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SUN 0141( E. Seven ("Clock. 45. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack . at Five o'clock. PE TITIONS. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from plAces in the north of Ireland, praying for a grant in aid of scriptural education; also several pe.ilions against Papal aggression. The Earl of GALLOWAY presented several petitions against P.p+ll aggre.odon. APPRENTICES TO SEA ... SERVICE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ATTORNEYS AN D_SOLICI T ORS REGULATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved that this Bill be read a second time. The purport of the Bill was to allow attorneys who should serve in the Queen's Univer aity, Ireland, four years only instead of five, and to give 'Certain privileges to persons h.Ading degrees. The Noble M ar quis then went into several details as related to those colleges. Already the students of those colleges amounted to 500 and upwards, and he was re joiced to find. notwithstanding the opposition made to these colleges, thrt they were supported by the middle classes in Ireland of all religions, for the returns showed that the students of diffrent re ligions bore a nearly exact proportion to the number cf the inhabitants of different re'igions iu Ireland. Lord MONTEAGLE was rejoiced to bear of the success of those colleges, and he hoped that nothing would occur to divert the attention of the people of Ireland from the boons which these colleges would confer upon them. Up to a late period there was a strong feeling on the part of the Ro man Catholic laity to support these colleges, not withstanding the opposition of the Primate; but in con sequence of the introduction of a Bill now before their Lordships, the remonstrance which the laity had been prepared to address to Rome had been postponed. After a few words from the Earl of pow's, The Marquis ot CLANRICARDE explained the na ture of the studies pursued and of the examinations in stituted in .the Queen's C o ll ege. Th os e examinations rendered them equal to compere with the stude nts ot an y universities in the civiliz e d wor ld. The Bil: was then r« ad a second titea• EXPENSES OF PROSECUTION BILL. This Bill was read thi7dtitne and passel The Earl of LONSD ALE made some observations on the subject of the Bill, to which Lord CRANWORTEI was replying, when, Lord CAMPBELL rose to order. Their Lordships could not discuss a Bill which hod passed. Nuw his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack bad dis tinctly said that the Bill had passed. It passed like a certain Bill elsewhere, without the uiajority being aware of it. Earl FITZWILLIAM contended that the question had not been put. The Earl of POWIS was proceeding to object to the Bill, when Lord CAMPBELL said that the remembrance of the Lord Chancellor b. 11,1 with him. The Bill had passed, and they could not discuss it. Lord BEAUMONT objected to the takiug advantage of a matter of form. Lord CAMPBELL said that it was not a matter of form but of fart—tte Bill had passed. The Earl of HARR° WBY rose to order. There was no motion before the House. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that certainly the Noble and I...arned Lord og the woolsack, paying no attention to the Noble Lord on the cross benches, who had risen to move an amendment, had put thefques tion and passed the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR had put the question, and had looked round the House to see it any Noble Lord was about to oppose, and seeing that the Noble Lord, who moved the Bill, nodded his head, thought that no one eras about to oppose it, and he had visaed the Bill. But he would take this opportunity of requesting their Lordships to pay a little more atten tion when questions were put—(Hear, hear)—because it was impossible for him on some occasions to ascertain amidst the buzz of conversation whether an opposition to a Bill was intended or not.—(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Dee Standard Restoration. Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Rail way and Increhse of Capital). The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat bridge, Potion and GJvan, &c., Railway.)—(Amend ment and Continuation, &c.). The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— King's College 'ilospital. Llyavi Valley, and Duffryn Llynvi, and Porthcaw Railways. NATIONAL LAND SOCIETY. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the order made on the 6th day of June last, for the third reading of the National Land Coulney Dissolving Biil, be discharged; that the Bill be re•co.r,mttted to the former Committee, and that they have have to ait and proceed, with three members, on Friday next, at twelve o'clock.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. BROADLEY presented a petition form's place in Yorkshire sgains , thet attorne3s certificate duty. Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a petition to the 1111336 Orem from Dover. Similar petitions were presented by other Hon. Member... Mr. MILLINGS presented a petition from the In corporated Law SoetPty of England and Wales against the County Courts Extensicn COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Mr. FI I'Z BOY complained that the Attorney-General was not in his place to fix a day b - r takieg this Bill, which was fixed tor this morning, but which he under stood was to be postponed. Mr. C. LEWIS said the Chancellor of the Exchequer distinctly stated last night that, in conseqeence of the indisposition of Sir George Grey, the Bill would not he proceeded with this mornie. Ile telieved, however, that it would be put on the orders of the day for Thurs day next. After a short discussion the subject dropped, it having been -greed that the Bill shoulA be fixed as an order for five o'elock this evening, in order to enable the Government to fie a definite day for going into Committe.. upon it. CIVIL BILLS. &c. (IRELAND) BILL. The ll,;tees then west into Committee upon this Bill; Mr. BERNAL in the chair. On sccrier 73 being proposed, Mr. M'CULLAGH moved the omission in line 15, page 37, of the woris " or under a tenantcy from year to year." He complained that the whole policy of the G , vernment in Ireland had been an anti-tenant policy, and the evil results of the course they had pursued was exhibited in the census returns which had lately been laid before the public. The House had now before it the damagicg and horrible fact that two millions of their fellow -creatures had either been starved to death or transported for life to distant lands. If the amendment were not agreed to a greater stimulus would be given to ejectments in Ireland, and consequently ad ditional burdens would be thrown on this country, as well as a greater number of the Irish peasantry be compelled to emigrate to America and the colonies. There bad been no less than a decrease of 406,000 persons in the population of Ulster as compared with the returns of the former census, yet this province eas comparatively free from famine and fever, and what could they attribute this unfortunate circumstance to, hut our vicious system of legislation? He implore.d the House, in the name of the Almighty, not to give a further stimulus to that species of cruel extermination whose fearful effects were now vi•dhlo throughout Ireland, HATCHELL said the Hon. Member had totally miquken the import and meaning of the clause, in statin that i t wou ld e n a bl e t h e l andlord to clear estates, g eject te nants. and drive them to leave the country. The clause weuld only give power to the landlord in the eat(' of tenants from year to year, who ne g l ected or re fused to abide by their c intract and pay the rent, to proceedings for the p urpose of get tingttve recourse to la w l• h is land. He was disposed t o th i n k that possession 0i this c l aus e was mo re in favour of the t enant than the landlord Mr ' WIIITE thouet that the Bill was open to the objecti on o t he Hon. Member for Dundalk; it was a Piece Of P.M w ,, r k legislation. There never had been mor e nnpor tn t for legislating satisfactorily on this objec t momen the present, yet her Ma jesty,d Go vernm ent than at_ awed The evidence tek "t had all o w ed it to slip away, yet had been acted upon . ü before the D e vo n s C ommission never went. In the reig n o r of Parliament had bee :io ge tar as legislation question in Ireland, qaPr:sl::::rsvt.realAarilens;lthoaluth6lo4 Acts sutject of distress slo sh , ahich 30 rel ate d th lawyer had to grope Through The landlord and tenant in Ireland te . t a h these the c land, m P I e and t the thegreatest boonon th e t h a ft I i t bonfigeo of r) oppressed tenureconferred tenure r : ho l e; Ireland would be to simplify the cen u ,: d should not oppose the introduction (l e tt of laws. i Bill, although he very much regretted thlraeha,)ert'ije.. ment bad not intreducod an entire measure On Mr. REYNOLDS said that in the CommitGhteeeensutslsbjheicet had revised tri. Bill the lion, and Learn e d who had just sat down had spoke and s e r a against this clan-e, and he must say tha t- this was one of the moat extraordinary conversions which he hid heard t.f. He elan e xpressed his astoniffirut.