The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

FRANCE. The Moniteur contains the promotion of M. La cross, ex-Minister of Public Works, and of M. Larabit, representative of the people, to the rank of officers in the Legion of Honour. The official journal also contains a decree from the President of the Republic, and countersigned by M. Giraud, the Minister of Public Instruction, declaring that in case bishops of a diocese should take premises to open private schools, as allowed by the law now in force, the lease and other papers must be drawn up in their private name, and not under their diocesan title, " the faculty allowed them," says the decree, " of founding such establishments, not by any means extending to the length of directing them, according to their own will, and independently of the superintendence allowed in the matter to the fitting authority." SWITZERLAND. A letter from Friburg, of the 30th ult., says : " Public tranquillity has not been disturbed in the slightest degree since the deplorable affair of the 221 ult., and the false alarm of the 23d. Two days ago certain houses were searched, to ascertain whether, as reported, insurgents were secreted in them; but none were discovered." The sama journal states that M. C3rrard, parish priest of Lentigny, brother of the famous chief of in surgents, and M. Bersier, chaplain at Rue, have been arrested. ITALY. The Milan Gazette of the 28th ult. officially con firms the news of the Emperor of Austria having de clared Venice a free port immediately on his arrival in that city. The Statuto of Florence of the 26th ult. states that twenty-five students have been excluded from the University of Pin, for having been present at the funeral service which was celebrated on the 23d ult. in commemoration of the battle of N ovara. The Armonia of Palermo gives an account of a most violent storm, followed by an inundation, which occurred there on th e 11th and 12th ult. The waters from the adjacent mountains pene trated into the town by torrents, after overthrowing all the dams. The corps of pio neers was immediately c alled out to open an egress to this sudden flood, w hich, however, was not effected until the 13th. The director of the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo has announced that on the 12th and 13th ult., there fell five inches and a half of rain, being about the fourth part of the rain of one whole year. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. sc rh t enty-fourth anniversary of this society was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, Mr. William Ewsr t, M.P., in the chair. The musical arrangem e nt s were under the direction of Mr. Hodson, jun. Grace hav ing been sung on the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal toasts were drunk with every demonstration of enthusiasm; after which the Chairman :gave—" The Stationers' Company; the steady Supporters of this Society since its commencement." The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the even ing—" Success to the Printers' Pension Society," said they had now come to a toast which came home to the hearts and feelings of all who took an interest in societies such as this. He recollected that a year and a half ago the celebrated Guizot said that nothing struck him so much in this country as the number of institutions which were supported by voluntary subscriptions ; and he understood the prosperity of this institution was based much on the contributions of the workmen them selves. So much the better he would say,—(Hear.) Because unless those societies were self-supporting, they lost the foundation on which they must depend fur permanent stability.—(Hear, hear.) He be lievcd that these convivial meetings were not quite so well attended as they formerly were ; w..ether this arose from an alteration in msn's habits he could not say; but of this he was sure, that charity would find the place of habit, and supply the place of those who did not feel it compatible with their feelings to attend them. He considered the printer as a man to whom society was peculiarly indebted.—(Cheers.) Ho know that no body of men acted so much as the medium to enlighten mankind. The Hon. Gentleman concluded an eloquent speech by a warm appeal on behalf of the charity. Mr. PARSON proposed," The health of the Chairman," which was drank with great cordiality. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and assured the so ciety that he was ready at all times to support the cause of the imtitution. Song by Mr. Young—" Sweet Mary of the Vale." " The Bank of England, the liberal Contributors to this Charity," was next given. The CHliumax, i❑ it. very elaborate speech, gave, " The Fountain of all Knowledge, the Bulwark of Free dom, and the Founder of Free States—the Press." The CHAIRMAN next gave, "The Master Printers, and may they speedily become subscribers to the Printers' Pension Society." Mr. TuonPsoN responded to the toast, and expressed his unfeigned regret that he shoutd be the only master printer present who was a subscriber. The subscriptions amounted to nearly 2001. FATHER. GAVAZZI'S LECTURES. The subject of Father Gavazzi's lecture, at Willis's Rooms, on Wsdnesdey, was The Temporal Power of the Pope." The room was densely crowded with a fashionable audience. The Reverend Speaker commenced his discourse by denouncing as false and unfounded the t&aer ttons made by Cardinal Wiseman, in tho sermon preached by him on the 12th of May, 1850, that the successor of St. Peter bad been rest o red t o the seat of his temporal jurisdiction cut of respect to and fur the sake of his spiritual power. He main tained, on the contrary, that every fact and every do cument connected with the restoration of the Pope proved irrefragably that both France and Austria had been ectuated throughout the whole of that transac tion solely by political motives, and that they looked upon the Pope merely as a temporal prince. The Romish bishops and priests who preached and printed the contrary in London, in order that it reieht be believed by the Catholics in England and Ire land, did so from the most selfish motives, and as they must be well aware of the falsehood of the statements they were making he could not but designate them as impostors upon Christianity, and defrauders of these be neath their influence. It was for his temporal power alone the Pope had been brought back to Rome, and as he should show the possession of that power by the Popes had been fatal to the church from the first moment it was acquired down to the d a y when Pio IX. was forced back upon an unwilling people at the point of French bayonets, and by the weight of Austrian artillery, He main tained that, the Church being in its origin a purely spiritual institution, the entirely worldly form which it Lad bean made to assume, by the assumption cf temporal power, was utterly in opposieion to the intentions of its Divine Founder. That it was unnecessary was proved by the fact that the Church had grown and Banished for tight centuries af:er its foundation without any admixture of the laical principle, and it would, there fore, be ebeard and iosulting to Christianity to assert that at the present day it had need of the support of that principle • to onabb it to continue in existeece. What were the words of Christ.?—"My kingdom is not of this world!" How had the Popes followed his exa m:Doe when he fled from the Jews wishing to make him their King! So long as the Popes were without tempo ral power they were free, but as soon as they accepted the fatal gift they became the dependants of all the monarchs of the earth, a dependence through the best interests of religi on have too which oo often been sacrificed to the political designs of schismatic iuces He then proved by references to the history of pr • that t%et,tlrun. various Popes, aniong other, tlareellinus, necent, Pontian, Pius VII., and Pius IX., independence of the Pope consists in his spiritual strength and not in his temporal power; and the lives of ta e 4 j'ones showed that, oven in captivity o r ex il e , t h ey may he Wholly independent of the exercise of their ministry. V/here the ministry is purely spiritual, it depends on no lay authority, and stands in need of neither throne nor sceptre to insure obedience and respect. The temporal power of the Popes has never served any other purpose gratifya the of some or to support the riot and to in ot and extravegauce of others, and all ages it has been the fruitful source of disorders end abuses, by which the Church had been outraged and scandalized in the conduct of its members. The Church of Rome, at the present day, is one huge sink of vice, luxury, simony, and perfidy, with its cabal arid intrigues, pervading every rank and class of society, from the College of Cardinals down to the pettiest P h r n i m ` b i t li w , h ; ° hung about 'the Vatican. What could be more an d degrading to the Church than the shame less co rru ptionandtrickery which marked the conclaves for the election of Popes, which almost invariably resulted in imposing on the Christian wor ld pontiffs who cast dis honour upon their Church by their crimes and debauch eries. What had b een said by one of themselves? That ever since temporal Power had w ee u pon the Roman Pontiff& their lives had b een marked by open di sregar d cit . the doctrines and exampl e of their Divine Master , that they had seemed rathe r t and Lucifer than carve Christ. After an eloquent description and magnificence of the fee n i tion tut in Rome, so contrary to the austerityetiaSti"residing which marked the lives of the apostles and the Church, tho reverend orator concluded fathers ef simplicity to the recent inroad of a Roman hierarchy civil and tirerttreferring Ile characterited that proceeding of th e join England. as an aggression on the liberties, of Rome Ru ithus, of the people of England, originating with Austria, in order to force upon them the ignorance, and su perstition, and slavery which everywhere followed the establishment of Papal domination. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CHANCELLOR'S MEDALISTS. CAMBRIDGE, Ann, 2.—The two gold medals given annually by the Chancellor of the University to two com mencing Bachelora of Arts, who, having obtained senior °willies at least, show themselves the best proficients in' classical learning, have been adjudged as follows:- 1. Ds. Lightfoot, Trinity College. 