The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS ED1TIOlY• SUN OFFICE, EIGHT O'CLOCK. FRANCE. The Presse advocates in the following remarks the advantage which would accrue alike to the Bank of France and to trade from an increased circulation of ita small notes : "It will be doubtless remembered that the coun cil of the Bank made a desperate opposition to the system of the issue of small notes, so loudly called for by the necessities of commerce. The creation of these notes had been insisted on more than ten years ago, when the Chamber of Deputies decided in April, 1847, on authorising the issue of notes of 200 f., but that law was not sanctioned until the 10th of June following. The Bank at that period underwent a severe crisis; the necessity of procuring a supply of corn from abroad, drew from France a great part of her specie, and the amount in the coffers of the Bank was at one moment as low as 57 millions, and it would have been reduced 'conch lower if the Bank had not found means to borrow 25 millions of silver bullion, and had not sold to the Emperor of Russia two millions of its rente for a capital i of 50 millions. By means of these 50 millions, t was able to pay the foreign corn merchants N% ithout being obliged to export any more of cur coin. This sale of ,- retes, and the loan trom the English capitalists, might have been avoided if a large emission of small notes had been made at that period. This was assuredly the object of the Chamber when they authorised the issue of bank notes of 200 f. to the amount of 25 millions. The Bank, however, dreaded the effect of this issue of small notes, and continued to act with out availing itself of that resource. The no t es o f 2001. were of such limited circulation, as to give but little assistance to business. At the end of January, 1848, only 8,600,00 0 f. worth had been printed, and of these only 6 millions were in circulation. M. Odier, in his annual report to the shareholders, stated that after the whole of these had been exhausted, the bank would take into consideration what further sum it would be prudent to print. A few days before the re volution of February, the amount in the coffers of the bank had increased to 200 millions, and this improve ment had been caused solely by the general movement of trade with foreign countries. The issue of notes of 200 f. had remained . tionary at about 6 mil lions. Every one will remember the panic caused in the public mind by the revolution, and the necessity in which the bank was placed to have a forced issue given to its notes at the same time that it demanded authorisation to issue small ones. It was only then that the necessity for notes of 100 f. was admitted in order to give a powerful assistance to com- ' mercial transactions. We will remark, that the law which united the departmental banks to the Paris Bank dated from May, 1848. The junction of the other branch banks added one hundred millions to the circulation, and taking this difference into account, the circulation on the 2d April, 1848, would have been 395 millions. It is at the present time about 509 millions, which makes an increase of 114 millions for all France, the greater part of these 114 millions being in notes of 100 f. and 200 f. This in crease of 114 millions of notes would be a real addition to the riches of France if .the cash which they repre sent did not accumulate at the same time in an enormous proportion. In fact the amount in the coffers of the Bank, which, at the beginning of April, 1848, was 96,830,000 F. exclu.ive of the old departmental banks for a circulation of 295 millions, now amounts to 5091 millions, and completely equals the amount of notes. It is only from the day when the bank will give to commerce all the facilities which it has hitherto refused it, that its affairs will resume a great development. Then the creation of notes of 200 f. and 100 g. will be not only a gr-at convenience in exchanges, but will become a great saving. of cash for the whole of France, whose capital would be augmented by the sum which will form the difference between the amount in the bank and the circulation. It cannot for the moment be said that there is in re Ality an increase of capital since all the notes in circulaion are exactly represented by the cor responding SUM in cash lying in the cellars of the Bank of France." GERMAN Y. The Borsenhalle contains a letter from Kiel of the 28th ult., mentioning a rumour, which was gaining ground, that the Cabinet of Vienna intended to pre pare, with a view to the future, a line of halting places for her troops to the Duchies.—A letter from Berlin, March 3, in the same journal, announces that the Austrian army in I:lol,tein is to be at once di minished by a brigade of 3,000 men. The Spener Gazette gives a letter from Berlin of the Ist, which says—" I learn from a source worthy of credit, that Prussia was not one of the states which at Dresden protested vgainst the College of Nine. The first protest emanated from the Grand Duchy of Baden, as has been already stated, but Prussia never gave her adheslor, to that step. As Austria has adopted as the starting-point of the affairs of Germany the principle of liberty, she cannot overlook such protests, and it is pretty certain that the smaller states will not withdraw those which they have made. That being the case, the return to the ancient diet appears to be the best mode of getting out of the pre sent elifficulie,." A letter from Vienna, of the 28th ult., states that it has been decided that Baron de Prokesch is to be sent as Arahwisador to Constantiniple, Count de Reckberg to Berlin, and Count Thuz to London. The Austrian Government lowered the postage of lett4rs on the Ist of June, 1850, and from that period up to the 31st of October following, 1,054,680 letters more than in the corresponding period of 1849 were forwarded. The postage received was also more by 291,304 florins (upwards of 800,000 f.) ITALY. The Roman Observer of the 211th ult. contains the following : On the Bth of March, 1850, the Pope, whilst at Portici, had consented to the institutio❑ of the Bank of the Roman States, with a capital of 1,000,000 scudi, formed of 5,000 shares of 200 scudi each. Notwith standing the exertions of the representatives of the Roman Bank, they were unable, owing to the difficulties of the times, to raise that sum. They then applied to his Holiness to reduce the number of shares to 3,000 and the capital to 600,000 scudi, to commence opera tions, which request was acceded to. Since the 6th February, the Roman Bank informed the Government that it posses!ed a capital of 350,000 scudi, accruing from 1,340 shares, and that they had moreover obtained 273 signatures for 268,000 further scudi, and that they were consequently in possession of the sum of 600,00111 genii required for the definitive constitution of the bank. M. Galli, pro-Minister of Finance, accordingly autho rised the establishment of the Bank (1 the Pontifical States, on the 224 February." M. Charles Francois Baillargeon, coadjutor and future successor of the Archbishop of Quebec, in Canada, had been consecrated Bishop of Hoa, in partibus isfideliurn, in the Church of St. Trinity of Montecitoris, by Cardinal Fran zoni, Prefect of the Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, assisted by Bishops Hughes and Mazenod. THE CAPE or GOOD HOPE.—The 74th (High landers) and a Krong reinforcement of the 91st 4Argyll shire) Regiment are under orders for immediate embarkation or the Cape. It is reported these troops will proceed to heir destination in steamers.—Britiali Arms Dispatell MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, March 7.) SCGAR.—To-day the rates obtained for West India Sugar were in most cases the same as those of Friday last, the supply being yet small, but all parties operated with much caution, and only 136 hhds, &c., were ac tually sold, making the sales for the week 436 hhds, &c. Ra/INED.—To-day Refined goods were operated is with caution far home trade purposes, and fair grocery Lumps were offered at 48s; Crushed is also dull of sale, at former rates. Marrarreus.—This afternoon the public sales of Mauritius Sugar attracted little attention, and prices declined 6d to Is for inferior and mid, and 6d for better sorts ; the chief part of 5,649 bags, however, found buyers, good and fine yellow went at 39s to 40s 6d, low and mid 36s to Hs 6d, grey 36s to 405, and washed 345 6d to 40s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was again a good demand for Bengal, and the public sales of 4,200 bags went generally at former rates, low to fine white Benare3 at 40s to 438 6d, damp and washed 38s to 435, good fine soft yellow 3es 6d to 39s 6d, and grainy 40s to 445. Of Madras 2,400 nags sold at a decline of 6d to Is for soft kinds, but grainy yellow realised full rates, and went at 425 6d to 435, Soft brown low and very ord 26s 6d to 29 5 , yellow 30s to 355 for low to good ditto. FOREIGN'.—To -day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately operations were of little moment with a desire on the part of holders to accept former rates. Of brown Babia 500 caws realised 37s 9d to 38s, and 50 cases white in bond at als; and a parcel of Pa raiba at 34s to 36s 6d for yellow and brown. Monasszs.— West Ind ia cann ot be obtained under previous rates, but the purchases ha ve been up on a small scale in all sorts; prices for l ow to fi ne West India rule at 15s to 17s, Bengal and Mauritius 125 to 14 8 , C u b a and Porto Rico 14s 6d to 163 per cwt; t he st oc k i s 700 tons more than at this time last year . Honey is yet in good request; Jamaica realised from 35s to 60s per cwt, and there is no increase in the supply. Cocos.—To-day there is more doing in West India Molasses, but at lower rates. The sales for the week are 500 puns nearly all at 148 for low West India of old import. Covezet..