The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-10 00:00:00

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :--] SWITZERLAND. Letters from Berne, of the sth, state that the As sembly met at 9 o'clock on that morning. Out of 111 deputies there were 56 present. The President, Dr. Esther, pronounced the opening speech. The Presi dent, while encouraging the sympathies of the Swiss for the people who were aspiring to freedom, at the same time dwelt forcibly on the advantages of neutrality, and strongly combated political propa gandism. He passed great eulogies on some of the cantons, and particulary praised the re-constitution of the cantons of Tburgovie, but censured the state of affairs in that of Zug. He also alluded to the canton of Berne. The President referred to the programmes of the two parties. He praised the one which emanated from the Committee-Government, and censured that of the Opposition, observing that its profession of faith was not in accordance with its an tecedents. After some other preliminary business, the Assembly proceeded to the nomination of a Commis sion for the examination of the report of the Federal Council on the Administration. ITALY. We read in the Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 2d, the following account of the negotiations which had taken place between the Sardinian Government and the Holy See respecting the abolition of Eccle siastical Courts :--- " In the month of November, 1847, Count Avet sent a note to Rome on the abolition of ecclesiastical privi leges, which were to disappear like many others. In Way, 1848, Count Selopis sent a second note, based on the same principles, deducible from the con stitution. The Pope instituted a Commission at Rome, with Cardinal Antonelli at its head, to examine the question; M. Pareto, then Minister Plenipotentiary, hai several conferences with the Commission, and request.ed his Government to send a project of the law drawn up in articles. This was complied with ; the Pope and the Commission examined the project ; and at length Cardinal Antonelli sent a counter project in the name of the Pope, solemnly declaring that the Holy Father would never consent to more ample con cessions. Title counter-project contained such impossible clatf4es, that the Piedniontese Government considered it in the light of a contrivance to gain time, until M. Paroto positively declared that the document in question contained the real views of the Holy See. Sinoe negotiation would have been impossible if the Paps! Court intended nut to deviate from its projLet, the Ahla6 Rosmini was sent to Rome to see whether there was aly chance of coming to a better understanding. M. Rosmini sent in no notes, but took every means of ascertaining the intentions of the Pope and his councillors; and seeing them firm in their determination of upholding their project to the letter, he recemmenticd his Government to treat on that basis. This the Court of Turin refused, and M. Rosmini re signed. Baron Demarghcrita made a last effort and sent Count Siccardi to the Papal Court. After several inter-, views with Cardinal Antonelli and the other Cardinals- he too was obliged to give up :.the matter. The Pied montese Government recalled Siccardi, and having ex haunted all the rules of courtesy, determined to follow the example of ocher gg i talic princes who hal abolished ecclesiastical privilegef More that time." MARKET IN TEL LIGENCE. (From the London blew Price Current, April 9.) Sucan.—To-day holdvrs of West India Sugar were not disposPd to make any general concession in the value, and fur refining purposes a fair business was concluded, but grocers made purchases with caution. At public sale 150 hhds 2 tree new Barbadoes sold with spirit at full rates, and in some cases rather above; fine yellow fetched 41s to 42s 60, mid to good 3Ss to 403 60, and inferior 36s to 37s 60. 62 hhds 90 tierces Deme rara, crystakz,:d, went at the valuations ; low brown up 323 Gd to 343, better sort 363 to 378 6d, greyish 39s:to 42s 6.1, and one lot of fine at 473 per cwt. The total purchases to-Jay amounted to 500 hhds, &c. REFINED.—To-day the market for Refined goods pre sented a quiet aspect, and former rates were not to be cbtainod; soles of brown Lumps were made at 4Ss to 48s 60 per cwt. Crushed huger met with little atten tion. and allot week's terms there are free sellers. Kamm'Ms.—This afternoon the quantity of Mau ritius Sugar submitted to public sale was large, and amounted to 9,705 bags. There vies a desire on the part of merchants to sell, but submitting to a:reduction on the rates of Friday of 6d per cwt, caused nearly the whole to find purchasers; fine and good yellow went at from 37s to 395, mid 358 6d to 36s 6d, low 34s to 353, mid to fine brown 32s to 345, low 295, and low to fine grey 34s to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there were eight public sales of Bengal Sugar, consisting of 14,520 bags. The trade fs2erated with caution, and not above half sold at a reduction on Friday's rates of 6d to is per cwt; Benares, fine white went at 39s Gd t 0403, low to good Mato 395, ord to fine yellow, like Mauritius, 33s 6d to 375, fine grainy white 45s to 463, mid to good 42s to 445, fine grainy yellow 40s to 425, mid to good 36s to 393, low 334 6d to 345, and brown 30s. Madras continues t) meet with little attention, and 803 bags at auction sold at low terms; soft brown at 282, and low to mid yellow at 29s to 30a per cwt. FOREIIIIN.—To-day there was little passing by private treaty in Foreign Sugar. At auction 69 cases Pernam buco were taken in at 17s for ord grey. MoLAssEs.—West India have been purchased with caution, and firmer rates are not to be obtained; sup plies are also upon a larger scale. By private treaty 100 puns clayed Cuba have been sold at 13s 6d per cwt. East India met with a dull sale at 133 to 13s 6J. COFFEE.--To-day the rates acceded to for good ord Native Ceylon were 49s to 503 per cal, and operations by private treaty were to a limited extent only. There was little desire evinced to operate in Plantation at the public sales, which comprised 122 casks, 414 bags; a small part only sold at rather lower rates; good to fine went at 60s to 65s 6d, mid to good mid 57s to 595, low mid 56s to 56s 6d, fine and fine fine ord 54s to sis, ord 503 to 52s 6i, peaberry 623, and triage 47s 6d to 50s: the chief part was taken in at from 54s to 603, being above the value. Of Bengal 24 bags sold at the low rate of 403 6d for mixed. CocoA.—Few buyers of Foreign are to be met with; prices co❑tinue on the decline, and rule at 28s to 29s per cwt. British Plantation has been purchased with cau tion by private treElar, and nohe has been submitted to public sale, whilst former rates are not to be obtained. TEA.—Only limited orders have been completed for Cougou, and at former rates there are free sellers; a reduction is also expected to tike place, as larger parcels are on offer. Green met with little a:tention, and there are sellers rather under the terms of last week. Scented and Pekoe Tea have brea operated in with caution, and former rates are not to be obtained, as the market is more freely supplied. Today there were sellers of Tea rather under former terms, yet dealers operated with caution, and 9d to Sid per lb is the value of ordinary and good comna9n Cougou. SPICES.—.4t auction 16 casks 136 bags Jamaica Gin ger changed heads rather under former rates, the whole selling from 41 3s to 61 12s for middling and good middling. Shipping sorts are in small sup ply, end former terms are obtained ; only limited orders have been estimated at 20s to 24s per cwt for Eist India. The value of African and Barbadoes is 045 to 38s. There has been scarcely any demand for riMente, and may now be bought at 5-id to 6d per lb. Of Black Pepper none has been submitted to auction, and the private operations have been to a limited extent only; Sumatra at 3il to 31d, and Malabar 3id to 33d Per lie Nuimees have met, with little attention from the trade, and if sales were to be pressed a fall in the value would be the result. Mace is held for 2s 21 to 2s 3d; few buyers are to be met with, as a fall is looked' for. Clove. have brea dealt in with caution, and former terms are not to he obtained. Orders for Cassia, Lignea are small, and buyers are not disposed to pay former terms. At auction GOO home.; were taken in at about late rates; pile 1• at 107 s, pile 2 at 105 e, pile 3 at 104 s, mouldy at I 1023 6d, and broken ends at 100 s. _Uwe —To-day only small parcels of East India Rice were sold by . private contract. At auction 249 bags Bengal wheat at 84 to 9 1 f or l ow and mt • ddlinz whit being re , her wider late rates. , Selerrs.—There is fineness on the part of holders of eward Island Rum, and the rates sake l are Is • - 41f1 to Is 51 proo', yet only limited purch tees have been made. The business concluded in East India A l as been limited, still there are no sellers under 1 3 4d proof, as the supply continues small. Demerara is offered at from 2s 2d -to 2s Gd for 30 to 40 per cent over proof, still few buyers are to be found. Fine Jamaica has been in good demand f or ..home consamption at from 3s 4d to 43 2d fur 34 to 39 per cent over t proof, and shippers have !sic? . a fair O her sorts mat with r titl e auten.tob, attn. t holders are not eiepose to lower rates, and re quite 2» 3d to 2s Btl for 20 to 29 per cent over proof, and 2s 9d to 33 3d for 30 to 33 over. There has been little diqaosition to opera te in Brandy, and the stock is still getting larger; selle rs are willing to accept for Cognac beet brands of the vintage of 1849 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1844 ditto 4s 6d to 43 Bd, and inferior sorts 2s 9d to 4341. Geneva met with little attention, and sellers are wilting to acce t is 7d to is 83 for export sorts, and 2.3 d to 3s 3d fot fine. There are free sellers of British made Spirit at late rates, and the trade operate with caution. COCHINEAL —There has beon a fair amount of busi ness traniacted by ahippers and borne dealers , but the rates accepted h ave been rather under t h ose paid on this day vvezlc. At auction 200 bags were offered, and nearly all di.pcsed of ; Lloadurai silvers at 3s 8d to 4s4d ; Mexican 38 Eid to 3s 9d, and blael - . 