The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

O'r V.Zbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. *.;THIS EVENING.) - • - At the CoUrt at Buckingham-Palace, the 9th day of March, 1850, present the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to make the following amendments on the Roll of Sheriffs; viz.:— Monmouthshire—Crawahaw Bailey, Esq., made Craw shay Bailey, Esq. Merionethsbire—Edward Griffiths, Esq., made Edward Humphrey Griffith, Esq. WHITEHALL, FEB. 26, 1850. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Snape, of Warwick, in the county of Warwick, gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Rogers, of ilelston, in the county of Cornwall, Gant, to be a Mas ter Extraordirary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 6, 1850. The Lord Chancellor has appointed llichlrd Samuel Chattock, of Solihull, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 11, 1550. Royal Regiment of A: tillery—Setond Captain Af thur Thomas Philpotts to be Captain, vice De Winton, re tired upon half-p.iy; First Licuten".nt John Davenport Shakespear bra S coed Captain, vice Pnillpotts; Second Licutenat Reginald Henry Champion to Le First Lieutenant, vice Shakspear, March 6. Erratum in Gazette of Ist inst.—The date of Second Captain J. J. Brandling's commission as Adjutant should have been 14th April, 1849, and not 14th March. BANKRUPTS. George Frederick Gardener, grocer, Rayleigh, Essex, March 21, at twelve, and April 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Chidley, Basinghall-strce►. Thomas Williams, draper, Epsom, March 22, at twelve, and April 23, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfsld, official assignee; Sole and Turner, Aldermanhary. Samuel Parkhouse, dealer and chaprnan, March 22, at one, and April 16, at twe, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ahchureh-lane, Lom bard-street; Strt tson, Southamplou-building. Chancery lane. ~ William. Sra3theman, Rugeley, Staffordshire, March 20, and April 19, at twelve, at tht! Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official astAgnee, Birmingham; 6,1 t, liugeley; Molteraai, Ii right, i.ad Emmett, Bir mingham._ _ _ Junes Ihrdcastle, tavkrn kceper, Manchester, March 25, at trytlve, and April 17, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official aLsigue-, Manchester ; Fraser and t-, :danchester. James Sluip,:ou merchant, Liverpool, March 27, and Ariril 17, at e'even, et the Lilerpecl District Court. Alorgan, otii , :it - z1 assignee, Liverpool; Flt - ltchtr and hlull, Liverv),-)1. DI R 1 AL PA RLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE. OF LORDS. Muir Lordships sPerriblf-d at Fixr o'clock. ROYAL C0M11.16610N. The It-TA as..e..t was given, by Commission, to the Party Procefsions (Ireland) Bill. The Royal Commis sioners vim: the Earl of Shaf_esloury, the E.rl of Minto, and the Earl of Carlisle. Their Lordships them adjourned during pleasiirc. Their Lord ,hip returned at Fire o'clock, Lord PORT- DiAr.; g Deputy Speaker. Lord BROUGHAM prcsenttel a petition from some place iu Se, Valid, in favour of the Bill for the removal of obstruct ons to the sale of corn in Scotland. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. BROUGHAM gave notice that he should, on Friday, move certain resolutions nn the appellate juris diction of their Lordships' House and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. IZAILWA Y (COMPANIES) AUDIT BILL. Lord STANLEY moved the first reading of this Bill. —Agreed tr,. Trio NOBLE LOED gave notice that he should move the Sf'CUMI nading on Friday._____ PROTECTION. Lord IZEDrSDALE presented petitions from North umberland and Worcester complaining e f agricultural distress, and praying for the impesiti-r. of a protective duty on the importation of agricultural produce. He complained that, en the opening of Parliament, the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) had stated thst there was every prospect ot a dirri , ,ution of tho distress of which the landholders en mplained, but six weeks had elapsed and that prophecy had not been fulfilled. The petitioners attributed the depression under which they were suffering solely to the alteration which Fal taken place in the law, end they considered that nothing could save them but are turn to the f eare , r system. The free-trade system wa rupudiated by America end by every other country, and he thought it was a most bold assertion to say that we could net return to a protective system. Ho beli,ved they coule, and he thought they would sooner or later return to protecton The Nublo Lo-d Nho had co long led the other side ot the Hausa 1 al dechteed that whoever should propose a free import of corn must Le mad, yet the Noble Lord had seen that tree import proposed and carried by one who hail ail his life long oppepeed it. Ile, therefore, did not despair of a raurn to protection. Tte strength and happiness of a nation depended upon its wealth, for the richest would always be the most power ful ration, and always Le enabled to give its people plenty of work at good wages. Taxation was'greatly increa:ed in burden by everything that tender) to lower income, and thus the burden of the milt tx had been greatly increased as a burden by the fall in the price of barley. There had been throughout the country a large reduction of wages, amounting to a falling off in the income of the labouring population of 52,000,000/. a year. The Hon. Geneerran who moved the address in the House of Commons, said that the country had gained 91,000,000/. by the repeal of the corn-laws. That Hon. Gentleman had taken a famine year as his standard of comparison; but if he bad taken an ordinary year as his standard t.f eompaaisou, he would have found that his saving would have been only 40,000,0001.; and as it was money that ruled, not produce, he (Lord Redesdale) contended that there was a lees, LCCRI2: e mora had been lost in the price by the famine than had been gained by the consumer. The opera t ion of the alteration had been to make wages low and yet ;the moment the landowners attempted to lower wager, there was an outcry against them ira the public papers for endeavouring to reduce wages to a starvation point. An attempt had been made to draw a distinction between the agricultural and manufactur ing; interests.—(hear, hear.) There wai no sueh distinction—the growing of corn and the conduct of a pasturage-farm was a manufacture, and the land lord, instead of Laing the drone which he had been re presented, was a master manufacturer. But the aricul rural manufacturers laboured under difficulties which did nut affect the manufacturer of textile raanufactures. The agricultural rnanu'aoturer heel to pay tithes, he could not work short time, and he had to fight against a perpetual glut of his commedity in the market, as this being the only country in which corn se as admitted duty free, a 0 had the surplus of all other countries poured into our market. Such was the case at present, th, re was a glut ; the complaint was that there was not h ing doing. It was the duty of the Government to take care that they should not suffer from the glut which Providence had created, and when there w a glut in the market create d by the super abundance e f ihe produce of our own land, the agricul turist was entitled to the exclusive possession of that market until the glut should be cleared off. It would not do to try the experiment of free trade too long. He wished to have the question argued calmly on its own merits, he did not wish to excite party feelings, bnt he ' felt convinced that our national posterity depended on a return to protection. He wished to ask Noble Lords opposite to what they attributed the present state of agricultural distress; and, secondly, whether they could hold out any hope of an immediate enhancement in the present price of grain, and if they could not, whether they considered the present extent of land could be cul tivated at the present price of corn. Much had been said of high farming, but high farming was an ex pensive process, and could mot bo carried on at the present prices of corn. He also asked if the Government could form any idea as to what the future price of corn would be under the present system. There was nothing unreasonable in asking a Government what, in their opinion, would be th e pr i ce of corn under the present system. They were working under a system of which they were perfectly ignorant, and which, in the opinion of all practical men, would lead to ruin. He hoped, therefore, to receive an assurance from the Government, either that they enter tained a hope of some rise of the price of agricultural produce under the present state of things, er that they contemplated some alteration in the present of the law. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had always consi dered that the time must come w h en it wou ld b e im possible to maintain, by any legislative enactment, a higher price of corn in this country than the price which regulated the general markets of the world. When that change took place he felt convinced that the time had arrived when the abrogation of the corn-laws was inevitable, and ho considered that that abrogation had conduced t o t h e h ea l th, the prosperity, and the happiness of the great bulk of the people of this country. (LEFT SPEARING) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. PULLMAN, the Deput y Usher o f th e Black Rod, appeared at the table of the House, and s ummoned the House to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to bear the Royal Asscnt given by commission to a certain public Bill (for which sec! Lords' report). Th e Speaker having complied with the summons, attended by a few Members, commnnicated to the House the names of the Bills which had been assented to. PRIVATE BUSINES:4.. .