The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-18 00:00:00

Zbitt .I:bittitilt SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE rsVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—If Mr. Goulburn had but a little wit he would exemplify Falstaff's notion of valour. The worthy knight, det-ming discretion "the better part" of that quality, gave to it the better place—he put it foremost. Mr. Goulburn, being a bungler, puts the cart before the horse-- s he is coura geous first, and discreet afterwards. If charged with a blunder, he first stoutly swears it is not one ; but press him home, and he, clumsily confesses and amends it. When the Sugar Duties Bill was in Committee on Friday night, clause 13 was objected to, as an unnecessary and unwise interference with the provisions of the Ware housing Act. Hitherto the sugar has been weighed both on entering and on being cleared from bond, and the duty levied on the weight cleared. It was pro posed, by the clause in question, to discontinue the practice of weighing on clearing the sugar, and to charge the duty on the weight as entered in the first instance, without any allowance for loss, by drainage or otherwise. The only resson Mr. Goulburn could assign fur this was a probable saving of some 8,0001. a year in the salaries of officers, &c. The effect upon the merchant was not deemed worthy of consideration. The loss of weight in bond was lost sight of altogether, and the duty was to be taken upon more than could reach the consumer. This loss has always hitherto been recog nised and allowed for. By 3 and 4 W. IV., c. 57, sec. 19, the maximum allowance for drainage, &c., unless the sugar has been stored in a warehouse of special security, is fixed at 3 per cent. for the first three months, and 1 per cent. for each succeeding month. Now the average period for which sugar remains in bond is about seven months. Seven per cent. upon 145., the duty on Muscovado sugars, amounts to about Ild.; and this upon the quantity imported last year (say 123,000 tons) gives 109,8951. as the amount of duty upon sugar not delivered to the merchant. Of course, this would, in effect, have formed an additional tax upon the article ; and, like the rest, must have been paid by the consumer. But its bearing would have been most heavy upon the lowest qualities of the article, these being most liable to loss of weight from drainage and eva poration. All this was, by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, either unseen or unheeded; and it was not until he caught a glimpse of the possibility of an adverse division upon it, that he gave up the clause. This he did last night, without hazarding a debate on the subject. He covered his re treat, however, with a threat of introducing it in some other form. There are those in the City who are obliged to him for the hint, and will keep their eye upon him. We should advise Mr. Goulburn to make a different disposition both of his courage and his caution. They are sadly misplaced at present, and the result is a waste of both, while none can doubt that both need careful husbanding. To keep the former ever in the van—to make it bear the shock of every encounter—is the way to wear it out ; not to mention that a weapon battered by use so constant and indiscriminate soon ceases to be effective for more creditable purposes., STANDARD.—Mr. Miles's motion wets last night rejected by a majority of 213 to 78—a pretty plain proof that it was not considered a motion the success of which could be calcu lated to benefit the agricultural interest. Mr. Miles, in deed, narrowed his proposition to a point bearing no pro portion to the magnitude of the principle asserted in his original resolution, and scarcely reconcileable with • the arguments of his speech. The point was a transfer to the Consolidated Fund of 300,0001. or 400,0001., now im posed on the county rates, to cover the expense of criminal prosecutions, &c. Mr. Miles:s speech, however, canvassed the whole commercial policy of the present Government, treat ing it generally as unfavourable to the agricultural interest, and on this ground challenged a very full reply from Sir James Graham ; but let us say it with all respect, the speech of Mr. Milts and the reply of Sir James Graham were alike beside the practical question before the House; and, though both very able addresses, concerned topics too familiar to com mand much interest. The practical question to which we refer is the propriety of a transfer of the expense of criminal prosecutions from local to general taxation. Now, on this point there is something more to be considered than any question between what may be regarded as rival inte rests. We must consider the whole subject of the administration of the criminal law. It undoubtedly does appear a hardship that the innocent people of a district should be fined. in county rates, for the crime of an individual who, perhaps, never visited that district, but for the few minutes neces sary for the perpetration of the act that involves it in a heavy expense—as in a very recent case, a man may proceed from the City of London by railway into Buckinghamshire, and commit a crime, for the successful or unsuccessful prosecution of which the people of Bucks will have several hundreds of pounds to pay. At first sight it may seem that such a manifest injustice— an injustice which, if the effect were upon a greater scale, would render local authorities less vigilant and alert in the vindication of the law—ought to be re medied by transferring to the whole public the burthen of defending what is a common interest. We are, however, to look to the other side. Justice may be a little too active, as well as being too sluggish; and certainly the activity of justice might be sometimes stimulated by an assurance that all her expenses must come from the public purse. Is it quite certain that the present three hundred thousand or four hundred thousand pounds charged upon county rates might not grow to much larger dimensions when supplied from the Consolidated Fund? and this without any corresponding advantage ; for it may be that we have already fully - enough of prosecutions and commitments, notwithstanding the (we were going to call it salutary) check of county rates. Suppos ing the cost of prosecutions to be only increased fifty per cent. by the proposed change, would not the agriculturists, who undoubtedly, in one shape or another, pay greatly more than two-thirds of the taxes, be losers by the bargain ? But it may be said, a public prosecutor, with a staff of solicitors, other officials, &c., &c., under the imme diate control of the Home Secretary, might be appointed to control the expenditure of the public money. Now, we think that a public prosecutor at the Old Bailey and in, perhaps, half-a- dozen other very large towns, as well as London, would he a very great improvement ; but we have seen enough of the administration ofjustice in France and other countries in which the whole administration—of criminal justice is in thismanner engrossed by the executive, to feel convinced, that such a monopoly is neither the most economical nor, for the pure administration of Justice, the most effectual system. It is enough, however, to open this slight view of the consequences, wholly unconnected with the money question which must follow the adoption of Mr. Miles's only practical proposition last night, to show that that proposition deserves very deliberate and serious con sideration before adopting it ; it is in truth a question involving the whole foundation of the system upon which the criminal laws are administered in this country. Mr. D'lsraeli took the opportunity of the discussion to recite a scene frsm " Vivian Grey," or some other of his trashy novels, half fustain slang, half personal provocation. Mr. D'lsraeli is fond, as all novelists ought to be, of illustra tions from la belle pass on, and drew an analogy between Sir Robert Peel's cenduct towards the Conservatives before his ac cession to office and since, and that conduct which distin guishes a lover from a husband. We are not aware of any truth in the analogy. Sir Robert seems to us to rct towards the Conservative party precisely as he acted from Is3l to 1841, supporting all their substantial interests, protecting them from all wrong and insult, and differing from any of them only upon those points on which he, fifteen years ago, declared he must differ from them— more emphatically declared it in his administration of 1835, when he opposed the proposition of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and, indeed, gave a faithful outline o f th e sys t em o f fi nanc i a l an d com mercial policy which he is now realising . . This may be the conduct of a husband. but it is the conduct of an affec tionate and faithful husband, and we hope that all our fair and unisairied readers may find such ; but, though we are not aware that Sir Robert Peel ever played " the passionate lover" to any party, we know that the Right Honourable Baronet has been the object of uncommon ardour and tenderness from at least one poli tical Clot (please pronounce the word as a dissyllas ble )—witsess the followin g fragment of a billet-doux written under the name of " Runnymede," in 1836 " They cannot taunt you now with your vague promises of anielioratien ; you can appeal to the deeds of your Cabinet, and the plans which the applause of a nation sanc tioned, and the execution of which the intrigues of a faction alone postponed. Never, too, since the peace of Paris, has the great national party of this realm been so united as at the present moment. It is no exaggeration to say; that among its leaders not the slightest difference of opinion exists epsn any portion of their intended policy. Pitt Lin self in the plenitude of his power, never enjoyed more cordial confidence than that which is now extended to you by every alleged section of the Conservative ranks; ail private opinions, all particular theories, have merged in the resolute determination to maintain the English con stitution in spite of Irish rebels, and to support, with out cavil and criticism, its emineot champi..n in that great course of conduct which you have expounded to them." Poor Clue Runnymede, however, sighed in vain, like the Mrs. Felix Lorraine of " Vivian Grey"—she was, it appears, slighted ' and we all have read that "Hell has no fury like a woman scorned." Anil to this root of bitterness may, we apprehend, be traced some recent ebullitions of virulence that have lately reflected little credit upon the House of Commons, SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY • COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) The seventeenth half-yearly general meeting of the Pro , prietors of this Company met this day, at one o'clock, at the Terminus, London-bridge, for the purpose of having sub mitted to them the report of the Directors for the half-year ending on the 31st of January last. There was a numerous gathering of the Shareholders. Sir John Kirkland, the Chairman of the Boord of Directors, pre sided. On the preposition that the advertisement calling the meeting be read, 31r. GILBERTSON, before hearing it read, would wish to know f.om the Chairman why copies of the report were so long delayed from the Propiietors. He had only received his copy on entering that room, when he had fully expected to have seen it printed last Saturday. The OJAI fAMAN explained, that unfortunately in the midst of the preparations tor that meeting the chief accountant wee Obliged, under a subpoena, to attend with his books at the Maidstone Sessions. It was impossible, therefore, for the Directors while the books were there to put the Proprietors into possession of the report on the preceding Saturday. The accounts were not audited till the previous midnight, and he (the Chairman) did not get the report till within ten mi nutes of the hour of meeting. The advertisement was then rut]. The CHAIRMAN said the next duty was to affix the com mon seal to the registry of the Proprietors, and he moved that that be done. Mr. GILBERTSON asked whether the Proprietors had a right to inspect the registry of shares, and if they had, when, where, and h ow? The CHAIRMAN said that no Proprietor would have any difficulty in obtaining access to the registry at the proper season. Mr. GILBERTSON was dissatisfied with the answer. He wished to know if he could, on application, see the names of each Proprietor, and the number of shares to that name? The CHAIRMAN was sorry that the legal adviser of the Company was not present to answer the Hon. Proprietor's question. He was, unfortunately, obliged to attend a dis cussion before a Select Committee of the House of Common?, to inquire into the schemes of the North Kent Railway Company, which, they were aware, was opposed to the South-. Eastern. His own- opinion was, that, whether the law were favourable or otherwise to the wishes of the Honourable Proprietor, the Directors would refuse no information that it was consistent with the interests of the Company to give. He hoped that the Hon. Proprietor, therefore, and the meeting, would feel satisfied. with this explanation. • The common seal was then affixed to the registry. The Secretary, Captain O'Brien, then lead time report, which stated that the gross revenue for the half-year. was 139,042/. lls. 2d., while the expenditure for the same period was 69,2881. Os. 2d., showing a balance of 70,444/. 17s. 7d., out of which the Directors recommended, without deduction of income-tax, a dividend of fifteen shillings and fourpence per share, on the paid-up shares, and one shilling and eleven pence per share on the No. 1 shares, which, on the 41. paid previous to the 31st of January, 1845, were entitled to a proportionate dividend ; theftotal amount of this dividend would be 45,6161. 13s. 4d., and there would remain a reserve fund of 24,828/. 4s. 3d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that he had to congratulate the Proprietors on the improved ana the improving prospects of the Company. It was a source of great satisfaction to the Directors that they were enabled to recommed a dividend of 15s. 4d. on the paid up shares, without any deduction for the income-tax, The extension lines they were then forming would, he trusted, improve the interests of the Company, and he could not conceal the gratification he felt in comparing the cost of maintaining their permanent roads with that of the cost which he found acknowledged by most of the mini. great Companies. It could not fail to be agreeable to them to know that while the maximum of other Companies was 4041. per mile per annum, and the minimum, 1301.—(he could refer to nine great Companies who paid those sums)—the minimum was that paid by the South-Eastern Railway. They had heard by the report that the Company had now got possession (f the Greenwich ; and they would hear also with pleasure that there wa3 a great improvement in the traffic of that line. They had no reason to regret that they had obtained pos session of that line, more especially when it was considered that it was the key to the North Kent line, which they had every confidence the Legislature would sanction them in constructing. The Chairman then referred to the Steam Company which had been established in con nexion with the South-Eastern Company (to be called the South-Eastern Continental Steam Company). The number of passengers to Ostend and Boulogne who had passed along their line in the last half-year (decidedly the worst season of the year), was 13,545 ; and he argued therefrom an in creased traffic to the line from this circumstance, and from the construction of the Great Northern Rail- way of France. He also referred to the custom-house to be established at Folkestone, and thought that the port would be used for the importation of light and valuable French goods. The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. Emu seconded it, and after some discussion it was re ceived and adopted unanimously. The Directors who went out by rotation, namely, William Fielden, Esq., M.P., Henry Rich, Esq., and William Henri Thomas, Esq., were again re-elected. The meeting, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, then separated. COURSE OF EXCH.d Amsterdam CF. 12 81 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 20 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 15 Marseilles 26 20 Bourdeaux 26 25 Frankfort on Maine 123 LNGE.-- (THIS DAY.) Gibraltar..... ...... Leghorn .....— 31 Genoa Milan . ......... Venice ....... ..... 47 Naples ........ ....... 3C . A- Palernso, 0z...... 11184 Lisbon ......... 53 Oporto... .......... 53i Rio Janeiro Bahia ..... Buenos Ayres NewYo• k tlyssight Philathq , b;4l -- PRIM.; '3ULLION, PER OZ Foreign 44.4.1,bar5..£3 17 9 Portutat Gold Coin 3 17 5 New 130.1Z.,00n5..... 0 0 o New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bars.— 0 4 111 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Berlin — Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville DARTMOUTH ELECTION COM MITTEE.-(THIS Mr. Sergeant WRANGIILI (in continuation - from our Afternoon of Edition) said —lt was true that, if on the 27th of December, any sum of money passed from the nephews to the uncle, as consideration for this transfer, then though that might not be strict in law, still in equity there would be a remedy ; but such was not the state of the case ; such was not the evidence of the nephews. It had been said in his Learned Friend's speech that those young men were so unbusiness-like in their habits as to be totally incapable of giving any succinct or satisfactory account of this transac tion ; but surely he could not mean to place those youi!k men, who were alleged to be now the largest contractors in the world, in that position; at least he (Sergeat Wrangharn) would not consent to such a course, although the Messrs. Somes might not accept his advocacy. The Learned Ser geant then recapitulated the evidence of Mr. Frederick Somes, and contended that the important parts of it were at variance with that of Mr. Lackland, as to the conversation, in the month of December, at which any sum was stated to be named as that which the nephews were to pay their uncle for the contracts and ships, &c. Therefore he would call upon the Committee to take the evidence of the nephew, though as adverse a witness as the petitioner could have, as that upon which they should decide that Mr. Somes was disqualified at the time of the election. He would first ask this ques tion—was there a doubt upon the mind, either of any member of the Committee or of any reasonable man, that If Mr. Somes had been beaten, and had gone to his nephews and said," Oh, I have been beaten, and I therefore don't wish to give up those contracts under those circumstances," was there a doubt, he would ask, but that the nephews would immediately relinquish all claim to them ?—(Laugh ter.) It was quite clear there was not, if the confidence and good feeling represented to have existed ' be tween them really did exist. The Learned Ser geant then went on to comment upon the non production of the bills of sale, which he said he did not expect would be done; but if they had been produced, it would then be seen if the ships bad been registered according to the deed of transfer, and then, indeed, that transfer would be irrevocable. He did not wish to be understood as denying or disputing the fact, that now these young men w ere to be the bond fide contractors ; but he would ask what relevancy had that fact in any way to the question at issue? He contended it had none whatever. Again, then, he would contend that nothing what ever had been done by Mr. Somes up to the 27th of December that would prevent him from resuming those contracts if he had lost the election, but that every such step had been studiously and cautiously postponed. Then as to the consideration ; he contended that the very nature of it was sufficient to disqualify Mr. Somes, because that consideration was to cover not only the amount of debts which had been ascertained, but also the amount of the value by estimate, which had not been ascertained. Having dwelt upon other portions of the evidence at great length, he concluded by insisting that it was quite clear that Mr. Somes was a Government contrac tor in law and in fact on the 27th of December, 1844. The Learned Sergeant concluded at a quarter.past Four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned to Twelve o'clock to-morrow. THE LONDON GAZETT (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMRERLAIN'S-OFFICE. MARCH 18, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room at St. Ja mes ' s P a l ace , on Thursday, the 10th of April next, at two o'clock. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING- ROOM. The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's Drawing room, are requested to bring with them two cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one to be . l e ft' with the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord in Waiting, who will announce the name to her Ma jesty. And those ladies who are to be presented are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the ladies who are to present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office, be fore twelve o'clock on Tuesday the Bth of April next, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the lady presenting, together with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered, corresponding with the names sent in to the ',ord Chamberlain's. office. DOWNING-STREET, Mancit 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Pope, Esq. o be Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer for the Island of long-Kong. ___ BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. •. William Henderson and James Henry Veysey, chemist, Moorfie:ds, Gloucestershire. BANKRUPTS. William Williams, victualler, High-street, St. Giles's, to urrender March 31 and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Baqinghall-street ; Futvoye, John-street, Bedford-row. Henry Hester, tallow chandler, Ratcliffe-terrace, Goswell road, March 31, and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Young, Vallings, and Young, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. Thomas Clegg,. coal merchant, Tanners- hill, Deptford, March 31, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street ; Jones, Mincing-lane. Frederick Sharman, bootmaker, West-square, Southwark, April 1, at one, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; King, St. Mary Axe. George William Stocks, linendraper, Norwich, April 2, at half past two, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench-walk, Temple. Charles Douglas Hope, wine -merchant, Manchester, March 27 and April 17, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Adams, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Moseley, Back King-street; Blanchester. Willhain Daniel, cabinet maker, Manchester, March 28 and April 18 , at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Soles and Turner, Alder 'Danbury, London ; Atkinson and S aun d ers, M anchester. William Hulley, tailor, Derby, April 1 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.• Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Tattersall, Great James-street, London ; Broad. bent, Sheffield; Todd, Manchester. Thomas ()Tooke and William Birks, commission agents, Manchester, April 2 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Holt, official assignee, Manchester; Chilton and Arland, Chancery-lane, London; Slaney, Birmingham; Foster, Birmingham. Henry Woodgate, horse-dealer, Kingston, Dorsetshire, • March 28, and April 25, at two, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Parr and Son, P oo l e; Holme and Co., New Inn, London ; Warren, Exeter. Ibbotson, merchant, Sheffield, April 2 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as signee; Moss, Cloak-lane, London; Branson, Sheffield. Itichard Brown, joiner, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 31, and April 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hop e , official assignee, Leeds • Hicks and Morris, Gray's Inn, Lon don ; Galloway and Bell, Hull ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. William Granger, paper manufacturer, Relly• mill, Dur ham, March 28, at halt-past eleven, and May 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-T3ne District Court. taker, official assigneee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Smith, Durham; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London. John Price, draper, Oaken Gates, Shropshire, March 29, and April 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Garbett, Welling ton, Shropshire ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of March 18.) SUGAR. —To-day the market for all descriptions of Sugar, subject to the 14s. per cwt duty, presented a firm ap pearance. There was a fair business transacted in West India Muscovado, and the rates were fully equal to those of Friday, especially for bright yellow sort. The total purchases amounted to 430 hhds, &c, including 18 hhds 5 barrels at public sale, which were sold at 42s 6d for middling grey St. Lucia, 403 to 41s for low, and 41s per cwt for low St. Vincents. REFINED.—To-day some parcels of Refined goods were aken by the home trade, but prices further gave way, brown amps selling at 65s to 665, and standard lumps G7s per cwt. :kilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY -% -ttaNa are dull of sale at 33s to 435. The value of Pieces A 29 per cwt. Treacle is again cheaper, common 173 6d, patent and Good Syrup 18s to 22s is 48s to selling at 17s to . per cwt. gas presented a firm appearance FOREIGN.-The market is •iisar since this day week, for all descriptions of Foreign rs. 4, 5.50 public sale, and only one small parcel has been broug.. Havannali there is nothing pressing privately. For a.. in the there has been an improved demand, and an advs.. value has taken place. Prices have been steady for 1.. • , and a fair demand has existed fur all descriptions, the private transactions are 200 chests of white Bahia at 22s 3d, and a floating cargo of 340 chests of brown for a near port at 19s per cwt. Maunmus.-This afternoon there was a good desire mani fested to purchase Mauritius Sugar, and 1225 bags at public sale went at full rates-that is to say, fine yellow at 51s Gd, good 47s to 50s ' mid 43s to 465, very low brown 31 a to 324, low 345, mid 35s 641 to 38s, good strong grey 45s to 465, and washed 42s to 45s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-To-day there was a large public sale of 13,082 bags of Manilla Sugar, duty paid, and subject to the duty of 23s 4d per cwt, about half of which was disposed of, and, as compared with export prices the. advance is is per cwt ; the home trade were, however, the principal operators -fine strong grey fetched 465, good ditto 45s to 45s 6d, mid strong greyish yellow 44s to 44s 641, low ditto 42s 641 to 43s 6d, ord rather bright yellow strong 43s to 43s 6d, washed 41s to 445, ditto and repacked 40s to 44s 6d per cwt. MOLASSES.-This afternoon at public sale, 57 tierces of Mauritius Molasses were taken in at 15s per cwt. RIcE-Bengal is still attracting attention, and at previous rates there has been a lively demand since this day week ; the parcels offered privately all found purchasers, and at public sale 3,000 bags fetched 1 ls 6d to 12s for good mid white, lls to Ils 6d for mid, lOsfor broken, and 9s to Ils per cwt for sea damaged; in importers hands there is little remaining and there is a very good consumption going on. The quan tity of Madras Rice at market is not ample for the demand, and prices are advancing. Java is much wanted. Cleaned Rice is much in request at 13s 6d to 18s for Patna, and 23s to 28s per cwt for Carolina. CoFFEE.-To- day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee. Ceylon was purchased sparingly by private treaty, but holders were firm, and good ord was held for 46s 6d to 47s per cwt. For Mocha prices are going down ; sales pris vately having been made at 59s to 60s for mid yellow, and at 52s to 55s per cwt for good ord brownish. TEA.-To-day there was less activity in the Tea market; 7,888 pkgs were submitted to public competition, of which only 1,900 pkgs were sold, 700 of which consisted of Pou chong, at a decline on those of the last auctions of ld to 2d for Imperial and Gunpowder, lid to 2d for Hyson, and id to id per lb for Pouchong r but Congou and Twaukay sustained the former value. Gunpowder Canton kind fetched 2s Id ; Hyson kind 3s 441 to 4s ; Imperial Canton kind is 11 3 / 4 d to 2s Id ; Hyson kind 2s 9d ; Pouchong, low to good 4d to Sd ; Hyson, fair to good 2s 6 1 4 d to 2s lld ; and Congou common 10d per lb. For public sale to-morrow 8,000 pkgs of Tea are declared. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-In Jamaica Rum the business transacted has been extremely limited, there being very few shipping orders, and the home trade buy with caution ; 3s 3d to 4s is the value of common to good 28 to 36 per cent 0. P., 48 2d to 5s for fine, and 5s 3d to 7s per gallon for high flavoured sorts. The transactions in Demerara have been trifling at 2s 9d to 3s 2d for strong. Calcutta purchased with caution, there are sellers at is 9d to is 9id with, and at is 8d without cer tificate. There are sellers of Brandy on further reduced terms. Cognac, best brands, of the vintage of 1838, Ws 48 10d, puns 4s 8d : ditto 1839, hints 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d : ditto 1840, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d : ditto 1841, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d: ditto 1842, hhds 4s 3d, puns 4s Id : ditto 1843, hhds Is Id, puns 3s 1 Id ; ditto 1844, hbds 3s 1041, puns 344 Bd, middling and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s Bd, low 2s 6d to 2s 7d, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon. Geneva is is 9d to is 10d for common export sort, and fine fit for duty 2s 4d to 3s per gallon, but there has been little business done. English Corn Spirits readily com mand lOs 2d per gallon cash. SPICES.-To-day Nutmegs met with little attention at a decline of ld to 2d per lb. Penang, fine bold brown selling at 3s Sd to 3s 9d, good 3s 6d to 3s 741, good mid 3s 2d to 3s 3d, middling 2s lid to 3s Id, ord small 2s 8d to 2s 10d, mouldy is 11 d to 3s 4sl, worm eaten is to is 7d, Singapore, fine bold 3s Bd, mid 3s 2d, mouldy. 3s, and worm-eaten is 3d : Mace went at a decline of 2d-Penang good at 2s 4d to 2s 6d, mid 2s 2d to 2s 3d, inferior 2s, Singapore 2s : 3 chests Penang Cloves sold at 2s 3d for fine, and is 10d per lb. for good. Ismscio.-The market has still a firm appearance, and pur chases to a fair extent have been made by shippers and the home :pa oontciheil t o r .v-f a i d n2L e gdi i lbtl n soee ß ee4n e dd n mp g oea a ird l l , el bp lS ai l it a r c d 2lh r 4, a has s, se3e dmd o t id orvi ii e 2te , h4t as isnc d 6as - duc l i ta i; u no rtfnpio,i for s h ads , lueel a psi t vp leo a i rnenydtad the e - t 24s 9d to 255, and for the last six months of the year at 25s 3d to 25s 6d per cwt. In Rape little passing, pale fetching 36s 6d to 375, and brown 35s 6d t o 36 s p er cwt. Palm has a good demand, fine fetching 26s Gd to 26s 9d, good 25s to 265, and low to middling 23s to 24s 6d per cwt. in Olive u good deal doing; Gallipoli 411 lOs to 42/ in bond, Spanish 40110 s to 411, Scilly and Barbary 391 to 401, Luccn in jars Si lOs to 61, and Florence in half-chests 18s to 9 45. Holders of common descriptions of Fish Oils manifest firm ness, pale Seal 31/ to 31/ 10s, yellow and straw 27/ lOs to 30/, brown 261 to 271, Cod 29/ lOs to 301, and Southern low to fine 261 to 29/10s per tun. Of Sperm several purchases have been made at film rates, British 83/ to 85/, American 80/ to 82/ per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil dull of sale. Ceylon at 28s Gd, and from Sydney at 24s to 25a Gd per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. Their Loaships met at Four o'clock, for the purpose of giving the Royal Assert, by Commission, to certain Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The following were the Bills to which the Royal Assent was given:—The Consclidated Funds Bill; the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill, and the Constables (Scotland) Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. The House resumed at Five o'clock. The Customs Duties Repeal Bill was read a first time. PAROCHIAL SC HOOLMA STERS—SCOTLAND. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Perth praying for an increase of the salaries of parozhia schoolmasters in Scotland. . Lord INHARNCLIFFE presented several petitions to the same effect; and also a petition for legislative in terference to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. Lord BROUGHAM presented petititions from places in Scotland, complaining of the low salaries of the la rochial schoolmasters. His Lordship took that oppor tunity of explaining that in the observations which he made last night he cast no imputation upon the character of Captain Reynolds. CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Lord MON TEAGLE presented a petition, signed by two thousand persons, amongst whom were two Catholic bishops, praying for the establishment of pro. vincial colleges in Ireland for the education of the middle classes. COAL MINE EXPLOSIONS. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was very desirous of asking his Noble Friend (the Duke of Wellingtan) a , question, which he conceived of great importance. The question was, whether he might now move, or should move at a future time, for, a copy of the repo r t o f th e commission sent down by her Majesty to inquire into the state of the mines in the North of England, as regarded precautions against explosion. He con sidered this report of the utmost importance, for he thought that some means should be taken, if it were within the present reach of scier,ce, to prevent the terrible consequences of these explosions. It was felt to be of great importance in that part of the country with which he was connected and of the commercial body of which he was a humble member that these reports should be pubiahed as soon as possible. He trusted, therefore, that the Noble Duke would have no objection to greet the papers for which he moved. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he felt that this was a metier which necessarily concerned the in. serest of the North of England. lie had no objection to give the reports which his noble friend had asked, and believed they were of a very highly interesting charac ter. Her Majesty's Government were anxious that the statements made in tho , e reports should be as satisfactory and complete as possible. There was some slight dif ference in the report to the several-parties employed by Government to investigate these affairs, and a little de lay therefore was necessary in order to give the in formation which these reports contained, in a form -which would be advantageous to the public. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that the re ply of the Noble and Gallant Duke was so sati6factory that he was bound to comply with tho ste:gestions which had been made. The trade with which he was connec ted had grievously suffered during the last seven months, but he believed that the report of the distinguished scientific men who had been engaged by Government would tend largely to do away with the evil. The Earl of ROSLYN begged to ask the Noble and Gallant Duke, whether any measures were in contem plation with respect to the banks in Ireland and Scotland ? Great anxiety had been felt, in conse quence of the intimation contained in the P peech from • the Throne of some intention to change the Bank system of Scotland, and this, combined with the intimation in the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet last session, had led the parties interested to fear that some alteration war intended which would materially affect their interests. The /ample of Scotland looked with natural anxiety for information on the subject of this paragraph, because their interests of every description depended almost entirely upon the banking system which had been so long and so successfully established in that country. The people of Scotland apprehended that great difficulties and evils would ensue by injudi cious interference with their system of banking; and it therefore could not be said that he had taken an improper liberty in soliciting the attentjon of the House to this most important subject, and in putting the question which he ventured to put to the Noble Duke, as to whether he was at present in a condition to state the general nature of the alterations which the Government proposed to make in the banking system of Scotland? And if the Noble Duke was not prepared to answer that question, perhaps he would have the goodness to state when the measure was likely to be proposed? The Duke of WELLINGTON eas not at all sur prised to hear that so much anxiety was felt in Scotland on this subject, but it was rea ll y not i n hi s power to g i ve the Noble Lord any definite or precise information upon the paragraph which appeared in her Majesty's speech. Ile might, however, remind the Noble Lord that the Right I run. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, in reply to a question put to him the other evening in another place, stated that he would take the earliest opportunity after 1 Easter of laying the whole of his plan before Parliament and the country.—( Hear, hear.) The Earl of MINTO did not concur in the views taken by his Noble Friend on the subject of any alteration in the banking system of Scotland. He could see no reason why the people of that country should not bear a propor tion of the burdens which bad been thrown upon the peo ple.of England in the time of their forefathers, and which lad been Incurred for the joint - benefit and advantage of he inhabitants of the United Kingdom of Great Bri ainand Ireland. The Earl of ROSSLYN hoped that when the mea- EVENING,_ MARCH lB, 1845. sure was brought forward sufficient time would be allowed for the people of Scotland to examine into it. The Duke of WELLINGTON was not aware of the state of public business in the other Houle to enable him to give the Noble Lord a precise and definite answer.to his question ; but there could be no doubt that the Right Hon. Baronet the F.rst Lord of the Treasury would use every exertion to bring the measure forward at an early period.—The subject then dropped. THE PROPERTY TAX. The Property and Inccane Tax Bill passed through Cunt lutes, reportNtheeLipEE moved was received. thateceived. a t ir i f ir r ( d i v t i me !'n Friday, the 4th c.f Apail. the Bill be read On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Lords were ordered to be summoned for that day. PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS SCOTLAND. On the motion of the Duke of BURLEIGII, the Lords, m — embiars of the Committee to inquire respecting the salaries and etnoinments of the parochial schoolmasters in Scotland, were named, Amongst the names were t h ose of the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Suther land, the Marquis of Bute, and Lord Campbell. tikl.ord CA NIPBELL 'a as very glad of the appoint meat of the Committee, but he wished to be excused from attending it, as his other avocati , .ns would render that additional duty inconveni e nt. The Noble Lord was, after a short conversation, ex cmed from attending on the Connnittee. Duke of BUCCLEUCII then presented a great number of petitions from plaeei in Scotland, complain. ing of the insufficient salari s uf the parochial school masters, and praying for an augmen'ation by I..gislative interference. -------------- The Report upon the Companies Chases Bill was brought up and rceetved. Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday, the &l of April. HOUSE OF COMMON‘'. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly befure Four o'clock. ___ LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. MACKENZIE presented a petition in favour of the London and York Railway. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition to the like effect. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of v the Black R3: 4 , appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given by commission to certain Bills (for which see Lords' report). The Speaker and several Hon. Members then re tired. After some short time the Speaker returned. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. STRUTT then moved, " That in the ease of every petition for a private Bill on which the Committee on Petitions shall not have reported previously to the ad journment of the House for the Eastt-r recess, the time for reading; such private Bill the first time be extended till Friday, the 11th day of April next." The motion was agreed to without discussion. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Lon don and York Railway. Mr. G. BANK ES presented a petition from the county of Dorset, against the railway projects in that county. MAYNOOTH. _ _ Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition from Bath, praying the House not to sanction any additional grant to Maynooth College ; and another petition from E;sex, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Colonel PENNANT presented a petition from Nurth Wales to the like effect.' _ _ RAILWAY COMMITTEES. On the motion of Sir R. 11. INGLIS, leave was given to the Select Committees on Railway Petitions to report to the House from time to time. Mr. COLQUHOUN presented a petition from New , castle-under-Lyne against any additional grant to May , nooth. Air. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Limerick praying the House to extend any measure they might adopt for improving the sanitary condition of the peuple of England to Ireland. Mr:ESCOTT gave notice that, soon after Easter, he should present a petition from a barrister of long stand ing in the county of Devon, praying the House to redress divers abuses and corruptions in the criminal courtl. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Bath, praying the House to improve the present system of interments in large and populous towns. As he intended to make a motion on the same subject, he moved that the petition be printtd with the votes. MALTA CURRENCY. Dr. BOWRING, seeing the Under-Secretary for the Colonies in his place, and as it was his intentior to put a question to him with respect to the currency of Malta, he thought he might as well do it then ; he wished t inquire whether the Government would allow the proclamation and correspondence connected with the alterations of the currency in the island of Malta to be laid on the table? Mr. G. W. HOPE had received no communication from the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Depart ment on the subject; but he bad no doubt the correspon dence and the other papers would be laid on the table without any objection. POST-OFFICE. Mr. E WART wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. Since the penny postage system had been established, a custom had sprung up of sending small parcels through the Post-office. Latterly these parcels hadoiw if been o l p va e s ne s d an a c t tio t n h ed the Post-office. t t - h o e ffi ce.lie wished Govern ment? He wished to call the attention of the Hon. Gentleman to another subject connected with the Post office. If a newspaper, with the sender's name upon it, were sent from one place to another in the metropolis it was charged upwards of 3s, but if he sent a newspaper with his name upon it to the country it went free. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not aware that any such charge as that mentioned by the Hon. Member existed against any department of the Post-office ; and it certainly was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to have issued any orders to the Post-office authoritie s to do that of which the Honourable Member complained ; therefore with re gard to the opening of the packet complained of by the Hon. Member, he presumed there must be some error. Rut perhaps it would be well to mention, that in consequence of the abuse of the facilities afforded by the cheap rate of postage, some orders wt re obliged to be issued. For instance, such articles as knives and scissors had frequently been sent ; and upon one occasion it had been discovered that part of a human body had been transmitted ton surgeon.--(A laugh.) In consequence of this, it had become necessary to make an order prohibiting the transmission of flesh and fish-- (A laugh)—'end such other articles, or of knives or scis sors, &c.; but if any other packet had been opened, it was against the orders ; and, indeed, he had heard of but one such complaint, and that had bet n ordered to be investigated. WINDOW -TAX. Lord DUNCAN said, that in rising to address the House upon this subject, he felt no small degree of embarrassment when lie looked around and saw so many others who were much better qualified th a n he was to deal with the question. and under those circumstances he begged to say he would occupy the Home but a very short time. Nor would he now intrude this question upon the notice of the House, but that he felt bound to do so, for this reason, that he was the representative of a constituency who, except the cities of London and Liverpool, paid the largest amount of window-tux ofany town in the kingdom. and therefore he felt bound to bring the hardships under which they laboured, by reason of the levy of this tax, before the notice of • this Home, to the best of his ability. He begged t o assure the House that he did not bring it forward with any v i ew to the embarrassment of the Government, for it was no party or political question, but he did bring it forward because of the injustice and impolicy of the tax ; and if no other result should attend it, it would at all events have been brought c b . a t e r d e t t o h e i t p , a u d l i c t , h a e nd p ni t u c would a b t t e e n s t io ee n n would whether l have or been not the people had just cause of complaint.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The Hight Honourable Baronet opposite had said, in his financial statement, that there were three millions of houses in the metropolis that did not pay this tax, and that, therefore, if these houses re quired glass, great benefit would be conferred by the removal of the glass duty, But he (Lord D.) would a-k why had - these houseS been exempted ? He would explain it. They had been exempted because many of them were the property of wealthy persons, who had tenants who paid them 2001 a year, others were exempted because they were the offices and stores of wealthy merchants ; and others again had evaded the tax because the houses were old, and occupied by poor reople, who filled up the windows. The Noble Lord then produced letters which he had received from various persons, complaining that the report of the Committee on the health of towns had omited to mention the state in which many houses in large towns were owing to the number of families crowded into them, and who yet could not have sufficient light, owing to the great amount of the window -tax. He could not see how the removal of the duty on glass would benefit houses already built ; it might serve those now building or about to be built. The tax which he was most anxious to remove was of much older date than that upon glass, and was as old as the days of '° the hearth money ' itself. The duty on hearths had been taken away. Fourteen differeilt Chancellors of the Ex chequer had passed 14 different Acts on the subject. In 1808, Mr Percival, the then Chancellor of the Ex chequer, introduced a measure, which was passed into a law, under which the assessed taxes were collected. Since the passing of the Act of 1812 the window duty had bsen consented to. The result of all these Acts was that a sliding scale was established—(hear, hear)-- by which houses which had eight windows, and from eight windows to 500 were !exactly taxed in the inverse ratio of the me ans of payment. To show the inequality in the working of the tax, he would take va S ar i sirs Gs. .o i n9 b i e w r d h t . ip l c ' eh e r t; l hwei i n n W n du oinwb, h ( Whitehall-gardens, being if l n i l vgi l na -g db o a ow r u d st e w n 3 s in , 8 p7 S e2 t r: and iae r hg the oarn es tax te' sotp : cent. on the valuation of the house, as rated for the property-tax, which was 7001. per year. He would contrast that with the case of a person named Coombes, a cabinet maker, residing at the corner of Abbey-street, in Bath. There were thirty-three windows in his house, and he paid 7s. 41c1. per window, being upwards of 30 pe r cen t. a s r ated to the property-tax. Ap s l ey House, in St. George ' s par i s h , had 129 windows, which paid ss. 11d. per window, or 2 3-Bths per cent. under the rating to the pro perty-tax, which was 2,0001. a-year. Montague house which h a d 132 windows paid but ss. 101 d. per window, being !about 3/. per cent. to the rating of the House under the property -tax, about. 1,320/., whilst these great houses pay so small an amount of window tax, the smaller houses were taxed at 9s. 4d. per window. So much with regard to the inequality of the tax. [LEFT BPEAKINO.] LATEST PRICES OF SHARES Flom the Official List, I'UBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING , LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 18. IZAIMMTAYS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. • Annum. SI are. £ s. d. £ s. d. Aberdeen . ... ... - - 210 0 2% Birmingham & Gloster 31. Is. per sh. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Ditto, New, iss. 71 di*. 15s. 25 0 0 17 10 0 321 B 1 Ighton,Lews,& Hest. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 Bristol and Exeter 2/.l6s.per sh. 100 o 0 70 0 0 82 Ditto and Gloucester - 50 0 0 30 0 0 58% CMedonian .. - 50 0 0 50 0 9% '2ambridge and Lincoln - - 25 0 0 110 0 6% Chatham & Prtsmouth - 20 0 0 1 0 0 Chester and Holyhead - 50 0 0 5 0 0 8% Chichester & Brighton - - 10 0 0 111% Churnet Valley - 20 00 - 20 0 7 Cornwall .... ..... - - 30 0 5% Direct Northern - 50 0 0 210 0 414 Meet Norwich -2) 0 0 1 0 0 1% Diss, Beetles, &. Yrrnlli - 25 0 0 110 0 3% Dublin & Belfast June. - 50 0 0 210 0 6 1 A Ditto and Galway - - 210 0 3 Eastern Counties ... . • 4s. per sh. 25 0 0 14 16 0 21% Do.,Perpetual, Nu.l Si. per ct. 613 4 313 4 114 p. Ditto, ditto, N 0.2 - - 0 13 4 % pm, Eastern Union .. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 1854 Kdinburgh & Glasgow 21. Is. p. sh. 50 0 0 80 0 0 62 Ditto, Quarter Shares lie. 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 12 10 0 16 Ely and Bedford - 25 0 0 1 5 0 2% Grand Connection - 50 0 0 210 0 Grand Junction ••• • • • 10/. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0 224 Ditto, llolf Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 101, per ct, 95 0 0 25 0 0 Gt. Southern &Western - 50 0 0 5 0 0 11% Great North of England 3/. 18. 100 0 0 100 0 9 189 Ditto, New.• •••• • • • - 40 0 0 5 0 0 46 ';Teltt Western • 7l. per pent. WO 0 0 80 0 0 178% Ditto, Half Shares • • 71. percent. 50 0 0 80 0 0 102 Ditto, Fifths 7l.per cent. 20 0 0 20 0 Q 40 Guilford Junction. •• • • - 49 0 0 35 0 0 liawioo .. ~ •••,, •• • • _......,.. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Hull and Selby ~ Si. ss. prct. 50 0 \ 0 50 0 0 96 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 20% Kendal .4 Windermere - 23 9 0 110 0 6 Lancaster and Carlisle •=, 40 0 0 15 0 0 35 Leeds and Bradford -5() 0 0 5 8 0 21% Liverpool & Manchestr 101. per pt. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto, Half shares• . 101. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 i 15 CI Q 7.endon & Birmingham 101. per et, - Biopic. 233 Ditto, New Thirds • • WI. per pt. 32 0 0 2 0 0 44 bitto,New 14 Shares 10/. per et. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31 L melon and Blackwell - 16 13 4 - 7 London and Brighton l.os. per sh. 80 Q 0 0 0 0 9 941 Ditto, 1 , 0 4 1 i Notes • • 51 . per etnt• 10 9 0 10 0 0 13 London and Greenwich - 12 15 4 -- 10% Ditto, Pref. Cr Priv • • M. per cent. 18 , 7 2 - 2414 London and S. Western W. ss. per sh. 41 6 10 • - 80 Do., New Cons. Bths - 40 0 0 6 0 0 23 Ditto, New r.ondon and Croyd o n 10 s , p ers l L 13 1 5 9 -----• 17r • % Ditto, quarlit4.s P• e• --,-. 0 Q Q 400 S London and York. •. • • - 80 9 0 li 10 0 314 Lynn and Ely •,.. . . -3% 0 0 210 0 5% anehester and Leeds 4/. 7s, Cd. p.s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 146 Ditto, Half Shares., 1/.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 0 32 0 0 63 Ditto, Quarter Shares 4s. 25 0 0 2 0 Q 14 Ditto, Sixteenths ,• . 0 1 15 0 'IN mcmellestr is I.llnnlug. 21. per share 40 0 0 40 0 66 Dit to, Quarter Shares - 10 0 0 4 0 0 115 Midland ....... • . - Stock. 140 Ditto, Fifths .•. • • . - - 20 0 3% Ditto, Birm. I:Derby 21.135• per sh, - StoOlt. 