The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-12 00:00:00

frourtb Xbitt o SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.—BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The Fern Hill Stakes. Receipt filly „. Prestige ... ... Fernando ... ... 2 ... 3 EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) GORHAM v. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. Sir FITZROY KELLY said he attended before their Lordships, in consequence of what had transpired in the morning, for the purpose of stating that he was ear nestly desirous on personal reasons, with which his Learned Friends were all well acquainted, that this case should be heard at the sittings after the present term, and that it should not be postponed until next Michaelmas term. Be did not entertain any doubt that the proceedings of the court were perfectly regular, but if there should be any question as to the meaning of the Act of Parliament under which sittings were held after term, he was quite ready to enter at once into any undertaking which would bind the right reverend person for whom he appeared not to take any steps for prolonging the decision of the case. If the Court thoutzht such an undertaking neces sary, it might be made to form part of the rule. 'lne CHIEF BARON—I think there is no occasion for anything of the kind. There is no distinction between this and any other case before the Court on a motion. It has been the invariable habit of the Court ever since the statute passed, and bcfore I had the honour of a seat on the bench, to take all pending business at the sittings after term; therefore there can be no necessity to enlarge the rule, or to make any arrangement in the way you suggest. Sir FITZROY KELLY expressed himself satisfied with the decision of the Court. A discussion then followed as to the omission of cer tain affidavits from the rule, which ended in the Court directing that they should be inserted. FRANCE. The Dix Decembre contains a letter from Berlin, stated to come from a person in the immediate suite -of his Majesty, that says, " the King is not inclined to severity ; he perceives in Sefeloge an unfortunate wretch, who ought to be separated from all parties." The writer adds, he does not believe that the criminal was ever a frequenter of the clubs. PRUSSIA. The latest accounts from Berlin announced the ar rival in that city of Horace Vernet, the celebrated French painter, on his way to St. Petersburgh. By order of the Minister of Justice all the employis of that department are forbidden to wear the German cockade. DENMARK. A summary of the proposals made by the Schleswig deputies is given in the Kieler Correspondenzblatt of the 7th inst., and runs a, follows : "1. Schleswig and Holstein are to have a common Stadtholder, but each of the two provinces will have separate provincial b:ards. '• 2. The King of Denmark, acting in concert with the present Stadtholders, appoints the new Stadtholder and the chiefs of the provincial boards. 3. The King and the Stadtholder will publish an electionary law, and two Diets, for Schleswig and f , .r Holstein, will be elected accordicg to the provisions of this law. The Diet will have legislative power. " 4 The Schleswig-Holstein army is to be reduced to the number of its federal contingent. It is to be main tained by the joint contribution, of the two Duchies. " 5. The whole of Schleswig is to be occupied by Prus sian troops until the affairs of that duchy shall have come to a definitive 6ettlement. " 6. This provisional state of things will continue until a definitive arrangement shall have berm come to respect ing • 11 the questions now pending between Denmark and the Duchies." IMPERIAL PAR LIAME NT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair, in the New Chamber, at Twelve o'clock. GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONKLANDS RAILWAY, &c. Mr. J. B. SMITH moved that leave be given to the Committee on the Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway, and Glasgow College Lands Bill, to proceed with the Bill on two clear days' notice being given in the Private Bill-office, under standing order No. 100, notwithstanding that seven clear drys' notice of the first meeting of the Committee this day, as re quired by standing order No. 194, has not been given in the Private Bill-office.—Agreed to. EARL OF LINCOLN'S DIVORCE BILL. Mr. W. PATTE v moved that the petition of Mr. Parkinson (presented 11:h June) to dispense with ser • vice of copy of the Earl of Lincoln's Divorce Bill on Lady Lincoln, be taken into consideration. Mr. Charles Hunt, solicitor to the Countess of Lincoln, was called to the bar of the House, and examined by. Mr. W. Patten. lie was understood to say that he had the authority of the Countess of Lincoln to act as her agent in all matters relating to the present Bill. In answer to a question from Mr. BOUVERIE, he said that he had several instructions not to impede the progress of the divorce. The motion was then agreed to. SURREY AND SUSSEX ROADS BILL. Sir W. JOLLIFFE moved that instruction be given to the Committee on Group 24 of Private Bills, that they have power to amend the Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill, by inserting (if they shall think fir) a provision that mortgage creditors should not be entitled to enter into possession of the tolls, except in default of payment of interest.—Agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were then read a third time : Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society. Great Central Gas Consumers' Company (No. 2). The Cethrow'e Estate Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be con•mitted. PE TITIONS. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition against the Highway Bill; also against the Savings Banks Bill. Mr. S. HERBERT presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament, and also a petition praying that the Savings Benk Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Yr, L. HEY WORTH presented a retition against the further extension of licences to beer houses ; also a petition in fAvour of this Marriage Bill. LANDLORD AND TENANTS BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, • C , lonel SIB MORE' said he should take the acme course with respect to this Bill on the present occasion that he always had done. Ho had not found a single person among the tsnant-farmers of his acquaintance who expressed any desire to have this Bill; and he should move that the House should resolve itself into a Com mittee on it this day six months. Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the Bill. He was much surprises at the determined opposition mani fested towards it by the Hon. and Gallant Member. It was necessary that encouraeement should be given to the tenant-farmers, especially at this juncture, when they had been deprived of the protection previously given to their produce. He thought the Bill was called for; his only objection to it was that it did not go far enough, it being only of an enabling character. Mr. CHRISTOKIER would vote or the Bill, but he did not think it would benefit the agricultural interest much. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND felt himself bound to support the motio n of the lion. and Gallant Member (Colonel Sibthorp). He thought the two Hon. Members who had charge of the Bill, with the beat intentions, were yet mistaken in their views in introducin g it. He thought all tenant ri g h t B i lls fur Ireland were wrong i n pr i nc iple, a n d t h at it would be much better fur England as well as Ireland to omit all that kind of e Hume then divided, whe n t h ere appeared — For the amendment ........Again5t.................. 22 Against it . ..................... ......... ............................ 624 a Majority The House then went into Committee . On Clause 1 being proposed, Sir J. V. BULLED proposed the omis s i on of the I words which gave comp e nsation to tenant far mers for any money they may have expended in the pu rc h as e cf food for cattle, sheep, or pigs. Surelywhe t n, the farmer sold his stock, he would g id et him. compensation in n the improved price that woul d b e pa Mr. PUSSY said just the conversewas tlr h the ee purposerule.-- (Bear e hear.) A farmer who fed of menuring his land never expected get This ohtsclause bad more for the rattle theft what he paid for it. been agreed to by two distinct C o mmittees, while the words propos e d t o b e l e ft out, which certainly formed the most v i ta l Dart o f t h e measure , had been introduced upon the recommendation of Sir Robert Peel.—(hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY should certainly support the clause as it stood, for he knew of his own knowledge that in many parts of the country farmers kept and fed their cattle on the most expensive food for the purpose of the manure.