The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-01 00:00:00

gtfo zbittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five c clok ir, CUSTOMS BILL. This Bill was read a second time on th! motion of Earl GRANVILLE. COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS ACTS REPEAL BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord REDESDALE regretted the introduction of this Bill. The motion was then agreed to, and the Bill was read a second time. LANDS CLAUSES_ (IRELAND) CONSOLIDA. TION BILL. On the motion of Earl GRANVILLE this Bill was read a second time. STEAM NAVIGATON BILL. This Bill was read a second time. MARINE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up. SHEEP AND CONTAGION BI US DISORDERS PRE. VENTIOLL. This Bill was read a second ti me . POSTAL COMMUNICATION IN IRELAND. The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition from Waterford, praying for increased postal communication. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE explained the extortionate charges of the Irish Railway Companies. The Irish companies in many instances charged more than double what the English Railway Companies charged. In some instances, where English companies charged 2d., the Irish companies charged for the same service 2s. The Post-office paid the South-Eastern Company for the conveyance of the. continental mail 26.3 d. per m il e , w hil e t h e I r i s h_ companies climged 4s. 6d. PETITIONS: The Earl of MALMESBIJitY presented a petition from Jersey for the preservation of the Crystal Palace. Be considered this a most ab.nad petition, for he could not imagine what interest the petitioners could have in the matter. _ _ _ The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions in favour of the preservation of the Crystal Palace. NEW FOREST DEER REMOVAL. BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. NAVAL PROMOTIONS. Earl TALBOT moved for a copy of the Order in Council receatly issued for the regulation of promotions in the navy. He knew that he brought this motion forward under great disadvantages at this late peried of th e sess i on , w h en the business was nearly wound up and the annual fish dinner was fixed for to morrow. He considered that this measure inflicted a great injustice on the officers in the service, and he hoped they would undergo revision. Several officers would be very hardly treated by this order in council, bybeing placed against their wills on the reserved list, and he had received several letters from some of these officers cers com plaining of that injustice. Among those who were thus unfairly treated were Sir A. Green, Rear-Admir a l Captain ear-Admiral Bois, Forbes, Sir John 80, Sir George Westphall, O'Brien. Ono of the officers who had been pla ce d upon the iist, on the ground that he bad not serve d a sufficient tune afloat , had applied for empl o y ment no reserved less than 80 tunes—once a quarter, for twenty years, he had applied to the Admiralty for employment. There were great complaints in the e.ervice that empl o y ment was only given to particular men and particular sets, to the exclusion of others. Ile wished to know whether coast guard service and inspecting service, and gunner service would reckon for promotion. There wero many officers constantly employed. Now the continued employ ment of Sir W. Parker in the Mediterranean was a reflection on all other officers, ai if there were no other officers capable of commanding it. It was said he was to have another command when he came home ; and if so it was a shame Then again Captain Martin had served his time in com mand of his fleet. Why was not he called home, and why were others excluded ? He did not mean to cast the slightest reflection on those gallant officers who were, admirably fitted for their commands should always do their duty, but it was an injustice to others not to give them the same chance of service as had been given to those officers with these perpetual changes introduced by Oorders in Council. naval officers did not know what they had to trust to. He thought that every officer, as the time approached when he would be elisible for a flag, should have an op portunity afforded him of commanding a ship, and was to serve out his time. The Noble Earl concluded by movin,z formally fur the production of the order in Council. Earl GREY could have no objection to grant the motion for the production of the orders in Council With regard to the production of the rules adopted by the Admiralty for their guidance, in the selection of their officers, those rules were never reduced to writing. Earl TALBOT would not press for their production. arl GREY did not object to the production of the other papers, and when the Noble Earl drew the attention of the House to those papers, then would be the to discuss the question which the Noble Earl wished to raise. It was undoubtedly a matter of great importance to reduce our overburdened navy list, and such a reduction would be not less bea,ticial to the service than to the public. He regtetted that his Noble Friend had adopted the dangerous and unc,nstitutional practice of cinvsssing the claims of particular officers. It was a prac ice dangerous to the interests of the service and the constitution of thu country. (1.1,7 T SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAK 1;:t took th© Chair shortly after Twelve. NEW WRIT'. On the motion of Mr. GOULBURN, a new writ was ordered for Downpatrick, in the room of Richard Ker, Esq., who had accepted the Chiltern Huudred.3. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords.' amendments to the Shrewsbary and Chester Railway Bill were considered and agreed to. atrward's Estate Bill and the Duke of Bridgwater's Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. WATER COUPANIES, Mr. COWPER. moved that the Wandle Water and Sewerage Company 8111, Lee River Trust Bill, New River Company Bill, and Etst London Waterworks Bill, having been suspended, in consequence of a resolu tion 01 this House, be allowed to proceed, during the next session of Parliament, at the stage at which the said Bills shall, at the termination of the present ses sion, be suspended. That if the promoters of the said Bills shall opie notice by advertisement once in the London Gazette, and for three successive weeks in the months of October and November next, or ono of them, in the local newspaper or uewspapers which may ho usually in circulation in the part of the country through which the line of works is pro;; std to pass, of their intentien to present a petition for the re-introduction of such a Bid, area if a petition for leave to bring in any of such Bills eteell be presented to the House during the next session of rs mew:, and referred to the Exami ner of P.e:tions for Private Bilis, the Examiner shall examiee whether the seid petition be the same in sub stance as :Ley petition tor the same purpose, and from the same parties, which was presented in this session of rarliament, and in that case whether a subscription contract or declaration in lieu thereof, as required by the stemming orders, binding in the usual way the sub scribers to Inc undertaking, has be-us entered into and is valid at the vale of such inquiry, and whether, in the cases where a subscription con tract was made, the deposit of .51. per cent. upOA such subserintien is lodged in the manner required by the standing orders. That in such case, and on proof of such notice having been given as afore said, the standing orders with respect to any such Bill shall be held re have been complied with, and the Com mittee to winch any such Bill shall be referred shall ex amine whether the Bill be in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House during the present session of Pa r li ament , Agreed to. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the re tention of the Crystal Palace NEW ZEALAND EI SETTLEMENTS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed after the second clause had been struuckNpoult.l LUNATICS a third time's) BILL. This Bill was read ME FROPOLITAN INTE aa ß r s T l e :E ci al Pa T ss s ed ikL . This Bid was considered and to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. I GULATION ATTORNIES AND SOLICI roßs ACT AMENDMENT BILL, This Bill was considered and agreed to. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL, This Bill was considered and agreed to. CROWN ESTATES PAVING. BILL, Tbis Bill was read a , third time and passed. COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL, The House then went into Committee on this Bill. nt ,aump. h e t ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the following 10 Vie' And wh e r eas it ii; i irovided by the Act 9 and ceived in „, e. 5, B. 40, that the grea t e st salaries to bo re courts, shanli' case by the judges and clerks of the county 1,2001. by a judge, and 600/. by a clerk, be it enactedb6taellat Irian and after the passing of this Act, the greater. said judg e; , and Clerks to be received in any case by the judge, and 7001. by respectively, shall bo 1,500/. by a Mr. W. WILLIAMSIa clerk. ground that circumstances opposed the clause, on the the salaryof . conuces, did not call for an increase in C0111,,,,7 protes r i t ed Mr. COLLINs j :,:a e l e n s ;t the clause, but not w ishing to take any ra ct i o the session, he weal(' not divide course at this !ate period of Sir GEORGE PEo ua i r l?' the House, o!' faith bad been "tad i ,coiderecl that a breach dens on the officers. The;,_, ,placing additional bur duties 0 perform thcal were co i l yi te i ni hr more arduous atd . County Courts Act, and ought, i n hi,,l) by the first increa,,ed sole of remuneration. p c „P,, i r l, 10 have an clause it svas le, nf3certain whether4h:ya the P r " ent have 1,000/. or 1,500/. a year. judges Were to The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said that s-it wa ; tended that the minimum 9 salary should b e 1, (301. n - Mr. CLAY would like to see ex p r ess words intro_ dueed into the Bill fixing the minimum at that amount. Sir G. STRICKLAND considered tha t as eountv courts were every (fry growing into importance and use - - fulaess, the respectability o: I' the judges ought to be kept up by giving them a salary, the amount of which would , be auffiaieut to secure eminent and experierced lawyers. Vise soma further discussion, &it. W. WILLIAUS said, as he diV? the general • I t,tax► iR tag THE SUN, LONDON, feeling of the House was in favour of the clause he would not press any amendment. The clause was then agreed to. Mr. HARDCASTLE moved a clause, the object of which was to provide a setter; of 3001. to assistant-clerks, instead of paying them by the present mode of remu neration. Lord D. STUART said the assistant-clerk, in many cases, discharged all the real duties of the first clerk, and ought to receive a fair salary for his labour. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the clause. After some discussion the clause was withdrawn. The preamble was then agreed to, and the Chairman was directed to report the Bill. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was considered and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MA NAGEMENT (No. 2) BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY objected to going on with the Bill until the House was in possession of the report and evidence upon which it was founded. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the Bill was not founded upon the report or the evidence to which the Hon. Member referred. The Bill was not compulsory, as that report recommended, but was merely permissive. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY still entertained a strong ob jection to the Bill. Colonel THOMPSON asked if the Bill would force the parties to whom it referred to enter into certain COn; tracts whether they wou ld or no ?—(Cries of " No,no. ) Well, then, wou l d i t mere l y g i ve powe r to the parties to make such contracts if they so thought fit?—(Yes, yes.) Mr. AGLIONBY urge d upon the Government the expediency o f p os tp on i ng the measure .t until next ses sion. He deni e d that it was a permissive 8111 as now stood. Sir B. HALL thought the lessees who would be affected before t h b e y H t h o u e 0 B ill forwarded o u ght t l o t have h er time st a t g o n .—(Hee r a r. i ) t Ai n i o h wasrejected by admirable fo r its purpose, theh oter and d7 c tim branch of Btuhsiell' in provisions, Legislature islature after a long deliberation, but this Bill was to be disposed of in a very different ma nner. It was to be pressed forward with indecent haste, and the parties who were most interested in its provisions were to be refused the opportunity of considering its details. Now if the Noble Lord imagined that he could pass a Bill of this important character within two days after it had come down from the Lords, he must be labouring under a species of episco phobia that was . perfectly ast oun di ng .—(A l aug h.) H e protested against the House proceeding farther with this Bill, which might benefit one or two parties, but would inflict great injustice upon the majority of the ecclesiastical ]leaseholdere of the country. He did not object to the principle of the BUJ, bat to the hurried manner in which Government were attempting to pass it through, and he hoped the House would help him to get it postponed until next session. With the recent experience connected with the Church fresh in the minds of the people, it was exceedingly impolitic to proceed further with this Bill, which would exas perate the public mind, and render legislation upon the subject next session impossible.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said no palpable objection had been or could be urged against the Bill. The Hon. Baronet, according to his own statement, did not object to the principle of the Bill, bat merely to some of its details. Well, then, why not go into Committee and see if it was possible to improve its provisions? There was nothing arbitrary in the Bill. The lessees would be left to make their own bargain with the ecclesiastical corporations, and it was quite impossible that it could inflict injury upon either side. Then what objection could there be to passing the Bill, even at this late period of the session, if it contained ,nothing unfair or unjust? No damage could accrue to any one from the passing of the Bill, and as the objections which had been urged by the Hon. Baronet could be removed in Com mittee he could not consent to postpone it until next session. Mr. HENLEY said the Noble Lord had entirely over looked the fact that the parties who were most interested in this Bill had had no opportunity whatever of con sidering its provisions. That was the principle reason nrgod in favour of delay, and he for one thought the reason was conclusive.—(Hear, hear.) The arrangements to be made under this Bill were to be regulated by an ob jectionable Board, who might lay down rules and establish principles which rendered the Bill virtually inoperative; and when the lessees themselves came to Parliament to legislate equit ably upon this subject, they would be met with the objection that a permissive law was already in existence which must have a fair trial before any further legis lation could take place. Now, he was anxious to guard against such a state of things as that, and he should support the Hon. Baronet opposite in obtaining the postponement of this measure. More than half the Members of the House had left town, and after the pledge which had been given by Government on this subject it would be a breach of faith to press this Bill forward with indecent haste. Mr. NEWDEGATE also objected to proceeding with the Bill, as it would give the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners power to interfere with the rights of tenants, and lessors the power to avoid all leases without compensate ing the lessees in the manner which the law and equity of the land provided. Mr. SPOONER, on the other hand, supported the Bill, and contended that it was impossible that any injustice could be done under its provisions, as before a lease. could be avoided the consent of the lessee as well as the lessor must be first obtained for the purpose. He did not, however, think that the Ecclesiastical Commis sioners were the proper parties to negotiate the avoid ance, but that was a matter of detail which could be remedied in Committee. Mr. J. A. SMITH thought that on the whole the wisest and best thing they could do was to go into Com mittee on this Bill. It mast not be understood, however, that in consenting to go into Committee ho gave his un qualified approval to the principle of the Bill, nor did he aisagree with those Honourable Members who looked upon it as an unfortunate circumstance that a Bill of this nature and importance should be introduced at this late period of the session. Like other Hon. Members who had preceded him, he protested against the Ecclesiastical Commissioners having power to form the rules and regulations upon which the provi sions of this Bill were to be put in force, and when they got into Committee be hoped the clause giving them that power would be struck out of the Bill altogether. Lord D. SrUART thought it a sufficient reason why they should not proceed with this Bill, that the parties most interested in its provisions had not yet had an op • portunity of considering its provisions, and he should therefore move the adjoarment of the debate. Mr. ALCOCK said many of his consituents were leases under the Bishop of Winchester, and as they bad been afforded no opportunity of considering even the principle of the Bill, let alone its details, he should vote against going into Committee. Mr. AGLIONBY, although somewhat opposed to the Bill, would nevertheless vote fur going into Committee in the hope of being able to improve its provisions and remove seine of the objections which had been taken to the clauses. For his own part he was quite content to leave the interests of all parties in the hands of the pre sent Commissioners. Mr. RICE expressed himself entirely of the same opinion as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, that all matters were safe in the hands of the Commissioners. Mr. AI ULLINGS was afraid that the interests of the lessees were being overlooked. He was entirely favour able to the principle of the present Bill, but he thought alterations ought to be made in it to protect the rights of the les!ees. Atter a few words from Lord J. RUSSELL, The House divided, when there appeared— For the adjeurnment Against it ... ••• ••• Majority ... •-• ••• On our return to the gallery, Mr. STUART complained of the conduct of the Go. vcrnment in forcing on this measure, which Honourable Members had not had time to consider. He thought there was great necessity for delay. He hoped the Noble Lord would not drive the House into discussion and division in order to obtain time for consideration of the Bill. 30 51 -21 Mr. FREWEN said that ho should move that the ' House should go into Committee on the 13111 on this day three months, for the purpose of giving time for consi deration. He protested against Bills being brought down from the other House at this late period of the session and forced through this House. Sir B. HALL hoped that if the House went into Committee, it would be on the understanding that the Bill should not be passed into law this session. Mr. CAYLEY thought that unless some provision were introduced into the Bill for the protection of the lessee, they ought not to attempt to carry it on. He hoped the Government would make a promise to this effect. Colonel SIBTHORP supported the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL declined to pledge himself to in troduce any clause into the Bill, as suggested by the Hon. Member for the North Riding. In reference to this subject, he wished to inform the House that it was not his intention to proceed with the Charitable Trusts Bill this session. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY thought the best course would be to go into Committee now on the Bill on the understanding that it s h ou ld not b e p roce eded with furth er t hi s sess i on. Lord J. RUSSELL sa id h e did no t thi n k that they would b e Member s would not consent next year to ta k e the Bill gaining anything: by this course, as Hon, intact as it came from the Committee of this year, with out proposing Eo o r g s e o i t n h their amen d men t s anew. The llu 48 g en in d to ivi c d o e m d, m w it h t e e n e there appeared— Against it 37 Majority ..• • • ••• --11 Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Cayley, said he would consent to the Bill now going into Committee pro forma, and then to postpone the further proceeding of the Bill in Committee until Monday. The Bill then wont pro forma through Committee and was fixed for Monday at five o'clo c k. , (LEFT SITTING.) CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMFANT.—Yesterday the Committee of the Lords, Earl Grafton in the chair, .passed the preamble of this company's Bill for carrying out their financial arrangements. THB RIGHT HON. THE SPEAKER'S OFFICIAL DINNE X TO TUE OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMORS.— The following is the list of invitations : —Sir D. Le Mar chant, Lord Charles Russell, Mr. William Ley, Mr. Clement son, Mr. Lienry Ley, Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Chalmars, Mr. IGauddg Smith, IMr e, Mr. W Rev. u h r, crittam,. Mr. Dyson, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Row , Mr. J ones,. l d r. v P ai os eg tle r t a h y w e, al isi te, r. ll G fr o . 85e Ri t c , kards, Mr. May, !Ir. J Mr. Le Froy, and th e . athier. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 1, 1851. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Ed mund Ruck Keene to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cal vert, who retires ; Cornet William Hull to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Keene ; Ensign and Lieute nant Robert Desmond Suliven, from the Coldstream Re giment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Hull, who exchanges; Cornet Coote Synge Hutchinson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Golfrey, who retires, Aug. 1. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant William Hull, from the 2nd Dragoon Guards, to be En sign and Lieutenant, vice Sullivan, who exchanges, Aeg. 1. Ist Foot—Ensign John Alexander Chrystie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hibbert, who retires, Aug. 1. 3rd Foot—Quartermaster William Stillwell, from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Quartermaster, vice Joseph Cartinail, who retires upon half-pay, Aug. 1. 16th Foot—Surgeon John Drope M.lllree, from the 97th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Reade, who exchanges, Aug. 1. 32d Foot—Captain Henry William Bate, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Felling Pigott, who exchanges, Aug. 1. 36th Foot—Major-General Lord Frederick Fitz - Clarence, to be Colonel, vice General Sir Roger Halo Sheaffe, Bart., deceased, July 23. 54th Foot—Lieutenant William Freeland Brett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Chalk, deceased; Ensign John Sackville Swann to be Lieutenant, vice Brett, Juno 25; Sergeant-Major Thomas Hipkin to be En sign, vice Swann, Aug. 1. 81st Foot—Ensign Charles Hunter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hignell, who retires, Aug. 1. 84th Foot—Li e ut enant Henry Abraham Whitmore Ayton, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, vice Saunders, promoted to an Unattached Com pany, Aug. 1. 85th Foot—Lieutenant William Williamson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Day, who retires; Ensign Frederick Sitwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williamson, Aug. 1. 97th Foot—Surgeon Henry Cooper Reade, from the 16th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice M'lllree, who exchanger, Aug. 1. COMMISSARIAT. MEMORANDUM—Deputy Assistant Commissary-Ge neral Thomas Strickland has been permitted to resign his commission from 28th June, 1851. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 3h Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Francis William Hastings to be Second Captain, vice Hill, retired upon half•pay; Second Lieutenant Walter Chidiock Nangle to be First Lieutenant, vice Hastings, July 24 ; Second Lieutenant Henry Strover to be First Lieutenant, vice East, resigned, July 26. ADMIRALTY, JULY 28. With reference to the plan of naval retirement which appeared in the London Gazette of June 27, 1851, the following officers have this day been promoted, and placed on the Reserved Half-pay List of the Royal Nary:— Commanders to be Captains. Nicholas Alexander, Esq. James Gabriel Gordon, Esq. James Robertson Walker, Esq. George Bignell,3q. Samuel Wriford, Esq,, Edward Hollingworth Delafoase, Esq. Richard Howell Fleming, Esq. William Grint, Esq. Thomas Lowton Robins, Esq. Richard Douglas, Esq. Thomas Furber, Esq. John Pearse, Esq. Francis Ormond, Esq. John Cornwall, Esq. Spencer Smyth, Esq. Thomas Pict Robinson, Esq. Joseph Cammilleri, Esq. John Reeve, Esq. Lieutenants to be Captains. George Williamson, Esq. Richard Bastard, Esq. John Mahon), Esq. Thomas Jackson (a), Esq. Thomas Clack, Esq. Thomas Archer, Esq. Joseph William Crabb, Esq. Henry Garrett, Esq. James Sedgwick Lean, Esq. Charles Haydon, Esq. John M`Gladery, Esq. Edward Brown Addis, Esq. Henry Parry, Esq. Redmond Moriarty, Esq. Charles Friend, Esq. Henry Gladwell Etough, Esq. Henry Lancaster, Esq. James Carter (b), Esq. Thomas Woods, Esq. William Lory, Esq. Comtnissr by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Ist Trooir Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir R o b e rt Jacob Buxto ; Bart., to be Cornet, July 25. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenants of Wiltshire. Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Ed mund Autrobus to be Captain, vice Sir Edmund Antro bus, Bart., resigned; Cornet Watson Taylor to be Lieu tenant, vice Astley resigned; Cornet James Charles Her bert Welbore Ellis Agar Viscount Somerton to be Lieu tenant, vice Antrobus, promoted; John Whittaker Bush, Gentleman, to be Cornet, vice Long. promoted; Alfred Buckley, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Viscount Somerton, promoted, July 16. WHITEHALL, JULY 25. The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, lint., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed Edmund Ward, of Prescot, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be one of the Per petual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Lancaster. WHITEHALL, JULY 29. The Right Honourable Sir John Jervis, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed George Slade Butler, of Rye, in the county of Sussex, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the counties of Sussex and Kent. BANKRUPTS. Henry Mowbray Arliss and Elijah Tucker, printers, Frith-street, Soho-squ are , to surrender Aug. 9, at one, and Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Nicholson and Parker, Lime street. John Brown, grocer, Deal, Aug. 9 and Sept. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official as signee; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. Thomas Edward Slate bookbinder, Hatton-garden, August 8, at twelve, and September 12, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rutter and Trotter, Ely-place, Hol born. John Hine May, draper, Brecknock-terrace, Camden town, Aug. 12, at one, and Sept. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street; Sule, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. Morley Beim brickmaker, Upwell, Norfolk, Aug. 8, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 11, at half• past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hensrnan, Basing-lane, Bow-lane, Cheapside; 011ard, Upwell, Cambridgeshire. Edward George Cuff, wine merchant, Leicester, Aug. and Sept. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court, at Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Henderson, Mansell-street ; Spooner, Leicester. John Short, wine merchant, Weedon Beck, Northamp tonshire, Aug. 12, at twelve, and Sept. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornbill; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Gery and Son, Daventry. Robert Mitchell, baker, Walthamstow, Essex, Aug. 8, at two, and Sept. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pownall, Birchin-lane. John Macduff, auctioneer, Brynmawer, Becknockshire, Aug. 19, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan, Bristol. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending July 29, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into. Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 265. ?id. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 255. bid. From the East Indies ... 255. lid. „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... ... 265. 40. By authority of Parliament, MCNRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Aug. 1. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London .New Price Current, Aug. 1.) SUGAR.