The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-07 00:00:00

Vbirca ~Sbttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. GERMANY. The Frankfort journals state that a feeling of ani- I mosity exists between the Frankfort and the Prussian troops, and that several collisions bad taken place. On the evening of the 3d inst. a quarrel took place be tween them, and several were killed and wounded on both sides. Several civilians were also wounded. On the previous day a collision had taken place in the village Rornheim, near Frankfort. A report had been spread that at a late review several shots had been fired on the;Prnssians by the Frankfort troops. This rumour was found to be untrue, but it was, notwithstanding, generally credited by the Prussians, and hence a bad feeling had been produced, which ended in a collision, the Austrian and B avar i an t roo p taking part with those of Frankfort. No lives were lost, but some rather severe wounds were given and received. The most energetic measures have been taken to prevent a recurrence of these conflicts, and several persons have been arrested. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States of Hanover of the 21 inst., Deputy Bruen proposed to declare, in an address to the Government-1. That it considers the old Germanic Constitution as abro gated by the Federal resolutions of 1848 and 1849. 2. That it di s putes the right of Me German Sovereign; s, assembled to consider a new Germanic Constitution, to make one even provhionally without consulting a representation of the people. 3. Th a right only be longs to a general national representation. 4. It, in consequence, begs the Government to take the neces sary steps to convoke such a representation. A letter from Vienna, Ist inst., says :—" The Em peror left this morning for Warsaw. The Military Governor of Gallicia, Count Kbevenhuller, attends him to Cracow. A telegraphic dispatch received yesterday. announced that PrtD•sia had sent a corps d'armee of 60,000 men between Erfurt and Torgau, and another of 60,000 men to the frontiers of Silesia. This move ment, however, has not caused much alarm, since it was generally believed that the differences between Austria and Prussia would b e am i ca bly settled by the intervention of the Emper o r o f R uss ia, who was be lieved to be more f avoura bl e to t h e i nteres t s of Aus tria than the Pr uss i an j ourna l s appear t o a d m it. It is stated that a convention has been entered into be tween the Mini s t er o f Fi nance an d severa l b an k e r s of Venice and of Milan, in order to avoid the unpopular measure of a forced loan." RUSSIA. The German journals contain rumours of a revolu tionary agitation having been manifested in St. Petersburgh and Moscow, especially in the upper schools and among the students. The immediate consequence of it has been an imperial decree pro hibiting the natives of Poland from entering the high schools of the two Russian capitals and Dor pat ; it was even reported that these three establish ments would be suppressed. Another confiscation of the estates of a political criminal had been pub lished in Poland ; but it was distinguished from former political acts of the same kind by a notice to the creditors of the late proprietor to send in their claims on him. Till now the practice has been to collect all debts due to the possessor of the confis cated property for the benefit of the Government, but all demands of his creditors were rejected. The sys tem has been very ioj talons to public credit in Poland, and it is believed that from consideration of its mischievous effects it has been abandoned. During the stay of the Emperor at Warsaw all the regulations of the police are enforced with the utmost severity. - DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—This afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, as a respectably dressed female was crossing the Strand, from Lancaster place to Wellington-street North, by tome accident she fell in the road, and before the poor creature could be relieved from her perilous situation the wheels of an omnibus, No. 6,323, passed over her right leg just above the ancle. Dadd, No. 81 F division, and others, instantly removed her to Charing-cross Hospital, when it was discovered that the foot and lower part of the leg were crushed in a most fright ful manner. Amputation was resorted to, hut the unfor tunate woman remained in a very doubtful state of recovery. No blame is attached to the driver, who is in the employ of Messrs. Wilson, of Highbury. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 7.) Sul:ult.—To-day full rates were required for all sorts of West India Sugur, but grocers anti refiners operated with caution, and only 108 were sold, making for the week 2,270 hhtle, &c., still on the part of merchants there is firmness. ItEFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met a free sale for home consumption, and at stiffer rates; fair to good grey lumps realised 50a to 525, and the supply is nastier than for some time past. Crushed Sugar is not cheaper, but the sales made are small. MAURITIUS —This af‘ernoon there was an active de mand for Mauritius Sugar, and at the polio sales of 20 casks 4.700 bags prices advanced 6d to is for grainy kinds, other sorts went at full rates to 6d per cwt. above; grainy white realised 48s to 49s 61, yellow 39s to 40s 6d, brown 33s 6.1 to 345, ord to good yelluw 35s 6d to 393 6d, good and fine brown 345 to 353 6d. EAST This afternoon rather higher rates being insisted upon for Behgal Sugar, checked business. Of 2,500 bags at auction a small part only sold; good and fine white Denares at 393 6d to 435, low and mid yellow, like Mauritius 343 to 363 6d, and Khaur 293 to 29s 6d. Of Madras 1,400 bags went at full terms; soft brown at 283 to 30g, and yellow at 303 to 344 per cwt. FOREIGN.—At public sale 2,250 chests white Fiavan nah were sold, good and fine at 305 6d to 333 6d, and low to mid 253 to 30s, and 7 boxes yellow at 195 to 24- , for mid to good. Duty paid sons are wanted, and a fair quantity has been disposed of in the private market at fully last week's terms! at auction 1,350 chesto Havaonah sound taken in at stiff rates,—good and fice yellow at 38; to 42s 6d, low to mid 38s to ass 6d. On the part of refiners working under bond rather more desire has been evinced to operate this week. The private sales of foreign Sugar for the week are two cargoes of Bahia at 17; 6d to 17; 9d tar brown, and white 21s 61; 4,000 bags brown Pernams, duty paid, at 353 6d; 3,000 chests yellow Havannah at 385 6d to 41s 6d, and at 205 6d in bond. COFFEE.—This afternoon the public sales of Ceylon Coffee went off at rather lower rates, but 206 cks and 1,465 bags nearly all sold, good PLintation 575 to 60s, mid 535 to 56s 6d, fine fine ord and low mid 46t to 525, and triage 42s to 475, dam Native 37; to 42e. Of Ja maica 60 pkgs were sold, fine 703 to 903, mid and good 54s to 655, and other sorts 46s to 50s. Of Mocha 49 bls were withdrawn, and 261 bgs Costa Rica taken in at 47s per cwt. Native Ceylon dull of sale at 44s to 455, ac cording to quality. CocoA.—ln the West India market less activity has existed, and former rates are not supported. At auction 252 packages of Grenada went at 39; 6d for good light red, and at 375 9d to 38; 6d for mid. Prices for Trinidad very fine 37s to 475, still no decline of moment is looked for. There has not been much passing in the foreign market, and sellers are disposed to accept 27s to 28; per cwt. MOLASSES.—This afternoon the market for Foreign Sugar presented a firm aspect, and a good business was concluded at fully former rates. At auction 2,400 bags 180 baskets Ja va were so ld, gre y an d y e ll ow at 36 s to 38s,_ brown 34s 6d to 35 s 6d, a nd one l o t white 42s 6d. 0 IRio 100 casks were taken in at 34a to 37s per cwt. TEA. —Fur common Congou there continues to be a goo d h ome and export demand, having only a li mited supply , Medium i holders are enabled to obtain 9id to aid per lb, and in concluded at 104 sorts a lair business has been better kinds contin ue is, at which the market is firm, but n k ue to attract little attention, and the w i terms of last wee k are barely supporte d ; t h e li m i te d sales made h ave . been at f rom is Oct Scented Tea u not offer e d at any furtheri t o r e l d s o 6 o t d i 0 1) 0 7 b l u b t , dealers operate with c • akuation, and several parcels are on offer. In Green sales been limited, and there are sellers rather undpperly.thvietrms of last week, with no falling off in su auction a of offered, 2.7C0 found buyers at red uc tion3 0 7 n 7 former terms of id on middling Hyson. Co ngou and ld p er lb f ur ElCE.—There were read purchasers of E the early part of th e week , and the parcel s " India in private treaty r ealized an advance of 3{l per cwt, Si sold by Tuesday, however , n o t much desire h nce as been evinced b shippers or hotno dealers, to operate, and on speculation there has been no demand, whilst the advance p reviousl y noticed h„ not been sustained. At auction 3,590 bags and 1,065 pkga Bengal were sold, r' (rood and fine white went at 10 3 tolls, middling and good middling 9s to 103, broken 8s to as, and damaged 3s to 101 per cwt. The private operations for the week are 5,000 bags, chiefly at 9s 6d to lOs for middling and good white, with small parcels of Madras at 8s 6d to 9s for pinkey white, and at 8s to 8s 6d par cwt for cargo and pearl Barley. Cleaned Rice is not so much in rt quest, still prices are steady ; Pane 12s to 199, broken las to 1 le, town ' rireased Carolina 223 to 28s, and broken 12s 6d to 13s, American at 20s to 20s 6d for first quality. sold at at auct i on 420 b gs P e arl Sago were 11 2oa to 21s for cod and fine white bold grain; these are fall rates. g SPlcas.