The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-03 00:00:00

• ____,----_ [The following a ppeared in our Fourth Edition of last night :---] THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The crowd which awaited the unclosing of the gate of the Crystal Palace this morning was certainly not so great as that tempted there by yesterday's pageant, but the doors had:not been long open before a stream of season-ticket holders began to pour in, and before an hour had elapsed scarce a department of the building w as without its fair share of visitors. On entering the -building we were at once struck with the fact that rapid - progress had been made since yesterday towards bringing everything to a state of completion. Numerous articles were displayed to-day throughout, which yesterday, from some cause or other, had not been displayed, and on every side the busy hum of preparation, and the bustling attendants showed that every anxiety was felt in all quarters to complete the display, and to dispel all doubts and fears which the apparent backwardness of some de partments might have awakened. The enthusiasm which was excited in favour of the Exhibition by the success of yesterday's glorious ceremony was evinced this morning by the rush made at the office for the purchase of season tickets, almost equalled the exeitement of the few last days preceding the opening. Her Majesty's visit, the splendour of the pageant which of itself alone was sufficient to have im mortalized the Crystal Palace as the scene of the most soul-stirring event which has ever bee n witnessed in eich the history of Europe, and the complete satisfaction which w as evinced on every hand stampeci,upon the undertakingts th e assurance of success, conf if me d the hesitating, d even converted those who had been hitt, oscptical. that the promises which had been held u t ert nd the anticipa °la ' b a e carried out to tions which had been excited, mould' obtained acl evenm is - the full. The number of vi-ait a w o a r sion by payment at the doors who so considerable, g w uinea, and if to-day, with though the price fixed e a a s a specimen of the eagerness all its drawbacks, be taken as wonders of the Crystal of the public to es! be beyond all anticipation. The P.thee , its success will 1,7 t h e Austrian department were suite of rooms crowded ju w hich they are fitted up, called forth thro ughou t the day , and the exquisitely beauti fel m anner wh i c h have been en the warmest expre ssions of admiration. Two room s , fitted up close to the north for the accommodation of her Majesty, Teo: s h e visits the building, were also prominent ob jects of curiosity. The interior is lined with fluted Columns of blue and white, the furniture of the same hue , re lieved by festoons of white lace. sil'e understand that it is not intended to have a mili tary force on the premises, with the exception of two sentinels of the Guards at the entrance, and these more as marks of honour than for any use, as the excellent arrangements of Mr. Pearce and the A division are fully sufficient for any contingecies. A line of electric telegraphic has, however, been laid down from the ,building, through the park, to Scotland yard, so that should any emergency arise no time will be lost in the dispatch of assistance. There is a branch also to Buckingham Palace, which will be used to con vey messages to the royal circle of the doings of each day and hour at the Crystal Palace, in which they take so deep an interest. When we left the building at three o'clock, we met a long string of carriages, filled with visitors, pro ceeding thither even at that hour. A new gate has been opened in the Park, just below Hyde-park Cor ner, for the admission of carriages which are proceeding to set down at the building. ELECTION COMMITTEE. HARWICH. _ (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) When' the evidence was concluded some discussion arose as to the mode of proceeding, and it was ultimately arranged that Mr. Phinn should address the Committee to-morrow. The Committee then adjourned until eleven to-day. THE LONDON GAZETTE, May 2. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 4, 1851. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Tuesday, May 6, at two o'clock. BOARD OF GRF.EN CLOTH, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 1. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages proceeding to her Majesty's Drawing-room , on Tu esda y the 6th of Ma y , are to fall into line and come down the left-hand side of St. James's-street, enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the iron gate nearest Marlborough-house, to wait in St. James's square. When called, they are to pass from the square through Charles-street, into Regent- street and Jermyn street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and go away through Fall-malL No hackney carriages will be admitted within the gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entree, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Sa turday next, from eleven till three o'clock : their carriages are to pass through Constitution-hill-gate, into St. James's Park : those belonging. to the Ambassadors and Foriegn Ministers are to set down at the Ambassadors'- entrance in Marlborough-court, at the east end of St. James's Palace, and wait there till called : those belonging to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State are to set down in the Middle-court, and wait there : the car riages of all other persons having the entree are likewise to set down in thp Middle-court, and wait in the Stable-yard, or St. James's -park till called; they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket; to prevent which, it must be pro duced at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the marshalmen in attendance; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to the Palace than as above directed. WESTMINSTER, Lord Steward. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 29. The Queen !us been pleased to approve of Mr. Nicolas Malls as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the Emperor of ali the Russias. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Oliver John Williams as Vice-Cen , ul at Harwich—of Mr. David Barclay Niven as Vice-Consul at Dundee—and of Mr. John Hind, junior, as Vice-Consul at Belfast, for his Majesty the Kipg of the Belgians. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 2. 4,h Regiment of Dragoon Gaards—Lieut. Ernest Henry Lane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cunningham, who re tires; Cornet John Glasgow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane, May 2. 16th Light dragoons—Cornet Clement Jekyll Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dickson, promoted, May 2. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Sidney Burrard to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. C. R. Pakenham, who retires, May 2. 22a Foot—Captain Francis James Bampfylde, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice White, who exchanges, May 2. 27th Foot—Captain James Hay, from half-pay Unat tacticd, to be Captain, vice Walter Butler, who exchanges; Lieutenant Edward Barnes to be Captain by purchase, vice Hay, who retires ; Ensign John David D own i ng to be Lieutenant, by purcase, vice Barnes, M a y 2. - 39th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant William Henry Wil son to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Michael C. Wall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnston, who retires, Nay 2. 42d Foot—Captain Hamilton Douglas Gordon, from the 78th Fuot, to be Captain, vice Hay, who exchanges, May 2. 49th Foot—Captain Thomas White, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Bamf"lde, who exchanges, May 2. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Norris Toole, from half-pay 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rutherfoord, promoted to an Unattached Company; Ensign William Price Hill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Took, who retires; John Vin cent, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill, May 2. 78th Foot—Captain Thomas Robert Drummond Hay, from the 42d Foot, to be Captain, vice Gordon, who ex changes, May 2. 81st Foot-:Lieutenant John Oldright to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet Major Splaine, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign Thomas Hignell to be Lieutenant, vice Oldright ; Sergeant-Major James Rule to be Ensign, vice May 2. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 29. , The following promotions have this day taken place in tol4 e9uence of the death of Admiral of the Red Sir Edward Aogton, O.C. B.:— Admiral of the White Sir Charles Ekins, K.C.8., to be Ad rai al of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., to be Ad miral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White. Robert Jackson to be Vice-Ad miral of the Red. Tice-Admiral of.the Blue Archibald Duff to be Vice-Admiral • of the White. Bear-Admiral of the Red the Honourable Josceline Percy, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Richard Arthur, C. 8., to be Lear-Admiral of the Red. B ear -Admiral of the Blue Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Knt., to be Bear-Admiral of the White. Captain Henry Meynell to be Rear-admiral of the Blue. NAVAL MEDALS. ADMIRALTY, MAT 1. The books oftheNaval Medal C ommittee having been this day closed against the reception of further claims, all marines, and others, whose claims have been officers, seamen, - are hereby informed, that their medals ill furthe r already received, be transmitted to them as soon as they are prepareodi N.B. The above notice against the reception claims does not apply to the Burmese or China medals. As many medals remain o n hand which it ha s not been ' found possible to deliver , owing__ residen ce or death f the claimants —a to the change of who ii parties (or their representa tives,, if deceased) , i nv ited to renew the sam e , preferred their claims prior to th e Cose of last:year (1850) are a nd their present ad stating the particulars of their clai ms, ' tir ' sses * . By command of their W L . or A d B . II B iP . s' HAMILTON. Iry Cornet Andrew Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of2lid-Lothian. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cava==.7 Gillon to be Lieutenant, vice Trotter, Hope Vere, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Gillon, promotedpromoted; James J. April 16. WHITEHALL, APRIL 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Augustus Smith, of Blandford, in the of Dorset, Gent., county Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. to be a WHITEHALL, APRIL 25. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Pollock, of Ayr, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nar y o f th e Hi g h Court o f Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland. BANKRUPTS. William Burrows, surgeon. Park:areet, Islington, to e e e . , at the Court sur render May 14, at two, and Jane 13,Eaist_,t_w of Bankruptcy. Graham, official 'Ku c , Cooper, Old Cavendish-street. John Woodin, upholsterer, Matilda-street, Islington, 9, at half-past one, and June 13, at twelve, at thoul‘ritaoyf official assignee, Birchin- Bankruptcy. hill ; Tucker and Jones, Sun Chambers, Threadneedle '_ street. ghall-street: Robart Steppard,-commission agent, Norwich? May 1() and June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. p en * nell, official assignee, Guildhall -chambers, Basin Jay, Bucklersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. William Jackson, painter, Orchard-street, Portm an .. square, May 13, at one and June 10, at eleven, at the Cour t of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee; Letts, Bartlett's buildings. William Artley, miller, North Burton, Yorkshire, May 14, and June 11, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick,;official assignee, Hull; Tweed, Hull ; Bell, Hull ; Hodgson, Driffield. William Bown Harrison, bleacher, Lancashire, May 13, and June 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pot; official soignee, Manchester; Cobbettt Mulchester. When made up in Fromwhat wbfin PLACES. General Post-office port dis- due. London. I patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N May 2 .. .. Liverpool.. May 6 America (by U.S. pkt.) N .. .. Liverpool .. May 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) Id May 7 .. .. Southampt. May 4 Africa (West coast)•. N 14th of the month Plymouth May 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 18 l'elgium .. .. .. N Daily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil Runes A .. , . .. Id 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 C — n os •• .. M 9th of the month Southampt. May 12 rneri " .. ~. °rnia (viaChagres) AI 17th of month Southampt. May 5 ....ape o r Goad Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. May 3 Consta ntinople . N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 10 Channel - ^ •. 1)I 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. May 5 Chili „ lea •• •• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Tle.Sa France • •• - M 17th of the month Southampt. May 20 Greece* .... - X&N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedally Hamburgh : '• li 7thl7th27thefmo Dover • • May 10 lf.m9mtelineth2thth. • 11 Holland ~ : ••• li Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Honduras .. „, • 1 Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Tlyr Ireland .. .. liiki, T j±l.ll of the mouth, Southampt. May 20 f the monthlSouthampt. May 28 India (via Sontbamp,) m 2 7 t i li ce a 4 allY • • .. 'Holyhead •• Twicedaily .... MIT 270:ha02f4:707m00n: So poso u v th er ampt . .. A M r a r y; v 2 e B d India (viaMarsellles) N 7that 24th ofmonth Dover .. Arrived Mediterranean (via .. .., .. m '9l'h of the month Mediterranean (via !via 3 Dover May Southampt. May 13 80 119 s tanapt. May b • • • • . N ; 17 2 B, ci th o 3 :l o 7 t t h t h h e o , Mexico aiMitiadteai.ra ..• .. y 10 „ N sth 15th25thofm 1 , Naples * • • " 1_ _ 1 0 ~....over •. Ma 2 Papal States * .. .. Ntl 15th 25th of ino' Dover May 2 M 7th 17th 27th of rno - reninsalar .• • • • • Southampt. May 4, I , .. .. .. 31 17th of tho month ISouthampt. Stay 20 N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • May Tuscany* • • • • • • • 2 Woe I n dies .. .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. Slay 2() West Indies (except , Havanna & Nassau) 111 1 2 d of the month .. Southampt. M ay 5 * The mails to those countries thus marked (5) are conve yed by French packet via Maxseilles -1.11 t o and from California, via the United State! CALIFORNIA.--3...—A 'can packet. are now despatched and due by every Ameri gOuthanapt. I May 5 ~ ed (o) are conveyed by COLLIERY EXPLOSION.--THREE LIVES LOST.—On Wednesday morning. about eight o'clock, a fatal exp losion of fire damp took place at the collieries of Messrs. Joseph Ryland an d Sons, a very s h or t distance from the Wi ga n Market-pl ace. It is more them probable that-there are a consi derable number maimed and disfigured. Already three tetd bodies h ave b een found and brought to th e pit's mouth. Thethe oalclicei r d s e n vi t r o k c i r i e n d t t h h e r o p u i g t, h w h t h e hcarelessness-1 m o p f t o o n p e off.of report was heard by almost every inhabitant of the dis trict. THE SUN, Thomas Clifton and Richard Easby Rawle, spirit mer chants, Bristol, May 16 and June 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee,.Bristol ; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. Joseph M‘Murray, merchant, Liverpool, May Turner, official 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. assignee, Liverpool; Bretherton, Liverpool. and June PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 29, 1850 , exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatien thereof into Great Britain: — From the British possessions in America 265. lid. per cwt From the Mauritius ... 275. 7 i l From the East Indies 295. lid. ~ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly. computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 275. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICRN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, May 2. MARKET IN TEL LIGEN CE. (From the London .New Price Current, May 2.) s ueAß .—To -day former rates were well supported for West India Sugar and there was an increased demand for all sorts. The purchases are 758 hhds &c, including at auc tion 44 hhds and 17 tierces Barbadoes, which went at firm prices and realized 37s to 40s 6d for low to good yellow, 40 hhds Trinidad sold at 36s to 37s for ord and mid, and good brown 35s 6d ; 118 hhds 50 tierces Demerara crystalized went rather higher and realized 40s to 44s 6d for mid to good. REFINED.—To-day there were ready buyers of Refined Sugar for home consumption, and brown Lumps cannot be obtained under 48s 6d per cwt. Crushed Sugar is not cheaper, but little was done. Meunmus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with ready buyers and realised full rates. At sale 4,749 bags were sold; fine yellow went at 40s 6d to 425, mid to good 38s to 40s, low 37s to 37s 9d, mid to fine grey 37s to 40s, and a few lots of fair to good brown 33s 6d to 35s per cwt. EAST INDIA. —This afternoon the public sales of 3,657 bags Bengal went off well at former rates—fine grainy yellow at 43s to 445, good white ditto 45s 6d; fine white Benares 42s Gd to 43s 6d ; other sorts 40s to 425, damp 38s 6d to 435, mid soft yellow 35s to 365, and better kinds, 37s to 39s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately a fair business was concluded at full rates, whilst holders have confidence. MOLASSIS.—Prices are firm for West India, and there is a fair business doing; the purchases are 200 puns at from 14s to 16s for low to fine. Of Bengal and Mauritius small parcels have been sold at 12s to 13s. Cuba met with a better de mand, and 140 casks have been sold at 16s per cwt . COTFEL—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee was operated in with caution and a reduction of is per cwt took place. Of 220 casks and 250 bags at auction rather more than half sold ; fine went at 60s to 675, good 56s to 595, low mid and mid 49s to 545, good and fine fine ord 43s to 48s, and low 42s to 42s 6d, triage 32s 6d to 43s per cwt. For other sorts of Coffee the market has a dull aspect, and there are sellers of good ordinary native at 41s per cwt. COCOA.—The market remains in a dull state for Foreign, and supply is on the increase; at auction 1,674 bags Guaya quil were withdrawn, and 200 bags taken in at 33s per cwt. British Plantation has a downward tendency; red Trinidad is to be obtained at from 48s to 51s, grey 42s to 475, and Grenada 38s to 445. TEA. —The amount of business transacted in Congou has been small in all descriptions, the market is well supplied, and prices tend downwards—low to good ordinary selling at 11 id to is Oid ; medium to strong blackish leaf sorts is Oid to is lid, and better kinds is 2d to is 7d per lb. In consequence of rather lower terms having been acceded to for Oolong several purchases have been made. Operations are to a fair extent in common and medium Green ; at previous rates holders are, however, disposed to sell, but good and fine quali ties have been purchased with caution, and are obtainable upon easier terms. There is no variation in the value of scented or Pekoe Teas, several purchases, however have been made. RICE.—The demand has been better for East India this week, and prices have improvei 3d per cwt. At auction 2,546 bags Bengal were sold at 9s to 91 6d for mid white. Privately a fair business has been transacted ; Madras pinkey at 7s 9d to 8s 6d, Coringa 8s 9d to 9s 6d, Cargo 7s 6d, Arracan 8s to 83 3d, and low to fine white Bengal 8s 6d to lls per cwt. Cleaned Rice sells steadily, and at, firm rates ; Patna at lOs 6d to 14s, fine 15s to 17s ; town dressed Carolina 203 to 28s; and America 16s 6d to 17s. Sago is wanted at 19s to 23s for small pearl ; and Sago Flour at 15s to 15s 6d. Tapioca is in fair demand at 2d to bd per lb. Of St. Vincent's Arrowroot of the new crop, 228 brls, 75% ditto, and 110 tins at auction, sold at 4 1 , 2 d to 7%d per lb. SPICES. —Of Ginger several parces have been sold pri vately this week, and prices rule firm, low to fine Jamaica at 21 les to 64 African 33s to 365, and East India export sort 16s 6d to 18s per cwt. None has been offered at auction. Operations in Mace are to a fair extent at 2s 2d to 2s 4d, and good 'to fine at 2s 5d to 2s Bd. Holders of Nutmegs have confidence, and there is a good demand privately, brown at 2s 6d to 3s 9d, and limed 2s to itts Bd. Or Pepper none has been again offered at auction ; privately several parcels have been sold, and rates rule for Malabar 3d to 3 1 ,4 d, and Sumatra 3d to 3Ncl. White is still selling at 5d to 8d for ord to fine, and is in small supply ; but Pod Pepper is yet dealt in with caution at 30s to 40s per cwt. For Cloves orders are on the increase, and rates rule firm at lid to is 4d for Penang, and at 6 L4d to 6 3 Ad for Bourbon and African. For Cassia Lignea the de mand is only for small parcels at 90s to 975. Cassia Buds are held for 100 s to 105 s, but little has been done. Pimento is wanted at 4X d to 5 , Ad per lb for mid and good, but the supply was small. SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island Rum lower rates have been acceded to ; still operations are upon a small scale at is 6d to is 7d proof. East India met with little attention, although offered at is sd. Prices are yet on the decline for Demerara, and operations have been small this week at 2s to 2s 3d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Jamaica is still purchased with reluctance for all purposes; and • holders are desirous to sell choice marks 35 to 38 per cent over proof, at 3s 10d to 4s 3d, fine 3s 2d to 3s 9d, good mid and good 33 to 35 over 2s 10d to 35 4d, low and mid 30 to 33 over 2s 4d to 2s 9d. In Brandy there has - been little doing for any purpose, and former rates are supported with difficulty. Cognac best Brands of the Vintage of 1850 can be obtained at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 8d to 4s 10d, 1847 ditto 5s 4d to 5s 6d, and inferior sorts 2s 8d to 4s. Geneva is still quoted at Is 7d to is Bd, fine 1s 9d to 2s; British made Spirit Os 6d to 9s 9d; and Gin 8s 3d for 22 per cent under proof. INDIGO.