The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-20 00:00:00

I I P., -- o tlelo t, NO Y: guar! crep; 1— t emllt 'kinn-rs for the avera-e ratings in the union the ityrao,utcoerfirt.shlieiTu' vt ,i • g e , re di vi..,- d, and o ' l3 f'et seemed ' to .-I" ' ' ''' ..P It n „ to direct a verdict tor the pitoutar. a rr"red, however, that in Doornsdr.y• bock Bew s eY cu. Dl era eras entered as a joint township, and thst f,r • e L 't• twenty Weirs the I nor had nein supported by a Ji4it luni, and the re WaSonly Z r 't'd in which the four overseers hid not acted jointly• one instance eluting that fe!;liltiowles contended on those grounds ttat the de thatnchats had jurisdiction ; but, .supposing they had not, i:l:!the llth aud 12th Vie., which was passed to protect ices of the peace in the execution at their duty, re- The CoauT granted a rule. COMMON PLEAS—.(THIS DAY.) (Sittings (Be fore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and Justices CRESS . The CeluvrEtLtit, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD . as occupied this morning with the case , 0 ,1, the El-etric Telegraph v. Britt, which was tried a i ' f ile list Guildhall sitt . g, when a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, with leave l to move for a new trial._ _. for a . 'tr COCICCURN in behalf of the defendrint, applied grant c r d ill t , ° , sh ow catve why a new triars . hou!d not be on ~, • the Learned Counsel rested his application , ..}p'l; groarld that there had been no infringetnei.t of ott,ritel.bnetirby the defendant, which he contended the jury fi ndings on the separate p!eas had Lflirmed ; that Zitilvention of the defendant contained several esse th e l ie 6, such as employing the earth to complete and the eircui', the employment cf several ss ires, „,,tee different adaptation of dials. Tr:. A,T,,ICIINEY- GENERAL appeared for the Electric h istO" '` : lt . nPeny. He entered at some length into d th o e f its a II u f tiLl discoveries in vol'aic electricity, an co - t,,,,, sptation to communication by telegraph. 110 ,, 11 g " ii Ti that the invention patented by the Electric ie le had r P i L 3 l n b eep was the very first by which electricity . ai eat • en used a+l a means of effecting reciprocal com d mutt t, I °n, and that as such no person could take a va L. 4 4 t ! °f the principle even though it were carried out by .er reachin ' The ry Wh et , odarned Counsel was proceeding with his address ~,, ur report left. the Court. or' 49° rfl udtis of Messrs. Brett's invention, and of e e 'RNLI Wer e .15Paratus of the Electric Telegraph Company (sitf exhibited in the court.- In g 3 at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice MAULE and Th e c " a Common Jury.) ea t , f ourt was occupied the whole morning with the urze v. wr , feature I) " d er" ) F Ed 'a which presented no of haterest. IiAIL C OURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) , kr c WOMFRIES v lIIIMERIES. itlaVe a E C ,T I , I ; _E applied for a mandamus requiring . the ,Le tht e , - 0 - ` -wingston, in Wales, to return the depositions lGe or ' 485 . It appeared that the parties were brot having art se „gt end William), and a family dispute in sten. "etvveea ta- e '' ° f Georg e 01 , ' them William was arrested at the - t otey, b ut . a charge . tot atte of attempting to extort on being carried bef , ro a magistrate it was swo t ., ,bated to justify the charge. .George, however, broth : he went in danger of his life throuo . his to ent4s,conduct, and the magistrates directed William kai e t i. Into recognisances to'kaep the peace to all her Il skt 8 4 '8 .h.iects for a given term, and to appear at the Am • st ung Petty Sessions to answer any charge k i 'night b e ink., bu preferred against him by his brother. tav tl 1 ,,.. wever, a l ong wa y from Newport, his ties, Z ta s. ha was unable to obtain the necess t ary h s e u p re e- - tiod uf.iyas therefore detained in custodyuntil t sed h- ins sessions, when no one appeared against him, h e W : Was accordingly discharged. In the meanwhile, ew. Port, b4„u,sPended from a situation in the Excise at _N . e holy r I tee Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and tu 3' the d 'fused to reinstate him, unless he could produee thetnePsitions taken before the magistrate, to satisfy o fel on Chat he had not been imprisoned on a charge dos.. f !tees" . t, l ie applied to the'magistrates for these . ep i ii q h:, nt they refused to supply for"' ther f roi ef. e ore been compelled to co him with copies, and come to this court „Alt eapp r e mttICO CO LERIDGE—You may take a rule to hale " ! • nisi accordingly. t, KI D I ---- ;L'RMINSTER ELECTION Iha ` 4OII MITTEE.—(THIS DAY.) Velo,k,aeininittee re -assembled this morning at twelve i ,ll s ib ° Hon. Mr. Bouverie in the chair. . tie red .islinster, a kiddte.,,—sMuEL BROOKES the landlord of the Lion Inn, as the fir ' st witness called. 13 e.remem ke p , :t the last election rooms were appropriated to t*l ltisa et 10 his house. Mr. Best was frequently in at ethers,d4eas was also Mr. John Chillingsworth, and ,hs, th,: tiel uding Mr. Joseph Best, jun., and Mr. Gri - ; 1 41 v,-,earo-dealer. Mr. Thomas Chester was the man ' 4 ll ° "'" to conduct:parties to the room who inquired b o ., r, Bes, Best . Lig on t.- Mr. was in and out of the house sst am ..a nomination and the polling day. Mr. ti le% I bla father first applied for the rooms, and to see abitup were let. The rooms had been previously sad i,t e ''' ItY Mr. Belle the rival candidate, whose friends tav4reseed an oak bough y' outside the house. He was not et t h 'hllt there was any meeting of Mr. Best's friends e t ' 0 h ipolli ttr, day He voted for Mr. Best, and a Imild ) c l ,, - !'en on the ooraervative side. He had lived an 'Jive 's'inster fir 10 years, during which time th, re ha t Piet, Free contested elections • the last one was the mos Ith i''", free from noise and excitement. He meant I Alis',l"setvation that there was less money spent. ~ 'iistise w e ll bailer, the bar maid of the last witness b -51 y ;o w is i remem-bered the election. It was part of her to roo k N.,,ept) the boAs. Mr. Beat frequently went t ,sirylf,`',4. which was devoted to his party. The firs "t ' . A . tu e ho ks . onaccculii of l No 4 occurred on the f lZ o tl t e e o'tilly4l2l St, a which was heon for six." She Chester ‘A u s u t u anding at the door of 4 e di but not e s h never ila l s d him what he was doing there. T h‘. (I rem to entries _ Re e . eab a e ' r (e what e Mr. Best's colours were. a slate, then transposed th :oe b ar 1 jer c, e tir h st . trade o Th, e r l lttie s fu l d r, t_ ei he le r h w a ay. e . roduce I, and ultimately er e we re seve f t , esa. e , tuzin :ll ent ri es h,i for iPa ti to s a final posting-book. ALITX..4.NDER—Chester was 4 - till'itl3 ' l alcgin y b t r. the place, and that was how TElrso to h e ern I a , ° d u T h e "idenee a n 'as u) Proceeding when our report left. tv ... ......—___ ktE ) , _ ....,-.-, T herr, 4l ' NI AJESTY'S THEATRE. 7t l si e °4t cfrectiv ' of the fourth tof till o I,'-' Lombardi e ha p v iec b e e s en most ingeniously broug , s !ito c,fiele third act by M r , Balfe, which makes the opera iqt, op era wit h more 6 c/at, and is a decided improvement,tr_o tl-. Previously was too long. The celebrated newl 41101!: Volutta trascorere " finishes the opera. 'Ple or,l, ~ rtiii,,ll„,,alle4r,:e, who has a splendid tenure . di 1 e - x. "rted t s o " with much svieetness and expression, is . 'take a hit 1,.. , bt::,,,___________-_ ' - caIiSITY INTELLIGENCE. , tt . y hhor Iliz MASTER ER CAMBRIDG s E en ti s t T iL i 1 (3 9 0 . L. OF CORFU lls °l' Pti s" ; 6: 41 Lamb, D.D., T thirt) -seventh Master of voL it ~nristi Colic e and Dean of Bristol, expir n ed :N. -.4l:l:Palit t welve g o'c ' lock to-day, in the sixty- 71.001kd, Pi :::, 11 ge. The deceased was a native of Su ra. att,,i-- autnitted of Corpus CollGge in 1807. He g a l' 'lllu 43 fifteenth Wrangler in 1811, and was elected n _ . IN: of his college in 1813. In 1822 he was una er i . il i ti ill l : 41.1 °ee tel to succeed Dr. Douglas in the Mas( 4. 1 , as Coll been created a AD. in 1827. a1 The Master's h u l l.ht eoi ` (1 1 of short duration, originated in a tit i , from which no serious mult was . Ite tlrrled int ' c m ton which defied faculty c0n..0 P 1 all, effc)tts ° f the o A '''.4V-iC..CI.Siiii:LIGENCE. .tt ss ' APPOINTMENTS. t he 1 !St at- S j Wade (b) (1844), to tesi,, urgeon— 4111(eS ~ .tilici i_tittlCe troop-ship, at Sheerness. ___ .. ip H. °44ll(l''''Pruen---Algernon J. Wootten and Phil ls;i t ra ) to the Fisgard flag ship, at Woolwich._ e_ I''3o Pitt; 8.--t• Campbell, to the Superb, 80, at I) ftl ll )to the Ocean, 80, /NR•shi eary It. Shaw (1844 , n41,1)11.,4t Sheerness ; A. H. Martin, to the Im t.lte,,v) 104, fiag-ship, at Devonport. _ m reg. abLie.`s'Asbistant—ll. 11. Clifoo, to the .1 p Wo r , 415;Wieni Ar 19.—The Advice and the tilftei'n,,4teinti-vesselßsitsvent down the river yesterday p `,.N0 ' N 1 , 11 , 1 . 0 tow the Hercules store and troop -ship she was to l ea p th e 'fleet Hope to the Downs, , 11 '4 e A r iter this afternoon for Gibra a l n ta d ra . nd Malta. 44 ' 1 , 411teTic ExpEmTioN.--The Intrepid, , s t te r am . ; LINT Lieatenant-Commander John Bertie Ca 0, intoi steam the Ye. 1 14 N'er), advanced state, and the men came 411 try -4t three ' I k A M to get her steam up & he .oc oc , •'7 1.6 hours r Whines in the dock, and worked them for and great satisfaction. The labourers i l i,litt r ' l l ll " B h ave been occupied yesterday and to-day the / It about 100 tons of patent fuel on board, th, ii. littf p i d st ores and the Pioneer will have nearly all e d itr e t,, of ever description on board beforFth 41 / 4 4 th -4°14 of dock. y The exertions to expedite the R, 4 11 41 „"re of the vessels continue unabated, and .e the to tae-b,' eonarnazder fully anticipates being ahl d o e ll ''oolwich for Greenhithe, en the 25 h inst. in , 41alik, .A,Pair. 19.—The Nankin, guns, a 5t1 ii),... 111 , e1l has been fitting for sea, is to be fitted for Th,"`)., ne placed in ordinary. qf ' vola I.- Captain H ay , was paid , tn Inc, 16 guns, eons t u tol lg i .ne 15th inst. into ordinary. marines, J o . gtia. and 6 privates, Itied ,r , of sth sergeant, 1 corporal, . ti ll ta e i Her The 0 , Y. head -quarters at this division the same al otith , oilo w ___ lug detachments of marines from , 17 th , bj°lried the head -quarters of this division Portthse- A S, A. 1411 d rummer - and 5 privates from the on ßull be V, t i l a t i 5 privates from the Griffin. o a , sr up e e ll ra li ni a in g a u t e e , d l e e n ad a in g,eman of shipwrights, has pension of 341. per annum ) ; 1 talUiliPWrights on pensions uf 24/. per year eaci r. ' gri titie er (in ~ , 4 ,„`, 1 6 2 spinners on 24/. each ; 1 colou . I.