The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-06 00:00:00

tfourtii:fitittion UN 01T1C.E, Scccn o'Cluck. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING SIX O'CLOCK. CIIBSTEB. CUP. 12 to 1 agst Rhesus 20 to 1 ago, Haricot 20 to 1 agst The Flying Gout 25 to 1 apt . The Italian 30 0 I agat Montague 30 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 33 to 1 agat Brother to Dough 40 to 1 agat Knight of Avenel DERBY. 13 to 2 agst Prime Minister 25 to 1 agst Lamartine—taken 25 to 1 agst Constellation OAKS. 10 to 1 apt Sister to Wanota A;^,Ei D OWN COURSING MEETING.—SECOND De v. The Craven stakes.—First Ties. Martinet bt Whiston, Egypt bt Suitor, Racer bt Longitude, Factotum bt Memorandum, Southgrove bt Sergeant Snap. The Ashdown Stakes.—First Tiee. Maggie Lauder bt Venus, Whiff bt Signal, Jezabel bt Muette, Manifesto bt Eddy, Leoline bt Ebb (drawn after an undecided course). Noon of Night agst Merry Lass. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) SOUSE OF LORDS. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY asked whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce a measure for the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and if so whether sufficient time 'would be given to the people of Ireland to petition their Lordships' House against it? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said it was the in tention of the Government to introduce suc'a a measure; but as there were several important mesa urea which at present called fur the attention of the Government, he was not prepared to say when that mtmure would be introduced. PAPAL AG G RESSIO N. The Earl of RODEN presented se•ieral petitions from various parishes in Ireland complf.ining of the recent Papal Aggression, and praying that any measure in troduced to repress it might: t,e extended to Ireland and Scotland. The Duke of ARGYLE prv3ented a petition from the county of Bute with a similar prayer. The Earl of MOUNTCi,SHELL presented several petitions from variousidistr lets in England and Ireland with a similar prayer. The Earl of WALDEIfiRAVE presented several pe itions with a similar vcr‘yer. The Bishop of OX'? ORD presented a petition from the Church Union of • Windsor, praying the House to adopt measures to r e t :el the Papal aggression. Lord BROUGH &AI reminded the Right Bev. Prelate that if the aggress's, m could be met by laws which now exist, the House raight have, as the ultimate court of appeal, to decide, this question. The Bishop of OXFORD said the House might interfere by a ressing her Majesty, praying her to enfs)rce the law,. _ Lnrd BRoudEtAll said he was very sorry to see the highest wart of justice in this realm interfering by such manlier.. THE EA.ltr, OF MINTO AND THE COURT OF ROME. Tb s Earl of FlTZWlarti . M. wished to ask his No'Jle Fria ad (the Earl Tinto) whether there was any tr ath in tb o rumour which had been extensively cir culated, that he had been consulted and informed of the intention of the Papal Government to make what wall commonly called the Papal aggression. Such a. report had been extensively circulated, and he wished to know whether or not there was any truth in it? Eexl MINTO had no hesitation in declaring to his Noble Friend, and to the House, that there was no truth whatever in that report, or in any part of the report.—(Hear, hear.) During the time that he vas at Rome, he had had no conversation whatever on the subject, no allusion had been made to it, nor had the subject been ever hinted at.—(Hear, hear.) There was no foundation whatever for the re port to which his Noble Friend had alluded. In the various conversations he had had with the Pope and with the Cardinal Secretary of State, no allusion had ever been made at any time to any design of organizing a Roman Catholic hierarchy in this country, nor had it ever been even hinted that any such measure was in contemplation. No communication whatever had been made to him on the subject either publicly or privately. It had never been the subject of conversation between himself and any other person either publicly or privately while he was at Rome, and no one was more surprised than himself at reading the statements which had been made on the subject. COUNTY COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that be should to• morrow introduce a Bill for extending th© jurisdiction of the County Courts to (Ili we understood) cases of bank uptay. COPYHOLD TENURE. Lord CAMPBELL introduced a Bill for the abolition of copyhold tenures, and for changing copyhold tenure into freehold tenure. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Lord DUFFERIN asked whether it was the intention of the Noble Earl the Secretary for the Colonies to lay bpfore the House the correspondence which had taken place with the authorities at the Cape of Good Hope on the subject of the constitution which it wss proposed to introduce in that colony. Earl GREY said it was his intention to lay before the House the papers alluded to by his Noble Friend, but he could not do so until he had received further communications from the Cape of Good Hope, so as to be enabled to lay the whole of the correspondence on the table at once. MR. NICHOLL. Earl FORTESCUE wished to draw the attention of their Lordships to the case of Mr. Nichol]. That gentleman had been originally an officer in the East India. Company's service, and had retired into the coun try. There he had devoted his attention to the adminis trat'.on of the Poor-law; and had so refined the adminis tration of that law in his parish, that when the aYteration in the Poor-law took place in 1832 had been requested to accept the office of one of the Poor-law Commissioners. He had done great service in this country, and then he was sent to Ireland to organise the whole Poor-law system of that country, and he (Earl Fortescue) could bear witness to the value of his exertions there. Since then the salary of his office had been reduced from 2,000/. a year to 1,5001. a year, and Mr. Nicholl's hed quitted office without the provision of a retiring allowance. Ile wished to know if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any provision for Mr. Nieholl - - The Marquis of LANSDOWNE fully agreed in everything that his Noble Friend had said respecting the merits of Mr. Nicholls, and begged to say that the subject of making such a provision to Mr. Nicholls us would be to him a reward and compensation for his services, was under the consideration of her Majesty's Government. Lord BROUGHAM bore testimony to the merit of Mr. Nicholls, who was in truth and fact the author of the Poor-law. The Earl of CARLISLE and Lord CAMPBELL respec tively bore testimony to the great benefits which had accrued to the public service from the administration of the poor-laws in Ireland, by Mr. Nicholl. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that he should, on Monday, move an Address to her Majesty, setting forth the great service. which had been rendered to that House by the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Your o'clock. RETURN. Mr. BROTHERTON, in the absence of Mr. Hume, moved for a return from the promoters of every private Bill deposited in the present session, of the number of local or local and personal acts, and consolidation Acts, now either wholly or partially in force with refer ence to the undertaking, corporation, commissioners, trustees, parish, or other parties to which such Bill relates; giving, t he pter, in a tabular form, the year, and title, and the number of the sections and schedules of every such Act, and signed, in testimony of its accu racy, by th e P arliamentary agent (or firm) having the Charge of the Bal.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition against the attorneys' certificate duty. Petitions, praying for the repeal of the window-tax, were presented by Lord Dudley Stuart, by Sir John Yards Buller, from Devon; by Mr. Feargus O'Connor, and by Sir Charles Lushington, from Westminster. Petitions, against the recent Papal Aggression, were presented] by Mr.! Brisco, Sir John Yarde Buller, and Mr. Mundy. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition in fisvour of the establishment of county financial boards. p et ionsi against Papal aggression were also pre sentel by Mr. Hamilton, from Dublin; by Mr. Plump. try, from various places in the county of Kent; by i\lr. Wilson Patten, from Lancashire; by Mr. Christopher, frula Lincolnshire; by Mr. Robert Palmer, from pl aces in Oxterdshire; by Lord Ashley, from various places; an? by Sir E. N. Buxton, from various places in the er.unty of Essex. Mr. CHRISTOPLIER'aBA !Mr. ROBERT 1 3 .11.31 ER pre tented s evera l pet i t i ons f rom Lincolnshire and ; Ox forthhire atainst the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Fins bury against the window-tax. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. 11ENLEY presented p e titions from various' places in Oxford s hi re i n favour of the establishment of county financial boards. Several other petitions to the same effect were pre sented by Mr. Adderley, Mr. Miles, f rom Suffolk, Mr. Waddington, and other Members. PAPAL AGGRESSION. 11r. MULLINGS presented a petition, signed by 6,068 attorneys, solicitors, and proctors of England and Wales, against the late aggression of the Pope. A great number of petitions from various parts of the country were presented to the same effect. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. BAINES gave notice that on this day fortnight he should move for leilve to bring in a Bill giving en larged powers to guardians of poor-law unions to insti tute prosecutions.—(Hear, hear.) LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT IN THE S U N, IRELAND. Mr. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that it was his in tention, on an early day, to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury, whether it was his intention to bring any Bill into Parliament to amend the law re specting the rights of landlord and tenant in Ireland. He also gave notice that it was his intention at the same time to inquire whether there was any design on the part of the Government to bring in a Bill to amend the Stamp Act in Ireland. ABOLISHING THE LORD•LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. Mr. GRATTAN gave notice that whenever the Noble Lord at the head of the Government moved the second reading of the Bill for abolishing the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland he should moved that the Bill be read that day six months..