108 Newcastle & Berwick •-• gs 0 0 110 0 1414 New estic & Darl. June. 6s. 05 0 0 94 0 0 47k North British - 25 0 0 10 0 0 1 714 Northern and Eastern Ditto, Scrip, /85.5/. d lss. 50 8 0 25 0 0 49 1 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 18 North Kent .. .. - - 50 0 0 215 0 3% Norwich and Brandon - 90 0 0 10 0 0 1754 Ditto, New .. ..... - 10 0 0 4 0 0 41. d Pertsmcuth Direct - 50 0 0 210 P 2 Preston and Wyre - 50 0 0 50 0 0 i 30 1 % Itichmnd& W. E June - 20 0 0 1 0 0 3% Rugby . - 20 0 0 1 0 0 4 Ditto, 2d Pref., 1844 - 25 0 0 28 0 0 Sheffield and Lincoln - 25 0 0 18 0 I% Sheffield & Manchestr 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 25 0 0 8 0 0 13 Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir - 50 8 0 210 0 41% South Devon - 50 0 0 10 0 0 185 South-Eastern & Dow I/. Is. 33 2 4 - 43 Ditto, New Ise. 321. dis - 50 0 0 8 0 0 17% South Wales . • - - 2 10 0 5% Stevenson's Prtsmouth - - '2 10 0 258 Thames and Medway - 19 5 8 - 17% Trent Valley - 20 0 9 2 0 0 17 1 ,1 Yarmouth & Norwich - 20 0 0 '.:O 0 0 204 Ditto, New.. •••••• - 20 0 0 8 0 0 15% York & North New... .. 101. per et. 50 0 0 80 0 0 101 Ditto, Half Shares.. 101. per ct. 25 0 0 23 0 0 51% Do., Searbro' Branch - 25 0 0 20 0 0 1 415 Ditto, Selby Scrip .. - 50 0 0 20 0 8 I 66% Ditto, Extension .... - 25 0 0 1 5 0 1 14% Boulogne and Amiens. 120 0 0 2 0 0 1 11% Gt. Northern of France - 20 0 0 4 0 0 61 % Orleans and Vierzon • . - 20 0 0 2 0 0 18 1 % Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1058 Paris & Lyons(Latlitte) - 20 0 0 2 0 0 3% Paris and Strasbourg.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 2% Paris and Orleans..... - 20 0 0 20 r.O 0 52 Paris and Bonen .•.... 21. 20 0 0 20 0 0 46 R nen and 11:vre .... - 20 0 0 14 0 0 31 C • 1 7ANA LS. 1 Names of '' Dividend Names of 2 - D An ivi t :e m nd . I Price. ,0 ' per Companies. 4 .1 .£ 1 £ Ashtn& Ohlll 97 51.55. p e 72 Monmouthsh 100 8/. 160 Ashby-d-la -Z 113, 4/. 70 Mntgemrysh 100 t/. 98 Barnsley.... !1601 12/. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Basingstoke..lloo , - Aftpiemrm. Price. Companies. Q. 5 Neath .... • • 100 20/. 365 Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 °Hingham. 150 12/. 260 Cromford.... 100 181. 164 eak Forest .78 31. 40 Dudley...... 100' 4/. 80 Regent's .... 33 1/. 24 Derby ...... 10 81. 103 Rochdale .... 85 4/. b 5 Ellsmre&Chs 13 4/. 58 Shropshire • • 125 8/. 120 Erewash .• • 100: 32/. 440 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123 Forth & Clyd100; 4/. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GraudJtutetu i :ool 71. 110 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 480 Grand UnknMloo; 11. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 230 Glamorgnsh .;1721 13%1. 210 . tourbridge .. 145 201. 360 tHstr& lirkl3l 00 1 - 8 Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. 30 Grantham • •',150 1 12/. 100 Severn and Huddersfield . 1 5 7i - '1 20 Wye Rail. 26 11. Bs. 30 ] Kennt & Alm , 39i 7s. 6d. 10 Trnt & Mr- - 1 50 30/. 450 Lancaster ... 47.1 1/. 10. 40 sey, sh. j Leeds&Livrp 100 34/. 570 Thams&Med 19 - 10 Leicester . . 1 . , 114 10/. 110 Worcstr &7 7' 41. 50 Leicstr & lit 8 41. 70 Blrming. j Loughboregh,l4 701. 1050 Wilts & Bike 07 li. 4s. I MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, illarchl7. RAILWAY COMPANIES CLAUSES CONSOL DATION BILL. On the motion of Earl DALHOUSIE the Companies Clauses Consolidation Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. PAUPER LUNATICS. Lord MONTEAGLE said that he wished to draw attention to the Bill which he had had the honour of pre- senting to their Lordship?. His object was to obtain a better mode of treatment for pauper lunatics. It was well known that in many parts of the country the gaols were full—not of criminals—but of pauper lunatics, for whose care and medical treatment no provision whatever had been made. His object was to extend to Ireland the benefits which were already enjlyed partially in England, and he wished to give to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland a power which he did not at present possess, namely, that of classifying lunatic asylums. This would be a great boon to the country, and if he could obtain the assistance of her Majesty's Government he should feel it most valuable, or if her Majesty's Government would themselves introduce a Bill on the subject he should be most happy to render whatever assistance he could to carry it to an early completion. The Duke of WELLINGTON said his Right Hon. Friend , the Secretary . for Irela , d had given notice in the other House of Pi;rlisment of his intention to bring forward a measure on this subject, which he proposed to perfect during his visit in Ireland. The Bill was then read a first time, and their Lord ships immediately afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 17. SCOTCH POOR-LAN. Lord DALMENY rose to put a question with refer ence to the poor-law of Scotland. The House would, no doubt, recollect that a shoji time ago he had asked the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of her Majesty to propose in this session of Parliamt•nt any legislative measure for the amendment or alteration of the poor-laws of Scotland. To that. question he had received a very courteous, but not a very definitive an swer;-and he now wished to ask whether it was the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to propose any legis lative measure for the alteration or amendment of the poor-law of Scotland ; and, if such were their intention, at what period of the session such measure would be laid on the table of the House ? - Sir J. GRAHAM said that notwithstanding the great mass of business which had pressed on the attention of his collegues and himself at the commencement of this session, he could assure the Noble Lord that the important subject to which his question referred had not been overlooked by her . Majesty's Government ; but he would venture to suggest to the Noble Lord and to the House, that the interval of the Easter recess should still be given to them before they returned a definitive answer. He would undertake that, on the first day after the Easter recess, either he himself, or the Lord-Advocate of Scotland, would announce definitively the course which would be taken by her Majesty's Go• vernment, on this subject. Whilst lie was on his legs, seeing the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire, be begged to say that he observed that a very important Bill introduced by that Noble Lord stood, far the second reading on Wednesday next, namely, the Bill re lating to calico print-works. That Bill was introduced on the 12:1 of the present month, and, as it had not been in the hands of Members more than three or four days, he hoped his Noble Friend, considering the extreme im portance of the subject, and the great interests involved in the Bill, would consent to postpone the second reading of the Bill until after Easter. Lord ASHLEY said he had been most anxious that the Bill should be proceeded with before E as t er , b ut with a view to the public convenience he would post pone it until Wednesday, the 2nd of April. He must, however, be allowed to remark, that he was astonished that her Majesty's Government should hesitate to affirm the principle only of such a measure as that-- a measure which went no further than to limit the labour of children under thirteen years of rge, below a period of sometimes not less than thirty-six conse cutive hours. The order of the day for the second reading of the Calico-printers' Bill was then read for the purpose of its being postponed until April 2. - - AUCTION DUTY. Mr. BRIGHT beggcd to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question with respect to the proposal of the Government, as to the removal of the auction duty. He did so on account of a letter which he had rt ceived from Haddington, in Scotland. The writer stated that it was there customary for things not only to be sold free of auc tion duty, but by parties who had no auctioneer's licence, if it were sold on the farm or the estate where it was produced. It was stated to be quite impossible, on account of the small trade which was carried on, that it could be worth the while of parties to pay the auction duty ; and he wished to ask whether the Government proposed to con tinue to the produce of land the particular and special favour of being sold without the licence of an auc tioneer ? If not, he thought extreme hardship would be inflicted in the case of individuals placed in the same situation as the person to whom he bad referred. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must defer the discussion on this subject, till he moved the re solution of the House. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. HAWES hoped the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer would not bring on the sugar duties at a late hour of the night. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Hon. Gentleman h.- would not co -t nievee the discus• sion that night, if the debate on th, (:ustorns Ac!. tended to a hoe hour. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. C. BULLER asked On night Sent,A..ry !..t:ite - for the Home Department if he i,.iended to pr, the sec.nd reading of the Law of Set lemeot Amt tid ment Act en the day ter which it stood ? Sir J. GU 1.1 HA M said the second reading wit, at present fixed fur the 2d of Al:ril ; but :Is it had been re presented that the Quarter Sessions would be held on that day, and it would be inconvenient ter many lion. Gentlemen to attend, he would postpone the second reading till the 14th. FLOATING BREAKWATER. C ptain ITCH ELL said,sotne months since several sec tions of the floating breakwater, invented by Capt. Taylor, ware mcored off the port of Shoreham, and from the statements of pilots and masters of trading vessels it appeared the breakwater had entirely answered every purpose for which it was intended, ships being quite sheltered on the lee-side of it. lie wished to know whether the Hon. and Gaflant Officer (Sir G. Cockburn) had received any mport of the f ffieiency of this great work of art, and, if not, IN bether the Admiralty had given any directions for an inquiry into its merits, for the purpose of obtaining such a report ? Sir G. COCKBURN was understood to say that an inquiry had been ordered, but that no report bad yet been received. C SERVICES OF SIR 11. POTTINGER. Mr. HUME said on' a former occasion he had asked the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, why the name of Sir IL Pottinger was not included in the vote of thanks to the military and naval force employed in China, as it was owing to the exer. tions of Sir H. Pottingcr that the peace was concluded. He would now ask whether there was any intention, on the part of the Government, to propose a vote of thanks to that officer, or bestow any substantial reward, on him for his services ? Sir R. PEEL hoped the House would not consider the answer he was about to give inconsistent with the great respect he felt for the character of Sir H. Pottinger, and his high opinion of his services. But it was not the usual course for the House to vote its thanks to individuals engaged in oivil services ; in the present case he did not thick the precedent ought to be established. With re spvot to the sense entertained by her Majesty of the ser vices of Sir H. Pottinger. it had been proved by the honours that had been bestowed on him. Mr. HUME said that he would bring the subject under the consideration of the House after the Easter recess. to him that they were greatly dissatisfied pitwt:h itill i • la t ci f b t e h e e n i l s i s ig ue h d t f( E - I ) : . n t . h ß e a o r p o e i n. le i t ng th o e r : 1 1.1 7 30 : dtt t 0 toli ! l i i n nsa ft ie e rr ct :o i e t sße h E a ci d zirTe n u o rm t EstteeEalricessdtiadhteeillfoviep-lhetiecthote:rpar r , e ri;l , this course. would tent rsevere in 'Li.. courq% 'Ph, ee e t e st rren :/: , - . , r ,,, " 1 " t le. ;me te ...... e ).h tie (re'' i'' • ( 1 ' „ t o , ' ir i j,,. • ;t . 