The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-18 00:00:00

rt / l ial imb i tti on SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES From the Official List, PTJBLISIIBD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 18. RAILWAYS. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. SI are. 1 X s. d. £ s. d. Aberdeen •••• • • • •• • • - , - 2 10 0 3', Birmingham 6 Gloster 31. Bs. per sh. 100 0 0 100 0 0 139 Ditto,New,iss.7i die. 15s. 125 0 0 17 10 0 33% Brighton,Lews,& Hest. - 150 0 0 10 0 0 11 Bristol and Exeter •• • • 21.165. per sh. 100 0 0 70 0 0 1 64% • Ditto and Gloucester - 150 0 0 30 0 0 I 61 Caledonian .• .. ...... - 1 50 0 0 ; 5 0 0 13% Cambridge and Lincoln • - ;25 0 0 110 0 1 8% Chatham & Prtsmouth - 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 Chester and Holyhead - 50 0 0 5 0 0 , 11% Chichester & Brighton - - 10 0 0 1 11% Churnet Valley .• ••• • • - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1 9% Cornwall .. ••••• • • . _• - I - 3 0 0! 1% Direct Northern.. •• • • - 50 0 0 210 0 1 3% Direct Norwich .•• • • • - Si) 0 0 1 0 0 . % Dias, Beccles, & Yrmth - 25 0 0 110 0 33'9 Dublin & Belfast Junc. - 50 0 0 , 2 10 0 , 11% Ditto and Galway • • - - 210 0 ; 5% Eastern Counties .•• • • 4s. per sh. 25 0 0114 16 0 ' 21 Do.,Perpetual, No.l 5/. per ct. 613 4 313 4 ; 1 p Ditto, ditto, N 0.2... - - 0 13 4 I,i pm. Eastern Union ... •• • • - 50 0 0I 10 0 0 22 Edinburgh & Glasgow 21.55. p. sh. 50 0 0' 50 0 0 6314 Ditto, Quarter Shares lls. 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 I 12 10 0 1 15% Ely and Bedford . • ... - 12.5 00'15 0 I 3% Grand Connection •• • • - 50 0 0 1 2 10 0 1 Grand Junction ••• . • • 10/. per ct. 1100 0 0 ,100 0 0 224 Ditto, Half Shares - 101. per ct. 50 0 01 50 0 0 112 Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 1 23 0 0 ' Gt. Southern &Western - 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 20 Great North of England 31. ss. 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 2023 Ditto, New.• •••• • .. - 40 0 0 1 5 0 0 49 Great Western .••• • • • 71. percent. leo 0 0 180 0 0 189% Ditto, Half Shares- 71. per cent. ! , 50 0 0 50 0 0 105 N Ditto, Fifths.- -• • 71. percent. 20 0 0' 20 0 0 42 Guilford Junction..... - 50 0 0 35 0 0 Harwich • - 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 % Hull and Selby .••• • • • 5/. ss. pr et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 103 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 223„ Kendal & Windermere - 25 0 0 1 10 0 2 Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0 0 15 0 0 403‘ Leeds and Bradford... - 5 O 5O 0 0 5 0 0 21% Liverpool & Manchestr 10/. per et. ;100 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto, Half Shares • • 10/. per ct. 150 0 0 50 0 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares 10/. per et. 25 0 0 25 0 0 London & Birmingham 10/. per ct. - Stock. 237 Ditto, New Thirds• • 10/. per ct. 32 0 0 2 0 0 453; Ditto,New 34 Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 2 0 3 33% Lyndon and Blackwell - 1 16 13 4 -8% London and Brighton.. 3/. Os. per eh.' 50 0 0 50 0 0 64 3 ,4 Ditto, Loan Notes • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13 ,8 London and Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 11 Ditto, Pref. or Priv.. 51. percent. 18 17 2 - 24% London and S. Western Si. ss. per sh. 41 6 10 -- 81 Do., New Cons. Bths - 40 0 0 6 0 0 1 25% Ditto, New ...... - - 150 0 0 210 0 15% London and Croydon .. 10s. per sh. 1 13 15 9 - 17% Ditto, Guarntd. sp. c. - ' 9 0 0 6 0 0 5 London and York.• •• • - i5O 0 0 210 0 4% Lynn and Ely .. - 1 25 0 0 210 0 7% , anChester and Leeds 41.75, 6d. p. s. , 100 0 0 70 0 0 149 Ditto, Half Shares • • 1/.178.6d. p. s.' 50 0 0 32 0 0 64 Ditto, Quarter Shares 4s. 1 25 0 0 2 0 0 20 Ditto, Sixteenths .• . - I 6 5 0 15 0 7% Manchestr & Birming. 21. per share 140 0 0 40 0 59 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 1 10 0 0 4 0 0 1034 ! Midland .••..•. • . • . • • 41. 4s. per sh.; - Stock. 159 Ditto, Fifths .••• • . • - I - 20 0 3% Ditto, Birm. it Derby 21.135. per sh, I - Stock. 118 Newcastle & Berwick - 25 0 0 ; 1 10 0 16 Newcstle & Darl. June. 6s. 25 0 0 1 1 ?4 0 0 5130 North British •••• • • • • - 25 0 0, 10 0 0 1830 Norilhena and Eastern . 21. ss• 60 0 01 45 0 0 65% Ditto, Scrip, 183.51. d. 13s. 50 0 0; 30 0 0 49 Ditte, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0112 10 0 18% North Kent..........- 50 0 0 ' 215 0 , 3 Icorwich and Brandon . - 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 I 16% Ditto, New.. • ..• •• • - 110 0 0 1 1 0 0 ' 43i Fortainouth Direct .. - i5O 0 0' 210 0 1 2 Preston and Wyre • - - 150 001500 0 , 35 Richmnd& W. E June. - 120 00 i 10 0 I 4% Rugby ...... ... - 1 !20 0 0 1 0 0 i 5 39 Ditto, 2d Pref., 1841 3 0 0 I Sheffield and Lincoln.. - 123 0 0 1 2 1 5O 1 I I s ' Sheffield & Manchestr 51. pe r cent. 'lOO 0 0 82 10 0 ' DM*, Quarter Shares - 25 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 13 Shrws.,Welv.,Dud.,Bir - 50 00 1 2 10 0 4% nonth Devon - 30 0 01 15 0 0 27% South-Eastern & Doer 1/. Is. 33 2 4 1 - 4230 Ditto, New Ns. 32/.dis - 50 0 0 ' $ 0 0 17 South Wales . .... - - 2 10 0 6% Stevenson's Prtsmouth - - 2 10 0 230 Thames and Medway.. - 19 5 8 - 1738 Trent Valley •••.• • • • . - 20 0 0 2 0 0 20 Yarmouth & Norwich - 20 0 0 20 0 0 28 Ditto, New - 20 0 0 8 0 0 18% York & North Midland 101. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 0 439 Ditto, Half Shares • • 10/. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0 52 Do., Scarbro' Branch - 25 0 0 20 0 0 4330 Ditto, Selby Scrip • • - 50 0 0 20 0 0 6834 Ditto, Extension .. • • - 25 0 0 1 5 0 1730 Boulogne and Amiens. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1134 Sit. Northern of Franee - 20 0 0 4 0 0 5 4 Orleans and Vierzon • . - 20 0 0 2 0 0 173 Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1234 Paris & Lyons(Latlltte) - 20 0 0 2 0 0 3% Paris and Strasbourg. • - 20 0 0 2 0 0 2% Paris and Orleans... • . - 20 0 0 20 0 0 48 Paris and Rouen •• • • 2/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 44 R men and Havre •• • • - 20 0 0 14 0 0 29% TOINT..STOCK BANKS. bald Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -----• £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 Colonial - ... - .... .. 51. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 25 0 0 14% Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2739 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1434 Metropolitan - 25 8 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 108 0 01 25 0 0 46 Ditto, New..... •• - ) 81. per cent. 1 10 0 0 i 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 150 0 0 17 10 0 16% ` l ‘ g-t ' '' ''' ;:L-tnni""l:j • v - 7 i ii:Z i r . g.LI - 'INA AA/31% % i EN INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. , - £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 199 Ditto Marine- ... • . 61. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% Atlas .••••••• • • • . • • • • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl,Med. & Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County • ... Crown 48 0 0 5 0 0 10 i 61.55. bs. Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Economic Life .• ••• .• • r 5 per ct.,} 1900 0 0 250 0 0 its 30s.bs. Eng.& Scot. Law lAA- 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 61. per cent. Stock. - 142 Guardian • ..... ••• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50% Imperial Fire • ..... • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life. ••.. - • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16 Indemnitz Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life •••••. • • • • • • IL ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 4.5% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire •.••• • • . • .........105. 25 0012 10 0 15% London Ship ..... •• • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% Marine ........ ••• • • • M. per cent. 100 0 0 IS 0 0 10% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Loan Fund 5l. per cent.- -20 0 0 210 0 230 National Life. Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2 Phoenix - - 195 Protector Life •-• • • • 3/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Provident Life .. -1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Sock Life.... ••- • • - 43. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange .... • • 51. per cent. Stock. - 188 Sun Firs ....... - • . • 61. 10s. - - Ditto Life 11. 6s. 1 _ - Universal Life •.•• . • • 10%d. pr ent.lloo 0 615 0 14 DOCKS. Dividend t Amount Name of Company. I per ! of I Paid. Annum. , Share. X s. d. temmercial ?Ant and West India 1 54/. pr cent. j Stock. East Country ..... 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 London . . St. Katharine • • ••• . ' 5 per cent. ' Stock. , Fonthampton ••..• • • • I 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 A g. d. 50 0 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name el Company, p er of I Paid. Price, Annum. Share. .£ s, d. East L0nd0n...... Grand Junction .•• • • • 31. 46 13 4 90 Kent • 27. 10s. 100 0 0 65 Vauxhall West Middlesex .... • • 41.165. pr et. 63 12 9 127 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ 8. d. Bank of Scotland 100 0 0 172 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 168% British Linen Company 81' per cent. 100 0 0 226% Commercial Bank ... • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank ...... • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 15% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 95 Western 8ank....., • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 76 5 4 North of Scotland Bank 61. Cl ydesdale Bank— • • per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank.- •• .. • • 31. per cent. 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank ... 61. per cent. 210 0 3% Etinb.B, Gla sgow Bank City of Glasg ow Bank . 51 . per ce n t. 50 0 7la 51. per cent. 815 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 10 0 It 4 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent 100 0 10 0 0 14 % 'mar. Co. of Scoti n d • • 51. per cent. 10 0 All paid. 10 North British Incur... 91. per cent. 200 \ 0 0 1 1 g 0 0 0 2 2 7 4 Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent ,100 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 CI 0 8% Edin. ScGlasg. Railway 4% /. percent. 50 0 o 0 0 65, Ditto, 4 Shares •••• 4%1. percent. 12 1 0 AU paid. 16 Elin., Leith, k Grantn 20 020 0 0 15 G:asgw 8t Ayrshir Rail. 4%1. per cent. 50 0 All paid. 65 Glasgvv& Greenck Raft 2/. per cent. 2,5 0 .' Gligiv&Garnkirk Rail. Si. p er cent. 25 0 All paid. All paid. 20 0 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 5/. p er cent. 1 25 0 All paid. 3214 -- - - I it. Paid. 1 32% CANAL& i Names of 1 2 Dividend Pr i ce. Names of E; Div idend Companies. ~ 1 per • Comp an i es. . per Price. M , Annum. f Annum. I ....--....."-.-•-•.- - I Z ..-....... Ashtn&ol4l2l 97 51.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh 10 - i 9/. 16 0 Ashby-d-la-Z!113 4/. 1 70 Mntgomrysh 100 61. 98 Barnsley •• • • ;160' 121. ' 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - 15 Basingstoke-1100 - 1 5 eath ...... lee 20/. 