The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, Several of the salesmen of Smithfield were then examined, and they all agreed that the present market was deficient in space, badly situated, and that a new market on the outskirts of London would be preferable SO any enlargement of the present site. Mr. 11. H. Fulton, a civil engineer, stated that daring the last three years his attention had been directed to the selection of a site for a cattle-market in lieu of Smithfield. The spots selected by him were Copenha gen-fields, the north side of the Camden-road, and a place near Hornsey. Any one or all of these sites might be connected with the metropolitan railways, except the Brighton and South-Eastern lines. Cattle brought up the river might he landed below 3lackwatl, and conveyed by the East and West India Dock Railway to these ' Spots. There was ample supply of water and good drainage. By Mr. MEnnEwEATHErt—Made these selections at the request of private individuals, who contemplated the formation of markets. Could not say which of the three would be the best tor a metropolitan market. The Committee then adjourned. The Committee resumed their inquiry again yesterday M room No. 1; Mr. Cardwell in the chair. Only one additional witness was examined on the part of the promoters, a Mr. Druce, a farmer in the neigh boarhood of Oxford, who stated that he was in favour of the market being removed into the suburbs of London. Mr. TALBOT then addressed the Committee on behalf of the corporation of London, and contended that the plan which had been placed by them before the public would obviate all the evils complained of by the dif ferent witnesses, and at the same time afford all the advantages of a market in the centre of the metropolis, while it would be free from those objections which would attach to a market on the north side of London, as cattle coming from the southern districts would be compelled in that caso to traverse a greater number of crowded thoroughfares than they did now. The Learned Counsel's address occupied the Com mittee until four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned till Monday. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London IVezo Price Current, May 30.) SUGAR.—To-day holders of British Plantation Sugar were ter the most part reluctant to sell at any further decline; the business conclud,,d was, however, limited. in both grocery and refining kinds; the purchases were 640 hhds, &c., including at auction 107 hhds 12S brls Barbadoes, which went at 39s to 42s for good to fine yellow and at 35s 6d to 38s 6d for low to mid; these are steady rates. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with little at tention from home dealers, and brown lamps were ob tainable at 47s per cwt. The market for crushed Sugar is inactive, and 27s 6d to 28s is the value of British. XkIIRITIITS.—To-day there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, and little business was concluded pri vately in any sort; there was ;no further decline in the value. EAST Imaa..—To-day Bengal and Madras Sugar were held for full terms, the sales made privately were, however, of liittle moment, there being no public sales. Fo REI.N.—To-day there was rather more desire on the part of shippers to operate in Foreign Sugar, but at rates rather under those of yesterday, and at which there are few sellers; at auction 4,268 bags Manilla were taken in a t 363 to 37s for mid and good mid clayed yellow. MOLASSES.—There is no variation in prices of West India, but purchases to a fair extent have been made, fine Antigua at 16s G i to 17s, and other sorts of West India at 14s Gd to 16s. Bengal and Mauritius have been inquired after at 123 to 13s; few pa rce l s, are how ever, on offer. The rates asked for Cuba and Porto Rico are 15s 6d to 163, but only small parcels have been sold. Jamaica Honey is not much wanted, and there are sellers at from 30s to 56s for low to fine. This day stt public sale 87 puns St. Kitts Molasses sold at 13s 6d, being cheaper. COCOA.—The demand is not better for West India, although they are 6s to 8s per ewt under those current two months back. At auction 568 bags Grenada were taken in at 55s to 40s for red, and grey 34s to 36s per ewt, whilst 5 brls St. Vincents sold at 351. The value of red Trinidad is 39s to 465, and grey 35s to 395. The s tock 19 larger than last year by 3,900 bags. In Foreign oPerations have been trifling—Bahia and Para at 263 to 275, and Guayaquil uavaquil 30s. on ~,P f EE.—This aft ernoon th ere was aga in a reluctance ^" guides Part et h ome d ea l ers to operate i n C o ff ee, an d f ew ^"qunes existed from shippers. There are sellers of c°atha " N ative Ceylon at 38s per cwt. Ot Rio 1,000 bags at a little action were taken in at 38s for good ord or. - col Jamaica A public sal e o f 16 t res 96 b r l s 35 b ags ent at lower rates, law mid at 47' to 48s Gd, fine to fine tine ord to 40s. 4 2s to 45 5 , i n f er i or an d l ow 36s 6d p er l b, the, are sellers of good ord Congou a, lld per lb, still 8114 : or the home trade will nol operate. The marketPfeOrBother sorts of Tea has a dull aspect. SPICES. —To-day at public i 0 bags of Pimento were sold at 3:id to 4-0 fo:ae 22 P and 7 barrels Jamaica Ginger at 64: 5t l ow s7w to good mid,ss for or d to m id , and 38 bags Pod Pepper at 40 s t RICE.-I.'ho low prices prevailing East India hav e wt. caused holders to r efrain f rom otTerii.s this week. Bengal h aA been sel ling et Z l ° 7 at auction f or mid to fine w hite, low and broken 7 3 9 1 to 108 6d Madras 7e to Be, Arracan 7s 6d to Bs, an d e t : 89 3d, 86d per cwt. In the market for cleaned RiT 78 to dulness exists, and stock s are g etti ng larger. much are free sellers of town - dre ssed Carolina at 20, to 2esrs• tow to fine P a tna 103 to 15s, and A merican at 16 s to 171 Per cwt. Prices are is to 2a lower for Sago, an d at suction 478 boxes and 529 bags warn sold at 17s 6d to 19s 6d for ord to good small pearl. Sago Flour is dull ag sale at 143 to 14s 6d. Of Arrowroot, 1,000 pkgs at suction p artly sold; Bermuda at Is Oid to is ld. St. Tapi r ea _ a id to 7d, Jamaica 4d, and Australian 3d. 91 jf 3d dul l of sale, and 100 pkgs only privately sold at Bz Zl I for mid to good. Ram. .—There is no further decline fo ~ and the demand amount ing East India t ''' 300 hhd has been good, the sales rat il l at Is 3d to Is 3id per gallon proof. Fric433 a re panda have been lower for Leeward Island; several _ sold at is 4id to Is sid proof. The rates taken for Demerara have been is 10d to 2s 2d for 30 to 40 per cent over busines s , an d there is, however, more %and the sales are 300 hhds. For Jamaica, shipp ers and home dealers have been buyers to a fair extent, al l per sales are 400 puna, ezc., low to mid quality 30 to 34 good 2 c s ent. over proof at 3s 3d to 3.3 6d, good mid to 3 7 ( d i to 3s 2d, fine to Superior 34 to 38 over 3 5 freedom. The has been purchased wi th 3s 48. Brandy vintage of 1830 rates :paid for Cognac best brands of ,th4eisrera,;l to 46 9d; have rueen 4s 4d to 4s 6d; 1849 ditto 2 d 3 d d t o o 58 sd; 1848 ditto, 49 9d to 4s I Id; 1847 ditto, 5 s infesior, 2s 6LI to 4s; and Bourdeaux, 5 2 13 7d to 2s 4d. The market for British made Spirit is dull a t g t cash, and for Gin at 8s 2d to 8s 3d for 22 per cent u nder net under proof. Geneva is purchased with caution at is Bd, and fine at is 9d to 2s per gallon. SAL TPETRE.—The private operations in rough h ave been ?upon a small scale this week, and on the part of holders a desire is evinced to sell at previous rates as several arrivals are near at hand. Calcutta in limited parcels has been disposed of at from 24s 6d to 28s, rind Madras at 24s to 255. Of 1,542 bags Calcutta at suction a part only sold. good strong grey 5 per cent re fraction at 275, and 10t to 94 ditto at 248 6d to 25s per cwt. British Refined has been in good demand at 27s 6d to 28s 6d. Nitrate of Soda is held for 14s to 14s 6d; few transactions have taken place. COCHINEAL.—The parcels offered at auction have been 260 bags, and rather more than half sold; Honduras silvers low to good went at 3s to 3a 7d, ord and mid black $s 2d 4o 3s Bd, Teneriffe silvery, 3s 4cl to 3s sd, and 1 Date 4 the 29th day of May, 185 1 The average 1851, exclesive;'7B PRICE OF SUGAR. puted f rom P r ri t es of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com made in the week ending May 27, on the iMport ari o e pu ther eof . into Great Britain Customs Duties paid or payable thereon : From the British sessions in America 265. lid. per cwt From the Mauritius puted as From the East Indies ... — B. --11 . ), Average price of th e t wo scriptions of sugar, jointly °corePulg de above, and exclusive of d'utym 265. 3id. ~ HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers, Company. Grocers' - hall, May 30 . By a uth ority f0rity.10111,.ar..,111.a2m71,411 " BANK OF ENGLAN D. (From last nights Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victor. the Week ending on Saturday, the 24th da y 01 lec t i" ca P• l2 fer ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Y. 1851. brol ea Issued.. 26,905,510 X. Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities ...• 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,872,136 Silver bullion 38,375 SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET r Mexican mid to fine black 3s 5d to 3s 10d. The value REMOVAL BILL. 1 of Mexican silv e r i s 3 s to 3s 2 d , an d goo d to fi ne b lack The Committee met on Wednesday morning at twelve Honduras 4s to 4s Bd. o'clock. Leisiao.