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ourtt 32bitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. POSTSCRIPTUM TO SPORTING NOTE No. 28. Hesse Homberg having run second to The Ban this day for the Metropolitan Handicap must be taken as superior to the Cutler, Bushranger, or in fact anything for the Newmarket Handicap; his price is sto 1. The Knight of Avenel is in force for the Port Stakes. Sir G. Hawley's Teddington is in force for the Derby, as is also Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee, the latter quoted ail thirties. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 6 I'.N. ENGLAND. fight's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, f•r r, the 25th day of March, 1851. ',Lemma. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,523,035 silver bullion . • • • • • 33,375 X 27,556,410 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. WITXTA T. ,Government newt- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity). • 14,145,250 Other securities •• • • 14,063,963 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 8,394,275 Gold aad silver coin.. 689,769 £37,493,2 57 MARSERT.f„ Chief Cashier. BANK OF (From this nib AmAccount, pursuant to the Act 7 the Week ending on Saturday, 1691711 D; 'Kota; ~.. 27,556,410 A 7,556,410 Dated the id day of April, 1851 BANKING D: Proprietors'c apital • • 14,553,000 at •- • . 3,622,726 Public deposits (in alnding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend =omits) 8,999,811 ther deposits • . 9,226,234 Ilevgn day and other •• 1,651,416 £37,4 93,257 Dated the 3d day of April, 1831. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING•) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 4, 1851. Notice is hereby given, that her Dial esty will hold Drawing- Rooms, at St. Jam es ' s -P a l a ce, on the following days, at two o'clock :—Tuesday, 6th nest ; Thursday, 15th May next; and on S a t ur day, la g Y lst May next, to celebrate her Maj esty's Birth-dav Ni.B. The KnigUts of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars, at the Drawing Room, on the 31st of May next. LOLD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFI CE, APRIL 4. Diotice is hereby given, that her Maesty will hold a Le vee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 18th of June next, at two o'clock. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 4. Th e Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Murray, hal of the lof Trinid ad Esq., to be M arshal APRIL 2. * Th e Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be -passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing George James Turner, Esq , one of her Majesty's Counsel, to be a Vice-Chancellor, in the piece of the Right Hon. Sir James Wigram, Knt., resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 3. MEXMERS RarIIRNED TO SERVZ IN THIS ' , RESENT PARLIA MENT. Borough of Devonport—Sir John Romilly, Knight, Master r Keeper of the Rolls and Records in her Majesty's High Court of Chancery. Town of Southampton—Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, of Wackehurst-place, in the county of Sussex, Knight, her Majestes Attorney-General. APRIL 4. City of Oxford—William Page Wood, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-Genera/. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 4. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Thomas John Mitchell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Black, who retires, April 4. 6tb Dragoon Guards—Cornet Ellis Brooke Cunliffe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice McEvoy, who retires, April 4. 10th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon James Macbeth; M.D., from the 10th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Edward Stephens, who resigns, April 4. 13th Light Dragoons —Lieutenant Arthur Tremayne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Cornet Peter Valentine Purcell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tremayne, April 4. Celdstream Regiment of Foot-Guards—Battalion- Surgeon illiam Thomas Christopher Robinson, to be Surgeon- Major, vice Edward Greatrex, who retires upon half pay ; Assistant-surgeon James Monro, M.D., to be Bat talian-Surgeon, vice Robinson; Frederick Wildbore, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Monro, April 4. 7th Foot —Ensign Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, from the 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stainforth, who retires, April 4 . 9th Foot—Lieutenant Peter Benjamin Mosse, from half pay 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Morton, appointed Paymaster 13th Foot ; Ensign Thomas Rice Hamilton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mosse, who retires; April 4. 10th Foot—John Julius Evans Jacob, Gent., to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Macbeth, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons, April 4. 13th Foot—Assistant Staff Surgeon Richard Robert Dowse, to be Surgeon, vice John Robertson, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, April 4. 25th Foot—Ensign Alexander Strange to be Lieutenant, ley purchase, vice Noithey, who retires, April 4. 3"! d Foot—Lieutenant James IlenrA: Wemyss to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Moore, who retires; Ensign John Hedley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wemys, April 4. 5: t Foot—Lieutenant Charles Cline, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward John Chambers, who retires upon half-pay of Ceylon Rifle Regiment, April 4. 51st Foot Ensign and Adjtitant Stewart Alexander Cleeve to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pegus, who re tires; Aril 4. 55th Foot—Lieutenant George Edward Lawes Chartres Bissett, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Godden, who exchanges; Lieutenant Jchn Warren, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cliffe, appointed to the 50th Foot, April 4. 56th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Gordon Cumming, from half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Warren, appointed to the 55th Foot, April 4; Lieutenant Frederick Mares Godden, from the 55th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice Bissett, who exchanges, April 4. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Robert McCoy to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Bazalgette, whose promotion, by pur chase, has been cancelled, Dec. 13, 1850 ; Ensign William Frederick Thomas Marshall to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Barton, appointed to the 4th Foot, Feb. 7 ; Gen tleman Cadet Frederick Stansfield Herries, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Marshall, April 4. 72d Foot—Ensign Albert Henry Godfrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bower, who retires, April 4. 76th Foot—Ensign Andrew Gammell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barton, who retires; Charles Thomas Caldeektt, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gramm e ll, April r 77th Foot—Lieutenant William Wentworth Grant Dilke to be adjutant, vice Weston, who resigns the Adjutancy only, April 4. 91st Foot—Ensign and Adjutant William George Conway Gordon to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 30, 1850; En sign Robert Borthwick to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Melvin, killed in action, Dec. 31, 1830; Gentleman Cadet Henry Auburey Bond, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, vice Gordon, appointed Adjutant, April 4 ; Gptleman Cadet Francis Gordon Hibbert, from the Royal Milirary College, to be Ensign, vice Borthwick, April 5. 2d West India Regiment—Quartermaster Patrick Carroll, from the 97th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice McHugh, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial, April 4. 3d West India Regimens—Ensign 1 rancis Brown Dixon to be Lientenent, without purchase, vice Cumming, deceased, Mitrch 26. Royal Newfoundland Companies Lieutenant William Jenkins to be Captain, without purchase, vice Chambers, de ceased ; Ensign Charles Henry Martin to be Lieutenant, vice Jenkins, January 24. HOSPITAL STAFF.—John Hoffman, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Dowse, promoted in the 13th Foot, April 4. Erratum in the Gazette of Feb. 7. 4th Foot—For Ensign James Barton, from the 65th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Read Lieu tenant James Barton, f rom the 65th Regiment, to b e Lieute nant' without purchase, &c. MEMORANDITAL—The Christian names of Ensign Young, of the 22d Foot, are " Thomas Newton?' ADMIRALTY, APRIL 2. The following promotion has this day been made, conse quent on the death of Rear-Admiral John Toup Nicolas, C.B. ; Captain Sir John Hill to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. John Barker, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Stafford, March 25. The King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire The Hon. Charles Wrottesley to be Lieutenant, vice Haig, re signed, March 25. The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo many Cavalry—Major the Honourable William Bagot to be LientenantColonel, vice Peel, deceased ; Captain, the Honourable Gilbert Chetwynd Talbot to be Major, vice Ba promoted; Lieutenant the Hon. Charles John Talbot g ot, ,„,li e Viscount Ingestrie, to be Captain, vice Tal bot,commoniy promoted; Henry Bagot Lane to be Lieutenant, resigned ; Cornet Morton Edward Buller vice Gisborne, to be Lieutenant, vice Arkwright, resigned; Charles Corser, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Crane, resigned ; Joseph Chal linor, Gent, to be Cornet,vicoerd. Lieutenant Cballinor, resigned, March 25. Commiss.o n s i gne d by th e L West Some rse t Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Richard Bare, Gent t o be Coronet, vice Cape), promoted, March 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire._ b.R Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Pee ess ire e giment of Mai* to be Lieutenant, vice Francis Cha i rt a— e riDs Davidson,avi d A ins ie Feb.E 5p 2 .., 1 'WHITEHALL, MARCH 2 * Kingsford The Lord Chanc e ll or has appointe d Alfred Cor nelius, of Canterbury, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordina r y i n the High Court o f Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Richa%d James Johnson _painte r W oo lwich. BANkRUPTS. George Henry Bradberry and George Rica Lowe,. mer chants, Great Tower-street, City, to Surrender half-past one, and May 16, at one, at the Court of BOA ruptcy. Stansfeld, A pril 16, at official assignee; Strutt and ConniAlg ham, Buckingham-street, Strand. Leonard Wild Lloyd, builder, Gol dlaawk-terrace, New- April 16, at on e road, Shepherd's-bush, , and May 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stadsfeld, official as signee; Abrahams, Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Gentry, smith, Bocking, Essex, April 16, at two, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graha official assignee; Stevens and Satchel), Queen -street, Cheanpi.: side. John Benson Browne, wine merchant, New cas tl e- Lyme ; Staffordshire, April 17, and May 8, at twelv e , at the Birmingham District Court. W hitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Kough, Shrewsbury ; Motteram, Knight, and Bkmez; i:irmingham. Robert Moats, innkeeper, West Stockwith, Nottingham, April 19 and May 10, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Frennan, official assignee, Sheffield ; Marratt, Doncaster. Howell Reynolds, innkeeper, Aberaznan, Glamorganshire, April 23 and May 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court... Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; James, Merthyr ; Short and Strickland. Bristol. William Andrews, commission merchant, Liverpool , April 14 and May 12, at eleven, at the LiverpoA District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Williams, Liverpool. Charles Boope, wine merchant, Liverpool, April 11 and May 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Robert Andrews Taylor, Epsom salti3 and colour manufac turer; Duneton, Durham, April 11, at twelve, and May 9, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Forster, NorCailae "'Tyne ; 139413$ sold Pep., reuchßicli-ftreet. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 1 1850, exclusive cf Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— . . From the Eiitish possessions in America 26a. Mid. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 275. did. „ From the East Indies .. 265. Oid. „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of suzar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 265. id. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, April 4. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly before Five o'clock. The Earl of ALBEMA.RLE took the oaths and his seat. PETITIONS. The Archbishop of YORK presented pet i t ions from places in York s hi re a gainst Papal aggression. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented similar petitions from various parts of Scotland. The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition from Carrick-upon-Suir, praying their Lordships not to sanc tion any penal measure which would outrage the feelings of the Roman Catholics. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented petitions from different parts of Irlland against Papal aggression, M ILLS AND FACTORIES (IRELAND). On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, the Mill and Factories (Ireland) Bill was read a third time, and ordered to be committed. Lord MOUNTCASHELL presented several petitions from various parts of Somersetshire and War wickshire against Papal aggression. The Noble Lord also presented petitions from Monaghan, Down, and other Irish counties, praying that any measures that might be adopted in this country to meet that aggression might be extended to Ireland. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the grand jury of the county of Wicklow against the abolition of the office of Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour of the Patents Bill from various parties interested in the trade and commerce of the country. COUNTY COURTS. Lord REDESDALE moved the adoption of the re port on the County Courts further Extension Bill. After a few words from Lord ABINGER and Lord BROUGHAM the report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be re-committed on Tuesday. COMMITTAL OF PRISONERS FOR LARCENY. Lord BERNERS moved, pursuant to notice, for a return of the number of prisoners committed for larceny in England Wales from 1849 to 1851.—Agreed to. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from the Metropolitan Board of Health, stating that the greatest neglect prevailed on the part of parents in having their children ♦accinated, and praying the House to adopt some stringent measures on the subject. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, certain re turns were ordered with respect to the importation of meal and flour. After the presentation of several petitions against Papal Aggression, their Lordships adjourned, shortly after Six o'clock, to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Mr. PAGE WOOD, the new Solicitor-General, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for the city of Oxford. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was intro duced by Lord Duncan and Sir James Duke. He was very loudly cheered. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Halesworth, Bcceles,land . Haddiscoe Railway Bi was read a third time. PETITIONS. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from ninety-one deputy corn meters, in the city of London, against schedule D of the Income-tax Act. Several petitions were presented against Papal ag gression. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from cattle-dealers, in Lincolnshire, against the continuance of Smithfield-market ; also a petition from Peter borough, against the paper duty. Captain EGERTON presented petitions from Crewe and other places to the same effect. Mr. REtNOLDS presented two petitions from places in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from a place in Elgin against the Bill for altering :the parochial system of education in Scotland. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Liverpool against the excise and customs' duties and in favour of direct taxation. Lord MAHON presented a petition from Hertford in favour of the Bill for the removal of Smithfield market. Mr. ADAIR presented a petition from Cambridge again:4 the paper duty. Mr. BATESON presented a petition from London derry praying 'or Parliamentary aid towards scriptural schools in Ireland. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from Clerkenwell, against the window duty. Sir T. D. AULAND presented petitions from places in Devonshire, against the paper-duty. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that, on an early day after the Easter recess, he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the policy of continuing an expenditure of public money in an attempt to construct a harbour of refuge at Holyhead. PUSEYISM IN THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH. Sir B. HALL said he would take the opportunity of putting a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. He (Sir B. Hall) understood that the Right Rev. Prelate the Bishop of London had stated in another place, that in consequence of the extreme. pressure of public business, it was not his intention to bring in any measure for the correction of " clerks" in certain cases, but that he intended to bring in again the Bill which was rejected last session. Before he put the question he would ask the Noble Lord if he had seen a letter in the Timesnewspaper of this morning. It appeared from that letter that a Noble Lord, who was formerly a Member of this House, desired to have his child baptized.—(Cries of " Oh," and order.) He took it to be baptized, and the clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Wagnel, of Brighton, requested it to be immersed— (Order, order)—he was quite in order, and should insist on putting the question.—(Hear.) What he stated was that the Noble Lord desired to ]have the child baptized, that the clergyman insisted on an immersion, and the mother of the child said it was in too delicate a state of health. Mr. B. COCHRANE rose to order. Ho wished to know whether the Hon. Baronet was at liberty to make a statement.—(Hear.) The SPEAKER—I understood the lion. Baronet began his question by stating a fact.—(Hear.) Sir BENJAMIN HALL said he was merely stating a fact on which be founded his question. The clergyman refused to baptize the child without immersion, notwithstanding the statement of the father, mother, and nurse, that it would be dan gerous to the existence of the child to do so if it were so baptized. The clergyman refused to baptize the child in any other way, and the Noble Lord to whom he referred said the child was thus refused admission into the Protestant Church, except at the risk of its life, that risk having been declared by a competent per son. Now he wished to ask whether during the last six months the Noble Lord had had any communication with the archbishops or bishops with reference to the continuance of certain forms which had been introduced into the service of the Church by certain clerge men, and whether it was their intention to take any effectual steps for the purpose of suppressing such practices which the Bishop of London in his recent charge had denounced as histrionic performances.— (Hear, bear.) Could the Noble Lord, in other words, tell' them whether they intended to take any steps to suppress Puseyism?