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induced them to consent to any part being diverted to secular purposes. The papers moved for were then ordered to be pro duced, with certain exceptions. THE MERCANTILE MARINE. , ' Lord COLCHESTER referred to the various acts re lating to the mercantile marine, the complexity andxnul tiplicity of which formed a grievance which was com plained of by the shipping interest. A bill to,consolidate them had been prepared by the late Government, and. would have been laid before Parliament by them had it not been for the change of Administration. He now - wished to know whether it was the intention of the pre sent Government to lay before Parliament any consoli dation and amendment of the laws relating to the mer- 4 cantile marine ? Lord STA.NLEY of Alderley observed, that his right hon: friend the President of the Board of Trade intended on Tuesday next to state the intentions„,of the Govern ment in regard to all subjects connected with the mer cantile marine, and he thought that the noble lord had better not press for any answer to his question until the whole maAter was Laid before Parliament. The house then adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) (contitued fro= our Third Edition of last evening.) Several private bills were brought up, and read a first time. PLACARDS AGAINST THE MILITIA. Mr. HIAJDLEY gave notice that on a future day he would ask the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment whether the Government intended to proceed with the prosecutions which had been commenced against cer tain parties for distributing placards in reference to the Militia Bill. CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA) BILL. , . Mr. F. PEEL—Sir, I rise to ask for leave to introduce a bill which shall empower the legislature of Canada to exercise a control over the provisions at present regulating the arrangement of the clergy reserves in that province, and I trust that the house will bear in mind how impor tant this question is, and how great an interest the people in.that province take in it, if, in doing my best to put the house in possession of the precise nature of this bill, I trespass for some little time on its attention. The clergy reserves constitute a fund of no inconsiderable magnitude they take their origin from a period as far back as the year 1791. At that time the province of Canada was divided into two parts ; in the place of the single council of Govern ment which then legislated for the whole province, there were substituted two representative legislatures, one for each province ; and in the act known as the Constitutional Act, which made that alteration in the constitution of Canada, it was provided that whenever the Crown disposed of its waste lands, one-seventh in value of the lands which were disposed of should be reserved for the benefit of the Protestant clergy. Now, that proportion of the value of the waste lands disposed of continued to be reserved for a period of fifty years; but in the year 1840 an act was passed which put an end to any further reser vations of land for that purpose. In the course of years I need not say that a very great quantity of land had . been reserved. A great portion of it no doubt had been sold, and at the present time the clergy reserves consist in part of land and in part of money, of investments in the funds of this country and of Canada, which have arisen from the sale and disposition of lands which originally were reserved for this purpose. The manner in which this fund is appropriated is this. Its revenue is applied to the payment of stipends to ministers of different religious de nominations. It is not the case that these denominations participate in that fund in proportion to their relative numbers, or to the strength of each, because it will be found that, notwithstanding the change which took place in the year 1840, the Established Churches of England and of Scotland derived by far the greatest advantage from the existence of this fund. I will read an extract from a de spatch of Lord Elgin, accompanying what is known as a blue book in the year 1851, showing how the clergy reserves were appropriated in that year. I find that in the year 1851 the clergy of the Church of England in the two provinces received a sum of about 12,0001. The population professing that religion amounted altogether to just about a quarter of a million. The Church of Scotland received a sum of 6,5001., having a population of 61,000 souls. The other Churches which received money from this fund were the United Synod of Pres byterians in Upper Canada, 464/. ; the Roman Catholic, Church, 1,369/. ; and the Wesleyan Methodists of Upper Canada, 6391. Now, 'pen what authority is this distri bution made ? It is made on the authority of an Act of rarliament passed in the year 1840; and as the circum stances which preceded and led to the passing of that act are considered to exercise a very important bearing on the conclusions which ought to be arrived at in the present day, I will give the house a very short summary of those cir cumstances. The great bulk of the clergy reserves are placed in the province of - Upper Canada. In consequence of a term used in the Constitutional Act of 1791—the term Protestant clergy—the Church of England advanced and succeeded in establishing, down to the year 1840, an ex elusive claim to the advantages of this fund. Now the majority of the population of Upper Canada profess a reli gion which was not the religion of the Church of England ; and therefore it is not surprising that the monopoly of that Church gave rise to considerable jealousy and agitation in he Legislature of Upper Canada. And you will find that rem the year 1823, or so, when the reserves began to be of value and began to be sold, down to the year 1840, there were continual proceedings in the House of Assembly aid Legislature of Upper Canada • and you will find motions, addrem3s, resolutions, and bills passing through the House of Assembly, at ono time urging the admission of other denominations into a participation in the advantages of this religious endowment ; at other times proposing that they should be applied to secular purposes. Well, the Le gislative Council of that legislature never concurred in the views of the House of Assembly. The two branches of the legislature were permanently at variance with each other— they could not be brought to acquiesce even in any compro mise of the question ; and in the year 1835 the Legislative Council, despairing of comi ng t o an y t erms w ith th House of Assembly, proposed that the whole subject should be referred to this country, and that the Imperial Parliament should put an end to the difference between them. Now it is important to notice the words in which Lord Glenelg, at that time Colonial Minister, answered that application in the year 1835. [The honourable gentleman then pro ceeded to read an extract from Lord Glenelg's dispatch, which appeared among the Parliamentary papers of the year, 1840, No. 205, which (as nearly as we could catch) . was-as follows :—" The chief practical difficulty is whether his Majesty should be advised to recommend to Parliament the assumption by Parliament itself of the office of deciding on the future appropriation of these lands. There are two distinct reasons, both of which appear to me conclusively to forbid that course of proceeding—first of all, that Par liamentary legislation on any subject of exclusively inter nal concern in any British colony possessed of a represent tive assemby is, as a general rule, unconstitutional.l The honourable gentleman continued :—Lord Glenelg gave an other reason, which was that the Constitutional Act of 1791 had purposely left this subject to be dealt with by the local.legislature of the province. That was the impression which prevailed at that time, and down to the year 1840, and which, as I shall show, turned out to be an erroneous construction of the act of 1791. Well, the legislature of Canada, thus prompted by the Colonial Minister to dis pose of the question, again entered upon its discussion. I find that between the years 1835 and 1839 bills again passed through the House of Assembly to which the Legislative Council refused to assent, but in the year 18a`3 both houses concurred in a measure investing those . lands, free from any conditions, I believe in the Crown, or, at all events, referring this question to be dealt with by the Imperial Parliament. Now, at that time, the noble lord, now the leader of this house, was Colo nial Minister ; and this was the language in which he re plied to that proposal. He said (as near as we could follow the reading of the extracts), " I cannot admit that there exists in this country greater facilities than in Upper Ca nada for the adjustment of this controversy. On the con trary, the provincial legislature will bring to the conside ration of it an extent of accurate information, as to the wants and the general opinions of society in that country, in which the Imperial Parliament would be unavoidably deficient." Thus you see that a second time the Colonial Minister refused to advise the British Parliament to deal with this question, and referred it as one proper to be dealt with by the local legislature. Well, upon this second invi tation, I find that the two houses did succeed in agreeing to a measure, and passed—l believe mainly owing to the tact and Parliamentary management of Lord Sydenham, then Governor-General—a bill, which was carried by the Legislative Council by a narrow majority . in the House of Assembly ; but 1 niust say it was a bill giving the Church of England much more favourable terms than could have been expected when you remember the previous acts of the House of Assembly on the subject. That bill came home to this aaairtry, and, according to the constitutional provi sion, Was laid on the table of this and the other house -of Parliament for thirty days prior to her Majesty's pleasure being signified 'with respect to it. An objection was taken by the Bishop of Exeter that the Legislature of Upper Canada had e xceeded its powers in dealing with this ques tion—that the Constitutional Act of 1791 gave it no power a t a ll, except such as was prospective only. That question was referred t o the judges, and they reported upon it in th e se words (as w e u nderstood them)—" We are all of opi nion that the effect of the 41st section of the act of 1791 is prospective, a nd that the power s th ereby vested in the Le gislative Council and the House of Assembly and their pro visions cannot extend to the waste lands already appro priated." Nothing, therefore, remained but to introduce a bill into P ar li a ment, embodying the Prin c i p l es and de tails of the bill which had passed through the