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. H. DRUMMOND said, that undoubtedly that was the most ex pensive, but it did not follow that it was the best mode of obtaining manure. Indeed Mr. Lord bad proved that duiighill manur e was far preferable, and he for one should resist this proposed compensation. Sir JAMES GRA EIAM said that he had had great difficulty in hearing the arguments ; the peculiarity of the house wls that Members could hear the Spe'ker the other side of :he House, but of what was said on this side of the House they could not hear otie sin le w or d. With r es p ec t to t h e wor d s which were now proposed to be left out, he thought there was some likelihood of the House resolving itself into a farmer.' club. Ile was bound to say that he had some experience on the subj. ct, and he could not think that artificial manures were to be put upon the same foot ing as food purchased for animals. A large portion of 4 yielded greet returns to the purchaser; but the doe., of his Hon. Friend was to make cattle mere machines for the productioreof manure.. Ile did not wish 19 so Into details on the subject, but he was decidedly *weed to thin chum, which he thought ought not to hp eoninder,d separate from the ti!li chum; and if he wero driven to vote he should certainly vote fur the omission of th• words. _ _ Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT was disposed to agree with the Right Honourable Baronet in some of his remtrks, but he certainly should not go to the length which he had gone. At ter a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. FLOYEB had many objections to the Bill, and he should oppose the present clause. Mr. NEWDEGATE said if the House passed a Bill like this, which enabled a party having a life interest in an estate to charge his successor to an unlimited extent, they would absolutely invalidate the whole law of entail, and empower the person in possession so to charge his estate as absolutely to ruin his successor. Mr. PUSEY said the principle of tenant-right in volved in those clauses was that which had been adopted by the Lincolnshire tenantry, and recommended by two successive Committees. Lord Yarborough had just in troduced those specific clauses into the management of his property in the Isle of Wight, and he was no mean authority on such a subject. Ho trusted the House would not strike out of the Bill the only clauses which made it valuable. Sir WILLIAM JOLLIFFE deprecated the litiga tion in which those clauses would involve the whole tenantry and landlords of England. He would cordially vote for the omission of the proposed words. Mr. SEYMOUR said as the Bill was entirely of a permissive nature, no landlord or tenant would avail themselves of it unless to their" mutual interest. He was in favour of retaining the words in the clause. Colonel SIBTHORP said, as every clause came under consideration, he became more convinced of the danger ous, delusive, and destructive charactar of the measure. Sir J. GRAHAM pointed .out the great advantages which would result from the application of artificial ma t u. es to Lind. and the profit derived from feeding cattle for the benEfit of their manure; • Sir J. Y. BULLER was quite ready to join with his tenants in improving his estates, but he entertained strong objections to the plan proposed by this Bill. It gave him no check over, the extravagances of his tenant, nor did it fix the limit to which an expenditure under this Bill could be carried. After a few words from Mr. TRELAWNY, the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... ... 84 Against it . ... 65 Majority ... ... —l9 The amendment was consequently carried. Clauses 4,5, 6, 7 and S Ware then agreed to without On clause 9, Mr. GREENE moved an amendment to the clause, laying certain restrictions cm glebe lands. Mr. NEWDEGATE also proposed to introduce cer tain amendments with regard to charges on glebe lands. Mr. PUSEY thought they were mixing up two or three different subjects together, and he would rather settle the point which had been raised by the Hon. Member for Lancaster first. Afters few words from Mr. PACKE, Colonel SIBTLI011.1 ) , in consequence of the promo ters of the Bill having asserted that this clause was grounded on the practice of Lincolnshire, rose to dis claim on the part of Lincolnshire any sympathy with the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM-aeggested that the amend ment should be postponed fo#The present, until the Hon. Member for Warwickshire had had time to frame his proviso. Mr. GREENE was perftctly ready to do so if it was thought more desirable. The amendment was consequently withdrawn. After a few words from Mr. LABOUCHERE, Mr. WALPOLE moved the omission of certain words in the clause, which he contended would enable a mortgagee to impreve a mortgagor out of his property. Atter a short discussion, iu which Sir James Graham, Mr. l'useL., and the Solicitor-General tuck part, strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 46 Against it ... ... 117 Majority ... —7l The amendment was consequently lost. The clause was then agreed to. The remaining claasea of the Bill were then agreed to without discussion. The House then resumed, and the Chairman having reported progress, the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday next. COURT OF CHANCERY BILL. Mr. TURNER moved the second reading of this Bill. He said it was with great diffidence and reluctance that he had undertaken the task of at tempting some improvement in the practice of the Court of Chancery. The House would be aware that no less than 50,000,0004 of funded property was at the present time in the bands of the Court of Chancery. He must say that in the execution of this task he had been encouraged by the remembrance of many great men who had gone before him—coadjutors in this great work. He had seen so much poverty, so much distress, so much extravagance and waste caused by the present mode of proceeding in the Court of Chancery, that he considered some reform in this branch of the law imperative. He was bound to say that the Learned Judges of these Courts had, as far as they were able, introduced beneficial reforms into their Courts. The Bill which he gal introduced dealt with the subject on an entire new principle ; it would, to a great extent, simplify and assimilate the proceedings in all kinds of cases, and do away with the delay and expense which at present brought such opprobrium upon the Court of Chan dery. There was another great difficulty to provide for in the Bill. An executor, atter paying all the debts of the testator, and handing over the remainder of the property to the legatees and other parties interested in the will, might after the lapse of forty years be called upon to pay some claim due by the testator of which no notice was given at the time the will was carried out. It sometimes happened that the testators were put to enormous ex penses in consequence of proceedings being instituted against them iu respect of such claims. Many of the provisions of the Bill bad been inserted at the suggestions of persons holding eminent positions in the Court of Chancery, and who were well acquainted with its practice. That, as well as many other difficulties, the Bill endea voured to obviate. The Hon. Member delivered a warm eulogium on the Lord Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce for the assiduity and learning which they had displayed in their different capacities, and was un derstood to say that many parts of the Bill were either suggested or approved of by those eminent legal autho rities. The Hon. Member, who was very indistinctly heard throughout, concluded by moving the second read ing of the Bill. The SOLICITOR GENERAL said he did not intend to offer the slightest opposition to the measure.—(Hear.) He not only entirely concurred in the object which the Honourable Member sought to attain, but he had himself brought in a Bill to remedy certain detects in the law, which bad already received the sanctidn of the House, and was now in its progress .through the House of Lords. In that Bill he enabled parties, by means of a special ca•e, to take the opinion of the Curt as to the construction to be put on certain words in any will,, deed, or other instrument, and thus to avoid much prolonged and expensive litigation. He approved of that part of the Bill which related to the accounts of executors. Executors could not obtain an exemption from liabilities till their accounts had been passed, but at present the mode of obtaining the passing was dilatory and expensive, and this Bill proposed to substitute a more simple mode of procedings. Now, in his own Bill he had attempted to do the same thing, and ultimately he hoped it would turn out that the attempt had not been made in vain.. With regard to the part of the Bill which related to scandal, contempt, libels, and such like offences, if he spoke according to his own private opinion, he was strongly inclined to support the plan of transferring some of the functions exercised by the Masters to the Court itself. There could be no doubt that the Masters were terribly overburdened with business, greatly to the inconvenience of the public, and any plan which could reduce the arrear must of necessity prove of great advantage to the country. Thanking, there fore, his Hon. and Learned Friend for the attention and ability he had brought to bear upon this important sub ject, it only remained for him to entreat the House to read this Bill a second time, and let them go into Com mittee, and see it some of its provisions could not be made law.—(Hear.) Mr. P. WOOD said the delays of the Masters' office could net be made too familiar to the public, and to show the immensity cf the evil of the Court of Chancery, he need . only explain the technical machinery of that office. At present there were 1,944 causes under consideration of the Masters' office, or an average of 200 causes for each Master. Now, before any stage could be taken in each case, what was called a warrant bad to be obtained, which entitled the party applying for it to the right:to be heard by counsel before the apace of an hour. It'very often happened, howerer, that it required three or four of these warrants to issue before the Master could be made familiar with the cir cumstances of the case, while the same proceed , ing .had to be. gene ,through by , the other side, la order that :en:bre.): toh:e4sej.oan they :.- might be heard :in answer clear therefore that the real cause d delay the - ywas to to fin b d e t f h te a u t nd his in u t o h n e . ManadatLl:rned Friend had taken the matter up. Its ill have much w " Praticable in an eminent degree, and he sheuld plea sy su or r d e s ii t i giving it his hearty support. 