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forward this motion with any view of oe OS' tiring th. ;o vernment; but he could not understant I the justice of inquiring into the judicial and diplomas do sa laries, and the salaries of official men with seats in 1 ?I krhament, and not inquiring into others. No one had tit lid a word to justify such a distinction.—(Hear,) The House then divided on the previous question, viz., " That the motion be now put," when there ap peered— For putting the motion... Against it ... Majority against it ••• Consequently the motion was not put. SALE OF POISONS. Mr. SANDFORD then moved for a S. sleet Committee to inquire what restrictions should be pl aged on the sale of poisons. Sir GEORGE GREY said the use of p of sons was more frequent than formerly, and the sale of them required regulation. A Bill had been prepared Dn the subject. The difficulty was to enumerate or defir ue poisons, and he thought the Committe would not pro. line the effect the Hon. Member proposed. He hoped the Hon. Mem ber would therefore withdraw his motion. Sir R. INGLIS thought the Hon. M. ember ought to withdraw his motion, having been assur ed that the Go vernment intended to introduce a Bill on the subject. Mr. BANKES said the Hon. Member might refer the Bill when introduced to a Select Committ Be, if he thought that course useful. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE then ;moved that the House should go into Committee , pro ',forma on the Elections (Ireland) Bill, which was agreed, to, and amend ments inserted. The Defects in Leases Act Amendmen t Bill then went through Committee, and Has ordered to ,be read a third time to-morrow (this day.) AMENDED FACTORY BILL. Lord ASHLEY wished to say, in exi planation, with regard to the Factory Bill, that he woul' I substitute the clauses now in his hand instead of the ee already pro posed, which would impose a further li) siltation of the meal time, and gave notice that he would propose them on Thursday next, and which would h e printed with the votes to-morrow. He had stated, NOD en he got leave to introduce a Bill to amend the second clause of the Factory Bill, that he would not intro duce any new matter; but as it was impossible to carr y out his views without doing so, he thought it but far to notify his intention upon that point. Mr. M. GIBSON said he thought sufficient time would not be given to parties to consider .the matter. Lord ASHLEY said the amendments vronld be printed to-morrow with the votes, and that he had no intention to take the House by surprise. The matter then dropped, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. he G would find themselves entirely dependent on the services of those gentlemen, whose experience and ability ren dered them thorough judges of the manner in which of ficial business was conducted, and whose zeal and energy were at the disposal of the Government in office, whatever its opinions, the Whig servant of the department as faithfully and energetically serving the Tory Minister of the day as the Tory servant the Whig Minister.(Hear, hear.) With such convictions, he could not consent to any resolution that should in jure the interests and the prospects of so valuable a body of men—(Hear, hear)—that should propose to give them a less reward for their great labour than their labours intrinsically merited, merely because the price of provisions might be low at a particular time.—(Hear, hear.) It was to be borne in mind that the great public bodies, the East India House, the Bank of England, the great commercial firms, thoroughly appreciated the ser vices of such men, and gave them their fitting reward. Let the House of Commons once resolve that the same fitting reward should not be given to the servants of the State, and an irreparable injury would be at once inflicted upon the public service; the economy would soon manifest itself to be a deeply mischievous waste, that should drive such men as the public service now possessed into pri vate service, that extended to them the due reward of their energy, their ability, their experience, and their labour. He felt, therefore, on this ground that the motion ought not to be adopted. But there was another part of the motion which was perfectly understood by the Hon. Member for the West Riding. even before it was ex plained by the Hon. Member fur Buckinghamshire. It propoEel not merely a revision of salaries in all the public departments, but a revision of wages in every department of the public service, with a view to a just and adequate reduction thereof. It would be impossible for the Government to accept such a motion—as the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck) seemed to suppose they might have done—without exciting an expectation throughout the country that they were about to make a reduction of wages in every department of the public service. And on what ground was such a reduction to be made? It had been clearly explained by the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire. That ground was not that the wages of persons employed by private individuals in the metropolis or elsewhere had generally fallen, but it was this—that there was so much distress in the country arising from the repeal of the duties on corn and other import duties, that the only re source by which they could satisfy the distressed part of the community was by reducing the wages of every man in the public department. He (Lord J. Russell's) answer was that this statement was not true—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—for, from every account he had heard with respect to wages, except in some few of the agri cultural counties—(Cries of "Oh, oh!" and laughter from the Protectionist benches)—there had been no re ductions of wages, and the labouring classes of the country were not now obliged to receive a less remune ration for their work than they obtained before the Act of 1846 was passed.—(Cries of " Oh, oh !" from the Pro tectionists, met by cheers from the Ministerial side.) He (Lord J. Russell) would not, therefore, give any coun tenance to that delusion. He would not aid the Hon. Gentleman in inducing the House to express an opinion that the country was in such a state of distress, owing to the adoption of what had been called the p olicy of free trade, that it was absolutely necessary for the Go vernment to reduce the wages of every labourer in their employment. His (Lord J. Russell's) belief was, that the reverse was the fact. He believed that, generally speaking —and he had received a good deal of information on the subject from various quarters—the labouring classes of this country were now iu a better condition than they had been in before the adoption of that policy— (Shouts of " Oh, oh!" from the Protectionists, and cheers from the Ministerial benches)—which some Hon. Gentlemen opposite so strongly reprobated.—(A cry of " No, no.") The Hon. Gentleman who doubted this assertion was quite welcome to entertain his own opinion, but he could not expect him (Lord J. Russell), entertaining, as he slid, an opposite conviction, to assent to a measure which would disseminate throughout the country the belief that the House of Commons con sidered that the nation had been reduced to so distressed a state in consequence of the adoption of free-trade that it was absolutely necessary to reduce wages. He (Lord J. Russell) had asked the Hon. Member for Bucking hamshire, the other night, instead of proposing motions of this kind, and voting for the reduction of various taxes, to bring forward some direct motion for protection, that they might have the question fairly tried between those who thought that system ought to be restored and those who e were opposed to its restoration. The Hon. Gentleman then said that he and his friends had only voted for these reductions of taxation to save their suffering constituents. It appeared, then, that the Hon. Gentleman, in order to promote the interests of his con stituents in Buckinghamshire, had felt himself obliged to vote for a reduction of the duty on paper, and of the duty upon marine insurances. —(A laugh.) That cer tainly seemed an odd mode of relieving the distress of Buckinghamshire. But the Hon. Gentleman had also said that this was a kind of campaign, and he told them he was too skilful a general to take his plan of campaign from his opponents. Ho (Lord John Russell) thought his Honourable Friend the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) should ply duo attention to those words.