—Since the conclusion of the quarterly sale of The first witness called was East India the market has been dull, both shippers and Mr. Samuel Holme, a civil engineer and builder, and home dealers operating with caution, and there are - llers member of the town council of Liverpool, who deposed of Bengal at a small reduction. Madras, Oudes, and Kur that the removal of the cattle market from the centre P ah are held for full ra t es . Th e supp l y o f S pan i s h plenti of that town to the outskirts had been attended tul, but at sale 1,369 srns Guatemala sold—low inferior and with the most beneficial results. When the old mid Cortes went 2d lower, other kinds at full rates, and market existed the cattle were driven through the in some cases rather above for good to fine; very low stre e t s , after being landed from the steamers, to the Cortes sold is 4d to 2s Bd, strong hard coppery Cortes great annoyance of the residents. Accidents were 2s 9d to 3s 9d, strong good mid Sobres 3s 5d to 3s Bd, of common occurrence, and the house property in the soft to fine Sobres 35 10d to 4s 10d. avenues leading to the market was deteriorated in value. TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow Since the formation of the new market, two miles and went off at firm rates; 524 casks wrecked P Y Candle a half from the centre of the town, the cattle were sold at 34s 3d to 36s 9d; 466 casks Australian Sheep landed at the northern extremity of the t own , an d con - 35s to 36s 6d; Ox 34s to 35s 3d; and 240 pkgs South veyed under it through the Victoria-tunnel to the American at 34s to 36s 6d. market. The principal reason for the construction of Ous--For limited parcels of Cod dealers are com that tunnel was for the transit of cattle without annoy- polled to pay 37/ lOs to 381 per tun in consequence of ance. Slaughter-houses had been built round the new reduced stock. Seal—pale is to be obtained at 32/ to market, which was of great extent. 321 10s, and other sorts 29/ to 311 13s. There has By Mr. Hors—The dead -meat market remained in the been rather more business doing in Southern, and centre of the town, and there were two smaller dead meat markets at the ex t rem i t i es of the town. rates have become firm at from 28 / to 29 / l 0 for low to fine. For Sperm there are sellers Mr. newton a land ag en t, o f Birmingham, proved of good to fine at 841 to 86/. He a d matter is offering at that the removal of the cattl e markets from the centres 901 to 921. In Rape Oil there are free sellers of pale at of the towns o f Sh rewsbury, Birmingham 32s 6d to 335, brown 31 s to 30 s , and refined Foreign hampton, had be en atten d ed with considerable, and Wolver benefit to 33s 6d to 33s 9 d. Only small parcels of Cocoa N u t the inhabitants, have been sold at 27s to 31s, and stockastternetmioanin; Gingelly Oil is to be obtai ne d at 303 to Mr. J. T. N orr i s,of Bedford-street, Russell-squar©, and large. a member of th e C orporation of London, stated that he 325. Linseed Oil continues to attract little was a memb er o f a committee of the Court of Common there is also a desire to sell at 30s 9d t o 31s per cwt. Council app o i n t e d to inquire into the condition of the to 3 Sales 5 3d. Palm continuer have fine bee is nli e m e ite t dfo e r s delivery, to eh eoperated in tellers w it h a t 31s have beento be smobstialinfeerd s a l t l 2 p B n s r p p e e r se c s w ; . In Olive t markets in the city. He hadcaul arrived a t th e conclusion that the cattle mar k et i n Gallipoli Smithfield was defi c i ent i n space, and that the locality 811 i s s o the ti°n s ' ale ands was unfit for it. H e had seen the plans for its extension offered at 391 to 30/, and other sorts at 37l lO s to 3 Proposed by the city authorities, but they would only per tun. remedy the want of space; and nothing short of t he removal of the mar k e t would do away with the nuisances of slaughter-houses, bone-boilers, gut-twisting sheds, Arc. In addition to these evils, the market caused so much poverty to prevail in the parish (St. Sepulchre's), that it was troublesome to collect the rates—especially the City police rates—there. By Mr. HOPE—Witness had no interest in the ques tion of the removal of the market, except the general good of the City. If the market were removed, all the bone-boilers, gut-twisters, &c., would most likely follow it. The space required for a new market in the suburbs would probably be 100 acres, which might cost from 60,000 f. to 70,0001. The selection of the site would re !main with the Commissioners appointed by the Govern ment, and he had every confidence that they would select a proper place. Re-examined—The estimate of 100 acres was only a ro ugh one, and included the ground necessary for proper cattle-fairs and slaughter-houses. The subject of the market occasioned a warm feeling on both sides of the question throughout the City, and it bad sometimes been discussed at the annual election of the members of t h e Common Council. By Sir JAMES DUNE—If the Corporation had the power to regulate the market-hours to suit the public conve 'nience, no doubt they would do so; but any such inter ference would be mo s t m i sc hi evous . A l arge o p en space like Smithfield was, n o d ou bt, o f se rvice to the City, an d At would not be for the public advantage to have it built over. THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 30. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 28, 1851. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon James Tyler, Esq., Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Markland Barnard, Esq., one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice O'Kelly, retired. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Rogge and Charles Mostyn Owen, Esqs., to be As sistants to Lieutenant-General Sir H. G. W. Smith, Baronet, K.G.C.8., Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, as her Majesty's High Commissioner for the nettling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories in Southern Africa, adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern frontier of that colony. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard 'Cornwall Legh, Esq., to be Assistant-Secretary to the Government of Malta, and Clerk to the Council of Go -vernment of that island. WHITEHALL, MAY 30. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Duncan McNeill, Esq., one of the Ordinary Lords of Session, to be one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of Joshua Henry Mackenzie, Esq., resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 27. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert Prowse, as Consul, at St. John's, Newfoundland, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Henry Fourcade, as Consul, at Malta; of M. Louis Lion Bucquet as Consul at Sydney; and of M. Isaac Edward Grasset, as Consul at Port Louis for the French Republic. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. William Hare as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the Free Hanseatic city of Lubeck. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Winder Campbell as Consul-General in New South Wales and Van Diesnen's Land for the Kin of the Hawaiian Islands. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 29. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Harwich—Robert Wigram Crawford, of Mickleham Hall, in the county of Surrey, and Old Broad-street, in the city of London, Esq., in the room of Henry Thoby Prinsep, Esq., whose election for the said borough has been declared void. MAY 30. County of the Isle of Wight—Edward Dawes, Esq., of St. Helens, in the said county, in the room of John Simeon, Esc, who has a cce pt e d t h e o ffi ce of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. SOMERSET HOUSE, MAT 26. William George Anderson, Esq., has been appointed auditor of the Ducbv of Cornwall, in the room of Ed ward White, Esq., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 30. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Thomas Henry Clifton, from 12th Light Dragoons, to be Cap tain, vice Cureton, who exchanges, May 30. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Jeffery , Jonah Avarne, from half-pay 67th Foot, to be Lieute tenant, vice James Thomas Wightman, who exchanges; Cornet John Inglis, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Avarne, who retires, May 30. 12th Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Burgoyne Cureton, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Clifton, who exchanges, May 30. Ist Regiment of F oot —E ns i gn James Frederick Webster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reed, who retires, May 30. 18th Foot—Captain William Elford Adams, from the I7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hanmer, who exchanges, March 26. 40th Foot—Lieutenant Alloorough Richardson Rundle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gorl e , w h o re ti res; Ensign William O'Hara to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rundle, May 30. 87th Foot—Captain William Hanmer, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges, March 26; Second Lieutenant George Ley Woolferstan Dods ley Flamstead, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baldwin who retires, May 30. 88th Foot—Ensign Jackson Wray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Steere, who retires, May 30. Ist %Vest India Regiment—Ensign Angus William Mackay to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice J. W. Thompson, deceased, Jan. 13; Ensign William Law rence Murphy to be Lieutenant, vice Stubbs, who retires, May 30. BREVET.—Brevet Major C. E. Napier, of the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, May 30. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Brevet- , Colonel Morris, C. 8., on half-pay, as Lieutenant-Colonel, Unattached, are " Edmund Finucane." ERRATUM in printing the Gazette of the 23d May. The appointment of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ed ward Macarthur, on half-pay Unattached, should have been Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in New South Wal,s, and not Deputy Assistant •General, as therein stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Henry Barnett to be Lieutenant, vice Wykeham, promoted, May 26. BANKRUPTS. John Hammond Hunt, warehouseman, Silver-street, City, June 10 and July 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J o h nson, off i cial assignee, Basinghall- 3 street; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. George Courthope, coal merchant, Paradise-row, Ro therhithe, June 12, at half-past eleven, and July 11, r at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Newbon and 2 ' Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-Commons,r - Robert Cleaver, timber dealer, Stretton-on-D unsmore , Warwickshire, June 9 and July 7, at ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Elkington, Birmingham. William Henzey Bond, wine merchant, Brierloy-hill, Staffordshire, June 9 and July 7, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. James Clark, builder, Exeter, June 11 and July 22, 1 at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,' offi-, cial assignee, Exeter; Geare, Mountford, and Oeare 4 Exeter. Roger Hortop, innkeeper, Morice Town, Devonshire, June 19, and July 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District 2 Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouth. John Scott and John Scott, jun., ship owners, North ' Shields, June 13, at half-past twelve, and July 16, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle- upon-Tyne ; Bell, 2 Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard; Thomas and Wil liam Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. David lon Wyatt and Eliza Underwood, hat manufac turors, Bristol, June 10 and July 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acranaan, official assignee, Bristol; Salmon, Bristol. Richard Mayor, grocer, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, 41(7 19 , and J u l y 4. at twe l ve, at the Manchester Dia ...i Court. L ee, official assignee, Manchester; Tyrer, Liverpool. £ X 26 , 906 ,610 11 f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Doted the 29th day: 6 f , M 90 a 5 ; 5 , 1 1 0851 . BANKING DEPARTMEN T. :Pitreoapr.rit p 1 : 4 14 5 3 3. :7 7 2 ° 2tibtle deposits (In `,le cling Exchequer, minus/stoners of ',.Tational Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vide nd accoun Ls) .. 6,582,5( 9 'Other deposits •• • • • 8,743,887 Seven day and other Bills ••••••• • • • • • 1,093,296 :34,116,484 1 1 Government securi ties (including Dead W e i g ht Annuity) • . 13,593,235 Other securities •• • . 11,931,795 Notes .. ••• • • • ...... 7,878,915 Gold and silver coin • • 662,539 £34,116,48 4 -. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. POST,OFFICE NOTICE. MONEY ORDERS. The undermentioned offices will be opened as minor Money Order offices on the following days, viz.:— June 2—Bellingham, Northumberland; Crook and Hougton-le-Spring, Durham ; Ilkeston, Nottingham shire; Kinvar, Staffordshire ; Staveley, Derbyshire; Swinton, Yorkshire. June 3—Great Bardfield, Essex; Hingham and Little Walsingham, Norfolk; Temple Cloud, Somersetshire. June 4—Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. June s—Gillingham, Dorsetshiro. June 6—Aston, Shropshire. June 9 —Botley, Hampshire; Capel, Surrey; Goud hurst, Kent; Knighton, Radnorshire; Lindfield, Sussex; Meopham, Kent; Sunning Hill, Berkshire. June 11—Pembridge, Herefordshire. June 13—Bodenham, Herefordshire. June 16—Mitchel Dean, Gloucestershire. June 18—Frampton-on Severn, Gloucestershire. June 24—Audlein, Staffordshire; Bedworth, Warwick shire; Braunstone, Northamptonshire; Frodsham, Che shire; Hodnet, Shropshire; Llangefni, Anglesey; Long Backby, Northamptonshire; Madeley, Shropshire; Mont gomery, Montgomeryshire; Oldbury and Tutbury, Staf fordshire; Wavertree, Lancashire. June 25—St. Just, Cornwall. N.B.—Great Bardfield, Essex, has been substituted for Finchingfield, Essex, inserted in the list of Minor Money Order-offices to be opened in March last; and Cannock, Staffordshire, inserted in the same list, has been deferred for the present. The City Office for the issue of Money Orders only has been transferred from Lombard-street to Abchurch lane. RELIGIOUS DOINGS IN FRANCE The Romish priesthood, and the fair priestesses of that faith in Paris, are continually getting into scrapes, which must not be breathed to the ears polite of the in mates of English convents; the hulks are now swarming with convict priests, and the prisons team with naughty nuns; but if, out of respect for the Church, the police look lightly upon pe ccadillos, which only involve an in fraction of the laws of morality, they cannot wink at other offences. Yesterday they arrested a priest and a nun, who for jome time past have been carrying on swindling on an extensive scale. A criminal connexion having been established between them, they were obliged to fly from the country, and seek refuge at Paris. There they lived in the same house, and kept up their connexion, though they pretend ed to be brother and sister-in-law. The female called herself a countess, and niece of the Archbishop of Sens, and represented herself as a secret agent of the Legitienatist party, charged to collect sub scriptions for those who suffer for its cause. She affected great piety, and shci wed certificates and letters from, as she said, personages, of distinction, but all were forged. She and her accomplice obtained altogether, on different pretexts, a large amount of money; one notary advanced as much as 3,000 f.., and a tradesman 10,000 f. They also swindled several shopkeepers.—Morning Advertiser. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Tim GRIAT NORTHMIN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 236, Return of Traffic for the Week ending May 18, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £7,023 7 2 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,264 16 II Cattle ... 145 14 1 Total .. ... £10,433 18 2 Corresponding week, Alav 19, 1850 (143 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,876 6 0 Cattle ... ... 1,777 16 0 Total ... £3,654 2 0 EASTERN COUNTII AND NORFOLK RAILWAY...-Traffic return for the week e, ading May 25 : Passengers, pa rcels, &c. £8,522 18 9 Merchandise, c a ttle, and cartage 5,561 2 8 Total ... £14,084 1 5 Corresponding tveek of 1850 ... 17,007 17 7 BRISTOL AND EXRICEII RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending May 18 : Passengers Goods Parcels Mails ... £2,777 3 5 • 1,175 3 0 • 170 8 10 ... 223 4 2 Total ... £4,345 19 5 CHESTER AND HO.:LYHEAD RAILWAY.-..TraffiC for the week ending May 25 :: MAIN LOTI. Passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. rcnd D. Goods, cattle, B.r.e. Mails ... £1,210 5 ... 49 4 ... 424 5 ... 575 0 Total ... £2,258 15 2 ••. MOLD. --- Passengers - Parcels, H. C. Ira dD. ... Goods, cattle, & c. ... Total £34 12 5 2 0 8 74 5 2 ~, £llO 18 3 STEAM-BOATS. -- Passengers Parcels, H. C. ax d D. ... ... £l9O 19 11 ... 13 2 4 Total ... ... £204 2 3 NOTE,—The correspe nding period last year was Whitson week. LoNnos AND BLACK a TALL RAILWAY.—Amount of revenue 'or the week ending M e y 25 : Passengers Goods ... ... £1,153 17 2 ... ... 19 5 0 Total 2 2 Corresponding RI !ek last year ... 1,076 6 5 SIREWSBURY AND .[ ;IRMINGIIAM RAlLWAY..—Traffic re ceipts for the week end ❑g May 25 : Passengers £26B 9 0 Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 10 7 4 Live stock ... 19 4 0 Merchandise and minerals ... 237 10 1 Total ... £535 10 5 Corresponding pf?: riod last year.. -- 733 MANCHESTER, BUXTO! N, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS AMC lux RAILWAY.—Retru rn of traffic for the week ending May 25 : Passengers, &c. Merchandi§e ... £l2B 3 10 177 3 0 £64 3 2 64 0 8 Total Corresponding IR n eek last year ... RAILN i 'AY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETUI Ics FOR THE PAST WEEK. : u n e e s cl, NAME al RAILWAY. 881 ITISII. '2 Aberdeen ....... ... ••••.. • • .. 17% Belfast and Bally mena .............. , 7 Belfast and Count y D0wn...... 13 Birkenhead, Lane !ashire, and Cheshire ;7 Bolton, Blackburn , and West York .. ;554 Bristol and Esete r• • ••• • • • 94% Chester and:Holy head. • ... • • • 89 Dublin and Belfx >t Junction ••.. • • - 53 Dublin and Drogb, eda •.• • • • ••••• • • • • 6 Dublin and Kings town ••••••• • • • • • • • 16% Dundee and Arbn oath . • • 31 Dundee, Perth, an d Aberdeen Junction 19 Dundalk and Enr dskillen ••..•• • • • • • ;7% East Anglian F 9 East Lancashire 12 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. .. 15 Eastern Union ..• .......... [6% Edinburgh and GI asgow .• • • •••• • • • '1 Edinburgh, Perth , and Dundee •• • • ,8 • Furness Railway •• • • •••••• . . • • 'l% Glasgow, and Sot ith-Western !256 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greeneck • • 16 Great Northern e nd E. L. • ....... ,8 Great Southern ai id Western . (Ireland; 12% Great Western . „ 0 1 Lancaster and Ca elide •• ••• • •. 0 Lancashire and Y , orkshh•e 19 Leeds and Thirsk :2% Liverpool, Crosby , and Southport 18% London and Nori h Western ..... 5% London and Blac awall • • '3% London, Brightor , and South Coast 19 London and Sout h Western. 5 Londonderry and Enniskillen ...... 134 Manchester, Bust on, and Matlock, &c. .7% Manchester, Shed leis!, and Lincolnshire 934 Manchester and i Louth Junction—. !8 Maryport and Cat 'lisle .... •......... , 6 Midland ..... • ...... 50 Midland Great W estem (Irish) ...... i 0 Newcastle and C 4 ISNorth British . • • • ..... • • • • ...... !2 North Staffordshi. • • • • • • • • 17 North-Western • •.. • • ...... •• .. [5 Scottish Central . ................... ;2 Scottish Midland .... ....... ....... 17 Shrewsbury and ( :heater .....• • ..... 10 Shropshire Union 18 South Devon . ......it .. South Eastern.... •• • ........... '5 South Wales ... ........ :• • ;9 South York., Don, caster, and Goole :•. ,0 Taff Vale . • • . • . 6 Ulster. ......... 