The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-31 00:00:00

.', - JL-iitrll 15bition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING . Six o'cLocx. lIETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Sunrise 7 to 1 agst emus 10 to 1 agst Valentine 15 to 1 agst Selina SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Incurable 7 to 1 agst Elthiron 12 to 1 agst Dulcet 12 to 1 agst Brington TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Grecian 2 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Rhesus 12 0 1 agst Montague 16 to 1 agst Haricot 30 to 1 agst Damask DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph cult 16 to 1 agst Newminster 16 to 1 agst Teddington 22 to 1 agst Constellation 40 to 1 agst Theseus HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, MARCH 29.—The Minister of Fi nance has submitted eight very important projects of • law to the Second Chamber :- 1. A tax upon Netherlands subjects of 3 per cent. ' upon all property, shares, funds, &c., derived from foreign countries, which, at a given taxation of :30,000,000, promises a yearly revenue of 900,000 florins. " 2. Abolition of the tax on turf and coals, from which the loss to the revenue is estimated at 2,391,950 florins. Oa the other hand, an import duty of 25 per cent. per I,ooolb. is imposed on coals, which will bring the re " venue 100,000 florins. " 3. Reduction of the tonnage from 45 to 20 per cent. This will involve a loss of 2,000,000 to the revenue. " 4. Increase of the duty on sett, from which the Gro ver= en t expects 100,000 florins. "5. Increase of the duty on sugar. From this pro ject of law, which has not yet been laid before the Chambers, the Government expects a revenue of ' 6,000,000. • "6. Abolition of immunity from duty by the inland distilleries, which will probably yield the revenue of • 115,000 florins. "7. Modification of the stamp duty ; reduction to one-half the duty on bills of exchange. This is esti mated to yield the revenue 100,000 florins. "8. Modification of patents. This project is not yet fully drawn up, so that it is not possible to give an exact estimate of the sum which the Government ex pects to derive from this project of law; nor can the • sum total of the financial reform be given with any de gree of accuracy." SWITZERLAND. The National Gazette of Switzerland of the 27th contradicts a report of another insurrection having occurred at Friburg, and states that the town re mains perfectly tranquil. The report seems to have arisen from the fact that great numbers of people had gone there merely to learn what had really taken place. The number of insurgents killed in the insur rection which really took place, has been ascertained not to exceed five. The Swiss Federal Council has addressed a circular to all the confederated States, informing them of the events which have recently taken place at Friburg, and calling their attention to the necessity of observing the Strictest surveillance to prevent a recurrence of such scenes in their several localities. ITALY. The Gazette du Tessin quotas a letter from the Croce di Savoia of the 25th, announcing that the first convoy of Hungarian deserters sent from Genoa by the Sardinian Government arrived at Bellinzona on the 18th, and others were expected immediately. The Government was to provide them with food And lodging until their departure for France, which had consented to receive them. The Milan Gazette of the 22d contains a notifica tion from Count STRASOLDO, Imperial Lieutenant of Lombardy, informing the public that the restrictions hitherto laid upon the free exercise of the right esta blished by the circular of the Minister of War of the 11th of December, 1849, have been now taken off, and that persons liable to serve in the army may henceforth buy themselves off for a sum of 700 florins (1,700 f.). The Bologna Gazette announces that, on the 19th, a lieutenant of Papal gendarmes killed one of the men belonging to the band of Il Passatore. POST- OFFICE NO7 ICE. The following list shows the days on which the British and Unicvd Stares' Tait Packets (so iar as the information can be given) are appointed to be dispatched from this country to North America, during the months of April, May, and June of this year: — British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, April 5, for Boston—night mail. April 4. United States packet, from Liverpool, Wednesday, April 9. for New York—night mail, April 8. British packets, from Liverpool, Saturday, April 12, for New York, and Saturday, April 19, for Boston— night mails, April 11 and 18. United States packets, from Southampton,Wednesday, April 23, for New York—night mail, April 22. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, April 26, for New York—night mail, April 25. United States packet, from Liverpool, Wednesday, April 30, for Now York—night mail, April 29. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, May 3, for Boston —night mail, May 2. United, o States packet, from Southampton, Wednesday. May 7, for. New York—night mail, May 6. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday. May 10, for New York—night mail, May 9. United States packet, from Liverpool, Wednesday, May 14, for New York—night mail, May 13. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, May 17, for Boston 7 -night mail, May 16. United States packet, from Southampton, Wednesday, May 21, for New York—night mail, May 20. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, May 24, for New York—night mail, May 23. United States packet, from Liverpool, Wednesday, May 28, for New York—night mail, May 27. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, May 31, for Boston—night mail, May 30. United States, from Southampton, Wednesday, June 4, for New York—night mail, June 3. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, June 7, for New York, and Saturday, Jane 14, for Boston—night mail, June 6 and 13. United States packet, from Southampton, Wednesday, June 18, for New York—night mail, June 17. British packet, from Liverpool, Saturday, June 21, for New York, and Saturday, Juno 28, for Boston—night mail, June 20 and 27. Ail letters addressed to the United States, and not directed to be otherwise sent, will be transmitted by the first packet, whether British or United States, which is dispatched after they are posted; but letters specially directed "by British packet," "by , United States packet," or by any particular vessel named, will be for warded in accordance with the desire thus expressed by the writers. The British mail packets on the New York line will proceed direct from Liverpool to New York and from New York to Liverpool, without calling at Halifax. Letters and newspapers, however, for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, may still be for warded in closed mails by these packets, if specially ad dressed " via New York," or " via the United States;'' but letters and newspapers not so addressed will be sent in theiregular mails to Halifax by the packets proceeding from Liverpool via Halifax to Boston. The United States' mail packets, as well as the Bri tish packets, will convey closed mails for Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, and letters and newspapers will be forwarded in such closed mails, if specially addressed " via New York," or " via the United States." Letters for Canada, however, must, In addition, bear the words " by United States' packet." The postage upon letters and newspapers is precisely the same, whether they are conveyed by British or United States' packets. Letters, &c., for Bermuda and Newfoundland will be forwarded enly by the packets proceeding to Boston; the mails for Bermuda will be dispatched from Halifax immediately after the arrival of the packet at that port, and those for N ewfoundland will be dispatched on the ar rival at of the homeward packet from Boston. Postmasters will bear in mind that all letters to be transmit*ei by rackets which start from Southampton must be forwarded to London, and not to Liverpool. „ HOUSE OF L I-11 1 13 8.-(THIS DAY.) TAYLEITI CS biv oß , E. The second reading of this %ll was appointed for to. hLord Ch ance ll or , ' and day. The Peers present Lord Brougham, Lords Stra n„ford Mr. TALBOT appeared at the bar,od Lanesb3rough. offer evid e n ce i n l support of the second reading. 0, P et itioner for the Bill was Mr. William Holbrook TaY le n,.!ormerly o ne of the partners in a principal Erin o '"g i erPol. In 1835 ho married Miss Heathcote, of Stoke otatlordshire. The pair lived in harmony and happin ess until 1 842, when they became acquainted with Lord A rthur Lennox, with whom it was alleged the adultery h ad 13 , !en committed. The intimacy, it was alleged, had been kept up at intervals until 1849, and it was sup posed that improper familiarities had passed between them on different occasions, though no proof could .be brought forward until the end of 1849, when, he should be able to show that Mrs. Tayleur had passed the night with Lord Arthur Lennox at her own lodg lo„ w h en her h us b an d was a b sent. 