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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, May 7. Their Lordships ass P embled at Five o'clock. ETITIONS. - The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from the Dissenters of Durham in favour of the substi tution of affirmations for oaths in legal proceedings. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition in favour of an alteration of the law of marriages. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from ,Belfast against the introduction of Cuban and Brazilian sugar; also several petitions against Post-office Sunday labour. _ The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a peti tion against Sunday trading. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion from some place in Down against Post-office Sunday labour. PROCESS AND PRACTICE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE this Bill was reported. FOREIGN CHAPLAINCIES BILL. _ _ Earl NELSON postponed the second reading of this Bill until after Whitsuntide. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would have been better pleased had the Noble Earl postponed the second reading of the Bill to that day six months—(Hear, hear)—and whenever it might be brought forward, he trusted that their Lordships would reject the measure. Their Lordships then adjourned to Friday. ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction. North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands, &c.) South Staffordshire Railway. The following Bills, as amended, were considered and agreed to: — Birkenhead Dock Trustees. Great Northern Railway Deviations, Amendment of Acts, Alteration of Tolls, and of East Lincolnshire Railway Tolls. Waterford and Limerick Railway. York and North Midland Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented against Sunday labour in the • Post-office by Mr. W. Patten, from Southampton; by • Mr. Duncuft, Sir R. 11. Inglis, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Henley, Mr. Ewart, and Lord Dudley Stuart, from thp Scotch Church, Regent's-square. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from the Chnnber of Commerce at Glasgow praying for the . adoption of measures for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from a place in Gloucestershire to the same effect, and pray ing that a higher duty might be imposed on slave-grown ' sugar; also a petition from Gloucestershire in favour of international arbitration. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitiont against the Marriage Bill. _ Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the county of Antrim in faiour of tenant right. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from a place in Cambridgeshire against granting additional licancei to beer-shops. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from St. Brides, London, against the law of settlement. • Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver pool praying that impressment in the navy might be abolished. -• . Mr. BECKETT presented a petition in favour of the Ten Hours Factory Bill. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir mingham in favour of international arbitration, and a petition . from the same place in favour of a secular sys te n•of education. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Abercorn in favour of international arbitration; also a petition from • Arbroath:against the Public Health Bill for Scotland, and a petition from Great Yarmouth against church • rates. • Captain PECHELL presented several petitions from Brighton against church-rates; also a petition from the bakers of Brighton praying fJr the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the grievances of their trade. Dr. POWER presented a petition from a place in die county of Cork in favour of'tetiant right. - • - Sir DE LACY EVANS prezentA a petition from bakers in Westminster praying for an inquiry into their trade. Mr. O'CONNOR presented a petition from Chester against any alteration in the Factories' Act. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from Hull against the Highways Bill. Sir E. BUXTON presented petitions from Hackney, Bethnal• green, and Dalston, in favour of the Extramural Interments Bill. Several petitions were presented against the adver tisement duty. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. Mr. BAII A LIE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord (Lord Grosvenor) to extend his Bill for the abolition of the attorneys' certificate duty to Ireland and Se - Aland. L)rd GROSVENOR, replied that owing to an error in drawing up the Bill Ireland and Scotland were omitted, but it was his intention to include those por tions of the kingdom in the proposed measure. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from St. Whitzchapel, in favour of the Intramural Inter ments Bill. TAX ON MERCHANT SHIPPING. Mr. FORSTER gave notice that on an early day he should bring under the consideration of the House the subject of levying taxes on merchant shipping, with a view to their reduction. SLAVE GROWN SUGAR. Sir E. BUXTON said, hiving last night, at the re quest of the Noble Lord the First Minister, pat off his motion on the subject of slave-grown sugar, he had now to inform the House that the Noble Lord had pro mised to give him an opportunity of bringing the motion forward oa Friday.—(Hear. hear.) CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Mr. EWART deferred his motion on the subject of capital punishment till the 30th inst. MALT-TAX. Mr. FREWEN, on behalf of Mr. Cayley, gave notice that on the 30t.h of May he should move the repeal of the malt-tax. COTTON TRADE-INDIA. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that on this day week he should move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to appoint , a ' Commission to proceed to India to inquire into the obstacles which prevent the growth and increase of cotton in the presidencieS of Bohibay and Madras. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Mr. 11. BAILLIE tasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he was ab to give the country any intimation as to the probable period when the Lord Chancellor might be expected to resume the duties of his office? - • Sir G. GREY said that within the last few weeks the Lord Chancellor had been suffering from a severe fit of indisposition; but he was happily so much recovered that, though he had been unable to attend court, he had ' been hearing cases of great importance at his private residence fur some days past, and had given judgment in some of them.—(Hear, hear.) INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 1851. Mr. ARK WRIGHT asked the President of the Board e: Trade whether he intended to ask Parliament to . interfere in any gay with respect to the Exhibition of the Works of Industry in 1851, and whether he could give an assurance that no application for an advance of public money in aid of that Exhibition will, under any cir cumstances, be sanctioned by her Majesty's Government? Mr. LA.BOUCEIERE said he certainly did not antiei pato that it would be his duty to ask Parliament to in terfere in an exhibition which he thought would entirely t end on the voluntary contributions of individuals. way in which .he might ask Parliament to in - terfe e re lll w Y ould be in order to amend the Act of Registra , tion of Designs , with the - veew of protecting from piracy . those articles With regard to the which might be shown at the exhibition. second question, having the honour to be one of the Co mmiss ioners, he believed nothing was further from the intention (:4 of . the Commissioners than to apply for any and pa trivialot e m o i n n e e y i d , o e o mp e t x i . t advance might be for some ordinary penses. , INCUMBERED ESTATES COMMISSIO N. Lord NAAS asked the Se cretary for Ireland , he ther the notice appended to some of th e aclvertisemenra of the Ineumbered Estates Commissioners, stating "' that the Cothmissioners will give the purchaser the option of p a ying, for the present, half the purchase money, the remaining moiety not to be required un til Si r John Ro • na illy's Bill shall be disposed of," has been issu e d w i t h the con sent of her Majesty's Government; whether a Perlis title will, und er such circumstances, be g i ven b y th e Commissioners to t h e purchaser on the payment of th e first ;moiety ; and, if so, what security the Commis sioners will require for the payment of the remaining Sir W. SOMERVIL LE said with respect to the first ; ,questionuestioa he was not awar e that t he consent of the Go vernment was necessary. With regard to the other • questions he could give no information on the subject. GOVERNOR BARKLBEEYR. In M r. U reply to a q uestion from U . SELBY, Mr. LABOUCEIERE said the dispatch of Govern or _ B arkley from B r iti s h Guiana was to b e found i n the blue-book containing the various reports of 3 th 4. e3Gover nors of C o l on i es to the Coloni aleoffice, page —CAPTURE OF A SLAVE FRIGATE. trellplyawto,,a question from Mr. G. BERKELEY, *ssa d, he was able to state from in- MOS qu made that morning at the Admiralty, that in formation had been received at tat department of the capture of a slave steam-f rigate calledPUßL lCPETI T IONS. the Provid e tl on the coast of Brazil, e and she w a s f oun d t o b e empty. T In reply to Mr. H. RERBEETRI IONS. T The SPEAKER said that the' signatures attached to - public petitions ought to be attached to the sheet on which the petition was. Lord CASTLEREAGH said he th ought the i :; u n f a o t r ur ma e - 2 publio ought to be put in possession of P, as he himself often received petitions, tl i a l e t b si lo a g n e d ther ,to which were on several slips of paper, senting it he was obliged to paste them °tore p re Mr. NEWDEGATE inquired whether there ' had been . any afteration in the course taken by the Commi ttee • of Public Petitions. • • Mr. THORNELY said there had been no alterati on whatever. Honourabl e M em b ers were ent i rely unaware of the very irregular manner i n w hi c h the petition: presented to tl-e House were got