The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-03 00:00:00

• SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROk THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—With reference to the conversation last night in the lords on the subjea of New Zealand, we mould submit Oat the name of Hibernia Minor, or Little Ireladd, should, be conferred upon that colony, while it remains "in the hands of the high and mighty powers now subsidised by the present Government. he Vikefielet. ascendancy there demands a small ..irtii-signsur; And a . small standing . tirmy, to maintain it .agairi:st jitst . at the analogous parties in „:Ireiaud.iiroper. The Earl of Ripon, after stating that , part of_their demand had, for the present, heercom- Idled. With; proceeded to say, " There certiinly Were means Within the reach of the.colenists which they might . 7ndopt for their own safety. The Governor was authorised to levy a Militia, and to establish a constabulary force,as in Ireland, for. ghoul safety; and, When there were 10,000 inhabitants, he could not see why such a course might not readily be adopted." We shall not despairof a New Zealand edition of the Boyne Water, with appropriate variations, 'and a standing toast of " The Glorious and Immortal memory of Edward Gibbon Wakefield ! " It is worth observing that this mercantile association of sturdy beggars, which, after calumniating every Government, till it bullied them out of alms, is now putting forward the somewhat more serious petition fur armies—is the body which prepared its operations by attacking the missionaries fur their land speculations. We do not recollect that the missionaries pushed their land jobs till they wanted armed force to back them. We suspect that the blackening system worked against them had much the same meaning and motive as that which Spanish and Portuguese rapacity carried out in the New World against the Jesuits. By their fruits ye shall know them. The Jesuits and William I'enn con • trived to do without fleets and armies. Again, this is the body which wanted nothing of Government but to be let alone ! Fight for us—pay our bills—and let us alone with 'our domains and our dividends ! 'As the subject is thus again obtruded before the public, we recur briefly to some curious treatment of it y the Herald of yesterday. The Herald, after borrow ing some of our old objections to " the Wakefield sys lens," and after handling quite as severely as we have done its application in New Zealand, concludes by 'saying that Mr. Wakefield's principles are in the main sound, and that the Globe misappre hends them. We suppose its motive is to pat Mr. Wakefield on' the back fur supporting GOvern ment Canada. - It does not tell us on what point we misapprehend " Mr. Wakefield's principles." Indeed, that is what these colonial Mormonites never do. They pever Condescend to argument in defence of their " Book Of Mortnon." If you Criticise it you are simply a blasOeiner ; and the faithful have nothing to say to you. The Word is- written on plates of imperish able gold, btit - to infidel eyes invisible. We do not think it worth disputing in the abstract, whether or DO we apprehend the Wakefield system.- It Is disputing whether you have hold of Proteus—if you had, he will have slipped through your fingers the next minute. What we have quarrelled with as " the Wakefield system," is the system of blowing colonial bubbles, on pretence of having discovered a principle by which new countries are at once assimilated to old ones, and by which capitalists are assured of pro fitable returns for investments in colonial wastes at prices calculated by what their value is to be, after labour has successfully been applied' to them. It is the system of fixing an anticipated and artificial value on colonial wastes, a value which is to be fixed high enough to serve the doub),e purpose of' transporting labourers out, and of securing that they shall not seek to, cultivate on their own account—it is this that we have understood as the Wakefield system. It is on the strength of the sup posed self-supporting' vigour, and profitable returns, of the process of transporting masses of labour to distant wastes—that the means have been raised for recent colo nial adventures—and the fingers burned of all those who have had any finger in them. If the " system" is tacitly dropping out•of all its original pretensions to a com plete, circular, self-supporting character ;—if its famous central doctrine of sufficient prices for waste lands is dwindling down from its fine frenzy of exorbitance, and sinking' gradually to the level of the rational practice of the United States—why doubtless it may become " Fine by degrees, and beautifully less," nobody can have any objection to it, any more thad to - the corpulence of " the fat single gentleman six months ago." All its artificial proportions of labour and capital may shrink into common sense. In the mean tinse, - we repeat that the Herald, while assuming to direct a vague censure against our strictures on that " system," has borrowed the main point ve - hare always urged, and applied it precisely as we might have done, as one Cause of the present fix in New Zealand. STANDARD.—The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was last night read a third time and passed in the House of Lords.. There was the usual amount of carping on the petit of the Opposition Peers, with something more than the usual injustice. The. principal topic of complaint was the permitted existence of the diocesan courts— courts, however, which the same Noble Lords who com plain- of them as an intolerable nuisance, permitted during ten years of office to remain undisturbed, and to remain in company with some hundreds of other alleged " nuisances" now to be swept away. This however, is not the only inconsistency, or the greatest of which the Opposition. Lords are guilty in this matter. If we are not mistaken, they are all, without ex ception, zealous promoters of the Bill for establish ing local common-law courts, on the principle that justice ought to be brought as near as possible to every man's door. Is there not, then, a gross self-con tradiction in their complaint that the metropolis is not to absorb all the courts of ecclesiastical law ? The diocesan courts are, however, said to be sub stantive nuisances, the toleration of which in any form sanctions the mischief of which they are the cause. This, however, is going something too fast : a Court may be a nuisance or a benefit, according as it is constituted or conducted. Even our most favourite tribunals will be confessed by all to bo but mixed goods, and though no doubt what is excellent in them predominates, the very fact that' supplementary tribunals are called for, and that these supplementary tribunals are not to . imitate them very exactly, shows that they do not give entire satisfaction. We need scarcely make it a question whether a Local Courts Bill, Which should establish tribunals as uncertain, tedious, and expensive as the courts at Westminster, would be accepted with . much gratitude by the country. Before assuming, then, that the diocesan courts must remain perpetual nuisances, may it not be fair to inquire whether these courts cannot be subjected to a reform, ana logous to that proposed, in the local common law courts? For ourselves, we have long since' arrived at the con clusion that the law reform which commences with the chopping and changing of courts, the multiplying or diminishing the number of judges, is a reform begun at the wrong end. The first evil to be contended ainst is the process, which a number of ingenious and expert and deeply-interested men always are and always will be labouring to make as expensive as possible. Let the Legislature con stantly keep its eye upon this point, and it will be a mat ter of comparative indifference whether the courts are " more and merrier," or " fewer with better cheer." The work, however, properly belongs to the Legislature, and (we say it with all respect) not to the judges or other heads of courts. The pursuit, of perfect justice grows with these magistrates to a passion, which they will always indulge at whatever expense of labour to themselves, or of time or money to unhappy clients ; and thus contrivance after contrivance to exclude pos sible wrong is heaped up in the portals, until the temple of justice is closed against nearly evtry one. What is the use of our principal courts to ninety-nine out of a hundred of the community? Is it not certain that for one wrong they right they shelter a thousand that. they' might right, if their process was simpler and less costly? The Legislature has less reason to indulge the unhappy passion for an unattainable perfection of justice; and therefore it might perhaps be prevailed upon to enforce a cheap and simple process, that no doubt would occasionally cause injustice, but which would generally work well, and would work for all; and until the Legislature does this all law reforms will be illu sive. As regards the ecclesiastical courts, we cannot see wh they. must still adhere to the old cumbr o u s pro cess' of ' the Roman law.,--now laid aside in every country of Europe, even in those countries where the maxims of the Roman law constitute the basis of the national code? Let the diocesan courts, however, be reformed in respect of process, and every argument in favour of the local common law courts applies to recommend their .preser- N 04014, ---- MARKET INTELLIG]SNCE. ' (From the London New Price Current, of April 2.) ''Suc a a.—The rates previously establiihed have generally been maintained for West India Sugar. To-day more desire was manifested on the part of grocers arid refiners to pur- ' otitis West India sugar, bat the small and Indifferent show operated against but:rums ; the prices paid were fully equal to those of 'Friday, and in some cases rath er a b ove for bright yellovrand strop" grey qualities. ' Vzialiitn.--To-day the home trade were large, purchasers ' of Reined Sugar, and prices. are still advancing : brown saleable hisups fetching 74s 6d to 752, and standard lumps 76s' tid to 77s _per cwt. Bastards more in request at 47 6 to. 58s. In Scum Treacle a good dial is doing at 18s to 20s. ' Bonded Crushed Sugar in excellent demand, and 25s 9(1 to 26s per cwt paid for the best. Of Loaves several parcels sold, Turkey 2i to`4lbs at 35s to 38s, Hamburgh 6lbs 346, 9 to 101bs 30s to 31s, l 3 to 141bs 29e 6d to 303; Milers 20 to 301bs 26s 64 to 276; Piussian 40 to 451bs 26s tos 6d. Dutch Crushed Sugar is 22s 6d to 236 ed per cwt. Altuarrrus.