The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-21 00:00:00

p rilfl FRENCH EMPIRE. T he Moniteur publishes decrees for interdicting the sale in. France of reprints or reproductions of a °rlc ' s the property of which is established in Ha laetver and in the Duchy of Brunswick • for assimi d„lng French ports the tonnage, pilot, and port ," i e s on vessels belonging to the Dominican Re- Ire to those paid by French vessels, and also for ° f duty, hides tanned in Corsica into France free "lity, and returning the duty paid on raw hides h, stateenter Corsica when exported in a dressed A decree is said to be in contemplation for or ganising at the different commercial ports officers a nd harbour masters, whose duties will be to inspect thee To ad - steads, ports, docks, and quays ; irolill also, it is said, have the surveillance and of the lighthouses, and the day and night signals Arc Y t• terday th e C orps Legislatif resumed the ad resras d ned debate on the budget. After a speech from ,Montalembert, th e b u d ge t o f rece i p t s was A T` I3 Y a maj or it y o f 233 against 40. the Bourse yesterday the amount of business limp Government Securities was but hol'e'v ed ; the closing quotations of Thursday were, d av e r, generally well maintained throughout the a tI T VIII a rise o f 10 c . i n th e Th ree per C en t s. , e. -"or-and-a -Half per Cents. for cash, at the ,innation of business. In the Four-and-a-Half .I,,V.ents., fort he account, no change occurred, t there was a decline of 20c. in the Four-and bahat.lf Per Cents. for money. In the shares of the , - , ° Prance there was a fall of sc. The final 20, - ",i° 1 18 were :--For cash, Three per Cents., 81f. Four th -e ur - artd-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 70c. For 1 40, co unt, 3 per Cents., 81f. 25c. ; Four-and-a- N lr l' e p r Cents , 103 f. 75c. ; Bank Stock, 2,705 f. Ti o — ° I tile So.ciete Mobiliere declined 2f., the last atili tat ift being 938 f ; Mortgage Bank Shares are v ate gnoted at 880 f., no transact i on having taken )4 ti • The r a il way share market a l so participated lief general dulness of business ; the demand small, the prices were on the whole tolerably le a , , s upported. I n N or th ern an d P ar i s an d Or pa-i s nares there was an advance of 5f., and in a nd Lyons of 4f. Paris and Rouen and tli n , —r n, of France final quotations showed a de each, and Lyons to the Mediterranean also fell 2f. In Strasbourgs and Havre no 5 27f1,, occurred. Closing Prices :—Northern, Ntr a , bo "e• ; Paris and Orleans, 1,105 f. ; Paris and -rat' u rg, 950 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 966 f. 50c. ; hu e a nd Rouen, 1,140 f. ; Lyons to the Mediter- V en an, 813 E ; Western of France, 782 f. 50c. ; li and Havre, 540 f. SPAIN. Th e I, 4 14, drid journals of the 15th do not contain plc political news. One of them states that u„as increased so much in different parts of at all the prisons are crowded. e Cabinet is still incomplete. ITALY. Joulearn from Milan," says the German t„ l ,le l , 4l „ a i of Frankfort, "that the examination of rel r 4. ,fscms implicated in the outbreak of the 6th hap e rrY last is concluded. The documents whichaon. been found are said to prove that the pri q3.4;„%vno for the most part belong to the lower Illat . c, ° f Society had received money and procla all from the agents of Kossuth and of Mazzini, sang " rioters were assured that large depots of /gle e , W ere, ready, and would be sent if the affair the 41 -e ", (1 . The muskets which were seized all bear 84. ,,Kg of English and American manufacturers." tr o f f Ly oce della Libertd of Turin, the organ of M. ko lit .: l4 °,the leader of the Opposition in the Pied 14e Chamber of Deputies, having stated that I'd lo - " l luents of Turin had joined the flag of those bti: ) ,; )11 . the occasion of the festival of the Consti rofil niad.e a demonstration in honour of M. ,L 0 4,„`"," 0 , the committee of students has written Oley - d . ' ; a ,re that, if some students did join that flag, of th e so without any encouragement on the part I n th e great body of the students, who took no part A e 'aid demonstration. of lett erT from Pavia of the 11th, in the Opinione lost n, states that on the 6th, a notification was spy ll P by the Austrian authorities, forbidding t he f e . Inn, even with a regular passport, to pass 14 4 t r , le nontese frontier unless with a special per oe obtained from the authorities•upon state -0„f sufficient grounds. On the Sunday follow ktit f Tn, being the day of the festival of the Con in Piedmont, extraordinary precautions %tile': en to guard the frontier • the posts were l e ' , and patrols sent out in all directions. eN,etter from Rome, of the 10th, states that in Qe k e quence of the payment of the sum of 600,000 f. th„ coded by the Old Company of the Via Latina, ttie°ncession of the railway from Rome to Fras -ItaXvhich forms the head of the line to Naples, tyieeen definitively granted to M. Micar, who is ~t . ° be the agent of the house of Masterman and 41;,"' London. M. Micar accompani e d C ar di na l kt, l ' l ?t to Gaeta and to Naples in quality of See l') ' b ;;Y i to his Eminence, when he went on a mission 4h l- ' ll eo the Pope to return to Rome. Specie had N - „ 11 . to circulate. On the Ist, the treasury paid ii tiek ,v 4 hlic employes part in specie and part in paper. th c lttt; 184 8 they had never been paid but in 1 . The loss on paper money is now only 4_ 4 i• ; under the Mazzinian republic was 7 44 4 e i 11t • The exchange on Paris had also lowered, it expected soon to be at par. GERMANY. i rl a k z t i t e ie tt er from Berlin of the 17th_ in the Cologne 1 -% ° ' 0) .2 l 'aYs : " The King is to leave this place ° lir for Vienna. He will pass the night at Grp' and be at Vienna on the 19th. The Queen I f.. l: ll Le t i c : e e has left Berlin for Eutin , d passing by '"the • She intends passing some ay , s , with her -r Lt...he Grand Duke of Oldenburg." rate r 41-aletternich who now resides at Vienna, ~,T11:- , ,,Lus 80th year, on the 15th. '\.,„_ - " 4l, an Journal of Frankfort, under date );% 1 4th, says :—" The new organisation of cis'llle.. -11 ,1` st rY o War which had been so long an o'f't h as just taken place. The command in 1y,' 11 ,t,1t1 k ,..., t he army has been definitively regulated, foe of it is completely changed. The direct . Obi e e of the Emperor is retained, and all the d oelleeluing the organisation, the movements, - t o : e l's) and superior commandants of the troops 11 ", ( l e et tP le allate from a new military administration . 4 i ll , I‘!residency of. the Emperor. It is di 01t4a-c),-,leur sections, namely :-Ist, the Central t/ 11111 4e "Mee, having Field-Marshal the Count de til t ?Arn-, 4t it s head ; 2d, the General Command of C l e4 — Of Y .;,, 3 d, the Military Administration (exe yllle'efle orders of the Emperor) ; and, 4th, Direction of the Military Schools. The aer ti t 1 4 Engineers will continue provisionally 413, 1 ' 15 % h e f w , l- ilitary Administration. A conference 1 %- e ''" every week in which the Chiefs of the ---I :aed sections will take part. ;T4 BELGIUM. iNtibalitlaa'ac.je?ted. marriage between the Duke of tl t ho 1 11 4 one of the Austrian archduchesses, 1 e it, 3 „, l ue the only alliance contraeted.bet K we in en g ' A ra. fatc. of Belgium and Austria. N.,_ o 4 ... families 6 14 41(kle,'S also expected to espouse the t A o r f ch ß d e u lgi ch u e m ss :41 tl i and the Princess Charlotte tIl ' ) /l - De the erson chosen for ascending the o f the Rous p e of Hapsburg. ,a v ~• T./ 1 1 1,,,,, , tl 4i li " 4 al URDER AT EDINBURGH.—On ktt ) des Av G (itt,e,., . arran was charged with W murderedn e o s f the ?t, . 45 t , ,`-Teire, pensioner, Irvine, on the 11th of last kijeettiep stabbing him in the neck with a clasp . knife. t*ltllhe that Al`Guire's son had formed an improper Oh ,)? Wits th . and that the ••' l 's a child e wife of the prisoner, 1 1 , 0 tabl e .iud was the result. 4I,(qN. toe°44equences, 1 1 I`Guire g A a p v i e . r h e i h s e s n o s n iv m e o o n f ey di t s o . t.h,,pra4,84-....,01,erica., which he accordingly did, taking ,lit k l lh a nlet th e with him. The prisoner shortly after •Vil, ed hi 4e deceased, and after some angry death. 1)i, iuryitil le t he neck, from which he bled to words he 1 1' . : 1 _ t c , th °11 , 44 the prisoner guilty, but recommended t 'ta t. '' it t, le t he of the Court. The Lord Jus i lit,:hrtimitoated that the recommendation would . be ‘A' e e u lt , It to to bn e hisroper quarter, but in the meantime t i , e 4 at A yr duty to sentence the prisoner to be ,(k)::TboN. iv. on the Bth of June next. "44,1.41•11. ":teROPOLIS AND NATIONAL MAUSOLEUM i 4 ld ~.."