House of Assembly and Legislative Council of Canada, at the invi tation of the Government of this country. That bill was accordingly brought in, but at a period in the history o f Canada when it' was of the utmost importance that there should be as little division and as great unanimity as possi ble in the Imperial Parliament with regard to all measures passing affectin g Canada, and, th e refore; before the bill so introduced 1 t llis house, in order to conciliate opposition in the Ho , Lords, it underwent very considerable me dificaction , as it was finally passed it certainly &I -* fered very materially from that bill to which the Legisla ture of Upper Canada had given its assent, and made a provision very much more favourable to the Church of England and of Scotland, than even that Legislature had sanctioned. Well, it was hoped, at that time, that the act of 1840 might be regarded as having finally disposed of this troublesome question. I myself think it would have been better to have anticipated what has now occurred - that we might have foreseen that differences of opinion based onprinciple could not possibly be prevented from bursting out merely by being kept down by the weight of an act of Parliament. Nevertheless, no such provision was inserted in the bill ; and I need laot say that no colonial Legislature has any power to alter the provision of an act of Parliament. Now, just see what is the state of things in Canada. Since 1840, 12 years have now passed by. Events have been crowded in that period in a new country which might rEssispateared an age in any old one. I find that the popu 'more than doubled since the year 1840. You find ey."„ry ,..-1-p-- .. - „ us denominations shifting about—now this one ' - '4.;: - - -- ='' I ,- , now another falling into the rear, just a'ai47 aa a .-- a'a: - ' roiight an acaexaioa t 9 this or that ar Part j iGulaZ as r , .4 4 - -<-7 - C• ::-1 - I ' Z! >...t!'.;:;;.4-,-,F creed. Therefore nothing could be more natural than that a desire should be entertained for a re-adjustment of the arrangement made so far back as the year 1840. (Hear.) There is nothing unreasonable I think in the people of Canada desiring that some particular denomination should have a share of the fund more in accordance with its nui3l- ... friendly spirit towards the Church of England. No doubt the concession that we propose to make does shake the con fidence which is now felt in the perpetuity of the endow ment for religious purposes. (Loud cries of " hear, hear," from the Opposition.) But, regarding the Church of Eng land as a body of individual clergy in that country, we have taken ample gu.arantees for their continued enjoyment of the stipends now allotted._ to them—(hear, hear)—we have further the full concurrence of the legislature and the executive of Canada in doing so. We have inserted a clause in the bill which will render it impossible for those clergy to be deprived of their emoluments so long as they live. It would have been impossible for us to assent to any other regulation in the matter. They went out to that country in reliance upon the act of Parliament, and good faith and honour requires that their rights should be respected. But, looking at the Church of England not as a collection of in dividual clergy, but as an establishment—as an incorporated institution—if you ask us to maintain a church establish ment in Upper Canada against the wishes of the people of that country, I for one would shrink from such a struggle. (Hear, hear.) If you were to engage in it, I undertake to say that you would never issue from it with credit or suc cess. (Hear, hear.) I am convinced, sir, that we are taking the right course even in the interests of the Church of Eng land herself. I believe if that Church has to encounter a spirit of antagonism and jealousy, aroused by a feeling of undue partiality and favour shown to her, she is weighted with a burden which no endowment can possibly counter. balance. (Hear, hear.) The Church of England, I doubt not, will win its way in that country as it has done in the United States. Not assuming that it is deprived of the existing provision made for it out of the public funds, it will derive its strength, not from the liberality of the pub lic, but, as it has done elsewhere, from the purity of its doctrines—from the soundness of its teaching—from the virtues which are illustrated in the lives of its clergy. (Cheers.) Sir, I beg to ask the permission of the house to introduce the bill of which I have given notice. • Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was not his intention to oppose the present motion, and therefore it wild not be necessary for him to follow the previous speaker at any great length. He had heard that gentleman's speech with regret, but• certainly not with surprise, seeing that it only embodied sentiments which since the opening of the pre sent session had been already expressed by the noble lord the member for London, as the organ of the Govern ment in that house. He (Sir J. Pakington) looked upon the bill now sought to be introduced as a means of commit ting a breach of the national faith, and of depriving the Protestants of Canada of property with which they h ad most solemnly endowed. (Hear, hear.) Tho hon. mover admitted that in the recent elections in Upper Canada, the district mainly affected by this bill, the party who wished to retain the clergy reserves for their present uses had gained several seats, and that the gains had taken place among the largest constituencies in the province. These were important facts, in addition to which it should be borne in mind that even previous to that election the re presentatives of Upper Canada were equally divided on the question. (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Under-Secretary, in alluding to the Roman Catholic endowments of Lower Canada, had said they were secured at the conquest. True, they were, and the guarantees then given had been rigidly respected. And why, then, should not the guarantee, quite as solemn, given in 1840 by the British Parliament, be looked upon as of equal value ? He should wait, however, . until he saw tlae bill, and what means were taken to pro tect the interests of the Church, which must be ample indeed to escape the charge of a flagrant breach of faith. Before he sat down ho would implore the noble lord, the Imember for London, to look at the act of 1840, of which ho himself was the author. Let him recollect the peculiar circumstances under which that act was passed, and bow all the statesmen of the day concurred in its adoption. It was then laid down and admitted that before attempting a union of the two provinces all questions of religion should be settled—a point to which the late Duke of Wellington particularly alluded in his memorable protest. Let the noble lord recollect the words of the preamble to his bill. declaring the expediency of finally settling the question of the clergy reserves, and their appropriation to the main tenance of religion, and let him then reflect whether he, of all men, was not bound to respect the rights of the Church of England in Canada. With these observations he should consent to the passing of the present stage of the bill. Mr. V. SMITH complained that the right hon. gentle man had acted rather unconstitutionally in quotinc , the opinions of any portion of the people of Canada against the regularly constituted Assembly of that country. But seeing he was member for Droitwich—he had acted still more strangely in relying on the comparative populousness of a constituency as a guage of its political value. He (Mr. V. Smith) hoped that when the question of Parlia mentary Reform came on for discussion, they should have the valuable co-operation of the right hon. gentleman. (Cheers, and laughter.) To say that an Act of Parliament was irreversible, was to saddle his noble friend below him with a new finality, besides which the right hon. gentle man completely invaded the rights of the Canadians to legislate for themselves. The act of 1840 had procured 10 years of tranquillity, but now he believed that the people of Canada were in favour of the secularisation of the re serves, and his opinion was that the great principles of self-government demanded that the question should he left to their decision. Sir R. INGLIS was, not like his right hon. friend, in clined to wait for future stages of the bill, seeing that the principle had already been clearly announced. They knew that the measure before them was one enabling the Cana dian Legislature to deal not with a religious principle, but with property, the property of the clergy. The word "clergy" was one of plain signification as regarded the disposal of these reserves, and could not be misunderstood. by the most ignorant and Radical member of that- house. (A laugh.) The learned Solicitor-Generali who was slum bering on the Treasury bench, could tell his CDlleagues that the word meant clergy of the Established Church. (No, no.) Being of 'that opinion, and hosti'ke to the alienation of their property, ho hoped he should receive general support in opposing the present stage of the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if parliamentary grants were to be irrevocable, then was the act of 1840 an.