25 Waterford and Lb nerick • • .. 13 West Cornwall • ••• • . ............. 12 Whitehaven Juno lion . )3 York and Newcas tie, and Berwick ... 56 York and North l Hidland. FOE EIGN. '6% Amiens and Bold( 3 Montereau and Ti 'oyes .... 16 Northern of Franz •••• .• •....... 13 Orleans to Bourge s (Cent.) r 2 Orleans to Bordea tut • • 12 Paris and Orleans . • .. • • . . 15 Paris and Rouen. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• i 9 3 .6 Rouen and HaiTO .•••••••• • • • • • • • .. 7,701 6,114 2,650 RAILWAY S HARE MARKETS. BRIE ,TOL, MAY 29. STOOK ExcHArkoc.-11 'he market was rather better to day, particularly so in ( ireat Westerns, owing to the traffic returns of the past week : having greatly improved. The transactions were as foll ow : —Great Western, 84—Yale of Neath, 6% dis.—Portbur y Pier and Railway, 1-3 per share. LIVE.] WOOL, MAT 29. STOOK EXCHANGE.-1 Co-day being the commencement of a new accoant, there has been considerably more spirit and activity displayed in all transactions in the share market. Prices have been better, 4 'perations more numerous, and alto gether a healthy and g ratifying tone after the recent de pression. The transact ions were as follow:—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshvu .e, 11 c. dis.—Caledonian, 13 7-16 c. - _ — Lancashire and Yorl shire, Fifths, 7% dis.—London and North-Western, 123 c- - Ditto, New Quarters, 4 p.—Man eatt ter, She ffi eld, and Ancoloshire, 30—Midland, 54% c._ o Eastern and L 'ver, 24 —York and North Mid land,23 c. MAN( CHESTER, MAT 29. to ndenc STOCX EXCHANGE.— ...Prices have again assumed a buoyant Y, and the busi b aess done is tolerably good. Two stoppages are amount. announced, but they are to a very small Yo Mar 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.— - The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northei la, 18—York, Newcastle, and Ber land,wick (Newcastle Exten lion), 15 a r k , and North Mid- Preference, 834. The executioner of Chalons -our-Saone hss just be e e a l n e'ffice, owipg, it is sup pose d, to the w Ys sit when. Moncharmont w as ordered for execution. d e i s s s m h is e sel p f l r a o y m ed hi lL s: few, days Receipts. 1850. 1851. £1,450 683 254 1,309 725 4,346 6,393 2,574 620 £1,103 580 1,314 453 4,093 6,330 3,029 239 884 769 417 743 4,857 17,008 2,478 3,895 2,562 332 3,564 1,077 3,654 4,313 19,12 S 3,750 19,128 1,157 181 47,617 1,076 12,118 11,775 177 7,679 1,101 679 24,604 1,389 2,374 3,403 4,92 d 1,442 469 1.612 467 1,919 13,786 1,035 2,06 878 203 15,050 7.516 1,347 896 17,430 2,785 DIP ERI EN HOUSE OF LORDS, May 30. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo: sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented peti tions from several places in Scotland against Papal aggression, and for withdrawing the grant to Maynooth. The petitions were upwards of sixty in number; they also prayed for a measure to prevent violations of liberty in convents, and also for the adoption of measures to secure for Protestants the same tolera tion in Popish countries which Papists enjoyed here, He thought there could be no mistake about the senti ments of the people of Scotland. Thly were deter mined to oppose sacerdotal domination, whosoever might attempt to exercise it. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented several petitions from Northumberland against the re duction of the rate of speed of Parliamentary trains on railways. Earl GREY presented several petitions to the same effect. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition in favour of the Bill for facilitating the arrest of absconding debtors. Lord BEAUMONT presented petitions to the same effect. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition against Papal aggression. He als o announce d t h at he had re ceived several petitions from Ireland against the Ecclesi astical Titles Bill; also a petition in favour of the Patent Laws Amendment Bill; also a petition from Burton-on-Trent in favour of the County Courts Exten sion Bill; also several other petitions to the same effect; and a petition against making any alteration in the bankruptcy law. 11e begged to o b serve t h at the ex . tension of the jurisdiction of County ;Courts would not make any alteration in the bankruptcy law. COURT OF CHANCERY. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then moved for a return relating to the state of business in the Court of Chancery, and said that unless some speedy re form took place in that Court it would be im possible that justice could be obtained. Ho moved for a return of the number of cases entered before eaeh of the judges of the court, on the 2d of November, 1850, and on the 30th of May, 1851.—Agreed to. CRIMINAL LAW REFORM BILLS. Lord CAMPBELL mov,l the third reading of the two Bills, which he had introduced for the reform of the criminal law. The Bills were accordingly, respectively, read a third ime. PAPERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid certain papers on the table of the House, by command of her Majesty. OATH OF SUPREMACY. The Earl of PONS presented, according to notice, a petition from the Earl of Bradford and the Earl of Clancarty, praying for a modification in that part of the oath of supremacy which declared that the Pope did not exercise any authority in these realms. They were true Protestants, but looking at the manner in which the dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church had been recognized in this country and in the colonies, they could not conscientiously take the oath, inasmuch as it was contrary to fact, and they therefore could not take their seats in Parliament. He moved that the petition be read by the clerk at the table. The petition was then read in extenso. The Earl of WICKLOW requested their Lordships' serious attention to the petition, involving as it did the question of the oaths which not only all Members of their Lordships' House, but all Mem bers of the other House and all persons accepting office were called upon to take. He asked was it decent in the nineteenth century to call upon persons to take the oath of abjuration? It was abso lutely unnecessary. But with regard to the oath of supremacy, it was no oeth of supremacy at all—it was absolutely a negative oath. The latter part of the oath of supremacy was absolutely untrue. When they saw that the Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops had been received as such by the Queen on her visit to Ireland, when they found that in an Act passed the session before last they had been recognised as archbishops and bishops, how could it be contended that the Pope exercised no spiritual authority in this country. The House of Commons had passed a Bill repealing this oath by a large majority, and it had only been re j ected by their Lord ships, because it emancipated the Jews. The Noble and Learned Lord the Chief Justice had in his Life of Lord Eldon, said that Lord Eldon was in favour of an alteration in this oath, and the Noble and Learned Lord had expressed a hope that some alteration would be made in the wording of it. Ho hoped the Noble and Learned Lord would draw up and introduce a Bill which would give to these petitioners the relief which they sought. The subject then dropped. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he intended to propose the introduction of some clauses which would be much better weighed by his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Campbell) and himself than in that House; and he, therefore, hoped hi s N o bl e an d L earned Frien would postpone the further consideration of the Bill till they had had an opportunity of discussing the matter. His sole object was to make the Bill as efficient as possible. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his earnest desire to consider the suggestions of his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack, and was ready to agree to any postponement which he might think desirable. Earl FITZ WILLIALI regretted that he had been un able to hear the conversation which had passed between the two Noble and Learned Lords, as he, in common with many of their Lordships, felt interested in the course which those Noble and Learned Lords intended to pursue with regard b this measure. Ho was by no moans satisfied as to itsexpediency, for its result would be to bring all the conveyances in the country to the metropolis, where any body might examine them who pleased. It was imtnssible to read the newspapers without seeing how improper a use was made of this facility in the rase of wills. Tho practice in tt e ho r e r dm e e d sael t wv o ei , there sch b ww u e t arse ndoetpo on s m ei t e be m ed t. o w r Te i a he l en s cl o Y n t y r s k , , i s a o h n n i d r ewnhhoiatc had been h t e b b e e d e y e l l e h d a r s: a local registry and a general registry, but between the present system and theone proposed, and the onus pro bandi lay on those who advocated the change. This measure would interpo se a very great obstacle to the practice of raising moray on land by a deposit of title deeds. Ho was, therefore, glad of anything which w ou ld have the effect of delayng its progress. Lord CRANWOR'I'E could not concur in the wish for delay expressed by he Noble Earl, who seemed to think that the Bill wood compel every landowner to deposit his title-deeds it a ,general register-office. The Bill did not, in fact, reer to existing deeds, though it would undoubtedly aset all future deeds. Another objection of the Noble Earl was, that the Bill required the registration, not oft memorial, but of the deed itself; but such was the law new in the North Riding of York shire.