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would find themselves entirely dependent on the services cf those gentlemen, whose experience and ability reit neat i them thorough judges of the matmer in which o . "- tiei , ll business was conducted, and whose zeal and ty were at the disposal of the Government in ofee a whatever its opinions, the Whig servant of e department as faithfully and energetically serving it. tory 'Minister of the day as the Tury servant the ; Minister.—(Hear, hear.) With such convictions, he amid not consent to any resolution that should in jure the interests and the prospects of so valuable a body of men—(Hear, hear)—that should propose to give them a less reward for their great labour than their labours intrinsically merited, merely because the price of provisions might be low at a particular time.—(Hear, hear.) It was to be borne in mind that the great public bodies, the East India House, the Bank of Eugland, the great commercial firms, thoroughly appreciated the ser vices of such men, and gave them their fitting reward. Let the house of Commons once resolve that the same fitting reward should not be given to the servants of the State, and an irreparable injury would be at once inflicted upon the public service; the economy would soon manifest itself to be a deeply mischievous waste, that should drive such men as the public service now possessed into pri vate service, that extended to them the due reward cf their enercy, teeir ability, teeir experience, and their labour. He felt, therefore, on this ground that the motion ought not to be adopted. But there was another part of the motion which was perfectly understood by the Hon. Member for the West Riding, even before it was ex plained by the Hon. Member fir Buckinghamshire. It prop.); e 1 not merely a revision cf ealan es in all the public departments, but a revision of witees in every depertment of the public service, with a view to a just and adequate reduction thereof. It would be impossible for the Government to accept such a motion—at the Hon. and Learned Member fur Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck) seemed to suppose they might have done—without exciting an expectation throughout the country that they were about to make a reduction of wages in every department of the public service. And on what ground was such a reduction to be made? It had been clearly explained by the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire. That ground was not that the wages of persons employed by private individuals in the metropolis or elsewhere had generally fallen, but it was this—that, there was so much distress in the country arising from the repeal of the duties on corn and other import duties, that the only re source by which they could satisfy the distressed part of the community was by reducing the wages of every man in the public department. He (Lord J. Russell's) answer was that this statement was not true—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—for, from every account he bad heard with respect to wages, except in some few of the agri cultural counties—(Cries of " Oh, oh!" and laughter from the Protectionist benches)—there had been no re ductions of wages, and the labouring classes of the country were not now obliged to receive a less remune ration for their work than they obtained before the Act of 1846 was passed.—(Cries cf " Oh, oh!" from the Pro tectionists, met by cheers from the Ministerial side.) He (Lord J. Russell) would not, therefore, give any coun tenaece to that delusion. He would not aid the Hon. Gentleman iu inducing the House to express an opinion that the country was in such a state of distress, owing to the adoption of what had been called the policy of free trade, that it was absolutely necessary for the Go vernment to reduce the wages of every labourer in their employment. His (Lord J. Russell's) belief was, that the reverse was the fact. He believed that, generally spe eking —and he hod received a good deal of information on the :inject from various quarters—the labouring classes of this country were now iu a better condition than they had been in before the adoption of that policy— (Shouts of " Oh, oh!" from the Protectionists, and cheers from the Ministerial benches)—which some Hon. Gentlemen opposite so strongly reprobated.—(A ery of " No, no.") The lion. Gentleman who doubted this assertion was quite welcome to entertain his own opinion, but he could not expect him (Lord J. Russell), entertaining, as he said, an opposite conviction, to assent to a measure which would disseminate throughout the country the belief that the House of Commons con sidered the' the nation bad been reduced to so distressed a state in consequtnee of the adoption of free-trade that it ens absolutely necessary to reduce wages. He (Lord J. Ressell) had asked the Hon. Member for Bucking harnehire, the other night, instead of proposing motions of thi 4 kind, and voting for the reduction of various taxes, t ) I:ting forward some direct motion for protection, that they might have the question fairly tried between these who thought that system ought to be restored and those who were opposed to its restoration. The Hen. Gentlemaa then said that he and his friends had only voted for these reductions of taxation to save their sun - aria.; constituents. It appeared, then, that the Hon. Gentleman, in order to promote the interests of his con stiteents iu Buckinghamshire, had felt himself obliged to Tote fur a reduction of the duty on paper, and of the du'y upon marine insurances. —(A laugh.) That cer tainly seemed an odd mode of relieving the distress of Buckinghamshire. But the Hon. Gentleman had also said that this was a kind of campaign, and he told them he was too skilful a general to take his plan of campaign from his opponents. He (Lord John Russell) thought his Honourable Friend the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) should pay duo attention to those words.— (Leughter.) Whether the plan of campaign adopted by the Honourable Member for Buckinghamshire was good or bad, he clearly showed what his object was —that, whether he marched to the tight or to the left for the purpose of a feint, his real object was to is sail the intrenchments of the Free-traders, and to put as end to that system. The Hon. Gentleman plainly showed that he and his friends were convinced that they would be in a minority if they were to bring forward a motion for the reestablishment of protection, but they considered that under the guise, or rather disguise, of motions fur a reduction of taxation, they might secure the assistance of some allies, who would otherwise shrink from joining them; and that they might thus at length attain what they declared plainly to be their object--the restoration of protective duties. With that object plainly declared he (Lord J. Russell) thought there could be little doubt that the Hon. Member for the ette.t Riding had perceived with sagacity their inten ti )n—( Hear, hear)—and had determined not to be witted by their plan of campaign. Mutemus clypeos, Danaumque insignia nobis Aptemus." " We have no chance of escape," said the Eon. Gentle man and his friends, "in our own armour as Tories; but if we appear as great economists, as great friends of re duction, as men who wish to diminish taxation, then we may cat ry some motion which will be, at all events, ex ceedingly hostile to the Government, and thus by certain roundabout and circuitous modes, we may at length at tain our real object—the restoration of a protective duty upon grain. lie (Lord J. 111158C11) thought this was quite enough to induce those lion. Members who did nut seek the attainment of the saute end, not to vote for a resolu tien which would effect no real economy—(Oh, oh!) —which, so far from saving 1,000,000/., would not save • a single pound of the public expenditure. He doubted whether, with regard to true economy, they could make reductions more speedily or more safely than in the mode proposed by the Government. He believed the State might find, as the railroad companies to which his Right Honourable Friend referred had found, that ii they made sudden reductions in the public departments they would unsettle their whole es tablishments, they would induce many of their best public servants to look for other em pleyments, and they would probably be obliged to buy good service with larger rewards than they now thought it necessary to give. He believed the only true mode of economy was that adopted by the Government,—to make a gradual revision of the public departments, to treat no individual with injustice, but in the case of any vacan cies not to fill up places which were unnecessary— (Hear, hear) —and if any other departments besides those which had been mentioned should hereafter seem fit subjects for inquiry, to let such inquiry be made. .In that manner they would carry into effect, gradually, in deed, but with justice to individuals and with benefit to the state, a large and permanent system of economy. If, on the contrary, the House were to adopt this resolu tion, they would apparently be giving a vote for economy, - htt, in fact, they would do little for economy, while they - end tend to promote a further object against which 1 ebelieved a majority of that House—if the question aas presented to then* plainly arid directly—wore pre pared to decide.