1 n rb d t : b flz e g Ch w b atasn rejoicede e against r theta. a m l _ t more w a s After a few s m eco M na r. C. :o ported the measure, A e ,N a S n is d E order w ed ho to nP be The Bill wa s r „„ d RG E moved S S the LISTS s e second d ljreading committed on Monday. of this Bill. Mr. HODGES BU The existing law, he said, bas abused. The mayor of a borough, assistedliable by tvvoasse was required annually to revise the burgess' 'sore, it not urifrequently happened that the nt;sots. Now candidate for the suffrages of these very buigerssewsa-ea that circumstance sometimes influenced his decision, in d cases where he thought the burgess was likely to vote aga in s t himself. Indeed, in the borough of Rochester th a t contingency had absolutely arisen, and as he be_ lieved that was by no means an isolated instance, he had introduced this Bill to amend the law, and prevent a recurrence of such an anomalous state of things. Colonel SIBTIIORP opposed this Bill on the ground, among others, that it was intended to remedy a state of things which existed in the boro u g h of Rochester alone. He reminded the House that there had been no petitions presented in favour of this Bill, and that there !ere several petitions presented ag ainst it, including spor e which he himself had presented from the city he had the honour to represent. He understood there never had been a complaint made against the proceecEngs on the revision of the burgess lists by the great number ()f . Cities and boroughs which sent Members , to ,that House, with .respect to any improper conduct Oni, the part of the . mayOr and assessors. On the contr ar the peopl e were Perfectly satisfied with the conduct of those ....... THE SUN, LONDON, officers in this matter. In England and Wales there were no less than 269 cities and boroughs that sent 360 Members to that House, and the population in those cities and boroughs amounted to seven millions and several hundred thousands; and yet, until now there had never been a complaint against the present system of revising the burgess list which bad been in operation for seventeen years. He objected to the Bill because it would entail an extremely heavy expense on the diffe rent boroughs which had rates enough to pay already.— (Hear.) He moved that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. Alderman. SIDNEY seconded the motion, though he did so for different reasons from those of the Honour able and Gallant Member who had just spoken. The instances of partiality shown in the revision of burgess lista he considered were very rare. He was ac quainted with several towns of considerable importance, where party spirit ran very high, and yet he never heard of a charge of partiality being made against any of th• revising courts, which were pre sided over by the mayor.—(Hear, hear.) One of the principal objections which he entertained to the present Bill was, that it would impose a large additional expense upon the country. The Hon. and Gallant Member had stated that the cost of revising the lists of Parliamentary electors amounted to 30.0004 a-year, and if the same system of revision was extended to burgess lists the additional cost would amount to more than 100,0001. The Bill, in his opinion, was not wanted, and as it would entirely do away with a system which was at present working very satisfactorily, and would levy a large and unnecessary cost on the public, he would cordially second the amendment of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. Mr. BERNAL reminded the mover of the amend ment teat the Bill was only proposed to extend to Eng land and Wales, and not to Scotland or Ireland. The measure was grounded on a very wholesome and sound principle, . that of not allowing a man to hear and determine any case as judge in the eventual results of which he might be either directly or indirectly interested. The expense entailed by the Act would not be greater than that arising from the present system of revision by the mayor. Although, however, he approved of the Bill, he thought it might be greatly improved by making the adoption of its pro visions by corporate towns entirely permissive.—(Hear.) The case involved in the Bill was in a nutshell. Mayors of boroughs had an,interest in'maintaining the strength of the political party to which they belonged, but a revising barrister would be subject to no such influence or impu tation, and he really could not understand how the change proposed by this Bill could ba objected to. Lord GALWAY objected to the measure because it interfered with the principle of local self government. Mr. SHAFTO ADAIR also opposed the Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY observed that the law as it now stood provided a remedy for cases of partiality on the part of the mayor. No complaint had been made against the existing system by any other borough but Rochester, and he saw no necessity whatever for the' change proposed by this Bill. After a few words from Mr. SHY= and Mr. GEORGE' HunsoN, who both opposed the Bill, the amendment was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a secoud time that day six months. • SMALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. ' Mr. P. SCROPE moved that this Bill be read a third time this day six months, on the ground that its object was to rate the houses of the poorer classes who were now excepted from paying rates, which was a most unjust principle, and would be most in• jurious in operation. One million of the poor occupiers of cottages in this country were already exempted from the payment of rates on the benevolent assumptio❑ that such was their poverty that they were wholly unable to pay them; but on that great number of poor persons this Bill would inflict a serious grievance. The object of the Bill 'was to get from one party or another the rates, either from the landlord or the occupier; and hence its being sup ported by the Government. The result would be that half a million of money, now paid by the higher and middle classes in the shape of local taxation' would be transferred to the poorer class of people, whose inability to pay rates the Legislature had already charitably assumed. If this Bill were to pass, the landed proprietors, having to pay the rates on their small tenements, would be de prived of almost all inducement to build small cottages on their estates for their peasantry ; so also would the great class of builders be discouraged from building small houses; and the consequence would be that the increasing poor population of this country would be driven to live in localities already too densely populated. Mr. HUME said the House ought to proceed very cautiously with this Bill, because it was introducing a dangerous precedent, inasmuch as it changed the princi ple of taxation from the occupier to the owner. He would vote against the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON supported the Bill on the ground that it was meant to meet the practice of collect ing the rent of small houses weekly by the landlord, which was formerly collected quarterly, by which prac tice the landlord defeated the tax gatherer. Mr. ROBERT PALMER opposed the Bill. Mr. BAINES supported the third reading of the Bill. All that this Bill did was to follow the principle which had been recognised in local Acts of Parliament applied for by the inhabitants of those localities; and one object of this Bill was to give powers under a general Bill which had already been given in many local Acts, and so prevent the necessity and expenses of parties constantly coming before Parliament to apply for kcal Acts. He did not think that this Bill would be injurious to the poor; if he thought so he would be the last man to support it.—(Hear, hear ) Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the amendment of the Hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. P. Scrope), from his knowledge of the operation of a similar principle in Ire land. Sir G. PECHELL would give a conditional support to the Biil. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY opposed the Bill. The Marie then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading... ... 94 Against it ... 15 Majority in favour of the third reading —79 Mr. CO,a - BURN moved the insertion of this clause-- "And be it enacted, that where the owner of any tenement shall be rated to the relief of the poor by virtue of this Act, instead of the occupier thereof, and such owner shall have paid all money due on account of such rates in respect of such tenement, such occupier shall be entitled to all privi• leges and franchises to which he would have been entitled, if he himself had been rated, • and had paid such rates ; and if such owner so rated as aforesaid shall not have paid such rate or rates, it shall be lawful for such occupier to ten der to the overseers of the poor or other person authorised by law to receive the same, the amount of any rate or rates then due from such owner in respect of such tenement; and such overseer or other person so authorised as aforesaid shall be bound to re ceive the same ; and such occupier shall, on the payment or tender of such amount, be en titled to exercise all such privileges and fran chises ai hereinbtfore mentioned : provided always, that any occupier so paying any rates in respect of any tenement where the owner is rated to the same, shall be entitled to deduct and retain the amount so paid by him from the next payment of rent to be made by him to such owner, or to recover the same from such owner as money paid to and for the use of such owner." Sir J. GRAHAM suggested, ,as it was o n ly t h ree minutes to six o'clock, that the consideration of the clause should be postponed. Sir GEORGE GREY thought it would be better to postpone the clause. The clause having been withdrawn, The further consideration of the Bill was then posi poned until this day three weeks. The House then arijournel at Six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TuEsruy.