---,1 special. general meeting of this company .i, W;11 Ibursdayat the offices, No. 2, Lancaster ilitit..eariterloo-bridg'e• The chair was occupied by 4it A;rrillPat)elital,lll,riggS) * P.R. S. The report stated that 1 1 Vitii i ,7 ,'ag purchased nearly 1,900 acres of land,tan ' q ' ti "et tZ' rl'ilel Surrey ; 500 acres would be more h _. tif tlei 4 fOr a et . the detnands for burial purposes of all 5414„,t 1 g; a. Indefinite period ; 218 acres at present ,`: ati hemoleh not half had been used in the several ,:05-41,A,.iti eteries. The London cemeteries lying 1 , 4, 4 ee t eaLl e f,, . . upon t _ cl i . tlijek, ,rintion of clay, varying from 100 to ,t . .I ) T. lam Lc., great expense to drain, and .. to e Ittitql '' l lutlA e ' r ". , ,e., and were consequently not accessible NN t. i vil Wa "'asses, at prices adequate to their means, ,ety a 1....! avoided in the London Necropolis. Sa iy,:th ktryernents had been made with the South akin' COl aalllN,t Company, and the scheme had re kl,ill ' Col u. et of the Government. Lieut.-General tq, ,stv,,,, i'ilel Chatterton, Sir Edwin Pearson, G. G. 4 0,'Nrat., ~. er• Davis, Joseph Ivimey, and F. Dobin tisr!titli Ateceielected directors for the ensuing year. itkt4tll4t, OF I c • 4, 4 cti,Z i th e ,IR DOWAGER SULTANESS (VALIDE) OF to),1,14.001' rated'_Lt_z?eral obsequies of the Sultan's mother Vtvuaii I,..mr!th great pomp. All the dignitaries of . ls,t t , l'e o,.._noP.lre were present, and her mortal re tyti, copse sited in the same tomb with those of 1 1,Ni t ,\VIt o y v ut (the Sultan Mahmound). The present 1i1, 0 „k to the'B deeply attached to his deceased parent, 411trjr kid ellStolll in Turkey, distributed amongst '3 her ulnestie employs of the deceased, 500,000 IliAness was very popular. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr. i Paid II RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottug. Bost. Eastu. Juuc....... Wolverb & Stour Valley _ _ Birkenhd. La;nesh. Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. & £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter.. Caledonian.. ..... .. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin &Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Do do Do., B. & C.. East lAncashiro East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Westeru Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 'Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western.. ,Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Third 5............ Laneash. &Yorkshirel Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So utbpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend.' Lond. Bright. do S. Cst. , London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.Sh ~M&8... C Loudon S.Western Do., Do., £4O Lndndrry.&Coleraino Lndndrry. di Ennisk. Manch. Shef. drLineln. Do., Man. do Lin. Un. Midland .......... . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&lltfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.i Do., No. 2. ..... Dc., a A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn . June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Ea5tern......... South Wales... ....... . S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford ........ York Newctl. & terw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prices Bas'nss done yesterday. this day. 29 - 30 6 - 64 10 - 102 7 - 6 11 21 - 22 34 -- 2A dl 102 --- 161 704 -- 71 23t -- 244 21 -- 22 4 . 7 )) 8 - 9 5i -- Ca 48 -4:: 131 -13 A 10i -- 11 7 3 - 7ii 73,1, - 74,1 54 - 55 73 -- 74 3i . -- ii 89 -- 90 55 -- 57 134 - 136 113 -- 111 90i -- 911' 81 -- 94 --96 1 13i -- 14 p 80 -- 80. 48 -- 3d 3 2t d 161 -16 i - ih - 2 p 104 16.91 118 —118 k 2/ 2/p 11 —14 p 90 91 5 —41 d 4 —36 d 12 13 19 21 30 :3/ 2id 75 75 42 44 eo ii".i. par ; p 4 3 ti 21 3i 84 N 53 - 55 38 - 2,1 (11 35i - 36 4 4Rdl 8f -- 86, 53i - 96 - 98 60 - - 62 64 - 66 73 - 76 11 - 17 - 19 - §A 9 13 15 3R -34 d, 20i -- 2111 75 75A' 36i -- 37 13i -- 14 di -- dil 19 -- 21 15 154 9A 10 331 344 104 10 it par, 71 . 72, 71 - 24 -- 64 - 65 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 all 100 5 100 all Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5 p.c. Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent ...... Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent , Eastliancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 5. per cent........... Glasgow & S.Westeru guar. 5 per cent.... Great North , - 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c.,Recleem., at 10 p. c. prem.... Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4?; p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. 1)o. Convertible, sp. c.,1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western,' Con. Thirds 100 6 100 100 Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Nlan ch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO.. Do., £6 ....... Slarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c Do. tl per cent Do .. . all all 8} 100 100 ' Nfld. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol ct Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester di Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New all all all 1100 all 100 10 all 14 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.sd. B.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. \Vaterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do. York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch 92 . - 96 13 . - id 106 - - 103 liii :: 1691 19i 20i - iPml CI -- 4-- 4i 4i -- 54 -- lip -28 p 11 -- 2 p 14i1-- , 15 18 -• 18AI 3a 130 - 132 112 - 113 si 81 106 - 108 P -IP 153 -154 ... Xd. ••• Xd gi - lEi 3i - 4 pl 10 -- 11 131 -- 14: 8 - 9 101 - 11 -I 150 - 152 - I P 116 - 118 25 - 26,i 2$ -- 2gp 10t -11 i 17i lBl 4 -- -1 p 15 -- 16 par -- 1p 260 -- 26 194 -- 204 P 104 106 j 5a sa' i - iPI FOREIGN. ;ntwerp&Rotterdam .elgiauEastn. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac StErqueliu. Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension .... - It. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Glt.Wcstern of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp. c Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons dr Mediterran Aadras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (cx interest) 'Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 'Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5z p. et. pref S th-Eastru. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. per c. Western of France...l West. of Switzerland , Zea1and.................i 1 id 1 16 111 A 14 3 p 1 dis ‘); P lap 2 2 —2,1 p. par a p id par 7 4 4 la IK la d 2 —21 p 8 361 -- 37 141 -14 i 84 -- 9 18 a 18$p 44 -- 45 ; 441 -- 37i - 38 - 51 -- 5i 21 - 9 - Fi 6i 1' 44 a 6 1) 4dis PI 11 1A(I P 44 m TTIE SUN, LONDON, SATUERDAVIEVENING, MAY 21, 1853, MINES. 1 all Agua, Fria l3 —11 p 10s. all Auglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 20 5 Australian 4 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par p 1 all Australian Freehold. ti d-- par 1 all Ave Maria 4(l par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) g d p 1 all British Austrlu. Gold il l 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 24.3 Brazilianlrup.(issued at £5 pia 5 5i 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 5 . 6 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —32 311 1 Carson's Creek par 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 45 46 5 1 Colonial Gold ll 2 ... 14 Copiapo B/ 91 St. all Copper Mu. of Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l/ 14 3i 20 all General l5 17 2 all Great Nugget Vei u 3 all Great Polgooth — 1 all Lake Bathurst - d 1 all Liberty par p 1 all Loud. &Cali foru. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 1 all Mariquita. 10 9 Mcsica.n&S.Amerien. 7/ 81 1 all New Granada » '1 all Nouveau Monde lg -13 p 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock — P 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10/ Santiago de Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian par A p 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 288 all United Mexican 5 1 all Waller - 1 all West Granada d— p 1 all West Mariposa par— 4 p 1 all Yuba par— 4 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 863, 878 874 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 1 —14 r 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Loud — '2O 10 English Scottish and Australian lB — 14 P 20, 123 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l —34 p 50 20 Loudon and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminstei 354 20 2 Loudon Bank of Aus tralia and India d— par 50 22 i National of Ireland — „,, 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 53 64 534 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New — ..• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4l par 25 all South Australia 5l 53 25 all Union of Australia 773 78 . 4 ... 21 Do. New 8 83 UP 10 Union of London .. 40 all Union of Madrid.-- ' MISCELLANEOUS 100 135 Australian Agricult. 77 79 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ... 2i 50 381= Brit. American Laud 74 77 100 32 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 3 81- 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 20 1 Eastern Steam ..• •• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 71 Nrth. ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Orieatal . 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 44 46 1 all Submar. Telegraph — 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 19 20 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The show of both fruit and vegetables here to-day was good. Generally speaking, the demand ruled steady, at full prices. The imports from the continent have been extensive. FRUIT.