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IIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, May 3. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of STRADBROKE presented a petition from some place M Suffolk praying for a repeal of the malt tax. _ The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from Lancashire against the relay system in factories. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Cam bridge against any alteration in the law which should authorise marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The Earl of 11 - A.RROWBY presented a petition pray ing for a repeal of the law authorising the sale of beer in beer-houses, and moved that it be printed.—Agreed to. The Bishop of LICHFIELD presented a petition a'nst Post-o ffi ce labour on S un d a y s . he Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti tions from two places in the county of Down against any alteration in the law authorising marriage with a leceased wife's sister. IRISH POOR LAW. The Marquis of WESTMEATH, in presenting a pe tition praying for an alteration of the Irish Poor-law, said that the British Constitution was a constitution .he held in the greatest respe c t ; b u t h e w ould rather l ive under a military despotism than under a constitution which tolerated the arbitrary proceedings of the Poor law Commissioners. He did not choose to be at the beck and call of two hooded serpents, sitting in Dublin. PIRATES' HEAD MONEY BILL. On•the motion of Earl GREY, certain amendments were introduced into this Bill, after which it was real a third time and passed. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. PETITIONS. Sir J. HANMER presented a petition from Newing ton Butts against intramural interments. Several other petitions were presented to the same effect. Mr. FORDYCE presented a petition from Aberdeen shire in favour of protection to agriculture. Lord ASHLEY presertted several petitions against the shift-system in factories. Mr. COBDEN presented several petitions to the same effect; . . Mr. COWAN presented a petition against the Mar riage Act, also against the Public Health Bill and Police Bill., all from Edinburgh. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition in fa vour of some measure for the efficient supply of water to the metropolis. Numerous petitions were presented against Sunday labour i❑ the Post office. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN prcscnted a petition from Care , against the attorneys' certificate tax. Colonel DUNNE also presented a similar petition. INCOME-TAX ON FARMERS. Colonel SIBTHORL) gave notice that he should on an (lady day call the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the method of levying the income-tax on tenant-`armors. An HoN. MEMBE% moved that the House be counted but th!7 , ro bin more than brty Alenabzrs present the businm pncee led. LIGHT DUES. FORSTER, gave notice of the following resolution on light dues;—" That in the opinion of thii. House the mentis levied on merchant shipping fa light duos are excessive and unjust; that our maritime lights ought to be maintained by the state, as in other countrie, under the management of a hoard responsibl3 to Parliament, in coaforenity with the resolutions of the Select Com mittee on light dues in tit," session of 1343." REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX. In answer to Mr. BUCK, • Mr. CAYLEY said that he had no intention of Riving up his motion on the repeal of the malt tax. He should bring it nn at the end of the month. HEALTH OF TOWNS (SCOTLAND) BILL. in answer to 3 question from' Mr. COWAN, The LORD ADVOCATE said that it was not his intention to pre33 forward thl He lth of Towns and Police (Scotland) Bills in their present shape; he pro• po7ei to go into Committee on them Fro forma on Mo:idsy, and to go on with them afterwards at a morn ing sitting on a future Thursday. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. HORSMAN gave notice that in Committee on this Bill he should move an amendment upon the first elauso, to the effect that the Commission should consist entirely of raid members, and that there be no ex officio or ecclesiastical persons upon it. THE IRISH VICEROYALTY. Sit; G. GREY, on the part of his Noble Friend the First Lcrd cf :ke Treasury, who was absent from in dispiition, postponed from Monday next to Monday week', his motion fur leave to briny in a Bill to provide for tho abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. • FACTORY ACT. In answer to a question from Lord ASHLEY Sir. G. GREY said that it wag the intention of her MaosV's Government to bring in a Bill themselves for the regulation of the factory system. They proposed to limit the hours of 6bour fir women and children between the hours of six in the morning and six in the evening for five days in the week, and on Saturday between six and two. This would limit the hours t) ten, with out 'allowing them so much range as at present. He Tna'3.o this statement in the spirit of the existing law, and not with any view of throwing an obstacle in the tray of the exertions now made to ameliorate the condition of the factory operatives is regard to their hours of labour. Mr. HUME depreated any interference between rnester and men; and he thought the exertions of the Noble Lard (L,rd Ashley) would not benefit the classes who:.? corcliion he sought to ameliorate.—(Hear, hear.) Re (Mr. Hum:!) thought this was a war between capital and skill, and he deplored that the Government should be so wed: as to support a proposition of this kind, which he thought in the highest degree impolitic. No man would lay out his capital when he saw the Government of the country interfering in a way seriously to preju dice that capita ) . M'r. ED WAktDS protested against the compromise which the Government now sought to bring about in this matter, which he thought would be a departure from the spirit of the Act of 1847. f TUE MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Colonel SIBTHOB,P atkal the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Miscellaneous Estimates would be brought forward? The CRANCALLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Australian Colonies Bill was fixed for Monday; beyond that he could make ao further arrangement, or say when the bliscellaneous Estimates would come on. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (IRELAND). Lord NAAS said of late years some valuable returns had been laid on the table relating to the agricultural statistics of Ireland, and he wished to ask the Right Hon, Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland at what period of the session they might expect a continuance of that return. Sir 'V. SOMERVILLE could hold out no expectation that the return would be laid on the table before a late period of the session. IRISH MEASURES. Colonel DUNl;iOh;erved that there were five or six notices on the paper re:ating to Ireland, all on important subjects, and he should like to know how many the Right Honourable Gentleman intended to proceed with to-night. Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied that ho should take as many as he could.—(A laugh.) C AN 0 NR LES. On the motion of Mr. HOUSMAN. an address to the Crown Was agreed to for copies of all applications from the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester, Rochester, Wor cester, Canterbury, Norwich, Winchester, Peterborough, Exeter, and Souffnwell, for aid in the performance of the additional duties cast upon them by the suspension of cenonries in their several chapters; stating, in each case, th e num b er of canonries existing at the date of the application, the duties attached to them, and the amount granted in reply to each. DISTRESSED UNIONS ADVANCES AND RE PAYMEN rs OF ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motio n f or cons i dering the report on this Bill, Mr. HAMILTON moved the following amendments: —Clause 3, hike 42, om i t the wor ‘ proportionate:, Line 43, omit the wo r d s " or other denominati on or ~ o place." Page 4, line 7, aft er th e word comprised " add the words " such amount to be ar th e same proportion to the valuation of such townland as the charge upon barony, union, or electoral division (ascertained as afore said) shall bear to the valuation of such barony, union, or electoral division respectively." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was undersepod to oppose the amendments. He proposed to introduce words which would have the effect of allow ing the Treasury to ascertain and fix where the liability of each division should be; and he could not see that the House could have any objection to this. Lord NAAS said that their only object was certainly to fix that liability i n a proper manner without confusing tile different divisions al and electoral; but if the Bight Hon. Gentlemabnir°wrioluld assure him that the method proposed would be the best he would be satisfied. Mr. F. FRENCH had great doubts of the Government officials in Ireland, And the details which he had been obliged %ego into on a late occasion were fully confirmed . by a lett er which he ha d t hi s morning received . The amendments were withdrawn. Mr- CLEMENTS moved to add the following addi tional proviso at the end of clause 3:—" Provided al ways, that at the time s t ech annuity shall be fixed, it shill not exc ee d sixpence in the pound on the net an nual value th en existing ofthe rateable hereditame nts of any townl an d or other e nomination, unless by such limitation the d e b t would not be paid off in forty years. " Ireland, he said, had been to the boon which ith completely deceived with re spectbestowed on her. It was evidentad been pretended had been that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had reserved to himselfaa the power of demand ing tits instalments of the advance whenever ho chose. Tha course which the Government ee th had pursued had only been to extract money from people of Ireland. —(Hear, hear.) It was for those r e e s that he now proposed that the rate should not exceeadeLpence in the pound, unless there was a prospect that the debt could not be paid off within forty years. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the Government would have been sp ared the e which the Hon. Member (M r . Cl ements) ennc,httensure upon them, considering that year after year the avPaerL7 ment had been granti ng vo t es of money for the . relief of distress in Irela n d. A more unjust censure was sever uttered than that of the Hon. Member when he said that the Government had sought to extract money from the :people of Ireland. In the majority of ii stances of loans of money to Ireland the period of re p).yment had been fifteen, and in some ewes twenty, years. Sir R. FERGUSON supported the clause. The Chancellor of the Exchequer talk9d a good deal THE about abstaining to enforce the assessments, but the re turns showed that there was no foundation for what he said, and he really did hope the Houso would insist upon the reducing the poor-law establishment in Ireland. Mr. TRELAWNY said if the Bill ware no boon at all, as some Irish Members asserted, he was quite pre pared to refuse it altogether. Mr. A. STAFFORD reminded the Hon. Gentleman that the Bill was not intended as a boon to Ireland, but to save a mass of people from dying of starvation. Nothing was a boon which was done to sate life, and no matter what the case of the starvation might be, whether it arose from bad legislation or a visitation of Providence, there could be no doubt that it did prevail to an enormous extent in Ire land, and so far from its conferring a boon on the sister kingdom, it was the bounden duty of Government to provide some relief. He called upon the House, if they wished to make the Bill just and effective, to amend the clause, as it was proposed, and not to allow their time to be fritted away by the ill-natured remarks of Hon. Mem bens who had neither the heart to commiserate, nor the mind to comprehend the sufferings cf Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FITZSTEPIIEN FRENCH was mot ashamed to admit that he was grateful for this meant re, though he was bound to say that there was too much money squan dered in Irelend upon officials. Much of Is fish misery and Irish difficulty had been occasioned by lyad legislation, and it was not only the interest but t'he duty of the House to do something to relieve the Irish people from their unparalkled sufferings. Mr. CONOLLY hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would consent to extend the time of repay ment over a longer period, as the expense of the work , ing of the poor-law was much greater than had been calculated. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the addition of the proviso ... ... 91 Against it Majority against the proviso ... —37 On our return into the gallery we found' Mr. CLEMENTS on his legs, moving: that the Bill should be recommitted for the purpose of amending clause 70, and inserting words in other clauses, which after a short discussion, was withdrawn. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for considering the amend ments proposed in this Bill, Mr. M. POWER moved the addition cd£ the following clause:—" Be it enacted, that in all cases of agreement between the landlord and occupier, or (in •,casei of joint occupancy) the occupiers of lands, tenem E nts, heredits ments, within any county in Ireland, by virtue of which agreement the landlord is or shall be rated for the poor rates at the net annual value of 81. and upwards, the occupier, or (in cases of joint occupancy ) the occupiers of such premises shall have all the rights , t,f registry and voting as if he or they had been rated; :and should the landlord, under such circumstances, refust or neglect to pay the said rates, the payment thereof b:‘, - the occupier, or (in cases of joint occupancy) by the (..:cupiers, shall entitle him or them to a right of registry and voting, and also a right to deduct from the rent the full amount of such rates." Mr. HAirc HELL (the Solicitor-General for Ireland) agreed tothe principle of the clause, as :applicable not only to counties but also to cities and boroughs; but with respect to the wording of the clause he, found it not sufficiently explicit to effect the purpose the Hon. Mem ber had in view. He ("Zr. Hatchell) had therefore made some verbal amendments in it with a view to that object. Lord BERNARD said that the clause - would lead to inextricable omfusion and perjury. These was nothing in it to prcvent any person coming f n-ward and swearing that he had paid the rates and claiming to vote. Mr. GROGAN also objected to the chase. After a short discus2don, in which Sir a Norreys, Mr. Monsell, Major Blackell, Mr. O'Flahetrty, and Lord Naas took part, Mr. STAIfFORD stated he via'', opposed to the clause, es it would create a complete system of laggot-voting in Ireland. Sir G. CLERK said that all difficulty would b 3 re moved by the tenant putting forward a clam to be ratel, and then upon his paying the rata he should ba able to vot?. Mr. HATCEIELL said that was the object contem plated by hi. 4 amendments. Sir J. YOUNG said the clause would affect so few beneficially and so many disadvantageously, that ho could not give his consent to any proposal so well calculated to give rise to fraud. Sir W. SOMERVILLE suggested that the clause should be withdrawn, for the ptirpr,sso of being printed, and then it could be takes into consideration on the third reading. Mr. POWER consented to adopt this course; and After a few words from Colonel Dunne, Sir D. Nor reys, and Sir G. Grey, the clause was withdrawn. Colonel CHATTERTON then moved the insertion of a clause to the effect that the class of voters usually called " nln-resident freemen" be permitted to vote at the election of nambers of Parliament for cities and boroughs, if duly registered and reatdcnt within the county. Ho also hoped that thl Irish Secretary would postpone the registration from Juno to August, as the sessions were held in that month, and a large number of electors would be added to the list. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said freemen belonged to the county of a town for the most part, and the adoption of the clause would give rise to very great inequality. He did not think it was worth the Hon. Gentleman's while to divide on a proposition which was to reverse the law settled twenty years ago. Sir W. SOMERVILLE was very sorry to refuse the Hon. Member, but the question had been settled by the Ref irm Bill niftily years ago. Viscount BERNARD hoped the Hon. Member would not divide the House on the question. Colonel CHATTERTON ►withdrew tho clause. The clause was withdrawn accordingly. Sir R. FERGUSON then brought - up the following clause:—" And be it enacted, that the premises in respect to the occupation of which any person shall be entitled to be registered in any year, and to vote in the election for any city, town, or borough, us aforesaid, shall not be required to be the same premises, but may be different premises occupied in immediate succession by such per son during the twelve calendar months next previous to the 16th day of July in such year, such person having paid en or before the Ist day of July in such year all the poor rates which shall previously to the Ist day of January they next preceding have become payable from him in respect of all such premises so occupied by him in succession." The clause was adopted. Mr. ANSTEY, on the part of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, moved to omit in clause 1, line 11, all the words after the word " year" to the end of the clause. To make the vote depend upon the rating was a restriction of the franchise; and as tho Bill was a measure purport ing to extend the franchise he considered it would be in consistent on the part of the House to reject the motion. He would take the sense of the House upon the amend ment. Sir W. SOMERVILLE felt bound to oppose the mo tion. It interfered with the main provision of the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... 26 Agtinst it Majority 2 , —BO Mr. FITZPATRICK moved that clause 2, relating to joint occupiers, should be omitted. If it passed it would be injurious to property, and would place the franchise on an unsound footing. Sir R. FERGUSON seconded the motion. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the original clans° 75 Against it ... 52 Majority ... ... -26 Mr. ANSTEY then, :on the part of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, moved the omission, in clause 6, line 29, of tho words " eight pounds," and to substitute tho words " five rounds." Colonel DUNNE agreed in the propriety of striking out the 8/., bat ho did not concur in tho expediency of substituting 51. Mr. LAWLESS thought 6/. would be preferable. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said a similar proposition to that of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite had been already urged upon Government, but had not been entertained, because believed to be founded on erroneous calculation. If necessary he could prove that 8/. was the most advisable amount. Mr. BRIGHT said it was generally considered that the amount of 81. was too high for Ireland. He thought, however, it would be desirable to abstain from going to a division on the Si. or 5/. question ; but those who were in favour of the 51 amount might wait until some contemplated alteration with respect to the grouping lil of Irish boroughs was brought forward by Gov ernment. STAFFORD thought the Hon. Member ( Mr. Bright) t was n h o e t particularly well informed on a question which he had given ad v i ce upon to Hon. Members. T he question o f grouping of boroughs, he believed, was left to some future o , f was one t t h i m a t e I t h I ion wantedfranchise. the fra nc hi se t o b e en larged, at other times they supported measures f or narrow ing it. Mr. AGLIONBy would ' reducing th e amount of franchise qualification, but ho Pport every measure for thought he should d o more harmthan good if h e sup ported the prop os i t i on o f the Hon. and L earne d Gentle man, because, if carried, it would prevent the measure what h had occurred that from Viscount pitssi passing g BERNARDth eother l o s u e s i e d . t in having night convinced him he was r' doubted that the Irish Reform Bi l llg sure. If he had another reason for opposing anhonest t always ea the a t Crosbyopi Bill— which was but another kind of Reforii' opinions he be from the variation of opinions expreassedill—it would e lion. uld by the Hon. Member for Manchester now f r a il had given utterance to at a meeting He would read to the House an extract from th IClembar's speech on that occasion:—" The Irish Fran. chise Bill was a proof of the great change which . lied taken place, not only throughout the coun try, bat in Parliament, proposing, as it did, altera tions in the qualification required for voting which ten years ago would not have been tolerated. About ten years since, a Bill not relating to the property quali fication at all, but intended to improve the system of re gistration, was opposed as if the welfare of the empire dependedrejection; but the opposition to the present Bi was A 4 o languid, that an Hon. Member, who upon llw a thought that 81. was too low a qualification, and wished to raise it, received so little support that ho was obliged to withdraw his motion without going to a division.— (lea-,) Th e on ly thing complained of, in fact, was that they ha I not reduced the franchise in the boroughs to any considerable extent, which, he believed, arose from cleuie which'''''' amistake, and that the Government were now very sorry f or it. Now, that Bill, passim showed a change and only e f i;by large . majorities, and which derived to introduce a Members attempting . should in any way embarrass its operation, which it was most satisfactory to see, that all public ved the more importance frogs the fact, men knew that the present Bill was a L °MTN, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY -4, SUN, mere experiment, a getting in of the small erid -- ei the wedge, and that it would be certainly followed, in the next or the succeeding session, by a proposition far a change in the representation of Great Britain." Th© ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was correct to state that a future grouping of Irish boroughs was in contemplation; but (as we understood) not that the 8/. was to be considered as final. He did not think it would's'. be of advantage to divide the House on the question. Viscount CASTLEREAGH was not one of those who coincided in the wish for as wide a franchise as pos sible. He was in favour of thtribonarchical principle, and against the socialist and - democratic. He thought that the franchise might be extended too widely, and he made this avowal in defiance of that unpopularity which it might draw upon him. Looking at the position of other countries, he could net assent to the doctrines of the day. He would take the liberty to read a portion of the speech of the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Fox) at the meeting referred to. The Hon. Member therein spoke of social revolution. The words were as follows:—" In the accomplishment of these objects they should still keep in view their great ultimate object, which he would not hesitate to call a social revolution." Now, he understood "social revolution" meant socialism —the doctrine of which he must condemn. Mr. W. J. FOX said as the Noble Lord had drawn at tention to a sentence in a speech of his which contained the words " social revolution," he would explain his mean ing, though he thought it was already clear enough. He did not mean by " social revolution" bloodshed, plunder, or the destruction of our venerated institutions, or the re-distribution of property, or any such absurdities; but he meant by " social revolution" such achaage as would put talent, integrity, and legitimate influence in the place of the corruption and intimidation that at present existed.—(Hear, hear.) The word " social" had been laid hold of, as far as it could bo laid hold of, to give a perverted term to its meaning, and one directly opposite to the meaning he had just affixed to it. Ho repeated, he did desire to see such a social revolution as he then ' described—namely, a revolution that would put talent, honesty, and ability, in their proper place, and give them their proper influence. And if it were thought he was incautious in the use of the words " social revolution" in such a place, he would just add this observation, that his remarks were not ad dressed to any large indiscriminate meeting, but to a small body of persons who had met in a private place to consult upon those political arrangements they contemplated, and in the pursuit of which they were en gaged. He must say he did not think that in the senti ments or in the language ho used there was anything to excuse; and es he was desirous to see the suffrage here and in the sister country extended int he widest manner, he should give his support to the amendment. Mr. F. O'CONNOR did not think the Hon. Member's speech required explanation. He had heard the speech, and was certain that nothing further from physical force meant by the words "social revolution.." Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL repudiated the revival by the Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh) of the doctrine of exclu sive loyalty. That doctrine had done much mischief al ready, and he had hoped it had become obsolete. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment... ... 43 Apliast it ... ... 80 Majority ... 37 _ _ . Mr. W. J. FOX, reverting to the conversation which had taken place previously to the division, said he thought be had some reason to complain of the unfair manner in which the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had quoted the observations made at the conference of dele otes. Completeness was essential to correctness, but the Noble Lord had concluded his quotation in the middle sentence. The words read by the Noble Lord were—" In the accomplishment of these objects they should still keep in view their great ultimate object, which he would not hesitate to call a social revolution," and there he stopped; but in the report which had just been put into his hard, the sentence was completed in his manner—" a revolution, however, which would leave intact, in all their sacredness, the principles of the Constitution—(Cheers)—the maintenance cf order, and the greatest possible amount of liberty, but a revolution which should raise into operation the intellectual and moral aristocracy of the country, with ability to govern, and integrity to govern well."—(Cheere.) Lord CASTLEREAGH had no intention of misquot ing- the Hon. Member. Ho considered the expression, social revolution," not sufficiently qualified by the latter part of the speech, and did not see how a social revolution could be consistent with the institutions which he desired to maintain. Colonel CHATTERTON then moved an amendment in the 10th clause, the object of which was to alter the period of registration from the 31st May - to the 31st July. The amendment was supported by Mr. Grogan and Lord Bernard ; and opposed by tho Attorney• General, Mr. Scully, and Sir W. Somerville. On a division the numbers were— For the amendment... ... 21 Against it ... . . 92 Majority —7l Mr. GROGAN said the amendment which he was about to propose was one which would tend to increase the franchise, and therefore he did not see how Hon. Members opposite could object to it. The Bill proposed that the revision of the lists should take place all over Ire!and at the same time. Now, as there were a great number of legal men generally resident in Dublin, who would be absent at that time, he thought it desirable to fix the registration for that city one month later ; and he, therefore, proposed to insert words excepting the city of Dublin. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the prac tice was precisely the same in England. The registra- Von for the metropolis took place in September and October, when many parties were at their country resi dences, but no one had thought of altering the whole of the registration machinery for the purpose of having the registration during the London season.—(Hear, hear,) Mr. GROGAN said, that after the determined oppo sition given to all the amendments coming from that side of House, it would be useless to divide. The amendment was then negatived, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday next. Colonel DUNNE said, that on account of the strong oljection entertained by Irish Members to the second clause. it was his intention to move its omission. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. The House then resolved it elf into Committee on this Bill; Mr. BERNAL in the chair. Mr. J. STUART said he had given notice of his in tention to move the insertion of a clause to provide a remedy far one of the greatest evils which afflicted Ire land, arising out of the manner in which landed property was dealt with in that country by the Court of Chanccery. It appeared from the report of the Committee of last year that the Irish Court of Chancery had a rental amounting to 1,000,000/. per annum under its dominion, and that the property from which that rental was derived was most deplorably mismanaged. That Committee had examined,' among other witnesses, Sir Edward Sugden, late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and they came to the conclusion that there existed gross abuses on the subject. In their re port the Committee stated:—" Under the present system it seems to be generally assumed that the appointment of the receiver seals the fate of the debtor and his pro perty ; accordingly, the resources of litigation are fre quently exhausted in delaying the appointment, and the interval is employed in obtaining, by collusion and con trivance from the tenants of the estate, all rent due and accruing. The receiver is tempted to collect as soon and acceunt 113 late as possible, using the money in the interval for his private profit; and a tenantry ready to resist, unable to pay demands collusively arranged, and predisposed to batik and evade the efforts of the receiver seeking to compel the discharge of their subsequent lia bilities, cut themselves off from all opportunity of im proving their condition : the difficult position of the receiver occasions a frequent application to the Court, thereby multiplying costs for the benefit of the profes sional auxiliaries, and thus the rental of the estate is wasted by a course of improvidence and litigation." Such was the deplorable picture given by the Com mittee of the state of Ireland under receivers. Nothing could be worse for the interests of all parties than the present administration of the- Court of Chancery as re garded these estates, One class of persons it appeared profited by the present system—he had seen it with shame—that class designated as professional auxiliaries. He thought it a great reproach that such a state of things should exist, and that no Hon. Member of the Govern ment, or of the Committee, had taken any step in the matter, but had left to him, a humble individual compa ratively speaking, ignorant of Ireland, to bring the matter before the House. He had prepared a clause which he intended to propose for the redress of the grievances re ferred to. He anticipated no objection to the principle of it, because he bad implicitly adopted the recommenda tion of the Committee of last year. He had to propose a short preamble reciting the evil ascertained and re ferred to in the report, and then a clause giving to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland full and ample authority to regulate by general orders the appointment, conduct, and reponsibility of receivers, so that the odious system of management which had hitherto prevailed might be entirely altered and amended. Mr. BERNAL, Chairman, asked if this was a new clause which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had to propose? Mr. BERNAL said that the proper time for bringing the - Bill had been die it up would be when the clauses Mr. STUART replied in the affirmative. of andt the apparently u ee. end posed of. was about to reply to t he Learned Member for Newark;but The SOLICITOR-GENERAL observation rose, with the clauses in the Bill. Mr. OSBORNE thanked the pro ceeding was to go on Hon. and Learned Mem ber Mr. BERNAL decided that the regular mode of for N ewar k for having drawn a ttention to the sub a question. He to the consideration of so important not proceed. saw no reason why the discussion should _ ject, and for having brought his great legal attainments . Learned order for the discussion raised by the Hon. and A conversation ensued as to whether it would be in Member for Newark to be continued. It was ultimately resolved to proceed in the first place with the considera tion of the clauses in the Bill, Mr. STuanT intimating his intention of proposing his olause when the clauses in the Bill were disposed of. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to. On clause 4 being propoied a desultory discussion en sued, in which Mr. Stuart, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Turner, and the Solicitor-General, took part. It was subsequently agreed to after some verbal amend ments were added, which had been suggested by Mr. Turner. Clauses 5,6, 7,8, and 9 were also agreed to, after some discussion. Clauses up to 12 inclusive were agreed to after some discussion. Clause 13 was then ageed to, as was also claim 14. On clause 15, which gives the master with respect to petitions reeerred to him the same jurisdiction es might leave ben exercised by the court in u suit with power to ;Trunt injunctions and appoint receivers, Mr. WALPOLE objected to the clause, as conferring on the master powers which, in his opinion, ought to be reserved to the court. He, therefore, would propose the omission of the clause, with the view of placing his opinion on record, without intending to divide the Com mittee. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the power had reference to a dministration suits, and was not, therefore, o.peu to the objections urged by his Hon. an d L earne d Friend. He was quite willing to make such alterations in the clause as might be necessary to make its o bject distinct and clear; and his Hon. and Learned Friend should have an opportunity of making any o bj ec ti ons which he might still entertain to the clause on the report. The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 16, 17, and 18. The remaining clauses up to 29 were agreed to with out observation. On clause Bo_ being read, Mr. - i.STUART suggested the introduction of a clause with regard to the present authority of receivers on estates. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought it would be better for the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to propose his clause on bringing up the report. Mr. B. OSBORNE took exception to the course pur sued in a recent case by the Irish Lord Chancellor. An attorney had got an illiterate person in his employment to make an affidavit to the truth of certain returns. The matter came to the notice of the Master of the Rolls, who referred it to the Lord Chancellor, intimating that the party ought to be struck off the rolls, but the Lord Chancellor had contented himself with reprimanding the party. Mr. HATCHELL defended the Lord Chancellor's con duct, maintaining that his decisions had obtained the una• nimous approval of the Irish bar. He believed that it would be admitted on all hands, that the efforts of the Learned Lord had invariably been directed to remedy the abuses of the existing system. Mr. OSBORNE explained. He had made no attack on the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, but if he had made an attack on the Lord Chancellor, he must say that the Irish Lord Chanc . llor had , been very b a dl y d e f en d e d by t t h :t Mr. n lris h oi bElSaoomlGie a c E totraGehed observed e n e to r a from l his knowledge of the facts that the Lord Chancellor in the matter. As to the evils of th e C ourt o f C hancery c f Ireland he knew them but too well, and that they re quired stringent legislation. He praised both the Irish Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls for their earnest desire to correct the evils of Chancery proceedings. Clause 30 Was then agreed to, as were also clauses to '37 inclusive. On clause 3S, the "compensation clause," Mr. GROGAN moved, as an amendment, after the word " officers," the insertion of the words, "or aoy persons employed in the court," with a view to secure compensation to the writing clerks in the Master's office. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL opposed the insertion of the words, and contended that it should be for the Treasury t 3 determine who were the persons entitled to compensation di coming within the meaning of the clause. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Grogan's motion 26 Against it ... 96 Majority against the motion —7O The clause was then agreed to. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, the Bill was recommitted at once, with a view of admitting certain amendments, which were ordered to be prin!cd. The House then remit:eel; the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Friday next. Mr. BROTHERTON then moved that the other or ders of the day be postponce. RAILVVAYS ABANDONMENT DILL. to l i introduce o N du E c In reference to t h e R a i lways Ab an d onment Bill, 'I % e Y a D n E y G pr A ov T is E ion a s sk in ec t i o w th h e eth ß e i r ll i i t n sv r t. e s fe i r n e t n e e n e de to l causes that wf:re pendieg? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that tho Bill would not aff,et suits that were commenced before the introduction cf the Bill. The other orders of the day were then postponed. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Sir B. HALL moved for a return showing the several pieces of preferment held by every archbishop, bishop, dean, archdeacon, chancellor, precentor, succentor, pre bendary, or canon, together with the value of each such piece of preferment, and the number of houses attached to each of such pieces of preferment.—Agreed to. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. Colonel SALWEY moved for a return of the several sums voted by Parliament for the repairs and alterations of the buildings for the accommodation of the Military Knights of Windsor, at Windsor Castle, stating the dates of such votes, and the aggregate amount since 1828. — Agreed to. cheques. Tho signatures to the cheque, and the order far the cheque-book, are forgeries. Cm:is-examined by the prisoner—l will swear the body of the cheque and the order for the chequebook are in your handwriting. Daniel Forrester said—l apprehended the prisoner. He was asked where he got the cheque from, and ho de clined to say. _ _ The prisoner—l have nothing to say at 311. Committed for trill. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ESCAPE OP TWO PRISONERS.