The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-23 00:00:00

y. iittu IMPERIAL PA It LIAM E (THIS DAY•) lIO.IJSE OF LORDS. Their Lordsh'ipi rn MUTINY et it Four o'cloLL.ck this afternoon. BI On.the moti , m of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, this Bill was read a third time and passed. MARINE MUTINY BILL. On the mama of the Marquis of Li NSDOWNE this Bill was rend a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. FRAN CE. The last portion of pardoned insurgents from Brest, SS in number, arrived yesterday morning in Paris by the llavre Railway. M. Lacollonge, late editor of the Organization du Travail, who was sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years by court-martial fir having taken part i n the insurrection of June, 184 S, was sentenced yesterday , by the Assize Court of Paris to an additional impri sonment for one veer for having attempted to escape from prison. M. Cournet, a :naval officer on half-pay, was sentenced to a similar imprison ment for having supplied Lacollonge with the means of escape, and M. Debein?, who likewise aided, was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. A grand review by the President of the Retiublic is to take place in the Bois de Boulogne on Easter Monday. All the infantry quartered in Paris and in the forts adjacent, including the 19 th Regiment of the Line, lately arrived from Rome, are to be on the ground. accompanied by the cavalry, consisting of one regi ment of Carabineers and several regiments of Lancers and Dragoons. M. A. Thouret has presented a 'proposition to the Assembly, the object of which is the foundation of a Caisse Nationale de Secours ct de Retraite, in favour of the firemen who fall victims to their devotedness in cases of fire. He proposes to procure the money ne cessary for this fund from the fire insurance com panies and from the proprietors of houses not insured. The annual donation is to be 400,000 f. for the 80,000 firemen presumed to exist in France. The Assembly yesterday adopted, without any de bate, the following resolution : " The National Assembly declares that there is no motive to authorise the judiciary proceedings required by the Attorney-General of the Court of Appeal of Paris against M. Michel (de Bourges), representative of the people, on account of a speech delivered by him on She Ist of March, in the electoral reunion of Mont martre." ITALY. The Roman official Gazette of the 15th contains the following announcement:— " The most eminent and reverend Cardinals, compos ing the commission of Government, having received the joyful intelligence that his Holiness the Pope Pio IX. will, in the first week alter Easter, enter into his do minions, communicate the same to the respective Mi nisters of State, tu order that they may make the neces sary disposition for all that regards their respective administration." The same gazqte contains a notice relative to railroads. The object of it is to declare that, in case Messrs. Alfieri and Conte, to whom the execution of the railway .uniting the two seas, from Ancona through R •me to Civita Vecchia and Porto d'Anzo, was confided, do not, before the month of September n e x t, make sufficient progress in completing the con tract •signed by them on the 7th of November, 1846, the engagement will be declared null and void, and that flesh tenders, to be hereafter decided on, will be received from other parties in the meantime. The Cqstituzionale cf Florence, of the 15th, states that the Austrians intend sending a garrison to the fortress of Portoferrajo (1;',1b). NINING bLLI CE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) An average amount of business has been transacted this week, and the market generally continues firm, with an inquiry for shares in most of our lending mines. Alfred - Consols and WheAl Tremayne are represented to have improved, particularly the former, in the 60 fm. level, where the lode is now worth 70/. per fm. South Tolgus, Treviskey and Barrier, South Frances, Condnrrow, and Devon Great Consols, have been in re quest durinz the week. Botallack is reported t 9 have improved, and shares have been sought for at a considerable advance on our former quotation. • The directors of the Devon Great Consols, at their meeting yesterday, declared a dividend of 5,120/., or 5/. per share, being for net profits arising from sales of ores raised in the months of November and December last. After payment of. the dividend, there remains in hard a balance of 21,6391. 2s. 7d. in cash, ore bills not at maturity, and Excht.que.-tills applicable to the general purposes of the company. By private and official letters from Tincreft, we learn that the mine continues progressively improving, im portant discoverits having been - made during the week. At North Tincrott engine•slieft, the lode is worth 50/. per fm. Tlr, 100 fin. west is worth 401. per fin., with a load ‘ix ft. wide, and no north wall. The 90 west is orth 451. per fathom ; three it. of the lode• is solid. atines loci,' is worth 701. per fni. Chappel's lode, in the 100 west, is worth 251. uttr fin., and a wirs3 under this level is now worth 20/. per fm. The al , eting of Wheal Buller adventurers was held on Ttorid4y last, when the sec , nnts for January and February were passed, and a dividend of 191. 10. per share declared. ri'te urine was represented to hare con siderably improved, and dividends cf2o/. per share were promised in tuturi, iitilance from ks.t account, 376/. 10i. 3d.; ores .old (less dues), 2,356/. 164. 9d.=2,7331. 7s. Costs and rne%liant,' iaus, 655/.35.; by dividend of 121. 103. p‘:lr sik,r..t, 1,6001.; leaving bstne,T in hand, 4981 4s. The usual two-monthly meeting' of the Consolidated Mines was held at the mine on Wednesday last, when the aecouuts for January and February were presented, showing—Balance last .ecuunt. 1,1001. 8.. $.1,; ores sold (less dues), 5,8811 9s. 2!1.=7,281/. 1 51 By c.rsts and merchants' bilis, 6,470/. Is. 9J.; leaving balance in hand, 811/. 15:r. Bd. At l'owey Corools account for icily months to the end of Ddcember, 1849, the stkt-mint snowed profit of 2031., which, added to balance Iron last meeting, gives 6.990/. A divider - id of 11. per share was declared, carrying to credit of c..ruploy 6,4961. The prospects of the mine continue just toe sin as they have been for a consider able period. _ _ Ai the,Wes: P‘d,.zowli meeting., the rt.p:,rt stated that the coat .f it the mon hot Februaiy had been 901. 3s. 73. The th,t% was down 15 .me., and a new lode had been cut, producing good tinst At. the 1-'4,Yn-arian int wing, the accounts shiwed— Ores sold, 230/. 4s. 10. i.; calls received. 9181. 6.. 6d.; • lyttvin;; balance rigs nit the min e o f 81/. 2i. There art , unpaid calls, amounting to 281/. 135. 6d.; to mart liabilitte,, a call of 2s. 6d. per share was made. At the Bwlch Consolida e.l Mines meeting a resolution w as passed declaring all shares ab.olutAy forteited on which the till of 2/. per share, made in DO3. la s t, b e not paid on or. before t-40 19,h April next. The report from the mines is highly favourable, the prospects being very gratifying, lud SO tons of ore will be sampled on Satur day (this day). At 'West Tolgus and Treloweth meeting, the accounts for the twelve months ending February showed a balance of 256/. Bs. 3d. against the compiny. The shares were lucre:lied to 940, and a call of 10s. per share made. At Caradon Wheal Ilooplr account nat eting, accord ing to the statement t f assets cud liabiLtics, a ba'a.nce of 4741.15. sd, was found against the company. The re maining shales were quadrupled, making them 572, and a call of ss. per share made. At West Wheal Treasury account meeting, for five month?, a balance of 1,482/. was found against th, mine; but for the erection of a new engine -house, and other requisite machinery, a profit of 42:3/. I Is. Ild. would h a ve ato ued. The shores were in..rca:ed to 1,024. The mine is represented in a progresi,ing and improving po sition, and likely t) pay coati by the end of the year, Upwares cf :3,0001. worth of ore have been sold since August last. Shares in the following rn;Lei have changed bands since our last:—lic:ron Great Consols, Tzeviskey and Barrier, Tincroft, South Tolgus, Trelawny, Mary A nn _ Tse.hatie, Penzance Consols, East G unnis Lake, Kirk cudbright, South Tamar, Bedford United, East Tamar, Condurrow, Alfred Consols, Tremayne, Berodsfoot, Stray Park, Spearne ConsoP, Balleswidden, Botalla.ck, Esgair Llee, South Wheal Frances, &c. In Foreign Mines, the principal business transacted has been in St. John del Copiapc, United Mexican, Linares, Santiago, Cobre, &t.. THE ARMY ANI) NAVY. (Prom the United Service Gazette of this day.) CAPTAIN COLLINSON'S BEHRING'S STRAITS E.XPEDI TI9N`.—The last opportunity of catching the .130 ring's Straits Arctic Expedition, overland, was by the last West Judi . ' M.til, via Panama. By this route we believe Captain Collinsou has been officially informed that no intelligence has,beert r, ceived of Sir John Franklin, and that in the: Enterprise, commanded by himself, and the Investigator, by C, - .)inalander M'Clure, he is to proceed in execution of the orders given him by the Admiralty, on , hi s quitting England in January last. THE 'BEAR•skIN CAP. —We understand that Lord Gough has expressed a wish to defray the expense that would be incurred in provieung the men cif hi. Lb.' 87!.11, - Fuslii , Y 0 with the bear-skin cap. ()I;RATI ;NS, CHATIIA 3I .—Active operations fur the preso,it i.atruct ohs of tile officers and men as well oof th e% the t"Y 'l e l : o a r f ;:s 1 E t) l ' ls l - t • I1 ) 1 ' ' ::l ( l : :ll.: P tr a s r t .3 ln a India or' inners y 's S unit S 5 3, . 1 t -ac rt c j' gt , ' ; °) , ' - '' r 'r ri 4( i tt n lhl ite : ;c l)fi o 'r n s i Adjacent to Sc. 1&• vir o;s ftrallelS Will he proceeded 'l'ho ng operations will be 'Vnatthar e_mbly b tie attack and deferite;.. NLIV BLYONET.