—To-day the demand was not better for West India Sugar, still holders refused to sell grocery or re fining qualities qualities under former rates. The pur chases are 541, making for the week 2,303 hhds, &c. The market for both Colonial and Foreign Sugar, on the whole, closes with a firmer appearance. REFINED. —For home trade goods there is still a firm market, with a fair business doing; low to fine grocery Lumps realise from 46s to 49s per cwt. Crushed Sugar for exportation is still operated in with much caution, and rates are expected to rule lower. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon holders of Mauritius Sugar were firmer, and at public sale 3,469 bags were nearly all taken in rather above the value, good to fine yellow at 37s t 9 38s 6d, low to good mid 34s to 365 ) good to fine brown 31s 6d to 33s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon full rates were obtained for Bengal ugur, and there was rather more demand for the better qualities. At public sale 1,005 bags sold at 38s 6d to 41s for ord and good white Benares, mid grainy yellow 39s to 40s 6d. There was no public sale of Madras, but dry and grainy kinds are rather more in demand privately at previous terms. FOREIGN.—To-d ay there was little business done pri vately in Foreign Sugar, still duty paid parcels or float ing cargoes cannot be obtained under previous terms. None of any sort was offered at auction. There are several buyers at a small decline. MoLassEe • —A fair amount of business has been con cluded this w ec h and holders have refused to bell at 417 further ' re4l4o ti9nii the rates obtained for Antigua have been 15s to 15s 6d, other sorts of West India 128 6d to 14s 6d; Porto Rico and Cuba 138 6d to 14s; Bengal and Mauritius Ils 6d to 12s per cwt. Honey is offered rather wider previous rates. COCOA.—Holders of British Plantation are unable to obtain any advance, the stock being 4,400 bags more than last year, and arrivals near at hand ; a fair business has, however, been concluded privately, low to mid red Trinidad at 40s to 435, good to fine 44s to 503, grey from 36s to 403, and Grenada 33s to 40s; the con sumption appears to be on the increase. There are yet few buyers of Foreign; Bahia and Para can be ob tained at 25s to 275, and Guayaquil 293 to 30s per cwt; at auction 200 bgs Para were taken in above the value: the chief portion of the stock of Cocoa here consists of inferior quality. COFFEE.—This afternoon the demand for Coffee was brisk both fur home consumption and exportation. The public sales went at stiff rates; 5,146 bags Costa Rica, good to fine ord at 43s 6d to 455, fine fine ord 46s to 51s, superior bold colory 60s 6d to 655, and damaged 41s to 455; 37 casks 57 bags Plantation Ceylon, good mid and good 55s 6d to 60s, and triage 43s to 43s 6d, several pur chases were made in Native Ceylon, and rates closed firmly at 383 to 393 according to quality. TEA.—There has been little • desire to operate in Con gou this week, and merchants are disposed to sell; low to good ord at 10d to lqd, medium to rather strong blackish leaf I Id to Is, and good to fine kinds is Oid to Is 7d; the supply is also on the increase, and fine qualities are least wanted. In better sorts of Green sales have been small, and the rates accepted are rather under those current in the previous week, but medium and low kinds have been in good demand at pre vious terms, Young Hyson and Canton Gunpowder being most in request. In Oolong several purchases have been made at is to is 7d, but at these terms mer chants are disposed to sell, on account of an increasing supply. Scented and Pekoe sorts are offered at moderate terms. RICE.—To• day Rice met with little attention, and of 5,052 bags Madras, at auction, not above half sold at steady rates; ord and good Bengal grain went at 88 to 9s, mid and good pinkey 7s 6d to Bs, and damaged 6s to Ss per cwt. Of Sago Flour the sound of 2,063 bags was nearly all taken in at 14s 6d to 15e, but damaged sold at 6s to 12s 6d. Of Sago 33 bags sold at 18s for fair pearl. SincEs.—Today at public sale 267 cs Cochin Ginger sold at low rates, and went at 44s to 48 6d for mid. Of damaged Afrioan 14 t a gs went at 235, and 12 ceka Nut megs, fine limed 2s Bd, low and mid is 4d to 2s. SPIRITS.—There has been a good demand for East India Rum, and rates are firm at is 3d to is 4d per gallon proof; the supply is also moderate. Orders have increased for Leeward Island, and the parcels sold were at is 5d to is 6d proof. In Demerara several transac tions have taken piace at is Id to 2s 2d for 28 to 40 over proof; and merchants are less disposed to press sales. There is an increased demand for Jamaica, both for borne consumption and ship ping. The rates paid fdr fine and superior are 3o 2d to 4s 4d for 35 to 38 per cent over proof: good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 8d to 3s, and inferior 30 to 33 over proof 2s 3d to 2e 7d. The demand for Brandy is better thaa it was last week ; there is, how ever, little prospect of rates ad►ancing stock being large. Cogniac best Brands of the Vintage of 1850 can be obtained at is 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4,3 Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 11d to 59 Id, older 5s 4d to 7s; low to mid 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d. British made Spirit is not cheaper, bat the demand has been limited at 96 5d to 9s Gd; and Gin for exportation at 2s 61. Geneva is is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 9d to 2s. INotoo.—Purchases to a fair extent have been made in East India for home consumption this week, and ex port orders are also on the increase; holders display firmness, and obtain a small advance on late sale rates. Spanish met with increased attention, and realised an advance of 2d per lb. At auctin 106 serous Guatimala were sold at is 9d to 3s 4d for Cortes; and at 3s 3d to 4s Gd for Sobres. There is every prospect of a further in crease taking place in the demand forlndigo for all purposes COCHINEAL.—To-day the publio sales of Cochineal went at rather lower, but 236 bags all sold; Honduras silvers, ord and mid 23 I Id to 39 Id, good and fine blank 4s to 4s 6d; Mexican silvers, mid and good 3s to 3s 3d, black 3s 5d to 4s 6d. SALTPETRE.—There has been no public sale, and the purchases made privately have been small; rates yet tend downwards, and rule at 25s to 28s 6d for low to fine Calcutta. British Refined met with little attention, and there are sellers at 293 to 29s 6d. In Nitrate of Soda little has been done, and there are sellers at 14s. Oms.—At auctiou this afternoon 39 tuns Sperm mostly sold at 851 to 861 ss, one lot 341; the bulk at 851 to 86/; 38 tuns Southern sold, double compass 321 15s to 331, single 321 15a, and nic 32/ 10s. TALLow.—This afternoon the Tallow market was firm; at public sale 148 pps 14 hhda 202 has South American at 37s 8d for fine; 638 cka Australian—Mut ton 37a 6d to 37s 9d; Beef, second 36s 6d to 36s 9d. P. Y. C. at 37s 9d to 38s on the spot, and in good demand. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 26th day of July, 1851. 15517 X DEPLETMLNT. Notes issued •..... 27,225,485 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities ...• 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,192,110 thilver bullion .....• 33,375 4327,225,485 27,225,485 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the alst day of July, 1851. Proprietor s'e spit al • • 14,553,000 Rest - . - .. 3,223,598 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, SaV ings-banks, and Di . !LETKEN T. ,Government smut- vidend accoun,s).. 4,295,495 Other deposits ...... 9,097,563 eleven day and other ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,464,021 Other securities 11,600,605 Notes •••••• •• .. 6,709,445 Gold and silver coln.. 591,251 8i115.............. 1,195,667 £32,365,322 432,365,322 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 31st day of July, 185 COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam •• • • 11 16% Ditto, three months 11 18U Rotterdam .......... 11 is Antwerp • • .... • • •• .. 25 25 Brussels ••••.. • • • ••• • 25 25 Hamburgh .. • • M.H. 13 Paris, 3 dayesight • 25 5 Ditto. 3 months .. • . 25 25 Marseilles • • •• •• .• • • 25 25 Bourdeaux.... ..... • irrankforton Maine.... 119% Vienna, effec. flo •••• •• 11 46 Trieste, ditto.... •• .... 11 47 Petersburgh, 911. Rble.. 37 Si adricl • • • ...... • • 50 Cadiz • . • • 60% Barcelona LNGE.-('THIS DAY.) Gibraltar • • • •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn ........ • • ...• 30 40 Genoa ...• •• •. •• •• •• •• 25 41 Milan .• -• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice...• • • • • • • • • • • • • Naples .. •• •• •• •• •• •• 41% Palermo, peroz ........ 124 Messina ,O •I 1 •••••• •• •• 124 1 4 Lisbon.... • • .......... 53 ;( Oporto ................ bak Rio Janeiro .• ...... • • Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. • • .... PRICES OP BI7LLION, PER OR, Foreign Geld in bars.. X 3 17 5 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloon' .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •... •• 0 4 113( Sliver in bars ........ 0 5 0% A clergyman, whilst passing through a shady lane, in the neighbourhood of Stroud, Gloucestershire, on Thurs day last, was suddenly attacked by a swarm of wasps. He defended his face as well as he could, but at last bad fairly to run for it, and escaped into a house near, but not before re ceiving above twenty stings —on both ears, the back of his neck, and the crown of his head, his hat having fallen off during the battle. Had there not been a house at hand he might have lost his life, his foes having clustered on him so thickly. Fortunately, the pain was removed by a timely application of cil and honey.