— (Laughter.) Whether the plan of campaign adopted by the Honourable Member fur Buckinghamshire was good or bad,- he clearly showed what his object was —that, whether he marched to the right or to the left for the purpose of a feint, his real object was to assail the intrenchments of the Free-traders, and to put an end to that system. The Hon. Gentleman plainly showed that he and his friends were convinced that they would be-in a minority if they were to bring forward a motion fur the re-establishment of protection, but they considered that under the guise, ur rather disguise, of motions fur a reduction of taxation, they might secure the assistance of some allies, who would otherwise shrink from joining th3m ; and that they might thus at length attain what they declared plainly to be their object--the restoration of protective duties. With that object plainly declared lie (Lord J. Russell) thought there could be little doubt that the Hon. Member f,r the West Riding had perceived with sagacity their inten tion—(Hear, hear)—and had determined not to be misled by their plan of campaign. " Mutemus clypecs, Danaumque insignia nobis Apterous." " We have no chance of escape," said the Hon. Gentle man and his friends, "in our own armour as Tories; but if we appear as great economists, as great friends of re duction, as men who wish to diminish taxation, then we may carry some motion which will be, at all events, ex ceedingly hostile to the Government, and thus by certain roundabout and circuitous modes, we may at length at tain our real object—the restoration of a protective duty upon grain. He (Lord J. Russell) thought this was quite enough to induce those Hon. Members who did nbt seek the attainment of the same end, not to vote for a resolu tion which would effect no real economy—(Oh, oh!) —which, so far from saving 1,000;0001., would not save a single pound of the public expenditure. He doubted whether, with regard to true economy, they could make reductions more speedily or more safely than in the mode proposed by the Government. He believed the State might find, as the railroad companies to which his Right Honourable Friend referred had found, that if they made sudden reductions in the public departments they would unsettle their whole es tablishments, they would induce many of their best public servants to look for other em ployments, and they would probably be obliged to buy good service with larger rewards than they now thought it necessary to give. He believed the only true mode of economy was that adopted by the Government,—to make a gradual revision of the public departments, to treat no individual with injustice, but in the case of any vacan cies not to fill up places which were unnecessary— (Hear, hear) —and if any other departments besides those which had been mentioned should hereafter seem fit subjects for inquiry, to let such inquiry be made. In that manner they would carry into effect, gradually , in . deed, b u t with justice to individuals and with benefit to the state, a l arge an d permanen t s y s tem of economy. If, on the contrary, the House were to adopt this resolu tion,thee, would apparently be giving a vote for economy , but, . fact, they would do little for economy, while they would tend to p romote a furthe r object , ag a inst which majority he believed a of that House—if the question was presented to them plainly and directly—were pre pared to decide.— ( R and ch eers.) Sir C. BURRELL observed, that as the Noble Lord bad stated that the wages of agricultural labourers had not been reduced, he begged ht.d t o inform him that in the south of England they fa llen . It was impossible that the price of corn could Y the fallen one-third, as produc r e e d P compared with what it was before caolnofththeewcaogrnes laws, without an effect being of labour. Mr. HENLEY, in reply, sa id be th oug htth en e uity in h Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) had shown h is usua l fold a ing endeavouring to g ather back intoother aide,prportion of the Honourabl e Gentlemen on the on some late occasi ons, had not shown themseiv: ewho, is posed to act as a v er y disci p lined bod y ,-... ( 4 laug h .) d - The Noble Lord ha d taken g reat offence bec ause cer tain Members on tha t ( the O pp osition) side of the etensehad voted, on a late occasion, against certain taaes.But the Noble Lord seemed t o have for g otten what ha pp e ned two sessions ago, when he p ro p osed to p ut on an addi tional property-tax. There was a sort of growl all round the House—(A laugh)—he could not call it any thing else—which warned the Noble Lord that it would not do-to go on:with his plan. And what was the result? That the Government were obliged to come down to the House 'with amended estimates. The Noble Lord had opposed this motion as unjust both to the Ministry and to the subjects of the proposal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, had said, "I agree with the mover in his- principle, but I will not consent to the motion, because it will be a vote of censure upon the Govern ment "—(A laugh)—and then, because the motion was a vote of censure, the Right Honourable Gentleman did not face it with a direct negative, but he moved the previous question. It was urged that the Treasury had been reformed; but it was forgotten that it had been reported upon by the Committee on the miscellane ous expenditure two years ago. But be (Mr. Hen ley) did not bring the Treasury or the Home-office especially under the consideration cf the House ; these were in the estimates every year.—(Hear, hear.) No one who had opposed the motion had said a word about any one great revenue department.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord talked about the savings in 1833, but he had overstated the amount by nearly 100 0001. The fact was, that the establishments often paid off with one hand and I_Aook on with another. The Hon. Member fur Oxford -had alluded to a matter which would have been as well ! not brought before the House, a private matter of a FOREIGN SPIRITS.—A vessel which has arrived county society, which he said had dissolved itself bec ause from Stettin has brought 438 punc heons of spirits, compris the members gave u p protect i on . The fact was that it ing, with the exception of a quantity of spelter in bulk, the was a defensive society, and there was nothing left to entire cargo, and consigned to order. This large importa defend; there was a difference of opinion as to what tion of spirits from Prussia is very unusual. Another remark should bo done in future, and as to having new rules,and able feature in this arrival is, that the vessel in which the the society, therefore, came to an end of its own accord. importation took place belonged to Russia. As to the Noble Lord's taunt, if their (the Protectionists') NOVEL SPORT.—A seal 4- 1 2 - feet in length, and views of the recent policy were right, the time would weighing upwards of 168 1 b5., was shot a few days since at Come when the subject would force itself on the Pill,near Bristol, by Mr. Davis, the tide-surveyor on that Houses—Wear; IMO kie (MAConley) had not brought station. The seal when discovered was basking in the sun on the Donny below high-vigor mark. 173 ••• na • 269 ••• ~. • -96 PORTLAND ROOMS, FOLEY-STREET, PORTLAND - P LACE. THE BACHELORS beg to announce to their friends and the public, that their GRANT> PLAIN DRESS BALL, under the direction of Mr. Albert Leonoird, will take place at the above Rooms, on FRIDAY NEXT, MAr 3, 1850, not this evening, as stated in the " Times" in error this Clay. Tickets, 2s. 6d. each, to be had only at Jackson:"s Library, Opera Arcade ; and at the Rooms on the night of the 8901. EER MAJESTY'S TI3IEATRE. Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous Concerted MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT will be given early in the month •f MAY, selected from the following admired authors :—Weber, Spohr, Purcell, M. Loeke, Spontini, Paesiello, :Meyerbeer, Cima rosa, Haydn, Beethoven, Rossini, and embraci n g several highly interesting novelties. On this occasion will appea r Madame Sontatr, Mdlle. Farodi, Mdlle. Giuliani, ldiss Catherine Wayes, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini; Signori Calzoyali, Sims Reeves, Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, and F. .Lablache. Herr Muller and Signor Lablache, supported by all the, Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. :Balfe. Amongst other novelties, Madame Sontag will b eve the honour to sing the " Swiss Airs," by Eckert, and the variali one on " Ah vows dirai-je," by Adolphe Adam, as sung by her with the most enthusi astic success at the Concerts of the Grand Censer vatoire of Paris ; in addition to which will be presented a Trio for three Tenors, a Trio for three Basses, and a Trio for three Sopranos. Full particulars will be shortly announced. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Comprislng the talents of Madame Songtag, Signori Baucarde, Sims Reeves, Coletti, Bellett], and Lablache ; Mdlle.. Carlotta Grin' Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ecrrats, Will take place THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, . _ Will be performed the celebrated drama of TIM MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Count Henry Beausoleil, Mr. Hughes ; Count Tennis, Mr. Boyce ; Captain Gasconade, Mr. Worrell; * * * Madame Celeste ; Duplumet, Mr. Cullenford ; 3ladlle. de Nantelle, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. MatthewMessrs.s. