1, at one, and April 30, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Disttict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Williamson and_ Hill, Gray's lan, London; liagledew, Newcastle- upon- Tyne. . .JOHN COWEN, 'linen and - woolen-draper, Penrith, April 11, at eleven, and May 2, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne! Mawson, Manchester; Cram, Newcastle-upon -11 Pic THEODORE FREDERICK CLARK, draper , Scot land-road, Liv e rp oo l, Ap r il 3,. at.one„ and April 23, a l twelve. at the Marichester.District Court. - Hobson, official assignee, Manchester.; Reed' add Shaw, Friday-street, Londdn ; Sale and Worthington Manchester. HENRY STEPHENSON HEWITT, licensed victualler, Manchester, April 2, and, 24, .at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester. THOMAS HODGSON, brick-maker; Gretta-bank, York shire April 17 and 26, at eleven, at the Distri c t C our t o f Bankruptcy. Yonng, official assignee, Leeds ; Jaques and Co., Ely-place, London ; Sykes, Leeds; THOMAS SHILLITO, chemist, Leeds, April 6, and May 2, at eleven, at Chu Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee; Wood, Leeds. EBENEZER ROGERS, fire-brick-manufacturer, New port, Monmouthshire, April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, Golden-square, Loudon ; Hope, Newport. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. ' J. Weston, plumber, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire. S. and J. Walker, cloth manufacturers, Greetland, Yorkshire. - J. Bell, licensed victualler, Manchester. C. Kempster nurseryman, Upper Burnsbery-street, I s li ng t on . T. Adams, drosvenor-terrace, Camberwell. T. Simpson, clerk, Chatham. W. Hancock, attorney, North Carry, Somersetshire. J. Parker, fellmonger, Northleach, Gloucestershire. - G. Cook, grocer,..Greek-street, Soho. - • S. Cumberland, clerk, Arundel-street, Strand. J. Barlow, licensed victuafier, Stockport. R. - Balshaw, salesman, Manchester. . , . W. Broadbent, plumber, Meltham, Yorkshire: - • : J. Charlesworth, machine maker, Wooldale, Yorkshire. T.' Ellis, stone-mason, Corbin., Derbyshire. ' J. Brooks, cloth manufacturer, Omen, Yorkshire. W. Seys, fancier, New House, Monmeuthshire. I. Sowden, cotton. warp dresser, Four lane-ends, Yorkshire. • J. Sowden, shopkeeper, Four-lans.ends, Yorkshire. C. Malvern, .upholsterer, Southampton. •i T. V. Hinton, plumber, Edgware, Middlesex. C. Pearce, blacksmith, Market-place, Norfolk. A. Levy, ,Upper Baker-street; Portman-square. - Attkins, omnibus proprietor, Kew-road, Surrey. J. Goodson, plumber, Royal Oak-place,Timlieo. • W. Pett, farmer, Sevenscore Farm, Kent. • - PRICE OF SUGAR • ' The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending March 19, 1844, is 365. 11d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, of March 22.) SUGAR.—The market has been better supplied with West India Sugar this week; the trade generally have operated with , reluctance, and the demand for Refining and Grocery purposes has been very limited. , To-day there was no public sale of raw Sugar of any sort ;.a i better demand prevailed for British Plontation, and 400 hhds • were sold at the rates previouslyesiablished ; Refiners and . Grocers, however, were not disposed to purchase more than present wants require. REFINED.—Prices have again given way for Refined goods, and rule Is 6d to 2s per cwt under those of this day week. To-day Refined Sugar was in better request, but the Refiners' were disposed to make sales, and accepted 74s for brown, and 75s for standard Lumps. -In bonded Crushed little was done, but there is no disposition to further give way in price. MAURITIUS—There has been a reduction on previous rates' of Is per cwt ; low brown at 49s 6d to 518, good and mid 54s to 565, low yellow 58s to 58s 6d, wid 59116 d to 61s, good 61s 6d to 62s 6d, fine 65, to 665, very fine bright and strong 67s to 67s 6d, and mid to good grey 58s to 61s per cwt. EA ST 114131 A.—Prices have further given way 6cl to Is per cwt for Bengal Sugar this week, good and fine white at 65s to 665, middling yellow 58s 6d, good bright 62s 6d to 635, white damp and washed 62t to Os, yellow ditto. at 57s 6d to 61s per cwt; for Manilla Sugar rather higher rates paid ; Java at 17s to 22s per cwt. FonziGN.—To-day there was no publi c sa l es o f F ore i gn Sugar • privately 1,000 boxe s b rown an d l ow so f t ye ll ow Ha vannah, of old importation, sold at 18s to 19s for refining here in bond, and were considered high prices, when it was taken into consideration the inferior quality ; this is Is per cwt above last Friday's rates. MOLASSES.—Prices continue to give way for West India, and are is per cwt under those of this day week. Demerara 25s per cwt for fine. Bengal Syrup at loweo rates. COCOA.—Holders of Foreign sqow firmness. Para taken in at 29s 6d per cwt for mixed red, only 27s 6d offered; West India is much wanted ; Trinidad, good to fine red 57s to 603, low to middling 51, to 665, and grey 503 to 55s per cwt. TEA. —The amount of business transacted in black Tea has been upon a small scale only, and rather lower rates again accepted. To-day many pastels of new Green Tea were sold at stiff rates; Young Hyson fetched 2s to 3s sd, and Imperial and Gunpowder 3s to 4s 6d per lb ; in Coogan and Twankey little business was done. RlCE.—Bengal mid to fine white at Its 6d to I2s 6d ; 108 to 108 6d for low broken white, and 9s 6d far sea damaged • yel low M a d ras an d J ava at 8s 6 d to 9s per cwt. Cleaned Rice at the former currency. SAGO.—Fine entail white at 235, good 22s 6d, good mid grey 18s 6d to 19s, mid 17s to 18s, and one lot foul 16s per cwt. Sago Flour 21s to 22s per cwt for good quality. Arrowroot: Bermuda 10d to Is nd, St. Vincents 4}d to 6d, and Jamaica 6d ter lb. COFFEE. —For West India not much inquiry has prevailed this week, but the supply being small, previous rates are sus tained. This afternoon the home trade were little disposed to purchase Coffee, and the market presented a flat appearance. Ceylon was disposed of by private contract at 66s to 66s 6d per cat for good ordinary, being again lower. Of Costa Rice 978 bags were offered at public sale and partly sold at the former value fine ordinary green 52s to 54s ; 142 bugs of Batavia sold at 28s for good or dinary rather mixed ; 396 bags cf Mysore taken in above the value ; good ordinary yellow at 47s 6d to 48s ; 41 barrels of Berbice sold at t 6s for fine ordinary unclean, 57, to 59s 6d for good ordinary, and 23s to 27s for Triage. Foreign Coff ee was much i n ordi.y ar demand ß i fine Szs;-- Ginger taken in a Tfiis afternoona t public t4 s;obarrels of j s salt: bags of middling ama ica B a r braid'ue partly 6 cask a so o l f d s a in t g 6 a / 15s pore to x u l t o m / e l g O s s , d fo u r low typa dn:di taken dfign in a t t o good 4s6 d p er bold; . Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum at 3s 6d 18th Foot—F. B. Tritton, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Mostyn, appointed to 27th Foot, March 22: 21st Foot—Major R. T. R. Pattoun to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Walker, deceased ; Brevet Major J. C. Peddie to be Major, vice Pattoun ; Lieut. G. Frend, from the 3lst Foot, to be Captain, vice Peddie, Dec. 5, 1843. . 27th Foot—Ensign 0. Langley to be Lieutenant, by pnr chase, vice Hutton, who retires; Ensign T. Mostyn, from the 18th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Langley, March 22. 