—The magistrates have instituted a rigid inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the singular escape cf two prisoners from the lock-up cells of the ccurt on Thursday la , zt, in a manner which appears unaccountable. For that pur pose they have caused the lock cf the cell from which the prisoners escaped to be taken oft and submitted to Mr. Chubb, the maker, to ascertain whether it had been picked, or opened by a duplicate key. Mr. Chubb, having made the requisite examinations, stated to the magistrate that he had carefuly examined the lock, and that not only was it. perfectly impossible to be picked, but it was evident there had been no attempt to open it by a picklock. The door nest either have been opened by its proper key, or by a duplicate made from it. This testimony serves to make the matter more inex plicable, as the cell has only two keys—one in the pos session of the principal gaoler, who is ill, and the other in the possession of the deputy gaoler. The principal gaoler's key was found in his room, and the second key had not left the deputy gaoler's possession during the more ing. The Rev. Mr. Berringlon yesterday appeared to meet a charge, on which he had been remanded, cf having fraudulently obtained from Mary Ann Oakley a sum of 4/., under the pretence of giving her the situation of housekeeper. The publication of the previous examina tion had the effect of drawing together a host of persons to whom the defendant was well known; amongst them were several sheriff? officers. Several communications in the interim have been made to the magistrate—one in particular, relative to a statement mad© by the Rev. Gentleman of his having vacated a house at Snaresbrook in consequence a difference with the landlord about the rent. The gentleman who waited on Mr. Hardwick to give an explanation stated it was true that the deFen dant hal obtained possession of u house at Snaresbrook, but he had sustained an Irish ejectment, and when the landlord got possession of the house he found the floor of one of the rooms covered with summonses for debts owing to various tradesmen. The proceedings were yesterday del Ived until four o'clock, in order to give time to the profeasional parties engaged in tke case to attend. _ _ Clarkson, who appeared for the defendant, con tended that the alleged otlence imputed to his client merely amounted to this, that being desirous to env:re the services of Mrs. Oakley, he borrowed from her 41., which he was prepared to pay when called upon. it would be impossible to frame any indictment on such evidence, and he therefore prayed the magistrate to diLmiss the defendant from the charge of haring at tempted to obtain money under false pretences. In reply to Mr. HARDWICK, The defendant said he was in holy orders, having been ordained by the Archbishop of York. Five or six voices here called out, " They are all a set of swindlers—father and all; his housekeeper, as he called her, is as bad. He swindled a person, out of 3001. who lodged with me." Mr. HARDWICK said he had heaps of letters from all parts of the country clearly setting forth the real cha racter and the mode of living for years adopted by the defendant. But the evidence on this charge did not go far enough to enable him to send the case for trial. With the utmost reluctance, therefore, he must discharge him unless there were other cases to bring forward. The MAGISTRATE asked if any one was present to prefer any charge ? Several persons here calle:l out that the defendant had got into their debt, under various pretences. for sums varying from 51. to 101. One gentleman mid his wire and daughter had educated the defendant's three daughters, who had contrived to get AA ay their clothes, and had given him a worthless puce of paper by way of payment. Mr. Ihnnwrcat said none of the cases were suffici ently strong to enable him to detain the defendant. The defendant said he was willing and ready to pay back the money he had borrowed from Mrs. Oakley. Mr. Clarkson advised him to do so without delay. The defendant produced four sovereigns and some silver, and gave them to Mrs. Oakley. A chorus of creditors immediately petitioned for prompt payment. The 11. e;. Gentleman turned round and smilingly as sured them they should all be paid as soon as he could make proper arrangements. The defendant was then discharged. A rush of bailiffs was made towards him, and he was escorted from the office by one sheriff's officer at each side and seve ral behind. Mr. Clarkson stated that the defendant was a member of Cahn College, not King's College, Cambridge. WORSHIP-STREET. THIEF TRAlNlNG,—Yesterday John Griffin, an el derly crafty-looking Irishman, and Ellen Griffin, his wife, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with feloniously inciting and commanding a girl, named Emma Coor, 15 years of age, to the commission of nu merous robberies. It appeared that the girl left her home, and having been found wandering about, was picked up by the woman, taken home by her, and sent out daily to pilfer whatever she could 14y her hands upon, delivering up her plunder to her seducer, and receiving each time a haltpenny, which was the only means given her of sus taining existence, and es eri this was denied her when she was unsuccessful. The man was present on all ►hese occasions. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. 1850. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Austin's Arctic expedition received their final orders and instructions by special messenger from the Admiralty last night, their Lordships ha:dug generously fJrwardeil, among other last presentations, copies of " O'Byrne's Naval Biography," to each ship of the squadron, and copies of the dispatches rec dby the Admiralty from Dr. Rae and Commander Pullen from the Mackenzie River. The advance was paid yesterday (paltry advance as respects the officers, only one month's pay, in reality, having been allo,aed them in adv;oace, beyond that which officers in sea-going ships generally are allowed to draw). At ten o'clock last night the numerous visitors to the officers and men had departed. The squadron were left under orders to quit their moor ings this morning at five o'clock, the Dasher and Advice steamers assisting the Resolute and Assistance. A finer, nobler, happier, and more devoted spirit never animated the breasts of a gallant band than was displayed by the ISO officers and men comprising Captain Austin's squa dron. We heartily wish them " God speed!" STAMPS. Mr. BROTIIERTON, on behalf of Mr. Brown, moved for a return of the number of stamps for receipts at each rate issued to the public by the office of Inland Revenue, and its distributors, throughout the United Kingdom, in the year ended the 10th day of October, 1849, the gross amount of revenue derived from such stamps, the ex pense of distributing the same, and the amount allowed thereon as discount to purchasers. Similar return for the half-year from the 10th day of October, 1849, to the sth day of April, 1850.—Agreed to. The House then adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 3. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, And Justices CRESSWELL, WILLIAMS and TALFOURD.) LEVY V, 3101 LAN AND OTHERS. This was an action by the plaintiff, a sheriff's officer, against the late judge of the Westminster County Court, his high bailiff, and other persons, for trespass, and false imprisonment, to which the surviving defendants pleaded that the plaintiff had insulted the judge of the county court whilst sitting in his court, and was thereupon at the order of the judge taken into custaly, and at the rising of the Court committed to prison for seven days. The plaintiff having demurred to this plea, the question was argued a few days ago by Mr. S. Tem ple for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Whateley, Q.C., and Mr. Ogle for the defendants. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE yesterday delivered the judgment of the Court; and after stating the facts, and the terms of the warrant of commitment, said the prin cipal causes of demurrer relied on were, first, that the plea was bad fur uncertainty, and, secondly, that the word " therefora " was improperly used in the warrant ; for it must either refer to one or both of the antecedent cases put, and in either case was insufficient. The Court thought these objections could not be supported. It was urged that the plea and warrant were bad for not setting out the nature of the insult, that the Court might be able to judge whether it were such an insult as would justify the judge of the county court in committing the plaintiff for seven days. On the other side it was contended the warrant must be construed with reference to the 133 d section of the County Courts Act, and that its plain meaning was that the plaintiff having insulted the judge was therefore kept in custody until the rising of the Court, and then ordered to be committed for seven days. Also, that the justification, so far as the surviving de fendants were concerned, was complete, because they could not dispute or disobey the order of the judge, and that the judge was justified in making the order, be cause he was a judge in a superior court. Upon the latter point, although it was unnecessary to decide it, the Court thought there were strong grounds for thinking that these courts, which were still county courts, were inferior courts, although they were courts of record, With respect to the warrant itself, the Court, on the authority of " The King v. The Sheriff of Hereford shire," 11 Ad. and El., 287, thought it sufficiently de scribed the nature of the off ence . T he 1 13 t h section of the County Courts Act pr ov id e d t h at if any person should wilfully insult any ju d ge or off i cer o f the said court, it would be lawful fo r any officer of the court b y the order of the judge to tak e suc h offender i n to custody, and detain him until th e r i s i ng of the cour t, and the judge was empowered, if h e thought fi t, by a warrant under his hand, to c omm it such o ff en der to prison for any time not exceedi ng seven days . The Court thought that the judge bad jurisdiction under thiss" don to decide what was an i nsult, an d therefore held with the defendants that the cause of committal was ,3 suf ficiently stated, that th e statement o f the plaintiff's being detained till the r i s i ng of the cour t must be taken to be a narrative by th e j u d ge of w h a t took place pre vious to the committ a l. J u d gment mus t therefore bo for the defendants.—Judgment accordingly._ MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, May 3. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant -Judge, and a full Bench of Magistrates.) The Court sat this day by a dj o urnment at the Guild hall, Westmin s t er, for the p urpose- of hearing petitions and appeals. THE RECOGNIZANCES FOR THE APPEARANCE OF LOLA the order of P. MONTE& • As was intimated at the last sitting of the Court, this matter was again mentioned this morning. Mr. CLARICSON (who had bean retained in support of Maria Dolores Con: any steps that p to • r e : o e: of e f h Sl r Marl borough-street office) said that, by an arrangement that had been come parties , theappeal to between the parties, Bingham, Es , the magistrate at Marl the order for the amount of the recognizances for the ap- Mentes), which had been entre a ted , would be now with drawn; de Landefeld (Lola drawn ; and he could only further say, in reference to that it should receive his best attention. Mr. BODKIN said that his clients, in withdrawing their appeal, wished the public to know that they were not the might be taken in the matter elsewhere, legal advisers of L ol a M ntes but had only consented The appeal was then abandoned, and the parties left the court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ./ 1 / 4 4 NSION- HO USE. Edward Barnett ryas charged with forgery upon tho London Joint -Stook Bank. Mr. Jshn Saunders, ' clerk in the London Joint-Stock Bank, said—M essrs. Michael L ev y Green and Co., of Houndsditch, k, ep an account at o ur bank. BAween twelve and on e o ' clock this thy t h e cheque produced, No. was presented by 31,616, for 25/ t h e prisoner f pay- It ; me" " signed M. L. Green an d Co. I asked him how he would have it, and he said a 51 note, five pounds in silver, a n d th© rest in gold. I h ad reason to doubt the signature, an d d eta i ned t h e prisoner. also Mr. Kay, a clerk in the Joint-Stock Bank, sail— This morning I received the order produced for a chi..que book, signe.l Mr. L. Green and Co. I delivered a cheque b)ok, No. 3 1,616. I cannot eay to whom I gave it. Mr. M. L. Green, clothier, of Houndsditch, said— The prisoner was in my service till last Moaday we e k, for about fifteen months. I know his handwriting, having seen him write. The body of the eh9que and the order produced aie in his handwriting. He had no authority to got my cheque-book, or to write or sign any APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Thomas a. Lewis (1821) has been ap pointed agent in charge of mails. Assiaant Surgeon John G. Conlin?" (1846), to the Wellesley, 72, flag- ship, Wesz, Indies. Clerk—James L. Thorne (1315), of the Crocodile, to the Ajax.. Ma;ters' Assistants—M. C. Raymond and William Gitlard, to the Victory, flig-ship a: Portsmouth. Boatswain—Poilip Rickard, to be acting. Archer, screw-sloop, Commander Strange, has a new hausepine casting, but will not be out of the hands of the dockyard, at Devonpov, before the 7th inst. Comet (not yet being out of the bands of the engineers of Portsmouth yard) will not be commissioned before Monday. Lieui.•CJlonel Green, Chief Director of Engineering and Architectural Works, at.d Mr. Fairbairn have ar rived at Devonport to witness the trial of the Great Cats. soon at lie) ham._ PORTSModTkr, MAY 3.—The Birkenhead iron steam frigate, Commander J. A. Stevens. embarked the re mainder of the 4th Regiment at .this dockyard this atter no4i, for Devonport, whence she returns to-morrow with the remainder of the 28th Regiment, alter disembarking which she will proceed to Ireland. The Ajax's otii.iers and crew having been appointed she will fit out with all dispatch for the Queenstown station. ;Elie Lieutenant Cochrane (son of Vice-Admiral Earl Dandunaid), appointed to command the 8-.ppho sloop on. the West In , ian statign, vice Mama, is euntirtneu iu that appointment. The Dauntless steam-frigate will be tried next week in Stokes bay with all her weights in. Tho Stromboli, steam sloop, 6i - inn:lender Lord Amelius Be,iuclerk, with the &mown monstre steamer in company, arrived here from the Clyde at six P.m. to-day. the Sealurk, 8, Commander lionyp,:my, is dismast ing for being p.hl otf. t in Hai - bone—Victory, Exe: Rent, Illustrious, Blen heim, Ajax, Sealark, Portsmouth, Fanny, and Echo. In Dock—The S. Vincent, Winchester, Fox, Electra, and Penelope. In the Basin—The Victoria and Albert, and Niger. In the Steamer Ba*in—Termagant, Bulldog, Blazer, Pike, Asp, and Flamer. CHATHAM, MAY 3.—The Vernon, 50 guns, having been repaired and fitted for the ordinary, was to have been undocked on Monday last. Every exertion was used, and in the attempt one of the purchases was broken; there wanted above a foot more water to float her out, consequently she must remain in deck until the ensuing spring tide. The Magicienue stenne•sloop, in dock, fitting as an advanced steam-ship, will be completed fir service about the cud of June next; aw the Nankin, 50, fitting fir tt:e ordir;sry, Nvill not be completed before the beginning of July. Mr. John Hutchens, Supernumerary carpenter of the Poictiers, 72, Captain Peter Richards, ordinary guard snip, is superannuated un a pension of 854 per anuum. Tue Aid bevel lighter sailed fur Deptford, and the Rochester naval lighter has arrived from Pembroke with stores for this yard. The whole of the battalion of the Royal Marines of this division assembled yesterday morning in front of the barrack?, to hear read the proceedings and sentence of a gene,.al court-martial on private Thomas Blake, 97th company, who was tried for being drunk and riotous in the town of Chatham on the 17th of February last, and for having at the same time and place disobeyed the law ful command of Wm. H. Shorter, corporal of the 9th company, and refused to return to barracks, using at the same thee highly disgusting and threatening language to the said corporal; also for striking and offering vio lence to privates Henry Croe foot and Wm. Murray when in the execution of their duty. For the above offences the prisoner was sentenced to undergo imprison ment with bard labour for 12 calendar months, with the exception of 8U days, which are to be solitary. The reading of all the aocuments being concluded, the pri soner was marched away under an escort to the prison Fort Clarence, to undergo his sentence. Wool:WWII', MAY 3.—The Advice steam-vessel, in charge of Master-Commander Allen, of the Black Eagle steam-vessel, went down the river to Greenhithe to-day, having on beard Commodore Henry Eden, superieten dent of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich, and Mr. Lang, master-shipwright, to pay a parting visit to Cap tain Austin and his gallant officers, as they intend to leave Greenhithe at an early hour to•morrow. The exertions of Commodore Eden, Mr. Lang, master ship wright, and his assistants, with all engaged on the ves sels of the Arctic expedition, were such as to fulfil Cap tain Austin's desire to leave the river early in May at the latest, and he feels highly gratified with the result, as he leaves tai-morrow complete in every respect, a long period of remarkably flue and dry weather having en abled all the vessels to ship everything in ihe beet con diction. The ayieg of the men took place to-day, and a great number of visitors were anxious to get on board, but Cap; am Austin, to prevent the inconvenience of crowning when the men were being paid, and after the men had received their wages hi aevanee, caused a notice to be put up at the North Kent Reilway station at Greenhithe, to say that he regretted being unable to re ceive visitors to-day, which prevented the inconvenience which would otherwise have occurred. The Jasper steam-vessel, under Acting- Master, W. Bryant, retureed to Greenhithe yesterday eveateg, after having. t o w e d Ft.Auklin's v esse l , to oppoeite the Prince Albert. Lady Harwich, on the way is Aberdeen; and there re e now three steamers to accokupauy the vessels of Captain Austin's expedition—the Disbar, the Advice, and th, Jasper. me whole of the officers and men appear in the highest spirits, and have great hopes of success in the enterprise they are now engage i upon. HAYTI, The following curious account of the Emperor Soulouque is given in a letter from Hayti published by the Ordre:— "Faustin Soulouque is completely black, but his fea tures have nothing of the grossness marked in the African type. He is now 64 years of age, and scarcely looks 50. Of middling stature, his corpulence causes him to appear undersized. He looks well on horseback. He has been accused of not knowing how either to read or write. The truth is, that he signs his name legibly, can even write a letter, if nccessery, and reads every evening the new History of Hayti, which a native of merit has just published. The c ,ricatures and jokes of the Paris press wound him deeply ; in that respect he is exceedingly susceptible. He was originally a slave on the plantation of M. Viallet, who now resides at Port-au-Prince. Soulouque, having lately met him, said—'Emperor for everybody else, I cannot help still looking on you as my master.' And I. Sire, look on myself as your subject,' was the reply—a strange dia logue, exemplifying the changes in human destinies. On the evacuation of the French, the slave, becoming free, entered the army. Under Petion, he fought against Christophe, and at last became colonel at the moment of Buyer's fall.. He was named general of division under Richer, and owed his election to the Presidency t the chance which caused his name to be pronounced in the Senate, where the votes were divided between two candidates. Soulouque was about two years President when, to the immense surprise of Europe, he was pro claimer' Emperor. It is generally allowed that he did not seek for that dignity. Entering at once into the spirit of his imperial position, he soon created orders and titles of nobility. There are two orders established at present, one the military one of St.Faustin, and the other the civil one of the Legion of Honour. The titles are princes, dukes,counts, barons, and knights, the