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Tiltrb Etittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BA KS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER CUM- PANIES' STOCK. From tie Gfficiai List, PUBLISHED EVERY TV2ADAT AND FRIDAY EVENT O. LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 16. JOINT-WrOCIL n.a.zalc.s. Dividend ' Amount ;lane of Company. i per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. a. s. d. Australasia 40 0 0 40 0 0 Britsh.North American 51. per tent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Commercial of London 161. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 .. •• • .... 51. par cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26 % Xiandon Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 18 7 Metropolitan • ..... 25 0 0 710 0 I Provincialof Ireland.- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 i Ditto, New..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland . • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Nat. Provncial of En;. 51. per cent. 1100 0 0 35 0 0 t Ditto, New... • • 5/. per cent. , 20 0 0 110 0 0 Union of Australia • • 61. per cent.; 25 0 0 25 0 0 Union of London. •• •. 51. per cent.: 50 0 0 10 0 0 _ CANALS. Nesof , t Dividend Names of 1 1 'Dividend' Price. ' 1 s. , Price. Companies. 12, per Companies. 0 4 Annum. cc Annum., 0 ...------- 1 - - - - IXI • X kshtn& Oldh 197 51.55. p c !. 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. I - Mntgomrysh 1100 51. - Barnsley •• .. 160 121. 1 180 31acclesteld.;100 - - Basingstoke.. ,100; - 1• - Neath .. .• • • !100 20/ . 340 Brkn k&Abrg 'l5O, 51. 185 Nottingham .1150 121. - I .llromford ..• • 100 14/. - - Peak Forest.' 78 31. 40 Dudley I 100: 4/. - R egent ' s .. • • 1 33 11. 4 s. i 20, 6 Derby Ellsmre&Chs 133; 4/. 51 Shropshire .. 125 81. - Erewash -• . 100! 321. - S omrset C oa l-150 71. 10 s . 130 Forth & Clyd i 100; 4/. i- - Do.Lk Fd St! 12 6/. p. c. - Grand.lunetnilK 61. , 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 275 Grand I.7nionloo' 11. 10s. , - Shrewsbury...l2s 151. Glamorgnsh. 1721 13%1. I - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305 t astr& Brkly tOO I - 1 - Strtfrd on Ay i 79 1/. 103. - Grantham • • 150; 121. i - Severn and i 1 , 26 11. as. - Huddersfield. 571 - 1 - Wye Rail. , Kent dr. Avu 39 , 7s. 6d. - 5 Tmt& Mr- 1 1 50 30/. - Lancaster - soy • ... Leeds& Livrp ! 1001 341. , 505 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester 'l4o' 10/. ' 75 Worcitr tzl .„4. 21. 41 Leicstr &Nth 83' 41. ! 36 Birming. j ' Loughborogh 142, 701. , 530 Wilts ilz Brks, 67 11. I 11 DOCXS. Dividend Amount Name of Compaay. per of Paid. Annum. Share. , X s. d. X s. d. Commercial East and West India East Country Undon St. Katharine • • ...... 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton • • ,-- 0 0 Price. XNSITIZANCE COMPANIES. • 1 Dividend ; Amount Name of Company. 1 per of I Paid. Price. 1 Annum. Share. i Z s. d. X s. il. Albion ...... ..... ... A 101 1500 0 0 i 50 0 0 .74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. !WO 0 0/- 11 0 0 l 7 Ditto Marine. ••• • - • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas ~.•-•••• • - . • • • • 13s. 6ki. pr sh. 50 13 0 5 0 0 - British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,lted.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 1100 0 0 - 210 0 20% County .... ••••• • • • • . 31. 1100 0 0' ; 10 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 11 Eagle •-•• • • • - ...... .. ,-,.. 50 0 0; 5 0 0 51( Eng. & Scot. Law .. .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life •• • ... 5% per cent.l 20 0 0 All paid. - Freemasons' .•••• .. • . 51. per cent. ;20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe • .....s .. .. • ... 61. per cent. ; Stock. - 127 Guardian ••- • . Imperial Fire •••• • • - 61. and bonus; 500 0 0 150 0 0 I - imperial Life •.• . • ... 12s. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine •- • 11. sh. & bs. i 100 0 0 I 513 1 - Law Life........ .... IL ss. 1100 0 01 10 0 0 - ..egal and General Life - 150 0 0 I 2 0 0 - :;andon Fire .. .. .. 10s. r 25 00i12 10 0 14% London Ship ..• • - -10 s. 25 0 0112 10 0 14% Marine .• ........... 5/. per cant. 1100 0 0 15 0 0 9 4 Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 1500.0 • 2 0 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 I 210 0 - National Life • ........ 81. per cent. 100 0 0 ' 5 0 0 - Palladium Life- - 51. per cent. i .50 0 0 2 0 0 413 xd Phsnix .. ....... ... .. 31. p. ct. & bs. I - - 185 Protector Life.. - ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. ProvidentiLife.. •• - -1/. Sc. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - R.,ck Lite....4s. 5 0 0 0 10 0 4% 'Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 180 dun Fire - - - Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. - - - Universal Life ....... 10%t. pr cnt I 100 0 6 15 - MIST OP SCOTTISII COMIZP4LNLES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Coriapany. per of Paid. . Pricc. Annum. I Share. , 1 X S. cl. X s. d Bank of Scotland .• .• • 61. per cent. i 100 0 0 1 168 Roy - al Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 1 151 .British Linen Company 81. par cent. ! 100 0 0 200 Commercial Bank .. . 61. per cent. 1 100 0 0 162 National Bank ...... .• 1 61. per cent. ' 10 0 0 141 6s. Union Bank of Scotland i 7 3¢l. pr sent. I 50 00 88 Western Bank ........ , 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 82 North of Scotland Bank I 61. per cent. 50 0 6 3 4 Clydesdale Bank .... •• i 61. per cent. i 10 0 0 13 3: Eastern Bank Caledonian Bank .... • 7%1. pr cent. i 210 0 41. 9s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert.! 50 0 7 City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 1 10 0 0 133 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. :20 0 0 1 0 0 ,225, 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12% Insur. Co. of Scatlnd Si. per cent. 'lO 0 0 All paid. 8% Korth British Inenr.. • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 26 Caledonian Fire Insur. 1101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2238 Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cant. ,100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. &masc. Railway 1/.los. per s. i 5O o 0 50 0 0 69 Ditto, 1 4 shares • &tin., Leith, & Grantn 120 0 0 20 0 0 20 , , Ghtsgvf & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 150 0 0 All paid. ' 61% raiasgw& Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 t418;, - w &Garnklrk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 , All paid. 393¢ Dundee & Arbroth Rail. , 61. per cent. 25 0 0 I .tll paid. ' 37 Pltandard LiteAssorrice.l Si. per cent. 150 0 0 1 2 10 0 9 WELTEIt- W OSCILS. Dividend ; Amount Name of Company- per j of ' Annum. I Share. East L0nd0n.......... Grand Junction .• .. • • SI. 3%. 109. Kent • • • • • • • • • • • • .1 • . 31. Vauxhall .. ........ West Middlesex . . . 51. 10s. pr ent. Paid. Price, s. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 16.) SUGAR. —To-day the home trade purchased Raw Sugars with increased freedom, whilst exporters were more inclined to do business, and better prices were obtained for all sorts. The purchases made in West India Muacovadoe were extensive, and for bright gro cery kinds the rates obtained were 6d above those of last Friday ; for grey and brown mere money was obtaired, so that for tbese sorts prices close the same as on Friday last. At public sale 110 hhds Trinidad were sold at 38s to 38s 6d for low and mid yellow. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were extensively dealt in by the home trade, and prices further advanced, brown grocery Lumps selling at 57s 6tl to 58s, and Standard Lumps at 58s 641 to 595. Bonded Crushed Sugar is little required, and 31a 6d to 32s is the present value of the best. MAUnITIL'S.—This afternoon, at public sale, 942 bags 'and 49 casks Mauritius were offered, and taken in at rather above the value—good and fine yellow at 43s to 465, middling 40s 6d to 41s, low 36s to 39s 6d, fine brown 37s to 37s 6d. 52 puns Trinidad Molasses at 20s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal Sugar niet with attention, and 1,579 bags at public sale were all sold at rather higher rates—fine white Benares at 48s, good middling and good 45, 6d to 46s 6d, damp and washed 42s to 47a. Madras is not much required, and 419 bags were taken in at 34s for damp yellow and brown. FOREIGN. —There has not been much desire evinced on the part of exporters to do business, whilst the hom e trade purch ase d on l y small parcels by Privat e treaty, al though there were sellers upon former lower terms. 'I he refiners working under bond are not much in want of Sugar at present. At public sale 3,788 bags and 145 chests Pernambuco were offered. MOLASSES.—In West India the business transacted privately has been trifling in a ll sorts. In East India little business has been done, and prices still tend down wards, whilst there is a fair supply. COFFEE.—This afternoon Native Ceylon was wanted, and the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 1,435 bags were nearly all sold at full rates. 12 casks and 539 bags Plantation Ceylon were chiefly disposed of at steady rates. Of Jamaica 17 trcs 82 barrels 6 bags veers sold at full rates. 25 bags St. Domingo sold at 32s 6d for pale. Of Mucha the quantity offered at Public sale was large, and amounted to 519 bales 365 half bales ; nearly the whole was taken in above the • • C Ov ° 4 .