The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-09 00:00:00

; tf i t - •.•v d , SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) 'HOUSE OF LORDS. Tip LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool. sick, at Five o'clock. EXCREQUER•BILLS BILL. On the motion of EArl GRANVILLE this Bill passed through Committee. PETITIONS. The Earl of KINNOUL presented a petition from Perth against Papal aggresion. The Earl of LANESBOROUGH presented petitions to a similar purport. The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition from the merchants of Liverpool praying for the introduction of Some measure to facilitate the arrest of absconding insolvent debtors. Earl TALBOT presented petitions against Papal aggression. TRANSPORTATION TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Lard LYTTELTON presented two petitions from the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, cr, as they styled themselves, the inhabitants of Tasmania, against the tranaportatioa of criminals to the Australian colonies; and he had a memorial to present to her Majesty, signed by many thousands of the female inhabitants of the colony, against transportation. In the Australian Colo nies.there existed a league against the transportation of criminals.—(Hear.) This was among the first fruits of the successful resistance to the plan of t_risons portation by the colonists at the Cape of Good u r: This was a most grave consideration, • this resi A t e ance of the Australian celonhats to tratraporthaettot found no fault with the Government; bu r t in n hou ht which thought the evidence they bad, as to the " rave considera experiment had worked, was worthy of tiora How had the experiment of transportation an is ..a c) part of the punish swered? At present, all the and then they were meat was inflicted at hone , removed to Van Diemen's Land with tickets of leave. Now that system had cot, and could not have any beneficial effect upon crins . tnals at hotne. The Go vernor of the colony , w ho bad expressed the greatest dc sire that the experin,,,nt, should succeed, had urged that all the convicts should pass a period of compulsory labsur in the colony, i csteat i of being s'nt out with ti c k e t s c f leave. In answer to this statement, the Noble E ar l t h e Colonial Secretary hsd said that with regard to Irish that no net ans existed cf conv icts, seeing inflicting refor matory punishment on such criminals in Ireland, it might Pe - ra ," 3 h t . advisaAe that they should su ff er t h e secon d • of their pueishment in the colony. portion The Evi dence as to the condition of female convicts in that colony reported it to be most deplorable; he doubted whether they had not sufficient evidence before them as to the failure of the experiment, and their could not be a doubt but - that the great majority of the inhabitants of , the colony were against; transportation. There were certain portions of the inhabitants who might be called the /convict interest, :and who 'were opposed to the free inhabitants of the colony, and the fact of the existence of this convict interest, was, as he thought, most dangers us. The Assembly of New South Wales had decided, without a division, against a renewal of transportation, and a petition egeinet transportation had been presented to the Legisla:ive Council, signed by 36 000 persf ns ' against ap: tition in its favour signed by only 525. Tile G o verner of Van Diensen's Land had said that those convicts who had come from Pa': khurzt Prison with the best characters had turned out the worst of the transports. Was it possible to totem a good and virtu ous community out of such elements? In a moral re spect th e presence of these convicts must kai to the moral and spiritual pollution o the colonies, h owev er it right forward their material inte rests; thus, v e took advantage cf the material pressure upon the material interests of the colonies, to destroy their moral and spiritual interests. He pressed the subject upon the consideration of the Government, and hoped that a better system would be adopted. Every memorial from Van Diemen's Laud had upbraided the G.veriment with a promise made in 1847, that transportation to that colony should cease; and the Noble Earl had said, that although some such ex pression might have found its way into a dispatch, yet that no such promise could have been given. But he remembered that in 1846 the Noble Earl had sent out a dispatch to Sir W. Denison, in which he expressed a hope that he should be enabled to do away with trans portation to the colony; and shortly afterwards Sir G. Grey had intimated an opinion that the transportation of male convicts to that colony should cease, and proposing that persona sentenced to transportation should, after undergoing a term of impri scinment, be permitted to deport themselves, thus substituting exile for transportation, and the Secretary for the Colonies, in a dispatch to Sir W. Denison, which was communicated by the Governor to the Legislature, so that after the expiration of two years transportation would not be renewed. Ho could not see why the Government should not revert-- to the original plan of inflicting all the punishment 41a this country, and of the permitting the convict to depart himself with the money he had earned to any part of the world he liked. The Archbishop of DUBLIN bore testimony to the great benefit which the convicts confined in a reniten tiary in his diocese, and who had been subjected to the separate cell system, had derived from the discipline of that prison, which enforced silence and quiet with labour and instruction. 113 believed the punishment was severe and intimilatory as well as reformatory, and the clergy thought that the majority of them were really reformed characters; and he thought that the punish- Inent inflicted on them v..aa as severe as need be inflicted. (LEFT SPEAKING.) 1.7.01J5E OF COMMONS. Th© SPEAKER toGk the Cl,c,ir at Four o'clock. The Lords' ocanduaents to the Scarborough Gas Bill were considered and agreed to THIRD RE•.:kDINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: . Aberdeen Public Records. . Dundee and Arbroath Railway. -Huddersfield and New Hey,Distriet Turnpike Road. St. Andrews' Railway. PETITIONS. Mr. BEP.NAL presenteu a petition from the hotel and tavern-kespers of Rochester and other places in Kent, complaining of the billeting s:. stem arid of the duty on servants. Mr. DUNCAN presented three petitions from places in Scotland and against P a p a l aggress i on. Mr. PIGOTT presented ipetition to the same effect from Reeding. ion e . Lord: CHARLES MANNERS presented three peti tions from Leicestershire praying for the adoption more stringent meesores to prevent Papal aggression. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Marylebone against the Ecclesi astical Titles Bill. Msjor BERESFORD presented a petition from a , place in Essex against Papal egression. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition, from Wake field, in favour of the Eccleeiastical Titles Bill; also a petition, from George John Hartl9y, son., describing himself as a member of the Roeean Ca:holic Church, and sole legal personal re presentative of two ladies therein named, and now deceased (former!y nnns in a foreign convent, subssquently transferred to England), and complaining that the, property of the said ladies, though transferred to the prioress to be manag ed for the b enefit of th e said ladies, has been treated as t h e abso lute property of rt inquire of the said convent ; and praying the Hon%O quire, into the constitution of convents , and particularly petitioner into the circumstances complained of by the against Lord Mr. BA /RD N e presented a petiiion from Linlithgow Mr. LtsglN lgund's Education Bill for Scotland. coffeehouaeekeepGT°N presented a petition from the of the taxe - f s on knowledge. of Westminster, praying for the re peal, Lord MELGu in Scotland presented severalplaces petitions from Mr. DEEDES againstpresented Papal aggression, preying a petition from 10,099 of the inhabitants of Kent, . e for the adoption of more stringent measures fur the future prevention of Papal aggression. Mr. R. DENISON presented petitions from the West Riding to the same effect. Mr. GOULD presented a petition praying for an extension of the law of mortmuin. M r . WALTER pre s e nted petitions from and other places a g ainst Papal aggressiZ Nottingham L or d ARUNDEL and SURRE Y present e d several Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. petitions against th e Alderman IIUMPHERY presente ti d a Petition from Southwark aga i n st Papal aggression. Mr. NAPIER pres en ted a petition from a place in Ireland in Ireland to the same effect. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Falkirk, Praying for an inquiry int) tile brinery practices w hi ch prevailed at the last election; : - .1,:o a petition from Roman Catholics in Huddersfield, against the Religious Houses Bill. set M a r g • a MILES papal presented se veral petitio ns from Somer- M r - As esSe9al aggression. . "'"-:L LIAsTIE presented a petition from Glas gow to th e , Attne effect. Mr. SCULLy against the Eccles' presented a petition from Tipperary . Lord J. mjB ,,,,.stiettl Titles Bill. 'ri4Lpresented chants, bankers end a petition from the mer favour of the i,clesiothers er tte city of London, in prez Ztj e a t itl Titles Bill. Mr. ELLIOT i .petition from fleswich in favour of Lord Melgund', iii Mr. CO WAN presented .a pe tition from Edinburgh in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, End that no aniendinent might be presented a petition from Brad introduced to impair its effi&ency. Colonel THOMPSON Bill against ford,Yorkshire, in favour of a more stringentßi Papal aggression. nw e ; Sir B. HALL prese nted several p etiti ons fro, iii lebone p lllVilfreying lot tlae re p eal of the t axes on k ar ledge; also a netition in Oof the Ecclesiasticall' i°tly Bill. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a Petition fro m Stafford prayir; for a more stangent measure again st ~....T; e Ililigieegressios. o refv: ,,, ~.4 D EATHS IN insu WORICTIOUSES. ;,,.: I' . AOULETT t•..CROPE asked dits Secretary f or .:-• ll* . ..ohether any coroner's inquest had yet been paqpers that hud • ,7 held; . *IA the body of any on] of the p le , :.. s ss e si: died.