2. Ds. Burn, Trinity College. THE ADASIS PRIZE. The University having accepted a fund raised by several members of St. Johres College for the purpose of founding a priza to be called the Adams Prize, for the -Z - irir-4, est essay on _ tome subject of pure mathematics , astro f„7":::,TeitlAtnonty, or other branch of natural philosophy, the pr iz e ire given once in two years, and to be open to the co r a - • • , 4 y .fetiltou of all persons who have at any time been ad .., - . , asitted to a degree in this University;— , .following OA 81 , 14j*Ct for ,the prize in 185 2 {`y" Aa Investigation of the Perturbations of the Moon .11; 4 ; in Latitude produced by the Action of Venus, and pare titularly of the Secular Movement, and the Inequalities of LoLg Period in the Movement of the Moon's Node." The essays must be sent in to the Vice• Chancellor on or before July 1, 1852, privately; each is to have some motto prefixed, and to be accompanied by a paper sealed up, with the same motto on the outside; which paper is to enclose another, folded up, having the can didate's name and college written within. The papers containing the names of those candidates who may not succeed will be destroyed unopened. Any candidate is at liberty to send in his essay printed or lithographed. The successful candidate will receive about 1201. He is required to print the essay at his own expense, and to present a copy to the University Library, to the library of St. John's College, and to each of the four examiners. G. E. ConarE,-Vice-Chancellor; G. B. AIRY, PROFESSORSHIP CHALLIS, o W. 111: A R C MILLER.LZLO John Disney, E sq , to whose munificence the Univer sity E DISNEYG Y . is ind e b te d for the collection of ancient marbles lately deposited in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and known by the name of The Museum Disneianum," offers to transfer tl the Chancellor, Misters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, 1,0001. Three per Centum per Annum Consolidated Bank Annuities, for the pur pr)se of founding and endowing a Professorship of Clas sical Antiquities, to be called " The Disney Professor ship of Archaeology," subject to the following condi tions, viz.: — That the professor bo a member of the University of Cambridge, and of the degree of Master of Arts, or some higher degree. That the prof,sso: be required to deliver six lectures at least during each academical year on subjects of An tiquarian Research and the Fine Arts. That the appointment to the professorship remain with Mr. Disney during his lifetime, and that after Mr. Disney's decease the'appointment be vested in the Vice- Chancellor and Heads of Colleges, or their locum tenens. That the professorship be tenable for five years; and that the professor be capable of being re-elected. A grace, to authorise the acceptance of Mr. Disney's proposal, will be offered to the Senate on Friday next, April 4, when a draft of the proposed endowment deed will be laid upon the registry's table. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. We have much pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the following account of several ingeni ous productions about to be exhibited amidst the other attractions of the crystal palace. They are the inven tion of Mr. William Dyne, an employe of the London and South Coast Company, at their London station. Mr. Dyne is, we understand, the first person in the kingdom who applied gutta percha in the con struction of life-boats, rafts, &c., he having taken out a patent for that purpose in 1847. A highly favourable opinion of these boats was expressed by Captain Austin, and but for an accidental delay some of them would have been taken out by the gallant Captain, on his recent Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. The following description will convey to the reader some idea of the inventions, and of the extreme inge nuity their construction has called forth:- 1. THE ECLIPSE, OR STANDARD LIFE BOAT, posses sing the following recommendations, which no other boat in its present construction can ever attain. It is economically constructed, possessing in its formation great strength and durability. It is very buoyant, frees itself instantly of all water shipped, will keep its upright position in the heaviest sea, is difficult to be turned over, and if upset will right itself immediately; impossible to be injured by hard collision, and is pro vided with a couch whereon to lay those suffering from immersion. It is formed of diagonal battens laid similar to that of lattice work, and its outer sheathing is formed of gutta percha; its buoyancy is 350 cubic feet of air, capable of sustaining upwards of 91 tons. It has in its bottom 3,600 holes half an inch in diameter to allow all water shipped to pass off; it has a convexed bottom, 30 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 18 inches deep, in which are placed three perforated fins for the pur pose of steadying and keeping the boat in an upright position ; acting when the boat lurches from either beam similar to a paddle-wheel ; a re-action taking place through the perforated parts; which will be seen to multiply its weight of water to four times its amount; in this convexed part and between the fins is contained two tons of weight of water, which must be displaced therefrom before the boat can turn over, but such will be almost impossible, it being more than half the weight of the boat; but as a provision against such a lament able disaster, she turns over on her quarter sixteen cwt. of water, which rights her again. It may be remarked that the two tons and sixteen cwt. of water referred to is not one ounce weight to the boat when in her up right position—thus, it will be seen that Nature is its servant as also its own master. At the stem and stern, and on each beam and quarter, is run a bow, to which is connected galvanized springs which will not corrode, and will be found of the greatest utility in the event of collision, which act similar to that of railway buffers; in fact, at the very glance of the model, will be seen great strength combined with lightness, and that its construction is so compact that it gains the admiration of all that see it. This model is submitted for the ap proval of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland for the prize of a hundred guineas, and bids fair to be the successful one, having all the qualities his Grace desires. 2. A GUTTA. PERCHA LIFE BUOY, for the rescue of individuals from drowning, or to enable a stranded vessel to communicate with the shore. It is intended to be placed at the stern of the ship, so that on an alarm being given (a man overboard) the person at the helm can dislodge it instantly, and as it falls into the sea a fuzee becomes igniter), which burns with a brilliant light, guiding the sinking man to it; should it occur at night, four uprights arts placed upon it, containing rockets, blue, and other li:hts, which ignite on being drawn out, thus acting as a beacon to the crew. 3. AN EMIGRATION LIFE RAFT, intondfd fur a first • el-,ss vessel, of the following dimensions:-20 feet long by 14 feet wide; it is firmly united by strong bolts, and is very portable from the mode of its construction, which ailowe it to be folded up in the compass of 20 feet long by 2 feet 6 inches wide. On occasion of shipwreck it is capable of supporting 100 persons, as well as provisions for seven days, allowing to each individual two and a half pounds of food and one pint of v. ater per day, in addition to which it may be made available for a portion of the cargo, and can be put in requisition in a few mi nutes. It will be found very useful in many cases of en gineering, and may be used as pontoons, which they greatly surpass in buoyancy and portability, being easily carried by two or three persons, while the others require a waggon and two horses to convey them from place to place. __ 4. A LIFE LAUNCH on an entirely new principle: is rendered buoyant by inflated cushions placed under the gunnel, which protects it from injury when coming in contact with rocks or the sides of a ship, in being lowered for use. Let it be hero remarked that the life boats now in use are almost invariably crushed and rendered useless in the event of a wreck, by concussion against the side of a ship. A boat constructed on this principle, from 25 to 30 feet in length, contains upwards of a thousand gallons of air, and would support six hundred persons, were it possible for so many to attach ihernselves to it. The tedious and incessant labour in baling, so necessary with all other life-boats is, by this invention, entirely superseded, being provided with a false bottom perfi rated with holes, through which the water passes off, leaving a dry surface. The boat is also furnished with a tank of fresh water, and the gun nels with lockers, containing water-proof bags of guva percha, for the reception of provisions; a water-proof awning of gutta percha lies rolled up on the gunnel, which can be raised so as to form a complete protection from the inclemency of the weather, over which a lamp or other signal of distress is placed. The cushions may easily be removed when the vessel is in port, and may be used as a common boat; it will serve as a paddle-box boat on board of a steamer, the cushions acting as fenders in the event of concussion. 5. THE GUTTA PERCH/ E3IIGRATION LIFE BOAT is constructed with ribs moving on pivots, in a line with the keel, the gunnels folding down iu the same direc tion; it rossesses, therefore, this recommendation, that fifty of these boats can be packed in the space usually occupied by five ordinary ones. They will be found of great utility in emigrant ships, which for want of room can only take two or three ordinary boats, whereas they may with no additienal inconvenience carry a ith them a sufficient number to save the whole of the passengers and cre w . They will be found of great service in over land j°urnea's, and f or use on t h e coas t, b e i ng s t ronger , lighter, and lees expensive than any now employed. 