—(Hear and ceeere) Sir C BURRELL observed, that as the Noble Lord haft seated that the wages of agricultural labourers had see been reduced, he begged to inform him that in the seuee of England they bad falln t wasimpossible that the pri ce o f corn could ha l ve . fellet one-third, as compared with what it was before the repeal of the corn laws, without an fleet being produced on the wages or labour. Mr. HENLEY, in reply, said he thought the Noble Lord (Lord J. Rus se ll) h a d s h own hs t usual ingeuuity in endeavouring to gath er b ac k into his fold a proportion of the Honourable Gentlemen on the other side, ou some late occasions, had n ot s h own themselves who, diti /tote d to act as a very dis c ipli ned body,—(A /a g h s great offenCe bectaueseHuo-eueC- The Noble Lord had taken House Members ou that (the Opposition) sid e of the had voted, on a late occasion, against certain taxes. But the Noble Lord seemed to have forgotten w h at h appened tgo sessions ago, when he proposed to put on an addi tional property• tax. There was a sort of growl all retsina the House—(A laugh)—he could not call it any thing else—which warned the Noble Lord th at i t would not d o to go orocith his plan. And what was the result? 'That the Governm ent were obliged to come down to th e House with amend ed estimates. The Noble Lord had opposed this motion as un j ust both to the .Ministry and to the subjects of the proposal.id, "I agree with the mover The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, had sa hi s principle, but I will not consent to the motion, it( cauee it will be a vote of censure upon the Govern ment "—(A laugh)—and then, because themotion was a vote of censur e, the Right honour able Gentleman did not face it with a direct negative, but he moved the previous q uest i on . I t wa s urged that the Treasury had been reformed ; but it was forgotten t hat it had been reported upon by the Committee on the mitcellane ous expenditure two yeats ago. But he (Mr. Hen ley) did n o t b r i ng the Treasury oe the Home-office especially under the consideration cf the House ; thine we re in the estimates every year.—(Hear, hear.) No ono who had opposed the motion had said a word about any one great revenue department.—([fear, hear.) The Noble Lord talked about the savings in 1833, but he bad overstated the amount by nearly 100 0001. The fact was, that the establishments often paid off with one hand and took on with another. The Hon. Member for Oxford had nliuded to a matter which would have been as well trot brought before the House, a private matter of a county society, which he said had dissolved itself because the. members gave up protection. The fact was that it was a defensive society, and there was nothing left to defend; there was a difference of opinion as to what should be done in future, and as to having new rules,and the society, therefore, came to an end of its own accord. As to the Noble Lord's taunt, if their (the Protectionists') views of the recent policy were right, the time would come when the subjeot would force itself on the House.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Henley) had not brought THE; , SUN, forward this motion with any view of censuring tbo Go- vernme:it; but he cotA not understand tlae justice of inquiring into the judicial and diplomatic salaries, and the salaries of official men with seats in Parliament, and` not inquiring into others. No one had said a word to justify such a distinction.—(hear,) The House then divided on the previous question, viz , " That the motion be now put," when there ap peared— For putting the motion... ... 173 Against it ... ... 269 Majority against it Consequently the motion was not put. SALE OF POISONS. Mr. SANDFOItI) then moved fur a Select Committee to inquire what restrictions should be placed on the sale of poisons. Sir GEORGE GREY said the use of poisons was more frequent than formerly, and the sale of them required regulation. A Bill had been prepared on the subject. The difficulty was to enumerate or define poi s ons, and he thought the Committe would not produce the effect the Hon. Member proposed. He hoped the Hon. Mem ber would therefore withdraw his motion. Sir R. INGLIS thought the Hon. Member ought to withdraw his motion, having been assured that the Go vernment intended to introduce a Bill on the subject. Mr. BANKES said the Hon. Member might refer the Bill when introduced to a Select Committee, if he thought that course useful. fir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE then moved that the House should go ibto Committee pro forma on the Elections (Ireland) Bill, which was agreed to, and amend ments inserted. The Defects in Leases Act Amendment Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered to be toad a third time to-morrow (this day.) AMENDED FACTORY BILL. Lord ASHLEY wished to say, in explanation, with regard to the Factory Bill, that he would substitute the clauses now in his hand instead of those already pro posed, which would impose a further limitation of the meal time, and gave notice that he would propose them on Thursday next, and which would be printed with the votes tomorrow. He had stated, when he got leave to introduce a Bill to amend the second clause of the Factory Bill, that he would not introduce any new matter; but as it was impossible to carry out his views without doing so, he thought it but fair to notify his intention upon that point. Mr. M. GIBSON said he thought sufficient time would not be given to parties to consider the matter. Lord ASHLEY said the amendments would tie printed to-morrow with the votes, and that he had no intention to take the House by surprise. The matter then dropped, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. etarti Mbttton NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes of 50 sou. R.M. Beebee Bunnoo 1 Inheritor Colt ... 2 Sweepstakes of 50 Bova. each. D.M. Beehunter Chieftain .. 2 Nuthatch Plate of 501. D.M. Whitstone ••• • • ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 Vasa ... ••• ••• ••• •,, 2 Sweepstakes of 50 SM. each, for three yrs old. D.U. Bordeaux ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 Necklace ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Nutcracker ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, fur four years old, &c. T.Y.C. _ Crucible Rathreines Canada filly ... Handicap of 20 aovs. each. A.F. ••• 1 ••• ••• ••• Sotterley Pius IX. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, for three years old. A. F. Ondine ... ... ... ... 1 The Trump ... ~. 2 Handicap Plate of 504, Cosarewitch Stakes Course. Fire-eater ... ... ... 1 Watchdog ... ea. ... ... .e. 2 ... ... ... ... •• • 1 frourtb Mutton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPELKER took the chair at Twelve o'clock. The Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill, and the Soutti Staff attlihire Railway Bill, were read a third time. Mr. W. PATTEN moved, "'That it be an instruction to the Committed of Selection, that they have power to appoint the meeting of the ,Committee on the South- Eastern Railway (power to discontinue pay ment of in terest on calls paid un No. 3 and No. 4 shares, Ste. (re committed) Bill, specially repotted upon by the Com mittee, for any day after the Bth day of this inst Ant should they so tturl fit."—Agreed to. NATIONAL Mr. THORNELY preented a petition in favour of national arbitration. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Martin, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Cowan (two), and fir. Adderley. A DVERTISE ME N T DUTY. Mr. WATKINS presented a petition from the com positors of a newspaper at Newry praying for the repeal of the adiertisemvntduty.____ SECULAR EDUCATION. Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition against Mr. Fox's Education Bill. COPY HOLDS-ENFRANCHISEMENT. Mr. ADDERLEY presented a petition from Borow dale, in Cumberland, praying for the enfranchisement of copyholds. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh praying the House to pass a Bill to shut up beer-houses on the Sabbath. Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading, praying the House to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts to 50/. REGISTRAR OF PREROGATIVE COURT. Sir B. HALL said he must claim the indulgence of the House for a few moments, in consequence of a cir cumstance that had occurred to him this morning. It would be in the remembrance of the House that he had on a former day asked a question of the First Lord of the Treasury whether the reversion of the office of the Registrar of the Prerogative Court had been filled up by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the name of his own son, or with that of the son of the Bishop of Winchester. To that question the Noble Lord answered that the Archbishop had appointed his own son, a young gentleman studying at the Temple, to the re verion of the office. He (Sir B. Hall) perceived that the answer of the Noble Lord had been stated by some of the public prints to be that the son of the Bishop of Win chester, and in consequence of that he bad this morning received a letter from that prelate, by his son, Mr. C. Sumner, calling his attention to the subject, and stating that no son of his had had anything to do with the affair, and begging him to take the earliest opportunity of setting him (the Bishop) right with the public, as ho considered that if there were any blame attached to such appointments, those who received them were of course to be considered as particips criminis. H e there` ore now stated in the House that the answer which the Noble Lord had given him was that the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury had received the ap pointment. POOR-LAW RELIEF. Mr. Aldirreati SIDNEY asked the Right lion. the President of the Poor-law Board whether it was his intention to introduce any measure with regard to the law of settleinent; also, whether, he intended to intro duce any measure for the alteration of the Union Charge Act, ELIA if not, whether he would be disposed to take any measure to introduce a Bill having reference to the city of London only, where the inequalities were the greatest. Mr. BAINES said that with reference to the two first questions, the subjects of which were connected with each other, the matter had been long under the considera tion of the Poor-law Board, but the state of business precluded the Government from bringing in any measure this session, though he would be under the necessity of asking the House to prolong the Union Charges Act for another year. With re gard to the last part of his question, he did not think any special mea sure necessary for the city of London; any measure which he might introduce would be a gene ral one. _ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. answer to a question fr o m L or d DUNCAN, Sir DUCKWORTH said that he intended to pre ceed with the Weights and Measures Bill as early as he could. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY—BIRTH OF A Sir GEORGE GR P E R a Y lN it a C i w d E. a of the First Mi n i ster, that, in in the absence recent event sdwuotyuldtoremnadkee a r necemssoartyio.ll Thwehilichouseawourlde,ahe was sure, be anxious u to take the earliest opport un i ty of repeati ng in the ex pressiontio happiness the of o td.etehpe Sovereign. interest which n i e t ro feels pf the n b t l t i a c e tt h n m d e d p:r t i m v a e n i - : virtues had rendered her the obj ect admiration to her people.—(Loud cheers.) He had to mote tl at un humble Address be presented to her 111Jjesty, congratulating her on the birth of another Prince.—(Chters.) • Sir R. IL INGLIS had the greatest pleasure in seconding the motion. Every year from the first inc.- meat of tier acce6sion had added to her fame, and had secured to her the affection and gratitude of her people. The birth of every child bad only furnished a new mac five to her people for such manifestation. The Adds ess was agreed to. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. On the motion fur the second reading of the Bill, Mr. CHRISTOPHER said this Bill certainly had not the objections of former measures, inasmuch as it was only permissive and not compulsory, but still he ob. • HEAL TH of LONDON daring the, eril., (From Return of the Registritr-ureloo'j Toe return ot wezk entlin,f last 13 ii unre; a continued $ 11 . 1 1 ,6 orcase in till' M °llB- oi ; ' . d Sinct. be 'bid we ek ct arc h ' - e siJ ° thy un. tVreidy tnutrtalityr has constantly fallen , ; 0 1, ti.Y thefollowing num bers:—the d eal° 1,124, 893, 866, and in last wee k °DIY 'die last numb e r i s l e s s than in any c orrebr ; the ten }Ears 1840 9, excep t that o or Cd fri th' average of the tun weeks bei n g 909, off for increase of population, 992, there 11°W_ All th r o . CO decrease on it, a mo u u ttng to 189 • ec re classes of dise a s e exhibit now s average in the deaths assigned t° tbesbd small pox there were 7 deaths, or 0 the average ; from measles 17. front h a 5 0 from hooping-cough 35, and from t Y P "LP " 41 4 diseases are all less fatal than usual; et' t or. to 5 persons, it to 4, purpura to 2 , 4 11, and erysipelas to 9, all mar lii {9f a noun% Oa the 19th of April, at dace, K , Lit road, a carman, ag ed 4v 11 1 ) 1 ° ; e o! - " tii'ease of' the lt:dia ,, ya ; Eug lish L c a." o tii; latter complaint o f nine hours' dara"i,fioti aliongst aim a es which sifT , ct th e resP-pory b ronchi:is carried off 46 persons, ratt e r itt, 441 the average of ten corresponding, ". a rs kig LY than that of the last three (in 113 1,, ) s e gs'r, pneuinotii,, or ialammatton of the '"" " t he s•toe number, considerably less than ofcn i 110 A c ol i Owy 6 ; ersons dit d of asthma, and nun, the cturcettd average being 158• ° c o i taryngisinus siridulus, two children job f laryng!tis. The deaths of 2 0 pets° l3e 'd s it Tie women, ware the result of caeca, se ~bor betwt.en 35 ;.1 ears of ago and 80. ~,eblreB? 8 girls died after premature birth. „ 01 0 , 4 were cutrocaied accidentally in be° "o c d ayl of hit )xieution are thus recorded' -- froc" sweep, of 45 p ars, was killed b k 7 00) the vertehrm of the neck from a fall w i t - t hst ec ,;ol (7)031. mart.), having lived eight hours afte' A' is 1' 4 41 "The widow of tailor, aged 66, was " fnal i ",, - 011 1° ' a state of derangement and intoxication, w e- 5 i01..4 ' the police-station, and afterwards to the d i; w here she tiled from congestion and effloi° ll lo ° Inquests were held on both cases. Th e , s e-- 0 0 ,r, aths in public institutions shows t hat a lair workhouses aid 64 in ho,,pials; and °` 5 ja ltla a olitt :.19 took place in general hospitals, 7at the Royal Hospltal, e,.nwich, an d 4 ill edsP' tary and naval esta'Aishments'. At the Ito) al Observatory, Greenwic'"tho reading of the Larometer was above 30 We n , - P so; the mean of the ae:.-k was 50•863. Th e e lt 4 10 o r* lure of the week was 46.8 deg., which is than the aye, age of the same week in A l OP mean temperature was. on Sunda'', , 3 .n "f e 71; 6 70 / average cf the same day, and on elle",: - 0 011 : . days was below it. On every day to - th.os - generally blew from the north or n or— MORTALITY in the .3 1 - 6111 ' - . 4 1 NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSE , „7 I i, ' TUE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. 0-10 " i.piclemic, Endemic, and Contagious ..• Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases ... Diseases of the Brain, Nerves , . and 5 . ° 11-e's Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels,,:;6o fiseases of the Limo and other v' Respiration 4 OO Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and e t ' be .,. of Digestion... ••• .•• Dist aces of the Kidn e y s Chilcibirth, Diseases of the Uterus,l°', o2l s ... Diseases of the Joints, B o nes, and lAtl ev- Diseases of the Skin, &c. / Malformations... Premature Birth ... Atrophy ••• „. ,0 Old Age Violence, Privation, Cold,; e Inteln " Pe rø • Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ••• care. Population Deaths in N. Enumerated, aponding of 18 : 7 ' 1841. West Districts... 301,189 .. !,, 7 ; North Districts.. 376,568 .. Central Districts 374,199 ... East Districts ... 393,067 ... 20 1 /d South Districts .. 503,346 ... 285 ..-- 0 . 59 1 T0ta15........ 1,948,369 ... 1,(159 411 Males Females "' A BIRTHS IN THE NVIO „e ••• Total ... anolry *ln this number are included 2 1 b f,by by Typhus Fever, 11 by Di a rrhoea, an d • • ATTEMP TED .111 01111 0 1 0 , 1 1 , An atrocious attempt at murder was 1.• a village between Rochford a nd Walo'n ' tbr ° ip night on Tuesday last, the assassin 6 111 ;, - riild window at his victim as he w as k i rl c e 0 .1 ,, J 0 and wounding him so dangerourvnes upper part of his b r e h id e y that little tamed of his life. ' Daniel Cunningham, a labourer,mune of Bidet wh° d! tage with his wife and step-claght ry D ; they all went to bed about h a lf-past e lo u : - po r il b j e twelve Cunningham got up for a certall'oeutte, Is as kneeling on the bed when a gun e r h a ‘ s , 9 Sa t in` the cottage window, and about forty 51' 1 1 0 chest, neck, and 1,4 arm; one 01( 4 the f wife, who was lying in th e bed, abor e he alarm was imm e diat e ly g i ve n to g ' OP E it) / Mr. Miller, surgeon, of W a k e ring wounded man; and information was 0;, 9 re a l who on insrec t i eg th e p rem i ses found, tiscle„r ia window broken, and the lead riddled rell: re d;otr a parently No. 1, and that the party Nr ll° , a t peared to have stood upon a bank ou ° ,4o o :ite'cor Suspicion at once attached to a m an new t o fi l i lttiA lodged in the ho us e, an d h a d b een hear u t bag:r4 threats toward s t he p ar ty. I t a pptlar s . - po r :Of ninghum was f ormer ly marr i e d to a 11,7,-,0 and that atter her husband's death Risen' lodged with her ; Cunninghao,,,,, el, To?! about two years since, thus, it is WI; c eo P. o9 the intentions of Rison, who, howev e l t O ti o - f, lodge there till about a month ago, d' con - I[2(llrd him to go. Since nen be declared that he would shoot the IvO iji h ri ° lef: ,0' quence of this the police proceeded 1 . 0 ,:,h -li er'7 o oY Wake 'ihg, two miles off, at four o 'elocA,[hise'bje ing, where they fund him in bed wit;s r - t oid A il ipe v , and his trousers and shoes wet. ,/, - 1/ 113 , 4 ” O r ", gun, which he gal borrowed, was f013 0 "::t if r qr ifir and had recently been discharged, 1113 ,, c1 ,-,t, ' °o covered that he had bought powder, egi",,sca' 'ete the previous night. He was therefore oof custody. On Wednesday, the d e po s itions of v ii- I , P Iff" taken before the Rev. T. S. Scratton. at 0 39 1jigi t til he being considered in danger of des t`l9; 0 . 71 1 was taken to the room of the wounded ill a g 0 ° deuce was confined to the fact, that be Nag e t; tiro of Tuesday last, shot whilst in a k ce ,,:':iict, ° l/ 1. bed, and that the prisoner well knew 1 " - s'", bed, as be helped him (Cunningham) to 1111i-0 On Saturday last, the prisoner W 95 ' 'or trial.—Essex Herald. Males ••• ..• ... Females ... ••• ••• ••• Vi e r WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIBTrtc, meeting of this society was held on Motile? cb the Right Hon. Fox Itlaule, ,in t` l ,; c ieti,,: 3 l o "Aq stated in the report that the debt of the 16s. Id , arising from the deficiencies of 11 ', - „15 4 i11 , ,1, pared with the expenditure for the Ye a— ioS" gio) The debt of the society was now reduced it) , A ;' lifi ebi eY ll That reduction had been effected in part 1 ),3' betdo tion in the expenditure of the year 18 ,:;g' e committee were happy to say, by a very 1 :W 1l d in the income, when compared with tha",i near. The total amount of 'income recei ve sPe e •er e ij for 1849 was 1.11,68 q. 13s. ed., and ti! e , e nle e LtO r t 109,168/ 10s. 7d., leaving a balance of ttl' - e 0 ( 48 1 ' Y diture of 2,5171. 