11' did tea P(/' 0.. t.te et.. t hat qt. est .: oe, 1 nor threw any et•stecle iii tt i -• hat ,tettel by the H. n. Merni.er tee I,i4eurY• 100, Mr. IS - A K LEY begged to be understood, ns st o ing to d o so o f hi s own accord ; h e "as compliance with the derailed of his o e ,' (Hear, hear.) But in the circuntstanc ee ens placed, he did not think he would be ti el.e r. 's his duty towards his constituents, h if he did re boa re o; earliest opportunity Of bringing the subject loP ot House. He gretted that the Right -1110.1e p b u n ° , e t i r as e teh thee a y racrroarnnadtni warrant i v , 10 - v rendered it necessary that this should be be l e , q' o in a ur i ff° ll l : ui l e( l :ll , t e it :. n his constituents did not know that there " - of sta ted -- very much dissatisfied indeed. A WO.' 0 0 Sir PEEL said he had only that day an" ehil; ti eer to get. through a great deal of public businessests of the utmost importance to the public 10r:0 - ere r 's.l had 400 reticles to go through, and houg h tot eiluP no:til:nleOt hp4rvou- teesdo',.s9:ll.etr; eeverel of them with regard to which he diu r i li - e 0 0 0 . eny difference of opinion, yet it must D ecessa T here re a considerable time to go through them. is eithe. not a day passed that he had not sixty lette gard to them. He did not deprecate the Itiej the e'of man's bringing forward his motion, but see l ly n ters s 7 lo . of public business, and the importance to th e "' t jo trade, that it should be speedily gone tbreige s ta to seeing also that the Hon. Member for Se lee w sbeti motion which would occupy some time, h e so i r tt l the Hon Gentleman would not press his. 113° d wolv es ' 0 Mr. HUM hoped that his Hon. Frier ocerV press his motion, as it could be brought i ee ,„ tber re . l o without any great inconvenience ; anfl Hon. Baronet had said, every person was rt e . Om" ' know what would be done with the differe'" which they were interested. e lseeS a Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there A ss ; e re P . Si I the Sugar Duties Bill, wi t h rega rd to phi s " ther e great deal of dissatisfa c ti on , and upon w hi c he the f t b 'ff be some discussion. Lookin g to the state f o r fit e business he thought the Hon. Membe r feostii °ll would do well n o t to press his motion, nu" till after Ea.stt r. nVE III4 ; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCBt.e. t derstood to say that he would not at prose.iceosised clause to which the Noble Lord adverteueeeselet"sr that they were now levying the duty 00 the u s t e ffer o t the House, without the provision of the It „ 0 lee ment. He would consider whether the apt"' be subsequently introduced in another ferni•noti 11 9 Lord .1. RUSSELL said the course Pr°,P ievt; ptC Right Hem. Gentl e m an wou ld meet ever y Gevtls iii thought the proposition of the Right . o .°, s e ' es sareS e would be better introduced as a separat, e r, obet °l the Right Hon. Gentl eman c ould con swe " ould be tlit els necessary. otlr' Mr. HAWES s a id h e h a d a motion on obt a r ot ferried to; but the course pro p os ed by r e p 00 1 Gentleman was sati s f ac t or y t o hien, an tie press it. o° 0 1 Mr. AGLIONBY would recommend his m ono ° J O the Member for Finsbury to pestpone t ee aftee East; r, seeing th e impertanee Of a to 01' her Mak eey's Gevernment. elie.o s $4 .e After se few word s f rom Mr. s e-e qs bl CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQY ;7 se his - e re Mr. WAKLEY consented to esttn`"7 ot iesr" and gave notice that he would bring first Committee of Supply day after Easw ej 1') NEW ZEALAND- th e 0 „ Mr. - BULLER wished to ask O4; y,e" . Gentleman opposite whether it was b e is se pecd il , r e elie ° Zeeland, of which he had bring forward the motion for parrs e a ti" , sdr statement respecting the conduct of d i n e o firto e ! c given notielow t !le Secretary of state for the Colonial 11 % e ver } tit'? was mo-t anxious to give the Governing' ess ible utility for explanation at the earliest f d s ee beo d. He thought it rather hard that he slw e e at tie 11)1 endeavouring to iniure the Noble L° Bch be b e is eeT 4 the Colonial department by the part ' di "' was c os hing t ,, in this questien. he had acted only as _ .sos o o with his public duty, and thought there vevseos' li ed the terms of his motion fixed for tonimeteberoe which should excite the anger of anY pers e° , o ll Government, or which showed the le o f all c°,.oor His motion was for " Cop i e i s , he Ge ;n ll / 4 , 0 " dente between the Colonial-o ffi ce ena s ' sue of"; to t 's the Falkland Islands, respecting the I ;octief" ot s t ;t tilde paper money. Copies of any phieu s ' Governors of New Zealand, the Falkland dee d eat other colony, authorising the contraetionit'i tb the issue of inconvertible paper." S ure beG °' nothing personal in that.diet t he' Mr. HOPE said he was most anxi ous n i t y 0 to vernment should have the fullest opp?rl u e " fe rene s olei e ' ir S ing the course they had pursued in r t the „roo', / affairs of New Zealand, and was glad th e ne er s 5 /eolo would come before the House in such sell o f the admit of a full vindi ca ti o n of the 00 0 e Se'e Lord at the head of the Colonial departrnenisool. RELIEF TO THE AGRICULTURP -I ; ea ve th h e e On the motion that the SPEMENg u° - e on that the House might go into Commi ts toms Act, t ee e,..„r was . n g, Mr. W. MILES rose to move that o f Oro , . ' i ll of this House, " that in the apelicati°3 co rd oho venue towards relieving the burtieensioluth:egsraiiBer j i ` 7 t . reduction or remission of taxation, 0 . 13 r e vi o ` le . be had to the necessity of afflie-03bernn e l t o the agricultural interest." The non' . e quetne. some minutes, quite inaudible, c°ll) tbe ti ?:ct c f ( l,o noise occasioned by Members leaving o bi b o. was understood to say that he wished . a s 010,40: much importance had been entrusted. I n t: he vee% e es e but feeling it a duty imperative upon 1.11 Woul d ' charge it to the best of his ability. 1 i: f sr brit: 4 4;l o° i cisoly as possible, state his reasens was w subject under the notice of the House. It _ A , eitis?e foie that a surplus of three millions and upwr ehee,lsscteoe Hon. Members must be also aware of ..% sand of that the manufacturing districts were i n s+ how t ' hue 9 , s e e condition. The Right Hon. Baronet o n 01 (orr is , Government had congratulated the Ill' ffien it N r i i n • the i n te de , : ,f, financial prosperity ; but it was not that, in 1847, if the inconse.tax were „i n _ nee pa i s ",,, t ios id continued, there would be, instead or * elle ree" .i der tl tbe hetbe e sar n olve ca eiency. Before the House consented t 0 t° coo' 1 50 0 '. the duty upon sugar, he would ask state of the agricultural districts, a nd s w ool. I ts e trb li e t e• benefit might not be extended to , "r l ieteres c° ;)* ew e . ' he forgotten that the agricu l tura l ws to 0) 0 °, 0 , s le very largely to the income-tax, as we ll tilere,icit , A • species of taxation ; an:, surely, east ss sit ell; c o mission or taxation, they ought n"t t ` class es " Its bete would divide tire country into plan >9l , 0 0 ,1 turine, aerieultnral, and cornwereit i; 11 1 _ brought forward for the relief of c oniMe r ,; e vi un uoi"' se e factures, whilst agriculture had bee n d ns rip'' r ift " been said that one of the greatest h tir e e ,iieo k:e l e Eli e tore was the malt-tax ; but he (Mr- a r ! . f. c o e ctt .,. ' ul d r d trona tee large sum it ielSert, it ees;_i . he te oh, quer could not spare ; therefor' mig ht - ask for its remiss whatever claw out t.f . deters. It could not be denifl'o n ities conenerciel and manufacturiug con" , ov s s deo is proving the agricultural interest iistr icts ie rci be said that the distress in the rural u .ee de fi c partial and con fi ned. Ile owned that 1 " o tro' °Teeter t han , e rer, some parts of the country was e eoul" dist . e and that no legislative e nactmel , th,t the (It.. those partial misfortunes, but tie dente d moults pet' aSS merely local—he asserted that th , ./ 1 „If •tre . s . : os es' is tress aas general. What eggr:vated ti _ O O . 4 t.t d leig in that during the last season the pricefeasso a n d erre d although barley and turnips were 11 , r.c h3 d ccs_u forr o o our that vi,here, ot, l ati o ', s to 1 11 e.. p fi r w i m ce e — r tp.einsrves,.aasnsdi,eogiuclaourrasreid, vuerrik4l.l:: rovendo..oo er He suspected that whilst the price . S) e , r P in Stil it tro l high, that of meat had not risen eitn, no be oulLf Leadenhall, showing that the farmer na" u nder t he A civ e his own markets. Now, as to the price e un der tea l 0 0 , 5 0 take the imports which had taken p la ce „„tity 02 28 , 1842, and compare them in price an q e e le obsr mon ths would first take the thirty-010n which had taken place under the st e ` etSg 1842 et ees is I quint to the Act of 1842. . 0,016 qw r. imported into this country 2,6 1 - .t. 'e o f fletoe 2 fore7gn corn, and 524,00 0 c v . ,e 44, 1,11 _ a lp' quarters. 'lle whole quantity n of lour was 1843, 1,658,000 quarters of corn !, ( 1 ) I t : r i s 4ich e ;s,l o . 1 ens ported during these thirty two In el , ne arte e. ; t cwts. The average prices of whei . i , t 4 P 4 r , ?u rn 0 0: in 1842, 555. ; in 1843, 535. ; in 1 ' rtes. Let l e th ee average price being 525. o de per thirty-six months following the Ac_t_ n i .l nuse ters . t 788; 66 . 