—Holders have refused to take lower rates. Damaged sold at 56s to 61s 6d, but the sound was all bought j ib good yellow at 64s to 655, middling 60s to 61s 6d, middling 2 ey 583 to 595 , and good 60 s to 61 s per cwt. .' r tAsT Iripia.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in limited demand, and 652 bags at public sale mostly taken in at 63s to 64s for middling, and 62s for low middling white; damaged sold at 611 to 635 6 d per cwt. Madras to , du t y 57s laid oo , d so d ld it a to t s t s h s e full'valne ; fine yellow damp 2 to 55s 661, middling 53s to 5436%15:hien. d was hed good to 57s 6d. Java Sugar taken ir r good grey at 22s 6d to 235, m iddling 20s to 21s, good a n d fine yellow 19s to 20 6 6d, and washed 19s 6d to 22s per cwt. Foaztex.—To-d there 'Was no public sale of Forei g n Sugar ; privately 12 0 chests of very superior yellow Havanna!: sold at 235, and a floating cargo of 1,000 boxes old soft white at 25's per cwt fur Holland ; the market has a firm appearance. MotAssas.—For West India previous rates are with di ffi culty sustained; prices vary from 22s to 26s per cwt. Bengal Syrup at . 15s to 163 per cwt. Foreign Molasses at low rates. ' COFFEE.—West India Fas been little inquired for by private contract, but prices are maintained. Mocha has moved off slowly by private contract, and easier rates accepted. Java ..,,,,, ~.., tas been taken sparingly, and prices are g o i ng d own. T o -d a y 47 0 i T , ... 3 thlt . home trade purchased Coffee with reluctance by private r,.---"corttract, and for shipping few parcels were disposed of ; of Ceilon 409 bags of inferior quality were submitted to public competition, - and sold as follows : —Triage at 10s to 245; bold A; tE..il ditto at 40s to 43s 6d, Black 16s 64 to 17s, and damaged 10a vt, i c ii.!--';'', • t0 4 36s per cwt.. . ( (... .., .-!:, Coco.k.— Trinidad , good red selling at 53s to 54, 6d; mid dling 50r to 525; low middling 4&;; to 495, and good to fine \..... - grey 47s to 501 per cat. Foreign Cocoa cannot be quoted " 1 .. c heaper. Bahia bought in at 299. to 29s Gd for good bright r ed ; a few lota sold at 255 6d to 29s for repacked, and 27s 64 per cwt for sea damaged : sound Cocoa Husks from Malaga taken in at 17s per cwt. This afternoon Trinidad Cocoa sold at easier rates ; middling red 505 6d to 51s, good 54 middling grey 48s to 495, and low 44s 6d per cwt. TEA.—The market has been in a flat state for Black Tea since we last wrote, and green has met with less attention ; prices have given way for all descriptions," the market having been well supplied. To-day there was more activity in the Tea market ; sales to a fair extent were made in black and green, and holders show more firmness ; common sound Con go's, cash, Is, and Twankay ordinary is 2d to Is 2id per lb. At public sale 798 pkgs of Assain.Tea were nearly all sold at stiff rates : Congou fetched 3 s id to 3a 4y, Sonehong Is to 4s Cid, Pekoe 2s 4d to bs, Bohea 3d. to Is, Hyson Skin l Id to Is id, Hyson 2a Wid to 3s 9d, and Campni sid to 6d per lb. SPICES.—BIack Pepper is held fur the previous currency ; white has been little sought after. Gingerbeen less in quired for ; Malabar, good bold home consumption kind, selling at 26s to 27s 6d, and middling 21i to 21s 6d per 'cwt. Cloves are wanted ; Bourbon at lld to ls, and other sorts at Is 2d to is 10d per lb. To-day Cassia Lignea sold at an advance on former rates of 2s to 3s per cwt. Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-..Por Jamaica Bum prices are still on the advance: fair quality 30 to 34 per cent over-proof at 3s 6d to 3s Bd, good 36 to 38 over 3s 10d to 4s, and small parcels of superior at 4s 6d to 6s per gallon. Lee wards at 2s 2d to 2s 20 proof strength. For Demerara, 3s 3d to 3s 5d per gallon paid for strong descriptions. Cal cutta Rum at Is lid to Is lid proof with certificate; in some cases 2s paid for superior quality. In Brandy, prices as follows— Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s I ld, puns 5s 9d; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 9d, puns 5s 7d; 1840, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s sd; 1841, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; 1842, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d, middling marks 3s 4d to 4s 6d, and low 2s 10d to 3s 3d per gallon. Geneva for shipping at is 9d per gallon ; fine in small parcels for home consumption 2s 2d to 3s. English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per gallon cash. To-day Leeward Ruin at 2s 2id proof strength ; Jamaica common 30 per cent 3s 6d per gallon. . RICE.—The market is quiet for cleaned rice, and more de sire shown to sell; Patna is 14s 6d to 189, and Carolina 21s to 25s per cwt. To-day Bengal rice sound all taken in at lls 6d for middling white; sea damaged, first class, at 10s 6d to I Is ; second ditto lOs to lOs 6d ; third ditto 9s 6d to lOs • and fourth ditto 8s per cwt. Java, nearly all 'taken in ; go od middling white at Ils to Ils 6d, and low middling and middling lOs to 10s 6d ; sea damaged fetched 4s to lOs per cwt ; for the whole of the sound lOs offered. Saco.- - .Middling small pearl at 15s to 15s 6d, low middling 14s 'and sea daniaged lOs to 15s per cwt. - Tapioca at 6d to 61dper pound for fine quality. Sago Flour taken in at 22s to 23s per cwt for good white, being above the value. Itinico.—Spanish had been sought after, and the tendency of prices is still upwards. To-day several transactions took place in East India Indigo ; the demand is not speculative, but for actual consumption, and any description is readily fetching 3d per lb advance on the rates of the last quarterly sale. OlLS.—Sperm Oil at 711 lOs to 761155, and Headmatter at 78115 a per tun. Southern Oil at 291 5s to 321 10s for com mon to fine, and Elephant Oil at 271 10s to 291 per tun. Seal 34/10s to 35/ for pale • Newf9undland brown Seal went at 27/ to 98/ per tun. Cod at 341 lOs to 351. 331 10s for Newfoundland. Olive Oil has been in lively demand, Gallipoli at 50/ to 511; Sicily 491 to 49/ lOs ; Spanish 48/ to 481 lOs ; and Barbary 471 to 471 10s per tun. Linseed : Oil on the spot at 26s 9d to 27s per cwt. Rape Oil, pale 38s 6d to 395, and brown 37s 61 to 38s per cwt. Palm, fine at 28s per cwt. Cocoa-Nut Oil at 29s 6d to 325. Madras, at 301 10s to 311 per tun. TALLow.—South American fetched 34s to 40s 3d for low to good quality ; Ibrail, good, 39s to 40s ; New South Wales at 40s to 40s 9d ; black 38s to 38s 3d ; Odessa Sheep Tallow 39s 6d to 39s 9d ; Italian 38s to 39s 3d per cwt. In Russian Tallow the operations on the spot have been upon a small scale only; P.Y. Candle is 40s 9d to 41s; for delivery several con tracts entered into for the last three months of the year at 42s per cwt. Town Tallow 41s to 41s 6d per cwt nett cash. To day P. Y. Candle at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt on the spot. In the price for delivery there is no variation. r.' `r,.r• ?.t THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIT.4 8, 1844. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 2. ROYAL CO MMISSION. Their Lordships assembled this afternoon at a Quarter before Four o'clock, and the llouze of Commons having been summoned to their Lordships' bar, the Speaker shortly afterwards made his appearance at the bar ac companied by several Members. The Royal Assent was then given by Commission, in the usual manner, to the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Annual In demnity Bill, the Berrill (Huntingdonshire) Inclosure Bill, and the Mansfield : (lluntingdonshire) Inclosure Bill. The Commons having withdraw!), their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships assembled again at Five o'Clock. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented two petitions from Manchester and Birkenhead, against certain pro visions in the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE presented a petition from the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, praying the House to pass a Bill to divide the parish and vicarage of Leeds into separate parishes and vicarages, for ecclesiastical purposes only. Lord LORTON presented petitions from Suffolk against the grant to the College of Maynooth. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a place in Ireland complaining of the late decision of their Lordships House with respect to Presbyterian mar riages. • - RESTRICTIONS. ON TRADE. Lord MONTEAGL-E brought in a Bill to repeal cer tain laws which restricted the purchase and sale of goods. In Ireland none of these Acts had been repealed ' and his object was to make the law similar to that in Eng land, and also to improve the latter. This was only pursuing the same course which had been long since re- commended in the House of Commons. He wished that the Bill should be immediately printed , and that i t should be read a second time as early after Easter as possible. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that it be now read a first time. The Bill was then read a first time. The Marquis of BUTE presented petitions from Ayr, Perth, and several other places in Scotland, praying for the abolition of the tests which were required to be taken by Dissenters on entering the several Scotch Universities. -APPEALS AND WRITS OF. ERROR. Lord CAMPBELL rose to lay on the table of the House a Bill for removing objections which could now be taken to the administration of justice in this country with respect to appeals and writs of error. The Bill provided that upon the defendant giving security in such sum as the court might direct that any fine that might be imposed should be paid, andthat the defendant should be forthcoming to undergo any sentence which might be pronounced upon him, that sentence should be suspended until the court of appeal had decided upon the merits of the case. The Bill would not come into opera tion until the 9th of August. FEES TO JUSTICES' CLERKS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to move for a return from each of the clerks of the peace at the several sessions in England and Wales, of the amount of the fees received by him during each of the last three years ending the 31st of December, 1842. This was a matter which pressed most heavily upon the poorer classes of persons, because in the greater number of in stances, the fines did not amount to one quarter of the amount of the costs, and in many other cases the costs were thirty or even forty times the amount of the fine. Thus there could be no proportion between the crime and the expense to which the unfortunate culprit was subjected. He felt sure this was a subject in which all their Lordships must feel a deep interest. It had been mooted in this House some time ago, and he trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De partment would take this matter into his serious con sideration. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had made in quiry into this subject, and he found that those fees did always go to the magistrate's clerk. It was a matter of great importance, and one to which her Majesty's Go vernment would give every consideration. Lord WHARNCLIFFE was informed upon good authority that those fees did not go to the, magistrates' clerks, but were generally appropriated to defraying the incidental expenses of the trial, such as paying witnesses and constables, so that very often only a very small amount of the fees reached the clerk of the peace. Lord BEAUMONT said the principal part of the fees went in payment to the constables, whose expenses were regulated according to the distance they had to travel. Lord CAMPBELL said that as the Government in tended to take up this subject, he would suggest to them the propriety of regulating the fees to clerks of the peace, so that they should not 'depend upon the length of the proceedings. He knew that great extortion had been practised in consequence of the fees being regulated according to the length of the proceedings to which they related. After a few words from Lord REDESDALE and the Earl of CoLcuEsTzit, the Returns were ordered. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up a Copy of the First Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to consider the law affecting Joint-stock Companies, which, on the motion of Lord IvIONTEAGLE, was ordered to be printed. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, Their Lordships then adjourned till Tuesday, the 16th instant. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a Quarter before Four o'Clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. , _ _ The Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod shortly after. wards entered the House, and summoned the Members •to appear at the bar of the House of Peers, to hear tha Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills. The SPEAKER then left the House, accompanied, by the greater part of the Memberi present. On his return, The SPEAKER announced that he had been to the Bar of the House of Lords, where he had heard the Royal Assent given by Commission to certain Bills (for which see Lords' Report). RETURNS. Certain returns were presented at the bar of the House, and ordered to be laid on the table. PULTENEY TOWN HARBOUR BILL._ The Pulteney Town Harbour Improvement Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. DURHAM AND COUNTY COAL COMPANY BILL Mr. REDHEAD YORKE moved the further con sideration of the Report on the Durham and County Coal Company BilL—Agreed to. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from the cotton-spinners of Carlisle and its neighbourhood, de precating any attempt on the part of the Legislature to limit the hours of labour in factories. Mr. TATTON EGERTON presented a petition from a place in Lancashire, praying for the abolition of the duty upon raw cotton. Lord - ELIOT presented a petition from Cornwall praying that the owners and not the occupiers of small farms might be taxed for the poor rates.p • Mr. M. GIBSON moved that the petition which he had presented yesterday from Manchester, relative to the Post-office, be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were granted of sundry payments in the Excise department. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.-THE ADJOURN- MENT. After a pause of considerable duration in the business of the House, during which Mr. Hume, Mr. T. Dun combe, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Manners Sutton, were severally in close conference with Sir Robert Peel, Mr. GLADSTONE brought up, and laid on the table, certain returns relating to the state of agriculture in Leicestershire. Sir ROBERT PEEL moved that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till Monday, the 15th instant. He wished, at the same time, to state that he had promised the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) that he should, on moving the adjournment, explain the order in which the Bills brought in by the Government, or intended to be brought in, should be proceeded with after Easter. In consequence of the absence of his Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary for the Home Department, he was unable at that moment to give the explanation. .He would take care, however, that the order of pro ceeding should be set forth in the papers of the House tomorrow. He hoped that in the course of the evening he would have an opportunity of communi cating with his Right Hon. Friend (Sir J. Graham), and if so, he would state, before the House rose, what the course of business would be.. In the meantime he should say that it would be a great public' inconvenience if the Irish Franchise Bill should 'not pass before June, and it was therefore his intention that the Bill should be read a second time on Monday, the 15th, if the House would allow it, and that the-discussion be taken in Committee An Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Ewart) was, he be-. lieved, anxious to know if the Government proposed to do anything respecting charitable trusts, and he (Sir Robert Peel) had to state that he believed his Noble Friend the Lord Chancellor would, that evening, in another place, give notice of a Bill upon the subject. Another Hon: Member (Mr. Hume) was anxious to know what progress had been made in opening commu nications with Paraguay: A Commissioner had been sent out there by the Government, but, 'unfortunately, from his over-desire to make himself useful, he caused great prejudice to be' created, and he bad been obliged to leave the country.—(Loud laughter.) Since then, however, news of a more satisfactory character had been received, and he indulged the hope that England, in com mon with France and Brazils, would be able to make some progress in opening friendly and commercial communi cations with that part of the world.---(Hear, hear.) Mr. HU'ME trusted the Government would avail itself b e e o l m iev m ed uni i c t at w io o n u s ld wi b th e t o h f a e t ve p r o y rt op io p n or o t f un t i h ty e o w f or e l x d t , e a n s di h n e g very beneficial in effecting a considerable extension of commerce. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he was satisfied with the statement of .the Right Hon. Baronet, that at a later part of the evening, or in the orders of the day, they s h ou ld b e ma d e acqua i n t e d with the routine which lafterrish Ei,arGovernmentFoster. A s v e‘ o v u ni l ti d lhl followregard personally in to r e th g he a e r dha had no proposalnt h o e o i r measures i s t e , llt b t i i i i t at e th v e enin n g ; should, on jaesottioontht: Supply,g..t on Hon. Baronet first Baronet must not be Committee of -.yroftotheopp oppose Irish se thrthsatted Members who were not pre sent that p if ro an pe p raa r yo o tpaioofstnea.rl theto Tghhoeorlieindtahoyasda, been a very thin attendance of Irish Members for some days, and the great majority of them were doubtless wholly u z na jai e e ci ent ua o i n nte l d vhi s ch t htehewopurled sent moment with ce Bill. There was another subject on of that take that opportunity of saying a few words to the House. They had not unhappil y made great progress in legislation beforethe Easter-recesevbut they hader tainly shown their loyalty to the Crown in a very plain manner, for they had voted most willingly and almost unanimously all the supplies it had been thought proper to ask at their hands. Among those supplies was a large sum voted for the maintenance of a considerable number of men for the navy. He was one of those who was most willing to concur in that vote ,• but in considering the large amount that was voted, he did think it necessary to say a few words on this occasion, though he might raise a dis cussiOn on it hereafter, on the manner in which that number of men was' disposed of. With respect 'to the number of men, though it was considerably less than the number voted -in 1841, yet it was very considerably more than in 1835. The statement abroad was that the naval force in the Medi terranean was to be reduced to a very small number of ships of the line; it was even said that only one ship of the line was to be left in the Mediterranean. In that case he must say that he did not think such a reduction would be in accordance with the general policy of this country. They must recollect that they had some im portant stations in the Mediterranean, and important interests there that might call for their interposition. There might not be at-this moment any danger, nor any prospect of other than amicable relations with foreign Powers ; but should it be otherwise, and any case for their interposition should arise, the sudden augmentation of the navy that would be neces sary, would probably create great alarm. Even in the present circumstances of the country, there was the state of affairs in Morocco, there were insurrectionary movements in Italy, and any circumstances of this kind might give rise to the necessity of diplomatic represen tations to foreign Powers. So small a naval force, in case of that necessity arising, would not - be ade quate to giving support to the interests of the country. He thought it necessary to make those observations with respect to the disposal of the fleet in the Mediterranean. Sir ROBERT PEEL confessed that he felt sur prised at the observations of the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord did not allege that British interests had suffered, but he stated that it would be advisable to have a large force in the Mediterranean. Why, that might be advisable with regard to any portion of the world, and there might be good grounds for having a large force in North America, the Pacific, and the Baltic. This might be true, but he understood the sound con stitutional principle was to leave the appropriation of the forces to the Executive Government. Now, the Government thought it right to have a num ber of vessels for exercise in the Channel, which would be ready upon any emergency. There was sometimes great adTantege in concentrating their forces. Let not the Noble Lord suppose that their interests in the Me diterranean would be endangered because the fleet was off the mouth of the Thames or in the Channel. The Noble Lord should allow the Executive Government to exercise its own discretion. No doubt their interests in the Mediterranean were important, but there might be reasons for assembling them in another place, which he was - unwilling to enter upon. But if the Noble Lord had a confidence in his judgment, which was just in many respects—if he was prepared to take the com mand of the Channel fleet—(Mueh laughter)—surely he might allow the Executive Government to take that .course which it seemed best for them to pursue. Lord PALMERSTON said that he felt no want of confidence in his Noble Friend—(Laughter)—in any command in which resolution and determination would be required.