3s I(l_per lb. 7d to 49 ALTPE'PRE.—To-Jay the market for Saltpetre pre nted a dull aspixt• At public sa l e 3,413 bags were only in r;art sold at 61 to Is per cwt. decline. Cal cutta. &f tol per cent. r k f ractiou at 26i GA to 275, 6 to 7i Ottto" r 2Gt to 26s 6d, and 11 to Si ditto 234 to 25s 6 1 per cwt. IxDiao.—From shippars %rid home dealers a good demand hay been experienced for Esst India during, the last few days, and several parcels h ave b een taken on speculation. The rates paid are equ a l to l a't sale, an d 2d to 3d advance for picked lots. There has been rather more demand for Spanish, and on the part of holders there is confidence. TALLow.—There is a reluctance on the part of holders of Russia on the spot to submit to any further conces sion, still dealers operate with caution. The value of fine P. Y. C. is 36s 61 to 37s per cwt. Operations for delivery in /he last three m on th s o f th e year h ave b een to a limiterextent only at 383 to 383 3d. Home melted has been sold to a lair extent, but at the mode rate rates of 353 63 to 36s nett cash, and there is no d..3creaso of supply. Other sorts of Tallow have de clined in value, but the parcelsoffered at public sale were mostly sold; 509 pkga south American went at from 33s 9d to 36s 6d, low and grease 303 to 31s 3d; 300 cks Sydney 32s to 36s 6d for ordinary to fine. OILS.—The amount of business concluded in Linseed Oil has been limited by home dealers and only sma ll 1 export orders have been completed. Former rates are not to be obtained, and rule at 323 to 32s 6d per cwt on the spot. There are fow buyers for delivery, although 323 3d to 32 s 6 d would be acceded to, and the supply of Oil is getting larger, but there is an improved consumption. Rape Oil has been in good request, and prices are firm, British Refined at 391 6d to 403, brown 38s to 395, and pale at 40s to 41s per cwt. Palm met with little at tention, and prices continue to decline, sales having been made at 30s 61 to 31s for fine, and the supply is upon a larger scale. On the part of shippers or home dealers not much desire has been evinced to operate in Cocoa Nut Oil, but holders are not disposed to make any further concession in the value. For good and fine Cochin the rates asked are 33s to 34s 6d, and Ceylon 31s 6d to 34s per cwt. Olive is offered at lower rates, yet operations have been limited at from 441 lOs to 471 per tun. Cod Oil - has met with little attention, still the rates asked are 341 lOs to 351. In Seal Oil operations have been to a limited extent; Pale at 361 to 371, straw and tinged at 321 to 351 103. Southern has been rather more in request at from 311 10s to 311 12s for low to fine. Sperm met with little attention, and a desire is evinced to sell fine Colonial at 801 to 811 per tun. Head matter is yet in small supply, and is wanted at stiff rates. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 9. JOINT-STOCS ZANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- --....- A s. d. A s. d. Anstralasia .... ••• • .. 123. 40 0 0 40 0 0 2414 BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon ........ -- • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial . 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 per cent. - - - lonian .............. 61. par cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26 Ditto ---••• • • • • • 1 - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland • . 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... - ...• , 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland •• 1 Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 161. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 36j Ditto, New........ , Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ...... 6!, per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 30% Ditto .............. 61. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. - - 61. par cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... ! - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - nrstriumcis COMPANIES. • 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. A a. d. £ a. d. Albion ...... ••-•• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 80 Alliance Lrit. and For. 7114 s 6d telss 100 0 0 11 0 • 21 Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 S 0 0 5% Atlas 138.6 d. 50 0 0 5 6 S 17 Britlitti Commercial - 7s.per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,Medle Gen. Life spr ct.& los. 100 0 0 10 11 0 20 31. 100 0 0 110 0 0 62 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1414 Eagle • is. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% European Life •••• •• 4 14 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15 General •••• • • • • .... - - 5 0 0 5% GINA 6l. per cent. Stock. - 125 Glarcilan • ..... •-• .. 5/. 100 0 0,36 10 0 53% Imperial Fire ..... ••• 121, per cent. 500 0 0 '5O 0 0 228 Imperial Life •....... 12s. 100 0 0' 10 0 0 15% Indemnity Marine- •• 11. sh. & bs. 'lOO 0 0' 20 0 0 37 Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 2% I,.ier Life- -..-•• .. 11.165. 100 0 0 10 0 0 43 Lee•al and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4% Licensed Victuallers . • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s. London Fire ...... -10 s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17% London Ship • ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1718 Marine.. ..... ...... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 10 Med. Invlid&Gen.Llfe 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 61. per cent. 20 00 I 210 0 2 14 National Life.... - I".illadinin Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2105. Pelican • • • • - • ... - •• - - - - i'i,,enix - - 141 Pi otector Life.. -- -5/. per cent. - - - Pro eident Liid •• •• •• • • 11.55. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 hoe's Life-- - - .... Is. 5 0 01 010 0 oli Ltoyal Each anze 6l. per cent. Stock. - 209 Sun Fire. - - 209 Ditto Life 11. Os. - - 4 B 4B United Kingdom . ;.... 41. per cent. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4 I.leiversal Lite........ 10% pr ent. 100 0 01 10 0 0 - Vieloria Life. 51. per cnt. - I 4 0 0 4% DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Compaq. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - —. £ s. d. £ S. d. East and West In l's... 61. pr cent. Stock. 142 East Country • 20s. per oh. 100 0 0 21 London Ditto Bonds.. ...• •• 41. per cent. •••• St. Katharine .... •... 4 per cent. Stock. Ditto, Scrip - Ditto 80nd5........ 1041. pr cent. Southampton ~...... I 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X. a. d. X. s. d. Charing -cross• • .... •• —15 U Southwrk .......... 100 0 0 Ditto Nw of 7}6 p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 16 Waterloo ............ 100 0 0 —3% Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 3 18 WATER-WORKS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of raid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. 4 s. d. East London..• •••• • • • 8/. ( 100 0 0 172 Grand Junction •• .. .. 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 75 Kent................ 31.105. 100 0 0 76 Lambeth New Rivr Ladn Brdge 21. 10s. 55 Vauxhall ............ I 51. per cut. 100 0 0 98 West Middlesex . . .:61.0x. pr cat. 116 GAS-LIMIT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prise. Annum. Share. X. s. d. A. s. d. British •••••••• • • • • •• Id. 40 0 0 18 11 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. *s. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 Brighton ••••..• • • • • • 51. 20 0 0 City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 Continental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 b 0 — l.: , ,uits.ble- •••••.. • • •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 ln.pertal •• .... •••• •• 3/. 90 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent .......•• Gl. 140 0 0 40 I 0 60 50 0 0 50 0 0 8 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 18 Do., Part Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 I Phwaix .••..•••• •• •• 4541. 50 0 0 49 0 0 , 28 it ztellti..... ........ 5/. 100 0 0 50 0 0 75 United General ...... 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 60 00 1 15 54 Westmiaster Chartered 3r. 50 0 0 46 Ditto, New .. .. —12 s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9 C.ISI3?ALL B. Names of 0 Dividend Names of ~Z Dividend e• r Companies. .11 Price. per Companies. A An n um. Pried. v Annum. ae - -. £ X Ashtn t ohm 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 1001 2/. 100. 80 Barnsley .• • • 160 121. 180 Ne a tk ...• • • 100 l6/. 340 UrknkStAbrg 150 Si. 45 Oxford.. •• • • 106 20/. 185 Birmingham 40 41. 86 Peak Forest. 7g 3/. 18e. 70 Coventry.. .• 109 251. 210 P.egent's .... 33 11. 2s. 18% Darby .•• .• 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... g 5 41. 50% Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. 130 OrandJunctn 100 51. 851 a Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 100! 21. Os. 30 Stfird &Wore 140 281. 410 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grantham .. - 1 - - Stotutridge.. 145 201. 300 Itennt & Avn 39, 7s. 6d. 5% Severn and) 21.03. - Lancaster . 100, Cl. 32% Wye Rail. j 26 Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 322 Warwick& Leicester.... 100 51. 66 !firming. j 100 41. 64 Leiestr &Nth 831 4/. 45% Warwick/0 i 100 31. 42 Lou.rhboregh 142 701. 510 Napton.. m onmou thee 100 81. - Worcstr &.:} 78 21. 4154 Mate'enlrY Bll 100 - - Blrming. AfeltnAwbry, 100 - - Wilts & Brks 7- 14s. 8 mr.SIT or SCOTTISEf COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- ---- - X s. . X s. d Walk of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 228 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgo w B an k . 