° -""; and '2 labourers on 151. each per year. 4°t1ti,,,11341)) t"---------lILRSITAY EVENING.—A fire, which a, O tt th., threatened to be of a very serious nature, b_ro_ i k s e I,lieli,„ls e venim. I, • ,lk - in the premises of Al • I kr '"an 4 to, avant nine o e . oe , , gel /„' .Plurob er adjoining to the 11"Ziirk411°P-sn'atulthieli and glazier, nearly gh - street. et. The fire commenced . in the fee of tature r f ear of the NI 14 1. igreat dangoe the. e house, and, ownig to the in. 1 and a.plerui contenttdsoboeninagss.uomw,ed an appear . - 441e(11.3' of Waterra't ;l it the l, the v exertions of the fi.remp., N sati 3' the lu mbers of the University, who w a or n k l e l d ste i ry n • tier they' ar id With tli, tiaraes, great . vigour, soon obtained ni -(1 a ll ho ur and happily all danger was at an end in less 151le has rola its commencement. A good deal of dia. )4eertbaeillenwecasioned, but the extent has not, as yet, ~ t il:lit l a r o Vii n cia l t i: 1 1 11 1 , BT baow NING.-3,1r. Brotherton, of the Bank of England, was found drowned ""v , At li}Viasit, biputgOlUCTY§we' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1850. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, A 1 PRIL9. PUBLIC lIEALTII ACT. - Mr. Ranger, one of the superintendent inspectors from the Board of Health, opened his court at the Town-hail on Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock. Mr. Stokes and Dr. Cass, two of the promoters of the petition of the Board, addressed him for some time explaining the defects in our local AO . . The books of the commis sioners were put in, and the clerk examined. At two o'clock he made with them a visit of inspection. On Thursday the drainage, the supply of water, and the state of the burial-ground took up the day ; the evening was given to the working classes. On Fri day, at ten, the books, contracts, &c., of the water company were put in ; then those of the gas company, and the clerks to the companies examined ; and in the afternoon the church-yard and several of the courts &c., were inspected, as also the sewers and trunking into the harbour. To- morrow (Saturday) the subject of the clauses of the present local Act will be gone into—the number and qualification of the Commissioners to be elected under the Public Health Act will be brought forward; also some new clauses, and matters respecting the gas and water companies, the town boundary, and the claims of the Corporation of Newport to jurisdiction over the town of Cones. Mr. Ranger is fair and impartial in his inquiries, and gives general satisfaction ; even the old commir•- sioners now allow that the present state of things ought no longer to exist, but that the ratepayers should have the power to elect the men who are to rule and tax them, and that the introduction of the Public Health Act into the town would be a general benefit. No gentleman could be better qualified for the office than he is. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From t i-, e London IVew Price Current, April 19.) SUGAR.—To-clay a fair quantity of West India Muscovado Sugar was purchased for home trade purposes, and former terms were well supported for grccery and refining kinds. The sales amount to 39f), making for the week 2,L60 hhds, &c. ElinNED.—To-day Refined Sugar was in excellent de mand for home-trade purposes, and better prices were ob tained. Sales of Brown Lumi,s were made at 48s 6d, and fair to good grocery 49s to 51s per cwt. Crushed Sugar con tinues to meet with little attention, and at former rates there are free sellers. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon two parcels of Mauritius Sugar were offered at public sale, amounting to 6,066 bags, and the whole sold, generally supporting former rates; fine and good yellow went at 37s to 38s 6d, low to mid 34s to 365, ord to tine brown 31s to 33s 6d per cwt. Etta INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of 5,500 bags Bengal Sugar went at lull rates, and all sold; fine white Benares went at 39s to 41s, other sorts 36s 6d to 39s Gd, damp 35s 63 to 395, rather grainy white 39 3 Gd to 41s, mid soft yellow 33s to ;i4s, and brown 29. i. Of Madras 157 bags went at 28s for soft brown. Foitv.icis.--At auction 759 chests white Havannah were taken in; good to fine at 29s 6d to 3156 d, mid '4Bs to 295; 595 boxes of yellow, low to fine 17s 6d to 20s; 164 bags brown Manilla 15s, which are full rates. There has been a large quantity at market of duty paid sorts, and buyers have not purchased with more freedom ; in prices little variation is ap parent front last week. At public sale 52 cases Bahia were taken in at from 36/rto 405;.132 chests mid yellow Havannali at 38s 6d to 39s ; but 716 lihds 26 trcs 279 barrels Porto Rico were chiefly sold at easier rates, good to very fine yellow went at ft'om 59s to 42s Gd, low and mid 355 to 383 6d, good and fine brown 34s to 35s Gd. Of Java 1,216 bes kets and 3,',47 bags—the baskets were sold at 39s to 42s 65 for mid to fine strong grey, at 38s 65 to 42s for damp and washed. Mor.AssEs.—Operati-ns have been small at from 17s for low to fine quality. Bengal has been dealt in with caution at I3s to 13s 6d; at auction 87 pkgs were all withdrawn. The vaule of Mauritius is 12s to 13s. COI - FM—This afternoon there was no public sale of Coffee, and the private operations are small for all purposes; prices suffered a further depression, and parcels of good ord native Ceylon were sold at 43s per cwt. For auction 30 casks tine Jamaica of the new crop are declared. CocoA.—This afternoon at public sale 146 bags Trinidad Cocoa were take in at 40s to 41s for fair red. • TEA.—Only a limited business has been concluded in Black Tea. Congou ordinary and good ordinary can be purchased at 9d to 9id, medium 10d to is id, better sort Is 2d to la 3d, and fine is 4d to is 8d per lb. There has been a larger quantity of fine green brought forward, but holders submitting to prices I d to lid under those current previously, caused the demand from town and country dealers to be good. Canton sorts, however, have been purchased with caution, although offered rather under former terms. Scented and Pekoe Teas can be obtained at a slight reduction. At auction 13,990 pkgs have been offered, of which 3,988 pkgs were Congou, 1,837 Scented Caper, 1,364 Scented Orange Pekoe, 4,014 pkgs Gunpowder, and the remainder of various sorts. Of the total quantity about 5,000 pkgs sold and the sales proceeded with dulness for all sorts of Tea. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 97 boxes Jamaica Ginger were sold at 90s to 100 s for middling. 7 cases Nutmegs at 2s 8d to 3s 4d for middling to fine brown, Pi mento is rather cheaper, and 200 bags only in part sold at 5% d to 5 1 , 2 d for low middling and middlin g . Cassia Lignea suffered a further decline of 6d per cwt ; 102 cases were sold—pile lat 82s 61, pile 2at 78s to 78s 6d, pile 3 at 72s to 755, and out of condition 67s 6d to 71s 6d per cwt. Prices are further depressed for Pepper, and 100 robins Ma labar sold at 3d to 3, 1 - i d for light grey, and damaged at 2d to 20. RICE.—To-day a good demand existed for Eastlndia Rice, and the public sales of 4,295 bags Bengal went at full rates, good and fine white realised 9s to 10s, middling and good middling 8s 6d to 9s, damaged 5s Gd to 9s. Of Touis les Mois 140 boxes were taken in at 4d; 120 pkgs Arrowroot sold at is 3d to is 4d for Bermuda, 4d for St. Kitts, and to 5d for Rice ; 150 boxes Tapioca taken in at 5d to 6d ; 152 boxes Sago sold at 21s for good large pearl. SALTPETRE.—To-day Saltpetre met with little attention, and prices declined 6d per cwt. Of 2,500 bags of Calcutta offered at public sale a part only sold—low and middling grey 12:y 1 to 5 per cent., refraction at 25s to 265, not refracted 24s 6d to 255, good 5 1 4 to 4 1 4 per cent. was taken in at 26s 6d, and 50 bags Madras not refracted at 23s per cwt. SiquiTs.—Prices have declined Id per gallon for Lee ward Island Rum this week, still a fair business has been done. About 300 puns have been sold at is 31d to is 4d, and low old landed at is 3d proof. East India has been only in limited request, although is 21el to Is 3d have been accepted ; a parcel is reported to have been sold at Is 24d proof. In Demerara operations have been of little moment, and lower terms accepted ; the parcels sold were at 2s to 2s 3d for 30 to 38 per cent over proof. There is scarcely any variation in prices of fine Jamaica, and the demand is steady, but all other sorts have been operated in with caution, and prices declined Id to 2d. The value of 20 to 29 per cant over proof is 2s 2d to 2s Gd ; 30 to 35 over, ord to good 2s 7d to 3s 2d, and fine 3s 4d to 4s 2d. For Brandy prices are on the decline; sales of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1849 have been made at 4s 4d to 4s 6d i 1848 ditto 45 6d to 4s 8d; 1817 ditto 5s Id to 5s 3d, and inferior sorts 2s 9d to 4s 2d. Geneva is 7d, and fine 2s 3d to 3s 3d. In British Spirit or Gin there is no variation. Otes.—ForLLinseed Oil prices improved to 32s to 32s 6d per cwt on the spot, but there are now sellers at the former rate with a fair supply of Oil. Rape Seed Oil—Pale at 39s to 40s, brown at 37s to 3es, the supply is also getting larger. Olive continues to meet with a limited demand, prices are receding, and rule at from 44/ to 46/ per tun. In Palm the sales made have been upon a larger scale, and the rates paid for good and fine are 30s to 31s per cwt. There is much dulness in the market for Cocoa Nut Oil, and larger parcels are on offer, prices are also on the decline. At auction 400 pkgs mere taken in at 31/ 108 to 34/ for middling to fine. For Ceti holders still ask 341 lOs to 35/, but few buyers, arc to be met with. There has been little passing in Seal Oil for home use or exportation, for Pale prices rule at 36/ to 371, other sorts 31/ to 35/. A good demand exists for Sperm, prices tend upwards, and rule at 81/ 105 to 82/ for fine Colonial. Headmatter is still in small supply and wanted, fine at 871 to 891. For Southern Oil a further increase is apparent in operations, prices are also firmer, and rule at 321 to 31/ for low to fine. TaLLow.—There has been a better demand this week, and prices are firmer; sales to a fair extent have been made on the spot at 36s 9d to 37s for fine P. Y. Candle, and at 38s 3d to 38s 6d for delivery in the last three months. This afternoon the public sales went off at stiffer rates; 714 pkgs American sold at 32s to 36s 9d; 482 cks Bydney 34s to ..6s;' 8 cks Cape 39s 6d to 3es 9d ; 412 cks Odessa Ox 35s 6d, Sheep 345 9d to 35 ; 88 cks Archangel 34s to 355. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY„ LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 19, 1850. The Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell has been ap- pointed, by the Queen's command, one of the Deputy Clerks of the Closet to her Majesty, in the room of the late Dean of Hereford. WHITEHALL, APRIL 17. The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Reverend Henry l'arr Hamilton, M.A., the Deanery of her Majesty's cathedral church of Sarum, the same being void by the death t.f the Very Reverend Francis Lear, late Dean thereof. Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Esq., having resigned his com mission as Exon in her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, Edmund Hook Wilson Bellairs, Esq., is hereby re-appointed. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 18. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Richard Thompson, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice Holder, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards • Li eu t en ant Chardin Philip Johnson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robson, who retires ; Cornet Frederick Hay Swinfen to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson, April 19. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Macneill to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Cookea, promoted; John Norcliffe Preston, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Macneill, April 19. Scots Fusilier Guards—Captain Charles Holder, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Lord Robert Taylour, appointed to the 49th Foot, April 19. 3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Pope, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, April 19. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Godfrey Goodman Mosley, from the 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Senior, who exchanges, April 19. 31st Foot—Lieutenant Charles James Orton Swaffield to be Captain, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, who retires; En stn Richard John Leeson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swaflield, April 19. 42d Foos—Lieutenant-General Sir James Douglas, K,C.8., from the 93d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir ihlan Macdonald, G.C.8., deceased, April 10. 47th Foot—Ensign Charles Aldersey Stevenson to be. Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Longmore, who retires, April 19. 48th Foot—Lieutenant John Richard Lovett, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wyndowe, appointed Adju tant of a Recruiting District, April 19. 49th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain Lord Robert Tavlonr, from the Scats Fusilier Guards, to be Captain, vice Thomp son, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards, April 19. 50th Foot—Ensign Walter Devereux Shirley to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Tottenham, who retires, April 19. 57th Foot—Captain Thomas Henry Ashton, from the 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Montagu Smyth, who re tires upon half-pay, 44th Foot ; Lieutenant George Benjamin Vaughan Arbuckle, from the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kenny, appointed to the 84th Foot, April 19. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Stanton Senior, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mosley, who exchanges, April 19. 64th loot- Lieutenant Frederick Blanco Forster, from the 36th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lott, deceased, April 19. 69th Foot Lieutenant Gordon Henry Evans has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his commis sion, April 19. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Morris Robinson Campbell, from halt-pay, 68th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Souter, deceased, April 19. 73d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander John Fraser, from the Hospital Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Buckler, who resigns, April 19. 76th Foot - Lieutenant. Colonel Henry Horatio Kitchener, from half-pay, 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Ed ward Twopenny, who exchanges ; Major Henry William Stisted to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Kitchener, who retires ; Captain Henry Hamilton, to be Major, by purchase, vice Stisted ; Lieutenant Gramme Alexander Lockhart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; Ensign John Simeon Francis Dick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lockhart; Ensign Richard Hughes Martin, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Dick, April 19. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Courtenay Geils Kenny, from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Arbuckle, ap pointed to the 57th Foot, April 19. 87th Foot—Captain Frederick Charles Herring, from the 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard Serrell O'Brien, who retires upon half-pay, 36th Foot, April 19. ,91st Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Richard Speir Peile, from the Hospital Stall; to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Munro, ap pointed to the Staff, April 19. 93e1 Foct—Major- General William Wemyss to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir James Douglas, K.C.8., ap pointed to the 4:d Foot, April 10. HOSPITAL STAFF.— Assistant-Surgeon W illiam Munro, M.D. from the 91st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Fraser, appointed to the 73rd loot ; Acting As:istant-Surgeon Robert M•Gregor to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Pelle, appointed to the 9 !st Foot April 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal Westminster Regiment of ➢Middlesex Militia— Robert M'Ewen, adjutant, to serve with the rank of captain, April 16. Commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. John Thomas Lord Manners to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Peter Robert Burrell, Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant; Samuel Mo:ton Peto, Esq, to be Deputy Lieutenant; John George Weller Poley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia— Major Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghatne, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice William Smith Neil, decea3ed ; Captain Charles Sommerville McAlister to be Major, vice Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghame,Ba.rt., promoted, April 12 Commission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Shropshire. South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Orlando Jack Charles Bridgeman to be Lieutenant, vice Whitmore, resigned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, Ap2l 19. Their Lordships assembled at Fii;e ii'Clock. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. On the m. tion of Lord REDESDALE this Bill was read a second t'mp. SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTRIBUTION BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, bis Bill was read a second timr. PETITIONS. The Marquis cf LANSDOWNE presented several ret;tions in favour of the extension of education, and also a petition from some place in the nurth of Ireland, in favour of tenant-right, Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition against Sunday labour in the Yost-,ffice; also from certain proprietors in Ireland agaimt any further legislation on thu fisheries; and a petition from some Dissenting con grf gation against church-rates. IRISH POOR-LAW. The Marquis of WESTMEATH present( d a petition from the board of guardians of Cut rick-on- Shannon, complaining of the administration cf the Poor law in Ireland. Ile had himself been the victim of improper persecution on tl e part of the administrators of the poor-law in Ireland. His agent, Mr. Rickey, had last 3 ear stated before a Committee e f their Lordships the persecution to which he (the Mar quis of Westmeath) bad been subjected; but as he (the Noble Marquis) had not b en in his place in Parliament for two }ears, he 11A not seen that evidence until a few days since. He had always paid his poor rates, but in 1847 a demand was made for rates upon his agent, which he thot4ht unjust ; that demand he resisted. The Commissioners refused relief: and they issued a dietringas against his property for 91/. for rate and costs, the amount originally demanded having been 331. He applied to the Court of Common Pleas to stop these vexatious proceedings, but the Chief Justice of that Court, blinded as to the true state of affairs, declared that it was a very fit case to be pro ceeded with, as against a person who had refused to pay his rates ; and he had been vexatiously levied upon for costs and expenses, because Mr. Twiselton had been mis led by statements made to him by his subordinates. All the waste of money and all the injustice which had been committed in Ireland was chargeable upon the original authors of the Poor-law, who had proposed that law un der pressure. It was in the west of Ireland that the pressure of this Poor-law was particularly felt. The measure had been pressed upon Parliament by the peo ple of England and Scotland, who loaded the tables of the Houses of Parliament complaining of the immi gration of Irish paupers, and therefore it was for the Lenefit of England and Scotland that this burden was in flicted upon Irish proprietors. Irish able-bodied la bourers now came to England and Scotland, and left their wives and children chargeable to the Irish union, and God only knew what was to become of them. He blamed the Government for not having had a proper valuation made as a basis for rating. The Government was also to blame for not adopting measures to prevent the county cess-payer from not being called upon to pay his county cess a second time—this was like poor-rates-- a question of taxation, and therefore he had a right to allude to it. A receiver of county cess in a county in Ireland had gone off with 10,0001. of cess money in his possession, and the unfortunate cess-payer had been called upon to pay his cess over again, which was most intolerable. It was inexcusable on the part of the Go vernment to suffer such a state of affairs to continue. In speaking this he meant to cast no reflection on the Lord-Lieutenant, who he believed had dune his duty conscientiously, but be did complain, and the petitioners complained, of the conduct of the vice-guar dians, who had administered the funds of the Irish unions most wastefully and extravagantly. The