The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

- qtr . 4IN` *74 J 4 THE GREAT EXHIBITION. (THIS DAY.) Amtn,,7 the earliest of- those who visited the Crystal Pdaca this day was her Majesty, who, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince and PTiacess of Prussia, and the royal suite, arrived s hortly after nine o'clock and re mained until halt- ~2st eleven. The concourse of visitors during the day was exceed ingly numerous, but not so as to render pa.sage up and down inconvcraent, although not one single de patment appeared deserted. The preparations are ad vancing at a rapid rate; workmen are still busy in some parts ofthe *Ming, but in a few days everything will be co mplete, and the occasional din of hammers which salutes the ear banished entirely. On Monday the price ol'admiasion is re lured to 55., an d w e,Autveno doubt but that every aisle and corner of the building will be crowded. ARTICLES -EXUIBIKED. Pa3ne, George.—b . - ection L Rags m.vcrials and pro duci, f rci n Lie of Wigh t —R o y a l 0 2 b orne sauce; ti .. ..kuperior condirnimt of extracirthnery richness, piquanCy, and fine gout. Real Isle of Wight sand soap, with the coloured sands of the island. Royal Osborne.. bi.:uquet; an exquisite perfume of superior fragrer,,ca;ar4l permanence. . . 417. Macdougsl),:D., .Inverness, Sc6tland, Manufac t tiren—Loonv4Vove tweeds and tartans. - ,Highland car pet, mad&-ItOni !irst:Class Sutherland Cheviot wool. Horn' -manufactured tweeds and tartans. Plaid and tweed munuCS.efure4 at Sr. Kilda, the most remote of the British Home-made- gloves of wool, and: of wool of thii White mountain hare. A womin's shoulder plaid, &C;;lhowing the state of industry in Lewis eighty 7 three yea;,sr7ake.- Linsey- woolsey, made of Cheviot woo! and -bog cotton. Tweed, & c ., ma d e o f Vi cu na wool, Highland,. brooches, mad e • ' o f c a rve d bog-oak, deer:' teeth, anti-Cairngorms.. Highland ornaments' showing `native dyes; native - dye-stuffs. Speciymens n rock crystal, o r C a i rngbrm, from the mountain of t 0; lla that name in Ihterres:-bire. • , TUE Ir*RPY.—Lightfoot was struck out of the Derb y on. Friday, the nt May; U 45. A.M. THE ARMY AND IiA.VY. (Fro: it United Sri,ice Gazette of this day Rear _ adtoir ld.;T h y , , fi,,g-ship Asia, 84, now on her PassagP home frOin the Pacific., wilt, according to present !y. - : pa i d o ff at Portsmouth instead of Sheer;.' 'Macneill nets, the port at which she was . commissioned. Major-General Roderic , succeeds Major- Gen.q-alAitchison on the staff of the !Wm Army. He is one:of tb(lS ou cgest Major-Generals on tt e Li st ( and, ' therefore, not incapacitatcd by age for the ac t i ve d ut i es of hii•profession), but has seen a good deal of field service in his c ra p. He was at Corunna with .4it John Moore. li e afterwards served at Waleheren, in Swedish Pome- I male, and in . Holland. Ha subsequently shared in the cr ownicgictory of Waterlo o . Major T.C.11 Reim has ceased to he - Acting Deputy Judg' Advocate at Gibraltar. THE SOMERSET -HOUSE MODELS,—We hear that Captain Ic6-7kfiLld, son of the ciccea.ed Admiral, has superintended the arrangeme nts of th d e th S a o t m o e n rse a t Somerset house models for the Great . Ex hi bition, t h a a: te d t s o i ll t y i , s a a b d d mitted tha t the . orkhasse n e n n judiciously, admirably executed. Captain J. W. Mitchell, of the Royal Artillery, has succeeded Captain George Sanelham as Major of Brigade at Moritreal;. " Lieutenant J. Gillespie, Royal Newfoundland Com panies, has repLced Lieutenant , W. Jenkins as Fort Major at Neveourtnand. Eniign Ist West India Regiment, is Fort Ae jutarit at Honduras, vice Lieutenant Ross. Lieutenant -Bayle has succeeded Lieutenant Robinson as Acting Payinast-r of the Depot of the 34th Foot. Lieura:nant Westropp is-appointed Acting Paymaster of the Depst of the 58th Foot. Licutenaur:Duvernet is Acting Paymaster, and Lieu tenant D'Arcy meting Arjutant, of the 67th Foot. Lieutenant Francis, 64th Foot, h as succee d e d Li eut Westropp. 58th, as Superintending Ofticer of the Clow meal Recruiting District. PINCHING THE POOR MEN,—The Admiralty have issued orders to all the ports, that riggers and sea men-riggers when employed afloat are not to be paid compensation for the usual allowance of spirits. How would the Junior Naval Lord of the Admiralty like to be depriied of his allowance for a house it tie did not reside in Admiralty-square? CORK DISTRICT.—CoIoneI L. Pennefather, C. 8., As sistant Quartermaster-General at Cork, has received leave of tibsence from sth May to sth June. CHATHAM GARRISON.—The barrack and engineer departments have been busily occupied for some weeks past in repairing the stables in the north stable-yard of Bromptop-barracks fur, the reception of cavalry; and a squadron of the Scots Greys arrived on Thursday, the Ist instant, and it is expected will be quartered at Chat ham for several months. Strength o(the detachments -2 Troop Sergeant-Majors, 8 Sergeants; 4 farriers, 2 trumpeters, and 160 rank and file. • ?SIiEERNESS GARRISON.—The removal of tie depot 15th RegiMent is about to take place, and the military duties of Sheerness Garrison are to be taken in future 1 1 by the Royal Artillery. • MINI , - G INTELLIGENCE. --(rni 2 m the Mining Journal of this day.) The business'of the week in mines o f a ll d escr i pt i ons has been on a limited Scale, but without perceptible diminution of the amount of inquiry for them. We look forward to a changing state of things, as regards the capital offering for investment, in consequence of the large sums which have been paid on either worthless or speculative projects in pre miums alone, to the manifest detriment of investments of a solid character, either dividend or other first-rate mines. The accounts from both Devon and Cornwall are, in several instances, highly gratifying -sudden improvements having taken place in the lodes, and greatly e..lanced prices paid or demanded for the shares iu consequence. Although it ap pears still difficult for the uninitiated to resist the fascina tions of a flattering, prospectus, we consider it our duty to repeat the warreng of caution we have so frequently ven-. tured upon, and particularly where the unsound proposition i is made of large paid-up capital. In the Metal-market_ Copper is firm, and moves off steadily. Lead is i n good clifiiiiiid. English Tin is very quiet, and not a single transaction is reported in foreign; prices quite nomi nal. Tin-plates are again lower; but there is a tolerable de mand. Spelter has been sold to the extent of 300 tons; the stcck on the 30th of ,April was 11,017 tons. Yellow Metal Sheathing in fair request, Bar Silver declined yesterday %d. per oz., which, with the anticipated reductiva in the price of Quicksilver so talked of, has created in the minds of a few an ungrounded alarm as to the effect it will have upon our sisver-lead mines. We entertain no such fears; the trifling reduction made will scarcely beafelt by one of our home mines, and the more prosperous of them are note to be intimidated by the visionary riches in prospective from abroad. - At the Isictrth - Pool meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts for. January and February showed-Balance from last account, 861 i. 14s. Bd. ; ores, Sc., sold (less dues and carriage), . 3,216/. 12s. 6d,s-- -----4,078/.. 7s. 2d. To costs 'and merchants' bi 115,2,155/. 14s. 7d. ; 'by dividend of 15/. per share. 1,500/. ; leaving balance in farout of adventurers, 422/. 128.7 d. The next meeting is to be made special, to consider the subdi vision of the shares into 200tha instead of 100ths. The Profit on the two months being 1,060/. 19s. 11d. At the Balleswidden two-monthly meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-By amount of tin sold, 4 4621. 16s. ld. ; sundries, 42/. 12s. 9d.=4,505/. 85.„10d.-Wages Jan. ird Feb., 2, 656/, 2s. 9d. ;. 'coals (287 tons 19 cwts.), 154/. 125 . 711 .; carriage, 681. 2i 5d ; merchants' bills and dues, " 54 13 s. Bd. ; diidend of . '9s..per balance share, 730/. 165.-leaves to next account, 48/. Is. sd. The profit And loss ac e A o t u t l e nrs stands 1,5911. 98.. 9 11 . accounts feVre3t'earadob meeting, on the 24th of April, the _ antlers, and February were passed:. The ores sold were NJ 4 tons 12 cwts . which realised 4,436/. 14i (less lords' dues, 257. i 9 a b alance et , 4,217 i 193' 2d;) leaving with the sale of materials, salaries and oeuce e . -ses Under the head of expenditure is penters, 1784 15 ,,. c (i Penses, 82/. Bs. Id.; enginemen and 1,822/. 16$. Id.; plumy, tim -, car bering, and tram '' M ining', 6d. ; materials 76 c i. g l y: II L 63. 7(.1.; charges on ores, 1,531/. I2s. Bcl. in fawn} 'The accounts left a balance of or shareholders, and a dividend of 2/. 10a was declared p a yable on the Ist June. The % heal Carolinet- •01tuts for Nov., Dec., Jan. and Feb., show-Lahour cote' per cmitract, i'isi. ; .V r s ci , 6d.; materials, 144/. ' l.3s. • engine, „ count, 4 dues, 2/. 1 ls. 7d.5.-_569/. 14s. Id. Balance last 6s. Bd. ; tin sold, Dec 10, 5-:/. 16s. ld. ; call Made D e ,v , 7, mi. ; leaving balance es , ,,b_ a tt i, a meeting of adven against adventurers, 29 'I. lis 4d. eth_e accounts were tnrers at Liskeard, on the* passed, and the meeting suljoisreed tc , .. e__,,ne.dventurers of sider a proposal espee'ed _rn e be made the l by tlethains , to con an adjoining mine to pureba e Wheal The Craddoek Moor adcdtsrifs for a s Z i n' a i l t show-Balance from lastacce„ un 2 t i , t lOil. 1.1. 5 7.1 February made 27th Feb. /05/. 10s.::7- - : ,0 . :!1,8:.,:ia;,..V; r call 75/. 45. 6d. ; materials, 20/..15 ; leavie;i'bEiV t ii " P , ,_'-ur coat; adventurers, 1171. 18s. led. At a 'sleeting at,t4 k . of 'rats Vere paseed,sa n d "'Rh on the 24th of 404 the :lc* ~ - re re -. , a ' CID. -of 103. per shore svaa made!' '' - - - s • • s, 'rer January and February I, The Gonamena accounft ', „ ,„ , s a owe s Labour cost, 173'. 12s. Gal' tnaten 3 'ts l'-'-' , "-- 114 -;•hais nee last account, 524 1 511 :---: 9 6§ 4 6'4' "(1 0 . 13 . 1 12 e es l e •tt a r I :kp u ri ta l. were passed at a rneetits 4 'at w •Lisltf a r d, There are 25 t9ns Of ore ;UV . for sampling. • • The Tokenbury accountA Ins Fdbruiry awl Jarch show.- Balance from la s s account,- 1471. /6d. 2d. ; by call made 28th of February, tees,..__ , 267/. les 2d. Labour c st, 781. Is. 7d.; materials, 20/. t9s. 54. ; leaving ' b a l a nce in favour of adven turers, 168/. 158.211, April, the accounts hay; ting was adjourned At ateetingat Liskeard. on the 23th to the 9th inst.,l o coniindge-1)48411, the mee , . . the best made of raising capital to work the mine snore effectual] At ~ ' At a general Meeting-- of-adventure s in LODI heraooe Wheal made, on TueSclayi4ttsearatshfaee.styelintinary .business, a FA t r interesting and hig Mr. Murray (the stiperinfendee; sheet was presented, showiress_ 1 ce reper.t on the mine, 'row cal :as re ar]. The ba a.n ,d. Liabilities, 4141. 12R. 841. Etp encga f tsth ' l. r e 4 :e in hf ci e u d d , i 2 n 1 g ,5 2, 4 1 5 ar t. ell! cost, 21,75 9 /. 3s. 9(1. Assets are '0:1. Bs. ld.! showing balance against the mine, 208/.45. sa. to meet which,.and the next two months' costs, !1. call of lo'-;s, per share was made, payable imme iately. , At Wheal Crebor meeting, on Tuesday, the laccounts load from T a ~- , showed-Calls, 2,079/. ; elver ores sold, 791 ls. Ild. ; sundry receipts, 161. Si. 2d.; NIS, ock Bank 150. a= 2,321/. 