The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-11 00:00:00

~.. ''';i•litrti ;Itittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. GREECE. • Athens journals of the 28th ult. have arrived. They de not confirm the news received by Trieste of the dissolution, of the Chamber of Representatives, in Consequence of a severe check received by the Ministry in the discussion on the elections ; but we and, by the report of the proceedings in the Chamber, that the Ministry had received more :than one check, and that a dissolution was probable. As the news from Trieste gave no date for the dissolution, we can not csnucltide from the journals that it has not taken place . The Courrier cr Athenes gives a gloomy ac count of the internal condition of Greece. According to this journal, most of the prOvinces are overrun by brigands, who carry on their depredations almost with impunity. The same journal has the following on the prolonged absence of King Otho : " Urged by the independent press and public opinion, the ministry has at length broken silence on the pro longation of the absents') of the King. The Week, a B'l4A-official journal, says:—' The King has been obliged to remain at Munich beyond the time which he had him self fixed, on account of very important negotiations respecting the most grave interests of Greece, and pariicniarly the prompt and complete execution of article 40 of the Constitution. His Majesty will return to Greece as soon as he shell have brought to a termination what in his high wisdom he has undertak'n in favour of the nation.' Oa the other hand, it appear,' by the last news from Munich that the King has decided on prolonging con siderably his stay in that capital. As to the question of pis succession, we are assured that it has been agreed that if the Queen of Bavaria, who is now pregnant, shall have a male child, he is to be baptized according to the 'rights of the Greek Church as soon as he shall have been recognised as the successor to the throne, conform ably with Art. 39 of th e C onst i• ut i oo ." We read in.the Courrier of Athena-- " A disgraceful scene took place on Sunday, 23d, in the house ci M r . Ki ng , a Protestant minister. This Fentleman, who is a n American subject, has been in +the habit of preaching every Sunday at a fixed hour in the Greek language, on which oeca sion the entrance to his house is always open to the public. Hitherto not more than a el,zen young persons have been in the habit of attending, but on Sunday last upwards of 50 presented themselves at the moment when Mr. King, i n alluding to the crime of Cain, pointed out the disastrous results of religious divisions. Suddenly one of his auditors, inter rupung Mr. King , expressed a wi s h t o put sun dry questions. to him. Mr. King mildly replied that, if t h e orestions referred immediately t o t h e su bj ect on which ti „, Was then speaking, he would answer them i mme diately ; but that, it such was not the case, he would defer the discussion to another day. On this t h e interrupter , demanded an immediate solution ; some of the persons present supported him, while others opposed him, and such a terrific noise ensued that 31r. , Iiing, thinking himself in danger, left the pulpit, re : testi:kg against the violence used against him, and hoisted the American flag on his house. The crowd then left, uttering loud murmurs, but without com mitting any act of hostility." BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) AnAoo3otint, ptultunat to the Act 7th and Bth at Victoria. cap. 32, for the Wee * . ending on Saturday, the sth day of April, 1851. Nona DipAsTscincr • Notes 27,294,315 Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities .. 2,9E4,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,260,970 Silver bullion ...... 33,375 A 27,294, 315 27,294,345 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 10th illy of Ap ril, 18' ZPA,ILTXEN T. ,Government 'acne- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .• 14,145,230 Other securities ...• 14,147,070 i Notes .............. 11,299,b80 Geld and silver coin •• 612,311 £37,134,211 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. LNGE.--(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. •• Leghorn ••••••• • • • •• • • 80 55 Genoa .. •• • • ...... •• .. 25 56 Allan ................ Venice. Naples 41% Nierrno, per0z........ 1245 Messina .............. 124 y, L.sbon.... • • .......... 53% 0p0rt0.... .......... 53% Rio Janeiro • • Buenos Ares — New York, 60 days'sight Philadelphia .... • PRICE. OP BCLLION, PEE Of. Foraign Geld in bars .. ,E 3 17 9 Yortligal Gold Coin .. G 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .. • • 0 4 11% Silver in bars ...... • • 0 5 1% BANKING D: Prorlriatcresapital•• 14,553,000 beet • 1,041,028 Publiq deposal; (In eluding Exchequer, (Joh:nolealoners of Stational Debt,flav- Inge-banks, andDi vldend accounts).. 1461,091 thee deposits •• 9,572,840 leren day azd other DEUS• • -•• •• •• 1,091452 £37.134,211 Dated its NU' day of April, 18 COURSE OF EXCi - 11 laustoccuosa •• 11 16 Link, thsee'months.. 11 17 /otte rdam • • 11 174 Antwerp • • ............ 25 25 Brussels ••••••.. • . •• • • 25 25 laaaibt.rgh .... • • M.B. 13 8 Altona •• •• •• •• •• Parts. 3 days'sight 25 Digo. 3 months .... 25 274 ........ 25 30 gourds aux . • Frankfortcp Mains..., 1194 Viennr,, effeo. fib."... 13 20 Trieste, dttto.... • • .... 13 20 Zptersburgh,Sll. Able.. Wadi d .............. 50% azoelona ............ THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 8, 1851. The queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. H. Jones ffroolte as Consul at Beitast for the United States of America. /be Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. William Hare as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. \HirEHALL APRIL 7. The Queen s been pleased to grant the place of one of the Losds of Session in Scotland to Andrew Ruther fnrd,, Blq., her Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, in the roan of Sir James Wellwood Moucrieff, Bart., deceased. WHITEHALL, ARRIL 8. The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of her ajesty's Advocate far Scotland to James Moncrieff, Tag , her Majesty's Solicitor-Genenl for Scotland, in the mom of Andrew Rutherfurd, Esq., appointed a Lord of Session. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 11. ,The t e en has been pleased to appoint Samuel Creel man, E a tq., tp be Financial Secretary for the province of dove Scotia. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 9. AtEmazias RSTURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. ,City of Coventry—Charles Geach, of Birmingham, in t county of Warwick, Esq., in the room of George Mikes Tdrner, Esq., who has accepted the office of Vice-ChancellQr. APRIL 11. O inty of Somerset, Western Division—William Henry Powell Gore Langton, of the parish of Newton Saint Loe, the said county, Esq., i n th e room of Sir Alexandett Hood, Ba - ronet, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 11. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet Francis Suther land to he Liautenanr, by purchase, vice Hibbert, who re tires, April 11. 7th Regiment of Foot —resign George John Arnold s Cameron, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kay, deceased, April 11. 11th Font—Grileman Ciltift Robert Unwin, from the Royal Military Colleke, to 15e EnsiAn, without purchase, 716 '' Car "rot, promoted in the 7th Foot, April 11. 12th Fclot—Lieuisnan; William Henry Queade to be Captain, by purchase, vice 'Read, who retires; Ensign Themes hite Goodrich to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice gileade, April 11. 14 t' Foot—Captain John Peter Hall to be Paymaster, vice PF Valentine W April . r • akntine ood, who retires upon half-pay, 21st F oot — Lieutenant George Caldwell Dickins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Irwin, who retires; Seoond Lieutenant William John Ugh, to be First Imp utenant, by purchase, vice Dickins, April 11. 36-th . Foot—Lieutenant William Ryland RAinsford, to be CaVtain, by purchase, vice Carew, who retires; En sign Thomas Riee, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gr t, o retiree ; Ensig n R ic h ard H arbord, to be an ia Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rainstord, April 11. gni ) Foot—Lieutenant Charles Stuart Baker, to be cavot , , by purchase, vice Bridges, who retires; En sign brenry Kean, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baker, April 11. filet Foot — Ensign w M ick alachilianley to be Lieut enan t, who retires, April 11. —EnsignCharles Hen r y S a i nsbury Pick by pureb4so, vice 91st Foot Chl with to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bethune, who reeres, April 11. R 4 15 Brig#o—" and Lieutenant the H on. George ec the 60'n Foot, t o b e Second Barrington Legge. from Lieutenant,Wrixon Becher, B art., who vice Sir baenrY retiree, April 11. Reyal Newfoundland Companies—Ensign Richard Alexander Law to be Adjutant, vice Gillespie, Who re signs 4is Adjuttincy only, April 11. ADMIRALTY, AP RIL 8. The fol4owin g p r , emca i ons have this da y taken place, oons , ,quent on the death of Vice-Admiral Thomas wowtie:— Vic , . Admiral of the White Sir Samdel Pym, K.C.B , to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vic.. Admiral or the Blue Henry Manaton Omma nne y , bo he Vice-Admir a l o f the White Rear-ItErmiral of th e R ed Arthur. Lysaght, to be Vice- Admiral of-Itte Blue. Rear-Admiral of the Whi te Roar-Admiral of the Red. John Brett Purvis to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue Gordon Thomas Falcon to be Rear-Adtairal of the Whit e . Captain Je,lan Carter to be Montißear-Adra of the Blue. onsmit-sicxi b'y the Lord -Lieutenant oi y_jgoohmnlyioshire. William gusset Motiteromeryshire Yeomanry Cavalr Esq., to be Cornet, vice wltrdes Jones, Hewson, Gent., deceased, April 9. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Hay, smallware manufacturer, b unny sue, Salford, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. Robert 6ade,4len, coal merchant, Brompton-square, to serrendec April 25, at half-past eleven, and May 2 3, A eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basi ogball-street; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheap de; Cobb, Brecon, Tlefederick Ernst Daniel Haat, merchant, Alderman ubary, City, May 2, at twelve, and May 29, at eleven, 'fit the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Diortin - lane; kiicholson and Parker, Lime-street. '' WilMam PraagJcy, music seller, New S.aum, lit shire, AO! 28, and May 23, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bykruptcy. Stansfeld, offi c i a l assignee; Ed. wards and Ratcliffe, Delahsy-street, Westminster; Rad cliffe, Salisbury. William Matthews Hill, builder, Charlton place, Islington, April 28, at half-past eleven, and May 23, at twelve, at the Cwt of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Parker, Rooks, Parker, and Whitehouse, Bedford-row? _ _ John Horwell, cheesemonger, Lower Marsh, Lam beth, April 19, at one, and Juno 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street, Cheapside. William Andrews, merchant, Liverpool, April 14, and May 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court ; Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Anderson and Collins, Liverpool. Robert Ellison Gorst, apothecary, Rock Terry' Cheshire, April 23 and May 12, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Cazenove, o ffi c i a l a ssignee, Liver pool; Duncan and Squaroy, Liverpool. Thomas Cave, innkeer, South Ril w orth, Leicester shire April 24 and May 14, and twel ve, at the Birming ham ' District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming ham; Wratislaw, Rugby, Warwick, April 29 and Joseph Mann, vietualler, May 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Bir mingham. George Powlesland, dealer in seeds, Meeth, Devon shire, April 25, at one, and May 21, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. [Hese], official assignee, Exeter; Burd, Okehampton ; Terrell, Exeter. William Frudd, draper, Barnsley, Yorkshire, May 1 and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Atkinson, Saunders and Atkin son, Manchester; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. George Robson, horse dealer, Osbaldwick, Yorkshire, May 2 and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freiman, ufficial assig nee , L ee d s; Singleton, York; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. Richard Whalley, draper, Accrington, Lancashire, May 3 and 16. at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Blair, Man chester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 8, 1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importatien thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 28s. 7id. per cwt From the Mauritius 275. v*d. From the East Indies 275. 7d. 1) Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... - 275. 94d. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICK N ELL. Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, April 11. .• k v.: r-1,-.< f. 4 v , 64. MARKET IN TEL LI GEN CE. - -- - (From the London New Price Current, April It.) SUGAR.—To-d-y West India Sugar was offered at a reduction on last Friday's rates of 6d per cwt, yet all parties operated with much caution, and only 230 hhds, Scc. were sold, including at auction 78 hhds Demerara, which went at 36s to 37s for ord and mid yellow, and fine brown at 35s to 35s 6d. REFINED; :lO:cayPriCes prices are not lower for refined goods, but home dealers operated with caution; there are not sellers of low brown Lumps under 475. In crushed sugar no variation, but there has been little done. MAURITIUS—This afternoon three parcels of Mauri tius bugar were offered at auction, amounting to 11,670 bags; the demand was limited, and not above half sold 6d per cwt. under last week's rates, good to fine yellow went at 38s to 41s, refining kinds 37s to 395; a small pro portion at 36s to 37s 6d for ord and mid yellow, fair brown 345, and fine grainy yellow 42s to 42s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was BO public sale of Bengal Sugar, and little business was done privately; former rates are supported with difficulty. Of Madras, 2,200 bags were offered at auction, good and fine grainy sold at 41s to 43s 6d, being about former rates; but soft kinds were only in part disposed of, at easier rates, brown at 26s 6d to 295, yellow 29s 6d to 335; bright 34a to 365. r A FOREIGN.—To-day only limited purchases were made in Foreign Sugar by private treaty, and there was no public sale; prices close rather lower than on Friday last. MOLASSES.—Operations in West India are upon a limited scale and confiaed to 200 puns, bnt rates are not lower than last week, good and fine Antigua selling at 163 to 16s 6d, and Molasses of cid import at 14s to 15s, but supply does not increase. The rates demanded for East India and Mauritius are 123 to 13s, Cuba and Porto Rico 14s to 15s, few buyers are to be wet with. Cocos.—Of West India none has been offered at auc tion this week, and the private purchases have been small; Trinidad red at 49s to 535, grey 44s to 48s, and Grenada 423 to 465; the stock is 1,200 bags less than last year. The market for Foreign remains in a dull state. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee, was in good demand, and the public sales of 89 casks went at is to 28 advance, mid selling at 52s to 563, other sorts 451 to 519, low 43s 6d to 545, Pea Berry 58s to 61s. Of Batavia 1,284 bags were taken in at 448 for good ord; 200 bags Singapore Java 455; 32 bales Mo cha at 70s to 723 for ord long berry. Of Costa Rica 608 bags sold at firm rates, good ord 43a 6d to 45a 6d, fine to tine fine ord 46s to 51s, mid 575, damaged 34s to 42a, and husks 28s. Native Ceylon is firm at 40a, with a fair demand. TES.—The demand continues active for the lower de scriptions of Congou, and prices are steadily on the advance, the supply being barely adequate for the con sumplion; common has been selling at is Otd to Is old; and medium to rather strong blackish leat sorts at is Id to is 2d per lb. In other kinds of Cougou operation are yet upon a limited scale; whilst there is a fair supply, and a desire is evinced to sell at is 2id to Is Bd, and rates tend downwards for good and tine. Prices are ag ain id lower for Oolongs. Fur Gunpowder thr d mend has been brisk at fully last week's rates; but Young Hyson met with little attention, and prices are rather lower than on this day week. Ocher sorts of green supported previous terms, and have met with a good demand. Scented and Pekoe sorts maintained last week's quotations, and several parcels were sold. Of 14,000 pkgs Tea offered at auction yesterday 7,000 were sold, being a much larger production than of late. This a!ternoon the pub lic sales of 600 bags Pimento went at rather lower prices, mid and good selling 411 to 48, inferior 4114 to 4i, da maged 4d to 4id. 64 bags white Pepper mostly taken in at 67j. to 7i for mid and good sound. RlCE.—Holders of East India have refused to submit to any further reduction. The business concluded pri vately has been small both for shipping and home trade purposes. Prices for pinkey Madras remain at 7s 6d to 8s d; Coringa 8s 6d to 95 6e mid to fine white Bengal 9s to I Is, broken 8s to 8s 6d; cargo and Pearl Barley 7s to 8s per cwt. Patna is, however, in good demand at 12s to 17s, broken 103 6d to Ils 6d; town dressed Carolina 20s to 28s; but the mar ket is quiet for American, and 62 erns at auction were taken in at 17s for mid new. Sago has been dealt in with caution at 18s 6d to 23s for small Pearl; and Sago Flour 15s to 15s 6d. Of new St. Vincent's Arrowroot 128 bxs, 23 i-boxes, 452 tins at auction, a part sold at 5d to &id; 450 bxs East India 2id to 3d; 160 pkgs Tapioca 2441 to 41d for ord to good. SPIEITS.—For East India Rum there is a dull market, and sellers are disposed to accept Is 5d to is sid proof. Leeward Island continues to be purchased with much caution, but at present purchases cannot be made under is 7d. Demerara is offered at from 2s 2d to 2s 6d for 30 to 40 over proof, still little has been done for any purpose. For the lower sorts of Jamaica there is much dulness in the market, and rates yet tend downwards; fine, however, has been sold to a fair extent, at former terms. The value of plain and mid quality 30 to 34 over is 2s 4d to 2a 9d, good mid to good 32 to 35 over 2s 10d to 3s 4d, fine and superior 34 to 38 over 3a 6d to 4s 4d. Little business is doing in Brandy for any purpose, and there are sellers of best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 9d to 4511 d, inferior 38 to 4. Bri tish made Spirit is quoted at 9s 8d to 9a 9d, Gin 8s 3d for 22 and proof; Geneva ord is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 9d to 28. SALTPETRE.—Of 5,200 bggs Calcutta at auction not above half sold, good and fine 6 to 5 per cent. refrac tion at 28s to 29s 6d, good mid 7 to 61 per cent. 27s Gd to 28s, low and mid 8k to 7 25s 6d to 275; 280 bags Madras were taken it at 28s for 2i per cent. British Refined is 29s to 30s. Nitrate of Soda 14s 6d per cwt. INDIGO.—To-clay of 40 SITS Guatimala—very low lean hard copper and coppery Cortes, nearly all sold at from 2s lld to 3s 4d, being previous rates, and 29 srns Carraccas, chiefly taken in at 2s lid to 3s Bd. The quantity declared for next month is 2,732 chests. COCHINEAL.