The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

-g _ frptit.fb Wdttition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. • BAIL COURT.—(TIIIS DAY.) (BEfire Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) IN RE 3IOSES. • • Mr. SIMOND6 was Instructed by Mr. Theresa James Moses, an attorney of the court, to apply to his Lord ship for leave to amend the roll, by striking out the name of Moses. The gentleman was admitted in 1848, and his father bad since consented to advance him a con siderable sum.of money to purchase a practice, on con dition that he adopted the name of Thomas James. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—But why should the roll be altered, which is'right? Mr. SDIOND9 replied that the gentleman now passed by the name of James. There were two precedents fcr this application. The first was that of a gentleman who, on searching his pedigree, found that he had been called by a wrong name, and on representing the circum stances to the court, it was held that he could change his name without going to the expense of a royal licence. The next case was that of Mr. Thomas I)oggitt, who was admitted as Thomas Doggitt Inglodew; but on sec ee7ding to some property left him by his mother, he ob tained the leave of the Court to adopt the surname of Doggitt, the - maiden name cf his mother, without ob taining an Act of Parliament or a royal licence for the purpose. Here the father of the gentleman had ad vanced him 800/. to purchase a business, and for some time passed he had dropr el the name of Moses, and was repv known as Thomas Jaaies. Mr.. Justice COLF.RIDGE said the application was somewhat novel to him, and he must therefore take time to consider it. The Court afterwards sat at Nisi Prius ett`C3, and dis posed of several undi f, nded ca e s. MARLBRO'-STREET.7-(THISDAY.) RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.— James Flaherty was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with violently assaulting Policc.constabla Mar tin, 86 C, and breaking one of his fingers. The constable stated; that this morning, about one o'clock, he saw the prisoner in Peter-street very drunk, and creating a great disturbance, Ile requested him to go home peaceably, whereurn the prisoner became very abusive, and threatened to rip witness open if he dared to interfere with him, at the same time making a motion as if about to open a knife. Witness again tried to per suade him to leave the place, and on his still refusing to go away, lie (witness) went up to him for the purpose of removing him; but bi'f,sre he reached the prisoner, the later ruched upon him, and kicked him with great force on his right leg; he was about to kick witness again; when he put out his hand to ward off the kick, and the cons( (pence was his right finger was broken in in the attempt. The prisoner then struck him in the face, and was proceedinr , to fax vi3lence when another constable came to his assistance, and the pri soner wai secured and taken to the station. The prisoner, vv.ho has been repeatedly convicted for assaults on the police, was committed to the House of CAtrection for 21 days. GREECE. The Allgemeirce Zeitung has letters from Athens, of the 2d instant. The let French steamer which arrived in that city from Marseilles brought a litter- from M. Trikupis, the Hellenic Ambas sador at Paris. M. Trikupis informs his Go vernment Gf the arrival of another Russian note, addressed . to the Czlr's Ambassadors in London and Paris, and dated from Sr. Petersburgh of the 23d February. •According to this note the Czar's verntnent insists on the return of the captured vessels before the riff tirs of England and Greece can he allowed to enter into nearer consideration. But if the vessels are not returned, adds Count.Nesselrode, the czAr's (.rovernment will not consent to recognize any of the proposals . which Baron Gros may have to make. . _ ITALY. The tilonitore Toscano has the following from Rome of the 6th : _ _ . " It is now said here that the Holy Father will enter Rome on Saturday next (lath). All public demonstra tions have been forbidden, and the preparations made by the Commune and the Minister of Finance sus pended. A solemn triduo (service of three days) will, however, be celebrated in the church of every rione, or quarter of the city. The Holy Father will not pass through the centre of the town, but through the romi Monti,Trastevere, and Borg°. The Neapolitan troops will escort him ;(') Velletri; the - Carabineers from Velletri to Genzatiet the French Dragoons thence to Albano; and the Chasaears of Africa from Albano to Rome. Cardinal Patrisi;• 'Bishop of Albano, will accompany his Holiness from his diocese to the capital. When the Holy. Pontiff shall have entered tile• gate. of San Giovanni, General Baraguay d'Hilliers will ride on one side of his carriage, and Prince Darberini on the other. The Swiss guards will be drawn up en tacit vide of the st: erA, and the noble , guardli, the French staff, end the suite of his •Holiness will f )llew. The Yontitl will s'.np at the 'BAsilic;l of Sr, John's, where lie rill be received by their Eminences the Cardinals of the Government Commission and by the Chapter. In this church the lloly Father will re ceive the benediction and Holy Sacrament." The following notice was published at Turin on the 9th Adminstration of Public Saety.—Questure r f Turin. —This • day the law for the abolition of ecclesiastical jurisdiction and immunities has been published. The gratitude of the nation manifests itself by - an attitude full of dignity. All demonstrations and crowds shall be dispersed, as they may become a pretext for disorder and violence. "Tho Councillor Director of the Que.tture, " ADVOCATE AlICONO." COURSE . Oi EXCHA Amst,minm ... 12 2 Ditto, three rnsn .. 12 3 nottsidarn ' ; . ..• •.. .. 12 Ysy Antwerp - 25 85 Brassels— • • • • • • • 25 85 Ilamburgh 3[.8. 13 134 PartB43,lBys'slght •• 25 82% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 85 Slarsellles ...• •• 25 87% 80urdeaux......... • Frankfort on Maine.... 121 X Vienp.a. •• • . 12 6 Trieste, ditto.. • • 12 ' 7 retetsbtuih, F311,Rb10.. . bladed ..... 4944 N GE.---( THIS DAY.) Legh0rn........ •••••• 30 75 Genoa .••• •• •• 26 15 Milan • ••'.• •• •• •••• • • •• • • •• 'Maples ...... • • •. • • 40 % Palenno,peroz........ 122 Messina .............. 122 S risbon.• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 13 13% Ello Janeiro Buenos A.yres .. • • •• • New Yori,2ldays'sight Philadelphia .. ••• • .• - ?AMU Or ACILION, OZ. Foreign Geld in liars 43 17 9 Portegal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Cadiz . •••• •.•• ...•• Rarceloaa • . • • ...... dorill { 3 .••••• • • • • •• • 114. 'New Dollars ...... 0 4 10 1 4 Silveri* bars 0 4 11% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London IVew Price Current, April 16.) t‘•:,'LIGAP.—Tor - day the West India Sugar market pre sented a- brisker appearance', and the business concluded by private contract was at lull former rates. The total operations amount to 650 hhda, &e.. including at public sale 150 Ilk's 5 trcs Barbadoes, which went at steady prices for the better sorts, but a decline of col for infe kinel44 lino yellow realise,d 40s 6d to 421, raid to good 376 Gel to 40s, inferior 35: 6d t's,37s. 32 Midi, 41 trcs crystalised Demerara sold rather cheaper; good mid 6d, low 37s 6d, and yellow at 4ls to 41s 6 0, brown: 334 Gd to 349 pia cwt. • • ritEJINED To-day a further reduction took place in the value of Refilled Sugar, and home dealers operated wtth caution. We quote brown Lumps at 47s 6d to 48 s, and fair to good grocery 483 6,1 to 50s per cwt. There:Are few buyers of Crushed Sugar, and 27s to-28s is the value of British. MAURITIUS.—This ern f oon the public sales o f M au-. 9 , ritius Sugar consisted of 6,713 bags ; - they went off at steady rates, anckho whole sold ; fine and good yellow went at.37a to 38a 6d, low to mid 34s to 36s Gd, fine btown,,B, to 343, inferior 294 to 323, and low to good refining sorts 33s to 37s per cart. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon there were eight public sales of Bengal Sugar, consisting of 16,528 bags, the chief portion of which comprised white Benires; nearly the whole sold, but at lower rites; other kinds went at full terms. .Firte white Benares fetched 39510 401, low• to good 3Gs to 38s 6(1'; damp and washed 34a 6d to 39i 64; fine grainy white 465. to 46s 6d; good and fine 3'e 1 jo 40s_6d to 413 6d, and low to 'g oo d soft ditto 323 to 359•6 d. Of China 699 bags we re taken in at 35s 6.21 to 36s 6d for greyish yellow. • FOREIGN. —By. private treaty since our last report 3,000 chests yelfow Havannish -have been sold at from 1i s od to 21s Gd for low to fine, with a few Florettas at 23s 6d per, cwt, ancrtwo "cargoes. white Ilavannah for Rusg igat 32s per cwt—Thereare,however, severa l b uyers b 4 a l g 9 s c m he a s n ts il o la f rat h e r under present 'rates. Atpidalli,cBl6le Peruarob ue o were withdrawn, and 45 were taken in; low to ord damp brown Muscavado at 13 to 16s, and ord yellow', at 'l7s. At auction, 1,022 chests Havannah were all taken in "at from 373 6d to 41s for low to fine. By private treaty the chief sale has been 150 hhds Cuba Muscovado at 35s par curt. MoLessia.—This afternoon there was not much do wand fur Molasses, and at auction 87 pkge Bengal were • all withdrawn. Cocos —There has been little business concluded in West India by pr i va t e treaty, and a small p arcel at pub lic sale w as withdrawn. The value of red Trinidad is 41s to 465, and grey 39s to 43s per cwt: There has been little business concluded. in Foreign, and 28s to 30s is the Value. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public tale of Coffee, and the purchases made by private treaty were small for all purposes, still it was difficult to buy good ord Native Ceylon under 481 per cwt Ober() is, however, a disposition on th e part ofsome holders to press sa les for arrival.. The public sales of Coffee declared to take place on Thurday and Friday are at present of little nwoment, but several parc e l s of various • sorts are o offer by private treaty. TEA.