- - - The report on the Suffolk and General County Ami cable Insurance Office Bill was considered and agreed to. The Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill was read a second time, and referred to the following Select Com• mittee:—Admiral Dundas, Mr. Bainerd, Mr. CoaTer, Sir Charles Duuela,, Sir Edmund Filmer, Mr. Thomas L - tw Hodges, Mr. Cocks, Mr. s'a'tin Egerton, Mr. Masterman, and Mr. Thomas Gre..ne and five Members te ad..ltd by the Committee of Sekctior. PETITION:. A large number of petitior.s was presented against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition praying for the re-establishment of the Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE presented a petition agaiust the Minutes of Council on Education. _ _ Mr. PEEL presented a petition from Leominster, praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. LAW presented a petition against the Marriage Bill. Mr. Lushington, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Parker, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Hume, and several other Hon. Members presented petitions praying for the repeal of the taxes on know ledge. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition praying for the abolition of church rates. Mr. O'CONNOR presented a petition praying for the amendment of the Factory Act. Mr. COWPER presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. MOWATT - presented apetition six yards and a half in length, praying for the repeal of the window dudes. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Sir R. H. INGLIS, seeing the Right Honourable the First Lord of the Admiralty in his place, legged to put to him in public a question which he had once before addressed to him, and the purport of which the Right Hon. Gentleman was fully acquainted with. The ques tion referred to the unfinished search of Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions. At the time he put the question, he took the liberty of suggest ing that the search should be made by a division of tonnage in smaller vesselF, inQte ad cf a concentration of tonnage in large ♦essels, and that it should consist in a great Ent aiure of steam power directly applied, and that each officer should in a certain degree be independent of each other. He (Sir R. Inglis) wished now to ask in what state the expedi tion intended to go in search of Sir J. Franklin was at this moment, and of what force it consisted, and how soon it might be expected to sail ? Sir F. BARING said the expedition consisted of two steamers, which would be accompanied by two mercan tile ships. The two steamers were to be under the com mand of Captain Austin, and the other—a separate ex pelition—was to be under the command of Captain Penny, of the mercantile marine. Every exertion would be made by the Admiralty for the purpose of forwarding the expedition; and he was informed that the expedition would sail the last w eek in April. The Admiralty were extremely anxious that the ext edition should sail as soon as possible. THE MALT DUTY. Mr. WODEHOUSE said it was his intention to move certain resolutions as an amendment to the notice which had been given after Easter, for leave to bring in a Lill to repeal the dety on malt. He inteeded to move tbat great injustice was incident to the levying of the duty on malt, and that its total repeal would he a measure a extensive benefit to the agricultural interest. TIMBER DUTIES. Mr. ANDERSON gave notice that on a Bill being urought in for the alteration of the timber duties he should move that it be ex!endod to the timber employed in bu;iding busts for the coast fisheries. _ IRISH LEGISLATION. Co'onel DUNNE gave notice that on this day fort night he should move resolutions expressive of the evils of recent legislative enactments in Ireland. N A TION AL LAND SCHEME. _ _ Mr. O'CONNOR gave notice that on an early day be should move for leave to bring in a Bill to wind up the affiirs of the National Land Company. IRISH POOR-LAW, Mr. FRENCH gave notice that on an early day aftFr Easter he nhould muve resolutions, that the extent of the poor-law in Ireland was totllly inadequate to the relief t f the poor, besides being injurious to the general interests of the ccuntr,-. REDUCTION IN TEE NAVY. Mr. lILTb~IJ gate notice that, on going info Committee on the Navy Esti , nates, be ahculd take the sense of tl:e Howe with a view to adopting the recommendations of the Select Committee of last year, that the number of admirals should be reduced. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice that on the bringing up cf the report of the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill he should move that a qualification of 121. be substituted for 81. ORPHAN EMIGRATION. Mr. MILES rose to ask the Presidint of the Por,r law Board whether any arrangements are proposed, or arc at present caming out, to facilitate the immed;ate conveyance of f male orphans, capable of entering ser vice, to the colony of Australia. Mr. BAINES was very indistinctly heard, owing to the buzz of conversation which prevailed in the House; taut ho was understood to say that the Colonial Land Emigration Commissioners had ofd-red facilities for the migration of 12male orphans, by agreeing to take them out if their preliminary expenses were paid by the boards of guardians. Of those facilities the Poor-law Board had availed themselves to a considerable extent, but in some instances the guardians had refused to con tribute the necessary sum required by the Commission. Mr. DIVETT said great complaints had been received from the colonies that improper selections had been made of the young wornrn sent out by the Poor-law Commis sioners, and he hoped the Right Honourable Gent'aman woulfl give the House an assurance that in future a due regard would be paid to the ability of the females to perform the work tl sy 1% ere sent to the colonies fQr. Mr. BAINES said every precaution would be taken in the part of the Poor-law Board and the Em:gratioa Commissioners to secure a proper selection. TIIE LANb kfIENIE. In reply - to a qnf-stion from Sir B. TIALL,_ Mr. P.'"O'CWI.NOIt said it was his intention to con sult the beet conveyancer, the best equity lawyer, and ti.e test common-law law) er he could find on the subject, and to bring in a Bill to wind up the affairs of the Land AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Mr. GLAD:,TONE gave notice that in the event of the House sanctioning the Elective Councils for the government c f South Australia, ho should propose a clause giving her Majesty limited power of appointing councillors for lire on the ground of public services; also the insertion of a clause giving the bishops and members of the Church in Australia powers to conduct the affairs of the Church amongst themselves. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW DUTIES. In reply to Mr. HUME, -- Lord DUNCAN stated that he should certainly bring on his motion for the repeal t f the window duties to night if he could do so before hall-past tin o'clock. MARINE BILL. Lord J. MANNERS gave notice that in the event of the Marine Bill being read a second time, he should move t lat it be referred to a Select Committee. ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT. Mr. PAGE WOOD called the attention of the House to the circumstance, that his motion on the subject of the admission of Jews into Parliament partook of the nature of a question cf privilege. Be (Mr. P. Wood) had to ask the indulgence of the Hon. Memler for West Surrey to postpone his motion, in order to enable him (Mr. P. rvrocd) to bring on his motion f.,r a Select Committe to inquire into the practice of the House as to the admis sion of Jews and Friends to Parliament. Mr. 11. DRUMMOND said if this motion of the Hon. Gentleman (M. P. Wood) were so pressing it might have been brought on any time within the last three years.— (Laughter.) He (Air. Drummond) was nut disposed to i.oftpone his motion, much as he was ready to do at all times to oblige the Hon. Member for Oxford. TAXATION OF THE COUNTRY. Mr. 11. DRUMMOND then rose to move, that whereas the present taxation of the country depresses all classes, and especially the labouring classes, by dimi nishing the funds for the employment of productive la bour, it is the opinion of this House that. ,ade quate means should be foithwith adopted t reduce the expenditure of the Guvernment.—(Hear.) He said ho should not take advantage of the distiess ox ill-usage under which a large portion of the community was suffering to excite a clamour against taxation in general; nor would he deny that there was a great deal of prejudice against it. He would admit that in many cases it was the mere transference of luxuries from one people to another, but after grant ing all that, there was still a large margin:on which there was a transference of the necessaries of life from those who needed to those who needed them not. He could not enter into all the subjects which led to that consideration. He was particularly anxious to avoid those touched:upon by the Hon. Member for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden). He should, therefore, confine himself strictly to the words of his motion (given above). But if this trade was carried on with reckless prefasion, which created heavy burdens upon the people, and largely increased the taxation, it at least had this advan tage, that it gave to this country a monopoly of the com merce of the world—that it did give an immense field for enterprise—that it did create an immense demand for our manufactures—and that, in fact, the whole commerce of the world was centered in this country, and if its energies were occasionally depressed, there were at the same time springs of reaction in existence which tended at all times to restore the balance of prosperity.—(Hear, hear.) Such was the condition in which they were placed in 1809. All h e desired was to see the same condition return.