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Lady Henrietta; or, the hate Fair, which has been recently performing, 'With immense success, at the Academie Royale de - allb!que, in Paris, was produced at this theatre last evening, f or th e purpose o f i n t ro du c ing Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn to the English public. The scene of the hall( tis laid in England, in the time of Queen and the story is a very simple one :—Lady Henrietta, one of the Maids of Honour to the Queen, t ee mpanied by her waiting-maid, goes, disguised as IPeasant girl, to a statute fair, held in Greenwich ',ark, for the hiring of servants. She then so com pletely fascinates Lyonnel, a young farmer, that he rusts to marry Minna, the girl to whom he was be "tiled, and in despair enlists as a soldier. He is stationed on dUty at Windsor Castle, where he saves the Queen's life, and is promoted in consequence. He I ,ees Lady H enr i e tt a a t C our t, and finding his passion 4 , 5 ' hopeless, goes ma d. I n this state of things the lady relents, and eventually Lyonnel recovers, and they are united. The part of Lady Henrietta was sustained by Mdlle. Lucille Gratin, by far the most 'accomplished dan.seuse that has for a long time ap peared on this stage. We are no longer surprised at the marvellous stories we have heard of the ,furore which this young lady has occasioned at Milan and in Paris ; and, if we mistake not, she Will create . quite as great a sensation in this country. k _She is Very y o ung, very pretty, and very animated — "et figure is faultless. Nothing could exceed the graceful elegance of her poses in the grand pas de dell with Silyain in the first act, and the ease which she accomplished some of the most difficult tours de force preyed her to be a thorough mistress of her art, and prepared us to expect great things in the subse quent part o f th e b a ll e t. And highly as our expecta tions were raised, they were much more than reali,ed. It impossible for those who have not seen Madlle. Gratin to form the slightest idea of the exquisite beauty of her dancing in the Pas des Venus. At one moment a he gives us the light, airy, bounding, sylph-like m ovements of Taglioni—then, again, the neat, rapid , t winkling steps of Fanny Elssler, executed with a ~.. qi ta Pidity that is positively dazFling—then the arrowy •Li t of Cerito, and yet there is great originality abut her style. She is no servile imitator. Dancing. is with her w h a t l an guage, what music is with others— Inieans of expressing feeling; and most eloquently '.°es shediscourse. Toher Terpsichore is indeed amuse ;sail inspiration ; the term " poetry of motion," is no l aageration when applied to the dancing of Made ' t :loiselle L uc ille G ra hn. None but those who ave seen her can form the slightest idea of th e marvels o f the Pas des Venus—it is what many ether dances have been called, a true Pas de _Faseina- I ". It w as , as a matter of course, rapturously en "red. Madame Giubelei, M. Delferier, and that ' t erY - clever .girl, Clara Webster, danced a ,riut ie - pas de trois admirably, wore much I PPlauded, an d i n th e last act, Mr. H. Payne, as a dansomaniac, created much laughter by his l' • u lnorous vagaries in the Dona des Fous. This dance ' 141 a admirably managed, and told exceedingly ; but .._ e must enter our protest against the principle of • tu such a horrible calamity as madness into ri,, o ulcule. The laugh which is raised by the humours La mad-house, is but a heartless one, at best. The , - "rterY was magnificent, the music pretty and appro tele, and the mise en scene perfect. Mademoiselle qann ',vas called for at the conclusion, and, on being •• • forward by Silvain, was received with the most entlit s i a _ t • . 1 •• ' lc .p plaudits. The house was crowded in ever y part. COURT CIRCULAR. h W INDSOR MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert , ilr Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene ghneas the Prince of Leiningen, walked this morning about " the grounds in the vicinity of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the r.ncesses were taken into the Park to-day. ~hBer th e Q ueen o f the Belgians went in the uoon to St. George's Chapel Royal, and inspected " sacred edifice. On leaving the Chapel, her Majesty I l e r e i ftpanied the Queen and Prince Albert, and the t o _ ne e Leiningen, for a drive, in an open carriage and ur. visil to Their Count L oewenste i n arrived at the Castle to-day, on a her M a j es ty. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the t rin "ss Royal were taken a carriage drive this after °?,,e, att en d e d b y the D owager L a dy Lytt e lt o n. _ Co unt Bjornstjerna, General Stjernerona, Sir Robert from a nd , the Earl of Aberdeen, took their departure ern t he Castle to-day. j! e r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her the I ' O ul3 in Waiting, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, will join p i , 1 ! 0 7 11 1 dinner party at the Castle this evening. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their rrtstrious visito rs , the Queen of the Belgians and the ' te n. of Leiningen, will leave the castle to - morrow. for • attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the ' 10 3'41 suite. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, 413 , d the Princess Alice, will accompany the Royal party. -au 'lleltie Court, it is expected, will leave the Castle for ngham Palace o fafter lunch. tier Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes tejclaY, in a ca rr i age , an d v i s i te d th e i r Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ar nYed at C am b r i dge House, from Kew, yesterday morn- Theg Royal Duchess returned to her residence at de w in the afternoon. The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Robert Peel returned to yesnday mrning, from a v it to her Majst, at wincisort Castle. o Sir Robert arrived at Windsor e Castle on Sunday evening, from town. cb / i tr; Ge o rg e Mathew, Governor and .CommwatilhdeLr-oinni 6 et of the Bahamas, had an interview .A4 l4) nle rd Y 0 ,. .i e , at the Colonial-office h . of the P.xel q - i t his official reside nce Tile Earl oft.Dalhousi had an interview with in borrninm-strieeeLier yester d ay a. the Chancellor North. e has returned f rom the. (•;ir nt' - G ra ham, Sir Thomas Fremantle. and other_ yesterday. interviews with 641 gentle men, had ' • Sir Robert Peel yosteruay from rii4; ,/ xcelien c .. Y Count Bjornstjerna arrived in town Castle, a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Dispatches ft . Patches were received yesterday at the Colonial omee from the Governor of Gibraltar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. 2 to 1 a SOME RSETSHIRE STAKES (BATH). gst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. TWO TITOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 on Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Bramble —taken 10 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—taken 18 to 1 apt Mr. Graydon's Roscius—taken 20 fo I agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn 28 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Stanley's Vakeel—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Wrather's Nutwith—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Sirdefield's The Prior 33 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cooke's What 40 to 1 agst Mr. Owen's Xanthus--taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Quebec. The claims of Bramble and Pag an to the premi ers hip were so alanced, that we cannot do better than quote them at the odds at.which they were backed, leaving the point an h„ ( Ten question. Cattonite was backed at 12 to 1 for all the oney that could be got (no great amount), and left off with ill Point of the two favourites. 25 and subsequently 28 to Was laid against Jamie Forest, 25 and 30 to 1, to a good Btirn against Vakeel, and a few bets against others at outside Pricks. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken 2 8 to I agst Ford's lot—do. 3 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's the Ugly Buck—do. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan 2 0 to 1 agst Sir G. Heatheote's Campanero—t. & aft. off. 25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando 30 to 1 agst Mr. Conley's King of the Gipsies 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles 4 0 to I agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—t. and aft. off. to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tam—taken freely to 15 ags t M r. Co eland's Imaum—taken 1 30 to 15 agst Mr. Etwall's Mainstay i OO O to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Lancet—taken a n n to lo agst M r . Cook's Phalaris—taken ig u A to 0 agst Mr. Fort's Ashtead Pet—taken even betwe en Akbar and Apprentice to 200 on King of the Gipsies agst Mainstay. h o lerY little was done on the two leading favourites ; enough r t lever, to enable us to quote the ugly Buck at 3 to 1 ja's•ets) and Ratan, (hitherto mispelt Rattan) at 3 to one atyers, even between them and the field. If we add that 111)attero rose to 20 to 1, that Qui Tam was backed freely G 5 0 to 1, and that the prices given against King of the hlNied, Orlando, and Mount Charles, were taken, we shall ;ye, completed our notice of the bettinm. Saoutturday F ord Orf or d' s colt, Boots, who has frequently appeared as side f avour i te for this race, fell in a trial, on last, at Newmarket, broke his leg, and Z 5 are informed, was afterwards destroyed; Wakefield, rwas riding, had his collar bone fractured, his shoulder iocated, and his foot crushed ; it will be many months be :_re he can ride again. An accident of a more serious nature 17tred on Frida, at Beverley, to a son of Mr. Peck, the 83110 Aurora (Sister to Lasso), an Oaks filly, fell in her l e toP, rolled over him, and injured him so seriously that he d the same evening' OAR'S. 1 0 to 1 agst Lord Chesterffeld's Bee—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Princeis—taken the. aft l ‘e 6 ef t or o loo l w a i r ig t Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden—taken. sporting match was made in the course of N.r.,Wk AR KET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1844. po'r"snAY.