—The transactions of the day in yarns have been on a limited scale. The home consumers of medium numbers have hesitated to pay the required advance, which is now 'considerable; the Ger man and Mediterranean merchants have also proceeded very charily, executing, it would seem, only such orders as were required by the customers in the way of assort. ment; while the Indian houses have shown little incli nation to operate. The dulness of yesterday's cotton market, giving, as it did, an advantage of about I. per lb. to the buyer, has contributed to this inanimate state of things with us. But the spinners have maintained their ground with unflinching firmness, and the full rates of last week have been obtained to the extent of the business efected; indeed, the spinners of the better qua lities of No. 60's and upwards, suitable for the York shire and Russian trades, have reali se d a f a i r advance. Throughout the, whole of the year, the latter market has taken from us a greatly diminished supply, as will be seen from the table of exports given below; the apparent commencement of an imp rove d demand has, however, arisen to-day. The buoyancy of this depart ment of otir market springs, on the 'one hand, from that growing• home demand 'which the great extension of •wegeitig power has occasioned, together with the in de'asing requirements (not more than moderately ; and, on th e sup plied) of northern and central Germany other hand, from such an indifference about sel ling as is naturally manifested by a body of pro (lacers, who, while possessing considerabl e or d ers for various articles, and holding out little stock of any kind, still find themselves placed, as regards the great bulk of yarns, in a most unsatisfactory position, by the dispro portionate value of the raw material. The sales of goods bare been of small extent; and there is not the same elas ticity of prices in this department as in that of yarns, although the quotations are unaltered. The contracts for 40-inch shirtings and other English fabrics are con stantly coming to a close; and the merchants show no dis position at present to renew them. Light twilled print ing cloths are still wanted and scarce; and the lower qualities of plain 7-Bths continue in request, but the ex treme rates of a week ago are less easily obtained than they were then. Some purchases of T cloths have been made; and the manufacturers of domestics look for a continuance of that advance, which, hitherto, has hardly at all diminished the loss attending this branch of trade, the effect of which is beginning to show itself in the failure of three or four small firms within the last week. RouRDALE, MONDAY.—Considering the time of the year, we have had a tolerably lair business doing to-day in flannels, with little or no change in prices. The wool market has been more unsettled, owing to the extensive colonial wool sales in London, which commence on Thursday next. The more timid, or perhaps the more speculative, of the manufacturers, have pur chased more freely, which has induced the seller to hold out for better prices; while the more wary and cautious have acted upon the reserve, thinking that an exten siVe sale, in the faca of *new clip coming into the inar ket in so shcfrt a time'" hence; may give a backrard tendency to prices. MACCLEISIIZIA WrIZSDATe—The improved market, f or I manufactured goods, noticed in our last, has somewhat subsided ; but there is a little more inquiry for thrown silks. The rAw silk market for good and medium qualities of all descriptions, is reported very firm, some consid. ruble purchases having been made for shipment to the Continent. Important public sales are announced to take place in London on the 26th instant. The mills continue w , rking full time, with the exception of one or two, which have stopped entirely for the present, owing. as we understand, to the relative prices of raw and thrown silks not having a sufficient margin to meet wages and expenses. BUDDESFIELD, TUESDAY.-- The market here con tinues flat. There has been nothing doing either in plain or fancy goods. Most of the manufacturers are working for stock, whilst some are working up back orders. It is generally expected we shall begin to be brisk again for the winter season very shortly. SATURDAY. —There was rather more done to-day, in the Piece Hall, in some descriptions of fancy goods; but the advanced price of cotton hai checked the demand for those sorts of mixed goods in which that material is used. F or l ast i ngs, of f i ne quality, there is very little inquiry; but, for low qualities, the demand continues. So few, however, are now made that they are difficult to obtain. The spinners are very busy ; at,d the quotations for yarn have undergone a slight improvement. Th e quant i ty of wool that is changing hands just now is nut large, as purchasers are waiting tor the new clip ; but it is expected to c , ,me into the market with the late rates fully maintained. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market has not been so well attended to-day, but on Saturday a large business was done in the halls, and very extensive deliveries have been made direct to the merchants. The shipping houses con tinue very busy, and there is more doing fur the home trade. that it is a violation of God'a law to carry the mail, open post-offices, or receive letters, on Sunday, the evil of which they complain will cease of itself, without any exertion of the strong arm of the civil power. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official state corn, &c., received in the port of Essex, from the 3d June, 1850, both inclusive : t of the quantit idon from the poi the Bth June, ies of its in 1650, . 4 r 4' ;=; Colchester 3OO 30 130 Harwich Leigh 4441 36 11 Malclon IPSWICH, JUNE 11. Of wheat there was rather a more liberal supply again at market this day. Red qualities sold freely at a slight im provement upon prices of last week, the growers being un willing to give way. All spring corn nominal as of late. TER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white. 44s to 46s Oats oos to OOs Barley, malting ... 24s to 001 1 Rye Ditto, grinding ... 00s to 009 Malt Beans AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 8, 1850. Wheat Barley Oats „ —s. Od. Beans - Bs. Od. Peas HULL, JUNE 11. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—The weather during the past week has been beautiful, hot, and forcing, with occasional refreshing showers and strong night dews : more rain would be acceptable for Spring corn, but from all quarters of the country we receive most satisfactory reports of the growing crops, which, with a continuance of fa vourable weather, give promise of an abundant harvest, though not an early one. Under such circumstances, advance in price is not to be looked for, and that markets should remain so firm, is a proof of stamina in the trade, not to be overlooked. But for the influx and determined selling of French flour to the London baker, which keeps down Mark-lane, we little doubt that the smallness of the general import, and large consumption in the manufacturing districts, would, in spite of the weather, give us a higher range of price. At this day's market our own farmers brought forward a scanty supply, and our millers had to pay the full prices of last week, and in some cases is more money. A better show of foreign wheat, and having more in inquiries by distant buyers, the market must be written fully as dear for all fresh qualities, which, it mils , be observed, form a very small portion of the supply. Inferior samples are a goad deal neglected, and difficult to turn into money. The sale of malting barley may sow be considered over for the season, but for gr:nding qualities we experience • a good demand, and our quotations are fully obtainable. Oats more inquired for. Beans.meet slow sale at our quotations, and peas are more diffi cult to dispose of; some parcels are in course of landing, in consequence of the extreme dry weather. Very little doing in linseed, and no alteration in price to be quoted ; for linseed cakes we experience a continued good demand, and stocks of both English and foreign are now in small compass. No rape seed on the market, and which is almost clear of rape cakes. Of bones there is a good arrival in addition to what we report above, and the market decidedly lower. The following are the present prices of grain 8. IL 5. 13• Wheat, English, red 39 to 41 Peas, white and yel. 24 26 Do. white 4O —44 Do. grey ,, 22 —24 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 42 44 nigsberg 44 46 Do. Petersburgh ... 38 42 Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Archngl. 38 —4O Hamburgh . 37 40 Do. Konigsberg .... 34 38 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 32 36 Lins. cakes, Hull 6110 s Od to 0/ Russian and Odessa 30 36 Do. fine foreign ... ..... 61 53 Oats, English Do. Danish... l2 16 Rapeseed Do. Friesland l4 —181 Rape cakes...oos Od to 80s Oi Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 16 1 'Ta res' English .2Bs 00. Barley, malting 2O 23 Do. foreign 20s 26$ Do. grinding........ 17 19;Guano • 6/ to 10/ lOs Beans 2l —24 Bones, do 95s 01 to 00s Od Do. foreign ...... 21 —231 Rye meal ,, 51103 LIVERPOOL, JUNE 11.—At this day's market there was a fair attendance of town and country buyers, who, however; acted with great caution, and the trassactions in wheat and flour were quite of a retail character, at barely the rates of this day week. Oats and oatmeal were in slow request at our late quotations. 'Barley, beans, and peas, were hardly inquired for, and nominally without change. I n di an cora met with a very limited sale, and above 30s 6d per quarter could not be made for fine old yellow American. CORK, JUNE 10.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra 14s ; seconds, 11,6 d to 12e 6d ; households 9s to Ils ; thirds, 7s to 9t per cwt. Oatmeal Ms to 10s 6d; Indian meal 7s Ed to 8s Od; wheat. meal, 10s to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 140 s to 152 s 6d per ton Bran 3115 s to 4/10s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 38s; averagt 36s ; dealers slos to 44s Od; average 42s per ton. Sti aw— Farmers 18s Od to 32s Od ; average 26s ; dealers 00e Od to 00s odi average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wh ea t e n loaf 6d to bid ; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d tb 9d per lb. Eggs-4s 5d to 4s 6d per hundred. Coals— , Newport 14s; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cssi. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Meal —Beef 4d to 4id ; mutton 5d to bid; veal 4d tp sd; pork 31c1 to Od; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d pel . lb. flops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 31 2s 6d to 315 s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5s to 815 s; Valonia 14/ to 01; French 7155; Spanish 9l per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12e per stone, Hemp 321 toot)/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 13s to 14s ; re ditto 15s to 20s per bairel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 101 pe ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 18s second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s, salted 15s to 21s per owt ; calf skins 24d to 20 per lt4 Potatoes, white 9d to 12d; Minions 144 to 16d; Guano-. Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—Archang4 19s per barrel. THE HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Return of the Registrar-G enera l.) In the week ending last Saturday the deaths re gistered in the metrop o li tan districts were 844; in the previous week th e y were only 736. In the three corresponding weeks of 1847-9 the deaths ranged from ; and t a ki ng th e corresponding weeks years, the av e r age i s 861, or , raised in the therefore,rati ratio 78 0 6 f t t o en 97 1 of pop u l a ti on , 9 3 9 . T he pre sent shows a d ecre a se on th e average, equal to 9 5. With the increasing aised return, in warmth of the weathe r th e morta li ty from diseases of the respiratory organs steadily declines. Ex cluding consumption, the deaths in this class in the last four week* have been successively 145, 138, 105, and 94 ; and du r i ng this period the mean temperature has risen gradually from 47 deg. to 59 deg. In the same weeks the deaths from consumption have been 124, 125, 103, and 141, showing a sudden increase in the last, and an approach to the corrected average, which is 157. In the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases 172 fatal cases are enumerated, hav ing been in the p rev i ous wee k only 130, and the ave rage being 201: Shiallpox carried off nine persons, scarlatina 19, and h oop i ng - coug h 25, the three epi demics still sbowing a decrease on the average. Measler, h owever, which destroyed 26 child ren — an amount differing little from the average—has sud denly increased on the previous week, when there were only 12 deaths. Typhus also exhibits an increase, for while there were only 26 deaths in the former week, there were 39 in the last, which, however, is not more than usual at this period. Diarrhosa and dysentery appear to become rather more prevalent ; in the last three weeks they have numbered 13, 19, and 22. On the 3d of June, the wife of an engineer, aged 61 years, died at 21, Chatham-place, Lock's-fields, St. Mary, Newington, of "vomiting and purging (12 days), exhaustion." On the sth of June, at Si, Turn mill-street, Clerkenwell, the daughter of a labourer :, aged 13 month s , di e d o f " c h o l era bili osa (12 h ours ) ; and on the 31st of May, at 38, Aske-street, Hoxton- Old-Town, the daughter of an engraver, aged 1 year, died of ° English cholera (2 days)." A man, of 36 years, who is d escr ib e d as h av i ng b een habituallyin temperate, died of "delirium tremens, apoplexy ;" another fatal case of intemperance is also recorded. Three children were suffocated in bed. It appears from the classification of deaths in public institutions that 98 occurr e d i n wor kh o uses, 59 in hospitals (of which eight w ere i n m ilitary and naval establish ments), and seven in lunatic asylums. VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN CON GRESS ON SUNDAY MAILS. We find a report on this subject in the journals of Congress, and we annex extracts from it for the in formation of the 90 Members who supported Lord Ashley in his motion. We simply ask them to read the report, and decide by their own judgment, and not by the pressure of any petitions. Mr. Johnson,'of Kentucky, from the committee on the post-office and post-roads, to whom had been re ferred memorials from inhabitants of various parts of the United States, praying for a repeal of so much of the post-office law as authorises the mail to be tran sported and opened on Sunday, and to whom had also been referred memorials from other inhabitants of various parts of the United States, remonstrating against such repeal, made the following report : " Do not all men in this country enjoy every reli gious right which martyrs and saints ever asked? Whence then the voice of complaint? Who is it that, in the full enjoyment of every principle which human laws can secure, wishes to arrest a portion of these prin ciples from his neighbour? they complain that men, less conscientious in relation to the Sabbath, obtain advantages over them by receiving their letters and attending :to their contents ? If so their motive is worldly and selfish. But if their motive be to induce opinions and Congress t observances, () sanction then by law he their eiro t rts their ought to religious be resisted, as in their tendency fatal both to religious and political freedom. Why have the petitioners confined their prayer to the mails ? Why have they not requested that the Government be re quired to suspend all its executive functions on that day? VN by do they not require us to enact that our ships shall not sail; that our armies shall not march; that officers of justice shall not seize the suspected, or guard the convicted? They seem to forget that Government is as necessary on Sundays as on any other day of the week. The spirit of evil does not rest on that day. It is the Government, ever active in its func tions, which enables us all —even the petitioners—to worship in our churches in peace. Our Government fur nishes very few blessings like our mails. They bear from the centre of our republic to its distant extremes the acts of our legislative bodies, the decisions of the judiciary, and the orders of the executive. Their speed is often eseential to the defences of the coun try, the suppression of clime, and the dearests interests of the people. Were they suppressed one day of the week, their absence must be often supplied by public expresses; and, besides, while the mail bags might rest, the mail coaches and rail trains would pursue their journey with the passengers. The mail bears from one extreme of the country to the other letters of relatives and friends, preserving a communion of heart be tween those fur separated, and increasing the most pure and refined pleasures of our exist ence ; also the letters of commercial men convey the state of the markets, prevent ruinous specula tions, and promote general as well as individual interest; they bear innumerable religious letters, newspapers, magazines, and tracts, which reach almost every house throughout this kingdom. Is the conveyance of these a viola Lion of the Sabbath ? The advance of the human race in intelligence, in virtue, and reli gion itself, depends in part upon the spee d w i t h which a knowledge of t h e past is di ssem i na t e d. Without an interchange between on• country and another, and between different sections of the same country, every improvement in moral or political science, and the arts of life , would be confined to the neighbourhood w h ere i t or i g i na t e d. The more rapid and the more frequent this inter change, the more rapid w ill b e the marc h of intel lect, and the progress of i mprovement. The mail is the chief means by which i n t e l lectual l i g h t i rr adiates to the extremes of the country. Stop it one day in seven, and you retard one-seventk the advancement of our country. So tar from stopping the mail on Sunday, the committee would recommend the use of all reasonable means to give it a greater expedition and a greater extension. What would be the elevation of our country, if every new. conception could be made to strike every mind in the Union at the same time? 'lt is not the distance of a province or state from the seat of Government which en dangers its separation, but it is the difficulty and unfre quenc' of intercourse between them " To stop the mails one day in seven would be to thrust the whole of the distant parts o f this kin gdom one day's journey from the seat of Government. But were it expedient to put 'an end to the transmission of letters and newspapers on Sunday, because it violates the law of God, have not the petitioners begun wrong in their efforts? If the arm of Government be necessary to compel me n to r e s pect and o b ey th e laws of God, d o no t `heads ads of fauiiliee 'possess infinitely more power in this respect? L et the p e titioners turn to them, and see if they can oblige their children and servants to respect the observance of the Sabbath within the respective houses; for, if it be sinful for the mail to carry letters on Sunday, it must be equally sinful for individuals to write, carry, receive, or read them. It would seem to requir e that these acts should be made penal to complete the system. Travelling on business or recreation, ex cept to and from church, all printing, carrying, receiv ing and reading of newspapers—all conversations and social intercourse except upon religious subjects, m us t necessarily be punished, to su ppress the evil. Would it not also follow, as an inevitable consequence, that every man, w oman, and ehild, should be compelled to attend church or meetieg-house? And, v s onl y one seer , in the opinion of some, can be deemed orthodox, must it not be determined by law which that sect is; and compel all other sects and persons to hear those teachers and con tribute to th e i r support? If m i no r punishm en t s wou ld not restrai n these practices, would not the same system their ow n consciences, or compel them to listen to doe. require th at we sho u ld resort to imprisonment, banish ment, Ci e rac k , and the faggot , to force men to v i o l ate trines w bich t h ey abhor? I t isthe duty of this Govern ment t', afford to all classes the protection arid the ad vantap,e4 of our benignant institutions on Sunday, as well sal on every day of the we , k- If the Almighty has set apart the first day of the week as a time which man is bound to keep holy, and devote exclusively to his wor ship, would it not be more congenial to the precepts of Christ ians fur the petitioner! , to.appeal exclusively to the gn satlaWgiver of the Universe to aid them in snak ing rut .n better—in correcting their practices by purify. .eir Ifeartai? ';Guvernment will protect their i n their 'effcift4 .. to . all 'these good acts. When they ;shall have t o instructed the public mind, and awakened the consoionces of individuals as to make them .believe HADDINGTON, Jurri 7.