The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-30 00:00:00

GREAT INDIAN R ULWAY. The balf-yelrly general meeting of the proprietors o: a above railway was held yesterday at the London Ta, , ern; Lord Wharncliffe, chairman of the board of di ctors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having . 11 , ;rt real, the following report was submttted to the PENINSULA aerating:— " The directors have much pleasure in meeting the proprietors on this occasion, the first opportunity pre sented under the Act of Incorporation. Since the shareholders were last assembled together the Act of Parliament has been passed for the incorporation of the company, and the formal contract with the Hon. East India Company has been executed under the seals of the companies respectively. " J. C. Melvill, Esq., the Secretary of the Hon. East India Company, has been appointed by the Hon. Court the ex officio director at this board, an arrangement which tends very much to facilitate the communications with the Hon. Court and the general business of the company. " The amount of calls paid into the treasury of the Hon. East India Company in London, during the half year ending Dee. 31, 1849 (including the sum of 25,000/., the amount of preliminary expenses admitted as capital), was 95,0001. On the Ist of March a fur ther sum of 25,0001. was paid into the treasury. In In dia, the sum of rupees 114,555 has been paid into the teeasury of the Government of Bombay; and a further cell in India (making, with the deposit, a sum equivalent to 20s. per share) is declared payable in May. "Ie making the appointment of the permanent staff of officers and servants, the directors have been guided by a erinciple of securing the utmost practical efficiency a: a fair rate of remuneration. not forgetting what is dee to the qualifications which they considered to bein dispensable on the one hand, or to motives of true economy on the other; and not forgetting the dif ference of circumstances between England and India. In negotiating the terms of an ar rangement with Mr. Chapman. who was intended to be the manager of the company in India, the directors found themselves compelled to decline his services, Mr. Chap man having required such terms, in money and powers, as were deemed i .compatible with the interests of the shareholders. At the instance of the Hon. East India Company, the office of manager has been dispensed with, and the salary appertaining to that office has been wholly saved. The duties of management will devolve on the local committee, composed of directors acting under the authority of the London board. " Upon the recommendation of Mr. Robert Stephen son, the board appointed, as chief resident engineer, Mr. James J. Berkley, together with Mr. Berrand Mr. Gra ham, two other well-qualified engineers, and a staff of assistants. The staff arrived out at Bombay early in February, and commenced active opera tions without delay. The directors have much • gratification in stating that the Government of Bombay has most readily met and promoted the views of the directors; and the zeal and interest which are mani fested in the undertaking by the engineering and other • offieere of Government—heartily co-operating with the servants of this company,—give the directors a well , grounded hope that the work will be rapidly ad • vanced. At the date of the last dispatches, ' the surveys in the island of Bombay were completed, and between Bombay and Tannah the surveys and working sections were being proceeded with, and preliminary steps were already taken for staking out • a portion of the line, measures which had received the approval of the Government. Some material improve ments have been effected in the direction and proposal formation of the line of railway; by which, without • adding to the length of the line, considerable expense will be saved in construction." The balance-sheet represented the receipts to amount to 95,0001., and the expenditure to 30,2571., leaving C 4,743/. in hand. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re •• port, said it was highly gratifying to him to ' meet the proprietors now fur the first time as an incorporated company, whom he assured that the affairs of the concern were never more prosperous than they were at the present time. The work might be said to have bees commenced in India, where the company were working with the cordial assistance and co-opera tion of the East India Company. The staff of engineers whom they had sent out, were proceeding with their - labours in a very creditable, because successful, manner; and he, for one, had no doubt that this railway would ultimately prove to be a most profitable under taking. Having seen the company to this advanced stage of its progress, he felt somewhat anxious to resign • his position of chairman into the hands of those who placed him in it, but at their urgent request he intended to retain his seat. It would be seen by the report that ' the services of Mr. Chapman had been declined. Now, • however that course was to be regretted, he could as pire the meeting that it was not determined upon until Mr. Chapman had made demands upon the directors ' which were quite incompatible with their independence as a board of management. In fact Mr. Chapman wished to be placed in the same situation with regard to this concern that Mr. Macdonald Stephenson stood in with reference to the East India Railway - Company, and as the powers which such a posi tion would have given him must have had the effect of superseding the functions of the local board of direction, ' the hoe management th oug ht it t o b o t h e i r d uty to de cline his service if they were only to be obtsinel upon those terms.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, the remuneration demanded by Mr. Cheptn In was extravagant in the ex treme, and upon economical principles they were justi • fled in declining his services. The directors found that the company's finances would not bear the expense of • Mr. Ceepmee'l services, valuine them at the rate he did and they hail therefore no alternative but to 'rej-e; his offer.—(Cheers.) After some discussion, the report was adopted, and then the directors named in the Act of Incorporation were confirmed in their office, and fire gentleman resident in India elected as a local board of management, af,er which two shareholders warn appointed auditors. Thltiks were then voted to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH, April 29. EX PARTE NASH IN RE THE WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. KEANE moved for a rule calling upon theWater f Id, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Com pany, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding them to take off from the register of shareholders the seal affixed thereto at the 7th ordinary meeting of the company ; or, in the alterna tive, for a rule to show cause why a criminal informa- tion should not be filed against the Earl Courtown for certain misdemeanours at that meeting. Lord CAMPBELL inquired of the Learned Counsel whether there was any precedent for such an alterna tive motion. Mr. KEANE said be was unable to cite any, and that he would confine his motion to the first manda mus. The object of the application was to ascertain whether the Rhareholders had any voice in authenti cating the register of shareholders. Lord CAmpniux.—ls there any clause in the Act (the Companies' Clauses Consolidation Act) which says that the seal shall be removed? Mr. KEANE said there was not. Mr. Justice EaLE—The sealed register is only prima facie evidence of a person's being a shareholder. Mr. KEANE said that though a party might defend himself from liability in an action, there were other rights and privileges which might be prejudiced. . Mr. Justice ERLE--Is your grievance that you have been improperly placed on the list, or that others have been put on ? Mr. KEANE said the complaint was that persons had been improperly placed on the sealed register. Lord CAMPBELL said he bad no doubt upon this que•tion, and the rule must be refused. The Court would order an act to be done where the law imposed a duty - cola the party refused to perform, but there done was no preced ent f or the Court ' s ordering a th i ng i to be u n d one. The Court would order a seal to be aff xed, but no mandamus had ever issued to tear a s-al from off the parchment. That would be a stretch of the auth ority ive h of the Court, and h e (L or d C amp b e ll) g would not sanct ion to the experiment now , The rest of the Court hiving expressed similar opi. nions, the rule was refused, MIDDLF:SEX SESSIONS, April 29. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and a Bench of Magistrates.) The Court sat to-day at Clerkenwell to take paro chi:-1 app-al4 and app-alp against conviction s by ma- There were sevent y - one entered for gi,tratei. hearing. TUB ESTREATED RECO6NISANCES OF LOLA. MONTEi BAIL. Henry Daniel Davies and Dan iel Davi es appealed against an order made by Peregrine Bingham, E gg , one of the magistrates of the Marlborough -stre e t police-court, for the payment by them of tw o sums of 500 1. , the amount of recognisances entered into by them for the appearance before the said magistrate of Maria Dolores Comtesse de Landsfeld (Lola Montez), who was accused of bigamy, and failed to surrender. The order was made in October last. When the case was called on a document was handed to the Deputy-Clerk of the Peace, signed by Akssrs. Davies, Son, and Campbell, Warwick-street, It -gent-street, soli c i tors f or t h e appe ll an ts, in which they consented to the appeal being dismissed, the appollants paying the costs. The Learned JUDGE said, that as far as the ques tion involved in the appeal went, thin was satisfactory, but he could nQt receive it, except through counsel. Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. BoDictx, who had respec tively represented the parties in the matter, said that they had not been instructed on this particular occa sion to take any step whatever. • The Learnel JUDGE intimated that under the circumstances he would allow time for the appellants to give their consent through counsel. THIS ARGYLL Rooms. Accordinz to arrangements made on Friday last, M. Laurent, sen., came to the court this day and en tered into the required recognisances of 2001. to ap pear when ,required to meet the indictment preferred against him and three other persons named at the last 'court, lor keeping open a room for music and dancing. The rest o 1 the day was occupied in hearing ap peals On the question of the settlement of paupers, THE StJN, LONDON, but the details were entirely destitute of public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Charles Stanley, a tall, well-dressed man, about forty, was placed in the felons' dock, charged with defrauding Heber Louton of 101. A solicitor who attended for the complainant, stated, that his client had answered an advertisement " For a clerk and messenger," who was required to deposit 101. with his employer as a security. Appli cation was made to the defendant. The money was paid, an agreement was signed, and the coMplainant entered upon the supposed duties of his office, which soon proved frivolous and indefinite. He was unable to obtain any salary, and the defendant refused to re fund the 101. The complainant soon discovered that a great many young men, chiefly from the country, had been imposed upon in a similar way. The " agreement' was then handed up to the magis trate. It appeared that the complainant's duties were to commence from the Ist of April, 1850, at the defendant's offices, in Kingsgate-street, Holborn. It was stated that the defendant had assumed several names. Mr. HALL, after looking at the agreement, said that this was one of those cases in which the injured party was driven to a civil remedy. The agreement Was drawn up, as he expected, in a most artful man ner, to prevent liability to criminal proceedings; and consequently there was no ground for retaining the defendant in custody. He (Mr. Hall) was fully sen sible of the scandalous frauds which were prac tised by these men, and recently, in several cases, redress had been obtained in the county courts. But it was difficult to provide a law for the pro tection of people who would not take the slight est pains to protect themselves ; who made no in quiries, sought no references, but at once reposed confidence in strangers, and believed every word that was said by them. The solicitor stated that there was a young man present who, duped by one of these advertisements, had come with his wife and children 120 tniles, and had exhausted there entire means in paying the de posit and the travelling expenses. They were now destitute. The prisoner was discharged amid the eiehtations of the people present. MURDEROUS ATTACK. —Daniel Donovan, black smith and pugilist, was charged with a murderous attack upon his wife early on Sunday morning. The prisoner has been repeatedly charged with drunken and disorderly conduct at this court; and was lately bound over to keep the peace towards Blun dell, the summoning officer, whose life he had threatened. The prisoner's wife has been also fre quently before the magistrates; both having led for years past a life of dissipation. Mary Burt, who lodged with Donovan and his family in the same room, at 19, Short's-gardens, de posed that she found the prisoner and his wife drunk and quarrelling on returning home shortly before one o'clock on Sunday morning. Their children, a little boy and girl, were both in the room ; the former sit ting up in the bed, which was upon the floor. Wit ness told the wife she had been drinking, and begged her not to answer the prisoner, knowing what his temper was. She made no reply, but went on "jawing," and called him a filthy name. The pri soner then rushed towards her and knocked her down with his fists, kicking her after she was upon the floor. Mrs. Donovan called to witness to save her, but the prisoner said if she inter fered be would serve her so too, at the same time calling her by a bad name and pushing her against the wall. Witness ran out of the room, and was followed by Catherine Donovan. They stood at the door about a quarter of an hour, hoping they would " quell -" but the quarrel continued, and th e y h ear d the wi fe exclaiming, " Oh, murder ! police ! I am a dead woman !" After a time witness walked towards Long-acre, looking for a policeman, and as she was returning she saw several constables and a mob run ning towards Short's-gardens. She knew something had happened, and consequently followed the police. There was a mob outside the prisoner's door, and wit ness was told that the prisoner had thrown his wife out of window. Witness afterwards saw him in cus tody. Witness had often seen the Donovans quarrel ling and fighting before. She had seen the prisoner strike his wife with a poker repeatedly. He was nearly always drunk. She was fond of a "little drink," but upon the whole witness considered her a sober woman By the prisoner —About five weeks ago all of us (witness and the Donovans) were "in the drink" for two days. Witness had never heard Mrs. Dono van say that she once threw herself out of a window in Bedfordbury. Mr. Wood, the house-surgeon of King's College Hospital, stated that Ann Donovan was received into the institution, on Sunday morning, insensible. She had a depressed fracture on the right side of her fore head, the eyes were closed up, the face much bruised and swollen and covered with blood ; the left knee pan was also fractured. She became sensible in a few hours, and remained so through ou t th e d a y, com plaining f pain in her side and stomach. Witness had very slight hope of her recovery, considering that her life was endangered by the fracture of the skull, which was occasioned by a fall or a violent blow with a hard instrument. Mr. HALL remanded the prisoner for a week. M A RL B ORO UGH- S TREE T. A certificate was handed to Mr. Bingham from the medical attendant of Mr. Thomas Rolt, who was struck on the face with a loaded stick, in Hyde•park, last week, by Captain Conrad Montgomery, which stated that Mr. Rolt was not yet sufficiently reco vered to be able to give evidence against his assailant. Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the defendant, of course must acquiesce in a further postponement of the case; but, in justice to his client, who appeared in an unfavourable light before the public from what had been published in the papers, he thought he was bound to state that at the proper period he should be prepared with evidence to prove that Captain Mont gomery had not struck Mr. Rolt in self-defence until he had first received two blows from Mr. Rolt. The stick with which he retaliated on Mr. Rolt was a light cane with some lead under the silver knob. It was a cane which his client usually carried with him to as sist him in walking, he having been an invalid, and was by no means of the formidable character which it had been represented to be. The case was adjourned for a week. THAMES. Mr. WilliamWaddington the master of the barque Mary Ann, appeared for the second time before Mr. Yardley, to show cause why he refused payment of 171. 16s. Bd. wages, earned by Isaac Bowers, a man of colour and a native of A n ti gua, f or serv i ces as steward on a voyage from Glasgow to Boston and Charleston to the United States, and back to London, under articles of agreement. It will be recollected that payment of the wages was refused by the master when he was first before the Magistrate, on the ground that the complainant, who is a British subject, had been taken out of the ship at Charleston by the authorities there because he was a coloured man, and imprisoned for two months in the common gaol, to prevent his having any communication with the slave population, and that he had been charged 201. by the sheriff for the maintenance of the seaman while he was in gaol. Mr. Yardley, after expressing his surprise at such an out rage on the liberty of the subject, said the wages must be paid, notwithstanding the man had been taken to prison, and the expenses incurred, because there was no stipulation in the articles to exempt the ship from the liability. The master then requested an adjournment to obtain further advice, and also to produce Ainrethm, who theaagreemenatppaenadretd for hea the ccoa seaman,nts. said he now understood the wages would be paid without any further opposition ; but there was thecomplainant some disputeasto the value of the dollars advanced to at Boston and Charleston. He put the value of the American dollar at 4s. only. Mr. YARDLEYit is more than that—it is worth 4s. 2d. at least. Mr. Waddington said he had to draw upon Eng land and pay interest for the money he had obtained in America, and he charged the complainant 4s. 9d. per dollar. The price of the English sovereign in America ranged from four dollars and a few cents to four dollars and 25 cents and four dollars 80 cents at various times. Mr. YARDLEY said that was a :great range indeed. He always thought the exchanges between England and America were pretty nearly equal. He would allow the master to charge 4s. 6d., or 3/. 