61. per cent. 10 0 10 0 0 12% Clydesdale Bank -- .•• 6% per cent. 20 0 10 0 0 13 % Commercial Bank -•• 7/. per cent. 500 0 100 0 0 169 Rdinb.3cGlasgow Rank :1 1 : Eastern 8ank......., 10 0 0 9% 5 0 0 51. lie Exehangefink of Scot.. 4/. per cent. 100 0 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 25 0 50 0 0 14 per cent. 10 0 per cent. 5 0 70 0 - National Bank lO 0 0 15 6% per cent. 50 0 Northof Scotlandßank 41. per cent. :0 0 50 0 3% North British Bank - _ - - Ro/alßank of Scetlaed M. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 90 Western Bank.. ••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Firs and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 10 0 0 203 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per tent. 10 0 1 0 0 16.; Od Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 23 Co:onial Life ... .... - 50 0 100 IL es. City of Glasgow Life.. 6/. per cent. 25 0 2 0 0 21. 12s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 12 10 0 20% East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 15 0 Eng. 8c Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 217 6 - Uercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 Incur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 11. 10s Mercantile Life ...... 3 3,E per et. 10 0 010 0 bs. ed. National Fire and Life 51. per coat. 10 0 1 0 0 22 3 ; 04 North British 'rutin - 536 I.pr cent. 200 0 20 0 0 25% North 8c West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 1 0 o _ Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 11 0 Scot. Alas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 15 0 Scottish Union Insrnce. 6141. pr cent. 20 0 1 0 0 233.0 d Standard Life .• -.. • . 51. per cent. 50 0 45 0 e% United Dep. A:surance 51. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 16 s 6d ausscramiLANEous. Dividend Amount Name of Company. Ann per of Paid. Price. ..---.-----.---... X. e. d. X. s. d. 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Auction Mart •• • • - .. 1 U. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian .Vericaltur _ - 2 10 • -. 11. 103. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Canada ... ••• • • • " An D g i l t o t - 0 31 , - 89 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 51. per.cent. - Bonds Uppr Cana da H exl io c i a s n ha M re in s t . ... - - 91 rite. Navigation •• • • r cent. 100 0 0 0 i lO 0 0 105 Erßdtable Ileversienry 5-f • p 15 0 0 14 0 0 - Gen. Revers. It Invest. sp.c.gzbs,2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Gen.gee em Navigation N. Si. 78 15 0 - - London Institution .• • - ,26 5 0 - Russell Institution • • • • - - Pen lnslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent . 50 0 50 0 0 79% 0 0 0 91 Rev ersionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 I 0 1 100 60 0 0 52 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 25 0 0 19 South Australian ... •11 • per share. 25 0 0 Van Dieman's b and. -- 100 0 01 20 0 0 - , •• THE TEA TR ADE A PRIL B.—The deliveries last week were agai n large, ' amounting to about 597 , 000 lb. T h e market has not been very active, WS the arrivals are large. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 9. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLsoyD.) JOSEPH JARDINE'S DANKRUPTCY.-DARTFORD SA KINGS' DANK. The bankrupt bad for many years carried on busi nesA as a draper at Dartford ; he was also actuary c,f the Dartford Savings' Bank, and had in that capacity received and appropriated to his own use moneys of the depositors, amounting, as was alleged, to upwards of 2,0001. This was a sitting for the last examination, but no balance•sheet having been filed an adjournment was ordered until the 10th of Illy. Mr. LAWRINCE, on behalf of the trustees of the savings' bank, called the attention of the Court to his former application, founded on the 28th section of the 3d William IV., whereby the assignees of any person becoming bankrupt, who had been intrusted with the moneys of a savings' bank, were bound to pay to the trustees their claim in full before paying any of the debts. Mr. Lawrance stated that the forty days' notice required by the Act had been served upon the assignee!, but had not yet expired ; and as the depo sitors were complaining loudly of the delay and in convenience, the trustees were anxious to know whether the assignees would at the expiration of the notice be prepared to comply therewith. Mr. JONES, on behalf of the assigness, objected to any discussion, either upon the law or the merits, until the expiration of the notice. It is therefore expected that the matter will be fully gone into on the day appointed for the last ex amination. IN THE MATTER OF GIBSON AND STURT.-...5T. ALBAN'S BANK. The Learned COMMISSIONER, upon the application of Mr. Lawrance, intimated his intention to give judgment in this case, upon the question of certificate, on Wednesday next, the 17th inst. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, April 9. (Before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) WHEELER V. THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. This case has been brought to a conclusion, after having occupied the Court nearly four days. The action was brought to try the right to certain waste lands, and whether they belonged to the plain tiff, claiming as lord of the manor of Churt, or to the defendant, who is lord of the manor of Farnham. A great many witnesses were examined on both sides, but it appeared to be very clearly made out on the part of the Right Rev. defendant that no such manor as Churt had ever existed, and that it was only one of the tythings of the manor of Farnham. The jury stopped his Lordship while he was in the course of summing up the case, and said they had made up their minds, and they at once returned a verdict for the defendant. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, April 8. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Sarah Peters, a respectable looking married woman with an infant at her breast, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Skinner was counsel for the prosecution and Mr. W. H. Cooke for the prisoner. It appeared that on the 25th of October, at a Tolsey Court holden at Bristol, an action of debt for goods sold and delivered was tried, in which the hus band of the prisoner was the plaintiff and a person named Milward the defendant. On that occasion the prisoner, who had been married to the plaintiff since the cause of action arose, gave evidence as a witness for the plaintiff, in the course of which she swore, upon cross-,lxamination, that she was not related to the prosecutor; that she was a widow ; that she was a perfectly disinterested witness ; and that she was not married to the plaintiff. The ver dict was upon her evidence given in favour of the plaintiff, and it turning out that all her statements as to her interest in the case were false the present pro secution was instituted against her. Notwithstand ing a very ingenious defence, in the course of which the prisoner's counsel illustrated practically how even experienced witnesses might state that which was untrue, when confused by cross-examinations, the prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to a fine of on shilling, and to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Baron PLATT then disposed of a City case, which terminated the business of the circuit, and in the course of the evening left for London. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. James Callaghan, John Je f freys , Robert Horlock, and William norlock, surrendered to take their trial for a misdemeanour. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Woollett appeared for the pro secution ; Mr. Ballantine defended W. Horlock and Jeffreys, Mr. Parry defended R. Horlock, and Mr. Robinson defended Callaghan. Mr. BODKIN, in opening the case, said that the misdemeanour imputed to the defendants was that they had conspired together to defraud their em ployers of money to a considerable amount. The pro secution was instituted by the directors of two river steam-boat companies known as the City Steam-boat Company and the London, Westminster, and Vaux hall Company, and the defendants were in their ser vice. The Learned Council then proceeded to ex plain that although these companies were entirely , separate establishments so far as the business of carry ing passengers was concerned, yet for the saving of expense, and with a view to prevent rivalry, which might be dangerous and inconvenient to the public, they arranged at the several piers or landing places joint servants should be employed to deliver and receive the tickets from the passengers. The fraud imputed to the defendants was that by col lusion with each other and other persons, after a ticket had been issued at London-bridge or any other station, the same ticket. after it was given up by the passenger at the end of the journey, was re turned to the original station and re-issued ; this sys tem of fraud, according to the case for the prosecue tion, having been carried on to a very great extent, and occasioned very serious loss to the companies. It appears that the alleged fraud was discovered in rather an accidental manner, from the circumstance of a gentleman, nam e d Oldfield, who was acquainted with one of the dire c t ors , t a ki ng no ti ce t h a t t h e ticket which was given to him at the City-pier ap peared very crumpled, and this exciting his suspicion he retained the ticket, and having communicated with the company, inquiries were set on foot, and Jack son, the ticket-taker at the City-pier, was directed to attend the directors, and from the inquiries that were made of him, further suspicion was excited. Jackson, it appeared, was allowed to depart at the time, and nothing more was heard