The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

LIABILITIES. f. 865,960,798 63 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased by 9,300,000 F. The commercial bills di sc ounted have decreased by 7,500,0004 Th e Bank no t e s in 'circulation have decreased by 7,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in creased by 2,500,000 f. Sundry credits have increased by 8,750,C0CE GERMANY. The Bishops of the Roman Catholic provinces of the Upper Rhine have agreed to a memorial to be presented to the several Governments, containing 17 demands, which, if granted, would render the Church ,estally independent of the State, and deprive the ' atter to a considerable extent of its political power. the demands are as follow: —l. Abolition of all the concessions made since March, 1848, in matters affecting the jurisdiction of the Church, such as the civil contract of marriage, &c. 2. Free exercise of the power of the bishops in their respective dioceses to grant spiritual offices. 3. A limitation of the right of patronage in benefices. 4. Permission to the bishops to examine canonically and canonically to punish their subordinates. 5. Abolition of the State examinations for candidates for the priesthood. 6. Abolition of the assent of the State to the appoint ment to vacant livings. 7. Abolition of the present right of appeal to the Civil Government from the sentences of the Ecclesiastical Court in criminal cases; the latter shall be immediately put in execu tion, after the simple evidence given of guilt, as far as deprivation from a benefice and confiscation of the income. 8. Every appeal to the civil courts to be considered a rejection of the legal and normal authority of the Church, and to be followed by ex communication. 9. Abolition of the State titles of the clergy. 10. The bishops to have the confirmation of all appointments of teachers of religion in the gymnasia and universities. 11. Abolition of the assent of the State to the publication of Papal bulls, letters, and episcopal pastoral addresses to the clergy. 12. Right of bishops to give their licence for holding popular missions and religious ex ercises on the part of the priesthood. 13. Permission to form spiritual associations of men and women for prayer, contemplation, and self-denying obedience. 14. Restoration to the bishops of their power to punish members of the Church who despise its regulations. 15. Free intercourse of.the bishops with Rome. 16. The temporal power to have no right to interfere in appoint- 1 ments to vacancies in Cathedral chapters. 17. Inde pendence of the clergy in the management of the property of all Catholic Church and endowment re venues. The memorial is signed by the Archbishop of Freiburg, the Bishop of Limburg, the Bishop of Rettenburg, the Bishop of Fulda, and the Bishop of Mayence. THE NEW HOLY ALLIANCE. Our readers will scarcely need a hint from us to dis. cover that the Congress of Sovereigns now assembled at Warsaw, whatever name it may bear, can be nothing less in substance than a revival of the " Holy Alliance." That famous confederacy was organized in Paris, by the monarchs of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, about thr ee months after the battle of Waterloo, when the over throw of their great enemy laid continental Eu rope prostrate at their feet, and they be keyed themselves able to trample out every spark of popular liberty. The French Government, though not openly enrolled in the confederacy, was united with it by the ties of interest and sympathy, and the British Government of that day, without joining it, openly eapprovcd of it. The " Alliance" professed to have " no other object in view than to publish in the face of the world their fixed resolution to take for their sole guide the precepts of our holy religion, the precepts of justice, Chri.stian charity, and peace." It was thus " with devoti, , L's visage and pious action, they sugared over" a forraidabie conspiracy against the rights of nations. Their declaration was followed up by dismem bering Denmark and Saxony, and breaking faith with Genoa, and extinguishing its existence. n 1820, Spain rose egainst the tyranny of Ferdinand', and established a popular Government; Portugal followed its steps forth with, and Naples end' Piedmont in a short time after. wards. Our champions 'of justice, Christian charity, and peace" row dropped the mask, and stepped forward in their true character. They met at Lay bach, and de. nounced all the new constitutions as rebellions. Armies were sent into Naples and Piedmont to restore the old kingly Government. In Spain, which was not so easily invaded, money and intrigue were tried for more than two years, When these were found ineff-ctual, the Holy Allies assembled again et Verona (in 1823), and concocted an invasion of Vie country, which France carried out by sending the Duke of Angouleme into Spain with an army. No movement in Europe 1 : 104, escaped their notice. Even the effort of the poor oppressed Greeks to shake off the Turkiah yoke was branded as rebellion against their " legitimate sovereign," by these ad voca t es o f " Ch r i s ti an charity." 1 1 °Y had now plainly constituted themselves the High "ic of Europe for the prevention of political improve- Tent and t h e maintenance of despotism; and even the BritishFren G overnment ceased t o d e f en d t h e i r ac t s . Th e id theeh ytvolutio n o f 1830 knocked one of their partners list, and many thought that the confederacy was extinct. But the snake was only ecotched, not killed. The revolutionaoft last years ha ve awa kened the old Bars, and suggested a recurrence to old measures. There canTotlyhegao_doubttl that the object of the deli berations tlireo kings n ,at Warsaw is to band the their common principles, s i! together in support of ie and to devise additional m"aus of keeping down popular movements. The dis cussions, as at Paris, .Laybach, and Vee "C o o tie greesos," will ,ona, end the be entirely secret, and the re other Probably not appear in an o to will most published document, but the past history of the parties, y -known sentiments their present position, and their well all assure us that we now witness a revivat of h t eholy Alliance.—Seeteetan. Capital ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditt , ) cf the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund .., „, ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14 ReAerve-im En obiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 0 • Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 406,647,200 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 102,846,925 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 6,168,662 78 Account-current with Treasury creditor 108,000,857 11 Various accounts current ... ... 89,096,1 38 6 Ditto in branches 28,658,767 0 Bills payable at sight ... ••• ••• 6,504,500 0 Ditto at branches 2,925,465 0 Dividends payable ••• . . ••• 276,193 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0 Expenses anticipated ... ••• •'— 135,201 38 r Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 2,875,115 42 Ditto of branch banks ... ... ... 1,658,216 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 169,730 65 Ditto in branch banks •.. ..- -- 287,678 0 Interest on protested bills ... ... 639,856 79 Miscellaneous j ... ... ... 832,787 05 1 ... AMERICAN FACTS. The United States of America CCOUpy , area 2,300,000 square miles, or 650,000 miles more the the , whole of Europe, except 'Russia. Their greatest length is 3,000 miles, their greatest breadth i s 1, 700 miles. _They have a frontier es a sea line of 10,000 mil ea coast of 3 600 miles, and a lake coast of 1,200 miles. Of the rivers, the Missouri is 3,600 miles in length, o r more than twice the length of the Danube ; the Ohio is 6 c 11 :) miles lo nger th an t h e Rhi n e ; and the Hudson (en tirely ill the state of New York, and navigable for 160 miles) is The territory miles longer than the Thames. thirty - of the United States is divided into whie • h Puide has setratates and three territories, each of • &nut alone h as te Government . The state of Vir has"' and is about on e-th ird aria of e-third larger t han England. Tha state of no onnta . 8,000 more than the in t : 40,000 square miles, or hour of the city of Ne w Y ork of Scotland. The har a river, canal, and lake navigation the Atlantic outlet of or the distance of from Euro p e e ro t n of about 3,000 miles, From Augusta, in the Sta t e 0,. A_merica. haus, in Louisiana, the di ataue _ °I Ma to New Or . is 1 800 miles more than from London t o c on ' llt miles, or 200 The population in 1810 was 17 62 nD period the number of horses and mule At the same neat esti; 4,971,580; sheep, 19 a was 4,335 60. ,311 37 " 26 301,293. , ; swine, Of minerals, &c., iron ore, coal, limestone, a n d are abundant. The load region in Missouri, llli salt, Wisconsin, and l ow a, is probably the fi nest in the s' There is an ample su pply of marble and gymEl', world. Gold ii found to some extent in. Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. Of coa l th e supply is doubtlesa I'nez ' . haustible. The manufacture; of the United States, though i n f o _ riot to their agriculture • and commerce, have reePntly received much attention, and have largely increased in amount, both for home consumption and for exportatiot., In 1849 the amount produced of home-made cr family goods was 29.023,830 dollars. The cotton wanu f act°' rise were 1,240, wits 2,234,631 spindles. They am plo7o 74119 pow, fm too srtiqo to & I le O, inane POST-OTFICE NOTICE.—The mails to be for.. warded by the contract packets to the Cape of Go o d Hope, Sierra Leone, &c., will continue to be made up i n London on the eveqing of the 14th of each month, and in Plymouth on the morning of the lath, except when the 14th falls on a Sunday, and on thosefoccasions the mails will be 'closed in London on the evening of the loth, and in,Ply. mouth on the morn ng of the 16th of the month. A SPOUTING ACTION.