peti tioners also complained that the vice-guardians had not taken proper securities from their officers for the performance of their duties, and that they had entered into extravagant, use'ess, and wasteful contracts. The petitioners were prepared to substantiate all the charges made in this petition, and he should therefore move that the petition be referred to a Select Committee to inves tigate and report upon all the allegations therein con tained. The Earl of MO UNTCASHELL seconded the motior, There was a great difference as to the mode in which the poor-laws were introduced into England, and the mode in which they were introduced into Ireland. When they were introduced into England, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, it was in a time of prosperity, and as they were introduced gradually no inconvenience was fe't from them, there being but little distress at the time. But as regarded Ireland, it was introduced at a Feriod when the greatest misery prevailed, when the country was overrun with paupers, and it had consequently been productive of the worst consequent'.. Ireland had long been a poor country, but she had never been reduced so low as she had been by the late measur es of the Government. The value of the land had been depreciated, and, to com plete the cup of misery for Ireland, an Act had been passed to compel the landed proprietors of Ireland to sell their land under those unfavourable circumstances. If things long continue in the state they were now in, the fee simple of Ireland would soon be required to be sold to pay the accumulated arrears of rates. He truste 1, therefore, the Committee required would be appointed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the question be fore the House was one referring simply to the appoint ment of poor-law guardians in a certain union in Ireland, and not, as would be inferred from the speeches of the Noble Marquis and the Noble Earl, as to the propriety of withdrawing the present poor-law from Ireland, and the repeal of all the Acts which of la#c 3e as had been passed for the benefit of that country—(Heer, hear.) in re gard to the qle!tion submitted to the House, he was not prepared to state that, iiith regard to the expenditure i f the guardians and vino-guardians of the unions referred to by the Noble Marquis, there were not instances of great profusion, but th,,t was uo fault of the law, the evil arose out rf the difficulty in finding proper parties to administer the law. In considering the charges against the vice-guardians, hoss ever, it was necessary to consi der what was the system of administratio❑ pursued by the guardians previous to their appointment. Why the mode or their administering the law was so bad the general voice of the country was for the appointment of vice-guardians. So deficient had been the guardians in the discharge of their duties, that the contractors had refused to a►low provisions on their credit, and with the evils created by the misconduct of the guardians in that respect the vice-guardians had still to contend. He would never attempt to shield from the censure he merited the man who would betray his trust, in the manner which the Noble Marquis had stated; and he believed the gentleman implicated was himself taking steps to have the charges against him fully investigated into. That ho learned from a communication he had received from Ireland the other day. To show that the vice.- guardians had not been so deficient in their duty as the Noble Marquis would have the House believe in the union alluded to, he might state, that tinder the ex tended poor-law the member in that union receiving out-door relief in 1848, was 19,651, whils in 1849, being the year the vice-gftardians came into office, the number receiving outdoor relief bad been diminished to 8,560. Besides, when the vice-guardians came into office the accommodation in the workhouse only contained 860, but in November last, when they went out of office, there was accommodation for 1,810 individuals, while the number receiving outdoor relief had been reduced to 778. That showed that the vice-guardians of that union had not altogether neglected their duty, and as he did not belf eve that such an inquiry into their con ' duct as that moved for would be productive of any good results, he must object to the appointment of any Par liamentary Committee on the subject, more especially as those guardians against whom the charges were alleged, bad all gone out of cffrce. Lord STANLEY said the Noble Marquis seemed to treat the matter in a singularly light manner. Ile said there might have been some instances of profusion on the part of those guardians, and some things to find fault with in respect of their conduct, but nothing so glaring as to call for Parliamentary inquiry. But could any one read the allegations of those petitioners and say that they ought to be treated in such a trifling manner? The ratepayers bad no control over those officials, and ii was therefore the duty cf their Lordships to inquire into their grievances. Captain Wynne had also, con. trary to the remonstrance of the relieving officer, placed on the relief lists a woman of a notoriously bad charac ter, with whom he (Captain Wynne) had cohabited. That was, no doubt, a serious charge to be brought for ward against an officer of the Government, but it was offered to be substantiated on oath, and the Noble Marquis ought not to have passed it over in that light and trivial way. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed, that be attached the greatest importance to it. Lord STANLEY continued to say that he did not mean unecessarily to throw any censure on the vice guardians of unions, but from a paper laid on their Lordships' table, it appeared' that during their term of office, out of 35 unions, the liability had increased from 111,0211. to 223,7441., in addition to which, they re ceived out of the rate in aid 164,532/. That was the economical working of the union under the manage ment of vice-guardians. They had added to the former liabilities 100 per cent. in addition to 150 per cent. which they had received from the rate in aid. Now if the Poor-law Commissioners were good for anything, it was principally for the appointments made by them to carry out the law. It was said that Mr. Robinson was a needy man, but here was a public officer who ran a bill for his own purpose with the contractor of the workhouse, and left without paying it. That was not a case of profusion, but of gross misconduct. Contracts for milk, fuel, &c., were stated in the petition to be grossly mismanaged; the straw in the paupere' beds was allowed to remain in them for seven months, the clothing was all rotte n ; and that owin g to the misconduct of the officers appointed by the Com missioners. He believed that such conduct deserved the severest public reprobation, and it was no answer to the charge to say that tbey ser e no hinge!.in (Ace. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE eatd, the only ob stacle he saw to appointing a Committee wa., that these rarties were no longer in office; but if any charge a corrupt conduct was made, he should be the last man to oppose any obstacle. He was then fore prepared to re consider his decision, and withdraw his opposition to the appointment of a Committee. After ft few words in explanation from Lord STAN LEY tt,d the NI:11(0k of WESTMEATN, the Committee Iwas agreed t•-. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Exeter and Crediton Railway. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against Sunday labour in the Post-etlice, Sir R. H. INGLIS pres4ntrd a petition from a place in Cornwall against :he MArriyge Bill. Mr. BRADLEY presented a petition from the East Riding of Yorkshire against the Merchant Marine Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the East Lincolnshire Railway Company against the pas senger tax. Lord DUNCAN presented a petition from Bath in favour of the Education Bill. Mr. ELLIS presented a letition from the Midland Railway Company against the passenger -tax, which amounted to lOL per cent. on their gross receipts. Mr. FOX presented several petitions from factory works in various places in Lancashire in favour of a Ten Hours Bill. . . An HON. MEMBER presented similar petitions. Mr. PILKINGTON presented petitions to the same effect. Sir THOMAS BIRCH presented a petition to the same effect from Darwin in Lancashire. Sir JOSHUA IVALMSLEY presented a petition to the same cfftct from Bolton sigt.ed by the mayor, and like p Vtions from many other places in Lancashire. M. F. FRENCH presented an amended Petition from Mr. Dunn, ccmplainirig of the treatment of the Customs' Be and towards him. Mr. FITZROY pre.ente.d a petition from the poor law officers of t. Pancras prayirg for the establi,h- ment of a superannuation lun - d. - Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from Stafford praying fur an t qual zAtion of poor-rat,s. Sir B. HALL prevented a potiCon from Bolton in f tvour of the Ten Hours Bill. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from the Re- form Society in Liverpool praying for a reform in the Ccurts of Chancery in England and Ireland. Mr. L. II EY WORTH presented several petitions from places in Lancashire in favour of the Tea Hours Bill. M. C. BRUCE presented a petition from Elgin against the Marriage Bill.; Mr. COBI)EN presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire in levellr of the Education Bill, and a peti tion praying for the abolition cf church-rates. Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions from dif ferent parts of the country in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY prerented a petition from Bristol in favour of international arbitration. Mr. B. DENISON presented several petitions from Halifax, Woodside, and other places in the West Riding, in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. Mr. BANKES presented several petitions to the same effect from places in Lancashire. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from the county ofiDown against the Marriage Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Manchester in favour of secular education; also a petition against Lord Ashley's Factory Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented five petitions from places in Lancashire against the relay system. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Glasgow praying for an amendment of the poor-law; also a peti tion from Edinburgh praying for the repeal of the test which excluded Dissenters from the universities. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from Bucking hamshire against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. MARSEIALL presented a petition from Cum berland to the same effect. SIR H. JENNER FUST AND THE ARCHES' COURT. Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice of his intention, on an early day, to move for a return showing the number of times that Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, the Judge of the Arches' Court, had sat in that court during the last four terms, and the number of hours each time. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the mute week in the previous year:— ~ p R ... C ' Y ' Ci 0. ~ ~ m 3~ o~ ~~ Week ending Last week. NAME OF RAILWAY. April 13 Amiens and Boulogne ••• • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • • • •• • • • • • • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. Bristol and Exeter • • ... • • • ..• • • • • • • • Ca1ed0nian.......... •• • • • •••• • • • • Chester and Holyhead • • • • • • • • .. Dublin and Drogheda.. • • • • •••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • East Anglian.. ..... .. Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •••• • • • • Edinburgh and Perth • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Union • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock • • • • • • ... Great Northern and E. L. • • • ....... Great Southern and Western • • Great Western, •kc • • • • Lancashire and Y0rk5hire..•........, ' Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • Leeds and Thirsk .• • . • • • • •••• • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall— ... London and Brighton London and South Western Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham Midland Great Western (Irish) Monklands . • .. ..... .... • • _ „ North British ••..•••• • • • • • • •• .• Paris and Rouen •••••• • • •• • • Rouen and Ilavre .. • • Scottish Central .. • • • • • • ...... • • . Scottish Midland •••• • • • • Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union .. •••• • • . • South Eastern and Branches ........ South Devon •••• • • . . •• ••••• • • • • . Taff Vale .......................... Ulster . • ...... ... •••• • • . .•.•• • .• Waterford and Limerick..... • • • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction .• ••••• • • • • • • York and Newcastle . • ••••••••••••• York and North Midland. • • ...... X 1,042 3,999 2,144 15,182 2,829 2,101 2,869 996 3,233 5,032 21,580 11,891 3,332 765 161 43,707 - 756 10,253 9,508 4,963 20,968 1,410 734 3,100 6,096 2,351 1,330 400 1,335 446 1,487 558 915 458 438 10,675 1,834 2,404 808 5,210 1,377 733 753 666 3,810 1,935 13,910 2,678 1,324 2,712 925 1,851 3,743 20,0 t 8 12,343 2,223 235 158 40,818 182 14,496 7,037 681 9,566 9,469 3,406 20,456 1,367 739 2,798 2 b 8 1,054 280 1,466 9,019 1,887 2,027 870 197 11,551 6,697 WEBST_ER'S ROY AL RED BOOK APRIL, 1850. We have now before us a new edition of this most useful Court and fashionable register, which is cor rected up to the present month, April, 1850. It con tains, in addition to a comprehensive street guide, a list of the nobility and gentry, arranged alphabeti cally, with their town and country residences, Houses of Lords and Commons, Baronets of the United Kingdom, Crown and Law Officers, Ambassadors, Consuls, Bankers, Army and Navy Agents, Hotels, Clubs, and various other valuable information, the knowledge of which is indispensible alike to the beau monde and to those whom they patronisP. It is clearly and neatly priteJ, is elegantly got up, and is, in fact, a complete mirror of fashion. FOE LAND-TAX COMMISSION FAR THE HOLBORN DlS TRlCT.—Yesterday a meeting of the Commissioners of Land tax for the above-named district, was held at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The meeting was numerously attended by Commissioners, James llargraves Mann, Esq, presiding. Nothing tran spired, however, worthy of a detailed report, although it was imagined that the subject of the equalisation of the land-tax would have been discwsed by the Commissioners. The chairman said, however, with reference to the matter, that it was not the intention of the commission to enter into the question of the inequality of the tax, until the report of a committee now sitting upon the subject had been made known to them. After the disposal of a few matters of course, the Commissioners adjourned. NEW CHURCH IN MARYLEDONE.—An appeal has been issued for aid in the erection of a new church for the poor in the parish of Marylebone, who constitute the greater portion of the population, and for whose spiritual requirements the present church accommodation is lament ably insufficient, and indeed totally ineffectual. An influen tial committee has been formed by whom a site has been pro Cured, and upon which it is proposed to erect a church capable of accommodating 1,500 persons, two-thirds to be free to the poor, and the remaining third subject to a very moderate rental. To accomplish their plan the committee calculate upon a sum of 12,000/. as being necessary for the erection and endowment of the church, and they appeal to all who are blessed with the means to assist them in their pious undertaking—a request in which we hope they will not be disappointed. ROYAL ADELAIDE.—The following is copied from the Jersey Times of the 12th inst. :—" Drowned in the Royal Adelaide, on her passage from Cork to London, the 30th March, Anthony Le Ber (Le Bert) Esq., and his family, consisting of his wife and six children, three sons and three daughters, the eldest 16, and the youngest 8, leaving behind one daughter."—London Sun of Monday.—We will thank our London contemporary to correct this mis-statement. The erroneous announcement in question was made by an other Jersey journal, and given by us in our paper of Friday last as from that journal, not on our own authority. The total incorrectness of our local contemporary's announce ment we had the pleasure of explaining in our following pub lication. We have sins enough of our own to answer for without being burthened by those of other people. BULL% AND CHARADES.—A bull—which must by no means be past over in the recapitulation of the family of wit and humour—a bull is exactly the counterpart of a wit tickm : fur as wit discovers real relations that are not appa rent, bulls admit apparent relations that are not real. The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be dissimilar in which a resemblance might have been suspected. The same doctrine will apply to wit and bulls in action. Practical wit discovers connexion or relation between actions, in which duller under standings discover none; and practical bulls originate from an apparent relation between two actions which more correct understandings immediately perceive to have none at all. In the late rebellion in Ireland, the rebels, who had conceived a high degree of indignation against some great ,banker, passed a resolution that they would burn his notes;—which they accordingly did, with great assiduity; forgetting, that in burning his notes they were destroying his debts, and that for every note which went into the flames, a correspondent value went into the banker's pocket. A gentleman. in speak ing of a nobleman's wife, of great rank and fortune, lamented very, much that she had no children. A medical gentleman who was present observed, that to have no children was a great misfortune, but he thought he had remarked it was hereditary in some families. Take any instance of this branch of the ridiculous, and you will always find an apparent rela tion of ideas leading to a complete inconsistency. I shall say nothing of charades, and such sort of unpardonable trumpe:y : if charades are made at all, they should be made without benefit of clergy, the offender should instantly be hurried off to execution, and be cut off in the middle of his dulness, without being allowed to explain to the executioner why his first is like his second, or what is the resemblance between his fourth and his ninth.—Sydney Smith. POWER or lianrr.—Habit uniformly and con stantly strengthens all our active exertions: whatever we do often, we become more and more apt to do. A snuff-taker begins with a pinch off snuff per day, and ends with a pound or two every month. Swearing begins in anger; it ends by mingling itself with ordinary conversation. Such-like instances are of too common notoriety to need that they be adduced ; but, as 1 before observed, at the very time that the tendency to do the thing is every day increasing, the pleasure resulting from it is, by the blunted sensibility of the bodily organ, diminished ; and the desire is irresistible, though the gratification is nothing. There is rather an entertaining example of this in Fielding's "Life of Jonathan Wild," in that scene where he is represented as playing at cards with the Count, a professed gambler. " Such," says Mr. Fielding, " was the power of habit over the minds of these illustrious persons, that Mr. Wild could not keep his hands out of the Count's pockets, though he knew they were empty; nor could the Count abstain from palming a card, though he was well aware Mr. Wild had no money to pay him.—Sydney Smith. lIORSEWHIPPING EXTRAORDINART..