The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-11 00:00:00

_ T 11 E, 6 U A 3 LONDON, SO UT H-E ASTER.N RAIL' Ay. ......-i Conservatoire de Musique a Paris, is ------------ appointed musical rester-square, have been sent to the court, with a The report of Mr. Barlow , the engineer, states that conductor. request chat the contribution may be acknowledges the opening of the Ashfor d and Hastings line to the The " note of preparation " is also sounding at Cre • in the papers. R morn© and the Surrey line was laid, and an eng ine p assed over the entire line Zoological Gardens; likewise at MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 1 public was delayed by variou s causes, althou g h a sin g le Rosherville and Terrace Pier gardens, Gravesend; the John Keats, a well dressed young man, was charged Flora, in the Wyndham-road, Camberwell, and St. with having defrauded William Hall Robotham of 51, in October last. The work has been one of unusul dit- Helena, Rotherhithe, &c. under these circumstances:- faulty, not only from natural disadvantages of a geolo- THE EXHIBITIONS. The complainant, a very young man, said he was a gical character, but from the opposition throughout, , Artists are now quite at a premium, and in addition li nen d ra p er ' s assistant. On the 21st of Febr ua ry h e was both to the deviatio ns and to the o pen in g of the railwa y; several are accosted in St. Martin's-lane by the prisoner, an entire to the number of exhibitions already open, and it is therefore satisfactory to state, that these de- . . being painted, including a very beautiful ono by Mr. stranger, who after a short conversation invited him to improvements, including an extension of Win. Beverley (of the Lyceum), of the Holy Land, at partake of a glass of ale. Complainant accepted the in 680viations and yards of tunnel, and reducing a long incline of 1 iu vitation, and they went into a public-house a n d me t a 50 to 1 in 60, have been . made at a large reduction of the late Chinese Exhibition, Knightsbridge. . man there with whom the prisoner entered into a con cost on the original contract amount of the line. Th© versation on the subject of the game of skittl e s, Com -ailway is made a double line throughout, and is la id AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR. plainant's new acquaintance made a bet of sherry and -incipally with cast iron sleepers. the up-line being Some nights since, as a member of a gentleman's cigars with the apparent stranger that he would knock aid entirely with iron. On the Tunbridge-wells and family, residing in the country, a few miles from Bristol, down the whole nine skittles in three throws. Complain • Hastings line the tunnels are complete, and the line is was crossing the hall, he heard a tap at the door ant was invited to see the match, and partake of the win niegs. They all went into a public-house in Pulteney forme?ready for laying the road from Tunbridge-wells leading into the lawn. He opened it, and a man sprang to Whatlington, a length of 19 miles, of which 1071 miles in, leaping out and collaring him with violence. There street, where there was a skittle ground, and the match of single line are laid; the only work remaining to be was something in the manner in which the act was done having been played complainant's friend won. Another done being the completion of the permanent way and to induce him to believe that the man was mad, match was knocked up between the prisoner and the the stations, which may be effected in three months. so, preserving his presence of mind, he walked back, and, other man, in the course of which the other man exhi- Between Whatlington and St. Leonard's, seven miles, quietly drawing the intruder with him, not a little to bited such unskiltulness that it cost him three throws the earth work being very heavy, the railway cannot be the surprise of the family, suddenly introduced the before he could knock down ono pin. Complainant was persuaded to bet the m a n that he could not knock s trange visitor to the dining-room. On meeting the opened before the autumn of this year. At the Brick layers' Arms station the works for an efficient water lights, his eyes flashed wildly; his clothes showed that down the remaining eight pins in three throws. Th e supply, by which the cost will be reduced to less than h ; , had travelled over some co n siderable track men threw, and won the bet. The prisoner affected to one-half the present sum, and superior o water obtained, of country, and, though still a gentleman in e e quite astonished at the result, a nd i nstant l y ma d e a will be commenced immediately. The sum at present his manners and a pp earance , b e w as not at bet of 3/. that the man could not knock them all down in paid by the company for the supply of water at the all the visitor a country gentlemen's family six throws. Complainant was also persuaded to make a London, Greenwich, and Bricklayers' Arms stetion 3 s o , lie. would choose for a quiet evening. He called for pens, similar bet, and he staked the money in the hand of a 816/. per annum-namely, at London -bridge, 3 9 6 e. ink, and paper, to write to distinguished people, with man who was iu the skittle ground when the • entered it. The man won the money. After this complainant made Greenwich, 1401.; and at Bricklayers' Arms, 7 i_. which he was at once furnished, and he was otherwise in the chalk per annum. From a trial well humoured iu his hallucinations, until the coachman was another bet of 11., whirls he wits permitted to win; and a near Newcross, it is found that supply of dispatched on horseback to a private asylum some miles • distant, from which it was expected he had made his way. he lost another bet o f 21., making in all 5/. water, sufficient for both companies can be obtained and laid on to these stations at a cost u nder 400/. p er annum. An attempt was made to ind uce en to pawn Thus, for some hours, the family enjoyed his strange 102 his watch to make a match f or 101 .to but this he re- fused to do. He, however, agree d . to meet the pro- Both at Ashford and London means will be used to de- compan i onship-every t i me h e s h owe d a di spos i t i on to leave, tempting him, by some new entertainment, to prive the water of the carbonat e of lime which exists in poser the next day and m a k e th e ma t c h. Wh en he went to the appointed pla ce a t th e ti me name d no one that now used, and which causes the p resent de posit in remain, lest, getting abroad again, ho might meet with the boilers. The cast - iron slee p ers are used in t h e some accident. The maniac himself appeared so pleased w there, s and on making inquiries he soon found that he had been made the victim of a stale and often ex renewal of the old line as well as in the now branches, with the family that, before the coachman with the keepers and are now laid down to the extent of 61 miles of had returned, he had promised uncounted thousands, posed cheat. Having p ouserocured the assistance of a con single line-via., 41 miles on the Ashford and Hastings, not only to the master and fam il y b ut to t h e servants, and stable, he went in search of theprisoner, and found him üblic•h . Before he could 5 miles on the Turnbridge-wells and Hastings, 7l • his imaginary largesses were only interrupted by the en- at the Rose and Crown ma in line, 3 miles on the Greenwich, Ii on p miles on thetrance of Dr. and a couple of keepers. He saw clearly get into the house some personpushed against the the Gravesend and Rochester, 1 mile at the Brick- enough that he was outwitted, but he very quietly and the prisoner had tie to make hisesca e. door, Tlle layers' Berms station, i . mile at the London station, consented to return, declaring that the asylum was prisoner and was afterwards taken to Bow-street, after and 1 mile at other stations. From the experience a very comfortable place, and that Dr. was being transferred to this court, the prisoner, while on obtained, the report states that the average very kind, but adding that he neither required doc- the road offered toreturn him the 5/. • ided he would ei . provided durability of the iron road may be safely tor nor asylum-an assurance which was far from not the mentioned taken at 30 years, which will reduce the sum required convincing to those who had enjoyed his company. hadpress charge. mp amant that he . been at considerable expense. The prisoner said for renewal of the permanent way to under 201. per It appeared that, as conjectured, the poor gentle- he wouldall pay expenses, and make him in addition a mile per annum. The comparative first cost of the por- man, by some of those exceedingly adroit devices which handsome resent. tions of the new lines laid in iron and timber has been insane people often resort to, had made his escape, and, The constable who was employed by the complainant as follows-wooden sleeper road, 3,353/. per mile, and of without any definite point in view, had crossed the coup- said, when he got into the in D lane rur i y i : iron sleeper road, with half chairs, to avoid the use of try for miles, climbing walls, &c., until he had got into tee went up stairs, and saw te public-house prisoner ak' wooden keys, 3,037/. He states that if the whole rail- this gentleman's demesne, when, probably feeling cold, cape over the leads of an adjoining house. In lf heard es. way were now laid on iron sleepers, less than one-half and seeing lights in the house, his instinct for household the offerof rho prisoner to back k 'e. a e pay ac rile 5/. and ex the present renewal fund would be sufficient, comfort returned to him, and he tapped, as before re• panics provided the charge were dropped. lated, at the door.-Bristol Paper. The prisoner begged hard to have time allowed him AN INDIAN TOWN DESTROYED to seed to hie friends at Bath. lie hoped the magistrate BY FIRE, BANK OF FRANCE. would oblige him by allowing him to have bail. (From the Calcutta Star.) The following is a return of the situation of the Bank Mr. BINGHAM was not in a position to confer oblina- The following is an extract of a letter from Rangoon, of France on March 6:- tions, he must discharge his duty. After the admission dated the 29th of January, giving an account of a terri- ASSETS. of the prisoner he did not think he should be justified f 37' 468 2 9 6 50 ' ble fire which occurred there on the previous day. It Cash in hand ... ... . . ... . s , , - in allowing the offence to be compromised. At the should perhaps be stated that the edifices are without Ditto in branch ban k s ... -. 