The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

indueed him to resign, yet that the joint occurrence of the two had left him no alternative. Plausible as this defence may be, it is hardly sound; for a far shorter ex perience than that of Lord John Russell might have told him, that although neither Radicals nor Protec tionists might approve, abstractedly, of his Government, yet that a permanent union between two such discordant parties for the purpose of turning,him out was, to the last degree, improbable. And if so distant an approach to defeat as was implied in the division lists of the 13th of last month were held sufficient to justify —or, rather, to render necessary, a resignation—(for no Minister has a right to abandon his post so long as it is tenable con sistently with honour)—we should very much like to hear upon what principle the Whig Cabinet—composed, for the most part, of the same individuals—of 1839 is to be vindicated from a charge of gross and unjustifiable adherence to the emoluments long after it had ceased to wield the authority of Government. The obstinate indifference to de feat, exhibited ten years ago, contrasts oddly, to say the least of it, with the very remarkable delicacy now dis played. The real fact, then, unl-ss we greatly mistake, is thi—Lord John Russell, with a divided Cabinet, having given promises which be could not ptstibly fulfil, and seeing before him difficulties which he durst not face, slipped out of the dilemma in the easiest, if not the meet dignified, manner, leaving to his successors the task of piloting the ship through the breakers, among which, under his guidance, she had all but gone to wreck. It is, we think, Fentenelle, who, describing the position of a friend who had contrived to involve himself in a very serious serape, thus relates the method of his extrication:—"ll s'en tira en herniae habile. Savez vous ce qu'il fit ? Il mourut." After the same fashion Lord John Russell has thought it better to cut short his political career with his own hand than—although not for the first time—to undergo the humiliation and the pain consequent on a repetition of such scenes as attended the long agony, and preceded the reluctant dissolution of the Melbourne Ministry. Pro bably the impartial historian of later days will decide, that as on one occasion the Whig leaders protracted the struggle too long, so on the other they gave it up too soon. But if we could believe that their conduct on the presentoccasheh had been prompted only by ajust, though tardy recognition of their incompetence to govern, or by a sudden discovery that the public had grown weary of their continuance in office, we should be the last to visit with severity so amiable a weakness. But we believe the case to be quite otherwise. Undeniably critical as was the position of the Ministry, little as they were loved abroad, and less respected at home, we doubt whether popular indignation, or even popular contempt, would have operated so strongly upon their sense of shame as to lead them, unless some other more potent influence had been at work, to quit those seats which, once occupied, are ever so reluctantly abandoned. In one word—we believe the Whig resignation to have been a clever, but not very creditable manoeuvre, got up on the sudden, partly in order to entrap the Protectionist party into a premature trial of their strength, partly to show to the country the impossibility of doing without a set of men of whom it had begun to evince most unequivocal signs of distrust, and partly to effect a junction, at the ex pense of three or four of their own incapables, with such men as Lord Aberdeen and Sir James Graham. That the " dodge"—we really can give it no more dignified name—has not benefited its contrivers is already obvi ous: that it has not injured those against whom it was directed we shall shortly endeavour:to show. DAILY NEWS.—The worst of all revolutions, say the French, is a restoration. There are many who will apply the remark to the Ministerial crisis having re sulted merely in the return of the old Ministry to office. For the friends of the Whigs were as anxious for a reno vation of the dead parts of the Administration as their foes could be. But the unreadiness of any and of all parties, either in Opposition, or semi-Opposition, to meet the religious and financial difficulties of the moment, has rendered a change of Ministry impossible, and a modifi cation, for the present, equally difficult. This is deeply to be regretted for the financial interests of the country, which required at once the grasp of a bold, and a steady, and an experienced hand. All the great men who ever took a comprehensive view of the financial condition of the empire, included the condition of India and its re venues in their survey. Sir Robert Peel did so especially when ho first introduced the income-tax. But the result of a syncope at present in financial legislation will be to adjourn all questions relative to India, not merely for a year but twenty years ; in other words, adjourn re form for an entire generation. Law reform will no doubt share the fate of financial reform. Whilst the colonies, which have watched witi anxiety the meeting of the Legislature, some of which had sent delegates to represent their case, and all of which expected impor tant resolutions from the Minister—all these colonial expectations will be disappointed; and the most unsatis factory answers will go abroad to our foreign depen dencies that England has been two much occupied by its Crystal Palace, and too much put out of its way by Dr. Wiseman's impertinence, to be able this year to give consideration or relief to its colonies. The questions, however, which have come to predominate over all others are those of the Papal pretensions and of Ireland. For it is impossible not to see that they have become blended and entangled together, and that the one aggravates the other to a most painful degree. Now, however, we had de sired to see this Ministerial crisis result in the admission of the successors and disciples of Sir Robert Peel to the management of our domestic finances, and of those of India—and whilst, at the same time, we could not deem any Cabinet entitled to the confidence of the people in preparing a measure of electoral reform, until some Members of the great Reform party were called to the councils of that Cabinet—we all along have held aid do still maintain tte opinion, that on questions of religious tolerance and equality, and on the measures which, fur the sake of pub is liberty and peace, should be intro duced for the regulation and restriction of racer:iotal power and station, the le? is no statesman so fully entitled to the confidence of liberal men as Lord John Russell, We should consider it most fatal to entrutt such a ques tion as the present to Ltrd Stanley. Indeed, his pro posal to shelve it, either by empty resolution, or by a commission, which would terpetuate inquiry, and with inquiry, religious irritation, of these proposals, the one is too illusory, the other tooinsane, to be discussed. Great as is our respect. for Mr. Hume cod Mr. Cobden, we do not think it would be for either their advantage or that of the question, to entrust it to them. We well know what undermined the old utilitarian party in this country, and what completely Marred the popularity that might have been attained by Benham, and Bowring, and Roebuck. And we know of nothing that could prove more fatal to that now enlarged, invigorated, and promising party of popular men, than that they should come before the nation with a line of policy, and with arguments to sup port it, that could render it possible to accuse them, even falsely, of religious indifference. If we deprecate, for a world of reasons, Laving this religious question in the hands of either Lord Stanley or of the Radicals, we have equal repugnance to entrust it to Lord Aberdeen and Sir James Graham. Their view of it is, in the first instance, a cowardly one. They evade the difficulty by avoiding and throwing it over altogether. The meerest schoolboy could solve any State difficulty in the -same way—that is, not solve it at all, but leave it to assume strength, and return to be grappled with under far greater disadvantages. Besides, looking back to the past career of these politicians, we find that they are the very men who caused and aggravated this quarrel with Rome. All must recollect the Bill which the Whigs brought in for establishing diplomatic relations with Rom e. It was highly pleasing to the Pope and his cardinals, and, had it passed, would have led to an amicable understanding. It pleased, however, Lord Eglinton to introduce an amendment, forbiddi ng : the Pope to send here any eccle siastics as envoys. This was turning the compliment me) an affront, and, not merely an affront to the Pope, but a cause of disgust to the cardinals and members of the Papal Court. Yet who was the chief speaker its favour of that amendment? Who carried it by his vehemence against the Whigs? Lord Aberdeen. Nosy had the original Bill passed with out the arnendtnent, this Papal aegreesion never would have taken pities., for then the Papel envoy must have consulted the Briiisli Government. The true, the original cause of our present embarrassment is no other, therefore than Lord Aberdeen. Mr. Gladstone ' too, supported, the amended Bill. And as to Sir James Graham, he took as little notice of it as he did of the first reading of the present Bile And it is now this very party, this very Lord Aberdeen, who d en i e d to the Pope the privi lege of being represented in this country, ho it is that comes clamouring torial titles to papal delegates. He indulges is the theatrical exaggeration of coupling Lord John and the Bull with Calvin's burning Servetus, and the