-unjusti fiable interference with the act of 1791. But the r'Lght hon. gentleman, the member for Droitwich, went further, and had laid down in a dispatch that s if the irrevocal do act of 1840 was not found satisfactory, it should be superseded by another irrevocable act in 1853. The question was not one as to whether endowments made by parliament should last for ever, but whether parliament should adopt the rule that all questions of local concern should be left to the local par hament of Canada. (Cheers.) Now, on that que.THon her Majesty's Government had no doubt whatever. (Cheers.) They thought that they ought to allow the Canadian par liament to legislate on this and every other local subject. (Hear, hear.) For his own part he should be glad if the parliament of Canada were contented with the settlement of 1840, which was considered satisfactory at the time, and which even now he thought might as well be loft undis turbed. The Canadian Parliament might find that in dis turbing the settlement they were opening up new grounds of animosity ; but, however that might be, he did not think they were justified in opposing the will of the local Parlia ment, who seemed determined to deal with this subject. Look at the history of our legislation in Canadia n affairs. He could not think that Parliament made a Wise provi sion in 1791 in dividing the two provinces. (Hear, hear.) By that measure the free commerce of the two provinces ' was prevented, and the differences of race, of religion, and of prejudices, engendered such conflicts between the two Parliaments, that Earl Bathurst was obliged to take the re venues of the colony, and distribute them without reference to other legislation. The union, however, had remedied many of these evils o f a former time. oth parties had yielded up obstacles to their mutual prosperity, and since then Canada had made more rapid progress, not only than any of our own colonies, but than any part of the. United States. They had exerted themselves harmoniously, be gun s im e t p h e e r y ild f feat a t r h u a a t the in e n y t, had and b h e e e n tr •l is e t a e l ( t i w t i h t a h t h t o h no e stp present e b n y t b f ill would additional ere p d ro i o n f . to ( t ch he e m ers tr such mode o w mE as an to b begged to thank the Government for the m de r a n ngu be were by this measure about to com p lete system of self government alone could secure permanent peace and hcaodntitnr-tuasynce said,of course they had taken in reference tothi t iLq t uestion. Th which that prosperity which, a the hour when responsible government commenced from tranquillity to Canada' a s n t d he te n ie ob s l u e re lo t r h d e hon. gentleman tho Under He begged also to thank the ) • s (Mr. F. Peel for the candour he Secretary for the Colonies able speech with which he had was first conceded to that important colony. (Hear, hear.) had displayed in the very (Hear, he had expresscl • ht be assured that the sentiment might hear.) The hon. gentle manin that speech would bus the enunciation by the minister of introduced the motion. ceived with the people of Canada,. grt satisfaction by the Crownwhich he (Mr. Hume) • to prosper, an d would continue extended to all our colonies. trusted would be speedily friend the member for Oxford of principles under which alone the colony (Hear.) He ho his hon. ) w ould divide against the motion University (Sir R. oh that which was the main might be at once ascertained_ . a• the people of Canada principle of the bill—that of allowing . with this question of clergy re to deal as they pleased as he had intimatedl,nignliosider that the feeling of the house ulo deal as to produce peace they had the power they w . . n the colony. and contentment to all parties i andagreed to, Sir R. INGLIS The motion was then put himself with meeting serves, and with which he forde had no doubt that when declining to divide, but contentingel, the question with a formal " N • NEW BILLS. rovisions relating to the the table, a bill to renew thy P Ireland, contained in the collection of grand jury cess il e a . 65. expired act of 14 &15 ...: t 2 _ . Vie.B.K.A.L brought in his bill to re- Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave, and afterwards laid on The SOLICITOR-GEN . also introduced his measure to Mr. H. DRUMMOND f land. facilitate the sale and pureli °, time. All these bills were read a mat Bill as considered as amended gulate the office of examiners an Chanc er Y . The Transfer of Aids w and the report agreed to. _ improvements, authorising re house on the metropolitan olited was brought up payments out of the Cons ded thereon ordered to be and agreed to, and a bill fowl brought in. half-past 7 o'clock. The resolution paf3sed by the committee of the whole The house adjourned a t ----:............ hers. I instangs theßresbyteriansin connection with the Church of Scotland, who, I believe, have lost more than one-half o f th e i r adherents since 1840.__SooR after that year, the schism tooli — Piale — ixT that Church and extended, however unaccountably, to our North Americaie colonies and I fi n d th a t th e Free Church of Scotlandpaa now more followers than the body in con nection with the`national Church of Scotland. It is very natural too, as we think l ethat other bodies, the Wesleyans &instance, with 100,000 persons belonging to their com munion, should desire to participate to a greater extent than they now appear to do in the advantages of this fund. There has also been a desire expressed for the secularisa tion of these reserves ; but it does net matter what is the view'entertainecl—be the force or form of public opinion in that country what it may—there are not any means of .giving a legal and constitutional expression t ) their senti ments—there is an insuperable obstacle in the way. That obstacle is the act of 1840, and the object of this bill will be to remove that bar. Now, lam anxious, sir, to explain precisely the object of this bill. We do not intend by it in any way to alter the present condition of things. We leave the different denominations in that colony, not certainly upon the' same, footing as that on which they have hitherto stood, but •in the same relation which they have hitherto borne to each other. All that we propose to do is to vest in the Legislature of Canada the power, if they think fit to exercise it, of altering that arrangement. I think it preci pitate to anticipate that these clergy reserves will, in con sequence of this concession, be of necessity alienated from religious purposes, and seclarised by the Legislature of Ca nada. There are in that colony people who think, as I do, that in a new country, perhaps even more than in an old one, it is of the greatest importance to have a public pro vision applicable to the payment of stipends to ministers of religion. It is only- when you have a provision of that kind that you can secure the presence of clergymen and the mi nistrations of public worship in every community, hop-- ever poor, however remote they may be from the seat of Goverament. And, sir, we ought not to forget that the clergy and the laity of the Church of England, and the other denominations in that colony who are interested in the maintenance of this fund* as applicable to religious purposes, constitute by no means an inconsiderable mino rity in that country. There is a very just remark made by Lord Elgin, in one of his dispatches, where he says that there is this evil attendant on the present arrange ment, that " those in communion with the churches pecu liarly benefited by this fund, instead of trying to influence the public mind of the colony, are continually looking to the opinion of the mother country, and content to take shelter under the shadow of an act of Parliament, while, if left to themselves, there may be very good ground to an ticipate that they will be able to make their opinions shared in by others." Why, I see it stated that, at the last general election in the colony, in the mouth of Decem ber, 1851, they put forth their strength, and succeeded in carrying no less than nine elections, displacing from the Legislature some of thOse who took a most prominent and active part in advocating the secularisation of these re serves ; and, therefore, I am not altogether without hope that the party which is at present interested in the exist ing apprepriation of this fund may possibly be able to bend the Colonial Legislature into taking that direction which they consider that the well-being of the country requires. But, be that as it may, I contend that the subject is solely and exclusively one for the consideration of the Colonial Legislature. (Cheers.) It is not an imperial, but a local concern. That is the ground that we occupy in bringing forward and advocating the adoption of this bill. We say that in bringing it forward we are carrying out the principle which has guided our policy towards that coun try of late years. It is a liberal, but, at the same time, as I believe, a just and well-founded, confidence in the good sense and the loyalty of the inhabitants of that coun try, which has prompted us to extend to them an almost unlimited measure of power of self-government. They have now a Legislature, the popular branch of which is freely chosen by themselves upon any electoral basis they may choose. They vote their own civil list ; they have executive control over the land fund, and the disposition of its proceeds. Even within late years we have made other great concessions in the same direction—we have surrendered to the colony the management of the customs department—we have discontinued imperial duties, and since the repeal of the navigation laws we have removed every restriction upon their trade with ourselves, our other colonies, and with foreign countries. We have gone even a step further, and given them what they consider a re sponsible Government. Until the other day, their execu tive was nominated by ourselves, and the principles of its policy were the principles of the Administration at home ; but now they have an executive whose policy follows the policy favoured by the majority in the House of Assembly. Well, then, I cannot see why you should make any distinc tion with regard to this particular description of property ; nor why you should not place at their disposal this portion of the public lands of the province. I see in a pamphlet of Archdeacon Bethune that in respect to the claim of the Co lonial Legislature to have the disposition of their lands, he states that " these lands were bought with the money of the British Treasury, and that we still pay salaries and pensions to the Indians for having taken their land from them." He refers, I suppose, to the 13,0001. which is paid every year in pensions to the Indians ; but then that is paid, not in respect of land taken from those Indians, but in respect of services rendered to us by them in war. Now if that be the Legislature, and this • the executive—if that Legisla ture represents so large a population, and has'such impor tant and varied functions vested in it, I am sure that this house will be disposed to pay great attention to its wishes and representations. (Hear, hear.) Nowlhow stands the question in this point of view ? I need not g o to an earlier period than the month of June, 1850. At that time the. House of Assembly passed several resolutions, and an ad dress to her Majesty, praying that the power which we now propose to confer on them might be granted. Lord Grey, who was then Minister for the Colonies, told them in a dispatch in the month of January, 1851, in answer to that address and those resolutions, that he regretted that the agitation had been revived on this question—that he had hoped that the act of 1840 had permanently disposed of it ; but as it was the wish of the Legislature of Upper Canada to deal with this question, that he, regarding it entirely as one of local concern, was prepared to recom mend the introduction into the Imperial Parliament of the requisite measure. When that dispatch was received in Canada I find that both houses, not only the House of Assembly which had voted the address, but the Legisla tive Council as well, passed addresses of thanks to her Majesty for the communication they had received from her minister. Later in the same year Lord Grey announced 123 Lord