17s. ld. By purchase of m i ne sett and ' terials, 4311. 16e. ed. ; machinery, 191.:; legal, pre • tur ma nary, and travelling expense's, 1511. 17s. Bd. ; oilice expenses 1014 58. 6d. ; books, stationery, and printing, sit. los : dues, 41. 14s. 11d. ; working cost, including materials, 1.471/. 10s. 6d.; leaving a balance to next account, 90/.2 8. Estimated value of 33 tons of copper ore, sampled 2bth of April, 1804 ; call made 29th, - 256/. s_-_- 526/. 2s. Loan, 15oe ; materials, 281.: leaving a balance of Sl , lBl. 2s. ;A call of 5 3 . per share was made, in order to prosecute the mine at a al Vincent meeting, on Saturday, the accounts .-.4r•-• . ?i t. balance due (after arrears of calls are received) of _.);T-A .. •• . It was resolved that the parties be informed k t ,.. ‘ `f ~' i',. anew s are not mid within seven days a meeting - `Ve' i bit4l- .d fix. the special . purpose of forfeiting the shares se s s ss p as , •-.:ire, .V rlt . ' ,r;o, r 4 ,-- .......,,' ', ...it 11 .''' ' ;min meeting, II:. Wednesday, the accounts for s ending March showed—Bulance front the lad 1551. OS. 11d. • ,touts Lt d m erc h an ts. bai t , S 7, j nr:e Fri 1d .(1? THE SUN, 17/. 19s. 6d. ; call in January, 2561., leaving a balance di against eeetin th , the naddvide "London u d r o e n rs e , x 6 p 9 e /. tv 14s. sd. 1 isa A v t in W ,reb h a ea l l un H e a a m gai ly n n e m ad e v e e ti n n t g ure t r h s e , 2 a o c 4 c . o l u s n . tlsdshowed-Ba lance e last d- L aaccount, cost , loan, Bce., 145/. 10s.; dividend on 19th September, 3,15 4,1 .; reserve fund, 3151=4+,5751..125. sd, - Balance last account, 301. 19s. 5d.;:- - 64/. 15s. ,jcl.--Received on call, 44/. 14a, 3 an 7 d ,4: l: 4 I L a l r i c s h . 6 c d o . s t ; At Tincrffannual meeting, o i Wednesday, the accounts 351. and merchants' lss. 8 l .;F b e i b l I . s, Qs. 11 d. ; interest on ' 9181. 95., Id. ; copper ore sold, 26,600/. 13s. 9J.; tin ore, 13,2861: la ; arsenic, 421/. 1 Is. Id.: leaving a balance to At New East Crowndale me e ti ng , on T ues d ay , the ' t i h e i x s t m a i c o c e ou sa n i t d , 3 5 4 9 8/a 1 . :Ls. of f l At ooppe the tin copper ore, t v ic a k lu e e2 g 2 , on Thursday, 901 . ac counts showed-Received on call, 180/. 165.-Balance from last account, 37/. 12s. 6d.; labour cost, &c., f x February and March, 35/. 65.; merch an t s ' bill s. 71/. Il s . 9d. : leaves ba lance to next account, 36/. ss. 9d. ; with arrears of call, 24/. A call of 2s. 6d. per s h are was ma d e , an d a resclation en tered into for the immediate erection of a 30- in. cylinder pumpingengine. At Great Sheba Consols meeting, on the 28th of April, the accounts showed-Valance from last account , 124/. 4s. 9d. ; • .; , further aiis. sd. A call of 11. n account, 1001. calls, 597/.- - a---721/.•45. 9d.-Cost for Janua o ry, 9 89/. 18s. lid. ; February 2401. 4s. 5i les-ees leaving a , balauce to next account, /- per share was made. 6161. Is. 11d.; calls, at./.=-- showed-Balance, lest a b c o c e o t un f r o , for February, 1971. Os. Id. ; At West Phoenix meeting. on Tuesday, the accounts LW. 12s. 6d.; on account of cost March, 167/. . s . ; sundries , , 666/. 'ls. 1 . d.-Cost s of engine (3, - f of twelve shareholders were AT/ ) 1,0/. ; leaving balance to next account, 81/. 4s. 4d. A comm i ttee i. Consuls Meeting, on Monday. the ac- At Heignston D.Will. . d a balance in hand of 310/. Ils. 4d. The mine counts showed chosen. A call of per share was made. is in an improving s ta te. At George and Charlotte meeting on the 23d of April, the accounts showed-Costsfrom Dec. to end o f March. 2391. 58. By balance from last account, 51. IBs. 7d. ; call, Lio/.; leaves balance to be carried to next account, 1101. 6s. sd. A call of 10s. per share was made. At the Appledore meeting, yesterday, a report was read from Captain R. Dunstan, giving very satisfactory news re specting, the progress of the mine; a call of 10s. per share was made, for the purpose of paying 2001. on account of en gine and materials lately purchased from South Aluiton, and 4i I. 153 for the two last months' Working, which leaves a ha. larce of 270/. ss. in hand. At Bodmin Consols to eting, on Monday, the balance o assets over liabilities was 1,452/. 18s. 7d., and the finance committee was authorised to look out, for a suitable steam engine, the flattering 'prospects in the mine fully warranting its further prosecution in depth, and a very sanguine expec tation seemed to tie entertained of the result. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week: - West Caradon, Trelawny, Mary Ann, Devon and Courtenay, Herodsfoot, Tamar Consols, Bedford United. ;East Gunnis Lake, East' and r".outli Tamar, Garreg, East Rumen, Black Craig, Tincroft, ' West Providence, West Treasury, Treleigh Consols, South Tolgus, Brewer, Tregur• den, West Alfred, Alfred Consols, and Wheal Carpenter. In Foreign Mines sales have been effected in the Cobre, Copiapo, and United Mines. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. We by no means attached credit to the accounts brought by. ti - e last mail to some of our contemporaries from Portugal, and .which represented the rebellion of Saldanha as hopeless. With such a mass of diseontent in the country, - with a Ministry of the most despotic principles and the most prefllgitte political character, obstinately maintained in power by the Court against the wishes and opinions of every independent and every honest man, we should have considered any insurrection as,very promising of success. Saldanha counted upon this. He thought the mere declaration of a veteran general against Cabral must suffice for his downfall. And he therefore undertook to carry through the revoluta n, independent of the great fib. red or Septembristic party. In this he reckoned without his host; tne activity of the King, and the inertia of the liberals, alike disappoin.ee him. And, like most moderate politicians of our time, who seek to swim between the arbitrary principle of a court and the extravagant demands of au unieformed people, he well nigh sank; until the Liberals saved him, It is as remarkable as unfortunate, the universal failure of moderate or middle paroles, who seek to steer constoutionally and independent of extremes. The Constitutionalists in Germany have failed so uiterly as to have b:csme a bye-word. The French sailed fur Civita, courting upon the existence of such a party in Rome; but the very la .ding of a foreign power bad the effect of annihilating such a feeling, which no longer survives in Isly, except in Piedmont, where it can only live, as poiteinaires, by rule, and by the most scrupulous care. In France Emile de Girarain has pro claimed it aloud that there is no malium between So cialam and Legitimacy, which one would not mind so much from one mouth, however talented, if the remark was not .echoed as something too true. Even in our own Parliament, never was moderadoism put to such shifts to live. Lord John Russell, who is its hero, has run this very session the gauntlet of a thousand difficul ties, with a thousand more before him ; nor can he save himself, unless, like Saldanha, he flings himself bravely into the liberal camp. We would be sorry, however, to compare the liberals of England with the Septem bristas of Portugal, or even Lord John with Saldanha. Personal pique and wrong, rather than any public principle, seems the ruling motive with the General, who made himself the tool of the court in putting down the Septembriatas, and even breaking his word to them, hoping, as he then did, that the return of Cabral was impossible. No sooner, however, had Saldanha en j o y e d a year of peace, whi c h, the by, he sadly abused, than Cabral pushed him from his stool, and has reigned since in his place. Personally, Saldanha has every right to complatu; and, according to Portuguese _notions, every right to conspire. And he certainly did so in such a manner as would substitute himself for Cabral once mere, and leave the:old machinery of government un touched. Id this he has been disappointed. He has been obliged to fling himself into the hands of the Sep. tembrist party, who are once more masters of Oporto. Thus have Portugal aed its Queen returned precisely into the sell'-same difficulties in which they were in 1847, from which it cost the British Government and Lord Palmerston so much trouble and so much loss of character to relieve them. The result of that intervention was pretty much the same to England as it was to Saldanha, a complete trickery arid a falsification of every promise. It was the British fleet that put down the Junta of Oporto for the Queen of Portugal, and she repaid the service by in stalling in power - the most decidpd enemy of British in tetests, commerce, and 'deem If even in this her Ma jesty had shown any wisdom ; had she kept her throne secure, her army faithful, her grandees contented ; had she kept her court and her country independent of Spanish politics and Spanish interference, England might have been contented to waive influence and lose even ancient rights in Portugal. But to be called to protect every three or four years—to restore by military power a Court and a Government that know not how to consolidate them. selves, and .that repay every service by ingratitude, is really too bad. If her Majesty were left to deal with her own subjects . as she could, without foreign aid or interference, she would then be compelled to submit to what Kings of England and France have long since submitted, a genuine - constitutional government, with Lull freedom and influence to popular opinions. If the constithtional dynasty of Portugal be not taught such a lesson as this, and allowed to derive the true benefit from it, the result will.be that Donna Maria will be but keeping the place warm for Don Miguel, as Louis Philippe did for the Duke of Bordeaux. We trust that Liberal Members of Parliament will lose no time in enforcing non-intervention on the Government. they do not, a hundred motives will induce the contrary. The Court of Madrid will be alarmed at the resuscitation of the Oporto movement. France will fan the fears of the Spanish Queen. Nar vaez will make it a pretext for getting back to head a military occupation of Portugal, and restore thereby his in luence in the Peninsula. We shall commence, as usual, with professions and pretensions of aiding the liberal ,side, but the adrit marceuvres of these countries will soon trick and pervert the support from the side it was intended to support, to the very opposite one of despotiem. So was it in 1847; so will it be in 1851, un less Ge.erninent Le wary, and Parliament watcbfal.