— Wo hrliere it ha; been finally r e _ solved to.ntatipit ice a re 4 bayonet Into the kritish army. The:ifesper4 .we h. ar, differs frt m the ere actually in use; ivajrnucb ai it disp-Lses wit!, ti,e angle. This will . makeAhe,bayonet wound something less c7ea Ily, but it will ientier the instrument lighter, and so f.ir assist the • gotit of the soldier's thrust. Major-General Le)rd Frederick Fitzelsle 'cP, compasnding thT district, int?uds to erect!: tt his OTVII expense, a bust (on a pedestal) of the Duke of Welling ton, on the esplanade, South-tea Beach, in commemora- Aiu of his Grace's landing on that spot on his return, in 1814, from the campaign in the Peninsula. REGIMENTAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—The Secretary-at- War has issued a circuler to the several staff officers of pen,ioners, to the effect that the Commissioners ap pointed by the Act of 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 71, to make an equitable distribution of the funds of the abolished regimental benefit societies, have decided that the pen sions shall be continued to the men as a public charge, except when it may be satisfactorily shown that it would be more to the advantage of the pensioner and his family t) redeem the annuity by an immediate pay ment of a sum of money. The staff officer is, therefore, called upon to report whether the pensions should be continued, or whether the man is of such prudent habits and in such circumstances as would justify the commu tation of the tension. PLYMOUTH GARRISON.—The 32-gun battery at St. Nicholas Island is ordered to be re-formed, as also the battery on the Bluff. There has been no brigade day or " trooping" during the week, in consequence of the ab sence of the Major- General. A defensible guard-house in the main ditch of the Citadel at Quebec is ordered to be erected, at an expense of 738/. Staff-Surgeon Mapleton. M.D., attached to the Depot Battalion at the Isle of Wight, is on leave of absence to the 31st of March. - RECRUITING SERVICE.—The appointment of superin tending officer of the Gloucester Recruiting: Station i 5 about to become vacant by the retirement from the ser vice of Lieutenant Evans of the 69th Foot. CANTERBURY BARRACKS.—The Scots' Greys will commeace their march to Dublin on the 10th of April, for embarkation to England; and as the regiment will occupy these barracks, they are being put in a thorough state of repair. Captain Herbert Gall, of the 14th Light Dragoons, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Barr, commanding the southern division of the Bengal Army. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Peile arrived at Southampton, from Gibraltar, on Monday, in charge of invalids of the 34th, 56th, and 67th Regiments, and proceeded with them to Chatham on Wednesday. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Senior Surgeon Stewart arrived from Nova Scotia on Tuesday last, having been ordered home to assume the duties of the head of the department at Woolwich, as Resident Sur geon, consequent on the retirement of Sir John Webb, the Director-General, and Dr. Thomas, the Deputy In spector-Geeeral. THE TROOPS IN SCOTLAND.—The 13th Light Dra goons will replace the 2d Dragoon Guards at Edinburgh and Glasgow; the 13th Light Infantry from Beltast to Fort George and Aberdeen; the 21st Fusiliers will move from Edinburgh to Glasgow; the 27th, Inniskilling, from Glasgow to Stirling, Perth, and Dundee; the 93d Highlanders from Stirling, &c., to Edinburgh. NINEVEH ANTIQUITIES.—We are enabled to an nounce 'pat the antiquities and curiosities lately dis covered in Nineveh will be conveyed to England by her Majesty's frigate Cambrian, 40, Commodore Plum ridge. The gallant Commodore has sent the ship to the Persian gulf to receive them. We understand that the Right Honourable Fox Maule, M.l'., the Secretary at Wer, is shortly expected at Portsmouth, on an official visit. D, puty Commissary -General Bowers has embarked at Gibraltar for England, in the steam-ship Madrid, for the purpose of proceeding on duty to the West Indies. Sa Sc :on itP THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, THE Ut PUN TRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, MARCH 22.—The supplies this week are limited of all artic!es. Some advance is generally required on wheat, which is not very freely complied with, but a moderate business is done at the full prices of this day se'nnight. Barley maintains its previous value. For oats, shelling, and beans the demand is in retail at late price.. New. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. a. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 37 to 40 Ditto, whits 42 44 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... —37 Ditto, white ... ... 40 42 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 34 37 Ditto, white ... —A2 Yorkshire, red 84 36 Ditto, white .. 38 40 Dantzic and Konigsburg, white 40 44 Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 36 38 Mediterranean, red ... ••• ... 30 31 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... ... 23 2i Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 21 2h Scorch Grinding per 30 stone ... 18 `t3 Foreign ... ... 20 22 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... 21 —26 Ticks ... 2:3 25 Foreign ... 23 25 OATS, per stone : /leafing . 71d to Sid 04 to Feeding 7d to 8d 81 to Foreign 7d to 8d 81 to SHELLING, per load of 2611 b l 9 20 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 33 7 35 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed ... 25 - 27 --- _ ARM gra. Wheat ... ... ... 5,911 Barley ... ... ... 1,541 VA g. Qrs. Oats ... ... ... ... beans... ... ... ... 1,113 Peas ... ... ... ... Tares . Rapeseed ... ... Shelling ... ... ... 3,7.6 Linseed .. Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... ... LivEnroor., MAnctr 22 —The market this morning was thinly atfended, and the general business was again on a small scale. There was not the least alteration made in the price of any aricle of the trade. American and French Flour is now strongly opposed by the low prices of v,ood English manufac tore. Prime Norfolk household is offering at 25s per 2601b5, and from other counties proportionably. Holders of Indian corn tried for a small advance, but the demand proved mode. rate, and this article closed very dull. EX.F.TER, 22.—Cattle—Fat beef, 7s to Ps 3d per score ; cows and calves, 71 to 121; barrenei 5, 43 to 5s per score ; katchers' calvi;s 4d to 4, 1 2 d per lb.; sheep, fat wethera, 5d to 54d; ewes, 5d per lb. Pork Carcases—A small supply, one thirst less than last week, and all cleared off early at 6s 6d to 7s 6d per score. Pannier—No alteration of consequence from our last quotations, the supply was good. Wool—We cannot note any improvement in price, or any renewed excitement in busi. ness. Staplers offer 6d to 61d per pound, and, as many holders refuse this price, little is doing. Corn—Business about the same as last week. Wheat, 4s 9d to 5s ; barley, 2s 10d to 3s ; eats, Is 10d to 2s per bushel. BRISTOL, MARCH 21.—There was but a_moderate supply of wheat, both English and Foreign, without change of rates. English wheat, red and white, 36s to 40s per imperial quarter; ditto Irish 345 to 365; foreign white, 42s to 455; foreign red, fine, 38s to 43s ; ditto, ordinary, 32s to 34s ; ditto, hard, 33s to 36s per 4Solbs. Barley in better request, at pre vious rates. English malting 23s to 28s per imperial quarter; English and foreign grinding, 183 to 21s per 4001bs. The oat trade was inactive. Devon and Welsh oats, 13s 6d to 14s 6d per imperial quarter ; Irish white ditto, 15s to 16s 6d per 32011o3; Irish black, 14s to 14s 6d per imperial quarter ; foreign, none. Beans were a sluggish sale. English, 24s to 2Ss rr imperial quarter ; foreign ditto, 21s to 26s per 4801bs. The flour tr :de was inactive, at previous quotations, English seconds selling at 27s to 29s per sack ; ditto American, sweet, 21s 6d to 22s 6l per barrel; ditto, French, 30s to 32s per 2801bs. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, Matteis 22.—About 100 hhds West India, and a few hundred bags damaged Mauritius constitute the weea's business, and, in the absence of arrivals, the market is still quite bare of stock. The refined market is rather dull, and lower prices have to be submitted to, to effect sales. Its rum there is rather more business doing.— Bristol ~Ilercnry. RIPON, MARCH 21.—White wheat 4s 6d to 5s Od, red ditto 4s 3d to 4s 9d; beans 3s 3d to 4s per bushel ; barley 24s to 265; oats 14s to 21s per qr. KNARESROROUGH, 'Maness 20.—Wheat 4s 3d to 5s 6d; beans 33 6d to 4s Od per bushel; barley 26s to 283; oats 16s Od to 22s Od per qr. NORTHALLERTON, Mattes' 2).—Wheat, white, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; red 4s od to 4s 3d ; oats Is 6d to 2s 3d ; beans 3s to 3s 6d ; barley 2s 91 to 3s Od per bushel. WKTHERRY, MARCH 21.—White wheat 15s6d to 161, red ditto 14s Od to 14s 6d per load ; barley 21s to 22s per qr. ; beans 11 s id to 12s Od per load ; oats 7d to 8d per stone. INVERNESS, MARCH 19.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel, 363 to 38s; new ditto, ditto, 03s to 00s ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 19s to o('s ; new ditto, ditto, o.'s to 00s ; oats, 421 b per bushel, 15s to 16s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 14s Pd, second, 13s ; barleymeal, 1 Is Od ; peasemeal, 14s to 00s; bran, per stone, 6d; first flour, per 2801 b, 34s to 365; second, 26s to 28s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 14Ib imperial, Is 4d to Os Od; second, Is 2d; barleymeal, Is 2d ; peasemeal, Is 4d; first flour, 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit; secants, 2s cash, 2s 3d credit. Pota toes, per stone, 6d to Od; beef, per pound, 4d to 64; veal, 4d to 5d ; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d; fowls, each, l'ed to 14d; chickens, per pair, 16d to 18d ; ducks, each, Od to 00d; eggs, per dozen, 4d to sd; butter, fresh, per 1), 7d to 8d; salt, 9d to Od ; croudie (curds) Od to Od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d, credit, 54c1 to 64d; coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAT. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 15s Od,Braddyll Broomhill Hartley ... 15s Od Hetton D avison'sWeztHartley rss Od Haswell l7s 6d 110l3well .- ............ 15s 6d Lambton New Tanfield 133 6d Russell's Hetton ...... 