Elgin that, in consequence of the extreme pressure of business in that ses sion (1851), he had found it impossible ; to introduce the measure ; but he undertook to bring it forward early in the session of 1852. I need not say that we had not far gone in that session when Lord Grey and his colleagues retired from office, Lord Grey was suceeeded in the colonial department by the right honour able gentleman whom • I see opposite (Sir J. Pakington). That right honourable gentleman, I have no doubt, gave all the consideration to this subject which its importance de manded of him ; but he came to the conclusion that he could not advise the introduction of the measure which Lord Grey had undertaken to bring in in the course of that ses sion. I now come to the resolutions which were passed by the Legislature of Canada so late as the month of Novem ber (as we understood) on the receipt of the intelligence sent by the right hon. gentleman opposite. In December, 1851, there was a new Parliament, and the right hon. gentle man stated among other reasonsforpostponing the measure, that since the addresses were passed by the Canadian Legis lature there had been an appeal to the country, and he un derstood that the laity and clergy of the Church of England had succeeded in carrying several of the elections. (Sir J. Pakington was here understood to dissent.) The right hon. gentleman understood that there had been a change in the opinions of the House of Assembly, and he would wait to hear the result of a reference being made to them. He stated in a dispatch of April 22, " I have in the first place taken into consideration the circumstance that since any opinion on this difficult subject was expressed by the Legislature of Canada, a general election has taken place in the province, and it is as yet uncertain what the views of the new House of Assembly as to the disposal of the clergy reserves may be." Now, sir, there cannot now be any doubt as to what the views of the present Assembly are. They have passed the resolution in strong terms remonstrat ing against the decision of the Colonial Minister ; and the material point to observe is, that this resolution was brought forward upon the motion of Mr. Hincks, the head of the Government in that country. Therefore you have in the year 1850 the House of Assembly, in 1851 the Legis lative Council, and in 1852 the Administration of the country all concurring in pressing this motion on the adoption of Parliament. I know that the right hon. gen tleman has said, "that the divisions which carried the re solutions do not express fairly the opinion of the country, because you must bear in mind that this is not a Canadian question—that the great bulk of this property is in Upper Canada, and that the divisions, which show a majority of thirty or forty on the question, include the Roman Catho lic members of Lower Canada ; and it seems but fair, in a question which solely and exclusively concerns the upper province that they should refrain from taking part in those divisions." Now, I differ here entirely from the right hon. gentleman. I think the Roman Catholic members had a just claim to take part in these divisions, because you must remember this material point, that there has been no pro position for the secularisation of this fund since the year 1840, or if there has heen it has received very inconsider able support—three or four votes. Now, all that the Ro man Catholic members do in supporting these resolutions is to &millet they think these funds ought to be left to be dealt vs% by the local Parliament as it deems fit, and that they wish to put the Protestant endowment in Upper Canada on precisely the same footing as their own endow ment in the lower province. Now that is all the Roman Catholics seek to do ; and I will show the house that the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy in Lower Canada may be dealt with by the local Legislature if it thinks pro per to do so. By the terms of the capitulation of Quebec the Roman Catholic clergy were secured in their accustomed tithes and dues from the members of their own communion. I believe as a general rule the terms of capitulation remain in force in a general peace, and that if these terms are to con tinue to be respected the usual course is to embody- them in some legislative enactment. Now I find that an act was passed—the Quebec Act, as it is , called—in which this pro vision was made, " For the more perfect security and ease of the minds of the inhabitants of this province, it is here by declared that his Majesty's subjects professing the reli gion of the Church of Rome may have, hold, and enjoy the free exercise of the religion of that Church, subject to the king's supremacy; and that the clergy of the said Church may have, hold, and enjoy all their accustomed rights, tithes, and dues now payable by such persons only as profess the ' religion of the Church of Rome." If that was the only act affecting the endowments of the Roman Catholic Church, they would be placed in precisely the same position as the endowments of the Protestant Church now stood, and there would be no power in the Colonial Legislature to alter them; but in the very constitutional act of 1791 this very provision was made which we now wish to adopt for these Protestant endowments. The 35th clause, after the decla ration that I have referred to, says, " Be it enacted that the said declaration shall remain and eontinuo to be of full force and effect in each of the Enid two provinces of Upper r nd b C ,y o a Canada ay actsrpeas r t p w e h h t i ce y hr e e l mo y f y e s h x ba c e e pu be passed in e x s o pbr e f y a r stshl a ye s varied tChasaadi ad o r adn r e e de p h e ; a a o le wt Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the said provinces respectively, or which may be assented to by her m a j es ty or any of her successors, under the restrictions hereinafter provided?' Therefore you see that the Roman Catholic endowment of tithes and dues, which those of the Roman Catholic persuasion are now bound to pay to the clergy of that church, may at any time be abrogated by an act of the Colonial Legislature ; and inasmuch as all that we propose now to do is to place the Protestant endowment in Upper Canada on precisely the same footing, I cannot see why the Roman Catholic members of the local Legislature should be objected to because they took part in a decision upon this subject. (Hear, hear.) Upon these grounds, then, I beg leave to introduce this bill. On the part of the Ciovea=ent I clkcltiim its being brought in is allY Un- 61 [ADvERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoWay's Pills an effectua. medy for Gout and Rheumatism. —Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. Godwin's, auctioneers, Winchester, dated April 8, 1852. —To Professor Hollo way. Sir ,-- I beg to inform you that for years I was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism, and often laid UP for weeks together, unable to move. I was attended by the most eminent surgeons here, but obtaining no relief, was induced to go into our county hospital. The medical treatment there, however, being of no avail, I left, and commenced using your pills, which, I am happy today, say, in a short time effected a perfect cure, and enabled sae to resume my employment. —Sold by all_ druggists, and at Professor Holloways establishment, 244, Strand, Londe.. [AnvilwrisiMENT.l--1-The powerful balsamic and indkrigo rating effects on the whole frame produced by Parr's Life Pills is perfectly astonishing many who have kept their beds for years have been sandeedily re-invigorated with an infusion of new blood, consequently new life and strength, that their re-app?arance amongst their fellow beings, who have long given them up as incurable, is looked upon as the greatest of the many wonders of this miraculous aae. Parr's pills correct all disarrangement of the stomach and restore a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys, and remove all obstructions of the urinary passages, without the least pain or inconvenience, and will be found an excellent remedy in the most obsti nate case of piles .—Sold by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's churchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street • Sutton and Co., Bow-churchyard ; Hannay and Co., and Sanger, Oxford-street ; Baxter, High Holborn ; Preston and Sons, Smithfied, London ; and by most respectable dealers in medicine. Price, 134 d., 2s. N., and family packets, ils. each. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1853 `52,877/. is dedncted for interest on loans and preference shareS, and 41,861/. for plant allowances to carriers and for defalcations, leaving 134,2671. The supplementary report stated that, by a circular addressed to the shareholders of this company, and bear ing date the 17th day of November, 1852, they were in formed of the intention of this company to seek powers towards effecting an amalgamation with the Brighton 'company. The report to this meeting was issued on the sth instant, under the expectation that the Brighton company intended continuing their application for powers to effect such an amalgamation. On the 7th instant, at the request of the Brighton board, an inter view took place between a deputation• from this board and a deputation from the Brighton board. At that interview it became known, for the first time, to the directors, that there existed impediments, not arising from any difference of opinion between the two com panies, or affecting the merits of the question, but which were sufficient to render the withdrawal of the bill for the present expedient. The bill will, therefore, not be proceeded with. This being the case, and there being no intention at this meeting to do more than call the at tention of the proprietors towards the prospective attain ment of an object certainly desirable, under due limita tions, the directors have only to express their satisfac tion at the continuance of amicable relations with the Brighton Company, and to renew their assurance that no further steps towards altering their relative positions will be taken, without due notice, and without the ex press sanction of the proprietors obtained at a special meeting convened for the purpose. The CHAIRMAN said, before he moved the adoption of the report, he felt it his duty to make one or two obser vations, but in doing so he had to claim the very favour able indulgence of the meeting on two grounds. In the first place, he followed a chairman who had presided most ably over the affairs of the company, and who was fully conversant with all railway matters ; and in the next, it was to be recollected that they had lost their secretary and their traffic manager, which had necessarily thrown great responsibility