—Pino apples, 8s Od to 12s Od ; hot-house grapes, 8s to 12s ; Hambro ditto, Os to Os Od per lb ; apples, dessert, lOs Od to 13s Od ; cooking ditto, 6s to 17s per bushel ; pears, Os Od to Os per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; oranges, 7s to 14s per 100 ; pomegranates, Od to Od each ; almonds, 5s per peck 9 • Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel ; cob-nuts, s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; straw berries, Gd to is Od per dozen ; peaches, 18s to 24s per dozen. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, is to 2s Od ; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 4s ; greens, 2s 6d to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; French beans, is to 2s per 100 • asparagus, 5s to 10s per bundle ; sea-kail, 2s Od to 2s 6:1 per basket ; rhubarb, 4d to is Od per bundle ; cauli flowers, Od to Os per dozen ; potatoes , 95s to 200 s per ton ; turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od; carrots, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, Os 4d to le 6d each ; celery, Od to is 6d per bundle ; spinach, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve old onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; spring do, 44 to 6d per bunch • leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 84 ; garlic, 6d to 84 per lb ; endive, 2s 6d to 3s Od per score ; small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Od per bundle ; mushrooms, is 6d. to 3s Od per pottle ; parsley, 3s Od to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d to is 6d per bushel ; cabbage lettuces, 8d to is per dozen ; radishes, 8d to is per dozen hands. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Turkeys, 3s 6d to Ss each ; Ducks 2s 3d to 38 3d; tame Rabbits, is 6d to is 10d; wild ditto, 8d to is 2d; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each; roasting Pig-B,os Od to Os Od each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 5s Od to 7s Od; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to Os Od per couple; Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 9d; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s Gd to 3s 64; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal, Gd to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to is Od; and. Plovers, Gd to is each. English Eggs, 7s Gd to 8s 3d; French ditto, Os 6d. to 7s Od per 120; fresh Butter, 18 Od. to 18 2d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 8d; of household ditto, sid to 6id per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 64 to 48 Gd; Lamb, 5s 44 to 6a 44 ; Veal, 43 24 to 53 04; Pork, 3a Gd to ts 6d per 81ba. ----- - --- • WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 48 6(1 ; Lamb, 5s Od to 68 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to is 10d ; Pork, ;s 6d to 4s 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 6sod to 1280 d ; Brills, Os Od to 080(1; Cod Fish, 2s Gd to 7s Od each; Salmon, is Gd to 2s per lb.; Soles, 8(1 to 2s 2d per pair ; Eels, 6(1 to is per lb ; Lobsters, 8d to 2s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 6s per doz.; Doreys, 2s 6d to lOs Od; Mullets, is to 5s each ; Common Oysters, 6s Od to 128 Od; Natives, 36s Od to 42s Od per bsh. ; Mackerel,sosto 60s per 100; Smelts,6d to is 6d per doz. ; State, 6(1 to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 3d per gallon; Bloaters, is ld to 2s 3d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 3s Od to 3s 9d per 100 ; Haddocks, 4d to is Od each ; Plaice, 4s to Gs per 100 ; Carp, is Od to 2s Od each ; Tench, is Od to 2s Od per brace ; Gurnets, 6d to 18 0(1 each ; Halibut, Gd per lb.; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56th to 641 b, lid to 2id; 64th to 721 b, to 3d; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3jd; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 34d; 881 b to 961 b, 3id to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to 00d ; 104th to 1121 b Od to N. Horse hides, 5s 6d to 6s Od; calf skins, light, is Od to 2s 6d; ditto, full, 5s Od to Os Od; polled sheep, 9s 6d. to 11. Od; Keats, 9s Od to 10s 6d; Half-breds, 9s Od to 10s Od ; Downs, 6s 6d to 8s 6d ; Lambs, 2s Od to 3s 9d ; and Shearlings, is 3d to is 4d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 17s per load. A full average supply, and a moderate demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 165 . ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECAAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to Si 10s ; and straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. LLOYD'S SHIPPMG-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 21.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; light breeze and fine. OFF DOVER, May 20.—Grecian, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, May 20.—Wind. N.E. to S. Arrived— ll.M.'s st. Simoom, Halifax. Off Port—Gilderland, Ba tavia, for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, May 20.—Wind, S. Arrived—Abda, Are cob° ; Bosphorus, Callao. BRISTOL, May 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Gladiator, Mauritius Penelope, do. ; Spy, Buenos Ayres. SHIELDS, May 20.--Wind, S. by E. Sailed—Atto dine, Singapore ; Gode Verwachting, Surinam. LIVERPOOL, May 20.—The Anglina, hence.to California, put into Callao, March 26, with part of cargo thrown over board, and with damage, having been struck by heavy teas and lightning off Cape Horn. OFF BEACHY HEAD.—Australia, Batavia, for Rotter dam ; Ydum, Bahia, for Hamburgh ; Renee, Dominica, for Antwerp ; Queen Victoria, Charleston, for Hull. OFF BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight).—Mercurius, St. Thomas, for Copenhagen. QUEENSTOWN, May 19.—Wind, S.W., strong. Arrived . —Bengal, Mauritius, for the Clyde ; British Yeoman, Callao ; Armata, Honduras, for London ; Creole, Grey Town. JERSEY, May 19.—The Caroline, of this place, Bahia to llamburgh, ha s b een t o t a ll y wrec k e d on the Rock Donares ; crew saved. CORK, May 19 . — Arrived—Mystery, Scala ; Perilla, St. John's, N.B. GREAT ROWING MATCH.— The rowing match fixed for Tuesday next, between Henry Clasper, the renowned ex-champion of the Tyne, and William Pocock, of Lam beth, who has earned much f ame as a crack London waterman, is looked forward to by aquatic men with considerable interest. The course is from the Star and Garter, at Putney, to Chiswick Ey o t, the old. Thames Royal Regatta distance, and the start will take- place at about three in the afternoon. Steamers are chartered for the occasion, and investments at 5 and G to 4 on Pocock are very numerous, there being a large- sum of money, besides the stakes of 1001., depending.; on the event. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY. ) The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Allendale Road ; Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, and Portrush Junction Railway ; Edinburgh Water works (No. 2) ; Haslingden and Rawtenstall Water works ; Limerick Corporation • Londonderry, Cole raine, and Belfast Junction Railway ; Waveney Valley Railway. _ The reports upon the following bills were brought up and agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time : Caledonian Railway (Connecting Branch with Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, &c.) ; Great Western Railway (Henley) ; Portsmouth Railway ; Poulnasherry Inelo sure ; Scottish Midland Junction Railway ; South= Eastern Railway (Reading Extension, &c.) ; South Shields Improvement ; Tralee and Killarney Railway ; and Bedale and Lsyburn Railway. Nash's Estate Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. Mr. MIALL presented several petitions in favour of the ocean penny postage. Mr. FA - GAICT presented a petition from Cork, praying for the total abolition of Ministers' money. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the Tower Hamlets against the advertisement duty ; also two peti tions from Hackney, in favour of the ballot. Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a petition from Woolwich against the proposed bill for disfranchising electors in dockyard; and praying that their votes may be taken by ballot. Mr. FITZROY presented two petitions from the metropolis, in favour of the Hackney Carriages Bill. Sir F. KELLY presented two petitions from Suffolk against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr..COBDEN presented a petition frcm Lancashire, in favour of the ocean penny postage. IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE PARK. Mr. OLIVEIRA asked the First Commissioner of Works, whether it was intended to remove the old dila pidated shops which deface Hyde-park from Albert-gate eastward ; what the tenure of the present occupants of these shops might be ; and whether parties might not be found ready to undertake the removal of these objec tionable buildings, and to improve the locality with out entailing any expense upon the Government ; also, whether a carriage drive should not be constructed through Hyde -park from or near Victoria-gate, to Rotten-row, near Prince's-gate ; and whether the re moval of the cavalry barracks from Knightsbridge was under consideration, by which the public enjoyment of that portion of Hyde-park would be much enhanced, and a great benefit conferred upon the residents in that locality ? Sir W. MOLESWORTH said he had to state in reply to the first question, that the old, dilapidated houses near Albert-gate were beid under a lease from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, the term of which would expire in about 56 years from the present time. The Dean and Chapter had refused to renew the lease ; it being their intention, if they could obtain the property at a reasonable price, to make certain improvements upon the spot. With regard to the second question— whether a carriage drive should not be constructed through Hyde-park, from or near Victoria-gate to Rotten-row, near Prince's-gate—he had to state that he answered that question last night. He then stated that he doubted very much the expediency of making such a carriage drive, because though it might be very advantageous to persons going in carriages, it would be very disadvantageous to the many persons who walked in the park. As to the last question, his reply was that the removal of the cavalry barracks at Knightsbridge was not under the consideration of the Government. ALLEGED IMPROPER SEIZURE BY THE CUSTOMS. Mr. M. CB.AMBERS gave notice of his intention on an early day to move the appointment of a select com mittee to inquire into the circumstances connected with an unlawful seizure by two officers of the customs, on the 10th of February, 1852, of foreign and English watches, of the value of upwards of 50,0001., and books, letters, papers, and bills of exchange, the property of Lucian Marchand, and to ascertain what steps had been taken by the Commissioners of Customs to investigate into the conduct of the officers, and to make restitution of such property. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. MAGUIRE inquired whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made up his mind as to the course he intended to take with regard to the advertisement duty ; also, whether he meant to proceed with the re solution respecting the stamping of newspaper supple ments ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that this subject, in connection with others relating to the budget, was under the consideration of the Govern ment ; and when they had finally decided upon the course which they should take, lion. members would be apprised of it in due time before the house was called upon to pronounce its opinion. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. HINDLEY asked whether it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in during the present session a bill for the protection of depositors in savings banks. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he hoped to be enabled shortly to bring in a bill of that description. EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday next. Captain INNES observed that the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill stood for Monday next, and expressed a hope that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would delay it for a further period, on the ground that there had not yet been time enough to enable Irish members to receive answers from their constituents as to their opinions with regard to the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the parties who were affected by the bill had had ample time since it was printed to consider its provisions. To his own knowledge persons in the very distant parts of Ireland had already considered the bill, and in point of fact some of them were in London at the present time, and were communicating with the Government and the revenue department on the subject. He, therefore, did not think there was any fear of their being taken by surprise. At the same time he would state how the Government now stood in regard to this bill. ' The hon. member must know that it was extremely important, in reference to the passing of the measures for the remission of taxation, that there should be no needless delay in taking the sense of the house on the main question, i.g., the increase of the duty on spirits. What he proposed to do, was to take that question after the house should have disposed of the Customs resolutions Assum ing that the house read the Income Tax Bill a second time, the Government proposed that the house should go into committee upon it on Monday ; after the house had disposed of the committee they would take the Customs duties resolutions, and after them they pro posed that the house should go into committee on the Spirits Duties bill. Mr. MAGUIRE thought the right hon. gentleman was in error in supposing that the people in Ireland had had ample time to consider the bill, and he trusted he would not hurry it through the house. Mr. F. SCULLY said it was only last night that he received the opinions of his constituents on the bill. The subject then dropped. ANNEXATION OF PEGU. Mr. COBDEN said as there was now so much diffi culty in a private member bringing anything under dis cussion in the house, he would take that opportunity of calling attention to a subject of some importance. They were informed by papers recently laid before the house, that an extensive territory belonging to the Burmese empire had been annexed to our East India territory. In reading the papers he had some difficulty in arriving at this piece of information, viz., by whose authority was that territory annexed to the British possessions in India ? He observed that the Governor-General, by his procla mationc o i m t t m e e u du; o n fot i b c aaautkii.ttdi taken e o ni n ot fid w i Cd courthd annexing the province of Pegu, referred. to a Control c nno l rt i foertcod h elaii e rpvhepe h acdet a dao d had trrhbswee, heranen twdhaei stated t rc h otni the s seethatnGtolc concurrencenv g : ta e rhn t npedm c a o r eatr stepcom mittee r e r o t v i h l a a e l o The inhabitants of the district who were of a semi-bar barous description, had been inducted to all the rights and privileges of Englishmen. They were now, in fact, subjects of these realms, while the Government were re sponsible for the good management of the district, and bound to protect the natives under every circumstance, and in all parts of the world. Now, this was a most serious responsibility, and the house ought to know by whose authority this annexation had taken place. He con tended that the people of this country ought to have an opportunity of pronouncing an opinion upon such subjects as this. So far from regarding this annexation of ter ritory as any benefit to this country, he looked upon it as a positive evil. Indeed, it has more than once been pronounced to be an evil to extend our Indian territory, and ' yet a district had recently been added to it extending over an enormous area, and containing a population of between 30,000,000 and 40,000,000. He did not know who was to be held responsible for all this, but the question he wished to ask was this, was the province of Pegu annexed to our In dian possessions with the authority of the British Government ; and secondly, if so, was there any dispatch in existence which could be produced and which would show the nature of the authority given ? Sir C. WOOD was quite ready to answer the ques tion, but he must in the first place deprecate the prac tice of commenting upon important questions at a time when there could be no time or opportunity for a 'full and ample discussion. (Hear, hear.) He did not at all wish to say that no discussion ought to be had upon this important subject, hut this was not the proper time for taking it. Now, with regard to the first question. He was asked whether the Governor-General of India ordered the annexation of this territory without any pre vious instructions from home, and his reply must be, certainly not ; for it would be found by to en t t h f e o r s e t c l o i e n d an n q e u x e a s: a reference to pages 46 and 53 of the papers already on the table, relating to this subject, that autho rity nn, w two a ht s hi g eeh i v t e er i re i rq b i tu y oiire t y h a e H bli o vn m sit e itio G re o sgt v aa e rt m ed iilinieexdiesstcerniebeingeonthveeybirolgu nsudcalriieasutolfiorrictgyu, and , he b'atntegytghededisspatolantsectialte that he was not aware of the existence of such a dispatch • but as to the latter part of the ques tion it should be remembered that Pegu was a totally distinct territory from Burinali, inhabited by a different race of people, who had uniformly received our troops in a kind and cordial manner, and who were glad to be rescued from the grasp and tyranny of their former conquerors. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. M. GIBSON wished to know whether the right hon. gentleman had sufficiently informed himself upon this subject as to be able to hold out hopes that this new province would be able to pay its own ex penses.. • Sir C. WOOD said that so far as he was informed, he had every reason to believe that the province would pay its own expenses. Mr. BRIGHT said that there were unfortunately so few opportunities for making statements of this nature that he was not surprised that his honourable friend had brought this subject forward to-night. (Hear, hear.) They were now told that Pegu could pay its own expenses, but that was precisely the same statement that they had heard in other in stances since the days of Clive. The results, however, always showed that the Government authorities were mistaken. He wished to know whether any limits, had . been fixed to the territory.to be annexed ? Sir C. WOOD said no precise limits had been defined, but he had intimated his own wish that it should be con fined in as narrow limits as possible. DOCKYARD ELECTIONS. In reply to Sir J. SHELLEY, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to post pone his motion, for leave to bring in a bill to disfran chise persons employed in Dockyards, until Thursday se'nnight. REBELLION IN CHINA. In reply to Viscount JOCELYN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that information had reached the Government that the rebellion in China was making considerable progress, and the Governor of Shanghai had made a communication on the subject to Sir G. Bonham the superintendent of Hong Kong. Sir G. Bon ham had sent a force to protect British subjects and their property in the disturbed district, while the Government had given orders that sufficient means should be afforded for the protection of the property of British subjects, but care was to be taken that there was no interference whatever in the civil war at present going on. (Hear.) The motion that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday, was then agreed to. MAYNOOTEI. In answer to Mr. MAGUIRE, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government had no in tention of proposing a supplementary vote for the re pairs of Maynooth, in place of the vote which was re fused last night. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. In answer to Mr. RICARDO, Mr. CARDWELL said that the Commission which was to be issued on the subject had passed from the hands of the Lord Chancellor, and would be soon nomi nated. INCOME TAX BILL. On the motion for the second reading, Mr. DISRAELI said that, considering the state of public business, it was not the intention of the gentle men with whom he acted to oppose the present stage of the bill. They reserved to themselves, however, the full right of making any amendments they might think proper ; and, with regard to the third reading, they did mlt wish it to be understood that they had consented to the principle of the bill by taking this course, as their only wish was to combine the facilitation of public busi ness with the full discussion proper to such an important subject. (Hear,_ hear.) In answer to Mr. CRAUFTJRD, . _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he knew of no reason why any difference should be made in the assessment of the property of royal burghs in Scotland and municipal corporations in the country. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. CUSTOMNDUTIES RESOLUTIONS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he intended to propose so many of these resolutions as were not expected either to be opposed or debated immediately after the Income Tax Bill should have passed through committee, on the same night, at what ever hour it might be. The remainder would be taken on as early a night as could be possibly fixed. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY AND THE DERBY-DAY. On the motion for going into committee of supply, • Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on Monday next, he should move that the house adjourn over the Queen's birth-day, and as, on looking to the notice pager, he saw there was but one order of the day down for Wednesday, he should move that the house at its rising on Monday adjourn until Thursday next. (Cheers.) SUPPLY. - ESTIMATES. The House then went into Committee of Supply, and proceeded to vote the remainder of the civil service esti mates. A vote of 4,0491. for defraying the charges of the colonial establishment at the Bermudas was agreed to. On the vote of 7,6471. for defraying the charge of the ecclesiastical establishments in the British North American provinces, Sir J. WALMSLEY said, he considered the committee ought to deal impartially with all, and, as they had last night rejected the vote for the payment of the repairs of Maynooth College, he should move that this vote be dis allowed. Mr. PEEL said, that this vote was not connected with the policy of maintaining a church establishment in British North America. That was at one time considered a proper policy for this country to pursue, but it had long since been determined that no new grants of money should be made, and that those annual payments should continue to be made which had been promised to the colonial incumbents on their entering on their sacred office. As the present incum bents died off the grant decreased. No new appointments were made, and in the course of time the vote would dis appear altogether from the estimates. If it were, however, disallowed now, Parliament would be guilty of a gross breach of faith. - After some conversation the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 12,1511. for the expenses of the Indian Department in Canada, Mr. WILLIAMS inquired whether this vote was not also gradually decreasing ? 31r. PEEL replied that the Government proposed to dis continue the grant in four years. The item for presents to the Indians was to be divided into four portions, one of which was to be discontinued every year. M. MACGREGOR supported the vote. Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the grounds for tho discon tinuince of this grant ? He had understood that it was originally made in return for the cession of land. Mr. PEEL was understood to state that the grant :was not made on any such grounds. Mr. NEWDEGATE believed that the Indians in Canada were materially benefited by these presents, and still con sidered that they were originally made for military services and for the cession of land to the British Government. He must confess that he saw with feelings of discontent a proceeding which amounted to repudiation. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, when this question was under consideration, he did not hear any argument in fa vour of the continuance of the grant on the ground, that its discontinuance would be a breach of faith ; and he did not believe that the grant was made in return for the ces sion of land. Mr. BRIGHT had the authority of a Canadian gentle. man for stating that these presents, in the mode in which they were at present made, were most pernicious to the Indians—(hear)—and led to debauchery and degradation. He was glad that the grant was to be discontinued,' but hoped that with its discontinuance the salaries of the offi cials employed in distributing the presents would also cease. (Hear.) In answer to Mr. SPOONER, . _ _ _ _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL said, h . ° believed that no conditions of any kind were attached to the original grant, but he would inquire into it. (Hear.) After some conversation, the vote was agreed to. On the vote being proposed that the sum of 19,4281. be granted to defray the salaries of the Governors, Lieuten ant-Governors, and others in the West India colonies, and Prince Edward's Island, Colonel DUNNE wished to know why Demerara, Hon duras, and other islands, which were self-supporting, were not mentioned in the estimates ? Mr. PEEL said, all th© colonies whose salaries were paid out of a Parliamentary grant were included in these estimates, but the rest, whose emoluments were paid out of the colonial resources, were put into the colonial esti mates. Mr. V. SMITH asked whether the salary of the Chief Justice of Anguilla, which was put down at 1001. a year, was the whole that person received ? Mr. PEEL believed that the duties of the office of Chief Justice of Barbadoes, Anguilla, and Antigua wore all dis charged by the same person, and that he received the emoluments arising from the three offices. Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought the colonies ought to maintain their own governors, and he particularly objected to so large a sum as 4,0001. a-year being paid to the Go vernor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands. Mr. PEEL said, that with regard to the large salary to the Governor of the Windward Islands, his impression was that when the arrangement was originally made the Go vernor-in-Chief was in command of that station. Latterly, however, that office had not been held in conjunction with the office of civil governor. It must be borne in mind that Barbadoes was a great naval station, and the head-quarters of the Windward. Islands ; and the Governor-in-Chief was called upon to exercise more hospitality than the Governor in-Chiet of-the Leeward Islands. Mr. I. MACGREGOR was of opinion that they would never be able to govern the colonies unless this country paid the salaries of the governors and chief justices, in the same way as they paid the salaries of ambassadors at foreign Courts. Mr. W. - WILLIAMS was not surprised that his hon. friend should differ from him, for he had never known his hon. friend in one single instance support economy. (A laugh.) The veto was then agreed to. A vote of 30,2621. to defray the salaries, allowances, and contingencies of the stipendiary justices in the West Indies, Mauritius, &c., was then agreed to. On a vote being proposed of 16,840/. to defray the esti mated amount in aid required for the civil establishment on the coast of Africa, Mr. W. WILLIAMS was understood to complain that the estimate was not complete by reason of some charge for stores not having been introduced. Mr. LUCAS said, that when ho saw the hon. member rise ho expected it was for the purpose of objecting to the item of 400/. put down as the stipend paid to the chaplain at the Gambia. He (Mr. Lucas) was not going to object to that charge himself ; but when he remembered that only last night hon. gentlemen opposite voted against a small item for Maynooth, on the principle that they were op posed to all grants for religious purposes, he thought it would only have been consistent if they had objected to this sum of 4001. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said, some provision must be made for religious instruction in these distant colonies, and it was impossible it could be done in any other way than that now adopted. If it could be shown that the majority of the people at the Gambia were Roman Catholics, he would willingly vote a sum for a Roman Catholic priest. Sir J. ANDERSON thought there was no inconsistency , in voting against the Maynooth grant, and yet not oppos ing the present vote. Mr. LUCAS believed there was au instance of a Catholic ambassador, Mr. Wyse, at Athens, having a chaplain with that embassy. Lord PALMERSTON said, it was a mission, and not an embassy, at Athens. Chaplains were appointed to em bassies, but not to missions. The vote was finally agreed to, as was also a vote of 5,0001. for Western Australia. On the vote of 5,0901. for New Zealand, Mr. V. SIM inquired if the Government had received any dispatches respecting the way in which the inhabitants had received the act of last session, and particularly the decision as to the New Zealand Company ? Mr. PEEL replied that the Government had not so much as heard of the arrival of the act. Agreed to. On the vote of 976/. for Heligoland, Mr. MIALL moved that it be reduced by 1001., being the amount of salary paid to two clergymen, at 50/. each. Mr. PEEL explained that the inhabitants were really too poor to make any provision for those rev. gentlemen. Mr. BRIGHT.—Then is it necessary to maintain them there ? No answer. The vote was agreed to. On the vote of 4,7501. for the Falkland Islands, Colonel DUNNE observed that the charges were very heavy, and inquired what the population was ? Mr LUCAS said, he really was sorry to trouble the house about this everlasting subject of chaplains, but they saw hon. gentlemen opposite objecting to every vote for Irish or Roman Catholic purposes and pressing their objec tions to a division, while they only objected to votes for other denominations, but did not divide against them. They had, in this instance, a vote of 4001, for a chaplain, but hon. gentlemen opposite sat quite still. Sir J. SHELLEY said, the hon. member for Meath was too quick. He was ready to vote against the item if it ap peared unnecessary, but they must take the estimates as they found them turn out. He moved that the vote be reduced by the sum of 4001. for the chaplain. Th. committee divided ' • the numb ers wero, For the amend men t 33 Against it B6 Majority 53 The vote was then agreed to without reduction. On the vote of 9,200/. required to defray the charge of Hong Kong, M. W. - WILLIAMS called attention to the monstrous salaries of the officers in this settlement. The Governor had 6,000/. ; the Treasurer and Registrar-General 9001., to manage a revenue of only 22,0001. ; the Chaplain received 7001. ; the Chief Justice 3,0001. ; the Attorn e y-G enera l 1,5001., and the indicial department 1,7501. • Mr. PEEL stated there had been a large annual reduc tion of late years in the amount of this vote. In 1845 it was 49,000/. ; there had been a progressive reduction since then up to the present time ; and he anticipated that that reduction would continue. The salaries might appear large, but hon. gentlemen must remember how extremely trying to an English constitution was the climate of Hong Kong ; and officers, therefore, required a higher rate of remunera tion for going there. _ _ Mr. Cli'MA - .HON called attention to the fact that the colonial chaplain received 7001., and 951. 15s. for contin gencies. Adding this to the sum paid to the chaplain in the last vote, the two made up, within a few pounds, the amount of the Maynooth grant rejected last night. He submitted that, if hon. members opposite were sincere in carrying out with regard to the colonies the principle they had applied to Ireland, they ought to resist the item to which he had alluded in this vote. Sir J. SHELLEY said, that a vote had been taken just now when this item had come before the committee, and by another division immediately afterwards they would be only delaying business utinecessarily. Mr. BRIGHT asked whether there was any prospect that by and by the whole of the vote now asked for might be done away with ? He thought several of the officers employed at Hong Kong were altogether unnecessary. Mr. PEEL believed the reduction which had already taken place there would continue, but could give no as surance that the vote would altogether disappear. Mr. MAGUIRE wished to know what provision there was at Hong Kong for the spiritual necessities of Roman Catholic soldiers? Captain SCOBELL impressed upon the committee the necessity of looking to the highest offices as well as to the lowest. 6,0001. a-year was too much for any governor to have, and he hoped the committee would be divided upon it. Mr. PEEL replied, that one reason why the salary was large was, that the Govern or ' s serv i ces did not entitle him to a retiring pension. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said the English Consul at Canton, Dr. Bowring, only received 1,8001., and he would venture to say his services were worth as much as those of the Governor of Hong Kong. Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to Mr. MAGUIRE, said, that no provision was made in the vote for the spiritual necessities of Roman Catholic soldiers in the island. Mr. MAGUIRE accordingly moved that the vote be re duced by the sum of 7951. 175., the amount voted for the Protestant chaplain of the colony. Mr. LUCAS wished to know whether there were any Roman Catholic soldiers in Hong Kong ? Colonel DUNNE said, if there were, he thought it probable some provision for a Roman Catholic chaplain would be found in the army estimates. Captain SCOBELL took exception to the amount of the Governor's salary. It appeared he received 3,0001. a-year as Governor, and 3,0001. a-year as Chief Superintendent of Trade. He moved that the salary of both offices be 4,5001. Mr. PEEL felt satisfied that 3,0001. a-year was not too much for the Governor. The other salary as Chief Super intendent of Trade was not now before the house. Mr. BRIGHT said, that there was nothing more mon strous than to give such a salary for two offices which one person was able to fill. If the house gave a man 3,0001. a year as Governor, they had a right to the whole of his time. Mr. MULLINGS did not think it would be proper, under the circumstances, to reduce the salary in the pre sent year. Captain SCOBELL withdrew his amendment until the second. salary of 3,0001. came before the house, Colonel BLAIR remarked, that in all garrisons abroad money was given that the Roman Catholic solders might attend the worship of their church. Mr. PELLATT would vote against the payment of the Protestant chaplain. Mr. DRUMMOND said, that if the Government selected a Roman Catholic chaplain for Hong Kong or any other gar rison abroad, he would probably be objected to by the ecclesiastical authorities of his church. So long as the Church of England was connected with the State, the Go vernment could appoint no ecclesiastical persons except they belonged to the Established Church. (Hear.) After a short conversation, Mr. MAGUIRE said that 33 hon. members had just voted against a similar grant, and he expected a larger number now, because the vote was doublo tho amount. (A laugh.) The committee then divided— For the amendment Against it Majority 44 The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were also agreed to :- 2,300/. for establishments at Labuan. 17,3961. for the Emigration Board and officers. 