—Mr. Crockford's Ratan, Bst 71b, agst Mr. 3 .d's Tice Odd Mixture, by lon, out .of MaryAun, 7st, both 311 old, A.F., 500, h. ft. - In . ednesday last the Baron de Bonde led to the 1 _ 1 : 1 !ar, at the British Embassy, Paris, Lady Augusta uzelarence, Youngest daughter of late Earl of Minister, and sister to the present Earl. The ceremony was performed Margaret ?a , . the resence of Lord rnd Lady Cowley and the lion. raaus3 Wellesley Lord Adolphus Fitze.arence (who gave 7 the nobl e bride), Lady Ma r y F ox , the Hon. Mrs. '1415-40n Darner, Mr. and Lady Jane Lawrence Peel, &c. .wilThe Allgemeine Zeitung contains an article, by ich it appears that Russia has obtained from the Turk is h os(lavernment a document which legalises its pretensions to on se t tr n k gu ess i i n a a n r) s ` Cau casus, and will permit it to treat as rebels the . (Circassians), with whom' they have carried war for some years past. ,f. t : r th h e e ß D oy uke i 'of Cambridge will preside at the festival Society of Musicians, on Friday, when a great 114r.0 sieal treat may be anticipated, for beside a host of vocal _ .lkir. Parish Alvan and Camillo Sivori will perform on ,le tiarp and violin. • THE ►7 U N. 7 LONDON, TUESOAY IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. --- ROUSE OF COMMONS, April 15. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four Mr. GREENE brought up the report on the new British Iron Company Bill, which was ordered to lie on the table. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Sir TnomAs FREMAN- F LE,,a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a burgess to serve in the present Parlia ment for the borough of Huntingdon, in the room of Sir. Frederick Pollock,,.Knt., who had been appointed to the office of Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer. On the motion of Sir THOMAS FREMAN TLE, a new writ was ordered for the election of a citizen to serve in the present Parliament for the city .of Exeter, in the room of Sir William Follet, who since his election, had accepted the office of her Majesty's. Attorney- General. Mr. SCIiOLEFIELD presented a petition from Walsall proving for a reduction in the duty on tobacco. Mr. MAC AUL AY presented a petition from Edin burgh against the Charitable Pawns Bill ; also a petition from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edin burgh, praying for uniformity of medical education in hospitals. Mr. R. YORKE presented a petition from the Yorkshire Law Society against any compensation being given to certain officers in the Court of Chancery. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY presented petitions, from North Wales, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Mr. RICE TREVOR presented a petition from Carmarthen, for the establishment of local courts. ISLE OF MAN. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that, to-morrow, he would put a question to the Government, respecting the regulation of the Import Duties in the Isle of Man, and also respecting the Harbour Duties in that viand. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES (IRELAND). Lord EBRINGTON gave notice that he would to morrow evening, on the Order of the Day for the House going into ComrnitteePof Supply, move for re turns relating to the appointment of Stipendiary Ma gistrates in Ireland. APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES. Mr. FITZROY KELLY gave notice that, on Tuesday, the 23d inst., he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of a Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Upon Sir G. CLERK'S moving the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee of Supp l y , - Mr. WYSE wished to ask the .Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, in pursuance of the notice he had given, whether he would be disposed to postpone the second reading of the Registration (Ire land) Bill for another fortnight? The ground on which he asked the question, was that it was a Bill of the ut most importance to Ireland, involving the most serious considerations to the liberties 'and franchises of the people of that country, and on which must depend its future representation. He would venture to appeal to the Right Hon. Baronet on another ground, and that was, that the Irish Members were not likely to be established in sufficieritemmhers by the 19th. It might be said that the second reading of a Bill in volved only the consideration of its principle, and not of its details—that was all very true ; but he thought that in a measure of such importance to the people of Ireland, the Irish Members bad a right to discuss even the principle of the Bill ; and he thought the second reading, if it was pressed at the time fixed, would not pass with that degree of tranquillity which the Right Hon. Baronet seemed to expect on a former occasiOn - . Another - ground upon which he called upon the Right Hon. Baronet to postpone the second read ing of the Bill was, that it had not been printed and distributed at a sufficiently early period for the con stituencies cf Ireland to communicate with their representatives. In many parts of Ireland he be lieved the Bill had not yet appeared. Under these circumstances the Bill could not be carried through in a hurry, or without due consideration. Even if it were passed immediately, it would be impossible to bring the Bill into operation before the close of the session, and under these considerations, therefore, it was that he applied for the postponement of the second reading for another fortnight. Sir R. PEEL said he 'regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman had considered it necessary to make" this Appeal. He (Sir R. Peel), in fixing Friday next for the second reading, had consented to postpone it from a day already .named, and in doing so he considered he had made an arrangement gene rally acceptable. He objected to the appeal on another ground. If there was an indisposition to approach the discussion of public Bills at the early period of the session, the consequence was that at the latter part of it, about the months of June and July, he should be asked the question he (Sir R. Peel) used to put to the Noble Lord (John Russell), as to what measures the Government intended to abandon. This arose, not from any indisposition on the part of her Majesty's Government, but from long discussions being taken at this period of the session. He foresaw that the present session would in this respect resemble the former ones, in consequence of the House not applying itself with earnestness to the discussion of measures at a more early period ; so that towards the months of April and May there was a vast deal of business reserved for consideration when the House was _not well attended, thus pre. eluding the possibility of giving these measures a proper degree of discussion. On these grounds he must express his regret at the appeal of the Right Hon. Gentleman ; on the other hand, he was bound to say that the measure was of great importance, and he fully admitted the claim of the Right Hon. Gen tleman, on the part of those immediately. affected by it, to Inive a full opportunity of considering it. The Right Hon. Gentleman said there Would not be that attendance of Irish Members on the day fixed for the second reading to secure a due discussion of the principles of the Bill. He was always unwilling to press anything forward for consideration pre maturely, and he must say that he felt this anxiety on Irish questions quite as strongly as on English; and if the Right Hon. Gentleman stated to him that it was the wish of the Irish Members, on the ground of not having an opportunity of fully considering the measure, he would consent to postpone the secondread ing. He Would not at the present moment name any day for the second reading,. but the principle on which he gave way was a sufficient proof that he wished the Bill to undergo a full consideration in an its details. He would not, therefore, take the second reading on Friday next ; and he would, endeavour to state to the. Right Hon. Gentleman, the day on which he should be enabled to bring it forward. THE In answer to a question put by