—We understand en action ' will be shortly- tried at Guildhall that excites great interest a mong Military eircles h as well as in the sporting world. The plaintiff ia a gentleman well known on the turf, and the de fendant an alicer on full pay in su,infantry regiment. The action is brought upon a bill of exchange fur near 2,000 L g yen' in satisfaction of a bet lost on the Derby of 1850. The The case, we bar, plea set up, we understand, is gaming. will be tried by a special jury, and no ikUtts the gegli Will ba T 97 intliOiriipg Paper. - - THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE LORD COT TENHAN. On Saturday last the mortal remains of this dis tinguished and learned nobleman, the late Earl of Cot tenham, were removed from his residence, Park-lane, Piccadilly, and interred in the family vault at Totteridge Church, two miles from Barnet, Herta, according to his late Lordship's special desire. The principal mourners on the melancholy occasion were the present Earl of Cottenham, Viscount Crowhurst, the Lord Bi shop of Worcester, the Honourable Henry Pepys, Hon. G. Pepys, Hon. Frederic Pepys, Richard Baker Wingfield, Esq., Philip Henry Pepys, Esq., William Wingfield Baker, Esq., the Earl of Devon, J. Mills, Esq., W. Russell, Esq., C. Wingfield, Esq., and several other distinguished members of the Chancery bar. It may be remembered that the retirement from office of this eminent judge was mainly occasioned by his im paired state of health, and his Lordship was ad vised by his medical attendants to try the effect of a change of scene and climate. His Lordship ac cordingly repaired to Rome, where, after a short so journ, he expired on the 29th of April. On the arrival of the melancholy intelligence of his Lordship's demise Mr. Caldecott, of Great Russell-street, received instructions to take the necessary measures for the re moval of the body to town, preparatory to its interment in the family vault. In consequence of the lateness of the season, the body being conveyed overland, consi derable delay was experienced in its transit, and it ac cordingly did not reach this country until the 23d inst., when it arrived at Dover, and was immediately con veyed by special train to his late Lordship's residence, accompanied by his Lordship's son, the present Earl of Cottenbam. FRENCH RAIL WA Y TRAFFIC. The following are the last returns of the gross re ceipts of the principal French Railways : NORTHERN.—From May 14 to May 20: Passengers, 271,282 t.; goods, 177.974 f.; total, 449.08 f. ROUEN.—From May 11 to May 17 : Passengers, 71,1211.; goods, 79 909 f.; total, 158,030 f. llAvuz.—Froua May 11 to May 17 : Passengers, 29,530 f.; goods, 38,802 f. ; total 63,4121. ORLEANS.—From May 12 to May 18 : Passeng►ers, 89,722 i: ; goods, 112,853 f.; total, 202,5751. I.3ORDEAUX.—From May 12 to May 18: Passengers, 40,389%; goods, 41,286 f.; total, 81,675 f. VIERZON —From May 12 to May 18: Passengers, 38 838 f.; goods, 41,188 t.; total, 82 026 f. BOULOGNE.—From May 11 to May 17 : Passengers, 19,5591.; g00d, , , 18,5401.; total, 38,0991. NANTES..—FrOO2 May 10 to May 16 : Passengers, 22,6961.; goods, 15,3061.; total, 38,056 f. STRASBURG —From May 14 to May 20: Passengers, 91,0351.; goods, 69,2601.; total, 160,2951. BALE.—From May 5 to May 11 : Passengers, 24,062 f.; goods, 17,1341.; t0ta1,41,196f. MONTEREAU.—From May 7 to May 13: Passengers, 12,5441.; goods, 12.6791:; total, 25,2231. MARSEILLES.—From May 7 to May 14: Passengers, 40,0901.; goods, 22,5511.; total, 62,6411. LYONS. —From May 4 io May 10 : Passengers, 132.714 f.; goods, 30,3411.; total, 163,0551. CHARTRES.—From May 5 to May 11: Passengers, 38,033 f.; goods, 14,243 f.; total, 52,273 f. APOLLONICON CONCERTS, ADELAIDE STREET, S TRAIM. If tradesmen and theatrical managers complain tha. the Great Exhibition, instead of benefiting them, has rather the opposite tendency, Mr. Simpson, the spirited proprietor of tho above concert-room, can, on the con trary, be congratulated on the excellent audiences his programme attracts on each occasion of the Apollonicon performances. The hall on Saturday was quite full. The talented Collins family are still there delighting the lieges with their wonderful performances; and Mr. Sedgwick and the juvenile harpists (the Lockwoods) seem to raise still higher the excellence of the entertain ment. As the town will soon be full of strangers, country cousins, &c., coming to see the world's fair, Mr. Simpson may confidently reckon on their patronage. Miss Itosina Collins's excellent performances on the violin are quite sufficient of themselves to draw a crowded audience. AN IRISH VOYAGER. The circumstances of the following adventure are quite as extraordinary, in their way, as those which fur nished Lover with the groundwork of his most graphic and national sketch of " Barney O'Eeardon, the Irish Navigator." We have them from the lips of the gentleman who was instrumental in saving the erratic voyager's life. On Thursday last, as the brigantine Star, of Bideford, was running up channel, on her passage from Havre to this port, with a cargo of flour, her master, Mr. Thomas Bishop, discovered, at about an equal distance between Wexford and Fishguerd, a tiny crafe resembling a very small yacht with what seemed to be a flag of distress— red handkerchief hoisted half mast high. It was blow ing very fresh at the time, and there was a heavy sea on, and as there appeared to be no person on board the little vessel, Captain Bishop Ordered a boat to be lowered, and sent some of his men on board. They were proceeding to search her, when the scuttle of the half deck was raised, and the head of a straege looking being, whom the sailor's fancy might readily transfigure into Vanderdecken, Captain of the Flying Dutchman, emerged. The hair was lack •and dripping, the eyes wild and hollow, and the livid lips gave forth no sound. After the seamen had gazed fir some minutes, in speech less astonishment, upon the apparition, it at length opened its mouth, and the voice proved that it belonged to a man, and en Irishman; for it utt ere d i n sepu l c h ra l tones, and w i t h a strong Leinster accent, the Wittily, " What, in the name of the Lard, are yes goin' to do wid me?" " Where are you bound to?" asked the master of the schooner. "To Brest, in France, or to England, or to any port I can fetch," was the reply; and the voyager added, "I set out for Brest, but I'm afraid I'm not exactly on the S.S.W. course." " Why, not quite," said the captain, who had found the diminutive vessel shaping her course according to her own will, but her head lying, for the most part, due east. " What was your object for running for Brest?" was the succeeding question. "I had hoped to b e p resen t at t h e re-election of Louis Napoleon, and I have long wished to see Ls Belle France," responded the navigator, who had been thus discovered literally half seas over. "And what would you have done when your money was spent?" "Sold the boat, to be sure, and draw for more, as I did before, when visiting Holland and Greece." " Whence did you take your departure?" "From between Wex ford and the Saltees." The colloquy here ended, and the adventurer was conveyed on board the schooner, where he Was furnished with dry clothing and necessary restoratives. He slept soundly that night, with the ex ception of occasional rambling; and next mottling 'did ample justice to a breakfast of coffee, with, as appurte nance; red herrings, spiced bacon, and eggs, all fried together. lie afterwards mounted a transom, and be gan to fish, - observing that he was sure he should be successful, as during his sleep he felt the fish bite. The next night ho amused himself playing with the nettings of the crew's hammocks, as if he bad been pers t nate l forming on a harp. W e s h ou ld h ave ment i oned that before th e yac h t was abandoned her stores were otteexa mined, and found t o cons i s t of coffee, red herrings, egg,,bis cuit, and lemons, i n no great a b undance. Unfor indis to r o which, however in his ha s t e t o p u t to sea, the voyager had for !y u n pena tl ai c e andles and lucifer-mat c h es , a d m i tte d to b e ' a steersman. lie had a pocket-compass, is six points only: iliffered from th e sc h ooner ' s compass stated that his 8e gave hi s name ( w hi ch we suppress), self had been friends were Quakers, and that he him had formerly been light up i n t h at persuasion —that he Belfast, but not likin g heree confinement , ran away. Sunday, and the rescued navigator was landed in h y t , B bat made Captain Bishop no more grateful return tor ..ehaniti7dledging that he paper, bra n tday and hospitality tbau that of a scrap of 14-I:Mover, doeastnhoet bad been picked up in laid gale of wind, in a boat fifteen feet on the keel, aannellgtha had been kindly treated. Mr. Bisho h are acre, regret that he has saved a fool -hardy fellow.w creature from Davy Jones's locker.-- Belf as t N em, Letter. 46,350,453 dollars, and had a capital employed of SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL 51,102.359 dollars. The woollen manufactories em- BILL. plop d 21.342 persons, and a capital of 15,765 000 dnl- (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) lars, and produced goods to the amount of 20,696,999 After hearing the evidence of several other witnesses, dollars. The mills employed 60,788 persons, and the the Committee adjourned until We inesday next. tanneries 26,018 persons. There were 1,552 printing-offices, 447 binderies, 138 SOUTH WALES RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL. daily newspapers, 125 semi or tri-weekly, 1,141 weekly, The preamble of this Bill has been proved before a 227 periodical s , th e w h o l e emp l oy i ng 11 , 523 persons, and Committee of the House of L or d s. The objects of the a capital of 10,619 , 054 d o ll ars . Bill are to obtain powers orteostmosfkDe e c a e n rt . ain T d h e e via ß t i i l o l na ha in s The United State s are g o verne d by a P res id en t, w h o the l i ne of 1847 is elected for a term of four years, and a National Con been strenuously opposed b y Willi am Willats, Esq . , of p of the - gress, which consists of a Senate and a House of Repro- - Newnham-hall, on account of alleged residential injury. sentatives. The Senate c ons i s t s o f 60 mem bers, two for The Committee could not grant the rayer peti each State. The R e p resentat i ves are 225 i n number, tion without destroying the Bill, and therefore declared s a v a o a n i r ns o t f the Bill; and Mr. Hamil ton and are chosen for t wo y ears . _ the preamble pr ove d. M r. I. K. Brunel was examined Fasueltnognitneenegrin it; engineer, f The President has a C a bi ne t a pp o inted by himself, consisting of six official persdns. The salary of the Pre sident is 25,000 dollars (5,000/); of the Viee-Presid ent, ....