—To-day there was no public sale of Coffee; and privately operations were trilling in all sorts, but holders are generally firm; and Native Ceylon is not offered under 45s per cwt. TEA —Comroen Congou has been much in demand, and :be price is firm at is per lb. for sound quality, with only a limited supply. A good business has been done in blackish leaf rather stron g and strong at la fd to is 2d and other sorts are purchased more freely at is 3d to is 91. In Canton Gun Powder, Imperial and Hyson ditto many purchases have been made at full former rites. The market is firm for better sorts of Green, and large orders are looked for shortly. In Scented and Pekoe Teas there is !eviler more doing. Of 5 , 000 pkgs of Tea offered at auction, chiefly Congou, 1,000 pkgs found buyers. The market for Tea has an improving ap pearance. RlCE.—This afternoon rates were supported with dif ficulty at the public sales ef 1,595 bags of Madras, but the chief part sold at 7s 6d to 8s for low and mid pinky, and et 6s to 7s 6d for damaged. Sricies.—Pimento is not cheaper, but there has been Pi THE SU N, less business doir g privately, and at auction 150 bags were only in part disposed of sfd to sicl for low mid and mid. Full terms are required for Cloves, but there are few buyers, and 137 bags Bourbon at auction were only in part disposed of at 6id per lb. The value of Penang is 9d to is 4d. Mace is wanted, first sort realized 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and other sorts realised 2s 2d to 2s sd. Nutmegs are yet in small supply, and prices have an upward ten dency, there being several buyers. The value of good and fine brown is from 3s 2d to 4s, other sorts 2s 6d to 3s, and good limed 2s 8d to 2s 10d. Holders of Peppe r continue firm and none has again been ofered at auction; privately, however, operations have been to a fair extent, and prices remain at 34d to 3id for Malabar, and Summatra 311 to 3d. In white several sales have been made at from 6d to Bd, but African Pod is offered at from 35s to 45s per cwt, and with few buyers. Ginger continues in small supply, but purchasers are few, and rates re main at 21 10s to 91 for low to fine Jamaica, and at 34s to 37s for African. At auction 195 pockets Bengal were disposed of at 17s 6d for export sorts. For small parcels of Cassia Liguea 92s to 102 s per owt have been ob tained. At auction 37 boxes Cassia Vera were sold at 35s to 375, and one lot at 40s. The value of Cassia Buds is 1088 to 1105. Cinnamon of common quality is wanted, but there are few buyers of the best kinds, low as prices are. The value of first sort is from is 9d to 3s 6d, second ditto Is 5d to 2s 7d, third and fourth is to 2s 3d per lb. To•day at public sale 119 boas et Pimento sold at rather lower rates: mid went at sed, ord and low 4id to -lid per lb. SPIRITI.—There is much dulness in the market fur Jamaica Rum with sellers of low and mid sorts at rather lower rates, but better kinds sustain the previous value. The rates taken for common and mid are 2s 8d to 3s for 30 to 34 per cent over proof, and 3s 2d to 4s 6d for good mid and good 34 to 38 over. Of Leeward Island only small parcels have been sold at Is 8d to is 80 proof, but supply is yet Beauty. East India has been dealt in with caution at is 6d to is 6id proof. In De merara sales have been small and more desire is evinced to sell at from 2s 5d to 2s 9d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. The sales in Brandy continue upon the same small scale, as for some time past, with free sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 7d to 4* 9d, 1848 ditto 4s 9d to 4s I Id, low and inferior sorts 3s to 4s 3d. British made Spirit are still quoted at 9s 8d to 9s 9d. Gin 8s 3d for 22 under proof. Geneva is 7d to is 8d for ord and fine at is 9d to 2s ptr gallon. INDIGO.—This aft. moon, at public sale, 30 Serons Guatemala Indigo sold at rather lower rates, and went at from 2s 10d to 4s 2d, and one lot low 2s 4d per lb. The market for all sorts of Indigo has a dull aspect. SALTPETRE.—To-day prices were supported at the public sales of 1,266 bags Calcutta refraction 6 to 5 per cent, selling at 28s 6d to 295, 7 ditto 27s 6d to 28s, da maged 23s to 27s per cwt, TALLow.—To-day at public sale 630 casks Sydney Tallow mostly sold; Sheep at 36s to 36a 9d; Ox 35s to 36s 6d; 1,000 pkgs South American 34s to 372 9d; 23 cks of North American 36s 3d to 37s 9d; 10 cks Belgian 36s 3d to 36s 9d. Ou.s.—To-day at public sale 30 tuns Southern Oil sold at 30110 s to 31/103; 500 ditto E. I. Rape Seed Oil mostly taken in at 31s 6d to 32s 9d; 70 pkgs Teel Seed Oil at 335; 104 Ground Nut Oil at 34s per cwt. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) [The following is substituted for an article which ap peared in last Tuesday's Gazette.] WHITEHALL, FEB. 22, 1651. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Arthur Baron de Frey ne, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten by the name, style, and title of Baron de Freyne, or Coolavin, in the comity of Sligo, with remainders, in default of such heirs male, to his brothers, John French, Clerk, Charles French, Esq., and Fiizstephen Fench, Esq., severally and successively, and to the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten. FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 6. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Longlands Cowell as Consul at Gibraltar fur his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. N. Christian Mathiasen as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. William Henry Tilstone as COll6lll in Canada for her Majesty the Queen of Portugal and the Algarves. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Joseph Jesse as Consul at Montreal fur his Majesty the King of the Belgians. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 7. XEXIER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Harwich-Henry Thoby Prinsep, of Little Holland House, Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Sir John Cain Hobhouse, Baronet, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, MARCIt 7. 2d Dragoon Gaards-Lieutenant David Henry Howell, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Hibbert, appointed to the lit Foot, March 7. 15th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant Henry Howard Barber, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Howell, appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards, March 7. lst (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards-Lieu tenant and Captain the Hon. 11. Hugh Manvers Percy, to be Captain and Lieutenare• Colonel, by purchase, vice John Dixon, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant James Evelyn, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Percy, March 7. Ist Foot-Lieutenant Leycester Hibbert, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Barber, ap pointed to the 15th Light Dragoons, March 7. sth Foot-Captain William Robert Lyon Bennett, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Felix Asbpitel, who exchanges; Lieutenant Ferdinand ‘V a hem L'Estrange, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ben nett, who retires, Mareh 7. 7th Foot-Lieutenant the Hon. William Monck, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires, March 7; Ensign Richard Williams Thomas, from the St. Helena Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Monck; Lieutenant Thomas Beckwith Speedy to be Adjutant, vice Monck, promoted, March 7. 18th Foot-Ensign George Augustus Elliot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ferrer, who retires, March 7. 34th Foot-Lieutenant Mawdistly Gaussen Best to be Captain by purchase, vice Sir George Douglas, Bart., retire; Ensign Arthur Trevor Leaks Chapman to be Lieutenant and Adjutant, by purchase, vice Best, pro moted, March 7. 48th Foot-Lieutenant Samuel John Maclurcan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Adam who retires; Ensign Frederick John Castle to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Maclurcan, March 7. 57th Foot-Lieutenant Robert Abraham Logan to be Captain, by purchase. vice Ashton, who retires; Ensign Gerrard John Forsyth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Logan, March 7. 74th Foot-Lieutenant John Jago to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Cunningham° Bruce, who retires; Ensign Philip Philpot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jago, March 7. 81st Foot-Major Henry Farrant to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires; Captain the Hon. Robert Alexander George Dallied to be Major, by purchase, vice Farrant; Lieutenant Francis Lepper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dallied; Ensign William Egerton Todd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lepper, March 7. 91st Foot-Lieutenant William Richard Annesley, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cole, promoted to an Unattached Company, March 7. Ist West India Regiment-Lieutenant Edmund Bage nall, from half-pay of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant. vice Ross, promoted to an Unattached Com pany, March 7. Cape Mounted Riflemen-Ensign George Lloyd Stud dert to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Lavers, who retires, March 7. UNATTACHED.-Lieutenant the Hon. Edward Sydney Plunkett, from the 95th Foot, to be Captain without purchase; Lieutenant Archibald Rutherford, from the 76th Foot, to be Captain without purchase, March 7. BREVET.-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Abbott, C.B. late of Bengal Engineers (Lieutenant-Governor of the East-India Company's Military Seminary at Addis combe), to have the local and temporapy rank of Lieut.- Colonel in the Army while so employed, March 7. MEXORANDLTX.