The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Qu-en gave a ceecert last evening at Buckingham Pa;ace. •1' he company' bsgan to arrive at nine o'clock, anti were ushered up the grand staircase into the Green Drawire room and Picture Gallery. The Royal family alighted at the garden entrance. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of K• nt was attended by Ledy Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth. Colonel Sir Gem -et , Cooper. General the lion. Arthur Upton, and Captain Lord James P. Murray. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester was attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, and I.ieut.-Col. the lion. G. A. F. Liddell. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George were attended by Lady Augusta Ca &gen end Mr. Edmond Milemsy. His Imperial H ghness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia was attended by Vice Admiral Lutke, Le Con. seiller d'Etat Ilaurowiz, Boron Serge Freedericksz, and Lieut.-Colonel the lion. Charles Grey. His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca was attended by the Marquis Prevenz ai Her Majesty the Qieen Dowager arrived at twenty five minutes before ten o'clock, accorrpsnied by their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke aed Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his Serene 1140- ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonee, Lady in Waiting; Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Maid of Honour in Waiting; the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand' Duchess were attended by the Countess of Assenburg, Count de B us , , and Baron Zteesar. The Qieen Dow ager wa't received, on alighting from her carriage, by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting ; lion. Misses Stanley and Dawson, Maids of Honour in Waitieg ; the Marquis of Ormonde, L rd in Waiting ; Sir Fre derick Stavin, .Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Equerry in Waiting ; and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, Equerry in Wait ing to his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness Prince Albert received the Queen Dowager in the sculpture-gallery, and conducted her Majesty to the Yellow Drawing-room, where the Queen received her august visitors. Shortly betore ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the . Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, the Grand Duke Con stantine, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess and Prince E ward of Saxe W eitnar, the Prince of Lucca, and the Prince of Leiningen left the Yellow Drawing room, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household in Waiting, and entered the Grand Saloon, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lo.d Steward. The general company followed from the pic ture gallery. The royal and distinguished circle being seated in the saloon which had been prepared for music, the concert commenced. The following was the programme of the:concert:— PARTE PRIMA. qUintetto, " Di Scrivermi ogni giorus," Mad. Grisi e Maddlle Alboni, Sigri Mario, Tamburini, e , La blache (C os i f an t u tti)—M oza rt, " Una Vergin," Sig. Gerdoni (La Favorite).— Donizetti. Duo, " Po. Po ?" Sigri. Tamburini e Lablache (Cants trici Villane).—Fioravanti. Melodie," Ave Maria," Madlle Lind.—Schubert. Preghiera, AD. 1540, Madlle. Grisi e Mdlle Alboni, Aries" In ni. Mario e Lablache.—Arcadet. " questo semplice," Alboni (Betly)— f, Donizetti. Viartetto, " Fallisce in oeni impresa," Mesdlles. Lind e Alboni, Sig Garduni e Herr Staudigl (Gerusalemme Liberata)—Righini. PARTE SECONDA. T rio, "Pensa e guarda," Sig. Tamhurini, Herr Stau digl._ e Lablache (Mar g erita d'Anjou)—Mayerbeer. `lna, " Dall'asilo della pace," Mad. Grisi (Assedio di • Corinto)—Costa. "Oa Courez vous?" Madlle. Lind e Sig. Mario (Le L ie ,e Huguenots)—Meyerbeer. wu• " Wer retit so spat," Herr Staudigl (Der Erl I Conig)—Schubert. net " Ebben per mia memoria," Mad. Grisi, Madlle. Alboni (Gazza Ladra)—Rossini. eßomance, n , " Quaint renaitra," Sig. Mario (Guido e „ .Ginevra)—H a le v y. " Vandasi via di qui," Tutti—Martini. M r- M. Costa presided at the piano forte. Refreshm en t s were serve d to t h e com p an y d ur i ng th e evening in the Green Drawing -room. ,A. sumptuous supper was afterwards served in the "3'ate Dilter- room. ~The f o ll ow i ng had the honour of rece i v i ng i nv i tat i ons: The Grand Duke Constantine, the Hereditary Grand D u ke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Prince d'FtAtucca, Vice-Admiral Lutke, Le Counseiller Haurowiz Baron Freedericksz, Countess unitir.Asseeburg, Count de Waist, Baron de Zige. arid ,Marquis Provenzali, the Austrian Ambassador Count Dietrichstein. Baron Koller, Count A. i_ki, the B e l g i an Mi n i s t er , an d M a d ame Van de enr 4er. the Portuguese Minister, and Baroness de Mon - gene ' e de Moraes Sentient°, Duke de Palmella, the Ar er,d. la Minister, the Arne' lean Minist,r, and Mrs. Ban atuitit:?' Spanish Minister, the S wedish Charged'Affaires, l'ei i Zoness de Rehsusen, the Turkish Minister and veri,„ l l9allimaki, the Wurtemberg Minister, the Ba- Slitestotinisier and Baroness de Cetto, the Brazilian Minist e r a °dMadame Marques Lisboa, the Danish l ieventl ow Countess de Reventlow, Countess Hilda ds n ee, the . the F renc h Minister an d C oun tess d e J a r Mexican M sister, the Hanov‘ r al Minister, the ISietherl an :s Minister, &c., -DUTCH AND HAMBURGH MAIL. „ B RUSSELS, MAY 26.