—(Hear, hear.) Now, all that he asked of them was to follow out the course of the policy which they had adopted, if, i n d ee d, they had adopted soy- settled policy at all. All he asked of them, at all events, was to be honest, and to pursue the course unto its legitimate end upon which they bad entered._ (Hear, hear.) Now, he would be equally honest with them, and he trusted that he would be beli eve d w h en he said that there was nothing which he more desired than to keep the present Ministers in . their places— (Hear, hear)—for much he feared that if they were not on that side of the House they would vote with him, and thus would precipitate measures which he was desirous of delaying.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) What then he desired was, that they should follow out the course which they bad adopted with fairness and honesty, but instead of dousg that, they were stoppi ng in the middle and deluding the country with vain and flimsy excuses.—(Hear, hear.) The farmers were now beginning to be tired of the union into which they bad been brought, and wets desirous of seeing the end of those measures of which so much promise bad been made and so much bitter fruit had been reaped. The two points which he wished to bring under their attention iu his present motion were to reduce the ex penditure in the country, especially in the matter of salaries, and to be honest Free-traders, in taking off all the burdens which weighed upon the prudnction of raw material of Elroy kind.—(Hear,hear.) Now he had received a le ter from a bar ri:aer, whom he had not the pleasure of being acquainted ell except by, communication, signed with his initials, whose permission he Lad to quote biro. Being a lawyer, and locking at the motto " Ne sutor ultra," ho began 1 with the judges, and affirmed that the salaries of all judicial function ar i es were much too high, baying been fixed at a time when the public were as tounded by the reports of the immense sums said to be made by Mr. Sugden, Mr. Scarlett, and others of the leading lawyers of the times. It was fancied at that time that all eminert barristers were making enor mous fortunes. But now, he went on to say, times were far changed, many barristers were glad to get the judge ship of a county court at 1,0001., and the most eminent at the bar, ho believed, would be very glad •to get a settled income of 3,0001. or 4,0001. a year. When the Honourable Gentleman the Member for the 'West Riding hat stated, the other evening, the difference which existed between the English and North American judges, the Hon. Gentleman opposite had explained the different circumstances in which each were placed, but that was no answer to the Honourable Gentleman. The salaries of the judges bad been fixed at a time when the prices of provisions were high ; and what was desired now was to reduce them to a pitch consonant to the reduced price of provisions. But this gentleman sent him another extract from the report of a Select Committee, showing that the salary of the Lord Chancellor, which in '97 was 5,9001. was now 14,000/. ; that the salary of the Chief Justice of the Qin en's Bench, which inl7 was 4,800/., was now 8,0001 ; and that the salary of al puisne judge, which was 2,200/. in '97, was now 5,0001. But in 1809 Mr. Per cival, then the First Minister, on the ground of the differ ence of prices occasioned by an alteration of the stand ard of value, proposed to raise all salaries 25 per cent., and in 1313 a similar increase was made in the amount of all pensions. Now there was a great difference between their salaries and those given to foreign persons; for in stance, the President of the United States received only 500/. a year, while our Governor of Canada received as much as 7,0001., and such a governor of a province was not entitled to more than a sovereign king. —(Hear, hear.) But he had another most valuable authority—a letter from a tenant-farmer who had supported the Reform Bill, and he said that his neighbour, Lord Cottenham, had lately made a reduc tion in the wages of his labourers to the extent of 3s. a week—(Bear, hear)—and promised to reduce the wages of others at the same ratio at Michaelmas next.— (Hear, bear.) This was what the Whigs, with their self-com placency, usually called the improved condition of the labourer—',Cheers)—which meant, in fact, a bare exist ence in summer and demi-starvation in winter.—(Cheers.) He had not the honour of knowing that Noble Lord, but ho learned from his friends that it was impos sible to select any person whose sense of the adequacy of remuneratioa was more delicate, or who was more keenly alive to the advantages of good wages.—(hear, hear, and laughter.) It was said that it was hypocrisy on the part of ;the landlord to preach about protection, because the protection which they asked for the tenant went tack into their pocke:s in the shape of rent. That was not tree, so far as his part of the country was concerned, for there the greater pert of the land was ,held by men who farm their own lend—yeomen who had no resources of their own whitener. Some of :them had sent him their books to show what their produce :sold for six years ego.—(Hear, hear.) In 1843, in ore in stance it was 1,061/. In 1848 it was 872/, and in 1849 67(/., a diminution which the legislation of the House had pi - educed and was intended to produce. The dif ference was 38 per cent. A short while ago ho was speaking to a farmer on the subject of the motion re hiring to the reduction of local taxation. He said "What is that to me? I grow 100 load of wheat a year. This year that wheat is only worth 1,€001., which a few years ago was worth 1,500/."—(Cries of ' Hear, hear.") But, now observe, they had lowered by their measures the value of the produce, but they had not lowered the veluo of the cost c f production.—(Hear, hear.) There was tie place where the free-traders had been faulty— there was the point on which they had not been honest. New he ne w a case where the labour on one farm cost 3821., and another 1,300/.; and there was neither of those ti at had got the smallest relit f from the fall in prices. In the district where those firms were situate, the ages had fallen from 12s a week to 8 a week ; and there the greatest distress exhibited itself. There was the case of a clergyman who bought an advowson, and on the faith of that had borrowed money with which to build a house, which be did build. Ten years ago the aa 7 .- sowson was worth 1,200/. a-year, now it had come down to 3601. a-year. Now he wanted to know (and he spoke to the Free traders) by what right they prohibit any one of the yeomen of England from growing what he pleased on his land, and using it as he liked ?—(Cheers from the Protectionists.) He wanted to know by what right be was prevented from growing tobacco, linseed, beet-root, or whatever ho pleased, and using it as ho pleased, without any meddling or in terference by that House ? He would ask why they might not grow hops, or not, as they liked ? A Right Hon. Friend of his who was much esteemed in that House, was talking to him the other day about the duty on hops, and had very judiciously remarked that the farmers ought to be permitted to cultivate their hops as they thought proper, and putting out his right hand as if gatheriug hops, said why could they not permit the farmer to do this as he likes.—Jlear, hear.) And if that remark wes applicable to hops, it was also equally applicable to clay. Why could not allow the farmer to move and kneel his clay into bricks, and use those brick for improving or increasing his farm-build. ings, and do everything in fact connected with tl sir business according to their own pleasure?—(Hear.) But he could easily seo that when the effect was to touch their own interests it was deeply felt and soon expressed. They thought the farmers slow people, but he could enure them that if, after having heard any measure, they found it to be detrimentil to their in tertets they would not be slow in bringing that mutter to a conclusion, and informing them of the airount cf their discontent.—(Hear, boar.) In lfi23 the consumption of malt was on an average five bushels a-head. In 1829, when the duty was increased to 215., the consumption fell to one bushel; in 1831, when the duty was reduced, it rose; and, in 1840, when it was again reduced, it rose to two bushels.—(Hear.) Now can e the point to what the free-traders had to answer. It was all very easy to go down to the hustings and abuse the landed aristocracy, but he had observed that the votes given in that House were more in accordance with some private interest than the professions on the busting. Ile should continue with this motion, and give every constituency a full opportunity of seeing that the votes of its members were here. The House must make up its mind to take off the burdens which were pressing upon labourers. They had not kept faith with the public debtor they had taught the public debtor to have no faith in them. Many farmers of Whig principles bad declared Ito him their utter recklessness as to what would become of the institutions of the country, since they tad lost all faith in their power of preserving them. There was a talk, too, among the labourers that they did not see why there should be so much difference between poor and rich. It was a fearful condition of things to which they were tending, and to avert it they must act justly. The way in which they must act was by diminishing the salaries of all the servants of the Crown; and also by taking away every impediment from the cultivator of the tent to do as he pie ased with his produce. He did not wish them to say that he sought to screen the rate—no, put on the propert3 -tax, he said, on the landlords; but they must repeal those laws, and take off the pressure from the labourer. Mr. CAYLEY seconded the motion. He had always entertained en opinion that danger would result from the corem-rcial policy which had recently been adoi t , d, and ho thought he and his Hon. Friend (Mr. Drummond) were consistent in the course which they now pursued, for the purpose of obtaining a reduction of expenditure, seeing that universal distress was the con s, quence c f that line of policy to which he had referred. lie wanted to know how it happened that at this parti culer juncture the House was so anxious for economy and retrenchment.