7s. 61 for the 15 dollars advanced to the steward at Boston and Charleston. Mr. Waddington said he would rather give the man money than take it from him, but it certainly was a serious loss to the ship to pay two months wages and 20/. besides for expenses while the steward remained in prison. If he went back to- the United States he should get into serious trouble in conse quence of what had taken place in that court and the exposure in the newspapers relating to slavery in America. Mr. YARDLEY-Oh no, you won't. Youh you did. have got immortalized by coming here and statingetthe '' at masts out of Mr. Waddington—They will cut my ship whenever I reach Charleston, or any other port of a slave-holding State in America. Mr. YARDLEY-013, no, no! You can go t h ere again with safety. Mr. Waddington—lndeed I cannot, Sir. A discussion then ensued relating to the time the steward left the vessel in this port, the master con tending that he did not come on board after the 19th instant, while the steward said he was on board till the 22d ; and this point being decided by the wages being calculated up to the 20th, Mr. Waddington said the steward was telling falsehoods. The dollars were not advanced at Charles ton only, as the complainant stated, but at Boston and Charleston. The steward said he signed the arti- cies on the 19th of August at Glasgow, and " it was no such thing." Mr. YARDLEY—The contract will prove when it was signed. Let me see it. The articles of agree ment were handed to the Magistrate, who ascertained that the articles were dated on the 17th of August, and the steward would be entitled to two days' more wages. __ _ ar. Waddington—He has sworn falsely—be said the 19th. Mr. YARDLEY—Nonsense, man ; it don't show much common sense to catch the man up in that manner. You exhibited more sense when you were here the other day. Mr. Waddington—l have got as much sense as many other men have. Mr. YARDLEY—Come, sir, don't be impertinent. I will not suffer it. Mr. Waddington—" I cannot go back to any slave holding state in America. If Ido my ship will be scuttled, or the masts taken out." He then held a short conversation with Mr. Pelham, and said "he would not pay the wages up to the 20th of April, for the man had not been regularly discharged ;" and the solicitor said, " If he did not he would obtain a dis tress warrant and seize the ship." Mr. Waddington then took up his papers, and as he was going away said, " D—n it, I wish we were all slaves, seamen, magistrates, and all." An order for the payment of 111. 14s. 6d, after giv ing the captain credit for advances, was made. SOUTHWARK. Jane Butler was brought before Mr. Ingham for re-examination, charged with stealing 50 sovereigns, a 101. Bank of England note, and some ancient coins, the property of Isaac Buckmaster, of Norris's building•, Snow's-fields, Southwark ; and Ann Gil lingham, a brothel-keeper, in Bluegate-fields, St. George's-in-the-East, was charged with receiv ing a portion of the money, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. INGHAAI said that he should commit both the prisoners for trial. Butler was obliged to be carried out of court as she was in such a debilitated condition. FRANCE. The following are published by the National as the votes of the army : GARRISON OF CAHORS. ... 7 1 Leclerc ... ♦RRAS. ... 62 1 Leclerc ... DIJON. ... 52 1 Leclerc ... NONTNEDY. Sue ... ... 13 Leclerc ... 1 The Napoleon publishes the decrees of th• Firs Consul after the 18th Brumaire with the following introduction:— Sae ... 5 Sue ••• ... 12 Sue ... ... 13 " The epoch at which the First Consul assumed the direction of affairs resembles in many respects the present period. It is not, then, entirely useless to examine the manner in which France accepted his domination. Nothing can better indicate that manner than the study of the decrees and ordinances published since the day when France entrusted him with power. They establish the most remarkable analogy between those times and the days we now live in." - ----- - -- - -- -- - - i --- A second article s entitled " Les Precedents." " For new times," it says, " we must have new men, who have nothing to do with the past, and who are not dragging after them the weight of Ministerial or Parliamentary precedents. Beyond that all is peril, obstacle, impossibility. With the veterans of the Monarchical regime we stumble at every step on an act, on a speech, and instead of facing the difficulties of the present we waste our time in a stern debate on the past. On ' every side we re gard the past, while the present occupies all minds; our eyes are always cast back, while France looks full in front. Yet France spoke high in the election of the 10th of December. She entered resolutely on a new line, and no one ought to hesitate to follow her who is disengaged from the thraldom of precedents. Each epoch supplies its men. The people, inspired by an admirable in stinct, have found in their President the man of the situ ation. The President, inspired in turn by a popular senti ment, has already found, and will again if need be, the men to co-operate with him in his patriotic en terprize. History never repeats itself, but in the succession of events which comprise the life of a people there are analogies it is necessary to be acquainted with in order to deduce the benefical consequences they involve. The Consular period presents with our time a certain resemblance which should not be lightly , treated when we call to mind the immense results al most instantaneously obtained by the powerful genies who undertook the mission of saving France. Scarcely was he in possession of power, when General Bona parte composed his Ministry. Who were his men ? Cambaceres, the profound legist, who on the benches of the Plain had let politics pass by without touching them; Talleyrand, who shone for a moment under the Constituante to vanish in' presence of the revolution ary tempest. Fouch& a Montsgnard all but effaced and little compromised, but whom he wanted in order to become acquainted with men; Laplace, the illustrious savant; Gardin, the modest financier, whose talents. for administration was his only merit; Berthier, his faithful Chief of the Staff, &c. All these men, who have become historical personages, were free from engagements of the past; and we all know with what intelligence, what ar dour they secon'Jed their glorious chief in his work, so wonderfully carried on, of pacification and social re-or ganization." AMERICAN NEWS. We have been favoured with the following intelli gence, purporting to have been forwarded by electric telegraph from New York to Halifax, and received at the North American and European Telegraph Agency-office, Liverpool : " We have just received our extraordinary telegra phic dispatch from New York, New Orleans, and Washington, via electric telegraph to Halifax, bring ing news and dates considerably later than those brought by the regular files and advices per steamer. By this means of communication our advices extend to New Orleans, April 18, 5 P.M.; New York, April 19, 5 P.M. ; and from Washington to the evening of the 18th. " The letter of our Halifax agent is as follows : "Commercial Telegraph-office, Halifax, N.S., April . 19, 11 o'clock P.M. " We have received, through the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Halifax lines, exclusive intelligence from all parts of the American continent two and a-half days later than is embraced in the letters or papers that go to England by this week's steamer, a brief summary of which is herewith forwarded:— " POLITICAL. "In the Senate of the United States, on the I;th, during a debate on California and slavery, a violent altercation occurred between Benton and Foote, in the course of which Foote drew a pistol and aimed at Ben ton. Foote was immediately disarmed, and a com mittee of investigation appointed." "On the 18th, a resolution was passed in the Senate referring the whole question of California and the terri tories to a committee of 13, to report a plan for com promise. " The committee is not yet appointed. "It is settled the Cabinet will not be dissolved. "COMMERCIAL. "NEW YORK, APRIL 19, EVENING. " Cotton—The sales of the two days past amount to 2,800 bales, at very full yrices. The weather has coa tiuued cold and frosty, and every account received from the south is disastrous as regards the prospects of plant ing. The incoming crop will not, it is confidently be lieved, reach 2,000,000 bales, and the country will hold over the balance of the present crop. " A decline of c. is anticipated on receipt of the steamer's news from Europe of the 6th of April, which has not yet come to hand. " The New Orleans market was active last evening (18th of April). Sales, 8,000 bales, at 1 tic. to I tic. for middling; and all southern markets are higher for the shipper than this. ‘; Flour—Our market for flour is very firm at quota tions current on Tuesday. " Corn has advanced to 60c. for yellow. " Provisions—Mess pork, 10 dolls. 12ie. to 10 dolls. 