6. A GUTTA. PERCIIA LIFE VEST; capable of being inflated at pleasure, Whi c h may be worn under or over the dress, forming a protection against the weather, when not required as a life-preserver; this will be shown on a how animals m a y man in connexion with a horse equipped with buoyant belts, showing event of wreck, by forming with the shore; this is an interesting model. pa tented various plans of life belts which communication n e c t r s - " ' ess these a conlua. made u :n eful in the are also va luable recommendations over all othersP hey require no tying, but are fixed roun d t h e b ody, and fastened by a clasp or spring, consequently not a moment is lost times of emergency. Th e y a l so contain receptaelrstfionr money, papers, and sm a ll valuables. Also buoyari boxes, cases, belts, and cushio ns f or di tto, which can b e attached to property of any description, without adding to their bulk; and buoyant camp stools for steamers, &e.; and two models which will attract some attention with the curious in the great building in Hyde -park — e " Stone Life Boat and Buoy" will be shown floating on the surface of the water, independent of any buoyant properties being added thereto; also a newly-invented article, a " Life Boat Comb," for the saf e ty o f b oats when boarding wrecked or distressed vessels in heavy surfs.— Sussex Advertiser. REPORT of the TITIIE COMMISSION, 1850. The following is a copy of the report of the Tithe Commissioners to her Majesty's Secretary of State for th e Home Department, dated February 24 1851 : the corniouta‘t‘ioTiiiFeb. 24, 1851. to report Sir,_ It is our duty he progress of m i r i : s E i °o n nr g t l a nd Otofri3c.eo : u n d Wales to the close of the year ° t'' c h l:t s ::: 1 . have coui re , nced in 9,63.1 tithe districts; of these Olio wag r ece i ved during the year 1850. " We have received notice that voluntary procencodtivess 1 We ha ve received ;,070 ^grcemt2nts, and confirmed during of th ese two during the year 185h0!10 been " r eceived and two confirmed " 6,966 noti ces fet reakin-, awar ds have been issued, of which 213 were i ssued Burin "We have re ce i ved 5 g the year 1 850 ' dr,j - u hts of compulsory ,529 awards, end confir me d 5,260; of these 173 have been re ceives] and 218 have been confirmed during thc.year 18 50 . " We have received 11,424 app ort i onments, an d con firmed 11,246; and of these 320 have been received aed 353 confirmed during the year 1850. "la 12,038 tithe districts, as will be seen from the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY above statement, the rent charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards. " We have in our possession agreements and draughts of awards as yet unconfirmed, which will include 561 additional tithe districts, and make a total, when com pleted, of 12,599 districts in which the tithes will have been commuted. ; 1 652 altered apportionments were made by the Tithe Commissioners up to the 31st of December, 1850, of which 522 were confirmed. " At that date exchanges of glebe lands were effected in 358 places, and 39 such exchanges were in progress. "At the close of 1850 we had confirmed 12,344 dis tinct mergers of tithes. " As the term for which this Commission has been re newed is now nearly approached, it becomes evident that although the great work of commutation ii substantially achieved, there must remain for a time uafinished por tions of it, which must be completed before a quieting Act finally extinguishing all tithe can properly be passed. " It is also clear that powers connected with tithes and rent-charges must exist somewhere at the expiration of the present Tithe Commission. Of these powers some cau,t he permanent, some temporary. " Of the work remaining finally to complete the com mutations and prepare a quieting Act, it may be found expedient, to prevent delays, agitation, and expense, to deal with a part summarily instead of by those regular processes by which the bulk of the tithes have been com muted. "It may be useful to say a few words on each of those heads of future arrangements. The powers that must permanently' exist relate— " 1. To the custody and use of documents and maps, and a legal power of giving attested copies of them. "2. To re-apportionments on the division of estates, and to the separation of gross rent-charges into dis tinct portions when the interest in such rent charges becomes divided among two or more persons. " 3. To the creation of extraordinary charges for hops and market gardens. " 4. To the redemption of small rent-charges. " 5. To the setting out and defining globe where its position and boundaries are unknown, and to exchanging ecclesiastical lands and rent-charges. " 6. To authorising mergers where lands an d rent- charges now held separately come into the same hands. " The powers which will be necessary only for a time relate to— " 1. The sale of tithe barn-, and buildings. " 2. The taxation of valuer's bills, and the giving of authority to collect them. "3. A power of confirming such apportionments as cannot be got in before the extinction of the present Commission. "4. To the completion of cases now litigating in the superior courts. . . "5. To the applying the powers as to old and imper fect agreements for giving land for tithes, created by the sth and 6th Victoria, c. 54, sec. 7, to the case of a few enclosure awards, of which the arrangements have not been legally completed, if Parliament shall be pleased to extend those powers for that purpose. " In some eases where the lands and tithes are re- ported to us to belong to the same person, we find it impossible to get in mergers; and if we are to map lands and apportion rent-charges in such cases, great agitation would be created, and a vast unnecessary expense incurred. Perhaps it might be advisable to merge the tithes by Act of Parliament in such cases, reserving the rights of all parties interested in the tithes at the time. In a very few cases, where different parties have interests in the tithes and in the lands, some litigation might follow; but in most even of these eases after full notice, this litigation would proceed from the neglect of the parties, and be a much less evil than the compulsory commutation and apportionment of the whole of such tithes. " In another class of cases minute rent-charges must be established, which it will be probably found impossible to persuade the parties to redeem or apportion voluntarily, and which will create disproportionate burdens if they are apportioned compulsorily. For instance, the township of Great Claybrook, in the county of Lei cester, consists of 1,071 acres, and contains 98 houses; the only tithes remaining to be commuted are the tithes of pigs, worth 205., and the tithes of a mill, worth ss. To establish a rent-charge of 255., and to proceed by map and apportionment to finish the commutation, would be a harsh and burdensome proceeding. " There are apparently 100 cases of like character in the north of England, in which it would be impossible to complete a formal commutation at an expense amounting to less than 50 to 100 years' purchase of the annual value of the rent-charge; and of this the expense to the public would amount to a considerable proportion. " It is true the landowners might redeem these rent charges; but where they are numerous we find it impos sible to persuade them to do so. " In such cases we think the rent•charges might, in the first instance, be charged on the parish rates. " It might be made the duty of the parish officers to call a meeting, and attempt to get the parties to agree to a voluntary apportionment, to be enrolled in the parish books; and if such agreement could not be ob tained, the overseers might call magistrates to appor• tion and make a like enrolment, and thus the enor mous expense of maps and all the regular processes of apportionment would be avoided; or it might be pre ferable that in cases of such trifling amount the rent charge should be compulsorily redeemed. " The redemption might be fixed at 24 years' purchase on the sum awarded, ard the money might, in the first instance, be made payable by the overseers and church- wardens of the parish, who might be directed to make a rate and levy the amount upon the parties, giving dis sentients a right of appeal to the magistrates of the district. "These are rather rough measures, though we believe them to be justifiable. " What we have next to recommend would, perhaps, smooth the operation, cr, at all events, greatly reduce the number of cases. " The final consummation of the commutation must be a❑ Act declaring tithes to have ceased to exist, and forbidding courts of justice to entertain claims for them. " We do not think this should be hastily done. " When the Tithe Commission expires, most of its powers should be maintained in some hands. " Full notice should be given by Parliament that after a reasonable period, perhaps three years, all claims to tithe would bu annihilated; and towards the end of that period the mergers and small rent charges remaining might, without tenable ground of complaint, be dealt with in the summary manner we have pointed out. " There are a few, perhaps not more than one or two, cases of small acreablo moduses, which we are of opinion should be left as they are, with an option of future re demption. " We have the honour to be, Sir, " Your very obedient servants, " WILLIAM BLAMIRE. " THOMAS WENTWORTH BULLER. " RICHARD JONES. " To the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, Bart., MT., &e." THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Louomnoaoucti APRIL 3.—Our mark e t t o -d a y was raiher thinly attended, and but little business doing. All de scriptions of corn made is more money than last week. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL I.—The number of fat beasts to-day was not quite so large from our own and neighbouring counties; there was a good number of superior Scotch bullocks of undeniable quality, which reflected great credit to the breeders and feeders of such animals, and the de • mand for them was good ; the price asked for all kinds of beef was a shade higher. The supply of sheep was about the ave rage, with a good d emand. Fat pigs were again plentiful. The show of fat and store calves was large. Beef, 41d to bd; mutton, 6d to 6, , ,d ; veal, 4d to 41d per lb; pigs, 7s to 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, 11d to 21d per lb ; calf skins 2d to 4d per lb. BOSTON, APRIL 2.—Wheat, red 24s to 39s Od, white 385 to 425, extra 41s to 00s ; barley 18s to 24s ; oats 12s to 185; beans 24. to 295; peas 22s to 26s per quarter. LYNN, APRIL I.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 38s 40s to 41s; barley 19s to 225, fine 23s to 26s per qr. NEWARK, Arum 2.—Wheat, old white 46s to 505," red 441 to 465, new white 40s to 425, new 38s to 405 ; barley, malting 23s to 265, extra 00s, grinding:2os to 21s, extra 00s; oats, seed 21's to 225, feed 18s to 206 ; beans, 26s to 30s ; tares 38s to 40s ; malt, 51s to 56s per qr. UPPINGHAM, APRIL 2 .