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"r , fled tile I, housr, y Efcepcf arid fet' l , loor of w lii : t :coked 01e ,:, )u t 111 ',', is posses`` years' its Henry ICI tind s . h i etit , d tuna( 11 stle' [Spi t s, cbare. in p o r lic" It, a b ° o the P a ri on ¢ 4 1 he • Pr' the Ill ee ,: c o JUL iy , , b 00 .1 r colt) er . the ) 1 1 ruf 6P ststi ol3. o] and what be t; ba hayd ' U Aft ,TO l ES.) LLCUI ;I' ~• , f the P t ba I I' 1 , 13 (if ter Jo t° ber t 1 00 11 1 g il ;,1 3 : 4 1 1 tl. l ord 0 'Asse P le i f ° Vire - p l of J°l' 6,040 /at& for Ale °l ' 01" )110" The Hon LORD COCKBURN in the Chair. The THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL • GENERAL COURT of this SO , CILTY was held in Edinburgh on the sth March, 1850. •-- The Hon. LOlti) COCKBUIIN in the Chair. s The Alanager read to the Court various Statements rela tive to the Society's affairs, from which it appeared I st, That during the year 1849, the total number of Policies actu "ssssd and issued was 600, covering Insurances to the extent of 422;0651.1 la. 4 ., Tin, is, capital of the Society at 31st December, 1849, was 2,167,5061. 9s. Id., having' increased during the year to the extent of 112,957/.165. 2d. That the Annual Revenue of the Society at the same date was 200 . 5 35/. 19s. 64.. being a decrease since last year, ar;sing frotn the reduction in the rate of interest during the currency ithe year. • 4t. h"' "-- ss mosiber of deaths which had occurred during the Year 1849 was 111, the sums insured ender the Policies • which have emerged in consequence of these deaths, being il 117,621/. lOs , or, w ith Bonus additions , 148,024.. 12s. : . s th, That the above . sum of 117,612/. 10s. and the number of deaths were in the ratio of 63 per cent. of w hat might have been expected, according to the tables of mortality upon Which the Society's calculations are based. Ths of the statements read having been confirmed by AUditOr, • rile Chairman, addressing the meeting, said, the Manager has iolv read certain papers, and made certain s tatements, which con ttab, a faithful exaesition of the exact state of our affairs. Ile l done se, I really am no' aware what I can do to add either ti to your information or to your consequent confidence in this Institu t srs * him jour:eonfidenee must defend on the " facts" youl.have heard the place ; and were it not the usage that th e p erson who occupies h -- eldace which I have the honour to occupy is ex p ected to make t °4le ad dress, I think the most judicious thin g I could do would be maintain silence. At the same tune, however, it has often oc letan'Sia-eqduiteotme, and it occurs to me now, that perhaps a recapitulation „,„_ way, and in ordinary • l ang uage, of the almost t echnical i shi tee nts made by the Manager, may sink more deeply into yoar d"' '• and bel inure easily carried away—(APplause)—and there ay allo h w to recall to you a few of th e leading facts which you .e now Iseard.—(Renewed applause.) One of th e fi rst of these—at l eas t the one that leads me to consider the remark have to make first-1s one that I was not aware of mYs ta :lfll ve r y recently, w hi c h is the view exhib ited of the pro gr ofthis Institution by our mere numbers. I do not here si t iZ of the sums insured, of our investments, of our secu rities, ° r of anything of that sort. Look at our mere nurobers. I sh'• ne better test of a society like this being well managed,—of . ti ze not only being no suspicion in regard to it. but that public con nsa,ll,..ee has been always on the increase, titan in the increase of the 1) 0 7" r of Its interested members—of members, I mean, who have to interest but pure selfishness—who are as anxious as men can be i f ,trotect themselves from misconduct, in order that, fh s ale° usly detected, it may be timeouslys corrected. Now iteb _w it that in the year 1815, when tho Society was instituted, we no ' t !' with a small nest-egg ef 49 members—(Laughter) —and it did silook Well for the year 1816, that the eggs laid then were only 17. u n s enews, s‘s laughter.) I also find that during the first six years of (L e s•vsety's existence 212 were the sum total of our chickens.— atit hte r ) And hero ' I may observe, that the first thing that /seises:P ell the great caution with whist' the lives must have been l ear ss.; for of the 49 members who were admitted in 1815, 35 ssh, s age, eleven still remain upon the books, after deducting many de r ge feting still. Thin, any iss v o surrendered their policies, and who, for aught we know, may be of the lY who joined them in the year 1818, after surrenderers, there are still three upon the books : 1 ,5 of the 212 who joined the society during the first six years of ....`"Xistence, nearly 60 surrendered their polic ies, but 49 still survive. (II e n , P P l anse.) These seem to me to have been well selected lives.— ritm se ar.) And the result now is tha t, at the end of 35 years, the ber of o ur members amoun t s , not to one thousand , nor to t wo, si t hree, nor to four, nor to five, nor e ven to six, but to above x sti( i) o usand.—(Applaa s e.) We have now above six thousand in- Itayrsd l ives. From this fact I infer nothing but this—that, since we scirt have Many jealous but uncomplaining ey es p r y ing into us, I pre that we cannot be an ill-managed body. policies Business done during the year 1849, after deduction of several t which were cancelled, amounts to above 422,0031. ; that is th : t aY, that last year the Insurances which we e ffected amounted to coa suns, The number of Policies on these insurances amounts to s i ", - _ be tag. at the the average, over all — which , I a m told, is a high of no less than 7001. on every policy. t(fl,,,pital has increased during the year that is now closed by 2,167 55 7,• 000 /. ; and the total Capital that we own now amounts to taw ' t• ; that is to say, in round numbers, which will be far inure Y r emembered, considerably above Two Millions of money.— IPPlau se. ) The statement that we have above Two M illions—that is to say that we ought to have it—would be a very idle one, if our funds a fe e not well invested; many a man thinks lie has, and he ought to as : It ; but when he comes to grasp it it eludes the closing hand ; is" ll l` l , .therefore, it is of vital and all-Important consequence to be told 'We have Place, that of our investments, so far as we have discovered, 5,..,4 , Mve never yet made a single Lad one.—(Applause.) 'I hese in ss7, !tents are, ter the most part, laid out on real security—l mean ein Scotland, the best country, in my belief, for real security, in T o ° Pe ; and, besides this, a large portion of our capital is invested 'Ms to the members, upon the security of their policies. What better When security can there he than that?—(hear, hear.) A member L ‘ i he dies is our creditor, say for 1,0001. ; and he asks for a loan of ;if the policy be of equal value, we lend it to him, because canNe 'end it to hi m ou t o f hi s own money. With such a security we ,advance it ; and we are as certain of its return as he is that lie 4, 4 i claims Up on us. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank • s '''ek—l mean stock of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the t s•ak of En g l an d, w hi c h I b e li eve is as secure as can he. There ind. not a Penny of it laid out in any Bank Stock of which a single little private life entertains the slightest doubt. A by of ou r cap it a l i s l a id ou t irs redeemable annuities, which, 2" the law of Scotland, as we all know, fall under the class of advances secured under real property. Some of it is laid out on y s ttr t waY—inarit my next word, for this first one makes many ,Tie tremble—(A laugh) —some of it is laid out on railway de !ures.—(Applause.) Not one single sixpence of it—if there was fa t rthing of it, I would tell you honestly—but not one single farthing of it is invested in railway shares. One fact which I have 1 0 ! state is one which, above all ethers, testifies the solidity of these investments; and it Is, the regularity and the promptness with which the interest on the loans is invariably paid. Wherever an in vestment is not met by regular payment of th e I n t eres t, let the creditor begin to tremble. Now, with us, we have never found the leant cause for fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are always paid almost within a day of the time. The result I draw from all this is, that not on l y are th ese investments goo d , b u t th a t they it so good, that bett er cou ld not b e obtained. M y b e li e f i s , that t t these investments were all now thrown loose, and the Di rectors were required to retrace their stel is and to getgood Realities, they could, and th ere f ore they would, , do nothing but recur exactly to the securities that they have already obtained.