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gad eat Dot be ny► rYt )1)3 Log ha sa he p 1 1 ' ninocloubtedly. ---- to a Char cellr , r, o f the but wtll hilst t atii e on i): , thq &lie s en-re nt cessery, it WRS CLIC,' 01 Chsn'e'ellor of the Exchequer to look to them. - But there being th ree millions and a half of houses in, this tr conndutto three millions were exempts,: from the y, p oor +.4' i t hat the window-tax was levied mainly en t O O benefit the rich, wsta a.,sertion eidudl y - fact. reason of vie disomn not so InillreVaikd the divellin4s of the poor, was '" the operation it ties tax, as it fr,:m goal' ' n(l3l P o verty. A c.itz. , ge ait n six wind°, s w,as on the Property, and one of ti - itit class `having tw r o apul.2 would ground floor was better, as litany Lion. Members in the P e rhaPs think, than ninety-:411:e out of a hundred .h they wis"euntr.Y. It must be otivioui to the flows that Q rPlan was to adopt the old principle of keeping the burdens Ic tvhich we had, rather than go to ( there wheY knew nothing. of; and holding that principle at - saw 11 : " A 'illing to give up the window-lax until he /slobleisFwaY clearlywith a fitting substitute; and his of this Friend had referred to the oppressive operation to the tax upon the poor, hut he must know, that the tax was taken off hy Lord Al thore, in preference tea window -tax, because the former did not so ma re,`4llY affect the richer classes of society. For these it u s eba• and for those which were contained in the occasions, he had made to the House on previous N ob rbs, he felt it leis duty to resist the motion of his Noble Friend. wh L ic ° l.. rd DIJILEY STUART said that this tax was one .ereorpeourt.vioernY naturally affected the interests of the great of the inhabitants of the metropolis, who Were exceedingly anxious to see it repealed, as was 11;1nPlyremh testified by the number of petitions presen ed, and Si aviary had the honour to present one, which was a'r7 0 Y 5000 ratepayers cf the parish of Marylebone, , es desirous of saying a few words upon the subject. greauteeli"Qd there was no tax that was looked upon with r aversion by the people of this country. It was tax n e • ch _ such had hutted for a great many years, and had ass been the occasion of murmur, aversion, and cla d Ilr•—(Hear hear.) He thought his Noble Friend had i l l ) " himself honour hy his motion, and had endeared I,Q m .. self to the people of the country, and that the Go reuraent, by resisting it, had done exactly the contrary. b ee remembered the way in which his Noble Friend had w as not met on a former occasion two sessions ago. It Xobl"t the Chancellor of the Exchequer then, but the e Lord at the head of the Government, who intro ttiu'ohd a budget, and in - it a proposal was made thet the ts _ me•tax sheuld be increased. The Noble Lord en otted the House to accede to his proposition, portray t.,a the most calamitous consequences in the event of ilsa l) and said that after two years they would have rtt excess of revenue, and that prosperity would tt „ u rn. The N o bl e Lord forgot for the moment to t i! the official caution of not mentioning the exact Cue , and he had t u rned out right in the time which e aid mention. Th e H o use did not answer his appeal. et ref us coin ed to vote the additional 2 per cent. on the in -0'bl; notwithstanding which, none of the disasters oe , urred whi c h t h e N o bl e L or d p re dicted. Prosperity 1, 8 1 4 now returned to the country, and he wanted to ho cw from w h at taxes t h ey were to b e relieved. If the 4 ep following, the course which it had adopted on the w e j e asion to w hi c h h e a ll u d e d, would refuse to grant the n tlow-tax at al', the Government would soon find a Ch ancellor of getting on without it.—(Hear, hear.) The o f t h e Exchequer had remitted the duty on slicks' which he did no t say would not benefit the poorer asses, but certainly it was of minor consequence. As to the stamp-d u ty remission, which was also contem plated,i he believed it would prove no remission at all; „either did he believe that the revenue would lose by I ' 4e contemplated change. Whenever the motion for the re peal s of thin tut was made, they had the same an i:ti3Over and over again from every Chancellor of the th ecueen e e• r who had resisted it, viz., that they wanted Th e mo ney. The uniform opinion of men of science on f e prejudicial operation of this tax in a sanitary point e t i • ought to show the Government the inconsistency f a "wieg it to remain in force; and if the Chan cellor the E xc h equer st i l l sa id t h at th e revenue could not bear the reduction, he would have him to consider whether the country would much longer submit to lay I L Re should cordially support his Noble Friend's mot ion. —(near.) , Sir GEORGE PECHELL observed that it was now ' 5 Years since he heard the Chancellor of the Exchequer , I nferrn the House that if the Gallant Officer the Mere- Der for Winchester would withdraw his motion for the r ePtal of the window duty, it should be taken into con eideration in the next session. That was in June, 1835, an d since then they had six Chancellors of the Exche quer, and yet the question remained at the present day Precisely where it did then. The number of cases de cided by the judges on appeals, showed the large amount of sarcharges,annually made in the assessment to this obnoxious tax; and so difficult was it for a person to understand the nature of his surcharge, that many par ties submitted to it rather than contest it with the sur veyor. A mere aperture in the wall counted as a win dow, so that a man did not know when he was safe. People thought they were safe under Lord Althorp's Act, but that was no security, for a gentleman who had compounded for seventeen windows under that Act, had opened twenty-five, and upon an appeal he was sur charged, it having been held that he had lost his occupa tion by having let his house to a tenant. He also Stated the case of a farmer, who was surcharged, which he quoted, to induce the friends of the farmer to support the motion. Sir BENJAMIN HALL said, when a subject of im- Penance was debated in that House, the public devoted attention to it. In a morning paper of that day it was laid that the present question was brought forward under difficulties, as it preceded the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, so that it would be objected it was premature, and if postponed it would then be said it was too late. He saw no reason that the Irish should be exempted from this tax, while it was ls- Vied in this country. They had a right to be placed on the same footing with the Irish. This question might be rega r d e d as a sanitary measure, and he hoped his Noble Friend would perse vere in brin g in g this q uestion jf orward every session, for it was only b y continuall y y - "ekinte at the door that he could succeed. Mr. HUME said there was now levied between fifty seven and fifty-eight millions of taxation, although ten :Lean ago it was not more than fifty-two millions a year. lie saw no reason why this large amount of taxation Should not be reduced. The only way to diminish the expenditure of the country was by refusing the vote cf money to the Government. The amount of the tax was eighteen hundred thousands a year, and if they wished for a reduction of taxation, the way Was to remove this tax, and they would then find the Government bringing forward diminished estimates in the various departments of expenditure which were now Unnecessary. They ought to put the screw on the Go- Vernment, and keep it on, if they wished to enforce ee unDiny. It was said there was nothing new in this Question; that was not the case. Since this question Was first introduced they had learned the importance of Sanitary regulations, and nothing was more calculated to Promote health than light and air. A petition was pre sented to that House signed by eighty-eight medical Mete which stated that giving light and air by removing this tax would p romo te health, and be economic by re itieving the poor-rates. The amount now levied could be obtained from the parties now paying it in another Nv el, but which would not prevent the free access of light and air. The withdrawal of the African squadron r W ould , make up the loss sustained by repealing this tax. 4 5 would, at all events, contribute 700,000/. If they, therefore, would do away with this tax, they would soon Ref , rid of the squadron. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said, considering . the !aterest the Government took in the question of sanitary 11 uProvement, their refusal to repeal or modify this tax Was done with a great less of character. %. Lord DUNCAN, in reply, said the speech which 'e had first made in support of this ;notion had not been Yet answered ; and, under these circumstances, he had t :e other co u rse to pursue in proposing his motion than ' 0 reit era t e t h e speech which he had first made it: its s upport. The course pursued by the Government with Nard to this measure would disparage their sincerity l u promoting sanitary reforms. