The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

Cbtrb Vaitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (THIS DAY.) ROUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP L The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the schemes comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning in Room 30. Mr. W. 0. Stanley, in theabsence of Lord Granville Somerset, in the chair. %WE BZIGUTON MID ZENT SCHEME. Mr. Waud, a landholder near Bromley, Sir John Lubbock, who is the proprietor of an extensive estate near Farnbo rough ; Lord Stanhope whose country residence is in the neighbourhood, and Colonel Austen, M.P. for the Southern Division of Kent, gave general evidence in favour of this scheme, and proved that the majority of the inhabitants in their respective aeighbourhooda preferred the Brighton to the South-Eastern scheme. Mr. John Thorp, silk-merchant of Bromley' • the Rev. Thomas Curtis, incumbent of Sevenoaks ; Mr. Atkins, High Sheriff of Kent ; Mr. Glendenning, of Ash-grove, Seven oaks; Capt. Horthey, of Sevenoaks ; Mr. Burton, builder, of Sevenoaks ; Mr. John Sewell, manufacturer, of Sevenoaks ; Mr. Benjamin Pawley, innkeeper of Sevenoaks; Mr. John Howard, miller and corn dealer, of Westerham, and others, gave corroborative testimony. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP VI. 1101:728APZETZSIZir AND 0N,E6. 1 1 1 WESTERN ;sosSmistEsi. The Committee, consisting of Mr. Deedes (Chairman), Mr. C. G• Round, Sir S. Glynne, and Colonel Fer- Wrightson4Mr. • n, met for the first time this, morning, in Room 21, at twelve o'clock. The Bills contained in this Group are the following:_ Bristol and Exeter (Bragch from Bleadon to Wells and Glas lonbar9)- Brtstol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch. Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway, ) Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, with Branches. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (N 0.1.) Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 2.) Chard Canal and Railway Company. Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch). Salisbury_ and Yeovil. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches. Exeter and Eianonth Railway Act Amendment. Blandford and Bruton. Great Western (Amendment and Extension. There was a most formidable array of counsel present, -in eludatg, besides those who were retained by the promoters of the Bills in this Group last session, a considerable number of treat' juniors. The outer room was also crowded to excess by strangers. The usual formal requirements having been complied with, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had received the report of the Commissioners upon six only of the Bills com prised in the Group. Those Bills were, the Chard Canal and Railway. Salisbury and Yeovil Railway. Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch). Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. And the Blandford and Biuton Railway. The Committee could not enter into the consideration of the other Bills until the report upon them was received from the Railway Commissioners, and the Committee would have to decide which of those six Bills should be proceeded with. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE said, that he appeared for the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and hoped that the Committee would allow him to have precedence of the other schemes when the report of the Commissioners should have been re ceived by the Committee. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., on the part of the Great Western Com pany, opposed the application. He thought that the Com mittee should not give any pledge upon a subject which might come before the Committee under circumstances that would prevent the Committee from fulfilling that pledge. Mr. Cociumnx, Q.C., said that on the part of the South- Western Company, whose Bills had been reported on by the Railway Commissioners, he was quite prepared to proceed with his case, should the Committee so decide. The room was then ordered to be cleared. Upon our re-admission, Til4l CHAIRMAN said that with respect to the subject pro posed by Mr. Sergeant Binglake the Committee had come to the conclusion to decline giving any pledges as to the precedence of any Bills until such time as those Bills came before them in their regular coarse. The Committee had also agreed to act upon the principle adopted in other Committees, viz., that of not allowing any counsel to cross examine a witness who was not present at the examination in chief. The Chairman also said that the Committee had resolved to hear Mr. Cockburn on behalf of those Bills which had been reported upon, and for which he appeared, and called upon that gentleman to select any of those Bills which he thought best. Mr. Cocxatlits proposed that the same course should be adopted with respect to the schemes of the Seuth-Western Railway as was adopted last session, and allow the two Bills—the Salisbury and Yeovil and the Yeovil and Exeter Railways—to be treated as one integral scheme. After a few words from Mr. Slade, the Committee de cided on the adoption of that course. SAZ.ZSEITAY AND YEOVIL. 21111QVIL, MUTER, AND DORCHZSTZ2. Mr. CocLUUZN then proceeded to state that the two bills now before the Committee were brought forward for the pur pose of completing the line of connexion between :Salisbury and Exeter. They bad arisen out of a very strongly ex pressed feeling in their favour by persons in the West of England.: The ;railway connexion% between the city of Exeter and the metropolis was at present a very circuitous one, being as much as 21 miles in length more than the obt coach road between those two termini. The consequence of the construction of this railway was, that seine of the most populous towns, and the most fertile districts of Devon and Dorset were now left without any means of communication, the coaches having been taken off the roads some time since. The Learned Gentleman then went at considerable length into the details of the rise and progress of these schemes, commencing with the year 1844, down to the present time. The Bill hat passed successfully through the House of Com mons, but was thrown out in the Committee of the Lords, in • insequence:of several sin the plan ; bnt Lord Beau mont, who was the Chairman of that Committee, stated in the House of Lords, in answee to a question put to him by the Marquis cq . Westminster, that the Committee had refused their sanction to the scheme on those grounds alone; and he stated that, in the next session of Parliament, when the com pany should come forward with improved plans in these re spects, that their Lordships would feel disposed to give their sanction to the measure. The proposed line would leave Salisbury, and proceed by Wilton and Gillingham, and con nect Shaftesbury by a branch. The rival scheme of the Great Western proposed to go to ShafLesbury from Salisbury, but he contended that the South-Western had adopted the better course, by taking in the town of Gillingham, which was a rising town, and contained upwards of 3,600 inhabitants, whereas the population of Shaftesbury was only 3,100. By going to Gillingham, the company also saved a distance cf two miles, accommodated a more fertile di.trict, the vale of Blackmoor, and did less residential injury than the rival scheme, which was strongly opposed by the Marquis of Westminster. The two lines then united at or near to Sher borne, and diverged near Yeovil, by which divergence the Great Western schemes lost at least three miles of distance. The Great Western, however, contended that they would, by adopting this course, give better accommodation to the town "(Yeovil by placing it upon the wain line. This, however, he denied, for by the present schemes accommodation would be afforded to Yeovil of a much better cha racter.thanithat aff or d e d b y t h e G reat W estern sc h eme. Th e branch which would connect Yeovil with the main line was about one mile and a half in length, and the competition which would exist between the two companies would effec tually prevent the occurrences of any of the evils which arose from placing large towns upon branch lines. From Yeovil the line proceeded to the towns of Crewkerne and of Chard, near which two branches were thrown off to the: east and to the west, running down to the sea coast, giving Bridport and Leigh communication with the main line. The western branch was about fourteen miles in length, and the eastern one about six miles. From Crewkerne there was also a branch going northward to ilminster, and along the whole of these branches the Great Western Company ran side by side. From Chard the line proceeded to Axminster, near which, by a bend to the south, the, avoided a tunnel of 1,000 yards in length, through which their rivals proposed to run, at an expense of not less then 75,0001. From Axminster the line proceeded to Honitoo, near woicta a branch was thrown off accommodating the port of Sidmouth. From Honiton the line would proceed to Exeter I:;y 7 ine;nSo7aliiiefo; which a Bil. had been obtained in the last session, but was at present in abeyance in conse quence of one of the provisions of the Act, that the line should not be made until a through line from Exeter .0 the metropolis was obtained. From the eastern part of Exeter a branch connected the main line with the important ports of Topsham and E xmout h. Th en , with respect to vir a most excellent station in 1.2 , 1een-street in that city in the most eligible situation. Then with respect to the station in the metropolis, the South-Western seherne provided much better accommodation than could be given by the Great Western Company, at their station at Paddington, for an Act bad been obtained last session for extending the South-Western Railway from Nine Elms to liungetford, Waterloo, and London Bridges, the works of which were in a considerable degree of forwardness. The South. Western scheme was looked upon with the greatest favour by the in habitants of Exeter and of ali the towns which the railway proposed to accommodate. The South-Western Company also proposed extensions of the line from Exeter through the county of Cornwall, and accommodating the towns of Plymouth, Falmouth, and Penzance. The north of Devon would also be accommodated by means of the con nexion of the Taw Vale Railway with the proposed Corn wall and Devon Central Railway. The construction of these railways weuld also give the means