'Mr. W. Cleveland proved the serving of the bill on Mrs. Tayleur. Mr. T. G. Wood Proved the marriage, which took place in 1835. Captain Phibbs, brother-in-law of the petitioner, spoke to the affection formerly existing between the petitioner and his wife. Ile was the most affectionate husband he had ever seen. Mrs. liart,who had had charge of Mrs. Tayleur during a long illness, as nurse, deposed that late in the month of November, 1849, while advancing to a state of conva lescence she and Mrs. Tayleur drove out in a cab, and called at the United Service Club, and witness, by Mrs. Tayleur's directions, inquired for Lord Arthur Lennox. That gentleman came, got into the cab, and stayed there for some time. On arriving at home Mrs. Tayleur told witness that Lord Arthur was coming to stay there all night, and directed her (witness) to open the door for him. Mr. Tayleur was in the country, and witness refused to do so; but when night came Lord Arthur came to the house, and on making a signal outside, was admitted by the housemaid. Lord Arthur then went straight into Mrs. Tayleur's bed-room, and as witness had occasion to go into the bed-room several times to give Mrs. Tayleur her medicine, she saw that Lord Arthur Lennox was in bed with Mrs. Tayleur. He remained there until morning, and let himself out by a private door. The same was repeated on the next night, and on each occasion she saw Lord Arthur in bed with Mrs. Tayleur. Anne Ashe, who was in the employ of Mrs. Tayleur, as housemaid, at the period of the occurrence, corrobo rated the statement of the former witness. She admitted Lord Arthur Lennox into the house; he went into Mrs. Tayleur's bed-room, where he remained all night. Next morning she informal the butler Smith of what had occurred. John Smith, butler to Mr. Tayleur, deposed that on receiving information from the last witness of what had occurred he immediately wrote to his master to apprise him of what had taken place. Evidence was put in to prove that an action bad been brought against Lord Arthur Lennox, and a verdict for 5001. damages obtained. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR the Bill was read a second time. ELECTION COMMIT TEES. (THIS DAY.) ST. ALBAN'S. The Committee sat to-day at three o'clock, but in con sequence of certain witnesses not being present, it ad journed over until Thursday. AYLESBURY. The Committee proceeded with the inquiries in this petition this morning at eleven o'clock. Mr. RODWELL, on behalf of the petitioners, proceeded with the evidence in the cases of bribery. Several innkeepers of the town were called, by whose evidence the Learned Counsel endeavoured to establish the fact that the sitting Member had kept open house for his voters, and had borne the whole expenses. Air. Sergeant 11111GLAKE objected that the Learned Counsel was proceeding with cases of treating and not of bribery, and therefore it was necessary that he should establish the agency. Mr. RODWELL replied that he should prove that by giving carte blanche to the innkeepers the sitting Mem ber had bribed the innkeepers. The COMMITTEE thought that in that case the line pursued by the Learned Counsel was perfectly correct. The inquiry then proceeded, but when the Committee roso nothing which bore the appearance of esta blishing anything beyond a case of treating had been established. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from Lime rick, and one from Cork, against the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL presented several:pe titions from places in Ireland against Papal aggression. The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions from places in Scotland with a similar prayer. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented a great num ber of petitions with a similar prayer. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from Cheshunt praying for the enfranchisement of copyholds. APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS—CHANCERY REFORM. Lord LYNDHURST rose to direct the attention of their Lordships to the Bill for the reform of the Court of Chancery, which had been introduced into the other House, and to the Bill respecting the appellate jurisdic tion, which was about to be introduced into this House, and those subjects were so intim? tely connected that it would be impossible to discuss the measures separately. His Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack was affected by both Bills, and therefore they must be dis cussed as one measure. If one Bill should be lost, and the other carried, it would involve matters in the most inex tricable confusion. He asked why the whole measure was not introduced into their Lordships' House?—(Hear, hear.) He believed there had never been an instance in which Bills relating to the Court of Chancery had not been introduced into their Lordships' House, and why, he asked, had that precedent been departed from in the present instance? There' was not an assembly better calculated in the world to introduce and to perfect a measure of this nature than that he had now the honour of addressing. How was it composed? There was his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack, a most accomplished lawyer, there were two Members who had held the office of Lord Chancellor, there was a Noble and Learned Lord who had recently retired from the Rolls, and who had for years exercised the office of Master of the Rolls with great credit to himself; they had hie Nolde 1111 Learned Friend who had lecentl) been raised to their Lordships' House; there was the Lord Chief Justice of England, and there was his Noble and Learned Friend, who bad long been one of the Masters in Chancery, and who had subsequently been an officer of their Lordships' House. There wee his Noble Friend the Chairman of Committees, who had paid great attention to the subject, and several other Noble Lords, who were well acquainted with the position of the House and of the courts. Why then had this Bill not been preecnted to this House? It had been promised last session, it had been mentioned in the Speech from the Throne, and it was not introduced until just before Easter. Had it been originated in this House, it would have been carried, ma tured, perfected, and sent down to the other House before this period. He, therefore, asked why this unprece dented course had been adopted? The only reason he could imagine was, that the Government would not put into the hands of the Noble Lord on the wool sack so utterly worthless a measure. Its ten dency could not but be to increase the num ber of appeals to this House. If this new tribunal should reverse the decrees of the great lawyers who presided in the courts below, suitors would not acqui esce, but would appeal to their Lordships. He had hoard that there was an intention to infringe upon their Lordships' privileges, by taking away in certain cases the right of appeal to their Lordships. He could not believe that such intention existed, He was anxious for some explanation on this subject. He had been told that the reason why the Bill originated in the House of Commons was because it was intended to transfer the Church patronage of his Noble and Learned Friend to the First Lord of the Treasury, al ready sufficiently burdened with patronage. Of course the Noble Lord at the head of the Government could not have asked his Noble and Learned Friend to com mit such a suicidal act. Never were more fallacious reasons offered for such a measure than those offered fur this change. One reason was, that the patronage had been used by the holders of the Great Seal for party purposes. He denied that it had ever been so used. He could say that he had never, in his distribution of Church patronage, been actuated by any such motives. (Hear, hear.) His first important piece of patronage he had given to the late Rev. Sidney Smith, from whom he differed in politics. But was it less likely to be distributed without reference to party by the First Lord of the Treasury than by the holder of the Great Seal? — (Hear, hear.) There was another reason assigned. His Noble and Learned Friend ca the woolsack was oppressed by the weight of his duties, and it was necessary to relieve him, but the distribution of this patronage was but a feather in the scale of the burden weighing on the Lord Chancellor. This was the lightest burden with which the Lord Chancellor was oppressed. Anther reason given was that the Loi d Chancellor was apt to be influenced by the recommendation of livings, but the First Lord of the Treasury might be influenced by a clerk in his office. The alteration had been re commended by a Committee of the House of Commons —that is to say, by a Committee appointed by the First Lord of the Treasury, and composed of his partisans ; and that Committee, without hearing the Chancellor decides that it is advisable to transfer this patronage from the Lord Chancellor to the First Lord of the Treasury. It was said that the Great Seal had been held by ecclesiastics when this patronage was originally attached to it ; but the Great Seal had been held uninterruptedly by laymen for the last 200 years. Would such an attempt have been made when the Great Seal was held by Lord Thurlow, or Lord Eldon, or his Noble and Learned Friend near him (Brougham)? and he felt convinced that his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack would not submit to such a degrada tion, but transmit the patronage of his office unimpaired to his successor. He wished to know why the usual practice of introducing Bills relating to the Court of Chancery into the House had been departed from in these cases. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought his Noble and Learned Friend must have forgotten all the rules of their Lordships' House. Ho had been discussing two things called Bills, neither of which bad been introduced into either House of Parliament. The Bill of which :his Noble and Learned Friend had spoken had not yet been introduced into the other House of Parlia ment. Various draughts had been prepared, and he supposed his Noble and Learned Friend must have got hold of ono of those draughts, and have been alluding to clauses which never were likely to be brought before Parliament.