2s. Id The speakers to tl,C e o 04 tions were Messrs. J. Heald, M.P., peto, 3l ,: er a, e r , 6 , 10 :, / the Rev. Dr. Hannah, the Rev. W. Clial li k " o s r o f Mr. Bevan. Some confusion was created " n i t ioo A rising to propose an amendment to the at l , ° r o'4 re port, but the Chairman refused to bear b''";eoef;i o o o rity of the latter was supported by tb e Zsoli l 'Af',l l. Order having been restored, and the other ',oily joL:q the meeting separated after the usual ve v te i s e - o u .s fl orit t e ll ,al' t , SEROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY."--,,,0 the chairman of the Committee on this Jol v ocvooNof' Committee have struck out of the Bil l e( ! i de l e e d .s? relates to tt.e alterations p ro posed to be r Tootle c o j e' powers to leave the undertaking to the /bad Western Railway, and that the promot e° abandon that p• rtion of their Bill. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MISSIONS. —The annual meeting of this society, which was numerously attended, was held on Monday evening in Exeter-hall, the Duke of Argyll in the chair. The report of the deputation from Scotland stated that notwithstanding the great efforts of the Church of Scotland to educate her people, there were no less than 80,000 children in that country without education, and thi s in consequence of the want of funds. Besides the parochial schools. there were supported by the Church of Scotland no less than 270 supplementary schools, in which from 15,000 to 20,000 children were educated at an expense of 6,5001, a year, and besides this sum. 3,527/. a year was expended in promoting the Gospel. For Indian missions they had col lected nearly 3,0001., and for their colooial mission, from 2,8001. to 3,0014., and for the conversion of the Jews a sum of about 2,0001. Mr. Dut:dus, M.P.,•moved the adoption of the report, and the Rev. Mr. Kerr seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously, as were several other re solutions in furtherance of the objet is of the society. THE MACKEKEL FISHERY.—The catches during the week have rot been large, but there has been a fair supply on each day. One smack on Alone:Li brought in 5,000 fish, which has been the largest catch during the week. The beats have been fishing throughout the " light" nights, and the mackerel caught 11.4ve been of an inftrior quality, owing, as the men allege, to this cause. Many of the boats have proceeded homewards, in the impression that the fishery is drawing to a close. Price. 4 during the week have ruled as WOWS :—Saturday, from Bs. to 10s. per six score; Sun. ay, from lls. to 13s. ' • Monday. from 10s. to 12e. ; ' Tue:Asy, from 9s. to lls. • Wednesday, from 7.5. to I Os.; Thursday, Bs. to lls. ; and Fi Way, front Os. to 14s. About is 0 tons have been sent out by railway since cur last. A week or two since the mackerel boat Eight Sisten, while fishing off this port, made a curious " haul," and secured in the nett.. which had sunk to the bottom from the immense quantity of fish, a fine pair of deer's antlers, and the greater ittis t part of the skull.— Plymouth Times. P NOVEL SPORT.—A seal 4i- feet in len g th, an d I -- A weighing upwards of 1681b5., was shot a few days since at London: Printed and Publish ed Pill, near Bi is:01, by Mr. Davis, the tide-surveyor o n th a t INo 112, strand, Printer, at : 215„6 sw, o a voy, (fr station. Toe seal when discovered was basking in th e s un 4. 4 , -and, in P"‘"nct we. on the Denny below high - water mark. Aliddlessx. WednesdithMAY ... ------ til °' BIRTHS. P , O r 0 F A BOX. c lear AO On the 28th ult., at Oxford-terrace, 1-1-1 of H. H. Cafe, Esq On the 25th ult.,. at Weyborne-bo uset tor Pr i 1 . ..0! of J. Knight, Esq. o. ls . h i v On the 26th ult , in Dublin, the lad,' 0 0- A , OF A DAUGIITOI3.„ the,,iitriiti On the 27th ult., in Camberwell- !z —rish ',hi, Rev. W. Whitehead M A . ., curate o_t_t_h o e i , P ;. - bil l ' . 0 0 1 On the 27th ult., ' at 'Fir-grove, Duo W. Budd, Esq. , , in line ' On the 2 •t h til_ ! t : at Melverton-bill, J-,e — of C. Musgrove. E q• ------------ t(e re u At AIi:BLED. an ofer - d a qy On the 25th int.t., a. St. George's. an se c°- tlte detick Drummond, Esq., to Agues Carl ' f lit '' d i ot the late W. P. Brigstocke, Esq., - -r. 1 v it .), 1,0 Div6ion of Somersetshire , ersn i ,,,•tlit j On the 25th hest., at St. Peter's, 11 , 14 ,1:to: 3. `" - P* fouTth son of Mr C. Hindlev, lover-vii ttsg e ' only daughter of Mr. 5 Silter, Eiv 4r-c° above place. S. '. ------' „s r' P , MOD. • 00" o f ' Capti" 4 aO9 On the li:th ult., of her Alajests 's ~ 7 th Regiment , youab e P c i'' at Gibraltar, ,_ i 6 , Archdeacon Ouslow. liacile' thi !he 2:th ult at Limerick , William d I, M.P. ter the city of Limerick. . Matt ha' l it; of St. ' s 's, J O4 On the kali ult. in in Dublin, the Ilev*,„10 01) ~yl► ' ton, M.A , Walden ' of the College On the 28th at Hampstea, aged , lea Esq., of Mundetfield Harold, Herefordshisraerrey, 0A On the 29th ult., at Carsbalton-park, the wife of F. Farr, Esq., of 13atb. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1850. jected to all such Bills as these on principle. There ou :ht to be no legislative interference between landlord and tenant. Those two parties ought to be left to manage their own affairs. Customs differed in different countrie, and it nay, therefore, impossib'e to establish any system which could apply to all. But in glancing his eye over this Bill he saw many objections to it in detail; it omitted to make any provision for distraints in case of dilapi dations and slovenly management, while in some m atinees it conferred upon the tenant powers which would destroy the mutual confidence which ought always to exist between landlord and tenant. Now, it was tf the utmost importance that a good feeling should stall times prevail between landlord and tenant, but he was very much afraid, whatever might be the laudable motives of its introducer, he was very much afraid the interference of this Bill would de stroy the unanimity that now exists in many counties. If the House determined to pass the measure, he would not put them to the trouble of dividing, but inas much as tt e Gallant Member for the city of Lincoln, who had given notice of an amendment, was not in his place, he should take leave to move that the Bill be read a se cond time this day six months. Sir G. STRICKLAND looked upon the Bill as a di rect attack upon the rights of private property. Adam Smith laid it down as the best rule that coun tries could follow to allow private individuals to manage their own affairs in the manner which they thought best for their own interest; but, although the Bill was opposed to that principle, it was ?aid the Bill could do no harm, as it was only permissive. Well, but the landlords and tenants of this country already pos sessed the power which this Bill would give them, and since it was wholly uncalled for and quite unnecessary, what was the use of passing a Bill which gave no permis sion at all? It commenced by stating that it was highly expedient to allow landlords and tenants to make agreements for their own mutual interests. Why, did they not possess that right at common law? Where was the use then of passing a superfluous Bill, which might at first sight appear to be harmless, because it w as based upon the permissive principle, but which might eventu ally, if it were passed into a law, become an engine of mischief, by having it quoted as a precedent fur interfering with the rights of private property? Marling was a very expensive process, and this Bill provided for laying the expense c f that process upon the Landlord. Now marling was a thing which was ruinous to some kinds of land; yet this Bill would make it in cumbent on a landlord to marl his land, though it went to the destruction of it. He contended that the tenant farmers in Lincolnshire sad Yorkshire did not want this Ball. The best authorities in Lincolnshire were decidedly opposed t , ) it on the ground that it would cause endless litigation, and destroy all confidence between landlord and tenant. Lord GALWAY thought tlAt 8.11 was uncalled for and unnecestary; he should, therefore, rote for the amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY was prepared to support the second reading of the Bill. The Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Strick land) treated the Bill as it it were compulsory, though he afterwards said it was permissive; but at present no landlord who had only a lite interest in land could make an agreement with his tenant. The Bill was only per missive, and on that ground he thought it might be useful, because it would bind the remainder man in cases where a tenant for life might make an agreement with his tenant. He thought it would have been more courteous to the House and the country, and have :saved the time of Hon. Members, if, instead of allowing the Bill to pro ceed to its present stage, they had rejected it at once, but having reached its second reading, he would now give it his support, reserving to himself the right of moving any amendments in Committee. Mr. PAUKE said be had seen the hardships to which the farmers of this country were exposed, and thinking they were entitled to some relief he should vote for the second reading. Colonel SIBTHORP said it was alleged that the Bill would effect an improvement in the condition of tenauts; but he did not see that they wanted any improvement. He was not aware of having a discontented tenant in any one of the estates which he possessed in different counties. All they wanted was a fair, liberal, and proper understanding between land lords and tenants, on the principle of live and let live, and then all such Bills us the present would be wholly unnecessary. He should next expect that a Bill would he introduced into the Howe to fix the wages of his footman, to say at what hour he should dine, and what he should have for dinner. He was entirely op posed to the Bill, because it would be detrimental to the interests which it was proposed to relieve, and he should oppose it in every stage.