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the motion Against it ••• ••• ••• 80 Majority ••• ••• ••• ••• —3 The announcement of the division was received with several rounds of cheering by the minority. L,,,,NCIMI B ERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. hr SOLICITOR -GENERAL, in asking leave to g in a Bill to provide more simple and effectual se eulties for advances to purchasers of encumbered estates Q Ireland, said that this Bill w as intended sclel y for the e s Vieth of proprietors of estates in Irela nd. The ob j ect g 7 l th e measure, as alleged by some p e rso ns, was not Ireland. for the benefit of English purchasers of land in e .e 'llud• He did net think that any sin g le measure Culd be introduced that would produce arty eery exten ® number of English purchasers of hued in Ireland. : I I Making advances to purchasers of land in Ireland "wo objects should be aimed at; first, to induce advances of Money ; an d, s econd, to make the repayment of the tn -411 eY advanced as secure as possible. In order to se - ,u re these, objects the earious provisions of this Bill ‘',ere drawn up. They provided for the security of the ad vance by giving a power of sale in three months, in "eltnt of the regular payment of interest, which Was also provided for. A Parliamentary title Would be given by means of a certificate in a certain forte, which could be transferred W hen desired, as easily as a bill of exchange. Upon this security proprietors of land could easily obtain advances t) ,. t. money for the improvement of the land. Without lan d possession of capital it was impossible to make the as au d productive. There was a very large amount of r c itley in England, which it might be possible to divert - 4 4 ,te this channel of Irish improvement. If the Bill had this effect it would be most beneficial to Ireland. If it h ad not that effect it would he a dead letter. It could do harm t o an y on e. He anticipated great bene fit from Su e, substitution of a Parliamentary title inst ead of the r g sent expensive and elaborate mode of conveyauce. He d Ped the House would allow the measure to h e intro llieed• that they might see what it was. Undoubtedly s ubject would be great difference of opinion upon this iect but the general feeling in Ireland seetroel to he tavour of the general scope and principle of the race sure„ Colonel DUNNE said that undoubtedly this measure .Zou hadld be of great im ursued on a portance to Ireland. By the course attraetin p f o rmer occasion he had succeeded tq g public attention. The Bill now they were t ,Tld was t o be for the benefit of Irish proprietors, for "`"erly it was said to be for the hem& of Irish Yptculators. " . ha SOLICITOR-GENERAL—No. Colonel DUNNE--Ile should say that he had the an nour of belonging to a society ettAblished two years MO for the protection of the Irish propr:eturs, who were C c * to be swamped by the recent maasure of encuto _!red estates, and in that he Lad the concurrence of some or the highest authorities, and .those men who wore ,„ ; t4II Y disinterested, as not belonging to the British em mindl'lrNWhen ho reflected on this matter, he was re ed that that society to which he belonged had made THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1850. every exertion to meet the wishes of Government by teem ie. Vnll.l Ec'eunty for the loon I,e erreioe for the improvement of Irish estate e; hut in the,. ties are! the Irish proprietors with wham he was coneeete ! found that they were totally disappointed; for that Gt•N ermoclit had no notion of granting that loan which heel beet; mooted by them. He should, however, :ay 11 it Le eas glad that this measure was introduced, and slid nut therefore moan to oppose it; but so far from thet, hop: d that her Majesty's Government would seepurt the tell, as he considered it would be very conducive to the inte rests and welfare o; the Irish proprietor aid the Irrsh larmer.—(Hear, hear.) He was highly gratified with the clear sad intelligible exposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and hoped from that exposition that a cern petition would not be raised between the Irish proprietor and other parties, such as the London Ccmpan„ wl.o, by their wealth, could not be competed with; end he felt bound to add, that he did not think that the purchasers would have any advantage by a Parliamentary Bill. He I then adverted to the abuse of a sale of a gentleman's property in the county of Westmeath, whose name he did not wish to mention. This could not but elicit the indignation of every Hon. Member, when he was informed that that property was sold under the Encumbered Es tates Bill for 6001., which was only one year and a halt's purchase, and that he attributed solely to the bad legisla tion of the present Government. Sir L. O'BRIEN said that though he agreed with the encumbered estates measure to a certain extant, yet he considered that many a landed proprietor in Ireland was materially injured by its working, in consequence of new creditors coming suddenly on those proprietors like a set of harpies to annoy them in the moment of their difficulties and embarrassment. lie thought that nothing could be more unjust than that Government should em power creditors to dispose of property after only two days' notice, particularly when many of those landed proprietors could not obtain their rent for the last two years, and he therefore thought that if it were the in tention of the Government to make stringent laws for the sale of land, that they should give the landlords ano ther more forcible power to recover their rents, particu larly as many of the landlords had expended large sums of money for the improvement of those lands. He was ef opinion that if the Right Hon. Gentleman had taken a retrospective view of this measure, that much good would be effected; yet he should say that be doubted the sale of the property in the county of Mayo to which the Hon. and Gallant Member (Colonel Dunne) alluded. 4r. FRENCH said that he could assure the Hon. Baronet (Sir L. O'Brien) that the property alluded to by his Hon. and Gallant Friend (Colonel Dunne) was located in the county Mayo, and that its income being 400/. per annum, it was sold for 6001., which was only a year and a half's purchase, for he knew the proprietor,:a Mr. AtfLaughlin. When he referred to this case he was reminded of the 658 cases under the Court of Chancery, of which number only four were dispos e d o f under the Encumbered Estates Act. The Lion. Gentle men then alluded to several cases of property being sold at a considerable discount, some of which were sold at 8:-1 per cent. under the ordnance valuation. He was to tally at a loss to account for this new light which had beamed on the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Solicitor- General) which never appeared before, and which, it appeared, tended to inutile all the members of the Go vernment, namely, that there was a great quantity of land to be sold in Ireland. Mr. NAPIER objected to the introduction of this Eill on the same grounds as he had opposed the Encumbered Estates Bill, because he thought many would be ruined by such a measure. When he heard it advanced as an argument in favour of this Bill that there had been much land brought into the market, be would ask what was to become of the claims of the many creditors, who would not receive a fair dividend of the sale, and should add that, though it was necessary that some experiment should be tried, yet that the pi esent was quite auotna!oue as not being likely to meet the demands or wishes of any party. Ile therefore thought it was of the utmost importauce to make every endeavour to support the le.ndei interest in Ireland by the introduction of some measure prelerable to the present in the opinion of all persons connected with the landed interest. Ile should say, with respect to the property sold in the county of Mayo, to which the Hoc. Gentlemen (Mr. French) alluded, that the low purchase v. as melee; to a want of advertising the :ale. He thought, therefore, that this measure—certainly an experimental one—de :creed the greatest attention, and he should, if the Bill were allowed to be brought in, give it every attention in his power, so ac to assist in making it as perfect as possible. Mr. SADLEIR would suggest to the Government that there should be an arrangement by which the :time might be fixed, for greater convenience between parties, and also a place, when and where this money might be paid, : without making it peremptory to pay it into the Bank of Ireland, and also that there should be an ar rangement entered into, by which the Bank of Ireland might lend money on land debentures in Ireland, as the Beide of England had done in times of great depression of landed interests in England. lie thought that every allowance should be made for proprietors of estates in Ireland whose encumbrances were yet moderate, and that every exertion should be allowed them to keep them selves, as far as possible, out of the operation of the Encumbered Estates Bill; but he apprehended that the `• nursing" of estates, on which there were encumbrances, would be productive of injury to the owners, and would ultimately bring them within the operation of the Bill. He thought that great credit was due to the Solicitor- General for having proposed a 13111 which, like this, would facilitate the advancement of money on landed property in Ireland. It had been said by some Hon. Members in the House, that nothing could be more im politic and injurious on the part of the Government than affording a facility to landed proprietors in Ireland to borrow money on the security of their lands in Ire land; but nothing could be more erroneous, and on those grounds, amongst others, he confessed he was glad to see such a Bill as the present brought under the considera tion of the House. Mr. STAFFORD hoped he was under a misappre hension, if he understood the Solicitor-General to say that the Government had given up all idea of encou raging the investment of English capital in the purchase of in Ireland. It he was wrong in that impression he should rejoice, because he regarded such a statement as calculated to lead to the greatest mischief in relation to the interests of the people of Ireland, and of that country generally. They could not improve Ireland, legislate as they would, until they get English capital introduced into that country, and they need not hope for improvement in Ireland until they have a certainty of English security for the capital that might he invested in that country. He could not Lit down without saying that the greatest credit was due to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Solicitor-General, for his exertions in the measures which he had introduced, to raise Ireland from her low condition; and while he made that acknow ledgment, he would take the opportunity of saying that great allowance ought to be made, and he trusted would be made, for the unfortunate individuals whose proper ties were encumbered, and that every indulgence would be extended to them in their effints to extricate their estates from the encumbrances upon them, before resort ing to the extreme course of a sale. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained that the expression which ho made use of with respect to his apprehension that English capitalists would not invest their money in the purchase of trail estates did not ex press the opinion of the Government, but his own. He thought, in forming that opinion, that persons who wore about to purchase property had generally some idea of going to reside on it, and as matters stood in IrCaud, be doubted that English capitalists would have any great desire to go and reside iu that country, and therefore he came to the conclusion that it was not very likely that English capital would be invested in the purchase of landed property in Ireland. With respect to the state ment that an estate in Ireland had been sold for a year and a half's purchase, he might remark that the whole cf the property might he sold for a liability of the owner, no matter what might be due, provided the owner did not pay. That was to say, if the owner of a property did not pay, the covenanter could sell either part or the whole of the property for the encumbrance with which it was charged. The case, however, of this property of 400/, a year having been sold for a year and a halt's purchase, ought to be inquired into, to ascertain if any thing wrong, or requiring redress, had taken place in the transaction.—(hear, hear.) Great difficulties, however, lay in the way of a sale. The House would recollect, that under the Act, it was necessary that the creditors selling any estate should state the amount of rent which it let for. Now, he could state instances to the House of Cases wherein, when inquiries were made on the subject, neither the owner of the estates, nor the stewards, nor tie tenants who occupied the lands, knew what the rent of those estates amounted to.—(Laughter.) The landlord did not know it, the steward did not know it, and, with respect to the tenants, all they knew about it was, that the steward came there from time to time to and took as much as he could.—(Much laughter.) Leave was then given to bring in the SUPPLY. The Report of the Committee of Sapply was broughtt up. Several resolutions having been agreed to, on the re solution for defraying the expenses of the commissariat, Mr. SPOONER put a question with refdrence to some unoccupied ground purchased for barracks which had not yet been built upon. Lord J. RUSSELL regretted he could not reply to the question—the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home. Department not being in the House. Mr. SPOONER thought some account should be ren dered to the House of what was done with the money. The resolution was then agreed to. On the resolution for the defraying the expenses of the Admiralty and offices, Colonel SIBTHORL' said he was well aware how useless it was for so small a man as he was in that House to attempt to raise an objection successfully to such a vote. He had endeavoured the other evening to dis charge a painful duty—for no one was more attached to the t , s o services, the army and navy, than the humble individual who then addressed them. Be was bound to make that declaration, for those who had gone before him, and those whom he loved, had been and were in those services. He had lost an amiable brother iu the nsvy, who had not been undistinguished in his lifetime. He had two sons in the army, he was not ashamed to say —one of whom had not been undistinguished in the ser vica of his country at Moultan. Those ties must natu rally make him attached to the service, and therefore he was justified in saying he discharged a painful task when he rose the previous nigh!, from a sense of public duty, and proposed the reductions which he did. He could have no other motive for his proceeding than his public duty. Ile knew but few of the parties—hi s old friend the First Lord of the Admiralty and his respected friend Admiral Dund;fs—and when he proposed reductions in the salaries of the superior clerks, who, be believed, per formed their duties in a most efficient manner, he only did so because .he was actuated by those principles of economy which were professed by his side of the douse, and by tbq other side also, but very little practised. Ile took the sense of the House on his motion, and he flattered himself he should have been supported by a k vast number of lion. Members on his side of the House, PARLIAMENTARY JJI VISIONS Yrom ttm Pous and .I"rocce,lbt!is f the lioust o f TUESDAY, APRIL 9. DUNDEE AND PERTH AND ABERDEEN RAILWAY JU :, UT lON, ~ -t /NDEE AN D ARBROATH AND DUNDEE AND NEWTYLE RAILWAIS i.ILL. Order for Second X?ading rear ; I:lotion made, and Que::- tioli proposed, "'that the Bill be Low read a serail,' time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the crol of the Question to add the words " upon this day six. m,mtlis." Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of tile question." The House divided : lIINORITY—AYES, 39 . Arbutimott, Hugh Herbert, 11. A. Saiwey, Colonel Illandford, Marquis Hodges, T. L. Stansiield, W. R. Castlereagh, Vis. Ilume, Joseph Stuart, Lord Dudley Deedes, W. Kershaw, J tunes Thickneyse, Ralph Dick, Quintin Lacy, 11. C. Townshend, Captain Duncombe, 0. Loveden, Pryse Verney, Sir 11. Ebrington, Lord M'Gregor, John Villiers, Charles Fergus, John Molesworth, Sir W. Wall, C. B. Fitzroy, Henry Morgan, H. K. Watkins, Colonel Greene, Thomas Morris, David Navin, J. T. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Pilkington, James Wilson, James Grentell, Charles W. Finney, W. TELLERS. nail, Sir Benjamin Rendlesham, Lord Thompson, Colonel Rally - btulon,Lord J. Rich, Iltnry Duncan, George MAJORITY-NOES, 79. Anstey, Thomas C. Fordyce, A. D. Ogle, S. C. xrkwright, G. Forster, Mathew Packe, C. W. Baines, M. T. Fox, W. J. Peto, Samuel Bankes, George French, F. Pugh, David Barnard, E. G. Frewen, C. U. Rufrord, Francis Barrington, Vis. Fuller, A. E. Russell, Ed vi ard.S. Beckett, W. Gibson, T. M. Russell, F. C. Berkeley, H. F. Goddard, A. L. Saudars, George Berkeley, C. L. G. Gordon, Admiral Scrope, G. P. Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Shaito,.R. D. . . Boldero, H. G. Greenall, Gilbert Sidney, Alderman liramston, T. W. Harris, Richard Smith, J. Benjamin Brockman, E. D. Hastie, Archibald Smyth, J. G. Brotherton, J. Henry, Alexander Spearman, 11. J. Brown, W. Lennox, Lord A. Thornely, Thoma 3 Buck, L. W. Lindsay, Colonel Townley, It. G. Cardwell, E. Lockhart, W. Verner, Sir W. Chatterton, Colonel -; Long, W. Waddington, David Clifford, .Henry M. Mackinnon, W. A. Waddington, H. a. Clive, Henry B. March, Earl of Westhead, J. P. Cocks, T. S. Martin, Samuel Wilcox, Brodie Codrington, Sir W. Masterman, John Williamson, Sir H. Colebrooke, Sir T. Matheson, Colonel Willoughby, Sir IL Denison, J. E. Maule, Fox Divett, Edward Moody, C. A. Dunne, Colon,' Egerton, Sir I'. Mullings, J. IL. Naas, Lord TELLERS. Spooner, Richard Egerton, W. T. .- Evars, Sir De Lacy O'Brien, Sir Lucius WINDOW-TAX. Motion made, and Question put, " That whereas the present mode of assessing, levying, and collecting Taxes on air and light in England and Scotland interferes most pre judicially with the health and sanitary condition of the in habitants of Great Britain, therefore it is expedient that the Window-tax should be repealed." The louse divided MINORITY-AYES, 77. Aglionby, IL A. Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. Baillie, 11. J. Gibson, Thomas M. Perfect, It. Baldwin, Barry Oreeliall, Gilbert Pigott, Francis Barnard, E. G. Greene, John Plumptre, J. P. Berkeley, Henry F. Grenfell, C. P. Raphael, Alexander Berkeley, C. L. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. ltutrord,iFrancis Bouverie, E. P. Hall, Sir B. Salwey, Colonel Brernridge, Richard Heald, James Sandars, George Bright, John lienry, Alexander Scholefield, Witham Cabbell, B. B. Ilervey, Lord A. Sidney, Alderman Chatterton, Colonel Ileyworth, L. Smith, John B. Clay, James Hildyard, R. C. Stanley, E. H. Clifford, 11. M. Ilorsinan, Edward Strickland, Sir G. Cobden, Itichard 11 umphery, Ald. Stuart, Lord D. Codrington,lSir W. Keating, Robert 'lllicknesse, It. A. Coles, Henry B. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Dashwood,:G. 11. Lacy, Henry C. Tollemache, F. J. Dick, Quietus Langston, J. 11. Tyrell, Sir J. Divett, Edwai d Lewisham, Visa. Verner. t.ir IV. Dull, James : Loveden, Prybe Vyse, H. Duncan, George Lm.hington, Charles Wawn, J. T. Ellis,7John Meagher, Thomas Willcox, Brodie Evans, Sir Dc Lacy Moffatt, George Wood, W. P. Evans, Joint Morris, David E m.irt, William Mowatt, Francis TELLERS. Fergus, Jelin Muntz, G. F. Duncan, Lord Fordyce, A. D. Pearson, Charles Hume, Joseph MAJORIT Y-NOES, 80. Armstrong, Fir A. Halford, Sir 11. Parker, John BaMes, M. 