-The Commission of Lieutenant William West Turner, as Adjutant of the lath Foot, has been ante-dated to the 26th August, 1850. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAWR 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery-Second Captain John Furnaby Cater to be Captain, vice Low, retired on full pay; First Lieutenant John Fraser Lodington Bad deley to be Second Captain, vice Cater; Second Lieu tenant Herbert Mark Garrett Purvis, to be First Lieu , teaant, vice Baddeley, Feb. 22. ADMIRALTY, MARCIE 4. Corps of Royal Marines-Gentleman Cadet J o h n Blackwood Colwell to be Second Lieut enan t. ERRATA.-The Commissions of Captain R. S. Searle and First Lieutenant E. D. Thelwall are dated 28th Feb., instead of 3d March. WHITEHALL, FEs. 28. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Ling, of the city of Norwich, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Picket Hennings, dealer in wine, Wyndham road, Camberwell. Joseph Harper, coal merchent, Ponsonbyeplace, Vaux hall-bridge-road. Cli Tetlow, innkeeperjeeeds• Margaret Wood, widow, Grinshill, Salop. BANKRUPTS. William n S gs to to r n. ro u r, p u o p n.. b H ol u st l e i rer, Southampton. chaAurnta,old Francis Wide aad George Henry Wilson, mer- William Walker, manufacturer, Howden, Torkshire William Couch, pianoforte maker, John-street, Fitir roclomuaarse.Birch, eoa l master, Broseley, Shropshire. y i John Horroeka, co a l merchant Liverpool. Hugh Buchanan MacMillan an d R o b ert S erv i ce Wil son , drapers, Preston. made PRICE OF SUGAR . Th o t r he M w u e s e c iL ov e a u d d o in S a ug A a i r a , r c e o h m 4 e , utd average price or re ll of Brown n ad 1850, exclusive of C us toms Duties paid - peae payable thereon on the importation thereot into Great Britain:- From the British possessions in America 303 • ltd. per cwt From the Mat-itius 29e. 2d. From the East Indies ... 0 3_3. Ilia. " Average price of the two • foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 295. 100. ~ By authority C. Pariament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, March 7. LONDON. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. DESIGNS ACTS EXTENSION BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. PETITIONS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the Tithe Commissioners' Report tor 1850. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Law Society against the second clause of the Law of Evidence Bill which authorised the examination of parties to the suit and their wives; be personally did not agree with the prayer of the petition, because such evidence would always be taken for what it was worth, and the e►i dence of the parties might lead to the discovery of fur ther evidence; but still the opinions of the petitioners were entitled to attention, and he hoped the Bill would be referred to a Select Committee. Lord BROUGHAM bore evidence to the high re spectability of the petitioners; but forty-nine out of fifty of the county court judges had reported in favour of the pion. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from Galway praying for the establishment of a packet station on the west coast of Ireland. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM rose to move the second reading of the County Courts Extension Bill. So long ago as the year 1825 Lord Althorp brought in s Bill for the better recovery of small debts. That Bill went but a little way; it merely proposed to give jurisdiction to small debt courts in eases in which the amount in dispute did not exceed 10/. Lord Althorp handed over the Ball to the late Sir R. Peel, who was always anxious to pronsote any measure of law reform, and Sir R. Peel cheerfully uedartook the task of reform. Two Commissions of Inquiry into tae common law, and another for inquiring into the Jaw of real property, were issued by 6zr R. Peel and the reports of those Commissioners were moat valuable, and many impor tant changes had been introduced, grounded upon the reports of those learned commissioners; and so im perfect had these changes been, that it some of the emi nent lawyers who had died within the last quarter of a century were to revisit Westminster Hall they wou'd scam ly believe that they were in the same country in which they had parsed their lives. He had himselr, in 1840, introduced a Bill for establishing courts of local ju risdiction. In that bill he bad originally given jurisdiction to Local Courts, in cases of debt to 1001, but on the re presentation of the Commissioners he had reduced it to 201. That Bill was rejected by a small majority com posed of proxies. In 1842, Lord Lyndhurst had intro duced a Bill which was its all essentials identical with the Bill, which afterwards became law, and he regretted that more had not been done. Last year a measure was proposed, extending the jurisdiction of these courts to 501. in cases of debt. There was no man who could deny that these County Courts had worked admirably In every man's neighbourhood a tribunal existed where a man's dispute with his neighbours could be speedily and cheaply settled. In two years and nine months 1,200,000 causes had been disposed of in these County Courts, being at the rate of 420,000 causes alear, and the amount of property adjudicated on must have been about 2,000,0001. a-year. The last year's Act gave an appeal upon points of law upon sums above 201, In five months 4,000 of these causes had been disposed of, and there had not been more than four appeals. Now, so far as regarded contentious jurisdiction, so far as regarded the ousting of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Courts, he did not propose to extend the jurisdiction of these courts. The four classes which were included in the Bill of 1830, but which were now excluded by the County Court jurisdiction were bankrupts, equitable jurisdiction arbitration and courts of reconcilement. He proposed to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts to cases of bankruptcy, gradually to absorb the bankruptcy juris diction in that of the county courts. He also proposed that all matters upon which a Master in Chanctry could decide should be, upon the ord.r of the Court of Chancery, remitted to a county court of decision, so that instead of parties being brought from Cornwall to Chancery lane, they should have equity administered to them in their own district. He also proposed that all parties, whatever might be the cause or the amount in dispute, should be enabled to suomit the matter in dispute to the county court judge as an arbitrator, sub ject only to have points of law, as is the case at present with regard to arbitration, raised in the superior courts on their award. In a great variety of cases at present, more particularly iu cases of disputed amount, when a case became ripe fur trial it was found that it was impossible to try it by a judge and jury, and the judge ordered such a case to be referred, now he proposed to give pasties a power of referring such a case at once to a county-court judge. (Hear, hear.) In ordinary cases of arbitration there was sometimes a tendency to protract proceedings. Now the county-court judge would have no temptation to protract proceedings, because he was not paid by the number of sittings, but was paid a fixed salary. Bat ho set still gaister store by bas proposition to make these county courts couats of reconcilement. It was proposed that any party truing or stied on any matter whatever might cite his adversary to appear before a county court judge in reconcilement and the parties thus uppearing might state, the one his cause of grievance and the other his defence. In every profession, and in the law as well as others, there must be a better and worse class, and as a skilful and honourable solicitor was the greatest blessing a neighbourhood could have, so there could not b. a greater curse than one of the worst class. But a respectable solicitor might be misled as to the merits of his client's case ; he proposed that no counsel no attorney should attend the court of reconcilia tion, but that the parties should go unattended by legal advisers and state their case. The judge would at once see whether or not a party had good grounds for proceed ing, and if he had none, and the judge told bins so, in nine cases out of ten litigation would cease. The courts had been tried on the Continent, and had succeeded In France they were compulsory; but if that were the case here they would gradually assume the character of courts of law rather than of courts of reconcilement, and therefore ho did not propose to make them compulsory. In Switaserland, in some of the cantons it was compulsory, in others it was optional; where it was compulsory it was said to fail, where voluntary it succeeded. Those courts were most suc cessful in Denmark and in Hamburgh, and the number of causes brought before the courts of law had di minished two-thirds since the introdaction of courts of reconcilement. The introduction of these courts would put a stop to the system of attorneys telling clients they were sure to gain, and then asking them for 401. or 501. on account to carry on the cause, because the client would at once go to the county court judge and get his opinionion. This reconcilement process, coupled with the arbitrative power, would at once prevent the occur rence of scenes such as those to which be had alluded. These were the provisions of the Bill which he had introduced to their Lordships' attention. In Scotland they had long possessed the advantage of local courts, and almost all cases were originated in the courts of the sheriffs depute, and out of 22,000 cases brought in these courts in one year, only one flay-third of the number was appealed against. The value adjudicated upon was 300,000/., only 6,000/. bad been appealed against. Nothing could be more unjust than