—To-day 60 bags, very low and ord to decided Honduras silvers, at auction nearly all sold; low and inferior sorts at and under 35 4d, must be quoted a shade easier, but the middling and good grain sold freely at very full rates, say from 3s 5d to 3s 8d per lb. FALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went at firm rates; 500 packages South American at 355 to 38.90; 240 ,asks Sydney—sheep at 36i 6d to 38s, ox at 36s to 37, , 3d; 69 casks Bt , lgian 36s 6d to 38s; 87 casks old P.Y.C. 37s 3d to 37s 6d. OILS —Operations in Linseed Oil havebeen again upon a limited scale by shippers and home dealers, but there are not t•elhers under 33s 3d per cwt. The rates asked for delivery are 339 6d to 33s 9d. Rapeseed Oil finds a more ready sale, prices are however not be tter, and for brown rule at 38s, pale 34s to 34t 6d; Foreign Refined 35s to 35s 6d; and East India brown at 31s 6ct to 325. Palm is less in request. At auction 270 casks in part sold at 28s to 29s pdurapnosesdfine. for for In Cccea Nut sales are limited ; several parcels are on offer—fine Ceylon and Cochin can be obtained at 80s to 31s. Olive Oil has further declined, but there is now more business doing; Gallipoli at 401 to 41/, and other sorts 39/ to 391 103 per tun. Cod is cheaper, and sales are limited at 371 to 371 10s. .Seal is to be obtained at a reduction; pale is now quoted at 331 to 34/, and other sorts at 2.11 to 33/. Southern i s in more plentiful supply, an d o ff ered rather under last week's rates ; yet dealers operate with cau tion. Sperm is held with firmness ; fine at 861 to 871 ; andffeadmatter a t 921 to 94/ p er tun , stil purchases h ave been upon a limite d scale. East Indi a Ground Nut Oil is held for 33 s to 33s 9d; and Gingelly 32s t o 32 s 6d per cwt. OPENING OF THE GREAT FLOAT AT BIRKENHEAD. - LivERPOOL, THURSDAY —...11 the necessary works being completed, the opening of the great float, or dock, at Birken head, is fixed to take place at high water this evening. The vessels in the Morpeth Dock have hoisted their colours as also the ferry s t eamers; i n fact, there is quite a scene ()ire joworksg. neon this further step towards the co m p letion of the live in hopes with your arms folded. (-)r-t nne irades on those who roll up their sleeves and put shoulders to the wheels that propel them on to wealth and happiness. Cut this out, and carry it about in your vest pocket, ye who idle at the corners of streets. American ,Paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lords hip ßOYALs assemble ASSENT.d at Four o'clock. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Mills and Factories (Ireland) Bill, and the Designs Act Extension Bill. The Lords Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, and Lord Campbell. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships re•asssembled at Five o'clock. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition in favour of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented peti tions from several places in Scotland against Papal ag gression. APPRENTICES AND SERVANTS BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE moved that the report on this Bill should be brought up, with amendments. Lord REDESDALE objected to taking the age of 18 as a limitation, and would move that the words be omitted, so as to extend the provisions of the clause to any persom whom the master was bound to supply with food. The Earl of CARLISLE agreed to the amendment. The report on the Bill, as amended, was then ordered to be received. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGIIAM moved the third reading of this Bill. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL the mo• tion was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time and pacs.d. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this Bill.—Agreed to. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Patent Lam Amendment Bill (No. 2). —Agreed to. The Bills were ordered to be referred to a Select Com mittee. PETITIONS. Lord REDESD ALE presented several petitions against Papal aggression. LAW OF EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the law of evidence. This Bill pro posed to admit parties interested in the effuse to give evidence in civil cases. It had been decided by the courts of law that a party was excluded from giving evi• dente only by having an interest in tt.e event of the suit; that point had been settled by the decision of the Court of Common Pleas, when presided over by Chief Justice Tindal, in the case of Worrall v. Jones. Since then the evidence of persons having an interest was admitted under the provisions of Lord Denman's Act, passed in 1843. Tho Bill which he now proposed was merely a corollary of Lord Denman's Act; since that Act had passed the County Courts Act bad passed, and in every cause tried under that Act the parties to the suit were examined, and in the majority of instances they bad been examined. He proposed to extend this provi- sion to all cases. It had been said that this provision would be an encouragement to perjury—(Hear, hear) —but the refusal of such an enactment was a temptation to subornation of perjury, and there were not a few rea3ons to show that witnesses tendered by parties were much more likely to commit perjury than the parties themselves. No one could be better acquainted with the case than the parties themselves, and under cross-examinatic•n the perjury of such persons was much more likely to be discovered than that of a suborned witness. Again, how many persons were there who would have a scruple at foreswearing themselves who would not scruple to suborn others. Again, how often did not partial witnesses give a colour to transactions who would not commit the foul crime of perjury. Again, the man who committed perjury in support of his own case would make much greater shipwreck of his character than the man who should give exaggerated evidence as a zealous partizan. CLEFT SFEAKDIG3 HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Angerstein's Branch Railway. Bristol and Exeter Railway. Commercial Docks Improvement. Wivelisc.)mbe Turnpike Road. PETITIONS. Mr. CAYLEY presented several petitions from dif ferent places in Yorkshire, complaining of the malt-tax and other imposts on the agricultural interest. Mr. B. WALL presented a petition from several tradesmen in different parts of the metropolis against the Sunday Trading Bill. A great number of petitions were presented against the Papal aggression. • ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, ap• peered at the bar of the House, and summoned the Speaker to attend in the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills (for which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER returned, and the House resumed. Mr. ROEBUCK presented petitions from Sheffield, for and against the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from St. Luke's, praying for the tepeal of window duties and income:tax. NO I'ICES OF MOTIONS. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that next week he should move for a copy of all communications that had passed between the Commissioners of Police and the Home-office on the subject of the barrel-organ nuisance. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Monday he should move his motion with regard to the Kafirs as an amendment to the motion of the Honourable Member for Stafford. VICTUALLING THE NAVY. Colonel CHATTERTON wished to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty how the balance of the sum voted for the victualling of the navy for 1850-51, viz., 494,1821., was disposed of, and in what proportions to English, Irish, and foreign houses; as he has only stated that 34,4781. was paid for salt pork out of the original grant, in his reply on the Bth inst.? Sir F. BARING was not prepared to go into the de tails; but he should have no objection to supply the in formation if the Hon. and Gallant Member would move for it. CIVIL BILLS. Mr. SADLEIR wished to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland what information, if any, had been collected by the Government to justify the scale of Salaries, the stamp duties and fees, proposed by the Civil Bills, &c. (Ire land) Bill, and whether any and what returns have been obtained from the assistant barristers and clerks of the peace of counties with reference to the amount of busi ness done in the Quarter Sessions Courts during the last few years. THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. Sir E. N. BUXTON, in the absence of Mr. Horsman, asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was true that the Bishop of Gloucester had renewed the lease of Horfield ; and, if so, whether there was any ob jection to laying a copy of the lease before the House, together with any communications that might have passed with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on the subject? Lord J. RUSSELL said he bad communicated with the Ecclesiastical Commission, and had ascertained that they had no jurisdiction in the matter to which the Hon. Member referred. NEW AMERICAN TARIFF. Lord J. MANNERS wished to know whether the Government had received any dispatch respecting the recent proposed alterations in the tariff of the United States. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the last dispatch received by the Government was dated on the 28th of February, and it stated that a Bill had passed the House of Repre sentatives amending the law, which was previously very faulty, respecting imports, but this Bill had not become law. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. On the motion that the House at its rising adjourn till Monday, Sir G. GREY said he wished to correct a statement which he made yesterday, in answer to a question from the Honourable Member for Montrose, with respect to the admi.sion of the public to St. aul's Cathedral. He stated yesterday that an arrangement had been made by the Dean and Chapter and the Ecclesiastical Com missioners for the purpose of throwing open the area of St. Paul's to the public free of charge. That statement was perfectly correct, but he then went on to say that in anticipation of the order of the Privy Council the Dean and Chapter had already opened the area of the cathe dral. Lie had received a communication from the Dean to-day, saying that this was a mistake, and that it was necessary to adhere to the present charge for a short time longer, pending the carrying out of the ne w arrangement, but that he had every reason to hope that the building would be opened to the public without charge by the Ist of May next. PATENT LAWS. In reply to Mr. CARD WELL, _ _ _ Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was the intention of Earl Granville to introduce a Bill this evening into the House of Lords for the improvement of the patent laws. The motion that the House at its rising adjourn till Monday next was then curried. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. AGLIONBY, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he proposed to take the second reading of this Bill on Monday, the 12th of May. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. AGLIONBY moved that Henry Edwards be dis charged from the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, without payment of fees. The ground of his motion was, that the proceedings of the Committee were entirely informal, in consequence of their having adjourned over more than twenty-four hours without having obtained leave from the House. Well, they did adjourn for more than twenty-four hours. This might have been an act of kindness, but it was il legal to come to any decision without having reference to the orders of the House. There had evidently been a breach of those orders, and therefore the House could not act upon the decision of the Committee. They had adopted a cour.e which no doubt was quite in accord ance with the impulse of gout ;Rulings, and which was calculated to save cxpense and the keiings of the par ties concerned.—(Hear, hear.) But they should re member that they were not to act upon feelings, but upon the directions of Parliament. He would, therefore, simply content himself with putting the motion. :he ATTORNEY-GENE RAL sa id that th i s was without doubt a great and important question. It ap peared to him that certainly a mistake had been com mitted by those appciatcd to make the inquiry. Were even Lhn Act of Vtxrdaulent eut,rely curop.ied with by the Committee, it was perfectly evident that the state ments made before it could not be gainsayed. He did not desire to enter at all into the question, but it was plain that Edwards had been duly committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and that he could not be released under a month without an express order of the House Mr. G. BANKES wished to know whether the Hon. Member for Cockermouth had any parr icular interest in relieving Edwards from his present confinement? Sir F. THESIGER said that the facts of the case were all patent to the House, and it was clear a breech of the privileges of the House had been committed. Yet, notwithstanding this, it was quite com petent for the House to entertain the question as to whether Edwards should be retained in custody or not; but on constitutional grounds it was his impression that the House should come to no decision until they had the evidence before them. Mr. WALPOLE regretted that Mr. Edwards had not been called to the bar of the House and questioned upon the allegations contained in his petition. His petition denied the eharge imputed to him, and though ho (Mr. Walpole) dil not think it expedient to raise the question of t he validity now, he yet thought it would be decidedly unjust to retain Mr. Edwards in cuts,tody without at once questioning him upon the matters brought against him, He should therefore move as an amendment that Mr. Edwards be called to the bar of the 'Luse, andEquestioned by tbe Speaker upon the truth of the allegations contained in his petition. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL seconded the amend ment. Mr. AGLIONBY could not agree 'with the amend ment. Mr. Edwards ought to have been called to the bar before he was committed, and he zhould, contend that the House had no right to do it now. The question now to be considered was sim ply had the Committee lamer to report? He, for one, certainly thought they sad not; and therefore the committal of Mr. Edwards was illegal. He had no dojection to the ourse proposed by the Hon. and Lt,a,rned Attorney- General, and he hoped the House would adopt it and Postpone the discussion until after the meeting of the Committee. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL told the House that, had it not beet for the technical objection raised by the Hon. Member for Cockermouth, Nlr. Edwards would long since have been called to the bar, and questioned about the truth of his allegations. He felt the inconve nieuce of keeping that person in custody until Monday, but still, if the Hon. and Learned 'Member for Cocker mouth were authorised by Mr. Edwards to sanction that course, why there was an end of the difficulty. He thought de right course to pursue,, and the most agreeable to precedent, was to call the r risoner to the bar of the House, and to read to him the t ainutes of evi dence, and then if he could clear himself of that evidence, he had no doubt the house would order his, discharge. Mr. AGLIONBY considered that as all the injury bad already been done to Mr. Edwards, it would be much better to continue him in custody until Monday.— (Laughter.) He was perfectly satisfied drat he would be liberated on Morday on the legal questi.ec, and without being made liab!e for costs, and thereix To he was in favour of an adjoarnment of the question until that day. Sir H. INGLIS reminded the House ths It the prisoner was convicted on the express testimony of two creditable witnesses, who were examined in his presence. '®Mr. ANSTEY said it had been assumed by some Hon. Members that Edwards had been committed for the purpose of compelling him to do soul etbing to fur ther the proceedings before the Cummiteae , but that was not the case; he had been found guilty by the Com mittee of a successful attempt of tampering with the evidence of important witnesses, who, thanks to his exertims, had abscondedi, and were now perhaps beyond the jurisdiction of the House. He thought the petition of the prisoner t:onsiderably ag gravated the contempt of which he had been guilty, and his denial of the charge was anything but satisfactory. After a few words from Sir F. TIIESIGER, the further consideration of the petition was adjourned until Monday next. ASSESSED TAXES ACT. Mr. COWAN presented a petition l!rom Edinburgh against the house-tax. On the motion that the Speaker do have the chair, Mr. BANKESwished to know whethE ir the Chancellor of the Exchequer had yet made up his mind upon what principle he menat to ascertain the as sessment for the house-tax. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the rating vimild be made on the =Datil value of the house, to be ascertained *Li it best could, be. Mr. DISRAELI, after presenting some petitions pray ing for a relief of agricultural distress, t hen proceeded to say that after the notice which had be en taken of the distress existing acknowledgedly amc mg the agricul tural classes, he felt that her Majesty's Govern ment, and he night say the Hou se of Commons, also had refused to give their attention, still less their support during the present session of Parliament, to that which, he would assert, was one of the na oat important of the classes in this country.—(Hear, he sir.) But while the discussion of those oppressions occupied the House, the people were suffering, and he might stay that while the session was passing over without any re lief the country was suffering. It was expected that wb en the Govern ment was making a declaration the t there needed relief at the same time it was understood that the Government should show a synspathy far the distress of those with whom and for whom the sympathy was felt. It was no liaht matter for a Government to refuse to ful fil this pledge. A proposition was made in the House, expressive of its opinion that, after that acknowledgment, and the un doubted excitement :of the distress, it was the duty of Government to take immediate steps for its removal. What was the result of that motion? Why it bad been confessed that it was the eau se and not the consequence of the recent Ministerial crisis. —(Hear.) That crisis being got over, there was a mutual under standing between the House and the Government that something should be done at once to relieve the distress which the owners and occupiers of land were suffering from, and it autos quently became the duty of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to propound his financial statement, in which he disclosed a plan for the relief of the agricultural interest. That state ment, however, met with little approval, it did not give that satisfaction which Government had pre viously anticipated, and it was welcomed by the friends of the Chancellor of the iii:chequer in a manner not very flattering to a Mini star of Finance. There was no tern of abuse or vituperation strong enough to be hurled at the head of that Minister, and from one end of the country to the other there ar see a cry against his plan which ultimately led to its decisive overthrow. The supporters of the Government, many of whom were remarkable for always threatening to stop the supplies, but never for carrying out their threats, denounced the whole scheme in the most unmeasured terms ; butt those who generally acted in opposition to the Government con tented themselves with remaining sil , snt, because the Budget itself admitted the principle which they had seen so long contending for. The scheme nevortheless rendered the Government unfit impopular both is and out of doors, and eventually they were forced to resign their trust into the hinds that give it them. And then came the suppression of public business to which he had already referred to, but he should pass over that chaotic interval, Ind come down to events of more recent occurrence. After putting off .the evil day as long as be possibly good, the ChanceLlor of the Ex chequer at length asclosed his revised B udget; but this time it was introduced in language of flippant abuse, indulged in at the expense of an interest which it was affirmed had refused the concessions offered to it, and which, therefore, was not entitled to any relief at all; and the proposal which had been before propounded for mitigating the sufferings of the owners and occupiers of land was withdrawn. Now it was impossible to pass over that refusal of relief. (LEFT SPEAKING.) SEABORNE MAILS. (N Signifleg that the nails are sent from the General Poet-081041 by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-otice port dis- """ due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.).N April 11 .. Liverpool .. April 20 America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 29 .. Liverpool .. April 13 America (by U.S. pkt.) k April 23 .. Southampt. April 10 Africa (West coast)•• N 14th of the month Plymouth Alma Alexandria* • • Nl9ll & 30th of mo. Dover .. April 18 Belgium ......Daily • • .