—Ohe fine sun shiny day last week the gay promenaders and humble pas sengers in the crowded and fashionable Buchanan-street, Glasgow, were unexpectedly treated to a spectacle rather rich of its kind, and more common to the free citizens of the " far west," on the free soil of the United States, than the staid and sober scents usually witnessed on the thorough fares of the city of Glasgow. It would appear that a certain hon. citizen had conceived, whether on veritable grounds or othei wise is no t averred, that another gentleman was on too ib r e u d n r a e l s s, s f r i en dly terms with his wife. Of course this was au " offence" 111) ; " r couldli h condescendthe constituted to se el rs t for which " gentlein ainndanhYe'ncoerdtilniem?;,jy ‘uvrae3d', ca through husband resolved to obtain satisfaction in the only way his righteous indignation and his honour could permit him to adopt. Armed, therefore, with that potent instrument of chastisement, a good horsewhip, he sallied forth in quest of his cowardly foe, and, as fortune would have it, caught him in the thronged thoroughfare above referred to. The sequel is soon told. All the pity and compassion of the incensed " gentleman" forsook his breast ; his blood boiled in his veins, and having summoned to his aid a sufficient quantum of manly courage, he then and there proceeded to inflict that amount of corporeal punish mont which, as he conceived, the object of his resentment so justly merited. The number of stripes inflicted were not exactly noted. It may suffice to state, that the unfortunate offender considered them enough, as he instantly retreated, and took refuge in a shop, whose open door invited him to an gsyliw WithiLl it§ gr aceful mciact4,—GlaBgow Chi onicte. BANKRUPTS. William John Alfred Ive, shipbuilder, Deptford-green, to surrender April 27, at half-past one, and May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. l'ennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basiughall-street ; Teague, Crown court, Cheapside. Samuel Jacobson Jackson, picture dealer, Richmond buildings, Soho, April 26, at half-past twelve, and May 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Tayloe, Bucklersbury. George Winter, merchant, Granville-square, I'entonville, April 25, at half-past one, and June 1, at eleven, at the Court (Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Jones and Co., Crosby-square. Sarah Pattison, plumber and glazier, Winchester, April 30 and, May 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Allen and Nichol, Queen-street, Cheapside. John Arnett, tobacconist, St. Dunstan's-hill, City, May 2 and June 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards, official assignee, Sambrook -court, 13asinghall-street, Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street. John Stormont, iron manufacturer, Shiffnal, Shropshire, April 29 and May 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot terarn, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. William Stormont, iron manufacturer, Shiffnal, Shropshire, April 29 and May 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Dlotteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. James McEvoy, grocer, Hulme, Lancashire, April 30 and May 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sutton, Manchester. Elizabeth Hart and Martin Hart, drapers, Northwich, Cheshire, May 7 and June 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Tyrer, Liverpool. Charles Veals, baker, Uffculme, Devonshire, April 30 and May 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Herna ' man, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter. James Bird, grocer, Cwmavon, Glamorganshire, April 30 and May 28, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acre man, official assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Bristol. Thomas Whitmore Alport, ironmonger, Bristol, May 4 and June 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot. Bristol. William IVilsom Thompson, butcher, Goole, Yorkshire, May 2 and May 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wilson, Goole ; Naylor, Leeds William Rawson, seed merchant, Market Rasen, Lin colnshire, May 15, and 29, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Rhodes, Market Rasen ; Stamp, Hull. Joseph Holroyd, cotton and worsted dyer, Dalton, York shire, May 2 and 23, at • eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Edwards, Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending April 17, 1850, exclusive of Cust , m Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 245. :Id. per cwt. From the Mauritius ... ••• ••• 2 45. lid• If From the East Indies ... ..• :•• 265. 91d. „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... .. 2"s. 7d. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, April 19. BANK OF ENGL4LND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, fer the Week ending on Saturday, the 13th day of April, 1850. tuna DZPARTMENT. Notes issued .. ...... 30,044,650 Government debt .. 11,6i5,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,800,773 Silver bullion • • ...• 243,877 X 30,044,650 I X 30,044,650 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of April, 1850. BANKING DETIITX2I 4 T. Proprietors 'capital • • 14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (In eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,914,388 Other deposits • • .. 10,969,389 Seven day and other bills • • • • • • •• 1,151,963 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,209,962 Other securities •• • . 9,744.702 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 9,997,075 Gold and silver coin.. 714,385 £34,666,124 £34,66i,124 . MARSHALL, Chief Ca.shier. Dated the 18th day of April, 18 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Y otes and Proceedings of the House of C01741710X4.) FRIDAY, APRIL 19. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Sixth Clause (Legislative Councils may be established in Van Diemen's Land and South Australia): - Amendment proposed, page 4, line 26, to leave out from the word " chat" to the word " and," 1. 39, in order to insert the words " there shall be established in the Colonies of Van Diemen's Land and South Australia respectively a Legislative Council and a House of Assembly :" Question put, " That the words it shall be lawful for' stand part of the Clause." The Corn mittee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 218. Ferguson, Sir It. O'Connell, Maurice Fitzpatrick, J W. O'Connell, M. J. Foley, John 11. Ogle, S. C. Fordyce, A. 1). Ord, William Forster, M. reget, Lord A. Fortescue, J. W. Paget, Lord C. Fox, W. J. Paget, Lord G. Freestun, Colonel Palmerston, Viscount Glyn, G. C. Parker, John Goddard, A. L. Patten, J. W. Grace, 0. D. Peellell, Sir G. Graham, Sir James Peto, Samuel M. Greene, Thomas Pigott, Francis Grey, Sir George Pilkington, James Grey, Ralph W. Pinney, William Grosvenor, Lord R. Plowden, W. H. Grosvenor, Earl Power, Dr. Guest, Sir J. Power, Nicholas Hally burton, Lord J. Price, Sir 15 Harmer, Sir John Pusey, Philip Hardcastle, J. A. Rawdon, Colonel Harris, Richard Ricardo, J. L. Elastic, Alexander Ricardo, Osman Elastic, Archibald Rice, E. It. Batelle% John Rich, Henry Hawes, B. Rohartes, T. J. liayter, W. G. Romilly, Sir John Headlam, Thomas Rumbold, C. E. Heathcoat, John Russell, Lord John Heneage, Edward Russell, Edward S. Heywood, James Russell, F. C. H. Hepworth, Lawrence Rutherfurd, A. Hobliouse, Sir John Scrope, G. P. Hobhouse, T. B. Scully, Francis Hodges, T. L. Seymour, Lord Ilollond, Robert Shell, R. L. Howard, Lord E. Sheridan, R. B. Howard, C.W. Smith, J. A. Howard, E. 0. Smith, M. Tucker Howard, I'. 11. Smythe, George Hughes, W. B. Somers, J. P. Hutt, William Somerville. Sir W. Jervis, Sir John Kershaw, James Stanton,Spearman, 1 I I. J. . Keogh, William Staunton, Sir G. King, I'. J. Stuart, Lord J. Labouchere, Henry Talbot, C. R. Langston, J. H. Talbot, J. 11. Lascelles, W. S. Tattered, 11. W. Lemon, Sir C. Tenison, E. K. Leonard, T. B. Thicknesse, Ralph Lewis, George C. Thompson, Colonel Locke, Joseph Thornely, T. Loveden,;Pryse Tollemache, F. J. Mackie, John Townley, John M'Cullagh, W. T. Townshetid, Captain 111'1'aggart, Sir J. Tana, H. t Mangles, It. D. Verney, Sir:ll. Masterman, John 'Villiers, Charles Matheson, James Vivian, J. 11. Matheson, Colonel Wall, C. B. Mettle, Fox Waluisley, Sir J. Melgund, Viscount Watkins, Colonel Milner, IV. M. Wellesley, Lord C. Milnes, R. M. Willcox, Brodie Mitchell, T. A. Wilson, James Morgan, ii. K. Wilson, Matthew Morison, Sir W. Wood, Sir Charles Morris, David Wood, \V. P. Mostyn, E. Wyvill, M. Musgrave, Earl Mundy, William Kuntz, G. F. Norreys, Lord Abdy. Sir T. N. Adair, It. Shafto Alcoa', Thomas Anderson, Arthur Anson, Colonel Anton, Viscount Anstey, Thomas C. Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, R. B. Arundel, Earl of Bagshaw, John Baines, M. T. Baring. Sir F. Barnard, E. G. !las; Thomas Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, Henry F. Birch, Sir T. Illackall, S. W. Blake, M. J. Bouverle, E. P. Boyle, Colonel Brand, lhonuts Brocklehurst, John Brockman, E. U. Brotherton, J. Brown, W. Browne, B. 1). Busfeild, W. Buxton, Sir E. Carter, John B. Caulfeild, J. M. Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, G. H. Cavendish, W. G. Cayley, Edward S. Clay, James Clay, Sir W. Clements, Charles Clifford, H. M. Cocxbura, Alex. Coke, E. K. Colebrooke, Sir T. Collins, W. Colvile, C. B. Corball, M. E. Cowan, Charles Cowper, W. F. Craig, Sir W. G. Crowder, B. B. Curteis, H. M. Dalrymple, Captain Dawson, T. V. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Divert, Edward Douglas, Sir.C. Douro, Marquis of Duff, G. S. Duff, James Duke, Sir James Duncan, Viscount Duudas, Admiral Dundas, Sir David Ebriugton, Lord Egerton,Sir I'. Ellice, Edward Ellice, 8., jun. Ellis, John Elliot, .L E. Evans, John Evans, William Fagan, William Fergus, John. TELLERS. 11111, Lard Marcus Bellew, IL M. MINORITY NOES, 150. East, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Edwards, Henry Manners, Lord G. Estcourt, J. B. B. Manners, Lord J. Evelyn, W. J. Marslu,ll, J. G. Farnham, E. Miles, I'. W. S. Ferrer, James Illßes,:W.: FeHowes, E. Monsell, William }Timer, Sir E. Mowatt, Francis Floyer, John Naas, Lord Forbes, Win. Napier, Joseph Fox, S. L. Newport, Viscount Gaskell, J. M. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Gibson, Thomas M. Palmer, Robert Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Roundell Gordon, Admiral Peel, Frederick Granby, Marquis of Portal, Melville Greensll, G. Prime, Richard Greene, John Reid. Colonel Grogan, Edward Repton, G. W. J . G ue rnsey, Lord Roebuck, J A. Gwyn, Howel Sandars, George Hale, R. B. Sandars, Joseph Halsey, T. P. Scholeileld, William Hamilton, G.fA. Scott, P. Hamilton, Lord C. Scymer, H. K. Harris, Captain Shalt°, R. D. Heald, James Sibthor I), Colonel Hayes, Sir E. Simeon, John Hervey, Lord A. Smith, R. V. Hildyard, R. C. Smith, John B. Hill, Lord E. Somerset, Captain Hodgson, W. N. Stafford, A. Hotharn, Lord Stanford, J. F. Hudson, George Stanley, E. IL Humphcry, Aid. Stephenson, Robert Jerilyn, Earl Stuart, Lord D. Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, 11, Jones, Captain Thompson, Aid. Law, Hon. E. C. Trevor, G. B. Lawless, Cecil Tyrell, Sir J. Lennox, LON A. Verner, Sir W. Lewisham, Viscount Vyse, 11, Lindsay, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Long, W. Walsh, Sir J. B. Lowther, Colonel Wawn, J. T . Lushington, Charles Westhead, J. P. Mackenzie, W. F. Williams, John M'Neill, Duncan Wyld, James Meagher, Thomas TELLERS. Mallon, Lord Molesworth, Sir W. Mandeville, Recount Adderley, C. is, Ferguson, Col. Adair, Hugh E. Alexander, N. Archdall, Captain Arkwright, George Bagge, W. Bagot, William Baillie, 11. J. Baldock, E. 11. Baldwin, Barry Bankes, G. Beckett, W. Bennet, P. Bereslord, William Bernard, Viscount Best, John Blackstone, W. S. Blair, Stephen Blakemore, R. Boldero, 11. G. Booth, Sir R. G. Bright, John Broadley, 11. Brooke, Lord Bruce, C. L. C. Buller, Sir J. Y. Cabbell, B. B. Campbell, W. F. Carew, W. P. Christosher, It. A. Christy, Samuel Clive, 11. B. Cobbold, John C. Cobden, R. Cocks, Thomas S. Codrington, Sir W. Cole, H. A. Compton, 11. C. Conolly, Thomas Cubitt, William Deedes, W. Denison, J. E. Devereux,V. T. Disraeli, B. Dod, J. W. Dodd, G. ' Duncan, Georgo Damon - the, 0. Dunctift, John Dundas, G. Dunne, Colonel Do Pre, C. G. Same Clause, Amendment proposed, line 34, to leave out the words "such number of the Members of each Council so to be established as is equal to :" Ques tion p u t , That th e words proposed to be left out stand part of the Cl:zuse." The Committee divided : ..... MAJORITY-AYES, 159. MINORITY—NOES, 27. Adderley, C. B. Kershaw, James Scholefleld, w, Best, John King, P. J• Seymer, Henry Ker Buller, Sir J. Y. Lawless, Cecil Stanley, E H. Carew, W. li. Polo Manners, Lord G. Stuart, L ord Dudley Colonel , John Cocks, T. S. M o l e sworth, Sir W. Thompson, iTiu Duncan, George j Newport, Visct . Dundas, George O'Connell, Maurice Fagan, W. O'Connell, M. J. TELLERS. Fellewes, E. Pilkington, James Ansley . , T . c . Fos, W. J. Roebuck, J. A. WAlmaley, Sir J. WOODS AND FORESTS. In reply to Lord DUNCAN, Mr. HAYTER said he apprehended that the Govern ment would not be enabled to bring on the Bill respect ing the Woods and Pereira on Monday next. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Landlord and Tenant Bill on Monday? Sir W. SOMERVILLE—I think hot. Lord CASTLEREAGH inquired when the Govern ment expected to bring in the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said that would depend upon the progress of public business. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, it was agreed that ;he House at its rising should adjourn until Monday. NATIONAL LAND SCHEME. Sir B. HALL made some observations, which were not distinctly heard in the gallery, with reference to the question which he put last night to the Hon. Member for Nottingham regarding the National Land Company. The SPEAKER interrupted the Hon. Baronet, and was understood to state that it was his duty to put an end to any proceeding of a private nature which did not come within the orders of the House. He war, however, of opinion that the Right Hon. Baronet was strictly within the rules of the House, because all he asked had reference to the decision of a Select Committee, and to a Bill which the Hon. Member for Nottingham had pro posed to the House.—(Ht ar.) Sir B. HALL said the question which be was going to put had nothing to do with what had taken place yeet?rday. He was at all times willing to bow to the feelings and opinions of the House, and if he bad shown any pertinacity yester day, it was excusable, because no man liked to hear an insinuation thrown out against his character. He then gave notice that on the 3tth inst. he should aile the Hon. Member for Nottingham when he intended to bring in a Bill to wind up the affairs of the National Land Company? Mr. O'CONNOR said he would answer the question at once. Ile had had a consultation with a Mr. Walur,ley, and he found that it would be necessary to insert adver tisements three tames in the provincial newspapers pub lished in the counties where the estates ilt.re situate! before he could introduce a private 13111 into the House. A question vs to the right of the registrar of joint-stock companies t) register the. National Land Coe pony would shortly be decided by the Queen's Bsncb, and if the judges 1. , ero of opinion that it ought to have been registered, he would then bring in a Bill to wind up the atfa,;rs of the com pany under the new Winding-up Act. It was his inten tion, in case the decision should be an adverse one, to pe tition the House to enable him to bring in a private Bill on the subject. STAMP DUTIES BILL. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Chancellor of tl e Ex chequer would state on Monday next what course he in tended to take with respect to this Bill. It stood on the orders of the day for Thursday. CONIMITTRE ON OFFICIAL SALARIES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gavo notice that on Monday next he should more that the following Hon. Members he appointed as the Select Committee:—Lord Jobn Russell, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Bright, Sir John Yaree Buller, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Napier, Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. William Evans, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Henley, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Walter, and Mr. Deedes. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL Lord J. MANNERS inquired when it was the inten tion of the President of the Beard of Trade to go on with this Bill. Mr. CARDWELL also wished to know whether it was the intention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to take any steps to place the Bill before Members in the shale in which he meant to proceed with it. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, though he was most anxious to bring forward the Bill still ho was not pry - pared to state when he would be able to proceed with the Bill. With regard to the second question, be was quite ready to withdraw the present Bill, and to lay on the table of the House an amended Bill, if that would be for the convenience of Members. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL In answer to Mr. S. CRAWFORD, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that ho could not u 1 present state when the second reading of this Bill would be gone on with. On Monday there was the Australian Colonies Bill ; on Thursday next the Stamp Duties Bill, and in the en suing week he meant to take the Ecclesiastical Commi - sion and the Committee of Supply. LOSS OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE. In answer to a question from Mr. F. FRENCH, Mr LABOUCHERE said that he had no reason for saying that the Royal Adelaide was anything but a well built ship—he did not think that the accident was owit g to any want of skill in the captain. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES GOVERNMENT BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, Clauses 3,4, and 5 were agreed to without discuelien. On clause 6 being pibposed, Sir WILLIAM INIOLESWORTH moved, in line 26, to omit all the w orda after the word " That," down to the word and," in line 39, for the purpose of inserting " these words, " there shall be established in the colonies of Van Dlemen's Land and South Australia respec tively a Legislative Council and a House of Assembly." If this amendment were agreed to he should proceed to propose other amendments by which these two chambeis would be made elective. It was admitted that the form of g overnment at present existing in the colonies ought to be changed, while it was equally as true that the form he proposed was the best in theory; but the Govern meet had urged certain special reasons why it could not be applied to Victoria and New South Wales, and he should, therefore, confine himself to a consideration of those specially. It was said that the colonists were quite satis fied with one chamber, and it would, therefore, be an arbitrary and unjust proceeding to force two upon them. Now, in the case of the two colonies mentioned in this amendment, that objection did not apply, for the colonists themselves were favour able to the principle of two chambers. Within the last few days most important information had arrived in this country, iu a letter from Sir William Denison, the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. In that dispatch Sir William Denison ee4ressed his decided con demnation of that part of the Government Bill which they were now discussing. With regard to the principle of a second chamber, Sir W. Denison said ho doubted very much whethe r the evidence in possession of the Go vernment was sufficient to prove that the leople of New South Walt s were willing to adopt such a change in the form of their existing government.—(llear, hear.) Iho Reuse had no evidence that the people of New South Wales wi,heel to alter their instituti , ne in thatfar tieular. Sir W. Denison also said he would submit that the welfare of three colonies now about to be called into political existence mte,t be allowed to outweigh the indifference of the inhabitants of New South Wales. Could anything be more unwise than to start those three colonies with bad institutions simply because New South Wales was indifferent to reform in the change of its government? Sir W. Denison was of opinion that a body constituted like the proposed single chamber, finding itself in possession of power, it was not at all probable that they would originate or car r y out changes which would in died diminish its power. The Hen. Gentleman then p roceeded to read a letter I from Oh. LT. Yeueg, the Governor of E3outh Australia, _T.. O : l . tl: :- 1 , , . , ( 1; - ')/.. 4 which he argued proved that S'r Henry Y '._ ‘ ; '\_>, l / 4 - '----q z ,.. e , and indeed all the colonists of South ' A' -. , - r-,„, _..,..' ' . ' 'l ,l Ott 4v j ) tralia, were opposed to tl e Government i -.2--.../- Ho must remind the Cercmitte e that Wilt Vf s ,enter_. , • 4174.. Bill had teen postponed from last session, in order to give time for information to reach this country, and now the Bill ought not to be proceeded without the most valid reasons being shown for the assent of the coloni:ts. If there were any grounds for believing that tl ey did assent they had been studiously concealed The working of a single chamber bad been tried in New South Wales for seven years, and be did not think with much success. The system of New South Wales was in direct violation of one of the fundamental principles of the constitution, which declared that none could be taxel without the consent of the majority of their representa• times. The amount ef expenditure per head on the popula tion of our colonies depended entirely on the form of their local Governments, and the expenditure was greater or less precisely rs the Colonial-. ffice had more or less to do with them. It was greater when the Col - nial-office had more, and less when it had least to do with the government of the coluni,v. The average rate per head, when the Colonial-of, e exercised its powers to ap point nomirecss, was 202. higher than when the colonists possessed representative institutions in which 11 e bad no nominee.. It was said by the Government, that as the principle of appointing nominees had been sealed with regard to New South Wales it ought to be considered as settled e ith respect to all the Australian colonies, so closely were they comp ete d together. But there appeared to be great misapprehension en this subject, and ho sup posed that many in tl as House thought the Austra lian colonies were as closely connected together as the counties of England. That, however, was not theta's.. Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, was 600 miles from Sydney, and the capital of Western Australia was distant 1,700 miles from Sydney, or further than Constantinople was distant from London. Such an argument, therefore, was utterly absurd on the present occasion. One of the arguments most relied upon in favour of the Bill was that it contained a provision which allowed the colonies, from time to time, to amend their institutions and . the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had ex pressed his surprise that any on his side of the House should oppose a Bill which was the very embodiment of liberal principles. More stress had, however, been !ail upon this argument than the circumstances justified. This provision would only add to instead of diminishing the despotic power of the Colonial-office, and he need not point to its recent blunders in Ceylon, New South Wales, and New Zealand, to prove that it was unworthy of these additional powers. Another argument against this theory used by Hon. Members who opposed it was that the colonies themselves were nufit to receive the double chamber, and he called upon those Hon. Members to prove it. Was it in smallness:of the population, or in their ignorancs, that they deserved this unfitness? If it were in the former, he would just point to the example of America, were the principle prevailed in many states whose population, at its origin, amounted to scarcely a third of that of these colonies, and the re sult had been to add to the influence of the American Republic, and to increase the number of its 'inhabitants. He would ask the Committee why they refused to give to the Australian colonies the same political institutions which experience and theory had proved to be suitable to Anglo- Saxon communities located in the back woods of North America? When an English subject set foot in our American colonies he lost no political immunity which ho enjoyed in the mother country; but when he entered any of our Australian colonies he relinquished many of the liberties and privileges, the enjoyment of which was guaranteed to him in the land of his birth. The Noble Lord (J. Russell) proposed a chamber consisting of 24 members, 16 of which should be elected by the people in the colony, and eight of them should be nominated by the Colonial-office, who should sit in the same chamber. He would ask, was it likely that the Colonial-office could select out of the materials ex isting in those colonies eight Members who would be better fitted to sit in the Legislature than than those who had been elected by the people in the colonies? He (Sir W. Molesworth) thought they would find the greatest difficulty in that. With these observations he would leave his amendments in the hands of the House. Mr. E. DENISON said he had hitherto supported the Government measure contrary to his own and the gene ral prepossessions of the House in favour of two cham bers, having waived his own judgment in the belief that the reasons adduced by the Government in favour of their scheme rendered it an exceptional case. Those reasons were that it was unfair to interfere with the form of institutions with which the colony itself, referring to New South Wales, was satisfied, and that the House did not possess sufficient information to guide it in the course of policy they ought to adopt if they departed from the existing form. Since that there had been several no tices given on the subject of the federative principle, but in the papers which had been laid before the ouse Lord Grey had stated that the federative principle would be inoperative, and for the present time must be put out of consideration. The management of the waste lands, however, was to be vested in an assembly constituted on the federative principle. Was it intended, then, that no .coon should take place on the subject of the waste lands, a question on which the colonists felt the deepest interest, but respecting which under this Bill there was nothing to be done whatever. The Honourable Gentle man who had last spoken had called attention to the dispatches received from the colonies on the subject, but ho could not have seen the dispatch which had been placed in the hands of Ilov. Members that morning, or he would have referred to it, for it was infinitely more favourable to his purpose than all that had yet ap peared before the House on the subject,. It must have been an accir'eutal omission on his part, and it was to supply that accidental omission that ho (Mr. Darison) r, se. They hal, then, not only a dispatch of Sir 11. Young, but also a body t f resolutions passed by the Legislative Council of Synth Australia on Saturday, tho lath ef December, 1849. Those resolutions deelarr d tha-, the Legislicure should consist .c , f a Governor and two chambers, the upper cf aisber c , mposed rf hers nominated by the Crown, and for life. Th. Gover nor in his dispatch qualified those resolutions, and stated that ho did not concur in their recommendation of al - pointment by the Crown for lice and he proposed another plan. But the important point for the !louse to consider was, that the South Austral au Legislative Council had pronounced in favour of too chambers. The Noble Lord told them it was of importance to c , 1.- sides the sentiments of the colonists in the matter. Here, then, on the question of two chambers, they bad got the opinions of the three Governors presiding in the Australian colonies—viz., Sir C. Fitzroy, who was the Governor of New South Wales, including Victoria; the Governor of Van Diemen's Land; and next, the Go vernor of South Australis, Sir H. Young—all stating that it would be ex; e heat and an improvement to have two chamber:. And besides those, they had from the only one of those colonies from which it had yet come in an authentic shape a declaration of opinion iu favour of the two chambers. In addition, they had the opinion of the Legislative Council of South Australia en the tut - ject of the management of the waste lands, that no gs neral system of regulation would be applicable to all the Australian provinces, and that the establishment of a general assembly ou the federative principle was m , st inexpedient, because of the great dissimilarity of pur suits and interests existing in the several provinces. To proceed further, then, with the present Bill as it now stoed would be a mere waste of time. Be thought it impossible, with the information they bad now got, to force upon the colony of New South Wales a lrgislature consisting of one chamber. events, would b u e t no party to such an act of inju st ice, lleatal a l nd if ho i:a i but one Member to support him he would give his most strenuous opposition to the measure. Lord J. RUSSELL said if his Hon. riend had at tendedtll%) irchuemhsataa.nee;ileieb bad d o ( u i l u t e m s , o t boa,: the o ru a c d r %t u n d o statement o that the people of South Australia had come to a resolu tion that there ought to be two chambers, and that that was favourable to the proposition of the lion. Member for Southwark (Sir W. bloleswortn). Now what had happened was this. With the exception cf New South Wales, there was not in any of those colonies any repre sentative assembly whatever. Those which now existed were legislative councils nominated by the Governor; they were, according to the phraseology of the Hon. Member for Southwark, the mere nominees of the Colo• Dial-office. At all Events, however improper that phrase was, they derived all their authority from the Colonial Government, under the approval of her Majesty. Such a legislative council in South Australia had come to cer tain resolutions that the Legislature should consist of the Governor and two Chambers. So far, that approved of the plan of the Hots. Member for Southwark ; but proceeding further in those resolutions they found - that the second chamber should be elective, with the exception of certain ex officio members — namely, the Colonial Secretary, the Advocate-Geneial, the Colonial Treasurer, the Collector of Customs, sbe Surveyor-General, and the Commissioner of Police, who were to have seats in the representative chamber, while the upper chamber was to be composed of members no minated by her Majesty for life. Nothing could to more unlike the proposition of the Hon. Member for South wark. The Government proposed one chamber, and that part of the members should be n ominated by the Crown; but the Colonial Legislative Council .cprospoosued la that there should be two chambers, one of which be entirely nominated by the Crown for . i l!r e the other should consist of representatives Ot 11 People Wad have a more aristotcfrattihcecognesnteitrua-1 some additional members named by the Crown. But still it might be said, if that were the opinion of the peo ple of South Australia you s hould not counteract it, that But that wo phionohnad opinion h o el f d th a e publiothey only wished to ion—a House of Lords. Council represented the opinions Legis lativenpeople Council was South hwaAs ontortalitah,e meeting, and bad there altogether denied that The opinion of the colonies had in favour of one assembly, and all his oltbh-Ifeoeeunt.hLlee;ceilnubellia:theiYvid done was to show that the Legislative Council which had been named by the Crown did not like to give up their authority, but desired to preserve it all in their own hands. But it was said that the gc vermes of the colonies were in favour o two chamfers. That might be urged on the proper occasion as au argu ment in favour e f two chambers; but, so far as the opinion of the people of the colonies were concernA, there was nothing at present to alter the stl.te of things. Mr. ADDERLEY said the Noble Lord must allow that the question was bc!.ween a single and u d( tilde chamber, and it showed that the Noble Lord was only dealing with the surface, and not the main principles of the question, when he thought that there was a diffe rence between the opinions of the Legislative Council of South Australia, and that of the people, on the question of a double chamber. It was no matter whether the colonies spoke out or not, as far as the Go vernment was concerned, for whatever opinion they expressed, Gentlemen in that House were met by the apocryphal information which the Government had ever ready in their pockets, as to what the sentiments of the colonists were. 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