to render a suitor liable to expense for that protection which the country was bound to give him in return for his allegiance. This principle bad been unansweredly demonstrated by the profound and learned Jeremy Ben tham. He did not take say blame to himself for any undue haste in proposing these measures, for he felt that it would have been desirable to have established local courts with these extended jurisdic tions many years ago, and this establishment would tend to increase the respect of the people for the law. Lord LANGDALE was convinced that the adminis trative points of the bankrupt law, and of the Court of Chancery might be well adminis tered by the County Courts. He never could see any reason why parties residing in the coun try should be compelled to come before a Master in Chancery sitting in Chancery-lane. He believed that in matters of arbitration it was of importance to have as an arbitrator a person in authority. They should hear in mind that if they extended the jurisdiction of these courts, they must have judges enough—they must have ample judicial power—it' they , did not they would either have hurried decisions or un due delay. He agreed that it was a great abuse, that a person seeking justice should have to pay for it. Justice was the subject's right, and the country was bound to render it to him, yet at the same time they were bound to allow an adequate remuneration to the agents who were employed, and who devoted their time to acting for the suitors. Lord BEAUMONT thought it would be advisable to get rid altogether of the limitation of the jurisdiction of these courts to 50/. This limitation induced debtors i owing more than 501. to bold out, and thus fierce his creditor to abandon a portion of his claim. He should also wish to see the concurrent jurisdiction of the superior courts in sums above 201. done away with, as many attorneys took causes which might well have tff.beenoerer,redti the ego decidedpsru sake oiyhrat suitors should i weoc ti f uroal oili c tdmt sogu.bbaanjetlet:Hyo paymentsne c , o oa u bn r jd t e s ewt i e n ad t sf o ott the roh jet urhesetf superior oicree, da dangerous. nitg ew propositionr courts oouu olsdf . lcoossi Lord CRANWORTH considered it all right that the losing butpa party compelled to wa was, the h p e a y t ahis uponadve justice. c t objected Now in the Court of Chancery this tax amounted to 150,0001. a year in the shape of fees, which amounted on an average to 10/,per head per suitor. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord BROUGHAM replied, and the Bill was read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPFIKS'R took thstehair a few minutes to Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. PRINBEr, the now Member for Harwich, took the oaths and his sea►. The Hon. Gentleman was in troduced by Mr. Herries and Mr. F. Mackenzie. ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LORD•LIEU TENANT OF IRELAND. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, accompanied by several Aldermen, appeared at the bar, and presented a petition from the corporation of that city, against the abolition of the office of Lord• Lieutenant. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and or dered to be c , immitted :— Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Fifth Shares). Metz opoli.an Cattle Market. COPPER MINER'S IN ENGLAND. On the motion that the Copper Miners in England Bill be read a second time, FRIDAY EVENING, Mr. SPOONER objected to the Bill on the ground that the principle of it was to set aside the claims of all the creditors of tho company unless they became partners in the undertaking, which had for many years been in a bankrupt state. A gr.-at number of debentures had been issued by the company, and the effect of this Bill would be to render them entirely va lueless, except where the hulders of them chose to become proprietors. Ile, therefore, hoped the House would not give its assent to Po unjust and monstrous a proposition. The Honourable Member moved that it bio read a second time this day six months. Sir DE LACY EVANS supported the second read ing of the Bill. Mr. MUNTZ would be exceedingly sorry if this Bill were passed, and be thought that everybody be longing to the concern would be sorry too that they had ever got it. Mr. BOOKER protested against the principle of this Bill being entertained by the House. Mr. MACGREGOR supported the second, reading of the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON thought that the Bill ought to go into Committee, in order to give opportunities for investigation. Mr. G. C. LEGII opposed the Bill. The I - louse then divided, when them appeart - d For the second reading Against it Majority —s7 The Bill was then read a second time. PETITIONS. Mr. TANCRED presented a petition from the Catho lics of Banhur) against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. L. HODGES presented a petition against the re moval of Smithfield C' the Market. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from Wu stminstcr praying for the repeal of the window-tax. Mr. S. ADAIR, presented a petition praying for a re peal of the taxes on knowledge. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition against the Papal aggression. and praying for the auppretsion of Jesuit a%tablishraents. Sir GEORGE STRICKLANI) presented two p ti• tions from Preston against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented four petitions against the Government measure for the removal of Smithfield, and a petition trom the butchers of Enfield praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill, BOARD OF CUSTOMS. Mr. MITCHELL gave notice that on an early day he should move for the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the management of the Board of Customs, with a view to its improvement—(Bear, hear) —and saving expense to the country. Mr. MACGREGOR and several other Hon. Members presented petitions to the House, and postponed motions of which they had given notice. CHANCERY REFORM. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that it was his intention to bring in a Bill on an early day for a reform in the practice of the Court cf Chancery. THE KAFIR WAR. Sir DE LACY NVANS begged to adi the Noble Lord at the head of the Government a question respecting the intentions of the Ministry in providing for the expenses of the contest. He put this question in the hope that :the colonists would have to bear the weight of their owncon flicts. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that all he could say at present was, that his Noble Friend at the head:of the Colonial Department had written to the Governor of the colony, enjoining him in the strongest manner to take care that no expenditure should be incurred in the event of a Kafir war which would fall on the Government of this country. The co lony must, therefore, be expected to bear its own ex penses. At the present time it was impossible to say more thin this—that with the exception of sending out a necessary reinforcement, no expense would be incurred in respect of the war without the sanction of the House. Sir W. MOLES WORTH wished to know whether the Under-Secretary for the Colonies had any official information with regard to the commencement of the war Mr. HAWES said, as soon as any dispatches were received they would be laid on the table of the House; but he might observe that be believed too much importance had been attached to the information which had been circulated among the public. No diepatch had yet been received from the Governor, and the only dispatch which the Government were in possession of was that of tb Colonial Secretary, which communicated fba natur e o r the events in the colony up to the 4th of January last. The reason why no dispatch was received from the Governor was that at that time he was surrounded by a large body of Kafirs.—(Loul laughter.) Since that date Sir H. Smith, with that eha racteristie gallantry, skill, and courage which belonged to him, had emancipated himself frrn all his difficulties, and gallantly cut his way through hordes of b:rbarilns. —(Cheers.) A steamer was expected every hour with fresh advices, bringing accounts up to a period three weeks later than those last received. EXCISE. Colonel SIBTHOBP wished to know whether it was true that the chairman of the Excise, Sir John Wood, had received an increase of 5001. a year, in addition to his salary of 2,0001.? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if the Gallant Member would move for the necessary mi nute on the subject, he would be glad to state the rea sons why that increase ha , ' be, n made. In reply tr; Mr. BAILLIE, CEYLON, Mr. HAWES said he would lay the report of the Royal Cenunimsion on Ceylon nn the Wale of the House to-night, and it would probably be placed in the hands of Mt.nab.-rs to-morrow. EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE TO COUNTIES. M. LOCKE KING brought up his Bill fur the exten sion of the county franchise to 10/. householders. The Hon. Member, on appearing at the bar with the Bill, was received with cheers. The Bill was ordered to be read a second time on tho 2cl of April.—(This announcement was received with laughter.) MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. On the motion that the House on its rising adjourn till Monday m xt, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said,— Sir, in rising to move that the House at its rising adjourn till Monday next, I will make the statement which I promised on Monday last. My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department will, on the reading of the order of the day for the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, state the altera tions and modifications which we propose to make in that Bill, and, as they are extensive, I propose after that statement has been made to postpone the second reading of the Bill until Friday next.