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. After which (27th time) a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, F. Cooke; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. Humby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft 15 , New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be Presented the entirely new Opera (composedexpressly for this Theatre, by Signor F. Schira), entitled THE °PHAN OF GENEVA. Count de Meryllle, Mr. Allen; Carwin. Mr. Weiss; Fontaine, Miss Mr, 11. Co; Picard Mr . * Latter; Levine, Mr. Wynn ; Therese, :Louisa Picard, After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid entitled' Costumes , and Appointments ; extensive Machinery, &c., THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES • or The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters b y Messrs Ry ' der, ' Forman Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders , ' Honey, Craven ; and Miss Vill ars. ASTLErs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. gra gr,ldr. W. Batty. r opr iet o r o a f n d: a i 7eaatraoinary and talented Artiste, Easter Spectacle of Enchant- Triumphant success of the new 31adilo. Gardoni, on the meat. —Reappearance Tight Rope. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at S even Fitzball's magnificent Spectacle entitl ed o'cleck, with , THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Char] mgne P ro d u ced with great splendour , and i n troducing the whore of v ast resources of this Esta blishment, includin g the beautiful Stud, together with the Camels, Zebras, &c., &c. To be succeeded by the talented Male and Female Artists of the Establishment. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. Box-officee Ma open From Eleven till Wes Four. Stagnager, Mr. W. t. iNJ W S !', . TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be presented (for the first time this season) Belilni's cele brated Opera. LA SONNA3fI3ULA.. _ Amin3, Madame Sontag ; Lisa, Mdlle. Malporate ; Count Ro dolpho, Signor Belletti ; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves (for this occasion only). In the course of the evening will be presented (for the first time) a new and original Grand Pas de Trois (composed by M. Paul Taglioni, the Music by Signor Pugni), entitled LES GRACES, Euphrosine, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Thalia, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; Egle, Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris. After which selections from Rossini's celebrated Opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. _ _ Arnoldo, Signor BancardeT6uglielmoTell,Signorletti; Walter, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the last scene of the admired Ice Ballet, by N. P. Taglion', entitled LES PLAISIRS DE mirvEß ; on, Les Patineurs --- ----.- . , -, Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENENG A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Will take place, on which eccasion will be performed (for the first time this season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellan; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urban°, Madlle. de Merle ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signor Lavia ; Il Conti di San Bris, Signor Tagliatco ; II Conte di Nevers, M. Massol ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; Maarevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ; 3farcello, Herr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Positively the last appearances but One of the eminent comediens, M. Samson and Madlle. Denain, and the first appearances of Mons. Regnier and Madile. Nathalle. THIS EVENING _ _ . The Performances will commence at o'clock precisely, with (for the first time in this country) Scribe's celebrated Comedy, in Five acts, entitled LA CAMARADERIE ; ou, La Courte-Echelle. Le Comte de Miremont, M. Samson ; Bernardet, M. Regnier ; C6sarine, Madlle. Derain; Zoe, Madlle. 'catholic. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction of the Grand Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Together with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the necessity of closing the Theatre. THIS EVENING, For the Benefit of Miss Vandenhoff, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, Sopkocles' classical Tragedy of - ANTIGONE, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments, and all the Grand Chorases by Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, adapted to the modern stage by W. Bartholomew, Esq. Creon, Mr. Vadenhoff ; Antigone. Miss Vandenhoff ; Tiresius, Mr. Cooper; Ismene, Miss Phillips. After which THE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYmARRET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Broraptoa. THIS EYEXESI,, WE be perfbrmed MgCN ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Don Pedro, Mr. Selby; Don John, Mr. Braid; Claudio, Mr. Howe • Benedick, Mr. J. Wallack ; Dogberry, M r . R eeley ; Verges, Mr. iuckstone ; Beatrice, Mrs. Warner (her third appearance in that character) ; Hero, Missßeypolds. — Fo conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wsunba, Mr. Buck ssone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Pitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The Box-01110e is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. $1 Sat( czt., LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1850. Our Republican neighbours are certainly fond of imparting a theatrical colouring to their political de monstrations. Latterly, however, even in their most melodramatic proceedings, there has been a profound and earnest significance : ex. gr. the triumphant re turn of the sensuous, or we might rather say the sensual, romancist M. EUGENE SUE, as the Parisian representative. The announcement of this event as the result of the late parliamentary contest in the French capital has startled the timorous into an un usual display of timidity. During the earlier part of Monday night the streets and boulevards of the Republican capital swarmed with an anxious multitude, betraying in their whole bearing and conversation the extent of their excite ment. Under every lamp-post collected a group of eager politicians devouring the evening newspapers. Elsewhere the stump orators gesticulated and de claimed with their habitual fervour. Speculators congregated in the Passage de l'Opera, and very speedily, or rather forthwith, the funds dropped down two-and-a-half per cent., threatening a yet greater depression before the closing of the Bourse. Never theless, in spite of the general agitation, patrols were allowed to pass unmolested to and fro throughout the night, and the consequence was that Paris was pre served in a state of comparative tranquillity. All these appearances go far to prove how deeply the popular anxiety has been probed by the im portant election just brought to a conclusion. M. LECLERC, the representative of the party of authority, called the party of order, contrived to secure only 117,177 votes out of 249 sections of the department of the Seine ; whereas M. SUE, the Socialist, and ultra-democratic candidate, obtained from the same number of sections no less a majority than 8,175, his supporters being estimated at 125,352 ! Subsequent returns from the two remaining sections of the 251 into which the metropolitan department is divided, brings up the majority of the Socialist candidate to very nearly ten thousand over and above the number of votes conceded to his Conservative antagonist. The victory thus secured to the ultra-Republican is regarded less as a personal ovation of a very brilliant but demoralising genius, whose romances have long been investing him with an enormous popularity, than as a stern demon stration against the Droit in the Legislative Assembly, the Conservative conspirators who are plotting treason to the Republican Constitution, the agents of a disguised royalty and a covert absolutism. It iw moreover, conceived by the more sagacious observers of these occurrences, that the triumphant election of M. EUGENE SUE, as the representative of the Parisians, is remarkable for a double significance of a most ex traordinary character. It is said fur example, and with no inconsiderable show of reason, that a certain attractive theory of idealized Communism was ad vanced by M. EUGENE SUE in his celebrated fiction of the Juif Errant, and that, therefore, his suc cess is a step en avant for the Communistic multitude. It is suggested again by others that, seeing the villanous portraiture of le Pere RODIN in the same romance, and the grim representation of the whole ecclesiastical fabric, with its regu lations and Its functionaries, the triumph of M. Eu- GENE SUE must be regarded as nothing less than " a heavy blow and a great discouragement" to the clerical faction called the parti-pretre. The rea sonableness of all these conjectures with regard to a candidate such as M. EUGENE SUE must be suffi ciently obvious, especially in reference to a con stituency