25c. per cwt. Other articles are without change. " Sterling exchange,l9ic. to Sic. premium, and the tendency is upwards. " Government securities (American) are very firm at quotations of Tuesday last." AMERICAN MARKETS. The stock market for sound dividend-paying stocks improved after the arrival of the last steamer from Liverpool, and sales have been made at prices beyond those obtained for some years. The supply of that description of stock is not large, and any important demands produce an advance of one or two per cent, The New York Five per Cent. State Loan of 1866, taken a few days since at 1051 per cent., has been since sold at 106! per cent., and for the Sixes of 1867, 120 was bid. The money market is easy on call, and rates for paper are ameliorating • some loans on call were made at 5 per cent., and on Govern ment bills money can be occasionally borrowed at 4 per cent. The supply seeking temporary investment is quite large. The supply of first-class names it not very large. The exchange market has been active for this steamer,with moderate supply. At the close, however, there was less firmness, and some bi lls were left over. The amount of coin in the Sub-Treasury is 41 millions, and in the Sub- Treasury of the country about 9 millions. The banks are amply supplied also. The provision market is firm, but not very active. Freights continue very dull at low rates; dead weights can be shipped to Liverpool at 10s. to 125., corn 3d., cotton 3s. sterling per bale. The steamer At lantic) has 300 tons dead weight on private terms. To Havre, cent. fur cotton, and dull; Glasgow 56 tierces provision, at 3s. 6i. Pig iron is dull at 21 dollars cash for Scotch, English, and Spanish. Lead is selling at 85 cash per 100 lb. Cotton—The stock in the ports on April 16 was 570,000, and inland 117,800, making a total of 687,800 bales. Midland, upland, and Mobile, 111- cents, Or leans 12 cents per lb. Sales since 31st March, 12,000 bales, market active, tendency upwards; sales 16th of April, 2,000 bales. Bread Stuffs—Flour market is firm and low; goods have an upward tendency. Wheat is steady and in good inquiry. REiV ORLEANS, APRIL 16.—The Cotton market pre sents no important change, and the sales yesterday were 2,500 bales; fair, 12te. The receipts are 247,000 ba'es behind same period last year. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION. We have received files of parrs from Adelni,ie to the 24th December inclusive. On Friday, the 21st December, a great public meeting was held in the Exchange, Adelaide, in accordance with a requisition of the Sheriff of the Province, C. B. Newenham, Esq., to adopt resolutions and appoint a committee to pre , pare petitions to both Houses of Parliament on the subject of the proposed new constitution. Many of the shops were shut, and business was altogether sus pended during the progress of the meeting. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : " Proposed by Mr. J. H. Fisher, afid seconded by Mr. G. S. Kingston:— " 1. That the Bill laid before Parliament, entitled, • A Bill for the better government of her Majesty's Australian colonies,' so far as it relates to the colony of South Australia, meets the wishes and wants of the co lonists in most of its most essential provisions; and by recommending the concession of a representative Go vernment with such extensive powers, deserves to be re garded as a wise, liberal, and comprehensive measure; and that the thanks of the colonists are due to the Right Hon. Earl Grey, Secretary for the Colonies, and to Mr. Hawes, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Labouchere, the Members of the House of Commons who prepared and brought in the Bill. " Proposed by Mr. Samuel Davenport, and seconded by Mr. George Elder:— " 2. That the formation of a general assembly of the Australian colonies, however desirable on the majority of matters proposed to be left to the decision of such As sembly, is in principle, as in form, a federal union; is, in a British sense, unconstitutional, as morally opposed to the social institution of the colony, and endangering our colonial independence. " Proposed by Mr. G. A. Anstey, and seconded by Mr. A. H. Davis:— "3. That the resolutions recently passed by the Le gislative Council, recommending a second chamber, do not represent the opinions nor convey the sentiment of the colonists, particularly as the proposed Act confers all needful powers for amending the constitution, and adapting it to future exigencies; and that any provision which should enforce upon the colonists a system of life nominees in such a chamber, this meeting deprecates as an intolerable evil, which might neutralise all the good to be anticipated from the proposed measure. "Proposed by Mr. F. S. Dutton, and seconded by Mr. G. M. Waterhouse:— "4. The colonists king prepared as heretofore to bear the whole expenses of their civil government, con sider that they havee% constitutional right to regulate, by means of their representives in council, the mode of raising and of appropriating the colonial revenue, free from all direction and control by her Majesty's Trea sury, or by the Commissioners of Customs; and they further consider that the local Government should have the power of appointing all officers of Government, and that the salaries should be fixed by the colonial legis lature. " Proposed by Mr. J. B. Montefiora, and seconded by Mr. W. Peacock : "1. That this meeting considers the provisions in the Sydney Act, fixing the qualifications of members of the proposed representative council, and of the electors, in applicable to the circumstances of the colony; and that power should be, therefore, given t) the local legislature to qualify such provisions as they may see fit. " Proposed by Mr. Win. Blyth, and seconded by Mr. Samuel Stocks:— " 6.. That a copy of the resolutions passed at this meta ing, and signed by the chairman, be forwarded to E trl Grey; and that the following gentlemen be appointed a committee, with power to add to their number, to pre pare petitions to both Houses of Parliament embodying these resolutions, requesting his Excellency the Lieu tenant. Governor to forward the same with the least pot sible delay:-- "J. H. Fisher, E. Stephens, A. H. Davis, John Brown, G. S. Kingston, S. Davenport, H. D. Hanson, Geo. Elder, G. A. Anstey, S. Stocks, jun., John Baker." A vote of thanks to the chairman was carried by acclamation. IRELAND. BIRTII-PLACE OP " THE DUKE." DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—Mr. Murray, one cf the resident masters of Trinity College, Dublin, has pub lished a brochure, in which he sets at rest the moot point of the birth•-place of the Duke of Wellington. One might think there was little ground for specula tion in such a case, seeing that his Grace's mother is only a few years dead, supposing (which is extremely unlikely) that his Grace himself should be ignorant of the fact. Strange enough that the biographers of the Duke of Wellington differ on the subject. Burke and Maxwell record the birth of his Grace as having occurred on the Ist of May, 1769, at Dungan Castle, in the county of Meath ; and Gurwood and Lodge assent expressly to the time and tacitly to the place. Mr. Murray has discovered a piece of evidence which he deems conclusive of the fact that Dublin may henceforth claim the honour of being the birth-place of the conqueror of Napoleon. In a Dublin news paper, published on S iturday, the 6th of May, 1769, entitled the Public Register, or Freeman's Journal, there is the following brief announcement : " Merrion-street, the Right Hon. the .Countess of Mornington of a son." Mr. Murray maintains that the house in which this event occurred is that at present occupied by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and in support of his assertion refers to the following passage in Lord Cloncurry's " Recollections" : " I graduated in the arts in the year 1791; as it hap pened, upon the day on which my father entertained the Lord-Lieutenant (the Earl of Westmoreland) for the first time, at Mornington House, a residence in Mer rion.street, which he had purchased from the late Mar quis Wellesley:" The late Lord Cloncurry paid as purchase•money for this house the sum of 8,0001. Next, as to the date of his Grace's birth, Mr. Mur ray adduces one fact to prove it occurred on the 29. h of April, 1769, and another that he was actually baptised on the following day; therefore the Ist of May must be erroneous. Exshaw's Gentleman's Magazine, in the number for May, 1769, has the " BIRTH.-April 29, the Countess of Morningt3n of a son." In the parish registry of St. Peter's Church, on a page headed "Chritening.4, 1769," is this entry : " April 30, Arthur, son of the Right Hon: Earl and Countess of Mornington." It is here to be noted that the east side of Upper Merrion-street was then, as it is now, included in the parish of St. Peter. We can assure the. English reader that he is not prouder of his Stratford•on-Aron than his Irish neighbour shall be of the house in Merrion-street, the birth-place of the duke of Wellington. R.Y MARKETS. statement of the quantities of net of London from the ports in 1850, to the 27th April, 1::450, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, MO. Di OE RIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, April 29. Their Lor:;,'ii4, met ret Five e'eitielt. '‘'VE-; . ./' INDIA APPEALS BILL. Elrl GREY cioved thv s,cond readi,fg of this BM. Toe object was to form courts of appeal in the West Indian islands in order to save the delay which occurred in bringing appeals to this country.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Lord r.YTTELTON presented a petition praying for a restoration of convocation; also a petition against any alteration in the law which should authorise marriage with a decfaied wifo's sister. The Earl of HARROWBY presented several petitions against the Sale of Beer Act, and against marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The Earl of GLENGALL presented sti petition from soma placa in Ireland against Post-oftce Sunday labour. The Earl of LANESBOROUGH presented several netitions against the national system of education in Ireland, and praying for a grant to Church schools. . . 