28th Foot—Lieutenant H. F. Walcefield, from 40th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Lugard, whose promo tion in this Corps, on 29th October, 1843, has been cancelled, Dee. 30. 29th Foot—Ensign H. G. Walker, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Moore, deceased, Dec. 31 ; Ensign E. T. Scudamore, from 71st . Regiment, to be Ensign, vice. Walker, pronfoted, March 22. 31st .Foot—Major H.. C. Van CAntlandt to be. Lieutenant-. Colonel, without purchase, vice Churchill, killed in action ; Brevet-Major J. Spence to be Major, vice V an ,Cordandtl Lieut. E. Lugard to be 'Captain, vice Spence, Dec. 30. 34th Foot—Lieut. C. A. Sch reiber to be Captain, by pur chase vice Broderick,' who r e ti res ; En s i gn E. F. A gnew t o be Lieutenant, by 'purchase, vice Schreiber; .1. Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Agnew, March 22. . 36th Foot—Lieut. J. J. Grant to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Brevet Major A. CaMpbell, who retires on full pay ; Ensign H. Holden to be Lieutenant, vice Grant.; G. Green, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Holden, March 22. , 39th Foot—Gentleman Cadet G. - F. C. Bray, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purehase,.vice Bray, died of his wounds, March 22. 50th Foot—Lieut. H. Needham to be Captain, Without ptir chase ' vice Cobban, killed in action ; Ensign E. Chamber, to be Lieutenant, vice Needham, Dec. 30,1843 ; W. Du-Vir net, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vicei Chambers, March 22. • 64th Foot.—Captain G. Jackson, from half-pay G lengary Fencibles, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major B. Fox, who --- exv changes ; Lieut. H. A. Cumberlege to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Jackson, who retires ; Ensign G. L. Maddison to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cumberlege Gent. Ca def N. "H. Shute, from the Royal Military College, to be En- sign, by purchase, vice Maddison, March 22. 71st Foot—W. S. Prince, Gent., to he Ensign. without purchase, vice Scudamore, removed to the 29th Foot, March 22. 73d Foot—Captain B. Brown, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Dawson, promoted, March 23. -- 86th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Woodgate tnbe Captain, without purchase, vice Rattray, deceased, Nov. 14 ; Ensign • and Ad jutant J. Boyd to hove the rank of Lieutenant, Nov. 13; En sign J. Jerome to be Lieutenant, vice Woodgate, Nov, -14 ; Ensign F. R. Creed to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stuart, deceased, Nov. 21. To be Ensigns, without purchase—G. W. Robinson, Gent:, vice creed, March 22; 3. R. Stuart, Gent., vice . Jerome, March 23. 93d Foot—Sergeant-Major D" . . Sinclair to be Quarter Master, vice G. Macdonald, who retires upon ' half-pay, March 22. . * 97th Foot—Lient. I. M. Moore to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Craigie; deceased, Feb. 20. UNATTA CHER. —Lieut. 8.. Brown,.. from 73d Foot, to be Ca rain . without purchase, March 22. • • BREVET.--Captain G. Jackson, of the 64th Font, to, be Major in the Army, Jan. 10. - MEmottAwnost.—The commission of Lieut. Robt. I - lawkes, in the 4th Foot, has been . dated Bth July, 1837, in order to place 'him in his original position in that Corps. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 21. Ordnance Medical Department.—Assistant-surgeon J. E. T. Parratt to be surgeon, Feb. 22. ADMIRALTY, Msucit 16. ' Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant J. Roberts to be First Lieutenant, vice G. S. P. Baker ; Gentlemen Cadet C. _J. Ellis to be Socond Lieutenant, vice Roberts, promoted. . . .tn; ; 3s 7d per 1(013V :for 30 to' 34 per cent overproof of fair Demerma, .35 to 40per cent overproof, 3a 3d to - 3s 4d , per gallon ; Leewards, proof, at 2 s 2d per ga ll on ; C a l cutta Rum at Is lid proof with certificate. The demand far Brandy has 'been good, and the Market has a firm appearance ; Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s I Id, puns 5s 9c1:; 1839, hhd s s s Bd, puns 6s. 6d'; 1840, %cis 5s 6d, puns 55 4d ; 1841, hhds as sd, puns 5s 3d; 1842, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s '2d; mid 3s - 6ct to 4s 6d, and Common marks 2s 10d to 3s 5d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sorts Is 9d to Is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 3d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits 103 2d cash, and Gin 22 per cent overproof 8s 841 poet. gallon. . • Itimpo.—An'inmeased desire has been shown on'the part of shippers and the home trade to purchase East India'; ; prices have advanced ; the . demand - for ill descriptions has been good, and the rates given show an advance on - those of' the last quarterly sale of 3d to 4d per lb. For Spanish prices rule 2d to.3d. per lb. above thole of the last public- auction. TALLOW.—On the spot, 40s 9d to 41s paid for Petersburgh Yellow Candle of firstquality ; in Mime rases 41s 3d per cwt. given ' for delivery in the l as t th ree mont h s o f t h e year at 41s 9d to 42i per cwt. Tewn Tallow 4-1 s to 41, 6d per cwt nett cash. American 32s to 40s 6d per cwt for low to fine quality. Thisafternoon South American went at 35. to 395; Ibrail at 40s to 40s 9d ; New South Wales, 338 6d to 40s 9d ; East India, 37s 6tl to 41s 6d ; Italian, 42s ; North American, 34s 3d to 40s 3d ;. Lard, 33atid to 383 per cwt: Of ts. considerablo advance' has taken place in the value of Olive Oil. • Gallipoli has been fetching 491, Licily 171; Spa.. nigh 461 to 461 10s ; Linseed Oil on the spot at 26s 6d to 26s 9d per cwt ; Rape Oil pale 37e, and brown 36s per •cwt. Cocoa Nut at 29s to 325; Palm, first quality at 28s to 22s per cwt. Prices are firm for Sperm Oil ; fine British at 71/to .72/, and American 70: - to 70/ 10s per ton. In all descriptions of common Fish Oils, prices have advanced to 34/59 to. 34/108 for Cod. Pale Seal 351, and low to fine Southern 11l to 341 per tun. This afternoon Palm Oil went at 25t to 28s ;" 'refined Egyptian Netron 8s 3d per cwt. - . - • .. IMPERIAL PAR,LIAMENT. - (THIS EVENING) HOUSE OP, LOM DS. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to!day at a quarter be fore Five o'Cloch, to the - Three-and-a-Half, per Cents Annuity _Reduction Bill ' • the Three-and- a -11W per -Cent. (1818) Annuity Reduction Bill ; the Consolidated Fund (8,000,0000 Bill ; , the Gaming Transactions Witness's Indemnity Bill, and the Teachers of -Schools (Ireland) Bill. . • The - Lords Commissioners were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the ;Lord Chancellor, and the' Duke of Buccleuch; -• • - Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasttre, The. Lone CHANCELLOR took his- seat on the. Wool, sack shortly a6r Five VClock.. Messengers from the. Commons brought up the Ramsay.lnclosure Bill and other Bills., - The Duke - of BUCOLEUC II presented petitions from Rye against any alteration in the corn•laws. Lord PRIID.EIOB presented similar: petitions: from Shillbottle, in Northumberland. The Earl of RADNOIi, took that opportunity to explain .that on a former occasion, when he referred to a meet ing Which had been held in Yorkshire, respecti4 - the eorn-Jaws,..he had • not alluded to LortlYevershita, but Lord Harewood. • After a few words from.the Duke of RICHMOND and the Duke of BuceLitren, the' matter dropped. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that he would move for copies of any communicatious - which had been made between the Government and the Poor law authorities, respecting the case of Mary Miller, the unfortunate female who committed suicide,in a work house a short time ago. The MarquiS of NG/MAIO3Y presented a petition complaining of the operation of the •Act under which the Lanabeth Water-works was established. • . - The Earl of RADNOR said, the Noble Earl to 13,;h0m ,he had alluded on a fanner 9ceßsion (the Earl of Hare wood) had -Stated a fact at the meeting in Yorkshire, and from that fact he drew an inference, which was that the, A nti-Corn-law League incited to, ineendiarism.- -He (the Earl of Radnor) had called the attention of the Noble Earl to the.paragraph in the newspaper in which the meeting was reported, and the. Noble Earl admitted, that it was correct. - 7 The Dnke of BUCCLEUCH said, that within the list four days he had seen Lard Harwood, and the conversa tion turned on this, very. subject, - -The Noble Earl Ad mitted that the report in the newspapers of what be had stated was .correct s but be did not admit that the infer ence which was drawn in the leading article of that pa- Per was Correct. The Noble Earl never - iniputd to the Anti-Gorn-lair League any attempt- .to incite to insur rection. - The Earl . of RADNOR said, the fact the Noble Eail (Barewood) had stated was, that a fanner had attended a pro Corn-law meeting in Norfolk ; and the same night his sticks were burnt. The inference 'the Noble. Earl meant to draw from that . was,-that tha stack hid been ,burnt through the agency of the Anti-Corn-law League. Lord WHARNCLIFFE denied that - such- an infer ence could be drawn from the words Of the: Noble. Earl. Lord BEAUMONT said * he , was. at • thi elbow of the Neble Earl (Ilarewood) wheir-- :made . the speech to which the. noble . Earl . (Earl Radnor) had alliuled, and he was : sure that no person at • the meeting supposed. for , a moment that the Noble Earl intended to impute -to the Anti-COrn 'law League any intention to incite' to incendiarisin. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he was neither a .pro-Corn-law man nor an " anti-corn-law man," but he thought it was to be regretted that Noble , Lords would make speeches from which objectionable-- inferences might be-drawn. -- -; - . • - (LEFT SITTING.) • HOUSE OFCOMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the. usual hour. _ The following Bills were read a second time, namely, the Eastern Counties Union Rai/way, the Newcastle and Darlington Junction. Railway and Tyne Bridge Bill, the Pontop and South Shields Railway Bill, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Bill. The Birmingham Canal Navigation Bill was read a third time and passed: FACTORIES. BILL. Sir JOHN . EASTHOYE, presented a - petition from Leicester, signed by a large number of manufacturers, expressing in strong terms the disapprobation of the amendment introduced by the Noble Lord, the - Member for Dorset. THE SILK MANUFACTURE.' • • Lord F. EGERTON presented a 'petition signed by 5,600 persons connected with the silk-wethlng trade, complaining, of the .many disadvantages which pressed sp heavily ou them, and praying that Parliament would appoint a committee to inquire into the matter.: • Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from the managers of the poor in the =several townships of the parish of Rochdale. Petitioners stated their ob *awls t o , the bastardy clauses, of the Pootqaw Bill, and prayed that they may be amended before the Bill be passed into law. Also, a petition frost Braintree in Essex t praying for a full and fair repr6entation of the people ; an d .a petition. from J. B. Harvey, of Col chester, against certain Clauses - in the Great Western Railw4,Y Pill* Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from St. John's, Newfoundland, praying that justice might b e done to Ireland, and that - recourse might not be had to measures of coercion. Also several petitions from dif ferent places in Ireland, complaining of the maladmi nistration of justice. Also petitions from different parts of Ireland, signed by upwards 'of 'lBO,OOO persons, com plaining of -the effects produced upon Ireland by the legislative union, and praying for its repeal. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a• petition against ihe ten hours' clause of the Factories Bill, Sir H. INGLIS presented a petition from the mem bers of the Bath Church of England Lay Association, complaining of the conduct of 'Dissenters, and prayin g the House to resist all:attempts to deprive the Church of England of the full amount.mid benefit of her ester blished rights.—(lronical cheers from the Opposition.) NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH gave notice that on Tuesday he should move for certain returns on the sub ject of the working of the Tithe Commutation Act in Ireland. Mr, EWART gave notice that he would take the earliest opportunity, upon the House going into a Com mittee of Supply, of moving for the abolition of the duties on raw materials, and for a reduction of those duties which tend to encourage smuggling. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir A. CLIFFORD, Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the House-to-the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent, given by Commission, to several Bills. The SPEAKER, acc?impWnied'hy several Members, then proceeded to the other House. On his return, The SPEAKER announced that the Royal assent had been given to several Bills, for which see Lords' report.. Dr., BOWRING withdrew. the.motion which he had on the paper for the 2d of April, relative to our treaty of _commerce with the Ottoman empire. • - Colonel WOOD gave notice-that, on going into Com mittee on the Commons Iriclosure Bill, he would move tile adoption of resolutions to the-effect, that it was ex- . pedient to have a Board consisting of a superintendent and two vice-superintendents to whom (as we under stood) the' subject should be referred. - WRECKS OF THE NERBUDDA •AND ANN. Dr. BOWRING put the question, of which he had given notice—whether any reply has been received from the Goverment of Pekin, in answer to the application made for the punishment of the authorities of the Island of Formosa, who ordered the murder of the crews of the .Nerbudda and Ann ? Two hundred of the crews of these vessels fell into the hands of the natives, and were treated with great cruelty by them, the greater proportion of them being subsequently murdered. He wished to know whether any redress had been obtained - or promised for this outrage. It was understood that the na tive authorities had been advanced in rank by the Emperor of China ' • he wished to know if any punish ment was likely t o be inflicted on them for this violation of the laws of nations and humanity. Sir R. PEEL said he believed the statement of the Hon. Gentleman was substantially correct. Two Bri tish vessels were wrecked on the coast of Formosa, and after the sailors and passengers had been detained a consider able time, and suffered. great privations, many of them were put to death. Sir H. Pottinger made a representation to the Emperor of China, stating that the British Government viewed the transaction with great regret, and trusted that signal punishment would be inflicted on the authorities of the island. He must say that he thought the statement of the Emperor in reply to him was a very satisfactory one, and vi orthy of a ruler of a great country. A proclamatiok was inserted in the Pekin Gazette, of which Sir Henry Pottinger spoke in high terms. He stated lie had seen with great pleasure the decree of the Em peror on the subject of the British subjects who were put to death on the island of Formosa, and he was sure it would be 'received with' great satisfaction by his Government: That proclamiltion he (Sir Rdbert Peel) thought exhibited as great a -desire to do justice as he had ever seen on the part of a civi lised State. The Emperor alleged in the Proclamation that he had been entirely deceived by the Chinese authorities of Formosa, who stated that the crews of the ships landed with arms in their bands, and - were taken as prisoners of war. 