—Operations in Black Tea have been small for • all, purposes, and the quantity on offer is larger than for fsotre time past, while the rates acceded to have been . rather under thoso that existed on Tuesday last. Sales of ordinary and good common Con on have biera made at 9d to 9d, better sort 10d to is lad, and superior Is 2d to is 8d per lb. Green kaa been operated Theperted in with caution, and supplies are getting large amount of business concluded in Scented and Pekoe Teas has.been upon a small scale, and prices are receding. Fur public sale large parcels of Tea are declared. , tirtcEs.—To-day Pepper met with little attention, and at public sale 642 bags Blaslc went at barely for mer rates—Msllabar half heavy, selling at 31d to 3-ad, da. xnagtd 30 to 30, and 'Sumatra good sound 31d; 24 bags write solo at 4 to for - oru and good ordinary diney, which are lower rates. Cloves aro rarher cheaper, and 212 bags Bourbon sold et 7d to 7,4-1 fir mid to good, and damaged at 6d to 7d. Of Pimento 300 bags whoa in at 54d to 511 for good ord coarse. 180 cheats Cassia Lignea sold cheaper, pile 1, at 93s 6d to 94s 6d, ditto 2 at 91s 64 to 925, ditto 3at 86s 6d, out of condition 74s to 855. 134 bags 450 pockets Bengal Ginger went at 19s to 19s for export sort, which are lower rates. Rice.- -The purchases amount to about 10,000 bagr. Madras pinky white at Bs, pearl barley 7s to is 6d, cargo 6s 6d to 7s, Bengal low white Bs, middling 8s 6d to 8s 9d, better sort in small parcels Os to lOs per cwt. There has been little desire to operate in ckaned Rice, with ready sellers of low to'fine Patna at ils to 201, broken 9s 6d to 105 63, town dressed Carolina 20s to 265, and American 18s 6d - tb 193 per Of Sago several parcels have been offered at pnblit sale, and nearly all taken in. The value of Sago Flour is 21s to 225 with few, buyers. SaGoS—This afternoon the public sales of 300 chts went at 22s to 24s for fine and good small white, and at 22s 6d for bold grain. SPIRITS.—For Demerara Rum a good business has been concluded, and the saler are 300 puns at 2s 3d to 2s 4d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Fine Jamaica has been sold to a fair extent at fully former rates; but other sorts continue to be operated in with caution by shippers and home dealers; prices have still a down ward tendency. The value of 20 to 29 per cent over proof is from 2s 31 to 2s 83, 30 to 38 over 2s 9d to 3s 6d, and choice marks 3s 8d to 4s 2d. The value of Lee- - wards is is 4d to Is 5d proof, and there are stilt fsw buyers. East India has been operated in with cau tion at Is 31d to Is 44 proof. Only moderate purchases have been made in Brandy, and there . are ready fellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of vintage of 1849 4s 4d to 4s 6d. 1848 ditto 4s 74 to 4s 9d, 1847 at Si ld to 5s 3d, and ferior sorts 2s 94 to 4s 4d. Geneva shipping sort is is 7d to is Bd, and home trade kind 2s 3d to 3s 3d. For. British made spirit the market is still quiet at Os 5d to Os 6(1 and for Gin at is 101 to 8s 4d per gal. CocuINE&L.—To-day the public sales of Cochineal met with little attention, and consisted of 314 bags; the whole sold, but at rather lower rates—low to mid Hon duras silvers went at 3s 74 to 4s Id, ord and good Mexi can black Sc 6d to 3s 10,+, and Teneriffe 3s 74 to 3s 11 d per lb. INDIGO.—This afternoon the public sales of 63 serons of Guatemala Indigo went at from 3s 21 to 4s 34 for coppery to fine sobres. and which, are full rates. Tannow.—For P.Y.C. the rates required are 36s 6d to 37s per cwt for first quality. Feir contracts have been concluded for delivery in the last three months of the year, and sellers are willing to accept 38s to 88s 6d. Home melted in good demand, but at the moderate rates of 35s to 36s net cash. Other sorts met with -little at tention, and are depressed in price. Of 360 packages South American offered at e auction a part only sold at from als to 36s for low to fine ; 560 casks New South Wales 33s to 36s 61, and 27 packages of fine Cape 31s 6d per cwt. Rough Fat is freely offered at 2s per stone of Sibs. OlLS.—Although Olive. Oil is to be obtained at a fur ther reduction, yet operations have been to a limited ex tent: Gallipoli at 461 to 47/; Barbary, Levant, and Por tuged, at 44/ lOs to 451 lOs per tun. Only small pur chases have been made in Palm, and OR the part of holders a desire is evinced to sell fine at 30s 61 to 31s per cwt. Of Cocoa Nut large arrivals have taken place, and the amount of business concluded has been small, good and fine Cechin at 32s to 345, and Ceylon 31s to 33s ler cwt. ltape Seed 04 is cheaper, yet a fair business he Fern concluded, pale et 39s to 40a, and brown et 37s to 38s. For Linseed Oil prices have declined to 31s 3d a 31s 6d on the spot, at which only limited purchases have been made by home dealers, and few exp >rt orders were completed. Only trifling contracts have been concluded for delivery, although consump t, eel of Oil is getting larger. Sperm has been operated in with great freedom, prices have improved to 811 iO. to 821 per tun for fine Colonial, and there is only a limited supply. In Cod the purchases made have been limited at 341 los to 33/, and a decline is lookeeior shortly. Seal hss been operated in with caution, Pale is to be obtained at 361 to 371, straw and tinettd 321 lOs to 354 yellow and brown 31/ to 32/, bet the better kinds are least in de mand. southern has been operated in with more rea diness and at stiffer rates ; sales having been made at 311 to 321.10 e for low to floe. Heal matter is yet in scanty supply and wanted, prime is worth 861 to 89s per tun. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN•OFFICE, APRIL 12, 1850. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr ,Bnn jamin Everett Smith as Consul in Turk's Island for the United States of America. _ THE SUN, LONDON, HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed:— Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill; Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bin: KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION. Mr. WILSON PATTEN brought up the report of the General Committee of Elections nominating the fol lowing Members to try the merits of the petition com plaining of the return of Mr. Best for Kidderminster: — Viscount Enfield, Mr. A. Stafford, Mr. D. Morrie, Sir William Jolliffe, and the Hon. Edward P. Bouverie (chairman). PETITIONS. Mr. EVANS presented two petitions from Derby shire, one praying for the repeal of the paper duties, and the other in favour of the Education Bill. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition praying for the abolition of the taxes on knowledge. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition praying for the abolition of church-rates. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the parish of St. Martin's preying for the repeal of the window-tax. Mr. FOX presented several petitions in favour of his Education Bill. Mr. THORNELY presented similar petitions from places in Staffordshire and Cheshire. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition from the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company against the Stamp Duties Bill. Mr. BROTUEBTON presented a petition from Man chaster in favour of the claims of assistant-surgeons in the navy to increased accommodation. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from the same place, signed by 3,600 persons, praying for the abolition of the duty on paper. Sir E. BUXTON presented several petitions against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Sheffield praying for the abolition of taxes on knowledge; also a petition from Bengal complairiog of the defalcations of Sr Thomas Turton, and praying the House to take steps toprevent a similar occurrence. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Hudders fi aid praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge, and a similar petition from the West Riding. Lord GALWAY presented a petition against the Copy hold Enfranchisement Bill. Mr. HEYWOOD presented petitions from places in Lincolnshire in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. General LYGON presented petitions against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Leicester pray ing for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Major BLACK ALL preented similar petitions. Colonel THOMPSON presented petitions to the same efftct from Sunderland and Walthamstovr. Lord NUGENT presented several petitions from places in Buckinghamshire against Sunday labour in the Post-office; also a petition praying for thn abolition of church-rate: ; and several petitions in favour of the abolition of the punishment of death. Sir J. HANMER presented a petition praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from Worcester in favour of the Education Bill. . . Mr. MULLIN GS presentod a petition from a place in Gloucestersbire prajirg for the separation of Church and State. Mr. COCKBURN presented a petition from South. ampten praying for the abolition of church-rat-m 3. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from Roch dale in favour of ire Ten Hours Bill; also several petitions praying for the repeal of church•rates. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from Glasgow against Sunday labour in the Post-office; also another petition from shipowners and shipmasters of Glasgow against the Merchant Seamen's Bill. Mr. MUTT presented a petition from the county of Durham against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from the tenant farmers of Forfar complaining of agricultural distress ; also a petition from the grand jury of the King's County, Ireland, praying to be relieved from local taxation. _ _ _ Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from Exeter in favour of the claims of asaistant-surgeons in the navy. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE presented a petition from Fifeshire against the Scottish Poor•law. Mr. FAGAN presented a petition from Cork against the Fisheries' Bill. TURNPIKE ROADS. Mr. EWART moved, that standing orders Nos. 5 and 8~1 he suspended with respect to all oppoted Turnpike Itoad Bills introduced iu the present session; and that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to refer such Bills to a Committee or Committees, constituted of a Chairman and four other Members not locally or other wise interested in such Bills.. Mr. WILSON BATTEN opposed the motion. He did not conceive that any good would be obtained. After a short discussion, the motion was ultimately withdrawn. IRISH POOR•LAW. Lord NAAS gave notice that on • that day month be ould call the attention of the House to the working of tte Irish poor-law. PACKET STATIONS ON THE IRISH COASTS. Mr. HENRY HERBERT gave notice that on that day month he should call the attention of the House to the importance of establishing mail-packet stations on the south and west coasts of Ireland. MILITARY KNIGIITS OF WINDSOR. Colonel SALWEY gave notice that on Thursday he should move fur a return of the sums expended on the building for the Military Knight. of Windsor. EIGHT SHILLING DUTY ON CORN. Mr. IL BERKELEY postponed, on behalf of his hon. relative, Mr. G. Berkeley, the motion for a reim position of an Bs. duty on corn until the 18th of May. TOBACCO. Colonel DUNNE gave notice that on an early day he would move that the House resolve itself into a Com mittee of the whule House to consider the laws relative to the admission of tobacco into this country. lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. HUME gave notice that on this day week he would more the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the late cases of :riot and to proclamation of mar tial law in the lonian Islands. IRISH CHURCH. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on this , day weak ho would propose that the House take into its consideration the state of the Irish Church, with a view to tho promo tion of the well-being of the people of that uouutry. THE INDIA BENCH. Mr. SADLEIR gave notice that on this day fortnight he would make a motion with respect to the exclusion of members of the Irish bar from the judicial benoh in India. INCOME-TAT. Colonel:DUNNE moved fur certain returns of income tax arising from securities and possessions in Ireland, which were agreed to. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. Colonel SALWEY gave notice that on this day fort. night he would move the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the claims of the Military Knights of Windsor. POOR LAW. Mr. HATCHELL stated, in reply to a question from Colonel Blackall, that the Poor-law Commissioners, had no power t) award salaries to assistant poor-law guardians, nor had they any power to pay them out of the rates. - They were in the position of ex officio or re presentative guardians, and were not emit ed to any salary. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. LUSLIINGTON presented a petition from print ers and others in London and Westminster, in favour of Mr. M. Gibson's motion for a repeal of the taxes on parer and advertisementi, and for the repeal of the newspaper stamp duty. Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from Exeter to the same effect. Mr. COBDEN presented similar petitions from-Scar borough and several places in Lincolnshire. Mr. M. GIBSON rose, after presenting several peti tions to the same effect from the metropolis and other parts of the country, to move the following resolutions:— Whereas all taxes which directly impede the diffusion of knowledge ate highly injurious to the public interests, and are most impolitic sources of revenue, this House is of opinion, Ist, 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 newspapers in Great Bri tain and Ireland; 3d, that it is expedient to abolish the duties now payable on advertisements in Great Bri tain and Ireland; 4th, and that the customs duty on foreign > books ought to be repealed. Before entering upon the merits of the particular resolu tions he was about to submit to the House, he thought it right to make a few preliminary observations, in or der to explain to the Hou se w hy h e h a d t h oug ht it con sistent with his views to make this motion in its pre sent form of separate resolutions • also to explain to the House the way in which he wished the motion to be put, and also to explain how he could reconcile it with his sense of public duty to move for a rather large reduction of taxation after the financial arrangements of the year has been concluded. With regard to the last of these points, ho wished to say, that if a Member of Parliament were to wait previous to asking the House to express an opinion upon the policy of particular taxes until there was a clear surplus, and no way pointed out of applying such a moton to e th re a r t hsaurreplauus, op h p e o v r e tu ry ei m ty n o c f h su d b o m ub it te d d ng w . hether he i would the House.—(Hear.) Why, at all times Government T m h an e s e g x e pe d utodistpuernedwaesemaulwchayaes uitp to co the uld revenue, andget.—(A laugh.) surplus an independent before if mthaekying a were ni t o o tio za o i n t t huntil therepolicy yof was a a Member would seemly have an opportunity p resented to him for the p u rpose. Now, in 1842, the Bight Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth entered o n p ower taxation, with a largo deficiency, but that did not deter him from dealing with taxation as a matter of policy, or from making such arrangements as enabled him to repeal taxes, without injuring the revenue, which rested upon the springs cf industry and retarded the operations of trade and manufactures.—(Hear, hear.) And, therefore, he said as a matter of principle they were entitled, without reference to the mere fact of there being a surplus, to raise the question of taxation as part of the national pulicy with as much right as if they were seekieg the opinion of the House as to any particular contemplated tax.—(Hear, boa.) Ho did not ask any gentleman to do anything rasb, or to interfere indiscriminately with the public finances. It had been hinted that a new school of repudiation was springing up amongst them, but he was not of that school; he only desired the Howe to consider whether they could nut raise the revenue of theeountry in such tt way as should be likely the least to depress any importsnt branch of trade or manufactures.—(llesr,•hear, and cheers.) He did not wish Hon. Members to adopt all the resolu- DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Jacobus Johannes Le Sueur, Esq., now Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate for the District of Swellendaro, at the Cape of Good Hope, to be Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate for the District of Worcester, in this Colony, and Richard Southey, Esq., to be Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate for the said District of Swellendam. Her Majessy has also been pleated to appoint James Darya, Etq. to be Colonial Surgeon fur her Majesty's Forts and tic ttlements on the God Coast. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 12. Royal Regiment ef Artillery.—Erratum.—ln the Ghz3ttes of 224 December, 1846, and 10th December, 1847, the name of Mr. Philip " Bediugrad," on his ap pointment as second Lieutenant, and subsequent pre motion to First Lieutenant, was_ incorrectly spelt " Bedingfield." Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. 76th or Inverness-shire Militia—Walter Grant James Macgregor, DA., to bo Lieutenant, vice, Grey, retired April 6. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Holland, cloth merchant, Leeds. • BANKRUPTS. Edward Hoilo and Joseph Wonfor, manufacturing chemists, Battersea, to surrender April 26, at half-past eleven and May 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. . Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Cole, Tokenhouse-yard. • Thomas Collingwood, butcher, Abingdon, Berkshire, April 27, at twelve, and May 30, at eleven, at . the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham. official assignee, Cole man -street; Graham, Temple ; Grabiiii;Abingdor. George Williams, builder, Woolwich-common, Wool wich, April 26, at one, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brook-court; Basinghall.street ; Morgan, Old Jewry chambers, Old Jewry. William John Alfred Joe, Shipbuilder, Nelson Cot. tage, Bexley-heath, May 4, et half-past twelve, and May 25. at eleven, at the Court .of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall:strect ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. - Joseph Donovan, hatemonger, Oxford-street, May 4, at one, and 25, at half-pait,eleven., at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assign* e, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street; Moseley, Bedford-street, Covent garden. Charles John Hubbard, hop merchant, Saffron Wel don, Essex, April 27, at eleven- and May 1 8 , at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankrupty. Pennell, official assignee; Guildhall-chambers; Russell. Martin's-lane. Daniel Turton Johnson, Henry Hilditch Johnson, and George Hilditch Johnson, wholesale tea dealers, Alder mary Church-yard, Watling-street, April 30, at half. past eleven, and June lyat eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnsen, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Phillips and VOss; Size-lane. Joseph Aruudell, brewer, Titchfield, Southampton, April 25, at half past one, and May 23, at twelve, at the Court ot Bankruptcy.' Johnson, o f fi c i a l ass i gnee , Ba singhall-street; Compigne, Bucklerabury. Richard Dean, builder, Church -street, Trinity-square, Southwark, April 25, at eleven, and . May 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man-street, Moorgate•street ; Barnard, York road, Lambeth. Symes Saunders, quarryman, Stawell, Somersetshire April 23 at eleven, and May 23 (and not on the 3d as beford advertised), at one, at the Exeter Distri c t Court" Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Poole, Bridgewater ; Stogdon, Exeter. Matthew Dixon Robinson, confectioner, Dudley, Worcestershire, May 2 and 23, at twelve, at the Bir minghaal District Court:. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Bolton, Dudley; M.etteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. Alexander Brown and William Todd, provision mer.. chants, Liverpool, May 6, and June 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Bell, Liverpool. David Henry Beresford, linendraper, Stockport, May 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. ilobson, official assignee, Manchester; Slater, Man chester. George Alexander Von •Dommer, merchant, New castle-iipon-Tyne, April 30, at half-past ten, and May 28, at twelve, at the . Court of Bankruptcy. Bar, offi cial assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;Lawrence, crowdy, and Bowlby, Doctor's-commons; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. IMPERIAL-PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. Lord II ATHERTON presented a petition praying for a, total cessation of' Sunday labour in' the Post -office. - ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN THE NAVY. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions pray ing for better accommodation for assistant-surgeons in the navy. The Earl of HARDWICKE opposed the prayer of the petition. It woald be subversive of discipline if they were to mess in the ward-room; the room in which they messed was the gun-room, the best in the ship. They had the conspanion,hip cf their own fellow assistants, and their presence and example was useful in keeping order among the midshipmen, and setting them a good example. Ho had a petition to present with the similar prayer, but he thought that the peti tioners did not understand the subject. The Earl of MINTO agreed with the Noble Earl, and regretted that the subject should have been mooted by t h os e who were totally uninformed on the subject. of . the:accummodation of which they The assistant -surgeons had in addition to the gun-room, ' avail themselves for study, and had in hadthe reading, neglected t b o i • trances appropriated it to improper uses. too many 11 15 • Tho Duke of ARGYLE presented several petitions the conztitution of paro c hi a l deprecatingsehoeminscaontylancdhge in, .an The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented several Petitions from divers Presbyterian congregations in Scotland against Post-office labour on Sandays. BRICK DUTIES BILL This Bill.e-as read a third time and passed. EXCHEQUER.-BILLS BIL L. This Bill was rea d a t hi r d t i me and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL l6, 1850. tions if they could not do so consistently with their I I own opinions; they would be put separately, and those who could not vote for the repeal of the duty on paper might feel at liberty to support the resolution for the repeal of the newspaper stamp duty.—(Hear, hear.) Now, the resolution which stood first had reference to the duty on paper, which, when they deducted the duty paid on the paper consumed in the offices of the State, yielded something like 750,0001. per annum. If they considered the duty on paper simply in refe rence to its effects on an important manufacture, he thought they would find a convincing case for taking* review into an early consideration. Without going into the more immediate object of his motion, namely, the effect of this duty in impeding the diffusion of know ledge, he would call the attention of. the House to its effect on the paper manufacture itself, upon the em ployment of labour, and upon some other considerations of a commercial character not immediately connected with the diffusion of knowledge. Now, he held it to he fatal to the tax, if they could not protect by any device the honest trader against the fraudulent one. What a monstrous thing it wes, if true,that the Excise had always failed to protect to any considerable extent the honest manufacturer from those that evaded the duty, that they should continue a tax of this description. That was an argument of itself fatal to the tax. A list was pub lished last year of the number of manufacturers who had been fined, and some cf them imprisoned, by the Excise for carrying on a systematic violation of the Ex cise-laws. But, in order to protect the honest manufac turer from the fraudulent one, what did they do ? They had recourse to a system of vexatious inter ference, and of constant prying and meddling with all the affairs of the manufacturer of paper; and they were obliged to do this to an extent that he hardly thought was true of any country, even of Algiers. Now with regard to the employment of labour, and he would just ask any of the Gentlemen opposite, interested as they were in the employment of labour in the rural districts, to consider how materially the prosperity of the paper manu facturer was connected with the full employ ment of labour in many of the agricultural districts. The manufacture of paper way perhaps the only rural manufacture which they'had. The,paper•mills were spread over the whole country. They were found perhaps in almost every county in the United Kingdom. They employed a large amount of labour, and if it was the tendency, as he beieved it was, of these laws to lessen the number of paper` manufacturers, and to limit the production of paper, then :he said, in producing those results, it lessened the employment of labour in those rural districts and increased the rates therein, and it became:a legitimate question with Gentlemen opposite how far they would interest themselves In` the abolition of those duties. There was no article of an equal value which employed a larger number of labourers than the manufacture of paper. Mr. Crompton, a gentleman of great experience in these m atters, had made a calculation that a reduc tion in tho dt, ty would afford employment to no less than sixty thousand persons, men, women, and clildren, in Loudon alone. That gentleman also stated that a newspaper which purchased stamps to the amount of 3,000/. gave employment to 15,0011. worth of labour; and what more important consicieraiisan could there ho than this, especially s.t. a time like the present, when multitudes were leaving their country for want of employment? He was speaking in presence of those who could correcs him if he were wrong, that all our colonies were getting their paper from France and Germany in preference to this country where the manufacturers could not supply paper at a sufficiently cheap price. It was true that they were allowed a drawback, but that was more than over-balanced by the extortions cf . the Excise. The drawbacks he believed confined the same, they appeared to be stationary matters.—(A laugh.) But he would now take the effects of this tax when in its most important shape, that of preventing the diffu sion of useful knowledge among the people. He could not state this in stronger terms than had been stated by Messrs. Chambers, of Edinburgh. In a petition pre sented by them to the House. They stated that they had been prevented by no other cause than these duties from continuing various Periodi cal works calculated to diffuse useful knowledge among the people. They had also been obliged to abandon a publication which had a circulation of 80,000 weekly by the mere consideration of the Excise Duties. The duties alone would have been sufficient to have ensured them a considerable profit. The paper formed the leading item in the e xpences. But he had another statement of a similar nature from Mr. Charles Knight. He supposed they had seen a very able pamphlet which had issued from the pen of that gentleman, entitled "The Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation," in which he gave a history of the struggles cf the Penny Cyclopcedia against the fatal effects of the heavy duty on paper. What did they think this little book—(Laughter)—which was in tended exclusively for the working and poorer classes, contributed to the revenue cf the country? It paid in hard cash for paper duty no less a sum than 16,500/. — (Hear, hear.) What an enormous sum was this to exact as a fine from a man before he was at liberty to spread through this vast country the inestimable blessings of cheap literature, which, in the words of Sir llenry Parnell, formed the raw material of all sociai improvement among the great masses of the working people of this country." In fact tho fiscal re strictions on paper did far more to hinder education than the educational grants of the Government did to promote it. He would quote another fact, from a pamphlet of Mr. Knight. He stated that in the course of twenty years he had paid 80,0001. for copyrights and literary labour, but before he could give the world the benefit of that purchase ho was compelled to pay the Government as much as 50,0001. for the duty on paper. Here was a tax on capital, here was a pressure on the industry of a talented man, which had no , parallel in any tariff or excise duty, but he would take another weapon. The proprietor of the Poor Man's Guardian told him that be fore he raid for labour of any kind he was obliged to Fay the Excise-office 100,0004 per annum. And it was absurd to say that the duty thus imposed could be got back from the consumer, for the poorer classes were [unable to give any but a very small sum for a publication, and unless a proprietor sold a very large number of copies his speculation would not succeed. The publishers of more expensive works suffered in the same ratio. If a per son published a work, and had a thousand copies printed, he had to pay duty upon all, although he might only sell 100 or 200, and the remainder found their way to the butterman or cheesemonger. The Commissioners of Excise had inquired into the subject, and they said it was their opinion that a great injustice was in flicted upon the publisher of a book by the making him pay duty on a greater number of copies than he sold. H e had state d w hy he thought the duty on paper pecu liarly prejudicial to the progress in knowledge, while a great many objections might be urged against it upon , the ground that it obstructed trade. Numerous indeed had been the Committees which had recommended its abolition on that ground, while the Excise Commission had contemplated its repeal, if it did not recommend its repeal.