—Wheat 32s to 40s; barley 2Gs to 23s ; oats 15s to 20s ; beans 24s to 27s Od per quarter. Butter 91d to Od per lb ; eggs 26 for IS. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, APRIL 2.—We had a fair average supply of grain in the market for the time of year. Sales were generally dull, particularly barley, which fell Is A on the average. The top of wheat 6d down, and the average 8d down. Barley on the top is up, and the average Is 8d down. Oats on the top is up, and the average the same. Beans on the top 6d up, and on the average 2d up. Umold-260 qrs wheat, 286 qrs barley, 20 qrs oats, and 14 qrs beans. The top beans sold for seed. Top of Wheat ... 43s Od „ Barley ... 57i1b. 32s Od „ Oats ... •.. ... 45 lb. 24s Od „ Beans •67ilb. 308 6d EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 2.—The number of cattle was 759, or 230 more than last week. Top price of the bust cattle, 63 6d; current, 63 to Os Od ; middling and inferior, from 5s Od to 53 6d per Dutch stone. A great many turned out unsold. The number of sheep this morning was '2,545, or 194 more than last week. Top price of the best mutton, 6d per lb ; current, 51d to Od; ewes and inferior sorts, 41d to 5d per lb. CORK, APRIL 2. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat ...00s Od to OOs Od OOs Od-20 s to ne 0 Be te ... 94 to 10s 8d Os Od--14 do 5 Red wheat 17s 1)s 6J Od to to 00s 008 Od od 00 00 : Od-20 6 do 6 Barley Os Od to Os Od Os 04 6 1 Oats 0 Pigs o os Od to 00s Od 00a Od per cwt e ~ 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red; o ar y , 0 pigs. Quantity — b re'• 1 oats; week:— Wheat, 1,821. Pigs, 197. QocuaGnrtaiitny and Number s ol : as 27. Barley, 113. Oats, Return of Cattle sold for the week ending March 29 : Pigs, 632. Sheep, 512. Cows, 111. Coax. —Flour—First Ils 64 to 12s Od ; extra 123 6d ; seconds, 10s 6d t o 11 s Od; households holds 9s to 10s Od; thirds, 7 s to 8 s per cwt. O a t mea l 108 to 10a 6d; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d; wheat meal, 9s 64 to 10 8 per cwt. Indian corn 710 s to 717 s 6d per ton. Bran 808 to 87s 6d per ton. Hay —Fanners 30s to 425; average 365; dealers 488 to 00s Od; average 46s per ton. Straw—Farmers 22s Od to 33s Od ; average 28s ; dealers 34s Od to 48s Od; average OOs Od per ton. B read—Wheaten loaf 51d to 6d ; household loaf 4id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, lad to 12d per lb. Eggs -3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals — Newport 14s Od; Lydney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Neath Culms 13s 6d per ton. Tallow 37e Od to 38s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 94 per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4id to 6id ; mutton 5d to 7d; veal 44 to 5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 84 ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 6110 s to 0/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to 81 Os; Valonia 151 to 01; French 6/ Os ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 143 to 15s per stone. Hemp 32/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s ; red ditto, 263 to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 1115 s to 00/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 80s per ton ; red pine, 31 lOs •• yellow ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s t o 15 s per 100. 'Hides— Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to 34s per ovvt ; calf skins 3jd to 3 1 ,d per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; mi n i on „ , 10d to 13d. Guano—Peruvian, 11/ 105 ; Ichaboe, 81 to 91 Os per ton. Tu—Areitang:. , ), lei per barrel. • EVENING, APRIL The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the most con venient course to pursue would be to recommit the Bill pro firma, for the purpose of adding those amendments now suggested. Their Lordship having acquiesced, the House went into Committee pro forma, when those amendments were added to the Bill. It was understood that the discussion would be taken upon them on Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUS,E OF COMMONS, April 3. The SPEAKER took tho Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir JOHN ROMILLY, the new Master of the Rolle, and Sir ALEXANDER COCKBURN, the new Attorney-General, the former the Member for Devonport, and the letter the Member for Southampton, took the oatha and their seats on their re-election. business must that be which was to be repre sented in a court of justice by a six-months' clerk to an attorney ? The Bill would give a licence to the lowest set of attorneys to lend over their names to unworthy persons, and, taking it in connexion with that of the attend ance of counsel not instructed through attorneys, was a pro position which he was sure his Noble and Learned Friend, on further consideration, would abandon. As tithe-rents were now only recoverable by distress, it was proposed by this Bill to give the tithe-rent owner a power to recover where per haps there had been nothing titheable raised in the land. The most facile remedy was by distress; but for it was to be sub stituted personal action. The only ground for the clause was, it wounded the clergyman's feelings to levy a distress, and it was proposed to give bim the power of sending a man to prison. He did not approve of any such proposition, and not approving of the changes proposed, he moved that the Bill be committed that day six months. Lord BROUGHAM .was greatly surprised by the course now proposed to be taken by nis Noble and Learned Friend. If his Noble Friend had given him the slightest hint, if he had suggested to him the entertainment of a shadow of a doubt even resting upon his mind as to any of the clauses, he would, as a matter of course, after the documents they al ready had on another subject, have postponed his Bill until to-morrow. The course now adopted was very inconvenient to him, and he was sorry to say would be very inconvenient to their Lordships, for it would oblige him to address them at much greater length than he intendel to have done. But to give their Lordships a sample of the arguments which his Noble and Learned Friend had employed against this Bill he would take up that which his Noble and Learned Friend had said with regard to the equity clauses. His Noble and Learned Friend took them up and said, "Of what use are they; they are all to be found in the Act of 1846 ?" Now, he would convince his Noble and Learned Friend that he never made a greater mistake; that the mistake of his Noble and Learned Friend was the greatest possible one that could be committed on a subject of this kind.—(Hear, hear.) These equity clauses were not now for the first time proposed; they were all in the Bill of 1833; they underwent the most full and elaborate discussion in that House, and they were lost because the Bill in which they were contained was then thrown out. In 1846, when a Bill was proposed by Lord Lyndhurst, and afterwards adopted by Lord Cottenham, the late Master of the Rolls, not finding those equity clauses in the Bill, was anxious to have them introduced. So anxious was the Master of the Rolls—such value did he, who had such experience of the practice of that court, attach to these clauses, that he came down there the other night expressly to support those clauses. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was sure that his Noble and Learned Friend must be aware that the last thing he would wish to do would be to take him by surprise, or to .do anything unfair towards him. It was but within the last few hours he had given his attention to the subject, and would have no objection to the postponement of the Commit the until to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM never, he said, intended to complain of anything unfair on the part of his Noble and Learned Friend. If his Noble and Learned Friend were to do anything unfair to him, it would be the first time in his life he had ever done so. He did not say that the course taken was unfair—he only complained that it was inconvenient. But now, as a sample of the whole cargo of his Noble and Learned Friend's arguments, and to show how incorrect he was, he must state that the view entertained by him respecting the equity clauses was the very opposite of that entertained by the late Master of the Rolls (Lord Langdale), who, knowing from experience the value of those clauses, and their full bearing, had come down expressly to support them. In 1846 the Master of the Rolls could only obtain from Lord Cottenham an infinitesaimal portion of these clauses, that part which was contained in the 22d clause, and which small portion his Noble and Learned Friend found was equal to the whole. His Noble and Learned Friend referred to the 22d claus3 as giving powers which it did not confer. There could be no doubt, then, that the clauses he proposed were necessary, and that those the best acquainted with the proceedings in Chan cery considered them a great improvement in practice. He would show him that these clauses had been carefully prepared. They were first considered in 1833. Then they were discussed in a Committee of that House, of which several of the most eminent Law Lords were members. Within the last six weeks they were again brought before the most eminent equity practitioners and masters in this country, and not only before them but also betore the Master of the Rolls himself. He (Lord Brougham) had acquiesced in a suggestion that was then made to him by striking out several clauses and making the Bill more compendious. He had had communications also with several of the County Court Judges, several of whose suggestions he thought it his duty to receive. He had added several clauses in consequence of those suggestions, each of which having undergone the most careful consideration, in re spect to the question of tithe, referred to by the Noble and Learned Lord—namely, the proposition to allow tithe rent charge to be made the ground of a summons for a plaint before the County Court Judge he (Lord Brougham) thought it would be very hard that the claimant should go without his tithe or distress. Though it was a very painful operation for him to have recourse to distress, it was but fair that he should be placed in a situation of recovering it as he would an ordinary debt. Oh, but his Noble and Learned Friend said, it was only a debt due in proportion to what was on the ground, and if there was no titheable matter to be found, then there could be no distress. But he (Lord Brougham) should like to know what titheable matter was produced by a