up, bearing to many cases signatures which might.be the signatures torn from letters, and often many different signatures written in the seine hand. Above 8,000 petitiens bad been pre sented to the House during the present session, of which SOO bad been printed. tnE Mr. HUME hoped it would be made known publicly that no person had a right to sign the name of another to a petition. Mr. THORNELY said the Committee had referred to it a petition from a grand jury to which the names of all the jury were affixed by the foreman in his own handwriting, and the Committee had it printed as a petition coming from the foreman. The matter then dropped. EXTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to put a question to the Secretary for the Home Department: with respect to the Metropolitan Interments Bill. That Bill stood on the paper for Friday next, and as it was one in which the public took the greatest possible interest, it would be a great convenience to Hon. Members if his Right Hon. Friend would state whether he thought he could really bring on his Bill on that day or before the Whitsun holidays. Sir G. GREY replied that the Bill referred to could not be brought on either on Friday or Monday, in con. sequence of the pressure of other business; that the recess would begin on Friday week, bat he would fix it for the Friday after Whitsuntide. The business for Friday next would be the third reading of the Irish Franchise Bill. ROBBERY AT DUBLIN CASTLE. Mr. HUME wished to know it the Government bad received any information that an official in Dublin Castle had decamped with a considerable sum of public money?—(A laugh.) Sir W. SOMERVILLE—I would rather answer the Hon. Gentleman's question to-raorrow.—(Laughtcr.) REPEAL OF THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. Mr. M. GIBSON presented several petitions praying for the repeal of the advertisement duty. Mr. EWART ;presented petitions to the same effect from the Worcester Chronicle, the Wilts Independent, the Edinburgh Weekly Regular, the Newcastle Chro nicle, the Renfrewshire Advertiser, the Illustrated London , News, the News of the World, Bell's Weekly Messenger, the Atlas, lleynold's Miscel lany, the Farmer's Herald, the Derbyshire Advertiser, the Sheffield Free Press, the Bath Journal, the Kent Herald, the Nenagh Journal, the Nottingham Mercury, and a number of other metropolitan and provincial journals. The petitions presented showed the deep interest that was taken in this motion by the class to whom it re lated, but he brought it forward upon public grounds. He considered this tax was one of the most objectionable taxes which could possibly be imposed on the commu nity; it stood in the same predicament, though it had stronger grounds for its abolition, as the auction duty, which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth repealed. The Right Hon. Baronet repealed that duty because he considered it was a duty on transactions. He held with the Right Hon. Baronet that no duty could be more objectionable is a political, moral, or com mercial point of view than a tax on transactions. He held a duty on advertisements to be a tax on transactions between man and man, and, therefore, strongly objec tionable. He objected to it on general grounds more than he objected to the taxes on knowledge, which his Right Honourable Friend the Member for Man chester brought forward the other day, though ho participated with him in his hostility to those taxes; but this tex on advertisements was more than a tax on knowledge, it was a tax on commerce, on agriculture, on literature, and the wants of the commu nity. Could any one of them take up any commercial newspaper without seeing how fettered were the inter communication between merchant and merchant—the buyer and seller, by this very tax on advertise ments? Do not let Honourable Gentleman, who made the agricultural interest their great care, think that he advocated the repeal of this tax on commercial grounds alone, for to-night he had had the honour of presenting petitions, signed by the proprietors and publishers of newspapers, which were almost con fined to the promotion of agriculture, in favour of this motion, and therefore these Hon. Gent!emea who so zealously supported the agricultural interest would do well to support this proposal. This duty, moreover, was a tax upon literature; indeed, Mr. M'Culloch proved that the advertisement duty was the heaviest of ail taxes that pressed upon the lite rary man. It was a tax too,upon religious communication, and he had also presnatel petitions from the printers and publishers of religious newspapers, and even their circulation was affected by this prohibitory duty. It was a tax also upon art, and such publications as the Illustrated News and the Art Journal severely suffered from the operation of this duty. It was a tax too upoh wit, since it affected such publications as Punch, but he objected to it principally on general public grounds and the unjust principle upon which it was levied. Why should the poor author, who published a sixpenny pamphlet, or a sempstress, pay the same advertisement duty that ant imposed on a wealthy man selling klarge estate. In a word, the tax was objectionable upon all grounds, no matter whether it had reference to commerce, agriculture, or religion. The advertisement duty was almost as bad as if they were to tax people going to a corn or a stock-exchange; it was the same thing in-principle, though different in degree. Not only was this tax so generally objection'- able, but it was one of great inequality. It was levied only on advertisements in newspapers, and not on ad , vertisements in books, or in Bradshaw, for instance, and other works of tkat kind. There was another hardship attending it that a newspaper pro prietor sometimes paid— as much for one line as he did for a column and a half. It gave rise to all those advertising vans and that unfortunate class of in dividuals c died walking advertisements, whom they met in the streets. Some years ago Mr. Poulett Thompson stated in the House that whilst there were 10,000,000 of advertisements in America there were only 1,000,000 ib England. In 1837 there were in England, Ireland, Scot land, Wales, and the Channel Islands 565 newspapers in the same year there were 1,700 in America. Before the 3s. duty was reduced in 1833 to ls. 6d. the number of advertisements amounted to about one million in the three kingdoms, and since then they had increased to two millions. The amount of the duty levied amounted to about 170,0001., and since the reduction the amount was 157,0001. So that it was pretty evident that the amount would speedily mount up to the original sum. He proposed the total repeal of this duty, and not wishing to weary the patience of the House, he should conclude by denouncing this duty as one of the worst ever imposed, and one of the first whioh the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have taken off, as it was one which equally pressed upon all classes of the community. The lion. Gentleman then sat down, after moving, in the words of his motion, that it is ex pedient that the advertisement duty should lee repealed] Mr. M. GIBSON seconded the motion. Mr. TRELAWNY opposed the motion as being in. consistent with a motion which he himself had upon the - paper relative to the national debt. , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER also op posed the motion. He could only repeat what he had said on former occasions when this sub-' ject was brought before the House—that the question was not whether the tax was a burden on the class who had to pay it, but whether our whole system of taxation was unjustly imposed. Many objections might be urged to particular taxes, which ho should be happy to remit if possible, but he had not arrived at that happy state, nor had any of his predecessors in office, which would enable him to carry on the government of the country without money. The Government had made all those remissions in taxation which they were enabled to do, and which they thought advisable, and he should, therefore, call upon the House t o res i s t any f urt h er attempts for the reduction of taxation. Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman's ob servations amounted to an appeal to this effect—" I have made up my mind, I won't listen to any change, I consider what I have already done in the way of the reduction of taxation the best, and therefore I will not answer the particular objections to this tax." Now, he (Mr. Hume) objected, in the first instance, to the remissions which the Government had made, as not being necessary, and he would remind the Right Hon. Gentleman that it was the duty of the Government to repeal those taxes which pressed most heavily on the community.—(Hear, hear:) The Chancellor of the Exchequer having a surplus ought to be told that he had reade a wrong selection, and this tax was the one that had the strongest claims upon the House for its repeal. But why could they not reduce the expenditure so as to relieve the products of the country from all those objectionable taxes? Ho could see no reason why they should not pursue that course, and he called on the House to adopt it.—(Hear,) Mr. EWART replied, stating that he had brought forward this motion because he objected to the tax on principle, and all ho now called upon, the House to do was to express an opinion that, on principle, the tax was wrong.—(Hear, hear.); The House then divided, when there appeared— Tor the motion ..• ••• ••• 39 Against it ... 203 ••• ••• Majority against the motion...