—(hear, hear.) Had the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth remained in office it would since. That Right Hon. have longeluty on leather and glass, and it Baronet lee e n abolished he was quite evident that • he contemplated paper next. With these observations he would ask the House to adopt this resolution as an expression of its opinion that the paper duty ought not to form one of the perpetual sources of raising the public revenue. He came now namely the one releting newspapers. H e beli eve d h e might be t t o o t h t he permittedest anmte to consider t eo on r n e s s i o d lo e u r ti , this not entirely as a question of revenue. He remembered when this question was before the Parliament some years ago, the Noble Lord then at the head of the Government expressed a hope that no man would think him capable for a moment of putting this question upon so narrow a foundation as that of revenue. The Noble Lord viewed it simply in reference to its effect upon the habits and feelings of the people, and it was in that spirit be proposed to deal with it now. Now, the newspaper stamp paid something like 350,000/. per annum to the Exchequer. Some gentleman might fancy that newspapers enjoyed some postal privileges, and he begged to tell those Gentlemen that he prop osed to leave that part of the matter just as it stood now. Those who wanted to send their paper by post should be compelled still to pay the penny stamp, but let not those who did not use the Post-office be compelled to pay with those who did.. This was no new principle, for it had already been adopted by the House, and by a return he held in his hand, a return which showed that there were fifty-three periodicals published in London which had stamped editions for whose who wished to forward them by post, and 'unstamped ones for those . who did not.—(Hear, hear.) He would take the case of Punch, the Athenceum, or the Builder, Anne would ask if there was any reason, if they were allowed to b e uns t am ped, when they did not go by would say these w e re n ot n ewspapers. post, why they sh ou ld no t a llow the Daily News to be un stamped when it did no t go by post. Perhaps the House Then he wanted to know what rifiht they had to allow t hem to go by post If that systein was so a nomalous with respect to the if they were not ne wspapers ? part of it, he did not think they could maintain it . postage e thought the thing must break down. It had gone to such an extent that he believed if he were to stamp a pair of boot and then put them into the Post-office they would go as a newspaper. — (Laughter.) It was well known th a t S avor y, the silversmith was able to send his catalogue of plated goods through , the Post-office by getting it stamped as a maintained,newspaper It might m or i d g e h r t tboekseaeip n ewspapers respectable. Hod t hat the tax on newspap ers "was a a political question and that its tax ought to be would relate a circumstance which showed what security it afforded , ft d for that purpose. There libelling individuals ; and There was a paper call e d Sam amongst other persons it libelled a clergyman at Barking, by stating that he had been guilty of some improper communication with one of his female servants. The Solicitor of the Stamp-office was written to, and that gentleman (Mr. Keogh) wrote in reply that "the paper called Sam Sly was not liable to the newspaper stamp." If libelling individuals was not newt, and that of the worst description, what was news? But according to the solicitor of the Stamp office, they. might actually circulate a paper like Suet Sly without being liable to the stamp duty. Where, then, was their security for respectability ? Under the present system of Stamp Duties, with respect to newspapers and other teriodical publi cations, lying was untaxed, and truth was.—(Hear.) In the penny publications of the day the greatest ins truths might be told of the greatest personages of the realm without any st amp duty, but the moment facts were stated, then came forward the Solicitor of Stamps and taxes and clauses and claimed his duty. Parties might say what they pleased and publish what they pleased as long as they did not tell the truth, but the moment they did so, the moment they gave what took place in that House, then they were subject to taxation. The truth Now untaxed publications might state what they pleasq, the lower orders read them; but the antidotes to them must pay the stamp duty. (LEFT SPEAY.ING.) THE GREAT SEA-SERPENT ASHORE. Marvels never cease. Scepticism has been ram pant against the existence in the " depths of ocean" of the leviathan sea-serpent. Few dared to profess belief in the reality of the gigantic denizen of the deep ; an& none were found bold enough to hope that the , mystery would be solved by that veritable wonder being exhibited in all its long gradations on land. The sea-serpent, however, has at length apparently taken to heart tkis general contempt towards his monstership ; and accordingly, as we learn from an American con tempoary, has determined himself to climb the shores and dethrone the general doubts. The follow ing vie extract from the Christian (U .S.) Mercury : "The following letter from a gentleman of Beaufort gives exciting news of what may, by this time, be the seat of war.' The old fellow has got into close quarters, and if he does not make a sudden and for tunate dash, has nothing better than offering himself as an oblation on the altar of science :--` Beaufort, March 15, 1850. The report of Captain Bankenship and passengers has been verified by many other wit nesses. This formidable sea monster has been seen again tee day, we understand, in our waters. When discovered by those on board the steamer, "his eminence" was in Port Royal Sound, a distance of seven or eight miles from this town. Since that time he has been lazily snaking his way up Broad River, and was seen by a gentleman, we understand, to day, in White Branch River, an arm of the Broad. He is reported to be making his way higher up still, when, perhaps, he may be captured. He is described as being from 120 to 150 feet in length, and of proportionate bulk ; has the head of a ser pent, which he carries, when in motion, five or six feet out of the water. About ten feet from his head is a hump, resembling a huge hogshead, and 83 far as he could be seen out of the water a succession of humps was observed. He was pursued for several miles along the bank of the river, at times the party in pursuit coming very near to him. He was shot at with a rifle and shot gun, which had the effect of making him timid, and caused him to sink below the surface of the water when nearly approached. We understand that a party from this place has been made up to capture him if possible. The plan is to man two large flats with a cannon to each, one going below, where he is represented to be, and the other above, and then approach each other, and, when he is discovered, to fire into him. In this way he may b 3 taken, if, peradventure, he does not take them first. T'ae Whale Branch is not more than one hundred yards wide, and there is every probability of an animated conflict with this king of the waters, within his own dominions ; and I suppose it is admitted that the battle must be waged upon his own terms.' The Charleston Courier has a letter from Beaufort, of the same date, and of a similar tenor, to which is appended the following :—`lnformation has just reached us that the said sea••serpant is ashore at the mouth of the Skull Creek. If so, the prize is certain, and Beaufort immortalized.' " COWES, APRIL 15,—Wind S.W., strong—Arrd. Isis, Burt, Toronto for Hull, her cargo of oil leaking. SoPERSTITIONS REGARDING FRIDAY.—It is strange enough that Friday is regarded, in all countries, as a pecu - liar day. In England it is generally considered unlucky, and many people will not commence any undertaking on that day; and most sailors believe that the vessel is sure to be wrecked that sails on a Fri day. If a marriage takes place on that day, the old wives shake their heads, and predict all kinds of misfortunes to the bride and bridegroom. Nay, they even pity all children who are so unlucky as to be born on a Friday. In Germany, on the contrary, Friday is 'considered a lucky day for wed dings, commencing new undertakings, or other memorable events; and the reason of this superstition is said to be the ancient balief that the witches and sorcerers held their meet ing on this day ; and, of course, while they amused them selves with dancing and riding on broomsticks round the Blocksherg, they could have no time to work any evil. their discretion to refuse or grant licences, they must same upon a house of 101. a year as upon 500/. a year. recollect the*, in the opinion of Englishmen, oppres. ' Thin the stamp duty on securities was the same; and sion, tyranny, and absolutism were not the fair and there we.s no application of the principle of graduation legitimate exercise of that discretion the law had given to them.—(Hear, hear.) In the next place he thought it to the magistracy. They had that discretion given them extremely unjust that mere personalty should be to see the law carried out and obeyed. Here that die- subj.cted to the same scale of duties as were to be charged cretion had been exercised where there had been no vio- upon re i 1 property. Then he came to the ease of redeem 'ration of the law. Horse racing was made legal for the able annuities; and why, he asked, were they to bear a encouragement of the bread of good horses; and who higher rate of stamp duty than mortgage transactions? would say that the making of a bet upon the issue of a Redeemable annuities were mortgages granted by tenants race was unlawful, or that the exhibition of a list in a for life; and it was monstrous that any Bill should be public-house wan:: an act as illegal as the keeping of submitted to the consideration of the House which con- Derby sweeps. 