Mr. F. T. BARING, Sir R. PEEL stated that the Budget would be brought forward on' the 29th inst. IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in reference to the request made for a postponement of the second reading of the f lrish rom Mr.raautii.oi o n o Bill, saidO'Cooo el he writtenh ad r c a e t h t , e h d e a r e l l e u t ter est of several Irish . Members, urging strongly for delay. The Bill had only been received in Dublin on the 11th inst., and therefore- there could not be fair time for consideratidn. He was glad the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) had conceded- the request for delay. MAN C HESTER PO BT-OFFICE. Mr. M. GIBSON said just before the adjourn ment for the holidays he had presented a petition upon the subject of the Post-office arrangements in connection with Manchester, and had intimated his intention of inviting the attention of the House to them. That petition had enumerated several griev ances. Many of them, however, and these not the least important of them, had been redressed during the past week. The complaints as to the Yorkshire mail had been remedied ; and he was also happy to say that between Manchester and the south there had been an acceleration of speed of one hour. In consequence of the Post office employing the Grand Junction Railway in conveying letters the post-office at Manchester was closed one hour sooner than .was necessary. This was a serious grievance in a pldee,of business like Manchester. He wished to know ?rem . the Right lion. Gentleman, the Secretary .tO 'the Treasury, why the Post-office continued ea 'serial letters by the Grand Junction Railway, instead de sending them by the Manchester aad Birmingham railway ? A long correspondence had taken place an' the subject. The Post-office had agreed to the pro posal of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, but just as the agreement was on the point of being carried into effect, some objections had been started on the part of the Post-office; these ob jections had been renewed on two or three occasions, and the correspondence had lasted eighteen or twenty months—the' Post-office being always the party to break the agreement. The inhabitants of Man chester felt that they were in disfavour either with. the Post-office or the Treasury, they could not tell which ; for when they made application to the Post-office on the subject they were told that the matter was under the consideration of the Treasury, and when they applied to the Treasury the answer was that the subject had been referred to the Post-office. Under these circumstances he thought the petitioners had done wisely in applying to the House, and he therefore moved that the petition of the Town-Council of Manchester, relating to the Post office arrangements in that borough, be taken into consideration. Sir G. CLERK said, he was happy to find from the statement of the Hon. Gentleman, that the greater part of the complaints made by the Commissioners had been removed in consequence of the arrangements carried into effect by the Post-office authorities in the course of last week. With regard to the other point referred to by the Hon. Gentleman—namely, the delay which was occasioned to the transmission of Manchester letters, in consequence of the mode by which they were sent, he believed that those letters were not delayed longer than half an hour or at most three-quarters. Very strong representations were made against changing the line by the inhabitants of Macclesfield. and Congleton, and other. place:= who would suffer what the petitioner complained of , if the mails were sent by the Manchester and Bir mingham line, instead of the Grand Junction. He trusted that ere lon g the Manchester - and Birming ham Company would assent to the proposal which had been made to them, as there was every disposition on the part of the Post-office authorities to extend Post office communications. Mr. M. PHILLIPS thought the explanation of the Hon. Gentleman was anything but satisfactory. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government were anxious to give every pos sible accommodation to the people of Manchester. Dr. BOW RING complained that letters were not delivered in Bolton until two hours after the delivery in Manchester. Sir R. PEEL also stated the willingness of the Government to afford every facility to those towns. the only check upon their desire in this respect was, that they subjected the public to great expense by making terms with railways. Railway proprietors would, he believed, best consult their own interest, and promote their receipts by passengers, if they ob served a disposition to facilitate communication by letters. Mr. WILLIAMS, on the part of his constituents, complained of the conduct of the Railway Companies as capricious and unjust. He thought her Majesty's Government ought to exercise their power so as to secure. the conveyance of letters to every part of the country ; and. if the railway companies would not give facilities for that purpose, they ought to be com pelled to do so by law. Mr. M. GIBSON said th Manchester and Bir- • mingham Railway Company Id not object to carry the Macclesfield and Congleton bap, provided they were paid for it; but the Post-office bad wished them to do so for nothing. . . ASSESSMENT FOR TITHES. Sir R. IL INGLIS wished to know from his Right Hon. Friend near him . (Sir, J. Graham), whe ther it was his intention to propose any revision of • the laws relating to parochial-assessment for tithes? .It was a subject which had been for the last four years under the consideration of the House, and he hoped his Right Hon. Friend would state that the question, was one likely to be soon settled. Sir J. GRAHAM. acknowledged that the matter had been already frequently Mooted. If he had the honour of occupying - the situation which he then held, he proposed to ask for leave to bring in a Bill which would effect very extensive altera tions in the pO6r-la,w. It was impossible to overrate the importance of this subject. In the Bill for al tering the present pOor-law he intended making ex tensive alterations in that part which affected the laws of settlement and assessment, and till -that• time his Hon. Friend had better, postpone the subject. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL. In reply ton question from Mr. B. HAWES, Sir J. GRAIIAII sail the County Coroners' Bill would be postponed until Friday next. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that he should, on Friday, move that the Orders fixed for that day should be taken in their rotation. CROWN PROSECUTIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. BELLEW wished to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary - of State for Ireland, whether the Govern ment was prepared •to give any explanation as to the case of a person who, having been confined seven months upon a charge of publishing .editious ballads, was discharged without being brought to trial ? He was informed that the accused person had been com mitted to prison upon the evidence of two policemen, who - obtained ballads in the disguise of itinerant bal lad-singers.: Lord ELIOT said that the attention of they Go vernment had been turned to the subject, which was now under investigation. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee - of Supply. A vote of 4,164/ for the improvement of Holy. head Harbour, was agreed to without discussion. On the motion that 50,000/. be granted for the Caledonian Canal, Mr. WILLIAMS expressed his strongest objec tions to the vote, upon which, however, he would not diVide the Committee. lie considered the whole affair as the " job of jobs." The vote was then agreed-to. On the vote for 26,8711. for defraying the exaenses of public works in Ireland, • Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know why the sum of 5,0001. and upwards was to be voted for the Phoenix Park in Dublin ? This park had been a great cost to this country, as a large sum had been annually expended upon it. The time had now arrived when the house ought not to endure the expenditure of the Woods and Forests. During the last five years upwards of 503,9001. had been expended by the woods and Forests without the authority of the House. A check ought to be placed ,on the management of the public property by the Commissioners. Sir G. CLERK said the Hon. Gentleman made a similar statement with respect to the public parks just before the recess, when the Noble Lord the Chief Commissioner made a statement in reply, that, he be lieved, was considered very satisfactory. He ex plained that the item of 5,000 1 . for the Phoenix Park was expended in repairs of the Vice-Regal residence and the residence of the Secretary. After a • few words from Mr. BBLLLW and Lord ELIOT, the vote was agreed to. The next vote was 8000/. for the repairs of Kings town Harbour, which was agreed to without discussion. The next vote was 59,3501. for salaries and other expenses of the officers of the two Houses of Parlia ment. On this being moved— , Mr. 