-nr at tr,e speech which they hal juht heard fro m thr• Attorney -G, neral for Itlatl. Iu tits year 1847 the population of Ireland als n to 8.700.000 beiore the famine broke out, en , ' now, four years aPer, it hal been decreased by 1,500,000, wh ic h was to be attrieut. d mainly t the legtetatioa f this House on this subject. And n owhad tbHeyo uL asking the Queen's Attorney , General getting up in the Wbether they would defraud t he landlords of their • S 'AP E tie. a speech which wa s _ c heered T t h o e the ß e il c l ho w b a y s th a e n lri a s t h . — lndlords in the House , next session, and unless 4 , a ,"ut to patch . up a subject which must be die • 7:c 41 1 el au early in !Pr: s a po se_ we ß re i exp l u h n e rdhe should. go all lengths 'e the . r. WaITESIDE explained that be bad Toted .4 - the clause in the Select Committee, because it was ;41 , itt.f.l f_jufsplaeed in the Bill, b u t a t the same time hi Framed TitE SIJN, LONDON, TrEsDAty ___E_VENING, JULY 8, 1851. TEE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE. JULY 7,*.1851. The glean has been dto approve of Mr. Ste , ano Scov...!tso as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the Kiel of Sardinia. WAR•OFFICE, JULY 6. 12:h Regiment of Light liragoona—Lieutenant John De Montmorency Murray Prior to be Captain, without purchase; Lieutenant Allen Noble Adams, from half pay 7th Dragoo:i Guards, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, July 8. 4th Regiment of Foot—Captain Spencer Stewart, ;'rum the 11.114 Brigade, to be Captain, vice .Fyers, who exchanges, July 8. 9th F oo t—Qiiartermaster-Sergeant William Banbury to be Quartermaster, vice Joseph Scott, who retires upon halt-pay, July 8. 17th Foot—I:Iloilo William Parry Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leche, wbo retires, July 8. 35th Foot—Major James Fraser to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase. vice Aralander Tennant, who retires upon full pay ; Captain James Tedlie to be Major, vice Fraser; Lieutenant William Thomas Harris to be Captain, vice Tedlie ; Ensign John Harris to be Lieutenant, vice W. T. Harris ; Gentleman Cadet Wil liam Frederick Godolphin Forster, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, vice J. Harris, July 8. 91st Fout—Eusign William Squirt to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Owgan, who retires, July 8. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Henry Martin, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Lieutenant, vice Kekewich, who exchanges, July 8. Rifle Brigade— Captain William Augustus Fyers, from the 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stewart, who ex changes, July 8. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant Samuel Blomefield Kekewich, from the 95th Foot, to be Lieu :enant, vice Martin, who exchanges, July 8. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Lieutenant Shadwell, of the 87th Foot, are " Josiah Fitz-Thoinas." ADMIRALTY, JULY 1. In pursuance of her ALjebty'd pleasure, Admiral of the R.d the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C,8., has this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet. With reference to the Plan of Naval Retirement which appeared in the London Gazette of 27th June, 1851, the following Flag Officers of the Royal Navy have been appointed to receive the pensions of 1501. a year each, provided for by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June, 1851, and the names of the said Flag Officers have this day been removed to the reserved half-pay hat according ly : Admiral of the Red, Frederick WatkinP, Esq. Admiral of the Red, John Gifford, &q. Admiral of the Red, Henry Richard Glynn, Esq. Admiral of the White, Sir Henry Ileathcote, cut. Admiral of the White, Hugh Downman, &q. Admiral of the White, John Mackellar, Esq. Vice-Admiral of the Red, Richard Curry, Eeq., C.B. Vice-Admiral of the White, Frederick William Lord Aylmer, C.B. Rear-Admiral of.' the Rid, 11 , 3bert Elliot, Eeq. Rear-Admiral of the White, Sir Thomas Fellcwwes, C.B. And further, with reference to the arrangements sanc- tioned by her Majesty's said Order in Council of 25th June, 1851, tha Lords Commisioners of the Admiralty hereby give notice, that the Active List of Flag Officers of the Royal Navy now stands as follows, viz. : Admirals of the Fleet. Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.B. Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B. Adadrals of the Red. Thomas Le Merchant Gosselin, Etq. Sir Charles Ogle, Bart. Hon. Sir John Talbot, G.C.B. Sir John West, K.C.B. Sir Charles Ekins, G.C.B. Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H. Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K.C.B. Admirals of the White. Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, K.C.B. Right Hon. James; Marquis of Thomond, G.C.H. Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B. Sir Thomas Livingstone, Bart. Sir Francis William Austen, K.C.B. Sir John Acworth Ommanney, K.C.B. Zachary Mudge, Esq. Admirals of the Blue. Sir Edward Durnford King, K.C.H. Sir George Moods-, K.C.B. James Carthew, Sir Thomas Brigge, G.C.M.G. Right Hon. Thomas Earl of Dundonald, Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.B. George McKinley, Esq. Vice-Admirals of the Red. Sir John Wentworth Loring, K.C,8., K.C.H. Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart. John Dick, Esq. Sir Charles Bullen. K.C.8., K.C.H. Sir Samuel Pyin, K.C.B. Robert Jackson, EN. Honourable George Elliot, C.B. Lord William Fitzßoy, K.C.B. Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., K.C.H. Vice-Admirals of the White. Edward Hawker, Esq. Richard Thomas, Esq. James Richard Dacres, Esq. John Sykes, Esq. Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B. Thomas Brown, Esq. Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart, C.B. Sir John Louis, Bart. Brian Hodgson. &q. Vice-Admirals of the Blue. John Ayscoligh. Esq. Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C.B. Sir George Francis Semour, C. 8., G.C.H. Honourable George Poulert. Charles Jams Johest n, Esq. Honourable Joeceline Percy, C.B. Honourable Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B, K.C.M.G. Right Hon. Granville George Lord Radsiock, C.B. Right lionourable George Earl Cadogan C.B. It,ar-Atiteirels of the Red. Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.B. Sir Edward Tucker, K.C.B. Sir William Augustus Montagu C. 8., K.C.H. Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.H. William Bowles E q ., C.B. Hyde Parker, EA., c,13. Charles Sibthorp John Hawtayne, Esq. James Whitley Deans Dundas, E-q., Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bert., C.B. Si. William He. Dillon, K.C.H. Henry Hope, E,q,, C.B. Honourable Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, C 8., K.C. H. Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. John Brett Purvis, & q . Richard Ai tour, E , q.. 0,13. H•rt.by, Esq., C.B. Honourable We dam Gordon. ResreAdmitals of the White. Charles John Austen, Esq., C.B. Henry Prescott, Esq., C.B. John Coode, Eiq., C.B. John Pasco, EA. William Fisher, Esq. Edward Harvey, Eq. William Fctzailliam Owen, Esq. Manley Hall Dixon, E,q. Peter John Douglas, Rig, Barrington Reynolds, Esq., C.B. Honourable George Alfred Crofton. Charles Sotheby, Esq. Sir Augustus William James Clifford, Bart., C.B. Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley. Bart. Alexander Renton Sharpe, Esq., C.B. Gordon Thomas Falcon, Esq. Sir Watkin Owen Fell. William Fairbrother Carroll, E€q., C.B. (In the first vacancy which may occur, this List will be reduced to 17.). Rear Admirals of the Blue. William Bowen Mends, Esq. Sir George Rose Sartorius, Knt. Robert Wauchope, Esq. Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart. Maurice Frederick FiTsherilinge Berkeley, Eick, C.B. Sir David Dunn, K.C.H. Fairfax Moresby, Esq., C.B. Sir Edmund . Lyons,Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H. Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart. Francis Erskine Loch, EBq. Edward Collier, Esq., C.B. David Price, Esq. William Willmott Henderson, Esq., C. 8.. K.H. Sir John Hill. litiL Arthur Fanshawe, E7q., C.B. Houneton S t ewart, Esq., C.B. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—George Astley Charles Daahwood to be Lieu tenant. vice Henry William Da.shwood, resigned, July 4. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords GpmtniTai..,ners of her Majesty's Treasury having c, rtified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th Geo. 4th, c. 27. sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom tif Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of April, 1851, amounted to the sum of two million nine hundred and twenty-six thousand one hun dred and eighty-one pounds two shillings and four ,nos: pet. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Nationak Debt hereby give notice, that the vum of seven hundred and thirty•one thouasnd five hundred and forty-five pounds five shillings and sevenpence (being one-fourth part of the said vurplus of two millions nine hundred and twenty-iix thousand one hundred and eighty-one pounos two vhillings and fou:pei.ce) will be applied under the prov;sons of the said Act, between the 7th day of July, 1851, and the 10th day of October, 1851, to the toi!, - Aving purposes, viz.:— To be to the purchose'of Stock 731,545 5 7 Add interval reocivlshle on account of Donations and 13.queste, to tie applied to the puratuse of Stock his readint36B to cou►ider the principle of it in Cotn rcit,tee. _ _ Mr. MOORE opposed the clause, because it wes. part of the bit by bit legislation which lay so deeply at the root cf all the evile of Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL thought the policy of the Legis lature ought to be to compel the landlords to grant leases, and thus secure the proper cultivation of the land. It would be a lasting disgrace upon the House that so many years had elapsed without any sff,cti , ,, measure being passed to secure the tenure of laud in Ireland. Fifteen years and upwards it had promised Ireland happiness and prosperity, and yet after the lapse of that long time the country was still in a state to misery and prostration. Perhaps this would be the last measure upon which he should ever address the House; and as it was not too late to afford Ireland redress for her wrongs, he would make a last appeal to the House to retrace its steps and do tardy justice to his suffering country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK wanted to know what they were talking about.