—ei nnt , former rates are with diffic ul ty supported. At auc t ion • re taken in at f rom 2s to 3s 6d per lb. There are p r i m . are not lower, fewbuyers of Cloves, but and rule at Is to Is 6d for Penang , and at 6 id to Zanzibar. Full rates are auk ed fur Nutme g s, only 7id fur Bourbon and limited purchases have been W i d e 2 bags wear at 23 101 to 2s Ilea nd for at auction 6 cases 23 7d for m“ui.iy. Dutch Limed firstood brown, and at to 2a 10d. Much the tame as last quality 28 9d quoted for Mace, but little has bocu done. At auctr t at 23 2d to 2s 3d for middling P. GingJepses went much wanted by shippers or home dealers, and d still not are on the decline, although there is only a , I d ) ' ices supply. At auction 160 hags goc.d dark rou,,ht, erate e Eengal sold at 16s to 16; 6d, and 116 pkgs Jamaic a 77 s n t to 1303 for ord to good middli ,, g. To-day at p u bli c : a1 520 bgs of Malabar Pepper sold at 38d for he avy, Lein: the full value; 8 bgs white went at 5d to 6d fur low mid and mid. SPIRITS.—There is no variation in the value of j a . maica Rum th 3wt ek . East India met a dull to ale at is 2id to Is 3d proof. For Leeward Islind lower rues are ac cepted, whilst lE 3d to is 4d is the value. D. merara has been dealt in with caution at 2s to 2s 2d to 30 to 40 per cent. over proof. Brandy is , not cheaper. The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 is 49 6d to I 4s 8d; 1849 ditto 4s 4d to 43 6d; 1847 at 4s Ild to 5s ld, and inferior sorts 2s 8d to 4s 3d per gall. There is no variation in prices of British made spirit. Geneva sells slowly at is 7d to is Bd, and fine at 2s to 3s per gallon. SALTPETRE.--To-day there was not much business done in rough, but lower rates are not accepted. Of 1,152 bags offered at sale, a small part only sold, 12 perer cent 25s 6d, 7 i to 6 } at 265, 8 4 to 13i 25s 6d, d 27s per cwt. COC/lINEAL.—At public sale 88 bags of Honduras Cochineal sold at 3s 8d to 44 ld for silvers, and black at 4s 2d to 4s 10d; 11 bags Mexican 3s 10d to 3s 11d, silvers 33 Brl to 3s 9d; 44 ditto Tenerife 3s 9d to 3s 10d, being full rates. TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went oft flatly at rather lower rates; 100 elks 300 mats of wrrcked Petersburgh Yellow Candle at 33s 9d to 353 6d; 300 casks Sydney 33s to 365; 12 pkgs Galatz 36s to 364 61; 700 ditto South American 323 9 I tl 365. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 470 casks Cocoa Nut Oil mostly taken in at 29s to 31s for Cuba and Ceylon, but 55 tuna Seal Elephant Oil sold at 32i 1.5 s to 33/. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fer the Week ending on Saturday, the Ist day of. June, 1850. 183IIE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 30,003,335 £30,003,335 Dated the 6th day cf June. 1851 BANKING D . Proprietors'capital• • 14,553,000 Rest . 3,053,583 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) . • 7,577,660 Other deposits ••• • • • 9,215,738 Seven day and other bills • • •• • • 1,198,768 £35,598.771 Dated the 6th day of June, 185, Government debt 11,0 i 5,100 Other securities .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,793,1b8 Silver bullion •• • • • . 20,877 30,003,335 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. lETAJLTNEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .• 14,316,125 Other securities •• • . 9,760.048 Notes • • • • • • • • 10,788,260 Gold and silver coin.. 734,278 £35,598,771 '. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. IvIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships mut at Five o'clock. NAVY PRIZE BALANCE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions praying for increased accommodation to assistant surgeons in the navy, among them one from the Royal College of Surgeons in London; also from several out pensioners of Coelsea Hospital praying for the repeal of a clause in the Act 9 and 10 Victoria, depriving them of their pensions. He thought that every accommoda tion ought to be afforded to assistant-surgeons in the navy, and he hoped that some alteration would take place in the present arrangements. The Earl of MINTO said that great misapprehension existed as to the nature of the accommodation afforded to assistant-surgeons in the navy. A double cabin had been appropriated to their use some time since, immediately after the report of the Naval and Military Commission, in order to enable them to pursue their studies. They had in many instances converted that cabin into a store room; but he believed arrangements had now been made to remove all causes of complaint on their part that they had no separate place of study. He believed a portion of the sick bay was now appropriated for that purpose._ _ Lord BROUGHAM presented several petitions pray ing for the extension of the County Courts. The traders of London, Manchester, and Leeds did not object to the principles of Mr. Fitzroy's Bill, but to certain of the details. Tho Earl of HARROWBY presented several peti tions praying for a repeal of the Sale of Beer Act. The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions against Post-office Sunday labour. ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was read a third time and passed. CHELSEA PENSIONERS. In answer to a question from the Duke of RICHMOND, Earl GREY said, under an Act cf George 11., a de duction a 5 per cent. was made Irons all out-pensioners paid at Chelaes Hospital, In 1847 a Bill was passed doing away with the poundage, but it was not retrospec tive in its operation. This was equivalent to giving the pensioners a boon of 50,000/, per annum. Upon that law being passed the pensioners imagined they bad claims far the arrears of former deductions, than which nothing could be more illusory. THE SUN, LOND . ;ON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1850.' CUBA. Lord BROUGHAM understood that an expedition had sailed from the United States, to take possession of Cuba. He had no doubt whatever but that this was without the consent of the Government of the United States.—(Hear, hear.) He was sorry to learn that these execrable pirates had esca; ed from the Spanish fleet at sea, and he hoped they a ould be urn sty d in Cuba and undergo condign punishment. He hoped that the re spectable Government of the United States had power to put down such piratical expeditions, and he hoped his Noble Friend would assure the House that the Gorvern ment had adopted means to put a atop to such an ex pedition. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was afraid it was true that a piratical expedition had set out from the United States for Cuba; but it was not only without the cognizance, but subject to the disapprobation of the United States Government, who entirely disapproved of these proceedings. Lord BROUGHAM bad hoped that something more than disapprobation would be expressed by the United States Government against these pirates. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Go vernment of the United States had not only expressed their disapprobation, but had ordered their naval forces ti endeavour to intercept the expedition. Lord BROUGHAM said that this addition was more satisfactor), but he could not understand how 8.000 men could be armed and sent off without the knowledge of the Government. The Earl of ABERDEEN believed that the Govern ment of the United States had done the utmost to stop the expedition, and he regretted that twenty years ago, when the United States suspected us of unlawful dealings in the island, they had not united with us and France in guaranteeing the island to Spain. Lord BROUGHAM as a lawyer challenged contra diction to this position that all civilized nations were bound to give aid against pirates, and that the com mander of any British cruizer would be guilty of a neg lect of duty if he did not aid the Spaniards against the pirates. Lord STANLEY wished to know what instructions had been sent to the commander of our naval forces in reference to this expedition. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was not prepared to state without notice what instructions had been sent to the commanders of our cruizers. Lord STANLEY —Rave any instructions been sent at all ? Earl GREY, in the present state of affairs, thought he should be guilty of a breach of duty if he anawsred the question. Lord STANLEY had a right to ask and to expect an answer to the question whether the subject had engaged the attention of her Majesty's Government. He put the question, and the Government might or might nut give an answer. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not deny the Right of the Noble Lord to put the question, and he repeated what he had said, that the matter was under the consideration of the Government. Lord BEAUMONT was surpried at the conduct of the Noble Lord (Stanley). The answer that the subject ci as under the consideration of the Government was oue which ought to satisfy him. Lord BROUGHAM for his own part was satisfied with the answer of the Noble Marquis, which amounted to this—we know absolutely nothing of the subject. The law was clear, these men were pirates; he hoped therefore there would be no delicacy in treating the subject, end it was the duty of all who used the sea to consider alt those men as pirates, and treat them accordingly as the pirates had been treated by Reja Brooke. Trey had, according to some persons, been treated a little too much so; though be did not agree in that opinion, he thought Raja Brooke had treated those persons properly. no Earl of ABERDEEN thought that as we were not on amicable terms with Spain during the time this expe&tion was preparing, it would be advisable that we should show that we had not been lukewarm in our interf erence to put a stop to it. Earl GREY sa id t h at t h e i r Lordships must be aware that to give information as to the in s t ruc ti ons g i ven t o the na va l bat be the xcedingly commanders in the W es t I n di an seas, cou ld not further ad f detrimental until The subject thvented s ro r p o p m d the West Indies. we should have re ceived Th e Bills on the l e e * bwere forward e d a stage, an d table their Lordships adjourne d. HOUSE