The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-12 00:00:00

.pp , •ar.A.l in our Tnird Edition of t GEP.MANY. The C_Ambo. of Sat„:, of the German Parliament of Erfurt was occupial. d. , n the 6d), in discussing the standing orders. M. do Cirlowitz presented the re ports or the discussions ei the Council of Administra tion, and they were orthled to be sent to the Com mittee on thaConsti:utioe , The Prussian journals are principally occupied with the affairs of Erfurt, and they put forth all sorts of conjectures as to what can have led to the sudden change in the policy of- the Prussian Cabinet—some of them ascribe it to the elections of the 10th of March in Paris. The German Gazette, organ of M. H. de Gigern, and what is called the Gotha party, has caused some s-nsation, by describing what has taken place as "deplorable." telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, dated yester day morning, says—" We learn from an authentic source that the Cabinet has decided to make the union of 26th May subordinate to the treaties of 1815, by renouncing all idea of the iniriative and the independence of the restricted federal state in questions affecting all Germany. In thus de priving the federal -state of its general character, Red reducing its object to a mere secondary one, the Pclir.•ian Government ~I ves the hand to Austria, destroys the hopes of the unitary liberals, and puts a pre:non:re end to the labours of the Parliament of Erfurt. e —lt is not true, is was stated a short time ago, that the Governiwint has ordered the calling .aut of the first levy of the lanclwehr." The.Ber/in State Gazette of the Bth contains the copy of a treaty for the incorporation of the troops of the grand duchy of Mecklenberg-Schwerin in the P.re,aian army, and announces that a similar treaty hes .een concluded between Prussia and.A.lecklenberg , Strelitz. Mr. 'Femme, who took rather an active part in the proandings of the German Parliament of Frankfort, was tried on the 7th by the Criminal Court of Mun ster, on the charge of high treason, for having ac companied the remnant of the Parliament to Stuttgart. iie was acquitted by the jury. The verdict excited great anthusiasin among the people. --A Munich letter of the 6th states that in a recent Cabinet Council it was resolved that the state of siege of the Palatinate should not be raised. The ques tion W(.1.3 to be brought before the Cnamber by the re• pre3, , Eilatives of the Palatinate. POLAND. It will be remembered that it was stated some time ago that the Emperor of Russia bad granted permis sion to the Polish refugees to return to their country. The Voss Gazette of Berlin says that, from informa tion obtained from the Russian embassy at Paris, the truth is that nothing is changed in existing conditions respecting the refugees ; but that, nevertheless, the moment is a favourable one for them to make indivi• dual demands. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. We learn from the Corfu papers of the 231 ult. that the Lnian Legislative Chamber opened its session on the 20th; but all the documents required for the verifications not having yet arrived, the Chamber ad journed, and orders were given to hasten the comple tion of the necessary papers. The Corfu Gazette publishes a proclamation from the Lord High Commis siornr, naming Count DJinetrius Salomon, of Zante, President of the Senate for the ninth Parliament. DANISH AFFAIRS. The following is a cow of a D.inLh memoir to Prussia, dated the 17th of March : Ist. Denmark can never maintain her place as an European power, or its union with Schleswig, if it re nourn ed the unity of a:Fraed force of both land and tea. This is for Denmark a condition of existence, and it cannot theref)re consent, in the matter of the Sehleswic.,- forces, to conditions that might weaken or annihilate that unity. For instance, it could not allow the Schleswiger to be exempt from serving in time of war out of the duchy, or that Danish troops should be debarred from being employed in Schleswig, or to establish a separate fund for the military service of the duchy. 2cl. Denmark, in requiring that the system and admi• ills:ration of the customs should remain common to the kingdom and the duchy, consents to extend that com munion to the revenues of the Sound dues, on condition 'that a. similar communion should be allowed with re gar4.to Schleswig's share in the return of the canal dues. 34. The Duchy of Schleswig will participate with the lungdam in the ' advantages and revenues proceeding from the Danish colonies. The vitality of political union can only be en sured by the maintenance of organic ties between the kingdom and the duchy; and this abject, under a con stitutional system, can only be attained by a common representation. Schleswig will be . alloWed a representa tion. la; gar by half than that of tire kingdom, population being taken as a basis. Denmark consents to take proposals ad refei endura, for the purpose of fixing on :).ny other Danish town than Copenhagen for the pL:f., of meeting of the common representation, and also as I the period of convocation. The maintenance of the right of nativity, As t..s at present. in conformity with a fundamental a consequence of the communion of objects which :.; c.=,-:.,prised in the political. union. t; It is not necessary that the treaty of peace should confirm the indissolubility of color., but it tontain nothing likely to prejudge the question in a ..:teary sense. To this memoir the following answer has been re tut by the Prussian Government : ItAuctt 23.—1 t is the intimate conviction of Pros itin Cabinet that a peace based upon the interpietation given to-the preliminaries by the Danish pletipotentiarius would fail in its application, and produce results totally opposed to pacia ca tion, and that it could only be maintained by force of ' a'cos. It would naither ensure peace in the Ducnies, in Denmark, or in Germany; since, by depriv ing the Duchies cf the cherished privileges of union ' (6%4 with another), it deprives them of the corn pensao - "tion ' , Mei might result in independence.' Indrel, it is a • matter of question whether the concessions made by Prlts:na in this present communication do not risk the - renewal of hostilities in the Duchies., L There is no objection to the unity of the army in so, far as regards the command and general disposition bein - 7 laid down as a principle. At the same time, without derogating from this principle, a separation is required as to some points. It seems more easy to mato.) concessions in favour of a separation betvveen the DaniSh ' and Schleswig troops, as half the - population does not entertain hostile feelings 'to Derari-ark; and therefore the fidelity of the Schleswigers might be relied on(!) were they separately organized. Althiirtah Prussia may consider a separation of the troops to be necessary, she is ready nevertheless to ad . r rait— •l/4': 1. That during a year after the conelusioti of peace, o within which period the re-orntzation of the Schleswig troops would be completed, a cohrpsof duchy.l,Boo Swedish or -Danish troops may do duty i 24- That the promotion of in the shall be general in • the hiEeher and separate in t.e subaltern ranks,sotha_t all offieers to the rank of commanders of battalions in 'lady°, should be selected from the Schleswig ranks. Art.• 2, 3,4, and 5, of-Prussian mem. a nd D inh reply. As reg ar d s the community of Customs. Public Debt, tut (diptimeatic) representation, Prussia cau not renounce '• her c onv i ctions ttat these objects must b e reg arded as separate. Everything. except the colonies, evidently appertain to the legislature ; its separate administration • accorded by the preliminaries. • ' lints as the main point at issue relates to the internal interests ot the Country in regard to Denmark, these in . t-era.atB-may probably be better judged by the country it-,,r than by the Prussian Government. Therefore these obj,cts might be abandocei to a free and mutual arrangement between the Sovereign and the repre sentatives of Schleswig, composed in virtue of the electoral law now in vigour in the Duchies, pr ac , cord . ing to the law o f M ay 18, 1834, called the 9th ari:ele of the Prussian counter-project. The northern port on of Schleswig appears to be in favour of Den mock and, according to the opinion of 'the plenipoten- Ai al -i oa , were the southern porti o n to pronounce its elec toral opinions at present, it would he found to be more .tacord with the views of Denmark. lf that be the easo, the expedient is the less objectionable. si m il ar c onsiderations are applicable to the question c r iAi gk rilley and qualification of b Schleswi gers rt eio aovernment of the :(;iaaad for all functionaries. the • - ? ;as in its favour h alf the cou ntry , it would see m tite public fti,bn,citstorraries might be se l ected in the concession will contribute more •of the country. pecineati thari'any other to tae , • . - YEAL77-1 of ONDON during the WEEK. (From the Registrar General's Report.) ra the week ending last Saturday, the deaths of , 1,121 pers ons we re registereu in the metropolis; ,number showing only a small decrease on the rep urn of the previou WL4 - unduly swelledextraordinary influx bys week, though the latter of coroners' cases. In corresponding weeks of ten • previous years (1840-2) the average number of deaths 018, which if corrected for i nc r e ase of popula tioa becomes 1,001 ; the excess in l a st wee k amounts tb.T. , fore to 12 3. The following series exhibits the &ells registered weekly since the beginning of March : thy were 875, 967, 1,026, 1,167, and in the last week, 1:124. The present return, as compared with that or t.'l)‘ preceding, week, shows a decrease in the epid o rnie Chi'. s f.f 41 i3eas, an increase in the tubercular; and in cii..4eases cf• the brain and nervous system ; but in con , v,laints affecting. the respiratory organs the two re!arns are almost the same. As compared with the co; tected average of aen correspoding weeks, the pre sont return shows a decrease iU epideinic diseases, but . a cousideralale increase in diseases of the respiratOry or gans. Bronchitis was fetal last Week to 119 persons; pneumonia to SG; asthma to 23 ; laryngitis, pleurisy, and other complaints ofthe same class, 25 ; the deaths in the aggregate from these causes being 253, whereas the corrected average is only 166. Consump tion. destroyed 134 persona, nearly the average number. Two boys and three girls died of laryngis mu.s stridulus. . In the epidemic class, small-pox was fatal to . 