-169 The motion was consequently lost. SLAVE LABOUR. Mr. G. BERKELEY postponed his motion respecting the exclusion from ourm st alnk s e t ts of the produce of slave labour, to F r id ay , the 31 JOURNEYMEN BAKERS. Mr. COWAN presented ill, petition Item Edinburgh ; Lord D. STUART and Mr. B. in Osfisonstn presented other petitions f rom ot h er place S e e f l c h t e C j o o n m r: mittee to inquir e i nto the sanitary avnenunrdietfin a n neymen bakers. Lord R. GROSVENOR said his motion was not for relief from taxati on , or an appeal to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but was an appeal to the heart ings of the House, and th ere f ore h e trusted it waeaudldfereel-- ceive due consideration. He bad on a farmer occasion stated the evils under which the journeymenn laboured, and he could not bri ng hi mse lf to believe thats any serious objection would be made t o th e motion be fore the House. A previous motion f or a S e l ect Com mittee made by him had been met by th e Ri g h t Hon. Secretary of State for the Home Department with this reply:—" What necessity can there be for inquiry, when the whole case is so well known from papers that have been moved for and laid upon the table of the House." Afterwards he had moved for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the hours of working i n bakehouses ; but in this he had also been unsuccessful. He was told at the time that the remedies he proposed would not meet the evils they were intended to cure, and all sorts of disasters wore Prophesied from the working . of such a Bill, should it become law. He had a petition in his hard, most re spectfully worded, which prayed the House t) consent to an inquiry, as the petitioners were satisfied that the ad mitted evils would then demand from that House a Bill to reform thorn. He considerei these poor persons had great reaion to complain cf t h e ma nner in which their grievances had hitherto been met. Lie thought they had a right to claim the attention of the House on sanitary grounds. But in addition to this and other arguments, he . thought t h e House ought to grant the requ ired Com mittee, if it w ere only because the journeyman bakers buN; requested it, and they surely'were the best judges of their own condition and grievances. He begged to move for a Select Committee to inquire whether any measures can be taken to improve the sanitary condition of the jour neymen bakers. Sir G. GREY would gladly agree to the motion, if ho • believed it would lead to the practical results the Noble Lord expected. But the reasons he had urged two years ago against a similar measure were still unchanged. It was impossible not to feel the force of the argument used on two former occasions, that it was in expedient to grant a Committee of Inquiry founded on petitions such as that presented by the Noble Lord, if no clear idea was given at the same time of the legisla tive measures intended to be founded on the report. On the former occasion the remedy for existing grievances proposed by the Noble Lord was rejected by a large majority, because it violated the principles of political economy, and would not effect its purpose. Again, if this Committee were granted, the Noble Lord could not ensure the House from being called upon by other trades to have similar Committees to inquire into their condi tion and to suggest alterations. He believed that ar rangements might be made between the bakers and their employers to remedy the evils of which they complained; but by looking to Parliament for relief they were divert ing their attention from the remedy which lay open to them.—(Hear, hear.) Believing that no good would re sult from the appointment of the Committee, and that it would only end in disappointment, he felt bound to op pose the motion.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. A. STAFFORD said when the petitioners found that so skilful a debater as the Right Hon. Baronet could bring forward no better arguments than those which he had adduced, they .would conceive that their case had not been fairly met, and that he had trusted to the advocates of political economy and to Ministerial influence rather than to argument. It had been said that if this motion should be agreed to,• other trades would bring forward their claims. , But if the claims of the working classes were to be met by a refusal to in quire into their grievances he could prophesy that they would not be frequently. preferred. But he could not congratulate the House on the alternative that would be adopted by the working classes. Neither did he think the experience of what had taken place in other coun tries ought to make them indifferent to turn a deaf ear to those who exhibited such a perfect unanimity in their object and the mode in which they proposed to obtain it.,---(llear.) The Right Hone, Gentleman intimated that any sanitary regulations- ought to be proposed in the shape of a Bill. But, supposing that to be the proper course, would it not be better, in the first in stance, to hear from the bakers themselves a statement of their grievances ? Sir G. GREY intimated that the evidence was already oa the table. Mr. STAFFORD—When the Noble Lord came for ward with a Bill, the Right Hon. Gentleman objected to it; and when the Noble ',Ord proposed a Committee, the Right Hon. Getleman said, " Why do you not bring in a Bill ?"—(Hear.) The bakers could draw but one conclusion, namely, that Parliament was unable to miti gate-their grievances, and refused to inquire into then]. Such a mode cf proceeding was not likely to attach the working classes to the institutions of the country, and when they saw a refosal to legislate for them, they might think it necessary to do a good deal more for themselves, and the result would be as increase of the dissatisfaction and ill-feeling which now prevailed—an exhibition of which would not conduce to the prosperity of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Let the House take care how they rejected the claims brought forward by a body of men whose good conduct entitled them to the attention, sympathy, and solicitude of the House. They would consider that the Noble Lord hai done his duty towards them, but their feeling would bevery different towards the Right HOD. Baronet. Considering this a fair subject for inquiry, as. affecting the lives of his fel tow-subjects, he should support the motion of the Noble Lord.—(Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT said-the ,Noble Lord had expressed some dissatisfaction at a remark made by the Hon. Mem ber for the Weat-Biding—that the objects occasionally brought forward by him had a tendency towards the doctrines of Socialism, -especially with reference to the course taken by him in the case of the• bakers. IF the Noble Lord was not oneef:that_celebrated order of men, he was at least, their advocate. • He proposed an inquiry into their condition, which extended to the places of their work arid their hours of labour, and he spoke of their horrid dens and their dirtiness. Now, ha (Mr. B.) could notainderstand how Tarliament could proceed to alter the arratigensent of the Windings 'and bakehouses; nor did he understand how they could interfere with the labour i of adult men, who were perfectly able to advocate their . own cause,-as might be seen in a publication entitled the Bakers' Gaze and General Trades' Advocate—a pub lication which' did not bear the impress of the stamp authorities. He did not believe there was anything in the projects of Robert Owen, or in the plans of the So cialists of France, which savoured more of Communism than some of the articles in that paper. The clients of the Noble Lord were men, and not ordinary men, but Scotehmen.—(A laugh.) If there was one class of men on the face of the earth better able to take care of them selves than any other, there could he no doubt that the class consisted of Seotohmen.—(Laughtor.) If their situation in this country as bakers was so horrible, he took it for granted th e y- must have fled from something still more horrible in their own country.—(A. laugh.) He (Mr. Bright) should feel ashamed of standing up as the advocate of hundreds and thousands of stalwart Seotehmen, who, having found their way from their own country, and being employed in the useful occupation of baking, should publish a gazette, and write articles of considerable literary merit, and then appeal to the House to remedy their grievances, instead of acting for themselves. If they could not protect themselves, there was no power in the House which could do so.—(Hear.) Lord D. STUART did not see wby the publication of a gazette by a party should interfere with the redress of their grievances. Ho always considered publication the best way of making grievances known.—(Hear.) The House, in refusing inquiry, would not make itself more respected by the public at large; and as he had seen nothing to justify the refusal of the Committee, he should support the motion.—(Hear.) Mr. G. THOMPSON said, if the views:of political economy entertained by the Hon. Member for Manches ter (Mr. Bright) could be supported by no better argu ments than those which he had adduced, he (Mr. Thomp son) would instantly separate himself from them.— (Hear.) He believed that more evidence on the subject was wanting, if not for purposes of legislation, at least for the purpose of influencing public opinion out of dcors; and he was of opinion that the appointment of a Committee would have a salutary effect, and that it would tend to the reformation of a trade which was ruining the health of a large pOrtion of the industrious population.—(Hear.