--(Hear, hear, and laughter.) REMISSION OF THE DU TIES ON SPIRITS IN BOND. Lord NAAS begged to ask the Right Hon. the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whether it was the ibtention ut the Government to bring forward any measure, during the present session, for remission of the duties now levied on the waste and evaporation that occurs to home• made spirits in bond? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no such intention.—(Hear, hear.) FIRE AT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. LAWLESS rose to ask the Hon. Member for Lancaster the estimated expense of the damages done by the late fire, and what precautions had been taken, or were intended to be taken, to prevent the recurrence of such disasters? But he understood that the Hon. Mem ber for Lancaster was now in Rome. In the event of that Hon. Member's absence he had intended to ask the Noble Lord the Member for Twines (Lord Seymour) the same questions; but not seeing the Noble Lord in his place, be trusted that some member of the Govern ment would have the kindness to give a reply, as it would tend greatly to relieve the public anxiety on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the amount of damage was exceedingly trifling. Mr. LAWLESS wished to know how that couldbe. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the place where the fire occurred was nearly empty at the time it broke out. OATH OF ABJURATION. PAGE WOOD wished to inquire whether there was any intention on the part of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to take any measures for carrying out the resolution adopted by the House of Commons on the sth of August last, fur taking into consideration the oath of abjuration. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he would take an early opportunity for carrying that resolution into effect. Mr. P. WOOD—The earliest opportunity ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Honourable Member was aware that he-:had to bring on a very im portant matter to-morrow evening —(Hear, hear, and cheers)—and until that question was disposed of it would be impossible for him to say what course he should pursue. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. W. MILES wished to ask the Hon. and Learned Gentleman at the head of the Poor-law Board whether it was his intention to bring in any measure this sessioa for the amendment of the law of settlement? Mr. BAINES said that it was his intention. STAMPED PUBLICATIONS. In reply to a question from Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, in quiring whether the law suit betweeen Mr. Dickens and the Board of Inland Revenue was abandoced or not, The CHANCELLOR of the EXChEQUER roplied that it was not, and on an inquiry from Mr. Bright as to whether unstamped publications could now be issued with out prosecution from the Government authorities, the Chancellor of the Exchequer politely declined to answer. ADDRESSES TO THE CROWN. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to move the resolution of which he had given notice, viz.: —" That this House will not proceed upon any ,motion for an address to the Crown, to which opposition is offered, but in a Com mittee of the whole House, except with respect to matters which have been previously submitted to a Select Committee." It was his intention to have pro posed this resolution to the House towards the close of last session; but, upon consideration, he thought it better to postpone it to the present time, when it was likely there would be a full attendance of Members.—(Hear, hear.) The House was aware that questions of great public importance were frequently brought forward in the shape of a motion for an address to the Crown, and it occasionally happened that those motions were carried by a thin House in the first in stance. It was clear, therefore, that an address did not always convey the feeling of the majority; but, in the case of Bills, such an anomaly rarely occurred, for even if a Bill were carried by a thin House on a second reading, the decision could be reversed whenever it came under consideration in sub sequent stages.—(Hear, hear.) The inconvenience re sulting from the carrying of an address by the minority was obvious, because it went forth to the Crown as the address of the whole House, representing the opinions and feelings of the majority, and it placed the advisers of the Crown—indeed the Crown itself—in a situation of great difficulty, if it were inexpedient on public grounds to comply with its prayer.—(Bear, hear.) Such an inconvenience, however, would seldom or never oc cur if the House adopted this resolution. Of course the Crown had the power of assenting or dissenting from the prayer of au address; but it was always the wisest policy to avoid putting the Crown into a seeming position of antagonism to the Ilouge.—(llear, hear.) What he wished to propose was already in spirit in operation; for all measures relating to the voting of the public money came forward in the first instance en a motion for a Committee of the whole House.—(Bear, hear.) He need hardly specify instances were inconve niences had arisen; but he might as well advert to two cases which would clearly and conclusively illustrate his argument. Some two years ago, the House would probably remember, that a few Members suc ceeded in carrying an Address, praying the Crown seriously to restrict, if not entirely to abolish, the trans. portation of prisoners to the colonies. The address was of course complied with, but only at a public sacrifice.— (Hear, hear.) Another instance would be fresh in the recollection of the /louse, because it only occurred last year. It related to the Post-office. (Hear, hear.) Immediately after that address was carried, an Honourable Member asked him if the Government were disposed to comply with its prayer. He then stated that he did not believe that the address represented the opinion of the majority of the House; but, at the same time, it had gone forth to the Crown as the formal address of the House, and he did not feel called upon to advise her Majesty to reject it.—(Hear, hear.) Now, had this resolution been in force, much of the agitation which that address gave rise to would have been avoided, and that argument he thought, if he had no other to support:it, ought to induce the House to adopt this motion. Mr. BERRIES said he had listened with great atten tion to the statement of the Noble Lord. He confessed he had come down to the House with a strong feeling, that this attempted abolition of the rights and privileges of Members was unnecessary and inexpedient, and he was bound to say that the statement of the Noble Lord had in no respect removed that impression. He was strongly of opinion that the measure was neither necessary or expedient. It had been too much the prac tice of late to curtail the privileges of individual Mem , bers.—(Hear, hear.) In some instances, perhaps, that practice might have promoted the public service, and facilitated the dispatch of business, while in others his opinion was that it bad been unnecessary, and would enable the Ministers to do that which might receive no effectual op position. The tendency had always been in that direc tion.—(Hear.) When he had first the honour of a seat in the House, every Member had an undoubted privilege of rising in his place, and making a motion forthwith, without giving any notice beforehand.—(Hear, bear.) That practice had been found inexpedient, though be believed the House had still the power of enabling a Member to avail himself of the privilege, )et he was ready to admit that by universal consent the eight had been removed, and now it was expected that every Member should give a notice of any motion he intended to make. Now, in all those cases in which a restriction had been imposed with manifest propriety or something like an excuse for the progress of public business, he had never opposed theiproposi tion, nor seen any reason to shrink from supporting it; but in ,the present case the proposition arose out of a particular matter, as all persons were aware it arose out of an occurrence last year which was considered extremely distasteful and inconvenient. The Noble Lord's position was, that with regard to any motion for an address to the Crown, to which opposition was offered, it should be made a condition to come before a Committee of the whole House, except to matters which which bad previously been considered by a Select Com mittee. Now, he would ask the Noble Lord, in the first instance, in what way that resolution could be complied with. With regard to the motion for an address in answer to the royal speech no one could say that opposition would not be offered, and there was no previous committee of the whole house to which it had been referred. If the noble lord meant that every address, before it co vi m a m s it p t r e e e sen t t o ed, ribun s el h e ou ad 1 nw d r sao wuwbel drawn a select referred to dd sa re a s e s auppp,lyheto apprehendedf r t h a tanthe a to the Queen's Speech, but thatwasonootn had expre b ss e e e d n, in t t h h a e t words of the resolution. If this motion an address should not be presented until the preparation of that address had been referred to a Select Committee, then he could have understood it; but that was not the case, and the Noble Lord did not mean to say that it was either implied or expressed. if the Noble Lord was disposed to make au amend ment to his own motion, or allow him (Mr. Herne+) to do so, that would be another question, but as the m otion stood at present, it would b e an obstacle to public busi ness. Supposing, for instance, that some foolish insane person should make an atteck upon her Ma' . iesty, the House ought to be in a position immediately to make a communication of