of him until six weeks after wards, when his body was found in the Thames, and from the circumstance of stones being found in his pockets there was no doubt that he had committed self-destruction. The defendant Callaghan, it appeared, was the ticket-taker at the Cadogan pier, Chelsea, and it would seem that suspicion being attracted to him, he was questioned and he then made a statement which ultimately led to his apprehension upon the present charge—the effect of that statement being, that ever since 1848 this system of fraud upon the company had been carried on to a eery great extent ; and in the result the present charge was preferred against the defendants. The evidence against Jeffreys appeared to depend entirely upon the statement made by Callaghan, without any corroboration ; and with regard to William Horlock, all that was shown was that he was in the service of one of the companies and that he was employed in conveying messages backwards and forwards between the parties. The RECORDER, at the close of the address of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, asked whether he thought there was a case against - William Hor lock and Jeffreys? Mr. BODKIN said, he must admit the evidence was slight, and he believed that he had stated all that could be proved against those defendants. The RECORDER said, if that were so, it appeared to him that there was not sufficient to support the charge. BALLANTINE suggested that these two de fendants might be at once acquitted. The RECORDER said that the acquittal should not be taken until the end of the case. It might happen, if they were acquitted at once, that they would be called as witnesses, and they might by their evidence show that there was very good ground for including them in the indictment. ship should N n T n i t s n b e s a a id, h partye t c e o a u n l d y a s s u s e u h r e p r h o his e Ld d o i n r s, the and c a o s u r a t givenw o ul d by his retire s Lord ship, rodni. court, behalf of the defendants whom he represent . af d ter h t i h s e sl i n n e ti e n r l i a ty tio h n e ship, take no farther share in the proceedings ed _ on ( laugh.) Evidence was then adduced on behalf of the prose cution. Proof was given of Jackson having destroyed himself in th e way described, and the manner in which the defendant Robert Ilorlock was sought to be connected with the transaction was by evidence being given that in Jackson's box at the City-pier there was found a paper in his handwriting, and others of a similar description, which appeared to refer to a division of money in fourths, and which appeared to have relation to some transaction of the character suggested by the prosecution. Whatever these accounts referred to, they appeared to have been kept in a most systematic manner, and the division seemed to be most Equal ; and, if any roguish transactions were really involved, certainly it appeared that the parties had acted honourably towards each other, for the balances were struck and the amount allotted to each to the smallest fraction. Mr. BODKIN having intimated that the case was closed, The RECORDER said, it appe ired to him that there waskot sufficient evidence to :go to the jury. Some very curious documents had cmtainly been produced to connect one of the defendants with the transaction, but, like the inscriptions at Nineveh, they wt.oted translation. They were n.) doubt very suspicious, and their character and etlect might be guessed at ; but the question here was, what was the legal evi dence to support the charge that was made against the defendants ? COuld the Learned Counsel suggest in what manner thee papers showed the connexion of the defendant Robert Horlock with the transaction ? Mr. BODKIN sail, it was not fir him to suggest anything in the matter. The case was in the hands of the Court ; and it would be for the jury, as men of business, to form their own conclusion as to the cha racter of the papers that had been produced. The RECORDER said, the only legal effect of the documents was to show that a certain amount divided by 4 gave a particular result. Mr. BODKIN then said he would not carry the case any further. The RECORDER then addressed the jury, and ex pressed an opinion that the charge of conspiracy had not been made out ; and, under his Lordship's di rection, The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Walter Watts, charged with embezzlement, was again brought up yesterday befeore Alderman Gibbs on remand. No evidence was gone into, and the prisoner was further remanded until Tuesday next, the 16th of April. GUILDHALL. Godfrey Woone was placed at the bar before Alder man Salomans, charged with conspiring with Charles Lockington and Samuel Grieves (wh o are now awa i t i ng their trial at the Old Bailey Sessions on the same charge) to defraud Messrs. Uodgkinson and Co., of a quantity of paper, value 1921., and Messrs. Figgins of a quantity of type, value 501. Henry Davis, clerk to Messrs. Hodgkinson, stated that the prisoner assisted another ma n i n t a ki ng away the goods that had been obtained by Lockington from his (witness's) employers. He saw au acceptance, paid in part payment by Lockington, in prisoner's hand writing. William Bowery proved that the prisoner had been in the employ of Lockington as a lithographic draughts man, and that he was in the habit of calling three or four times a week—sometimes for money, and sometimes for employment. Mr. Brier, pawnbroker, stated that the prisoner pledged the type at his shop early in December, and towards the end of the same month he redeemed it again. He had known the prisoner about 12 months, but did not know how he had conveyed the type to his (Sayer's) premise•. Further evidence was produced that proved the prisoner's being constantly in company with Lockington and others also implicated, but not in custody. Mr. Parnell said, that if the Alderman would commit the prisoner, in order that he might be tried with the rest, he would not go into the other cases he had against him. Mr. Beard said he was agreeable to that proposition, and that lie would reserve his defence for the trial. The prisoner was then committed to take his trial at the present sessions at the Old Bailey. BOW-STREET. Philip Dire, a clerk to Messrs. Dalrymple, Bircham, and Drake, of 46, Parliament-street, solicitors, was charged with stealinc , 81. The prisoner had been intrusted with money to defray certain charges for stamps, duties, &e., on account of the firm, and among the items enumerated was a sum of Si., which he r: presented that he had paid for the certificate of Mr. Moberley, a solicitor, of Southampton. This was in December last; and on Friday, the sth inst.., Mr. Dalrymple, in con=equenca of information previ ously communicated to him, accused the prisoner of hav ing appropriated the 8/. to his own use-. Ho at once al-- mated the charge, and was given into custody. It was stated that the prisoner's salary was 21. Bs. per week. The officer stated that on apprehending the prisoner he cautioned him "in the usual way" to say nothing which might prejudice him hereafter. Air. HENRY told the officer that this was an ex cess of duty. Constables wore bound to hear all and say nothing. It was the magistrate's duty to administer such a caution bef,re the committal of a prisoner; but constables were not to infer from this, as they generally appeared to do, that it was a part of their functions also. They should not encourage prisoners to make statements to their own prejudice; Leither should they go out of their way to check them. The prisoner was committed for trial. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, Arftn. 9. With a more liberal supply of wheat than of late, the sale was exceedingly heavy, and must be quoted fully 2s per quarter below last week's prices. Barley was also a heavy sale, at same prices as before quoted. The trade in general very dull and languid. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white L93 to 44, Oats oos to 00s _barley, malting ... 22s to 23s Rye oos to 00s Ditto, grinding ... 183 to 19~ Malt Beans ... - ---- - AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING ♦PRIL 6, 1850. Wheat .. Barley Oats ....... « l2 ~ 21s. Od. Beans... - ~ —s. Od. Peas HULL, APRIL 9. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—During the past ten days we have made rather extensive inquiries in dif ferent parts of the country, as to the stock of wheat held by farmers at this season as compared with other years, and the result is, that they hold fully their usual quantity; and in some important districts even beyond it. The growing crops are everywhere well spoken of. Arrivals, with the prevailing winds, have somewhat increased during the past week, spring corn, and especially beans and barley predominating; both have been offered on low terms, but have gone off, generally speaking, from ship, the low current rates having to some ex tent, attracted speculators. To-day we had a good supply of wheat from our own farmers, with a somewhat better show of foreign ; the demand being slow last week's rates were with difficulty maintained, and that only for picked samples. In some instances is less money was taken. I n f ore i gn we fi n d no quotable alteration, but demand continu es s l ow . A goo d s ch s iefiythin and light f ore i gn, for which we lately to deale rs d es i rous of being in stock h su a p v p o ly ha o d f barley, some sales when the feeding season commences. Beans are rather at tracting attention at present rates, but buyers will not exceed them. Peas are quite neglected ; oats go off at our quota tions. Although we have no arrivals of linseed the market is tat, and transactions on a small scale; cakes are saleable at our currency. No rapeseed on the market; for rapo cakes we have a fair sale at the late reduction. Bones support their value. The following are the present prices of grain :- 8. 