—(Hear.) According to the princi ple advocated the other night by the Hon. Member fur tlentrose and the Hon. Member for the West Riding, there ought to be an increase instead of a diminution in our expenditure, for the ostensible object of free trade was to increase our revenue, to make people more prosperous and more happy.—(Hear, hear.) But the parsimonious and niggardly economy advocated by Hon. Membets clearly showed that increased prosperity n as-not the result of our free-trade measures.—(Hear.) what had been the consequence of this system of free trade ? Now that they had got it, was the country better satisfied ?—were the working classes better satis fied? Nothing of the sort. One of the c ffeets of this cheap system had been an increase of supply in far greater proportions than the increase in the pcpulation. The population since the year 1811 has increased 66 per cent., the commitments for crime had been 500 per cent., while the increase in emigration since 1821 had been 1,900 per cent.—(Hear, hear.) The fall in the price cf corn during that period had been 60 per cent. In the year 1811 corn was 108 s. a quarter, in 1849 it was 445. a quarter. Well, then, he wanted to know, what advantage this system of cheap reis and falling prices had been to the working classes ? Why had they so little confidence in their free-trade principle that they dared only compare the first of the three years of free trade with the year of proverbial distress ? In 1840 the price of wheat being 87s. a quarter, the number of paupers relieved amounted to 1,199,000!., and in 1848 the number of paupers relieved was I,B76,ooo—(Hear, hear.) In 1846, when the price of wheat was 545. Bd. a quarter, the in-door paupers were 445,000; in 1848 they amounted to 4,294,000; and in 1849 there was only a reduction of 400,000 although in the previous year of 1848 there bad been an increase of 1,000,000!. in the poor-rates. In 1846 the price of wheat was 545. Bd. per quarter; in 1849 it was 445., and in 1848 it was 508. He contended that those facts showed that where there had been a high remunerating price cf corn the poor-rates had been less and the number of paupers relieved bad been less. He believed that a large propor tion of the working classes in this country are employed on the land. If there was not a profit on the productions and tho cultivation of the land there could not be certain employment or good wages for the labourer. It was because he wanted to give the labourer a sufficiency of the necessaries cf life that he was in favour of protection generally. If they could prove by practice that the working classes, as a body, were better fed, betrer clothed, and more happy and comfortable under a low price of corn than under a high one he would for once be a convert to the principles of free trade. But in his short exrerience he had never yet seen that to be the case. On the contrary, he had seen that whenever corn had fallen most in price, he had also seen :the country pinched the most ; and therefore he was of opinion that of this cheapness which they hed now got was allowed to go on much further his Noble Friend at the heal of the Government instead of being staggered at the proposition of the Hon. Member for the West Riding for a diminution of 6,000/. in the expencli tu:e, he would have to prepare himself for something more than that.—(Hear, hear.) From 1811 to 1820 the average price of corn was 955., and the average amount of poor and county rate was 6,100,0001 per annum. But if they took the average of the price of wheat twice a week in the four years preceding the full enaotment of the poor-laws, namely, in 1532, 1833, 1834, 1835, it was 445. a quarter. During those years the average amount of the poor and county rate was 8,100,0001., so that it was evident that the condition of the poor was not in any way dependent upon the high price of corn. When whe‘t was at 955. a quar ter the poor and county rate amounted to 6,100,0001. ; in the other year to which he had alluded when wheat was 445. a quarter, the poor and county-rate was 8,100,000/. Like the Right Honourable Bdrsnet, the Member for Tamworth, ho desired that corn should range between 565. and 60s. a quarter, for he believed that price would not only remunerate the farmer, but aiso cause good wages to the working manufacturer. (Haar, hear.) From 1822 to 1849, taking the time from the Bill for enhanc ing the value of the currency came into full operation, the price was on an average 595. a quarter. But if he excepted the notoriously scarce years of 1828, 1831. 1839, and 1847, the price would have been 535. a quarter, Lest he might be said to be taking a solitary instance, he would take the years 1832-3-4 5, in which the revenue was 46,C00,000/. and the price of wheat 445. He did not attach more importance to them fact than it was worth, but it was a significant warn ing to the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. If ho thought that the change which had taken Owe could take place with no:other revision of taxation than had already taken plbee ; if he thoughtlthat they had arrived at the end of the journey of free trade he was mistaken. They were scarcely strived at the first stage. He would have to encounter war to the knife between British wages and foreign wages, be• twecn a country with poor-laws and! the world without He thought that the tendency of the present system was to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, and it would be a ell if that House in which they sat would not be shaken to the foundations by the conflict. Mr. FOX MAULE rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, March 12.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of West India sugar were for the most part disinclined make any further con cession in the value, still refiners and grocers operated with much caution. The private purchases were only 350 hhds, &c., and none was offered at public sale; for low to fiao brown the value is from 33s 6d to 35s 6d, yellow 35a 6d to 403, and grey 34s to 38s per cwt. REPINED.--To-day there was greater dulness in the market for Refined Sum, and prices declined; brown Lumps were sold at 478 6d to 48s, and fair to good grocery 488 6tl to 50.. There are free sellers of Crushed Sugar at the rates quoted, but few buyers are to be met with. MAIIRITIUS.—This afternoon the demand for Mauri tius begat was not more active, The public sales of 5,360 bags sient at a reduction on Friday's rates of 6d per cwt, but all sold; fine yellow went at 38s 6d, mid &kg and hood 36s 6d to 38s, low 35s to 365, brown 28s 6d, better sort 33s to 345, and refining kinds 34s to 38s EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was little desire to operate in Bengal Sugar, and at public sale cf 4,886 bags not above 1 alf sold at rather lower rates; low to mid white Benares went at 37s to 335, bet'er sort 38s 6d to 411, low and aid yellow, like Mauritius, 33s to 36s 6d, and Khaur 28s to 28s 6d. Of Madras 6,503 bags were of fered, and went at easier prices, but the chi( f part sold; gocd and fine strong white 423 to 43s 6d, si ft yellow 33s to 358 6d, urd 31s to 32., and brown 28s to 30s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Tc-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, but by private treaty 11,000 bags ( f greyish Mu. nilla were sold at 19s per cwt in bond. The market has a quiet appearance, and prices tend downwards. UocoA.—West India continues to be dealt in with cauti,m, and there are sellers rather under former rates. There are lew buyers of Foreign, and 30s to 31s per cwt is the nearest value. TEA.—Prices have not improved for common Congou, still the demand has been more active, at 91d to 10d. In medium kinds a fair bnsiness has been concluded at lld to Is 2d, and the market is firm. There are still few buyers of good and fine sorts, whilst a desire is evinced to sell at from is 3d to is 9d. Some parcels of low sorts were again taken by shippers. Fine and good kinds of Green sell well at fully former terms, but there are now buyers of low and middling, still holders are not disposed to press sales. For Scented Caper and Pekoe Tea a more active demand exists, and late t ates are well supported. MOLASSES.—In West India few sales have been made by private treaty. At auction 600 puns Barbadoes were taken in at 17s 63, but a small larcel of St. Vince'. ts found buyers at 16s. There is a dull sale for East India at 13s to 141. _ _ COFFEE.—To-day there was much inactivity in the Corea market, and for all purposes the private opera tions are trifling, whilst none of any kind was offered at public srlo; prices were again depressed, and the latest operations in good ord Native Ceylon went at 54s to 55s per cwt. EICE.—The quantity of East India declared far auc • tion on Thursday and Friday amounts to 5,400 bgs and 815 pkts. There are sellers of inferior sorts by private treaty at a further reduction, yet all parties continue to operate: with much caution; for superior white full terms are asked, still few buyers are to be met with. At auction 1,200 bgs of Penang were taken in, but said afterwards at the low rates of 6s 6d to 7s for ord and cargo mixed. The value of good mid to fine white Bengal is 9s 6d to lls mid, and inferior 8s to 9s, cargo 7s to 7s 6d, and Madras Pinkey white 8s to 9s per cwt. Only limited sales have been made in Cleaned Rice, town dressed Carolina at 20s to 265, broken 14s to 15s, American 19s to 19s 6 , 3, Patna ]2s to 18s, very fine 193 to 20s, and broken 103 to lls 61. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea is not much wanted; and at pubic sale, a part only of 291 chests found buyers at 1055 to 107 s 6d fur mid to good. Cassia Buds are to be had at 110 s to 115 s. With shipping kinds of Ginger the market continues to be freely sup cl. At suction 1,690 pockets and 900 bags of .Bengal sold at 19s 6d to 21s for middli ng t o goo d bold rough. Home trade kinds are s till i n sma ll supp l y, and the value of Jamaica may be reckoned at 4110 s to 101 109, East India 30s to 40s, Barbadoes and African at 35s to 40s. In black Pepper only sma ll purc h ases have been made privately b y 3id t o 30 . O nly sma l l te shippers or home dealers. Malabar is quoted at aid to s4akies have d, Sumatra been made and is quit t for Pimento at Gd to 64d. Th ere are se ll ers o f low and jungle sorts of Cinnamon at l ower rates, an d few buyers are to bo met with. For better sorts orders are small, and last quarterly sales rates with Penangin whiat 5d to 9d. Th e mar k et difficulty are kept , tIP- Of nutm egs , a f a i r quantity has been soli , brown is at 2s 6d to 35 Gd, and superior 33 8d to 43 4d. Mace is wanted at 2s 3d to 2s 6d, and bet er sort 25 7d to 2s 100. Cloves met with little attention—Bencoleu is submitted at is Gd to 2e, Penang is '2d to is 9d, African and Bourbon lid to 8d per lb. SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island Rum orders have be- come small, and on the part of holders there is less firm ness, whilst the rates accpted are is 44d to i s Sid p roo f. East India met with little attention, and Is 4d to is 4}l is the value, whilst prices tend downwards. In Demerara only small sales have been made at 2s 3d to 2s 6d far 30 to 40 per cent, over proof, and a reduction is looked for. Jamaica met with little attention from shippers or home dealers, w hil st prev i ous terms are not to be obtained. The limited orders executed have been at 2s 4d to 3s for 28 to 35 over, better sort 35 2d to 35 6d, and choice marks 3s 8d to 45 per gallon. Brandy—The value of Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1849, is 45 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 (lifts 4s 8d to 4s 10d; 18 4 7 ditto, 53 3d to 53 sd; and inferior toe ti 3s to :4s. The value of British ma d e S p i r i t i s still 9s 6d, but the demand is not active. There is no variation in the value of Gin ; only small sales have been made in Geneva at Is 9d to is 10d f or common, an d fine 2s 3d to 3s 3d per gallon. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was n ot better for Cochineal, and at auction 22 bags of black Honduras went 2d per lb cheaper, ord to fine from 3s 9d to 5s 4d. latmao.—This afternoon at public sale 32 srns of Guatimala Indigo sold at 2s 5d to 3s, and better sorts 35 4d to 4s, these are rather lower rates. COURSE OF EXCITA Amsterdam .......... 12 234 Ditto, at eight ...... 12 0 Yi l Rotterdam ........ •. 12 25 Antwerp • • ............ 2b 72% Ilamburgh .... • • N.B. 13 1334 Paris, 3 dayesight .. ,• 25 50 INGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leg horn •• •• 80 85 G e noa .... •• .......... • gaplos •• •• •••....... !Wenn°, PerOZ 129 !! Messina • • ...... •• 254 Lisbon.. • • • • • • • • Oporto • • • • • • • • • • • 5 ▪ ° 3 3 ., Rio janelro • • • • •• Buen os Ayres • • New York, 21 days'sigh▪ t Philadelphia .. • • ..... . port c. ro r n i a c i G le G o 1 0 0 1 I d i nc3boulai Coin P 0 7 1 c o ; Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.•.• 0 4 10% Silver in bars .• •• 0 4 11% Did°, a months .... 25 70 Marseilles •••• • • ••.• • • 25 70 80urdeaux......... . 25 70 (Frankfort on Maine.... 121 N Peter sbnrgh, SB. Rble 3734 Vienna, effec. fie ••• • •• 11 4$ Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 50 Madrid ••.. • • ........ 49% Cadiz •• •• •••••• • • •• • • 49% Bilbao.. • • • • .. Barcelona BeTille.• •• •••••• •••• - LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, March 11. ORB v. rARSIN. This motion, for an injuction to restrain the de fendants from consuming, within the township of Wakefield, any flour or meal not ground at the mills of the plaintiff's, was again resumed , a nd Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Ch a pman Barber were heard for the defendants against the injunction ; after which Mr. Turner, for it, replied. Lord LANGDALE said he must look at the cases which had been cited, and c ompare the customs al leged in them with that in the present case. He 'toped he should be able to do so to-night. Judgment deferred. RE WILLIAM COBBETT. Mr. ROUPELL moved that a return to a writ of habeas corpus might be quashed, that Mr. Cobbett be discharged out of custody with costs, and for an a tt a chment against Joh n Hudson, the keeper of the Queen's Prison, for making a false return. Mr. Oldfield appear e d i n person ; but Lord LANGDALE, without hearing him , refused the motion. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. March 11. (Bt fore Sir L. SIIADwELL•) SCARTH V. CHADWICK AND OTHERS. Mr. Bethel), Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Glasse, appeared in support of a motion to dismiss this bill upon the defendants undertaking to pay the plaintiff his deposit, interest, and costs. The bill was filed by the plaintiff on behalf of him self and all other the shareholders in the Madrid and • , • f? yi 4 4 3 P; g 0 Fq 0 p,'4 l Colchester.r. 7O 530 18 135 Harwich Leigh Maldon .. 324 91 250 100 345 245 1020 CHELMSFORD, Alai ten B.—Prices to-day were as follow : Wheat, white, old . - ')6s to 435; new 37s to 445; red, old 34s to 395; new, 35s to 40s; ht , elev. 2441 to 27. rhp‘oilipr CHELMSFORD, Ikhacli B.—Prices to-day were follow : Wheat, white, old S6s to 435; new 37s to 44.; red, old 34s to 395; new, 35s to 40s; ht , eley, 24s to 27s ; chevalier 25s to 28s ; grinding 21, to 236; oats 16s to 22s ; malt 54s to 56s ; chevalier 043 to 58s ; peas, partridge, new 26. to 28s ; old, to —s ; white, new, 2;s to 27s ; old, —s to —s ; dun, new, 24s to 26s ; b eans , tick, new 24s to 26s ; old, 27s to 29s ; hal•row ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old 28s to 30s; ma zagan, new 23. to 25s ; old 24s to 26s per qr. COLCHESTER, MARCH 9.—Wheat, white 423 to 46s ; red 36s to 403; barley 24s to 28s; beans, mazagan 22s to 265; middle and small 24s to 28s ; peas 24s to 28s per qr. GLASGOW, MARCH 7.—Provisions—Cheese, 48s to 50s otl per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 18s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, Os 9d to 103 per lb. Jrish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, lid to Bd. Country eggs, 9cl per dozen; carried hen ditto, 5s Od per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s Od per pair ; Ducks, 2s Od. STIRLING, MARcir 7.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 235; ditto, home, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 16s to 20s; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 13a Od to 17s Od. Oats, common, OOs Od to OOs Od ; ditto new, 8s 6d to lOs 3d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt, distillers, 32s Od to 34e ; citto brewers, 35s Od to 37s ; beans per boll, Os 6d to Os Od; ditto new, 13s Od to 14s 6d; pease I Is 3d to 13s 6d; flour, new per sac k 32s to 335; ditto common ditto, 20s Od to 22s 6d; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new 22s Od to 24s ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, 7d to 8d ; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 10d; eggs per dozen, id to 7d; hay per ton, 50s to 60s. HADDINGTON, MARCH B.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to.day : Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 ;Oats. ... 42s Od 1 28s Od 1 22s Od First Beans. 30r Od ,JS Second ... ... 355 7d 2ls 10d. lB5 4d 1 25s 11d Third ... .. 29s Od 18s 61 13 s Od I 22s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 488 qrs., 481 sold Do. Barley do. 210 qrs., 199 sold Do. Oats do. 745 qrs., 587 sold Do. Beans do. 200 qrs., 188 sold KIRICALDT, MARCH 9.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— - Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. I First 413 Od 23i 6d 20s 6d —s Od —s Od Second 373 6d 193 6d 1133 6d —s Od —s Od I •13 Third 3ls Od 16s 6d 1 6d —s Od —s Od .__ _ _ Oatmeal, per Lai; of 28016 s imperial, 24s to Os Od. LILSO, Mancit B.—Wheat, old, Os to Os; ditto, new, 23: to 28s Od ; barley, new, 12s to 15s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os ; potatos oats, OOs to 00s ; ditto new, lOs to 13s 0(1 ; common oats 00s to OOs Od; ditto new, OOs to OOs Od ; peas, 005 Od to OOs Od; beans, 00s to OOs per boll of six imperial bushels. Psalm, MARCH 7.—Wheat, 333 Od to 38:0d; barley, Ms Od to 20s Od; oats, 14s to 18s ; peas and beans, 20s Od to 24s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 25, to 263. HAwicx, MARCH 7.—Wheat, new, 20s to 29s Od; barley, new, 12s to 15s 6d ; ditto old, OOs to 005 ; potato oats, 105 Od to 12s 6d ; common oats, 8s to 12s Od ; peas, 20s Od to 24s Od ; beans, 20s Od to 24s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, 111Arten 7.—The supply of grain in this day's market was .5 5 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 215 6d per ball.; barley, 15s Cc' to 16s 6d ; oats, ICs 6d to 14s Od; beans, 13s Od to lbs Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. BZRWICK, Maiterl.7.