365 Brknk&Abrg' 150, 5/. AS ottingham . 150 121. 260 Crornford ..• • 100: 181. 160 Peak Forest .78 31. 40 Dudley.... .. 100; 41. 80 Regent's •- • 33 1/. 24 Derby ••• • • . 1 100, 81. 103 Rochdale.... 85 41. 55 Ellsntre&Chs.l33 , 41. 58 Shropshire • • 125 81. 120 Erewash • ..!100; 321. 440 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123 Forth & Clydlloo 41. 105 De.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn 100 71. 124 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 480 Grand Union 100, 1/. 10s. i 25 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Gidmorgnsh . r 172 13%1: ; 210 Stonrbridgo.. 145 201. 360 Glstr&Brkly, 00 - ' 8 Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. 30 Grantham • • !130 12/. 100 Tern and? 2 6 IL Bs. 29 Huddersfield.; 571 - 20 Wye Rail. j IC ennt & Avn. 39 75. 6d. 7 , rnt & Mr- ] 50 301. 450 Laicaster .•.. " 4/ IL 10. ..40 59-, 14 sit. LeedgrLivra 100;-: i 341. ; 070 kMed 1 - 10 Leicester ... :It4Ck - 101.. : • 110 ercstr &7 ,„ 41. 50 W Le icstr ah r 83 41. , 70 Birming. '' Leaghbortglt 142; 701. ilO3O is & Brksi 67 1L 4s. 11 TIDE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18 1845. 6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable G. C. Chichester, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lucas, promoted, April 18. 10th Foot—C. Barlow, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Angelo, who resigns, April 18. 16th Foot—Majer H. M‘Manus to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires; Captain R. Lux more to be Major, by purchase, vice M‘Manus ; Lieutenant G. H. Wallace to be Captain, by purchase, vice Luxmore; Ensign E. Flood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wallace ; J. T. James, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Flood, April 18. 19th Foot—H. Braddell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warden, promoted, April 18. 32d Foot—Lieut. J. D. C. Smyth to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Markham, who retires; Ensign A. G. Brine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smyth ; C. Clapcott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, ♦ice Brine, April 18. 39th Foot— Captain W. Munro, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Anderson, who exchanges, Feb. 12. 63d Foot—Ensign.G. Woodyatt, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Macauley, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, April 18. 81st Foot—Lieut. I'. Hyde, from half-pay 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pow2ll, promoted ; Ensign W. B. Brow ne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hyde, who retires ; H. J. Liddell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brown, April 18. 86th Foot—Captain A C. Anderson, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, vice Munro, who exchanges, Feb. 12. 87th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. A. Magenis, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Streatfeild, s ho retires upon full-pay; Brevet Major T. O'Brien to be Major, vice Magenis; Lieut. R. S. O'Brien to be Captain, vice O'Brien; Second Lieut. A. Dewar, to be First Lieutenant, vice O'Brien ; E. T. King, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Dewar, April 18. 89th Foot—ll. N. Kippen, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Collingwood, who retires, April 18. 90th Foot—Seigeant• Major S. Williams to be Quarter master, vice W. Newland, who retires upon half-pay, April 18. 91st Foot—D. E. Manners, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Howard, April 18. 2d West India Regiment, J. Robertson, Gent. lobe Ensign, without purchase, vice .Nott, whose appointment has been cancelled, April 18. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. A. Grierson, from half-pay 46th Foot, to be First Lieut., vice W. J. kirk. who ex changes; Second Lieut. H. Bird to be First Lieut., by pur chase, vice Grierson, who retires; J. Henderson, Gent. to be Second Lieut., by purchase, vice Bird, April 18. MEMORANDUM.—The date of the commission of Surgeon D. Dyce, of the 48th Foot, has been altered from Dec, 13, 1844, to April 16, 1845. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. Prince Albert's Own Corps of Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry— J. Wodehouse, Gent., to be Conet, April 2. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Edward Slater, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, Monti c' Tier• square, Brompton. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. James Miller, boot and shoemaker, Southampton. BANKRUPTS. William Bristow Sterrv, sail maker, Jamaica-row, Bei , mondsey, to surrender April .29, at twelve, and May 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall- street ; Broon, Walbrook. Moines Popkins Rees, iron merchant, Crooked-lane-cham bers, King William-street, City, April 29, at half•past eleven, and May 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. South American 34s 3d to 37s ; 26 casks North American 376 9d ; 34 packages Cape 38s 6d to 20s Od ; 58 casks East India 39s to 40s 6d ; 185 Petersburgh Yellow Candle 36s 6d to 39s 6d ; 18 casks Soap ditto 343 3d, and 80 casksof Odessa at 37s 6d per cwt. William 'Underwood, grocer, High-street, Southwark, April 25, at half- pazt twelve, and May 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane; Turner, Mount-place, Whitechapel. Job Bant, saddle-tree-maker, pollen-street, Wardour street, Soho, April 25, at two, and Slay 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, Golden-square. Thomas Holbrook Coyle, wine merchant, Argyle-street, May 2, at eleven, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Cross, Surrey- street, Strand. John Pickering, general dealer, Cornbury-place, Old Kent road, April 29, at half-past one, and May 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Desborough and Young, Size-lane. Charles Mouslev Firth, lithographic printer, St. Michael's alley, Cornhill, 46129, and May 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Brown, Bedford-row. Henry Polley Cook, brewer, Coggeshall, Essex, April 25, at two, and June 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; M'Leod and Stenniug, London-street, Fenchurch-street. John Warden Sprague, grocer, Poole, Dorsetshire, April 25, and May 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; London ; Wilkins, Furnival's Inn. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Duke of BRANDON presented several petitions from the county of Cork against the Maynooth grant and the system of education in Ireland. Th e Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from the farmers of the county of Leicester, praying to be relieved from the }resent agricultural distress. The Noble Duke also pre sented a petition from the Nalthern Agricultural Society, pray ing for a repeal of the malt-tax, and several petitions from the county of Leicester against any further grant to Maynooth. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions against any further grant to Ma)neoth ; and a petitien in favour of tem perance. The Bishop of DURHAM presented several petitions against the grant to Maynocth• The Right Rev. Prelate said he did not share in the srprehensions expressed by the petitioners. Ile did not think the petitioners understood the correct bearing of the question, but he was satisfied great credit was due to the Government for introducing this measure. The Earl of CLEVELAND, and the Earl of WICK Low, also presented similar petitions against the grant. SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Earl POWIS said that last year he had introduced a Bill for presenting the union between St. Asaph and Bangor, but after the second reading, under the advice of friends, he had withdrawn it, in consequence of an intimation that her Majesty's Government would oppose its further progress. He had this year introduced another Bill for the same purpose, and it stood for the second reading on Tuesday, the 29th. The question he wished to ask was, whe ther it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to inter pose, by preventing her Majesty's assent, and hinder the Bill from passing. The Duke of WELLINGTON, in answer to the question of the Noble Lord, said that Ministers had not received her Majesty's permission to state that she would give her con sent to this Bill. _ Earl POWIS said that on Monday he wou!cl state what course be intended to pursue. His course would b e diff eren t in consequence of the intimation which their Lordships had just heard, to what he had intended, but on Monday he should be able to state what he thought it best to do. In the mean time lie would remind their Lordships that the second reading stood for Tuesday, the 29th. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against the union of the Sees of St. Asaph and 13argor, and expressed his regret that Ministers were opposed to the Bill of the Nuble Lord. Joseph Long, linendraper, Tavistock, Devonshire, April 29, at one, and May 22, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter; Spyer, Broad-street-buildings, London. Thomas Jones, coal dealer, Liverpool, April2s, and May 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool Di s t r i c t C our t. Bi r d, o ffi c i a l assignee, Liverpool ; Parker, Smith, and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Greatley, Liverpool. George Frederick Stanley Isherwood, engraver to calico printers, Hulme, Lancashire, May I and 22, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester ; Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple, London ; Barlow, Manchester. John Williams, carpenter, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, May 1, at one, and May 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Nash, Bristol. Joseph Hill, hatter, Stroud, May 1, and June 3, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bris tol ; Kearsey, Stroud. William Parsons, brewer, Bristol, May 1, and June 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official as signee, Bristol ; Leman, Bristol. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAL GLOBE—The host of petitions presented to the House of Commons against the Maynooth Endowment Bill, fully bear out the admission made by Mr. Gladstone, that the majority of the nation is against the measure. The people, with an unanimity and earnestness almost wholly unexampled, have exercised their " constitutional right,' and petitioned and protested against an application of a portion of the taxes, which they pay, to a purpose which they believe to be inimical to the interests, as it is opposed to the feelings, of the majority of the people of this country. The unrestrained expression of their opinion is the con stitutional privilege and the inalienable duty of a free people. To freely canvass, and, through their repre • sentatives in and by their petitions to the Legislature, to convey their opinions upon great national ques tions, is essential to the stability of the constitution, as well as to the right administration of public affairs. Pub lic meetings, at which the discussion of their great interests may be undertaken—the public voice raised loudly, yet peacefully, to the Parliament and the Sovereign—so far from being inimical to the representative system, or in the least de gree inconsistent with it, flows naturally from it, and gives it life and vigour. Surely, it will not be pretended that the people of England are only once in seven years to exercise the right of interfering with the management of their affairs, and that this inference is to be confined to one func tion—the choice of their representatives ? Were this the case, only see with what powers those representatives are invested, and consider both how impossible it would be to find persons worthy of so onerous a trust, and how ridiculous to elect them for more than a few months. Then, indeed, the foolish sarcasm of Rosseau would have some meaning— that " once in seven years the people of England are free ; at all other times, slaves." A people limited to the exercise of this cue function of election, would be very soon either cajoled, or forced, out of the exercise of it. The elective franchise—the whole system of representation—may safely be pronounced at an end, from the moment that the people confine themselves to the exercise of this one political function, and are indifferent to, or neglectful of, the correlative duties which pertain to it. But every argument which sustains the right and enforces the duty of the people to watch with vigilance the course of legislation and the acts of the Government, also proves the danger of a disregard by the Government and the Legislature to the voice of the people, when constitutionally expressed. If the petitions of the people—when their num bers attest that they speak the voice of the majority—be treated with indifference by the representative body, the result will be a deeply-seated and dangerous convic tion that the public voice has no influence within the walls of Parliament Such a conviction is fraught with the elements of discontent, and is pregnant with danger to the social institutions of the country. Though we by no means maintain that the representatives of the people are strictly the agents of their constituents, and bound, on each particular question, to follow their specific instructions —a doctrine wholly untenable, in our apprehension--yet he would err just as far on the ether side, and in a far more dangerous kind, who should hold the representatives to be quite independent of the people, except when before them at the hustings. This would be to maintain that the govern ment of England is a mere oligarchy; and that the people, exercising no voice in the administration of their affairs, limit themselves in their political capacity to the bare per formance of an empty ceremony at a general election. A member's conduct would thus pass unnoticed, and be for gotten at each succeeding election, if the mass cf his constituents stood by, idle and listless, during the whole duration of the Parliament. But it' this were not not the consequence, and supposing the people to retain their regard for public questions, and to be resolved, as far as in them lays, to be consulted ; and if we still suppose them only to interfere in the act of election—then an evil of an opposite kind, and scarcely less hurtful to the representative system, must infallibly arise. The electors, unable to trust him whom they can neither watch nor control, will take care to choose such a mar. as may be tied nown, regarding each vote he is to give, by pre vious stipulations. So niggardly and jealous a delega tion of this important trust would be detrimental to the working of our representative system. Yet the first evil is most to be deprecated : this would merely impair the system, by fettering the free deliberations of the representatives : that would destroy the elective system itself. But if the public voice, expressed with the unanimity it has been on the Maynooth Endowment Bill, be treated with indifference by the Legislature and the Go vernment, does not that indifference to popular opinion, when thus constitutionally expressed, imply either that the public voice is powerless, and therefore to utter its senti ments on questions before Parliament, is futile; or that the Members of the Legislature require to be bound by distinct pledges to their respective constituencies, to prevent them from treating the opinions of the constituencies with con tempt ? NEWMARKET RACES (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) The Port S takes. Red Deer Qui Tam Cockamaroo and Panther also started Handicap. _ Queen Mab Poor Soldier 9 All-round-my-hat and Ratcatcher colt also started , ALLEGED INDISPOSITION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The following paragraphs appear in the Morning Post of to-day, relative to the supposed illness of the Duke of Wel lington, in the House of Lords, last night : " The Duke of Wellington, whose sudden indisposition in the House of Lords, last evening, will be found noticed in the summary of our Parliamentary report, was, we are re joiced to state, on inquiry at Apsley House, shortly before midnight, pronounced perfectly convalescent.' " Considerable excitement was caused during the discus sion on this question by the sudden departure from the House of the Duke of Wellington, leaning on the arm of another Pen, ;n a omest ^—wirrrtarleLlsortitts ine matter originated in mistake : London, April 18, 1845. F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to the Editor of the Morning Post. His attention has just now been drawn to two paragraphs in the Morning Post of this morning respecting himself, which, considering the following circumstances, the Duke must con sider as neither more nor less than wilfully false. It is true that the Duke of Wellington, during the debate, got up from his place, and gave the assistance ()ibis arm to a Noble Lord standing on the floor of the House, who it is well known has tke misfortune to be blind, and conducted him towards the door of the House, when he placed him under the care of another person. The Duke then returned to his place, in which he remained till the House adjourned, and even took part in the discus sion of the business transacted. A person called at the Duke's house last night at eleven o'clock, not twelve, to inquire how the Duke was. The answer was, " perfectly well," and not that " he was con valescent." He has stated these facts as the foundation for his request that the Editor of the Morning Post will be pleased to give a positive contradiction to the paragraphs above referred to; and that the Editor will be pleased to give directions that when his name is inserted in his paper for the future, care should be taken that it is not made the matter of a falsehood. The Duke makes this request, in order, first, to relieve the anxiety of many, and next, to save himself some trouble. To the Editor of the Morning Post. Apsley-house was this morning besieged by in quirers after his Grace's health. The answer was, " The Duke is very well." "Oh no," was the reply, "it is stated in the paper that he was taken ill in the House of Lords last night." " I can only say," rejoined the servant, " that he came home from the House last night in his usual Health, and ate as good a dinner as ever he did in his life : he says he is very well himself, and I suppose he ought to know as well as the paper.'" BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 12th day of April, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ...... 29,216,950 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,906 Gold coin and bul lion 13,143,380 Silver bullion 2,073,570 £29,216,950 M.l Dated the 17th day of April i £ 29 ,216,950 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1, 1845. ;PARTMENT. Government secu- rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11,069,829 Notes Gold and silver coin 675,977 £34,894,735 EtSIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1845. ANGE—(THIS DAY ) Leghorn ....... 31 Genoa Milan Venice ..... Naples Palermo, per oz llBl Lisbon 524 Oporto.. • Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres NewYork: i dyssight eni(y. , 4,:r BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign (Zot..l,bars..£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Foubloons..... 0 0 0 New r"):.Lai a 0 4 9i Silver io tisrs 1) 4 10! 111AYIZOOTFI. Petitions were presented against the grant to Alavnooth by the Marquis of Breadalbane from Glasgow and several other towns in Scotland, end also from a great number of the con gregations of the Free Church in that country. Petitions were also presented against the grant by the Duke of Richmond from Elgin, Matlock, Inverness, and several other places. IMPROVEMENT OF LAND IN IRELAND. The Duke of RICHMOND moved for a return of the nucn ber of applications that had been made to the Court of Chan cery in Ireland for grants for the improvement of lands under the 3d and 4th of Victoria. The return was granted. BANKING SYSTEM OF SCOTLAND. The Duke of RICHMOND. presented several petitions against any alteration in the present system. RAILWAYS. Lord BROUGHAM rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrrA KEA took the Chiar at Four o'clock. Sir JOHN HOI3HOUSE moved that the agents for the Surrey and Sussex Roads ( Sunday toll) Bill be allowed to de posit a filled-up Bill, signed by them in the Private Bill-office; that the Committee on such Bill be revived, and have leave to sit and proceed on Monday next.—Agreed to. allr. TUFNELL moved that the agents for the Manchester and Salford Waterworks be allowed to sit on Monday next.— Agreed to. WEST YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. M. MILNES, and other Hon. Members, presented pe titions against the West Yorkshire Railway. The following Bills were severally read a second time and ordered to be printed. Oxford Milcways, St. Matthew ( Bethnal-green) Rectory, Spoad (Clun), &c., Inclosure, Castle Hill (Wexford) Docks, Lyme Regis Improvement, Market, and Waterworks, Dublin Pipe Water, Claughton CUM Grange (St. Andrew's) Church, Claughtoii cum Grange (St. John the Baptist's) Church, Kendal Reservoirs. AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF IRELAND. On the motion that the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland Bill be read a second time, Mr. WATSON said that his attention had been drawn to this Bill, and he thought that there were so many objections to it, that he should move that it be read a second time that day six months. The object of this Bill was to wind up the affairs of the Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland, and gave power to the Court of Chancery to make orders, and to act in the affairs of this company with all the efficiency necess ar y f or winding up the affairs of th e bank. This he conceived ought to be done by a public and not a private . Act. Last se s sion an Act was passed for winding up the affairs of public com panies, but that Act empowered the Court of Chan cery to investigate into the manner in which the busi ness of the concern had been carried on ; and if there had been any defect or neglect in the conduct of a company which had stopped payment, a report was to be made to the Board of Trade, who had power to adjudicate upon it. In 1842 a similar Act to this had been introduced with 33 clauses, and when the Bill went into Committee all the clauses had been struck out but two. Another was passed in the case of the Imperial Bank of Manchester, in which the only power retained by the company was that of suing and being sued, and of winding up their affairs through a public officer. The Act of last session was a good „Azg it Ig l i er atiet e 111 Ali t a iriggire t" rn t o ' 4 'LT= iienl u ne read a second time that day six months. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL recommended the post ponement of the second reading for a short time, in order to give an opportunity of considering the subject. Mr. WATSON withdrew his amendment, and the Bill was ordered to be read a second time on that day week. Mr. MARTIN presented petitions from the Mayor and Car. poration of Bristol, against the Exeter Railway Bill; also peti tions from a Mr. John Parsons and another gentleman, praying to be heard by counsel againt the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a great num b er of peti tions against the West Riding Railway Bill. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Lord G. SOMERSET, on introducing the consideration of the Second Report of the Committee on Railways, moved the first resolution, that counsel should open the proceedings in railway measures, hut that they should be debarred the pri vilege of summing up. The other resolutions were of a gene ral character, and he need not trouble the House with their details. He trusted the House would see no reason to object to the measure, and that it would be allowed to pass unani mously. Lord HOWICK expressed his surp r i se t h at the Noble Lord had not brought the subject of proceedings before Railway Committees more distinctly under the notice of the House before those Committees should have commenced thei r l a b ours. Th e Noble Lord and the House might remember, that in thedebate which had taken place on the resolutions moved by the Hon. Member for Inverness, the Noble L or d t h en promised that he should propose some alterations in the st an di ng orders to guide the Committee in their decisions. The House was aware that one Committee under the present system decided on one principle, and another Committee on another p r i nc i p l e. T here were great principles involved in the consideration of those cases, and he had expected that when the Noble Lord undertook that this subject should be brought under the consideration of the House by her Majesty's Government lie would have done se in a tangible form. These Committees were now about to begin their labours, and yet the House was in dark ness as to the principles by which they were to be guided.—( Hear, hear.) He was not prepa re d hi mse lf t o introduce any resolution on the subject, but he thought there ought to be a general discussion as to what rules should be adopted. He thought he ought to c omp l a i n of the silence of Government on this question. Mr. WILSON PATTEN thought that if counse l were not allowed to sum up the advantages of contend i ng lines, the Committees would be deprived of very great assistance. Mr. SHAW opposed the resolution. Mr. PAKINGTON thought it would be much better to leave these questions to the decision of the Committees them selves. Sir GEORGE GREY did not think it would be prudent to let a counsel state the case for his clients before their oppo nents had made out theirs, for that would be giving one party an unfair advantage over the other.—( Hear. ) Lord G. SOMERSET said he conceived it would be better to let Committees, in all cases, exercise their own discretion as to the manner in which the proceedings should be carried on—( Hear, hear)—for it had been found extremely difficult to lay down rules for the guidance of Committees in this respect ; therefore, it had been deemed a more prudent course to leave to the Committees the power of making such arrangements as the merits of each case should require. However, he now begged to say that he would withdraw the resolution. RECAL OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH. Mr. HUME said that his motion for the production of cor respondence connected with the recal of Lord Ellenborough stood for Thursday next. He now wished to give notice that he did not intend to bring it forward until the Government was freed from the annoyance on the Maynooth grant.—(A laugh.) Lord HOWICK wished to know from the Noble Lord op posite (Lord G. Somerset) whether the reports of the Board of Trade would be laid before the Committees which were to meet on Monday? Lord G. SOMERSET was understood to say that no order had been made on the subect. Lord HO WICK only hoped that no motion would be made at a late hour of the night, when only a few Members might be present. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he understood that the reports of the Board of Trade would be laid before the Committees as a matter of course. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that the standing order on this sub ject was a most objectionable one. It was smuggled into the House last session, and he would take the sense of the House with a view to rescind it on Monday. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he thought the postponement of the decision till Monday evening would put the Commit tees to great inconvenience, and the parties who had their agents and witnesses in town to considerable expense. He thought the House ought to meet to-morrow, and come to a decision. , Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET made an explanation across the tab:e which was not distinctly heard in the gallery. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the motion of the Noble Lord would by no means interfere with the motion which he intended to make on Monday. The reports which had been submitted to the Committee ought to be accompanied with cer tain documents from the Board of Trade, containing the grounds on which they founded their reports. It was the public opinion that there were ex parte statements made to the Board of Trade, and that there was gross partiality on the part of the Railway Department of that Board. The object of his mo tion was that certain documents should accompany the reports of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, stating the reasons why they recommended the dismissal or adoption of a Bill. This he wished to propose now by way of amendment. Lord HOWICK said that he should make no objection to the motion of the Noble Lord, but he should take this oppor tunity of calling the attention of the House to the nature of the reports. There was a distinct understanding that her Majesty's Government had no objection to comply with the motion of the Honourable Member for Finsbury. He thought that the House had great reason to complain of the great want of care exhibited on the part of the organ of the Board of Trade. It was the duty of an officer of that department to have ascertained earlier the necessity of making such a motion ; it should have been brought forward when it would have been practicable. He thought that the House had a great right to complain. It was only another example of the system of carelessness which from first to last characterised the fiscal business of that department PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the weekending, April 15, 1845, is 295. Bid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. •••• •• aiiitnnat Clae large quantity- of 2,860 hhds and tierces, and the market closed very firmly for all sorts of raw Sugar. REFINED.-To-day Refined Sugar met with a ready sale for home consumption, and a further advance in prices oc curred, brown lumps fetchihg 66s 6d, and standard lumps 67s 6d to 68s per cwt ; the market is bare of goods. Bonded Crushed Sugar is much wanted, and 36s to 37s per cwt is the value of the first quality. MAuernus.-This afternoon 10,941 bags 240 casks at public sale were all sold at an advance of is to 2s per cwt, and the hiddings were animated; fine yellow brought 53s to 565, good 475 to 49, good middling 46s 6d, middling 44s to 45s 6d, low 41s 6d to 43s 6d, ordinary brown 34s 6d to 36s 6d, mid 38s to 395, goed to fine 40s to 41s 6d, syrupy 38s 6d to 43s 6d, and washed 37s 6d to 47s per cwt : the rise was more appa rent on inferior and brown sorts. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon brown Bengal was much inquired after, and some parcels were taken by private treaty by refiners and exporters at 32s to 34s per cwt. All other sorts were in good demand, and in some cases the rates given were rather above those of the early part of the week. FOREIGN.-To-day there was a considerable inquiry after all kinds, but business was checked in consequence of im.r chants insisting upon further advanced rates. 1,200 boxes of old yellow Havannale of an indirect import, sold privately at 24s per cwt, and a floating cargo of Porto Rico at 21s per cwt. MOLASSES.-Prices have made a stand for West India, and there has been a much better demand; the private operations are 600 puns, Antigua at 18s, and Barbadoes old 17s per cwt. Of Bengal Treacle 71 barrels duty paid at public sale at 16s per cwt. COFFEE. -This afternoon there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and by private treaty there was little busi ness transacted in any sort, but in prices there is no alteration to notice. TEA..-To-day there was more business transacted in Tea, but not at better prices, low Congou was sold at 8d t o BL-d ; fair to g oo d common 9d to 10d ; Hyson ordinary yellow leaf 2s 5d ; Twankay, fair useful, Is 2d to is 24d, and rather brightish leaf is 3*(l to is 4d per lb. COCOA.-Prices cannot be lower for West India at present, the [supply being small, but there are few purchasers, and 113 bags of St. Lucia at auction were only partly sold at 41s to 42s for middling Red, being the former worth. Foreign is wanted, but there is not much to be had; Bahia has been sold privately at 38s per cwt. Fnua.-This market continues dull, and prices on the de cline ; Zante and Cephalonia Currant s 46 5 , P a t ras 46 s to 50 s, Red Smyrna and Chesme Raisins 39s to 425, Elemes 43s to 455; Turkey Pulled Figs 35s to 455; Sultanas 60s, Black Smyrnas 27s ; Valentias 43s to 445, Denies in baskets 325. SricEs.-Cassia Lignea is much wanted, and a further ad vance- in the value has taken place ; good thin quill at 63s 6d to 645, good middling 635, middling 60s to 62s 6d, low mid coarse 58s to 58s 6d, good ord 56s 6d to 575, low ord 545, broken ends 52s to 55s 6d, mouldy 54s to 575, broken 51s to 525, loose and broken 50s. Pimento has been in brisk request. 