—(Hear.) He could assure his Noble and Learned Friend that there was no intention whatever to interfere with their Lordships' appellate jurisdiction. His attention had been attracted to the Chance , r t ;: • co but it and it had rested with him solely to move for a Several Bills for the reform of the Court of had t been introduced into their Lordship' House mons. I ., iv t es h . e t y had never reached the House of Com steis tishing, therefore, that the opinion of should be asked upon a measure which the other llou ' had already been discussed in the House of Lord s ? It was a most inconsistent on i maginary course to enter into a dis cussionulnt clauses of an imaginary and Learnoend Bill. Hofample his Noble led monstrous an irrer , ularit by the ex en The to commit so butsisfactory to Pulia' , subject of Chancery reform was one of y. . ne extreme diffi he had never suc culty. His Noble and Learned mend had proposed ! measure subject, c se ee v d er e a d l faneparsouproesunodnintghattl ment. In answer to his Noble and Learned Friend, ho said that the matter having been repeatedly discussed in their Lordships' House without any Bill having been sent down to the House of Commons, his Noble Friend at the head of the Government thought it expedient to take the opinion of the House of Commons, and he thought that the course adopted by his Noble and Learned Friend, in asking a question to hang a speech upon it, was not in order, and was not calculated to add to the respect which the House of Commons would entertain for their Lordships' House. Lord BROUGHAM considered that how extraordi nary soever might have been the question of his Noble and Learned Friend, the answer to it was more extraordinary still, inasmuch as it was no answer at all. His Noble and Learned Friend asked the reason why this measure was intro duced into the House of Commons, and the answer was that his Noble and Learned Friend had no doubt there was a good reason, but he did not know what it was. It was clear from what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend the woolsack, that the Bill was no Bill of his. and that he was not answerable for it; and, under these cir cumstances he thought it would be better to abstain from discussing the measure, although he would not abstain from entering his pro test against all attempts at stripping the great seal of its ecclesiastical patronage. The holder of the great seal had never used that patronage for party pur poses. The first piece of preferment which he gave away was a prebendal stall, and that he had given to the Bishop of Exeter, the second was to a friend of Sir F. Pollock, who was opposed to the Government of which he was a member; and the third was to a gentleman named Cole ridge, who was also opposed to him, and he handed over to the prelates the gift of all livings under 2001. a year; and against that sacrifice he had received a strong re monstrance from several party men. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1851. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Cheltenham and Gloucester District Turnpike-road. Cheltenham and Painswick-road. Durham Markets. Hartlepool Freemen's Lands and Harbour Dues. . - Reading Cemetery Company. Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads. The following ;Bill was read a second time :-- Magneto-Electric Telegraph Company. The reports on the Manchester Parish Highways Bill and the Sheffieid and Glossop Road Bill were considered and agreed to. PREFERENCE STOCK IN RAILWAYS. Mr. W. PATTEN moved the following resolution instead of standing order No. 128:—That in every rail way Bill, by which it i; proposed to authorise the company to grant any preference or priority in the payment of interest or dividends on any shares or stock, there be inserted a clause, providing that the granting of such preference or priority shall not prejudice or affect any preference or priority in the payment of interest or dividends on any other shares or stock which shall have been granted by the company, in pursuance of, or which may have been confirmed by any previous Act of Parliament, or which may other wise be lawfully subsisting, unless the Committee on the Bill reports that such alteration ought to be allowed, with the reasons on which the opinion is foanded. Sir R. H. INGLIS considered this would be a very injurious proposition, if intended to deal with existing rights and interests. Mr. GLADSTONE considered that the resolution might be made more comprehensive. After some observations from Mr. Greene, Mr. Henley, and other Hon. Members, the resolution was agreed to. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. Mr. E. ELLICE appeared at the bar, and reported that certain witnesses, whose evidence was considered necessary, had either been withdrawn or absented them selves, for the purposes of avoiding service of the Speaker's warrant; and that one person, who was parti cularly active is securing the election of the sitting Member, and on whom the Speaker's warrant had been served, had not made his appearance; the Committee, therefore, requested that they might be allowed to ad journ their proceedings until eleven o'clock on Thursday next, in order to have an opportunity of procuring the attendance of the witnesses.—Agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from Edin burgh against Papal aggression; also petitions against the present mode of assessing the income-tax. Mr. FERGUS presented a petition from the county of Fife against the mode of assessing the income-tax on farmers. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, against Papal aggression. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition against the excise duty on paper. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from tenant farmers in Sussex against the removal of Smithfield market. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from the Reform Association, Southampton, praying for the repeal of the window-duties. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Glou cestershire against Papal aggression. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition against the abolition of the Lord• Lieutenancy. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petition from Middlesex against Popal aggression. Mr. MILES presented a petition from Somersetshire to the same effect. Mr. HENLEY also presented a similar petition from Oxfordshire. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from certain individuals complaining that a portion of the poor rates of a metropolitan parish had been used to defray the ex pense of calling and advertising a meeting on the subject of Papal aggression. Mr. HUME presented a petition against the Bible monopoly. Mr. LOCKHART presented petitions against Papal aggression, and for the repeal of the Maynooth grant, from the inhabitants of Bothwell, &c., and signed by nearly 2,000 persons, and from the congregational church of Carluke, in Lanarkshire. Mr. ALCOCI presented a petition from 500 ladies of Clapham and Wandsworth, praying that any lady under ago entering a convent with or without the con sent of her parents shall forfeit all her property to the Crown ; and that convents be visited by proper authorities appointed by Government. Sir G. STAUNTON presented a petition from the clergy of the deanery of Droxford, in Hampshire, praying for a more equitable assessment of the poor rates on all descriptions of property. PAPAL AGGRESSION. Mr. H. BERKELEY stated that, on an early occasion, he should draw the attention of the House to this sub ject, with a view to obtain protection from the Pope.— (Hear, hear, and langhter.) RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE POOR IN IRE- LAND. Mr. REYNOLDS begged to give notice that to morrow he should ask questions of the First Lord of the Treasury respecting the Act under which the destitute poor in Ireland were relieved, and the way in which the poor rates were levied. WINDOW-TAX. Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion respecting the window-tax for a week. BORNEO AND SIR JAMES BROOKE. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should to-morrow move that a petition be presented to her Majesty praying that Sir James Brooke be superseded in his government of the Polynesian Islands, and that an investigation should be instituted into his conduct.—(Hear, hear.) ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPSIN THE COLON — IES. Lord JOHN MANNERS begged to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether the regu lations which gave precedence to the Roman Catholic bishops in the colonies—whose appointment, it should be recollected, emanated not from the Queen, but from the Pope—which had been issued under the authority of the British Government, were still in existence, and if they were, whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to do away with or to alter them? Lord J. RUSSELL said that, in answer to the Noble Lord's first question, he had to may that the regulatiens were still in force; but with respect to the other inquiry he could give no answer. THE BORNEO AFFAIR. Mr. HUME said that as there seemed to be no objec tion, he should bring forward his motion with respect to Borneo to-morrow. THE KAFIR WAR. Mr. HUME said that as this country was largely in terested in the expense of the Kafir war, he wished to know whether the Government had taken any measures to relieve the colony of the Cape of Good Hope from a purely military Government, for Sir H. Smith seemed intent rather upon the aggrandisement of his military reputation than the welfare of the colony. He wished to know what answer had been received to the last dis patch? Mr. HAWES said that no answer had as yet been re ceived, but that Sir Harry Smith was in no way an swerable for the expenses occasioned by the contest with the Kafirs. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY wished to ask his Noble Friend at the hea&of.the Government, whether in the projects which he intended to bring into the House for the future government of the country, he intended to introduce any measure for securing the ballet.: Lord J. RUSSELL said clearly not. INCOME-TAX. In reply to Mr. CORBALLY, Sir BENJAMIN HALL said, that in the event of the Government not acting satisfactorily, he should cer tainly divide the House when in Committee on his no tice of motion respecting the income-tax. Mr. M. GIBSON wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether, when the Dean of Manchester was appointed, it was understood that he was to take upon himself any duties which Parlia ment might in future impose upon his office. Lord JOHN,RUSSELL's answer was not understood in the gallery. THE STAMP OFFICE NUISANCE. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the practice of the Board of Inland Revenue, all monthly publications, containing news, are held to be liable to the payment of stamp duty; also, what is the cause of delay in the prosecu tion of the suit against the publication of an nnstamped newspaper, edited by Mr. Charles Dickens, and called, "The Household Narrative of Current Events." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said with regard to the first question, it was a matter of law which he could not decide. As to the secoud question, he could give no answer at all to it. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. Mr. HENRY A. HERBERT wished to ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, whether the registrar of friendly societies was authorised by the Government, or by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to state at a public meeting, held at St. Helen's, in April, 1850, that a Bill would, without doubt, be imme diately passed by the Legislature, giving to de positors in savings banks Government security for their investment* whether it was tinder the sanction of either the Government or the Commis missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, that the said Registrar of Friendly Sobieties recommended at St. Helen's the formation of a new institution (the old one having failed), and advised parties to deposit their savings, on the grounds that future frauds would be im possible; and whether the Government will b 3 respon sible for any losses that may accrue to depositors, either at St. Helen's or elsewhere, who may have been induced by the advice of this public officer to invest their money in a savings bank? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to reply in the negative. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know whether it was intended to proceed with the Metropolitan Building Act Amendment Bill to-night. Lord SEYMOUR said it was not, but he hoped to be able to proceed with it before Easter. ARMY IN INDIA. Colonel DUNNE should be glad to know from the Hon. the Secretary at War whether the rule that no regiment should remain in India beyond fifteen years would be carried out in future? Mr. FOX MAULE replied in the affirmativa. The Horse Guards had established a rule that a regimen , should not remain in India more than five years. SUPPLY. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. HUME reminded the House that on Friday night the House voted 98,714 men for the army, and 3,500,000/. as part of the army estimates for the year. The Go vernment would be treating the Committee up-stairs,which was sitting on the ordnance estimates, in a slighting manner if they proceeded with the votes until their report was laid on the table. He presumed the Government had withdrawn their Budget with the view of reconsidering and ameading it ; but in what situation did they leave the country by delay? It was their duty to prevent as much as possible the inconveniences which might arise from change of taxation, but they had taken a course which was calculated to increase rather than to diminish the evil. The timber and coffee trades were completely at a stand in consequence of the uncertainty which existed relative to the determination of the Government as to the duty on those articles, and pending also the settlement of the window-tax, arrangements respecting the occupation and leasing of houses could not be com pleted. The community at large were, therefore, put to very great inconvenience, and he thought it was the duty of the House to demand from the Government, that they should proceed with the Budget before any more of the public money was voted away.—(Hear.) The income of the State which, in 1836, amounted to 46 millions, had increased in 1841 to between 54 and 57 millions, and he thought the people had a right to know as soon as possible how much of that enormous amount of taxation they were to be relieved from. In his opinion not a shilling should be paid to wards the liquidation of the national debt while the ex cise duties pressed heavily on the labouring classes.— (Hear.) The Hon. Member concluded by moving that no further supply should be granted until the financial statement was made to the House. Mr. S. CRAWFORD seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he understood the object of the Hon. Gentleman to be to obtain from him a repetition of the pledge that the financial statement would be made on Friday. He could assure the Honourable Gentleman that no one was more anxious than hmiself that the financial statement should come on on the earliest day possible, and if no unforeseen circum . stance should occur iu the meantime, it was his inten• tion to make that statement on Friday next. His Hon. Friend must know that the financial year closed to-day, and that not a farthing could now be paid out of the Exchequer, with respect to the army estimates. without the sanction of Parliament. He would permit him to say, therefore, that the votes to be proposed to night were more pressing than the financial statement. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would allow the House to proceed with the business before it, and he would by so doing really further the object which he had in view, namely, the bringing forward at an early day of the financial statement. Mr. ELLICE entreated the Honourable Gentle man the Member for Montrose not to proceed with his motion at present. He himself was of opinion that when the other votes came under conside ration it would be the duty of the House to press upon her Majesty's Government the necessity of introducing a larger measure of economy by consolidating the diffe rent establishments at home and abroad, and he hoped the Noble Lord would be able speedily to tell them whether Government had any such measure under their consideration. But he could assure the Hon. Member for Montrose that he would gain nothing at all by thus throwing obstacles in the way of business which must be got through. The present vote was for the clothing and maintenance of the army, and he was afraid the money must be paid, so that no good could be done by resisting the vote, and he hoped the Honourable Gentleman would consent to withdraw the motion. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that the Right Honour able Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer had entirely mistaken the object of his Honourable Friend's complaint. It was not that he was afraid that he would not bring forward his financial statement on Friday night, but that he had delayed it until he had got the House committed to all the principal votes. He did not think the Government deserved the concession which they asked from his Hon. Friend. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD supported the pro position of the Hon. Member for Montrose. The prin ciple on which he based his motion was one desirous of observation at all times, but now particularly under cir cumstances like the present; and he thought that he was perfectly justified in the course which he pursued. Mr. MOWATT said that be had understood that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given a positive pledge that he would bring forward his financial statement on Friday. The Right Hon. Gentleman must be aware that the whole business of the country was stopped by the delay of that statement.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.' He understood that this was the last day m which, without a renewal of the estimates, lily pay could be issued to the army. He was surpriseC to find that so many months of the session had already passed, and yet in reality no business had been dose.