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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 2. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (DEVIATIONS, AMENDMENT OF ACTS, ALTERATION OF TOLLS, AND OF EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY TOLLS) BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, Lord CARRINGTON opposed the motion. The landholders on the line had been induced to consent to the Bill in 1846, on the ground of the lowness of the tolls. By this Bill the company sought to raise the tells and thereby were violating faith. He moved that it be re committed in order to give the opponents of the Bill an opportunity of being heard. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the opponents of the Bill had already had ample opportunities of being heard, and he should press the third reading. After a few words from the Duke of RICHMOND, The Earl of GRANVILLE said that he should vote for the third reading of the Bill. Lord REDESDALE asked why the opposition to this Bill did not take place earlier?—(Cheers.) He thought no railway company had any claim to come to Parlia ment to increase tolls. Many Bills had been carried solely on the ground of the low rate of tolls. Earl FITZ WILLIAM bad no objection to the Bill generally; but with respect to an increase of tolls he thought that some parties had been negligent in watching the progress of the measure. The result of this increase of tolls would be to cut off a great part of Lincolnshire from the London market, and he could only ac count for the delay of the opposition on the ground of the dislike which private individuals had to enter the lists against a powerful company. Ile thought it would be but just to send.this Bill again to a Committee. Lord KINNAIRD thought, that as another railway running through the same district had obtained power to incre : their tolls, this Bill ought to be passed. To recom that Bill would be virtually to lose it. Lord :EAUALONT considered that this Bill was a violation of agreement with the landowners, and they would be exposed year after year to fight this company if their Lordships admitted the principle that a railway company might violate an understanding by raising their tolls. After a few words from the Earl of DEVON, Lord STANLEY said that as the opponents of the Bill had not made application to be heard in time he should support the third reading. E4rIIIIANVERS would vote for the re-committal of the Bill. Lord WHARNCLIFFE replied. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared- Contents (for the recommittal) ... 28 Non-contents . . ... ... ..- 37 Majority against the recommittal... —9 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. EXPOSITION OF 1851. On our re-admission to the gallery we found Lord BROUGHAM moving for certain papers re lating to the exposition of 1951. He gave notice that he should postpone his motion on the subject to Thursday. Lord CAMPBELL hoped his Noble and Learned Friend would not postpone it beyond Thursday, because be (Lord Campbell) was most anxious, as Lord Chief Justice of England, to enter his solemn warning against what he had no hesitation in characterising as certainly, if not illegal, at least the unconstitutional proceedings which were contemplated in this matter, and which would inflict a great grievance on her Majesty's subjects. Lord BROUGHAM would not postpone it beyond Thursday, and he entirely agreed with his Noble Friend in his view of this matter. FACTORY BILL. Lord STANLEY presented several petitions in fa. your of the Ten Hours Bill. In answer to a question from a NOBLE LORD, The Duke of RICHMOND declared that he was deter mined to propose the clause which Lord John Manners bad proposed in the House of Commons. In answer to a question from the Earl of FEVER SHAM, The Earl of GR ANVILLE said that he should move the second reading of the Bill on Monday, and take the discussion on the motion for going into Com mittee on the Monday following. The Bishop of MANCHESTER presented four pe titions in favour of the principle of a Ten Hours Factory Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented and laid on the table a report from the Commissioners of Public Works. EDUCATION. The Earl of HARROVi7BY presented a very large number of petitions from various places in the United Kingdom, praying for an inquiry into the transactions of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education. The Noble Earl (who was very indistinctly heard all through his speech) then proceeded to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, for a Select Committee to inquire into the operation and effect of the system under which the annual grant of public money, for the purpose of education, is administered. In dojog so he said ho had to entreat their Lordships' particular attention to the case he hail to introduce, which was rather a complicated one, and one in whica much depended upon an examination of docu ments to make it all acceptable to their Lordships. He trusted, however, to be able to go into the subject in such a manner as would induce their Lordships to grant the Committee for which be asked. That great question of education had received the attention of both Houses of Parliament for some years pest in a particular degree. The condition of the country with respect to education had been found to be, that every contribution frem publie, and private sources for the purposes of education had been exhausted. When that discovery had beets made various suggestions had been thrown out as to the best mode of meeting the case. There were parties in the first instance, who, aware of the difficulties of combining any religious instruction with a system of education, considering the various de nominations of religions bodies which existed in this country, were disposed to throw aside the question of re ligion altogether. or leave it to the clergymen of the dif ferent religious persuasions; or endeavour to found some great plan of education which would be useful to all and offensive to none. But when both of these plans had been tried they had both met with general disapproba tion. There was no other plan but that of endeavour ing to educate the several Christian bodies of the people on a religious system. and of contributing liberally for that purpose. That was the only principle which could be properly and justly carried out. The educational training of men was a course inseparable from religious influences. The response which a proposition on that subject met a short time since in another place had decided that point. The experiment to devise a plan of education which should be useful to all, and yet distasteful to none, would fail. If they put the education of the people into the hands cf those who would every moment be afraid of going be yond certain prescribed limits, they might have much discretion, but they would have no seal. Now, if they undertook the principles of religious education, they should carry out their ideas fully. They should let the state carry out that principle from a full conviction of its necessity, and interest its functions without scruple to give full efficiency to that proposition. He thought he could show their Lordships, however, two or three points in which the state was not carrying out that principle. lie did not move for that Committee as a matter of re proach to the Government, but for the purpose of full investigation into the subject. The Noble Earl here went into a brief detail of some transactions which had taken place a few years ago between the National Board and the Committee of Privy Council with respect to schools in connexion with the Church of England. He would not enter into the details of that correspondence. There was one great difficulty, however, which made it clear that the system could not go on. The recommen dations made by the Privy Council were such that the schools could not adopt them. He did not state that as a ground for inculpating the Government; but the departure from the previous system, and the discouragement of religions bodies, was one of the first causes of discontent and complaint. What was the number cf clergy sad laity who had a right to receive assistance in respect of education from the public re sources? But the Government said, there should be always a committee elected in a particular way to re gulate the schools. They were inclined to subscribe many hundreds for the purposes of education, and only wanted 25 per cent. from the Government. All they asked was that they might be at liberty to solicit the state for assistance in building schools of which clergy men should have the management. He would ask, was the system which thy had adopted necessary far the public welfare? He believed its result had been to in duce parties to put limits to their zeal. He should like to have an opportunity of hearing those who had com plaints to make give an account of what had been doing, and that would be afforded; by the Committee for which he sought. There were other points upon which he conceived they should have an opportunity of investiga tion. They were professedly entering upon an experi ment. That such was the case was evident from every report which they received. But if they were not to have the advantage of legislation on That point, at least let them have that of an investigation into the experi ment. The management of those who had the control of the Lap fends devoted to that object was objec tionable, for the system was altered from day to day on the most important matters without any sufficient reason shown. The system of inspectors, too, was one which had excited some attention. That was a sub ject in which the Courch of England was not alone con cerned, for the Wesleyans and the Roman Catholics were equally interested in it, and all were equally dis satisfied with it. That was a matter which required to be watched from time to time, and an investigation into the whole system from time to time by such a Committee as he proposed was a matter of useful inves tigation. They had also to conside whether the system of inspection was really working out the objects for which it was intended. He would ask them what was the cost of the instruction they were providing?