___=_ ,_,..„.............--.—......„ 5.000 dollar s (1.0000; of the Cabinet, 6 000 do llars THE COUNTRY MARKETS. (1,2001.) each. The members of the Cabinet have no The following is the of f icial statement of the quantities cf sea Th t in regular Congress army of the United States wit s reduced in . corn, &c., recei ve d i n the port of London f rom t h e ports in e is This force Esse, om the 19th May, 1851 , to the 24th May, 1851, 1842 to 9,012. ' e mployed chiefly to gar- b o th i xnclufrsive :,... rison the fortifications on the sea coast and the frontiers. The principal reliance of the country for defence is on .' 1, 4 4 3. L 3 • $••• the militia of the several States, amounting by the re • 1 7... 7.• . 3 1 .1 t 3 turns of 1841 to 1,587,722 men. Of Ibis number, about • ,in ~., B,_ ,s. , i , 2 " P 4 ''''' PI A ' 44 men, are uniformly equipped, and one-fifth, say 300,00 0 . ustered and drilled several times a year. The army are m Colchester ............. . 5O 130 i ---- 785 expenses in 1844 were 6,174,485 dollars. Harwich — 1 29 S5O The navy of the United States, though comparatively Leigh 26Q' •, -- -- -- I 8 —. small, is 'said to be unexcelled in the completeness and braldon 633 6 60, ! 92 10 620 efficiency of its appointments. It consisted, in 1841, of eleven ships of the line; thirteen frigates of the first CHELMSFORD, RUT 23.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old class, two frigates of the second class, twenty-th ree 41s to 46,; new 40s to 461; red, old 2 35 s to 41s; new, 35s to 40;; barley, 26s to 30s ; chevalier sloop of war, four brigs, eight schooners, two steam fri gates, and several smaller steam-vessels. The naval ex- t02,55t s o 30; ; a g l iinding 19s to 253 ; oats 16s to 22a ; malt 531 c . ev . ier 54s to . 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to penses in 1844 were 4,703,953 dolls.—Emigrant 29s : Old to -...13 • slit+. 4...... 0.. 4- no- --t 4 . BANK OF IFRANCE The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on May 22: ASSETS. Cash in hand ... ... £422,320,833 32 ... 142,918,429 0 137,448 99 Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• •• • ••• Fills discounted, but not yet due, of which 13,976,272 f. were received from the Branch Banks ... ...' ' 40,800,965 10 Bills in the branch banks ~ • ... 71,151,453 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 1,768,100 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... ... 1,656,585 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 8,109,840 74 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 2,324,350 0 Ditto to the State on Bona du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Routes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,678,118 53 Investments of the new branch banksin the public funds ... ... ... 12,952,725 74 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 Real property of the branch banks ... 3,629,194 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 230,000 0 Expenses of administration of the Bank 418,235 34 Ditto at the branches ... ... ''' 432,291 0 Miscellaneous ... ... .. • ••• 232,228 87 f. 86 5 3960,793 63 AMENT. CHELMSFORD, MAY 23.—P& te-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 41s to 468; new 40s to 461; red, 35s to 41s; new, 35s to 40;; barley, 26s to 30s ; chw 22s to 30s ; grinding 19s to 25s ; oats 16s to 22s ; malt 53. to 55s ; chevalier 54. to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 27s to 29s ; old, —s to —1; white, new, 26. to 281; old, —s to —1; dun, new, 26s to 28s ; beans, tick, new 24s to 26s ; old, 24s to 275; harrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old 00s to 00s; ma zagan, new 23, to 25s ; old 00s to 00. per qr. COLCHESTER, MAY 24.—Wheat, white 42s to 461 ; red 36s to 42s ; barley 22s to 28s ; beans, mazagan W.s to 241; middle and small 24s to 28s ; peas 26s to 28. per qr. KIRKALDY, MAY 24.—The following are the quotations for grain - Wheat. Barley. First 448 Od 278 6d Second 40s Od 243 6d Third 368 Od 23s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801138 HADDINOTON, MAY 23.—Tim grain at our market to-day : Wheat. I Beans. Pc -s Od —3 —8 Od —a —8 Od —s 30s Od to 32s Od. are the prices of Oats. 22s 6d 20s 6d 18, 6d imperial, i followin 1 Barley. Oats. Bs. First ... ... 43s Oct 1 31s Oct 24s Od 338 Second ... ... 39s 10d 27s lld 228 2d 31s Third ... .. 33s Od 21s Oct ISs 61 29, Total quantity of Wheat in market 469 qrs., 469 sold Do. Barley .do. 114 qrs., 114 sold Do. Oats do. 234 qrs., 224 sold Do. Beans do. 92 qrs., 92 sold GLASGOW, MAY 2 1.—Provisions—Cheese, 33s to 42s Od per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s Od to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, ICd to Us Od per lb. Irish pow. dered, in lumps, 9id to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 9d to Od. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 48 6d per 120, or 6d per dozen. Hens, 2a 6d per pair ; Ducks, 2s 6d. FALKIRK ' MAY 22.—The supply o f gra i n i n this day's market was 247 bolls; wheat at 18s 6d to 20 s Od per boll ; barley, lBs 6d to 198 3d ; oats, 15s 6d to 16s 3d; beans, 155 9d to 17s 6d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. PERTH, MAY 23.—Wheat, old, Vs Od to Os Od; ditto, new, 378 to 425; barley, new, 22s ud to 25, (Id; oats, ltis to 21s ; peas and beans, 24s Ori to 28. per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 00s to 28s. KELso, MAT 23.--Wheat, old, ON to 00s ; ditto, new, 261 to 31s Od ; barley, new, 1213 Od to 18s 6d • ditto old, Os to O s; potato oats, Uos to 00 s ; d itto new , 149 6 d to 16s Od ; co mmon oats 00s Od to 00, Od ; ditto new, 14s to 158 Od ; pea s , 2 0 8 O d to 21s Od ; bea ns , 2 )s to 2 1s per boll of six imperial bushels. HAWICK, MAY 22.—Wheat, new, 29, Od to 30s; barley, new, 18s to 2Us 6d ; ditto eld, 16s Od to 17s Od ; potato oats, 12s 6d to 14s ; common oats, 13, 6d to 14s 6d ; peas, 19s Od to 22s Od; beans, 19s Od to 21s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. BERWICK, MAY 22.—Wheat, 37s 3id ; barley, 24511}d oats, 193 4id ; ry e , 23s 4id ; beans, 25s 9,kel ; peas, 00s Od average per imperial quarter. STIRLING, MAY 23.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 24e; ditto, home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, I9s 6d to 20s 6d; barley, par boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 18. Od to I9s Od. Oats, common, 00s Od to 00s ; ditto n ew , 13 s Od to 148 6d; ditto, Flemish , Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, ON Od; malt, distillers, 31s 6d to 331; ditto brewers, 32s ed to 34s ; beans per boll, ON Od to 00s Od; ditto new, 14s sd to 17s 6d; p ease 13. lid to 14s 6d; flour, new per sack, 31s to g3s Od; ditto common ditto, 18s 6d to 20s Od; oatmeal, per load, 00s Od to ois Od ; ditto new 31s 6d to '32s Od ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 9d to 10d; fresh butter, per lb, 9d to 10d ; eggs, per dozen, 6d to 7d ; hay, Kerse, per ton, 77s 6d to Os; ditto, Dr yfield, 75s to 00s, COAL MARKET.—YEsTenney. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s Odj Bell Carr's Hartley ..... ... 14s Od !Belmont ... 14a Od Chester Main l2s 9d : Braddyll Davison's West Hartley 14s Od lEi etton Howard's W. H. Neth. 14s Od ( Haswell .... 168 6d Holywell . 14s Od Keepier Grange North Percy Hartley.. 138 6d'Richmund .. .. ..... New Tanfield Tanfield Moor ......... 12s 6d.Lumley l3s 6d Tanfield Moor Butes... 12s 3d ' Pensher Townley West ifartley - 15s 6d West Wylam Wall's End, &C. 'Kenos.. ......... Acorn Close Brown ... l2s 3dlWest Hartlepool Bowden •• •-••• ••• ••• 41. 13s 6d Whitworth . ..... 14s 63 Elm Park l3s Odl Hebburn Radon Lawson l3s Od Northumberland l3s Oo Eden Main Lambton Primrose Backhouse l3s 9d Cownden Tees Derwentwaterllartley 14s 0 I Hartley Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff Ships at market, 214 Sold, 68 .....Unsold, 146, SHIP NEWS. GRAVESEND, MAY 26.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze and cloudy. Arrived—Laurentine, from Fee:imp—Elena and Elisa beth Maclure, from Denmark—Helsingar, from Elsinore —Newton, from Memel—Lion and Leonore, from Grave lines—Elvira, from the Mauritius—Soho, from Antwerp —Tiger, from Hamburgh—City of Paris, from Boulogne —Rhine, from Havre—Fyenoord, from Rotterdam-- Royal William, from Havannah. Sailed—Poblano, for Bil boa—Germania, for tbeßaltio. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL Larren ship, from Liverpool for Valparaiso, on the 7th of March, in lat. 52 S.. long. 56 W. Ny mph schooner, from Liverpool, April 17. Carthagenian, from Swansea for Charlottetown, Prince Edward's Island, April 25. Atalanta barque, from Havannah for Cowes, May 15, in lat. 45 N., long. 27 W. Simon Hardy, from Queenstown, May 15, in lat. 48 N., long. 13 W. Skylark, from New York, May 12, in lat. 46 N., long, 26 W. SEABORNE MAILS. [N Aignifles that the mails are sent front the General Post-024:4 by the night—and SI by the morning--4lspatch.] When made up in From wh at PLACES. General Post-office port dio• When London. patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.) N May 30 .. Liverpool • • June 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) N May 27 .. • • !Liverpool . America (by US. pkt.)lll June 4 .• Southampt. May 29 Africa ( West coast)" N 14th of the month Plymouth June 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th tt. 30th of mo.,Dover .. May 28 Belgium .. •• N Daily ••• . .. Dover • • Daily Brazil .. • .. 3119th of the month Southampt. Jane 12 Buenos Ayres 31 9th of the month Southampt. June 12 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. June 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. June 3 Constantinople* Nl7 th 17th 27th of mo,Dover .. May 30 Central America .. 