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • .. 31;9th of the month Southampt. April 12 Buenos Ayres • • .. M9th of the month Southampt. April 12 California(viaChagres)llf 17th of month Soutbani pt. Apr 1 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. April 3 Constantinople* .. • • T 7th 17th 27th of mo Dov,.!r .. April 20 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Soul hampt. April 5 Channel Isles .• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. To. Th. S a Chili . 31'17th of the month Southampt. April 20 France .. & N Twice daily Dover • • Twieedaily Greece* • • .. N 7tlll7th 27 th elm° Dover •. April 20 Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat Rolland •• Wednes. & Satur. London .. Honduras . N 17th of the month Southampt. April 20 Ireland • • ••M & N Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) 11 . 20 th of the month Southampt. April 28 India( via Marseilles) N. 7 th& 24th of month Dover .. April 23 Mediterranean (via Southampton) 1.1 20th of the month 'Southampt. April 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • April 23 Mexico .• 2d of the month.. Southampt. April 5 } Madeira • • .• .. 11 9th of the month Southampt. April 12 Malta* '• '70,17 th,l9 th,27th Dover April 20 • & 30th of month Naples* .. .. • • N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover . • April 12 Papal States* .. N 5 di 15th 25th of rno Dover .. April 12 p en i nsu l a r M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. April 14 P eru „ •• 1117th of the month Southampt. April 20 Tuscany* • • N sth 15 th 25th of mo Dover • . April 12 West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. April 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Mr2d of the month .. Southanapt. April 5 * The mails to those c ountries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles Cizinon.NlA. Mails to and from California, via the United States are now despatched and dare by every American packet. SHIP NE WS. GRAVESEND, Aram io.—Wind N., light, cloudy. Arrived—The Ariadne, from Norway; Aurora, from Havannah; Holmestrand, Soeskummeren. and Johannes Tonder, from Norway; Hercules, from Memel; Solide and Adonis, from Malmo; Johanna, from Esenburg; Anna, from Sondershoe, Maria Louise, from Hamburgh ; the Louise Cicilie, from Fanhoe; Anna Maria, from Thursoe; Christiana Sophia, from Norway; Attwood, Earl of Auckland, and Concordia, from Rotterdam; Lord John Russell, from Harlingen; William Jolliffe, from Havre; Fame, from Calais; Falcon and Spes et Fides, from Norway; Henrietta, from Blankenese; Hal kett, from Hamburgb,Falkeneer, from Emden; Jolersea, from Christiania. Sailed—Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt; Soho, for Ant werp; Coldstream, for Madras; Lancaster, for Bruges; Menai, for Calais; Tvvende Brodres, for Elsinore; Neptune, for Havre. WATERFORD, Arnir, 7. Arrd. Astua, Barbarovitch Odessa. Sld. John Bell, Quebec. BELFAST, APRIL B.—Arrd. Louise, Bennett, Bayonne. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Herreda, from Singapore for Malaga, Jan. 18, in lat. 24 S., log. 5$ E. PAPIST INTOLERANCE. A Madrid journal publishes the following:— " In San Felice de Guisols, a town situated between Barcelona and Rosas, an Englishman has been established some years, and gives employment to numerous work men and families by manufacturing corks from the ma terial growing in his neighbourhood, which ho exports. Under these favourable circumstances he sought the hand of a young lady of the same place, of good family and untarnished reputation, but on applying to the curate, was told that he could not be married in Spain unless he turned Catholic. The Englishman's love for his future bride induced him to consent to this sacrifice, although with repugnance, under the supposition that it would put an end to all difficulties. But this did not turn out to be the case; the curate now exacted that he should obtain the paternal consent, and the young man wrote accordingly to England; the answer was, that if he changed his religion, he would be disinherited and completely abandoned. In this terrible dilemma he pro ceeded to Barcelona, and after consulting the English consul there, was duly married by that functionary in accordance with the Consular Marriage Act of 1849. This step taken, the happy pair returned home with the certificate of their nuptials, and passport en regle. For a time they lived together unmolested; but their happiness did not last long. The curate, enraged at what had ()s -carred, complained to the bishop, who ordered the sepa ration of the bride and bridegroom. They refused to obey his mandate, and he then had recourse to the civil governor of the province, who directed the alcalde of San Felice to carry the separation into effect. Thia official, however, confined himself to giving them notice, and was in consequence prosecuted with the Englishman and his wife. The former had recourse to his consul, who reported the affair to the British Minister in Madrid, who, in his turn, applied to the Spanish Government for redress. Lord Palmerston had passed various commu nications upon the subject to cur Government, which has referred it to the Royal Council. It appears that the Ministers of the Interior, of Foreign Affairs, and Grace and Justice, hare given contrary opinions, and that the Royal Council has decided that the separation shall take place until a dispensation is obtained from the bishop to enable the curate to solemnize the marriage according to the Roman Catholic ritual." COFFEE, OR CHICORY? Coffee in ships' bags is coffee; coffee in Mincing-lane is coffee, but what you get under that name at many grocers', and very many coffee-houses, is no more coffee than slue leaves are tea, or sand sugar. For a long time it has been notorious that adulteration has taken place. In the Gentle man's Magazine for 1818 we find that certain grocers were convicted and punished for adulterating coffee with ground peas. The arch corruptor of our coffee is " chicory." Chicory is the wild endive (cichorium intybus), an indigenous plant. It is extensively cultivated in Belgium, Holland, and Germany, and among us, now, in Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire. It is the root of this plant which, cut, dried, and roasted, is used for mixing with coffee. At the words "other adulte rating substances" the reader (who has just breakfasted on "old Mocha;" and, perhaps, being of a fanciful turn, has been thinking of Mecca, with a distant view of a mosque) turns pale. But let his imagination carry him as far as it will in conjecture on the subject, it will fall far short of the realities. It is not enough teat simple chicory should adulterate coffee; but even that must be villan ously compounded; the adulteration itself must be adul terated. Chicory begins, but worse—that is to say, beans, corn, potato-flour, horse-chesnuts, acorns, dog biscuit, rope-yarn, _Russian glue, brick-dust, mahogany sawdust, rotten coffin-wood, soot, and " other manure"— remain behind. It reads like the bill of some Falstaff of tragedy —one half-penny worth of coffee to this intoler able deal of adulteration! A competent authority tells us of cases which came under his special observations:— first, of a large quantity of beans—which decomposition had animated into an unfit state for feeding horses— being sold to a chicory-grinder; and, secondly, of large quantities of "spent tan" (the refuse of the tan-yard) being systematically ground up to form part of these floating masses of commercial pollution. There lies on our table, as we write, a red powder—" red ochre"— commonly used to "colour" the floors of cottages; it is known that waggon loads of this have been seen dis charged at the door of a well-known and extensive "coffee" manufacturer! You cannot walk the streets without the most obvious proofs of the existence of fraud. "Java Coffee, a shilling a pound" stares at you through brazen and lying cards—and sham tea-chests— while the quoted market price, in " Prince's Price Cur rent," is much higher. The very duty itself being six pence!—Dickens's " Household Words." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, April 10. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. Mr. AGLIONBY moved that the evidence taken before the Committee should be produced for the in formation of the short-hand writers. They first got the report of the Committee, and that was, that Henry Edwards should be taken into custody, and that his evidence should be presented to the Committee. That evidence was now in the hands of the Members of this House, but no results had followed from its publication. The Hon. asd Learned Gentleman tin n read a variety of extracts from the report, and then pro ceeded to say, that out of these remarks two questions arose; one was a matrer of common law, and the other of common sense. He was aware that the House was quite indisposed to attend to questions of law, but 3 et it was necessary to look to thin matter, for the evidence of Mr. Edwards had never been personally derived from him, and therefore no result could possibly arise except through the action of the common laiv, and that was decidedly in favour of the defendant. By the 73d section of the 11th and 12th Victoria, the whole of these delinquencies were dealt with, and regulated the rules for Select Committees; and from that section it was evident that the in quiry could not be proceeded with, under the cir cumstances, by the Committee or the petitioner. He was told that the Committee were anxious to adjourn beyond twenty-four hours, and they applied to the House to do so. The House gave them leave, but after that leave they neglected to meet again for the purpose of declaring the adjournment as the spirit of the Act required, and, therefore, before he proceeded further, he should be glad to have the opinion of the Speaker upon this technical point, because he thought the omission be had mentioned was fatal to the wnole proceeding. lie would therefore . move that, as the committal of H e nry Edwards was informal, he ought to be discharged from eustody. Mr. GOULBURN thought sufficient time had not been given for considering the evidence in this case. Mr. E. ELLICE, the chairman of the Committee, re lated the steps which had been taken in reference to the adjournment. He was instructed by the Committee some days ago to apply to the House for leave to adjourn for a week. Leave was granted, and they did adjourn ac cordingly without again meeting; but be apprehended there was no absolute necessity for a pro farms meeting to adjourn. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the question raised by Mr. Aglionby was one of great nicety, and one which was deserving of consideration before it was de. cided. He should therefore propose that the evidence should be printed, and the question brought on at a fu ture period. After a short discussion the motion of Mr. Aglionby was withdrawn, and on the motion of the Attorney- General the evidence of the Committee was ordered to be printed. Mr. AGLIONBY contended that the committal of the prisoner was altogether informal, accord ing to the rules of the House and the principle which had been followed in other cases. The charge against him was that he bad dissuaded another party from attending the Committee and giving evidence who had not been served with a Speaker's warrant, and the Act of Parliament referred only to those cases in which a party was guilty of keeping a witness away who had been regularly served with a warrant. The Hon. Member concluded by a motion, as we understood, for the liberation of the prisoner. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it appeared to him, after the best consideration he could give to this case, that the proceedings of the Com mittee were strictly legal and proper. Edwards it was proved before the Committee had tampered with some of the witnesses, and the committal was therefore within the jurisdiction of the Committee. Unless the Committee possessed this power, this Edwards or any other party might go on tampering with the wit nesses with impunity, but, said the Hon. and Learned Member, Edwards ought to have been called to the bar and asked if he had anything to say against his com. mitts!. No doubt upon abstract principles that was the moat desirable course, but this was not the practice of the House, and the practice could only be changed by resolution. In the case of the Ipswich election a per son alleged that he was tampered with by six persons— three were first charged and given into custody. Ulti mately the whole six were charged with the offence, and their explanation, not having been considered sufficient, they were imprisoned. An Honourable and Learned Friend said that was on a final report. He knew it was, but there was an inherent right in the Committee to see that justice was not frustrated. It appeared to him, therefore, that as far as they had gone, the Committee had acted quite right. As to the propbsal to hear Ed wards, there might be no objection to that, but he hoped the House would agree with him in thinking that the Committee up to the present time had acted properly. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion having been, as we understood, withdrawn. On our re-admission to the gallery, Mr. AGLIONBY was giving notice that to-morrow he would move that Edwards be beard at the bar of the House. EXPENDITURE OF THE EMPIRE. Sir W. MOLESWORTH then rose, pursuant to no tice, to move the two following resolutions:- 1. That it is the opinion of this House that steps should be taken to relieve this country, as speedily as possible, from its present civil and military expenditure on account of the colonies, with the exception of its ex penditure on account of military stations or convict set tlements. 2. That it is expedient, at the same time, to give to the inhabitants of the colonies which are neither military stations nor convict ;settlements ample powers for their local self-government,„and to free them from that Im perial interference with their affairs which is inseparable from their present military occupation. In doing so, he observed that the question of how the avowedly great expenditure of this empire might be re duced without impairing the efficiency of its services and defence, was one in which all were interested. The greater portion of our expenditure consisted of two brarcbcs. Thorp wag, first, the interest of the na tional debt, in which branch no reduction could be made. The other portion of the expenditure consisted in the government of the United Kingdom and the colonies. He would not then enter into the question as to whether any reduction, or what, could be made in the expenditure of the Government of the United Kingdom; but he was of opinion that a very considerable reduction might be made in our colonial ex penditure.—(Hear, hear.) In order to sustain his posi tion it would be necessary for him to state the expendi ture of the United Kingdom with respect to her colonies; but he regretted to say that he could not procure returns for a later year than up to the date of 1846. The Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests knew how hard it was to obtain accounts and returns of that de scription. Since the year 1846 some reductions had been made in that expenditure, but he believed they would be found to be very inconsiderable when compared to what might be made.—(Hear.) The expenditure of the colonies in 1846, then, it appeared, had amounted to 3,500,0001. The civil expenditure had been 500,000/. ; and the military, including ordnance and commissariat charges, about 3,000,0001. It appeared that the military ex penditure had increased very rapidly of late years ; for the amount in 1846 was 1,200,0001. more than it had been in 1832-33. But the amount he had stated did not by any means cover the military expenditure of the colonies; for that was only the sum paid for actual mili tary service then being performed. There was besides a large sum to be paid for services already rendered in the colonies, which must prove a perpetual amount of dead weight. Taking into account the whole military expen diture of the country at 6,600,0001. for effective service and 2,000,000/. for non- eff, cave, he was entitled to de duct s.llths of that 2,000,0001., and set down the amount of the dead weight at 1,000,0001., which being added to 3.000,0001., made the colonial expenditure 4,000,0001. He was entitled, moreover, to add a further sum for extra troops to afford relief to the troops serving in the colo nies. —(Hear, hear.) In bringing forward a motion for the income-tax Sir Robert Peel had said that " the main expenditure of the army was caused by the extent of our colonial dependencies. To have those depen dencies, and to make no relief for the troops serving in them, would be inconsistent with humanity as well as effective service. This country had thirty-five battalions of forces, not for the purpose of restraining its population, but to carry out a system of relief; fur our rule was for the army, five years at home and ten years in the colonies." The meaning of Sir Robert Peel's speech was, that you must renew tee income-tax because you cannot reduce your expenditure. We must afford relief to the troops in our colonies. It appeared ale.' from what the Right Hon. Secretary at War had said a few nights ago that for every two regiments which we had abroad we should have one at home. Thus, sup posing there were 30,000 troops on service abroad, we were bound to have 16,000 at home to relieve them.— (Hear.) He believed he did not over-estimate the mili tary cost of our colonies when be took it at 4,000,000/. a-year. That amounted to a sum of 9s. in the pound on our exports to the colonies, and exceeded the whole of the local revenues of the colonies by 600,0001. He felt persuaded that a considerable reduction might be effected in that expenditure. At the present moment the number of troops in our colonies amounted to not less than 44,000 men, exclusive of the reinforcements which had just been sent to the Cape of Good Hope. Nuw the only effectual method of reducing the colonial expenditure would be to diminish that excessive force. A consi derable portion of the troops were employed in the defence of those military stations which we held in various quarters of the world. In those stations we had, in the year 1847, not leis than 16 700 men, who were maintained at a cost of 710,000/. a year. This country desired to be the first naval power in the world —to en• joy the dominion of the seas for purposes of internal se curity, and for the protection of her commerce; and it was, therefore, assumed to be necessary that she should occupy strongly-fortified positions in various quarters of the globe. But he believed it would be admitted that those military stations should be as few as possible; and should be so selected that they might be maintained with the least possible expense. They should, in fact, be small isolated spots. It would not be good policy on the part of this country to take military possession of vast islands, or of large portions of continents, or to attempt to defend an extensive coast or a long line of frontier. That attempt had been made in South Africa with the most costly and disastrous results. He feared that if we were to persevere in that policy, the British empire, while it extended its extremities would paralyse its centre, and would ultimately perish of exhaustion. There were, in his opinion, but eight or nine stations which it was desirable that we should occupy as military posts— namely, Gibraltar and Malta, in the Mediterranean ; Bermuda, in the Mid Atlantic; Halifax, commanding the coast of North America; Barbadoes, among the West India Islands; the peninsular extremity of South Africa, on the route to India; the Mauritius, in the same quarter; Singapore, at the entrance of the Chinese seas; and perhaps