—Althou h West India can be obtained at a Teguctiou desire ha on torme g r rates of 2s to 3s per cwt, still little ii ii rs %b ir. ari o t r i)e aor tt : 7 Cn v i . n w e e e r d e to operate,and 102 barrels pearl', all iken in and with re arrivalshaei4 sitailillienzet,efidituhothsee kintli. of (loc.: t h e n "' 18 heavy of disposal. Of all evince of last year. %lack this week, still holda Alport fully former rates for all kinds, demand for ckln,Congou only fi w rm laZt es t ' h a er n e d is but .a moderate quantity on offer. amount ofbusidess has been a small be obtained under 9d, and goodze, but common cannot greed former ritka ire asked, b u ; ° : ll h E 'c'n 9 id per lb. For has not been.of much moment in any business concluded sit public sal, 1,7 6 8 7 i t ; Rice were sold at a decline on former rate" Singapore middling white went at 14s to 15s, good i s 5 , if 6d to 16; sea damaged 8s 6d to 14s. P )little-r.vatel 3 ud 4, 16; was dune iu any sort of rice. SPICES;—TO-day at public sale 1,016 bags picked Zanzibar Cloves were only in part sold at Bicl to Sid for five, and at 7d fur ordinary. 32 bags Bourbon fetched 7d per 119. SPIRITS. --There is a plentiful supply of Rum, and the quantity on offer far exceeding the demand, a further fall in the value must be quoted. The deliveries con tinue to be unsatisfactory, especially for exportation ; Jamaica is offered 1(1 to 2d per gallon under former lit, rates, still the purchases made trade. haveb The total eentrifiin salesginall kinds by exporters an d the home puns. High flavoured since this d ay wee k are on l y 200 is torts 5s 2d to 5s 3d. East India littit.),ro.u.tiri,eetit,vaarndd proof with certificate can be procured at ;lb Island havo been operated in with caution, and prices,o Bare yet on the deelli,e. Denaerara is dull of sale. t Brandy prices remain much the same as on this day rand but there hat been little desire to do business by exportsers or the home trade. Geneva is in good request (imp )rtation at 2s 8d to 2s 9d, and roe fine for home use at 35 to 33 3d. For British C6rn Spirits the demand is dull. • Noroo.---The quarterly commenced on T ues sale of E ast India which pacted, 40134611 day has gone off better th an was ex 14AD lalv duluess that Pr fled in trade generally. Importers of Bengal shewing a desire to realise occasioned the home and export demand to be good for all sorts, whilst the principal portion passed the hammer has been sold ; anod and fine qualities brought last sale's rates. Kurpah has been only in moderate request at from last sale's quotation to 21 per lb in advance. There was little disposition evinced to do business in Madras, but buyers are compelled to pay the rates of the May sale to 2d per lb advance. There has been only a moderate attendance of exporters or the home trade. To-day during the progress of the sale 91 chests were withdrawn, and 906 chests have passed. There is no alteration to notice in the prices of Bengal, which remain very irregular. SALTPETRE.—AII qualities of Rough are much re quired by exporters and the home trade, and in conse quence of the scanty supply, buyers are compelled to pay stiff rates. In British Refined a good deal has been done at 33s to 33s 6d, at which prices are firm. Nitrate of Soda is in little request. OILS —Although the supply of Linseed is not large, still there are sellers upon further reduced terms. On the spot the home trade operated with caution, and only small parcels were taken by exporters, whilst 27s per cwt was accepted. There are sellers for forward delivery at 26s 6d, but few contracts have been concluded. The consumption, however, does not decrease. There is no further advance to notice in the value of Rapeseed Oil, but large purchases have been made. Olive Oil cannot be quoted higher, but the demand is good both from exporters and the home trade. Of Palm the stock has been further increased, still the market is firm, and many purchases have been made. Cocoa Nut is less required, whilst the supply is on the increase, and prices are on the decline. The value of Lard Oil is 43s to 475, end of African ground Nut Oil 415 to 428 per cwt; but little business has been done. Of Fish Oils there are large arrivals, still holders are firm, and there is no decrease in the demand. Southern of ad sorts has been in excellent request; at public sale 100 tans were all sold. In pale Seal a good deal has been done, other kinds have been sold to a fair extent. For Cod a fair demand exists, and there is but a moderate quantity on offer. Sperm does not improve in value, as there is a plentiful supply, but by private treaty several purchases have been made. TALLOw.—Russsian on the spot is offered upon fur ther reduced terms; still the town and country trade have purchased with caution. There has been little business transacted: for forward delivery. Other sorts of Tallow are little wanted, and can be obtained upon rather lower terms. The value of rough Fat is 2s 9id per stone of Blbs. The supply from St. Peters burg h this:season is estimated at from 135,000 to 140,000 casks. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The .40RD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from an in dividual, complaining of the Tithe Commutation Act. The Noble and Learned Lord also presented a petition from Mr. Robert Owen, praying their Lordships to ap point a Select Committee to inquire into the plan he proposed to adopt for the improvement of the condition of the people of Ireland. CONFERENCE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL appeared at the bar, and requested, on behalf of the Commons, a conference with their Lordships, on the resolutions adopted by their Lordships with respect to the reception of Bills. The .LORD CHANCELLOR informed the Noble Lord that their Lordships had agreed to the conference. The following are the Noble Lords composing the con erence:—The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Monteagle, Lord Sidney, Lord Strafford, the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Colville, and the Earl of Redesdale. Their Lordships having retired for a few minutes, re turned, when the Marquis of LANSDOWIsTE stated that the Commons had agreed to the resolutions proposed by their Lnritsh;ps. DRAINAGE OF LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. PUNISHMENT OF VAGRANTS (IRELAND) BILL. A conference with their Lordships having been re quested by the Commons, with respect to this Bill, the above-mentioned Noble Lords were appointed for the purpose. On their return, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE reported that the conference on the part of the Commons was conducted by Sir G. Grey, and that the conference left with them their reasons for diagreeing with amendments which their D•rdships had inserted in the Bill. A vast number of Bills were brought up from the Commons, the titles of which were read by the Clerk at the table; the whole of them having been brought up under the new rule—namely, by list. Olcourse, a con siderable saving of time was the result. MUSCLE FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the committal of this Bill, and explained the nature of it, and defended its pro visions. He said, under the present law persons poaching on oyster beds rendered themselves liable to twelve months' imprisonment, and that the present Bill would simply assimilate the law with respect to muscles to that of oysters. Muscles were now most inadequately protected. Lord _BROUGHAM opposed the Bill on the ground that a person who simply fished up a mussel, or who fished for one ineffectually, would render himself liable to most severe punishment, far more severe than the nature of the offence required. Snails and suckles, which he had been blamed for calling a mixture of leather, salt, and tand, and as wanting in his apprecia ti. n of the fine arts—(lleac, hear, and laughter)— were a respectable class of society, and he really was at a loss to understand why they should not be pro tected.—(Renewed laughter.) Why, the Lord Advo• care, from the Bill had eminated, by his anxiety to pro tect muscles would be entitled to have a muscle embla zoned on his banner at the next election.—(Laughter.) It was quite ridiculous to frame such stringent promises for the protection of such unimportant property. Why. if a boy on his way to school took a muscle out of the water and ate it with his knife, he would be branded as a felon. He hoped the Bill, thereto, e, would not pass. Lord CAMPBELL said fisheries were granted by the Crown to the persons who held them, and surely they ought to have that protection at the hands of the law which other property, such as canals, &c., enjoyed. Their Lordships then went into Committee on the Bill. and the clause having been agreed to, the Chairman reported the result to the House. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKF It took the Chair shortly after Three. NEW MEMBER FOR CORK. Dr. PowErt was introduced by Mr. Maurice O'Con nell and Mr. Callaghan, and took the uaths and his seat for the couhty of Cork, in the room of the late Daniel O'Connell. Esq., deceased. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL. Sir DE LACY EVANS, after some discussion as to the incorrectness of the division that took place upon the Parliamentary Electors Bill, withdrew the measure fur the present session. , TRE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY l 6l )847. THIRD READING. The Edinburgh and Bwhgate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) Bill was read a third time, and passed. LORDS AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway (Deviation of Main Line and Chester Branch, &c.) Buckingham and Brackley Junction Railway, and Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation and Extension of Lines. Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway). Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holyhead). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the north shore of the river Tay). Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railways Amalgamation, Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Raiiway (Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch). London (City) Improvements. Northe Guildford,rnContie sUannidonßeßiagialwte lil ayiDeg a ia y t . ion. Reading, South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Penis tone, &c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rail way, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal). Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Wear dale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Railways, and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation. York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station and Branches). SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN TRINIDAD. Mr. FIUME presented a petition from Trinidad coal plaining of the present system of Government in that colony, and praying for a House of Assembly. iP9 . f7R-LAW. Mr. OSBORNE . presented, a petition from the Tip • perary Union, stating that tberntes under the new Irish poor law could not be collect4without bloodshed. PORT u-GA L. _ Russell) a quest i on i n t h e a b s ence Affairs. By the second Mr. OSBORNE wished to askthoef Noble Lord o L bl o e rd Lo ( r J d . the Se cretary -f or F ore i gn A • article in the treaty with Portugal pro vided th at the decree a taking away the liberty itw ofthe a s subject of the press should be revoked. Now, as the Diario recently issued contained a decree continuing a suspension of the liberty of the subject and of the press, for, an indefinite period, he wished to know whether the Noble Lord was aware of this ; and whether he in- Po to take any step to c mpel the Government of rtugal to tulfil the tieaty ? ti Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who spoke very indistinctly, say, that he was aware that the was understood to liberty of the subject and of the pevreosskehdt.id T bee he n r s o u v s o p c e a n . c i l o e n d and that they had not been r Qof the decrees on the subject was assented to by * the ueen and her Governroent, but refused by .Innta ; but he believed the continuation of the the dzcr plained of was merely ternperary, ma d th at it would bl:3 ix/moth:tie lv revoked. Mr. B. OSBORNE also wished to know whether it was true Viet the French and Spanish Atabassadora had protested against the contsuct of Colonel Wylde at Oporto ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he believed they had pro tested. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. HINDLEY wished to know whether, in th© event of atil.B4l cow down from the House of Peers with the clause of the Hon. Member for Evesham (Mr. Borth wick) omitted, the Government would consent to its re insertion ? Mr. FERRAND said no less than fifty Members who had left town had stated that if the Government offered any opposition to the clause that they would come up to town for the express purpose of supporting it. If the Government would state that they would not oppose the insertion of the clause much incovenience might be saved. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would be very unwilling to create a precedent by stating what he would do on the mere supposition that alterations had been made in the Bill by the House of Lords. This, however, he would promise the Hon. Gentleman to do. As soon as the Bill came down, he should move that it be taken into coesideration on Monday—(Hear)—and he would then state what course the Government would pursue. Mr. FERRAND wished to know if it was to be un derstood that the Bill would come from the House of Lords this day? Lord J. RUSSELL said he understood that the Bill was placed in the hands of the messengers yesterday, and that it would be brought down to-day. Mr. FERRAND inquired if the Government would give a pledge that they would not take the Bill till late in the evening, in order that Hon. Members might come up to town, in the event of the Government opposing the clause.—(Cheers and laughter.) CHELSEA EMBANKMENT—METROPOLITAN IMROVE ENTS. In reply to Sir R. H. INGLIS, Lord MORPETH stated that the Treasury had autho rised the expenditure of 50,0001. for the purpose of con structing an embankment at Chelsea, but the works had not yet been commenced, owing to the arrangements which it was necessary to make with persons possess;ng property on the banks of the river—the Marquis of Westminster and others. His attention would be earnestly directed to the subject during the recess. Lord J. RUSSELL said, it was true his brother the Duke of Bedford had offered to subscribe a considerable sum towards the metropolitan improvements, on condi tion that a certain sum, for the same purpose, should be raised by a tax on coals coming into the river ; but the Government believed, looking at the high amount of the present coal duties, that they could not have effected these improvements without subjecting coals to a charge considerably beyond that now charged by law. It would be necessary to introduce a Bill on the subject. But both out of office, and now in office, he considered that the levying of such a tax was a most objectionable source of revenue.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had given the most careful at tention to the subject, and he was of the same opinion. SIR EARDLEY WILMOT. - In answer to a question from Sir C. DOUGLAS, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he did not see that there were any public grounds which would justify the House in coming to any resolution on the subject of the family of Sir Eardley Wilmot. He had no doubt that Mr. C. E. Wilmot was a very deserving person, but he could not thence agree in the opinion of the Hon. Baronet that the Honge should come to any resolution in his favour. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME then moved an address to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct, that there be laid before this House copies of the overtures made to Purtaub Sing, twenty years Raja of Sattara, and now an exile at Benares, to the effect, that if be world renounce his claim to the sovereignty of Sattara he should be allowed to change his place of residence and enjoy other advantages, in return for his compliance with these degrading proposals ; also, copies of the orders by which these overtures were made ; also, copies of the answer of the ex-Raja to these overtures; and also copies of the correspondence between Major Carpenter, the officer in charge of the ex-Raja at Benares, and the Governor-General, and the St cret Committee of the Court of Directors in England on the subject. That her Maj. sty would also be gra ciously pleased to comply with the petition of the ex- Raja, presented to her Majesty in March, 1845, and grant him such a trial as the poorest peasant in her Majesty's dominions is by law entitled to claim. The Hon. Member denied that the assertion of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Board of Control, that the late Raja had been taken from a prison by the British Government, to be placed on the throne of Sattarah. The dignity belonged to him by right, having been handed down from his ancestors. He also denied the second and third assertions, that the Prince had been found guilty of treasonable practices continued from an early period, and that Generals Briggs and Robertson were aware of them. The Raja had been held up as model for the princes of India ; and a sword had been sent to him, as a mark of respect from the East India Company. The Hon. Member read letters from Generals Briggs and Ro bertson, to disprove the latter assertion. Having made these explanations, which he was prepared to prove by the evidence of all the papers, substantiated by the parole evidence of Colonel Ovans, if the House would compel his attendance. He would now proceed to refer to other portions of this case, which had been adverted by the Right Honourable Baronet. He had five witnesses at present in London, who were well acquainted with the facts of the case, and who were prepared to prove that the Raja was guiltless of the charges made against him, and that all the allega tions were without foundation.—(Hear, hear.) All that the Prince wanted was, that an investigation should take place, and that he should have an opportunity of fairly meeting the charges against him. He (Mr. Hume) was prepared to prove his innocence, if he had the opportunity, and he would not detain the House any longer as he thought he had stated sufficient grounds why the inquiry should be instituted. All he wanted was a trial in any way the Government might think necessary, and he hoped the House would pardon him for the time he had occupied in bringing this matter before it. Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE said, that as he had already occupied the attention of the House two hours and a half on this subject, he did not think it necessary to dwell upon it now. There was not a statement which had been made by the Hon. Gentleman with reference to some parts of the evidence but was wholly at variance with truth. (LEFT SITTING.) BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of July, 1847. IBBUZ DIPARTMEN T. Notes issued.... •• • • 23,304,805 X. Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 7,905,903 Silver bullion •• • 1,393,841 X 23,304,805 X Ca 23,304,805 M. MARSHALL, Chief shier. Dated the 15th day of July, 1847. BANKING DEPARTMEN T. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest .... .••• • • • • 3,551,55! Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 5,245,017 Other deposits • • 9, :05,323 Seven day and other bills Government semi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity)" 11,636,340 Other securities • • 16,747,037 'cotes ••• • • • 4,3;1,330 Gold and silver coin • • 781,570 841,386 £33.496,277 433,496,277 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 15th day of July, 184' COURSE OP EXCHO Amsterdam C.F. 12 5% Ditto, at sight • . 12 3 Rotterdam .... • • 21J. 12 6 Antwerp•••••••••• .... 25 95 ELimburgh M.B. 13 13 • ... • ..... Paris, 3 days' sight •• 25 65 Ditto, ••.. • • ...• 25 95 larseilles . 80urdeaux......... • • 26 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 LNGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraitar •••••• Leghorn Venice. • • Naples ...... • • • • • • • 40% Palermo, peroz • • 120% Lisbon . • • • • • • . iSZ % Oporto .... . • • • • • • • 33% Rio Janeiro .... • • • • • • 26 8ahia....... .• .. Buenos Ayres .. • • • • • • New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia •• • • • •• Paicas Op BULLION, PLR OZ. Foreign Gold In bars.. 17 9 New Dollars • • .