944 bags at auction were sold, mid at 3-*d to 3id, low mid 3d to 30, good ord 30, and sea damaged 24c1 to 2id per lb. Black Pepper held with firmness, and at former rates se veral parcels have been taken privately. At auction eight bags of sea damaged Sumatra fetched 2d, and sixty bags of sound fair brownish Malabar 3id per lb ; white has further declined in value, 50 bags at aucti,,n were sold, Penang ordinary at 30 to 3Ad, Batavia goed ordi nary 4d per lb. In East and West India Ginger more busi ness done privately at stiffer rates; 80 bags of Barbadoes at public sale were taken in at 44s per cwt for middling quality, but 162 brls 60 casks of Jamaica were sold at 313 s to 121 ls. In Cinnamon little doing. For Nutmegs holders unwilling to take lower rates; at auction 8 packages of ordinary limed Cape and Singapore were withdrawn. Mace purchased with caution, although offered at low prices, and 11 cases at auc tion were taken in at 2s 2d for dull rather wormy, and at 2s 3d to 2s 6d per lb for Singapore. Cloves more in favour, and in former rates a fair busine s s has been transacted ; Bourbon fetching 9d to 10d, Amboyna is 2d to is 6d, Penang and Bencoleen Is 8d to 2s 4d per lb. Rust, BRANAY, AND HoeLANDs.-There are sellers of Ja maica upon further reduced terms, but only a few parcels have been disposed of; 10 to 20 per cent. over proof 2s 6d to 2slod, 30 to 40 ditto 3s to 3s 7d, better quality 3s 8d to 4s, and fine 4s 2d to 4s 10d per gallon. Demerara of strong quality commands full rates ; 100 puns having been sold at 2s 10d to 2s lld for 35 to 39 per cent. over proof, but in inferior sorts little has been done, and 2s to 2s 3d is the value of 10 to 20 per cent. over proof. In Calcutta there has been very little business transacted, and proof with certificate may be purchased at Is 6d to Is 7d per gallon. Buyers of Leewards operate more freely reduced rates having been taken, and 150 puns sold at is 9d proof strength. Brandy met little attention, and there were sellers upon the following terms, viz. :-Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d; ditto, 1840, hhds 4s 3d, puns 4s Id ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s 3d, puns 48 id; ditto 1842, 4s, puns 3s hid; ditto 1843, hogsheads, 38 10d, puns 3s 8d; ditto 1844, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d; middling and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 6d, low 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon. Geneva not much wanted, and is 9d to Is 10d is the value of common export sort; fine for home use is 2s 4d to 2s 10d per gallon. English Corn Spirits are in good demand. RicE.—This afternoon Bengal Bice met with attention, and 850 bags at auction were all sold at full rates, and _ _ • fetched lls da to 12s for good white, Ils to Ils 6d for 7 good middling, and lOs to Ils 6 for sea damaged first, second, and third class. INnico.—To-day 865 chestt have passed the sale. The biddings were languid, especially for Madras and Kurpabs, which go off heavily at about 2d under the prices of the last sale. Good and fine Bengali; are to be had a shade unner. CounNEAL--There has been a good business trensacted by private treaty, and the rates paid are rather above those of this day week ; low to good silvers fetching 4s 10d to 5s 3d Per lb. OlL•—This afternoon at public sale 40 tuns of South Sea Elephant Oil were sold at 28 /to 291 15s; 136 casks of Palm at 23s 9d to 27s per cwt. TALLow--This afterno..in ;,here were several public sales of Tallow, and the following are the result :-352 casks of New South Wales Went at 330 9d to 38s 64:1; 473 packages MAYNOOTH GRANT.-ADJOURNED DEBATE, Sir ROBERT PEEL moved the order of the day, that the }louse go into Committee on the second reading of the Bill icrthe grant to 1 1 / a ynooth. THE WAR IN SINDE. Mr. HUME begged to ask the Noble Lord opposite (Lord ocelyo) whether the documents he (Mr. Hume) had moved tor relative to Sinde, had been laid on the table? Lord JOCELYN said that some of the estimates moved for by the Hon. Member, relative to certain receipts and expenses, la been received, and he hoped to have them completed very shortly. THE HORSE-GUARDS. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. Grandy Berkeley, relative to certain reports from the Be and of General Affairs, said he hoped the Hon. Member would have no ob jection to repeat the question on Monday next. STATE OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. Lord JOAN MANNERS wished to ask the Noble Lord the Alemht•r for London when his Lordship intended to lay before the House the particulars of his motion relative to the state of the labouring classes in this country, for the dis cussion of which he had fixed the first of May ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he proposed to do so on Thursday next. GRANT TO MAYNOOTH. Mr. J. COLLETT wished to know from the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Govern merit, if the debate on the grant to Alaynooth should terminate this evening, when it was intended to propose that the Houee should go into Committee on the Bill. Sir R. PELL—I trust there will be no objection to th House going into Committee on the Bill on Monday next ( Hear, hear.) The debate has now been protracted to a very lorg period, and as the Government have only two days, namely, Monday's and Friday's, for brirging on Government. measures, Ido hope that if the debate should close to-night there will be no objection to the vote bring taken on Monday. (Hear, hear.) I beg to as►ure Hen. Members that no undue advantage whatever is intended to be taken in any way; annd, therefore, after the debate closes to-night, I shall make the motion , in form that the House go into Committee on the Bill on Monday next.—( Hear, hear. ) Sir R. INGLIS said that the country felt so deeply inte rested in this measure that he could not at once, without con sulting his friends on that side of the House, give his• con sent ; and be, therefore, hoped his Right Hon. Friend would not ask him to answer the question upon the instant. Lord J. RUSSELL said, with respect of taking the vote of money from the Consolidation Fund, for the purposei of the Bill, he supposed that would be involved in the motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield. He supposed the considerat'cn of the Bill in Committee could not take place before some sub sequent day—Friday, perhaps. Sir R. YELL said the t...ommittee which be proposed for Monday was not a Committee on the Bill, but a Committee of the whole House for the purpose of taking the sense of the House on the money vote included in the Bill, and afterwards the Bill would be referred to the ordinary Committee. The Hon. Member for Sheffield had given notice of a motion for Monday. He did not complain of the length to which this debate had been protracted, and he hoped that considering the discussion which had already taken place, end the discussion which must necessarily occur in its subse quent stages, there would he no objection to their proceeding with the money vote on Monday. The presentations of petitions connected with Maynooth was then proceeded with. _ _ _ Mr. HINDLEY presented forty-eight petitions against the the Maynooth grant from the following Oaces From the parish church at Ashton-under-Lyne, signed by the clergy and congregation ; from the clergy and congregation of St. Peter's, Ashton-under-Lyne ; from the Surrey Chapel, signed by nearly one thousand persons; from the inhabitants of Ship rith, Cambridgeshire; Yate and Pickup Batik, Lancashire; Mortock, and its Vicinity, Somersetshire ; Waterford, Ire land; Walsingham, Norfolk; Snoring, Norfolk; Great Jotham Protestant Dissenters, Corshlim, Wilts; Berkeley, Gloucestershire ; Pembroke Dock ; Swansea, Glamorganshire; Calton, Norfolk; Pisgah Chapel, Flint; Lady Huntingdon's Chapel, Gloucester ; Wem, Salop; Salem Chapel, Woolwich; Vernon Chapel, Pentonville ; Salem Chapel, Otley, York ; Bangor, North Wales ; Barrowden and Morcott, Rutland ; Cannon-street, Dumferline ; South Creek, Norfolk; Bap tists, Church-street Chapel, Blackfriars -road ; Heptenstall, York; Wesleyan Methodists, Lostock ; Primitive Methodists, Haddon, York ; Shipley, York ; Bradford, York ; Helough ton, South Raydham, Norfolk ; Stayley bridge ; Hyde, Che shire; Wesleyan Methodist Association, Warlaggan, Wilts; Pilperro, Cornwall ; Clithero, Probruan,. and Caybrenme, Cornwall; Tabernacle Chapel, Northwick, Duloc ; Calvanistic Methodists, Hersham, Denbigh • Trevena, Brecon ; New Tabernacle Chapel, Old-street-road, Shoreditch ; Free Church, Girvan ; the Society of Friends, Rochester ; Teachers of Sun day Schools, Harford, Essex. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr against the grant to Maynooth. Petitions against the grant were presented by Mr. Bell, Mr. Packe (from Devon), Mr. Taylor, Mr. Greenal, Mr. Ha milton, and Col. Acton. _ Mr.' ROEBUCK presented a petition from some place whose name we did not catch, in favour of the measure. Petitions against the Alaynoeth grant were presented by Mr. C. Round, Mr. Plumptre (8), Dr. Bowring, Sir J. Easthope, Leicester; Mr. Hastie, from Paisley ; Mr Milnes, Mr. Cripps ; Lord Ebrington, from Plymouth ; Mr. T. Duncombe; Mr. Bright, from Northumberland; Mr. Blewitt, from Mon mouth ; Mr. Grogan, from Dublin ; Mr. Macauley, from Edinburgh ; Mr. Darby, Captain Polhill, and Mr. C. Bruce, from Elgin. Sir C. NAPIER presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters meeting at Portland-stret Chapel, in favour of the gri:nt to Maynooth College. Petitions against the grant were presented by Lord Ashley, Mr. G. Bankes, Mr. Sharman Crawford, and other Hon. Members. THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. The order of the day was then read. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said he felt deep regret at being compelled to separate himself on the present occasion from many Hon. Gentlemen for whom he entertained the highest respect, and had been obliged to differ more especially in opinion with many Members from Ireland. He also felt regret at being compelled to oppose the measure of her Majesty's Go vernment, which he was sure they brought forward with the kindest dispositions towards Ireland.--( Hear.) But, as one of those who were in favour of the voluntary principle, he felt compelled to vote against it. There wer,e.:tspalaren voluntary principle. They were charged, first, with concurring in the former grant to Maynooth, and in the next place, they were charged with voting for a chimerical project, which they had no chance of carrying out. With regard to the first he believed it would be admitted, with out dispute, that a new question now arose, for a permanent endowment by Bill was a very different thing from an annual grant by vote.