Duk e o f Alva decimating the Protestants of the low country. Were not this the merest twaddle, we should call it the language of disappointed faction. Men such as these, who can blow hot and cold on the same question, who drive their opponents into errors of which they take ad vantage to trip them up, whilst effectiug anxiety to re lieve them—these are not men to whom could be en- trusted the raja of providing the security of the coun try and the dignity of the Sovereign against Papal aggres sion. As far, therefore, as legislation in religious matters may become the duty of Parliament, we pin our faith far more in Lord John Russell than in any living states man. There are many politicians who might undertake with more vigour or effect other branches of administra tion. There may be Prime Ministers more conciliatory, more comprehensive, less entangled in the network of family connexion. A leading statesman with a character to make, may be mo re b old than one who has accom plished s long and not inglorious career. But for con ducting the government and legislature of the country through the mazes of its contendi ng sects, maintaining the great principle of toleration, advancing that of equality, reprcsairg the clamours of the fanatic, discountenanc i ng t h e arr ogance of the high priest, there is no one whom sve could put a par tith the Member for the City n a Londou. If we n look farthar and closer than the matter imme diatelye under Parliamentary consideration; f w airier how the caw() of Protestantism and religiouscon sider freedom is to be best strengthened against, the constitu tional and argumentative hostility of Rome; if we think how be; oar Universities can be purged of superan nuated bigotry, and rendered eflic;ent for tho educatio n of Protestant- youth ond of the Protestant clergy; how best the groat positions of the Church are to be pre served from those Posnyite priests who, having sold themselves to Rattle, hesitate to go over till they can bring their fled:a too—if we desire this, bu desire it unaccompanied by reaction, or persecution, or injustice, th e n mny we hail the continuance of Lord John Russell in t h a t pest, in which the confidence of the Sovereign h as placed him, and where even the late political earth quake has left him standing. Old injuri.,!s are seldom cancelled by new benefits. —Eliza Cook's Journal. A meting of the Finance —ntamittee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yester (s4y at the building in Hyde-park. There wereAresent Zed Urauvillo (Chairtnim), Sir 4, s nairomp r. Cu. bilk 4=1114 Bonin (Secretary), THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 4, 1851. THE TWO CHURCHES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In all ages, and in all countries, au Est iblished State Church has led to the same results—dissa isfac tion on the one part, and tyranny on the other, of its inhabitants; and perhaps in this, the nineteenth cen tury, it may not be amiss to consider what need there is for a State Church, its uses, and abuses; the more espe cially when Parliament is called upon to use its powers in favour of one portion of the community—the Pro testant State Church—against a simple act of vanity on thwart of one of the weakest potentates in Europe— the Pope, the head of another Established Church— the dealer in pardons and passports, who holds his pre sent position on his throne through French bayonets, hired mercenaries, and heretics—on that throne from which his own vacillating conduct caused him to flee. The heads of this State Church—the followers of Him who preached " good will among men"—whose prayer was " forgive us our trespasses," &c., have raised the outcry of " Agitate, agitate, agitate"—and Dissen ters of ati denominations, who were so loud in their de mand for the repeal cf those laws that prevented their equal rights, have joined these demonstrations, for getting that the State Church, as at present existing, presents but a small remove from that of its Papal ag gressor, losing sight of the fact that the Dis senters of England pay annually upwards of two millions forcibly to that Church. But, Sir, the spirit of the age in its calmer moments will be opposed to religious restrictions—there will be no penal enactments re-imposed against Catholics: every man should be at liberty to profess and propagate his own creel, and to worship God, or not to worship, as his own heart may dictate, and without being constrained in any way to support the faith or worship of another. ' Religious persecution is always the same—whether in the reign of Queen Mary, or in that of Qaeen Victoria —whether by the tortures of the Inquisition, or by penal enactments; but truth will prevail. Why, then, this outburst—this clamour—from one end of the land to the other? Do men lack faith in their own creeds, that, like the Ephesians of old, they raise ther voices, and sound the tocsin at the approach of a mandate from the Pope? But it is not the masses—the people—who have raised the outcry, it is but a pulpit agitation—a class ebullition. Great part of Scotland and nearly the whole of Ireland are averse to the Church of England, with - its pluralities and sinecures. What, then, is the position of the Established Church in regard to the rest of the community? We shall see Conformists. Non-Conformists. England contains ... 8,500,000 8,000,000 Scotland ... ... 860,000 1,800,000 Ireland ... 1,000,000 7,300,000 10,160,003 17,100,000 In the face of the above, it were ridiculous to call on the Legislature for religious restrictions, while the Jew, the Catholic, the believer and unbeliever, perform all their duties as members of one united state (the Catholic alone forming nearly one-third of the whole population) and contribute their share of its taxation. But is the Church in danger? Decidedly not; nor are we ever again likely to become the minions of the Pope ; but the abuses of the Church are in danger; intellect and intelligence united are making progress in the right direction, seeking cheap religion as well as cheap food. The Church of England is the dearest of all denomi nations of Christian Churches, its practice varying from its precepts, and its revenues collected in the most ob jectionable manner, and expended very differently from the original intention. In Catholic times, some three hundred years ago, these revenues fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and to the helpless and aged gave asylums and hospitals. Out of a population of about 4,000,000 nearly 50,000 persons were supported by, and out of, the revenues of the Church. But Henry the Eighth dissolved the monasteries, changed the religion of the country, seized the Church property, had it secured to the Crown by Act of Par liament, and the poor lost their share. With this pro perty and the immense quantity of plate and jewels, six news bishoprics were formed, and the remainder of the land given to the aristocracy. Hence it is that so large a portion of tithes and benefices are in the hands of persons not connected with the Church, who naturally fear any change in the established religion of the land. The property thus held is estimated at upwards of three millions annually. There are several thousand lay pro prietors, from whom I will mention a few of the most influential in our own times:— The Lord Chancellor, all the livings on the King's book, ... ... ...about Duke of Devonshire, patron of ... The Fitz william family, patron of Duke of Bedford, patron of Duke of Rutland , patron of ... ft ... ~, ••• ••• Pt ... ~, Duke of Beaufort, patron of ... • •• ff TURKEY. A letter received in Paris from Constantinople of the 17th inst., announces that the question of the Hungarian refugees at Kutayeh has been definitively arranged. The Emperor of Austria has granted a full and entire amnesty to those refugees, on condition that they shall declare that they will not make any attempt to re-enter Hungary. Eight of them, however, are excepted from this amnesty, and are to remain at Kutayeh until further orders. Amongst those excepted are Kossuth and Count Bathiany. The Porte is to send a com missary to that town, accompanied by M. Eder, an attache of the Austrian Legation, to identify those amnestied and to receive their declaration. Those individuals are then to proceed to Moudania, where they will find a Turkish ship to convey them where they please. The Turkish Government will defray their expenses by sea and land. General Dembinski is expected daily at Constantinople, where be is per mitted to reside, under the protection of the French Ambassador. The Russian Government has made a demand on the Porte of a considerable sum for the expenses attending the occupation of the Danubian principalities. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Feb. 27: ASSETS. ... f. 372,314,003 45 . . 137,247,975 0 -.... 142,662 79 Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 17,407,405 f. were received from the Branch Banks ... Bills in the branch banks Advances on coins and ingots... ... Ditto by the branch banks ... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch banks... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... Rentes of the reserve fund ... Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banksin the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto at the branches ... Miscellaneous 56,908,730 59 81,072,714 0 1,390,000 0 1,621,424 0 8,517,562 10 2,413,785 0 50,000,000 0 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,675,496 28 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,487,201 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 108,550 5 161,871 0 1,513,437 45 L 836,958,138 45 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 3. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. PAPAL AGGRESSION. The Earl of RODEN presented forty petitions against Papal aggression, and took occasion in so doing to protest against the language which had been used on this subject by the Noble Earl (Aberdeen) on Friday evening, and more particularly against the terms he had applied to those who petitioned and pro test?d against the establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. The object of that establishment was to introduce into this country the canon law—a system of law incompatible with the existence of civil, religious, or individual liberty. He w as d e li g htd to hear the Noble Marquis opposite enter his protest the other evening against the language of the Noble Earl. He considered that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government was entitled to the admiration of the country for his letter to the Bishop of Durham, and he felt convinced he would not shrink from the vindication of those Protestant principles which he had so manfully asserted. MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to acquaint their Lordships, before he moved the adjournment of the House, that her Majesty having duly reflected upon the state of affairs, and having witnessed the failure of three several attempts to form an Administration, had called upon those Ministers who had recently ad ministered the affairs of the country to resume their offices, and to endeavour to carry on the Government of the country. That step on the part of her Ma jesty had not been taken without dux con sideration, and he had the authority of her Majesty to state that, during the interval which bad elapsed since he had last had the honour of address ing their Lordships, her Majesty had had recourse to the opinion of the Noble and Illustrious Duke, the most illus trious member of their Lordships' House, who was now sitting at the table, and that it was on the advice of that Noble and illustrious Duke that her Majesty had taken this step. Under these circumstances, those who had of late been Ministers of the Crown felt that they had. no alternative but to take the steps necessary to carry into effect the desires of her Majesty. He would add, for himself, that no person could lament more deeply than he did the existence of such differences of opinion as must have made it obvious to their Lordships that it was im possible at present to construct a strong Administration. —(" Hear, hear," from Lord Brougham.) For himself, whether in office or out of office, he should desire to see the construction of a firm and durable Administration. — (Hear, hear.) The Noble Marquis concluded by moving (as we understood) that the House adjourn till to morrow. chester; by Mr. Fagan, from a place in the county of Cork; by Mr. Higgins, from a parish iu Mayo; by Mr. Keogh, from Kilkenny; by Mr. Heywood. from a place in Lancashire; by Mr. M'Cullagh, from 4 Roman Catho lic archbishops and 24 bishops of Ireland, stating that the Bill would be unjust to the rights of property, a gross violation of the principles of civil and religious liberty, and was eminently calculated to revive religious animosties fatal to the principles and peace of the country; by Mr. Scully, from a place in Ireland; by Lord Jocelyn, also from a place in Ireland; by Mr. Reynolds, from places In the counties of Dublin and Cavan. - - Sir G. GREY presented a petition from Northumber land against the income-tax. Mr. WALTER presented a petition against the recent act of aggression by the Pope. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition, signed by en gineerg, seamen, and others in the employ of the Orien tal Stearn-picket Company, against the Mercantile Ma rine Aet. Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire when he brought forward any motion on the subject. Mr. REYNOLDS hoped, when the state coach was upset, that the occident would involve the necessity of taking up some new passengers. After the expression of opinion against the Bill, he had hoped that it would not have been proceeded with. He wished to kno w whether this was the same Bill or a new one ? The Noble Lord nodded assent; and he was glad to hear that the Bill was the same, because then the Irish Members would have public notice that such was the case, and would be ready to offer opposition to the Bill. He now begged to give notice that it was his full determination to offer opposition to the Bill at every stage, of it. If the English and Irish Liberal Members would unite, he would defy the Noble Lord to carry the B►ll, and if ►t were carried the people of Ireland would consider it a declaration of war, and in that part of the country at Last it would be a dead letter. lie was not speaking for England, because the Catholics of England were a miserable frac tion in point of numbers, but the people of Leland were determined to make common cause in this matter with the English Catholics, and would not cease in their opposition, e►en though Ireland were excepted from the Bill. He did not believe that the people of England I demanded the Bill, for he had taken the trouble to examine the numbers of petitions which had been presented. Up to the 24th of of March, he found that 2,000 petitions had been pre sented in favour of the Bill, to which 120 ; 000 signatures had been appended, out of a population of 16,000,000 — while in the same period 1 200 petitions, with 154,000 signatures, had been presented against the Bill. The people of England were more desirous of enlightened le gislation, more anxious to get rid of the window-tax, or to obtain a popular Parliamentary franchise. The people of Scotland had shown no desire for the Bill, and were entirely regardless of the proceedings in the matter. He 0 ould not say that this Bill had been introduced fur the purpose of divert ing the attention of the people from mere important questions, but he would just call the attention of the Noble Lord to the fact that though they had been sitting for a month nothing had been done but scolding the Pope and Cardinal Wiseman. Mr. OSWALD wished to know whether, in the new Bill, the bishops and deans of the Episcopal Church would be prohibited from assuming titles, as they were by the present Bill? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that Friday was the time when the Bill was to be read a second time. He had stated that this Bill could not be read a second time before Friday, and that he did not intend to take any division on the Bill before that day. He need not, there fore, further reply to the Hon. Member for Dublin. Mr. WAKLEY hoped that the Noble Lord would re view the whole course of his proceeding with regard to this Bill, that he would not press its second reading at the present moment, but either shelve it for the session, or refer it to a Committee, which would have the same effect.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and laughter.) After the speech of the Hon. Member for Ripon, it was perfectly impossible to pass the Bill during the present session. —(Hear, hear.) He was firmly satisfied that this Bill could never be passed under its present title, and that a great alteration must be made, not only iu its title, but also in its character before it could receive the assent of the House of Commons. As it now stood it never could possibly become the law of the land.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Did the Noble Lord see what would be the effect of opposing this proposition? It would only be to give force to an adverse party.—(Hear.) The House had been sitting for a month, and yet nothing had been done for the good of thf people.—(Hear, hear) The Noble Lord who was at the head of the party to which he bad alluded had, in his opinion, in the most manly, frank, and noble manner, stated the course which he intended to pursue. He thought that the same course ought to be pursued in that House. —(Hear, hear.) Ho thought that the Noble Lord had acted in a way that entitled him to the warmest thanks of the House and of the countries.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wakley) perfectly agreed in the propriety of the course which the Noble Lord had intended to pursue.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that the same course would be pursued in this House. The Noble Lord the Member for Colchester had told the Noble Lord at the head of the Government that no factious opposition to that Government would be given by his party. Why, he (Mr. Wakley) considered that party a decapitated party—(Laughter)—and any opposition from it would be factious. When he called it a decapitated party he only applied to it the descrip tion given of it by the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) in another place. The Noble Lord bad said that of his 270 followers in the Commons there was only one of them that had official experience; that he could not take,h.m and, as to the others, he would not have them at any price. —(Laughter.) That was the statement of their acknow ledged leader in another place; that was frank and gene rous, and what a contrast was offered in this House. No revelations nor declarations; but all was mystery, and might readily lead to distrust He hoped the Noble Lord would imitate the example of the Noble Lord in the other House. That Noble Lord had plainly said that he meant to do away with the income tax, and to impose a tax on the food of the people.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Noble Lord should follow a similar course, and be equally frank towards the country, and he would amaz ingly strengthen his position and relieve the House. The Marquis of GRANBY repudiated the idea that a Noble Lord i❑ the House of Lords had spoken disre spectfully of the Honourable Member for Bucks. Mr. MOORE was not going to discuss the Ecclesias tical Titles Bill, nor was he going to make any party observations.