* . , any of the workhouses of Irelend, many of es . VS , .whOme 4 it "PPeared by the ; s :.:: - withillew inintitee of their a;dtn , ”inn. reports of in:specters, die _ . 4:4, _Sir . SOUERVIGLE replied in . the affimi3tive. EVACUATION OF THE DANUBIAN PRINCI PALI TIES. Mr. URQUHART asked the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs to state the cmse of the de:ay which bad taken piece in regard to *the evacuations of the Danubian provinces ; also, whether it was true that a conference which had been held at Constantinople by the ministers of England and France had come to the decision to renew the confinement of the Hungarian re fugees ? Lord PALMERSTON said the last accounts which he received were contained in a dispatch, dated the 17th of April, which stated that certain troops had already began to march, and it was expected in about a fortnight of that time that the greater part, but not the whole, of the Russian troops would have evacuated at least the province of Wallachia. He was also in formed that the Turkish troops were evacuat ing the province. With regard to any fresh emergencies arising, it must be assumed that fresh arrangements would: be made, but he was not at present aware of any existing communications between the two Governments bearing on that point. In refer ence to the second question, he was sorry to say that as yet the endeavours of the Governments of England and France to obtain the liberation of the remaining Hunga rian refugees had not been successful. 'OCCUPATION OF ROME BY FRANCE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether her Majesty's Government concurred in the prolonged cccupation of Rome by the French army, and if he could inform the House when those troops are likely to be withdrawn; also, whether it was the opinion of the Noble Lord that the result of this occupation had been to establish a good government for Rome? Lora PALMERSTON said the occupation of Rome was a measure undertaken by France on their own discretion and judgment ; the British Govern ment was no party to it. France had exer cised her own rights in regard to it, and it had not been thought necessary to obtain the previous concur rence of the British Government, With regard to the result of the occupation, he was sorry to say that he could not answer the Hon. Member's question in the affirmative. I: was well known, not through official channels, but to all persons who had the slightest know ledge of the city, that the internal condition of Rome was any thing but satisfactory. With regard to the pro longation of the occupation, there had been friendly com municatione with the French Government on the sub ject, and neither of the two were blind to the fact that the retreat of the French Government would be fol lowed by the occupation of the city by others, and there fore it had been thought best to leave to the French Government itself to decide when that occupation would best be dispensed with. CHANCERY REFORM. In answer to a queBtien from Mr. MUNTZ, Lord J. RUSSELL said, that the Lord Chancellor had lately had this subject under his consideration, and a measure wou!d very soon be introduced by the Govern ment. THE SUN, LONDON, against it. which he moved should be read from the table, and it was accordingly done. Mr. DISRAELI presented several petitions from places in Buckinghamshire against Papal aggression. Mr. GR ATTAN presented a petition against the Bill. Mr. fIUME presented a petition, from Arbroath, in favour of the Bill. Mr. URQUHART then rose to move the following amendment:—" 1. That the recent act of the Pope in dividing England into dioceses, and appointing bishops thereto, was encouraged by the conduct and declarations of her Majesty's Government. 2. That the publication by Lord John Russell of his letter to the Bishop of Durham, which contained expressions calculated to wound the religious feelings of many of her Majesty's subjects, produced large expectations of legislative remedies which have been disappointed by the provisions contained in the msasure now submitted to the House. (LEFT SPEAKING.) BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,cap. 82 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 8d day of May, 1851. 18517 E DISPARTMLNT. Notes i55ued........ 26,613,270 Government debt • • 11,0 i ,100 Other securities .• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12.608,895 Silver bullion . • • • • . 83,375 IRISH BUSINESS. In answer to a question from Mr. REYNOLDS, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had no objection to saying that he would not attempt to bring forward Irish Bills to which opposition was intended after 12 o'clock at night. SEWERS. Mr. FITZROY again complained of the proceedings of the Commissioners of Sewers in levying a rate upon the metropolis of 6d. in the pound, and asked the Right Hon. the Secretary of State fur the Home Department when it was intended to bring in a Bill to reform that Bee rd. Sir GEORGE GREY said the present Commis sion Reted under the authority of Parliament. Ample not c 3 would be given of the introduction of the Bill to which the Hon. Gentleman referred. INTRAMURAL BURIALS. In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS, Sir G. GREY stated that the Board of Health having Liled to obtain possession of certain metro politan graveyards by means of amicable negotiation, had given notice of their intention to take them (with a view to their being closed) upon a valuation, to be set tled by arbitration. In reply to Mr. T. DUNCOMBE Sir GEORGE GREY further stated that in a short time a report of the preliminary proceedings of the Board would be laid before the H,iuse. KENSINGTON GARDENS. Mr. HUME agnounced his intention to bring the subject of opening these gardens to horsemen before the House on Monday, and ho hoped, therefore, the final order fur the opening would be delayed till his motion had been disposed of. Sir G. GREY said the garclans were not under his control, but he would mantion the Hon. Member's request to his Noble Friend at the head of the Woods and Forests. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. RICARDO wished to put aque;tion to the Hon. Member for Stamford, relative to an observation that fell from him the other night. The Hon. Gentleman then intimated that it was his intention on a future day to make a motion on the subject of the repeal of the navi gation-laws, and he should be glad to know when that motion was likely to come on. Mr. BERRIES said it not his intention Ito submit any motion on that subject, but simply to call attention to a petition which he had presented complaining of the repeal, and he had arranged with the President of the Board of Trade to give ample notice when he should bring the matter forward. INCOME-TAX. On the motion for the consideration of this Bill as amended, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to make a statement relative to a new clause which be wished to introduce into the Bill. He proposed to bring up a clause to enable persons occupying land for the purposes of husbandry, and principally obtaining their livelihood from it, to have the right of appeal against the present assessment when they could prove that their profits had fallen short of that assessment, and to have all the moneys which they had overpaid returned to them. In doing this he thought he was only acting in accord ance with the general wish of the House.--(Hear.) He found, on communication with the officers of the Inland Revenue, that he could give some relief to these classes without departing from the general principles of the Bill.—(Hear.) Hard-hearted as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was considered, or indeed was compelled to be, he hoped that on the present occasion they would be of opinion that he had given due consideration to what he must fairly admit well deserved the attention of the House—the complaints of tenant-farmers.—(Hear from the Opposition benches.) Colonel SIBTHORP remarked that they had been t sld on high authority to joy over repentant sinners.— (Great Laughter.) He could not say that he had ever much confidence in any Government, but he would not on this occasion attempt to question the good faith of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in proposing those amendments. Mr. DISRAELI thought that great gratitude was due to the Gallant Officer for the ability and perverance with which he bad always pursued this object, in which at last he had been successful. He also complimented the Chan cellor of the Exchequer for the good sense which he had shown in in taus yielding. Mr. CHAPLIN also begged to thank the Government for the great feveur which they had shown to the agri culturists. Mr. BRIGHT was rather astonished at the facility with which the Right Hon. Gentleman had brought him self to bring in the present clause. He complanied that there was an inequality in the method of rating farmers, and those engaged in trade; and when this clause cease under discussion he should bring the sub ject more immediately under the attention of the House. Mr. CHRISTOPHER said the Honourable Member who spoke last was quite wrong in supposing that tenant-farmers were never surcharged, for he knew of innumerable instances where that had been the case. Mr. E. DENISON thought this clause was perfect, for inasmuch as since the arrangement of the old law was established a considerable ehange had taken place in the aspect of affairs, and that, too, entirely owing to the legislation of the House. Sir J. TROLLOPE also bore testimony to the fast that tenant-farmers were frequently surcharged. Mr. BOOKER said, surcharging was quite common in the part of the country that he came from. In stances were very rare now where a capital, of 8/. an acre was employed in the cultivation of land, and yet under the old law, that was the ruling figure of the assessment. Mr. HENLEY said the farmers were not only sur charged on Schedule B, but on Schedule D also. Mr. Alderman SYDNEY complained that it very fre quently happened that the tax-payer had to make good the defalcations of the collector. The clause was then passed through the various stages, and ordered to be added to the Bill. Colonel SIBTHORP moved the following provisos to clause one, namely—Provided always that nothing in this Act contained shall authorise the continuance of the rates and duties granted heretofore under schedule B. of the first recited Act, as regards tenant farmers or occupiers of the soil in Great Britain, without the general power of appeal; provided also that nothing in this Act contained shall authorise the con tinuance of so much of the rates and duties granted heretofore und er S c h e d u l e E o f th e sa id fi rs t rec i te d A c t as rel a t es to the pay and allowances of the officers in her Majesty' s artery or navy. the eRAN ' ' CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the amendment i of the House t si r H ENRI , and it was not persevered in. WILLOUGHBY called the atttention tual custody of 0 the necessity of providing some effeo turns, and stele:ler relating to the property-tax re -1 returns had been sold n f e ra r The CHANCELLOR, paperianwgaas W o a f ste h paper. there was no means for introsleee plish the object which the Honourable view as the custody of the ter of discretionary instruction fromaltogetherclauseaccom plish the Treasury. It was a mistake to suppose that any a the returns had been acid for waste paper. Mr. REYNOLDS called attention to the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill, which was for extending the income tax to Ireland, end he wanted to know whether th a t was to be prolonged for one or three years. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was only to continue for one year, but Ireland had n o (euse to complain, for hitherto it had been exempted from the income-tax. a to Ireland the y would extending the income - tae Mr. GRATTAN told the Government that if they con templated might as well attempt to enforce it upon Siberia would only be able to do it at the point . of the bayonet T9p lreland.—(ob, oh !) ECCLESIASTICAL ~ he Bill was then considered and agreed to, and or " Ted to be read a third time on Monday. Mr.' Op the • for , • TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. motion ' gems' , into. Committee on this Bill, REYNOLDS presented' a petition from Dublin *26,612,270 I £26,642,270 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Bth day of May, 1851. ,Government swirl- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)•• 14,125,102 Other securities •• 11,441,165 Notes •••••••• • • • • •• 6,957,246 Gold and silver coin .. 611,257 433,134,789 '. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar•••••••••••••• Leghorn •• •••••• •••••• 30 50 Genoa •••• •••••• •• •• •• 25 50 Siilaa .••••••••••••••• Venice— •• •• •• •• •• •• Naples •• 41 34 Palermo, peroz ........ 124% Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 124% Lisbon— •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 533 i Oporto •• •• •• •• 53% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres .. .. .. .. . . I New Yori,6odaya'sight (Philadelphia .......:.. moss OF summon', FEZ oz. Foreign Geld inbars.. £8 17 9 Portagal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .... 0 4 11% Silver is bars 0 5 1% BANKING D] Proprietors'capital . • 14,553,000 Rest • . •.. .. 3,130,069 Public deposits (in cl dding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,762,496 Other deposits • . .. 9,553,751 Seven day and other Bills.. :.......... 2,12%473 V 3,134,789 Dated the Bth day of May 185 COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam •• •• 11 15%1 Ditto, threemonths.. 11 17 Rotterdam .... ••.. • • 11 17 Antwerp 25 22% Brussels ••• • .. ...... 25 22 liamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 7 Alton • • ........ • • .... Paris, 3 days'sight •. 25 0 Ditto. 8 months .... 25 25 Marseilles ............ 25 25 80urdeaux......... • • Ifrankforton Maine.... 119 Berlin • • .• • • • • • • .• •• •• effec. 1b."... 13 15 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 17 Petersbuigh, SU. Rh's.. 37% M&lrid •• .• •• •• •• 50 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 450% BareeloN •• •• •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• , EFAETNEN T. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, May 9.) St. - GAn.— To-day former terms were well supported for all qualities of West India Sugar, and a fair business was done, considering the large quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale ; the purchases are 300, and for the week 2,030 hhds and tres, the market closing firmly. REFINED.—To-day there were ready buyers of Refined Sugar for home consumption, and some parties are not dis posed to sell brown Lumps at 495. Crushed is dull of sale, and cheaper, British selling at 27s 6d to 283. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the large public sales of Mau ritius Sugar went off briskly at full rates, and in some in stances at a small advance ; the quantity offered was 10,535 bags, and the whole sold, fine yellow went at 41s to 425, good 39s 6d to 40s 6d, inferior and mid 3Js to 395, fair to fine brown 33s to 39s 6d, inferior and very ord 28s to 325, refin ing sorts from 36s to 40s, and grainy 383 to 44s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—To-day Bengal Sugar was in brisk demand, and an advance of 6d took place; at auction 5,311 bags were sold, fine grainy yellow at 43e to 445, mid to fine white Benares 41s to 43s 6d, low 40s to 40s 6d, damp 38s to 42s 6d, and fair to fine soft yellow 34s 6d to 40s. Madras of the lower sorts was in much better demand, and realized an advance of 6d; at auction 7,171 bags were sold, soft brown at 28s to 30s yellow 30s 6d to 335, an d m id ditto f:313 6d to 34s 61 df Penang 930 bags sold at stiffer rates, fine soft yellow ;39s to 39s 6d, and ord white 40s to 40s 6d. FOREIGN.—Tc-day accounts were received that the Dutch Company's sale of Java Sugar had goys off well at au ad vancl on the March rates of 1% florin ; holders in this market, in consequence, asked rather higher rates, which prevented business of moment privately, whilst none was offered at auction. DrIOLASSES.—There has been a fair business doing in West India, and at firm rates, low to fine selling at 14s to 16s 6d, and the supply is yet on the decrease. Cuba and Porto Rico are wanted at 15s to 16s. Bengal and Mauritius has been done at 12s to 13s, and supply scanty. COCOA.— There has again been little disposition evinced to operate in Foreign, although stock i 3 4,000 bags less than last year; the rates asked for Bahia and Para are 28s to 295, and for Guayaquil 31s to 33s per cwt. At auction on Tuesday 180 bags Trinidad were taken in at 44s to 47s for low to good red, and low grey at 41s to 425; yesterday 579 bags were only in part disposed of. Fine red 49s to 51s 6d, low to good 43 to 475, these rates are 2s per cwt under last week. _ _ COFFEE.—This afternoon holders of Mocha Coffee were more disposed to realize, and prices gave way 2s to 3a per cwt for mid sorts ; better kinds, however, nearly sustained the former value : at auction 92 bales 860 hf-bales were sold, mid yellow clean garbled went at 67s to 69s 6d, a few lots good and fine 74s to 80s, damaged 455 to 64s 6d, triage 42s to 60s, black 235, and pea berry 66s 6d. In native Ceylon little was done privately, and at auction 127 bags only in part sold at 40s 6d for good ord. For Plantation the market has a dull tone, and yesterday's rates are supported with difficulty ; of 93 casks 249 bags at auction a part only sold, low mid and mid at 49s to 535, other sorts 42s to 48s, and triage 39s to to 435. Of Rio 200 bags were taken in at 42s for good ord. TEA.—In Congou of all descriptions transactions have been small, and prices incline downward, there being a larger quantity on offer common sound is to be obtained at 11 1 / 2 d to ls, medium to rather strong blackish leaf Is OlAd to Is Id, and better kinds is I 1 / 2 d to Is 7d. The rates taken for Oolong are rather under last week. With Green Tea the mar ket has been abundantly supplied, chiefly by the late impor tations, and mostly from Shanghae. There has been a re luctance on the part of dealers to transact business in all sorts, and holders having been free, sellers' prices declined id to id for Gunpowder and Young Hyson, whilst rather lower terms were acceded to for other kinds. Scented and Pekoe sorts met with little attention, and prices are drooping. RICE.—To-day the private operations in East India Rice were upon a small scale, still rates are not lower. At auction 980 bags Bengal were taken in, at 10s for good white, but a little broken. SPICES. —To• day prices declined 2s to 3s per cwt for Afri can Ginger; and at auction 1,522 bags were only in part sold at 30s for mid, damaged 25s 6d to 21s; Cloves are cheaper, and 134 bags Bourbon went at 6d to 69 2 d, damaged 53id to 6d. Pimento realised full rates, and 76 bags sold at 4%d to 5d for mid. Of Mace 6 cs were taken in at 2s for third quality. SALTPETRE.—The market is well supplied with the lower qualities, and of the better kinds several parcels are Rear at hand. At auction 4,079 bags Calcutta were offered, and barely half sold, fine quality 5 to 3 per cent refraction went at 28s to 28s 6d, mid and good di to 8 per cent 25s 6d to 26s 6d, and refraction 104 to 23} 24s 6d to 255. British Refined is cheaper, limited sales having been made at 28s 6d to 295. Nitrate of Soda has been operated in with caution, and more desire is evinced to sell at 14s 3d to 14s 6d per cwt. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal met with little at tention, and prices further declined id, and in some cases 2d. At auction z2O bags Honduras were only in part sold at 3s to 3s 8d for very ord and good mid Silvers ; low and mid black 3s 4d to 3s 8d ; and 15 bags good Mexican black 3s 6d per lb. INDIGO.—The demand centimes good for Bengal, and the rates paid are fully equal to the last quarterly sales, on the part of holders there is also confidence. Dry leaf Madras met with a fair sale at full terms. In other sorts of East India there has not been much business doing. The quarterly sales will com mence on Tuesday, and the quantity declared is 9,880 chts Full rates have been obtained for parcels of Spanish sold privately; and at auction 5 t sros Gautimala realized 28 lld to 4s Sd for ord Cortes to good Sobres. SPIRITS.