—The following are the prices of grain at our market torday:— Sk heat. Barley. Oats. Bean, First ... ... 42, 01 2-1 s 6d 23s 6d 32s 04 Second ... ... 38s 7d 22s 61 22s Od 293 1111 Third ... .. 36s Od 20s Od 20s Od 263 ca Total quantity of Wheat in market 322 qrs., 328 solll Do. Barley do. 59 qrs., 31 sold Do. Oats do. 191 qrs., 177 sold Do. Beans do. 32 qrs., 32 sold KIRICALDY, JUNE B.—The following are the quotations up to this date : Wheat. I Barley. First 423 Od 22a Od Second 403 Od 203 Gd Third 343 61 173 Od Oats. 1 Beans. I Peas. 22s o,l—sl Od —s 0 21s Oil —3 Od I—a 17s 6,11—e Od —s Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 263 Od to Os 03. GLASGOW, JUNE s.—Provisions—Cheese, 36s to 44s per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2 , 1 s Od to Os p v lr cwt. Country fresh butter, 90 to Od per lb. Jrish po - dered, in lumps, 8d to Od; country powdered, wholesale, 8d to 80. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4s Eid per 20, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 3s Od per pair ; Ducks, 2s Od. PERTH, Juxx 7.—Wheat, 36s Od to 4ls Od ; barley, 18s Od to •,03 Od ; oats, 16s to 191; peas and beans, 22s Od to 2.51 per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 22s to 245. J UNE 7.—Wh ea t, f ore i gn, 20 s to 235; d i tto, ditto ditto new, 19s Od to 21s Od; b ar l e y, per STlRLlNG,b :o ushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 15 s 6(1 to 18sbh 00 linieoof 6s Oats, common, Os Od to Os Od ' • ditto new, lls Od to 13 s 9d ; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to OA Od; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt, distillers, 32s Od to 34s ; citto brewers, 34s Od to 35s ; beans per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 12s Od to 14s Od ; pease 131 to 00s Od; lour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s Od; ditto common ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ditto new 28s Od to :_',o3od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 9d to 10(1 ; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 9d; eggs per dozen, 7d to 91l ; hay per ton, Os to Os. FALKIRK, JUNE 6. —The supply of grain in this daft' market was 218 bolls; wheat at 17s 6d to 229 Od per boll! ; barley, 15s Od to 18s 6d ; oats, 13s 6d to 16s Od; beans, 14. Od to 15. Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. H A wicx, Julia 6 .—Wheat, new, 26s to 30s Od; barley, new, 15s to 00s Od ; ditto old, 003 to 00s ' • potato oat /jos cod to 008 Od ; common oa t s , ll s to 14 s Od; peas, 18, 1 , to 22s Od; beans, 18s Od to 22s Od per boll of six imperia, bushels. In 1849 WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE! 12, 1850. should, however, call their at , ention also to the harbour of Dover. Every word that was said in respect to the evils connected with Rsmagate Harbour applied with equal force to Dover, which could not be called a port except so far as it had a Customhouse to levy these dues. He proposed to add " Dover" after the word " RAIL sgat,,." Mr. W. FAGAN said that there was a large steam packet company in Cork that were greatly interested in this question, as they suffered greatly by the dues de manded at some of these harbours from their vessels which traded between Liverpool and Rotterdam. Sir F. BARING thought it was hardly fair, when the original motion was almost wholly confined to one harbour, for an Hon. Member, without any notice, to add an additional harbour to the subject of inquiry. Al though the matters involved might be a fit question for inquiry, he thought that the amendment of the Hon. and Gallant Member.ought to take the shape of a sub stantive motion. He was not going to defend the ori ginal arrangements connected with Ramsgate Harbour ; but, after what had been stated by the Hun. Member for London, he thought,it would be much more expedient if the House would wait uratil; they saw what the trus tees would do in the matter. He would, therefore. re• commend the Hon. - Member for Lymington to withdraw his motion for the present. Mr. HUME thought the Hon. Member for Lyming ton had made out a good case for inquiry, and he hoped that he would persist in his motion. Looking at the changes that had taken place in the navigation-laws, he considered it to be the duty of the Government to re move as far as possible every tax that was laid upon shipping. We might as well be without a Government as have a Government like the present, that did not do their duty. Mr. MOFFATT thought that any inquiry that did not include Dover would be incomplete and unsatisfactory to the shipping interest. Mr. MACKINNON did not mean to cast the slightest imputation upon the trustees. He believed that they were all honourable men. He would consent to with draw his motion if the Hon. Member for London would give the House a pledge that the dues would be reduced one-half. Mr. MASTERMAN thought it most unreasonable to ask to give any such pledge. He had already stated that the subject was under the serious consideration of the trustees; and that they had evinced ant arnest desire to do every justice to the shipping interest. They had it in contemplation to make a reduction in these dues, but what it was to be he thought it would be indiscreet of him at present to disclose.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. THORNELY thought that the Hon. Member for Lymingt 'n was entitled to their thanks for bringing this qu , stion before them. The House then divided on the amendment of Sir G. PECHELL, when the Lumbers wen— For the amendment 60 Against it Maojrity against the amendment ... —ll The House again divided upon the original :motion. The numbers were— For the motion ... ... ... ... 78 Against it... ... ... „. ... 47 Majority for Mr. Mackinnon's motion —3l HOME-MADE SPIRITS. Petitions were presented by Mr. FAG AN and other Members in favour of the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for Kildare, respecting the duty on home-made spirits. Lord NAAS moved that the House resolve itself into Committee, to take into consideration the present mode of levying the duty on home-made spirits. He rested his motion upon the ground that equal justice should be done to the home distillers which was shown to foreign distillers, as well as to the importers of colonial spirits. In levying the excise duty on spirits home produced. that duty was taken upon the spirits manufactured in the distilleries—it was taken at the worm's end. If those spirits were then put into bond, no matter what might be the loss upon them, the distiller would be com palled to pay upon the quantity not that he took out of bond, but on which he was charged in the distillery. On the other hand, the duty on foreign and colonial spirits was levied upon the actual quantity which was taken out of bond. In the latter case there was no loss, and in the other case a considerable loss might be incur. red. Thus a great injustice was done to the home trade. —(hear, hear.) It was that injustice he sought to have removed by the present motion.—(Hear.) He knew that he would be - met in the first instance by being told that the home spirits were protected by a differential duty of 4d. a gallon on colonial, and of a larger duty on fo reign spirits. This, however, was a subject on which he did not wish to enter, as he knew the principle was, that taking the duties on the home spirits in bond would lead to considerable frauds on the revenue. That was the objection made by Mr. Wood on the part of the revenue ; but it was an objection the validity of which was denied by the distillers. It was not proposed to prevent the duty being charged, as it was at present, at the worm's end, and then being put into the stores, and if any deficiency occurred when it was in transit from the distillery to the Queen's stores the dis tillers were ready to pay for that difference. That they were willing to do; but what they objected to do was to pay duty on a loss that actually occurred whilst the ars tide was in the Queen's stores—to pay for that which was lost either through leakage or evaporation.—(llear, hear.) He supposed the Right Hon. Gentleman would say that this would cause a great loss to the revenue. What Mr. Wood calculated would be the loss was a half penny a gallon. Now he was assured by all those he had consulted on the subject that so far from being a loss this would be felt so great an advantage to the distillers that it would lead to a great increase of production, and that the revenue would be ultimately the gainer.— (He ar.) In considering this subject it was to be re marked that the Irish distilled trim malt and raw grain, and the Scotch trom malt only, and thus the article they produced gained maturity much sooner than the Irish. The Irish spirits did not tarai , e at maturity before it hal been manufactured four or five years. The law as it now stood was a prohibition on the Irish distiller to keep an article in the stores until it reached maturity, arid it tended also to produce a monopoly ia the spirit trade, and the fact was that all the small distilleries in Ireland had been closed, as none now but a man with very large capital could carry on the trade. The whole of the spirit trade sf Ireland and Scotland era interesTed in this question, and as that House had removed restrictions from foreigners, as they were such friends to free trade as to assist the foreigner in every ' way they could, he now hoped they would aid him by [ supporting his motion, in removing restrictions from a most important branch of their home trade.