as excitable and eccentric as the Parisians. Should the election of the Socialist in preference to the Conservative, the nominee of the Gauche instead of the Droit, the ultra-democrat in place of the ultra reactionary, be productive of no other advantage to the cause of true freedom among the citizens of the French Republic, it will act as a powerful (would that it might prove an adequate !) warning to the royalist conspirators. Unhappily these men are so blinded by the engrossing fascina tion of their plots, that it is scarcely possible they will hear the present any more than they have done any previous warning, uttered though it be in a voice of thunder, and glaring before them as it does with the vividness of lightning. Much as is said about the fickleness of the French, and especially of the Parisians, it is certain that of all the races of Chris tendom they have been perhaps the most long-suf fering. For 18 years they tolerated the evil govern ment of a Prince, raised by them to the monarchical dignity only to betray, and to fleece, and to disgrace thirty millions of benefactors. During many centu. ries they bent their necks obediently to the yoke of the ancient dynasty. In 1789, and in 1830, and in 1848 they rose only at the last extremity to rid them selves of the intolerable and grinding domination of their oppressors. Yet.these are the men who are denied the virtue of endurance. Yet, yet these are the men against whom the royalist conspirators the apologists of absolutism, the ultra-conservatives, the ultra-reactionnaries, are plotting with such insane audacity. Madmen as they are, these schemers in behalf of despotism " have forgotten nothing, have learnt nothing," they have seen to no purpose the awful truths disclosed in the giant outbreaks of Sep tember, of July, and of February. They think not, these miserable beings, infatuated with the glitter of an imaginary regalia, of the irresistible force of those national " Hopes and fears long subdued, Subdued and cherished long." Let them know, before too late, that this force has grown at last to be incapable of resistance, and that the energy inspired by those hopes and fears can defy all opposition, whether that of open antagonists or of secret conspirators. , One of the results of the alteration in the corn-laws, and that, perhaps, not the least remarkable or im ' portant, is the total change effected in the views and sentiments of the Protectionists, or, as they love to style themselves, the Country Party. They have now become zealous and energetic financial reformers, bringing forward and voting in favour of economy and retrenchment, and scrutinizing the national expenditure with curious eyes. Even the veteran reformer,scarcely more urgent for the ap p l i catio n pruning knife than some o f those good and old the t prices i m e s," when monopoly reigned wh o , n the paramount, " J os] r o ll f u t h m e E , of all the chi e f necessaries of life were nearly double the pr esen t rates, would have thought such topics beneath their notice. We shall not, however, repudiate the services of our new allies because of their former errors. We shall not inquire too curiously into the nature of the motives by which they may be actuated, but shall freely accept their proffered aid. The change is not on the part of the ancient friends of economy. We still re main faithful to our former principles; we are arrayed under the glorious standard, and we shall still continue to wage " war to the knife" against every species of extravagance, notwithstanding the unsoli cited adhesion of former opponents, and the more unexpected desertion of former friends. Mr. HENLEY last night brought forward what may now be regarded as his annual motion, " for an address to her MAJESTY, praying that she would be graciously pleased to direct that a careful revision be made of the salaries end wages paid in every department of the public service, with a view to a just and adequate reduction thereof, due regard being had to the efficient performance of the several duties." We cannot conceive a proposition. in every respect more unobjectionable, or better deserving support. It did not imply that all salaries should be diminished without inquiry or without exception. It did not suggest that those which are already too low should be further reduced without considering the nature of the duties to be performed, or the qualifica tions required. It did not affirm that all officials received exorbitant remuneration for their ser vices. No such thing. All that could be deduced from its success would be that very many were too highly paid, considering the di minution of prices of all the necessaries and most of the luxuries of life; or, in other words, the great ap preciation in the value of money produced by the ex isting monetary code, and that, therefore, a cor responding reduction in the amount of salaries and perquisites that had been arranged under very diffe rent circumstances might fairly and reasonably be made. It might, in fact, as the Hon. Member for Sheffield justly remarked, be considered as a "truism," which her MAJESTY'S Ministers might have accepted without the slightest danger, and which Honourable Gentlemen on every side of the House, of every shade and variety of political opinion, might have sustained by their votes. But by rejecting the motion they practically decided that no alteration was desirable, and that was the view which Mr. CODEN practically affirmed by his arguments. The Hon. Gentleman seamed to think that it was something intended to damage the great cause of free trade, to deprive the working classes of the advan tages resulting from the abolition of the bread-tax— advantages to which they were so justly entitled ; that, in fact, it might be considered as " a war upon wages." Never,was there a greater mistake—never a more erroneous view taken of any subject. Mr. HENLEY had, we should have thought, sufficiently guarded his proposition against such a misconception. The concluding clause, " due regard being had to the efficient performance of the several duties," completely removed the ground from under his opponent, and an ticipated all his arguments. It was not alined at the hard-worked and; under-paid employes. It was not directed at those who gave a " fair day's .work in return for a fair day's wages." Such persons would not, in fact, be in any degree affected by the result. Their salaries would not be reduced below the fair value of their services ; they would still be at least as high, if not higher, than could be obtained from private employers. But there are some unquestionably who receive more than they are justly entitled to, whose already extravagant salaries have been rendered still more unreasonable by the great alteration in the value of money. A striking illustration was afforded just before the discussion, in the case of the Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, who, it appears, was actually en joying no less than 12,0001. per annum for almost nominal duties—so slight, indeed, that the fortunate holder was also enabled to fill no less than three ecclesiastical preferments—a prebend of Canterbury, the Rectory of Hunton, and the Rectory of Latchington, yielding a further revenue of 2,063/ per annum. Other instances, almost as glar ing, might be adduced, and yet, in the face of such facts, the chosen representatives of the people, the ap pointed guardians of the public purse, negatived the salutary proposition by a majority of 96. The num bers being, for putting tin question, 173 ; against it,. 269. The true ground on which to rest the case, how ever, is, as we have already stated, the great "appre ciation" in the value of money that has taken place under the Acts of 1819 and 1844. It is now admitted on all sides that the " purchasing power of a pound sterling," or, in other words, that command over the necessaries and comforts of life, which was conveyed by a sovereign or a one pound note, in the average of transactions in which it was employed some 30 years since, is more than doubled. This has been the result of our monetary legislation, and if those enact ments are to be maintained inviolate and perpetuated, a corresponding change should he made in every de partment. The pressure of the national debt . has been increased in that proportion. Now we desire to maintain faith with the public :creditor, but we cannot see why faith should not be maintained with the tax-payer, or why the former should receive twice the amount for which he stipulated—thus in creasing his resources at the expense of the latter. Many of the salaries now complained of were regulated according to the former value of money ; bat when the latter has changed so considerably, why should the par ties now receive twice as much as was considered to be fair remuneration for their services at that time. This is the true light in which the subject should be regarded. It is, we verily beneve, the view that will be taken by the great body of the people outside the walls of Parliament. We eonfe , .s that wo should greatly prefer a monetary reform that would restore things to their original position, and bring the value of money to what it was when 600,000,0001. were added to the national debt. But if this just and rea sonable proposition be rejected—if Government still pertinaciously and obstinately adhere to our restric tive currency laws, the only alternative is, that there should be " a careful revision of the salaries and wages paid in every department of the public service, with a view to a just and adequate reduction thereof, due regard being had to the efficient performance of the several duties." ACCOUCHEMENT OF,, HER MAJESTY. BIRTH OF A PRINCE. This morning at twenty minutes after Eight o'clock the Queen was safely delivered of a Prince. In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse. And in the rooms adjoining were the other medical attendants, Sir James Clark and Dr. Ferguson, and the Ministers and Officers of State summoned on the occasion. The Privy Councillors present were the Duke of Wellington, Sir George Grey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Norfolk, and the Marquis of Breadalbane. DEATH OF SiR THOMAS CARTWEIGHT.