--Bath Chronicle. Ald‘erman Farebrother being upon the rota as magistrate at Guildhall on Saturday next, will not be able to avail himself of the invitation to thefetes to be given at Paris. SUNDERLAND, JULY 3 0.—Wind S.—Acrd. Tasso Bolton, and Percy, Carr, Quebec; Alida, Altona. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1851 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 31. STOCK - IN-TRADE BILL (Continued from our Fifth Edition of yesterday.) The Marquis of SALISBURY expressed a hope that the Bill to be introduced upon that subject next session would not be one of a merely temporary character. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, The Bill was read a third time and passed. THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR having moved the third reading of this Bill, The Earl of MALMESBURY said he thought they would not be treating the other House fairly by sending down to that House a Bill of that importance, with not less than ninety clauses, within four or five days of its close of the session. He believed that their Lordships would not give assent to a Bill brought before them under similar circumstances. The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed a hope that their Lordships would assent to the Bill, which he looked upon as one of a very valuable character, and the merits of which had already baen fully canvassed. He thought it likely that the other House would adopt the measure; and he further believed that their Lord ships ought to pass it whatever might be its fate else where. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that he thought her Majesty's Government must have been guilty of what he should call inexcusable carelessness in not having brought forward that measure at an earlier period of the session. Why, he would a ask, bad it not been introduced in that House during the first three months of the session, when their Lordships had had little or no business eny kind to discharge? Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that as a member of the Commission that had inquired into that subject, he could state that the Bill had not been brought under the con sideration of the Government until after the commence ment of the session. The Marquis of SALISBURY said that he thought hie Noble Friend whe had preceded him had taken blame to himself, and that if the Commission had been as diligent as it ought to have been, the Bill could have been brought before Parliament at an earlier period of the session. He believed that if the House of Com mons were to do their duty to their constituents, they would not pass the measure during the present session. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. COURT OF CHANCERY AND JUDICIAL COM- MITTEE BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said that as considerable arrears had taken place in the appeal business before the Court of Chancery it had been thought desirable to increase: the judicial staff for dealing with that business. The means which had at first been suggested for carrying out that object had led to considerable difference of opinion; but after much discussion and consideration the present Bill had been brought forward, and had been fortunate enough to receive the approbation of all those whese attention had been directed to the subject. The main object of the Bill was to create new judges for hearing appeal cases, and it would also provide that those judges shol;ld nal/ e be members of the Judicial Committee. The duties of that Committee had become exceedingly important, and it had therefore been thought desirable that its members should receive the aid of the new judges when these judges should not be engaged in the Court of Chan cery. The Bill did not deal with the general question of the administration of justice in that court, and their Lordships were no doubt aware that a Commission which had recently been appointed was at present en gaged in investigating that important subject. He was authorised to state that a Noble and Learned Lord (Lord Lyndhurst, we believe), on whose opinion the House de servedly set a very high value, decidedly approved of the Bill then under their Lordship? consideration, and that it had also met with the approval of another Noble and Learned Lord (Lord Brougham, we believe) then absent from indisposition. All those legal gentlemen, who had given an opinion upon the subject, had also expressed themselves in favour of the measure. He trusted, therefore, that their Lordships would see no reason to refuge their assent to the second reading of the Bill. He would take that opportunity of correcting an erroneous impression which very generally prevailed, to the effect that hardly any attempt had been made in re cent times to improve the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery. The truth was that for a period of more than 20 years the attention of the heads of that court had been constantly directed to that subject, and that a series of great improvements had been the result of those labours. In the year 1824 Lord Eldon, who had at that time been Lord Chancellor, had caused a Com mission to be appointed for the purpose of inquiring ge nerally into the practice of the Court of Chancery, and that Commission, which had consisted of between twenty and thirty legal gentlemen of the highest distinction, after an inquiry which had lasted two years, had pro duced, as the result of its labours, ,an immense folio volume, containing a vast number of most useful sug gestions. In the year 1827 Lord Lyndhurst had suc ceeded to the office of Lord Chancellor, and that Noble and Learned Lord, after having directed his attention to the report of the Commission appointed under Lord Eldon, had in the year 1828 issued a number of orders for expediting and cheapening business in the Court of Chancery. In the year 1830 an Act had been passed for the purpose of improving the jurisdiction of that court, and also for the purpose of amending the prac tice of the court in regard to commitments for con tempt. That latter measure, which was known as Sir B. Sugden's Act, had very,,much mitigated the severity of the law in relation to those commitments. In the year 1832, Lord Brougham had become Lord Chancellor, and in the year 1833 that N o bl e an d L earne d L or d had is sued a great number of orders for improving the practice of the Court. There had been issued altogether, since the Great Seal had been committed to Lord Lyndhurst, not less than between 500 or 600 orders for the accom plishment of the same object. In the year 1840, Lord Cottenham had issued an additional number of those orders. Since that time three or four Acts of Parliament had been passed for the purpose of diminishing the ex pense of suits in the Court of Chancery, and of facilitat ing the transaction of business in that Court. When he (the Lord Chancellor) had last year been raised to the office which he had then the honour to fill he had issued 30 or 40 orders; and he believed that no one was more convinced than he was that the administration of justice ought to bo improved to the utmost possible extent. A committee, consisting of seven or eight legal gentlemen, had some time since been appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the best means of improving the ad ministration of justice in the Court of Chancery; and to that commission there had lately been added, on the recommendation of the House of Commons, two lay gentlemen, whose labours, in co-operation with those of members of the legal profession, would, he trusted, lead to the most valuable results. Much, no doubt, still remained to be done for the improvement of the Court of Chancery; but the complaint that nothing had hitherto been done for the attainment of that object was utterly unfounded. He believed that the only ground for sur prise was that so much had been done in that way, in spite of the great complexity and extent of the interests with which the Court of Chancery had to deal. All the former commissions which had inquired into that sub ject had been authorised to deal merely with the prac tice of the Court, while the present commission would also address itself to the jurisdiction of the Court, with a view to ascertain what alterations might with advantage be effected in that jurisdiction. He believed that the Bill then before them would be productive of consider able advantage, by adding to the appellate force in the Court of Chancery, and by enabling the Lord Chancel lor to give more of his attention than he could heretofore have given to the business which came before their Lordships. He trusted that, under these circumstances, they would have no hesitation in assenting to the second reading of the measure. The Earl of ABERDEEN said he believed it was well known that although his Noble and Learned Friend then absent from the House (Lord Lyndhurst) approved of the Bill as far as it went, he regarded it as merely a small step in the right direction. There was one impor tan Spoint to which he (the Earl of Aberdeen) wished to call the special attention of their Lordships. More than two-thirds of the appeal cases which were brought before the House came from Scotland. Now under all the circumstances of the case it was surprising how well the cases were disposed of, and he believed that the de cisions with respect to them had given on the whole very great satisfaction. But still the state of appeals from Scotland was not altogether unobjectionable. He had no doubt but the Noble and Learned Lord on the woolsack would do all that could be done to effect reform in that particular