—(Cheers.) Lord J. STUART seconded the motion. He did so at the desire of his constituents, who were greatly lute --- Ir ~. s e t rt s en t n e e d t ci o i o n nn t t h roi e bf s a u t t h c o c er e s s Government. to o f t h t e h i s r e m v , e i n t i u o e n h , a e nd were whose wishes, admitted entitled that toa the hh ees Scotch distillers did not suffer as much disadvantage • from the present regulations as the Irish distillers, and he acknowledged that some years ago the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made a considerable concession to the trade iu Scotland, and that it was now in a very flourishing state. Although he wished to vote with the Government on most occasions, he felt bound to oppose them on the motion then before the House. Mr. WILSON opposed the motion. The question, he said, was not one of free trade at all. The speech of the Noble Lord showed that he had paid a great deal of attention to this subject, and therefore the Noble Lord must be perfectly coescious that the House, after ma ture consideration of this subject, had come to an ar rangement regarding it in 1848, by which they endea d Toured to place all parties on terms of perfect equality with each other. The Noble Lord had called attention to the fact that the duty was only charged on the colo mat and foreign spirits when taken out of bond, and upon home-made spirits when manufactured in the distilleries; but why was that distinction made? Because there was a differential duty in favour of the home distiller— because the colonial spirits paid 4d. a gallon, and the d duty on foreign spirit, on brandy was 15s. a gallon, double d that paid on the home spirits—so great a difference, in d fact, that the case of the foreign spirits might be put out d of their consideration.—(Cries of " No, no.") He said that d the foreign spirits were not to be considered, when 2s. Bd. d was charged on Irish spirits, and 15s. a gallon charged d on foreign spirits. The whole case, he said, then d lay between colonial and home-made spirits; and atter determining that colonial spirits should pay 4d. a gallon more than home-made spirits it would be said it 1 was unfair to the West Indies to have that arrangement I disturbed. The duty on the home-made spirits must be increased, and'that on our colonial spirits be diminished I to bring them both into the same position, and to do equal justice between the two parties. It wes, he said, I a great boon to the home distillers to allow them to ' bond their spirits the moment it was manufactured, be ' cause it was giving them a long credit on that duty. If the motion syere•carried, the arrangements now made must be digttirbed, and that to the injury of the re venue—(Heats hear.) • Mr. HUME rose to speak, but was met with such loud cries of "Divide;" that he was compelled to .desist. The gallery was ordered to be cleared amid loud cheers from the Opposition Members, as it was manifest those in favour of the motion' were in a majority.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose amid loud cries of " Divide." He said he could quite well understand the impatience of Honourable Mem bers to divide without a debate.—(Cheers from Members on the Opposition benches.) That was not, however, the way of settling a point of such importance as this.— (Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Divide.") Although it did not appe tr directly, yet this was a motion like too many others that had preceded it; namely, a motion to reduce the revenue, and which the House had rejected. In England, the duty on spirits W 23 7s. 10d.; in Scotland, 3s. Bd.; and in Ireland, 2s. Bd.; and this was a proposi tion to make an alteration for the benefit of a country in which the duty paid was the lowest. Why, if a reduc tion were possible, the fair way would be to equalise the duty in the three countries, to lower it in England, and to raise it in Ireland and Scotland.—(Cries of "Oh, oh.") As to the small distilleries being destroyed in Ireland, that did not happen in consequence of the manner in which the duties were collected; it was the general law of the progress of trade; the small manufacturers there were destroyed by the large manufacturers. The excise and customs duties were levied on quite different prin ciples.—(llear, hear.) The whole question was dis cussed at great length in 1848, when the subject of the duty on colonial spirits was before the House, and the objection taken to the arrangement then effected was, not that the benefit given to the colonial producer was too much, but on the .contrary that the duty levied upon colonial produce was too high. The lion. Gentleman seemed to think that great injury had been inflicted upon the Irish and Scotch distillers as compared with the colonial producer, by the consumption of rum being in creased. What was the fact? Formerly Ireland con sumed as much as a million gallons of rum per annum, t but before 1846 the consumption had fallen down o l l a 4 1; dOoaoh d e o l n a s t ; td aansdi n 18V it T w h a e s e n o o n t s s u o m h p i t g t lin o s not b r c u t - in Scotland was:— In 1847 ... ••• In Ireland it was in 1847 .., 176,000 ~ It was only 6 000 ga ll ons mo r e . The consumption of British spirits in E ng l an d i n 1847 was 8.409,000 gallons; in 1849 it wa s 9,053,000 ga ll ons; in Scotland i t WAS j° 1847 6,193,000 gallons; in 1849 6,935,000 ga 11 °"; 1 9 3 Inland it was in 1847 6.037,000 gallons; in 5 „, 1 1 4 t 6,973,000 gallons, or 950,000 gallons more. " di d clearly showed that no great injury had been -iaflie ie f upon the Irish or Scotch distiller by the introductiono colenial spirits. The contrary was the fact, while the .. _ exports of British spirits had greatly increased. line 1847 there were exported from England . not a sing gallon; in 1849 there were 73,000 gallons; and there were from Scotland in 1847 66,684 gallons, and in werelB4 206,000 gallons r xported, while from Ireland th ere in 1847 6.439 gallons, and in 1849 67,000 gallons ex; ported—the increase being tenfold, Bed while they he' i got at the same time the power of warehousing in E n gi c land, a power which they had not and of which they had availed themselves to the exte u of warehousing one-and a-half millions of gallons `hos e 1848. He, therefore, did not think the claims of th b _ distillers based on justice, and he should oppose them The Howe divided when there appeared — For the motion ... ••• 8 5 a Against it ... ••• 5 " Prenion.ly possesse I Majority against the Government --32 The announcement was received with cheers. The House then went into Committee; Mr. ROCHE is the chair. Mr. F. MACKENZIE proposed a resoluti on to the, eff, et that the duty payable on British spirits taken 0 u of warehouse for home consumption should be charged in quantity and strength th e same as actually delivers`, when the spirits h a d not been properly and t e a curdy warehoused, and that no greater abatement 4t ,e account of deficeney in quantity and strength should made other than for every 100 gallons in war ehonse, u . , ot exceeding two months, two g a ll o ns ; above two sna, vuot exceeding six months, three g a ll on s ; above six and ry exceeding twelve months, four gallons; and for en` succeeding six months one gallon each. pt said The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU- -o - he would not object to the resolution at that stage. The resolution was accordingly agreed to. Mr. F. MACKENZIE proposed a second resolutitonf to the effect that when British spirits were taken °lolutey bond for ships' stores or foreign exportation n° t h should be charged tor deficiency in quantity or streng..d except in the ease of their not having b een securely su properly warehoused. took the Tee CH ANC ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER - same course with respect to this resolution. It was accordingly agreed to. rl red The House resumed, and the resolutions wet. or-° to be reported on Friday next. RAILWAYS IN INDIA. ; not which JOCELYN bro ug ht forward the tnet. °- „ o t which he had given noti ce , t o move f or a ny caper!' erla already laid ben ere Parli a m e nt, re f err i ng to the g ene b e s question of railway communication i s India, toge bare with copies of any correspondence which niaY, t he taken place between the home authorities 0 4i. Madras Government in refer e n ce t o t h e propose ( ' • erd way between Madras and Ar co t. I n b r inging in r ! to the motion he was not actuated by any hostile leP i f na it es t the Government. It was a quest i on of the n' - , a t importance to India, and he con s id ere d that the P re 'i s g was neither an unwise nor improper time to b,r t . it forward when the attention of th e manu facturing .° 0 - f rests of this country was dir ec t e d t o t h e co nsiderat ic t i re , the slave-grown cotton of America which n3ight, b t i. placed by the free labour p ro d uce o f British su y r, - 0 1 India had not kept pace with th e p ros p er ity and pr°P r i, of the other portions of the empire. On the coo° ed her shawl and cotton manufactures had been destrolo by the frequent unjust and necessary wars earrieut of there, by the effect of the land tax, and by the m e 'of the means of internal communication. A Comm - t is the House was appointed t o inv e sti ga te the os ° bi s in to 1847, and they reported that th e question of of communication demanded the immediate attenti ol t lise Government, for that even where roads ex isted tt of were great obstacles in conse q u ence of the °t i n tbe bridges. Colonel Sims, who had b een e ngaged service of the East India Comp an y u p wa rds of nes years in opening up lines of commun i ca tion in t ri a l es' sidency of Bombay, gave, as th e testimo ny of o s ",fes perience, that wherever n ew r oa d s were opened , l're rapidly increased. The object that he (Viscount J ocel to had in view was, to give the Right Hon. Gentiew ° of Secretary of the Board of Con tro l an o pportell it i n o f stating his views with regard to the general euee ile t iose railway communication in India; also with respect W heel railways to which the guarantee of Government ha d f ors granted, and what were th e ex p ecta ti ons they ha d those railway lines. I n 1845 M r . Si ms , w ho sea' h its patched to India, to inquire into the alleged difacticore to railway construction in the tropics, reported , in b oa junction with certain comtaisaioners who had ale° a n o appointed to inquire into th e ma t ter , t h a t there tad physical difficulties to obstruct their formation. set mitted the propriety of the inquiry which had beenbita on foot as to whether railways were suited to th et lets l of the people, and that the form a ti on o f an expen e, e - s th' line from Calcutta towards the frontiers on the t he west was an eligible plan. Th e next li ne for wh