8. Wheat, English, red 34 to 37 Do. white 3B 40 Dantzic and Ko- 8. S. Peas, white and yel. 22 24 Do. grey Linseed, Black Sea 45 46 nigaberg . . 40 45 Pomeranian and Do. Petersburgh ... 38 45 Do. Riga& Archngl. 33 42 Per ton. 3 3 3 135 8 , 8 . IiD L D D E i aoo o n p: . s eifi K . usn e e : i a eee n k rdfi i e oo g s rr s , e b i T iog l e r r u ne g l i 1 g 1:61 . /11 . 0 3 .. s 6 . t 0 56 - 11 0/ 3 0 0 5 9 : s H Danish,Frieslandam burg h Holstein, . 8, 3 3 0 4 ... . 11: 0a u D D sst:i Friesland )aEallnniagsnhi id.s.h.: Odessa ... 3 1 11 ` 000 ) 1 — 15 'Rape cakes... 80s Od to W tol oo i• 0 0 0 i 1 1 Do. Russ. St Odessa 12 14ITares, English 33s —00 s Barleyonalting lB —2O D o. f ore i gn 20s —30 s Do. grinding........ 16 18 G uano . 6/ to 10163 Beans 2O —24 Bones, do 00s 0(1 to 85s Od Do. foreign . . 20 23,Rye meal 5/ Iss CORY APRIL B.—Flour—First 12501 to 13s Od ; extra 145; seconds, lis to 12s; households Os Od to 108 6d; thirds, 6s to 8s per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 0d to 00s; Indian meal 7s to 7s 3d; wheat meal, Os 6lto 10s per cwt. Indian corn 130 s to 137 s 6d per ton. Bran 4/0s Od to 0/ Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 35s to 375; average ON; dealers 383 to 458 Od; average 425 per ton. Str aw— Farmers 22s Od to 26s Od ; average 223; dealers L 303 Od to 33 s Od; average ON Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to Qd ; household loaf 5d to 5d per 4ib. Fresh butter, 9d to 10d per lb. Eggs —4s 4d to 4s 5d per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 175; L an d ore 15s ; Best Neath Culm 14s per ton. T a ll ow 40s Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5 5 9d per i mper i a l gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d ; m u t ton 5 d to 6d ; veal 5d to ; pork 3id to 3d ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312: 6d to 3/ 5s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/53 ; Valonia 141 to 01; French 71 5s ; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 321 to 001 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 173 ; re d d to it n t . o 2 T O s i in t b o e 2 r s Apieermbetr r Bs e I s ; 9' firs O t s qu to ali i ty l , l 18 P :: salted 15s to 21s p er cwt ; ca lf s kins 24-d to tad per lb. second quality, 168 p er 10 0. Hid e s—Market 14s to 20e; Potatoes, white 81 to 1 0d ; M i n i ons 12d to 13d ; Guano— Peruvian, 111 lOs ; I c h a b oe, 9 1 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. per Newfoundland ton; deals, FIRES IN CRIJ RCHES. —The destruction of St. Anne's Church, at Li me h onse, by fire, on Good Friday, sug gests a point or two for consideration, and ought to serve as a warning and preventive. Examination, it appears, has shown that the end of one of the girders supporting the roof actually enter e d a fl ue, a t the north-western corner of the church, and it i s unnecessa ry for us to say, if this be so, the beam, too, b e i ng thoroughly dried by the conti nue d action of the fire, perhaps even decaye d, that the cause of the destruction of the church is tolerably obvious. The fires which have been originated by timber being let into flues, ap parently too far from the fireplace to be dangerous, are not to be counted. I n a s i xteen th century building, wherein works are going o n un d er ou r direction, we found last week a piece of timber i n t h e face o f the chimney-breast, put in to relieve the lintel o ver t h e ope ning of the fireplace, and form ing, in part, one side of the flue. It was black and charred, and although it had led to no evil conequences during many years, might next week have caused the destruction of the building. In the case of Limehouse Church, if the statement be correct, no blame attaches to the architect : the flue was for ventilation, not for a furnace ; and the error was committed by those who made the fire communicate with it, without first taking proper precautions. The principal object we have in view in noting this occurrence, is to induce a proper ex amination, by professional eyes, of the city churches generally,with respect especially to the means used for warm ing them. Several of these churches are exposed to great danger by the position of iron smokepiPes, introduced to the great disfigurement o f the building, and passing close to time—to o i ot t o o rl r c e . mo lN y ' e e tl-Tpldosseixbhiloitry of danger , so far as it can bet the authorities to be wise in foreseen, and insure the building. —Bui der. GLASGOW, APRIL G.—COTTON. — The arrival of the Canada this week bringing confirmation of the accounts of a short crop has infused some spirit into the market, and a considerable amount of business has ben done, both by the trade and on speculation, at an advance of from d. to id. per lb. The price of the raw material now bears such a large proportion to the finiAied article that manufacturers are working principally to order, and look forward ere long to an abridgment in production. A moderate business has been done this week in goods and yarns, and stocks continue light. Pig Iron.—There has been scarcely any business doing in our market for pig iron during the week, and prices have continued almost without change. The price of mixed numbers may to-day be quoted 435. 6d. ; buyers at 435., with nothing doing. Bars may be quoted from 51. 10s. to, 5/, 128. 6d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. April 9 The SPEAKER took the Chair at a f'‘lT ininutes before Four o'cleel7. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE ry. Mr. GREENE moved that a stamp duty alive pounds shall he payable fit end upon the first memorial which may be enrolled pursuant to a Bill for better enabling the Guardian Fire a n d Lif e Aesuraece GT . .. A patty to sue and be sued, and for other purposes, troll] which memorial the names of the persons who shall be deemed, held, aad taken to be the trustees cf the said company, shall appear, and for and upon every other such memorial in which the name or names of any person or persons shall for the first time be inserted as a trustee or trustees of the company, the like sum of five pounds, in lieu of the stamp duties which would otherwise be payable upon the deeds, stir /enders, admissions, or assurances, in the law, in order to vest the annuities, messuages, lands, tenements, here ditament, property, effects, or moneys of the said com pany, in the said trustees.—Agreed to. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The report upon the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. THIRD READINGS. The Wakefield Borough Market Bill was read a third time and passed._ SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed:— Liverpool Corporation Waterworks (Extension of Time for Purchase of Land, &c.) Marylebone and Finchley Turnpike Roads. Scottish Central Railways. DUNDEE, AND PERTH, AND ABERDEEN, &c., RAILWAY. On the motion for the second reading of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Railway Junction, Dundee and Arbrcath, and Dundee and Newtyle Railways Bill, Mr. SPOONER said the principle involved in the Bill was one to which the House was asked for the first time to give its assent, and he hoped the House would pause before it allowed the Bill to pass, because it sought to compel two of the companies to enter into an agreement whether they chose to do so or not. An agreement, it appeared, had been entered into by the three companies, by which one was allowed to lease the other two, and as this agreement had passed under the common seal of the companies, it could be enforced by an appeal to a court of equity if it were just and valid. The House of Com mons was not the tribunal to determine whether the agreement was just or not. The Hoe. Member concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BROTHERTON entirely concurred in the ob servations of the last speaker, and gave his support to the amendment. Mr. DUNCAN expressed his surprise at the ob jections urged to the Bill. Mr. EGERTON thought the principle involved in the Bill was very objectionable, and hoped the house would reject it. Col - 3nel THOMPSON said he was unacquainted with the details of the Bill, but thought it would not be ad visable to reject it upon the second reading. If it passed the House on this occasion there would be opportunities afterwards of considering the propriety of the agreement which it sought to enforce. Mr. ANSTEY supported the amendment, thinking the court of equity a much fitter tribunal to decide the matter in dispute between the parties. Mr. CHRISTOPHER thought the Bill ought to be investigated by some official authorities, and suggested that it should be referred to the railway department of the Board of Trade. Mr. HUME said they would not do justice to the par ties if they rejected the Bill without submitting it to a Comrnit'ee up stars. Strangers were then ordered to withdra:e•. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority against it The Bill was accordingly thrown out. PE I'ITIONS. Sevzral petitions were presented against Sunday la bour in the Post-office. Mr. E. FRENCH prvented a r Widen from Mr. Frederick William Dunne, who bad been 33 years a clerk in the Customs, during which period he had been seven times promoted, and had been placed over several other officers. The petitioner stated that owing to his lability, experience, and practical knowledge of the work ing of the Customs, he was invited by the Commissioners to prepare a plan for the management of the Customs, which he did in 1846. This plan showed that without diminishing the efficiency of the service, a great finan cial saving might be effected in the cost of management, but all the return he got for his suggestion was the ani mosity of his superiors, who having recourse to a recent Treasury minute, which declared that no insolvent could retain a situation in certain departments of her Majesty's service, had dismissed Mr. Dunne from his situation on the ground of an insolvency, which had resulted from the fai lure of a railway undertaking with which he had been con nected. The BoardofCustoms, who had notal ways enforced this order, had refused either to reinstate him or grant him a superannuation allowance, and as he could got no redress from the Treasury, Mr. Dunne prayed the House to take his case into consideration, and to appoint a Committee to inquire into the truth of the allegations contained in his petition. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition praying for the abolition of church-rates. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from Westminster praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Mr. W. 13ECKETT presented two petitions from the Mayor and Corporation of Leeds, one praying for a re pal of the game-laws, the other for the repeal c f the taxes on knowledge. Colonel DUNNE presented a petition from a gentle man in Ireland, whose name was inaudible in the gal lery, complaining of the operation of the Irish Encum bered Estates Commission, by which his estate was about to 131 sold for a trifling sum, not greater than a year and a half's purchase, to the great detriment of himself and his wife and family. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN was proceeding to say that ho was well acquainted with the petitioner, when he was called to order. Mr. KERSHAW presented a petition from Stockport (as we understood) praying for the separation of Church and S:ate. Mr. GEORGE SANDARS presented a petition from a congregation of Protestant Dissenters at Wake field praying for the removal of the civil disabilities on Jews. Mr. PRYSE LOVEDEN presontel a petition from Newcastle Emlyn in favour of the extension of the pro visions of the County Courts Act. Mr. FITZROY presented a petition from Lewes praying for the repeal of the att micys' certificate duty. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from a congregation of Proteitsnt Dissenters at Bratifird, com plaining of church-rats, and especially of the recent decipion in the Braintree church-rate case, by which it had been established that a minority could t,ix a majo rity,which appeared to him (Colonel Th om p son ) a stlange anomaly to exist in the nineteenth century. m r . 11. HERBERT presented a petition from the grand jury of the county of Kerry complaining of local taxation. Mr. MACGREGOR presented two petitions from Glas gow praying tho House to pass a measure abolishing the p u nistinivnt of desth. Mr. P. WOOD presented a petition to the same effect. ;Sir. HODGES prosent,d a petition praying the Huse to pass a measure to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the royal borcugh of Arbroath praying the House to take the state of the poor-law in Scotland into its consideration. Captain PECIIELL presented a petition from nine members of the National Land Association, at Bright m, praying the House to assist Mr. O'Connor in his efforts to legalise the National Land Association. Mr. BANKES presented petitions from Ashton-under- Lynn and from Barnsley, in Yorkshire, praying the House to pass a Ten Hours' Act. Sir D. DUNDAS presented a petition from a congre gation in Sutherland against Mr. Stea3 Worthy's Mar riage Bill. SALARIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to inform the Hon. Mom ber for Buckinghamshire that he intended to bring ou his motion for the Committee on salaries of public officers on Friday next, before the orders of the day. EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice that he should bring on his motion for the extension of the suffrage on this day fortnight. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Golonel DUNNE gave notice that on nn early day ho should ask for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the poor-law in Ireland. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY gave notice that on this day fortnight he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of George 111. as related to the stamp duty required on the admission of a person to the rights of a burgess. ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. Mr. THORNELY postponed Mr. Evart'® motion fur .he repeal of the advertisement duty until t'ae 7th May. IRISII FISEIERIES BILL. On the motion of Mr. ANSTEY the second reading of this Bill wa3 postponed for a month. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. On the motion of Mr. LACY the Intramural Inter ments Bill was postponed for a month. WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE. Mr. F. FRENCH wishel to put a question to the President of the Board of Trade respecting the wreck of the yeyal Adelaide, on the 30th ultimo, by which 200 per sons uefertunately lost their lives. It appeared that neither the pereons in charge cf the Tongue Light, nor the crow of the revenue 'cutters teek any notice whatever of the guns which were fired from the Royal Adelaide as signals of distress, and he wished to know whether the Right lion. Gentlemen was in possession of any information which he could lay hcfere the House on the subject, and also whether the Royal Adelaide was not too slightly built for the Channel navigation? Mr. LABOUCHERE said he had that morning directed a letter to be written to the owners the vessel, ued when he received an answer to his inquiries, he would then consider whether it was necessary to take any further steps in the matter, and whether he could lay any particulars before the House respecting the con duct of the parties. STAMP DUTIES. To reply to Mr. HUME, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was not the slightest foundation for the rumour that articles or, deeds, hitherto untaxed, would be taxed by the Bill introduced by Government on th e sehio e t of the tiiainp TIi,A.N:.:;I)OIItT OF CONVICTS. In reply to Sir W. MOLESWORTH, Mr. HAWES said there was no foundation for the statemen!.s which had appeared in the newspapers that the Eli-iieim trzispart ship had been sent to Van I)ie men'6 Land with a nurn' , er of crlaviets on board. CROPOLITAN SEWERS. Sir B. HALL gave notice lila', on Friday he would put 3 question to nof the Poor-law Bead respecting the Metropolitan Sewers Commission. WINDOW DUTIES. Sir B. HALL preseiio a petition from the parish of St. Pattern.; praying ler a tepeal of the window duties. Lord D. STUART and Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY prof °null similar petitions from Marylebone and South wark. Lord DUNCAN, after presenting two similar peti tions from Bath and Deptford, proceeded to move, that whereas the present mode of assessing, levying, and collecting taxes on air and light in England and Scotland interferes most prejudicially with the health and sanitary condition of the inhabitants of Great Bri tale, therefore it is expedient that the window-tax should be repealed. The Noble Lord did not think it was necessary for him to make any long apology to the House for introducing this subject at the present moment. The first time he brought this motion forward was in the year 1845, when the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Tamworth was at the head of the Government, when he moved for a Committee to inquire into the operation of the window duties ; that motion however was not granted, but still he had no reason to regret the manner in which that motion was received. The Right lion. Baronet stated at the time that he was ready to take the matter into consideration at some future period.— (Hear, hear.) The next time that he brought on the suction was in 1848, when the Noble Lord whom he now saw in office was at the head of the Government, and he certainly had no reason to regret having brought it on then, for the Noble Lord stated on that occasion that all the arguments that could be used in the discussion were in favour of it. In the year 1848, however, there was a diminished revenue, and it was, therefore, proposed to increase the income-tax, to 5 per cent. Fortunately, at the present time there was a surplus in the Exchequer, without any prospect of increasing the income-tax, nor was there any prospect of a foreign invasion. On the contrary, they had an assu ruece in the Speech from the Throne that her Majesty continued at peace and amity with all foreign powers. There was one passage in the Speech, which was strongly in favour of his motion—he referred to the wish expressed by her Majesty to pro mote any improvement in the sanitary condition of the people. Now, this motion was essentially a sanitary measure, and considering the state of our finances, and the flourishing aspect cf the national affairs, wl:en they were enabled to reduce the esti mates by upwards of a million of money, and to repeal the stamp and brick duties, he could not help thinking that the window duties could be safely re duced, if not entirely abolished.—(Hear, hear.) He was encouraged to make this motion at the present time by the circumstance that, with the exception of the glass trade, every branch of our manufacturing industry was in a flourishing state. The glass trade, however, was in a state of severe and unexampled de pression ; but if the window-duties were repealed it would be restored to a flourishing condition. He did think it would be a very great boon to the glass trade, if the House would take his proposition into its consideration. In looking at this matter, they were bound to consider, in the first place, the policy of levying duties on windows at all. If the window-tux was to be retained, it would be much wiser to levy it fairly and impartially on every window in the kingdom than by tee present sliding-scale mode, which preasel most unequally on the occupiers of small houses. In the smaller houses, those, for instance, in Baker- S Fee t, in this metropolis, the window-tax amounted to no less a sum than 30 per cent. upon the rental. In many of the other small streets the window tax was found to press most unequally, to the ex telit sometimes of 30, 40, and occasionally even 50 per cent. Now he dal think if this tax was to be persevered in at all, it would me desirable that it should tall much more equally on the different classes than at present. In 1708 there were no less than 580,000 houses chargeable to the window-tax ; in 1784 the number had declined to 495,000, and in 1849 it had further decreased to 473,000. Com paring the present time with 1708, and considering the immense increase which has taken place in the popula tion, he could not help being struck with the small num ber of houses now chargeable to the window-tax. The number bad gone on decreasing, instead of augmenting according to the increase of the population. That was partly accounted for by people blocking up their windows to avoid the window-tax.