horse, chairs and tables, carts, or any of those other articles which were subject to distress? If there was no titheable matter to be found on the ground, why, then, that was an argument for submitting the question to the decision of a judge. As to another point referred to, he knew that his Noble and Learned Friend did not take the same view of the courts of arbitration which he ( Lord Brougham) did. What was the present course of proceeding?. When a case comes into court, and all the expenses incidental to bringing it there were incurred, it was very often thought to be a fit matter for reference. The parties were then compelled to go through a renewal of the expenses before the arbitrator. What was the consequence? The case lingered before the arbitrator for a considerable time, because being paid day by day, he had no particular interest in speedily disposing of it. Neither had the attorneys or barristers any interest in having the matter settled within any brief space of time. Why, it was notorious that many of these references in England had no end, because the arbitrator had no direct motive to cut them short. But every one knows that if a paid arbitrator of experience and ability were appointed be fore whom these cases were to be submitted, the proceed ings would be rendered much shorter and more satisfactory. Ia respect to the courts of reconcilement his Noble and Learned Friend seemed to think that this was a visionary scheme which would have no practical result. But it should be recollected that this was a practice adopted by more than the half of Europe, and with the the most beneficial results. He had received letters faom the most eminent lawyers in France and other countries, bearing most valuable t es ti mon y to the great benefits which even in France were received from the action of those courts of reconcilement. More than half the cases which go before these judges of ! the courts of reconcilement were settled amicably by their advice. In these cases it was perfe , tly voluntary with the parties whether they would go against these courts or not. A, certain formality was necessary to be observed in France, but , even then no party was bound to tell his story in these courts unless he liked it. The Noble and Learned Lord made one objection as to the option of jurisdiction clause, and said it would be a hardship for a party to be obliged to bring his witnesses from a remote part of the country to give evidence in a court where this option of jurisdiction had been exercised. That no doubt was a very possible else, but it was one not likely often to happen. It was much more probable that the case would be tried in the neighbourhood of the contending parties and their witnesses, as of course it would be their interest to save as much ex pense in the matter as possible. But the objection raised by his Noble and Learned Friend was equally good as against the existing system. The evil apprehended by him might happen any day now, under the law as it now stands. If the action was not local, but transitory, the venue might be laid wherever the parties pleased. He would postpone any further comments upon the other objections raised by his Noble and Learned Friend to a future occa sion, when there would be a more desirable op portunity for making them. There was not, how ever, one of those objections which he was not prepared to meet, and he pledged himself to give a perfectly satisfac tory answer to it. As to the exclusion of counsel and at torneys from practising in some of these courts, it was found that the most respectable members of these professions will not attend the county courts. The result was that the busi ness was apt to fall into the hands of an inferior class of practitioners. To meet this evil he had proposed a clause which he thought would prove most advantageous to the contending parties, and more conducive to the ends ofjastice. It was now for their Lordships to meet the motion as they thought fit. He had, however, the greatest confidence in the truth of that sentiment expressed by Lord Bacon and Lord Coke, that a good proposal for a change in the law— though it be for a time opposed from prejudice or ignorance —was, nevertheless, in the end sure to prod uce it s whole some it in good season. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that the speech of the Noble and Learned Lord was very strong in everything but argument. He would withdraw his amendment with the view of having the matter fully discussed in a future stage of the measure. Lord BROIFGRAM wished that the matter could be dis posed of at once, as both sides had been heard. Lord BEAUMONT would move the adjournment of the debate, as he wished to make some observations upon the measure which it was not convenient then to proceed with. Lord BROUGHAM said that he had often sat until atter twelve o'clock upon much less important business. Lord BEAUMONT said that the thinness of the House was a sufficient justification for an adjournment. (There were only about half a dozrn Peers present at this period.) He would ask the adjournment until the following evening. Lord CRAN WORTH said if they were to have an adjourn ment, it would be inconvenient to have the matter discussed before Monday. Lord BROUGHAM having suggested some other amend ments he meant to propose in the Bill, Lord BEAUMONT said that the Noble and Learned Lord ought to lay those amendments on the table, with a view to their consideration before they had the question again under discussion. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, April 3. The LORD CHANCELLIR took his seat upon the Woo sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions agianat Papal aggression. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented several petitions with a similar prayer. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented a petition from some place in Somersetshire, praying for an alter ation in the laws of settlement and of rating. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against Papal aggression; also a petition from some place in Sussex praying that the ratepayers might have a voice in the assessment and disposal of county rates; - also a pe tition against Jewish emancipation; also a petition from certain of the clergy complaining of the manner in which the clergy wero assessed to the poor-rate; also a petition from Horsemunden against free trade, and several from the county of Lincoln with a similar complaint. REFUSAL TO BURY A DISSENTING MINISTER IN CHICHESTER. The NOBLE DUKE then rose to present a petition complaining of the proceedings of the Rev. Mr. Ken rick, incumbent of St. Peter's, Chichester, and he felt that he was placed in a most painful position in bringing forward a complaint against a clergymau, who, he be lieved, was a good and chnritable m in, but who on the occasion referred to had exhibited what he must consi• der a great deficiency of Christian charity and a neglect of duty. There had resided for many years in Chi chaster an Independent minister, the Rev. Mr. Parsons, a reverend gentleman with whom he was well acquainted, and who had borne a most exemplary cha racter. Mr. Parsons had purchased a piece of ground in the churchyard of St. Peter's, in which his wife had been buried; and on his deathbed Mr. Parsons had expressed a desire to be buried by the side of his wife. Application had been made to the rector, and he had replied that the body of Mr. Parsons might be buried in the churchyard, but that he would not read the burial service over it; and he had added, that he was aware that he was violating the law, but that ho was determined to refuse at all hazards, because, unless he refused there was no chance of any alteration being made in the law. Now he (the Duke of Richmond) could con ceive nothing more dangerous than that respectable gentlemen of education should hold and maintain such opinions.—(Cheers.) If clergymen of the Church of England could not conscientiously conform to the law, it was their duty at once to resign their situations, or to conform to the law. The Bishop had been applied to, and he had written a most proper and Christian letter to Mr. Kenrick, who still refused to read the burial service over Mr. Parsons, who had been baptized, because he had been a Separatist and a teacher among Separatists; and the result was, that Mr. Parsons was buried in his own chapel. It might be said, why did they not apply to the Ecclesiastical Court? But that would involve an enormous expense ; and, although he believed every country gentleman in Sussex and every inhabitant of Chichester would have subscribed towards the expenses, yet there would have been a technical answer that that body had not been taken to the church yard and burial demanded, but had that been done a riot might have been occasioned. There was another case against the same clergyman: an unfortunate woman, named Sarah Rogers, had been found drowned in the canal, the coroner's jury had returned a verdict that she had destroyed herself, being at the time insane; yet Mr. Kenrick had refused to read the burial service over her on the ground that he was convinced that she had destroyed herself being of sound mind; thus, without making any inquiry, setting up his own judgment against the verdict :of the coroner's jury, delivered up on t h e oath of twelve men. It would be most dangerous if such things were permitted to pass unreproved, and clergymen were allowed in this manner to outrage the feelings of the peaceable in habitants of a town. If in some towns such occurrences had taken place as had taken place in the case of Mr. Parsons, the public peace would have been endangered. He attributed the conduct of Mr. Kenrick to an entire want of judgment, but he would say, that if a law was passed that he felt he could not conscientiously carry into effect he should resign the commission of the peace, and not refuse to perform his duty, and it would be much better that this gentleman should resign his living than refuse to execute the law. He presented the petition, which was from the town council of Chichester, ncge of such n for thea s d c o e pt e i s. The adoption of measures to prevent the re cpraurryein Bishop of CHICHESTER said it was with in tense pain that he rose on this occasion. He felt grate ful to the Noble Duke for the testimony which he had borne to the character of the Reverend Gentle man concerned, and for the temper with which he had stated the case. The Reverend Gentleman was a man of most benevolent and