—(" No, no," from Earl Fitzwilliam.) It was un doubtedly so, and the laie was the same in Ireland; and the reason why it was nit extended to the rest of York shire and to Middlesex was because it was stated that the memorial gave all tle information. The Noble Earl feared that curious pers ) n s would be tempted to amuse themselves with inquirh s into matters which did not concern them, but this to thought a groundless appre hension. As to the facilkies which the Bill would afford for ascertaining the incuebrances to which estates were subject, ho thought this 03e of the advantages of regis tration, for a conceal ment in a case of this k i n d was ob taining credit unde r f a l se ?retences. He dou b te d whether the practice of obtainin t money by a mere deposit of deeds was a common praQice, but at all events the Bill would provide a safer, more effectual, and more honest mode of accomplishing th 3 same end. Lord WHARNCLIFrE had received information from a gentleman employed in one of the Yorkshire registries, from which it tppeared that the three regis tries in Yorkshire were created under three separate Acts of Parliament. The East and West Ridings merely required a memorial to la 3 registered. The Act relating to the North Riding gale the option to register either the memorial or the died; but what was the result? That in a very small minority of cases were the deeds themselves registered. In Ireland, he believed that up to the passing of the Act of last year, at all events, the practice had been to register the memorial. He was not satisfied with the Bill. The Marquis of WESTMEATH said, the practice was to register the memorial in Ireland. Lord CAMPBELL scid, the practice in Ireland had been altered by the Act of last session, under which the deed itself must be registered at full length. The sub ject had been considered for nearly twenty years, and those who had been consalted on the subject, comprising solicitors, barristers, aad bankers, were clearly of opinion that it would b 3 much better to register the deed than the memorial. Besides this, it would be much more economical. These discussions, however, on points of detail, would be better reserved till the House should _ . go into Committee on the Bill. Y•- The Marquis of WESTMEATH thought a more monstrous law was never suggosted than one which pro posed to enable anybody to inspect original deeds in a public office. The Committee was then postponed till Tuesday next. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Lord STANLEY was understood to give notice that he would, on Monday next, call attention to the petition which he had presented respecting the repeal of the na vigation-laws. - The Duchy of Lancaster High Peak Mining Customs and Mineral Courts Bill, and the Compound House holders Bill, were read a second time. On the motion of Lord KINNAIRD, the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill passed through Committee. THE REGISTRATION BILL. The Marquis of WES i'MEATH said ho hoped to be allowed to set himself right about a discussion which had taken place on the Registration Bill. It had been stated that the deed should be put on the record, and could not be put on the memorial; he bad stated the contrary, and ho had since ascertained that he was right, notwithstanding what two learned Law Lords had asserted in opposition to him. A law had passed last session, indeed, making a change, but it was at present as he had stated. Their Lordships then adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 30 The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Great Southern and Wester❑ Railway (Ireland). South Staffordshire Railway (Branche3 to join the Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way, &o.) 3,985 14,084 2,044 3,965 2,359 333 3,854 1,103 i 0,434 4,608 20,193 3,876 15,247 412 50,204 1,173 15,876 12,724 128 6,528 557 21,005 1,306 2,350 3,545 5,036 524 1,863 53g 1,571 598 1,867 13,076 1,001 1,181 2,409 919 369 i 8,6 14,618 6,966 1,758 1,008 17,960 3,280 8,102 6,259 2,652 M AN . 3l, 1851. Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yarm, Watemorks. Utversion and Lancaster Railway. The Coal Duties (London and Westtninster, and ad jacent Counties) Bill was read a second time. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Clerkenwcll Improvement (Transfer of Powers to the Corporation of London, &e.) London (City) Sewers. referring to Hansard, it appeared that as nea, ly as pus ethic the same number of pages were occupied by the eupportera as by the opponents of the measure. It was evident, then, the opponents of the Bill, on that occasion, only did their duty in replying to its advocates.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The motion for the first reading was made on the 14th of March. The delay be tween the 7th of February and the 14th of March was caused, not by the opponents of the Bill, but by the feebleness and incapacity of the Government. —(Hear, hear.) The question of the first reading was debated for seven nights—a long period, no doubt, but he found that there were twenty. four speakers for the Bill, and only twenty-eight against it, while the former occupied rather more time in addressing the House than th e l atter. The subsequent delay cause by the postponement of the Bill till after Easter was the act of the Noble Lord himself—(Hear)—and even after Easter the measure was again postponed for another week, in order to meet the convenience of the Administration.—(Hear, hear.) On the question that the Speaker should leave the chair one evening was occupied with the motion of the Hon. Member for Stafford, and he (Mr. Moore) subse quently felt it his duty to address the House on a point of order which no Member of the House—from the Speaker downwards—would say was not deserving of serious consideration. The House having gone into Committee, what occurred then ? Although the Bill had been postponed for a month to allow the Govern ment to reconsider and amend it, yet, at the eleventh hour, on going into Committee, the Government adopted a new clause of the greatest importance, the depth and obscurity of which they had never yet been able to fathom. The opponents of the Bill very natu rally suggested that the clause should be printed in the Bill before the Committee was called on to discuss it, and, scarcely credible as it would appear, that reasonable proposition was resisted by th e Noble Lord. A consi derable debate ensued, and at last the Noble Lord as sented, most ungraciously, to what he had pertina ciously opposed. At length the House went into Com mittee on the reprinted Bill, which was delivered only at the eleventh hour, wet from the press. Th e Ri ght Honourable Member for the University of Oxford, and others, declared that sufficient time had not been al lowed to enable them to understand the provisions of the Bill, and c , nsequently the measure, after some de bate, was postponed for another week. When the House went into Committee on the appointed day, the Hon. and Learned Member for Athlone moved that the preamble should be postponed ; but the motion was rejected, although it was now universally admitted that its adoption would have greatly facilitated the dis cussion of the measure.—(Haar, hear.) When the first clause was proposed, it came out for the first time that while the Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurat had proposed it in a limited and restricted sense, the Go vernment had adopted it in a sweeping and mischievous sense, and extended it to a part of the empire to which the Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurst did not mean it to apply. Under these circumstances, it was not surprising that the opponents of the Bill should en deavour to effect alterations with a view of reconcil ing the contradictory opinions of the Solicitor -General and the Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurst, and to rescue the clause from the doubt and obscurity in which it was designedly left by the Government. The Noble Lord complained of his opponents for moving provisoes identical, he said, in spirit, if not in words. All he could say in reply was that the provisoes were as differ ent from each other as the present Bill was from the one originally introduced. (Here the Hon. Member recapi tulated the provisoes which had been moved, with the view of shorting their variance from each other.) The Members who moved the provisoes had no other object than to make the first clause do that which the Go vernment declared it was intended to do. Public opinion, it was true, called for legislation on this sub ject; but for legislation clear and definite, not that which was purposely obscure. Public opinion called for a statute which should resist the recent act of the Pope, without interfering with or insulting the religious feeling of any of the Queen's subjects; but this Bill did in terfere with the Rumen Catholic religion, while it did not resist the alleged aggression.—(Llear, hear.) On these around* he appealed to the House, and to the public opinion which the Noble Lord himself invoked, against the proceedings of the Government. Mr. KEOGH called on the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to declare whether he would assent to the proviso. Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that he would oppose it. Mr. WALPOLE suggested that it would be better to move the proviso at the end of the second clause, by which means it would apply to all prosecutions under tho Bill. Mr. KEOGH would adopt the suggestion, if the Hon. and Learned Member would support the proviso. Mr. WALPOLE had not made up his mind on the point, but would consider it. Mr. KEOGH thought it better to take the chance of having the Hon. and Learned Member's support than incur the risk of his opposition by moving the proviso now, and therefore he withdrew it. On the question that clause 1 should stand part of the Bill, Sir J. GRAHAM said, that having been indulged by the House with a full opportunity of expressing his opinion against the principle of the Bill on the occasion of the second reading, he had during the progress of the measure in Committee carefully abstained, up to the pre sent time, from taking part in any of the discussions which had arisen. The Committee was now called upon to agree to the first clause, which was not part of the Bill when ho had the honour of addressing the House before; and, fueling great doubt with respect to the real import of the clause, ho hoped he might ha pardoned for obtruding himself on the attention of the Committee for a short time, promising, at the same time, not to restate any of his opinions with respect to the principle of the Bill—which remained unchanged —bat to confine himself entirely to the question under consideration. Having found himself in a small mino rity in opposing the principle of the Bill he might have left the arrangement of the details to the great majority who had supported it, and have waited the opportunity of its coming out of the Committee to consider the shape which, after a careful deliberation, its supporters had thought fit to give it; but still he regarded this clause as so important, more especially considering the ambi guity which hung around it, that he considered it expe dient to ask for some discussion upon it, and, if possible, to obtain some explanation of what was its real import. —(Hear.) He would first ask, what was the intention of the clause, and then, if he could divine what its inten tion was, he would apply himself to find out what was done by it. With respect to the intention of a clause we naturally looked to the preamble. Now, this was a clause of a peculiar character. It was a clause which her Majesty's Government had adopted at the suggestion of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Midhurst; and, seeking for advice as to the intention of tho clause through the medium of the preamble ho would try to find it first by looking at the preamble, as adopted by the Government, an d t h en at the preamble as sought to be amended by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Wal pole). The preamble of the Government was peculiarly worded. It said— " Whereas divers of her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects have assumed to themselves the titles of arch bishop and bishops of a pretended province, and of pretended sees or dioceses, within the United King dom, under colour of an alleged authority given to them for that purpose by a certain brief, rescript, or letters apostolical from the see of Rome, purporting to have been given at Rome on the 29th of September, 1850." He begged the House to observe the peculiarity of the phrase " United Kingdom," because they saw imme diately from the words wnich followed that it ap plied to one rescript of a particular date, which was strictly applicable to England only. It did nut extend to the whole of the United Kingdom and the words, "within the United Kingdom," could only have beam adopted in the preamble upon the under standing teat England was a part of the United Kingdom In no other sense could the words be used, for the re script referred to did not extend to Ireland, but was ex pressly limited to England.—(Hear, hear.) The in ference therefore was, that as the preamble referred only to one rescript, and that rescript applied only to England, it was the intention of the clause to be strictly limited to England. He would now call the attention of the House to the proposed alteration of the preamble by his Hon. and Learned Friend, who was the real au thor of the clause. Did he seek (judging from his pre amble) to limit the operation of the clause to England only, and to restrict it to one particular rescript? Nothing of the kind. Look at the words of which he had given notice. After the word " pounds" he proposed to omit d all the following words down to the words " United Kingdom," and to insert the words, " And whereas the t said brief, rescript, or letters apostolical" (alluding e o d the rescript of September 29, 1850); ho then p , r a o a po d s all the following important and significant wo h r e ds, L ea, her such or the like acts or matters touching , t e crown, her regality, and the realm —(11 ar)— thus in dicating as clearly as words could intention c onv_ey a i o t t a th n atthe e. different from that of the Government — not claratory clause should be appl h ic a a t b it e to ono rescript should be only, and to England only, but t whether future or ante cedent.—(Hear, appli cable to all resoripts or bulls, as indicated by th e i r cedent.—(llear, hear.) But again he wouldask, what was the intention of Government, conduct with regard to the first Bill _which th ey laid upon the table of the House? That Bill contain e d a se cond and third clause, following that which was now the second clause of the present Bill, which, upon delibera tion, the Government withdrew, for reasons which were stated by the Secretary of State for the Rome Depart ment. Upon full consideration, and after hearing argu ments in that House, they were sati s fi e d that the second and third clauses interfered with certain spiritual functions of the Catholic episcopate, which the did not think it expedient to t ouch either in England or Ireland, such as ordination, collation to benefices, and various ecclesiaqical functi ons, which they were most anxious not to disturb. lie wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government, who had since adopted the fi to the intention which they to adhere to the House when th • deliberately be c r l a au te s l e ; announced ey withdrew the second and third clauses of the former Bill?—(flcar, hear.) It was most desirable that they should come to a distinct under standing upon that point. And here the difficulty of arriving at a distinct apprehension of what was intended was materially increased by the changes which had taken place in the law officers of the Crown during the pro gress of this measure. He was sorry the Right Hon. Gentleman the Master of the Rolls was not present; but he was sure the House would remember that he (then holding the office of Attorney-General) stated that he had given an opinion, to which opinion, upon reflection, d he distinctly a dh ere d , t h at b y t h e l aw, as it no wsto there was no imp e di men t w h a t ever t o the Pole's divi ding any portion of the country into dioceses, sees, or districts, or whate ve r name s th e y might please to give them, for eccle s i ast i ca l an d e pi sco pal purposes.—(Hear,hear.) Th e Ri g ht H on . an d L e arned no longer a law adviser of the Crown. He now filled succeeded by a a high judicial position, and lie had been genthenee tf great ability, whom he now saw present, to whose opinions he (Sir James Graham) attached much impertanee, on account of his ability; and he also greatly admired the frankness and menlinees with which he at all times stat e d h is o pi n i ons—he alluded tothe Solidi tor-General.—(Hear, hear.) Now he understood that Hon. and Learned Gentlemen to say, that by the law, lig, it new stood, all suc h rescr i pts us that of the 20t h of September were, in his opinion, illegal; that this clause way a declaratory clause, and did not alter the law, but merely affirmed the law as it now is; and he went on to say that the effect o f thi s d ec l arat i on would b e to bind the courts of law in every part of the United Kingdom to declare the law to be tho came in pari materiel. Well, if that were so, was it not clear that the operation of the clause extended far beyond the limits of England, for beroud the n arrow groun d of the rescript of the 28t h 91 Septembhr; that it laid down a general principle appli cable to all parts of the United Kingdom, and which would have to be observed by every court of judicature throughout th e rea l m ? Now, if that was so, It became the House to consider what was likely to be the op erat i on o f this clause throughout the United Kingdom. And for his own part he must say that with respect to its operation in Ireland he apprehended the most injurious and fatal results.—(Hear, hear.) Se begged the House to bear in mind that the Roman Ca tholic religion was an episcopal religion, that the Roman Catholic bishops throughout the United Kingdom were appointed by rescript from the Pope; that if they de clared his rescripts to be illegal, everything that flowed from those rescript s would be illegal likewise; that If they vitiated the appointment of the bishops, the ordina tious of the priesthood by those bishops, the solernials 3 " lion of marriage by the priests, and the like would be come vitiated also. All that was stated by the Govern ment against the second and third clauses of the pre vious Bill applied a fortiori to the declaratory clause in the present Bill. But did the case stop here? He will almost afraid to embark upon questions of nice legal inr port, pregnant with immense consequences, but he bad always understood that it was a principle of law, that if they declared any particular act to be Wee!, even although they assigned no penalty to it , that act, and the various things that were done under its authority, became a misdemeanour, and 1 13- dictable. The Government had shown a praiseworthy desire to restrict the power of prosecuting under this Bill to the responsible officers of the Crown—that wit* as regarded its civil consequences. But, if the principle of law to which he had jest adverted was correct, the Government would lose control over the prosecutions- -- it would be open to anybody to raise the question before a grand jury. —(Haar, hear.) Take the case of the "Italian monk," as the Attorney- General had called hites The rescript under which he was appointed "Primate of all Ireland" being illegal, every act done by him in that capacity would bo illegal, and it would be open to anY Protestant in Ulster, who might be actuated by angry feelings, to prefer a hill of indictment against Dr. Cullen for a misdemeanour.