3112 d & 17th of mon. Southampt. June 5 Channel Isles Mon., wed.. &FrLSoutharnpt. Ta. Th.S a Chili„„ •• •• M;' of the month iSouthampt. June 5 France .. M &N.Twice daily .. , Dover • • Twice ily Greece* .. .• N; 7th 17th 27th e f mo Dover .. May 30da Hamburgb N,Tuesday & Friday London .. Thee. Sat. Holland .. • .. MI Wednes. & Satur. Louden .. Mom. Thri Honduras Nil 7th of the month Southampt. June 20 Ireland .. Ike& N, Twice daily .. 'Holyhead Twicedaily India(via Southamp.) 3120th of the month Southampt. June 23 India (via Marseilles) N, 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • June 2 Mediterranean (via j Southampton) .. M 20th of the month gouthampt. June 23 Mediterranean (via I Marseilles) N 7th&24th ofmonth Dover • • June 2 Mexico .. 3f 2d of the month.. SonthaMp Jane 5 t. Madeira •• • • „. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jane 12 Malta* N 7tb,17th,19th,27th / ft 39th of month "over J isy 2$ Naples* .. •• • • N,sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. , June 2 Papal States* ,y 1 5th 15th 25th (gum Dover , June 2 Peninsular .. .. 3f , 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Tuscany* .. • . Ntth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Jane 2 West Indies .. 3ft l lth of the month Southamp t . June 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Mild of the month .. Southampt. June 5 si The mails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed b 7 French packet via Marseilles. CALIFIVINLA..—MaiIs to and from California, via the United Itate are now dospatohed anti due by every Ameri can wicket_ via the United Wits .11 packet. Two CHILDREN MURD ERED. -- itSaturday 0 nig ht information was forwarded to the Metropolitan Commis sioners of Police, that on the morning of the 20th inst. a male child was found dead in a ditch, in a place called the Moors, in the parish of Dalli ngton, a short distance from Westbridge, Northampton. From the examination made by the surgeons who have been called in, there appears no doubt but that the child had been strangled. The police have obtained possession of a piece of old plaid, in which the body was wrapped, which it is expected may probably lead to the apprehension of the guilty parties. About the same time that the above discovery was made the body of a girl was found nailed up in a small deal box, aad wrapped in a piece of fine cambric, in a field near the village of St. Bees, Rettenden. There were two extensive wounds on the left side of the head, which appeared to have been inflicted with some blunt instrument. Mr. Lamb, the coroner, has com menced an inquest on the body, but to allow time for the police to search after the guilty party, the inquiry has been adjourned to the 211th inst. LEGACY DUTY.—A return has been published re. lative to the sums upon which legacy duty has been paid. ' The amount of capital on which legacy duty was paid in Great Britain in 1850 was 45,815,694/. 10s. 11d., and in the year preceding it was 45,282,070/. 9s. 4d. The total amount of capital on which legacy duty has been paid since the year 1797 is 1,661,109,3281.85. 3d. The amount of legacy duty paid in Ireland in 1850 was 55,6331. 7s. 6d., being on capital amounting to 2,404,4911. 7s. 3d. In the preceding year the legacy duty amounted to 71,8461. 83., the capital being 2,47r4,948/. 19s. 9d. The amount of duty paid ou probates and letters'of administration in Ireland in 1849 and 18.0 amounted respectively to 73,3921. 10s. and 68,9181. 105. In Great Britain the legacy ddties produced in 1850,1,190,76( 1 /. 2s. 3d., and the probates. administrations, &c., 957,2601. 15 5.6 d. ; in 1819 these two sources of revenue had been re spectively 1,144,665/. Os. 9d. and 887,181/. 14s. 6d. The amsoinuenet I r 7 e 9 ce 7 iv i :d 4 l 6 . 7 lB l 7 eg 3 a 6 cr t d i u 7 t a y . 4 i n d., G_ au rea d t Irelandtotal &c., 37,197,156/. 143. 2d. THE LADIES' MAN. —It may be of importance to for probates, the ladies to know that N. Y. Willis, who edits the Rome Journal for the especial benefit of the •' upper ten thousand" of New York city, i . 8 of opinion that there is no more harm in improving the ccmplezion by assisting nature in the dis tribution of white and red, than there is in making up a fas cinatiug figure which at sight kap cm,: the back lg. Wilk. What I livaiblt t HOUSE OF LORDS, May 26. The LORD CHANCELLOR took hi•i seat upon the Woo: sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition praying for an alteration in the law regulating the payment of wages. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from several most respectable solicitors of Liverpool in favour of the Registration of Assurances Bill, and expressing their ap proval of a central metropolitan regulation ; also a peti tion from Denbigh in f avour o f extend i ng an equitable jurisdiction of the County Courts. The Duke of RUTLA.ND presented several petitions against Papal aggression. The Earl of HARROWBY presented petitions from the Leicestershire Trade Society, and from other similar societies, praying for a measure to facilitate the arrest of absconding debtors. The Earl of EGLINTON presented several peti tions from Scotland aeeinst Papal aggression. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from bankers, merchants, and other's in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in favour of the Bill for amending the law against absconding debtors. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition in favour of the giving to county courts Equitable jurisdiction; also 785 several petitions against Papal aggression. e5O CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT BILLS. Lord CAMPBELL moved the recommittal of these 620 Bills. Sundry amendments bad been introduced into them with the advice of Lord Lyndhurst, and he moved - their recommittal, in order that they might be reprinted with amendments. The Duke of RICHMOND approved of the Bills, and paid a high compliment to the Noble and Learned Lord the Chief Justice; he hoped that ho would succeed in reforming effectually the criminal law. The Bill was then recommitted. PLTNJAUB PRIZE MONEY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then rose to move, according to notice, that there be laid before the House a copy of a letter from the directors of the East India Company to the Gov ernor -G eneral of India in Council, directing the payment of a donation, equal to Od six months full batta, to the Commander-in-Chief. p i{ the generals, and the other officers, non-commissioned Od officers, and privates, who served during the last campaign in the Punjaub ; a l so , account showing the total sum paid as so directed to the army, and the por tion thereof paid to officers and corps stationed on the left bank of the Sutlej, on the 17th of September, 1848; Od also, showing the sum so paid to the Commander-in -6d Chief, and to each genera l an d ot h er off i cer, non-com missioned officer, and private, according to their respective ranks; also accounts showing the total sum realised by the sale of the state jewels and other property taken pos session of by Brigadier Campbell, C. 8,, and her Ma jesty's 53d Regiment, under the direction of the resi dent at Lahore on the 17th September, 1848, and by the sale of other state property and booty which came into the possession of her Majesty's forces, and of the troops of the East India Company, during the last campaign in the Punjaub ; also account showing the estimated value of such of the state jewels and other property and booty as may remain unsold, and the present disposition thereof; and also account showing the manner in which the sums realized by the sale of such state jewels and other property and booty have been ap plied, and the authority under which such application has been made; also to move, that an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid be fore this House any papers elucidating the steps which her Majesty may have been advised to take for the pur pose of ascertaining the rights of the Crown over the state jewels and other property taken possession of at Lahore on the 17th of September, 1843, and over all other state property, and the bo:'ty which came into the pos• session of her Majesty's forces and the troops of the East India Company during the late campaign in the Punjaub. The Noble Earl contended that the East India Company had been in this instance dealing with property with which they had no right to deal, inasmuch as the whole o' the property with which the company proposed to deal belonged to the Crown. He contended that the batty was a grant of the East India Company, and this. the booty money belonged to the Crown ; and that, therefore, the East India Company had no right to deal with it. The opinions of the law officers of the Crown was, like the oracles of old, most dubious, but he contended that injustice had been done to the Indian armies, and he trusted that the representatives of that army would have an opportu nity of being heard before the Judicial Committee of Privy Council; and to their decision he would bow. Lord BitOUGFITON observed, that the first part of the Noble Earl's speech related to that part of this transaction of which the Noble Earl and himself bad particular cognizance. In reply to the speech which the Noble Earl had made on the 3d of July, 1849, he had thought it his duty to lose no time in inquiring into !the objections which had been made to the course taken by the East I n di a C ompany, and in performing that 'which seemed to him to be dictated by duty. The 'Noble Earl then appeared to him to say, that if the troops engag e d i n t h e campa i gn in the Punjaub were given six months' batta they would have no grounds of complaint. He now appeared to regret having said so, and to think that though they had received that amount of batta full justice had not been done them. He (Lord Broughton) regretted very much that the Noble Earl bad brought this discussion forward a second time; for, with his high talents and great knowledge of India, he must know the perilous consequences of what ho was doing —he must know that throwing out these doubts as to the justice done to the army was placing the Go vernor-General as well as the Commander-in-Chief in India in a position of great peril.