19 some cases when bets were made, the tained principles so directly opposed to one another, landlord became stakeholdc r, hut he had no profit whilst no attempt was made to set at rest those questions directly or indirectly, excepting the custom that the lists of litigation which refers-Si to licences granted by paten. brought to his louse. He thought the legality of these tees. Again, by the imposition of a progressive duty in belting lists so palpable that he had nothing to answer. addition to the advalorern duty on mortgage transactions, The refusal of his licence on that account was at least they would drive parties to resort to practices by which . . . . an unsound exercise of discretion, but of course the appellant must submit to the principle the Court might adopt; and:it the Court made the condition, that if his licence was renewed ho must discontinue the lists, of course he would conform. The Loaned JUDGE said the case now wore a different aspect. Mr. Clarkson had said that the landlord be came stakeholder; thereby ho became a party to the transaction. He certainly thought betting gaming; but a landlord could not he held responsible for the act of any two persona who chore to make a bet in his house; but when he became a stakeholder between those parties, it appeared to him that he was knowingly suffer ng gaming in his house, contrary to the,terms of his icence. Mr. CLARKSON—IIC derives no profit whatever by be coming stakeholder. Several maghtratea suggested that he rrcfited by the custom brought to the house by the betting lists. Mr. POWNALL said the words of the Act were em phatic and decisive—" no gaming whatever." Mr. CLARKSON said as this was the decision of the bench, his client must submit. If he persisted, and had his licence refused, he might keep his house as a beer ho ?eared the titles of this country Would ere long be come as voluminous, prolix, and entangled as the Irish titles with which the Solicitor-General had recently bet n dealing. He also regretted that no effort was made by the Bill to remove the difficulties which had arisen, and which were daily increasing, with regard to the pro per duty upon the transfer of mortgages.—(Hear, hear.) lie Hun. and Learned Gentleman (the Attorney-Gene ral) shook his head to express his dissatisfaction at his nut being allowed to rush at once,into Committee; but it was just possible that the observations which he (Mr. Sadleir) anti other Members had made might be the UV arts of rendering the Bill useful and practicable; and surely no one would say that they could, without dama ging their own reputation and the reputation of the Go shop, and then there was not the slightest power on the part of any authority to interfere with the betting lists, if they were continued. If the Leech, therefore, would renew the licence, he would promise to discontinue bet ting lists for the future. The magistrates then renewed the licence upon this premise. The Learned JUDGE said the bench were unanimously of opinion that these betting lists_were "gaming;" and therefore, by the publicity given to the proceedings there, the trade would have a distinct intimation that the licences of those who persisted in keeping betting lists would be endangered. The magistrates below had taken a very judicious course in bringing the matter for ward. Any future infraction of the law in this respect would be severely dealt with, and this the bench wished to be understood. This licence. was granted, with 101. costs, t) be paid by the appellant, with this intituat!on, also that he must discontinue the betting lists. In the cases of Joseph Barr, of the Windsor Castle, and of SafThry Middle On, of the White Swan, Long acre, the renewal of whose licenoes had been refused on the same grounds, they were granted, upon the promise that betting lists should be discontinued in their houses, each of these appellants paying 101. costs. HEAD V. TILE JUSTICES OF THE 3IARYLEBONE ve , rnmEnt, pass such a measure unaccompanied by any remark through the House.—(Hear, hear.) For his own part he was anxious to take some pains, in order to send the measures which originated there to the other House of Parliament in as perfect a shape as attention and care could make them; and he trusted the Hon. and Leirncd Gentleman would exhibit no further impatience upon the course which had been taken in this instance. Another point to which he desired to refer was the sub- This was an appeal against a refusal ti renew the licence to the Hope, Stephen- treet, Lisson-grove. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said he opposed this appeal on be half of the justices, who refused to renew the licence on the ground that the appellant had suffered music and (lancing and card-playing in his house, but more particularly for the manner in which the appel hut facilitated the escape from his house of a man whom a woman accused of robbing her in the room where the dancing was going on. When the officers arrived the gas was turned off and the man got away; but he was afterwards tAlcee, tried at this court, and sentenced to six months' herd labour. These facts were communicated to the justices by the Commissioners of Police, and the justices telt bound t refuse the licence. Evidence was gone into, but it rather disproved than proved that the appellant was concerned in putting the gas out on the occasion in question. • Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Court for the appellant. After some discussion the licence was renewed, with an intimation that music and dancing were to be discon jcct of portions fur younger children. They were now exempt from settlement duty ; and he put it, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether they ought not so to continue. But the greatest objection he had to urge was the ex post facto operation of the Bill, even in its amended form, with regard to deeds which had been either entirely or in part executed. It frequently occurred that the greatest difficulty was ex perienced in the attempt to ascertain what was the right stamp for a deed. This was the cause of constant con flicts and contentions, but there was not a public board in the country which would give the professional man, the landed or the commercial interest, the slightest in formation upon the subject. In his opinion it was highly desirable to vest a power in the Commissioners for In leed Revenue to declare what was the proper stamp duty to bra imposed upon a deed; and as it was professed that it was intended by the Bill to confer a boon upon the landed interest, he would suggest the addition of a sien p!e clause, enacting that every stamped instrument executed anterior to the passing of the Bill should Le deemed and taken as duly stamped. That would be a ptactical boon and a substantial benefit to the landed in terest. In concluding, the Hon. Gentleman said that be claimed exemption from additional duties for all those parties who might have been so unfortunate as not to have placed u correct construction upon the existing stamp laws, under which no man could be confident in express ing an opinion. The House then went into Committee. On the first clause being proposed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said, that with regard to a great number of ques tions which had been raised in the course of the present discussion, they would bo more conveniently answered when the clauses to which they particularly referred came ; under the consideration of the Committee. It watt not true that he had ever stated that he proposed a mea sure which would be of general relief to all parties. What he stated was, that he proposed a measure which would afford relief in all transactions of a small amount, whilst he should indemnify himself by raising the duty on those of a larger amount, And when he laid down that principle it appeared to meet with the general ap probation of the Ilouse—(Hear, hear.) He stated dis tinctly that he proposed to adopt an ad valorem dal' throughout; not that there should be a higher amount on tinucd, and that all publicans who had music and dancing in their houses, 'and had their licences refdsed in consequence cf anything that occurred from those accessories, would have but little chance of success on appeal to the Quarttr , Sessions. An order was made on appellant for 101. costs. large sums, but that the per-centage should be equal. Sup posing 100,000/. or 200,0001. were borrowed, no doubt 3 would be hard if a high percentage were placed on tilt:, amount ; but the hardship would be just as great upon the poor shopkeeper, or other person in similar cir cumstances. If it were just in the one case, it was just in the other ; and the principle that appeared to him the most fair to adopt was that of an equal per-centatte on large and small sums, Ho quite felt that the amount of duty upon borrowing was very large and after having had communications with the chairs men of the Board of Inland Revenue, he was prepared to Move in Committee an equal per tentage on m orn. gagss and bonds. Ile had at first proposed a duty Of per cent. on mortgages and bonds; he proposed now to reduce it to a uniform 4—that was to say, ss, instead of 10s. on every 1001. Tee Hon. Member for Oxford shire (Mr. Henley) had asked him if he could not fur" nish some information to the ; Home to show what »veld be the probable amount of revenue. But it was pooh' a .matter of estimate, and he was afraid that he could not lay upon the table any return by which a certain conclusion ou the subject could be arrived at. The floe. ft Gentleman must be aware that it was the mass of easel,' transactions, and not the rely large ones, that prod ucea:' . the great amount of revenue. Lie had gone care sally. , over the matter, however, with those persens in tha. Board of Inland Revenue who were members of thellati , Board of Stamps and Taxes, and the nearest concimioll ' to which they had been able to come, after revising itatviall the utmost care, was that the loss by the proposition et he at first slated it, might, und er th e most l ayout ;ble, circumstances, be taken at 270,000/.—he bad previeeisli stated it at 300,000/.—and that the proposal he 'inc.