'l'. Harris, Ballard Pilkington, James Baring - , Sir F. Hustle, Archibald Power, Nicholas Barrington. - V iscount Hawes, 13. Richards, Richard reckett, W. Hayter, W. G. Romilly, Sir John Bellew, It. M. Ileathcoat, John Russell, Lotd J. Bowles, Admiral Herbert, Sidney Seymour, Lord Boyle, Colonel Heywood, James Shell, R. L. lirotherton, Joseph Hobhouse, Sir John Smith, J. A. Brown, W. Hodges, T. L. Somers, J. P. Browne, R. D. Howard, Lord E. Somerville, Sir W. Busfeild, W. Jervis, Sir John Thorliely, T. Clerk Sir G. Laseelles, W. S. Towiieley, John Clive, H. B. Lewis, G. C. Tulitell, It. Cowper, W. F. Lindsay, Colonel Turner, G. J. Craig, Sir W. G. Lockhart, W. Vane, Lord 11. Denison, J. E. Lygon, General Villiers, F. W. Dundas, Admiral :Mackie, John Wall, C. B. Dundas, Sir David Mackinnon, W. Walpole, Spencer Ebrington, Viscount M`Neill, Duncan Wellesley, Lord C. Elliot, John E. Maule, Fox Williamson, Sir IL Emlyn, Viscount Mitchell, T. A. Wilson, James Entield, Lord Morgan, 11. K. Wood, Sir Charles French, F. Napier, Joseph Wyvill, Marmaduke Goulburn, Henry Norreys, Lord Grace, D. D. Oswald, Alexander TELLICRI. Grey, Sir George Paget, Lord Clarence Hill, Lord Marcus Grey, It. 'W. Palmerston, Vie. Rich, Henry Mr. Locke King and Mr. Alcock did not arrive in time to vote for the repeal of the window-tax, having been at the Quarter Sessions at Reigate. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—Oa Monday the Bth, the process of repre sentative government resumed its course. The Go vernment displayed a want of that foresight which enables individuals to conduct their affairs with out running on the rocks of harsh disappointment, in allowing a vote to go against them, by a majority of 48 to 40, which is in not an inconsi derable House as being more than double what the rule requires, on so comparatively small a question as the position of Assistant-Surgeons in the Navy. The question, though not without its difficulties, only wanted a little will to find a way • and it is impossible that anything can have been bettered, by letting it come to the precise issue described. In the Committee on Supply the same scene was repeated as in a former instance. The Conservatives moved, that in consequence of the reduction of prices consequent on the abolition of the Corn Laws, it was necessary to reduce expenditure, and to begin with the salaries of the Ministers. And then they angled for such of the Free-Traders as they • knew they were sure to catch. For certain it is, that there is no possible form under which the Conservatives can dress a motion, and bait it with the prospect of a few hundred pounds to be taken from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at which large trout from the Free Trade and Liberal benches will not eagerly leap. Suppose now, that in the early stages of the con testcause, should have proposed to himself to the Government as follows. hi n a have te f h or dI F ; r r e e e s e e s Td F r r a a d d e e , a man professing to be enlisted " Our prayer is, that you will put yourselves forward to put down the existing supremacy, and make the feeble into the strong. And when you have done it, the first thing we will do, shall be to reduce your sala ries. We laugh, just now, at the assertion of the Protectionists, that all incomes must come down as the consequence cf Free Trade. But as soon as the thing is done, we will turn over to the other side, and the first experiment shall be on you." may seriously ask, whether the man who should have proposed this, would have been held worthy of any confidence, or would tint have been held to be in joke; and whether, on earnest consideration, there is any reason for forming a different judgment now. On ‘ a 'Tuesday, e s e d v a i y n' something of the same want of fore signt cad, in a ll ow i ng a m otion for the re moval of the Window Tax t o be brought within so narr ow a difference as 77 aga i n st 80. But for a most irrational attempt to connect the removal of the Window Tax with the lic ens i ng o f th e Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa, it is probable the majority would have been in favour of the removal. For there must have been at least twenty Members present, who, after what was said, must have had considerable difficulty in determining whether they could with decency vote for the removal if the Window Tax, when it was chosen to be presented to them in such company. It is hard to tell, why the Window Tax might not have been removed from the people of England, with out insisting on the restoration of the Slave Trade being in some sort the understood concomitant of the vote. But men will have their own notions of the politic and the wise ; and this was one of them. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 10th April, 1850. STATE OF CHURCH AND DIS SENT IN WALES. In the early part of this session . a printed return was issued by the House of Commons, showing the number of churches and chapels att a ched to the i Established Church n each of the four Welsh dio ceses, and the number of services performed in each, distinguishing the Welsh from the English. In the last two numbers of the weekly papers published in the Principality this return is noticed, commencing with the diocese of Llandaff. Eleven parishes are taken alphabetically, and the result is as follows : Number of churches twenty-one. Total number of services in the above churches every Sunday thirty one; of which twenty are performed in the English language and only eight in the Welsh language, three services being performed altern a tely once a fortnight in Welsh and English. Ann e xed to each parish is an account of the spiritual provision afforded by the Dissenting community for the natives of the country, by which it appears that there are in these eleven parishes fifty-seven Dissenting places of wor ship, in which there are one hundred and eleven Sunday services, ninety-nine of which are perf o rmed in the Welsh language, in addition to one hundred and ten weekly services in the same parishes provided by the Dissenters, ninety-eight of which are performed in the Welsh language and twelve in the English. These tables are to be continued weekly, and they afford a most striking contrast between the conduct of the Church and that cf the Dissenters, in admi nistering spiritual instruction to the natives of the Principality in their own language, the neglect of which has driven the Welsh out of the Church, and rendered it little more than a name as far us they are concerned. The complaint of having English bishops systematically forced upon Wales has been long and fruitlessly reiterated by the inhabitants upon each successive Government; but there is likely to be a bitter return for their wilful disregard of the legiti mate claims of a large and loyal portion of the British dominions, as, from the returns lately pub. who were pro`essedly alvocates of cconem Ctl prin cie'e,s and econeiniel pteetti He regreete Itoay he Nt;t3 kit in St ate thuegh he et u4ll.a:dly x pect touch support, that should not mike him forget hi, duty, and he would stind fbrward to do his duly 10 that Reuse, eVCit if he only got the support of one lion. Mc when He did net wish to throw any ele twit sin the No, ey of the vote, and would not take up the time of the I louse with hey hop less. opposition. He had die& what he coLeeived he otiv,ht to I ate dot c, and he did not regret what he had deee. He inns, however, afraid that the Noble Lord, fur whom be entertained a teepee!, though he disliked his principles, who bed promised a Committee, would yet hesitate to carry propositions for 11 auctions practically into effect. lie week', however, atch the Noble Lard as a cat watched it mouse. He would say no more, except to repeat he did not regret tl e ccui se he had teneut d. eeir H. WILLOUGHBY did not think the lion. and Gallant Gentleman Lad made out a case for the reduc tion which he had proposed. He was of opinion that a most vigilant superintendence ought to be exercised in the dockyards arid other departments. The vote was then agreed to, as were also the remain ing votes. The Exchequer bills (9,200,0001.) Bill, as amended, was considered. The Brick Duties Bill was read a third time and passed. The third reading of the Judgments (Ireland) Bill, and the Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill, were post poned till Thursday. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Chari table Trusts Bill, Mr. GOULBURN desired to offer a few remarks in reference to the proposed measure. The Bill did not, in his opinion, fulfil its title, and it was based on a wrong principle. He thought that charitable trusts, under 100/. annual value, had as good and as just a right to faithful administration as those over 100/. per annum; but the former were proposed to be taken out of the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, and placed within the control of the Masters in Chancery, or the Count, Court Judges. If the Darned Solicitor-General, in stead of adopting such a principle, gave his attention to the preparation of such rules of the Court of Chancery as would enable charities to be administered at a small expense,c,lusi thought he would Le doing a great public ser vice; whereas, it he persevered with the Bill in its pre sent shape, the effect would be most unsatisfactory. He objected to a transfer of the administration of cha ritable trusts under 201, to County Court Judges. There were sixty of those judges, each of whom, in all probability, would decide points of equity on dif fe.rent principles in each case—a serious evil, against which he thought they ought most carefully to guard. Would it ba safe to leave in the hands of county court judges the appointment of trustees of charitable trusts for education purposes, and to empower them to decide whether those trusts should be administered for purely secular, or for religious purposes ? Against this provision of the Bill he entered his protest, believing that the best course wouh4 be to leave the administration of those trusts with the Court of Chancery, and to render the proceedings of ghat tribunal less expensive. Mr. TURNER said that the Bill deeply aff'ected the interests of the poorest classes of the people, and imposed on the llcuse a most serious and important duty, that of selecting an honest and faithful tribunal to administer the charities belonging to those classes. The Bill pro posed to deal with all charities under 100/. per annum, which amounted to 21,000, and involved capital to the extent of 1,000,000/.