—(Hear.) Another reason was the number of exemptions which had taken place. The list of exemptions to this tax was perfectly frightful. The first exemption to this tax was that of iron; public offices were also exempt, as were also farm houses of less than 2001. a-year. Why farm-houses of that class should be exempt, he did not know. Chun ches were also exempt; so were manufactories, which he thought was most unjust: counting-houses were also exempt; in short, there was no end to the exemptions to this tax. He hoped if his Right Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer did not accede to his proposi tion, that he would at all events bring in a Bill to do away with all these exemptions,—(A laugh.) With re gard to the principle of the window -tax, it was so vicious that no modification could possibly make it supportable. In 1696, when the window-tax was put on, it was consi dered not as a window-tax, but as a property-tax, and the number of windows was taken merely as a criterion of property. A tax of one shilling was put on every window, with an additional 4s. for every house with more than ten windows. Such was the ori gin of the tax. In 1710 another per tentage was laid on. In 1747, after a report bad been presented by a Mr. Reed, a person of great weight, in which it was stated that many persons through the pressure of the tax had begun to block up their win dows, but of which no notice was taken, the tax was gradually augmented. In 1797 and in 1802 Mr. Pitt augmented the tax under the plea of dimi nishing the income-tax. In 1825 a slight alteration was made, and in 1834, Lord Althorp being pressed to take off the house-tax and the window tax, took off the house-tax entirely, forgetting that the window-tax was in the first instance a house-tax. He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would in his reply to his (Lord Duncan's) remark, state what a window really was, for at present every hole in the wall was liable to be charged, and nobody wes exactly certain what a window was. If a man only took a brick out of a wall the effect would be to increase the assessment upon his dwelling. All who had visited foreign cities must have been struck with the fact that the inhabitants of thorn had two win dows to our one in England, and, looking at the great competition to which the labouring classes of this country were subjected, it was obvious that in many re spects additional light would be of great value to them. It was said that an Englishmae's house was his castle, but how could that be so, if his windows were subjected to taxation? It might, perhaps, resemble a castle in being built with ' as few windows as possible, and in being dark in the interior, but as regarded his right over it, in respect of the windows there was .uo such resemblance. A Committee of the House had declared its unanimous opinion that the blocking up of windows by owners of houses for the purpose of escaping the window • tax was the primary cause of much sickness and mor tality in the metropolis ; and, indeed, the legislation had been such as to introduce fever and cholera into many towns of the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) A correspondence had taken place between the Carpen ters' Society and the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject of the exemptions under this tax, and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Goulburn). in reply to their communication, said that it they could make a hole through a wall which should pemit air without Pe ht, thou it would not be chargeable. —(A laugh.) In the heat Of the sanitary reform move ment an association was starred called the Health of Towns Association, which comprised amongst its mem bers the Marquis of Normanby—(Cheers)—the Earl of Carlisle, Mr. Cowper, Mr. She 1, Lord Ebrington, the Right Hon. Member for Oxford, and the Hon. Gentle man the Under-Secretary for the Colonies. The Noble Lord the Member for Falkirk (Lord Lincoln), had brought in a Bill upon the subject, and that Bill the association took into their immediate consideration. They reported " there is one subject so intimately con nected with sanitary improvement that no sanitary mea sure can be tolerably corianlete without embracing it, which is wholly passed over in Lord Lincoln's Bill, and into the investigation of which her Majesty's Commis sioners enter but slightly, namely, the operation of the vexatious window-duties." They added, " The window duties are a tax on light and air—a tax more vicious in principle, more injurious in its practical consequences, than a tax on food —it was, therefore, a most un happy thought which suggested itself to the Legislature of laying a tax upon windows to prevent the ingress of light and air. It was not for the House of Commons to step in between God and the people, and by laying a tax on the light of Heaven and the breath of life to ren der them unattainable to a large mass of the population," --(Hear, hear.) This was only a portion of the report, which was drawn up so ably, and which said what he would have wished to say so much more eloquently than he could pretend to do, that he trusted the Hon. and Right Hon. Gentlemen he saw on the Ministerial benches, who concurred in drawing up that report, would rise and reiterate those sentiments which he-had so frequently listened to when they sat on the opposite side of the House.—(Bear, hear.) The same report went on to state, that in proportion as the window duty excluded light and air, it tended to deteriorate the popu lation by presenting obstructions to the full development of the physical condition of the people. With reference to the sliding scale, it showed that its effect was to make the poor pay for the rich; and it likewise showed that the operation of the tax generally was exceedingly discouraging to tire erection of model-houses for the poor. Now, really, with such strong facts before them respecting the effects of the tax, and entertaining, as he did, a strung opinion that, u n d er p rese nt circumstances, sinitary reform was a mere delusion, he hoped that when they came to discuss the question of the salaries of the Sanitary Commissioners the Hon. Member for Mon trose would give his particular attention to the question; for surely nothing could be more absurd and ridiculous than, cm the ono hand, to pey large salaries to a number of Commissioners who did nothing but inundate the House with blue-books, and on the other hand to raise mosey to meet those very salaries by taxation from the untortunete people who inhabited the smaller description of houses.—(llear, hear.) Ile begged it to be borne in mind that a sacrifice of 100,0001. a year would enable the House to do away at once with the window-duty W 1 - _ all houses below twelve windows--a sum which would he a uch better expended in this way tie;, in the Fay tai u, of salaries to the Commissiouers at Gwyder-house. In Mr. Simon's report on tho sanitary cond,tion of the city of London, it was stated " thet the re aro houses and localities within the city which aro irremediably bad—places which the uninterrupted e - Fence of epidr mic disease has stamped as absolutely ter lie for human habitation—places where drainage and water supply are indeed defective, but where the perli ction of those necessaries might exist in all probability er theta giving healthiness to the inhabitants—the predomivant evil in all the cases referred to was their thorough im possibility of ventilation." That report was last week adopted by the Committee of Health of the City Omit of Sewers, and the Court itself unanimously passed a resolution to the effect that it was their firm opinion that the continuance of the window-tax in a great de gree neutralized the effect of their exertions in behalf of sanitary reform.—(Hear, hear.) Really it was of no use putting a long paragraph about sanitary measures into the Queen's Speech unless something was done to mo dify the window duties. He could read to the House evidence almost without end in support of his views on this subject. He would only trouble them, however, by referring to the memorial of the medical officers of the West London, East London, and City of London Poor-law unions, in which they pointed out the inconsis tency of the Goverment appointing boards of health and keeping on the taxes upon light and air. He ap pealed to all those Hon. Members who had directed their attention to sanitary reform to stand up in their places and say whether the existence of the window-tax had not thwarted them in their exertions to provide better habi tations for the people of this country? He must say it would be a curious thing if, immediately after all the philanthropic sentiments which had been expressed in that House with respect to the habitations of the poor, when they were debating the subject of the brick duties, it should be declared that we had actually come to that pass that it was absolutely impossible to get on unless we continued to levy a tax upon light and air. lie knew he would be told that he was a thoroughly im practicable person, —that he was calling upon the House to do that which would prevedt the interest of the na tional debt from being paid. He denied that such was his object, or that such would be the effect of his metier. When they looked back to former years, and considered what had occurred, he thought the House would agree with him that the shorter they kept the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the head the better. What had been the after; of the broad hint that was given that Right Hon. Gentleman, that they would not agree to a 5 per cent. property-tax? The effect had been, that this very year they had had the pleasure c.f seeing him come that House and declare that he Kar in pereression of a large surplus, and that so much eco nomy had been introduced into every department of the Stat 3 that it could b© carried no further. This same statement about economy, it would be remembered, was made last year; and yet the House had had the pleasure of seeing the estimates for this year 1,000,000/. below those of last year.