irreproachable character, and was actuated, he was convinced by conscientious motives, however mistaken his views might be. He lamented most deeply that the Rev. Gentleman had taken the view of the subject which he had taken. The Rev. Gentleman had, on several occasions, read the burial service over Dissenters, but he had refused to read the service over the body of this Dissenting clergyman, because, as he .under stood, there were several Dissenting clergymen at the funeral. He deeply regretted the conduct which this reverend gentleman had pursued, and had no sympathy with the reasons which he had adduced; on the contrary, he had always felt that it was a most for tunate circumstance that the Dissenters had contented themselves with erecting their own places of worship, and had buried their dead in one churchyard, thus keeping up, as it were, a connexion with;the Church, and facili tating a return from the principles of dissent to those of the Church, and he thought that no consideration should induce clergymen of the Church to throw obstructions in the way of this usage. He had repeated this to Mr. Kenrick, and also that he was guilty of a breach of duty in violating the laws of his country. Unfortunately those representations had been disregarded. He could bear his testimony to the high respectability of Mr. Parsons, who had been bap tised, and who was among the most respectable and most respected of the inhabitants of Chichester, and he could not but regret that Mr. Kenrick had taken such a view of the subject. Mr. Parsons had not been convicted of schism, and therefore could not be so regarded, and was consequently entitled to have the burial service read over him. He could well un derstand that the consciences of clergymen might be wounded when they bad to read the burial service over persons who bad died perhaps in the commission of a crime—in such a case the minister of the Church felt himself placed in a most difficult situation. He said this not with a view to justify the conduct of Mr. Kenrick, but in the hope to induce their Lordships to consider his conduct with as much forbearance as possi ble. With regard to the case of the unfor tunate woman who destroyed herself, he could not but ask what power a clergyman had of instituting any inquiry into such circumstances that could be satis factory? It was the duty of the clergyman to be guided by the decision of the proper legal tribunal; yet be might be permitted to observe, in excuse for this gentle man, that coroner's juries were often somewhat lax in the execution of their duty, and were not in clined to sift too nicely in such cases the evidence as to insanity, and to assume that the fact of com mitting suicide was itself sufficient proof of in sanity, but still he admitted that the verdict of the coroner's jury should have been conclusive with this Reverend Gentleman, and merely urged these considerations on their Lordships, in the hope of inducing them to view the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Kenrick with less disfavour. That conduct he did not attempt to justify, as he admitted that the Rev. Gentle man was bound in duty to obey the law, and begged to bo understood as not attempting to defend or extenuate the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Kenrick. The Bishop of LONDON took that opportunity of stating, in reference to this subject, that it was not his intention to re-introduce the Church Discipline Bill du ring the present session, but next session he intended to introduce a measure to facilitate the institution of pro ceedings for the correctionnf criminal and contumacious clerks; and also for the institution of a tribunal of appeal to decide ecclesiastical causes. Lord BROUGHAM bore his testimony to the defective state of the law in ecclesiastical cases, and mentioned an in stance in which a Right Rev. Prelate had to pay several thousand pounds costs for merely having done his duty, and nothing more nor less than his duty, and for doing less than which he would have been censurable. The Bishop of EXETER said that the Noble Duke who had introduced the subject of the proceedings at Chichester spoke with great discretion when he said that the verdict of a coroner's jury was a prima' facie ground for supposing that a person had really died in a state of lunacy. He rejoiced that the Noble Duke had used that phrase instead of saying that it was absolutely conclusive, for he apprehended that many cases had occurred, in reference to insurances and other matters, in which such verdicts had not been held to be conclusive evidence of the state of a man's mind. If a clergyman, then, had good reason to believe that a man had died by his own hand while in a sane state of mind, lie (the Bishop of Exeter) held that he would be quite justified in withholding from him the rites of the Church, notwith standing any verdict to the contrary. In saying this he was not speaking his own sentiments only, but the sentiments of one of the best, the most pious, and not the least learned of the prelates that had ever adorned the Church of England, he meant Dr. Wilson, the Bishop, of Sodor and Man. The matter here dropped. ' COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM having presented several petitions in favour of this Bill, moved that it be re-committed. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose and contended that the state of the law was not such as to require the alterations which the Bill proposed to effect. He objected that it was inexpedient to give a general authority to persons to go into the county court, and refer matters in their own discre tion, without leaving the Court an option whether it would or would not take upon itself the office with which the par ties proposed to clothe themselves. He did not see any ne necessity for any such legislation. This applied to the five first clauses. The facilities they afforded were already pro vided by other Acts of Parliament. The next series of clauses referred to the Court of Reconcilement; but it did not appear to him to be suited to the feeliags and constitution of the people of England. It would enable a cunning man to know the case of his opponent • and having done th a t he would go to law with him.—(Hear.) If it were to be said this would do no harm, he answered that was not enough; they shout t not pass laws except to do a positive good.—(Hear.) Al to the clauses which dealt with equity, it did not appear to him expedient to adopt them. What they proposed would be found, in a great degree, already done by the 9 and 10 Vict., c. 22, s. 13, for this Bill did the same thing as that Act. As to the proposal for judges on the circuit hearing causes, he would say that from his experience it was seldom that they had the time or the opportunity for doing so As to the proposal for permitting clerks to at torneys to appear for their principals, he said there could not be a greater nuisance. The proceedings at the criminal courts showed that such persons, that is persons attending about the courts in the names of attorneys, have been proved to have despoiled the poor of their money, tinder the pretence of procuring counsel and having a legal !, defence for them on their trial'.—( Hear, hear.) - lie could speak from personal experience of the mischief caused by persons acting as sttgrnev were not attorneys. What :93 of PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Manchester Pariah Highways. Sheffield and Gloisop Road. Whitby Waterworks. The reports upon the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Bangor and Caernarvon Railway. Leicester Waterworks. Wiveliscombe Turnpike Roads, PETITIONS. Mr. FAGAN presented a petition from Cork against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Petitions to the same effect were presented by several other Hon. Members. Mr. PLIIMPTRE presented several petitions from Kent, praying for a more stringent measure against Popish aggression; also a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Brad ford Rebut the PlaYe trade. . , . 4, 1851. Mr. BAILLIE presented four petitions from Inver ness against Papal aggression. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Cowan, from Peebles, Cockpen,Hy, and other places in Scotland ; by Mr. Cornewall Lewis, from Merionethshire, and by other Hon. Members. Mr: SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition, from Bir mingham for the suppression of piracy at Borneo. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition praying for an alteration of the law respecting the newsap.r press; also a petition from Falkirk, complaining of the intimidation and bribery at the last election, and praying that Mem bers might be elected by ballot. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a place in Glamorganshire against a state church. PROCEEDINGS IN BORNEO. Mr. HUME said he saw from the Gazette that a day had been fixed in this month for the distribution of tee pirate or head-money among the parties engaged in the late proceedings at Borneo; and he wished to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it was consistent with justice and the proper application of public money to distribute this money before the inquiry which he hoped the House would grant had been made? Sir F. BARING said the money was due by law, and after certain forms had .been gone through the Admi ralty were bound to pay it. AYLESBURY ELECTION. Mr. HAMILTON appeared at the bar of the Hou-e and brought up the report;lof the Aylesbury Committee, that F. Calvert, Esq., was not duly elected for Aylesbury; that the list el-ction was void; that F. Calvert, Ebq., was guilty, through his agents, of treating; that he knew nothing of the same; and that the practice of treatiag by means of ss. tickets prevailed in that borough, and should, in the opinion of the Committee, be suppressed. . _ _ A new writ was accordingly moved for the borough of Aylesbury. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES FUNDS. Mr. BREMRIDGE begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the salaries provided for the registrars of friendly societies in England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, under the provisions of the Friendly Societies' Act, passed last session, viz., 13 and 14 Vic., c. 115, have been and are henceforth to be paid to them, out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom, in addition to the fees pro vided for and made payable to the said registrars under the said Act, or whether such fees are to be brought into account, and paid into such consolidated fund, or retained by the said registrars, in part, or in full discharge of such salaries (as the case may be) in the same manner as was provided under the former Act (now repealed) of 9 and 10 Vict., c. 27? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he could not now make the returns to which the Hon. Member had referred; but be thought that it was a fair subject to be brought before the House. Mr. BREMRIDGE then inquired whether there was any objection to produce the returns as soon as they could be obtained? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said certainly not; but the returns should be presented as soon as they could be with official authority laid upon the table. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. ADDERLEY begged to ask the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, whether any instructions have been sent to the Governor of the Cape, on the subject of removing the seat of government from Cape Town to Graham's Town • and whether the vacancies in the Cape Legisla tive Council have yet been filled up, so as to permit the formation of the new constitution, and other functions of legislature, to proceed? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had received no certain information as to the position of the affairs at the Cape, and that therefore he cuuld give no definite answer to the question, but that as soon as he did re ceive it he would not delay to furnish the requisite in formation to the Hon. Member. DIPLOMATIC SALARIES. In reply to Mr. URQUHART as to whether the sala ries of diplomatic officers were to suffer any reduction, Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined to give any definite reply. SCOTCH JUDGES. Mr. BRIGHT said the Salaries Committee, in their report, recommended a diminution in the number of judges both in Ireland and Scotland, and as one of the Scotch judges had recently died, he should be glad to know if it was the intention of the Government to carry out the recommendation of the Committee with respect to that vacancy? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the recommendation of the Committee was that Government should inquire whether such a reduction could be made. They had accordingly caused the inquiry to be made, and from re presentations they had received from Scotland, it was their opinion that reduction ought not to take place. Mr. BRIGHT remarked that these representations came from the legal profession in Scotland. THE BUDGET. Mr. HERRIES wished to ask the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer what course he proposed to take to-morrow with reference to the Budget. Was it intended to make the statement, and then adjourn the debate ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the course he proposed tel, take to-morrow was this:—He should move the House into a Committee of Ways and Means, and then he proposed to move a resolution to continue the income tax for a limited period, as he had done in former years. The Right Hon. Gentleman, who asked the question, had given notice of his inten tion to wove an amendment to this, but he under stood that amendment could only be moved properly in the House itself, and therefore he proposed to take the vote to-morrow and to adjourn the discussion till the bringing up of the report on Monday. Mr. HERRIES had no objection to the course proposed ; but it must be distinctly understood that the vote to be taken tomorrow would be merely pro forma. With that understanding, of course he could have no objection to the adjourn ment, and then the question of the income-tax would be decided by the House on the amendment which would be moved on the bringing up of the re port. He would, therefore, renew the no• tico of his amendment for Monday, and perhaps in doing so he might be allowed to express a hope that the debate should commence on Monday at the earliest possible period—the first thing, in fact, on Monday. Mr. HUME said he had already given notice that when the proper time arrived for doing so he should move that the income-tax be continued for one year only, and he now gave notice that he should make that motion on the bringing up of the report. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER perfectly agreed with what had fallen from Mr. Herries, and it would be distinctly understood that the decision of the House on the subject of the income-tax would be taken on the bringing up of the report. CEYLON. Mr. HUME wished to ask a question of the Hon. Member for Inverness-shire. The Hon. Member had given notice of a motion on the subject of the affairs of Ceylon, and he should be glad to know when the Hon. Gentleman intended to bring his motion forward. Mr. BAILLIE said notwithstanding what had oc curred in another place on Tuesday night be should still persevere in his motion, which he should bring on as early as possible. Mr. HUME—Before or after Easter? Mr. BAILLIE could not get a day before Easter, but the earliest day after he should take. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Mr. HUME asked when the Miscellaneous estimates would be laid on the table of the House ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say in two or three days. CIVIL BILLS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. REYNOLDS asked the Attorney-General for Ireland to what day he intended to postpone the Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland) Bill, which was one of the orders on the paper to-night ? Mr. HATCHELL said when the Bill was called on he should be prepared to give an answer to the Hon. Gentlemen's question.-(A laugh.) Mr. REYNOLDS—Does the Hon. Gentleman intend to propose the second reading to-night? Mr. HATCHELL—That will depend on the state of the business in the House.—(Lsughter.) INQUIRY INTO THE MANAGEMENT AND TERRITORIES OF THE EAST INDIA COM PANY. Mr. ANSTEY rose to move the following resolution : "An address to her Majesty,, representing that it is now necessary that the true condition of the territories under the government and management of the East India Company, and the real feelings and wishes of our fellow-subjects inhabiting those territorice, es to such government or management, should be fully ascertained; and for that purpose, praying her Majesty to t'ilvi mea sures for the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, with full powers to take evidence in India as to the operation and results of the laws now in force, touching the government and management of the said territories, and to report such evidence, together with the opinions of the Commissioners thereon, to her Majesty iu Par liament." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that, before the Act of 1833 should be renewed either in its present shape or with such amendments as Parliament might think proper, he considered it necessary that some pre liminary inquiry should be instituted, and that such in quiry should be conducted on the spot. When Mr. Grant, in the year 1833, introduced the Bill which now constituted the Act under which our East India conduct terri tories were governed, ho distinctly stated that h e called eernmty upon the House to undertake an experiment o f no rthpan and the the ordi nary kind; thatis original oirnpioroal intention, posingan extension contrary to h during which e r t e h e to E b a e s t ad India intrusted C with Board years, of Control the hi experiment, oh w ero necessary had in to v r ie e w nde o r tily tho experiment those precau tionsof w successful. Upon that ground the House was induced to agree to his proposition, think . mg that when the next renewal came befor e Parliament could complain that have no reason to compl • the com pany _ sufficient time bad not been allowed. That measure was not brought be -1 fore the House until the 13th of June, and it then came on in the shape of a preliminary resolution. the session At that peri o d o f on there were considerable arrears of public business, end it was impossible to discuss the matter with that calmness and deliberation which interests of such magnitude required. A similar objection ex• isted to t he proceedings in the years 1781 and 1793, ' when political events prevented an ample consideration of the question. Sir (Tames Mackintosh, on the 17th I .June, 1833, foretold what would be the result of intro- 1 i clueing the question at that late period. He said "A° question, when it comes, will be taken up in baste, de' Lied in haste, and we shall crowd the discussion into s few wee ks, or postpone all discussion until the eve older ' cision." On the 10th July, when the Bill was actually in Committee, Mr. Charles Wynn quoted those words, and added, " I regret that Sir James Mackintosh's pro,' phecy has been so closely fulfilled." Mr. Grant, in lilt troducing the Bill, declared that the political existences' the natives would be acknowledged. Now Parliament had a right to demand in what way the recognition bf the Bill of the existence of 1 00,000,000 of men had been acknowledged by those to whom the trust was consigned; and the House ought not to hesitate to grant an inquirf on the spot, conducted by men above the suspicion of partiality. By the Bill of 1833, the removal of certain grievances was supposed to be provided for. The House was bound to ascertain whether those grievances had been redressed. He asserted that there was not one grievance in existence at the time which did not now exist in all its original deformity. Take, for instance, the question of monopoly. When Mr. Buckingham brought the question of the land revenues under the notice of Parliament in the form of a motion, Mr. Grant said, " that is rather a matter fit for the con seleration of the Governor. General and his legislative council, and I trust he will be able, with the accession of power we propose to give him, satisfactorily to dispose of the general question. The particular subject of the ryotwar rent is a subject for the Law Commission." On the following day Mr. Grant said, "I am happy to be: able to assure tne Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wilbraham) that the Government, both at home and in India, have agreed that the t axes on op i um and salt shall be removed ." : Now up to this moment the Governor-General had not legislated on the land tenant question—nothing had been done by the Law Commission relative to the ryotwar rent, and the monopolies still existed. At the present moment the House was only in possession of the evi dence of those whose interest it was to stifle inquiry, and endeavour to obt a i n t h e p ro l ongat i on of their power, fur no one imagined the East! India Company an angelic hierarchy, or the Board of Control a community of archangels.