— (Hear, hear.) He was aware that, as the Chancehor of the Exchequer had intimated, a bill in which, by the over whelming majority which the Ministers had obtained the other night, there had been a question in which the public felt great interest. Yet while he acknow ledged that he at the same time felt that that was no reason why the whole business of the country should be intermitted. He trusted, therefore, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would give some assurance that they should go into Committee of Supply on Friday. Mr. WAKLEY also hoped that the Chancellor would give some such assurance on this subject, and also on another. It was generally understood in the country that the window-tax was to form a prominent iten in the Right Hon. Gentleman's plans, and the public in deed considered that the window-tax was virtually repealed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his Noble Friend at the head of the Goverment and be himself bad stated that it was the intention of Ministers to make the financial statement on Friday. The House was about to divide, but Mr. HUME said that under those circumstances h© would withdraw his motion. The motion was then accordingly withdrawn. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. The House then went into a Committee of Supply. On the motion that 3,521,070/. be granted for the payment of the land forces, Mr. HUME said that he hoped before the se3sion was closed, although the vote was passed, that aE opportu nity would be given of reconsidering all the appoint ments of the several corps in the way of clothing and other affairs. The vote was then passed. The CHAIRMAN then put a vote of 1,570,0001. for the use and supply of the Ordnance Department. Mr. F. MAULE should have no objection to the course proposed by the Hon. Gentleman if he coald see his way clear, but he was afraid, if he adopted ;he sug gestion of the Hon. Gentleman, they would not be able to get through the estimates this year. Mr. MO WATT wished to have explanation as to the course which the Horse Guards intended to pursue in reference to the colonies. New South %Vales, for in stance, had received notice that the troopswouid be wtih drawn from that colony, and any future force the colony might require it would have to pay for itself. Now as that same course was to be applied to other colonies, he should be glad to know why they conic: not reduce the army estimates, iwithout in any way impairing the effi ciency of the home service 2—(Hear, hear.) He cOm plained bitterly of the manner in which the Noble Lord at the head of the Government stopped the discus sion on Fridap night, and declared that should another Ministerial crisis arise, he should be the first to desert from the Noble Lord's ranks.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL was at a loss to know to what the Hon. Gentleman referred. The fullest opportunity was given for discussion on Friday night, while his Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary at War, entered into a lengthened explanation of the reductions that were pro posed to be made in the army estimates, and he really could not understand what cause there was for complaint. Mr. MOWATT repeated that the Noble Lord did his utmost to stop the discussion on Friday. After some observations from Sir DE LACY EvArts and Mr. Fox MAULE, Mr. HUME asked whether the time had not come when, if they found it necessary to have 98,000 men, they should not reduce the expense of maintaining them to the smallest possible amount. There was an officer to every eight men, whose only duty wat tD dress himself, parade, and go to court. The aristocracy had a great influence in keeping up such a system, and it would never be abolished unless the House interfered. There were 15,000 household troops out of the 98,000, whose services were never called into use except on great occasions. The way in which the 15,000 troops were treated was unjust to the rest, the majority of whom did duty abroad, and were subjected to great risks and privations. He thought the army ought to be entirely remodelled—that the service of the troope ought to be universal and no pet army allowed to remain at home and sh a r e all honours without having done anything to entitle them to those honours. Mr. VERNON SMITH thought the Hon. Member had wandered from the subject before the House. He deprecated the system of taking votes OR account, because it often happened that when the other half was proposed to be taken, it was too late to enter on the discussion of the subject. He understood that his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Fox Mania) only proposed to take those votes which were absolutely necessary to-day. Mr. F. MAULE said it was his intention to proceed with the army estimates to-night in the usual way. (LEFT SITTING.) IRELAND. A FACT FOR SIR JAMES GRAHAM. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.-Sir James Graham stated some evenings ago, in his place in the House of Commons, that the Irish Act which prohibited the assumption of titles by Roman Catholic bishops was repealed in the year 1793. Now, I have the authority of one of the most respectable solicitors in this country—if not the recognised head of the profession—to state that about thirty-five years ago he was engaged in a trial at Car rickfergus, when:Dr. Derry, a Roman bishop, was pro duced to give the prisoner a character. Mr. Alexander Hamilton, Q.C., introduced him as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Drotnore, when Judge Fletcher called the Learned Counsel to order, and requested that he would style the witness legally, as simply Dr. Derry, for surely Mr. Hamilton must know, as well as he did, that there was a law in force which forbade the assumption of titles by the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Mr. Hamilton bowed to the decision of the bench, and the witness was examined as if he were a mere clergyman of the Romish Church. Now, Sir James Graham may be old enough to recol lect that Judge Fletcher enjoyed the reputation of being one of the soundest lawyers of hia time, and the great probability is the Act to which he referred has never been repealed, and is consequently in full force at the present day.—Herald. THE " IRISH COURT." The Ministerial announcement on Friday evening re specting the intention of Government to abandon the projected measure for the abolition of the Viceroyalty has diffused great joy among the partisans of " the Castle" and afforded a portion of the press fresh grounds for exultation at the recent system of tactics played off by the Irish brigade, to the potent agency of whose " vote" is attributed, perhaps fairly, Lord John Russell's deference to the voice of public opinion upon this ques tion of abolition. Of course, considering the state of " business," this was only to be expected, and the an nouncement has created but little surprise at this side of the Channel. Indeed, considering the strange events which have characterised the Parliamentary session since its commencement, it may be doubted whether the ultimate abandonment of the Aggression Bill itself would cause any marked astonishment, or be regarded as anything more than one of the incidents of the year of the Great Exhibition. The omission of all reference in the Speech from the Throne to the Lord-Lieutenantcy was from the first deemed tolerably conclusive evidence that there was no serious intention, et least at present, to plunge deeper into this sea of " Irish difficulties." REPRESENTATION OF ENNISKILLEN. A vacancy will be immediately created by the resig nation of the Hon. Henry Cole, next brother to the Earl of Enniskillen, who has sat for the borough since the death of his uncle, the Hon. Arthur Cole. The illness of his brother, with whom he is about to proceed to the continent, is the cause of Colonel Cole's retirement from Parliament. Should none of the Enniskillen family feel inclined to take possession of the vacant seat, thera would be an excellent opening for some aspiring barrister of Conservative and Protectionist principles to commence public life. ESCAPE OP AN EMIGRANT SHIP. The Cork Examiner of yesterday has the following statement:— "About the hour of 2 o'clock yesterday morning the night watchman in charge of Mr. E. Burke Roche's de mesne, of Trabolgan, was attracted by loud cries and latrentations, which appeared to come from sone vessel a short distance off the coast. On hurrying down to the shore he found that the cries proceeded from the people on board a hrge vessel, which was drifting in on the rocks. Lights ani assistance were immediately procured, and after a short time it was found that the vessel was the Favourite, of St. John's, which left Liverpool on the 28th of Fobruary, for New York, with a heavy cargo of iron and salt, and 250 steerage passengers, mostly from the no•th of Ireland. The vessel became leaky on the 17th of March, which obliged the crew to throw a quantity of the iron overboard, and then endeavoured to make for Cork harbour. When off Rallycutton a pilot was taken of board, but it appears this man fell asleep, or was otherwise incapable, and in consequence the vessel drifted in on the shore at Trabolgan, where attention was attracted to her. A dispatch was sent off to Queens. town, and in a short time after Messrs. Scott were in attendance, and soon after several of the Admiralty boats came alongside, when they commenced taking off the terrified passengers, and conveying them to shore. The passengers were all safely landed, and their wants most hospitably attended to in the neigh bouring farm-houses. At 2 o'clock yesterday, the period of high water, every effort that could be made was employed to get the vessels off the rocks; but up to the last accounts, we regret to say, those efforts were totally unavailing. The crew are at present employed in discharging the vessel, and are actively assisted by the men of the Admiralty boats and the country people. It is most fortunate for the lives cf all on board, and the property at stake, that the weather was somewhat moderate, or the most serious consequences would, in all probability, have resulted from the critical position in which the vessel was placed." THE FUNDS. Thrpo per Cont. Consols, 95i to 96; Three-and-a Quarter per Cent. Stock (shut), 97i; National Bank Shares, 221. 