—( Hear.) It might be in some degree inconsistent with the voluntary principle that he had not opposed the grant to Maynooth, but he confessed he felt reluctant to vote against the grant to Maynooth, out of respect to his Roman Catholic brethren, and to upset that which had been established by the Irish Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) Nor did he think that the second charge was more valid. He was of opinion that if this grant were passed to the College of Maynooth the principle would not stop there. [LEFT SPEAKING.] LLOYD'S SHIPPING. CAUTION TO MARINERS. SUNKEN WRECK IN THE VICTORIA CHANNEL. The following is posted at Lloyd's:— " Royal Mail Steamer Prince, Dublin, April 5, 1845. " Gentlemen—For the information of the shippinginterest, I have the honour of informing you that I have passed a wreck of some magnitude in the centre of the Victoria Channel, in four fathoms water, a small distance to the bar, and although a buoy is placed over her, and her masts are visible, a strong westerly against her last quarters' ebb, pro duced so much sea as to make her imperceptible at any dis tance. I think a vessel should immediately be moored near, to warn the inward-bound of their imminent peril, and am, respectfully, Your very obedient servant, (Signed) " GEORGE S. PARSONS. " Messrs. John Walsh and Co., Agents for Lloyd's." P.S. The lights well opened will clear the wreck on either side, but the best passage appears to me to be to the south ward of her, with the lights very open, and passing close to the great Barba Bank. IMPORTANT CAUTION TO MARINERS. REGULATIONS FOR MERCHANT VESSELS PASSING THE DAR. DANELLES AND BOSPHORUS. Foreign-office, April 16, 1845. Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the committee at Lloyd's, an extract of a memorandum received by her Maji sty's Ambassador at Constantinople, from the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the subject of the regulations under which the passage of merchant vessels through the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus is to be effected. lam at the same time to state to you that the result of some com munications which Sir Stratford Canning has had with the Porte since his receipt of this paper is, that merchant vessels will be allowed within the Straits both of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, in such manner as to obtain shelter from accidents of weather, but that in other respects the regula tions will be carried into effect in the manner announced.— I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) H. M. ADDINGTON. Win. Dobson, Esq., Secretary to the Com m itt ee o f Ll oy d' s. (Copy—Translated from the French.) EXTRACT OF A MEMORANDUM COMMUNICATED BY CHEICELI EFFENDI TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR STRATFORD CANNING, ON FEB. 27, 1845. It is known that merchant vessels in general, neither Otto man or belonging to friendly nations, are permitted to pass the straits after sunset, nevertheless merchant vessels, un willing to observe this regulation, are seen, from time to time, endeavouring to pass, and although attempts have been made to stop them, by firing cannon, merely for the purpose of signalling the same to them, and without any intention of touching them, as they know that the firing will do them no injury, no real advantage has been the re sult. Now, the ancient prohibition with regard to merchant vessels became inoperative merely from the impossibility of discovering whether the vessels which may be passing during the night were merchant vessels or vessels of war, but the authorities have written and represented to us that they "attribute to a species of tolerance the fact that they have not hitherto fired cannons at the vessels which have passed, with any intention of injuring them; the greater part of the vessels endeavoured to elude the regulation in question. It is for this reason that it has been definitively decreed to put into full execution, with regard to all vessels which may attempt to pass the straits after sunset, this absolute pro hibitory regulation, a regulation which must be maintained inviolably as part of the ancient system of government of the Sublime Porte, and as a necessary consequence of that which has been established by the treaty which has been concluded a short time since with the five allied Powers. In consequence, the authorities have been informed that a term of three months, calculating from the Ist of March, in the current year, 1261 (1845), has been fixed upon, and that at the expiration of this term, they must, in the first place, give notice by signal to the vessels which may insist upon entering the straits of the prohibition there is in force; that if they uo not pay attention thereto, they shall fire two or three hi - auk cartridges; and that if they do not pay any attention to this also, they shall employ all means of endea vouring to prevent them by firing at them with ball. Consequently, we address to your Excellency the present official memorandum, requesting you to have the goodness immediately, and in the manner most efficient, to bring the measures in question to the knowledge of the captains of British merchantmen, so that they may become aware that if, in consequence of the system above alluded to being put in practice, th ere should be any damages or injuries done, they can make no claim nor complaint therefrom. - And, lastly, in order that your Excellency may have the goodness to issue orders and injunctions necessary and analogous thereto. —The 15 Saper, 1261. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. Death —Thomas Henry Hocker. Transportation for Seven Years—Mary Ryan, R. Walker, T. Dimsley, H. Jenkins alias Bates, C. Madden, G. Widgett, T. Hatcher, J. Jackson, J. Smith, F. A. Arkell, J. Matham, A. M'Coy, M. Heavy, H. Hurry, J. Clark, S. Lewis, R. Slade, W. Hare; G. Kirby. FEU' Ten Years—Julia J. Payne, Margaret Doolan, Mary Ann Birch, H. Cavanagh, S. Langdale, J. Proctor, J. Parish, BANKING D: Proprietors' capita 114,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi- dend accounts) 4,355,166 Other dep05it5......11,753,022 Seven day and other bills .£34,894,735 M. M) Dated the 17th day of April COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam CF. 12 8i Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 15 Hambiargh M.B. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3 Us.:: Berlin — Vienna, effec. fl. 3 X 10 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36* Cadiz Bilba o Barcelona Seville ...... . rri IE LONII ON (Tills EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Arun, 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Armstrong, as Consul at Liverpool for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John C blil Esq., to be Assistant Ci v il A rc hi tect for the islandof . blau r lviitaard. u s . WAR - OFFICE, APRIL 18. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—F. Delany, Gent, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice John blellOws, who retires upon half-pay, September 25. 2nd R giment of Dragoons--Lieutenant Walter Colquhoun Grant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Craven, who retires ; Cornet Sir George Francis Hampson, Bart. to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grant; Henry Dalton Wittit Lyon, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, r vice Sir George Hampson, April 18th. F. Payne, W. Young, H. Pratt, W. Wright, W. King, C. Hunt, R. Fox, W. Judd. R. Slade. For Fifteen Years—J. Darby, J. Stock. For Life—Edward Spicer (the mail guard). IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LABOUR. For Two Years—J. Claverie, J. Vivian, W. Jagger, J. Cor nish, W. Cannon, J. Power, W. Abbott. For Eighteen Months—Ann Forrest, IL Bannister, J. Page. For One Year—J. Dolan, J. Hocking, C. Gregg, J. Heath, H. Thomas, J. Ellard, J. Hunt, F. Cole, J. Moore, J. Allum, J. Clark, M. Lee, Mary Wilson, Jane White, Eliza Dunbar, J. Hawkins, W. Winter, E. Connor, J. Herbert, S. Randall, H. Haylor, J. Caffyn. For Nine Months—Ann Elizaßrown, E. Owens, R. Smith, J. Smith, W. Heath, S. Dawkins, J. Forrest, J. Collins, N. Hawes, W. Cummins. For Eight Months—J. Smith, J. Brown, J. White, M. A. .r or Six Months—Mary Morris, Ann Smith, Mary A. Brown, Jane Williams, Catharine Murphy, Mary A. Davis, J Susan Wilson, Elizabeth George, Hannah L ear y, J . Williams, J. Howard, P. Roberts, J. Bruneker, J. Edwards, H. Groom, J. Jones, J. Ward, G. Davis, S. Davis, T. Mobbs, W. Hays, J. \ash, W. Wood, M. Hind, C. Brzdy-, W. Banks, G. Just, J. Pratt, J. Booth, G. Bragg, W. Hemming, J. Stennett, W. Harrison, J. Cormack, - Vaughan, R. Roberts, J. Picker ing, H. Parrott, R. Dunnett, J. L'unsby, J. Bastable, J. Whiteley, C. Wagstaff, J. Shargold, J. Powell, G. Powell, J. H. Hughes, J. Sibley. J. Morrell, H. Watkins, J. Peter son, J. Brumell. James Williams, Ilan Newton, W. Thomp son, S. Axford, C. Sullivan. For Four Months—J. Piddington, Wm. Kibbon, J. Wil liams' W. Gill, G. Smith, J. Scott, Mary A. Brown, Sarah Coe, C. Coxhead, Mary A. Coombs, Sarah Smith, Esther Hart, Eliza Erawn, Deborah Raven. For Three Months—E. Gillett, J. Easton, J. Harvey, J. Doughty, M'Carty, W. 11. Warren, A. Wright, G. 'Wil liams, T. Jones, J. Ball, E. Court, E. Lewis, R. Lewis, G. Jones, T. Jones, T. Davis, G. P. G. Day, J. Har r is o n, John Williams, C. Williams,. Wiillamr Russell, J. Lopez, Sarah Smith, Esther ' Gilbert, Sarah Limb, Charlotte Single ton, Eliza Jane Day, Mary A. Comber, G. Jackson, J. Keys, J. Brown, J. Kemp, M. Steele, E. Rushton, J. Easton, J. Halliday, Cyrus Cynics, J. M'Uarty, H. Doughty I— ayler, E. Palmer, 'W. Goodale, Eliza Merewether, C. Wi ire, 1). Thompson, J. Rainbit, W. Warren, J. Holbrook, J. Battersby, J. Smith, jun. For Two Months—Elizabeth Craddock, B. Washbrook, H. Siebrichst, W. Barnes, J. Barnes, E. Ashton, J. Watkins, J. Smith, E. Flarty, J. Gurney, J. Hughes.- SUMMARY STATE3IENT OF ALL THE SESSIONAL ADJUDICATIONS AND RESULTS. sentenced to the, 1 ; transportation for life, 1 ; fifteen years, 2 ; ten years, 19 ; seven years, 22 ; imprisonment for two years, 7; eighteen months, 3; four months, 14; three months, 51 ; two months, 11 ; one month, 3 ; three weeks, 3 ; fourteen days or under, 4; acquitted, 51 ; judgment respited, 4 ; remanded and traversed, 5 ; bills ignored and discharged by proclamation, 6 ; surrendered, 6 ; bailed, 1 ; prosecutions withdrawn, 5 ; confessed guilt, 29 ; called on recogni zances, 2. ADJOURNMENT OF THE COURT.—The Court at its rising att= journed to Monday, the 12th day of May next, when, by rota, the following judges will preside, viz., Lord Chief Justice Denman, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Coltman. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBOAE. Mr, Edward Raleigh Moran, a gentleman connected v. one of the daily papers, made "an application to the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Long, on the subject of a forgery of his name, by which some person representing him, and describ ing himself as the applicant, had obtained forty shares through the medium of his forged application, in one of the Paris and Lyons Railway Companies. Mr. Moran stated that the secretary of the company was the son-in-law of an intimate friend of his, and that through that gentleman having written to him stating that the allotment of shares for which he applied had been made 'to him, and would be forwarded to his address, No. 38, Manchester-street, Alan chester-square; he obtained the first intimation of the fraud attempted to be put upon the company in his name. The applicant here handed to the Magistrate, through Jones, the usher of the Court, two letters, the first of which was that having the Christian and surname " Edward Moran," with a description of the paper to which he stated himself to be long, as also the place of residence and address, as required by the Company, " 38, Manchester-street, Manchester square," and giving a reference to the proprietors of the news paper upon which applicant was engaged. The other letter contained the announcement made in the usual way, that the forty shares applied for had been allotted. The applicant further stated that he had obtained those documents through the secretary of the Company, and the object of his present application was to know from the worthy Magistrate if he could not obtain some redress; and if so, of what nature that redress was? Mr. LONG. after perusing the papers, declared his opinion that as the applicant had not been injured in the transaction, he could give him no assistance. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 17. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, praying that the corn and wheat of that colony may be admitted into this country on the same terms as the corn and wheat of Canada. NEW CHURCHES. The Earl of CADOGAN then brought forward his motion, of which he had given notice, relating to certain returns concerning the building of new churches. The Noble Lord said it had been stated in another place that the matter was of little or no importance, and affected the interests only of private individuals. So far, however, from this being the case, it involved the administration of public funds by a public board, and the invasion of the rights of one party by another. He would proceed to give their Lordships an idea of' what these acts were ; he would quote the -Act 58th Geo. HI., by which this fund was created, which gave a complete power to apply the surplus pew-rents to the rector of Upper Chelsea, instead of appropriating thenato i thear t estio a thafß;t i me Lion - of the parish — . Under the Act of 3d and 4th Victoria had arisen powers of an unlimited nature, and which enabled them to transfer for ever the surplus pew-rents to the rector, instead of applying them, as they ought to have been applied, to the building of a rectory-house, The Right Rev. Pre late (the Bishop of London) bad stated that he had expressed displeasure, when in reality displeasure was not the word at all which should have been applied to his observations ; but it was true that he did object to this proceeding, and he would show the grounds on which he objected. By the surveyor's report, he found that the new residence for the rector was to cost 1,5001. or 1,600/. when a place which Pas equally appropriate as that which had been selected might have been chosen, and on that a house might have been built for 1,1001. or 1,200/ ; and thus a house would have been obtained in seven or eight years, as useful as that which would now require fifteen or twenty years to erect it. With respect to the parish of Paddington, the population had in creased, while in Upper Chelsea the population had very greatly decreased, rendering an addition to the income of the rector quite unnecessary. He would now explain to their Lordships the peculiar nature of the funds derived from the pew-rents. This was not a fixed but a fluctuating sum ; and that made it a very different matter, and he believed that the application of this sum was not only unjust but perfectly illegal. With respect to the assignment of this sum, he had no objection if it were rightly applied; but the present rector was in good circumstances ; and there was no need whatever for increasing his income. He wished to know if all the communications and papers which had passed between the rector and the Board of Commissioners had been laid on the table of the House; because, if they had not., he thought it was essential for the interest of the public and the Church that they should be. The Noble Earl concluded by moving for a Select Committee to inquire whether the assignment of the pew -rents of St. Luke's, Chelsea, to the rector and his successors for ever, by the Commissioners appointed for regulating the building of new churches, was advis able or not ; or whether it would not have been more advisable to invest the money in Government Securities, and afterwards appropriated it to the building of a rec tory house ? The Bishop of LONDON did not feel himself bound to say whether any private communications had taken place between the Commissioners and Mr. Burgess on this subject ; but he could assure the Noble Earl that every document which had been submitted to the Board in its public capacity had been laid before the House. The question more concerned the private interests of the Noble Earl than the welfare of the public or the Church, and he could therefore see very little ground indeed calling fur a Parliamentary inquiry. The pew -rents had been considerably increased by the talents and popula rity of the rector. Mr. Burgess, and in his opinion it would be extremely hard to take away that emolument which bad accrued to the rector from his own zeal and exertions, merely to provide for the convenience and comfort of some future incumbent, or to swell the value of a particular advowson of which the Noble Earl was himself the patron.—(Hear, h ear .) H e c ii d therefore trust that their Lordships would not for one moment en tertain the motion which had been proposed by the Noble Earl, because he did think he had given sufficient reasons for the rejection of the motion. The Earl of CADOGAN complained that the Right Rev. Prelate had thrown out as unjust an aspersion upon his character, as it was possible for one man to throw out against another. He said that he (the Earl of Cadogan) made this motion through interested mo tives ; such motives he despised, and considered that they could be entertained by no one sooner than the person who imputed them.—s Laugh ter.) The motion was negatived without a division. ENTAILED ESTATES IMPROVEMENT. The Duke of RICHMOND was induced to submit a motion connected with entailed estates, because the improvement of such estates was closely connected with the improvement of agriculture ; and he believed that there was no person who was not satisfied that thorough drainage was one of the principal means by which that improvement was to be effected. There was an Act in existence in Scotland called the Montgomery Act, and in 1840 an Act was passed to effect something of :he same kind in England, through the instrumentality of Mr. Pusey. But in those Acts entailed estates had been overlooked, and itwasevi dent from the owners only having a life-interest in such estates, and from the natural anxiety vi hieh they felt to provide for their younger children, that these estates would not have fair play and share in that improvement which was necessary for the general benefit of the coun try. The passing of such a motion as he had to make would have, if passed, the effect of providing for the in dustrious and worthy agricultural labourer that employ ment which he now too often sought in vain,, and of giving hies a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. Ile saw, with much satisfaction, that the commission of which his Noble Friend (the Earl of Devon) was the head, bad recommended such a measure as this for Ire land, and as he (the Duke of Richmond) believed that it was calculated to do good to both countries, he should move that a Select Committee be appointed, with a view to some legislative enactment for enabling the o osse- b rs of entailed e s t a t es t o c h arge such estates with p a certains sum, to be limited, and to be expended in drainage for the improvement of the same. The Duke of CLEVELAND said that as the object of this motion was to improve these estates permanently, and would be as much for the benefit of the successors possessors o f them, and as to the estates as f or the o er, h dr e a t in h a o g ug e h w t a t a h r t t i l m o p o r b o i zT i e o n n t t c t:t id wzu e ld p Ably eot e . toine " d against it, and he should therefore very re ll second the motion. to tb e Lord ASHBURTON saw "no great objection , .. s motion, tut he thought that the charge ought to b-. lo ' certain number of years, and not a permanent ehargeiaitt Lord BEAUMONT suggested that there were certain drainage companies in Yorkshire and eisewberemm the N° l3le a r• would by such an Act as that proposed by o las , t for dor; (the Duke of Richmond) be enabled to enter into rangements with the owners of the entailed estates. Pt:s the plan of these companies the possessors of sT aii , were enabled to drain their lands by.allowing certain portions of the profits to the companies. Tl: (re ns t, some things which would have to be guarded 801 but that could be done in Committee. The Duke of RICHMOND assented ii to the s „gf a e t s o . tion of his Noble Friend, and would be g lad to g" details with him in the Committt e. • a of The Committee was granted, and, '9n the W l° the the Duke of RICHMOND, the Lord Chancellor,bo, Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Cleveland, Lord Broug and several other noblemett, were nominated. BILL' LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION LDATION Elm" On tile motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, CI O eS The House went into Committee on the Lands Consolidation Bill. to the Lord REDESDALE objected to the clause the gave power to the railway companies to deviate ti'also extent of 100 yards on each side of their line, to the paragraph which empowered them W en f land to the extent of 500 yards, for the pu r P os ' ging clay or gravel. The remaining clauses were agreed to with 3113 7. t a ; meats ; and the House having resumed, the CuA lg ' . reported progress. SCOT' LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (0-- LAND) BILL c a. the On the motion of the Earl of DA.L/ 101jP ZO1 1 6 11 Lands Clauses Consolidatlon(Scotland)Bill went - Committee. AUCTION DUTIES BILL This Bill was read a first time, and the . 14 journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April " THE ADJOURNED DEBATE' . r Third Mr. C. L. BRUCE (in continuation from e" t es the . : Edition of last night) proceeded to say—He had gLe: ins irill', rity to quote—that of a great statesman, who, in 18 41 ' ble abe t s o ted the House in quite another manner. The Hon . grao t • for Kent introduced a motion for withdrawing t Maynooth, as the motion itself was subsequently vg"..d the': but this eminent statesman to whom he had alluded us asst , po s t, words, to which he invited the attention of the lins' n e et cularly the Hon. Member for Bath. "He di d the i nte I. that 'such compact existed as ought to prevente d to e ', l , ference of the Legislature, if the grant was vovears.B He did not agree in the opinion that the sYste e r n . n differe l 'i, tion pursued at Maynooth ought to be a matter 0 1 .l iitio p rsa o j to the House. He had not heard such an ew er him , t o by the Noble Lord, but he had heard it imputed I, was ` r , the Noide Lord did not deny it.