—(Hear, hear.) Now, this was a state of things pregnant with serious dangers to Ireland, and would render the government of that country ut terly impossible.—(Hear, hear.) If they were to legis' late in this manner, let them legislate distinctly, plainly and intelligibly—(Hear) —but don't let them do it by doubtful inuendo, and leave their intentions to be sought for throughout a labyrinth of a long preamble —(Hear, hear.) But let them apply the dictum o f the Solicitor-General to another case. The warden ship of Galway was abolished by a rescript of the Pope in 1831. For twenty years the acts done by the Bishop of Galway had remained unchallenged by various Go vernments. If this declaratory clause became law, and if, according to the doctrine of the Solicitor. General, every rescript of the Pope, in pari materiel, would be come null and void and illegal, the Bishop of Galway', who had been acting all this time under the rescript of the Pope in his spirituel capacity, would be open to an indictment for a misdemeanour. —(Hear, hear.) And what would become of his acts during the last twenty years? If these acts were in their origin null and void. of course their consequences would be null and void also.—(Hear, hear.) Scenes of angry litigation a nti conflict and confusion of social rights would thus ensue, which it was melancholy to contemplate.—(Hear, hear.) But was the recognition of the Papal authority in Bpi' ritual matters entirely new in this country ? On the contrary, it had been frequently recognized, and in most marked cases.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had dwelt with commendation on a former evening on the sixth clause of the Bequests Act, and in passing he would say a word about that measure. Tkere could be no question that that Act was studiously framed to avoid any direct contravention of the Act of 1829, and with respect to the recognition of the titles already possessed by the prelates of the Es tablished Church of Ireland. At the same time, there was in that Act a direct recognition of the titles of arch bishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, and, more than that, there was in the sixth clause a direct recognition of their spiritual authority, and almost their jurisdiction. For in cases of doubt w ith respect to whose benefit any particular trust deed had been executed, be it bishop or be it pastor, the Roman Catholic members of the board being dignitaries of the Church were empowered to declare who were the persons so designed, no appeal being allowed from their decision. Here there was a distinct recognition of their authority in spiritualities, and indirectly a recognition of the canon law of the Church.—(Hear.) Was there no other case which presented itself—a case which actually touched the succession of the Throne itselt? He meant the case of Augustus Frederick D'Este, the claimant of the Dukedom of Sussex.—(Hear.) A question arose in that case at the bar of the House of Lords in a Committee of Privileges as to the legal effect of marriages in fo reign countries, and, by an odd coincidence, Sir Thomas Wilde (now Lord Truro) was the person who conducted the case for the claimant. And whom did he call as a witness on this point? The first witness he called was Dr. Wiseman. He would read to the House a few of the questions which Sir Thomas Wilde put to Dr. Wiseman at the bar of the House of Lords. " Are you a Catholic bishop? —I am. "In the event of any questions arising in England relating to the validity of Catholic marriages, have you any jurisdiction or judicial authority upon those ques tions from the See of Rome? —The vicars-apostolic in England have the same jurisdiction in respect of matri monial cases which any bishop would have upon the con tinent. " Are you appointed an ecclesiastical judge by the Court of Rome in this country P—ln matters relating to ecclesiastical jurisdiction. " Is there any ecclesiastical authority in this country to decide upon the subject of marriages except the Ca tholic bishops P—No. " The persons holding that office are the authorities which have jurisdiction throughout Catholic countries to decide upon questions of marriage?—Generally; that is, matrimonial cases, as far as the canon law and eccle siastical law affects them, belong to the jurisdiction of the bishops. " And you are one of those bishops? —I am in that capacity. " What are the authorities in this country from the See of Rome that have power to decide upon questions arising between Catholics respecting marriage?—The vicars-apostolic of England. Does their authority extend to all questions relating to marriage, as well its validity as its regularity, or is it limited?—lt is limited with respect to the power of dis pensing in certain cases in which they are obliged to have recourse to the supreme authority at Rome. With the exception of those cases, the powers are the same as would be exercised iu Rome itself." Then he was cross-examined by the Attorney-General, and these questions were pus to him:— " You say that you have the power ofdeciding whether a marriage is valid or invalid. Suppose you decide it to be invalid, what is the consequence of that decision?-- That the parties would be obliged to separate, unless I granted a dispensation, or, if it was not within my faculty, procured it for them; but, until su c h di spensation was granted, they would have to separate. " You say they would be obliged to separate; but sup - pose they did not separate, what then?—Then, of course, they would not be admitted to participation in the rites of the Church—to the sacraments of the Church. " Therefore your jurisdiction is entirely confined to spiritual censures, and to consequences of an ecclesias tical kind?—Certainly; entirely. " You would have no power to affect the property or the civil rights of the parties?—Not in this country, except in foro conscientice." He begged the House to observe how closely the con fines of the spiritual and civile powers touched upon each othor. It was quite o tru that in foro conscien tt the Church had onl the se . er of depriving the people of the rites of theyChuPch' and yet Hon. Membersa_ would observe that it had been distinctly recognised . L the bar of the House of Lords that the authority which they exercised, in their ut jurisdiction ieh aff tc t ed over th ethe consciencessacram no of the Renaish Church, f 8,000,000 of her Majesty'. subjects, was derived directly from P — "lel and it was this authority and jurisdiction, so derived, that the House was now asked to declare illegal, and null and void.—(Hear, hear.) He would re fer again for one moment to the Bequests Act. The Bequests Act was passed at a time when there was upon the statute• book an Act declaring all rescripts and bulls from Rome to be illegal. One of the last acts of Sir R. Peel's Government, however, was the introduction by Lord Lyndhurst of a Bill which went the full length of repealing the 13th of Elizabeth, which declared all rescripts and bulls from home to be illegal. He would read to the House a short passage from the speech of Lord Lyndhurst in introducing that Bill. Lord Lynd hurst said,— " They tolerated the Catholic prelates, and they knew that those prelates could not carry on their church esta blishments or conduct its discipline without holding com munication with the Pope of Rome. No Roman Catholic bishop could be created without the authority of a bull from the Pope of Roma; and many of the observances of their Church required the same sanction. The moment, therefore, that they sanctioned the observance of the Roman Catholic religion in this country they by impli cation allowed the communication (with the Pope) pro hibited by this statute, and for which it imposed the penalties of high treason. If the l aw allowed the doc trines and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, it should be permitted to bo carried on perfectly and pro , perly; and that could not be without such communica tion. On these grounds he proposed to repeal the Act." He begged the House to observe that Lord Lyndhurst spoke the sense of the whole Peel Cabinet. It was quite true that the Bill assumed another form in its progress through that House, inasmuch as it repealed only the penalties, and not the Act itself ; but the intention of Sir R. Peel's Government was that the Act itself should bo repealed.