—The limited business concluded in East India Rum has been at a further decline, is 4 1 /id to is 5d per gal lon having been accepted for proof. Leewa r d I s l an d has been purchased with caution at is 6d to is 7d proof, and for arrival sales can be made under these terms. Deme rara can be obtained at 2s to 2s 3d for 30 to 40 per cent, over proof. The shipping orders for Jamaica are unusually small, and home dealers yet operate with caution. Thdre are sellers of low and mid quality 30 to 33 per cent. over proof at 2s 4d to 2s 9d, good mid to good 33 to 35 over 2s 10d to as 4d, fine and superior 33 to 38 over 3s 5d to 4s 2d, but these rates are not obtainable for large parcels. The amount of business done in Brandy has been small; Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4d to 4s 6€l, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 8d to 4s 10d, 1847 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, and low sorts from 2s 6d to 4s per gal lon. Geneva remains at is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 9d to 2s per gallon. In British-made Spirit or Gin there is no variation. Oils.—This afternoon at public sale 44 tens Sperm Oil sold at 851 to 871 ss; a few lots ord and mid 781 to 84/; He 4 dmatter 921 to 931 10s; 60 tons Southern Oil 28/ lOs to 291; 40 tuns Polar 2815 s to 291; 10 tuns tine Palm 28s to 28s 6d; 100 boxes refined Spermaceti Is 11 3 Ad to 2s. TALLOW.—This afternoon, at public sale, South American Tallow sold at 34s 6d to 37s 6d ; New South Wales, Sheep 36s to 37s ; Ox 34s 6d to 35s 6d ; w hil st 200 casks Peters burgh yellow Candle were taken in at 37s to 37s 6d for old. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) MAY 9, 1851. DOWNING- STREET, The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Dou glas, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in -Chief in and over the Island of Vancouver, and its dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Rainier, Esq., to be Resident Magistrate at Riversdale, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. WHITEHALL, MAT 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Mont gomerie Bell, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom of Kincardine, in the room of John Conan, Esq., resigned. WHITEHALL, MAY 8. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and ap point the Right Honourable Robert Montgomery Lord Bellhaven to bo her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. OI LL WHITEHALL, MAY 8. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. John Watson to be the officiating minister of the church of Newborough, in the county of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, the same being void by the resignation of the Rev. Christopher Carr. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 9. 2d R eg i ment of Dragoons—Cornet Th omas Price Gratrex to b e L i eutenant, by purchase, vice Hoz i er, who retires, May 9. 4 th Light D ragoons —Cornet and Adjutant G eorge Hed Ellis to h are the rank of Lieutenant, May 8 ; Corne t ort'a Hyl ton Joni& to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ford, wh o ret i res ; Cornet Herbert James Fairlie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brautireth, who re tires, LLay 9. 2d Regiment of Fo ot — Lieutenant William Henry Poulett to bo Captain, by purchase, TiOe TOW, who retires; Ensign John Tuleher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Poulett, May 9. 6ch Foot—Lieutenant Sydney James Timbrell, from half-pay 31st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Macintosh, deceased, May 9. 7th Foot—. Lieutenant Richard Sowden Payne, from Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Cameron, appointed to the 10th Foot, Mcy 9, 10th Foot—Lit:tenant George John Arnolds Cameron, from the 7th Foot, to be Lleutcnant, vice Miller, ap pointed to the 39th Foot; Ensign Thomas Chevallier Robertson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Nice Bendyshe, who retires; Second Lient , nant Edwyn Stanhope Jar voio, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Robertson, May 9. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Bruce to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bickford, who retires; Lieutenant Charles Edward Hopton to he Captain, by purchase, vice Battye, who retires, May 9; Second Lieutenant and /adjutant Henry D'Oyloy Torrens to have the rank of First Lieutenant, May 8; Seeond Lieutenant Corbett Holland to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brace, May 9; Second Lieutenant Jervoise Clarke Jervoise to be First Lieutenant by purchase, vice Hop ton, May 9. 34th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Legge Reid, M.D., from the 2 , 1 West India Regiment, to be Assist ant-Surgeon, vice Clutterbuck, who exchanges, May 9. 39th Foot—Lieutenant John Miller, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dalrymple, promoted to an unattached company, May 9. 53d Foot—Major William R. Mansfield to be Lieu. tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice John Byrne, C. 8., who retires; Captain Charles Lempriere to be Major, by purchase, vice Mansfield; Lieutenant Frederick Gordon Steward to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leinpriere; Ensign Graham Taylor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Steward, May 9. 58th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Benjamin Tydd, from the Staff, to be Asaistant•Surgeon, vice Philson, who re signs, May 9. 75th Foot—Quartermaster John Dunlop, from half pay 76th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Richard Berry, who retires upon half-pay, May 9. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Stanhope Smelt, from half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Flood, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 9. 2d West India Regiment—Assistant -Surgeon James Edmund Clutterbuck, M.D., from the 34th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, who exchanges, May 9. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain 'William Grenfell, from half-pay 21st Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice William Henry Underwood, who exchanges, May 9; Lieutenant John Anthony Layard to be Captain, with out purchase., vice Fenwick, deceased, Dec. 31, 1850; Lieutenant Horace George Hayes to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Grentell, who retires, May 9. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant John Fitz Roy Dalrymple, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, May 9. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Harris Carr Brakyn, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces; William James Ing ham, Gent., to be Assistant-. Surgeon to the Fumes, Nice Tydd, appointed to the 58th Foot, May 9. BREVET.—Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong, C. 8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the East Indies, April 30, 1851; Captain William Grenfell, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Major in the army, Jan. 10, 1837. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 29. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Thomas William Henry Rawlings to be second Lieutenant; Geatleman Cadet Henry Srra!e to be &coed Lieutenant. MAY 1. First Lieutenant Henry Atkins M'Callum to be Cap-• tain, vice Captain Charles Clarke to retired full pay; Second Lieutenant William John Spencer Richards to bo First Lieutenant, vice M'Callutn, promoted. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. James Heald, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; James Bourne, &q., to be Deputy-Limitenant, May 2. WHITEHALL, MAY 2. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Tree, of Worcester, Gene., to be a Master Extraordinary is the High Court of Charepry. BANKRUPT SUPERSEDED. Thomas Bonser, meat salesman, Newgate-market. BANKRUP rs. Richard Gudgin, liceast d victualler, Cople, Bedford shire, May 16, and June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptey. Whitmore, official ascim ' nee, Basinghall street ; Wright, Furnival's-inn, Holborn ; Green, Woburn, Beds. John William Creed, innkeeper, Tilbury Fort, May 29, and June H, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Slmbrook-court, Basinghall utreet; Matthews, ArWur-areat West, London-bridge. John Moores, jun., draper, Aylesbury, May 24 and June 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee. Basinghall-street,; Wilkinson, Gurney, and Stevens, Nicholas-lane. Frederick Auguste Di, trick, hat reanufacterer, Ben nett-street, Stamford-street, May 16, at half-past eleven, and June 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Turnley, Cornbill. Frederick William Froggett and James Van Patton, corn merchants, Mark-lane, May 20 and Jane 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as signee, Coltman-street-buildings; May and Sweetland, Queen-square, B:oornsbury. David Kirby, draper, Brackley, May 22, at half-past twelve, and June 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Shat tock, C)lenatn-street. William Rolfe Golder, miller, Folkstone, May 19, and June 16, at half-past eleve❑, at the Court of BAnkruptcy. Pennell, cfficial assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street; Bowes and Son, Chancery-lane ; Watson, Folk3lone. _ Charles Thomas Spencer Davey, auctioneer, Woburn, Bedfordshire, May 29 and Jane 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch•lane, Cobb, Downham-road, Lower Islington.: Thomas Bagg, victualler, Birmingham, May 24, at one, and June 9, at ten, at the Birmingham District Cour'. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Gem, Birmingham ; Mottram, linight, and Emmet, Bismingham. Isaiah Harper, builder, Dudley, Worcestershire, May 22 and June 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham Distrct Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. James Merrell, cattle dealer, Pershore, Worcester shire, May 22 and Juno 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Messrs. Wright, Birmingham. William Gray, grocer, Sunderland, May 23 and June 24, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Sale, Worthington and Shipman, Manchester; Griffith and Chrighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charles Salter and Richard Morris Evans, tailors, Upper King street, Bloomsbury, May 20, at two, and Juno 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street; J. and J. H. Linklator, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house; Lindsay and Mason, Gresham-street, City. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending May 6, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatien thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 265. 11d. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 275. 3id. „ From the East Indies .. • ... 265. lid. ~ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 2fs. lld. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, May 9. BANQUET TO THE JUDGES AT THE 11ANS10N-HOUSE. Last night the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress en tertained her Majesty's Judges and a large and distin guished party of ladies and gentlemen. The dinner, which was provided by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, com prised all the delicacies of the season, and was on the usual scale of magnificent hospitality practised at the Mansion-house. Among the company present were— The Right lion. Lord Campbell, Lady Stratheden, the Hon. Miss Campbell, Lord and Ludy Cranworth, Sir Frederick and Lady Pollock, Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Turner, Mr. Justice Petteson, Mr. Justice Wight man and Lady Wightraan, Mr. Justice Erle and Lady Erle, Mr. Justice Williams and Lady Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd and Lady Talfourd, Baron and Lady Parke, Baron and Lady Alderson, Baron and Lady Mar tin, Sir Fitzroy and Lady Kelly, the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, Sir Hervey Bruce and Lady Bruce, Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, the Dean of St. Paul's, Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, Mr. Sergeant Manning, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, M.P., Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant Gaseke, Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, Mr. Sergeant Allen, Mr. J. Evans, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Roebuck, Q C., MT., Mr. James W. Freshfield, M.P., the High Sheriff of Surrey and Mrs. Sparkes, the High Sheriff of Kent and Mrs. Ford Wilson, the High Sheriff of Essex and Mrs. Honeywood, Mr. and Mr. Garford, Dr. Phillimore, the Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman of the East India Company, the Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Lydekker, Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman Fare brother, Miss Farebrother, Alderman Humphery, M.P., and Mrs. Humphery, Sir James Duke, ILP., Alderman and Mrs. Hooper, Alderman Farncomb, the Recorder and Mrs. Stuart Wortley, Alderman Hunter, Alderman and Mrs. Salomons, Alderman and Mrs. Finnis, Alder man and Mrs. Lawrence, Alderman and Sheriff Carden and Mrs. Carden, Alderman and Mrs. Wire, Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinsms, Mr. Common -Sergeant Belleck, Mr. Un der-Sheriff Law, and Mrs. Law, Mr. Under-Sheriff Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bremridge, the Steward of Southwark, Mr. Secondary Potter, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Clarke, Mr. James Burchell, Mr. Thos. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Tamplin, Mr. and Mrs. France, Mr. Willes, Mr. Lovell, Mr. Huddleston, Mr. Tidd Pratt, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Ballan tine, Mr. James Bremridge, Mr. and Mrs. Fawcett, Mr. Peter Borthwick, Mr. J. Hardwick, Mr. Jardine, Mr. Henry, Mr. Combe, Mr. Tyrwhitt, lion. Mr. Norton, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Bingham, Mr. Fitzherbert Macdonell, Mr. Long, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Gilbert A'Becke', Mr. Yardley, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Burrell, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Hamtnili, Mr. Beedon, Mr. Sucker, Mr. Straight, Mr. Rixon, Mr. Goodman, Mr. Brand, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Waters, Mr. P. B. Brodie, and Mr. Goodeve. The loving cup having been announced by Mr. Harker with due emphasis—after grace, the first toast given was of course that of " The Queen," to which a most loyal reception was given. The LORD MAYOR then, in brief and appropriate terms, proposed "The Lord Chief Justice of England and her Majesty's Judges," Lord CAMPBELL, in eis own name and that of the Judges, returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred on them. They had always felt the greatest plea/sure in accepting the invitations of the Lord Mayor, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 9,, 1851. and it gave them high satisfaction to think that their conduct had been approved of by the chief magistrate of the city and their fellow•cibzens. That approbation was the highest reward that could be conferred on them f)r their labours and anxieties. It gave him great satisfaction to think that there had al ways existed a strong and intimate connexion between the Judges and the Lord May or and Aldermen. From ancient times there had bee❑ a high court of criminal jurisdiction in the Cily, over which the Lord Mayor pre bided, and when that court met the judges had much pleasure in mixing with the magistrates cf the City. They went together, on solemn occasions, to the cathe dral of St. Paul to offer up their prayers to the Al mighty. Again, at the festive board, they had the pleasure of being invited to the Mansion•house and the Guildhall to partake of the elegant hospitality of the City. In former times that hospitality used to be re ciprocated by the Sergeants, but he was sorry that of late years that custom had fallen into disuse. He re joiced in the prospect which existed that the ancient festivities were to be revived—(Laughter)—for ho had read in the newspapers—and therefore it must be true — that the Society of the Middle Temple were about to give a grand dinner and ball to the illustrious foreigners assembled on our shores, to the Lord Mayor and Al dermen of the city of London, and to tho magistrates. Barristers would once more dance round the bonfire, and the grave Lord Keeper would again open the ball, the seals and the mace of office dancing along with him.— (Much laughter.) Thus would the festivities of Queen Bess be revived in the reign of Queen Victoria.— (Cheers.) But even if these visions should not be re elised the judges would always retain a most grateful and pleasing recollection of the hospitalities of the Mansion-house. Thtn LORD MAYOR then gave as a toast, and in highly complimentary terms to the Noble Lord, " Lord Cran worth and the House of Peers." Lord CRANWORTII returned thanks, and in doing so said that he was, with one exception, the youngest ruam ber of the House of Peers. He believed, however, that whatever might be its defects, it was an institution deeply rooted in the affections of the country. To confess that it did not always discharge its duty was but acknowledg ing that it was a human institution. He considered the House of Parrs eminently qualified for the part which they took in the Constitution, and he hoped for himsc-If that he would never do discredit to such a body. Al luding to what had fallen from Lord Campbell, with re ference to the disuse into which the ancient festivities of Sergeant's Inn had fallen, he thought the Noble and Learned Lord had come to a lame conclusion in not an nouncing that the Sergeants, of whom ho was the head, and among whom he had great influence, were to set the example in reviving those festivities.—(Laughter.) Lord CAMPBELL proposed "The health of the Lord Mayor," and in doing so alluded to the high opinion which was entertained abroad of the importance of his Lordship's office. He quoted as an illustration of this a story which he had heard from Sir J. Romilly. A dis tinguished foreign nobleman once said to him, " I hope you may one day reach the office of Lord Mayor— (Laughter)—and, if not, at all events, that you may be come Lord Chancellor." He gave the health of the Lord Mayor as a man of high honour, of great suavity of manner, and as actuated by an earnest desire to serve his country. The LORD MAYOR, having returned thanks, pro posed " The health of Dr. Lushington," who, after ac knowledging the compliment, gave as a toast " The Lady May oress." The ladies then withdrew, and after a succession of toasts, among which were " The Bar of England," to which S,a-Lleant Manning replied, and " The Governor of the Bank of 11411 ad," responded to by Mr. T. Ilankey, the entertainment terminates. TH% COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, Di Az B.—At Gloucester and Worcester mukers on the 3J, although the supply of Ei.glish wheat was short, the currency of tho 4 day sennight was barely maintained for any description. Barley, is per quarter :lower, with very little inquiry. Oats held for an advance of 6d per quartr, and beans realized rather higher prioel. During the present week we have had less wheat offering, and in some instances a trifling improvement has been obtained on fine qualities, both of English and foreign. We have rather more doing in barley, at the nominal rates of lust week. Oats in de mand, and the turn dearer. The same remark applies to beans. At this day's market there was a short sup ply of wheat from the farmers, and rather higher prices were obtained for all fine qualities, but not sufficient to raise our quotations. We had more demand for grind ing barley at fully the rates of this day week. Oats sold readily at rather more money. On beans the turn was again in favour of the seller. Peas more inquired for. LOUGHBOROUGH, MAY 8. Our market to-day has been firm for all kinds of grain, at last week's prices. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MAY 6. The supply of fat beasts today was again on the decrease, and higher prices were asked for all sorts of beef; the quality of the ani mals generally was of the middling sort, with the exception of those from the north of England, which were in excellent con dition ; the demand for beef was good, and a clearance was effected. The number of sheep was not more than the ave rage, and was readily disposed ef. Pigs were plentiful. The show of fat and store calves was not so large as it has been on some previous markets, yet we thought there were more buyers. Beef, 41d to 5d ; mutton, 5d to 51d ; lambs, it to 1/ 3s ; veal, 4d to 4id per lb ; pigs, 7s to Os Od per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per' stone of 141bs. Hides, lid to 2d per lb ; calf skins 2d to 4d per lb. Uressoasistm, MAY 7.