The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-18 00:00:00

/A L. NEWS. MONtY and COMIVIIin. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales 6,000 bales, and to the trade. The article was freely of fered. Shares were not quite so brisk though supported in value. Aberdeen Railway, 5 1 4 ; Barnsley Junction, 8 3 / 4 % ; Ditto, Half Shares, 4%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 16 11 % ._• Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% 1 ,4 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% 3 / 4 ; Belfast and Bally -4e,578 • Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% I Caledonian, kn l h 3 : a si' d ; , s e 3 am so b i ridge and Lincoln, 934 , i ', • Chester and Bir- Chester and Holyhead, 13' 1 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 2%; Churnet Valley, 9% 9 ; Clitheroe Junc tion, 4e, . R ., 713_, Cork and Bandon, 5% 6•; Cork and Waterford, " 41 /f ; Dublin and Galway, 5 1 / 4 ; Dundee and Perth, 5 ; 1)11 , 1 ) in, Mullingar, and Athlone, 4% 4 ; Eastern Counties, A 2l '4 yi Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 4s. 1/. ss. ; Glasgow and - ‘1 31. • 62 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 113 ; Ditto, New 'quarters, 44 1 4 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 3 / Great Western, 188 186%; Huddersfield and Sheffield, B'i ; Inverness and Elgin, 40s. 6d. 40s. ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter Shares, 6 3 / 4 1 4 ; Liverpool, Orraskirk, and Prest o n, 3% 1 / 2 ; London and Birmingham, 1 38 Ditto, 32/. Shares, 45 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 324 ; ai n ndon and' Brighton, 64% ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 'o_; London and South-Western, 81% 82 ; London and 3 ork, 4%; Direct Northern, 3% 3 / 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Burlingham, 7% • Lynn and Dereham, 2% ; Manchester and s i l lll ,,ingham, ' New Shares, 6 1 / 4 ; Manchester and Buxton, " °ti ; Manchester, Sheffield, andidland Junction, 10 Is. 3d. ; Alidland Railway, 158 157 1 /0 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 20; Newry a nd Enniskillen, 5%; North British, Half Shares, 5%, 1 9 1. „rth Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6% • North Western, 4 1 / 4 -,-` B . ; North Wales, 735. 9d. % ; Oxford and Birmingham uenction,s%; Sheffield and Manchester, 124 1 / 4 125%; Ditto, Quarter Shares 16% % ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 281. ; I. Shr ewsbury and Grand Junction, 5 18s. 9d. ; Shrewsbury, ~1 1 . 3 w estry, and Cheshire, 4% ; South-Eastern and Dover, I,,ne e n ty i_tri, Shares 3, , ; No. 1, 16% % ; Ditto, No. 3,8% 3 / 4 ; Scottish Trent Valley, 20 19% ; Ulster, 50%; West T nishire, 5i 6 ; Wexford and Carlow, 4%; Worcester and 1 " n g• s ; W hitehaven and Furness, 3% ; Bordeaux and Tou (llse (Mackenzie's), 2 3 / 4 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 148 . ; North of Spain, 3 1 / % ; Northern of France sLafHtte's), 5 3 / 4 % ; Ditto, (tosamel's, 2% 2/ P are and Lyons, .English (Laffitte's), 31. 2/. 19s. ; Paris and 3P ° 113 , (Ganneron' s ), 2% ; Ditto (Colon's), 2/. 2s. ; Paris ti." (1 Rouen, 43% ; Sambre and Meuse, 8% ; Tours and Na ntes (Mack enz i e ' s ), 3; V ero na and Ancona, lBs. There are no arrivals to-day : T he recent extensive pruning of the tariff has rendered necessary a new arrangement of the whole Customs' Book of Rates,;,_ and thi s h as b een a lph a betically done in a careful corn tatticir from all the Acts in operation, by the Editor of the , n Mercantile Journal. While upon this subject, we "'ay remark, that the Custom-house officers who have long ,Trnplained that these minutim occasioned them more trouble „ . ""nn those items from which a large amount was derived, are ~,"'nell relieved by the abandonment of the duties on 430 petty F ti eles, and seem to be of opinion that now their atten lon ~ A 8 less diverted from the important sources of t tlenue, they will be much better able to protect may Under the new system, "Custom-house frauds," not doubtless be still occasionally perpetrated, but we are 4°t likely to hear of their being conducted on so gigantic a tdale as heret o f o re, and to the disgrace of a commercial "'nary like this, which would be supposed to have the best Possible arrangement in the collection of duties. _ T he Stock M ar k e t i s fi rm still, and these seems to be some Flfidence in the maintenance of prices, Consols being 99% for % Money, and 99% for Account. The premium on ( - 1 11 equer-bills has been 575. to 595. New Three-and-a -tarter Per Cents. are rather flat, at 101% to %, on account ;,. 00 e or two heavy sales that have been made. Bank ~ o,Flt is worth 209 1 A. to 2104. The Foreign Bonds are quiet, but steady. Spanish Five It Cents. have advanced to 31 and 31%, and the Three per 's alts. to 41 an d 4 1%. Portuguese C enver ted have , been 3 . 7 A to 67. M ex i can are 1 /, per cent. higher, being 36% to A• Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 63 1 4 . „Railway Shares have been very buoyant, and in several of the m there is a tendency towards improvement. Pltic t ONE CLOSING i 8 took ; Per Cent. Reduced lee_r Cent. Consols ... 991 /sVA 99 1 1 4 t o ' n ly 31 / 4 per Cents lOll4 % 101% ....„g Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 7-16% 11 1 /. ....itto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1560 14(14 St la Bonds, 1,0001.. n 1 0001 nit . to under 1,000/. .. ...... outh Sea Stoc k tpitto Old Annuities 97% 97% pl'lllt Stock for Account 2ll 211 r_l l . B olB for Account... •suzclut Stock for Account 278 278 E h ~.. equer Bills, 1,0004, 1 1 / 2 d. vtto 5001• • 57 59 m. 60 uitt o s, all 57 5 p 9 pm. 60 tRICE ONE CLOSING A BOF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES' .... i .cnstrian, 5 per C ent .... .....••• 115 1 % t Dutch Ayres Bonds, 6 p e r Cent.. 42 3 4 4234 Ire.untch Exchange 2 1 / 2 per Cent.... 63 3 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 36% 37% 37 37 1 Ditto, Account 37% 37 1 /0 Ditto. Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3214 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 66% 67 67 Ditto. Account ..... ... , 67 66 3 A Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account 3l 30 7 / 31% Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred lBl 7% 18% Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... 41 DuchDitto Account Bonds, 414 per Cent .. 101% ,2 1 ,i per Cent . Ditto, Account 63 % 1A 631/ 2 Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific.... 9736 5 4 Ru L PItICEe OF 97% CLOSING PRICES. WAy sH utEs PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aberd e Arm agh, e n bl3.... p re:orua 1114 s Coleraine le rai n e , and 2IA 4)1N,, Gloucester. 100 l3B 139 Shares thrrletotolli.Larelwes, & Hast. 10 ... ...... ...... H Bt o t Cal and Exeter 5 eV:abridge and Lincoln 1% C hu and Holyhead... 5 Vol.". ' Valley ......... 2 IsT„'"rY,Dedworth, and ii „f ve ln t ea r ton ........ ....., 1 l e i 5 D au and Leicester 1 4 34% 3 5 5 AIA 48)13 ................. ••• • . - ... ,Dire et 4eeles, 'Yarmouth 1 1 ,4 3 l/ 0114 4 . orthern 3 4 4 Deb li n l n and Belfast June 2 1 / 2 10%% 11 N e oler ' i Belfast and „ bli a a_ ne ............. 2IA 3 4ete r eP,d Galway 2%...... 5 1 ,4 3 /s C ent unties 25 •••••• 211 4 Vs Ditto t ' 11 : ) . 1....41. 13s. 4d l% ta n ditto, NO. 2 kaste,ej e lern and Nor'ch 1 D , .i t i` o ',lJnion '-dieb,cattension a bi tt 7,o and Glasgow 50 ' I Y aria' and Glasgow 2% ...... 6 1 4 .. ur eat crri estiord field nl abY and Shef • Nat.• ................... 2% 6 14 (Is e r a n th. and West. n Oitt td) . ............. . 5 •-••• 20 / 1 4 ...... 20 vre,4 e.atenston A Miele of England..loo 202 203 201...... 201 . ear .............. 2 Ditto l eat ,eln BO ......187 189 ''itt s 0 Shares 5O lO5 Gulldf ifths il ord F , 20 biniei eh • are m,Ports. 2%..... 6%% `Ain and ............. 1 ...... 2% bittli Selby ................. 50 rope'D tigivarter Shares 12% 22% ...... . ... 22 3 / 4 e ne . a _ f Shares t a nees t : 3a nd E1gin...... 1 . " 411 do " r and Carlisle.,. 15 tobboo..xnlinwsd:rl.3hiirrmthinghm (5t0ck)...23.5 234 2 Long. ata nares t o ndo u and Dla . ckwall. 16/. 13s 4d. 8%/ 8 B% / . 11 don Brighton... 50 ...... 64 3 A , 4 1 / 2 . . rilti on _ ,9roydon, 131. 15s. 9d. lii 17% Kilti ot gun aGreenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 10% New "S. Western 41/ 6s 10d 82 81% 82% B2 /5 1)0,1, consolidated Bths 6 I _-•e l\ -. is-'l* .............. 2% l6 5 3 rri d ,, 7 , ............... 2 ..... rile at 4 „ 1 ",„ (1 -. . 4 x inn n , .., f 0rk..... .. ..... 2 1 h 7% 7 l/. " L ance. 4 yereham IY 3% . Sy s On, 1 1 : L r and Leeds... 73 8 •-•-• •••-• .. 4 1 , 411 ell' z sh ,'" ).g are 8 ...... 32 us . f ! 1 - •••=r and Birm i ' n 40 kj,„ narters . . r• . ........... ...". 4 10 1 4 lO% 1.. a. ii__. ................. 100 'plane:T. ............... 2 ...... 20 19 e .. l ves e glrrn., Derby...loo ll7 leo l2O ' O 4 ,T ' and Darling- D o vr .nnetion eis • New Brandt. 25 ...... 50% 49% ~ .., 49% ;yew. ing On, as and lierwick 1% — ••• l6 t'atest"kand Enniskillen. 2% ..... 5 1 / 2 % 'ttli B r a i n tis d h SLeffield ... 1 1 / 2 .•...• 6% 94%..• •.. • % 5% 6 N o• x .......... 10 N at5% 3 4 ,1) 0. , rll an Ezister; ... 45 qv.. ... , cri -• • • 65% 65 4 rti l w .............. 3 1 1 I 'll•ri h a ce s ... 11 3 3 / 4 .. e , ........ 4 prOo., N e e d srandon... 10 k e tloi l „ ss ._ . .... . . I 10t,,,, and w . yre — 5 „ b Jib " C ialld W .... ' qu Ati oa eat End e. thq, v„. ............... 1 i ,-, ettl i , h „,orstr, & Tring 1 1 tl % l t tthlo k % ' 3 l. e ,n.t. re' ......... 2% ...... 7 1 ,4% 't h ew,. Midland ......... 1 %...... 5g 5 4 3 / 4 i i " 1 10' Wolverhamn , ou th t e ) 3e arid Binn ..... .. 21' et , 10 tite E tmon... ... 15 /2 ••• • • /s 1 1. 3 ,(0)., isinsot.eln..B:l;;;;;;;33' / 2s 4d... 42% 42 to z i, , xo. ............. 8 Tretit Wales ............... 21- 8% 9 8% lv, t ,,,vci oy ........... ••• 2 /2 ...... 4 , 6 ,74 7 % „,,..._..r d ~,,,,, ~ ...... 2 ...... ~..., h to - si lt) uth an "` 4 ' tllker . iny 1 .. ... 4 4 4 .... . ~, ._ s s_ .•.‘orwich. 20 Oittaq_ or th Midland 50 ...... 10 - ; kio2-tarboro' Branch. 20 ...... 44 11 01 1 1 '4Atellaio n ........ 11 4 1 7 3 /4 I,_ Og ue a FRENCH. RAILWAYS. 'rdes ii nd Ann e " eett ;T ° 4l ouse, *** 4 Gr, A 1 .... ... and b s °rt. ne .... 2 ...... 2 3 4 7 , (4., •do ~France.. 4 2% L t -at ? • .k n osamel's) 2 ..... 5 t4. • • n_ 1, 6 - 4: t - l it 1g 1: y i p ), :. 11 . i .. . . 2423(/ 1' ' 5 2% -.4 1 - timer, •••••• 2 ittb, Yonte Laffit ''' 2 4 3 {4 17 4 1 4 14 &L u ' l4 °l'dea ux ••••• , I'llmoronjatialltia:o;/.8.8.:...G....a11....".. 202 ........... :7111 3 / 4 am T _te s 2 n 1..... 1 1211 13 1234.. 12% 3% 2 3 A kil.rai e,•••• snra s e, l rse i . e 'orth o f s r , nr .g ••• 2 ...... 2 3 4 2% °ar t and m r ai n -• 2 Kenziean Nantes,"lse • 2 3 % 3 / 4 3% , a m a * c *: ...... 8 3 / 4 B IA I tildo TlB , 1 ,.... " . user. sTook — aL li t . .. 3% 11117 41 '4%,„estniinst er . 20 11114,',Eahjan & roe _ _ ...... 271 A 27% E li e uest nreh an , ~„.r-.2tetneNGE, APRIL 16.