—(Hear, hear.) It was unnecessary to urge upon a bewildered House and a ruffled Ad ministration the necessity of taking time, the one to recover itself and the other to free its wings, before they entered upon a course of legislation which more than any ot . ..er required all that serenity of mind and cool judgment which the events uf the last few days had so greatly disturbed.—(Hear, hear.) They should take care not again to em bark without chart or pilot upon the troubled sea of legislation, in which the Administration had once al ready foundered, and upon which some of our most ex perienced and ancient mariners have declined to spread their sails.—(Ht ar, bear.) The Noble Lord, after thee months' consideration, had introduced a Bill which he now confessed had failed to meet his own expecta tions; and with that fact staring them in the face he (Mr. Moore) wanted to know what guarantee had they that the Bill which was to be reconstructed in a few days might not be equally a failure. Under these circum stances, the least the House had a right to expect was that sufficient time should be allowed them for considering the Bill, and he trusted the Noble Lord would concede this request.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. NE WDEGATE wished to know when the me morials which had been addressed to her Majesty on the subject of the Papal aggression would be laid on the table of the House. Sir GEORGE GREY was understo o d t o rep l y that they had already been laid on the table. Mr. SADLIER applied to the Noble Lord to allow his Right Hon. Colleague to state the changes which it was proposed to make in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and then postpone any further stage for a week or so, to give Irish Members an opportunity of consulting their constituents on the subject, otherwise they would be forced to join the Opposition against Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) The motion for the postponement of the orders of the day was then pot and agreed to. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the House a, its rising do adjourn till Friday. Mr. WILSON PATTEN said, if that motion were agreed to, it would be necessary to suspend the standing orders, to enable the Committees on Private Bills to sit, and proceed with their labours. Lord JOAN RUSSELL was understood to say there would be no objection to that course. The moti on for adjournment was then put and agreed to, and the standing orders, so tar as they related to the sittings of Committees on private Bills, ordered to be suspended. - PALACES AND PUBLIC PARKS. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the public money expended on each of the royal palaces, gardens, parks, and the appurtenances thereof, stating the amount of expenditure from Parliamentary, grants, Crown revenues surrendered to the pub lic by the Civil List Acts, and other sources; and a statement thereof in detail in the same form as that for 1812 in each year from 1843 to 1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 343, of session 1843); and, a return of the amount of the salaries and other emoluments of the rangers of the royal parks in each of those years ; and also, of the number of houses and tenements purchas,d for en larging the ground attached to Buckingham Palace. Agreed NEW OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for a return of all new places created and appointments made since the 6th of April, 1848, whether, under any Act of Parliament, or by any other authority, and of tae names of the persons appointed to them; stating, separately, the salaries of each, and the estin ted annual expenses of the estab lishments in connexion with such appointments (in con tinuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 633 of Session 1848). After a few words from Lord JoRN RUSSELL and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the return was agreed to. The Howe then adjourned until Friday next. .ELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Monday last, at Eardisland, on the body of an unfortunate man, named John Bowen, aged 31 years, a tailor by trade, who was found drowned on the previous Friday in a piece of water call e d L ady Pool, in the same parish. From the evidence of the wife of deceased, it appeared that be bad been in a desponding state since Mav last, for which she could assig n no cause, and since the 'Monday previous to his death she had noticed a very great alteration in his man ner. It afterwards transpired in evidence, that the deceased was embarrassed in money matters, having become indented to a considerable extent to Mr. E. Gould, draper, of L.2o minster. No proceedings bad, however, been taken against him by that gentleman, although repeated applications had been made for the money, and on the morning of th e me lancholy occ urrence M r . Gould waited upon the deceased at hia residence, and after some conversation, requested to see the deceased's books, askingwhy he had not brought than to Leominster, as promised. Mr. Gould having gone from the house a short time,!, the poor embarrassed man went up stairs to his childrens' bed and kissed them, s a yi ng , a t t h e same time, "I'll sacrifice my life before I'll give up my books." Ile then went down stairs again, and shortly afterwards Mr. Gould, having returned, found that deceased had gone out. They soon discovered that he had left the house by means of the back door. Af ter a s h ort b ut fruit less search, the wife was fain to content herself with the idea that her husband had gone to a young man to give him in struction in a part of the tailoring business, such being his custom. In the evening, however, the poor fellow was found in the manner described. After a lengthened inquiry, the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."— gereforcl Journal, EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE IN ONE .A IGHT. Probitily Lever since the first establishment of the Londe% Bri„,..ade have the firemen been so hard worked . as doling the night of Sunday and yesterday morning From the hour of six in the evening until nearly five o'clock cn Monday morning scarcely an hour passed away ' without the occurrence of some seriou s fires, which,. it is to regretted, were the cause o f two p ersona deaths, independent of the great amount of property they laid in ruins. Oae fire happened at three o'clock yesterday morning at the Newport Arms Tavern, 4 , Prin ce's-row, N e port-market. Owing to the intense heat of the fmes and the smoke it was almost miraculous that the oar p ants were arde to escape with their lives. I t was see' ral hours before the conflagration could be entirely ex tingui,hed, and not before the under-mentioned da mages were done, which are officially reported to th e various insurance offices by Mr. Braidwood The Newport Arms Tavern, occupied by Mr. T. SolwaY n cause of tire unknown. Contents insured in the Su Office ; building unknown. The gr ound floor and back part of the house burned out, the roof destroyed, and rest of building and contents seriously detaNO by fire and water. Nos. 5 arid 6, Prince s-row, lunging to Mr. Roberts, a slanghtern3an ; roofs sou ha.sk premises much damaged by breakage ; insurance unknown at present, No. 3, Prince's row ; let out i n jured v; tenements; contents and building extensive l y water rand removal; uninsured. No. 1 0 , Grafton-street; Mr. F. Garstang, greengrocer; roof of ba ck p remises damaged; uninsured." A few minutes before the above fire happen ed ' ann o t t e i t . one broke out in the private residence of Mr. B. tt, No. 7, Belvidere-crescent, LaEnbetb, which , u pfertil d . nately,resulred in the death of a fine young wo man us°. Sarah Clarke, who acted as housekeeper to the ovinte; of the premises. It appears that some of the inma„ F , were awoke from their slumbers by experiencing a a b "... locating sr nsation. They got up, and the moment went on to the stairs they f mad dense volume! smoke pouring upwards, and when they reached before lower landing they found the untortunate female be L w o alluded to crouched up near the kitchen door, a u° ,/ entire clothing were in flames. With the assistance the police and firemen the flames were subdued, ba t ite poor crea'ure was burnt as black as a coal, and 1 :1, 11 to dead. The body was placed in a shell and remorel,h, the vaults of St. John's Church, to await an inclees t " origin of the fire is enveloped in mystery. , Nag A short time before this a fire hapPene a a ' Crown -street, Soho, belonging to Mr. T. Baguet P i of butcher, insured in the Sun Fire. office. A great d i e n B jog damage was done. A female who lived in an sg. l° o ,lo house, and who had been confined only a.l.e. w -ward previous, was So dreadfully excited that s he feltbet, an into the arms of a person who went to a ssist expir d. at jda t t2i :73 e twb) Old-street-road, ,u‘sl the itroen s e a et irun e at. act dii: hourHigh street, belonging another t o it br r o . ke out ley e shoemaker. Considerable damage was done. in King-street, i b n o g u - t s t t r h e e n same a h p o s u i d r es t . two fires occured sim °6- tier guished before much dama tr g e e et w , 'red the A very extensive conflagration, which rega l , ses to extinguish, of the firemen and engines nearly four t 4 8, broke op. o 8 t,e o rA u . t yesterday morning si l qua ldel a ermanbury, City, belonging W Mr. George faces ee Mr. Braid wood reports to the insurance uockle, Both a S s h d a d o were,bwe. o 'weed/ err thee 11 1 a lithographic printer. The first, second burned out, half of ro id o e f rin de a s n t b r u oy ry e , d, Mr. a nd rest ° The damaged by water. The cause of fire not knew l3 .l o Fite contents were insured in the National Morea u " - fat' Office. Ditto, Mr. Seekendorff, foreign leer e hrk t o ; owa' niture and goods damaged ;by water insurance Dv • cell No. 49, ditto, Mr. Henry Sharp, warehousenase; c ' e d for and roof damaged by water and breakage; iusairkir, contents in the Alliance Office. No. 47, ditt 44 d c oil• o in i g g Th s t b y• at water;o Upper e d r a m rf a h g a e m to e 3 _ e s contents." 