4 persons, measles to 16, scarlatina to 17, hooping-cough to 27, croup to 5, . influenza to 8, diarrhoea to 15, erysipelas to 15, typhus to 34, the mortality being less than usual from all these causes, except typhus, which is about the average, influenza, diarrhcea, and erysi pelas which are above it. A death from cholera occurred on the 31st of March, at 4, Pheenix street North, St. Giles-in-the-Fields. The deceased was the daughter of a beer-shop keeper, of the age of 7 yeari, and died from " English cholera," after 16 hours' illness. Mr. Simpson, the registrar, men tions that " the medical attendant, before certifying the cause of death, called cn him to explain that if the late epidemic had prevailed at the present time, be would have considered it right to return the case as Asiatic cholera.' The disease commenced with excessive sickness and diarrhce3, and the latter speedily assumed the appearance of rice-water purging, attended with cramps. The father of the child died of Asiatic cholera' during the late visitation. No other person is now ill in the house." Two persons are reported this week as having died of intemperance, or of disease engendered by it. On the 9th of March, at Bethnal-green work house, a female servant died, at 28 years of age. of " bilious cholera (after an illness of two days)." The daughter of a weaver, aged 14 years, died at 9, Rose-street, B?thual-green, of "chorea." A child of 22 days, on whom an inquest was held, died in Far • ringdou-street of " inflammation of the peritoneum from expoiure to cold." Four children were acci dentally suffocated in bed. At the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.363 in. The mean temperature was 49.6 deg., higher by 4 . 5 deg. than the average of the same wee in seven years, and no less than 131 deg. higher than in the week immediately preceding. On Monday and Tuesday it was respectively 6 deg. and 7 deg. higher than the average. ~;~..:. ,:d THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1850. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LOUGHBOROUGH, Aram 11.—At to-day's market we had a small supply of wheat, which was taken off stowly at Is under the rates of this day week. Barley, beans, and oats, no al teration. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 11.—At Gloucester and Worcester snarket on the 6th the wheat trade ruled dull at a reduction of Is per quarter. Barley rather less pressed for sale, but no progress could be made, even by submitting to a reduction. Oats maintained their value, but were only taken in limited quantities. English beans more inquired for, and the turn dearer. No demand for peas. This week holders of wheat have preferred withdrawing their samples to accepting mate rially lower prices, and the little which has changed hands was at a decline of about Is. per quarter. A few sales of barley have been effected at rather less money. Only retail parcels of cats have been disposed of. English beans are quite as dear. Very little demand for Egyptirn. No inquiry for peas. At this day's market there was only a limited supply of wheat from the farmers, yet the sales made were at Is to 2s per quarter under the currency of this day se'nnight for all descriptions. Barley 6d to is per quarter lower. Nothing worth notice doing in oats, but we had some inquiries for black. Beans nominally unaltered. Peas very unsaleable. BosTort, APRIL 16.—Wheat, red 30s to 34s Od, white 35s to &Is, extra 403; barley 00s to ()Os ; oats lOs to 15s ; beans, 19s to 21;; peas 18s to 23s per quarter. LYNN, Aram 9.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 36s to 383 ; barley 18s to 20s, fine 22s to 24s per qr. Urrnic HAM, Arai 10.—Wheat 355 to 375; barley 20s to 2's ; oats 14s to 20; ; beans 21s to 21s per quarter. Butter Bcl to 9d per lb ; eggs 20 to 21 for ls. ALFORD.—Averages for the week ending April B—Wheat 353 3d ; barley 20s bd ; oats 14s ; peas 23$ 6d per qr. NEWARK, APRIL 10.—Wheat, white 41s to 435, extra 41s, red 37s to 38s, extra 39s ; barley, malting 23s to 255, extra 26s Od, foreign grindinc , 003 to 0 ; oats, feed 153 to 16s, extra 1. , s ; beans, 25; to 265, extra 27; ; peas, white and blue 28 to 323 per qr. ROTHERHAM, APRIL ° .—Beef 5s Od to 5s 9d per stone ; mutton, clipped 4d to 41d, in wool 5d to bid per lb. Beasts 314, sheep 2,620. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, APRIL 9.—The supply of fat bullocks and heifers to-day was large, and the quality generally was good; the demand for beef remains ahout the same, without any alteration in the price. The number - of fat sheep was not so large, and the sale not so brisk. Fat pigs were plentiful. The number of fat and store calves is yet on the increase, and at a late hour in the day there were many remained unsold. Beef, 41c1 to 5d ; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 5d to 6d per lb. ; pork, 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 33 Id per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb; calf skins 2d to 3id per lb. GLAsoow, Aral!. Io.—The supplies during the week have been light, with the exception of sack flour, fair quantities of which arrived coastwise and from Ireland, as well as 2,335 bags from France. A large cargo of Polish Odessa wheat has reached Greenock ; quantity not yet reported. About 6,478 quarters of wheat, 1,293 quarters of barley, 1,020 quarters of beans, and 96 quarters of . peas arrived at Grangemouth from the continent for this market. Business, owing to holydays, was slightly interrupted during the week, without causing material change in the value of either grain or flour. At this day's market there was a good attendance of town and coun try buyers. Wheat and flour were in fair request, at a decline of 6d per boll or sack. Barley, oats, and oatmeal ruled dull. and the turn cheaper. Beans and peas for grinding realised last week's currency, but the demand was in retail. Indian corn has to be written 6d lower per 2801 b. Rye without in quiry. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, APRIL 10. —Wheat The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 502 qrs, being 30 qrs more than last week. Top price Is down, and the average 3d up-23 qrs unsold. Barley—The quantity brought forward was 465 qrs, being 105 qrs more than last week. Price on the top the same, and the average 8d down-13) qrs unsold. Oats—Of this kind of grain we had 574 qrs brought forward, or 8 qrs less than last week. ' The top price Is 10d down, and the average 8d up-12 qrs unsold. Beans —The quantity of beans to-day was 203 qrs, or 100 qrs more than last week. Price on the top is down, and the average 4d down-33 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat 6 'lb. 42s Od „ Barley 5G4lb. 27s Od , Oats 440 b. 20s 8d f '„ Beans 66ilb. 28s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 10.—The supply of cattle this morning was 68-;, , being 173 fewer than last week. The attendance of buyers was numerous, but sales were also very dull. Top price, 6s 6d ; current top, 6s to 6s 3d; current, 5. 6d to 5s 9d; middling and inferior, 4s Od to 5s per Dutch stone. A clearance was not effected. The supply of sheep this morning was 2,234, being 100 more than last week. Sales exceedingly dull, and prices, particularly for inferior kinds, lower. Good blaekfaced wethers nearly maintained former rates, but a great many of all kinds were unsold. Top price of best mutton, sid per lb ; current, from 3d to Od ; middling and inferior, 3id to 4id. CORK, APRIL 10.—Flour—First 12s to 1350 d ; extra 145; seconds, lls to 125; households 9s Od to lOs 6d; thirds, 6s to 8,4 per cwt. Oatmeal 10.0 d to 00s ; Indian meal 7s to 7s 3d; wheat meal, 9s 63 to 105 per cwt. Indian corn 130; to 137 s 6d per ton Bran 4/108 to 4/15s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s to 88s; average 00s; dealers 40s to 45. Od; average 42s per ton. Straw—Farmers 16. Od to 22. Od ; average 20s ; dealers 00s Od to 00s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60; household loaf 5d to sed per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9J per lb. Eggs-4s 4d to 45 5d per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 175 ; Landore 15s ; Best Neath Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per ow% Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal bd to 6d; pork 34(1 to aid; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 13/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3121 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 71 55 to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 71 5.; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10. to 12s per stone. Hemp 32/ to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 165 to 17s ; re d ditto 205 to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 11/ pet ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 185, second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 145 to 20s ; calf skins 2d to 2d per lb. salted 155 to 21. per cwt ; Potatoes, white 8d to 10d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano — Peruvian, 111 101; Ichaboe, 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel, 195 per barrel. HIGHLAND ROADS and BRIDGES. The 36th report of the commissioners for main taining roads and bridges in Scotland has been pub lished. Allusion is made to the unfortunate casual ties of the two preceding years, nothing