COMMONS.OI----:""--- DRAINAGE AND IME.RovADVANCE ' S E (Continued from our Afternoon Mr. E WART EMENT ILL. thought that tlio OF LAND not been what was Edition.) sufficiently taken into consideration, et had limited sum, and that they had to decide best use to In made of it. He thought t e hat be confined entirely to drainage, for if they j a r to the id that this was a the it ought to building of farms, buildings, and such would have nothing left for drainage. He though they t that it would be decidedly most advantageous fur the g public interest to spend the whole sum in drainage. Captain PELHAM thought that the objecti on m i ght be got over by limiting the sum to be applied to build ing purpo‘es. entirely to new buildings. Mr. BUCK tbou,:ht that it would be far better to confine tl,e sum entirely to the purposes of drainage. Mr. SLANEY said that if the Chancellor of the Ex chequer did not give some feet lily to the small pr3prie tors in making their applications, the Bill would not be ( I the slightest use to them. lie also thought that these advances should bu extended to the purposes of new buildings at least. could safety ?It. ; MOODY opposed the clause. Al• DEEDES on the whole would praer that the clause should stand in its e•ent condition if they assured that the mon ey Pr. ' could be lent with b t e o r Mr. BRUC E ilirP°ses of building. Scotland was in favour of the clause as far 119 Was concerned , be was sure great benefit would arise from it to that country, and especially to 'the new farms which were formed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQI .r.,T,R Paid his purpose had been answered by the 6', , .3cussion which had taken place; and as the present tV ority of Members appeared in tavour of the omission of a e clause, he would vote for its omission. Colonel RAWDON hoped that the Chaneello r of the Exchequer would not consent to omit the clime. The CHANCELL'JR t.f the EXCHEQUER t bought that the House wished to omit the clause, and kte was perfectly willing to consent. The House then divided, when there appeared-- Fur the clause ... 45 Against it ... ... 107 Majority --62 The clause was consequently rejected. Clauses 5,6, and 7 were then agreed to, with some slight amendm.'nts. On clause 8 being proposed, Mr. ROCFIE proposed to insert in line:3o, after " farm buildings," the words, " including buildings for the stet p ing, drying, and cleaning of flax, and also such mac ai nery and apparatus for the above-mentioned purposes as may come under the denomination of fixtures." To show the advantage of promoting the growth of flax in Ireland, he in el only mention that more than six mil lions worth of that cotumodity was imported into this country in a year, and that if it were brought into greater cultivation employment and support would be given to a very large number of families. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. op posed the amendment, thinking it would be most incon venient to advance money on the security of machinery, for that was, in fact, the nature of the amendment. He understood that, in many instances, machi ery in the preparation of flax had been abandoned, and that the practice of preparing it by hand had been substituted. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. The other clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the Chairman having reported progress, The House adjourned till Five o'Clock. The House resumed in the Old Chamber at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. C. LITSHINGTON presented a petition from Pimlico generally against the Interment Bill; and another petition from Brighton specifically against the compensation clause. Mr. PIGOTT presented two petitions, one from the parish of Enville, in the county of Stafford, and another trom the vicar, cburchwardeus, and other inhabitants of the pari s h of Worfield, in the county of Salop, against labour on Sundays in the Post-office. GENERAL POST-OFFICE. Mr. ANSTEY presented a petition from a number of individunla holding clerkships in the Money Order-office of the Gennal Post-office, complaining of the re• cent appointment of a gentleman to the office of chief clerk of that department. The petitioners stated that their claims to the appointment had been passed over, because they had refused to sign a written contradiction of the statements they had promulgated in a memorial which was last year presented to the Treasury on the sub ject of their duties and salaries, and they theref4re prayed the House to institute an inquiry into the matter. The Hon. and Learned Member moved that the petition be printed with the votes. Mr. THORNELY said it was very important for the House to consider whether they would put the country to the expense of printing for parties who might con sider themselves aggrieved by the conduct of their supe riors in any of the Government departments, no matter whether it were the Customs, the Excise, or the Post-office. It was for the House to consider whether or no it was right to make Parlia ment: a court of appeal in matters like this. Fur his part he did not think it was, and be thero• fore put it to the House if it would not be better to leave the petition to be printed in the ordinary course of business, when it had come before the Committee on Public Petitions. Mr. DISRAELI hoped the House would hesitate be fore they accepted the views of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down.—(Hear, hear.) He had always understood that any party who felt himself aggrieved by the conduct of a public Department could appeal to that House for redress, if there was no other channel open to him, and he thought it would be exceedingly dangerous to interfere with that principle. That right of appeal indeed was part of the liberty of the subject.—(Hear.) Mr. FORSTER agreed with the Hon. Member fur Bockinghamshire, that the House ought to hesitate in this matter. The House held the head of each public department responsible for all its proceedings, but if the House interfered between them and tbe'r employes. how could they insist on maintaining that rule 2—( Hear.) Mr. STUART said that was not quite the correct view t.f the matter. Tine question was not whether the House would interfere, but whether it would listen to a complaint.—(Hear, hear.) He understood that one ground of complaint was that the claims of these parties had been rejected because they had refused to work on a Sunday.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. PATTEN thought it would be better to dofer this motion till the petition had been before the Com mittee on Public Petitions. Mr. HAY rER said the great inconvenience which resulted from stating the contents of petitions this was, that they went forth to the world far as if they were founded in truth. Now, so from that being the case in this instance,!he could assure the House that many statements in the petition were f ,unded upon error.—(Hear, hear.) He should not pro perly diseharge his duty if he did not say that most of those state ments wore founded in error. Colonel THOMPSON observed that the usage was that the liouse was bound to receive petitions but not to print them. Sir G. GREY said the Hon. Member seemed to imply that there had been an objection to the reception of the petition; that was not so, the petition having been re ceived, and the only question now was, whether it should be printed with the votes. The Chairman of the Committee on petitions had stated that it would shortly come before them, and they would have to de cide whether it should be printed or not, before it was competent for the Hon. Member to bring a motion on the subject before the House. That was a practice which he (Sir G. Grey) thought it was very desirable the House should follow, and he hoped the Hon. Member would abide by it on the present occasion. After a few words from Mr. BARNARD, Lord DUDLEY STUAR r thought it was very de sirable and important that they should know what the rule of the House was with regard to the printing of petitions. He understood that if an Hon. Member wished to found a motion on any petition, it was the practice to allow him to move that it be printed with the votes.—(Hear.) The petition under discussion ap peared to refer to a subject of some importance; and, as he thought it very proper that clerks in the Post-office should be enabled to state their grievances to the House, it seemed to him that the beat way of allowing them to do so was to print their petition. Lord J. RUSSELL observed that before the Hon. Gentleman could bring his motion before the House, the petition would have been before the Committee, and if by that time he found it had not bz en printed, it would be quite competent for him to make a motion on the subject. Mr. THORNELY said it was a question for the House to consider whether the cornp!atets of the clerks in the Post-office, in the shape of a petition, should be printed or not. Sir R. PEEL said if a Member presented a petition, and thought the statements which it contained so well founded as to bring forward a motion with respect to it, he thought the practice of the House was to permit that petition ~to ba printed.—(Hear, hear.) Though he did not think that the House should constitute itself a court of appeal to hear the complaints of Go vernment officers, yet it would be a very unwise practice to refuse a petition to be printed on that ground. The simple question was whether they should depart from that which had been the general usage, of having pe tition!) printed in respect of which an Hon. Member in tended to brine; forward a motion.