—(Laughter.)j Sir R. INGLI.S moved that the House at its rising do adjourn until Monday next, in order, by the motion, to have the opportunity of protesting against this House being made the arena of any religious dis cussion, because it contained in it men of all denominations, who were not therefore fitted for legisla tion on any subject connected with the Church. Sir B. HALL quite agreed with the Hon. Bart. that this Hou se was not fittest place for a polemical dis cussion, but what ether arena had they for making known their sentiment s ou these subjects? There might be times and circumstances under which these matters might be brought under discussion, because there was no other place for them. In his opinion the prelates of the Church had been wantin g in their duties in this mat ter, and they might depend upon it that when the mo tion of the Hon. Member for Cockermouth came on a full inquiry would take place. Lord J. RUSSELL was'sorry that the Hon. Baronet had thought it necessary to bring this question forward. He regretted the statements which had been made with regard to what had taken place with respect to the sacred rite of baptism, for when they had no other au thority than a statement in a newspaper, no statement on the other side ought to have been made as to any misun derstanding which might have taken place. His Ro n , Friend had given notice to him of a question, which, considering the circumstances which had taken place, would perhaps better have been deferred. Now, with respect to the other matter. He mentioned, some time ago, that he had spoken to the Archbishop of Canterbury upon this subject, and since then he had had no communication of any importance with his Grace. He had thought it far better to leave the matter in the what aboutthey whathad w as the nature of their done or intended to do. A hands of the Arc hbis h o p s and Bishops rather than to be constantly interfering, ir a o n c proceedings, askingdin g s, o themr short time ago, howev er , an address, signe d by twenty-fcur of the bishops, was laid before the public, in which those bishops declared them selves against t io introductio n o f usages that were ieconsietent with the former practices of the Ch urc h. Besides - that an address had been presented to the Crown by his Right Honourable P arliament, and . her Maesty g j y 320,000, includin man Alerneers of both Rouses of Friend t h e Chance ll or o f the Exchequer, signed by to w rite to the archbishops, communicating t h e su b stance o f the address to them, bad commanded his Right Honourabl e Friend and directing them to discountenance practices that were inconsistent with the ancient laws and usages of the Church ; adding, however, at the some time that her Maje s t y p l ace d full confidence in their discression a n d j udgment. He had no dou b t t h a t , in the course of t wo or three days, he should be able to lay that letter before th e House. He had only to state further, that he thought i t quite undesirable to br i ng diseuseieu of this nature bef ore t h e House of ConalOno, , Mr. — COWAN, in the absence of the Lord-Advocate from circumstances which he was sure they all de plored, wished to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary at War, whether Government intended to propose any measure for the abolition of tests in the Scotch Univer sities? Mr. FOX MAULE regretted that he could not give a direct answer to the Hon. Member, but yet he was at the same time anxious that no step should be taken which had not reference to the general prosperity of the country. For this reason he believed that the compact entered into by the Scottish Church, although a true test, was fallacious. By the resolution which appeared upon the books of the House, it was evident that this was felt to be a momentous question. ACCOMMODATION IN WORKHOUSES (IRE LAND). After a few words from Mr. SCULLY, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that he could give no answer to the question of the Hon. Member, for the re turns of the last five months had not been made upon it, but as soon as he could get them they should be laid on the table of the House. The guardians had done everything in their power to increase the accommodation, but they had found it very difficult to do so. The sanatory condition of the work house was exceedingly bad, but the Poor Law Commis sioners had directed their attention to the subject with the view of inducing the guardians to find a remedy. Mr. REYNOLDS rose amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh, and time." When the noise had subsided, he went to say, that when the Hon. Baronet (Sir B. Hall) was speaking on a comparatively insignificant subject a few minutes ago, the House heard him in perfect silence.—(" Oh I") In consequence of the noise in the House, scarcely any of the statements of the Right Hon. Gentlemen (Sir W. Somerville) were heard on that side of the House. It was not his intention to address the House at any considerable length—(Re peated cries of " Oh, on")—but he respectfully claimed the right to speak on a question which involved the life and death of his fellow-countrymen and country women. In Kilrush Union eighty persons were allowed to die per week for want of food, and they were indebted to the really benevolent and charitable clergyman of the Established Church, the Rev. Mr. Osborne, for bringing to light the cruel carnage which was permitted to go on day by day in that workhouse. What was the fact? That a workhouse which was built to accommodate 4,465 persons was now filled to suffocation, and to overflowing, there being 5,005 inmates within its walls; and what did the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for Ireland say? That there were 214 more persons in the building than it could hold.—(Loud laughter.) He was happy to perceive that on a grave and melancholy sub ject like this Hon. Gentlemen could be merry.--(Ohl) Let him not be understood as meaning that Hon. Members really wished to treat lightly such a subject. He considered if these deaths were caused by the neglect of Government they were accessories to the crime of murder, and as such accountable before God, he wished he could say before man also. In his opinion the Secretary for Ireland had too many irons in the - fire, it would be much better if he were to resign his post of Commissioner of the Poor Law Board to some man who would take coach or railroad, and have a personal in spection of the state of affairs himself. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN bore testimony that the facted by the Honourable Member were perfectly true. The board of guardians of Kilrush were sub jected to an enormous pressure each day, and as the Go vernment advances had been stopped, the union was thrown on its own resources, which were totally unable to support the burden. Sir DE LACEY EVANS expressed a hope that the Metropolitan Buildings Act would not be brought on at a late hour of the night. Sir G. GREY said it certainly would not. The motion for the adjournment of the House until Monday was then agreed to. The House then went into Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose and said—Sir, several weeks have now elapsed since I first put into your hands the resolution to which I am about to call the attention of the Committee.— (Hear, hear.) Since that time I believe the attention of Hon. Gentlemen has been directed to topics perhaps of a more interesting or exciting character, but certainly not of a more importance than that to which I am now about to advert. —(Hear, bear.) Time has also been afforded to me for reconsidering the proposal which I then made to the House, and of preparing any defence which I might have to make for them.—(Hear, hear.) We have also had the advantage of hearing from a Noble Lord at the head of a great party the course of financial policy which he was prepared to pursue. He is prepared to reduce as far as possible the income-tax at once, with a view to its ultimate extin guishment as sooon as circumstances will allow, and he is prepared to makeup the deficiency which that proceeding would create by the imposition of a duty upon the im portation of foreign corn.—(Hear.) Now, the proposal which I have submitted, and which I shall submit to the House, have for their object the promotion of the comfort and the health of the labouring portion of the community and further to reduce the duties upon articles of import either of consumption or raw materials.—(Cheers.) That is the policy which we feel it to be our duty to pursue, and these two courses are now on trial before the House and the country and it is for the House and the country to decide which .will be the most beneficial course to be adopted for the welfare of this great empire.—(Cheers.) With regard to my own proposal I can assure those Honourable Gentlemen who have been impa tient for this night, that it has been from no wish of mine that it has been so long delayed- They will readily believe that I have been anxious to correct some of the many misapprehensions that have prevailed on the subject of my proposal, but believing as I do that the principles upon which these proposals were found to be sound, and those proposals themselves to be honest, fair, and just. I have been most anxious for the opportunity which this might afford me to rr,explain what has been done, and to vindicate the course which I feel it to be my duty to pursue.— (Hear, hear.) I feel I shall not in vain ask for the indulgence of the House because it has never been refused to any one who has been the object of so much attack as myself, and I have therefore no hesitation in asking for the kind indulgence of the House whitst I vindicate my opinion and justify my conduct. He ad mitted at once tnat his proposals had not been re ceived wsth satisfaction by the country or by the agricultural party, who were suffering from what must be necessarily incident at all times to a change in a pro tective system, and which he believed could alone be removed, not by an unjust reduction of taxation in their behalf on the part of the Legislature, but by their own individual exertions.—(Hear, hear.) Time bad been given for the re-consideration of that question, and the decision at which they had arrived upon ij.