'WILLIAMS said when this vote was before the House last session - his Hon. Friend, the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) had objected to voting se large an amount of money without the items being given. As that House assumed the right of holding the purse-strings of the nation, he (Mr. Williams) did not see why the House of Lords should not give in an estimate f or suc h sum as they, might want, the same as' every other establishment did. Out of common respect to the House of Commons this ought to be done. Sir GEORGE CLERK said this was one of the objections annually made, and annually refuted. Up to the year 1805, at the end of the session, each House presented an address to the Crown, praying that expenses incurred by it might be paid. Since then the better arrangement had been arrived at, of taking . a direct vote from that House. This had been found both expedient and satisf ac t ory, except p e r haps to a very few whom it was diffi cult at an y time to satisfy. He (Sir Georg e Cl er k) t h oug ht it would be most unwise in that H o u se t o i nvo l ve it se lf with the other on a question of p r i v il ege ; and his opinion was strength ened in this by a knowledge of the fact, that the House of Lords was quite as economical in its views, habits, and expenditure, as the House of Commons. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that all he wanted was a statement of the items.' The House of Commons furnished every item, and why should not the House of Lords ? The statement was very suspicious. A large amount, no leas than 15,000/., had been received in fees, and vet they came to that House for a sum of money in addition to fees. They ought to give some account of the items. Mr. HUME suggested that the best way to get at the items was to stop the allowance until an ac count of the items should be furnished. The House of Lords received 15,000/. a year in fees. Now : they wanted 15,000/. in addition ; so that there was an expenditure of of 30,0001. for the House of Lords, and not a single- item was given. It was not quite clear to him that the affairs of the House of Lords were economically conducted ; if so, why did they refuse the items ? It was said that estimates were laid before the Treasury. He would ask, what was the nature of those estimates; and what was the amount for fees received by the House of Lords? This was the only instance in which the subject was taxed, and in which: the House had no account of it. If the Don :se .of Lords chose to content themselves :with their own fees he should'not object to it, but if - co w' to that House fo r a vo t e o f money , h e 'l°"rt=like to see an account of the it ems . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made a..fe,iv'obseryations, which were quite inaudible in the gallery. Mr.' HUME was at.a loss to understand how the Right. Hon. Gentleman could have misunderstood him (Mr. Hume). The Right Hon. Gentleman had not answered his ;questions. He would therefore repeat them. What.- was the nature of the estimate laid before. the Treasury ? and what was the amount of fees received by the House of Lords ? Sir G: CLERK said, the House of Lords had al 'ways poSsessed the right of voting an address t) the Crown for whatever sums of money they required to defray the expenses of the salaries of the officers of that Douse over and above the amount of fees. Dr. BOWRlNG•thought the question of his lion. Friend was a very important one . A s um of 15,0001. was asked. The very importa n t said that the Treasury, had the accounts, which showed that the items were reasonable. Now, what objection could there be to have them produced? He wished to know whether the House of Lords had the power of obtaining a grant of money, without the concurrence of the House of Commons? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the House of Lords had the right up to 1815 of.moving for an address to the Crown to ob tain money from the Civil List. When that was taken away it was on the understanding that the expenses of that House should be defrayed. After a few words from Mr. W. WILLIAMS; ' Mr. HUME moved that the vote be reduced by 15,0001., thereby. reducing the vote to-44,3001. LITERATURE. GASTON DE FOIX. 3 Vo's. Mortimer, London, 1844. Most readers of history are acquainted with the strange career of Gaston de Foix, .Duke de Nemours, and nephew of Louis , the Twelfth of France. .At the early age of twenty-two; this extraordinary young man made • a . successful stand against some of the ablest commanders of.his day, overran all Lombardy, of which was appointed Viceroy, and closed his triumphs . by the decisive victory of RaVenna, one of the most fiercely contested battles of ancient or mo dern times, where he received his death-wound. Gaston de Foix seems, like•Napole - on, to have been a born genius for war; prudence, enterprise, and skill were combined in him in nearly equal proportions ;. and had he not been cut - short in the very dawn, as it were, of his greatness, thete is little, doubt that he would have achieved a renown in arms second to that of no - warrior in modern history. His character is delineated with very re spectable accuracy in' the voluMeS before us, of which he is the hero, and the principal inci dents in his public career - appear to be detailed pretty nearly as they occurred, with but little help from the fancy; while, by way of relief to the uni formity of a mere military chronicle, the author has represented Gaston de Foix as desperately enamoured of a high-born Venetian girl, Mariana, daughter of the Count Avogaro, who has been taken in arms against the authority of France, and is 'con demned to die the death of a traitor on a public scaffold. The scenes wherein Gaston vainly endea , yours to persuade Mariana to accept his hand, assuring her that .by so doing she will save her father's life, are witten in. a .very impassioned spirit, and con stitute by far the most effective portions of the story. The closing sketch of the battle of Res enna is some what wire-drawn, and deficient -in . the nerve and animation that should characterise such a description. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APIUL 14.—THE Nary . 12-GUN Another of the experimental 12-gun brigs, the Flying Fish, upon Sir W. Symonds's (Surveyor of the Navy) principle, was launched at Pembroke Dockyard on Wednesday, the 3d, and was immediately ducked to be coppered and jury-rigged, preparatory to being brought to this port for commission. , It is reported that when ready the brigs will be sent to Ireland, to augment the squadron of Rear-Admiral Bowles, under whose orders and directions the trial of superiority, &c., will take place, which is looked forward to in the naval world - with intense interest. The following are the dimensions and draught of water of the Flying Fish : Feet. Inches. Length between perpendiculars lO3 1 Length of keel for tonnage Bl 7 • Breadth, extreme 32 4 Breadth for tonnage 32 . 0 • Breadth moulded 3l 6i* Depth in hold l4 Draught of water afore 9 0 Draught of water abaft l2 2 Burden in tons 445 49-94. The Prometheus steam-vessel was undocked yesterday, and the Collingwood, 80, docked in her stead, to have her copper cleaned, preparatory to being commissioned by Capt. Eden for the flag of Sir G. Seymour, who has, we are in • formed, accepted the command in the Pacific. Several flag officers are named as likely to succeed Sir George at the Ad miralty Board, but to whom the vacant seat will fall is not yet announced. The Pearl, 20, Commodore Stopford, is daily looked for in England, having left Rio de Janeiro on the 28th of January. The Cleopatra, 24, Captain Wyvill, was in - Simon's Bay en the 18th of January, refitting. The Pilot, 18, Commodore Jervis, left Simon's Bay on the 28th of January, for Singapore and Hong-Kong. She left Rio on the 18th of December. _ _ The Winchester, 50, flag of Rear-Admiral Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., was in Simons Bay on the 30th of January, and was shortly to proceed to the western coast of Africa. The Switzerland, American packet-ship, arrived at Spit head yesterday evening. In bock—Prince Regent, Collingwood, Rodney, Athol, Scourge, Lily. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert, and Black Eagle, Echo, and Fearless s:eamers. At Spithead—Switzerland, American packet-ship. DEVONPORT, APRIL 12 —The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant C. H. Lapidge, arrived yesterday from the coast of Africa. She left Gambia River on the 29th of December, and Sierra Leone on the 7th of January, touched at Ascension, from whence she sailed on the 13th of February. The Madagascar and Heroine had left Ascension some days prior, the former for the Cape Verds, and the latter for Accra. The Ferret was off Cape Mount on the 12th of February. The Pantaloon touched at Porto Praya on the 10th of March, for water, from which place the Madagascar had sailed on the sth to cruise among the islands. The Pantaloon left on the 12th of March, and in the early part of the present month experienced very heavy gales off the Western Islands. The First Lieutenant (Walter Reid) of the Madagascar came home in the Panta loon. The Pacific, Rear-Admiral Thomas, Commander-in- Chief, was off Sabre on the Ist of January. The Petrel, 6, Lieutenant Commanding T. Crozier, arrived from Falmouth on the 4th, and, having completed her stores and provisions, will be paid wages in a few days, and return to her station at Falmouth. SIIIPS ADVANCED AND FOR IMMEDIATE COMMISSION-- The St. George, 120 ; the Royal Adelaide, 104 ; the Nile , 92 ; the Bombay, 84; - the Clarence, 84 ; the Calcutta, 84 ; the Vanguard, 80 ; the Foudroyant, 78 ; the Implacable, 72 ; the Endymion, 44 ; the Melampus, 42 the Persian, 16 ; the Pandora, 16. The flag-ship Caledonia, 120, Captain A. MiMes, went out of harbour on Thursday, and proceeded on a short cruise. She returned to her moorings, which have been laid down for her in the Sound, the same afternoon. In Harbour—The San Josef, the America, and Coufiance. In the Sound—The Caledonia, the Pantaloon, and Petrel. SHEERNESS, APRIL 12.