—(Hear.) Colonel RAWDON said it had always been in the power of the House to prevent the printing of petitions, although it was in the power of any Member, at any time, to move that they be printed. Mr. BROTHERTON complained that many Mem bers gave notice of founding a motion upon a petition merely for the purpose of getting their petition printed, but who never seriously meant to bring that motion before the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY disclaimed•being actuated by any such motive as that mentioned by the Hon. Member for Sal ford (Mr. Brotherton). In this case he (Mr. Anstey) seriously meant to found a motion on his petition. Mr. GOULBURN did not think it was possible the there could have been any partiality shown by the Chaii man. After a short conversation, in which Mr. T. D'Eyn court, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Hume tuck part, strangers were ordered to withdraw, when Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not understand what the Hon. Member's object was, whether it was to have this petition printed in order to found a motion upon it or not. Mr. ANSTEY said he would repeat what he had said, and that wos that he understood that petitions were printed for the purpose of calling the attention of Hon. Members more closely to them, and his object in m ov i ng that this petition be printed was that he might lay the ground for a future motion which he intended to found upon it. The SPEAKER then put the question, and the mo tion was agreed to without a division. PETITIONS. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from the clergy of Ireland, complaining of certain defects in the national system of education in Ireland; also a monster petition from the laity of Ireland to the same effect, signed by 17,000 persons. Mr. SEYMOUR presented a petition against the Savings Bank Bill. Sir W. MOLESWORTH moved an address for a return of the annual receipt and exce:Aliture of the colony of bong Kong, made up to the latest period for which accounts have been received, showing the gross receipts from the various branches of revenue, uralcr their different heads, distinguish ing the amounts levied in the colony from Parlia mentary grants, and stating the expenditure under its various branchei (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper. No. 264, if session 1846). Similar return for New Zealand (ia continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 328, of session 1844) And sinsilar return for La-; burin. Also en address for return, in a tabular form, for the last year in w i pich they can be made up, of the gross revenues, under their different heads, of each of her Majesty's colonies, exhibiting the costs of collection, and any deductions made in their progress to the public treasury. And, similar return of the dis bursements of each colony, under their seFarate heads; showing the authority on which such disbursements are made (in continuation of part of Parliamentary Pa2er, No. 740, of session 1847) —Aar. a tai, ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS. Sir BENJAMIN HALL moved for a return of all instructions or inquires issued by the Eeclesiastioal Commissioners to the archbishops and bishops, the answers to such instructions, and all dsts upon which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, before the Ist day of January, 1844, estimated and fixed the annuli sums to be laid to the COM missioners out of the revenues of the larger sees, and to be paid by the Commissioners for augmen tation of the smaller bishoprics. Also, all returns of re venues or data upon which the Commissioners, after the n Ist , a a n y d o Y's 1844, revised epi s copal re en altered scale of payment, re venues, df fi J x o e n d uar an to take effect upon the avoidance of any see ;..fter the period of such revision, as well as any inquiries or in struction for supplying such last mentioned returns or data, addressed to the archbishops or bishops by the Ec clesiastical Commissioners; in all cases w here the grossand net income have been both gi;ou, the grounds of di ffst ence between the gross and net income as shown by the arenbi shops or bishops to be returned ; such return to show the dates of all such inquiries, instructions, answers, and re turns, and to set forth, in a tabular form, the gross and nett incomes of cash archbishop and bishop, as well as the charges and deductions which constituted the cliff r ence b tween the gross and nett income; also a return of the sums paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Eng land, in each year, since the Act to carry into eat the 4th Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues (3 and 4 Vie. c. 113), in respect ..f any prebend or other dignity in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church in Wales, and of the amount of such sums as may have been appropriated by the Commissioners, and how appropriated.—Agresd to, ASSISTANT BARRISTERS BILL. Mr. SADLIER asked the Secreary for Ireland when he intended to introduce the Assistant Barristers' Bill? Sir W. SOMERVILLE—On an early day. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Colonel R A WDON rose to ask the Nobls Lord at the head of the Government whether the inquiry which was instituted respecting the state of the pie urea in the Na tional Gallery, with a view to their better preservation, his any will proposal information baa bean be given made b t y o thet th e r e mliltiotiutseed: GovernmentaNhnVd, Whether e tTe Royal Academy, with a view of obtaining for the public collection of pictures, the entire h a bNationalhas been e n Gallery building; and, if so, what w given. Whether any supplemental vote ac)nf sth inanswer present estimates will be called f o r to carry out the pr o p os i t i on. W hether i t i s the i ntent i on of Government, before taking final steps for permanently locating the pictures on the present site, to institute an inquiry, by a Cotninittee of this House or otherwise, in order to ascertain whether or not it is expedient to allocate the Pictures in Trafalgar-square. Lord J. RUSSELL said, with respect to the first question as to the inquiry instituted into the state of the pictures, with the view to their braes preservation, he had received a report from the gentlemen composing that committe, and they had made some suggestions as to their better preservation, but they requested to be allowed to make further inquirey, particularly with respect to the mode of preserving the pictures on the continent. He should be Ready, ere long, to lay that report upon the table of the House, although it was not a final report. With respect to the second question, in conformity with the iopinion of the Com mittee of this Rouse, which sat on the question of the building in Trafalgar-square, he made a proposal to the Royal Academy, with the view of having the entire building of the National Gallery devoted to the exhibition of the pictures. He had received an answer expressing their desire to comply with the wishes sf the Government on that subject. With respect to the third and fourth questions he should say, with that additional information which he now had before him in regard to the present state of the pictures, he thought it was de sirable that some further inquiry should made before any vote was proposed to be suuctioned by the Hous-, and therefore:heproposed early next week to move for a Select Committce,consisting as far as possible of the members of the present. Commission, to consider that further infor mation, and to state their opinion of the most desirable manner or preserving the pictures in the National Gsls lery, and whether the present sire was the moat desir able.ftr the institation.—( Hear, hear,) CASTLEBAR UNION. _ _ _ Mr. P. SCR6Fi;vished to ask the Secretary for Ire land, whether any inquiry has been instituted by the Irish Poor-law Commissioners into the fasts stated in the report of lir. ltonayne, relative to the condition of the Castlebar Vorkhouse, in the week ending the 20th Apia last ; and whether it apptared on the face of the report transmitted weekly to the Commissioners, that so large a number were contained in the workhouse beyond that to which it was limited by their sealed order? and if so, what steps were thereupon taken by the Commis sioners? Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE said that Mr. Far rell, the uni..n spectur, was investigating the subject, but he had not 3 et received his report. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Mr. STUART seeing the Noble Lord at the brad of the Government" in his place, wished to ask a question relative the administration of justice in the highest court in the kingdom. It would be rememberei the other evening the Noble Lord announced that the Lord Chancellor had resigned his office. Now most unexpectedly the public had learned that the Great Seal had been placed in Commission, the Commission consisting of two Learned Judges of the Court of Chancery, and one of the Learned Judges of tle Common Law. Courts. The Noble Lord was per haps aware that there was so much business in all the Chancery Courts that six days in the week were hardly sufficient to get through it. The arrangement which ha had just mentioned would have the effect of shutting up two of the courts three or four days in the week, and he should therefore be glad to know how long the seals were likaly to remain in commission? Lord JOHN RUSSELL was very sensitive of the inconvenience which resulted from placing the Great Seal in Commission, and particularly at the present time. At the same time Government had had to weigh the inconvenience that would have bt?en caused by the Great Seal being entrusted to any individual before they had decided what course they would pursue with reference to separating the judicial from the political duties of the office, and unt.l their intercourse had been determined upon, he telt it to be his duty to advise her Majesty to put the Seal in Commis sion. He could assure the Hon. and Learned Gentle man that it was his Earnest wish that the seal should continue in Commission as short a time as possible, and he hoped that on Monday fortnight he should be in a position to announce the plan which Government bad determined upon, and to move for leave to bring in a Bill to carry it out.