The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-12 00:00:00

e:-----t,..k.se iva-s ------ t t: iele;a ---------- 'e to el a i'l °l4l witli the s, . ' ' their chairman the power to (Mr. Roebuck) would be the first min to support . him. ra tan ~. ecretary of the Colonhs. But the ' But he did o'j -et to im . puiations of this sort being thrown l l°Pri' q i i •"' t . to Earl Grey, acd his mouth was out without some sufficient ground.—(llear, hear.) . tile tll . ultntdla. ' i Y , who demurred to the authority of The motion was then egreed , to and the u Comm s t r tte_e w itita„, l : 4l "' Earl Grey had not de:curred t i - the appointed, coqsisting of Mr. 13 Lillie, NIr G . , i i n t e , , oe , i m il - r . tol l i eh Zercluired, nor had he a,.1“ , ( 1 t h e ' , rounds upon Walmsley, Sir R. Peet, Sir . J. Hoeg, Mr. , R ot d o '; Witnesses here to be called Lord' Grey did C. Villiers, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Ilea es, M a r. ' Adde ' rley, was stn e ' 'ad the only course open to . the Committee Mr. Wilson, Mr. S. Wortley, Lord Liotharn, Mr. al•Cul thealePP'd by the Goverrunent on the rounds which he lagh, any Mej u• Blacken. ti ' ' w ere u'' d e :to Or i of i _ • terry 111,......-`ll,Aute th• th y f x .. - .Theo, as to the objee PIRATES (HEAD MONEY) REPEAL BILL. ' 3 , el le _ . P use to the country, he was astonished at Sir F. BARING . moved the second reading of this Bill,. 4 001, md ",,tt w.ls stated that these is iteesses would cost Sir G. CLERK thought some explanation se o -ht to be can ed b r iOOl. each. He had known many witnesses bt , t, jr e 're Coretnit'eei•given before the House could agree to the ct had drea rie l- t i n ev,, e eryptice , • who were not worth that . sum; ing of a Bill of teis description. Although he , 1 I Cite jil. e (.! was worth its weight in gold it was a slightest doubt that the officers of her Majesty'. iw being 4 tll4' where a colony c implained of martial fleet never would require aey stimulus of reward, still it 44 ° 0 1. At leamstafiertaioed for mouths—(Cries o f " No, no") would be unfair t t take f, from those who ventured their I "eri ' a l ''l'g time after the rebellion was over, lives those rewards to which they had . hitherto been en kr, D i P,,"Ple we pat to de4th b • mistake 1 2 1 : 4 1 °3 : 6 1),, 4 1 :: ( 1 1: t t1 i L t1b. c nt d: c t4 : 1 1 , 2 .4 ,1 t : -L i r 'e l i n t d ai s l i ae l lu ibd , ( 3 titled without some reason being assigned. If cases of i)e: h .edt e hotif t s. v:ould ) rt:frain from making abuse had ariser, let the act of piracy he more ac i cur i a'e l l o y t the i tier day ; but as the defined—let ,the amount of reward be diminished—let le( Committee he of his Hon, the acts , be specified to which the head money should he was bound apple. There might be . good reason fir altering the law, p rlb4 a . ratt"' nt ' II°• Friend felt justified in malting the but previous to the passing of the Bill he thought some act . y 7 3 he did. lle would uot s- • an; thing of the evidence ought to he laid on the table. r 'ta wi l • t) ` h e Party or the authei t . ci 4 ty ) of the ecument Sir F. BARING said the allowance at present t omade t bed l':h his lion fure e t i l ee. d. , ~c_itii. lion, Friend the Ilem i b i er for Inven h e e ss wet open to great objection; and it was proposed to e tilt°,3teesitehei;°t'iti'le(e)n.. • F ld r e i s4 s t r i i h t d n o c e t a i e l :l e s it s ' it ') ti ll ' i ' s dt y, brought however, - of the t n h o e w d i L i s i t e in o e m ti m on and w h h a ie d n expressed now ex 1 s l: e i 3. opinion p j.k. ttii ori gallantth allowancesat Chairman of the Corn- the subject sh mid be rc-Jonsid . ered, and that fee t e e ",,, l t he believed, only brenght ' hro+ witnesses be. ought not to be given for services now performed which : o hcm t h al l post o f e il ' o )t a n; * - aitt• e two of whoM had tilled the high are not the same as these co T ri l t l e i, ne course which he was re lla'it 41 Seeret,Ary, and the other was an enanent anze was originally ma . e. as 4 , 7 ° eylon. The . r, f . iiiion a C lit leil ft;"" had b-eii appointed member of the about to pursue was this. He by no means proposed o to r I•'ried ll not deprive those men who were engaged in this se e r n Vi t e l 154 bSt int ! a i brought forward 1 s ' e * and ahem ] ted to the fair and roper rewards to which they were t a le . d, e ° o ll re'Jit e ( i n ' t t e , it,ny the. evidence whose a ef e p l e s r:ons op P inions but he thought it would be better to leave a discretion in aoi ey. 14.elve influence on the House and on the the hands of the Admiralty n to make the payment far ably it;tiiereetary ; tab Reatls -is non. Friend reminded him that ore of compulsory by Act of Parliament,—(Hear.) The amount e ' lied e l in n e n was summoned, not by him, but by required fir last year was very heavy,and be should be but that circumstance ' told fa- under the necessity of asking fir an estimate of 100,0001. tor es a went . ase• Ile believed that toe evidence, as Mr. HUME concurred in tho course taken by the Right bis i t aed bo I;_vt_nas rather in vindicetien of the Gover- 119 ' Gentleman for repealing the present Act. The th e n wa is let h r tas.uggested by the Colonial-office. _For p w r a i s n n c a . i . p to le on which this head--noney had been paid h e Mie n c. 7 I) . 1 , from the first, at.e npted to keep l gether erroneous. It was givee to men who ir e u ki e e d ee Jwauttee out of the Houseof Commons for in were paid for their services, and the practice did not exist ~.,e, jrtegititi:,,,,atio:swvoiuthredi, as fir l as he could, to pursue the any other service then . the English. He considered it utile '.•,, , i pro, °valeta ity and temper. This toa.. a . reflection on tie service, fir it was equivalent to say bisrr.:Seerets-;"ing would not have happened if the ing that our officers and sailors would not . do their duty in "11)1 1 , Y had accepted the proposition he (Mr. without this additional reward. He wished to know . do vcsti gati o au made when he was prepared tai resume the when the papers which had been promised would be laid t e - i e ° with s n a ' n„, ll ,at ho was bound to say he could not on the table, and trusted that the money would not The t kto eni elline hope* to the House. He was not paid until . after proper inquiry had been instituted. e in kh 'd hi e , ar ,g° in detail on statements which had Act required that every person taken or slain should be to 4l * ? bu t - t 7'ne would not introduce them into the proved to be a pirate; but in the . course of the whole t s eroly t • "6should be prl 'n Committee very of the proceedings no sufficient evidence had bee t. n giv t e h n e )4 4 B eei e ut Zl h atre into transactions about to be discussed, to satisfy the Court. The statements respecting le "lacer e e a t had occurred up stairs, he must express number killed differed exceedingly, the accounts of the ti e4 4l ade te - h - i e e ' i l l viction that there" was an effort about to different officers stating them variously . from 600 up the llo a : if truth ...,%lould prevent that impartial investig 2,000. It was a matter , of great importance that e t wo u l d 4 "°!ch he was sure the majority of the a- iblic money and the lives of people should not be dis h r. r toLa esire,posed p of in such an inconsiderate manner. As he un itkplewNee h a ti „, o X aa . id, five Honourable Members who derstood the present Bill, it was simply a repeal r ef_ the of 4 el' s al e . all said they were sure there was to be fornier Act, and did not enact the payment of a. per ` lei' 3 13 d by the Government fur the purpose head. St e t l i s i r .. o eitiatirg...sthe investigation of the truth. That was Sir F. BARING—Yes. He could assure the . Hon. ere ele 'Pr eee , and the House could not mistake it, that Member that very little delay would take place in the te ase yea e,"!,itoetient there was such a power being production . of the papers; and he felt satisfied that the Ne w kee t f i e I °e Colonial Government. Every one of parties alluded to were pirates. hd th ee 'rk, w ° len, except the Honourable Member for Mr. COBDEN said he a presented a petition from ti e ," wer e : 1 1° members of the Committee, and all said a public meeting on the subject of this horrible massacre. to elltille goin g intro Committee to make this investiga- He did not wish to prejudice the case, but could not_ let teed i tal,ri. it the whole proceeding, if he were the statement . ass without . his protest that 100,000/ was ch, N?,.. '-c. it out of d WAS a cowardly pro qv% ete e . OOTO, to be paid for destroying pirate , s. He could state. from do roe e len nia Proceeding to that Committee with a the highest authority at Lloyd that no appreciable rise 1 10t.tiee. St the Government, saying, "We cannot had taken place in the insurance s' ofgoods to the eastern teeloeet 4t' we are sure to be disappointed; we can - ocean, and that was a prima facie proof that no piracy T hey was te ° truth!" Why, the real thing for them had been practised on English commerce. These pro itltj, „ a , Jetf effuse to serve, in justice t ) themselves. ceedings had been carried on against original tribes, va ine t i a oli of he Under Colonial Secretary with an which were never contemplated when the Act passed, Fare t : t Per ve iling the investigation, and be fn. the object of the Act was to protect commerce l a 4 ° i;5 eh if ever - therewhich hie w h as - a charge more against the outlaws of civilized states.—(Hear, ear., 4-4. t th.,,—tracter thauthat bad been brought A rigid inquiry must take place into the Borneo mas tteleffeet; ?overnnaent, and which, if proved, would sacre. The tribe which had been slaughtered was carry teetrie , IS T ;" 11 .Y destroy the character of the Govern- ing on a predatory warfare p' tl e held at W hat ground was the charge made? Be. but no proof ,had been give w n it t h h a t they ueig ever m g olested go s 4 liree "' that when a certain number of Members English commerce or an . English that • The question . 