• • • 0 4 10% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 0 0 0 Silver in bars • • • • 0 4 11% Vienna, efTec.ilo lO 4 Trieste, ditto lO 5 Madrid .... ...... ...• 47.. Cadiz • • •.. : .... • Bilbao.. • • • • .. • • Barcelona THE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 14, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles H. Broa , lwood, E.g., Exon of her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Henry Chard, Esq., resigned. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, JULY 15. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Stephen Jordan Rigaud, M.A. F.B.A.S. SeniOr Assistant Master at Westminster School, to be one of his Royal Ilighnesg's Chaplaius. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve' of Mr. William Carrol, as Consul at St. Helena for his ,Majesty the Bang of Sweden and Norway. • WHITEHALL, JULY 14. ''' - • , The Queen has been pleased, to present the Reverend aohnSearth to tlfe "clitiieli at 'Sandwick, in the, united parishes of Sandwick, Dunressness, and Cunningsburgb, in the presbytery of Lerwick ,and stewartry of Orkney and. Shetland, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Alexander Shand, late Minister thereof, to the parish of Nesting. WHITEHALL, JULY 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry William Whitehead, of Rochdale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., "to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JULY 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Armitage, of Huddersfield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Edward Swift, nmonger, Walsall, Staffordshire. BANKRUPTS. John Brittan, market gardener, Rediynch, Wiltshire, July 30, and Aug. 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankrumptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall. street; Knight, Basinghall-street. John Wyatt Sugg, architect, Torquay, July 29, at one, and Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaznan, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench walk, Temple, London. din7or: B:s.uinkgeh Lang , s Dolphin, grocer, Bilston, Staffordshire, July 24 and August 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District k r u p a c t ?: Court. Christie, Dudiey. official assignee, Birmingham; Bod. Langley, baker, Brading, Isle of Wight, July 2Bankruptcy, at eleven, and Aug. 28, at twelve, at the Court of 6 xll - street row; kieunsbignotti. • Thomas Green Crofts, draper, Leicester, July 30 and Aug. 27, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. St,phen Hocken, builder, Cornwall-villas, Dalston, July 28, at two, and August 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official-assignee, Abchurch lane, Lombard-street; Cutler, Bell-yard, Doctors' c,na mons. John Snook, builder, Ledhury-road, Paddington, July 27, at half-past one, and Aug. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Fisher, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. William Bromley Cooke, tape- manufacturer, Winshill, Derbyshire. George Whitehead, John Settle, John Smith, John Hyde, William Kelsall, James Holden, Thomas Barlow, Duncan Crighton, John Jones, Thomas MaHinson, Wil liam Foster, David Crighton, and James Ashworth, cotton spinners, Pendleton, Lancashire. William_Alsop Massey, licensed victualler, Liverpool. Henry Clark, oil merchant, Redeross-street, City, George Robert, miller, Frigg's Mill, Gloucestershire, Joseph Leadbeater Butterell, grocer, Doncaster. John Fearne Gee, manufacturing chemist, Wakefield. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Aluscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending July 13, 1847, is 275. llhd. per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. !MUSE OF LORDS,.7uIy 15. POOR-LAW ADMINIS ['RATION BILL. _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOV.}.l\TE;novecitriethird reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM objected to the Bill being further proceeded with this session, as, without its aid, the law could be administered until next session; and during the recess and next session they would have more time to consider the new powers which this Bill proposed. It was said that the salary of the Poor-law Commissioner, who was to sit- in Par liament, was to be 2,0001. a year, but it ought either to be increased, or reduced at the option of the Government. Now such an officer ought to be placed in a more independent position ; he certainly would have no easy task to perform. He should, therefore, propose that the Bill be read a third time this day six months. He hoped that Mr. Chadwick and Captain Nichols, who were in fact the authors of the system, would still be employed in the administration of the law. They would be removed as a matter of course, if this Bill were passed without compensation. This would be unfair to them and to others connected with the Poor law Commission, as they had borne the brunt of all the labours and odium of the offices which they had held. No term that could be culled from toe English dictionary was spared upon them—they were called •' dictators," " hard-hearted," and " cruel." Com mon charity was not even exercised toward them ; and had the other commissioners stood as firm in the administration of the law, and as heedless of public clamour, as Mr. Chadwick and Captain Nicholls, the law would have been better administered. He thought it right to say this in their behalf, as -he had induced Captain Nicholls to give up an office worth 2,500/. a year to take his present office ; and was he and Mr. Chadwick, who had collected the materials out of which they had framed all the Poor-law Bills, to be left penniless ? - The BISHOP of LONDON said the merit of the poor-law was mainly due to Mr. Chadwick, who pos sessed the facility of making himself master of every subject into which lie entered. No doubt the differences between the' Commissioners and Mr. Chadwick arose from his desire to carry out the law in all its integrity. He had react the correspondence on both sides, and he be lieved this was the extent of his fault, and he thought that he should not go unrewarded. It was understood that Mr. Chadwick should take an active part in the admi nistration of the Poor-law, and it was but natural that he should feel some dissatisfaction if, after- a time, : he found that his influence was not that whialie expected. He would be an useful man to the . public ,in -particular departments—in connexion with sanatory reform, .for instance. He bad known Mr. Chadwick sinceilie com mencement of the inquiry with' respect to the Poor-law, and he considered that he should hot go unrewarded. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, as a member of a board of evardianv, acid as ono anxious to carry out the law, he wished to bear testimony t o t h e hi g h cha racter of Mr. Chadwick. He considered that the whole- sale dismistial of the Commissioners would be grossly -1 unjust. . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the poor law was passed as a temporary measure, and . the parties employed under it could not but look forward to some material alterations in it at a future period ; in fact, that it might undergo an entire change; and yet the commis sioners and others took their respective offices on these conditions. No expectation was held out that they would receive retiring pensions —but he did not deny that they had that claim on the Government which merit must always have. The Act merely anticipated the termination of the commission by a few months, when the employment of all connected with the com mission would cease. The Parliament had had the power, during the whole time the commission had ex isted, either to increase or to reduce the salaries of all the persons employed in connexion with the commis sion. -(Hear, hear.) The salaries were left out of the Bill, and placed entirely under the control of the House Commons.—(Hear, hear.) If any error had been committed, with respect to the salaries for the new commissioners, it was that they were too low—(lt-fir, hear)—but they might be altered hereafter. He be lieved all connected with the commission bad discharged their duty most conscientiously. Earl WICKLOW considered that the salary of a commissioner, who had a seat in Parliament, should not be increased or decreased at the caprice of the Le gislature—such a course was at variance with every precedent. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, in 1831 the salaries of the officers of State and others were reduced by the Treasury. Lord MONTEAGLE corroborated the statement of his Noble Friend. Earl GREY said the salary of the commissioner who would have a seat in Parliament, would be the same as the President of the Board of Trade. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading For the amend:..ent . Majority The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The following Bills were then read a second time : Herring Fishery (Scotland) Bill—Post office Bill—Na vigation (No. 2)—Muscle Fisheries Bill (Scotland) — Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill—Stock in Trade Ex emption Bill—Polling at Elections Bill—Joint Stock Companies Bill. The Compensatio❑ for Damages Bill (Ireland) passed through Committee. The following Bills were read a third time :—Ec clesiastical Jurisdiction AmendmPnt Bill —RailNays (Ireland) Bill, No. 2—Fishery Piers and Harbours Bill (Ireland)—Turnpike Roads (South Wales) Bill—Canada Consolidated Revenue Fund Bill—Print Works Bill— Shannon Navigation - (lreland) Bill—London Bridge Railway Termini—Genet al Enlargement Bill. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. July 15. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Mayor and burgesses of Manchester against this Bill (as we understood). NAVIGATION•LAWS. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liver pool, signed by 1,51)0 shipowners, against any alteration inithese laws ; also a p e titi on f rom Barnstaple to the same eff, ct. TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS. Lord G. BENTINCK called the attention of the House to the infraction, by the Dutch Government, of the treaty of commerce contracted in 1827 between Great Britain and the Netherlands, in respect to the trade and commerce of the eastern territories of both countries, and to ask Lord Palmerston if any remon strance has been made to the Government of the King of the Netherlands. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was unable to answer the question, but perhaps the Noble Lord would defer it till his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foriegn Affairs was in his place : ________ _ _ Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said he would readily do so. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE complained that a return which be had moved fur, relating to the appointment of officers in the British Museum, and which had been laid upon the table of the House, had not been made in accordance with the terms of the order of the House. Now no appointment was valid unless signed by the trustees—the trustees being the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Arch bishop of Canterbury ; but this return did not specify whether this appointment had been signed by all the trustees or not. A Commission had been appointed to inquire into the manegement of that institution, and he hoped this Commission would make a point of inquiring into the reasons why this return had not been made in the way the House had ordered it, and that they would ascertain whether the appointment had been made le gally or not. Sir H.. H. INGLIS was understood to say that the appointments had been signed by the principal trustee, and that was quite sufficient in law to make them legal. Mr. HUME said the return was certainly not in strict compliance with the order of the House. The Commis sion alluded to by his Hon. Friend had only met twice to arrange their mode of proceeding, but he had no doubt the Commission would not lose sight of the matters mentioned by his Hon. Frieod. „ CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The whole of the clauses were agreed to, and the . House having resumed, the CLIAIRMAN reported pro gress, awl the report was ordered to be brought up to morrow. TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AN JERSEY LAW. The following is an account of justice as administered in the island of Jersey, and is wondrous strange if true: I knew a scoundrel in Jersey, who ~wed a person residing in Southampton 801. The creditor had heard the debtor had come to Jersey; he pursued him to Jersey to obtain the money. The debtor happened to be at the pier head, when his eye saw there his friend, the cre ditor, land frcm the packet, come doubtless to hunt him up. He dogged the gentleman to an hotel, fetched the officer, and served upon him a bill for eighty pounds, at the suit of a Mr. A. The sheriff found Mr. B. at breakfast, and asktd him if his name was Mr. 8., and having replied in the affirmative, he handed him the demand. The astonished Mr. B. looked at him, and recovering a little from his surprise, cried out, Why, odzounds ! the man owes me the money, not I him! lam come over to-day by the packet, on purpose to get it. Ha! ha! this is a capital joke 1' You will not find it one, Sir. Are you prepared, Sir,' demanded the Sheriff, to pay that money?' Un doubtedly not.' roared Mr. B. ; I tell you the scoundrel owes me! Pretty thing, indeed! Ha! ha! That's rich!' Will you find bail that the amount is paid?' pursued the Sheriff. I tell you, Sir, the boot's on the wrong leg; the knave owes me the money, and I have left my business, and put myself to great expense and inconve nience, to come over here and recover it; and as soon as I have swallowed doWn this muffin I shall be off and find him. I must return by the next packet. Ha! ha! that's fat! Me owe it? Ha! ha!' I will wait, Sir.' replied the Sheriff, till you have finished you meal ; and then, Sir, as you will neither pay the money nor find bail, I must fulfil my instructions, painful as they may be. You must con sider yourself try prisoner.' Imagine the surprise, the disgust, the indignation that seized upon the infuriated creditor as he found hiniself actually in durance. And there, in spite of all his ravings about his innocence and the infernal mistake, he remained three long weeks, till he was brought up to the Hall, and no one appearing against him, he was discharged ; for his ras cally debtor had, as you perceive, caused him to be un justly arrested and confined, in order to allow himself a clear exit to France, which he effected. And there was no redress for the poor creditor, so he quietly went to his home at Southampton, after suffering his three weeks' imprisonment in Jersey, minus his eighty pounds, and rejoicing that he was at length out of that infernal place." —7 he Emigrant, by W. H. Leigh. Great excitement was caused on the sth in the peaceable town of Ai. A man, named Victor Moreau, had long entertained a violent hatred agairst his brother Gustave, but it was hoped that his hatred had died away during the period he had served in the army. On his return to Epernay, however, he showed that his senti ments had undergone no change; and he actually bought two pistols, powder, and shot with the remainder of a sum of money which his brother had given him, most of which he had spent in debauchery. He then went to Ai, it is believed, with the firm intention of killing his brother. Luckily he did not find him at home. He then went to several cafés, and drank a great many glasses of liquor, after which he proceeded to the house of an uncle and aunt. He burst into the room, and, without any salutation, said he was hungry. His aunt invited him to eat, and whilst doing so, an old master of his, named Roger, came in, and knowing the violent dis position in which he was, trie.d to calm him. " What do you want here ? " cried the man; " begone ! " and then added, "I must put an end to this; I must kill you !" At the same moment he took a pistol, and fired it at his uncle and aunt, but without touching them. M. Roger again entreated him to be calm, but the prisoner cried out, " Let me alone, or look to your self!" and he immediately fired the other pistol at him. Fortunately he was not injured, and an alarm being given, two gendarmes and several individuals appeared, and all the issues from the house were guarded. " Sur render!" cried one of the gendarmes. "No!" said the man, "and if you advance you are dead!" As he spoke he presented the pistol, which he had re-loaded. "Fire, then," said the gendarme, " but take notice," he added, as he drew his sword, " that if you miss me I will run you through the body!" and turning to the people, he courageously said, " Comrades, if you see me fall, never mind, but seism the man, to prevent him doing more mischief." The man immediately snapped the tri gg er of a pistol, but it flashed in the pan. In the twinkling of an eye he presented another pistol, but he checked him self, and said, " Why should I fire on you? I bear you no malice, and you only do your duty. Look there!" and he discharged the pistol at the ceiling. The gen darme then rushed in and secured him. Besides powder and shot, a poniard was found in his possession Such was the cold brutality of the wretoh, that, after firing at his uncle and aunt and M. Roger, he filled his pipe with tobacco, and tranquilly smoked ft.—Gal/yr/an/. CORRUPTION IN FRANCE. —The late Minister of Public Works, M. Teste, whose conduct cannot bear the test of investigation, has been convicted by a committee of Peers of having sold the concession of a mine of rock salt. This rock has proved one which M. Teste's repu tation has split upon. Salt is usually considered to be a preservaLive against corruption ; but in this instance it has turned out otherwise.—Punch. N A TaTwsl:e were t o h Committee ave appointedassembled foro inquire to hear th e ev id ence o f M r . e the LaAblovs.ev yesterday, Aylvvin in favour of the mainten ance o f t h ese laws; but,ere a fter waiting until two o'clock, and th b Sir t th A e v l l a G st i m being only Howard Douglas present, they could not form a quorum, and accordingly proceedings terminated for this session. GLASGOW PIG-IRON MARKET, JULY 13.—The iron market is very firm this week, and prices have ad vanced to 70s. 6d. and 71s. cash for 3-3ths No. 1, and 2-sths No. 3. Glasgow Chronicle. IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.= Yesterday there was a general meeting of this society at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, to consider the pre sent state of the company's affairs. The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon presided. Colonel Robinson read a de tailed statement of the objects and progress of the society, frotn which it appeared that the number of the tenants), had greatly increased, as well as the amount of the so ciety's rental, and that the tenants' property had more than trebled itself during the course of the last three years, up to the time of the late disastrous failure in Ire land. The society had employed all its tenantry in the bad season in permanent and reproductive works. No one had died of famine on their estates during that pe riod. The general appearance of the crops on the estates was highly favourable, including 100 acres of potatoes. The various crops were growing over 1,200 acres of re claimed land. Amongst the improvements suggested was the construction of a pier and harbour at Kilkerran in Connemara, which would greatly promote the fishe ries and facilitate intercourse with the surrounding dis trict. The Government had given its sanction and sup port to the undertaking. After some discussion, in which the Noble Chairman and several proprietors took part, a vote of confidence was unanimously passed to the directors, and another for supporting them in prosecut ing the objects of the society. A vote of thanks was passed to the Noble Chairman and directors, when the meeting adjourned. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAKI.—One day last week a lady took a first-class ticket, at the Exeter station of the South Devon Railway, for Starcross, and on arriving at her journey's end, she found, to her great chagrin, that she had somewhere or other mislaid it. After searching the carriage in vain, she made up her mind to pay her fare again, and went towards the office for the purpose : meeting the station-master by the way,. she mentioned her loss to him, and found, to her great sur prise, that he was already informed of it. "Be knew it half an hour ago ; she had left it on- the counter at the Exeter station.' - The lady was delighted ; she saved 'her money, and was initiated into one of the mysteries of science at the same time.— Western Luminary. INTERESTING Drscovw.—The Union, of Mans, gives an account of the discovery at Boisse-le-Sec of a subterranean passage leading to a hall nearly fifty feet square, in the middle of which is—an immense stone trable, having above it'a lamp in baked clay, suspended by an iron chain. Another curiods. discovery has taken place at Morellettee, near MaMers. A peasant, who was digging there for clay, found, at about six feet below the surface, a chest, bound with iron, and con taining a long chain and an iron collar, and the head of a man, on which the skin and beard were still intact. DISCOVERY OF A NOTED ENGLISH ROBBER.— The celebrated English robber, " Thunder b o l t , " w ho had for a number of years past successfully eluded all pursuit, died a few days since at Brattleboro', Vermont, where he had resided a number of years, and enjoyed much celebrity as a physician, entirely unsuspected, but much respected. The Barre Patriot gives the following account of the discovery of who he really was:— "During his last illness he refused to be undressed, and when near his end, hired two men to bury him in his clothes, just as he died—a contract which was not ful filled on their part, in consequence of the neighbours, who were desirous of giving his remains a mere decent and befitting burial. On removing his clothes, previous to his being laid out, the cause of this eccentric desire of his was manifest—the withered leg and cork heel, the shot marks and the scar which witnessed a previous attempt at suicide—precisely as laid down in Lightfoot's description of him—marked him as the " Thunderbolt" who had gained so much notoriety in England and this country, as one of the most daring and successful high waymen that men that ever graced the annals of crime. On his person were also found a dirk and pistol, and among his effects, arms of all descriptions, together with watches, diamonds, jewellery, &c., to an enormous value, packed away in sawdust. 110 always went dressed in three suites of clothes, to make his figure more portly, and to prevent recognition, and his withered leg was found wound with cloths, to 1344 4 , it appear the 1540 Of 111. ottugo r New York Raga° , THE NETHERLANDS. On the question being,put-for- the third reading of the New Zealand Bill, • • Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said he wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaira to an alleged infraction of the treaty of the 17th of March, 1824, signed by Mr. tanning and the Right Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn.. ,The treaty provided that, ,with regard to their Indian possessions and the southern Archipelago, this conntry should be placed-upon a' footing with the most favoured nations., Such lining the treaty of -1824, it was alleged by a commercial firm of the highest re 'speetability in Manchester, Messrs. Butterworth, Brooks, and Co., that an infraction of the treaty had been committed by the King of the Nether lands, to the great injury of the commercial interests of Manchester and this empire at large. It was alleged by them, that on the 20th of August, 1846, a treaty was contracted between the King of the Belgians and the King of the Netherlands, affording advantages to the Belgians which were denied to British subjects ; and the question he wished to ask his Noble Friend was, whether his attention had been called to the inf.action of the treaty of 1824, and whether he had made any remonstrance to the Dutch Government, and whether it was his intention to make any, or to obtain redress for British subjects ? Lord PALMERSTON said the matter to which the Noble Lord referred had been some time under the consideration of the Government, and at the present moment it formed the subject of a negotiation between the Netherlands and her Majesty's Government. It was perfectly true, as was stated by the Noble Lord, that a treaty was come to in 1824 of the nature mentioned by the Noble Lord, and it was quite clear that so long as the advantages granted to Belgium wore withheld from British subjects, the provisions of the treaty would be unfulfilled. In fairness, nowever, to the Netherlands Government, it should be stated that a counter demand had been madeby that Government, founded upon the treaty. of 1237. They demanded to be admitted to the same . privile ges w hi c h were granted ,to Hanover. That was still the subject of ' negotiation be tween the two Governments ' and he trusted that: tolifilloAloUrsige feelings which he WttAS mire atliwated the British Government, and he had no doubt inspired that of the Netherlands, would insure the conclusion of these negotiatjons upon a footing compatible with the int , rests of both nations.—(flear, hear.) The subject then dropper). RELIGIOUS PEUSECUTION IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL Sir R. H. INGLIS said he wished to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs with reference to the treatment of British Protestants in the dominions of Spain and Portugal. It would be remem bered that Dr. Kalley was unjustly expelled from Madeira because he was a follower of the Protestant faith ; and as a correspondence had taken place upon the subject between her Majesty's Government and the authorities of Spain and Portugal, he wished to know it the Noble Lord had any objection to lay that correspon dence on the table of the House ? Lord P ALMERSTON said the subject mentioned by his Hon. Friend was one of great importance and no less delicacy; but there could be no doubt that Dr. Kalley had been unjustly treated, and some compensation was due to him from the Portuguese Government for the insults and outrages he had been subjected to. Dr. Kalley was obliged, ,for his personal safety, to quit. An examination was afterwards instituted, and the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor had been dismissed for their excesses on that occasion. A trial of others of the ringleaders took place, but from the con stitution of the jury, and the high position of some of their families, they had been acquitted. Dr. Kalley at present stood in this p.isition. He was at present in England ; he had had his property in Madeira restored to the person authorised by himself to take pos session of it. But Dr. Kalley had now made a demand of compensation fur all the injuries he had received. He (Lord Palmerston) had asked the particular grounds on which he founded his claim, and the amount at which he placed it, but he had as yet received no answer. Trie matter, therefore, rested with Dr. Kalley, and not with him. Dr. Kalley had asked whether he might return to Madeira ? There was nothing to prevent his doing so but his own -apprehen sions. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Baronet would not press for the production of these papers. Sir R. 11. INGLIS agreed to postpone his motion, and the subject dropped. THIRD READINGS. The Militia Pay Bill, New. Zealand (No. 2) Bill, and the Canal Companies Bill were read a third time and passed; as was the Trustees Relief Bill, after a few words from Mr. JOHN STEWART. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL On the order of the day that The Rouse go into Com .mittee on, this,Bill being read, Mr. FREWEN rose to ask the consent of the House to the withdrawal of the following clause, which he had wished to be inserted in the Bill:—And be it further enacted, that from and after the death of the present Archbishop of. Canterbury the patronage of the several advowsons of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, and of Blackburn, in the said county, now held and enjoyed by the Archbishop of Canterbury' for the time being, shall , be septirated from the see of Canterbury, and shall be held and enjoyed .by the Bishop of Manchester for the time being, and his successors. And be it further enacted, that the right of presentment to the several perpetual curacies and chap'aincies, de pendent upon and appurtenant to the said advowsons, shall, when the patronage of the same has vested in the said bishop, be separated from the incumbency of the said advowson, and shall vest in the said Bishop of Man chester, who shall thenceforth appoint directly to the same as the same shall become iacapt, The Hort. MEMBER, after' a few words, withdrew his motion. Mr. HUME said that he had occasion some short time ago to visit the Privy Council—(Laughter)—and he had met two bishops chuckling to each other. He had no doubt (now that the purposes of this Bill could not be mistaken) that the consent of the Government bad been had to the violation of the compact en tered into with the bench of bishops. But no circum stances had arisen to justify this breach of compact. Great alterations had seen made in the laws in favour of civil and religious liberty within these few latter years. Dissenters now formed more than one- half of the whole population of the United Kingdom, and he totally dis approved, in this state of circumstances, of the applica tion of the whole funds originally intended for religious purposes to one sect or party alone. From a return made to this House in the year 1828, it ap peared that there were 2,268 pluralities in con nexion with the Church, and when he proposed a measure to abolish' pluralities, and give a resident clergyman to each parish, he was considered as the greatest enemy to the Church; the fact was, that had his motion been acceded to, it would have been found that in reality he proved himself to be the best friend to the Church by bringing forward that proposition. Then, with respect to the extravagant expenditure of the bishops on their palatial residences, it was most prepos terous. The House completely stultified itself by submitting to this enormous expenditure on the part of those who professed to be the descendants of the Apostles, but who said that. they could not live in anything else but palaces. He should most certainly protest against any abstraction of public money for the purposes of the bishops. It was a most shameless attempt on their part, possessed as they were already of such enormous incomes, to endea vour to obtain it by means of this Bill. He would therefore move that the House go into Committee on the Bill this day week. Mr. M. PHILIPS , thought that unnecessary haste had been used in pressing forward this Bill, and he most cordially seconded the motion of the Hon. Member. There was a strong feeling against the measure in Man chester itself, and very active proceedings had iAtely been taken by an association in that borough, formed for the purpose of obtaining a better and mere equable distribution of the property already possessed by the Church. 