t 1 e expression of their feelings at the ocourrenct but the resolutiou of the Noble Lord did not meet thet difficulty. And it should be recollected that before the I address could be referred to a Committee of the whole House it would have to be m... , de an order of the day. This of itself furnished a good ground of opposition to the motion of the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord had adverted to the occurrence of last year when an address was moved to the Crown on the question of postal regulations on Sunday. Now, if he recollected aright, ample notice was given to the House on the subject. and her Majesty's Government had sufficient time to be prepared to meet the motion with their opposition. Even after the Address had been passed there was an opportunity—even supposing it had been carried by surprise—for the Government to obtain rejection. There was another exprestion of the Noble Lord's to which he would call their attention, as it con cerned the principle and constitution of the House. The Noble Lord, in proposing this resolution, supposed the case of an address being presented to the Crown, which the Crown could not acknowledge or receive, and the address was sent back to be reconsidered by the House, and th• House still persisted in it, then the Crown would be in a position of difficulty. He (Mr. Herries) did not concur in that view of the subject, for the case put by the Noble Lord amounted to nothing moae than a difference of opinion between the Crown and the House of Commons. Her Majesty's Govern ment had, without adopting the resolution of the Noble Lord, plenty of time to obtain the real sense of the House of Commons upon the Address, and to command a majority. Look ing at this subject generally he felt the greatest objection to agree to the proposition of the Noble Lord, as no sufficient grounds had been stated to satisfy the House that it ought to be agreed to. Honourable Members Lad been trammelled in the exerc►se of their functions as Members of that House, and they bed already too quietly submitted to their privileges being curtailed. Unless the resolution of the Noble Lord was for a different reason to that which appeared upon the paper, he (Mr. 'ferries) could not agree to it. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of her Msjesty's Government how this proposition would affect the ordinary motions which Members were in the habit of making for the return of papers from public offices If the returns moved for were opposed, according to the terms of the Noble Lord's motion, any motion for the retur❑ of papers from public offices were opposed the motion must go throug4 t vvo stages before the returns could be obtained. He (Mr. M. Gibson) begged to suggest that it would be reasonable to except returns from public offices from the operation of the Noble Lord's resolution. He wished the Noble Lord would explain the effect of his resolu tion upon a motion being made for returns from public offices. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—lf there were any opposition to any returns which might be moved for from any public office, his resolution certainly would have the effect of causing the motion to pass through two stages, but he did not apprehend that that would, as such motions were not generally opposed. The Right Hon. Gentleman who opposed this resolution, said that it affected the liberty of the individual members of this house, he (Lord John Russell) could not agree with the remark of the right hon. gentleman, because it was not her Majesty's Minister who decided upon the address to the throne, but a majority of the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said the resolution would be found inconvenient in cases where any opposition was made in any matter relating to any Member of the Royal Family, but such matters were not usually opposed. It had been said that the Members of the House had suffered disadvantage from the interference with their privileges, but if any had suffered disadvantage it was the public. It had been said that this resolution would affect the privilege of Members making motions without notice. It had been deemed most conve nient for Honourable Members that the c course of giving notice of the motions should be acted upon, but those cases in which Members had made motions with out giving notice of them would not be affeeted by his preposition. Mr. GOULBURN said, in considering this resolu tion proposed by the Noble Lord, the House ought not oulv to consider the immediate effect that it would have upon the privileges of Hon. Members, but at the ultimate and general effect it would have upon them. The resolution appeared to him (Mr. Goulburn) to lay down a new principle to that which the House had been in the habit of acting. The resolution of the Noble Lord produced this difficulty, that when a motion was opposed a different course must be pursued to when it was agreed. A single " No" on the part of an Hon. Member would have that effeet.—(Hear.) The great part of the business of the House was done through the medium of address. Papers were moved for which, being in the Secretary of State's-office, it was impossible to get ut except by the medium of moving an address to her Majesty. Let them consider how this would operate. If a party in opposition required informatio❑ on certain matters not pending at the time, but executed and done with, the records of which were lying in the Secretary of State's office, it would be pos sible, by a simple dissent from a Minister, to put an effec tual stop to any steps taken to obtain this information. Lord BERNARD suggested that an occasion might occur when an address of want of confidence in the Miuisters would be moved, and by the adoption of this measure a second chance would be afforded to Minis ters of getting out of a similar crisis as they were in in the time of Lord Melbourne's Government.—(Hear.) Sir G. GREY said that the effect of the resolution would be merely to prevent any address which was re pugnant to the sense of the House. Sir ROBERT INGLIS understood, from the last observation of his Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it was in tended by the Government to depart from the usual course of proceeding in voting addresses to the Crown. He had always understood that the practice of both Houses of Parliament was the samo, but if this resolu tion was adopted discrepancy would be caused which Might occasion great inconvenience. Lord JOHN RUSSEEL said that, perhaps, it would be better to take tiwe fur a little more consideration, and he would therefore move the adjouaument of the debate till Tuesday next. Sir R. INGLIS thought that it would be impossible to come to a deeision on Tuesday. Mr. DISRAELI would suggest that if it was neces sary to take any time for consideration the debate had better be adjourned for a fort❑ight—(hear, hear)—or be decided that night. Lord J. RUSSELL said he should take no further steps in this matter until Tuesday next. Tuesday next was then fixed - upon for the reaucnp• tion of the debate; the other orders of the day were dis posed of, and the House adjourned. CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY. Yesterday having been appointed for the meeting of the two Houses of Convocation, a large number of the elected members attended at the Jerusalem Chamber adjacent to Westminster Abbey, although no writ had been issued for " the dispatch of general business." Shortly after twelve o'clock his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury arrived. His Grace was accompanied by the Worshipful Sir John Dodson, Knight, the Queen's Advocate, and Vicar-General of the province of Canter bury; Francis Hart Dyke, Esq., her Majesty's Proctor and Registrar-General of the province of Canterbury; and Felix Knivett, Esq., his Grace's secretary. His Grace was attired in his state and archiepiscopal robes. The members of the Upper House present were the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop of Chichester, and the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Lower House assembled at the same time. There were present the Venerable Thomas Thorpe,D.D., Arch deacon of Bristol, and Rector of Kemerton, Gloucester shire; the Venerable Archdeacon Harrison (Canter bury); the Very Rev. William Rowe Lyal], D.D., Dean of Canterbury and Prolocutor of Canterbury; the Rev. William Hodge Mill, D.D., Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Canterbury, and Canon of Ely; the Rev. Gabriel Edwards Gillett, M.A., rector of Waltham, Leicestershire, and Rural Dean, See. Some delay was occasioned by the circumstance that the Bishops of Oxford and Salisbury proceeded to the Chamber without their episcopal robe 3. Messengers were sent to the House of Lords, and very shortly after wards the robes were brought, and the Right Rev. Pre lates made their appearance in duo form before his Grace the Archbishop. The Lord Archbishop having taken his soat, the usual preliminaries were gone through, when Tho Bishop of CUICIIESTER rose, and said he had to present a petition from the clergy and laity of the pro vince of Canterbury. It had been entrusted to the bishop in whose diocese they were at present assem bled (London), but in consequence of that Right Re verend Prelate's inability to attend, the duty of present ing the petition devolved upon him. His Lordship then handed to his Grace a petition, of which the following is a copy : " TO THE MOST REVEREND THE ♦RCHBISHOP AND THE RIGHT REVEREND TUE BISHOPS OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, IN SYNOD ASSEMBLED. " The humble Petition of the undersigned Clergy and Laity of the said Province, " Showeth—Tbat for upwards of 130 years past this Church of England, the oversight of which is, by Divine Providence and permission, committed to your Lord ships, has suffered grievous injuries and inconveniences through the continued suppression of her synodal action, whereby she has been prevented from exercising her proper authority for the maintenance of her doctrine in purity and integrity, for the regulation and whole some exercise of her discipline, and for the development of her