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD said the House ought not to turn a deaf ear to the complaints brought before it, and he considered it his duty to support tho Motion-. • The House divided, when there appeared-- • , • For the motion Against it Majority against the motion --46 DUBLIN AND HOLYHEAD MAILS. Sir R. BULKELEY, in bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice on this subject, said he should very briefly state the points which he thought called for the appointment of a Committee. After re ferring to the offers made, in the first instance, for car rying the mails by the Chester and Holyhead Company, bli° finding competition . thu t t there r e T washe Chesser on a g n d fe l! Holy- the Hon. Baronet said th a t the .Admiralty off ere d t h e c h o e n a t d ra c c o t m fo p r a p ny u ng against them at the Admiralty, did not make a tender, but, nevertheless, gave the Admiralty to understand that they were ready to contract fur carrying the Dublin and Holyhead mail for 30,000/. Information of this was given to the Dublin Steam-packet Company, and the result was,- that the Ad miralty closed with them for 25,0001. The effect of this would be, that seventeen or eighteen hours would elapse before a person could reach Du blin from London. London. The contract having been given to the Dub lin Steam-packet C ompany, the Chester and Holyhead Railway Compa n y wou l d be compelled by oy ea pelted by circumstances to cease running their express trains in connexion with their express steamers, and the consequence would be that as much time would be requiredthe b for . journey e tween London and Dublin as was required ten years ago. He deeply lamented that any department of the Government sh ou ld h ave so far impeded private enter prise, and hop e d t h e House would support the motion as one of great imp or t ance to both En gland and Ireland. He begged to move for a Select Committee to investi gate and report upon all matters connected with the contract for the conveyance of the mails between Kings town and Holyhead. Also, how far the engagements en tered into by the Admiralty with the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company tend to develope or otherwise the full advantages of the direct and continuous line of communication between London and Dublin, which the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company are, under the provisions of their Act of Parliament now labouring to effect. The question having been put, Mr. FRENCH did not think the Chester and Holy head Railway Company had the slightest cause of com plaint, for it , never sent is an offer, but at the last rao mentafor the_ purpose of thwarting the Dublin Steam picket Company, gave the Government to understand that it would carry the .mails at s' lower rate. The Government had offered .the contract to public competition, but nothing could be fairer than their conduct. Sir F. T. BARING said, that thinking at first that this was a mere squabble between two dompanies, he was disposed to oppose the motion; !mit as a charge had been made against the Government for the course they had taken, it was their duty rather 'to court than to shrink from inquiry.—(Hear.) In acceding to the motion he wished it to be understood, that he was far from ad mitting the correctness of the statement made by the mover of it. He believed there had been negotiations with the company who now complained, and that they had offered to the Treasury to carry the mails, but as the Admiralty thought they asked too much, their offer was not accepted. After wards came the report of the Committee, and in accord ance with it the contract was offered for public com petition. The Chester and Holyhead Company did not send in an offer. Only one tender was sent -in, and com munications were entered into with the parties making it, .with the view of ascertaining whether they would not accept lower terms. The Chester and Holyhead Com pany then offered to contract for a less sum, but 0 that seemed an unfair way of doing business, the contract was again offered to public- competition and the other company obtained it. The Government bad no other course to pursue. In granting the Committee he re garded the complaint as one against the Government. They had entered into an agreement with a company— the faith of the Government was pledged and must be observed whatever might be the differences of parties. Mr. S. HERBERT was rejoiced that the Right Hon. Baronet had given the explanation they had just heard, fur he had been ieformed that with respect to the first tender the communications between the Government and LONDON, W'/;DNESD AY EVENING-, the Dublin Steam Company had been of a private nature. He thought it desirable that a Commit'ee should be ap pointed, for he doubted whether the Dublin Company would be able to effect the service required. The sum stated by the other company was absurdly low. The railway company had spent enormous sums in making that gigantic work over the Menai, and in com pleting the harbour at Holyhead, and had, in his opinion, the first claim on the Government. He apprehended that what would happen would be this:—the Dublin Company being obliged to contract to carry the mail across the Channel, the railway company would send a light engine with the mails only, and the'Dublin Com pany would be obliged to carry them across thn Chan nel without the passengers, who would be conveyed a 'hail later by one of the railway companies' boats. The result would probably be disadvantageous to both com panies and to the public service. Mr. OSBORNE said, this was an important question and would probably be referred to in the fourtbcoming motion for the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy in Ire land. Considering the great inducements held out to the railway company to expend money on a line in which great national interests were concerned, he thought the impression in the country would bo that they had not been dealt with in a way their merits de manded. They had become responsible for 200,0001. for the improvement of Holyhead harbour, and had con structed the tubular bridge over the Menai—one of the greatest works of modern times. He thought the Hon. Member for Anglesea deserved the thanks of the Members for Ireland for having brought the subject forward. Mr. MANGLES said that it was not as a director of the Chester and Holyhead Railway that he wished to sa y a word or two . on the motion. They had offered to take the contract at 3 5,0001., but the Admiralty had pooh-poohed the proposal. The Admiralty thought the sum absurdly large; but in their own estimate they made no allewance fur the prime cost of the vessel, nor fur wear and tear, nor for insurance. The railroad com pany did not seek to make profit by their offer. The deputation that had waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer entreated him to look at the question as a national one, and then to consider whether the railroad company'a offer would not bo the cheapest. Their offer had been over and over. again rejected by the Admi ralty. The Government was plurniae itself on a saving of ..5,0001. on the contract, but they ought to recollect it_ was saved by retarding the commu nication between London and Dublin. The Govern ment had taken advantagd of the mania in the rail road world, to press severely on the Chester and Holyhead Railway. They had frankly told the Go vernment that they would not commence certain works unless they obtained an assurance of conveying the mails between Dublin and Holyhead. But the Go vernment had • taken advantege of the position of the company then having a Bill before Parliament to screw them down to the sum of 30,000/. The next thing was in the affair of the Britannia-bridge. Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, bad at first proposed to cross the strait by means of an arched bridge, but the Admiralty stepped in, and said, " Oh, we won't allow you to interfere with the navigation in this way; you must cross it on a level, or not at all." This was then believed to be impossible, but the erection of a tubular bridge was then determined on, at an estimated expense of 250,0001. Instead of that sum, however, he believed it would cost 700,0001. The company had said, over and over again, that they .did not want to make any profit by car rying the mail; all they wanted was to be allowed to do it for the bare cost. Their desire and anxiety had been all along to make the. communication between London and Dublin in the most rapid way possible, and in furtherance of that objeet they had built boats which were now doing their' work in a way which a few years ago it would have been thought impossible. The next thing the Government had said was, that they should undertake to lay out 200,000/. in constructing a harbour cf refuge at Holyhead. When the correspondence re lative to that harbour came before the Committee it would be found that that which was supposed to be an invitation was much more—a sort of compulsion. He was not accusing the Government of doing anything that was unjust ; but he thought it had not held out a helping hand to the company in that great national undertaking, which, as had been observed, would, perhaps, in a few days be laid down as one of the grounds for doing away with the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ire) and.—( He ar.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he thought it would be more convenient for the House to postpone a good deal of what had been said on that dis cussion until they went into the proposed ConMaittee.— (senarneten.ce ie would or onlyi part of these transactions two.Ag trespass reat on the House fur a which had been referred to had taken place fire years e a f g fi o ce hTe whole made, f e tl narrangementsg withthe existence h te o Po f thes t present Government, but the former one.—(Hear, hear.) Would it not be far better, then, that that inquiry should be entered into before the Committee, and that the present Government should not be obliceed to enter into explanations of matters with which they were not acquainted.—(Hear.) lie would appeal to his Hon. Friend, when he said that nothing had been done by the present Government, whether he was not aware that so far as any transactions between himself (Sir C. Wood) and the company in question were concerned, that he had paid the company, which he might have declined doing (as the Right Hon. Baronet was understood)—and abstained froM asking them for money, which he might have demanded.