—Wheat, 33s ; barley, 18s ; oats, 14s 2 d ; rye, Os Od ; beans, 22s 4d ; peas, 00s Od average per imperial quarter. THE COUNTRY M . The following is the official statement corn, &c., received in the port of Low Essex, from the 4th March, 1850, to both inclusive:— Valencia Railway Company, a project in which nothing had been done since February, 1846, and which never was taken before the Legislature, pray ing an account against the directors up to February, 1846, and for a declaration that the plaintiff and all other the subscribers might be declared liable to contri bute such proportion as the Court undt r the circum stances should think just, and that the residue might be paid to the plaintiff. The bill alleged that the shareholders were so numerous, and their interests so fluctuating, that it was not possible to make them parties, and that the plaintiff was, in fact, ignorant of their names and addresses; and then charged the de fendants generally with having offered 235. a share as the whole amount that the assets of the company would afford, and after such offer had been accepted ranking offers of 30a. and 40s. to other parties ; that by such first conduct the shares were greatly depreciated in the market, and then purchased by the defendants at 2s. 6d. per share, or some such small sum. Affidavits were made by Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey and others in support of this case, and charging wilful expenditure in journeys, and otherwise an improper conducting of the company's affairs. It appeared that Mr. D. IV. Harley had himself been the purchaser of such depre ciated shares, and it was submitted, in support of the motion to dismiss, that there was nothing to take the case out of the ordinary rule, whatever case was sought to be made by the bill, to which no answer had yet been put in. Mr: Bacon, Mr. Ma line, and Mr. Welford opposed the motion upon the above case made by the bill, and contended that the plaintiff, asking no more than an account, was entitled to go on with the suit. The VICE-CIIANCELLOR said that the plaintiff had filed his bill so that he was the donainus litus, and there was nothing to show that it should not be dismissed immediately. He stated that the number of share holders was so great that it was impossible to make them parties, and that he was, in fact, ignorant of their names and addresses. The last reason might cer tainly make it unnecessary to consider the first. Bat he thereby assumed that they were persons over whom he had the complete dominion. It was not the case of a creditor's suit, but might turn out for the benefit of other persons. Application was now made to the Court on the footing that in the face cf the bill the plaintiff was the only person to be dealt with. His Honour did not see why the defendant might not make such an application as in any other suit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO f 1 SE. Walter Watts, the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, was brought before Alderman Gibbs in the custody of Daniel Forrester the officer, charged, as the war rant granted for his apprehension stated, with having stolen, taken, and carried away an order for the pay ment of money, to wit, for the payment of 1,4001., and one piece of paper, of the value of ld., the pro perty, goods and chattels of George Carr Glyn, his master, against the form of the statute, &c. Mr. Freshfield, of the firm of Freshfield and Co., solicitors to the Bank of England, attended for the prosecution ; Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Wont ner, appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Freshfield having briefly stated the facts, from which it appeared that the prisoner, who had been a clerk in the Globe Insurance-office, had contrived to make such alterations in his pass-book which pre vented for some time the detection of the robbery, called the following witnesses to show that the money had been appropriated by the prisoner:— David Nicholls, clerk in the London and West minster Bank, Lothbury, .aid the prisoner kept an account at our bank. On the 14th of February he came to our offices with a cheque for 1,4001. to pay in to his account. I took notice of the cheque, and ob served that it was drawn on a form like those pro duc ed, and had, I believe, four signatures attached to it. The wording of the cheque was " for a policy" with several figures. The cheque was upon Messrs. Glyn's, and was presented at about two o'clock on the same day, and the prisoner was credited the amount in his account, which he has since drawn out, with the exception of about 281 W. Steele, clerk to Messrs. Glyn and Co., of Lombard-street, bankers, said, on the 14th of February I paid a cheque of 1,4001. of the Globe Insurance Company. It was on one of their forms, and was paid to the London and Westminster Bank, and the cheque was deposited in the usual place. The pass-book is returned to the Globe Insurance Company every week, with the paid cheques and vouchers. F. J. Roan, clerk in the Globe Insurance-office, said, the prisoner is a clerk in the Globe Insurance office. lie left that office on the sth of March, and has not been there since. These are the forms used by our office for cheques. It was the prisoner's duty to check the paid cheques off with the pass-book. Under the date of the 19th of February, there is an erasure in the pass-book, and over the erasure there is written, in the prisoner's handwriting, " life policy 7,619, 4471. ls. 3d." The paid cheques were placed in an open drawer, of which no one in particular had charge. It was the prisoner's duty to tick them off, and then place them in that drawer. I have searched it, but could not find the cheque for 1,4001. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—The prisoner's office was the accountant's-office, in which there are three other clerks, who also had access to the room in which the cheques were kept. I was present on the sth of March when the prisoner left the office, and his papers were sealed up by order of the deputy chairman. The secretary was also present. The prisoner had attended to his duty down to that time. Mr. Bodkin—Did he not say it was too bad that, after his long services, he should be obliged to leave the office ? Witness—l did not hear him say any thing of the kind. Mr. Bodkin—Did be not, upon leaving the office, use words to the effect that he should be in the way to be found ? Witness—No; I think he had an op portunity of seeing the deputy-chairman and the se cretary before he went away. Daniel Forrester—l had a warrant to apprehend the prisoner put into my hands on Friday, and I used all diligence to apprehend him. I went to his house and was told he was not at home, and had not been there since Thursday morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—l was told he was the lessee of the Olympic Theatre. I went there with a person who inquired for the prisoner, but could not find him. The prisoner met me by ap pointment at the office of Mr. Wontner, his solicitor, and said that having been given to understand that I had a warrant against him he came forward volun tarily. Mr. Bodkin said his client had regularly attended at his usual places of business, and never entertained a thought of keeping out of the way. The prisoner was remanded upon the application of Mr. Fresbfield, who stated that it would be necessary to hear other witnesses to elucidate the mysterious nature of this serious charge. BOW-STREET. Roger Fogarty was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with obtaining a sovereign from Madame Celeste, the manager of the Royal Adelphi Theatre, by means of false pretences. The prisoner stated, he did not wish to give the lady any further trouble in this matter. He con fessed that he had imposed upon her, and that all his statements were untrue ; but he had been driven to the offence by the distress to which he was reduced, having a wife and five children to support. His Wous'-ur sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment. Some money found upon the prisoner was offered to Madame Celeste, but she desired that it should be put into the poor-box of the Court. THE HOUSE OF ABELARD AND llELotsg.—The quays of Paris are unrivalled, and there is little more to be done to make them uniform in width and grandeur. Amongst the changes they have necessitated, has Leen the demolition of the house formerly inhabited by Abelard and Heloise on the Quay Napoleon, No. 9, at the corner of the Rue des Chauti es. The new building, like the majority of those constructed of late years, is a great ornament to the quarter. It has two entrances, over each of which are medallions of the two lovers, and between the doors is a slab of white marble, with an inscription in letters of gold, " Ancienne habitation d' Heloise et d' Abeillarcd, 1118; reconstruite en 1849." ---- - IMPORTATION OF COPPER.—A vessel, arrived from Coquimbo and Valparaiso has brought from the former place the very large quantity of 66,928 ingots of copper, consigned to a firm of commercial eminence in the me tropolis. CLYDE.—SId. Spartan, Londonderry and Phila delphia; Casket, St. Mitt's. ARKETS. t of the quantities of don from the ports in the 9th March, 1&50, COAL MARKET.-YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 14s 6dlictton Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 9dLambton Davison'sWest Hartley 14s 94uruley 155 3d East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d Russell's Hetton . l6l 6d Hasting's Hartley 1 Is 6d Stewart's North Percy Hartley.. 14s 6d i l earadoc ..... ....• Hs 6d New 'Fantleld Lis 6d Cassop.. .... ~.. Old Tanfield Uanfield Moor .... ..... 14s 6cll.leugh Hall Fanfield Moor Butes... 13s Od Kenos l6s Od 'N'est Hartley West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Thornley Brown's ... l2s OdlCownden Tees ... Buraton Killingworth 14s Od!Tees Gosforth ..... Hilda l4s Od Derwentwaterllartley 14s 6d Original Gibson Walker Eden Main Bell Belmont lss 6dl Ships at market, 30G. Braddyll SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE IiSAL L'S.