139,201,289 0 same ti me i t m i g h t h ave we i ght with a jury if the money exeeption constructed of wood, and consequently during Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 761,990 46 were re t urne d, an d h e s h ou ld therefore remand the case the dry season are much more inflammable than at any Bills discounted, but not yet due, of for a week. other time:- which 14,613,035 f. were received "I may in truth say, ' Rangoon is no more!' Yester- from the Branch Banks ... ... 50,121,864 43 THE COUNTRY MARKETS. day, at 11 A.M., a dreadful conflagration broke out in the Bills in the branch banks ... ... 81,135,509 0 The following is the official statement of the quantities cf heart of the town, utterly defying every measure put in Advances on coins and ingots... ... 1,360,600 0 corn, &c., received in the port of London from the parts it force to check its progress. The Custom-house, Main Ditto by the branch banks ... ... 1,823,223 0 Essex, from the 3d March, 1851, to the Bth March, 1851 Wharf, Armenian Church, and the principal merchants' Ditto on French public securities ... 8 , 290 , 262 10 both inclusive :- , houses, are totally destroyed; whole streets of great Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 2,348,785 0 . e: es • length present to the view heaps of ashes, and so coin- Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Se, se ..., et ! e 4 plete have been the destructive effects of the fire that Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0 xi .- 7s" :tr i . , .3 g old inhabitants have difficulty in pointing out the site of Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0 4 z o ,:! . : 1 ' 4) ,--- t; their former residences. It is estimated on a rough cal- Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,675,496 28 ——.— —.; _ .__, ____ culation that at least 2,000 houses have been utterly de- Investments of the new branch banks in Colchester l6O 13-; 584 40 66 87 170 atroyed, asid the loss of property at the lowest estimate the public funds ... ... ... 12,952,725 74 Harwich - i 561 9 884 amounts to fully 30 hies of rupees, while that of Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 () Leigh . - - i 109 16 - life is incalculable, The tire extended about two Real property of the branch banks ... 3,615,672 0 Malden 783 124 223 - ; 368( 45 1000 miles in length and one in breadth, and in its interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 CHEL2ISFORD, MARCH 7.-Prices to-day were as follow.* fearfully rapid progress communicated to a number Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 230,000 0 W heat, white, old 42s to 465; new 41 s to 465; red, old of country cargo-boats loaded with inflammable goods Expenses of administration of the Bank 194,267 26 36s to 41s; new, 36s to 40s; barley, 25s to 29s ; chevalier of considerable valeta. From these the fire ex- Ditto at the branches ... ... ... 230,161 0 21s to . 29s ; grinding 18s to 24s ; oats 15s to 20s ; malt 53, tended to the shipping in the river. Nine vessels, Miscellaneous ... ... ... a . 2,498,302 60 to 558; chevalier 54s to 565; peas, partridge, new 27s to of which five had cempleted their lading, were burnt to the water's edge, and the remainder barely escaped de- L 839,108,374 37 dun, new, 26s to 28s; beans, tick, new 24s to 261; old, 24; struction by slipping their cables and anchoring on the LIABILITIES, to 275; harrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old 00s to 00s; ma- Della side of the water. The schooner Thane, the pro- Capital ... ... . . ... ... E 67,900,000 0 zagn, new 23s to 255; old 00s to 00s per qr. petty of Messrs. Crisp and Co., had a most narrow Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 to 40 ~A s l e RC II 8.-Wheat, white 42s to 465; red 361 but by the skill and coolness of her commander Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 i)to 28s; beans, mazagan 226 to 235; middle escape, and sm . all 24sto - peas 26s to 283 porn r and officers was extricated from her dangerous position. Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,7e9 14 KIRKALDY, MA 28s; p • q * Surrounded by burning vessels, her foresail and top- Reserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 0 for grain :- RCH 8.-The following are the quotations gallant sail took fire, and were speedily burning from Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 41 3,520,100 0 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. I Peas. •respective yards; her bulwarks also caught in Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 92,285,400 0 First their several places, bat the flames were soon extinguished, Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 6,109,823 27 Second 39s Od 22s 03 17a 91 -s Od 1-s 01 and lam happy to say that she escaped in safety. In Account - current with Treasury creditor 109,18.1,081 29 Third 34s Od 183 ed 15s 61 - s Od 1-s Od the neighbourhood of the Armenian Church the fire Various accounts current ••• ... 74,987,557 33 Oatmeal, per bag of 2801b3 imperial, 26s Od to 27s Od. raged with inconceivable fury. Scarcely an article of Ditto in branches „, ... ... 23,422,096 0 Hanniweece, MAticit 7.-The following are the prices of any description could be saved, so rapid was the progress Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 5,509,500 0 grain at our market r to-day:- of the flames. A large portion of the natives saved Ditto at branches „, ... a. 2,357,883 0 SS heat. I Barley. Oats. Bean s . First ... ... 50s 03 I 32s 01 32s 01 34s 01 themselves from destruction by rushing into the river, Dividends payable . 511 631 25 ,••• • - •• • Second ... ... 37s lid I 27s led 20s 81 26s lid where they remained, deaf to every entreaty made to Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ~, 7,760 0 Third .. .. 30s Od 193 63 41 18 s 03 24s Od them to strive to arrest the progress of the devouring Expenses anticipated ... ... ... 141,473 38 Total quantity * of Wheat in market .437 qrs., 418 sold element. At 10 P.M. the Custom-house, in which was Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 581,72 l 47 Do. Barley do. 211 qrs., 202 sold stored a large quantity of gunpowder, blew up with a Ditto of branch banks ... ... ... 865,603 0 Do. Oats do. 790 qrs., 758 sold tremendious explosion, causing death and destruction Re-discounts of the last six months ... 169,730 65 Do. Beans do. 238 qrs., 181 sold far and near; in fact, with the exception of a few mean Ditto in branch banks .. ... „, 287,673 0 GLasoow, Matteis 5.-Provisions-Cheese, 33s to 40s 00 huts in the suburbs, scarcely a single house remains of Interest on protested bills ... ... 263,076 29 per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2,)s Od to Os per what once formed the large and thriving town of Ran- aliscellaneoue ... ... ... ... 666,509 10 cw t. Country fresh butter , is Od to Os per lb. Irish pow goon. It is out of the power of language to express the dered, in lumps, 9d to sia ; country powdered, wholesale, 8d _ misery and destitution that meet you on every side; L 839,108,374 37 to Od. Country eggs, 9cl per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 5s 61 per 120, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s 9d per pair ; Ducks, the eye beholds whole families crouching in ab- Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, as 6d. ject dispair under the still smoking ruins, and thousands IYARGOLTT. PERTH, Me acif 7.-Wheat, old, ON Od - to COs Od; ditto, who have saved scarcely su ffi c i en t cover i ng f or th e p e r. It appears by the preceding account that the cash in new, 35s to 39); barley, new, 19s Od to 21s Od ; oats, 13s to poses of decency. A visitation: so terrific in its nature hand has inereesed by 7,000,0001. The commercial bills 17s; peas and beans, 22s Ou to 21; per quarter. Oatmeal, has never before been experienced in this town. Which- I discounted have decreased by 6,000,0001. The Bank per sack, Ohs to 28s. ever way you turn, the half-consumed cereases of dogs, notes in circulation have decreased by 3,650,0001. Keeso, MARCH 7.-Wheat, old, 2ss to 29e; ditto, new, 18s pigs, and other domestic feniinals meet your gaze; it is The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in- to 30s Oil ; barley, new, 12s 00 to 17s Gd ; ditto old, Os to Os; altogether tee most complete scene of misery and deco- creased by 2,600,000 f. Sundry credits have increased by potato oats,oos to 003 ad ; ditto new, I2s to 14s Oil ; common laden that can be well conceived; and it will be many 1,200,000 f. oats 00s Od to a)s Od; ditto new, Ils to 13s Od ; peas, 19s Od years, I fear, ere Rangoon again assumes its former im- to 2 'ls Od; beans, 19s to 29 s p er b o ll o f s i x i mper i a l b us h e l s. pores-Ice as a tradine port. LAW INTELLIGENCE. STIRLING, MARCH 7.-Wh e at, f ore i gn , 20 s to 24 5; di tto , " The origin of this dreadful conflsgratiou is some- - home, Os to Os; ditto ditt o new , les Od to 19s 6d; b a rl e y, p er -e.• what remarkable. The Burmese ship Yathna ye Mahon HOUSE OF LORDS, March 10. boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 151 Od to 16s 6d. Oats, common, 00s Od to 00s ; ditto new, lOs 01 to lls Od; bad just dripped anchor on her arrival from Calcutta, THE LONDON AND RLACRWALL RAILWAY COMPANY V. ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, OOs Od; malt, when a native, induced by curiosity to see her, left a TFF. REV. JOHN LETTS. distillers, Ohs ad to 33s ; rano brewers, 32s ed to 345; beans handy of oil ins the fire in his house, and betook him- In this case, wnich had not concluded when our report per boll, OOs Od to OOs Od ; ditto new, 12s 6cl to 15s Od; pease 00• self to the Main Wharf for teat purpose. During his left, the Atternea.re e eeeneral was heard for the respondent, ud to 00s Od; flour, new per sack, 31s to 33s Od; ditto common absence the tire by some means communicated with the and Mr. P. Wood having replied, ditto, 18s sd to 20s Od ; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to oes Od; oil, and in an instant the house was in a blaze, which The Lorna CHANCELLOR intimated that their Lordships ditto new 2es Od to 26s 6d ; ditto per peck of 71bs, lid to Bi-d; speedily communicated to the adjoining habitations, and would corasider the matter, and pronounce judgment on fresh butter, per lb, 9d to lid; eggs, per dozen, 7d to 8d; in an incredibly short space of time the whole town was a future day.