° made •of reducing the duty from one-halt to one" quarter per cent. might occasion a further loss of 50 Ma or 60,0001. But be could not prove this. It was. ity possible to produce figures to show the loss upon tral V. sactious of this nature. He might look for some-4 io crease of these transactions by reducing the amount of the stamp duty, just as he looked for au increase of re - , venue from the Customs duties when they leer° lowered ; but it was impossible to say to what ex ;60 6 What he now stated was upon the authority of Laos°, who had the best information up on th e su bj ect . .H e lo ci no other authority; and the loss upon the .proposition be now made might run up to 320,000/. or 330,0001.; buc i t would certainly be more than 300,000/. —not less. The Hon. Member far Cireacester (Mr. Mullings) hadg notice of a clause for obviating the inconvenience wiiicp arose out of doubts upon the amount of stamp diaties payable by law. Ile (Sir C. Wood) thought it was itr tremely desirable to do that. Ho did not think, haw: ever, that the clause which the Hon. Member proposed would affect that object in the best possible tt ay. But in order to attain that object, he (the Chancellor of 110 Exchequer) should propose to give to the Commis' sioners of Stamps the power of deciding and adjadt eating what the stamp duty should be in cases of small amounts. Mr. DISRAELI had understood the Right Hoe.. Gentleman originally to say—and he had, in fact, refer' = red to the expression himself this evening —that be in: tended to bring in a measure for tho advantage of what he called the landed interest, and the object of the . Right' Hon. Gentleman was a praiseworthy one(Hear, hear./ It was to assist the smaller proprietors—that was 0 4° expression then used; that these small proprietors were not the least important part of the landed interest, an d r that they were to receive relief fro thot modificaticis o ' , the stamp duties that affected them. —M Ear, hear.) . The" Right Hon. Gentleman now said that at that time 11o; :: informed the House that he could not make this bene eial arrangement for the small proprietors, nnless he a t the same time made some other changes which would , course, press more upon the greater proprietors—in fee": recur to, or adopt, an ad valorem system.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Disraeli) could not recollect that wb_tr the Right Hon. Gentleman made his financial stateme o that the phrase " ad valorem" escaped from " those Do. .—(A laugh.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER- -O '' yes.—(Rear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI—WeII, but what was the Ilig bt Hon. Gentleman's proposition when he came fornsr" with his budget?—(Hear, hear.) He said, "I am gel -to introduce a measure : for the advantage of the silVI Proprietors and the landed interest. I anticipate tha,ts the changes which I am going to make will cost the re _ venue 300,000/. or 400,000/., and I am going to aacrifi cs : of my surplus a sum to that amount.' , Well, that an intelligible proposition.—(Hear hear.) But wha t ' did he say to-night ? Why he said, "I am prepared benefit the landed interest and the small proprietors 1 1. the amount of 350,0001.; but as compensation for that I" must lay on an amount :of taxation which will probsby reach at least to the same extent on the greater PIT prietors." Now he (Mr. Disraeli) asked, was that o°_,Y sistent with the Right Hon. G en tl eman ' s or i g i na l 0 0 11 went, that he was going to devote a certain portion P. his surplus revenue to the ben e fit o f th e l an d e d intetP7 —(Hear, hear)—when it turned out that the great * Pl l o of the Government was to tax one portion of landed interest in - order to relieve another portion by the landed interest ?—(Loud cheers.) Had the .P 4. - 1, Honourable Gentleman—(continued Mr. Disrite' l i ' s introduced a measure the object of which w to to benefit the [small proprietors by devoting so their service a portion of the surplus revenue, as • yid originally stated, I should have accepted a metillif t . 3 , that kind as a boon; but the present measure—even I .`A be a politic and necessary measure—is one of incres or , taxation upon the landed interest, or a considerable 140 tion of the landed interest; and whether it be a p ° ' s e and necessary measure or not, I maintain that ° I ,. sure of this kind ought to be brought forward frankliot (Hear, hear) —that it ought not to be brought for'' 4 under a false pretence; that the Government 81100" 70 upon an occasion of such importance as the budget O w forward and announce that they are introducing a ttel sure for the benefit of a considerable section of the la ps interest, by devoting :to them a portion of the surf revenue, and then when we come to the details it t o ut that this good is to be se cure d by t ax i n g WWI . 1 0 portion of the lauded intere s t.—(Ch eers .) B u t if, 11 ", go have been told to-night, th e Ri g ht H on . Gentletnan. / o , find compensation by an ad va l orem sca ! e of duti e c d. went to know what he means t o d o w i t h th e 300,Yne' surplus revenue in the Treasury which may not be.d i t cessary. Probably he may devote that to-morroW n j e ae to reducing the tax upon paper, or some other g1e,t, 0 ,) which his friend s may p ro p ose t o him.—(Hear.,,P4:of At present, how e v er , it a p rears th a t we h ave 300,0 u h iati surplus, which may be devoted to any purpose WP Her. Gentlemen may suggest.—(Hear, hear.) se sai d The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER' to that by the rules of the House he was not at libertfol refer to the ieport of the debate on a former night; he r he begged to say that the memory of the Hon. bo ttot o for Buckinghamshire was moat inaccurate, fur that is'ordo drentle man had put into his mouth expressions and W Of which he had never uttered.—(Ministerial cheers.) ialas course ho bad not done so inteationally. What be IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 15. STAMP DUTIES BILL. _ _ On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, as there had been so much- misapprehension o❑ the subject of the altered Bill, he thought it right to state, that although a considerable number of reductions had been made, in no instance wes there any additional taxation imposed no other tax had been levied in the altered Bill now be fore the House beyond that contained, in the first schedule, which had passed through Committee. He had received a great number of communications from parties respecting this measure, and as it was impossible to transmit to each an answer, be had referred them all to the board of Inland Revenue for consideration, and a digest had been made c f the whole, and ho believed he was now justified in stating that 99 out of every 100 of the persons who felt aggrieved by the measure had had their views met by the alterations which had been made by the Government. He stated when ho introduced the Bill that ho intended to proceeg on the ad valorem prin ciple, and he had carried out that principle as far as be possibly could. Mr. GOULBURN raid the Right Hon. Gentleman intended to intro 4 .uce into the Bill a mode for levying the stamp duty which had heretofore never been adopted. It appeared to him that the system proposed by the Right Hon. Geethanan would lead to great inconveui once and much injustice, and would suggest that the scale should be a descending and not an ascending one. Under the existing law, a mortgage for 50,0001. paid a duty ef 251., but when this Bill passed it would be raised to 2501., while a mortgage for 150,0001. would have to pay 750/. Now, would the House allow him to point out the inconvenience which must result from this? Why, the ingenuity of man would suggest some mode of advancing money without incurring expense, or the practice of lending money upon mortgage would be greatly restricted, if not abo. fished, and as either alternative must prove highly injurious to the country, he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would reconsider his plan. With regard to marriage settlements, the Bill certainly would have a very ill effect, for though it decreased the duty under 5001., when they amounted to 1,000/. it in creased them, and he must remind the House that there were unfortunately more teitlements effected above 1,0001. than under. Ile had stated these objections in order that the Chancellor of the Exchequer might take them into consideration before going into Committee. Mr. MULLINGS, in objecting to the Bill, remarked that the first duty was the nergain and sale duty for on t o year. It should be put in the tame category with lease holds for years. He conceived that the warrants of at torney and mortgages might put in a claim (as we un derstood) for further consideration. It was his opinion that taxation upon loans was a vicious principle, for it was a tax upon the necessities and distresses of the people,--(Bear.) lle•knew of parties being frequently in such a situation that they were not able to pay the expenses of the mortgage. But what would be the case under this Bill ? Up to 1,0001. there would be relief afforded, but the moment they passed beyond 1,000/ the evil si ould be aggravated. Upon 2,000/., where 6/. was now paid, 101. would be required ; upon 3,0001., in stead of 71., it would be 151. ; upon 4,000/., instead of 8/., it would be 20/. ; and on 5,0001., instead of 101., it would be 25/. ; and so it went on up to 100,0001., when the stamp duty was 5001., and so that in cases that he knew a party would have to pay 600/. and 700/. stamp duty. This did not affect the land only. Then in a settlement, if any person granted an annuity, whether contingent or otherwise, that was calculated as an abso lute annuity, and had to pay stamp duty, although it might never come into effect.—(Hear.) It had been stated that this Bill would give relief, and it had been calculated that the revenue would lose 300,0001 a year. It was his belief, and it had not been altered by the fel lacicius set of duties he had seen, that the produce of the revenue would be infinitely more than 300,0001. Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER thought there were many objections to the Bill, especially with reference to building societies. Mr. HUME said that hitherto small sums had paid more duties than large ones; and as he understood the Government, the object of the Bill was to make all pay in proper proportions, if such was the case (and he had been told that it was), he felt bound to support the Bill. Mr. HENLEY complained that time had not been given to Members and parties to consider the Bill as reprinted, and the House was called upon to act in the dark. Under such circumstances he thought they ought not at present to go into Committee on the Bill. Mr. SADLEIR observed that a more difficult or a more complex Bill than the Stamp Duties Bill, with its schedule B, could not possibly be laid before the House. It involved most difficult questions, and embraced more interests throughout the United Kingdom than any other measure that be knew of. They had been told that tile Bill was to be a great boon to the United Kingdom, and that declaration was followed by a Bill which, he was happy to say, had been abandoned—a Bill that he was unwilling to speak of in harsh terms, because he did not like to speak evil of the dead, but yet a Bill of which he could not refrain from saying, that it' it had passed in the shape it had been brought forward would have brought disaster and ruin upon the agricultural aad commercial community alike.—(Hear.) He was happy to say that the Right Hoe. Gentleman had adopted nine tenths of the suggestions that had been made; but even now with his amended Bill he asked the Right HOD. Gentleman was he prepared to stand by his sugges tions?—(llear.) Would he even now ray that he would not yield to any suggestion?—(Hear.) What provi sion, he asked the Right lion. Gentleman, was there in the Bill for that large class of deeds that were now un duly stamped?—(hear, hear.) There was no law so consistently avoided as the stamp laws, and why so? Because they dare not enforce them—because if they did enforce them they would bring to a complete stand still the mercantile operations of this great com mercial country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer regarded all dealings above 1,000/. as large transactions, and subjected them to high rates of duties. Assuredly the Right Hon. Gentleman must know that transactions under 1,0004 were of very limited nature compared with others above that sum. Benefit would have been conferred if the duties had been lowered on all transac tions under 10,0001. In Ireland the duties in one case were increased 100 per cent. upon a certain class of leases which now paid only ls. It was desirable to have the registration of all deeds, and the sum charged was the MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Court sat yesterday, at Clerkenwell, for the pur pose of hearing appeals against the rausal of the divi sional jutt:ces to grant and renew public-house licences. Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Assistant-judge, presided. The magistrates present were—Mr. Pownall, Mr. Wilks, Mr. Witham, Mr. Tubbs, Mr. Denou, Mr. Laurie, Captain Carpenter, Mr. Brooking, Mr. Marriott, Mr. Halswell, Mr. Turner, Mr. Warner, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Arm strong, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Hammack, Mr. Arden, Mr. Rose, and Mr. France. ILLEGALITY OF BETTING LISTS. The first case on the list was an appeal, by Samuel Searle, against the refusal of the justices of the division if St. Martin-in-the-Fields to renew a licence, under the Sth Geo, IV., e. 61, to sell excisable liquors in the house called the Salisbury Arms, Durham-street, Strand. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the appellant, Mr. Ballan tine in support of the decision of the justices. Mr. BALLANTINE, in opening the case, said he had the honour to appear before the Court on behalf of the justices of Vie division in which the appellant's house was situated. The appellant was the landlord (f a public-house, called the Salisbury Arms, in Dur ham-street, Strand, and at the last meeting of the licensing magistrates for that division, they thought it right to retthe to renew , the licence to that house; but they did not adopt that measure until abundant warning had been given to him, which warning he had disregarded. The charge against Mr. Searle was, that he bad knowingly suffered gambling in his house, in contravention of the terms of his licence—a species of gambling from which great evil resulted — namely, betting lists. It bad been decided by compe tent authority that " betting lists " tame within the meaning of the term " gambling," and as the licence prohibited gambling of all kinds being carried on, on the promises, the justices had no alternative but to carry out and enforce what they conceived to be strictly the law, namely, that no . publican who suffered this kind of gambling to be carried on in his house was entitled to have his licence renewed when the pro per time for withholding it had arrived. The ques tion was one of great importance, and if the Court af firmed what had been done by the Court below, the effect no doubt would be a very beneficial one to the public generally. The Learned JUDGE asked for the Duke of Rich mond's Act, 8 and 2 Victoria. Mr. CLAl u tsoN said that Act legalised wagers, but gave no legal means of recovering them. Nobody could say eT tti es at e i euL the law in thewtomak Act of eabet upon the th said the w Par liament, the Licensing A ct, 9 Geo. IV., were ver y dis tinct, and were to the effect, that no unlawful game, or gambling, or any gaming whatever, should be per mitted in a public-house. The question here would, therefore, be, he presumed, were these betting lists a species of earning. and did the appellant knowingly suf fer it in hi s house? Mr. I.3oroxisr said he appeared for a publican, who was in the same position as this appellant. He did not ques tion the power, or deny that it was in the discretion of the magistrates, to refuse to renew any licence, and, as the magistrates of that division had determined to re fuse licences in every case where the betting lists were continued, his client, Mr. Barr, of Long-acre, was ready to promise that nothing of the kind should ever take place in his house for the future. The Learned JUDGE said they had better dispose of one case before they entered upon another. Sergeant Thompson, of the F division, and another officer, then gave evidence, which proved the fact of Mr. Searle having had betting lists exposed publicly in front of the bar of his house, and that parties had fre quented the house to make bets, taking the list as their guide. The witne sses sa id thelists were copies cf Tat tersall's lists, and gave the then state of the odds, in favour or against horses entered for different races. Parties went to houses where these lists were kept and made bets on the various races, according to the state of the odds, as given in the lists. The witnesses said the house had always been considered an extremely well conducted one. The Learned JUDGE asked if these listrewere not the same as those published in the newspapers? Mr. CLARKSON said they were. The Learned JUDGE then observed that he could see no difference between the looking at a written list and at list published in the daily papers. Mr. BALLANTINE said he had nothing further to urge for the justices. Mr. CLARKSON—I should like to know what I have to =SWOT. • _ _ The Learned JUDGE—If as the matter stands, it was a mere question of law, :I should have no doubt about it, but it is a question of discretion entirely for the bench to determine. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the Court. lie did not in any way deny that it was entirely in the discretion of the magistrates below to refuse to renew or grant a licence for any reason, and it was of little avail for a publican to appeal to that court against a grievance in flicted upon him by the exercise of that discretion, if he "did not speak his mind freely and fully. For ten years had Me. Searle kept this house, and that during that period he had conducted it most respectably there was a memorial from his neighbours-to the court to testify— there was not the slightest imputation upon his charac ter as a resrectable man, and the only possible reason that could be set forth for the refusal of his licence was, that the magistrates had erroneously and mistakenly, he would satisfy the Court, deemed these betting lists to partake of the character of Derby sweeps. When Derby sweeps were so much in vogue a short time ago, the opinions of some of the most eminent men at the bar was taken as to their legality, and these opinions, ho would inform the Court, were that the sweeps came within the operation of the Lottery Act, and conse quently they were repressed. But between a Derby sweep and a mere bet upon the issue of a race mthing could be more distinct—the one was perfectly illegal, the legality of the other could not be impeached—and therefore nothing could Le more mistaken than the no tion that betting lists wore of the same character as Derby sweeps. The Learned JUDGE said that there could be no doubt but that Derby sweeps were illegal. The simple ques tion before the Court was tliis, was it gaming for a pub • lican to allow a list of the state of th e odds, copied from Tattersall's, and published in the newspapers, to lie on his coanter for the inspection of his cui.tomere. 'tr. WILKS said it was in the discretion of the magi stra'es to refuse or grant a licence, and he thought this was a matter - of fact within their discretion. Mr. Cuaticsort, so far from denying that, would ad mit that it was so, and though magistrates had it ieu tal c } ' tc 71 : 1 . --- ea n trtio c , cu e ar loi slam 0 1 . vouourar o s i tts ve.- 300,0.00, 1 ( 1 ' l utY on VA I 4 . t ortr 450 1° Chareellt tort wheee e ; he Sit A r ) alt e:s r U . r t o oiv e , loss of :8,148 time stat °I a 8411111 of al am arger an Ansil le 300 . 0 00 f. 1 t 1184 SPOk , 41 183i0n c ft, ~,... 01 ft f aC u tis Pensatio lin. " . `a Hon( "tl,OOO/ - co ur •In th li, *n ient fief ':, tt" when ti i .otertlittee ttl ' C old b e 350 I. budget, ) 4 retui s • f ' . (r "°1 S A atitler dt 4,1_ to 5 et the Z''ae rQ ‘k en " ° ft r a n ,,Y-G dove -11 lat t to intry. t he eabe rk '4 l 'eulat e let i t fr el I th e i. deal UM thi for tati