4 .tOss erst aeri e t 4t e. g ot up and made charges against the was between two small tribes who inhabited a country t he'i. h 1 - t •f"„ ,e atlPposed they had got a mass of evi- contiguous to that taken possession of somehow . or other *P ie 44 Pg e e vr'"' rl they would not hazard anything. by Raja Brooke, who fitted out an expedition to make knR °l lght to n e tt& ° l l th . be grounded on some considerations an . attack on these , s . avages, who had been slaughtered l e - era of /, ° evidence. But here were four or five in a manner surpassing the ravages of Trafalgar or the \tl ti kt wee arnament charging the Secretary for the Nile, whilst . not a man had been killed on board the ° 4: 3 ' 1 14 serious dishonesty. They had got Ceylon English ships. .It seemed to have been a complete !lat e :tad wh e . i tfd of an insurrection which had broken battue, with as little defence on the part of the natives as I ke .4tiott which. had been suddenly suppressed, after a would have been made by a flock of . sheep. He trusted I,4l4 4 ittel y ° : Martial law; and certain proceedings that no money would be voted until the evidence was gs tbl ies ee fro Piece, Piece, the r esult of which was imme- prodaced, and . that if the documents laid on the . trkle . * ete II °4l 2 44 e e 9 . that time to the prevent . Now let the should not disprove the accounts which had reached this its tit at tio i et. that Ceylon was called a colony, but it country, the Government would grant a Committee of Il i ott i lirg e 1 t he common acceptation of the term. It inquiry. —(Hear, , hear.) . Sli n gl4h -e P"dencv • h population which was Sir H. VERNEY said that if Hon. Gentlemen took 'f wss ' hat Wholly ' foreign wita and the dependency k Y of - a s the trouble to go into the subject they would find that - to t e .-ftquered dependency. We had a small if this country, or any other, desired to carry on co a l:- ON g h at th • h . , k id Or r ,,, ere, wit.. a -ostile population, with C melcial transactions in the seas between ustra la d 'NI etl A r r esenting England. If that House was to bine, the extermination of piracy was absolutely neces 14IPster,titils'ipgilts on all occasions of tying the bands sary.—(Hear, hear.) 1 15 0' o:w ed in the energies of those whO had a _ isncroe-__ thatl THOMPSON said, in reply to the speech they had just heard, that all he and those who i i re oe ; iti tho _ al . as representing the . , overeig bef ItILI I ( lat ter : o distant climes, ho said there couldthought with him wanted was evidence. They were illorl.httatY its tee4.s office if that House undertook it, and . not fond of pirates—they did not admire or defend them. `4 ir th e "uetley in that House and in the eoun • Show them that they were pirates—(Hear, hear)—and It ts t hs 4) t'altry purposes of pitiful popularity— they would readily encourage any Act to suppress them. t t Lila acts -t was the carping and the carv- But he knew that the public had a strong . feeling at the ii -I lt L .,'111 % of those who represented the coun- prt sent moment against any temptation being hehld forces p l , l i ltti e W ,,r Ittici ti3 O . d t e of action ° tended to pinion men to go about the world, bearing with them t e hi,,, ilj th e , o L_G,O,B 0 who r . epresented us in every of the army and navy, and saying to those they mu et, s t ,4l. t., sv as A. , r . - 1 ,(1, and to interfere with every enter- "Is there anybody we can kill fur you under the name It ti _ v, ag r e e_ this ground that he stood t upto enter of pirates and charge them in the bill? ”—(Laghter.) s ti 'es tl3 ' u to teB ,,u°ol) and earnestly agents such pre- That was what the public dreadei ; and knowing the le e "lip e 'fl e , r ,,':„ What had they got on this occasion? weakness of human nature and the excellence of that public prayer, " Lead us not into tembtation," they were i h Ow h 'eoe e ee i urringtor, who he believed . to have been t;' , th e " di sp .' ,o 7 o ', and he oaly hoped he did not w h ite anxious that measures should be taken to sift these transactions whenever they occurred. Supposing the t, 4 1 ,!4 e , 'ble st ° lee. But of this he was sure, thought of L .tty ci ta ite , F of a hostile population—ho . case to be that an individual with a conside . r t ib.e force I ' l, ) cite h,'lng of them—Lord Torrington had in udder his command had gone to some position where e' li ti net sl iie t an d th e than any man to prevent the effusion some petty tribes were warring together, what would he le 're e Peo ple 5 t if he had tampered and played with have to do but to take one side, and say that all the her side were pirates?—(A laugh.) Was that not a el :S ee °o Nil t or that sort he would have had war, h and other si-Ic were pirates?—(A laugh.) Was that not a had been kiiled a thousand woud have possible easel—did they not know that some of them i ttp 4, lo 7 tl s i o. e',l been killed a thou”nd wou:d ave la their fingers on its actual occui-rence? fi The h e e )! t e 1 tep ees , 1 . 5 . 14 when Hon. Gentlemen found the tl e 'eo ln 4, .h, n 'lng that things had been done con- acre things, therefore, in which the public looke with etid r ary to Protested h e should like to know what great jealousy in the present state of affairs, and they P:kite: l ° °Y. law in Ceylon. Ceylon was a conquered were, therefore, particularly . anxious to promote an al kenehe Std 1 ," 0 lew of Ceylon was not the law of terstion of the law with regard to head-money for pi- OR Ka or Z d 'allieh law was only introduced by the rates caeteree, Ott * heth L 'Y Act of Parliament. He wished to The Bill was then read 0 second time. tioe ether te le teal I Dro o l,. `lre was anything to prevent the AUS I'RALIAN COLONIES. 'e f ,, ‘ 1 , 4 D r -tha , ing martial law. Ho had known The report was brought up and agreed to, and leave 1 1 4t e goti* - ; )( "ineed under this constitution, and was given to bring in a Bill founded thereon. It tl ti n o at te lder 4 th . et lie found that persons had been co_n • REGISTRAR'S OFFICE (BANKRUPTCY) BILL. le e ''' i f for t hat law, '.aw, and he found no sympathy This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be o i , h eoyi u.. i t w _eu Ire , that House. But . he wanted to commtted. °rll sl ea"; li e " illegal to proclaim martial law ARMY AND ORDNANCE EXPENDITURE. a 'at 'co G wait told there was a judge, and that he Mr. F. M AIME (in the absence of the Chancellor of tt k ° ' over a t 'lt te eNle ee , °or. Did no one know the history the Exchequer) reeved the re-appointment of the Select They Committee on army and ordnance expenditure, which Otte" Engl.' ant disputes and he believed the reason was agreed to. ',ate tea i tah law • ' ne ti ree, 11 L idi 3•Frs were not statesmen. Look at THE MERCANTILE MARINE. 14°14 ( h t e t t a I his Hon. Friend the Member for The House having resolved itself into Committee, Ur. )41 oej et ed L e li ) know what they were. When they Bernal in the chair, it te ll ad 11 4 to i l h sh r lawyers they went to loggerheads. Mr. LA.BOUCHERE moved for leave to introduce te t °le k Ne e, ? ltause dealing with distant colonies; k . t, nod wit _ Chins,. and other places in the same di- three Bills for improving the condition of masters, mates, and seamen in the merchant service: far the regulation w i 3 lll, Tn. Gn Y should they for party purposes inter till_ the entiere e e of the Merchant Seamen's Fund: and for the regulation h t re w e had uo "e v. Li who complained would do well of the aimeasuremeat of the tonnage and burden of the 11t 0 , 1 % le; "oPe of justice, and that they would 't t he ` I4 •LIE merchant shipping. At the close of last session he . hid stated his views on this important subjeet, and laid a oh . er_Preelae. would not allude to the question oche- on the table of the House for circulation among the "Rs'" dere "' ail " of g 4 se • l ed th martial law was justifiable or Members. That Bill had been materially altered in olf' Ilig g ilat tk 41 any non. Gentleman hal made any tk "Ile h'AIP, ""° Governor. many respects in consequence of communications from 4t 0 Said various pats of the country. The evils which the Bill G e *hi ° he e l that as long as be had teen in the proposed to remedy were three—The ignorance . and in• l' o ,"tl ere h h a nev er hi and such a tyrannical speech as e t nie4ll, f t be en male by the Hon. and Learned competence of the captains and mates, which, in many Id w as ta_mnunted to this—that the will of Lord instances, were a discredit to the merchant service; the want of discipline among the crews, which prevailed ttl tied 4 eci 1 , 4 u ,he law, and if there was martial law ) f t l i t o,tl 4 , i ll ot heenactlthe better. He contended that fair to a fearful extent ; and the system of contracts kteltlf e 4 th e ,g i ven, and that a proper opportunity whch was adopted.—(Hear, hear.) In order to d ow tli e j t alee pe'rintlesses had not been afforded. Alany remedy these def cis it was proposed in the Ne ll th e he . civil ' °llll said that there was no rebellion, first instance to constitute a department of mer cantile marine of part of the Board of Trade, responsible Illei g ed k th ature. P°w °r would have been sufficient to put to the country and to Parliament for carrying out the I kti l l ,„'th e , n 4r titti 1:L 1 ° 0 , but that Lord Torrington pro provisions of the Bill, and the general superintendence t fli e m di e I : r ote et i "1 and took every individual from of the mercantile marine. This department should th t i'te, 4 (.1 '4442° of the law.—(Hear. hear.) Then comprise two captains, who would aesi,t the President Pe i : Pr ee a tl hy a rtiat were constituted of; three junior of the Board of Trade. It was proposed to establish a tie h e 'Ni ne LOr d Torrington's order no records of system of examination for m stars and mates—the Act th, %it, h as t e Were taken. Now was not such a in this respect to be prospect.ve and not retrospective— Ile e ti tee . riencrietleugh to alarm the friends of lib•rty? and to appoint public shipping officers instead of licens toe' )h a shie, "ad risen from his last night's sleep a I st Ilse ,t , ,i t and was ing agents. Those at present engaged as masters and 1. of • t h ., en h i ._ , no longer the man he ( . Mr. mates should ba supplied with certificates of service, but ' 4l t lad e " alert; fiat law tor.— (Laughter.) Lord Tarring- mates they were dismissed for impropriety of conduct . then ° , l l le t Net r titlit y " 11 laW in operation until he passed an they ought to be deprived of their certificates, without Ol t !' 