—(llear, hear.) It was desirable and necessary that proper persons should be selected as trustees, and it was equally necessary that, when ap pointed, they should be interfered with as little as pos sible, provided that the decisions were bona fide car ried our. It was also advisable to provide a speedy sad ancient remedy against abuses of charitable trusts, and to take care that no groundless com plaints of their appliervion should be encouraged. The Bill, he considered, was defective iu guarding against litigation. In mans of charitable trusts between 30/. and 1001. it gave absolute jurisdiction to masters of the Court of Chancery without appeal, a proceeding contrary to the general practice and feeling throughout the coun try, and tix more objectionable, inasmuch as the masters would have the power not only of appointing but of re- moving the trustees. To thc - juriscii&tion of the county court judges in matters of trusts under 30t., he had the strongest possible objection, inasmuch as those judges wore not lot ally resident, and would derive their know leigo of the parties proposed as trustees from their clerks, who, generally speaking, were solicitors, and took an active part in local politics. Another objection he had to referring these matters to the judges of the county courts was, that iu the administration of those charities they would be apt to be swayed by political considerations, and would therefore work the charities for the benefit of local politics. There was, besides, an other grave objection he had to the measure. A power was given to the Lord Chancellor, should he think proper, to remit the administration of charities to those judges above 1001. a year, so that the chari ties of Harrow and Eton might, should the Lord Chancellor deem fit, be consigned to the keep ing of those county court judges. He did not deny but that there was a necessity for legislation on the sub ject, but he thought the remedy lay in removing the existing evils of the Court of Chancery. Let them give one of the Chancery judges the same powers to adminis ter those charities as any of the other judges had at chambers, and they would find them administered much better, and as cheap as by the mode proposed by the pre sent measure. Another convenient tribunal to which they could refer their administration, would be the com• missioners of bankruptcy throughout the country, but, at all events, he trusted the House would not sanction the principle of conferring the power to administer them upon the judges of the county courts. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said be quite agreed _ _ with those who had preceded him, as to the importance of the measure, as no Letter evidence of its importance could be named than the fact already stated, that the ag gregate value of those under 301. a year amounted to about 300,0001. per annum, and also from the fact that in every one of those trusts where a breach of trust might be committed, no redress could be had in conse quence of the expense which would be incurred in ob taining it. It was, therefore, highly important that some steps should be taken to remedy the evil. His Hon. and Learned Friend had said that the remedy was a reform of the Court of Chancery, but while he was not disposed to dispute the proposition, that if the Court of Chancery was as it should he those trusts could be properly and efficiently administered by it, still, after the attempts which had been made to effect a reform of that court, and after seeing the issue of those attempts, he thought it must be some time before such reform could be effected. No doubt but in the end a reform would be effected, but what was to Lecomo of those trusts in the meantime? The present measure had been intro duced to supply the means of administering those trusts in the meantime in a cheap form, and while it was ob jected to on the ground that there would be a diversity of opinion among the judges of the various county courts in their administration, some of those judges directing their administration one way, some another; yet that.ob jection would hold equally good to the constitution of the county courts as they now existed, and yet he did not hear a word of complaint from any part of the country against those courts; on the contrary, there was a demand for their extension. Besides, there was an appeal from those judges should they consider that the casejus tified an appeal. As to the allegation that the judges of those courts were taken from the commoa law bar, and were not acquainted with the administration of such matters, such was not the case, for he knew six or seven of them himself who belonged to the Chancery bar. I t would be as good an objection to those that they were not acquainted with common law, and consequently wet e not qualified for judges in the county courts. But he had never heard such an objection. As to their being actuated by political bias, they were not, at all events, so apt to be so as the commissioners cf bankruptcy, to whom his lion. and Learned Friend proposed to refer these mat ters:, who, being resident on the spot, would be more apt to be swayed by local political considerations. He did not mean to say that the Bill was perfdc', but as he did not conceive the principle of the measure was ob jected to, which was to provide a cheap mode for the administration of those trusts be considered that all the details could be better discussed in Com• mittee, and would press the second reading. Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER admitted the necessity these existed for a measure for the purpose stated, but be thought it should be confined to that purpose, and not to affect any matters of a contentious nature, which had better be left until a general measure was introuced for the reform of the Court of Chancery in this respect. In regard to the point of appeal, the present Bill was open to grave objections, for he would not have it left to a judge to say whether an appeal should be allowed against his decision or not. Be did think that to ex tend the principle to other courts, would be a novelty in principle, and likely to work exceedingly ill in practice. Besides, he thought there was a very great distinction between these small charities and the questions that might arise in a county court adjudicating upon 201. There was one other observation he wished to make. He believed they had introduced a most excellent principle in establishing county . courts. He believed they had conferred a great, boon in doing so, and he was therefore anxious that the judges should have all the respect and consideration possible; but he believed that giving these cases to the judges in the Bankruptcy Court would be Lecause they were necessarily more conversant with equity and law than could be expected from the county court judges, whose time was too much occu pied to enable them to study the abstract questions of l a w. For that reason he preferred to give the jurisdic tion to another class of judges which already existed. Mr. AGLIONBY thought the country would not agree with the eminent gentlemen connected with the Court of Chancery in their opinion of the fitness of the Court of Chancery. They had now got courts in which they had much greater confidence. The worst part of that court was its masters, who sat in a small room not open to the public; and he believed that it would be bet tsr to give the county court judges jurisdiction in these small charities under 301. As to appeals, he objected to them as a great nuisance. It was tar more satisfactory to refer such casts to a gentleman eminent at the bar without any appeal. He must entirely approve of the principle of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock. Sixteen human skeletons, of apparently full grown parsons, have lately been discovered in a field belonging to Mr. William Nigar, of Upton, in the parish of Long Sutton, by a man employed ,in cutting a ditch. They appeared to have been buried in nearly a straight line, ranging from north to south, and they were laid in cavities about three feet in depth, cut in solid rock, at irregular distances from each other. It is but a few years since that several human bones were discovered in a field about two hundred yards from this spot. There can be no doubt of their being the remains of some unfortunate warriors, who fell, probably, in battle centuries ago, but on what occasion history does not record.—Bath Chronicle. iisht d, D:sient stems so fif mly planted and so vigour ously uphold ilk' tkiJ ekquence oi tl.o V;c;s:, jog minister . , that we doubt, if St. Davii himself were to re-appe;,,r, whether he could no..v lure the Cymry back to the Church, from which the English prulat.es have driven them from thtir obstinate illibe rality or feeling and determination, instead of Tian fying themseive3 for their fl,:ck, to fume thtir 11,elc to abjure their language in the worship of God. The result is now evident—they Lace aljured the Church ! THE ARMY. THE ADJUT ANT- GENEUAL.—Major- Guneral George Brown, C. 8., K. 1.1., deputy adjutant-general, on the start' at 111-md. quarters, has been selected by the Duke of Wellington to succeed the late Lieut.