'The Earl of YARBOR.OUGH presented several peti tions again.it Post-office Sunday labour. FISHERIES IN SCOTLAND BILL. The Marqqii of ARGYLE introduced a Bill for re gulating the fisheries in Scotland, which was read a first time. IRISH POOR-LAW. The Earl of LUCAN presented a petition, complaining of the misconduct of the vice-guardians of the union of Mohill, and inquired whether the Government during the present session proposed any amendment of the law in respect of the appointment of vice•guardians in Ire land. The Noble Earl went at great length into details regarding the receipt and expenditure of the union of Mobil! for the purpose of supporting the allegations of the petition, and denounced the law as most arbitrary. He admitted that the Lord-Lieutenant had done all in his power to check abitie, but that was impossible, and he therefore thought the time had arrived for a revision of the law, and he thought the Government ought to take the earliest op portunity in their power to alter it, and he asked the Noble Marquis if it was their intention to introduce any measure to alter the law? He moved that the petition be referred to the Select Committea on the Irish Poor law. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was not prepared to state what were the intentions of her Majesty's Govern ment. Tho Marquis of WESTMEATH expressed his regret at the answer which the Noble Marquis had given to the question of his Noble Friend. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL asked if it was the intention of the Government to permit the present state of things to continue? If they did so intend, where was the use of the Committee of the last year, which had sat fir fur months? The Members of that Committee had, it would appear, merely wasted their time. The solvent people were all quitting the country. TITLES OF RELIUIOUS CONGREGATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The report on the amendments to this Bill was brought up. PAPERS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the law of marriages in England. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair ut Four o'Clock. Mr. PALMER, moved that Mr. Busfeild he allowed to attend and vote in the Committee on the Bradford Improvement, Police, and Purchase and Closing of Bradford Canal Bill, notwithstanding that he did not sign the prescribed declaration before the chairman took the chair, provided ho sign such declaration forthwith. Leave granted. PETITIONS. Mr. HODGES presented a petition praying the House to pass some measure which should have the effect of reducing the armaments of the country. Mr. THORNELY presented a similar petition from Alfreton. Mr. ANDERSON and Lord DUNCAN also presented petitions to a similar effect. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition praying the House to grant some effective health Bill. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol against the union of Church and State. Sir R. IL INGLIS presented a petition from certain individuals, wives, mothers, sisters, and faithful subjects of her Majesty, praying the House to reject the Mar ri ige Act. Mr. Bateson from an Irish congregation, Mr. Duncan from Arbroath, and Mr. Hastie presented petitions to a similar effect. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from Gainsborough against the Merchant Marine Bill. Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE presented a petition in favour of the scheme of secular education. Mr. HILDYARD presented a petition from White haven in favour. of a measure for the suppression of beer houses. Mr. ADAIR presented a petition from Suffolk against Certain clauses in the Railway Act. Mr. BRIGHT presented a reution from the Chairman and Committee of the' Anti-Chutch and State Associa tion, praying the House to pass some measure fur the dissolution of the union of Church and State. Sir B. HALL presented a petition praying the House to pass some measure of sanitary reform. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from St. Martin's-in-the-Fields against intramural interments. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a similar petition from Clerkenwell. Mr. COCKBURN presented three petitions from the corporation of Southampton—one against the Bankruptcy Act, one in favour of the payment of magistrates' clerks by salaries, and another in favour of the Burgess's Act. Petitions were presented against Sunday labsur in the Post-office from numerous places—by Mr. W. Patten from Garstang; Mr. Fuller, from Sussex; Mr. 0. Dun combs; Mr. Tattoo Egerton, from Aiderley; Mr Di eciee Mr. O'Fleherty, Lord Hotham, Sir R. H. Inglis (3), Mr. Plumptre, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Christepaer (2), Capt. Bateson (3), Lord Duncan, from Bath; Mr. Scott, from Coldstream, and Mr. Cockburn, from Titchfield. Mr. SCOT I' presented a petition from Dumfries pray ing that the House would not sanction any interference with the Scotch system of education. Lord H. VANE presented a petition from Stockton in favour of international arbitration. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from certain depositors in the Rochdale Savings' Bank complaining of the recent defalcations, and praying the Rouse tr take steps to prevent a recurrence of such an red; and a similar petition from the guadians of Roch dale. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition com plaining of agricultural distress. Mr. SieDLEIR presented a petition from Carlow praying for an alteration of the spirit duties. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Montrose against the Marine 43i1l ; also a petition from Arbroath praying fur an amendment of the Poor-law ; also a petition from the proprietors, pridters, and publishers of the Montrose Standard against taxes on knowledge; also a petition from St. James's in favour of the Inter ments Bill; and a:patition in favour of international arbitration. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from a place in the county of Fife against the Marriage Bill. Sir EDWARD BUXTON presented a petition from St. Andrew's, Bethnal-green, in favour of a health of towns' Bill. . MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. Colonel SAL WEY postponed his motion until the 21st of May for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the case of the Military Knights of Windsor. Mr. E. I)ENISON gave notice that on bringing up the report on the Australian Colonies Bill he would move an amendment to the effect that the legislature of each colony should have the management of waste lands within such colony. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE CROWN. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that on an early day he would move far leave to bring in a Bill to enable parties to proceed against the Crown, either in law or equity, without the consent of the Crown. AMENDMENTS ON GOING INTO COMMITTEES OF SUPPLY. • Mr. ANSTEY gave notice that, on Thursday next, he would move a resolution to the effect, that where notice was given of any amendment on the question for going into Committee of Supply, or Ways and Means, leech amendment should come on for discussion in its re gular order, and that no debate on the original question should take place until such amendment had been dis posed of. SUNDAY ARRANGEMENTS IN THE POST OFFICE. Mr. FAGAN asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether it was intended to extend to the post-offices in Ireland the regulations existing in the provincial offices in England, as respects Sunday duties, namely, that they should be closed on the Sundays from ten a.m. to five P M., except for the necessary receipt and dispatch of mails, the box merely being left open for the receipt of stamped and unpaid letters; and it so intended, when was it probable that the alteration in this respect would be made? Mr. H AYTEIt said that, when the original arrangement was made for the reduction of Sunday labour in the Post-office, it was in the contem plation of the parties who suggested it to extend the arrangement both to Ireland and Scotland, at the first convenient opportunity, provided it should be successful. So far as the measure hal been carried out in England he (Mr. Hayter) believed it met with universal approbation. though a good deal of mis apprehension bad existed on the subject. Inquiries had lately been instituted by the Postmaster-General, with the view of carrying out a similar arrangement in Ireland and Scotland, and those inquiries hiving ter minated, he had made an application to the Treasury for its sane two to enable him to carry the new regulations into immediate effect, and that sanction had been ob tained. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. B. OSBORNE begged to ask the Hen. Member fur Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner for building the New Houses of Parliament—(A laugh)—a question. The House would probably be aware that a Committee of this House sat in 1846, and they made a report that they were convinced that so long as certain squabbles between Mr. Berry, the architect, amid Dr. Rsiil, the ventilator, continued, the Houses of Parliament would never be finished.— (Laughter.) lie begged to adi. the Hon. Member (Mr. Greene) whether he had :succeeded its adjusting those squabbles, and whether he was aware that an action was about to be commenced in the courts of law by the architect against the venti lator?