'Thames-street, e t e e t s c . Sange, bookbinder; roof damaged by breakage an Mr. ~,i randty , e u r g p ep duringe h 00 lithe s The firemen were also called to a fire io to b e loog gs s o g at house and Wallis,a t w he ay ad t j . s t re joistings extent. nei b yn e ig e n r og - t s o h tn o he p e wfi er ree keeper'd6 ab :tido to :00030. THE COUNTRY MAR ,017 . , The ,B„ fo f l r l o o m w in t g he is 2 th lt e h offi F e e i b a . l , I st Bs at l e , in t e o nt th o e f e 0 of the 9 Essex c., received in th e port of London froltlftle corn, 1851, lth inclusive:— i . both inclusive : , I 24 PI 29 690 7 0 0 Colchester .............. i 40 69 3 149 ! , Harwich Leigh • '222 123 A 35 60 1 02 Maldon 860' 115 3 50 5 follovll CHELMSFORD, FEB. 28.—P r i ces te re 465; „OP , white, Wheat, old 42s to 465; n ew 41! 295; follow:' CHELMSFORD, FEB. 28.—P r i cL. to-as, Is m e r 4 61 ; r ecl iner Wheat, white, old 428 to 46s ; new 41. nos : as 36s to 41s ; ne w , 36 s t o 40 s; b ar l e y, 255 to t 1 0 ; ; itts; to 21s to 295; grinding 18 s t o 24 5; o ats 15 5 , y es mss ; to 55s ; chevali er 54 s t o 56 8 ; peas , partricli e k l , os 295; old, --s to —s; white, new, 268 to 28s ° „a,; s ur dun, ne w , 26 s t o 28 s; b eano , t i c k, ne w 24s ta,„" to 00" to 275; har row ti c k s , new 25 8 to 278; old I' red 861 zagan, new 23 s t o 25 s ; o ld 00s to 00s per qr. w 4 64 Adl . COLCHESTER, M AR CH I.—Wheat, white 4 25- „ Os; to4o a s ml 4 ; peas 26s to 28s per qr. barley 22s s t s o ; 28s ; beans, mazagan 225 to .0 and a 1 the q oti tt KIRKALDY, MARCHMARCHI.—The follo w ing are for grain : Wheat. Barley. First 42. Od 24. td second 41.3 Od 23s Od Third 34, Od 183 61 Oatmeal, per batr, of 2801hs HADDINGTON, FEB. 28.--Th, grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Beae m 9 ' v od the z are. 263 Od t Pow .0 0,4 1 ' ...-3 111 . ow gis of P rices SecondT ta qu a o :: 1 : ity 0/.::133"/Ij First Barley. 1 Oattha 32, iod 363 9d I 26s 8d I 193 4 ", 241 ,A Ga n a sol d Third 44s Od I 28s 6d 22 3 ° A 27 3 i o ••• .. 293 Od I 17s Od I 15 " - 6A - Id Wheat in " 8 cl"" 1215°3 anl market Do. ; qrs., b 76 ..,id Barley .do. 617 ( ir s '' j 96 Pj Do. Oats do. D 0.241 V s " 4 1 " do GLASGOW, FEB. Beans 26 • 4°9 t 0 P er • .—Provisions—Cheese , oe to _,,,e per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2° ' J r ish r8 ( 1 cwt. Country fresh butter, Is Od to Os per lb. b ole, A • vr "tto 6'- dered, in lumps, 9d to 94d; country powdered, to Od. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; -carriedperhapniardi; bl ikl' per 120, or &d per dozen. Hens, 2s 9d . dit t. ' 2s 6d. PERTH, FEB. 28.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to 00% ri: l3s - 1 - t° • new, 35s to 39s ; barley, new, 19s Od to 21s Od; °Soste" 17s ; peas and beans, 22s Od to 24s per quar tet ' .., 18 0 per sack, 00s to 28s. Altth II"' 0 0 ; KELSO, FEB. 28.—Wheat, old, 2Ss to 293 Od; .. 1- , 1 01 0 _ 4 0 to 30s Od ; barley, new, 12s Od to I7s Od ; ditto olr, c ond potato oats, 00s to 00s Od ; ditto new, I2s to 145° ' O , / 9 ! oats 00s Od to 0, Is Od; ditto new, lls to 138 Od ; .1r bu sliet to , to 208 Od; beans, I9s to 20s per ' boll of six inweri s o o; tl ' . t' STIRLING, FEB. 28.—Wheat, foreign, 203 T 241; d. home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 178 9d to 19s 6 a,id to 161 5 4; boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 1 6 : ‘ ,1 1 to 1 1 ".1t, Oats, common, 00s Od to 00s ditto new, 10 ' 'Wm Od; - d d i i s t t t i o l , ler F s l , em o i o s g h t , o O o s o O s cl o t i o l ; 03 0i 0 t d u : ; b d r i e tt w o er d s i , tt0 00 n s c od tc ' t - 0 90 0 . pe ; so ' 01 0 . . ditto,dop edi ditto per to b o o n0 1 1e 1 (8 ,. wssooo26ds6d;sotodflodot flour, ri(4:lo%o2n36oesdOwd6;;dp oatmeal, t tds t mai o teet o n ka e l , w p,3pe , l res l rp l tei s ooc 6 kaa d da: t f o oo ir rA d 9 i:; ,.slA i t o o c to °; 7B l3 o 3 (i r : fresh butter, per lb, 9d to lld • eggs, hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto ' new, eg- 98 41; Od to 0011. 220644 BERWICK, FEB. 2 7.—Wheat 35 5 oicl ' A barle poao l' 001 - oats, 16s lid ; rye, OOs Od ''':)" - ' ; beans, 003 s ,,,fle , average per imperial quarter. Via Od; " -- 0 , HAWICK, FEB. 27.—Wh05t253 t° —3 _ 4 .00 od new, 128 to 17s 6d ; ditto le new , Od o 001 Od ___.,l' 19 5 0 1 e , 00s s 1 i 1 Od to 14 3 ' F7 t itsP er 123 Od to 1480 d ; corn to 20s Od ; beans, 19s common oats, Isn u o ' f 10 ,„ Od to 20s Od per "" t h i 17 ' bushels. I t 1 bo ., in ' Per na FALKIRK 7..—The supply of g l t,, Od OP - ' market ' FEB.• was 446 bolls ; wheat at 15s 3d to -.‘`'' h p i peo or dozen, ou barley, 153 9d to 17s Od ; oats, 008 Od to 008 oo; to 1530 d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. Oats. 208 Od 183 Od 153 63 I imperial, le followizil 45 64 I K l4. e as— e p w-Y i e e msT r i 1 '''' Lambton ....... . ..... 145 od (Riehmund 15 1 Russell's Hatton ''''' 5. Stewart's ............... id , 6 , 1 Heugh Hall ...... 15 5 A A Hartlepool ............ Lici [Canoe.. ......... JO 0 1 South Kelloe. .......... 1 55 South Hartlepool .... itt rhornley . .............. ito 6 c! West Kelloe •••'. 15 0 9 1 Adelaide Tees ......... Baekhouse ...............4 Seymour Tees ........ 139 0 W e st Tees . .......... td Cowpen Hartley ....... 0 Sidney's Hartley .... tark4t. 205. COAL RAE E Buddle's W. Hartley 14s Od Chester Main l3s Odf Longridge's W.Hartley 14s 6di North Percy Hartley l3s 6d rantield Moor Walker's Primrose Wylam Wall's End, &c. Acorn Close Brown Bewicke and Co. Elm Park l3s 6d Riddell Walker Eden Main Bell Belmont l4s Od Braddyll a etton Shioa at m REPRESENTATION OF DEVIZES —We oho' have 0 o ljr ray for stating that, in the event of . a disso!ution of 1 :0 es ment, Mr. Simon Watson Taylor intends to offer b il l teo' a candidate for the representation oin of Devizes, uP°ll-11: tionist principles.—Devizes Gaztte. --..."•'-- BIRTHS. OOP OF A SOF. or At Plymouth, on the 28th ult., the lady of may cal. H. M. 55th Regiment. P asol ible In Dover-street, on the Ist inst., the Lady Louisa- ° t. OF A DAUGHTER. • 000 13 At Edinburgh, on the 20th ult., th e wife of De Colonel D. Ewart. c o lolie l On the 28thBruges, the lady of Lieutenant; lon, Wilson, R.A., commanding the Royal Artillery at G Y --. _ MARRIED. . 0 v T. On the 27th ult., at Waicot Church , Bath, the 1 0 ' 0 . t. W. Nason, M.A., to Ellen, youngest d au g hter of Lieuter General Alexander Armstrong. Green .park, Bath. bur gh' On the 27th ult., at St. George's i buret), Edin 9 James Yates, Esq., of Oxford -square, London, to Frar lf Elizabeth, second daughter of Etchard Williams, Es(l', Georgc.street, Edinburgh _...------ DJA'D Sir 'GI ha On the 27th ult., at Liscard , Cheshire, aged 88, Tobin, Kt. On the 28th ult. , at Westbrook. Blanche Elizlb etb° youngest daughter of the lion. Granville Ryder. e r....ute - On the 27th ult., at Leamington, Jane, relict or ,-'l - Pocklington, late of Carlton.house, Notts. y. On the 24th ult., at Romsey, aged 69, the Hon. end l i, e a r Gerard Thomas Noel, M.A., canon of Winchester and ll' of It4unsey hob' On the 27th ult., Miriam, widow of the late Mr. J. combo, of Sewardstone, Essex. the On the 2lth ult. , at Fort y -hill, Enfield, Elizabeth, wife of the late T. Dobson, Esq., aged 78._.---- __ ...._ _—_—___...._ ..... _ , o f London: Printed and Published by M.URDD YOUNufic No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Time Sun Office, No' ' a . - . 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cottaq bliddleca, Illeeday, BieNl3 4,15511 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... . . ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,730 14 it eserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 417,872,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 91,702,200 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 5,638,449 70 Account-current with Treasury creditor 106,507,888 38 Various accounts current ... ... 73,716,216 60 Ditto in branches 22,595,270 0 Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 5,419,500 0 Ditto at branches 2 , 221,438 0 Dividends payable ... . . ... 548,886 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0 Expenses anticipated ... ... ... 141,473 58 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 505,114 49 Ditto of branch banks ... ... ... 783,913 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 169,730 65 Ditto in branch banks .. ... ... 287,673 0 Interest on protested bills ... ... 246,255 79 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 363,618 87 f. 836,958,138 45 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOITT. It appears by the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased by 7,760,000 f. The commercial bills discounted have decreased by 2,850,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have decreased by 5,250,0001. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in creased by 8,500,000 f. Sundry credits have decreased by 1,000,000 f. SHIP NEWS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Mogador, Jan. 27. Sir,—ln consequence of the continued arrivals at this port of vessels much too large, and drawing more water than a safe anchorage affords, and also in consequence of the continued crowded state of the bay, it has been deemed advisable by the consuls and agents of the Eu ropean nations to exhibit a signal to warn masters of vessels of the danger of entering a port from which they cannot at all times find egress. Masters of vessels arriving off the port will, therefore, please to observe, that a white and red flag, !foisted under the national colours at the respective consulates, will henceforth be the signal that there is danger attending their entering the bay, either from its crowded state or from the fact of their vessels requiring a greater depth of water than the anchorage affords. (Signed by the Agent to Lloyd's.) Captain G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretary, Lloyd's. KINSALE, FEB. 28.