internal resources.] " That the result has been the weakening of the bonds of love and unity among Churchmen, the growth of unsound doctrine, great diversity of rites and cere monies, and a lamentable deficiency of provision for ministering the Word and Sacraments, and other means of grace to the people of this land, whereby it has come to pass that error and superstition, heresy and schism, ungodliness and immorality, have greatly increased, to the injury of Christ's people, and to the reproach of the Church. " That in consequence of the recent aggressive mea sures of the Pope, the attention of the Queen and people of England has been forcibly directed to the religious position of the country; and that if, at this time, the real cause of the decay of true religion, as well as of the growth of Popery, and other grievous errors, and of in fidelity itself, were represented to her Majesty by the Bishops of the Church, to whom it especially belongs to advise the kings of the earth in regard to spiritual matters, there is great reason to hope that by their re presentations and entreaties her Majesty might be moved to restore to the Church the freedom of her sy nodal action, as in ancient times. Upon which considerations, the undersigned petition ers, h av ing approached her Majesty i n a h um b le address for the revival of the active functions of Convocation, humbly implore you, Most Reverend and Right Reverend Fathers in God, that you will again urge the prayer urged by the two H ouses of Convocation of the province of Canterbury in the year 1847, for license to deliberate, and, with the Royal assent, to do all such things as concern the settled continuance of the doct 7 r o in u e m a a n y d .b d e is e c n ip e l ,b i ineed ( t )f c. tthhee Lower Chure a ho o f g E se ng o l f c and on , ytooct:tieoenn,d that, in conc er t with LONDON . : EVENIN - G-, take such measures as may conduce to unity within the Church, and to her efficiency as the Church of the nation; and that so the 5a1%%.,.i0n of souls may be pro mf.tEd, and the mists of ignorance., error, and su perstition be dispelled by the bright b3ams of God's Holy Gospel." The petition was then read by FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., the registrar, and ordered to lie on the table. While these proceedings were going on in the Upper House of Convocation, the Lower House had assembled in an adjacent chamber, under the presidency of the Very Rev. William Rowe Gyall, D.D., Dean of Canter bury. The Venerable Archdeacon THORPE presented a peti tion similar to that submitted to the Upper House by the Bishop of Chichester. A long discussion arose as to whether the Lower House was sufficiently constituted to receive the peti tion. Upon a wish being expressed through the Prolo cutor that the Archbishop's opinion should be ascer tained prior to any further proceeding, the Lower House was summoned to au interview with the Upper 1.1 ouse. Upon being admitted, the Prolocutor stated that a petition had been presented, and it was , the wish of the members that the opinion of his Grace and the Upptr House should be obtained on the question of their com petency to receive it. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the Lower House was legally constituted, and was in a position to receive the document alluded to by the Very Re verend Dean. The members of the Lower House then withdrew, and on re-assembling in their chamber, the petition was received, and au order for recording it made. The Lower House was about proceeding to the consideration of other business, when the members were again for mally summoned to the Upper House, and on being ad mitted into the chamber, The Archbishop of CANTERBURY directed Mr. Francis Hart Dyke to read the following document:— "In the name of God, amen.—We, John Bird, by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan President of the pre sent Provincial Synod or Convocation of the Bishops and Clergy of the province of Canterbury, do by this present writing continue and prorogue the said Provincial Synod or Convocation, lately to, and until this day and place, and continued and prorogued, all and singular the certifi cates or returns already made and delivered, and all others which have not yet been made and delivered, in the same state in which they are now, until Thursday, the 28th day of August next ensuing, to a certain upper chamber, commonly called The Jerusalem Chamber,' situate in the deanery belonging to the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, with further con tinuation and prorogation of days then following and places, if it shall be necessary to be done in this behalf. " J. B. CANTUAR." _ _ _ The reading of this document ereatedconside;able surprise amongst the members of the Lower [louse, who were of course prevented from entering upon any further topics of discussion. There was no alternative, and bath Howes were then formally adjourned. REMARKABLE CASE of the EXECUTION of an INNOCEIVT MAN in FRANCE. The family of a M. Lesurques, who had been executed fifty-six years ago, for murder and robbery, had peti tioned the Assembly to cause the innocence of the father to be proclaimed, and that his character should be re-established. The Assembly ordered a report to be drawn up by M. Laboulie, and this report is to-day published by the papers. The facts are of unusual inte rest; they are simply these:— In the month of April, 1795, the Paris and Lyons mail was stopped at Mongerun by live men on horseback, who, after murdering the courier and driver, plundered it of its contents. Among the arrests of persons suspected ot having been engaged in this crime was a man named Gueno; but, after undergoing an interrogatory and being confronted with witnesses, the commissary of police declared that there were no grounds for further proceed ings against him, and he was set at liberty. IThe commis sary having seized the papers of Gueno, promised to return them. On the day following the liberation of Guano the commissary was engaged in hearing further evidence, when he was informed by one of his agents that two women, of the locality where the crime was committed, were in the room adjoining the cabinet of the commis sary, and had there recognised among the persons present two of the murderers. The commissary had the women before him, and after reminding them of the gravity of their statement, desired that one of the men pointed out should be introduced. This person, to the astonishment of the officer of justice, was Gueno. The commissary had a strong conviction of the innocence of this man, but as the women swore positively that they had seen him at the place of the murder immediately after its perpetration, be was compelled to order that he should remain in custody. When Gueno was asked why he came to the office of the commissary, he replied that it was for the purpose of claiming his papers, and that he was accompanied by a friend named Lesurques. this was the other man spoken of by the women. Lesurques was then confronted with his accusers, and they swore positively to his identity. The respectability of Lesurques, great as it was, did not suffice, after such direct testimony, to induce the commissary to leave him at liberty. The woman said they recognised him perfectly, and even described the plated spurs which they said he wore at the time of the murder. Lesur ques, then fore, was also arrested. Subsequently other persons were arrested, and brought to trial with Lesurques. Gueno was acquitted, and Lesurqaes would also have escaped but for an un fortunate fatality. Several persons of the highest respectability established a clear alibi—they swore that at the time of the murder Lesurques was with them in Paris. Among those witnesses was M. Legrand, a wealthy jeweller of the Palais Royal. This gentleman, who was an intimate friend of the prisoner's, swore that on the Bth Fierce!, the day of the murder, Lesurques passed a great part of the morning at his house, and he mentioned as a proof that he was not mistaken as to the day, that he had made, whilst Lesurques was with him, a sale, an entry of which was in his books. When the books were produced, however, it was found that the entry was under date of the 7th, but that the figure 7 had been altered into 8. This unfortunate circumstance, which subsequent events have shown to have been an error of the clerk in first putting a 7 for an 8, was regarded by the jury, as a proof of perjury on the part of Legrand, to serve his friend, and the witness was ordered into custody on a charge of perjury. From this moment the jury paid very little attention to the defence. The witnesses for the prosecution, misled by the strong resemblance of Lesur ques to a man named Dubosq, who really was one of the criminals, and was afterwards tried and executed, swore positively to his guilt, and he was found guilty. After his condemnation, many circumstances tran spired to demonstrate his innocence, and he petitioned the legislative body for relief from the verdict of the jury. The petition was referred to the Council of State, but eventually the law was suffered to take its course, and Lesuiques was executed. After his death, a man named Beuldi was arrested as one of the criminals. This man confessed his guilt, but re fused to declare that Lesurques was innocent. Previ ously, however, another of the criminals had solemnly, and, up to the moment of his execution, proclaimed the innocence of Lesurques, and given the names of all the murderers, who were five in number. The number had been sworn to by all the witnesses, but, including Lesurques, six persons were convicted of the crime and executed, so that one must have been innocent. The si lence of Beuldi still left doubts in some minds as to the innocence of Lesurques, but six months aster the death of Bueldi the priest, who had acted as his confessor, gave up a paper which had been placed in his heeds sealed by Bueldi, with an injunction that it should not be opened until the expiration of that period. In this paper Bueldi declared before God that Lesurques had nothing to do with the crime, and was totally unknown to all the criminals. By