—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. GREENE said he was certainly aware there was an action pending between Mr. Barry and 1)r. Reid, but happily that sehjsct had not come within the pro vince of the Commissioners ; but their best endea vours had been applied, of course, to reconcile the betwo , a those rhrties, without, Low t,cor, chs it tit •its be .n successful. The we olfiv,7l to carry on the wori7.3 po,coly cltl—( 1:u:;,;)•—!qut certaialy it ws.l nrr3iige rn`:t''e's betwon contewiitig artie, —( .Irar, he.;r.) Mr. B. OSBORNE v: , ive notiee t -, nt on au early day , he shoull call the ,t',ent:gn of the tiouse V) the desira bility of g , -tring- ria of both Mr. Barry and Dr. Reid.—(Laui EvwTrw.,ls IN GALWAY, Mr. P. SCROI'E gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Secretary of State for Ireland whether he was aware that a; many as 518 ejectment processes had been served in a single day in the county of Galway. by which 30,000 persons had bean driven in one day from their homes?—(Hear, hear.) And whether the system of ejections was not illegal, and a high crime and misde meanour by the aecient common law of 'rel.land. REDUCTION OF OFFICIAL SA LARIES. Mr. MILNER GIBSON a'ked the Member for Ox fordshire whether he meant to proceed with his motion to-morrow with reference to the reduction of salaries? Mr. HENLEY said it was certainly his intention to proceed with his motion to-morrow. The exact terms of his motion would be printed, and be in the hands of members t) morrow morning, but it would not differ materially from the motion now on the votes. IMPRISONMENT OF A COLOURED BRITISH SUBJECT AT CHARLESTON, U. S. Mr. COCKBURN rose to ask a question of the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs, which he said was occasioned by a care which had lately occurred at the Thames Police-court. It was whether he was aware of the practice of the authorities of the town of Charleston, to seiz3 British subjects, being men of colour. on board British vessels in the port of Charleston, and t 3 imprison th.'m during the time such vessels remain in that port; and whether her Majesty's Government have made any effirts with the Government of the United States to pre , vent British subjects from being thus outraged. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman characterised this practice as one not only in direct violation of the law of nations, but as scandalous and disgraceful to humanity.—(Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said the subject to which the Hon and Learned Gentleman had drawn the attention of the House was, he WaS sorry to say, not a new one to her Majesty's Government. It was an undoubted fact that the practice alluded to was one sanctioned by the laws of the state of Carolina, equally applicable to the citizens of the free states of America as to the subjects and citizens of foreign powers. It was quite unnecessary to express the opinion which any man must entertain of this practice.—(Cheers.) It arose from the unfortunate institutions which existed in the southern states of the Union, and which were now a matter of very serious difference in the Congress of the United States, Her Majesty's Government, in 1847, ordered her Majesty's Minister at Washington to present a note on the subject to the United States' Government, and to remonstrate against this law, not merely as incon sistent with the usual practice of civilized nations, but as at variance with certain articles in the treaty of 1815, between the British Government and the United States Government, providing for the residence of Briti,h sub jects in the United States territory. The answer received from Mr. Buchanan was to the effect that the federal Government had no power to induce the State and Legislature of Carolina to remove this law, and that if the British Government insisted upon anti pressing the Government of the United States on the ground founded upon the article in, the treaty of 1815, the Government of the United Szatei would find it necessary to take elven tage of a clause in the treaty of 1827, which gave power to either party to annul the tre a ty on givin g 12;m on th s ' notice. It was to be regrettel that such a practice existed; but, on the other hand, it was as well that it was a matter of public notoriety, because every free person of colour being a subject of her Majesty, who went voluntarily into the jurisdiction of that state, knew beforehand the inconvenience he was liable to be subjected to.—(Hear.) WOODS AND FORESTS. Viscount DUNCAN wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether any one of the existing Commis. sioners of Woods has applied for superannuation, and if so, whether he has obtained it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply, that in one case it had been applied for. Mr. Mills had re tired on 1,5001. a-year (as we understood). Lord DUNCAN had another question to put to the Noble Lord. He wished to ask whether it was intended to appoint any one of the existing Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Works, &c., to the office of Chief Com missioner of Woods, under the Bill now depending in Parliament for the separation of the two departments? Lord J. RUSSELL could not answer that question. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. Sir B. HALL, notwithstanding that it was the inten tion of Government to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill that evening, wished to put a ques tion ti the Noble Lord, of which he hid given notice, on the subject of a rumour which had recently gained ground iu the metropolis, and which he hoped the Noble Lord would be able to inform him was without toundation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged pardon for inter rupting the Hon. Baronet, but he begged to tell him that he only received his note at two o'clock this al er noon. He immediately wrote off to obtain informa tion, but up to this time he had not received an answer. Perhepa, therefore, the Hon. Baronet would tie good enough to put his question off till to-morrow. Sir B. HALL had no objection to do so; and in the meantime he begged to give notice that the question he should put tomorrow would be to this effeet:—There was an office in the Prerogative Court of Canter bury, known as the Regiitrar, a sinecure valued at 9,0001., to which the Archbishop of Canterbury had the power of pfeienting a successor as the office became vacant. One of the lives which had been nominated became meant during the time of the late Archbishop, which the late primate had neglected to fill up, and the pre sent Archbishop had taken advantaze of this omission to fill up the vacancy. He should therilire ask the Noble Lord, to-morrow, whether the Archbishop of Cauter bury hud not filled up the vacancy, by nominating Mr. Sumner, a son of the Bishop of Winch, seer, to the ofice? EVICTIONS IN GALWAY. Mr. MACCULLAGH wishedlti ash:the Right Hon. Baronet the St cretary for Ireland whether he had re ceived any information relative to certain transactions which had occurred in Galway. He alluded to a matter which had formed the subject of comments in the public newspapers, and which he was sorry to s,iy, was confirmed by private letters. It was said that there had been latterly a wholesale system of evictions carried forwart? in the Martin estate by the Law Lite Assurance Company, who were tt.e mortgagees, and he wished to ask the Right Hon Baronet wh. ther he had received any infor mation on the subj•-ct, either in his capacity of Secretary for Ireland or es poorlaw commissioner. Sir W. SOMERVILLE had received no information whatever on the subject. SAVINGS' BANKS. The CHANCELLOR of tie EXCHEQUER then rose puisuint to notice, to move fir leave to bring in It Bill to amind the law relating to savings' banks. He was sorry that any delay had tiik , n piacce in bring ing on th© subject before the House, having give,' notice as early as the first night of the session that be would move fur leave to bring in a Bill, but illness and press of business had prevented him doing so until the present time.