of direct communication :it: e th i e , whole of the district between Exeter and Basing- Reigat Railway of the rosed Reading, Guildford, and Reigate aliway on the South- with the county of Kent, and the various p..rts Eutern a coasts of that county. The con tinua ti. eia of these lines m w ea o n u , ld of also afford an unbroken line of commu nication by proposed Manchester and South ampton Railway, whirl; leave the South-Western line at Andover, between the western districts and the whole saanuta,turing districts of highly es im s p h o o rt ul a ci nt b , e i constructed, n hae nnaot,irnorth same ftfPoint England. g i F a ( 3 1; i t e h wl e ' t y tw d h i al d , these als by a continuity of the broken communication between the gauge, an UL senals of the country. Then it was desirable port, and ar petition should exist, and that the Greethat a corn- Company should not be allowed to monop , , ,i.isact the whole traffic of the west; and that competition could e 7 v " h ie , brought about by means of a narrow gauge line, sucl o i n - -- South-West..m, between which and the Great Western' Company there would not be the slightest chance or possi bility of an amalgamation of interests. With respect to the alleged superiority of the broad over the narrow gauge, it was a notorious fact that the avenge speed of the South-Western was considerably higher than that of the Great Western ; and, what was of greater importance, the fares were considerabiy lower. In the west the broad gauge railway had been de nominated the " rich man's railway," and the narrow gauge the " poor man's railway." In consequence of an application of Mr. COCKBURN, the Committee then adjourned till Monday next. GROUP X.XI. The Committee to whom the following Bills have been re fined met this day. shortly after half-paid twelve o'cloc, : aroPshir• Union Railway and Canal (Lease to the Loilk on sad North-Western). Birmingham. Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. London and North-Western (Be.cot aLd Wolverhampton). London and -North-Western (Portobello and Wolie:bamp ton, Branch, &c.). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2). Birmingham, Wolverhampton. and Dudley Act (:tour- tvidge sad West Bromwich, 4kc,), THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EYENING,_ APP L 16, 1847. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and Branches. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2). The following is a list of the Committee :—Sir J. Graham, Chairman; Earl of Arundel, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. M'Carthy, and Mr. Plumptre. Immediately after the assembling of the members, the Chairman ordered the room to be cleared. On the admission of strangers, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had come to the following resolution : —That no counsel who shall not have been present at the examination in chief of a witness shall be allowed to cross-examine him, except under special circumstances, and by the express permission of the Com mittee. The Right Hon. Baronet also intimated that the SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL. WAY ACT AMENDMENT AND BRANCH= would be first taken by the Committee, that being the only Bill on which the Standing Orders' Committee had reported with respect to the capital of the company. The others must, therefore, stand over until the reports with respect to their capital had been received. The appearances with respect to the other lines were then entered. Mr. RICHARDS said there bad been two petitions against the preamble, and one against the clauses, and he believed the opposition to the preamble had been withdrawn, and that the Bill was unopposed. The CHAIRMAN said, under these circumstances, they would not trouble him to enter into a statement of the ob jects of the Bill. It would be sufficient, perhaps, if he were to call one or two material witnesses. Mr. Baker, the engineer, was then called and examined by Mr. Rlctraans—fie stated that he was an assistant engineer to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, under Mr. Robert Stephenson, and that he had laid out the proposed branches frost the main line,—one to Madeley, four miles and a half in length, to cost 90,001., and the other to Colebrook Dale and Ironbridge, a mile and a half in length, and to cost 65,000/. Both branches traversed important manufacturing and mineral districts, and would be of the greatest advantage to them, as they would give commiinication in an easterly direction with Wolverhampton and Birmingham, besides their other advantages. The Shropshire iron was mixed with that of South Staffordshire, and, by the aid of these branches, the iron of Shropshire would be transmitted to South Stafford shire by a short route. In fact, they would furnish the only cheap short route for the transmission of the pro duce of these districts to South Staffordshire and other parts where there was a demand for them. One of the branches would cross the Severn, on the south side of which a station, at a convenient spot, would be erected. No other witnesses were examined. The CHAIRMAN then declared the preamble proved. A clause was proposed on behalf of the Shropshire Canal Company, but, after a short discussion, the whole of the clauses were postponed until the next meeting of the Com mittee. The Committee then adjourned till Tuesday, when it is expected one of the North-Western Bills will be proceeded with. _ _ The Committee sat in No. 22 Committee•room. GROUP XL VII. This Committee met to-day for the first time, in Boom 28, New Houses of Parliament. Members present—The Hon. E. T. Yorke, Chairman ; Mr. Packe, Mr. Gill, Mr. G. C. Legh, and Mr. Trelawny. The following are the Bills referred to this Committee : Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinlaeath and Can denide). Airdrie and Bathgate Junction (Amendment and Deviation). Caledonian (Branches from the Clyde s dale Junction to the Douglas and Lesmagow Mineral Fields and to Strath. aver r). Caledonian (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale Junction Railway, &c., to the Wishaw and Coltness Rail- way, &c.). Wil6on town, Morningside, and Co!tam (Branches to Benhar Coalworks, kc.). Edinburgh and Bathgate (Deviation and Amendment). Caledonian (Branches to Wilsontown to Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton). The u,ual preliminaries having been disposed of, the Com mittee proceeded with the WILSONTOWN, MOUNTNGSIDE, and COLT NESS (BRANCITES TO DEMME) RAM. Wain After some preliminary conversation, the list of Bills was read, with appearances, from which it appeared that the Wishaw and Coltness Branches Bill and the three Caledonian Bills were unopposed; the other three were opposed by several road trustees and landed proprietors. The CHAIIIMAX said that the only Bill they could proceed with was the first in the list, as being the only one en which the Railway Commissioners had as yet reported. The report on the others would not be received till Wednesday. It was then agreed to adjourn till Monday, on which day the Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinheath and Canderside) will be taken. The Committee immediately afterwards adjourned. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.--(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. La mond and Co., was well atteaded, and a fair business was done at about the same prices as last sale. The following are a few of the principal sales:— East Indian ... Cork and Waterford Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 11 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 4 0 Lond., Brighton, & South Coast, Fifteenths 3 8 8 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 15 0 Great Northern North British, Extension 1 2 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, &Boston, ex int 1 18 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 19 0 Buckinghamshire . Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham . 6 10 0 Louvain it la Sambre 1 1 0 North Staffordshire Calcutta sad st. Georges o• 2 4 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 dayof April,lB47. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 23,236,340 Government debt .. 11,00,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 7,795,644 Silver bullion ...... 1.4 10,(96 23,236,340 i X 23,236,340 M. 31ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 15th day of ♦pril. 1547. SINKING DEPAZTKENT. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Government securt- Kest • • ••••• • • • • • 3,391,764 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sat 'rigs-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 4,984,373 Other deposits •.• • • • 11,2.57,744 seven dad• and other bills . ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13,574,444 Other securities •• • • 16,136,377 Notes •• • Gold and silver coin . • 630,713 987,562 X 3.5,174,449 £35,174,449 MAIISILVLL. Chief Cashier. Dated the 15th day of April, 184' COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam ......C.F. 19 6 .NGE.-(THIS DAY Ditto, at sight ..... . 12 3 Rotterdam .... 2U. 12 6S, Antwerp • • ............ 26 10 Elamburgh ......M.B. 13 12 Paris, 3 days' sight .... 26 71 Ditto, 3 months .. 26 10 Marseilles •••• • • ...... 26 I i itourdeaux......... • • 26 10 Frankfort on Maine.... 12134 Petersbargh, 3 Us • • iterlin • ... • • ...... • • • • Vienna, efTee.flo ••• • •• 10 7 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 8 Madrid 357( Cadiz •• ...... 36 1 4 11.4reCona •• •• •• iiibraltar• • • • • • • • • • • • .• Leghorn ........ ••.. •• 30 €5 Genoa .. 26 15 Milan .. • • Naples • • .... •• 40 Palermo, per 0z..-- 120 Lisbon.... ...... 53% Oporto• • .. • ....• 54% ltio Janeiro • ....... • • 27 Iluenot Ayres .. .. .. • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... .. .. .. TRIM OF SUWON, PIZ OZ. Foreign Gold la bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10% , Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver In bars ...... • • 0 0 0 STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE EX TENSIONS INTO LANARKSHIRE. It may he in the recollection of our readers that this Bill was thrown out upon the standiug orders. The petitioners, however, on to-day petitioned to be allowed to re-introduce their Bill, in order to be heard against the Caledonian (Les. mihago Extension), in Group 47, but the Committee refused to entertain the petition. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MANN V. STEPHENS. The arguments in this 1).ot-heard appeal motion were re sumed and concluded to.dar, and tliA Lorusinp pvaLpiuca;.~.•~ MOSELEY v. ALSTON-TUZ NARROW V. THE BROAD GL'AGE. Sir FITZSINAPC KE.LLY Opened an appeal in this case from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England oven uling a de murrer put by the defendant to the plaintitt's bill, but had concluded when the Court rose. An application was made this morning by Mr. Bethel], on behalf of the respondents, the plaintiffs in the Court below, to postpone the hearing of the appeal to a future day, but his Lordship refused to grant the application. VICE - CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND). Ills Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, after dispos ing of the unopposed causes and petitions, and the short causes on his paper, proceeded to hear the furthnr arguments, in the part heard motion for an injunction in " Moseley v. Alston." Sir FITZROY KELLY, on behalf of the defendants, re 9urned his arguments against granting the injunction ; in the :ourse of which The VICE-CHANCELLOR inquired whether the Oxford and Birmingham Railway Company, in their corporate capacity, 'lad been served with notice of the application for the in junction; and, upon being answered in the negat i ve, h i s Honour ordered the motion to stand over to Tuesday next. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the fAmtion New Price Current of April 16.) SUG.I R.—To-day the market was in an inactive state for raw Sugar of all descriptions. and prices again went down, the supply being more than adequate for the demand. In West India the purchases made were trifling in all sorts, and ienmrrined goods by did not exceed 160 hhde, &c., although there were sellers at a further reduction in prices. . . llL ee - sen.—To-day there was no desire evinced to operate the home trade, but standard lumps could perlywbte obtained, at 63s 6d, and brown lumps at 62s to 63s . , ns, grocers at , •. For Crushed, is in a dull state, and first quality be obtained at 355. MUM: RITI U S. Tit de a m na and ret h it ! e s rs fu o rt p h er e a r ti i n n g cre w as i e t d h for all descri .tio rather under former treaty,rates, although there are sellers even caution by private At auction, 1,292 bags were 6 i n il 7 3 h b i s a a g f s t e l r y s n e . r o , i i i in e E a o li u l k y snTt a i n l i l Ng t D a ti k o.k e .s n 7 eonsufbour. parcels of Bengal Sugar, public competi lidnetoon former rates of jou ;the chief part sold, but at a n ( 1 1 decline 6d per cwt. /310LasieEs....There has been little desire nil u e •f operate in West India ; pricesdownwa rds, still teed a ted to there is not a large quantity on offer. Bengal Treacle i o s u n g ( 11 much wanted. There is at present but a s ma ll supply. In 'he low and middling qualities of Honey a good deal has been done, but the better sorts have been bought with cau tion. Of all kinds arrivals are shortly expected. FOREIGN.—Tiiis afternoon 1,200 tons of Java Sugar were '.isposed of for Holland; but, at present, the prices have not transpired. corer.—This Atteruon coffee Met with little Attention from exporters or the home trade by private treaty; at pub lic sale 247 bags of Plantation Ceylon, however, sold at full rates. COCOA.—Business to a small extent only has been trans acted in West India, and prices have *till a downward tendency. At public sale, 55 bags of Trinidad were taken in at 55s for common dark red, and at 50s for old and wormy grey. Foreign met with little attenoion, and there smears to be more desire to sell at 44s to 47s per cwt. Rica.—To-day East India Rice was much in demand pri vately, and prices advanced 3d per cwt; at public sale 977 bags of Bengal were sold, and 1,602 bags of Madras. SPICE3.—To-day Cassia Lignea met with little attention, and 500 boxes at sublic sale were sold at rather lower rates; 16 casks and 27 bags of Cloves were taken in. Sruurs.—Although Leeward Island Rum can be obtained at further reduced terms, still the purchases have been ex tremely limited. East India is heavy of disposal, and further declined in value. Demerara met with little attention, and there is a desire to sell. In Jamaica so trifling have been the purchases, that it is difficult to give accurate quotations; the tendency of prices is, however, still downwards. For Brandy the market has a dull appearance for all sorts, the stock is on the increase, and there is a desire to sell. Geneva is little wanted for exportation, and prices are on the de cline. For British Corn Spirits the demand is active, and lls is the value of English nett cash ; Scotch and Irish, lOs 6d to lls. Gin is in good demand. COCHINZAL.—AIthough there are sellers at a further re duction in the value; still the trade operated with caution by private treaty in black and silvers. At auction 35 bags of Teneriffee were offered, but a part only found buyers at a fall on former rates of 2d per lb. Farm.—At public sale this week have been offered 82 butts 30 crtls Currants part damaged Pairs., very interior to fine quality 50s to 566; of the former very little was sold. but the latter briskly. Cephalonia damaged 50s to 545. Greek Figs in cases 345, damaged 31s. Muscatels bunches and layers, damaged 38s to 425. Red Smyrna Raisins in barrels, a very inferior parcel, 335, Eleme Raisins, damaged in cases 36s to 395. Ou.s.—The demand has improved for Linseed Oil thi, week, and prices have risen 3d. to 61 per cwt. For forward delivery purchases to a fair extent have been made at 22s 6,1 to 26s 9d. per cwt. Although Rapeseed Oil can be obtained upon reduced terms, still few contracts have been concluded. There are now few orders for Olive Oil, and prices are on the decline. Prices remain much the same as previously quoted for Palm Oil, but the home demand is good. For Cocoa Nut lower rates have been accepted. Seal has been sparinly dealt in. Southern is little wanted. No further advance has taken place in the value of Sperm, but a good demand exists. TUE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWIsING-STREET, APRIL 16, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles_Jusi MacCarthy, Esq- to be - Auditor and Accountant-General and Controller of Revenue for the Island of Ceylon. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 15. MEMBER RETTENED TO SERVE Ll'i THIS TRESINT FAB&IA =ft County of Somerset (Eastern Division)—William Pinney, Esq., of bomerton Erleigh, in the county of Somerset, in the room of William Gore Langton, Esq., deceased. , WAR-OFFICE APRIL 16. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Alexaudar Wrottesley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice John James Whyte, who exchanges; Major Arthur Shirley to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Wrottesley, who retires; Brevet Major Gervase Parker Bushe, to be Major, by pur chase, vice Shirley; Lieutenant Sir William Russell, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bushe; April 16. Lieu tenant Charles Bowles, to; be Captaio, by purchase, vice Heleyar, who retires, April 17. Cornet Altred Sartoris, to be Lieutenant. by :purchase, vice Sir W. Russell, April 16. Cornet William Dascon Bushe to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Bowles, April 17. Edward Grogan, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sartoris, April 16. 13th Light Dragoons—Randall Wilmer Hatfield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dimsdale, appointed to 16th Light Dragoons, April 16. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Robert Charles Dimsdale, from 13th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Fellowes, who retires, April 16. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Thomas James Parker to be Adjutant, vice Windham, who resigns the Adjutancy only, April 16. 13th Foot.—Quartermaster Serjeant Bryan Hanrahan to be Quartermaster, vice Mark Sheridan, who retires upon half-pay, April 16. 23d Foot.—Captain George Warren, from half-pay 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Baker, deceased; Lieutenant William Pitcairn Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice 'Warren, who retires; Second Lieutenant Agassiz to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell ; Richard 3lilford, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Agassiz, April 16. 67th Foot—Ensign Daniel Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adair, who retires; Henry Leslie Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, April 16. 3d West India Regiment—Quartermaster Sergeant Hors ley to be Quartermaster, vice William Wakefield, who re tires upon half-pay, April 16. BREVET.—Captain George Warren, of 23d Foot, to be Major is the Army, July 22, 1830 ; Brevet Major George Warren, of the 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. M SMORA NDust.—The Christian names of Ensign Whit lock, of the 4th Foot, are George Frederick 'fed, and not George Frederick Foot, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign M'Gregor, of 69th Foot, are Alexander Edgar, and not Alexander Edward, as previously stated. Erratum in the Gazette of 23d March, 1847. 17th Foot—For Colour- Sergeant George Palmer, to be Ensign, vice King, appointed to Z 2d Foot. Read Colour- Sergeant " Richard Pilmer," to be Ensign, vice King, ap pointed to the 22d Foot. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and of the City of Bristol. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry William Osborne Maclaine, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sawyer, resigned, April 12. CIRCUI IS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTO R S. SUMMER cmeurrs, 1847.—(Before WILLIAM JOEX LAW, Esq., Commissioner.) Norfolk—At Norfolk Castle, Tuesday, June 29. At the City of Norwich—On the same day. instead of Wed nesday, June 30, as heretofore appointed. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Davis, traitor, Wedmore, Somerset. BANKRUPTS. Robert A. Stace, upholsterer, Sandgate, Kent, to surrender April 23, at twelve, and May 28. at half• past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Waller, Finsbury -circus. Henry Knight, brewer, Reading, April 23, at half-past twelve, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birehin-lane ; Holmes, Great James street, Bedford-row; Clarke, Reading. David Heard, sen., carpenter, Barking, Essex, April 22, at three, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildiugs ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. George Berryman, licensed victualler, Staines, April 27, at two, and June 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, old Jury; Stroughill, Coleman-street; Richings, Staines. Sarah 'Limes and Thomas Herbert, grocers, Brynmaur, Llanelly, Brecon, April 30 and June 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official asbignes, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol ; Leman, Baldwin-street, Bristol. Charles Elstone, linen-draper, Guildford, Surrey, May 3 and June 7, at eleven, at the Conrt of Bankruptcy. Gra ham, official sesignee ; Jones, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. Meyer Abraham Seckel and Hillery John liatiertnan, watch manufacturers, Duke-street, Aldgate, City, May 1, at one, and June 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Sydney, Liverpool street. Alexander White Batteraby, joiner, Liverpool, April 27, and May 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Cheater and Co., Staple Inn ; Tyrer, Liverpool. John Featherstone, butcher, Goole, Yorkshire, April 27 and May 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds ; Williamson and Co., Great James -street, Bedford-row ; England, Howden, Yorkshire ; Boud and Barwick, Leeds. Henry Hodgkins, shoemaker, Birmingham, April 27 and May 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Bir mingham. Nicholas Temperley, coal merchant, King William-street, City, April 27, at half-past one, and May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Henderson, Mansell-street, Goodman's fields. Francis William Gerish, iron founder, East-real, City road, April 29, at eleven, and Julie 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Adams, George -street, Mansion- house. Henry Butcher, butcher, Lamb's G4nduit-street, April 23, and June 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, (1E64 assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Olukuow, Chapel-street, Bed t; John Ellis, ale and porter merchant, Bristol, April 29, at :wave, and 3lav 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court Bri.tolt Ltdioj. fidcig• Henderson Briatoi. ' John David Symes, coal-dealer, Axminger. April 29, at one, and and May 19, at eleven, the Exeter District Cow t. Ilernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Soathernhay, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-street, London. Robert Sword, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 28, at eleven, and June 3, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dis trict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Ilarle, Newcastle-upon-" Tyne; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's lnn-fields. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, comput e d from the returns made in the week ending April 13 1847, is 335. 4 1 ,id. cwt. , MPERIA L PA RUA M ENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CLIANCELLuR took his seat on the Wool sack at Ftve o'clock. Several Bills were brought up from the Commons and read a irst time. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from Bury St. Edmunds in favour of the plan. Lord DENMAN presented a petition against it. EMIGRATION CF IRISH POOR. Lord BROUGHAM pr , :senied a petition from the Corporation of Glasgow, complaining rat the burdens which were iracted by the irruption of Irish poor. lie had another petition from Liverpool, and another from Preston, and all these petitions were addressed to the same important subject, and all made the same state ment of facts, and all claimed the same relief. The petitions stated that the Acts passed for abolishing lin i prisonment for d e bt gave th e p ower o f imprisoning for debt in one instance, and that was when a debtor was about to leave the country. The imprisonment however could only be effected through the medium of an application to a jud ge in Westminster Hall, and the petitioners complained that the mode of proceeding was inconsistent, and praying their Lordships to vest the power of hearing such appli cations in local authorities. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. Hume, Mr. Wakley, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Pattison, and othe r H on. Members of the House of Commons, brought up a messag e f rom th a t H ouse , request i ng t h e i r Lordships to f urn i sh them with a copy of the minutes of the eviden ce ta k en before a Committee appointed by their Lordships, to inq u i re i nto the charitable trusts of England and Wales. The deputation then withdrew. IRISH MAGISTRATES.. Ear l r° RTE*CUE Prueuted a petition from two magistrates of the county of Down, in Ireland, com plaining of the great costs to which they had been subjected in consequence of proceedings taken against them by a person whom they had convicted in the penalty of five pounds ; and they prayed their Lordships so to alter or amend the present laws as to afford them adequate protection in the performance of their euties. The Earl of ZETLAND presented several petitions against the Government scheme of education. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table several returns, connected (as we understood) with the public works in Ireland. The Nona, LORD also presented several petitions on the subject of the Government scheme of education from Liverpool, Leeds,Westm luster, London, and other places, against—and from a place in Rants, St. Michael's Leeds, St. Michael's Winchester, and other places, in favour of it. ARMY ENLISTMENT BILL. Earl GREY mored that this Bill should be read a first time. Lord STANLEY regretted that the Noble Earl had introduced this measure at a time when it was to be dis cussed on its principles within three days alter it was laid upon the table of the House. Earl GREY said that it was necessary that the Bill should receive the Rove' assent before this day week. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that this Bill consisted of two parts, and he thought that it would be advisable to take the discu,sions on both the points in volved on the same day- There was a necessity for the Mutiny Bill being passed by Monday week, and if the second reading were to be taken on Friday next, there would be a sufficient opportunity for passing it by Monday. This was the more advisable when the debates of the House of Commons were taken into consideration. They might then pass the Bills if ne cessary on Monday week. Lord STANLEY said that this was the first time that he had heard of there being two principles involved in these Bills, and that purnished the greater reason why the Bill should be postponed. The Duke of WELLINGTON conceived that as the enlistment was to be confined to ten years, while there was an opening for the soldier to take a further term of eleven years, no doubt whatever could be entertained respecting what was properly the Mutiny Bill, and no impediment therefore would be thrown in the way of the discussion. _ _ _ After a few words from Earl GREY the Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday week. Several Bills were then advanced a stage. Their Lordships then adjourned till .Mcinday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. KILMARNOCK IMPROVEMENT. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the inha bitants of Kilmarnock against the measures which are now being taken for the improvement of that town, and complaining that they were proceeding without either the consent or the knowledge of the inhabitants. BRISTOL AND CLIFTON GAS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PILE PIER EXTENSIONS. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. INVERNES'S HARBOUR BILL. This Bill was read a second time. TYNE DOCKS. This Bill was also read a second time. LEEDS AND PERTH RAILWAY. Mr. ALDAM presented a petition from Newcastle against the Bill for this line. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN. _ . Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the Dis senters assembling at the Free Meeting-house at Kidder minster against the Government education scheme. Petitions to the same effect were also presented by Mr. Thornely, from Tipton,: in Staffordshire ; from the city of York, by Mr. R. Yorke, and by Sir T. Trow bridge, from Ashton. DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT. This Bill was read a second time. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN. Mr. C. BERKELEY presented petitions from Dis senting congregations in Bristol, and places in the county of Gloucester against the plan. Mr. MUNTZ also presented several petitions from Dissenting congregations in Birmingham to the same effect. Sir DENIS LE MARCHANT presented several petitions from Worcester and other places to the same effect. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented several petitions from Norfolk in favour of the plan. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from the Wesleyan Methodists of York against the plan. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented several petitions from Wesleyan Methodist congregations, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, against the plan. Similar petitions were also presented by Lord Duncan, Sir M. Cholmonefeley, and Mr. Brotherton, from Pendle ton, Brotherton, and Longford. Mr. ALDAM presented petitions from Branley, in the parish of Leeds, and from the Unitarian congrega tion, in favour of the plan. Sir R. INGLIS also presented a petition from Witney, in Oxfordshire, to the same effect. Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from the corpora tion of Derby in tavour of the plan, and another against it from the I iissenting congregations of that town. Lord RENDLESHAM presented nine petitions from the comity of Suffolk on the subject. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition signed at a public seeeung at Manchester. NAVIGATION-Lawn. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the artisans of Poplar engaged in shipbuilding against any altera tion of the Navigation-laws, and moved that the same be referred to the Committee. Mr. LIDDELL also presented a petition from White haien to the same effect. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition signed by the congregations, and upwards of a hundred ministers, in the county of Lancaster, praying that the House would withhold ita countenance from, the plan. He had also a hundred and forty petitions from various places to the same t-ffect, with the titles of which he would not trouble the House. PETITION OF BERNARD GRAHAM. ?dr.:WATSON moved the consideration of the petition of Bernard John Graham (presented 13th April), for leave to present a petition against the Great Western Railway (Branch to join the West London Railway, Widening and Enlargement of West London Railway, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South-Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill, after the time allowed by the standing orders. Mr. GREENE resisted the motion. Mr. WATSON said the grounds upon which he made the motion were these: this gentleman being in nego tiation with the other aide, he neglected to sign his petition within the time allowed by the standing orders. Mr. STRUTT said it would be contrary to the rules of the House to accede to the motion, and he must therefore join with the Hon. Member for Lancaster in resisting the motion. Mr. WATSON said, under these circumstances he would withdraw the motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. FEES OF THE HOUSE. Mr. HUME wished to move that fir. Speaker be re quested to cause to be prepared a tables of fees, as re commended by the Committee on Private Business in their second report, with a view to aboli.h the present complex system of charging a great many small fees on the various proceedings of a Bill, and to substitute single fees on the principal stages. There was an impression abroad that the fees of the House formed a large portion of the costs of passing a private Bill, but on inquiry it would be found that such was not the case. The report of the Committee on Private Business re commeuch,d that the fees should be simplified aid one of them payable upon every stage of the Bill, siich as on presenting a petition first reading, second reading, and so on. He had consulted with many Parliamentary agents, and they agreed Nith him that the best course to be pursued K as, to ask the Right lion. the Sp. aker to bring in a list of tees founded upon the principle of providing for the actual expense of each stage of a private Bill. Mr. GREENE said that it was only in the last ses sion of Parliament that the feta received on account of the private busine-s of the House exceeded the salaries of the officers of the House. ine moti'm was me i , GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Lord R» GROSVENOR presented several petitionl from various places in the county of Middlesex against the Government scheme of a :ucation. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The NOBLE LORD alNo presented K petition from Bar net, pra,)ing for an alr.•ranon in the law of settlement. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION. Mr. P. SCROPE presented sereral petitions from in habitants of Stroud against the proposed scheme of Go vernment education. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND). Mr. P. SCROPE also presented a p: tition from a parish in the county of Cork against the provision in the Poor Relief Bill for Ireland refusing relief to the holders of small quantities of land. Mr. SPOONER presented several petitions from Birmingham against the Government scheme of Edu cation. Also one from the ministers, churchwardens, of Christchurch, Birmingham, in favour of it. Mr. PARKER presented one petition in favour of the Government , vstem of education, and six against it. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. PARKER, it was agreed that the House at its rising should adjourn till Niouday next. POCKLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. Mr. T. DUNCOSIBE moved .hat the petition of the inhabitants of I'ocklington, Yorkshire, be printed with the votes."—Agreed to. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. Mr. BANKES moved that the partition of the nobility, gentry, end clergy, of the county of Carnarvon, respect ing the Holyhead Harbour, be printed with the votes. Agreed to. SEVENTY-TWO GUN SHIPS. Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask the Secretary of the Admiralty whether he had any objetion to lay before the House the d a t e o f t h e or d er sen t d own f rom t h e Ad miralty to the different ports to suspend the construc tion of the 72 gun ships? and also, whether any order had been subsequently sent down to go on with them? Mr. WARD said, in reply to the Gallant Admiral, he had to state that an order had been sent down to suspend the works in the 72-gun ships, and accordingly the Aboukir, the Exmouth, and Princess Royal were suspended on the 9th of December, 1844; the works re mained suspended in 1844 and 1845, but since that an order had been sent down to resume operations, and these vessels were now in process of being completed Sir C. NAPIER inquired whether the second order was given by the Admiralty or not? Mr. WARD sad he had already stated the course which had been pursued, end be would find the matter more fully referred to in the programme, COMMITTEE OF CONSTRUCTION (NAVY.) Mr. HUME inquired whether the Hon. Gentleman would have any objection to produce the appointment and proceedings of the Committee appointed to investi gate the subject of naval architecture? Mr. WARD said he would reply to the question on Monday. NATIONAL SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Mr. HINDLEY wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government—First, when the reports of the school inspectors would be laid on the table, whether it was deiirable, in his opinion, that they should be in pos session of the reports before coming to a decision on the plan of education proposed by the Government ; Secondly, whether an exact estimate of the expense could be furnished, and showing whether the statement which had appeared in some of the newspapers was correct, that the Noble Lori had stated to some persons who had waited upon him that the grant of this year would be applied in strict conformity with the former grants, end not laid out according to the minuses of the Privy Council ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, in reply to the first quest'on, the reports of the inspectors were not quite ready, but as soon as they were they would be laid on the table in the usual course. In re ply to the second, he had to state that he did not think it necessary that the House should defer its deci sion until they were in possession of the report. —(Hear, hear.) And, in reply to the third, that the grant, if weed+ d to by the House, would be laid out according to the former rules. and accordi, g to the plan laid down in the minutes of December, 1846. He had never made the statement to which the Hon. Gentleman had referred. He had taken care to have given with the estimates of this year a detailed statement of the probable expense of the plan. proposed by the Privy Council. The grant (so we un derstood) this year would be the same as last. THE TWEED. Mr. MUNTZ inquired whether it was the intention of the Government to mark its sense of the gallant conduct of the Spanish commander of the ship which went to the rescue of the unfortunate passengers of the Tweed. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had re ceived intelligence of the gallant conduct of the Spanish captain with great satisfaction, and Lord Auckland had been directed by her Majesty to in form him of the great satisfaction with which her Ma jesty had heard of his conduct ; and to propose to him the acceptance of a medal, upon which would be recorded the history of the shipwreck of the Tweed, and the services which he rendered to the survivors of tbat unfortunate ship, and at the same time offering him the sum of 5001., to show the deep sense which her Majesty and the Government entertained of the conduct of the Gallant Officer. CUSTOMS DUTIES. Dr. BOWRING wished to know when the House would go into Committee on the Customs Duties Bill, which he saw upon the orders for this day. Sir G. GREY said that it was the intention of the Government to proceed with it this day week. On the motion that the order of the day for the third reading of the Poor Relief Bill be read, Mr. NEWDEGATE said, that after the uniform neglect which he had experienced at the bands of her Majesty's Government, with reference to the returns which he had moved for now almost three months since, he was sorry to intrude the subject upon the attention of the House, but really the period which had elapsed was so long, and the returns for which he moved for so important, that he must state to the House the cir cumstances under which he bad moved for them, and the return itself. He had moved for a return of what alteration had taken place in the tariff of foreign countries since 1844 ; what alteration had been made in the Customs duties of the British possessions in the colonies ; what exports of the principle articles of manufacture had taken place during the three last years, ending 1846 ; also what quantity of provisions had been introduced, and what foreign countries had im posed prohibitory or export duties upon articles im ported to this country. He thought that the House would see, that considering the great experiment into which this country had been launched last year, the information which he sought was a matter of public anxiety. He would not press the return then were it nct that only one class of them related to the present year ; and considering that all the others related to the year ending 1846, he could not but believe that her Majesty's Government were lon in possession of the in formation, and he was ready to infer that it was throu g h some negligence that they were withheld. Mr. M. GIBSON said that the Hon. Gentleman was buite mistaken if he considered that the Government were unwilling to furnish these returns. They were to be collected by the Customs, who stated that they were so voluminous that they would require a vast amount of time to complete them. As to the remaining part of these returns, it was necessary to communicate with Foreign Ministers and Consuls, which would also take some time. He hoped that the Honourable Gentleman would be satis fied with this explanation. The Government would use due diligence, and as soon as they were com pleted they should be laid upon the table of the House. Mr. BANKES said that the explanation given fully acquitted the Hon. Gentleman himself, but he (Mr. Bankes) was not satisfied that a definite time was not stated from the completion of these returns, Even if they were not given down to so late a period, he had no doubt but that they would prove valuable. REMISSION OF DUTIES ON BUTTER AND CHEESE. Mr. LEFROY wished to know from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Winchester, what were kin intentions with respect to his Bill, for the remission of duties upon butter and cheese. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that he had no doubt given notice of bis intention to proceed with that Bill, but he had found it necessary to calculate on what chances he had of success, and what were the sinews of war. He was sorry to say that at present he saw very little chance of carrying the House with him. In the present state of the House, he hardly knew what side of the House he must look to for support, and therefore he would abandon it for the presetit. He would leave it in the hands of any other Hon. Member who might have more courage and hope of success than he had, if they should think fit to bring it forward. ENCUMBERED ESTATES IN SCOTLAND. Lord DUNCAN wished to ask the Lord-Advocate a question. He bed been led to understand that a mea sure was under the consideration of Government, to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in Scotland. What he wished to know was, whether such a Bill was under the consideration of the Government, and when it would be introduced ? The LORD ADVOCATE stated, in reply, that the question was under the consideration of the Government with the view of framing a measure to meet the circum stances referred to. He begged also to state that it would be introduced on an early day. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day for the third reading of this Bill was then read. Mr. CORRY said he rose with great reluctance to occupy the House for a short time, to give the ;reasons why he opposed that portion of the scheme which had relation to out-door relief. . In former times, when the condition of the poor was alone considered an Irish question, every one of the least authority was opposed to the introduction of the principle of out-door relief, but now, because it affected England, the question was ' altered, and the landed proprietors of Ireland were attacked because they opposed it. fle must say, throughout all the discus sions which had taken place on this measure, he had not heard a single argument to alter the opinion which all per sons of authority on the subject had formerly maintained. He admitted the obligation of the land to provide for the poor, but heknew not how, when this temporary expired, the people could be saved from starving. Why, the whole of the property in Ireland, distributed among the people in out-door relief, would not suffice to support them. He was certain that accommodation enough could be found for the disabled and destitute poor, that was, if out-door relief were not resorted to. If, how ever, relief should be given in that country without the workhouse test, a dependance upon charitable resources would be encouraged to that extent that it would certainly go far towards confiscating the property in the country. He admitted the duty of the land to provide for the disabled destitute, and he would concede even the confiscation of the land, if Gentlemen on the other side could show him that it was meet-ascii- 3 - , but the veriest tyro in political economy knew well that property was neces sary to the well-being of the poor themselves. The result of the 13111 would be, that instead of out-door relief proving, as the Noble Lord had stated, the excep tional, would prove the general rule; and great misery could not fail to he entailed upon those slightly removed from the lower classes in consequence. The Noble Lord asked the deputation who waited npon him on the subject, what better plan they proposed? To that question be would reply, let the measure be tried temporarily, but do not make it a permanent measure. Try it as a temporary measure; and, in the course of a year or two, build up a measure upon the experience which they would thus be enabled to gain. It appeared to him that this Bill was at variance with the object it professed to have in view. It was wished to stimulate the owners and occupiers of land to embark their capital in the improvement of the agriculture of the country and the employment of the people. It professed to encourage emigration, and yet its provisions were not of a nature calculated to make emigration a beneficial measure to the people, nor was it at all likely to improve or facilitate the collection of the poor-rates in Ireland. That such would be result of this rash experiment he was assured. It looked, in fact, more like the reckless less proceedings of gamblers, than the cool and saga cious resolutions of statesmen. It was exceedingly sin gular that, while their affairs were in a prosperous state, no measure of this kind was contemplated, but as soon as these affairs got into a state of confusion , then they forced this measure upon the House. H e would give his decided opposition to the Bill. Mr. F. FRENCH wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, and of the Right Hon. Baronet beside him , t o certain communica tions which he had received of t he lamentable state of some of the districts in Ireland. He found that, in the workhouse of Castleray , th e master, the matron, an d the surgeon, bad died of the workhouse fever which prevailed among its thousand inmates. He bad now called th e attention of the House to the state of things which existed, and he hoped some atten tion would be paid to it by the Right Hon. Baronet the Hon • Secretary. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table. Viscount JOCELYN wished to offer a few words. He believed that it was one of the most important melte sures ever introduced, and one which he could not look upon without some degree of appre hension. lie wished tnat the amendments and al- teratiocs which had been wade would be the means of making it operate without danger to Irelaiel, still he thought it would have been wiser if the Government had introduced a temporary measure to meet the evils, instead of bringing in a measure of a permanent character, during a time of excitement like the present. He was at a loss to understand how they were to come to any conclusion us to what might be the effect of the calamity upon the people.---(Hear, hear.) He felt that this measure had not so tair a consideration as so grave a question demanded. He did feel that they were legislating permanently for what might be only a temporary calamity. No Minister ought to pass a measure inflicting the right of out door relief, without being at the same time pre pared to show that there could be a test im posed to prevent the abuse of the right. They !eight be told that the poor. law test might be applied, but that would be bringing them back to a pauper workhouse test which had inflicted so many grievances already. In this change about to be effected their would be a great increase of pauperism He hoped that in 1847, when the law was under re consideration, the evils which had hitherto attended its operation would be remedied. He recollected that an Hon. Atm mber, on a former occasion, urged it upon tha Government to carry through a pour-law measure part passu with the measure of the temporary relief. Now, he aas of opinion that time far sighted people of 'his island could not be better employed than in bringing out the capabilities of Ireland. He would not now enter into the question whether all kinds of property ought to be subject to a rate He wished to impress upon the Government the neces-. sity of calling upon mortgagees, aneuitants, and ether*, to contribute their fair share towards the support of the people, as proposed by this Bill. No doubt many of the proprietors of land, if they had imagined that such a burden as this would be imposed upon them would not have entered into arrange ments, with others, for the purpose of raising money upon their property; but that was tto reason why the lard should not contribute to the support of the poor. He considered that no able-bodied labourer, who suck into distress, should be denied out-door relief, because temporary aid might enable him to get work again in a short period. He sincerely thanked the Noble Lord for the spirit in which he had brought forward his measures with respect to Ireland. At had no time had Ireland offered so ample a field for the labours of a courageous Minister, and he trusted that this measure, in conjunction with others, would redound mate rially to the advantage of that unhappy country. He said that the present moment was one to introduce a most efficient system of legislation for Ireland. There were many Gentlemen who thought badly of the landlords of Ireland he was not there to defend that class; but if they would consult the report of the Commission, they would find it stated that many of the charges against the landlords of Ireland were exaggerated. However hateful the landlords of Ireland might be to this country, it was through them that they must assist the suffering people of that country. The landlords only were in a position to give out to the poor people that assistance, which this country wished to extend to them ; and, therefore, it should be the aim of the Legislature to put them in such a position that their good qualities could be exercised while their bad ones could not be brought into play. Much had been said of the evils of the union of Ireland to this country, and many stated that that union would be fatal to Ireland. Such a statement was incorrect. but he thought that if the union was fatal to the one country it would be fatal to the other ; for England relied greatly for her prosperity on the well being of Ireland. Mr. TRELAWNEY said that as emigration was paid for out of the coffers of the State, it was only another mode of out-door relief. He would be against a poor-law, were he not assured that the wandering paupers did much more injury to property than any poor-law could effect. [LEFT SNEAKING. ] RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 1 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—Caledonian, 4 1 4 dis. —Ditto, New, Bs. 9d. dis.—Great Western, Quarters, 5% p. —Ditto, New. Si. 3s. 9d. p.—Midland, New, 41 p.—Diito, Bristol and Gloucester, 14 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 23 p. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The are—A mbergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 1 ls. 3d. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % die.