— (Applause.) The six thousand members of this Society have laid fix above two millions of as well -secured money as can be secured In Ws world Our annual revenue has decreased from the recent fall of interest during the last year, but it is now above 300,501/. The sum total of What we have insured amounts to above Six Millions and a Half. The deaths in 1849 are peculiarly instructive. In the first place, t hey amount to 111—a great number, and to be accounted for only fro they Prevalent pestilence. But yet though they amount to prob abilities;—that are only sixty-three per cent. of our calculated th e ;—that is to say, that our system is founded on calculation that there would be 100 deaths, while instead of tent, there have been 'Daly sixty-three, leaving thirty-seven per t ,'". over and above for the security of the Society.—(Applause.) Of 1 11 . 1 e 111 who have died—let the upper ranks think of this fact-24 athe f allen by cholera. It is commonly thought that this is a visi on 'which afflicts only the poor and the destitute. I dare say it T or a them first, and worst, but it is by no means confined to them ; w e beard it to-day stated, that o f those who died from it last tzrreolineeted with this socie t y , one individual was Insured for one for 4,000/.. one for 3 , 0001 . , two for . 2,0001., a one for like; l 4 , and that the wole twenty-four were insured hese lor someing and therefore you will obser ve that t, apparently Aeriodical visitations, ought to strike a lesson of prudeace on the -4 8 of men in all classes. 1 6 ;,,,nins paid b , us since we began in 1815, are above Iles ; and thisis a fact with which I was much struck. We ~51:e distributed above eleven hundred thousand pounds. We have us, to that extent the families of those members who trusted aa ,, and the example that was given by the manager so technically, , tati . With such proper brevity, of the benefits of this Institution, th e nl e . a_sreat impression upon use, as I have no doubt it did upon died abroad The case I refer to was that of an old . member who f or an.nroad last year, aid who had insured three times, each time taf a. ml . Well, he dies, and he has claims upon us for 3,0001. cer- A h oy But besides that, his representatives will receive considerably 2,00 W. as a Bonus. Thus, upwards of 5,001. is secured MIAs 1404 ; and, even after paying that, the Secie o ty was plusnearly (APplause.) pro'ta,,e,unext matter which I have to state is , one for w hich I am ver y (L a ,' 1 ; and it is, that we have bad up to this day , n o liti g a t ion.— sghter and applaus2.) aeed 'what I have stated are the material facts ; a nd what else satt s f s aY ? It is not my business, and I am sure it wouid be no or th:ction to you, if I were to boast of the excellence of our system, factio greatness of our success ; and still less would it give any Batts oietv n toYoU if I were to do that froin which every respectable So- Wlll for ever a b sta i n —th a t of attempting to raise ourselves by a entreat or comparison, or even by an allusion to kindred Institutions. itaetearry away with ra or r'' ai ne.) I have stated thefacts ; and having done so, I can do no ~e• It is for you to judge how your affairs have been managed, and you those resolutions or judgments which the are a , 14 , 1 , en ," You have heard are calculated to produce. My inferences itt%r reL Y two. It seems to me, in the first place, that this is a Society Whalen we may have perfect confidence.—(flear, hear.) My belief as i n civilit g as I do so ts ething about it, although not so much certainly th at i4OY begin our coafidence in it may go to this extent, We We wens to g our career again, with the experience which e Ka ye acquired, I know many ways in which we might act differ- I t l r Y, but I know no way in which we. could do better. —(Applause,) , 4 alists have often amused themselves by speculating about what Titnirkan would do, if lie was again to become a boy, with all the cape am': of his manhood. If' this Society were to do so, I seriously th e urt alY believe that we were to begin our career in 1815, with h or e xPerience which we have gaid hstween that time and the 185(i, we should walk in the ne very paths, nay n the very by which we have reached our present state. My other Infer uZe• —although it is something very like repeating the same sermon ps„,., — is, that it is the duty of all of us to do all in our power to sate a knowledge of this Institution, and still more to props -4,11.7 knovvleclge of the great duty, in this precarious life, of to o 1 1 ',, re aervation by insurance. Some people talk as if there were aa ri , e td rfe manY societies of this kind. Ido not agree with them ; and I Perfectly certain that, if the public, and every individual in it, li ves _equately impressed with the importance of insuring their great tl hat'therc would not only not be too many, but it would be foinul was perhaps a great deal too few.—(fresh, The i er , ~.1 44 is to get the community steeped in the conviction that de ne , s ' no way in which they can practise the great duty of pru de": o nail as by life insurance. Al! men are convinced that pru fpnn a a virtue, but all ir en are not cenvinced that there is no Ila erin n which that virtue can be practis , d with So small a present of those to any ev e ' e, contrasted with so great an ultimate reward. If you want You a -ani Ples of this, I san tell you where you are to find t , em. seek for them here. You must go among the families %tr ead : ‘,,," 0 have been bereaved, and amongst whom the s clay has th ese distributed greatly beyond a million of money. Go into Win tell lilies, and ask them what they think of life insurance. They their 0 ,, 1 3 ' 4 (41 that instead' of thinking it unreasonable and useless, 4_, your it the Duly Pang, even at the moment when they are experiencing • d ot of life insurance, is, that the head of their house hail to a greater extent. Therefore, what you have to ~u,,_tiSntlemen, is, In your various spheres, to urge this duty upon "ekl'af friends—to urge it simply upon these two grounds, that no man am avoid death, and that no man can fix its period ; but that In -10; lic e is a science which, out of individual irregularities, extracts of geninto o f lifeneral a eral uniformity ; an thus converts the very precarious ti method of correcting its uncertainty. These are ,ll:nPressions made upon me ; what yours are, I leave you to say. °fol Cockburn then resumed his seat amid loud applause.) ,_ Ol l the motion of Sir James Russell, K.C.8., of Ashiesteel, seconded "Y Professor Miller, a vote of thanks was given to the Courts of Di ?set • 44 ors, to the Trustees and Office Bearers, for their services during Past year. I On the motion cf Alexander Shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, seconded ethe Rev. James R. Campbell. of Albany-street Chapel, the Courts of Directors for the following year were appointed as Ipllot ; PRESIDENT. The Right Hon.the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. VICE-PAZSIDENTS. . 11 e lion. Lord MONCREIFF. 411 s Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. The me,t. Hon the Marquis of TWEEDALE , K.T. and C.B. * WILLIA M GIBB ON-CRAIG, Esq., Younger of Riccarton, M.P, er V t Per? Rev, --- in ----- nrrasonmn attv ntuncToas. The R u e a y. i P e rnel. M‘Farlane John Ravenbill, Esq., banker, 3 o1)`' 'tilers Esq., of Culter - • W arminster. Th o mas Beveridge, Esq., D.C.S. - s a „„.. z ?,! 3 i'Gregor, Esq., Chairman CharldesDßaillie, Esq., advocate. die t 6 outhEastern Railway. Arch . avidson, Esq., Sheriff of tq l r ohlt Stuart Richardson of Aberdeenshire. ,th our., Bart. William James Duncan, Esq., ,„ I ' l light Ron. the Earl of Lincoln. Manager of National Bank. b a " D h l arl Horner, Esq., London. * Sir William Hamilton, of Pres 'el Watney Esq. Wands- ton, Bart. It„'nrth, Loudon ' . ' * The Solicitor—General for Scot •iiivier. Rob er t M acna i r, P a i s l e y. land. a ul Shuttleworth, Esq., * Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff t 1 Argiln, e erk, Liverpool. of Lanarkshire. Iv ii „"Y Murray of Dollerie, W.S. * George Dundas, Esq., Sheriff of „utni Mitchell lanes Esq., of Selkirkshire. v4rscns Green. Chrl ORDINARY DIRECTORS. me rchant, --erch Wood, jun., Esq.Xreorge Gibson, Esq., merchant. a„, ant, Leith. - Leith. Iv i n i t „ ,s Balfour, Esq. of Pilrig, W. S. William Wilson, Esq„ W.S. l 'ani- Smith Esq., of Curbeth Sir Adam Hay, Bart., of Hays -I,,Guthrle. ' Le 4 1",1 3 1 / 4 YIeY. Esq., of Manuel. John Cockburn, Esq., merchant. Jarr l tex. Wallace, Esq., archt. Henry Cheyne, Esq., W.S. .0, 1 _..1 , ylne. Esq., W.S. * Robert Scott Moncrieff, Esq., ,74a der Pringle, Esq., of Whyt- advocate. ja z e lk. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ W.S. lee ,w. Tyt Cr,lersq ofWeodhouse- • Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., W.S. On u Those marked * are New Appointments. Wank' t he a vote o motionf thanks of Robert Paul, Esq., manag on er of Chairman, the Commercial re . iour ftw ee lved with much applause, and the Court thereafter ad- JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. Edinbieh WILLIAM GEORGE, Chief Clerk. LONN 5 , St. Andrew Square, Bth March, 1850. OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. HUGH MICEAN, Agent. _ q 4 4 .1, •• • ! ' 7 , rl N U 17 9 957.] I,ONDON SATURDAY . • - Etin $ , 4 y APRIL 13 ) 1850. .I.II,2O=MMIL TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen. Having now concluded a protract:Jl and arduous canvass, I desire to return mygrateful acknowledgmentsfor the kindness and courtesy which I have everywhere experienced, and to assu,e the numerous friends who have honoured me with promise of tkeir votes, that 1 find myself abundantly justified in looking turward to the approach i election with perfect confidence that thiough your kindness shall obtain the object of my ambition. I have the honour to de, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient humble serv P ant, 11. T. RINSEP. Committee Room, London Tavern, April 12, 1150. TI -1 0 PR OPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, A vacancy having occurred in the direction of your affairs by the lamented decease of your late Chairman, Major-General Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., I hasten to apprise you that, In accord ance with my address of the 12th of April, 1848, it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot on this oezasion, and when the day of election is fixed I shall lose no time is forwarding the usual Proxy Papers to my supporters in the country ; with warmest acknowlend which enables me to look forward w•th perlect confidence to the attain ment ci the honourable and important position I have been so long aspiring to,:I would still most earnestly and respectfully solicit my friends to continue their kind exertions to secure my success on the present vacancy. I have the honour to be, My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, J. A. MOORE, Major, Late on the Staff, Hyderbad, Deccan. 19, Portland-place, April 6, 1850: *** My Committee sits daily at the London Tavern, where it is respectfully requested that any alterption in the addresses of my friends may be forwarded G REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY. GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors in this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on MONDAY, the 29th Aran., 1850. at Twelve o'Clock at noon, for the General Business of the Company, pursuant to the Act. he Books for the Registration of Shares will be closed from the 20th to the 29th April inclusive. (Signed) WIIARNCLIFFE, Chairman. CORNELIUS NICHOLS ON, Superintending Director. 3, New Broad-streat, London, 12th April, 185% N.B.—The Sealed Certificates are ready for delivery, and will be forwarded to order, at the expense of the Proprietors. lii/TANSELL, HORNE, and Co., Wholesale f Tea and Coffee-dealers, No. 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside, invite the attention of families, hotel -keepers, and other large con sumers, to the peculiar system of their establishment, which is to supply them on the same terms as the trade, at the luwest whole sale price. Price list and samples forwarded free. A single pound and upwards sent free within five miles of town. —Ado Six. pounds and upwards forwarded free to any part of England.ress ansell, Horne, and Co., 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. IFMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. 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The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April P, 1850, exclusive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatien thereof into Great Britain: — From the British possessions in America 235. led. per cwt. From the Mauritius ... ... 235. llid. From the East Indies_ ... 26a, 100. ~ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... ... 2 Is. 6d. „ By authority of Parliament, IlExnv BICKNIILL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, April 12. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Ministers on Thursday experienced another check in the Assembly. M. COMBAREL DE LEYVAL proposed that the concession of the Paris and Avig non Railway should be , granted to two companies instead of to one only, the first company to construct the road from Paris to Lyons, and the second com pany to construct the remainder of the road from Lyons to Avignon. The Minister for Public Works finding that he was likely to be in a minority, offered to agree to the amendment on condition that both companies should bind themselves mutually to com. plete the works ; but even this condition was not accepted, and the proposition of M. COMBAREL DE LRYVAL was adopted by a large majority. The Finance Minister is, therefore, no longer able to per form his agreement for the concession of the whole of the road to the house of ROTHSCHILD, and should they refuse to accept half instead of the whole, he wilt have to'reconstruct his budget, and probably to resign office. • The auger of the Ministry against the Assembly and the Council of State is unbounded, and the official lifoniteur du Soir publishes the following com plaint of the executive against constitutional Go vernment : " Doss the Government desire to protect society against the spirit of disorder by repressive laws—does it seek to arm justice against the excesses of the press. and the administration against the plots of demagoguism ? It meets but doubtful and lukewarm support from the majority of the Assembly; the measures of safety that it offers are killed by interminable procrastination of the irresoluble difficulties of Parliamentary Government. Yet people call for acts. They might as well ask the mill to turn without water, the steam-carriage to go without steam, or the ship to sail without sails." In the meantime the feud between the various sec tions of the re-actionary party grows more embit tered every day. The Moniteur du Soir says— " About - 220 - members of the Parliamentary Club, held at the Council of State, assembled last evening, M. Thiers was the first who ascended the tribune; the Hon. Member drew a picture of the state of the country, in which ke only saw a society threatened with a Socialist Jacquerie, if energetic inelsures were not adopted. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his speech by saying that he was more than over dispoco.l to unite himself to the ma. jority, and he called on the Legitimatists to declare them selves as to the policy they intended to pursue under such critical circumstances. M. Betryer replied that his party would always rally to the majority on questions of order, but not on those which might compromise its po licy. M. Piscatory warmly blamed the amendment pre sented some days since by several members of the Right concerning transportation, as, by a semblance of genere sity,-it might throw odium on the majority. The nr , cting postponed to a future day coming to any definitive reso lution as to the state of affairs. It decided that it would oppose the Bill for imposing a duty on transfers on renter." At this meeting M. TRIERS declared, with great bitterness of tone and manner, "that the Moderate party had no choice for the moment but that of ac cepting the Republic.'' The Committee to which the Bill was referred pro posing to give to the PRESIDENT of the Republic power to dispose of the produce of the national manufactures at Sevres, the Gobelins, and Beauvais, for diplomatic presents, &c., has refused to grant that power to the PRESIDENT, and has proposed to give It to a Committee of the Assembly. This report (which is personally insulting to the PRESIDENT) drawn up by the Legitimatist, M. BETTING DE LANCASTEL. The steam-frigate Cacique arrived at Toulon on the Bth from Civita Vecchia, bringing a battery of the 31 Regiment of Artillery, 130 c ffi cers an d sub officers, and 105 horses. The Cacique left Civita Vecchia on the sth, when a good deal of movement was observable in the port, several steamers preparing to take troops on board. The 25th ,Light Infantry and the Ist Chasseurs were ready to embark. Th e army of occupation, says the Toulon letter, was to be reduced to 10,000 men, and even these might be re called, unless the POPE takes up his residence for an indefinite period at Bologna or Ancona. The French will not evacuate Rome until the POPE'S return. Plais BOURSE, APRIL 12.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 88f. 65c.; Three per Cents., 54f. 90c.; Bank of France, 2,150 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 12. Great Indian Peninsula, I—Northern . of France, l 2 Orleans and Bordeaux, 2 1 4—Sambre and Meuse, 2%—Tours and Nantes, 2. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 7th have been received. The Clamor Public° says that the consolidated debt, foreign as well as domestic, amounted in 1847 to more than 8,000 millions—the non-consolidated debt to 7,000 millions reals. Since 1847 divers ope rations have taken place in the funds, and the real effective debt is about 20,000 millions reals. The Bulsa was closed on the 7th. [PRICE SD. COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TO MR. JAMES ANDERSON. - CLOSING OF DRURY•LANE THEATRE UNTIL WHITSUNTIDE. On Wednesday next, the complimentary benefit which the performers engaged at Drury-lane Theatre have determined to give to Mr. James Anderson will take place, and we trust the public will do their duty as nobly as the members of the corps dra matig4e have done theirs, and will give Mr. An derson a bumper. The performances will consist of the Lady of Lyons and of the Devil's Ring, and it is announced that it will be " the last night previous to Whitsuntide." We regret exceedingly to see this an nouncement, and it is by no means creditable to those who hold themselves forth as the patrons and admirers of the drama that this most praiseworthy attempt of Mr. James Anderson to restore to the legitimate drama its splendid home in Drury-lane, should have met with such little success as to necessitate the closure of the house within a fortnight after Easter. If tragedy, sup • ported by Anderson, and the Vandenhoffs, and Cooper, and Emery, and though last, yet perchance the greatest of all, Laura Addison, the modern Miss. O'Neil, fails to draw ; then may we indeed despair of the cause of the legitimate drama. Let us hope that the season after Whitsuntide will yet repay Mr. Anderson for the great and most praiseworthy exertions he has made. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London New Price Current, April 12.) SUGAR.—To-day West India Sugar was purchased with much caution for all purposes, and in some cases the rates taken were rather under those current pre viously. Only 200 hhds, &c., sold, making 1,152 for the week, and the decline during that time has been fully 6d per cwt. REPINED.—Tc-day Refined Sugar was purchased with caution for home-trade purposes; brown lumps at 48s to 483 6d, and fair to good grocery 49s to 50s per cwt. The demand for Crushed Sugar is still limited, and at former rates there are free sellers. MATJAITIUS.—This afternoon the market was in a quiet state for Mauritius Sugar, and at public sale 2,000 bags were only in part sold at rather lower terms; good yellow went at 37s to 37s 6d, low to mid 34s to 36s 6d, and good to fine brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This of arnoon there was not much desire evieek dto operate in Bengal Sugar. The public sales of 3,972 bags went at barely former rates, still nearly all s..dd ; fine white Benares realised 39s to 39s GJ, mid,to good 373 6d to 38s 6d, clamp and washed 37s to 37s 63, low to good brown 28s to 30s 6d, good grainy yellow 40s, and mid 375, mid and good soft yellow 33$ 6,1 to 353 61 FOREICIN.—TG-Jay there was no public ale of Foreign Sugar, and the amount of business concluded by private treaty was small fur all purposes, although rather lower rates were taken. TEA.—The value of ordinary and good common Con gou is 93 to 911, medium kinds 10d to is 2,1, and better sorts is 2id to is 8d per lb. A further reduction is also likely to take place. With Green Tea the market is more abundantly supplied, and the rates taken are ld chases made have been limited, more especially in t he per lb under those current two weeks back , yet t he pur better sorts, as a further decline is looked for. Scented and Pekoe met with little attention, and former terms are to be obtained. MOLASSES.—West India met with little attention, and former rates are not to be obtained. The value of low to fine quality is from 14s to 17s per cwt. Other sorts have been operated in with caution; Mauritius at 123 to 12s 6d. and Bengal at 13s to 13s 6d per cwt, but arrivals are likely to be smaller than in the former year. COFFEE.—This afternoon a further reduction of is to is 6d per cwt took place for Native Ceylon, and only moderate purchases were made by private treaty. At auction 417 bags of the new crop sold at 46s to 46s 6d for good ord, and at 45s 6d for damaged. There are still free sellers of Plantation, and at the public sales of 79 casks 571 bags, prices further declined 2s to 3s, making the fall for the week 5s to 7s per cwt, but the chief part sold; good mid and good went at 55s 6d to 56s 6d, mid 52s to 54s 63, low mid 51s to 51s 6d, fine fine ord 50s to 50s 6d. Of Madras 53 bags were taken in at 51s for bold yellow. COCOA.--In Foreign the private operations have been upon a limited scale at 28s to 29s p er cwt., s till no ma terial reduction is looked for. O f Wes t India the quan tity is 2,500 pkgs larger than in the previous season, and few sales have been made by private contract during the week. At public sale 118 bags Trinidad were of fered yesterday, and all withdrawn. SPIRITS.—There is no improvement in the home or export demand for Jamaica Rum, but as supplies at market are limited, prices do not decline. Operations have been upon a small scale; 20 to 29 per cent over proof at 2s 3d to 2s 7d, 30 to 36 over 2s Sd to 2s lid, good and fine 3s to 3s 7d, and choice marks 3s 8d to 4s 23. East India is held for is 4d proof, still few orders base ,been completed. Leeward Island has been purchased with caution, still the market is firm at is 4id to is 5d proof. In Demerara operations have been larger than in the former week, and the rates paid are from 2s 2d to 2s Gd for 34 to 38 per cent over proof. For Brandy the market has a dull aspect. There are sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1849 at 4s 41 to 43 6d, 1848 ditto 4s 7d to 4s 9d, 1847 ditto ss. Id to 5s 33, and inferior sorts 2s 9d to 4s 4d. Geneva at is 7d to Is 83 for ord, and fine at 2s 3d to 3s 3d per gallon. SPICES.—Of Black Pepper arrivals have been upon a larger scale this week. The value of Sumatra is from 3-,f,-d to 3P, and Malabar 30 to 34d per lb. Only trifling sates have been made in white at 53 to >id for low to fine. Pod has been dull at 30s to 50s. For Nutmegs former rates are not to be obtained, low to good brown 2s 4d to 3s 3d, fine 3s 43 to 4s, bold limed I)uteh 2s 83 to 2s 10d. Mace 2s 2d to to 2s 4d fur ord and mid, and 2s 6d to 2s 9d for better sot t. Of Cloves a desire is evinced to sell Beucoclen at la 6d to ‘.).;, Penang Is gel to is Bd, Bourbon and Zanzibar 7,t1 to Bd. O Ginger none has b een submitted to public competition this week. ja , u i na realised from 41 to 101 for low to fine, ttarbadoes and African 323 to 365, East India export sort 19s to 25 , , and home trade kind 30s to 120 s per Cwt• For Cassia Lignea, prices have declined 6s to 83 per Vet t. At public sales 600 chests were sold; first third l O c o pile of ind;if sent colour ev ent at 95s Gd t o 97 5 , secon d ditto tar t. P imento has been rather more in 7 s a t itco2 9 d for good o r d coarse to goo d even . R public 6 I s 9 a e 326 bag s ls, u.nd were out chiefly ffi y conditio n disposed of A further reductio n h as b een su b m i t t e d t o for East India , y et the p rivate sales have been and do not exc eed 3,000 ba g s . The rates taken have been for low and middlin g white Bengal 8 . to os, and for good to fi ne 93 t.) 105, but the chief demand. 5 53 : t:1 t o 5 t part realised Ss to 9a At public sale 1,429 to 265, p i n ky white, and 7 8 6d to 8 s f ur P e arl bags were taken in n at 9s 6d for good white rather dusty and a little broke but 401 ba gs Madras sold at 83 to The value of ca r g o i s 6 s 6 3 to 7s 6el per cwt, and few buyers to be found. In Clea ned Bice only sma l l a B B e a 6 ri d ey. or f good to accept for to 11s to 20s, broken Os 63 to lOs 6 d , and Americ an cleaned 18 s 6 d to 20s s rs are 26 7, soles have e ss b e e d en Carolinanaade se 19s per cwt. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was not much de sire evinced to do business in Cochineal, and rather lower rates n ere accepted. At auction 61 b ags H on d uras silvers went at from 3s 8d to 3s lld f or or d to goo d mid, and 4s to 4s 3d for go od to fine; 3 bags good Mexican silvers 3s 7d to 3s Bd. INDroo.—The quarterly sale is fix e d f or t h e 1 4 t h o f May, and at present 1,857 chests are declared, while the total quantity is expected to be 10 ,000 chests. A greater disposition has been evinced to operate in East India, and several parcels have been taken by shippers and home dealers. Spanish met with rathe r more a tt en tion. TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went off flatly at rather levy( r rates. Of South Ame can 377 pkgs only in part sold at 33s to 365, and infe rior 31s to 32s 6d; 554 casks New South Wales at from 33s to 36a 6d for low to fine; 27 pkgs fi ne cape 38s 6d per cwt. OlLS.