—East India is held with firmness at last quar terly sales rates ; and operations have beer, to a fair extent this week, both for home consumption and shipping. Tile quan tity declared for auction on the 13th is now 8,581 chests. Previous terms are fully supported for Spanish. The gene ral impression is that the East India sale will proceed with fair spirit. SALTPETRE.—There are few buyers for shipping or home trade purposes, and rates tend downwards, although stock remains less than last year. The value of low to fine Cal cutta is now 24s 6d to 28s per cwt. British Refine is held for 29s to 29s 6d, but little has been done. Nitrate of Soda is yet in fair request, at 14s 2d to 14s 6d, and holders are firm. COCHINEAL. The demand does not improve, but holders are less disposed to press sales, and the quantity on offer is less than last week. At auction to-day 100 bags of Hondu ras silvers were in part sold at 3s 3d to 3s 63 for low to mid, and 30 bags Lima at 3s 3d to 3s 8d per lb. TURPENTINE.—In Spirits less business has been done this week, and rates are not so firm, sales of Briti,h drawn have been made at 33s Gd to 34s per cwt. Holders of rough de mand 8s 3d to 8s 6d, but there are few buyers. TALLOW.—This afternoon at auction 770 pkgs South American Tallow were only in part sold at 35s to 38s ; and 600 casks Sydney, Sheep at 36s 6d to 3Ss 3d, and Beef at 34s 6d to 36s per cwt. Oils.—This afternoon at public sale 50 tuns South Oil sold at 281 5s to 291 ss; 200 /Aids Cochin Cocoa Nut 29s 6d to 32s ; 600 hhds East India Seed Oils went at 31s to 33s for Rape, Teel, and Gingelly. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) AnAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria.cap. 82 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 26th day of April, 1851. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Z. Notes issued— ...... 26,662,475 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • . 2,934,900 Gold coin and bullion 12;529,100 Silver bullion • • •• • . 33,375 £26,662,475 1 £26,662,475 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Ist day of May, 1851. BANKING DEPAZTMEN T. Proprietors 'capital .. 14,553,000 Rest • - . ...... . • 3,103,904 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- Ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,308,927 Other deposits • . .. • . 9,812,983 Seven day and other Bills.. • • .. • • .. .... 1,081,984 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13,929,905 Other securities .... 11,509,951 Notes ••••••• • •• • • •• 6,793,570 Gold and silver coin •. 627,372 £32,860,798 32,860,798 3LiRSLEALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the let day of May, 1851 SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, May 2. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he should, on Monday, present a petition from Liverpool, and another from Shields, on the subject of the Mercantile Marine Act. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and ,heir Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes to Four o'clock. are present, and the holders of the proxies of those who are absent. This would be best secured by electing each separately. " The clergy of every deanery may send their opinions on the different questions to be proposed through their representatives, who will, however, be free to give their own judgment on those questions in the synod. "We may humbly hope that this and future similar meetings may be a means of giving, both to the bishop and to the clergy at large, the benefit of mutual consultation on various matters which shall from time to time arise of im portant consequence to our ministerial usefulness, and there fore to the edification of our people. " I am, dear Mr. Archdeacon, your affectionate . . conversation, said he felt aggrieved at the language which the Bishop of Exeter had used in his letter, and he considered every man, woman, and child belonging to the Church of Englend would do so. Now as it was a maxim of our law that no wrong could be committed without a remedy, he should be glad to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether he was prepared to apply a remedy to this case? The SPEAKER reminded the Hon. Member that the question before the House was, that the House at its rising do adjourn till Monday, and yet a variety of subjects had been discussed, which had no reference whatever to that motion. That course was most inconvenient and exceedingly irregular. The Noble Lord at the bead of the Government had already spoken once on this motion, and it would be contrary to order for him to speak again.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME wished to know then upon what occasions Members of the House could bring forward the grie vances of the people.—(" Oh," and cries of " Order.") Here the matter dropped. HOUSE DUTY. Mr. EWART wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether buildings subdivided into different dwellings (like model lodging-houses, and houses occu pied is flats or portions of flats, as in Scotland)—such dwellings being valued under 201. a-year and rated separately—will be subject to the house-duty? The CtIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would bo very difficult to draw a 'distinction between houses so occupied in order to exempt them from house duty. The motion for the adjournment of the House till Mondey was then agreed to. PROPERTY-TAX BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on the Pro perty-tax Bill, Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS moved that the pro visions of the said Bill, as far as regarded the imposition of that tax on the interest of the pub lic debt, salaries, and emoluments of public offi cers, pensions, and sinecures be extended to Ireland. The Hon. Member said nothing tended more to sever the union which ought to exist between England and Ireland than the adoption of a different system of law and taxation in the two countries. On all the occasions when the in come-tax was discussed in the House he had never heard one efficient reason given why it should not be ex tended to Ireland as well as England. The only reason of any value assigned was that Ireland was too poor, but he considered that a man in Ireland is the receipt of 1501. a year was as capable of paying the tax as a man receiving the same sum' annually in England. He consequently ought to be made to pay the tax. The interest of the debt paid in Ireland amounted to 1,417,0001. a year, which was wholly exempted from the income-tax. The debt owing by the Government to the Bank of Ireland was 2,630,000/., upon which they paid 3(4 per cent. This was also exempted from the income-tax; while the debt due to the Bank of England, 11,000,0001., upon which they paid 3 per cent., was subject to the income tax. This was a most unjust and anomalous state of things. There was altogether paid to public officers in Ireland sala ries amounting to 300,0001. a year, including those of the Lord-Lieutenant and Chief Secretary, which were wholly free from deductions on account of the income-tax. If they added to this amount the salaries paid to the officers of Customs, Excise, Stamp-office, Post-office, and other public establishments, he had not the least doubt but that the amount paid on the whole fell very little short of 2,000,000/. annually, which was entirely exempted from the income tax. And yet a poor half-pay officer was compelled to pay out of his wretched allowance the income-tax. Since the imposition of this tax. the people of England had paid about 50,000,000!., while the people of Ireland had not paid a far thing. According to the return for which he had moved the people of Great Britain were paying 13,500,000/. in the shape of taxes from which Ireland was exempt. Although the re presentatives from Ireland were in the habit of complaining of the heavy pressure of taxation upon that country, the fact was that they had only paid on an average one-thirteenth part of the taxation of the United Kingdom. He did not think, therefore, that the gentlemen from Ireland had a right to complain of any injustice being done to them on this head. He hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as a matter of justice towards England, would propose the extension of the tax to Ireland. Having called the attention of the House to this subject he felt that he had discharged his duty. Mr. F. FRENCH said that he had no objection to enter upon this subject if it were proposed at a proper time. He, however, trusted that the House would not discuss a subject which did not properly arise at that moment. The House then went into Committee upon the Bill. On Clause 1 being proposed, Mr. FRESHFIELD rose to bring forward the amendment of which he had given notice. His main propositions were in reference to the Schedules B, C, D ; but, in order to render them effective, it was necessary to alter the language of the first clause. He would first propose to insert atter the word " granted," in page 2. line 7, the following words :—" So far as the same are expressed in the sche,ules to this Act an nexed and subject to the provisions therein contained." The question to which he wished to draw the attention of the Committee would not be really raised until they came to Schedule C, which was the most material clause. His pro position was—" The same as in Schedule C of said Act, ex cept that the duty shall be assessed in cases of annuities con tingent upon life upon the annual amount of such annuity after deducting one-third of such amount as the premium of insurance payable to provide for the contingency; and as to annuities for terms of years, the assessment to be made upon the dividend which would be payable upon the amount of Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities which might be purchased with the produce of such annuity for terms of years, if sold, such value to be ascertained on the sth of April in each year, according to the Government tables." It was obvious that they taxed the whole of an annuity contingent upon life. A prudent man, however, would reserve a portion of that for the support a his family after his death, either in the shape of a life assurance, or in some other mode. The annuity would be thus considerably lessened in its amount, for calculating the amount it would cost him for the life assurance from the period at which he commenced the payment of it, together with other expenses incidental to the attainment of that object, he thought that the annuity actually received t‘y him did not amount to much more than the one-half of what it nominally was. He should therefore be taxed only upon the amount which he actually received. This kind of pro perty differed widely from that which was realized, and should be taxed differently. The next part of his propo sition referred to annuities for terms of years. Nothing could be more unjust than to say that the whole of that annuity should be taxed. He had taken the price of Long Annuities, as they were stated in 1842, and tee prices of Consols at that time. If a man had 100/, a year in April, 842, and sold it then, it would produce him 1,320/. If he invested that sum in the purchase of Three per Cents. at that period, it would be equal to a sum of 1,440/. The value of this, converted into money, as shown afterwards, by investing it in Consols, would give him an income of 431. -snot yet they took from him a tax upon 100/. It was clear that he had only this income for a period, and the effect produced by lapse of time upon the value of his property was very serious. In respect to Sche dule D, he would propose the same as in Schedule Dof the said Act, except that the duty should be 31d. for each 20s. This related to trades and professional incomes. He knew how difficult it was to deal with that subject. He was, how ever, of opinion that it was unjust and impolitic to tax those incomes in the way they had hitherto done. It was most unjust to compare incomes from such sources with those re sulting from well-ascertained property. The profits in trade were obtained with difficulty and risk. They were generally usefully employed in the education of children and the en couragemeht of labour. He would also attempt to extend the same justice to Schedule B. The words which he pro posed to introduce would enable them to make the schedules what they pleased. It therefore appeared to him that he ought to have the rote of every Hon. Gentleman who de sired in any way to amend the Bill. He did not ask that the whole of the tax should be given up, but, considering the hardship of the tax and the period in which they were living, he thought it would be just if halt the tax were given up in the case of professional incomes, as well as on the profits of trade. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER protested against the course adopted by the Hon. and Learned Gentle man as very inconvenient. It would be far more desirable to discuss a matter involving a question of principle, in the shape of a substantive motion, than on the proposition on the insertion of a few words. The Hon. and Learned Member sought to leave Schedule A at its present rate of 7d. in the pound, and Schedule B also at its present rate, which was equivalent to 7d. in the pound, while ho proposed ex emptions in the case of life annuities, which he did not pro pose to give to annuities charged on land or on life estates ; and on Schedule D, which included profits made in trade, which certainly at this moment was not suffering under much depression, he proposed a reduction of one-half. It would be far more convenient to discuss the whole question in a sub stantive form. Mr. SPOONER reminded the Committee that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman only asked them to consent to such an alteration as would enable them to alter the schedules hereafter. Mr. HENLEY, without pronouncing any opinion as to the schedules themselves, thought that some such words ought to be introduced, in order to enable them to raise the question as to the duties. If they passed the clause without them they would deprive themselves of the power to alter the du ties. This the Chancellor of the Exchequer was quite aware of, and he would tell them afterwards that they had voted the tax and could not help going on with it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thanked the Hon. Member for the estimate he had formed of his cha racter, but he should be unworthy of the position he held if he could be guilty of the conduct of which the. Hon. Member supposed him capable. Mr. HENLEY disclaimed any intention to give offence to the Right Hon. Gentleman, but he thought they might be precluded from altering the schedule, unless some such ge neral words were introduced. '1 he CHAIRMAN said the instruction already moved was general to amend the Bill in ease of necessity. Mr. TRELAWNY protested against the amendment as calculated to endanger the whole measure. Mr. SPOONER asked whether, by passing Clause 1, with out the insertion of the words proposed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Boston (Mr. Freshfield), they would not be precluded from making any alteration except those con tained in the motion of his Hon. and Gallant Friend the Member for Lincoln ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Hon. Gentleman that he would not turn round upon him, or recede in any way from any understanding into which he had entered. Mr. FRESHFIELD asked if they would be able to go back and amend the first clause, if they passed it now without introducing the words he had proposed ? pa T ss h ed e C ae H. y A c l ia lt e A r N e p s u a g i d a a i n t t wt to s i i u t e n c i l e e a a n r i hgat or i s f p t i h r i e t y , t h he a y d could not go back, but they might strike out the clause. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the amendment would not be pressed, as it would cause great inconveni ence. amendment The efthe whole merits of the case would be raise d on Hon. Member for Montrose, and for that he would reserve himself. The amendments were then negatived without a division. Mr. IIUME then moved to limit the duration of the tax to one year, with the view of instituting an inquiry by a Se lect Committee into the mode of assessing and collecting the tax; and whether the injustice of levying the same rate of charge upon terminable as upon perpetual annuities, and upon filuctuating and varying incomes from trades and pro fessions as upon fixed incomes from real property, cannot be greatly modified or altogether removed. He was not pre pared to support any alteration of the Bill for the present year, because it would be impossible to do so without inter fering with the measures before Parliament, and his propo sition, therefore, was to limit its duration to one year, but to leave it untouched. The whole question required deli berate consideration, and it would be impolitic to legislate with reference to one class, leaving out the others. All the objections which had been urged Against it on the present 1851. occasion he had urged when Sir R. Peel introduced the tax, and a great many more besides. His object was not to get rid of the tax, but to make it. permanent, and at the same time equitable and just. The Hon. and Learned Member op posite passed by Schedule A, with respect to which those who came under its operation had, perhaps, as much cause to com plain as others, the tax being leVied on the gross nominal income, when it was perfectly well known that a large pro portion went for repairs. No permanent renewal of the tax could take place without modifying that.—(Protectionist cheers.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Sir R. Peel's Government told them at the time that it would be impos• siblc to remove the inconveniences and injustice of the tax, and his successor under the present Government, by his con duct, seemed to be of the same opinion. The tax had been conceded to serve a temporary purpose, and afford an oppor tunity to try a great experiment. In 1818, when he m a d e a similar motion to the present for limiting its duration to one year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer held out hopes that before the time for its renewal arrived her Majesty's Go vernment would have taken the trouble to inquire how the injustice might be remedied. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I did not so understand it. Mr. HUME continued to observe that he had no desire to interfere with the arrangements already made or to paralyse the operations of the Government. He could not understand why the Government should refuse to examine the tax in all its bearings, when the injustice of the present plan had been so universally admitted, especially as an inquiry could be conducted with so much greater effect by a Government than by any individual. He proposed to continue the tax for one year, and then to appoint a Comm ttee to inquire into the operation of the tax upon the various classes of the community. He was not one who wished to see the income-tax removed, because he was against the system of indirect taxation, upon two grounds—first, because it increased the charge of every article on which a duty was paid, in some cases to the amount of 30 per cent. ; and next because he desired to have excise duties remove on such articles as paper, soap, hops, and even malt—and upon the latter article especially, because he desired to put down habits of intoxication in this country, as those habits were to be attributed to the use of ardent spirits. He said that particularly with regard to his own country, where the people, instead of being remark able, as they had been formerly, for their sobriety, had be come drunkards.— (Laughter.) Now he believed that the general use of a wholesome beverage, such as might be pro duced from malt, would tend to correct those habits. He wished them to put an end to a system of indirect taxation, which promoted such an evil, and to have in place of it a property-tax—that is, a tax which would include every spe cies of pr perty. (Hear, hear.) He would make no excep tion—he would go down to the lowest fraction, because the making exceptions was inducing large classes in the com munity to be indiffeient to taxation ; and it was giving to whomsoever might be Chancellor of the Exchequer for the day an undue advantage. Now he did not wish any vote to be given under the idea that he wished to get rid of the property and income-tax. He had no such desire; but he said that their taxation was enormous, because their expen diture in a great degree was very useless and very unne cessary, and the large masses of the working classes were compelled to pay a great deal more than they ought to pay. (Hear.) Some said that England was better able now to pay taxes than she had ever been ; that her capital had trebled since 1793. Let them look to the taxation in 1793. It amounted to 16,000,000/. ; the expenditure was 15,000,0001., and 1,000,000/. was appropriated by Mr. Pitt as a sinking fund to pay off the national debt, which was then only 93,000,000/. Their military proceedings against France had led to an addition of 600 00J,000/. to the national debt. New he wantec: no such thing as a robbery of the public creditor, although their debt amounted at present to between 700,000,0001. and 800,000,0001. Their capital had increased in a large ratio; it had increased from 60,000,0001. to 105,000,0001. His belief was that it had increased twofold during that period. But did that capital pay more than it did before? He believed that it did not with the exception of that which was produced by the income-tax. They raised now in taxes from 34,000, 001. to 35,000,000/. from the work- ing classes. That, he said, was a gross injustice to those class , s. They ought to apply a property tax to the capital of the country—that which would make capital pay for the protection it received in proportion to the amount of property that was to be protected.—(Hear, hear.) The poor in ,n who received Bs. a week in wages—what capital had he? And yet that man paid five times in proportion to his means as compared with the person who had a large property.