— (Hear.) They should look to the machinery they had, with the view to ascertain its working. In one of the inspector's reports it appeared that, in the course of a recent tour he had made, seven young schoolmasters were entering or had gone into holy orders, and the schools would accordingly be deprived of the services of these persons. With respect to the female schools, they were required to give an account of the introduction of the Anglo-Saxon language, to know the principal books c in that language, and the modifications it had undergone from the time of the battle of Hastings to the tune of Elizabeth. What buoks was it passible for a young woman or a girl to read which would enable her to give an answer to such questions? — Tear.) He thought it would bo far better if the instruction were confined to two or three leading subjects, instead of being extended to a number, many of which were unimportant. char believed that they were giving a very superficial acter to the instruction of the training schools. Their Own inspeCtors were shrinking from their duty because it 41.1=4E1 to too many prVa4rlJ) and prcpolltd t 4 THE SUN, limit it to one or two leading points. He hoped the Noble Marquis would see the necessity of inquiry, with the view of ascertaining what amendments could be made in the present system. The Noble Earl, who was almost wholly inaudible throughout his remarks, con cluded by prop ising the resolution. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted that the Noble Earl had brought the subject before their Lord ships in a tone which was wholly unobjectionable. It was hardly possible fur any one who had not occupied the official situation which he himself held to form a cor rect idea of the difficulties attending the question. He had certainly no wish to be an autocrat on this subject; bat as regarded a number of schools, spread over the country, if there was not a person to exercise something like authority and control, from week to week, and from day to day, the whole machinery of the system of inspec tion, the importance of which could not be too highly rated, would at once be stopped. If that inspection had been ex tended, it had only been in consequence of the utility which bad resulted from it. It was highly honourable to the inspectors that, up to that moment, hardly any thing like a complaint bad been made against them. His attention had been again and again directed to a dis position on the part of the inspectors to make a higher examination than the nature of the education admitted of. If persons of great educational acquiremeets were selected for inspectors, it was natural to suppose that they would be inclined to raise the standard of examina tion. On making inquiries in some cases he had received explanations to the effect, that although the inspectors felt it to be their duty to take the books they found in use in the schools, and to ask the scholars questions out of these books, as an intellectual exercise, yet it did not follow that theirreports were founded upon the answers made to their questions. No matter what amount of intellectual qualification the inspectors might have dis covered in the children, it was not by this intellectual qualification, taken alone, that they established their standard (.f merit. They had been again and again requested to make the general good conduct of the scholars, and their moral and religious knowledge—as ascertained by the masters, and more particularly by the clergymen— a chief element in their reports. With respect to school-mistresses and female schools, his endeavour had been to form such a system of examination as should not be liable to exception, and one which would include an inquiry into their household qualifications. The individual selected for that purpose was Mr. Cook, than whom no person was better qualified to carry out the intentions of the Committee of Privy Council, and he hoped that his exertions would be attended with suc cess. Now, with regard to the jealousies which existed in the minds of a great number of persons on the subject of this system of education, he had received the most concurrent testimony from all quarters of the benefit which the clergy had derived from the assistance afforded them; and, since the moment when the harmony which existed between the Privy Council and the Na tional Society was interrupted, not less than 100 appli cations had been made by clergymen for assistance.-- (Hear, hear.) Then, with respect to the management clauses, the points of difference had been narrowed iu a very considerable degree. These clauses had their origin in the management of the National Society, and the inspection was first sought for by that society. The clauses were at that time drawn up nearly in their pre sent shape. In fact they had only been altered so as to meet one solitary exception. The management clause vested the management of schools in local committees; but there was one clause which was meant to apply to is particular case, and in that case the clergyman was left the sole judge, not only with regard to spiritual but to temporal matters; but it was required that a sufficient case should be made out to justify that devia tion from the general system. He apprehended that it was not the intention of Parliament in making this grant to vest the entire control in all matters, temporal as well as spiritual, in the hands of the clergymen, as opposed to tfie lay members of the Church.—(Hear, hear.) That was a pretension which he did not consider within the scope and intention of the grant, which was made for the promotion of education generally; and if any special authority was given to the clergymen of the Church of England in temporal as contra-distinguished from spiritual matters, equal authority must be given to the Catholic priest, to the Dissenters, and to the Presby terians. Now the intention of the Legislature was not to place this grant in the hands of the ministers of reli gion. It was, undoubtedly, intended to secure their co operation on spiritual concerns. and that co-operation had been provided for and obtained.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad that the Noble Earl, in alluding to the jealousies which existed, had alluded to the cause of the Wesleyane. Now what had happened with respect to that body? He believed no one denied them the merit of great zeal and attachment to their religious opinions. In the first instance, they exhibited a great deal of jealousy on the subject of these clauses ; but the result of the comitaunications which had taken place was that they were now perfectly contented, and were receiving assistance from the Privy Council.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated elsewhere that the Church of England was placed under some disadvantage as compared with other religious sects. Now, as far as it was possible to introduce the same words into the regulations, it had been done. Of courseewhere a sect did not acknowledge a bishop the word " bishop" could not be introduced— where no elders existed the word " elder" could not be inserted—where there was no priest the word " priest" could not be given. But where there was any recognised authority oil parties were treated precisely in the same manner. He believed the principle adopted by the Privy Council had been singularly favourable to the Church of England. Between Jan. 1, 1848, and June 30, 1850, the number of schools assisted was 689, of which number no less than 533 were Church schools— (Hear, hear)—and of the number of schools now exist ing which had received grants 80 per cent. consisted of Church schools.—(Hear, hear.) Ho could lay before their _Lordships a great number of strong testimonies from most eminent and distinguished clergymen, who had thought it an act of duty and gratitude CO acknow• ledge the benefits which they had derived from the assistance afforded by the Privy Council; but he would content himself with mentioning one or two instances. The clergy of Preston, who were convened to petition against the system adopted by the Privy Council, after hearing it fully explained, subscribed a declaration as to its utility, and that declaration was signed by seven teen out of nineteen.—(Hear, hear.) He also had before him the opinion of Archdeacon Hare, who, in his charge to the clergy, said that in the correspondence between the National Society and the Privy Council, the latter shows so conciliatory a spirit and such retie - Rims in altering and modifying whatever was objected te, as to afford a ground for hoping that all real difficulties would soon be removed; and he felt convinced that they would soon have been removed but for the agitation which had been so pertinaciously maintained. After describing the infinitesimal points on which the differ ences turned, the Archdeacon went on to say that it might be urged that the fault lay with the Privy Council, who ought to have considered these points, but it was not usual for a body to alter its laws and rules except when some ground existed for their doing so, nor ought the Church to require them to take such a step unless there was such ground. Now, the Committee of Privy Council had provided from the first for all cases in which the religious principles of any party could be involved, by laying down that appeals on all religious questions should be to the bishop exclusively; and it would not be becoming to alter its well-considered rules for the sake of an unreasonable prejudice. Besides it was asserting the important principle that laymen ought to exercise jurisdiction on Church matters without being placed under the tutelage of ecclesiastical authority. He (the Marquis of Lansdowne) held it to be of great importance to invite and to secure the co-operation of laymen as far as it could be obtained in all works of this description,—(Hear, hear.) That was all that was sought for by the management clanses which hal at tracted so much attention—an invitation to the lay body as well as the clergy to take part in the govern ment of schools, while the religious interference was carefully secured to the clergyman. He could see nothing objectionable in such a system—nothing that required further adjustment upon this one point, when everything had been conceded to the various bodies of th© clergy on this subject. He believed that from day to day clergymen were becoming more sensible of the value of the system of inspection which had been 'es tablished. The inspectors had been invited again and again to take a more active part in giving advice and assistance in the administration of schools. They had been instructed never to take such a part unless in vited to do so by the committees and the clergymen themselves, and they had been continually invited.