—(Hear, hear , ) Lord Lyndhurst went on further to sae "But he Proposed the repeal of this statute for other and still stronger reasons. N o such statute existed in Scotland, and, ghat was still more remarkable, such s statute had never been pissed by the Irish Parliament, though in that country three -fourths of the inhabitants professed the Roman Catholic religion. He knew that many of his Noble Friends had been, on the firs; impres- PETITIONS. In reply to Mr. WILSON PATTEN, Sir G. GREY stated that he had no objection to refer ,his Bill to a Select Committee. BRENTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. In reply to Mr. MOWATT, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the long pending dispute between the patron of the Brentford Grammar School and the inhabitants of Breutford was now likely to be brought to a speedy termination. LONDON WATER BILL. In reply to Mr. B. COCHRANE, Sir G. GREY stated that he proposed to take the second reading of the London Water Supply Bill on Thursday next. - LIEUTENANT WYBURN. Mr. DISRAELI then rose pursuant to notice to call attention to the terms of a petition which he presented on Monday last in reference to the captivity of Lieutenant Wyburn, who, in 1835, was sent by the British Envoy at Persia on a diplomatic mission of great peril. Nothing was heard of the Lieutenant after that period until 1845, when it was ascertained that he had fallen into the power of the Ameer of Bokhara, where it was supposed he after wards died. In 1848, however, Lieutenant Wyburn, who was not dead, but had been kept there, made his escape, and sought refuge with the Kahn of Kbiva and another sovereign in that distant region. The ladies had not received any other information of their brother, nor had any means been adopted by the Government to release an enterprising English officer, who had been placed in captivity while in the rervice of the Queen and his country. Mr. ELLIOT read a number of communications which had passed on the subject of Lieutenant Wyburn's disappearance, from which it appeared that a person, supposed to be an Englishman, had been killed at Bokhara; and there seemed to*be no doubt that ho was no other than Lieut. Wyburn. Since then e ve ry means h a d been adopted by the Government to obtain more accurate information, but all acquainted with the country of Bokhara must know that .it was very inaccessible, and that it was impossible to take any coercive steps, ex cept by marching an army into the interior, and the House could hardly expect that such measures would be adopted. It might be said that a messenger or agent might be sent in search of him, but the impolicy of such a course was shown in the case of Colonel Con nolly, who lost his life while on an expedition to release Colonel Stoddart and his party. Sir J. W. HOGG concurred in the statement of the Hon. Member, that everything had been done that the Government could do under the circumstances. INCOME-TAX COMMITTEE. In reply to Mr. lIUME, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would endeavour to name a day for the appointment of the Committee on Monday. IPUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. V. SMITH wished to know when it was pur posed that the House should adjourn for the Whitsun tide recess ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he proposed to move the adjournment of the House from Friday next until the Thursday following. Perhaps it would be as well if ho took that opportunity of stating that on Fri. day next he should move for 'leave to bring in two Bills, one for reforming and facilitating the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery, and the other for regulating the salaries of tho Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench and the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Immediately after the Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the duration of which he could say nothing about—(A laugh)—he proposed to go into Committee on the Jewish Disabilities Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SMITH would be glad to know when it was proposed to take a Committee of Supply? Lord JOUN RUSSELL replied that ho proposed to take the Committee of Supply on Thursday, the 12th, and Friday, the 13th of June. KILRUS IT UNION. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know how soon after the order, the Right Hou. Gentleman the Secretary for Ire land had put himself in communication with the Com missioner in Dublin, respecting these returns, and how soon he meant to bring on the many Irish Bills which stood on tho paper, and whether it was his intention to obtain a Government night for bringing them forward. Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not say when the re turns would be laid ou the table of the House, since they were very voluminous, and had already been trans mitted from Ireland in the usual course. With reference to the Bills, they must share the fate of the other Bills before the House, and he was quite as anxious to bring on those Bills as the Hon. Member. JEW BILL. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know whether the Go vernment meant to proceed with the Jew Bill, which had been introduced under an express resolution of the House, and therefore differed from any other Bill then pending? - Mr. 14 ABOUCHERE said the Noble Lord had already stated that the Bill would be proceeded with when the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill had gone through Committee. Mr. B. OSBORNE—When is that ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was the usual practice to proceed with one subject at a time, and he could not see that the least intention had been evinced by the Go vernment to abandon it. WOODS AND FORESTS BILL. In answer to Lord DUNCAN, Lord SEYMOUR said he did not see any chance o proceeding with this Bill until after Whit..untide. METROPOLITAN SEWERS. Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to know when tho Government meant to bring in their Bill for the regulation of the metropolitan sewers. Ile could not help thinking that the Bill had been un necessarily delayed, although he could not charge the Government with any breach of faith on the subject, because they had abstained from making any promise respecting it. Sir G. GREY said the Bill was in preparation, though he could not name the day when it would be brought before the House. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The motion for the adjournment of the House at its rising until Monday next was then agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, and resumed the consideration of the proviso proposed by Mr. Keogh to be added to clause 1. Mr. MOORE hoped he might be allowed to say a few words with reference to the criticisms which had been made upon the conduct of Members who opposed this Bill. At the conclusion of the proceedings in Committee on Monday night the Noble Lord at the head of the Government lectured the opponents of the Bill in a tcne and manner which—considering the whole conduct of the Noble Lord in connexion with this unfortunate mea sure—he was by no means entitled to employ. The Noble Lord told the opponents of the Bill, that he would give them time to reflect on their conduct; and certainly, if any Member of that House was warranted in warning others of the dangers of acting without taking time to reflect, it was the author of the celebrated Durham let ter.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Noble Lord also told his opponents they might not be inclined to repeat the conduct they had pursued if they found it was con demned by public opinion. Now, he must remind the Noble Lord of a circumstance which he appeared to have forgotten, namely, that there was a public opinion in Ireland as well as in England. The Noble Lord once bowed to the " public clamour" of Ireland abjectly, as he now ducked to public opinion in England.—(A laugh.) Ho appealed to the House whether, in reference to the Bill under consideration, public opinion had not censured the Noble Lord quite as severely on as thheismoopt ; n u e forr t s leave whether the delay which had attended the progress f the measure was not chiefly attributable to the Noble ( Xl e l on r the ear ) 7th of s February, pseches there were against it, were tLoo introduce r h n i d m u s c e e l f t ? ;( -; four nights' debate. Twenty-one in favour of the motion, and twenty , on Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Ruthin, Den• bighshire, in favour of the County Courts Extension Bill. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the Synod of Aberdeen in favour of the maintenance of tests in the Scottish Universities. Lord MELGUND presented a petition from Dun fermline, praying for an extension of the parochial sys tem of education in Scotland. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from St. Pancras in favour of the people's charter. Mr. O'FL AHERTY presented a petition from a place in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Sheffield, praying for an extension of the franchise. Mr. CORBALLY presented a petition from Meath against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Mr. SULLIVAN presented a petition against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill from the parish of Ballyouskill, county Kilkenny. Mr. HIGGINS presented a petition from a place in the county of Mayo against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. THE CHARTIST BANK. Air. ROEBUCK, seeing the Hon. and Learned Mem ber for Nottingham in his place. wished to ask him a question with reference to the National Land Company Bank. Some time ago the Hon. and Learned Member is sued a circular on the subject of this bank, and at the end of that circular a comparison was drawn between the ad vantages to be derived from depositing money in the Government savings' banks and those to be derived from making deposits in the National Land and Labour Bank. This circular was addressed to the poor classes of society, whose earnings were hardly acquired. A large number of deposits were made in the bank in answer to this appeal, and amongst the deposi tors was one James Pollard, of Manchester, a labouring man, upwards of sixty years of age, who entrusted 671. to the care of the bank. Repeated application had been made to the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Notting ham, who was the sole manager and trustee of the bank, to refund the money, but the Hon. Gentleman had de clined to do so until the Parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of the National Land Scheme had been brought to a close. Now that period had arrived, and the ques tion he (Mr. Roebuck) wished to ask the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was, whether he intended to meet the demands of the depositors as heretofore, or to do justice to his suffering creditors? Mr. F. O'CONNOR said when the Land Company was wound up the depositors would be repaid their money. He begged to tell the Honourable Gentleman that the bank was established by the allottees of the Land Company against his will, and that beside paying into the bank out of his own pocket 3,5601., the Land Company had received 7,500/. from him, and it was now liable to him to that extent. LIVERPOOL POWDER MAGAZINE.