—(Hear.) And if his spirit'and determination, which were well known, were backed by the professional skill of his Hon. and Gallant Friend the Member for Marylebone, he thought they would be very formidable. The disposition of the naval force was certainly to be 'left at the discretion of the Executive Government, but yet the Executive Government exercised that discretion subject to any remarks which might be made in Parlia ment. That discretion certainly was to be exercised subject to a responsibility to that House. He thought, therefore, that his Noble Friend, in taking the opportu nity which he had taken of making these remarks before hand% and directing the consideration of the Govern ment to the subject, had not departed from the appro priate exercise of those functions which devolved on him as a Member of that House. It was true that it was only a question of prudence, ' according to the existing state of things, whether we should concentrate ' a large force on the:home station, or distribute it more equally among the different foreign stations, where its presence might be required, not for purposes of hosti lity, but to give that moral effect and support to our commercial interests which the presence of a naval force invariably afforded. In the present state of things, if anything occurred requiring the presence of a large naval force on the home station, it would .be quite as easy to order the force home from the Mediterranean as to or der the force from the home station to the Mediterra nean, so that the argument of the Right Honourable Baronet was equally applicable to either side of the question. There certainly were grounds for hay ing a large force in the Mediterranean, which did not apply to the Baltic, the. Pacific, or the coasts of the United States. We had important sta tions in the Mediterranean—we had colonies there. 'We had Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands, there fore it was natural that we should maintain a large naval force there, and the maintenance of such de fence there implied nothing hostile or suspicious towards foreign Powers ; but if a large force were to be sent either to the Baltic, the coast of the United States, or the Pacific, it would be supposed either that we apprehended hostilities from some other Powers, or that we intended something against them. , The cases were not parallel. The question of the dis posableness of the force applied, as he had shown before, las much to the one case as to the other. Our commer cial and political relations were of more importance in the Mediterranean than anywhere else on the face of the globe.. More things might happen there in which the interests of Great Britain were concerned than could happen elsewhere. If, therefore, the Government intended only to maintain one sail of the line on that station, he contended that they would not he properly reprisenting British interests in a quarter in which they required the most scrupulous care and attention. He could testify, from his own experi ence as Foreign Secretary, that nothing was more com p-ion than for British merchants connected with the Mediterranean to apply for protection and assistance. Considering the difficulties which might arise from time to time in that quarter, ho thought it not a wise dis tribution of the naval forces to have only one ship of the line in the Mediterranean, and net the ordinary amount of foie' usual on former occasions. If it were a privi ;e(ve of Members of that House to criticise events after they happened, he thought it a more useful privilege to throw out suggestions before the occurrence of events. Mr. HUMk was sorry to hear any objection to the reduction of the naval force. lie had lately received a letter from a naval officer at Malta, in which the writer stated that there could be nothing more disadvantageous to the interests of the navy than leaving large line-of battle-ships in the Mediterranean. They laid up at Malta and other places there for twelve months, and were much exposed to losing their discipline. He also trusted that the Right Hon. Bart. would see the necessity of removing the swarm of gun-boats from the Shannon. RELIISTRATION—BILL (IRELAND). Mr. WYSE complained of so early a day after Easter being fixed for the second reading of this Bill, as had been announced by the Eight Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel). If it was necessary that the Bill should come into Operation at once, it should have been. introduced at an earlier period of the .session. He thought it would be More judicious to defer the second reading until a later period. existlllem b o e n rs t . he the feeling which appeared to Sir R. PEEL said, he would not, on any account, press C s , ( , ) b n i s e i c d t e !h in e g would postpone the second the second reading of the Bill against the wish of Irish read ing of the Bill from Monday (the 15th) until Friday. Mr. EWART wished to know whether it was .the intention of the Government to lay before the House any digest or code of criminal laws, founded on the report of the Criminal Law Commissioners. He begged also to ask the Hon. Member for Lewes, whether it was his intention to bring forward that evening his motion with respect to probate duty. Sir R. PEEL said he was not prepared to introduce any Bill to reform the criminal law of this country. All the information on that subject was already in the pos session of the House. ➢lr. ELPHINSTONE said that so many gentlemen had left town, that he did not think it would be desira ble to bring on that evening the motion to which the Hon. Gentleman referred. CHINA. Sir R. PEEL brought up certain dispatches respecting ' China, amongst which was onewith respect to The treaty lately entered into between this country and China. Ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. lIUME was desirous that her Majesty's Govern ment should give the public a fac-simile of the Chinese treaty, with an English translation. —(Laughter.) Ho thought it would be very acceptable to the public as a matter of curiosity—(A. laugh)—and it would not be very expensive. Sir.ROBERT PEEL begged to ask if the Hon. Mem ber made a m o ti on ? an d if so, was it seconded by a gentleman who k new t h e Chi n eselanguage ?—(Laugh ter.) Mr. HAS riE whose observation was not distinctly heard in the g a ll ery, b u t exc ited much laughter in the , House, was understood to say, that if a motion were made, ho would second it. SIR HENRY POTTING ER. Sir R. PEEL sa id h e co uld not lay upon the table the last diplomatic Paper from Sir H. Pottinger—(who, after a service ofnearly halfacentury, had now retired, against the wishes and representations of the Government)—with- out bearing testimony to the singular ability, zeal, firmness, and discretion, with %Well he had performed the duty undertaken by him under critical and difficult circum stances, and performed by him in a manner which se cured to him the confidence and esteem of the Chinese Government, equally with that of the Government which he repres en t e d.—(Hear, hear.) He aas disposed to say more npon th e merits of that distinguished gen tleman, bat he was aware that a panegyric was weak ened by being dilut e d:--( Hear.) ' He" would only say, that it was impossible to bear, higher testimony than he could to the merits of• Sir Henry 'Pottinger.—(Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON' rose to bear tes timo ny to th e truth of the handsome eulogy whic h the Right Hon. Gentleman had passed upon that distinguished public officer.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think that the eulogy could be exaggerated, for those who witnessed his ser vices only regretted that he had not still greater oppor tunities of rendering services to his country. It was only by his own merits the gallant and distinguished officer obtained the opportunity of so well earning the thanks of the Government and the country. When he (Lord Palmerston) recommended to his colleagues the appoint ment of Sir Henley Pottinger, he did so without any political consideration. indeed, up to the present mo ment he did not know w hat Sir Henry's general political sentiments might be. When he (Lord Palmerston) asked his colleagues to request the 'assistance of Sir Henry Pottinger, he had no per sonal acquaintance with him, and he was onl y led to make choice of him in consequence of the ability which he had. displayed in India.—(Hear, hear.) He must also say that it was only justice to the present Go vernment to state that the successor of Sir Henry Pot tinger bad been selected without any regard to political considerations, and solely on account of his distinguished merits. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. EXTENSION OF THE PRACTICE OF ATTORNEYS. The LORD MAYOR presented the following petition the Court : " The petition of David Williams Wire, solicitor, showeth that your petitioner has been admitted and sworn, and is now practising as a solicitor in the High Court of Chancery, and in the Courts of Law at West minster, as appears by the certificate hereunto an nexed. ‘" Your petitioner, therefore, hu m bly p ra y s that he may be admitted an attorney of the Mayor's Court of London." Alderman BROWN presented a similar petition from William Davis, of Coleman-street. He stated that he felt himself b ound to present the petition from the respectable individual whose name was annexed, but he believed there were many interests affected by it, and he, therefOre, thought that the matter should be referred to a Committee, and that the attorneys of the Mayor's Court should be informed of the application, and summoned to attend before a Committee upon the subject._ - - - - lair. Wean, on being called upon by the Lord Mayor, stated that he made the application under the authority of the 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 73, which enacted " that every person who should have - been duly admitted an attorney of any one o f the superior courts of law at Westminster, should be entitled to be admitted an attorney in any other of the said courts, or in any inferior court of law in England and Wales." He (Mr. Wire) had been admitted in the superior courts, and he now claimed to be admitted an attorney of the inferior court of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, commonly called the Mayor's Court. He was fully aware that the practice of that court had been exclusively confined to four gentlemen, and that they would claim a vested interest in the monopoly, having either purchased or obtained these places by the gift of the Corporation. But notwithstanding such practice, and notwithstanding its previous legality, he submitted that the Act of last session completely destroyed any chartered or vested rights, and threw open the Court to all prac titioners, admitted by the superior courts, and he was borne out in the opinion by the Act itself, by the ex ceptions intrcduced, and by the interpretations already put uponit by the Recorders in other towns andeities, who, notwithstanding the previous exclusion, now, under the authority of the Act, admitted all practi tioners duly qualified, He believed it would be un necessary further to argue the question as a matter of law, but if it were necessary, he was fortified in the view he had taken of the Act by authorities. He would now, therefore, turn to the benefits likely to result to the public from the throwing open of the Court. It was a Court of large jurisdiction, and em braced both a legal ani an equitable side. Alderman BROWN said that this was a question of grave consideration, and deeply affecting the rights of others, and it ought, therefore, be referred to a Com mittee, to examine and report upon. Mr. WIRE said, with the concurrence of his Learned Friend near him, he had no objection to a reference, provided the Committee considered the matter forthwith, as he was anxious to get the answer of the Court, to enable him, if necessary, to go to the Court of Queen's Bench fora mandamus. _ Alderman T. Noon and Alderman BROWN se conded a proposition to refer the matter to a Com mittee, and to advise with the law officers of the Corporation thereon.—The motion was unanimously agreed to. Subsequently a similar petition was presented, flom Mr. Hartley, of New Bridge-street, solicitor; and it was stated that several more petitions upon the, sub ject would be likely to follow, it being the determina tion of the profession to open the Court. MR. BARNARD GREGORY. Sir PETER LAURIE called the attention of the Court to a statement which had been referred to by Mr. Wells, the late Common Councilman of the ward of Farringdon. It appeared from the newspapers, that Mr. Wells had waited upon the Lord Mayor, and represented that he had seen a statement in some newspaper of conduct adopted towards Mr. Barnard. Gregory in the gaol of Newgate of the most unjusti fiable description. Mr. Well's complaint - threw a vast deal of odium upon the ma?istrates of London and the Sheriffs ; and it was evident that there ex isted not the least ground of complaint. The whole of the information upon which Mr. Wells grounded his charge was most grossly false—(Hear, hear) — and the whole accusation consisted of a monstrous series of exaggerations.—(Hear, hear.) Sir C. S. HUNTER said that if the Court noticed newspaper parographs they would soon have constant ethployment chalked out for them. Alderman FAREBROTIIER objected to' the mention of the matter at all, and said that the notice of it in that Court would answer the purpose of Mr. Wells, by giving his name the respectability of having been used in it.—(Laughter.) The accusation of cruelty was beyond anything absurd. The LORD MAYOR said he had told Mr. Wells that he believed there was not the slighted foundation for the statements to which he made reference, and that the whole was a tissue of the most ridiculous exagge rations. Sheri all in t b ff e M st U at S ena GßO en V t E f d o e r ela w re h t t h ha t t he t r h e e w on as ly t t h h e in l g ea a st t foundati on was the assertion that Mr. Gregory 's health was suffering ; of that fact there was not the slightest doubt. It was palpable that Mr. Gregory's health was rapidly declining, and he re gretted to have it in his power to mention that circumstance. He had spoken to Mr. Gregory upon the subject of the treatment in the prison, and was assured by him that he had every accommodation and attention which any imprisoned person could ex .pect, and surely Mr. Gregory might be allowed to judge for himself on such a subject.—(Hear, hear.) He (Sheriff Musgrove) regretted to declare that Mr. Gregory's health was rapidly decli n i ng . Here the conversation ended. After the transaction of a little local business, the Court adjourned. Conru, MARcu 9.—Prince George of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Captain James Macdonald, aide-de camp, has returned to Corfu from a tour in the Neapolitan and Papal States; he passed three weeks at Naples, and his Royal Highness is expected shortly to visit England. Lady Seaton and Lady_ Pettrizzupola have given several balls. Prince George of Cambridge gave a ball on the anniversary of his father's birthday, the splendour of which, with the beauty of the ladies, exceeds all description; it was very numerously attended. The officers of the 97th Regiment have also given two balls, and nothing was left undone by Lieut.-Colonel Lockyer, and the officers of the regiment, for the comfOrt and amusement of their guests. The Royal Ar tillery and the Royal Engineers have issued invitations for next Tuesday. - Lady'Seaton intends commemorating Prince George's birthday on the 26th instant by a similar entertain= ment, at the Palace. The fourth session of the seventh Par liament opened on the Ist, and his Excellency the Lord High Cemmiaieher gave 41 speech 9A the 4th instant. MENAI BRIDGE. Mr. GORE moved for a copy of any report of Mr. Provis to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests since the Ist day of October, 1843, on the Menai Bridge.—Agreed to. • HARBOUR OF REFUGE. Mr. GORE also moved for a copy . of all letters of in structions to the naval officers and civil engineers ap pointed in 1843 to report upon the harbours of Holy head and Port Dynllaen, as a packet station between London and Dublin, and as a harbour of refuge for the Channel trade.:---Agreed to. GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND). Mr. WYSE then moved for copies of the lists re turned by the collectors of grand jury cess for the county of the city of Dublin, to the clerks of the peace for the said city, containing the names of men qualified to serve as jurors for the said city for the year 1844, showing the corrections and adjudications made therein by the Right Hon. the Recorder of the said city, pur suant to the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 91. Also, a copy of the general list of jurors, made out from such, lists by the said Recorder. Copy. of the " Jurors' Book for the year 1844," as delivered to the Sheriff of the city of Dublin, or to his under-sheriff, or the town clerk. Copy of the " Special Jurors' List," made by the said Sheriff, or his under-sheriff, for the year 1844. Copies of all correspondence with or by the clerks of the p n peace for the said city, in relation to the re visio of the jurors' list for the year 1844, and especi ally between them and the Recorder for the said city, and Mr. Peirce Mahony. Copies of all affidavits filed in the Crown side of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ire land, since the Ist day of December, 1843, in the cause of " The Queen against O'Connell and others," and of all protests made to the clerk of the Crown, also filed in the said cause, at the striking of the jury in the month of January last; together with a copy of the challenge to the jury array in the said cause, and of the demurrer filed in reply to the same. Lord ELIOT was understood to say that he could not consent to the motion. Mr. SHAW said that as the motion personally con cerned him, he hoped the House would excuse him for saying a few words on the subject. He thought that the House had no jurisdiction in the matter. He should object to the House making any order of the kind. This was a matter of judicial adjudication, and if he submit ted to make a return of this kind, there was no return which he might not be called on to make. If the House sanctioned the motion, he should, with all possible re 7 spect, refuse to comply with the order. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if the Right Hon. Gentleman opposed the motion because there were not sufficient grounds fur it, he could understand it ; but when the Right Hon. Gentleman took so unusual a step of opposing it, because it was a judicial proceeding, and that he would refuse to comply with the order of the House, if it were made, he really thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman was taking a ground that was altogether untenable.—(Hear, hear.) He did not say that the House ought to agree to the motion if the Right Hon. Gentleman said there were no sufficient grounds for making it; but if an order of the House were made for similar returns from the Court of Queen's Bench, he felt convinced that the Chief Justice would comply with the order of the House. He would not un dertake to say that that House had no power to call for notes of judicial proceedings. Such a doctrine could not be supported. It would be lowering the authority of the House to suppose that it could be so, and without giv ing any opinion as to whether or not the motion ought to be granted, he must protest against the doctrine of the Right Hon. Gentleman which denied that the House had any right to investigate any course of conduct which he, as a judge, might have thought proper to pursue. Mr. SHAW said the. Noble Lord was mistaken. He (Mr. Shaw) did not deny the right of the House of Com mons to inquire into his conduct, and to address the Crown for his removal if it chose, but he said they had no right to his notes which he had taken judicially. If the return were ordered to be made from the Queen's Bench, he felt convinced that the judges of that court would not do it. The Noble Lord must be aware of a previous case in which Lord Holt had refused to obey an order of the House of Lords for the production of his notes upon a trial. He told the House of Lords that they had no control over these notes. He did not deny for one moment the right of the House to investigate his conduct, but they had no right to call for his judicial notes, and they would be useless, because the House possessed uo power to reverse or affect his