— (Hear.) With respect to the assertion that the system of examination was carried too far, and the allusions which had been made to the questions put for the purpose of eliciting all the details connected with the battle of Hastings, he would merely say that the system ought not to be judged of from one or two cases in which particular questions had been put. Education did not stand very high some twenty or thirty years ago. On one occasion, w h en b e was benighted on S a li s b ury Pl a i n he sought shelter for the night in a place where there book, he was told there was was some ten or a dozen houses. inqu iring for a self during the night. The tit n l school, and with that book he:nd ly'oneOnbeloging to . the endeavoured to amuse him- Account of all the Events that e h: specifying o t rurred since the the book was . " An y g or H al e t n y w in as whi ch each Creation of the World, as desirous yames . of the recol lected Mayors of Salisbury and the Ma Event occurred."—(Loud laughter.) as the Noble Earl that a full and searching should be instituted into the system, but whenh lected that this was the 2d of July, and that any now made must necessarily be a parti a l one , and tralt7 could not be attended with any practical results ; he felt a strong objection to the appointment of a Commit tee at the present moment. He trusted the Noble Earl would defer the inquiry until the season when full jus tice could be done to the subject, and when it could be instituted and carried on in both Houses at the same time. He entreated their Lordships not to accede to the appointment of the Committee at the present time. As the Most Reverend Prelate at the head of the Church was not present he presumed he could not be convinced of the necessity of the Noble Earl's motion.—(Hear, and a laugh,) He (the Marquis of Lansdowne) was pre pared to lay every document connected with the subject before the House, and hereafter *ma voce evidence might be taken for its more complete elucidation. With re spect to the schoolmasters for workhouses, it was thought they could be more effectually supplied by the establishment of a system of teaching under clergymen of the Church of England, and in that re spect it differed from the proposition which was many years ago under the conideration of Parliament, and which admitted perfect equality between persons of dif ferent religious persuasions. There was not one boy at Kneller Hall at present who did not a tten d the service of the Church. But it was thought that in an estab lishment where school-masters were to be provided for workhouses, and for the support of which money was voted by a body representing all persuasions, it would not be right to exclude those dissenters who might be willing to attend a school so conducted, and where the education given was of a superior character.—(Hear.) Lard LYTTELTON regretted the opposition given LONDON by the Noble Marquis to the appointment of a Commit tee, because he believed that an inquiry of this nature would be the only chance of arriving at an amicable and satisfactory decision of the question.—(Hear, hear.) This was a subject on which the greatest difference of opinion existed throughout the country. It was true that very many of the clergy and many schools had availed themselves of this assistance. They knew that the Government had a long purse, and of all the difficul ties that existed with respect to objects of a benevolent character they knew that there was none greater than the permanent maintenance of schools.—(Hear, hear.) It was therefore natural that they should avail them selves of the assistance thus offered to them. But it did not follow that the persons receiving those grants were altogether satisfied with the arrangements under which the advances were made. On every point of detail, ex cept the compulsory clauses, he thought the proceed• ings of the Privy Council deserving of approbation.— ((lear, hear.) But on the simple ground of expediency , he considered the compulsory imposition of the manage ment clauses upon Church schools the greatest error that could have been committed.—(Hear, hear.) The Government could have no wish but to work with the great body of the Church and the clergy in the matter of education. But the system on which the manage ment clauses was founded was a decided innovation. The system, after a long and severe contest between the Government and the heads of the Church. was set tled, and worked as well as possible fur seven or eight years, and he believed every one of the additional im provements might have been grafted upon it without the management clauses. The main difference between the Committee of Privy Council and the Na tional Society was the question :of whether the ap peal should be allowed to schools receiving aid from the Government on all matters from the local mana gers to the bishop of the diocese. He thought the Government wrong in objecting to such provision when the local managers wished for such appeal. But a point of much more importance was, not whether there should be an appeal on all points to the bishop, but whether any system should be recognised which allowed and proceeded on the distinction between what is religious and what is secular. The common opinion was, that, in matters of instruction, what is secular is the great body of instruction, and that what is religious is the exception. But that, he apprehended, was a great mistake. Except in a few of the mere elementary branches of education, there was scarcely one into which religion did not enter. The Roman Catholics, in their controversy with the Go vernment, acceded to the proposal that the distinction between what is religious and what is secular should be allowed; but they stood on the point as to who should be the arbitrator, and preserved that to their bishop.— (Hear.) In that way the religious safety of the school was perfectly attended to. What the committee of the Na tional Society first asked for was that the minister should have the moral and religious superintendence of the school. These were the points which required investi gation and called for improvement. The introduction of the management clauses had shown the insecure and unsatisfactory mode in which the funds were adminis tered. The system might have worked well, and did work well, so long as the Church had confidence in the intentions of Government ; but matters being in an un certain state, the system required to be carefully looked into. He bad urged upon Government the necessity of legislating on this point, and hoped nothing would be done of consequence by the Privy Council until the pro posed proceeding was submitted to Parliament, in the same manner as was done by the Poor-law Commis sioners. Another point which required consideration was the system of the normal school of Knellor Hall, which was regulated solely by the civil power. The Privy Council had the sole management, and the Church did not appear to be consulted in the arrangement. He hoped their Lordships would give their approval to this moderate measure, and consent to an inquiry, which might afford the materials for the basis of some more satisfactory arrangement. . . The Earl of KINNAIRD thought their Lordships ought to accept the proposition of Government, which was to appoint a commission at the commencement of next session. If the Committee was now agreed to, no thing definite could be arrived at, owing to the advanced period of the session. If the Noble Earl did not consent to the proposition of Government, he would thereby show he was only the organ of one party—the National Society. Their Lordships were asked to revert to the old system, which had already been tried and found to work unfavourably. He hoped, therefore, their Lord ships would not listen to any such proposition. With respect to the claims preferred by the Bishops, it would be found the Privy Council had already made great conces sions, so far as related to the discharge of schoolmasters or schoolmistresses who might be proved to entertain or inculcate objectionable tenets. It was advisable in his opinion, to give the National Society power to establish schools where needed, and he thought no dan ger was to be apprehended from that course, as it was well known the high party in the Church had great con trol over the preceedings of the National Society. The Noble Earl had dwelt on the danger of over-educating the labourirsg classes; but in Scotland the poor were generally well-educated through the parochial schools, and no mischief was anticipated or felt from that prac tice. He would instance the case of two of his female servants, to whom he g►ve access to a good library. The works they chose fur their recreation were Milton's " Paradise Lost," and " Ilarmion."