branch of the administration of justice. The mode in which the English judges had adminis tered the law on appeals from Scotland, it was admitted, had given general satisfaction to that country. But there was one point particularly to which he wished to direct consideration, and that was the manner in which appeals in some instances stayed execution of the sen tence. He believed that up to some years ago the same was the case in England; but in Scotland the fact of appeals stopping the execution of the sentence gave en couragement, in many instances, to the entering of ap peals. He thought the suggestions which he had thrown out were worthy the Noble and Learned Lord's con sideration. Lord CRANWORTH said he did not think they could venture to make any change in the practice of an appeal from the Court of Session, Scotland, to that House, without great danger; and more especially as the admi nistration of justice in that place had been acknowledged to give unmixed satisfaction in Scotland. His own ex perience fully satisfied him that the general principles of the laws of different countries differed much less than was supposed. The appeals from Scotland, as now con ducted, gave general satisfaction, and he did not think any great change could be effected with advantage. Com plicated inquiries into property, and the administration of justice with respect to important and varied claiins, would alway be tedious and expensive, and that was no reason why they should not do all they could to make such improvements as the circumstances of the case permitted. - The LORD CHANCELLOR, in briefly replying, ob served that not long since a deputation from Scotland had waited on him on the subject of the anomaly of the law between the two countries in the matter of appeal, but all the suggestions which had been made by the Fa culty of Advocates and others had been inefficacious to afford a practical remedy, and so matters stood as they had been. The suggestion, however, of the Noble Earl with respect to the staying of execution was worth at tention, and should receive his serious consideration. The Bill then before the House would cause a great im provement in the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery here. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the second reading of the above Bill, the objects of which he briefly stated. One of the objects of the Bill was to secure medical advice and assistance to poor persons in places where the present state of the law would leave them totally unprovided unless a certain amount of local sub- •criptions should have been contributed. It was proposed to put all the medical charities under the supervision of a central board, and to constitute the Poor-law Commis sioners that controlling power. The country was to be subdivided into districts for the purposes of the Act. The motion was understood to have been put and agreed to. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. Lord MONTEAGLE begged to ask a few questions of a Noble Earl whom he saw in his place, or his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on a subject of the greatest importance, and upon which it was fitting some more definite information sho u ld be conveyed to the House than bad been already laid before it. His questions related to interments in the metropo lis, a matter of so much consequence that her Majesty had alluded to it in the Royal Speech at the close of last session. After referring to the Act of last session, and a report describing the unwholesomeness and dangerous condition of some of the churchyards of the metropolis, the Noble Lord asked his Noble Friend opposite (the Earl of Shaftsbary) what had been th e cause o f the de- lay in carrying out the Act—what steps had been taken to put the Bill of last year in force, or whether matters were to be left in their present position? The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he felt very deeply the delay which had occurred between the passing of the Act referred to and its being carried into full .opera don, because the stat emen t s ma d e o f th e cond i t ion of many localities in this vast and crowded metropolis were by no means exaggerated. Every day's experience con vinced the Board of H ea l t h o f t h e w isdom and practical utility of the measure which had been carried. The Board of Health had been charged with neglect and de lay, but he cou ld f u ll y re b u t th a t accusation by a brief statement of the progress of their proceedings since the Act first passed. On the very day it received the Royal assent the board had met to take proceedings under it, an d they had published advertisements giving all the necessary notices to parties interested, in order that they might not be taken by surprise. They had extended the time of notice from six weeks to two months. Some m em b ers of the board had then gone to Paris, for the purpose of obtaining all the information they could on the subj ect , and had then put themselves i n communication with the cemetery companies of London, as required by the Act ; but these companies had refused to give them any docu ments or any information by which they might arrive at an estimate of their probable valuation. Th ey h a d sub divided the metropolis also into districts, and made all the arrangements necessary for carrying the Act into operation. On the 23d of November the board had pre pared a full scheme for bringing the Act into force, which they had laid before the Treasury. Every one had approved, not only of the necessity, but the practi cability of the plan suggested, which involved the ex pediency of the inamedsate pur c h ase o f a ll t h e ceme teries. No reply had been received to that proposal until the 22d of January, upon which a correspond ence had taken place, acd on the 20th of March the board had received permission to proceed as they had suggested, but they were recommended to purchase the cemeteries not altogether, but separately. They had then served notice on one of those economizes, end the most tedious proceedings which the Act sanctioned had been adopted, and these were at the present moment going on. Up to the moment at which he was address ing their Lordships the awards bad not been made. In the meantime the board proceeded to take estimates for new cemeteries, and on the 28th of April were commis sioned by the Treasury to purchase ground. On the 13th of May the board applied to the Treasury for per mission to contract a loan from the Guardian Assurance Company, and obtained their permission, but they did not receive the answer of that company till the 18th of June, when they declined to lend any money to a body whose existence was limited to a period of five years. On the 9th of June permission was obtained to negotiate a loan with the Royal Exchange Assurance Company, but no answer was received till the 24th, when they said the security was not sufficient. On the 3d of July copies of the letters from the directors of the Royal Exchange So ciety were sent to the Treasury. Oa the 10th a final an swer was received from the directors, and was forwarded to the Treasury. Not a moment, he undertook to say, had been wasted by the board. The proposal made by the board was that they should have a commission with a permanent existence and complete control over all funerals. The Government altered that plan by referring that part of the proposal to the Board of Health, and by intro ducing a clause with respect to the second part, which left the plan open to the objections of the Royal Ex change Company; and yet the board were told that it was in consequence of their neglect and of the crudeness of their scheme that all these difficulties had occurred. He was never more surprised in his life than he was when informed that a high authority in the Govern ment considered the scheme a bad one. He declared solemnly that he had never heard from any member of the Government that they considered the scheme a bad scheme. The board had communicated the difficulties the very instant they were brought to their knowledge; and he maintained that it was not owing to the board that the delays had occurred. He did not care one straw for any attack made on himself in consequence of the part he had taken in administering the Act, but he must say, in defence of his two colleagues, Mr. Chad wick and Dr. Southwood Smith, that he never knew two more diligent, upright, and intelligent men than they were. They had not been defended by those who could have spoken on their behalf, and he felt for them what he did not feel or oare about as regarded himself. In justice to himself, to his colleagues, to the board, and to the public, he maintained there ought to be laid on the table a full and authentic copy of all the correspondence on the subject, and then it would be seen whether the Board of Health were justly to be blamed. The Earl of CARLISLE did not mean to enter into the merits of the question, because he was not cognizant of all the different negotiations and transactions which had taken place between the Board of Health and the Treasury. With reference to any expression which might have fallen from the high authority referred to by the Noble Earl, he was willing to hope that some misap prehension existed, because he knew that the members of the Government generally were most anxious for the success of this measure, to which they themselves had been parties. For himself, he had stated his deep re gret that circumstances had hitherto prevented a more rapid progress being made. He needed not to acquaint the Noble Earl of the circumstances which had interfered with public business in the other House, and which had prevented the introduction