'He thought that the better course would be to withdraw the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he certainly could not complain of the opposition that had been again raised to this Bill; but, considering that the second reading had been carried by a division of 124 to 15, the Honourable Member for Montrose could not wonder that he (Lord J. Russell) should propose to proceed with it after so mani fest a concurrence in its favour, so far as it had yet gone, had been given by that House. It appeared to him that the whole objection of the Hon. Gentleman and of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester proceeded upon misapprehension. There was, as he had explained the other day, no compact whatever, nor had he ever heard that the bishops were to be kept up to a certain number, and to have but a certain sum of money —that 39,0002 only should be allotted fur the maintenance of the bishops. He believed, indeed, that as far as the Act was concerned, there was no mention of that sum in it; but it there were any compact, if there did exist any ground upon which any compact could be interred, it was a compact that a Bishop of Manchester should be ap pointed.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman who spoke last treated this as a new question, whereas a Bill passed some ten years ago, to which Parliament had given its assent, for the appointment of a Bishop of Manchester; and, supposing that this Bill did not pass, and Parliament should afterwards refuse its assent to the maintenance of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor as separate sees, the proposition now made would follow that a Bishop of Manchester would be ap pointed; and yet his Hon. Friend seemed to think that the Government now, for the first time, proposed the creation of that see. Then, as to this measure being any surprise on the House, and being hurried forward, the House would recollect that as early us the 12th of Fe bruary a commission had been appointed by her Majesty, to inquire into the propriety of keeping the two sees of St. Asaph and Bangor separate, and of appointing a Bishop of Manchester; so that from that time it must have been clear to the House that this Bill would be in troduced. With respect to his Hon. Friend's statement as to the parochial condition of Manehester not being satisfactory, he conceived that that subject, as well as many others that had been introduced into this discus sion, •did not properly belong to the debate. It they were proposing to take away anything from the paro chial funds of Manchester, and to apply. them them to the appointment of a bishop, he could _ imagine that such an argument might be urged ; but these funds were derived from the diminution of the re - venues'of the bishoprics of Durham and Ely, and if they were not to be applied to the creation of a Bishop of Manchester; 'there was no imaginable reason why they should be applied to the parochial purposes of Man chester more than to any other part of the country.— (Hear.) They would, indeed, be more naturally applied to the parochial purposes of Ely and Durham, and their neighbourhood, than to any part of Manchester. The 'whole of that statement, therefore, was beside the question. His Hon. Friend, who had made a very tem perate speech, and nothing like an attack upon the mea sure, said that, being himself a Dissentee, he could not properly judge of this Church question; but he (Lord J. Russell) must say that it appeared to him that the bishops formed part of the government of the Church of England.—(Hear, hear.) That government was not complete without the ,bishopsf and it was no more nu argument to say that yott'eught _not to have more bishops; because, the paxilichial clergy of Manchester were in want, . than to say . that you ought'not to make efe . , another neral - -by brevet; because you ought to apply .part'pf;i t he money you hive spare in increasing the pay. Of 'the private soldier. The bishops formed part of the government of the Church; they were necessary to it; and, if the number of bishops were not sufficient—it, for instance;: he diocese of Chester were too large for one bishop, and he could not properly perform the duties belonging to it—it was a good argument why that diocese should be divided. That appeared to aim to be a plain and:simple argument on the question. Every religious community, every religious persuasion, had their own church government. Whatever they thought necessary for that government they proposed, and what was thought necessary tor the government of the Church of England was proposed by this' Bill. No one, as he be lieved, suggested the taking away from the Church any of the revenues to apply them to other purposes, and then the question was whether, with regard to those funds, they could be usefully applied to other purposes? He would not, however, at that time enter into the ques tion which had. been raised, whether the whole of the revenues now applied to episcopal purposes could be diverted to objects of another kind; and, havins , now said these few words,'he would not dispute th e rig r lat of the Hon. Member opposite' to oppose the Bill.—(Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that as the Hon. Member for Manchester had made a contessiou of his opinions to the House, he would trouble the House by informing them that he was a sincere member of the Church of England. With respect to the Bill, he thought that the great amount of the - property of the Church formed_ the only fund upon . which future reliance could be placed for the instruction of 'the people of this country in the principles of the Church of England, and he thought that it would be idle to sup pose that any future assistance for the purposes -of- the Chureb of England could be obtained from the taxes levied upon the people of England. The detl,, e this House and the Government was now to deal ewe; the dirt dirtrihution of the Caerch property in such a ma ne d i as might be cazoideri d beat adapted far the ploPe e° o f improving the moral and religious co ndition .4 the people of Englaad..- - Ile certainly did tbl e ; that if the Episc, ep-d' .Fund were to be It, 1 , separate and distinct. under the management of the Le . clesiastical CominisSionera, r it would be better to n3ei s a stand at once, and say-.that this House would Dv' ! sanction the endoWnient ofany future bishops. It . 4 0 ; •, peered that there - we re`. two funds kept Pite:ire by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. These we the "episcopal fund" ''aiitl the "common fill oe, f And an-Act was passed in the year 1840, the eff i e e d i s , which was to fuse into one these two separate an ° „,t duct funds ; but in the year 1841 an Act was P as to amend the Act of 1840, thereby repealing ther, 1 visions of the former 'AC; ; and he could not !,:'4 but that subsequent . Acts had recognised `" ( o, repeal of the provision for the fusion of the two Cue d In the late Government thesUbject of this Bill Wee verb frequently discussed, , btitit ,Was finally decided by the Majesty's advisers that they Would not recommen e ss ig a adoption of the course proposed by the preseet ,vtici During the Melbourne Administration a report was P ri° oll by the Commissioners, recommending that no ilest of the number of the bishops. should be made. ~ o f report was signed by Lord Cottenham, the Mar9 °l g o Lansdowne, Lord Mdbourne, and Lord John Re sse t ee Now, it had been said that the duties assigned t.° to bishops were generally too heavy. This brought W er s, consider really what the duties of these bishops ° b olt First, they had to perform theordination services, w ai t were confined to one of th ce early weeks in the ilci r then they had to make a triennial visitation and erelcoo, tion ; and he was reminded ,ot. the service of the, o r secretion of the-churches, but with respect to the '. * bo ft duties, he thought that he a mild be a fortunate Woe who had three or four of thestaduties to perform il a o half. year. New, he really could not think that ''; io s labours were too much for atikene bishop, and b e of borne out in that opinion by the fact, that in som e the sees the duties were ably performed by bishoes e f t o the age of eighty years. He thought that the 00 0° , 4 0 diocese of Chester was a peculiar ope, and he really the y e"P p te that upon a vacancy occurrin g . in the see of St. - el a g st iol the Bishop of Bangor might have undertaken the " - s jo of the two-sees, and filling up, the vacant see by f go creation of a Bishop o' Manchester. A majority o f sa e, other House,and her Majesty's responsible a dviser Ste ,m -. ...