the death of Lesurques, his wife and children Here left destitute, for the confisca tion of all his property hal been ordered, and it was attached by the Governmeat to the senatorie of M. Count de Jacqueminot, who refused to accept it, observing that he respected cala mity too much to receive property stained with the blood of an innocent man, and that it ought to be restored to his family. This noble conduct produced no good to the family of Lesurques; the property refused by M. Jacque minot was subsequently appropriated by the public trea sury. Fifty-six years hav e e lapsed since this great judicial error, by which the life of an innocent and honourable man was sacrificed, and his family plunged into poverty, was committed, and up to the present time all the prayers, petitions, and memorials of that family for the rehabili tation of the memory of the victim have been fruitless. It is hoped now, after the report of M. Laboulie, that all that human justice can do will at length be rendered. HORRIBLE MURDER IN PARIS. (From Galiynani's Negsenyer.) At the end of fat - Month M. lleafontaines, a manu facturer of bronzes, Rue St. Vonore, 422 , was obliged to dismiss his man-servant for misconduct, and he ap plied to one of the bureaux de placement (register offices for servants) for another. The bureau sent a young man of about twenty-four, who produced excel lent certificates, and was at once admitted. Early in the morning of the 13th the new servant, who had been about a fortnight in the place, went to the corner of the Rue Royale, and bargained with two commissioners to convey three trunks, containing, he said, goods and patterns, to the Centre Railway, Boule vard de l'Hopital. He then took the men to the house, and having told the concierge that his master had already left for the railway station, that he was about to join bias, and that they shoulci;be absent several days, he hel, e 1 the commissionnaires to put the trunks, which were very heavy, into a hand-cart, and saw them leave. He after wards went away himself. The neighbours were greatly surprised to see the shop of M. Desfontaines closed on the next and following days; but, to their inquiries, the concierge said that he had gone with his servant on a journey which was to last several days. As, however, he had not spoken of this journey either to his relations or more intimate triends, and as, moreover, his business re quired his presence, sown alarm was felt, and a commu nication was made to the commissary of police. An application was even made to the prefect to cause au investigation. Things were in this state when, three or four days ago, the prefi ct of the department of the Indr© informed the Minister of the Interior that a horribly-mutliated corpse had been found in ass railway station at Chateaurous, in a trunk which had been sent from Paris. This trunk bore the address, " Moreau, watchmaker, at Chateanroux;" but no watchmaker of that name resided, or ever had resided, in the town. The trunk had been opened, in consequence of a strong smell which issued lons it. As soon as this intelligence reached the Prefecture of Police, the recent declaration respecting the dis appearance of M. Desfontaines was called to mind, and orders were given to . send up the trunk and THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1851. the body to Pa7is. Inquiries having been made as to when and by whom the box w,is 6eir from Paris, it was ascertained that on the 13in three trunk-. had been taken to the station by two commiesionnaires; that one resembling a lady's trevellin: trunk, cover, i with oil cloth, and weighing 190 kilogrammes, had been sent 'wpm . ately to Chatesuroux, whilst the other two, which were more solid, larger, and heavier, had been taken by the owner to thurges, and he had paid extra for them, as they exceeded the weight of luggage allowed for each passenger. The trunk ar rived in Paris yesterday morning by the five o'clock train; and it so happened that the two commis sioners who had conveyed it to the station arrived at the same time with the luggage of a person about to leave. They and the trunk were sent to the Prefecture of Police, and a judicial investigation was forthwith commenced. The trunk, or rather box, was fastened with a bad lock, and bound round with cords. The judicial authorities of the Indre had placed their seals on these cords. The address M. Moreau, watchmaker at Chateauroux" was written in bad hand, on a common piece of paper, and stuck on the box with wafers. As the box was rather small, the murderer had cut the body into pieces, and had de posited first the trunk, then the legs, and then the arms and head. M. Desfontaines was a strong and courageous man, and the murderer must have killed him as he was asleep. It is supposed that after the commission of the crime, the murderer pos sessed himself of everything of value in the shop and apartment, and packed the property in two trunks. The apartment and shop have not yet been entered by the authorities. Yesterday telegraphic dispatches were sent to the frontiers to arrest the domestic, but from the length of time he has been away—seventeen days—there is every reason to believe that he has already got out of the conutry. It is supposed, from the direction he took, that ho has gone into Spain. himself to another point in her Majesty's Speech—he meant the Papal aggression. He was as firmly attached to the Protestant Church as any man in that House, and was as little likely to go over to the Roma❑ Church, or to give his assent to its peculiar doctrines, as any man in England ; but, nevertheless, he must say that he WCII d not sanction any thing that would interfere with the most full, free, and com plete toleration. He did not wish to interfere with the in ternal ecclesiastical arrangements of that or any other Church ; but at the same time he must say that the manner and the extent of the recent proceedings of the Pope in that great country were insolent and uncalled for ; that there was little either of courtesy or good sense in the conduct of the Pope—a weak and powerless prince —towards that great country in the recent aggression which he had made upon them. He, however, fully agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield last night —that the alarm and outcry were entirely uncalled for—that the time would come, and that very shortly, when the people of England would be ashamed of their conduct.—( Hear, hear.) He objected to any retrogression or curtailment of the great principles of civil and religious liberty. But what power did the recent proceedings give to these new bishops? Nothing whatever. They could neither call out the military or police, or fo:ce their ritual on the people, or put their hands in the public purse; and it was clear, therefore, that the people were frightened at a mere name or a shadow. Could it be said that there was any danger to the Protestant religion of the country by the appointment of a few bishops? They had at present the great hulk of the population, revenues, political power, tithes, and everything; and yet they appeared to be afraid that all would be overturned by the appointment of these few bishops. He had no such tears; he believed the Protestant religion was true, and would ever prevail. The question was one with which that House ought to have nothing whatever to do. The matter was one entirely of ecclesiastical arrangement, and no one was compelled to acknowledge their authority that did not choose to do so. Under these circumstances, really to bring in a Bill to enact that certain persons should not call them selves by certain titles, was too absurd and too puerile. Why the Noble Lord himself had in that House stated that he saw no objection to Roman Catholic bishops taking the titles of Protestant bishops. That was in 1845, and he thought he was now bound to tell the House why he viewed this matter so differently now, and lay same better ground than he had hitherto done for the introduction of this mea sure. He did not agree with the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield in imputing any improper or unworthy motives to the Noble Lord. He was too confident in the good sense and the discretion of the Noble Lord to believe that was the case. Any popularity he could acquire by such a line of conduct would be fleeting and valueless; but if he wished to become really popular, he would recommend him to grant to the people some reform in the representation, as he had promised last year. He hoped that the Noble Lord had not changed his opinion upon the subject of the emancipation of the Jews, in respect of which ha appeared so sanguine last year. He thought it would have been very satisfactory if some statement had been made to the House upon the subject. Mr. P. BENNETT wished to take the present opportunity of drawing the attention of the Noble Lord to the distress of the agricultural labourers, which was almost beyond belief. —(Hear, hear.) He could only state that into the town of Eye about 300 or 400 labourers had marched lately armed, and took possession of the union house. They turned the master out, broke the windows of the place, and remained in possession until the respectable inhabitants of the town and the shopkeepers assembled and reduced them to a proper state of subjection, and secured some of the ringleaders, who were now in gaol. The labourers have been out of work, and the farmers were utterly unable to find employment for them. The crops had been ruined by a visitation of Provi dence, which occasioned the greatest distress amongst the farmers. The crops promised to be of the fullest description. The produce calculated upon was five quarters to the acre. The result, however, proved the yield to be only one and a half quarter and two quarters per acre. The ruinously low prices that even this small produce sold at had placed the farmers in a condition that disabled them from giving em ployment.