-Judgment postponed accordingly, hay per ton, Os ad to Os; ditto new, 84s Od to Oils. wrapt in one body of flume. A strong easterly breeze _____ . -Wheat, 31 s 51d ; b ar l e y, 23 8 Id ; blowing at the time greatly aided the progress of the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. oats, 183 ld ; rye, 00s Od ; bean s , 00 s 01 ; p eas , 00 s Od average per imperial quarter. fire, and rendered its extinction hopeless." GUILDHALL. HAWICK, MARCH 6.-Wheat, new, 253 to 29s Od; barley, _ _., THE EXHIBITION. I a tall, brawny looking Scotch woman, decently attired, 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, Ils Od to 14s; peas, 19s 01 presented herself before the sitting Alderman, and asked to 206 Od ; beans, 19s Od to 20s Od per boll of six imperial to PUBLIC A3IUSEMENTS.-NEW HIPPODROME f or an orderadmit her • into 1. ewgete prison to se e bushels. AT KENSINGTON. William Gra Smth, whose disgusting case has lately FALKIRK, MARCH 6e-The supply of grain in this bolls;day' The Royal Commissioners have received innumerable appeared before the y public. market was 575 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 21s 01 per applications from theatrical and equestrian 'managers, In answer to t• ques ions put to her by Alderman WIRE barley, 15s 3d to 183 Od ; oats, lie Od to 14s 6d; beans, 13s 61 to 1 - os Od per boll; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. show-folks, &e., for permis,ion to erect in Hyde-park, she stated that she believed this Wiliam Gray Smyth daring the " World's Fair," temporary theatres, was her husband, who had left her about fourteen COAL MA It ireET.-YestanDAT. circuses, shows, and booths, but the Executive Conn- years ago. B a t e ' s W es t H art l ey. . 13s 6d 'anfield Moor .........133 ad mitten have positively refused all such requests. Alderman WIRE said, that under the peculiar cir- Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s ad Canfield Moor Butes... 13s 3d Among other managers who petitioned the Board Peltou Main cumstances that had so lately transpired he was rather was air. Betty, the lessee of Astley's, for a site in surprised that she should have the park for the erection of a Hippodrome, after the who had rendered himself so revolting in the eyes of North Percy Hartley.. 13s 60 Whitworth style of the celebrated one iu the Champs E!ysees atSouth Peareth every morally-disposed person. Patio, but on a more extended scale, and tor which pri- Ships at market, 330. Mrs. Smyth said, that it was not from any wish to see vilege he wotod contribute to the funds of the Com- him personally that she made the present application, --- miseioners five hundred guineas, bet the offer was but that some property was at stake which rendere d an declined. Mr. Batty has since 'oecome lessee of an ex- interview with him necessary • otherwise she could BRISTOL, MARCH 10. tensive plot of ground admirably adapted for the purposevery STOCK EXCHANGE.-The market today didnot well dispense with visitinghim. ' ___ at Kensington, near to the turnpike, and within a Alderman that activity which it has done for a few days back. The few minutes' walk of the Crystal Palace, where a large Alderman the applicant to apply Winn advised to . Challis or Alderman Kelly, as they were the only transactions reported were - Great Western 90%-South number of workmen are now actively' employed on the • • •Wales, 341. e. visiting magistrates for thepresent month, and he had works, and from the estimates, models, and plans fur- no doubt h a e would obtain what she required. niched by the architects, surveyors, builders, artists, and Sroor EXCHAYGI.-The share market has not been so BO IV-STREET, active to-day, still a fair amount of business has been trans machinists, it would appear limn, the Hippodrome will John Reynold cost little less than 6.000/. Mr. Batty had previously years in the Gesnearalmessenger for upwards of nineteen acted without much variation in price. Post-office, was charged with steal- BIRMINGHAM, ,,. 11 . Linen 10. made several extensive purchase of thorough-bred ins a packet containing portions of a watch which had S E 'rock EXCHANGE.-The activity and buoyancy of the horses, as at least eighty will be required for this new been throw h share market this morning •• transmitted roug the Post-office. curriculum, the ordinary trained horses for the circle not It was proved at the former examination that the ' pre- improved rates appear to present little inducement to being adapted for this peculiar description of enter- s • holders of stock to sell. The prevailing opinion is that the oiler occasionally assisted as snub-sorter in the parcel tainment, so popular on the continent, but so little department, and tookthe opportunity which • his duties Great Exhibition will tend materiallyt increase of o an known in this country, and he is now engaging a corps afforded him to steal the ticket i t'which next half- '• ' year s dividends, and proprietors of Stock inclined of dashing ecuyeres from Paris and the other tin- found P cipal continental cities, as female equestrians take in his possession, and subsequently opened in the those to be found in the Share Lists. presence of the magistrate. the most prominent parts i n th e b ol d an d d ar i ng John Street, of 9, King-street, le g-street, C rkenwel 1, watch- - SEABORNE MAILS. sports of the Hippodrome, and likewise a tr oupe o f - fearless riders, native and foreign, for the Roman d ' is signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office chariot races, Olympian games, &e. Mr. Batty, how- ressed to him by Messrs. Goodwin and Barclay, of by the night-and AI by the morning -dispatch.] Glasgow, and contained certain portions of the case and ever, will not be without rivals, as several well-known machinery belonging to a watch. Messrs. Goodwin and 1 When made up in ! From what when equestrian managere are also in search of sites for Co., he bl• d PLACES. IGeneral Post-office: , port dis e teve were watch makers, and had been due. Hippodromes. Offers have been made to Mr. Wardell, in the habit of corresponding with him. 1 London. , patched. the director of Vauxhall Gardens by a French The prisoner said nothingto the charge. i 1 _ troupe of riders, for the use of the Waterloo ground M. him for America (by Brit. pkt.)N March 14 .. .. Liverpool.. March 25 HALL committed trial. for a day entertainment, similar to the one produced James Cook 1 - • America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 21 .. • . Liverpool .. Starch 16 at which some years since by the late Mr. Ducrow, b, a etter carrier, was charged with em- bezzling and destro •in a number of oat-office I p letters America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 25 .. .. 'Southanapt. Arrived Attica (West coast).. N 14th of the mouth Plymouth March 3 Mr. Wardell declined. The vacant plot of ground entriast e e le 3 ' g • ' Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of me. Dover .. March IS i to hint for delivery. la the York-road, Waterloo-road,; with the railway z ulia Kin Belgium .. .. •. N Daily .. .. ..IDover .. Daily g, a young lady residing at 10, Norman- Brazil .. • .. 31 9th of the month , Southampt Arrived in the rear has also been ea I htafter but it is , - era y sou , understood place, Notting-hill, deposed to having sent a letter (an Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Arrived that the South-Western Company, whose order for goods) to property ' • " Messrs. Booth and cro. California(viaahaeres) 31 17th of month Southampt. March 20 it is, have declined to negotiate for any such. London," on Friday last. Itposted CO,.' Cow cross, - as , Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. March 3 purpose ; i n was at the Kensing- Con fact, the greatest possible difficulty has been ton- ravel- its' rue • ' stantinople. .. • . N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 10 experienced b y , 1 .• • e din g . p receiving -house. Th e letter now pro- Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. April 5 desirable localit pecu atore in ()homing ground any duced, which appeared to have been partly destroyed b y Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Soutkampt. Tu. Th. 3 4 The Hippodre y m e at lien fire, was the same; but it was not imperfect or scorched Chili •• •• - . M 17th of the month ISouthampt. March 2: , be opened by Mr. B sington will, it is understood, when posted. France •....M & N, Twice daily .. .. !Dover • • Twicedaily Greece. .. .. .. Nithl7th27thefmo Dover .. March 10 pointed for the op atty, on the Ist of May the day a - Another letter in a aimil el 'irLn of the Exhibition, ' p • ar condition, which had been sent on the same day by Mr. Greaves, a perfumer, Ilamburgh .. .. N,Tuesday- & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland • • • • .. 31 Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mok.Thrr TUE OPERAS Honduras .. .. . 5,17 th of the month Southampt. March 20 in New-street, Covent-garden, to Mr. Harwood, a bottle The on (fit in musical , 1 Ireland .. •• M& N'Twice daily .. .. Holyhead.. Twicedaily e•re es is that her Majesty's maker at Cowcross, was also produced and • ' identified. India(viaSouthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. March 2c Theatre will be opened every ni -, ht , in - I'di(viaMarseilles) 2 , 17 th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. March 23 performance of Mediterranean (via operas, and the Royal street Hatton-garden, stated that the prisoner came into Italian Opera, Coventgarden, four night ;;• It - " ' ' last, at Southampton) •• 31 20th of the month Southampt. March 23 about twenty • was re- his house on Friday evemeg minutes Mediterranea n (via that this esteblishment would likewise s; ported be opened ben erequested a candle, with which Marseilles) )re seven o'clock, and Mexico - .. N7th&24thofmonth Dover .. March 23 the sia nights for the repeesentatiou of Lt i . a. Lau and French he proceeded into the watercloset. Ho remained there ma •• •• .. el 2d of the month.. Southampt. April 5 operas. re • • • • .. Al 9th of the month Southampt. March 12 a very long time, and witness examined the place after Mal THE THEATRES AND 21UsICAL sAt ta. _ .. N I 7th,17 th,l9th,'27th u p" . Dever March la now he left it iu consequence of' certain suspicions which he e &30th of month Every theatre and saloon is _ let. The last, the Naples* entertained. lie found on the floor and seat several . •• •• •• al sth 150125th ofmo Dover • • March 12 Strand Theatre, having been leased by Mr. Cop e l and th rincludingthe Papal 'tates* .. .. Nlsth 1511125th ofmo Dover .. March 12 well-known Liverpool manager, while the Greciansafoonefragments c. burnt paper and envelopes, renlnsular.. .. ~ Al i7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. March 1; City-road, has been purchased a Mr. Rouse, tor a very two pieces spoken to by the witnesses . . Perceiving the Tuscany' ... : • .... ine ti i i e is o t tn t r i irli a D r,( o n v ithampt. March 20 large sum, by Mr. Benj. Conquest. a very entospeni n / g i'i' i: a_me l of Mr. _ereaves upon one of the pieces, eca a d t West Indies .: .. 