—(llear, hear.) He would not refer to the steps which had been taken with regard to the settlement of this question, for he felt that it was a matter which ought to be brought before the House. :They should recollect that in the time of Lord Mel bourne's Government where was a deficiency of 5,000,0001. but the case was now different. Since the Government had disposed of the emancipation affair a new aspect had come over them, and that while a deficiency was the evil complained of, a redundancy was now the evil. The deficiency had :for merly been upwards of 5,000,0001., but since 1846 the rates had been gradually altering, so that in fact the whole of the tables had been changed, and they hail now a surplus of 2,ooo,oooL—(Loud cheers.) An Hon. Member had proposed to reduce the nrtional expenses to about 2,000,0001., but he thought that the better plan would be to keep faith with the national creditor—(Loud cheers),—for if they did not he was assured that the country would feel it to be necessary—(Hear, hear)—to support it. What was the consequence? Why that advantage would be gained by the aaption of a principle which he did not wish to advocate, but which might be insisted upon. By this plan which had been proposed it was presumed that a saving of 400,000/. would be effected. In times past we had accomplished great things by maintaining the public credit of the country by means of ithe sinking fund, however fallacious the Principles were on which it was founded. my time that fund has been entirely changed, and the only: available sinking fund hat relieved of a portion of our burdens we should not le, those who follow us be placed at a greater disadvantage but should take means to give them the same relief in prospective which we have enjoyed. I am the more serious on this point as doctrines have been promulgated within the last six months, SUMMARY. The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to explain the alterations which he proposed to make in the Budget. Several weeks had elapsed since he had pro posed the resolution to which he was about to call the attention of the House, and time had been afforded for the consideration of his propositions, and they had also heard the propositions of the Noble Lord the leader of the great party opposite, who proposed to reduce the income-tax, and to re-imposean importduty on corn. His own proposition was to continue the course on which they had entered, of reducing import duties and taxes on industry, and those two great prin ciples were before the country, and the country was to choose. He had been most anxious for an op portunity of explaining and vindicating his opiaionst and, for his part, notwithstanding that he enter- which had been misapp rehended . He admitted that his tamed strong opinions on the subject, he was convinced proposal bqd. not been received with satisf;,ction. He it would be better to leave this matter in the haLdB in was not :Jurprised that Gentlemon connected with the agricultural interest should have been dissatisfied with Legislature the s e leadnt statep l graced a d ff a i it.—s in the Church,hear.) Andwhich nothing should induce him to take any step that would but with regard to other parties he was surprised with lead to produce a disruption amongst its clergy, the reception which those proposals had met with from Mr. NEWDEGATE fully participated in the them ; but it was a matter of less surprise than regret, course intimated by the Noble Lord opposite. He wished, however, to know when the Noble There had been an expectation of a larger surplus, and Lord proposed to bring on the second reading o f gentlemen were sorry to find their expectations dis the Bill for the admission of Jews, as it was his inten- appointed.—(Hear, hear.) He had never sanctioned tion to move that it be read a second time that day six suchsanguine expectations, and therefore he saw not how months. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he sho u ld b r i ng it on proposing an honest Budget to the H ouse , h e cou ld h a ve at the earliest possible period aft e r th e di s p oea l o f t h e satisfied such expectations. He could not have met a financial question. tithe of the demands for reduction made upon him. Mr. FREWIN wished to know whether it was the They were bound in this financial measure to look intention to bring in any Bill on the subject of segues- beyond the present year, and to resist the first trations or sinecures in the Church. attempt Is entering on a wrong course. The. first Lord JOHN JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply in the negative. . vote some portion of the surplus to the liquidation of the National Debt. Lord MELBOURNE'S Government had been displaced for incurring an annual deficiency which lead - to a loan of 5,000,0001. In 1846 a surplus occurred, and in 1847 and 1848 the revenue was less by 2,000,0001. than in the former year, and yet there was no deficiency of ordinary revenue; and in 1848 he proposed that we should pay further taxes to defray the expenditure, but the House would not consent to it. In such an empire as ours unforseen occurrences would happen, which would render expen diture suddenly necessary, and that they ought always to retain a surplus in hand. Why, within a week after he had made his last statement a new Kafir war had broken out, and within the last week a demand had been made by the East India Company for 400,0001., un liquidated balance relating to the Chinese expedi tion. If we wese always to borrow and never to pay but to devote the whole surplus to the reduction of taxation how was the credit of the country to be main tained? However fallacious might be the principle of the sinking fund, the existence of that fund main tained the public credit, and now the surplus stood in the place of the sinking fund, and therefore must be maintained. Considering the sentiments which had on former occasions been expressed by the Hon. Member for Montrose, he was surprised at his opposi tion to this proposal. He felt most seriously on this point. He protested against the delusion that any failure in payment of the dividends would injure only the rich. Five-sixths of the persons receiving dividends re ceived an amount not exceeding 501. per annum, and the sole dependence of these persons was upon the maintenance of the public faith. Those persons were widows, orphans, and artizans, who ought to be the es pecial objects of their solicitude. The results of recent legislation had been to improve the condition of the masses of the country, to make the community at large the better able to bear the burden of taxation. and the pressure of taxation upon them was less than it was ten years ago. He spoke warmly upon this brench of the subject because he felt warmly, and he challenged those who wore avese to the maintenance of public faith to stand boldly forward, and he called upon them who agreed with him to do their duty, and withstand the propagation of opinions so dishonest.—(Hear.) He had no reason to alter the estimates of income and expenditure which he had formerly laid before them. The probable amount of surplus, therefore, he would take at 1,892,0001., and in proposing to deal with the surplus be did not study what would be most effective, but what would be most cost, which would give the greatest relief He had been reproached for not having reduced the duty on tea, but, although that was a high duty, it was not a protective duty, and if he had reduced that duty, he would, no doubt, have been calld upon to reduce the duty on the article which competed with tea, viz., malt. If gentlemen wished for any large reduction, they must not perpetually demand reductions upon minor articles. such as advertisements, newspaper stamps, and Irish spirits. If the surplus was to be always expended in the reduction of some minor tax no great reductions could ever take place It was for the sake of the labouring classes that he had advocated the repeal of the duties on food and on raw materials, and that for the purpose of improving their dwellings that he had last year oarried the repeal of the duty on bricks—(lronical cheers)—and it was for their sakes that this year he proposed the repeal of the duty on timber. They were crowded in cities into ill-ventilated and ill-lighted apartments, and it was to improve the sanitary condition of the labouring poor that he proposed to repeal the window duties. and they would well close their career as Ministers it their last act should be to secure to the la. bouring population the free use of the light and air of Heaven. The most objectionable duties that would be imposed were protective duties— such were the duties on coffee and timber—he proposed to remove them. Great attempts had been made by the adulteration of coffee, he did not propose to meet that complaint by sending an army of excisemen into the grocers' shops, bnt he proposed to meet it by reducing the duty, and consequently the price of the genuine article. He had, therefore, selected coffee and timber as having superior claims for a reduc tion of duty. (LEFT SPEAKING.) COURSE OF EXCH.4 Amsterdam .......... 11 15 Ditto, three months .. 11 1654 Rotterdam .... ••.. •• 11 16% Antwerp• • ............ 25 22% Brussels • • .... •... 25 2214 Haraburgh .• ....M.B. 13 74 Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 2% Ditto. 3 months .... 25 22%, Marseilles ••..••• • .. • • 25 22% Bourdeauz.• • • ..... • Frankfort on Maine.... 119 Vienna, effeo. Ho" .. .• 13 18 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 20 Potersburgh, Rble.. 37% Madrid ••• • •• ........ 50 Cadiz • • • • ...... Barcelona Saville.. •• •• •• •• •• •• INGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibra1tar........... • •• Leghorn 80 50 Genoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 52% Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice.... •• .. •••••• •• Naples •....... 413 Palerrao,peroz........ 124 !,‘ Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 124% Lisbon ...............• 63% Oporto" •• eeeeee •• •• •• 53 % Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia PRICED OP BULLION, PEI 08, Foreign Gold in bars ..411 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .• .... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 0 0 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, April 4.) SUGAR.—To-day there were sellers of West India at a de cline on last Fridays terms of 6d to is per cwt. All parties operate with caution and the sales are confined to 184 hhds, &c., including 50 hhds Jamaica which sold at 36s Gd to :36s for ord to good brown, 48 hhds 3 trcs Demerara good mid yellow 38s 6d to 395, mid brown and low yellow 35s to 36g 6d. per cwt. REFINED.—To• day Refined Sugar was purchased with caution for home consumption, but brown Lumps of low quality are not offered under 47s per cwt. Crushed Sugar is dull of sale. MOLASSES.—The market for all sorts has a quiet appear. ance, and previous rates are supported with difficulty. West India of low to fine quality can be obtained at 14s to 16s 6d, Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 13s, Cuba and Porto Rico 14s to Ns 6d per cwt. There is a fair consumption of Molasses. Honey, Jamaica at from 40s to 60s for low to fine. MAURITIIIS.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, and privately little was done at former rates there are free sellers. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Madras Sugar went off flatlp at rather lower rates, of 8,320 bags not more than half sold, mid to fine grainy lyellow at 39s to 41s low to good soft yellow 29s to 345, brown ditto 27s 6d to 295. Bengal was held for full rates, and 2,585 bags were only in part sold, low and mid white Benares at3Bs to 39s 6d, and fine grainy whith 48s to 48s6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and the bu siness done privately was small, with sellers at rather lower rates; only 400 chts brown Bahia sold at 37s per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day there Wii little or no inquiry in the home or export demand for any sort of Coffee and none was offered at public sale; holders generally were unwilling to submit to any further decline. The nearest', value of Native Ceylon is 42s for parcels. Cocoa.