The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ..,Liverpeol .. ( Jun* I* .. !Liverpool .. a,rri--t..,.-- America (by Brit. pkt.)N r June 20 America (by U.S. pit.) ili Americo (by coast.) M;June ,nth :I j u ' —,, Africa (West ).. .N,l4th of the month , Plymouth ', Ju 1 1 ,!,; 6 •Alexandria. ........ Nll9th & 30th of mo.jDover j u ar a Itelgium .. ,_ .. NI Daily .. ,„ .. :Dover , Da 3 . 151 Erazil , , • • • • .. M:9th of the month ISouthampt. July 1 2 Buenos AYres .. .. ..11,9th of the month ISouthampt. July 12 _ alifornia (viaChagres)M;id & 17th of month Southampt. June 20 , ', 0 a 1, ) , , : t 0f Good Hope Nil4th of month /Plymouth • • JUTY 3 Centra l n Ple * •• • • Ni7th 17th 27th of mo , Dover .. June 20 Catmel la m b °a •• M America 2d & 17th of mon. ISouthanipt. June 20 Chili '• • • N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th.S a France( 17th of the month Southampt. June 20 Greec e '', '• •• M & NlTsvice daily .. .. (Dover • • Twicedally Ilambu r ,,,*' • • • • Ni 7 th 17th 27th of mo , Dover • . June 20 Holland •• .. NTuesday & Friday ;London • • Tues. Sat . Honduras .. .. • .. MlW ednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Thrr Ireland •• __. 11;17th of the mouth,Southampt. Awe 20 India ( via sc ; utt : ati x & I•7'Twice daily.. .. , Holyhead • • Twicedaily India (vialisulleilleil,3)) tt2Oth of the monthiSouthanapt. 'June 23 o.ta .0417th& 24th efmonth ' Dover ..!July 1 Mediterranean Southampton) .. ~,,I_ Mediterranean (vi a — "l'm , of the month ISonthampt. (July 23 Marseilles) .. „ z1 .1 7t4424th. ofmonth Dover .. l July 1 Mexico .. .. .. If2cl or th e Madeira • • • • • • .. 31 9th of thererneonA.. Sonthampt./July 5 Malta* .. •• N iiithmth,m, nth Southampt. July 12 stlt 15th25thofnTol12over .. ' & 30th of m • n o I] Dover Naples* .. .. • • N s th 15th 25 th o of th ' June 18 Papal States* .. • • •N June 22 Peru .. .. .. .. M,l7th of the month lkon°ntttunpritt:lJune 26 Peninsular.. .. .. M 7th 17th 27th ef month rer .. June 21 IJune 20 Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15 th 25thofrno Doverat° West Indies .. .. M,l7th of the moath Son • June 22 West Indies (except I Pt. June 20 'Javan-nit k Nassau) M:2d of the s uathasapt. The mails to those c ountries thus =rim' (5) are 'uly 5 French packet Vhi Marseilles. conveyed by Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—The Honourable Gerald Normaiaby Dillon to be Captain, vice Spencer, promoted, June 15', 1851. WHITEHALL, JUNE 11. The lord Ch ance ll or h as a pp o i n t e d R o b ert • Clitherovr, of kl erncastle, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., t o b e A M as t er E ztraoirdinar y in the High Court of Ch4ncery. I ' IC/ TI'CE TO OWNERS AND MASTERS OF SHIPS. Th e I SCALE OF MEDICINES. cords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade me T i l e ", Pleased to direct that the scale of medicines and come 1 1 , 11 ,_eIns issued by them in December, 1850, shall not day of d j'v e P r i 11 Yg o e n f medicines and rnedi n e u ral and compulsory operation on the let : a a ra n e d nts th as at, h u av n e ti h l i f t u h r e t r h t e o r b n ee o n tic c e a , rr m ie • • vessels may continue to carry and use such used by theme P . f arsuance of the scale or scales hitherto force a such a t n e rds F. W. BEECHY. W. H. WALKER. Oflica of Committee of Privy cLini FAREER, Se cre t ar y. Trade, Naval Department, Whitehall, l3t2ti June, 1851. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Char! es Gazeley, builder, Torriano-villas BANKRUPTS. , K en ti s h - town. Henr Mills, glover, e leven , to surrender June 26, at twel ve , and Aug. 1, at, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane, c ornhil . ; i Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Chespaide. Reed, Michael Common, draper, North Shields, Northumberland, June 24, at eleve n , an d A ugus t 5, at twe l ve, at the Newcaa tle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newell stle- upon-Tyne ; Cbater, N ewcast le-upon-Tyne, Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard. Thomas George Phillipps, grocer, Newport, Monmouth. shire, June 30 and July 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, o ffi cial assignee, Bristol ; L awrence, P lews, and Bowyer, Old Jewry-chambers; Bevan, Bristol. Samuel Williamson Isherwood, woollen draperKingston aHt4ur. upon-gu l l upon Hull, July 2 and 23, at half-past twelve, at the King sllmDitihstranicdt D C o o d u d r , t. Hu C ll arrick, o ffi cial assignee, 22,W. aitileilaemvelln,eantrytEhedwLaeredds,B hpoissiterrictLeceodus,rt.JulHy Hope, official and July sonAa o n m d a 8 Dixon Gaunt Beds. 1 a ssltee, Leeds ; Marsden, Friday-street,Ch a side • Richard 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District reodns.merchant Brad f ord, e P ' and A ug. cr July 4, official Barwick, Leeds ; Terry and Watson, o llra t dford o ; un ß g Oa o d and Leeds. N , L t i V f r E e d N . i a D e e E r e s O t , R O S l . cl Bro m pt on . Job,n Fiddes, JEW es Charles Jo hns,lbill discouter, P p Tortlaud-oottage, Camden-tom A REASON FOR NOT WINNING.--In the y or k County Court last week an action was brought by Thorpe, the jockey, to recover 31., which he claimed for riding a horse at the last Doncaster Spring Meeting. The defendant did not appear. Ilis Honour—Well, did you win? Plaintiff —die, your honour. His Honour--I thought likely that ;va s it; else defendant probably would have paid. But what were the terms? Plaintiff -51. for winning, and 31- for losing, same as usual.—(Laughter.) His Honour—You're quite sure the terms were not "no cure no pay?" Plaintiff —Yes, your honour. His Honour—Well, perhaps then, you did not lose handsomely; was there anything of that sort ? (Laughter.) Plaintiff—l could'nt win, your honour. There were eleven horses started, and I went off first and kept first as long as the horse could keep his place; and there's only ene horse can win, your honour, you know. (Laughter.) Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of St. Helena. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. ' THE LONDON GAZETTE, June 17. In the debate on the navy estimates the First Lord FOREIGN OFFICE„ JUNE 7, 1851. of the Admiralty demanded a vote to which everybody The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord objected with more or less vehemence, and against Cowley, K.C.8., late her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary which everybody spok e with more or l ess reason. Si r to the Swi® s C on f e d erat i on, to b e her Majesty's En vo y Ex- Francis hi mse lf h a d so li ttle to say for his proposal that traordinary an d Mi n i ster Pl en ipotentiary to the Germanic he could only retort with like arguments on the suggese Confederation. WAR OFFICE, JUN 2 17. tion from the other side. Yet the vote was agreed to Ist Regiment of Life - Guards-Walter de Winton, Gent., without a division, and we are hardly prepared to say to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caul what better course could have been taken. All this may field, promoted, June 17. seem very mysterious and contradictory, but we can 2d Dragoons-Robert Scott Hunter, Gent., to be Cornet, by pat the reader in possession of facts which we greatly purchase, vice Gratrex, promoted, June 17. suspect will leave him almost as much perplexed as his 7th Light Dragoons-Captain Lydston Newman, from the representatives. 72d Foot, to be Captain, vice Cooper, who exchanges; Cap- Our Navy List is enormous in personnel as well as tain Charles Henry Spencer George Lord Garvagh, from the materiel-i n sa il ors no l ess than i n s hi ps. But, whereas 10 t h Li g h t D ragoons, to be Captain, vice Bowles, who ex the number and c h arge o f t h e common seamen are fixed 'hanges, June 17. 9th Light Dragoons-Cornet William Wedderburn Ar every year by a sca l e gra d uate d to t h e national wants, the thnot number and char ge o f th e i r o ffi cers rema i n stationer eu ; to be Lieutenant, by p urc h ase , v i c e Mallett, who 3 7 , retires Charles David Ri c h, G en t., t o b e c ornet, by purchase, inasmuch as comm i ss i one d service is taken for life, vice Arb, June 17. ' and the officer never drop; off the Paymaster's list from 10th Light uthnot Dragoons-Captain Charles Bowles, from the_ the hour th a t h e enters as a naval cadet, at the age of 7th Light D ragoons , t o b e C apta i n , v i ce L or d G arvag h, who 11, t o th e h our t h at h e dies an admiral, at the aver- exchanges; Guy Webster, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, age ag e of 85. In point of fact, the naval service is vice Cuthbert, promoted, June 17. Thomas Caton Gent. to be kept up to its full war standard as regards ships 17th Light Dragoons-John and officers, though we discard all provision whatever in respect of the seamen. We are not saying that this Ist Copel ie by ini p e u n r t ch e tn ee vi t ce T ch h h o ar m n le s s on iin p r r t o , m G o e t n e t t Juneebe Ensign,l7. b Purchase, vice Webster, promoted, June 17. anomaly-as far, at any rate, as the officers are concerned Thomas yh y 2 o ci pmna F rse o h o wra t -73,3; Weston -can be altogether avoided; but the consequences are vice 'Carruthers, C. 8., who retires ; Captain or John Burns, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, very prejudicial both to the service and the public. A Easterbrooke Holdsworth to be Major, by young lad enters the service as a cadet, and, of course, purchase, vice Burns; Lieutenant Cecil Squire to be Cap finds a berth to start with, as such a vacancy constitutes tain, by purchase, vice JuneHoldswort, l7. John Chalmers, his title to naval orders. He rises gradually to a higher To be i Lieute n n e ants,by purchase-Ensign retires; Ensign William Henry Grimston, rank, erTing all the while, and receiving, in the vice Gol op, presenr day, no inconsiderable amount of professional Charles vice vice Russell, who retiree; Ensign . John Thompson, vice J. R. Jackson, who retires; EnsignGibbs, Squire, and scientific training. Eventually he becomes a finale- June 17. Pant, and still finds scope for his energies, for as there To be Ensigns, by purchase-George Augustus Boylan, is more than one lieutenant to a ship, young officers Gent., vice Baker, who retires, June 17 ; William Henry of this class experience, generally speaking, no lack Spencer, vice Chalmers, promoted, June 18. of employment. But now let us suppose that in one Assistant-Surgeon Henry Clinton Foss, from 55th Foot, to of the few opportunities incidental to times of peace, be Surgeon, vice George .goche Smith, placed on half-pay, such as an attack upon a piratical stronghold, June 17. or an Arctic expedition, or a New Zealand campaign, 12th Foot-George Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, by Purchase, vice Goodrich, promoted, June 17. the young lieutenant so far distinguishes himself as to P 14th Foot-Charles Monk Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by earn the rank of commander. From that hour his Purchase, vice Barlow, promoted, June 17. chance of further occupation is almost gone. COM manders are not in request like lieutenants, they want Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice i 18th Foot-Gentleman Cadet Colmer Lynch, from the vessels of their own, and the Admiralty has no vessels Cripps a ointed to the 24th Foot, June 17. to give away. A. station on the coast guard is about the 24th ' Foot-Lieutenant pp Henry Nangle, from the 67th Foot, pec e such c be st thing that can be e x td in circumstances t o b e Li eutenant , vice John Nagel, who retires upon half-pay unless some extraordinary ► fortune or interest should Ceylon Rifle Regiment, June 17. who retires, June 17. actually bring an appointment to one of the few ships in 27th Foot-athaniel B arnadiston, Gent., to be Ensign, commission. and lead the way to renewed distinctions by purchase, vice Somerville, Wilmot Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, and to post rank. Then, however, the profession of a 39th Foot -Frederick I naval officer comes absolutely to an end.' A post-captain, Foot-Adolphus Haggerston Stephens, Gent., to be ; according to the professional etiquette, not only requires 40th by purchase, vice O'Hara, promoted, June 17. 