—(Laughter.) Mr. DRUMMOND said he should vote for the second reading of the Bill; but unless it was so retered in Com mittee as to make it very much unlike what it was at present, he should oppose the Bill in its future stages.—(A laugh.) The farmers had lost all confidence in the legislation of the House; bat still he should give the Bill his support in the hope that when amended, it would in some degree accomplish the object which it bad in view. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT observed that a great authority had been referred to fur the purpose of show ing that nothing was so dangerous as to interfere in the management of private property, especially as regarded landlord and tenant ; the object of this Bill was not to nterfere with the rights of those parties, but to remove the interferences which at present existed. It had been said that the Bill would only affect settled estates, but the fact was, that nearly all the estates in the country were settled. The Bill did not dictate what agreement the parties should make, but merely said tt at henceforward they would be able to make particular agreements, if they liked, and therefore all it proposed to do was to allow a man to do what he choosed with his own. He had been told by a farmer who had embarked a great deal of capital in his farm, that unless he had an agreement with his landlord his rest would be disturbed at night by thinking of the ruin which might come upon his children. Believing that the Bill would be the means, if passed, of effecting improvements on farms, of incressing their produce, and therefore of giving additional employment, be should give it his support. Mr. TRELAWNY admitted that cases might arise where legislative interference would be necessary, but really he did not think this Bill gave either the landlord or the tenant a privilege or a right which he did not possess already.—(Hear, hear.) He should therefore support the amendment.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COLES thought the Bill was highly calculated to diminish the difficulties that now prevailed amongst the agricultural interest, and inert ase the confidence of the farmer in the support of his landlord. It was, there forc,a most valuable Bill, and he should give it his hearty support.—(Hear.) Mr. NEW DEGATE said the farmers looked to this 13i11 as the means of enabling their landlords to do them justice in case they left their farms with un exhausted improvements, and the House, in his opinion, would do well to pass it. The Bill, however, was not without defects; for instance, he was afraid the. Bill would enable a tenant for life to make extravagant outlays in improvement.; but that was a matter of detail which might be remedied in Committee.—(Hear.) Colonel THOMPSON did not think the opinion, that the Bill would injure posterity, aas an objection which ought to stand in the way of supporting the second reading. The House was bound to regard, to some extent, the interest of posterity, but what they tad to deal with at the present moment was the state of things as they now exist.—(Hear.) Viscount CASTLEREAGH hoped the provisions of this Bill, which he heartily approved df, would be ex tended to Ireland. Mr. P. HOWARD supported the second reading of the Bill, believing it would relieve trustees from the re sponsibility which at present rested on them in reference to making agreements with tenants in certain cases. The Bill was then read a second time. Mr. PUSEY hoped the House would grant an early day for the committal of the Bill, looking at the dis tressed condition of the farming interest in the country. Mr. CHRISTOPHER would resist any attempt to hurry this Bill through the House without the fullest discussion. ft Colonel SIBTEIORPsaid there could not be amore un fortunate time for bringing in a Bill of this kind than at present, and he would oppose it at every stage, believing that it was ill-timed, and calculated to lead to diappoint ment among the tenant-farmers. _ _ The Bill was then ordered to be committed to•morrow•, RAILWAY TRAFFIC BILL. Mr. RICARDO proceeded to move the second reading of this Bill. He was chairman of a rail way company which bad in view the shortening of the distance between London and Manchester. Six Committees had sat on this subject, and had pre .ented reports, independent 'of the reports of the Railway Coeimissioners, and he thought that if any gen tleman went through these reports carefully he would come to the.conclusion that some such measure as the pre sent was required. The Committee 0f1835 recommended that all the lines of railways should be subjected to some general control, as did also the Committee of 1841. A Committee, over which the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the Univerity of Oxford presided, recom mended the interference of the Board of Trade in the matter of Parliamentary trains, and,he would just quote a few figures to show the result of Parliamentary in terference. He found that the receipts of the one Parliamentary train per day were 1,970,850/., and of the other six or seven trains 5,350,000/. The average per mile for the Parliamentary train was 6s. 6d, for the other trains, ss. So much for the interference of Parliament, and ho could only point to this fact, when be s aw parties come to Parliament with Bills empowering them to increase their rates of toll. The interference which he proposed in this measure of his was certainly no greater than had been proposed i n the clauses of at least 28 Bills introduced into Parlia ment in the sessions of 1846 and 1847. He thought that the time was now fairly come for Par liamentary interference. They had sanctioned 500 miles of railway at a cost of 15,000,0002, merely for the purpose of connecting point to point. The public were entirely in the power of railway com panies. The moment they entered a carriage the power of free agency ceased, and the train went just when, where, and at what rate the railway officials thought fit. Ile did not blame the administrators of railway atraire themselves for the existing evils, but was rather inclined to w tribute the blame to the defective rate of the law. It was entirely en public grounds that he had been induced to pia pose the present measure, and he thought it would conduce greatly to the public advantage. The ' lion. Gent', man alluded to several cases to show the obstructions and Impediments to which the public were sut jk (Atli on certain railway e, both in respect of the time occupied in the journey and the fares which were charged and rated; he proposed to remedy tie evils by requiring in the first place that passenger-trains and trucks should be stopped at junctions. lie next proposed that trucks should be pro vided at junctions to meet corresponding trucks belonging to other companies. Such an arrangement did not think would act prejudicially to the railway in terest, but he e as willing to reconsider this part of the Bill if necessary. There were oti,er propositions which r.lso intended to make, one c f which was, that when a train arrived alter its t.tne at a junction, it sheuid forwarded at the expense of tie cAupary. yti ho had been guilty of the irregularity. Another proposition was, that minerals arriving at a junt.t:on, should be forwarded_ if required, but the most important past of the Bill was the equal rating clause, which he believed bad given ri,e to the opposition of the railway interest, but in reality it was nearly similar in terms to that which bad been in troduced into several railway Bills. He was astonished at that opposition, seeing that railway proprietors had become peculiarly sensitive owing to the great depreci ation which their property had lately undergone, but Le believed that by doing an ay with the obstructioni and imrediments of which he complained, and affording facilities for the conveyance of traffic from one line to another, every railway company throughout the country would be benefited. Mr. GLYN said the very objects which the lion. Member (Mr. Ricardo) had in view, would not he car ried out by the Bill brought in by him. He called on the House to pause before they passed a Bill of this kind without sufficient information bearing upcn the question. He particularly objected to the first clause, which rendered it imperative on passenger trains to stop at all junctions. The express trains (specially would be retarded by an arrangement of that kind, The Bill would also seriously interfere with the system of season tickets which Lad worked so benficially for the public, and with the practice of excursion trains, to which the railway companies had given facilities with the view of promoting the comfort and recreation c f friendly so cieties and the humbler orders of the people. The lion. ;Member further canvassed the details of this Bill, t which he was opposed, and characterised it as a piece of crude legislation which would only throw greater diffi culties in the way of an interest which was alrendy suffi ciently eepre , sei.