—The sales n " g l h as a r 5 , 8% Ne . w Quarter Shares, 6%; 111 i 4443411. ulster 1 20 inn'i Midland Railway Con f ' l lan ' 421 A e x ' • ; North British, s Shares, 5 3 / 4 ; South ,erh a, (l ,ll, 4 e f s thy. ; Ditto, N '44 ' 1 5 51/ ; 13%."" , 49 '4 • ell 3' R 8 A i /8 ; York and North 1,, 1 keim e _, t_ _st, _a 13, mena, and Carrick , i ~nut, • Blanchester, and Cheshire June "`"4ollfll, Burnley, and Accrington, 914; 11 1 % 44 62 3% 28 105 44 17V, 6 c y silt is t n i 4 t di r i CO twoer CO , cho, P e r ie bes a TU _ . . Blackburn, .Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Caledonian, 14 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9 3 / 4 ; Clitheroe Junction, 4X I premium; Chumet Valley, 9% 9; Direct Northern, 3% 9-16 ; Dublin and Galway, 5,x ; Huddersfield and Manches ter Railway and Canal, 47 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 814 %; Leeds, Dewsburv, ard Manchester, 4 1 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 74 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% 14 ; London, Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4 13-16 3 / 4 ; London and York, 414 ; Manchester and Buxton, 5 3 / 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6% ; North Western, 5 1 / 4 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 3% 3 prem. ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 28s. ; Southport and Euxton, 2% 3 / 4 ; Trent Valley, 20; Ditto, Continuation, 5 4 prem. ; West - Yorkshire, 6%; 'Whitehaven and Furness, 3 ; Paris and Lyons, Ganneron's (French), 2% ; Ditto, Calon's, 2 1 % ; Union Bank of Manchester, 10%. FLANDERS MAIL. BrtussELs, APRIL 14.—The Minister of Public Works has presented to the Chamber the four projects of law relative to the railways which we mentioned yesterday. In presenting these projects of law, the Minister has taken pains to pre vent anything that may give a dangerous encouragement to jobbing; he begins by stipulating the payment of one-tenth of the capital required for the work at the moment of sign ing the contract ; another tenth is to be paid when the works are commenced, and yet the Company cannot yet negotiate in our markets any promises of shares; it is prohibited from issuing titles to shares (titres) till one-third of the capital is paid ; as for the official quotation of the shares in the markets (exchanges) of the country, it is not to be made till after the entire completion of the works. Thus there are four securities against jobbing. As no assistance from the State is asked, the Chamber has in fact only to consider the utility of the proposed railways ; when this is once re cognised they may, without hesitation, immediately give their consent. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUS,SELS, APRIL 14. Actual Debt, 23% per Cent ••••••• • • • • • - • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ....... Loan • of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • 77 Ditto Three per Cent.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .• .. • • • . • • • • • • Ditto, ditto, 1844 .. Ditto of the City, 1843 • • Ditto, 1832 .... • . • • • • • • Bank ofßelgium.. • • . • • —Brussels Papers, April 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VmNs, Aran. 9 5 per Cent. Metathques.... •• • • • • •• .. 1134 4 per Cent. ditto . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • 102 1 4 3 per Cent. ditto. 78 1 4 Loan, 1834 Bank Shares 1652 Esterhazy's Loan . •. Zeitung, April 12. ... 102% 202 i; 102 3 i 101 ~p ........... SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BETTING UP TO ELEVEN O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Idas, 7 to 2 agst Winchilsea (taken), 6 to 4 on he two agst the field, 5 to I offered agst any other. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Portrait 25 to I agst Trueboy—taken. 25 to I agst Queen of Tyne 30 to 1 agst Pug 40 to . l agst Counsellor—taken 7 to 1 agst Cataract 7 to 1 agst Semiseria 2 to 1 agst Ould Ireland ,4 to 1 agst The Era .4 to 1 agst Obscurity DERBY 4 to 1 agst John Day's lot 40 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot 8 to 1 agst Idas—taken 10 to 1 agst Alarm 18 to 1 agst Pam—taken 25 to 1 agst Winchilsea Nothing else mentioned. SWEEPSTAKES-THURSDAY. 7 to 2 on Idas. STASH OPE STAKES. 5 to 2 on Cowl. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. D.M. Plate. _ _ BETTING. 30 to 1 agst Miss Whip colt 40 to 1 agst Cobweb colt—t 40 to 1 agst Doleful 40 to 1 agst Jinglepot 50 to 1 agst Fuzbos—taken Ajax, aged—Ma Mie, 6 yrs—Priscilla Tomboy, 6 yrs— Vibration, 6 yrs—The Brewer, 6 yrs—Glen Fisbie, 4 yrs— Finch, 3 yrs—St. Domingo, 3 yrs—and Deodora, 3 yrs. The following horses are scratched for to. morrow :—Sea man, Virago colt, Jet, Golden Fleece, Eleaza, and Lord Orford's colt, for 100 sovs. stakes—ldas and Wood Pigeon being all that remain in; Seakale filly and Leopard for the Stanhope Stakes; Gyp for the other D.M. Sweepstakes; and Welbeck and Merope for the Claret. The Duke of Richmond's Red Deer and Lord G. Ben tinck's Cowl arrived this afternoon. HARROW STEEPLE CHASE-WEDNESDAY. These races ca.me off to-day Cr: the presence of some thou sand of spectators, the line of carriages, drags, &c., being very numerous, on Burn Hills, near Harrow. Amongst the company we may mention Lords Seaham, Loftus, Glamis, and Clinton ; Sir J. Astley, Sir Watkin Wm. Wvnn, Hon. Mr. Wellesley, Mr. Alexander (Ist Life Guards), Capt. Vyse (of the Blues), Mr. Leslie, Air. Lumley, Mr. Langley, Mr. Ferrer, Mr. Ecopeth, and several other officers of the Ist and 2d Life Guards, and many of the ladies and gentlemen of the surrounding neighbourhood. The arrival by "rail" from the metropolis was also extremely numerous, 'Harrow and its neighbourhood presenting a gay and animated appearance. The Stewards were Lord Glamis, Capt. Willan, and R. Shepprice, who ably superintended the day's sport. The line of country was severe; the starting field was at Burn Hill, crossing down a severe hill over Messrs. Elmore. Sharpe, and Philpott's farms, which contain three brooks and upwards of 18 fences; the first brook being very wide and severe, and the last having hurdles, besides several rasping leaps, and plenty of up-hill work to the winning post. At two o'clock the sport commenced with the first race. A Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each with 40 added, for horses of all denominations, the winner to be sold for 1501; winner to pay 10 soya. Gentlemen qualified to ride in the Anglesey Stakes allowed 71b. Mr. Dixon's Ragman (Owner) 1 Mr. Dacil's Tomboy 3 Mr. G. Elmore's Gaylad The following also started :—Lord Glamis's Bucephalus, Mr. Davis's Conrad, Mr. Rice's Young England, Mr. Hill's Heart of Oak, Mr. Andrews's Nightshade, Mr. Bainbridge's Humbug, Mr. Philpott's Black Bess, Mr. James's Cam bridgeshire Dwarf, Mr. Sait's Duprez, and Mr. Neal's Viscount. _ _ Betting.—` iseount, Humbug, Duprez, and Ragman v. Field. (it starting Viscount. took the lead, followed by Gilleroo and Duprez, the rest all lying well up, continuing in this order down the hill to the first brook, Viscount, Duprez, Gaylad, and Humbug clearing it well ; but Bucephalus refused, and threw his !Ali- (Lord Glamis), the others keep ing their places, and going at a severe pace, Viscount leading, followed by Conrad, till they came past Elmo: e's farm, but on going down hill to the second brook Viscount slipped, threw his rider, and the poor horse broke his back. Conrad jumped over rider and horse. Gaylad. Tomboy, Ragman, and Duprez all cleared hell; but on Nightshade coining to the brook he net with a similar fate to Viscount's, breaking his back also. The running was continued by the first four well over the third brook, where Mason, on Rum bug, fell, leaving the field "select," Gilleroo, Gaylad, Rag man, and Tomboy, lying well together to the last two fences, where Ragman shot out and won easy. The two horses who met with the accidents were shot, and we believe the riders were nut seriously hurt. The pace good. The distance was four miles. A Sweepstakes of 3 toys. each, 15 added, llst each. The winner to be sold for 50/. Horses sold for 251. allowed 71bs. Three miles. Mr. Dacil na Tom Tug ................ ......(Crickmere) 1 Mr. J. W. Hay's Salt Fish The following horses also started :—Mr. Oldacre's Primrose —Mr. Willan's Medora—Mr. Dixon's Rigolette—Mr. Hill's Algar—Mr. Clark's Pupil—Mr. Rimall's Jack Sheppard— Mr. Philpott's Wendon—Captain Barnett's b m—and Mr. Taylor's Stick-in-the-mud. Rigolette commenced the running, followed by Tom Tug, who cleared the brook well, most of the others going in, con tinuing in this order over several fences, where Tom Tug showed in front followed by Rigolette and Salt Fi-h, Rigolette jumping into the third brook, his chance being up, and Tom Tug proceeded with the lead, winning easy. The winner was claimed. A Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, with a whip added. Post en trance. Catch weights. Lord Glamis's Satan Mr. Neat's Pasquale Four others started. Satan won easy, having it all his own way. RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. NEWSIARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY'S RACES. Subscription Plate of 501., for three yrs old, 6st 121 b; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9st 31b. D.M. Col. Peel's Little Finch, 3 yrs (carried 7st) (Chapple) 1 Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged (Sly) 2 Mr. Newton's Ma 6 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Booth's Priscilla Tomboy, aged (Crouch)—Sir J. HewleN 'a Vibration, 6 yrs (F. Butler)—Lord Albemarle's The Brewer, 5 yrs (Whitelionse)—Duke of Bedford's G:en Fishie, 4 yrs (E. Edwards)--Mr. Rogers's St. Domingo, 3 yrs (Abdale)— and Lord Exeter's Deodara, 3 yrs (Pettit). Betting-7 to 2 agst Glen Fishie (t). 4to 1 agst Little Finch, 4 to 1 agst St. Domingo, and 5 to 1 agst Ma Mie. St. Domingo, Ajax, and Little Finch laid in front to the dip, where the running was taken up by Ajax, Little Finch and Deodara waiting on ; they ran thus to the cords, where Little Finch challenged, and won cleverly by a length; Ma Mie an indifferent third, and The Brewer fourth. Match, D.M., 100 sovs., h ft.—Duke of Bedford's Pro logue, Bst 101 b (Robinson), beat Lord W. Powlett's Energy, Bst 31b ; 7t04 on Prologue. Won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, hit; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. D.M. (7 Subs.) Lord Stradbroke's Idas ..(Nat) 1 Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon 4tol on Idas. The non-favourite made running a good pace until half up the cords, when Idas went up and defeated him easily by a length. After the race, 6to 1 was offered to be taken about Idas, for the Derby. The Stanhope Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for 3 yrs old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. R.M. (8 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Cowl (allowed 31b) (Net) 1 Mr. Bowes's Heather Bcll Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Chertsey 4 to 1 on Cowl, who took the lead, cut down his horses in the first quarter of a mile, and cantered in, three lengths in advance. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for 3 year old .colts Bst 71b, and fillies Sat 31b. D. M. (3 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's c _by Caesar, out of Misnomer (all 31bs) (Edwards) 1 Mr. Batson's Dr. Lscock (late Homoeopathist) 5t04 on Misnomer colt. Won easy, by-half a length The Claret Stakes of 200 sous. each, hft ; for four yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. D. I. (4 Subs.) Mr. Salvin's The Cure (Nat) 1 Mr. Herbert's Antler 3 to 1 on Antler, who was beaten in a canter, by two lengths. Produce Sweepstakes (reduced to a Match) of 200 soya. each, h ft; Bst 7lb each. R.M. Lord Exeter's Lyons received 45 sous. from Mr. Greville's c by Slane, out of Morella. Produce Sweepstakes (reduced to a match) of 200 sous. each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; three yrs olds. D.M. Lord Exeter's Topaz received from Lord Albemarle's Zadig (dead). A remarkably fine day and a full fashionable company. BETTING BEFORE THE RACES. _ --- - Two THOUSAND — GUINEAS STAKES-6 to 4 agst Idas (t) —5 to 2 agst Winchelsea. CHESTER CUP-10 to 1 taken about Ould Ireland ; no other change. DERBY-7 to 1 taken about Idas. RAILROAD TO NEWMARKET.—A deputation of the inhabitants waited, this morning, on the Jockey Club, for the purpose of soliciting its sanction and support of the Cam bridge and Bury line, vid Newmarket, in preference to the branch from Wickliambrook, proposed by the Norwich Direct Company, which branch the inh a bit an t s conce i v e is not cal culated to be of the slightest benefit to the town. The Club received the deputation courteously, and heard their state ments, but have not yet expressed any opinion on the matter. 5 3 4 6 5 1 4 49 3% 16 3 /.i 4% 20 1 A NUN, LONDON) PRIDA.V . MORNING, ApnxL ii, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, April 17. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, praying that the corn and wheat of that colony may be admitted into this country on the same terms as the corn and wheat of Canada. able or not ; or whether it would not have been more advisable to invest the money in Government Seeurities, and afterwards appropriated it to the building of a rec tory house ? The Bishop of LONDON did not feel himself bound to say whether any private communications had taken place between the Commissioners and Mr. Burgess on this subject ; but he could assure the Noble Earl that every document which had been submitted to the Board in its public capacity had been laid before the House. The question more concerned the private interests of the Noble Earl than the welfare of the public or the Church, and he could therefore see very little ground indeed calling for a Parliamentary inquiry. The pew-rents had beets considerably increased by the talents and popula rity of the rector, Mr. Burgess, and in his opinion it would be extremely hard to take away that emolument which had accrued to the rector from his own zeal and exertions, merely to provide for the convenience and comfort of some future incumbent, or to swell the value of a particular advowson of which the Noble Fart was himself the patron.—(llear, hear.) He (lid therefore trust that their Lordships would not for one moment en tertain the motion which had been proposed by the Noble Earl, because he did think he had given sufficient reasons for the rejection of the motion. The Earl of CADOG AN complained that the Right Rev. Prelate had thrown out as unjust an aspersion upon his character, as it was possible for one man to throw out against another. He said that he (the Earl of Cadogan) made this motion through interested mo tives ; such motives he despised, and considered that they could be entertained by no one sooner than the person who imputed them.—(Laughter.) The motion was neg'atived without a division. ENTAILED ESTATES IMPROVEMENT. The Duke of RICHMOND was induced to submit a motion connected with entailed estates, because the improvement of such estates was closely connected with the improvement of agriculture ; and he believed that there was no person who was not satisfied that thorough drainage was one of the principal means by which that improvement was to be effected. There was an Act in existence in Scotland called the Montgomery Act, and in 1840 an Act was passed to effect something of the same kind in England, through the instrumentality of Mr. Pusey. But in those Acts entailed estates had been overlooked, and it was evi dent from the owners only having a life-in'erest in such estates, and from the natural anxiety which they felt to provide for their younger children, that these estates would not have fair play and share in that improvement which was necessary for the general benefit of the coun try. The passing of such a motion as he had to make would have, if passed, the effect of providing for the in dustrious and worthy agricultural labourer that employ ment which he now too often sought in vain, and of giving him a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. He saw, with much satisfaction, that the commission of which his Noble Friend (the Earl of Devon) was the head, had recommended such a measure as this for Ire land, and as he (the Duke of Richmond) believed that it was calculated to do good to both countries, he should move that a Select Committee be appointed, with a view to some legislative enactment for enabling the possessors of entailed estates to charge such estates with a certain sum, to be limited, and to be expended in drainage for the improvement of the same. The Duke of CLEVELAND said that as the object of this motion was to improve these estates permanently, and would be as much for the benefit of the successors to the estates as for the possessors of them, and as drainage was an improvement that would last for ever, he thought that no objection could be possibly enter tained against it, and he should therefore very readily second the motion. _ LordASHBURTON saw no great objection to the motion, but he thought that the charge ought to be for a certain number of years, and not a permanent charge. Lord BEAUMONT suggested that there were certain drainage companies in Yorkshire and elsewhere who would by such an Act as that proposed by the Noble Duke (the Duke of Richmond) be enabled to enter into ar rangements with the owners of the entailed estates. By the plan of these companies the pos sessors o f estates were enabled to drain their lands by allowing certain portions of the profits to the companies. There were some things which would have to be guard e d ag a i ns t, but that could be done in Committee. The Duke of RICHMOND assented to the sugges tion of his Noble Friend, and would be glad to go into details with him in the Committee. The Committee was granted, and, 'on the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Cleveland, Lord Brougham, and several other noblemen, were nominated. LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, The House went into Committee on the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill. Lord REDESDALE objected to the clause which gave power to the railway companies to deviate to the extent of 100 yards on each side of their line, and also to the paragraph which empowered them to enter upon land to the extent of 500 yards, for the purpose of dig ging clay or gravel. The remaining clauses were agreed to with amend ments ; and the House having resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported progress. LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (SCOT- reduction made by the Tithe Commissioners, and upon any surplus in the hands of the Commissioners, for the purposes of the Maynooth College Act. SIR' 11. POTTING ER. Mr. lIUNIE postponed to this day fortnight the mo tion of which he had given notice for this day respecting the services of Sir 11. Pottinger. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON moved for a return, giving the date of the formation of each union under the Poor Relief Act in Ireland ; the date of the first admission of the poor ; the expense (prepared from the audited ac counts) in each first and each subsequent half-year for which the accounts have been audited, with the sums paid for maintenance and clothing in the first co lumn ; those paid for the proportion of establish rnr nt charges, repayment of workhouse loan, collec tion, burial and all other expenses, in the second; and in the third, the total expense, the number relieved in each workhouse in each half-year, the average number re lieved half-yearly, the average cost per head per week for maintenance and clothing in each half-year, and the (fete at which each half-year ended. and marking the half years in which instalments of the workhouse loans have been paid. Return, giving the names of the unions in Ireland in which the provisions of the Act t and 7 Vie. e, 92, have been acted on in respect of fever patients, spe c•ifying the eases in which the Poor-law Commissioners have sanctioned, first, the appropriation cf a part of the workhouse for a fever hospital ; or, secondly, the build ing of a fever ward, its distance from the nearest point of the workhouse, the number it is calculated t , ) contain, the cost of it, and in what manner the money is ob tained or, thirdly, the hiring of a house, the number it will contain, and the rent thereof. Also, a return of the number of fever patients relieved under the 15th, and of those relieved under the 16th clause of the above named Act, and the average weekly cost of each.— Ordered. GRANT TO MAYNOOTEL The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against the additional grant to Maynooth, the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath, Sunday travelling, and the system of national education in Ireland. Lord FARNHAM presented petitions against the grant to Maynooth and railway travelling on Sundays. Petitions against any further grant to Maynooth were presented by the Bishop of Lichfield and several other Right Reverend Prelates. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition from his own diocese to the like effect. The Right Reverend Prelate, however, heartily concurred in the expediency of the Government measure. He considered it was a measure of concession, and by no means a violation of the sacred rights of the Protestant religion. Lord FEVERSHAM presented a large cumber of petitions from various places in Yorkshire against the grant, and took occasion to declare his perfect concur rence in the prayer of the petitioners. RAILWAYS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from five individuals, who were the creditors of certain turnpike trusts, complaining of the injuries they sustained from the construction of railways in this country. In this country the credit of the turnpike trusts amounted to nine millions sterling, in Ireland to half a million, and in Scotland to somewhat less. For thirty years past the interest amounted to nearly five per cent. ; but vv oing to the advancement of railway communications. it had been considerably reduced. A trust that paid 4,0401. in 1838 now only paid 1,5001., and in another instance where the amount was 1.800/. it now only paid 9001. The petitioners, therefore, thought they had a large claim upon their Lordships' consideration. In the north of this island the inhabitants are said to possess a peculiarly good sense of perception of their comforts, and of providing for them ; and whilst we in England were hoping for the omission of turnpike charges, they in Scotland were enjoying an immunity which we in England could not obtain, for after obtaining the benefit themselves, the excellent Scots came down to the other House and voted against them. He held in his hand the Railway Consolidation Clauses Bills for Scotland and England. In the first of these a clause, the 56th clause, there was a provision for the turnpike trusts, but in the latter there was no such clause, and this he took leave to think was an unjust omission. He hoped he should not be charged with want of fee ling if he made a selection of the cases which had been confided to him ; but he would for the sake of their Lordships' time select one. This was the case of two ladies, and a gen tleman who had married a third sister, who possessed a farm of two hundred acres, through which one railway already passed, but tow they were called upon to suffer six other railways to be made through it. The estate was, he believed, at present in a flourishing condition, but if these Acts passed, the Diss and Colchester, the Diss and Chelmsford, the Harwich and Colchester, and other railways, which, if carried into effect, they would cut up this estate into pieces, not larger than their Lordship's table, and thus these parties were sub ject to seven wicked spirits instead of one. He (Lord Brougham) was almost tempted to establish a company himself ; he should, indeed, be very liberal in the pre sentation of shares to their Lordships ; he should take care to have a full and proper list of the owners and the occupiers of the land through which his railway would pass, so that there should be no possible objection to it from want of form, and he should take care to select his &rectors, chairman, and all the subordinate officers from among their Lordships, so that there should be no difficulty in passing his Bill. If this railway did interfere with the property of land owners in that House, of what consequence was it, com pared with the good of the public? He was aware that since a plea had been put in, in favour of additional drainage and improved farming, and he was quite ready to concede the claims—the reasonable claims of the landed interest ) but still he must say that that interest ought to yield to public convenience, and he could not con sent to allow even their claims to interfere with his company. But seriously speaking, he thought that the pleas of the party who had intrusted him with their petition, and who had affirmed that they were able to prove their case before their Lordships' House, ought to be taken into consideration. If a man went into a court of law and proved his case, he obtained costs against the wrong doer, and he (Lord Brougham) thought that the same principle ought to prevail with regard to railways—(Hear, hear)—and he should, therefore, beg to lay an order on the table of the House which would compel railway companies to pay costs to the parties aggrieved who came before the Com mittees of Parliament to establish their rights. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE so entirely agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend, that he was unable to refrain from expressing his assent to the order which he had just preferred. It was now impossible to remedy the evil with regard to many English railways, but with respect to Ireland they had a carte blanche, and he hoped that, as the at tention of Government had been called to this sub ject, they would not compel parties in that country, who proposed a railway which was likely to pay to a certain distance, to carry it or. to a termini where it was sure not to pay. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that though he was as anxious as his Noble and Learned Friend to put an end to this gambling mania of which he had made so much complaint, yet he trusted that he would not as he proposed throw an obstruction in the way of forming railways, and give, as this order appeared to him to give, a bounty to litigation. He thought, that if something like the French plan were adopted of making the interest in these properties terminable, that there would then be a prospect of public utility which might justify such great encroachments on private property. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, th matter dropped. MAYNOOTH. Lord KINNAIRD presented two petitions from the working men of Leeds against the Maynooth grant. Several other Noble Lords presented similar petitions. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Coventry, complaining of the Bill passed last session for abolishing imprisonment for debt, and praying the House to pass a Bill establishing County Courts. The Bishop of St. DAVID'S presented a petition against the grant to Maynooth, and nine petitions against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Right Rev. Prelate also presented five petitions from cer tain parishes in Wales, and two from Monmouthshire, praying the House to establish Local Courts. The Earl of BREADALBANE presented upwards of 40 petitions from the Free Church of Scotland, against the grant to Maynooth. The Noble Earl reminded their Lordships that the Free Church of Scotland brought up and maintained its own clergy. It had never re ceived any support from the State, but on the contrary, it had been frowned upon and persecuted by those who ought to have supported it. SHERIFFS (WALES) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of the Bill for assigning Sheriffs to Wales, the object of which was to place sheriffs of that principality on the same footing as those of England. Lord CAMPBELL regrettt d that the provisions of the Bill did not extend to Scotland. The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. THE MUTINY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. THE MARINE MUTINY BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. GLASS DUTIES BILL. The Bill for repealing the duty on glass was read a third time and passed. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that on Tues day next he would present a petition from the Le gislstise Council of New South Wales, complaining of certain grievances, and especially of the Act passed two years ago, in so far as it related to the disposal of land in that country. NEW CHURCHES. _ _ _ The Earl of CADOGAN then brought forward his motion, of which he had given notice, relating to certain returns concerning the building of new churches. The Noble Lord said it had been stated in another place that the matter was of little or no importance, and affected the interests only of private individuals. So far, however, from this being the case, it involved the administration of public funds by a public board, and the invasion of the rights of one party by another. He would proceed to give their Lordships an idea of what these acts were ; he would quote the Act 58th Geo. 111., by which this fund was created, which gave a complete power to apply the surplus pew-rents to the rector of Upper Chelsea, instead of appropriating them to the erection of rectory houses, regard being had to the extent and popula tion of the parish. Under the Act of 3d and 4th Victoria had arisen powers of an unlimited nature, and which enabled them to transfer for ever the surplus pew -rents to the rector, instead of applying them, as they ought to have been applied, to the building of a rectory-house, The Right Rev. Pre late (the Bishop of London) had stated that he had express' d displeasure, when in reality displeasure was not the word at all which should have been applied to his observations ; but it was true that he did object to this proceeding, and he would show the grounds on which he objected. By the surveyor's report, he found that the new residence for the rector was to cost 1,500/. or 1,6001. when a place which % as equally appropriate as that which had been selected might have been chosen, and on that a house might have been built for 1,1001. or 1,2001. ; and thus a house would have been obtained in seven or eight years, as useful as that which would wow require fifteen or twenty years to erect it. With respect to the parish of Paddington, the population had in creased, while iu Upper Chelsea the population had very greatly decreased, rendering an ad.lition to the income of the rector quite unnecessary. He would now explain to their Lordships the peculiar nature of the funds derived from the pew-rents. This was not a fixed but a fluctuating sum ; and that made it a very different matter, and he believed that the application of this sum was not only unjust but perfectly illegal. With respect to the assignmentptliefdth;is butsum sum, the l presentiehadnoo rector bjection v .a ifi s t were rightly applied; in good circumstances ; and there was no need whatever for increasing his income. He wished to know if all the communications and papers which had passed between the rector and the Board of Commissioners had been laid on the table of the House; because, if they had not, he thought it was essential for the interest of the public and the Church that they should be. The Noble Earl concluded by moving for a Select Committee to inquire whether the assignment of the pew-rents of St. Luke's, Chelsea, to the rector and his successors for ever, by the Commissioners appointed for regulating the building of new churches, was advis- LAND) BILL On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Bill went through Committee. AITCTION DUTIES BILL. This Bill was read a first time, and the House ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 17. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. RAILWAYS. Mr. Fox Maule presented a petition in favour of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway ; and petitions were pre sented by Mr. Ward, from the shipowners of Newcastle against the New-castle - on-Tyne Railway ; by Mr. Bcket, in favour of the Caledonian Railway, and against the London and Richmond Railway ; by Mr. Lockhart, from the Chamber of Commere of Leith, the Town Councils of Inverness and Lochmaben, and the inhabitants of Lochmaben, in favour of the Caledonian Railway. TIDE-WAITERS. Sir JOHN HANMER presented a petition from .he Mayor, Corporation, and other inhabitants of Hull, stating that:the tide-waiters are underpaid, and their belief that the revenue suffers thereby. FORTH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION BILL. This Bill was read a third anieand passed. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY EXTENSION. On the motion of Mr. KEMBLE, this Bill was read he first time. YORKSHIRE RAILWAYS. Mr. FERRAND presented petitions in favour of the Leeds and West Riding Railway, against tl►e Leeds and Dewsbury Railway, and against the West Yorkshire Railway. MAYNOOTH. Mr. HINDLEY presented sixty-two petitions against the Maynooth grant from the following places :—The Inhabitants of Over, Cambridgeshire ; Belton and its vicinity, Rutland ; Ridlington, and its vicinity, Rut land ; Melrose, and its vicinity ; Winston, Durham; Protestant Dissenters, Wilmot-street, Bethnal-green ; Christian Instruction Society, St. Paul's, Shad well ; Hanover Chapel, Stockport ; Maberley Chapel, Kings land, Middlesex ; Princess-street, Devonport ; Lake street Chapel, Leighton, Bedfordshire ; Downs Chapel, Altringham ; Willingham, C am bridgeshire ; Bed minster, Dorsetshire ; Ascott, Oxfordshire ; Oak-street, Accrington, Laecashire ; Hartlepool, Durham ; Pately Bridge, Yorkshire ; Shipston, Oxfordshire ; Zoar Chapel, Neath, Glamorganshire ; Godney Hill, Lincolnshire ; Sutton St. Edmonds, Lincolnshire ; Edington Aston, near Birmingham; Hallaton Hawston ; Milton, Oxfordshire ; Bethesda Chapel, Forest-row, Sussex ; Tunbridge Wells; Ashwell, Hertfordshire; Chad lin gton, Essex ; Providence Ch apel,Throwley, Devonshire; Shilton, Leicestershire ; Nairn, Scotland ; Beerford, Ox fordshire ; Havant, Hampshire ; Baptists, Wandsworth ; Heasham, Derbyshire ,• Whitefriars-lane, Coventry ; St. Clement's, Norwich ; Downton, Wiltshire ; St. Mellon, Gl Monmouthshire ; Fishguard, oucestershir id e ; Old L ampford, Essex ; Dublin ; Kingsland, M dlesex ; Wesleyan Methodists, Hamilton, Done gal • Skibbereen, Cork ; Ballinasloe, Galway ; Clough - Jordan, Tipperary ; Sallyshannon, Donegal ; Far ringdon Berkshire ; Petigo, Donegal; m, Avon; Michaelstone, Glamorgansbire ; Bromsgrove ; James Cameron, minister, Dumfries ; Calvinistic Methodists, Hay, Brecon ; Forest, Brecon ; Teachers of Sunday- Schools, Carnarvon, North Wales ; Leighton, Bedford shire; Hallaton ; Oak-street Sunday-School, Accrington. Lord BERNARD presented petitions from Brandon and from several parishes in the county of Cork against the Bill for the endowment of the College of Maynooth, and also against the system of national education. Mr. ST UART `W an pr petitions against the Maynooth grant, and also against the Parochial Set tlement Bill. Lord ALFRED LENNOX presented a petition from, a congregation assembled at Providence Chapel, Chi chester, against the Bill for the endowment of May nooth. Mr. DARBY presented a petition from the Wes leyans of Slough to the same effect. Lord NORTHLAND preseuted a petition from the town of Southampton against the Maynooth grant. Petitions against the grant were also presented by Mr. Hastie, Mr. Turner , Mr. Plum p tre, Mr. Buckley, Sir John Hanmer, Mr. Bri g ht, Mr. O ctavius Duncombe, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Sh aw. Colonel Si bthorp, Mr. M. Gib son, and several oth er Honourable Members. Parochial The Ear Settlement I o f A E BCiii presented a petiti on aga i nst t h e Bill. Petitions against the grant to Maynooth were pre sented by Mr. S. Crawford from Maynooth and other places, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. Blewitt, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Newde gate, Mr. Gisborne, Williams.Mr Adderle3', Mr. J. Neeld, Mr. Wodehouse ' and Mr. Duncombe. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the colliers of Northumberland, complaining g of the state of the collieries in that county, and praying for inquiry. Petitions against the grant to Maynooth were pre sented by Mr. Howard, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Villiers Stewart, and other Hoe. Members. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions against the West Riding Junction Railway. JUSTICES CLERKS BILL. Mr. T. EGERTON presented a petition against this Bill by the jnstices Mof tAYNOOTH he county of Chester. Lord HARRY VANE presented several petitions in favour of the grant to Maynooth. Mr. ENTWISLE presented several against it. Mr. HAWES presented seven petitions from places in Surrey, against the grunt to Maynooth. Mr. TANCRED gave notice that, on going into Com mittee upon the Maynooth College Bill, he would move that it be an instruction to the Committee to make an assessment on the land in Ifeland equivalent to the SHERIFFS-SCOTLAND. Mr. HUAIE then moved for a re.turn of the number of days in the years 1842. 1843, and 1844, on which each sheriff, in Scotland (excepting those fc r the counties of Lanark and Mid-Lothian), officiated as judge in his county court, and whether the nature of the business was civil or criminal, or both, each day. Similar separate return for each of the counties respectively of Lanark and Mid-Lothian.—Ordered. THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. Colonel SIBTHORP moved that there be laid before this House a return of the numbers of petitions that have been presented for and against the present pro poaal on the part of her Majesty's Government, of an increased grant out of the Consolidated Fund to the Col lege of Maynooth in Ireland, with fie number of signatures annexed thereto ; distinguishing, where possible, Ist, those petitions which object in tote to all endowment of any religious worship ; 2d, those'petitions which object to any grant of any kind to Maynooth ; 3d, those peti tions which object to the measure of her Majesty's Go vernment. The above return to be made up to Friday, the 18th day of April. Mr. THORNELY said that, as Chairman of the Committee to whom petitions were referred, he begged to inform the Hon. and Gallant Colonel that reports were made twice a week to the House of the number of petitions and the number of signatures attached to them. On Tuesday last the Committee made its last report, and the number of petitions up to that date presented against the Maynooth grant were 671, to which there were attached 88,378 signatures. A further report would be made at the proper period, but it would be perfectly impracticable to comply with the Hon. and Gallant Member's motion before that time arrived. . Colonel SIBTIIORP--what can't be done can't be done.—(Laughter.) The Hon. and Gallant Officer then withdrew his motion. CALICO PRINT WORKS BILL. Lord ASHLEY, on the House going into Committee on the Calico Print Works Bill, moved that it be an instruction to the Committee that they have power to extend the pro visions of the Bill to the regulation of the labour of young persons and women, and to all print works, and to the processes incidental to the labour in print works. —Agreed to. The Bill was then re-committed to Wednesday next, and ordered to be printed. MATNOOTH. Petitions against the Bill Were presented by Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Henley. THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. The question having been put by the Speaker, Mr. C. BRUCE said that when the question was first introduced to the House, he felt it his duty, in com pliance with the feelings of his constituents, to express his own convictions regarding the measure. He op posed this Bill on that occasion both on principle and on the ground of expediency. He would ever sup port to the utmost of his power the Protestant religion. The title to the British Crown rested upon it. The rights of liberty rested upon it ; and under its protection our national greatness—witness our prosperity and our pre-eminence in learning, in the arts and sciences, in ma nufactures and commerce—had been created. Under its protection this country had attained its present glorious position. Its roots were deeply imbedded in the firm soil of English hearts, and in the consciences and 'convictions of the Scottish people. Like the oak of England, the storm passed over it and harmed it not. It might echo through its branches, and scatter its green leaves to the winds, but after the storm had passed over, it stood aloft in the glory of its position and the magnificence of its strength. Like the meteor flag of England, its banner had braved for upwards of 300 years " the battle and the breeze"—because the favour of God was upon it. He who alone governed the destinies of nations, and who was greater than all the world in arms. Ha feared that Right Hon. Gentlemen had f ,rgotten the principles which were inculcated by their common Alma Mater. The course of his Right Hon. Friend's vision seemed to be dimmed. Time was when he (Mr. C. Bruce) had learned from him that the principle the Government was now advocating!, was wholly visionary. The seminary of Maynooth would be a thorn in the side of this country, as long as it continued. Such had been the dictum of the Right Hon. Gentleman and his arguments and reasoning had convinced many ; but his Right Hon. Friend had now made the discovery that the principle was only vicious because it had not been prac tically carried out, and they were now given to under stand that it only wanted the endowment of the Catholic clergy of Ireland to effect that improvement. Mr. GLADSTONE—No, no. Mr. C. BRUCE was glad to hear that his Right Hon. Friend did not hold the doctrine of venial and mortal sin as propounded by the Church of Rome. The Roman Catholics held that if they stole 9,000/. from a rich man, that was a moderate sin ; but if they stole 30,000 L, that would be a mortal sin. But the Right Hon. Gentle man thought differently. With him 9,000/. was a mortal sin, but 30,0001. was no sin at all. His Right Hon. Friend ascribed the practical failure of the College of Maynooth to their not carrying out the intentions of William Pitt, to their not endowing the Catholic clergy of Ireland. In giving up his former principles, the Right Hon. Gentle man had fallen in with others which would not meet with equal approbation from the people of England— principles which, to use a homely and common phrase, were " penny wise and pound foolish." He deeply regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman should have thought it necessary, even for a single mo ment, to deprive the country of those services which from his habits of industry, from his high intellectual attain ments, and from his honourable feelings, he was so well qualified to render to it. lie greatly regretted the retirement of the Right lion. Gentleman, and he regretted it still more, because it had been the means of attracting the attention of the country to his change of opinion—he would not say to his change of principles. He had raised up obstacles to his ability to render for the future any service to his coun try. He could not imagine any speech more calculated, he would not say to shake the confidence which the public reposed in its public men, but to bewilder the minds of the people as to the principles professed by public men, than the speech of the Hon. Gentleman on this sudden change of opinion. He regretted it exceed ingly. He did not question the sincerity of the Right