— Dai(y News. FRAAN The publication of the police-concocted forgery, purporting to be the 10th Bulletin of the Committee of Itesi-tauce, has led to the issue of the following acidress by the &,iefs of the Democratic party : . "Ciiiz,q,s—A new era is cp,-ning before us. Chosen by the people to protect :he If public, to defend demo cratic institutions, to create and develop the interests of the revolution, the .executive Government, it its semi official organs- are to be believed, has conceived the de sign of introducing; by illegal- uterine, modifications, in the - fundamental- lt6v, the' resulrof 'which wourChe to destroy the constitution, whilst feigning to improvener tain of its dispiiiitiona; and'.under pretext of witting to'. thiliduration, thc - power, and stability of the, Govern ri:etit,' multiply ilt.reality the ebancti of usuitiat;on eve;- ly frillse.soverivnty. We cauit.not, we cannot 'belieie _ l n eqplral Voss in which ingratitude would Decupy. .....ut,r e , . th , peace . than :mildness. • However. it is certain a etie fatalschemes, ifthey ,• exist, cannot be kti4 '''Pt*ci without the aid of pretexts supplied by e a tr ie j * , Y. tumultuous assemblages formed by blind litante_notu,men, excited by men of courage more or ( n en l, 3 :`, . than reflecting , perhaps excited recti on, of b,,,M 3 Y the police. Keep aloof irom insur• ii , ur, except tnh'ehpecov7Y body knows the day and the display the i rresiqii-r- e, who alone have the right to when, and how they na:ijesty of their power, where, e i rcurnrances i n whic e ll ea t s h P. In the critical and solemn placed us, we have an Imperious -folly of our enemies has eerious duties to fulfil. To watch over the maintenanc! intrigue, to befflie the law, to reveal the manmuvres of 'calculations of am bition, to dm:Au - ice to the countrlyot.irounter.revolutionary issmit to mike an appeal to the paetfrirts may be hit a: tempts, and, in cases in which d thoetti.li :noon f r F o r f an th c e e pu , —such is tho auty, the claiger, an rains] pcsi:ion which the confidence of made for ui. I, by a mis!'ortune, whichtk P")Ple b" bere impos,ib:e, a blind Government swhoeulwtti3rbusth° into the adventures cf a coup (Fetal, or a flagrant vin. lotion of the Constitution, be assured, citizens, th at it would meet in the midst of a Legislative Assembly a , imposing numbLr of representatives of the people, who, rising to the height of circumstances, and only taking counsel of their devotedness to the democratic cause, Would point out to the country the perils of the situation, and would share the dangers to which they would convoke the people for the salvation of the Republic. At the cry of alarm uttered by your re presentatives, you, whom the sentiment of duty keeps alwass in re'a t i ' (unniityehdazlii inoss would rise like a single man, and, unitedwould faithful g representatives, you Of the Republic to yourselves united under the banner 2hr i nk thto notil.cause the enemies of the people to :or you aro stroage:l".l. Until then, citizens, ho calm, .kee p. w" wiri;a 1 12 c.cutizl'ont, for juticc, in or, your p srew , la gu ,„ zh "7 0 4 . 1 ; 4 ,ndQ, tut without agitatio.u. 1 ' s4 Wzbe: LI iZtliarQLO. litk - 0 1 from the Government every pretext to act ill. Force it by the prudence of your conduct to respect the public peace, as we will force it for cur part, by the firmness of our acts to respect the Constitution. Salutation and fraternity. iS j3 au din, Bonne, Boysset, A. Brays, Cholat, Colfavro, Combier, Dussoubs• Gaston, Du putz, Faure (R. o .e), Gatstier, Gindriez, Gropp , , Laboulaye, Lafo. Lamarque, Madier de Mon jau, MatEd (Felix), Michel (de B,)urges), Nadaud, Rscouchot,Richsr det, Saint- Fero e .1, Viginer." THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 2. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 4. 18 I. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Tuesday, May 6, at two o'clock. BANKRUPTS. William Burrows, surgeon, Park-street, Islington, to sur render May 14, at two, and Jane 13, st twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Cooper, Old Cavendish-street. John Woodin, upholsterer, Matilda-street, Islington, Nay 9, at half-past one, and June 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin- lane, Corn hill ; Tucker and Jones, Sun Chambers, Threadneedle street. Robert Sheppard, commission agent, Norwich, May 10, and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Jay, 13ucklersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. William Jackson, painter, Orchard-street, Portman square, May 13, at one, and June 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee; Letts, Bartlett's buildings. William Artley, miller, North Burton, Yorkshire, May 14, and June 11, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrickofficial assignee, Hull; Tweed, Hull ; Bell, Hull ; Hodgson, Driflield. William Bown Harrison, bleacher, Lancashire, May 13, and June 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Cobbett, Manchester. Thomas Clifton and Richard Easby Rawle, spirit mer chants, Bristol, May 16 and June 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acranian, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. Joseph M•Murray, merchant, Liverpool, May 9, and June 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Tufner, official assignee, Liverpool; Bretherton, Liverpool. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Nicolas Malls as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Oliver John Williams as Vice-Consul at llarwich—of Mr. David Barclay Niven as Vice-Consul at Dundee—and o. Mr. John Hind, junior, as V ice-Consul at Belfast, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians.__ — WHITEHALL, APRIL 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Augustus Smith, of Blandtord. iu the county of Dorset, Gent., to be a Master ExtraordlivnagruiinthAeLlti, High Court 25.0 t Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Pollock, of Ayr, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary of the High Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland. LNDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1851. Iterbury, it was well known that that Most Rev. Prelate ; occasion he bad urged when Sir R. Peel introduced the tax, was a wan of p ecu li ar m ild ness, an d of truly Christian and a great many mere besides. His object was not toget. forbearance—(Hear, hear)—and it was precisely be- : rid of the tax, but to make it. permanent, and at the same cause he was a m an o f suc h m ild ness an d f or b earance time equitable and j ust . Th e H on. and Learned Member op thatpas-ed by Schedul e A, w i t h respect to which those who this lan guage h a d b een use d aga i nst him. i P"site came under i t s oper'tion had, perh a p s , as muc h cause to cons- But there was no d ou b t b ut t h at w i t h out any interpo s iti on o f t h e Government or of Parliament, I plain as o :h e rs, t h e tax being levied on th e gross nom i nal i when p lat t i,r. ew repairs.as t p fl e o r ti fe t c N t m l , y , cp), well . a u e liknownt renewalt h e that a large ot ihn I - tax- ro te Primate of all England would so conduct himself as 1 lu o c r ° t io l' n e. to meet with that general veneration which he had al- 1 could went k that.—( P . roteetionist ways obtained; and that nothing that could be said cheers.) The Chancellor of the L u c g hequer of Sir le. peel's against him by th e Bishop of Exeter could weaken Government told them at the time teat' it would be imps. his adherence to th e d octr i nes wh i ch he be- sibl - to remove the inconveniences and is justice of th e tax, ' )ieves to be the t rue d octr i nes o f hi s own and his successor under the p resent G overnment, by his con- Church, conformable to the letter and spirit of Scrip- duct, seemed to be of the same opinion. The tax had been ture, at least he would never depart from his venerable conceded to serve a temporary purpose, and afford an oppor tunity to try a great experim ent . I n 1848 , when he made a character by using oppr o b r i ous l anguage an d ep i thets, at all to diminish the purity and holiness which belonged similar motion to the present for limiting its duration to one year, the Chancello - of the Exchequer held ou t h opes that to his exalted rank.—(L ou d c h eers.) before the time for its r enewa l arr i ve d h er Majesty's Go- Mr. HORSMAN said t h ere was no need to defend yernment would have taken the trouble to inquire how the the character of the Archbishop of Canterbury from the injustice might be remedied. attacks of a man like the Bishop of Exeter. He thought, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I did not so however, that the consequences of the act proposed by understand ire the Bishop of Exeter would extend farther than the Mr. HUME continued to observe that he had no desire to Noble Lord anticipated, and he would like to know from interfere with the arrangements already made or to paralyse the Attorney- General whether it was not directly for- the operations of the Government. He could not understand bidden by the 73d canon. why the Government should refuse to examine the tax in The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that canon ap- all its bearings, when the injustice of the present plan had been so univereally admitted, especially as an inquiry could plied more particularly to provincial synods. The be h conducted with so much greater effect by a G , vernment Act which it was thought the Bishop bad offended taxt an f by any individual. He proposed to continue the against was the 24th and 25th Henry Vlll.year, and then .to appoint a .Comm ttee to The canon was either invalid or insufficient. Ile should inquireor ono operation t u n t i h t e taxi e upon was nott h e say the latter, for it was clearly evident that unless an various classes of hecom o na t Act wee passed for enforcing it more strongly it would one who wished to see the income-tax removed, be quite incapable tor effectieg any alteration in the because he was against the system of indirect taxation, upon Bishop of Exeter's movements.—(Cheers.) two grounds—first, because it increased the charge of every PROPERTY-TAX BILL. article on which a dcty was paid, in some cases to the amount of 30 per cent. ; and next b ecause he desired to have On the motion for gcing int o C omm i ttee on th e P ro- perty-tax Bill, p excise duties remove ; on such article s as paper, soap, hops, and even malt—and up on th e l atter article especially,' Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS move d th a t t h e visions of the said Bill, as f ar as regarded pro- because he desired to put down babas of intoxication 1 t lalerdutsone the this country, as those h a bit s w ere to b e attributed to imposition of that ta x on t h e i nterest o f t h e pu b - of ardent spirits. He said th a t p ar ti cu l arly with reg lie debt, salaries, and emoluments of public offi his own country, where the people, instead of being rem ar k. cers, pensions, and si necures b e exten d e d to I re l and. able, as they had been f ormer l y , f or t h e i r sobriety, had be- The Hon. M e mber sa id not hi ng ten d e d more come drunkards. - (Laughter.) Now he beli eve d t h at the general use of a wholesome beverage, such as might be pro to sever the union which ought to exist between duced from malt, would tend to correct those habits. He Eeeland and Ireland than the adoption of a wished them to put an end to a system of indirect taxation, different system of law and taxation in he which promoted such an evil, and to have in place of it a. two countries. On all the occasions when the in- dies is, a tax which would include every spe come-tax was discussed in the House he bad never heard ies of pr perty. • (Hear, hear.) He would make 110 excep one ellicient reason given why it should not be ex- tion—he would go down to the lowest fraction, because the tended to Ireland as well as England. The only making exceptions was inducing large classes in the com reason of any value assigned was that Ireland was too mustily to be indiffet eat to taxation and it