1 / 44 %!tt, ' ,f 0 that no court of law could question they could not be re-engaged, and so the Act t teot e ,J° 4 tyt e a u, that act had received the sanction which tbi e ae li a ef the ,\lovernmente Ho (Mr. Hamel, during provided . In 1836 an Act was passed regulating the a ble th e : Committee in uired if anof the ro- taking of apprentices on board of merchant vessels sail tioti ',I Wl' , beVunsernarti'l had been transmitte d to lag from this country, but the provisions of it did not t° " 1 0 41 1 -' f°lll ld that a n th o e thing of the kinclhad been seem to be adhered to, rarr notwithstanding the Government litk,t,°44se" e l k fu llad that }le . % i i, .4% ecutions • Noble Lord had sane- had done their best to__ ay _ o y g out the provisions of that Act.—(Hear, hear.) . II i , therefore, foiled in that e ee e reop l acti oe without any document whereon ; el l e ) te ed ti I, '''. He also proposed that Lord Tor-ii e e t ere • respect, her Majesty's Government had taken up the matter, and by the introduction of gee, of e 0 e „ quired to give an explanation, but the proposed measure anticipated that . they . would . be t he h i. : Itt e Ove Vear and answer the questions. He 'ttt e 'lltee e attee9eved that any man would have sane - able to do away with many of the evils which prevailed co t `. 4 Ote ok, Cities w i t h under the present system. The Government had done tt _ .te .8 i., e t i• without some better excuse than A lt! tt o4 4 tee, blue -book Grey had done so. From the their best to carry out the provisions . of the Bill of 1836, I " th l, se cow: "lue-book it would appear that Lord " 1 1 ' list" t h ai "rd his confiscations . * to perishable but it had failed in realising . the objects anticipated from tit ° f ehe (if 4 . t‘ ' l ttle and it. The measure which he was now about to submit to the House would, he trusted, supply the deficiency of th th q Leh ~,rtleic a ,_, corn ; but the fact was, that 1 4 , el i Plitti e t u re eeici t,"Keti _were jewellery, clothes, &e., that Act. In regard to the registryo t f a seamen it particular was proposed by the . present measure that ii_ e ed 7e ee : h ese f Public auction. And when . s?na d e 41. 5 11 p':11 / 4 3A1 rist ,Viperty had levee taken inquiireh office should be established for that purpose. In regard e ,,ti tti he eti la . r, h ea 7e, o l,Ahey found that . none cioude to the discipline and the general conduct of the sailors Cti tit ' e !o,. , 4 _taldi nc „. ? He was astoniehe Ito find his the measure which he was about to submit to the House ` 4l ,lti en. ti eit nil e Z . ,°,,F,t n as the advocate oftyranr and laid down certain rules. In regard to the registration tial r. g l ie. (/1 " ,, the facts g those who were better ac- of seamen, the measure lie was about to submit to the e House also made provision. In so fir as . regarded tit ' , 4l q,. ° Elit? , h ear " 3 than himself of popularity e•ti e elet el elt ' a.nd laughter.) notes granted to seamen, instead of pursuing the present ki e, 44 ra iler attributed the observations of his system, it was intended to establish un office for the tli d %° °l Y wish k a tn . ' 'of his 1 1 0,, uti th „ to , s , Isupprehension (k: AL "a tR • "`Brepresent him. His Hon. Friend arise. Upon the whole, he considered that the measure t‘ ttl ,re7 t e ' li ( a , 4° 1 0 i rohs his own kind f ••elings, which would be attended with the greatezt benefit, not only to eo 'et te Otli eg Akio h elearesightedness.—(Leughter.) the seamen themselves, but the mercantile interest gene• gi e , ) "cd ' " a d drawn that distinction between to, °1 i i Illil 40,Nir distant de t p . endneiCs, and if his Hon rally; and he, .therefore. would at once submit to the House the motion be had read at the commencement of tii, s ll l : Ofr. /I" n derst and his address. t k ,„. h uo hro. _ Otb uot , _ c ha t difference, nit languag e do Mr. CARDWELL would only ask the assurance of th: l ll 4e ';. hi ‘7, how! wav er, old . use would make h im a. , the Right lion. Gentleman that ho would nut fix a day ,l) e , t leo to , li on. ,e. r. did understand the di it - - i „ st,, , .5.,... t'o rrto ,k riend believed in the charges for the second reading of the Bill until tho country had 44 e l ite Uieare (° ° the sooner he was impeached am p e l time for consideration. The Right Hon. Gentle -1)ihft(1:1111I j , man was good enough to pay a compliment to those al lt(OL'ht. r "lit hie , whom he (Mr. Cardwell) had the honour of represent ti, b e h4. te tte .) , but I cannot get him hag, and t) that institution in Liverpool, the " Sailors' t q ,'lt t , ist er K--. The home,." which carried out by voluntary contributions the Ole i h et , ";" - th e h ° again there was the Colo or, ti a b lf e , ead aud frontof objects which the Bill now before the House d propose kr,,; I tiin stit titi ill M r . n u _ . tbo offence.— q,, ;,;,, ~t ~,,,, t n a il he h, ? l e.) If his Hon. Friend to effect. He also observed that the opposition to the measure of last year came from those of the highest O tt .: ( el ,. ):e e t. a .. ed eaid he would not find a , „ co ili ty i n th e shipp:nz tree, and in brineirg for tt ~; I e- - .e re , 1„ 1 " . ' " f'• Ilia Hen. Friend recP,e 'e e ' ei ',,, , L eil :•; , ,i - -'i R hope iI,P t it ?, ~ tll4 i r -I hinlthill3,ptedeteiu'ranalatiet.:it;;hill.to't preventcBh a t r e g ) ' e I ' i x i ' v . sa l e s' he ' i ' e - ' i t: ' ll ' i,,;‘, - . l t ' e . the evils when :-•Liit - ;. and ..;vCen down the a.. a gro opposition so given it. He (Mr. Cardwell) was appre- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, Com:nission proposed to consolidate the administration of the fund, and place its management in the Trinity House, and it proposed to raise a fond for the purpose of aiding the general fund, by putting a tsx of I'. a ton on shipping. It proposed that in consideration of the Trinity House taking the management ( f the fund, the 25.0001. annually paid into that board for a similar pur pose should bo united with it; and also that after five years no further pensions should be granted to widows. Those wore provisions which he did not feel warranted in departing from, and the proposals which he bad to make to the House were such as, he believed, would place the fund upon a proper footing. Ho agreed with the opinion come to by Lord Ellen borough's Com mission, that this fund should be brought under a central management; as local boards, besides en tailing unnecessary expense, would lead to local abuser. At the same time he thought that the ms nagement ought not to be invested in a local board, and he therefore propose, as Lord Ellenborough's Com mission recommended, to vest the general management of this fund in the Trinity Board. The fact f their having 25,0001. a year at their disposal fir similar pur poses was a great argument in favour of that arrange ment, under which an amalgamation of that find with the general fend might easily be made. He ghoul .l propose, also, that the two captains who were to assist the President of the Board of Trade in matters belong ing to the mercantile marine, should assist at this board, and so give it a character of Government responsibility. The next point lie had to call attention t was the Le cessity of increasiog the comforts of sailors in their old age, so far as they were administered to by this faro. With that view he should propose that no pension should be leis than at the rate of 6d a day, and that as the con tributions were equal, the pensions should be equal too. To do all that, he proposed to raise the subscription from ls. to ls. Gd. per month; and he had beer assured by those most conversant with the feelings of these classes of men, that the intention of the increase would be readily appreciated and cheerfully complied with. After the lapse of five years he proposed to revert to the old rule, as to the admission of the names. To put the fund on a footing of solvency, it would be necessary, not withstanding the assistance he hai yet mentioned, that a sum of 30,0001. should be added. He did not propose to raise that 30,0001. by a tax on the shipowner, or on wages, but he proposed that it should be given by the Sta'e. Considering the national importance of the ob ject in view, he thought that proposition fair and unob jectionable. These were the alterations he proposed should be made in the present system, which he thought it would be scandalous to allow to exist longer, and he believed that the course he had suggested would be satis factory to the House.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME said he had great reason to doubt whether the pensions would be equalised by centralising the administration of the fund. If the Right Honourable Gentleman had fully taken into consideraion the re commendation of the Committee of which he had spoken, he would have made some proposition with reference to the lighthouse dues paid by shipping. If is. per ton only on all shipping were paid, it was ascertained that the sum so raised would be sufficient for all the lighthouses, and to pay a fixed sum, very nearly amounting to sixpence, to the seaman. The Trinity House was, in fact, a burden on shipping, and the lighthouse dues should be abolished.