'He bad ordered an inquiry into their conduct,- and'" finding that they had deceived him, he had ordered all who had obtained a promotion of rank by their false representations to be degraded from it, and to be handed over to the Board of Punishment, The Emperor had therefore disgraced all the parties concerned, and had caused them to be removed for the purpose of being tried by the regular authorities, and having such further punish ment inflicted upon, thew as their crime de- Ceiveir: Now he really thought, upon the whole, this proclamation. was all that could be expected. They here saw the advantage of increased intercourse between civilized countries. INCENDIARY FIRES. Colonel FOX begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man the- Secretary of State for the Borne Department, whether any steps had been taken by the Government in consequence, of the numerous incendiary fires which had recently taken place in Suffolk. It was well known that several such fires had taken place. The Hon. Gentle man then read an extract from an address delivered by the Chairman of Quarter Sessions, in which he expressed his' aitonishment that the rural police had not been able to detect any of the offenders. - • Sir J. GRAHAM said it was undoubtedly true that Several incendiary fires had taken place in Suffolk within a recent period, and that though every attempt had. been made, no offender .had as yet been discovered. Although the crime might be frequent, it was still difficult of detection. - He had thought it necessary - to - send some assistance to the rural police from the me tropolitan.force, but he was sorry to say that, up to - the present time no detection had taken place. Lord HENEKER - rose amidst loud cries , of "Order, 'order,', but was at - length allowed to proceed. He said the fires in the county which he had the hononr to represent—namely, -Suffolk—were so fre quent, that it was matter of wonder when there were none.—(llear, hear.) He himself had been called up at two o'clock in the morning, and had -witnessed a most awful - Conflagration. He believed that one fire had taken place yesterday ; but it was quite true that, up -that moment, tilone of the offenders had been detected. INDIA. ligir -. Mr. MANGLES' l ave notice that he would nio - Ve for a return ofthe etters to the Board of Control from the late Lord-Hastings, dated the 19th December, 1809, and the Ist of March, 1810, or extracts therefrom. Sir ,ROBERT rm.. was understood to say that he had no objection to the return of the letters, but if the Hon. Member moved for extracts, that would be a matt of discretion. E VENTION 'OF, SMOKE.. Mr. lIINDLEY begged to ask thesHon. Member for Lymington - (Mr. Mackinnon), as Chairman of the-Com mittee appointed to.inquire respecting the nuisance , of smoke in towns, whether it was intended to found any Measure Upon the Report of that Committee? — Mr. MACKINNON said that: the Cominittee's Report recommended that a Bill should be passed on the subject, but the Government _declined to introduce such a mea sure ;. and, therefore, he - as chairman of the Committee would feel it his duty to propose a Bill. THE . ARRESTS 'IN THE 6TH REGIMENT. Mr. GILL rose pursuant to notice, with a view to- ob viate an. erroneous impression produced by the state ment of the Secretary at War on the 12th instant, to call :the attention of. the .1-louse to-the detention of Captain Brewster of the 761 W regiment,. under arrest for eight Months, without any 'charge being, made against him, and to-iiik the Right IlOn. Gentleman whether he had any ob jection.to communicate to the House the order from the Horse Guards for that o ffi cer's relief and admonition? ,On a former o ccasion the Right Hen. and Gallant Officer (Sir H. Hardinge) was reported to have said as these officers had violated their duty they had been put under arrest, and they would be kept under arrest • for a short -time longer. That statement was incorrect ; but he was sure the inaccuracy did not attach .td the Gallant, Officer (Sir Henry Hardinge), whom everybody in - that HouSe, and out of it, ,knew to be, incapable of stating anything but what was fully ,boene oat by . facts, The effect of such inaccuracy might,- howeier, be injurious to the character of Captain Brewster ; and he (Mr. Gill) therefore mentioned the subject, that shoiddimputation rest upon it, it might be removed. The two officers referred to were or dered - under arrest by another officer, who was present it some proceeding which had: taken place,: and who had . subsequently communicated to .the - commanding .officer what had taken place. Now he (Mr. Gill) found, by the articles of war, that no officer was liable to arrest, except for - an offence conimittea; and that it was the dUty of the party putting an officer ,under arrest.immediately to take steps for instituting an inquiry. When he stated to the House that Captain Brewster had not been guilty of any offence Whatever;he thought he was not, asking too much when he. tried to have an imputation removed -from his cha••• meter. After being five months under arrest, Captain Brewiter wrote a letter to his commanding officer, begging it might be forwarded to the Major-General in: command of the `district, and which in*reated to know under what charge lie was labouring, and ' stated that if any offence ;had been committed by him, he would cheerfully submit to such punishment as the Commander-in• Chief might think fit. Subsequently two letters were 'written by General Biewster—ene of them to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the other to Lord FitzrOy Somerset. The Noble Duke, in his reply - to General Brewster, said he w a s aware his son was nnder arrest, and as certain regulations were being pre pared en the subject of duelling, it was intended that these. officers should be made subject to them when oompleted. Notwithstanding thesa leffers, these two officers were continued under arrest three months longer. He complained, on the part of these gentlemen, of their having suffered the long arrest they had done, and that arrest without some explanation from the Right Hon. BarOnet .might Injure the character of Captain Brewster. Although the articles of war stated that. no, officer should be :kept under arrest for more than eight days hefOre he was tried, that course had not been adopt e d in the presentiease. He thought the House would agree 'with him; that this severe punishment was imecalled.for. He wished to know whether the Rightllon. - Barenet had any objection . to , "communicate to the House a copy of the order of the- Horse Guards for the liberation of these gentlemen, and the admonition given to them. , Sir H.HARDINGE had a strong objeation to produce the papers, first, because it would form abtid-precePifi and secondly, because the proceedings took place under a prifate warrant. Captain Brewster had violated mi litary discipline, by . immediately accepting a challenge from a young and -inexperienced officer. He would frankly confess, as to the other point, that there was no imputation on the CharaCter et:Captain Brewster, DROPPED ORDERS. . The dropped Orders of yestbrdifivere then disposed of. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. - On the Order of the Day for the House resolving, itself into Qamnilitee on the Factories Bill being read, LarcrJOHN RUSSELL suggested the propriety of entering on the paper the Orders of the Day which were to have precedence. Sir R. PEEL , agreed with,: the suggestion of .the 'Noble Lord, and 'would take tare that it should he at tended to. • On the Order of the Day being read for the House resolving itself intn-CoMMittee On the Factories Bill, Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a.petition signed by twenty-tWe of the principal firms of Preston, stating that the petitioners had heard. with the utmost alarm that the Hohse had come to a resolution limiting the hours 'of labour to ten; and praying" the House not to consent to such sn enactment LOrd A.snr.,Ey presented ninety-ono petitions from various districts in the West, Riding of Yorkshire, in favour bf a ten hours clr.use. . . Mr. FIELDEN presented a petition in favour of limiting the hours of labour. The SPEAKER then left the Chair, and the House re solved itself into Committee, on the Bill. On clause 2 being proposed, Lord - ASHLEY -- said that he would postpone- the amendment of which he had, given notice on this clauie, iind.would raise the discussion on the Bth clause as it Would he more convenient. Mr. T. EGERTON then rose- to move the omission Of the word ":silk " froth line 31. .He said that those who were 'engaged in the silk manufacture did not de sire to, be exempt from legislation. on the subject_ but they , did not wish to have their, interests huddled up in the legislation which affected _others. He read various, tabular statements of the condition of the silk trade, and endeavoured to show that it would be necessary to-establish the relay<systerrt in this branch of manufactum,„as. there was not a sufficient . number of children in some places to supply the demand of the silk trade. With respect to education, he was happy to say that there eXiifed throughout the various: distric., a great disposition, on. the part of the ma s t ers , to afford &cull-- ties for education, and an equally great d es i re on the part of the children and their parents,tb, avail them selves of those facilities. • . ;Sir J. GRAHAM said he could assure his. Hon. Friend ,that- the caution which he 'had • enjoined with respect to; dealing with these great manufacturing in , ferests„ was. a caution whi c h, ;as:- far as •he • was concerned,_ a altogether unnecessary.; for ,he was • anxious-. to .. give the best consideration to the subject • under discussion. He admitted that in past legislation silk had been treated differently froth any other branch of the staple manufactures. The-mo tion of his Honourable Friend, as it now stood, would, • if carried, take silk altogether out -of the operation of the present Bill. It was necessary to call the atten tion of his Hon; Friend to the portion of the-children - employed in the silk ynanufacture._ ile. thought that that if any portion of this legislation was• more de fensible than another, it was- that which referred to the children. engaged in this - manufacture.. The po- • verty of the parents, notwithstanding their natural affections,-led them to overwork their children, in ord er to-obtain the largest possible amount from their labour. The legislation on this subject at-the commencement of the - present session was first confined to apprentices,•but was afterwards confined • to • young , children.- At the present moment, in the silk trade generally, there was no limitation ,whatever with respect to the age at which children might be-employed. They might be employed -as , early- as -five; six; •or seven years of age. There was a limitation with respect to time ; they could not be employed above ten hours, between the• time when they first entered the factories and thirteen years of age. There was a n o th er di st i nction, that the, children , ertsploYed in silk did not , require the certificate • of . education which was necessary- , in other cases. He thought it of great importance, with respect to both these: 'points, that the children employed •• in the_ silk, trade should be brought under. the ge-' neral operation of the Act, and this 4555 the' opinion forged , by thei.Conunittce which -sat in 1841. He (Sir J. Graham) would now briefly state the course he proposed to adopt with the portions of the Bill affect ing this portion of our industry. He must resist the motion of his Hon. Friend, which would take the silk trade entirely out of the operation of the Bill: In the 75th clause were provisions which dealt particularly with the silk trade. In legislating upon this subject, they must bear in mind the large .proportion which tie children employed hear . to the adults emPloyed—it was no less than as four to one. He should propose to dmit certain parts in the clause referred to, and then to enact that no children from eight to eleven years old should be employed in the silk manufacture more than six hours and a half ; but that froM eleven io thirteen they might be employed fol_ ten hours in. winding and throwing. ; and then at the age of thirteen, they should return under the general provisions of the Bill as it now stood. By she arrangement which he proposed to the,House, they would, for the first time, impose a limit in regard to children, and which he (Sir J. Gra ham) certainly thought to be necessary, At the present moment there was 'no— such limit. In this wanner - he was . willing to . hope the just demands of the " peopre engaged in the silk trade would be met. When they came to the 75th clause of the Bill he should propose to remit the limi tation as to children under .11 years of age, and intro duce words to carry out the arrangement he now sub mitted, which he sincerely trusted would, upon the whole, be coniidered satisfactory to the various inter ests involved in this great and important branch of our trade. • Mr. LABOUCHERE -said that he observed, with some apprehension, the _Bill which had been 'in trodueed by her Majesty's Government on the subject of factories, - because he- believed that it _ _ • was the first time that the silk-matufacturers had been put on the same footing of cotton manufacturers. These considerations'operated so strongly upon the late 'Government, that they brought in two Bills—one with respect to silk, and the other with respect to cotton manufactures—and he confessed upon the whole that he thought it would facilitate the progresi - oltfie Bill if lbe Government adopted a similar course. He thought, however, after what the Right Honourable Baronet had stated Abet the'objection urged by the silk manufacturers had been fairly met.; and he believed that his proposition would be satisfactory to the trade. He hoped, therefore, that no obstacle would be thrown in the way of the Government. It was not his ' wish to - see - the silk trade excluded from the operation of a Factory Bill. The -silk manufacturers had the largest amount of children employed in their factories. Mr. GRIMSDITCH thought that upon the whole the plan of the Governmetit would be satisfactory. • Sir G. STRICKLAND rose, and was (LEFT APEAEING.) • s • • . . COURSE OF "EXCHA Amsterdam CF. 12 6 - Ditto, at sight l2 ' 4 'Rotterdam 2U. 12- 7 Antwerp . .. . 