—(Bear, hear.) He thought it more advisable, however, that these statements and counter statements should bo reserved for the Committee, when the whole question could be fully gone into. Mr. H. HERBERT begged, as an Irish Member, to render his best thanks to the Hon. Baronet opposite fir having brought forward a subject which was of such great importance to Ireland. - Sir IC BULKELEY, in briefly replying, observed that he had moved, betore Easter, for certlin papers iu connexion with the present question, which he had been told would not take five minutes to prepare, and yet they had not b-en furnished up to that moment. Mr. COWPER said the papers were in the hands of the printer, and would be on the table very soon. If the Hon. Baronet had seen them, he would have been saved making some of the observations which he had done. The motion was then formally put from the chair, and sgreel to. MOTIONS. .. _ The SPEAKER called on several Hon. Members by name who had notices on the paper, but none of those mentioned answered. There seemed to be an understanding on all sides of the House to avoid entering upon any business which might lead to a prolonged discussion. ORDERS. The orders of the day were then called on. The Committee on the Wood used in Ship-building Bill was postponed. The Benefices in Plurality Bill as amended, was con sidered, read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Committee on the Elections (Ireland) Bill was understood to be postponed until to-morrow (this day). The House then adjourned, amid some cheering, at near Half-past Eight o'clock. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY AND CAPITAL. A general meeting of the delegates from all parts of the country was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, yesterday, the Duke of Richmond in the chair, to consider the present condition of agriculture and other interests. Upon the platform we observed Mr. Bennet, 1.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr. Christopher, M.P., the Marquis of Downahire, Earl Stanhope, Earl of Maloaes bury, Mr. Wortley, M P ---- e Sir John Trollope, M.P., Mr. Packe, M.P., Mr. Forbes Me c kenzie, M.P., the Earl o f Eglinton, Sir Charles Burrell, M.P., the Earl Tal bot, Mr. G. F. Young, &c. &c. The room was crowded t o excess i n every part. The Duke of RICHMOND, who took the chair amidst loud cheers, said he would take the liberty of addressing a few observations to the meeting, as there wer e p erha p s few who were better awar e t h an he was of the necessity of imposing moderate import duties. It was said they were trying a great experiment, and that they should give sufficient time to test its applica bility to the circumstances of this country. Now he contended that the experiment had been tried, and that it had signally failed, and if continued the result would be the ruin of landlords and tenants. They had assembled there that day to hear an account of the pre sent state of agriculture from deputies from different parts of the country. There could be no doubt that distress was prevalent, b u t still he hoped, by the perseverance of the farmers, redress and justice would sooner or later be obtained. He hoped the ex pressions which would be made use of to-day would show that they were all loyal to the Crown, and strongly attached to the constitution of the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. BOOKE H then came forward to propose the first resolution:— " That the difficulty an d intolerable d is t ress pervading the agricult ura l , and other great interests of the country, and the state of deprivation and s ufferin g to which lar g e masses of th e industrial population are reduced, are, in , the opinio n o f th i s meet i ng , fraught with consequences the most di sastrous to t he public welfare , and , if not speedily re me di e d , must p r ove fatal to the maintenance of public c re di t even plat* in peril the sieety of the state." will endanger t he p ublic p eat©, and ma y Every on e would agree that Great Britain and Ireland, and our d e p en d enc i es, we re in a most unsatisfactory con dition, and t h ere f ore i t was no wonder that discontent should gener a ll y preva il. He would assume three pro positions—first, that the agri cultural interest w as the most that it w as i n a state o f gre at and greatly increasing import an t interest in th e state ; secondly, depreciation; and, thirdly, that the depression was wea -1 sinned and aggravated by the adoption and continuance of the altered policy of the country which now pre vailed. The two first propositions would be conceded everywhere, and as to the third, he hoped they were all agreed.—([lons, hear, an d cheers.) No one present would venture to deny that t he disasters, trou bles , and diffi cu l t i es of their pos i t i on were to be attrib u t e d to that v il e and suicidal policy called free trade.-- (Loud che ers .) It had been s aid that a symptom o f prosperit y was cheapness of the nece ssarie s of life and cheapness of th e skill and labour of men, but ho w came it that with cheapness, distress now existed. why, Mr. Huskisron, who was the great autho rity of the Free-traders geld th at nothin g could be more d e l us i ve than to suppose that cheap ness of food was always a benefit, but, on the contrary, when unaccompanied with a demand for labour, it was a sign of distress. Then it was said that free trade had not had a fair trial. He held in his hand a return of ins ports and exports, which showed that the home con sumption of co t ton h a d d ecr eased as much as 30 percent. IV ns that a proo f t h a t th e p rom i ses of Free-trad e r s had been or were likely to be fulfill e d ? Had free tra d e , a l so , not had a fair trial in the co l onies, and had not nearly every interest in those countries be almost ruined ?—(Cheers.) And what had been the effect of free trade in Ireland? Why, the wretched condition:of the people in that country, and the unfortunate position of the landlords, showed that, so ' ear as the Iris's were concerned, free trade had had a sufficient trial. And what then was the means by which they sought to ameliorate the condition of the egriculterel population ? A return to a system of protection—(Cheers)—and it was only by combination and by energetic and unceasing exertions that they would be enabled to attain that end. For his own part he was reedy to subscribe his hundred or his thousand pounds, if necessary, in support of the cause. The Hun. Gentleman, after delivering a tirade against the. free-trade party and Sir Robert Peel, concluded by proposing the resolution. Mr. CIOULER, from Nottingham, in seconding the resolution, stated that the wages of labourers in his part of the country had been reduced frcim 123. to . 10s., and in some instances to 95.; but this was not' all, for, in consequence of piece work being done :away with, the average reduction in their wages was about 4s. a week. In Leicestershire, where there were not many labourers, the farmers had been impo verished. He, of course, expected to find perfection on the estates of Sir:Robert Peel—(llisses and groans)— ho expected to find the labourers on his Kingsbury estate, close to Drayton Manor, well housed and well fed, but instead of that he ,found that steps had been taken to depopulate the parish of the 'labouring popu lation. (Loud laughter.) He was astonished that the Times' Commissioner had not been there.—(Laughter.) But that was not the worst of the matter, for he found that on Sir Robert Peel's estates the Irish had superseded the English labourer—(Hisses) —because they worked for less wages, and put up with accommodation in outhouses. So there was a system going on on that gentleman's estate to reduce the English labourers to the condition of the Irish labou rers. But he would go to another lion's den. He alluded to Mr. Villiers, M.P., who, it would be recollected, said at the beginning of the session that ninety-one millions had been saved to the country by the reduction in the price of the necessities of life. Now he found that at Wolverhampton the poor-rates in 1842 had not amounted to half the sum which they had reached in 1850; so it was pretty clear that the constituents of that gentle. man did not obtain much advantage•by that saving.— (Cheers.) The fact was that free trade measures had resulted in benefit to one class alone. Great agitation existed among the labouring population connected with the cultivation of the soil; they might prevent any die. turbance breaking out before harvest, but was it not likely that they would combine and determinedly assert their rights?—(Cheers.) The farmers were determined to do their utmost to obtain redress; they would mount their horses for the purpose, if neces sary, and if the landlords would stick to them they would stick to the landlords.—(Loud cheers.) He always regarded rent as a private bargain between in dividuals, and he would not find fault with his landlord or landlords generally, because he thought they were the best friends of the people; but he thought they left teo much to the farmers in the present period of difficulty.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel --(Groans)—had said that the food of the labourer ought not to be taxed, but he found that there were taxes on cheese, coffee, butter, and a aczen other articles of food, which realised as much as 13,000,0001.; and taking the duty on tobacco, which was chiefly consumed by the working classes, they had had a round SUM of 18,000,0001, or one-third of the revenue of the country. The duty on malt was another unjust imposition on the agricultural interest. He next alluded to the Exhibition of 1851, which he said would prove to be a failure, and would be very injurious to the country by taking money out of it; because, if foreigners brought articles of pro:Suction from distant parts of the world, it was not likely they would terse them back again. tie did not know how Lord Stanley, who was one of the eommissiooers for that exhibition, would come out of it unscathed, though ho must confess he had great confidence in him.—(Cheers.) He concluded by ob serving th't if some alterations were not made in our present policy, it would be perfectly impossible to pre serve the preiliesof the country.