—(Hear.) It would be a great advantage if the commanders of mer ' cheat ships could, after fifteen or twenty years' service, retire upon a pension the same as officers in the army. It would be the best way to retain the services of capable men. The present system was perfectly absurd, when the Trinity-house could grant pensions at their will and pleasure, whereas it ought to be in the hands ot responsible parties under the Government. It was also an anomaly and injustice that yachts should be exempt from the payment of lighthouse duties when every coaster had to pay them. Sir GEORGE CLERK said there would be groat difficulty in establishing an equal and uniform rating in consequence of the state of the outports. some of which were solvent, while others were in difficulties. With regard to pensions to seamen, the sum they contributed of o n on o e f a s n ix d sixpence p se e v n e c n a o un month e would csr b n e o si t d a e l s lo ma w k o i f ng a spoemne sprovision for their widows. He approved of the policy of raisieg the fund by a tonnage duty of one shilling per ton. He thought the shipowners would not o bj ec t to such an arrangement, and he therefore tho u ght it would be preferable to the plan now proposed, whi c h would eventually, though indirectly, be paid by the ship pds a y ship owner. Mr. LABOUCHERE said there was a great difficulty in settling this question from the opposition given by the local boards at the outports. It was with great re luctance that he increased the contributions of the sea men, but when it was accomFanied by a grant of 30,000/. a year, the seamen would see it was for their advantage, and be perfectly satisfied with it. Great advantages had been derived by the coasting trade by the alterations which were made last year in the lighthouse dues, which were acknowledged by those parties. The Liverpool and Dublin Steam-packet. Company saved 3,0001. a year by the alteration made in the pilotage alone. Mr. FAGAN said the merchants of Cork were op posed to the system of centralisation, but he did not con cur in that opinion. He hoped, however, that the ac cumulations acquired by economical management would not be taken away from the ports where they had been aggregate 1. Sir W. CLAY said he preferred the former mode, but thought something ought to be done to remove the in s Avency of the outports. Mr. CARDWELL said, the difficulty arose out of the insolvency caused by the local mismanagement, but he was not encouraged by the central management which had already prevailed. If he understood rightly, the central fund was to be in the hands of the Trinity Board, assisted by certain persons from the Board ot Trade. Ho feared the latter would have too much to say in the matter. He thought they had better reserve the more general discussion for the second reading. Mr. HEADLAM tendered his thanks for this measure, on the part of the shipowners, but he thought that good management should be ensured by fixed rules. He ra.her object to the control of the Trinity House. He sLould r ither see it invested under the control of seine responsible board, wit's, its representative in that House, so that if any /Ouse took place they could at once call for an explanation. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE asked leave to bring in a Bill for an improved measurement of the tonnage of the merchant shipping of this country. Ho would state very shortly the general principles upon which it was founded, and he might state generally that he was mainly in debted to Lord John Hay f or th e pr i nc i p l es upon w hi c h this measure was foundeo, and that it was not grounded upon any experience immediately within his own know ledge. The Right Hon. Gentleman explained the present mode of ascertaining the tonnage of a ship, by which considerable injustice was done to the large class of ships, as c mapared with those of a smaller burden. He recom mended the new system upon the authority of the Com missioners, acid the bo.t scentific authorities. He did not apprehend that there would be any practical difficulty in adjusting the new system to the old system. lie con cluded by moving a resolution for leave to bring in the Bill heusive that it would net effect the object which no doubt the Right Honourab!e Gentleman had iu view. In the first pines., it made the masters of merchant vessels the mere creatures of the Board of Trade, for no vessel, hereafter, could have a muster in com mand of such vessel, unless he possessed a certificate from that Board. 'rile Bill proposed that all those who had hitherto commanded •inerchant vessels should have a certificate of service ; but in future—that is, after the passing of the Act—every seaman becoming a master must produce a certificate that he r assed the ex amination of officers or cxminers appointed by the Board of Trade. They would be therefore the mete creature of that Board, inasmuch as their certificate could be withdrawn at the pleasure of that body. Mr. LABOUCHERE replied Oat such was not the case. A master could only be removed on sentence of a competent tribunal. Mr. CARDWELL-=Whether the provisions of the Bill were right or wrong, they certainly, to his mind, ren dered the masters of merchant vessels the mere creatures of the Board. Ther., again, the engagement between the mariner and shipoener must be under the superinten dence of the portmaster appointed under the Bill, and it cannot be a valid engagement unless that officer, +(she was appointed by the same Board, approve of it.— (lit ar,, hear.) The provisions of the Bill of last session did certainly create en apprehension among shipowners, that being now exposed by the repeal of the navigation laws to foreign competition, they had net the opportu nity of arailing themselves of the cheaper services of foreign seam m. They see that their difficulties must, of necessity, be increased if that BM restricted them in the manner proposed. Objections were also made to the production of the log-book, because the shipping in terests said that many private transactions were entered in that book, which ought no', ftr many reasons, be submitted to the Board of Trade. All these were mat ters on which the Right Hon. Gentleman must be pre pared t ) expect a considerable discussion, and certainly nothing could be more frank than his conduct through out, or more ready to receive suggestions to improve the measure now brought forward. At the present stage of the Bill he (Mr. Cardwell) should say no more than to express a hope the Right Hon. Gentleman would give them ample time for the consideration of all the difficul ties he had suggested. Mr. HUME said the Bill might be of great use, or be productive of great evil, and certainly no one who at tended before the Committee on the navigation-laws but must come to the conclusion that something was neces sary to be done for the merchant seamen. Ho was glad the registration of seamen was done away with, for in his opinion it provel an entire failure; wad altogether he was gratified some step had been made to ameliome the condition of the seamen, who were one of the most neglected class of her Majesty's subjects. As the Right Hon. Gentleman spoke so much in favour of the Ame rican mercantile marine. he (Mr. Hume) was induced to ask him whether he would consent to have in every sea port schools for the education tf those youths who in tended to enter the merchant service? He remembered also that in the evidence given before that Committee by eminent merchants, they stated distinctly that when they had foreign cargoes to send to this country.they always preferred a foreign vessel to an . English one, and foreign sailors to an English crew, because they said their goods were taken more care of, and a better class of officers was always found on board than in English merchant vessels. He preferred that when disputed questions were raised in ports the matter should be referred to the magistrates as now, instead of leaving it to the arbitra tion of the port-masters, which be believe I would lead to great mischief upon the most helpless class of men in the community. There were many other objections to the measure; and he therefore hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would consider the question most carefully. He had long been of opinion that an inquiry, something after the manner of a coroner's inquest, should be held where practicable, on the cause of a shipwreck; but having taken the trouble of writing upwards of 250 letters to the shipping interests on the subject, he only received five letters from persons who agreed with him. Lord Auckland had established such a rule in the navy, and in a report which he lately saw of a ship wrecked near Whitby, it was found that the accident occurred because there was no chart on board. He trusted, ups der all the circumstances, that ample time would be given before the discussion on the second reading came on. Mr. RICARDO complimented the Hon. Gentleman the Member f)r Liverpool on his very moderate tone of observation on the Bill; but as to the injury inflicted on the owners of vessels by this measure, the Hon. Gentle man must know that one of the greatest difficulties they now had to contend with was the notorious misconduct of many who commanded British merchant vessels. They could not shut their eyes to that fact; and the sooner such an evil was remedied the better. Then, as to the registration of seamen, he wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board o Trade—as he did not distinctly understand his state. went on the subject—whether that registration was dis. con tinned by the present Bill. Mr. LAB - OUCIiERE observed that he should in the firit instance, inform the Hon. Gentleman the Member _ _ for Montrose, that although no naval schools at present existed, or were provide 1 for in the Bill, for the purposes he alluded to, yet there would accrue under it a fund more than sufficient to pay the officers and that the Government would willingly appropriate to assist in the establishment of such schools, at the different ports. With regard to the question of the Hon. Gentle man the Member for Stoke-upon-'Tent, power was given by the Bill t abolish registration, but it was not thought proper to do so without great consideration, or _ in a summary manner. It w as not the intention of the Bill to interfere at all with such institutions as the " Sailors' Home," in Liverpool ; on the contrary, he should be glad to appoint the managers of such institu tions portma,ters wherever it was practicable. He should not fix the second reading of this Bill without giving due notice to the House, and allowing time to consid.r it. Mr. FOSTER asked if the coasting trade was to be brought under the authority ( f the shipping masters? Mr. LABOUCLIERE replied that it would not. Mr. BROWNE wished to know if these shipping mas ters were to draw up the engagements between masters and seamei, or whether they were to act merely as notaries public, to witness and give validity to the do oument? Mr. LABOUCIIHRE observed that the business of the shipping msster was to see the engagement was a proper one, and that every justice should be done to all parties. - Mr. WAWN had opposed the Navigation Bill of last session, because he foresaw that restrictions would be placed on shipoweers in manning their vessels. That, surely, wai not free-trade. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE then asked leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of the Merchant Seaman's Fund. He need not remind Honourable Gentlemen of the feeling of dissatisfaction which prevailed among sea men in consequence of the present management of that fund. It had long been the subject of complaint, com missions were issued to inquire into the subject, Bills were brought in to remedy the abuses, but the evil still remained, not only unabated, but increase], and was con saintly increasing, until at last the subject was brought to such a condition that it was impossible the Government could any longer refrain from inter fering. The Institution from which the Merchant Seaman's fund originated, was established in 1746, previous to which a sum of 6d. was levied from every sailor for some such purpose as that then contemplated, but no advantage was derived from it. In 1746 some of the principal merchants thought to establish a sort of Greenwich Hospital for merchant seamen, and the Government of the' day, consulting the feelings of the seamen, and anxious to conciliate them (it being the year which followed the great rebellion of 1745), co-opesated with that company, and an Act was passed incorporating them. Its object was to give the merchant service that which t!'e Royal Hospital of Greenwich conferred on sailors in the royal navy. They proposed to erect an hospital of that de scription, to grant pensions to sick and disabled seamen, and also to the widows and orphans of those who were either killed or drowned. A power was also given by the Bill to raise a shilling from every captain, and six • pence from every seaman, in addition to the sixpence paid to Greenwich Hospital. That find was support !d by the great merchants of that time, and although un fortunate7y they possessed none of its records, as they were destroyed by fire, it seemed to have worked very well for a considerable length of time. It was, the House would remember, particularly intended for pen sioning the widows and orphans of those who were either killed or wounded in the service.— (Hear, hear.) Subse quently, however, a great change took place between 182 a and 1830, for it happened that the great merchants who supported it withdrew from the shipowning trade, and persons of an inferior class having succeeded them, the private subscriptions greatly fell off, and the funds in consequence were reduced to such a condition, that in 1833 an Act, which now regulates the society, was passed raising the imposing contribution from is. to 2s. on masters, and from 9d. to ls. on seamen. By that Act all widows, without distinction, were to be pensioned, even if their husbands had not been either killed or drowned. The fund under that Bill completely failed —its relief was perfectly inadequate—the complaints of the seamen who had compulsorily contributed to it was justly loud, and if this system continued, the fund would soon be reduced to the brink of ruin. The inequality of the pensions to equal contributors arose from the fact of the pensions being made payable at the place where the party had resided for the last five years, or had been a contributor, whereas the ports where the seaman contributed the most were commonly not those where he settled down in his old age. As an evidence of this, he might state that Liverpool, with a tonnage of 407,000, had ht 1 10 , 9a 0 nd1 4 1; 4 0a20,4, recipients, p hr i had 2,053 recipients, hsw;aeedcsaisup7tinl4eedön,etrw:le,iletanihnpdd:ae recipients. n n a, lo of 311 , 000 , ish:hite The ha etonnageinequality with a f of the pensions was exhibited by the following statement in a return on the subject. At Belfast the rate of pen sion was 71. 10e; at Liverpool, 71. ; D un d e; 61. ; New castle, 1416 4.; Wbitehavcn, IL 105.; Poole, 11. 14%; and at Sunderland it was very small, but he had no return. The insolvency of the fund had been the subject of an inquiry a few years ap by the Committee over which Lord Ellenborough preside], assisted by Mr. Finlayson, the eminent Government actuary, and it was then found beyond a doubt that the find was in a state of complete insolvency, and was progressing fast to absolute ruin. The assets and liabilities of the fund on the 31:.t Decem ber, 1846, estimated according t s the principles applicable to a benefit society, stood thus, in round numbers:— The value of existing pensions was 506,000/, of invest ments, 202,0001, balance in hand, 29,0001., making a total ' of 231,0001; thus leaving a balance against the fund. The balance against the fund under the manage. mont of the London Corporation was 107,0001, anal the hmliece against the out-ports funds WAS 1 0 6 ,u. only arec , .Ary , - 4 1s.Lee fit, thilt meat to pet ceive the utter hopelessness of the situation in which this fund case placed. Lord Ellaborough's Sir GEORGE CLERK asked for ample tire to con sider the question. The res.lution was read. The motion was then agreed to, and the House re sumed. PARLIAMENTARY:V:OvoTif IR ELAND. yoLr leave voters in bring in . a Bill to amend the laws which regulate the qu S al i t r tic l a V tl i o L n Li an A ;r l eg B i: l r l a proposedt e poor. nT the h e There terms were o o f one e o B r i l t l w two ta lasttera y ti e o a n r s . LE : 4ll 6 l r 1 i moved tsl en l t R a Ireland. He proposed the abolition of all the franchises which now exist, with tho exception of the rating for wh ii ic e h m h e e t with no opposition last session on the great principle of the Bill, namely, the substitution of a fixed rating. As he was so fortunate on the last occasion, be might with the greater reason claim the attention of the House on the present occasion. He should say very little on the minor details of the Bill. In the third clause of the Bill there was a new franchi se g i ven, name l y, w h ere th ere was an estate in fee of t h e va l ue of f i ve poun d s . I n th e transition state in whi c h property was at present in Ireland to be very valuable. The that was lik e l y alte rations were few, and h e h ope d Viet Gentlemen on both sides cf the House w ou ld see the necess i t y o f this mea sure. There was one effect which be looked for from this measure of great importance, namely, that it would induce the landlords to giro the land in tee, and with it, as a consequence, a certain tenure, the uncertainty of the tenure and holdings having hitherto been the greatest disathantage to the tenants in Irelard. Mr. STAFFORD hoped that in giving leave to bring in this Bill it would be understood that no one committed himself to the details. He reserved to himself full liberty to d ea l w i th th i s f ranc hi s e when it c ame b e f ore the Howe. H e gr i eve i t h a t the first meas u r e f or Ireland sh ou ld d ea l w i th political changes rather than with measures for the sustentation of human life. The state of things in the Kilrush and other unions was a disgrace to them and the Government. He hoped another week would not pass over without Government stating what they intended to do for these desolated districts. Sir D. NORREYS did not concur in the views of the Hoe. Gentleman opposite. It was absolutely necessary to revise the franchise. Houses that let for 11/; and 121. previous to the late famine ' a nd were rated at 6L an d 71., were now rated a t a much lower rate than even that named by the Right lion. Gentleman in his Bill. Mr. H. A. HERBERT said he wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to understand that any franchise based on the present poor-law valuation would be most unjust and unequal. Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL considered the 81. rate too high. He should prefer that as they had adopted the rating as the basis of the franchise, that every one who was bound to support the paupers should have a vota His great objection to the Bill was that the Iran chi.e was fixed at t - io high a rete. The standard adopted by the Right Hon. Baronet might have been correct at the time he first took it up, but in the interval the value of property had fallen so much, that it was no longer applicable. He knew that in his own union they must have a re-valuation, and that then a large reduction must take place. But he wished to see the franchise extended, independent of any landlord. Being a land lord himself, he wished no control over the vote of any men.—(Hear, hear.) But what he did say was, give every man who was struggling with difficulties, in order to reeint sin an independent pesition, whil at the same time he was fell worse than the paupers in their work • houses, at least the chance of righting those wrongs which f,lse legislation saddled him with.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. FRENCH sad he felt compelled to enter his most decided disapproval of this Bill. They bad had many others proposed in that House, but this was the first that meddled with the rights of those who alre a dy p d o :t 7 o e n st t e o d the the v rn o a te e . hir T r h y e merely an ad p 00r..: ate in Ireleel He th.st r jot, mere tools, driven up to the hustings by the landlord, .. I FEBRU AR Y 12, 1850 or if they asserted their independence, that eviction wont! f,llow. - Mr. GROGAN approved of the principle of the Bill; but he thought it was introduced at an improper period. Either he should take the present valuation, or wait un til the new valuation, prepared by M r . Gritlit!is, which was a reasonabl e an d lair one, was brought into opera- tion. Mr. SCULLY was glad to see that the Right Honour able Gentleman was determined to pass a Registration Bill a t last, and hoped that he would persevere with it until it was passed. As to the objection, on the ground of the valuation, he did not see why any man abould be prevented from having a voice in sending to that House those who represented hies, even it the poor-law valu ation was incorrect. It was, in fact, merely a question whether they would have a constituency or net. It came to that at last, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not postpone this measure. It was a question upon which a strong opinion existed among all parties of Irishmen, an.l Le hoped that a discussion would imme- diettly t .ke plate in that Heusi., as to the measures la.) which Ireland might be raised from its present condi tion, b nth politically and socially. Lord CLAUD HAMILTON said he regretted that the Right Honourable Baronet, in adopting what he a 'spitted to be a seve-e principle, had not accompanied it with some statement of the measures by which they might have had a uniform rating, and the injustice and inequality of the present system obviated. Leave was then giree to bring in the Bill, as was also for leave to bring in a Bill to shorten the duration of elections, and for establishing additional places tr taking the poll thereat. R tarns were orderer', on the motion of Mr. FIUME of the number of editors