1 by purchase, vice Wall, promoted,_ June 17. a ship to himself, but a ship of a certain rate, and the Ensign,t Foot-Gentleman Cadet George William Wallace older he gets the higher must be the rate of the vessel, so Carpenter, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eccles, who re- 1 that as to a post-captain of 10 years' standing and 40 tires, Jun® 17. years of age ever receiving employment, such a godsend Y ed to the 25th c is nev er d ream t of by any officer unconnected with those Ensign, by purchase, vice White, appoint 44th Foot-Ernest Henry I3rackenbtir , Gent., to be c r happy families to whom the capacity of political Foot, June 17.__ priesthood is thought to be confined. Such, in the retires, June 17. a 45th Foot-Henry Safe Willoughby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cameron, who common course of things, is the life of a sailor. 55th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the n But in the meantime his claim upon the country does Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Foss, promoted in the 2d ( not cease with his services, nor is it reasonable that it a Foot, June 17. should. He has entered the na as a profession, has 59th Foot-Lieutenant Richard Percival Wigmore, from it devoted his life to the ceiling, has only by the very ex- half-pay, Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Pee- 0: it cellence of his service been incapacitated from serving bles, promoted to an Unattached Company, June 17. further, and would beonly too thankful to have a 60th Foot-Captain Charles Hamilton Roddy, from half- of change of serving again.li the pay of a public aer- pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Alexander Crie Meik, 5 Cap exemplary 'ant to be summarily stopped as a reward for who exchanges; Lieutenant Peter Burton Roe to be cond ot y dan encouragement to others? tain, b 7 purchase, vice Roddy, who . retires; Second Lieu- re Surely n ot --- the u officer an ' captain tenant Thomas Nicholson to be First Lieutenant, by .pur- of chase, vice Roe, June 17. B not • actively employed, end accordingly he goes is a still, though 62d Foot-Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles Lambert to hi on the half -pay list to bide his time. Moreover, from be Captain, without purchase, vice Fender, deceased, June Ti by selection this point of his career promotion goes not . vice Henry John Adeane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, to but seniority, so that while he is rusting away Olionnell, promoted, June 17. in com pulsory inaction he is gradually rising in dignity and in 66th Foot-Leslie Eames, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, pr due time w ill b ecome an admiral-his c l a i ms u p on th e vice Paget, promoted, June 17. se( country thus increasing i n inverse pro p or tion to the :ter- 67th Foot-Lieutenant John Inman, from half-pay Ceylo n cot vice he is likely to ren d er. Now, l oo k at th e u lti ma t e Rifl e R egiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Nangle, appointed to blt result of these arrangements. The Navy List becomes au 24th Foot; Louis Walter Fisher, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- be, large by this constant creation of captains and self-genera- chase, vice Arnold, promoted, June 17. fin tion of admirals, that the chances c,f service are lessened . 69th Foot-Cliarles Edward Mallon, Gent., to be Ensign, to l u 7 rch.ue, vice Straton, appointed to the 64th Foot, lift while t'ho burden upon the Exchequer is increased. n J y une P We have some 150 admirals, thoughit is not probable 70th Foot-Lieutenant R. Whi ham from "od Foot to be -I)° ' that the moat extensive war could find employment for Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, who g ' exchanges,June 17. ' 15 ; we have 500 captains, each ready fur a ship; and of 72d Foot-Captain Edward Henry Cooper, from the 7th red commanders u larger proportion still, not to mention Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Newman, who ex- qus the older class of it eetenae t e l e ft on our hands by the changes; Lieutenant James Atkinson, from the 70th Foot, to the superennuations of the last war. This is the result be Lieutenant, vice Whigham, who exchanges; Ensign John Id i mmediately concern i ng t h e p u blic. A s f or t h e Sh aw Wyllie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thellusson, bus vice, an officer's competency inevitably decays who retires, J une 17. in 11 by disuse, and so long is a man acquiring the 78th Foot-William Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- whi title which seniority would give him, that this very chase, vice Burrowes, appointed to 45th Foot, June 17. of v seniority destroys his fitness for duty when his turn B7th Foot-Edwin Biron, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, it by purchase, vice Flamstead, promoted, June 17. equo arrives. It is clearly irnpeseible, looking at the changes 88th - Foot- George Richard Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, 1,00 in naval architecture and tactics, that a captain who by purchase, k, vice Wray, promoted, June 17. and has not been afloat for twenty years can be so fit for 99th oot-Charles Blood Mulville, Gent., to be Ensign, ard command as one who has just gained this step. So the by purchase, vice Macdonald, promoted, June 17. in c onsequence is, not only that the list is crowded with Rifle Brigade-Assistant-Surgeon Francis Re ,whorm Ame officers, but that it is crowded with inefficient officers; the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice y re- butte and though we may want less than a score of admirals signs, June 17. whit out of our hundred and a half, it is said to be Ist West India Regiment-Frederick Pritzler Muller, were a great question whether the whole hundred and a Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mackay, pro- Arro half would supply so many. What, then, is to be meted, June 17. done? Th e case is exceedingly hard upon the officer 2d West India Regiment--George Frederick Webster, per r v who is first shelved for his good service, then Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Crispin, dis- SP missed the service by the sentence of a General Court-mar- scale compelled to rust for want of use, and finally told that he tial, June 17. Cogs is too rusty to be useful. One half of his time he is too HOSPITAL ST . -Acting Assistant-Surgeon Francis ed 1 young ; sty other half too old. All this while, too, mat- Walters Knox to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice ld, 1 ters are not only getting worse, but complaints are made Reynolds, appointed to the Rifle Brigade ; Acting Assistant- 2s 6d that they are not bad enough, for, while promotion is Surgeon John Wyatt to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, main attacked as the root of the evil, it is reason ably argued vice Croker, appointed to the 55th Foot, June 17. few that promotion is too slow already to bring up the 1 310MANDUM.-The names of the gentleman appointed Spirt young hands, and that if it is not quickened somehow the to an Ensigncy in the 57th Foot, on the 16th May, 1851, are and I service will soon stand still. Richard Astley Knatchbull Hugessen. day t OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 14. We have nearly exhausted our limits is stating the parce Rayal Regiment of Artillery -Captain Edmund Neal ward case, but this statement will suffice to enlighten the Wilford to be Lieutenantw-Colonel, M i e l e a , ll rg i ired upon proof reader on its difficulties. One party of reformers would full pay ;Second Ca on o to de b n e 4d to check the influx of cadets, but this would simply dry up Catn, vice First LieutenaL Charles - 4 " our single source of the young blood which must be relied Evans to be Second Captain, vice Dixon; Second Lie g ute- petre, upon for leavening the mass. Another would check prom o . nant Charles Frederick Cockburn to be First Lieutenant, 1,237 tion, that is to say, encouragement to good conduct; while vice :Evans, June 6. a third scheme su gges t s t h e removal of the old officers ADMIRALTY, cent. i, Joss 11. lots ds from; the head o f t h e li st by an approved mixture of The following promotions have this day taken place conse- Zee allurement and compulsion. It was in the execution of quenk. on the death, on the 10th instant, of Admiral of the been this latter scheme that Sir Francis asked a vote of Red John Cachet:- money for p rocur i ng the retirement" of certai n a d- Admiral of th e Whit e H enry Richard Glynn to be Admiral i snellers las " mirals, captains, commanders, and lieutenants. So im- of the Red. perative was th e necess i ty of effecting a clearance the done, Admiral of the Blue Si r Th omas Li v i ngstone, Bart., to be melted Admiral of the White. sales h. nobody could say a word against the principle, whilst Vice- Admiraof the Red George McKinley to be Admiral mostl so manifest we.s the hardship of the a u erann , uated of the Blue, sheep; officers that " even the most ardent Financial P ßetormer," Vice-Admiral of the White the Honourable George Elliott, muds 3 as Mr. Cobden fairly owned, " would find it exceedingly difficult" to adjust hi CIL, to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. s dealings. Weof Oies. own knowledg e , can speak, our , to au individual case where an officer Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Francis Mason, K.C.8., to be rates in re than average distinction, of Vide-Admiral of the White. of far morn only S. unimpaired er Rear-Admiral of the Ree the Hon. Sir' Anthony Maitland, T he 10 . vigour, and with high claims to notice n' will be publicly C.a., IC-C.M.G., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Phipps Hornby, C.B t bthere h The p proclaimed as " inefficient" by the' -, 0 e : measure proposed, and doubtless other examples are Beer-Admiral of the Red, busines: not Wanting, Sir indeed, confessed as much, and plainly Francis, Rear-Admiral of the Blue William Fairbrother Carroll, from 28, admitted that C.E., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. more or less injustice must needs be done.ySouther fear this Capta in Arthur Fanshawe, C B to be Rear- • • e Admiral of the much di is so, and it will be impossible, we apprehend, to separate Blue. . 