—(Clacers.) The resolution was then put and carried by accia ma!ion. Mr. BALL, of Burwell, Cambridgeshire, proposed the next resolution :—" That the indifference with which the just complaints of the people have been received by the House of Commons, its disinclination to adopt any measures for removing or alleviating the existing dis tress, and the want of sympathy which it exhibited to the sufferings of the people,. have, produced a widely diffwe I feeling of disappointment, discontent, .and -dis trust, which is fast undermining their reliance on the justice and wisdom of Parliament, which is the best security for the loyalty to the Throne, and the maintenance of the invaluable institutions of the country." He observed they had not fallen in consequence of the speeches of Cobden, the influence of the League, or the treachery of a Peel, but because the aristocracy and landlords who are all-powerful, and had the unanimous voice of the oountry in their favour, had sacrificed them to the discordant principles of demagogues and traitors, instead of upholding. as they ought to have done, the yeomanry of England.—(Cheers.) Mr. JonN .ALLIN WILLIAMS, farmer, from Wilts, seconded the resolution, and said he had been deputed to attend on - hehalf of that county to protest against the treatment of her Majesty's Ministers to the agricultural interest, because' it the present system of free trad• here not remedied inevitable ruin would come upon all the tenant-farmers and occupiers of land in the kingdom.—(Cheers.) After alltiding to the results ' of his own experience as to free trade, he urgod on the farmers the necessity of strong and united exertions with the view of obtaining redress, quoting, amidst loud cheers, the words of Milton— Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen." The resolution having been carried, Professor AYTOLIN, of Edinburgh, who was stated to be the writer of the Protectionist articles in Black wood's Magazine, proposed the next resolution:—" That this meeting attributes the depression and distress of the agricultural, colonial, shipping, and other interests to the rash and impolitic changes in the laws which had long regulated the importation of foreign productions; that it is of opinion that those laws were based on the most just principles and dictated by the soundest policy; that, under their salutary influence s , the British nation had attained an unexampled state of prosperity and a proud pre-eminence in the scale of nations; and that if their objects and spirit in fostering and protecting native in dustry be finally abandoned, many of the most important interests of the state will be sacrificed, and the national prosperity and greatness be ruinously impaired." The resolution was seconded by. Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY Bart., and passed nem. con. Mr. J. ALNATT, of Wallingford, Berkshire, next pro posed—" That no relief from general or local taxation, which is consistent with the maintenance of national faith and the efficiency of public establishments, can enable the British and colonial producer to maintain a successful competition with foreign productions, and that the only hope of replacing the agricultural and other British interests, in a state of prosperity rests on the re-establishment of a just system of import duties." Mr. HUGEL WATiON briefly seconded the motion, which, like the last, was carried unanimously. It wal then agreed, on the motion of Mr. GEORGE BODINGTON, of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, se conded by HENRY HIGGINS, Esq., of Herefordshire— ,. That a memorial to the Right Hon. the First Lord of the Treasury ha prepared, founded on the foregoing re solutions, protecting in the strongest manner against the continuance of the present system of miscalled free trade,' aed.solemnlY casting on the Administration, of which his Lordship is the head, the heavy responsibility of rejecting the appeals of the people for the abandon ment of that system; and that a deputation be appointed for the purpose of presenting the same to his Lordship, and of representing to him the present critical and alarming position of many districts of the country." Mr. WM. CALDECOTT of Frating Lodge, near Colches ter, Essex, then proposed—" That the members of the various delegations from all parts of the United Kingdom now present cannot separate without recordi ng th e i r deep sense of the invaluable services rendered to the cause of protection by the Noble President, the respected chairman of the acting committee, and the other mem bers of the committee of the National Association, in whom the whole agricultural community repose the most deserved and unbounded confidence; and they earnestly recommend to their fallow-countrymen, who desire the restoration of protection, as the leading principle of legis lative policy, to support the association; and, whatever differences of opinion may prevail on minor points,. unitedly to follow its energetic but prudent guidance, in the great struggle in which they are engaged." Tho resolution was seconded by Mr. W. RIDDEN, of. Haverfordwest, and imaged ; And after a, vote of thanks to the Noble Duke for his conduct in the chair, the tneeti ne• separated. MA Y 8, 1850. vessels. The tribes on the banks of the Senegal, alarmed at the chastisement which had been inflicted on one of their fellow tribes, made their submission, and engaged to pay an indemnity to the victims of the exactions and pillaging which had been com mitted for a certain number of years. In order to give complete security to our commerce, the Governor of Senegal has considered it his duty to seek to put an end to a civil war which divided one of the most considerable tribes on the banks of the river—the Bracknas. In his idea, the re-establishment of a single responsible and recognised authority would he a means of securing from that tribe respect for the treaty which they had concluded with us, and of guaranteeing the property of our merchants. He therefore went in person, at the head of a military force, to the territory of the Bracknas. Taking ad vantage of the absence of the Governor, the chief of another not less important tribe, the Trarzas, attacked the establishments formed by the colonists in the neighbourhood of Saint Louis, and devastated and pil laged them. Several murders were, it is said, com mitted by the assailants. This unexpected act of ag gression brought back the Governor in great haste to St. Louis. On his return, the. Trams had disap , peared with their booty. M. Baudin was obliged to leave again soon after to seek the troops, who were engaged in another expedition in Upper Senegal. It is not known whether the Trarzas will confine them• selves to the outrage they have already committed, but in any case they will have to be called to account, and reparation obtained from them. It is to be hoped that this unfortunate event will not long interrupt the trade on the river." FRANCE. The Constitutionnel says : "On Saturday evening, when . the last of the fire works were being let off, the President of .the Republic proposed to the Ministers of Finance, Justice, and Com merce, who were with him on business, to accom pany him in a walk which he wished. to take, in order to witness the rejoicings of the day. In a few minutes after the Chief of the State, arm-in-arm with M. Realer, and followed by M. Fould and M. Dumas, was in the thickest . of the crowd. They first went to the Arc de Triomphe, and afterwards pro • ceeded through the side alleys of the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde, which - they went through in order to view the splendid illumination in all its details. It was nearly midnight when they returned to the Elysee. The sentiments and feelings which the Presi dent heard expressed during the promenade, contrast in a singular manner, with what he every morning reads in the journals of a certa i n co l our . Th e President several limes stopped before the stalls in the Champs ElyEess, and it was not with ou t emo ti on that he saw them fi lled with portraits and emblems calling to mind an epoch, the remembrance of which is as dear to him as ho is to the whole nation." We find the following in the Constitutionnel:— " Letters from Saint Louis, Senegal, state that our colony is threatened with a war by the Floors, who have already comm itted some acts of hostility in the neighbourhood of it. The banks of the Senegal are inhabited by t r ib e s who are continually i n a state of open rupture one with the other, and w ho are, be sides, often agitated by internal commotions. In the midst of these conflicts, and of the anarchy which re results from them, our trading vessels are frequently placed in danger. Sometimes they are subjected to henvy exactions, and at others are pillaged. There has never been a governor at Senegal that has not had to obtain reparation for some misdeeds of the kind, and the present one, Captain Baudin, has been obliged in his turn to resort to force to bring to reason certain chiefs, who have been guilty of acts of violence zgainst our merchants. An expedition which was undertaken last year on the upper part of the river appeared to have put an end to the acts -of rapacity exercised against our merchant- ITALY. The Pope, the restored of the defenders of the rights of property, has ordered the conflicAtion of the property of the whole of the deputies to the Roman Constituent Assembly. His Holiness has, it appears, no other means of getting money, for his notable scheme of maintaining. the Roman funds at a fictitious price, hut by prohibiting any broker from selling under 96, has completely failed. The excellent car dinals flattered themselies that by this notable scheme they would deceive the Rothschilds, who, of course, at once saw through the trick, and refused to have any thing further to do with the Roman loan. _ _ Aronsignor • Franzoni, Archbishop of Turin, has addressed the following letter to the examining judge who has summoned him to appear before him : "Signore,--After receiving the summons to appear this day before you, I seriously considered whether I could apply to myself the rules I presented to my clergy in the circular of the 18th inst., in which I had declared that they would be free from reproach in obeying the summons, and answering the interrogatories addressed to them. I have remarked, however, that not only in con formity with the Council of Trent (24th sitting, chap. 5) bishops exclusively depend from the Holy See in crimi nal eases, but also that, in the circular