was giving to poor, but ho consid e red th a t a man i n I re l and i n the whomsoever might be Chancellor of :he Exchequr for the receipt of 1501. a year was as capable of paying the tax day an undue advantage. Now he did not wish any vote as a man receiving the same sum annually in England. to be given under the idea that he wished to get rid of the Ho consequently ought to be made to pay the tax. property and income-tax. He had no such desire; but he The interest of the debt paid in Ireland amounted to said that their taxation was enormous, because 'heir expen -1,417,000- a year, which was wholly exempted from the diture in a great degree was very useless and very unne income-tax. The debt owing by the Government to the cessary, and the large masses of the working classes were Bank of Ireland was 2,630,0001., upon which they paid 3 taxi; compelled to pay a great deal more than they ought to pay. (Hear.) Some said that England was better able now to per cent. This was also exempted from the income-tax; while the debt due to the Bank of England, 11,000,000/., pay taxes than she had ever been ; that her capital had trebled e upon which they paid 3 per cent., w as su bj ec t t o t h e i ncome . since 1793. Let th em l oo k to taxation in 1793. It ffi amounted 1,00( was 15,000,0004 l ,000/. wa s app ropr i ated b y Mr. Pitt as a sinking to 16,000,000/. ; the expenditureth tax. This was a most unjust and anomalous state of things.mounte There was altogether paid to public ocers in Ireland sara- and ries amounting to 300,0001 a year, including those of the fund to pay off the nat i ona l d ebt, which was then only 93.000,000/. Their milit ary proceed i ngs against France Lord-Lieutenant and Chief Secretary, which were wholly free had led to an addition of 610 00 ~ 000/. to the nati ona l d e b t. from deductions on aceount of the income-tax. If they New he wantec: no such Heim" ass a robbery of tee public added to this amount the salaries p a id t o t h e o ffi cers o f creditor, although their debt amounted at present to bet ween Customs, Excise, Stamp-office, Post-office, and other public 700,060,00 W. and 800,C00,900/ Their capital h a d i ncreased establishments, he had not the least d ,übt but that the in a large ratio ; it had increased from 60 ,000,000/. to amount paid on the whole fell very little short of 2,000 000/. 105,000,000/. His belief was that it had increased twofold annually, which was entirely exempted from the inCome during that period. But did that capital pay more than it tax. And yet a poor half-pay officer was compelled to pay did before? He believed that it did not with the exception out of his wretched allowance the income-tax. Since the imposition of thi s t ax th e p eo pl e o f E ng l n d h a d pa i d a b out of that, which was produced by the i ncome -t ax . T hey raised now in taxes from 34,000, 001. to 35,001,000 e f rom t h e work thing. ~ whil e th e p eo pl e o f I re l and h a d nut pa i d afar- ing classes. That, he said, was a gross injustice to th ose thing. According t o th e re t urn f or w hi c h h e h a d moved tee class et. They ought to apply a propert , tax to the capital people of Great Britain were paying 13.500,0001. in the shape of the country—that which would make cepita) pay fbr the of taxes from which Ireland was exempt. Although the re protection it received in proportion to the amount et property presentatives from Ireland were in the habit of complaining of the heavy pressur e o f t axat i on upon t h a t country , t h e fact that was to be protected.—( H ear , ! Isar .) Th e poor m n who was that they bad only p a id on an average one - t hi rteent h received Bs. a week in w ages — w h a t cap it a l h a d h e? And yet that man paid fiv e ti mes i n proport i on to hi s means as part of the taxation o f th e U n i te d Ki ng d om. H e did not compared with the person who had a large property.— think, therefore, that the gentlemen from Ireland had a right (Hear, hear ) Let them look to their taxation at the present to complain of any injustice being done to them on this head. moment. He had their r e v enue re t urns f rom 1762 to lesl, He hoped that the R ig ht li on . Gent l eman t h e Ch ancel l or ot and be found that by th e i r s y stem o f tax hion 67 per cent. the Exchequer, as a m a tt er o f j ust i ce towar d s E ng l an d , wou ld of the whole of the rev e n ue was raised upon th e necessar i es propose the extensio n o f t h e tax to I re l an d. H av i ng called the attentie nof the H ouse t o thi s su bj ec t h e f e lt t h at he h al cf life which were used by every wor ki ng man. The stamps discharged his duty. made 11 per cent. of the r evenue , t h e ssessed taxes only 8 the Post-office 1i per per cent., the property tax 10 p er cent., Sir. F. FRENCH sa id th a t h e h a d no o bj ec ti on to enter upon this subject if it were propose d a t a proper t i me. H e, cent., whilst 3 per cent. up on pens i ons and other small however, trusted th a t th e H ouse wou ld not di scuss a su b ject articles made up the rest. S uc h was t h e d i vision of taxa which did not pr o p er l y ar i se at t h at moment. tion which thus pressed so heavily upon the working The House then w en t i n t o C omm i ttee upon th e Bill . classes, a d that tended at the sam e ti me to ra i se the price of the articles they consumed. Th en o f the 15 000 000/ On Clause 1 being propo se d, , , . Mr. FRESHFIELD rose to b r i ng f orwar d t h e amendment raised by direct taxation, includin g th e i ncome-tax, he found of which he had gi ven no ti ce . Hi s ma i n propos i t i ons were that these were the proportions in w hi c h i t was paid : the in reference to the S c h e d u l es B, C , D ; b ut, i n order to render land-tax, 11 per cent. ; windows, 17 p er cent.; servants, le them effective, it was necessary to a l ter t h e l anguage of the per cent. ;carriages, 3 per cent. ;horses, 2 pe r cen t. L et t h em first clause. He w ou ld fi rs t propose to i nsert aster the word see, then, how paltry these c o n• r ib ut i ons were as compared "granted," in page s. line 7, the following words:—" So with the amount of indirect taxation. One would suppose, far as the same ar e e x p resse d i n t h e sc h e , u l es to th i s Act an- from the complaints they had he ar d on th e ot h er s id e, that flexed and subject to th e prov i s i ons t h ere i n conta i ned. " The the land paid the i ncome -t ax a lt oget h er , w h ereas i t paid ' question to which he wished to draw the attention of the only 40 per cent. A very large proportion was paid by fac tories and messuage s . This tax paid by farmers was g ra - Schedule Committee would not b e rea ll y ra i se d unt i l they came to dually decreasing—(" Hear, hear, from the Protectionist C, which wa s th e most mater i a l c l ause. His pro position was—" The same as in Schedule Cof said Act, ex- Members)—whilet the assessment on factories and mes cept that the duty shall be assessed in cases of annuities con- surtges were every year increasing. The income-tax bore tingent upon life upon the annual amount of such annuity at first as much as 64 per cent. on land, and now it was only after deducting one-third of such amount as the premium 40 per cent.— (Hear.) He-was anxious to keep taxes below of insurance payable t o p rov id e f or the cont i ngency; and as their present rate, a n d h e t h oug h t. that House was not aware to annuities for terms of years, the assessment to be made of the injury it was doing by the large portion of money it upon the dividend which would be payable upon the amount took out of the pockets of the people for unnecessary expen of Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities which diture. This, he believed would not occur if they had direct might be purchased with the produce of such annuity for instead of indirect taxation. He maintained that the whole terms of years. if sold, such value to be ascertained on the of the income-tax might have been saved if the whole of sth of April in each year, according to the Government• their useless military establishments, had been 'dispensed tables." It was obvious that they taxed the whote with. Tee amount paid for their military establishments, of an annuity contin ge nt up on lif e . A prudent man, trom 833 to 1837, w as 60,000,00(1.—that wa s an average o f 12,163,000/.: whilst in th e th ree years In m 1848 the aver hishowever, would reserve a porti o n of th a t f or th e support ( 1 age of the exp en di ture . was 21,000,0110/., and, d e d uc ti ng family after his d e ath, e i t h er i n t h e s h ape o f a l i fe assurance, or in some other mode. Th e annui t y wou ld b e from that the expense s o f th e K a fi r war, and thus considerably lessened in its amou n t, f or ca l cu l at i ng tie 80 ,0,10/. to relieve Iri s h di s t ress , t h ere was 8 956,00(11 amount it would cost him for the life assurance from the more paid in each of th e th ree l ast years than period at which he counneaced the payment of it, tog e th er at the fo-mer pi rind. F or t en years before the with other expenses incidental to the attainment of that income-tax had been levied the whole of their object, be thought that the annuity actually received Ly him miliury expenditure was 131,000,00. 1., and the average was did not amount to much more than the one-half of weat 13,116,000/. ;in the eight years since the income-tax had been paid the military exp en di ture was 144,86e,0e0/ —that it nominally was. He should th ere f ore b e taxe d on l y upon the amount which he actually received. This kind of pro- is, the average was 18,001,0001. instead of 1e,000,000/. The perty differed widely from that which was realized, and total amount Of the income-tax fiom 1842 to January last should be taxed differently. The next part of his propo- was e9,;09,000/, and the extravagant expenditure upon their military eats lishmects during the s ame 'period was sition referred to annuities for terms o f y ears . N ot h ing could be more unjust than to say that the "h o l e o f t h at 39,90 ',0001.—( Hear, hear.) Thns the wh o l e of th e income tax went to the maintenance o f unne ,. essary esta bli s h ments. annuity should be taxed. He had taken th e p r i ce o f L ong Annuities, -s they were stated in 1842, and tee prices of —(Cheers.) He hoped, then, that the House would support Consols at that time. If a man had no/ a y ear i n A pr il, him in the proposition he made for f estricting the collection ;842, and sold it then, it would produce him 1,30/. If he of the income-tax to one year—(Hear, bear)--so that when invested that sum in the purchase of Thr ee per it was next proposed taxation might be m a d e p a l ata bl e to Cents. at that period, it would be equal t, a sum of the people, by showing that it was just, and that it was 1,4401. The value of this, converted into money, as shown necessary.—(Hear, hear) He objected altogether to the afterwards, by investing it in Consols, would give hi m presen• mode of collecting the tax. 