—(Hear, hear.) He would make no apology in laying the propositions which he intended to make before the House, because all were agreeed as to the importance of the subject, and few who bad turned their attenti..n to it were unconscious of the E xtreme difficul- ties which would beset at any attempt to make en alte ration in the present law as concerned these societies, That some further legislation was necessary as to the constitution of savings' banks, they were all equally agreed. It appeared that it was nearly forty years ago wheu societies were first formed for the purpose of affording the poor a secure mode of investing their savings, and of obtaining the payment of interest upon them. From that time they had gradually grown up into importance until they now had as much as twenty millions invested in their hands, and it was not surprising that these institutions should re quire new reguLtions when their operations had become so gigantic. But there were other circumstances which rendered it equally necessary for the Legislature to inter fere. Most of the savings' banks now in existence were.ori ginated and supported by reputable and benevolent per sons, but they did not give that regular and constant attendance t.) their affairs which was indispensably ne cessary to their attaining a state of efficiency. Without attributing any blame to the trustees and patrons of those banks, he would say that, with few exceptions, they gave no regular attention to their duties, and the affairs of the banks were genarally left to the management of a secre tary, an actuary, a clerk, or some -other officer over whom sufficient vigilance was not exercised. From re cent failures of those institutions it appeared that the trustees were in the habit of signing cheques in blank, and also that the chi ques which they exercised was, in many instances, merely of a nominal character. The Bill which it was his intention to pro- pose was entirely a prospective Bill ; and at a later period of the evening he should prop.se that a Commit tee be appointed to take into consideration the last section which it contained. He thought it would only encumber the Bill to extend its operations to past transactions. It would perhaps be advisable to refer shortly to the his tory and progress of these societies, because people seemed hardly aware of the nature of their conatitu tion. Not much more than thirty years ago they were not at all recognised by the Legislature. It was little more than forty years, as he had already mentioned, since they were first formed. He believed the first society was es - ahlished at Wendover, in 1799. In 1804 a similar society was formed at Totten ham ; in 1808 another was formed at Bath, and in 1810 one was established at Dumfries. •The one at Tottenham was st 4rted by 6 benevolent individuals fur the savint:s of the porer chases, aid they agreed to allow 5 per etlat. upon the deposits. Each of these 6 persons were responsible to the extent of 1001. Thy Ivere to have another trustee for every tool. Now to such an ext nt these voluntlry_ socit.t:eA that in the ye; ::,r 1817, when the first legi6lati , in took plam on the subjee - , ti - tere ha l b-en fiirint:d by the voluntary asiociation of b •uevolent persons no less than seventy of Ouse s6eiotefi in Eng‘wid, tear in Wales, and your in Ireland ; and the Whole object of that L'gislation WIS to prohibit the trustecs (corn reeeivin.,?: any profits :Ind to provide for the d<•posit of the moneys of the societies in tle public funds. There was no secur.ty whi , ever previously for the t 1 pouts except the creit of the tro twos. and their h , inout able dealings with tit. depositors. In 1817 the Ci, , vernnee, t tted,rto,k to r, ct ive the :zn der .oe,l in the saviw,43' banks, and to be responsible far them. and Ito allow a certain rate of iht<,rest thereon. In 1824 an Act as Fissf.d to render it inivrative on the trosti:•es t- transmit to the Commissioner 4 for the lieluc!iin ~f the National th:nt the cepthiti to be lotigeil from tin to time in the banks, aril t,) he invested in the put)lie fun& From that time the Government became re- 15ponsible for all the money transmitted to them, but A carte'- teey heeetee rsspeneible for e , se• _ ortbe ;,..:(• of n.t..r( st was , INowed to the tru , tel tiro n?., ,- ,Terocnt of tee h e els, e nd th•• re:eel:ols e te ff sr b'a r '. p. la 182 5 ,'"' c: , 4 were eereoteleted e r 'h ees;testetee. :Me he ireeee Amite he pr'' • ese t.ffe t by en etlieer eppoieted bs the Govereo eu to ; ; set trustees were exempied from hat:A . loy, sxc e P t 044 01 own iu I eves of neglect or fraud. I " y , y &Leo!' -e' e. es es.-- et afliee exempted the ii t, vcdUCEII the ret ieter °f ete res:outhibilay iheekosee meet, consorted i n this—the, rules of saving s ' bee by the to be transmitt e d to th e proper o tli e er appointeibesteset Government to certify teem, and to see ere pee were in conformity t ) law. The t r ustees ' I A P re fectly competent to make what rules they ele a& , se , Jt vided th e y were not i ncons i sten t wi:b th e l e es Q t was the duty of th e C omm i ss i oners for the Be de , jebe st the Nationel Deet to receive any sums that invert transmitted to them by the trustees, to ~dc them in the f un d s , an d t o Ply thetobe ieriw to them when pr o p er ly ca ll e d upon by t wos° . tees. Annual accounts were only required fecomeir witted to Parliament by the trustees; and thee siocers of the National Deb: ha - I a check on lb' tru O f sa p b' the knowledge so fur n i s h e d, an d th e y had alo e b' of closing their acco u nt w ith t h e t rus tees if t hey f We e o With regard to all oth er matters the trustees . or es savings' banks had a complete control over tile s e ..i. v sef ! The first question whi c h had been raised b y ti lted discussions on this subject had been as to the 7 e s t 1 the responsibility o f th e G overn ment Be per' of' the responsibility of th e t rus t ees . The tr estee' oeg O altogether liable for tl.e neglect tb et er sto Bl4 be incurred by them a s i n di v id ua l s; an d the Ge l b e me nd i were only responsible fur the sate custody of ° c o o CO I ,. as had been transmitt e d f rom t h e b a nks to 11)°' miesioners for the Reduction of the Nationa l 0 1 In the year 1828 th e respons ibility of trus t e; L eee affirmed, but in 1644 the liability was r eln° ,here llil e them, and it must be perfectly understood that ' t ieelf no responsibility. Hon. Gentlemen seemed 1 0 1 14 have forgotten the origin of these bodies, t were voluntary associations, and not conb ec Lsere, ll the Government at all. Th e G overnm ent see r eo s t I fY their bankers, and responsible for the 111 ° 1101 d die 5 paid. Until the l as t y ear or two t h e t hese,' " d oer, sponsibility of Gov e r nment h a d never been le e nor had any application been made to Ge rer e n- e nek, compensation. No instance had occurred e` e s vieg e e having been sustained by the failure of fel e - rten bank until the year 1824, at Carmarthen. J• L 'e e t e at that time were liable, but it taro- e ° " that they were not able to supply the defieieee ti the Lord-Lieutenant of the county, he believe's' o f t he took to compensate all the sufferers. The theeel u ee responsibility of the Government viel s P r r new one. Nor did h e t hi n k t h a t in ea 1) posed measure it would be right to take A t i Ppescl Government the charge of making good ank u ntse . ,, e °l which might occur from the neglect of ani.t s fee% officers. He also thought that any general I ,°"`e es% with the appointment of officers in the saw n ge l lifi b ' would destroy that which he held to be a s . ; Or, portion of savings' bank, namely their volunte h ' n 'eor h racter; but he proposed to appoint a treasurer , vieC ts generally be a local banker, and he would essk e e bef crime and misdemeanour for any other Pell e " this be treasurer to receive and pay money, By doing f fen thought he should remove the greatest occasion 100 ° He proposed at the same time to repeal the h e th e fe t e the Act of 1844, which entirely did away w it ' ee bsb; sponuibility of the trustees. They were officers of to tle and although the real responsibility would rest °bit elite treasurer and manager, it was nothing but r i g„ e t he the trustees should share in souse deg f e tb B . ,e responsibility so as to prevent misconduc t Ll le part. The first clause of the. Bill ere' Riede, duties of the treas urer , an d ma d e it a et.l)% meenour for any other officer to receive ill esse money. The next question which the . 7 3 . 1 ,1; 0 with was the subject of audit. ""- obj e ,' introduced his Bill relating to Ireland 500 e est"; tion was taken as to the mode of audit ther e . t h lished, inasmuch as it could not apply It b: degree of satisfactio n t o seaport towns.-/ er however, been partially in operation 111 stil of the large seaports in this country, firer us e , it had proved most successful, a nd he r to extend the system of audit 'IOW b ri . e Llere, tion in Ireland to the savings' banks of :" r l, O l, reserving, however, power to the Tr e e ji send inspectors to examine the books. The 011 he disposed of th e secon d c l ause . se " - a clause dealt with the q ues ti on o f i n terest t allowed on depo s it s . H e proposed thilo. Government should act as the bankers e re depositor. The deposit or did not care so Intr,," interest as the sec ur ity o f hi s depose': 11 :f it was only fair that w h en Governments the risk of guarant ee i ng th e repaYt ee- eh lv e deposits,' without reference to the loss s teee might arise on the purchase and sale 0f.,„ tO o l that the interest sh ou ld b e a t a I° '' re eei e ,„ At present the managers of a sav i ngs ' bank :" he r od 34 sa. as interest on the mone y s t h ey pa id to L00; 1 , vernment, they al lowing 2/.175. 6d. to their dePo° l- 9/, proposed to reduce these two sums to 3/. t a ,' reor_d In the year 184 G-47 the number of depositor , / ":elerr e , by upwards of 12,000, but the decrease was in met b' e sums, the depositors under 201. having in the Itieteee" increased more than 12,000. H e propose d, the efe, limit the amount Of d e p osi t s to 1004 Ilesbs"hsttiicl pressed to reduce it still m ore , b u t h e thougloLoosee. best limit he could fi x . Wh en t h e amount eerie reached 1001. all interest s h ou ld cease, an d if eh° r•ag6 chose they would in ves t t h e i r money for theP il ;bev ," ' funds, receive the dividends, and pay them " t off.' giving them also a power of attorney it they ehe se , eel point another pa r ty t o rece i ve them. All th e 6-, 40 g ee sluts were prospective. H e s h ou ld not coulee' e e isting depositors to submit to those terms, but eeber j , sidered it would be for their advantage to Wei ) ", Cir .