—(Hear.) CUBA. Mr. DISRAELI wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department if he had received any official information that Cuba had been invaded by a buccaneering expedition from the United Sca:ei. Lord PALMERSTON said it was not known that such an expedition had been in preparation for a con sideraWe time. Be had been informed that an expedition had sailed from the southern part of the United,Statt a for the purpose of making au attack on Cuba. It lett on the 6th of last month, and consisted of a force of 3,000 men; and it appeared that a further'detachment, supposed to amount to 4,000 or 5,000, had followed some days afterwards. The President of the United States dis patched a force in search of that expedition for the purpose of intercepting it, and in the event of it having landed, of taking such measures under the circumstances as might best show the friendly di.position of the United States to Spain. Ais her Majesty's Government had only received this information a few days ago, they of course had not yet been enabled to have any communication with the Government at - Madrid, but the Spanish Minister who reached this country from Spain yesterday had been informed of what had come to the knowledge of her Ma jesty's Government. SWITZERLAND. Mr. B. COCIIRANE said, o n Monday nex t, he would put a question to th e S ee n tary of Foreign Affairs, respecting the affairs of Switzerland. (LEFT SITTING. THE LON_DrAZETTE. (THIS EVENING•) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 1, 1850. The Queen has been pleased, on th e nominati on of Lord Foley, to a pp o i nt Ed wa rd ilayward, Esq. , one of her Majesty' s H onoura bl e C or ps-of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Tumpson, retired. WAR-OFFICE, J 131 , 7 E. 7. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards -Lieutenant Henry Marsh to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bacon, who re tire; Cornet James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marsh, June 7. 11th Regiment of Foot -Ensign Harry Clayton Hague, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires, June 7. 14th Foot-Lieutenant Julius Chetham Strode, from the 61st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tyler, who ex changes. June 7. 17th Foot-Major John O'Grady, from half-paY, 'Un attached, to be Major, vice Daniel Gardiner Freer, who v i ce Thompson, who exch anges , June 3th 7. exchanges, Jute 7. 23d Foot -,-Staff Assistant - Su r g eon William Campbell Seaman, M.D., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Grantham, deceased; J une 7 . 28th Fo o t-E ns i gn Thomas Lyndon Bell, from the 59th Foot, t o be Ensign,Peot-'-Lieutenant Raymond Richard Pelly to be Captai n , b y put chase, v i ce H a milton, who retir es ; En -81 g n Joseph H o b s on to be Lieutena nt, b y purchase, vice Pelly, June 7. 41 st Foot-Lieutenant Rich ard Ol i v er Francis Steward; to b e C apta i n , by purchase, vice Butler. who retires; En s i gn G eorge William Alexander, to be Lieu tenant, by , 58th Foot-Ensign John Hayman Ward to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, v i ce M`Lerie, who retires; Ensign Kenneth Robes t Murchison, from the 13th Foot, to be the 14th Foot, purchase, vice Steward, June 7. Ensign, vice Wart - 1, June 7- 59th Foot-Ensign William -Hamilton Thompson, from the 28th Four, t to vice Bell, Alio ex () Ensign, Bruce changes; June 7. 61st Fot.t-Litutenant George Sotheby Tyler, horn ex changes; 65th , Ensign Stfphen Mc Donough t. , be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fenwielc, who retires; Ensign Kenneth to be Lieutenant, vice Strode, who ex_ tenant, by p Stuart, from the 31st Foot, to be Ensigp, vi ce Me Donnugh, Jute 7th. tenant, by Foot-Ensign Charles John Ewen to be Lil u pull:base, vice Cuthbeit, who retires, Ju no 7. 71st Foot-Ensign Lewis William Ord to be Lieu -73d Foot-Ensign George Davit 3 to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sutton, who retires. June 7. purchase, vice Walmsley, who retires, June 7. 91st Foot-Captain James Masterson Pennington, from half-pay, Uaa'tachi:d, to Le Captain, vice Ward, promaeci, June 8. _ _ . 97th Foot—Major George Hutchison, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Darrab, who retires; Captain Augustus Frierick WelstOrd to be Major, by purchase, vice Hutchi: , on; Lieutenant Edmund Corn wall Legh, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Welatord; Ensign William Frederick Norman, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Legh, June 7. Hoorn 's'. STS - EL—Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Gibbons to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Seaman, appointed to the 23rd Foot, June 7. UNATTACHED. —Lieutenant James Masterson Pen nington, from the 91st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, June 7. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet-Major Daniel Thornlike to be Lieutei ant-Colonel, vice Story, retired upon full pay; Second Captain John Henry Lefroy to be Captain, vice Thorndike ; First Lieutenant Daiid M`Doa all Fraser to be Second Captain, vice Leiroy ; Second Lieutenant, William Jones St. John, to be First Lieutenant, vice Fraser; Brevet• Major Harry Stow, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice James, retired on full-pay; Second Captain, Charles James uchanan Riddell, to be Clitain. vice Stow ; First Lieutenant James Drummond Teller to be Second Captain, vice Riddell ; Second Lieu:enantWilliam Gilly Andrews to be, First Lieutenant, vice Telfer, slay 27. C‘ , mtn , siiion by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Her bert Butler Bat en, Gent., to be Corner, vice Tbring, promoted, June 1. WHITEHALL, MAY 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointei John Addinell Bromet, of Tadcaster, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 31. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Machin, of Audletn. in the county or Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Davie, of Oswestry, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Extra- dinary in_the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Daniel Pretyman and George Henry Hobson, iron mongers, Cornhiq, to surrender June 18 and July 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrauce and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. William Thomas Hearn, licensed victualler, Ports mouth, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-streeet, June 18 at half-past eleven, end July 18 at twelve. Johnson, official a,signee,: 20, Basinghall-street; Wood, 2, Gray's-inn-square. Henry Augustus Hope, carrier, Trinity-square, Surrey, June 14 and July 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Jerwood, Ely place, Holborn. Henry Bolton, straw hat manufacturer, Luton, Bed fordshire. June 14, at eleven, and July 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin lan, Cornh ; Ashurst and Sons, Old Jewry, London. Robert Thompson, builder, Hope -terrace. Notting hill, June 14, at half-past twelve, and July 19, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basioghall-street ; Coode and Co., King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. William George Mose, licensed-victualler, High-street, Peckham, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, June 18 at two, and July 9at twelve. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall street; Wilruott, High-street,South wark. Joseph Awford, mealman, Stroud, Gloucestershire, June 19 and July 15, st eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Winter bothatn, Stroud; Abbot, Bristol. Patrick Adair Black and John Whittingham, provi sion and general brokers, Liverpool, June 19 and July 18, at e!ev,n, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Bremner, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending June 4, 18.50. exclut • ive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the Bi:itish possessions in America 245. Bid. per cwt. From the Mauritius ... 235. td. „ From the East Indies ... ... 245. 1 lid. ~ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 245. M. , By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, June 7. COURSE OF EXCHA Amstcroam .... 12 2 1 4 Ditto, three months.. 12 3% Rotterdam .... •••• •• 12 33 4 Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 77% Brussels .......... 25 77% Ilamburgh ......M.B. 13 13 Anoxia ****** ••••• • • • • • Paris, 3 days'sight • 25 57% Ditto, 3 months 25 77% Marseilles • .• 25 80 Bourdeaux.... ..... • Frankfort on Maine.... Berlin • • .. • • .• .... • • • • Vienna, affec. flo ...... 12 13 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 20 Pateisburgh, 811. Able.. 37% Madrid .... • • ........ 49% Cadiz •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49% Barcelona • • • • ........ Sevilla • • • • •• • • -• • • • • LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar•• •••••••••• •• Leghorn ..••••••••.... 30 80 4enoa •• •• •• ••••• • • • •• 26 20 iXilan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venieo • • • • .• •• • • • • • • •• gapies .. •• • • •• 40% Palermo, peroz .• 121 Messina ••••••• • • • •• • . 122% Lisbon.