—The Pylades, 18, is ordered to be sold out of the service. She was built by Sir Robert Sep piegs, and was one of the experimental squadron of 1830, and contended with the Columbine, also built by Sir Robert Sep pings, and Orestes, built by Dr. Inman, both which ships proved her superiors. The Bunetta, Commander Brock, and Sparrow, Lieut. Otter, surveying vessels, are nearly ready for sea at Chatham. The new 12-gun brigs Mutine and Espiegle will be launched about the 20th at Catham. The Phoenix steam-frigate is being got ready for commis sion at Deptford, and will soon be completed, also the Virago new steam. vessel. The Raven cutter, Lieutenant Commander John Stephen, arrived on Saturday from Plymouth. The Boscawen, 70, was taken into the basin on Tuesday, and docked on Friday. The Amazon, 42, in addition to other alterations, will re ceive a new square stern. In Harbour—Camperdown, Ocean, Raven, and African. In Dock—Boscawen, Ganges, Amazon, Cygnet, and iEolus. " PROMOTIONS. Commanders --W. Smyth and G. Dobson, to the rank of Ca ß pt e tn e s d ; co W in . Smtyailned,etros±De .rasuhkeowferne,tiret.dK.Capct. Bacon,ain. Knight, J. Valobra, T. Consitt, to be retired Commanders, udder eu o t r e d n e a r a i t n s no u.Feather-. , 3 C O . t hB of. Hamilton, January,lCB.l J. stone, M. Thomas, to the rank of Commanders ; S. Sisoa, B P o f el t i h e e y of Thirlwall, B. Ashley, G. Ramshay , V. W. H. Boyle, to be retired Commanders, under order in Council of thelst November, 1830. Mates—G. G. Phillips. J. Townsend , H. G. Veitch, J. H. Shairp, J. W. Probert, G. M. Alldridge, P. W. Gibson, C. Raynier, H. G. St. John Mildmay, B. E. Hawke, F. C. Her bert, to the rank of Lieutenants. Second Masters—W. E. Hyne, H. D. Burney, T. C. Pullen, G. Collier, V. G. Roberts, to the rank of Masters. Assistant Surgeons—F. N. Slight, M.D.; J. Walsh, M.D.; R. D. Mason, W. W. Baynes, R. J. B. Chambers, H. M‘Far lane to the rank of Surgeons. Midshipmen—C. M. Shipley, F. F. Nicholson, to the rank of Mates. Masters' Assistants—W. Brodie, W. H. Petch, C. Grigg, J. Wallace, F. Macbean, A. 0. West, G. H. Foster, W. T. Chapman, W. F. Farraut, to the rank of Second Masters. APPOINTAIENTS. CoMmander—Henry Layton, to the Pandora. Lieutenants—J. to. Agassiz, to the American; Thomas Anson, from the Queen, to the Aigle ; H. F. Elliott, from the Illustrious to the A:batross ; A. E. S. Winthropp, from the Cormorant to the Ardent, vice Bridge, who exchanged ; J. J. Palmer, from the Serpent to the Cambrian ; G. S. Tay lor, to the Clio ; G. R. Holiday, from the Alfred to the Daphne ; J. Hunt, from the Starling to the Dido ; H. St. J. George, from the Racer to the Growler ; W. J. R. Cart, to the Hyacinth ; J. H. Shairp and H. G. St. J. Mild:nay, ad ditional, to the Illustrious; A. D. Jolly, from the Illustrious to the Ringdove ; Hon. G. D. Keane, to the Vernon; E. C. Miller, to the Volcano ;T. 11. Downes, to the Firefly. • Masters—J. N. King, to command the Alligator, vice Browne; P. Wellington, to the Maiden; 11. Paul, from the Wolf to the Thalia. Surgeon—G. Willis, acting, to the St. Vincent, for service at Haslar Hospital. Second Masters—W. Linstone, to the Pigmy ; N. Levell, acting, to the Rapid ; G. S. Carr,, acting, to the Tyne ; D. Beach, acting, to the Vernon. : . Assistant-Surgeons—G. H. Ryan, J. A. Addison, and W. H. Burt, all additional, to the Illustrioua• R. Beith (acting), from the Starling to the Dido ; C. Al Anderson, to the Formidable ; D. Thompson, to the Griffin, vice Laffer ; J. W. Moffatt, to the Hermes, vice Goodrich, promoted; C. Coffey to the Hyacinth ; R.D. Pritchard, to the Maiden ; H. Weld, additional to the Queen ; T. F. Woolridge, additional to the Caledonia. Clerks in Charge—J. Mallard to the Albert ;S. Winter to the Firefly. Master's Assistant—J. 11. Kerr to the Flamer, from the Victory. • Midshipmen=—J. Harwood, to the St. Vir cent ; Molyneux, to the Excellent; C. Chapman, from the Caledonia, to the America. • COAST GUARD. ArrorsrmExTs.—Lieut. W. G. Grand, R.N., to Leigh sta tion ; Lieut. C. W. Poynter, R.N., to the Sylvia, revenue cutter, vice Brewer; Lieut. T. Brewer, R.N., to Sennin sta tion, Cove ; Lieut. G. F. Westbrook, R.N., to the Tartar, revenue-cutter, vice Botcher, resigned; Lieut. R. Butcher, R.N., to Portobello station • Lieut. J. Robinson (11) R.N., to Lepe station, vice Westbrook ; Lieut. J. Davidson , to 24, Tower, vice Lory. REMOVAL—Lieut. C. B. Warren, from the Cadmus to the Mothercombe tation, vice Larne, resigned. 1~ ;t•, Prince Demetrius Galitzin, who recently died at Paris, was buried last Friday in the Russian chapeloue Neuve de Berry. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 14.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship Lady Mary Wood, Captain Cooper, arrived here this morning at 10 o T clock from Gibraltar, and landed the Peninsula and Mediterranean mails, which will be forwan'ed by the mail train to-night to London. Her dates are—Gi braltar, the 6th inst. ; Cadiz, the 7th ; Lisbon, the 9th ; Oporto, the 10th ; and Vigo, the 11th. RATS IN THE HE l3 RlDES.—Generations have passed away without seeing a rat on the small island of Tarin say, on the west coast of Harris. An innumerable swarm t,f these annoying and destructive vermin have of late spread over the island, notwithstanding the efforts made by Mr. Macdonald, the tacksman, to extirpate them. They appear to be increasing so fast that they threaten to overrun the whole island, and keep violent ' possession of it. They are supposed to have come from the island of Soapy, which lies at the distance of about three miles from Tarinsay, and into which the Earl of Dunmore, some years ago, ordered rabbits to be sent. Soon after this, the rats, which were formerly very nu merous in the Island of Soay, completely disappeared, having removed in a body to the neighbouring Island of Tarinsay, from which they are not' inclined to take their departure in a hurry.—Scotsman. MORNING, APRIL 16, 1644, Mr. BARING. deprecated their calling for any account from the House of Lords when they 'were not prepared to pursue the'rnatter further, lest they should come into collision on so triging a matter with the other House. After a few words from Mr. HUME Eni Mr. WM MAMS, the Committee divided on the amendment, when there appeared— For the amendment l3 Against it 69 Majority against the amendment —56 Oh our re-admission to the gallery, we found Mr. HUME on his legs. He was complaining of a sum of 2,250/. being appropriated for the purpose of engrossing Bills. He thought that the public had never yet derived the slightest benefit or convenience frim the. money thus expended. Sir ROBERT PEEL =said that if any public benefit were to be derived,• he thought it would be a paltry economy to withhold the grant; tout if, on the otter hand, no actual good arose, he should not object to any proposal which the hon. Gentleman opposite might make. He was aware that many lawyers were of opinion that it was necessary to render those letters more permanent. After a few observations from Sir R. Peel, Mr. Hume, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. Fox Maule, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the vote was agreed to. The next vote put was, that a sum not exceeding 55,6001. be granted to defray the salaries and ex penses of her Majesty's Treasury. After a few words from Mr. HUME, the vote was agreed to. It was then proposed that 'a sum of 18,7031. be granted to defray the salaries and expenses of the Se cretary of State for•the Home Department. Agreed to. A vote of 67,0001. was propoSed to pay the salaries and expenses of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. HUME said that this vote included an item of 20,0001. for Queen's Messengers, which, in time of peace, seemed to be enormous, and when, moreover, there were such facilities of communication not only in this. but in foreign countries. Mr. WARI3URTOV expressed himself to a simi lar effeet, and said he thought these messengers ought to travel by railway, which was the safest and most exp;ditk•us mode of travelling, and by far the cheapest. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE thought the suggestion of the Hon. Member deserved the utmost attention. Mr. HUME said he would oppose the present mo tion unles ---- the Right Hon. Gentleman promised to lay before the Howse a return showing the journeys which these messengers performed, and the expenses to which they were subjected. Sir GEORGE CLERK did not oppose the return. The expenses of the messengers were not so great as in the years 1839 and 1840.