—Wheat 36s to 40s; barley 22s to 25s ; oats 18s to 22s ; beans 27s to 30s Od per quarter. Butter 7d to 8d per Rs ; eggs 24 for Is. BOSTON, MAY 7.—Wheat, red 27s to 39s 03, white 39s to 41s, extra 43s to 00s ; barley 00s to 0"s ; oats 15. to 20s; beans 26s to 30s; peas 00c to Ws per quarter. NEWARK, MAY 7.—Wheat, white 40a to 465, red 38s to 42. ; barley, malting 23s to 255, grinding 20s to 22s ; oats, 225 t., 22s to 21s, 245 t., 24s to 26s ; beans, 3Us to 32s ; tares 32s to 345; malt, his to 56s per qr. LYNN, MAY 6.—Wheat 28s to 345. fine 36s to 40s; barley 20s to 235, fine 265; oats 19s to 21s, fine 22s to 24s ; beans 27s to 295, fine 30s to 31s per qr. LOUTH, MAY 7.—Wheat 32s to 38s ; barley 21s to 24s ; oats 14s to 16s; beans 2'..s to 26s per qr. GLASGOW, MAY 7. Coastwise and from Ireland the sup plies have been quite insignificant, and from abroad, up the Clyde only about 605 quarters of wheat, and via Grange mouth only about 278 quarters of wheat have been reported. Notwithstanding light arrivals, the trade has been flat during the week, with the exception of oats and beans, which met a fair demand at improving rates, and lower grades of flour taken for shipment to Ireland. This day's market was well attended. Wheat and flour were held more firmly, at fully last week's currency. Barley unaltered. Oats and oatmeal have to be written 6d higher per boll or load, respectively. Beans and peas were the turn dearer. Indian corn unaltered. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MAY 7.—We had a good supply of grain in the market to-day. Sales were generally brisk. Wheat rather hung at the opening, but went off better towards the close. The top of wheat is up, and the average 3d down. Barley on the top same as last week, and the average is 6d up. Oats on the top same as last week, and on the average 3d up. Beans on the top 6d up, and the average Id up. Unsold-240 qrs wheat, 33 qrs barley, 13 qrs oats, and 00 qrs beans. Top of Wheat •.. 64iIb. 45s Od „ Barley ... 56A1b. 3ls Od „ Oats ... ... 46 lb 23s 4d „ Beans ••6741b. 32s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, MAY 7.—The number of cattle was 634, or 18 less than last week. Top price of the best cattle, 6s 93; current, Os to f's ; secoedary and inferior, from 5s Od to 5s 6d per Dutch stone. A good clearance was effected. The number of sheep this morning was 2, 59, or 75 more than last week. Top price of the Les: mutton, Cd per lb ; current, Sid to Od; ewes and inferior sorts, 4id to 5d per ib. Lambs selling from 19s to 22s a head. At the close a clearance was effected. DUNBAR, MAY 6.—Wheat, weighing 001bs, brought 425, and prices to 33s Od. Barley, weighing 55Albs, brought 27s Od, and prices to 2 'Bod. Oats, weighing 441bs, brought 20s 9d, and prices to 181 Od. Beans and peas, weighing 001bs, brought Oos Od, and prices to 00s Od. CORK, MAY 7. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat oos Od to 00s Od OOs Od-20 store 0 Red wheat o]s Od to OOs Od OOs Od-20 do 21 Barley los 6d to lls 6d OOs Od—l6 do o Bere 126 Oats 0 Pigs oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 1 barley ;! 0 bere; 6eats,; 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week : Wheat, 19. Barley, 269. Oats, 793. Pigs, 17. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. I CURRENCY. First quality Second quality Third quality ... 74s Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality _ _ _ oos First quality Second quality Third quality Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality __ _ Return of Cattle sold for the week ending May 3;— Pigs, 375. Sheep, 419. Cows, 62. CORY.—Flour —First 11s 6d to 12s Od; extra 123 9d; seconds, 1086 d to lii Od; households 9s to 10,3 Od; thirds, 7s to 9a per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to 1036 d; Indian meal7s 6d to 8s Od; wheat meal, 9s 61 to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 71 5 s Od to 71 12e 6d per ton. Bran 80s Od to 85s per ton. Hay—Farmers 17s to 255; average 225; dealers 40s to 003 Od; average 00s per ton. Straw—Farmers 16s 0,1 to 30e Od; average 265; dealers 40s Oel to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf Sid to 6d ; household loaf 4 d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to 12d per lb. Eggs-3s 4d to 3s 6d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Neath Culm, 13s 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 40s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., bs 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4id to 64d; mutton 5d to 7d; veal 4d to 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages bd per lb. Hope 611013 to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s pes ton. Bark—Barbary II Os to 810 s ; Valonia 151 to 01; French 61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone. Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s ; red ditto, 26s to 004 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 Os to 11/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 105 ; yellow ditto, 2l 158 per ton; deals, 12s to lbs per 100. Hides— Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to 34s per owt ; calf skins 31d to 3id per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; Minions, hid to 13d. Guano—Peruvian, 11/ 1013; Ichaboe, 8/ to 910 s per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. SHIP NEWS. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. American ship Richard Cobden, April 9, in lat. 19 N. long. 33 W. Dahlia, from Ceylon for London, April 7, in lat. 21 N., long. 34 W. Ship Conquerer, from Calcutta for London, April 16, in lat. 35 N., long. 36 W. Brig Globe, April 16. Barque Viscount Sandon, from Sydney, New South Willey, for London, April 21, in lat. 41 N., long. 33 W. American ship Shark, outward bound, April 28, in lat. 48 N., long. 13 W. British brig Herald, from Cadiz for Newfoundland,, April 23, in lat. 43 N., long. 31 W. Cornwall, outward bound, with emigran'e, April 2, in ht. 7 N. long. 27 W. Luna brig, of Dumfries, April 29, in lat. 47 N., lo rg . 12 W. Norma brig, from Hmy une; for Orel) Ap i ii 3, i n lat, 30, long. 47. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Ilecate, 6, stcam-Aoop, Comm,imier Hand, is by this time arrived at Port mouth from SLiads to refit for sea service. Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, arrived at Gibraltar, from Malta, Trith the 16th Regiment, and was to leave on the Ist May for Jathaica. Resistance troop- hip, Alaster-Comnazinder Bradshaw, left Gibraltar with the 65th Regiment for 13,rmuds. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Tbe Antelope steam vessel, Lieutenant-CommAnder Smyth, sailed this menu ing for Woolwich, to be paid off. The Leopard, 12, new advanced steam-frigate, came into harbour this morning from the eastward. The Caradoe steam-packet, Lieutenant -Commander Derriman, come into harbour this afternoon from :be eastwaid. ;She will convey Mr. Brown, Second ter- Attendant of a vonport dockyard, and the party whc, navigated the Leopard to this port, back to their own station. The Fi.jry and Elfin royal :titeam-y2chts went out of harbour this morning to try their engines afier refittal. APrOINnIENT. WooLwicri, MAY B.—Lientenant John Henry Howard (1847), recently serving in the Howe, 120, when on the Me diterranean statio7i, to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Doctiyard. 'rho Tyne, 22, store-ship, Master-Comniander Peter Wellington, left Woolwich yesterday, towed by the Monkey steam•vessel, and to-day pawed through thz: Downs on her way to Devonport, whence she will pro ceed with Etorids for Rio. The Vivid D.Jver mail steam-packet, Captain Smithett, on her return passage to resume her duties on the Dover station, made a trial of Watney's Anthra cite coal, and it vas found very clean and free from smoke, and produced a great heat, but more flame and a quicker draught were required to generate sufficient steam. An alteration in the grates and some other de tails must be made before it can be generally used for marine service. The .b'eiza Banri, Turkish war steamer, is to be brought under the shears at the wharf wall of the basin to nAnove the crank of the intermediate shaft of her engines, which requires to be repaired, which will be done by Messrs. Illaudslay, the constructors of her en gines. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMO.NS, May 8. REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX. (Continued from our Fourth Edition of last night.) Mr. CAYLEY resumed. He said none of the manu facturing interests of the country would be inter fered with by the repeal of the malt-tax. In conse quence of the credit reauired under the existing law small maltsters could not find bondsmen; and, therefore. the malting trade was iu practice a monopoly. It was the same kith the brewing trade; the consequence of which was en enormous increase in the cost of beer. His (Mr. Cayley's) object was not to embarrass the Ex chequer, but to relieve the consumer; and he should propose, if the House went into Committee on his mo tion, to repeal the malt-tax as soon as possible, the re peal to commence at two different periods—the first half, for instance, in October, and the second in six months after. That would not inteafere with the commercial system ef the country, while it would get rid of a most oppressive, inquisitorial, and unjust form of taxation. It was impossible for the producer to compete in this country unless his hands were free, end the system of taxation altered, which would euattle the labourer to live on the reduced wngee as well at least as he did before their reductic:n. With such a huge taxetiou as existed, the employment of the labour( r, et remunerative wages, was impossible for the farmer.— (.:tsar, hear.) At the present price of wheat it was utterly impossible for the farmer to carry on.