31'17th of the . mon% Sout e h r amp . i. : tall 12 gentleman, formerly lessee of the Girrick Theatre, W h, i 3 between s lop on the same evening ; and from what passe West Indies (except arch 20 mue them upon the subject of the letter, witness corn- Havanna & Nassau) 5E21 of the month .. Southampt. April 5 intends opening it on the 313 t inst. in an improved style, and with entertainments of a very superior ohs- rho i rp a x te t d o the circumstances to the Post-office authorities e The mails to these countries thus marked (4) are conveyed by French packs v:a Marseilles, racter. At some of the " minors " the managers intend Richard ay ' . * 1 olka-i in the service of the preceding wit- -, - - ess----e-- reviving their Christmas pantomimes, a style of per- news, proved ' ' formance withwhich c • - but little ac- observed foreigners a_ e • MACKEREL FISHERY.-The -.I ne boats that while the prisoner was in the closet he • • e .employed in quainted. ~ in consequ ence - an unusual glare of light at of which he - .looked through the window Last taking this description of ash at this pert have been most intervals inside; successful during the commencement of the present season. * s• - AUXIIALL GARDENS. from the staircase • week 125 tone were dispatched by the South Devon This Methuselah • will • • • and distunely saw the prisoner de- of public gardens likewise be etroying a number of lett b Railway. On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, 46 tons were opened every night in the week, and on a most extended flame of a candle, crs y holding them over the sent off, and we believe about 60 tons on Tuesday. Besides , scale of splendour,and . . The prisoner- these forwarded for inland consumption, several of the worthy of the reputation Mr. Could you Wardell, its spirited director, has acquired. The - 11 . Witness-I could not swear they were letters ? French vessels waiting here to purchase have been fully i um.mas tions and fireworks will surpass in bri in•ht have been sca3te see what the papers were. It freighted, and are gone across the channel. The catches 1 I , a , ney any previou m e e , th r , p arr . , have been tolerably divided among the fishermen: one of display; at the "royal Pr °Pere. ' .I. ' 1 hese e a eei na ti n a Mr. i creek,e e U3.-cs... ce 3 0 ,, • dis p lay Palmyra Aneto, P "'dus Cuze t -. 1. - " • eould be desirable • • It , and i laicize lug erns' 1 citor, said that further Shuckfard'e boats caught 10,000; a Brighton boat HI the present case. belonging Lyd boat took 4,000, ' lAtiirs will grace the circle 01 . to Samuel Andrews had 7,000 ; and a the Rotunda Theatre, Mr. HALL consequently remanded him. TIP) great cornet•a-pistompleyer, Li which last were sold entirely to a Frenchman. The fish have •M. Arbau, from the A ;lumber of soup tickets, from the T i nstitution •L • been very fine. P • ranging from 9s to 15.5. per 100,..... ( in el- Ti-----. _ ,_ _; Prices .. • .4 ! 4 - a e' d a g rzl 2 0 Colchester l6O 13-; 584 40 66, 87 170 Harwich Leigh 165 169 109, 16 Maldon 783 124 223 ; 368( 45 MO MACKEREL FISHERY.—The boats employed in liking this description of fish at this port have been most successful during the commencement of the present season. Last week 125 tons were dispatched by the South Devon Railway. On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, 46 tons were sent off; and we believe about 60 tons on Tuesday. Besides those forwarded for inland consumption, several of the French vessels waiting here to purchase have been fully freighted, and are gone across the channel. The catches have been tolerably divided among the fishermen : one of Shuckford's boats caught 10,000; a Brighton boat belonging to Samuel Andrews had 7,000; and a Lyd boat took 9,000, which last were sold entirely to a Frenchman. The fish have been very fine. Prices ranging tIQUI 9e. to 15s. per 100... Deronport indeipatclesi. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1851. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 10. The•LORD CHANCELLOR ,toOk his seat upon the W0 , .1- sack at Five o'cloA. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Earl GREY moved the second reading of this Bill, which was intended to remedy certain defects which had wen discovered in the working of the present laws, end which would operate to the prevention of the employ ment of a superior class of vessels as passenger ships. At present passenger ships going to America were obliged to carry provisions for ten weeks, and the Com missioners had no power of modifying this requirement; now steamers of a greater power and of a superior class had been laid down which would make the voyage in a much less time than other vessels, rand it was proposed that the companios should have power to modify the re gulations as regarded such steam-ships. It also pro posed under certain circumstances to permit, with the consent of the passengers, the sobstitution of one sort of provisions for another, and to give the Commissioners power of relaxing existing regulations in cases of ships receiving damage beiag obliged to put back. Lord REDESDALE drew the attention of their Lordships to the fact of the number of deck passengers who were crowded upon the decks of the Irish steamers; there was a case the other day in which en infant had perished from being- exposed to the inclemency of the weather on the deck of one of those steamers. In fact, the guardians of many of the unions i❑ Irela❑d had paid for the passage of many of these unfortunate paupers, in order to get rid of the burden of their maintenance. He hoped the attention of the Government would be directed to this subject. Lord WODEIIOUSE thought the cabin passengers stood almost as much in need of protection as steerage passengers, and hoped that the agents would receive di rections to see that proper provisions and an ad( quate supply of water should be provided for them. Lord COLCHESTER alluded to the case of several persons who last year were smothered on their voyage from Belfast to Glasgow, as a proof of the necessity of regulating steam passenger vessels going only short voyages. Earl GREY thought that it would be inexpedient to legislate on the subject of cabin passengers; they had the power of taking care of themselves by employing re spectable brokers. With regard to the passenger ships for Ireland, the Noble Earl was understood to intimate that he thought some regulations would be desirable. The Earl of HARROWBY made some observations, but he spoke in a tone so indistinct that it was impos sible to catch even their purport. Earl GREY replied. The greatest carp was taken of e emigrants by the Government agents in New Bruns ids and Canada. Lord MONTE AGLE bore witness to the great care and indefatigable attention to their duties exhibited by the emigration agents in the British North American colo nies. He thought the same legislative protection ought to be afforded to cabin passengers. The Bill was then read a second time. PETITIONS. The Earl of FEVERSHAM presented several peti tions from parishes in the North Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a restoration of agricultural protection. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from the guardians of the Wallingford Union in favour of an alteration in the law for making parochial assessments. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from a person named Mitchell, a suitor in the Court of Chan cery, complain.ng that he had suffered grievously from the dilatoriness of that Court, and praying for a reform in its proceedirgq. SALE OF ARSENIC. The Earl of CARLISLE introduced a Bill for regu lating the sale cf arsenic, which was read a first time. REGISTRATION OF DEEDS BILL. _ Thu Marquis 3f LANSDOWNE gave notic", on be half of his Noble Friend the Lord Chief Justice, that he would on Mouthy next move the second reading of this Bill. outbreak published in the newspapers.—(Hear, hear.) A criestion had been asked about the extent of the forces in toe Cape. At the close of the last Kafir war the number of men engaged in the colony were 3,303; at the present time the forces of every description amounted to 3,699; but Sir Harry Smith had sent home the second battalion of rifles, and orders had, therefore, been dispatched from the War-office for removing a regiment from Gibraltar to the Cape.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the expense of the proceedings, the House was aware that in 1818 and 1849 dispatches were laid on the table of tho House, iu which Lord Grey declared to the colonists that in future they would be expected to make provisions themselves for outbreaks of this nature; and in another dispatch svritt:n no later than last week this declaration of opinion was reiterated.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it right to make this announcement, and in sitting down he might as well add that there would be no objection to produce the dispatches to which he had re ferred.