—(Hear, and laughter.) If the request of the National Society was granted they would have to grant the requests of other parties—dissenting societies, for instance. The numbers of churchmen and dissenters in England he found to be —taking the population at 13.000,000—dissenters, 8,400,000—(0b, and laughter)—churchmen the re mainder. He considered that, under the circumstances, and for the reasons alleged by the Noble Marquis, he was bound to give his opposition to the motion. Toe Bishop of SALISBURY said no one had endea voured to promote a harmonious co-operation between Church and State i❑ educational matters more zealously than hiaise:f. Ten years ago, when an interruption of that harmony occurred, he had attempted to mediate be tween the Noble Marquis and other Noble Lords and the Right Rev. Prelates by proposing terms of conci liation and concession, which had resulted in a compro mise, He did not mean to approve of the extent ,to which the present Act had been carried out; bat he thought it would be advisable to enter upon an inquiry into the whole subject in a calm and conciliatory spirit. He could not but look upon the system of education as carried out by the National Society with public money, in connexion with the •arious religious bodies, as a great experiment. He admitted that some parts of the system were worthy of approval, but at the same time, he thought the system called for inquiry, and was susceptible of great improvement. The expe riment with respect to the training schools particularly required to be watched with great care, and though he gladly admitted that much good had arisen, still he could not help stating that a growing dissatisfaction was manifesting itself in many quarters. To 'this point and to other points the attention of the Committee might be directed with benefit. A large body of persons had been educated for these schools, aad the question arose whether education had not been pushed too fir in this direction. Then he believed that the instruction which had been given in some instances had not been of that sort, or so useful (we understood) as could be wished. He should look to this inquiry for the removal of much unfounded apprehension and alarm, and for giving secu rity against the introduction of any changes without affording an opportunity to the Church and Parliament of expressing their opinion, and the result would be, the attainment of that object which the Noble Marquis, no less than himself, had in view—namely, the sound edu cation of tho people, by giving assistance to voluntary efforts. On these grounds he would support the motion. The Earl of, CHICHESTER said there was a time when he would have been disposed to press such an in quiry more earnestly than now, and that was when the Committee of the Privy Council might have established a system of education without the knowledge or consent of Parliament. His only objection to the motion of his Noble Friend was, that at the present period of the session it would be suite impossible for such an inquiry to lead to any satisfactory result. He doubted if his Noble Friend was fully aware of the immense mass of evidence which it would be necessary to bring before the Committee. With reference to the question of arbitra tion, he thought it might lead to inconvenience if all disputes ware referred to the bishop; and he also felt that it would be very unsatisfactory to have two systems of arbitration. But there was another point to which he would shortly advert. The members of the Church objected that any man should found schools and have the power of dictating to future generations in what way they should be managed, and to claim of grant of public money to assist him in carrying out any scheme which his whim might suggest. It was, therefore, necessary that the Government should exercise some control over the conveyances of property destined for such purposes. He hoped this laxity and freedom of choice would be resisted. The Bishop of OXFORD said the deep interest which he took in the subject under discussion must be his apo logy for addressing a very few words to their Lordships. In the first place, he must express His gratification at the tine in which the Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Lans downe) had answered the speech of the Noble Lord op posite (the Earl of Harrowby), a tone which had been preserved throughout the debate, with, perhaps, a sin gle exception. That exception he could not but regret, feeling that this was a national question, and should be free from all party views. —(Hear, hear.) But there dealtwas one wit h g . r o The u nd c o hreh hadobjection h • e w h a i ch had charged withn t yet a been dread of perfecting education. But this was not the feet. God forbid! He, and those who even went beyond him in blaming the system, desired to see the education of the people made pure and perfect. The Noble Marquis had alluded to the jealousy of the National Society and those who acted with it of the proceedings of the Government, and their wish to keep the laity of the Church of Eng land out of the management of schools, which they wished to confine to cler g ymen. He could assure the e otea N hefn e l s), c b h l neot suspicioneoM ri sf right ae r b r g ee t iunenc,4 i o s ke that e gi wvthe not n e t h o e ao t p d e i a d r eayt not ve e b ac enh and j e e v a e joint , and a h e nx e c sg tl management t t o h e th l e ai l ty ai , ty b . o t Bu t of. t h th sonable ground of S us p icion nevertheles s. They feared didnotsharetothef full in all these susp icions ,eey had t e St a in an exaggerate way , e had p ut a . d r He hea e had faced main who, - forward these suspicion's, and en gage d in argument on the other side. But he must take leave to say he thoug ht there were groi Inds of sus pi c i on. Fi rst of all, this move ment began with the position of establishing normal bchools which .should exclude all religious teaching, and it became nec assary to watch that. They were not going back to that which was the originally avowed in tention. With reference to the arbitration, he oould not understand the justice of prohibiting all reference to the bishop of the diocese, even where the founder desired such an appeal to b 3 made, nor could he see why that which was graT iced to a Socinian or a Roman . Catholic should be ,ed to members of the Church of England. Great objectie ns were made against allowing the exercise of any disci of ion on the part of those by whom these cha rities were fctiaucled; but by adoptiag :ugh a priwipla WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1850. Additional Retired Rear-Admirals--George Hills, George B. Trollope. Captains—Cbristopher Laroce, George Smith, Thomas R. Eden. Commanders —Walter 131swall, John R. Morris, Thomas Read, George E. Davis, Arthur Grant, John Gregory, C. William Betty, John W. Jones, Thomas Draue, Alexander Horn. Lieutenants—William Knight (c), Charles Peake, Charles Shaw (a), Joha Hungerford, Henry Lewis (b), Peter Shuttleworth, Samuel R. Whitcomb, Jas. Skene, John Wildey, Henry Kitchen, Charles G. Clarke, Ed win W. Sanders, James K. Hancock, Hon. John R. M. Byng, Henry R. M'R. Page. William H. Connolly, Philip Hudson. Masters—James Scott, George Renner, Edward Mat thews, Robert Wilson, George Filmer. ROYAL MARINES. Captain William Taylor. First•Lieutenants—Jahn G. Timpson, David Miller, John Bennett, Robert U. D. James. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Surgeons—Joshua Harwood, John James, William Peatie. Assistant-Surgeons James Clerk, M.D., George Brewster, M.D. Paymasters and Purs-rs—William Leach, Thomas Brett, Hugh Hannah, Thomas McKnight, William An draws, Henry Brenton, John Westwood, Edward Waller, Charles D. Gourd. SUNDAY POST-OFFICE LABOUR. (From the Devonport Independent.) It is fair to presume that those well-meaning but not over-reflective peoplo who demanded a cessation of Post-office labour on the Sabbath, have really asked for more than they intended, and like many other extravagant petitioners who get all they entreat, they have had the misfortune to obtain more than they want. Because they do not like to open a letter on a Sunday, all the people of these kingdoms must be deprived of the advantages of postal communication for two days. There are to be two blank days to the man of business, two days without intelligence of commercial matters, two days with out information between friends in times of afflic tion, when into an hour of suspense is crowded the agony of years, two days before tidings of distress are to reach the benevolent capable of re lieving it, two days' delay, by pious obstacles, in the performance of deeds of" piety or mercy. This measure, passed by the Sabbatarians for the better obstruction of all kinds of business, is the perfection of fully. Let us inquire what many of the rigidly righteous of the House of Commons, who voted for this embodiment of their wisdom, really do. They open their eyes• upon the Sabbath, and ring for the attendance of their valet to go through his accus tomed task—not remembering the words " that thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou ; " they go to the breakfast-room that has been prepared on the Sabbath, to take the breakfast that with busy care has been laid out on the Sab bath for the satisfaction of their Sabbath creature comforts ; they order their horses, groomed on the Sabbath, to be harnessed in the carriage —Sabbath cleaned, that the coachman who has to put the fourth commandment in his pocket with his wages, may drive them to church as the Sabbath bells are ringing; the serving part of the household are en gaged in their Sabbath duties, connected with their master's eating and drinking on that blessed day. They may have learned that it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath, and may have heard their employers in secular humour exclaim that there is nothing better than a good dinner. Leaving these good men in Sabbath meditation, perhaps with their wives— perhaps over their wine, until they take their coffee, we see every requisite has been associated with Sab bath-breaking down to the milk, for which the sinful dairymaid troubled the sinful cow. They take their Sabbath supper through the Sabbath industry of the larder, cook, and kitchen departments; they