The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-14 00:00:00

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The Bill was liaerel eY4z( l en ' a zid y co onial measure over preetnael to the. /Louse, Th e " ueefplahle to the great hody of the colonists. tio,i?ely objection to the Bill was with reference te e o h i a' chamber; but even this objection the colonists ths l y l ' ab h , a ve power by the Bill itself to f o :i.l af I L and so think fit. Henppealed, then, to those ;i'!teenbere who had hitherto supported the Bill stiff flier t o it their votes in this. its last stage, and not tur %en del4 Y legislation on the subject. Tee Riglit Hon. referred eman opposite had, in the course of his yernag:s, the tub. to the question of waste laude. Ile consi tired a reat ub ject of waste lands in the colonies as one of the Ism e a s t importance, as well far the people of Eat - loeinten fur the people of the colonies. The sol e tea r. ~hraci how they cou ld b e b est manag ed for their kotea Pst e The Hon oura bl e G ent l eman t hought they no be best m anaged b y the local l eg i s latures. He Tate eat Guy that there were in the colonies persons ka le . Pab of dealin g w i t h the subject, but, at the Are sso t Z l ei he though: they might be exposed to local bi l t not, perhaps, amounting to jobbing or corrup *bah what might end in their passing measures la, would transfer the waste lands to a number of kr holders fir a very low price. When the Right gentleman talked o f two chambers being better f o 'sae for the management o f waste l an d, h e must h ave te r ,rall the case of Canada. [Mr. Gladstone made a re ater euoss the t a bl e. ]:T he R i ght H on. G ent l eman seeme d eit'utFk that all t h e difference lay in hav i ng the two tiro e'er! elec t i ve, but could he suppose that even w i th. fs,,„ "hire Chamber s th ere wou ld b e so essen tial a dif ,heZe between the members of each as to constitute a Th e b ° . ll the subj ect o f t h e di sposa l o f was t e l an ds ? w ith li g ht onourable Gentleman had found fault . tou r i te ""e Bill because it did not provide for a f a kiprea, Project of his—the establishment of .. a diteotaae co urt.—(Hear.) But the case of Australia of i a e g f rom America, inasmuch as it bad not one body . ha td w but four. The question of the franchise s thee c' e u g h t would be better dealt with by the colonist th e WI that House. The Right Hon. Gentleman and teer °n • and Learned Member for Sheffield had referred °ltr• ew Zealand, and making use of a hackneyed phrase ie s., °l it as one of the - blunders of the Colonial- Pis e ', l 'Gut with regard to New Zealand, the House had ateLa t ' n anienously and bond fide a Bill establishing rc- PateCd'aliae institutions. That measure had been sus tll- "Ply on the statement of the Governor that in thelobability the laws made by so small a minority as Peleil e ti t r i ° P e ana would not be submitted to by the native 4 444 °11, Paying, as they did, nearly the whole 1) 44 a That was two years ago. Accounts had been laid e h the other day from the colony, and would be a ons e a ll the table shortly. It appeared from them, so !like , ed , was the Governor with the progress that had lie e„ L e P'hee. and with the tranquillity that prevailea, that il l bee intimated to the Secretary for the Colonies that, be o pinion, r e p resen t a tive institutions should not alse r 'gar wi t hh el d . Wi t h out ma ki ng an y positive en the s u bj ect, h e m i g h t sa y th a t he had every for tee n of laying on the table this session a measure `4 r4ti telg to New Zealand representative institutions. the 4r ) Under all those circumstances, he hoped 111 %se would read the Bill a third time. ° r ' 4 l n DENISON said that on looking at the state 14,. 4. ° 11 5e he perceived that it would be useless for t he Meaaber to propose an amendment of which 4 0 . -ye rntleent disapproved. The Bill having reached his 0 , - ; ', t ag% he could not refrain from stating that, in rhat a ;a, ° 'eni it was, in its present state, objectionable in illti o le ° 'uts i and particularly so in the form of con t - I hots ee w hich it would confer on the colonies. He fir e aaa* it Wrong as res p ec t e d the f e deral assembly, and bins " , r e Wrong in withholding from the colonists the , vat ale haileent Of their own waste lands.—(Hear, hear.) lief a :: always thought that the principle of the Bill wee twe, o anting to the colonists the management of their the 7 4 ' 1, - True, a power was given them of altering 'alia e h a ri stitution conferred by the Bill; but that power e l ' il eY most desired—the power of dealing with eta the : a s eite lands—was withheld froth them. The Right fet e ,'" Under-Secretary had alluded to the feeling in t hat - i r e of the Bill, but it had been announced to mein IseCeY would have the management of their waste ,),k1 iI AIVES—In. General Assembly. le a r r ' e DENlSal.N—When the Bill was introduced last ,„"? Mention WAS made of waste lands, and on ar 4 e lt ierl respecting them being put to the Noble a:- tt the he p : - .ld of the Government, he answered that te le lake some d a y s t o con sid e r the s u bject. Aaer l ai o l o n a 4nw deliber a t e d upon the subject, the Noble Lord ate - ~.;n and announced the determination of the G 0- th Zent to grant the management of the waste land % e e "loniste. That declaration had been the . source 6 re 1 4 4 , g atisfaction to the coloaists. So much impor -144; di d the colonists attach to the question of waste t hat i , he believed they would accept the manage )tita °' them without this Bill, rather than this Bill fall ° °l the management of them.—(Hear, hear.) The tag e ; h r 'ginally delegated to the federal assembly the ma ellee-ae,nt of waste lands; but when it came to .be dis• labaa m Committee, the Noble Lord withdrew the ma the;eint not only from the federal assembly, but from t itie e es altogether.—(Hoar, hear.) One reason wattki by the Noble Lord for placing the management I f t eta ",lands in the Colonial-office, was the necer,sity 41 % " l ing uniformity of management. Uniformity tr ati i n that one rule should be directed to the adminis he sclll of affairs which were similar; but nothing could ter • No in e dissimilar than the condition of the separate k letit' es, and therefore uniformity of manage !tall would be deformity of management in "lien" Case. The Noble Lord had also referred to a llia t - ae,of the Governor of Vau Diemen's Land to show Lk opinion was that it was desirable the discussion T he 'ha lands should not at present be proceeded with. llitPeat object of that dispatch was to point out the th at wince between the colonies, and to show . the injury wel o w s ° i nkl be done to Van Diemen's Land if New South ti e,,reei a aad a preponderating influence in any federal as kart(' In this dispatch reference was ma de to a re teo:°re the Legislative Council of New South Wales, e i ttte r , i mportant document, and to which he begged the •kle - 'en of the Under-Secretary for the Coloni es . t he the report had not reached the Colonia officaeti !oeP i her of it had arrived in this country. Me h 'lev: rre d with the author of it that very day. [a r tr. life Qt i ntimated that he had got the report.] That e. Oh‘tated in the strongest manner, the inconvenience, l f and injury of maintamin • • g in New South Ithtl rya n upset price of 20s. an acre for waste land, ri „eht e ,?romended a reduction to ss. per acre, with a 1 7 1 .. e ut o t i e Pre-emption to leaseholders. He believed that roe, ,mpt tci keep up the price of land had been I ;,t a n - : t tve of mi sc hi e f, and that the scheme of which part had failed. The colonists would not ke a anitsfied • un l ess th e y o btained the manage kiVe-ef their w aste- lands. It would be better to ties ." 1 11 that management now, and produce satisf?c qte'a;'han to h ave it wrested from the Colonial-office h t he ' V. He also regarded the principle on which h op al assembly was to be hosed as vicious. Th-. the f tbad Learned Member for Sheffield had said that ttroderal assembly would be of great u'e in questions t tre a ltl 'i canals, and railways. He had hai some cern ihecta-aunication on this subject with gentlemen con ',the C I , With the colony, and he wished the House to see .e P°liey of the manaeement of the waste lands in semi free and the keeping up a high price,. b ad ° Prate in such a work as a railway. Suppo•e i! ) " carried through some waste land, the parties b ahai t • ( n ahve to pay 20s. an acre, or it they desired cern 1141 1 t :)- ; ; would have to make application to the Govern t'll K e n , England. Much time would There)) , be . ;erg ,„"; Friend said that the present Bill did not int , b ' e aso n ' t " a lin Act of Parliament. Nos, that was one ahll4,• w eY he (Mr. Denison) thought it objectionable. nt ‘ l tg as he did that the Bill in its present shape was prof y o u Bill, and that it would not do that which it I ,t e a -4 d to do the most expedient manner, and that te - o l n° h such a useful measure as it had been described, N I , hid not hesitate to give his vote against the third a lr nZ of the 11u-0-leer.) e I4 i ) Pe'e 4 • I4 STEY would suggest to the Hon. Gentlemen ba'are t Awho represented and supported the Govern iteeeitue expediency of considering the questions ila'• under their notice by the lion. Blemler who l k .4st tds ‘,2Poken. With respect, however, t the waste a' i van Diemen's Land he did not think that sab ttliatt Z e t° r l much interest in that colony, seeing that_lhe been imprudently distributed by various 144% Nal which had preceded the present. Of the ad .i:lCttantion of the land fund in that particular colony, le' d aVit the colonists had ever reason to complain. t aken the liberty of proposing an amendment, aviell„" hoped would be favourably entertained by her ti'l)O-oloy'sstGetaoverfnment. emigration to Vau Diemen's Land i t ," 4 4l D t t s ev4 ,,,,lled, o wh f i r e e h e h e a m d L b r e% attended with favourable emigrants who had proceeded to that co -11144 Wit h 1 11111 those e r e th e i mpression the system of penal settlements -I'4l 4'43/I t to be ab la andoned. .The proportion then of lc)° ,1 1 111at• attlin tt w lon, as compared wrath convict, was not half for determined as in 1824. But i 1840 the Government h t ot ,. upon making the colony a receptacle sae /le ts and since that period the latter population OR elite . ae et f seC l in proportion to the free population to working the e•s would cause great difficulty in the et.4nellee new constitution Great expense had been s h y the increase of Crime; and the taxes levied, as a lt ere aoci a n todu ce of the land sales, had been absorbed tile Year 1828" of that additional expenditure. From eney invested in w hils eea by the teotdloBt no 1845 e,accordine to dispatch less than 218,0001, t' was "a the UV of 2,0001. from Sir E. Wilmot in j os air criterion hot calculated to exceed s a,etieo with respect to the administration of (e ,',Rilt to be adopted with respect to all the r colo o - . 