—(Hear, hear.) _ . _ _ _ . . Mr. HUME wished to know what the real state of the government of the Cape was? The declaration of the Secretary for the Colonies would be applicable to the Cape if the colonists were invested with the power of self-government, but unfortunately they had never en joyed that privilege. Now, the colonists themselves had openly declared, in public meeting, not only that they had nothing to do with the last war, but that the expenditure attending it was incurred by parties o►er whom they had no control, because they were appointed by the home authorities. " Give us," stay the colonists, " the management of our own affiirs, and we are quite ready to pay the piper, but not without,"—(Haar, hear.) It was very well for Earl Grey to write letters; but did he do what was his bounden duty, place the colonists in a position to protect themselves? As long as Earl Grey remained at the head of the department to which he belonged he would sink any Administra tion.—(Laughter.) Every one acquainted with the Cape of Good Hope must know that with a frontier extending some thousands of miles, it was impossible for a person sent out from the Horse Guards to conduct the government and affairs of the colony as well as those who were resident on the spot. It would be recollected that the inhabitants in every village of the country met, and elected four individuals as delegates, to consult with the Governor as to the formation of a constitution. Sir Harry Smith told those gentlemen the first thing they had to do was to vote for a military establishment, but they felt it their duty to reject that proposi tion, and the consequence was that they were compelled to throw themselves on their constituents, who thought they had acted consistently with the powers given to them. Then at the largest meeting ever held at the Cape two individuals were appointed to come over to England and represent the feelings of the colonists to the Government. These gentlemen had arrived, and one of them bad been in London three months, yet nothing had been done by the Government. In fact, the colony was now under the rule of a military despot, instead of a representative Government, and the result would be that the whole surplus revenue of the country would be swallowed up in the de fence of the colony, instead of being applied for the purposes of education in this country. As long as the affairs of the colonies were carried on in this reck less ssay, it was impossible the country could swim.— (Laughter.) He meant by a country swimming when it was able to pay its debts.—(Laughter.) He did think it was true that some decisive step should be taken i❑ this matter; and, on that ground, he had been induced to make these observations to the House.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHEKE said he would only advert to one part of the Hon. Member's remarks which was where he spoke of the Government as being employed in taking away from the colony all chance of obtaining a representative government.—(Cries of " No, no.") So far from her Majesty's Government having only taken the first step in this matter three days before the meeting of Parliament, an inquiry had been going on several months before, the result of which was, that a representative Government, of the most free and Liberal nature, had been recommended. It was, there fore, far from just to hold up the Government to repro bation as stifling all attempts of the colony to obtain re presentative institutions. Mr. ADDERLEY, though he did not entirely im pute it to the present Government that the Cape of Good Hope had not long since obtained representative institutions, yet still he thought that it was owing to a want of concert between the Government at home and their officials at the Cape, that representative institu tions had not been established there, from the want of which a large expense would now be brought upon this country. He wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he had taken it into his consideration that British Kafraria, where these disturbances had arisen, was an entirely different colony from the Cape colony, under a different administration, and under different fiscal regulations?— (Hear.) lie hoped that the Government did not deludo themselves with the idea that they could call upon the Cape to bear the slightest share of the ex pense. He had risen to ask the Noble Lord whether a dispatch had been received from Sir 11. Smith which would enable the Government to lay on the table of the House the correspondence which had taken place on the subject of the new institutions, since the time when the letters-patent were first sent out up to the present time. Lord J. RUSSELL said that such a dispatch had not yet arrived . ____ . . . . Mr. V. SMITH was afraid that the state of affairs Was not such as to allow them to enter into a discussion at present on the . conduct of the Colonial Department. If such dispatches had been received, he wished to know when it was the intention of the Government to produce them. At the close at 1648 a dispatch of Earl Grey had assured them that for the future tte colonists should be made responsible for the expenses of any future war; that it was the intention of the Government to bring iu a Bill for the promotion of free institutions in that country, in order that the colonists might take the management of their own affairs. With free institutions they might be able to pay their expenses, but be was quite sure that they could not do so without Lb em. They had been assured from time to time that measures would be taken for that object, but no such measures had been intro duced. It was all very well for his Noble Friend to say that this wag not the time for the introduction of those measures, but he believed that the only time for the consideration of them by the House was, when the colonists were in a state of suffering, and liable to expense. The frontier had been unnecessarily extended, and was, in fact, in a state wholly indefensible at the present moment. Lord J. RUSSELL could only say that the dispatches should be produced as soon as they were received, and with regard to the last observation of his Right Hon. Friend, he believed that the frontier was now in a more defensib!e state than ever it was before. Mr. G. BANKES thought it strange that the informa tion should have been received respecting this war before there were any communications with the Government. lie wished to ask whether there was not some officer who could communicate with the Government in the ab sence of the Governor ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, that in the absence of the Governor, the Secretary of the Colonial Government was their correspondent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the private letter from which the information had been derived came from the Commissary of the Govern ment. The subject then dropped. IMMIGRATION OF PAUPERS FROM. IRELAND. Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE wished to ask a question which was of the greatest moment to the country. It referred to the immigration of paupers from Ireland. An inquest had been held by Mr. Carter on the body of a child of Mary Connell. The verdict was that the child, an infant of only four months old, had died from exposure to the weather during its passage from Ireland. It was one of 750 passengers crowded upon the deck of the vessel without any covering but the air, each of whom paid only 2s. for their passage. He bad also understood that 1,000 pas sengers had been brought over for ls. 6d. a head. He wished to know whether any measures had been taken or were contemplated by the Government for the con duct of those vessels? Mr. LABOUCHERE believed that inquiries had al- ready been made, but if not they should be immediately, with a view to the rectification of these abuses. Mr. CARDWELL observed that the penalties fixed by the existing Acts of Parliament were quite inade quate to suppress the evil of °vet...crowding. Mr. LABOUCHERE admitted that they were, but he was about to introduce a Bill to increase them. Sir JAMES DUKE also stated that the steps taken by the Government with respect to the over-crowding of river steam-boats were wholly inef f icient.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE repeated that a Bill was about to be brought in to embrace the whole subject, and he therefore hoped this discussion would be kept up no longer.—(Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. Sir B. HALL wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department a question with reference to the Metropolitan Commis sioners of :;v;:•ese, By the report which had just been issued for 1850, it appeared that the expenses of management amounted to the enormous sum of 92,4651., and he wished to know whether it was the intention of the Right Honourable Gen tleman to introduce any measure during the present session for altering or amending the present Commission ?—(llear, hear.) It was also stated, in the report for 1850, that the Commissioners shortly in tended to raise a large sum of money upon the security of the rates, and he should be glad to know if the Right Hon. Beronet would sanction such a loan?—(Hear.) Sir GEORGE GREY replied that the Act establish ing the existing Commission would expire et the end of the present session, and it would therefore be necessary that some Bill should be proposed to Parliament for its continuance; but what changes would be proposed by that Bill, or when it would be brought in, he was as yet unable to state.—(Hear, bear.) With regard to the loan it would be seen by the report that the Commission proposed to raise it is the exercise of the power which they enjoyed under the Act of Parliament, and he had, therefore, no authority to inter fere.—(Hear, hear.) As to the expense of the Commis sion, all he could say was that the accounts had been annually audited by au accountant appointed by the Home-office, and hitherto they had been found strictly correct.—(Hear, hear.) CHURCH PREFERMENT. Sir B. HALL next directed the Right Hon. Baronet's attention to a return which had been laid on the table in Pursuance of an order of the House. The return related to the number of preferments held by each bishop, but the Bishops of St. Davids, Ely, and Exeter bad made no returns, and he wished to know if any thing was proposed to be done to obtain the required information from those three Right Rev. Prelates. Sir G. GREY said he had received no communication from the Diahop 9f Ely; but the Bishops a St. and Exeter wrote last summer to say that the return would take a deal of time, and occ.,isi!,n some trouble to colleet.