decision in any way. Lord J. RUSSELL did not mean to contend that these notes were necessary for the House to adjudicate, for it had no power of adjudication on the subject. But they might be necessary for the purpose of investigation. :He would take the celebrated Macclesfield case in which the House had called for all the notes, papers, and re cords of the court. • Mr. SHAW admitted the right 'of the House to call for the records of the court, but he denied that they had any right to call for a judge's notes. Sir G. GREY did not understand the objection of the Right Hon. Gentleman. It might be necessary to have the original lists. and . to compare - them with the lists Which had been ultimately adjudicated on. It was use less to overlook the fact that discrepant statements had been - elsewhere made on the subject, that it was matter bf dispute, and that these returns would show what statement was the correct one. • Mr. WYSE said he must insist on his motion notwith- Standing the opposition of the Noble Lord. Sir R. PEEL could not take upon him to define what were the powers of the law respecting motions, for they very much depended on the nature of the case. For instance if an lion. Member were to move for the private memoranda of a judge in a trial he could not think it probable the House would call for those men moranda. Mr. WARBURTON said a great blunder had been committed, and it was very desirable to know how it had occurred. He would advise his Hon. Friend to get what papers he could, and if they were not satisfactory, to move for a Select Committee. Mr. HUTT said it did not appear that any evil would arise from the production of the papers, and the with holding of them would probably create distrust where it did not now exist. Mr. WYSE said it was a matter of importance, but if the'returns were granted at all, they should be granted as soon as possible ; otherwise the information would be of no use. The Hon. Member then withdrew the motion. POST-OFFICE. Mr. FIAWES then moved for a return of the number of chargeable letters which have passed through the London. General Post (inwards and outwards) since the first general reduction of postage, on the sth day of December, 1839, dividing the time, as far as practicable, into periods of tbur complete weeks each, and distin guishing, as regards each period, the unpaid, paid, and stamped, and total number of letters ; also, of the esti mated average number for four weeks of the year im mediately preceding the reduction, distinguished in like manner. Return of the number of letters which have passed through the London District Post (exclusive of all General Post letters) for the same periods ; and distinguishing in the same manner as the last return. 4%. comparative statement of the number of letters' (in luding franks during the existence of the franking Privilege) delivered in the United Kingdom in one week of each' calendar month, beginning with November, 1839, and ending with the present time. An account showing the gross and net Post-office reve• - nue, and the cost of management, for the United King dom, for each of the years ending the sth day of January 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 18'43, and 1844, ex cluding from the account, whether of gross revenue or cost of management, any advances that may have been made by the English to the Irish Post-office, and advances to the Money Order-office. Account, show ing, as nearly as it can be given, the gross amount of postage revenue for England and Wales (exclusive of returns for refused letters, &c.), for the month ending the sth day of January 1840, (during which the four penny rate was established) ; and also for the months ending the sth day of January 1842, the sth day of January 1843, and the sth day of January 1844. An account of the payments by the Post-offie made during each of the years ending the sth day of January 1839,1840, 1841,1842, 1843, and 1844, for the conveyance of the mails by railway in Great Britain ; distinguishing in each instance the payments for work done within the year from payments for work done in previous years. Return of the number and amount of money orders issued and paid in England and Wales during each quarter, from the quarter ending the sth day of April, 1839, to that ending the sth day of January, 1844, inclusive. Similar return as regards money orders issued and paid in Lon don. Return by the Admiralty, showing in detail the different items which compose the sum of 612,850/., charged for packets, in return No. 201, of session 1843. Return of all provincial post-offices in which, owing to .the death or resignation of the deputy-post master, compensations have lapsed to the revenue since September, 1839, showi ng in each case the amount of such compensation, and the total cost of the office to the revenue, both before and after its re-arrange ment ; the cost after re - arrangement being stated, first, as originally proposed by the Post-office, second, as authorised by the Treasury. Copy of all railway mails as directed by the Treasury to be made in Augttst,lg42; together with an addition, showing the length of each line as per official notice to the Company, as per Post office time-bill, and as per actual payments ,by the Post office to the Company, past and present ; also, an ex planation of any discrepancy which may appear in such return. Annual return of fees, perquisxtes, &c. 7 for the year 1842,its ordered by the Treasury minute of the 1 5 L!: i day of May, 1842. Return of the details, as su bluitte." to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which the es tt i mate No. 201 of last session was prepared. Return el, letter.s registered in the travelling post-office in a we e _ _ in July pi August, 1843. • After 1s few observations from the CHANCEL , of-the EXCHEQUER, the returns were agreed to. UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. Mr. WYSE then moved for returns showing t i l annual amount of income received by the University Dublin, during each of the last ten years; distinguisb ili ? the sources from which 'such income has been derive,: with the amount in gross and net derived from en source respectively : - Estimated and received amoun t annual income during each the last ten yearS fr o; livings in the gift of the University of Dublin. List.of emoluments, whether under head of salaries or fe, for rooms in college, and commons or otlier allowafle enjoyed by the provost, senior and junior fellows, scholii* professors, and officers of the University of Dublin, shl ing the amount enjoyed by each respectively, - with names of each person receiving the same, and the OP' gious persuasion to which he. belongs. Amount of nual receipts carried to the Tutors'. Fund, during es t of the last ten years. Amount of annual receipt,l fees not included in the above, for matriculation s s conferring of degrees, during the last ten years res P f c; tively. Amount of annual receipts for fees for retai O 4 On the books names of graduates entitled to vote, at Parliamentary elections for the University, durine eac of the last ten years respectively. Summaries of the ° going returns fur the whole period above specifi t " Number of fellows, senior and junior scholars and pro, fessors, elected and appointed during the last ten yea r : with dates of their several elections or appointnien'' distinguishing, to what religious persuasion they spectively belong; total amount of undergraduateS,, the books on the Ist day of January, 1844; the nuoi°7 s of undergraduates admitted and carried on the boo" for the last ten years; distinguishing to what I l e ; ligious persuasion they respectively belong. Numb . of graduates, specifying their respective degre.‘!: for each year for the last ten years, distinguish' s? to what religious persuasion they respectively belook - • • COLLEGE OF MAYNO - OTII Mr. WYSE also moved for' a return of the SP; nual amount of income received by the goo f Catholic Royal College of Maynooth each Ye n t ; for the.. last. ten years, distinguishing the sources ft° ; which such income has been derived, with the amou rs in gross and net derived from each source respetil.e.ll2 Lists of emoluments, whether under head of salar . ,,, i l e " fees, rooms in college, or commons or other allowsli*: enjoyed by the president, professors,, studell' and officers of the college, 'showing the amount el l : joyed by each respectively. Summaries of the , fo going returns fer the whole period above specim Number of_ professors, students on the foundation, /I other officers elected or appointed each year, for the L i s ten years. Total number of students admitted carried on the books of the college each year,"for_n last ten years. Number of students who have pa "'",i their final examination, and such as have left the coll e b o each year' for the last ten years, distinguishing sUc h ilie were in orders from laymen. The course in use in ,t, college on the Ist day of January, 1844, and 'the te"' books read in the same. • ROYAL BELFAST INSTITUTION. ~0 1 Mr. WYSE, likewise moved for th e a n n u a l atnotin" c income received by the Royal Belfast Institution in year for the last ten years; distinguishing the sol e from which such income has been derived, with e , amount in gross and net derived from- each "source ref spectively. List of emoluments, whether und e r heau. salaries, fees, or other allowances enjoy e d by the pi'd cipal, professors, students on the foundation, if any, s o t officers of the Belfast Institution, showing the enjoyed by each respectively, and to what religious P c „, suasion each belongs. Summaries of the foregoing reter; for the whole period above specified. Nuinber of pre f f e j sors, students on the foundati on , if an y, an d officers eke' or appointed each year, for the last ten years. V; number of students admitted and- carried on• the boe i of the institution each year, for the la s t ten yesLp distinguishing the religious persuasion to which P 7 respectively belong. Number of students who hs 0 e passed their final examination, and such as have left I v , college each year for the last ten years,. distingui 6lll pl ° l the religious persuasion to which they respecti",. o belong, and whether-in orders or laymen. The coot, in use in the institution on the Ist day of Jarlus f 18 Sir 44, and the text books read in the same. -to ROBERT PEEL thought it was not quite fait it call for returns from this institution. He thougb.l,o would not be proper to distinguish the reli g i ous p e rsusf l ", of the members or students of th e 'University. °o t posed the motion in its present form, because lie thoegA no good could'r esu lt f rom it, and because he consider; it might form a very i nconven i ent p t ece d ent, an d ° detrimental to public business. . g Mr. SHAW also opposed it, and thought tlot h ; 1 1 could be more invidious and unreasona bl e th an to upon professional gentlemen in the University to silo the amount of their private emolumenti. Nothing' t p his opinion, could be more improper. With regs l 7, ol , that part of the motion calli ng f or a re t urn o f t h e fl,", 0 hers of Catholics and P ro t estants , h e t h oug h t, as we: 1 0 being-only injudici ous , it w as very use l ess, as it waP . " e r known that scholars and fellows in that uni', ic y sity must be Protestants, but that Roman Cathe' o f might be, and great numbers were, undergraduate s Trinity College. After a fpw words from Sir R. PEEL, tue' Mr. WYSE cons en t e d t o w i t hd raw t h e prese nt a s tion, at the same ti me p rom i s i ng t o i ntro d uce one in amended form. Sir R. PEEL moved that the Select Committee er;f ofl controverted elections do consist of sixteen Mem,-."h-dii° and that Lord Ashley's name be added to th e sa me ‘-`" mittee.