The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' COURT, May 23, (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER ) WATSON AND ANOTHER V. KIMPTuN. giver, 6, steam-sloop, C ommander Johnson, arrived at Panama on the 13th of April from Guayaquil. Cockatrice tender, Master-Commander ltoundle, arrived at Callao from Valparaiso, April 14, and sailed, 22d, for Payta. Gorgon, 6, steam-frigate, Commander Paynter, arrived at Punta Arenas, May 26, and sailed April 4. Styx steam-sloop sailed on Thursday morning from Devonport, in charge of Lieutenant Stevens, of tne St. George, manned from the St. George and the dockyard, for Portsmouth; from thence she will proceed to Pem broke, and bring back the marines now doing duty at Port, the duty henceforth to be performed by troops of the line. _BISCIWOD, 70, fitting for the ordinary guard-ship at t;. ll ,, atharn, has been se n t ou t o f d o ck, and is nearly corn -1)1 t!ci in her equipm en t. _mMesnee,. 80, nas b een t a k en i n t o dock - at Chatham, to wu T P u r n le her internal fittings. 4thaaer " 6"lb.vessel has been taken into dock , at Charn The °M e n, , to be tak en to p i eces. be a fin. of the Sardini an s t eam -f r i ga t e a pp ea r to them tak en ad • gentlemanly s ot o f men. They have, many o f , see the naval arse * "Ivantage of th e perm i ss i on ` g i ven t h em to the Count Pe. Yesterd a y h er f ormer capta i n , The Governolle a, i .. visited th e d oc k yar d i n pla i n clothes. excellent crew. 5 in very fi ne or d er, and she has a very Th e off Portsmouth bulk, )ins alongside the Victorio u s dock • curious customs, ain „ lo ,,, )ard. They have some fond of the pipe or " bwhi:thlrh they seem remarkably n i g ht, It seems to uuaally going he uoilt. , using it both day and are at work in the day, „,,, , 1 when they the purpose (we suppo., e ) of k t njght it is used for at t. ten o'clock at are en the qui vive. At talon g that the watch Ex uPz_and play for a night the Turkish hand usually atrik t e The gunner from the short time. been attached to them since their arriv Z Vent, who has to teach them the gun and sword exercins this country, them daily. They are said to be tolerably e, still visits apt scholars. The frigate will probably be masted the early part of next week. Cnentem.—Nearly the whole of the workmen of this establishment have availed themselves of the very lib eral Offer of the Admiralty, of granting them three days' holiday, without being checked of their pay, for the Purpose of visiting the Great Exhibition. The men a re to go in divisions—the first party will commence their holidays on the 26th inst. Mr. William Hale, boatswain of Chatham-yard, is superannuated on a pension of 100/. per annum. MARKET IN TEL LI GEN CM' (From the London New Price Current, May 23 .) SUGIAtt.--.1 2c l - day there was a goo d b us i nes s transacte d i n the West India Sugar market, but at rather lower rates, making the de c li ne for the week 6d to is per cwt. The par chases are 630 hhds Sm.—including at auction 37 hhds 41 trcsJamsica which so l d at 383 for good yellow, at 37s to 37s 8(1 for mid, low 368 to 36s Gil, and good brown 35s 6d. 80 hhds Trinidad, low and mid yellow 35s tid to 36s 6d, 9 hhds 35 tree 125 brls Barbadoes ; low and mid yellow 36s to 398, mi d 32s 6d to 40s 6d, 185 hhds 9 tree 13 brls Grenada ; mid to good yellow 37s to 398, low 3 6a to 36 s 6d, an d or d to , line brown 33s to 35 s 6 d per zwt the week are 1,92 5 bbds, &.e. . The tot a l purc h ases for I 3,SuagnaTi rates are on the decline, brown imps selling at 478 6cl to 48 3 per cwt. For all sorts of crushed the market is dull, were re Mairairrus.—This afternoon tphaerreewsa3 Mauritius S u gar, and el the limited soldnopriPvnabtlei y sale v of 4t easier terms. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon previous rates were barely supported for Bengal Sugar, but at public sale 2 ,100 bag ehutly out of condition were all sold, low to good mid White Bemires 38s to 41s, date yellow 335 to 36s 6d, and brown 27s 9d to 322. In Madras little was done. Fonziax.—This afternoon the private operations in Fo reign were small, and none wits offered at auction. The ten silency of prices is rather to decline. Mor.ssers.—Prices are firm for West India, and there is a fair business doing. Antigua at 168 to 17s, and other sorts at 14s to 168. Bengal and Mauritius remain dull of sale and vas be obtained at 12s to 12a 6d. Of Porto Rico Molasses I n 3 pnns and 5 trcs auction were taken in at 16s 6d per cwt. Ifoney is offered at a further decline. CoCos.—There has been a further increase in the supply orTrit3idad, and dealers not being much disposed to operate, j Plaintiffs in this action are hop mercb ants in the Bo rough. Defendant is a brewer and innkeeper at Cot tenham, near Cambridge. The action was brought to recover the sum of 21., the alleged balance of an account. Mr. PARNELL appeared as counsel for the defendant, who pleaded the general issue. The facts of the case were somewhat extraordinary. It appeared that in February and March, 1849, defendant gave an order to Mr. C. Hubbard, who was then the plaintiffs' traveller, for hops, which were duly forwarded with an invoice for 121. ss. 6d., which was subsequently paid to Al r . H u bb ard and accounted for in due course, and further orders were given to the extent of 22/. odd, which was paid. In January, 1850, however, plaintiffs wrote, requesting payment of the latter sum, but subsequently admitted that it was an error, and that the money had been duly paid and received by them; but subsequently they wrote to say that there had been an error iu the first invoice, and it ought to have been for 141. 53. 6d. Defendant refused to pay the difference. Witnesses were called, and only a portion of the plaintiffs' books produced. Mr. Hubbard proved the orders given, and that he had received the amount of the invoices, which had been accounted for, and not denied by the plaintiffs. Mr. PARNELL thought this was a most unjust and oppressive action. It would be so even had there been an error; for after two years vouchers might have been destroyed or lost, especially after subsequent accounts bad been settled. The error, if any, was clearly through the clumsy way i n wh i ch the plaintiffs kept their books- It was clear they bad not courage to put in the whole of the books, and even the one they did put in had erasures. ' The Learned SECONDARY left it to the jury whether there had been any mistake. If there had, and defen dant had not suffered any injury, perhaps the jury Would think that plaintiffs wero entitled to recover; but, on the other hand, although there might have been a have been if the d e f en d ant h a d b e en, or likely to been a loser by selling on the invoice price, then the doubt defen dant ought to be f o r t he defendant. No do though t th e c h arges low, and gavef urtherorders or ders, and as h o p s f e ll so did t h e beer. The plaintiffs' books appeared to have been very inaccurately kept, and the jtiry ought not to place any very great reliance upon them against the other evidence. The jury, after a brief consultation, gave a verdict for the defendant. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Commodore Arthur Fanshayse, C. 8., in the Centaur, 6 ' steam -frigate, Acting Captain P atten, may be daily ex punted at Spithead from the Coast of Africa; CGin iaudoro Brue in Cho Penelope st ea m-fripte, Captain e, Lyster, having relieved him as Commander of Oa Station. Asia, 84, Captain R. F. Stopford, is stripped at Ports mouth, and will be paid off on Saturday. Avon steam-tender, M. Veitcb, second master com manding, arrived at Devonport on W e d nes d a y f rom sheerness and Portsmouth. She then filled up w4h coals, took in p rov i s i ons, and sailed in the evening for Queenstown, where she will remain for some weeks, under the orders of Rear -Admiral Dixon. The old East Indianian, the Herefordshire freight ship, of 1,400 tons, belonging to Messrs. Fer guson and Moore, arrived et Spithead on Wednesday, and was towed into harbour alongside the yard jetty Yesterday morning. She is by far the best fitted ship for troops we have ever seen. Both troop decks are airy and specious. 'The infirmary and the part for the use of the women are very complete and commodious. The soldiers sleep in hammocks, which adds greatly to their cleanliness and comfort. She is to take the 13th Regiment and one company of the 44th to Gibraltar. From Gibraear she takes the usual route to the Wet Lichee, Halifax, and home. We understand the 13th are expected tq embark on Saturday neet. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Tiui: morning the Fairy steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fiteclarence, G.C.H., embarked the four youngest members of the royal family at the Ciarenee-yard under the usual cere menicai, and proceeded with tnem to Osborne. Oa the embarkation of the royal children the special train, in charge of Mr. Stovin, manager of the South-Western Railway, returned with the utmost speed to London to receive the Queen and Court. In two hours the journey we; performed. and at 2.40 P.M. the royal train again started from Nine Elms with the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Princess Royal, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Co burg, the Duke of Mecklen burgh, and a brilliant suite, and attended by Colonel Reid, of the 24 Life Guards, M.P. for Windsor (one of the directors of the South- Western Railway Company), Mr. Stovin, Mr. Beattie, Mr. Stevens, &c„ and arrived in the Clarence-yard at 4.47 this afternoon, where they were received by the naval and military authorities as usual on such occasions. The Fairy embarked the royal cortige and left with them for Osborne, the ships in the harbour and the Go vernolo, Sardinian steam-sloop, manning yards and sa luting, as did the Hogue, Ajax, and the Turkish sloop at Spithead. The Herefordshire troop-ship, in harbour, also manned her rigging. Her Majesty will return to town on Monday morning next. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will arrive at Gosport en route te Osborne to-morrow afternoon and return on Monday. Rear-Admiral Prescott, C. 8., proceeded on leave of absence yesterday, and struck his flag on board the Bri taenia. The Governoio, Sardinian steam-sloop, arrived yester day, and came into harbour from Woolwich. Reer-Admiral Moresby, C. 8., in the Portland, 50, was at Panama, from Valpaeaialo, April 20, and was about to sail in a few days for Vancouver's and the Sandwich Islands. A seaman was killed and four others were dangerously hurt at Callao from the bursting of a shell. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert hoisted the pent) int yesterday morning, when Commander Crispin, the officers and crew proceeded to get her ready for ser vice. At eleven o'cicck Captain Lord Adolphus Fitz defence went on board her, and the yacht immediately steamed to Cowes, where she will lie at anchor so long as the Court remain at Osborne. We understand her Majesty's birth-day will be celebrated at Osborne to-day. The hand of the Royal Marine corps go to Cowes to night to be in readiness to perform in the grounds of Osborne to-morrow morning. The Asia, 84, was diswasted yesterday, and will pay tiff to-day alongsid e t h e yard. We hear that a great many of her seamen have sent their traps to the Sailors' florae. Daphne, 18, Captain E. a Fanshaw, arrived at Pa nama, April 16, Irma Central America. Dasialus, 19, Captain B. Wellesley, arrived at Callao on the 12th of March, and sailed on the 15th for Buenos Ayres. th4Tafes taken have been 3s to 5s per cwt under those cur rent last week. Of 900 bags at auction the whole sold, ordi nary to good red at 39s to 465, and grey at 35s to 38s 6d, but chiefly at 36s to 39 5 . Th e va l ue of - Grenada is now 34s to 40s and with a dull demand. In Foreign the purchases have been trifling; Bahia and Para can be obtained at 26s to 28s, and Guayaquil at 30s. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market for home trade and export sorts of Coffee presented a dull appearance, and former rates are supported with difficulty. Native Ceylon in small parcels sold privately at 39s to 40s. Of Plantation Ceylon 46 casks 230 bags at auction were nearly all taken in at the full value, fine and superior at 71s to 75s ; the small part sold went at 58s to 66s for good to fine, and at 42s 6d to 52s for other sorts. The tendency of prices is evidently down wards for all kinds of Coffee. TEA —A further reduction has taken place for common and good ord Cliagou, lld to 1 lid per lb having been ac cepted ; a good business however has been concludtmeO,diom Ocher sorts are purchased with c au tion ; there are sel lers to rather strong blackish leaf at 11id to is Id oo oe a loo nd g b h et a t v e e r kinds is lid to is 7d. Several parcels of Isyorotsf G be r e e n en s , el w d i a th t esaseli l e er r s r a a t t e a s. fo r T t h h e e r r e sl i i s g s o t t i re a do p o le ti n o t n if , u y l et su s p l i p have been operated in with caution , and t he quantity on offer far exceeds dealers' wants. Scented and Pekoe Teas are dull of sale at the previous currency. RicE.—To-day Bengal Rice was in better demand, and 2,046 bags at auction were all sold at full rates, mid and good mid white at 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Of American 100 trcs were withdrawn ; there were buyers at 16s. Of Arrowroot 190 pkgs in part sold, Bermuda at is ld, other sorts of West India 2d to 3d per lb. 40 barrels Tapioca taken in at 3d to 44d per lb. SrfcEs.—To-day prices declined d per lb for Pepper; 1,031 bags at public sale sold—good clean black Sumatra at 3d; good light Batavia 21: t d, and Penang 2:Ad per lb. Of Cassia \rep 136 chts sold at 32s 6d to 388; loose and broken 31s 6d to 335, these are lower rates. Of Pimento 9 bags went at 4 3 4 d per lb. SPIRITS. — There has been a further decline for East India Rum ; sales are, however, upon a more extended scale, and amount to 400 puns at is 3d to is 3i.cl proof. The rates taken are is 5d to is 6d for proof Leewards, and purchases have been small. Demerara is cheaper; but a good business has been concluded in strong sorts, and sales are 300 hhds at 2s to 2s 2d for 33 to 40 over proof. The amount of business done in Jamaica has been again small by shippers and home dealers; holders are desirous to sell, low and mid quality 30 to 34 per cent over proof at 2s 3d to 2s 7d, good mid to good 33 to 34 per cent over 2s 8d to 33 3d, and fine 3s 4d to 4s per gallon. Brandy is not cheaper, but little has been done. The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 is 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 8d to 4s 10d, 1847 ditto 58 3d to 5s sd, inferior 2s 63 to 4s; and Bor deaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d. In British made Spirit or Geneva there is no variation. INDIGO. —Since the termination of the auctions there has been little desire on the part of shippers or home dealers to operate in East India, and at former rates merchants are disposed to sell ' indeed, if parcels were to be pressed a de cline would be the result. Imports have been on a large scale since last week, and the stock exceeds that of the previous season by 2,700 chests, whereas home and export deliveries are less by 4,400 chests. The large public sale of 1,241 serons of Guatemala Indigo will take place on Monday; there has, in consequence, been but little business concluded privately in Spanish this week. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-weet. J. Burrell, Blackmore, Essex, victualler, June 20, at one—W. Couch, John-street, Fitzroy -square, pianoforte maker, June 13, at two—J. Glasspool, Regent-street, lathes' boot and shoemaker, Juno 16, at twelve—W. 11. Tautz and B. Jackson, Great Russell-street, Tottenham court-road, linendrapers and milliners, Juno 17, at twelve. In the Country. B. Davis, Tredegar, Monmouthshire. draper, June 17, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—H. Reynolds, Aber haman, Glamorganshire, innkeeper and coal contractor, June 18, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol —W. G. Wil liams, Carnarvon, woollen and linendraper, June 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —J. Hill, Holcombe Bogus, Devonshire, linendraper, June 18, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. B. Warcup, Broadway, Deptford, certificate of the second class—C. Graham, New Oxford-street, hosier, certificate of the third class—J. C. C. Millar, Clifton street, Finsbury, surgeon and apothecary, certificate of the second class—T. Rowan, Cambridge, draper and tea dealer, certificate of the third class—S. Shaw, Saddle worth, Yorkshire, timber-merchant and lime-dealer, certificate of the second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Wallace, J. Watchurst, and R. Thompson, Man chester, cotton spinners —R. Mirfield and M. Mirfield, East Bierley, Yorkshire, topmakers—J. Barnes and H. Benson, Laneside, Lancashire, manufacturing chemists and drugget dyers—A. Crompton, and A. Milne, Crompton, Lancashire, cotton spinners (as far as regards the said A. Crompton) —S. E. Taylor, G. B. Taylor, and F. Chamberlain, Bristol, West India coopers (as far as regards the said S. E. Taylor)—W. Jones and P. R. Philipps, Bailisifi, Carmarthenshire, ironfounders—C. R. Freeman and H. Freeman, Norwich, grocers—J. Kenward, T. Ticehurst, and J. Stonham, Manchester, drapers—J. Roper and C. Cocker, Wakefield, York shire, woolstaplers—J. Whyatt and J. Clarke, Man chester and Salford, common brewers—W. Shaw and W. Draper, Manchester, fustian manufacturers—E. Shaw and W. Poulson, Kuottingley, Yorkshire, earthen ware manufacturers—G. A. L. Marshall and W. Haigh, Carey-lane, City, wholesale shirt makers—S. Liverside and H. Cooper, Hall Bower, Yorkshire, fancy manufac turers—J. Stevenson, R. Baxter, W. Stevenson, and R. N. Baxter, Brinsworth, Yorkshire, millers—J. Laidlaw and J. Erskine, Truro, Cornwall, drapers—N. M. Day, J. T. Metcalfe, and G. Metcalfe, industrial cutting-ma chine manufacturers—G. H. Ames, P. Maze, P. W. S. Miles. J. W. Miles, G. Gibbs, R. Bright, I'. F. Aiken, T. Kington, C. Pinney, 11. Bush, R. Ricketts, and C. F. Sage, Bristol (as far as regards the said P. F. Aiken.) INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George Stone, Poling, Sussex, blacksmith. John Shaw, Kingston-upon -Hull. William Anderson, Kingston upon-Hull, journeyman shipwright. Samuel Ward, Kingston-upon-Hull, licensed victualler. Joseph Green, Kingston-upon-Hull, hairdresser. Hannah Watson, Kingston-upon-Hull, Thomas Roberts, Presteigne, Radnorshire, chemist. Joseph Booth, Manchester, journeyman paper stainer. Charles Willett, Manchester, schoolmaster. Edward Scholes, Crowland, Lincolnshire, tailor. Alexander Pope Fletcher, Paington, Devonshire, school master. Joseph Anstey, Birmingham, greengrocer. Frederick Love Watson, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, tailor. William Tarvar, Smethwick, Staffordshire, road con tractor. Samuel Share, Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer. Robert Cockerill, Towcester, Northamptonshire, agent to the County Fire-office. William Henry Fisher, Leckamptan, Glouce s t ers hi re. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. W. Wanless, Edinburgh, grocer, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, May 26, and June 19, al twelve. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 23. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL. When the gallery was opened we found the LORD CHANCELLOR presenting a petition against the Bill for the registration of assurances of land. In doing so his Lordship expressed his disapprobation of certain provisions of this Bill. Lard CAMPBELL was surprised at the opposition offered to this Bill, which was founded upon the reports of the Commissioners on Real:Property, and which had been considered in Select Committee, and which he be lieved bad in principle the support of the great majority of their Lordships. The Earl of FEVERSHAM was opposed to the Bill. It was most urgent that the landed proprietors of the country should be called upon to register their title-deeds and their mortgages. It would cast a great expense on them, and would be most unjust. It was not the county attorneys alone, it was the great body of the landed pro prietors who were opposed to this 'measure of general registration of title-deeds. They would require a build ing as large as the Crystal Palace to hold all these registers. Lord BEAUMONT thought the 130 urse adopted by the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack was scarcely fair. The report on which the Bill was founded was pre sented to that House last year, and was referred to a se lect Committee, on which the Nobles and Learned Lord sat. His only objection was to an index of maps that was,overruled. The Committee then went into Com mittee, when the Noble and Leetr.ned Lord had an opportunity of bringing forwttr d his objections. He did not bring forward his °kit:diens. Instead of the present process the proposed met wiure gave the mort gagee perfect security without ex pense. The Noble and Learned Lord never stated bi a objections in Com mittee, and that was the proper plac e for the Noble and Learned Lord to bring forward his objections if he en tertained them. He had a great nuspicion that the Noble and Learned Lord was against registration altogether, and he thought he might turn round and oppose the measure whip h was introduced by his own colleagues in the Government. There was no intention, as the Noble Lord opposite supposed, of forcing him to bring all his titl. a- deeds to London. All he would have to do, if he wish( el to dispose of his estate, would be to afford the propos.Sl i purchaser an op portunity, which under the present P. 3 "stem he would de mand, of investigating the title; arid the registration would enable the purchaser to dispo at 3 of the estate with much greater facility than the No It le Lord could do under the present system. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that his respect for their Lordships would not suffer him to pass over the imputation of unfairness, and he hoped that their Lord ships would not judge of the gent ual accuracy of the Noble Lord by his accuracy on this occasion. He had attended the Committee on its second 'meeting, and stated that he understood that great object ions existed to the scheme, but had not made up his mu ell, and that under standing great differences or opinion e xisted among the Commissioners, he said he thought t b e best plan would be to examine the Commissioners. T h ey were examined, and, although that examination was not concluded, he had heard sufficient to satisfy him th set the plan of maps was perfectly impracticable. If apl I could be devised fir registration which could carry 'out the object he would support it. It was easy to bring in Bills for reform, but unless they were well considered ti to sy were worse than useless. If this Bill could facilitate the-conveyance of pro. perty it would be ofgreat use,if not it w could be a great evil. Ho had not attended the Committee iei ace. He had not the power of attending the Committee and of admi nistering justice in their Lordships ' House and the Court of Chancery at the same ti roe.—(Hear, bear.) What did the Noble Lord mean taxing him with unfairness ? He had done his best, ct )nsistent with the numerous and onerous duties he had to perform— (Hear)—to understand this Bill, and he thought the Bill required amendment. Theres was one clause which was most objectionable, and t h at was the clause that required a will to be registered'. within two years. That clause would disinherit many wi,t lows and orphans. He had met with many person s who had been loud in their eulogies on this Li 11, because they were ignorant of its provisions, but, when they were informed of them they changed their o pinions. He was not the opponent of registration, hte would be a most zealous assistant if his Noble and Lear ned Friend would introduce a measure that was practicable. Lord BEAUMONT explained, that in using the word unfairness he had no intention of cast ing any personal imputation on the Noble and Learns d Lord. He had merely meant to say that he thought, if the Noble and Learned Lord had attended the Corm tnittee he might have rendered the cause of registrati on, of which he declared himself a friend, great services,. Lord CRA.NWORTH made several observations in defence of the Bill. The nature of th e machinery by which the Bill was to b e carried in to execution was pointed out, and the modes operandi, b ra t t h e d eta il s were not pointed out. If their Lordships s tense to wait till the n . He felt details were s e t t l e d, t h e Bil l must be postponed indefi itely t that there was great f orce i n t h e objec tion to proceeding with this Bill to-nigt.t, inasmuch as the print had only been circulated yesterday. Here the conversation dropped. SALTPETRE. - This afternoon Saltpetre was less in request, and prices declined 6d per cwt. At auction 757 bags Cal cutta were sold—fine 4% to 2% per cent at 27s 6d to 28s, and 5 1 / 4 ditto at 27s for very good. CocnntEAL.—This afternoon at public sale 65 bags Tene rife Cochineal were only in part sold at 3s 4d to 3s 7d, but chiefly at 3s 4d per lb. TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of 600 casks Sydney Tallow went at 36s to 37s 3d for Sheep ; Ox 34s to 35s 661 ; 200 pkgs South American 34s to 368 9d ; 50 cks East India Vegetable Tallow 27s 6d to 21s 6d. OlLS.—This afternoon the public sales of 270 tuns Sperm Oil went at lower rates, and a part only sold ; the best did not sell above.Bsl; 138 casks Gingelly Oil at 281 to 30/ per tun_ THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 23. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 22, 1551. It is hereby notified that Viscount Palmerston, her Ma esty' Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has receive from Sir Stratford Canning, her Majesty's Ambassa dor at Constantinople, a dispatch, dated the 23d of April last, enclosing a " note verbale" or memorandum from the Porte, announcing that the blockade of the coasts and ports of Samos has been raised by order of the Sultan. WHITEHALL, MAY 23. [The following is substituted for the article which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last, the 20th instant.) The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Dalrymple, Esq., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Princißal of the shire of Wigton, in the room of Randolph Earl of Galloway, resigned. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 23. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Henry John Townsend Stephens to be Lieutenant, by pur clase, vice Honourable Jacob Henry D. Astley, who retires; Assistant- Surgeon Thomas Tardrew, from the let Regiment of Life Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Abraham James Nisbet Connel, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, May 23. Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Somerset John Gough Cal thorpe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davis, who re tires, May 23. 2d Regiment of Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Francis Holton, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, May 23. 10th Foot—Surgeon Charles Alexander Gordon, M.D., from the 57th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Mockler, who ex changes, May 23. 14th Foot—Ensign John Barlow to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Payne, who retires, May 23. 21st Foot--Captain James Hill Albouy, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickins, who exchanges, May 23. 45th Foot—Brevet Major Edward Baker Bere, from half pay 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Donald Wil liam Tench, who exchanges; Lieutenant George William Morris to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bere, who retires ; Ensign Robert Graham Howard to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Morris, May 23. 46th Foot Captain George Caldwell Dickins, from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice Albouy, who exchanges, May 23. 57th Foot—Surgeon Edward Mockler, from the 10th Foot, I to be Surgeon, vice Gordon, who exchanges, May 23. 62d Foot—Brevet Major William Mathias to be Major, by purchase, vice Jones, promoted in the 2d West India Regi ment; Lieutenant and Adjutant John M. M. Hewett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mathias ; Ensign George O'Don nell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hewett, promoted ; Lieutenant Charles Lambert to be Adjutant, vice Hewett, promoted, May 23. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Johnston, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Nicholson, deceased, Feb. 17. 2nd West India Regiment—Major Loftus Francis Jones, from the 62nd Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Sedley, who retires, May 23. STAFF.—Brevet Lietenant-Colonel Edward Macarthur, on half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Assistant-General to the Forces serving in New South Wales, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Godfrey Charles Mundy, who resigns, May 23. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. William Henry Frederick Cavendish, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy for London. Regiment of Royal London Militia—Lieutenant -Colonel William Thompson to be Colonel, vice Colonel Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, Bart., deceased, May 13. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and I Bristol. Royal South Battalion of Gloucester Light Infantry Regi ment of Militia—Allen Alexander Bathurst, Gent., to be Ensign, May 16 ; Edward Stratton Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hawker, promoted, May 19. WHITEHALL, MAY 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry Atkin son, of Blandford, in the county of Dorset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSE )ED. Thomas Bagg, publican, Aston, Warwickshire. BANKRUPTS. James }lucks, cooper, Mill Pond-bridge, Rotherhithe, to surrender June 3, at two, and July 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Borradaile and Dimsdale, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. John Bavin, draper, Wisbeacb, May 31, at half-past one, and July 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole and Turner, Alder manbury. Shadrach Edward Robert Jones, apothecary, Wroekwar dine, Shropsbire, June 3 and 25, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. George Machin, spade and shovel manufacturer, Dudley, Worcester, June 5 and July 3, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Dingnam and Hemmant, Walsall. John Wilkinson, brace manufacturer, Nottingham, June 13 and July 11, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Shilton and Son, I Nottingham. Edmund William Reilly, livery-stable keeper, Bath, June C, and July 7, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, ofti cial assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath. William George Henry Taunton, civil engineer, Liver pool, June 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Holt and Rowe, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Musco va d o S ugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending May 2U, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 275. 