—(Hear, hear.) Since then he had not heArd from either of them ; but the order of the House had been forwarded to them, and they had been pressed to make the neces,ary returns. Sir B. HALL, under the circumstances, gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the returns be made forthwith.—((year, hear ) COUNTY COURTS BILL. Lord BROUGHAM announced that it was his inten tion to make d:vers alterations in this Bill, in conse quence of suggestions which he had received, and if he had not noticed all the suggestions which had been transmitted to hint it was not from disrespect to the per sons making there- DESIGNS ACT EXTENSION BILL. On the suggestictt of Lord BROUGHAM, The Earl of GLANVILLE consented that this Bil, ahould be referred to a Select Committee. FALAI, AGGRESSION. _ Earl FITZ sviiiiiiAiiga;enoticediat he should to morrow, on presenting a petition, make some observations on the subject of the Papal aggression. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 10. lho SPEAKER took the Chair shortly bore Four. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. EVANS moved that in the case of the Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, end Midland Junction Rail way Bill, the Standing Order No. 152, be dispensed with:—That leave be given to present the Bill, not withstanding the same was not presented within three clear days after the presentation of the petition for leave to bring in the same.—Agreed to. Mr. BROTIIERTON moved that, on the motion for the second reading of the Caledonian Railway (Glas gow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge, Polloc and Govan, &c., Railways) (Amendment and Continuation, &c.) Bill, the Standing Orders Nos. 160 and 163, be sus pended; and that the consideratton of the second reading be postponed till Friday next.—Agreed SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were then read et second time:— Bucking'uam, Bracklel', aild Banbury Turnpike Road. Cork and Waterford Railway. Lincoln hire Estuary. Mayfield Railway. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Ralway. Towceater, Brackley ; and Weston-on-the. Green Turnpike Road. Waterford and Tramore Railway. PETITIONS. Lord lIOTHA M presented a petition against the Mer. cantile Marine Act. Several other petitions were presented to a similar effect. Mr. HENRY presented a petition from the County Down against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from several gentlemen of high respectability in the City, com plaining of the unjust proceedings of her Majesty's Customhouse authorities. Mr. PLUNIPTRE presented a petition against th© removal of Smithfield-market. Mr. T. EGERTON presented a petition from a place in Cheshire against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Several other petitions were presented to a similar effect. Mr. SCIIOLEFIELD preserttd a petition from Bir• mingham praying for the repeal of the window tax. Sir B. HALL presented similar petitions from Mary lebone. Mr. PORTAL presented a petition from Kingston, in Hampshire, praying fur the removal of agricultural distress. Alderman COPELAND presented a petition agains the removal of Smithfield-market. Mr. STUART presented a petition from the attorneys and solicitors, praying that the salaries of the Vice- Chancellor and the officers to be appointed be rot paid out of the suitors' fund; also a petition from Newark against the paper duty. Mr. 11. GI ATTAN presented several petitions from Irelsnd against the principle of centralisation; also se veral others complaining of agricultural distress. Colonel CHATTEitTuN presented several petitions against Papal aggression. Mr. R. D. MANGLES presented petitions from se veral places iu Surrey against the removal of Smithfield market. Mr. ALCOCK presented petitions to a similar effect. Similar petitions were presented by the SOLICITOR GENERAL from the butchers of Southampton, and by Mr. \VAKLEY from Stoke Newington. THE MERCANTILE MARINE AND CONSOLL DATION BILLS. Lord JOHN MANNERS begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Board of Trade whether he had taken any notice of the several dis turbances which had taken place in various ports, in consequence of the operation of the Mercantile Marine Bill, and whether he contemplated any alteration in the provisions of that Bill. He would also ask the Right Honourable Gentleman whether he intended during the present session to renew the Consolidation Marine Bill, which had been brought under the notice of the House during the last year? Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the Noble Lord had asked him questions on two subjects which were totally distinct in character, though both referred to the mer cantile marine of this country. With respect to the Consolidation Act, to which the Noble Lord had referred, he had to say that he had received communications from several parts of the conntry,which had induced him to post pone the introduction of that or another measure till some future time. With respect to the Mercantile Marine Bill, he might add that it was not his intention to intro duce during the present session any provisions for the material alteration or amendment of that Act. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. Mr. MO WATT presented a petition from Falmouth against the Bill. Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND gave notice that if the Government still persevered in their intention of omitting the 2d and 3d clauses of this Bill, he should, when any motion to th a t effect was made in Committee, movotha jtothueNchairman RUSSELL gave notice that he should on the chair. JEWS' (ABJURATION OATH) BILL. Lord on Thursday next moan f o r leave to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the Abjuration of Oa ths Bill. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND). The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that, on the 18th of March, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act for Facilit , iting the Transfer of Encumbered Estates in Ireland, and to give a simple and effectual security to the purchasers of such es, , tats. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. MASTERMAN gave notice of a motion for counsel to be heard at the bar against the Removal of Smithfield Market Bill. The SPEAKER intimated that, in its present shape, the motion could not he entertained. Mr. MASTERS, AN was aware of that, but all he desired was publicity for his object. THE KAFIR WAR. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he rose to answer the question which had been put on Friday respecting the Kafir war. The Government had received several dispatches on the subject, one of which gave an account of an ineffectual attempt of Captain So merset to join Sir Harry Smith. The statements which had been received subsequently to that date were contained in private communications to Members of the Lime, end is the accounts Qi the JAMAICA. Mr. BERNAL wished to know from the Hon. Gen tleman the Under Secretary for the Colonies if Govern ment intended to take any steps f)r supplying the i,land of Jamaica with free labourers, since the cholera had swept off more than ha;f of its labcwring population? Mr. HAWES must decline answering that question till to-morrow, but he could state now that the return moved for by the Honourable Member fur Cambridge would give the fullesP. information on the subject. REFUSAL TO RECEIVE ADDRESSES - TO HER MAJE:7,TY FROM ORANGE LODGES. Cipt. ARCHDALL asked the Right Hun. Secretary of the Home Department why he felt it inconsistent with his duty to lay before her Majesty certan loyal and dutiful addresses tv i ;ainst the Papal aggres•ion from Orange Lodges in Ireland, he having in 184 S presented to her Majesty similar addresses from the same body ? Sir G. GREY replied that he hid receive I three rtd dressts within the last few months to be presented to her Mij:,sty, and they were of the following character. The first was from the Grand Lodge of the 0.-an4e men of Great Brit do, purporting to be signed by Lord Enniskillen, the grand-tn aster, and other parties. Tho second was from the Loyal Lodge of Orangemen in Ireland, also signed by Lord Enniskillen as the grand master; and the third was from the Orange men of Liverpool. Ho thought it was nut consistent with his duty to present these addresses to her Ma jesty, on the ground of their purporting to come from societies which used secret signs, and which on that account were illegal. It was true he had presented addresses in 1848 from the same bodies, but this was an oversight, and he alone ought to be censured.—(Hear.) But as regarded the addresses referred to by the Hon. Member, he thought he was only acting in strict accordance wall his duty in decliu ing to lay them before her Majesty.—(Hear.) BOROUGH OF DUNGARVAN. Mr. LAWLESS asked the Secretary for Ireland (Sir W. Somerville) the reason why no vac,incy had been announced in the representation of the borough of Dun garvan? Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied that all he could say was, that the matter was not connected with his depart ment.—(Laughter.) 'GRANT TO MAYNOOTH. Mr. SPOONER wished to adt whether the Chancel lor of the Exchequer intended this year to propose a grant to Maynooth. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the general expenses for Maynooth were provided for by a❑ Act of Parliament passed three years ago, and be was not aware of any extra expemes which required to be provided for by an extra grant this year. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Sir R. H. INGLIS inquired whether the Noble Lord, in giving notice of his motion for the removal of Jewish disabilities for Thursday night, bad considered whether Hon. Members who had motions on the paper would give way to him on that night? Lord J. RUSSELL said he had not considered that, but he was anxious to bring it on as soon as possible, as the House had passed resolutions on the subject at the close of last session. NAVY ES rIM.ATES. On the motion for, that the Speaker leave the Chair, Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to make alterations in his Budget, he should move that no votes be taken until the intended alterations were stated.