—(Laughter.) If a man were in arrear of his rent, what possible objection could there be to giving his landlord the means of either making him pay or of getting rid of him? That appeared to him to be the object of this clause, and he was at a loss to under stand what reasonable objection could be taken to it. He did not dispute the right of the tenant to protection. but that was a matter beside the question, since this Bill sought not to take from the tenant er to add to the power of the landlord, but to render the existing law clear and intelligible, and he should certainly sup port it. Mr. E. B. ROCHE was glad to bear the Hon. and Learned Member admit that tee farmers of Ireland had a just claim of tenant right. He and others very pros perly urged the speedy settlement of this tenant right question, but that question could not be fairly discussed without going into the whole state of Ireland, and per haps that fact would account for the discursive nature of the debate.—(Hear, hear.) The recent cen sus disclosed a startling state of things in Ireland. Her population had terribly fallen off, and the diminution be and his friends attributed not so much to the famine as to the forced emigration which the legisla tion a people to H. This Bill would s t ill further increwe the difficulties of Ireland, and he hoped it would not be per severed in. Mr. M. O'FERRALL objected to the clause as well as the 25 others which the Bill contained, and he could, therefore, neither support the amendment nor the Bill. The law of landlord and tenant was so diffizult of being understood in Ireland, even by lawyers, let alone laymen, that it was utterly impossible to remove the existing evils by a puny Bill of this description. It would only have the effect of disturbing the tenure of land in Ire land, and endangering the right of property, and he hoped it would be withdrawn until the Government had some plan which could satisfactorily deal with this important question. _ _ Sir W. SOMERVILLE said many of the clauses which his Right Hon. Friend objected to were already in force as law, and they were only introduced into this Bill for the purpose of consolidation. Now, what pos sible objection could there be to such a proceeding as that? The only question, then, for the Committee was, whether or no the amendment of the Honour able and Learned Member fur Dundalk would im prove the existing law. His notion was that it would not. The clause as it stood now was a tenant's clause, and uo far from the amendment reducing the power of the landlord, it would directly increase it. At present the six months' notice was a means of oppression in the hands of the landlord, who was in the habit of holding it in terrorem over the head of his tenant, and instead of Irishmen objecting to this clause, they ought to be rejoiced to support it. Mr, ROEBUCK would be glad to know how the evil of a landlord continually threatening his tenant with a notice to quit by increasing the term of the notice from six to twelve months could be remedied. Mr. S. CRAWFORD accepted the speech of the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland as a confirmation of what he had often stated to the House, namely, that the landlords of Ireland exercised a tyrannical influence over their tenants, and he objected to this clause, be cause it would increase that unjust influence. Me re gretted that Government had so long neglected to settle the landlord and tenant question, and he gave notice that at the earliest opportunity be should call the atten tion of the House to the subject. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... „.„ 24 Against it ... Majority against it —3l The amendment was accordingly lost. During our absence from the gallery a motion was made that the Chairman should report progress. Mr. O'FLAHERTY urged the Committee to proceed with the Bill at once until it had been , finally dis posed of. Mr. KEOGH also concurred in thinking that there was yet time to dispose of the clause before adjourning, and ultimately the motion for reporting progress was withdrawn. The Committee then divided on the question that the clause do stand part of the Bill, when there appeared— For the clause ... 56 Against it 20 Majority ... .. —36 The clause was accordingly ordered to be added to the Bill. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the House resumed. The House adjourned at Half-past Three till a Quarter past Five o'clock. ... 55 The House resumed at a Quarter-past Fire o'clock. PETIT lONS. Mr. JOHN ELLIS presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire, in favour of the Bill for the more speedy arrest of absconding dabtors. A considerable number of petitions were presented against 'he attorneys' certificate duty. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from the Wist London Union, in favour of union rating and union settlement; also a petition iu fsvour of the County Cour:s ExtPn4)n Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from Ripon against the Regiskrtition of Assurances 13i11. 'IRE GLASS PALACE. Mr. STAFFORD presented a pc tion from Mr. Paxton, the architect of the Glass Palace, praying that the build ing in Hyde-park may be maintained. The Hon. Mem ber also gave notice that he should, to-morrow, m.)s that tbis petition be printed with the notes, for the pur pose of the subject leing brought under the consideration of the Houses. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition against the Public. houses (Scotland) Bill. TRANSATLANTIC PACKETS. Mr. WHI TESIDE asked the First Lard of the Treasury, whether it be the intention of her Majesty's Government to a•;upt measures towards the formation of transatlantic packet station in Galway, or any other Irish port. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not answer the qua tion at the present m i. mer , t . THE CHOLERA OF 1849. Mr. JACGB BELL asked Lord Seymour, whether the reports of the inspectors and medical inspectors re specting the cholera epidemic of 1848.9 are preserved; if so, whether there would be any obVction to handing over those documents to the Epidemiological Society? Lord SEYMOUR said the Board of Health would have no objection to give any information in their power to the Epidemiological Society. Mr. JAMES CLAY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affitirs-this being the year during which (under the agreement of 1841 with :Demark regulating the dues levied by that country on goods passing the Sound), notice can be givenof terminating such agree ment, whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Government so to give notice; also, whether any and what negociations have been entered upon between this country and Russia, or Prussia, having for their object the commutation of these slues for an immediate money payment to Denmark, or other compensation. Lord PALMERSTON said that at present there was no intention on the part of her Majesty's Govern ment to give notice to the Danish Govern ment to dissolve the existing agreement with Denmark, nor had any negotiations passed between the two Governments on the subject. He thought the House would agree with him that whatever might take place, this was not the exact moment to press hardly on a country which like Denmark had just passed through a season of great trial—(Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON, at the Bar of the House, communicated her Majesty's reply to two addresses which had been presented to her by the House of Com mons, one praying that two laymen be added to the Chancery Commission, and the other, that steps might be taken to relieve the spiritu.il destitution of the people. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to signify her gra cious went to the prayer of both addresses. AT TORNIES AND SOLICITORS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, in asking leave to re -introduce a Bill for the repeal of the attornies and solicitors' annual certificate duty, said the grounds on which he did so was that this duty was partial, unjust, and ePpreesive. Oa the last occasion when he brought this suoject under the attention of the House, no less than 259 . Members voted in favour of the repeal to 224 against it, thus giving a majority in supprt of the prin ciple which he advocated. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer would promise to agree to the repeal of the tax next session, in the event of the income-tax being renewed, and no unforseen circumstances arising in the country, he would be content with simply laying the Bill on the fable; but he should feel compelled to pe ws his motion if the Right Ron G entleman could not hi m han undertaki . g ive --- ` l- I sti A c NCELLOR ofngthe EXCHEQUR said be The 6 '.' b e most happy to accede to every proposition for of taxes, provided he could consistently do so, reductions were made unde r existing cir but it further how the business not of the country cumst.nce. be heir w t w h ° fit ui re d peal could be carried on- Feeling it necei,tity t o stan d st oPPose by his b u d ge t, be Ml' , t., ii rt oth , . the motion, w hi c h he hoped would not re ceive the cuppk , .1 to withdraw, and the H ouse divided, wh en t h ere e p p* aro-- Str4 uKers wete t.rere.. „, ... For th e motion ••• 162 Against it ••• 132 ••• Leave Ma i"rity against Ministers ... --".