—(" Hear, hear," from a Noble Lord on the back Ministerial bench.) He denied in tote that any inj ustice had resulted to the army of India from the course which had been pursued towards it. The sum of money granted to the army in batta was at least as great as that which it would have received sup posing the booty of war had been granted to it; and since the year 1849, when the papers relative to the war in the Punjaub were laid upon the table, no compliint had reached the ears of the authorities in India, either at home or abroad, from soldier or from civilian, save the Noble Lord opposite. Knowing, as he did, how dear the interests of India and those of the soldiers of India were to the Noble Earl. he could not understand what earthly reason had induced him to bring this motion forward. The Noble Earl had told them that he wanted the rights of the Crown to be preserved, both as to the past and the future operations of war. Now, it seemed to him (Lord Broughton) that if her Majesty had not considered the rights of the Crown to have been duly protected in the treaty with the Maharaja she would not have granted a higher honour in the peerage to the high fanctionary who sanctioned it. The Noble Earl had not only accused, in his speech of that night, the authors of that arrangement and those who approved it, but had also declared that they had not done justice to the officers and sol diers who achieved these great victories. After re butting those observations with great force, the Noble Baron proceeded to comment on the remark of the Noble Earl, that the army, if it had got its share of the booty, would have got a larger sum of money than it received in batta. Now, he did not know on what authority the Noble Earl put forth that assertion ; but this he did know, that the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gough, had made no complaint of that kind, nor any other officer. He must correct a mistake into which the Nubia Earl had fallen, when he said that the siege of Moutons lied no reference to the campaige of Lahore. He must remind the Noble Earl that Moultan and its citadel belonged to the State of La hore.—(Lord ELLENBoROLIGH I know that."] Why, teen, had the Noble Earl endeavoured to draw a distinction between the army in Lahore and that before Moulton ? The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed, that all he meant to say was that the property in Moulton did not belong to the Maharaja as Sultan of Lahore. Lord BROUGHTON observed that, instead of troub ling their Lordships with any quotation of authorities, he would now proceed to inform them what was the question which ho had submitted to the law officers of the Crown, and to three other legal gentlemen of high standing in the profession. That question referred en tirely to the arrangement made at Lahore. He might as well inform them, in the first instance, that the case drawn out for the Queen's Advocate, the Attorney- General and the Solieitor-General, was drawn out in such a manner as to contain the whole of the Noble Earl's speech two years ago, as also a private letter which the Noble Earl had addressed to him on the subject. It was perfectly true that the other three gentlemen did not see the case with the private letter in it. Bet ho happened to know that that letter was read to them by one of the law officers of the Crown. The question asked at the conclusion of the case was— "Whether the arrangement of the 29th of March, 1349, concluded by Lord Dalhousie with Maharaja Duleep Singh, and ratified by the home authorities, could be impugned on any legal grounds? " and the reply was, " We are of opinion that tee arrangement of March 29, 1849, concluded and ratified as stated in this case, cannot bo impugned, " April 30, 1851." " JOHN DODS )11. " A. E. COCKBURN. " W. P. WOOD. " FREDERICK. TIIEOIGER • " FITZROY KELLY. cc LOFTUS WIGRAM." The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, interrupting. ob served that he did not like to refer to what had passed between the Noble Baron and himself in private. But be understood the Noble Baron to say that his letter and his speech were originally in the case; but that, in con sequence of the interference of the solicitor to the Court of Directors, hie letter and his speech had been subse quently withdrawn from it. Lord BROUGHTON (as far as we could bear him is the gallery) replied that the Noble Earl must have mis understood him, and repeated his former statement. Though these documents were not in the case submitted to the threo other Learned Counsel, those gentlemen had had before them all the information suctuitted to the law offic.ra et' the Crown. The Earl of ELLENBORMIGH impel skit, as the Nuble Baron had produced the whole of tao fiat case, ho would have no objection to produce the whole of the 80- cond case also. Lord BROUGHTON then proceeded to comment on the main point of the speech made by the Noble Earl that t vPning. The Noble Lord had said that the Go vernor-General in Council had no right to appropriate this booty to the Treasury of India, as it was the pro perty of the Crown. Now, ho should like to know what difference existed between this case and two others, to which he would briefly refer. The first was the Noble Earl's own transaction with respect to Sindia and Gwalior, in which his practice did not seem to have been essentially different from that of Lord Dalhousie, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—There was no p ro , Petty is *0 gase OzgePt the elm taken in the Add. IMPERI, NING, MAY 27, 1851, Lord BROUGHTON—But it was property won at the point of the bayonet as much as that won at Lahore. By the sth article of the treaty with Sindia, tee 13th of January, 1844. it was stipulated thus:— " Whereas there is now due to the British Govern ment the sum of 10 lees of rupees on the score of charges of the contingent force, and a further sum of one lac on account of advances, and the charges of the present ar mament of the British Government may be estimeted at 10 laps, and a furth er expen di ture o f 5 L acs w i ll be in curred by the British Government in affording compen sation, it is further egreed that his Highness shall pay to the British Government the sum of 26 Lacs of rupees within 14 days from the date of the treaty." Here was a specific sum of money extorted from a minor prince at the point of the bayonet, and almost on the field of battle, yet there WWI no hesitation in applying that sum in discharge of debts due to the British Go vernment and of the expenses of the war. The destina tion of the sums extorted from Gwalior and from Lahore was precisely the 531113, and the Gwalior money was as much, or more, the produce of the battle of Maharajpoor as the Lahore jewels were the produce of the battles in the Punjeub. Lord Harding° also, in his treaty with Lahore, of March 9, 1846, demanded, " as indemnifica tion for the expense. of the war," payment of one and a half croree of rupees. It is true that he commuted two thirds of this sum for a cession of territory; but such commutation would seem to make no difference if there were an inherent right in some other body than the Government of India to have all money ac quired by the force of arms. It would be unfair to defeat such a right by such a commutation, But, at any rate, Lord Hardinge demanded in cash one-third of the abovementioued sum, or 50 lass of rupees, towards the expenses of the war, and why should a distinction be drawn between that case and that then before the house? Lord Dalhousie then followed these examples; and he should like to know who had a better right to this money than the people of India, for it was they who received it, when it was paid into the Indian Treasury, and the East India Company had no interest in it what soever. With respect to the returns for which the Noble Earl had moved, he did not know whether the Noble Earl really wanted them, or had only moved for them to raise a discussion; but, if the Noble Earl really , wanted them, he must tell him that there was some per ion of them he must withhold, as they could not be given without previous communication with India. He was precluded from producing communications which were confidential, and which could not indeed be legally ;ranted, for the 34th section of the East India Company's Act contained a special reservation, which rendered in violate all communications between the East India Com pany and their officers at home. He was ready to pro duce all that he could with propriety produce; but he hoped that the Noble Lord would not press the motion. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH replied that he should feel much more satisfied if the Noble Lord, in ad lition to stating the substance of the first case prepared . or the law officers of the Crowe, had had the goodness •0 inform him whether the question with which it con cluded was the same as that with which the second case loncluded. The Gwalior case was entirely different from the Lahore case; the arrangement made in the Gwalior case was made between two states, and not be meen a state and a conquering enemy. He had said nothing which could be thought to cast reflection on the Governor-General of India. He adhered to the expres iion he used in 1849, that the Governor-General bad acted inadvertently, that he had acted under the error of supposing that he was the representative of the Crown, whereas, in fact, he was the representative of the East India Company only. I'he Duke of WELLINGTON —Having had the nonour of serving in the East Indies, and having some knowledge of transactions of this description, I mast may, my Lords, that from experience of the station of Governor-General in Council, I had conceived a very .lifferant opinion from that which has now been given by my Noble Friend behind me, who, I think, ha, a more practical knowledge of the subject than I can possiely have. But I talk only of my own expe rience. The Governor-General in Council is the re presentative of all British authority in the East Indies, and exercises all British authority in the East Indies. I have served in an army to which the Governor General has granted booty on the part of the Crowe; ee has taken upon himselt to assetne, or, if the Noble Lord pleases, to usurp the authority of the Crown in ;ranting booty, But I say I have myself partaken of 000ty thus granted by a Governor-General.