-111tC111... gence has been received at the British Legation in Berlin, from Stockholm, of the death of Sir Thomas Cartwright, her Majesty's envoy at the Court of Sweden. This melancholy event occurred after a few days' illness, in consequence, as ft is said, of an inflammation or abscess in the throat. No man will be more lamented by the Court to which he was accre dited, and by his colleagues, than this most worthy and popular gentleman. Sir Thomas had attained his fifty-tourth year, and had passed thirty-six years in the diplomatic service. A letter from Berlin states that Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the King's youngest brother, has contracted a morganatic marriage with Theresa Elsaler, Fanny Eissier's sister. She is henceforward to bear the name of Madame de Bernau, which the King has sanctioned on the occasion of the marriage. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAlLWAY. — Viscount Jocelyn, the chairman of the Committee on this Bill, reports that the Committee have struck out of the Bill so much thereof as relates to the alterations proposed to be made in the existing powers to leave the undertaking to the London and North- Western Railway, and that the promoters had consented to abandon that portion of their Bill. LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE, AND STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAT.—The affairs of this concern are to be wound-up, and as a preliminary step thereto, creditors are to appear and prove their debts before the Master. CITT COMMISSION OF SEWERS .— TheCornraissioners assembled at the Guildhall as usual: yesterday—Mr. De puty Peacock in the chair; but the only business transacted on the occasion was entirely of a routine character, and there fore destitute of any interest. To hear complaints with patience, even when com plaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship ; an d though it must be allowed that he suffers most like a hero that hides his grief in silence, yet it cannot be denied that he who complains acts like a man, like a social being, who looks for help from his fellow-creatures.—Eliza Cook's Journal. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, APRIL 30.—The market to-day has been very quiet. There has been a good deal of inquiry for yarns and some kinds of cloth, but it has not resulted in much business, owing to the advanced prices demanded. There has been a considerable speculative de mand for cotton in Liverpool to-day, which has caused our spinners and manufacturers to be very firm in demanding an advance. This has checked business materially, but there seems a probability of the week proving a satisfactory one. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.— Along the above line on Friday evening last several of the down trains were delayed. On inquiry it was found that the 5 30 down train, owing to some failure in the driving machinery, had got off the line, when about a mile an d a half east of Slough, which caused the greatest consternation among the passengers. Immediate attempts were made to get it on ngain, but in vain ; and, in consequence, both the 7 o'clock and mail down trains were considerably delayed, so that-passengers by the former were detained for more than three hours. The mail train arrived at Reading about 1 t o'clock, instead of 10 10, as usual ; and a similar delay took place at the other intermediate stations. Fortunately no loss of life nor any serious injury was sustained among the pas .sengers. An inquiry is being instituted, in order to ascertain if any blame attach to the employes of the company in regard to the cause of the accident. Anna Mary Anson, who some months since figured away at Cheltenham as Lady Wyatville ' was yesterday com mitted from Wandsworth, charged with victimizing a great number of lodginghouse-kotpers. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 'lO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 10,000 bales, of which one half were taken for export and on speculation. The market was firm.— Railway Shares continued very dull and prices were drooping. _ _ _ The Stock Exchange is closed to-day, as customary on the Ist of May. The Banker's Magazine for May states that the Money Market continues to be well supplied with capi tal, and for good three months' bills the rate of discount is still only a fraction above 2 per cent. per annum. The Bank minimum rate is 2fr, as before. The bankers accept lodgments on call at something like 1:1 per cent. At these easy rates money is not a drug, and finds em ployment. The Life Policies of Assurance Bill, we aro sorry to say, has made no further progress, and has now little chance of success this session. We should like to see the Banking community, who are so directly interested in the success of this measure, strengthen tho hands of its promoters by petition, or by private correspondence with friends who are Members of the House." The following is from Panama, relative to the revolu tion of Equsdor:— " Guayaquil, March 4, 1850. " A revolution broke out heieon the 20th ultimo, prin cipally- confined to the military. Don Diego Vovoa was yesterday appointed Supreme Chief, and up to this date good order has been observed; but es our communica• tion with Quito is closed, and the priaciral citizens are strongly opposed to this revolutionary movement, it is impossible to judge of the duration or course it may pursue." El Mercurio, of Valparaiso, January 31st, states that in the month preceding the amount of fllur ex ported from that port t) California was 80,000 quintals, being nearly 40,000 barrels. The same journal says that the population of California augments su rapidly that all the products of their fields will not be sufficient to supply them with bread, adding that, to a North Ame rican, bread is an indispensable aliment. El Corco, of Lima, of February 9th, contains the Message of the President of the United States, tent to Congress, December, 1849. The question of extending to a farther period the monopoly granted hitherto to the Pacific Steamboat Company is not yet settled, and continues to be dis cussed in the journals of Lima, by long-winded corn - apendents, In the Nova Scotia Legislature the following resolu tions were carried by a strong mtjority :- Ist. That if the United States remove existing duties on the following articles, the growth and production cf British Nurth America, the rullowing articles be allowed to be imported into this province from the United States, duty free, viz. _ _ Grain and breadstuffs of all kinds, vegetables, fruits, seeds, Lay and straw. Animals, salted and fresh meats, butter, cheese, lard, tallow, hides, horns, wobl, undressed skins, and furs o f all kinds. Ores of all kinds, iron in pigs and blooms, copper, lead in pigs. Grindstones and stones of all kinds, earth, coals, lime, ochres, gypsum ground or unground, rock salt. Woos►; timber, and, lumber of all kinds, fire wood, ashes, bark. Fish, fish oil, train oil, spinmeoeti oil, head matter, and blubber, fins wild skins, the product of fish or crea tures !ping in the water. Accounts from Anaiterdam state that very little was doing in the Fueds on Sunday. Dutch Two-and a flair per Cents. 55 5-IG. The couarmation (f yesterday's report; that the Socialist candidate, Eugene Sue, was elected for Paris, and that the tunds hal fallen 1 to 14 per cent, the ac• count being very Bullish, has had some influence on prices here, and there have been bargains in the Sub scription-rooms at 951. for Consols. At the Bank of England the hale'-yearly balanae is bring taken. COURSE 0 Aznsl2rdarn •• • • 12 2 EXCIIANGE. Ditto, three months.. 12 3% liotte rdain .... ••.. • • 12 311 Antwerp ••.•••• • •• • • • • 25 85 Brussel3.• • • • 25 80 Ettaiburgh —.M.D. 13 13% Paris. 3 days'olght • 25 60 Ditto, 3 mouths .... 