108. paid, l9i i; Dublin and Belfast Junc tion Railway, 45/. paid, 26; Great Southern and Western, 504 paid, 43k; ditto for account, 43k; Irish South-Eastern, 91. paid, 4.-}; Waterford and Limerick, for account, 174. INSURRECTION in SWITZERLAND The friends and the instruments of Austria and Rome have made again in Switzerland another desperate attempt to overthrow the Liberal institutions, both federal and cantonal, of that Confaderation ; and, so far at least as the canton of Fribourg is concerned, to re-establish the sway of the Jesuits, who, not long ago, ruled supreme therein. A band of fanatic and armed peasants, urged on and led by an avowed retainer of the expelled Bishop of Fri bourg suddenly made their appearance, a few days can ton, b a i r n n o dk the e upon streetarsen aofrsenal, g othe possession capital o o ff somethat can nonsca n - maitn ammunition, he and, taking up their position— appropriately enough—near the Jesuits' College (or rather what was iately their college), commencad firing on the National Guards, who, at the first intelligence of the affair, had armed themselves in defence of their political and religious liberties. Before the in surgents, however, could be joined by numerous other bodies of peasantry, who were making their way to the city, the National Guards and the gendarmerie had gained the upper hand. On the 25th, those de luded men, who were prevented, by the turn of events, from taking any part in the attempt on Fribourg, mus tered in considerable numbers in the vicinity of the city, and resolved to renew the attack, in order t o f ree t h e i r imprisoned friends, and also to subvert the constitution of the canton. The respective Governments of Vaud and Neufchatel (both liberal Governments) have deter mined to send troops to the aid of the Fribourg authori ties and townsmen, and the Central Federal Government in Berne have also taken steps for repressing the insur rection. Thus matters stood up to the latest dates. That this attempt to subvert the liberties of the canton of Fribourg was not a hastily conceived one, is proved by the well-digested plan of the insurrection, seized on the person of one of the ringleaders. The most minute in structions are given in it, even with reference to the dis missal of schoolmasters obnoxious to the Jesuits. A re gular Government was planned out, the names of the members of that new Government were fully given— all " good and approved men"—and other arrange ments were made, which showed that the scheme bad been long talked over and apparently well digested. However, l'homme propose et Dieu dispose. The in surrection was commenced about an hour too early, and hence its speedy failure. That the plan, more over, although kept a profound secret to the Liberals, was not unknown to the friends and advocates of the Jesuits, may be gathered front the cir cumstance of numbers of the former suddenly arriving in Berno a day or two before the outbreak, and from their extraordinary anxiety to learn the con tents of the Fribourg mail, at a time when not the slightest intelligence of importance was expected from that quarter. Their presence in Berne would have enabled them to turn the insurrection to account, if it had proved successful. The present Cantonal Government of Berne, (a Government which must not be confounded with the Federal one, also sitting in that city) is a reactionary one, and it would not be sorry to give its, at least, indirect support to the friends of a reactionary government in Fribourg. This attempt—happily an unsuccessful one—to revive the Sonderbund war, was not a little influenced by the presence of large bodies of Austrian troops on the Swiss fruitier. The reactionists felt convinced that if the coup de-main proved a felicitous one, they would be sure of obtaining, not only the indirect aid of the Austrians, but; as in the case of the Sonderbund war, active sup port in the ever-welcome shape of money, arms, and am munition. It is to be hoped that the Federal Government of Switzerland, undeterred by any secret or open opposi tim on the part of the local administration of Berne, will display necessary firmness and tact, and take ener getic steps to foil the insidious and Jesuitical schemes of Austria and Rome. It may be remarked hero, that some agents of the latter were, not long ago, traversing in all directions the Roman Catholic cantons of the con federation, under the pretence of enlisting soldiers for the Papal service.—Adver tiser. BOROUGH HOP IVIARKET. There is less desire to operate in this market. Really fee Hops of last year's growth are held at full prices; tut tho amount of business doing in them is s mall. In all other kinds we have very few sales to report; bags a.most nominal. The following are factors' prices:— Aid and East Kent pockets, 80s to 130 s; Weald of Keat ditto, 75s to 84s; Sussex ditto, 64s to 80s per cwt TIN CHILDREN AT A BIRTII.—Under the foregoing somevhat startling title, we perceive, in a recent number of the Anes and Queries, a communication, the writer of which says—" I have just seen widow Platts, a po o r but decent woman, who keeps a small greengrocer's shop in Westbar, Sheffeld. She says she was born in Spring - street , in that town, on the 29th of September, 1781, and well remembers her su-prise, when told by her mother that she was one of ten clf,dren born at the same time." The periodical above named contains a number of particulars , the object of which is to verify what the writer may well term " one of the msst remarkable instances of abnormal fecundity in an in dividual of the human species recorded in modern times,"- 6he geld Tinto., THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 28. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall,street. T. J. Edwards, King-street, aoomsbury, dressing case maker, April 25, at eleven—W. Willis, Trow bridge, Wiltshire, wool broker, April 24, at eleven—T. Dunn, Hastings, builder and brickmaker, April 24, at balf-past eleven. _ In the Country. J. Keevill, jun., Bristol, draper, April 30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—F. Shute and S. Shute, Crediton, Devonshire, woollen manufacturers, April 25, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. Broughton and Garnett, Nantwich, bankers, id., on Saturday, April 5, at the office of Messrs. Edleston and Edleston, Nantwich, solicitors, or afterwards, any Wed nesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. J. Thompson, Manchester, gunpowder dealer, 2s. 2d., on Tuesday, April S, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. Griffith and Pearson, 11d., any Tuesday. between elenn and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basing hall-street. J. Johnson, separate estate, 205,, on new proofs, any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. J. Johnson, ,joint estate, 3(1., on new proofs, any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. 11. Prior, 51d., any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. Elliott, 3s. I id.. any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Ba,inghall-street. J. Cramond, 35., any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. R. Law, 4s. I lid., any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. B. H. Thorold, Is. 7d., on Tuesday, 25th March, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. J. Joyce, 3d., on Tuesday, March 25, or any subse quent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. G. Coldrey, 4id., to the new proofs only, on Tuesday, March 25, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Ba , inghall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. A. Friedeberg, Houndsditch, City, furrier, April 25, at one. In the Country. C. Evans, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, iron monger, April 23, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. A. French, East Grinstead, Sussex, plumber, certifi cate of the second class—G. A. Pillin, Featherstone buildings, Holborn, sword cutler and belt maker, certi ficate of the second class—G. Jameson, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, mercer and draper, certificate of the third class, after twenty-ono days from March 11—C. Stephens, Milton-next Gravesend, builder, certificate of the second class—S. Parkhouse, Cambridge, maker of medicine for horses, certificate of the second class—J. Watson and R. Y. Watson, Deptford, Sunderland, ship builders, certificate of the third class, after twenty-one days from March 12—J. Graham, Manchester, joiner and builder, certificate of the first class—J. Rawling, Selby, York shire, shoemaker, certificate of the third clan—W. H. Catton and C. Cation, Milnsbridge, Yorkshire, dyers, certificate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hick, J. Hargreaves, jun., and W. Hargreaves, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, engineers and millwrights (so far as regards J. Hargreaves, jun.)