29/ 103 1 such liabilities from a system of service which regulates The following Retired Captains have also been promoted the eoramiesions of ships by the demands of peace, and to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms set forth the commiss ions of officers by the needs of war. The in the London Gazette of the Ist of September, 1846, but This most obvious esca p e f rom the difficulty would be t o i n- without i ncrease of pay : - is trust a discr e ti onary power to t h e L ords of the Ad- Captain Arthur Philip Ha m ilt on . Grace t, day, ant rairalty. Of 20 admirals or captains driven into Captain Daniel Lawrence. His Gra retirement there might perhaps be but two or three Captain Robert Henley Rogers. Captain George Bentham. the rive ."..hose eases would be really intolerable ; for, as Mr. ADMIRALTY JUNE 16 band ph kluine knows full well, there is a certain proportion of The following ' ' - ' sense • whopromotions have this day taken place, con- peal of gentlemen deserved so little to get where they Sequent on the death, on the 14th i of -• •and the ale Nice-Admiral that they cannot complain of being so gently dis- Sir Charles Malcolm :- steamers rin Un • Vice-Admirel of the 131 ~,, l ed, fortunately, however, these are the very peo of t I Wh• F'B ite. ue Thomas Brown to be Vice-Admiral State bat r,", kely to find favour if favour is allowed. Despotism, ' The race is vet t Rear-Admiral of the Red the II if y rue, would be the best of Governments, Honourable Granville Love- the utmo Pb V . • t son Pro by to be ice. Admiral of the Blue. Adra 7 . could get angels for despots ; but the Rear- Admiral of the White the ue. direction al tY is so little l• in its 1' • tha t I Rear-Admiral Honourable William Gordon • a ri gorous ange olio least • a prescription of its duties is in e i ee _ , better than the Rear-Admiral of the Blue Si- Andrew Pellet Green, K.C.H The A thank th os : nee in the way of diecretion. Wo have to to Lwe Rear-Admiral of the White. '' wards. invention of ltril, office from time to time, if not for the Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Cadogan, They hav e pus e h system, at least for its aggravation. Blue. The Dou without extendi n ed promotion beyond its due limits The following Retired Captains have also been promoted to by his G and have createdg its benefits to the really deser • ving, the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms set forth in and Mart the rewards which si b Pen2l en h h ers upon te pu le purse wit increase of the Landon Gazette of the Ist September, 1846, but without I?egley, e ould increate pay . :-_ four cliff() Let us hope, at any Tat have fallen to faithful service. Captain James Arthur Murray. diminilhes the practice e, that as the sphere of such action Captain Thomas Renwick. the above may d , -. 'eV-- e Imes. Captain Henry Higman. purse, wh 7-.------- " -- -----.....____ Captain George Howson. partner. SEABORNE m Captain John Macpherson Ferguson. new when EN egrililes that the mails are sent -AILS ' Captain John Gourly. Lambeth, by the night -and bl by the morning front the General Pose -0E11.3 , Captain Augustus Baldwin. Duke of Is ---enaateee When mad e Captain Henry Colins Deacon. of Islewori ne in ea PLACES. GeueraiPost.ortice. orn what - Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries-shire. The pri. London, ; Port di a . when .. Sir John Heron Maxwell, hart , to be D e p uty -Li eutenant, Northumbi patel la e d ue . - --- -____ 2. . June 2 e Edward Maxwell, EsEsq.,to be D e p u t y -Li eutenant, winner, in June America (by B r it. pkt . ) N J une 20 .. .. Liverre,, ....._ . __ William Withers, carpenter, First-street, Chelsea. George Cooper, working cutler, Kingston, Surrey. John Neal, baker, Cannon-street-road, Middlesex. Moss Davis, bonnet manufacturer, Earl-street, Blackfriars. Joseph James Marquetti, clerk to the American Consul in London, Hope-cottage, Gloucester-place, Kentish-town. George Freeman, farmer, Great Chapel-street, Broadway, Westminster. Delabere Walker, farmer, Harp-alley, Farringdon-street. William John Taylor, clerk, Harlow,, Essex. Thomas Martin, grocer, London -terrace, Hackney. James Davis. horse dealer, Unicorn-yard, Southwark. Thomas Biddle, grocer, Rye -croft-hill, Rushall, Staffordshire. Henry Walker, farmer, Callingwood, Tatenhill, Staffordshire. Frederick Nicholson, gentleman, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire. Richard Pugh, farmer, Brilley, Herefordshire. Fanny Coombs, schoolmistress, Elvetham, Hants. John - Fox, blanket manufacturer, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Thomas Reeves, labourer, Threapwood, Flintshire. T. Mallinson, journeyman baker, Great Neston, Cheshire. William Salmon, haberdasher, Dudley, 'Worcestershire. Thomas Jones, blacksmith, Oldbury, Worcestershire. James Corrigall, master of the barque "Saxon," Liverpool. James Eckersley. farmer, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Richard Worthington, licensed victualler, Mitre lan, Church street, Lancaster. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. "7 - `` NEW MEMBER. Mr. JOHNSON took the oaths and his seat for Clack mannan. THE AYLESBURY PETITION. The Sergeant at-Arms reported that John Strutt and Charles Cunningham, the parties who had presented a fictitious petition against the return of the Member for Aylesbury, were in attendance. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that they be brought to the bar for the purpose of being reprimanded and then dischargA. He made this motion with the sanction of the Committee who had investigated this matter, and who thought the parties acted as they did through error. Mr. FFtESHFIELD thought, under the circumstances , the Committ©e had come to a most merciful consi deration. The motion was then agreed to, and the parties were brought up to the bar. The SPEAKER, after alluding to the inquiry whic h had been instituted into the concoction of the petition , told th em i t was the bounden duty of the House, and a duty which it owed to the people whom it represente d, to take care that the right of petition should not b e abused in any way. The right of petition was a mos t valuable and important one, and it was therefore essen tial that nothing should be done with impunity which could have the effect of impairing its usefulness. Now it appeared that Cunningham had affixed the signature of a third party to a petition, with the consent of his partner Strntt, which was afterwards presented to the House, and the House, to mark its displeasure at such conduct, bad direeted him to pass a severe re primand upon them. The House was willing to believe that this, added to the circumstance of the pain ful position in which they found themselves,. would be a sufficient punishment for the act °I which th e y h a d b een guilty, and he had, therefore, t° inform them that they would be discharged on preen. of the usual fees. Mr. STRIITT wished to address a few words to the House, but the SPEAKER peremptorily ordered him to withdraw. The patties then retired from the bar. PR2VENTION OF OFFENCES BILL. This Bill went through Committee. The Hogaso then adjourned. The House resumed at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition praying for the esti.blishment of international arbitration. Mr. COBDEN presented several petitions to the same effict. Mr. FAXZER presented a petition from South Dur ham in favour of the County Rates Bill. ceraLporiedinNiutgAS presented severa l pet i t i ons f ro m Tyrone home- math, s o p f ir tihtee.present method of levying duties on NAVIGATION LAWS AND MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. Mr. BERRIES presented several petitions from North Shields an.d ocher seaports, complaining of the present state of th e Navigation Laws and Mercantile Mar ine Bill; also from Liverpool, complaining of the reduction in the timber duties. EVENING, JUNE 18, 1851. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, June 17.) SUGAR.-To-day the rates obtained for West India were equal to those of Friday both for grocery and refining quali ties, and a good home trade demand was also experienced. The purchases are 760 hhds, &c., including at auction 218 hhds 21 trcs and 250 brls Barbadoes, which realised full terms, fine yellow selling at 40s to 425, low to good 36s to 39s 6d, and 22 trcs crystalised Demerara, mid to good yel low 40s to 443 6d per cwt. There were many buyers of West India at a small reduction. RFFLNED.-To-day there was a fair home trade demand for Refined Sugar. Prices are, however, not better, and rule at 46s to 47s for brown lumps. There was not much doing in Crushed Sugar, still last week's rates are demanded. MAunrrius.-This afternoon there was not much inquiry after Mauritius Sugar, but holders refused to sell under last week's rates. At auction 1,043 bags were in part disposed of, ord and mid grainy yellow at 37s to 38s 6d, good 39s to 40s, brown ditto 33s to 345, good to fine yellow grocery 39s to 41s per cwt. EAST ha:ea.-This afternoon the public sales of 2,305 bags Bengal Sugar went off well and realized rates fully equal to last week, fine white Benares selling at 42s to 435, mid to good 40s to 4 1 s 6d, ord 38s 6d to 39s 6d, an d fi ne gra i ny yellow 43s to 44s per cwt. The soft kind s o f M a d ras were sold to a fair extent privately at 29s to 33s per cwt. FOREIC.N.-Since Friday there has been a large export de mand for Foreign Sugar, and the private operations have been three cargoes yellow Havannah at 21s 3d, equal to number 12, one of fine quality at 22s 6d. A cargo of white Bahia at 225, two of brown Brazil at 17 s 6d to 1 8 s, and 1,000 chests middling yellow Havannah at 383 duty paid, besides some parcels of other sorts, the particulars of which have not transpired. MoLAssEs.-The rates demanded for West India are 13s 6cl to 16s for low to fine; Cuba and Porto Rico 14s 6d to 15s 6d ; Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 12s 6d per cwt, but a better demand is expected to take place shortly, there being a fair consumption. Prices have again declined for honey, and now rule at from 25s to 55s as t o qua li ty . COFFEE.-This afternoon prices again declined for Mocha; a public sale of 84 bales went at 58s 6d to 61s 6d for middling greenish, and triage 29s 61 to 425. In Native Ceylon the business concluded privately was trifling at 36s 6d to 37s for good ordinary. Plantation was operated in with caution, and of 98 casks 114 bags at auction a part only sold at easier rates; middling went at 49s to 51a, low middling 46s to 48s, fine to fine fine ordinary 42s to 45s 6d, other sorts of Coffee 355 to 413, and middling pea berry 54s to 565. Cocoa.-There is no improvement in the demand for Fo reign, although prices rule moderate ; Bahia and Para can be obtained at 263 to 28s, and Guayaquil at 308 per cwt. For British Plantation the demand is on the increase, and prices have assumed en upward tendency, the supply being limited. Trinidad red has realised 41s to 47 s f or l ow to fi ne, grey 37s to 40s, and Grenada 35s to 4°B per cwt. TEA.