Hon. Gentleman's motives. No person was more en titled to the respect of the country than the Right lion. Gentleman, but he could not but feel that such would be the effect of the Right Honourable Gentleman's sudden change of opinion. The Right Hon. Gentleman might depend upon it that if the mind of England could find no exponent for its convictions among the leaders and statesmen of that House, it was not so destitute of ability as not ere long to find other leaders, or so benumbed and paralysed as not to make every effort to endeavour to find them out. He the more regretted the course the Government adopted on the present occasion, because, on all other occasions, he had been its advocate and supporter ; and he deeply regretted that anything should have occurred to shake, not the position of the Government—for he had no fears on that score—but the confidence and respect which they had hitherto so fully enjoyed and deserved for the able manner in which they had conducted the business of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Edinburgh, in a speech characterised by that ability which characterised all the speeches of that Right Honourable Gentleman, had divided his argument into two branches. Like a Scotch sermon, he had divided it under two heads, each of which contained various subdivisions. Under one of these divisions he gave her Majesty's Government credit for their superior party tactics in introducing this measure. He had listened to the speech of the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite (Mr. Macaulay) with great attention, and he felt compelled to say that the arguments of the Right Honourable Gentleman in his wonderful oration, were rather fallacious, while the speech it self was full of specious and unconvincing de ductions. It was a tissue of ingenious sophistries, in which he had drawn a picture that exhibited a magnificent embodiment of enthusiastic fanaticism and indomitable courage in one of whom he was speaking, and therefore it would not be wonderful if the Right Hon. Gentleman had imbibed some of that religious spirit which he appeared desirous of infusing into the House. In Maynooth the students appeared to be still inspired with the spirit of that character, the great original of which the R i g ht Hon. Geu tleman r tia uce d ) spoken of in such glowing t erms ; but he (Mr. U would be far from saying that the House had adopted any of the views or feelings of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Right Honourable Gentleman abused the Go vernment for their conduct in respect to the Free Church 'of Scotland; but it was his opinion that the Government had acted in accordance with the opinions of nineteen-twentieths of those who were interested in the matter, and they deserved the than ks of every Scotchman for the course they had pursued. He did not agree with the Right lion. Member for Perth in his statements respecting the flourishing condi tion of what was called the Free Church. And as to the boast of the six hundred new churches—that was only part of their tactics. They built a church in every parish, and built it as near as possible to the parish Church, whether the site was convenient or not. With regard to the argument that the present measure was necessary to carry out the implied faith of the Act of Union, and the spirit of the Emancipation Act, he must say that he did not think the en dowrnent of the Catholic Chureh was patt of bithei% I The_ grant . to Maynooth by the Irish Parliament was a measure for the removal of civil disabilities ; but it would be absurd to say that the present measure could be looked upon in that light. Ile thought that the Irish Parliament were wrong in pass ing that measure ; but their conduct would be much worse, and they would be more guilty,, by agreeing to the present measure, f or it was o f a much graver and more serious character. He would judge of the expediency of the grant to Maynooth from the fruits borne by Maynooth. Looking to the con duct pursued by the Roman Catholic priests —to the language which had been used by Dr. 1111Iale and others towards the Puke of Wellington, he did not think the Duke of Wellington could be accused of using exaggerated language, if he used the language which had been used by the Duke of Ormond in speaking of the Roman Catholic bishca of his time. His words, as reported by Walshe, himself a Roman Catholic, were these : He declared, " For these 30 years that I had to do with the Roman Catholic Bishops, I never found any of them either to speak the truth or to perform his promises."—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh.") These were not his (Mr. C. Bruce's) words—(Cries of " Oh, oli”) they were the words of Walshe, and he continued by saying that the Duke put his hand to his heart, as a man and a Christian, and spoke with an earnestness which lie had never seen before or after. That state of things had lasted fifty years, and it could not be denied that it had utterly failed in the pur pose for which it was established. The grant should be, therefore, altogether withdrawn. He might quote a living author, to show that the education at Maynooth was most imperfect and improper. Men who had been edu cated there—Crolly, O'Beirne, and others used language of censure in this respect much stronger than that used by Mr. Walshe. Did the Government propose to remedy this state of things ?—(Hear, hear.) Far from it—they meant to increase the grant without any attempt to remedy the faults of education there. lie knew Roman Catholic Members would tell him that they did not hold these doctrines —they repudiated them, but if this were the case why were they not expunged and rejected altogether.— (Hear, hear.) But the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government said he did not wish to detract from the grace or favour of the grant. lie had great autho rity to quote—that of a great statesman, who, in 1810, instruc ted the House in quite another manner. The Hon. Member for Kent introduced a motion for withdrawing the grant to Maynooth, as the motion itself was subsequently withdrawn ; but this eminent statesman to whom he had alluded used these words, to which he invited the attention of the House, parti cularly the Hon. Member fer Bath. "He did not think that such compact existed as ought to prevent the inter ference of the Legislature, if the grant was perverted to evil. He did not agree in the opinion that the system of instruc tion pursued at Maynooth ought to be a matter of indifference to the House. He had not heard such an observation made by the Noble Lord, but he had heard it imputed to him, and the Nolile Lord did not deny it.—( Hear, hear.) It was the bounden duty of the House, if they found that per nicions doctrines were taught there—doctrines pernicious to the welfare and safety of the empire. He for one would never concur in the principle of indifference, which he thought should be repudiated. It would be a very proper question in that case to submit to the House, whether the grant should be discontinued or not ?" The statesman who - expressed that opi nion was his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Treasury —he who now introduced the present measure.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. C. Bruce) had not been induced to alter the opinion which he had formed on hearing that speech of his Right Hon. Friend. He maintained that the system of education adopted in Maynooth was not such as ought to be supported. It was not the place from which to expect loyal subjects or good citi zens. If any Hon. Gentleman doubted that, he had extracts from works on the subject in support of his assertion.—( C r ies of " No, no," and laughter.) His Right Honourable Friend had said that this grant would raise the cha racter of Maynooth.—( Hear.) What c l ass o f men , h e (Mr. C. Bruce) would ask, were better educated, or more fit to move in the highest orders of life, than the Jesuits, arid yet that class of persons had been expelled from every country in Europe, even from the dominions of the Pope ? Their influ ence, however, was extended to Maynooth. He, therefore, said that they could not mend the education of Maynooth by merely increasing their grant, giving the students bet ter clothing, or by giving them better dinners. The House then would see that they would be doing nothing by this grant if they did not give to the whole people the facilities of acquiring a good, sound, practical, and moral education, and ! that no other would give satisfaction to the country, no matter how well or liberally they might endow the educational insti -1 tutions.—( Hear, hear.) Therefore, he would say they would be disappointed if they expected that this grant to Maynooth would give public satisfaction; on the contrary, it would only have the effect of outraging the feelings of the great masses of the country, while it would effect no good. His own opinion was that this grant would have no other effect than that of whetting the appetites of those to whom it was proposed to be given, for an additional increase.—( Hear, hear.) There was no man in the House for whom he had a greater regard or esteem than the Right Hen. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but he would ask him, if he approved of this grant, how could he consistently refuse to endow all other sects who might apply for that purpose ?—( Hear, hear.) There were some sects who would not have any such grant ; but there were a great many others who would not refuse it.—(Hear, hear.) That was not the place to discuss the truth or error of reli gion, but as our ancestors had decided that Protestantism was necessary for the well being of this country, it was, therefore, not necessary to discuss it. He did not wish to say anything disrespectful of the Roman Catholic Clergy, but he thought they taught what was erroneous. He wished that the Govern ment would leave them to teacz their religion themselves, and spare the consciencies of serious and earnest men, who would be shocked at the blow which they were about to inflict on their Church. Mr. W. GLADSTONE, rose in explanation of a few words which had been misrepresented by the Hon. Member who had just sat down, by other Members who had spoken in the course of the debate. They seemed to intimate that the Government expressed their intention through him of pensioning the Roman Catholic priesthood. What he (Mr. Glat'stone) said was this, that he felt that the acceptance of this measure would put out of the way any religious objection to the payment of the Roman Catholic Clergy. And also a very great question would arise with respect to their payment. What he meant or said was of little impor tance now, but he wished to relieve the Government from anything that he might have been supposed to impute to them, for he had no knowledge, no recollection of anything connected with this subject which could enable him to suppose that they entertained any intention of that kind. Nothing that he recollected or heard could justify him in supposing that they entertained the intention of pensioning the Roman Catholic clergy.