—Although Foreign is offered at a further reduc tion there are few buyers. At auction 1,383 bags Guayaquil refilled from bulk in ship's hold were taken in at 25s to 27s for dark grey. There is a more plentiful supply of Trinidad. At auction of 512 bags a small part only was disposed of; good red at 51s to 545, grey 48s and damaged 36a 6d to 46s per cwt. The value of Grenada is 42s to 463 for sound quality. TEA.—To-day there was a good deal doing in the lower sorts of black and green Tea at full rates. Rim —ln consequence of a reduction on last week's rates of 3d per cwt having been submitted to for Madras a good business has been transacted, and the parcels offered at auction amounting to 8,247 bags were nearly all disposed of, low and pinky at 7s 6d to 8s 6, and good white Bengal grain 9s to 9s 6d. Bengal is rather cheaper, but several parcels have been taken in the private contract market. At auction 1,500 begs were sold, mid and good mid white at 9s to 9s 6d, broken 8s to 8s 6d, and siftings 7s ad to Bs. The value of good and fine white is lOs to lle. Cargo and pearl barley Rice remains dull of sale at 7s to Bs. Clean Rice still sells freely, Patna at 12s to 17s, broken 108 6d to Ils 6d, and town dressed Carolina 20s to 28s. At auction 20 [casks American went at 17s 6d. Sago is generally held,, for full rates, but less wanted. Of 442 chests at auction not about half sold, low small pearl at 18s 6d to 195, mid to fine 19s 6d to 245, and a few lots superior white large pearl 32s to 38s per cwt. Sago Flour is however, wanted at 15s to ifs 6d. Of Tapioca 84 barrels at auction sold at 2 1 4 d for ordinary ; 157 packages East India Arrowroot at 3d ; 50 % packages St. Vincents 4d to 4 3 4 d ; 30 half packages Bermuda Is 2d to Is 3d, and 20 pkgs Tousles Mois 2 1 / 2 d per lb. N . :SPIRITS.— For Jamaica Rum only small purchases have been made by shippers or home dealers. The value of 30 to 32 per cent over proof, of low quality, is 2s 5d to 2s 7d; 32 to 34 over mid 2s 8d to 2s 10d, better sort 34 to 38 over 3s to 3s sd, and fine to superior 3s 6d to 44s 3d. Leeward Island can be obtained at Is 7d to Is 7id proof, and very few buyers are to be met with. East India has been dealt in with caution at Is 5d to Is 6d; and there are fur arrivals. Only limited sales have been made in Demerara at 2s 3d to 2s ad. for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Sales in Brandy continue upon a limited scale; Cognac best brads of the vintage of 1850 is offered at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 94 to 4s 11d, and inferior sorts 3s to 4s per gallon. Some arrivals have taken place this week. For Geneva the market is dull; export sort at is 7d to is lid; and fine for home use at is 3d to 23 per gallon. INDIGO.—This afternoon the public sales of Guatemala Indigo attracted little attention, and prices declined 4d to oil per lb for low and mid sorts, but better sorts sustain their former value. Of 590 serons offered about half sold, Cortes 94 to? 4a 84 v er y low to good at 4 2d to Us 9d, good and fine ,Sobres as COCIILNEAL.—This afternoon a public sale of 60 bags Hon duras Cochineal went off flatly at 3s 3d to 3s 7d for low to g-00(1, Slit/ era, these at easier rates. THE DOCKS OF BIRKENHEAD. (From the Liverpool Albion.) We announced in our last number that a negotiation had been entered upon between the Liverpool Dock Committee and certain parties interested in the docks, warehouses, and other property at Birkenhead for a purchase of the latter, and we advocated the propriety of such an arrangement on fair and equitable terms. We now learn that the offer made on behalf of the Liverpool Trust was not regarded by the Birkenhead authorities as of a nature to be en tertained, and that for the present, consequently, the negotiation has fallen through. Much comment has occurred during the progress of the attempt ; but, although in some degree we coincide with some of their remarks, we cannot agree in the conclu sions of some of our contemporaries, that the bargain was likely to be a disadvantageous one to Liverpool, especially if there exists among the party who are now advocating a change of the Liverpool Dock manage ment a sincere desire to provide for the growing wants of the trade of the Mersey. We believe we can also confirm the statement made by a contemporary that the offer of the Liverpool Dock Committee was equivalent to about I ls. to 12s. in the pound; the capital represented being about 2,000,0001. — when the outer works and all are completed at Birkenhead —to be paid for in Liverpool bonds, without interest for the first three years, and subject to a graduated scale of interest afterwards. It must, therefore, be evident that the Liverpool Dock estate would at once come into pos session of a valuable property, subject only to an imme diate expenditure for completing the outer works, already included in the aforesaid estimate of 2,000,0001., with a large portion of the docks and land immediately available fer the purposes of revenue, whilst the pur chase-money would not be paid in money, but in Liver pool-dock bond's, thereby cementing Birkenhead inte rests with the general welfare and progress of the town and port, instead of converting them into dangerous rivals. It therefore resolves itself into a question whether it is desirable to purchase the Birkenhead estate at a moderate rate of interest, or to expend a further sum of 1,000,0001. in providing accommodation on this side to compete with Birkenhead. In order to show what the Birkenhead estate, so called, will really consist of, we have collected the following particulars, which may not be familiar to many of our readers:— Dock Space—About 200 acres, suitable for the largest class of ships frequenting the port, with some four miles of quay apace when the port is entirely walled in. Land-700,000 to 800,000 square yards, including the South Reserve, secured by the Act of last session, 200,000 yards—Herculean Dock, with facilities for dis charging on both sides of the river at one rate. Warehouses—Some eighteen or twenty excellent warehouses, ready to receive goods and merchandise of all kinds. The whole of the above is actual propertye—the water space a freehold belonging to the bondholders, under trust, and the land to the dock company, as a joint stock concern ; and every provision is now making by both concerns to meet the requirements of trade, by the erection of sheds, cranes, and other conveniences, on the most approved modern principles; besides which there is on the dock company's land one of the finest mahogany sheds in the kingdom, in fell operation; and the wharf walls on their land are built, or build ing, as far as Wallasea-bridge, one entire side of the port ; whilst direct railway communication exists over the entire quays, and the Cheater and Birkenhead Rail way Company are completing their private station on the margin of the docks, which will probably not be equalled for a combination of maritime and internal com munication. To suppose that such a magnificent property could remain unproductive, or that it would not yield a fair return on the investment, is ridiculous. It appears to us that so far from it being a drawback on the Liverpool revenue, it would be much more likely to assist it. The well-known character of the parties ne gotiating for shrewdness and ability, as well as of ho nesty of purpose, ought to be sufficient guarantee that they would enter into no bargain likely to be detrimental to the interests of Liverpool. Looking to the rapid advancement of the port, there can scarcely be a doubt that water space and storage accom modation of this magnitude must exercise &considerable in fluence for the future, and, spite of opposition, Birkenhead must in time derive a fair share of business. It is, there therefore, simply a question whether the Birkenhead estate would be more valuable to the commerce of the country in its present position or as an adjunct to Liver pool. Opinions may differ in this respect, but not as to Birkenhead having the power for mischief, with her large amount of water-space at so small a comparative lcost with Liverpool. As regards the merits of the Bill now before Parlia ment for alteration of the Liverpool Dock Trust, much may be said. It is admitted that there has been a large expenditure of money for dock purposes, with compara tively small results in the way of accommodation, and we cannot see that this defect i n management would be likely to be improved by the trust reverting to the parties under whose charge the evil originwed, and whose dis appointed ambition has probably inseigated the present movement. We contend that the prosperity or the town and of the docks are one, and that this end is more likely to be promoted by the management remaining in the hands of the burgesses and other permanent inha bi(ants of Liverpool than in that of an ephemeral mer cantile class, who, in many instances, are only accidental ratepayers. Cheap dock accommodation is very desir able, but it is not the only thing that has contributed to the successful development of what is now the first port in the empire. Any false move in the dock estate ma nagement that would be likely to reduce the receipts below the liabilities, injure the credit of its bonds, and stop a future supply of money, would be more fatal than taking the Birkenhead estate on reasonable terms and making it subservient to the increasing wants of com merce, shipping, and various trades now suffering for want of suitable localities. THE GREAT UNPAID AND THEIR CLERICS.—The Somersetshire Assizes commenced at Taunton on Wednesday. The Lord Chief Baron, in charging the grand jury, -com plained that in certain cases there appeared to have been a sad misunderstanding of the law on the part of magistrates committing persons for trial, and instanced the case of a girl, named Russeter (committed on a charge of con cealment of birth), who had been upwards of six months in prison upon a charge which was inca pable of being supported in any way whatever. His Lord ship also complained that many of the depositions were so badly written as to be scarcely legible, and did not reflect the highest honour on the state of education of the magis trates' clerks. In the most serious case in the calendar, the depositions were written so badly that, in order to make him self master of the case, he had been compelled to send the depositions to the clerk of assize to have them copied that he might read them. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 3. REFUSAL TO BURY A DISSENTING MINISTER IN CHICHESTER. (Continued from our Fourth Edition of last night.) Lord BROUGHAM bore his testimony to the defective state of the law in ecclesiastical cases, and mentioned an in stance in which a Right Rev. Prelate had to pay several thousand pounds costs for merely having done his duty, and nothing more nor less than his duty, and for doing less than which he would have been censurable. The Bishop of EXETER said that the Noble Duke who had introduced the subject of the proceedings at Chichester spoke with great discretion when he said that the verdict of a coroner's jury was a primci facie ground for supposing that a person had really died in a state of lunacy. He rejoiced that the Noble Duke had used that phrase instead of saying that it was absolutely conclusive, for he apprehended that many cases had occurred, in reference to insurances and other matters, in which such verdicts had not been held to be conclusive evidence of the state of a man's mind. If a clergyman, then, had good reason to believe that a man had died by his own hand while in a sane state of mind, he (the Bishop of Exeter) held that he would be quite justified in withholding from him the rites of the Church, notwith standing any verdict to the contrary. In saying this he was not speaking his own sentiments only, but the sentiments of one of the best, the most pious, and not the least learned of the prelates that had ever adorned the Church of England, he meant Dr. Wilson, the Bishop of Sodor and Man. The matter here dropped. COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM having presented several petitiolis in favour of this Bill, moved that if be re-committed. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose and contended that,the state of the law was not such as to require the alterations which the Bill proposed to effect. He objected that it was inexpedient to give a general authority to persons to go into the county court, and refer matters in their own digcre ton, without leaving the Court an option whether it Would or would not take upon itself the office with which the par ' ties proposed to clothe themselves. He did not see any ne necessity for any such legislation. This applied to the 'five first clauses. The facilities they afforded were already 'Pro vided by other Acts of Parliament. The next series of clauses referred to the Court of Reconcilement; but it did not appear to him to be suited to the feelings and constitution of the people of England. It would enable a cunning man to know the case of his opponent; and having done that he would go to law with him.—( Hear.) If it were to be said this would do no harm, he answered that was not enough ; they shoull not pass laws except to do a positive good.—(Hear.) As to the clauses which dealt with equity, it did not appear to him expedient to adopt them. What they proposed would be found, in a great degree, already done by the 9 and 10 Viet., c. 22, s. 13, for this Bill did,the same thing as that Act. As to the proposal for judge= on the circuit hearing causes, he would say that from his experience it was seldom that they had the time or the opportunity for doing so. As to the proposal for permitting clerks to at torneys to appear for their principals, he said there could not be a greater nuisance. The proceedings at the criminal courts showed that such persons, that is persons attending about the courts in the names of attorneys, have been proved to have despoiled the poor of their money, under the pretence of procuring counsel and having a legal „defence for them on their trial'.—(Hear, hear.) He could speak from personal experience of the mischief caused by persons acting as attorneys who were :not attorneys. What sort of business must that be which was to be repre sented in a court of justice by a six-months' clerk to an attorney? The Bill would give a licence to the lowest set of attorneys to lend over their names to unworthy persons, and, taking it in connexion with that of the attend ance of counsel not instructed through attorneys, was a pro position which he was sure his Noble and Learned Friend, on further consideration, would abandon. As tithe-rents were now only recoverable by distress, it was proposed by this Dill to give the tithe-rent owner a power to recover where per haps there had been nothing titheable raised in the land. The most facile remedy was by distress ; but for it was to be sub stituted personal action. The only ground for the clause was, it wounded the clergyman's feelings to levy a distress, and it was proposed to give him the power of sending a man to prison. He did not approve of any such proposition, and not approving of the changes proposed, he moved that the Bill be committed that day six months. Lord BROUGHAM ,was greatly surprised by the course now proposed to be taken by his Noble and Learned Friend. If his Noble Friend had given him the slightest hint, if he had suggested to him the entertainment of a shadow of a doubt raia re§tipg vpvil mix' A 4 W aay vf he would, as a matter of course, after the documents they al ready had on another subject, have postponed his B;11 until to-morrow, The course now ad..pttd to him, was sorry to ay would be very ineol,venieLL to their Lordships, for it would oblige him to address them at much greater length than he intended to have done. lint to give their Lordships a sample of the arguments which his Noble and Learned Friend had employed against this Bill he would take up that which his Noble and Learned Friend had said with regard to the equity clauses. His Noble and Learned Friend took them up and said, "Of what use are they ; they are all to be found in the Act of 1846 ?" Now, he would convince his Noble and Learned Friend that he never made a greater mistake ; that the mistake of his Noble and Learned Friend was the greatest possible one that could be committed on a subject of this kind.--(Hear, hear.) These equity clauses were not now for the first time proposed ; they were all in the Bill of 1833 ; they underwent the most full and elaborate discussion in that House, and they were lost because the Bill in which they were contained was then thrown out. In '846, when a Bill was proposed by Lord Lyndhurst, and afterwards adopted by Lord Cottenham, the late Master of the Rolls, not finding those equity clauses in the Bill, was anxious to have them introduced. So anxious was the Master of the Rolls—such value did he, who had such experience of the practice of that court, attach to these clauses, that he came down there the other night expressly to support those clauses. The LORD CHANCELLOR said be was sure that his Noble and Learned Friend must be aware that the last thing he would wish to do would be to take him by surprise, or to do anything unfair towards him. It was but within the last few hours he had given his attention to the subject, and would have no objection to the postponement of the Commit the until to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM never, he said, intended to complain of anything unfair on the part of his Noble and Learned Friend. If his Noble and Learned Friend were to do anything unfair to him, it would be the first time in his life he had ever done so. He did not say that the course taken was unfair—he only complained that it was inconvenient. But now, as a sample of the whole cargo of his Noble and Learned Friend's arguments, and to show how incorrect he was, he must state that the view entertained by him respecting the equity clauses was the very opposite of that entertained by the late Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale), who, knowing from experience the value of those clauses, and their full bearing, had come down expressly to support them. In 1846 the Master of the Rolls could only obtain from Lord Co' tenham an infinitessimal portion of these clauses, that part which was contained in the 22d clause, and which small portion his Noble and Learned Friend found was equal to the whole. His Noble and Learned Friend referred to the 22d clause as giving powers which it did not confer. There could be no doubt, then, that the clauses he proposed were necessary, and that those the best acquainted with the proceedings in Chan cery considered them a gre ,t improvement in practice. He would show him that these clauses had been carefully prepared. They were first considered in 1833. Then they were discussed in a Committee of that House, of which several of the most eminent Law Lords were members. Within the last six weeks they were again brought before the most eminent equity practitioners and masters in this country, and not only before them but also be ore the Master of the Rolls himself. He (Lord Brougham) had acquiesced in a suggestion that was then made to him by striking out several clauses and making the Bill more compendious. He had had communications also with several of the County Court Judges, several of whose suggestions he thought it his duty to receive. He had added several clauses in consequence of those suggestions, each of which having undergone the most careful consideration, in re spect to the question of tithe, referred to by the Noble and Learned Lord—namely, the proposition to allow tithe rent charge to be made the ground of a summons for a plaint before the County Court Judge he ( Lord Brougham) thought it would be very hard that the claimant should go without his tithe or distress. Though it was a very painful operation for him to have recourse to distress, it was but fair that he should be placed in a situation of recovering it as he would an ordinary debt. Oh, but his Noble and Learned Friend said, it was only a debt due in proportion to what was on the ground, and if there was no titheable matter to be found, then there could be no distress. But he ( Lord Brougham) should like to know what titheable matter was produced by a horse, chairs and tables, carts, or any of those other articles which were subject to distress? If there was no titheable matter to be found on the ground, why, then, that was an argument for submitting the