of various measures—one on this subject, among others—which otherwise would have been introduced. He believed that a Bill calculated to re move some of the difficulties, though he feared the Noble Earl would not think it calculated to remove all the dif ficulties, was actually in progress through the other House. With regard to the board, it was well known it had most obnoxious duties to perform—that it had to point out defects and call attention to Inches, and per haps it had incurred a considerable amount of obloquy, but that obloquy, he was convinced, it had incurred in consequence of the straightforward discharge of the du ties entrusted to it. He did not claim for the members of it exemption from error, but be believed no other persons could have been found who would have more zealously devoted themselves to the management of all those interests with which Parliament had entrusted them. The Earl of HARROWBY thought the Government were to blame for not having come forward to defend the members of the Board of Health. He believed the members of the Government in their Lordships' House were zealous and sincere in their wish to carry out the Act, but he had good reason to believe that other mem bers of the Government had taken opportunities, not to promote the measure, but to throw difficulties in the way of it. He wished to know whether there would be any objection to the production of the Treasury minutes on the subject. Earl - GREY said that the Noble Earl had pronounced a severe censure on some members of the Government, but he submitted that such charges ought not to have been made, except at the proper time—after notice, and with full information on the table. With regard to the production of the minutes, he could not give a positive answer without communicating with the members of the Government in connexion wifh the board. He did not think there would be any objection to the produc tion of them, but thought that, if produced, other papers would require to be produced at the same time. No one was more persuaded than he was of the good inten tions of the members of the board, but he doubted whether, in their eagerness to accomplish a great re form, they had not a little too much neglected minor advantages which might have been immediately ob tained. Upon that point he was not prepared to offer a positive opinion. Lord M6NTE A.GLE thought the explanation of the Noble Earl opposito (the Earl of Shaftesbury) fully acquitted him of any charge of having neglected his duties. MINES AND COLLIERIES. Lord WHA.RNCLIFFE rose to move for a return of the names of the inspectors appointed under the Act of last session for the inspection of collieries, together with the districts and salaries assigned to them, and the in structions issued for their guidance. He believed that under that Act thirty inspectors had been appointed; that salaries had been assigned to them—their districts marked out, and that they had for some time been occu pied in the discharge of their duties. As the Commit tee had recommended that the greatest publicity should be given to all information regarding the management of mines and collieries, he wished to know if Govern-', ment were prepared to produce any, and to lay on the table this session whatever information they had re ceived on the subject in the shape of reports from the inspectors. The Earl of CARLISLE said he had no objection to the motion. Tho inspectors were to report at the end of a year, but that period of time had not elapsed since their appointment. The Government, however, anxious to ob tain as much information on the subject as possible, had directed the inspectors to prepare a general report from the date of their appointment to the 24th June. Two reports had been received, and two more were ex pected in a few days. Ho had no objection to lay the two which had been received on the table. He was happy to say that considerable good had been effected since the appointment of the inspectors. The proprie tors of mines and collieries had received their visits with great goodwill, and had promptly complied with their suggestions. Yid NELSON presented petitions in favour of the preservation of the Crystal Palace. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Ecclesiastical Property Retention (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Nosix and LEARNED LORD then presented a pe tition from the Associated Law Society, praying that the salaries of the judges might be paid out of the Con solidated Fund instead of out of the Suitors' Fee Fund. Adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 31. Continued from our Fifth Edition of yesterday.) THE EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MANAGEMENT (No. 2) BILL. Bill, On the motion for the second reading of this Colonel SIBTHORP objected to going on with a Bill of this importance at so late a period of the session. The attempt to smuggle it through was certainly very suspi cious. He thought it was unbecomicg, to say the least of it, for the Government to persist in pressing it forward. li e should, therefore, take the sense of the House upon th e question that this Bill be read a second time this day six months. Sir B. HALL thought that before they went on with this Bill they ought to have an explanation from th e Government of what was the real opinion of the Com missioners who had been appointed to inquire into the subject, since the Bill was certainly not founded on the report which they had presented. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not see what objection there could be to th e present B i ll, since every improvement which it proposed was not for the benefit of any particular bishop, but for the Church in general. The scheme of the Bill was in his opinion a far better scheme than the ono recommended by the Commissioners. Mr. AGLIONBY said that, though he was fully alive to the importance of putting all the bishops on a footing of certainty and equality, still he hoped that those who had charge of the Bill would not press forward with indecent haste to carry this measure of so great im portance. It was said that it was only permissive. Why that he thought was the worst part of it. It should be borne in mind that there were two parties, the lessor and the l essee, and by some of the provis ion s o f this Bill the interests of the poorer, lessee would be alto gether disregarded. He, therefore, thought it better to postpone the Bill till next session. Mr. SPOONER considered that the measure would be useful, and agreed with its principles, but he objected to the details of it. Mr. MULLINS was perfectly of the same opinion as the Hon. Member for Warwickshire the S Billpooner a ). t this Mr. CARD WELL objected to pressing late period of the session. Ho agreed with the principle of the Bill, as it would tend to increase the revenue of the Church, and to throw that revenue into a common fund. Mr. ANSTEY hoped that the Bill would not be with drawn this session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that no pledge of his Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for the Home Department, could apply to this bill. for his Right Hon. Friend had not been in the House since it had been brought forward. Mr. CARTER gave a qualified support to the Bill, which he considered required considerable improvement in various details affecting lessees. Sir T. COLEBROOKE doubted the propriety of passing a Bill of thi s ki n d , w i thout i ts hav i ng some defi nite principle laid dow as to the conditions on which the communication of fines should be made. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the objections to thc Bill appear e d to b e aga i nst i ts d e t a il s , an d not against its principle; and on the second reading of the Bill it was hardly fair to discuss the clauses. The prin ciple was, to enable parties to effect an enfranchisement of holdings, if they so desired; so that there might be an actual sale and parting with the property. The mea• sure could not in any way preju lice lessees, becauge those who wished might obtain a renewal of their• lease from the ecclesiastical bodies with whom they had to deal. As to the details, it might be asked why not at once lay down the rules which were to govern them. His answer was, that a very great number of matters were to be taken into consideration, which it was not de sirable to embody in the Bill. There were, for in stance, leases of titles, leases in the north, and leases in the south of England, which were placed on a very dif ferent footing from each other. There were also leases of mines, leases of houses, and various other matters re specting which experience, as the measure came into operation, would be requisite in order to deal advanta geously with them. Mr. HENLEY objected to the sort of legislation which the measure introduced. Mr. BARRON objected to the second reading of the Bill. Lord PALMERSTON said the discussion which had taken place should lead the House to the second reading of the Bill with the view of discussing the details in Committee. All agreed that the principle was good, the objections expressed being only to the details of the Bill, and even those who wish the Bill to stand over until next session ought to vote for its second reading, in order that in Committee they might be able to state their objections to its details, so that the measure might go to the country with such amendments as Hon. Gen tlemen desired to effect in it. He thought the House in the present session might shape the measure so as to free it from every objection, but even those who thought otherwise ought to vote for the second reading of the Bill. Mr. B. DENISON said there was no chance that the Bill could proceed this session, and it was better to post pone it altogether. In reply to Mr. FORSTER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Bill did apply to mines. The House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it ... ... 