similar to which has occurred since the last report, and it is an nounced that the repairs which these necessitated have been completed in all but two instances. There are the two bridges, over the river Oich, at Aber chalder and Fort Augustus, in Inverness shire. The latter communication has been replaced by a temporary timber bridge, at the cost of 2451., but from want of funds no such substitute has been provided in the former case, all th a t h as b een d one b e i ng t o repair the old military roa d on th e sou th s id e o f L oc h Oich, which ii now used instead of that on the northern side. An appeal is made to the heritors of Inverness .shire to remedy this inconvenience. The Dalwhinnie-bridge and approaches on the Badenoch road have been completed, by which this well-known pass is rendered easy and secure. The commissioners also feel bound to notice a handsome suspension bridge over the river Lochy, connecting the Loch na Gual and Fort William roads, which has been erected at the sole expense of Mr. Cameron, of Lochiel. Similar operations to those in Inverness-shire have been effected in the counties of Ross, Suther land, and Caithness. A summary view of the extent and expense of works under the charge of the com missioners is given for the year 1849, from which it appears that the whole length of roads to which their duties refer amount to 1,324 miles, being 9271 of Parliamentary roads, 2594 of military roads, and 136 i of the Caithness county roads ' • to which may be added 22 miles of military roads from Fort Augustus to Laggan• bridge, the bridges on which are kept in repair, making a total of 1,346 miles. The total to 11,660/. B s. 11 d., of which 10,9721. Bs. s d. wa s expen i s i e of ighla r n e d pairs and extra works amounted for the roads, bridges, piers ; and 6881 . Os. 6 d. for the C and • ferry Caithness road s, being at the rate of 81. 16s. ld. per mile per annum. The expenses of repairs for casualties was 2,4671. 3s. 10., or at an average rate of 11. 17s. 3d. per mile, making the average cost for ordinary repairs 61. 18s. 10d. per mile. The number of bridges on the Parliamentary roads is _1,117, embr acin g 1,202 arches, and 14 , 694 feet of waterway; the brid g es on the military and Caithness county roads, not built by the commissioners, when added to the above, make the total number of bridges 1,711. The total cost of keeping them in repair is estimated at 7691. 19s. The expense of mana g ement of the highland roads and bridges, in 1849 amounted to 2,1911. 193. 10(1 , or 11. 14s. 9(1. per mile ; in 184 a it was 2,238/. 18s. 11d., or 1 /. 15s. 6d. It is pointed out that, 'notwithstanding great increase of traffic, the ordinary expenses have scarcely in any degree increased in regard to the repairs, and has diminished in regard to management. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. DEATH OF M. GUILLAUME BEER.-•—•ThiS well known saran, brother of the illustrious author of Le Fro • phete, has lust di ed at B er li n , at the early age of fifty-th ree . In his youth h e entere d t h e army, and soon rose to the ran k of lieutenant; but his father, who was at the head o f a com mercial house, reired him to quit the military caree r , t o assist hint in the management of his affairs. His love for the sciences, however, would not permit him to d evo t e him self exclusively to t h e d u ll routine of business, for he em ployed his lei sure hours i n the study of astrono m y, an d t h e higher branches of mathematics, in the society of Dr. Mcedler, at present director of the Observatory of Dorpat. Their physiological observations of Mars attracted the at tention of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. Encouraged by this success, Messrs. Beer and Mcedier undertook to construct a map o f th e main—a work so long desired—and, after six years of laborious observations, they published their Mappa S e l e n o graphica,"they for which received the approbatio n o f M ess rs. Humboldt, Besse], Giauss, &c., and of the Academy of Sciences of Munich. The Paris Academy of S c i ence judged this map to be of such impor tance that they awarded to the authors the prize founded by Lalande. Messrs. Beer and Mcsdler then published jointly many work.% amongst others the "General Corn• pared Selenography." The King of Prussia, in considira tion of th e mer i ts o f M . B eer , nom i na t e d hi m a Privy Coun cillor; the Kings of Denmark and Sweden named him Com mander of th e O r de rs of Danebrog and Wasa ; and the king of the Belgians gave hint the Cross of the Order of Leopold. The scientific works of M Beer did not prevent him taking a lively interest in public affairs. His varied knowledge and the solidity of his judgment gave him a great superiority in all important questions, and he soon acquired the estimation of his fellow-citizens, who ap pointed. him M un i c i pa l Councillor. M. Beer w a s of mild but firm character, and in 1848, when courage was re quired to defend th e t ru e principles of order and monarchy, lie published several pamphlets and remarkable articles on the questions of the day, whether political or financial. His proof of devotion to the pubic good, and his enlightened patriotism, procured him a scat in the First Prussian Cham ber; he was, besides, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce of Berlin. POST -OFFICE NOTICE.—In future, all letters "for IZoltand, addressed " rid Ostend " or "via Belgium," will be transmitted in the closed Mails, although the words "by closed mail" may be omitted; and such letters will be chargeable with the combined British and foreign rates of is. 2d. when not exceeding half-an-mince in weight, and so on, which postage may be paid in advance, or the letters sent unpaid, at the option of the sender. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company was held yester day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Andrew Colville, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read by the secretary, Captain Edward Chappell, R.N., the report of the directors was submitted to the meeting, which was as follows: — "According to custom, a statement of the accounts of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company for the year 1849 (duly audited) has already been transmitted to each of the shareholders. " The receipts of last year show that, although there has been a considerable falling off in passage money, yet, owing to the increase upon freight, the total exceeds that of 1848, to the extent of 7,8431. 13e. 3d. " On the disbursement side of the working account there is a diminution, as compared with the preceding year, of 1,885/. Bs. 6d. " The items which exhibit a decreased expenditure are those of wages, provisions, stores, general service and stations, and coal sacks; there being an increase under the heads of coals, port charges, repairs, office and law expenses, and salaries. " The augmented charge for coals has arisen prin- , cipally from the New York route having been in opera tion during the whole year 1849, instead of only fur eight morahs as in 1848; but this branch of service was relinquished in the commencement of 1850. " The increase in port charges was occasioned by pilotage and port charges at Mobile, additional port charges at New York, and expenses consequent on qua rantine regulations at Havanan and elsewhere. " The small increase of charge for repairs was prin cipally caused by refitting and doubling the Conway, which ship, however, subsequently proceeded to tee Weet Indies in a coadition that will probably render any farther expense on her account unnecessary for some years to come. " The profit and loss account is charged with the ex cess (over 50,0001., carried to insurance account) of the whole first cost and outfit of the Forth, and with balances upon the disposal of the Reindeer, and of the Princess Victoria steam tug-boat at Southampton. The extraordinary repairs of the: Medway and the Eagle are likewise included, on the same principle as in former years; but this head of expenditure is less than in the year 1848 by 12,165/. se. 10d. " The sum of 35,000/. invested in debentures of the London and North-Western Railway Company having been paid off in July last, that amount was laid out in the purchase of 37,333/. 6s. Bd., three and a quarter per cent stock, making the total of that stock standing in the name of the Royal Mail Steam packet Company on the 31st of December, 1849, 143,201/. 14s. 3d. The 25,000/. reserve for insurance for 1849, was invested in the purchase of 28,0111. 4s. Consols, and 20,000/. still remains invested in North-Western Railway debentures. "The negotiations which were in progress at the time of the two last general meetings, relative to the estab lishment of a steam communication between this country, the Brazils, and the River Plate, have been de layed by circumstances over which the directors could exercise no control, until at length the renewal of the company's present contract came also under consi derai ion. "It cannot be necessary to point out to the share holders into how wide a field of inquiry this question could not fail to lead. " Her Majesty's Government felt it to be their duty to institute a rigid inquiry into every branch of the subject. Not only changes of time and route as regards the West India Packets, but other suggestions also for the per• forrcance of the mail service across the Atlantic to the West Indies and the coasts of America had to be carefully considered ; and the various advantages and disadvan tages of each weighed against each other, before any decision could be arrived at, on a question in which so large an expenditure, and such important interests are involved. " It was impossible such inquiries should be brought to a speedy termination. Your directors, however, have every reason to believe that all the main points are disposed of, although they cannot announce that any arrangement is definitively settled. " The communications with the Government are still going on, and any discussion upon the subject at present would obviously be inexpedient. The directors must therefore again rely upon the confidence hitherto ex tended towards them, merely meeting the assurance that they .do not anticipate there will be any further call made upon the shareholders. "lii the meanwhile-it may be satisfactory to the public as well as to the proprietors to be informed, that the company ate prepared to begin an improved line of com munication with South America and the West Indies, and to establish that with Brazil, in a few months after the details of the new service are agreed upon with her Majesty's Government. " The directors, having carefully considered the pre sent state of the company, feel themselves justified in re commending a dividend for the last six months of 1849, at the rate of two pounds per share (free of income-tax), payable on and from the 16th instant." The balance sheet stated the total receipts of the year at 428,256/. ss. 6d., and the expenditure at 298,936/. 