7 t , 6 4 ? ,16; ` t0 4 042, 4 „ t ity look at what took place u r the il lk n c o t,e ls2 B ; B ;be re o lf sfl!! imported into this country only in less than that period and Let:sten': larg e sea s ", beeS quarters had been imported, and of ba b r i e y b " ot ter; flour. This year large quantities t had been imported, and the quality ols t e t equ el t e e nt jet descriptions of foreign barley were ( P a l" t h e n v ! _ o st it; imported from foreign countries; about,l,,2l,2ilia'loB47ll4tlitlioaett, of home growth. The Han. Gentlern • wo A lp a series of details, the import of _W e r e n. e " sf w hich, o t re„ audible in the gallery, but the eft - _L ati v ee s od t o " r iff of e show that the price of aglicultural sinceru th e of th e visions-for the people had declined _ n ee . s o other 111 t te `' gric° D op 1842. the object of the than he '" •ed ter interest paid more local rates utor e tt in ee The agricultural interest likewise s .t . rn id . ia ints e . ; Hon. Member was to show that ttsneurfactattee pressure of the Police Act, but be el bo regid er v i) eb ' af re l a upon that subject, as it would soon e e st sae s ee e duced before the house ; but still a e n was hard that the tenant-farmer, _ 4. 1 "; 0 0 5 0 , 6 '04! country district, who had never perh , s_ ts f e ty r 010 tali police, ehould have to contribute to tne „ retilr° r h tlf, he persons living in towns. He had elf n‘ „,„, a verage_ ffie i e ntl iese re' county of Essex, in which, if he was taw% d that the assessed county ra—s d 34 ,euse in tel rece .e . , uh i e ~, year 1836 were 16.000 L, trusted that he had rendered himself en d by t ! till , turns to make out his case, that not .onlylll t he co t he ligible to the House. lie had endeavonr aid ) m i ry' but unfortunately general, distress extSt sugg es! Ht• would now venture ver y . humbly w ould te de be a t , Gov, mment what, in his opinion, boon, one of the v, ry best which cool l ir F oot , 0: 00 0 forded to the agricultural interests—bei ' ce de reee. should idlow malt to be used for feed" g " - t ee hear-) et the payment of a litity.—(l l evir , e iirte , Y e iefe Members bud exesetitited lengthily tied ha d br _ 4 O subject of ttgricultural distreee , but st"ele forward any measures for its remelts-. De ss t he P two measures, one of which was advocate d_,'rsior Lord the Member for Yorkshire (Lord VYW' ; 4,111. SCOTCH BANKS. Mr. A. DUFF said, that as some alteration in the Sc itch banking system was intended, he hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would inform the House whether or not he would give some indication of the course the Govern ment meant to pursue regarding this qutstion, before the Easter recess. Sir R. PEEL replied that he must take the same course in rep-ct to Scotch and Irish as to English banks, and reserve all explanation until he brought the matter fully under the consideration of the House. Mr. DUFF—When does the Right Hon. Baronet in tend to bring the measure fora and ? Sir R. PEEL—At as early a period after the recesses as is comiqent with our duty in respect to other mea ures of great i_mportanco, and of an urgent nature. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. Mr. M. BELLEW iiished to know from the Riohi Hon. Baronet .hen he conternplatt,d britiOng forwart4 the Irish business, and which Irish measures would have precedence? Sir H. PEEL said, the two firit measures regardivg Ireland AA hich would be brought r the notice of !he House were that in referi nce to the College of Maynooth, and that 11-gar/ling academical education. He could not bring these measures forward immediately after the re cess, in cons,Auence of the press of hu,iness, but at us early a period as pssi ble. THE TARIFF. Lord EBRINGTON put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in consequence of a letter he had re ceived from a mercantile friend, whether the duties upon myrrh, rectified turpentine, and olbanum, would Le affected by the change in the duty upon resins? The CHANCELLOR of the ,EXCHEQUER said that the Hon. Member would see that there wf-re reduc tions of the duty on turpentine and resin already made, and as to myrrh, it would come under the same category. Capt. BERNAL OSBORNE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Hon. Member for Louth to found any measure upon the subject to which he had ad verted with respect to landlords and tenants at Mort ? Sir R. PEEL said the Government were in communi cation on the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know whether, if any measure was introduced, it would he introduced in that House or the House of Lords, and whether it would be introduced under the sanction of the Government or the Commission. Sir R. PEEL answered, under the authority of the Gcvernment. Mr. ROCHE wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, when the Irish Members might expect the remaining evidence of the Irish Land Commissioners would be laid on the table of the House. In the north of Ireland they had had the evidence that had already been printed with respect to that part, but Hon. Members were anxious to know what had been done with respect to the south. Sir R. PEEL would make inquiry on the subject, and in the interim he could not but congratulate the Hon. Gentleman in having got through the first portion of the evidence. ST. JAMES'S PARK. Mr. WAKLEY, seeing the Noble Earl at the head of he Woods and Forests in his place, wished to know whether the gate-keepers of St. James's-park had orders to refuse admission through it of labourers in their working dresses ?—(liear, hear.) He had been informed that such orders had been given, by a gentle.. man who had seen a written instruction to that k ffect in the hands of the gate-keepers. Load LINCOLN said that, some years ago, instruc tions to the effect alluded to by the lion. Member had been issued to the gate-keepers. But two or three years ago he had directed the gate keepers not to act on those instructions, except in cases where persons in that dress were in a state of intoxication. GRINDING CORN IN BOND. Mr. HASTIE said, that as the Act authorising the grinding of corn in bond would expire in August next, he had been requested by many persons engaged in the corn trade, to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, whether or not it was the intention of the Government to propose the renewal of that Act ? Sir R. PEEL—We do intend to renew the Act. CUSTOMS ACT.—BURDENS ON AG RI. CULTURE. On the motion that the ord. rof the day for the House resolving itself into Committee on Customs Act be read, - Sir WALTER JAMES t ose for the purpose of re questing the Hon. Member for Soniersetshire to postpone the motion of which he had given notice, on the House going into Committee. It ryes an exceed ingly important motion, and he would :Isk the Gentleman to postpone it till after Easter. Ile made this request entirely proptia 'Acta. He had not spoken on the subject to any tnernber of h. r Majestx's Government. He certainly did ask the opinion of the lion. Member for the City of London—the senior Member for London.—(A laugh.) Ile said it was ex ceedingly difficult to distinguish among Members of the City of London, and therefore he mentioned his Hon. Friend as the senior Member—(Renewed laughter) —he mentioned him on account of the very high character he had in the House.— -(Continued laughter.) Ile did not at all wish to distinguish Isis Hon. Friend from the Noble Lord opposite(Shouts of laughter) —of course he had not consulted the Noble Lord.—(Continued laughter.) But the Hon. Member to whom he alluded was a high authority on all commercial subjects—(Hear, hear)—and his Hon. Friend had assured him that any delay in the passing of the tariff would produce a most injurious ef fect upon the commercial interests of the country (Hear, hear.) Now he could not help thinking that ninety-nine persons out of a hundred in the country would be of opinion, after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet the Prime Minister, that the mo tion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Somersetshire could not produce any immediate practical result.— (Loud Opposition cheers.) If the Hon. Member wished to make a protest, in a spirit of conciliation, the pro priety of adopting such a course was open to con sideration. He (Sir Walt<r James) would not say Whether such a course of conduct was wise or politic, but it was at least open to consideration ; btit he consi dered that 99 persons out of every 100 of common sense —(A laugh)—must see that it could not make any im portant difference to the county Members whether the motion were brought on before Easter or after, and under those circumstances he hoped the Hon. Member would postpone his motion. He begged to say to his lion. Friend that he put this question in the most amica ble spirit.—(Laughter.) He,had the greatest respect for the character of his Hon. Friend, as well as for the county Members in that House generally ; but if he thould not consent to the postponement of it till after Easter, then upon the county Members would rest the onus of the delay to the other measures of importance affecting the commercial interests of the country, of sus pending industry, and clogging the channels of trade, pro tont°, for the time.—(Laughter.) Mr. MASTERMAN begged to say, as the elderly gentleman alludei to—(Laughter)—that he could only repeat to his Hon. Friend what he had said to him be fore in private, that he considered it would be a great inconvenience to bring on this motion now, and there fore he would be willing to give precedence to the Cuts. toms Act.—(Hear.) Mr. W. MILES—In answer to the Hon. Member for Hull, he regretted to say that he could not comply with his request, and should adhere to his ori g i na l i ntent i on of bringing on his motion on the day he had gis en notice of it —(Hear)—and he hoped and trusted the House would agree with him in that motion ; though from what he had heard this evening it would appear as if Hon. Gentlemen thought that such a thing as the agri cultural interest did not now exist at all—(Laughter)— that in fact there was ro interi-ist to be cared for in this country but the commercial.—(Hear.) If he consented to this motion he had no doubt he would be looked upon as throwing the agricultural interests overboard al together.—(hear.) POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE. Mr. WAKLEY begged to intimate to the Right lion. Bart., the First Lord of the Treasury, that upon the Right Hon. Bart. bringing on his motion for the House going into a Committee of Supply, he would ask a question relative to the opening of Mr. I)uncombe's letters. He was very unwilling todo this ; but he was cegvelled to it by the electors of Finsoury, who had communicated .t relative tt that kind , mark g oo ce t...omew ch annel i I% ould'Fpc thi l t o nt : (1,1 to