and additional labour on the board and on himself personally. It had been said that the directors were afraid to compare the company's re ceipts of. 1852 with those of 1851. Such, however, was not, he begged to say, the case, although it was thought by the directors that it was only fair and just to contrast ordinary traffic with ordinary, and not with extraordinary traffic ; and it should be remembered that 1851 was altogether an exceptional year. The receipts of 1851 exceeded those of 1850 by something like 70,0001., and those of 1852 by more than 42,0001. The amounts in the respective years were as follows :-1848, 481,5001. ; 1849, 530,8771. ; 1850, 559,1131. ; 1851, 656,4201. (being an increase of about 100,000/.) ; and 1852, 611,2411. It would be found that, compared with 1848, the receipts of the last year had increased nearly by the sum of 130,0001. On the whole, therefore, the state of their receipts could not be looked upon as otherwise than favourable. It was not unfrequently supposed that the directors had an object in blinking certain questions ; but as long as he had been on the board, he had not only not shrunk or flinched from any inquiry, but had wished, and even courted, the closest and most searching investigation upon all matters. He was also anxious to give the fullest infor mation to the shareholders, and, if possible, to satisfy any doubts which they might entertain. In that room, and at the Nine Elms, there had been witnessed scenes which all must have regretted, and he hoped would never be again renewed. It was the basis of all commercial and mercantile undertakings, and a primary necessity to their success, that there should be entire confidence between the managers and the parties whose capital they had invested in these undertakings. In tohrdaueratoeieaatrtain and t l h u a e t id e s i t i a d iem no e t u h t in o g f th -a e -as ir w m h o o r l e e desirableproceed ings. (Hear, hear.) This he wished the shareholders to have, and he admitted that the reports of this com pany were not so exactly prepared as that he who ran might read ; but others were of a different opinion, and it was, after some discussion, decided by the board that they should be kept in their old form. He now came to the closing of the capital account. (Cheers.) No one was more willing than himself to join in that cheer ; but he must observe that, while it was very handy to close the capital accountsof docks or canal s,itwas extremely difficult to close those accounts altogether in connection with railways. He thought that the purchase money of the Belmont property was very properly charged to capital. It would give the finest river side property in the metropolis for goods traffic, and would confer con siderable advantages upon the company. As to the charges to revenue there was a very ugly item in the shape Of defalcations and bad debts, which were chiefly occasioned by the conduct of the traffic manager. There was an old Scotch saying "let bygones be bygones, ' which he hoped would he observed on the present occa sion. He sincerely trusted this item would not again appear so prominently in the charges to revenue. As to the future state of the company he did not intend to deceive the proprietors by drawing a highly-coloured picture. He wished all to judge for themselves, but he could not help saying that he was inclined to think that the prospects of 1853, and of succeeding years, were not of a gloomy character. If he looked especially to what was now going on at Southampton, there were many grounds for congratulation. That port was now occupied in preference to Plymouth by a great steam-boat company, *whose ramifications ex tended to the furthest parts of the globe. The South- Western Railway formed a link in that great chain of communication which commenced at London and belted the world, and it would derive the greater portion of the traffic which annually came to Southampton. The Pe dhcmwumnaeeniii ar r rt. i tgdenhn s hea u l oh: tktrwofei a faneoww r kegrpail and Oriental Company had doubled the number of their boats sailing beyond the Isthmus of Suez, the General Screw Company had extended their lines of ves sels to Australia, and the Royal Mail Company were only waiting for a canal through the Isthmus of Panama to semi their boats across the Pacific as well as the Atlantic. He was happy to state, also, that there had just been opened a short branch on the South-Western, which would link together Southampton, which was undoubtedly becoming the port of London, and the great manufacturing dis tricts of the North. He alluded to the junction with the North-Western Railway. Various rumours had been circulated as to the reasons which led to the con struction of the branch. It was but justice to the late He, howessnovtraodgosaeoisrsnunest:' chairman, to say that he persevered in advocating the making of it at a time when it was most unpopular, owing to unfortunate dissensions among the sharehold ers, . respecting the further outlay of capital. There could be no doubt that this branch would materially augment the traffic to the main line. But in their future prospects there were shadows as well as lights. If in creased intercourse with Australia and California brought wealth to them, it would also bring wealth to othars, and if money became plenty, they might rely on having to encounter a good many competing schemes. He, therefore, trusted that the di rectors would so conduct the business of the company as to obtain the confidence of the proprietors in regard to what measures they should support and what oppose. (Hear, hear.) A delay, even of only a few hoprs, or the calling of a meeting was prejudicial to the success of un dertakings ah p iwene r ep e hu s ioj e al fdd n d e t hapai p nuvr o taeb s ueal t iwpe i no railway s otc f hlio o emrai opportunitytpgecompany. ne there tyaot. out expecting or even desiring the honour, and he did not was no more unsatisfactory office, or one less attended dpshsbshteanueaenadetkng.thdt personally , eh t hequittedHiheaooctntepihrwuaunhdtiwarsrhi a:smia:bf forced re c cd a euds noe intoi more ao awakened the e a k powerene chair, d alarm.wthiwith out (Hear and laughter.) Yet, he considered that "a man preside over a body of men either in political or commercial of relinquishing the post for a more able and experienced amount of inconvenience, and to undergo much slavish toil day after day, and sometimes night after night. (Hear.) The South-Western Railway was said to be a " slow line," but they might congratulate themselves that it was at least a safe one for travelling. Every pre caution had been taken to secure the safety of passengers, and the directors had already put into operation a sim ple invention for a communication between the guards and the engineers of the trains travelling along the rail way. During 10 years not a fatal accident had hap pened to a single passenger, though two millions of miles were run over in the course of every year by the trains. Great praise was therefore due to the officers of the company, for it was chiefly to them they were indebted for this comparative exemption from accidents. The chairman concluded by moving that the report be adopted. _ Mr. UITROFT complained that the frauds and irregu larity of the servants of the company had become a gene ral matter of reproach against the managers. Neither the Great Western nor North Western Companies were subject to such conduct or losses on the part of their employers. He thought the office of treasurer, who, it was reported, received 1,000/. a year, should be abolished, as he did not appear to operate as any check against losses. He desired to know if the temporary share loans to the late Mr. Chadwick had been repaid ? The CHAIRMAN said the accounts of fraud by their servants that had got abroad were very exaggerated. Mr. J. HIBBARD, the deputy-chairman, observed that the treasurer, Mr. Morgan, only received 4501. a year, and no gentleman could be more zealous or indefatigable in the discharge of his duties. As to the 3,521/. owing from the late Mr. Chadwick, it was secured on land, and would most likely not appear again in the accounts. Sir R. JARvis complained!' of the want of accurate information in regard to the steam-boats of the com pany. eteoisv, returneodo . e 1 . t Mr. HERAPATH said he understood that the b oa t s hth were ee n t contracth te e d a a mt t hee 7 s , O dt 0i directors m in The CHAIRMAN ob s erved S d - and not 7,0001. a-year. Mr. HERAPATH continued. If the contra c t was as he stated, the company might yet have to sus t a i n very in which et a h r a we, that e t andthhethe rent compelledthwaetreaccording wasr e great loss in regard to these boats. After making some desultory observations upon the various topics in the report, he said he admitted that he was on the whole very well pleased with the document as well as with the statement of the chairman. Mr. HOYES, auditor, said the rent paid to the steam-boat company was at the rate of 51. per cent. on their capital of 100,0001.—that would be about 5,000/. a-year. Mr. BAKER wished to know whether the boats were a profit or loss to the company. The CHAIRMAN said he could not reply otherwise than that they were remunerative to the South-Western Company, but he admitted that arrangements might be made to make them contribute morn to the receipts of the company. Mr. CHAPLIN (director) said, that during the last five years they had netted by means of these packets no less a sum than 47,000/. He thought it would be most inju dicious to unfold the precise state of their relations with the steam-boat company at the present moment. Colonel HENDERSON assured the meeting, from his personal experience of the working of the packets, that it would bo a most unwise step to get n o d t h em, as the profit they yielded to the railway was very consi derable. Captain MooßsoM said, though he was no Sabbata- LIVERPOOL.