of the public press that have been expense l during the year 1849, from the lonian Islands, swing the names of \public writers and of the editors so banished, the titles of the papers they edited, the offences for which banished, acrd whether tried and sentenchd by any Court, or banished by the Lord High Commissioner's authority; of the number of persons tried by courts-martial, during the existence of military law in Cephalonia, and the sentences awarded, stating how many of those sentences have he m carried out; also the number of persons flogged in Cephalonia, in the year 1842, and by what tribunal seatenced, stating the greatest and the smallest number of lashes inflicted, and the total number of lashes inflicted. Sir G. GREY moved fur a Select Committee to inquire into the rules and discipline established with regard to the treatment of prisoners in gaols and houses of correc tion in England and Wales. Mr. C. PEARSON said, if it was understood that this motion was meant to take the matter out of his hands, he would take the sense of the House upon it, unless he was distinctly given to understand that the Committee would not be composed of parties who were pledged to any of the existing principles and systems of prison dis cipline. The slightest intimation on the part of the Right Hon. Baronet that the Committee would have the widest scope of inquiry would cause him to give way. But if not, he wished it to be distinctly understood that he was not precluded from bringing forward a separate motion for an independent Committee at an early day. If he had pressed his motion last year he should have succeeded, and he woull not now relinquish his position unless he had a distinct understanding that, between this time and that for appointing the Committee, the Right Honourable Baronet would, according t') the courte sies of the House, communicate with him as to its composition. He boldly affirmed that the criminal population of this country could be maintained without costing the country one shilling of expense, and he pledged himself to prove this before any fairly consti tuted Committee of that House.—(Hear, hear.) He was prepared to become a member of this Committee, provided he would not be called on to compromise one principle- that he previously avowed, and was therefore determined to act on. He expected that there would be a resolution passed by the House, f,r the purpose of in quiring fully into the present system of prison discipline, and for that object he was prepared to lend his aid, and, with the few Honourable Members whom he required to act with him, would represent all matters debated in that Committee to this House. Mr. MONSELL said, that he considered that the plan was a very beneficial one, but the only objection that he hal to it was, that the gaols in Ireland were excluded. When he considered the character of the criminals in Ireland, who were driven by distress to the commission of crime, he thought it monstrously unjust to have those unfortunate people subject to such distress and priva tions in the gaols in Ireland. Sir G. GREY said, that he considered that the prin ciple of the Hon. Member (Mr. C. Pearson) woald not be at all subject to any compromise by his own motion, but, on the contrary, thought that the Hon. Gentleman would be able to effectuate much good in co-operation. Lord NAAS said, that the state of the prisous in Ire land was of a most frightful character, and that nothing tended so much to demoralization as the present condi tion of prison discipline. He felt assured from the state ment of the Right lion. Gentleman that the state of Ire land would be attended to. He should move as an amendment, that the gaols of Ireland should be attended to by the Committee. After a few words from Mr. Palmer, Sir D. Norreys, and Mr. Henley. Mr. HERBERT said that he felt assured that the system of herd labour, combined with the separate sys tem, as carried on in the Belfast Gaol, was worthy of being looked upon as a model, and that sufficient in tern:lotion could be procured from the superintendent of that establishment, which would be well worthy of the attention of the Committee. Mr. M. O'CONNELL said he fslt pleased with the Right lion. Baronet (Sir George Grey) fur the manner in which he intended t i improve prison discipline in Ireland. Mr. C. PEARSON said that it should not be con- Aidered as a motive 14 opposition to his plan that prison discipline did not succeed in Ireland, owing principally to he late distress in that country. S'r G. GREY said that he would have no obiection to the amendment of the Noble L , rd (Lord Naas), yet he woull allow the House to divide. After a few words from Colonel DUNNE, the House divided— For the amendment ... ... 18 Against it Majority ... —5 The motion was then agreed to. The other orders f the thy were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at 114lf past One o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. At length we are enabled to announce to the sur- vivors of the expedition to Egypt, in March, 1801, under Admiral Lord Keith, in which the gallant Abercrombie lost his life, that the grant of the war medal has been extended for this gallant and distin guished service. Among the surviving officers noted in " Allen's New Navy List," just published, and corrected up to January last, we find Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., who commanded the Greyhound, and deserved the companionship of the Bath for his services ; Admiral Hugh Downman, who commanded the Santa Dorothea, 42, and captured General Desaix and the staff of Bonaparte; Vice-Admiral Sir Thotnas Briggs, G.C.M.G., y.io commanded rife Salamine, 16, and was posted :)r that service; Vice-Admiral Dick, who commantlPil ; . :e Cynthia, 18, as senior officer of the block-,ling squadron ; Vice-Admiral R. Jackson, who ecmtnanded the Banne Citoyen corvette ; Vice-Admiral Lord William Fitzroy, K.C. 8., who was lieutenant of the Pene lope 46 ; Vice-Ad m i ra l Si r Ch ar l es Richardsin, K.dß., who was lieutenant of the Kent, 74, and served in the battle of the Bth March; Vice-Admiral the lion. F. W. Aylmer, C. 8., lieutenant of the S wiftsure, 74 ; Vice-Admiral IL M. Ooamanney, liautenant of the frigate Active ; Vice-Admiral A. Duff, commander of the Mondovi brig ; Vice-Admiral Sir J. Coghill Coghill, Bart., lieutenant in the litter lem, 64 ; Vice-Admiral Ayscough, commander of he Inconstant; Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., midshipman of the Ajax, 80; Rear-Admi ral Sir W. B. Procter, Bart., lieutenant of the Diana; Rear-Admiral W. Croft, midshipman of the Foudroyant, 80; Rear -Admiral C. J. Hawtayne, lieutenant of the cireyhound ; Rear-Admiral J. W. Dans Dundas, C. 8., M.P. (senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty), midshipman of the Kent, 74, which ship conveyed Abercrombie from Gibraltar to Egypt ; Rear-Admiral E. W. Hoare, lieutenant of the Northumberland, 74 ; Rear-Admiral Fisher, acting lieutenant of the Foudroyant; and Retired Flag-officers J. Prevost and 11. T. Davies. The patent constituting the new Board of Admi- ralty was formally read yesterday, when Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., took his seat, and entered upon the duties of his new office. Vice-Admiral Sir John Louis, Batt, is ordered to strike his flag on board the Agincourt, depot ship, of Devonport ordinary, on Wednesday night, and the new superintendent of the dockyard and second in command, Commodore Lord J. Hay, C. 8., will hoist his red broad pendant in the same ship on Thursday morning. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—Captain Horatio T. Austin, C. 8., proceeded to London this morning to commence the superintendence of the fitting out of his expedition to the Northern regions. He will be borne upon the books of the Fisguard guardahip at Woolwich, pro tem. The Hermes steam sloop and Dart tender got under weigh from Cowes this morning, and proceeded for the Cape of Good Hope. As strong gales have been blowing ever since it is probable they have got no further than Yarmouth. The Winchester, .50, was hauled into the basin this morning to be docked, in the room of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, which • will go round to the steam-basin to have her boilers put in and ma chinery refitted. The crew of the Illustrious depot ship, Captain Yates, ware paid six months' wages to-day. Wind—S.W., strong gales and rain. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 10.—The Jackal steamer, tender to the Gladiator, for the safety of which some appre hensions have existed, arrived this afternoon in the Sound. IVooLwirca, FEB. 11. — Captain H. T. Austin, C. 8., arrived in town at an early hour from eons mouth, and remained at the Adiniral:j for iftonsi derable time making arrangements for accelerating the dispatch of the vessels about to proceed on the Arctic expedition in search of Captain Sir John Franklin and the offic e r s an d crew o f the Erebus and Terror. The anxiety of officers to be employed on the new north-west expedition continues unabated, and the number of applications increases. It is now considered certain that Captain Ellice, controller of the steam department, will succeed Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., as controller of the coast-guard, and it is expected his appointment will be announced to-morrow. The situation of conk troller of the steam department will not be filled up if the present intentions are carried out, as it is contemplated to place the entire steam department under the control of Sir Baldwin Walker, K C. 8., surveyor of the navy. Captain Henry J. Matson (1849), having studied steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard, wag examined on Friday last, by Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, and having passed satisfactorily, received the usual certificate. Lieutenant John A. Sanford (1847) joined to-day to study steam at the factory in this dockyard. The Niger steam-sloop was taken out of the basin today at high water, and immediately left Woolwich for Greenhithe, where she is to have her compasses adjusted, and will then proceed round to Portsmouth; She is under the charge of Lieutenant-Commander Parki, of the Dasher steam-vessel, who has the whole of his own crew, with several of the riggers, &c., of Captain Austin's steam department, making a total of about 