21,2111. for the support of captured and liberated negroes. _ _ 8,850/. for the mixed commissions for the suppression of the slave trade. On the question that the sum of 148,0331. be granted for defraying the expense of the consular establishments abroad, Captain SCOBELL moved that the salary which the Governor of Hong Kong received as Superintendent of Trade at that place should be reduced by 1,5001. Lord PALMERSTON informed the committee that whoa the Chinese trade was first thrown open an arrange ment was made, on the suggestion of the East India Com pany, by which three superintendents were established in China, one with a salary of 6,0001., another with one of 4,0001., and the third with ono of 2,0001. When we ob tained possession of the island of Hong Kong the Govern ment made what was thought to be an economical arrange ment ; they abolished two of the superintendents of trade, and gave to the one who remained only half the salary en joyed by the first superintendent under the previous ar rangement, and combined the office with that of Gover nor of Hong Kong. The duties of Superintendent at Kong Kong were of an arduo u s a nd mu ltif ar i ous charac ter ;they were likewise extremely important. In point of fact, he was the British Plenipotentiary in that part of the world, as well as the Chief Director of Trade. If the Government of China had to transact any business with us, it would be done through the medium of the Go vernor of Hong Kong in his capacity of Superintendent of Trade. Taking these circumstances into consideration, it was his opinion that the Superintendent's salary was not more than ought to be assigned to him. Hon. members, also, should not lose sight of the fact that the climate of China was exceedingly injurious to a British constitution. In the period during which he had the honour to conduct the foreign affairs of the country, he had to lament the loss of several most promising officers who fell victims to the Chinese climate, while many others were compelled by ill ness to return home. When the Government was about to fix the salaries of the superior officers in China, he felt it his duty to inquire what salaries were paid by commercial establishments to their agents in that country, and he found that they chief exceeded those which were finally assigned to our chief officers. Mr. WILLIAMS remarked that the noble lord's obser vations applied equally to all our Chinese establishments, and yet there was no officer in any of them who wvs paid in the same extravagant way as the Superintendent of Trade at Hong Kong. The hon. member then suggested , that it was desirable to get rid of attaches generally, and ' declared that he saw no occasion for maintaining consuls at Paris, Madrid, and other inland capitals. After a short discussion, the committee divided — For the amentment Against it Majority. Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to the charges for "postages" and "journeys on public service" put down for our Minister at Wurtemberg. What services a Minister at Wurtemberg could perform he did not understand, nor did he see any use in having Ministers at all at such petty Governments as these. We had a Minister not only at Wurtember g , but at Hanover and Saxony. All the se Governments were represented at Frankfort, and ho thought Germany would be sufficiently attended to if we had representatives at Frankfort, Austria, and Prussia. (Hear, hoar.) Lord PALMERSTON said that the charge for postage had reference to the communications between the mission at Wurtemberg and the Foreign-office. The Minister at Wurtemberg was accredited also to the Court of Baden, and necessarily had at times to go to the latter Court, anti he presumed that the journeys to which the hon. member referred were thus to be accounted for. With respect to the question generally , of having diplomatic relations with the smaller Courts of Germany, the hon. gentleman seemed to underrate the value and importance of that matter. Having had some years' experience in connexion with the subject, he could assure the house that it was important for this country to have these means of diplomatic inter course with the various members of the Germanic body. Our Minister at Frankfort could not serve the same pm , er pose, for ho was accredited to the Diet, and the repesenta tives of the German powers at the Diet, though having power to deal with German interests in the aggre gate, could not discuss the concerns of the separate and in dependent bodies to which they belonged. The Government of this country had occasionally obtained important infor mation from the smaller Courts of matters which regarded the greater I'owers. Captain SCOBELL said, that last year a considerable discussion took place respecting the item for the ambassa dor's chaplain at Constantinople, and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer withdrew it in deference to the feeling i o t f em th , e o h r o a u o s y e, paanAl of h it, VeNiwshaesdnotwo beforeknow w th h e e h th o e u r se ? th e same Lord PALMIRSTON said, he was not quite stwe on that point ; but he proceeded to obsaer,„rvbee,atmh amount n t h t eorfew Britishas shipping, a considerable British community, number of B r iti s h sea nn a t a l and consequently a great therefore thi n k it o f importance shouldire Sbbeold li provided for th em d ecent io Constantinople. tbat tbere means of worship at C ons tantinople. Mr. KINNAIRD inquiidlvat (Hear, was the condition e condition o f the negotiations w ith the Government of S ou th C aro li na respecting n B loge r ( i i tis hd sinubgj ee aol, and en out of B r iti s h s hi ps a t charged a considerable sum for their maintenance there Lord PALMERSTON replied, that he was not able to state tho precise condition of the negotiation ; but the ques tion was one of great interest and considerable difficulty. The slave States in the south of the American Union had passed laws, which he should ferhcar from characterising, but the result of which was that any man of colour belong ing to the crew of any ship which arrived at a port it a slave State was immediately arrested, and kept in gaol so long as the vessel remained in the port. The British Go vernment for a long course of time had represented to the Government of the United States that such a proceedi-ig was a violation of treaties with the Union at large. That assertion had not, ho believed, been denied by the Federal Government, but the constitution of the United States was such that the action of the Federal Government on the separate States was next to nothing ; and it had been fairly represented to the British Government by the Federal Go vernment that to insist on the repeal of those laws under which the proceedings in question took place, and which, whatever they in England might think of them, arose out of the feelings of the local States, would raise questions be tween those States and the Federal Government which would be exceedingly inconvenient, if not destructive, to the Union. (Hear, hear.) The British Consul at Charleston, by instructions from his Government, had entered into communication wiih the local Government for the purpose of obtaining certain modifications of the obnoxious laws, but up to the time when he (Lord Palmerston) left the Foreign-office, he knew that the negotiations bad not led to any satisfactory result ; and he much feared, though ho was not precisely informed on the subject, that they had not ended in any desirable arrangement. Nevertheless the attention of the Government, ho was confident, was still directed to the subject, and no efforts would be omitted calculated to establish a more satisfactory state of things. (Hear, hear.) Lord 1). STUART thought that what had fallen from the noble lord showed the importance of England having an ambassador at Constantinople. Had our ambassador been there a short time back, probably the affair of Monte negro would have been decided less unfavourably to the interests of the Turkish empire. (Hear.) He hoi;ed they should see from information that must, sooner or later, be C li n d s s upon cot aun country tnr y t o h p e hl e t a a dh b l a b e d e o on f no the b te wnitt house, hh r o t rwe hat gan t r away we tor p t e ha n t s d e m t i t o shs w ai ot h nt i ch ht o diplomatists empl o y e d th ere h ad done th p ei a r d rt P ut e w y hi aohnd,from given to the Govern men t o f T ur k ey that supo ancient treaties a n d th e pro f ess i ons of our Governm e nt, it had a right to e x p ec t aga i ns t any power which might have' endeavoured to impair her integrity or injure her inde pendence. Mr. PELLATT wished to ask the noble lord how it was that so large a sum as 1,6351. Bs. 4d. appeared in the mis cellaneous charges c onnec t e d with the Spanish embassy Lord P ALMERSTON said, h e h a d before explained e that there were some ex t ra expenses conn ectedwith the mission to Spain. The expenses connected with the mis sion were of two kinds; the one consisted of the fixed sala ries of the Minister and thos e w h o were attached totho em bassy ; the other of extraordinary or incidental expenses —such as postage, messages, &c., w hi c h varied from time to time. The vote was then agreed to, as were also the follow ing :-_—___._ .. 132,9801. for superannuation and retired allowances. 2,9671. for Toulonese and Corsican emigrants. 2,000/. for the Vaccine establishment. 3251. for the Refuge of the Destitute. On a vote of 4,2801. being proposed for the subsistence of Polish refugees, and allowances to diAtressed Spaniards, Mr. REPTON moved as an amendment that 2,0001. be substituted for 3,0001., as the relief to be given to Polish refugees. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not cognisant of the arrangements connected with the origin of this grant ; but there was a diminution of the grant, and he believed there would be a further diminution of it in future years. Lord PALMERSTON said, with regard to the Polish refugees, he thought this arrangement was made, that no addition was to be made to the number relieved out of the fund. Those refugees came here in great distress ; many of them were very deserving persons, and totally dependent for subsistence on the very small amount doled out to them out of this sum ; and he knew the Government of which he was formerly a member made this arrangement—that those who were upon the list should continue to receive their allowances so long as they remained in this country ; but if they went away they lost their allowances, and did not receive them in the event of their returning ; and that no new names should be put upon the list. The vote was, therefore, in the course of gradual diminution. Lord 1). STUART related the circumstances under which the grant originated ; and submitted that after the house had taught the subjects of the grant to depend upon it, by renewing it from year to year, it would be hard to deprive them of it now. Mr. HINDLEY opposed the vote on the ground that it was hard that the working classes of this country should bo taxed for such a purpose. Mr. BLACKETT thought, on the other hand, if the working classes were polled, a vast majority of them would be found to be in favour of continuing this relief to a meri torious but unfortunate class of individuals, for their suf ferings in a cause which must be dear to every English man. (Hear.) Sir W. JOLIFFE hoped that, ore long, they should hear no more of grants like this. He trusted that England would always oifer an asylum to political refugees, but that that house would cease to subsidise them. Mr. REPTON declined to divide the committee, and the vote was agreed to. On a vote of 4,4691. being proposed to pay miscellaneous allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, for which no permanent provision had been made by Parliament, Sir J. SHELLEY•asked for explanation as to the charge bf 4001. for the college of St. David's, Lampeter ; and th e annuity of 5001. granted by King arles 11. to the ances tor of the late Sir Thomas Clarges, in fee, and• charged upon the coal dues. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the item of 4001. for St. David's College came under the head of charges removed from the Civil List of 1831. With re spect to the annuity granted by Charles 11. to the ances tor of the late Sir Thomas Clarges, the same observation was applicable. The coal duties had been relieved of it, and it was now placed under the head of Miscellaneous Charges. Mr. MIALL wished the Chanccllor of the Exchequer to explain the items in this vote of " the Bishop of Chester for stipends of two preachers in Lancashire, 921. 168 ;" and " Minister of the Gaelic Church at Cromarty, stipend paid for some years from civil contingencies, 1001." The CHANCELLOR o f th e EXCHEQUER said these were charges which had been upon the votes for a consi derable number of years, and at a previous period detailed explanations of them had been printed with the votes, as the honourable member might have seen on a reference to these votes. Mr. HINDLEY suggested that it would be desirable that the house should have the names of the poor French refugee clergy," to whom 700/. of this vote was allotted. Mr. BRIGHT thought the proposition to furnish the names of the gentlemen in question a reasonable one. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection to produce their names, if the hon. member for Ashton (Mr. Hindley) would make a motion with that view. Mr. VERNON SMITH hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would recal his permission to produce the names of the French refugee clergy, for to publish the names of those poor persons would be to take away the grace which now attached' to our charity towards them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER coincided with the feeling of his right hon. friend (Mr. V. Smith) on this point, and ventured to hope that the hon. member for Ashton (Mr. Hindley) would abstain from moving for the production of the names in question, he (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) promising to satisfy himself that there was no fraud committed on the Government in this matter. The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of 1,4601. to defray the expense of the Foundling Hospital department of the House of Industry, Mr. VA.NCE complained of a deductioa of 10 per cent. from former votes for the hospitals in Dublin. This was a breach of the agreement made at the time of the union, that the same amount of assistance should be afforded to the public hospitals as was granted by the Irish Parlia ment. His hon. colleague had given notice of a motion for a select committee to inquire into the whole subject of the Dublin hospitals, and he suggested that the present vote should be postponed until after the inquiry of the com mittee. a s a s s i i d s t t a h n a c t e a s f r n o o m n e t oh t p h u e b L i j o e n v d u o r s n e h , o h s - e pi t M al l. s . ived saw no reason, for placing similar institutions in Dublin upon a different footing. Colonel DUNNE said that the greater number of the hospitals in Dublin were handed over at the time of the union on the condition that they should be supported by this country. The revenue of Ireland had been taken, its taxation had been doubled, its debt increased, and it was now proposed that the benefits to which the country was fairly entitled should be withdrawn. The vote was then agreed to, as were also the following :- 10,2901. for the House of Industry, Dublin. 600/. for the Female Orphan Asylum. 1,350/. for the Westmoreland Lock Hospital. 6001. for the Lying-in Hospital. 9451. for Dr. Steevens' Hospital. , 2,2801. for the Fever Hospital. 300/. for. the Hospital of Incurables. On the motion to vote a sum of 38,4921. for non-con forming and other dissentinc , ministers in Ireland, Sir J. SHELLEY moved that the vote be expunged. Mr. BRIGHT said that having been in the north of Ire land some time since he had an opportunity ofj making in quiries as to the working of these grants, he found that it was in many respects unsatisfactory. He would not enter into the general objection to these grants, nor into the objection to the present grant as regarded Ireland particu larly, further than to say that the Presbyterians were more numerous in the north of Ireland than the members of the Established Church, and were in a more comfortable con dition than the average population of Ireland, so that no ground existed for this grant, which did not apply with tenfold more force with respect to the Roman Catholic population. (Hoar, hear.) The plan pursued in the north of Ireland in reference to these grants of money, aid ho had the statement from a gentleman of strict veracity, was this. If twelve heads of families seceded from any existing denomination and formed themselves into a separate con gregation, they, on certifying that they had. subscribed between them 35/. for the payment of a minister, applied to the Government for a sum out of the Regium which sum varied from between sevemty and ninety pounds. Nothing could be more calculated th an such asystem ora lower the tone both of public and p r i va t ‘rn But the fact was, the grant was ma d e to muzzle (H ear. ) i Presby terians of Ireland in ord er that they might not raise a bark or a howl in harmony with their f Roman Catholics, against the Establishedellow-citizens, the —and it was mosediscreditable to them Church--(hear) this large sum of money annually, to consent to receive consi dered in no other light than Y) which could be from remonstrating against the: a bribe to prevent them Estab lished Church in that count existence of the a Presbyterian he would usel4Y. (Hear, hear.) If he were he did in reference to thismuch stronger language than greatest importance that grant. He thought it of the be established. between complete religious justice should But if the Government sects in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) grant now, he hoped were not prepared to abolish this made larger in they would say that it would not be 50,0001. more, future, because if the 38,000/. became there would be greater diffic u lty deal ing with the question at a future time. (Hear, hear.) This would give considerable satisfaction, because it would show that the object of the Government was to establish religious equality in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Lord C. HAMILTON did not think the hon. member for Manchester was justified as a man of peace and on ano nymous authority in charging the Presbyterians of Ire land with deliberate - fraud and swindling of the public money by making false representations as to the amount of subscriptions received from the congregations. (Hear, hear.) He thought that a feeling of propriety and ,: self-ye spect would have prevented the hon. member arging a religious body with such gross and degrading from acts, with out at least bringing forward souse evidence in support, of them. 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