he might add Hong Kong, in the same seas. He readily admitted that the charge of maintaining the troops in these stations ought to devolve upon the mother country. The general rule in that matter was that troops required fur Imperial purposes ought to be paid for out of the Imperial Exchequer, and that troops required for colonial purposes ought to be paid for by the colonists; but in order to carry out that principle it would be necessary to extend to the colonies the principle of local self-government. Ever since Now England had been discovered it had been the policy of this country to plant her distant pcasessions with other Euglands, and it was manifestly her interest, and ought to be her ambition, that those her children occupying what had previously been the uninhabited portions of the earth's surface, should carry with them to their new homes the laws, the institutions, and the feelings of Englishmen that they should there become energetic, capable, and willing to aid their ,parent in times of need, and not weak, puling infants, ever crying to their mother for assist ance, and exhausting her purse. If our colo nies were attacked during a war in which the whole empire was involved, the mother country ought, no doubt, mainly to bear the expense of defending the colo nies in such a case; but even then, he believed that the colonies, if well governed, would readily contribute their fair portion towards meeting the expense of such a war. But, in the case of a war with frontier tribes, the ques tion arose whether the expenses of a war of that descrip tion ought to be borne by the local Government in each colony, or whether a portion of those expenses ought to be defrayed by the Imperial Government. Now, it appeared to him that the answer to that question depended entirely on the nature of the Government es tablished in the colony. If the inhabitants of the colony enjoyed local self-government, then he said that they should be held responsible for the cost of such a war, and that no portion of it should be defrayed by the Im perial Government. He believed that if that principle were adopted the local Government would take good care not rashly to engage in such a war—(Hear, bear) — and that,' when engaged in it, they would take good care to bring it to a termination as speedily as possible, and at the least possible expense. But that, unfortunately, was not the case when the Imperial Government had to defray the expenses of the war, because there were many persons in every colony who had a direct sinister inte rest in increasing the amount of the Imperial expendi ture. The people and the Government of this country had no means of controlling that expenditure, nor even of becoming acquainted with the mode in which their money bad been spent. He believed that no Member of that House had any notion how 2,000,000/. had been expended in the late Kafir war ; and Sir H. Pottinger had stated in a dispatch to Lord Grey, that it would be impossible to convey any idea of the fraud, peculation, and confusion which had prevailed during that war. Generally speaking the House knew nothing whatever about those matters until two or three years after the money had been expended, and then they were told that measures would be taken to prevent the recurrence of such expenditure in future. The House was easily satisfied with such a statement, and nothing more was heard upon the subject until they were again furnished with a similar Bill.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him to be of the utmost importance that we should not, if possible, be rendered liable for any bill on account of such a war, because a Bill of the kind would always be sure to be a most extortionate one. If in any particular case it should be deemed expedient that this country should come to th e ass i s t ance o f a colony possessing representative institutions, it appeared to him that by far the best and most economical mode of so doing would b© to give the colonists a round sum of money, and then let them employ that money in the manner they might deem most advisable. But if the inhabitants of a colony had not the management of their own affairs, if they were governed directly by the Colonia-office, then - the Imperial Government would be responsible for the management and the expense of any war in which the colony might be involved. Then, again, troops might he required in a colony in order to preserve internal peace and tranquillity. Now, if those troops were necessary for the purpose of suppressing riots and insurrections, it was evident that the riots and insurrections must be the re sult of bad government, and fur the consequences of that bad government he would hold the governing body re sponsible. li, therefore, the colonists had the manage ment of their affairs placed in their own hands, he would compel them to pay the cost of troops employed in such a service; and if, on the o her hand, they did not enjoy self-government, he thought the mother country ought to bear the charge. In the case of the war in Canada, this country, which, misgovern ment of the authorities by whichit way bythe represented, had been responsible for that war, had been compelled to pay its expenses; and that very circumstance had con vinced us of the policy of extending self-government to Canada far the future. He confidently believed that the occurrence of a new Kafir war, and the expenses to which it would give rise, would open our eyes to the wisdom of pursuing a similar policy at the Cape of Good Hope. He contended, therefore, first, that no troops ought to be maintained at the expense of the United Kingdom in a colony properly so call e d institutions, either it had obtained represe n tative either for a war with savage tribes on its frontier, or for the preservation of internal peace and secu rity; secondly, that if the Imperial Government were ten gaged in a war with a fore i gn Power , the expense of the if for defrayed troops placed to defend the colony ought to e that be by the Imperial Government; and, la cer tain Imperial purposes it was deemed expedient to gar rison certain military stations, the expense of those gar ripens ought to be defrayed by the Imperial Govern ment. He would next pass to a review of our different colonies, and endeavour to ascertain how far reductions might be effected in the expenditure in each particular instance. He would begin with the North American colonies. In the year 1824-35 a Committee of that House had recommended that the utmost economy should be adopted in every branch of our military expenditure. At that period, however, the number of our troops in the North American colonies had amounted to only 5,362 men, maintained at an annual expense to this country of 387,000/. Since that period a very great in crease had been made in the military force in these colonies, with a cerrespondiug ivcre.ze hi Eno effective ' military expenditure of the United Kingdom, on account of them. In 1846-7 the military force in these colonies had amounted to 9,743 men, and the effective open. diture on account of them had been 645,213/. There' fore, in 1846-7 the military force in these colonies exceeded by 4,374 men the force which had been CO sidered sufficient in 1835, and that excess bad cost this country about 300,000/. Last year the military force in thete colonies had been about the same as it had, been in 1846.7. He understood that it was somew bo less this year. Why had the military force in the colo nies been augmented? It had been first augmented in consequence of the rebellion in Canada. That rebellion had been occasioned by Colonial-office misgovernment' and the people of this country had been very justly f lue • 2,000,0001. for it. The result of that rebellion WO been that the North American colonies had obtained re' sponsible government, and in fact at the present me" ment they possessed the almost uncontrolled manag e : ment of their local affairs, and enjoyed in some resrc,_': a greater amount of self•governrcent than the neigh bouring states of the American Union. He must 51 that he thought Lord Grey deserved great credit for his wise and judicious conduct with regard to these coloni c , especially for his det e rminatio n t o surrender to t he Legislature of C ana d a th e p ower o f d ea li n g with the clergy reserves. It was said that it was necessitrY to maintain troops in the North American colonies for the purpose of preventing annexation. He " 41 ' tended that there was no danger of annesa tt°ll unless the majo r ity o f th e colonies were favourable to it, and if such were their desire it would be folly to set tempt to prevent it by f orce , w hi c h cou ld h ave no oth effect than to prolong a bitter and disastrous contest. But there was no immediate danger of such an event l e long as the wise and prudent policy of Earl Grey pursued. Again, the necessity of a military force insisted on to guard against the possibility of a sadd en tbe attack from the United St a t es . B u t w h a t was amount of the regular milit ar y f orce ma i nta i ne d by th e , United Statue? Last year he b e li eve d 10,000 troops alone were maintained to protect the whole of the Op terrace ies of that power, extending from the St. l' ate rence to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic le the Pacific. But under a wise and prudent policy th e colonists themselves would willingly and cheerfully re' list such an aggression were it attempted, It was times said that Quebec and Halifax were important re tery posts, and therefore required to be well ga rrisonr t Admitting this, he thought that 3,500 m i g ht suffice ! e 0 the North American colonies, by which a reducti°r. might be effected to the amount of 400,000/. s ee d He now came to the W e st I n di es , w h ere WO sixteen colonies, for the protection of which 6,261 troop 01 were employed in 1846-7, a t a cos t o f 496,01), a year to this country, an amoun t equa l to n y w n i sixths of our exports to them, and to six-seventh': their local revenue. F o r w h a t were these troo ps r quired? He could understand their necessity deri e g t the existence of slavery; but the same argument did iv exist now. If the force wa s p reserve d f or t h e purreese of preserving peace and tr anqu illi ty , accor di ng to the argument which he had used, these were strictly lees'. objects, and ought to be def ra y e d b y t h e l oca l gorel, meats, for most of them possessed representative il tudoes. But were th e r e an y I mper i a l purpo ses fit which troops might be required in the West Indies? 