—(Llear, near.) It is true, my Lords, that he is appointed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, but by he law of England he exercises every British authority in the East Indies, and he assumes to himself the power of the Crown to grant booty in the possession of the Crown. That assumption of authority must be con firmed, and I have no doubt it was confirmed, at least I have never heard otherwise than that it was confirmed, and would be I conclude in every instance; but this is what I insist upon, that the Governor-General in Coun cil in India does exercise every power of every descrip tion oa the part of this country, and that by law he may usurp authority with which he is not strictly invested at the moment; but that is a matter to be settled between the Crown and the authorities that appoint him, namely, the East India Company. The Crown subsequently con firms that authority, and the matter there remains as between the Crown and the East India Company. lam speaking of that which I know from experience is the case. The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked, that what ever observations fell from the Noble Earl who had brought forward the motion would be received with the most profound respect, and if the Noble Lord propounded the opinion that injustice heti been done to the military in the case to which he had adverted, the opinion was one which could not fail to excite the deepest attention. The Noble Lord at the bead of the Board of Control had handed the notice to him (the Lord Chancellor), and, believing the facts of the case and the state of the law were not properly understood, he should tender some ex planations on the subject. The Noble Earl had con sidered the question as being whether the property be longed to the Crown; yet the object was not to consider the question as lying between the East India Company and the Crown simply; hut, if the property belon e ted to the Crown, it was a question whether the army might expect to derive benefit from it, to which they could not properly be entitled if the property belonged to the East India Company. Reverting to the historical events with which the subject of the motion was cot:- nected, the Noble and Learned Lord reminded their Lordships that in 1848 no war arose between the Maharaja of Lahore, and the British Government in India, but certain subjects of the Maharaja rebelled against their Sovereign; and the British Government interfered to protect him; it interfered as au ally and friend, not as an enemy of the Maharaja. The jewels and other property in question were placed in the cita del, under the guard of it force of the East India Com• pany's troops. Did that property thereby become the property of the Crown? Certainly not. If property were seized in anticipation of hostilities and by way of precaution, and the hostilities which had been anticipated followed, the principle stated by the Noble Lord was applicable; but property not seized hostilely, not seised in anticipation of hostilities, a subsequent declaration of hostilities did not affect. The general principles had been discussed in a case which had occurred at the Cape of Good hope. The property seized oa the 17th September, 1848, was seized for the purpose of protec tion, when the person of the Maharaja was also taken under protection by the Indian Government. lie believed that at that time the Queen's troops had not entered Lahore at all; and it was not till the 20th of October following that there was any statement made with reference to general hostilities in the docu ments he had seen—documents which went to show that the steps which were taken were taken fur the protection of the Maharaja. If possession had been taken of the property, not in anticipation of hostilities but in the way now described, and if hostilities had subsequently arisen, would that property belong to the Crown, and could any army be entitled to have it awarded as booty? Certainly not. Therefore the material question was to ascertain whether the property was taken possession of hostilely or not with reference to the Maharaja. If' not, there was an end to the question altogether, because no subsequent declaration of hostility or subsequent hos tility would affect that property. The Maharaja with his council then entered into a treaty of.thie nature. He found he had not strength enough to maintain his sove reignty against his rebellious subjects; he therefore pro posed to resign his sovereignty and all the rights belong ing to him (not that the surrender was a mstter of choice, but that was the form); the treaty into which he entered was one in which he acsumed to be what in every view of the case he (the Lord Chancellor) conceived the Maharaja to be, the owner of that property taken for protection on September 17, 1848; and the Maharaja resigned the sovereignty, together with the property, in consideration of the East India Company engaging to allow him so many lees of rupees a year and making certain arrange ments with respect to his future condition. It seemed to him (the Lord Chancellor) that there was no ground whatever for supposing that injustice had been d ,ne to the army, for that property never belonged to the Crown, nor had the Crown any right which could give the army any right to booty. Unless it could be shown that the Maharaja had lost his right to the property, there could be no ground for the view suggested by the Noble Earl. In a former speech the Noble Earl bad suggested that the Maharaja was; incapable of entering into a treaty in as far ho was not a free agent. It would be a new doctrine if persons were not to be bound by treaties who were not at the time of making them free agents; such an idea was founded on the total mistake of applying the municipal law to political transactions. Lord ELLENBOROUGH explained, that as far as possible he had put the army in the background, and had stood by the rights of the Crown. He objected now, as in 1849, that the property in question had been taken from the Crown unlawfully. He desired only that it should go lawfully into the hands of those for whom it was destined. There wait none for wh ,se opinion he bad a greater respect in a case where ample opportu nity had been afforded for investigation ; but the Noble and Learned Lord had been instructed as to half the case only. Lord BROUGHTON asked the Noble Earl whether the East India Company werenlootrod by yterot o fo f r p t e h r e_ Crown, rod if they were no t so declared servant was the Governor-General. —0 was liament ? If they were trustees for the C oo ro t w h n o , se w r h va o n se t C of re tr w u n s . tees of the Crown, and therefore represented t h e dangerous the e n tedtthe N O T b 1 11 : L E o r a d r l r e o p f r e E s L e e L t eEdN rhoß OE 0 Crown GII rep in India l i n e d a , ff t a h ir a s t . f g v r o e u e l e d d ad t v h i e s t e t t h h e e N li o u b t le from t h e Marquis ofheLOtaNblDe,OtNhe- DERRY, rep th re e Crown. I Lord ot ul to ps t n o y uc touch After a few words There was a short conversation across t result of which we understood to be that a part of the Andlit was ordered the accordingly, moon t o b e liega t motion should be agreed to ,so far as th e p apers asked f t. for could be given; the rest o QA mottles of $ ll 9 Ear l 4 1 41SLA the Select o Committee on the Epir,copal and CepiLelar Estates Ma nagement Bill %yes named. SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Duke of ARGYLL moved the ;second reading of a Bill for the further regulation. of the salmon fisheries in Scotland. Tho object of the Bill was to close the fishing on the Ist instead of the 14th of September, so that no fish of the salmon kind should be taken after the 31st of August, except that the proprietors of the fish ings and persons authorized by them in writing might angle with the rod for 21 days more. The Bill also contained a clause relative to the " Saturday's slap," providing that the cruives and engines should be opened or removed from six o'clock on Saturday night to six o'clock on Monday morning. The Duke or RICHMOND was not going to divide the House, but hoped the Noble Duke would allow suffi cient time before going into Committee for the parties interested to become aware of there being such a Bill in progress. The Bill, it appeared, would allow gentle men to fish with rods for tneir amusement when those who supplied the market were stopped. The Duke of ARGYLE, observed, that the upper pro prietors had valuable fisheries before traps were set be low, and that the number of salmon that could be caught by the fly was a mere drop in the bucket compared with the take by net or trap. He had thought it advisable in this Bill to introduce a " Saturday's slap" clause; bu did not wish to press the clause if it was seriously ob. jetted to. Tho Earl of MINTO beli3ved the Bill, as far as i wont, was calculated to do some good; but it would no meet the most serious evil. After a few words from the Earl of YARBOROUGFI, The Bill was read a second tune. The House adjourned at a (leaner before Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF C(LLWONS, May 26. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. MortE O'FERRALL took the oaths and his seat for the county of Lopg'ord. LORDS' - AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Haleswortb, Beceles, and Haddiscoe Railway Bill. London and Blackwell Railway (Extension of Time for the Widenitw, &c ) Ntu-th British Railway Bill. Regent's Canal Company Bill. Scottish Central Railway Bill. Whitby Waterworks Bill. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed.— Bolton, Blackburn, and Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Railway Bill. Brackley Roads Cansolidation Bill. Great Western Railway (Railways to connect the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway with the London and North-Western Railway at Birmingham, ' &c.) Bill. Flayling Bridge and Causeway Bill. Manchester and Salfird Extension Railway Bill. North Shields Quays and Improvemen , s Bill. Sunderland Improvement Bill. Warrington and AltriLchatn Junction Railway Bill. Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market Bill. The following Bills were further considered:— Great Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Water works, Gas, and Markets Bill. Price's Patent Candle Company Bill. PETITIONS. _ A large number of petitions were presented against Papal augression. L'ird DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from Mr. E-nest Jones, complaining of his treatment while serving a term of imprisonment for having spoken a se ditious speech in 1848, and praying for inquiry. The Noble Lord gave notice that to morrow he would move that OP petition be printed with the votes. Sir JOHN YOUNG presented a petition from the county of Longford against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. W. 11ASTIE prestnted a petition from Glasgow praying the Hothe to take steps to prevent the adultera tion of c+ , ff, , e with chicory. Mr. MONSELL presented a petition from the county of Limerick against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. E ' , VAR r presented a petition in favour of the Home Male -,pirits ,sisas Lord CASTLEREAGET presented a petition from the county of Down against the Ecclesiasticzt Titles Bill. Mr. T. 13. ROCUE presented srvkral petitions from places in the county of Cork against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY presented a petition from Chel.es praying for a repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Sir JANIES GRAHAM presented two petitions from places in the county of Londonderry ugainst the Eecle siasticalTitles Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Sunder land against the stamp duty on newspapers ; also a peti tion from Manchester in favour of the Jew Bill, and a petition from the same place against the 41st section of - .he Civil Courts (Irelat,d) WATER BILL. In reply to a question from Mr. W. PATTEN, Sir G. GREY said it was his intention to fix the Go vernment Water Bill for to-morrow week. RE TURNS OF EPISCOPAL REVENUES. Sir G. GREY informed the Hon. Member for Mary lebone (Sir B. Hall) that both the returns to which he referred on Friday were actually rado at the time be gave au answer to the lion. Baronet's question. CHANCERY REFORM. Mr. STUART gave notice that on this day week he would submit to the House a resolution respecting the delay which arose in the ordinary business of the Court of Chancery, in conesequence of the additional jurisdic tion imposed upon it by recent 1-gislation in regard to the atiairs of railways and other joint-stock companies. ;LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT. Mr. LABOUCHERE gave notice that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter certain conditions in the Lands Clauses Consolidation Ace IMPRISONMENT OF A BRITISH OFFICER IN PERSIA. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from the two sisters of an officer in the service of the East India Company, named Lieutenant Wyburn, who was dis patched in 1835 as British envoy on an im portant mission to Khiva, but was arrested by the Amber of Bukhara, and remains still in bis power, complaining that the East India Company and tee Government had both neg lected to take steps to obtain his release, and praying that the House would institute an inquiry into the mat ter. The Hon. Member gave notice that on Thursday he would put some questions to the Government end the Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company oil the subject. RETURN. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of wills and administrations transmitted to the Legacy Duty office in each year from 1839 to 1850, inclusive ; distin guishing the number transmitted in each year by each registrar, or other officer, and if such registrar or officer shall have transmitted from more than one court, the names of the te , vs.ral c , urts, and the t , tal number re ceived by the Legacy -Wilco in e, , ch ) ear (in contmuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 226, of session, 1839),-- Agreed to. LIFE BOATS. In reply to Sir J. Y. BULLER, Sir F. BARING said it was not the intention of the Government to propose any grant to tha Shipwrecked Fishermen's Society for the purpose of assisting them i n maintaining life -boats on the coast. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND). Mr. SCULLY asked the Ateerno3 -General for Ire land if it was true that a charge had been tiled in his name in the office of Master Lip ton, in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, on behalf of George Mathews, as relator, in the case of Attorney-General v. Drumm, nd: if so, whether Adam J. Macrory, E.q., the solicitor, bud done so by his authority, or with his knowledge; and whether the said charge would be permitted to come before Master Litton for hearing as authorised by him, or in his name, as her Majesty's Attorney-General? The ATTORNEY -GENERAL for Ireland said the charge had been filed by his direction, and would come before the Master in the ordinary course. INCOME-'TAX. Mr. HUME said he had a notice on the paper for nominating the Committee on income, but as business was now preset ding there did not appear to be much chance of his getting the Committeee appointed at all, unless the Government came to his assistance. He therefore wished to know if Ministers intended to assist him in bringing the motion on? Lord JOAN RUSSELL would inquire about it, and see if some arrangement could not he made respecting it. ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SADLEIR wished to know from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department it it was the intention of the Master of the Rolls to proceed with the Security for Advances (Ireland) Bill? Sir G. GREY said it was. The progress of the Bill had been delayed by the same cause that had obstructed all other public business, namely, the opposition which had been offered to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. The House then again went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. M'CULLAGII moved the follwingla wam,”etnodrainestertt: , o —ln page 2, line 15, after the w ords , by these words, "or who shall have been recogni se d as Roman Catholic archbishop of any province, R oman Catholic bishop of any diocese, or Roman C at h olic dean of any deanery, by any of her Majesty's superior courts of law or equii. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the amend ment. Mr. GRATTAN denounced their whole system of legislation in this matt er as a species of fraud and hypocrisy far below the dignity of the House t o have entered upon. Did the supporters of the Bill mean to put d own the Roman Catholic reli gion in Ireland, and to alloy., no ch urc h to be in exist ence there in whi ch the slightest degree, directly or indirectly? H e w ould pc could int er f ere i n the remind them that lreland well as ,had a cha r t er to p reserve as , and on th e p r i nc i p l e o f that charter Irishmen wouldB'uun oppose, and he hoped defeat, the present Bill. They ought to have learned long ago from the wisdom of their ancestors that it was impossible to govern on a system of penal laws. The greatest men who had adorned shut House had re. pounced the idea. The system of legislation w'n,ch had been pursued towards Ireland had deprived the people of the nobility and gentry, and beggared the middle classes, and had loft them nothing but their priests; and if this continued, as the present Bill proposed, it would make the country altogether into a Roman Catholic country. For his part, he thought there was no length permitted by the law or the rules of that House to which Members ought not to go to oppose the Bill, and he eloping . be sb! Idlit r tich et_ by 10 9 __ 1 4 91 144194 t 9 Warn! them er to shrink from doing his part. The Bill re an atte city, and 4 ully justified any length of oppositiou. Mr. CONOLLY begged the indulgence of the Reuse while ho stated his reasons for supporting the Bill of the Government. The Bill did not prevent Roman Ca tholic subjects enjoying the rights of their religion, nor did it interfere with the spiritual functions of the Roman Catholic bishops. He considered that the Noble Lori bad done wisely in prohibiting the assumption of rerritoriel titles by the Roman Catholic clergy, for though they were of themselves mere bugbear titles, and of no importance, they showed an attempt on the part of the Pope to acquire temporal and political power. Papal influence, was not confined to religion, but, on the contrary, was exercised, over worldly affairs in a way irreconcileble with the law of the land.—(Hear.) Alt history testified as to the graspitj nature of the Roman Catholic Church, and showed beyond a doubt chat the power she aimed at was not alone spiritual, but also temporal. That, therefore, being the nature of the power sought to be assumed by the Pope of Rome, be wa, decidedly opposed to any extension of it. Not that he was in the least frightened that such a power could ever undermine their own glorious constitution, but, at the same time, were it allowed unbounded sway he was afraid that it might do much, as it had already done in Ireland, to impede and embarrass the freedom of that constitution. He thought, therefore, that in resisting Vita act of aggression on the part of the Pope, the Noble Lord at t h e head of the Government had' taken the course that he ought to have done. It was no doubt said by those who opposed that course, that in adopting it the Noble Lord was infringing upon the religious li berty of the subject, but how that argument could be used by those who professed to belong to a church which permitted of no religious liberty whatever, was a mystery which he cou l d not, and had never ye t heard any one attempt to solve.