—( Hear, hear.) iclr. HUAIE said his Noble Friend (Lord D. Stuart) had put a question to the Government upon a matter of the greatest interest. Last year the position of the Hungarians occupied the public mind just as much as the Papal aggres sion did this year. The Noble Lord asked why the para graph alluded to in the Queen's Speech of last year was not followed up in this by a statement as to whether the Govern ment had made any efforts to obtain the release of those un fortunate captives taken against all law. It appeared to him that the Government ought to have used its influence in favour of this unfortunate people, and to have ascertained how many captives there were, where they were confined, and whether there was any hope of their being liberated. It was said that there was a certain number to be liberated, and it would be satisfactory to know that some progress had been made in relieving these unfortunate men. He thought that these men had been called illustrious and respectable— honourable men we all knew they were, and the idols of the people in their own country. It did appear to him (Mr. Hume) that the sympathy manifested last year in favour of the Hungarian captives should not be forgotten now. He trusted that the Noble Lord would give some satisfactory information upon this subject. Lord PALMERSTON said he was not inattentive to the subject alluded to by the Noble Lord. Communications had been carried on with her Majesty's Ambassador at Turkey and the Government of that country with a view to the re lease of these prisoners. These efforts, he was sorry to say, had not yet been attended with that success which they so much desired. Mr. HUT wished to ask the Noble Lord whether all those Hungarians that had been originally made captives were still in confinement? Lord PALMERS MN said there was a large number of prisoners in Kutayah. There were also several hundreds of them in Shumla. He understood that these had been lately removed to Constantinople, whether with a view of keeping them there, or of being sent elsewhere, he could not say. The report on the Address was then read and agreed to. The House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock. SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. Yesterday atternoon the 30th general meeting of this excellent charity was held at the society's offices, 74, King William-street, City, J. Labouchere, EFq , in the chair. The annual report, read by the secretary, stated that although, happily, there bad I:if en no cholera or special epidemic, the hospital had never proved more useful than during the past year. The committee were happy to report that, owing to the thorough cleaning of the Dreadnought, the sanitary condition of the hos pital had been much improved. The question as to the right of the society to penalties imposed by the Mer chant Seaman's Act bad been materially affected by the Mercantile Marine Bill of last session. By this new Bill all penalties formerly made payable to the society are now paid to the Board of Trade, which pays to the society annually a sum not exceeding 1,1501. This alteration set at rest the question pending between the corporation of Liverpool and the society, and the dispute now only involved the sum in the hands of the corporation, arising from their receipts under the Mer chant Seamen's Act, which it was considered expedient, if possible, to compromise, rather than pursue a pro. tracted litigation. Negotiations were now going on likely to conclude the matter satisfactorily. The corn mittee acknowledged with thanks the receipt of a legacy of 1,1661. from the late Colonel Perches, and others to the amount of 128/. from different benevolent indivi duals; they saw, however, with regret, that the income of the society from annual subscriptions was gradually diminishing. The number of patients admitted into the hospital last year was 2,274; out-patients for the same period, 1,528. The annual receipts trom all sources, in cluding 2,7554 interest upon stock, amounted to 8,146/. 9s. 9d., while the expenditure for the same period was 8,583/. 14s. 6d., showing a balance against the society of 4371. 4s. 9d. This zeport was received and adopted, and the usual election of officers for the ensuing year having taken place, the meeting separated, alter a vote of thanks to the chairman. His Grace the Duke of Wellingion visited the Exhibition building again yesterday. His Grace looked remarkably well, and was received by Mr. Digby Wyatt, Mr. Dilke, &c., and shown over the interior of the building. His Grace was loudly cheered both on his arrival and de parture. The pleasantly situated property of nigh Kelton, in the parish of Dumfries, was sold last week for the sam of 2,9lol.—Dumfries Courier. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb 5. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) AFTER MIDNIGHT SITTINGS. Mr. BROTHERTON then moved that in the present ses sion of Parliament no business shall be proceeded with after midnight; and that at twelve o'clock at night precisely, not withstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House without putting any question. This proposition was so reasonable that he could have scarcely anticipated any objections from either side of the House. The last division, however, was not very encou raging. He was not proposing any new principle ; 150 years ago the rule was that the Speaker should quit the chair at twelve o'clock at noon.—(A laugh.) He appealed to their experience of the manner in which the rule for bringing their Wednesday sittings to a close at six o'clock had worked in support of his motion.--(Hear, hear.) It might be ob jected, perhaps, that it would tend to lengthen the session, but he thought, on the other baud, that the rule was rather calculated to facilitate public business than to retard it. It would be admitted by all that the present system was ex ceedingly injurious to the health of Hon. Members. There never bad been a session in which there had been such a mortality amongst Members as during last year, and he attributed it to their being overworked, and sitting so long after midnight. A great deal of time was now wasted in discussing whether they should adjourn or not, which might be saved if the hour was fixed as lie proposed ; which would also enable Hon. Members to make their do mestic arrangements.— (Hear, and a laugh.) lie had been _ . • accused of having relaxed in his (Cas for enforcing ad journments. He was astonished at the ignorance of those Hon. Members who made this accusation, for they ought to know that he could not interrupt a speech, and unless he could catch the Speaker's eye it was impossible for him to stop the business; and he never liked, moreover, to waste the time of the House by moving repeated adjournments. He held in his hand a statement showing the number of days and hours during which the House had sat for many sessions, and showing also the number of hours after midnight. From this it appeared that in 1842 the House sat 117 days, 1,008 hours, and 125 hours after midnight; in 1813, 119 days, 986 hours, and 105 hours after midninght ; in 1841, 119 days, 906 hours, and 69 hours after midnight ; in 1845, 119 days, 1,026 hours, and 96 hours after midnight ; in 1846, 139 days, 1,054 hours, and 77 hours after midnight ; in 1847, 121 days, 916 hours, and 71 hours after midnight; in 1848, 170 days, 1,407 hours, and 136 hours after midnight; in 1849, 121 days, 958 hours, and 76 hours after midnight; and in 1850, 129 days, 1.104 hours, and 108 hours after midnight. The only argument which could be used against it, as he conceived, was that Hon. Members would speak against time; but even! that would be better than debating for two or three hours after midnight about an adjournment. After all Hon. Members came there to do business, and though there might have been a few instances of Members speaking against time on Wed nesdays, the goad sense of the House always prevented them from being continued.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. EIVART seconded the motion. Sir G. GRET said the House had, by a very large ma jority, decided against the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose. It was no doubt miserable that there should. be a habit of coutinuing debates for a long time after midnight, but it could not be said that such was the ordinary practice, at least at the early part of the sesaion. Generally speaking the adjournment took place at the hour which the Hon. Member proposed. To say that the rule adopted on Wednesdays should be applied generally was to place the business in the power of a minority. As to the latter part of the session, unless they could very much diminish the business the result of the proposed alteration must be to lengthen the session. The House had always been willing to make an effort at the end of the session with a view to an earlier prorogation. He hoped, however, that the effect of the motion might be to confirm the salutary practice which had already begun of abridging useless speeches. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY would not 'support the motion; but was opposed to the introduction of fresh matter after twelve o'clock. Mr. LAWLESS complained that Irish measures were always brought on after twelve o'clock, and thought that, with respect to them, at all events, the proposition would be advantageous. Mr. ANSTEY said he was an unfortunate example of the Wednesday rule, for he was shortly about to bring on a motion which might have been disposed of long since under mother system. Mr. SPOONER had made up his mind to vote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Salford. He believed the country was very much dissatisfied at the public money being voted away in that House after midnight, and that the effect of the proposed motion had been very much exagge rated by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State. He thought the effect of the motion would be to curtail speeches considerably, and induce the leaders on both sides to make their speeches at an earlier hour. If the new regu lation were adopted he was confident it would be found to work well, and lead to a better adjustment of the general business. Mr. REYNOLDS regretted that the House did not resolve to meet at twelve o'clock in the day.