—( Cheers. ) Sir GEORGE GREY said that, notwithstanding the length of this debate, he was desirous of stating, before it came to a close, the grounds of the vote which it was his in tention to give. He was desirous to do so, because it would be opposed to the strong remonstrances of many of his supporters, whose confidence he enjoyed, and which confidence he would run the risk of losing by the vote he found he would be compelled to give en so important a measure, and where the welfare of Ireland was so deeply interested. He expressed his regret at the tone and spirit in which the Honourable Gen.. tleman (Mr. C. !Bruce) spoke of the Roman Catholic clergy. He believed his speech would present a strong contrast to those made by Honourable Members during the course of the debate ; and he earnestly hoped that the example which he had set, by raking up extracts from old records, would not be imitated in the debate. He had said that his consistency was interested in the vote which he should give upon this occasion. But he did not refer simply to votes which he had given on former oc casions when he supported the smaller grant of 9,0001, a year. If he thought that the present measure was a mere increase of the vote from 9,0001. to 26,000/., he should feel that no ques tion of principle could by possibility arise on the second read ing which would justify his refusal to assent to the second reading. It would then be a mere question of degree, and not of principle, and that was entirely settled to his mind. But he believed with his Noble Friend the Mem ber for Dorsetshire that not only a principle, but a grand principle, was involved in this measure— namely, the recognition of the Roman Catholic religion— ( Hear, hear)—the recognition of that Church to which the great body of the inhabitants of Ireland were so warmly at tached, and in the communion of which they were brought up —the recognition of that fact, and not only of the fact, but of the important principle that it was unjust, impolitic, and un wise to disregard the opinions of the great body of the people, and to maintain and support a Protestant Establishment in the midst of a Roman Catholic country.—( Cheers.) On former occasions he maintained that opinion, and he was prepared to repeat it now, that such a principle was in opposition to the first principles of justice--( Hear, hear)—that it was in oppo sition to the obvious dictates of sound policy—( Hear, hear) — as they knew they were opposed to the practice and example of every country in Europe.—(Cheers.) Ireland was the only country in which that experiment failed, and he had experi ence to judge of the results which had taken place.—( Hear, hear.) He would say the same, if it was attempted to establish and maintain a Catholic Church in a Protestant country—( Hear, hear)—or to maintain an Episcopal Church in a Presbyterian country—(Hear, hear)—and he felt some de gree of shame and regret that Scotland bad raised its voice against the proposed measure, when he remembered the at tempts made by this country to impose episcopacy on Scotland, and how the attempt was defeated by the stern spirit of his northern fellow-countrymen.—(Cheers.) He knew he might be told—and he had heard it during the debate—that if this principle were admitted, that the great majority of the people were to determine the religion which should be established in any country, that it would lead to the establishment of Ilin dooism or Mahometanism in many portions of their widely ex tended empire. He denied that inference. He asserted that there was a proper, a distinct, and a broad line of demarcation between those professing Christianity and others living in hea twhoeun, would ar a k s n k e s t s h , o a se nd i, i .h n o th u e sed per th fo i r s m a a r n g c u e m acted towards the Hindoos and Mahomedans 7—( n e f n argument whyheathen t h they t had es. li not e acted towards the Roman Catholics of Ireland i a l s ear the h y ea h r a . d ) nt , of the EastH a Had it to ever withdrawbeen fromthought e politic religions b y cherished t h e ov Government e e people b of ne which had always been their eastern possessions, Reaesmeainn Catholic w d as th th e e pr t ia nn te e d etfoththeerierfosurmppaotthrioten? r they h v What was n H t e h a e r i , r , T h e e: e r . , revenues. And what course did they then pursue? appropriated thero Establishment in that country in possession of large and ex tensivedrueporsitveudnjthuestmly—o(f a nues, but they transferred them to the support of another lin.hdeychaeuetreds)—mfooart th u e n y fa n ir o ly t only and clergy and another faith. The people still remained attached to their ancient faith, and yet this by a strange misnomer was called the Protestant reformation, and by an equally strange hallucination they ',termed the Protestant Church, the Church eis the mea sure that in .e a of Ireland.—( Cheers. ) H e could not fail to give his cordi a l as sent to the second reading of this measure. H e care d not swuhreata grantingms t i e g p h might this a b kß e e in t l the e ot no intention tth heeriparts hof people, ofeo her ptl he e l' 1 , I hßacjrt buttisyh' s saw Governmentin Parliament would do themselves credit, and be fully understood and ap. preciated by the people of Ireland—a step that would prove to 5.e Irish nation that their Church should not always be stamped with odium, and that Protestants, however they might deplore the errors which they believed Catholics professed, would not yet deny them their sympathy and their support. lie did not. deny, he firmly ) : believed that this country had derived many advantages from the blessings of the Protestant Reformation, and he could sympathise with the petitioners who had approached the House upon that important question, but he must say that the way to advance the blessings of Protestantism was not by any exhi bition of ultra-exclusiveness ; the way to propagate Chris tianity was not by attempting to coercc people into the pro fession of it, a mode which was alike contrary to the Word of God and repugnant to their fellow-creatures. With the prin ciples of several of the petitions presented to that Hausa, and be presented one of them himself, he perfectly agreed. The petitioners founded their apposition to the Bill proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet on the general principle that all State en dowments were contrary to the Word of God, and they were prepared to refuse to the Roman Catholics only what they would, on a similar principle, hsvg rauscd to all other sects or denominations, Dot when he (Sir George Grey) re '4ll°-ItTcesslWP-steWs7.-satoere-'-er.":l4tele, tiS-eiltsse7eee sleeted eel the lessithenad eseeisei strict t hi s , gib e ."'" had existed in this country, and that throughout every country in Europe State endowments had been the universal custom, he was convinced that it would be better for society that such an Establishment should have a permanent exist ence. He had been astonished to hear some Hon. Alembers declare their intention of voting against this measure on the abstract principle, and yet conceding that it was a measure calculated to conciliate the affections of the Irish people. He did not think it necessary at that time to argue, that the mode in which the measure would work would carry out the intentions of its promoters. but at an act of grace he thought it one worthy of the Government, and one which would be received with gratitude by those for whim it was intended. —( Heer. ) He could not help thinking, that it would have been better to have made a permanent provision for the Irish clergy, instead of merely giving them the means of education, and having adverted to that he must say, that he held nothing in common with those who sought to advance Protestantism by preventing the education of the Roman Catholic priesthood, and be should as a Protestant blush to think that Protestants, in carrying out the truth ol their principles, should wish to be placed on the vantage ground in order to compete with the Roman Catholic clergy. Ile thought that Protestant ministers were not less aloe to approach the truth with power, and with energy, and effect, than an educated Catholic priest. fie had n w stated the -Lief reasons which induced him to sup; eat this measure, lint he could not conclude without stating that other reasons of a more general character had influenced him also. He could not fur get that in the period he had sat in Parliament no question having reference to Irish ecclesiastical polity had 'been consi dered in any spirit of liberality. Now, for the first time within his own Parliamentary recollection, he found the leading men of both the parties into which that House was divided, cordially concurring in the policy to be pursued with regard to Ireland. He would hesitate long before he would, although differing in politics from those who promoted this measure, take any steps which would overturn things as at present constituted. They were told by an lion. Member in that House (Mr. D'lsraeli ), that this was the first time that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government used language so liberal in intro ducing any measure to the notice of the House, and they were asked to mark their sense of the change in his policy, by resist ing this measure without any reference to its intrinsic merit. He agreed with the Honourable Member that every Government should act on settled and fixed principles, that it was neither creditable or desirable that they should do otherwise. He could not forget the feelings engendered in Ireland—feelings which had sunk deep in the minds of that sensitive people—when the Corp. rations Act was before that House. He remembered well that the strength of the Conservative party was directed against the measure, and when they found at last that resistance to the popular opinion was perfectly impracticable they gave in, but not in a generous or noble spirit. Not with the tone or spirit in which this measure was tendered to the Irish people. He admired not only the spirit with which this measure was laid on the table, but the temper and the tone and the language with which it was introduced. He was glad to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland say, and he (Sir George Grey) perfectly agreed with him, that the only principle on which Ireland could be governed now was the principle of conciliation. The Secretary of State for the Home Department had not yet spoken in this debate, but he (Sir G. Grey) trusted that before it closed he would do so—that the Right Hon. Gentleman must be anxious to show that he cor dially concurred in the new spirit which had come over them— ( Great cheering—and that he would not stand in the way of the policy towards Ireland which the Government was pte. pared to carry out—that he would say something to smooth away an expression which had been much criticised in the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman must recollect his once saying " that conciliation had reached its limits." When he said that this measure had been tendered in a generous and confid ing spirit he was sure that it had been accepted by the Roman Catholic Members of that House in a kindred spirit—they had exhibited a generous forgetfulness of the past, and he could not but believe that the First Lori of the Treasury, who had the power of controlling, in a great degree, the votes of a large section of those who followed him, would carry out with their assistance the liberal measures he had so auspiciously begun. Colonel SIBTHORP rose to address to the House a few words upon the very important measure which bad been brought forward, and he would claim the kind indulgence of the House when he acknowledged that he felt an increased difficulty in thus presenting himself to the House, arising partly from the unfortunate attempts he had made to address them during an earlier stage of the debate; and though he did not profess to be a nervous man—(Laughter)—be felt in some measure a considerable degree of alarm in rising to address them. He intended to support the amendment which had been proposed by the Hon. Member for Newcastle—namely, that the second reading of the Bill should be taken on that day six months. He had, during the last sixteen years, given his most decided, most determined, and most unchangeable opposition to such measures as that now proposed by the Right Honourable Baronet. But. that was not the only reason why he rose to address the House.