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5314 Oporto 53% 'Rio Janeiro •• • • 27 Buenos Ayres New York, 60 dayesight Philadelphia .. .. ...... ?RIMS 01 BULLION, ?El oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 'Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 1 ' New Dollars ....:: 0 4 10 4 Silver to bars ...... •• 0 4 11% THE BISHOP OF EXETER IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Our readers have so much in another portion of our columns, and have the Gorham question so fully re-gone through, we trust for the last time, that we are confident we shall win approbation from them by our leaving the copious text of Chief Justice Wilde uninjured and un added to by any imperfect comments of our own. We further trust that the case is now finally disposed of and that peace may ensue. On the legal points the Bishop has been everywhere defeated, the most signally in the Court of Common Eels, where most confidently, cer tainly most hopingly, his Lordship looked for a triumph. Ou the doctrinal points, none of the courts to which ap peal was made ventured to enter. The law, therefore, his Lordship may gracefully obey: further opposition to it will only wound the Church—not her truths. His own opinions the Bishop may not only retain, but may, and doubtless will, act upon them. Should the question, however, ever again be brought before an appeal court, we should be well content, and the public would be all the better for it, if both parties were bound to agree to the decision, and restrained from further litigation —a multiplex querela before other tribunals. The remarks of Chief Justice Wilde on the Judicial Committee and the position of the adversaries before it, are full of wis dom. The mischief that has ensued has not arisen from the judgment rendered by the Committee, but from the discontent, put into suicidal activity, of the party who desired another sentence. If this party be not bent on more serious mischief than any we have hitherto conjec tured, let them now be at rest. They have lost nothing, save the privilege of violating the law. Moderate men see, in this contest, a legal decision, but no doctrinal triumph. One side has had ample justice awarded it, but is entitled to no ovation. The other has been de eated, but not humiliated. Let them henceforth be brethren in one Church —not adversaries within the same fold nor antagonists in camps divided.--Church and State Gazette. PLYMOUUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind S.S.E. to W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Invoice, Wilcocks, Pernambuco, with damage received in longitude 23 W., during a gale; Gra•. titude, Timer, Demerara. Put back, Princebs Helena, Adelaide, South Australia. The Stebon, Heath, Port Philip, has not bailed as reported. FALNOUTR, JUNE 6.—W ind S.S. W., strong.—Arrd. Alice, Tocque, Arecebo; Oste, Steffons, Buenos Ayres, and sailed tor Antwerp; Spray, Steele, Bahia; Commo dore, Pratt, Bahia; Lord Ravensworth, Scott, Havannah. Sid. Seagull packet, Madeira, Teneriffe and Brazil. DEAL, JUNE 6.—Wind S. W. to ‘V.S.W.—Arrd. Alex ander Johnson, Turner, Singapore; Penelope, Kerrell, Tubago. Arrd. from the river, Melbourne, Port Philip; Alice Maud, Algoa Bay; Kate Kearney, Gambia; Ja maica, Antigua; Countess of Durham, Havannah; Dart, Madeira. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, June 6. FEES (COURT OF COMMON PLEAS) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. SUNDAY FAIRS PREVENTION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions against Post•of&ce labour on Sundays. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions complaining of agricultural distress. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to move the second reading of the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, and he did not anticipate any opposition to the mo tion, because it was admitted on all hands, and by men of all parties, that the present state of the Parliamentary franchise in Ireland was a mere mockery of the principle of representation.—(The Noble Marquis's voice was here completely drowned by the noisy conversation of certain persons at the foot of the throne, the Noble Marquis turned towards them, and reminded them that a debate was going on. This remonstrance was received with loud cheers from all parts of the House.) Silence having been restored, the Noble Marquis proceeded to detail the provisions of the Bill. He said the House was well aware that the Irish franchise had always been con nected with the principle of property, it having been ori ginally enacted by Act of Parliament to belong to free. holders possessed of 40'., and in 1792 or 1793 it was further limited by the Irish Parliament, which declared that the right to vote should only be given to those freeholders who claimed and registered their right. He had always lamented—looking at the period when that alteration was made, it being the time when the privi lege of voting for Members of Parliament was extended to the Roman Catholics, thereby creating at once an enormous addition to the constituency—that the oppor tunity was not then tttli4n, while increasing the amount of the constitu, ncy, on the one hand, of limiting the EX. tent of the franchise on the other. He considered many of the evils which had since afflicted Ireland were attri butable to the retention of the 403. freeholders. It was the possession of the right of making freeholders, the temptation to make there, the enormous increase in their number cons( quent on tho admission of the Roman Catholic voters, and the amount of perjury, bribery, and contrivance entailed by these means on the country, by the desire to make what a as called a strong and commanding Parliameroaty influence, which led to those evils. When the English Reform Bill was passed it was thought that the right of franchise in Ireland ought be considerably raised. Whether the precise amount that was right Was then selected, was not a . , question now to be considered, as the amount of the cee,stituency had since been moterielly diminished by subsequent changes. The Irish Re form Bill created a new class of voters, the 101. leaseholders, but even with that audition the number of voters in Ireland had fasten away to an amount which did not fairly rep: , sent the general population, especially as regardsd the county I constituency, which was how inferior to the boroogn constituency. The present et unty constituency of Ire land was less than 30,000, or scarcely two per cent. on the whole population. Indeed, at the last general eh c tion theta were more voters in one or two counties of England than in the whole constituency of all Ireland. During the last two years, also, that number had teen further greatly diminished in consequence of the suffer ings of the country. It must then be apparent that it was absolutely necessary to apply some remedy to this evil. He would now stare, as shortly as he could, the mede in which it was proposed to apply a remedy by this 13il1. It proposed in the first place—and he considered this one of the principal and main recommendations of this Bill, to get rid of the system of registration, the most fertile source of uncertainty, corruption, and e utility, and of trick and intrigue on the part of every in dividual, to obtain that which was worth something to him for the worst of purposes. That alone he considered a sufficient justification for the Bill. There was, how ever, a substitution, which was the rating to the poor. All persons would have votes who were rated to the poor at 8/. a year, the registry be made by the clerk of the peace, from the books, without the voter having any thiog to do with it. Persons would not be entitled to vote unless they had paid up their rates. That was the main principle c.f the Bill, which referred almost solely, however, to the county constituencies, no alteration being made with regard to the boroughs, with the ex ception that voters would be subject to the same test of rating as the county voters, and therefore giving them the snore facility of acquiring a vote without the neces sity of registration. All the other clauses were merely for the purpose of carrying out those provisions, and, therefore, he did not think it necessary to give any ex planation of them. He ought, however, to state, with regard to the second clause, that it any objections were made to it, he should not defend it, as he thought they ought rather to discourage than encouragejoint tenancy. He then moved that the Bill be read a second time. Lord STANLEY thought some portions of the Bill deserving of the support of the House, especially as it tended to assimilate the law in Ireland to that now ex isting in England. At the same time there were other portions so dangerous in principle, and calculated to work so injuriously not only in their immediate effect on the constituency of Ireland, but in their possible effect on the constituency of the country at large, he meant as regarded the principle and extent of the proposed fran chisee that unless considerable alterations were made in the Bill in Committee, be should feel it his duty to do all in his power to induce their Lordships to reject it on the [third reading. He contended that the system of registration carried on in Ireland was quite different from that in England and Scotland, and that bad as it was heretofore, it would be rendered much more dele terious by the proposed measure; and would prove this assertion by showing that, instead of an annual regis tration. as in England, the system in Ireland is octennial. The Noble Lord then contrasted the number of electors that existed in Ireland in the years 1832, 1840, and 1848, and argued that the number of county constituents in 1832 was only 59,000, whereas, in 1847, there was an aug mentation of 2,000, making the number of county elec tors 61,000. But, at the same time he would re quest of their Lordships to look to the astounding diminution owing to the distress in that country, produced partly by famine, and partly by free trade ; fir from 61,000 Irish constituents in 1847, Ireland, in the following year, could not boast of more than 34,000, and in 1849 the number was again reduced to 27,000. He admitted that this falling off was attributable, in a great mea sure, to the popular excitement created by the famine, which deterred thousands from entering their names on the registry list; and should add, that he had it on the best authority, that in some counties of that ill-fated country there were not more than 900 electors out of 5.000 inhabitants; and he expressed his delight that the people of Ireland began to know that there were other matters of more vital and important interest than agi tation. Ho would next refer to the boroughs, and was