retire at length to their bedrooms, arranged on the Sibbath, and go to sleep on the beds so somniferously Sabbath made; they read next morn ing with the greatest pleasure the Times or Chronicle, the greater part of which was " got up" on the Sab bath, and in the evening go down to the House, like unexceptionable saints, to denounce by their votes the heinous crime of a widow receiving through the post a letter on the Sabbath or the day after, from or about her dying child ! It generally requires care in condemning the extravagant or inconsistent regard for what is abstractedly a great good, since the opposition to the intemperate advocates of a principle might be taken for scoffing at the principle they practically degrade, rather than elevate. Hallowed indeed is the institution of the Sabbath, but it becomes so, not so much from dis continuing thereon what is good belonging to other days, as in adding to it much of goodness that belongs peculiarly to itself. The position we take, therefore, is not likely to be misunderstood by any reasoning persons ; it is the position adhered to by those who have inquired what it is that reason has to say on the subject. The only question is this—is there more of good than of evil done by the delivery of letters once on the Sabbath ? If people really believe that there is more of evil than of good, that the receivers of letters are made more worldly, that the stream of mercy and benevolence is not strengthened, that kindly affections are not promoted, that it is not in telligence absolutely neceessary to be given on that particular day that it is transmitted, then of course they did perfectly right in opposing the continu ance of a Sunday post ; only they should bear in mind that if it be wrong to run mails on the Sunday, it is wrong to sail ships, that it is wrong for clerks in the Post office to work under any circumstances, it is wrong for clerks in any other office to work, and a delayed dispatch, instructions kept back which might have been forwarded, the machinery of Government sus pended in particular cases in which it might have been kept going, and numberless other aberrations in the ordinary course of affairs that may result in the greatest confusion, or most serious accidents, must be esteemed as slight sacrifices on the altar of resolute principle. If on the other hand, however, there be—and we contend there is—more good than evil resulting from the Postal communication on the Sunday, and if the opportunities for good which were thereby possessed will become, as we contend they must become, seri ously circumscribed, then there is no valid argument for discontinuing that communication. We maintain that the question is not simply whether a certain number of persons in the employ of the Post-office ought or ought not to do duty a short time on the Sunday, but whether the whole population shall be deprived, for two days out of every week, of some of the greatest facilities they have ever possessed, not only for commercial, but even for moral purposes. With respect to the determination of Government to give effect to the resolution of the House of Com mons, though we regret that determination, we must be free to confess that few possessed of their discre tion in the matter would have used it otherwise than they did. The representatives of the country chose to allow a small compact party of Anti-Sunday-Post men to place the Ministry in a minority, upon a question far more important to their constituencies than to the Administration. Mr. Rowland Hill had previously met with every species of misrepresenta tion and abuse. Had he been a thorough reprobate, and had every member of the Government resolved to support him in an attempt to ignore the observance of the Sabbath from the ritual of Christian obliga tions, scarcely more reproach could have been cast upon them. An absurd cry was raised, it was em bodied in a resolution, and the onus of rejecting it was thrust upon the Government by the members who preferred rushing to their dinners, or riding to the races, to voting on the question. The Govern ment, therefore, found one party making earnest de mands, in ignorance as is believed, of the practical effect of them, if conceded ; and another party with out sufficient interest on the question to abstain from a race or postpone a dinner. Under these circum stances the Government resolved to let one party know exactly what it was they did, and the other feel what it was th e y neg l ected to do. It i s very provok ing unquestionably, especially since Lord Brougham's legal doubts as t o t h e correctness ' of the course pur sued, turn out as light as his own political reputation ; but in the end this affair will prove the surest means of silencing for ever an agitation characterised by such an extraordinary disparity between motives and results. The suspension for two days of all Postal commu nication will never be tolerated when the inconve nience and loss involved come to be felt. As it is, the success of the righteousness of the House of Commons only springs out of a love for horse-racing, and an impatience for a dinner ! (From the Welshmen') SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST.OPPICE.—On Sunday last the recent regulations (published elsewhere) respecting the non-delivery of letters on the Sabbath Day came into operation in this and all other towns throughout the kingdom, and although it would naturally be less felt here than in other places of more extended commercial importance, in consequence of the comparative strictness with which the Lord's Day is usually observed in Carmarthen, yet even in this town the public was subjected to a great amount of inconvenience and annoyance, whit , will, of course, be considerably multiplied in all cases where an emergency shall arise for the rapid trans mission of intelligence. We may remark, en passant, that if the regulation was intended to promote relax ation from labour on the part of those employed in the Post-office here, it decidedly failed, for there was no remission of toil on the part of the usual employes, if we except the actual delivery of the letters and newspapers. It is only an act of justice to acknow ledge the convenience afforded by the deputy -post master of this town, by giving an extra delivery at seven o'clock on Monday morning, thereby affording an opportunity of replying by first mail to London. It is evident that a recurrence to the old mode must be speedily resorted to, but it is, perhaps, judicious they would incur this great evil—they would check the flow of private charity.—(Hear.) It was oe private charity, after all, that they must depend for their main support, and not on the Government grants. Another most important ground of suspicion was, that personal experience proved that the power which held the purse strings was the dominant power. Of this the power possessed by the House of Commons was an example. The administration of these funds depended a thousand times more upon the things which the Noble Marquis said could not be reduced to amounts, than on the abso lute amounts laid on the table of Parliament. He could tell of an instance which occurred in his own diocese, in which a grant had been refused unless two landowners of the parish would guarantee that the school should be maintained. That was a very different thing from say ing there shall be reasonable ground for believing that the school will be maintained. There was, and must be, great responsibility and power resting in the manage ment of the public funds for educational purposes; and, if suspicion was to be avoided, there ought to be the greatest possible readiness to accord the means of inquiry. Those were the grounds upon which he thought suspicion had grown up amongst the people of the country, and it was therefore he regarded the motion of his Noble Friend as a reasonable one, because it was but fi' to still alarm. It was not a motion which the Government could refuse it they were satisfied that their cause was a good one. He earnestly hoped their Lord ships would agree to the motion of his Noble Friend, and show what was true and what false in the general allegations on the subject, and thus restore confidence to the people and to the Church. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE explained that he did not object to inquiry, but to its being entered upon at the present period of the session, when it would be necessarily incomplete. He only proposed to postpone it to a period of next session when there could be a con current inquiry of the House of Commons, and when the inquiry would have all that completeness which was desirable. The Earl of CARLISLE defended the management clauses which were drawn up under the direction of his Noble Friend the late Lord Wharncliffe, in 1845, and having been submitted to the National Society in 1846 were recommended by them for adoption to the diocesan schools. In those clauses the Committee wished to leave everything they could to local management and direc tion; but in applying public funds to public purposes, they felt they were bound to observe the course that ap peared to them right and just, and they thought that Church laymen should have full co-operation with Church clergymen in local matters. The whole course of the Committee of Privy Council was directed to remove the objections and to secure the co-operation of the National Society. In addition, too, other checks and precautions were provided for the satisfaction of the Church, with reference to extending superintendence to the moral and religious instruction in the schools and other matters of importance, an appeal being allowed in all those respects to the bishop, except in one instance which did not refer to moral or religious instruction. When he considered all that had been granted, with the clamour which had been raised at what had been with held, he thought they witnessed a very sorry spectacle in seeing, in a teeming population full of crime, the co operation of the Church