-Importers of Congou continue free sellers, and prices have further given way 1 / 2 d por lb; there has in con sequence been a good home trade demand for ord and good common at 91/ 1 d to 103, and for meaium to rather strong blackish leaf 10 1 ,4 d to Is; of tne former several parcels have been taken for the Continental markets. In good to fine Congou, however, little has been done, and Is 0 1 / id to Is 63 is the value; indeed for the latter rates are little better than nominal, as supply far exceeds consumption. Pouchong is dull of sale at from 9d to Is, and Oolong 1 id to 13 7d. Green Tea is still operated in with reluctance for all purposes, and large parcels having been brought forward a reduction has taken place of ld per lb, the lower qualities being least in request. Of Scented and Pekoe sorts there is an increased supply and the rates taken are lAd to Id ender those current a week back, yet only a moderate business has been done. To-day there was a good deal done in low and fair common Congou lea at 9 1 / 2 d to 10d per lb, whilst other descriptions were in better demand, at the rates of yesterday. Tics:. --To-day holders of East India Rice demanding rates equal to those of last week checked business. Of 3,798 bags, 1,000 pckgs at auction, a small part only sold ; good mid and good white at Os 6d to lOs, mid 93, broken 8s to 8s Gd, and damaged is to 9s per cwt. The sound was chiefly taken in at 9s 6d to lOs for mid and good. Of Carolina 102 casks American dressed realized 17s for good white. Sago is in w b e h t i t t e e r ; d o e r m d a a n n d d , a m n d 6 21 s c a 6 s d e s t o s t 24s R 6d io t T o ap 2 i s o s c a for 4o b fi r n i e s were taken in at 23 to 2:hd for ord ; 15 1 4 brls Bermuda Arrowroot is to is o%d; 15 casks Farina 18, per cwt. S PIeC . re - takenT O- in dayataztospluobrlic mid.s sale 50 bags African P o d Pep per w SPIRITS.-Operations in Brandy have been upon a limited scale during the last few days. The rates current are for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 7d to 4s 9d, 1848, ditto 4s lld to 5s Id, 1847 ditto 5s 4d to 5s 6d, older 5s 9d to 75,1 inferior 2s 6d to 3s 10d; and Bordeaux 2s 211 to 2s 3d. Geneva re mains quoted at is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 2d to 2s; few buyers are, however, to be met with. British made Spirit has been purchased with caution at 9s 5d to 9s 6d; and Gin at 8s 2d to 8s 3d for 22 per cent under proof. To day there was more activity in the Rum market, and several I parcels were sold, East India at is 3d to is 3 1 4 d proof, Lee ward Island Is 5d to Is 6d, Demerara, 33 to 40 per cent over proof 2s to 2s 3d, and low to mid Jamaica 30 to 36 over 2s 4d to 3s 4d, fine 35 to 38 over 3s 5d to 4s 4d. SALTPETRE.-To-day there was a brisk demand for Salt petre, and prices advanced 6d per cwt for rough. At auction 1,237 bags Calcutta were disposed of; refraction Si to 4i per cent. refraction realised 28s, and 7 ditto 26s to 27s ; and a few lots damaged 25s to 26s per cwt. TALLow.-The transactions in Russian on the spot have been small, and rates are on the decline, there being sellers of fine Y. C. at 37s to 375 6d. For delivery in last three months of the year little has been done, and there are sellers at 88s 6d to 395. Home melted is quoted at 35s to 36s net cash, and only limited sales have been made. Of Australian 653 casks at auction mostly sold at 33s 3d to 35s 6d for beef, 33s 6d to 368 9d for sheep; 85 pkgs East India 353 t 0.393, and 12 casks Ber muda 31s 9d to 34s 3d. For auction 900 casks are declared. Olt-C.-There is a plentiful supply of Sperm, and lower rates have been taken, whilst of 150 tuns at auction, a part only sold at 831 to 84/ 5s for Colonial, mid 791 IN to 80/ 105, and Headmatter 891 to 90/. The price of pale Seal Oil has fallen to 304 there having been several arrivals, but at this rate a fair business has been concluded. Prices for other sorts vary at from 28/ to 291. In consequence of a limited supply of Southern an advance has taken place, yet dealers are not much disposed to do business. At auction 30 tuns sold at 291 103 to 32155. ISLEWORTH REGATTA. This regatta, under the immediate patronage of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, came off last Satur day, and was most fashionably and numerously attended. His Grace and the Duchess entered the pavilion facing the river at three o'clock, and were received by the band playing " Rule Britannia;" a salute of guns, a peal of bells from the ivy -mantled tower of Islewerth, and the hearty cheers of a vast assemblage on board two steamers engaged for the occasion, and the beautiful State barge of Styles's late of the Goldsmiths' Company. The races were started with great punctuality, and gave the utmost satisfaction. Bands of music played in every direction, and everything around presented a gay and animated appearance. The Amateur . Scullers' Match was won by G. P. Ed. ' wards. The Junior Scullers' Match was won by Mr. Cadogan. The Four-oared Match by the Petrel Club. The Double-acullers' Prizes—a number of purses given by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland—by Smith and Marriner, Turner and Gadney, T. Mackinney and Higley, and Platt and Coxon, who severally belonged to four different districts; and a race succeeded amongst the above-nained, as the respective winners, for another purse, which was wen by Thomas Mackinney and his partner. The Apprentices' Match, for a very excellent new wherry, built by Wentzell, of the Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, also generously presented by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, was won by Frederick Styles, of Isleworth, after some very capital rowing. The prizes were presented by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, with appropriate addresses, to each winner, in the prezence of a number of distinguished guests entertained by his Grace, who witnessed the sport from the pavilion, and appeared highly gratified with it. The committee of management deserves every encomium for their exertions on this occasion, which were duly appreciated by all concerned. Everything passed off very agreeably, and there was a vast assemblage of company present at the Noble Duke's, on the river, and on shore. go,ft Junehis dlecrleBry 1 s : TIIE EXETER SYNOD. The Rev. G. C. Gorham has addre sse d th e fallow ng le T tt h e e r v to je t e h r e ag r e 7 B er r e a n in d p ; o ‘ r ß d u s r p a e l' k ' Rev. Sir,—You inform me that a meeting o f the ru.ri decanal chapter of Cadbury, will be held at Cadbury on Thursday, the 12th inst., " to deliberate on the matters to be considered at the diocesan synod, and to elect two representatives at the synod from this deanery." Even were that synod legal and expedient (on both of which points I entertain serious doubts), there does not exist any precedent for constituting that body an dec five, and consequently, a representative assembly, so far as I am aware, and I have looked into the subject with some carefulness. With this view of the assumed authority which you, and the clergymen who may meet together at Cadbury, propose to exercise, I must not only decline, as a bene ficed presbyter of this • diocese, attending your ruri decanal chapter to vote for representatives, but I must solemnly protest against such a proceeding, as tending to subvert ecclesiastical order, and to create di v ision and discord at a period when union and harmony are pecu liarly desirable. —4 am, Sir, yours faithfully, G. C. GonHear. The Rev. N. F. Lightfoot, Dean Rural, Cadbury. - -Western Times. Notwithstanding the magnificent subscription raised by the vi car of Rochdale, the loss of the depositors in the savings bank in twat town, by the rascality of the defaulter Howarth, will anaount to more than 38,0004 the claims on the bank, when stopped, were 100,5034—Manchester Courier A few days sin ce at ingatestone, a man was digging in the garden of tore old workhouse, near the church, at the depth of four feat, ovhen he stubbed on to what appeared an old barrel drain, btra: which on clearing away proved to be a coffin made of cane nt ; it contained the r ema i ns o f a man of gigantic stature, ti`os thigh bone (now i n p ossess i on o f John Disney, Esq.) lad nig upwards of two feet in length: the blade bone was also- :found. From the coffin, which it is con- jectnred has lain tt let e upwards of I,poo ye ars , 17 bushels cof I lime were taken... l atelrnifird Chronicle. , of our ton nage; and that the number of her vessels above 1 f eet) tons had also decreased d ur i ng the same period, these ROUSE OP LORDS June 17. acts, he thought, must show that protection alone was not sufficient to give encouragement to the mercantile marine of The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool- country. If she still continued to impose protective that sack at Five o'clock. ENCUSIBE RED ESTATES IREL AND. duties on raw material and finished articl es —if she did not avail herself of her mineral wealth and of her skill in ship- The Earl of GLENGALL moved for certain returns build' • g he n wo t u r l a d de still f be practically excluded from the relivin,g to the working of the Encumbered Estates gener i a n ic , arsrv*lff on] sao t t t a vrorld. With regard to Po - Commission in Ireland, and in so doing he would com- tugal, ho would Bu the case of Spainywasyof more nNotia t tions wee going on. went upon certain returns which had been recently made. cation had lately been received from Spain; The Noble Earl then went into a lone statement, in theuni ii that some satisfactory arrangement would be it a m s ra h Course of which he complained of the practice of that be come w to. oP :le court as tending to favouritism, to the disadvantage of agreed th at i t would be beneficial to Spain to get rid of her those whose estates w ere f or sale. restrictive duties, ,which were only of advantage to the The LORD CH kNCELLOR defended the practice smuggler ; but Spain, by a late re v i s i on of her il of the Court of Encu m b ered Estates, which was in con- tariff, had reduced her differential duties from one-third to 1 one-fifth. Spain was a country sonance with the practice of every ether court in theslow of movement; but it United Kingdom. In the Court of Ch it could not be acted upon by us without consulting existing Chancery was the treaties. He now came to the United States, the only constant practice to give short caus esprecedence,and country ' v _ _c every court took causes in the order hi hto the Court matters; and with respect to its commercial navy, he did seemed fit. not deny that it was a disadvantage to us that we were ex- The Earl of GLENGALL explained. eluded on the long voyage between the western ports of The motion was then agreed to. America and California; but we were not excluded b the PETITIONS, repeal of the navigation-laws, and the repeal of these laws The Earl of LONSDALE presented had opened to us an indirect foreign trade with a petition from California.ioria the shipowners of Whitehaven c 1 • • o f There was no doubt that the United States were technically , Cog the re- right in treating their • • peal of the nayig,ation-lavvs. trade with Clifornia as a coasting The Earl of CARDIGAN presereed apetition trade, as the latter country formed an integral portion of the pray- Uuited States. There ing for the repeal of the duty on assent nces. the repeal of the navigation-laws which had not been Lord STANLEY presented • • a petition from certain mentioned—those, for instance, which enabled our vessels to attorneys against the Registration of Assurances Bill. carry sorted or mixed ed carr e e i s i , a a d n n d o wbich had given rise to NAVIGATION -LAWS. a new branch of trade. dealt t with the question Lord STANLEY then presented tie etition of which of reciprocity, and had shown that withw exception of six he had given notice, from the Shia or P , A : Bs . t . n or seven countries we had reciprocity; that e with respect of the Port of Liverpool, complainit l i it o e f r t a he evilo cia o effects to Sweden and Holland we had pefect reciprocity of the repeal of the navigation-laysg. The petitioners and that with regard to the United States we haci complained that they were suf feringgreatly from the re- that technical reciprocity which we had a right to claim. peal of those laws, and that all .injurious The whole question was one of great difficulty, but still there ,he conse- could be no doubt that if negotiations failed with the three quences which they had anticipated had been more than countries to which w he had referred, it would be a matter of realie d. They did not assert tint the foreign trade consideration with her Majesty's Government whether they had not been increased, but the advanta g - advantage of that in- would not, even at some self-sacrifice, make use of those crease had been reaped much more oy the foreigner than Powers which Parliament had confided to th I great by the British shipowner in consecuence of the great commercial country, however, like this th em' a a decrease which had taken place in . he rate of freights, so important as to combine together simplicity earendwuasnrthi.ng which to the British shipowner wire now scarcely re- iu all their regulations respecting trade.