„ however, thought it necessary to-.recommend the diate creation of the'see. of Manchester. It aPP e , that with respect to the episcopallund, there sves aa a' " fot /• plus in hand already amounting to the sum regally 00 the endowment of this neva bishopric, and if he weal , en s Committee on this aft; he shouldk make an arritog ell) ..ol ' at once for ihe - eutter obliteratioteof the distinctne ss the two funds,: and fi,r causing the whole amount (3 g el two funds to be appropriated The the entire wants of to Church ; and it wasalris intentiOP, with that Tie:.„,lo move in Committee to expunge the, second clause of Bill, and he believed that -in so doing he should be oe , carrying out the recornmendation . of the report T , O Ecclesiastical Commissioners. ti-'4in the report 0 4 0 0 , Commission, it appeared that--in die four dioceses ° 1 w ets don, Chester, Yor k, wed LiCbfield, there 0 ' 108 parishes and districts, "containing a tor lation of 2,590,000 persons, with about actw - o tass , dation for only 276,000, and although , s ails that report was printed in the year 1836. Consiow'or efforts had been made to remedy. the evil; still,ito from mitigating, the evil had onlY'aincreased wi th increase of the population. He 2014recated, the„ o " any applicatioa of the funds of the episcopal of ;10( fund towards the erection of new bishoprics, in 6 t e a es meeting the intensity of the evil. lle had the SW: g lO view of the impolicy of creating a new bi s hop 13° 40 0 were to be invested with the whole.honours ati e 7oo° upon his office. It would be causing a most ineld the , comparison to be made between the n e w bishop a n ,„ the others, by keeping the one con s t an tly con fined r e itt / duties of his see, and having no calls upon his i i :tsri, consequence of his attendanCe at :his Parliagn e lool duties. Then again this measure would deprive st - s tr the older sees of the right which they ,had held f_,,,°' of turies, to sit in the House of Lords whenever a 7 41 ,01 0 . 1 occurred; but here exception was to be made i O l,, OP of the sees of Durham and Winchester, but whl' is le this exception be made? He really saw no panel 00 the measure.—(Hear.) He would oppose an ythi a l o e factious opposition to the Bill; he was preparel' es ate into Committee on this Bill, and he was prell'iao o move to strike out from the•preamble of the Bill ° e re words which a hick give or implied sanction to the 0000 tion of any newbishoprics beside the fir s t, a nd telt, le 0 6 also move to strike oat the sec o nd c l ause o f the f i c ft believed that the first measure wou ld b e a fatalKng re' the Church; it was not . orn a m en t w hi c h t h e builw - r i a ite quired, but buttresses to s u pp or t t h e fabric. Eet'eita-tf ing these opinions, he- c o u ld not b ut f ee l, i t his ,r i s - lw adopt the course which he h a d b e f ore _ st a te d it '- intention to take. lit t° Mr. 1). ACLAND thought th a t the. House ong b 10 be obliged to the Right Hon. Baronet for the W e , : 0 05, 1 had made; it showed lully th e reasons w hy the ' 6 4 br i , vernment failed to keep itself in o ffi ce , an d why , i f Ow lost the support of all good and honest chUrchm e l 0 is country. The Right lion. Gentlem an had stated, oe lj stance of the Bishap of Salisbury p e rforming u t ,'"„g be duties, and that of the see of Bath a nd Wells, w' t teilf (Mr. Acland) would take the liberty of denYiltslids and he did so upon the authority of the ~„ 0 , of Salisbury himself.-(Hear, hear.) The s e e for Bath and Wells had suffered very- reu eh Ogiq a time from the want of a bishop. Again, the 100 1c0P Hon. Baronet accused' the laity of not having s ' a tatti this question tairly in the fice; but h e (Mr • en a maintained that they had, and the conclusion th e y i jo e come to was that inuie bishops were wanted.for nolo and proper inana4einent of the ChurCh—hishOps s ear attention should net for the greater portion of thel ep so be detracted from their duties by attendancesiu the P,,er, of Lords, but „ho should tie always engaged i° : s et respective dioceses i n the control und superintendenv2, a ) the clergy placed under their charge.--(Hear, h. - He hoped, thereesse, that when they got into Comn1 1 ;,;a1 the House Would no adopt the proposals of' the /le Honourable Baronet, but pass this Bill in its, tirety. He would say thus much for the Il e re Government that they p a id more attention to Woe presentatives of the Church, and the Dissenting wet' rest of the country, than did her Majesty's late a L df sa ttif During the last ten years, much had passed Which not of them deeply regretted, but he hoped the time li b tar distant when the Di s senti ng b o dy weultrw - ) more united with the parent Church.—(Hear, bea r iTabi j e Sir W. MOLESWORTII regre tt e d that fbe:.. eit teP Lord at the he a d o f t h e G overnment b a d n ot e° ll ble i l l to withdraw this Bill, because it was quite iniPliger a the few days of th e session w hi c h rema i ne d w w hiee the merits of the various and important question°, IP t this measure necessarily gave -rise vs—Week/OOP he protested that the Episcopal funds could b e h s :istl i i to much better and more useful purposes than -t Pi e tit a '''' bhshment of neWbishoprics ; and as for the state w: tbs . ; the Hon. Gentleman who had just resumed his t A n ah . 41 ; the laity ware favourable to an increase in the .-.- - d 0_,, , Bishops, he uiterly denied it. Cornwall, it was e .i w ied, to have a new bishop, but he knew of his own k'f t ,. that the people of that district were opposed to ' - to o, An Hole. Missmeas-Southwark is to have one ta tty Sis Sis W. MOLESWORTH said, of Southwark, he fault protest against it. f,„ e a Ae l , bishops were wanted ; and instead of eststblis°7.* 00 t as the repre. m .s e° m ote sees, they ought to be considering a measure .„'' tbe: A bling the existing bench of bishops to Perf ef— es e tuL functions in a more efficient manner than t;' - ' lir at present. The bishops ought not, ' 0 x,0• 44 ' opinion to have seats in the House of - the because it distracted their attention fron d be Episcopal duties they had to perform, e is eese, wouldhoped sh.ir tly relieved to of their d see th the whenutie s a t hl , Bie e s g cl i i slgi of -P ' atr t 0 ,$, 0 thereby enabled to devote more time and &URI' S° promoting the welfare of their respective diocese s ' .. 00 0 0 Mr. M. MILNES supported the Bill, on th e g l- well that - the duties imposed on the present bisholl the more than they could co nven i ent l y perform, vvh"-etit wants of the people had so much increased of lat e roll that an augmeetation of bi s h ops h ad become sib s° - necessary. fa/ Mr. E. DENISON sa id t hi s B i ll embraced a.„ lig large and i m p ortant question, but nevert heless 100 had supported the second reading of the Bill at ti lhoi e period of the session, under fibs - impression that s he who had more time and opportunity for considering & 0 1 matter had duly considered what would be the effees augmenting the Bench of Bishops, with a limit afi p s to seats in the House of Lords. The Right 'Hen' • r oble net the Member for Dorchester had made an ad!ill g ell speech upon thi s su bj ec t, an d be regretted very - D o ke , that the Right Hon. Baronet while in office did 1 20 t did,. au effort to settle this very important questioni lle froa l not, however, ag ree i n a ll t h at h a d fide o f e lt the Right Honourable Baronet ; and Baronet convinced that the Ri g ht H onoura ble J',.„" o rir would,change many of his opinion s upon the aff; Or tion of the ecclesiastical f un d, w h en he beta yibic P quainted with the further progress of the inquiry was going on upon that subject.—(Hear, hear.) v 0 , 0? Lord SANDON did no; think the duties of e g e oir, were so light. as. the Right Hon.- Baronet the or for lsorchester supposed, 'for - Searcely a day' ~ ca? hour passed, that a bishop was hot engaged, - 1, -- pr e : penning of the business .4 the diocese over which one sided. He (Lord Saudon) was acquainted w",„ - r s to Right Rev. Prelate who had upwards of 50 leLl'"„d be write every morning upon the affairs of his sees wee would ask any Member of that House whether Pf any statesman w h ose d ut i es were heav i er t han ti' $ ?..., f i t i oall (Hear, hear, an d l aug h ter. ). F or h i mse lf h e eli te . 0 th e no doubt that there ought to be an increase if. the number of bishops; and if lie wanted any pro i : WO, it could be found in the good effects which 11 ,,,,5" .:ear,." from establishment of colonial bishoprics.-0 -1 ,!:,: intr o ' He was therefore glad that this measure had wen betty' duced, and he hailed it as the commencement °f ad 101 l state of thiegs for the Church of England. Sb e ; t - be del, suffered from internal dissenting, but be hope the; of her suffering was passed, and that her eal. " - a r itsieD should be united - in securing her welfare, and finer her sphere of u s ef u l ness .—(l-l ear, hear.) ~" tboOg b. Mthe 1 flit..NEWD of the bishops would be enlarged I' EGATE supported the Bill. Pue ".‘ 04 ency had had seats in the House. a u i s hof a Lord CLIVE said that the very fact of the cd agi acing to this measure showed that they diererbsee the pride of circumstances, and chose rather tha n to t he seats in the House o f L or d s , to confine thensselvesotal• observe:xis of the duties of their position in the CO" be He thanked the Noble Lord tor his Bill, to whit.- wouldlgice his street,: us supaare .. ~• a s taiade, Mr HOUSMAN Oaservcd that all he 118 " l t - n tbte^: - -by the remarks he-had made on this subject wlie : h oe s' out an alternative to those who Said they 1: 00 " the,' . alternative._, to namter of bishops, and to show them t h ‘ t _ajoe' • might have that number in a . different and less .. I .) eeo tionable titatirt r.:. 1 - 1.1.! thought the difference be t And the bishops end the clergy was at should be-lesseued s Lot be hid had the admismoi.lT. o f „ . - - Cizirel'4lVilt on two or three „polo§ *ld °IP ". - p r esent tn. g Feat!, the r ' " •i-•t • ~.