and State interrupted in the education of the people on account of points so lament ably insignificant. Considering that the Church had get the lion's share of the advanta ges o f th e system, he should be sorry to see it precipitate a movement on the point. With reference to the question immediately be fore them, he trusted their Lordships would not, at that period of the session, insist upon an inquiry on so im portant a subject, which, if they did, must necessarily be immature and limited. Lord STANLEY deprecated the management clauses of the Committee of Privy Council as most unreasonable in their tendency, and arbitrary in their elreet. He be lieved the question was divested of all party feeling whatever, and when an application was made to him to bring forward the motion, he refused to do so, lest from his position in that House it might be considered as sa vouring of a feeling of hostility towards her Majesty's Government. His Noble Friend laid before their Lord ships a case for inquiry, in order to give every informa tion to the country of the working of a most expensive undertaking in educating the great body of the people. He condemned the system now pursued in many of the schools, which he denominated by the well-known phrase of '° cramming," by which children, and especially young females, were driven to prepare for an examination to acquire a certain degree of knowledge utterly useless to them in their future career. He believed that a great deal of discretion must be left with the Privy Council, bat the public ought to know how that discre tion was exercised. Ile denied what his Noble Friend (the Earl of Carlisle) asserted, that the Privy Council gave publicity to their proceedings, for there were many acts of theirs of which the public knew nothing. He might instance for example the foundation of Nedder Hall as a normal school—an institution founded, he believed, in 1846, or at least its principles, and yet Parliament knew nothing of it until 1849. If they went ieto Committee now they would allow the Go rernment to state their own case, and an examination of their own witnesses.—(A laugh.) His Noble Friend, who brought forward the motion should certainly have his support.—(Cheers.) After a few werds from the Earl of GALLOWAY and the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, The Earl of HARRO WBY replied, and their Lord ships divided. The numbers were— For the motion Against it ... •31 Majority a;ainst the motion ... —5 Tho House a ijourned at a garter to One o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 2, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Holism resumed at Five o'clock. Sir R. PRICE presented a petition from Hereford, complaining of the recent pos:al alterHtions. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. The Birkenhead Dock Masters' Bill passed through RISH CHURCH. Committee pro TfoHriEndi Mr. B. OSBORNE said he had that day received a letter from a near relative of the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck), stating that he was so unwell as to be unable to leave his bed. He had, therefore, on the part of the Hon. Member for Sheffield, to postpone the motion relative to the Irish Church which stood on the paper in his name for this evening. Had it been competent for another Member to bring forward the motion in question, he (Mr. B. Osborne) would have undertaken to do so.—(llear, hear.) PETITION OF CHARLES RATHBAND HYATT. Mr. F.O'CONNOR moved that the petition of Charles Rathband Hyatt, complaining of the conduct of Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, and praying for inquiry (pre sented 24th. of June), be printed. Mr. THORN ELY, as chairman of the Committee on Public Petitions, said the Committee had had the peti tion in question under their consideration, and that, owing to the nature of several of the statements con tained in it, the Committee had declined to print it. After a short discussion, in which Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. O'Connor took part, the gal lery was cleared and the House divided, when there ap peared— For the motion ... 1 Against it ... Majority 107 ,n, The motion was consequently lost. TEMPORARY BRIDGE AT WESTMINSTER. Sir R. H. INGLIS moved the appointment of a Select Committee on the temporary bridge at Westminster, consisting of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Lord Seymour, Mr. Cardwell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Disraeli, Viscount Duncan, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Peto, Sir Charles Barre% Mr. Bankes, Mr. D'Eyn court, Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Tufoell. BUSINESS ON THURSDAY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that, on Thursday, he meant to take the Mercantile Marine Bill, contrary ti what he had stated the other night ; on that night, also, the discussion on the Public Parks would come on, that taking precedence of all other business. TENANT-RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved that the second reading of this Bill should be postponed until Thursday next. After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT, who urged the Government to state what course they intended to take with respect to the measures before the House, the motion was agreed to. SUPPLY. The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL. The report on the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill (compensations and allowances) was brought up and agreed to. BOROUGH-BRIDGES BILL. The Borough• Bridges Bill as amended was considered and agreed to. PIRATES HEAD MONEY. The Pirates Head Money Repeal Act Commencement Bill went through Committee. SHERIFF OF WESTMORLAND BILL. - _ The Sheriff of Wostmorland Appointment Bill also went through Committee. PORTLAND HARBOUR BILL. The Porilsnd Harbour and Breakwater Bill was read a second time and ordered to be referred to a Select Com mittee. The douse then adjourned shortly before Six o'clock. MONTHLY MILITARY 081 MARY. Lieutenant-General Sir John Buchan, K.C.8., Colonel of the 32d Foot, London. Colonel Sawbridge. East Kent Militia. Lieutenant-Colonels—P. Campbell, C. 8., Unattached, Brighton; Oldfield, C. 8., East India Company's Service; G. Holmes, C. 8., East India Company's Service, T. G. Fitzgerald, late Local Rank, Mayo. Major Denny, 11th Foot, Quebec. Captains—Perceval, 72d Foot, Demerara; Angelo, 3d West India Regiment, London; Winans, half-pay Bth Dragoons; Wall, Barrack Master, Tralee. Lieutenants—Stegall, half pay 43'1 Foot; Thornley, half-pay 43d Foot; Hearn, half-pay 44th Foot; Cozens, half-pay 101st Foot, Chichester; Geratlacher, half pay 3d Hussars, King's German Legion; Gairdner, half-pay 2d Line Battalion, King's German Legion, Musselburgh. Cornet and Ensigns—H. A. F. Cleve, half pay Ist Dragoons, King's German Legion, Goslar, Hanover; Boulton, retired full pay 4th Veteran Battalion; Nason, half•pay 68th Foot. Quartermaster Mark Sheridan, half-pay 13th Foot. Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Coming, Hali fax, Nova Scotia. Deputy -Inspector-General of Hospitals Dr. 11‘.11u11in, half-pay Staff, on his passage to Australia. Surgeon s —D r . B romet , h a lf•pay Ist Life Gu a rd s , Bologna; Grattan, half- pay Staff. Assistant-Surgeon Clarke. half-pay Grer sdier Guards QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. FLAG OFFICERS. VicepArraiing Liu. D. B• AtackaY. that the present system should be permitted to dis play the full amount of vexatious inconvenience it entails. (From the Carlisle Journal.) TUE NEW POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS.—At a numerous meeting of the members of the Cocker.- mouth Mechanics' Institute, on Wednesday last, the following petition to the House of Commons was unanimously adopted on the motion of Mr. Smet hurst, seconded by Mr. Thomas Martin : " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament as- sembled. " The humble petition of the members of the Cocker mouth Mechanics' Institute, in the county of Cum- berland, " Sheweth—That the above institute has been estab lished many years, during which it has been the means of doing much good, by promoting the welfare and hap piness of its members generally by being open on the Sunday afternoon as a reading room. " But as your Honourable House has lately been pleased to pass a resolution prohiAting the delivery of newspapers and letters on the Sunday, which day they arrive in Cockermouth, keeping them locked up till ::londay, when the great majority of your petition ers, being working men, have no means of reading or seeing them; " Wo therefore humbly pray that your Honourable House will be pleased to rescued your late resolution, so that we may learn the passing events, end read the de bates of your llonourable House as usua'. " And your petitioners will ever pray." Another petition of the electors and inhabitants of the place has been numerously signed by all parties of politicians, and a general feeling of indignation exists in the town against the Commons' resolution. We trust the example set by Cockermouth will be speedily followed by every town in the kingdom, for a more insolent, dictatorial, inconvenient, absurd, and canting measure was never before heard of in England. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, July 2.) SUGAR.—To-day the rates obtained for West India Sugar were in almost every instance equal to those of Friday, but refiners or grocers were little disposed to do business. The purchases extend to only 312 hhds, &c., including at auction 150 hhds 13 s rcs Barbadors, which went at full terms for good and fine, but at 6d per cwt decline for other sorts; low yellow sold at 36s 6d, middling 37s to 38a 6d, good 39s to 40s, fine and supe rior 41s 6d to 435. REFINED.—To-day refined goods were operated in with caution for home trade purposes, still brown gro cery lumps were not to be obtained under 49s per cwt. Crushed is in better request for exportation, and prices are firm; sales of British made at 28s to 29s per cwt. _ _ MAURITILTS.