of the Holy Con gregation of immunity obtained by his Majesty on the 14th of - June, 1823, in which it is laid down that ecclesiastics summoned to depose before courts of justice are bound, to present themselves, it is neverthe less expressly declared that when. it shall be indispensa ble to interrogate an archbishop or a bishop, he shall not, out of respect to his dignity, be summoned before the place of judgment, but that his] Holiness reserves to himself the authorization for that purpose, and requires a special permission to be applied for each time. You, there!ore, see that in the face of such clear and forthal enactments, I am in the absolute impossi bility of obeying your summons. Consequently, while professing the greatest subeiission to the laws of the Government in whatever is not contrary to con science, finding myself exactly in the case specified, I leg to be allowed the xi, cessary time to apply to the Holy See for the authorization, this being indispensable; and when I shall have obtained it, I shad consider it au imperious duty to obey the prescriptions of the law. While waiting for the notice to write immediately to Rome, I am, &c., _ _ " Louis, Archbishop of Turin." Lieutenant-General Alberto della Marmora, tary Commandant of the island of Sardinia, has addressed an order of the, day, dated Cagliari, 19th ult.; to the' troops under his command, stating:that he has been informed that some,refugees,:who havii been received with hospitality in the island, have spread infamous insinuations against the King and his Government, and tried to persuade the soldiers that there had been several acts of treachery in the two last campaigns—thus attempting to sow dis cord among' the ranks of the army, and to endanger its discipline. In consequence of such criminal at tempts, the Commandant thinks it his duty to declare to the army that all these alleged acts of treachery are infamous inventions, propagated by the very men who imposed General Itamorino upon the Go vernment. A new Ministerial journal is to appear at Florence under the title of Il lonservatore Giornale lCon stituzionale, it being intended thus to let the Tuscans know that the Constitution is to be maintained. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London IVeto Price Current, May 7.) SUGAR.—To-day the rates taken for West India Sugar were 64 per cwt under those of Friday; there was in consequence a good business concluded, but chiefly for grocery purposes. The quantity sold amounted to 740 hhds, Scc including 238 hhds 33 trcs 89 barrel s Bar bailees at public sale, which went at from 34s fid to 40s, one lot very fine 41s 64 ; 28 trcs 90 barrels crystalized Demerara, greyish white 42s 61 to 44s 64, and yellow t. dit u to EF 3 l 7 N s E t D o .- 41 T s 06.ddapyerocnnly limited purch ases were made , in Refined goods by home dealers, still brown Lumps were not to be obtained under 48s per cwt. The market for Bonded Crushed Sugar is quiet, but there is no fur ther reduction. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon a fall of 6d per cwt took place at the public sales of 5,900 bags Mauritius, still all sold, fine yellow at 38s to 395, other scuts 34s to 37s 63, ord to fine brown 30s to 33s 6d, grey 338 to 38s, and low grainy yellow 358 64 to 36s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon biddings were languid at the public sales of 4,400 bags Bengal, and prices gave way 6d for brown soft yellow, but other kinds realised steady rates; white Benares went at from 353 6d to 39s 6d, soft yellow 34s to 36s 6d, date 31s to 33s 64, brown 28s to 30s, grainy white, fine 48s, yellow 42s to 435, and ord 36s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—By private treaty operations are confined to 1,000 chests low yellow Havannah at 38s, 209 chests brown Bahia 365, and damaged 34s per cwt. At auction 340 hhds Cuba Muscovado were taken in at 35s to 38s; 3,240 bags 370 bkts Java 37s to 42s 64; a few damaged lots, however, sold at 33s 64 to 35s 6d for ,yellow, and mid grey 41s per cwt. Previous' terms are required for bonded parcels, still operations have not much exceeded those of the previous week, and are confined to three cargoes white Bahia for the Mediterranean at 23s 9d to 243. 600 chests yellow Havannah l9s per cwt. MOLASSES.—The amount of business concluded in West India has been small at from 13s 6d to 17s for low to fine, stAll lower rates are not likely t) prevail. East India is dull of sale at 123 to 13s per cwt. To-day at public sale 80 hhds Bengal Molasses were taken in at 13s per cwt. _ _ CuFFEE.— To-3ay there were not sellers of good ord Native Ceylon on the spot under 40s per cwt., but few inquiries prevailed. A public sale of 176 casks 242 begs Plantation went off quietly et barely former rater, and not above half sold; fine at 69s 6J, good mid and good 54s to 58s, and 503 to 539, fine fine ord and low mid 464 to. 48s 6d, good to fine ord 41s to 455. Mocha is not much wanted, and 31 bales 26 half bales went at easier rates; good at 661 6d, mid 54s to 56s 6d, and common 51s per cwt. Cocos.—Holders of West India have more con fidence, and have offered none at public sale, but a fair business has been concluded by private treaty, and former terms are well supported; we quote red at 39s to 465, and grey at 36s to 403 For cwt, In Foreign holders do not appear disposed to press sales, and require 27s to 29s per cwt. . TEA.—Holders of Black have been more disposed to realise, and submitted to rather lower rates, whilst the parcels on offer are larger than for some time past. In ord and good common Congou many purchases have been made at Bid to 9d, and medium 914 to is Id ; in other sorts, however, operations are limited at is lid to ' is 3d, and fine is 4d, to is Bd. • Fipe Green is not offered at any further decline, still town and country buyers have operated with caution ; there are sellers of inferior at a slight reduction, .and few buyers are to be found. Scented Teas are less required, and a fall is apparent, as in creased parcels are on offer. SPlcEs. At auction 50 cases of Cloves changed hands; good-and fine bold bright at is 3d to is 4d, mid is Id to is 2d, and ord dark lld to is Id per lb; 140 bags Bourbon were taken in at 7d for middling, being above the value. Holders of Mice have been obliged to accept prices 3d per pound under former demands •, but 50 packages at auction nearly all sold, fine and good mid 2s to 2s 3d, ord and good ord Is 7d to is lld, very ord is 4d to is 6d, Bastard kind 9d, damaged and wormy lld to 2s 3d. There is no variation in prices of better sorts of Nutmegs, but a fall has taken place of ld to 2d for inferior. The public sales have comprised . 350 packages ; fine brown went at 3s 10d to 4s, good 38 to 3s 4d, mid and good mid 2s 6d to 2s I Id, inferior 2s 2d to 2s sd, out of condition 2s to 2s I Id, shrivelled Is 4d to Is 10d, and wormy 6d to led. Of preserved Nutmegs 30 cases sold at 10d to 10W. There are still free sellers of Black Pepper, and the rates accepted are under those current previously. Rather more than half of 2,600 bags Penang at auc tion sold at lid to 2,id for ord and mid light dusty grey and brown, and at 2d to 2ial for damaged. 1,202 bags Malabar all found buyers; heavy at 3-id to 38d, and da maged 3id per lb. White Pepper at auction 56 bags all sold at 6id . to 7d for good bold, 58d fur mid, and damaged at sid to 60. Of Cayenne 24 cases west at 10d to"lld, and damaged 5d to 81 Ginger met with little attention, and prices keep on the decline. At auction 11 packages were sold at 85s to 943 for mid Jamaica, 437 begs export Bengal were taken in at 18s for mid dark rough, and damaged 17s; 66 bags cul tivated, very wormy 20i, but 146 bags African sold at 28s 6cl to 35s for damaged. Pimento is dull of sale, and prices continue to recede. Cassia Dgnea met with little attention by private treaty, and there has been no public sale. Previous rates are supported, and rule at 75s to 86s per cwt. To-day another decline took plsce in the value of Pimento, the whoa of 343 bags at public sale. finding buyers at to 41.1, atnl one ha b . Rica. — Fe day at public sale 432 bags 13eop1 Ric e sold about the former value, ord and mid white 8s to 8s , g 6d oo . d (a)nfdPfienaerlsmSaalgiowhliOte2 pearl. is went at *a the bere SPIRITS.—There has been rather more activity 1 ma '_yet for Jamaica Rum, still at previous terms t_ s . f are free sellers. About 250 puns have been solclna, from 9:1 to 3s over proof of middling to fine quality. For inferior 10d per gallon for 32 to 38 persons b the tendency is still downwards, as of these the e ag e r mostly consists. Demerara is not offered at any ', a id to reduction, but operations are only 150 puns at 2' t a p e 2s sil for 33 to 35 per cent over proof, and at thes e — t ee 215 to 245 fo a desire is evinced to sell. For Leeward Islandd to market has a quiet appearance, and are confine or 150 puncheons at is 3-id to is 4id per cent over proof, but chiefly at is 4d. In East India only small sales have been made at is 3d roe" w o rd, Brandy there is a dull sale, prices also tend doW 18 49, and rule fur Cognac, best brands of the vintage of ditto at 4s 3d to 4s sd; 1848, ditto 4s 5d to 43 7d; 1 4s lid to 5s Id, and inferior 2s 8d to 4s 3 d I )Be4r r 4 s fi s li el, Only small sales continue to be made in Genev a al -- ads and fine at 2s 3d to 3s. The demand for Briti.h w iO J Spirit has been limited at 9s 4d proof, and Gin at 7s w 8s 4d for 17 to 22 per cent. under proof. Oat COCHINEAL—Prices again exhibit a slight reell e and shippers as well as home dealers operate wit h c O O B e a ue ° tion; there is also no decrease of supply. e . m esas about half of 250 bags found purchasers. 11a- a r:pd. silvers went at from 3s 6d to 3s lld for ord to g - es Mexican 3s 6d to 3s Bd, mid to good black 3 3 7d to 98, and Teneriffe silvery black 3s 8d per lb. s ites' 1 1 ' SALTPETRE.—To-day Saltpetre met with little er Its tion by private treaty, and at auction 270 bags C al f: e ta were taken in at 26s for 5 per cent of good quality; are buyers at 25s 6d per cwt. bat INDIGO.