—J. Hick and J. Hargreaves, jun., Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, en gineers—E. Johnson and L. Johnson, Birmingham, drapers—E. Busher and T. Busher, Kendal, Westmore• land, tailors—C. Franklin and J. Franklin, Bickenhall, Somersetshire, tanners—R. J. W inmill and B. Stratford, Essex, butchers—G. Irving and P. Pearson, Salford, Lancashire, grocers—R. Brown and T. A. Trotter, Philpot-lane, City, wine merchants—H. Mason and G. Mason, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinners— J. Joyce and E. Blake, Hinckley, Leicestershire, mercers —W. Lane and E. Lane, Purewell, Southampton, grocers —C. J. Thomas and H. Dinselale, Wellington-street, Strand, medical and general agents—T. F. Evans and A. F. Evans, Pnilpot-lane, merchants—W. Bromilow and J. Schofield, Manchester, coal proprietors—J. Clap ham and G. Clapham, Lower Clapton, Hackney, grocers —Elizabeth Tanner, Lucy Mary Elliott, and A. Coate nay, Brighton, milliners—W. Merrett, J. Edridge, and J. Merrell, Birmingham, pin manufacturers—W. Cross land and J. Hanson, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturers—J. Dawson and J. Dawson, Hud dersfield, Yorkshire, cloth finishers—R. Green and R. Cobb, Devonshire -street, Queen square, plumbers—J. Kay, W. Walker, J. Birch, and J. Warburton, Droyls den, Lancashire, manufacturing chemists (so far as re gards J. Walker)—J. Rhodes and J. Warburton, Roch dale, Lancashire, stone dealers—W. Lewis and E. Daws, Wartling, Sussex, coal merchants—T. Holme and T. Roberts, Manchester, cotton spinners—J. Dennis, C. P. Day, and J. W. Richards, Bristol, ironmongers—A. Horsfall and B. Wild, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, dyers— W. Bell and W. Massey, Baker-street, Portman-square, ironmongers—E. H. Coleman and G. Edwardes, Wol verhampton, surgeons--J. Brockbank and G. H. Brock bank, Crawley-street, Somers town, pianoforte makers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Gardiner, Leicester, journeyman grocer. Robert Snaith, Leicester, furnishing ironmonger. William Henry Mitchell, Leicester, hosier. William Nottingham, Wools tGE.; - i ;64 - - - ;& 7 7 1 ; , t r a tl V i x Patrick Gormtly, Lanchester, Durham, beer hotige keeper Edward Lightly, Bishopwearmouth, Durham, journey man cabinet maker. William Gibson, Darlington, Durham butcher. William Mitchell, Wh eat l ey, Oxfo rdshire, baker. John Harrison, Wilkaby, Lincolnshire, iarmor. Thomas Walker, St rat f or d- upon-Avon, Warwickshire, farmer. Edward Benjamin Clarkson, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, pattern designer. Isaac Hall, jun., Lincoln, joiner. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Patrick, commission merchant, Glasgow, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, April 4 and May 2, at twelve. J. Duncan, Newton-upon-Ayr, builder, to meet within the Commercial Hotel, Ay r , April 3 and April 24, at twelve. J. G. Mackay, Helmsdale, merchant, to meet within Hill's Inn, Golspie, April 2 and May 1, at eleven. Maria Hannay or Hannah Grant, Lochletter, Inver ness, to meet within the Union Hotel, Inverness, April 2 and April 23, at one. A. M'Millan, Larg or Little Larg, Wigtown, farmer and cattle dealer, to meet within the King's Arms Hotel, Stranraer, April 4 and April 25, at twelve. A. Baxter, Edinburgh, corn and cattle dealer, to meet within Dowell's Salo Rooms, Edinburgh, March 31 and April 23, at two. G. White, Glasgow, jeweller, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, April 5 and April 28, at one. SHIP NEWS. - . LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29.—Wind N.W., fresh breeze. —The Elizabeth, from Bombay, has arrived at Aden. The Maria Emelia, hence, has arrived at Genoa. The Levantine sailed from Marseilles for this port on the 22d instant. The Rival and the Paragon, from the Mauri tius, have arrived at London. The Jane Boyd, the Sul tan, from Callao, the Arab and the Majesty, from La guna, with loss of sails, boats, and part of cargo thrown overboard, have arrived at Queenstown. The Catherine, from Hayti for this port, and the Wilhelmina, from Am sterdam for this port, with loss of sails, &c., have arrived at Milford. The Despique do Beinee, from Paraiba; Emilie, from Bahia; Concordia, from Bio Janeiro; Neick and Dobesa, from Odessa; and Hercules, from Alexandria, have ;arrived at Falmouth. The Typhon, from Portsmouth, New Holland, arrived here yesterday, was twice struck by lightning-, which severely burnt one of the men, and slightly defaced the cabin. March 30. Wind N., strong breeze.—The Pacific, from New York, has arrived at this port, sailed on the 19th instant, has 150,000 dollars on freight. Arrived—Resolution, from Maranhem; James Gibson, from New Orleans; Raja, from Calcutta; Camilla and Ronachan, from Callao; Juverna and Mary Winch, from Islay; Alweria, from Rio Janeiro; Camillas and Meridian, from New Orleans; James Calder, from Charlestown; Diadem, from Wilmington; Adventure, from St. John's, New Brunswick; John Tomlinson, from Savanelle; and He rald, from St. Übe's. Off port—Adah, Graous, Queen Victoria, and Dauntless , from Q ueenstow n. GRAVESEND, M ARC H 30.—Wind, fresh and fine. Arrived—Amherst and Jamnics, from Bahia; Iris, from Hamburgh; St atel y and Gipsr.y, from C a ll ao; Robert and Meswnger, from Cadiz; Stag, from Bombay ; Hazard, from Copenhagen; Dunker quoise, f rom Havre; B urger meister Hyndekoper, from Rotterdam; Cockerills from Alexandria; Menai, from Calais; Waterwich, from St. Michael's; Ecli p se, fro m Madeira; Sfeculation from Ch aren te; Earl Straclbrooko, f rom Rotterdam; Lactura,9 f ro m Lisbon; Roscommon and Di ana , f rom H ar li ngen: Omnibus, from Havre; Troubador, f rom B ar l et t a; Navarino, from Guernsey; Agnes, from Hamburgh; Rhi ne , from Rotterdam; William West, from Lisbon; Bojenwick, from Ibraila; Ci t y of London, from Dun , kirk; Duke of Portland, from China. Sailed—Liffey, for Madeira; Industrie, for Norway; Wreath, for Montreal; Elbe, for Hamburgh; Fairy for Memel; Faro, for Cadiz; Union, for Liverpool; Lord Haddo, for the Cape; Avenir and City of Rotterdam, for Dunkirk; Alkmaar, Ocean, and Batavier, for Rot terdam; Prince Albert, for Guernsey; Arunnah, for Ostend; Najade, for Stettin; Jesina Henriete, for Guose; Apollo, for Grenada; Catharine Jamieson, for Sydney ' • Concha, for Teneriffe; Spra, for Malta; Anna Jenkins, for Rio de Janeiro; Yorktown, for New York; Colum bine, for O s t en d ; Janur i n, f or J ersey; V enezue l a , fo r Havre; Queen and Antwerpen, for Antwerp; Lord John Russell, for Harlingen; Fame, for Calais; Chrono meter, for Bermuda; Caledonia, for Hamburgh. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL Caspar, from Liverpool for California, Feb. 17, in lat. 2 N., long. 20 W., chief mate dead. Oswy, Feb. 6, in lat. 12 S., long. 19 W. Falcon, from London for Algoa Bay, Jan. 18, in lat. 19 S., long. 31 W. Amethyst, from Cardiff, bound south, Jan. 31, in lat. 8 S., long 30 W. Osceola, from Plymouth for Adelaide, South Australia, Feb. 1, in lat. 7 S., long. 29 W. Rosalie, from Cardiff for Panama, Feb. 2, in lat. 5 S., long. 29. Lady Evelyne, from Liverpool for Australia, Feb. 4, in lat. 3 S., long. 27 W. Lamartine Hall, from Malaga for New York, March 15, off Gibraltar. Christina Murray, of Kincardine, from Rio Grande for Famouth, Jan. 25, is lat. 46, long. 12. Concurrent, Jan. 8, iu lat. 25 S., long. 56 E. Columbus, from Madras for London, in lat. 26 long. 5'3 E. Bowling barque, from Liverpool for Antique, March 21, in lat. 49 N., lorg. 10 W. Prince of Wales, from China for Bombay, Dec. 6, in lat. 11 N., long. 75 E. Courier, from the Mauritius for Cork, Dec. 24 in lat. 35 S., long. 19 E. , St. Vincent, from Bombay for London, Feb. 8, in lat. 13 S., long. 8 W. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet-offiet by the night—and Mby the morning --dispatch.] When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-olice port the.. """ London. patched. du.. America (by Brit. pkt.) N April 4 .. .. Liverpool • • April 10 America (by U.S. plot.) N April 8 .. • • Liverpool • • Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) Al April 9 Southampt. April W. Africa (West coast).. Nll4th of the month Plymouth April P. Alexandria* ........ N , l9ih & 30th of mo. Dover .. April 18 Belgium .. .. • • NlDaily .• .. Dover .. Daily Braail .. • .. li9th of the month Southampt. April 12 Buenos Ayres .. Ml9th of the month S ou th ampt. April 12 California(viaChagres)M lith of month Southampt. Apr 1 5 Cape of Good Elope N 14th of month Plymouth. • April 3 Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. April 10 Central America .. 3.1 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. April 5 Channel lides Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th.S a Chili . r 17th of the month Southampt. April 20 France M& N; Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily Greece* • . .. • • N 7 th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • April 10 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. • • .. Wednes. & Satur. London .. Moß.Thrr Honduras . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. April 20 Ireland &N, Twice daily .. • . Holyhead .• lwicedaily India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month,Southampt. .April 28 India (via Marseilles) N' 7 th& 24th of month Dover • • April I Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. Ml2oth of the month (Southampt. April 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N;7 th& 24th of month Dover • • April 1 Mexico .. 