—YESTERDAY. The amount of business transacted yesterday was very limited, and, saving the rapid advance of Mahratta fur the Northamptonshire Handicap, and a marked decline in Voltigeur for the Darby, was destitute of interest. We subjoin the latest prices:— COVENTRY STEEPLECHASE. • 4 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Rut-trap 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Farnham THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Osterley, 4 yrs, 7st 6 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Harriott, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 13i to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Mahratta, 4 yrs, sst 111 b—take 9 t ,- ) 1 13 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Belus, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yrs, Est 131 b 25 to 1 agst C a pt a i n L ow th er ' s Bastinado, 3 yrs, 4st 71b METROPOLITAN STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful, 4 yrs, 6it— taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Black Eagle, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Testator, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—t 25 to 1 agst Capt. Lowther's Bastivado, 3 yrs, 4st 7lb CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'-day Buy, 6 yrs, 9st—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 4 yrs, 7st—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fogleman, 5 yrs, 7st —taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedloy's Cossack, 6 yrs, 9st 21b—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt, 4 yrs, 6st 71b 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 6 3 rs, 7st 51b 1,000 to 15 logst Mr. Disney's Sir Richard, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b—taken DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Btilingbroke —taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwieke's The Nigger—t 12 to 1 17 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland'a Voltigeur 1,000 to 45 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—taken 1,000 to 45 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken 1,000 to 45 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Lee's Charley—taken 20 to 1 each, in one bet, laid agst Italian and Volti geur, and 20 to 1 aft t'wards offered agst the latter. Ghillie Callum and The Knight of Avei ol not men tioned. 1,000 to 10 agst Cheerful winning the Metropolitan and Newinarka Handicaps, and Bolingbroke the Derby —taken. 30 to I to 700 agst Cheerful winning the Metropolitan, and Bolingbroke the Derby. 2,000 to 100 agst Cheerful and Ghillie Callum for the same events, and 2,000 to 25 agst Cheerful and Mildew. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 11. RAILWAY AUDIT BILL. Tho Earl of GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Railway Audit Bill. The former Audit Bill had been so violently opposed in the House of Commons that the Government had been obliged to give it up, although some of those who most violently opposed it were in fa vour cf a Government audit. In the following session the Railway Audit Bill of the Noble Lord (Monteagle) was passed unanimously by their Lordships, but it was not carried through the Commons in con sequence of the opposition of the railway in terest. In the following session their Lordships had appointed a Select Committee on the subject, before which it had been stated by persons connected with railway companies that railway audits as at present con ducted were mere moonshine. A Bill founded on the report passed their Lordships' House, bat was withdrawn from the House of Commons because it would be impossible to pass it in the fees of the determined opposition of the railway directors, without adding a month to the length of the session. Some time since a Bill had been pre pared by the North-Western proprietors, which they found they could not sanction, and therefore he had introduced the present Bill as a Government measure. He had this day had an interview with a deputation on this subject, but he felt bound, in justice to that blouse, in justice to the Noble Lord, in justice to the public ,in justice to railway shareholders themselves, to persevere with his Bill, the object of which was to secure a just, a true, and an independent audit of railway ac counts. The great objection made to other Railway Audit Bills had been that they tended to increase the patronage of the Government. No such objection could be made to the present Bill, and he hoped that that circumstance would facilitate its passage through the House of Com mons. He had already explained the provisions of that Bill, and he hoped their Lordships would consent to the second reading. Lord STANLEY ought perhaps to apologise to their Lordships for addressing them, as ho had no prac tical knowledge on the subject, as he had nevi r possessed a railway share. But he had that morning had the honour of receiving a deputation from the railway companies, representing a paid-up capital of 1 19,000,0001. Had they proposed to resist an audit he would have been the last to have assisted them, but within the last three or four days the delegates of the companies had prepared a measure for securing an independent audit. The deputation had stated several objections to the Government Bill, and ho was sure his Noble Friend would agree with him that it would be better, if possible, to secure the con sent of the different railway companies to the audit scheme ; and he now held in his hand a printed draft of a Bill emanating from de legates of these companies, in which those benefits were secured, while the objections to the Government Bill was obviated. These gentlemen objected to giving to any other persons such control over the railway property of this country as the audi tors would possess under the present Bill. They also objected to the degree of control which the Government would have over these auditors. They objected to the Government having the power of keeping these auditors in office, notwithstanding the opposition of the companies ; they also ob jected to the Government haying the power of fixing the salaries of the auditors and their officers, and they objected to giving the Government the power of fixing the quota which each company should contri bute towards tho common audit fund. lie thought the Bill would create a vast amount of expense, which would fall very heavily on railway companies at the present moment, when all of them were paying such small dividends, and some none at all ; and he, there fore, thought they were justified in objecting to a mea sure which would cause them so large additional ex pense without any adequate compensating advantage. He considered the Bill was too late, as the danger at present was not of shareholders trusting too much to their directors, but rather of their placing too little confidence in them. The shareholders, however, did not so much object to an audit, as to the power of auditing their own accounts being taken out of their own hands. If the directors do not attend to the re commendations of the auditors, the latter are to have the power of laying their recommendations before the shareholders. There were various minor provisions to discover and prevent abuses. There were also powers given not connected with the audit. The directors were prohibited from holding proxies at the expense of the company, except on certain occasions. That was an important controuling check, and only one director was at a time. his object was to lay before their Lordships the objections entertained against the Bill by the delegates of the railway companies, and if the Noble Lord pressed the second reading that night he hoped that ho understood that discussion was not precluded at a future stage of the Bill. He hoped his Noble Friend would not hurry the C omm itt ee , a nd that the case would receive the deliberate attention of their Lordships. With that understanding he should not oppose the motion. Lord MONTEAGLE said that it was admitted on all hands that the state of railway accoun ts was such t hat it should no t b e l e f t i n its present condition. Better machinery should b e su b s tituted for that on which they at eresent relied. This was the fourth year their Lord ships were called upon to discuss the question, and they had coat down Bills to the Commons which bad not Leon fret in a legislative and amending spirit. Had that been done, they might have provided the shareholders with an effective measure, His objection to the measure wsa of an opposite character to that of his Noble Friend op. pesite (Lord Stanley). He believed that it was a great misfortune that railway companies bad been left with out efficient supervision. That was a greater blow to that interest than any they had y e t sustained. It had encouraged speculation of every kind, without regard to check or security of any kind. Nobody trusted railway Recounts, as they were now prepared. There was no con fidence generallyi No doubt there was confidence in bo dies cf directors, but ho did not speak of the integrity of individuals, but of the system of keeping accounte• Take the Caledonian Railway. They had the greatest portion of the capital stock of the company diterted to purposes f or w hi c h i t never was i n tended, and yet no one could suspect the integrity of Mr. Hope John stone. All that was now wished was that the accounts laid adore the shareholders should be true and sincere, that they might rely on their correctness. It was n" intended to give Government avower of internal inter ference. There was no such intention in this Bill. ne believed further, that in many instance s‘they could net depend upon the shareholders themselves. Their title was of an evanescent and transitory nature, and vcryf different from th e p ossessors o f p ro p e rty. A threa t A a falling dividend wou ld a l wa y s h a ve great effect, an" the shareholders no t b e i ne a suffi c i en t check, they wanted the che_k of a ptiblie repr esentat i v e and cone troling power. Th ere should be one independent On with the power of makin g a s p ec i a l report. They e,l'u l then see whether th e accounts h a d b e en " cooked.' lt c t i was true what his N o bl e F r i en d (L or d Stanley) had sal in reference to proxi es . Th e use o f t hese proxies oft“! led