—Prices have fallen for Linseed Oil to 3ls 6d to 31s 9d per cwt on the p) t. Rape Seed Oil is cheaper, pale selUng at 99s to 405, and brown at 37s to 335, still a fair business has been concluded. Palm is not much wanted and 30s 6d to 31s is the value of fine. Cocoa Nut, good and fine Cochin at 32s to 345, and C ey l on a t 31 ; to 338. Olive Oil, 441 lOs to 471 per tun. It is diffi cult to purchase Cod under 351 per tun. For Seal the market has a quiet aspect ; pale is 361 to 37/, and other sorts 311 to 351 10s. Sperm met with more at tention. Sale; of fine British have been made at 811 lOs to 821 per tun. Headmatter is scarce, prime is worth 861 to 891. A brisker sale exists for Southern Oil, prices are firmer and rule at from 31/ lOs to 33110 s for low to fine quality. A Remarkable Cure of [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dropsy by Holloway's Piils. —At Wootton, near B e df or d, re sides Mr. John Robinson, sen., an opulent f armer , w h o some time ago was in a most dangerous state from dropsy, being nearly double his usual size; he was given over by his medical attendant, and was not at the time expected to live three days ; and yet from his hopeless state he was ear e d b y ta ki ng Hol loway's Pills. This gentleman is well known in all the market towns in the country. The wonders that this fine medicine does in all cases of dropsy are trul y surprising, an d those who are labouring under this d r eadful complaint sho u ld certa i n l y t r y this remedy. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollo way's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. Sampson appeared here last evening in the character of Menard, in his own admirable comedy Un Veuvage, a piece which, fJr the smoothness and elegance of its verses, the brilliancy and wit of its dialogue, and the artistical construction of its plot, is not unworthy to rank with some of the happiest efforts of the genius of Moliare. The plot is simple. A widower (Menard) is so per secuted by match-making mothers and the kind en treaties of friends that he should re•enter the marriage state, that he has rushed - from Paris to seek repose in the family of his old friend Dumon. Bat here there is still no rest for him. Madame Demon determines that he will be an eligible match for her daughter Cecile ; and, as if this were not enough, he encoun ters in one of the residents of the village a lady (romantic and a poetess) whom he had met at Bor deaux some time before, and from whom he had fled even on the very eve of marriage. Despera tion, however, has made him philosophical. He defies the widow and all her fury, and haring humoured Madame Demon's desire that he should marry Cecile, uses his power over her hand by bestowing it on a younger and more favoured lover. M. Sampson's acting in the character of Menard, the widower, was of the very highest order of comedy. He was the original Menard when the comedy was first produced in 1842, and as author and actor achieved a success such as it has fallen to the lot of few others to achieve. He last night received the honour of a special call at the fall of the curtain. The house was crowded with the elite of rank, beauty, and fashion. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) InAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the Gth day of April, 1850. tilers DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 30,150,420 Government debt .. 11,015,160 Other accuritie3 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,946,543 Silver bullion ...... 243,877 30,190,420 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 11th day of Apt il, 1850. HANSOM DErMATNENT. $30,190,420 Proprietorecapital.. 14,553,000 Etest •- ........ .. 3,033,525 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di- !Government securi- tles(including, Dead Weight Annuity)• • 14,418,854 Other securities . 11,981,434 Notes .............. 10,815,930 Gold and silver coin.. 745,342 vidend accounts).. 9,255,123 Other deposits • • • • •• 10,024,993 Seven day and other bills •• •• •• •• 1,091,919 X 37,961,560 £37,561,660 MARSIIA.LL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 11th day of .April, BAILIE'S UNITED ►SERVICE AND EAST INDIA RE- CORD, APRIL, 1850.—This is the second quarterly number of this most useful publication, which con- tains a list, alphabetically arranged and corrected up to the 19th ult., of the field-marshal, flag, general, and field officers, post captains, commanders, captains, lieutenants, cornets, and ensigns of the naval and military forces of her Majesty and the Hon. East India Company, on full or half-pay, or on the retired lists. It is, in fact, a . perfect mirror of' the united' service. 1?' CAPTAIN REID'S " RIFLE'IRANGERS.''— ‘ v Theie,itt says the Observer, " are two extraordinary volumes, teeming with various Mexican adventures, and written by no every day man. The attention of the reader is not only riveted by the incidents and scenes pourtrayed, but by the dashingly uaphic colouring of the descriptions." Ainong their con tents are the following adventure among the Creoles of New Orleans :—A Georgia llotel—A Spy in Camp—Landing at Sacrificios—lnvestment of Vera Cruz—Major Blossom— Going on the Scout—Adventure with a Caiman—A Mexi can Dinner—Subterranean Drawing-room—The Norther— A Brush with the Guerilleros —Captured by them—A Blind Ride—The Cobra di Capello—Dunce of the Tagarola—A Battle with Bloodhounds—Bridge of Monkeys, &c. EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE—New, Revised, and Cheaper Edition, in 4 vols. Vol. ll.—The new edition of this valuable book will meet with a warm welcome from the public. It will be now read by thousands, to whom the first editions have never been accessible. The Journal of John Evelyn commences in 1641, and is continued till his death in 1705-6. Thus we have a copious and faithful re cord of the habits, occupations, and reflexions of this remark able man (lurin g a period one of the most eventful and im portant to be found in our history. It is impossible to over rate the interest and value of a diary or correspondence written in such times as those of Charles 1., Oliver Cromwell, Charles 11., James ii., and William, by one who, observing accurately everything that passed around him, whether en gaged in his capacity as a public officer, or tasting the varied pleasures of private life and intercourse; who knew nearly all parties—actors in those busy days and stirring scenes— whether monarchs, ministers, or other eminent men.— Weekly Chronicle. The Lord Chancellor is convalescent, but we have heard that his medical attendants recommend a few day's residence in the country before he resumes his official duties. In foreign exchanges, bills upon Hiunburgh being more in demand, a slight decline has occurred in the rates. Bills on Paris were much offered, and caused a contrary movement as far as concerned that place. The other quota tions are not indicative of alteration. The meeting (if the representatives of joint-stock banks, appointed for Monday, to consider the proposed al terations in the stamp duties, is looked forward to in the City with considerable interest, it being understood that the clauses as they at present stand would seriously interfere with much of the ordinary banking business of the country. THE JEWS OF PIEDMOIT.—A correspondent writes from Piedmont, under date March Bth, " You can hardly imagine the miraculous change which the social and political condition of the Jews has lately undergone. We enjoy true liberty ; we are on a perfect equality with our Christian neighbours, with this difference only, that our Rabbles are not paid their salaries by the state. Fortunate y, however, our pastors can be paid by their own co-religionists, they having a budget of their own, and unite all their interests in the cause of religion. At present the Jews of Piedmont do not occupy many public offices, because there are not many of us capable 'of filling them; but we have one Jew in the Chamber of Deputies, and a great number in the Municipal Council."—Jewish Chronicle. COMBUSTIBLE BUILDING.—The annual loss to the community by fire is'something enormous, and, unfortunately, the experience gained so dearly produces little improvement. The recent destruction of an immense amo unt of property i n a Manchester warehouse, in a singularly short time, ought to produce an alteration in the mode of constructing these buildings; yet in all probability the old course will still bo pursued. If it were desired to construct a building capable of being burnt down in the shortest possible time, a better model than that offered by some ot the Manchester wate r could scarcely be hit on—with its large well-holes, wooden staircases, and continuous wood linings and casings. KELP PRODUCTS.