—Agreed to. A vote of 22,1001. was next proposed to defray the expenses of the Secretary a State for the Colonial Department. After a few words from Mr. HUME, The vote was agreed to. The vote that the sum of 32,500/. be granted for the salary and expenses of the Committee of Privy Council, and the Council of Trade was agreed to after a short conversation. 2,0001. for the :salary of the Lord Privy Seal was agreed to 31,686/. was granted to defray the salary and ex penses of the office of Paymaster-General. On the vote that 16,0681. be granted to defray the salaries and expenses of the offices of Comptroller of the Exchequer, &c., Col. SIBTHORP gave notice that he would take an early opportunity of moving an address to her Majesty for the removal of the Noble Lord who now filled the office, and who was a most useless officer. — (Great laughter.)—The vote was then agreed to. 2,608/. was voted for the expenses of the State Paper Office, after a slice:, conversation, at the close of which Sir. ROBERT PEEL said that the most nem' facilities were granted to all persons who showed that they had a reasonable object for their curiosity, such as the publication of an historical work. A vote of 3,200/, was then proposed to defray the expenses of Ecclesiastical Commissions for England. Mr. HUME thonght this vote ought to be struck out of the estimates. The Church had funds enough of its own, and he thought some of those funds ought to be appropriated to the payment of the expenSes of these Commissions. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this vote was for the payment of certain lay officers whose duty consisted in managing the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the country. The vote was then agreed to. • A sum of 53,0001., to defray the expenses of the Poor-law Commissioners, was then proposed. Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the vote. He thought the Poor-law Commissioners had done no. good whatever. The duties of the present Commissioners might easily be performed by six Commissioners, at a salary of 2,0001. per annum each. He regretted that the Government - thought it wise to tread in the steps of the late Government. That Government was very fond of jobbing, and the Poor-law Commission Board was one of their jobs. He would be glad to see the Board of Assistant Commissioners entirely abolished, and he should therefore move that the vote be reduced to 18,3341. 6s. 4d. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that, in the year 1842, ns compared with the year 1841, a reduction had taken place in this vote of 5,2331., and in the present year, as compared with last year, the reduc tion was 1,5001. This saving was mainly owing to a reduction which had taken place in the number of Assistant-Commissioners. In England, the reduction had been from 13 to 9, and in Ireland from 11 to 8. But while he made this statement he would remind the Committee that if the Poor-law Commission were to be continued in an efficient state, the reduction could not be carried farther. Mr."W. WILLIAMS said the various boards of guardians had set at defiance the rules and orders of the Poor-law Commissioners. What therefore,' he would ask, was the use of those Commissioners.? It was true that they had threatened to prosecnte some of the guardians who had refused to obey their orders, but they had never carried that threat into execution, and the reason was, that they knew that no jury would ever give a verdict in favour of such inhuman rules as those which the Commisioners had issued for the guidance of the guardians. He would just for a moment call the attention of the Committee to the travelling expenses of these Commissioners. It appeared that a sum of 8701. had been put down for travelling expenses. Now, he did not believe that this sum had ever been expended for such a purpose. He hoped the Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln would persevere in his amendment. Capt. PECHELL complained of the pensions of certain persons who had been compelled to go into workhouses having been withheld from them for six months after they left the workhouse. He thought this was unjust, for he believed the laW allowed the Commissioners to stop the pensions only while the pensioners remained in the workhouse. Sir J. GRAHAM said he was most anxious to meet the views of the Hon. and Gallant Member, as to retrenchment with respect to the expenses of the Poor-law Commission, so far as they could be effected consistently with the efficiency of the law. The Hon. and Gallant Gentlemen must be aware that the law as it at present existed prevented any altera tion in the arrangements dictated by the rules and regulations of the Commissioners, except those which were under local Acts. The subject of the poor-law would be before the House in a short time, when several alteraticins and modifications would be intro duced. With respect to expense of the Poor-law Commission he had lessened the number of the Com missioners. He thought the vote could not be called too large nor the numbers of those engaged upon the Commission too many. Captain PECHELL said, although he would meet with a kindly spirit the amendments alluded to by the Right Hon. Gentleman, yet he should oppose any proposition that tended to give undue influence to the Commissioners. After a few words from Sir C. NAPIER and Sir J. GRAHAM, the vote was agreed to. Upon the vote being proposed, that the sum of 53,2361. be granted for defraying the expenses of the Mint, Mr. EWART urged upon the House the necessity of coins of a, decimal character being put into circula tion, in the same manner as in France and other Con tinental countries. Mr. AGLIONBY said that two years ago the Oevernment had aenounced the intention of issuing coins of the value of half a farthing. He should wish to know if such was their,determination now ? - • The CHANCELLORof the - EXCHEQUER did not think the introduction of `a decimal currency would l ikAttended with the beffacial‘ effects alluded to by 1- 4 1;. Gentlemen. opposite: Mr•V COTT A.-unlit a suAler coinage would be exceed. , ;.• • • . ,;•Tartieularly to the humbler f Mr; - itt.t.d , 1 - 4 .:Ohilar opinion. He had been 1414 - ion of twopenny and threepenny ptecee_ 'still remained of the same opinion, - and eaw' no reason why the Chancellor of the Exchequer shohld not institute a coinage so much de sired by the country.—The vote was agreed to. The next vote was, that a sum of 13_,4671. be voted for the salaries and expenses of persons employed in the Public Record-office. After a few words from Coloalel SIBTHORP and Mr Hums the vote was agreed to. A vote of 9,7001. was next proposedto defray the salaries and expenses of the Inspectors and Superin tendents of Factories, Mines, and Collieries. On a vote of 6,4241. being proposed to pay the sa laries of the officers and attendants of the household ,of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the sum paid to " two gentlemen at large,". the meaning of which ex pression he did not understand.—(Hear.) He also objected to the item of 1,574/. for sixteen Queen's plates to he run for in Ireland. On this latter item he should take the sense of the House. It was not right that the people of Great Britain should be taxed to encourage gambling and horse racing. Ile pro posed that the vote should be reduced to 4,8901. Sir F. TRENCLI said the object of this vote was not to encourage gambling, but to improve' the breed of horses —(Hear.) Col. SIBTHORP said he quite concurred with his Hon. Friend who had just sat down. They might call this gambling if they pleased, but where was there a greater specimen of gambling than the railways of this country ?—(Laughter.) He thought the object of this item was a fair and rational amusement. They might bet, if they pleased, in a church.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUME said the sole question was, out of whose pockets money should come for these purposes. He had no objection to Hon. Gentlemen supporting these amusements if they chose to do so, but he thought this vote was wrong in principle. Mr. MORI , : 0 1 FERRALL supported the vote. The House then divided, when there appomd— For , the motion Against it Majority for the vote —32 20,4001. was then voted to pay the salaries and ex penses of the office of Chief Secretary, the Queen's Bench, and her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland. 4,9791. was granted to defray the charges of the otEce of the Paymaster of the Civil Services in Ireland. The sum of 6,2751. was then voted, lifter a brit f discussion, to defray the expenses of the Board t f Public Works in Ireland. The next• vote was 39,2001. for the charges for 'uraign secret service. Di. BOWRING thought it remarkable that the same sum for this service bad been askei for three years past. It had never varied. He suggested that the sum required for each department• should be specified. Sir C. NAPIER thought the last suggestion a valuable one. As to the amount itself, he looked upon it as exceedingly small, and only wondered how the Government could gain their objects at so slight an expense. . . . Mi. AGLIONBY complained that the Govern ment. took no notice whatever of the remarks which had fallen from Hon. Members on his side of the House. Sir J. GRAHAM observed there was not any want of attention en the part of Ministers when a useful suggestion was thrown out. As to the vote itself, he begged to say, that when he came into office he found a small balance of this fund had been left by his predecessor, and that balance still remained un touched.