—(Hear.) In 184 S, the House would recollect, that after various statements had been made respecting the estimates for the Army and Navy, and Ordnance, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had consented to greatly modify the amount of the expense. He did hope that a similar course would be pursued on the present occasion. He would only refer to the reports of former years, and he thought that after the House bad heard the facts which he had to state sufficient reason would appear for an alteration in the plan now laid before them by the Government. By a reference to those reports, he found that in 1830 the Duke of Wellington, the highest authority that could be adduced on military matters, had for 138.954 men, asked the country to grant 8,491,0571., less by 2,442,000/. asked by the Government this year, though they only wanted 122,000 men. In the last year of Earl Grey's Administration, in 1834, the number of men proposed was 136 332 and the money 7,918,5931., loss than the money asked for this year by 3.015,000/. It was also worth while to notice, that in 1835, Sir Robert Peel asked for 135,8'20 men, with a sum of 7,146,9521., being 3,787,0001. less than the money now demanded from the House. He would now ask the House to remember that 3,000,000/, was more than the amount of window-tax and paper duty, and went far to meet the liquidation of the income-tax. He trusted that the House would never agree again to the exorbitant increase which had been made in the military establishment of the country. In his opinion it was disgraceful. Talk of the Duke of Wellington's Go• vernment, why that Noble Duke had set an example to the present Government in the reductions he made in the army, and no man in the kingdom knew better the necessities of tiae country than the Noble Duke. The Hon. Member c , nclutled that no supply should be voted before the amended Budget was presented to the House. Mr. HUME thought the House ought to have acme explanation with respect to the estimates before they went into a Committee. Sir F. BARING said he should give the necvsAary explanation when the House was in Committee of Sup ply.—(llPar. hoar.) 'The'SPEAK ER then put the question that the House should go into a Committee of Supply on the Navy Eitirnates, and also the amendment of the Hon. Mem ber for Lambeth. Mr. WILLIAMS declining to press his amendment to a division, The House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Sir F. T. BARING said, that when he had to open the estimates last year he found it to be his first duty to call the attention of the House to a vote for a large sum for an excess of expenditure occurring in former years— an excess over the votes agreed to by the House. This sum amounted to 211,0001. This had been rendered ne cessary by the coerce previously pursued during several years, but it was his firmest intention, in conformity with the opinions which he had lung entertained, and in conformity with the recommendations of the House of Commons, so to frame the estimates as to prevent a re petition of such occurrences, and he hoped that that would prove the last time when such a proceeding would be resorted to, unless, indeed, under the pressure of ex• Creme circumstances; for it appeared to him that no thing less than absolute necessity justified any excess of expenditure over votes. Those gentlemen who took the trouble to look at the papers settiug forth the receipts and expenditure for the current year would find that he did not call for a vote fur excess. A certain sum had been voted last year, and the actual expenditure was nearly 400,000/. under that. Although the financial y, ar was not yet comp!e:e s and the EXilet, dot i had not yet been furnished, yet he was enabled to state that there was reason to expect a consider able surplus this year, comparing the expenditure with the money voted. He mentioned that first, because he con sidered it to be of deep importance in a constitutional point of view. It was most important that the House of Commons should see what the full amount of expendi ture was likely to be. If they got the habit of voting so much, and that the actual expenditure came to a higher sum, and th a t arrears f rom excess o f expenditure had to be annually provided for, Parliament would abandon its proper control over the public finances. Ile repeated that he wished to mention this in the first in stance as he desired to call the attention of the House to the modes in which estimates might he made up. There were two modes of making up estimates.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Order.") Ile said he should endeevour to make himself heard as well as indisposition would permit, but he was labouring under a popular disease, which somewhat interfered with the duty he had to perform.— (Hear) There were two modes of framing estimates; ono was taking a sanguine view of the subject, an d fi x i ng the expenses low; but in two years afterwards the evil of such a plan always became apparent. The oth er mo d e was to state the expenses high, so as to l eave a consi derrble margin, with an assurance that there would be more than enough for the demands of the service. The latter was the course which he had taken, and it would, be had little doubt, be found that the present estimate was larger than the actual expenditure would be. During the last two years the actual expenditure had been 700,000/. fot those two years b e l ow the vote which Parliament had sanctioned, and . , unless a ny t hi ng s h ou ld happen, and under ordinary circumstances, the actual expenditure for the ensuing year would be within the estimate which he now called upon the House to vote. The first vote was the vote for the men. He should pro pose the same number of men as lest year. But the sc• tual sum required for the payment of these men was greater than last year, and he would explain the reasons for this increase. With regard fir s t t o t h e num b er o f m en, that question it was for the Government to settle as a Government, after a full cons id erat i on o f t h e circum stances of the time. B u t i n t h at H ouse i t was extreme l y inconvenient to discuss this question, because it could not be entered into without raising subjects which it was not well for those in office to discuss. The amount of naval force necessary to defend Our commerce and our shores determined the number of men required. Now the Go vernment were not disposed to look with jealousy to the prod clings of foreign Governments, but it was impos • sible to determine what was necessary for our own es tablishment without looking to the establishments of foreign countries; and we licid a sufficient proof last year that a galiane an able, and intelligent people, not far from our own shores, had not by any means Ise glected their naval estehlishments ned their naval power. And those gentlemen who were at Cherbourg last sum mer, and who partook of the courteey paid to Lnglish visitors, must have come back with the conviction that the French were not quite satisfied to rest their naval establishments upon the Peace Congress (so we understood the Right Hon. Gentlemso). The estimates of 1835 and 1836 had been referred to, but they had al ways been considered as framed fur a particular occasion, and were not estimates upon which the country could permanently rely. Mr. WILLIAMS—I referred to 1834. Sir F. T. BARING—The number of men voted in 1835 and 1836 was 26,500. The last French vote was for 25,000, and when the House looked at the greater de mand for the naval force of this country for the protection of our colonies and cur widely extended commerce, as compared with that of France, they would s e e that the number cf men voted in 1835 would nos be outheivut I --------------- when a (*weigh Power had voted 25,000 The ccmpari son bet ,v, en the increase in our naval establishment sir.ce 1835 up to the present time, and th e rate of increase in be the French navy during the same reriod, Ought to s'ated to e House. In 1835 the expenditure)sl it will on ac thcount of the Fret C 1 navy was 2,549,272/ ; in 18 4,284,9601., being an increase of 1,735,60/. Probably those who referred to our estima tes of 1835 as the stal dard would not expect to find that enormous increase is the proportionate expenditure upon the French navy With regard to the estimates for our own nary, the ex poises of the packet service deceived us. That large expenditure was not included in the estimates of 183 5 . The naval expenditure of 1835 was 4.271.6741. and of 1850, 5,598,302/, being an increase of 1,326,6281, while as he had stated, the French increase had been 1 The fact that the vote for the wages of the men vies greater than last year arose from several causes. Itt the first place, some of the men were receiving higher pay, ss in the Arctic Expedition, where the men *e e receiving t double wages, and in some smaller veasels ,735,000/. _ , I ,)- were receiving an increase. There had been, i ideed, a gradual tendency to an increased scale of Pol . Another cause of the increase was the new cooge' meet with regard to victualling. Last year he o btained the sanction of the House to au alteration in tbe practice with regard to grog. This alteration had led to an ti° " l "x Filet . , but it had had t he effect of h transferr" ,h a charge which had heret , f , re belonged to te victua l. ing department to tho charge for wageee which UM m•cmed larger than in former years. The liberal tom ' mot u t i l ' e a r t ion changes,i or s onepiri t beingshad been accompanied with scr ee ether, of more importncealnietehreeaysoette,f bl).3i3a.'g wind n tehir r e i scale If v ettl3lllog to the navy. The result had bee a con-iderable improvement in the s) stem aYnsl3l,' and ako in the vivallp, wh oh brought ohs seatl?e ntrti,uden near e r in both respects to the merchant service, to the condition of the seamen in other nest eo• He sincerely believed it would be a great benefit to bad m-rchant service to prosecute that system. II ' O O been telt that this was a difficult question, yet t, t " ° „ 0 e l , arrangement had been received in a friendly sPt r " j, Parliament and also by those immediately conceree (The Right Honourable Gentleman, who ' , V I° ill .' vary low and indistinct voice, was here agsured by t r i Hume, and other Members who sat behind him, teat they "could