—The Uredon (Austrian brig), from Alexandria, was in contact with another Austrian brig off the harbour on the 25th inst., and the latter it is feared has gore down. PASSAGE, FEB. 26.—The John Peat, from Liverpool for California, has proceeded to Waterford to partially discharge for repairs. PARIS, FEB. 28.—The Selina, from Plymouth for Nantes, touched on the 22d of February on the rocks of Beguecean, and in making for Douliguen (very leaky) got sground,near the entrance, but was got off on the tide atter throwing part of cargo overboard, and taken in there, where she will discharge. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB 12.—The Bartolo, from Ga latz, has sustained damage. The St. Lagrence, from Odessa, has received damage, and is transhipping her cargo in order to repair. MADEIRA, FEB. 11.—The Novo Olinda has been lost of Lisbon; crew landed here. GUADALOUPE, FEB. 11.—The Sylph, which was con demned and sold here in September, 1850, has been re paired, and is now on the berth, loading for Dunkirk and Havre. VALPARAISO, JAN. I.—The Madras, of Havre, which sailed hence on the 10th of December for Malaga, has on board the:cargo of cocoa of a Spanish slip condemned here. Mem.—The above is supposed to be the Jonge Doring, Erara. FREDERICKSTADT, FEB. 15.—The brig Jaeob, which has been lying during the winter off Sarpsborg, loaded, and was to sail with the first open water, has suddenly sprung a leak there. HA/QM:MOH, FEB. 28.—The Spanish barque Hermosa de Trasmin, hence for Havannah and Matanzas, has been towed back to-day, leaky. ANTWERP, MARCH I.—The Laura Dorothea, from Naples for Marseilles, was wrecked on the 20th of Feb ruary, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Trepey; crew, with the exception o° one man, saved. CRAVE/HIND, MARCH 3.—Wind W., fresh, cloudy. Arrived—Susan, from St. Michael's; Besay and Jane, from Oporto; Comet, from Madeira; City of Paris, from Boulogue; Isabella, - from Guernsey; Prosperity, from Nenon ; Columbine, from Antwerp; Abbergille, from Aberdt en; John Bull, from Hamburgh. Sailod—Paquet de Limpias and the San Juan Baptista, it Bilboa ; Lady C. Guest, for the Mediterranean; John Knox, for Port Philip; Eliza Sharp, for St. Kitt'a; Louise, fur the Baltic. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Schooner Renard, from Jersey for Bahia, Feb. 15, in lat. 41, long. 13 W. Brig Start, Feb. 24, in lat. 49, long. 7 W. Barque Lady Flora, from Mobile, Feb. 10, off Cape St. Vincent. Neptune, from Liverpool for Genoa, Feb. 11. in let. 38 N., long. 11 W. Brig Grecian Queen, of London, Feb. 21, in let. 42 N., long. it W. George Hudson, outward bound, Feb. 23, in let. 48 N., long. 10 W. Princess Royal, Feb,24, Cape Clear N.W. 50 miles. Swordfish, of London, outward bound, Feb. 22, in let. 44, long. 13. Cambria, of Liverpool, ()inward bound, Feb. 23, in let, 49, long. 9. Mary Jessie, of Dundee, Feb. 24, i n l e t. 48 N., l ong. 8 W. Smack Hotspur, for Dublin, off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 12. Lady Flora, with troops on board, Feb. 10, in let. 37, long. 9. Jacques Laffite, from San Francisco for Sydney, New South Wales, Oct. 22, in lat. 19 S., long. 176 E., off the Fejee Islands. Zemindar, from London for Calcutta, Feb. 7, in let. 35 N., long. 14 W. Caroline, of Dartmouth, Feb. 19, in let. 48, lon 12. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Yost-olllee by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] When made up in From what men PLACES. Gen er alPost-offlce port die- due. London. patch e d. —_—_—__ ---. America (by Brit. pkt.) N February 28.. .. Liverpool • • March 12 America (by U.S. pkt.) N ma rc h 7 ~ .. Liverpool .. March America (by U.S. pkt.) 114 March 8 .. .. Southampt. March 516 Africa (West coast)... N 14th of the month Plymouth March 3 Alexandria* • • e .. Mar Blgium .. .. •. N Daily .. .. .. Dover .. Daily ch 18 Brazil • • • Buenos Ayres .• •• hi 9th of the month Southampt. Feb. 14 . .. 9th of tuthampt. Feb. 24 California(viaChagres)M M 17th he of monthmonth s onthampt. March 7 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. March 3 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 10 Central America • • M2d & 17th of mon. outhampt. March 7 Channel Isles • • • • N Mon., Wed., & Fri. outhampt. Tu. Th. Sa Chili • • .• • • • M 17th of the month ;Southampt. March 20 France • • .. M& N Twice daily .. .. 'Dover • • Twicedally Greece * • • • • • • N,7th 17th.7th ofmolDover •• • March 10 Hamburgh • • .. NiTuesday & Friday ! London .. Tues. Sat. .. „31& N i Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily Holland .. .. .. 1111Wednes. & Satur. !London .. Moa.Thur Honduras .. .. . N'l7th of the mouth Southampt. March 20 3 S i n ars ut e h ill am es p i ) M 20th of the month'Southampt March 28 Nlthll424thofinonthliDover .. March 3 .. I% A l f a a r r e c h h 3 10 1 M 20th of the month ,Southampt. March 23 Southampton) • • i Mediterranean (via , Mediterranean lnnreddilla:nlvvfiaa 1 M 2d of the month.. iSouthampt. March 7 Mexico .. .. .. Marseilles) .. ..: 7 7 t t h h , 8: 7 2 t i b lofath } Do p ie v r er .. .. .. M 9th of the m onth Sou t hampt. March 12 Malta" • • • • NL , & 30th of month Madeira Naples* .. • • • • N:sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • March 12 Papal States* .. .. Nlsth 15th 25th ofmoDover .• March 12 reninsular .. • • • . Mlth 17th 27th of me Southarnpt. March 6 Peru .. .. .. .. Mil7th of the month Southampt. March 20 Tuscany* .. .. • . Nlsth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • March 12 West Indies .. .. M'l7th of the month Southampt. March 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M l 2d of the month .. Southampt. March 7 0 The mails to those countriel MU marked (*) all conveyed by ZrOnoll Plicka it Manilla. - __vi Duke of Norfolk, patron of ••• ••• PP Marquis of Bristol, patron of ... „ The two Universities have the presentation of The Colleges of Eton and Winchester „ The rest - of the aristocracy and country gentlemen '... 6,000 These patronages are worth to the lay improprietors up wards of three millions sterling. We then find that the revenue of the Church is as follows: England and Wales ... Ireland ••• £10,480,090 ••• ••• 2,200,000 -£12,680,090 This sum, exceeding all the other Christian Churches put together, is appropriated something in this manner; ' and though the Ecclesiastical Commission have made great alterations in somo of the enormous salaries of the Episcopal and dignified clergy, still the amounts below, including patronage, &c., will be found not far out : X Archbishop of Canterbury ... ... 46,000 Archbishop of York 28,000 Bishopric of Durham ... ... 30,000 B4hopric of London 60,000 Bishopric of Winchester ... 12,000 The other t wenty-live Bishops, about 6,000/, each ... . . 150,000 -- 326,000 Dignified Clergy—Archdeacons, Doans, in number about 1,000, at an income of 3,0001. each ... 300,000 Aristocratical non-resident Incumbents, about 5,000, at an income of 1,000/, each £4,000,000 £1,626,000 One-half nearly of this immense revenue being thus absorbed by bishops, dignitaries, and non-resident in cumbents, the remainder is applied to the resident in cumbent; and curates, who discharge nearly the whole duties cf the Established Church, few of whom aro too well paid, and some most shamefully low. The penury of one part of the Church, from the following list, may be learned by comparing it with the above. At the establishment of Queen Anne's Bounty there were 5,600 livings under fitly pounds a year, From an in quiry made by the bishops in their respective dioceses a few years ago it appeared that there were 12 livings not exceeding 10 72 20 ,9 ft ft„ 191 ft 30 351 ft If 40 435 50 1, ff 407 60 ot i• 376 70 ft 'I 319 II ff 80 309 ff 9 f 90 If 315 It 100 9, 283 f f ]lO 307 ~ ~ 120 ,• 246 ~ 130 205 If ff 140 170 ff if 150 1.355 „ from 1.501. to 200 1,928 „ from 2001. to 300 These enormous disproportions in the Church have been improved a little, as from a Parliamentary return it appears, there aro few livings now under 100/. per annum—increased, but not out of the revenues of the bishops and other dignitaries, but out of the general community, by Queen Anne's Bounty and otherwise. This, Sir, is the danger that threatens the Church far more than any Papal aggression. It is at home, in the vem heart of the Church, where the danger is seated. Sleek and well-conditioned, daintily fed, housed in pa laces, and sitting in the high places of 'the land, its lordly prelates forget the lowly Founder of their faith; they neither feed the poor nor clothe the asked; and the disputes and dissecsions of late amongst its mem bers have cast a doubt upon the sincerity of their prin ciples, and the strength of their faith. The Dissenters of the United Kingdom should agi tate —not against the Pope—not against a phantom— but for the separation of Church and State; and for a pure, because a voluntary religion.