to the most flagrant of all abuses. In one case that NO come under his notice the directors held 11,000 s hare:, which were " sleeping" with respect i s dividend but alive in the hands of the directors for all other purposes. He thought Govern ment should appoint one au dit or ou t o f the three. Tl!,,e legal and Parliamentary expenses should not be paid until taxed. In the Bill of last year there was a elan" that no more than 50 p er cen t. of these costs should th bet paid until they had be e n t axe d, Wh e n they knew s the legal and Parli amen t ary expenses o f a ll the railway' as returned to Parliament, amounted to 1 0 , 000,0001, they would see the n ecess i t y of a check. Into those Bills the most extraordinary and illegal items had been t of eluded. The expenditure upon illegal poreh" es shares on other lines had been presented to shareholdcr in the lump, under the head of leaal and ParliamentarY, expenses. Ho w cou ld shareleoldr's detsct these Megal purchases, under such circumstances ? lle considel-ed that the present system of railway audit was n othi n g but mere moonshi ne , and considered that it would lee more beneficial to all the railways in England to p ay' double the pre sen t sum p a id b y them fur an cff.:ctive and beneficial audit, thin half the present sum for the p resent system, wh e re th e re t urn was useless and inefficient. Lord STANLEY said that he did not think that sots ficient prot ec ti on was given to the shareholders b y Bill, and that he therefore intended that one on a heart principle should be recommended to the notice of the Committee ere long. Lord COLCHESTER did n ot consider this Bill 9 ' matter that solely interested the shareholder or the d i " reetor, but was one of far more ermanent importance, as it w as it ques ti on on p tho one hand b etw- e e Parliament and the companies, end the other be tween th e public and th e same companies. He considered that 1: was the duty c-f Parliament whenever it granted n , to any of those companies, to ascertain a healer money had been di s ' surse d i n t h e manne r specified by tn' borrower; and his motive far making that allusion wa' (- because he knew Viet money borrowed under s uch pee d tences by the di rectors o f a certain line did not exPe e s the loan of 800 . 0001 . on ra il ways, b ut i n q uite a diffe rens manner. Earl GRANVILLE said that be assured the Nob le ,. Lord, that this Bill would give every s atisfactio n to Parliament, the p u bli c , t h e directors, and the glare; holders, for the audit ors t o b e appointed accord in g , the provisio ns o f th e Bill wou ld b e independent and jai' partial persons. Lord BEAUMONT sa id t h at f rom w hat he und er " stood from the speech of tiro Noble Lord (Lord Sta rr ; Icy), he ieferred that that Nubia Lord sending up aeuther Bill of a similar nature before o bj e ctiou s the Committee ; if mo, he should have no to such a proceeding, but he was free to confel r that he saw great difficirlies in the Bill before al e Lordships, and apprehended as greet from that °f t r Noble Lord (Lord Stenlev), because he feared that eithfr, Bills would nut establish the certainty of a perfect tan ee to intends and particularly because the present Bill gave P? "" r n the delegates of railway cernpanies to be their 0 auditors, which he ceneidered far from eing eith er s i c : A ful or imartial, fur he thou hthat auditors independent of all companies, and until such eva 3 the udie g t ease he could have no faith in the returns of such 5 a tors. He felt assured that if that principle were that on, that it would cause more harm than benefit, an" 'lle it would completely ehaks public confidence. Ile w° ,7 1 ,. 0 ask their Lordships aas this Bill intended for the 1 31 " 0 " t strenuously or fur the shareholders? If the latter he sheula out should oppose it, for he looked upon the directors and shareholders as so many trustees who under tak e how estutely scare of certain duties for the public interest. lie was well awar e up their accounts, fir on one line with which he ' s ir . connected he f eind, after an investigation into the coni no further capital to lea expended.—( dition of the accounts, that there were no dividends, VI: these gentleman auditors cook r o the whole he considered that this Bill would bendero. '.3,5 u its use if independent auditors were not appointed provisions.—(Hear, hear.) • don Earl GRANVILLE said that his principal ohtec this to ally delay that might be occasioned by Eend in g a st Laughter.) Bill before a Commit: ee was, that a similar Bill session had been totally lost, to the great disadvantag egg the public and its second reading. shareholders. He should therefore P r ' Tho Bill was then read a second time. RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL. . 11" The Hou se reso l ve d i tse lf i nto comm i t tee on thi s Bill. Lord REDESDALE raised some technical objections to three of the clauses cietionary power relat - ive to compensation was most un just. because he considere d that dis- Lord BEAUMONT said that he considered that th e answer g i ven i n ev id ence before the C om mittee on 3! Bill ought to be sufficient for his Lordship (Lord dale), H e s h ou ld hi mse lf move some ver bal am endeeen" on the third reading. The Bill then p asse d through Committee, and the House then resumed. The Marquis o f LANSDOWNE brought up a r eport of the returns of the Poor-law Commissioner s, and their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMO.NS, March 11, ARMY ESTIMATES. it'd Mr.. P. MAULE (in continuation from our Third was atstn 99o2B, expense w i o t t b Edition) said—The result of the whole then was O a ,: aaexpeus e of the number of men voted for hi 1849-50 was 113 84 ! 4,356,750/., while for ference of 14,719 men with a reduction of 420,1611. (Hear hear)—but if he included the non-effective ser vice the decrease was 501,438/. But he would camp those 1 the army estimates for the present year witb 1335, and he would show his lion. Friend (Mr. Cobde!le that they were much nearer the level of 1835 than 1 3 _,. 3,936,91882510:1 the numb:4.f had any idea of. The army and militia charges fors 82f, 1835 he did not mean to say were . 6,016,643/ ; for 1850-1 they were 6,019, But king a diflereuce of only 2 604/.—(Hear , he ar ' ) fur that yroaking a ctie though they had so nearly approached the estimeattoesstay there, if, consistently with the duties they the : I vr e e rd t° re estimates we, the army, and the country, they :iates below those of that year.- - (th -ar ' um ber Having now stated the case with regard to the _ ho of . the army, and the estimates for its rna mt e nericee o 9 wished to make a few remarks with regard tot the st P. which had been taken of late promotes he disci. which years to pline, the comforts,the er°33'. and the good character of , :c h And first - with regard to the military prison , vv, r f uo was sesd considerably to the army estimates since 1830,; could brinbgear.) clia P r r a n c v t e e n r 3 h appy to be able to inform the House that tha ti e la , covered by the sums deducted from their puY• - " Il i ' the . matter of minor consideration compared wit a improvement !oat' , numberof bet °` eonft the w h i a e r h m l y md a takens evinced the eonuudpu c t al: 0 young persons committed to prison. The nura g _. dmen committed to military prisons had beneniB4ll, the duallynumbecreasing during the last three years. 1 y i bo 1,590; in number 1 000 were committed amounted to 1 126 - in 1848 09 8 ' , f 1849, to 589 TT , / of •n 0 of persons under 20 years of ag e ,. i n two years' service' i n 184 8 ' _..... r ....ear, hear.) The number o . r 0 30-- committed in 1847 was 1,65 6, , 00 (1-1 lie felt quite s that under tho u resent . ear, hear.) e L be ar ray 0 present system of education in t re .._. the numb —(lie number of committals would still further dec_ll.7,. which —(Hear, hear.) He might also state that a regal !I ra u : . was recently made, ordering that the men eu mated to pr . re re , should have their hours of sleep _ lated as if the tore, allowing y aere on guard, instead of as hereto. ..9 them a constant succession of good 13 1 ,6°.` t. rest, had been attended with' the most salutary rnu'A and those who had been subjected to this treatment 13* not come bad( to prison • • --( 11-e° ' again for a long time. the hear, and laughter.) With reand to the health of _ army, a great deal had been done of late years resp ect ru; with P mote it. He had the returns of mortality w to the army serving the nao. e abroad. With regard to te but tality of the army at home he had not any returns,sn t hy was happy to say that with respect to the late vi W e ton of the cholera, it had not fallen so severely ur ni e 4 , army as it had en civilians. But the returns of la ir. .witli respect to the army showed a gm at improven3ol In British Guiana during 1848-9, the mortality, now , had_ . been 97 in 1,000 on an average of thee 3 years. Wa s now il only 14.—(ilear.) Ia Trinidad, the mortality, w4ic had b een 102 i n th e 1 , 000 on an averag e of btLeair )errs, was now only 33.—(1Icar, hear.) In the other foreign stati o ns th ere was generally a similar dimietc2 tine, thoug er h in a few there arp.:ared a slight increase. 1 mortality. The following we the rates o f mortalit y per 1,000 of the rtzength among the troops serving lB , T: foreign stations for the year ending Mar ch 31, 4" compared with the average of the previous 10 years 7 British Guiana, 1848 9, 14.2, average of previous 1 years, 97,9; Trinidad, 33.0, average 102.9; obar, 28.6, average 75.9; Grenada, 12.3, average 43.4; St' Vincent's, 6.0, average 66.1; Barbadocs, 128,8, average 142 9; St. Lucie, 17 4, average 67.6; Dominica, average 132.3; Antigen, 10.9, average 63. 9 ; St. Kitts ' 19.4, average 105.6; Windward and Laetvard combine. THE _ SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1850 ~,.••••••••..... h i. $1 1,)1 1