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. HUME said the money then must be ex pended by the Colonial and Foreign Departments. Sir G. CLERK—And the Admiralty. Mr. M. O'FERRALL said there was a rumour very prevalent in Ireland that members of the consta bulary force had been privately employed amongst the peasantry in Ireland to obtain information on behalf of the Government, and that they ha, , l gone in some instances so far as to manufacture reports of crimes which had never been committed or even thought of. Sir J. GRAHAM could assure the Hon. Gentle man that he was not cognizant of any one instance in which a member of the police fcrce in Ireland had been thus employed. Lord ELIOT said he considered it his duty to confirm the statement made by his Right lion. Friend. Having heard of the rumour alluded to by the Hon. Member for Kildare (Mr. O'Ferrall), the most rigid inquiries had been instituted by the order of the head of the Irish Government, and he (Lord Eliot) could declare most emphatically that no such proceeding had ever been entered on with the cognizance of any officer of the police force. If any person whatsoever in the employment of•the Govern ment should be discovered attempting such conduct, he could assure the House he would instantly be visited with condign punishment. Mr. WILLIAMS thought the Government should give the House some more information as to the ex penditure of this sum of money. Sir R. PEEL trusted the House Ntould not press for such information which it would be most incon venient to give. —(Hear, hear.) He could assure the House there had not been one shilling expended but for necessary ends, and that there was not the , lightest ground for constitutional jealousy. The next vote was 212,3241. for the expenses of stationery and printing in the several departmemts of the Government in England and Ireland. The vote was agreed to after a short discussion. A vote of 4,9201. was agreed to for the Queen's printing in Ireland. A vote of 30,0001. was agreed to, after a short discussion, to defray the law charges and salary of the Solicitor of the Treasury. A vote of 13,3601. was agreed to for loss in gold and silver coin. A vote of 150,000/. was then proposed for the pur. pose of defraying certain charges that had hitherto been paid out of the county rate. Mr. GRANGER objected to the vote. Ile thought that some course ought to be adopted to prevent the judge exercising the disagreeable duty of acting as judge and prosecutor. The learned 'judges hal already refused to adopt so unjustifiable a duty, and he thought it behoved the House to look to the subject. After some observations from Sir J. Graham, Mr. Christie, Mr. Aglionby, Sir R. Peel, and Mr. Cripps, Mr. GODSON thought that there were some ad vantages in the plan, and that the public had value fur their money. Mr. lIUME said that if the public could hear what had just passed they would have a strange opinion of the manner in which justice was administered. Why should there not be a public prosecutor ? It an swered very well in Scotland; for if they compared the number of criminals tried and acquitted in Scot land with the number tried and acquitted in England, they would find that where one got off in Scotland five or six escaped in England, in consequence of the careless manner in which the committals were made. The public had no right to be called on to pay this money ; it began, he believed, at 70,000/. or 80,000/., and now it was 150,000/. It was a general taxation of the country, by which the better regulated parts of the kingdom were made to pay for those of which less care was taken. Another objection was, that the Government paid this money, while it bad not the slightest control over the expen diture of it. It might be said that this was done under the Act of Parliament; but the Act might be repealed. The measure was one forced on the com munity by the country gentlemen, to save themselves some trouble. If he had proposed any alteration that would have entailed any trouble on them, he should have been told the practice had existed from time immemorial, and could not be changed. But when they wanted an alteration for their own convenience, not a word was said about it. Let the expense of these prosecutions be thrown on the country gentlemen, who were creating hordes of paupers, and filling the gaols with criminals. Mr. CRIPPS did not think the manner in which the depositions were distributed likely to interfere with the ends of justice. He did not believe that many innocent persons were ever committed; he had defended many prisoners, but he scarcely knew one with respect to whom he had any strong belief of his innocence. Mr. BROTHERTON said, whatever the practice might be in other parts of the country, he could state that it was by no means general. He had attended many quarter sessions in Manchester and the neighbourhood, and the practice was not adopted ; he thought it ought to be discouraged. But one mode by which the county rates might be reduced was to establish a public prosecutor. The county-rates were greatly increased by the number of magistrates' clerks committing persons charged with the most trifling offences. A prosecution for a theft of an article valued at 2d. or 3d., would cost a county from 6/. to 8/. He knew a case in which an expense of 81. was incurred in prosecuting a boy for stealing five apples, though there was nothing else alleged against his character. There was a sort of collusion between the justices' clerks and the police, in order to obtain these trifling committals, in which the clerk's fee was frequently 155., 205., or 21. Ha was convinced the great increase of the public rates arose from matters of this kind. If her Alajesty's Government appointed it would be a great saving to the e p r r s o ._ secel i to e r ar , was of opinion that when coun_se(lHweaez rate-payers. i ns t ea d of shortening the sessions, they Mr. KEMBLE thought the vote was a reasonable no doubt e o m ne p . loy l e i d e , prolongedlsfr.llAiltvwEhsenseaviedr theythat were the finesemploy e r d e . very small, and the costs were large, but the fines were frequently small, in consequence of the amount The vote was ,4 th cl e o n L a N g v r as e , e v d o t t o e of the costs.—(Hear, hear.) A suni,of 18 3 for the Deputyty Re membrancer of the Exchequer, and other officers cf the Exchequer. A sum of 13,0001. was voted to defray the ex penses of the salaries of the officers of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. On the vote of' 18,586/. for the payment of the expenses of the prison in the Isle of Wight for juve nile prisoners being put, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to several of the items. There were 510 prisoners, who cost the country 7,520/. The prisoners, it appeared, did not make more than lld. a head. He should like to know what could be the nature of their- business which produced only this sum. He found there were expenses fbr washing and making fires. The expenses of the Pentonville prison were still higher. In similar esta blishments in the United States the labour of the prisoners paid all the expenses of the prison. He did not see why that could not be effected in this country. The system of solitary confinement had been found o produce insinity ; he therefore thought it would be give it up nit:gether. Sir ,f. - GRAIIANI said he was bound to state to ;lid - Hon. Gentleman and to the Committee that if. :his rote was to be viewed as one - of e*ehditure alone he was not prepared to defend it on that ground. A considerable porti ,, n or the vote was not for the maintenance of the prisoners but fur the maintenance of the edifice. Ile thought the Hon. Gentleman had exaggerated the expenses per head. •He believed the expenses per head for each prisoner in the railihur4 prison was 24/..and in theNntotiville priSon 301. The report of the Pentonville Coznalisbfoners had been had on the table of the House only that day. He was sorry it was not in the handsof lion. Gentle- men so that they could become 'acquainted.s%ith its contents before the present vote came on Consider- big the nature of the statements and 'the - autho rity on which they were made, .he was - sure a more satisfactory report could not be presented to the consideration of - the House. He would read the conclusion of the Commissioners' report to the House, whereby they would be enabled to see the result of the experiment. He was sure the names of 'the Commissioners were a guarantee that every confidence might be ..placed in the report. They were—Lord IVharncliffe and the 'Puke of Richmond, the Earl of Devon, Lord Chichester, Lord John Russell, the Right Honourable Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the HoUse, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Ferguson, Major Jebb, and Mr. 