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the general business of the session, I should state that a considerable interval having taken place, in which no public business has been transacted, it is most desirable that we should proceed with as little delay as possiele, and, therefore, on Monday next I propose that the House shall go into Com mittee on the Navy Estimates. As I have proposed a postponement of the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill until Friday, I trust that there will be no opposition on the part ot Hon. Members who are opposed to the Bill, to go into Committee on an early day after reading the Bill a second time, supposing that the House should pass the second reading. It will be necessary to take some votes with regard to the army and ordnance estimates, and espe cially to take a vote for the number of men required in the army, as the House is aware that the Mutiny Bill expires on the 25th of March, and the Easter vacation intervenes before that day. Ido not pro pose to take any vote on account of the Income-tax until Monday, the 24th, and on the Friday preceding, that is on the 21st, my Right Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will state any alterations which he has to propose with regard to the financial measures of the session. The motion for the adjournment was then carried. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill, Mr. STUART presented a petition in favour of the Bill from the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Church of Scotland, which he moved should be read by the Clerk at the table. The petition was th en rea d a t l e ngth by the Clerk at the table. Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY presented a petition against the Bill from the Roman Catholics of Wales. Dr. POWER presented a similar petition from Cork. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a Peati'n to the same effect signed by 6,000 of the Roman Catholic inhabit ants of St. Mary's, St. Th omas , and St. Georges, Dub lin. On the motion of the Hon. Gentleman the petition was read by the clerk at the table. Sir WILLIAM CLAY presented a petition against the Bill from the Roman Catholics of the Tower Ham lets. Mr. COBDEN presented a similar petition from the Roman Catholics of Yorkshire. Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented ten similar petitions from places in Ireland, and praying that the revenues of the Protestant Church might in future be appropriated to the relief of the poor. Mr. A. GORE presented a petition to the same effect from Sligo. Mr. CAYLEY presented two similar petitions from places in the West Riding. Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition to the the same effect from the Roman Catholics of Colchester. Petitions were then presented by Mr. Cardwell, from Liverpool; by Mr. Clement, Mr. Leonard, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Roche, from the county ot Cork; by other members from the county of Downe, by Mr. Philip Howard, from Exeter, signed by upwards of 3,000 of the artisans, labourers, and other members of the community of Exeter. (Some amusement was occasioned in the House, and not a little laughter, by the Hon. Member going to the wrong side of the table to give his petition to the Clerk of the House). —The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. GRATTAN presented a petition from several thousand people in Ireland to the same effect. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from 616 per sons of conditi , n and character who desired to re sist the Papal aggression. They expressed a strong hope that the officers of Government would resist this aggression; yet, while expressing this hope, they at the same time said that the last thought in their minds was to oppose anything like a barrier to the progres.3 o: eivui and religi , us liberty. Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL presented pe• titions against the Bill from the Roman Catholics of Listowell and several other places in Ireland. MARCH 7, 1851. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from 13,000 inhabittylts of Manchester against the Bill. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Sir GEORGE GREY then rose, and silence having been obtained, proceeded to say that before he went on to make any observations respecting the Government, he wished to make a few remarks regarding the position in which the Gov ern went was placed. He desired to make a few explana tions. The Honourable Member for Manchester (Mr. Milner Gibson) had placed the Government in a singular position. It might seem from that Hon. Gentleman's impressions (derived from the speech of Lord Stanley in another place) that it was the intention of the Go vernment to throw of this question altogether.—(Hear ) But the Right Hon. Member for Manchester, and those who thought with him, had not rightly comprehended the suggestions which fell from Lord Stanley. They seemed to assume that his Lordship suggested that a Committee of both Houses of Parliament should be appointed, to whom should be re ferred a variety of subjects connected with the relations of Roman embolic subjects in England, wish the Crown on the one hand, and with their own church on the other, and that a proposition of that kind might be adopted without debate and discussion, and the further consideratien of any Bill on the subject inde finitely postponed—(Hear, hear)—and both Houses be enabled to proceed to the consideration of other matters of greater public importance. But they seemed to over look that it was a part of his Lordship's proposition that resolutions should be simultaneously proposed in both Houses declaring their opinion that the encroachments of the Pope were offensive to the country, derogatory to the dignity of the Crown, arm trenching upon tee independence of Parliament. Now, the Government did not consider such a course consisteot with the duty they owed to the country. It resolutions of that kind were proposed, they would involve long and discursive debates and would probably occupy the House a much longer period than the present Bill.---(Hear.) Besides, such resolutions would have no legal effect, and would be totallS disregarded by Roman Catholics in this coun try, and not prevent the assumption of any of tho titles with which the Bill of the Government attempted to deal. Then if Committees were appointed to consider the subject it should not be forgotten that they would have to receive all kinds of statements and repre sentations, impeaching the Roman Catholics on the one hand, and counter statements on the other ; and a kind of indefinite expectation would be held out to the public that a system of comprehensive legislation would be adopted which would satisfy the Protestant feeling of the country, and at the same time keep invio late those principles of civil and religious liberty which were held sacred by the community.—(Hear, hear.) The next suggestion made was that the opera tion of the Bill should not be extended to Ireland. That subject was fully considered by the Government. Now, if a Bill was necessary—if this aggression of a foreign power upon the authority of the Queen was to be repelled by an Act of the Legislathre, and the Government had proposed to limit the Bill to one part of the United Kingdom, they would have been charged with tacitly admitting that the authority of the Queen was less paramount in one portion of her domi piens than another. But at the same time he was willing to admit that there was a wide difference in the circumstances of Ireland and those of England and Scotland. It was impossible to overlook the fact that there existed a Roman Catholic population in Ireland, and a Roman Catholic Church which had existed side by side with the Established Church since the time of the Reformation, at one time prohibited, at another tole rated, and at another protected. That was,in fact,the great difficulty which stood in the way of legislating for this case. Certainly in this country Roman Catholic Bishops bad existed, but it was under entirely different circumstances tram those under which they had existed in Ireland. He _ was not, however, prepared to admit that the objection which had been urged against the Bill, and particularly against the second and third clauses. It could not pos• sibly interfere with the spiritual acts of a bishop; neir titer did be think a clause like the third would at all defeat the object of the Bequests Act, since by that Act only those bequests were void which were left to ecclesiastics who assumed titles contrary to the provisions of the Emancipation Act. NOw it was said that a portion of this clause as it now stood might prejudice some of the rights of the Roman Catholics in Ireland. It was alleged that it would interfere with practices which had been sanctioned by time as well as the courts of law and equity, such as the ordination or collation of a priest'. Directly it would not, but in directly it might; because it was sometimes necessary to give in evidence the fact of the ordination and the practice was to produce the certificate of collection for that purpose. Now, in these certificates the dig nitary granting the ordination was described in Latin. as the bishop or archbishop of the see which he held, and though hitherto the courts of law and equity had admitted those certificates in evidence, it yet was extremely doubtful it thee practice could be continued if this Bill passed —(Cries of " Hear.") For instance, if a bequest were made to a Catholic priest fur the benefit of the congregation of a particular dis trict, in progress of time the bequest might become the subject of a dispute between the incumbent priest and a third party, and under these circumstances it would be necessary to admit the certification of ordination or collation as evidence of the fact that the party in possession was a properly ordained priest. He had already mentioned that in these certificates the bishop or archbishop officiating at the ordination was called after the title of his see; and though in law it might be an indictable offence so to describe Roman Catholic dinitaries, yet the courts of law had repeatedly overlooked this de feet, and therefore the passing of the second clause in this Bill might lead to much injustice and inconvenience. Again, it was urged that the clause as it stood might deter parties who had not legal advisers at their hands from making bequests in favour of their own communions, for fear their property should be forfeited to the Crown, but though the Government were anxious to assist the supremacy of the Sovereign and independence of the State against all foreign power whatever, they were not disposed to go that length, and if the Bill as it stood would have that effect, they were quite ready to modify it so as to remove that defect. He would not say whether the measures which the Ministry proposed were the wisest that could be adopted or not, but of this he was quite sure, that the House would be willing to enter into their feeling, and to be lieve that their only object was the advantage of the country.