not hear a word.") The informatioo .nit; had received from the commanders-inchief °lb that they had reason to be very well sstisfied WI e e the new arrangements. They said that the stuounc L: t so ehher punishments had dminished in con far as experience had gone, therefore, the exP erien e sneet of the Admiralty with regard to the new eating .4 relative to the grog was satisfactory. Upon the eating n ext votes, the Admiralty and the scientific branches, ther e 1:4 was no diminution. In the Admiralty there WO 2 rtl y ice. increase arising from the addition in the time of ser ... Yet . this increase was in reality an advantage to the_ore_l_e vice, because a diminution under this b the superannuation of the older clerks. It would be Y, y superannuating half-a-dozen clerks, to reduce the C O _ l s i of this department, because these superannuations slutild appear h among the civil allowances, where thei arisingw head arose le,°:: From more than counterbalance any advantage b m the decrease in the present vote. Veil f ew • o3 le retired during the last year, and that was the °l co P me reason why the Admiralty establishment ha, b,e, pt more expensive. The vote No. 4, for the Reg' s°. oit estimates, Record-office of Seamen, did not appear in the P re d o f T t - mates, having been transferred to the 13°3r be ees rade. This vote would appear in the miscella 99t, f estimates. Ho now came to vote No. 6, a I:34'n6ther or her Majesty establishments at homedin rr-bere words, for the expenses of the dockyr. ` re . was a reduction of 15,0001. in the expenditure in t h . e Yeen sent estimate; and considerable reductions had o ° ,7 i , going on during the last few years. The num ber , ' wits soarers in factories, &c., including hired wOrligle:l°,),ef ,214 on April 1, 1848; on the Ist of March, 18ale "4 were 12,862, being a reduction of 2,352 hired labour e q . , in the dockyards. With regard to this pert of t he s ~e, pendituro he believed that unless anything turned the Government would be able gradually to tnak e i l° ,,i x ted reductions in these establishments. But he t uc e - s e of nbupind a greater saving with regard to the W e- 1, 8, , 1 ing ships, and he would come to the votes 6; . i 3in s. The 2 0, and 11, which related to the building °I ; ei r ad .e reduction in these items for the year 185 1 ,b e a b 1,25 e 6 s -compared with the year 1848-9, no l e ss i r was . 5 ,2, ti. But the actual expenditure in the lett% ewiti. mates of greater than in the votes, while L OP the the ! The e'isn i r n suctionsthe charg fo _ wroeg up 0 for third du 1 f tiding ships had been u f . pwards e one b J oe ear w e ne u a lc d l e b i ' n t t h h e last two years. The vote for stores The i s t -ote had wa b s een for a was muc . _„ 0 „ less by 41,806/. then i r f o e last year, and the vote had been getting ,? fli gle se/ a number of years. He should not o ' sl ' — e s in' great number of .t )" 0 , credit if it were effected by fearing the fi ttnc s rea c w o o m re pl a e s te, but ho had reason to believe that nailtha- es well able to meet the demands of the t oee they needed to be, and as they . had been for a long t' ale A,arnhnldrvtea,onnyldrenduoctthioanvewhtiochhohamdadbeeenuperrected was yearers. wa T s h a o reduction dead wsig o h f t, or h,,if.pay, a wo )o r ' ks. j u futur e 0 41,450/. in the " t° f°1. 0 . " hi s t eo ut 28,0004 The more ships there were in c° mm on'i the fewer officers there were upon hal fl6Y e es ; rai; sign the other hand, if there were few ships inic-t-ion 01 the half•pay would be larger. 1301 ad reoar-pdac.. t 19 0 , n 059/ had taken place in the half-pay• an, this :-1010 fur was gradually going on. The Me:tease 10 the Go, ; tv of th e • the packet service arose from the anxiety • won vernment to give the ozur ile f means of additional co oos se 0 to the mercantile the western coast of 1 the year made interest. provision for the Post office --- 10 ,_ an d a w i t h the Cape of e t) , America and the Broense 7 , s fo ol os t , h ar o v u i g , oh this 4 5 , 0;1 earol. bi , c t i Ai U d Hope, by steam-vessel sl. Plymouth, H.. could not, vrtlilse-refo-urier,edsuPloPrutietheth;sZ: w ade t c l io re hadlht the art of the public. That iecreased %P en d pot required be for Lh a , :en p'ace fur the purpose of commerce. her por' votes n 60 m:litary services for which the et ~,se tions of the in the estimates ' If it the addition e s re to uP t P h r e ° s P a r i i l a o t :: : for the ensuing year as cornPireereeter the but past was 181,093/, which would bale h' e ll :i s ion t4 were not for the increase in consequence "darer alLeratit Cs he might have had &minutiae of a %par). of a million compared a I --(Hear, '' He had now beencon with last year.. h3 ,__ ltt , f o r to o _. , yeses, and the Commi itt:otewdowniidth t!;tAtabitalk"belsee!se; payThoeicrileptrcloeiirt::: the c edi e t rtrilogn.wrHouglyif he stated the result of his adwihiitiolte was he anxious redoo t t o i o do so th , a n t e thathat bees ra tr i g adeis b o a o t because to it was due to the House and the country ob.''' . the real truth, as inaccurate reports had g°ractsef°ates in (Hear) He did not look to the amount of est„--ril er • They hadibnadthfesl.lceolll any given year. The real criterion was the ae" - , t yes! could not The actual expenditure for tbe 1 7° ,. w eak' be given with exactness, because the Y ea 'were 5° not terminate until the 31stof March; bot We tb ° near that day that he had no doubt he Bheuic 4 l :; ) wsll 67 7 39 r 65 y 25 The actual expenditure, ° lB 5O-5 1 50 0E 7,955,0001.; t w i' h e ich eete w e a l s eaxp'r'nediliutcetrieon er of 1 ' 5?2 h 13661 It he deducted a part of the expenditure .wheit.ooce' been transferred, viz., for courts and B ei t l &t r ig ' 92,500/., he found that the reduction etree‘ e- 0 t he his two years of office had been 1,500, „, ho It _..,,,e 6,362,5001.; which expenditure of 1850-51.—(Hear, he ) . 1 ar. ooo/. e s : , tiP e ° o 3°, think, was not a small sum to have recillee rr d e 11(jul;l ' et Mauch of the: public service.—(Hear, i,etr•) .`", befL 3 ' wish to compare himself with those w ho bad e c ti o nons icli him at the Admiralty, oftenre t f h e e rr A ed d t m administratio nof this Re (e' f r but as the able an d 'e;, Jaal Graham), under ight Hon ' Geatiewsu 11" e $ tmliirn G iheoai r eer e nbia ) :o : g eiinuistterationefodfestebrevAednie. oilsotgra: '‘g _, who)tei w, whole :not. af°l3ct,. b aa e resq p ut e v r iir m tehd i t t t ah e d agtr t eo o aft compare reputationp iSighehti s floir e o - vb. i i ,icie rl ec ri o: : 0 1 1,0 0 0 : In 1830 the n it a s t v r a a l t ieoxn expenditure d • fie eio?ltotion• xen iture. the Right Hon. Baronet's ad0:0.'5034.5 Right Hon, the educe° flog 4,626,8001., in n nt h leman had _r _ - yor e, du• - ,,,, so that bad deducted r a h t . y h . e t h e e ffee which i dwuoruinldgt h l e Right liodn.en iture was 5,768,80014,10 a to t h o s f d l r 'Paresided osier s;ie chargested a r ewohuteothionhaodf I,l42oo°_,srred bee n tran s l 7 - d he la (Sir F. Retiree's) two years of offie. e ,': 0 35 ; also deduct a sum of 142,1021. for k -- c horg eu guard, upon which if he recollected rightly, ws.si,trtill of his the Customs. During the a dasin sre Right Honourable Friend there was et t he same e iOrl of 1,000,000/. in the naval expenditure; ,trin' time h he would venture to suggest wen f t u h r ey pr h l 2 i4 rd at t e he ex a p b e u n se di t t h u a re t , vv t a a to Wild °° sc ot bees, oar' , ire seli t Admiralty the 0 1 " 0, 000 1 e Government had reduced the expenditure l's over the and_ that during the two years he had presided department the reduction had been grea „ ea rs, - ter tb igi sna ever before been made in the previous twenU , Ho oey years' P sss. he believed that, by a little attention to the NW° ins through their hands, they might be able te ll:l ,lo° 4rd y w e i a th rsto reduce the estimates still further. 1--bepto° some degree of doubt at the atternets t ha t ; nage l l t recommended in other quarters to reduce l'e r -I tilt' and very hkiisndßigsuddenly the naval force An atterePt ° tha t ht Hon. Friend the present was made a few years ago, atiscdhtshe resu lt vi-- t•%% . the quer, when he was Ses h •r e etary of t t sisalbe die b a d cellor of the d a d and his defence h: Acirdit°l9ll' in a able speech, to defend the course of t veryGoverriment they tbe spent less, but more than he.was.edecteesor, sorot navy, for the charge againstt i t r he P rie r then w °s ealhe n they he had cut down the ravel force too inu„cli' tier' the (Sir I' . . Baring) way Chancellorof the .o:ch.esioto late Sir IL Yee;! - eatir ° • 0 used to observe that their ecto tto had increased much, and held out sonic exPilaronet of reducingvery came into them ; but when the Right n attempt`" 05 office, althoh he believed en, tur° made to reduce the naval • • teop• a„0 estimates, it soon. the co,-,-,, the oilier wa ' ).-, and in 1845 they began again . tly of a large i nerease in the expenditure of the n° pall thoughtwere these ups and downs in the finances of the t do l of abuse politic.—(Ueur.) He had had no gr e3 eo t he , e ,. s! - ' , . and had not gained mach reputation, st° e, 10 neveu that those who came after him woul d 6 „ 13 n od e ' a considerab:a reduction of ex cuditure had be ts the and that at the same time Pthe establishmeo's - oat ° country had been kept up in fll aril good thels vavY of efficiency as ever. The as " ' administration of a n ig' had hu • i been cent.;.:cted upon an economical, but o °, t e -- eest t gardly system; and at the same time there °ool; much improvement in the condition of the that 106 sailor—(Hear) —not a cheap process, but one ,i s re' no trifling advantage now, and would, he beadbelie s,, after T he of guest service to the navy.—(ll°lll.'• 0 The packet service had also been extended to g l 76 e ar) cornmod,tion to the commerce of the c ountrY — T; been m —and those lines of comunicationt Friell which ha' ri t ee preposed b of the Exch y himst , if and his Righ Hone ,-, aif , Ch an cellor equer, When they were t ee fere rat o ffi ces, had b ee n increased a „d ex tended i i , ll i g et estimates he now submitted to the House, Tbe ' fi i i - o . i b l e o e n (, . , Baronet then concluded by moving that th e "" y eaf t men voted for the naval service o t he " 1851.2 be 39,000. '" ~/ ■ ........