1' 4 4 0 0 e"f'her colonies might be interested in p . op ° t the hnf er Hon. Member for Melton (Mr. E. Denison), Ivi e t i Tatelaa Van Diemen's Land was not. The 046, h l or had said that if the proposei Bill were " th 'a 4 s , tb'eyllnder the consideration of the . other . col,- tor. cl ause would reject ie because it contiin e e ‘ d . I ° of Na b: and he heel contended that the na • - t ot h they might have expressed their approh_arlßite. .aentain such a clause. Now . he (n .n ) 1 .' 4 seeLTPUght the Hon. Gentleman was in error t rcheve tartper e .tttonalthough such a clause might no of. l ,_n the Bill submitted to the colonists, the t hq it wa . `," Committee of Council was before them, dap os ' l a n,nown to be the opinion of the Governor that t; 44 is of the of the waste lands ought to be left in the th e i the t Go vernment. He bal, therefore, contended iii , t a „ P ti prob at i on of the colonists had been given to l enri e ll it was ~.measure, notwith s t an di ng th e p rov i s i on t e4 ". A s f iceevrn to contain with respect to the waste elth e elaee i t ai popular opinion was concerned, he hy though i t e ued been expressed in favour of the measure, D, o l c he e i ret :lad many de fee s , It was vitally demanded tes oi essea r° _stances of all the colonies with , which it ettabli wb Le, l 7 t one, and that one was New Sou..h In e , "shed , 2aua a shrt of constitution . had . been already Christi ton4s au t n which was therefore indifferent to the 'li4/e.rclbena4dre.to Was ay it not strange, then, that they . it because that colony was in }ail? ad it progress, although three other colonies auti l in e au Dietnen'a Laud was in favour of the Passed a resolution of censure, at a great meeting, on the Government for hav:rig deferred it lass year. tic trusted the amendment of the Hon. Member tor Melton un the subject of the waste lands would re ceive the favourable attention of the Government . , as well as that whieh he had himself suggested with respect to the pc - dice expentlitere, and more especially as he be lieved the principle of the bill would not be at all affected by either. Mr. AGLIONBY begged to make only one or two remarks in that stage of the debate. On the subject cif the wae'e lands he would not enter, because he conceived that to be oat of place oa the present occasion. With respect to the civil list lie would only observe, that he thought it ought to be put under the control of the local legislature, and the sooner the better. Now with 'a spect to the present Bill endtthe various amenements proposed, it seemed to him that the question risked by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Oxford was simply this, " would they take the Bill as it was, or post pone it for another session?" Now, weighing the balance of good aed evil, he (Mr. Aglionby) was for assenting to the Bill as it was at present. He concurred in a great deal of what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, and agreed with him in some of his objections; but, at the same time, he considered it was better to take the Bill now than postpone it. It would be of import ance to show the colonists that the Imperial Legislature was disposed to take a step and then a vote on the management of their own affairs. If he thought that was a final measure, he would oppose it; but as it recog nised a proper principle of self-government, and gave a means for improving and reforming the constitution hereafter, it found expedient, he did not think it ought bo be put off for another session. Mr. SCOTT said the Honourable Member who had last spoken supported the Bill because it was not a final one. lie considered it a bad and a faulty measure, and therefore he had come to the conclusion that he ought to vote in favour of the Bill. Now he (Mr. Scot.) hoped other Hon. Members would come with him to a different conclusion, and vote for the postponement of the third reading. becauie it was a bad and a faulty Bill. It was not at all astonishing that some of the colonies should be anxious to obtain representative institutions; but he denied the assumption that the present Bill was so much desired by the colonies as had been stated. They who thought with him maintained that there was by no means sufficient evidence before the House to show that the colonists were in favour of the Bill. That was the reason why they moved that the third reading should be postponed until further advicea were received from the colonies. They were not to take statements from newspapers as authoritative documents with respect to the state of public feeling in the colonies. They should look to the reports of the Legislative Council, the ad dresses of the governors, and the opinions expressed in their petitions by the colonists themselves. The Go vernor of New South Wales, in two separate dispatches, had strongly stated his opinion in favour of two assemblies; and the Governor of Van Diemen's Lead had expressed a similar opinion—an opinion which was also eutertained by the Legislative Councils of South Australia and of New South Wales. Her Majesty's Ministers themselves had stated that the measure was not in accordance with their own views, but had been brought forward to meet the wishes of the inhabitants of the colonies. Then, again, it was laid down in the report of the Privy Council, which might be looked upon as the portion of the Government most capable of !tinning a wise decision upon the subject, that a double chamber would bo preferable to a single one. Such an arrange meet 'would at the same time be more consonant with the principles of the British constitution. With regard to the proposal for the establishment of a federative as sembly, be should say that, in his opinion, it would be more Cesirable that the colonists should send their repre sentetives or delegates to this country than that they should send them to a federative assembly in any of the colonies. He believed that the measure as it then stood was not approved of by the colonists, while it was con detmeed by the Privy Council in this country, and by a large portion of the House of Commons; and he there fore thought that they ought to postpone the third read ing, and endeavour to bring in a Bill of a less objection able character, and one mere likely to produce satisfac tion in the colonies. Mr. SIMEON said he could not help feeling much surprise at the course which her Majesty's Government had pursued upon that subject. At the commencement of the session the House had heard a most liberal colo nial policy clearly pointed out in the Sp, eels from the ['brute. The establishment of a double chamber had been strongly advocated by Honourable Members on both sides of the House. The colonial assemblies and the colonial governors had expressed their opinions to the same effect ; and yet the House was then called upon to pass a measure of the directly opposite character. He was not one of those who looked upon the colonies as incumbrances to this country. On the contrary, he thought that thelmperisl greatness of Great Britain was bound up in their maintenance, and he would never be a party to a course of policy which would, at whatever distance of time, present the vista of a severance. The two prominent points brought forward in this discussion were, the question of a double chamber, and that of Im perial control over the local affeirs of the colony. With respect to the first they were told that the Bill gave a poWer to the colonists to modify their constitution ; but they ought either to have legislated for the colonies, or have given them the power of legislating fur themselves ; but they had done neither one thing nor the other. It was said that the materials for a second chamber did not exist in the colony, and it was pos sible that a difficulty might be found at present in form ing such a body; but the course which they were asked to pursue would tend to perpetuate this unfortunate state of things. With reference to the second point, it had been asked what were local Acts ; butfthis he thought had been sufficiently answered by the Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark. After all that had been said by the Noble Lord at the head of the Government what did they see? A Bill brought forward, under which the Co lonial-office was left an incubus still pressing upon the colonies and paralysing their energies. With these views he would support the amendment of the Right Hon. the Member for the University of Oxford.