—Mr. Paterson, of Glasgow, has sent to us the following samples of various products obtained by him from kelp: They are described as follows in a note from that gentleman :—No. 1 sample, crude saltpetre pro duced in my laboratory from nitrate of soda and from muriate of po t as h, obtained from my own iodine works in the con sumption of kelp. No. 2—the same produce as No. I, being a portion of the same experiment submitted to the refining process. No. 3—sample of refined saltpetre, produced from nitrate of soda and kelpmuriate of potash, manufactnred on a large scale, for commercial purposes, by A. D. and G. Morton, Glasgow. No. 4—sample of potash, produced from. the salts of kelp exclusively, and possessing all the properties of American potash. No. s—sample of pearl ash, produced from the salts of kelp, exclusively, and possessing all the properties of American pearl ash. No. G— sample of iodine from kelp by me. No. 7—sample of hydriodate of potash from iodine 13y me. These samples comprehend all the most valuable products of kelp; the common salt and sulphate of soda I do not trouble you with, they being of comparatively little value.—lnverness Courier. THE RELEASE OF MR. GRAHAM, THE EI LIEUTENANT OF HER MAJESTY'S SIM* CHILDERS.—The .board of Admiralty having taken into consideration the many piteous appeals made to them by the unfortunate pri soner, as to his rapidly failing health, the circumstances of his imprisonment, and the place in which he was confined, and having made inquiry and reference to the governor of the Queen's Bench Prison, and received his representation as to the place in which Mr. Graham was of necessity quar tered, being the misdemeanants' ward, and which the go vernor had no power of improving, added to which ne s tatement of the surgeon of the prison with respect to the condition of Mr. Graam's health, and its daily . becoming worse—taking all these representations and facts inlfuanomit consi deration, the Admiralty determined as a moor? o f term and compassion to remit the remainder of Mr. Gra ham's of imprisonment, and to direct throug h their marshal_ that Mr. Graham should be liberated , a nd last week he was ac cordingly set free.—Herald. ST. LAWRENCE.—A shocking accident occurred here on Saturday to a child about a year and a half old, named Vincent Ensor. iki n g left in charge of a girl about twelve years old, the latter was playing with her, and placed her on the copper when it andwasbtehinegchuilsdediellin, an thed was lid by a some means slipping on one side, _ much scalded in th e lower part of her person as to occasion death the next day . . At an inquest held on the body on Monday, by Sir. Delasaux, a verdict of" Accidental Death" was returned. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House rf ConntosslO FRIDAY, APRIL 12. OFFICIAL SALARIES. Motion made, end Question proposed, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the Salaries and Emoluments of Odkes held during the pleasure of the Crown by Members of either House of Parliament, voted in the Annual Estimates; and also into the Salaries and Emoluments of Judicial Offices in the Superior Courts of Law and Equity in the United Kingdom; and into the Retiring Pensions allotted.to the Judges • and also into the Eh pease of Di p l omat i c Establishments charged on the Con solidated Fund: '—Amendmeut proposed, to leave out from the 'word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words "this House is in possession of all the infor mation requisite to revise and regulate Public Salaries; that Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry, under such circum stances, would only lead to delay ; and that it is the duty of the Governnient, on their own responsibility, forthwith to introduce the measures that may be necessary for effecting every reduction in the National Establishments consistent with the efficient discharge of the Public service," instead thereof: Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided :-. MAJORITY—AYES, 250. Ably, Sir Thomas Frecstun, Colonel O'Connell, M. J. Adair, R. A. French, F. Ogle, S. C. Aglionby, H. A. Gibson, Thomas M. Ord, William Alcock, Thomas Glyn, G. C. Oswald. A. Anstey, Thomas C. Goulbern, Henry Owen, Sir John Armstrong, Sir A. Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord A. Arundel, Earl of Graham, Sir James Paget, Lord C. Baines, M. T. Greene, Thomas Palmer, Bounden Baring, Sir F. T. Grenfell, C. P. P a l merston, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Grenfell, Charles W. Parker, John Bass, Thomas Grey, Sir George Patten, J. W. Beckett, W. Grey, R. W. Pearson, CharleS Bellew, R. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Peel, Sir Robert Berkeley, Admiral • Guest, Sir J. Peel, Frederick Berkeley, Henry F. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pennant, Colonel Berkeley, C. L. G. Hallyburton,Lord J. ' Perfect, R. Bernal, Ralph Hardcastle, J. A. Feb.° Samuel • Birch, Sir Thomas Harris, Richard Pilkingtort, Jame. Blake. Martin J. Ilastie,lAlexander Pinney, William Blewitt, Reginald Hastie, Archibald Power, Dr. Bouverle, E. P. Hatchell, John Power, Nicholas Bowies, Admiral Hawes, B. Price, Sir Robert Boyle, Colonel Hay-ter, W. G. Pusey, Philip Brand, Thomas Headlam, Thoinal Nawdon, Colonel Bright, John Ileall,;James Reid, Colonel Brockman, E. D. Heathcoat, John Ricardo, Osman Brotherton, J. Heneage, Edward Rico, E. R. Brown, W. - •-• Henry, Alexander Rich, Henry Browne, R. D. • Hervey, Lord A. Romilly, Colonel II usfeild, W. Ileyworth, Lawrence Romilly, Sir John Buxton, Sir E. Ilobhouse, Sir John Rumbold, C. E. Campbell, W. F. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord John Cardwell, Edward Hodges, T. L. Russell, F. C. H. Carter, John B. Hodges, T. Twisden Rutherfurd,'A. Castlereagh, Via. Hollond, Robert Salwey, Cohmel Cavendish, C. C. liorsman, Edward Scholetleld, WI:IliaPl Cavendish, G. 11. Howard, C. W. Scrope, G. P. Cavendish, W. G. Howard, J. K. Benny, Francis Chaplin, W. J. Howard, P. H. Seymour, Lord Childers, J. W. Humpliery, Ald. Shell, R. L. Clay, James Hutt, William Shelburne, Earl of Clay, Sir W. Jervis, Sir John Simeon, John Clements, Charles Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, J. A: Clifford, 11. M. Keogh, William Smith, M. Tucker Clive, R. 11. Kershaw, James Smith, John B. Cobden, R. King, P. J. Somers, J. I'. Cockburn, A. J. Labouchcre, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Coke,;Edward ;K. Langston, J. H. Spearman, H. J. Colebrooke, Sir T. Laacelles, W. S. Strickland, Sir G. Collins, William Lewis, George Cr Stuart, Lord D. Cowan, Charles Littleton, E. R. Stuart, Lord J. Cowper, W. F. Loch, James Talbot, J. H. Craig, Sir W. G. Locke, Joseph - Tancred, H. W. Cubitt, William Lockhart, A. E. Tenison, E. K. Dalrymple, Captain Loveden, Pryse Thicknesse, Ralph D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lushington. Charles Thompson, Colons Divett. Edward Lygon, General Thornely, Thomas Douglas, Sir C. Mackie, John Tollemache, F. J. Duff, G. S. Mackinnon, W. Towneley, Johu Duff, James M`Cullagh, W. T. Townley, R. 0. Duncan, Lord M•Gregor, John Townsheud, Captain Duncan, George M'Taggart, SirJ. Trail!, George Dundas, Admiral Meagher, Thomas Trelawny, J. S. Dundas, Sir David Mahon, O'Gorman Tufnell, Heury Dunne, Colonel Mangles, R. D. Tynte, Colonel East, Sir J. Marshall, J.G. Vane, Lord H. Ebringtoii, Lord Martin, John Wahnsley, Sir J. Egerton, W. T. Martin, C..W. Watkins, Colonel Ellis, John 3,lasterman, J. Wawn, J. T. Elliot, J. E. IV atheson, Alex. Wegg-Prosser, F. Enfield, Lord Matheson, James Wellesley, Lord C. Eusten, Earl Maule, Fox Willcox, Brodie Evans, Sir De Lacy Milner, W. M. Williams, John Evans, John Mitchell, T. A. Williamson, Sir H. Evans, William Moffatt, George Wilson, James Ewart, William Molesworth, Sir W. Wilson, Matthew Fagan, William Monsell, William Wood, Sir Charles Fergus, John Morgan, H. K. Wood, W. P. Fitzpatrick. J. W. Morison, Sir W. Wyld,)James Fitzroy, Henry Morris, David Wyvill, Marmadake Foley, J. 11. Mostyn, E. Fordyce, A. D. Mowatt, Francis Forster, Mathew Mulgrave, Earl Fox, Richard M. Norreys, Lord 1 Fox, W. J. O'Connell, Maurice TELLERS. Hill, Lord Marcus Iloward, Lord E. MINORITY-NOES, 159. Egerton; Sir I'. Mundy, William Einlyn, Viscount Muntz, G. F. Farnham, E. Naas, Lord Ferrer, James lieeld, John FeHowes, E. Nee ld, Joseph Floyer, John Newdegate. N. Forester, G. C. Newport, Viscount Fox, S. L. Newry, Viscount Frewen, C. H. Nugent, Lord Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Gooch, E. S. Ossulton, Lord Gordon, Admiral Packe, C. W. Gore, W. R. 0. Palmer, Robert Granby, Marquis of Pigot, Sir,Robert Greenall, Gilbert Plowden, W. U. Greene, John Plumptre, J. P. Guernsey, Lord Prime, Richard Gwyn, Howel Repton, G. W. J. Halford, Sir H. Richards. Richard Hall, Colonel Rufford, Francis Halsey, T. P. Rushout, Captain Hamilton, G.tA. Sanders, George Marris, Captain Scott, Francis Henley, J. W. Seymer, Henry Kee Hert,ert, H. A. Sibtherp, Colonel Ilerries, John C. Sidney, Alderman Hildyard, R. C. Smyth, J. G. Hildyard, T. B. Smythe, George Hernby,lJohn Somerset, Captain Hotham, Lord Somerton, Viscount Hume, Joseph Spooner, Richard Jones, Captain Stafford, Augustus Keating, Robert Stanford, J. F. Knightley, Sir C. Stanley, 14. 