ic 'froo Government had given a guarantee was the lin!nes Bombay to Gillian, That line, whi c h wo uld be 3° " - air' in length, would certainly pass through one of th e b of tricts the best adapted in all India for the gr°";eys' cotton. But it would run parallel with an exce llen' es' tern of water communicati on , an d i t cou ld not h e ' oce is petted that it would obtain a great traffic either in! Or or in passengers. Colonel Grant, of the Bomb a y ore gineerr, had given it as his opinion that it would - s e an unfavourable field f or t est i ng t h e proba bility e f ed success of railway und er t a ki ngs i n India. It aPP,; 0' to him (Vise unt Jocelyn) that'their gnat objec t e -e oel'h to be to find out for that e x p er i ment a li no w hich e :, els connect two great towns b etween w hi c h a consiu e (a be traffic already existed, a n d suc h a tra ffi c a s w °ll. likely to be diverted to some railway of easy c. ° ,11 ou` Lion; and he believed that a lin e cou ld be Polu .110 which united these adv an t ages . I n t h e yea r IS 4 ° ' c os° had been proposed which w ou ld run f rom Madras A used the south-western portion o f I n di a , an d w ould ° °° ,l.lP its eastern and western coas t s , w hil e i t wo uld op t hat some of the finest cottonegrowing districts ll' er oote country. That lice would run fro m Madras tO •r ea rlf, through a district in which a c ons id era bl e traffic air , of existed; and from Arcot i t wou ld pass ov er a 1 1 3 'ver 2 miles to the important town of Wallajenugger. rapt Majesty's Government bad, however, refused fi rs t De' any guarantee in that, e case fur three reasons - e,„ o sef, cause the scheme h a d been a b an d one d by the f ° 7 4 'es °' who had projected it ; secon dl y , b ecause the est'ularied; the cost of its constru c ti on h a d excee dinglybar and thirdly, because the line had net hee l:l slos' veyed by their own engineer, Mr' ie f° Now, upon those p o i n t s he should ° b o ie' that the company had not a b an d one d the P e etsi u until after they had vainly en d eavour ed tO 'abet: the support of the Government, and that tr ete; announced their desire to r e ne w i t as s oon es t hey a io in't heard of the determination of th e Government to their aid to the construction of railways in I"dis,. to next place, he had to s t a t e t h at the differ e ' , "6l o the estimates had arisen fr om t h e f act t hat some erias to had proposed the line sho u ld b e a mere transw e J l ate America, while others had proposed that it sbjllthis constructed after the manner of the railfraY!, country. Then, again, with regard to the thin" rs opor" which had induced the Government to decline to stieicee the undertaking, he had to state that they hs cl a g eell! no sufficient notice of their determination to adoP ao - 001, rule, and that they b a d g i ven t h e i r a id to the "" r edee" line, although teat) lin e al so h a d no t been e u , i ihers' by their own It should be rene e ; s se that in Bombay and in Bengal there Nb tl present an excellent water communiestionristsarOt no such communi ca ti on ex i ste d ins Pei Along the whol e coast o f M a d ras there ocs a single harbour in which ships could ni"," c ' e tiee i ' t there were very iii means 'of internal comm, n° ,. - 0 1 59 , One result of thrwarto add greatly to the Pn i . u : e e, t l l - , in Madras, and so seriously was that evil felt t hen ear th the inhabitants were compelled to use a kilTre'd t hey as a very imperfect substitute f:r salt. He hei; e f could not estimate too highly the importanee(t.a° se -C s improving the internal communication I Ll „4 l iegt e „ 9 a empire in that' country extended over nearlysejeA O'P; of north latitude and 30 degrees of longitude; """ n ees ' Q i we remember the great works of the Hindoo Pr i r ea l o the irrigation of th a t vas t t err i tory, we o ught t° d, an cl o t e s the time had come for En g l an d to ste p forwe t ar e ag ed construct some memorial which wou ld tel to f t 0 33 that she had not been unmi n df u l o f her dal b 7 e fe o r. c i distant and magnificent possessions. The o ciy I° f oreotion of concluded by moving "for any ars not before Parliament, referring to theregeneral queopleS railway communication in India, together s'it ti b e tiol o any correspondence which may hare taken Pt sc r e eel eus the home authorities and the Madras G°'„e'dese sa reference to the proposed railway between As ia f Arc-,t." ore! bee Mr. WILSON said he did no t r i s e for the i e nt ts'lss refusing the assent of her M a j es ty' s Goveril o ch proposal which the Noble Lord had made; S O O Tthe' em fe ed did he rise for the purpose of complaining.,,Lele a r sa e.) able and temperate manner in which the F r had brought the subject under their noti c ,ij o pe r vibo But he had a few observations to offer tor w hich o s of correcting some misapprehensions int?d s sid e t p e Noble Lord had fallen. The Noble Lord bad u'a during the last 50 or 60 years little progrees tit o bott oo made in the cultivation of cotton in India. 13ti st oddi t a l t o not be forgotten that during that period 5 lqi n d Of e i/ 7 0 . had been made to the cultivation of indig o t d been t he in that country. The cultivation of indigo I y oc erif be t troduced into India 60 or 70 years ago, srl w ith I s o whole world was at present supplied from e 0 ye' ~ valuable article. Then, again, it appeared th' i _ t . n'esug!!.: ego there had been produced but 7,000 ton_',.."ed while the sugar produced there at present aroouillote 4 11 . _e o ' t times that quantity. With regard to the it:oo37ooe bat tion then under their consideration, he had w ! I ' ll , ' b y of the efforts made by the East India ConspanY! aro etioc, fi e Government of late years to promote the co f rom feei l v e a railways in India, showed that they were far o r r i c i re ferr iie indifferent upon that subject. The Noble L. d t° se to the three propositions which were su bituti t e here oe cf Government. He was right in saying that do ecise,,, o propositions for making railways for the Pre;: i 1, 4 0 Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, but be sso'll' ett d W oe House to believe that an undue preffirreneeen',,,e. 413, given with regard to two of these presid c .. ; fer ei could assure him that such was not the case. In %,„ eso to the Calcutta line the Noble Lord seemed lie overlooked the fact that if they we re to constrairoue of railway from Calcutta to Delhi they " sect i e l e commencement somewhere—they must , e SO U before they could complete the whole. I f : t o u t be h g I 0 Lord helieved they were to ac h e s at that P° l loo if Po very much mistaken, and he was equally reiste_ noa supposed that they were to take the traffic u p on portion of the line as evidence of whether t. though the direction of the line only r 'eh 0 tem of railways would answer in India orow::do e tb r e e north-west nroviuces had beefs agreed u . pon , ..ne o f T s Hooghley and the atingete vihtc was a point —Middesh—placadua,trottande epuronebtstbory t 382,000 gallons. ... 220,000 „ BxcavricK, JUNE 6.—Wheat, 383 l id.; barley, 19, 54 oats, 17s 7d ; rye, 003 Od ; beans, Ids 8d ; peas, 00, average per imperial quarter. COAL MARK] Buddle's W. Hartley 13s Od Chester Main l3s Od Davison'sWestliartley 13s 6d East Adairs Main lls 6d Holywell Old Tanfield Ord's Maiu ! oilfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes lts Od West Hartley Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close Bewicke and Co. Gosforth Gibson Hotspur 135 Od Heaton Hedley .......... Lawson l3s 6d Northumberland Original Gibson Riddell ..... 13s 3d Eden Main . 14s 6d Lambton Primrose ... 15s Od Bell Ships at .''..T.— MONDAY. raddyll I B 15s I LI etton Haswell l6s Jonassohns .. : ... Lam bton Lumley l4a 10 Keepier Grange Russell's Hatton Stewart's Whitwell Caradoc ..... .. .... South Kelloe ... 141"0, South Hartlepool ..... 145;9( Thornley Brown's Deanery 13519( Maclean's Tees 13s10( South Durham 13 3 19( Tees ...... . Hartley 12e19( Cowpen Hartley DerwentwaterHartley 13s' 0c Howard's W. H. Neth. las 1 6c Nixon's Merthyr and _ 1 ' Cardiff Sidney's Hartley ulcer. 175. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 11. RAMSGATE AND MARGATE HARBOURq. Mr. MACKINNON moved for a Select Committee, to investigate the revenue, condition, and expenditure of Ramsgate and Margate Harbours. The Honclur able Member stated that the trustees of Ramsgate Harbour obtained a yearly revenue of 21,0001. by des on vessels, independently of 5,0001. which they received in the shape of interest on money, making altogether a total annual income of 26,0001., and the whole of that sum was either spent in an extravagant way, or on works which were altogether unnecessary. At present the harbour would not admit vessels of Wore than 350 tons, and dues amounting to several thousands pounds were aid on vessels of larger tonnage, although they could not enter the harbour. After alluding to the revenue and management of Margate-harbour, to which he also attributed similar abuses, the Hon. Member concluded by proposing that a Committee should be ap pointed to report on the subject. The motion having been seconded, Mr. MASTERMAN, as one of the trustees of Rams• gate Harbour, justified the course which they had pur• sued. No funds could have been administered more use fully and properly, and the trustees courted the most rigid inquiry. The Act of Parliament authorised them to have a reserve fund of 50,0001., which they were! not nble to accumulate until recently. It was true thal the fund in hand now reached beyond that amount, and in consequence the trustees had it under their serious Con sideration to propose some alterations in the amount of toll to be levied. It was their earnest desire to do every thing that was possible to benefit the shipping interest. —(Hear, hear.) He could not, as an individual trustee, state what the nature of the alteration was likely to be; but he trusted that he had said enough to induce the House to pause until the trustees had declared their in tentions on the subject. Sir G. PECHELL thought that there never liras a case that called for inquiry more loudly than this. lie