178 Od t )rd's Redheugh Pelton Main ..... . .... 12s 6dlCaradoe ..... South Peareth ......... 12s 6d;Cassop.. ..... .... l6s Od antield Moor .... ..... 1 48 Odilieugh Hall ranfield Moor Butes... 133 Odl Kelloe l7s Od q est Bartley West Wylam Wylam 14s Od Seymour Tees .. 158 Od Maclean's Tees 145 6d Gosforth .... End, &C. 153 GclSouth Durham . . . .... 15s 3d Brown's Wall's Hedley ... .. ...... 15s 3d Birchg. Graigola ...... 21s Od Morrison 15s Od Howard's W. H. Neth. 153 Od Eden Main . Original Gibson Percy. 16s 9d Snapethorpe 153 Od Lainbton Primrose ... 1 ., 134. Bell Sidney's Hartley ... .. 15 s Od 65 Ed RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAltcir 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market remains in much the sane state as yesterday, and without improvement. Tile on!y transaction to-day was Great Western, Quarters, 14 1-16. LIrLEPOrL, MARCH 22. , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was steady to-day, but the ..mount of business done was limited. The trans action?, were as follow :—London and North-Western, 105 c. —Ditto, New Quarters, % Fifths, Is. 3d. p.— Ditto, Quarters, lA, c.-- Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., ::7—Ditto, Fifqts, 9 1 4 c. dis.—Midland, Halves, VI. 3s. 9d. c. (Erewash. Valley), 58V, —North Staffordshire, Preference (Preston and Wvre), No. 1, 42 1 4 South 14:astern and Dover (No. 4), Registered, s—Dutch Rhenish, 6 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 7I dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 718 dis. . MANCHESTER, /Limit 22. STOCK ElmHatcoit.—Business on our Stock Exchange to-day was very dull, there being only one transaction up t' twelve o'clock, and prices are almost stationary,- the only exception being Nortli Staffords, which are at an ad vanced rate, namely 10%. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 22. STOCK EXCHANGIL-Our share market was better than usual to-day, and prices were ft! m. The transactions were as follow:—London and North-Western, 106 Midland (Bristol and Birmingham), 123—North Staffordshire, 10/. 115. 3d. dis. Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, Scrip, 1 /. 2 p. YORK, MARCH 21. Srocx ExcHANGFL—The transactions to-day were as follow :—East Lancashire, S7i - Lancashire and Yorkshire ( West Riding Union), 3 1 —Midland, 501. Shares, 39 York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 81. 6s. 3d. —York and North Midland, Preference, 61. 13s. 9d. GLASGOW, MARCH 21. Stoor Excrwma.— The transactions to-day were as follow :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 11/. Is.—Ditto (No. 2), 775. 6d.- -Ditto, Preference, 101. 9s. 6d.—Glasgow and Garnkirk, Preference, 7%—Wilsoutoyn, Moruingside, and Coltness, 72 OXFORD, WORCESTER, and WOL- VERHAMPTON RAILWAY. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) The other business of the special meeting re'a:td to two Bills now LeEire Parliament, promoted by this com pany, the one referring to the sale of the Stratford and Avon Canal to the Birmingl am and Oxford Company, and the other to cot ferring additional powers to raise capital. The consideration t f those Bills was postponed for six weeks, to which period the meeting was ad journed, to afford time to the proprietors to make them selve acquainted with the provi.ions of those Bills. The general meeting was then resumed, when Mr. Tamlyn and Mr. Thorp were elected auditors. A vote of thanks to the Chairman cmcluded the busi ness of the day. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF L 4 81)1S, March 22. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. Lord BROUGHAM, in moving for certain returns relating to this subject, took occasion to reiterate his objections to the proposed exhibition taking place in Hyde-park. He admitted the validity of the objections of his Noble Friend (the Earl of Carlisle) to Victoria park, hilt he could see no objection to the proposed exhibition taking place in Regent's-park He also objected to the funds being raised by voluntary contributions. Many shopkeepers subscribed their money under a species, he would not say of com• pulsion, considering those who exercised what the French might call une douse vivlsnce .v .but at the solicita tion of customers. The object was a national one, the expense should be defrayed by the nation. There had been a meeting of 168, not tailors but mayors, at which his Noble Friend had indulged in observations which he might have thought intended for assneer, but however volatile he might be, he certainly should not take a flight from the House of Peers to the House of Mayors, to notice in the former House what might have taken place in the latter.—(A laugh.) He, however, protested against this species cf influence which was exercised over the London tradesmen to induce them to subscribe to the expenses of this exhibition. The Earl of GRANVILLE considered that the Noble and Learned Lord had somewhat exaggerated the incon venience which might arise to the public from the pro posed exhibition taking place in Hyde-park. The pro- ' posed site was a narrow strip of land nearly opppsite Knightsbridge-barracks, which was scarcely at all Co quented by the public. He could not but notice some: what of inconsistency in the conduct of the Noble and Learned Lord, who at a — meeting in Westminster had stated that he had interrupted judicial proceedings, and had broken through a rule that he had laid dowu for the last twenty years in order to attend the meeting for promoting the proposed exhibition, be cause he considered it a national object. Now, certainly, his speech of the other evening had not being calcu lated to premoto that which, at the Westminster meet ing, he had declared to be a national object. Lord BROUGHAM contended that he had not been inconsistent. He had stated at t meeting, and on the other night, and he repeated. it now, that the immediate effect of the exhi bition would be to lower prices of commodities, but that ultimately it might produce benefit. He had said that he would not subscribe, as a consumer, to promote an exhibition which would be immediately beneficial to him self, but for a time injurious to the shopkeeper. Lord OVERSTONE said there was not a class in the country which had not put forward their most distin guished nrembers to aid in promoting this exhibition, and with regard to the meeting of yesterday, it was a most remarkable event to find there eminent statesmen of all parties, and eminent representatives of every branch of industry, assembled to bear their testimony that this exhibition was based upon the wisest views, and would promote the permanent industrial interests of the coun try, of thoae who, on former occasions, had been eulo gised by the Noble and Learned Lord as the represen tatives of the best interests of the country, and he was surprised to find the Noble and Learned Lord now coming down to denounce this exhibition, after having at the Westminster meeting proposed one_of-thsseresolu dons, and after having apologised to the meeting for leaving it, and declaring that he had interrupted solemn judicial proceedings to attend it, the object el that meet ing being to raise voluntary subscriptions to prcmote the objects of that exhibition. Then with regard to the site, they had a warning not to yield lightly to the sug gestions of the Noble Lord, who now came down to declare that the suggestions which he had made the other night as to the site of-; ; the building La the proposed exhibition was altogether erroneous. The Commission did not proceed lightly, it was deeply impressed with the responsibility which weighed upon it, and it t Jule no step without due consideration. The site had not been chosen with out thought or deliberaion. It had been chosen on the almost unanimous decision c f the most eminent scientific men of the age. Hyde -park was more level than Regent's• psi k e en(' Regent's park was the resort for recreation of the middle end inferior classes of society, while Hyde-park was almost exclusively the resort of the riches classes, and it would be most unjust to de - prive the middle and inferior classes of their recreation ground; and, besides, it was desirable that the building should be erected on a si'e that might be easily restored to its original condition. The Noble Lord had expressed a fear that the building would be permanent. The greatest security against that wou:d be to erect it in Hyde-park. The Noble Lord con cluded by pronouncing a high eulogium upon Prince Albeit f,r the great labour he had undergone in origi nating and promoting this undertaking. Lord STANLEY said that atter the able and excel lent speech of the Noble Lord who had just spoken it would be unnecessary for him to allude ti the general question, but be could net pass altogether unnoticed the speech °lbis Noble and Learned and very discreet Friend. He certainly did express his regret that the notion that the proposed exhibition would damage the interests of the tradesmen of L melon had received countenance from the authority of his Noble and Learned, and be feared be Lad added, some% bat volatile Friend (Lord Brougham). He acknowledged that he did use that ex pression, and partly on the grounds stated by the Noble Lord opposite, that he thought that on that particular question he bad seen some sudden inconsistency and change of opinion, an - 1 views between the language used by the Noble and Learned Lord at the Westminster meeting, and the language he had used in that House the other night. But he really thought his Noble and Learned Friend would have taken it as a compliment, only, he must admit, very far below the amount of power and the extent of merit of the noh'e individual to whom he had alluded—(Laughter)—for in trutb, in point of quickness, activity, pungency and erergy, sal vo.'atile was nothing to hies—(Laughter)—for they might pre vent the essence of that salt from escaping by putting a glass stopper ever it, but he defied any human power, even his Noble Friend himself, to put any stopper— whether of glass or any other material—over the inten sity of the activity and pungency . of his own mind.