'l' e Commissioners we re an income of 43/. —and yet they took from him a t ax appointed on political grounds, and the collect ors were not upon 100 s. It was clear that he had only this income f or a responsible to the Government. He had a plan which wo u ld period, and the effect produced by lapse of time upon the remove all diffieulties of that kind. By his plan he would value of his property was very serious. In respect to Sche- employ the officers of the Excise, who were tried teen ; 300,000.000/. were collected by them without any defalce dule I), he would propose the same as in Schedule D o f th e time The Customs appointments were filled up i n a dif said Act, except that the duty should be 3id. for each 20x, (e ant mariner from that pursued in the E xc i se, an d hence This related to trades and professional incomes. H e k new how difficult it was to deal with that subject. He was, how- the misfortunes that had occurred. The coll ec t ors i n t h e ever, of opinion that it was unjust and impolitic to ta x t h ose Excise were paid very moderate salaries. Som e w i t h no incomes in the way they had hitherto dune. It was most more than eCOL a year collected milli ons. He, then, had unju s t to compare incomes from such sourc es with t h ose re - perf e et confi , htnce that in that department he oould fi n d th e materials tor carrying out the pla n th at h e h ad i n view. He suiting frem well-ascertained property. The profi ts i n tra d e now moved that the w , rds " one year" be i nser t e d i n the were obtained with Mfficulty and ri s k. Th ey were generally usefully employed in tha education of child ren an d the en- clause in place of "three years." courageme. tof labour. He would also attempt t o exten d Mr. Alderman THOMPS 'N seconded the am en d men t ; hut, in doine so. he could not ; upport the a rgument o f t h e posed to introduce would enable them to make th e sc h e d u l es the seine justice to Schedule B. The words whi c h h e pro - Hun. Member for Montrose. He did not agree in th e p o li cy of' his Hon Friend; for he was one of those wh o th oug h t what they pleased. It therefore appeared to hi m th at h e ought to have the 'sots of every Hon. Gentlema n wh o d e - that it was most convenient to raise a proportion of the re sired in any way to amend the Bill. He did nu t as k th at venue of this country by a moderate duty upon foreign pro the whole of the tax should be given up, but, considering ductions.—( Cheers.) He supported the amen merit of the the hardship of the tax and the period in which th e y w e re Hon. Gentleman because ho did not think that House h a d living, he thought it would be just if halt the tax were given kept faith with the public with respect to the income ta x . up in the case of professional incomes, as well as on th e p ro fi ts They had renewed it twice, and were now asked to r e n ew i t of trade, a third time; each time upon different grounds. H e did not The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER protested wish to enter into say detailed account of the partial and ti - against the course adopted by the Hon. and Learned Gentle- just way in which the tax operated; but he must say th a t man as very inconvenient. It would be Jar more desirable he did not approve generally of the Budged of the present to discuss a matter involving a question of principle, in the Ministers. He thought the Budget was capable of very shape of a substantive motion, than on the proposition on the gr ea t i m p ro vement, for he b a d t h e same objection to a insertion of a few words. The Hon. and Learned Menber house .tax as to an income-tax. He had been long enough a sought to leave Schedule Aat its present rate of 7d. in the member of that House to know what pressure bad been pound, and Schedule B also at its present rate, which Placed upon Ministers to repeal a house tax on account of was equivalent to 7d. in the pound, while he proposed ex- its injustice.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. the Chancellor of empti e n s in the case of site annuities, which he did not pro- the Exchequer on the first night of his Budget gave them to pose to give to annuities charged on land or on life estates ; understand that be bad something good in reserve for them and on Schedule 1), which included profits made in trade, fur the year 1854. He told th em t h at he would then be which certainly at this moment was nut suffering under muc h: enabled to repeal a considerable amount of taxation. Now, depression, he proposed a reduction of one-half. It would be though the Right Honourable Gentleman did not tell them fir more convenient to discuss the whole question in a sub.. what he meant, he could guess that he alluded to the stantive form. terminable annuities. In the year ;822, the Chancellor of the Mr. SPOONER reminded the Committee that the Hon. Exchequer—the late Lord Bexley —bed raised a considerable and Learned Gentleman only asked them to consent to such sum by terminable annuities. The object was to relieve the an alteration as would enable them to alter the schedules heavy pressure then felt, occasioned by taxation for the hereafter. military and navy half-pay list. Lord Bexley then raised Mr. HENLEY, without pronouncing any opinion as to the the sum by annuities for forty-five years, and thus diminished schedules themselves, thought that soul, such words ought the then existing burden. Experience' has since proved that to be introduced, in order to enable them to raise the question was a wise course adopted by her Majesty's Government.— as to the duties. If they passed the clause without them (H an) If it were true, and he was not disposed - to deny the they would deprive themselves of- the power to alter the du- truth of the allegation, that this country was year by year ties. This the Chancellor of the Exchequer was qbite aware better able to bear the burden of taxation, he would ask, of, and he would tell them afterwards that they had voted would it not be sound policy to give the present generation the tax and could not help going on with it. some relief, and not to refuse doing s o f or th e b ene fit o f those The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER t h anked the w h o m i ght be living in the year 1867? He would now Hon. Member for the estimate he had formed of his cha- call the atten:ioa of the House to the amount of terminable rester, but he sho u ld b e unwor thy o f t h e position he held if annuities : he could be guilty of the conduct of which the Hon. Member suppssed him capable. Mr. HENLEY disclaimed any intention to give offence to the Right Hon. Gentleman, but he thought they might be precluded from altering the schedule, unless some such ge neral words were introduced. 'the CHAIRMAN said the instruction already moved was general to amend the Bill in case of necessity. Mr. TRELAWNY prot es t e d aga i nst the ' amendment as calculated to endanger the whole measure. Mr. SPOONER asked whether, by passing Clause 1, with out the insertion of the wor d s proposed by theHor Learned Member for Bosto n (M r. Freshfield), they would not be precluded Com making a n y a l teration except those con tained in the motion of his Hon. and Gallant Friend the Member for Lincoln? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Hon- Gentleman that he would not turn round upon him, or recede in auy way f rom any understanding into which he had entered. Mr. FRESIIFIELD asked if they would be able to go back and amend th e f i rst clause, Halley passed it now without o introducing the words he had proposed ? The CHAIRMAN said it was quite clear that if they had passed any clause repugnant to it iu meaning ening or spi r it, they could not go b ac k, b ut t h ey might strike out theclause. ' Mr. AGLIONBY h oped the amendment not le would pressed, as it wo u ld cause great inconvenience. The whole merits of the case would be raised on the amendment of the Hon. Member for Montrose, and for that he would reserve himself. The_r amendments were then nega ti ved w i thout a di v i s i on . M • HUME th e n moved e o limit the duration of the tax to one year, with the vi ew o f i nstituting an inquiry by a Se lect Committee into the mode of assessing and collecting the tax 1 and whethe r th e i n j ustice of levying the same rate o f ( etarge upon terminable as upon perpetual annuities, and upon fluctuating and varying iecomes from trades and pro fessions as upon fixed incomes from real property, cannot be greatly modified or altogether removed. He was not pre pared to support any alteration of the Bill for the present year, because it would be impossible to do so without inter fering with the measures before Parliament, and his propo sition, therefore, was to limit its duration to one year, but to leave it untouched. The whole question required deli berate consideration, and it would be impolitic to legielaei with refeienai to one elate, leaving oat the others. All the 91l iqW=17 12 Wil bad bova tusvci m4.1:4 it oil thv pa:l-tat Present Decrease When per Annum. Ending. Diminished rate of interest £ • on Three-and-a Quarter per 510,000 Cents. ..... . .••-„••••••• ...... Terms ( f years 295,118 ...... Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto . , .... .. `g91.960 ...... Jan . 5, 1860 Long Annuities Irish Ditto 51,000 ...... Ditto 26 years' Annuity .. Dead weight ditto £3,206,598 In 1860 the reduction will be ...... £i.781,740 per annum. The conversion of permanent in'o terminable annuities is at the rate of from 700,000/. to 800,0001. per annum, Unredeemed debt .. ... ..... ... .. £769,272,562 Annual charge thereof ... 276 Per A nnum. Present annual decrease by treating these :n 2 - 0,447 unities as if they were expired, is... . ......... ... £3,206,598 But by borrowing in Consuls at 96 to p ay the dividends as they become due on the abo ve annuities so cancelled , the permanent annuale c harges on Consols will be... . ...... ...... . ..... ..... consequence of that, be able to bear more burdens? - And now it appeared to him that the argument, if it did not bold in the case of the House, was equally unsound as regarded the community al large. In every point of view he was favourable to indirect taxation rather than to direct burdens, 169,108 So that the abov e immedi a t e decrease per an num of 3,206,598!. will be gradually les sened year by year, until sth of April, 1817, when it will re main permanent at . ....... . .