-General Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.8., as adjutant-general. Major-General Brown commanded the Rifle Bri gade for upwards of seventeen years, and has seen much service, having served at the capture of Copen hagen, in the Peninsula, the battle of Vimeira, Passage of the Douro, capture of Oporto; battle of Talavera, where he was wounded through both thighs ; at the bridge of Almeida; Busaco, Sabuzal, Fuentes d'Onor, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, and Bayonne, battle of Bladensburgh, and capture of Washington, and was wounded in the head and groin at Bladensburgb, &c. Colonel Wetherall, K.H., deputy acTjutant general in Canada, who succeeds Major-General Brown as deputy adjutant-general at head-quarters, was in action with a squadron of French frigates in the Mozambique, in 1810 ; in many of the naval affairs at the Isle of France ; at the conquest of Java, 1811, as aide-de-camp to Ithjor.Generiil Wetherall ; and was made a C.B. for distinguished services in the suppression of the insurrection of Canada. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Nixon, late of the Ist or R3yal Regiment, died at Brussels, on the 4th inst. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS. Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Thomas Graham (Jan., 1841), additional of the Hastings, 72, flag-ship East Indies, to the rank of Surgeon ; and Dr. George Ray (Jan., 1841), additional of the Wellesley, flag-ship in • the West Indies. The above are among the 30 seniors on the list ; but there are 20 eligible officers senior to those now promoted. Clerks—Walter Lomer (1829), and James Frear Phillips (April, 1841), in charge of the surveying steam-vessel Columbia, in North America, have been promoted to the rank of Paymaster and Purser. The first•named is the senior clerk on the list, of more than 20 years' standing; the second is among the six next seniors APPOINTMENTS. Captain Armar Lowry Corry, A.D.C. (1821), has been appointed additional to the Victory (flag-ship) at Portsmouth, for service as superintendent of pac kets at Southampton, vice Smith, deceased. Captain Corry is a most able, experienced, and efficient officer, who is sure to conduct the service with satisfaction to the Admiralty and advantage to the country. He has served about 20 years afloat, eight of which in his present rank as captain of the Barham, 50, of the Firebrand, as superintendent of the trial cruises of the experimental brig squadron, and more recently in command of the Superb, 80. Being the 24th on the list of captains, he will naturally succeed to his flag rank before he has served half the usual term of his appointment. Lieutenant Joshua Berkeley (1849), to the Hogue, 60, screw two .decker, Commodore Martin's squadron vice Hardman, superseded. Chief Engineer—Peer 111`Dowall, to the Archer, screw •iloor, — ut Devonport. Assistant Engineers—Robert Allen and Orestes, N. Brooker, to the Archer. _Midshipmen—Henry P. Banco, to the Assistance, Arctic ship, fitting at Woolwich ; W. F. Johnson, to the Anmzon, 26, East Indies. Naval Cadets—Charles %V. Evans to the Fisgard, ffigship, at Woolwich; William Childers, to the Vic- tort', liag-ship, at Portsmouth. Commander Arthur Grant (1848), inspecting commander of the ccast guard station, Southend, Essex, has died from the effects of a fall from his horse. He jassed his examination in 1829, was made a lieutenant, May, 1836, was promoted to the rank of commander from the Fisgard, 42, when in the Pacific, and last served afloat as second captain of the Superb, 80. A letter from the Hound, 8, Commander Patten, mentions that Mr. Pitt, master of that vessel, was un fortunately drowned by falling overboard on his watch, on coming out of Sierra Leone at night. Every effort was made by Captain Patten and all on board to save him, but all attempts proved unsuccess ful. The Hound left Ascension on the 11th Feb., for the Cape of Good Hope—all well. The Wellington, ordinary depot-ship, at Sheerness, Captain Price, was paid down to six months on Mon day by the pay clerks from Chatham, who proceeded in the Chatham yacht. The Poictiers, ordinary depot at Chatham, Captain P. Richards, C. 8., was paid wages down to six months on Saturday last. \Vu hear from the Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, through a prize, by way of St. Helena, that she had made live captures of slavers within six months. The Duck, naval lighter (Savage, master), has ar rived at Chatham, with stores from Portsmouth, and after discharging cargo, will load for Devonport. The Magicienne, steam-sloop, at Chatham, is to be fitted in every respect for commission. The Sprightly, steam-tender, Master Commander Allen, did not proceed to Plymouth from Ports mouth, the artillerymen for the Archer having pro ceeded there by rail. The Bulldog, 6, steam-sloop, Commander A. C. Key, which arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday, left Lisbon the 2d instant. The Channel squadron was lying at anchor there, all well. On the sth the Bull dog spoke the Encounter, screw-corvette, Captain Gordon, proceeding to the Tagus. The Bulldog is a fine steamer, and though loaded with stores and en cumbered by invalids, horses, hay, &c., she came up Channel at the rate of eleven knots. She will be paid off at Portsmouth, and when repaired form one of the advanced steam squadron at this port. She is re turning stores, and got out her guns and shot yes terday morning. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY, FIVE, P.M.—We have a strong breeze, approaching to a gale, from the west, which commenced blowing yesterday. Loss OF TII E ROYAL ADELAIDE STEA Lieutenant E. Borstal], R.N., of the surveying .:;earner Widgeon, writes as follows to the Shipping C4'azetli; :—" In attempting to account for the me lancholy loss of the Royal Adelaide steamer, I can only come to the conclusion that they must have shaped a course up the Prince's Channel from the Tongue light-vessel on a W.N.W. course, and the wind being from S.S.E. it is very probablel that she kept springing to windward or her course, making, perhaps only a IV. by N. N. course good. This course leads c:ose to the N. of the black buoys on the Tongue Sand, and does very well for daylight; but, as a pre caution to navigators of this channel by night, for the future, I would strongly advise them to keep their iee.d going from the Tongue Light, and not to steer up W.N.W. until the water deepens to 8i fahom9, distont about I mile north of the light. This will ensure a good fairway, and a careful eye should be kept on the course, as the channel is not sufficiently wide to admit of much deviation. Having been a long time engaged on this part of the coast, I venture to offer these suggestions if you deem them worthy your notice, and am, Sir, your.obedient servant." PORTSMOUTH, TwasnAY.—The Griffin brigantine, Lieutenant Thurburn, lately from the Brazils station, is or dere , ' from Devonport to this port to be paid off, and refitted as an apprentices' instruction vessel for the Cork station. Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Hogue, 60, Captain M'Dougall, one of the squadron of evolu tion, dated Lisbon, March 31 : " We had rather an unexpected accident the other day at sea. Our Second Lieutenant, Mr. Hardman, had a few words with the Captain, then quickly went below, loaded a pistol, and shot himself; firing the weapon off in his mouth ; the ball struck his teeth, tools. an upward direction, and came out of his eye, corn pletely destroying it ; he is now getting over it, and is invalided home in the Bulldog. Unless a very strict watch is kept over him, I am afraid he will attempt it again. First Lieutenant Boyd, of the Thetis, is in command of that ship during the absence of Ceptain Codrington, on leave to England." Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Rifle man, Rio, Jan. 31:—" On the 12th ult. the Rifleman captured a slaver barque, called the Astrma, e mpty ; the Cormorant, being in sight, shar es ; having sur veyed her for measurement, she was burned the same night. On the 10th inst., while cruising to the southward, we observed a steamer, and closed her, after a chase of three hours. S he was the notorious slave-steamer Providentia, a fast vessel, that has made four successive trips to Brazil tu the last fifteen months, each time bringing from 1,200 to 1,500 blacks. When we took her she was on her wig across. We sent her to St. Helena on the 12th in:it., in charge of Mr. Beckett, midshipman, and an engineer. The Cormorant is at Monte Video—went down a fortnight since with forty tons of provisions and stores for Admiral Reynolds, who remains there. The Rifleman sails to .morrow for the cruising ground to the northward, on the look-out for the arrival of several expected slavers from the coast this month. Her successful cruising has been the cause of the mos t bitter feel ing Ito the Brazilians in general, so muc hso that the Griffon takes some important pro tests from the Government against our (es they deep n them) piratical proceedii gs." I 'LYMOUTII, APRIL B.