11. Knox, Colonel. Stephenson, Robert Lacy, li. C. Stuart, Henry Law, Hon. E. C. Stuart, John Lawless, Cecil Taylor, T. E. Legh, G. C. Thesiger, Sir F. Lennox, Lord A. Tollemache, John Lewisham, Viscount Trollope, Sir J. Lockhart, W. Turner, G. J. , Long, Walter Tyrell, Sir J. Lopes, Sir Ralph Verner, Sir W. Lowther, Henry Waddington, David APNaghten, Sir E. Waddington, H. 5. Mandevillejiscount Walpole, S. H. llanners„Lord C. Walsh, Sir J. B. Manners, Lord G. Willoughby, Sir H. Manners, Lord J. Wodehouse, E. March, Earl of Maunsell, T. P. Moody, C. A. Mullings, J. R. Alexander, N. Arbutlimott, Hugh Archdall, Captain A rkwright. s. Bagge, William Bagot, William Baillie, 11. J. Baldwin, Barry Bankes, George Baring, Thomas Barrington, Vis. Bateson, T. Beutinck, Lord IL Berkeley, G. F. Best, John Blackstone, W. S. Boldero, 11. G. Booth, Sir It. G. Bramston, T. W. Braaridge, Richard Brisco, M. • Broadley, Brooke, Lord Bruce, C. L. C. • Bruen, Colonel Buck, Lewis W. Sir,. T. Burroughes, li. N: Cabbell, B. B. Carew, W. P. Cbandos, Marquis Chatterton, Colonel Christopher, R. Clive, Henry B. Cobbold, J. C. Cocks, T. S. Codrington, Sir W. Cole, 11. A. Coles, Co'vile, C. It. Compton, 11. C. Damer,;Colonel Deedes, W. Devereux, J. T. Dick, Quintin Disraeli, B. Dod, J. W. Drumlanrig, Vis. Drummond, Henry Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Dundas, Geurgo Duyre, C. G. TELLERS. Beresford, William Vyse, H. Original Question again proposed :—Amendment proposed, at the end of the Question to add the words, " and into the incomes and emoluments of Ecclesiastical Dignitaries :" Question put, " That those words be there added." The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 95. Aleock, monies . Gibson, T. M. O'Connell, M. J. Armstrong, Sir A. Glyn, G. C. Peto, Samuel Bass ',M. T. Greene, John Pilkington, JameS Berkeley, H. F. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pinney, William Berkeley, Grantley Grenfell, Charles W. Rawdon, Colonel Birch, Sir T. Hall, Sir B. Renton, J. C. Blake, M. J. Hardcastle, J. A. Ricardo, Osman Blandford, Marquis Harris, Richard Salwcy, Colonel Blewitt, Reginald nestle, Alexander Scholefield, W. Bright, John Thistle, Archibald Scully, Francis Brockman, E. D. Henry, Alexander Sidney, Alderman Brotherton, Joseph Heyworth, L. Smith, J. Benjamin Brown, W. Hume, J. Spearman, H. J. Buxton, Sir E. Keating, Robert Stuart, Lord D. Childers, J. W. Keogh, William Stuart, Lord J. Clifford, Henry M. Kershaw, James Thicknesse, It. A. Cobden, Richard King, P. J. Thompson, Colonel Cockburn, Alex. Lawless, Cecil Thornely, T. Collins, W. Lennard, T. B. Tollemache, F. J. Cowan, Charles Locke, Joseph Trelawny, J. S. Dalrymple, Captain Lovcden, Pryse Villiers, Charles Drumlane& Vis. Lushington, C. Wall, C. B. Duff, George S. Mackie, John Nelmsley, Sir J. Duncan, Viscount M'Taggart, Sir J. Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Mangles , R. D. Willcox, Brodie Evans, Sir Do Lacy Martin , J. Williams, John , Evans, J. Mitchell, T.A. Wilson, Matthew "Fergus, Joint Moffatt, George Wyld, James Fordyce, A. D. liolesworth, Sir . W. Wyvill, Marmaduke Forster, M. Morris, David Fortescue, J. W. Mowatt,:Francie Truing. Fox, W. J. :Nugent, Lord Horsman, Edward Frecstun, Colonel O'Connell, Maurice Aglionly, a, A. . MAJORITY—NOES, 203. Adderley, C. B. Greenall, G. Oswald, A. Anson, Colonel Greene Thom&S Packe, C. W. Archdall, Captain Grey, Sir G. Paget, Lord A. Bagshaw, John Grey, Ralph W. Paget, Lord C. Baines, M. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Paget, Lord G. Baring, Sir F. Gwyn, Howel Palmer, Roundell Baring, Thomas Hallyburton, Lord Palmerston, Via. Barnard, E. G. Halsey, T. P. Parker, John Barrington. Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Patten, J. W. Be G c o k a e l t b t, urn W , . nenry Harris, Captain Peel, Sir Robert Bellew, R. M. Hatchell, Jahn Peel, Frederick Beresiord, William Hawes, Benjamin Pennant, Colonel Berkeley, C. L. Hayter, W. G. Plowden, W. 11. Bernal, Ralph Headlam, T. E. I'lumptro, J. P. Bernard, Viscount Heald, James Power, Nicholas Blackstone, W. S. Henley, J. W. Price, Sir R. Boldero, Henry Herbert, H. A. Pussy, P. Booth, Sir R. G. Herbert, Sydney Reid. Colonel Bouverie, E. P. Hervey, Lord A. Rendlesham, Lord Bowles, Admiral Hobhouse, Sir John Rich, Henry _ Boyle, Colonel Hobhouse, T. B. Richards, Richard Bramston, T' W. Hodges, T. L. Romiily, Colonel Emptily. Sir John Broadwood, H. . Hogg, Sir J. W. Bruce, C. L. C. Holland, Robert Bruen, Colonel Hornby John Burroughes, U. Howard, Lord E. 1 1311111,5811711113 , A ' it: ,, r'.d}j.. Russell, t . L.,. Carew, W. P. Howard, C. W. Rutherford, A. Carter, 3. B. ' Howard, J. K. s an ders, George Cavendish, G. H. Hudson, George Scott, Francis Cavendish, W. G . Jermyn, Earl Seynter, 11. K. Chattcrton, Colonel Jervis, Sir John Seymour, Lord Chichester, Lord J. Johnstone, Sir:J. Shell, R. L. Christesher, R. A. Jones, Captain T. Sibthorp, Colonel Christy, Samuel Heppe], George Simeon, John Clay, James Labouchere. II Smyth, John G. H C. Clements, Charles Lacy, •J. H . Somerville, Sir W. Clive, R. H. Langston, J• ~. Laseelles, C . S. Spooner, R. Cobbold, John C. Lord G. H. S ki t t a t:a lb rt r , d ll ' A . ; Leg h, G. C. Cocks, Thomas S. Lennox, Lord A. Stephenson Robert Codrington,:Sir W. Lennox, Cole, Hon. H. A. Leslie, C. P. Towneley, John Copeland, Aid. Lewis, G. C. '1 ownley, Y.R. G. Cotton, W. H. Lewisham, Vise. Townshend. Captain Craig, Sir IV. G. Lockhart, A. B. Trollops, Sir J. Crowder, B. D. Lockhart, W. Deedes, W. Turnell, Henry Duckworth. sir J. M'Nagaten, Sir B. 11PNeill, Duncan Turner, George Duff, Jllll3O Tynte, Colonel Don d e s, Admiral Manners, Lord C. V ane, L or d H H. Digus, sir David Manners, Lord G. Verner, Sir W. Dunce, Colonel bl antlers, Lord J. V niters, Viscous. East, Sir_J. B. Marshall, J. G. Villiers, F. W. Ebrington. Viscount Martin, C. W. Vivian, J. H. Egerton, Sir P. Martin, Samuel Vyse, Howard Egerton, W. T. Elliot, John Masterman, Jonn Waddington, H. S. Matheson, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Enfold, Viscount Mettle, Fox Watkins, Colonel Estcourt, J. B. B, Miles, P. W. s. Wegg-Prosser, F. Evans, William Monsell, William Wellesley, Lord C., Earner, James llostyn, E. M. Westhcad, J. P. Fellowes, E. Mulgrave, Earl Williamson, Sir 11. Fitzpatrick, J. W. II ullings, J. R. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Dlundy, William Floyer, John Foley, John H. Fox, S. L. Goddard, A. L. Gore, W. It. 0. Naas ;Lord Necld, John Neeld, Joseph Newdegate. C. N. Newport, Visct. Newry, Viscount Graham, Sir James O'Brien Sir LuciuS Granby, Marquis of Ogle, S. C. Willoughby, Sir H. Wilson, James Wood, W. P. Wrightson, N.B. Wynn, Sir W. TELLIIRS. Hill, I.*rd Marcus Cowper, W. F. HARWORTII.—The lambing season is nearly 'over in this neighbourhood, and on the whole has been a profit able one. The shepherd of the Hon. A. Duncombe, out of 120 ewes, has had 190 lambs, all of which are doing we 11,... Doncaster Chionicle. GERMANY. The Catholic clergy of Prussia are endeavouring to set up privileges to an exemption from obedience to the com mon law of the land, which all other Prussian subjects are bound to obey, and they in particular claim ex • emption from the payment t,f personal taxes, to which all other persons are subject. The Minister has, however, very properly directed the provincial au thorities to enforce the payment of this tax. The Ministers BRANDENBERG and MANTEUITEL arrived at Erfurth on the Bth. The Hanoverian Government sent a message to the Chambers on the 9th, announcing its repudiation of the Arbitral tribunal of Erfurtn. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. TheLer Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, of the 11th inst., stating that the Stadt holders at Kiel had decreed the removal from the Schleswig-Holstein army of the Prussian officers who joined it at the commencement of the war. The Stadtholders have expressed their gratitude to the Prussian Government, and given the assurance that they will continue to aim at a peaceable solution of the question now pending between Denmark and the D uchies. The Stadtholderi are preparing. to send the Counts RANTZAU and REVENTLOW FAILVE to Copen hagen. GREE CE. The Breslau Gazette of the 9th contains the fo; lowing telegraphic dispatch from Trieste : " ATHENS, APRIL 2.—A1l the conferences have failed. King Otho is inflexible. Rumours of a Minis terial crisis prevail. Maay changes in the Administra tion are talked of. The state of the country is very unsettled. At Corinth bands of malefactors are com mitting great crimes." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. .From the Votes and Proceedings of the louse cf Commons.) NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Hume- r -Account of the aggregate amount paid for advertisements by the public departments of Govern ment in tho United Kingdom for the year 1848, stating specially the amount paid by the Board of Inland Ite vcnui,, the Customs, Post-office, Treasury, and Commis sariat Departments. Board of Ordnance and Store De partment, Board a Admiralty and Victualling Board, Woods and Forests, Poor-law Board and Boards of Guardians, and all other public departments, so as to exhibit the total amount paid for advertisements to newspapers fur the public service in one year. Mr. Milner Gibson—To move the follow:ng reso lutions:— Whereas all taxes which directly impede the diffusion of knowledge are highly injurious to the public interests, and are most impolitic sources of revenue, this House is of opinion -1 st. That such financial arrangements ought to be made as will enable Parliament to repeal the Excise duty on paper. 2d. That it is expedient to abolish the stamp.duties now payable on new4papers in Groat Britain and Ireland. 3d. That it is expedient to abolish the duties now payable on advertisements in Groat Britain and Ireland. 4th. And that the Customs duty on Foreign books ought to be repealed. RETURN ORDERED. Mr. Ewart—Return of all writs issued by the Stamp dice for the recovery if duties on advertisernmti, in each yew:, since 1829, showing also in what year the duty wits reduced. Mr. Ei a, 1 i r —Return of all persons in India receiving salaries, pensions, pay, profits, fees, emolumentg, allow ances' or grants of public money, by virtue of any direct or indirect nomination, recommendation, or appoint ment, by the President of the Board of Control over the affairs of India alone, or by virtue of auy arrangement with the Board of Directors of the East India Company, and the dates of each such nomination, recommendation, or appointment respectively, from the Ist day of January, 1832. to the Ist day of March, 1850, excepting the judge. of the superior courts of law hi India; stating the total amount received by each individual in each year, raid distinguishing the sources from which the payments are made.—Tuesday, April 16. EQUESTRIAN FEAT EXTRAORDINARY. OXFORD, FRIDAY.—This morning a gentleman of this University un dertook to ride from Oxford to London and back, a distance of 10d miles, in six hours, unlimited to horses. Ile started from Magdalen-bridge at five o'clock, and arrived in London at twenty-five minutes past seven, and returned to Oxford one minute before ten; thus completing this arduous task one minute under five hours. The horses used on this occa sion were from the stables of Mr. Joseph Tollit, of this city. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WAR. OFFICE, APRIL 12, 1850. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—George Septa Bareand, Gent. k be Curnet, by purchase, vice Bridge, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, April 12. 4th Light Dragoons—FiennesWykeham Martin, Gent., to be Curnet, by purchase, vice Brandeth, promoted, April 12. 9th Light Dragoons—Henry Holden Steward, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shaw, promoted, April 12. 10th Light Dragoons—Captain William Gamuel Ed wards, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major William Petrie Waugh, who exchanges; Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick Charles George Fitz- Clarence to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards, who retires; Cornet Edward Stacey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitz-Clarence; Hamilton Beckett, Gent., to le Cornet, by purchase, vice Carew, appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons, April 12. 13th Light Dragoons—John William Clayton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lane Fox, who retires, April 12. 15th Light Dragoons—The Hon. Algernon Themes Moreton to be Cornet, by purchase, viceiGoldfrap, pro moted, April 12. 17th Light Dragoons—John Henry Thomson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webb, promoted, April 12. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—William Rumbold, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hope Vere, who retires, April 12; Frederick William Pottinger, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Do Horsey, promoted, April 13. Ist Foot—Samuel Rowland Chapman Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crater, promoted, April 12. 3d Foot—Lieutenant Kenneth Mackenzie to be Adju tant, vice Luard, who resigns the Adjutancy only, April 12. S:h Foot —Assistant Surgeon Henry Day Fowler, from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ffennell, who exchanges, April 12. 13th Foot—Robert Gosling, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carew, appointed to the 29th Foot, April 12. 15th Foot—Ensign Andrew John Cowper to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Tuite, who retires, April 12. ensign 6th purchase, by ot— A rch i v b iaeled LardPlii li t or Douglas, gan, np p G o t e o n t e t . d , t t b e oo the he 26th Font, April 12. 21et Foot—John Aldridge, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Fegge, who retires, April 12. 22d Foot—Captain George Abercrombie Robinson, from the 43th Foot, to be Captain, vice Deshon, who ex change, April 12. 31,4 Foot—Ensign Samuel Francis Glossop Bythesea, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gabbett, who re tires, April 12; Ensign Thomas Edward Peltier, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carves., who retires, April 13; John S,lby Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bythesea. April 12 37th Foot--Wiliam Henry Henz.ll, Gent. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Anderson, promoted, April 12. 45tn Foot —Lieutei:a.st Courteney Parker Tysscn Ste.eey has heal allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his cemmissior, April 12. 4Sth Foot Captain Frederick George Thomas Deshon, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Robin son, who exchanges, April 12. 49th Foet—E e nsign James William Dewar, to be L'eutmant, by purchase, vice Chichester, who retires; Edward Le Marehant, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dewar, April 12. 62d Foot—Ensign Timothy Welsh to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Steuart, deceased, April 1; Wil liam Robert Goodall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walsh, April 12. 68th Foot—Henry White, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tryon, promoted in 7th Foot, April 12. 71st Foot—William Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Micklethwait, who retires, April 12. 72d Foot—John Shaw Wyllie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bogle, appointed to the 78th Foot, April 12. 79th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Richard Ffen nell, from the Bth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fowler, who exchanges, April 12. 96th Foot—Philip Savage Alcock, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Little, deceased, April 12. 99th Foot—Joseph Dinhum Molson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Benison, promoted, April 12. Ist West India Regiment—Christopher James Mag nay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Taylor, ap pointed to Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, April 12. UNATTACIIED.—Captain John Ward, from the 91s1 Foot, to be Major, without purchase; Lieutenant Robert McNair, from Adjutant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without purchase, April 12. STAFF. Major-General George Brown, C. 8., to be Adjutant- General to the Forces, vice Lieutenant. General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.8., deceased; Brevet Colonel George Augustus Wetherell, C. 8., on half-pay, Unat tached, to be Deputy Adjutant-General, vice Major-Ge neral Brown, April 8; Lieutenant William Fremo Wyn dowe, from the 48th Foot, to be Adjutant of a Recruit. i ng District, vice M`Nair, promoted, April 12. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland. Comber!and Regiment of Militia—Thomas Mitchel tote Surgeon, Jan. 11, 1842. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Notting, hamshire. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Re giment of Militia—Frederick Byron, Esq., commonly called the Honourable Frederick Byron, to be Lieu tenant, April 8. Commissions by the Lord• Lieutenant of Montgomery shire. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Edward Salis bury Rote Trevor to be Lieutenant, April 8. WHITEHALL, MARCH 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John George Brown, of the town and county of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Henry Brading, licensed victualler, Shepherdess•walk, City-road, to surrender April 23, at half-past one, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court cf Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, Dili vial assignee; Brown, Finsbury-place. James Honiball, dealer and chapman, Fenchurch street, April 25, at half-past &even, and May 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan. official assignee, Birchin-lane; Overton and Hughes, Old Jewry. James Passand Holyland, innholder, late of Guildhall- -*Aft,