—The Journal des Flanders state , be deputation from Ghent, cbargrd with the commis " of obtaining subsidies for the working classes, had a conference on Saturday with M. Theux, the positive do• vision was come -to; but it was proposed that for the space of twelve weeks the sum of 75,000 f.; to 80,000 f. destined for finding employment for the working classes should be confided to six persons; three ap pointed by the Government of Ghent, and three by the Minister of the interior. The deputation are again to Meet the Minister, when final measures will b- adopted. TUE HAGUE, MAY 25.—The first essay was made on the railway, between the Hague and Rott , rdam, yester day. and was perfectly successful. The large iron bridge from Schiedam Hto Delfshaven was traverse d for the that time, when the solidity and firmness of this new struc ture was most satisfactorily proved. The railway, we are assured, will be opened to the public in the course of the n ext wee k or ten days. I t w ill b e o f inc a lculable ad ntage to both these places. re VIENNA, MAY 15.—We receive from all parts of the anarchy the most favourable accounts of the condi in„,n of the winter crop, and the completion of the sow etf the summer corn, on which account the prices leb • s i ti n ecessarily fall. In consequence of the imperial pro t,,,es 7, no corn may be now exported to foreign coon- The speculators he speculators who, in the prospect of greater gain h om e hitherto:the contrived to keep back large quantities th en:l ' ll e Public, will soon be obliged gradually to bring In th to light, in proportion as the harvest approaches. Th et ° two Galician provinces for it is already known that kingdom is divided ' into two Governments, rerf eet embus. tranquility prevails, and the nobility are full of nir,_' n sta at the prospect that their Majesties the eee t;r o ur and Empress will come in person to Cracow to duk e , the homage of the kingdom, and that the Arch rat:_usas lhrecht wiil them be installed as Viceroy, prepa to Vt . .are already making to give a brilliant reception g it e i mperial guests. aelle e ft or t lt, MAY 18.—We understand that an ordi the the magistrates will speedily appear respecting grants wading of passen,.ers in ships, especially emi the n4.hieh issuedly comprehends a better view of points inances on this euhjsct, but in several 4`,"'s mollifies the preceding legal regulations conform -10 the experience that has been acquired. d er L a lPstc.—The Minister of the Interior h as or thee" Proceedings to be instituted against the a u thors of well-known protest against the com p etence o f t h e e xtraordi nar y Diet, affi,ming that the well-known ordi hanees of the German Diet, respecting the illegal as semblies, are applicable to the assembly in which that protest was adopted and issued. Beaux. e The Allgenteine Preussche Zeitung," says the Elberfield Gazette, " now pays greater atter,. Lion to internal affairs, both Prussian and German. We have lately several times met telegraphic dispatchesfrom Cologne and Ceblentz, but we are able to affirm, _ from an authentic quarter, that sus h a communication of tele graphic dispatches will not be interrupted,. and care Will, besides, be taken that t he exchange of Paris and • London will be forwarded by the same way. That this i nformation may not come to the knowledge of any one before change time, so that an abuse will not be possible, the most satisfactory measures will be taken that they l uay be always kept under lock and key till the publica tion of the journal." ANBEIDI MAY 19.—We may perceive how active the e i ; l 'intiserce on the Rhine has bec .me since the opening of • es ,. navigation by the extraordinary number of ships hich arrive here ; for instance, the arrivals from Cologne and the Dutch Ports are numerous beyond Matt i ' ; whereas in the year 1846 , from t he Ist of till which day the first Dutch ship arrived here, in t of May, only 44 ships, with cargoes amount _ g 0 11 6,878 cwt., bad arrived here from Holland ; the ;lumber fr om Hollnd direct from the 27 th Feb. , 1847, or glee 105 ships, with cargoes to the amount i n 467,458 cwt. This ' latter amount contains alone pulse an d flour 272,648 cwt. the greater Part of which were forwarded to France and Switzer thee' D' this amount is deducted from the sum total the oerst.ill remains 194,800 cwt. of articles belonging to dinary trade on the Rhine, that is an . excess of ' 1 ,V22 cwt over the year 1846, a result which appears tt i) h r e t' r P t o i ti er h e e more. favourable, since it shows that the otherwise circua)stances of the times, have not eked the trade in those articles. CARLsa ti • "E, MAY on wi n b.l9.