—(Hear.) One thing they were determined upon, and that was to secure the independence of this country. That was indispensable.—(Loud cries of " Hear, gear.") Yet while securing that object —an object which he believed to be paramount:to all others—at least so far as political movements were concerned.—(Hear, hear and cheers.) The Roman Catholics had never to his know ledge evinced any desire to take advantage of the position in which they had been placed by the Bill of the year 1829. (Hear, hear.) or to progress contrary to the rules laid down by the Catholic Emancipation Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He had always conceived it to be a duty on the part of the State to prevent any interference as far as possible with the Churcia.—(Hear, hear.) On this principle they had acted with regard to the Bill before the House. He believed that these same words in that Bill which would be offensive to the great body of Roman Catholics, and the Ministry theretore proposed to withdraw the second and third clauses. No advantage he con ceived would be taken of that omission, for to his own knowledge the Roman Catholics had invariably used their advantages with the utmost discretion.— (Hehr, hear.) The object of the clauses to which he had referred relate d to the adoption of titles drawn from this country. In alluding to this point he might com prise his remarks in en answer which he wished to give to the Honourable Member for Ayrshire (Mr. Oswald). In reply to that Hon. Gentleman he might observe that as fares he could ascertain the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland had never any legal title at all to their sees.—(Hear, hear.) Nor was any ever assumed until within these twenty years. The Roman Catholic heirarchy in Ireland had acted with more moderation, for he had himself recently presented a petition to the Queen signed by nearly all the members of the synod in Ireland, and not one of them had the impress of a Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland. All had signed in their private names. Having now stated the course which Government meant to take, he shoald conclude by moving that the order of the day to postponed until Friday next. Mr. STUART thought that the Bill which the Go vernment proposed to make out of that which had been read a first time, was certainly not calcu lated to allay the apprehensions of those who had so far supported him in the former measure. He did not think that in this case of aggression and insult to the Crown the Executive Government had shown themselves at all active to repel that insult in the proper manner. By the Constitution there were several modes of repelling it, and one would have been by a proclama tion' from the Privy Council, but in place of that they only had a private letter from the Prime Minister to a pri vate individual, a course which he would say was en tirely unworthy of a Prime Minister and derogatory to the dignity of tho Crown. But the execu tive bad in truth never shown the slightest intention to follow any of the precedents which existed in such cases, which if they had been followed would have readily afforded a constitutional manner of dis posing of the difficulties. But if the Executive bad failed in th e i r duty, the task of repelling this insult had f a ll en on the Legislature , en d he con ceived that the present measure, which was proposed for the purp ose , was very fur from being sufficient to_uph old the di g ni t y o f t h e Crown. The Right Hon. Baronet would have to explain to the House , how it would be possible to secure the country from further assaults of this nature by passing a Bill to prohibit, under penalties, the assumption of titles by persons to whom, under those very titles , bequests might legally be made for the purpose of maintaining those titles. He threw out this suggestionfor the con sideration of Government before the Bill came again under discussion. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to set himself right in regard to certain allusions which had been m a d e t o him by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of Sotte tor the Howe Department, who had said that he (Mr. M. Gibson) was de.irous of referring the matter to a Committee. Now he himself having no wish to legis late in the matter, therefore he could not have any desire to inquire. But this he would say, that if they were to legislate, they had better legislate with infor mation than without it. He was glad to see that there was a near approximation to the proper stage of doing nothing. Sir R. 11. INGLIS concurred with the Right Hon. Gentleman that they were doing nothing. The Bill as it was propose d to be altered, would give satisfaction to no one, and indeed how could it be otherwise. It was a repeti tion of the farce which represented Hamlet with the part of Hamlet left out.—(Hear, and laughter.) The Noble Lord wrote a splendid letter to his country, but he had wofully failed in carrying out the spirit which it breathed; end though he (Sir R. W. Inglis) had bee❑ ready when the Bill was first introduced to accept ninepence so the shilling, he was not now ptrpared to take less than the whole shilling.—(Haar, gear, and laughter.) The Bid was shveaefulty ulutilateti, so shamefully, that it was nothing less than au insult to the country, and he had no doubt. whatever that if Government persevered in it, they would be again driven from office.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BANKES had always understood that a law ex isted against the assumption of titles in this country by the dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church, and he should be glad to know how it was that the Attorney-General had not done his duty in carrying out that la a.—(Hear, hear.) The pro posed alterwious would uder !he Bill worse than use less—it would be degrading to the country. (LEFT SPEAKING.) DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION IN LAMBETH.-(THIS EVENING.) A rumour was circulated this evening in the neigh bourhood of the Houses of Parliament that Lambeth Palace was on fire, and was generally credited owing to the circumstance of the whole of that side of the water being brilliantly illuminated throwing into bold relief the dingy towers of that an• cient building. Happily, however, this rumour proved to he incorrect, for on inquiry it was found that tais Palace was entirely uninjured, and free from any danger of coming in contact with thel devouring element which was raging with great fierceness in its near vicinity. The scene of this fire our reporter found to be the ex tensive premises of Messrs. Charles Ogieby and Co., who carry on the business of spermaceti re finers and oil merchants in Paradise-street, Lam beth-walk. The very nature of the business will at once show how great was the danger to be ap prehended from the first symptom of a fire on the premises, which extend from Paradise-street to High•street, and are bounded on both sides by houses and ware-rooms. That part of the building in which the fire originated was a large pile of ware-rooms, three stories high, on the left side of the yard, which was completely filled with spermaceti oil. It appeared that while the men were working in the upper story they were startled by a strong smell of burning, and they had scarcely time to ascertain the cause of it, before the whole interior was enveloped with flames and smoke, and they say their escape into the open air was most miraculous. This was about five o'clock, and in less than a few minutes afterwards the whole of the building, including a tower attached to the end of it, was one mass of flames, the heat arising from which was so strong that no one could approach in front of it. Dispatches were im mediately sent off the different engine-stations, and on their arrival the fireme❑ set to work, with the degree of courage and quickness which is be yond all praise. By seven o'clock they got the flames completely under. but not before the building in qnestion was completely gutted and the roof destroyed. This is the more won. derful, as the whole yard was covered with barrels of oil, as well as the adjoining sheds. The loss sustained amounts to many thousand pounds but the proprietors are amply insured in several offices. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) .