26 0 Ramburgh l4 0 Altona • • 14 0 Paris, 3 days'- sight... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles 26 5 Bourdeaux '2s 5 Frankfort on Maine 1224 Petersburgh, 3Us 36 Berlin r Vienna, effect 8.3 M. 958 lrieste, ditto ? 959 „Madrid. 361 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 SGE.-(THIS DAY, Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 65 Genoa Milan Venice Naples 3Bl Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 53 OportO • 53 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldyssight ritIOEB OF BULLION, PER OZ. ForeignGold,tuirs.—£3 17 9 Portugal Gold,COin 3 17 5 New Doubloons—. 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 1 Silver in: Bats 0 4 11; BRISTOL BANXIMPTCY COURT.—Several estates, considered to be wound up for years past, are now in course of investigation, and creditors who had entirely forgotten their 4annaL have been surprised on receiving notices from the official assignees of their being entitled to dividends. In the case of Walter Jacks (against the commission was issued upwards of forty years .since), a dividend was declared on the 6th instant, on debts proved to. the amount of nearly 70,000/. We learn that a 'dividend of at least 41. in the pound will in a short time 'be declared on the estate of John Wood, a banker, at Cardiff, in. which the list proceedings be fore the Commissieners took place so long since as the year IB27.—Bristol JOurnitl. ' ' - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT • I:IO . USE ,OF LORDS, March 21. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS' BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR - (in continuation from our Third - Edition - last night)—lle had now stated all that was necessary. in this stage of the proceeding. , The .main question for their Lord.ships' 'consideration would, of course, relate to the diocesan courts. The extent of the existing evil in regard toprohates,might be gathered from the lact, that there were no less than 350 courts of peculiars—no less than 350 tribunals to which a great and serious difficulty applied. These would be swept away and confined to, 26 courts, each of which would have jurisdiction over certainly a large' extent. Nice questions of law; it had been hinted, would be intro duced into the` discussions on this question.. He did not know where those questions were to come from, as, for his own -part, he believed they had all been pretty well settled by a - variety or decisionS, He (the Lord Chan cellor) admitted that the only, mode of getting rid en tirely of certain inconveniences connected with the dio cesan courts was wholly to get rid of them. The ques tion was, whether such a sacrifice was not paying too high for,the benefit However, let that be as it might, it „occurred y to, him, that means, ~by the agency of this,Bill, might b e btained-to'lessen "the evils which now-existed. He was sure the.measure he now. submit ted to their Lordships was a most-important one, that it would tend greatly 'to the advantage of the country, and become an.extellent instrument in "judicious and able hands for the faithful administration of the ecclesiastical law of thia,eountry. - - Lord :COTTENHAM said ho bad .certainly enter tained, some curiosity to know upon what grounds the Noble and, Learned Lord on the Woolsack proposed to give his - assent to a Bill; the principal portion (f which sent to secure the, maintenance of all the dioc es a n cour t s . When the Nobl e an d L earn ed Lord, however, stated -it was ithpossible to carry-any other. Billhe Was still more surprised, for they all knew that the present Government wet a very powerful one. He (Lord Cottenham) was at a loss to find out where - the difficulty at carrying the measure - would be c it certainly would mot be. for want , of Parliamentary power, either in that or in the ether -'There might be inconveniences which he (Loid .Cottenham) -would not further inquire . into, which -might induce the. Government not to. press the Hill for the abolition of the dioceian courts. Those courts, .it 'should be remembered, had been condemned for the last twelve years—condemned - by the Ecclesias tical. . .cornrmssioners- 7 by the Real Property COmmis sioners—by the Select Committee of the House of Com mons, and by the Select Conamittee of their Lordship? House. .Ali these authorities had unanimously advised the - abolition . of the diocesan courts. The Noble and Learned Lord had himself. been of that opinio n l as t session, as he (Lo r d 'Cottenham) would prove. What 'had changed his ,opinion it was, not for -WM to divine. •The.suheet of the ecclesiasticalcouris was one of the highest • importance to the conntry. Their Lordships were aware that the eccleSiastical courts had jurisdiction Otor Matters of the utmost imPortanee to the people of this country. They had 'to , decide questions between husband and . wife—they had to decide on the validity of marriageathey_ had - to decide whether wills should be admitted' to probate, and whether they were valid or not. ' The whole -of these .important matters came under their especial jurisdiction. Novi - in what way • we) -e ' -these , important questions to be decided?hiloc Noble: and tearned Friend had triilistated, no less than three hundred and' forty different courts: His Noble Friend hid stated good reasons why these minor -'courts should exist no longer. .But be had not kept, in mind that his_ panegyric ap plied to these peculiar courts as -well, as to the -diocesan courts. 'Nbvv; he (Lord "Cotternham) 'would show that the same reasons which his Noble -and Learned - Friend-had given :for, putting 'an end to the peculiar jurisdiction,, applied • equally to the diocesan courts. These courts-had jurisdiction, not only on matrimonial questions,- but on all testamentary questions. T'lley had to decide uponflie validity of a will affecting land, and also affecting money, on Which 'the law, as it now stood, web most absurd; because as far as ; We Will affeeted money, it was. ..subject dprobate, but, as far as it related to land, the, ecclesiastical court had no jurisdiction, and there was no means of establishing that will with respet t o freehold property, unless it contained 'a trust, and, 'if it did so, then the Court .of Chancery ,interfered... Well, then a question of JaVf arose, what was the ultimate tribunal to decide any ques tion that was involved in that will ? Why, that' House was ..tha tribunal.; but if any question : arose with respect to persOnalty,, then' the Privy Council was the court .of-the_ last resort ; and these proceedings, their ,LOrdships must remember, related_ to one and the same Paper. -This subject had often been, matter of observii ration, and must soon, he would venture' to predict be Matter. of legislation. - He'was therefore,opposed to that part of the Bill which proposed the establishment of several new courts, or ;the remodelling of those old esta blished juristEctiona, because he was satisfied that sooner or- later it would be necessary to: abolish these courts, and to subject all wills to' one jerisdietion... The Bill vas good, inasmuch as, it went to abolish peculiars, but he, objected to the continuance of these _diocesan' courts. The matter had been fully - investigated by the- Commission _ which made its 'Report in 1832.. • When they considered the time which had beep devoted by those Commissioners to the investigation of th e su bj ect, the vas t 'body of evidence which had been collected, and the authority of the Com- - inissioriers, he thought their Lordships would be inclined to pay great attention 'to their recommendations. The Report was sigoed by. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, - the -Bishop of • Durhani, . the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of St. Asapb, the Bishop of Bangor, Lord Tenterden, Lord Wynford, the present Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Sir John Nicholl, Sir Christopher Robinson, Sir Herbert Jenner, and Dr. Lushington... 'Their Lordships would see that the Commissioners consisted of the highest ecclesiastical and legal authorities in the realm, and that theirrecoin mendations were, therefore, entitled "to the-greatest at tention.' Now, all these anthorities were agreed in re commending the abolition of the diOcesan conks. The Report proposed to maintain the Prerogatii_e Court of York, ',but it stated 'that' it had been recommended to abolish the court.• The Commissioners merely. threw out the suggestion,-.but offered no opinion on the subje4. \Tow, with regard to the diocesan courts and to. the peonliars.• •if a man died possessed •of property in the jurisdiction of any one of these - courts, probate might - be teken,out in that, .court-; but, if the deceased had property to the-value of 5b in any other jurisdiction, the probate was void—probates could not be sued out in either of these courts. Now, this,was most : , • a n P. ..,` iI?jUrIOUS to real property. There was ber ell Yrill° but' what was affected by se ttlementSolnie o werefor terms of years, and, in ,order to h ere to title to an estate, it was necessary . ond a ll k ingo lli should be got in. The' "conveyancei; in if,ti c iiel I t : title might find that one of those persOns niwt, torsi peculiar jurisdiction, and it would be necess,liiio out administration ;, but lid could not l' en ,i n 0 4 4 out administraticn in the pecUliar, or in the Pfl court, because, if it could be proved thst Aict i e e., had died worth 51. in any other ii iri3 7ol. administration would be void, and the title.._l4ioo. was one strong argument for the abolition of tiiv oi eol courts. The report , of this CoMmission ree. e ...10 1 the abolition of the - jurisdiction of ecclesixstniegli in matters which they specified—in matter:l;ooi and burials in church-yards, in matters of :40 0 1 Insult, adultery, and church;•rates. But hoer e( Learned Friend proposed' to extend the P,? a id tile!, courts in matters of legacy. Now, wily -010°1" so? Was there any complaint of the courts to ? The ecclesiastical courts ctiuld not exercise ~, Of! diction conferred on them in legacies, e eir- Sr full control over the estate'. of the testotor.,_ oil power would be perfectly inconsistent w ithr te ree' tion of the ecclesiastical courts. - it 5h 0 , 111 , 00 1,31 lected that the judges of the etclesia-stica t . thori e t il appointed by individuals, and not by the 6 „ . ,, 0 " fat 0 0 the _'Crown or of Parliament—judges !r: t 0. indieiduals in a court where the , greaL e rr), t P might.? be at stake 1--(Hear,. hear.) ', io eugh,c',M; such' cases, to have proteetle.opill appointment of judges. They ought at least ' lo ot guarantee which the responsibility of Ool erii , ol e l ; lers. It was provided that, in case the dior, e „ - 0 were to be continued, barristers of a cert'Tbol were to be appointed to preside over then l . d r tainly was an improvement. Th e n theseJti i, to hold Office during good behaviour ,• . but 'if lo dieo l he ha.iiour did not exist, and if it was foun d eP t ,till i remove.one of these judges for misconchie ' re oo' , Noble and Learned Lord prcposed that they t o e be removed in the same manner as i dle ju s i7, - , 0 , superior courts. How was that? By illi'• t h o oo, both Houses of Parliament to the Crown. But . ~.iiie were appointed by individuals--,--byili.e Right Be d oll then hew absurd was it to propose that both Pope Parliament should address the Sovereign V r idoi l functionary appointed by an irresponsible inj i old he presumed the Noble and Learned 14 ,7 48 ;jare ° Mean that the Houses o f P ar li amen t shod"' t o re Bishop.- . --(Hear, hear.) If th e Crown - Ive„„r e . o o ll ,,' judges, the Crown should app o int them. •-t•L el iOr had been made subjecti of inquiry . by the C ° 7' pro 1832, and also by the Commission of r en h tl) e which consisted of individuals connected *it 01 iv and who were eminently qualified to discliT o (I , ties. His Noble and Learned Friend ne t t' :Or Campbell), was at the head of- it, and _it I .Dif many eminent first-rate conveyancerS• s ho ld, agreed in recommending that - . there - . n i s el only one court for probates and e atrli n s ii ° ,io A Select Committee of -th e H o nie of Coma* Coe': pointed in 1833 to inquire into the Adm iral-1 11. 0 the head of which was Sir James Graham) ~,,gtA ~ Sir Frederick Pollock, Dr. Ni c h o ll, Dr:Do f the Abercrombie, and the present Chancellor ° e 0 , chequer were Members of it. The Conitel! te of extended its inquiries into the jurisdke tl° „ ll o ol l4 courts, and after a very patient invesnge" c i s o o , commended the abolition of all the_clidces i t t ibe the . appointment of probate and adininis"Leor i They recommended the abolition of those_..ci i , on, in which strictly legal matters were dealt 7, 1 ., t i0ti 9 ' 4 recommended that all ecclesiastical juris"- tip he concentrated in the court of Canterhulied II! the judge _of this court should be afP °iri liou ° l l Crown. - In 1836 a Select. Committee of thst.cotteoA, appointed, .and in the same year he (Ler,, cl * r ee o9 'i l , brought in a Bill for carving into effect to Tie p i e ' -dations of the Ecclesi as t ica l C om mission t he io i Committee was appointed, he believed, e t- ossoc e o , of his Noble and Learned Friend (the. Lord • 0 00 and the Bill was referred to them for ~'ec 6t , o•Ch This Committee consisted of the present . „ -„,e• lor, the then Lord Chancellor, Lord 'L s° el Denman, Lord Abinger, Lord Broughant,,,l ket, the Archbishop of C an t e rbury, tu r e 130 iiPc ° ,;e' London, the Earl of Devon, the Bishops 0 ' KV Asaph, and Bangor. The Committee afte l*E _p or t' 9 , and pains-taking investigatien, ,roade e' ',.,,, rt e1i`,1 1 ( which. - he would read some extracts. 1 -1 . 