—e ealjrmity munerativo. The Noble Lord then entered into when the Noble Lord insinuated that her Majesty's Govern- , minute statistical details for the purpose of showing • e went et b had neglectedl entering into negotiations on this sub- that while the foreign trade had increased the rate of jest, deifguultdiensottivoid reminding the Noble Lord that there thrown i in thel way of the Government by freight, and therefore the profit or the shipowner had the example that was decreased, and that the share if the foreign ship- those who acted with him.—(Hear, J i t e h ar e N h oble Lord himself, and owner of the increase had been :rester than the share possible but that foreign Governmen'ts hear.) For th For it was ini which had accrued to the British shipowner, who had at and powerful party, led by one so disinguishecleyb sait l y i s a &lilt first indeed suffered a decrease, &though latterly he had ties as the Noble Lord himself', and heard then? ' declaring had an increase. They also com)lained of the peculiar that every interest was going to ruin in consequence of the changes that had been made—it was impossible, he said, for burdens to which they were subjelted; among these was foreign Governments to hear such statements made without the stamp duty on marine assurances, which he thought an impression hf being proeuced upon them.—(l.lear.) And ought to be removed, as it drov) merchants to insure abroad ; another burden was the extravagant fee reeveeonuetileousguhehorsetifftneinGeofrni?tellitsthmight find it difficult to charged by British consuls in foreign ports. They also perity that England enjoyed, w and with notorietyfextension e of frhista complained that officers in ;the navy were authorised commerce, which they themselves witnessed, still these to receive a pecuniary reward fee the salvage of mer- statements must iefluence them, must make them slower to chant vessels, and also to the elcouragement given to enter into new arrangements, because they did not first know seamen to enter from the march:int ships into her Ma- what changes might be made in the commercial policy of jesty's service. They also complained that while the this country, when the party from whom such statements emanated came into power.—(Ch eers. ) As to the United vessels of Spain, F rance, and ;ho United States were had been and he charges in their tariff to which reference admitted to rho ports of this country on the same footing as British ships, our ships were not that it was th m at u unit b ed en s m ta a tes e, a h h e ow co e u d ld only say what occurred f in the admitted to the ports of Spain, France, and the United when in opposition to embarrass seise-trade etie G r ov or er a nui pa e r n t States on the some footing. an advertisement issued than to re-enact protective duties when it came itself into during the past week by a steart-packet company trading power.--(Cheers and laughter.) He referred to several to Antwerp placed this matter in its true light. This returns to show that their shipping trade had increased advertisement said— " Shippers are respectfully informed in every way, and pointed to the example of such men that as this vessel is under a Belgian flag, they will have as Mr. Lindsay, of Liverpool, Mr. Duncan, of ()Taber, an d M r. Wigram, who had predicted the most an advant age o f 15 per cent. of the duties levied in Bel glum by shipping on board this vessel." Thus shipper* option nus laws,con s consequences h t a o d themselves i i were induced to repudiate the British flag, to deny their I opened new branches of csonmcme ere e e n . ineiasase their trade, and He also referred to the nationality, and to accept the Belgian flag. What had great increase in the buildidg of iron ships in the Thames, Spain done? Why, the table of duties levied by the the Clyde, and the Mersey, and to the statement madeb Span;sh tariff of 1849 actually imposed differential duties 11r. Anderson before a Committee of the other House, that ou produce brought by all foreign vessels, British in- .itch was the prosperity of the shipwrights that it would be eluded, of from 50 to 100 pet cent. But France was impossible to procure any one engaged in the trade to bind ehnself by contract to have an iron vessel built within a even worse, for she strictly adhered to her old restrictiv system as rigorously as we ourselves did befero 1849 certain. period. The Legislature, he said, must go on in the 'd Fro o course it had commenced—th e t ofencoura n the r , i bulk Consequently, while from any ?art of the wort a • , ,f the community, and not particular g g He eat vessels could bring any goods to this country on *Kluft) to show that mor British shipping was classes.owm l was e able terms with our own vessels, to British ship was per. serrnerly that there was a greater demand forpoldr than witted to take into the port of France a single ton of ping; that the shipowners ship.me foreign goods, except from the country in which the 3 out that the shipwrights were in a singularly prosperous con were produced, or rather he believ e d they were not per- atiou. It w as no an swer to him to tell him that the freights mitted to introduce any foreige produce whatever. 1 - 1 , •iad been lowered, for that was part ot his case. Meer.) knew one instance where a British merchant, at Lb. He did not think either that it was an answer to him Brazils, had a cargo of hides to send to France. He hue t U tell him that the shipowners were complaining of great tietress. No one had a greater respect than he lead for the a British y ew ' i u t h e port belmging to the house wilt hipp e in t g interest, er but still he said that in adopting such lan which he was connected, and which would have takes • the cargo for twenty ti ht Ili o g s a toil less than the Frenct. etumagmonhezitwh eeveursyinfthaecronoveeeuntisotnfoanl term—that which was vessels in the port were demanding, but in cons,. porous. He rejoiced, therefore, ) that' tehivsendetf!iaetemhost pros taken quence of the French navigation-laws, he was cone place, and he rejoiced in it the more because the Noble pelted to ship the cargo in a French vessel at the higher in presenting the petition laid before them had not e Lord allowed rate of freight, although the cargo was his own, and a word to fall from him which could lead the shi i the ves se l was h i s own, and although a French yes- terest to hope that there was the slightest chanceo n i g thissel could h ave ta k en a similar cargo to Englane country ever going back to the pernicious delusion of the without any obstacle. Was that the amount of recipro- navigation-laws.—(Cheers.) The Earl of HARDIVICKE had, he said, city they had a r i ght to expect, and which they were been entrusted told they should obtain if they passed the Act of 1849? with petitions from the shipowners of several ports—from But it was said there was one country which had give!, Dartmouth, e et London, effect and sod e Sunderland, which were to the us full reciprocity. The law of the United States samead their Lordships. upon .He did notsame subject that was now before mitted the ships of any country on exactly the same petitions, the details of thesefeel it necessary to enter into as they were the same in sub terms on which United States vessels were received in stance with that presented by his Nobls the ports of each country. He admitted that as far as endeavour to make Some reply to the Friend. He would admirable speech the letter went they had received perfect reciprocity which had been made by the , oble Lord o r pposite. He did from the United States. But we had thrown open to not think, from the speech of the Noble Lo them the trade with our colonies, for which they had owners could hope that her Majesty's Governmentdthat the ship given us no reciprocal advantage. It might be said the make use, in dealing with the question of reeroe . w t would United States had no colonies, but at least they had one those powers that the Act of Parliament had t ' onn i de Y a t o o t. distant possession which virtually stood in the position them. He had never heard a speech less calculated to raise of a colony. Instead, however, of acting up to the the spirits of a drooping interest than that which bad been spirit of the law, they insisted that the trade between delivered by the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble California and the Atlantic ports of the union was a Lord had told them that the Government was endeavouring coasting trade, and that as we had retained our coasting t to t t . ie n got h ia a te if with foreign powers, but he held out no expec trade it was only fair that they should retain theirs, thainiog fort t ale these sh negotiations should fail he would do any- Now what was a coasting trade? It was trade between experiment —a dainiDgPelaroguslate interest.—(Hear, as hear.L e Her i e th an port and port of the same country performed entirely great and a wealthy country, P which would m have w broken through the waters belonging to that country. The down a country if weak, or poor, or embarrassed. It wan Atlantic seaboard of the United States was far like taking a large handful of gold from a huge mass—the larger than ours, but perfect reciprocity was main- loss was not immediately perceived, as it would be if the twined, although they retained the trade between same amount had been taken from a small hoard of treasure. Boston and N ew O r l eans as much as when we Let them compare what had occurred with other countries retained the trade between Leith and London. in consequence of the c h ange t h at had b een made. Taking But they Could by no principle of interpretation t t h h e e three m onths o si ths . ending in May for had increased r l Beseln, cent., e w fo h u f n l found call the trade with California a coasting trade . France had hdr i e l as ng ed 19 per gent. onlyln the ') outwar'd trade where the voyage was of four or five months duration, during the same period the increase of British shipping was and passed through waters which not even American 8 per cent., Franca 13 per cent. The increase in the inward pretensions could claim as belonging to the United trade (as we understood) was British 21, Russia 340, Sweden States. But that was not the only point in which the 192, Norway 119, Prussia 141. Outward, British 8, Norway United States withheld reciprocity. American built yes- 127, Holland 111, and so it was with every other nation. sels were allow e d to obtain English registers, but the They had increased their clearances in an i n fi n i tely greater United States would not allow a vessel built at Liverpool, ratio than England lead.