— (Laughter.) Yet he must do his Noble and Learned Friend the justice to say that he believed, although the activity and energy of his mind, and the wit and readi ness of his speech, were as quick and pungent as volatile essence, still they did not partake to the full extent in the offensiveness and acrimony of that essence; and he hoped that the long friendship which had subsisted between them would not be disturbed for a single mo ment by that expression.—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Brougham.) Ever hereafter he should form a more correct estimate of his Noble Friend's qualities. He should look on him, on his own showing, no longer as one of those quick, active, energetic men, who were promrt to take up any question and make it important, and who were readily and easily capable of dealing with any and every question, not only one after another, but in such rapid succession that it might almost be said he dealt with them all at one time.—(Laughter.) On the contrary, he should consider him as of a grave, serious, plodding, proper, slow, heavy nature—(Laughter)—hot hasty in forming his judgment, nor rash in expressing his opinion,never pronouncing on any matter with which he was not familiar, nor dealing with many subjects at one and the same time, but by intense labour and delibe rate study making himself master, and thoroughly mas ter, of one question at a time, and no more, and never venturing to speak on that or any other subject until he had acquired a knowledge of all its bear ings and details; and above all, never making use of any expression which at any time he might be desirous of recalling. That was the view which, on his own show ing, he should from that time take of his Noble and Learned Friend; but if anything should occur to dis abuse him of that impression, he would candidly confess his want of judgment, and withdraw all he had said.— (Laughter.) The Noble and Learned Lord had said that be had been so long under his (Lord Stanley's) tuition, that he had contracted something of his cha racter, but although they est on the same side of the !louse, still their opinions were not the same on all sub jects.nwihs hene dh telh' spoke pt e oh N kt:hei oddabeti seriouslydl e ohnfe L ot (h o t r Lec dool House for d ( toor ß ußar fi r cre o lto u shwuy g igi ishtthihhagamamhb)i that him, habits taha u stn s , hsu t di el tds f t o hi wnn r o g goau i stis v dos e apvl him soectanno g o t 117 r et h e saran hint k cith irony on a subject that he openly avowed he was determined to support. He should add the. he was per fectly assured that the great majority of the people of London were strongly ut Opinion that this gran d an d noble institiAton would be of the greatest benefit ruble to them, and he (Lord Stanley) therefor e th oug h t that the Noble and Learned Lord should couch hts ex pressions in such arnauner as riot to lead to the opinion that this greet majority of the inhabitants of the metropolis t d utro e n ie w t ; a ld l ! y a d ff e re ll t 'd t e h d el i r n b s a u s p i- - p w o e s r i e n g v e t r h y a t g s r u e c a h t o a o n l e isr, wheni he u n i d reality ha ve p lc u t l o d t hi h e i n a k s ees .. - f is to he s d up t p h t it a t t h t e he d o vi bloo no ts t o n ' B 6 B ir w iju it r h y a t d o v t a ti n e t m ag , e a ' s () t h e t. t Nh eebinstitution h a n o t w s a e r u s t s 0 1 y n • avail himself of .the Lord Mayor's dinner, but he should that, rn sa a y king h s perhaps, aekno w his led g mmodesty at p t r h e a v t en d t in d ne h r im of fl: th in e s v t e i r t y uti g o re . at importance he attached to this excellent in- The Duke of Argyle and Lord Brougham roe to gether; the former gave way. Lord BROUGHAM said, that he thought that the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley), from his long • xperienco in Parliament, should afford him an opportunity of reply, and for the advice that ho had so kindly given him (Lord Brougham) on the sukject of the use of a figure of irony, he begged and revestei of him (Lord Stanley) to receive a suggestion from him, which he gave with the most perfect sincerity of purpose, and with all the kindness and benevoleace of feeling that he could entertain for another, and that was, that the Noble Lord, when he disavowed the opi nion of another, should allow him an opportunity of de fending himself, for such he looked upon as the unvary ing and infloxible rule of society. But such the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) did not do, but he goes off three miles distant to the Mansion-house, and there gets the laugh of him, but such he looked upon as a dull joke, which, it it be reported, would bo followed by only the word " laughter." He had listened with much pleasure and satisfaction to the Noble Lord (Lord Overstone) on his first si eech, and was happy to state it as his opinion, from that speech, that the House and the country might expect great service and advantage from a person pos sessed of such ability and experience as the Noble Lord, and the cause which he would support would obtain con siderable strength and effect from his advocacy. The Noble Lord again adverted to the remarks of Lord Stan ley, and exprestod his willingness to give every support in his power to the in4itution. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSI)OWNE, the Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill w•.re read is second time. The Noble Marquis was understood to propose that t`mir Lordships should meet to-morrow to pass these Bills, which would enable hint to move that their Lordships should adjourn on Monday night for the Easter holidays. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND). The Duke of ARGYLE rose to present several peti tions from various parts of Scotland, praying the House to refuse its consent to any Bill that may be proposed purporting to alter the constitution of the parochial schools of Scotland. The Noble Duke said that his mo tive for trespassing on their Lordships' attention for a short s time, as he intended, was because there was a Bill ha another place which tended materially to alter the cdsfttitution of the parochial schools of Scotland, and which he felt convinced would be of very great injury to the cause of education in Scotland, and which would be most repugnant to the feelings of the people of that country. The Noble Duke then referred to the a4gres i sive system of some of the Independents, and also of Roman Catholics, which were endeavouring to uproot this parochial system that existed from time immemorial, and hoped that their Lordships would oppose this Bill on its introduction from the other House; for nothing could be more obnoxious to the people of Scotland than that a system of education that they had kept intact from generation to generation should now be altered against their will, for the purpose ,of establishing na tional schools. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE concurred with the Noble Duke that it was of importance to preserve and enconrage the parochial schools in Scotland, seeing that they had given great satisfaction; and, with respect to the other schools, he th oug ht they might be establi s h e d . , in that country without any aggression on_ the present system of education in Scotland, which, it must be ad- mitted, was most effect, and much to bo admired. In deed, he might - add, that the syste m of education which '4iittlbeen carried on in Scotland gave to that country a just pre-eminence. He touk that opportunity of saying how much he felt acknowledgment to be due on this subject to the efforts of the Established Church in Scot laud, and also of the Free Church in that country ; and it was gratifying to see that both were met in a spirit of conciliation and concession on this most important subject. Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed in the opinions and eulogies expressed by the Noble Duke and the No ble Marquis on the parochial schools in Scotland ; and thought with the Noble Marquis that an extension of education might take place in that country eithout any innovation upon, or change in, the coustitutivn of the parochial schools in that country. The petition was then laid on the table. CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE SOBBAON. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL moved " That an humbles address be presented to ler Majesty for a copy of the minutes of the proceedings affecting the character and conduct of the surgeon-superintendent, master, and officers c f the emigrant ship Sob; .on, referred to in dis patches No. 116 and No. 242 from Governor C. A. Fitzroy to Earl Grey last year." Ile thought it de sirable not to postpone his motion to a future day, seeing that the question was one of great importance to the public. He thought that the intimation that the do cuments were voluminous was no excuse why they should not be laid on the table of their Lordships' /louse. Their Lordships were aware that letters had lately ap pearedpapers from one or two of the par charges of ill-treatment of the ties implicated in the p i u n b c the or phan emigrants on board the Sobraon, and both tried.to duo their Lordships, The that captain the i exculpate thernselves;ibut he (Lord Mountcashell) hop e d for the sake of the public, th e p ar ti es i n j ure d, an d an what was be strictly as de t of matter on board the vessel complained that he was not allowed to bring forward his own witnesses, and that none of the witnesses against him were sworn on their examination. Their Lordships would see that the charges mace of the ill-treatment of the female emigrants, by the officers and crew of the vessel, were of the most grave character, and that one of the unfortunate females had lost her life as a consequence of that ill-treatment on her passage to the colony. Lie (Lord Mountcashell) wishe Ito know whe ther the investigation was condue!o 1 in the manner al lrged by the impl!catei parties, and whether the wit nesses were or ware not examined on oath. Oae of the charges was supplying bad end insufficient food and water to the emigrants, which wasa violation of the Pee sengere' Act. Anoiher charge was, that spirits were seld on board, atad that the females here induced to par take of them. Some of the poor orphans who had been il!