persons for each being chosen according to their military rank. An assimilation has also been made in this respect between the military rank and the high civil functions. The women, independently of the titles of their husbands, bear the title ot Mar chioness. A first ordinance created 4 princes and 57 dukes. The princes are Generals Pierrot, Lazene, Souffrant, and Bobo. The dukes take the name of some locality, and hence the denomina ions which have amused the European press. General Jeffrard is Duke de la Table, General Linding Duke de la Marmelade, General Alerte Duke do Limonade, &c. But all these names are down in the old geography of the country. Christophe employed them for the same purpose as Soulouque, and used to say, The French, when they jeer at my Marmalades and Limonades, forget that they have themselves their Bouillons and Poix ' Another ordinance created ninety-one counts. The princes and dukes are all Grand Crosses of the Order of St. Faustin and Grand-cordons of the Legion of Honour. All the counts are commanders of the first order, teed officers of the second. Louis XIV., in the midst of his splendour, never imagined so many honorary charges as Faustin I. He h hi, grand almoner, grand mer.ihal of the palace, gentlemen of honour, governors of the royal residences, masters of ceremonies, &e. The Empress has al o her household, consisting of two ladies of honour, 56 ladies of the palace, 22 ladies of th e chapsl, chatto-,er lains, squires, &c. The Imperial Princess, Mad me Olive Faustin, has also a brilliant household, her governante being :11 adanse de Boni-, ear. Tne costume of the nobility has been car: fully regulated. The princes, dukes, and counts are to wear a white dress, the barons a red coat, and the knights a blue one. In addition, the princes wear nii.e feathers in their hats, the dukes seven, the counts five, the barons three, and the knights two. The etiquette of the Court enjoins the men to appear in uniform, end the ladies in their hair. The nobles are to guard their sword, the ordinance says, as their best ornament." DEPRECIATION OF LAND IN FRANCE —As a proof of the great depreciation of landed property in France since the revolution of February, the Courrier du Pas de Calais states that an estate situated at about thirty miles from Tours and Blois, on the road from Valenay to St Aignan, known by the name of La Pacandiere, comprising the five domains of Orfond, Malaiserie, Bois Simon, and the t wo chateaux of Grand and Petit Mick, 593 English acres of land, of which 52 hectares ore planted with vines, wit ch was purchased in January, NA for 215,000 f., has been just resold for 72,000 f. . 1 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, MAY 3.—The arrivals are moderate. A 1 advance of Is to 2s per quarte r i s o bt a i ne d on w heat, and fre sh English meets a ready sale; foreign or granaried parcels no/ 9 slowly at this advance. Not much barley offering, and prices fully suiported. Oats and shelling rather dearer. Beans Is per quarter higher. New. Old s• WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. 8. Suffolk, Essex., and Kent, red ... 39 to 41 —to -- Ditto, white ... 42 47 -- Norfolk and Hunts., red 36 —39 *- Ditto, white ... 42 45 '-- - Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 36 39 Ditto, white ... 42 45 Yorkshire, red .., ..„ 36 39 Ditto, white ... ... 42 45 Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 42 46 Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 36 39 bledtterranean, red ... ... 30 31 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk. and Suffolk... ... 25 -- Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 21 26 -- Scotch Grinding per 30 stone ... ... 17 19 Foreign •.• ... 20 24 -- BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 63111: Small, lino ••• ... 25 28 2 3 -- Ticks • 21 —26 21 •)7 Foreign ... ... 22 25 OATS, per stone Mea ling • ... ... 8d to 91 01 to - 01 Feeding ••• •.. 7d to 8d Od to °I, Foreign ... ... 7d to 8d Od to ° 4 SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 19 —2O MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 33 35 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:— Blue and white boilers - Grey and Feed AMU' Qrs. Wheat ... ... ••• 6,203 Barley ... 2,112 Oats ... ... 1,262 Beans.- ... ... ... 1,.6 . 8 Peas •• • ... •• • ... 257 Tares ... VALS. _ --- .... ....• ....° ..... ••••• ••••. ..... ..... ...... .... •••• ..,, .... - ..... .... ''...... 1...• _ te r .. . I' 5 - 28 -- --- .. . 24 - f 6 cft3 ' Qr. Rapeseed ... 44 0 Shelling ... ••• Linseed .. ••• ** Malt ... ... • • ••• Flour ... ••• ••• LIVERPOOL, MAY 3.—At this day's market there Was moderate attendance of buyers who purchased to a tair extent of Wheat and Flour, a t th e f u ll p r i ces o f T ues d ay . O a ts, both Irish and Foreign, and Oatmeal met with a fair sale, and rather. better prices were ge ner ally o bt a i ne d. B ar l ey, B ean s, an d Peas moved off sl ow ly a t l ow ra t es . I n di an C orn was i n go°`; demand, and some quantity of y e ll ow was di spose d o f a t 28s " per qr.: white brought from -7s 6d to 28s per qr. NEWBURY, MAY 2.—Our supply of Wheat to-day is " 1) : moderate, for whi c h we h ave a b etter demand than for son'" time past at improving rates —say from is to 2s per qr. fronl the pi ices of last we e k . B ar l ey , mo d erate supply, the d em anu for which is slack, at lat e rates B eans, Oats, and Peas, s hoe.'. supply, yet sufficient for the demand, at little variation frol the rates of last week. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 3.—There has been steady demand for raw sugars since our last, but prices are age'e. in the hu;.er's favour. About 470 hhd s . an d tierces Wes` India, in addition to some large parcels of Mauritius and Ben' gals, have been disposed of this week, and the supply offering is again small. Refined meets a moderate sale, at former rate. —Bristol Mercury. EXETER, MAY 3.—Cattle Market.—The market to-dal a has been fully supplied with st oc k o f most d escr i pt i on s, an d taken as a whole a good stroke o f b us i ness h as b een done, a t prices rather exceeding previous rates. Pork Carcases —it small supply, much less than last week, and no large coars e pigs to keep down prices. The market must thorefore quoted higher, averaging from 6s 6d to 7s 8d per score. Ps i ' nier—Turkey poults, 6s to 7s each ; ducklings, 5s Gd to 6 5 6d ; spring chickens 3s to 5s ; fo w l s , 4 s to 5 s ; ga l enas, 5s to 5s 6d; pigeons, is 93 to 2e per cou pl e; l everets, 2s Gd to 3s 6 d ; roasters, 4s 6d to 6s each ; b u tt er , 93 to 10d per lb. ; egg s ' 22 to 2 for Is. New potatoes, is 6d per lb; asparagus ' 25 t° 4e per hundred ; spring cabbage s , 2d to 3d eac h : b roco li Id 4 4d each; cacumbers, Is 6d per brace; gooseberries, is pe r quart; rhubarb, IN to 2d per lb ; radishes, 4 bundles for Id. Seed Market—Not much doing in the seed markets' the season for grass seeds being nearly over, and that for Or' nips not yet begun. Clover seed is 4tel per lb ; eaver is dearer, and worth 5s per bushel; mangold Is per lb; white Belgian carrots 2s per lb ; rape 6d per quart. Wool—Th e staplers generally refuse to give more than 64 per lb, and bug' ness in the north being quiet, they are not at all anxious t° buy at a higher figure, although in some instances 6ici has been given for a very good article. In the neighbourhood of Buck: fastleigh, however, we hear that prices are a shade higher than in this market. Corn-Exchange—The recent slight Ilse in Mark-lane and at other places has caused more firmness i° this market, ann to-day the growers generally asked 5s 3d to 5s 6d. The millers, however, refused to buy at the latte r figure, and up to one o'clock but little business had been done , at prices ranging from 5s to Sc 3d. Barley maintains it! pric e ' and is worth full 3s per bushel; oats, Is Ild to 2s 2d p et bushel. The millers have endeavoured to establish an a dvance, in flour, but with partial succe ss . Fi ne fl our must b e qu oted as 27s Gd to 29s per sack of 2801bs. WETHERBY, MAY 2.—White wheat 15s Odl to 17a 03. r e d ditto lie Od to 15s Od per load ; barley 22s to 25s per beans 10s od to 12s Od per load ; oats 7d to 9d per stone. RIPON, MAY 2.—White wheat 53 to 5s 6d, red ditto 45 Su to f;s ; beans, 3s 3d to 4 s Od p er b us h e l ; b ar l ey 22 s to 26s' oats Ds to 21s per qr. SCARBOROUGH, 111s4 1. —Red wheat 4s 3d to ss, srb it .„ e ditto 48 9d to 5s Gd per 5 ston es; bl ac k oa t s 6d to 7d, ditto 7d to 8d per stone ; malting barley his to 21s, grinding ditto 17s to 19s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine flour 30s to 3 3 ' 1, seconds ditto, 24s to 27s per sack of 20 stones. KNARESBOROUGH, MAY I.—Wheat 4s 6d to 5s 9r l ; beans 3s Gil to 35 9d per bushel ; barley 22s to 25 5 ; oa ts, Ids ;",, 20s per qr. DENBIGH, MAY I.—The attendance at the market to-dal was much as usual and the prices of grain underwent n° alteration from last week's prices. Fresh butter, lld per lb' ; salt ditto, 8d to 9d. RHYL, APRIL 30.—The arrivals of wheat for this daY,' market wer e on ly mo d era t e; and of other articles very erne'" The busines s i n w h eat was more limited than had been ant ici" pat.ed from the feeling previously shown, but farmers were veil firm, and obtained 63 per hobbet over last Tuesday's price s ' In barley, beans, and peas, there were only a few trifling retail sales, without change from the previous rates. Oats were very much neglected. We have had a sudden and rapi° impr , yement in the potatoe market; its supplies and transac tionsc were never w or th not i c i ng t i ll last market or two; and although the supply was exceedingly large, the whole met a ready sale at 83 per hobbet. INVERNESS, APRIL 20.--Wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b Per bushel, 365 Gd to 38s 6d ; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 193 to Os Od; oats, per quarter, weighing, 4211, per bushel, 16s Od to 17s Od. Oatmeal, per imperil boll, I4s Od to Os Oil; ditto second, 13s Od to Os 03; barley . meal, lis Od to O s Od ; p easemea l, 1 4s Od to O s O d ; b ran , Per . stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; fir s t flou r , p er 2801 b., 34 s Od t o 365 lid' second ditto, 26s Od to 28 1 0 d ; o a t mea l, b es t, per stone of 1 41 b imperial, is 4(1 to Os Od; ditto second, I s 2d t o O s Od; barle y' meal, is 2d to O s 01 ; p easemea l, I s 4d t o O s Od ; fi rs t fia t ' 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d c re dit ; secon d di tto , 2s Od cash, 23 3d on dit. Potatoes, per st one , 41/ 2 d to sd; beef, per pound , '!"! to 63; veal, 43 to sd ; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4o; fowls, each, Od to Od; chickens, per pair, 16d to 18d ; duck!' each, Od to Od ; eggs, per dozen, 4 1 ,id to 5d ; butter, free! per lb, 93 to 1 ad ; ditto, salt, 9d to 103 ; croudie (curds), 2id Ud • four-pound loaf, cash, 53 t o 6d ; di tto , cre di t , sbel to 6i" coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. COAL MAME Rl:Ladle's W. Hartley 14s 6d Cares Hartley Chester Main l4s Od East Adairs Main l2s ed North Percy Hartley l4s Od New Tanfield Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wylam .. s.. , T. —YESTERDAM, Lambton Primrose lss e d , lien Braddyll d etton Haswell l6O 9d Russell's Hatton Stewart's k:!aradoc ..... —.. Deni son 145 5 ", Haugh Hall Kelloe . .. Whitw or th 13 N A Adelaide Tees Cownden Tees ... Fees Hartley ISidney's Flartley Ships at market, 166. Wall's End, &c. Brown's ... Bewieke and Co. Buraton Killingworth 14s Od, Gosforth . . Gibson Hilda l3s 9d , Morrison l4s 3d Northumberland l3s 6di Riddell ..... NOTTINGHAM TrtADE.--Lacf---W e have stilllkt, u a moderate inquiry for the generality of our goods, co;L S dering that this period of th e y ear i s commonly the tlw, when demand is expected t o b e t h e l argest. Probably t"e cold weather we have yet may be one cause operating against us; and the high price of cotton has evident*: checked foreign orders, particularly for the European me r e kets ; and the inquiries for goods for the home trade ,1 0 fewer than they h ave b een i n former springs. Hosiery-1., have a few Ameri can or d ers that are keeping han ds 1 many branches of our business engaged, otherwise emPloi merit would be scarce, as th e h ome trade is generally 'P active, and hosiers are det erm i ne d not to make goods unless to order, as they are frightened at th e hi g h pr i ce o f yarn' in which article there is a probability of a f urt h er a dvance —Nottingham. Journal. 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Coo n. the Ist inst.. at Caledo n , coun ty o f Ty rone , the tess of Caledon. On the 30;1 ult., at Houghton hill, Huntingdonshire; the wife of Gilbert Ansley, Esq. lad)? On the ltt inst., at Milf ur d-h ouse, D er b ys hi re , the of G. 11. Scrim, E•q. At A h On the Ist inst., a t St. Mary's RRIED. Church, Cheltenhamt e ss , Rev. James Su mner , i ncum b ent of Shrigley, to E ll en Lau second daughter of the late Harry 'l'. King, On the 2d inst. at Beattock-bride , , e, DIED much regretted, inst. Holmes, widow of the late Mr. Holines, formerly of the King's Arms', Kendal. eorg a . On the let inst., greatly respected, aged 6.1, Mr. G Nicholson. tailor trid draper, of Coney•street, York.„,, k lat, On the 26th ult., at Woodstock, in the county of Iv Ologh e Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham, Lord Bishop of near Moffatt,,l%l3; o Printed and Published by KURD° YOUivi - I No, 112, Wrand, Printer, at he Sun U&ee , 11 ,, i t t y 0 Strand, in tho Precinct, of the Savoy, mth e e ° " ---- Muidlaattx : Saturday, May 4,186 Q, SOUTHWARK. Yesterday George Terry, a man of respectable appear ance, was bronght before Mr. Hammill, charged with sending a letter to Miss Mary Franklin, containing threats against her life. The complainant handed a letter , to the Magistrate, whieli she said was written by the prisoner, and from which she apprehended her life was in danger. It ran thus:— " You threaten to complain to a magistrate. The threat has no terrors for me. I agai❑ swear by Heaven, that if I see you in the company of any other man I shall stab you to the heart. Depend upon it that I shall not depart from my worde. You know that I love you, and sooner than see you with any other one I should prefer dying on the scaffold. You had hater let me have killed myself last night, and all would have been over now, than have wrested the knife out of my hand." The complainant having declared, in confirmation of the above letter, that she was in danger from the priso ner's jealousy, he was sent to prison in default of finding sureties for his keeping the peace. THE WOODS AND FORESTS AND THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. markedo t Committee manner by yf theth e The Birkenhead Docks Bill, after having received the el to be now thre a t ene d The intimation c f t hi s intentionunanimouswCommons, Chairmanith the hv o a ca n orr sanction conveyedta tt o hee n der mi ce a of nrn Crown. most the vdsr. saSbaTe' as i le sensation.lt is no. derstood that Mr. Roebuck, who, during his recent visit to Liverpool, has made himself familiar with the topo graphy of the left bank of the Mersey, has cpontaneously taken up the question on its merits, and intends to have canvassed in the House the Crown's right to arrest a vast undertaking of this nature, his notion being that the reclamation of the foreshore and the various other improvements are a vast public benefit, for which the Woods and Forests, as guardians of the general welfare, are largely indebted to the promoters of the Bill, and should assist instead of resisting the objects of those gentlemen. But though the Birkenhead trustees are preparing for the menaced opposition, there is surely ample guarantee against the exercise of an odious prerogative in a matter of this nature, and at a period like the present, in the public spirit and manly good sense of Lord Sey mour, whose admirable reports as chairman of the Army and Navy Expenditure Committee show a complete ex emption from the pedantry of red-tape routine, and a discriminating appreciation of the fact that the true in terest and dignity of the Executive can never be antago nistic to the benefit of the community. He is about the, last man who. on behalf of his department, would dis cover cause for alarm in the prospect of manufactures springing up on Wallasey Pool, as one of the immediate consequences of the emphatic decision of the Commons' Committee; and his Lordship's character generally is a warrant that, as far as he is concerned, there will be no necessity for any such course as the Member for Sheffield and various Members of both Houses would feel called upon to adopt should there be any attempt to withhold the Royal co nsent f rom t h e Bi r k enhea d Bill, without which those stupendous works, in whose progress the whole mercantile community are interested, and on which, and other works connected with them, not less than two millions sterling have been expended, can ever be completed.—Liverpool Albion. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is still very inanimate and prices lower. The business to-day was principally con fined to local stock. LIVERPOOL. MAY 3. - - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull to-day at the quotations. The transactions were as follow :—London and North-Western, 101 c.—Ditto. New Quarters, 2 t dis.— East Lancashire. 6% c.—Great Western, 51 1 c. - Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Consol., 34 c.—Ditto, Halves, 17 c.— Ditto, Fifths, 10% dis. —Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 91.85. 9d.—Laneast r and Preston, Quarters, 13 —Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 9—Midland, Halves, '29 dis— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 6% dis. South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Registered, 4%. MANCHESTER, MAY 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. Our share market was dull to-day and the amount of business done has been very limited prices having a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow :—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 157 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 34 1 h —Ditto, Fifths, 10 7-16 c. dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 9 , 4 dis.—Midland, 501. Shares, 27% dis.—North Staffordshire, 10!, 4 n. d.—Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, 14% c. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 3. STOCK EXCTIANGI.—Buiines3 in this share market to-day was extremely quiet. The only transactions were—Shrews bury and Birmingham, Preference, Scrip, 9—Stour Valleys, B%—Midlands, Six per Cents., 119—Shropshire Unions, 4th dig. YORK, MAT 2. STobx ExctiANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol. low ;—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 67i--Great Northern, 57'.—York and North Midland, 16s. 3d. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD R AMWAY. —Traffic for the Week ended April 28, 1850 :—C. and IL Main Line, 2 2 084/. 98. 7d.; Mold, 101/. 104. 7d.; Steam-boats, 1481. 93. 7d.—Total, 2,3341. 93, 9d. ai1...,r0r Puts Of t ...A FLO NOvi `L' Ltd oft I Contrth Fruit, go facturel tasin g h al The va l 404 elect Ticket s at th e off' R' 4r tb lacorpora /l a Gra, I ll e a lei Gr eh ac shire 1118 Grac land kost Nob dowse The Pa N c t hat the IPreernaso The Thom as j 1 4 ,?onlas s .red . p e „ bort l i n j e ' ( Chicheste] Huard I N!' • Echi aro. ( G ain , lien, " a —Y Gr Pup Ha Grui Tleket s 44., no; cretary, 4 GUI Ico. 11, t Tg "en Y nu -ra ms I.l' Waite aoh n Joh n deo rge Jo uohn LaN a olut Loci 4 ' W. Rol • No, 't held ti er at h• sat( 1 11t P-CT( ug 'ternor t t „ 4l, ; as ' O A's troll 11 • 11 . 1 lo bo but 1 --_____ [ .At tr , 4t More h In t 1 a nk, edni W akened 0, with , e ' r e the Pe' th " man 3 — ars are w ) all not th e „,: i stribatlc asely i n , London Nt to; Ric I I r