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. B. DENISON suggested that the Hon. Gentle man the M. mber for Stoke should withdraw the present Bill, and introduce one less subject to objection. lie was, however, quite certain that there was an absolute necessity of some general Parliamectary control over all railway directors. The Railway Commissioners had been mentioned, and he was sorry to say they were not very popular, but for no reason that he could see, as he was sure that they performed their duty in a most proper manner. AGLIONBY sup forted the Bill, because be thought it Was calculated to afford extended accomm 0- dation to the public. Though for the position and expt rience t f the Hon. Member for Kendal, he did not altogether go with him in all his remarks. Ile did not think that the Railway'Commissioners had sufficient control, and he should certainly vote for any measure which extended their influence. He was sure that the public would have the same' opinion, especially if they considered the many instances cf gross mismanagement which they la ad of in the papers. lie should certainly give his cordial sup port to the Bill, and he had not the slightest objection to curtail the power of railway directors. Mr. V. SMITH objected to the Bill being withdrawn in the hope of the matter being taken up by Government. There was no chance of Government ever being able to introduce a measure which should be acceptable to the public and railway directors. The Railway Board had never been very popular, and he was very much aft aid that if they waited till that body took up the subject they would have to wait till doomsday. The Hon. Member for Kendal's speech was all very well as far as it went, but it altogether avoided the principle of the Bill. Now, what was that principle? Why, simply that it ;was ex pedient that better accommodation should be made for the public —not on one railway, but on all rail ways; and, to show that that was wanted. tbey need only refer to every-day experience. In his own neighbourhood, for instance, there was a junc tion of three lines, but, from some unfortunate daft- rences which had arisen between the three companies, a party going from Northampton, either north or south, was detained at this junction two hours.—(Hear.) Mr. HENLEY had no connexion with any railway, but still he could not support this Bill, because the means proposed were not likely to accomplish the end in view. When they considered that 5,000 miles of railway had bean called into existence within the last few years the marvel was not that there had teen occasional stop pages and inconvc niences, but that the trsffic on r ail ways had been worked so regularly. It was far better to leave the matter in the hands of railway managers themselves, than, by a bungling mode of kghlation, give rise to evils which would be more irksome to the public than the delays and inconveniences which now occasion ally took plaec—(Hear, hear.) Sir H. VERNEY observed that many of thore delays arose out of a break of gauge which years ago Parlia ment had refused to interere with. He denied that railway directors were unmindful of the public accom modation. It was for their interest to give the public the best possible accommodation, and this matter might therefore be safely left in their hands.—(Hear.) Mr. BANKES had no confidence in the existing Rail way Board, and until that branch of the public service was remodelled he could not consent to invest Govern ment with the extensive powers which this Bill proposed to establish. Nothing but trivial questions were referred to the consideration of the present Railway Board, which certainly did not justify the large expenditure which it involved, and until it was made a more useful and efficient tribunal he must resolutely decline to increase their func tions. Mr.W.WILLIANIS wished to know if the Hon. Gen tleman who Lad charge of the Bill was prepared to intro duce a clause which should prevent any party who might be connected with a railway management from carrying coals and minerals over that railway with greater fAcitities and advantage than w st , afforded to the ordinary trades. Mr. RICARDO was understood to reply in the atfir niuti%e. Mr. LABOUCIIERE before the division was called wished to address a tew words to the House on the su; Piet of this Bill. And first he would apply his observa tions to the remarks of the Honourable INlemb.r for Dorset, who certainly appeared to him to have said mote i❑ support of tne Bill than against it. fie denied that the matt+•rs which came under the consideration of the Railway Board were of cqtrival:phsracter; the Func ions of that body related to property of immense value, and so long as the House thought such a board ought to exist, it was their duty to tak e c s r e th a t th e re muneration voted for its maintenance was sufficient to ensure the services of Commissioners whose station and past conduct would afford a guarantee to the public that the motives which would actuate them in the dis charge of their duties would be beyond suspicion. Now, with regard to the Bill itself, it certainly was a most important measure, and although Government might be taunted for tht it silence upon the subject, he could assure she House that neither the Railway Commissioners nor the Board of Trade had been unmindful of the public interest. The functions of the Rei!way Board necessarily made it unpopular, and the reason that he had not undertaken to introduce a Bill of this nature was slippy that he was afraid it w ould have thrown still greater difficulties in the way 01 that board, while he had felt that the House would not be too ready to appreciate the disinterested spirit which might have ;dictated its provisions. Those were ;necessarily unpopular functions in that House. There was never a more deserving public func tionary than his friend (Mr. Strult), who had been one of the Railway Commmissioners, and yet there was never a more unfortunate public servant than he was.. -. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. L a bou c h ere ) was unw illing in the present state of the public feeling t's throw another element of discord before the country with reference to railway questions. He despaired of carrying this or and other kindred measure through the House unless there had been a previous inquiry by a Committee upstairs. Be (Mr. Labouchere) would therefore join in the suggestion Char, the Hon. Member for Stoke-upon-Trent should with draw his Bill, though he thought the objects of the Bill were well worthy the consideration of the House.— ("Divide, divide.") Mr. UtLADSTUNE said the Right Hon. Gentleman had addressed the House with his usual frankness; but he (Mr. Gladstone) could have wished that the Right Hun. Gentleman had stated more clearly what his in- tensions were with respect to the Bill before the [louse. The Right Hon. Gentleman had characteeised Mr. Laing a 3 a law clerk, with a few hundreds a year; but when he used that expression he must have forgotten how much more successful that " law clerk with a few hundreds a year" was, in his humble department, than the magnificent establishment of which he was a subordinate member.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Glad stone) thought the House would be wasting its time in passing the second reading of this Bill. He was quite certain tbar, at present a scheme Lite this would Meet with insuperable difficulties. The time might come when the public would be roused by suffering an immense &mount of inconvenience, when it would Le necessary for some great measure of the kine 4, when Parliament, as the agent of the public, would have to take the railways into their own hands, and make arrange meats for them as it th oug h t fit. He need only re fer to the speech of the Right lion. Gentleman who had just sat down to allow that the time was not yet come for that measure. After a few words of explanation from Mr. LABOU CIIERK who concurred in the culogium on Mr. Lainr, Mr. RICARDO replied, and the second reading of ,he Bill was negatived without a division. BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL. The House then went into Committ4 e on this Bill. Mr. HUME thought the time was come for putting an end to pluralities altogether. He intended to take the sense of the House, and for this purpose had framed an amendment, which he thought would have that effect. He thougl.t that this system of pluralities was disgraceful to the Cburch. Mr. LAW said that, as her ,Majesty's Ministers would probably like to bear what was said on this gr.-at subject, and there was not one of theta present, he sr.uuld move that the Chairman do report progress, and ask fur kayo to sit again.—(hear, hear.) Mr. AGLION BY thought that such a course would be scarcely fair usage to the lion. Gent!, man: aho bad charge of the Bill. Ile did not see t h at i t wa . ne eest.ary for her Slaje,ty's Ministers to tie peset,t at the dissuasion. Mr. FREWEN was indiNposed to agree to the pro position of the I 1( n. and Learned Rteorder. I e hi,(l already pootpor,ed the Bill fur a month at the requyst f the Government. thought k woad be as well to inquire where the Ministers were. Tit was a lull liuuse f Members, who were not paid.:and )et the Ministers, who were paid one and all, had all trooped over nu one knew where. IThe Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY explained that the Secretary of :Atte had kit ;lord with him to di,pateh a ►❑ess4-nger for him when the debate came on on this Bill, and he had already done so. Mr. HUME thought it Was an imputation on the [louse to say that they could not get on without the Mt clusters. It was trehttog tht-m like babies. Mr. H. DRUMMOND thought that if the House wi:s not competent to decide on the matttr without the Mi nie,!crs, nri:her could it on e.ny o.hcr, acrd the house onAt to a j ,, urr. Mr. 'MANGLES rose simid loud cries of "Dividv," when :-ir Grey entered, and was greeted with mit.- glod cheers ar;(1 iungllter. Mr. LAW EltH 110 was sensibie (..f the in:portance o the Right Lion. Baronet's presence, t.nd he should with. draw his nii-tior. Mr. HUME exp7&ned to ao Right Hon. Baronet the nature of the aruenement which he had proposed. Sir G. GREY, after having had some oiffieulty in finding the clauses in the Bill, during which Mr. Hume stood on his legs throwing an appealing glance to the House, begged to dissent from the Honourable Gentle. man's amendment, because he thought that there were many livings of such small value that no msn could hold them singly. The Honourable Member's object could not be effected until some consolidation Act had been - Mr. lIUME said that that was exactly his object. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the amendment because he thought it was high time that something was done towards the consolidation of small, and the partition of large livings. Mr. GLADSTONE saw but one objection to this amendment, but that objection was conclusive against ►t. Ile very much feared ths.t if this amendment were cal-lied many parishes with small revenues would go without incumbents, fur in England there was no provt• son made as in Scotland for inercasinc- the income of the incumbents of poor livings. The. efore, until some p!an:orconsolidation had been adopted, it was highly inexpedient to adopt an amendment of this sort. Besides, the unieLdment of the hight Hon. Gentleman the Aleaiber for Wilt.hire would virtually get rid of pluralities altogether, unless the yearly value of the con tiguous benefice was under 1001. a year. Reserving that case of exception, he was prepared to abolish altogether.—(Hear hear.) After a few words from Mr. JOHN EVANS, Mr. HUME reminded the Committee that, if they passed this amendment, the poor livings sv ould be assisied by the same bounty that sent a bishop to Hong-Koi4., where there were scarce twenty parishioners to attend tu. Let those who objected to his amendment, on grounds stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Mem te for the University, insert a clause in the Bill, placing there poor livings at his disposal—(A laugh)— and he would undertake not only to find incumbents, but-in comes for them.—( A laugh.) Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT urged the committee to reject the amendment in favour of his own, which would accomplish the end the Hon. Member for Montrose had iu view. Sir G. GREY thought it nothing but right that poor contiguous livings with small populations should b.t united, and if he was nct mittAten that course had al ready been recommended by the Ecclesiastical Commis sionere. Lord J. MANNERS objected to the Church funds being placed at the disposal of the Hon. Monbur for Montrose. M. HUME—I did not ask you to do it. Lord J. 'MANNERS Lad so understood the Hon. Ii tuber; but he was glad thae he was mistaken. Much of the poverty of the small livings, to which reference had been so i,fteu made, was attributable to the misap plication of the parish funds. He announced his inten tion to oppose the amendment' though he approved of the ►pirit in which it had hen brought fora Mr. HUME all he wanted the Committee to do was to affirm tie principle that pluralities were wrong.' Mr. HORSMAN observed that the: Bill as it stood legalised pluralities and justified the system of non-resi dence. Now he was altogether opposed to that, and as the amendment was likely to lead to.the adoption of the principle of consolidation, he should give it his cordial support. ir.:E. DENISON said there were some parishes which had no churches, and the only way in which the population could be served was to unite them with other parishes; theietore, if the amendment or the Hon. Mem ber passed. the object of the Bill would be defeated. Mr. PETO said there were as many as thirty-five parishes in Norwich, the place which be represented, some f which were not worn► more than 304 or 501. per annum, and if in some instances a plurality of livings was not allowed, the parishioners %mild be unprovided with church accommodation. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the original motion ... 166 Fur the amendment 53 Majority ... —ll3 Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT moved in clause 1, page 2, line 1, after the words '•each other and," to omit all the words to the end of the clause, and to substitute these words, " unless the yearly value of one of such con tiguous benefices shall be less than one hundred pounds." Mr. CIiRISTOPHER said he would have a resident clergyman in every parish, but he did not think that the Bill as it at present et , od would accomplish that ..t.ject. There were many small parishes in the county which he represented possessing not more than 50 or 60 inbab:- tants, and if they were not consolidated with larger bene fices the effect would be that the parishioners would be without clerical supervision. Mr. HUME deeply deplored the vote which the House had just given, and was surprised that 166 Mem bers should have affirmed the principle of having non resident clergymen. Sir G. GREY observed that the object of the Bill was to prevent two or more benefices being held together except under circumstances where they 'alight be practi cally considered as forming one benefice, and he should give the amendment of the Right Hon. Gentleman his support, because he thought it was calculated to carry out that principle. Colonel THOMPSON said he should vote for the amendment, because he thought it preferable to the one which had been proposed by the Hon. Member for Montrose. After a few words from Mr. FRE WEN, Mr. GLADSTONE said there Has an evil in plura lities themselves, and he would not admit tt.e principle of them unless upon an absolute necessity. That being so, he would support the amendment. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... ... 162 Against it ... 16 Majority for,the amendment ... 146 The al .use was then agreed to as amended. The remaining clauss s were agreed to, with the ex ception of clause 6, which was omitted, and the House rtgLIMCd. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'cltek. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Bunco, before Lord Chief Justice CAMP BELL, Rad Juitices PATTEPON, WIEHITMAN, and EnLE.) THE QUEEN v . DIARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY COMPANY. This case came before the court on a certiorari, and a ruse had been obtained by the defendants calling on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to show cause by en inquisition held on the 23d January 1849, before Mr. Carrick, the coroner for Cumberland, for assessing the value of certain lands, taken by the Lancaster atu . Carlisle Railway for the purpose of enlarging their station, at Carlisle, should not be quashed. The land , in question bad been assessed at the value of 7,000/. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause against tht rule, and submitted that, as all the proceedings in the in quisition had been in accordance with the private local Act of the Lancaster and Carlisle Company, the matter was precluded from being brought before the court by certiorari. Mr. MARTIN contended the proceedings at the inqui sition were irregular, in that the st aciarjury which as sessed the value of the lands on that occasion bad been improperly struck and reduced, Mr. Mounsey, of Car lisle, the former solicitor of the Maryport and Carlisle Company, having been served with the notice to attend at the striking of the jury instead of Masers. Richardson and Gufeh, the then solicitors of the company. Lord CAMPBELL said it was quite clear that the Mary: port Company had suffered nothing by reason of the al leged irregularity of the notice fur striking the jury, Mr. Mounsey having attended the inquisition, though he might not at that moment have bees do facto the so licitor of the company. He (Lord Campbell) was there• fore of opinion that the rule should be discharged. The other members of the court concurred. Rule discharged. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) The Court took the demurrer paper to-day, but the cases heard were purely of a technical nature, and there fore devoid of general interest. (Sittings at Nisi Prins. in the Exchequer Chamber, before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common Jury.) DUM7ORD V. FORD AND ANOIHER. The plaintiff in this case was the Rev. Joseph Rum ford, who was the owner of several heaves i i Titch • bourne -street, in Whetstone-park, and in Holoorn, and the defendants were the representatives of Isaac Ford, to whom those hou-es had been let on le uses in the year 1828. The action was brought tes recover the arrears of rent due to the plaintiff, as well as to obtain compensa tion for the expense which he had been pat to in consequence of a bre acts by the defendants cf the covenants of those leases. It appeared that the houses had been let on leases, the covenants of which required that every three years certain re pairs Should be made, and also that the lessee should ceartinue to pay any premiums cf insurance which were payable in respect of policies effected on the houses at the time of entering into possession. These covenants had not been complied with, and the plaintiff had accordingly instituted this action to recover compensation. It ap peared that a sufficient sum had been paid into court to cever the amount of rent due, and to leave a balance f 211. for expense., and the question now for the deci• sion of the jury was whether tt at sum was ample to meet the expenses which a proper repa ration of the premises rendered necessary. qhe plaintiff stated that the cent he had been put to was 1031. 