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME agreed with the Hon. Member that the Colonial-office had been an incubus pressing on the energies of the colonies ; and it was because he was anxious to get rid of its baneful domination that he bad decided on giving his support to the Bill. His aspira tions had always been to see the colonies governing themselves, for he felt convinced that if they went on in the old track they would lose every colony they had 'rhe Cape of Good Hope afforded a good example of the advantages of self-government. That colony had the power of forming its own government on the broadest principles. There were two chambers there which he preferred, but then they were elected Chambers and had no nominees among them. In fast, one of his principal objections to this Bill was the mixture of nominees in the representation. The 35th clause gave the colony the power of remodelling its constitution ; true, it must come home fir approval, but this would only cause a slight delay, and would be much bitter than waiting a year to legislate. Mr. ADDERLEY observed that even the Hon. Mem ber for Montrose and the other adherents of the Go vernment ou the Treasury benches who had spoken, while they supported the Bill, yet in face, i and censured the the measure in detail. The Bill, f would owe its success partly to the apathy and partly to the antipathies of the House. The professed objects of the Bill were to consult the wishes of the colonists and t avoid delay. There teas an old adage, " more, haste, worse speed," of which the conduct of the Government in this instance efforded an admirable illustration; for it was not likely that any permanent settlement woul f be arrive lat under this Bill for twenty years to come. A cemplete innovation was attempted to be made in the principles on which the British constitution rested, and upon a measure of' this kind, anomalous in its character, I,tried on no precedent, having no analogy with that constitution, he maintained the colony had a right to be consulted. Tire same could not be said of the project of the Honourable Baronet the Member for S tuthwark, which was founded on the British constitu tion. The measure propoe , d having four different parties in the chamber—there was the Government party, the representative party, the local South Austra lian party, and the federal party. He was satisfied that such an arrangement would never work well. Then with regard to the franchise, it was evident that there would be a general demand for an extension of the franchise in the colony. geestions of that nature would constantly turn up, and the effect would be that they must be referred to the mother country. Endless delay would be the result, and dissatisfaction would inevitably ensue. The Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies hail told them that the question before the House that night was between the possession of the colo nies and their total loss, and he was ready to admit that such was the case, but he denied that the retention of the veto had anything to do with the retention of the colonies. He would remind the House that it was the exercise of the veto that had caused the loss of the North American colonies, and in the case of South Aus tralia he had no doubt it would lead to endless disputes. He hoped if the Government saw any means by which they could more effectually carry out what they said were their two objects namely, the retention of the colonies, and the avoidance of delay, that they would have the courage to postpone or withdraw the present measure. _ . Mr. DIVETT and Mr. Macgregor rose together, but the latter gentleman gave way. He (Mr. Divett) must complain (mat the Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last had made the same speech three times over. He com plained, also, that the members of the Colonial Reform Association monopolized all the talking to themselves; and they were also endeavouring to reconcile extreme Radicalism with extreme Toryism. The present was the third session in which this Bill was brought for ward; and he was thoroughly persuaded that it would give satisfaction to the colony. Mr. STANFORD regretted that he was not able to give his support to the amendment of the Right Hon. Gentleman ; and he regretted this the snore as he was always disponei to pay attention to anything that fell from the Right Honourable Gentleman. He should regret extremely if Government was induced to give up their control over the land in the colonies— he had always considered that control as most im portant in enabling the Government at home to send oat the surplus population. He did not think that the arguments against the exercise of the veto were very happily urged, because the instances:rkferred to could not under any point of view be brought forward in eases of a tyrannical interference with the wishes or fuelin;;s of the colonists. In the speech of the Hon. and Loomed Seconder of the amendment, which he (Mr. St inf. rd) had lost a very g iod dinner by remaining in t House t) listen to—(A laugh)—he thought that lion. and Learned Gentleman had done himself injustice. Ile had compared himself to a British Diogenes, seeking for the constitution, and yet he had objected to the Bill because it was cco; analogous to the constitution which he could not find. The Hon. and Learned Member had also described the people in the colonies as being ar rayed ngainit and hatinq, each other, and be must there fore.express hi s astonishment that he should have urged as an argument against the Bill that it would nut make the people of the colony happy. Although ho did not the Bill by any means a perfect measure, he should vote aga'nst the amendment. Mr. MACGREGOR, though not content with many f the provisions of the Bill, yet looking to the evil of further delay, and considering the good that it con tained, he would support it, that it might be sent out to the colonies at once. If the Bill were to be a final mea sure, like the censt tutiou given to the American col.- nize,, he should not give it his wise:it; hut seeing that it left so much to the colonists themselves, and having confidence in the Noble Lord at the head or the Government, that he would not deny to the colonists any measures which appeared to them to be practical, he saw no reason for rejecting the Bill. With respect to the local affairs of the colonies, he thought the Colo nial-otlice ought to leave to the colonists themselves the management of all those concerns which were of a pecu liarly local character; but he would make some excep tions to these. He would not allow the colonies to im pose heavy or restrictive daties on goods imported into their own territories either from the home country or a foreign country, or from one colony to another; and the various matters included in the schedules of the Bill he would leave to the colonists themselves to regulate; and with respect to salaries, while he would leave the sala ries of the governor and the chief justice a matter of ar rangement for the home Government, he would leave all other public salaries to the management of the colonies. He considered also that some alteration should be made in the price of laud in those colonies, which was so high that it drove many to the United States who would otherwise proceed to Australia. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 128 Against it ... ... 226 Majority Mr. ROEBUCK moved to extend the provisions of the Bill so as to enable the legislatures of the British North American colonies to establish a federative assembly fir those colonies. He considered that the only way to create a national feeling in those colonies so as to prevent their being absorbed by the United States. Lord J. RUSSELL objected to the clause being brought up. He did so without entering into the ques tion whether it was wise to establish such a federative assembly. He considered it fir better to keep the Bill to its purpose cf providing for the legislature of Australia, without having mixed up with it any question of a federative assembly for the American provinces. Mr. ROEBUCK would not press his motion. He only wished to record his opinion on the subject. The motion was negatived without a division. Mr. MO WATT withdrew the amendment which stood in his name. Mr. AGLIONBY proposed the following clause, pro viding fur representative institutions and the means of self-government within the islands of New Zealand:— " Whereas an Act was passed in the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty, intituled An Act to make far ther provision for the Government of the New Zealand Islands;' and another Act was passed in the twelfth year of the reign of her Majesty, intituled An Act to suspend for five years the operation of certain parts of an Act of the tenth year of her present Majesty, for making further provision for the Government of the New Zealand Islands, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof;' and whereas it is expedient that earlier and other provision should be made for securing the rights of representative institutions, and the means of self-go vernment, within the islands of New Zealand: be it enacted, that. so much of the said last-recited Act as suspends certain parts of the said first-recited Act be hereby repealed, and that the said first-recited Act shall be in full force and effect until and unless it shall be hereafter repealed or altered." Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had received very recently letters from the governor of New Zealand, stating that the condition of the colony was so satisfac tory that the constitution could be safely applied now. At the same time, there were points in is which the Go vernment wished to amend. But as there would not be time to do so this year they would, he hoped, be enabled to bring in a sztistactory measure next year. Mr. AGLIONBY would, under these circumstances, withdraw his motion. In reply to Mr. V. SMITH. Mr. HANES said the stockholders beyond the 19 counties wou!d have the power of sending representa tives to the Legislative Council. The franchise would ❑ot be touched by the Bill, but would be left to the Co lor ial Legislature. Mr. E. DENISON then moved that the Legislature of each colony should have the management of the waste lands within its limits. His amendment was upon clause 13, line 35, and was us follows, after the word "respec tively," to insert the following words:—" And for sell ing, demising, granting licences for occupation of or otherwise disposing of waste lands of the Crown within the limits of the colony, and for the appropriation of the money to arise from such disposition of such lands, any thing in an Act of the 6th year of her Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Lands be longing to the Crown in the Australian Colonies,' or in an Act of the 10th year of the reign of her Majesty to amend such Act, and to make further provision for the management of such land, to the contrary notwithstand ing: provided always, that one equal half part of such gross proceeds shall be, and the same is hereby appro• priated towards the expense of removal from the United Kingdom to the colony wherein such revenue accrued of emigrants from the United Kingdom." Mr. HAWES said the question was certainly one of great importance; but still he thought it would be better the Bill should stand as it was. Opinions even in the colonies were divided on the question; a fact he proved by extracts from a memorial of certain stockholders, asking Government to adhere to the old policy. Under the existing Act nearly 2,000,0001. had been raised and expended on labour and emigration to the colonies. The objection of the Legislative Council of New South Wales was not to the principle or policy of the Act, but to the price of land; but out of every 205., the price of an acre of land in the colony, 10s. were spent in local improve• meets, and 10a. upon the emigration of labourers. The present price prevented the absorption of more land than could be satisfactorily cultivated. and hindered the evils of accumulation of territory in the hands of individuals. He hoped, therefore, the motion would not be pressed to a division. Mr. HUME thought the question should come sepa rately betore the House; and he trusted a division would not be taken on it at that moment, but that the subject should be deferred for discussion to an early day. For that reason he should rote against the motion if it went to a division. Mr. SCOTT said the principle of 20s. an acre had been adopted because the South Australian Company had obtained land at that price and did not wish to sell it for less. That was the reason why an Act of Parlia •cent was passed raising the price of land in the colonies from ss. to 20s. an acre. Daring six years prior to the Act the land sales brought 800,000/. Mr. HUTT denied the statements of the Hon. Member as far as they related to the South Australian Company. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment , 82 Against it 222 Majority against the amendment --140 Mr. ANS I'EY then moved to insert in schedule C the figures " 5,0001," instead of " 13,3001." Mr. HAWES could not consent to the amendment, and eventually Mr. Ansley withdrew it, and the Bid passed. STAMP DUTIES BILL. The Howe went into Committec on this Bill, and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER placed in the hands of the Chairman the resolutions which forrnel the foundation of the Bill. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know the nature of the resolutions, otherwise the House would be sanc tioning something which they did not know the na ture of. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was un derstood to say, that the resolutions he now proposed strictly carried out the scheme which he had previously stated on Friday last, for reineing taxation to the extent of 300,000/. There was to be a duty of one per cent. on conveyances, and one-eighth per cent. on mortgages and bonds. The only alteration was with respect to the schedule for Ireland, which would be deferred. Mr. DISRAELI thought the resolutions ought not to be printed before they were submitted to the House. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said it would be competent, at the neat stage, tor any lion. Member to propose any alteration or redaction in Corn mittee. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY was of opinion that, instead of a reduction to the extent of 300,0001.. as stated, there would be really an increase of taxation. This showed the necessity of the Committee understanding what the resolutions were before they agreed to let them be brought in. He was perfectly persuaded that a Grin conviction pervaded the minds of the mass of the people that if this Bill were passed, the nation would be grossly deceived in its effect; tor, instead of reducing taxation, the result would be to increase it. He wished the Ri g ht lion. Gentleman to lay on the table of the House those calculations on which he arrived at his conclusion, so as it might be seen where the loss of 300,0001. would wise. He thought the Right Hon. Gentleman ought to afford the data, showing where the loss to taxation or where the gain would be,. For his own part, he believed the loss was greatly overrated, and be suspected th ere was some great error in tha Right Hon. Gentleman's calculations; therefore, ho conceived it was but fair to the House to lay before it some documents which could easily be obtained from the Stamp-office. to show the amount of loss anticipated with respect to leases and conveyances. Mr. HUME thought the resolutions ought to be printed, and put into every Member's hands, so that all might understand where the loss or where the increase would arise. Mr. GROGAN wished to know if it were competent for any Member in Committee to move a reduction in any one of the proposed items? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said re ceipts would not be included in the reductions. He in tended to confine the measure to certain items of the stamp duties already enumerated, without intending to include anything else. Mr. FORBES thought the schedule ought first to he printed, for the informaticu of Member!. Mr. MULLINGS having given a list of the items which were to be affected by the proposed alteration, wished to know it he had name I them all? The CHANCELLO It of the EXCHEQUER remarked that in the schedule agreemt , nts were included which were not included in the previous schedule. Mr. GROGAN desired to know whether it would be competent to move for the reduction of any other of the stamp duties in Committee? Mr. GOULBURN thought the resolutions ou;ht to be adopted. They would then appear in the votes, and any Hon. Gentleman who might have an amend ment to move when the report was brought up would find himeelf placed in the same situation as he was at present. . The resolutions were then adopted. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1850. VIE RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL. The amendments to this Bill were inserted. and or dered to be printed and reported on Friday Ilex . FAC romEs BILL. Lord ASHLEY wished that the 1141 should be re committed pro folinuc for the purpose of withdrawing his clause, and having the Government amendments in serted. Sir G. GREY said th , s amendments wculd be the same as he had stated previ, usly, with one exception, making provisions for loss by water. Colonel SIBTRORP objected to compromises of any kind. He could not say that the support he had pro mised to give to the Noble Lord would be continued. In answer to Lord J. MANNERS, Sir G. GREY stated that he would have the discussion on the Bill as early as possible. Tho Bill then went through Committee pro forma, and was ordered to be recommitted on 23d May. MISCELLANEOUS ESTI MATES. In answer to a question from Colonel SIB"I'HORP, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re marked that six classes of the civil service were printed on the table for some time. He hoped the House would allow him to take the votes on the civil contingencies on Friday next. no House then went into Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro. posed a vote of 8,558,7001. Exchequer-bills, which was agreed to. The Fees (Court of Common Pleas) Bill was read a third time and passed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought in a Bill to alter and amend the law relating to proceedings by pro cess of attachment of goods in the Borough Courts of Record in Ireland. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the following Committee on Savings' Banks was nominated :—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. John Abel Smith, Sir George Clerk, Sir William Gibson Craig, Mr. Herries, Mr. Poulett Scrape, Sir John Yarde Buller, the Marquis of Kildare, Mr. Ker Seymer, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. William Fagan, and Mr. Bramston. The House adjourned at One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House rf Comin•kns ) MONDAY, MAY 13. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES G9VERNMENT BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read a third time:"— Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word" That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House, adverting to the numerous provisions of the Austra lian Colonies Government Bill, which require the interfer ence of the authorities at home in the future regulation of the affairs of those Colonies, and desirous to reduce as far as possible the occasions for such interference, and to place the political institutions of the said Colonies upon the basis most likely to be permanent, will not give its further sanction to that Bill until there shall have been afforded to the governors, legislatures, and people of the said Colonies an opportunity of considering the provisions of the measure as they stand, in conjunction with the several propositions varying from them which have been submitted to the notice of the House," instead thereof: —Question put, " That the wordi proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided:— ......___ . MAJORITY-AYES, 226. Abdy, Sir Thomas Fordyce, A. D. Peehell, Sir G. Acland, Sir T. Forster, Matthew Peel, Sir Robert Adair, R. A. Freestun, Colonel Pelham, D. A. Aglionby, H. A. French, F. Perfect, Robert Alcock, Thomas Glyn, G. C. Peto, Samuel Anson, Colonel Grace, 0. D. Pigott, Francis Anstey, Thomas C. Graham, Sir James Pilkington, James Armstrong, Sir A. Granger, T. C. Pinney, William Armstrong, R. B. Greene, John Plowden, W. H. Bagshaw, John Greene, Thomas Plumptre, J. P. Baines, M. T. Grey, Sir George Power, Dr. Baring. Sir F. Grey,'R. W. Powlett, Lord W. Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Price, Sir Robert Bass,lM. T. Grosvenor, Earl Raphael, Alexander Berkeley, Admiral Harris, Richard IZawdon, Colonel Berkeley, Henry F. Hastie, Alexander Reid, Colonel Berkeley, C. L. G. Ilatchell, John Reynolds, John Bernal, Ralph llawes, Benjamin Ricardo, J. L. Birch, Sir T. Hayter, W. G. Ricardo, Osman Blackall, S. W. Headlam, Thomas Rice, E. R. Bouverie, E. P. Heald, James Rich, Henry Boyle, Colonel Heathcoat, John Robartes, T. J. Bramston, T• W. Homage, Edward Roche, E. B. Brand, Thomas Heneago, G. H..W. Romilly, Colonel Brocklehurst, John Henry, Alexander Romilly, Sir Joke Brockman, E. D. Ileyworth, Lawrence Rumbold, C. E. Brotherton, Joseph Hobhouse, Sir John Russell, Lord John Brown, W. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, F. C. H. Browne, R. D. Hodges, T. L. Rutherford, A. Burke, Sir T. J. Hodges, T. Twisden Salwey, Colonel Busfeild, W. Howard, Lord E. Scrope, G. P. Buxton, Sir E. Howard, C. W. Scully, Francis Cardwell, E. Howard, P. H. Seymour, Lord Carter, J. B. Hume, J. Shot to, R. D. Cayley, E. S. Humphery, Ald. Shell, R. L. Chaplin, W. J. Hutchins, E. J. Sheridan, 11. B. Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Smith, J. A. Clay, James Jervis, Sir John Smith, J. B. Clay, Sir W. Keogh, William Somers, J. P. Clerk Sir G. Kershaw, James Somerville, Sir W. Clifford, H. M. King, P. J. Spearman, H. J. Cobden, R. Labouchere, Henry Stanford, J. F. Cockburn, Alex. Lascelles, W. S. Stansfleld,lW. R. Collins, W. Lemon, Sir Charles Stanton, W. 11. Colvile, C. R. Loch, James Stuart, Lord Dudley Cowan, Charles Locke, Joseph Talbot, C. R. Cowper, W. F. M'Cullagh, W. T• Talbot, J. 11. Craig, Sir W. G. M'Gregor, John Tancred, H. W. Crawford, W. S. Mahon, O'Gorman Tenison, E. K. Crowder, R. B. Mangles, R. D. Thicknesse, R. A. Cubitt, William Martin, C. W. Thompson, Colonel Dalrymple, Captain Martin, Samuel Thornely, T. Dashwood, G. 11. Matheson, James Townshend. Captain Davie, Sir Henry Matheson, Colonel Tuihell, IL Devereux,'J. T. Maule, Fox Tynte, Colonel Divett, Edward Mitchell, T. A. Vane, Lord H. Drummond, Henry Moffatt, George Verney, Sir H. Duff, George S. Monsell, William Villiers, Charles Duke, Sir James Moore, G. H. Vivian, J. 11. Duncan, Viscount Morgan, H. K. Walmsley, Sir J. Duncan, George Morison, Sir,W. Walter, John Duncuft, John Morris, David Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Admiral Mostyn, E. M. Wawn, J. T. Dundas, Sir David Mowatt, Francis Willcox, Brodie Dunne, Coionel Mulgrave, Earl Williams, John Ebrington, Viscount Muntz, G. F. Willyams, 11. Ellis, John Mare, Colonel Williamson, Sir LI. Elliot, John E. Norreys, Lord Wilson, James Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Brien, Sir Timothy Wood, Sir Charles Evans, J. O'Connell, Maurice Wood, W. I'. Evans, William OTlaherty, Anthony Wrightson, W. B. Ewart, William Ogle, S. C. Wyvill, M. Fagan, William Ord, William Ferguson, Colonel Osborne,lßalph TELLERS. Ferguson, Sir R. Paget, Lord C. Hill, Lord M. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Parker, John Bellew, R. M. Foley, John H. Patten, J. W. MINORITY—NOES, 123. Adair, Hugh E. Farnham, E. Napier, Joseph Adderley, C. B. Ferrer, James Neeld, Joseph A rkwright. '.I. Fellowes, E. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Bailey, Joseph Filmer, Sir E. O'Connor. Feargus Baillie, H. J. Floyer, John Oswald, Alexander Ban kes, George Forbes, William Palmer, Robert Baring, Francis Fox, S. L. Portal, Melville Bateson, Thomas Galway, Viscount Prime, Richard Bentinck, Lord EL ' Gooch, E. S. Rendleshatia, Lord Beresford, William Goulburn, Henry Repton, G. W. Berkeley, Grautley Granby, Marquis of Sanders, George Bernard, Viscount Grogan, Edward Scholetield, W. Best, John Gwyn, Bowel Scott, Francis Blackstone, W. Hale, R. B. Simeon, John Blair, Stephen Halsey, T. P. Smith, R. V. Blandford, Marquis Harris, Captain Smyth, John G. Booth, Sir R. G. Herbert, H. A. Smollett, A. Boyd, John Herbert, Sydney Somerset, Captain Brisco, M. Hildyard, It. C. Stafford, Augustus Broadley, H. Ilihlyard, T. B. Stanley, Edward Bromley, Robert Hodgson, W..N. Stephenson, Robert Brooke, Sir A. B. Hood, Sir A. Stuart, Henry Campbell, W. F. Hope, H. T. Stuart, J. Carew, W. P. Hope, Alexander Sullivan, Michael Castlereagh, Vie. Hernby, John Sutton, Henry Chatterton, Colonel Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Taylor, Thomas E. Christopher, it. A. Jones, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Christy, Samuel Law, C. E.; Thompson, Alderman Clive, Henry B. Lennox, Lord A. Thornhill, G. Cobbold, J. C. Lewisham, Vise. Tollemache, John Cocks, T. S. Lindsay, Colonel Turner, G. J. Codrington, Sir W. Lockhart,'A. E. Vesey, Hon. T. Cole, 11. A. Long, Wafter Vivian, J. E. Corry, 11. Mackenzie, W. F. Vyse, H. Deedes, W. Manners, Lord C. Waddington, H. S. Denison, J. E. Manners, Lord G. Walpole, S. II Disraeli, B. Manners, Lord J. Welby, G. E. Dod, J. W. Meux, Sir Henry Wortley, J. S. Drummond, home Miles, William Yorke, E. T. Duckworth, Sir J. Molesworth, sir W. Young, Sir John Dundas, George Morgan, 0. East, Sir_ J. Mullings, J. R. TELLERS. Estcourt : J. B. B. Mundy, William Gladstone, W. E. Evelyn, W. J. Naas, Lord Roebuck, J. A. Amendment proposed, page - 8, line 35, after the word "respectively," to insert the words "and for selling, demising, granting licences for occupation of, or otherwise disposing of waste lands of the Crown within the limits of the Colony, and for the appropriation of the money to arise from such disposition of such waste lands, anything in an Act of the sixth year of her Majesty, intituled, ' An Act for regulating the sale of waste lands belonging to the Crown in the Australian' Colonies,' or in an Act of the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty, to amend such Act, and to make further provision for the management of such land, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that one equal half part of such gross proceeds shall be, and the same is hereby ap propriated towards the expense of removal from the United Kingdom to the Colony wherein such revenue accrued of Emigrants from the United Kingdom." Question put, "That those words be there inserted.' The House divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 82. Adair, Hugh E. Estcourt, J. B. B. Mundy, William Adderley, C. B. Ferrer, James Naas, Lord Alexander, N. l'iliner, Sir E. Napier, Joseph Anstey, T. C. Forbes, Wm. O'Connell, M. J. Arkwright, George Forester, G. C. Parke, C. W. Uagot, William Fox, S. L. Palmer, Roundel Baldoek, E. IL Galway, Viscount Portal, Melville Baukes, G. Goddard, A. L. Prime, Richard Beresford, William Gore, W. R. 0. Rendlesham, Lord Bernard, Viscount Grogan, E. Repton, G. W. J. Blackstone, W. S. Halsey, T. P. Scholetleld, William Blair, Stephen Hamilton, J. H. Sibthorp, Colonel Booth, Sir R. G. lieneage, G. H. Simeon, John Brisco, M. Hood, Sir A. Smollett, A. Buller, Sir Y. llornby, John Somerset, Captain Cabbcll, B. B. Hudson, George Stanley, E. IL Carew, W. P. Johnstone, Sir J. Stuart, 11. Chstterton, Colonel Jolliffe, Sir:%Y. G. Start, 11. G. Chichester, Lord J. Knight, F. W. Sutton, 11. M Clive, H. B. Knox, Colonel Thompson, Ald. Cobbold, J. C. Lennox, Lori A. Vesey, T. Cocks, T. S. Lewi,ham, Via. Wyse, It. 11. Cole, lion. H. A. Lockhart, A. E. Willoughby, Sir H. Deedes, W. Mackenzie, W. F. Walpole, S. 11. Disraeli, B. Manners, Lord J. Dod, J. W. Meux, Sir H. TELLE Ps . Drummond, Henry Miles, Philip W. S. Scott, Francis Duckworth, Sir J. Miles, William Denison, J. E. Dundas, George Mullings, J. R. THE PROJECTED IMPROVEMENT OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. Yesterdly a doputatizn waited by appointment upon the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral with reference to the projeted improvements proposed by Mr. Barber, of the firm of Barber, Howse, and Meade, St Paul's Churchyard. Tne deputation consisted of Alderman Wilson (the Alderman of the ward), Sir James Duke, William Hunter, Mr. Deputy Peacock (Chairman of the Commission of City Sewers), Mr. Deputy Harrison, and Messrs. Blake and Barber. There were present also the Dean of the Cathedral, the Rev. J. E. Tyler, the Hon. and Rev. 11. M. Villiers, M.A., Archdeacon Hale, and the Rev. T. Dale, Mr. Cockerell (the architect to the Cathedral authorities), Mr. C. Hodgson (the clerk of the Chapter), Mr. Haywood (the surveyor of the Com mission of City Sewers), and Mr. Daw (their clerk). This deputation waited upon the ecclesiastical autho rities at half-past 11, and the interview lasted until a quarter before 1. The Dean took the chair. Alderman WILSON endeavoured to point out the necessity of setting back the rails, should it be de termined eventually to preserve them as a venerable testimonial of antiquity, and reminded the Chapter that 80 years ago Parliament had foreseen the pro. bability of such an alteration at a f u t ure per i o d. Mr. BLARE and Mr. Deputy HARRISON contended for the total removal of the rails as likely to cause a great public improvement both as regarded the Ca thedral itself and the traffic convenience. Mr. COCKERELL denied that the removal of the railing would at all improve the appearance of the structure, and strongly contended fur leaving things as they are. Mr. BARBER said the opinions entertained by se veral surveyors and architects of first-rate eminence were opposed to that of the gentleman who had just opposed the project. He had received letters from such advocates thanking him for the efforts he had been making to accomplish the object of removing what almost everybody now considered to be a nui sance and an eyesore. . . Mr. HAYWOOD showed that the carriage -way was not at present as wide in all its parts as either the entrance from Cheapside or from Ludgate-hill. Sir J. 11) oKE said, the City bad further improve.. ments in contemplation, and had abstained from building on the vacant ground at the end of Cheap side because of the contemplated formation of that street in a direct line with Newgate-street. He hoped the heads of the Church would reconsider the subject, and feel disposed to meet the wants of their fellow-citizens, and to further the interests of this great city when they could accomplish such an object with great promptitude and without any inconvenience to themselves. lie thought the Court of Aldermen would agree to remove the cab-stand if that were considered desirable. The DEAN could not see that there would be any use in widening the churchyard unless the end of Ludgate-hill, where, he contended, all the stoppages occurred, were widened. The authorities, he said, intended to open the church-yard for the use of foot passengers, and the Chapter, now they had heard the deputation, would re-consider the subject and send an answer. METROPOLITAN INTER3IENTS BILL. Last evening a crowded meeting, convened by the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, in favour of this Bill. Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P., filled the chair, and on the platform were Lord Ebrington, Mr. Mac kinnon, M.P., Mr. G. Thompson, M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Dr. George Alfred \\'alker, and many others who have distinguished themselves in the cause of sanitary refor rn. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ob served, that the subject they had assembled to discuss was one of extreme importance to every single mem ber of the country—the decent interment of the dead, or, as the Patriarch Abraham had more appropriately described it, " the burial of the dead out of our sight ;" because when the spiritual part of us had winged its way from the last remains of mortality, however much they might have been cherished during life, nature spoke to us in a warning voice, not to be misunderstood, that if we had any regard for the sur vivors we must consent to bury the dead out of our sight. Until recently it was supposed that our system of sepulture was carried on in a decent manner; but public feeling had been sud denly disturbed by the revelations contained in Mr. Walker's pamphlet, which revealed to their astonished eyes that scenes were enacted in this coun try which not only were not creditable to uo, but which would have disgraced Hottentots and Esqui maux. The parties impugned had loudly denied the fact. Inquiries were made ; a case of most crying evil was established ; and it was discovered, that of all the nations of the earth between Calcutta and Ca lifornia, England was the only one, with all her boasted civilization, that had failed to make provision for the decent interment of the dead ; and not only that, but we had suffered interests to grow up in per petuation of that horrible system which it almost de fied human ingenuity to remove. We had at last a practical remedy in the shape of a Bill now before Parliament. —(Llear, hear.) The principle on which that Bill was founded would meet, he thought, with universal concurrence.—(Cheers and " No, no.") The principle to which he alluded was this—that that which was of universal concern should not be left to chance arrangements or isolated exertions ; but that in the case of the interment of the dead it should be carried into effect by those who had no particular in terest to serve, who should be entirely responsible to public opinion, and who should carry their duty into effect in such a manner, that every man, woman, and child, who chose to inquire, should be able to ascertain exactly in what manner the remains of their friends and relatives were to be disposed of.—(Cheers and uproar, and cries of " So they can now.") The reason why that measure most strongly commended itself to his sympathies was that it was for the benefit of the working classes.—(Oh, and cheers.) He firmly believed that there was implanted in the work• ' ing classes of this country the strongest sentiment for the dead. He knew instances in which they had almost starved themselves to secure the decent inter ment of their friends ; but that honourable, honest, dignified feeling had been must grossly outraged by the scenes they had been compelled to witness. They might think it a sentimental or fanciful idea of his ; but he did indulge a hope if these national cemeteries should be established, as was contemplated by this Bill, at no very extreme distance from the metropolis, that on the Sunday the workin g ; classes of this great metropolis would go forth on the railways fur the sake of searching out the spot and planting a flower on the tomb of some dear lost one.—(Cheers.) He was not going to discuss the Bill in extreme detail ; their object was, while the danger was imminent, by en overwhelming majority that evening to show to the Government that they participated in that honour able feeling, and were anxious to apply the earliest possible remedy to a state of things which every msn must sincerely deplore.—(Cheers.) Mr. MACKINNON came forward to move the first resolution, but was subjected to annoyances and in terruptions of such a nature as rendered his remarks almost inaudible. He observed that undertakers , (from wham the oppe4ition appeared to emanate) could not suffer by this Bill. It could not he supposed that the G )vernment could consent to turn undertakers, and those who were already in the business would no doubt continue to be employed. If there were nothingt f else, he should support this measure on to accu the poor the present high charges, so oppre ssive that they were often compelled to keep the (A storm the dead in their houses for three weeks or amo of interruption here met the speaker which lasted for some time, the attempts of the Chairman and other ventletnen to obtain or der being wholly ineffectual.) The Hon. Member at length was able to add that it was for the welfare of the community, the health of I the great metropolis, and the happiness of the coun try, absolutely requisite that the system of extra mural interment sr.ould be adopted. The resolution he had to submit was this :-5 That in the opinion of this meeting the present sys ' tem of burial in the metropolis is prejudicial to health, incompatible with decency and solemnity, demoralising in its tendency, and unnccessat ily expensive." After a few words from Mr. G. THOMPSON, WI:0 successfully appealed to the meeting to hear the speaker who was to follow, Lord EBRINGTON, M.P., presented himself in sup port of the resolution. It had been calculated that in and around the metropolis about 52,000 persons died annually. What became of their bodies—where were the spaces provided to bury the dead out of sight ?—(A Voice—" Plenty of cemeteries.") Yes, but how was the poor man to convey his relations i thither ?—(Cheers.) From a Parliamentary return of 1843 he found that there were of parochial churchyards about 170 acres; of Protestant Dis senters, 20 acres ; of private or commercial burial grounds, 13 acres ; and about half an acre belonging to the Roman Catholics. Now, about 110 corpses might be annually put away in an acre, and before , ' the ground was re-opened those corpses had return e d to their parent dust. Tile average in these b ur.-s grounds bad been about 191, or nearly double ; but in one, St. James', Clerkenwell, there were as many as 3,000 to an acre, and there were ten others with o.l up wards of 1,000 to the acre. The effect 0t .. 1 . tt - t n h s e i v s e o w the s that it turned black, ditchy, and greasy, senses and most prejudicial to health: offensive .not this a disgrace to the country and re vo as lt a ing tas t k o . v,t,hheiolfietellie ings of a civilized man ? This w Government had not undertaken as a chivalrous cru sade against public opinion, uninvited to it by any bode ; but in compliance pwitli of b, almost arg a i n inn unanimous m sucho us public feeling. The p, principle matters as the burial of the dead was most revolting, especially ut a time when such bargaining had ( f necess ity to be made; and he denied that, under parochial control, such arrangements us the Govern meat proposed could satisfactorily be carried out. Let the details of the Bill be discussed as much as they pleased, but let them assert the principle of the Bill. Mr. NODES, who announced himself as an under taker, after considerable uproar was permitted to ad dress the meeting from the platf Tin. He objected to the term " unnecessarily expensive" in the resolu tion, and denied that funerals as conducted by under takers were more expensive than was absolutely ne cessary. Let the cemetery companies consent to re ceive the bodies at any hour, and not confine the un dertakers to one particular time, and the charges would be considerably reduced. There was, be con tended,. nothin g i n th e Bill to guarantee t h at c h arges hereafter should not be as high as at present. He looked upon th e procee di ngs as a " dead set against his profession," intended to fatten those who were already fat enough. Mr. Box, another undertaker, moved an amend ment to expunge the obj ec ti ona bl e wor d s, i ns i st i ng that the competition amongst the trade was too great to admit of exorbitant charges. The question was then put, and the resolution was carried by an immense majority, no t a b ove t hi rty hands appearing to be neld up for the amendment. Mr. G. CRIIICKSEIANK was then announced to move the next resolution, and essayed to speak, but a dis turbance that had commenced amongst the crowd, which was swaying backward and forward at the rear of the meeting, prevented his proceeding. Sudde n ly a rush was made—the temporary barriers which sepa rated those who bad tickets from the great mass were broken down, the reporters' table was upset, and their notes dispersed. All was immediately in the utmost confusion ; and though Lord R. Grosvenor manfully maintained his post, it was evident the pro ceedings c ou ld no t go on . Hi s L or d s hip a t length in timated as much, and the meeting abruptly terminated. The disgrace attending a disturbance of this nature was greatly enhanced by the circumstance of a large number of ladies being present immediately in front of the platform, many of whom fainted, or suffered in some way or other from the rudeness of the mob. VULCAN AND VENUS. In consequence of several typugraphical errors occurring in its previous quotation, we have been