--30 Was then g i ven to b ring i n the Bill. Mr. HENRY BE THE BALLO T. RKELEY then rose to bring for ward his moti o n on the ballot, and was . (um SPBALING.) POST. 0 FPICE NOTICB.--The stPirn vessels wh ich were announced in the month o f A pra last to have been established between Low esto f t and Hjerting or Balium, bay ing now been withdrawr, n o s hi p letter for Denmark will hereafter be wade up at Lowestoft. mails MARKET IN TELLIGEN CE. (From tht London Neu Price Current, July 8.) SUGAL—To-day Weftlndis Sugar way Off , r , :d at 6i per cwt uuder the rates of Fritia), still l'Arilt g anti pro eery sorts were operaqd in with touch canton. The tragsactions ate ~ D 1y. 5 35 hhds, at auction 68 hhds 12 tses asibadoes, which went at — a reductiou on the previous sale of 6,1 to Is per cwt. mid yellow ,el - at 361 61 to 37s 6d. good 384 to fine 39s 6 i to 40:, and crystrrlised 41s Ori to 425. Some lots we►e taken in. REFINED.—To-day rather lower rates being taken for Refined Sugar, occasioned tho home trade demand to be go..st, and prices closed at 46. to 46. 61 for Grocery lumps. The market fur Crushed Sugar is firm and a fair export demand exists. Mau RITI U s.—This afternoon there were few buyers of Mauritius Sugar, and at auction 4,222 bags were nearly all taken in at 6d per mt. under the rates of Fri day, vii., ord yellow at 35) 6d to 36a, mid 36s 6d to 37A 6i, good to fine 381 to 4)s, ord to fine brown 31s to 85s per cwt. . _ EAST INDIA.—This aftenoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at auetion wit; extenbrre, and amounted to 11,920 bags. The best white Benares was in good demand, at former rates ; but other sorts met with a dull sale at a reducticn on Fliday'a terms of 64 to ls. Of the total quantity uff+red about half sold ; fine grainy white went at 46s to 475, yellow 43s to 433 - 6 d. ord and mid white Bemires 378 to 395, good mid to good 89s 6d to 41s 6,1, fine and superior 42s to 433, soft yellow 338 to 363, low 318 to 325, and brown 27s t029.i. Of Madras 1,369 bags only a put sold at 64 to is decline, good to fine GrO- I eery 395 to 41s 6d, ord and miff 35s 6i to 366 6d, yell9w 306 to 323, and brown 27s 6d to 296 61. FOREIGN.—To-day there was little desire shown to make purchipes in Foreign Sugar, and rather lower rates were acceded to. A cargo of yellow Havannah of 3,000 chts fine quality was sold fur exportation at 22s 3d. At public sale 93 bskts and 219 bags Java were taken in at 35s for low greyish yellow. Of Bahia a small part only of 225 bags 42 brls and 74 bgs found buyers at lower rates, mid and good mid brown at 34s to 353, ord and low 31e to 34s 61 per cwt. _ MoLssio.—:Few transactions have taken place in any sort, mud on the part of merchants a desire is evinced to sell. In Jamaica Honey operations have been to a fair extent at 30a to 353 for fine, of the latter supply is scanty. To-day at public sale 233 hhds Coseipore Mo lasses were withdrawn. COFFEE.-- Thin afternoon there was an improvement in the demand for Plantation Ceylon. The parcels 4iffered at public sale were 415 casks and 1,242 bags, the chief portion of which found buyers at full rates, and shippers were the principal operators —middling to good went at 52s to 60s, low middling 50a to sls 61, other sorts 43s to 49.. triage 41s to 44e, and pea berry 56s to 635. Of Jamaica 140 casks sold at stiffer rates, and • mostly for , exportation, low middling went 49s to 51s, fine to fine fine ordinary 44s to 484, inferior 39s to 435. Mocha in greater de mand, and 3a to 4. dearer. At auction 230 hf bales selling at 67., for middling clean garbled, and damaged 55. to 62.. 01 Dutch Java 480 bags were withdrawn, and 168 bags Costa Rica were taken in at 47s to 495 fur fine fine ordumry. Native Ceylon in good demand pri vately af, 38. to 38e 6d pr.r cwt. Cocoa.—British Plantation continues to be purchased with much caution privately - , and there are sellers of red Trinidad at 40. to 46., grey 35. to 40s, and Urenada 333 to 404 per cwt. In foreign transactions are triflog; Bahia and Para at 26. to 285,,and Quayaquil 29s to 30a. TEA.—There is firmness in themirk:A for common and good ord Congeal; large purchases made by home dealers, and a fair export demand prevails—the rates paid nave been lOid to Lid per lb. A steady business has been concluded in medium to rather strong blackish leaf sorts at llid to Is, and in good to fine Is Oid to is 7d; at these rates mer chants are less disposed to press sales. Of Oolong seve ral parcels have been disposed of at is to is B€l. A good demand has bawl experienced for green; the mar ket is, however, less freely supplied; and Young Hyson continues moss in request. Scented and Pekoe Teas found a more ready sale at the rates existing previously. NICE.—To-day East iudia Rice was less in demand, but full rates were required; the consequence was that 1,360 bags Bengal were all taken in at 9s 6d. to 10s for good mid and good white. Selces.—To-day at sale 250 packets mid export Ben gal tituger at 16s, and damaged 13s, these are.moderate rates. Of Jamaica 100 pkga went at 55s to 73s for ord to good add, being again lower; 150 cases China pre served, partly SOW as 84d to 9d per lb. Of Mace 8 cases sold at 2s to 2s id for second sort; 85 bgs Bourbon Cloves fi'l to 60 per lb. 6PritlTS.—Tae amount of business transacted in Lee- ward Island Rum has been small, and wore desire is Ovinced to sell at is 5d to is sifi per gallon proof East India is less wanted, and rates tends downwards, is 8d to is aid having been accepted proof. In Demerara several purchases have been made at Is 10d to 2s 3d for 30 to 30 overproof. Jamaica of' fine quality is not higher, yet the home trade and export demand has bEen good at 3s 3d to 4s 4d for 34 to 30 overproof. A desire is evinced to sell lus . , and mid quality s3O to 33 over proof at 2s 3d to 2s 7d, and good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2a 8d to 3s 2d. Prices are not better for Brandy ; The value of Cognac best Brands of the Vintage of 1850 is 48 . 4 d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto. 4a 1. Id to 5s Id, older 5s 5d to 7s; low to mid sorts 2s 6d to 3s 4d, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2* 3d. In British made Spirit not much has been done, 9s 5d to 9s 6cl is the val.e; Gin for exportation 2s 6d. Geneva sells rather 1110!*0 treely at 1. 7d to 13 Bd, and fine Is 91 to 2s par gallon. SALTPETBE.—To-day the market for Saltpetre pre seuted a ciai-t appearance, and of 2,087 bags Calcutta at auction, a small part only sold at 3d to 64 per cwt re dwelt)°, very sup-rior quality 25 per cent. refraction watt at 29.61, tine 54 to 41 pa. cent. 28s to 28s 6d, guvd 65 ta 75 ditto 27e to 27a 6d, and mid 16 per cent 25s 6d per cwt. • lentoo.—The large public sales of Spanish Indigo last we.. it went off with fair spirit at full rates, but oft the low qualities tlure was a fall of 24 to 3d per lb; 1,000 arms were offered and sold—Sobres at from 3a 54 to 4s 9 i; Cortes is 64 to 3s sd, low and very oid 8d to Is 44 per ib. TALLOW.—Prices are sot lower for Russian on the spot;. operations are upon a small scale for all purposes, and 37s 64 to 37s 9d per owt is the value of Sue Y.C. There is more disposition to operate for deli very, and the rates • paid 38a 9d 'to 39; for last three months of the year, at which the mar ket is firm. Only limited transactions have taken place iu home melted, although there are sellers at the moderate rates of 35s to 36s nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow realised full -rates, and at auction 550 casks AuArale.n were nearly ail sold, Beef at 34s 6d to 35s 9d, Sleep 33s 6d to 37s 34; 400 packages South American low to floe 33s 6d to 37s 34; 26 casks ord East India 33 * 6d to 35s 64, and 15 cases Malta 36s 9d to 37s 64 per cwt. For auction 900 casks of Tallow are declared. pale Seal th e d eman d i s on th e i rcre a s e, andeipLrsCesFraure firm es , 301 to 311 per ton. Other sorts are i n sma ll papply, mid find is more ready sale at 281 lOs to 291 10, There are few buyers of Cod and 371 is the value. Southern rules at 281 lbs to 321 for low to fine. Sperm has been operated in with reluc!ance, and previous terms are sustained with difficulty. At auction 30 tuns were partly di-posed of at 831 10a to 841 for Colonial, and Headuaatter 90i per tun. The demand is increasing for Linseed Oil for home consumption, and several export orders have completed; rates are firm at 32s to 32s 3d per cwt. A good business has been done for delivery at 31s 64 to 31s 64. At present supply of Oil is limited. Rape seed finds a wore ready sal e , an d a l ess amoun t i s on offer; brown realised 31s 6d to 325, refined 32s 6d to 335, and foreign 33s 6d to 345. Orders have increased for Cocoa Nut. and privately 250 tuna sold. Ceylon at 28s 6tl to 29s 6d, and Cochin 30s to 31s, home dealers having been the chief buyers. At auction 200 casks mostly sold, and Ceylon realised 29a 6d to 30s. Ia Palm transactions are upon a larger scale, and 27s 94 to 28a are the rates paid for fine, at which some parcels have been taken by exporters. Olive is held firm, and trans actions are to a fair extent; Gillipoli at 381 to 391, Spanish and Sicily at 361 103 to 371.104 per tun. East India Ground Nut Oil met a slow sale at '32. 