2s. 9d., leaving 129,320/. 2s. 9d. in hand. The CHAIRMAN neored the adoption of the report, but in doing so he did not think it necessary to make any observations, though if any shareholder wished to ad dress any remarks to him he should be glad to hear him. Mr. RIDGEWAY complained of some mismanagement which hal recently been observable, in the working of the South American service. On one occasion a, large number of passengers, who had travelled from New York to Mobile, were refused a transit in one of the company's boats from that port to Mexico, notwithstanding that they had been delayed at Mobile an unnecessary length of time by the non-arrival of the company's packet. Similar irregularities frequently oc curred in the West Indian service, and he really did hope the directors woul look into the matter. It was to be regretted, too, thal their management was not suffi ciently caretnid - thein e kerests of the shareholdereoor their shares would stand at a higher figure in.the 'market, while there would be less loss from the casualties at tendant upon the working of their ships. There were, however, no real grounds for depression in the minds of the shareholders upon the future prospects of this com pany, which were likely to be most flourishing. MILLS, of the firm of Glyn, Halifax, and Co., did not think the Hon. Proprietor was going the right way la raise the shares in the market; nor did he think there was anything' to complain o f in the management, or any cause for alarm in the future. The e C r u e CHAIRMAN er explainedred to by that th e the a on o c u a r u a s b e i r t o h p e r e e t ly and .., arose entirely out of circumstances over' which the di rectors bad no control whatever. It arose, indeed, from stress of weather, which kept the packet back much behind its time, and the captain was forced to carry her is without taking up the passengers at Mobile, to make up his time at other stations. It should be borne in mind that the main purpose of these packets was to carry the mails with as much expedition as possible, and each vessel was always supplied with a Post-office or Admiralty guard, whose duty it was to see that no delay took place in the transmission of bags. Now this officer it was who had prevented the passen gers being taken on board at Mobile, and he could assure the Hon. Proprietor that the loss by the occurrence to the company h a d b een equa lly as much, if not more, than that which had accrued to the disappointed parties. The motion for the adoption of the report was then agreed to, and the dividend declared, -after which the retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and having been voted to the chairman, the meeting terminatel. - - - - - BANK OF CEYLON. A special general meeting of this corporation was held yesterday at the company's offices, New Broad•street, at one. o'clock; Mr. Cummins in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the' first business was to bring bef,re the meeting the question of dissolution, and called upon' the committee of inquiry,'which had been appoin,ed a: the last general meeting, to read their report. I.fter the retort, which eulogised the conduct of the direc:ors, and recommended the meeting to adopt the scheme of settlement which would be brought forward b y t h at body', had.been read, Mr. SAMPSON moved a resolution to the effect that it was not expedient to dissolve he re t s h u e lu c t o i r o p n or t a h t e io l n i o o f n. th u e e ß n a tl n e k_ i of Ceylon. In moving Gentle man entirely exonerate the court of directors from all blame. The prese nt unfortunate circu mstanc e s of the he said, by the reckless conduct of the manager in C e y lon, who, it was evident from th e corres p on d enc e which had come beforehi a m ete a d s a member o f t h e l a te committee of inquiry, had frequently in direct opposition to the wishes and repeated Mjunetion s of the court of directors at home. The resolution was seconded and adopted unanimously. After which, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to lay Lefore the meeting the plan of settlement recommended by the directors. He alluded to the many difficulties which they had had to contend with—to the impossibility of carrying on the bank in its present state without a large increase of capital, which the present proprietors would not be jus tified in advancing—and to the opposition which the bank had had to encounter. To break up the concern would have been, he said, productive of great loss to the proprietors, and the directors, after long negotiations, had succeeded in prevailing upon another bank in India, which he was not at present at liberty to name, to take into its management the affairs of the Bank of Ceylon, upon terms which he thought were as advantageous to the proprietors as they could well expect. These were that 101. should be paid down on every share, at the time of transfer, to the present proprietors by the purchasing bank, and that the present corporation should retain in its hands certain assets which, when disposed of by trustees for the benefit of the proprietors, might enable them to divide an addi tional 2/. or 31. or even 51. among them. This, he thought, was the best arrangement which could be made, and, in fact, he had not the least doubt that they would ultimately obtain 151. per share, which was much more than they had once expected to get. After the meeting had been addressed by several gen tlemen in support of this arrangement it was embodied in a resolution and ultimately agreed to unanimously. The meeting then separated after a vote of thanks to the Chairman. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Anal. 10.—In a convontiou holden this day, being the first day of Easter Term, the Rer. J. Coleridge, M.A., of St. John's College. Cambridge, was admitted ad cuudem. In the congregation the following gentlemen we: e admitted to the degree of Master cf Arts:— Rev. William S. Finch, St. Edmund Hall. Rev. William C. Dowding, Exeter. Rev. George S. Robertson, Exeter. Rev. Anthony M. Thorold, Queen's. George Petch, Fellow of Trinity. In a convocation holden in the afternoon of the same day the proctors of last year resigned their offices, the senior proctor, Mr. May, making the usual procuratorial speech, recounting the events that had occurred during his term of holding office. Tho new proctors, having been previously elected by their respective colleges, were then presented far admission to the Vice-Chancellor: — Senior Proctor—The Rev. George Marshall, M.A., Student of Christ Church. Junior Proctor—The Rev. William George Henderson, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College. The former eas presented by the Very Rev. Dr. Geis ford, Dean of Christ Church, the latter by the Rev. Dr. Bloxam, one of the Senior Fellows of Magdalen. After making the Parliamentary declaration, taking the usual oaths of allegiance and supremacy, &c., and being admitted by the Vice-Chancellor, the new proctors no minated the fallowing gentlemen to be pro-proctors for the ensuing year :—The Rev. Charles R. Conybeare, M.A., and the Rev. Edward Stokes, M.A., students of Christ Church; the Rev. Henry Harris. M.A., dewy, and the Rev. John Rigau,d, M.A., fellow of Mag d a len. The Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History pro poses to begin his' course of lectures for this term on Monday, the 22d inst. They are open to all members of the University•who have passed the B.A. examina tion ; and those persons who de,ire to attend them are requested to call on the Professor at his house, No. 25, Beaumont-street, on Saturday, the 20th inst., between twelve and 2 o'clock. . The Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology intends to t e b eg in his course of lectures of the present term on Tues day, eco t m h e es sechola lectures,rs in are theology, requestedand are desirous call on the Professor at 65 , the 23d of April. Suc h me m b ers of the University adsesairreougsuaotf attendingifiedto become St. Giles's, on Saturday, the 20th of April, between the hours of eleven and two. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday, April 9 (William Cubitt, Esq., Pre sident, in the chair), the paper read was "On the Construction of Locks and Keys," by Mr. J. Chubb, Assoc. Inst. C. E. The author commenced by stating, that the most ancient lock, of whose form and construction there was any certain knowledge, was the Egyptian, which had been in use for upwards of four thousand years. The construction of this lock was minutely described, also that of the ancient " warded " and " letter " locks, and considerable antiquarian research was dis played in tracing their origin and introduction. These three kinds of locks were, in principle, the foundation of all modern locks, which might be thus enumerated, reversed, for obvious reasons, in their order of antiquity : First. The letter locks ; mostly used for padlocks, and were so far convenient, as a key was not required for opening them. A modification of this lock had been proposed, called the " scutcheon " lock, for se curing doors and iron safes, but it was too expensive and complicated to come into general use. Second. Locks having fixed wards, in which no real improvement had been made in modern times. These locks were bad in principle, as they could be easily picked ; and owing to many thousands of them being yearly made, that could be passed by the same key, little or no security was afforded by them ; in fact, it might be safely asserted, that twenty skeleton keys would open all the locks, of a given size, made upon this principle. Third. The Egyptian lock ; the essential principle of which was, that of moveable pins, or studs dropping into, and securing the bolt, all of which must be raised to the proper height, by corresponding pins in the end of the key; before the bolt could be un fastened. This lock was the foundation upon which most of the ingenious inventions of late years had been based, differing only in the forms of the moveable obstructions to the bolt,—some of which acted vertically, others horizontally, some with a rotatory motion, and many others in an endless variety of ways; but of all these it was thought sufficient to describe only those best known and appreciated, namely, Barron's, Bra mah's, and Chubb's. In Barron's lock, patented in the year 1774, a great improvement was made upon the ancient Egyptian, by the introduction of the over-lift, wards being also used; but, from the fact of there being only two tumblers, it was evident that no great change or per mutation could be made in the combinations. In Bramah's lock, patented in the year 1784, there was a compound of both direct and rotatory motion given to the key, instead of simply the latter, as in Barron's lock. It consisted of a number of sliders, having notches, of various depths, cut on one edge, so that the motion 'of the bolt was totally prevented, until each slider was pressed down to its exact depth, which was effected by the key having six cuts in it of different lengths. In Chubb's lock, first patented in 1818, and since modified and improved by various subsequent patents, there were six separate and distinct tumblers, placed over each other, and capable of being elevated to dif ferent heights, but all moving on the centre pin. This lock differed from the others, in having a "detector," by which any attempt to pick or open the lock with a false key, was immediately notified on the next application of its own key. Calculations were then gone into to show the num ber of different combinations which might be made in this lock, and it appeared that, with an average sized key, having six steps, each capable of being reduced in height twenty times, the number of changes would be 86,400 ; that if the seventh step, which threw the bolt, was taken into account, the reduction of it only .ten times would increase the number to 864,000. Further, that as the drill pins of the locks, and the pipes of the keys, might be made of three different sizes, the total number of changes would be 2,592,000. In keys of the smallest siz°, the total number would be 648,000, 'Whilst in.-those of the largest size it would be increased to 7,776,000 change'. In conclusion, it was stated, that the manufacture of locks and keys was principally carried on at Wol verhampton and the adjacent towns, Birmingham, and London, and that the fundamental principle upon , which all locks should be made were perfect sem rity—strength, so a s to resist, a ttempts to force them, or of openin g by picklocks, and false keys,—simpli city in the arr angemen t, so t h a t any stranger, having the proper key, _ might be able to open the lock ,— a nd durability, The paper was illustrated by a series of diagrams, and a variety of specimens of the locks and keys noticed in the paper ; an d a l so by a nu mber of Gothic locks and keys of very elaborate workmanship, suit • able fur ecclesiastical buildings, &c., from Mr. Chubb's works in London. Iu the discussion which ensued, many additions were made to the historical part of the subject, and various ingenious contrivances were described, which had been successfully applied, to give increased security to locks of ordinary construction. The com binations in the locks of Surtimerfurd and M'Kinnon (of New York), were also fully described ; an advan tage being claimed for the former, in making one tumbler to lift and the other to fall, in order to open it ; and, for the latter, that, by the addition of a cur tain, of case-hardened iron, three-quarters of an inch in thickness, radiating from the centre of the pin, and a radiating key, there were no mpans of reaching the tumblers, for the purpose of talking an impression, or otherwise, except by cutting through that curtain. On the other hand, it was positively asserted, that no impression could be taken of, or means in vented for picking, a lock which had six tumblers, although it could be easily done, with locks having fixed wards; further, that Chubb's lock was a decided improvement on al others of the same character, l u c f m a n , u i o u e f i h ) the a a n o as d it consequent a "detector," which formed really the peculiar feature of that lock ; the excel lencekm wor kmanship durab i l i ty, tended alsfourtowtbhiecbfait wascility so celebrated. The discussion upon this paper was announced to be resumed at the next meeting of Tuesday, April 16th, when the following would be read, " Descrip• tion of the Insistent Pontoon Bridge, erected on the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, at Dublin," by Mr. R. Mallet, M. Inst. C. E. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..—TriIffiC for the week ended April 7, 1850:—C. and H. Alain, Line, 1,491/. 19s. Od.; Mold, 92/. 12s. 5d.; Steam-bdats, 12E4 15s. Cd.; Total, 1,7144 Us. sd. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE .OF LORDS, April 11. L - I'd CAMPBELL took his seat upon the Woolsack (in the nbsence of the Lord Chancellor) at Five o'clock. The Earl of ROSEBERRY presented a petition against Sunday labour from Falkirk. TLord CAMPBELL presented petitions with a similar prayer from Strah,den and other places in Scotland. Tile Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from Ayr in favour of the Bill for removing obstructions from the corn trade in Scotland. He differed in opinion from the petitioner's. L rd BEAIDIONT presented a petition in favour of the extension of the juiiscliction of county courts to 50/. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from the Dissenters of Stourbridge in favour of national arbitra tion and a genersi disarmament. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition from North Uist against Pest-office labour on Sunday. The Earl of CARLISLE presented several petitions with a similar prayer; also a petition from Leeds pray ing for additional accommodation on board her Majesty's ships f,,r assistatv-surgeons in the navy. Earl GREY presented the report of the Commis sioners on the Fine Arts, by command of her Majesty. The Earl of NIOUNTCASIIELL presented petitions from the congregations of different Dissenting chapels against I'4)st-office labour on Sunday. Etrl GREY postponed the third reading of the Con vict PAisons Bill till to-morrow, in consequence of the absence of a Noble Lord who was desirous, as he under stood, of making some observations on the subject. The Bills on the table were firwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 11. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time and paused Brighton Improvement, Purchase of Royal Pavilion and Grounds, and Amendment of existing Act Bill. hew and Petersham Vicarage Bill . Walsall Improvement and Market Act (1848) Amend• ment Bill. The reports upon the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Clerical, Medical, and General Lifi Assurance Society Bi 11. Ramsey, Upwood, and Great Ravely Turf Fens, and Lockspit L"ts and Lockspit Lands Drainage and Im provement Bill. PETITIONS. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitions against the Bill for a system] of secular education ; also twenty six petitions against Sunday labour in the Post office. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from" a place in Yorkshire in lavour of the County Courts Extension Bill. Mr. BRO PHERT ON presented several petitions in favour of a Ten Hours Factory Bill ; also several peti tions in favour of the extension of county courts. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented two petitions from Bristol, one against the increase of beer-shops, and the other praying for a repeal of the taxes on the diffusion of knowledge. Mr. THORNELY presented several petitions from NotLinghamAdre in favour of the County Courts Ex ten sion Bill. Colonel DUNNE presented a petition from King's County against the Irish Fisherie3 Mr. E. DENISON presented several petitions from Yorkshire in favour of the County Courts Extension Bill. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Forfar against the Marriage Bill. Mr. SOTHERON presented several petitions from Wiltshire against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. WAWN presented a petition from Shields against church -rates. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the Marriage Bill. Mr. COL VILE presented a petition from Darby shire to the tame effect. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG presented a petition from Edinburgh against the taxes on the diffusion of know ledge. Mr. MOODY presented several petitions from places in Sumersetshire against Sunday labour in the Pest office; also a petition from Yeovil praying for an altera tion in the constitution of the ecclesiastical couch; also a petition from the same place against the attorneys' certificate duty; and a petition from Chard praying tor an amendment of the puor•law in respect of out-door relief. Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from Man chester against the Marriage Bill; also several petitions from Chester, Bradford, Rocbdale,Staleybridge, Ashton under-Lyne, and other places in Lancashire, in favour of the Ten flours Bill. Mr. HEYWOOD presented a petition from a place in Lancashire in favour of general disarmiment; also a petition in favour of the Tea Hours Bill. Sir J. TYRELL presented a petition from a place in Essex praying for a reduction of local taxation. Mr. GRAN VILLE BERKELEY presented a peti tion from persons residing in Gloucester, stating that they had confidence in Mr. O'Connor, and praying that a short Act might be passed to legalise the national land scheme. Mr. ADDERLEY presentel a petition from a place in Staffordshire against Sunday labour in the Posi office. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver pool praying for protection to the West Indian interests. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Borstal' in favour of an!Eleveu IloursFactory Bill; also petition from Huddersfield, against the punishment of death; also a petition from Barnsley against taxes on the diflu'iou of knowledge ; and a petition from Doncaster in favour of the extension of county courts. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a place in Gloucestershire against the Marriage Bill; also several petitions from places in Lancashire and Cheshire in favour of the Ton Hours' Bill. Mr. FltE WEN presented two petitions from placei in the county of Essex, one praying for the extension of county courts jurisdiction, and the other for the repeal of church-rateF. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Rochdale praying for the abolition of the taxes on knowledge. Captain BOLDER() presented a petition from the Roy al College of Surgeons in favour of the claims of as sistaut-surgeons i❑ the navy. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition against the Mar riage Bill. THE MALT-TAX. Mr. CHRISTOPHER, on behalf of the Member for the East Riding, gave notice that it was not the inten tion of that Hon. Gentleman to bring on his motion, next Tuesday, for the repeal of the malt tax. Mr. SPOONER moved for a return of foreign glass imported, retained for home consumption, exported, and remaining in bond for the year ending the sth day of January, 1850, with the duty paid thereon, and the countries from which imported ; and similar return of British glass exported.—Agreed to. BIDEFORD UNION WORKHOUSE. reply to a question from Mr. BUCK, Mr. Poor-law on reading IIA IN th E e S said the deathPorthoo- of h girl, Mary Anne Parsons, instituted an inqui r y i nto t h e case. Before, however, th e i r i nstruct i ons di r ecting an inquiry had ar r i ve d i n t h e country, it was found that the master of the workh ouse i n t h e Bideford union had resigned his offi ce . Th at b e i ng so, the master of the workhouse was n o l onger amena b le to the Poor law Board; and anoth er reason w h y they bad not pro ceeded with the inquiry was, that the persons concerned in the death of the unfortunate girl-were to be put again on their trial for the minor offence of assaulting her. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Mr. ADDERLEY said he understood that certain dispatches bad been received from Van Diemen's Land in favour of a double chamber, and he would ask the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) it he would have any ob jection to lay those dispatches on the table previous to the resumption of th e a dj ourne d d e b ate on th e Australian Colonies Bill? Lord J. RUSSELL said one dispatch had arrived, and it would be laid on the table before the adjourned debate. Mr. ADDERLEY asked whether the discussion would come on to-morrow? Lord J. RUSSELL replied that it would not come on after ten o'clock to-morrow. DEANERIES OF HEREFORD AND SALISBURY. In reply to a question by Mr. Honsra.ot, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said with respect to the deanery of Salisbury, there was a Bill before the House proposing to raise the income of that deanery to 1,5001. a year. According to the existing Act deans were not entitled to more than 1,0001. a year, but his intention was to propose to the House in Committee on that Bill, that the Dean of Wells, and the executors of the Dean of Salisbury should receive 1,5001., they having entered office upon that understanding. But with respect to future Deans of Wells and Salisbury, he should propose that they should receive only 1,000/. a year. He did not think it would be possible for the Government to get a dean for a less salary than that. Klr. HOUSMAN wished to know whether tho dean who was about to be appointed was to have 1,000/. a year, or more? Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that the income of the new dean would be only 1,000/. per annum. CUSTOMS DISMISSAL OF 11R1 WALKER. Sir JOHN TYRELL wished to ask a question of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He wished to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman had any objection to state to the House, the reasons why Mr. Walker had been dismissed from his post as solicitor to the Customs. Mr. Walker, he understood, was a gentleman who had obtained some reputation at the bar, and had long filled the situation from which he had just been dismistel. He wished to know also if this dismissal had been oc casioned by any desire for retrenchment, and what the saving was which Government thus expected to make. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Mr. Walker's retirement hal certainly been caused by ad. sire for retrenchment. The Customs until lately had had two collectors in London, one in Edinburgh, and another in Dublin; and it had been thought that there was certainly some room for retrenchment here, and that for the future it was quite possible that two officers could du the duty which tour had hitherto done. For this reason it was that it had been thought fit that Mr. Walker should retire; but there was not the slightest imputation resting upon Mr. Walker's character, or the least doubt (f his ability. Sir JOHN TYRELL said that all the objects fur which he had asked the question had bcea effected by the liight Lion. Gentleman's answer. TIIE VERNON GaLLERY AND MARLBO. ROUGH HOUSE. Mr. HUME rose to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government the question of which he had given notice—w'nether the Government had considered, or is willing to consider, the expediency of retaining the Vernon collection of paintings in the National Gallery, and ac commodating the Royal Academy with rooms in Marlbo rough House? The House would recollect, he said, that a Committee, which had reported upon the sub ject of the National Gallery, had recommended that that building should be kept entirely for the exhibition of pictures, and that the Royal Academy should be pro vided for in another manner. Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the only question was as to what could best be done at the present mo ment with respect to the Vernon collection, and it ap peared far more easy to the Government to make Marl borough House a place for the temporary reception of these pictures than to fit it up for the exhibitions of the Royal Academy.. • • SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. 11. HERBERT wished to know from the - cellor of the Exchequer when it was his intention to bring on the Savings' Banks Bill? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he ; was not in a position now to fix a day for the Bill, but he would tlke the earliest opportunity of bringing it forward. PARLIAMENTARY YOTERS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. The House having gone into upon this Bill, Lord CASTLEREAGH intimated that it was not his intention to proceed with the amendment of which he had given notice, increasing the franchise from 10/. o 121. Lord J. RUSSELL said, adverting to the proposi tion which had been made respecting the equalization of the numbers of electors in boroughs, that it was open to many objections. There were two modes in which it could be carried into effect, and they were as different in principle as they probably would be in detail. The one would be by adding many large towns to existing boroughs, and thus to divide all considerable towns into borough constituencies. The other would be only to add towns to very small boroughs, in order to furnish them with a sufficient number of electors. The proposi tion made by the Hon. Member for Roscommon (Mr. F. French) proceeded on the former of these plans. The principle appeared to him (Lord J. Russell) to be very ob jectionable, and would be very injurious in its operation. The second plan embraced those cases where, there being but a small number of electors in particular boroughs, it was proposed to add adjacent towns and villages to them, so as to make up the deficiency. Now, although that certainly would be the safest plan to adopt, he was afraid it would lead to a considerable conflict of opinion. and give rise to many general questions of local diffi culty. It would, in the first place, be a matter of some difficulty to decide which were small boroughs, and in the next to determine what villages should be aided to them. The proposal, therefore, required much more consideration at the hands of the Govern ment than it had yet been able to afford it, and the Government thought that under those circumstances it would be much better to adopt the Bill as it stood, and leave that question to be considered in a future session. In disposing of these matters, Honour able Gentlemen who had devoted some attention to them had fallen into error as to the number of parties who would be entitled under a 101. and an 81. clause, but from returns which his Right*Honoureble Friend the Secretary fur Ireland had just telseived-itiras quite clear that considerable misapprehension prevailed on the sub ject. Still he did