—(Hear, hear.), that P e p bounden duty of the House, if they . foun d rldsiotO uld ne cer nicions doctrines were taught there—doctrines P e ht the welfare and safety of the empire. He for one o ,er t boi4r e concur in the _principle of indifference, which e; esi ios should be repudiated. It would be a very proper C o soul d s s that case to submit to the House, whether the gran d t hat o p discontinued or not ?" The statesman who expres se e Tress_, ° nion was his Right Hon. Friend at the head oft ies , —he who now introduced the present measure.- -- t the ' op„is' o , He (Mr. C. Bruce) had not been induced to alter n i s at r'' s j which he bad formed on hearing that speech of ho. o "'scler o Friend. He maintained that the system of eduesul' It , ! t ., in Maynooth was not such as ought to be supner t r, s ed not the place from which to expect loyal subjects t c e t salsa e, zees. If any Hon. Gentleman doubted that, he o ! .... _(CrL ie from works on the subject in support of his assertiolionosrab%, of " No, no," and laughter.) His Right the bo Friend had said that this grant would raise, pi es , oi ratter of Maynooth.—(Hear.) What class el l ore , et r (Mr. C. Bruce) would ask, were better educated, an d ) 11 to move in the highest orders of life, than the Jes ul in cotio ic, that class of persons had been expelled from everheir ro Europe, even from the dominions of the Pope? ther e hi ence, however, was extended to Maynooth. I. g: f oeta l e s said that they could not mend the education of ni ti ly en ts merely increasing their grant, giving the at re) ,o ter clothing, or by giving them better dinnt b ,gbS o f House then would see that they would be doing netm ac ilitil ei l grant if they did not give to the whole people the o tios , t ier acquiring a good, sound, practical, and moral edit no esi , that no other would give satisfaction to the countr94 oo l l %3 how well or liberally they might endow the educe' bey ee it tutiona:— (Hear, hear.) Therefore, he would sal t m s jee o ° o l/ be disappointed if they expected that this grant t o wo uld ; of would give public, satisfaction; on the contrail', rest p utt have the effect of outraging the feelings of the f_ s ` ow sr op al o f the country, while it would effect no good. his th o ba was that this grant would have no other effect , tbs os ed whetting the appetites of those to whom it was Pr r ierer e j or given, for an additional increase.—( Hear, hear-) r egsr no man in the House for wh om h e h a d a reste r for ° f o e, esteem than the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan e t t his i r e bs Exchequer ; but he would a s k hi m , if h e approve d , o eel e re how could he consistently re f use t o en d o w all otne l yib e re w e re might apply for that purpose ?—( Hear, hear.) , , be re: r ,) some sects who would not have any such grant ; r, of a great many others who would not refuse in--o' ra of rest That was not the place to discuss the truth or er i ap tisre fer e gion, but as our ancestors had decided that Protes th ere ho g necessary for the well being of this country, it w e % saY t not necessary to discuss it. He did not wish W b e 010_ 0d 5, , Goo . disrespectful of the Roman Catholic Clergy, but they taught what was erroneous. He wished that 111'1;10e:lls ment would leave them to terms. their religion th e w ho t spare the consciencies of serious and earnest men , to tellic be shocked at the blow which they were abou t r js their Church. , raw 0 0 Mr. W. GLADSTONE, rose in explanation 0 1 a .. ~se 4 which hie (sown, E by hy mprobo`, e cu' jus sat (sown, by other numbers who had spoken in t" r oe of the debate. They seemed to intimate that the Goc e lyellY expressed their intention through him of pensioning the as tl'',slj Catholic priesthood. What he (Mr. Glas'stone) said'` that he felt that the acceptance of this messe re b i e cli7 put out o f t h e way any re li g i ous e t 'Airij o ' to the payment of the 'Roman Catholic a t t And also a very great question would arise with r e1 ; 0 4° . ,, their payment. What lie meant or said was. of litde nt 00,7, Lance now, but he wished to relieve the Governlne„aie anything that he might have been supposed to itythi r ' s ; them, for he had no knowledge, no recollection of % D K % connected with this subject which could enable him teelott'fi/ that they er tertained any intention of that kind • pp osi% that he recollected or heard could justify him ir l , s „ e I{o o that they entertained the intention of pensioning t"- tbt Catholic clergy.—( Cheers. ) Sir GEORGE GREY sa id t h a t, no twithstan dPg b i s fore length of this debate, he was desirous of stating, 1 3 15 jA came to a close, th e groun d s o f t h e vote w hi c h it wai t e0° 0 ( tention to give. He was desirous to do so, becalve nao s be opposed to the strong remonstrances of 0 d• his supporters, whose confidence he enjnY ' 1 0 0 0 which confidence he would run the risk fled t he by the vote he found he would be e en t - „se , I give en so important a measure, and n' e - ea geo e '" i • welfare of Ireland was so deeply interested. Be ° regret at the tone and spirit in which the Honours. c lad . tlemau (Mr. C. Bruce) spoke of the Roman Cath el t e totbr e ; He believed his speech would present a strong contr a " ( leha'ss made by Honourable Members during the course a th , d se , and he earnestly hoped that the example which he,b e ,. ts ted„j raking up extracts froth old records, would not be i ln ;i tereP h s . the debate. He had said that his consistency was in the vote which he should give upon this occasien' eco ser - d , did not refer s i mp l y to votes which he had given on 1 , s f fr o f casions wh en h e supporte d the smaller grant of 9, oo "( cr esse; If he thou g ht t h at t h e present measure was a mere 'eao the vot e f rom 9 ,000 1 . to 26,0001., he should fe d that -- ct r e° lion of principle could by possibility arise on the sett e sce, ing whi c h wou ld j ust i fy his refusal to assent to t il ' i nd a`, l ) reading. It would then be a mere question of degren of principle, and that was entirely settled to L P : bit; But he believed with his Noble Friend t h o l e , ber for Dorsetshire that not only a prinetfh;sere a grand principle, was involved in this In e j l ioo,, namely, the recognition of the Roman Catholic re hi 7e t' ( Hear, hear)—the reconnition of that Church to m ', 03 - ly ev s great body of the inhabitants of Ireland were so ' O O e ;/ tacked, and in the communion of which they were b re , - ba t —the recognition of that fact, and not only of the feel o d s e : the important principle that it was unjust, impolitic, '..401)11". wise to disregard the opinions of the great body of the t ii, th; and to maintain and support a Protestant Establishrn,,en orts, e , midst of a Roman Catholic country.—(Cheers.) u n a sed, e occasions he maintained that opinion, and he was prep n to repeat it now, that such a principle was in opposit le r„ tier, first principles of justice—( Hear, hear)--that it was t s - e st);( sition to the obvious dictates of sound policy—( Hear, b est) as they knew they were opposed to the ractice and O a he olv, ) every country in Europe.—(Cheers. ) Ireland svas i t el yer'' country in which that experiment failed, and he ba d )lob s ence to judge of the results which had taken place• - 7, t ed hear.) He would say the same, if it was attererotsl; establish and maintain a Catholic Church in a Pf e r 'we'c'' country—( Hear, hear)—or to maintain an Episcopa l o d e' in a Presbyteri an country— t (Hear hear)—and he felt 6 0 " , t B oic" gree of sham e an d re measure, that S cotland had raised i , 1540 against the proposed measure, when he remembere d daft?: tempts made by this country to impose episcopacy on o',/ bli and how the a tt empt was defeated by the stern spir it s teit h i ; northern fellow-countrymen.—( Cheers. ) He knew 15- t be told—and h e h a d h eard i t during the de b ate --that ' a ple principle were admitted, that the great majority of the b r e d i° were to determine the religion which should be establisf 010' any country, that it would lead to the establishment,Ly ea' dooism or Mahometanism in many portions of their we';;,l tended empire. He denied that inference. He W er e - , * 6l ' there was a proper, a distinct, and a broad line of den-ine ber between those professing Christianity and others living rie then darkness, and in the performance of heathen rittd pot l a w c o te u d l d towards ask e who o m u a s n e d this Catholicsa rg argument et Irelandwhy tahsey thei esp ) acted towards the Hindoos and Mahomedans ?—( Hear , b Had it ever been thought politic by the Governmen t , ° isle -.- East to withdraw from the religions cherished by the r - e 'bee", their eastern possessions, the revenues which had appropriated to their cupport ? What was the case in Ire ) At the time of the reformation they found the Roman 0; Establish men t i n t h at country in possession of larg e ° r oe' tensive revenues. And what course did they then P u besl' They acted most unfairly and most unjustly—(Fltrir rose' and cheers)—for they not only deprived them of tu r i noth s a" nues, but they transterred them to the support eL_Ttiehs clergy and another faith. The people still remained 01 ' 4 .00 to their ancient faith, and yet this by a strange misl g logr i e , called the Protestant reformation, and by an equally south hallucination they ,termed the Protestant Church, t h e c ordl s ; of lreland.—( Cheers.) He could not fail to give his re d 0 0 " assent to the second reading of this measure. He e s ." p £ i 0 what might be the intention of her Majesty's Govern —e pr, granting this Bill to the Irish people, he but saw in the t sure a step taken on the part of the British Parliatn ee d ap would do themselves credit, and be fully understood 3 , 0 , e preciated by the people of Ireland—a step that would, Pe'ss' bP 6 . -e Irish nation that their Church should not 11 ' 11 7 the 74 stamped with odium, and that Protestants, howev,,,e-oolic might deplore the errors which they believed i."Th a thi professed, would not yet deny them their er n kreli and their support. He did not deny, b e believed that this country had derived many advantag e s C oo': the blessings of the Protestant Reformation, and " - WO" sympathise with the petitioners who bad approached the 10Y upen that import an t ques ti on , b ut h e must sa y that "„ eshi to advance the blessings of Protestantism was not by a n tbrir bition of ultra-exclusiveness ; the way to prop!gateibe p r of tianity was not by attemptin g t o coerce peop l e into of e fession of it, a mode which was alike contrary to the aritv God and repugnant to thei r f e ll ow-creatures . With sh oe ° , r sod ciples of several of the p e titi ons presente d to t h a t WI 'P e he presented one of them himself, he perfectly sgreee' by the petitioners founded their opposition to the Bill pro) to t , Right Hon. Baronet on th e genera l pr i nc i p l e t h a t all f.' jt s , ir e d e dowmenta were co n t rary to t h e W or d of Go d , an d the they prepared to refus e t o t h e R oman Cathol i cs only witats or would, on a simila r p r i nc i p l e, h ave refused to a ll other te r denominations. But when ho (Si r George G rey Price. 116‘{