25 80 Utarseilles 25 80 Bourdeaux.... ... • n - ankfort on Ma1n4.... 1217 i 11erlin • . . • • • . • • • • • • • • Vienna, eine. fio ••• • •• 12 7 Trieste, ditto—. • • .... 11 8 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37% Madrid 49% Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• •. •• •• •• ••••• Glipralt2Lr• • • • • • . • • • .. • • Legh0rn...,,... ••.. • • 20 75 Gekioa .... • . „„•. •• 26 10 Milan .. • . • • • • . • • • • • • • -- Venleo.. ..... • • • • .... Naples .. • • .... 40% Palermo, peroa •••••••• 122 1 4 Messina 122 N rAiabon.... • • .......... 53 !4 Oporto 53% e..io Janeiro ........ • . Buenos Ayres .. • .. • • N e-r York, 60 days'sight .......... FRICt3 OF BULLION, YES OX. .Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 1 - New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10% Silver In bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY I.—Wind at min N. to W.N.W., light breer,, and dull cloudy weather. DUBLIN, 'APRIL 29.—Wind E.N.E.—Acrd. Royalist, Shapcott, Barbadoes. Sid. Ouzel, Gulley, Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 30.—Wind light airs, and variable. PADSTOW, APRIL 29.—A ship's long-boat, !I - Parked " Alexander Moreson" inside, has been picked up off Trevoso Head, and brought in here. PENZANCE, APRIL 29.—TLe Jufrow, Ahda, Liver pool to Pernan, has put in leaky, making 3i feet water per hour. - DONEGAL, APRIL 29.—The Ludy Maxwell, of Gar liestown, Liverpool to &luaulict, foundered 26th in tit-ant, Teeling Head bearing N.E, about ten miles; crew saved, DEAL, APRIL 30.—Wind E.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. from the River, al,d std., Cypress, Montreal. PLYMOUTH. APRIL 30.—Wind N.E.—Sid- British Empire, Adelaide, South Australa. Off port, William Wallace, Bombay; Worcester, Hawkins, ditto, from Hull. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Denison, King, Autigurs; Esmeralda, M.Manus, New York; Frisk, Whitaway, Buenos Ayre:;; Champion, Barbadoes. Sid. Riverdale, Staten bland; Isaac Webb, New York; Strathmore, Boston; Campbell, St. Domingo; Randolph, Matanza., Can&ia, Staten bland; Elizabeth, St. An drew's; Volumia, Montreal. Off port, Hannibal, Per mora. FLEETWOOD—Arrd. Conrad, Mazatlon. WATERFORD, APRIL 28.—Wind E.N,E. to E,S.E.— Sld. Andromache, Quebcc, CLYDE, APRIL 29.—Arrd. Ann Best, Cheyne, Pata gonia; Martha Vineyard, Pye, New York; Trelawny, M`Nfelligo, Jamaica. Sld. City of Glasgow, Calcutta; Santos, Uavannah. -4 , i .i . W c ' 3?" ‘ ..... J I „ro e 'AP* ...4 . .. , '. 4 : e'ilt '‘'''' .' •• ' T fili k ‘ l' ki, , o, l* ll ~:, 1 , , , •ar , ~ '‘ . 4.1E4 ~ ,r. ..-...,_ , Nl.t. , ' _1„,.. au ~, WArdultrolti' •••• ' &Row-. -- r : --- -r• i.,077....,",fr0e'r,,z,V ' ,'' ' • ----r ...- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY Morning 45 min. after 4 I Evening 2 min. after 5 To-Moaaow—Morning 20 min. after 5 I Evening 41 min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 1. THERMOMETER. 49—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.09. WIND N.E.—slight rain in the morning; afternoon, tine. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY Scarcely any English Wheat was on offer in to-day's markets. The few parcels brought forward were mostly:ths.- posed of at prices fully equal t.) those obtained on Monday last. Very few offers came to hand from the east coast to forward Wheats at present currencies. Nearly 12,000 quar ters of foreign Wheat have come fresh to hand this week. The show of samples was by no means extensive. All kinds were in but moderate request, yet the quotations were well supported in cver7 instance. The supply of English Barley was small, that of foreign large. Most kinds moved off slowly at last week's prices. In Malt next to nothing doing at late rates. We had a large quantity of foreign Oats on the stands. A steady business was doing in that article, but we !Tay() no improvement to notice in value. Beans Yeas, Indian Corn, and Fl our, as l ast advised. , ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat_ Barley. 1 ..... Oats. ---____ , .___i_ Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 830 150 1,340 1,620 11,650 6,770 I 26;20 Malt. I Flour. English ...... 5c0tch........ Irish ........ Foreign ...... BOROUGH Z•IO1 Ina.l43KMlr. Our market is exceedingly inactive for all kinds of Hops, at barely last week's quotations. WELITISCICAPEIG. The general demand ruled very heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2s to 3s ; Mutton, 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Lambs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; and pork, 38 to 4s per Sibs, by the carcase. LYMINGTON ELECTION.-YESTERDAY. The last numbers polled were— Hutchins (Free-trader) Stewart (Protectionist) .. 103 Mr. Stewart resigned at about three r.m. The official declaration was to be made at five o'clocie. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Julius Casar was performed here last evening, and attracted a crowded house. The cast was very strong. Vandenhoff was Brutus, Cooper Cassius, Emery Cases, and Anderson Mark Antony. He is the best Mark Antony who has appeared since Charles Kemble lett the stage, and declaimed the celebrated funeral oration with great propriety and Effect. We were glad to find the house was crowded, because it shows that the love tor the drama is not extinct, and that to see a good play, strongly cast and well acted, people will gather togetht-r as they did in days of yore, ere the detestable " star" system spoiled the drama by turning all our good plays into huge monopologues fur the display of the peculiar talent or charlatanism, as the case might be, of one par ticular actor. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—BENEFIT OF MESSRS. PARKER AND BENTON.—These gentlemen take their benefit at Drury-lane Theatre to-morrow evening. They have been long connected with the house, and most of our play going readers have, no doubt, been frequently indebted to the civility and kindness of Mr. Parker, at the box-office, while all who have ever had occasion to make inquiries at the stage door can bear testimony to the urbanity with which Mr. Benton performs his duties. These things will, we hope, be held in remembrance, and, if so, these gentlemen will have a bumper to-morrow night. The performance will commence with Hamlet , and conclude with the .Devil's Ring. ST. JAMES'S SCOTCH CHURCH, SWALLOW -STREET, PICCADILLY.— Ou Sunday morning last the Rev. John Caird, one of the most eloquent preachers of the Church of Scot land, preached in this church on behalf of the Scottish Church Missions. There were present iv the church listening to the admirable discourse the Duke and Duchess of Argyl, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Mr. Fox Maule, and others of the Scottish nobility. EXHIBITION or 1851.—The Royal Commissioners have informed the city of London committee that they are prepared to take the greatest care in their power of all ob jects sent to the exhibition; but they are not prepared to incur a degree of responsibility unusual with regard to public exhibitions. F,:r this reason it has been already stated that exhibitors must be at the charge of insuring their own goods, and that the Commissioners cannot be responsible for any losses that may be occasioned by fire, or any other accident over which they have no control. They will spare no pains in making such police and other arrangements as may ap pear adequate for the protection of the exhibition and the security of articles exhibibited. They will of course give all the aid in their power for the legal prosecution of all persons guilty of robbery or wilful injury of any f the articles in the exhibition, should such unfortunately occur in spite of the precautions which will be taken. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Twelve o'clock. The Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill, and the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, were read a third time. Mr. W. FATTEN moved, " That it be an instruction to the CommitteD of Selection, that they have power to appoint the meeting of the :Committee on the South- Eastern Railway (power to discontinue payment of in terest on calls paid on No. 3 and No. 4 shares, &,c. (re committed) Bill, specially reported upon by the Com mittee, for any day after the Bth day of this instant May, should they so think fit."—Agreed to. NATIONAL ARBITRATION. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition in favour of national arbitration. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Martin, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Cowan (two), and Mr. Adderley. ADVERTISgME . NT DUII. Mr. WATKINS presented a petition from the com positors of a newspaper at Newry praying for the repeal of the advertisement duty. SECULAR EDUCATION. Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition against Mr. 'ox's Education Bill. COPYHOLDS—ENFR ANCHISENTENT. Mr. ADDEULEY presented a petition from liorow dale, in Cumberland, praying for the enfranchisement of copyholds. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh praying the House to pass a Bill to shut up bear-homes on the Sabbath. REGISTRAR OF PREROGATIVE COURT. Sir B. HALL said he must claim the indulgence of the House for a few moments, in consequence of a cir cumstance that had occurred to him this morning. .1: would be in the remembrance of the House that he had on a former day asked a question of the First Lord of the Treasury whether the reversion ot the office of the Registrar of the Prerogative Court had been filled up by the Archbishop of Canterbury with the name of his own son, or with that of the son of the Bishop of Winchester. To that question the Noble Lord answered that the Archbishop had appointed his own son, a young gentleman studying at the Temple, to the re vcrion of the office. He (Sir B. Hall) perceived that the answer of the Noble Lord had been E tAted by some of tl:e public prints to he that the son ot the Bishop ot Win chester, and in consequence ot that he had this mernieg received a letter from that prelate, by his son, Mr. U. Sumner, calling his attention to the subject, end stating that no son of his had Imd anything to do with the affair, and begging him to take the earlit;st opportunity of setting him (the Bishop) right with the public, as he considered that if there were any blame attached to such appointments, those who received them wero of course to be considered as particips criminis. He therefore now stated in the House that the answer which the Noble Lord had given him was that the son of the Archbishop of Canterbury had received the ap... pointment. POOR-LAW RELIEF. Mr. Alderman ►SIDNEY asked the Right ion. the President of the Poor-law Board whether it was his intention to introduce any measure with regard to the law of settlement; also, whether, he intended to intro duce any measure for the alteration of the Union Charge Act, and if not, whether he would be diti,pozed to take any measure to introduce a Bill baying reference to the city of London only, where the inequalities were the greatest. Mr. BAINES said that with reference to the two first questions, tho subjects of which were connected with each other, the matter had been long under the considera tion of the Poor-law Board, but the state of business precluded the Government from bringing in any measure this session, though be would be under the neees,.ity of asking the House to prolong the Union Charges Act for another year. With regard to the last part of his question, be end not think any special mea sure necessary for the city of London; any measure which he might introduce would be a general one. WEIGHTS AND MEASUItES. In answer to a question from Lord DUNCAN, Sir J. DUCKWORTI.I said that he intended to pro ceed with the Weights and Measures Bill as early ab no could. ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY-BIRTH OF A PRINCE. Sir GEORGE GREY said that, in , the absence of the First Minister, it was his duty to make a motion which a recent event would render necessary. The House would, he was sure, be anxious to take the earliest opportunity of repeating the ex pression of the deep interest which it feels in the domes tic happiness of the Sovereign. Her public sod private virtues had rendered her the object of attachment and admiration to her people.—(Loud cheers.) He had to move that an humble Address bo presented to her Majesty, congratulating her on the birth of another Prince.—(Cheers.) Sir R. H. INGLIS bad the greatest pleasure in seconding the motion. Every year from the first mo ment of her accession had added to her fame, and had secured to her the affection and gratitude of her people. The birth of every child had only fumbled a new mo tive to her people for such manifestation. The Address Ives agreed to. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill, Mr. CHRISTOPHER said this Bill certainly had not the objections of former measures, inasmuch as it was only permissive and not compulsory, but still ho oh jected to all such Bills as these on principle. There ought to be no legislative interference between landlord and tenant. Those two parties ought to be left to manage their own affairs. Customs differed in different countrie-, and it aa/ therefore, impossible to establish any eyelem which could apply to all. But in glancing his eye over this Bill he saw many objections to it in detail; it omitted to make any provision for distraints in case of dilapi dations and slovenly management, while in some in stances it conferred upon the tenant powers 'which would destroy the mutual confidence which ought always to exist between landlord and tenant. Now, it was t f the utmost importance that a good feeling should stall times prevail between landlord and tenant, but he was very much afraid, whatever might be the laudable motives of its introducer, he was very much afraid the interference cf this Bill would de stroy the unanimity that now exists in many counties. It the House deUrmined to pass the measure, he would not put them to the trouble of dividing, but inas much as the. Gallant Member for the city of Lincoln, who had given notice of an amendment, was not in his place, he should take leave to move that the Bill be read a se cond time this day six months. Sir G. STRICR:LAND looked upon the Bill as a di rect attack upon the rights of private property. Adam Smith laid it down as the best rule that coun tries could follow to allow private individuals to manage their own affairs in the manner which they thought best for their own interest; but, although the Bill was opposed to that principle, it was raid the Bill could do no harm, as it was only permissive. Well, but the landlords and tenants of this country already pos sessed the power which this Bill would give thorn, and since it was wholly uncalled for and quite unnecessary, what was the use of passing a Bill which gave no permis sion at all? It commenced by stating that it was highly expedient to allow landlords and tenants to make agreements for their own mutual interests . . Why, did they not possess that right at common law? Where was the use then of passing a superfluous 13i11, which might at first sight appear to be harmless, because it was based upon the permissive principle, but which might eaentu ally, if it were passed into a law, become au engine of mischief, by having it quoted as a precedent fur interfering with the rights of private property? Marling was a very expensive process, and this Bill provided for laying the expense cf that process upon the landlord. Now marling was a thing which was ruinous; to some kinds of land; yet this Bill would make it in cumbent on a landlord to marl his land, though it v ent to the destruction of it. He contended that the tenant farmers in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire did not want this Bill. The best authorities in Lincolnshire were decidedly opposed to it, on the ground that it would cause endless litigation, and destroy all confidence between landlord and tenant. _ _ Lord GALWAY thought the Bill was uncalled for and unnecessary; he should, therefore, vote fur the amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY was prepared to support the second reading of the Bill. The Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Strick land) treated the Bill as it it were compulsory, though he afterwards said it was permissive; but at present no landlord who had only a life interest in land could make an agreement with his tenant. The Bill was only per missive, and on that ground he thought it might be use ful, and because it would bind the remainder man incases where a tenant far life might make an agreement with his tenant. Be thought it would have been more courteous to the Bowe and the conntry, and have saved the time of Hon. Member:, if, instead of allowing the Bill to pro ceed to its present elefe, they had rejected it at once, but having reached its second reading, he would now give it his support, reserving to himself the right of moving any amendments in Committee. Mr. PACKE said he had seen the hardships to which the farmers of this country were exposed, and thinking they were entitled to some relief he should vote for the second reading. Colonel SIB'THORP said it was alleged that the 13a1 would effect an improvement in the condition of teaaats; but he did not ace that they wanted any improvement, He was not aware of having n discontented tenant in any one of the estates which he powessed in different counties. All they wanted was a fair, liberal, and proper understanding betwee❑ land lords and tenants, on the principle of live and let live, and then all such Bills as the present would be wholly unnecessarie lie should next expect that a Bill would ee introduced into the House to fix the wages of his footman, to say at what hour he ehoeld dine, and what he should have fur dinnc r. He was entirely op posed to the Bill, because it would be detrimental to the interests which it was proposed to relieve, and he should oppose it in every stage.