—Her Majesty's sloop Alert, 8, Commander Hugh Dunlep, exercised guns and disc barged her powder in the Sound this morning, and then went up harbour to be paid eff. Nino boxes of bullion were this morning landed froifn the brig Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Jan les B. Thurburn, from Brazils, and, having been passed through the Custom-house, were lodged in cf Mr. Morris, manager of the Branch Bank of England here, fur transmission to London. The merchant barque Gentoo, belonging to Mr. John Brombein, of this port, arrived last night in charge of Mr. Daniel Morrison, the mate. The Gen too is laden with a full cargo of timber for Landau, and left Sitrra Leone on the 30th of January. Her master, Mr. William Lakeman, was seized with the coast fever on the 2d February, and died on the 7th. liar only passenger, Lieutenant Crofton, 34 West India Regiment, and two of her seamen, Edward Martin and Peter Swede, were subsequently attacked, and the last-named lay in a very dangerous condi tion, when the American corvette John Adams, 20 guns, hove in sight, about the 20th of February, and her commander sent a surgeon on board the barque, who successfully administered to the sick. Oranges and lemons were also sent from the friendly Ameri can, which then sailed for Liberia and the south coast of Africa. Off the Azores, on the 25th of March, the Gentoo experienced a frightful gale from the north-west, and on approaching the Channel she has had to encounter the prevailing tempestuous weather. Wind S.E., smart breeze. CHATHAM, Arlin, 9.—The Columbine, 16 guns, Captain C. D. Hay, from the East Indies, arrived yesterday afternoon opposite to the dockyard, having been towed up by the African steam-vessel. On board was a detachment of Royal Marines, paid off from the Cygnet at Plymouth, consisting of 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 9 private, and they joined their head quarters at Chatham this morning. The Columbine is to be paid off without any of her internal fittings or bulk-heads being disturbed. The crew commenced this morning discharging her stores and guns. The Poictiers, 74, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., was paid dowse six months on Saturday last, and on the Bth instant the pay clerks from the Pay-office, Chatham Dockyard, proceeded in the Chatham yacht to Sheerness, and then paid down the Wellington, 72 guns, ordinary guard. ship, Captain David Price, six months. A court-martial assembles on the 10th instant. The members forming the court meet at nine A.M., on board the Ocean, 80, flag-ship, for the trial of the Assistant-surgeon on board the Clyde, 42, lying in Saltpan-reach. The charge against this officer is for drunkenness. Messrs. Essell and Hayward, solicitors, conduct the prosecution. The let battalion of the 12th Regiment, recently arrived at this garrison from Weedon, were inspected by the Commandant-Colonel James Simpson, who was attended by his staff; and after passing through the ranks, consisting of about 600 men, they passed by the general in review order, and elicited much praise. The battalion contains a fine body of men. The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, is ordered to be paid off at Woolwich on Friday, the 12th instant. The Hercules store ship, Master- Commander Ro bert Fulton, will leave Northfleet Hope on Sunday, the 20th inst., for Malta and other stations in the Mediterranean. TUB EXPERIMENTAL BALLOONS. The last experiment made by Mr. Shepherd with the message-balloons, which were sent up on the 3d of March from the roof of the Admiralty buildings, at Whitehall, have been very successful. A letter has just been received at the Admiralty containing one of the slips, picked up on the the 7th of March by a commercial traveller from Birmingham, who found it and observed several others of the same kind Altona, near Harnburgh, a distance of about 450 miles from London. The slips must have dropped from the balloon in its flight over the north of Europe, and its ultimate fate is as yet unascer tained. The balloon referred to was made of gold beaters' skin, with an expansive balloon suspended underneath to receive the gas us the expansion took place in the upper regions of the atmosphere, which accounts for the great distance it is known to hare travelled. By the aid of similar balloons, Captain CoHinson and Captain Austin my be able to make known their positions to each other by dispatch ing them with slips in the Arctic regions, and they may also be able to convey intelligence to Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions, informing them where provisions and friends are waiting or searching for them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. The subjoiced list cf the flat races to be run to-mor row on the Downs, and of the steeplechases to be decided on the following day, within ton minutes' walk of the town, embrace the entries made on Tuesday evening, and show an amount and variety of sport to which it will be difficult to take exception. The first day's pro. ceedings will commence at half-past one, with the Trial Plate, to be followed, at two, by the Two years old Stakes, the great race being fixed for three o'clock; these events over, the heats will commence, and if they come up to anything like the Epsom average, may be got through about six o'clock. The steeplechases, we presume, will not commence so early, or be run at such short intervals. The ground se lected is on Epsom Common, about a mile from the town, on the right of the road leading to Leatherhead. The win ning post will be within a quarter of a mile of the Wind mill, and the start will take place at the distance post, the line proceeding past the winning chair, through the en closed lands adjoining the Windmill, over some quick set hedges. L. then takes a westerly direction towards Newton road, then turning to the right up the valley, leaving the pond on the right, up the hill, and finishing with nearly half a mile of straight running. The fences will be about thirty in number, and will comprehend posts and rails, hedges and ditches, and two or three ater jumps ; and the distance, twice round, will be about tour miles. The stands for the accommodation of the public will be placed on the hill, very near the win ning chair, and will afford a good view of the whole line of course. The directors of the Brighton Railway have ' announced extra trains each day at low fares; there can be no doubt, therefore, that the meeting will be success ful. The following are the present arrivals:—lanthe, Borneo, Quiver, Cheerful, Buckhound, Sister to Pillage, Salute, Ada Mary, Ellerslie, Mounseer, Radulphus, Leo, British Yeoman, Molly, Rachel, and Fugitive. The enteries aro as under:— THURSDAY. The Trial Plate of 501., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; for three-yrs-old, 7st ; four, 9st. One mile. Age at lb Mr. Stevenss c Knight of Gwynne ... 3 7 0 Mr. W. Etwall's b o Bushranger ... 3 7 0 Mr. Griffith's ch f Miss Spring ... ... 3 7 0 Lord 11. G. Lennox's b c Borneo ... 4 9 0 Count Batthyany's ch c Castanero ... 3 7 0 Sir G. Ileathcote's br c by Sir Hercules, out Dark Susan ... 3 7 0 Two-years-old Stakes of 10 sous e ach, with 25 added. Captain Archdull's f Quadroon. Mr. E. Clark's hr c Edward of York. Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro. Mr. W. Etwall's Iracundus. Mr. Gratwicke's b c Cadeau. Sir J. Hawley's ch c Teddington. Sir G. Heathcote's ch c by Velocipede, out if Lady Geraldine. Mr. Jones's b f lanthe. Lord H. Lennox's b f by Don John, dam by Dr. Syntex. Mr. W. Ley's b c Predilection. Mr. C. Liley's b c Bold Harry. Mr. Payne's ch f Catalpa. Mr. Payne's Citadel. Mr. Rani bottom's b f by Charles XII., out of Queen of Cyprus. Duke of Richmond's b c Buckhound. Duke of Richmond's br f by The Ugly Buck, out of Margollina. Mr. W. Sadler's f Fringe. Mr. Thompson's b c Jack Robinson. The Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 25 sovs. each, 15 it, and only 5 if declared, witn a bonus of 500 SOU. addei. Two miles and a quarter. Age LA lb •.• 5 8 7 ▪5 8 5 •5 8 4 ... a 8 2 ... 5 7 12 • 4 7 11 ... 5 7 10 ... 4 7 9 ... 4 7 7 ... 4 7 6 Sir Joseph Hawley's br h Fernhill Mr. Murphy's ch h Dough ... ••• Mr. J. 13. Morris na b h Ma'ton ••• Mr. Meiklasfli br m Inheritress ••• Mr. Gregory na b h Syl% an ... ••• Sir G. Heutheote's br u Black Eagle Mr. Payne's b h Glendower Mr. Meiklam's b c Raby .•• Lord Eglintou's c h c Bolus Mr. U. Stebbings's b c Westow ar. Mr. Juquek.'s ctio Chantrey ... 4 7 5 Mr. Greville's b f Clarissa 4 7 5 Mr. W. Lucas's ch h Sunnyside 5 7 5 Captain Pettat's b g Eagle's Plume ... 5 7 4 Mr. Mciklam's br c Snowstorm ... . 4 7 4 Duke of Richmond's bl f Quiver ... 4 7 3 Mr. Adam's b g Ellerslie ... 5 7 Lord Egituton's br c Testator ... 4 7 2 Mr. 13. Green's hr c Abbot of Meaux ••• 4 7 0 Mr. J. Hudson's ch c Velox ... 4 7 0 Mr. C. Peek's b f by Melbourne ... 4 7 0 Mr. T. B. Charlton's eh i Kissaway 4 6 13 Colonel Anson's br h Backbiter ... ... 5 6 12 Mr. Carew's b f Eva 4 6 12 Major Pitt's br c Mounseer 4 6 10 Mr. Milwood's br f Ada Mary ••• ••• 4 6 10 Mr. Greville's b c Puffy ... 4 6 6 Mr. Gain's b c Lammermoor ... ... 4 6 6 ?.4r. D. Leighton's br h Luxor, by Bay Mid dhtor, out of Thebes ... 6 6 5 Mr. Reynard's b c Wild Rose (late Latchlug) 4 6 4 Mr. Douglas's b c Sir Gilbert, by Lahercost, out c f Countess 4 6 2 Mr. Burgess's b m Rcd Doe ... 5 6 2 Mr. Gratwickt's b f Cheerful ... „,. 4 6 0 Mr. Durrien's gr f The Nautch Girl „.. 4 5 Mr. Driokold's ch c Juggler, by Sleight-of- Count Batthyany's br g Lepidus Mr. B. Smelt's Ll e Damwk Captain Archdall's b c Windischgratz Mr. Osbaldeston's b f Sister to Pillage Mr. C. Snewing's b c St. George ••• Captain Lowther's hr c Bastinado Count Batthyuny's eh a Valentine ... The rest pay 5 Love. each. Railway &tikes of 5 suvs. each, with 25 sovs. added. Heats, one mile. Age at lb M:. b f Salute ••• •.• ... 3 6 0 Mr. IZoberts's eh f Heroine, by Gladiator ... 4 8 4 MS'. 11. Brad:y's b g Sam Hood 5 8 13 Mr. S. Herbert's b g Radulphus a 9 5 Mr. Death's b e Franciscan „. 3 6 3 4 5 4 5 10 3 5 10 3 5 7 3 5 0 3 4 10 3 4 7 3 4 4 Sir G. Heathcotes ch c by Gladiator, out of Khorossan's dam ... ... 3 6 3 Mr. J. S. Douglas's b f Vice ... 3 6 3 Mr. Lister's br f Peasant Girl • 4 8 4 Surr©y Hunt Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 20 soya. added. Heats, half a mile. Age at Mr. IT. Milner's brn Clairvoyance (1500 ... 5 8 1 Mr. Roberts's ch f Heroine (80L) ... 