6d to 33s 64, Gingelly 32s to 331. Ted Seed Oil 29a to 30s, and East India brown Rape Oil 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. CUURSE 01? EXCH2 I Amsterdam 11 16% Onto, three month!, • 11 13 ttotterdam 11 18 A.ntwerp • • •.•• •• •• •• • - 25 22% 25 92% lizunburgh ••M•11. 13 b % Altona.• .... • • • • •• —. Paris, 3 daysisight .• 25 5 Ditto. 3 months .... 25 22% Marseilles •••••••• •• •• 25 21% 80urdeaux........ • • irrankfortoriMalae.. •• 119% Vienna, effeo. d 0."... 12 20 Trieste, ditto.... 12 22 Peter sbargh, Übe.- 37 k Madrid •• •• ........ 50 Cadiz •• •••••• •• •• •••• 60% Barcelona •• • 'GE.-('PHIS DAY, iGibraltar•• •• •• • 00000 •• :egbOrn •• •• •• •• •• •• •• n Gomm •••• •••• •• •• .. 25 its INfilan •• •• •• •• •••• Venice— •• •• •• •• •• •• •• NTaples •• .• •• •• •• •• •• 41% return°, peros•• •• •• •• 124 Messina •• •• •• •• •..• 1243( Lisbon•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 53% ,3porto•• .• •• •• •2 •• 53% Me Janeiro ........ •• Buenos Ayres ........ New York.6odayeisight PhilAdelPhia ?SUM Of BULLION, PBS OIL Foreign Geld in bars.. 5,3 17 9 Fort gal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• •• •• 0 4 11 u Silver bars ........ 0 i 0% GLASGOW ♦ND SOUTH-WM=IN RAlLWAL—Traffie for the Week ending July 5, 185(: Passengers (24,074), Goods, &c., .nd Horses and. Carriages .•• £4,082 7 0 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr and Glas gow, Dumfries, ' and Carlisle Railways ... £2,865 15 9 Glasgow, July 7, 1851. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities cf corn, &e., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 30th Juno, 1851, to the bth July, both inclusive : • I 4 I. 03 7A , Colchester 95 73b Harwich Leigh Maldon 639 403 85 76 910 oats, 00s Od ; rye, 004 Od ; beans, 00i Peas, ( ' O4 Od average per imperial quarter. STIRLING, Jut? .4.—Whezt, foreign, 00s to o^s; ditto, home, 2ls 9d; ditto ditto new, 2ls Odlo Od; barley, per boll of 6 husbels, 010 d to Os Od ; ditto new, 191 Od to 20s od. Oats, Cupar, UOs Od to 00s ; ditto new, 151 Cd to 16s Od; ditto, Flemi.h, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 00s Od; malt, distillers, .13s Od to 35. ' • ditto brewers, 35s Od to 37s ; beans per boll, 00, Od to t,04 Od ; ditto new. 15s 8d to 1889 d; pease 15s id to oos 0d; ft.,ur, new per sack, 33s to 34s Od; ditto common ditto, 19. Od to 21s Od; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to 0 )s Od; ditto new 33. Od to 36s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, lid to Is; fresh butter, per lb, 7d to 9d ; eggs, per dozen, 7d to 8d ; hay, Keno, per ton, 75, to 77. 6d; ditto, Dryfield, 001 to 746. COAL MABEE' &addle's W. Hartley.. 133 Od Burnhope Gas Cares Hartley ..... 13s Oil Chester Main l2s 6d Redhugh Main lls Od Longridge'sW.Hartley 13s Od North Percy Hartley l2a 6d Howard's W. H. Neth. 13s Od Tanfield Moor West Wylam Wall's End, &e. _ _ _ ‘a.-YESITXRDAIr. i:am 1;ton = I' ' rose lBa Od fletton Haswell... l4B 6d Lambton Lumley l2: 91 aussell's Hatton Scarborough l2s 9d West Hartlepool 'South 'Cellos l3s 3d Thornley IWhitworth • 12s O d Adelaide Tees Seymour Tees ...... !Tees .... IHartley —....... ..... Acorn Close Elm Park l2s 3d Hebburn . l2B 3di Walker l2i 3d) Eden Main Ships at marke,, 119 Sold, 65. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Julyj 7. JOTEE PER,SRAUD. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in moving for a re turn of the names of all persons committed to and dis charged from the gaol of Agra b tween the 11th March and the 7th November, 1850, specifying in each case the magistrate by whose authority each such committal or oischarge took place, together with the grounds, if any, assigned for the same in the warrant. He said he had eiveu this notice with the view of obtaining an op portunity of making a statement with respect to some facts which appeared to him to hare an important bear ing On the question he had recently submitted to their Lordshipe' attention. If the Noble Lord had given any notice that he intended to institute an inquiry into these matters he would have refrained from saying anytbiug on the subject; but as he was not authorised to entertain an expectation that the Noble Lord intended to originate an inquiry, he felt it therefore to be his duty to make the statement of which he had already given notice. But even without that statement there was ample room for inquiry, as would be seen from the statement of facts which had appeared in the hallos newspapers. It was openly sated that a large number of witnesses who had given evidelice on the trial of Jotee Pershaud were un worthy of credit. One witness had sworn to certain circumstances before a magistrate who had atterwards contradicted that statement on oath. Another witness had made one statement on oath, a second statement on oath contradicting that statement, and a third statement, also en oath, declaring that his first statement was true. Io additiou to these tan aordiuery matters he found that the defendant had never been con fronted by the magistretes with any of the witnessed against him, and the judge on the trial brought out the tact that witnesses for the defendant had never been examined at ad. He found, also, that counsel ob jected to the reception as evidence of decuments, the signatures to which were unproved. He considered that the 'Omitted facts were of themselves amply sufficient not only to justify, but to require the Government, hare and in India, to Institute a searching inquiry into the conduct of parties implicated. The suit, it must be re membered, was not got up by a solicitor, but by the magistrates, who used all the strength and power they could command to bring witnesses before them. Whe ther Jotee Pershaud were guilty or not was of no im portance. The question involved in his statement was of more importance. There could be no protection for innocence, unless a man reputed guilty had a fair trial. A fair trial was not given to Joie , Pershaud, because means were used to obtain evidence which ought by no means to have been used. The case especially concerned the Government of India, whose duty it was to take care that its power was sufficiently exer cised to punish wrong-doing on the part of subordi nate officers. In this and all well-constituted countries the people looked to the laws for protection ; in the East they looked not to the laws, but to the Govern ment for protection. Ho understood it was not cor rect to say that the first person who gave information to Government in this case, was a person employed in the commissariat. He understood that person was a convicted felon just released from gaol. He believed that while evidence in favour of the accused was not attended to by the magistrates, that evidence against the accused was received by them with thanks. These were the general points which could be supported by the testimony of witnesses, that Jotee Pershaud only by accident became acquainted with the proceedings and the indictment against him, and that be was not made properly ao quainted with the allegations of the indictment. He would proceed to make a short statement of facts, and before be left that House he would place in the hand* of the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Broughton) the name of his informant. Oue of the witnesses in favour of Jotee Pershaud had been arrested, and bad been threatened day by day with being committed to gaol if he did not vary the depositions he had previously made. His in formant had seen this person in the custody of two of the native police at the door of a house of a magistrate named Denison. Tni a person declared ho had been con fined for nearly twelve days because he refused to vary tee deposition he had given in favour of Jotee Pershaud. Tnia man, he contended, was illegally taken into cus tody and illegally confined. The Noble Lord might satisfy himself to-morrow of the truth of these allege tions. The person was ultimately committed to gaol. Tnis was the first case which affected Mr. Denison. The second case affected Mr. Cummins, another magis trate. A banker of Agra who had no connexion with the commissariat, was called before a magistrate, and he made a deposition which the magistrate considered un satisfactory, whereupon the magistrate abused him in terms toe gross to repeat. The Agra banker sent to Mr. Laing. an eminent counsel at Calcutta, to know whether he could no! prosecute the magistrate for defa mation on account of the abusive terms applied to him in court, and the reply of the barrister. he understood, was that a bill of indictment would lie against the magistrate. Tnis banker was called before a magistrate, and was committed to a common gaol, because he refused to alter rue depeeition This banker we. catifieed in a small cell, and was obliged to perform uffiees which were con sidered an abomination to persona of his creed. This banker was only released at last upon petition. & re epectetile gentleman—au Lichen planter—was cognisant of all the citcutusteeces, and could confirm this state ment. (I'bc Noble Earl here banded over to Lord Breughtun a slip of paper, on which he said was written ins name of his informant.) He e-ntentled that these acre subjects which called ter inqulrt. He asked nothing more man whir was essential tor the honour, he had elmeet said for the security, of government in Itelia. El- wanted to 'thew to the world that these things could Lot, be done with impunity, and that if