—(A laugh.) He would now draw the attention of the House to a remarkable document, which would show that the natives of India were keenly alive as to their grievances. On the 12th of February, 1840, an address, signed by no less than 100,000 of the natives in Madras and its vicinity, was presented to the then Governor of that Presidench, in which they said: " We are the people of this country, inheriting this land for thousands of generations; (rem our industry its wealth is supplied; by our arms it is defended from foreign foes; by our loyal obedience to the established Government its peace and its safety are maintained." Now, he would ask the House if it wee just to ignore the existence of such a people? Not only did the grievances complained of in 1833 still exist, but 'the people were in a worse condition than they were at that time. He would not trouble the House with any of the evidence adduced bsfore the Select Committee to ine quire into the growth of cotton in India, but would con fine himself to the language of the report, which bore on the face of it every mark of compromise. That reports which was unanimously adopted by the Committee, of which the .Elonourable Member for Honiton (Sir J. W. Hogg) was a member, thus describes the condition of the natives of India now under British rule:—" The very low and abject condition of the cultivators of the soil, • the absence of capital, and the extent of the Government ' demand for rent or revenue, circumstances which were brought prominently under our notice, rendered it ne cessary for your C omm i ttee to enter at considerable , length into an inquiry Into the system of land assess ment, and to take the evidence of several officers of the Indian Government on the subject. It appears from the testimony of almost every witness, that the condi tion of the cultivating population of India is oce of ex treme poverty; and this is stated to be the case in every part of' the country to which the evidence with regard to ; cotton cultivation specially refers." This was the con dition of the people who had enjoyed the blessings of British rule, under guarantees imposed by the British ' Parliamset in 1833, for a period of seventeen years. The Committee spoke of the extent of the Government demand for revenue. Now how was the revenue of India made up? Of direct taxes, indirect taxes, monopolies, and wholesale confiscations. The servants of the com pany went to India under the pretence of delivering the people from the tyranny of their Mahommedan and Mah ratta conquerors e but according to the unanimous testimony of all the witnesses examined, and the documents produced before every Committee, the company in every case bad improved even upon the maximum exactions that existed under either the Mahommedan or Mahratte rule, for they never claimed the direct sovereignty of the soil of India. Mr. Carnac Brown being asked to define his notion of a native cultivator of land in India, said, " to me he has always appeared to be a person whose whole province has been to raise revenue 1, for the East India Company." To raise this one article of revenue—the rent laid upon the land occupied by the natives—nine-tenths of them were sold up every year, unless it should please the collectors to show a little mercy. These parties had the power to imprison persona in default; but Mr. Williamson, who was for a long time connected with the presidency of Bombay, said " the power of imprisonment has, in most cases, fallen , into disuetude, because if the insolvent is in prison he must be fed." The company must feed him, but the company did not choose to undergo that expense. It appeared from the report of the Committee of 1813 that the power of constraint and sale was a much more vex- . atiuus and oppressive power, and much more unpopular, than the power to imprison. Notwithstanding these enormous exactions, the net revenue never HMOUnted 50 20,000,0001., although, under the comparatively mild sod equal system which existed in the worst time of their former conquerors, 1 3,000,0001. were easily annually raised. The revenue derived from laud was in no case less than 45 per cent. un the return. The assessment on which_ this exaction was made, was a one-sided assessuienti founded, perhaps, on some data in the archives of the coin' patty, which existed long before the idea of low prices; and on this data they had proceeded to calculate the value of the land without consulting the natives. In districts where the assessment was permanent, the per suns who aro subject to it never get it altered or reduced; and on the other hand, in districts where the assessment is annuel, the most exorbitant levies were raised, and the services of the collector were valued iu proportion to the sums which he succeeded in extorting from the inhabi tants. In estimating the amount of the collection the value of the crops for the year was always taken into consideration, and the smallest possible pittance upon " which life could be supported was left to the wretched population. But these were not the only grievances of . which the native of India had to complain. He also paid a house-tax and a trade-tax; and as an instance of the manner in which the latter tax operated, it might be stated that a carpenter paid twice the value of the. tools which he used for licence to carry on his trade. There was also all through India a tax upon water drawn from wells, an article especially needed in the warm climate of India, where it was used by the husbandmen in the cultivation of their land. And in addition to all these taxes and confiscations, and indirect taxes levied on im ports, and, until a recent period, upon exports also, the natives had-further to endure monopolies of some of the great necessaries of life, which the East India Company retained in their own hands, and which, by a just retri bution of Providence, were gradually, but surely, reduce ing the revenue which those monopolies were originally. . intended to enhance, besides contributing more and more every day to the misery of the people. These monopolies were those of salt, opium tobacco, beeswax, tuwerie, and other articles. With regard to the mono poly of salt, he need not remind the House that salt was an article of prime necessity to a rice-consuming popu lation like that of India. Now, it could be demonstrated that the price of salt imported into India could not pos sibiy exceed one shilling a bushel on the quays of Madras or Bombay. But, by the internal laws of the country, salt was made a contraband article, and the natives were forbidden to import it, or to make it for themselves either on the coast or in the interior. This prohibition was enforced by tremendous penalties, in regard to which it would be sufficient to mention one provision re cognised by the courts of law. By this regulation, any native bringing salt water from the sea, and subjecting it to evaporation for the purpose of extracting the salt, was guilty of a violation of the monopoly with respect to salt, and he might be conveyed before a collector, who was also a magistrate, and, upon conviction, might be imprisoned and k, pt to hard labour for a term , of two months, besides being obliged to pay a fine of some hundreds of rupees if he was considered able to dis charge it. Now, what compensation did the Com pany make in return for this monopoly? They had certain manufactories of salt, one in particular in the Sunderbued, a district which, under European rule, had . become a e este of sand and jungle, flooded by the waters of the Ganges in the wet season, and at all times infested by tigers. In this spot was the principal manufactory of salt, where th e company compelled a certain troop of natives, who were bound by tenure to this service, to week in the manufactory. These natives, living in a climate too p. stnentiat to admit of a European residing in it, wete e.iried off in hundreds by disease, they here con initially swept away by the winter floods, a nd it was ealeulaied that from forty to fifty of them w e re annually carded ~ f f by the tigers which infested the apt. Now the salt which might be purchased on the quays of Boatbay at Is. a bushel could not be bought in the Sun lerbund cinder Is. 6d. a bushel. After it was 3. the t n onopo l y pr i ce etn.lancabtdaetnhicatetdw, 2shBoatatter)evrr enied to th e deptits,of the East India Coma Pan!, wher e was fixed; it and wasit a was hvs) s e ompany. g : hf intt be,the . The salt was then sent r ethet off l prime at the interior, the price b e i ng further enhanced by the way, so that by the time it ree c h e d th e h a nds of the consu mer, t h e price often cr o ilm thheeer costde deop might rose to 10 or 12 rupees, or from 20s. to 245. a bushel. An Hon. Gentleman behind him reminded him that an alteration had taken place with respect to the salt monopoly. True ; but what was th e nature of tha t a l terat i on ? From the evidence of the collectors, given before the Committee on Cotton, in 1848, it appeared that w h en , with the) view of conciliating some share of the public approbation, it was agreed that the tax should be taken off exports, the East India Company demanded some equivalent for this concession, and they accordingly. ra i se d the price of salt, which was now 25 per cent. higher than it was in the year 1833. It was a remark able circumstance that the appearance in India of the mysterious and formidable disease known by the name of cholera, was simultaneous with the creation of the salt monopoly. They both came into that country at the same time with the East India Company, and they have never since disappeared from the soil; and it was stated by the scientific witnesses before the Committee already referred to, that the use of vegetables by the natives without salt, together with the wretched sani tary condition to which the country was reduced, formed together the direct causes of cholera.—(Hear, hear.) f He would now pass from the salt monopoly to that in opium —a monopoly which, he need hardly remind the House, was the cause of a bloody and disgraceful War with the Empire of China some years ago. Now, be : found that th e E ast India Company was directly sa d solely responsible for the monopoly of opium. The native not c but t ranee Tato o was fi lodic it we one•6l