—(HeEr t , hear.) nda W hat was their or at Halifax, or Quebec, to receive a United States re- position in f r ei e f spe h c e t tnoavtlrattrfoandelwawah?l Why, andC the hwinhaolprior to gister. The Noble Lord then proceeded to contend that mi g ht h r t epea t be said to be entirely in their own hands. u e t t ra t g the under the existing arrangements, American vessels were g of those laws enabled America to do what she could enabled to pass from Califo rn i a t o E ast India or China, rep ea l never do before. She carried on an enormous trade—first, and thence to Liverpool with a cargo, and afterwards to between New York and California— then, between Cali- New York; and the result was that the American vessels, fornia to China—and then between China and Liver having entered into competition with the British vessels, pool. The freight she obtained from New York to Cali were enabled to make three distinct voyages for two fornia paid the whole expense of the ship, the cost of taken by the British vessel. He was told that freight building, and the equipment henea osfhethweaysoeynaagheied She t h en had fallen to an enormous extent in consequence of this started low China,fromand )ended w them at Liverpool; to being unfair competition. They had the power under the 10 enabled freight,w torce the British shipping out of this en e o li r: and 11 clauses of the 12th and 13th of the Queen, to ti ' mous trade. The American ships could obtain at that mo impose duties on the ships of such foreign countries as meet from 6/. to 10/. a ton freight fiorn New York to Cali , did not reciprocate with them in respect to the commer fornia, while the British ship in her voyage from Liverpool cial policy pursued by this country. They had now an ex- to California and India could only obtain from 20s. to 255. a Noble Friend said that the repeal of the na perience of the effect of the alteration of the navigation- ton. When his laws for the last 18 months, and he wished to ask the vigation-laws had not improved the American shipping he Government what they had done in the way of taking (lid not seem to be aware of what was going on in Arne ' advaetage of th e in reference to the extraordinary trad e with California powers which they p ossesse d b y t h e ri c e Act to which h e re f erred, to oblige foreign nations to The stimulush given to the buildi ng t ra d e o f America as to thus astonish every one. Wh en fi rst the trade reciprocate with t h em in their commercial policy? fle e w i a t s h San Francisco was opened the A mer i can s hi p -holders heard that mor n i ng that within the last three or four days an Ameri can vessel, on reaching Liverpool, was employed nearly the whole of their s hi ps b y freighting them to San Francisco. At present there were 600 of their informed by the authorities of the Custom-house that ships at California. and 600 mere were employed in the 20 per cent. differeutial duties would be imposed upon whaling and coasting trades. The year before last the built about 1,100 ships, and there were in the her. Now, he should be glad to know what instruc Americans required last year 1,100 on the stocks. This great increase in . the Lions had been given? Tne Act of Parliament by the combined that notification should be given in two successive shipping trade ofAmerica . as occasioned in council should be action of the Californian trade and the enormous advantages London Gazettes, and that the order laid on the t a bl e of b oth Houses of Parliament. The co iferred upon them by the repeal of th e nav i gation laws. name of the ves se l w hi c h h e was re f erring to was the It was impossible that the British shi pp i ng could long Hortense. He t h oug h t t h ere must be some mistake, b uy against such a state of thi ngs . B y a documentbuy he had no doubt, now t h at h e had ment i oned the case, which he held in his hand it appeared the outfit of a British ship for a long voyage amounted to 2,174 L, and the amount the Noble Earl (Granville) would make inquiries as to of its outward trade only to 7941., leaving a balance of about 1,300/, against her. Such a state of things if permitted to the accuracy of the information which he had received. continue would assuredly involve this country in difficulties His object in ceiling attention to this subject was to show to the Hou se t h e enormous di sa d vantage to w hi c h muc h more in serious than ever it was in b e f ore . It was al- the British c o mmerc i a l mar i ne was su bj ecte d e con-e- ways the opinion of their ancestors that th ese l aws were of a quence of the abs ence o f rec ip roc it y on t h e p ar t of for- defensive character, and the repeal of them th ey very well reign powers, a n d a l so f or t h e purpose o f asking her knew was unsought for and unasked by th e people of this Majesty's Gov ernmen t h ow l ong th ey i n t en d e d this country. _ state of things t o con ti nue , an d w h e th er th e y intended Earl GREY could not help c o n gra t u l a ti ng the Noble to impose on forei gn powers suc h res t r i c ti o n s a s would Earl opposite upon the admission th a t th e a l teration of compel them to d o j ust i ce, not hi ng more th an justice, the navigation laws was cal cu l a t e d to give a great Stimulus to the commerce of the w or ld. If i t had done that, he and to enable thi s country to o bt a i n f a i r competition, and nothing more, b etween fore i gn vesse l s an d t h e vessels of thought it followed pretty clearly th a t t h e f i rst commercial his count r nation in the world could not f a il t o rece i ve its full share of y. — (llear.) the traffic. Individual cases o f great di fficulty and ember rassment might no doubt be f oun d ; b ut upon a rest Earl GRANVILLE sa id th a t the petition which had just tion of that kind, they must look t o th e general result show q -aes been present e d b y the Noble Lord stated that t h e s hi pp i ng f th th a e t interest of this country the shipowners generally wer e not extending their business. was not able, without protection, to whole. The Noble Earl, then, did not attempt to compete with the foreigner ; and that their difficulties were As it had been truly stated by his Noble Friend, there was much increased by the want of reciprocity on the part of one shipown t e o r thaleonneumwbheor usually din a single year added nine foreign powers. But as the NoblelLord had laid most stress n .a o r r l e shipsha spoken of the employed,extraordinary The Noble results in upon the question of reciprocity he (Earl Granville) would 1 the trade of the world by the • opening of and take that first ; and he would begin by reminding their Lord- by the sudden creation of a large community in California,thatpart ships that when the navigation-laws were repealed 2 years of the world. No doubt very great effects had be pro ago the Legislature did not repeal a law which was common duced by this Califbrnian trade, and America of course, to all countries, bust one which, with constant modification, reaped the first advantages by the incr e ase of their freightst had been first instituted in this country about two hundred to that part of the world. In the eculiar •tu nation in years ago, and that the example of this country had, to a which she was placed in reference to California,t was no greater or lesser extent, been followed by seven other nations. h doubt most difficult for any other countr Y to compete with As soon as that law was repealed it became the duty of er her in that trade. But he was unable to understand Majesty's Government to communicate with Sweden, Hol- that circumstance affected the question of the nevi land, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, and the United gation laws. He (Earl Gre -), h , believed that this States of America, upon the question. In the case of Sweden country had shared in the le ) owever enefits of the Californian trade. she at once consented to remove the restrictions upon our na- If they could believe the ordi nary information which they vigation, and Holland, too, proposed to meet us in a liberal received, no inconsiderable number of English vessels had spirit ; but negotiations went off because she was anxious to gone to California. It appeared by the last accounts re retain certain privileges with regard to her colonial trade. ceived from that place, ,that .. out of 8,300 tons of shipping He was happy to state, however, that within the last fort- that had recently been alf to California, no less than B,aoo were night communication had been received (rein that country British, and one-h of the remainder were American. to the effect, that reserving her coasting trade she was ready . There was no doubt that America had a superior advantage to admit our vessels to an equal participation in her foreign over British ships in the trade with California, but in cense and colonial trade.--(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord referred quence of that trade she withdrew a large portion of the to that excellent work, " Bradshaw." He (Earl Granville) shins which had been previously employed in the Brazils, remembered hearing an old lady had once advised her son to New s a . pun'i and other countries, and their places were imme read " Bradshaw" at Oxford instead of the first six books of diatel Euclid.—(A laugh.) It was quite true that English goods regulations by British ships. He at once admitted that ations maintained both by France and Spain were carried by Belgian vessels into Belgian ports paid a duty not thecontragr of 15 but of 10 per cent., but it was equady true that we contrary hado every principle of fairness,. and of which this country a great . right to complain. lie thought, too, levied 20 per cent, on Belgian vessels carrying Belgian goods that te entering our ports. He next came to France. That country .._.h their were entitled to adopt say measure consistent interest in order to meet these unjust ever since the time of Louis XIV. had protected its mer- with ceedings- With regard to these regulations, they pro cantile marine. But though the /Preach Government were . . were not only to consider whether France and Spain had so hampered with protective duties and commercial re acted fairly but also whether they affected towards them, striction they bad assured her Majesty's Government that this country as much as they a eff cted the countries that had they would meet our a ivances in the most liberal hand adopted them. And on the otherhey were call e d spirit. The last communication received from France whether they would, by ret 1 . l iven to consider a ratory offered some considerable concessions, and negotiations on ourselves than t measures, do more harm to . to those coun this subject wre still pending. If they considered the trues. The Noble Lord opposite said thatwhen the r • harbours extent and riches of France—the excellent bar she tor• t / duced into the Bill, it etalia possessed—the scientific skill of her people in building y clause were in re) Was with the t the Government were to vesse ls, and the general intelligence of her inhabitants— (.1 uhersandingtha given them in epposi i have