—(Laughter.) Mr. DRUMMOND said he should vote fur the second reading of the Bill; hut unless it was so altered in Com mittee as to make it very much unlike what it was at present, he should oppose the Bill in its future stages.—(A laugh.) Thu farmers bad lost all ceelidence he legiette.un of the liouse; but still he should give the Lill his support in the hope that when amended, it would in come degree accomplish the object which it had in view. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT observed that a great authority had been referred to for the purpose of show ing that nothing was so dangerous as to interfere in the leateeeteent ot ice ivaa! pre,,erty, (speekay as regarded , land.ord and talent • the object or this Liil was not to nterfeee with the rights of those parties, but to remove „ , . .........- ---- a bo the interference i which at present exit ed. It 11 '44 sa id tiot ti a Bill would only effeat the estates, hot ti le fact was, that nearle 611 eel estates in acl country were settle l hold Bill did not (ii ettete what agreement the parties. id 0 make, but met ely said that henceforward they lot able to reeke t earticalar agreements, if they lik e ' „ e s therefore all it proposed to do was to allow a te l l to do what he cheesed with his own. lie had been roll by a far-nee te ho had embarked a great deal of r o i l ', in his farm, the t tinkles he had an agreement t'Ong landlord hie rent eveadd be disturbed at night by, t i of the ruin which might`might`come upon bis ell cio, d i of Blisving that the Bill would be the means, if Pa s6 ' t hee effecting improvements on fat 'nese of inereasie,geoee produce. and therefore of giving a dditional ereree he should give it his support. s ot Oat ar is6 Mr. TRIM ANNY admitted thiet cases rnee„,,e, be! where legiela Ave interference woulc: ,he Den°, e d landlords really he did not think this Bill gave 'her tn ei, or the ten snt a privilege or a right wh jell ad he did 1 possess steal idy.—(Hear, hear.) He s h support the s , ,mendment.—(He,r, hear.) este elst el 0 r i Mr. COLT ;`,..i thought the Bill was hig. l,l Y to diminish the difficulties that now prerted.T e . , , r e of the agricaltt sal interest, and increase the aenfel t . b et. the farmer f.ni the support of his landlord. It Knott/ fore, a most valuable Bill, and he should give it b ' s e support.—(l rear.) a th' Mr. NEW DEGATE said the farmers 'looked t, ahem Bill as the m eans of enabling their landlords to dt h sot justice in case they let t their farms ' i !, lel exhausted eitaerovementr, and . the House , , 1 0 0 opinion, woo id do wed to pass it. The Bill, t e .4110 was not with, rut defects; for instence, he was 3 ' !-I ses°, { e etre'r. ot el Bill would en able a tenant for life. to make outlays in inverovement,; but that was a matteror which might be remedied in Committee.—(fi en° e'ei ell ' Colonel `11:110MPSON did not think the 41 ,t ec i tioo that the IMt would injure 'posterity, aas en t' i se tes ti which oug ht to etand in the way of supporting" t ' e petea‘,, reading. JL he House was bound to regard, to sal "pee the intere it of posterity, but what they tad tc ` f :elea °ll at the pre: tent moment was the state of thiugs us te • . exist.—(l fear.) • eel° of Viscount CASTLERE A.GH hope d the pro eft this Bill, • ehich he heartily approved of, woo . tended to Inland. (LEFT SITTING.) a mm00mme....reamn5......01,........ mm 1 - t QUE.EN 'S BENCH._(THIS m colt; (Sittings h Banco, before Lord Chief J u stice ' $O O BELL, and Justices I'ATTESON, WIEIELT OI4 Enna.) OP TIIE QUEEN V. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE - 1. i BO COMPANY. This case c, one before the court on a c ertiora r- '„etlO rule had been obtained by the defendants crilling:ool Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to eb"befoll why an iticreisition held on the 23d January 184 ' 0 0 5 Mr. Carrick e the coroner for Cumberland, for ter or the value o f certain lands, taken by the La en n te SO! Carlisle Railway for the purpose of enlargat lea steam), at Carlisle, should not be quashed. 1.'",-ej, i in question had been assessed at the value of 7Pro ill The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause ag tt ' v t eef I ° ' rule, and sub, mitred that, as all the proceedings : 11 , e tot 7 quisition heal been in accordance with the privalottet Act of the Lancaster and Carlisle Company , lb° art bi vas . preelud eri from being brought before the n n- , certiorari. A , jet Mr. MARI7IN contended the proceedings et l 'e - t ) 3 r ; sition were irregular, in that the special jury ",...'"a r befr sessed the ve.lue of the lands on that occasion Pf Cs: improperly etruck and reduced, Mr. MounsoP e 0 5 di'i lisle, the fermier solicitor of the Maryport a nd 00" Company, hexing been served with the notice e h oloe° at the striltine of the jury instead of Aleters. l6C " I and Guteb, die then solicitors of the coraeseYe se eSs r t Lord CAMPBELL said it was quite clear that 1, 7 wet port Compeny had suffered nothing by reason O ,` A. jOri leged free , . clarity of the notice for striking 63- 04 Mr. Mouneey having attended the inquisitiort tbe er he might n at at that moment have been de ran t° , to r licaor of ti to company. He (Lord Campbell) ey n ' e ' fore of upi nion that the rule should be dischs r e y The oth ?r members of the court concurred . Rule di: charged. . \ EXEHEQUER.—CrfIIS DA Y'litt ° , be The Co art took the demurrer paper to- 03 PA Oel e cases heard were purely of a technical nature, e b " fore devoid of general interest. bth r , 0 , (Sittings at Nisi Prius in the Exchequer - e h at 1 before /Ir. Baron ALDERSoN and 11. Coramon '- , 1 1, DUMFORD V. FORD AND ANOTnEit• Joseph D . J r, The plaintiff in this case was the Rev. Jose tri Tiej ford, who was the owner of several bousea lure, r bourne-street, in Whetstone-park, and in fle l kitite l. the defendants were the representatives of Loan: 17 whom those houses had been let on leases in -be 0 arre ° le* 1828. The action was brought to recover the - ...4 09 A rent due to the plaintiff, as well as to obtain ee'` .. i r tion for the expense which he had a e on to in consequence of a breach by the cle .. v - per o f of the col extents of those leases. It ~,,"n ' seto. that the houses had been let on leases, the co.— pet re •O which requi:ed that every three years certs' ll Ohl', should be made, and also that the lessee should n or, to pay any premiums cf insurance which we re • F eet i°l o in respect of policies effected on the houses a • s o P,,, of entering into possession. These coventant_ns h ie lisF e ' been complied with, and the plaintiff had an"' 10,e instituted this action to recover cm:ripens:llkm. "' peered that a sufficient sum had been paid in t° ls; to cover the amount of rent due, and to lease n ee l k; of 211. for expense-, and the question now for r`: „ ; l' .‘ sion of • the jury was whether that 5° ,7 ftliko r' ample to meet the expenses which a proper 1 1. ration of the premise 3 rendered necessa r P 00,4 plaintiff stated that the cost he had h een i i i e r was 1031. les., and he claimed that sum,min° u' - I which had been paid into court for repairs. . M. .. 0 rSergeant SHEE appeared for the plaintie. • Knowles for the defendant. For the defence, it was contended that the re ee l , : 0 1 proviso in the lease of one of the houses to tb,esi thtit the rent should cease in the event of its b ;pia. uninhabitable by reason of its insecurity, and it e s ;i' e ,' that the public authorities had condemned it — le i ll gerous building. It was also contended th at s ate paid into court was amply sufficient to coroPell el plaintiff fur the repairs which he had made. w or The jury had not given their verdict when ri ° 7 ' press. • 1.), COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS v it Y 0 (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and JUStle."— WELL, WILLIAMS, and TALEonny.), 0) 4 No business of importance was brought uc Court this morning. BAIL COURT.—(THIS (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) THE QUEEN e, INHABITANTS OF ST. zonw-tiotorioi Mr. BODKIN applied to the Court for a writ of cer st , remove an indictment into this court, which had 10„ at the Middlesex Sessions against the inhabitaw°,lol George's, Hanover-square, for the non-repair of f ind d road running through Eaton-square. A similar , . t found in another place had already been removeu.tiej u o court, and the parties were anxious to have the q liability decided as speedily as possible. Application granted. 11 11 " 1 . SECONDARIES%—(THIS IL There was only one case on a bill of exchange° At was undefended. ho rP it On the new jury being called, one of t cluimed exemption on the ground that be had be '' to pl in On the ward inquest. t 0 4 11 The Learned Secondary (POTTER) said to - v riiv a ground of exemption, and the juror was aci svcorn in. ‘ ,444, per 11 1? 144 4:1 I . t NEWMARKET RAll (THIS DAY.) - F 1 L AP O) (BY ELECTRIC TELEG -- Sweepstakes of 50 sous. R.g. 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