done no diepos. non existed tai buck inquiry. Lord BROUG I'ON must submit that these motions and these waternents placed the Government in India and the Government at home in a position that could hardly be called tale, because Government were not in possession of any information un the subject to enable him to reply to the statements of the Noble Earl. He submitted that these statements contained grave accu sations, and coming with the weight of the Noble Earl's authority, who had filled the highest place in the Government of India, they ought not to be lightly made, certainly not on the authority of newspapers or of a private person, unless that person was willing to submit himself, to whatever punishment he would not say, but to whatever consecpeences, in case it should be proved he had given wrong information on so seri ous a matter. The Noble Earl must be aware he was in a situation not to be able to answer the statements just made, but as farmer statements on the same sub ject had been proved not to be correct he was em boldened to say that he believed he should ultimately be able to prove that the present statements were not of that authority which the Noble Earl asserted they possessed. Now, what was thy charge in these state ments ? Why, that the Government of India had endeavoured to Moe the efforts of an Indian gentleman to get money due to him, by instituting criminal pro. (seeding, against him. He was satisfied a true statement of facts would show that this was not correct. The Noble Earl would recollect the wrong statement he made the other evening, relative to an alleged irruption into the ladies' apartments of Jotee Pershaud, and that one of the officers had been guilty of the monstrous outrage of tearing the rings from the nose of one of the ladies. All the foundation for this was, that the inventory of goods taken by this officer was an item relating to a nose ring. As this allegation was shown not to be true, he was not without hope that some of the recent statements of the Noble Earl would be ascertained to be equally unfounded. He did not say the statements now made by the Noble Earl were untounded: he had no means of knowing whe ther they were true or not until he obtained evidence from India, which he had wo iiten for, and until he re ceived which he did not think to hear any details from the Noble Earl. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he did not enter into details, excspt such as he conceived the Noble Lord was prepared to answer. The Noble Lord could have stopped him if he objected to them. Lord BROUGHTON was new to the practice of their Lordships' House. He had written to India, and had as yet received no answer. He did not like to interrupt the Noble Earl, but had the Noble Earl and himself been in the House of Commons he should have stopped him in five minutes. With respect to many of what the Noble Earl called facts, the Noble Earl would find them contra dicted in the speech of Mr. Willie , wh o appeared for the prow cute n. The charges of violence agatust Mr. Deni son and Mr. Cummins were contradicted. He had re ceived a name from the Noble Eat I as the Noble Earl's informant, eat he thought it hardly gracious for a ser vant, who (light to be a tail hful servant, to furnish ,natter for attack on the Indian Goverment as soon as he arrived in this country. He dal nee mean to say that air s iif vies utalversation in the I .;dititi empire should h, pas.ed ever, that everybody's rueutti should be sealed, and the Noble Earl not ieforaied ot %ha: occurred, let order that the Noble Earl might be precluded f. om bringing the matter before Perliatuteit. But this he said, when no official means o contradicting grave charges were in existence, that such charges ought not to be brought forward unil the means of giving con!radiction or explanation were supplied. The Noble Earl stated there was only one newspaper in India that took the part of Government in this affair. He would refer the Earl to a very respectable paper, the Bengal Hur karu. in which 'air view of the case was found. Toe Noble Earl would, perhaps, be surprised at t he cberacier which even the c o uns e l for Jotee Pershaud gave of Jot , e Pershaud's countrymen, and of course including Jotee Pershaud himself. Mr. Laing, in defending Jotee Per• ohaud, said they must tske the natives as they found them ; even otoinst the most honourshie of them were a CAirge of mendacity of the gravy at character bruugnt it would involve u., shame." Dieu. L find if they looked to the proceediup to India Jotte Pershaud's case, that the counbelfl• the prosecution complained of a great departure from tho usual forms and proceedings of the Court. If,, heir Lirdships looked at the record of the proceedings they woull fiud a mani fest appeerauce of the greatest fairness towards J tee Pershaud, and that a leaning was exhibited by thy- Court decidedly against the prosecution. Considering the vast empire in,lndia, the multiplicity of interests and of officers, it was but seldom oases of delinquency were heard of. If found out, however, they were sure to be inquired into, and he would assure the Noble Earl that this mat ter would be fully inquired into. The Noble Earl could not exp-ot him to say more at present. He was as aria ious as the Noble Earl to arrive at the truth, but this could not be done without that information which he was waiting for. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said had the Noble Lord stated to him he was waiting for further informa tion he should have been relieved from the necessity of making the statement he had made. He confessed, however, he could not bring himself to believe that any correction of his statement would come from India, as he was of opinion he was strictly correct in what he bad alleged respecting Mr. Denison and Mr. Cummins, and another gentleman. He bad made no charge against the Government at Calcutta, neither had he made any charge against the Noble Lord; but if, after perusing the state ments that bad been published, neither the Governor- General nor the Noble Lord instituted an ir quiry, then he should hays to make a charge against both. He re- gratttd the Noble Lord should Kaye — spoken of the gen tleman, his informant, as be bad done. He had not drawn his statt ments, as supposed by the l•I,ble Lord, from newspapers, but from letters from persons at Agra of the IQighest rt SMITHFIELD-M ARKET REMOVAL BILL. Earl CrItAN VILLE, in moving the second reading of this Bill, referred to the numerous inquiries anol propo sitions which had been made in reference to Smithfield market during the present century. It therefore could not be alleod that in proposing the Bill now before their Lordships the Government had not acted with due deli- Ueratiou. The last Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry unanimously recommended that the Government should take on themselves the duty of removing the nuisance. Upon that recommendation the Government acted, and appointed a Royal Commission composed of persons of different political opinions; and the Bill which he now proposed to be read a second time was founded upon the report of that Commission. The Bill W4S one which did not require much explanation. It proposed the ap pointment of a certain number of Commissioners charged with the duty of procuring a site for a new market in the suburban districts, and of slaughter-houses, it twee,- wiry, connected Witt► the market; and els° empowered to raise money under certain restric, ions, to appoint officers, to make certai❑ by-laws, &c. There was also a clause in the Btll which must remove all ground of complaint on the score of grievance on the part ut the city 01 Lou don, for by that clause it would be competent for the city of Loudon, within six months after the passing of the Bill. to undertake all the functions conn-cted with the management of the new marker. Noi anticipating any great opposition to the accord reading of the Bril, he would content h'nas, lf with saying, that though the passing of the Bill might, as was inevitable in effecting these great chances and im provements, inflict s , _-me injury n ce , tan person. connected with the present Smithfield market, yet it would enhance the value of the property in the neigh bourhood by removing a ❑uisance from wnich the regular course of trade suffered. The Bill, by providing for the establishment of a large market in a suburban 'pot, would remove from a part of the town in which the po pulatien warn most dense an intolerable nuisance necessa lily accompanying a cattle 11341 ket situated in the heart, of London; and it would be serprising that if, in the present advanced stale of civilization, a caitle• market should be retained on its present site, which was selected for that purpose more than 500 years ago, when Liendon Was so much smaller than now. In consequence of the p eittion of Smithfield, droves of cattle were driven by day and night through the most populous streets, and the result was danger and alarm to all passers-by, and se nes of disgusting cruelty which must have the worst effect on the population. I❑ removing the market, he believed that they would get rid of this great amount of evil, afford greater facilities to the graziers and dealers, and also enable the consumers in this metropolis, amounting to above 2,000,000 of persons, to obtain meat of a much better quality, as, in consequence of the in sufficient room in Smithfield, and the cruelty the drovers were obliged to resort to, the cattle now suffered great deterioration. The Bill was then read a second time. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES' ASSUMPTION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the first reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill, and gave notice of its second reading fur this day fort night. Lord MON ['EAGLE said, as regarded one part of the empire, the Bill had excited such a sensation that unless it was explained that the assent to its introduc tion did not involve an assent to the principle of the Bill, he could not acquiesce in that stage ot the proceed ings. It it were to be considered the Bill was one to repel an aggression, he entirely concurred in it; but reading it as it stood, although many of its provisions were not material, still the amendments to the Bill hay• ing been resisted by the Government, and carried, to a great extent, against them, a great party being opposed to any Bill, a Noble Lord, with another course to pro. pose, being absent, he could not say that the measure was that of the Government, and he did not know on whom the responsibility rested. It was a Bill which went to cripple the officers ot a church whose .religious existence was recognized by the State, and therefore it behoved the House to et - insider the subject calmly and dispassionately. The Noble Lord concluded by asking whether the Go vernuuent had any objections to the production of a copy of the eddress of whim he had given notice—viz.. copy of the address from the biitiops of the Rari t a n Ca tholic Church exercising episcopal function in Ireland to her Msjesty, respecting any measures proposed to be adopted in relation to the Pepsi rescript purporting to erect certain sees and ecclesiastical titles in England? arid wtiether it rise the intention of the Government to lay on the table of this Houma any dispatches from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland on the subject of the legis lative measures consequent on the Papal reicript pur purting to censtitate sees in Englaed? Die elaiquisi of LeNSDOeVNE sai d he should Dot b.) induced to enter into any di,cusit , n on a Bill Rot yet read, or to adopt any course ditl7ent trots, that which was There could be no objection to give what the petition asked for, but with respect to the correspon dence, these was none such„ and he could not, theretore, give v. The Duke of ARGYLL said that it would be impor tant in the discussion ot the Bill to have the returns made under the Charitable Bequests Act Wore the elitu,e. Ir. was r quito re to know to what extent the titles in question had been employed in be quests and d. vise'; and as a provision of that Act made an annual return imperative, he hoped 'het e would be no obj , caun to these ',tunr since January, 1849. The LORD CHANCELLOR sae' the bequests would not eisclose the real fact unless some question of law was raieee upon them. The Duke of ARGYLL wished the Noble and Learned Lord would suggest a form fur the purpuse. The motion was agreed to. The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions in favour of the Ecclesiastical rides Assumption Bill from various parts of Scotland arid England. WHITE HERRING FISHERY. The White Herring Fishery Bill a a' read a third time, on the motion of Ow Duke of ARGYLL, and passed. Lord MONTEAG LE previred several petitions from Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL presented petition* against the udmissi'm of Jews to Parliament, in favour of protection to women, and in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill. The House then adj turned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 7. INHABITED HOUSE Dury . BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved an amendmeut, to the 'ilea that all houses not liable to be assessed for duty on windows should not be liable to the house tax, and declared his intention of taking the sense of the Com mittee upon it. Mr. COWAN supported the amendment, 'and stated that the Bill, as it stood, would render 2 000 of his con ssnuents liable to taxation who bad hitherto enjoyed an exemption. He urg: d the Charm,llor of the Exchequer to accede to the amendment, which would involve no greet loss of revenue. Sir W. CLAY thought it inconsistent with the prin ciple_ of the measure to tax those who had before enjoy" exemption. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER oppo sed the amendment. He had been censured for exemp tin g houses under 201. a year, aid could not acquiesce in a proposition for extending the exemption to houses nf much higher rental, merely on the ground that the y had hiLbertet escaped toxothn. He had stated, on intro ducing the measure, that, while its e ffect would be to ex. erupt a certain number, ot h ers would be brought under taxation which had n ot b een t a xed hitherto. , Mr. WAWN asked, if the exemption was just, why it was not proposed to extend it to all houses hereafter to be built ?—(El.er, and laughter.). Mr. CARDWINLL urged the lion. Member for Lam beth not to press his amendment. Viscount DUNCAN concurred in the recommewia tion. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to, as were also the remaining clauses of the Bill. In the schedule Mr. DUNCOMBE moved the insertion of certain words, for the purpose of placing buildings used for pro tessiotral aril educational puz poses in the BIM. category ay s h i lpi, end subjecting them to a duty of 61. instead 4) ; 94. in the pined. Ihe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the crle „ t i ue toad already been submitted to the House and ne gatived; and, in feet, tf the distinction were extended bed and st:ops, it would be impossible to prevent the lower rive from becotnieg move rsal. Mr. EA' Al r urged the claims of the proprietors of schools, which he thought were very strong. Lord R. GROSVENOR, would support the proposition of the Hon Member for Finsbury, it it were , confined to mere schoels, but bit could not consent to exempt pri vate dweliing-houses, which were generally et:ached to them. The amendment wus then negatived without a division, and the hchkdole was r.g(*ed to Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the following clause:— "Provided always, and be it enacted, that no neglect or 012156i911 to pay, within any limited period, the dude!) IP' 3.818 10 11 £735,363 16 6 A. Y. c:PEARMAN C•topfroller-Cieneral. National Deb Offier. July 3, 1851 . BANKRUPTCY bUPERBDED. Walter Lice, straw bat manufacturer, bdurrapstreet, Hoxtom BANKRUPTS. Joseph Sall, hotel keeper, Brighton. John Howell, boukfieller, Liverpool. William Kindall and John Standish,4rocers, Leeds. Jonathan Chew, stub manufacturer, a nchester. Benjamin tedd, Evoider, Coventry. Croom, butcher, Mangoulield, Globreitithhire• John Allmand, haberdasher, Wrexham. Oldham, Uneashire . James litonkmas, cotton s,..ninuer, CHELMSFORD, JULY 4.—Prices to-day were as tollow: Wheat, white, old —a to —a; new 424 to 48s; red, old —s to —s; new. 38. to 42=; barley, —s to —5; chevalier —0 to —s ; grinding 209 to 2tis ; oats 18. to 25. ; malt 53s to bbs ; chevalier b 45 to 565; peas, partridge, new 28s to 31. ; old, —s to —s ; white, new 27s to 29. ; old, —s to ; dun, new, 27. to 30s ; beans, tick, new 2tis to 29s ; old, 26s to 30s ; harrow ticks, new 27s to 30s ; old —1 to —s ; ma zagan, new 26. to 29s ; old —s to —s per qr. COLCHYSTIK, JULY b.—Wheat, white 46. to 50s ; to Cs ; barley 231 to 26 5; b ea ns, mazagan 27s to 30s; middle and small 30s to 335; p e a s , g rey 281 to 30s, din 2 85 t• 301 per qr. red 40 . , PERTH, JULY 4.--Wheat, old, .0s Od to Os Od; ditto, new, 40s to 451; barley, new, 24. Od to 26s cd; oats, 20. to ; peas and beaus, 31s Od to 33s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 301 to 311. Ilsawzos, JULY 3...Whest, 44i Old; barley; 285.70:; sessed under tho authority of this Aat, in rover, of ao hou•e or other bonding, sfiA prevent any person from beitg adrnrriea wr ret on the regfsf.nr or list of per sons ehtided to vo:e in the et mi.!) of a Member or Mem- bers to serve in Parliament for any city or borough, or from volirg at any rub election." The Hon. Gentle- men raid )hat ae tle Government call , d themselves re formers, he asked them to be con,ii - ent with thems,lvea in supporling his proposiiion. The clause was (me taken from the Income dud Pr.perty Tax Act. lie merely wanted them to observe the same principle in this Bill which the late Sir R. Peel recognised in the clause he in troduced in the Act rf Grred to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was at loss to know where the hardship was in compelling those who claittoid a right to vote to pay a tax in order to give them the right. He thought that taxation and represen tation ought to go together. Mr. HUME bud ih , The with whom ho generally acted were in favour of household suffrage without reference to taxatio❑ at all. They had laws to enforce the pay ment of taxes, and they ought not, therefore, to mix and confound those laws with tout respectability which at taches to the oceunation of a house. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not exactly know what the opinions of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer were upon this subje , et in 1841; but the Government of that day, with whom the Right Hon. Gentleman gene rally acted, obtained much Mat in their vindication of that principle. He only opposed the principle of making the payment of assessed taxes a condition of registration. What the public wanted was the repeal of the window tax, unalloyed. They did not want this chicory kind of legislation to follow in the tread of it.