—FEB. 15. rian, he hoped something would be done by the directors to afford an opportunity to the s ervants of the company o. The buoyant tone observable in our corn trade' durin nent the week was some w hat checked to-day by ge to attend divine worship on Sunday. slackness of demand, and prices were scarcely so goo4 a a s : The CHAIRMAN replied that the directors were not on Friday. The advance on last Tuesday's quo-WU. insensible to the propriety of making some arrangement however, must be celled ld to 2d per bushel on ivh• a s y: for that purpose. The subject had already occupied the r articlesbr arrc and sack on flour, and 6d per load on attention of the board, and he hoped they would shortly of price. of the grain trade were without alt. ation. be able to meet the views of the hon. proprietor. . After some further discussion, the report was agreed to, and a dividend declared at the rate of 4 per cent. 6t this day's for the half year. r the last thre' The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution sanctioning g wheat, they the agreement which had been entered into for leasing lerefore, why the line proposed to be made between Wimbledon and an advance Mitcham. ,o 2s per qr.' Mr. BAKER moved an amendment to the effect that ite as dear. the agreement be not sanctioned. Mitcham was only pER celebrated for its geese, and now the directors proposed ;riuding to make the shareholders geese, by getting them to sanc tion a branch, the only object of which was to benefit certain landowners in the neighbourhood. (Laughter.) He hoped the meeting would decide against proceeding with such an improvident undertaking. Mr. BEATTIE defended the scheme, and maintained that the refusal of the shareholders to confirm the agree ment would amount to a vote of want of confidence in the board. (Hear, and "No.") If repudiating the arrangements entered into by the directors became the order of the day, they would no longer possess honour and integrity as a railway company, and be enabled to keep in good terms with other companies. Mr. MORTIMER, a director, opposed the scheme, be ing of opinion that the company had already quite enough of branches in connection with the main line. A long discussion ensued, and on the question being put the amendment was carried by a very large ma jority. A resolution was then passed authorising the direc tors to take such steps as they thought necessary in re gard to other projects. It was then proposed that the four vacancies at the board be filled up, upon which an amendment was moved, that the number of directors be reduced from 14 to 13. The resolution was lost on a show of hands. The amendment was then put as a substantive reso lution, upon which another amendthent was proposed, that the four vacancies should be filled up, and that it should be a recommendation to the board not to fill up the next vacancy that should occur. The resolution diminishing the number by one, was carried by a considerable majority. The proceedings had not terminated when our reporter left. coin ETS. IPSWICH—FEB. 15. The supply of wheat brought for sale at this day's mar" ket was scanty, as has been the case for the last three or four market days. The millers wanting wheat, they are obliged to look about for samples, and, therefore, whatever was offered for sale was freely taken at an advance of 1 1 to 2s per qr. Barley also was fully is to 2s per qr. dearer , according to quality. Other things quite as dear. PER QUARTER. PER erAllln e . Wheat, red (old) 4 2 s to 51a Barley, grinding ... 28a to '- Ditto (new) 30 8 to 31 Ditto, white (new) 50 s - Le 568 Peas 00s to 00 Ditto (old) ......... 0 0s to 0 0s Oats Barley, m alting ... 33s to 37s Flour, per sack AURIGA!! FOR THI WEEK ENDING FEB. 12, 1853 Wheat Barley Oats Beans Peas HULL—Fan. 15. The trade has been very firm, and each article tends upwards. The navigation of the Elbe is now closed, t!'' we may look for a falling off even in our small suPPll°Ph? To-day our farmers brought forward a moderate suppgly h t , wheat, the condition of which was improved, and brou fully the prices of last week. More enquiry for foreign. wheat, and a few parcels have changed hands on specula: tion. An unusually limited business passes in barn' indeed, we hardly ever remember so little doing in fe e qualities. Oats are more in favour and attract space; tion. A better demand for boiling Peas. Beans go on in - full prices to consumers, and are not plentiful. Th e seed market decidely better, owing to the increased Vane h_e of oil. Cakes have also advanced, in consequenc e severe weather. Nothing doing in rapeseed, but zak°° move off at our quotations. Bones are fully as dear. The following are the present prices of grain : 8 8 Wheat, English, red 46 to 49' Ditto white 5O to 52 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 44 to 47 Russian and Odessa 40 to 45 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian l7 to 20 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 28 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 38 to 40 50 to 541 Peas, gray and black 35 to Linseed, Black Sea 50 to D..' Ditto Petersburgh 44 to bo Ditto Riga and Arch -42 to 46 angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O to 46 Per Ton. Lins. c., Hull 91 5s Od t o 0105 Ditto fine for. 8/10s to Sl 155 Ditto inf. for Bl Os to 01 0 ° Rapeseed 291 Os to 001 Os Rape cakes Tares, English...... And Ditto foreign ...... 000 to Guano 4 1 71 to 91 r, Bones 1000 to 10 24 'Rye Meal .................. CORIC-FEB. 14. Brls. Currency... 41 White wheat 25s 9d to 278 6d. Os Od-20 sll7 50 Redwheat 22s Od to 25s 33 Ditto Ditto 00s 01 to 005 Od 00s Od-2 0 -- 008 Od to 00s Od 303 Barley 145 3d to 14s 8d Ditto 00s Od to 00 8 01 145 61- 16 d o ' Ditto 00s 01 to 00s Od Bore 00s Od to 00s Od Os Ott 347 Oats lOB Od to 10s 21 do. 307 Ditto . lOB 2d to lOs 6d j. 10 8 3d 144 Ditto... lOs 6d to lls ld 174 Pigs ......., 40 s 6d to 42s 01 42s 3d per 0 0 " Quantity sold at the highest prices : 11 barrels w hit e wheat ; 8 re d ; 11 b ar l ey ; 0 bore ; oats ; 38 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 337. Barley, 911. Bore, 0. Oats, 305 Pigs, 339. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURNICNCT. First quality 94s First quality ............... 86.,: Second quality 93s Second quality • ............. Third quality BBs Third quality .............. Fourth quality Fifth quality 74s Fifth quality ............... " Sixth quality Return of cattle sold for week ending Feb. 5 Pigs, 1553. Sheep, 195. Cows, 127. Oa; CORK.—Flour— First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, 1 76 os, seconds, 14s Od to 15s Od; households, 128 to 1386 d ; 6 d ; 8s Od to lls per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to 0 9 0 0, oatmeal, lOs 6d to llsOd ; wheat meal, lOs 6d to 1 10 T e d 2 Bd 0 Indian corn, 71 15s Od to 81 2s 6d per ton. Br"' ' . . v eraget to 4/ 15s Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 23s Od to 3480 d ; o„ ro p•• 308 ; dealers, 34s Od to 458 Od ; average, Os per ton. 7 0 d to Farmers, 20s Od to 27s Od ; average, 22s ; dealers, o ' s 7d t° 008 Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—W' neaten loaf, q. 0 Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter,:bof, lld per lb. E ggs, 5 s 6d to 5s 7d per hundred. Met 5(1 0 4id to sd; mu t ton, s i d to bid ; veal, 4id to bid ; 6d ; bacon, 7d to 7Ad ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, II oos; land, 111. O s t o 12 1 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings? 28 s E n ka, Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 8d to 9d lld to 1 2d.—Coals, Newport, 23s ; Lydney, 008 ; Od per ton.—Whi s k ey, 25 o. 6s Od per imperial B.'" P e t a Hides, market, 25s to 325; Salted, 26s to 32s per swt'ton,--- skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31 . Per 4 21• Pe r Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—HeinP, 3 ""' allow ton—Timber, M eme l , 31 . 10 s ; red pine 31. 10 , 5 ; Y gs r°d ' 31. ss. per t on ; d eals, 10/. to 181. per hundrsu• — :,4 r 1100 , 71. to 8/. 10 8 . per ton.—Tallow, 4tit , to 47s Per e ; Guano, 71. 10s to 01. p er cw t . — Tar, Arehan el 19 per h I Peruvian, 101. lOs to 111. per tou. g s. SEABORNE MALLS. st-d at. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General ro by the night—and M by the morning -dis,,ateh.] Day whon made up From what j o COUNTRIES, in General Post- Port OLIO. Office, London. Dispatched. Engl ' America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool ... BSc. 000 America (by United Sts. • 16 packet) Feb. 24 Liverpool ••• feb America (by U States packet) ..........N Feb. 16 SouthamPto n F eb ' Australia (via South ampton) b• 4 ..........M 4th of March Southampton We Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March Dover ...• • • ..AP • Ditto (via Cape of Good reb 30 Hope) ............N 22d of February Plymouth • • hist 15 Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth •• Fe b ' v ' . 16 Alexandria ..........N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover .. •• •• Feb'e 0, A1exandria..........1d 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamPt° ll r o f 0 0 Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Southampton Dn' io r Belgium ............N Daily Dover ..... •Da 1 6 Brazil ..............M 9th of the mouth Southampton fen t, i 4, Buenos Ayres„ .. ....M 9th of the month Southampton 1 4, 2 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th o f th e mon th Plymouth • • x % t o ay , Cape of Good Hope ..N 2 n 4 o f A pri l.. • • Ply m outh • • .. „. 2 6 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .• Feb C.elon (see India) 6 0. Ceylon .......... ....N 14th of the month Plymouth • • p. Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed ,&Frid. SouthamPton 2, 1 6 Chili.. Id & 17th of month Southampton Feb China (see India) b * 16 Constantinople.......l4 7,8,17,21,&27 of m. &Ever .• •• • . Fe $ 0 Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover .• •• 0 41 Egypt (see India) I France ........ & N Twice daily Dover .. • • • • •.1... 0 . 1 Gibraltar ........ —3l 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. SoutharaPin'r Greece (see India) I to t. ton Feb' G 1 reytownl7th of mon. 4 outbamP i ni es• Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London . • • "„ f4 0 1 40. Havannah ..... • ....M 2 n d o f the month Souttiampt°! l l.,'l 6 Holland ....... ..... M Wednesday & Sat. London •• • '„Ifell• , 1 0 Honduras .....• ..M 17th of the month Southampton fe ts• India (viaSouthampt.)l4.l 4th & 20th of mon. Southatalito n i - 4 00 India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover • • 4 11 i lonian Isles (see India) l'Ri ced Ireland .... •• • .11 & N Twice daily Lisbon ...M7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. SouthansP yelp 1$ Madeira ............ M 9th of the month SOUtb BMW"' ',re i Madeira ............N 23rd of the month Plymouth • Malta (see India) e-* 1 8 . Malta • • • • • • • • • • ....N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover ..... Mauritius (see India)' Mauritius •• Fe GIP .• b 96 •••• • •• ..}ll4th of the month Plymouth t o, o bleak() • • 2nd of the month SouthamPt nn . Feb.l6 sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...• re p. „ 4 /1 New Granada ....M 2d & 17th of month SoutharoPt, ° '; t inco ‘ i New Zealand„ ........ By private ship apal States ........N sthisth2sthofmon. Dover ycb 1 6 Peninsula••• •• 7 thl7th27thofmort SouthaniPw n yeth 2 6 Peru •••••• • • • • • • ..M Id Se 17th of mon. SouthanWW• Febi•4 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymoutts •• Feb. '• l 2 Sicily ...