2d. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 2Ss. lid. From the East Indies .. ••• ... 255. Sid. „ „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... .• 273. 40. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, May 23. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) ♦n Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of ➢fay, 185 MDR DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 26,705,095 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,671,720 Silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 26,705,095 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 221 day of May, 1851. £26,705,095 BANKING oEPAILTNEN T. Proprletorecapital 14,553,000 Rest .. • • • • 3,139,966 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di - Government marl. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,590,988 Other securities .. 11,887,695 Notes ........ •. •• .. 7,579,520 Gold and silver coin.. 651,325 GUANO. The Duke of RICHMOND, after It aving presented a number of petitions from places in Susi ex, and in various parts of Scotland, against Papal egg cession, proceeded to say that he wished to pnt a glut stion to his Noble Friend the Secretary for the colonise s on a subject of some importance to the agriculturists of this country. It was well known that there had been a xtensive importa tions of guano of late years into our ports. The Peru vian Government had hitherto enjoy ed a monopoly of that article, and although they migl it have sold it in London at a profit for Si. a ton, they had charged for it not less than 91. or 101. a ton. The agri culturists of this country had, hove ver, learned with great satisfaction that a discovery of large quan tities of guano had lately been made in Wes tern Australia. But they had at the same time learned with surprise and regret that the Governor of that colony had placed upon the article the enormous export duty of 21. per ton. Now, as the pesiple of this coun try admitted Australian wool and corn into their markets without the payment of any duty, it was rather hard that the Australian Government should place on one of their export articles that hig la duty. He wished to ask his Noble Friend whether he was aware that the Governor of Western Australia had ii nposed that heavy tax on the export of guano; and. il' so, whether that proceeding met with his approval? Earl GREY said it was true that a discovery of large quantities of guano had been made in Western Austra lia at a distance of about 300 mile s to the north of Fremantle. It was also true that sea export duty of about 21. per ton had been imposed 13:7 the Governor of Western Australia on that article. When that intelli gence had reached him, he had felt •that that duty was too high. But as the article was a valuable one, and to be found in limited quantities only . , and as it was de sirable that precautions should be tak en for preventing its being wasted, he thought it only fair that a mode rate duty should be paid for covering the cost of those precautions. In the years 1844 and 1845 the export duty on guano had been fixed at the Cape of Good Hope at 11. per ton. That appeared eo him to be a fair amount, and he thought it only reasonable that a simi lar charge should be imposed in Western Australia. He had therefore sent a dispatch to the Governor of that colony directing him to reduce the export duty on guano to 1/. per ton, and at the sane° time to afford every facility in his power to persons engaged in that trade. vlaend accounts).. 6,017,417 Other depo4its •• •• •• 8,921,477 Seven day and other Pas— •• • • 1,077,668 £33,709,528 Z 33,709,528 '. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 22d day of May, 1851 SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that tha mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and Mby the morning--aiispateh.] When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-office port dis- When London. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 30 .. .. Liverpool.. May 27 America (by U.S. pkt.) N May 27 .. Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pkt.) M June 4 Southampt. May 29 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth June 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of rue. Dover .. May 28 Belgium • . • . •• N Daily .. I Dover .. Daily Brazil . .. 9th of the month !Southampt. Jun e 12 Buenos Ayres M'9th of the month Soathampt. June 12 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month I Southampt. June 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th o f month I Plymouth.. !June 3 Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover .. May 30 Central America M2d & 17th of mo n. ISouthampt. June 5 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., & Southampt. Tn. Th.S a Chili M 17th of the mon th 'Southampt. June 5 France .. & NLTwice daily .. !Dover • • Twicedaily Greece* .. .. Nith 17th 27th ef mo !Dover • • May 30 Hamburgh NiTuesday & Frk lay ,London .. Tues. Sat. Holland • . M,Wednes. & Sa• tur.'London Moff.Thrr Honduras .. N.l7th of the mc Southampt. June 20 Ireland .. •• M & *Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .•!Twicedally India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the as math Southampt. !May 23 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th offal onth Dover • .June 2 Mediterranean (via c Southampton) .. M 20th of the rti mth Southampt. !May 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N,7th& 21th of rf ionth Dover • • 'June 2 Mexico .. M2d of the na Di nth.. Southampt.lJunes 1 } Madeira • • • • .. M 9111 of the nic nth Southampt. J une 1 2 Malta* - ,7th,17th,191.h ,27th! Dover Ma & 30th of r n oath y 28 Naples* N'sth 15th 25th ofrno Dover •• June 2 Papal States* .. sth 15th 2.5 t to ofmoDover .. June 2 Peninsular.. 7th 17th 27tla of mo Southampt. May 24 Peru .. 17th of the ir onth ISouthampt. June 5 Tuscany* N sth 15th 25t h ofmo Dover •• June 2 West Indies 17th of the month ISoutharapt. June 20 West Indies (except ! Havanna & Nassau) M Id of the m! )nth ..!Southampt. !June 5 ' l ' The malls to those c ountries th. 114 i marked ( 4 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. CiraFoama.—Mails to and from Cie lifornia, ria the United State are now despatched and due by every American packet. The Duke of RICHMOND said ho felt much obliged to his Noble Friend for that answer. He would, how ever, remind his Noble Friend, that in the years 1844 and 184.5, when a duty of IL per ton had been imposed on guano at the Cape of Good Hope, the agriculturists of the country had been much better able to afford the payment of it than they were at preseu t.—(Hear.) They had then been receiving 60s. a quarter for wheat, while they were at present receiving only 4403. a quarter; and if they could get a return to the old prices of wheat they would have no objection to the payment of a duty of I/. per ton on guano.—(Hear. and laughter.) He would, however, submit to his Noble Friend, that it would at least be but fair to order the Custom-house officers to return 11. on each ton of that guano for which a duty of 21. per ton had already been paid. Earl GREY said it was not always easy to remedy a mistake. He believed that if IL of the 21. duty were returned that would be of very little use to the farmers, and would benefit no parties but those who had shipped the article. RAILWAY SHALE MARKETS. BRISTOL, WAY 22. STOCK EXCHACTOE.—The sha ri 3 market is still depressed. The only transaction reported t(>-day was—Yale of Neath, Goa dia. LIVERPOOL, MAY 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sha ri3 market keeps steady, at about the opening prices to-da.y., but not much business doing. The transactions were as; follow :—Caledonian, 13— Ea3t Lancashire, 14%—Lancash ire and Yorkshire, 56% i;itto, Fifths, dis.—London and North-Western, 122 Ditto, New Quarters, 3 1 1 2 p.-7 tlidland, 5 5 —Ditto, Halves, 16 dis. —South-Eastern and Dov ei , 244—York and North Midland, 23 __ . MANCHESTER;, MAY 22. Brocx EXCHANGE.—The trans is .ctions to-day were as fol low :—East Lancashire, Quart( n •s, 1 4X—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 56 —Ditto (W. R. Union), 5 1 ,4 dis—North Staffordshire, 7% dis.—South-E a stern and Dover, 24 n. BIRMINGHAM[, MAY 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share narket continues depressed. The only transactions reported to- lay were —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5% dis.—Ditl.c (B), 4/. 1 ls. 3d. dis. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Adams, W. B. Adams, and G. Ralston, Bow, Mid dlesex, engineers and railway carriage builders, June 14, at half-past eleven—G. Maddison, Swaffham, Norfolk, grocer and tallow chandler, Jane 14, at one—R. Havann, Canterbury, fellmonger, Jane 14, at eleven—H. Med worth, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridge, grocer, June 20, at halt-past eleven—T. L. Clayton, Pottesgrove, Bedford shire, milkman, Jtin , , 13, at one—G. R. Galloway, St., victualler, June 19, J ohn -street, brush manufacturer. June 17, at eleven—R. D odd, Sheerness, builder, June 17, at half-past eleven— ': Saul', Long Buckley, Northamptonshire, licensed month Cansdall at one—S. Jevons, Lincoln, shoe- Shore'tuakkee June , teh "iv at twelve—W. Locks, Leonard -street, timber merchant. June 19, at twelve—J. M. ley, sid e, Norwich, draper, June 19, at eleven—F. Tap , Dev ons hi re, linen draper, June 19, at eleven. PENTONVILLE PRISON. The Bishop of OXFORD rose, pursuant to notice, to iut a question on the subject of certain recent altera tions in the administration of Pentonville Prison. That prison had been originally established with a view to make a great experiment for the punishment, and at the same time for the reformation, of criminals. In order to carry out that experiment it had been arranged that no person who had become indurated in vice should be confined in that prison; that it should only be employed for the punishment of persons who had com mitted a first, or at most, a second, offence; that pri soners there should be subject to separate confinement; and that after they had been released from it they should not be subject to any degrading punishment, or compelled to associate with the more abandoned class of criminals. That arrangement had been for some years adhered to, and, as he believed, with marked success. But it would appear from the report which had been presented to Parliament last year, with re spect to the state of the prison, and from the report of this year, which had been printed, but which had not yet been published, that those conditions had recently been, to a great extent, disregarded. Ile found that among tho parties who had last year been sent to Pen tonviile Prison, some had been punished five times, others six times, others ten times, others sixteen times, and others so many as twenty times, while some of them were convicts who had returned from Veil Diemen'e Land after having spent there a term of transportation during the worst and most frightful period of the penal system in that colony. It appeared, too, that although one chaplain had declared that the system could not be fairly tried unless the pri soners were kept at Pentonville for a period of twelve months; and although another chaplain thought an im prisonment of eighteen months indispensable for that purpose, the average period ef the imprisonment of par ties last year had not exceeded forty weeks. Then, again, with respect to the destination of those persons who hod passed through the discipline of the prison, he perceived that in that ease also there had been a departure from the original understanding upon the subject. It had seed originally proposed that those persons should be allowed an opportunity, either in this country or in some of our colonies, of regaining by industry and honesty a place in society. But he found from the return for the last year that 68 of them had been sent in one draught to the York hulk; that 23 of them had been sent there in ano- MEDITERRANEAN SCREWS,• AND PADDLES. 'The Liverpool steamer Nile, which ret n rued to Malta on the 29th April with damage, left again on ti he 7th May for Liverpool, after making the necessary repair na. At the period of her bearing up for IWalta this vessel him I no less than thirtean feet of water in her after compartment ; but, being constructed of iron, and divided into compartro, ants, th e cen t re and fore parts f the ship remained perfectly tight and dry. This in stance affords a great proof of the security of life in iron over wooden vessels, and furnishes a strong recommendation to our Legislature to adopt iro n ships for mail ser vices, when attended with passes gl ar traffic, in prefer ence to wooden ones. In the case be: Fore us, had the leak occurred to a wooden vessel, the can 3W could not hate done otherwise than abandon her, and. endeavour to seek, by means of the ship's boats, the possible although uncertain preservation of their lives, whilst ; a noble ship, • w ith a valuable cargo, mus t have been inevitably lost. The Peninsular and Oriental Com; any's steam-ship Sul tan, which left Southampton or , the 29th of April, reached Malta on the night of I he Bth of May, and the Ganges, belonging to the sam e company, which left the same port on the night of the 3 st May, reached Malta early on the morning of the 9tlt , both vessels having touched and coaled at Gibraltar. Ti e Ripon, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, arrived at Malta, after an un precedentedly fine run of three days i and six and a half hours from Alexandria, on the morning of the 13th May. and was to leave for Southampton on the sra ne evening. The over landbank above London mail of the 7th May Ix ad not reached Malta at noon on the 13th. The Sultan le f t for Constantinople on the 9th May, and the Ganges for Ale xandria on the 10th. and the totalio beeUurPH-STREET SAVINGS-BAlir. K.—An account has drawn up stating the particula -s of the mode in which the n 3P >OM voted for the relief of the depositors in the late unpaid, but for wbie claimants. named i has been distribul ed among the various total number of adin itted claims was 1,977, the claims were 27,744/. 4a. amount of them 56,221 9/. 16s. 4d. On these has been paid, and 3671. 15s. 9d. remains who ' l l orders have heel i prepared. In 7 cases claim was admitted, rejected, and in 20 only part of the 2,454/. Ils. the amounts reje cted making a total of Jane 13, at eleve n m e i', T. Dean, seaconk the Country. Cheshire, chemist and druggist, ciourther and spirit merchant, June Newcastle-upon.T 3 , ne h e Court, Liverpool—J. Johnson, a e wcastle-upon-Tyne. atrDEIVIDENDS. 19, at twelve, a y t wi th E e NTs urday , Santbreol-ncsotu.,rta,nßa J. P. Burnell, Moorgs t t e . eleven and two, Elana-anld china and glass dealer, 33, 9d. o e t t i a nd ~ Coleman-street, s,b4 t urday, 24th inst., two, at the and three subsequent Sat a t s h i Th r e g : at the office of Mr. Edwards hall-street. Elizabeth-street, victualler, 4s. Id., on Saturday, 2 4 , h i P ace, licensed C. G. Jones, subsequent Saturdays, between eh3vcrt office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook -court, B • astnghall street. G. J. Sharp, Duke-street, Tooley-street, Southwark, tailor, 3id., on Saturday, 24th inst., and three sub3e. quent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the offi ce of Mr. EdwaTds, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. S. Keen and W. Langford, John-street, Pentonville, brewers, Is. 51, on new proofs, on Saturday, 24th inst., and three subtsequent Saturdays, between eleven rand two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basing hall-street. 11. B. T nek New Cavendish-street, milliner, la, on Saturday,9 ' -4th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween etewn and Sambro k twc, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Edwards, o •court, Basi h ll' 1 t J• D. Clegg, R og a s ree . 9d., on Tue sday , plen, Lancashire, cotton-spinner, ls. between eleven an d 27,0 r any subsequent Tuesday, cheater. _ one, , a t the office of Mr. Putt, ,Man - , THE 12TH LANCERS FOR. TE E CAPE OF GOOD HOPS. —The Government decided yes terday that a cavalry regiment should proceed to the Cape of Good Hope ; and the Commander-in-Chief has issued ordea l I to hold themselves for embarkation tab tto the 12th Lancers that colony. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1851. ther draught; that 53 of them had been sent to Portland prison; and that 109 of them had been sent to the hulks at Bermuda. Now, he was aware that the Surveyor- General of Prisons thought that the object for which the prison had been founded might be attaiued, notwith standing those alterations, and he entertained the highest respect for that gentleman; but still that was merely a matter of opinion, and he confessed he could not help arriving at a contrary conclusion. Pentonville prison had been established for the purpose of carrying out the great experiment in the way of the reformation of pri soners; and in his opinion that experiment could not be fairly tried if hardened criminals were sent to the prison, and if those who had passed through the discipline there were subsequently exposed to the worst species of moral contamination. He believed that the practice of sending those persons to the public works in Portland, Bermuda, or elsewhere, would be fatal to the whole system. He was glad, however, to find that in one department of the public works at Portland arrangements had been made which would save the prisoners from the loss of self-respect, by removing them from the public gaze and enabling them to gain some of the rewards of labour. But he should• repeat, that he feared the system originally established at Pen tonville prison had been departed from to an extent which seriously endangered the success of the whole ex periment. The question he had to ask her Majesty's Ministers was, how far they bad carried out, or in tended to carry out, alterations in the fundamental prin ciples of the administration of the Pentonville prison? He should be glad to receive from them any explana tion they might be able to offer upon the points to which he had just directed their attention. Earl GREY said, it was true that Pentonville prison stood at present on a somewhat different footing from that which it had been occupied when it had been used merely for the purpose of carrying out a great experi ment. That prison had originally been established with a view to determine whether the system of sepa rate confinement ought or aught not to be generally adopted. So long as that system was employed as an experiment it was quite right that it should be strictly adhered to; but it was obvious, that in order to make it really tell on the criminal administration of the country it was necessary, after the experiment had been found successful on a limited scale, it should be extended to criminals generally, and not he confined to a few selected individuals. The experiment as originally made had been found eminently successful, and it was for that reason that it had been carried into more extended operation. It was true that prisoners who had returned to this country after having undergone former sentences of transportation were at peesent to be found in Pentonville prison; but he should observe that those persons formed the very class of cri minals whom it was most desirable to subject to separate confinement, and to deprive of the opportunity of conta minating the minds of others. There was no part of the punishment to which criminals were subjected which they dreaded so mach as separate confinement. They all knew that it was so awfully severe that no man could undergo it for any great length of time without consi derable injury to both mind and body. Indeed without the nicest attention it could not be safe to inflict that system beyond a given time. Some time ago some men were kept for twenty months under the operation of the system, and they were broken in health and strength to a degree which it was never the intention of Government or Parliament to effect.