31 2d of the mouth.. ( Southampt. April b 11 Dover Ap r il 1 0 Madeira •• • . 31'9th of the month South amp t . April 12 Malta* . N i f 1 17 & tb 3 ,1 0 'I t t h h o ,1 f 9 m th o , n 27 th th Naples* •• Nlsth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • April 2 Papal States* .. 'otli 15th 25th of mo Dover . • April 2 r t riinsular.. 31 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. April Peru .. .. • • • • Di 17th of the month Southampt. April 20 Tuscany* N; sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • April West Indies 17th of the month ( Southampt. Ap r il 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) AI 2d of the month .. Southampt. April 5 * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles THE COUNTRY MARKETS. lavaaroot, MARCH 29.—Consumption is going on steadily, and to-day prices are firmly maintained. MANCHESTER, MARCH 29.—At our market this morning we have a slender attendance of the trade, the business passing in each article is restricted. Wheat and flour are held firmly at the extreme rates of this day se'nnight. Oats and oatmeal are each rather dearer. English and Egyptian beans are placed at an advance of 6d to Is per quarter. Other articles as before. NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 29.—We had but a small show of wheat from the growers to-day, and the demand being good it met with a ready sale, at an advance of is per quarter. The demand for barley was only moderate, but late prices were fully supported. Beans maintained their price. Oats were 6d to is per quarter dearer. At Worcester, on Saturday, the market was firm, and a slight advance was obtainable in wheat. - At Stourbridge, on Friday, wheat ;ras in good demand, and fine samples realized fully is per quarter more money, inferior samples as before. In barley we quote no alteration. Peas and beans dull, but not parted with for less money. Clover seed in demand. Average—wheat, 39s Sid, and barley 25s 10d per quarter. At Wolverhampton millers were disposed to buy wheat, and the supply being short, an imprnvement of is to Is 6d per qr. was realized on fine samples, both English and foreign. Red English 15s 6d to 16s, white 16s 6d to 17s per bag of 9st 101 b. Polish Odessa brought 14s 6d to 15s per 9st 101 b. Malting barley did not meet so much attention, and an advance of Is per quarter was not easily obtained; 25s to 2Ss per quarter is . its value. Old and new English beans were in request, and rather dearer, the former brought Ils to 12s, the latter 105 6d to 11s per 1961 b, French I Is, Egyptian lOs per 1961 b. For oats there was a fair sale at the currency of last week. At Kidderminster there was but a short supply of wheat on offer, but trade was dull at is per quarter advance. Barley in good demand, and Is per quarter advance. In other things there is no change. The market here to-day closed earlier, farmets being anxious to attend the meeting on the subject of the ineome-tax. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 27.—Cattle Our market was more largely supplied to-day than last week, and the demand being good, prices were 2s per cwt dearer. Ex treme top price, 465; current price 42s to 455; cows, bulls, and inferior beasts, 30s to 40s per cwt, sinking the offal. Sheep—This market was shorter supplied, and at the com mencement high prices were obtained, but towards the close prices were similar to last week. Best wethers, 6d ; secondary, 5d to sid ; ewes, 4d to 6d per Ib, sinking the offal. Good calves in demand at eos; pigs from 28s to 36s per cwt ABERDEEN, MARCH 28.—Grain —Oats (old), Os Od toVs Od; 401bs per bushel; oats (new), 16s Od to 16s 6d, 401bs per bushel; barley, 19s Od to 19s 6d. 52Ibs per bushel ; bear, 20s Od to 20s 6d,521bs per bushel; wheat 39s to 40s; oatmeal, 12s 6dto 13s 6d per boll; flour, 29s to 31s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per lb, 3s to 6d ; lamb, per qr, 4s to 6s; tallow, per stone, 31 to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, bd to 6d; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 8d; hares, each, 2s to 2s 6d ; grouse, per brace, O s to Os ; butter, per lb, 9d to 10d; eggs, per doz, 6 d to 8d ; cheese, per cwt, 181, to 23s Od ; hens, pe, pair, 2s 6d to 3s; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducks, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os; turkeys, ditto, es Od to 10s0d; geese, ditto, 6s to 7s; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 70s to 00s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 4ia ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 14Ibs, 0, Od to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is L d to Is 4d ; barley dust, 7d to 8d; peasemeal, Is 8d to I s 10d ; side, 6d to 7d ; beremeal, Is 2d to Is 3d; flour, is 8d to Is 104; barley, per lb, Id to 2d; barley flour, Is 3d to Is 44. DALKEITH, MARCH 27.—The relative weight per four bushel. of, the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 18st 21b, and list 416. Oats, 13st 61b, 12st 31b, and lOst 121 b. Barley, 16st 41b. 16st dis.. and 145 t 71b. Peas and beans, 19st 111 b, 18st 1111, and 16st 31t,... Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 345 Wheat ... . : .... ..€2 1 6 A; tl9 0 £1 12 0 , 1082 Oats ••• 12 O 018 8 013 4 344 8ar1ey...... ...... 190' x 17 6 018 0 83 Peas and Bea ns 1 10 0 I‘, 0 1 2 0 Average o f w h eat ....... DUBLIN, MARCH z B.—W e have. no alter ti nto M ' or. \ in the currencies o f our corn market since TY' * aud ta, i we repeat our qu o t at i ons of that day. Wheat, A.-. 21s Od to 23s 6d ; re d di tto, 19s Od to 21s Od ; barley, ‘ 80{ 1120044... lls Od to 14s Od; oats, per barrel, 9s Od to Its Od; rape' seed, OOs to OOs Od ; oatmeal, 108 6d to Ils • flour, bakers • per cwt, 12s to 14s Od ; I ndian corn, per 48 01 b,: 29. to 325. CORK, MARCH 23. We have had but few arrivals of foreign grain since our last, and those of home growth have been very small, the receipts for the week being only Wheat, 45 brie, at 18s to I9s per brat barley, 155 brls, at 10s to 12. 3d per brl ; oats, 2,135 brls, a7s 8d to lls 8d per brl. We have no change in the prices of grain in the green market. Holders of foreign wheat are very firm, and look for higher rates, which, however, we believe they have not yet succeeded in obtaining. A fair business has been done in the article at fully the rates of last week. In oats there is a firmer feeling, and holders evince more confidence. We have not, however, heard of any actual transactions in this grain. We quote the value of the article 9a to 9s 3d for black, and 9s 9d to 105 per barrel for white oats. The flour market is decidedly firmer, and an increased business has been done in the article (for which a good consumptive demand exists), but millers have not as yet been able to establish an advance of price. Indian corn remains without change. The demand for the article is but moderate, and there is no alteration whatever in its value. Barrels. Currency. 9 White wheat oos Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 stone 0 Red wheat. 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do 24 Barley its 6d to ns Sd 00s Od-16 do 0 Bere 91 Oats 28 Pigs 3os Od to 35s 6d 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:-- 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red; 12 barley; 0 bere ; 3 oats; 6 pigs. . _ _ Vuantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week : Wheat, 56. Barley, 334. Oats, 1,060. Pigs, 411. Return of Cattle sold for the week ending March 22 : Pigs, 659. Sh eep, 382. ° Cows, 128. Coax.—Flour—First lls 6d to 123 6d ; extra 13s Od ; seconds, 10s 6d to 1 is Od; household; Os to 10s Od; thirds, 6s to fis per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to lOs 6d; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d; wheat meal, 930,1 to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 7158 Od per ton. Bran 90s to 92s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 35s to 465; average 38s; dealers 44s to 50s Od; average 46s per ton. St/ aw—Farmers 20s Od to 32 s 01 ; average 27 5; d ea l ers 35 s Od to 40s 0 1 , average 00s Od per t on . B read—Wheaten loaf Sid to 6(. . household loaf 4Lcl to 5d per 41b. F res h b u tt er , 10 to 12d per lb. E ggs - 3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. _ Coals — Newport 14 s Od ; L y d ney 15s ; Landore 14s ; Neath Uulwo 13s 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38s per . e r wt. Whisky, 25 0 . p. , 5 s 9 d per i mperial gallon. Dleat 4d to —Beef 4id to bid; mutton 5d to 7d; 315s P per s H d o ; pa p G o i rk lo 4 a d to o t i o oa Od po c b o a w c t o . n B 7d ang t o o r B sl dd e, s 3 au l 2 sag s 6 e y d s e : l s n d _ r e e r n i c b: ton. Bark—Barbary 71 Os to Si Os; Valonia 151 t 001; per stone. h 6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 141 te I .s s _ Hemp 32/ t 0341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 198 °l°:' red tdointt.o, Timber —Memel, o b l, ar so rel s ; pe N r etownfo;urneddlapnidn,:: 100. Market 24s to 345; salted 25s to . o4 B s d pe t r o Minions, ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 12s to n l5B per c lOd : 3id to 3id per lb. Potatoes,. white w 3 l i t 5 1 . 3 0 lel; Hides— Market d e: ok l yellow 10d to 13d. Guano— Peruvian, ill per ton. Tar—Archangel, barrel Ichaboe, 81 to 91 Cs SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL.—On Friday a Committee on this Bill met for the first time, and pro ceeded to business. 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