0 , was argued, with respect to the West Indies as with : Lc gard to the North American colonies, that a military force was required to guard against sudden ' aggress , °," l , from the United States; but to this his reply would bet" same as with reference to the latter colonies—nam ely' r that there would be no danger, unless the inhabitant",d,b sired separation; and if they did so, it would be foe";. 0 to resist them by force of arms. Even supposing it lee • e s, politic to adopt such a course, as most of these o°lo, were islands, the best mode of defending them would be at naval force; and as no reduction had been made ill tb in il force, there was no fear of aggression against those et', nies from any quarter. But it was said that Barba l "l 4 was an important naval station, and that there were e 5 „, - important stations in Jamaica, and that Imperial troeri n ought, therefore, to be maintained there for purpose" : w t Imperial policy. But even here he thought ass °3 t 7 ) might, be effected of 250,000/. a-year. He now calm er ° e 0 the Australian colonies, from wh i c h h e excepte d v f „ t Diemen's Land, which was s till a conv i ct colony, and „3, which England was, consequently, b oun d to pay. ItiSbe out attempting to form an estimate as to what should tjt the expense incurred for troops in that colony he luig observe, that in determini ng th a t quest i on two fig ought to be borne in mind—fi rs t, t h at we b a d j u st gi' m it representative instituti ons — an d secon dl y , that ! be vast majority of its inhabitants were opposed to transportation of convicts to their shores, which th ... . 7 would probably resist as soon as th e y h a d t h e mean s ' o l —(Hear, hear.) In 1846 and 1847 the number troops in Australia was 2,236 ; s i nce t h en t h e great er 0 4 part had been withdrawn, an d h e was excee di ng ly lg i , t . to find that the Government had intimated their de t- to e mination that no troops s h ou ld b e k ept i n t h e se c°' o ides at the xpense of the mother country, except Mel ' ' which might be required for a guard in P ' -' bourne and Sydney. In a dispatch with ref s rence to New Zealand, Lord Grey observed that. the earlier days of British colonisation the coi er) :• were left to depend, in a f ar greater d egree than st pros sent, upon their own exertions. The inhabitants of t h e present United States were left with exceedingly lit assistance from the mother country to defend thenise, lo against the numerous warlik e t r ib es o f I n di ans by ri , n i o they were surrounded. That w as precisely whe'the wished to see established. He s h ou ld lik e to see 030 colonies dependent on their own e xer ti ons , a t the ° o f ' time giving them representative institutions. 11° het came to New Zealand, and he was so rr y t o o bserve hi e s unfortunately the greater portion o f th e t r oop ' had been withdrawn from New South Wales had ,„%et been transferred to that col on y. I n 1846-7 the nom 0d was 1,629, at a cost of 85,0001., w hi c h had b een inore""r in 1848 to 2,948 men, a t a cos t o f 150.0001. a year,' 6 elusive of 20,0001. or 30.000/. vote d f or t h e c ivil poses of chose Guiontes, an amount contia"..bly 9%pcuolt trig our exports there, and thr e e or f our t i mes as in i° as their local revenue. The House would be abl e ;0 0 judge how preposterous was th e num b er w h e n lie Abe formed them that in tne northern i s l an d , w h ere 011" 0 troops were stationed, the number of adult Buren, males not soldiers amounted only to 3.157 men, el e , e ng e ing the number of troops by only 209 men; and, in ',;(3cl in New Ulster the number of military in 1848 ' O , amounted to 1,798 men, and exceeded by 298 men therm her of adult European males not military. Fur what PIO pose were those troops required? For wars wit 11 3 ,% - e natives? He would reserve th e o b servat i ons whiob ,, had to make with regard to war w i t h nat i ve s sal be arrived at the colony of th e C a p e o f G oo d H o p e , sna fu , only express his convicti o n th a t w i t h f ree lust? dr thins the troops might be withdrawn from New Zet a- be . at least from New Munster, and the colonists wor,ote sully capable of defending themselves, and would '„0 care to keep peace with the natives. Lastly, he vr e w pfe consider the military cost of our South African Poe s p - 0 ., ,ions. The Committee of 1834 on colonial military ( ice penditure had approved of a r e d uct i on o f a bout 2, 00 men, and cost in 1832 about 100,000/. Si nce t hen th ( ' a n . had been a large increase beta in the m ili tar y force 0 J expenditure for that colony, chiefly in consequelie.,, e ids Kafir wars. In 1835 there had b een a K a fi r war, ^ 6 ,/ a military expenditure of about 240,000/. In 113 5 : 0 there had been another Kafir war; we had had 6, 40 regular troops in the colony, an d expen d e d on !oe 685,0001., a sum amounting to 265. in the pound th to na our exports to that colony in 1849, an d equa l to 0 s times its local revenue. The last Kafir war 05 ;10 2,000,000/. The present Kafir war seemed to be le more formidable than the last, and, thereforer ke d likely to cost a still larger sum o f money. He eYiePte to call the most serious attention of the Hoase be a the subject of the present K a fi r war, for i t illustrs,',, and confirmed all the po s i t i ons w hi c h h e b a d eas e d veered to maintain; and its outbreak had been ot te dee the chief reasons which h a d i n d uce d hi m to gives °„"se. of the resolution which he should propose to the There were three important questions with regard ° le d , First, who would have to pay for it? Secondly, svhe' t bet to it, and who was to blame for it? and, thirdly, ° of steps should be taken to reliev e thi s country as epee s.O? as possible from any expense on account of similar O hi o With regard to the first question—if th e principles we"-to he had laid down were correct, we were not en title" ‘ , o o throw the whole burden of the p resent K a fi r w ar Up the colony of the Cape of Good H o p e , b ut were b00 13 `4, bear a very considerable porti on o f i t, b ecause the il3'e. bitant of the Cape of Good Hope did not possess reP r o sentative institutions, but were governed directly bY. be e Colonial-office, and the relations with the Kafir trl had been conduct e d by Si r H. S m i t h , an d very stranglo too. Secondly, we were not en ti t l e d to t h row the riii° if 04 3 expense of this war upon the colony of the Cape of 00 44 Hope, because it had broken out in British Kafre,% o which was no pa r t or p or ti o n of th e co l ony o f ' a t Cape of Good Hope, but a separate province gove s r e e pt by Sir Harry Smith, under a commissi on separate 11. " 0 4 that under which he was governor of the Cape of GI 1 ,1 Hope. He then asked what had been the cause t o that war, and who was to blame for it? The P5,,,, e „,e mismanagement.it Kafirs, t s a , o e rt thateri ht seeshmmlo bt et t e a hr b vs f , reearaayrkti describedobt lately presented to the House clearly proved one or ','" e f h ie things—either that Sir H. Smith was very ignorank.l-10 e ie pr e li ce e d ecnotnesdo consoled state e eed n odf beenotf h thee dispatches producede eli ngs b o y f d s v e e s r s e i d on t , o H si o r n. ll M . co i ne n in g e lo nc w e i m ng en i t an o g f t i w i K " a th fr e ari v a l . l Lord of G tr r a e ll e ci • o fa f il l3 or t i o l his attempt to transport convicts to the Cape of Hope by the gratifying intelligence that eeverytP - 0 1 progressed most satisfactorily on the eastern frontiero this colony; that the Kafir police was most useful; that e se frontier depredations were almost unknown ; tha , „ t he are overcoming withcrtsft"—(A laugh)—and that le ! Kafirs were contented and happy under the British l i t he Lord Gr e y was d e li g h te d at that intelligence, to"enes Noble L or d d ec l are d t h at h e h a d no d oubt of the wis'ite. of Sir Harry's arrangements and of th e i r b ene fi c i a l re% oo , Thus relying on the statement of th e C o l o nials° 0 0 they had begun this session under th e happy d°11„90.0 that British Kafraria was a sort of terr es t r i a l paraunot that our eastern frontier was safe— an d, a b ov e all , i fore our pockets were sate from Kafir inroads, and there O ut that we might enjoy a squabble a mongst ourse lves aw oo , the disposal of a surplus revenue. Alas! all was fa ith changed. Tile wise arrangements of Sir Harry P,7 0 0 were upset, the frontier s y s t em o f L or d G re y vi, : e re failure, the sanguine anti c ip at i ons o f t h e Noble EarVbee disappointed, the Elysium o f B r i t i s h Kafraria liar„,tete come a Tartarus, our po c k e t s were i n t h e ac t of 5-the picked, our surplus rev enue was di sposed of, and o ds Colonial-office—no longer exulting, but at its wit B , p jj it —came crying to Parliament for a Committee, to to to what to do. What were the causes which had le' se d this sad change? lie thought they might be classes under three heads—first, encroachments by EUr c e' e el on the land of the Kafirs; secondly, the frontier 0 1 0 e, of Sir Harry Smith, approved of by the Colonials° o r and which consisted in a perpetual and irritating in te m t e g rence with the affairs of the Kafirs, and in an tioe, e t - tie ir attempt to subvert the influence and authority 0 ' et'l'G. Thirdly. the complete ignorance of 6 ' r • i . r LO tieene, and the cuesequent ignorance of the • to office, of the f ee li ngs o f the Kafirs with resp ect all Sir Larry and his proceedings . almo st Now, first, bt Ise disputes betw een E uropeans and astir° gibed wig THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, APRIL 11, 1851.