—(Hear.) That was the cause of the enormous emigration now in progress, and which had been alluded to by the Hon. Memoer for Derbyshire. The worst was that this emigration took those who had &erne means still left, and only the poor remained in the country. He was satisfied that a stop would be put in a short time to the present oppressive system of taxa tion which produced these lamentable results; it was impossible it could go on. What effect bad the malt tax on the condition of the poor? It had the effect of increasing the poor man's beer 500 per cent.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen talked of the consumer, but here was the 'reducer sacrificed to an abstraction. That indeed was the tendency of all recent legislation, money laws, commercial systems, taxation. fest. The pensioners, tne annuitants, the drones in the hive, were helped sod sustained at the cost of the best interests of the produc tive classes.—(Hear, hear.) Before the present tax existed the poor man produced as well as consumed his own beer; for many centuries the poor man's wife was his brewer, and he had a good and cheap beverage; now he was driven from the domestic hearth to the beer-shop and the gin-palace in consequence of this tax. Much sympathy was affected for the public morals, and the Legislature was constantly busy in putting for that pur pose a check upon beer-shops and gin-palaces, hut if they wished to improve the morals of the poor they should go to the root of the evil and repeal the malt-tax, which drove the poor from their homes to these places. When the Committee on drunkenness sat some 17 or 18 years since an Oxfordshire magistrate deposed before it that in his opinion the repeal of the malt-tax was the best preventive that could be adopted for that vice; and last year no fewer than 92 clergymen of Essex petitioned for its repeal on the ground of public morality. Between the cost of the beer that could be Crewed by the labourer if the tax '-yes repealed, and that purchased by him at present, there was a difference of 500 per cent. With the bushel of malt at 4s. the la bourer might for 5a hare 36 gallons of beer.—(Hear, hesr.) Had Hon, Gentlemen any idea of the amount of the malt tax as upon land? An average acre of burley land would produce about five quarters of barley. The malt tax on that, however, was 51. 10s., while the land lord did not receive on the average more than 255., and the farmer perhaps only 155., or, at present prices, it might even be less. This, in addition to the malisters' and brewers' profits, caused by the existing monopoly, made the price of the produce of an acre of land, to the consumer, equal to 501. 10s.; whereas, if the malt tax were repealed, the same quantity could be obtained for 10/. 14s.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") But, grievous as was the oppression on the poor consumer, it was still more so on the producer. When the re duction of duty took place on tea and coffee, the con sumption increased from 300 to 800 per cent. Beer was the nature! beverage of the country; and, notwith standing legislation against it, the taste for it still con tinued. If, therefore, the malt-tax was repealed, the consumption would at once increase, at least to the same extent as that of tea and ci ffee. The consumption of malt at this moment was 3,000,000 of quarters. An in crease of 300 per cent. alone would create a demand for 10,000,000 of quarters of barley over and above what was now consumed. The complaint of the agricultural interest was that the importation of 10,000,000 of foreign corn was the cause of their present distress; if malt was set free, therefore, that complaint could no longer tie made.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated that the Inational taste for beer was giving way to a taste for tea and coffee; but this would imply a corresponding. decrease in the consumption of all strong drinks, espe cially spirits. It, however, ho could show that the con sumption of spirits increased with the reduedon of the duty, while tnat of beer diminished, he telt bound to infer that it was the malt-tax which was driving beer out of the market, and nothing else. In Scotland he found, for example, that in 1792, when the tax was lid. per bushel on malt, there were 5.000,000 of malt con sumed, while in 1821, when it was 3s. 6d. per bushel, there were only 1,785,000 consumed. Since that time there had been a reduction of the malt-tax— within 1822 and 1826—and the consumption of malt rose 300 per cent. In England, unhappily, they had little experience of the diminution of duty; but in Ireland si milar causes produced similar effects. In Ireland, in 1792, the malt-tax was 2s. 6d. the barrel, and 1,280,000 barrels of malt were consumed; in 1801, when it was in creased to 6s. 6d. per barrel, the consumption had fallen co 272,000. But what was going on with regard to spi rits in the meanwhile? During the lest 45 years the consumption had increased twofold in England, fivefold in Scotland, and sixfold in Ireland; because in that pe riod the duty on British manufactured spirits was 7s. 10d. per gallon; on Scotch spirits, 3s. Bd. per gallon; and on Irish spirits, 2s. Bd. What was the cause of the low price of agricultural produce at the present moment but the excess of produce beyond the demand? The most efficient remedy, then, for them, if they did not re trace their steps, was to increase the demand; but then it was said that this was a barley question, and that oat soils and bean-growing soils would derive no benefit from it. He said there was not an acre of land in the country which would not be benefited as much as the barley lands. The increase in the demand for barley would raise the price of barley, then that would lead to an increase in the number of acres; then that could not occur without in ducing an increase in the price of oats and beans. He pledged his reputation that if the malt-tax were repealed the benefit would not be confined to the barley lands.— (Hear.) But then it was said that foreigners would send malt here. Now, the reason they would not send malt here, though they did send flour, was this, that a sack of flour could be sent as cheap as a sack and a half of wheat. That was the reason that the French sent here not only the flour of their own country, but also the flour of other countries, which was ground there. The dryness of the climate enabled the French to make flour better than it could be made i n thisthie respectcountr the y; but then malt required dampness, and in malt had in the climate a great advantage. Besides, malt was an old-established manufacture in this country, and it was therefore one in which foreigners could not well compete with the English. It was his belief, that however great might be the demand for barley, there would not be mere than 500,000 quarters of good barley imported into this country. Let them look to what had been the importation of foreign barley since the repeal of the corn-laws. In 1847 there had been imported 772,000 quarters, when the price was 42e.; in 1848, 1,051,000 quarters; in 1849, 1 ,381,000 quarters, when the price was 275. 9d.; and in 1850, when there was a fall in the price to 235. 5d., there was a decline in the importations from 1,381,000 quarters in the previous year to 983,000 quar ters. This showed that there was no likelihood of im portations on the part of the foreigner interfering with the home trad e in barley.—(Clear.) It was said that the persons the most distressed in this country were the hop-grower, Well, if they increased the consumption of barley threefold, they would increase the consump tion of hops threefold, and doing that he should like b to know what better relief could they give to b d not o g; growers?—(Llear.) But the n. increase of the only cla s s benefited. There would be employment fur 100,000 persons; a nd counting their b ,, families with them, there would be an increase of benefit for 500 ; 000 persons. Such would be the necessary dae, —(Henn.) S uc h effects of the adoptees of 1 - m O P°, uu increase of employment Si MAU b e re,a va.g tural distress according to the most legitimate process; it would be giving to the consumers in this country their natural beverage 500 tier cent. cheaper than they could no obtain it. Tee ietereste of the country would be atlvaneed, end the meritlity of the people would be pro non' ci, by iho itueptien ot the prepoeittcn he then ven tured to sub it to theen—(Neer.) To that House ho appeal, d for justice; but ii that House did not give it then he wetted appeal from that House to those who by bitter experience knew what was the extent of the in justice dene to them—to those be would appeal for re dress—to the people he said he would make his appeal for the retiress ot that which was a gross and ming .—(Cto ) He concluded with proposing the motion ui which he had given notice. Mr. ALCOCK hoped that this question would con tinue to be brought forward in the. House until some,- t tang di finite was clone to remedy that wrung of whic h the farmers had just reason to complain. tWas it net attoniehing, he asked, that the farts:Ere found levied utell t one single article grown by them as large an amount of _ taxation as was levied on the whole property of the United Kinadont?—(Hear, hear.) The whole prop ert y u: the country was 170,000,0001.; by the income-tax there was raised on that 5,000,000/ or 5,500,00 01 . ; the same sum that VBl3 paid on berley in this country. (liner, hear.) And this rum, too, was raised;re i 1,000,000 of acres ou t of the 17,000 ; 000 acres that we under cultivation. H e complained of agricultural era. bees opposing such a metion as this by their votes and speeches; and he complained, too, of some of them . et_ scouting hum the division. Ile complained am° of the part taken on thi s su bj ect by t h e M e mbers for e ehetter and the West Riding of Yorkshire; end he Was much astonished a t th e course taken by the Irish t repre sentatives. Wh ere , h e at k e d, were t h e I r ish repretery i tivea that night?—(Hear, hear.) He did not expec t th at 'he 5,000,0001. malt-tax would be at once done away f with. He believed th a t every one would b e eatntiedi .ice the Chancellor of the Exch equer recogn i z ed the iojast that was done, and th en as an earnes t o f his siecirt t Yr reduced the tax 10 per ce n t. thi s y ear , and promis ed _ e t next year to reduce it 20 p er cen t. B u t if the hones would not do this, then he hop e d t h a t th e people of zng land would compel them to do it.