75 men, to navigate her. Mr. Allen (addi tional), master of the Black Eagle, proceeds in her to pilot her to Portsmouth, as Mr. Stuart, the Go vernment •pilot, will le . are when she passes through the Downs strong shears, upwards of GO feet in height, and capable of supporting 50 tons weight, was put up this morning by ➢lr. Newbury, boatswain, and the men under his direction, in the slip on which the Agamemnon, 80 guns, is in course of construction, for the purpose of raising the stem of that vessel. The stem is already formed, and. weighs 12 tons. A por tion of the frame timbers in the centre of the vessel has been put up, and the workmen are proceeding rapidly in order to have her frame ready, if possible, by the time specified. The Simpson, steam•frigate, is under the E hears in the inner basin, having her new boilers put on board. Toe Alecto, the Dasher, and the Minx steam vessels are also in the inner basin. The Inflexible steam-frigate, the Prometheus, the Lizard, the Rocker, and the Monkey steam•vessels are in the outer basin, the latter having been taken in on Saturday last to have new boilers and new engines. The Jasper steam-vessel has been placed in charge of Mr. Bryant, master-commander of the Monkey, until that vessel is again ready for service. Tne Harbinger, from Moulmein, with a cargo of teak, having a considerable portion of it for Deptford dockyard, was towed up the river to-day by a hired tug, and the timber for Woolwich will be unloaded,• and taken down to this dockyard in li;7t - it,7.rs. Tne Megrera steam-frigate, 350-horst power, is in King William IV. Dock, having her bottom covered with a composition to - preserve the iron, and prevent the adhesion of barnacles, coral, and other sea shells and weeds. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Covanon,.) MONDAY, FEB. 1 1. TYNE RIVER CONSERVANCY BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the worth " upon this day six months." Question put," That the word' now' stand part of the question." The House divided ; MAJORITY-AYES, 131. Adair, Hugh E. Fitzroy, Henry Morris, David Anderson, Arthur Foley, J. 11. Mulgrave, Earl rkwright, George Fortescue, J. W. Newdegate, N. Armstrong, Sir A. French, F. Paget, Lord A. Arundel, Earl of Frewen, C. H. Pakington, Sir J. Baring, H. B. _ Gibson, Thomas M. Parker, John Baring, Sir F. T. Granger, T. C. Pilkington, James Barnard, E. G. Greenell, Gilbert Pinney, Wiliiam Barrington, Viscount Greene, John Portal, Melville Barron, Sir H. Grenfell, C. I'. Pugh, David Bellew, It. M. Hall, Sir Benjamin liawdon, Colonel Berkeley, Henry F. Harris, Richard Repton, G. W. Berkeley, C. L. G. Hastie, Alexander Ricardo, J. L. • Bowles, Admiral Hastie, Archibald Rice, E. R. Brotherton, Joseph Ilatchell, John Roebuck, J. A. Brown, W. ' Hawes Benj. Russell, F. C. Buxton, Sir E. Ileald, James Sanders, George Cabbell, B. B. Henley, J. W. Seymour, Lord Campbell, W. F. Henry, Alexander Sidney, Alderman Carter, J. B. Herbert, 11. A. Smith, J. A. Caulfeild, J. M. 'lorries, John C. Smith, John B. Cayley, Edward S. Hobhouse, T. B. Smythe, G. Clements, Charles Howard, Lord E. Somerville, Sir W. Coles, Henry B. ' Hume, Joseph Spearman, 11. J. Cowan, Charles Keogh, William Spooner, Richard Cowper, W. F. Kildare, Marqui3 Stafford, A. Craig, W. G. Knox, Colonel Stanley, E. Currie, lialkee Lacy, Henry C. Stanton, W. S. Davie, Sir H • Lased les, W. S. Staunton, Sir (I. Dawson, T. V. Lindsay, Colonel Strickland, Sir G. Deedes, W. Lushington, Charles Sullivan, Michael Duckworth, Sir J. Lygon, General Thompson, Colonel Duff, G. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Thornely, Thomas Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. A. Trol aw ny, J. S. Dancuft John 31',Nagliten, Sir E. Vane, Lord It. Dunne, F. P. M'Gregor, oJhn Wakley, Thomas Du l're, C. G: M'Taggart, Sir J. Wall, C. B. _. Ellice, E., Jun. Mangles, B. D. Willcox, Brodie Elliot, John Martin, Samuel Willoughby, Sir IL Evans, Sir De Lacy Mathes m, Alex. Wilson, Matthew E wart, William Matheson, Colonel Wyvill, M. Farrer, James - /dillies, It. M. Fergus, John Ferguson, Sir R. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Mitchell, T. A. TELLER.. Moffatt, George Grey, R. W. Molesworth, Sir W. Wawn, J. T. MINORITY-NOES, 63. Armstrong, R. B. Forster, M. Pearson, Charles Ashley, Lord Fox, Richard M. Peel, Frederick Baillie, 11. J. Fuller, A. E. Plowden, W. 11. Baring, Francis VOulblirn, Henry Rich, Henry Bateson, T. Grogan, E. .. Richards. Richard Bennet, P. Hallyburton, Lard Smytk, John G. Berestbrd, William Hamilton, G. A. Stansflold, W. R. Birch, Mr Thomas Mayes, Sir E. • Stephenson, Robert Boldero, Henry Ilildyard, IL C. Stuart, Lord J. Bremridge, Richard Hornby, John ' • Stuart, J. Bunbury, Edward Hudson, G.. Thosiger, Sir F. Cardwell, E. Humphery, Ald. Turner, George Carew, W. P. Inglis, Sir R. Tyrell, Sir J. Chatterton, Colonel King, P. J. Walpole, S. H. Clay, James Lemon, Sir Charles Wilson, James Clifford, H.'.M. Lewis, Sir T, Wood, W. P. Cubitt, William Loch, James Wortler,7. S. Disraeli, B. Locke, Joseph Wrightson, W. B. Drummond, Home Mahon, Lord Young, Sir John Duke, Sir James Manners, Lord J. TELLERS. forbes, W. O'Connor, Feargus Ileadlam, Thomas rorester, G. C. • Ogle, S. C. Ord, W. PRISON DIoCIPLIN E. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the rules and dis cipline established with regard to the treatment of Prisoners in Gaols and Houses of C,rrection in England and Wales :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " England and Wales," and to add the words " the United Kmg dom," instead thereof : —Question put, " That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided MAJORITY-AYES, 23. Brotherton, I. Ilayter, W. G. Somerville, Sir W. Clements, Charles Kershaw, James Sotheron, T. IL S. Duncutt, John Lewis, G. C. Spooner, Richard Filiner, Sir E. hiasterman, John Thompson, Colonel Greene, Thomas Palmer, Robert Wilson, James Grey, Sir G. Pelham, D. A. Hamilton, Lord C. Pilkington, James Batellell, John Simeon, John Hawes, Bpjamin Somers,:j. P. TELLER'S. G ay, IL W. Howard, Lord E. MINOM FY-NW.S, 18. DunnO, Colonel - M'Cullagh, W. T. Scott, Francis Fagan, W. Monadll, William Scully, Francis Ferguson, Sir R. Napier, Joseph Stafford, Augustus Hamilton, G. A. O'Connell, Maurice Sullivan, Michael Henley, J. W. Pearson, Charles TELLIIIII. Herbert, H. A. Power, Dr. Naas, Lord Hood, Sir A. Renton, J.C. ,Norreys, Sir D. i . r ,, A:Lies from the. GlTcrnor c SCErII7O.cE, and also from the Goverocx of the Cape of Good Hope, were received at the Colonial-06N on Sunday. II AV AL OBITUARY. DEATH OF RETIRED REAR-ADMIRAL STUPART.— This gallant officer died at Exmouth, Devon, a few days since, aged 75. He was youngest son of Robert Stupart, Esq., of Burton House, Christchurch; Hants. He entered the navy in 1781.2, embarked July, 1790,_ in the Windsor Castle, 74; was made Lieutenant,' September, 1596, and in June, 1799, commanded one of three of the Queen's (32) boats in an attack made on the harbour of Li Seva, near Cape de Creux, on La B lle Aurore, a richly laden polacre, mounting nine carriage guns, which vessel was most gallantly boarded, carried, and brought out, although def-nded by 113 men, secured by a boarding netting, and sup ported by a battery and a large body of men at small arms on the shore, in which affair three were killed and Mr. Stupart and nine others were badly wounded. This exploit was officially :Anted to be equal to any en terprise recorded in the naval history of Great Britain. He was not promoted until 1802, and was posted in 1810, for beating off, when in command of the Emulous, brig, near Puerto river, a French frigate. The action, which was within pistol-shot, was main tained for an hour and thirty-five minutes, when the enemy wore and made sail on the other tack, leaving the Emulous with her sails, masts, and rigging, so entirely cut to pieces, as to oblige her to be kept be fore the wind to save the lower masts from falling. The enemy was pierced for 24 guns on the main deck, and had 22 French 24-pounders mounted, be sides eight of a smaller calibre on the quarter-deck and forecastle, with several swivels, and appeared very full of men. Wh en s h e wore she had only two guns left on the side she had been engaged on. Tne Bri tish loss was nine killed on the spot, and thirteen wounded—eight mortally. Captain ,Stupart did not leave the Emulous until February, 1811, and after fifteen years' service on full pay. lie could not ob tain employment as a captain, and in 1846 accepted te is d th retirement. The gallant deceased's eldest so Exeter the Rev. G. T. Stupart, 8.A., Fellow of Th gallant College, Oxford, and Vicar of Merton. for The wounds. deceased was in receipt of 2501 . p er ann um DEATH OF R E TIRED gallant offirlteseAa- ADMIRAL THOMAS Crsounn.—This died last month, at Honiton,fin nevy n served a j li n o n a e t , 19 yearn from isn, the Leviathan, in which ship he was present a t th e his Devon, entry the s investment of Toulon. As midshipman of the Arethusa, 38, Indefatigable, 36, L'lmpetueux, 74, and Tonnant, 80 (under the gallant Sir Edward Pellew), he witnessed the capture of La Pomone, 44, Le Babel, 22, L'Engageante, 38, La Revolutionnaire, 44, L'Unite, 38, La Virgin6e, 44, and Les Droits de l'llomme, 74. Ile was made a lieutenant, August, 1799, and was taken prisoner by a French privateer, while in charge of a prize brig, after a brave defence. Again, in 1806, he was with his friend Sir E. Pel and as first reutenEnt of the Culloden. 74, com manded a division of boats, at the c a pt ure cf a Dutch war, and 20 other squadron, of a frigate, 7 brigs of vessels, in Batavia Roads. In acting command of the Victor, sloop, he co-operated in destroying the Dutch naval forces and dockyard in the East Indies. He was promoted to the rank of commander, 1809, and for his services, in command of the Calypso brig, at the siege of Dantzic, was posted Juno 7, 1814. DEATH OF COMMANDER ROBERT WILLCOX (1823). —lt was only a few days ago that we referred to thk gallant officer, as one of the survivors of the old Su perb, and the uncle of Commander Willcox, of the rie.uceryntSgt(a'allrilanli°seT ie w eg ao remains unpromoted for hie in China. We little expected ei placen should lea: h o t hu t h e thandl a ws have l r ; week. t o but, years' recordswe T he vhiere regret gallantgi a s r ee ot d a e t to - , t e l t l he s e aca ofest e a : s o . € . : d i 314 1 o i . h c iol a h ni de hwas af ter seen t o d o n k ur l v o say, wit b so little advantage to himself, that be haa died only a commander. He entered the navy 1795, became lieutenant 1809, and was promoted to the r.ank of commander Ser. 6, 1823. 