• ....... .N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover •• " • Feb' 16 Tuscany Venezuela southanv t° •..... ..N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ....... rell• M 2d & 17th of month' Van Die men's and (see 1 6 Australia) . .. re p West Indies M 2d& 17th of month Southanllo COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YEs f • Am5terdam............ 11 17% Gibraltar •••••• " •• • Ditto, three months .11 19 Leghorn •••• • • • • • • Rotterdam .... 11 19 1 ,4 Genoa ••• • • • .. .• • .!! Antwerp .. Brussels .............. 25 3211 Venice .. ••• • " .... .••• " 1 j 1 Hamburgh .. 13 7% Naples .. •••• • • '' . .• • 12. , 7 Attune .. ........ 'Palermo •••• • " .. ..• 5 3 ;i 4 • • .... 25 10 idessina •••• • • • • 63 Ditto, three months ••25 30 Lisbon .• • • ..... •• Mar5ei11e5.............. 25 32% Oporto •••• •• •' •• •"", Bourdeaux ............ 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Middlesex, W9dnesclay s rObraill " -161 4- -r" ' • . • ' e - 10 - li ,, ,A , bi LT /1 T ti SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY). (Continued from our First Edition.) Mr. DEEDES, in continuation, concluded thus— Hitherto the magistrates of petty sessions had the power of appo i n ti ng divisional constables, and what he pro posed to do by his bill was to make it imperative that in future each petty sessional division should have a super intending constable. The next point of novelty in the bill was that of giving power to appoint one general chief superintending constable ; but this part of the bill would not be compulsory but permissive. Another pro vision of the bill would throw the expense of providing and keeping in repair houses to be used by the parish constables upon the county rate, while other clauses would enable the justices to grant superannuation allowances not to exceed two-thirds of the original salaries, and allow relief to the constables in case of sickness. The hon. member having gone through the other details of his measure, concluded with moving the second reading of the bill, and stating his intention afterwards to move that the bill be referred to a select committee. LAND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the committal of the bill. Sir R. FERGUSON expressed a hope that the com mittee would be postponed for a week. He was very glad that these Irish bills had been adopted by the pre sent Government, but he thought there was no occasion for hurrying them through separately. Mr. F. FRENCH objected to deferring the bill for a week, as no object could be obtained by the delay. The bill then went through committee. DICSIGNS ACT EXTENSION BILL. This bill wars read a second time. TRANSFER OF AIDS BILL. This bill wa3 read a third time and passed. GRAND JURY CESS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill VMS read a second time. Mr. G. BUTT moved for leave to bring in a bill to limit the time between the proclamation and day of elec tion in counties, and between the receipt of the writ and the election in boroughs ; to limit the polling at elections for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; and otherwise to regulate the proceeding of elections for members of Plrliament in England and Wales. ' Mr. PHINN seconded the motion, and urged upon the Government the propriety of introducing some measure for the codification of the laws relating to elections. Mr. S. HERBERT said that the Government had no objection to the introduction of this bill, although it was evident that great care and consideration must be given to the details of any such measure. It would be for the hon. and learned gentleman to consider how far it would be advisable to take up the time of. the house this session in the discussion of details connected with the subject of the representation, when it was the inten tion of the Government to introduce a great and com prehensive measure next session. Lea. e was then given to bring in the bill, which was read a first time. Mr. COBBETT moved for a copy . of a memorial from certain millowners of Manchester, presented to the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, and men tioned in the sixth page of Mr. Inspector Horner's re port on factories for the half-year ending the 30th day of April, .1852. Mr. FITZROY said that he bad . not as yet been able to discover any such document, but further search should be made for it. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals. The bill was read a first time. Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill to supply an omission in an act of the last session relating to the valuation of rateable property in Ireland, and to move it through all its stages. The bill was brought in, and leave being obtained, passed through its several stages, and was passed. The members chosen to serve on the Bridgnorth elec tion petition, having been called to the table to be sworn, and one of the members, Mr. F. Dundas, the member for'Orkney, not answering to his name, Sir J. TROLLOPE, the Chairman of the General Committee of Elections, moved that he be taken into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms. The motion was agreed to, and the house adjourned. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of this company was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern ; the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., in the chair. The following is the substance of the report which was submitted to the meeting. It stated that— " The not revenue for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, amounts, after deducting interest on loans and all other preference charges, to 131,267/. ' to which is added 1,4071., the surplus from tho 30th of June, 1852, mating 135,6741. applicable to dividend, from which the directors recommended that a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 4 per cont. per annum, bo declared, amount ing on 6,746,3341. to 134,9271., leaving 7471 to be carried over to the next half-year. The extraordinary amount of traffic, and the unusually large receipts, attributable to the Great Exhibition, during the corresponding period of the present year, prevent the arrival at a fair estimate of the progress of the ordinary traffic by a comparison with such an exceptional period. The corresponding period of 1850 will afford a better criterion for judging of the results of the last half-year. The increase in the mileage over the cor responding period of 1850, is 9 miles, in the number of miles run 111,510, in the receipts for passengers, 16,5041., in the receipts for goods,. 7,7791., in sundries, 1,2761., total increase in the receipts, 25,559/. The increase in the working expenses amounted to 5,3601., and in the taxation to 2,4021., which being dedu c t e d f rom th e i ncrease d rece i p t s shows an increase in the net revenue of 17,7961. for the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1850. Exclusive of rates and Government duty, the working expenses for the half-year ended the 31st of December, 1850, amounted to 35.90 per cent., in 1851 to 30'94 per cent., and in the half-year just ended to 34'90 per cent. of the receipts. The receipts from the ordinary traffic amounted to 257,0901., from season tickets to 5,7561., and merchandise 66,662/. ; total, 329,503/. The rolling stock is represented to be in the most efficient state. The number of engines and carriages of all des criptions is greater, and that of those under repair is smaller, than at any former period. The consumption of coke during the half-year has been 9,165 tons, being at the sate of 191 b. per mile, and is less by 1,036 tons, or 4'6lb. per mile per engine, than the consumption of the corre sponding period of the year 1850, notwithstanding the mile age has been greater by 111,510 miles. A portion of the permanent way near London has been re-laid, the cost of which is charged to revenue. There has been no loss of life to any passenger on this railway during the past year, and the railway has continued exempt from any accident of moment. In December, 1850, the surplus property of the co mpany was estimated at 157,5731.; since that period there has been received for sales 27,113/. ; whereof 10,3311. has been realised during the past year. Notwithstanding these sales, the annual rents of the company's property have increased from 8,9471., ending December, 1851, to 9,8611., ending December, 1852, being a rent of about 7i per cent. on the estimated value. A shed capable of containing nearly 200 carriages has been completed at Falcon-bridge, Battersea, for 5,4001., and at Richmond a commodious station has been erected. The Belmont estate, adjoining the Nine Elms station, containing 3i acres, has been pur chased at a cost of 11,200/. ; this, from its long river front age, will afford much greater facilities for carrying on the goods traffic. A contract with Government for convey ' ance of emigrants for emb ar k a ti on a t S ou th am pton has been entered into, and accommodation provided at Nine Elms and Southampton. In conformity with the practice now adopted, certain expenses formerly chargeable to capital are paid out of revenue ; and during the last half year, 5,4131. has been so charged, viz., 4131. for stations, &c., and 5,0001. for augmentation of the rolling stock. The re venue of the half-year is burdened with 1,6441. on account of bad debts, and with 1,7271. for back allowances to car riers, as formerly arranged. Revenue has been further charged in this half-year with 3,0771., being the amount of defalcations due from the late traffic manager's department. In addition to the above charges on revenue is enumerated the sum of 1,2331. for Government duty on the receipts from first and second class passengers, although carried at fares not exceeding ld. per mile, and the board trust that railway companies will unite in an effort to induce Parlia ment to remove an exaction contrary to the spirit of the law. - The proprietors will have to consider whether they will authorise the board to take up the project from Wim bledon station to Mitcham, 2 . 