not dispute that when this Bill I 'lased the number of electors in certain boroughs would be greatly reduced, but under all circumstances he felt that it would be better to leave this question of the division of boroughs and towns to be disposed of on some future occasion. Mr. MONSELL pointed out that when the Bill passed there would be twenty-seven boroughs in Ireland with a constituency under 300; while at this time in England there were only ten boroughs with a constitu ency under 300. Port arlington contained a constituency of 150; but when this Bill passed it would be reduced to eighty-six, and he put it to the House whether eighty six persons ought to possess the right of returning a Member to that House? After a few worda from Colonel DUNNE and Mr. FRENCH, Lord BERNARD said he would like to know whether the Noble Lord meant this 8/. clause to be a Long fide clause or not? lie wanted to know whether the Noble Lord intended to leave the valuation, as it was at present, in the hands of the board of guardians? Clauses 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44, as amended, were then agreed to. Oa clause 45, which referred to the appointment of polling places, - Mr. A. STAFFORD objected to giving the Lord- Lieutenant the power of appointing polling placee. He wanted the English preced.nt to be followed in this case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that in Englund the polling places were appointed by representation to her Majesty, or by an Order in Council. Mr. A. STAFFORD merely asked for the adoption of the same principle in respect to Ireland.—(Hear, hear•) The Hon. Member then suggested the omission of cer tain words in the clause, so as to meet the views he expressed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Bill did not give the Lord-Lieutenant the power of altering poll ing pltces. It was a power of appointing places for hold ing circuit courts for the purposes of registration. After some observatioas from Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL and Mr. FREWEN the clause was agreed to; as were also clauses 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, and 53. On clause 54 being read, Mr. G. HAMILTON moved, in line 43, the introduc tion of the words:— " And provided also, that the ap pearance of the name of any elector—other than those entitled to register for any county, city, town, or borough in respect of occupation as rated occupiers of premises of the value of 81. or upwards—on the list of registered voters in each ye tr, shall be deemed to be prima fake evidence of his right to have his name inserted in the re gister for the year then next ensuing." The amendment was agreed to, and the clause was then added to the Bill. Clauses 55 and 56 were Linn agreed to. On clause 57 being rend, Colonel DUNNE observed that in cases of appeal the judge was the party who had the right to decide whether au appeal should be allowed. Now he thought the words which conferred upon the judge the right of deciding as to the appeal ought to be s• ruck our. _ The XTTOINEY-GENERAL said the clause was copied from the English Act. Sir F. THESIGEIt thought that was a very absurd reason for supporting the provision.—(Hear, hear.) The objection of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman appear& d to him to be a well-grounded one, and he did not think the words ought to be allowed to remain io the clause unless the Right Hon. Gentleman could suggest some better reason. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was about to add that it had been found to work satisfactorily. Sir F. THESIGER must be permitted to doubt if it could be found to work satisfactorily in Ireland. He had known many instances in which one revising barrister had reversed the dee:sion of another, and there would be a temptation to the judge to refuse an appeal where his political feelings were concerned. He did not think that they ought servilely to fullow the provisions of the Eng lish Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the clause, contending that it had been always found satisfactory in England. Sir F. THESIGER remarked that there would be no check upon persons improperly exercising the right of appeal by aeir being subjected to costs. What was sought fur was to extend to Ireland the right of appeal against what might be unjust decisions. Viscount NAAS was in favour of the amendment. The assistant barristers in Ireland were appointed for life, and in England the revising barristers were only ap pointed for a special purpose. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL remarked that if that were the case the assistant barristers in Ireland were in a much more independent position than the revising bar risters in England, and therefore more likely to give a just decision. As to the question of costs checking vexatious appeals, it was not to be expected when the penalty could not amount to more than 203. costs. Where party objects were to be carried, the right of ap peal might be exercised in a very vexatious manner, if it were subjected to no control. Ho believed that the only security they could give to Ireland against irrational and vexatious objections was by retaining the words of the clause as they now stood. Mr. NAPIER remarked that the assistant barristers held office at the will and pleasure of the executive. He knew of one case where an assistant barrister admitted a large number of voters, and upon being asked his reason for so doing, he said he wished to give a liberal construction to the Act of Parliament, and that he did not care for the opinions of the judges. In the municipal franchise the power of appeal was given to both sides, and yet in not more than ten cases had there been appeals. The power of appeal was in it self, though not exercised, a check upon the inferior court. As to adopting an English precedent to a case like this, he said that the law of England did not apply to them at all—that they were in this Bill laying down a principle that perhaps would be soon followed in why England.—(Hear, hear.) As he could see no reason they should screen the judgment cf an assistant barris ter from a superior, he would, if no one else did so, divide the Committee. _ _ Colonel DUNNE declared that it was his intention to go to a divivion. He proposed that amendment by asking this plain question—was the raan who made a decision to be the judge as to whether it was right or not? H e wished that this, and all other Irish questions, were de cided upon their intrinsic merits, and not upon party considerations. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON observed, that the only dr cision that could he disputed must be one on a point of law, and he referred to chase 50, to show that it was im possible that the right of appeal could be converted into an instrument of oppression. Mr. KEOGH declared that b e cou ld see no val id reason for retaining th e words of th e c l ause . I t was no valid reason that similar words were to be found in the English Bill. He was not one who was in favour of the ea:ension of the discretion of judges as to whether there should be appeals from their decisions; and he was the more especially not in favour of that discretion being vested in the Irish assistant barristerr. They were a body of men of whom he had no wish to speak disparagingly, but they were also a body of men from who. e decisions he would give the right of appeal. There was one o f the members of that body who for years had acted as an assistant barrister though he Is as stone blind.—( Laughter.) The great majority of them had ceased practice ; a few bad been appointed, who had never held a brief at the bar, and it was very im portant t 3 those amongst them who we re not dis tinguished a s goo d l aw y er s, that their decisions should not undergo the revision of a superior court.—(Hear.) As to the objection of the Hon. Member for Kerry, (Mr. M. J. O'Connell), that the power of appeal mi g ht be madle the instrument for rejecting wholesale classes of voters, he referred him to the 53d clause, by which it would be found that the appeals could only be points of law, and that the power was given to the assistant barristers of consolidating all the appeals. Mr. M'CULLA,GH remarked that it was strange that - the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, desiring not to dig hart ge the assistant barristers, should yet have stated , bat one of them had been blind when acting as a judge , and that others had never held a brief. He believed there was no body of men who discharged their duties more to the satisfaction of the public than the assistant barristers of Ireland.—(Hear.) Now, if they did not vest the discretion of the right of appeals in them, in, whom were they to vest it? Was it in the discretion et a factious person disposed to annoy his neighbours? The ob)( ctions might be made by the paid agent of a peel who desired to diminish the number of electors, and by str.king out the words of the clause they would vest a di. cretion in him, and not in the assistant barrister, 0 to exercising the right of appeal. Mr. HERBERT wished to state one fact as to the exercise of the discretion of the assistant barristers. Lle had known of numbers being rejected by the assistant barrister—as many as 30 at a time, that upon appeal to the going judge of assize were admitted to the register. He believed that the effect of omitting the words would be to extend the franchise. He remarked that under the present Bill the appeal, instead of being to the going judge of assize, would be an appeal to the Court of Es' chequer in Dublin. _ . _ _ Mr. FAGAN stated that the present Bill proposed to give a double appeal—an appeal on the part of the claimant as well as the objector. This was a dangerou4 power to give, unless a discretion was invested in the sistant barrister. Mr. L. FOX asked if they did not give a discretion to the assistant barrister who was to determine whstber there was a point of law or not to be decided?