1g the "dimly, 38, he was at the capture, off 11,bant, of the French frigate La Tourterelle, 30, where, although th e enemy tired red-hot shot, the Lively had two men wounded, and the enemy 16 killed and 25 wounded. He was in the action off Cape St. Vincent, arid was wrecked at Rota Point, near Cadiz. He joined the Superb in. 1798, and during the eleven years he was in that ship was in Sir JAmes Saurnarez's action, in Lord Nelson's pursuit, in Duckworth's action, at Copenha gen, 1807; had charge of two gun-boats at the siege of Flushing; commanded a boat at the capture of the Dutch brig Pains, 18, and Salorman, 12, cutter; was in the Naiad, 38, in two actions with the Bou logne flotilla, in one of which she had 'two men killed and fourteen wounded, but succeeded in taking La Vlllede Lyons prawn of twelve long 24'4 and 112 men, more than thirty of whom were either killed or wounded, Subsequently, in the boats of the Pem broke, 74, he was at the capture of a town on the coast of Spain, at the cutting out of a convoy, and at the reduction of Genoa. 'Whilst in the Superb and Pembroke he saved two lives by jumping overboard at the time the ships were under sail. His last em ployment was - commander in Portsmouth ordinary, from 1843 to 1846, at the end of which time he ought most certainly to have been promoted. DEATH OF RETIRED COMMANDER R. COATIS.— This veteran officer died at Plymouth on the let inat., aged 75. He entered the navy in 1798, and served 24 years on full pay. In the Argo, 44, he was en gaged in the capture of a large number of privateers, at the reduction of Minorca, and at the taking of the Spanish 42-gun frigate Santa Teresa& fa the Excellent, 74, he was in the defence of Gaeta and capture of Capri; was made a lieutenant in 1806, and in the Surinam, 16, in 1806, was at the taking of Martinique. From 1815 to 1826 he was agent for transports afloat, and in April, 1847, accepted the office of retired commander, on the list of 1830, with out increase of pay, but retaining the lieutenant's out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, which had been conferred upon him ,in -1842, but whick has now fallen in hand. MUTH Or LIBUTENANT ASHllT.—William George Ashby (1826), died Feb. 3, atr Lindport-terrace, Southsea, aged 52. He entered the nary April, 1811, and served 18 years afloat. DEATH OF SURGEON JOHN JAMES (1828).--This officer, on the retired list of surgeons, son of the late Captain James, R.N., died last month. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAT. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mason no. The Chandler 12 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's Sir John 12 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Rat-trap 16 to 1 agst Mr. J. Fort's Knight of Gwynne 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Fort's Little Fancy—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hassell's Victim 40 to 1 agst Captain Barnett's Maid of Athens—t 50 to 1 agat Mr. Butler's Laurel gelding —t frely LIVMU'OOL SPRING CtTP. Ballinafad was scratched at the beginning cf last week. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 8 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st 20 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Grief, 4 yrs, 7st 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Be lus, 4 yrs, ist Slb 25 to I agst Mr. Gregory's Damask, 3 yrs, sst 61b 25 to 1 agst Captain Lowther's Bastinsdo, 3 yrs, 4st 61b The above quotations were taken in small amounts. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to I sgst Mr. Gratwieke's Cheerful, 4 yrs, Est 15 to 1 agat Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm, 4 yrs, 7tt 4lb 16 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough, 5 yro,Bit 51b 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Damask, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 22 to 1 agst Mr. Hall's Ada Mary, 4 yrs, Est 101b —t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Douglas's Sir Gilb.rt, 4 yrs, Est 9th 25 to 1 agat Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 4 yrs, 71131 b 3$ to 1 aget Mr. Carew's Eva, 4 yrs, Est 121 b NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 12 to 1 was laid in hundreds egat Cheerful; similar o Ids to 751. agst Little Jack, and to 101. agat Weatow. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agat Mr. Payne's Glauca, 4 yrs, Tat 51b 16 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 4 yrs, ist 20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fogleman, sst 7lb 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 6 yrs, 9st 21b— take 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Noland, 4 yrs, sst Sib— t 25 to I ag.t Capt. Harcourt', Ellerdal , ., 6) rt, Bs. 31b 33 to 1 aget Mr. Eddison ink John Cosner, 5 yrs, Bst 5 1 b—taken 40 to 1 agat Mr. Jaque.'s Chantrt'y, 4 yrs, 64 lolb —tak. n to 584 and off red 40 to 1 agst Lard Chessertield's Lady Evelyn, 4 j ro, Bst 21b—takon to 501. and offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Woodlark, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b 50 to 1 egat Lord Clifden's Lodola filly, 4 yrs, sst Blb 1,000 10 15 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Cockermouth, 5 yrs, Est telb—taken 1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 4 yrF, 7st—t 1,010 to 15 agst Mr. B. Green's Lady Superior, 4 yrs, 7st 2,010 to 20 agst Lard Waterford's,Modes , y, 3 yrs, Ist t Gluuca, Miss Ann, and John Cosner, were in most re ps. at, but ware not backed to any amount. DERBY, 1850. 15 to 2 agat Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum )0 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel 15 to 1 agst Lard Zetland's Volt:gear—taken to 150/. and afterwards offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—t freely 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus —taken to 100/. 25 to 1 slot Lord Airlie's Clincher 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken 40 to 1 sgst Duke of Bedtord's;John o' Groat—taken to 50/. 40 to 1 apt Colonel Peel's Hardinge 50 to I agat Mr. Gaanou's Deicoon—taken freely 500 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Garforth 2,000 to 30 agst Mr. H. Robinson's Sir Charles—taken 1,000 to 20 each in one bet agst Nutshell and Hardinge —taken Bolingbroke, Vultig‘atr, ar.d The Nigger were each backed at an improv, went on ass pi emus quotations, and left off firm in the market; Deieoon was also in force, nearly 300/. having been luid out at 1000's to 15 and 20. Alavors receded to 40 to 1, takers. Nothing done about Ghillie Callum or The Knight of Avenel. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.— We are requested to state, that in consequence f to-morrow being Ash- Wednesday, these hounds will meet on Thursday, at Farnham-common, and on Saturday, at Bedfunt, inst. ad of the days previously announced. DIAMOND DUST. , (From Eliza Cook's Journal) Fear is seldom of use, but eitution is al N nys sLfe. To take prucle:.t care is the property f a wise man; but idle fear generally increases the dangr2r which it is so anxious to avoid. Better lire down than reply to the calumnies of oar enemies. Good listeners are like good housekeepers, they make use of everything. The prosperity of others is the alarm-b:11 of ambiti9us people. No mortal can be happy in every thing and in every, place; th , re ever is some want or deticiency in life's household, Good sense it an excellent tapestry, which gives won derful satisfaction when properly dieplayed and ex hibited. LORD BROUGHAM AND THE BANKRUPT L AWL — Lord Brougham's Bill in the House of Lords has just been printed, beaded "Bankrupt Law Consolidation Act, 1850." It extends to 124 folio pages, and is ac companied by a paper of 12 pages of observations ex planatory of the Bill, and of the amendments and altera tions. The eventual saving, in the opinion of his Lord ship, to be effected by this Bill in town and country will be 51,1601. It is proposed to appoint a Chief Commis sioner of the Court of Bankruptcy, to whom all impor refaeprrpelyd, a fi n )r d g t u o id w a h n o ce m i t n h e difficult distr i ct be d n to the consolidation of the balk nt En h ee proposed with House m c a tmpeuri po i n ts In n e o r u s s I d d i c rapt laws, the present measure eac b se a s , p i s,i b ts e v : o n ifbt f yh r e a t the view to make arrangements between debtors and their creditors. The explanatory paper points out the alterations n otrfrCorosmiCommon', he r Caonndsodi debtor , , eidcial a t oc ri s e °e ßo w ns Tu e lli n h l l t ie o l i a l y n' s the trading community. rel3l a ß tin srL to — th l e ro t in ore t ig h n e o s ti t ° s v e imports aTnliltEt andl Ia) exports c f th e' port of Bristol, and CuTs t e llo o ll lo D la hE i it appears that in the year 1849, end' 1850, there was an increase in the total ending January 5, over the preceding year (if 74,9141. Th e of exports the same period o psi'd in the Custom-hout the duti es increa‘e in so on f 'reign and cAon'al produce in direct imports from foreign parts ntnounta 35 5041., and in indirect im ports to 29,9171. I n t` c numbe r of vessels with car goes arrived at and cleared out from the port of Bristol from snd to foreign parts, there has been an increase of 21 per 4ent. comparing 1849 50 with 1848-9, and 39 per cent. comparing 1849-50 with 1847-8. DVERTISE MEET.] —Dropsical Affections Cured by olloway's Pills.—The causes of this direful disease are various; it is often engendered by the merbid state of the system, whereby the free circulation of the blood is impeded, or it may originate from some preceding complaint. The first thing to be dome, in order to effect a cure,, is to reinsert any obstructions, by purifying the blood and causing the discharge of the superabundant fluids from the body; for this purp ose take Holloway's Pills, as ,they possess such clean s i ng proper. ties that the dropsical patient is gradually restored As health, and the whole frame is permanently renovate?, 'rl-s so pia s rm'y i e sifely Ulan by mole or female, at all perieL et' Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish/. meet, 244, Strand, London.