—The market for East India is still firm' a re purchases have been moderate, yet former ter i l l ei ed well supported. For public sale the quantity B ea ;ea is now 12,228 chests. Prices are rather lower f or 160 nish, as the market is still well supplied. At a uction teg, serons Guatemala all sold at 2s 7d to 3s 5d fo r Cat and 33 -6cl to 4s fur mid to fine Sobres. el the OlLS.—Olive is offered at a further decline, St' Re d demand has not been brisker for any purPos.e,? an there are other arrivals. Gallipoli and Slow s ' 42l to be obtained 'at 44/ to 45/, other sorts ca d to 431 103 per tun. Lucca per jer Si 108 to i r a te; Florence half chests at 17s to 20s, whilst low bti es are likely to prevail. Operations in Rape th'e to, been to a small extent, and lower terms are ac ce d e for as the market is well supplied: the rates tak ea n to pale are 38s 6d to 39s 6d, and brown • % t ele I, 38s, whilst for delivery purchases can be — I , ea rather under these rates. Linseed Oil ha s 'a, operated in wieh caution for home consurnPtiSie and only limited export orders have been com pleted., i s further reduction has taken place, and 304 6cl to " t ee the value on the spot. There is firtness in a market for Palm, and operations have been aP fide, larger scale at 303 to 31s for good t° e 361 Seed has been purchased with caution, pale t e llort to 36/ 10s, straw and tinged 321 to 35/ 1059 r e and brown 301 to 311103. There has been a beite'iner mand for Cod, and few sellers are to be met unde r 35 ` r e tun. Southeruie still in limited supply, and agreater des k to is evinced to operate at 321 to 341 for ordinsr•lise fine. For Sperm a further increase has %re place in operations, and a less amount is on offer; mead.are firm, and fine Colonial realised 83/ to 8 41 . matter is in scanty supply, and fine 90/ to 921 Pe' ee te To-day at public sale 750 pkgs Cocoa Nut O il 320 nearly all taken in at 31s for Ceylon, and at 3 1 s i° for Cochin. • m oat TALLOW.—There has been no material ironre v e ets in the demand for Russian on the spot, still raer e " - pe exhibit more firmness, and it is difficult to purchase. ea' P. Y. C. under 375 per cwt, whilst a brisker sa le " peca cl to take place shortly. Few buyers are to to en e with for delivery in the year, still the rates insisted ar are 38s 3d to 38s 9d. a tilt TOBACCO.—Wo have had a quiet market last re "ve and sales cf all sorts have not exceeded 700 bbd.. trade have purchased sparingly and have shown outer pa-eat anxiety to increase their stocks, on the Pre s i - d e re. tion of prospective prices being ih favour of he'e e o, Prices have continued extremely firm. For expo rts of bales limited. In Virginia transactions have been °feet very limited character, and almost confined' to s ltY selections by the trade for immediate use. In Nert: a j e sf leaf and strips sales may be estimated at 140 bb' et and. 400 hhda of .strips, at firm prices; the has ' been quiet, and sales confined te I ct few manfeicturers, nearly 400 hogshea ds or the above having been taken by three the four buyers. Maryland—A few hhds taken 'Y e es/ trade. In Havannah leaf a fair extent of busia c t n ert, been done, chiefly in ord descriptions of recent of which were taken freely at full rates. A small Psrlsc e ta the new crop has just arrived. Recent advice; "eet Havannah state that a limited quantity had been bratil:ea to market, and realised exorbitantly high prices. se a active buiire ss was fully expepted, both tor home a se s - let exportation, at extreme rates. Havannah Cigars o f have been made to a limited extent, in conseque ll ' e - e ir i I stock being almost extremely bare of suitable or tions adarted for general trade, a large propsoorti°'ite recent arrivals being of large size, heavy, d a les unsuitable for this market. In Cuba and Yertli°,ooo I have been moderate, and confined to small Pura"b-aes ler immediate. use; large arrivals of the ft raier hpr to taken place during the month, but parcels bit"-etit sampled have not turned out of fine qualit ee l' es ills generally of low and ord descriptions. - e - ea Cheroots—The business done during the month ba s e ; t e e almost confined to small sales for ex p or t at i on . at 1.1,-fies easier rates. Colum hien, Ambalema, and Giron been •in moderate demand, th e t ra d e h av i n g e e ! l e , d f ined their i purchases in most in s t ances t o se l ect i ons for lle — e d a'e use. Prices for good and fine quaities poste:o,o 1 7 e colour have been fully supported, but for mid and f o ld slight reduction has been submitted to. German e ' e er import has been in very limited request, and th e t ' le o sales effected been in favour of buyers. Two or at small parcels of the new crop have arrived, and sa e ' s for remunerating prices. Amersfoot sales of a few essvelees snuff and cigar purposes have been made at pre bona rates. In Negrohead and Cavendish sales W e ; t ics made to a fair extent at full rates, but the high r eee as demanded for certain brands has prevented orde rs h.- being executed. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL, MAY 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The market again present :s ill activity, after a long period of depression, and prices gen or ia• have improved. The business to-day, however, was 60. 4 cipally confined to the shares of the Midland d Western Companies, and the closing price of Great vr' e. diS. Quarter Shares was 13 3-16 c.—Ditto, 171. Shares, SA Midland (501.) 21% c. dis. LI VERrOOL, M .AY 7. as STK/E. Excli.vtor:—The transactions to-day weree t iar low:—London and North-Western, 1011—Ditto, Ne.r o plo' tern, 2 dis.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 81. 9d. c. p....-East lon fo rit' shire 6V—Great Northern, 153 dis.—Lancashire and terf ritioneh ds shire, Consol., 3 , 14 , --Ditto, Fifths, 10A, dis.—..a g ave Stodkport,.and`Lititorn, 12 —Midland, 32:3,1 c. 11 5 h ilis.— . Bhrclershury and Chester Chester (14. • joid Preference, guaranteed S per cent., 12—South-E l O , 4)s Dover,l3 c.—Ditto, Consol. (No. 3), 18% —Ditto Registered, 41. Bs. td. MANCHESTER, MAY 7. it tedll STOCK EXCITING/E. - Our share market WAS _, ite .., and the amount of business done has been very li7 t ioas but there is a slight advance in prices. The traro a t . i tthst were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 35—Ditto, Un i o n, dis.—Ditto, Halves, 17—Ditto (West Riding b'eter. 9 3-16 dis.—Ditto (Preston and Wyre), 40. —Mane, I A 6 Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Grimsby (50/. Shares) , ° ore —Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, Ph—Ditto, 3 1-16—ShroP s Unions, 4 t / 4 dis. 7.81 RM, STOCK ExcHANGE.—TINGHAMhe share m MAT arket was firm t u „,,ge• but there were few transactions on the Stock Elj',, -- t ,03 ,4 Lcndm and North-Westerns as well as Great l ' re „ - t :co were a trifle better, and, generally speaking, railwaY looked up. ORK, MAY 6. go tole STOCK EXCHANGE.— Y The transactions to-day were o:f -low :—Great Northern, 51. 18s. 9d.—York and North land, 15—Ditto, Preference, 6%. GLASGOW, MAY 6. Srocx ExcnArrox.—The only transaction to-dal lfals Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, I , PI PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. ,-- Sout. go. Pati!way.—Yesterday the committee passed the proornif ss ue this company's Bill, for securing advantages on the re:o of forfeited or unissued shares, but postponed their deciol°_,eir that part of the Bill which seeks the constructio n of 're works. City of London Improvements—Yesterday the amble cf this Bill passed through Committee. of [ADVERTISEMENT.] A Remarkable Cut o tter Dropsy of the Chest by Holloway's Pills.—Extract o f 5 cl od from Mr. Monday , farmer, Kennington, near Oxford, os 0 Dec. 2, 1848 :—To' Professor Holloway : Sir,—Harlot ove n former occasion apprised you of an extraordinary Col ore myself by your invaluable medicine, it gives me great r e c hot to testify again to its efficacy in a case of dropsy of the sot with which my shepherd was afflicted, to whom, the van e d s was informed of the nature of his complaint, I recomole n so e' trial of your Pills; which advice was adopted with complel elo ! , so d cess, for by taking a few boxes only he was perfectly cue wa is now in sound health.—Sold by all Druggists, and at pro' , Holloway's Establishment, 244. &read, Leads' BIIi2:US. OF A EON. 'Ferrier' At Munich, on the 30th ult., the lady of J. T. Esq., jun., late of the Wurtemburg Lancers. „ fl oe, At Dulin, on the 3d inst., the wife of W. H. IS. Esq., of the Ist Royals. On the 4th inst., at Hopton, Lady Lacon. ir e o f On the sth inst.. at Minerva-cottage, Lee, the T. Tucker, Esq , R.N. OF A DAUGHTER. &WS On the sth inst., in Upper Eccieston-place, Belgrafel'- Mrs. R. P. Oldershaw. AI4JLJED. 0 ol On the 2d inst., at Sunbury, Middlesex, Walter, t.ulter William Cobbett, Esq., of Sunbury, to Clara Eliza , 03 of T. Marriott, Esq., of the same place. • DIED. or e. On the 4th inst., in George-street, Portman-SV" thew D'Arey Talbot, aged 63. cei , of On the 4th inst., Eelanor, the wife of J. J. Slater , Haselbeech, Ncrtamtonshire. ir * wic k- On the 4th inst h ., at p Hollyfield, Sutton Coldfield, f shire, Maria, widow of th e l a t e W. S m ith, Esq., age7 l 7 hr istY , On the 4th inst., at Surrey-square, aged 30, E' Esq" Esq., of Faringdon, Be r k s , f ourt h son of John Christy, of Aperfield-court, Cudham, Kent. A ii gliter 0 , 3 ° On the 4th inst., aged ‘zo, Mat: Jane, eldest ua- n'e the late Rev. James L. Wallace, 3 Head Master of ‘4 ,11 Elizabeth's Grammar -school, Sevenoaks, Kent. rJr. S' On the sth inst., at Grosvenor park, Camberrell, Treherne, late of Yeovil, Somerset, aged F 6 tree 4 On the 6th inst., Mr. S. Gates, of Great Qtle e--5 Lincoln's Inn-fields, aged 53. E s q. On the 6t.h inst.. Euston- square, G. B. Lonsdale 9 ,....idge• On the Bth inst., Mr. Wm. Marr, of Westminster road,L aged 53; for several years employed on this TflUN 44 ' r , rtdo-r! Printod .and Publi9bed by MITEDO • - Ply , 11Z e 0. tl2, bt..rancti L'xinter. at G i la arca gtr.nd, . •et . the bavoy, MiddlenrOlrednestigt MAY 8 1 1 858 . - • C Ingi tra 118 4 %el $L pia ;~ ioe t t i ' t 1 tit th