£ ',337,490 The prese t annual decrease, by treating these annuities as if they were expired, was 3,206,5981. per annum. If capitalised it would amount to one•eighth of the whole of the national debt. He had made a cal culation at that time, that if the , - were to convert these payments into permanent annuities—that was to say, capitalised them —the amount of charge per annum, with Consols at 96, would be 869, 0.1. ; so that the before mentioned decrease of 3, 9 06, 981. per annum would be gra dually lessened year by year, until the sth of April, 1867, when it would remain at 2,337,4901. Had the Chancellor ot the Exchequer taktn these 'natters into consideration, he (Alderman Thompson) thought the Right Hon. Gentleman would have found that his position was such that it was not abaelately necerl.tary for him to continue an income-tan, which W. bubject to ail those objections and -burning„ - of whin 'they had heard so much, both in and out ofth e 1,2 L 1 5 Qpiz!Qa it na jinpeaible fas frsue any LI and he should, therefore, support the amendment. Before he sat down. he could not help noticing that the Noble Lord opposite had abserved that he fel somewhat disheartened at the speeches made in that House respecting the colonies, but the Noble Lord should remember that if he destroyed the tre , the fruit must necessarily decay. -- Mr. COBDEN said he regretted that his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose bad not so shaped his motion as to enable him to obtain the decision of the Howe upon the mat ter which was really at issue; but he thought that the pro ceedings of that evening must have convinced his lion. Friend that the terms of his motion had much better have been different from that which he had adopted. His Hon. Friend wished the House to modify the income-tax and give such satisfaction to the professional and trading part of the country as would enable Parliament to retain the tax per manently. If his Hon. Friend had brought forward his motion in a form declaring that it was expedient, on renew ing the income.tax, to impose a smaller charge upon pre carious incomea than upon thaa derived from permanent pro perty, then th 3 Home might have lath a di rision which would have fairly brought to iolue the question that he desired to tes de QICICt!; but the Elvi§ler wev.ld have been &plot him, come-tax which would be free from objFction ; and with the views he had exp resse d h e s h ou ld g i ve hi s vote for the amendment el the Hon. Member ter Montrose. Hon. Member alontrose should make him pause before ha O Hon. Gentlemen "r‘T s i i 1 T opposite that tthoosutigti h . i p o t rt e t the alacrityex proposal h o i t b ' i t t l ed the ha did anything which was calculite i to aff.ct such a large amount. f taxatien as was involv e d in that proposal, never tholes, lie had no alternative. a f t er the fullest considerati o e he had been able to give to th e q ues ti on , but to vote or. amendment.—( Herr,) And he thought he wfs a greatsr _. friend to the property tax by taking that course than was ar Majesty' Government in oppeeing it; and if it were not a solecism he might say that he was a better friend to them than they were to themselves. (Hear, and a laugh.) Th e Government appeared to have determined wh ing i m n a d t e h e steps up his of m t io h d e late to a o h S a i t r i t ote Robert th e P o s n 3 e . e e l t f , e u m ll Wri sn e . : direct ter indirect taxation with as much rapidity as , ible; but he (Mr. Mewatts believed that if that departed statesman were now alive end in power, &eyed this question; or if he had not, that he would have seen cause to retrace his steps in this direction.—(Hear, bear.) It was absurd, on the face of it, to say, that, because they opera tion on all classes, therefore it would be augether chimerical could not make the income-tax perfectly equal in its . to attempt to imp? owe or modify i fs. He pounddened that 10 he would p a e o v e no and t (l o o n , a d n e ( d i e p e r o o u p l e d r ts;a:atillida half that 6 d or that in t amount he on i)r. fits arising front trade and industry, would be a fair arr angement compared with the existieg system. At all events the nl vidnals who would suffer front the unjust pressure of a_those modi fication like that would be much less numerous than th an ! who complained of the pressure now. It was a manifest. _ s _ palpable injustice to take from the professional man and the tradesman the same amount of taxation as was levied upon real and funded property.—(Hear.) When he observedelll. course which the Government had taken with reterenceer. their Budget in the present year, be was driven to th o e_ elusion that they had no confidence in the soundness f the principles of direct taxation. It was impossible to reconcile the inconsistencies of their c ond uc t b y any other suppo sition. unless their aim was to tide it over some time longer• l'sftr his part he believed it would b e i mp oss ibl e to r a ise the exist ing amount of revenue, and sp en d it as th e y did none if l'll resorted ro the system of direct taxation. riol - Mr. BUCK said that as a re pr esen t a tive of an tig e dealt tural conty, he did not think that that class was fairly with, particularly as that class, more especially, are net labouring under the gr e atest di s t ress , an d for that rea son , he thought that the present m easure o f the Governmen t was as unjust as it wa s unequa l aga i ns t the sgr Flstnl al class; and also that it w as i nveste d w i t h an inquisitorial characeer towards the same class who, as many of them as grow hops, are su bj ec t t o at l east 1 0 0 per cen t., pre at while the foreigner is exempted from any such tax, and therefore defeat them i n th e i r own mar k e t. The Bon. 4 Gentleman then entered into a detail of the suffering the agriculturist of Exeter through this tax, and isip that 0, t 7 14 ... e . con tendedretailerethinatamitalwlatsownnost, o p i a s r ly tie c u o la n r fi l3 n , e A d ptpoietdhoerme: to o u h t ledge, had also suffered materially by it ; through able-bodied labourers were obliged either to apply t workhouse, or to emigrate to a foreign land, which vine:. he feared, would one day be the ruin of this country. Jae: assured the Government that the long suffering those people were labouring under would sooner or later arouse their tier indignation, and hoped that they would adopt se k i i e ls ' t , line of policy as would revive their former happiness , vw eed it would also tend to increase the prosperity of trade and commerce. (Hear, hear.) whicon the Mr. MtGREGOR thought it would have been wise on th e eart of the Government either to have at once propsed renewal of the income-tax for only one year, or, before the b meeting of Parliament, to have made some arrangement n 4, which the schedules should have been placed upon 6 % equitab e princip e. He knew it was said that it vres. 9. im possible to arrange those schedules on a principle of just ic e. He believed it would be very difficult to impose any which would carry along wi , h it an equal measure of justice towards all her Majesty's tax-paying subjecs; but be main tained that the schedules might be easily arranged oas at least to approxim a t e to j ust i ce. He did net say that tn! amendments of which be had given notice contained that degree of equality which was to be desired—(Hear, hear)-- but he beieved that the ra es he li d put down in his amend-. meats were such as Sir R. Peel would have approved of.' (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It had frequently been saw that both Mr. Pitt reed Sir R. Peel considered it utterly im possible to snake any difference between the rates on pe'lnse rent and temporary income. He disputed the truth of thil statement. Both of those isters saw the inequality an injustice of taxing temporary and permanent incomes at the same rate; but they were placed in circumstances whi ch rendered it impossible for them to impose the tax in ant other form than that which they adopted... (Hear, bear) According to his (Mr. M'Gregor's) view, temporary incomes should be charged, not upon their gross sum, but upon the amount of profit which they were supposed to yield. For example, a gentleman had a professional income of 1,0 01. a year. Now, that was exactly the same value as I ,W l ' invested on land, or in the funds. But the 1,000/. invested in land or in the funds was at present taxed upon what it yielded in the shape of interest, viz., 301., whereas the other 1,0004 earned by the professional gentleman was charged upon the whole amount, which was evidently unjust.—(Hear , hear.) If there were no taxes on articles of necessary con sumption, he would deal in s different manner with the pro perty and income-tax. He would levy exactly the same per tentage in the pound for every 20s. above incomes Of 50/. per annum from real and permanent sources; but, hook" ing to the high taxation which was still imposed on articles of consumption, he would be dealing very unfairly with in comes under 3001. per annum, and he would be acting still more unfairly if he imposed the same rates on temporary in comes. After illuettating this point by reference to figures!, the Hon. Member concluded by saying that the injustice of the tax as at present levied was felt everywhere except in that House, and that, if the tax were imposed for more than one year, the discontent which it excited would rapidly increase.—( Hear, hear.) The Marquis of GRANBY said, that the question which the House was now called upon to decide was whether or not they would contit.ue the present income-tax, with all its ano malies, injustice, and in consisttncies for one or for three years; in other words, whether they should pay a greater amount of deference to the convenience of Government or to the interests of the people? The main argument against the imposition of the tax in 1842, 1845. and 1848 might be classed under two heads—first, the difficulty of discovering the magnitude of people's incomes; and, second, the diffie etrty of taxing them equally when discovered. With re spect to the first difficulty, ne one would say the .in thee pree sent year it was in the least diiiiinished He was af opinion .that it had greatly increased, while, it' they looked at Schee dale Lof the income-tax, what did they find? They found that since 1842 the assessment under that head had decreased no less than 8,000,0 ('1 Now, he wished to know the opinion of the Government on that point. He wished to know which horn of the dilemma they would take; whether they would say that the incomes of the manufacturing and treeing classes had diminished since the year of free trade to that extent, or whether, on the other h an d, t h e di m i nu ti o n was owing to f rau d and evasion? Perhaps the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would sit upon one horn f the dilemma and the Noble Lord the First Mi nister upon another, arid make a political seesaw between them.—(A laugh.) His (the Marquis of Granby's) opinion. from all he had heard, was that the incomes from trades and professions lied materially decreased under tree trade, and that there bad also been many instances of concealment and fraud. (Hex , hear.) With respect to Schedule A, he believed it would be g.nerally admitted that there had been at least a diminution of 20 per cent. upon the rental of the lard, taking the average throughout the kingdom. Now, he would ask his Right on. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he or the Commissioners of the income tax in:ended to make a proportionate reduction in the as sessmentunder Schedule A ? For, if not, it would be a case of gross injustice. And it a 'eduction was to be made, had the Right Hen Gentleman calculated the diflc renee it would make in his receipts? According to his (the Marquis of Granby's) calculation a reduction of 20 per cent. upon 48,000,0001. would amount to 9,500,000/, and this would consequently make a reduction in the tax of .50a,000/. (Hear, bear ) t next io d ;and, from difficultywasal he had h in fairly t ta x ienagdin h the t income c( i in ascertained; a debates e on this subject, he did n o t thi n k that difficulty had decreased either.