—(Hoar.) After a few words from Colonel CHATTERTON, Mr. AGLIONBY remarked that, judging by tie Eng' lish practice and the English law, he considerei this * wholesome provision, and unless he eaw some reason for making the law of Ireland different from the law of England, he would endeavour to make the law as similar as possible. As a member "of the profession, he was utr willing to cast the slightest stigma upon the assistant barristers of Ireland. Mr. WALPOLE was indisposed to leave to the judge°, of any court the power o f d ec idi ng w h et h er an app from their judgment should be given. In England the barristers were appointed by the judges tor the solo purpose of revising the electoral lists; in Irelsnd the barristers were appointed by the executive governmeot , and might be removed by the executive. It was, he, thought, then exceedi ng ly una d v i sa bl e that they shou ld have an absolute discretion as to whether there was to be an appeal or not against their decision. There wo e no analogy, in fact, between the laws of the two coup' tries in this respect; and he hoped, therefore, that the Attorney-General would not persist in retaining this words of the clause. Mr. F. FRENCH supported the amendment. Mr. SHEIL remarked that, as the law now stood, en appeal was only given in one case=that was when th e assistant barristers disallowed the vote. There was no appeal when the vote was allowed. Now a double sr peal was to be given. There would be no appeal upon the question of fact, but only upon the questiea of law' The appeals, then, would not be very numerous. Under these circumstances, he thought the assistant barriste r should have the power of exercising a discretion. Mr. KEOGH explained. Mr. HATCUELL remarked that there Had been great frauds and immorality as to the question of voters' That was set at rest by the present Bill, as the party w° put on the registry by his rating. The questions, don' that would remain to b e di s p ute d were qaestions °t law. The questions would arise in the same way n, s , in England, and, th ere f ore , th e pract i ce of the t w" countries was assimilated. The assistant barristers, wh o were the permanent judges in the counties, and we al had a high character to sus t a i n i n them, would fe e l bound, whenever they saw a reasonable ground, to tell the opinion of the superior courts upon points of 1 0 ' The Committee then divided, and the numbers were"' For the amendment ... ... 33 Against it... ... 10 . 2 Majority against it ... ...-69 The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses to 65 inclusive were also agreed to. Clauses 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, and 71 were agreed to with some verbal amendments. On clause 110 being proposed, Mr. CONOLLY moved its rejection. The gallery was then cleared for a division. T he numbers were— For the clause ... ... 125 Against it... ... 42 Majority .. • . —B3 The clauses to the end of the Bill were agreed to, W I the exception of clause 118, which was struck out. The postponed clauses were then proceeded with. On Clause 44 being proposed, 10 Mr. HENLEY thou g ht th at some sca l e shou ld fixed, and some provi s io n ma d e , f or t h e expenses o f c at rying out the registration. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know if these experts tO were to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund ? The ATTORNE f-GENERAL replied that tte e l were. Colonel SIBTHORP said he should divide the C° l3l° mittee against the clause. Strangers were ord ere d t o w i t hd raw, b ut so div isi oa taking place, the clause was agreed to. Several other clauses were then agreed to. Mr. FAGAN then proposed the clause of which b :, had given notice—namely, That when any lands, °f r o meats, or heriditame n t s s h a ll b e j o i ntly occupied by Ili"„/ persons than on e , eac h o f such j o i nt occupiers to claim to be rated in the same manner as is hereinbei ° ; o provided in the case of a sole occupier, and shall 10:0 h his name inserted i n th e rate b y t h e guardians ; and dl case of their negle c t or re f usal, shall be deemed to p rated in respect of suc h prem i ses i n respect to which f shall have so cl a i me d t o b e rated; provided always, tvi,f the net annual valu e o f suc h prem i ses, w h en di v id e d ", the numbtr of such j o i n t occup i ers , s h a ll g i ve a net °OOl nual value of St or up war d s f or eac h u f suc h person s, v not otherwise." After a short discussion the clause was withdrawn' of Mr. G. A. HA YIILTON then moved the addition the following clause and f orm of affidavit:—.. And Il e a enacted, that it shall be la w f u l f or any person entitho, to register and vote for any county, city, town, or rough in virtue of a q ua lifi cat i on not requiring °elf Lion, to verify the same by taking and subscribing o f oath in form schedule D, to this Act annexed, attio superior court of rec o rd, or b efore any judge of fs,t,'lo in Great Britai n or I re l an d ; and the said oath abol„'not subscribed by one of t h e j u d ges o f the court before viutvbe the same was taken, and to transmit suc h a ffid av it to ' fa clerk of the peace of the county, city, town, or boroni e in which the qualification may bo situate, on or bef ° o the 24th clay of August in any year; and such afficl ii i t y (a claim to register having been duly made as bee p 0 before provided) shall be taken to be prima facie erideo of the right of such person t o h ave hi s name i ns erted the registry or list of voters for such county, city, t ° or borough. " Schedule D. it 9 " A. 8., of ,in the cou n ty, ( or i n the c town, or borough) of , Esquire (or as the desef t ' e f tion• may be), do swear th a t l am ent itl e d t o reg l9 and vote fur the county (or city, town, or beroug . ll, An i the case may be), in vi r t ue o f a qua lifi ca ti on consisim• of a freehold (or l e a se hotd, or as th e case mg " - o/ arising out of the land s ( or h ouses or o th er propeel' the case may he), of , lyi ng , b e i ng , or sitetW a t o (naming townland or denomination, and, Ø i e barony, and street, if in a c ity, t own , or b oroug h), 0 ' 4 ,0 clear yearly value of L at th e l eas t, over and s t ivi -all - rents and charges payable out o f th e same , e xceP'ols only public and Parliamentary t axes , coun ty, o r PI o f ceases or rates; and (where the same i s ..h e ld by dee o r instrument) that the same arises from a deed or iol li h ot ment bearing date the day of ' an I have not accepted or proc ure d t h e same moon.- n o .nor - in exchange for a qualifi ca ti on i n an y o th e r Nu" city, town, or borough." ed) Mr. HATCHELL (the S o li c it or -G enera l f or Irels 0 0 opposed the propos e d c l ause , w hi c h h e cons id e red 10 less, and as calculated 't o g i ve an a d vantage to one COOO of voters over another. B y t h e present law sal d having a bona fide claim to register had his right alloi!he audit was only those who had not who were denied franchise. - Mr. H. HERBERT supported the clause, and 1 101) it would be persevered in. Ist Mr. NAPIER and Lord BERNARD also spoke in ftsf ) of it. After a few words from Mr. French, Col. Rawdon. • Capt. Taylor, W l° The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the 0 1 as not being in accordance with the principle of ghe tt o, Mr. WALPOLE expressed a hope that his i p/0 Fr,ead would not divide the Committee on the the operation of which, if agreed to, he feared ft ° lead to some abuses. bsd After a few words from Lord Naris, Mr. Prone!) , Mr. Scully, 1 ,00 Mr. WALPOLE gave as an i nstance o f h ow the cofe might work, that a person in England might clair e b pjf• franchise, and no opportunity would be afforded of log his qualificration. The clause was then withdrawn. 0% Colonel CHATTERTON then moved a c lause, gis• the right of voting f o r c iti es an d b oroug h s t o that „jo of voters called non-resident freemen, but who are dent within the bounds of the county. ,„ f edt The CHAIRMAN said the clause couldn't be re,:,011 and he suggested that it should be taken on the Wm' up of the report. lso Lord J. RUSSELL said ho would oppose the whenever it was brought up. The clause was postponed. bl e The schedule was agreed to, and c i ao the pres ta and the Bill was ordered to be reported. The House then resumed. DISTRESSED UNIONS (IRELAND)• dill° Lord J. RUSSELL moved the secon d re ading " Distressed Unions (Ireland) Bill. eh Colonel SIBTHORP complained that the Bill e ta to be read a second time at that late hour (a g e _ A sif il ; ofe 4 twelve), especially as cer t a i n returns w hi c h he gbei, for were not yet laid before the House, althoug h el had come over. H e th oug h t i t a surreptitious 01° 51 0 proceeding to smother such important returns; • the whole of them ought to have been printed belo' fro ye: motion. He should object to any further grantee' land from the pockets of the people of this coulltagss. from any unkind or unchristian motive, but riptes there were 8,000,0001, already due and unpaid, 1 • ob i the misrule of the Government, who had reduce e u otrie country to a condition of incapacity. This strl. nr th , not he the last ; it w as a l ow di r ty bribe to b y tbe Irish; but th e y w e re t o o honest to be led away' "ling bribe. The Noble Lord might set steel traps ana ef d not guns, but he would catch no game: the people wati, so the bo humbugged. It was his daty to the countrY„.o o part of the Noble Lord to furnish the returns be (vv. 1,0 S.) had moved for ; and if he did not do so, is go de duty not to bring the Bill forward in such a thin c rijoe• He decidedly objected to the grant, and he hop ed Members on his side of the House would refuse 03:001 tion of the Noble Lord. He should therefore Woe' the House adjourn. 00 1814 Mr, FRENCH hoped that the NO* alld Office; vidino the d; Lor expre E There tlr On t h t he N Th Co 'Plith( or et 4 Ti Mn Mon ec kld thi rd th e i kou