—This afternoon Mauritius met with little attention, and former rates were barely supported. At a public sale of 3,672 bags, good and fine brown went at 33s to 345, low to good yellow 34s 6d to 375, and good grainy yellow 403 to 403 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale amounted to 3,494 bags— the better sorts of white Benares sold at firm rates; fine and good realised 393 to 42s 6d, but of other kinds a small portion only found buyers at barely former terms—low and middling white at 37s to 388 6d, damp 36s to 41s 6d, good and fine soft yellow 353 to 375. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of foreign Sugar, and the private purchases were of little moment, still former rates are supported, and holders have con fidence. MOLABSES.—There are sellers of West India upon rather lower terms, still operations have been small, and do not exceed 200 puns of new Antigua at 163 to 16s 6d per cwt. The stock remains large, and deliveries fsll short of last year. The value of East India and Mau ritius is 12s to 13s, at the same time, however, few buyers are to be met with. CocoA.—The market is firm for West India, and sup plies are small, but dealers are not much disposed to operate. At auction 80 bags of Grenada were sold at 38s to 41s per cwt. Foreign met with little attention, at the same time full terms are insisted on; and at auction 200 bags were taken in at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt for Para and Guayaquil. The stock of Cocoa is not so large as of late, and deliveries are extending. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee was in good request, and former rates were well sup ported. At auction 244 casks and 65 bags all sold; middling realised 54s to 565, low middling 52s to 53s 6d, fine and fine ordinary 47s► to 5 Ls, good ordinary 46s 6d, triage 43s to 45s per cwt. There were several inquiries after Native, but business is checked by the reluctance of holders to sell, and good ordinary cannot be obtained under 43s 6d. TEA.—Only moderate purchases have been made in good and fine Coogou, still holders are firm, and require fully former rates; there is also a less amount on offer, with every prospect of a brisker trade existing shortly. The value is is id to is 8d per ib, and at which there are not free sellers. For common and good ordinary Congou the home trade demand is still brisk, and prices have further advanced id per lb, sales having been made at lOid to I Id. In Medium kinds operations aro upon a wore extended scale, at I lid to is O'd; and these are better prices, whilst on the part of holders there is much firm ness. In Green considerable purchases have been made, and the rates paid are ld to 2d above those current pre viously, but the low and mid sorts have been most in request. Several parcels of tea have been taken on Liverpool account. Scented and Pekoe teas find a more ready sale at fully the former value. At auction 8,200 pkgs were offered, and 4,100 sold, 900 of which con sisted of Assam, and went with spirit. RICE.—Tc-day there was a fair demand for Ric; but holders are compelled to accept former rates. At auction 3,367 bags Bengal were nearly all sold; fine white went at lls 61 to 12q, good 104 to 10i 6d, mid dling 9i 6d, and damaged 7s 6d to lOs 6d. Of Sago 311 bags were sold, but at rather lower terms, mid and good large pearl went at 19s to 20a 6d, and damaged 18a to 18s 6d. Sago is cheaper, and 113 bags went at 18a 64 for common dingy. At auction 130 packages part s ,ld; St. Vincenta 6d to 7id, Grenada 3d to 3id, S. Kitts 3i; 78 pack.ges Tousles Mois lid to 21c1, and Grenada 2d to 2id; 76 pkgs Tapioca 3d to 4d per lb. SPICES —To-day at public sale 433 bags of African Ginger sold at full rates; middling and good realised 37s to 395, and damaged 32s to 36s 6d, but 52 cases of common cultivated sound Malabar taken in at 355. Of white Pepper 46 bags sold at 4ii to 4:11 for ordinary dingy, and 4 casks Dutch Limed Nutmegs taken in at 2s 8d per lb. Smarrs.—Previous terms are well supported for Jamaica Rum, and there has been a good home and ex port demand. The sales are 300 puns, 33 to 35 per cent over-proof at 2s 6d to 2s 9d, better sort 32 t...) 39 over 23 101 to 3s 41, superior 3s 6d to 4s, and a few cloudy 24 per cent over at 2s 4d per gallon. Operations in Demerara are upon a large scale, and amount to 500 puns at 2s Id to 2s 2d for 33 to 42 per cent over. Leeward Island has been in good de mand, and holders evince firmness. The purchases are 300 puns at is 4d to Is 40 proof, with small parcels of brown at is sd. There are several buyers of East India at is 3d proof, but not many parcels are to be ob tained. Brandy has not improved in value, yet a fair business has been done. Cognac hest brands of the vintage of 1849 realised 4s 53 to 4s 7d, 1848 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1847 ditto 5s 2d to 53 4d, and inferior sorts 2s 83 to 4s 3d per gallon. Geneva has been purchased with caution at is 7d to is Bd, and fine 2s to 3s. The value of British made Spirit is 9s 4d, with only a mode rate demand. INDIQO.—The market remains firm for East India, still only limited purchases have been made by shippers or home dealers, but the rates of the last quarterly sale are well supported. For auction on the 9th the quan tity has been increased 12,225 chests, of which 10,400 are new goods. A fair demand exists for Spanish, and former prices are obtained. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the market for Cochi neal was quiet, and former rates are barely supported. Of 73 bags offered at auction a part only sold, Honduras, ord and mid silvers at 3s 84 to 3s 9d, mid black 4s; Te neriffe, silvery black 3s 10d to 3s 11d, and Mexican sil vers 3s 8d to 3s 9d. SALTPETRE.--All increased demand has been experi enced for Rough, and the private operations are 8,000 bags at folly former rates ' • indeed in some cases a small advance has been obtained. The value is from 25s 6d to 27s 6d for low to fine 12 to 3 per cent refrac tion. Holders have confidence, and offered none at auction, although there is a much larger stock than at this time last year, but deliveries continue of a satis factory nature. The valise of British Refined is 29s to 29s 6d, and a good demand exists. Nitrate of Soda is dull of sale at 14s to 14s 6d. Ashes are still purchased with caution, Canada Pot, first sort 295, and Pearl 28s. TALLow.—The transactions in Russian on the spot have been of little moment, and previous terms are sup ported with difficulty. There are sellers of tine P. Y. Candle at 36s 6d to 36s 9d, and of inferior sorts at 3:1 to 6d per cwt less. Not much has been transacted for delivery in the last three months of the year, and the rates accepted are 37s 6d. Home melted is offered at 35s to 35s 6cl nett cash, but has been only in limited request, and there is no decrease of supply. Of other sorts the quantity on offer exceeds dealers' wants, and previous terms aro supported with difficulty. At auction 218 casks Sydney were in part sold at 34s to 35s 6d, and low 32s 6d to 33s 9d; 519 packages South American. low to fine 32s 6d to 37s 3d, and 26 casks wrecked P.Y. Candle 34s 3d to 35s 3d per cwt. For public competition 1,300 packages are declared. OILS.—The transactions in Rape Seed Oil have been limited, and prices are on th e d ec li ne, British refined is to be obtained at 36s to 36s 6d, b row n 34s to 355, and Foreign p a l e at 37s per cwt. There are sellers for delivery rat h er under these ra t es . In Linseed Oil a large business has been concluded, and prices continue to advance, sa les having been made at 31s 6d to 323, and there ' are several export orders in the market unPxecuted. The amount of business conclud e d i n P a l m h as been to a limited extent, and a reduction is apparent—sales having been made at 30 . s for fine; the market will also be better s u p p li e d shortly. F u ll terms are obtained for Cocoa Nut, and a good business has been concluded by private treaty at 29s to 32 s for Ceylon and Cochin. A t auction 227 casks went at 29s for Ceylon, and at 30s for Bombay, but a part only sold. A small parcel of American refined Lard Oil realised 265. Prices have still a downward tendency' for Olive Oil, and for all purposes sales keep upon a limited scale—Gallipoli and Spanish can be obtained at 411 to 41/ los. Barbary. Levant, and Portugal have been at 391 to 401 103 per tun. There is, however, a fair con sumption with every prospect of a further increase taking place. Seal met with a good demand, and the market is firm, pale at 31/ 5s to 311 10s, and other sorts at 30/ to 31/, but the stock is getting larger. Southern met - with wore attention from shippers and home dealers, but not at. higher rates. At auction 78 tuns an found buyers at from 30/ 153 to 331 5s for low t) fine. I❑ Cod not much has be, , n done, still holders are firm, and r( quire 34/ 103 to 351. Sperm has been in excellent request, fully supporting former terms, but there is a batter supply. At auction 150 tuns Colonial were all sold, good and fine at 841 to 85/ 10s. Head matter is still in small supply, and fine sells freely at 90/ to 92/ per tun. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, JULY 2. The market was again scantily supplied with wheat, and in many instances an advance of is per quarter was realised, on choice red and also white samples, from last week. The want of rain is unusually felt for the barleys, and upon the light lands the crop is considerably shortened already. Beans dearer. PER QUARTER. ' PER QUARTZR• Wheat, red Ditto, white. 44s to 49s'Oats oos to 00/ Barley, malting ... OOs to 00s Rye Ditto, grinding ... 00s to 00s Malt ...... .... Beans ...... . ...... 