'Richard Russell. They stated that under all the circum stances they thought themselves fully justified in coming to the conclusion that the system of separate:confine ment, as adopted in Pentonville prison, hid been ex posed to a severe test, and that nothing had - 'occurred to induce them to believe that the system •might not safely be carried into effect. The rate 'tlf.lnortality was low, and there was a moral and, 'religious im provement in the prisoners, amongst Whom a cheerful spirit prevailed; whilst those benefits had •been con ferred on them, discipline had been strictly main tained, and the penal character of the prison had not been sacrificed to the object of reformation ;: and, on the whole, they had no hesitation in expressing their atisfaction at the results, and they were . of opinion that the adoption of the system of separate confine ment, as adopted in Pentonville prison, was well cal culated to deter, correct, and reform offenders. That was the conclusion to which the Commissioners had come. Then, with respect to the cour.e of instruc tion adopted, the following results - appeared with re spect to 525 prisoners confined from 31st December, 1842, to 31St December, 1843 ; he would give the de tails, under the heads of reading, writin7, and scrip tural knowledge. On the admission of those 525, there were 169 of them who could read well, and 70 who could not read at 211. At the end of the year 343 could read wall, and there was not a single prisoner that could not read at all. On their a4tnission, there were 263 who could write well, and 327 who could not write at all. At the end of the year there were 304 who could write well, and only 262 who could not Write at all. With respect to the higher rulcs of arithMetic, there were 27 versed in them, and 363 who knew nothing at all about them. At the end of the year there were 522 well instructed in those higher rules, and only six not versed in them at all. Then,- with_ regard . to scriptural knowledge ; there were at their admission 66 who had a considerable knovdedge of Scripture, and 287 who hail none at all. At the end - of the year 341 had become intimately acquainted with the Scripture, and not one was totally ignorant of it. Thus, on those cardinal points, at all events, the re port was satisfactory. With regard to the trades in which they were instructed, he reminded the House of the decision that had been come to with respect to those prisons, that no one confined in them should be ever again thrown upon society, but should be trans ported to a penal colony. That decision 'might, per haps, be deemed a harsh one, but it was most salutary for society here, and it involved the para Mount duty, even at some cost of money, of providing for those criminals to be thus transported, the means of earn ing an honest livelihood in the colonies to which they were to be sent. They were accordingly instructed in the various handicrafts most in dethand in the penal colonies, viz. those of carpenters, coopers, wheelwrights, weavers, basket-makers, shoemakers, tailors—in short, in all those arts of skill and labour, which are most requisite for the distant colonies. When such advantages were derivable from the expe riment, he could not think that 40,0001. a-year was an excessive sum for the reformation of 1,0,50 crimi nals annually ; at all events, he entreated the House not to mar a great experiment which was only in its infancy, but which promised so well. After a few words from Mr. WILI:IAMS, Mr. ESTCOURT inquired if the Right Hon. Gentleman was aware that persons who had not been convicted, but who were only confined for trial, were subected to separate confinement. Sir J. GRAIIAM said, that no prisoner was sent to those prisons, to which the present vote ap plied, but those rho were sentenced to transportation for at least seven years. And as to other prisons, he was not aware that separate confinement, if adopted without any accompanying circumstances of degrada tion, was contrary to law in the case of untried prisoners. • Mr. AGLIONBY said, it appeared to him that the lower the price of labour the greater would be the competition. Sir J. GRAIIAM read an extract from the Report of the Poor-law Commissioners, ;for the purpose of shewing that the prisoners sent to these prisons were mostly unacquainted with any trade. The vote was then agreed to. 20,3641. was voted to defray the expenses of the Pentonville prison. 47,6891. was voted to defray the expenses of the Millbank prison. 3,972/. was voted to defray the expenses of confia • ing criminal lunatics in Bethlehem hospital. 6,5001. was voted to pay the salaries and expenses of the inspectors of prisons, and the salary of the Se cretary of the Prison Board in Scotland. 63,9351. was voted to defray the law expenses in Scotland. 62,109/. was voted to defray the expenses of crimi nal prosecutions and other law charges in Ireland. 30,000/. was voted to defray the 'expenses of the metropolitan police in Dublin. 6,3371. was voted to defray the expenses of building prisons and convict depots. A vote of 27,0901. was agreed to for defraying the expenses of maintaining convict and hulk establish ments at home and abroad, and The sum of 300,0001. was voted for the support of the Convict establishments in New South Wales, and Van Diemen's Land. • The House then resumed, and the Chairman ob. tained leave to sit at again Friday. COUNTY COURTS BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he , would with the permission of the House, move that the County Courts Bill be then read a second time. In the early part of the evening, he had stated that he did not anticipate that there would be any objection to the principle of the Bill, and, to suit the convenienee:of both gentle men, particularly the: Hon. Member for Lambeth, who wished to discuss certain portions of the Bill, he would fix Friday for the committal of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. CHRISTIE, Mr. HAWES said he would offe:r:no opposition to the second reading of the Bill, but tqlie the discussion upon it on the first clause in committee. Sir J. GRAHAM knew that there was consi derable anxiety with respect to this Bill, and he ETO to N, thought it would be better if it was read a second time now. rh Arfteernaillfe wasw w orredasdfraomselctofiri.dß4o:l: H R o r d e r ed be committed on Friday next—on that :day to take pre cedence. NEW WRIT. On thed oo writs motion in ° ordered f Sir THOMAS__FREMANTLE to be issued , for the borough e room of Mr. Thesiger, now ap pointed her Majesty's Solicitor-General.The other orders of the day were then disposed of, tor and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve. o a f n Woodstock, IMPORTANT DECISIONS BY MR: 'JUSTICE MAULE. —At the Chester assi z e s j us t conc l u d e d , t wo d ec i s ions were giehvaerngebaym,ll,iitrh stealing . B st aron in Maule, whiCh appear to be deserving of prominent notice. In th e cases . of a person named Walker , leather, and Taylpr, charged with th loniously uttering a forged acceptance, each prisoner had made declarations before committed for trial, being first' (as the usual phraseology runs) "duty cautioned;" and which statements were offered to be read as parts of the case for the prosecution. It appeared that in each case the caution amounted to this, that " the Statement :will be used in evi dence at the trial, to make for or againstyou as the case may be." The note as taken in one of the cases is as follows: " The Learned Judge laid down the lar?, and cited the case Rex r. Drew.' He said 110 had se ruled in several cases of the South Wales circuit, that a statement made by a pri soner before the magistrate isdnadmissihle as evidence at the trial, when the caution by the magistrate to the prisoner is as follows Whatever you say wlll be. taken down cp. writing and used against you at the trial,' or, will be used for or against you at the trial.' Or, be used at the trial.' He said that the caution should. be as follows Whatever you say will be taken down!m a writingused and for or may be used against you at the trial. Or, "y be against you.' Or, may be used : at this trial.' The principle of the rule is, that when the wotets of tlie caution amount to a positive promise that the statement will be used at the trial, the promise is an inducement to' the prisoner to make the statement; and that, therefore, it is not voluntary, which it ought to be, to make it admissible, at the trial."—Chester Chronicle. THORWALDSEN.—According to an account from. Copenhagen, contained in the Hope Journal, Thorwaldseas was the son of an Icelandic sailor, Nelio: 1 was also a carver et" those rude wooden figures which are placed at the heads of vessels. He was born at sea, while his mother was passing from Raisciavik in Iceland, to Copenhagen, in 1769. At an early period he lost both his parents. Being admitted a pu pil in the class of design of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Copenhagen, lie carried oft; in 1794; the great prize with which a pension is given of 2,400 francs for four years, is order to enable the successful candidate to complete his studies in Roma y. J : • • • 0.14.14%