- Iu confirmation of his views on th at part of the - t ij o yse he had received s evera l communications fie)° evs‘e conversint with the subj ec t, one o f which Seri °' letter from the manager of the Croydon Bank. This gentleman, wh o s t a t e d th a t he 116 ,, 1 6 ,7 for thirty years the manager , an d f or f o urteee s eta the treasurer of the savings bank at Croydon, o bi —" I have had occasion to remark that t he 01 inducement to deposit money by those fe r e pe e ; savings banks are intended consists in Ti p orr . . l . sate place for d e p os it, an d t h at t h e amount ()',l; b ilges, for the roost part forms b u t a secon d ary consw -r whereas those persons whose means are g reate r ' o o ' who do not actually require savings banks, use t , e i l O a s t suit their einveoi ence when the f unds are 11101 ' 11 0 r ol their money out of the savings bank to invest h of h funds when low, j us t at t h e t i me that t h e from the savings bank is attended with Pi es levee country. This cause operated far more extensiveuto lee bank in 1847 and 1348 in reducing our capite l i t e h e h ' stagnation of trade did. Twenty pounds woolu; n e to isa s l-1 , enough tor a depositor to be allowed to pu t , . - 0 0erSe' batik in one ear, and when the sum investeal ter; 1001. there is no necessity to allow further depolo, made. Our secretaries ar e s ecre t ar i es a l on e; ° el e ° e, viuce is book-keepi ng; t h e y h ave not hi ng te tree money, and no officer of the ba r k i s p ermi tted- te sor e act business but at the bunk and in banking hour s 'oo .l , ol , as money is in the qu es ti o n ; stud thus tne ttee ell e efl e tee confined to the s,cretary. trustees, and mansteerse money to the treasurer, trustees, and manage r ' del sums with which they were dealing were of fie sif h , amount. The gross amount of int er e s t or dividend 6l ;" c e e fre by the Commissionera for the National Debt on. eAr establiehment of savings bank s i n th e year 181 t, 01 - 0 18,014,0001. up to the tim e th e l as t annua l aceou tl eede laid before Parliament; and the total amount Yeyble depositors in the same pe r i o d was 2 0 , 455,00 1, es t, 0 . left an annual loss, at the present rate of inlieree the 42,6711.- per annum. He proposed then to refee ng rote f interest from 31. 6s. to 31. per cent., linsi t h lee e r amount to be paid to depositors to 21. 155., wh e , ic e - e be a very small reduction to each depositor. ell, sent average rate of interest paid was 2/. I S s c'ree ti t o . cent., and the proposed diminution of 3s. 4 d. ,reed.'ee would be an annual loss to a depositor of 10 1 . e e ' t iseee, one of 201. of Bd.; to one of 50/, of ls. Bd.; ellu e ; pusitor of 1001. a loss of 3s. 4d., as he ha air which would be very small in the case of ettee,i4 e o 11 ' ( tor, but would be a saving upon the whole, o° "„id relieve the Government from loss, while It w ° ,, r iolP; # ford the means of paying the treasurer for the P e te I ,g ante of his duty, and thus to a certain extent re tie '0 savings bank from the expense of managetn ev oifige sum up, then, what he proposed with respect to banks: the provisions were to appoint a tress °. 1 0 0 " whom all deposits should b e rece ived, l O b so t° the amount of deposit to 100/., at wi n e c e el interest should stop ; th a t th e i n terest Y" the Government should be 31. per Ce nt "Se S t . ; that to the depositer sh ou ld b e 21. 153* de re et ' with respect to friendly soc i e ti es • and with r e e l ooll' o them, he proposed to enact th a t no further mell e Live r f be invested by them directly with the Colnr e ee be re; for the National Debt, except so much as nigh to i. ted ceived on account of assurances paid previ°,: r e passing of this Act. Hon. Gentlemen were awe r a n t` f 0i friendly societies were framed for the purpose O k „,, eo, ; assurances to parties, and the rate at which iel o ter', ll i give the assurance depended upon the rate ei oele' they them.:elves were allowed. Now, no De e/ be/J O: 0 could invest except in savings banks at saving eu rse: e l terest, but the older societies had given them es c i 40 4 - 0 1 dependent on the rate of interest they rece ive ,e rOgf ag e course it would be unjust to them to touch I— nr iviv",n l interest. He proposed, likewise, to limit th e , of investing in the name of trustees—a Prir" s er e ine e e r had been grossly abused—partie s having inveg e e,....etee r s actually their own in the name of other P' lll ` e i g sl times their children, and at oth e rs merely 11 °` .., " fte e ' 44 , 0 ties, and that was done, he was sorry to saPe°lo, oe the knowledge and advice of the trustees. p ers' o b id been carried on to a great e xtent, to ena ble ee ber i o to avail themselves of the privileges 0 0 Tel o tne e o , accented, and invest sums far beyond LI . , drl 4 t , which A was Originally intended sh ould tbeeeforot: sited by parties. Ile should enact , that no person should invest as a trustee , e" 90" b+ - 1141t CA a sue: see in hifancy, id * iotcy, lune W hir soundrieee of mind. The only other provisien to he would eel attention was that re ferring e Actor granting of iennuitiee, which, according tce t l h d not 0 0 1833, under which they were granted, c u , u b e ing under 4/.; and in the case or the party fi de b!' °g to continue tee paym en t s ( w hi c h might be b e esellee st stun'-nt.), or dyuig previetts to the enneitLeed, te s assileble, the money pail by him was r e , o f gqe did not. prop se ,iisLurb the exist'lig P" re .! . 1 1d t' u "s, irt4 atinu:ti,s on thc.),.e titit ties twliodioo„, p!,w,r of purchaqing annuitic:: wider otber e ic t iweil,:(f . and es those new etenuities could not be P ecie ee tl' he t payments m lee in it.,,thltnent's he r el b' t sbe wo . o eg 1 0 amount to 1/,, and the Mode of working e vi' ' tee pnreisaeer . could accumulate his. 8 0 11 110 stsviegs hank until he hsd sufficient to buy °d thosd first of le, subsequently of sm other potleeehe ba nk i l might go on ecsumulating his savings in lee s , , t int purchasing annuities of 1/, from time to t itle ;I THE COUNT The following is the official corn, &c., received in the poi Essex, from the 22d April, I both inclusive : , ..; • .. , . A 0 1 A A., rz4 Colchester llO 220 I 55 350 Harwich Leigh Maldon 648, 16 350 130 105 500 HADDINGTON, Arum 2G.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Bean . . First ... ... 393 Od 21s Od 19s Od 28 s Od Second ... ... 353 10d 223 63 17s 4d 233 8d HADDINGTON, APRIL 26.-- grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bean.. First ... ... 393 Od 21s Od 19s Od 28. Od Second ... ... 35s 10d 22s 6d 17s 4d 23s 8d Third ... .. 323 Od 21s Od 14. Od 223 0:1 Total quantity of Wheat in market 408 qrs., 386 sold Do. Barley do. 235 qrs., 152 sold Do. Oats do. 299 qrs., 255 sold Do. Beans do. 175 qrs., 172 sold KIRICALDT, Aran 27.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— Wheat. :Barley. Oats. Beans. I Peas.: First 40s Od -2'2s Oci 19s Od —s Od I—3 Od Second 393 Od 193 Od 18s Od —3 Od I—s Od Third 32s Od 163 6il 143 6d —s Od I—s Od .. _ • Oatmeal, ter ba . g of 28011;s imperial, 24s to Os Od. GLASGOW, APRIL 24.—Provisions—Cheese, OOs to OOs Od per cwt ; retail, Od to Od per lb. Skim milk, Os Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh batter, 10d to 10kd per lb. Irish pow dered, in lumps, Ad to Od; country powdered, wholesale, FP to 9d. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4s 10d per 20, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 33 Od per pair ; Ducks, 2s 6d. STIRLING, APRIL N.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 235; ditto, home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new. 16s 6d to 20s Od; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 14s 3d to 18s Od. Oats, common, Os Od to Os Od ' • ditto new, 10s Od to 12 s 3d ; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt, distillers, 32s Od to 344 ; oitto brewers, 35s Od to 36. ; beans per boll, Os 6d to O s Od ; d i tt o n ew, lls Od to 13s 6d ; p ease 134 to 00s; fl o ur, new p er sac k, 31s 6d to 32s 6d; ditto c ommon ditto, 20s Od to 22s 6d ; o a t m eal, per load, Os Od to O s Od ; ditto new 23s 6d to 25s 6d ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, 7d to 8d ; fresh butter per lb, Od t o Od ; eggs per dozen, 7d t o 8d ; hay per ton, Os to Os. YoLso, Aram 21.—Wheat, old, Os to Os ; ditto, new, 24s to 29s Od ; barley, new, 12s to 16s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os ; potato oats, 00s to 00. ; ditto new, lOs to 13s Od ; common oats 03s to 00s Od ; ditto new, 00s to 00s Od ; peas, 18. Od to 00s Od; beans, 18. to Oth per boll of six imperial bushels. PERTH, APRIL 26.—Wheat, 345 Od to 3gs Od; barley, 17s Od to 193 Od ; oats, 14s to 163; peas and beans, 20s Od to 24s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 225 to 21s. BERWICK, APRIL 25.—Wheat, 33s 4id ; barley, 18s lOid ; oats, 13, 6id ; rye, 004 Od ; beans, 24s Od ; peas, 00s Od average per imperial quarter. FALKIRK, APRIL is. —The supply of grain in this day's i market was 388 bulls; wheat at Idi9d to l9s Od per ; barley, 161 Od to los Od ; oats, 12s 6d to 13s 6d; beans, 12.4 6d to 14s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. - FESTERDAT. 6d Belmont 6d Elusivelt 6d Lumley OJ Whitwell 165 ()d 17s 6cl 15s 6,1 15s Od Gd Eleugh Hall G(1 iouth Ilartlepool 3dlWhitworth 15s Ed 163 3d 133 3d 13i 6d 14s 9d 14s 6d 13A 91 9.03 6cl 14s 9d COAL MAKKE' Oarr's Hartley Holywell 14s Tanfield Moor ranfield Moor Butes l3s Walker's Primrose l2s West Hartley 14s Wall's End, &c. Maclean's Tees .. Acorn Close Brown's ... l3s 9,11 El;icar Steam Bewicke and Co. Brown's Gas . l2s 6d Hunwiek Coke Gibson Original Gibson Riddell's l4s 3d Ships at market, 136. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of New South Wales.