—l am, Sir, &c. A CONSTANT READER. Miss Jane Cooke, better known in Cheltenham as Jenny Cooke, expired at her residence, No. 1, Belle Vile buildings, on Tuesday week, after a short illness. Her ec centric and penurious life, her long residence in Cheltenham, and her reputed wealth, had caused Miss Cooke to be well known to most of the inhabitants. A few years since she made a donation of a thousand pounds to the Society for the Conversion of the Jews. One of her latest charitable acts was a donation of 250/. towards the erection of as organ gallery in the parish church of Cheltenham, which is at the present time under construction beneath the archway of the south porch. The most extravagant rumours of Miss Cooke's wealth are in circulation, but its precise amount, we believe, is wholly unknown. Her property consisted of houses and land, in and around Cheltenham, inherited from her father, and large accumulations in bank and other stocks. Miss Cooke has left the sum of 18,0001. to be divided among the following religious societies, viz., Operative Jewish Con verts' Institution, 1,0001. ; Episcopal Jews' Chapel Abrahamio Society, 2,000/. ; Trinitarian Bible Society, 2,000/. ; Church Missionary Society, 5,000/. ; British and Foreign Bible Society, 5,000/.; Malta Protestant College, 1,0001.; Edin burgh Bible Society, 1,000/. ; Irish Society of London, 1,000/. The testatrix directs the residue of her personal property, not disposed of by herself, to be applied to the endowment of district churches or chapels in populous parishes. The per sonal property is sworn under 120,000/. POST, OFFICE ROBBERY AT BRISTOL oGfen moneyeral —Robberies tpi hn l oe e at t th t . e eo r ac h e aving r ecen tl y been frequent at the Bristol trialre sul t b e y d astrict watch . was kept, which at length apprehension this week, and committal for messenger s , of Thomas Huckman, one of the .sengers. The prisoner was charged with staling oinc fr e cm the letter•ba a letter, pec e t o o wt e n n i Po s Post and four postage stamps. s The Ins ngala sovereign e i r t e i g n sa y, attended by direction of the Postmaster- General. The prisoner's duty was to convey letters from the Stokes Croft District Post-office, and having been frequently seen when conveying the bag to go into a lane at the bottom of Small street, and while there shake the bag, which awakened sus picion, a letter was addressed to Mrs. Smythies, Brown street, Manchester, by the Inspector-General, and the sove reign and the four postage-stamps placed in it, and duly posted at the Stokes Croft office. Upon the arrival of the bag, the letter being missing, the prisoner was apprehended, and the fp: postage-etanape found IA his pocket. PAPAL AGGRESSION. The Duke of ARGYLE, in presenting a petition from Glasgow, on the subject of Papal aggression, declared that, in the event of such an aggression taking place in Scotland, the difficulty would be not to excite, but to restrain popular indignation. He could not agree that the Papal power was a dead power, but a living and an aggressive power; and he rejoiced to find that it had been impossible to form an Administration on the basis of passing over the aggression unnoticed. He supported the measure of the Government. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Cork against the Go vernment Bill for repressing Papal aggression. This petition characterised the Government mea sure as tyrannical ; in that he could not agree, neither could he agree i n th e other terms in which the petitioners characterised that Bill; but, considering the present state of agitation, he be sought their Lordships and the Government not to le gislate at present on the subject, but to content them selves with resolutions of both Houses of Parliament, in order to afford an opportunity for the present heats to subside. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented several petitions against the Papal aggression, lied could assure their Lordships that the people of Scotland would have tolerated no such aggression. He thought that a more complete irciairy ought to take place into this subject before legislation, so as to ascertain pre cisely the powers which the person lately arrived in this country—who was at the same time a British subject and a foreign Prince—claimed to exercise. He considered that the existence of nunneries was incompatible with civil liberty, and they should introduce some measure to make the law of this country paramount over the civil and every other law. Lord BROUGHAM explained. The Earl of ABERDEEN had been misappre hended by the Noble Duke. He had not recom mended this aggression to be passed over in si !nee ; on the contrary, ho h a d sa id th a t h e t h oug h t it might engage the attention of G overnmen t an d o f Par liament, and he was of opinion with his Noble and Learned Friend, that the proper way of proceeding would be by resolution of both Houses, carried to the foot of the Throne; but that he did not think it was a fit subject of legislation.—(Hear, hear.) He was much mistaken if the experience of their Lordships and the other House of . Parliament did not convince the m o f t h e difficulty of legislation on thi s su bj ec t. Th e N o bl e L or d w h o was again at the head of the Government had already pro posed to alter the Bill as iutrodueed very materially, and he believed that as further advances were made in the prosecution of the measure, it would be found, as in all cases of the kind, that greater difficulties would daily arise. —(hear, hea-.) The Noble Earl (the Earl of Rodeo) had thought fit to allude to his having styled Ihe measure a penal one, carrying persecution with it. Now, no deub;, whether they imposed a penalty of 1001. or imprisoned a man, it was a penalty, and a Bill inflict ing either was a penal measure. It was another ques tion how far it might be severe or not; but he would re mind the Noble Earl. that persecution was very different at different periods. People entertained different notions of what persecution was according to the age in which it was exercised, and according to the state of society in which they lived. He did not doubt that when Archbishop Cranmer burnt a poor wretch for denying the King's supremacy, he had not the slightest idea that he was a persecutor, or that Calvin when he burnt Servetus thought himself guilty of persecution. Ha doubted not that Philip 11. and the Duke of Alva believed that what they did in the way of persecution was redeemed by their tender regard for the salvation of souls; but those days were past. He remembered having often and often heard most elo quent speeches in that House, and especially from the Woolsack, to prove that . the Roman Catholics had no cause of complaint, and that th e y en j o yed every privi lege to which they could with reason lay claim; and he had heard the greatest opposition made from quarters of eminence to that Bill which gave them the full pos session of their present privileges, and which a great majority of their Lordships believed were properly be stowed upon them.—(Hear.) But the speech of the Noble Duke, if good for anything, was a good reason for repealing the Catholic Relief Bill, for the whole spirit of that speech would completely justify such a course. Now, the proposed measure would, in the first place, probably be ineffectual, and, therefore, would not operate penally. B u t th oug h, sit icily speaking, every Bill that was penal might be called one of persecution, still it m i g ht n ot be considered as a measure of severity. It, however, it was, as he main tained it was, the lawful right of the Roman Catholic Church in this country to constitute regularly and in an orderly manner their episcopal government, any im pediment to that actidn was persecution, because it de nied them the right inherent in every church that was acknowledged. For times were now changed. If the Roman Catholic Church was not tolerated, the whole case would be altered; but, having admitted them to an equality of civil rights—having fully tolerated their Church—they had a right to co nstitute that Church in a legal and regular manner. For reasons that . might sa tisfy themselves, they might think fit for a time to have vicars-apostolic only; but there was nothing whatever in justice or common sense, after full toleration was given to that Church, to prevent them carrying go vernment in a regular mann e r.- ( Hear , hear.) He re gretted the daily recurr ence o f these debates on the pre sentation of petition s —(H ear , h ear ) —though he desired of expressing most ardently to ha ve an opportunity on their ressing fully the views he took of th e subject, and the conviction he had that the course they were taking was one fatal to the best interests of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY made an observation that was alto.. gether inaudible in the gallery. Lord BROUGHAM again postponed his motion on the subject of the extension of the County Courts. Their Lordships then adjourned-till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four o'clock. At that hour there was an unusually large attendance of Members. ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER announced that the reco g nizinces on the part of the petitioners against the returns of Mem hers for Aylesbury and St. Albans were unobjeo tionable. SECOND READINGS. Thefollowing b llo e w e in o g mm ßills were re ad a second time, and ordered Bann Navigation. Cam Navigation (No. 2). Dublin and Kingstown Railway. Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike Road. Hove Improvement. Lee River Trust. Malmesbury Turnpike Roads. Malton and Driflield Juaction Railway. Poulnasherry Embankment. Thames Haven Dock and Railway. Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway. Birkenhead Dock Trustees (Alteration of Liverpool Do e k and Birkenhead Doak Rates, Sic.) Dee River Conservancy. Royal Naval School. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. Stockton and Darlington, Wear - Valley, and Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway Companies Amalgamation (No. 2). Waterford and Limerick Railway. PETITIONS. Colonel TYNTE presented a petition from Bridgwater against the window-tax. Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from Yorkshire against the paper duty. Mr. OTLAHERTY presented several petitions from Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY presented a peti tion from Kent to the SUMO eff,xt. Similar petitions were presented by lir. Kershaw, from a place iu Lancashire; by Mr. M. Gibson, from Um- RELIGIOUS FEELING IN IRELAND. Colonel CHATTERTON said a few days ago he pre sented three petitions from Cork in favour of the Eccle siastical Titles Bill, and he had since been informed that the names of the petitioners had been placarded over the whole city. In consequence of their names being made public, many poor and deserving Protestants had been turned out of employment; and he wished to know whether the publication of the petition in the way he had mentioned was or was not a breach of the prin. Lges cf this House? The SPEAKER replied that such a proc:eding did not involve a question of breach of privilege. PETITIONS. Mr. LAWLESS presented a petition from Kilmana ag , inst the Ecclesiacitioal Titles Bill. Mr. E. B. ROCHE presented three petitions from the city of Cork to the same effect. Mr. WAKLEY also presented a similar petition from Islington. Colonel SIBTHORP presented a petition from Lin coln praying for the relief of agricultural distress. NOTICES OF MOTION.—WINDOW TAX. Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion for the aboli. tion of the window tax, until. Tuesday, the 11th ol March. COLONIAL REFORM. Sir W. MOLES WORTH gave notice that, on the 13th of March, he should move a resolution on the sub ject of colonial expenditure. EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE. Mr. ANDERSON gave notice that, when the Bill of his Hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey came under consideration, he should move that its provisions be ex tended to Scotland. ELECTORAL DIVISIONS OF IRELAND. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN moved for a return of all sums which have been allocated by the Treasury for the promotion of arterial drainage in Ireland; distinguishing the works according to the several counties: and, a similar return of monies allocated for land improvement under Mr. Labouchere's letter. RATES OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN moved a return of the rates which have been made on each of the several electoral divisions in Ireland, for the years 1848, 1849, and 1850, distinguishing the dates on which such rates have been made. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from the butchers, numerously signed, praying for the continuance of a central market. The House then seemed to be waiting for the appear ance of Lord John Russell ; it was exceedingly full, and there was an evident anxiety to hear the statement to be made by the Prime Minister of the Crown. MINISTERIAL CRISIS. MINISTERS RECALLED. On the motion for the second reading of the Assump tion of Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who had just previously entered the House, and who bad been received with subdued cheering, rose and said, I have now to inform the House what has occurred since I last had the honour of addressing it.---(Hear, hear.) Sinee I last addressed the House Lord Stanley has made a statement in another place with respect to his at tempts to form a Government, and with respect to how these attempts failed.—(Hear, hear.) It is not my in tention to make any comments upon that statement, but I think it right to say, especially after the many rumours that have been spread upon the subject, that it appears now to be perfectly clear that Lord Stanley had full power and full opportunity to form a Government, for whatever request he thought it reasonable to make was not denied to him.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, I stated when last I addressed the House that her Majesty sent for the Duke of Wellington in order to have his opinion upon the present state of affairs in the Government of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Her Majesty saw the Duke, of Wellington on Saturday, and late yesterday evening her Majesty received a written communication from the Duke of Wellington, and I had the honour of an audience of her Majesty this morning at twelve o'clock.—(Hear, hear.) Having re ceived the opinion of the Duke of Wellington that the best course her Majesty could pursue was to request her former Ministers to resume office, her Majesty has been pleased to desire that her former Ministers would resume their offices, and after what had occurred, and considering the failure of the repeated attempts that have been stated to the House to form a Government by the Opposition, we could not perform our duty to her Majesty and the public otherwise than by accepting the offer which her Majesty was pleased to make to us.—(Cheers.) Sir, tiler entering so fully the other evening into the sub ject -matters that have occasioned debates, and are likely still to occasion much discussion, I will not now explain further our views upon these topics.—(Hear, bear.) I trust the House will allow us not to enter into matters of public debate until Friday next— (Hear, hear)—so that we may have an op portunity of considering the various plans and measures which we shall have to propose with the view to the conduct and progress of public business generally. —(Hear, hear.) I should propose on that day (Friday) to proceed with the Assumption of Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and my Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department will, in moving the second reading of that Bill, state what amendments we shall be prepared to make in that Bill.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") I should propose to fix that Bill for the first thing on Friday, and therefore if the House will permit me I will name that Bill for the first order of the day.— (Hear, hear.) With respect to the other matters before the House, before proceeding with the order of the day on Friday, I will take an opportunity of stating the course which the Government mean to follow, so far as the public business of the country is concerned.—(Hear, and cheers.) A question was asked the other day, when I was not prepared to answer it, namely, on what day did we propose to pro ceed with the Budget.—(Hear, hear.) I could not answer that question when it was asked, but on Friday I shall be prepared to state fully what we propose to do with regard to the Budget, and the subsequent proceedings we shall take for carrying on the public business of the country.—(Hear, hear.) And, in the mean time, I have only to move the House to postpone the orders of the day till Friday.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE wished to know whether the Ncble Lord intended to introduce the same Budget? Lord J. RUSSELL said he would state on Friday next when he would bring on the Budget.—(Hear.) R e thought it would be extremely wrong of him in the pre sent state of public business to give a direct answer to the Hon. Gentleman's question.—(Cheers.) Mr. KEOGH asked whether it was reasonable, after all which bad taken place, that the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill should be proceeded with on Friday next.-- (Hear, hear.) He understood the 2d, 3d, and 4th clauses would be materially modified, if no t entirely reconstructed, and he thought it was only right that the people of Ireland should have an opportunity of consi dering these alterations or modifications before the Bill was proceeded with.—(Hear, bear.) What he would suggest, therefore, was, that the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department should make a statement as to the object and provisions of the new Bill, and then that further proceedings in the Bill should be suspended for a week or ten days.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said he was ready to make any reasonable concessions, but be thought by the arrange ment he proposed ample time would be allowed for the consideration of the measure. Mr. M. GIBSON observed, that as the consideration of the Bill would take up a considerable time it would have the effect of postponing the financial statement to a very remote period. Now, be would appeal to the Noble Lord—not in any spirit of levity — whether it was right that a measure of this sort should have any undue precedence over the general business of the country. The Bill was positively objected to by all parties. Ho understood Lord Stanley stated elsewhere that he was not prepared to legis late on the subject just now —(Cries of "Hear, hear") —that ho thought tho country Was ill-informed upon it, and that it would be unwise to precesti to legis late without deliberate inquiry and consideration. lie (Mr. Gibson) thought there was a great deal of sound• ness in that a d v i ce . Th er e was no question more likely to inflame the passions of the people, or to lead to inconsiderate and hasty legislation.—(Bear.) He there fore hoped the Bill would not take precedence of the fi nancial statement of the Government.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN MANNERS assured the Noble Lord that no factious or unnecessary opposition would proceed from his side of the House to the policy of the Government; but while he said this, if the Government did not bring forward any measure to deal with that agricultural dis tre had been acknowledged by her Majesty, they would feel it their duty to give thew support to the t o atbir ~ ~ ~e ~~ C;ae ih.. Ntitt 1 44 ,21, 11 , Lh% 1 0,; 4 V 4 C'N tqn,,,,Lto Ku. r N'lth,th, , 44 4 tr g I let4 t h e , 11 'tit; ket Ork /4 - 4 /1, Er to` ' O l4 k riq kJ t Rt ti„,l ' ll O 4 4 4,a 4 1taKe " tit 41 tey p.er 3, 4 4 44 4 4 41 4:, 1 1 , 1i N t h ß t4 ttlie h tz. l44l'' ' t kiaN 'l4 t?" 4;1 (Li