made use o to that for the last 2)0 years she had been protecting ner mer- t the e i power fhe ( thus Earl Grey) remembered right such regula cantile marine; then if we looked a , her official reports, and distinctlylions. that these clauses were intro , it was stated duced • h h saw that within the last 15 years the increase in her vessels .. if . le t that it we re found that *4911 211. with LAS under 200 t 903 had not been the 176th part et the iuoreese w - c-- - Ts Were really suffering in the competition with the ships of other coun tries, in consequence of the adoption by them of such re gulations, those powers were to be employed. They merely reserved to themselves the power, in case they found it advantageous to themselves, to give effect to th ose retaliatory clauses against f ore i gn nations. With regard to Spain, the grievance was that high differential duties were imposed upon the importation of all commodities, if imported in British ships, instead of their own national ships. The effect of such a regulation was, no doubt, highly injurious to trade. But to whom was it injurious? The British ship owner now and again, perhaps, lost a good voyage; but, as the Noble Lord stated, the whole trade of Spain was, after all, so inconsiderable, that it was really a matter of very little consequence to the shipping interest of Great Britain. Thanks to her restrictive system that Spain carried on such a petty and insignificant trade with all the world. But what could this country do? They might interpose countervailing duties upon goods going to Spain from this country in Spanish ships. What would be the result of such a course? Why, they would simply put an end to trading between the two countries altogether, which would be a serious injury to our own man u f acturers and merchants, and stimulate the trade of the smuggler to a great extent. France maintained absurd restrictions. She refused to receive even the produce of her own colonies if iaported in English ships. The prac tical operation of this was, that the French merchant and manufacturer, if afforded every opportunity of buy ing cheap cotton and indigo in London, were prevented from doing so if he was compelled to ship it on board an English ship. If there was an English ship lying in the Baltic, and that a cheap cargo of timber and hemp could be then obtained, the French ship-builders could not take advantage of the circumstance, to the serious injury of the latter. The loss to the English shipowner was the loss of an occasional voyage; but the loss to the French was the deprivation of the enormous advantage of obtaining the raw material for carrying on their trade in the best and the cheapest manner. In the same way as regarded the colonial trade. It was not permitted by the French law to carry any commodities between France and their colonies, nor from other countries into the French colonies in British ships. The effect was that the few French colonies, in spite of their enormous expenditure to bolster them up, were drag ging on a miserable existence. There was Algeria, for instance—a territory highly endowed by nature, upon which millions had been expended by France. Every year it was the source of an enormous expenditure. That country that was great in the time of the Roman empire, and was one of the most productive portions of the civilized world—that enormous territory, instead of making any progress like our own colonies, was but a source of expense to France. Were they then to punish France by saying that French vessels should not carry any commodities into our own colonies? This would be but a trifling injury to the French shipowner because he was already excluded by a competition against which he could not make head, in the carrying trade to our colonies ; but it would be, so far as our colonies were con cerned, to deprive them occasionally of the opportunity of obtaining at the cheapest rate commodities which a French ship, under accidental circumstances, might be enabled to convey. The competition between the British shipowner and the French and Spanish shipowners might be compared to a race between the hare and the tortoise. He found by a reference to the official accounts that the French mercantile and commercial navy in 1839 numbered only one ship exceeding 800 tons burden. In 1849, that one solitary 800 -ton ship had disappeared from the list of the French commercial navy. In that year France possessed altogether five ships exceeding GOO tons, and carrying a collective tonnage of 3,760 tons. In 1850 this French navy possessed still those five Ships exceeding 600 ton burdens, but they then only carried 3,609 tons, being a diminution of nearly 160 tons. His Noble Friend had re ferred to the case of Mr. Lindsay, who had added nine ships to the number he had usually employed. Why this one gen tleman possessed in one year nearly three times as many first class ships as the French possessed altogether. Such being the case, to talk of competition between the English and the French mercantile marine in the general trade of the world was most absurd. With regard to the direct trade between France and England, retaliatory measures could have no effect. If they were to imitate France, and to es tablish the same sort of restrictions in trade, they would de stroy all legitimate trade with France, but no advaii tage would be gained thereby to our own shipowners. He thought it would be much better to follow that wise policy which e had adopted i n respect to other commercial matters. Ott lh ate y years they had altered the duties payable by foreign countries for foreign produce in reference to our own interest exclu sively. It was generally received as an axiom that none of our restrictions could be removed until a pledge had been given to this country that a similar course would be pursued by other countries. That impressioe, however, must have been removed when an Hon. Friend of his - he meant Mr. Ricardo—had brought forward a motion in the House of Commons on two occasions, for the removal or these restrictions, without reference to anything that any other nation would do. That lion. Member had then exposed, with the greatest success, the fallacy of the motion upon which it was supposed these Bills were founded. He certainly did not succeed in inducing the other House to lay down any formal resolution; but he bad ft., ns that time removed such an impression from the public mind by showin g t h at in the administration of the late Sir H. Peel, that Eight Hon. Baronet had acted more upon the principle of making our own relaxation of duties utterly irrespective of what any foreign nation did in this respect. The result of these measures had been beyond measure most successful. For a quarter of a century before this country was engaged in endless negotiations with other countries in order to rid of restr i ctions upon trade that were i n j ur i ous to get both. Instead of making any progress towards that end by those negotiations, these restrictions were rather multiplied. Since that time had not their commerce made great and un paralleled advances, such as it had never before made? but more than that, foreign nations were beginning to follow in their footsteps All foreign countries were tending to the reduction of those duties which were destructive of their trade. The alternative presenting itself to those nations which refuse to follow in that course is, to be left far behind in the general race of competition of the nations of the civilized world d tat consideration, they might depend on it, would p r od uce s ts natural result with the nations. No doubt, in France, public opinion had hitherto been averse to making changes of that description ; but they must remember that their navigation restrictions are so intimately connected with their general commercial restrictions —the system was so in geniously absurd, and at the same time so complicated, that it was impossible to touch one part of it without the whole fabric falling to the ground. Was it possible that a people like the French would not open their eyes to what was going on around them, and, comparing the progress of their country with that of their neighbours, flourish ing mercantile marine p e rceive that a can only be formed on the basis of a flourishing commerce, the state of the one being the natural result of the state of the other. The whole com merce of France was languishing under the present restric tive system. Let them test it by the amount of tonnage of all ships, foreign and national, coming from foreign ports into France during a given period, and let them apply the same test to England to see the progress made in each country during the last few years. He would commence with 1842, the first year in which we began to relax our restrictive system, and end with 1843, the last year that he had the opportunity of making the com parison. In France, then, the total amount cleared out wards in 1842 was 3,247,003 tons ; in 1849 it was 3 ,375,4 00 tons, being an increase of only 128,000 tons, or not quite 4 per cent. in seven years. In England, in 1842, the total was 7,347,000 tons ; and in 1849 it was 12,620,000 tons, the increase being 5,273,000 tons, or 71 per cent. within those seven years. [A NoBLE LORD - "There was no revolu tion here.") fiNo; but the year 149 showed rather favourably for France, for after the erection of the President of the Republic confidence was restored, and trade made a great spring in that year ; but in and the year 1849 was not so favourable either as the year 1850 or as the present year. The results of the famine in Ireland and of the railway The results in England had not yet cleared away, and 1849 could not be considered a pros perous year in this country. But let them apply the test of the state of the manufactures of the courtry In England every description of manufactures was busily and rapidly progressing; their railway conemunications were heMg speedily comp l eted upon a gigantic scale of construction, and fixed capital was invested in public works of immense im portance. In France, on the other hand, they had nothing but stagnation ; railway communication was advancing but slowly to completion, and that slow advance was mainly es sisted by the state; no public works were carried on by private companies, and stagnation was pervadinvery branch of industry. ores that a state of things that France was likely long to submit to? Would her people not inquire into the causes of it, and trace it tu the restrictions pieced on her cominerce? Though in the home markets the manufac turer might be compensated for the restrictions imposed on him by protective duties, there was no means of protecting the manufacturer of Lyons silks, or the aisle grower of Bor • deaux, from the competition ,o' the foreign producer of cor er-fides, in the markets of the world. Tee responding English manufacturer reaped the advantage of the restric tions imposed on the Fre ch pr ducer by his own Govern ment, which enhanced to hint the cost of his motive steam power, his iron, indigo, and other raw materials, the in creased cost of which was so far an injury to the French producer to which the English manufacturer was not subjected. Those were facts which would sooner or later be understood by Ste people of France; and it was not by following the present erroneous example of that country that they could induce her to remove those res which did most i n j