prepared to show that though there was a diminution in the constituencies of the counties, there was a very great increase in the electors of the boroughs, amounting to 2,000. He should also say that he totally disagreed with the two propositions in volved in the Bill, and so strongly alluded to by the Noble Marquis (Marquis of Lansdowue), and hoped that such principles would not be pressed, as they must ine vitably result in a serious injury to Ireland, and be come a precedent for many of the Chartists and others in England to demand a vote by ballot. Though he did not mean to oppose the second reading of the Bill, yet he should remonstrate with the Government, and hoped that a measure fraught with so much danger to the framework of society in Ireland, would be reconsidered and withdrawn. When the Noble Marquis expressed his regret that the forty-shilling freeholders had not been abolished at an earlier period, he (Lord Stanley) thould say that he fully coincided with him; and he was there fore more astonished that the Government should now in troduce a measure which would be far worse to Ireland than the law which created forty-shilling freeholders. When the Noble Marquis said that he wished that an in terest of 5/. per annum was to constitute the grounds of the franchise, did he not reflect that such a system would be far more perniciou3 than the 40s. freehold system ? , He did not consider it right that one-sixth of the electors ' of the entire kingdom should be established by this Bill, particularly as such a line of proceeding would negative the influence of the respectable class of society, and would also introduce into the House of Commons a set of men that would be likely to mar the best objects of any Government. He feared that Government, in their ad vocacy of this Bill, were putting the poisoned chalice to their own lips, and that ere long they would heartily regret their present ambition; for he would ask their Lordships to look to the county of Mayo, where 1.000 paupers, at a rating of 81. would swamp the respectable portion of the community in that county. The Noble Lord then contrasted the constituency of Scotland with what this measure was likely to provide for Ireland, and said that nothing could be more unfair or unjust than that, Ile also argued that it would be the means f creating division and altercation between the tenant and the landlord on the one hand, and between the priest and the landlord on the other. Ile then alluded to Mr. Griffiths' valuation, and said that at the time that that valuation was made that the price of corn was up to 50s. per quarter, whereas at present it is not more than 30s. He would not oppose the second reading, but should contest every clause in Committee. Earl-GREY considered there was a political necessity for increasing the elective franchise in Ireland, which was now, by a variety of circumstances, dwindled down to a lamentable amount. The Noble Earl then entered into a consideration of the circumstances which operated to reduce the constituency of Ireland, and proceeded to say that the nature of the property in that country was such, that unless they came to the resolution of increas ing the franchise, the consequences would be prejudicial to the best interests of the people. He thought that there was an absolute necessity for making occupation the test; and on the other hand by taking rating in con nexion with that test, he thought they could not have a better security for the increase and proper exercise of the elective franchise. He considered also, that an 81. rating was not too low, and that the best principle which their Lordships could act upon for the right ex , ension of the franchise, would be not merely the principle of making the rating of individuals a necessary qualification for she right to vote, but also that principle which subjected them to be rated for the relief of others. There was one part of the system under the English Reform Bill which he considered of the utmost value in the consideration of this question, that of annual registration, which he trusted their Lordships would not lose sight of in the consideration of this Bill. The principle on which that system worked was of the greatest value, acting as it did, annually, to cause the rate-payer to renes' his in terest in his right to vote; and whether the qualification was to be fixed as low as 8/. or not, he hoped their Lord ships would give their assent to the second reading of the Bill now before the House.—(Hear.) Lord DESART could not refrain from expressing his protest against this Bill, believing, as he did, that no cir cumstance could tend more to defeat improvement in Ireland than the adoption of the Bill now before their Lordship? House. The Noble Lord then went into de tails of those circumstances and relations which exist between landlord and tenant in Ireland, and expressed his opinion that the adoption of the Bill would sever those relations, setting the tenant ,against his landlord, and forming a cause which would lead to, his making war upon him. He bore testimony to the great assistance which he had received from the Roman Catholic clergy men in his part of Ireland, in maintaining order; but their exertions were, he said, defeated by those illegal societies which were combined for the purpose of over throwing all landlord interest in Ireland, and should this Bill be passed by their Lordships, it would be a weapon placed in the hands of those most mischievous classes, which would enable them to accomplish that object. He therefore trusted that their Lordships would not give their assent to the second reading of this Bill. The Earl of ST. GERMANS considered that the opponents of the Bill, while they stated their objections to the measure, had altogether failed to advert to the evils which it was intended to remedy; while on the other hand, the supporters of the Bill evaded allusion to the objectionable clauses. Since the year 1835 there had been an annual diminution in the number of elec.- tors, and it was become necessary that it should be eil - but be admitted, to such an extent that the constituency should bear proportion to the population. What was wanted in Ireland was a real and bona fide constituency, and he did not believe that the granting of the franchise to the Irish people on a low qualification would induce the English people to claim a similar franchise. He objected, however, to the 8/. qua lification, and thought that the class of men whom it would constitute as electors were not those, either from their position or intellect, who should be armed with the franchise. The qualification was too low, and it would be much better if it were made to depend on houses of a certain amount of value. He thought a 12/. qualification should be adopted, if they took house and land as the test of value. The Noble Marquis had thrown overboard the joint occupy ing clause, and he need hardly say that this determina tion on the part tf the Government gave him great sa tilfaetion. He objected to the clause which gave a 5/. tenant for life a vote, and he should oppose it in Com mittee, believing that if it were permitted to remain in the Bill it would have the eff , ct of creating fictitious voters. In conclusion, the Noble Lord suggested that as the present time was most ruitablo for the enactment of a ri gistration Bill, there should be a compromise on the part of the Commons as regarded the qualific tion clauses, and in that event they might reasonably hope to have a good Bill. The Earl Of WICKLOW rejoiced at the eba no t n : nt of tho joint ti nsntcy clause , and pledgedhimself give all the amendments intended to be proposed, the Most serious consideration in Committee. In t h e prin. ciple of the Bill ha fully concurred, and he believed 0356 vi,ht.n the detalls wi re propc•rh: corrected, well, and be attendee, wiql goOd results. ea to o:w ider The Earl of GLE'NGALL sa'd , as that th, re was a very t :tr, at iojthtice in this measu..ner it placed the nauper, whose ho,ldina• ~.s rated te• 5 1 . ri a annum, on a footing with the mosCrespectable pe"°°9ll-1 the counties; whereas, on thee other hand, the boro4o, were juitly and well protected from such an iuneitttl°,, it would work Again, he should beseech their Lordships to OPP se „, fl e il mev.suro such as this, which tended to create ter — n d and dissatisfaction between the people, their priests' s re the landlords. And, again, he should add, this ree4sittlep would tend to crowd the House of Commons wry s. :11 agitators as the late Mr. O'Connell, and other such Ills demagogues, which would ultimately tend to the disnlP. tion of the constitution. l eas The Alarquis of WESTMEATH said that 1 1 ° . , astonished that such a measure should be sur • us to Government, ,for nothing could be more per it the landed interest of Ireland, and particularlY when I tended to place the irresponsible portion of Irish so c i , on a footing with the respectability of the country. tbst The Earl of WICKLO W said that the CotnreiU, Ee nie st sat on the poor-law for Ireland considered that tare sure was essentially requisite for Ireland. aporteu The Bill was read a second time, an d ordered 01 committed on this da (Frida we. hit& The Sunday Trading Prevention Bill was re ad aI- , time, and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 6. FACTORIES BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last nigh this Mr. BROTHERTON did not hesitate to 00 t, :1„1 to Bill would be more efficient and be more benefit i be er the working classes than any other Bill whioh had surn passed into law, and he should give it bis corclis tbs t port. Ile thought if they adopted the relay asst` gear.) the Bill would be rendered a compl e te nullity --1 / 4 ob ject Mr. BRIGHT regretted that the time when a ou r. of that importance was introd u ced wa s not on e Ji/ t0 able to its calm investigation. He did not vaul t , ws alti into the general question of the Bill of 1847, "'gage , confine himself to the amendment before the •`" That question was not whether women and Y0u ° , 14 ,59s sons should work more than ten hours a day; l l u i ts ther they should make it imperative on all o°,„°„, pee machinery not to work more than ten hours. Woofs position of the Hon. Member for Roxburgh vrool'„ ng tb° the women and young p ersons , w i t h ou t restric":;aar employment of adults and machinery to the sat:a: eel :oJ her of hours, and th a t was a p ropo sition whi ch l 'i s tere' ceived to be well worthy the at ten ti on o f the Legl r 681' It did not appear to him that the Hon. M e mber I, o est ii. ford (Mr. Brotherton) under s t oo d th e p r oposition so ld The Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of state b i t e inform them that he had many suggestions wad" i s o with with respect to relays, which would no t interi el l o sen the intention of the Legislature with respect to 1 0 IS and young persons. He did not think the House t he possession of a sufficient amount of information 0 ' ite subject to legislate against the system of relsi s iorelf knew several instances, both in England and r soo which he specified, where a lar ge n umber of P e e p ee would be at once thrown out of em pl o yment if s tb se for , sent proposition were carri e d. H e s hould, tu h tliolli give his cordial s upp or t t o t h e p ro p os i t ion of 1 " - Member.