—(A laugh.) That course would be a great improvement. If he recollected aright the House in the time of the Commonwealth met at eight o'clock in the morning. —(oh, oh.) Mercantile men had found out that the best time for conducting business was in the daytime, and he did not see why the House should not adopt the same principle. The Irish Members had a particular reason to complain of lato hours, as their business was always postponed, to the great injury and de triment of the business of the country. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... ... 32 --- --- Against it ... ••• .., Majority against the motion THE ADDRESS. ... 108 .. . -76 The Marquis of KILDARE brou g ht up the report on the Address. _ Lord D. STUART not having had an opportunity of making any observations to the House in the debate of the previous evening, believed he was 4n order in offering a few remarks on bringing up the report. To prevent misunder standing, he begged to say that he concurred in the Address, although he must regret that there were many short-comings and omissions in it. He agreed wi h the Address that it was a source of satisfaction that this country was at peace with all the rest of the world. H . e re gretted, however, to fi n d th a t th e re was so little allusion to the peculiar position of that country with regard to the east of Europe. In the Speech of last year particular reference was made to the wa r i n Hungary ar,d the attempt , to inter fere with the independe n ce of our ancient ally urkey, by compelling or coercing it to give up the Hungarian refugees. It would have been to the credit of the Noble Lord if he had followed up his good offices with regard to those unfortunate men; and it would have been satisfactory to the people of that countty to learn that Turkey was no long er com pelled to act as the gaoler of Russia and retain those me n in prison. If England had exerted her interference strenu ously and honestly he had no doubt an end would be put to that state of things, and Kossuth and the other great men who had done so much for their count r y would not be allowed to rot in the dungeons of T ur k ey to gratify the infamous brutality of Russia and A ustr i a. He confessed himself by no means satisfied with the ex i st i ng state of things in the east of Europe. Th e i n fl uence of Austria, against which the Noble Lord himself had pro tested, was everywhere paramount, and the last news was that they had obtained an ascendancy in the free town of liamburgh. But ha would lime that topic, cad address OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. [We were yesterday compelled to omit the following from want of space.] The Queen went an State on Tuesday to the House of Lords to open the Session of Parliament with a speech from the throne. The stare procession was formed at Buckingham Palace in the tollovirg order:— A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conves ing three gentlemen ushers, Mr. thneage, Mr. Des Vecux, and Mr. H. Gleville; and the exun in waiting, Captain Phibbs. A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying the groom in waiting, Lieut.-Cul. Hon. R•rbert Boyle; the groom in waiting to the Prince. Colonel Wylde; the pages of honour in waiting, Messrs. Forbes and Cameron. A carriage drawn by a set of bays conveying the equerry in waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy; the equerry in waiting to the Prince, Lieut.-Col. Hon. Alexander Gordon; and the groom of the robes, Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour. A carriage drawn by a sot of bays, conveying the Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget, the silver stick in waiting, Color.el Hall; the field officer in waiting, Lord Rokeby; and the comptroller of the household, the Right lion. William Sebright Lascelles. carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Marquis of Donegal, G.C.H.; the lord in waiting, Lord Dufferin; the lord in waiting to the Prince, Lord George Lennox; and the treasurer of the household, Lord Marcus Hill. A carriage drawn by a set of black horses, conveying the lady in waiting, the Viscountess Jocelyn ; the lord steward, the Marquis of Westminster; the gold stick in waiting, the Marquis of Londonderry, G.C.8., and the groom of the stole to the Prince, the Marquis of Aber corn, K. G. The Queen's Marshalmen. The Queen's Footmen in State liveries. A party of the Yeoman Guard. The State coach, drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G ., the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Norfolk, K.G. The Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and the Vice Chamberlain, Lord Edward Howard, con ducted the Queen and the Prince to the state coach, which her Majesty entere d at a quarter before two o'clock. A guard of hcnour, composed of the Cold stream Guards, was on duty iu the front quadrangle of the Palest), and, with the band in attendance, received her Majesty with the usual military honours. The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir William Martins. Her Majesty and the Prince, attended by the royal sure, returned to Buckingham Palace at three o'clock, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain. Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard, attended the Court. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert presided at the Council for the mangement of the duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset-house. His Royal Highness was attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The Queen and Prince Albert left town at ten minutes before rive :o'clock in ,the afternoon for Windsor Castle. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were at tended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Major-General Bowles, Lieutenant -Colonel the Hon. Robert Boyle, Lord Fitzroy, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon. Th e Queen and the Prince were conducted to their carriage by the Master of the h orse, the Lord Steward. the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Col. Vey 1 'e. A detachment of the 16th Lancers formed the escort from Buckingham Palace to the Great Western Railway Terminus. MONEY MARKET —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille discount, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 178. boo, per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25 10; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24.971 , i t follows that gold is 0.50 par cent dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 423 per mark, which, at the Eng lish Mint price of Z'./. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13,3%; and the exchange at Ham• burgh on London at short being 13.5 U, it follows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills a 60 days' sight is 110 1 4 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being le.) 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent, in favour of England; but, after making allowance for differ ence of interest and charges of transport, the present rate does not admit of the shipment of gold either to or from the United States. AMERICAN DELEGATES TO THE EXHIBITION. —At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, held on the 14th of January, the following delegates were appointed to the " World's Fair" for 1851 :—Mr. Martin Van Buren, of Columbia County; Mr. Harvey Baldwin, of Onondago County; Mr. John A. King, of Queen's County; Mr. Ezra P. Prentice, of Albany County; and Mr. B. P. Johnson, of Albany County. The appointment is merely honorary, the delegates bearing their own expenses. We understand there were nearly a hundred applicants. fADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH AND HOLLOWAY'S YILLS.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his y d — a dated ..Villa Messina, L eg h orn, Feb. 21, 1845. : I beg to acquaint you th a t y our pill s h ave Professor Lordship's Hollow letter,a ef fected a cure of a disorder in my liv er an d stomach which all the most eminent of the facnity, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, net even tha waters of Carlsbad or Map rienbad. (Signed) " Amsoaouan." These wonderful pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also .Hollowari Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 24.4, by ell medicine YolidOre tbrongkeitt the oivillool 11VISt SHIP NEWS. QUARANTINE NO lICE. The Board of Health has declared BatayLiaiBabn°cln'lrjtitlija2nB;ir° ti suspected ports, and Para to be an infected port, and e•- i ! free ports of Sweden and Norway, except Gottenburgh, to be . re from cholera, this last continuing to be considered infected. GRAVESEND, Fata. 5. —Wind S.W , fresh, aquaUY' rain. to Arrived—Neptune, from Denia ; Transit, and Escort, Patras • La Poulp, from Gravelines; Idea, Isabel, an d , r a from gt. Michael's; Fantome, from Patras; Malaces,,7o, China; Balkan, from Alexandria; Geerdina Reeds, l' e c : reo , and Reichsadler, from Emden ; Salus, from Chine; 00 from Marstrand ; Albion, from Boulogne; Aliwa o l. ten j ; Guernsey ; Sir Edward Banks, and Spray, from ;to Familien, from Wyborg ; Julerne, Benedictus, and rikke, from Denmark. r i oidt; Sailed—lsabella, tor Trieste ; Stadt Dordrech t, for cow Centurion, for Calcutta ; A ustra l as i an Packet: for Joven Maria, for Porto Rico; Triton, for Ostend; '""rote; Alicant ; Magnet, for Amsterdam ; Columbine , for od Countess of Lonsdale, f or H am burgh ; Roseourlnees th for Diana, for Harling e n ; O cean , f or R o tterdam; Eg lint°— Calcutta; Mary Ann, for Barbadoes. VESSELS SPOKEN Wine. Wilberforce, from New York for * Li ver pool, on the 1811/ of December, in lat. 48 N., long. 27, with decks s wept. 32 0 4 Confidence, for Callao, on the 22d of November, hi 11 .tj long. 33 W. eat Black Prince, having experien ce d b a d weather , o n t of November, in lat. 28 S., long. 30 W. g o th‘ Anne Armstrong, from Liverpool for Bombay, o n the December, in lat. 5 S., long 28 W. s Bremen barque, No. 100, steering N., on the 23d 0. in lat. 48 N., long..cettebe ll Elshout, from Helroet for Batavia, on the 2 8 th of D— in lat. 4 N., long. 20 W. Valparaiso, from Browershaven for Valparaiso, 0 11 the of December, off Madeira. Padang, off the Cape of Good Ho e. tole °PI Bessie, from Liverpool for Panora I) on the 23th of 00— St. Antonio, Cape V er d e . a' , h . 