ury to her own manufacturestrictions . If h wished to r e t ar d the progress of France he would desire the continuance of those commercial restrictions; but he dil not look upon that country with an eye of commercial Jealousy; he knew th a t i n t h e markets of the world there was sufficient demand for the p ro d uce of both countries and certain h e was that it was a wise policy in us to wait with nc until a chang e o f v i ews took place in France on those t m ie at e - ters, and to abstain from any measure of retaliation until we saw practically that we were suffering from the competition of that country, and that the retaliatory measures they might adopt would be calculated to relieve their own fellow_ subjects from any disadvantages to which they might have been unfairly exposed. The Ea-1 of COLCHESTER said that as both the Noble Lords (Granville and Grey) admitted that the vexatious character of the restrictions existing ia France arose from want of reciprocity, he hoped when the proper time arrived they would be prepared to act up to that opinion. The subject then dropped. On the mot en of the Marquis of LANSDOWN Schools' Si tes A ct Amendment Bill was read a secon E, the d titne Adjourned. THE BALLOT. subjectM r il o f . ' the N S. BE RKELEY bilotuntil p T os u t e p s o d n a e y d , thheisBtmhootfiodnul7 the Mr. HERRIES gave notice thet on Tuesday hehzetr he should move an address to her Majesty, Prayings would take such measures with regard to foreign ports a of be most fitting to carrying into effect the provisions v the navigation-laws. HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. BA.NKES moved that the petition which he had..h w presented on th e subject of this election be printed It the vot es . qSuotedir DEt L ACY EVANS oppose d t h e motion, end he speech of Si r R o b ert Peel on a similar that occa sion, who 'bad o bj ew•ed to this course on the groun d Ilse minds of Floe. M em b ers appointed to try the ques tion in Co mrnittee would be prejudiced, o f ...inti midation Mr. 1141,Y I'ER sa id the petition complained at the e l ect i on, and was very much of 1 nature of an election petition. Mr. BiIsNKES should press his motion to a division. The CIi t INCELL OR of the EXCHEQUER appre hended hended t h at there would be no objection to printing petition if i t were not intended to take any further dis cussion o u i t. An HO N. MEMBER put it t o th e S )esker to sa y whe ther it wets r i ght to receive thi q p et i t i on. ' Mr. BiLNKE S said it had already been rece ived. Mr. Mr. EII:TME suggested t h at the matter had better u referred t o a Committee. Mr. V. SMITE could not understand what necess ity a there was f or pr i nting the petition, it it was not inten d ed to take ary further discussion upon it. Mr. BA . NKES said the petition imputed misconduct to the Government, and it ought to be p rinted. Sir G. GREY did not think the House c ou ld. allow the p et i t i on to printed if it were not intended to found a motion upon it. questionM rßjl3;hiaGt li w r as said the the heHocuosnesicdoeuraldtionn of otdi a sc c us o s: mittee. Now, the election re f erre d to i n this p w e tition _ e was now before a Co mm i ttee; and what, therefore, hi the use of printing the petition? the llicro.bDe i li ,e rN r a C t i A o n of saidNtbo the General t it ion Committeewo uld come of un d . er Elections to-mor roi v, and no doubt it would be ordered to be printed. Mr. n B. i. pres s N l i E his 3 said,mio u n o nd t er a The mut ton was accordingly withdrawn. ST. ALBANS ELECTION . these divisio c n i . reumstannes be would Mr. Id EADLAb d presented a petition from William Prescott, an elector of the borough of St. praying the H ouse not to discharge Henry Edwa rd s 1 from custody until he had been subjected to an examine' tion such a s s h ould be sufficient to disclose the extensi v e system of b r ib ery which had long prevailed in elections at St. Alb<ans. Mr. SPOONER, in rising to make the motion of _ which he b a d given notice to discharge Henry Edwar ds from Newgate, adverted to his petition as being maul: ported by evid ence, and not deserving of having Mu cient weight attached to it to prevent the re lease of Henry Edwards. That gentleman now came before the House in a position of contrition, he acknow ledged his participation in the original offence of with drawing the wi tnesses from the Committee, buth e maintained he had no share in keepin g them away from this country. He had been in prison nine weeks, and his affairs were getting into the greatest dis order, and un d er those circumstances, though he (Mr' Spooner) would be the last man to defend the practices of Mr. Ed wards, yet he thought he had suffered enough to expiate his offence. Mr. FORBES seconded the motion. In answer to a question from Mr. BANKES, The SPEAKER said It would not be competent for any Hon. Member to put a question to Mr. Edwards wte n brought before the bar. Mr. MIME said that a Bill being under the con sideration of the House for the investigation of the case of bribery at St. Albans, he thought it was p rema t ur e of to ask fo r th e discharge Mr. Edwards. The House that its authority had b een set at nought by the agency or Mr. Edwardi. The witnesses who had been taken away were still living at Boulogne, and that too with a person named Edwards and he should liko to know whether that gentleman was any relation of the Mr. Edwards now in eustely. Afer a few words from Sir G. GREY and Mr. Ax- STET the House divided, when there appsared— For the motion... ••• ••• Against it ... ••• Majority against the motion CEYLON. Mr. FIUME wished to esk th e Under-Secretary for the Coleniei when the proceedings sent by mistake from Ceylon , and connected with the court,-martial, would b alaid on th table?r. HAWES said the reports of the Commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the allegations in the Affidavits 124t1 been laid on the table. but the evidence on which p ,, rts were founded had not yet been roduced,bectahuosseetrhee p ro il c r e r. e dßi n A g i s L h L a i d E n e o s t k ) e ' de t W h il e y e been hey returned . had produced, been returned, and when the Ilon. Gentleman expected to rielcbeive them? ampton bad not yet arrived, by which, in all Mr. HAWES said that the Indian ma bbrilAngLfoTr TAX. y way of South proceedings bad been sent. probability, the Mr. BASS then rosTentoE he had given notice, for tehevrepeal bOacrtloeybearnldo,thleBeso2e,ewelitehr of fabieez woafrdhathlfetmheotimonelot-ftawxhiocnh to relieve the producer of that his proposal would not interfelsr. mate loss to the revenue. iethwolutth mthaeterfiianlanacnidalularti..- e said the House would perceive rangements of the present year. In bringing that proposal bbaetrbraressththe Government had himself ellGeoTearibtzanstr.fotThhies intention in any way tofemh the reduction of the malt-tax, reduction of the of expressed an opinion in favour Noble Lord . at the head of the to the opinions f tax. The Hon. Member then referred o several lion. Members on the subject of Member for the West Riding , as the head of the Free traders to and appealed to the Hon. , say whether it wa s consistent with free trade to dive relief to foreign producers and at the same time obstinately to resist. the reduction of the duty on an article of the North R dom Memberestic producti on . Th e Hon. em b e r for . had stated that iding had informed them that Si r Robert Peet wheneve r the corn- shoul be reat it would b e the duty of the House to remove also 3 the p m e a l e t a _ tax. A remarkable pamphlet was published in 186 imme diately a f ter the celebrated Comrnitteeonagricultural distress, and one of t h e assertions in it was that the enormou s amount for protection of the duty on malt was one of the principal grounds upon which agriculturists could rest their claini had, how-. that . he be against foreign competition. That protection sat that sv ever, been abolished. He , had been told t as a mere brewers' motion. Now, he could say lieved the few brewers who had expressed an opinion upon it were opp ose d to i t ; and he had received various coat munications from ma l tsters who were deci dedly against i hl t to t. There was anoth er part cf that pamphlet statede Which he had al rea d y referred, in which it i.that "it was impossible not t o a d m i t t h a t the reduction of th e malt duty wo u ld cause an i ncrease d demand fur barl ey, and would operate mo s t b ene fi c i a lly for the culturists." That assertion was as true now as it was at the time at which it had been made. He might be met with statements that the reduction of the malt tax would not be productive of so many benefits as it might be supposed. The lion. Member for North Warwickshire, however, had, he thought, answered that asser tion, for he had shown that all the variations in the consumpti on of malt had originated in bad harvests, general distress throughout the country, and other causes, which he wo u ld not then enumerate. There was as great a disposition to consume beer in this country now as ever there had been. The consumption, indeed, had decreased somewhat for some years after 1836, because other articles had been brought into competition with it ; but in th e middle of the last decennial period a considerable in crease had again occurred. In 1847 the amount of malt consumed bad been 4,385,000 quarters, while last year it had reached 5,350,0(10. There was a great alte ration, moreover, in the tatty of th e pu b lic of late which did not tend to increase the consumption, for in gene ral light descriptions of beer were preferred to that more solid and intc.xicating beverage which was formerly popular. There was a decline also in the price of articles which entered into competition with beer, while in its price ROUSE OF COMMONS, June 17, ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COMM ISSIO N BILL. (Continued f rom our Aftern oon Edition of yesterday) On our retur n t o th e ga ll ery, Mr. MILES was objecting to the provision confer ring upon the Lord Chief Justice the power of as the commissioners. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL utplained that the precedent of the Sudbury case had been followed. Mr. BANKES did not think this was a satisfactory principle. The case of St. Albans would htereafter be come a precedent, as the Sudbury eiection was, and thus they would go on increasing the number of bad prece dents. Mr. STUART objected to the powers given to the Commissioners, which made them both prosecutors and judges. The rights and privileges of the electors were disregarded; and the Attorney and So licitor -General in supporting the Bill were acting in a manner utterly op posed to the opinions of Lord Denman and Sir R. Peel, as expressed upon similar occasions. All he wished for was fair play, and an assurance that none but guilty persons should suffer and that every person should have the opportunity of defending himself. The clause was then rgreed to. Clauses agre e d t 0.3, 4,5, 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, were then The remainin preambl e g clau ses were also agreed to, and tbes having been assented to, the Chairman was directed to retort the Bill to the House. The /louse resumed, and th,, Chairman repor. s tc a d am md e d. ac h e and t h e Bil l was ordered to be printed 4 ... 133 - --- -129 The 1 that m a a Motio had not one, th. the erg the mot c,~~ ! I , ! 1 - 11 Z Tb wb in