—We learn that no co mpe i ti- r a new the;:vited between architects to offer plaits . o the th s c G t r y a'n Grand e (17? but that Mr. Hubsch, the architect of D i e v ,!'d, soon after the fire, a command from tohneeaatrefelwvildlaV, to draw up a plan, and presented According to this plan the new issue of its oa i, fire proof, and divided into three distinct portions, each fire-proof vaults n e . v erk j i o n i t n e i r n v g al will have a broad stone be placed. The's* the requisite necessary buildings are te the theatre, secured by rood.—Hambur le of this new theatre is not yet deter. 9_ l Papers. May 25. C~~, -EDONIAN ASYLUM.—Tne thirtieth anniversary n !ast:evral:t that i - xcelle n t institution, the C 4 P sYlurn, , takes place to night, at the Freemastni . nis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in Caledonian rtke chi. The o bj ect of this institution is the sup triti" g and educattng the chudren or soldiers, sailors, 1 1 : 1 , 1 ,iles. natives of Scotland, who have died, or been a . c eu . in the bwrvice of their country, and the orphans London of indigent Scotch parents resident iu '• • n, not entitled to parochial .relief. It is impos slble 4( 414 but that the gathering will be a large one. 'eh' on ke the Mr. io etieg knell re gr. tbo &li en ! rile ° )U red il , d, not setio% it ed fr. eel' 11F, StIN, 7,0N41 DO M t SATUR. T)A V MORNING, PUGILISM. JOSEPH PHELPS AND SAMUEL MARTIN FOR 100 SOS'S. A SIDE.—Thi, contest, which has for some time awe ttened the live host interest in fistic coteries, was decided on Wednesday in a style that must hereafter set all cavil aside as to the relative capabilities of the two athlette en tirely at rest. It may be remembered that Jos , ph Phelps, of Brighton, and Sam M tray, of London, wet in the latter part ef last year for 501. a side, and that Mar tin was detested, as his friends supposed, by a casual throw. In consequence a second match was made for the like amount, to be brought to issue on Tuesday, March 30th ; owing, however, to some inadvertency in drawing the articles, an error was made by Martin's party in the fourth deposit, and a forfeit was in conse quer,ce due to Phelps ; this, however, was in the hand somest manner waved by Spring, who . agreed to place the 401. claimable by Phelps to the account of a fresh match for the increased stake of 1001. a side. This was acceded to, and Wednesday, 26, fixed for the en counter ; the usual day, Tuesday, being on this occasion passed over, in consideration of that being the settling day for the Derby at Tattersall' The Nymph was chartered for the trip, and at half-past eight ploughed her way from Waterloo-bridge, touching at Black wall, for the belated West-enders, and such of the " sages of the East" as might feel disposed to witness pugilistic prowess. After a lovely trip beneath a brilliant sun, tempered by a soft southern breeze, a d mitigated by floating flakes of summer clouds, the skipper of the craft having cleared Graves end, and ascertained that the " Tugs " which conveyed the " undesirables" were no longer in waiting, put about, and the steamer breasted the down tide in her upward course till she neared Purfleet marshes, on the Essex shore. Here all were pleasanCy di,ernharked at high water, and the veteran 'rein Oliver soon pitched his stakes of navy blue, and reeved therein the double line of hempen cords, destined to form the arena. At a quarter past twelve Phelps tossed his cap within the ring, and five minutes afterwards Martin followed his example. With Phelps came Jem Turner and Sambo, with Martin, Johnny Allen and Bill Jones. The men were ready for action in a few minutes ; but here a hitch occurred in the smooth-going course of affairs. One hour and seventeen minutes were consumed beneath the rays of a meridian sun, to the sal waste of temper, patience, and pounds avoirdupois of the fatter portion of the spectators, before a referee could be agreed on. Why, if parties will thus cavil, do they not agree upon this official beforehand, and then formally ratify their choice on the ground ? At length this time wasting foolery at an end and a referee agreed on, the men stood up. Phelps, the longer and more wiry man, weighed 9st. 81bs,, his shorter and more burly opponent, 9st 71bs. Hands were shaken between combatants and seconds, and at thirty-three minutes past one the men threw themselves into attitude. It is our practice, and one we shall not depart from on this occasion, to avoid the close detail of rounds, and the unpleasing minutim of hits, stops, rallies, and throws, giving merely such an outline as will enable those versant in ring affairs to judge of the performance of the men. In the first round Phelps. after numerous feints, and several times break ing ground, tried his left, short, and short again, in a style that told tales of the practice of the sparring school, rather than the realiCes of actual battle. Martin got in once on the body with his right, but was too short in the reach; at the end he rushed in, closed. and Phelps fell cautiously without harm. In the 2d to the to the 20th rounds Martin had by no means the worst of the hitting. Innumerable clever stops of the lead