10th Middlesborough, from C a nt on f or Li ver pool, on December, in lat. 9 S., lon g . 13 W. I t S PI Melody, steering south, on th e 27th o f D ece mber, -I long. 22 W. -a/ I Olt' W. Alexandre, from Ro c h e ll e f or N ew Y or k, on the in e l , at s . t 2 e 4 er N in . g , long.west, on 34 W IA 11 Duke, the 9th of January, i n long. 33. t h ° Wilberforce, from the Mauritius f or L o ndon, 00 --e December, in lat. 38 S., long. 16 E. an d W e' Witch, from Calcutta, with loss of topgallantme sle— CC City yompomof Chamois, o t fo h rno e aamdh," the eo mt Mauritius Calcutta, t a t f a, , D o ecember, off the C s ,„P :en ~k Mary Ann, from Madras for olint Cape of Good Hope. London, on the in lat. 1 N., long. 85 E. hthee3°3dthofofD:ec:te:Me:Wf-0.001.,..e.: THE COUNTRY MAKI(Ja- og y LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—At this morning's In t rk e e oo of whe a t an d fl our procee d e d slowly, at a d 0", ,,, ci former of Id, and i n some i nstances 2 d pe r 1: 13 "" A price of last Tuesday, and also 6d par sack W an d stl o l on flour. Indi an corn was 6d per quarter lower , noc sol demand not so good as o f l ate . O ats, b ar ley, b e t - os° peas were e ac h a lik e neg l ecte d , and tne cl u°Sgiv— to unvaried. ?rad° NEWCASTLE, FEB. 4.—We had little alt el. o oo note in our trade to-day. For wheat, sale. P r in eed. slowly, but prices were not lower; barley C oo 'bf O r dull sale without change in value; in flour a nd °I tidies no change. orsi° LEEDS, FEB. 4.—There was a good show o f od lb ° day; the trad e w as generally extremely dullo, l wo!, limited busin e ss d one i n w h eat was certa iulLttion,' of buyers; and barl e y i s a l so s l ow, w ith o ut air o " t bet r value. Beans a s b e f ore . Oats, stuffings, an d - tides, steady in price. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, ireni the meal market to-day 16 sacks oatm F ea z l 3 ,.eatle h it; bre / in g s 6 2 d 8 ► 1 1 imperial, which sold thus: - 1 at 1. 8s Od, 2at 1 ' ; A " 13 at 11 7 3 Od; average price of the whole1 1171 1 '.;" sqP" - 3 sacks flour, which sold at 28s. 15 sacks pot - barleys sold thus :21 at 25s Od, 6 at 21s 6d, and 5 a t 20s 31 . 4 EDINBURGH HAY AND S TRAW M AR KO, Oat straw, f rom 7 s Od to 8s Od per kemple o f 16 step 6? 6j' wheat ditto, t s 6d to 7 s 6d ; b ar l e y di tto , 50 04 ti) v- - .;/ Hay, from 10d ME AL per stone. B.—Ther e O, 00 DALKKITH MARKET, FEB. s hags oatmeal, 17 of barleymeal, and Bof pot.." - A - i atere day's market; sales ready. In oatmeal there 11 3- 31 ; b a i t,-,A on the prices of last market ; barleymeal rose 9d P er It" - Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second 2 0 6 11 imperial ** "' ••• 25s 6d 25s 0d 06 Barleymeal, per ditto ... 17s 01 16s CI Od A Peasemeal Od . 0 „1 v. Pot barley ... Od v. CORK, FEB, 3. OP .4 Car rill o it.' Barrels. 1 White wheat 2os 6d to 00s Od W n d -- 2 0 22 Red wheat 18 s O d to Ns Od --- n ,rl 6 "" 15 Barley l. a Od to 10s 6d vf 0 Bere ... Oa Od to Os Od 225 Oats 86 Pigs 2 OB Od to 30s 6 d 30e Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- - 1 1 es -0 barrels white wheat ; 10 red ; 6 barley ; 0 be 2 Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last wee:. Wheat, 316. B ar l e y, 1,094. O ats , 4,606. Pie' PRICES OF BUTTER. , ris CANT. CONZIO‘' . .so ..... . ell Second quality Second quality Third quality 76, Third quality ••• .... ,••• 00 Fourth quality Ai ... Fifth quality Sixth quality .. .. .. Return of Cattle sold for the week ending Jas . - P .- Pigs, 1,.',81. Sheep, 363. Cow„ Il i st_ Ith Flour—First 11 s 6d to 12s fkl ; exult _,,-.. 7• 1°11. seconds, 10s 6d to Ils 6d; households es to 10. Od; tbir u ",,,l. 41 , 7,4 per cwt. Oatmeal 105 to 10s 6d; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7$ . 4 - 1 . 10 1 !_jo r meal, 108 to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 715 s Od ° „_' - .sl l '''',l ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 35s to 4 ..... v"f076 ; 38s; dealers 44s to bOa Od; average 00s per ton. Stilt ° 402 0 22s Od to 33s Od ; average 28s ; dealers 342 JO I d to 00 average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Whesten hal f im 1 0 . 1 ,„0 household loaf 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh b ut " — ' Co" 12d per lb. Eggs--5s Od to bs 6d per hundred. al Col:" *Newnan 16. Od; Lydney 17s ; Landore 148; Z ea poi jot 'l3e 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to !Z o AA 'l2 Whisky. 25 o. p., 5s 9d pet imperial, • — ,,, s i „ i r lb , —Beef 4id to., 6id ; mutton 5d to 7 "..,„,. Orme! 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; Zan to Ot Hopsc 6110 s t o 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 22 'Thj i r ..• ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 810 s; V a l o nia 1 5/ to ner!o i 6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 141 to 1 . 61 t ,5001 t # Hemp 321 to 34/ per ton. Fish-- Scotch herrings I' s iv I° l A ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland , 10/ to , ._,, ton. Timber—Memel, 80s on ; red pine, S i ni riP l 'Zi° I P -- ditto, 21 158 per ton; deals , 12s to 151 per _l.;* ...., Oh Market 228 to 325; salted 23s to 32. per ow:j 100 0 3id to 3d per lb. Potatoes, white 7id to I 'lo, 10d to 12d. Guano-- Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboot per too. Tar—Archangel, 1.9 s per barrel „ 0 4 COAL MAR K.ET.—YENTIRDA Y. lv 114 Bate's West Hartley... 13 s 04' Bell ........ .. ... '. ............ 1111 Buddle's W. Hartley.. 13a 6d l ßraddyll .......... ' . ' ts ' Chester Main Davison', West Hartley 1 1 3 2 : ... IP Holywell North Percy Hartley l3B Od Richmund.. .• ..... " . I' J ( I .... IS New Tanfield flavensworth'sW.Hart 138 6d Stewart's .............. 1 5 ' gi 6 9 d dl a H as ett w o e n ll .......... .. .................. 1 4 ; 0 91 ...... 10 sit South Peareth lla 6d Hartlepool ...• 0 , 9 r; 'Canfield Moor Walker's Primrose Howard's W.H. Neth l3a 6d South Hartlepoo l ''. 0 Wylam Wall's End, &c. 14s OJT Whitworth ..•••• ! . j426j Acorn Close Brown ... l2s 64 Maclean's Tees. ...... •• Ist 0 .... ,' .13a Hedley Harton Gibson 9d frown's Deanery''' 1 1 ; :1 1 Lawson .......... :: 4 : 1 : /i g o Morrison lts Od Nij a o r n d ? s iff — Bi .. e . rt ... b . r a. ll33 ... . 9 , II Riddell Ships at market. 270. oft, Tun GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES ON T 11 ; 1 ! 10 i f Two Government engineers have been sent ' 4° „," A viti t P a pool to take evidence on the question of the re :istp l lr" gunpowder-mills from Liscard. They sat Y es ,. t oot; JO:, Adelphi Hotel , with closed doors, so that wr - ,hat t"„ 40 has not transpired. It is, however, understooo.,7 ray," ifer, sees of the mills expressed their willingoes l ,,,: r od another site if the present site should be const"oe 4 11 ", ous to Liverpool and the surrounding distric,,..t- f th e ,i also came on ye s t er d a y a t t h e month l y mee tin g frp council, and the case o f th e l essees WAS COnSide,r- ° V - , part of which it a pp eare d th at t h e lessees, it! t° - tlon' e fi .. . l " moving, would look to the council for comp e 0 finance committee recommended the council to o pt co r part, and to oppose any Bill brought into 13 ,g ir .a li o a repsne, dicial to the corporate interests. Mr. Hugur e torl i man of the finance committee, in moving t ue , o ,llo_W . Or; of the proceedings, said it was the duty a tat, - ;, ar u pg, that the magazines were removed, and it re i tS l 2 duty to see that they were not removed to $ ous site. He believed however, that ersg,b h — , , intr da meats as •to danger had been put forwar d 0;0'; people. Under the circumstances, all the cot: at ZAP' was to see that such arrangements were nunl e cw -l o it render the danger remote. The observations oi; thew - as a were assented to, and the recommendation °` committee as td remaining neutral, met with un probation. BUMS ton, Rants, t SO Y'. 0 F A so W. On the 2d inst., at Hollinghe wife o f ire 1, , icit Nicholas Jam e s Ridl ey , dOl On the 2d inst., at Kensington, the w ife of Strickland, Esq. _....' 4 0 t 4 „tom OF A DAUGHTNIL .., On the Ist inst., at Southampton-street, .rj Mrs. Alexander Johnston. ' piao 3°' ' On the Ist inst., at th e St a g B re wery, John Tull. do ' . Ito ; MARRIED. , 1310 031 08,t On the 4th inst., at St. George 'a Chu Army' I ° l o , k j Edwin Worsley, Esq. Lieutenant Madras A r l i e ot,.rbogi' son of the late G. C. g. Worsley. Doi ,of t, 11 ,e,, e 'ate,' „ t to Isabella Sophia, youngest daughter 01 l' • yea u ,i,' D. Hall, Esq , of Kingston, Jamaica. naig lotr' On the 30th ult., at the parish church o . f s e D de °-01iii tt r ill' William Ogilby, Esq , of Liscleen, to A del f 'OO u daughter of the Hon. and Rev. C. Douglas , ° it ' of DIED A2B 1 ,. e .° 0 90 0 1 On the nth ult., at Runcorn, Cheshire , og r e ; beloved wife of Tomas Hazlehurst, Escl•' deeply lament e d, a ki n d f r i en d to the poor , eg .n c 'd the Wesleyan Church, li ve d we ll, died We bite changed this life for life eternal. Anlig On the 31st ult., at G reen 'ch ospita,, A 00 ASO' Captain Charles Robinso n , ed ,0 1 On the 80th ult., at Cambridge-square, a k u u Maria, second daughter of Li eu tenant-Gene ra 1 0-1 De o ß n u t t h ts e , 2 lL d i e r:s il t;a it t .E Alverne..house, Edgb afit°l3 ' • 00 4 beth Baker, aged 83. Sars l4 On the 2d inst., at Ham, near Richmond, A 850 t the late Roger CunlifZe, Es q., of Blackburn 814*. , jje*c On the Ist inst., aged 77, Mr. Samuel 0 001 W tar-street, Leices',,er-square. London : pri n t e d an d P u b l ' ishe d by ono No. 112, Strand, Printe r , at The 5140 w•T h i O in Strand, the Precinct of the Sarr . hildihnieze Tlutradity, February - 6i 1851''' 4 ttt 'And W in tar 1 4 1 ) 7 Dr 1 11 4e1 ti ttl e t . 4 kt 4° ttle 81 4 , 4 Pt4l °to ter t , 1; 114 ,;t " i Ithi • ei I:tre n j e Ci thzity t m 'harc "krtoldhut I mo , am n g' Con, : 6_ 41 . t 1 8 hCC t ube i a -4°11411 11 4 • • kt tte d V441 1; 1 ir lo ft 111 44 11 ' ' t coot l: 48 % 1'4 Ne r .0(d. G of The tine r #3 3i 3 , Oft Of t *very rah ha w a, ?A N ttet 1144ket