question to the decision of a judge. As to another point referred to, he knew that his Noble and Learned Friend did not take the same view of the courts of arbitration which he ( Lord Brougham) did. What was the present course of proceeding? When a case comes into court, and all the expenses incidental to bringing it there were incurred, it was very often thought to be a fit matter for reference. the parties were then compelled to go through a renewal of the expenses before the arbitrator. What was the consequence? The case lingered before the arbitrator for a considerable time, because being paid day by day, he had no particular interest in speedily disposing of it. Neither had the attorneys or barristers any interest in having the matter settled within any brief space of time. Why, it was notorious that many of these references in England had no end, because the arbitrator had no direct motive to cut them short. But every one knows that if a paid arbitrator of experience and ability were appointed be fore whom these cases were to be submitted, the proceed ings would be rendered much shorter and more satisfactory. In respect to the courts of reconcilement his Noble and Learned Friend seemed to think that this was a visionary scheme which would have no practical result. But it should be recollected that this was a practice adopted by more than the half of Europe, and with the the most beneficial results. He had received letters faom the most eminent lawyers in Prance and other countries, bearing most valuable testimony to the great benefits which even in France were received from the action of those courts of reconcilement. More than half the cases which go before these judges of the courts of reconcilement were settled amicably by their advice. In these cases it was perfectly voluntary with the parties whether they would go against these courts or not. A certain formality was necessary to be observed in France, but even then no party was bound to tell his story in these courts unless he liked it. The Noble and Learned Lord made one objection as to the option of jurisdiction clause, and said it would be a hardship for a party to be obliged to bring his witnesses from a remote part of the country a give evidence in a court where this option of jurisdiction had been exercised. That no doubt was a very possible case, but it was one not likely often to happen. It was much more probable that the case would be tried in the neighbourhood of the contending parties and their witnesses, as of course it would be their interest to save as much ex pense in the matter as possible. But the objection raised by his Neble and Learned Friend was equally good as against the existing system. The evil apprehended by him might happen any day now, under the law as it now stands. If the action was not local, but transitory, the venue might be laid wherever the parties pleased. He would postpone any further comments upon the other objections raised by his Noble and Learned Friend to a future occa sion, when there would be a more desirable op portunity for making them. There was not, how ever, one of those objections which he was not prepared to meet, and he pledged himself to give a perfectly satisfac tory answer to it. As to the exclusion of counsel and at torneys from practising in some of these courts, it was found that the most respectable members of these professions will not attend the county courts. The result was that the busi ness was apt to fall into the hands of an inferior class of practitioners. To meet this evil he had proposed a clause which he thought would prove most advantageous to the contending parties, and more conducive to the ends of jetstice. It was now for their Lordships to meet the motion as they thought fit. He had, however, the greatest confidence in the truth of that sentiment expressed by Lord Bacon and Lord Coke, that a good proposal for a change in the law— though it be for a time opposed from prejudice or ignorance —was, ne vertheless, in the end sure to produce its whole some ruit in good season. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord was very strong in everything but argument. He would withdraw his amendment with the view of having the matter fully discussed in a future stage of the measure. Lord BROUGHAM wished that the matter could be dis posed of at once, as both sides had been heard. Lord BEAUMONT would move the adjournment of the debate, as he wished to make some observations upon the measure which it was not convenient then to proceed with. Lord BROUGHAM said that he had often sat until atter twelve o'clock upon much less important business. Lord BEAUMONT said that the thinness of the House was a sufficient ju-tffication for an adjournment. (There were only about half a dozen Peers present at this period.) He would ask the adjournment until the following evening. Lord CRAM' WORTH said if they were to have an at;journ ment, it would be inconvenient to have the matter discussed before Monday. Lord BROUGHAM having suggested some other amend ments he meant to propose in the Bill, Lord BEAUMONT said that the Noble and Learned Lord ought to lay those amendments on the table, with a view to their consideration before they had the question again under discussion. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the most con venient course to pursue would be to recommit the Bill pro forma, for the purpose of adding those amendments now suggested. Their Lordships having acquiesced, the House went into Committee pro forma, when those amendments were added to the Bill. It was understood that the discussion would be taken upon them on Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 3. INQUIRY INTO THE MANAGEMENT AND TERRITORIES OF THE EAST INDIA COM.- PANY. Mr. ANSTEY rose to move the following resolution:— "An address to her Majesty,, representing that it is now necessary that the true condition of the territories under the government and management of the East India Company, and the real feelings and wishes of our fellow-subjects inhabiting those territoriee, as to such government or management, should be fully ascertained; and for that purpose, praying her Majesty to take mea sures for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, with full powers to take evidence in India as to the operation and results of the laws now in force, touching the government and management of the said territories, and to report such evidence, together with the opinions of the Commissioners thereon, to her Majesty in Par liament." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that, before the Act of 1833 should be renewed either in its present shape or with' such amendments as Parliament might think proper, he considered it necessary that some pre liminary inquiry should be instituted, and that such in quiry should be conducted on the spot. When Mr. Grant, in the year 1833, introduced the Bill which now constituted the Act under which our East India terri tories were governed, he distinctly stated that he called upon the House to undertake an experiment of no ordi nary kind; that in proposing an extension of the term, contrary to his original intention, from fift een to twenty ' years, during which the East India Company and the Board of Control were to be intrusted with the conduct of the experiment, he had in view on l y those precau tions which were necessary to ren d er the experiment n to e xatgree renewalto e h a i op beforero posi t p i o a n r , i a t m h i e n e k t i n t n g successful. Upon that ground t h e House was induced have no reason to compl a i n that e e th em at pa is n , y hen the been allowed. Thatsufficient measure was not broughwtobueld. fore the House until the 13th of June, and it then came on in the shape of a preliminary resolution. At that period of the session there were considerable arrears of public business, and it was impossible to discuss the matter with that c a l mness and deliberation which interests of such magnitude required. A similar objection ex isted to the proceedings in the years 1781 and 1793, when political events preven ted an ample consideration of the que s ti on . Si r ,Tames Mackintosh, on the 17th JIM, 1833, f ore t o ld what would be the result of intro- ducing the question at that late period. He said " c'nr'stion, when it c o rn a, will be telten u r in heste, ceded in Lette, and we sbell creeed the eiseeasien ieto a few weeks, or postpone all discussion until that eve of dew cision." On the 10th July, when the Bill was actually in Committee, Mr. Charles Wynn quoted those werds,„ and added, " I regret that Sir James Mackintosh's pro phecy has been so closely fulfilled." Mr. Grant, in ,in troducing the Bill, declared that th e p o li t i ca l existence 0 the natives would be acknowledged. • Now Parliamen a right to demand in what way the recognition by the Bill of the existence of 100,000,000 of men had been acknowledged by those to whom the trust was consigned; and the House ought not to hesitate to grant an inquiry on the spot, conducted by men above the suspicion of partiality. By the Bill of 1833, the removal of certain grievances was supposed to b e prov id e d for. The House was bound to ascertain whether those grievances had been redressed. He asserted that there was not one grievance in existence at the time which did not now exist in all its original deformity. Take, for instance, the question of monopoly. When Mr. Buckingham brought the question of the land revenue; under the notice of Parliament in the form of a motion, Mr. Grant said, " that is rather a matter fit for the cone sideration of the Governor-General and his legislative council, and I trust he will be able, with the accession of power we propose to gi ve hi m , sat i s f actor il y to dispose 0 the general question. The particular subject of the ryotwar rent is a subject for the Law Commission." 0 0 the following day Mr. Grant said, "I am happy to be able to assure the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wilbraham), that the Government, both at home and in India, have agreed that the taxes on opium and sa lt s h a ll b e remove d.'' Now up to this moment the Governor-General had not • legislated on the land tenant question,-nothing had bseni done by the Law Commission relative to the ryotwar rent, and the monopolies still exist e d. At th e prese nt: moment the House was only in possession of the evi dence of those whose interest it was to stifle inquiry, and endeavour to obtein the prolongation of their power, for no one imagined the East India Company an angelic hierarchy, or the Board of Control a community of archangels.