—(Hear, hear.) Now, if men went through that punishment for minor offences, there should be something more for serious crimes. As long as it was an experiment it might be very well to confine it to one particular class, but when it became a general system, they could not apply the same punishment to the man who had committed a minor offence and to him who bad committed a manslaughter, only a degree removed from murder. Such a prisoner ought not to be sent, after eighteen months' separate imprisonment, to labour. The system of convict labour pursued at Portland was carried out in the hulks. A change in the system was no doubt de sirable, but it could only be brought into operation gradually. It was the intention of his Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department to get rid of the hulks as fast as possible ; and a sum of 10,000?. or 12,000?. yearly was applied in extending convict accommodation at Bermuda, Gibraltar, Port land, and Dartmoor. The Right Rev. Prelate seemed to think that separate confinement should follow, not precede, labour in gangs ; and he had referred to the opinions of Sir W. Denison in support of his proposi tion. But it should be remembered that Sir W. De nison had given that opinion in 1847 before he could have had sufficient experience of the conduct and lives of the convicts subjected to the separate confinement system, and then put upon the public works.—(Hear, hear.) All those who superintended public works agreed in opinion that it would be impossible to enforce the system which they carried on at such works, if the convicts had not previously gone through the ordeal of separate confinement. They found that the severest punishment to b e i n fli c t e d on convicts engaged i n associated labour gangs was to send them back to separate confinement. It was said that the labour in Portland could not be penal unless it was degrading; but he would ask was not that labour a punishment, and were not all punishments degrading? Undoubtedly it was felt to be a very severe punishment to have a man kept at hard labour all day without any wages, and to have him sent at night into a little soli tary cell. Taking the large number of convicts sent to our colonies into account, it was found that by far the greater proportion of those who had subsequently be come masters, and had behaved well, were men who had gone through the two stages of punishment. The Right Rev. Prelate had said that the system of Penton ville prison had been altered by allowing a certain num ber of the prisoners confined at night in separate cells to mix together in the day for the purpose of performing a portion of the prison labour; and he had condemned the injudicious economy of allowing such a proceeding to break down the system. He fully agreed that it would be very ill-judged to sacrifice the system to any petty saving of that kind; but at the same time, looking at the large amount of money expended in carrying out crimi nal punishment in this country, it was necessary to keep down the expenditure as much as possible in order to enable them to introduce those improvements which were essential, as soon as they could.—(Hear, hear.) The Duke of RICHMOND wished, as one of the first of the Commissioners appointed to examine into that question, to address a few words to their Lord ships upon it. He had been among those who always doubted whether a separate confinement of eighteen months, and labour afterwards, was not too much for the health and faculties of prisoners. Having had fre quent opportunities of examining those unhappy men w hil e in prison, he could state that the separate punish ment was considered most severe. He was not cognisant of the present system adopted at Pentonville, and there fore could not take upon himself to say whether or not the new system had worked better than the old; but this he knew, that a Noble Friend of his was of opinion that it was absolutely necessary that convicts after separate confinement should work in association prior to their being sent to the convict ships. The change from one condition to another was so great, that such a precaution was required, and during their management they had always acted upon that prin ciple. The present was not a party question, it was one in which the people of this great empire was very much concerned, because it was their duty to reform as well as punish, and they were bound to take care that the men whom they sent into confinement should not leave the walls of their prisons worse than when they entered them.—(Hear, hear.) The separate confinement with out labour was a heavier punishment than with labour. He thought 18 months was too much as a period for separate confinement, but he feared that nine months was not sufficient.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from the Earl of CHICHESTER, who was understood to defend the present system, Earl GREY said it was the intention to make every convict sentenced to transportation go through twelve months of separate confinement. The subject then dropped. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a large num ber of petitions from Cambridgeshire, against Papal aggression. Lord CAMPBELL postponed, until Friday next, the Committee on the Registration of Insurances Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned, at a Quarter-past Seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 23. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. CONSIDERATION OF LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the Shrewsbury and Bridg north Turnpike Roads Bill were considered, and passed. PETITIONS. Sir PERCY NUGEN r presented several petitions from Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. REYNOLDS presented similar petitions from Dublin, Cavan, Wicklow, Tyrone, Kilkenny, Donegal, Wexford, Fern sg h, M onaghan, Down, Queen's County, Kildare, and Clare. sulLieg the creel of our Roman Catholic subjects tied degrading. the priesthood, but proceeding on false principles and in the dark.—(Hear, hear,) The SOLICITOR-GENEtiAL said he was much obliged to the Honourable Member for his annulus speech, but while he gave him credit for his ready wit, and the many other. qualities he possessed, he was sorry that, in the interval between Monday and Friday, his memory had so seriously failed him. He considered that no course would be more derogatory to the House than to take evidence that certain parties h a d assume d t h e title of archbishop and bishop for pretended sees under the au thority purporting to ho given by the Pope, after the circumstances which have lately become so notorious. The Hon. Member had said there would be great difil culty in indicting a per s on un d er t h e A c t without producing the r e s c ript o f t h e P ope . N ow , f o r the satisfaction of those who thought the Bill ought to pa? he gave his o pi n i on , as a l awyer, that it woul d b e effe tual, and that he had not the slightest doubt that, under it, any person who assumed such titles might be con victed without the production of that decument.—(Hean) The Hon. Member also said the Noble Lord had taken a teal step, that he had departed from those high prin ciples which distinguished the illustrious statesman who b roug h t f orward the Bill for Catholic Emancipation, but he (the Solicitor-General) would venture to s t ate th at not on l y t h e Noble Lord, but the party with whom he was connected, wer e the parties who distinguished themselves in endeavour ing to remove those restrictions which pressed on the Roman Catholics long before the period when that lamented statesman passed his Bill. (Cheer s n? And it was b ecause t h e principles of that fa had been invad e d b y the gross arrogance of t hat man who dared again to attempt to ra i l what he called spi r it ua l supremacy, but which was fact an attempt to raise again the most despotic apt : ritual control over the human race—it was becaus"; he had endeavoured to violate the principles of el"' and religious liberty, as in the case of Sardinia and else' where, and to exercise a spiritual tyranny over the Pea" ple, that he asked the House to give its hearty concur rence and assent to the Bill which ho trusted would be passed. Mr. ROEBUCK said he would not follow the grandi" loquence of the lion. and Learned Gentleroo?' It was his opinions that if there was any meaning in this first clause it, was wholly useless, because before they could convict a man under this Bill it must be proved that the title assumed was taken under the thority of the bull referred to in the Bill. NO W how was that to be proved if the suggestion of the Non. Member for Finsbury were not adopted? It could not be done. Either this Bill was utterly useless, or so extol" sive as to put an end to the Roman Catholic religion la Ireland. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there would be no necessity to add uce t h e proof which the Hon. and Learned Member referred to, and that was his answe r to the objections which had just been addressed to the Committee. Any offence to be committed against this Bill would come under the second clause, and all the, would have to be proved wa s s i m pl y t h at the offender bad assumed a title whi c h t he 13 1 11 proh ibi ted. Now w hat were those prohibited titles? Why, simply, those that were nomad afer the existing sees i n c i t i es o f tbli country; and therefore no priest of the Roman Catholi c Church would be precluded from adopting a title take° non a foreigu see. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the Hon. and Learned At' torney-General had proved his case, and that was 1 1 ° less and no more then that the first clause of this Bill Ivo° wholly useless and unnecessary. Mr. WALPOLE wished to know if they were to dis' cuss the merits of the anise or that of the Hon. Mem: ber for Finsbury? For his part, he thought they ought to confine themselves, in the first instance, to the latter question. Ought the brief of the Pope to bo produced? The Honourable Member for Finsbury founded his motion upon the circumstance that there was no evidence that any such brief hod ever been received in this country. Now VVeS that the way their ancestors proceeded on similar emergencies ? No, they did not require strict legal proof, which the Honourable Member demanded to• day, but they based their legislation upon what in the Saxen tongue was known as common clamour—(lnetiical cheers)—but which when translated into modern phraseology meant public notoriety- The receipt of the Pope's buil was too noforious to re quire iegat procf, and he therefore called upon the Core' mittee to reject this proposition. Mr. KEOGH: said the Solicitor-General had not been very complimentary to lion. Gentlemen who had or posed the Bill, 'when he said that he heard no argument against it which had made an impression on his mind. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said, that what he had observed was, that ho had not heard any argument which bad impressed itself on his mind as being in vincible. Mr. KEOGH was hound to accept the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's correction; but after the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had heard the speeches of the Right Hon. Member for Ripon (Sir J., Graham), of the Bight Hon. Member for Oxford University (Mr. Gladstone), and of the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth (Mr. R. Palmer), he yet said that he had heard nothing which had impressed his mind, adding the word invincible. At the same time he (Mr. Kec.gh) scarcely knew whether to at tribute it to invi nciele arrogance or invincible ignorance on the part of tb e Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The fact was, that the Bill as it stood proceeded from that (the Conservative) side of the House; and as the Govern ment would not answer him when he asked if they would dare to put it into operation in Ireland, he could only infer that they vrere making use of their opponents in that House to piers the Bill, in order that they might be enabled thereby to retain office, and that when the Par liamentary difficulty was got over they meant to deceive them out of that House. Mr. REYNOLDS said that the Attorney-General,with his usual legal flippancy, attempted to get over the dif ficulty presented by this motion by saying that the Hon. Member for Pillsbury had made an amusing speech, but that would not go down in that House; for the question that was submitted to them for decision as to a jury was, whether the clergy of ten millions of British sub jects were to b e convicted upon false testimony or not- If a man was indicted for forging a bill would the pro secutor dare tc' appear in court without the forged do cument? The , Noble Lord, however, did so in this in stance. The :donourable and Learned Member for Mid bnrst no doubt came to the rescue, and said the intro duction of the. Papal brief was known by public cla mour. There had been enough of public clamour; ever since the Nob le Lord had published his Papal edict in November there was nothing but clamour. But sup pose the Bill passed, did the Noble Lord think he would be at rest or that the public peace would be confirmed? He (Mr. Reynolds) believed not; indeed, he believed the troubles o f the Noble Lord would have only coin menced.—(Cr Ica of " Divide.") He (Mr. Reynolds) would move to report progress if he was met with cla mour. In conclusion, he urged that as there was no evidence of the publication of the rescript in question — as even the most clamorous for the Bill could not swear to that fact, the measure, being one of pains and penal ties, should be postponed until the production of such evidence. The Comns,ittee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against, it 221 Majority ... .-••-• —172 et The CHAIRMAN then put the first clause to the %nem mittee, on which, Sir F. THESIGER rose to move the amendment ho After the observations w hi c h had put up on t h e paper . had been made on Monday night respecting this cl ause, he anticipated that he would receive no opposition f rom pthoeseGd by overtnhe Government, at to that mecnodumpleend with the t. The clau se as pro preamble, said that a certain rescript brief, issued by th e P ope on the 29th of S optember, 18.50, wa s ill egal; and the ob a ject of his amendment was to make all similar rescripts or briefs, isatied by the Pope and published in this country previous to the passing of this Act to be com prehended within the term of its enactment. He was certain t that. the House would see —even those who opposed the measure could not fail to see, that such an addition was essential to making the measure co mplete; but, to make the matter plain, he would state in a few• words whet was his views as to the l aw affecting the questiun. lie agreed in the opinion expressed by the law officers of the Crown ca the subject, but he had arrived at that conclusion by a somewhat di II 'erent c ourse, and he would, there fore, state his reasons for coming to the conclusion he had done. la order to do onc that, the Acts of Parlia ment he woullei refer to would be few in number. They were onit • those of Richard the Second, the First and Second of Elizabeth, and the repealing Acts of 1844 and 1846. These Acts related to two distinct subjects, which, for thin better elucidation of the question, he would refer t o :a aparately. Th e y were th ose which're lated to the juts sdtction of rope, and the those applic able to the int.r oduction of the bulls into this country. The first was re gulated by the Act of Elizabeth, and it was curious tar at during the whole cf the discussion on this question, t 1 se most important section of one of these statutes (the fii -st of Elizabeth), the 16th section, had altogether beet overlooked. That section enacted that no foreign Pri nee, spiritual or temporal, could use or enjoy any ponner, jurisdiction, pre-eminence, spiritual or ecclesiastical, ivithin this realm, or within any other of the dominions of the Sovereign, and that all such were henceforth ab();lished out of the realm. Now, there could be no doubt if,, in the face of that section of the Act, any subjects of thu realm had attempted to exercise such jurisdiction or 1 iower, they would have been indicted as for a misdemea nor, and punished with fine and impri sonment. Ban the Legislature did not leave the matter in any doubt, for the punishment attached to such transges tion of the law was provided for by the 27th to the 20th sections of the Act in clusive, and ;as, for the first offence, forfeiture of goods arid cli H ttels ; for the second offence, th© punish metrit of prmn inire; and forde third offence, the p arty so rasgss' eg, was decla to be guilty of high trea son. The A eit of the 6th and 7th Victoria, passed in 1844, repi , alef I the third and second of those punish ments, and Li )e 9th and 10in Victoria, passed in 1846, took away so touch of the punishment of the first offence as forfeiture 01 goods end chattels, but still left the offence punish able as a misdemeanour. Now, though it might be said t hat the punishment being taken away, the an cae y of that lath section of the Act was taken away a l so , yet the elects passed he 1844 and 1846, only referring to the punisher eat clauses of the Act of Elizabeth, the 16th section f?l' the Act still remained the same, and uu repealed ; ana undoubtedly if any one transgressed that section, he wota Id be liable to be punished for a misde meanour. The, e, :Tail", as to th itreduction f into this co untry b y the Pope of e Ro n me, that was hull pro s - vided against, by the statute of the, 16th Richard H.-- commonly ef lied the statute of prmmunire, which enacted that if r.nyp erson or persons issued, published, or printed, or caused no be printed, any bulls, rescripts, or other writings, ly hich interfered with, or called in question the , Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions•to the same t effect from places in Tipperary. , Mr. KEOGH presented similar petitions from Ros , common, Galway, and Wexford. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a similar petition from a place in Kerry. Mr. POWER also presented similar petitions from places in the county of Kerry. Mr. GREENE presented similar petitions from pa rishes in Kilkenny. Mr. MOORE presented petitions to the same effect from Roscommon, Tyrone, Donegal, Derry, Mayo, Gal way, Antrim, and other counties in Ireland. WELCH TURNPIKES. Sir J. TYRELL moved for a return of the expenses of the general superintendence of turnpike-roads and highways in Wales.—Agreed to. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr.ADDERLEY asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the last paragraph in the ap pendix to the Blue Book just presented upon the forma tion of the Orange River Sovereignty, was all of the official correspondence upon the suspended formation of the Cape Constitution which it was intended to lay be fore the House; also, if the House would be informed of the extent to which the Governor of the Cape was now borrowing from the English Treasury, on the credit of the revenue which he might be able to raise if he could get a Legislative Council to serve under him? Lord J. RUSSELL said if the Hon. Member had looked at the votes he would have seen two sets of papers—one set relating to the Orange river sovereignty, and the other to the Capo constitution. The Hon. Mem ber had evidently adverted to one of them instead of looking at the votes and learning their nature. He (Lord John Russell) believed that one set had been de livered, and that the other would be delivered in a day or two, it having taken more time to prepare. He did not very well know what the Honourable Gentleman I meant by his last question. Sir Harry Smith had been, as the House was well aware, endeavouring to protect the British subjects in Kafraria from the at tacks and murders which had lately overwhelmed them. He was now fully employed on that duty, and ho did not think it would be desirable to embarrass him by stating anything in the House which was calculated to have that effect. Mr. ADDERLEY wished to know whether the money paid for current expenses above the amount of the revenue received by the Governor would be borne by the English Treasury? Lord J. RUSSELL said be would make inquiry, but he was not aware of any sums being expended beyond the revenue. EPISCOPAL REVENUES. Sir B. HALL wished to know when the returns respecting episcopal revenues would be laid on the table? Sir G. GREY said a return of the incomes of arch bishops and bishops had been presented to the House so-day. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Mr. BRIGHT complained that the motion for the adjournment of the House had been moved for at the unusual time of ten minutes past four. Now, it had been the practice hitherto to ask important questions of Government upon that motion being made, which were of great interest to the public, and it was therefore only right that the motion for the adjournment should be delayed until such time as the majority of Hon. Members are present. He asked the Speaker whether it was not more consistent with the practice, if it was not indeed a rule of the House, that the motion should be made after the time alloted to private business had expired. The SPEAKER said there was no rule of the House on the matter, and the motion could be made at any time. If the motion were to be taken advantage of for the purpose of raising discussions on different topics, it would lead to great inconvenience, and practically destroy the rule which gave orders the precedence over motions. Mr. BRIGHT repeated that it would have been more straightforward had the adjournment been moved at a later period. The matter then dropped. MINISTERS MONEY IN IRELAND. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know when the Noble Lord at the head of the Government intended to fulfil his promise to bring in a, Bill fur the abolition of mi nisters' money in Ireland. Lord J. RUSSELL said the discussion on the Eccle siastical Titles Bill had taken up so much time, that he was afraid he should not be able to introduce the Bill this session. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice then that he would take an early opportunity of calling the attention of the House to evidence taken before the Select Committee on ministers' money in Ireland, with the view of intro ducing a Bill for its abolition. ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL. Mr. MC WATT wished to know if the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department had any objection to produce the correspondence which had taken place between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Dean and Chapter of Rochester Cathedral, on the subject of the trusts of that Cathedral? Sir G. GREY said that not knowing anything of this subject, he had made inquiry from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and found that the correspondence con sisted merely of communications which had been re ceived from the Rev. Mr. Whistoa on the subject, and answers to him merely acknowledging the receipt of his letters, and as legal proceedings were pending he did not think it desirable to produce these at present. Mr. MO WATT said that no legal proceedings were at present pending, and consequently the answer of the Right Honourable Baronet was not a sufficient one; he should, however, give notice that on the first occasion of going into Committee of Supply he would take that opportunity of bringing the case before the attention of the Ileum Mr. HCRSMAN wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet was aware that the clerk to the chapter had writtsn a letter to the Ecclesiastical. Commission, expressing his readiness to have all the correspondence on the subject published. Sir G. GREY said he had no knowledge of any such letter, awl he believed he had stated the substance of all he knew to the House. MONTE VIDEO. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on Monday he should ask a question of the Noble Lord at the head of the Fo reign Department with regard to Monte Video and the loan granted to that country. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. The Eloise then went into Committee on this Bill, Mr, MARNAL in the Chair. On clause 1, Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE rose to move that the clause be postponed, until the House is in possession of a copy of :he brief, rescript, or letters apostolic upon which the enactment in the said clause is founded. Whatever. he said, was the difference existing among them on this question, it was allowed that they had now obtained the Bill to which the Government had picked themselves to abide. This, how ever, was far from being the Bill which they had read a first and second time. There was a great deal of new matter, and particularly the first clause, which he was about to ask them to postpone. That clause ' made mention of the letter or rescript from the see of Rome, and he thought they ought to have this rescript before them before they consented to deprive many millions of their fellov-subjects of the.rights conferred upon them by the Emancipation Act. He had taken the liberty of asking the Noble Lord to produce this brief before, but he had been answered by being told that it was a matter of notoriety contained in every news paper. Were they, however, to legislate on news paper information? Supposing, for instance, a Bill had been brought in to banish M. Mazzini and his companions merely on the ground of the article which had lately appeared in the Times newspaper respecting him, and which after all turned out to be a mere hoax. What would they say then to legislating on newspaper information ? He wanted to know, then, why these letters apostolical should not also prove a mere hoax.—(Laughter.) He denied, however, that this letter signed byl Cardinal Lambruschini when produced would be found to confer any power or titl es a t a ll, i t ment i one d no man's name, and conferred no titles, and yet their Bill was to prevent the assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles. The rescript gave no titles, and therefore he thought the Noble Lord himself was bound to produce his authority for these titles ever h av i ng b e en conferred. Whenever a Railway or a Di vorce B i ll was introduced into that House, the parties were obliged to prove their preambles, and ho would call now upon the Noble Lord to prove his p ream bl e . The Solicitor-General had paid him a com pli men t t h e other night at the Athlone, expense of the H onoura bl e Member for by saying that hi s d eman d for the rescript was cer tainly just th e sor t o f question which a man of common sense would ask on the , first clause being considered, but the Solicitor-General seemed the most useful man be bad met with for some R on uss th el e l i .) ” tb fr e om Go L v o e r r d nm je e h n n t time, and he congratulated r acquisition.—(" Hear, hear , The Noble Lord cheered that, and he supposed, then, the Solicitor-General was just the sort of man th a t they ly wanted. He had said, too, that he was perfect ready utterly to demolish every argument which had been or could be brought against the Bill.— (Cries of " Hear, bear.") Well, then, he thought the time wascome for this demolition, and th e y would call upon te Solicitor-General to perform his promise. There certainly were not many lawyers on the other side, although when he saw the lion. and Learned Members for Sheffield, Athl one, and Plymouth, he would find rather tough materials to deal with. The Attorney-General, hovvever, had said but little about the Bill, and to do him justice seemed to care less. Now, he asked, was it worth while going on with this Bill and wasting the time of the House; had they not better proceed with the business of the country?—(Hear.) He saw there were three or four amendments ou the paper, but he knew there was double that number in reserve, and would it not be better, under these ciscumatances, for the Noble Lord to make the Bill a present to the other side ?—(A laugh.) D,pend upon it the Noble Lord was pursuing a phantom; he ve.::s intentionally becoming the advocate of principles which neither became him nor belonged to him. Then why would he still persist in going on with the Bill—why was he not satisfied with the bigotry which he had evoked, a ith the laurels which Oxford had pre pared for him, and with the commotion which he had created from one en d o f the kingdom iiii to the other?—(Che ers .) If h e was s till not satisfied, and was determined to go on, all he asked him to do was at all events to furnish the House with a copy of the documents on which he pro ceeded.—(Hear, hear.) They were not only in- THIRD READINGS, The following Bills were read a third time, and passed Birmingham Improvement. Malmesbury Turnpike Roads. Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway. Wavenoy Valley Railway. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS. The following Bills were considered, and agreed to:— Dee Standard Restoration. Great Central Gas Consumers' Company. COAL DUTIES BILL. Sir JAMES DUKE brought sn the Coal Duties Bill for London, Westminster, and the adjacent counties, which was read a first time. PETITIONS. Mr. T. O'BRIEN presented a petition from a place in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. O'FLAHERTY and several other Hon. Members presented similar petitions. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from a Dissenting congregation in Lancashire against the Re yiunz Donunt. Mr. GRACE presented a large number of petitions from Roscommon against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from a place in Lancashire in favour of the equitable jurisdiction of County Mr. BRIGHT presented several petitions from Man chester against the Regium Donum Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from a place in Lancashire against Papal aggression. Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN presented a petition from the parish of St. P a t r i c k , c i ty of Limerick, in favour o f Towns Itnprovem, nt Bill. The RECORDER presented a petition from a me tropol;tion parish, praying that houses under 201. should be exempted from the house tax. Mr. BERESFORD presented a petition from Essex against Papal aggression. The Earl of ARUNDEL anti SURREY presented a large number of petitions from places in Ireland against the Religious Houses Bill. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN' presented a petition from Limerick against the national system of education. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition fr om a place in Scotland sgainst Papal aggression. ADJOURNMENT OF TIIE :HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. C. LEWIS, it 'was agreed that the House at its rising should adjourn ti 11 Monday.