-treated were foundlings, from Dublin, and some Here poor girls from poor-law unions its Ireland; and the su perintendent surgeon of the vessel, instead of taking steps to protect them, proposed, as ore o r his first steps on the vessel sailing out, that the officers should take them as servants into their cabins. Their Lordships might easily conclude what happened under such a course if conduct as that. Ono of the poor girls, described as a most interesting creature, died, it was said by some, of fever, and by others from a different cause. • It was reported that " drugs" had been a iministered to her to produce abortion, and she never reached the colony. He held in his hand a report, taken from papers, relative to emigration, by a Committee of the House cf Com mons, on the 31st of July, 1849, and in page 7, it was charged that the master did nut prohibit or prevent in tercourse between the officers, crew, and female emi grants; but that, on the contrary, he allowed uarestrained intercourse between them. The evidence was that of one of the young females miscarried on board, and fell a vicitn to the ill-treatment to which she had been sub jected, and that another of them was now pursuing a Ifs of prostitut.on upon the streets of Sydney. Another. who had waited on the captain, was also in a state of prostitution, although not yet publicly so. Tt.e Com mittee then ad) , that the charges were clearly proved, and recommended that gratuities, which had been established as an encouragement for proper care of the emigrants, should be withheld from those parties who had miscon ducted themselves. The matter was one of grew import ance, and he (Lord Mountcashell) had still to learn whe ther any proper inquiry had teen made into it. If the pa pers for which he moved were laid on their Lordships' table, they might then get some blot - Illation on the subject. He considered it due to their Lordships that they should be granted, so that their Lordships might deliberately read them; and, above all, that it was due to the public that they should be laid on the table, that it might be seen who were really the off•nders in charges so grave, and that the matter was not kept in the dark. He asked fur those returns as a protection to the people, and as a safeguard to emigrants, who trusted for pro tection to the promises of the Government—promises, he regretted to say, which appeared not to have been performed. The public, he repeated, would expect those papers to be furnished, and he hoped th e Noble Earl would not withhold them. The Noble . Earl then a lvertei to the Equestrian emigrant ship, and said that some of his charges with respect to the bad meat ship ped on board the emigrant vessels at Liverpool had been complained cf. He did trot mention names whoa he made those charges, but Alessr!. Powell and Sonia of the City, took offence, and called on him, and staid that they had purchased 900 tierces of meat, but not to put on hoard the emigrant ships, and that they had it to suit different parties. He repeated, witnout naming parties, t h a t bad meat was pur chased at Liverpool for shipping purposes. On board the ship Ratelais several females bad been cruelly flogged. He mentioned their names, and if they gav e him a Select Committee he would establish beyond doubt the fact of the cruel treatment to which they were subjected. The voyage was characterised by de moralization, bestiality, and brutality, to as gre a t an extent as in other vessels which he had before alluded to. The Noble Lord produced the rope with which the females had been flogged on their bare backs. W as nut that proof, he asked, of the indignity to which they bad been subjected? lie could produce witnesses who would swear that with that identical rope the backs of unfortunate female emigrants were severely flogged. He trusted the Government would take such measures as would prevent a repetition of those revolting and un pardonable occurrences. As a remedy fur the evils which he sought to have corrected, he suggested *at greater precaution should be adopted in the selection of the surgeons—that married men ought in all possible cases to be selected—that the se iuction of women on board ship shall be met by summary punishment, and that in the event of the matron miscunducting herself, it shall be competent for the passengers to select one from among themselves. The Noble Earl also suggested that a system of medals should be adopted for the surgeons, and he concluded by expressing a confident hope that the Colonial Secretary would put an end to the abuses which had been so long suffered to exist. Earl GREY said that inasmuch as no practical object could be effected by the production of the minutes of the proceedings instituted regarding the character and con. duct of the surgeon, superintendent, master, and officers of the ship Sobraou, he should not eonsent to that pert of the motion. No doubt the conduct pursued on board that vessel had been most lamentable arid disgraceful; but when the Sobraon arrived at Sydney the case was fully inquired into, the evidence taken was published, and the charterer cf the vessel mulcted in 5001. If the minutes were republiihed they would be so much waste paper, and no person would ever think of looking into them except the Nob.e LOrd hicneel‘; hut he could have access t all the documents in the Colonial-office connected with the case as long as he pleased. He did not see why the public should be put to the expense for the Parlia mentary publication of useless documents. With regard to the subject of general emigration, he considered that the Noble Earl, by turning too willing an ear to the statements of, perhaps, interested parties, bad suffered i.itpoelf to be misinformed and misled. Some of his state , 01(k. s. _ to MARCH 23, 1850 meats bad no foundation whatever. With the best possible motives, the Noble Earl was frequently deluded. He asked was it fair or just that men in their position, respect able surgeons, should be risking their character through such charges? He considered that the Noble Lord should not make those charges in that house, but on the ground where the crimes were alleged to have been per petrated. All he had to say was that cleanliness, order, and decorum were universally observed on board those emigrant ship, and that the atention and capa bility of the surgeons were beyond all question of doubt. He considered that the Noble Lord should not bring such grave and important charges so lightly and loosely, for he could not destnate the charges brought against Mr. Bell, which were alleged to hare occurred ten years ago, us any other than frivolous and unnecessary. In that ewe the Commissioners of Emigration had been perfectly satisfied, and be could assure their Lordships that they would be ever most vigilant in the discharge of their duties in this respect, as well as in any other. The Earl of H4IIROWBY said that ke iettniCrKetly convinced that -many of the emigratiotrofficers had not acted as they should have done iss—Theirinvestigation of this case, for be had not the least doubt that immorality prevailed to a very great extent on the part of some et the surgeons of those emigrant ship., as he knew that many of the passengers had not been dealt fairly or morally with by those surgeons. He believed that if the paltry economy practised relative to the pay went i f surgeons was put an end to that they would value their positions, and never run the ri , k of losing a good situation. Lord MOUNTCASHELL said he felt very great re gret and sorrow that the Noble Esrl (Earl Grey) should refuse to comply with his motion, and ho felt assured that if the trt atment and seduction experienced by the unfortunate girl from the Dublin union-hove had hap pened to a female emigrant from England, that the press would strongly and vehemently denounce such conduct and public meetings would be held in all parts cf this country to bring the offenders to a condign punishment. He thought it was but fair, fur the sake of Mr. Bell's character, that his motion should be granted, as such would relieve him from the suspicion attached to his character, and also the public mind from an impression of his fault. Earl GREY said that it was not true that there was any case of abuse except the one case of the unfortunate woman who died in her accouchement on board the So braon,_ and in this ease all the punishment that could be (inflicted was imposed on the offending surgeon, the while substance of which inquiry was then on the table of 'the House. When the Noble Lord required to know the name of this woman he should say that nothing could be more unfair or inju dicious than to publish the names of any female, whose friends, in this country or in Ireland, would be pained by such a publication. Ho fully concurred with the Noble Earl (Earl llorrowby) when he stated it was morally impossible-to preserve perfect order and perfect morality in emigrant ships, particularly when it was well known that such did not obtain on shore, where there was more vigilance exercised for their preserva tion. now could the Noble Lord be astonislied, that out of twenty or thirty thousand persons on a' voyage, there should be one or two of bad charactre The Emigration Commissioners have stated it as their opinion, that it is impossible to send single women out as emigrants, with safety for their virtue, unless they be under the care of their relatives, or f some private party who would take charge of them. He should, in reply to the Noble Lord, state that the pay of the sur geons has been increased, and that they are likely, therefore, to have a greater interest in holding their sitva'ions in that service; and should emigration con tinue, he felt assured that general satisfaction would be given by those men who are tried, and proved fit for their duties. He should add, that the morality and in struction of the emigrants would be, for the future, very much enhanced, as there were schoolmasters in each emigrant ship. _ _ _ Tie motion was then negatived without a division. Their Lordship then adjourned to Four o'clock to morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. March 22. The SPEAKER took the Chair a taw minutes before Fuur o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. ELLS presented a petition from Leicester pray ing the house to pass a mea&ure for providing a system of secular education throughout the country. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from the journeymen tailors of Bristol complaining of being com pelled by their musters to work on Sundays, and praying tor relief. Sir H. DAVIE presented a petition from Addington against the Marriage Affinity Bill. Mr. BAILLIE presented a similar pc Coon from Inverness-shire. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from attorneys in Faversham praying for a reptal of the duty on attor novb' certificates. Lord DUNCAN presented petitions from Greenwich and other places praying for the repeal of the window tax. Mr. GEORGE DUNDAS presented a petition from Kinloch against U. • Marriage Affinity Bill. Mr. COWAN presented a petition; signed by the Lord Provost and magistt ates of Edinburgh, praying fur a repeal of all stamped receipts for SUMS below 1001. Mr. FORDYCE presented petitions from several places in Scotland against the Marriage Affinity Bill. • Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from trades men and agricultural lbourers in villages in Lincoln shire, complaining f a 'ricultural distress. Mr. MACGREGOR presebted a petition from factory workers in Glasgow in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. Mr. BANKES presented a similar petition fro:n f4c tory-wotkarg in Rochdide. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from mer el wits in Liverpool complaining of the adulteration of coffee with chicory, and praying that a duty may be levied on chicory instead of coif-v.— (A laugh.) Sir G. BOOTH presented a petition from Sligo pray ing lir a plan of emigratiOn for able-bodied labourers. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a place in Oxfordshire praying for an international penny postage; also a petition from Southampton iu favour of a more equitable adjustment of tithes. Several petitions were presented praying for a cessa tion of Post-office labour on Sundays. Mr. POWER presented a petition from Cork praying for measures of relief for Ireland. Sir W. MOLESWORTII presented a petition from Southwark praying for a bever supply of water to that part of the metropolis. Mr. B. OSBORNE presented a petition from the in habitants of Clerkenwell praying fur a repeal of the window-!ax sea sanitary !Leasure. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland praying for a ces sation of Sunday labour in the Post-office. Colonel RA WDON moved fur a rk turn of the local funds i❑ aid of which grants have been made by the Com missioners of National Education in Ireland, either for building, teachers' salaries, or school necessaries; and the st curity on which the said local funds rest. — Agreed to. Viscount DUNCAN moved fJr a copy cf all reports on the experimen•a! improvements on the Crown estate cf King William's Town. in the county of Cork, sub mitted to her Majesty's Commissioners cf Woods and Forests, since the Bth day of August, 1814 (in continu ation of Parliamentary Paper, Nn. 612, of Session 1844.) .S.IEMBERS' QUALIFICATION. Mr. OSBORNE g ave notice that on an early day after Easter he should move a resoluton that the qualifi cation of Members of Parliament in England and Wales should be made the same as that in Scot/and and Ireland. WOODS AND FORESTS. Lord DUNCAN, seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Governmont in his place, he wi.Lei to ask him a question on tae subject of the Woods and Forests. Ile wished to know when it was the intention of Govern ment to proceed with the Woods and Forests Bill. The second question he wished to ask the Noble Lord was this. Lord Carlisle had stutsd in another place that he no longer presided over the woods and forests, and perhaps, then fore, the Noble Lord would be good enough to state who it was that at present executed the important duties generally entrusted to the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply to the first ques tion, said he should bring the Bill on as early as possible alter Easter; with regard to the second question, Lord Carlisle still held the office of Chief Commissioner, and would continue to hold it until his successor was ap pointed, or the office abolished. ANNUITY TAX. Mr. COWAN said a good deal of excitement prevailed in Scotland on the subject of the annuity tax, and from time to time various proposals bad been made for the abolition of this odious and obnoxious tax. He wished, therefore, to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, during the present session of Parliament to introduce any mein sure to alter or repeal the mode of providing for the pay ment of the ministers of the Established Church in Edin burgh and Montrose, instead of the existing impost, commonly called the annuity tax or ministers' money. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to say, in reply, that in the existing state of public business he could not promise to introduce such a measure. Captain HARRIS asked the Noble Lord at the head of the Government when he meant to proceed with the navy estimates. Lord J. RUSSELL could not give a definite answer to that question until Monday. MONEY DUE FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Mr. B. OSBORNE asked the President of the Board of Trade what course the Government meant to pursue with reference to sums of money being due from foreign Governments to individuals in this country? A Select Committee was appointed last session to inquire into all such cases, but be (Mr. Osborne) could not find out that they had made any report to the House. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Noble Lord the Mem ber for Bath was chairman of that Committee, and they reported that they were satisfied considerab!. sums a money were due from foreign Governments to persons in this country, and recommended that the. Committee should be rc-appoibt,d this session. Mr. B. OSBURNE asked if the Right Hon. Gentleman would more the re-appointment of the CuinDlittee after Easter. Mr. LABOUMIERE would not give any such pledge, though he bad no objection to the re-appointment of the Committee after Easter. PUBLIC PETITIONS. • Mr. B. a MANGLES wished to ask a question of the Speaker with t egard to the forms of the House. On the 13th of March it petition bad been presented, purporting to be from Guildford, and bad been entered upon the journals of the House as such. This, he believed, was the petition to which the Honourable Gtntle man the Member for West Surrey had alluded in a speech of his. On referring to the journals of the House ho found it was a petition from the landowners and others in the neighbourhood of Guildford, which was a very different thing; and on looking still further at the petition he found that one of the first was the name of a gentleman who lived twelve miles from Guild ford. What he wished to know was whether there was not some means of altering this wrong designation? The SPEAKER said that the standing orders of the House 1-equine! that the description of the petition should be as short as possible. Mr. MANGLES said that his object was seriel by having mentioned the matter. ADJOURNMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Upon the motion that the House bhuuld at its rising adjourn until Monday next, Lord J. RUSSELL said he bad thought it might be possible to adjourn for the Easter holichys on Monday next, but he found the number of notices on the paper would not allow him to do so, and he would therefore give notice that on Tuesday next he should move the adjournment of the House until the Bth of April. Mr. F. FRENCH thought if the Noble Lord desired to adjourn on Monday, that those who 1 - al notices on the paper—and he was one of them—would have no ob jection to a postponement.—(Hear.) AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. On the question for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. DI VETT said he was anxious to tale that op portunity of making a few observations on this ti ensure, as ho had been unable to take any part in the discussion on the second reading. Too much of that discussion bad been confined to the question of theoretical c-natitutions arid tLe practical ct,naideration if the Bill itself. Now it was of the deepest import ance Oita the Bill should be passed this sesdion, and sent nmi early as possible fur the adoption of the colonies. Hilo principal objection to the Bill erode out of an apprehension that it would give New South Vales an advantage over Australia ; but he had Leen asturtd by,,, members a the Government that his fears in thil respect would turn out to be ill-fiunded, and he . bad little doubt that if they now went manfully to work, such a Bill would be produced as would prove highly acceptable to the colonists. It was of the utmost importance :hat the province of Victoria should be se parated from Australia; and it was equally to be desired that representative constitutions should be granted to the colonies, though not on the principled two chatubers, as he was satisfied that a second chamber could not be pro duced that would prove satisfactory to the colonists. He therefore approved of the Bill as it now stood, and if he bad an assurance that the present minimum price of land should be strictly maintained, it should hase his best support.—(Hear, hear.) The House then went into Committee. Mr. HUME thought the House ought to give the colonies one simple enactment, which should apply to them all alike. He would submit to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, that in stead of adopting this Bill in its present shape, it would be far more pre`erable to repeal al the Acts referred to in the preamble of the Bill, and to re-enact such party, and such parts only, as related to the colonier. Claws 1 was agreed to. On the question being put that clause 2 stand part of the Bill, Mr. BOUVERIE wished to ask if there was any objection to insert a clause to the effect that not more than one-half of the members of the council should be members holding office. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he was not awe' e that the Bill was not drawn up to express that. It it did not do so, he lad no objection to insert some words to that effect. Sir WM. MULESWORTII said that this was a proof of how badly the Bill was drawn up, when the Noble Lord could not tell what it meant on one particulor point. Mr. HUME wished to know if the Noble Lord still persisted in his intention of having the council of South Australia entirely of nominees. lie saw no reason why they should treat that colony in a efferent manner to the Cape of Good Hope, which had an elective council. Mr. MOWATT acid he had no objection either to having one or two chambers, provided the colonists were satisfied; and he thought the only blemish in the Bill—Lr which as a colonist he heartily thanked the Government, because he considered it would form an era in our legislation—was the clause which they were now discussing. It proposed to give to the Crown the power of nominating one-third of each of the chambers to be created under the Bill, and the introduction of this alien body he thought was objectionable. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Hon. Member for Mont rose proposed that there should be only one legislative council, from which all persons nominated by Govern ment should be t xcluded, and he was certain) , not pre pared t , ) assent to that proposal. Mr. MOWAT r said he was sorry to hear the answer of the Noble Lorel, and he should feel it his duty to move the omission of such part of clause 2, as lett to her Majesty the nomination of one third part of the number of the members of the legislative council. They ought not to bow to the existing popular opinion in New South Wales, but endeavour to give the colonies such a constitution that may be calcula ted to last for all times. As for the nominee principle, he was decidedly opposed to that, and so were the colonists themselves. In the Cape of Good note it was considered an odious principle, and men who occupied nominee seats in the local council would ',either be trusted nor respect() while, had they been elected by the colonists, they would have been useful members of that body. He really be lieved that the introduction of a body of elected French men would to less injurious to the healthy working of a colonial legislative council than that a third t f it should be composer' of nominees. The colonists were the best judges of their own interests, and he would suggest that the matter ,should be left to their decision. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the omission of all the words from the clause giving to the Crown the power of nominating one-third of the members in the council. Mr. LABOUCHERE raid the Government in f..am irg this Bill had not contemplated the giving a new constitution to Australia, but they had taken the institutions of that colony as they found them, and had endeavoured to mould them to the present times.—(Bear, hear.) lie did not feel called on to argue the question with the Hon. Member (Mr. Mow ito) whether or not the legislature for that colony should be composed of one chamber, without any principle of m He thought, however, there were grape reasons why that should not be the form of constitution for a British colony. Ile (Mr. Labouchere) was satisfied from all the inquiries he had been able to make on the subject, that the sate course was to tike those institutions which had been proved by the colonists themselves to be effective, and to confirm those institutions, giving, hoil ever, to the colonists fresh power to build on those institutions such improvements as time and experience proved to be neces sary. Mr.', VERNON SMITH wished that this discus sion should be carried on with temper and moderaticn. The Right Hon. Gentleman on the Treasury bench as sumed that this was not a new constitution proposed, but one time honoured and venerated by the colonies, which it would be an infamy to in terfere with. But eas this the case ? The constitution had existed for seven years, and the prejudices in favour of it could not lo?: particularly strong. But what did the Noble Lord who had introduced the Bill say? Ile said tuat this Bill contemplated nothing new. flogging his pardon, he did not seem to know his own Bill. Consti tutions were to be given to two colonies which had never before had them. Was that nothing new? Federal institu tions too were to be introduced into our colonies. Was that nothing new? Were not federal institutions most extra ordinary novelties? He (Mr. Smith) was very noxious that the first point to be discussed by the Cononitte should be that of a single or double chamber. Be thought the question of nomination or election would most properly follow that question. He should there fore suggest teat the present motion should be post poned until the question of a single or a double chamber had been settled. Mr. MOW /I TT was quite willing to do anything con sistent with the forms of the House. Mr. E. DENIziON thought that if the House eeoided against th• power of nomination, and excluded all official members from a seat in the council, it would be practi cally deciding in favour cf txo chambers; as it would be impossible in that case to carry on the business of go vernment without a second chamber. Mr. AIOWA UT was willing to postpone his amend ment till after the main question was decided if his doing so would not preclude him from bringing it on agaio. Atter a lew words from Mr. AGLIONBY, Sir J. PAKINGTON suid if the Honourable Gentle man threw away that opportunity he would not again be able to raise the question. Mr. ADDERLEY considered that nominees ought not to form part of the chambers, if they wished to al low the colony to form its own constitution. Mr. LABOUGHERE explained that what he said was that a constitution working with two chambers would be hotter than a constitution working with one chamber; but this depended upon the circumstances of tho colony, the state of its advancement, the state of its society, and the means which existed to fiLd materials for their composition, and persons in the colony were able to form a better opinion on the sub ject than any one in this country. The Govern ment, while they thought it desirable to confer a new constitution upon the colony, at the same time gave the colonists the power t,) modify or alter it as they might think fit. Mr. BAILEY thought it was out of place to discuss the propriety of having nominees before they had de cided whether there should be one or two chambers. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his amendment. Mr. MOWATT said he knew the question as to having one or two chambers was of far less importance to the colonists than the question as to the composition. Mr. GLADSTONE said the lion. Gentleman made his motion now, because he considered it was the best opportunity he would have for discussing the merits of it, and though the question was raised in an unfair and inadequate manner , yet he (Mr. Gladstone) subject.woule take l i e that would opportunity of stating his v i ews on t h e decidedly vote with th e H on . Gen tleman. His decided opinion was that it constitution formed of one chamber would be a very bad constitution. The first object he was anxious to gain was the double chamler. If they got that the double chamber would right itself in its details if they did not set it right now. His second object was that both chambers in the main should be established upon the principle of election for their. basis. This third object was to give her Majesty power to con'er honours upon a limited number of distinguished colonists, but he would sacrifice this one if it was likely to endanger the other two. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Right. Hon. GeLtleman who had just sat down seemed to suppose that Government had power to decide the course which should be now taken, but, in point of fact, it was decided by the forms of the 'louse. Those who voted for the amendment would be pledged to one chamber upon the representative principle. Sir W. MOLESW ORM supported the amendment. Mr. COBDEN said they ought to be cautious to woke this Bill as perfect as possible, as they might have it sent back to them, with not the same power to deal with it which they possessed now. Govern ment was going to give a &table .chumber t . the Cape cf Good Hope, and yet they refued the same con cession. to Australia. Now did the Committee think Australia would be satisfied with that? Certainly not; and as t',e Cape of Good Hope Lai secured to itself a double chamber by assuming a menacing attitude, very likely Australia would ultimately follow its example. Mr. K. SEYMER thought there ought to be two chambers elected upon the representative principle, and he should certainly vet' for the amendment. Sir B. PEEL understocd the effect of the amendment to be the preposition of a purely democratic body, with out any external cheeks. To effect that object, how ever, the constitution in existence in the colonies would have to be altered. But that constitution which had cx isle I without dissatisraction for some time, bad nomi nees of the'Crown. Was it to be changed without con sulting the colonists? And were they to have a pure and urmixed democratic assembly imposed on theme without the opportunity of expretsing an opinion on the subject? He applied these arguments to the conbtituiiou of New South Wales r rid Victoria. If he was to assume thi., be could n, t !or a monr:cr.t be so liberal as to part veils) the preset_ t qualifying chuck, and change a conmi• tuticn which gave no citsatnfat ton; f :r one upon which the colonists were not c, risulte 0. Mr. SCOTT should vote fur the amendment, believ ing that if it were ta , ried, it would induce the Gover n• meet to adopt the prioripla of double chamber. Mr. AGLIONBY felt called upon to vote for the amendment. The point Lai not been clearly or fully placed before the Howie