►nAccoant, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victorla.cap. 32,1er the Week ending on Saturday, the Ist day of March, 1851. IBBU DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 27,772,240 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,738,865 gilver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 4 27,772,240 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 6th day of March, 1851. ➢ANHING DETAITIKEN T. 527,772 240 Proprietors 'capital.. 14,553,000 ;Government securt- Reid • .......... 3,610,954 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of ties (including Dead Weight Annjity).. 14,145,696 Other securities • • .. 13,174,857 Notes • . • . • . • • ...... 8,536,665 Gold and silver coin.. 676,181 National Debt, Sav ings-bank s, and Di vidend accounts) .. 7,794,314 Other deposits ...... 9,521,505 Seven day and other Bills • .:....... .... 1,053,596 £36.553,399 436,633,399 % MARSHALL. Chief Cashier Ditted the 611 day of March, M COURSE OF EXCH i.NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. • • .. Leghorn ••••••• • • • •• • . 30 62% Genoa ............ 25 6: CA Allan .• •• • • • • • • • • •• • • Venice • • • • .• • • • • . • • • • • Naples • • •• •• •• •• •• 41% Palermo, peroz •• 125►( y Messina • . .• 12 5 Lisbon..... • • • • • • • • • • • 63% Oporto • • .. • • .. • . •• • . •• 63% Itie Janeiro ........ • • Buenos Ayres .. • New York,6o days'sight Philadelphia .... • • • . • • Ain,Ler tau, •• 11 I6U onto, three months.. 11 17% ,ottc edam 11 173¢ 25 30 Brussels ........ ..... 25 30 flamburgh .... —51.8. 13 7% Alton& • • •• Paris, 3 days'sight • 25 734 Ditto. 3 months .... 25 30 Misseilleg • • 25 30 Bourdesux..., • • Frankfort on Maine.... 1194 Berlin• • .. • • .... •• • • • • Vienna, effec. f 10...... 13 0 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 0 Petersburgh, 811. Rble.. Kadrid •• •• •••••• • • • • 497 Cadiz •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• 50 Barcelona •• • • .• •• •• •• •• •••• •• •• •••' ••• PRICZB OF BULLION, I . ZZ OZ. Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold• Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .• 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 11% Silver is bars •• 0 ö BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. Prosperity is a thing which it will not do to be always talking about. Something tells us that boasting is ominous of a cheek, and the mere love of change re volts from continual success. It is, then, from no choice of our own that we find ourselves again and again pa rading the unsatisfactory state of our manufactures and commerce. There is a necessity, however, to state the simple facts of the case in reply to the daily insinuations heard to the centrary effect. Notwithstanding the enormous and undeniable increase in exports and im ports exhibited by the returns for the year 1850, every artifice is employed to neutralise or mystify that fact, and to divert the attention of the ill-informed to some minute or accidental circumstance that seems to tell the other way. It fashion has deserted one fabric for another, if the season has not been pro pitious to flannels anti furs, if a scanty crop of cotton has to a certain extent stinted the menu facture, if there has beets a strike, or if a correspondent reports that on such a day the demand fur such an article was less brisk than on that day week, there are journals, and there are even statesmen, who are ready to congratulate the public on our boasted prosperity be ing not quite so real and universal as it w4s said to be. Such cavils, sometimes dropped in a parenthesis, some times blown into articles, show bow deeply the present state of our manufactures and commerce is felt in its bearing on the question of ‘. free trade." No subter fuge can avoid the conclusion that if we are export ing more than we ever exported, and importing more than we ever imported, there must be more em ployment and wages than ever ; while the vast amount of imports entirely disposes of the hack- Died obj e cti o n that our prosperity is limited to only a portion of the community. With this importance conceded on all sides to the returns of trade, we are under the necessity of asking the attention of our readers to their present results. The returns published on Wednesday are for the month ending Feb. 5, that is, for the first mouth of the year. To begin with the articles of food entered for home consump tion. Coffee, which from various causes has lately suffered a cheek, stands in this table at 2,890,4681 b , against 2,B4B,2oBlb. entered i n the correspondiug minth of 1850. Wheat stands 328,483 quarters, against 141,762 quar ters; meat, 411,979 cwt., against 258,252 cw • wheat t., currants, 29.282 cwt., against 23.335 cwt.; lemons and oranges, 69,159 chests, against 61,556 chests; butter, 21,449 cwt., a gainst 14,446 cwt.; cheese, 28,738 cwt., a gainst 23,506 eat,; eggs, 6,127,555, against 4.868,384 ; t e a, 4,6 19 , 8 571 b,, aga i nst 4,216,2801 b. ; w i ne, 616,522 against 511,000 gallons. In sugar and tobacco there has been so slight a decrease that they ma y be regarded as stationary, while in a few other items, such as cocoa and spirits, there has been a fall ing off, admitting of obvious explanation. But, on the whole, the quantity and value of the articles of focal, of comfort and luxury, entered during last January were very considerable. By this time we need scareely remind our readers that this quan tity, being entered for consumption, indicates the demand, a s a tradesman in the ordinary course of his business replaces his stocks as fast as they are drawn on by his customers. The articles we have mentioned are consumed, if not all by all classes, at least by all departments of in dustry, by the agricultural as well us by the manufactur ing population, and when the increase Is considerable it is impossible that it should be owing to an increased de mand by only oho set of customers. Such, indeed, we know not So be the case. There is, we are aware, another solution attempted for these facts. It la partly conceded th a t the agricultural labourer, as well as the artisan, is living in unusual comfort ; but it is alleged that while the artisan is earning hie comforts in a manner remunerative to his employers, and therefore likely to last for some while, the labourer is, in fact, receiving his as a species of gratuity from his employer, for work which is not remunerative, and which therefore cannot long be afforded. We are not now going to discuss a theory which bears such marks of being made for the occasion ; but we do not assent to it. Among other tracks of domesie, or manufacturing, or agricultural use, we find 7,338 tone of guano imported, against 1,358 cons in the first month of 1850; hemp, 36 259 cwt., against 28 424 cwt. ; hides, untanned, 42,888 cwt., against '24,715 cwt.; tanned, or otherwise dressed, 322,0921 b., against 82,1781 b. ; mahogany, 2,017 tons, against 1,075 tons; palm oil, 43,846 cwt., against 24,896 cwt.; raw silk, 513.3381 b.,.. against 467 566!b.; sheen and iamps wool, 3.611 9881 b., against, 1.957 632 it, These items ail :petal: for chearseh - c would be difficult to assign any limitation to the em ployment atsd prosperity which so llrge au importation of raw materials certainly indicates. But it is alleged that our exports do not keep pace with our imports; that while we r.re generously wog: ling 9134 not: consuming the produce of Other c ountries, and t thus; so generous ca to take OUTS in r eturn, t ,mew ures the balance of trade, or rather o f obligations is ing against us. The day , i t is said, mvst c soon or late, when our neighbours will make the wIAI • very that we stand very deep in their books, and thay are suddenly demand prompt pc.yment in the promp silver test and most available form — that is , in all our and gold. When such apprehensions are enter- es tained, it is consolatory to fi nd that our pits are not so considerably i n arrear— in fact, that, at a rough conjecture, which is nearly all tha t ,. os ; , 1 , / be arrived at, imports and exports a re pretty Mac" equilibria Here are some of our expo rts. We Will . fine ourselves to the comparison of quant ities, lett , gg Abe comparison of values alone for the present. We in the export of soda 54.439 cwt., agains t 32,475 cwt. I" the corresponding mouth of last year; b ee r and °la, 17,543 barrels, against 14,316 barrels; canles, 234,7491 %)., aaainst 200,37313.; coals and whin 171,421 tons, again' 134,770 tons; cotton manufactures, 114,000,000 yards. • cgai st 94,000,000 yards ; earthenware, 5,977,163 pieces, against 5,060,628 pieces ; glass bottles, 24.610 cwt., against 19.4 01 cwt.; linen manufactures, 10,882.437 y arils, against 9,349,865 yards ; sewing thread, 150,0001 b., against 141,0001 b. ; linen yam 1,122,0001 h., against 7 86 , 0001 b.; p i g -iron, 8,568 tons. against 3,681 tons; bar, bolt, and rod iron, 32,177 tons, against, 30,281 tons; wrought iron of all k inds. 7,04; ~ ton, against. 6 406 tons. Silk stuffs, handkerchiefs, Oa ribands, 66 839 , b, against 34,278,13.; woollen want" factures, 180 000 pieces, against 142,000 Pee iacne" 4,597,000 yards against 4 . 056 , 000 yards; and w said yarn, 6,122 cwt., against 4,591 c wt. As We - eve ,. 