— (Hear, hear.) Let them look to their taxation at the present moment. He had their revenue returns from 1762 to 1851, and he found that by their system of taxation 67 per cent. of the whole of the revenue was raised upon the necessaries of life which were used by every working man. The stamps made 11 per cent. of the revenue, the assessed taxes only 8 per cent., the property tax 10 per cent., the Post-office 1 1 - per cent., whilst 3 per cent. upon pensions and oth er sma ll articles made up the rest. Such was the division of taxa tion which thus pressed so heavily upon the working classes, a d that tended at the same time to raise the price of the articles they consumed. Then of the 15,000,0001. raised by direct taxation, including the income-tax, he found that these were the proportions in which it was paid : —the land-tax, 11 per cent. ; windows, 17 per cent. ; servants, 14 per cent. ; carriages, 34 per cent. ; horses, 2 per cent. Let them see, then, how paltry these contributions were as compared with the amount of indirect taxation. One would suppose, from the complaints they had heard on the other side, that the land paid the income-tax altogether, whereas it paid only 40 per cent. A very large proportion was paid by fac tories and messuages. This tax paid by farmers was gra dually decreasing—(" Hear, hear," from the Protectionist Members)—whilst the assessment on factories and mes suages were every year increasing. The income-tax bore at first as much as 64 per cent. on land, and now it was only 40 per cent.— (Hear.) He was anxious to keep taxes below their present rate, and he thought that House was not aware of the injury it was doing by the large portion of money it took out of the pockets of the people for unnecessary expen diture. This, he believed would not occur if they had direct instead of indirect taxation. He maintained that the whole of the income-tax might have been saved if the whole of their useless military establishments had been dispensed with. The amount paid for their military establishments, from 1833 to 1837, was 60,000,0001.—that was an average of 12,163,0001.: whilst in the three years from 1848 the aver age of the expenditure was 21,000,0001., and, deducting from that the expenses of the Kafir war, and 80 ,0301. to relieve Irish distress, there was 8 956,000/. more paid in each of the lime last years than at the fo-mer period. For ten years before the income-tax had been levied the whole of their military expenditure was 131,000,0011, and the average was 13,116,0001. ; in the eight years since the income-tax had been paid the military expenditure was 144,866,01'01—that is, the average was 18,60.),000/. instead of 13,000,0001. The total amount of the income-tax from 1842 to January last was X 9,709,0001, and the extravagant expenditure upon their military establishments during the same period was 39,901,0001.—(11ear, hear.) Thus the whole of the income tax went to the maintenance of unnecessary establishments. —(Cheers.) He hoped, then, that the House would support him in the proposition he made for restricting the collection of the income-tax to one year—(Hear, hear)—so that when it was next proposed taxation might be made palatable to the people, by showing that it was just, and' that it was necessary.—(Hear, hear) He objected altogether to the present mode of collecting the tax. Toe Commissioners were appointed on political grounds, and the collectors were not responsible to the Government. He had a plan which would remove all difficulties of that kind. By his plan he would employ the officers of the Excise, who were tried men ; 300,000,000/. were collected by them without any defalca tion. The Customs appointments were filled up in a dif ferent manner from that pursued in the Excise, and hence the misfortunes that had occurred. The collectors in the Excise were paid very moderate salaries. Some with no more than WO/. a year collected millions. He, then, had perfeet confidence that in that department he oould find the materials for carrying out the plan that he had in view. He now moved that the words "one year" be inserted in the clause in place of " three years." Mr. Alderman THOMPSCLN seconded the amendment; but, in doilyg so, he could not 'upport the argument of the Hon. Member for Montrose. He did not agree in the policy of his Hon. Friend; for he was one of those who thought that it was most convenient to raise a proportion of the re venue of this country by a moderate duty upon foreign pro ductions.—( Cheers.) He supported the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman because he did not think that House had kept faith with the public with respect to the income tax. They had renewed it twice, and were now asked to renew it a third time; each time upon different grounds. He did not wish to enter into any detailed account of the partial and u•:- just way in which the tax operated; but he must say that he did not approve generally of the Budged of the present Ministers. He thought the Budget was capable of very great improvement, for he had the same objection to a house•tax as to an income-tax. He had been long enough a member of that House to know what pressure had been placed upon Ministers to repeal a house tax on account of its injustice.—(Hear.) The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the first night of his Budget gave them to understand that he had something good in reserve for them for the year 1854. He told them that he would then be enabled to repeal a considerable amount of taxation. Now, though the Right Honourable Gentleman did not tell them what he meant, he could guess that he alluded to the terminable annuities. In the year 1822, the Chancellor of the Exchequer—the late Lord Bexley—had raised a considerable sum by terminable annuities. The object was to relieve the heavy pressure then felt, occasioned by taxation for the military and navy half-pay list. Lord Bexley then raised the sum by annuities for forty-five years, and thus diminished the then existing burden. Experience has since proved that was a wise course adopted by her Majesty's Government.— (11 , ar.) If it were true, and he was not disposed to deny the truth of the allegation, that this country was year by year better able to bear the burden of taxation, he would ask, would it not be sound policy to give the present generation sorn• relief, and not to refuse doing so for the benefit of those who might be living in the year 1867? He would now call the atten:ioa of the House to the amount of terminable annuities Present Decrease per Annum. Diminished rate of interest} £ on Three-and-a Quarter per 510,000 Cents. ...• .. - ----------- _ Terms of years ............... ... 29a,118 Ditto ... ......... ......... 191,960 Long Annuities .....• . ... .. 1,230,000 Irish Ditto .. 51,000 26 years' Annuity . .... 212,780 D ea d weight ditto When Ending, £3,206,598 In 1860 the reduction will be The conversion of permanent into terminable annuities is at the rate of from 700,0001. to 800,0001. per annum, Unredeemed debt Annual charge thereof ... . .... 27,620,447 Per Annum. Present annual decrease by treating these an nuities as if they were expired, is... .. ......... £3,206,598 But by borrowing in Consuls at 96 to pay the dividends as they become due on the above annuities so cancelled, the permanent annual charges on Consols will be... 169,108 So that the above immediate decrease per annum of 3,206,598/. will be gradually lessened year by year, until sth of April, 1867, when it will re main permanent at The present annual decrease, by treating these annuities as it' they were expired, was 3,206,598/. per annum. If capitalised it would amount to one-eighth of the whole of the national debt. He had made a cal culation at that time, that if they were to convert these payments into permanent annuities—that was to say, capitalised them—the amount of charge per annum, with Consols at 96, would be 869, LO-/. ; so that the before mentioned decrease of 3,206,`981. per annum would be gra dually lessened year by year, until the sth of April, 1867, when it would remain at 2,337,4901. Had the Chancellor of the Exchequer taken these matters into consideration, he (Alderman Thompson) thought the Right Hon. Gentleman would have found that his position was such that it was not absolutely necessary for him to continue an income-tax, which was subject to all those objections and heart-burnings of which they had heard so much, both in and out of the House. In his opinion it was impossible to frame any in with the come-tax which would be free from objection; and views he had expressed he should give amendment or the Hon. Member for Montrose. exhibited Mr. MO WATT said that though the alacrity's, I of th e by Hon. Gentlemen opposite to support the pro Pol. be f o re Hon. Member for Montrose should make bin per_ le ge he did anything which was calculated to affect pucka %ever, amount of taxation as was involved in that proP o o n e j Aeta tioe vets air -b e , theless he had no alternative, after the fullest c t he had been able to give to the question, but to f v s a greate r amendment.—(Hear,) And he thought he S T q u o his vote for the it we re V 1 wge f ) r a ie r n A d la t le ) sttyh'eGporNo-pete•nrtmyent,-,and if t heta a solecism he might say that he was a better friend Tes than they were to themselves.— (Hear, and a leieg: ' f oe Government appeared to have determined e eei _ who, xinboypptaoksiinngg it;h at course 0t ing in the steps of the late Sir Robert T st ' eto had made up his mind to substitute t" 'dily a s P et; direct for indirect taxation with as much r a p ist depar t sible ; but he (Mr. Mowatt) believed that if al I ci r bace ave s ee statesman were now alive and in povrer, be would solved this question ;orif he had not, that he woo, t on) cause to retrace his steps in this direction.--H they It was absurd, on the face of it, to say, that , . b oP ers i could not make the income-tax perfectly equal M r _ etae rice lion on all classes, therefore it would be altogethe. a ce' e il etioe to attempt to improve or modify it. He denied tn ' O l 7 l ll real in toto, and would say that 6d. or Is. in the polle d arising and funded property, and half that amount on Pr e 00 0 from trade and industry, would be a fair arran..f.‘ t eeie o d d r compared with the existing system. At a ll even e te eai e 1; vidual, who would s u ffer from the unjust pressor obese fication like that would be much less numerous:ooo who complained of the pressure now. It was a 01 . 0 and palpable injustice to take from the professional Toole tradesman the same amount of taxation as was obser ved to real and funded property.