4 6 9 Lord Sir athmore's ch g by Epirus, dam by D'Egville, out of Batthyany (801.)... 4 6 0 Mr. Brown's Genuine (801) ... 5 7 6 Mr. Drinkald's eh g The Juggler (80/.) ... 4 612 Mr. Biugley's ch f Christiana (1500_ ... 4 7 7 Mr. H. Drew's b g Master Murray (801.) ... a 7 7 Mr. R. DrewitL's eh m Miss Nipper (800 ... 5 7 6 Mr. Cassidy's ch m Diligence (1004.. 3 5 6 Mr. Lister's br f Peasant Girl (1004.. 4 7 2 Mr. Saving's b c Lecomte (804) ... 5 7 6 EPSOM GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASES.—FEIDAY. Great Metropolitan Steeplechase of 15 sou. each, 10ft, and sif declared ; with 100 soya. added. About four miles. (25 Subs.) Age st lb Mr. Elmore's b g The British Yeoman ... all 7 Mr. H. Bird's br h Sir Peter Laurie a 11 5 Mr. T. Mason's b h Proceed 10 10 Mr. Stafford's ch m Fugitive a 10 8 Mr. E. Hughes's Miss Collingwood a 10 2 Mr. Benson's ch g Little Paul (11 b) ..„ a 10 2 Mr. Skipworth's b m Rachel ... • 6 10 0 Mr. Tr( aclgold's b m Maria Day a 10 0 Mr. Cartwright's b g Thurgarton (h b) a 10 0 Mr. J. Tollitt's b g Spangle ... .„. • 9 10 Captain Knight's bl g Leo • a 9 10 Mr. T. C. Dixon's br g Falcon (h b)... a 9 10 Captain Gambier's ch g The Thrush (h b) a 9 8 Mr. Pettifor's br g The Last Forester (h b)... a 9 6 Mr. G. Symond's b h Ploughboy 9 6 Mr. Morton Stubb's oh g Skim ... 9 6 Mr. Molony'a bin Molly ... 6 9 4 Mr. Fowler's b m Little Fanny ... 8 10 The rest pay 5 SOTS. each. The Aristocratic Steeplechase of 10 sous. each, with 25 soya. added. Gentlemen riders. Three miles. Age st lb Captain Knight's bl g Leo ... all 7 Mr. Anson's Johnny Oaks ... 511 7 Captain Green's b g The Treasurer ... 12 0 Mr. Carew's bg by Laurel ... all 7 The Surrey Hunt Steeplechase of 5 son. each, with 25 sous. added. Two miles. Age st lb Mr. Tate's b m Gulnare 000 ... g a 10 8 Mr. Seaman na Petition (h b) (401.) a 10 8 Mr. J. Tollitt's Zanga (601.) 11 0 Mr. IL Bird's br h The Hero (1004.. 11 7 Mr. Johnson's b m Sarah Sykes (601.) ... 11 0 Mr. Carew's gr g Grimaldi (201.) ••• alO 0 Mr. Turner's Neapolitan (201.) ••• ••• 10 0 Mr. Boyton's b m Rowena (601.) 6 11 0 Mr. Molony's b m Molly a 12 0 Mr. Routh's b g Recruit (801.) 11 4 The Scramble Steeplechase of 3 sous. (men, with 25 sous. added. Once round_ and a distance. The winner to be sold by auction. Age et lb Mr. Parker's bm My Precious Betsy (20/)... 5 9 11 Mr. O'Key's b h Morris Daley (60/0 a 11 0 Mr. Johnson's b g Out-cast (601.) a 11 0 Hr. Sait's b m Rouges (301.) . a 10 4 Mr. Thrift's b g Wireworm, by Melbourne (201) 911 Mr. John Lowe's oh m Cowslip (20/.) ... a 9 11 Ir. Hargrave's na b h Chintz Print (301.) ... a 10 4 Mr. William's b g Gimcrack (201.) .. 9 11 Mr. Bain's b g Frank (late Railroad) (401)... 10 9 Mr. Carew's b g Herbert Lacy (201.) 9 11 Mr. Boyton's bni Rowena (601) 6 11 0 Captaiu Gambier's b g Stiltz, late Jem Matthews I (201.) .•• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• a 911 Captain Thomas's b g South-down (60/.) 11 0 Mr. Mytton's ch g The Unlucky One (201) 9 11 Mr. Bi6hop's ch g The Clipper (201.) 9 11 Mr. Thoruton's b g Lansdown (20/.)... a 9 11 Mr. Clark's eh g Cerberus (201.) 9 11 CRUXION PARK RACES—TUESDAY. the Farmer's Plate of 501. and 101. fur the second; 4 yrs old, 11A 31b; 5 yrs, 12st; 6 yrs and aged, 12st 81b; mares, &c., aliowed 31b, to be ridden by farmers cr th&ir sonv. Heats, two miles. Mr. A. N. Larratt's Granby, 6 yrs...(Mafrey) 0 1 1 Ar. Goodson's Miss Wnitefout, 5 yrs ... 1 0 0 Mr. T. Hilton's Midnight, 4 yrs ... 0 2 2 Mr. Spriggs's The Cull, 5 yrs... ... 2 3 3 Mr. T. P. Sykes's Pyrrhus the Second, 5 yrs . 0 0 0 Mr. J. Foster's Tim Bobbin, 4 yrs ... 0 0 0 Mr. K. llawley's Cistmos, 5 yrs ... 0 0 0 Mr. J. Vincent's Oyster Girl, aged ... 0 0 0 Mr. %V. Allsop's Protection, aged ... 0 0 0 Mr. Prie.tman's Viceroy, 0 0 0 Sir. E. Co!lingwood's Alfred the Great 6 yrs . 0 dis Mr. T. Sharp's Rotabelle, 4 yrs 0 dis Mr. R. Coy's Brown Doe, 4 yrs 0 dis Mr. Hardy's Jenny Lind, 6 yrs ... ... 3 dr Mr. W. Dillon's, jun., Wait•awhile, 4 yrs 0 dr Mr. J. Stokes's brn by blieik,4 yrs ... 0 dr Mr. W. Draper's Kitty, 6 yrs dis sir. G. Parr's Cropwell, 5 yrs dis Wou easy. Metall 50 h ft, 4 miles—Lord Cardrosa's Knight of Brecongul (late Snuffbox), 5 yrs, lOst, received forfait prom Mr. 1). F. Handcox's Bandboy, aged, lOst 111 b. The Belvoir Castle Stakes or 15 sous. each, 10 fr,, and 100 added; for three years old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b; maidens at the time of naming al lowed 31b; those having started twice, 51b; thrice or more, 71b; winners once in 1849 or 1850 of plate or stake value 300/., 71b extra. One mile. (15 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield na Penang (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. H. Robinson's Confidence (A. Day) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Give and Take (Tacker) 3 Mr. Meeson's The Castle (Whitehouse) 4 5 to 2 on Penang, who won a fine race by three parts of a length. The Scurry Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 20 added; for all ages; 1 Ist 51b each; five years old and up wards, that never won plate or sweepstakes, allowed 51b. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. Half--a mile. Lord Howth's The Fiddler, 5 yrs (Mr. White) 1 Mr. Geary's Lucy Neale, 6 yrs (Mr. Clarke) 2 Lord Clifden's Planet, 6 yrs (Capt. Brook) 3 Even on Planet. Won easy by three lengths. The Granby Handicap of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and only sit declared. Granby Course, about 1 mile and a half. (54 Subs., 37 of whom declared.) Lord Wilton na Backbiter, 10st 111 b ...(Mr. Clarke) 1 Lord Darnley na Cottisford Lass, 5 yrf, lOst Mb ... 2 Mr. Polk na Chorister, 5 yrs, lOst bib (Mr. Scobell) 3 Mr. Osbaldeston's Joe o'Sot, 6 yrs, llst 81b (Owner) 4 The following started, but were not placed:— Sir T. Whichcote na Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, list 71b ... 0 Mr. J. White na Alp, 4 yrs, list 210 (Mr. White) 0 Duke of Leeds na Magnet, lOst 91b Mr. Greaves na b m by Normanby, 6 yrs, lOst 71b) 0 6 to 4 agst Backbite, 5 to 1 each agst Lady Hylda and Chorister, and 11 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot. Won cleverly by a length. Match, 50 Boys. Granby Course. Mr. Watson's b g by Sleight-of-Hand, 4 yrs, llst (Mr. Clarke), beat Mr. H. Hinton's Savannah, aged, llst 71b (Mr. White), by half-a-length. L'ET'TING ArANCIIESTER.-TIIESDAY. THE METROPOLITAN STAnEs.-5 to 2 agst Cheerful (t), 9 to 1 agst Ruby (t), 10 to 1 apt Ada Miry (t), 15 to 1 egst Black Lagle (t), 20 to 1 agst Sic Gilbert (t). CHESTER CUP.-12 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy (t), 13 to 1 agst Miss Ann, 13 to 1 agst Cossack, 15 to 1 agst Glauce, 20 to 1 agst Roland, 20 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 30 to 1 apt John Cossar, 1,000 to 20 agat Inheritress (t), 1,000 to 10 agst Rhesus (t). DERBY.-6 to 1 egst Bolingbroke (t), 7to 1 agst Ghillie Cullum (t), 9 to 1 agst Mayors (t), 12 to 1 agst The Nigger, 15 to 1 agst The Italian, 2U to 1 agst Cy prus (t), 25 to 1 agst Clincher, 25 to 1 agst Mildew. S PORTIA G NOTES. No. 3. "An unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts." SHAIISPERE. SIR, -'-My judgment on the Great Northamptonshire Stakes was decidedly at fault, in placing Osterly first, with Chantrey and Mounseer in attendance, although I am still of opinion that had O s t er l ey been welt handled, not cutting out the work, or charging the hill a la Tartar, he would have won, and Priestess (a second Inheritress in my estimation) would on ly h ave o b ta i ne d secon d or third honours. Bee Hunter's defeat by Lord Exeter's fast-bred filly Celia, out of Celia, completely electrified the nerves of that bustling " re public, community, club," 3 clept " the Ring ;" 7 and 8 to 1 on the Hunter went begging; I attribute his defeat to the state of the ground, and drawing the race too fine. As I. anticipated, Prestige and Buckhound ran second and third for the Althorpe Park Stakes, but I must confess I never dream't of giving a receipt in full to the Slane filly, who must not be forgotten, the per formance, so far as time goes (half-mile, 44 sees.) being equal if not superior to any accomplished during the last three years. My fancy Alonzo was disposed of by a head 1g Brennits 4 for Lord Spencer's Plate, and tie "sporting house creeks, Equiria and The Recluse, both backed fieely at 10 to 1, were very close up. The Great Metropolitan Stakes, run to-morrow, will draw together a field of some 15 or 16, including Raby, let 91b, Mounseer, 6st 10Ib, Ada Mary , 6 st 101 b, Sir Gilbert, 6st 21b, Cheerful, 61t, and Valentine, 4st 41b, among whom the race will h i y— Kiss-away's starting I look upon as doubtful, or I should have thought favourably of her chance. Ruby cannot give the weight to Mounseer, much less to Cheerful; Sir Gilbert cannot go the pace; Valentine will be in front, but CLIEERFUL will be the Winner! Moun seer and Ada Mary second and third; Valentine and Raby following. The Two - year - o ld Stakes, I imagine, will introduce Edward of York; ho or Buckhound ought to win it; T e ddington and Queen of Cyprus filly read next best. I am, Sir, your's, Bto., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 10. 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The Lord Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Earl of Kenmore, has appointed Robert Leslie, Esq., of Torbert House, to the Cimmissiou of the Peace for the county of Kerry.—Cork Examiner. vould 'a - cu se. t bon al( re are Tr. - • Libra!: wAter ctiorl th,ut ivant 1 im- Wec k JourP 3ed inion de tlf of o U5O into mo louse poor, Ales, that finless lie r im. lou,e a na- was f his , and rouse kept the that rould effect lgure v‘,a4 cco f the same was Rsure lelow o fa ; but ed is 3 IM. nless iron. r the Lined rider ba4 that I tell the o re the