4 a . above, we omit the declared valu es of the s it , ms, but Vie total declared value of all the star cies enumerated is 4,817,8701, against 4,069,4; making a difference of nu less than 748,4391 la fa" ?di the exports fur January, 1851 . T his, we trust, 19, abate the fears of those who tell us we are consumie g !' faster than our ability to pay, and ar e not fairly earaipa our dread. It is evident that as a wh ole weav e ro oing a: great stroke of work, and, what is m ore, customers —Times. havde gooa CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE and Mr. Justice be eye d 10 Upon the application of Mr. CLARKSON, the ease of Gray imyth and Francis Taylor Wag ord stand over Samuel until next session. Cole, 23, paperhanger, was indicted for stea ling with violence, from the person of William B ishop ' purse and twelve sovereigns, his monies. Mr. Charnock prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended. The prosecutor. a dancing master residing at t ' r t: Newington, said that one evening, during of the past month, he was going borne across the kis% gerbton-field3, and had missed the footpath, when be W",,_ overtaken by a man whose face be could not see, being so dark; and when they had proceeded seine tilt; tance, the man said to him, " Here is the path--lead lt your hand;" and be was immediately seised by throat by some one else, and then thrown to the gret ev . and held down while his pockets were cut out• vl u the the early _Tr then made off, but the prisoner, being know n bY his police, was taken, and prosecutor identified him height and voice. For the defence an alibi was set up. The jury Acquitted the prisoner. THIRD COURT. (Before the Commorr SERGEANT.) Edward :labia, 50, hawker , cted wa s indi for 6 06- o f eight bagatelle balls, valued at 305., the propel,' Thomas Blondell. la s t horedi • otis r The prosecutor said, that in Octobe r la Prig. slept at his house, the Duke of Wellington, S tbe After he was gone, on the morning of t he next dayfoi balls were missed, and found to have been paw him in his own name. The jury found him Guilty, and two previous coolie'. don The COMMONs were proved agSERGEANT — ainst him This is the third ,;,,„e - for orte have been convicted; you will now be tran B P seven years. or Prisoner—And a good job too. (To pros Bad luck to you tor a Jalse swearing vil lain• into thi s In the course of the day the grand jury Cani - vriliae cont.:, and brought in eleven true bills a g ainste, Gray Smyth, the surgeon of Vauxhall -walk. soarold the bills are for felonies, being indictments tor raPT r ietf the other seven for misdemeanours set forth in a i i i " on e of F forms, some of the counts charging hie s, wit to se d canoes Taylor, alias Foreman, with conspiring e.. nce and debauch several girls, whose names are bite tinned; and also there are separate couots agsi ost go o or assaults with intent, and common ass au ,!t s s uC prisoners are described in the calendar--503Ytm geon, aged 47, and Taylor, 21 married. she clO r The other cases tried in this court dur ing were entirely devoid of public interest. rz ETS . RAILWAY SHARE MAR.- - BRISTOL, MAncx 6. t ; c , te‘„cl a g li STocx EXCHANGE.-Tbe market was very Ile - - 8 .....tire„ - and 1 rises 6.m. The transactions were as follow • e 13,r Western,92 IA - Midland, 65-south Devon, Preferehe ' Ll VLEPUOL. MARCH 6. A MO tbill STOCK ExCHANGE.-The share market opeoe"„; - (1r,e te n t morning, and a good businer has been done at inWr", - e s solJ° - , the market closing brisk at the quotaions. The tr'' -- 6P" were as follow :- Aberdeen, 15:14-Ditto, Prefereefre'beshite cent. (paid up) 1-16 p. Birkenhead, Lancashire , Aer" dis. '''' (late C. and B), 213 - Ditto, 22/. Shares, 3 / a _ Clin• Birmingham and Oxford, guaranteed, 291 them*, and West Yorkshire (No. I), 64- itto to, 5 per cent., 18% Caledonian , 13 Ditt:,. _, 174 ence, 6 1 / 1 -Chester and Holyhead, 24-ast Lela 131 6 rv i 5A6 -Lancashire and Yorkshire, 59%- it t° ' Fift 7 s 'Liverpe el '' dis.-Ditto, Twelfths, 7 3 4-Leeds and Thirsktt , h. w ei ,terer Crosby, and Southport, 5-16 p.-London and Is rt. ter Shefdeld, 131 ~ -Ditto, New Quarters, 6% 13.- blanches _2 ,_Ditte, Midland, 651 A Bolto!,, guy and Lincolnshire, Preference, 12- Halves. 13 1 4 dis.-North Staffordshir e, -York, Newcastle, and - Berwick, , 211 / 2 and Birmingam (B), 5 3 / South-Eastern and il id-upo 1. 1 4. dis.-York and North Midland. 27. • MANCHESTER, ItAncii 6- . ... c o doll STOCK EXCHANGE.-There has been a fair bu-lo as fol. 1 ,2 %.....Ditto, unp aid -''p' to-day, and prices were firm. The transactions wVn t I,o' low :-Caledonian, 13 1 A-Ditto, Preference, 6 1 4 .f;''' efer eocer cashire, Junction,rs, 4 3-16 -Ditt o, %pi deri ner6 6 dis.--Shrewsbori 7%3- Cheshire ,7' dis.-Kendal and -- 13 dis'" 71-Leeds Stock, 59 1 /. 2 - Ditto, Fifths, 6 15 -16 n' Nord' Sheffield Stock, 35%-Ditto New Preference, 4 1,?;,....vittel British, 9 11-16-London and North-W e stern, l' lm a7 11.' 1 ' New Quarters, 6 6-16-South- Eastern an d Dover, i ce , 0 p. -North Staffordshire, 6%-Midland Stock, 651 eld 4-- /So. 11° North Midland, 26 4 - Matlock, 3% dis.--Sheffi l 1415- East Anglian, Preference, 1848, 51., 1 15 46 P• . BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 6. WO W. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The share market Well 101 .1ter: to-day, and business limited, but without any ation in prices. The transactions were as follow : 00 P Stock, 65',k-Oxford Worcester, and WolverharaPt44 die"' ference, 1 p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A ) ' dis. -Ditto (B), 31. 13s. 9d. dia.-Shropshire Union, Wl' .._ . _ s pees THE GREAT EXHIBITON.—A letter from - t : s lr burgh announces that the Emperor of Russia la te stthe' spend 10,00 P,OOO silver roubles in making porel itset • s ,..ooe d r Great Exhibition. His agents are specially comaliso OP' purchase every model which may be useful to Be s '' nufactures. pat it mateflrsidiena LOOS AFTER YOUR WIFE'S MAID.-4b,,e in W C ( city Journ al lastoefv evening, g, d t a o y t sliacy effect s, in the e pais a lady in Pulteney-Atreet, and who had been t he ; of ° J o e ( years as femme de todlett, was disco4iered not 00 00,A . gentler sex. The revelation was made, in nen ae n 4 t to th atthaatraumseoruvrauptrevailei.boto 0. another servant, decidedly of the softer sex, be ll * di IVERPOOL WATER A ccouNTs. A .--., Sr - ,_ interestingly indisposed. the income of 1850 amounted to 59,733/. Os. 6c1., an d 800 ' .di r i m. 0_ ... 1734261. Bs.l incomeld. dTihtueretototasl4,6Bol. 135. 6d ,le • g balan ce a c : i a-9:5 09 11 ..76 for . theavtihnreeayeere l ' - the e l '' - , and the total expenditure for 60. 0. period, 145,106, 3s. 7d., leaving a balance er 2 11 1 -h n e cerlibt r Deducting the amouts owing on the 31st 0 z [ se ooll, 0 " yearn ofis a 2,4 b 3 a 4 1 1 a . n 3 c s e . o2fd.inclonmeloBv4Ber thexependitur e ece ived no last, tb and sundry amounts charged in Riving for t he tb i ; F., and nde" st oount r l i n 13., water rents was 4 ,7991., in 1849 45,84 8 ___. ope ...., 46,3431. On the Rivingtnn account thecae e w b 7 nd debt c u i l: last year the sum of 144,831/. 143- 3 d• ~T l34 d . Thepdrinthe the water account amounts to 802,053/.loe' _. n t., a pal part of this sum is borrowed at 5 per •••,. ~., i ssige last of it is redeemable in the year i 857. rp .... 3 eve n DEATH OF JOHN BELL, ESQ., M. ' fl irigo 1 1. 6 pr0 Maacg 5.-This gentleman expired this ev: 80 00' 05 o f o'clock, after a prolonged illness. He wo bou t 4 0 I,t two tectionist, and has died young, being only tw - ~, to h i s -00. age. He was unmarried, and his estate s cfj, protecti te_ sisters. The feeling of the borough is d ecide a i de d so pa r ist and Protestant , and no one but a very de c u CO of those principles has the slightest chance. Auv olto 00 IADvERTISEMENT. J-THE BAHL OF this n oo n j u i ,,,, AND icioLLow. , . PILLs.-An astounding eure, ll . 3.i tysict n f r i ° 18 , 1 5 ,' medicine, aster every other means had failed. De' Feb. ''' /e ta' Lordship's letter, dated 6. villa Messina, Leghorn, a „a l ba o t . .. we b a.. . d i so Professor Holloway-sir :I beg to acquaintyou that 9° 'ln thee' i fected a care of a disorder in my liver and stoiaach " a n ent, :310/ eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the CoL. ob ad o' 0 0 been able to effect ; nay, not ever the waters of % nii p ills . 0 rieubad. (Signed) " Ammozoro." These v"n"_:; --- 11• 1101/ d sure say disease of the liver or stomach ._sofd (7i . - sa yn..- -a SS Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, td. by .11 medicine vendors throughout the civilised wor. , at th ef O e F On the 4th inst BIRTHS. wife of H. Bruner E A sow. On the 4th x na s Binfleld. Berk* di. Scott, Esq. t.; at Brighton, the w if e of Char e th e 0 0 n n th th e:d 3d ins i t n „ s a t t ., V t i h c e ara w ge fe , EofdgGbeasortgone, Ird.,Cja• fOF A DAUGHTE R • . 7,00 0 Madras Civil Service. On the 4th inst., at St. j t A r ß id El e's E , D L ' ive r p ool, eldest son of William Lambert, Esq, of BrentlVllslllidfdinia°o6:le.e:: to Jane Ann, eldest daughter of J. Wrenn, Esq. , 141 " . totrf On the Ist inst., at ( ourtrai, in Belgium, John neraf.,. Esq., of Moat-hall, Shropshire, eldest sons Coo:el:bet;0( ton, of Bruges, to Georgiana Daborah, con the late john S. Colon, Esq., of Flask Priory, Killarnei. DIED, A ti • en On the 4th inst., at Down-street, Piccadilly, Lieut Robert Kingston, R N., aged 57. via ° On the 2d inst. at Jersey, Thomas G. Brewer, ....--.'' Lincoln's Inn, aged ' 77. On the 2d inst., aged 79, Miss Lavinia Baylely lis ter Clf the late Mr. W. Bayley, formerly of the Stock xcange', Bobo" — On the 3d inst., at Twickenham, aged 89, Esq., formerly of Bampton, Oxfordshire. b rei f On the 3(1 inst., at the Parade, Neath, Glamorgan!. Mrs. Jane Coke, widow of the late J. Coke, Esq., age d 14 V0 On the 4th inst., at Oxford, aged 33, Isabella, t" W of E. BeYe rS, E s q . At St. Helier's , Jerse y , Tomyn S. Dickins, Esq. „° l3 °. a q her Majesty's J ustices of the Peace for the West Ri0014:- '" I Yorkshire. On the 4th inst., at Hammersmith, Mr. R. Marsh. .. frslG O f London: Printed and Published by MURDO yo-, :ig, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Thn Sun Ofgcs, IC ° ',..; a t Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the courol w Middlesex, Friday, March 7, 1851. j c outi , 41 4lty S A ; theb e Breda4.4, 4:v t0 1 ,, z1,41