—(Hear.) When he t ootle° course which the Government had taken with r .. the to t. their Budget in the present year, ho was drivtle%te"ss o f e l: elusion that they had no confidence in the soil , e to reee.D. o l o an y other.p i et:. principles of direct taxation. It was impossible 5 __ f an or the inconsistencies of their conduct by unless their aim was to tide it over some time e s ee t ce O .ee his part he believed it would be impossible to rel s ee if ' ing amount of revenue, and spend it as they did resorted to the system of direct taxation. a n it Mr. BUCK said that as a representative of was es a e' tural county, he did not think that that elalie,ste l lee fairly with, particularly as that class, more especialat reP;t labouring under the greatest distress, and forgo00111:4 he thought that the present measure of the u " see ceit',De was as unjust as it was unequal against class; and also that it was invested with an o f theTt, character towards the same class who, as Ma n i at P re grow hops, are subject to at least 100 per c e h n ' te l sql ° llol l ' the in e c i ti teto , while the foreigner is exempted from any su ch - The. of therefore defeat them in their own market. d erft a , Gentleman then entered into a detail of the ! end t ee the agriculturist of Exeter through this t a bu t tbs De r. tended that it was not only confined to theln,:e eisl t ee retailers in small towns, particularly Appledore, to ebie t ee ledge, had also suffered materially by it; throttg te te se able-bodied labourers were obliged either to stoop 00 workhouse, or to emigrate to a foreign land , w` eo tre- e le he feared, would one day be the ruin of this c ° ,l o ,so PTO' assured the Government that the long sufferingii..noe cb s were labouring under would sooner or later w t i o pt e e D est fier, indignation, and hoped that they woul d tines, dead line of policy as would revive their former hal* f treu it would also tend to increase the commerce. (Hear, hear.)o6o 0 e d Mr. M'GREGOR thought it would have b een t ru e th e part of the Government either to have at OnC e r r befOr e ol renewal of the income-tax for only one yearet o 'pe le° o oos meeting of Parliament, to have made some A .- o potl e er which the schedules should have been Plac e '. it Inice• equitahe princip'e. He knew it was said tlelo,oofjeeeet possible to arrange those schedules on a prineiP` sol ot iso He believed it would be very difficult to urge 'of3,ool' Prosperity 0 which would carry along with it an equal ne etts bat h e- ee et towards all her Majesty's tax-paying subjects; ed so s be tamed that the schedules might be easily arreog e tbe e t est least to approximate to justice. He did net_ sel e t t eoec l t y amendments of which he had given notice e fe e" sae ber te tk degree of equality which was to be desired -- ( r ee less ei e; but he believed that the rates he h .d put dove "' t oed ''o l ments were such as Sir R. Peel would have eV esell (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It had frequen til ette rif eetr that both Mr. Pitt and Sir R. Peel considered it pe possible to make any difference between the,ratefimittee:r e sd rent and temporary income. He disputed th ) e,:p e te llJ 'eth e statement. Both of those Mitisters saw the "e-0'003:00 injustice of taxing temporary and permanent t u res ;011 same rate; but they were placed in drew:lle te el ee e rendered it impossible for them to impose t l ettle,,, other form than that which they adopted. ` r ed fe According to his (Mr. M'Gregor's) view, temp bu t or," should be charged, not upon their gross smut " - yielo; amount of profit which they were supposed t ° e of 'er# example, a gentleman had a professional incorn e 0 h ot el a year. Now, that was exactly the same elee itce° invested on land, or in the funds. But the 1, 0 00 re t er in land or in the funds was at present taxed SP, yielded in the shape of interest, viz., 30/. Wb ere ls P hil ° 1,0001, earned by the professional gentlema n e es t.•eeei o. upon the whole amount, which was evidently el i kessne ;e V hear.) If there were no taxes on articles of ne e l b th e o ee s , sumption, he would deal in A different manner "le the/ perty and income-tax. He would levy ex a e c e per centage in the pound for every 20s. el 2"" bo w eicr 50/. per annum from real and permanent sours eel 00$,0 ing to the high taxation which was still fairlyinics°'eo,l„ of consumption. he would be dealing very e ee: t il dir comes under 3001. per annum, and he would "woo,' more unfairly if he imposed the same rates on woo to v e e e comes. After illustrating this point by referees e ,itete the Hon. Member concluded by saying that th e one , the tax as at present levied was felt everyweb e fe l e ieo re t og that House, and that, if the tax were impose" reted one year, the discontent which it excited W" r • increase.—( Hear, hear.) deg° of 01 1 The Marquis of GRAN BY said, that the ( 1- the House was now called upon to decide was w e jeellr f er they would continue the present income-tax, es''' - o r l e ie/e malies, injustice, and inconsistencies for one le years; in other words, whether they should 1311,100 p; amount of deference to the convenience of 6° ,. eat to the interests of the people? The main argeees flogs the imposition of the tax in 1842, 1845. ands If'etiet ) /„ classed under two heads—first, the difficulty or a th'er the magnitude of people's incomes; and, secooe, be I f ctity of taxing them equally when dis.covered; the, spect to the first difficulty, no one would saYt .‘e ha a ' s of e t ll o sent year it was in the least diminished d ;11 4 that it had greatly increased, while, if they le-eoe; dale I/ of the income-tax, what did they findreaed that since 1842 the assessment under that head "e 10°r no less than 8,000,0 0/ Now, lie wished t ° ti ithe opinion of the oftGoverment on that point. t i e; ~,d know which horn the dilemma they would traeofe'seb they would say that the incomes of the lelar t ' f' free' tt ot r e trading classes had diminished since the year of eion it t ilr that extent, or whether, on the other hand , t e b „ e liig e h e was owing to fraud and evasion? Perhaps t',olPe e t e Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cl'eero one horn of the dilemma, and the Noble Lord of ' O 6 nister upon another, arid make a political s ee e g e's) e e' i s r ) them.—(A laugh.) His (the Marquis o f tnfr A e o ,'" from all he had heard, was that the incomes f r f eee e- trseete i f professions had materially decreased under nr oo ticrey that there had also been many instances e' e bede', e e and fraud. (Hew., hear.) With respect to r o' believed it would be generally admitted that the'eesi else at least a diminution of 20 per cent. upon the d r ool', of" land, taking the average throughout the I ' ll4 'ol l V, he would ask his Right _-on. Friend the Cha lt f th e tb o Exchequer whether he or the Commissioners e „ la ,c,se e o tax intended to make a proportionate reduetle'ee be ield sessmenteunder Schedule A? For, if not, it No v .„,'" o clet l a ttl' gross injustice. And if a reduction was to he •":, 0h1) Right Lien Gentleman calculated the differene?l'of bOtloet in his receipts? According to his (the Marqui s e A d e. calculation a reduction of 20 per cent. e °- eoeeel e e -f l would amount to 9,500;000e, and this wouldeelee: rebel make a reduction in the tax of 500,000/.'";`,-,eeetite e d , The next difficulty was in fairly taxing the : h , dee c reres ascertained; and, from all he had heard in .hod doge Yoe this subject, he did not think that difficult)" ee t ol "e 40 d either. (Hear, hear.) His Right Hon. F ri ; th e r (Mr. Herries) had insisted with great fe e r e e fer liie a r e Schedule B it was a gross injustice to tax t""„ 0 profits which be was not making. Now, no e n e tt ett° 3 l.ee that fact ; but there was no remedy for it. ion e 't it 'hi class, however, there wan the case of profess" tbseeti e e Hon. Members maintained, with equal jelet ic e e e'oo,„te very unfair that a man with an income dePe" - e i erfle A st o rth health and activity should be taxed upon th,,, e tt ," teeee as a man who possessed real property. .But," - o e tiefeth this class, what would they do with lifeeoe' or ib; owners of ships, cot.on-mills, and the like ? he eoel e iroO t ee" made all these remissions, what would Og 0 ,51 Right Hon. Gentleman's tax ?--(" Hear, b e e lietli e les e e Chancellor of the Exchequer.) He P er eesi" of gt with the Right Hon. Gentleman nat it was inWitipit o r or remissions could be made. Such was the °P;00 B f 4r Pitt and Sir R. Peel. It was also the o oP e e itti fr effee .CullOch. (Here the Noble Lord quoted die r t ee diva M'Culloch, to the effect that an equal inc °llle beh ef if tr i mposs ibility ) In holding th a t opinion, he Mr. M'Uulloch was right, and, upon the $, - 09 1 °,1 0e l ei opinion, he called upon the Right lion Gen, t ; oey i ,telso thect u el capitall e• b y to support the amendment and loess the fie- reedy 61A year. He believed that that tale, though ne'' quite as a f s ro e m ffe money out of the pockets of the labourieg e t oticedeer an th at in g d a i v re e ct ti p ie ro p c o e o s r s , t e 0 1 0 0 1 : 10 1 6 1 5, was • practically taxing him • and as to indire e t ut " iti A jtte" lieved that the were less felt than tiler any De ,00 paid them. From another passage which ~„01 1" 451 /i i' hand, derived from the same eminent writer viTrectdot Mee , quoted, it appeared to be his opinion that li 3 r e t, o st,r e es' though unequal, was neither impolitic nor no& l' h o e e. not fall on any persons unless they indulged ' lt fa olt• e e/ e ' r er and when they were taxed it was their 0 10 a otet' ee to ot i 0 come -tax, he said, was paid by all alike, blete f weir that ing that, thought that the worst species e sie etel e D 'ile o eiel tion was better than the best adjusted W e° tedt, ° t eel t eeti r former night the Right Hon Gentleman attrib e and - to of' 60,000,000/. ayear were taken from the fanners', Abl e 1 1 , 1 ',10, that, if so, the country was so much the be 1 , , ;70 1 taxation. [The Chancellor of the EXch ec l e ee lt e t '', fe e :for: stood to.say—" The rest of the country") to te", 0 11 1 `1r lion. Gentleman's observation referred onlY,_ ;10 to ail re' the country, then he should have expected p'i par v o y F o r ward with a measure of relief for the stlff er e Vesieg Otlejeet . ; had lost these 60,000,000 e a year, _tOtallY fer„. a et„poe position brought forward by the lion. Die ra- r on ` ltr iej e hamshire; therefore the Right Hon. Gentl e • esee . oe r t this $ ett meant the whole country. He would pu t 0 or r t i r e the whole of that House were called upon h t tit tivg doer sum, and that by some management or 8 " 00°00, 4) for i amount of money was transferred frog' tu ° ; t 0 P" le h Members who sat at one side to those we e bie a t s ee, would that render the whole House better $ w e ul s ,? D oh , to pay the amount demanded of thenl ? fe eurd i e ct eot e eld consequence of that, be able to bear ni o t " if it u l a 06'4 0 now it appeared to him that the argonl en ' o und t in the case of the House, was equally .0 5 0 f yin Do 0.00 the community at large. In every P etnt to Ll i f ec te favourable to indirect taxation rather thanniendoler.robie Bel a and he should, therefore, support the 3 ho f the j. : 4 .tt et he sat down, he could not help noticing_et hat disW opposite had abserved that he fel' sonle".o, the c e tra ye the speeches made in that House respec t !, 1 10 de s tl' e rises; tc the Noble Lord should remember that f ee. , tree the fruit must necessarily decay' 11 00. ti° n Mr. COBDEN said he regretted that his 0 1 % tee Or Member for Montrose had not so shaped 111 ,° t rbefloo enable him to obtain the decision of the, .. o „be b is Da re ter which was really at issue ; but be te .. `e a le'e t icek e ttet oeo . ceedings of that evening must have _c i v mu ch " 110, gif t Friend that the terms of his motion heu e ,„ t ed. th‘ been different from that which b e had "`'," a incoal t % ' ar ° Pe r : Friend wished the House to modify di n e d tra de:4 ll ' a tfO r i such satisfaction to the professional n retain t eel ; nt to for r e country as would enable Parliame aa g tO O pr had r dien ' 0 0 t nuanently. If his Eon. Fiend s o% pe o op t pr motion in a form declaring that it eee er e l e arg ... „ o oo_, oo ) ing the income-tax, to impose a urie` fro et perf b iele:d carious incomes than upon those deri a ' , o- ,.. l div i e ioV e " de eir perty, then the House might have h tion that egaii34 have fairly brought to issue the ques ton see decided; but the division would h a ve NEW MEMBER. Mr. WHITESIDE took the oaths and his seat ;for Enniskillen. The Hon. Member was introduced by Lord Hotham and Mr. Napier. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: London and Blackwall Railway (Branch to Haydon square, Whitechapel, &c.) May field Railway (No. 2), Monkland Railways. The Huddersfield and New Hey District Turnpike Road Bill was considered and agreed to. HARWICH ELECTION. Mr. K. SEYMER brought up the report of the Harwich Election Committee, stating that certain persons in the Essex county gaol were material and necessary witnesses to be examined before the Committee. PETITIONS. A large number of petitions were presented against Papal aggression. Lord HO rHANI presented several petitions from the East Riding of Yorkshire complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for the abolition of the income-tax. Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. _ _ Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from the ship owners of the port of Sunderland, complaining of. dis tress, which they attributed to the repeal of the naviga tion laws, and praying for relief. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY presented several petitions from places in Suffolk, praying for the repeal of the malt-tax; also several petitions from places in Lancashire, praying for the abolition of the taxes on knowledge. Sir J. TYRRELL presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in Essex complaining of agricul tural distress, and praying for , relief. Mr. COWAN presented a number of petitions from places in Scotland in favour of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill; also a petition from Edinburgh praying for the abolition of tests in the Scottish universities. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE presented a petition from a place in Lincolnshire, complaining of agricultural dis tress, and praying for relief. Mr. A. STAFFORD presented a petition from the county of Northampton to the same effect, and praying for the repeal of the income-tax. Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from a place in Derbyshire, praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Islington, praying for the separation of Church and State. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a number of petitions praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Mr. FULLER presented a petition from Heathdeld, in the county of Sussex, against Papal aggression, and praying that measures may be devised for the expulsion of Jesuits from the United Kingdom. Mr. PLO WDEN presented a petition, signed by the mayor, clergy, and principal inhabitants of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, against Papal aggression. Mr. DEEDES presented a petition from East Peck ham, in Kent, against Papal aggression, and praying for stronger measures than those contemplated in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. G. DUNCAN presented a petition from the in habitants of Alton, county of Southampton, against Papal aggression. Illr. ROUNDELL PALMER presented a petition from an elector of the borough of Aylesbury, named Thomas Bradford, complaining that his name had been forged to the petition presented against the return of Mr. Bethell for Aylesbury. The Lion. Member moved that the petition be printed in the votes, with the view of its being taken to in consideration on Monday. Mr. E. N. BUXTON presented a petition from the Isle of Wight, numerously signed by clergymen and others, against Papal aggression; also a petition from Roman Catholics in Essex, against the Bill with respect to the detention of females in religious houses. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. Sir B. HALL asked the Noble Lord the First Com missioner of Woods and Forests whether he intended to proceed with the Metropolitan Buildings Bill in its present shape ? Lord SEYMOUR said be found, from the information he had received, that it would be advisable to make con siderable alterations in the Bill. He, therefore, thought it was better that he should move that the order of the day should be discharged, and that another Bill should be brought in in an amended form. CHURCH RATES. Mr. TRELAWNY wished to ask the Secretary of State what course it would be advisable for him to pur sue, since the Hon. Member for Sutherlandshire refused to serve on the Committee which he had obtained en the subject of churcharates ? . . . Sir G. GREY said that he had not understood such to be the determination of the Hon. Member for Sather landshire, but if it were the ease, it would be best to communicate in private with the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. Si: D. DUNDAS wished to explain. He certainly had said that it would be inconvenient for him to act on the Committee, but at the same time he had said that, it it were desired, he should be ready to serve. Mr. TRELA.WNY apologised. He said ho had en tirely rnbitehen the Hon. Baronet. THE NEW EQUESTRIAN RIDE IN KENSING TON-GARDENS. On the motion that the House, at its rising, do ad journ until Monday next, Mr. HUME was very unwilling to interfere with the public business of the House, but he had seen with much regret that an order had been issued for forming an equestrian roadway in Kensington-gardens in those parts which had hitherto been appropriated to the convenience of pedestrians. He had for twenty-four years endeavoured to obtain advantages for those who were, like himself, residents of the parish of Marylebone; and if it was of importance to him, it was of still greater importance to those in the parish, who found their greatest enjoyment in the quietude of a place which had hitherto been devoted to the personal enjoyment of the deniz3ns of London. If there were any excuse for this invasion of the rights of the pedes trians he would not have made any special complaint, but the case was widely different, for there was abun dance of room in Hyde-park, where the equestrians could enjoy themselves as much as they pleased. Why, then, should those private—for private he might call them— why should those private rights be interfered with? He wished to know what the Government intended to do in the matter, and concluded by presenting a petition from the Marylebone district, praying for an alteration of the order which they understood had been issued for the formation of an equestrian ride in Kensington-gardens. Lord SEYNIOUR said last year, when the great Ex hibition was under discussion, the difficulty was simply where they should get a substitute for the ride in Rotten row, for it seemed then to be generally considered that a substitute ought to be found for the accommodation of tho public. At first it was contemplated to make the ride in Hyde-park as suggested by the Hon. Member himself, but the Commander-in-Chief said it would seriously interfere with the exercises of the mili tary, and it was therefore abandoned. There was then no alternative but to fix the ride in Kensington-gardens, as the macadamised road in Regent's-park was quite unfit for it. With regard to females and children, the lion. Gentleman was, perhaps, not aware that the present se clusion and retirement of Kensington-gardens was not without its danger to females—(Laughter)—and allow ing equestrians to ride in the gardens would contribute to the security of the females without at all interfering with the comfort and convenience of the public. The ride would only continue for the next three or four months, while the town was crowded. The subject then dropped. THE PROPOSED SYNOD IN EXETER. Mr. CHILDERS said he rose, pursuant to notice, to ask the First Lord of the Treasury what the Govern ment were prepared to do with respect to the dio cesan synod contemplated by the Bishop of Exeter ? In order to put the House in possession of the facts of that case he would read a letter from the Bishop of Exeter to the archdeacons of his diocese, which had appeared in the public journals of the preceding day, and which he believed expressed the intentions of the Bishop upon the subject. The letter was as follows : " South Molten, April 28, 1851. "Dear Mr. Archdeacon,—Having announced to my clergy my purpose of holding, with God's permission, a synod of the diocese soon after the conclusion of my present visitation, I now request you to desire the deans rural to inform the pres byteries, whether beneficed or licensed, in their several dean eries, that I have fixed on Wednesday, the 25th of June next for the meeting of the synod, to be continued on the two fol lowing days. " We shall assemble first in the chapter-room, and pro ceed thence to the cathedral, at the usual hour of morning prayer, and after having received together the Holy Eucha rist, will return to the chapter-room, which the dean and chapter have permitted us to use for that purpose. "The one great question which only I shall submit to the synod on the first day will be the fitness of our making a declaration of our firm adherence to the great article of the Creed I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins,' as well as to the doctrine of our Church on the grace of that sacrament, as set forth in the Catechism. "On the two other days we will discuss such matters of practical interest as shall seem best calculated, with God's blessing, to promote the great ends of our ministry—avoiding all questions of controversial theology. "It is manifest that so numerous a body cannot usefully be brought together except by representation. I therefore invite the clergy of every deanery to elect two of their own number, together with their deans rural, to meet me, the dean and the greater chapter, my chaplains, and the officials of the archdeacons. " This election, however, it may be better to defer till within a short time before the proposed meeting. In the meanwhile the questions to be proposed for consideration will be fixed. For this purpose I would desire the deans rural to call together, or otherwise to invite their clergy, to transmit to me any questions which they may recommend for the consideration of the synod. "It is desirable that such questions be proposed six ion of the cler g y weeks b e f ore the 25th of June, in order that I may se l ec t et h c e i en several time for their d a e 1 m i t such as sh a ll seem fittest, and submit them to the,delibera dhaisy. "This will give sufficient that bta for electing their rep resentat i ves. "As it is important th at these representatives h t os before naunldd have the full confidence of those from whom they are sent, I would wish that no one be considered as elected who has not an actual majority of the votes of those who friend and brother in Christ, "11. EXETER." That letter afforded so good an explanation of what the Bishop of Exeter meant to do, that it was only necessary for him to add that there were 800 clergymen in that