7 4 ,5ere0 property, it was said to be an advantage tu s 4o be local Courts, so that pa,rties in the, cettli; i ' iitee' be put to trouble and expense. The CO fiNfrii referring to the Reportsof the Conamitteesiv• et , eo, fl tioned, came to this conclusion—that they' a Wo le f of opinion that all courts in England 4/ L i ttl°„l, ercising ecclesiastical jurisdiction over pr°";,l w r it' and administration should be -abolished c 61 ,,P 4 court sitting in London should be the oe : 00 , 1 1 probates of wills and granting letters of id of i i They were of opinion, however (and it loef• e 4 t o l fectly consistent with the plan), thl /3 4 ,i•eigl i : should be made so as to secure, to pari 4 e" 4 o* 0', 0 6 0 4 1 distance from the 'metropolis all the cori v re - he sty' now enjoyed from the diocesan courts. ' 60 0 0 , the Ecclesiastical Commission stated that four, coo contentious business was , transacted in Doct e rog ie , ' as well. as -a much greater• portion of l'P ll A L' o lirl i ,,, • the common form business—that signified t f t : (Li sonal ' affidavit was Made„ the probate l i d ', l { 1 '; ' without any further formality or expen, r se4, o „#A l what occurred in 99 cases out. of 100. I "'"Ethe 'i t o'' ' countrythere would , be surroates, Officers ° he s t ;e l astical court, authorised -to 'administer t"- t' fl 0 would transmit the will to the court in dicer'Loo,o4 the intervention of the•proctors, and those ,iltal r o ministration would be, sent down to tu t iog e , making the application. flut it was.urged. s eeliT t e • in the country were often desirous o f el.' will of the testator, for the purpos' he y e the . handwriting, &c., ' and . that I tio g• t i. o ' e r i t wish to have an • opportunity_ of corislo_ re ss, 9 from time to time. Now; to meet both theseiesid. demands, it was recommended that the or s il ft 4 l should be left in the hands of one of tho' n e o lice t hot, nearest to the -lace of the legatee, or 4,1 0 1 0. 01 0 " fourteen days after the death of the testator,,reiiry correct copy of the will itself should elit 0 11 0 14 with this officer, so that parties might have 7- 0 00 4 ' f ilt ) tunity of inspecting it. It was further re e° „ thiL t s , A the Report of their Lordships' Coalmit,„ te- i j oil°ol,9 should be, a registry *of all wills kept m . .„„ e6 sef 1 0 , 0 difficulty arose in the abolition -of the tliv - „ r brets' ! t , for • some of -the Right Reverend BiSh ° P ro g y' 'f ,, a iO. l 4 ' great force, that they were neces s t , •11 ,1 ,ie•VI proper- discipline of the cleriy. To nif e 0 ft' l ee,pt vemence lie (Lord Cottenhatnybrought ',, n t her P b A passed through this, -but was lost in th r ,e %ors ..,', 0 Parliament. In 1843 her Majesty's 1 3 - 111 , 1 1 1$ ell t id l ir in a Bill providing ' for the discipline 0f,..,' . .', 10 0 , O r was endorsed by Dr. Nicholl, Sir Jaines" A L;i ill e a p(l l o ,3 Attorney-General. 'This Bill reconitnel l e r d tion of . .;the diocesan cmirts.' How veil sT e - 0 0v.40, consistent: did it seem, then, to see his •LN° b 0 feltbt t Friend on that night panegyrising, .tli c ' s iy f, 1 °,0 11 which his colleagues had thougnt „" 00 1e 0 'erf,,, destroy ?—(Hear, hear.) Thetßill recoo lliv . the IV' e f judges of the courts should be appointed hY• 00 bi th ot e He disapproved of any measure in one Se S t l o co of , I 0 ment whicli would have a tendency to c °ll 1 4 ,0 ' 1° 0 1. 4 a former one, upon which the decided ce ri c oor e d olio House was strongly declared. It was s ,l l ,bellthol i f i ro required to be weighed well and defy " e ft , Ile f i e r, , ! before they pronounced any opinion ur ll ,. j s ed .t $ O tt ) that it '.vas fraught with much inisenie" it lv .i ii ikflle he hoped that the Noble Lordb e f r wh elli r soL e lio o e l duced would consent to its;with aw ali t () oliti d siel, , modify- it as to deprive it of the ona f ej e ette'" o oi l ;' features by which it was ' marked.' 111 .,; WO:, Colt, should move that the Bill be read that dikr . e.. o oPo • The Bishop of LONDON.said that a s43 , l ; l o t l J ° : r o rP c i : Ipissioners who originalle.aighed the Re p eeiv.°,ool'fii siastical Reform, he felt Called on to say s f io eell', o o l , orderto defend himself from the charge ° of f si l t e roi 4 o f which might he preferred aggiiAt him in A ; 0 00 0 1 , t0',1,1 the present ceading of the Bill. Ile ; cl i ",w6o l l , t ct e' his,Noble • add /Learned Friend on the " ....at t'" B be d i e , ~,e r ,, , j a il that the present measure was the rilost•-t,,h caw alef ; 4' be' devised, but that it was the best wh ic h If ° fec p er vised so as to ensure its passing.—He' ; „' s lih,t r be l'f' of ecclesiastical reform was passed ag e ,`,. - e ottor:frou i , c ol of a large portion of the public, it niigo"„ ee tea e evi i t yr the good which otherwise might he e lc r ge d lili t eg t to There were certain improvements sugg,, e ci.eot leie n ioi;' men on the subject, with which, if he u,_, a l • jo"_ fr ele s ,, , e ; agree, •he thought he"ought to submit n' soot ee t 00 )10 them on them. He thought there wer e , he d P l e d 4 IV tical -courts which ought to be• Sho,o e s re fer:.,l ~,, but there were others which, useful ......(lieloci,3o, thought might be rendered usei" . `",„clio ' OA' 0 thought the Noble and Learned Lord he 9 oft be 1 0 01 4 ,0 tO , ken last had not fairly stated the cane' Act ',ell li'' the Bill created 34 new . courts. The - 'hich - eV 384 courts, it abolished 350, leaving 3 4 w 01 4 -0 - A ra t ° ' sao r ea remodelled and improved. With reg l ( 110°0 P'' to oeit them a h se u um s e t h; s a sabyu notbth that there eo h r i ei smwopwer were s e m x ha p ei many n r y i e f tir n .e c :T e os, _ uu::reotrati i ipi Is eeproi : _ i :13 ee I,:it:t:e ci r a f bll' fi ,.co l O t el t g their falling into the state from which they.,, , A s h ot - ,i, rescue them- by the present Bill. .which justifiOd. the Commissioners in 1 ,1 3 0 'ree be lje et i. funetions'of . thnse courts might be 1vit. 1 4 ,. Jl e r ,, co li or Y ment - transferred to the' provincialCo n t` o eett to ,,,' this to be veivilth regard to the t= he ire j 05..,,, i but he did not profess to have masteree.ol' e$ t0e,,,,i , ,,, tion of testamentaty jurisdiction. g e . o r, ef tb e , so o f t i,o l provide for a more efficient administrati d to i.,ca ri. asticil law, but he was not now prePt r f , belle s , Cr ° to abolish diocesan courts, for • in,„ the s tec li e some of the functions now performed 70,,,ifici..te.y, could • not be so well performed by the P for, end Pi l t l e Petitions were presented against th ! rail _ jergl 0 10 1 1, ing the feelings . ora:lar g er body of tuf . .. ex ist,_ r il', l o feelings stronger than he believed n w eete % e i s tet r ) signed - the report.' The question iv.7, bi ch e_ ; ., Dr/ courts might - not • reform the abuses Be of t he $ 17 ,1 ,! them retaining . all that was :valuable re 01 4 P i o j el f With regard to the judges he was alfa but In tl t e' which existed in this respect, r f e rtoe oo l j o cases there were judges - who P e $e o icl e ol functions with satisfaction to all parties- , 0 pr o f 0 . pared to say that clergymen • courts of justice. This was one of the P_ . . ci tioP-4 i ct. s o Bill. Even if the entire of the reconitoFl_".l i i l to . c h e,i: e , Commissioners were right, and not cattle th in)! „ )i o f ought notroLvigo.io3of.Pip the Bill now-before the House, he did ne t : op ortiZrts. l l,o liable to the charge of inconsistency in s t ' t he 7,0 f Jie far as it went. Ile was very glad that t par,,,e, " o ril , peculiar and exeints one of the w.e_ s a b e lisTie li ty ecclesiastical jurisdiction, were. to- he i be b‘i bee o o , supported the measure,' because from g kv i e d ,•s to , o r and all the consideration he *as ablet like .7', 0 se ject, it was the measure which Was Ine s .' lie gild li, fi r ,) Lord BROUGHAM said that' though be. dS i oe , s oc e port . ..the second reading of the 8i11 . 1.- art hee - leefil i wished it had gone a- . - great deal I d, in i l e vii pe The subject was first brought forw:r_roi4, which he, when in office, proposed table. t:solo,,r'' which he gave up in 1835. liiil.,o -' gel ,the wh pri twi Ins e tB bac „ of •.„ tit the , the /V 1 , trae4 rte,the, • 11, ' - bat rent au p Eck Frei 1 . -pr o or. wh t • tho, q4l 4 .NO3 / )4. • • ~~ $ i t Vo • "ol 'te t tro, .~ ~ , th e ot