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 1 / 2 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 23 1 / 2 — Eastern Counties, 18A—Ditto, York Extension, % dis.— East Lancashire, 1 / 2 p. - Ditto, New, 5 / 9 p.— Ditto, New (Scrip),l3s. 9,1. p.—East Lincolnshire, p.—Greut North ern, % dis.—Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 13— Leeds and Thirek, 3 1 / 2 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpoit, 2 1 / 2 dis.—Ditto, New (bite West Lancashire), 2 p.—London and North-Western, 172 1 / 2 —Ditto, Quarters, 15 3 / 4 p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 10 1 / 2 p.—Ditto (Grand Junction), Quarters. 16 1 4 p. —Manchester and Leeds, 19 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2 p.--Midland 116—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 3 y p. —Ditto, New, 2% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 / 2 p. —North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Preston and IVyre, 341 — Shrewsbury and Chester, New, is. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 1 / 2 dis. —Shropshire Union itailway and Canal, 11 / 2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 1.4 p. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% p.—York and North Midland, Preference, p. MANCHESTER, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 11-16—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire Junction, 1 / 2 —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, Et% —Bristol and Exeter, New, l A—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, y s —East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (scrip), I,4—East Lincolnshire, 2—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 11-16—Great Northern, % c.—Hudders field and Blanchester Railway and Canal, 1 9-16—Ditto, Thirds, l A—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, New Exten sions Scrip (pink), 1 / B —London and North-Western, New, 10—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, 67 1 —Ditto, Quar ters (A), s‘;B—Ditto, ditto (13), sN—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1-16 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), l:ki—Ditto, Fifths (late W. H. U.), 1 1 16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby 501. Shales), 6—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 2 8-16 —Manchester and Southampton, Y s — North British, Exten sion, %—North Staffordshire, 28—North Union (A), 210 —Oldham Alliance, %—Preston and Wyre, 34—Ditto, Halves (B), Sixths, s'%—Scottish Central, 7 1 ,4 2 — Shrewsbury and Birminghinn (A), 15-16 c.—Shropshire Union, * 2 —South-Eastern and Dover, 36—Ditto, No. 4, lA—South Staffordshire, %—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 5-16. _ _ LEEDS, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGS.—The ' sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 208. dis.—East Lancashire New Scrip, 12s. 6d. p.— East and West Yorkshire, 3s. 6d. dis.—East Lincolnshire. 2 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 17s. p.—Talton and DI-afield Junction, par—Manchester and Leeds, 20a. c. p.— Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extensions), 365. 6d. p.—Ditto, 'West Riding Union, I , A p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2s. 6d. p.—Midland, Preference, 2 1 p.—New castle and Berwick, New, 2'4 p.—North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 1 1 4 p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 10s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 2/. 6s. 3d.—Northern Counties Union, 425. dis.—North-We,tern, 21s. dis.— Sheffield. Rotherham, and Goole, 20s. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), ss. p.— Wltarfdale Junction, lls. 6d. dis. HULL, Mau, 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—I he sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 51 1 4—North British, Quarters, 686.—Ditto, Exten sion (scrip), Ils. p.—llitto, Thirds, 60s.—Amberg .te, Not tingham, and Boston, 11 19s.—North Staffordshire, 2 1 / 2 p. —Northern Counties Union, Bs. 6d.—West Riding Union, 21s. p. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCILINGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Not. tingham, and Huston, % dis.--;-Manehtster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), DV. Shares, 445. 6d, dis.—Nen th-Western, 16s. 6d. dis.—West Riding Union, 235. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster, dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANG IL—The sales are—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 14s. 6d. dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 112 —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p....-North British, 32 North Staffordshire, 2 1 4 p.—Yurk and Newcastle, Exten sions, 4% p. EDINBURGH, APRIL 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, New, 43s.—Dundee andiPerth, New, 191. East Lothian Central. 51s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Batligate, 61i4—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 7DA—Edinburgl, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 14s.—Edinburgh and Northern, lo Ys—Ditto, New, 725. Ditto, Newport, 7N—Edinburgh and Perth, 635. 6d.— Ditto, Halves, 23s.—Great Northern, 60s.—North British, Quarters, 703.—Ditto Quarters (scrip), 22s.—Ditto, Thirds, 62s.—Scottish Midland, New, 7%—Direct Bombay and MadraQ, 3s. 9d.—East India, 73. &I.—Great Northern of India, 2s. 9d. 7. GLASGOW, APRIL 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledotian, New, 425. 6d.—East Indian, 6s. 6d.— Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70 3 4 Edinburgh and L'erth (New Co.), 60s. Gd. —Ditto, halves, 21s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2,6/. 195.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossau, slA—Manches ter and Southampton, 25s.—Monkland and Kirkititilloch, 24%—North British, Thirds, 62s.—Scottish Central, 25/. Loss OF THE IRON SHIP IRONSIDES, BOUND TO CORK FROM Ni NV OnLEANs, WITH INDIAN CORN. The cork Reporter of Tuesday says :—" Letters have been re ceived in Cork to-day from Captain Campbell, bringing intel ligence of the loss of this fine ship and cargo within a few days sail of the harb our . Th e f o ll ow i ng i s an extract— whole. 6 I have had nothi ng b u t t rou bl e an d u nhappn of this voyage. I sailed from New Orleanisoirone;:phreil the 25intills.otf 2 February, and left the Ironsides on the . of water in the hold, and after going f o ro n tu the eabove Orleans,day 46 deg. 50in. and len. 23 west of Cork, throughwe hmaduenhinlaebfoeuert is, b a 3,11. d the fatigue i gQuuee Queen were providentially . ,00c1.4,p,,t a a taken av since arrived atPlTvearrpe IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE 01 COMMONS. April 15. WRECK OF THE THETIS. Captai e n PhEaCd everllELL hard th thought e thise most t m o ebe oefxtraellertdhie. nary. cases h One of her Majesty's ships, whe n on a cru ise, was wrecked on a dang erous coast, and the stores and specie on board were at risk. The admiral on the station gave orders that every exer tion should be made to save the specie and stores, and Capt. Dickinson was the officer who had the duty in charge, and who had exerted himself in a manner the most exem plary. After several months' suffering and privations of the extremest kind endured by the crew at work on the wreck, a very considerable sum of money was • saved from the ship. The Board of Admiralty handed over one third of tin. whole to Captain Dickenson and his officer;, who felt in some degree satisfied with the decision. But now came a most extraordinary charge : the board sent in a bill, which the Admiral did not tax. The other night the excesssive charges and extortion of the Admiralty ,and Ecclesiastical Courts, had been exposed, but he would say, this bill of the Board of Admiralty, of 1831 and 1832, he did not know who they were, was of a worse character. It was not only abo minable extortion, but gross robbery.—(Bear, hear.) Thirteen thousand pounds was charged for the wear and tear of these vessels, and they also charged for the time the ships were employed on other service for the vic tualling of the men. The ships were back wards and forwards, and on other duties, yet, not withstanding, they were charged for. He disputed the principle of charging at all, 3,1981. was- charged for the use of the ships, and let the House - only hear what was charged for the use of a ten gun brig, let them think of the conscience of the Admiralty to charge for the use of the Algerine, a ten gun• brig 1,4634, which was fourteen hundred times more than she was worth—a vessel which it was disgrace to the service had ever been emploYyd 2,5431 was ehvreed for the excess of victualling. Why should these officers be charred for their mainte nance during their expedition. If Captain Dickenson had nor heel' successful, would they have charged him this 13,0001. C, rtainly not. Such a proceeding would, in future cases, induce the parties to keep the money in their oen hands, ins!ead of risking it on any Admiraltr Court or proceedings. On the face of these bilis he eoull see that, 6,8611. had b en over-charged, and, at any rate, that reduction should be :hale. Ile hoped that the Noble Lord would concede the motion w hich wee sought, to see if the 13.000/. which had been taken out of the Admiralty Curt was fairly spent. It was, at least, but right that they should know how the money had been applied, and an endeavour made to make them disgorge the money, who had got it so unjustly. Whether the real culprits were connected with the Admiralty or the Treasury, he could not say, but at least the Committe e should be appointed to leant where th e money had got to. Mr. PARKER said the case came on in 1830, and , theretore, a long time had transpired since then and the present peri , ,d. The case, when it arose, came for inquiti before the ordinary tribunals, and w a s a dj u dicated ea by those of the highest, eminence in the country. It 00° cupied at the tithe about sixteen or eighteen months et. least, and the te•sult was such as the Admiralty thought just and fair. Before the derision, the Admiralty mad e every necessary inquiry, and he believed the conclusio n they had come to was a right one. The question had, therefore, been settled in the due course of the law. The adjudications were made its 1833, and it was decided that 17,000 L shcAild be given to the captain and seamen: 13,000/. to the Admiralty ; and 12,000/. for incidental expences. After what had been done, he was bound to say that it was too late to bring f Tvvard the motion nosy. It turned out that the parties were dissatisfied with the decisions of the Admiralty, and an appeal was made to the highest court in the country, the Privy Council. It was thus, then, that the matter now stood. It had been moved in 1842, hut the then Chancellor of the Ex .; chequer, in answer, just cited again the answer that had been given in a court of law. Such a decision the Go" vernment - was not of course, inclined to overturn or review. Sir C. NAPIER said that it appeared to him, if 13 ., 0 understood the case rightly, that a cert a in sum of n:1 01 : 1 °7 was given to the captain, but he never heard of such* thing as salvage being to be deducted from such a soured' as the wear and tear of a ship; and he must say that be thought it was a most shabby proceeding. Sir J. GRAHAM said he was bound to state that, f or off" cially decision, of which complaint was ma d e , h e was ow' cially responsible. That decision was come to in 183 2 ' and that the Hon. Gentleman opp .site, the Member for Dorset, and the Secretary for Ireland were acquainte i c !