—(Hear, he ar .) Hi s Right Hon. Friend near hi m ( Mr. Hurries) h a d insisted will] great force that under when Schedule B it was a gross injustice to tax the farmer upon profits which he was not making. Now, no one could deny that fact; but there was no remedy for it. Omitting that class, however, there was the case of professions. Many Hon Members maintai ed, with equal justice, that it was very unfair that a man with an income depending upon his health and activity should be taxed upon the same amount if t th t e h y n owners of ships, cot.ora mills, as a man who p o ss e ss e d rea l property. But, if they exempted this class, what would they withatthe u l h i f e e ; a n A n uoid, s' tan made all these remissions, what would become of th e Right Hon. Gentleman's tax ? (" Hear , hear," from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.) He perfectly agre e d with the Right Hon. Gentleman h a t it was impossible th ose remissions could be made. Such was the opinion of M r . Pitt and Sir R. Peel. It was also the opinion of Mr. 'Culloch. (Hera the Noble Lord quoted the opinion of Mr. erPCulioch, to the effect that an equal income-tax was an impossibility ) In holding that opinion, he believed that Mr. Me'ulloch Wits right, and, upon the strength of that opinion, he called upon the Right Hon Gentleman opposite an indirect to support the amendment and pass the tax only for one prucees, inasmuch as vear. He believed that that talc, though not directly taking money out of the pockets of the labouring classes, did so tak ing it from p gave the poor man employment : was practically taxing him ; and as to indirect taxes, he - as effectuallytheea capital be liev that they were less felt than any other by those who • P d them. From another passage .which he held, in his hand, derived from the sameeminent writer whom he had just quite . quoted, it appeared to be his oPillion that indirect taxation though unequal, was neither impolitic nor unjust, for it did not fall on any persons unless they indulged in taxed articles. tie was their d when they we re taxed it own fault. The in come-tax, he said, was paid by all alike. but, notwithstand ing that, he thought that the worst species of indirect taxa tion was better than the best oar were adjusted income-tax. On a former night th e Ri ght Hon 60,000 000/ •Gentleman attributed to him that' a) taken from the farmers, and then said that, if so, the country was so much the b e tt er a bl e t o b ear taxation. [The Chancellor of the Exchequer, was under stood to say-se" The r • est of the country.") If the Right lion. Gentleman's observation referred only to the rest of the country, then he should have expected him to come for ' ward with a measure of relief for the suffering portion who had lost these 60,000,0001. a year, totally eclipsing any pre position brought forward by the Hon. Member for Bucking hamshire; therefore the Right. Hon. Gentleman must have meant the whole country. He would put this case—suppose the whole of that House were called upon to pay a certain sum, and that by some maeagement or. shuffling a certain amount of money was transferred from the pockets of 'the Meineers who sat at one side to those who sat on the other, would that render the whole House better able than before to pay the amount demanded of them? Would they, in GERMAN Y. _ - The Gazette of the Empire of Vienna announces the arrangement of the diplomatic difference between the Austrian Guvernment and the Cabinet of Wash irgton, respecting the conduct of Mr. DUDLEY MANN, an American agent. The Austrian Govern ment, says the Gazette, considered the proceedings of this agent a violation of good iriternational relations ; but having seen that any complaint would be useless, it proposed to let the matter drop, and to resume friendly relations between the two countries. The Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs at Washington declared in his reply to the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires, that he shared the opinion of the Austrian Cabinet in favour of the continuation of friendly relations. ITALY. In its sitting of the 2Gth ult., the Chamber of Deputies of Turin unanimously rejected the amend ments (f the Senate to the Bill imposing a tax upon Successions. By a Ministerial decree, of the 23d ult., the Sta • tuto of 1 4 1orence has been suspended for a month. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Tuscany arrived at Florence on the 24th ult. from Naples. Letters from Cattaro state that on the loth ult. several Montenegrins fell out among themselves in that port, and then fired upon a piequet of soldiers who had hastened to the spot to separate them. The sol diers returned the fire, and after a fray which lasted about half an hour, the Montenegrins retired carrying off three of their party VI oinded, amongst whom was a woman. An inquiry into this affair has been set on foot by the Austrian authorities. The King of Naples has issued a decree, dated the 17th ult., regulating the police of printing and litho graphic establishments. By this decree no such establishment can be opened without the permission of the prefects of police of Naples or Palermo, or that of the intendant of the provinces. In the application is to be mentioced the number of presses intended to be kept in activity. Permission having been ob tained, caution-money must be deposited to the cmount of one ducat of Neapolitan antes for every press up to five; five ducats fur every press more up to ten; and ten ducats for every press beyond that number. The said caution-money to be double for every steam-press. Every proprietor of a printing establishment is responsible for the violations of the laws on the press committed in his offices. No work is to be printed without a written permission of the compe tent authorities. The Government names one or more censors for the revision of writings. Praise in verse or prose is not admitted without the permis sion of the person who is the subject of praise. Public sales of books are not to be authorised until the police has examined the catalogues. TRE tok.r<ci v JVIA/iKETS WAKEFIELD. MAY 2.—The arrival of wheat being small there is less anxiety to press sales ; and, though the demand is quite of a retail character, the prices of last Friday are main. tainpd Barley, utiles. of very fine quality, is difficult to sell, and Is per quarter cheaper. Oats are again id per stone dearer, and continue very scarce. Shelling is per load higher. Beans rather slow at the advanced price. Old. New. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. 8, s. s. Suflak. Essex, and Kent, red ... —to 38 to 40 Ditto, white ... 40 —46 44 —46 Norfolk and Hunts., red - 35 —3B Ditto, white ... 40 45 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red. —— 33 —39 Ditto, white ... 38 40 Yorkshire, red 32 38 Ditto, white 38 40 Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 38 —44 Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 37 —49 Mediterranean, red •••• 30 —36 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:_. Norfolk and &Milk— ... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ••• ••• Grinding per 30 stone ... - Foreign _ BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 63113: Small, fine „.. '29 31 28 31 Ticks ... • 28 —3O 27 — 3O Foreign 25 —2B OATS, per stone:— Mealing Od to Od 10d to 1 lid Feeding Od to Od 10d to lld Foreign Od to Od 10d to 11d BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 2.—There has been more business doing in all descriptions of raw sugar, but prices can scarcely be quoted higher, although, in some few instances, the seller has had the tut nin his favour. The refined market has been more active, and a large business has'been done at about former rates. Rum continues very inactive.—Bristol Mercury,. 23 - 26 25 - 29 27 - 30 20 - 21 22 - 28 EXeTER, MAY 2.—Cattle Market -- Every description of stock was scanty, except butchers' calves, which were plentiful. Fat oxen, 7s 6d per score; cows and calves, 71 7s to i's; batreners 4s 6d to 5s per score; steers and plough oxen, 201 per pair; butchers' calves, 3id to 4d per lb ; wether sheep, sid ditto ; ewes, stl; store hugs, 26s to 30s each ; couples, 35s to 40s Pork Car cases—A good supply, at prices ranging from 6e to 7s. per score. I- tinnier— Turkeys, 5s dto 7s each ; ducklings, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per couple; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s; chickens, 2. 9d to 4s ; galenas, 5s to 5s 6d ; pigeons, Is 9d to 2s; butter, l ld to is (id per lb; eggs, 20 to 22 for Is. Corn Exchange—Little business was done, at barely last week's quotations. Wheat 4s 9d to 5s 3d ; barley, 3s to 3s 3d; oats, 2a 6d ; fine flour, 29s to 30s per sack of 2801bs. SCARBOROUGH. MAY I.—New wheat 36s Od to 44s Od; old ditto 00s to 00s per qr. of 40 stones; black oats 9d to 10d white ditto lOd to 11d per stone; malting barley 24s to 265, grinding ditto 1_26 to 24s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine flour 35s to 36i, seconds ditto, 27s to 30s per sack of 20 stones. RIPON, MAY I.—White wheat 56 6d to 68, red ditto 469 d to 5s Pd ; beans, 36 9d to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 28s to 31s ; oats 18s Cd to 21s per qr. KNARESBOROUGH, APRIL 30.—Wheat 5s 3d to 6s 3d; beans 3s 9d to 4s Od per bushel; barley 24s to 28s; oats, 18s to 226 per qr. - . NVETHERBY, MAY I.—White wheat 16s 6d to 17s Od. red ditto 15s Od to 16s Od per load ; barley 26s Od to 28s Od per qr.; beans 12s 6d to 14sUd per load ; oats 141 to 10d per stove. INVERNESS, APNIL 29. Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 37s to 38s Od; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per bushel, Otis Od to 003 Od ; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 21s Od to 22, ; oats, per quarter, weighing 4211► per bushel, 17s Od to 18s Od. Oatmeal. per imperial boll, 15s Od to Os Od ; ditto second, 14s Od to Os Od; barley meal, lls 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 12s Od to Os Od; bran, per stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 32s Od to 33s u.d ; second ditto, 25s Od to 26s Od; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 6d to Os Od; ditto second, Is 4d to Os Od; barley meal, Is 2d to Os 01 ; peasemeal, Is 4d to Os Od; first flour, 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 3d cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 4d to 41d ; beef, per pound, 4d to 6d; veal, 4d to 5d ; mutton, 4d to 6d ; pork, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, 12d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 'l2d to 16d; ducks, each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 4id to sd; butter, fresh, per lb, 9d to 10d; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to 2id ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, bild to 64; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd. MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD AT CAMB•RNE, MAY I.—Total, 3,334 tons ; average produce, 7/, ; quantity of fine copper. 2.8 tons 15 cwt ; amount of sale, 15,550/ 12s Od ; average standard, 103/ 10a Od. Last Sale Standard, 1031 9s Od ; pro duce, 7i. Average price per 21 cwt, 41 I , s 6d. COFFER, ORES FOR SALE AT REDRUTR, MAY B. Cam Brea 578—Wh. Buller 440—Par Consols 361 Tywarnhayle 294—Alfred Consols 188—Levant 123—Wh. Agar 93 Wh. Tremayne 82—West Towan 32—East Go dolphin 30—Cook's Kitchen 24 Trelyon Consols 21—Wh. Vor 7. Total, 2,273 tons. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. - (Miles in work, 236 Return of Traffic for the Week ending April 20, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,183 12 0 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,4!3 17 1 Cattle ... 288 14 9 Total .. ....£8,901 310 Corresponding week, Aptil 21, 1850 (143 miles): Paasengers, parcels, &c. ... Z 1,420 10 Cattle ... 