4 miles in length, solely as a branch to Mitcham, upon the understanding that the gua rantee is 1,0001. per annum. The North and South-Western Junction line is now ready for public traffic. The directors propose to co-operate with the Brighton Company in taking the necessary preliminary steps for introducing a bill into Parliament for amalgamating the two companies, and a bill has accordingly been prepared. The ; directors believe that a complete union and identification of the interests of the two companies might, under proper arrange ments, be very beneficial to the proprietors in both un dertakings and also very conducive to the public in terests. Since the last meeting of the proprietors Mr. W. has P ~ succeeded has ecee b d ee e n d elected in his p tJ.e company, Chaplin, M and la e. ther.P.. has resigned the office of chairman to h .11Fib.bert, j Scott, un., M. the Eirl of M or l e y a s deputy-chairman. The directors who retiro by ro t a tion are the Count Eyre and M. M. Uzielli, who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. place. H . J o n . There are also two other vacanc ies in the board, and t he following gentl emen , d u ly qualified, have also severally declared their intention to become candidates for election, viz. :—Mr. G. Best, Mr. C. Castleman , Mr. T. W. Helps, Sir R. Jarvi s , Captain J. G. Johnston, Mr. A. Kay, and Mr. W. P. S ne ll. A special report states' that the directors had vigorously prosecuted tho works on the line between Basingstoke and Andover ; and, in order to prevent the recurrence of vexatious legal proceedings, an d to enable the director s to pro tect the p ro p er ty o f' the company, they recommend that steps be taken to resume the works on the line between Andover and Salisbury, a distance of 17 miles, the land for nearly 15 miles of which was purchased for 38,0001., and nearly 33,0001. had been de p osited for it, so that a comp ara ti ve ly limited extent of land remains to be bought or p a id f or , if th e works are resumed . The ca p ital account to the 31st of December last shows that 8,728,7911. had been received, end 8,670,0341. expended, leaving a balance of 58,7561. The debenture account shows that 2,131,8681. had been borrowed to the 31st of December last, of which 331,3581. was borrowed at 5 per cent., 66,1001. at 42 per cent., 1,000/. at 44, 1,051,400/. at 4 per cent., 86,700/. at 3i, 305,400/. at 3i, and 290,0001. at 3 per cent. per an num . Th e total share capital authorised, irrespective of p re f erence stock, is 7,4 34,0501., -of which 6,744,7141. is en titl e d t o di v idend, 435, 393 /. c onsists of shares in the hands of the company, 239,542/. uncalled, and 14,4001. in non-converted Gosport shares. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of December last shows that 333,995/. had been received , and 134,9891., or 40 . 97 per ce n t. expended, including rates and taxes and Government duty, amounting to 19,989/. or 6'07 per cent., lenving the net revenue 199,0061., out of which POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.— George Corton was brought before Alderman Salomons on a remanded charge of maliciously, stabbing his father. The following fresh evidence was adduced _ _ Wm. Parkin - son said—l am a shopman to Mr. Park inson, Birmingham and Sheffield warehouseman, of 94, Houndsditch. The prisoner came to our shop on Friday, the 4th of Feb., and asked for a clasp or pocket knife. I showed him ono without a spring at the back to fix the blade when open, and he asked me then if I had not one with a spring. I showed him one, and after a great deal of bargaining, the prisoner representing that he was in the trade, I let him have it for 10d. instead of ls. The knife produced by the officer is the same that I sold to the prisoner. Henry Wm. Alexander Coleman said—l am one of the house surgeons at Guy's Hospital. Mr. Corton, senior, was received in the hospital on Friday, the 4th of Feb., suffering from several stab wounds in different parts of the body. He had been bleeding very much. The wounds were situated, one in the nose, one in the collar bone, one in the chest over the sixth rib and near the breast bone, one in the thumb of the right hand, one in the ring finger of the left hand, one on the forearm, near the elbow, and one on the back part of the thigh. The wound on the chest was about a quarter of an inch deep, and the rest were merely superficial, but not dangerous, unless from unfavourable circumstances inflammation ensued. Mr. Corton was discharged this morning, having been ten days in the hospital. William Corton, the father of the prisoner, said- -I am a locksmith and bellhanger, and reside at 10, Great Winchester-street. The prisoner is my son, and is oc casionally employed by me. On the 4th of February he was in my shop. I was in the backyaid, and heard the boy Salter crying out. I went down to the cellar, which is my workshop, to see what had taken place, and then ascertained that the prisoner bad been knock ing him about and throwing his cap in the fire. I told the prisoner to walk out of the place, and that I did not want him there. At first he said he would not go for me. I afterwards got him up stairs, and insisted on his going away. He said he would not, and then struck me with his fist in the face. He went out , and s h or tl y after came back and concealed himself in the cellar. I gave him in charge for the assault, and the complainant was dismissed at the station, and I was advised by the inspector to take out a summons against the pri soner. All this occurred about 11 ciclock in the morning ; an d about three o'clock in the afternoon the prisoner came back. He asked me if I intended to take out a sum mons against him, and on my saying yes, he became very saucy. I attempted to push him out, and then he stabbed me on the nose and in various parts of my b o dy, but I could not see what instrument he used. My son William came to my assistance, and while he was hold ing the prisoner I heard him call to me to take the knife from the prisoner's hand. I did not do so, and I was soon after taken to the surgeon's, and from thence to the hospital. Several hours elapsed between the first disturbance and the last. The magistrate announced his intention of sending the case before a jury. MA.RYLEBONE.—M ary Anne Griffin, aged 22, was charged with having murdered her male infant, by cutting its throat. The prisoner, who was evidently in a very weak condition, was allowed to sit during the inquiry. Having lately lost her father, she was attired is black, and when told what the charge against her was, as it appeared on the police-sheet, she burst into tears, and buried her face in her hands. Frances M'Claughrey, on being sworn, said—l am nursemaid at W. Hart's, Esq., 7, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. Prisoner was in the same service, and slept with the cook. On the 27th of January, in the morning, I bad been doing needlework with pri soner in her room, and at one o'clock I left her to go down to dinner. I asked her to some down. She was then in my master's bedroom, and she said she would be down in a minute. She, however, did not make her ap pearance during the meal. When I went up again to her bedroom I saw her standing by the fire, and asked her why she had not come down, to which she replied that she was not well. I left her and went to Mr. Hart's room, and at a later period I went to prisoner again. I asked her how she was, and she said that she should be better soon ; she was then sitting in a chair. I sat beside her, and in a few minutes she got up and went to a chest of drawers, against which she stood and seemed ready to faint. I led her to the bedside, and heard a noise which seemed to come from the prisoner's box ; it was like a gurgling in the throat of a child. I said to the prisoner, " What's that noise ?" and the answer she made me was, "Oh I it's only my inside." She got up from the bed and went into the next room, and I still heard the same noise coming from the box. I went down for the lady's maid, who came up with me directly, and we both went into the priso ner's room. The noise I have spoken of continued, and the lady's maid asked for the key of the box. Prisoner gave it to her, and on her opening it, I saw an infant wrapped up in two petticoats. There were also several towels ; and upon the whole of the articles I have named there was a considerable quantity of blood. The lady's maid asked her what she had been doing, and she told her that she had miscarried. She (the lady's maid) took the child out of the box, when its head fell back, and then I saw that it was bleeding from a wound in the throat. The lady's maid screamed, and instantly the prisoner seized hold of a pair of scissors, with which she attempted to stab herself in the neck. We took the scissors from her, and I went down to my mistress. A doctor was sent for. On the following Monday the pri soner and the baby were conveyed to the Paddington workhouse. Behind the prisoner's box I found another pair of scissors, upon which were marks of blood. It was stated that the child lived until Thursday last, notwithstanding the serious nature of the wound. The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was remanded. RAIL WA T SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15. STOCK EICHA.NGE.—The share market kept steady to-day, without any active business. Our quotations about the same as yesterday. Caledonian, 32i ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, par c. ; Eastern Counties 138 ; East Lanc as hi re , 1 94 ; Great Western, 90 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 79 ; Liyerpool, Crosby, and Southport, 184 ; London and North Western, 1204 ; M anc h es t er, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 30/1 ; Midland, 781 ; N or th British, 9 ; South Eastern and D over , 24 ; Waterford and Limerick, 27a ; York and North Midland, 30i ; Eastern Counties 6 per cent., 14k. MANCHESTER, FEB. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Wc have hail a firmer market, but with a rather limited business. The closing sales were : Leeds, 73 ; Sheffields, 36i ; ditto Pref., 11 ; Midlands, 79 ; Dovers, 24i : London stock, 120$ • Manchester a nd Birmingham C Quarters, ; East Anglian 6 p cent. 3ti ; Eastern Counties, 13 9- 10 ; Caledo n i ans , 326 ;er Black burns, 71. LEEDS, FIB. 15. STOCK EXCHANGB.—The share market hag been rather weaker again. to-day. The following are the closing trans actions of this morning :—Leeds Northerns, 16 ; Midland stock, 783 ; Sheffield, Rotheram, and Gooles, 2311 Lan cashire and Yorkshires, 781 ; Eastern Counties, 13g. . 13 IRMINGHAM, Filß. 15. STOCK EXCHANGH.—This market wag rather flatter to day, but without any disposition to press sales. London and North Western stock was done at 1204. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—A journal of the south of France mentions a circumstance connected with the saving of the passengers from the Parisian steamer, the boiler of w hi c h exp l o d e d some days b ack on the Rhone. An infant was handed from one passenger to another until it reached a small boat which had come to the aid of the persons on board ; but just as the child was received by the men in the boat, a larger boat, by some mismanagement, came violently against it, and the smaller one was overturned. The child was, however saved by the circumstance of having been placed on a cushion, which floated down the current, and carried the child to a point of the shore, where some boatmen took it up. When rescued, it still held an apple An its haud, ;, ..