—( Laughter.) Ile had another reason, lie had been brought up in the principles of the Protestant faith—she had been brought up in the principles of the Protestant Church— and he hoped he had never treated the subject with that levity which it had receiv e d f rom th e H on. and Learned Member for Cork. When he considered the great powers of mind and the varied talents of the Hon. and Learned Member, much as he admired those talents and that learning, lie could nut help feel ing disgusted when that Hon. and Learned Gentleman intro duced before that House matters totally foreign to the question. —(Laughter.) He had introduced a book—( Great laughter) —a book that he (Colonel Sibthorp) had never read—( Con tinued laughter)—a book that he would never read—pe r h aps the compilation of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman himself and his quondam friend.—(Great laughter.) When he in troduced quotations from that book, no doubt it was to pie ase and tickle the appetites of those who wanted to be tickled.— (Roars of laughter.) The Hon. and Learned Member had the reputation of being well able " to set the table in a roar"— (Bursts of laughter, in which Mr. Sergean t Murphy heartily joined)—and in the courts of law he had elicited from the gravity of the judges—for, after all, judges were but men—a degree of merriment which ill beseemed the gravity of the bench. Sir, said the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman, I say it would have been more befitting the Hon. Gentleman to have read those quotations—where he is no doubt a very entertaining, and very valuable Member—at the Beef-Steak Club.—( Loud laughter.) Perhaps, Sir, in fact I have been told, that ti.e Hon. and Learned Gentleman visits that Society because it is founded on temperance principles, but, Sir, I have seer, that Hon. and Learned Gentleman sometimes when he has appeared, what should call no fair specimen, as far as temperance goes, of the members of that Society.—( Loud laughter.) Thef t quota tions, Sir, would have told better there than within the walls t f this House, where matters were being discussed touching upon the religion of which he professes to entertain, ae I do for that religion for which 1 profess the strongest and the highest estimation. Sir, I say, that in this House such quota tions were, in my opinion, most unbecoming ; and such a grave. subject as that which was then before the House ought not to have been treated in such a manner by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, considering the station lie occupies. Sir, I never made a Merry Andrew of myself in this House.—(Roars of laughter.) Sir, I never saw on the stage, at any time, a greater Merry Andrew than the Honourable and Learned Gentle man made of himself. Sir, I know my duty—l know 'my duty to my Sovereign —and I reverence my Gad. I have a regard for my Protestant fellow-creatures. and I wit I never act such a part as will be hurtful to their feelings. Sir, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman thought proper in that book—(Here the House was convulsed with laughter by the solemn tone in which the Hon. and Gallant Member de livered this unfinished sentence)—Sir, in that book he first touched upon the person of the Right Hon. Gentleman the. First Lord of the Treasury.—( Great laughter.) I will leave it to that Right Hon. Gentleman, Sir, to take what notioe he pleases of it.—(Continued laughter.) Oh, Sir, I quar rel not with the Honourable and Learned Gentleman for having done this. I trust, Sir, that I can stand up within the walls of this House—yes, Sir, and I trust else where—fearless of whatever quotations that Hen. and Learned Gentleman has to present, and which his present and perhaps his quondam friend may recommend him to introduce—fear less of whatever remarks he may make with regard to my the racter and conduct. Sir, I must naturally suppose, for I have some ground for feeling that the Hon. and Learned Gentle. man would be the most proper person, if indeed he has it not in contemplation already—perhaps he has—to be the editor of a new edition of that book, which I have read as a boy at. school—( Great laughter)—l mean Joe Miller's Jest!. That Hon. and Learned Gentleman will permit me to say, but whether he will or not I'll say it—(Loud laughter)—that lie said nothing in support of that religion and of that measure to which he professed to be so warmly attached. The Hon. ante Gallant Gentleman wear on to say that he deeply regretted that a Protestant Minister of the Crown, and the confidential adviser of a Protestant Sovereign, should, he would say dared, to have brought forward such a measure as this, so repugnant to the feelings of every Protestant. He had been very much surprised by the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who represented the Protestant University of Cambridge, and who had stood up iu his place and said that he should give hie cordial support to the measure before the House.—( Hear. ) That Right Hon. Gentleman had treated the numerous peti tions which had been presented against this measure in a manner which they did not deserve. The Right lion. Gen tleman had said that those petitioners wished for the annihilation of academical institutions altogether. He (Colonel Sibthorp) believed that the petitioners had no such wish. This mea sure, if passed, would go far to establish the Popish Church in Ireland, and would be a great step towards the demolition of the Protestant Church. From the speech of the First Lord of the Treasury, no one could tell whether that Right Hos,. Gentleman was a Roman Catholic or Protestant, or a Ala. hommedan.—(Laughter. ) At no distant time probably the bench h t H in on t . he Ge p n r t o l u e d ma pe n s w iti o o u n ld of be a fou A n i d ah s o i tn tti e n d g an o . n_ (Ge ac r ro a ss i rea laughter. ) He (Colonel Sibthorp) confessed that he had lost all confidence in the Right Hon. Gentleman. He was stepping upon dangerous ground. This Already hasty dis gust through the country.treasure e Hon.had spd Gentlemen opposite begin to flap their wings Treasury benches.—( Great laughter.) The Right Hon. Ge n tl e and look to the man the Home Secretary might smile, but he was not so safe ir a his situation as he thought he was. He (Colonel Sibtheirp) in. tended of course to give this measure his decided opposition. I Before will tell I t down,he Hon. eont n uae and d t h LearnedHo n . an d nGallantberfor co Gentleman, r that I entertain no malignant feeling towards him. He told me to take what he said in good humour. I hope he is prepared to take what I say in the same spirit. But I hope, Sir, that the lion. and Learned Gentleman, whenever he enters this House, to speak on such a grave—such an important. subject as this, will at least consider that there are men in this House who regard their religion with veneration. These times are not the times of revelry. These are times when the British public look to the House of Commons for a defence of their rights and liberties, and for a defence of that faith in which they have been instructed. These are not times to turn their petitions into ridicule. These, Sir, are my honest opi nions, feebly—oh, too feebly—expressed ; and I tell the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government, that I will never support him. I will never support any man in a measure to support which I believe would be contrary to my duty to my Sovereign,—(Laughter.) I never will support any man In such a measure; and though the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork told me that I would sooner sacrifice my principles than be shared—(Roars of laughter)--I tell that Hon. and. Learned Gentleman that I would rather not Only be shaved, but have my head shaved off, than forget that I am a Pro testant, and the faith in which 1 was educated.—(Cheers. ) Mr. BL ACKSTONE addressed himself with considerable dif ficulty and much pain to the question before the House—with pain. at feeling it his duty to differ from those with whom he usually acted, and with difficulty, seeing the importance of the gum tion they had to discuss. It had been said that this measure involved no principle. lie did not believe that the people of England were so stupid as to combine for the purpose of re sisting a measure which involved no principle. He thought that much new principle was involved in the measure before tha House. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Coventry (Mr. Ellice) had declared that Parliament was about to enter on a new course. The Noble Lord the Member fur Liverpool had used the unfortunate word " restitution." Now, he (Air.. Blacl;stene ) would ask, whether restitution did not mean that same bound to continue They were told that by rineiple they were grant was opposed. ttew prieciple was involved in the measure then before the Hours? the grant to Maynooth. 1 ear after year t he An attempt had been out of abolishing it the following year. A the maintenance of the. made to draw an analogy between generally, and the chaplaiaa but he refused to vote against. it under the ‘ hope that was held Roman Catholic priests in Ireland the want a le, of gaols and workhouses. There was a vast distinction , becaesest the inmates of those places were constantly in I for will ho"' _ iy b e ut' ll ; slog .1 th e more other nf _ fe no til in to wou la t. doer"' at& ,t i o in s et ; vo h bli°l3 : i91 ( 1 5, T.