—(Hear.) The fact was, that so fa as words went, they were all in favour of economy; but the moment some really saving measure was proposed is reminded him of the Council of Beasts— " When saving measures were professed, A lamb's head was the wolf's request; The fox submitted, if to tauch A gosling would be deemed too much?" A majority or . that House had declared that it was im possible the national honour could be maintained unless they voted 1,000,0001. a year to the African squadron. He hoped that the people would understand that if the sum that Ras voted to the African squadron was retained there would be no necessity of taxing houses under fourteen windows. When he was told that economy had been c.irried out as far as possible, he recollected that the Tama thing was said two years ago, when he brought forward this motion. Since tht.t time it had been his good or bad fortune to be Chairman of the Committee on the Woody and Forest 7. It appeared that in that de partment of the State the practice p:evailed of deduct ing the expethes of the department and paying the residue only, in, tcad of the gross receipts, into the Ex elv glee. Ile stated fearlessly that two years ago, out of an incoma (5370,0001. only 60,0C)0/. found its way to into the pub!;c Exchequer. In 1831 the Committee on Public Ace , Aints reported that:— To accomplish with perfect security and efficiency thine objects of safa custody, legal appropriation, and remril, it is ebviouiy necessary that all public money whatever should, in the first inst ince, be paid into the Exchequer. But it appears from the accounts laid be fore Parliament that the whole amount of the public in come is not so paid, but that amounts derived from divers sources of revenue are received and disbursed without the intervention of this institution, or being in any way submitted to its control. It is also certain that considerable sums arising from taxes and other matters are deducted from the gm-is receipts, and re tained and expended by several departments, which only account to the Exehecpier for the net amount after such deductions. We think this practice ought to be dis continued, and we recommend the gross receipt of the Crown property under Woods and Forests and other offices should be placed, without deduction, in the Ex chequer, and be accounted for to Parliament, whose au thority should be necessary for the appropriation of the whole. We feel this principle to be one of paramount importance, a principle which we believe to be a neces sary preliminary to all satisfactory financial reform." He trusted the Chancellor of the Exchequer would tell the House what steps had been taken to carry out the recommendation of that Committee. He begged to re mind the House, too, that on the 31st of May, 1848, the following motion by Dr. Bowriug was carried by a ma jority cf 56 to 51:--" That this House cannot be the effectual guardian of the revenues of the State, unless the whole amount of the taxes, and of various other sources of imcome received for the public account, be either paid in or accounted for to the Exchequer." Ho (Lord Duncan) did not hesitate to say, after two years' experience on the Committee of Woods and Forests, that great reductions might be made in that department. (Hear.) Ile trusted that lion. Members would duly consider whether economy had been carried to a suffi cient extent before they consented to the Light Hon. Gentleman raising a revenue upon light and air, which ha I been granted by Divine Providence to such unlimited extent, upon the abundance of which the necessaries of life and the physical condition of the people depended, and which be contended no Government had a right to withhold.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord concluded by reading his motion. Sir DE LACY EVANS said, in seconding the reso lution, that after the comprehensive manner in evtiich the Noble Lord who hadi just sat down had treated this important subject, ho had little else to do than to reite rate some of the more prominent observations which ho luni made, and to insist on the necessity there was for paying attention to them. The Noble Lord had pointed out a remarkable circumstance incidental to this tax which was, that though the houses of the United King dom had immensely increased in number knee the tax was imposed, yet, in point of fact, there had scarcely been any augmentation of the revenue from the first. It wan true that several exemptions had been made, but they were quite inadequate to account for the non-in crease of the revenue. There was no mode of solving the difficulty, except by the fact that hundreds and thousands of houses :had been either deprived of the amount of light and air which they would otherwise have enjoyed, or been constructed in a manner directly suited to evade the duty—cf which be bad many instances in his own district. It must be totally inconsistent in this House and in the Government allowing, sanitary commissioners to carry on their proceedings, and at the same time to inai,tain a tax the operation of which was to counteract all their efforts.—(Hear, hear.) Ile did not at all deny the necessity of taxation for maintaining the public credit—but then taxation ought to bo wise, and it ought to be equal. If economy could not ho carried further that session, as he understood the Right Hon. Gentle man, the Chancellor of the Exchequer to say, still he could see no reason why he shuuld not attempt to equalise taxation by repealing the obnoxious window duty, and imposing a probate duty on real property'• There were three distinct objections to the window duty as it was now imposed: its inequality, its partiality" and the detriment to the public health, especially of the poorer classes, which it worked. Its inequality, was mat ked, and as for its partiality, if farms under 2001 a year rent were exempted from it, he could see no reason why shops of equal rents should not be exempted also. This tax was felt to be an obnoxious one all over the metropolis, and he hoped that it it could not be entirely repealed during the pieesent session, at least that houses having less than fourteen windows might be exempted from it. lie had great pleasure in seconding the reso lution. On the question being put, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this was not the first occasion on which his Noble Friend opposite had brought this subject before the House, and he did not know that he had now advanced any new argument upon it; indeed, he believed that there was nothing more to be said with reference to it. He would not attempt to fellow his Noble Friend into the other topics on whi c h h e h a d a l so spoken, for he did p a think it advantageous on the present question to discuss such a matter as the management of the woods and forests, which, though undoubtedly a very proper question for the consideration of the House when properly brought before it, was foreign to the immediate subject of the debas.e. His Noble Friend said that ho (the Chanoellor of the Exchequer) had declared that economy could be, carried no furth e r th a t sess i on . N ow, what he ban said more than once was, that in order to effect great reductions, they should be effected gradually. They had reduced the estimates year after year, and still he did not say that economy could be carried no further; but be did say, that in order to effect an extensive econoinit with a duo regard for the interest of the country, econom y should be gradual and successive. Far froth saying that no further it w ther reductionsasnotbeabaedovuisldle to reduce made,hein t t e o s n t l i y m n u o te now say saythat below the amount prop ose d t o t h e H ou se' The objections which his Noble Friend had taken to the uinslow-ta)s, arose, in a great measure, out of the exerar tions from it which certain classes enjoyed. He appeared to consider the exemption as an aggravation of the talc, and that becaus e cer t a i n parties had been relieved from paying it, thet, alone was enough to make the tax bad. The exemptions were enjoyed by those engaged in thg important avocat i ons of agriculture, manufacture, en,' trade, for carrying on productive industry. Then h i° Noble Friend made a proposal for further exemptions , which, according to his own view of the subject, ought to render the law still more objectionable. At present houses under eight windows were exempt from duty, and it was proposed that houses under twelve windows should be exempt. That would carry the exemption little further, and involve a sum of 206,0001., although no reason a pp eare d to b e stated for fixing th e num ber of windows. His Noble Friend also rested his objection el sanitary grounds, and had referred to the authorities of Parliam en t ary C omm itt ees on th e su b ject. The getter tendency of debates of this kind was, that some taxwas to be got rid cr. It vra hi 1 2 .3 ysrJ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL lO, 1850.