—(Hear, bear.) , o f Mr. PACKS; said that tho ug h h e m i g ht be accused irconsisteecy in the course ho s h ou ld ta k e on the mot,tenhti, e yet ho would not shrink from t a ki ng t h a t course. 1 . h % question might he regarded under three heads. In tiret place, as regarded revenue, he should have n e ; It jection whatever, but would go to an y ext ent in rep u tet ieg taxation, if he could ther e by com p e l t h e Governtatt to give up their free-trade p o licy. N ext , with regards; to the consumer, he admitted th e re p ea l o f the reelt .l i e , would be a considerable adva n t age t o t h e farmer' con at n the tidered as a consumer, ut the came into pe-e" h o t third consideration, the b effect t n hat measure would on the farmer as a producer, and he was convinced that for every ss. he would gain as a consumer by the re ,d ; of the malt -tax, he would as a p ro d ucer l ose Pe n- s t for the importation of foreign malt which was ea present prohibited would, he had no doubt, be at °ti e permitted, and the foreign prod ucer b e brought lut e t competition with the home produ cer if t h e measure Of the Hon. Member for Yorkshire (M r . Caylq) we'es carried. In 1846 it had been stated confidently there was no ground for apprehending a large imports; don of foreign corn, but experien ce h a d s i nc e show n them that French wheat a n d F renc h fl our bad bef lergely imported. The same w ou ld b e f oun d to be tile case with malt. Haviete, then, only a c hoice of e'v be chose the less; and, however willing he was to ;li r : port the motion of the Hon. M e mb er f ur D e rby ( et Bass), for a reduction of one-half o f th e d ut y, be ul t ; oppose the motion of the H onoura bl e M e mber ° Yorkshire. Mr. AGLIONBY said, that, however desirable th g e repeal of the m e lt-t ax w as , i t was i mposs ibl e to brine forward a neition for that purpose at such an u nreason' able time that e v e n th e advocates o f the ineelethree should oppose it on th a t groun d ci no. Such was " case at prevent ; he had always voted in favour of the repeal of the malt -tax, but under present circumstan ce d when the Government bad repealed the window-tax en, two other tax es , one o f w h ich was b eneficia l to te e agricultural . classes, and th e ot h er to t h e great Mats of tee community—and when th e H ouse did not yet Itrio°g, what would be the effect of th e s u ccess o f the e,-• Member's (Mr. Hume's) motion on the income-0 1- r with such financial cLfffeuititia before them, he certainly could not vote in favour of the motion of the li°' Member for Yorkshire. Mr. FLOYER could not concur i n th e reason ing o f , the Hon. Member for Cockermonth (M r . AglioohY2: For though he had voted in favour of the motion of Luv o Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume), he should he l y preferred the success of the motion of the Right Iti(T* Member for Stamford (Mr. Herrn s) for a gradual d e adnution of the income-tax. The House, however, ha!' lag come to a decision ad verse to t h at Motion, be mast support the proposition for th e re p ea l o f t h e malt-telt The maintenance of that tax was at direct variance with one of the main principles by which the Govern' • relent professed to guide their financial policy—namely' the reduction of taxation of art i c l es o f pr i me necessary. ;le was at loss to know on wh a t pr i nc i p l e the Governmentt asked support for their financial policy, when they maintained such a tax as the malt-tax, and be would therefore venture to suggest that the principle they should adopt should be reduction of taxation applied to the verinus articles of consumption which formed the main expenditure of the labouring classes. It made ne difference to the working man, if he paid Is. in taxationt whether that shilling was spread over a dozen articles, or was concentrated in one article of consumption . There were many occupations of the agricultural le bourer where he was exposed to damp and wet, such as works of drainage and irrigation, where he would need the eupport and wholesome stimulus of beer, the healtil beverage to which he had been accustomed from hie youth; and in the exhausting fatigues of summer and the harvest, beer was equally necessary to recruit his strength. He should then here that primary article of necessity—bia beer—untaxed and cheap; and that could only be effected by the repeal of the malt-tax. Again, regarding the matter in a tnanufacturieg point of view, the repeal of that tax would enable English brewers to expert and open a new market for English malt drink ou the Continent, where at present such wretched beer was produced, and where the superior English article would be sure to command a market. Unless some measure of redress were adepted, the distress under which the agriculturists were labouring would hav e ' the effect of dissipating their capital—an effect which he had reason to fear bad already begun to came into operation; and th oug h it h a d b een sai d that it could be readily replaced by other capital, yet be denied that they could look with any hope of permanent, success fur the cultivation of the broad lands and exten sive fields of England to the application of the capital of tradesmen, manufacturers, rand merchants to that par' pose, however advantageous its a small way the infusion of the capital of an amateur tradesmen, agriculturist , or retired manufacturer, might be in their respective' localities. Ho admitted that, on the face of the poorlacr returns, there was an appearance of the distress com plained of by agriculturists having diminished. But the returns of pauperism were not conclusive as to the state of the agricultural population, for they only affected those classes of persons who were so far sunk in the se cial scale as to become applicants for relief. There Vies' another and a much larger class of labourers, who bad yet so much of English courage remaining as to prevent them from :4 pplying fur assistance from their paritheee amid who nevertheless bed, during the past winter, her,l l , sufft tit g very severe privatioes.e- (Hear, hear.) He dla nut ueuy that labourers in full employ went and at their former wages were deriving very considerable advantage from the low prices of provisions.—(Cheers from the Mi nieterial benches.) He hid had some experience of the condition of the poor in his own immediate neighbour.. hood, and he could state from his own knowledge that in no previous winter had there been so large a proportion of the labouring peer compelled to work short time. Ho might be told, perhaps, that but for the low price of pro visions these men must have been driven into the work house; but only let Hon. Members consider seriously what the effect would be of the partial employment of the labouring poor; how the days heretofore spent in healthy though constant occupation in the fields mighty from want of employment, be passed in the beer-house, to which the testimony of judges of assize and the expe rience of the magistracy taught them to look as the rources of crime.—(Bear.) Mr. SEYMOUR said he had made a point of visiting the unions in his own district during the late recess, int consequence of the statements which had been made, that there never had been so little employment for th labouring poor as euring the past year. Among these was a union on the borders of Dorsetshire, and, on makin g inquiry of the master of the workhouse, he was told Otte there were scarcely inmates enough to keep the house ;in order; the inmates, he said, had diminished from be tween 70 and 80 down to about 40, nearly every one of owrheelmsewaaseither an old person, or i nca p a bl e of work. child, and the only case of an able-dodied man in that workhouse mail that of a man with a wife and three children, because he could not get a house in the of tartihshis man, in vthich he lived. He went to the employer and was told that he was an excellent workman, and that his employer would be happy to take him again, if the owner of the parish (for it all belonged to one man) would find him a house. He had also wade inquiries in another union, in Somersetshire, and there he admitted the number had slightly increased but the rates had diminished in two years from 7,0001 to 5,400 L, and the master told him that there was not one single man out of work who was of good character. There were twenty-six parishes in the union and twenty able-bodied men in the workhouse. How did it happen that the labouring population were always worse off when Protectionist gentlemen resided near?— (Hear, and a laugh.) Mr. FLOYER explained. He had only stated that he never knew so many obtaining only casual employ ment and living upon partial wages. Mr. P. BENNET said the able-bodied poor in the va rious unions of the western division of Suffolk in the quarter ending March 25th, 1850, were 109, while in the corresponding quarter of the present year they amounted to 317. The question before the House was (tee of justice to the agricultural interest; and he ap pealed to the free-trade party to carry out their own principles by supporting the motion, and making the beverage of the country as free as the consumption of corn. The duty un malt was so high and pressed so heavily on the producers of the crop from which it was made, that the labouring classes were unable to obtain that quantity of beer which was necessary for their health. Their wages were reduced sill more than the price of corn, and they were thus in a much worse position tlaau ever. Mr. TRELAWNY characterised the motion as a dangerous appeal t o th e masses. — ( oh , oh.) He main tained it to be so, inasmuch es it held oat a prospect that an article in peat consumption amongst them would be reduced in price to a grelt extent. This was not a very consistent course for Cons( rvativ es to pursue. or his own part he could not under,tani how the agri cultural elas , os coull be beneil:ed by a repeal of the ulust ultimately be paid by the con sumer. At all events those who proposed to strike off so large an item of taxation were bound to provide a sub-