—(Cries of " Divide.") wosi d Mr. FOX said a motion f or a S e l ec t Committe e gaes reopen the entire question, which had been long d ,bet decided by Parliament.—(Hear.) They had bef it ,' t oll it was intended to stop the system of relayet a ° e yed while that was allowed, it would be impossible to If to do evasion of the law. All that the Cummittee hs°,ooool now, in his opinion, was to vindicate the faith an c i ",. I fir of the Legislature.—(H ear .) Th e Bill o f the In t o tlfs Fielden had been accepted by the working pee P er Fully i° country as a boon, and had been acted on, grate ill t he one case and fsithfully in an other. By that m nperl e manufacturers had not been injured, although th° - ",sbe tives had been benefited.—(Hear.) Striving for it a6od' working classes had done for so many years, a c me ° ing at last the advantages of it, it must here „th e great disappointment to them eventually to bovies to word Ilf promise kept to the ear," and yet b r° s ibi° l l them in reality.—(Hear.) If they took away 0 0 40 of they bad given to the operatives, they deprived td pies that which was of the greatest value to them, ° ll , it to those to whom it was of no value whatsoer'.;:seich hoped, therefore, an amendment would be resistee'oee would go to nullify all the legislation which h 3d . de ,") , place on that subject.—(Hear, and cries of "D i " of Mr. S. CRAWFORD, as the representative t manufacturing locality, expressed his hope tba ., o o House would not d e p ar t f rom th e or i g i na l inten t ''',"olst . bad expressed, m an if este d, an d acte d u pon, in `,e700." ing on that imp or t ant quest i on on a f orme r oce." - • (Cries of " Divide.") el' The Committee then divided when there ePP e c -r For the amendment 0 4 ; 6 Against it ... ••• ; ,' Majority against the amen d me nt ... ed . " Lord ASHLEY then moved to i nse rt in line !" the word "act," the w or d s " no c hild." The t , c the, quence of the omission of th ese wor d s would lid w li , children of the teadere s t y ears wou ld be comp el 1 5, 1 11 to work in the morning at haltpast are'bofel adult women and yo u n g p ersons wou ld no t cores 0 0 six, and might be kept in the afternoon till 1 1 d ie .T eight, wh e n a d u lt f ema l es an d young perso ns -r missed at six. 0 0/ A , 0 o f Sir G. GREY said the omission of the wor ds of accidental, for the Bill abstained from all alt e ' - t i° P,,,' the law as fur as regarded children, as did also of his Noble Friend (Lord Ashley), t o which hie be sent objection appli e d j ust as much us to this il i/i " 0 ill' effect of his Noble F rleu d' s amendment would s " e llor. troduce an additional limitation to th e hours of le t ° , Lord ASHLEY said his object was to stio t i t children of tender years the same protection st! h l' e fis; forded to adult f ema l es an d young persons . 0° :ere that a very larg e p ro p ort i on o f the m ill ow oeo - favour of his proposition. One of the first men, ill e,offl (heater had w r i t t en t o hi m approv i ng o f fese. nt ohl which he had tak en , and declaring his cons'ic tl "wbi n an public opinion wo u ld con d emn a system ander - children were made to wor k earlier d later 0 , adults. • sio° Mr. AGLIONBY had thoht that the 01 23 ' 6 _, s i ert' the words arose from inadvertence; and be W":„ 0 i° l to hear the Right Hon. confessßaronet' that it " tentional. th Bt v g Mr. EDWARDS sa id, th e resu l t wou ld . be yoo ts labour of children would be substituted for tbat persons. • 14 0' of ea ts(' Mr. BRIGHT condemned the syetern Jae_ it e mentary interference in regulating the howl - by t', The amendment did not iirise from syroP 9 , t h ' these children out of doors, but for '-';‘) 0 ,4 1 pose of covertly checking adult leho u l,ertt, chinery, and steam-engines, which the 011 %sess;; of the motion did not dare to d° l iet er o What had been the result of their for° 3e c r eila s d re S ference but to increase pauperism precise/Y ~ of that age whi c h came w i t hi n t h e res t r iction: 0) 1 0 The only result of th e N o bl e L or d' s pl a n would t he t 0 crease the evil. He held in his hand a letter 1 30 Cd tnillowner who formerly employed as mail 69 0 s0tle dren under 13 years of age, stating that so W e g e o llt ne t been the meddling of the inspector that he -.- Sur s a came disgusted and discharged them all. Thei,.l - 0 0P,0 follow worse counsel than that of the Noble 1 ,43 ' 100 , friends, who wanted to make the FactorY Ac t 4 .1 restrictive than it always was. " tuolll . o lei Mr. BROTHERTON said that it w0u..,", e ,' recommendation to the Bill if it were made n - (1 0 ,swot namely, if it seated that they were to work '"(' OW re° the morning until six in the evening. Tflo', 01 0° to of the opponents to the Bill appeared to he tu - oinf i e s ts law. He would do all he ceuld to make the In; a P t ho simple that all the world could understand hi he was sure th a t none of the evils apprebie?": - „ c is lion. Member for Manchester would ever or' s v,;',eal' o re Mr. MUN IZ said that the work was don j _e 03 : 0 1, fine profits that the manufacturers wanted wo„"'tol l work out of the children than they were flu'''. to He would support the amendment. . ilare v Sir G. GREY thought it better to lettim a000: 0 10 that protectio n w hi c h t h e l aw a l rea d y sifforc k : v rin ci r r p, Mr. M. GIBSON sa id t h at t hi s was 1313""ss•Ceie-it introduced into the Bill, whi c h was w holly whic" to meet the object of the Noble Lord , 11 ., 3 I t he carried would have a most injurious tendol. l ,.: e t s 't 0+ o si° Mr. WALTER thought that the atnell u : e pr° s P s cr Noble Lord wee necessarily a corollary e tion fur the litnitation of adult labour. i ll° . 40 dedly in favour of the amendment. firf l 'aor j Mr. STANSFIELD hoped that the Nobi° - atle -603 - not press his motion, considering the o o' under which it was made. s. the g Mr. TRELA WNY said, considering ths- 10 0 *ft ;fli er sition of the Noble Lord would be seriouslY,.7pers' the labouzing classes, he would consistently els his opposition to all measures of this chose...son o re Mr. SLANEY thought that the proPc siti 00 ; 11° 0' Noble Lord weuld have the effect of litnitin i g o 'beur ° l of labour and the working of machinery to to posses, tirely, snd, being of that opinion, ho would p. tee interfering most injuriously with the worki,",„ 1 "00 Alderman SIDNEY supported the antec u p: s . uly, e f s er Noble Lord on the ground of hurrianith 0 " was agreed to, the children would have t° o'clock in the morning to prepare for work., ' Mr. HEYWOOD opposed the ameadnien" Ab ed The Committee then divided, when there ttPl2 For Lord Ashley's amendment 101„, Against it ... ••• Majority against the amendment "" 0 to Mr. BEST withdrew his amendment. des iei° be Lord ASHLEY said, in consequence of t he , tv isio ti 'yeti which the Committee had come on the late 4 `' ic e 1:1 o f/ felt himself relieved from the obliaation sy" ele e, ache under in respect to the Bill.' ' ilds 1 1 0 pile himself of the next favourable pror , t sfli claims of those children upon tie - Ott je • 0 1;10 V Mr. BROTHERTON Hoped that the e would persist iu his exertions to render th e. : • fr seti , . 0 tive as posiible. d Oa* If .. Lord ASHLEY only wished to Kuril' t oe being considered now under any , obngiti"_: it. He considered himself perfectly at l ibe e j sslfr e 'elo any course he pleased with reference to Oil Sir G. GREY had always understood •t o oie v et o 'Lord's intention to be to include c hildre ll o l o ,ol l ol although he had informed him that the i 0 ford th e would oppose such a propesition. The Nub' l ta ltel or e acted most consistently throughout, °E li ! , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 be ht,'" sense of the House upon his amendmene - nu m vionsly intimated to him (Sir G. GreY) w- lee The clauses up to 6 were then agreed to. ~_0 eel s o Mr. P. SCROPE moved the insertion of t a u cte d, to c i ing; clause •—" Previded always, and he* it I t o ds/ t ho during ail or past of tine period between tt7 ill of t he Sept, tuber of any year and the Ist day (I, , :r abs vo li o following year yourg psrsons and ferosn sa tot_ l o % ego of 18 years may be employed, exceet,.v:;, o mayo. between the hours of sew n of the clock oa : o " nints ,e, and sevt-n of the di)ell (~f the tut d'e stead:of the hours hereinbefore o so y following regulations and eonditiQue (that t 18 MET. The Hoi O claw bodies to b t o bo fixed Mr. ST4 f ees or sun I 'Ned by P Sir E 'ees fixe G i o f I* Pa r lac .• .aPeration e~Y to mu Yr Lord DI : / hich g aT , fees.