1,448 12 4 •.. = Total £2,869 2 5 LawcAasstas AND YORKSILIRZ RaitmaY.— (260 miles open.) ---,Traffic for week ending April 27...£16,122 7 7 .Corresponding week in last year, (224 miles open) .. ....£1,2,832 17 2 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY....I"Taine for the week ending April 27: MAIN LINZ. Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. Mails ... £1,323 9 4 ... 65 12 8 ••• ••• 43 9 0 11 5 75 0 0 ••• ••• Total £2,403 2 11 ••• MOLD. Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• Goods, cattle, &c. ... Total ... .£4l 19 8 ... 2 2 0 ... 109 5 5 £153 7 1 ••• . ••• ••• STICAM-DO.ATS. ... ... £133 17 8 ... ... 14 17 0 Passengers . Parcels, U. C. and D. £l4B 14 8 GLASGOW AND SO UT II -WESTE RN RAILWAY.— Traftic fo he Week ending April 26, 1851 : Passengers (20,479), Goods, &c., and Horses and Carriages ... £3,714 4 8 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr and Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Raihva Y B ... £3,180 8 3 Total ,AILWA=I/ BRISTOL, MAY 2. t o kecolinr The market has been very inanimate c.— tr ansaction reported w as Western. . O riginal Shares, 89* LIVRRPOOL, MAT 2. STOCK ExmLugoz.—The share market was flat to-day, and prices tending downwards . ANCHESTER, DIRT 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market was firm to-day, but tho butin:ss doing was slight. The transactions were ea fo l: —Lee& Steck) 6'l74—ER Counties, 7 15-15 Wharfdalcs, .10. F. 9d. Dovers, 28511., Sheffield (No. 1), 13 % EidinZf!, & diq . -1 -40 , ,, 6fy. 1141 - 04 rWageo , 8 6-1 6. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 2 THE PROPOSED SYNOD IN EXETER. Mr. CHILDERS said he rose, pursuant to notice, to ask the First Lord of the Trea`ury what the Govern ment were prepared to do with respect to the dio cesan synod contemplated by the Bishop of Exeter ? I❑ order to put the House in possession of the facts of that case he would read a letter from the Bishop of Exeter to the archdeacons of his diocese, which had appeared in the public journals of the preceding day, and which he believed expressed the intentions of the Bishop upon the subject. The letter was as follows : "South Molten, April 28, P5l. " Dear Mr. Archdeacon,— Having announced to my clergy my purpose of holding, with God's permission, a synod of the diocese soon after the conclusion of my present visitation, I now request you to desire the deans rural to inform the pres byteries, whether beneficed or licensed, in their several dean eries, that I have fixed on Wednesday, the 25th of June next for the meeting of the synod, to be continued on the two fol lowing days. " We shall assemble first in the chapter-room, and pro ceed thence to the cat' eclral, at the usual hour of morning prayer, and after having received together the Holy Eucha rist, will re t urn to t h e c h apter-room, which the dean and chapte- have permitted us to use for that purp• , se. " The one great question which only I shall submit to the synod on the first day will be the fitness of our making a declaration of our firm adherence to the great article of the Creed—' I acknowledge one bap , isin for the remission of sins,' as well as to the doctrine of our Church on the grace of that sacrament, as set forth in the Catechism. - "On the two other days we will discuss such matters of practical interest as shall seem best calculated, with God's blessing, to promote the great ends of our ministry—avoiding all questions of controversial theology. "It is manifest that so numerous a body cannot usefully be brought together except by representation. I therefore invite the clergy of every deanery to elect two of their own number, together with their deans rural, to meet me, the dean and the greater chapter, my chaplains, and the officials of the archdeacons. " This election, however, it may be better to defer till within a short time before the proposed meeting. In the meanwhile the questions to be proposed for consideration will be fixed. For this purpose I would desire the deans rural to call together, or otherwise to invite their clergy, to transmit to me any questions which they may recommend for the consideration of the synod. "It is •desirable that such questions be proposed six weeks before the 25th of June, in order that I may select such as shall seem fittest, and submit them to the delibera tion of the clergy of the several deaneries a month before that day. "This will give sufficient time for their deliberation, and for electing their representatives. "As it is important that these representatives should have the full confidence of those from whom they are sent, I would wish that no one be considered as elected who has not an actual majority of the votes of those who are present, and the holders of the proxies of those who are absent. This would be best secured by electing each separately. "The clergy of every deanery may send their opinions on the different questions to be proposed through their representatives, who will, however, be free to give their own judgment on those questions in the synod. "We m.y humbly hope that this and future similar meetings may be a means of giving, both to the bishop and to the clergy at large, the benefit of mutual consultation on various matters which shall from time to time arise of im portant consequence to our ministerial usefulness, and there fore to the edification of out people. " I am, dear Mr. Archdeacon. your affectionate friend and brother in Christ, "H. EXETER." That letter afforded so good an explanation of what the Bishop of Exeter meant to do, that it was only necessary for him to add that there were 800 cl , rgynien in that diocese, and that the Bishop proposed they should be re presented by 60 of their number, and by two members from each rural deanery. With regard to the animus in which ecclesiastical questions were likely to be dis cussed in the proposed synod, he would say nothing more than merely to read one or two extracts from the pastoral of the Bishop of Exeter, which had just been published. These extracts related principally to the questions involved in the Gorham case, which were the great questions the synod would have to consider. The Bishop of Exeter said:— "I grieved to read the statement of the Archbishop, in answer to an address from a portion of you, my c l erg y, i n which he declared, that in Issuing the fiat for institution in Mr. Gorham's case, he hadVeted not judicially, but mini sterially. To affect to act ministerially in such a case, to give mission and authority over souls, as the minister of man, is to renounce the Divine authority of the office in which the power of mission'is lodged—to fling the commis sion of Christ under the roottitOol of an earthly throne! And this, too, when the Crown itself had too just and true a sense of its own duty, as well as of the duty of the Archbishop, to require to accept, or even to be prepared for such a sur render! That surrender can be regarded only as the volun tary betraying of a high and roost sacred trust. Traditor potestatis quam Sancta Mate)! .Ectiesia a Sponso sun acce= perat.' It could not but ba Manifest to me, that if I was wrong—if the Archbishop had not, by instituting Mr. Gor ham, become a fautor of the heretical tenets held by him— and if he had not, as such, forfeited his rights to Catholic communion, any one of his comprovincial bishops who there upon derenounced communion with him, would himself, by so doing, have deserved to be put out of The pale of the Church." by the Archbishop of Canterbury to th e The Bishop of E xeter then went on to remark upon the charge deliv ere d clergy of the di ocese of Chester in 1841, and he said : "After all this, is it possible for any minister of the Eng lish Church who could speak 'the words of truth and sober ness,' to hesitate what he must say of the statements which we have read from this unhappy charge? I declare solemnly, and with a deep sense of the responsibility which attaches to such a declaration concerning a document proceeding from hope such a quart er , th at I could not name any wor k of any minister in our Ch urc h , which, thoug h o f d ou bl e th e b ulk. contains half s o m any heretical statements as are contained The Archbishop, in hi s charge, or rt the Protestant in this one charg e ." clergy would never b e wanting in resistance to a n y attempts which might be made "to weaken faith," and upon this th e Bi s h op o f E xeter s aid : "Now it is not with anyt hi ng lik e a wish to ca r p a t expressed iu bve a words, that I avow my ignoranca of what is meant by the phrase ' the Protestant ' Protestant' and 'Faith' are terms which do not seem to tabli to accord together; the ob ject of ' Faith' is Divine truth, the object of 'Protestant' is human error. How, therefor*can one be an attribute of the other ?" In conclusion, be (Mr. Childers) had only to ask her Ma jesty's Governnaeat how they intended to deal with a propo sal to hold in the diocese of Exeter a synod, which would be presided over by a. prelate who had used such language as that which he - had just quoted?—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, as the Honourabi Member hacL• given notice of his question, he bad thought it necessary to take the opinions of the law officers of . the Crown with regard to dio cesan synods. The Honoutable Gentleman had correctly stated that the Bishop of Exeter proposed to call together a certain assembly .of clergymen of the diocese, elected after a certain manner, to confer on subjects to which the Bishop. of Exeter referred in his letter. It did not appear to hiss (Lord John Russell) that that assembly, though called by the Bishop of Exeter, bore in any respect the character of a synod, either as to the mode of assembling, or the sub- Jects which were proposed to be brought before it. The 25th of Henry VIII. had reference to provincial and diocesan synods—provincial synods could not be called except by the King's writ, • or pass any canons without the consent of the Crown, and ii any person offended against this law he was liable to imprisonment during the pleasure of the Crown. Dio cesan synods, however, could be called by the bishop. The restriction as to passing tenons might certainly be held to apply to diocesan synods; but whether that was so or not it did not,affect the question, 85 the Bishop o f E xeter h ad expressly declared t h at th e assembly whi c h h e proposed to call should not declare any canons. It was , t h ere f ore , very c l ear , w h a tever purpose the Bishop had in view, be did not intend to contravene th e A ct o f Henry VIII., or, as it was called, the Act of Submission. The Attorney- General and Solicitor. General did not think such an assembly of clergymen would 'be unlawful; but the bishop had given a term, and he (Lord J. Rus sell) thought very unfortunately, to the assembly which was calculated to give rise to the appearance that it was contrary to law. It was most unfortunate, to use no harsher term, that the bishop had given the name of synod to an assembly framed in a different way, and called together for a different purpose. The Bishop of Exeter had called into question the judgrant of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and it was to impugn that flenision that he had called toE a thBr the *llea- ,With regard to Ile Laguna wh i c h b e Lad und trivet& Om Ard.l - 4;4p vl cv.L.