34 Majority for the second reading ... —ll Sir B. HALL complained of the late period of the session at which all Bills affecting the temporalities of the Church were brought before the House, and then hurried through it with indecent haste. The 3d and 4th William IV., for instance, received the royal assent 011 the 14th August, 1833. The 3d and 4th of Victoria, 0. 113, received the royal assent on the 11th of August. 1840, and he might state a case which showed in a re markable manner the operation of the system. A deanery was attached to a bishopric, and it had been re commended by the Commissioners that the deanery should be abolished. The Bill which should effect that object was passed through all its stages on Saturday, the 9th of August, and on Monday, the 11th, it received the royal assent. The bishop, however, was installed on the intervening Sunday, and thus defeated the intention of the Bill. He mentioned these to show the necessity for the laiety being allowed time to consider Bills of this character, and in the present they should have an op portunity of considering what they would have to pay in the cases contemplated by the Bill; for he saw by one of the clauses the Commissioners were to settle the whole of the payment, the Commissioners being na other than the bishops, in whom the public had lost all confidence in their capacity as Commissioners. He pro tested, then, against the Government bringing forward the measure, and he pledged himself to use every mean' to retard its progress if they pressed it this session. It was an attempt on the part of the bishops to enforce a moat arbitrary price for land, and they have not the de' cency to enable members of the laity to communicate with the lessees on the subject. Let the House, then, come to the further consideration of the Bill with the full understanding that it should not be brought to s third reading this session. Colonel SIBTHORP considered it a most ungrateful attempt on the part of the Government to force on this Bill at so late a period of the session. Mr. AGLIONBY would endeavour to amend the Bill, and if he did not succeed in his effort, then he would ell' deavour to have it postponed until next session. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was de" sirous to aid Members in improving the Bill, and in re medying any defects that could be pointed out in it. Mr. J. A. SMITH understood that the Bill was to be no more than a permissive Bill. The Bill was ordered to be committed at one o'clock to-morrow. The New Zealand Settlements and Lunatics Bill to be read a third time to-morrow. The Canada and New Brunswick Bill was read a third time and passed. The Canterbury Association, Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Bill, were read a second time. PETTY SESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The consideration of this Bill in Committee was re sumed. Colonel DUNNE charged the Government with breach of faith in consenting to withdraw that portion of clause 10 which proposed to give magistrates power to act sum marily in cases of felony. Some verbal amendments were made in two or three of the clauses, and the Bill went through Committee. Mr. KINDERSLEY, Master in Chancery, brought uP several Bills from the Lords. The House then went into Committee on the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Bill, the several clauses of which were agreed to, with a few verbal alterations, and the House resumed. TIT COLLECTION OF FINES, &0., (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the House go intu Committee on the Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill, Mr. CONNOLLY presented a petition from the grand jury of the county of Donegal, complaining of the limited force of the constabulary in the county as compared with the population. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. F. FRENCH said he felt it to bo his duty to op pose the Bill, against which he protested as moat unjust in principle. Ho hoped some notice, however short, would be taken of what he was about to say hear.) The object of the Bill was to abolish the office of paymaster of the constabulary force in Ireland, an office which had been created i n 1846. A s l on g as the officers appointed to the office had been paid by Ireland, the Government did not interfere; but the moment the payment of these officers was fixed on the Consolidated Fund, then in stepped th e L or d s o f th e T reasur y with a Bill for the abolition of the office of Paymaster of Oa Constabulary Force. Eighteen gentlemen now held the situation of paymaster of the force in Ireland, and were appointed to hold the office during good behaviour. Those gentlemen had broken up their establishments and entered on the duties of the situation in confident expectation that provision would be made for them in consideration of their services, and amongst, them was Captain G a lb ra ith, an officer who ha d served in the Peninsular war. From the army he went in 1819 into the constabulary, in which he discharged with credit the duties of the several positions to which he was advanced. He had then served thirty years in the constabulary force—a service which should entitle him to a pension of at least 2501. a year; but it was nor proposed by her Majesty's Government to retire this gentleman, who had more than thirty years' service, and a wife and ten children, on a pension of 401. a year. He considered that it was unjust in her Majesty's Go vernment thus to treat an officer who had served so long a period with credit, and who, when appointed to the situation of paymaster, expected that due provision would be made for him. In the army, when a gentle man was appointed to a situation, and when the officewas in time abolish e d, h e fell back on his half-pay. 10° (Mr. French) had been told, by Members of the Ge" vernment, that if he persevered in the course which be was taking, he would, instead of serving those gentle men, do injury to their cause; but he felt that ho was but doing his duty, and that great injustice was bein6 done by the Government in the matter.—(" Hear, hear, from:th e I r i s h Members.) He should, under all the circumstances, oppose the Bill at a future stage, unless justice were done to those gentlemen who had been BP' pointed to the office of paymaster of the constabulary force in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would state very shortly the particulars of the case. The Hon. Member had stated that the Government did not take any step to abolish the office of paymaster of the con stabulary force in Ireland, until the payment of the office became chargeable on the Consolidated Fund. Now the fact was that the payment of the office was always charged upon the Consolidated Fund; and when the Go vernment found that the duties of the office could be dis charged at a less expensive rate, it was their duty to abolish it, and to adopt that cheaper mode. In cases of superannuation, there was a fund from which provision was made; but when an office was to be abolished, cer' tain reductions were necessarily to be made in conside ration of the compensation to be given. If the Hon. Member should persevere in his course, he must se/ that he would altogether take out of his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) hands the power of compensating t h e officers in whose behalf the Hon. Member was in terested. Mr. BROTIIERTON said that if the Honourable Member for Roscommon succeeded in postponing tin' Bill, he hoped another Bill would be introduced next session, rendering the management of this matter in Ire land more consistent with justice. In Ireland the expense of the constabulary was thrown upon the consolidated fund, whereas in England it was borne by the counties and boroughs. Colonel DUNNE observed that the appointment of these officers was about as great a job as was ever Per,' petrated. He hoped that there would be a proper rev sion of them. Mr. CONOLLY brought forward the followi ng clause, though not for th e purpose o f oppos i ng the B i ll —"And whereas by an Act passed in the eleventh and twelfth year of the reign of her present Majesty, inti tuled, An Act to amend the Ants relating to the con stabulary force in Ireland, and to amend the provisions for the payment of special constables,' it is amongst other things provided that the total number of officers and well shall not for each c oun t y , c i ty , or town, exceed the nu m" ber specified in the schedule (A) thereto annexed, fo r each county, city, or town therein named; and whereas it is expedient to alter said schedule with reference t° the populati on o f such counties, cities, or towns. Be it therefore enacted that; the Lord-Lieutenant of chief governor o r governors o f I re l an d may a l ter from time to time the number in said schedule specified for. each county, city, o r t own; p rov id e d a l ways that sa sh alteration shall not be m a d e more th an once in every period of te n y ears; an d prov id e d a l so that the nualbe` ,. so specifi e d s h a ll no t i n any case exceed one to e very of the population as gi ven i n th e census ne xt Pre, . seeding such alteration." It was a b sur d to con t e nd tha t with the great diminution of the population of Ireland that had recently been exhibit e d i n th e census the nur . ber of the constabulary s h ou ld rema i n d ogma tically t"o , same. 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