—Agreed tor The Report of the Committee of Supply was th e brought up and received. The Orders of the Day were then disposed of, P . the House adjourned till Monday, the'lsth. of April. COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WAR i‘ —We are requested to state that Mr. C.olburri t •of v iii 4 Marlborough-street, has this day published "The N r argo of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1 ,°,. 1843 ; and. of all the combined Navil and -Military 4 -'4l l o' tions in China ; together with Important Notices oie o l Country, a complete Account of the Colony of Hong - K w , ' and Remarks on our future Intercourse with the Chinese , re r froth the Notes of Commander W. H. Hall, It..N;; and iA sonal ObServations, by W. D. Bernard, Esq., A.M B ‘ e j;iell 2 vols. Bve. ' with Maps and Plates, price 325. bound ; ; 0 0 can now be had of all Booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also d published, " The Narrative of .the 'Last Campaig°l, Afl'ghanistan, under .General Pollock," by Lieut4reea lvv io of her Majesty's 31st. Regiment ; forming a Companion V 9 604 Narratives of Lady Sale and Lieut. Eyre, in 1 vol. small with Plates, price 12s. bound. WRITEFRIARS ; OR, VIE DAYS OF LAIARISo :00 SECOND; an Historical Romance. A third - edition ei . work, we Observe, has just appeared. " They who look-, 10 d romancd for marvellous and thrilling incident, rapid startling effects; perpetual perils, and hair-breadth esesriici , for numerous characters all drawn in colours of bold r e oli will bete find a book after their own hearts. No one DO depy the ingenuity and skill with which the. autho i riott wrought his story; and the powe r o f d escr ipti on eviq j in all his principal scenes, many of whi c h actually stal l o o fore the eye like so many pictures on the stage. Iteg D i tiP 3 in the year 1667, and ending in 1683, we have the gre3. 0 of London; the Titus Oates' plot, Colonel Blood's - c0n5g, 1.1 1 ,70 the troubles in Scotland, with the battle of Bothwell the Rye-house plot, and other historical events. of the all introduced with considerable skill and effect. n general views of the aspect of the times, of , the slats 93 society, and in his description of London and its,purtic", they existed in those 'days,. the author has been very of' cessful. The jolly scenes in Alsatia are perfect in their I re' Amongst the numerous historical characters which are Woe ducCd in these pages, we may mention thoSe of Charle at lif Second and his Queen, Rochester, Buckingham, Monrttest Shaftesbury, Russell, Sydney, Judge Jeft'reo, Titus Colonel Blood, Nell Gwyn, &c."—Morning Chronicle. L . 0 0 SPRING.—The prev a l e n ce ' of cutaneous at this period of th e y ear i ncu l c a tes t h e necessity o'oe serving the Skin in a p ure an d h ea l t h y state, so t h a t its tions may be 'duly performed. The . great celebrity (e! " Rowland's Kalydor" exclusively maintains as an act i/- P, mild and soothing agent for extirpating. all impuritie 9 ;,gl: imparting a healthy.freshness to the Skin, is most pless„!",. o - L,O evinced at the present season. This balmy and odoqcol creamy liquid Is composed of extracts from the 11 0 y: flowers and herbs of an eastern clime—its discover,' pee lady of rank, was no less singular than its effects have ef er , felicitous during the last thirty years. Its universallY,7 o o l4 demand excites' the cupidity of unprincipled . shoplf- e 'od i who give the title of " Genuine" Kalydor to some cotrr o ta , of their own manufacture of the mo s t d e l e t er i ous chare c tiV containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the o itlP plexion, and by their. repellant action endangering li .,o 4 . pper.— ! It is, therefore, imperati ve on p urc h asers to see t l uit the ", sl"' " Rowland's Kalyd or " are on t h e wra All other" fraudulent counterfeits. BIRTHS. 01' On the 30th. ult., at Trinity-square, Southwark, th e . Mr. Henry Jarvis, of a son. : • I'ol'f lir' On the 31st u lt , a t Cl ap h am-r i se, t h e l a d y o 13 0 b_ the Es 31q., of a son. _, • v 0 _On st ult., at the Bury B, Chesham, - uckinglia t . ioi the lady of William Lowndes, hsq., of a dau g hter. hg` On the 31st ult., at D enmar k - hill , ' t h e l a d y 0' 00 Barron, Esq:', of a daughter. ' O OO On the 31st ult.; i n G or d on - square, t h e l a dy of ,;, Peacock, Esq., of a son. . r El" On the 31st ult., i n M on t agu - square, t h e lady ________,/°' Reeve, Esq.; of a daughter. MARRIED. On, the 30th ult., at St. Al p h age Church, Gre oils eli tie Masters Francis Jam es Archer, Esq ., to Amelia,.eldestds - ter of the late Charl es Bradley, Es q. ~ 101 l On the 30th ult., a t • S t . Bride's, Fleet=street, 'liter Shirley, of Salisb ur y-i quare , t o Jane, youngest chug Mr. Johnson, of William-street, Lowtides-square DIED ~ • - .On the 26th ult., at. Amsterdam, Captain John P us al, P. i• of the 81st Foot, rif e J. c, F 1 i ys t o h n i e ,, E 27 s t q h . , ' a u g i e t . d , saBt. the c .On the 27th ult. Mrs. Ifyson, of Blackfriars-road, '. loughs, „ t ier Li , me, the Rev. John Basnett i aged 81. s (l ' 'On the 28th ult., at Liverpool, Charles Boutflower, ore, On the 29th ult., Mrs. Katharine Brown, Fitiroy-sil, -On the 30th ult., at Old Melton Abbey, -Yorkshire, '-' 0 1 Smithson, Esq. oil infant— ' .0n the 30th ult., at Camberwell-grove, the near Neweastle-u- .. 3 George Reid, Esq. • . id ai .' . On the 30th ult., at llighbury, Isabella Louisa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maynard. .1, Stns On the 30th ult.; at Church-cottage, Park-roac ~ well, Sarah, the wife of Mr. T. Collins, aged 57. ,• WO.. - On the 31st ult., at St. George's-road, Southway' , ~ la s ' relict of the late James Samins, of Demerara. •- ' the e • ril l ° On the 31st ult.. - p-at Sandgate, Augustus Mark, . - . son of the,Rev. M. D. French. Cat ile On the 31st ult., at Milner-square, Islington , A -zort , Cochran,' eldest daughter of Mr. W. Stevenson. Iv _.,.,, („ - On the 31st ult., in Circus-road, St. John's- out . .- . Lackingten, Esq. aged 67. • . _ ; ,t , Itiomaaromearmq ----. - NT . , ---------"-"---- .I,ov . London : Printed .and Published 1.7 -- mur - D O-x xo. 0 , o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O nce ' 0,0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the `• Middlesex, Wednesday, April 3,1844. the r irr '7!: 77' EMIGRATION. Mr. C. BULLER said the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, had promised, on a former occasion, that the Report of the Emigration Commissioners should be laid on the table of the House before Parliament ad journed for the Easter holidays. He begged to ask if they might hope to receive it an early period? - Lord STANLEY said he was happy to say he was able to realise his promise, inasmuch as he held the Report in his hand. The Report was subsequently brought up by the Noble Lord, and ordered to be.litid upon the table. IRISH FRANCHISE I3ILL. Lord ELIOT brought up the Bill upon this subject, for which leave was given last evening, and it was read a first time. IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL. The NOBLE - IC;;;I501;ought up the Irish Mu nicipal Bill, for which leave was given last evening, and it was read a first time. THE STATE TRIALS. . Mr. WYSE postponed, till the 25th inst., his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the State trials in Ireland. AGRICULTURE (IRELAND). Mr. M. GIBSON postponed, till the 18th inst., his motion for an address to her Majesty, praying her Ma jesty to direct an inquiry into the present state of agri culture in that kingdom. VIE CHURCH. Mr. P. BORTHIVICK postponed, till Tuesday, the 23d, his motion respecting the powers of the clergy to meet in convocation. PRISON DISCIPLINE. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice of his intention, after Easter, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for securing an uniform system of prison discipline. COUNTY CORONERS (IRELAND). Mr. GROGAN gave notice of his intention to move, after Easter, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of Comlty Coroners' Courts in Ireland. CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS. Mr HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday, the 16th, he would move, as a resolution, that the House should take into its consideration the exemplary conduct of the people wherever they had been admitted to public edifices, and their general disposition to preserve order and propriety of conduct ; and moving that the House do approve of the recommendation of the Select Committee, formerly appointed, that there should be a more free admission of the people to cathedrals and churches. THE QUEEN v. O'CONNELL. Mr. DUNCOMIIE moved for a copy of the notes taken by the short-hand writer appointed by the Crown to report the proceedings at the late trial of the Queen v. O'Connell.—Ordered. .ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. Messengers from the Lords appeared at the table with the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, which was read a first time. IRISH TEMPORALITIES BILL. Mr. SHAW said, he saw that his Hon. Friend, the Member for Roscommon, had placed the name of his Hon. Colleague (Mr. Hamilton) on the back of the Bill which the Hon. Gentleman had got leave to bring in last night on the subject of the Irish Temporalities. Now, as he knew that his Hon. Colleague was opposed to - the Bill—(Laughter)—he begged to move that the order be discharged till another name be substituted. Mr. F. FRENCH said, that the Bill was brought to him by an influential body of church tenants ; but as he knew that it would raise the suspicions of the friends of the Church if it came from his (Mr. F. French's) side of the House, he advised them to procure the name either of Mr. Hamilton or of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself.—(Laughter.) They promised to commu nicate with Mr. Hamilton on the subject ' - but he had never heard from them on the subject.—(Laugh ter.) He had never heard till the present moment that Mr. Hamilton objected to the Bill.—(Laughter.) It was a matter of perfect indifference to him whose name was on the Bill, but he thought it would be more in accord ance with fair play and Parliamentary usage if the Right Hon. Gentleman allowed Mr. Hamilton to make his own disclaimer. Mr. SHAW wished to ask the Hon. Member for Ros common; if his Hon. Colleague (Mr. Hamilton) had given him permission to put his (Mr. Hamilton's) name on the Bill. Mr. FRENCH would, in return, ask the Eight Hon. Gentleman if his Hon. Colleague had authorised him to state that he desired that his name should not be placed on the Bill. Mr. SHAW—Certainly not. My colleague told me that he understood the Hon. Gentleman opposite in tended to bring in a Bill on the subject, and •he assured me he meant to give it every opposition in his power— (A laugh)—to prevent it, if possible, from being read a first time—(Loud laughter)—because be considered it bad in principle.—(Continued laughter.) Mr. FRENCH said that the only principle of the Bill to which the Hon. Gentleman was opposed, was one that he (Mr. French) himself was opposed to—namely, that which proposed to invest the proceeds of the sales of ecclesiastical property in the public funds. That clause had been struck out, and it was now proposed that the proceeds should be invested in the purchase of land in fee simple. The conversation here dropped, but it was understood that some other name was substituted on the Bill for that of Mr. Hamilton. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. Mr. GLADSTONE rose to move for a Committee of the whole House, to consider the state of the law of partnership, with a view to providing for, the following purposes, viz., " For the registration of joint-stock companies, and for conferring on suelscompauies certain privileges of corporate bodies, subject to the payment of certain fees, and on certain conditions.and regulations, and for preventing the establishment of fraudulent com- panies. For the regulation of joint-stock companies. For facilitating and improving the remedies 'at law and in equity, in reference to joint-stock companies, their members, directors, and other officers, whether inter se or in relation to persons not being members thereof, and for winding up the affairs of companies unable to meet their pecuniary engagements ; and for enabling private partnerships to register the names of their partners, and to sue and be sued in the name of their firm." In bringing forward that motion he felt that he was proposing to deal with a most " important subject and one well worthy the attentive consideration of that House, but he would not trouble the House at any great length on the present occa sion. It would be useless for him to do se unless the House were in possession of certain details which were not yet before it, but which would be presented to them shortly, when he would enter; more at length into the subject. The measure which he proposed to introduce was founded on the report of the Select Committee which had sat for the purpose of investigating the subject. The mea sure did not deal with joint-stock 'companies. He Proposed to consider the subject in two different man ners : first, as to the formation of fraudulent companiei for the purpose of entrapping innocent and inexpe rienced parties, who are induced to enter them by seeing respectable names attached to such companies, and who consequently frequently suffer loss, and in many cases ruin. The other was the formation of companies which, although not dishonest, were ill-constructed and unwisely conceived. In order to apply a remedy in those cases, it was not intended by the present measure to give any undiscriminating encouragement to joint-stock com panies, nor to impose upon them any burdens or re straints, other than were necessary for the public ad • vantage. And with - regard to those burdens and restraints themselves, they would be at tended with benefit of a 'very decided nature, overbalancing any attendant inconvenience. He should propose to the House, in the first place, to apply to joint-stock companies that which was a most whole some remedy—that of publicity, by bringing public opinion and public responsibility to bear upon the foun dation of •those companies. And for that purpose he should ask leave of the Committee for which he meant to move, to bring in a Bill for the registration of joint stock companies. But in registering those companies, it would be necessary that there should be a recognition of them in courts of law. That was a very important change, and though it would not alter the course of law, it would greatly accelerate its administration in these re spects, for ,at the present time joint-stock companies were under the necessity of extracting piecemeal, from courts of justice, the recognition of their -claims. He should propose that those companies, upon being regis tered, should subject themselves to the inspection both as to the persons who conducted, and likewise the mode in which they conducted them, and they . should acquire in all cases the power of suing and being sued, and of doing certain legal acts, for the purposes for which they were associated, with as much facility as could be done by an individual. At the presentj moment joint-stock companies could not appoint any member of their body . in whose name they could sue or be sued. In giving them that boon, he gave a still greater boon to the public, for those companies frequently availed themselves of that inabi lity to their own advantage. Independent of the regis tration, he should also provide by another Bill for the constitution of joint-stock companies. Now that they were proposing to make 01 joint-stock companies, in some sense, recognised by the State, it seemed obviously to fol low that thy should take those securities with respect to joint-stock companies at large, which, heretofore, it had been usual to take in those particular isolated cases in which they had been the subject of statutory enact ment. Then he proposed to meet also another great deficiency in the present state of those associations, viz., the insufficiency of legal remedies both as applicable to shareholders and to the public. There was no depart ment of the subject into which it would be less conve nient to enter at that early stage of the Bill. The reso lutions of the Committee on Joint-Stock Companies re cently laid on the table of the House, would explain the course which it was proposed to take, for the purpose of improving and 'facilitating the remedies at law and equity. Lastly, it was his - duty to move for leave to bring in a Bill to modify the law relating to private partnerships. It was very well known that at present private partnerships .laboured, though not to the same extent, under similar difficulties to those which attached to joint-stock companies. Although there was really no ground for exercising over them the restraints which the Legislature ought to exercise over large associations of persons acting as joint-stock companies, yet private partieS were in the condition of not being able either to appoint any person, or to use the 'common name under which they acted, for the legal purpose of suing those against whom they had claims. Now'it was obvious, he thought, that if the House were to confer on joint-stock companies the power of suing and of being sued, and were to withhold that power from private partners, there - would be a very great danger of their acting in contrariety to the principle which had obtained almost universal sanction with regard to the regulation of the commercial concerns of this l'country—the - principle that wherever you could effect commercial objects by means of private partnerships you should attain them by such means ; that you did only resort to those larger associations in which the prin ciple of responsibility and individual control were much weaker in those exceptional cases in which, either from the amount of capital required, or the extent of risk, or from some other cause, they could not in any other way work out the purpose. On this ground, therefore, he should move, lastly, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable private persons associating in legal partnership to sue and be sued. • He would not now enter into any further detail, but he would now move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the state of the law of partnership for the purposes which he had described. The House then went into Committee on.the Bill. Mr. HAWES would not offer any opposition to the introduction of the Bill, which he believed was one of great importance, and from which . the commercial corn munity would derive great advantage. He would re serve for a future occasion what he had to say on the details of the measure. • He hoped, however, that the House would not interfere further than the Committee had recommended. Mr. HASTIE asked whether it was intended to in clude joint-stock banks in the Bill?. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the measure was founded upon the recommendation of the Committee, from the inquiries of which joint-stock banks were ex cluded. Mr. TUFNELL wished to know whether it was the intention of Government, in their proposed Bill, to limit the responsibility of shareholders? Mr . . GLADSTONE said there certainly was no in tention to limit that responsibility. Leave was then given to introduce the Bills asked for by the Right Lion. Gentleman; and the House resumed. LINOI The WHOLE of plied for, at deration to 1 nit-Cosau mak arrap; of •k:oar eel General nexi lenient C . ALE Liab Governmeut • Cal . _ T •Ltent.,,c l The Most 2i Theo -usher tight cut. 4,C - Thelllght-ii Rght 11 ene:EL: The Right Ft Sir ...William gar*, It,. Sir Windhan ther, of Ca Sir F rederic , RearrAdmira Sir J oStr hn Idr James Gi The Lord Pr The bean of The Convene Glasgow The Lo r d-r r , The 14Ovost The Provoit Bow The Provost The eh orribi tion tijw Esq, The ch a i rrni Railway c bone, E sc ,. 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