31s to 32s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 29, 1850. Wheat Barley „ —s Od Beans... — ~ —s Od Peas HULL, JULY 2. _ _ Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :---During the past week a good deal of rain has fallen, whereby the spring crops and pastures are much benefited. The trade has been quiet, with more disposition to buy, fresh red wheats being more in request, and of these our stock and import is light. To-day we had a moderate supply of farmers' wheat, for which an advance of ls per quarter was demanded, and for best sam ples obtained ; prices paid were 41s to 421 per qr 631bs wheats. Fine malting barley meets buyers, and an advance is paid upon good grinding. A good arrival of beans, several cargoes of which are out of condition ; some parcels are going to granary the market being momentarily dull. A little inquiry for peas, and not many offering. Oats are 6d dearer. In linseed rather more business passes, without quotations being effected. Cakes are very firm. Rape cakes, which were very dull this day se'nnight, experience some improvement, and are worth 77s 6d to-day. The following are the present prices of grain : S. 5. 8. IP, Wheat, English, red 40 to 42 Peas, white and yel. 24 2 6 Do. white ...... Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea 42 44 nigsberg 4O —44 i Pet - ersburgh ... 38 42 Pomeranian and I Do. I . .jga & Archngl. 38 —4° Hamburgh 37 —4 0 1 Do. Konigsberg ....... 34 38 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 32 36 Lins. cakes,Hull 6/ 101 Od to 01 Russian and Odessa 30 36 Do. fine foreign Oats, English Do. Vanish—. ...... Do. Friesland l5 18 Rape cakes...77s 6d to 00s Od Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 —l7 Tares, English 2Bs 0 09 Barley, malting 2O 23 Do. foreign 20s 2 61 Do. grinding........ 19 20 Guano 6/ to 101 1 0 ! Beans 2l —24 Bones, do 90s Ocl to 00s 0 4 Do. foreign ..... 21 23 Rye meal ... 5/ lOs LTNERPOOL, Jinx 2.—At this day's market there was s fair attendance of the trade, both from the town and country , who, however, acted with great caution, and the business done in wheat and flour was quite of a retail character, at barely the prices of this day week. Fine oats were scarce and fully 0 dear, but inferior kinds and oatmel could have been bought on rather easier terms. Barley, beans, and peas moved off in re' tail at late rates. Indian corn met with scarcely any attention , and must be quoted fully 2s per quarter lower since this del week, 26s 6d being the extreme price obtainable for fill° American yellow. CORK, JULY I.—Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ; extra Di!' seconds, 12s Od to 12s 6d ; households 9s to 11 s ; thirds, 7s to 0 per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to 003; Indian meal Os Od to Os Od; wheat' meal. 10s to 00s Od per cwt. Indian corn 00s to 00s Od per too. Bran 3/12E6d to 3/153 per ton. Hay—Farmers 36s to 40s; averse 38s ; dealers 40s to 48s Od; average 44s per ton. Straw—Farn3E o !is Od to 31s Od; average 265; dealers 30s Od to 40s WI average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6hill household loaf 5d to bed per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d t° 8d per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s t d per hundred. Coals'' Newport 14s ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Be s t Nest' Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 38e 6d to 00s per et: Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 6d per imperial gallon. Ws' —Beef 4d to 4id ' • mutton 5d to 6id ; veal 4d t! 5d ; pork 3d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per le' Hops 61 10s to Si lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s pe: ton. Bark—Barbary 715 a to Si be; Valonia 141 to 01; Frene 7/ 5s ; Spanish 91 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stove; Hemp 331 tooo/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 13s to 14s; re; ditto 15s to 20s per barrel ; Newfoundland 91 Os to 101 r ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 1 8 .° second quality, 16, per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 2O' salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to 2Cd per l b ' Potatoes, white 10d to ltd ; Minions 14d to 18d ; Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar —Archang e l ' 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was inaniullt e to-day, but prices remain tolerably firm, without any dell' ation from last quotations. LIVERPOOL, JULY 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business doill o to-day, and prices were a shade lower. The transactio, were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 84 1 14 , d Ditto, Quarters, 9 15-16 dis.—Ditto ; Fifths (West Ridir l y Union), 9 dis.—London and North-Western, 10914—Dit t o u New Quarters, 9-16 p.—Midland, 34 2 —Ditto, Halves, 2 ., 67 ,' c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Registered, 4'7#l Ditto, Thirds, 4 15-16 c.—York, Newcastle, and Berveqn Original N. and B. (G. N. E. P urc h ase ) , 5 per cent. "' 1850, 4 13-16 c. dis. MANCEIESTER, JULY 2. btl / STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t was f i rm to- d a y, . ns the amount of busi nes d one was moderate. The tran sact "'c. were as follow :—Bi r k en h ea d , L ancashire, and Cheshire Jull4 tron,lB dis.—East Lancashire, 7 1-16—London, Brighton , s`:, South Coast, 8374—London and North- Western, 109 1 4 c. Ditto, New Quarters,7-16 p.—Ditto, Manchester and Biri n '" 3/ 4 ham, Quarters (C), p.--Manchester, Sheffield, an d Linc°in _,-; shire, 14 . 14—North Staffordshi re , 11 - 8 dis.—South-East' and Dover, Consolidated Stock (No. 4), 4A. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 2 . wa s Smelt ExcirAriorc.—Busines3 in this sha r e marke t The very flat to-dad, but there was no Variation in prices• f u), only transactions were—Sh rews b ury an d BirminghaUl k 7 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 91. 1 la. 3d. YORK, JULY 1. 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day viere, n a follow : —North Sta ff ordshire, 6 1 4 —York, Newcastle, '- Berwick, 141. 18s. 9d. —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 51:rs• Dispatches were received yesterday at the Coloni al' office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Vairi / MONEY MARKET.—The premium on g o ld a t — is 11/ per mille, which, at the English Mint price t . 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an r o change of 25.44; and the exchange at Pari s on Lono_; ) ( at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is 0.04 P e c-nt. dearer in London than in Paris. By advice) fr° , Hamburgh the price of gold is 432 k p er mar k, whic r at the English Mint price of 31. 17 s . 100. p er ou nce , standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.84; and the e n i change at llamburgh on London at short being fa i l it follows that the price of gold is the lame at Lon e 1 and Liamburgh. The course,of exchange at 0 ,11 York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is Li., per cent., and the par of exchange between England P h , America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that tv e , exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of EDr' o f land, and after making allowance for difference E a interest and charges of transport, the present re d leaves a small profit on the importation of gold fr o the United States. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, JULY 2.--- hardened condition of the cotton market keeps our mark s , for goods very firm, and there is no symptom of any corle, sion in prices. The advance of this day week is still 0 151 ,, tained and in the fine numbers of mule twist, 60 s . to 9 , r 0 a further rise of !Ad. has in some cases been obtained. * r of demand for this description of yarns and for doubl e d P o o 1205., continues pretty brisk for the Russian market. 'e lower counts are also sought after, as well for home consul i i tion as shipment, the stocks being at present very low. goods market participated in the improvement. In 4 ' 0 4 shirting an advance of 3d. per piece has be en rea li se d, s w , the demand is brisk at current rates. Th e h eav i er &Belo tions of goods have also partaken in the improvement ~0 prices; and on the whole a very fair amount of business 0 been done at prices more satisfactory to the producers t" those they have recently obtained. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The new Tooth-pick To 44 1:; brush, thoroughly cleansing between the teeth, when 1 . 15 4 up and down, and polishing th e sur f ace when used crosso the hair warranted never to co me out ; in four stre ngt/P-4, via., No. 1, hard, No. 2, less hard, No. 3, medium, 1 0 .,' 0 1. soft. The double anti-pressure na il-b rush, which does divide the quick from the nails. 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O f On the 30 h ult., at Ivy-lodge, Maida-vale, the 1 1 " James Jonathan Watson, Esq, MARRIED. On the 26th ult. at Copford, Essex, the Rev. Str' Ap r., te Leigh, vicar of Hatfield Peverel, to Pri sc ill a , on ly dat. l B of the late W. P. Honywood, Esq., of Marks-hall. , On the 27th ult., a t,N antw i c h Ch urc h , N antw i tc h, county of Chester, Samuel Powell Purser, barrister - A i juP Dublin, to Eliza Thomas, s econ d d aug ht er o f t h e late • James Chater. o ( On the 27th ult., the Baron Pierre Frangois Ferrari! 1 1 : 1 3 e j O, in the service of his M a j es t y th e Ki ng of Sardinia, to I' ° ; t i Bridget, daughter of Al exan d er C oc kb urn , Esq., and of Sir James Cockburn, Bart. 0 DIED. On the 14th ult.. at Florence, Maria Andrea, Iliet1 liet 03 0 Austin Shinkwin, Esq., and eldest daughter of Don De la Torre, aged 63. rd , '" d On the 23d ult., a t St a dh amp t on, near Oxford, wet, Gilbert, Esq., late 0 1 h er M a j esty ' s O r d nA nee-office, Alr On the 24th ult., at the Howe, Halstead, Essex' Waller, aged 77. On the 29th ult., at Chester, William Morgan , aged 76. re ll3°ll On the 29th ult. , at his residence, College-street, , crescent, Mr. William Meredith, aged 7Q., , — ,zet London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO T° T e o , 11 ; No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, e'„ g tf Strand, in the Precinct of the Savrq, ip the Of" - Biiddlefies, Wednesday, July 3, 1850.