—(A laugh.) He would now draw the attention of the House to a remarkable document , which would show that the natives of India were keenly alive as to their grievances. On the 12d; • of February, 1840, an address, signed by no les; than 100,000 of the natives in Madras and its vicinity , was presented to the then Governor of that Presidency , in which they said: " We are the people of this country's inheriting this land for thousands of generations; fronr, our industry its wealth is supplied; by our arms it is defended from foreign foes; by our loyal obedience tot the established Government its peace arid its safety are' maintained." Now, he would ask the House if it was just to ignore the existence of such a people? Not only did the grievances complained of in 1833 still exist, but the people were in a worse condition than they were at that time. He would not trouble the House with any 01 the evidence adduced before the Select Committee to in' quire into the growth of cotton in India, but would eon' fine himself to the language of the report, which bore on the face of it every mark of compromise. That reports which was unanimously adopted by the Committee, of which the Honourable Member for Honit on (Si r J. W. Hogg) was a member, thus describes the condition of the natives of India now under British rule:—" The veil low and abject condition of the cultivators of the soils the absence of capital, and the extent of the Government demand for rent or revenue, circumstances which were brought prominently under our notice, rendered it nee cessary for your Committee to enter at considerable length into an inquiry into the system of land assess' went, and to take the evidence of several officers of the Indian Government on the subject. It appears from the testimony of almost every witness that the condi' Lion of the cultivating population o f India is one of ex' treme poverty; and this is stated to be the case in every part of the country to which the evidence with regard to cotton cultivation specially refers." This was the con dition of the people who had enjoyed the blessings Of • British rule, under guarantees imposed by the British Parliament in 1833, for a period of seventeen years. The Committee spoke of the extent of the Government demand for revenue. Now how was the revenue of India made up? Of direct taxes, indirect taxes, monopolieSt and wholesale confiscations. The servants of the come pany went to India under the pretence of delivering the , people from the tyranny of their Mahommedan and Mob" ratta conquerors e but according to the unanimous testimony of all the witnesses examined, and the documents produced before every Committee, the company in every case had improved even upon the maximum exaction; that existed under either the Mahommedan or Mahratto rule, for they never claimed the direct sovereignty of the soil of India. Mr. Came Brown being asked to define his notion of a native cultivator of land in India, said, " to me he has always appeared to be a person whose whole province has been to raise revenue fur the East India Company." To raise this one article of revenue—the rent laid upon the land occupied by the ' natives—nine• tenths of them were sold up every year. unless it should please the collectors to show a little mercy. These parties had the power to imprison person; in default; but Mr. Williamson, who was for a long, time connected with the presiden c y o f B ombay, sa i d " the power of imprisonment has, in most cases, fallen into disuetude, because if the insolvent is in prison be must be fed." The company must feed him, but the company did not choose to undergo that expense. It ' appeared from the report of the Committee of 1813 that the power of constraint and sale was a much more vex' atious and oppressive power, and much more unpopular, than the power to imprison. Notwithstanding these enormous exactions, the net revenue never amounted t° • 20,000,0004, although, under th e comparat i vely mild and. equal system which existed in the worst time of their former conquerors, 13,000,0004 were easily annual)/ raised. The revenue derived from land was in no case lea; than 45 per cent. on the return. The assessment on which this exaction was made, was a one-sided assessment; founded, perhaps, on some data in the archives of the cons' pany, which existed long before the idea of low prices; and on this data they had proceeded to calculate the value of the land without consulting the natives. I° districts where the assessment was permanent, the per. sons who are subject to It never get it altered or reduced; and on the other hand, in districts where the assessment is annual, the most exorbitant levies were raised, and the services of the collector were valued in proportion to the • sums which he succeeded in extorting from the inbabie tents. In estimating the amount of the collection the value of the crops for the year was always taken into consideration, and the smallest possible pittance upon which life could be supported was left to the wretched population. But these were not the only grievances 0 ; which the native of India had to complain. He also putt' a house-tax and a trade-tax; and as an instance of the manner in which the latter tax operated, it might be • stated that a carpenter paid twice the value of the tool; which he used for licence to carry on his trade. There ' was also all through India a tax upon water drawn *cn wells, an article especially needed in the warm climate of India, where it was used by the husbandmen in the cultivation of their land. And in addition to all these taxes and confiscations, and indirect taxes levied on lir ports, and, until a recent period, upon exports' also, the natives had further to endure monopolies of some of the great necessaries of life, which the East India Compaq retained in their own hands, and which, by a just retri' bution of Providence, were gradually, but surely, reduce ing the revenue which those monopolies .were original, intended to enhance, besides contr ib ut i ng more an d more every day to the misery of the people. These • monopolies were those of salt, opium tobacco, beeswaXe tumeric, and other articles. With regard to the mono' poly of salt, he need not remind the House that salt was an article of prime necessity to a rice-consuming pope' lation like that of India. Now, it could be demonstrates that the price of salt imported into India could not pos' sibly exceed one shilling a bushel on the quays of Madre; or Bombay. But, by the internal laws of the country , salt was made a contraband article, and the natives were forbidden to import it, or to make it for themselves either on the coast or in the interior. This prohibition was enforced by tremendous penalties, in regard to which it would be sufficient to mention one provision re' cognised by the courts of law. By this regulation, an/ native bringing salt water from the sea, and subjecting 16 to evaporation for the purpose of extracting the salt, was guilty of a violation of the monopoly with respect to salt, and he might be conveyed before a collector, who was also a magistrate, and, upon conviction, might be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a term or two months, besides being obliged to pay a fine of some hundreds of rupees if he was considered ab'e to dis" charge it., Now, what compensation did the Co'; pony make in return for this monopoly? They lulu certain manufactories of salt, one in particular in the Sunderbund, a district which, under European rule, had become a : waste of sand and jungle, flooded by.the water; , of the Ganges in the wet season, and at all times infested by tigers. In this spot was the principal manufactory of salt, where the company compelled a certain troop of natives, who were bound by tenure to this service, to work in the manufactory. These natives, living in a climate too pestilential to admit of a European residing in it, were catried off in hundreds by disease, that were continually swept away by the winter floods, and it was calculated that from forty to fifty of them were annually carried off by the tigers which infested the spot. Now the salt which might be purchased on the quays of Bombay at Is. a bushel could not be bought in the Sunderbund under Is. 6d. a bushel. After it was made it was carried to the depiits,of the East India Coln - ,f pany, where the monopoly price was fixed; and it was 0 fact that, whatever the prime cost might be, it was always enhanced 280 per cent. at the depots of the company. The salt wee then sent off to other depots in the interior, the price being further enhanced by the way, so that by the time it reached the hands of the consumer, the price often rose to 10 or 12 rupees, or from 20e. to 245. a bushel. An Hon. Gentleman behind him reminded him that 0 0 alteration had taken place with respect to the salt monopoly. True ; but what was th e nature of t hat alteration? From the evidence of the collectors, give; before the Committee on Cotton, in 1848, it appeared that when, with the view of conciliating s o me s h a re 0, the public approbation, it was a gree d t h at the tax shah; ' be taken off exports, the East India Company demanded s ome e quivalent for this co ncess i on, and they accordieg il raised the price of salt, which was now 25 per can; ' higher than it was in the year 1833. It was a remark able circumstance that the appearance in India of the mysterious and formidable disease known by the name of cholera, was simultaneous with the creation of the salt monopoly. They both came into that country at the same time with the East India Company, and the/ have never since disappeared from the soil; and it wag - stated by the scientific witnesses before the Committe e already referred to, that the use of vegetables by Or natives without salt, together with the wretched sane' tary condition to which the country was reduced, forme°, • together the direct causes o f cholera.—(Hear, bear .) He would now pass from the salt monopoly to that in opium —a monopoly which, be need hardly remind the House, was the cause of a bloody and disgraceful Re ar with the Empire o f Chi na some years ago. Now, t . found that the East India Company was directly IT solely responsible for the monopoly a opium. T he -~_, bative s , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1851.