145., and he claine.l !hat sum, minus the 211. u h adi had been paid into court for repairs. Mr. Sera ate. SHEE appeared for thk pl.!nt,ff, and Mr. Kno.lvs f. r the delendant. For the def, lice, it was contended that there att.; a proviio in the lease of one of the houses to the elfret that the rent should cease in the event of its becoming' unit,habitatde by reason of its insecurity, awl it app, aired that the public authorities had condemned it as a dan gir,us budding. It was also contended that the sum paid into court was amply sufficient to compensate the pi .dritiff fI. the repairs which he had made. ills LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 71. over and above the amount paid into Court, BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ConEtuDGE ) THE QUEEN V, INIIABITANTS OF GT. OEOEBI9. Mr. BODKIN applied to the Court for a writ of certiorari to remove an indictment into this court, which had been found at the Middlesex Sessions against the inhabitants of St. George's, Ilanover-:quare, for the non-repair of the King's road running through Eaton•squere. A similar indictment found in another place had already been removed into till court, ecd tho parties were anxious to have the question of ii hiiity decided as cpeeOily as possible. Application grant: r. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (134.::,,re the LORD JUSTICE, and Justices CRESS WELL, N‘ , ILLIAMS, aid{ IALFOURD.) No husint , ss (f itupurawee was bruugtit btfure the Cuurt this uturnlng. SECONDAHIES'.—(THIS DAY.) 'I here was only one case on a bill of exchange, which was undefended. Ou the new jury beinT, called, ore of the jurors claimed exQuTtion on the ground that he had been sworn in en the ward it: qt,est. The Learned Secondary (PoTTER) said that was not a ground of exerDi..tion, and the juror was accordingly swor❑ in. MA lILBRO'-STIREET.-(THIS DAY.) PICKING I'OCKETS.—i3Iwy Lilens, a Yiell-dre,scd womer, was charged with picking it lady's pocket of a puree, coniaining 93. 4d. Miss Liz Knott said she was looking in a ,!hop win dow in RegeLt•street, esterdu attarnoov, when she telt a twitch at her pucker. On wining round she ta4 the prisoner in the act of leavitz her side, and on wrt tiess putting her har.din her pocket she missed her pur,e, conti=ii,ing 9s. 40. She immediately t.usi ected the pri sourr to be the thief, and tw a constable was pas•ivgat the time she gale t.ar in charge. On the prisoner fait g searched at the static r, witness's purse with its contents was found upon her. Swindon, 230 A, proved receiving charge cf the pri soner and conveying her to the sistior, where she was searched and the biolen purse found upon her. Them were also lour other purses found upon her, two cf which were empty, and the others contained about U. in gold and silver. As the re were other charges against her, he wished her ti be remanded. lterna,,ded till Monday next. CRICKET.-(THIS DAY.) ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. IWENTY-TWO OF CARLISLE AND DISTRICT. This match was c. mrnenced at Carlisle on Tuesday. It is the first grand match of the season. The following is the score of the first day's play:— ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS Adams, b Lawrence Clarke, b Wright Parr, run out Box, b Thompson Chat terton, b Anderson I.N. Felix, Esq., b Thompson A. Nynn, Esq., b And erson Guy, b Wright Martingell, not out Wisden, not 0ut..... ••• Hillyer Byes, 7; wide, 7; no ball, 4 .. 58 Total 147 GERMAN Y. The Administrative Council has sent a message to the two Houses of the Erfurt Parliament, informing them of the conclusion of the present session. In the message the Parliament is thanked for its resolutions respecting the revision, and a promise is given of an immediate communication with the Governments. It is mot stated at what time the Parliament is to ma again. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) 141ANCIIESTER, TUESDAY.—The Europa's advice - , shoeing the deficiency in the receipts of cotton at the American ports to be upwards c f 500,000 hales, have had much the same kind e f effect on our market, to-day, as previous accounts, pointing to the same result, have of late produced. With the raw material still rising on their hands, the spinners have again raised their quota tions; and the manufacturers have followed in the same course, at least as ri gards those cloths which are most in request. In this move, the latter class of producers hate scarcely had any further success than that of being enabltd to ot tain, for some article?, those full tales which could not be got a week ago. It is telly in some particular things that the improvement has amount( d to wore than what we have just stated ; while the entire business of the day has certainly been restricted a ithin narrow limits. Some of the makers of domestics are doing rather more with the home dealers. The spinners have succeeded in their de mands rather better than the manufacturers. The impression that cotton is not at present likely to be lower, and may possibly rise somewhat higher, appears to have made a little progress amongst the Getman buyers, who, though still acting with great caution and making no large purchases, have operated more freely, as well as more gem rally to-day, than for some time back; paying, in almost every instance, such prices as they refused to give a lew days back. In the various yarns which they purchase, prices are, prac tically, at least per lb. higher than they were this day week. In some kinds the gain is rathcr more than that. The manufacturers also are pay ing about an equal advance for warps and weft; but they purchase very sparingly. Thu India !lenses are doing but little in yarn?, as well as in goods. Spinners and manufacturers feel most painfully that the present course of things is fraught with serious evils to them. If a rise in prices should now be made good, they see that the finished article is likely to be left further than before in the rear of the raw material. R(CRDALE, MONDAY.— W e have had something like an average market to-day, both in prices and nuvuber of pieces sold. The wool market is still heavy, and very little business doing. I~IACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—SifieO our last report there have been tr any buyers of manufactured goods in town, but the sales: are reported only to a limited ex tent. We might have expected larger operations at this season f the year, particularly as it is generally under stood that stocks of mil( goods in the wholesale houses ate comparatively light—the buyers are evitlentl pur chasing for immediate w ants, and we hope, ; ere long, to be er;ubled to report a more active demand. The throw ing trade continues in the same quiet state it has dot e for the last few weeks, but the mills are still working full time. In the raw silk market prices remain as b. f pre. HUDDERSFIELD, 1 UESDAY. —We have been compara tively slack in the market to-day —very little has been brought into the hall. The warehouses have also been dull; buyers being very shy except at reduced prices. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. —There is no noticeable change in the condition of the worsted trade. The principal inquiry is fur lasting•;, which are very difficult to be obtained. In yarn there is a steady business, without any alteration in price. There is not much doing in wool, and the quotaione remai. , they were. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We base had a lair average busi neis to-day itt.cl on Saturday; also considerable deii veries have been made direct to de warehouse ,, . Stocks are low, and prices without alter atiun. Ts a shipping houst s continue busy; but there is not quie so much doing for the home trade, the very cold weather we ex perience at present having a tendency to check the sale of light summer goods. BACHELOR'S BALL.—To prevent disappointment, an advertisement appears in another column of The Sun cor recting a mistake that has occurred. The ball takes place on Friday, and not this evening. To hear complaints with patience, even when com plaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship; and though it must be allowed that he suffers most like a hero that hides his grief in silence, yet it cannot be denied that he who complains acts like a man, like a social being, who looks for help froni his fellow-creatures.—Eleza Cook's journal. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, APRIL 30.—The market to-day has been very quiet. There has been a good deal of inquiry for yarns and some kinds of cloth, but it has not resulted in much business, owing to the advanced prices demanded. There has been a considerable speculative de mand for cotton in Liverpool to-day, which has caused our spinners and manufacturers to be very firm in demanding an advance. This has checked business materially, but there seems a probability of the week proving a satisfactory one. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-- Along the above line on Friday evening last several of the down trains were delayed. On inquiry it was found that the 5 30 down train, owing to some failure in the driving machinery, had got off the line, when about a mile and a half east of Slough, which caused the greatest consternation among the passengers. Immediate attempts were made to get it on again, but in vain; and, in consequence, both the 7 o'clock and mail down trains were considerably elaved, so th at passengers by the former were detained for more than three hours. The mail train arrived at Reading about II o'clock, instead of 10.10, as usual ; and a similar delay took place at the other intermediate stations. Fortunately no loss of life nor any serious injury was sustained among the pas sengers. Au inquiry is being instituted, in order to ascertain if any blame attach to the employes of the company in regard to the cause of the accident. Anna Mary Anson, who some months since figured away at Cheltenham as Lady Wyatville, was yesterday com mitted from. Wandsworth, charged with victimizing a great number of lodginghouse-keepers. Nia3s , ", tp Fo r r( 4 1 . 11 Dart: th, i 4r ti lt . r v , SittA ht s With 1 1181 °li r l o ts the .'as - he r, °oett '4 e M t th' t COlit a :th e l , ll. poi! A F l4l , / 811, TL S t.i e 4 t:Th. 1 of ' L 'l l ,4„ 4 1 4 ( 1 ' 48* e(tl c a l° k,t^ 4 .4, 4 Z 41 t o n. tkl,l l 'al It t . (, k , , • 1 )• i s k4 r , kr • '