—(gear.) Mr. F. PEEL confessed that his mind was in such a state of uncertainty with respect to the probable range of the clause, that he fait dispoosd to support amendment which would hays the effect of weakening it- The Committee, be telt, would be guilty of some incon sistency of conduct, if, after having deliberately con sented to reject the two clauses which steed or i g inall y in the Bill as it was fi rst i ntroduced by her Majesty's Government, and th a t, t oo , upon the recommendation of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Howe Department, it now consented to the adoption, unnie; dified in any r es p ec t, o f t h e present clause, which boa been culled from amongst the amendments of the 800. and Learned Member for Midhurst. Let the House re member the circumstances under which it consented to waive those two important clauses. Th e Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary had informed the. House that s ub sequent l y to the introduction of the Bill he had discovered eat under certain circumstances in the operation of the Bequests Act, for exam/ye, if a Roman Catholic priest was required to produce as evidence in n court of law in Ireland, with a view to establishing his title to the donation bequeathed to him, under that Act, his letters of oidinatiou, or the instrument of his institu tion, or collation to his benefice, which letters or instru ments were invariably acid of necessity signed by the dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church under the style and title of the sees to which they had been nomi nated or appointed by the Pope, the courts of law in Ire land had nut considered those documents inadmissible as evidence, expressly upon the ground that, although the open assumption of those titles might be prohibited under a penalty, eat that there was no express declares tion in the Rumen Catholic Rebel Act to the effect that those titles themselves were illegal and void. If that were so, how would it be consistent in them to adopt the present clause without any modification whatever, when it declared that a brief, and any title conferred under it, was illegal and void? Was it not clear that where they made an express declaration that any title . conferred by the Pope should be illegal and void—that was, should be of no effect, and treated as non-existent —there was no court of law in the world that would re cognize as a valid designation of the party such a title subscribing any document, whether it were a letter of ordination ur au institution to a benefice. That was the inconsistency which they should rew,,ve if they could, or if not, at least introduce some modification into the clause to remedy it. It might be said that the clause referred only to a particular brief, and that that brief concerned England only, and that Ireland, in which country alone the Bt quests Act bad force, could not be prejuuiceu by it. But t h e c l ause was a declara tory one, and re-enacted the . xistiog law. In terms it might only strike at one particular brief, but in effect it declared that every brief and every title derived from the Pope should, by reason of its source and origin, be treated as illegal and void. It might be said that the clause was ineoxious, as it only re-enacted the existing law; but the fact of its being necessary to re enact a law already in force showed that alreadythe law had been allowed to tall into desuetude. It was because he took these views of the matter that he was anxious that some modification should be introduced in the clause as it now stood. The Committee then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ••• ... 43 Against it 179 Majority, ... The amendment was accordingly lost. 136 On the question that the clause stand part of the Bill, Mr. REYNOLDS, before they proceeded further with the clause, begged to ask the Noble Lord a question. Bearing in mind the differences of opinion between the lawyers with respect to its effect, m re particularly the difference of opinion between the Solicitor-General and the Attorney-General, and between those two Hon. and Learned Gentlemen and the Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurst, and coupling both instances with the able arguments which bad appeared on the subject that day in tee organ of the Government—the Times newspaper-s -he wished to ask the Noble Lord whether, remembering those facts, be was still determined to persevere in urging the adoption of the clause on the Committee? Lord J. RUSSELL had not himself perceived any differences of opinion between the Solicitor and Attor ney-General and between those Hon. and Learned Gen men and the Hon. and Learned Gentleman referred to by the Hon. Member, and it certainly was his determi nation to go on with the clause. Mr. KEOGH observed that the Solicitor -General had raid it was impossible that this clause should be aban doned; and one would imagine, therefore, that it was the Goeernmeot's own clause. But if there was such an impossibility the Government would have originally - in truductd the clause. He, now asked the Noble Lord where was the impossibility of striking the clause out of the Bill? The Government had not first introduced it, and there was no declaration or vote of the House in its favour. The Noble Lord had taken the clause at the suggestion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Mid hurtle When the Hen. and Learned Gentleman were notice of his amendments, the Dublin Evening Post, whicih was the organ of the Government in Dublin, and every organ and retainer of the Government in Ireland, drew what they called the marked contrast between the Noble Lord's. Bill and the amendments of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman; and Roman Catholics were asked how they could oppose the Government when they did not go the length in their Bill which the Hon. and Learned Member did in his amendments. But the Noble Lord did not perceive nay difference. The Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurst had stated from the beginning that he did not consider the clause applied to Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)' The Honourable and Learned .Member for Midhurat, he perceived, as sented to that proposition. The Hon. and Learned ' Gentleman went further, and stated that it was quite mint cessary for Hon. Members for Ireland to be struggling against the clause, for that the clause did • not touch the r country. That was a clear propesition ; but the Solicitor -General had distinctly stated, in reply O us r e - reply to the Ri g h t H on. M ember for the University ford (Mr. Gl a d stone ) , that i t was a declaratory o clause, ' and would n• ce ssa t i ly i nc l u de the cash of the creation of the bi s h o p r i c o f R oss , in Ireland. Did be (Mr. K eog h) --(Afrom the nod of asse nt The Hon a state the case accurate') ? Solicitor-General.)•nd Learned G entleman assented, If that, t h, y , werethe case, th e H un. and Learned Member for Midhurst assented to the propo sition that tee clause did not extend to Ireland. Did the Noble Lord perceive the inconsistency and contra. diction bet Ween those two expressions of opinion? But the Noble Lord also was unable to perceive the con tradiction between the Solicitor-General and the At torney-General on the clause. The Solicitor-General said that it was a declaration o f th e l aw that a brief, re script, or document of the kind mentioned should be deemed unlawful and void. Was there one there, then, who would deny that any act done under the brief, and, therefore, in contravention of that clause, would be as lawful as the brief, rescript, or document itself under w hi c h the s he was done, and would be criminal in Le b a a r r n r s d i e M r, that respect ,and a breach of the law? He ap ap edailsefdintgoutshhee Chancery d Hon. and e o m n b t e h r e f p o o r fn M f, id fo hur th st e , Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin (ills. Napier), a ed disting • h ins commou law lawyer, or to the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork (Mr. Ser geant Murphy), Whether the exercise of authority under a brief i n contravention of this section would not be a demea nour, mi and punishable as such. But what said eLanett &tom e y- senera I? Why, th e L earne d Attorney-General said that the clause would not affect Ireland as regarded its criminal consequences. What was the moral which he drew from those diverse and various statements? The moral was this--that the Hon. and Learned Member for Midhurst would not touch the case of Ireland, while the Noble Lord felt that the clause was of so sweeping a nature in its operation that he was afraid to make the clause applicable to that country. The Noble Lord, therefore, in order to gai n the support of the opposite side of the House, aroposed r to take the clause as it stood, with the version put upon it by the Solicitor-General. Hut there was a third party to be dealt with, namely, the supporters of the Government in Ireland; and it, therefore, became a question how best to bamboozle them. The Noble Lord said that the Bill was declaratory—that it left the law as it stood—that it did not alter it in a single particular. Then came tho question was it unlawful? Was it not, aft er the legis. ration of the past fifty years, incumbent on the law ad visers of her Majesty to prove that the Act to which the clause applied was illegal before they asked the House for its assent to its Provisions?—(Hear.) The Attorney a General said the House would not expect hi m to go into law argument, even though the question afficted the religious belief of 8,000,0 theoo of her Majesty's subjects ; awl yet be called upon /dense to pass the law. On what was the clause founded? On the 13th Elizabeth or the 16th Richard IL, or on both? The Solicitor- General said on 13th Elizabeth as regarded England. But the words of that statute were, that any person acting under any bu treasll, brief, or rescr i pt of the Pope, was guilty of high on, and should suffer the pe nalty of that clime. If this was the case, what then became of Lord Lyndhurst's Act (1846), which re pealed that penalty?—(Rear.) If not, then the offence being at common law, removing the penalty was tan tamount to abolishing the offence. The Solicitor-Ge neral quoted Lalor's case. He (Mr. Keogh), however, denied that the St atute of Provisors applied to that ease Was applicable to this. That statute applied only to Established Church with hoodoos end property j, >~.:~__