— (Laughter.) They would have been better pleased if the Government repealed only one-half of the window duty upun one year, and the other half in the following year. Mr. BROI BERTON supported the clause, which he thought perfectly reasonable. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause ... 60 Against it Majority against the clause ... —59 Sir DE LACY EVANS then moved the following clause:—" That in the case of any premises occupied with a dwelling-house, and heretofore exempt from the rate or duty in respect of the windows or lights therein, and which premises shall be assessed to the rate or duty herein imposed, it shall be lawful for the occupier of such premises to require that the dwelling-house occupied with such premises shall he assessed at the beforementioned rate or duty of 9d., and thereupon the said premises shall not Le liable to any rate or duty." This clause would exempt manufacturers with large premises, who bad hitherto been exempted from the window duty from the operation of this tax. He thought it but fair and rea sonable that such warehouses as coach builders, uphol sterers, carpet-maker a, and others of thi. class, should be free from toe enereasusly heavy lax which this Bill, in the first instance, proposed to impose on them. • Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought it only just to place the proprietors of those warehouses in the same condition ist which they were midi-al. - the window duty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was of opinion that if they made any .uch eke retie', as was now proposed, they would be opening the door to much diffi culty and abuse. There were already decisions of the courts of law upon this point, which was raised under the former house-duty, and it would be will to avoid doing auything that would have the effect of disturbing these decisions. If these warehouses were part and parcel of a dwelling-house, he did not see how any distinction could ne teed' to resie-et of them, and if they were separates they would he exempt by the Act itself. Sir DE LACY EVANS would not press his proposi tion to a division. The clause was then negatived without a division. The preamble. of the Bill having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the Chairman reported the Bill to the House. The third reading was fixed for to-morrow (Tuesday). WOODS AND FORESTS BILL. The House then went into Commi tee on this Bill. Clauses 5 to 10 were agreed to with amendments. Clauses 11, 12, 13, 14, refrrring to the appointment 0 a depul surveyor and an itinerant surveyor, gave rife to a desultory conversation, as to whether they should be retained or expunged. They were ultimately agreed to with amendments. On clause 15, which provides that the Home Secretary and the President end Vice-President of the Board of Trade shall be ex officio Commissioners of works and public buildings, Lord DUNCAN urged the propriety of omitting the clause altogether after the experience they bad had of the mode in which the works at the new Houses of Par' liament were carried on, and that the Chief Commis' stoner should have an undivided reap risibility. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this clause was inserted in tl - de Bill merely to pre vent an hiatus in the board, and was not intended in any way to shift the responsibility from the Chief Commissioner. The clause was agreed to. On clause 16, Lord DUNCAN asked if it was intended by the Commissioners to pay their legal advisers by salaries or by bills of costs ? Lord SEYMOUR replied that, undoubtedly his opinion was, that the solicitors both of woods and of public works should be ptid by salaries.—(Hear.) The clause was agreed to, as were also the succeed ing clausi s to the 21st inclusive. On clv.use 22 bi lug proposed, Lord DUNCAN asked it the estimates for the lodges would be submitted to the House at the same time as the other expenses of the parks ? Lord SEYMOUR replied that there were two sort' of lodges, arid that the park-keepers' lodges would be included in the estimates; but that with regard to the other I riges, which were held by grace and favour of the Crown, the external repairs would be paid for out of the land revenues el the Crown, and the internal re pairs by the parties oceupyieg. Mr. TRELAWNY understood there were many lodges in the varodis parks, and especially in those proximate to the metropolis, which would let for ener masts sums of meney ; and he wished to know who it was had the power of appointing persons to hold these lodges ? Lord SEYMOUR said that it was the Crown. Mr. TRELAWNY was of opinion that, Parliemettt having granted a civil list in exchange for the Crown lands, these lodges were public property, and ought therefore to be let and iecluded in the estimates. Mr. SLANEY contended, that the power ot appoint ing to these lodges was reserved to the Crown u:dler the .irrauge m. nt of the civil list, and that this power had been ex- rci.,ed in a discreet and commendable manner. Lord SEYMOUR—When the Crown property was surrerided ter the civil list, it was not inn nded that the power to make there appointments should be given up also. Lord DUNCAN had no objection to her Majesty placing in the lunges whom she pleased; but whilst the park-i , e(-P-Ts' lodg , s were included in the estimates hi did eiljsct to the other cdtss of lodg, s, occupied by g r a ce and favour of the Crown, being paid for out of the hied revenues ot the Crown, which were not subtuittsd to the House of Commons. He saw no reason whatever for the (deduction. The clause was agreed to, as also were the succeeding clauses up to 35 inciusive. On clause 36. L .rd SEYMOUR proposed to strike out the clause for the the pose of substituting another respecting the audi: of accounts. After some desultory conversation, in the course of which Lord DUNCAN complained that the annual report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, which ought to have been laid upon the table by the 30th of June, had not yet been produced, and he gave notice that on the report of this Bill be should move that for the future the annual report should be produced at an earlier period of the session—about the 30th of April. The clause was then struck out. Clauses 37 and 38 were agreed to, and the schedule and the preamble were passed. The House then resumed, and The CHAIRMAN having reported progress, the re port was ordered to be broukbt up on Friday. THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir D. NORREYS moved that the architect of the New Palace a t Westminster be requested to lay before the House forthwith a report in detail on the manner in whi c h h e wo uld recommend that the interior decoration* of the new Bowie t -f Commons, and of the halls and rooms connected with it, should be completed; and that he be directed to prepare hi s plans with due attention to the style of decoration usually adopted at the period $0 which the general architectural character of the net palace is referable, It was a most unsatisfactory thing that matters should remain in the position in which they at present were. His Honourable _Friend the Member for Westminster had brought forward a motion on that subject; but all he did was to call the attention of the House to the state of things which now existed, which he could not but say was as unsatisfactory as well could be. Mr. Greene had said he did not believe that Mr. Ilary understood what were the desires and wishes of the Commissioners. His Hon. Friend's proposition was, that the House of Commons are anxious to have the new building finished as soon as possible. There bad been so many blunders, however, committed between the Commissioners. the House of Commons, and Mr. Barry in that matter, that the less was said about it the better. All he asked was for them to call upon the architect to state how he would recommend the House to be finished; and if they agreed to that proposition, to order him to proceed with it. He coneiudtd, therefore, by moving the resolution of which he had given notice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER depre cated any further intererence on v.() part of the House with the new building, having appointed a Commission to inquire into the matter lair year. He believed I great impiovem Tit had pen • flreted by that Commis' soon. He understood the Mernte rs would be able to have a few morning sittings before the session was over in the new 11011::e, and that would give them a more pr.ci teal kuow, dge of the stets of the new House than any report w Mich c "aid be turni.htd. Mr. IIUNIF; wi*beit to kit ,w whether the Commis.. slot. Is authorised to take charge or the building had wade alt}:abort? There ought to be a iatitemi et made of the probable expense of the work, and the time it might to- ci , uoph ted in. Sir DE LACY EV ANS entreated the Chancellor of the Exchequer - to take that m fitter into his serious con sidera.iiin, Lied not allow it to b postponed fur au indes. finite period. Some plan ought to be ads pterl by the Government and the Commissioners in conjuuction, a nd they should eectde upon seeing that plan properly car ried into zecutieu• Mr. GREENE believed the Commissioners were fully carrying out tie wishes of the House with resptct to the new huilding in the most effective mariner. They would soon have an epporiunity in the curse of a morning sitting of satisfy ill themselves whether or not their wishes were carried out. He hoped what had been done w ould be found to be satisfactory, and that the tempo' The 2 26 Mr. "At; ,o tiut misaic