by the Right Hor. Baronet the Member for Tamworth. He (Mr. A.) believed the Government intended to do the best for the colonies ; but one third of the le.gislative nominees would not effect that purpose. The colonists of Nt w South Wales were not satisfied with their present censtitutien, and they deprecated its being made worse than it ie. Mr. HAW 'S svjuld not ent?r into the general argu ment, but would confine himself to the amendment. The Bill introduced nothing new into the constitution of New South Wales; and the colonists had intimated to the Government on all occasions their perfect sntistaction with it, and their desire that no cbange should take place in it without their consent. The amendment, however, went to alter that constitution, and without the consent of the coloniste. The Bill was brought forward in the best spirit. He (Mr. Hawes) denied that it was in the power of the nominees of the Crown to control the legislature of New South Wales. The Government wished to give the colonists the power of choosing their own Government, and those who voted for the motion would practically vote against that principle. If, there fore, the House desired to act in conformity with the expression of the colonise they would reject the amend ment. Lord J. MANNERS said, the last accounts from New South Wales stated that Mr. Lowe had given notice of a proposition analogous to that of the motion of the Hon. Member. He believed that the colonists were by no means so satisfied with their constitution as the Hoe. Gentleman stated. The principle of nominees was the most objectionable form that could be devised for balanc ing the power of a single chamber, and he should there fore vote for the amendment, though in so doing he desired not to be understood as pledging himself to a single chamber. Mr. P. WOOD said they were now about to take a step that might be fraught with very serious conse• quenees as regarded the happiness or misery of what was likely to be hereafter a great people. Under these circumstances, the time occupied in discussing the amendment could not be better employed. It was said that in the present amendment they were di-cussing the question of two chambers or one, and there was no doubt that was really and truly the question before them. He had experienced much d fficulty, after perusing the cor respondence, in ascertaining ,what were really the feel ings of the people . of Australia on the subject. He did not find tt at at any of the meetings there was any sug gestion made as to having a second chamber. II thought it would savour of presumption in them to de cide for the people of Australia without giving them a voice in the matter. They had had six years' expe rience of the present constitution, and they had made no complaint about it. In his opinion it would be much wiser to allow them to develop the particular form of representative Government which they would prefer. He hoped due regard would be had to a proper in fusion cf the democratic element into their constitu tion. He thought there was some advantage in having thoee official members, who from their knowledge and experience, would be able to give a tone and character to the detaees of the assembly. He had as strong a feeling fur the full development of the wishes of the people as the Hon. Member himself, but he did not think the proposition that had been brought forward was the best mode of carrying it out.—(Hear.) Mr. S. ADAIR, would have been disposed to vote with the Bor. Gentleman, but he had happened to light upon a paper connected with the colonies, front which it appeared that the official nominees were in the habit of voting independently. Of twenty-eight votes given by the nominees, not less than nineteen were given in fa vour of the elective body, and he wag, therefore, led to believe that the official members would not be found to vote on all occasions on the side of the Government. He should, therefore, give his vote against the amend merle—(Heer.) Mr. MANGLES suggezt.d the postponement of the' question until the bringing up of the report, or until attar the preamble had been proved. Mr. BASS confessed that it had occasioned him a considerable amuuL.t of pain to differ from the Hon. and Learned Member re tr him, but after a full considera tion of the merits of the case, he did not think that the amendment was calculated to produce such a form of government as would be satisfactory to the colonists. Mr. MOWATT laid the adoption of his amendment would only be the first step to the proposition of a se cond chamber. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth hsd expr,ssed surprise that there should be only a single cnareber with so little infusion of the democratic element; but the Right Hon. Baronet could not say that the nominees, being colonists, were the re presentatives of the aristocratic check he wished for His main object was to carry out what the Government had declared to be th,er bone fide intention—namely to allow the colonists to choose their own form of go vernment. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the emendrrout 77 Against it ... €5 Majority against it ..„ ---S8 Mr. WALPOLE then moved the amendment of which he :sad given notice. The , eirnp!e motion he had to make was that the 2d clause be entirely omitted, the object of that motion unquestionably being to substituted instead of it a short clause of which he had given notice, and upon which he meant to take the sense of the Committee, to: to whi thcr there should, or should not be two llouses of Legislature in the Australian colonies. The question might be stated in another torm—namely, whether they were to act on the principle s that had hitherto guided V - .em in reference to the Governments granted to their colonies, or whether they were to have a different sort of government, which, so far as he could see, had no thing to recommend it, except its novelty-. Whatever measures were now adopted would not merely re fur to the Australian colonies, but would be laid down as the type of those; institutiun-z, in any future sehetne of coloni sation. The question he wee about to submit to the Committee was whether they were to adopt a form of constitution different from that of the other colonite? It might be laid down as a rule that when they gave governments to a people the first principle was that they should adhere to the habits and usages of the people. They should der art as little as possible from the forte aad character of that Government which time and expe recce had proved to be beneficial. The second prio ciple was that un motives of policy us well is on grounds of justice every country should grant and secure to its colonists, as far as it could by legislation, ad the rights and privileges they were entitled to in the hind from which they cams—.hat should form the basis of their legislation. The third principle he would submit to the Committee was, that when they were prepared to give a constitutional government to a colony they should found it on a I.errea,..eet basis, according to the wiints, requirements, and necessities of the colony'. Bearing those principles in mind, he considered that the Committee would arrive at that conclusion, and although the Governeneet of the country were in layout of throe principles, unfortunately they were not contained in the Bill. .1.),.wn to the beginning of the present century, they had reproduced themselves in miniature models of the British Con.itizution. They bad given their colonies , with the exception of four, a Governor sent out by the Crown, and an As:ea:lbl) , elected by the people. The four exceptions were Gibraltar, Malta, Newfoundland , and Sierra Leone. Any body might see that the two first were not exceptio ns , b ecause t h ey wero m ilitary garrisons, end governed by military laws, like the Ro man military colonies— " Propugnacula popula et speculie Imperii Romani." Since then they had acquired some seventeen colonies in the West Ind:e , , Trinida), and China, and British Guiana; on the Atric?n coast three, including the Cape of Good H o p e; to t h e eastwar d of the C ape of Good Hope four, Mauritius, Ceylon, Labuan, and Hong -Kong; three in New Hol;and, one in Van Dietnen's Laud • ore in New Zealand, an d one i n th e F a lkl a nd Island'. V. hat had been done with respect to these? We had not until lately given to them representative institutions , except in 1842, when in the case of New South Wales they introduced this anomaly which they were *OW trying to perpetuate—the anomaly of a legislative coun cil, nominees composed ofthe Crown. h of elected d anomalymembers,n they ey an d in Part of to introduce into their other colonies. Allergo wor e a Bete having reference to principl es o f Government" I"!.'se against the establishment of such an assemb l y end all experience was against it likewise. It was e principle of this country always t. ) give to our colonies the same form of government that we poss essed our selve% That was not the principle upo n which this Bill ens funded, hut that it was the pri nci p le which we we ll expressed in th e eI ought to act upon aas admirably paper he had advcrt , d to; the opinion of the Committee being, that it would be most nowise to depart from the uniformity of practice which had always been observed in this respect. '1 he Government, iu fact, admitted that unless sore very grave cause existed for departing from this line of colonial policy it ought to be strictly ob served. From the same Committee there was another paper, dated on the 30th of January in the present year, which in its address to her Majesty stated, that should her Majc.my be pleased to adopt a form of government in which the inhabitants should be re presented, L the next queltion to be determined upon would be, whether it should consist t f one like that of New South Wales, or whether the old colonial system should be adopted, of establishing three estates, in the governor, legislative council, and representative assem bly. The Committee thought that the latter was to be preferred. In the last of these papers, which related to the Cape of Good Hope, the Government had founded