requested t reprint the following stanzas from Aletheits; or, the Doom of Illytho!ogy, a new roena just published by the Messrs. Longm.n and Co.) White though the Goddess, black the God of Fire, Black with the reeking of his dusky forge, While Vesta bids her tongues of light aspire, Dark 15Iulciber bis furnace mouth cloth gcrge With the loud blasts his windy bellows blow, Snorting the cinders to a rosy glow. Before his anvil stands the brawny lord, His forehead smirch'd with labour's grimy tan; His de !p breath heaving to his work abhorr'd; His body crippled by its earthward ban; On smoking thunderbolt with batter'd flank His ponderous hammer whirls with leaden clank. Down from his shaggy chest, in gli s t en i ng d rops, The warm sweat falls, as from the fainting noon Of sultry autumn days, o'er bristling crops The cloudless skies rain forth their scanty boon; So from the fruitful season of his prime Ooze the rare showers that nurture deeds sublime. The Subterranein thus, with gnarlel thews Melts 'mid the dismal discord of his home, Where, hurtling blocks that stubborn metals bruize, Th T e o re il y th u e lc h a u n g t e h e r d' i c s l , o a p m a i n d d t t h b e e t p u ir ul y t Gnome; dire, Whene'er to him the victim boars expire. Yet sweater thrill'd the pulse of his rude life When, from the creaming of the ruby tide That lav'd the shores of Cyprus with a strifi, Of shells and blossoms scitter'd side by side, Bora from the foam, his naked spouse, between The opening valves, shone forth of pearls the Queen. And wafted stately to the florid strand By cool ambrosial breathings from the lips Of the guy zephyrs, o'er the glittering sand 01 purple Cytherer, on the tips Of the fresh billows, like a fbwer afloat, Glade the strange glory in its fragile boat. Then downward press'd the Seasons to the beach Of all things beaut►ful, to her the fair Young goddess of all beauty, fondly each, And lavishly, their treasures protfer'd there— The summer citron, and tne harvest rice, The vernal crocus and prismatic ice. A gorgeous carpet for her path lay strown, The jonquil, and the pansy, and the musk; And luscious banquets from the trees were blown, Figs from the bough, and almonds from the husk, The Pleasures numberless, and Graces three, Around her frolick'd in nude ecstasy. And still she stands, as stood her marble shade In Paphos, or as, yet, the magic mould Smiles from the pedestal—a shrinking maid, Dazzling the daring pilgrims who behold That miracle of art, whose timorous arms Veil, yet reveal, inebriating charms. 'Round her lithe waist th' elastic girdle spans, Rising and falling as her passions swell, Token of man's futurity, which fans The life that vacillates 'twizt heaven and hell, Typo of eternity, whose round cloth roll— The zone of joy, the cestus df the soul. Down, from the slacken'd stress of her small hand, Flutter the damask petals of the rose, With greenest myrtles twin'd, a vermeil band, To bind the pallor of her brow's repose, While to her loving palm yet clings the prize, Pluck'd in proud Ida 'a orchard paradise. The prize awarded in the lists of love— A red-gold apple ripen'd to the core By sunny looks, that, coming from above, Lived iu the thoughts of Paris evermore, Visions prefiguring with carnal joy His dream of bliss, the nightmare of old Troy. Close to her dimpled feet the ringdovos press, Her feet like ivory flash'd with shaiow'cl pink; Full in the splendour of her loveliness Bask the twin swans that from her goblet drink; And sparrows, dear as that which Leshia mourned, Whose lowly tomb Catullus' lays adorned, Flit in gyrations of congenial gle3, O'er the blithe Queen of laughter, from whose smile, Rays forth the happiness that fitfully, With jocund mimes dejected hours beguile; So to the Paphian dame duck Cyprian girls, With haggard cheeks and gay disorder'd curls. So with half sad and half exultant air. Pandemus twangs his siikon-bridled bow, Driving his poisou'd shafts now here, now there, Piercing the bosoms of the high, the low, The greybzard peasant, and the child-like prince, Who, thrilling, sigh, and--signing—thrilling, wince. Love tempering thus, like acids in the plum, Thr: ghduess and the g r i e f t h at B eauty wears , When Youth, with sudden rapture stricken dumb, Her fleshly furmwi n thfan u e p ic i d ae shapes rigns c above,op Beauty's res,— Though the liig h o'er v, u 3 c mother of celestial Love!" AMERICAN NEWS. There is but little news in addition to that brought by the Atlantic. A Philadelphia correspondent, writ ingsays :—" There have been few or on the nopoliti 3 c o al th umolvtements worthy of note since the mailing of your letter of the 27th inst., but lam glad ti learn that the terms of the Nicaragua treaty, therein contained, appear to give general satisfaction. The canal, however, goes on slowly. Mr. White, the American is in Nicaragua, and endeavouring tuodication of the charter. By the original co t m e r P i n s t3 one S agent, half of the stock must be held by American citizens; but this is found imprac ticable, and Mr. White is trying to have the charter changed, so thst the stock may be thrown open to the world. A steamer and barges are soon to be put on the lake, and carts will transport freight over the fifteen miles of the almost level road between the lake and the shore of the Pacific. About 900 miles will be saved by this route, and the Nicaragua cli mate is said to be delightfu l . The following decree, Ua dated at Leon de Nicaragu a, a n d issued by the Go vernment of Nicaragua, has ju st reached us : Thei mor Supreme ed tsat on iet or t°r of before the state of Nicaragua, the Ist of M ay next , being informed the American line of steamers in the Pacific Ocean pro pose to establish depots in the port of P ..weit,.jo, and to touch there in their voyages to obtain supplies of coals and provisions, therefore, and in virtue of the powers con ferred by the law of the 4th of October last, he does " DECREE. shall have the port free of all rig ` A h ‘ tt r l to enter en . te T r h a e said linos o fro t m . anchorage or tonnage duties. steamers the said " Art. 2. All vessels exclusively carrying coal for said steamers shall be allowed to enter said port and dis charge their cargoes upon the same terms. " Art. 3. Each of the said lines of steamers sh a ll hav e the privilege of erecting such wharfs or docks as may be necessary for the objects above indicated, under such regulations as may be agreed Upon with the Go vernment. " Art. 4. All regulations conflicting with the provi sions of this decree are hereby suspended. " Dated in Leon, the 7th dozy of March, 18 50. .t NoRISERTO RAMIREZ." A shocking occurrence took P l ace a few weeks since on the prairies. Mrs. Ireland and her daughter, from Illinois, were frozen to death. Th ey were on their way to California, with their husband and father. Conscious that they were dying, they requested him to save his own life and leave them to their fate—and this Ifrave and s afectionate man left them a ccor di ng l y ! Some Months ago, et Fox River : on the prairies, a young man named Green, impelled by a diab o li c al spirit of evil and cruelty, shot an Indian squaw. Her tribe demanded him, was at first refused, but at length threatening the lives of the whole party, the murderer was given up, and the Indians then skinned him alive been his father, and brother, end frie . nds! H e li ve d four hours after being flayed. Such is an instance of the revenge of savages—horrible indeed, but wan tonly and most wickedly provoked. THE TEA TRADE, MAY 13.—The deliveries of ea last week were 631,490 lb., being a decided increase upon he last two or three weeks. The market, nevertheless, has uled heavy during the last few days for most descriptions. MAJORITY-NOES, 222. Abdy, Sir T. N. Fox, Richard M. O'Flaherty, Anthony Acland, SIT T. D. Freestun, Colonel Ord, W. Adair, R. Shafto Glyn, George Carr Paget, - Lord A. Aglionby, 11. A. Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord C. Alcuck, Thomas Granger, T. C. Paget, Lord G. Anson, Colonel Greene, John Palmerston, Vie. Armstrong, Sir A. Greene, Thomas Parker, John Armstrong, R. B. Grenfell, C. P. Patten, W. Bagshaw, John Grey, Sir G. Pelham, A. D. Baines, M. T. Grey, Ralph W. Pennant, Colonel Baring, Sir F. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pigott, Francis Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Earl Pilkington, James Barrington, Lord Guest, Sir John Plowden, W. H. Bass, Thomas Hallyburton, Lord J. Plumptre, J. P. Berkeley, Admiral Hardcastle, J. A. Power, Dr. Berkeley, 11. F. Harris, Richard Pusey, P. Berkeley, C. L. Ilastie, Alexander Raphael, 'Alexander Bernal, Ralph Bostic, Archibald Rawdon, Colonel Birch, Sir Thomas Hatchell, John Reynolds, John Blackall, S. W. Hawes, B. Ricardo, Osman Bouverie, E. P. Ilayter, W. G. Rice, E It. Boyd, John Ileadlam, T. E. Rich, Henry Boyle, Colonel Heald, James'i Robartes, T. J. Bramston, T. W. ileathcoat, John Roche, E. B. Brand, Thomas Heathcoat, G. J. Romilly, Colonel Bright, John Henry, Alexander Romilly, Sir John Brocklehurst, John hleyworth, L. Rumbold, C. E. Brockman, E. 1). Hohliousu, Sir J. Russell, Lord J. Brothcrton, J. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, F. C. Brown, IV. Hodges, T. L. Rutherford, A. Browne, R. D. Nudges, T. T. Balwey, Colonel Bulkeley, Sir R. Hollond, Robert Scrope, G. P. Burke, Sir Thomas Hope, Henry T. Seully,Francis Buxton, Sir E. Howard, Lord E. Seymour, Lord Carter, John B. lloward, C. W. Shafto, R. D. Cavendish, C. C. " Howard, E. G. Shell, R. L. Cavendish, G. 11. Howard, P. H. Sheridan, It. B. Cavendish, W. G. lloward, Sir R. Smith, J. A. Cayley, Edward S. Hughes, W. B. Smith, John B. Chaplin, W. J. Hume, Joseph Somers, J. P. Childers, J. W. Ilutchins, E. J. Somerville, Sir W. Clay, Sir W. Hutt, William Spearman, 11. J. Clay, James Jervis, Sir John Stanford. J. F. Clifford, IL M. Keogh, William Stansfleld, W. R. C. Cockburn, A. J. Kershaw, James Stanton, W. S. Collins, William King, P. J. Stuart, Lord D. Colvile, C. R. Labouchere, Henry Talbot, C. R. Corry, Henry Lascelles, W. S. Talbot, J. IL Cowan, Charles Lemon, Sir C. Tattered, H. W. Cowper, W. F. Craig, Sir W. G. Lindsay, Colonel Thi c knesse. Ralph Crowder, It. B. Littleton, E. R. Thompson, Colonel Davie, Sir H Lewis, George C: T e nison, E. K. Locke, Joseph Thontely, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Weallagh, W. Townley, R. G. Devereux, J. T. M'Gregor , J ohn Townshend, Captain Divett, Edward Mahon, O'Gorman Tufnell , Henry Mangles, R. Douglas, Sir C. D. Tunter,:George Dull, James MastermMartin, C. W. Tynte, Colonel Duke, Sir J. an, J. Villiers, Charles • Duncan, George M a theson, J. Vivian, J. H. Duncuft, John Matheson, Colonel Walmsley, Si r J. Dundas, Admiral - Manic, Fox Watkins, Colonel Dundas, Sir David M it c kell, T. A. Willcox, Brodie Dunne, Colonel Mo ff att , Geor ge Williams, John Eltrington, Viscount Monsell, William Willy ams, H . Ellice, Edward Morg an, H. K. Williamson, Sir H. Ellia, John M or r is, David Wilson, James Mostyn, E. Elliot, John Wilson, Matthew Easton, Earl Mulgrave, Earl Wood, Sir Charles Evans, Sir De Lacy Muntz, G.F. Wood, W. P. Evans, William Mure, Colonel Wrightson, W. B. Fagan, W. Norreys, Lord Wyld, James Ferguson, Col. Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. Foley, J. H. O'Brien, Sir Timothy Hill, Lord Marcus Fordyce, A. D. O'Connell, Maurice Bellew, R. M. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.--To-morrow (Wed nesday) being the day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the G ivernment offices, and most of the public establishments, will as usual be closed for business purposes. With the exception of Christmas- day and Good Friday, this is the only day throughout the year which is observed as a general huliday at the Custom-house and Dock establishments, in consequence of the complete stoppage which is thereby necessarily caused to the import and ship ping trade of the country. THE ARMY. We understand that Lieutenant-General Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, K.C.8., is to succeed Lieutenant • General Sackville Berkeley, as commander of the troops in the Windward and Leeward Islands of the West Indies. The inspection of the Household Troops will take place to-morrow morning, in the presence of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief, at which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Colonel of the Fusilier Guards, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam.- bridge, Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, are ex pected to be present. TROOPS FROM INDIA.—CHATHAM, MAY 13.—0 n Sunday afternoon, the 12th instant, the following de tachments of regiments serving in India arrived at the invalid depot, Fort Pitt, viz. :—Six sergeants. with Sergeant-Major Macdonald, and 38 privates of the Bth Foot ; 4 privates, 64th ; 4 sergeants, and 26 privates, 78th Highlanders ; 3 privates, 83d, and 21 privates 86th, in charge of Captain H. Wellesley Pole Welman, 86th, with Lieutenant John Biggs of the Sth, and Assistant-Surgeon James Coghlan, 86th, who had medical charge of the troops. These de tachments came by the ship Emily, 700 tons burden, Captain Wilson, from Bombay, whence they embarked on the 25th January last, and arrived at Gravesend on the 12th, after a good passer of 106 days. During the voyage five men died. Six women and 18 chil dren came home with the invalids. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, IIIONDAY.—The Dauntless ste4m frigate, having hal her machinery repaired since the accident which occurred on Friday, leff, the harbour this morning, at half-past nine o'clock, under the command of Captain Henderson, C. 13., of the Blen heim, to have her speed tried in Stokes buy. She was fully rigged and equipped, and having on board all her guns and stores, except provisions, she was brought to her intended draught of water, 16 feet fore and 16 feet 8 inches aft. The object of this trial was to determine the effect which had been produced by an additional length of 8 feet at the stern which she has lately received. Btfore this alteration (in August, 1848), she was tried at the same draught of water, and under steam alone her mean speed at the mea sured mile was 7.36 nautical miles. She was then tried under sail with steam also. On a wind her speed was 10.14 nautical miles, and with the wind aft the beam it was only 8.33. The mean speed of the engines with steam alone was 24 strokes per minute, and under sail they were 26. She made eight trials this morning under steam alone ; the average speed of the engines was 30 revolutions in a minute, and that cf the ship was 10.266 nautical miles per hour. There was a fresh breese a-beam, and the state of the weather was very favourable. It appears, therefore, from this experi ment that the result of the alteration is highly satis factory. Mr. Berthon's instrument fur measuring the speed of the vessel was deranged, and so no trial could be made of it to determine its accuracy. Mr. Grant's cooking apparatus was in force, and cooked the dinner for the Blenheim's men on board the Dauntless. The pea-soup was excellent, and the seamen declared that they never had such good soup - on board the Blenheim. The peas boiled in the distilled water were reduced to the most perfect pulp imaginable. The tea, we understand, that is wade from this water is also much better (from the absence of all calcareous matter) than that made from the common water. The distilling was also more perfectly developed to-day. During the twelve hours that the galley was m operation there was no less than 420 gal lons of water distilled, quite sufficient for the crew and stock consumption for one day ; a calcula tion of the fuel was also made, when it was found that 11b. of fuel made eight gallons of water. This is by far the most approved apparatus that Mr. Grant has had manufactured, and it may be said to be perfect. Rear-Admiral Berkeley, third Lord of the Admi ralty, and Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, surveyor of the nary, arrived at this port at 8 30, A.M., to-day, and visited the ordinary and steam guard-ships. They 1; eat on board the Britannia, 120 ; the Neptune, 120 the Ajar, 60; the Blenheim, 60; the Excellent, gunnery-ship, where trial practice with Captain Moor - som's shell was going on ; and the Basilisk steam-- vessel; and after duly surveying them returned to the George Hotel. The Britannia, 120. in dock at this port, is to have her poop taken off, and a top. deck battery, similar to steamers, substituted. A draught of the Ist battalion of Royals, and Dr. Theingdon, Royal Canadian Corps, which embarked in the ship Earl Durham at Gravesend on the 2d of May, landed at Cowes this morning, and proceeded to Parkhurst-barracks, that ship having sprung a leak. The embarkation of the draught of the Ist battalion, 97th Regiment, has been postpone d. D e P , 1 0 ' 1 1 4 i O . UwTi ll blSelAtYaklenl. Int i O dock lerla o Majesty's Monday, ship Hiber onday. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Prometheus, on arrival from Woolwich, will be paid wages, and take the June mails to the coast of Africa. Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 40, Captain H. J. Codrington, on arrival from Lisbon, will be paid off here. The Greenock steam-vessel, of Greenock, is ordered here to take Mr. Davey, master-attendant's assistant, and a party of seamen riggers, to Liverpool, to con duct the lazarette frigate Lavinia to Pembroke, and not to this port, as previously stated. Toe steamer will return from Pembroke to Liverpool, and conduct the frigate Bacchus to Plymouth. The Royal Dockyard Battalion will commence drill on Saturday, the 18th inst. During the season of drilling, those men who do not drill will have their holiday on Saturday. The merchant brigantine Jessie, Captain Coish, which left London fifty-seven days since, with a valuable cargo of teas, general goods, &c., for New foundland, was on the Nat of April, in long. 35 N., lat. 47 W., struck by a heavy sea, which swept decks, broke bulwarks, stanchions, &c., and carried away foresail and mainsail. Having five feet water in her hold, the crew were obliged to put back, and the ship arrived here yesterday. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, MAT 13.—Lieutenant Charles A. Wise (recently promoted), to the Prometheus steam sloop at Woolwich, for service on the coast of Africa. Midshipman H. L. Crozier, to th e Racer, 12, sloop, on the Mediterranean station. Master's Assistant James Gillard, to the Seagull, 6, schooner, Brazil mail packet. Gunner John Archbold, to the Birkenhead, 6, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Captain Alexander Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, visited Woolwich dockyard this afternoon. Commander Foote, who has co mm i ss i oned the Pro metheus steam-sloop, and several o f t h e officers ap pointed to her, arrived her e t o -d ay, and joined the vessel after t6king up their commissions. The Lizard steam-vessel was taken to Sheerness on Saturday by the steamers that brought up the Crocodile. Two convicts Rere drowned yesterday afternoon. The accident occurred while raising a boat at the stern of the convict hulk stationed at the Royal Ar senal ; the tackling giving way, three of the convicts were precipitated into the river, and two were drowned. FOREIGN VINEGAR.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majestv'e Tre:lsury have directed Mr. Hayter, one of their secretaries, to state to the Commissioners of the Cus toms department that he has been commanded by their Lordships to authorise them to add foreign vinegar to the list of articles allowed to be shipped from the bonding ware houses in future as stores for vessels, as recommended by them ; and in transmitting a notification of this order to the collectors and comptrollers, and other officers of the Customs at the several ports throughout the united kingdom for their information and government, they have teen directed to ob serve, that the quantity of vinegar to be allowed to be ship peil is not to exceed half-a-pint per week for each person for the voyage out and home.