diocese, and that the Bishop proposed they should be re presented by 60 of their number, and by two members from each rural deanery. Wit h regard to the animus in which ecclesiastical questions were likely to be dis cussed in the proposed synod, he would say nothiug more than merely to read one or two extracts from the pastoral of the Bishop of Exeter, which bad just been published. These extracts related principally to the questions involved in the Gorham case, which were the great questions the synod would have to consider. The Bishop of Exeter said:— " I grieved to read the statement of the Archbishop, in answer to an address from a portion of you, my clergy, in which he declared, that in issuing the fiat for institution in Mr. Gorham's case, tie had acted not judicially, but mini sterially. To affect to act ministerially in such a case, to give mission and authority over souls, as the minister of man, is to renounce the Divine authority of the office in which the power of mission is lodged—to fling the commis sion of Christ under the footstool of an earthly threne! And this, too, when the Crown itself had too just and true a sense of its own duty, as well as of the duty of the Archbishop, to require to accept, or even to be prepared for such a sur render ! That surrender can be regarded only as the volun tary betraying of a high and most sacred trust. ' Traditor potestatis quam Sancta Mater Ecclesia a Sponso suo acce perat.' It could not but be manifest to me, that if I was wrong—if the Archbishop had not, by instituting Mr. Gor ham, become a fautor of the heretical tenets held by him— and if he had not, as such, forfeited his rights to Catholic communion, any one of his comprovincial bishops who there upon derenounced communion with him, would himself, by so doing, have deserved to be put out of the pale of the Church." The Bishop of Exeter then went on to remark upon the charge delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the clergy of the diocese of Chester in 1841, and he said : "After all this, is it possible for any minister of the Eng • lish Church who could speak 'the words of truth and sober ness,' to hesitate what he must say of the statements which we have read from this unhappy charge ? I declare solemnly, and with a deep sense of the responsibility which attaches to such a declaration concerning a document proceeding from such a quarter, that I could not name any work of any minister in our Church, which, though of double the bulk, contains half so many heretical statements as are contained in this one charge." The Archbishop, in his charge, expressed a hope that his clergy would never be wanting in resistance to any attempts which might be made " to weaken or subvert the Protestant faith," and upon this the Bishop of Exeter said : " Now it is not with anything like a wish to carp at words, that I avow my ignorance of what is meant by the phrase the Protestant Faith,' Protestant' and ' Faith' are terms which do not seem to me to accord together; the ob ject of Faith' is Divine truth, the object of Protestant' is human error. How, therefore, can one be an attribute of the other 2" In conclusion, he (Mr. Childers) bad only to ask her Ma jesty's Government how they intended to deal with a propo sal to hold in the diocese of Exeter a synod, which would be presided over by a prelate who had used such language as that which he had just quoted ?—(Hear, hear.) 'Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, as the Honourabi Member had given notice of his question, he had thought it necessary to take the opinions of the law officers of the Crown with regard to dio cesan synods. The Honourable Gentleman had correctly stated that the Bishop of Exeter proposed to call together a certain assembly of clergymen of the diocese, elected after a certain manner, to confer on subjects to which the Bishop of Exeter referred in his letter. It did not appear to him (Lord John Russell) that that assembly, though called by the Bishop of Exeter, bore in any respect the character of a synod, either as to the mode of assembling, or the sub jects which were proposed to be brought before it. The 25th of Henry VIII. bad reference to provincial and diocesan synods—provincial synods could not be called except by the King's writ, or pass any canons without the consent of the Crown, and if any person offended against this law he was liable to imprisonment during the pleasure of the Crown. Dio cesan synods, however, could be called by the bishop. The restriction as to passing canons might certainly be held to apply to diocesan synods; but whether that was so or not it did not a ff ect te question, as the Bishop of Exeter had expressly declared that the assembly which he proposed to call should not declare any canons. It was, therefore, very clear, whatever purpose the Bishop had in view, he did not intend to contravene the Act of Henry VIII., or, as it was called, the Act of Submission. The Attorney- General and Solicitor-General did not think such an assembly of clergymen would be unlawful; but the bishop had given a term, and he (Lord J. Rus sell) thought very unfortunately, to the assembly which was calculated to give rise to the appearance that it was contrary to law. It was most unfortunate, to use no harsher term, that the bishop had given the name of synod to an assembly framed in a different way, and called together for a different purpose. The Bishop of Exeter had called into question the judgment of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and it was to impugn that decision that he had called together the synou. With regard to the language which he bad used towards the Archbishop ot Can terbury, it was well known that that Most Rev. Prelate was a man of peculiar mildness, and of truly Christian forbearance—(Hear, hear)—and it was precisely be cause he was a man of such mildness and forbearance that this language had been used against him. But there was no doubt but that without any interposition of the Government or of Parliament, the Primate of all England would so conduct himself as to meet with that general veneration which he had al ways obtained; and that nothing that could be said against him by the Bishop of Exeter could weaken his adherence to the doctrines which he be lieves to bo the true doctrines of his own Church, conformable to the letter and spirit of Scrip ture, at least he would never depart from his venerable character by using opprobrious language and epithets, at all to diminish the purity and holiness which belonged to his exalted rank.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. 1101ISMAN said there was no need to defend the character of the Archbishop of Canterbury from the attacks of a mall like the Bishop of Exeter. He thought, however, that the consequences of the act proposed by the Bishop> of Exeter would extend farther than the Noble Lord anticipated, and he would like to know from the Attorney- General whether it was not directly for bidden by the 73d canon. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that canon ap plied more particularly to provincial synods. The Act which it was thought the Bishop had offended against was the 24th and 25th Henry VIII. The canon was either invalid or insufficient. Ile should say the latter, for it was clearly evident that unless a■ Act was passed for enforcing it more strongly it would be quite incapable for effecting any alteration in the Bishop of Exeter's movements.—(Cheers.) FOREIGN PASSPORTS. Mr. J. B. SMITH rose to ask a question of which he hod given notice in words as definite as he could devise, of the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Depart ment, as to whether ho intended to make any alteration in the system of passports to be granted to passengers from the continent to this country. When several passengers were landing at Dover the other day, they were not only examined, but their passports were demand e d and they were subjected to no small amount of unpleasantry. While lately making a tour through different parts of the Continent, it was true that on enter ing Franco he had to submit to the ordeal of his passport, but when afterwards passing out of France into Belgium, and on afterwards r e t u rning to France no passport was demanded. It appeared, then, that a foreigner, in coming to this country, was abso lutely subjected to greater inconvenience than en Englishman had to endure in going abroad. What he wished to know, therefore, was, whether the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department had caused any measures to be taken for obviating this inconve nience? Lord PALNIERSTOIC said that it was quite unneces sary for any foreigner to show his passport on landing on British shores. By the law of 1836, it was enacted that every foreigner on disembarking from his vessel should give his name, either by showing his passport or doing so verbally. It was not required that ho should show his passport, but it was necessary to get his name in order that it might be recorded. That was all that was required. Mr. COBDEN said that it ought to be clearly known that no passports whatever were required for foreigners entering this country. It was evident that the system was totally inopera tive, and therefore ought to be abandoned. If a passenger landed at Newhaven or at Shoreham no passport was demanded, because there was nobody there to take it, but it he landed at Dover or Folkestone, unless he produced a passport, he was subject to a fine of 40s. It would only be commensurate with good sense if the system were to be altogether abandoned. The subject then dropped. EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. Mr. M'CULLAGII rose to call the attention of the House to the subject of a return recently presented to the House respecting the treatment of passengers on board the emigrant ship Washington; also, to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there would be any objection to lay upon the table a copy of the letter lately addressed by him to the Mayor of Li verpool, with reference to the death of the late Edward Rushton, Esq., stipendiary magistrate of that town. In putting this question, he said that he hoped the Ri e , ht Hon. Gentleman was aware that not less than 200,000 persons sailed fur America every year, and he wished to know whether the Secretary for the Home Department had made any arrangements to prevent the evils of which emigrants had had so much reason to complain during the last twelve months? Sir G. GREY said ho should have no objection to produce the document which the Hon. and Learned Gen tlezean referred to. The Government regretted these abuses as much as he did, and they were now in communication with the authorities of Liverpool. All emigrant ships, before they left port, no matter whether foreign or British, were examined by a proper officer, to see that they were furnished with everything necessary to insure the safety aed comfort o f th e p ass engers, and many of the abuses which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman complained of occurred out of the jurisdiction of the English law. The subject then dropped. EXETER SYNOD. Mr. MANGLES, adverting to a previous topic of MAY 3, 1 !Zaw duCi clay nea l no a 14