• with the particul a r s o f th e cas e. Th e d ec i s i on at whit the Board of Admiralty had at th at ti me a rrived b*" . not been come to without the utmost deliberation. The Board had at that time, in additio n t o th e p ar ties whom he had already named, the assistance of two most distin: guished naval officers—Sir Thomas Hardy and Atli:obi" Dundas. New, what were the circumstances ? A bog e quantity of treasur e h a d b een s hi ppe d. i n a s i ng l e vessel' from some place in the Pacific, and had been, unfcri tunately wrecked somewh ere on t h e coast o f B raz il, asl i orders had been sent o ut by th e Ad m i ra l ty t o t he nava l officer on the station t o sen d same one to recele'' if possible, the large treasure which had been loetv and Admiral Baker, who was then in command on the station, dispatched C a p ta i n Di c k enson o n h duty. Captain Dickenson, he must say, had per: formed the duty in a ver y efficient manna.. It occupied, he believed, somewhere about fourteen months, and no fault could certainly be found with th e admirable way in which Captain Di c kenson had ",7,; charged that service, and when the treasure was 'vs' e f recovered, the Government had awarded to the cre w ° the vessel an ample salvage for that service. The de? 1 ; sion of the Board of Admiralty had not given satisfact l° ., to the salvers, and they appealed to the Court of Pri v i o , Council, by whom an additional sum of 12,0001. had b ee s awarded to them. On ascertaining this award, the Bober" of Admiralty deemed it but right that there shoult o some compensation for the ex f enditu r e of the puu. be stores, which had been used in the service. In I n exercise of the discretion with whi c h they were ` - fi , vested, they had deducted a sum of 1,4001. for wag e 4 besides an additional amount for the victuals the men while occupied i n thi s d u ty. This they thoug°: they were called upon to do for the protection of the pu.1011: service. The matter had first come under the consider a ation of the Board of Admiralty in 1832. It was ag t q a . ; brought under the notice of the New Administrate) 10 1834. It was again considered in 1836. It wLer. wards brought under the consideration of the Treasury in 1839, and it was subsequently decided u pon by Sir Peel's Government in 1e42 ; and all the" several p ties him confirmed the decision that had b een come to s re peated, i _ the first instance. For the original decision, he peated, he was respon s ibl e . In the first instance tof salvage had amounted to 17,0001., and the Court o _! Privy Council had subsequently given an additional s of 12,0001. ; and he must say, without wishing in . r • smallest degree to detract from the merit of Capt. D_ enson, or those connected with him, or without w ish i n g to throw the smallest imputation on the way in whic h they had performed the service, that they had received sufficient reward. Mr. WAKLEY said that it was unfortunate that unto , the Right Hon. Baronet who had just sat down ha d risen to address the House, scarcely ten sentences had been heard during the whole of the debate. The Noble Lord who introduced the measure had not been heard. the Hon. Member who followed him had not been beard , 4,nd the Gallant Officer opposite had not been heard but the Right Hon. Gentleman had such a quiet, blantit smooth, gentlemanly mode of speaking, that he ine, ll 2; ably had great weight with the House, and very 01 . 1 !: carried the Members with him on questions when t.f,',74 did not agree with him.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) 1 the Right Hon. Baronet had not stated the case f1a . . 1 , 0 1 ' fairly, and he believed that the Members of thatil ° ! to had no more important duty to do than to investilsf.„ the conduct of any public department, arid to inquir e the proceedings of the executive, for the benefit C . l l .J., 0 public service. The Right Hon. Baronet had stat,_e".„ 4 . case, but he had been wrong ; but instead of acsr enc a ledging the wrong, he had simply rested his d e . ; ;01 . upon the fact that those who had followed him ba t 10 1 titled his proceeding. The Right Hon. Baronet.ow been in office, and it was astonishing how atca st a ," e rs those who were in office assented to the sions of those who had been in office.—(Hear, b",O There was always, in truih, a wo nd e rful agre e The between the ins and the outs.—(Laughter.) i c as Right Honourable Baro ne t h a d s t a t e d the decisara which be had given, for he was at the head of the 13° of Admiralty at the time, but he had been wrovgghe egregiously wrong ; an d, f ur hi s own part, he tb ° . ° for it was al nays the best plan, wh e n suc h was the cas'teli a man to come forward manfully and say tha t 11 been wrong, rather than to persist in it ; and it would hav e far better for the Right Hon. Baronet to have said so,,eor the present occasion, than to persist in a decision !, which no redress had been obt aine d f or the applicsb"e; for it had received none but official answers. Nc w4 nJ, was a remarkable si m il a r i ty i n a ll official answers ; 11„id for his own part, he thought th a t th e b e tter plan "'tut be to stereotype them at once, to cast them in met to say in reply to an appli ca ti on t h at t hi s wa s an oni ti v e ' o. answer.—(Laughter.) The whole cas e lay in a nu t ' s Be but the Right lion. Baronet had n u t f a i r l s tated it- 00 represented it as if Capt. Dickenson had happened toliebi the South American station. and that he had been 3 615 0 , Admiral Baker, who w as i n t h e comman d o f the - eta 'iron to recover the treasure which had been lost ! II t he Thetis, and as if this was a c ommon official duty ` 12 ,,„11.) course of the service. —(H ear , h ear, f rom Capt.re e n - t ee Why, Captain Dickenson was the whole author of plan ; it was hi s ca p ac i ous an d sc i ent ifi c m ind by n e , it was all planned. N o b o dy h a d eve r thought nt . .„ 4 key fore. When he had first named it to Admiral I ' l 4 that officer had considered it as only a Wild sche real which was never likely to be brought into any Pr_ a _ c n i g ri t ffect, or likely to be of the slightest use to the coo ,s ,„ en s.- at large, and it was entirely through Caetain ' lc co - yered that the immense amount of treasure had been re covered at from the wreck, and that, too, from a depth lintoo, at the varying from 35 to 79 feet—(Hear)—and tha t, d. w i t h vo distance of many thousand miles from Beg' s " • ow itit appliances hui, those furnished by without any assistance from the Government but the il ,b l a d as the Gallant Member for Brighton (Capt. Pec l r. / t hese propetly called it, this " horrible brig." Yet "1"I recovered his own ing means only Captain Dickenson had personally a 124,000/. out of the 164,0001., which had been Jost, had in fact recovered 157,000/.; for the gentleman ad had succeeded him in the service had en tirely follo w % the pions laid down by Captain D ic k enson , a nd it VI owning to his plans alone that it was ever rec over ed The Government had but rendered th e sma ll es t age • tance beyond the services of this horrible brig; all the rest had been effected through th e energ y 413- ability of Captain Dickenson, even his fire engine be had been compelled to convert into an earthwork,' lie said that the Right Honourable Baronet he not stated the case fairly; for instead of supporting Ib B Gallant Officer, the Admiralty of that day had thrown the whole of the responsibility on his shoulders, 01 when at length success had crowned his efforts, they b* come in with a huxtering, mean, contemptible, and Sb i l; lock kind of prosecution, to rob him of his reward. Lie could not say how, but he deeply regretted that the No u 'd Lord who introduced this question had not been b ear by the Hous e , an d especially that the House had not heard the two letters which he read—a letter applYi n g for a hawser to help Capt. Dickenson in his labours, al l it the reply th a t was ma d e t o th at app li cat i on . The Tr b i, was lost in Decembe r , 1830 ; th e cap t a i n co mmence" labours at the close of December, 1841,• and the aP.P cation for the hawser was mad e i n t h e June followlifi The letter was signed by L or d J o h n T o wnsend, a n stated— " Sir,—l am directed by my Lords Commission the Admiralty [the Right Hon. Baronet was First /Ar t , hatere at that time] that no expense can be suffered w-- by the public in the endeavour to recover from the Thetis. The request was for a 6i -inch haws and cannot be complied with. N , D. ,, " Signed, " JOHN TOWNS E for I A The second letter was dated August 11, an' sc , s iti noticing the application of the 11th of Juue• Abe the trees et, declined the request for this 6}j inch hawser. hat it second letter was signed by Sir John Barrow, tu was plainly evident that the Board of AdwiraltY_ r n el he dieted the whole concern—(Cheers) —and yet, wh e wit s treasure had been recovered—when the moneyou_4 safely lodged in the Bank of England, then they brought in this claim of the new salvers., and at the eleventh i nsvhiley and the fifty-ninth minute of the eleventh I:l o c,,: ive ra came forward with their nasty bill of costs.—(C and laughter.) And this, be it remembered , W" had the sanction of the Right Hon. Baronet. It alq, ba d searched all their dirty journals for a precedent,2o" pas found - one; -there might h ue b een Some Wag%