ing left were made on both sides, Phelps receiving several severe visitations on the left ribs from Martin's right, acid a rap or two on the left eye with perfect stoicism and coolness. He did not, however, let his oppo nent off scot free, for his reach, quickness, and remarkable self-possession enabled him notonly to plant severely with his lett on Martin's frontispiece, but to get down cleverly and judiciously whenever his adversary's rushing on slaught and forcing style of milling made it prueent to end the round. In several closes Phelps proved himself the better tactician in wrestling; indeed Martin's left ankle appeared weak, and although he drove Phelps se veral times through the ropes, the struggle seemed to be generally in the latter's favour. From the 20th. to the 39th round, Martin still made so good a show, and Phelps, though active, resolute, and springy, seemed so often to suffer from the. counters or the blows in the rallies, that Martin's friends held up for him and offered odds. The less prejudiced and interested spectators, however, could see that the thoroughbred frame, cool confidence, and steady style of the Brighton mac were telling upon Mar tim; time after time did Phelps job him, propping him effec . ively and neatly on the retreat, or stopping his left and breaking away, with self.possessed coolness and artistic alacrity. Martin grew wilder and more impe tuous, his deliveries became more random and uncertain. In the 44th round, after some sharp exchanges, Phelps threw him, when he rushed to a close, a heavy downer close against the corner stake. Martin came up all abroad, and contended six rounds more, receiving with out returning, and in the 49th round, after making two successive left-handed pops, and a ditto from the right, he was thrown, and declined answering the call of " time." Thus Phelps was proclaimed the winner in 97 minutes, and 49 rounds. The ring having been re-arranged, the second affair came off between CROSS AND HUNT.—Robert Cross is well known as lOst. 61b. man of some standing, and Jack Hunt, of Cheltenham, is equally celebrated in the vicinity of his native place. This was an odd affair. Cross hit, stopped, fibbed, and threw his man for an hour, all which Hunt stood with the most inflexible game; occasionally amusing the bystanders by quaint remarks on his opponent's de ficiency in power of hitting; at last, by sheer endurance, Cross's let hand having been injured by continual con tact with the os frontis of his antagonist, the Chelten- Cra h op a rup m onandre h s : ne r pte o narien t?g n h si t b e i n li e t d y thiso punishment; man indeed,ba battle b y iseverals d i o t u i s red to o t f h h e is 6l o s b t, , w an h d ic f h el r a o t s eedacthe onslaughtaoc ou account, of his game scrambling adversary • and Jew Turner, who seconded Cross, findiroigto. tthharte,Pheupwta,isetsipreodngeofahnid; .eemingly never-ending j released Cross from the -ring. The winner had all the ounishment, the loser having no very soft place but his heart. The fieht lasted one hour and fifteen minutes. BOWERS AND ROvvE'S MOUSE.—These men contended down the River, near Puefleet, on Tuesday. Bowers had the advantage at the opening of the ball, but at the end of 63 rounds, occupying one hour and ten minutes, Bowers was defeated. —Advertiser. REVIEW OF THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS BY THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND PRINCE ALBERT.—It having been notified that a grand review of the Chelsea pensioners belonging to the metropolitan districts would 'ake piece yesterday in Hyde-park, the usual exer cising -ground facing Grosvenor-gate, was completely surrounded with temporary scaffolding, stalls for the sale of fruit, ginger beer, &c. In addition there were a number of itinerant publicans, and some persons with pails of the pure element, wbo drove a brisk trade, by vending it at a halfpenny a pint. The weather was extremely propitious. and all sides of the vast area was crowded wi,h %ell-dressed persons from an early hour. At eight o'clock a detachment of the Seots Fusilier Guards and a troop of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), took up the ground, and in about half an hour after wards the hardy veterans (all the companies having arrived) formed a line two deep, extending from Gros venor-gate to the shrubbery abutting the Oxford road. Precisely at nine o'clock the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert, attended by a numerous and brilliant staff, arrived, and were received with the customary honours:. Amongst the officers on the ground were Field Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, General Lord Combermere, Lieutenant-Generals Lord Saltoun, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Sir J. Macdonald, Sir H. Douglas, Major- General Sir H. Smith, the Marquis of Worcester. Earl of March, Colonel Drummoed, &c. The Commander in-Chief and staff having rigidly inspected the men, the line broke into sub-divisions by the right, and marched part in slow and quick time, when the line was again formo, aid the manual and platoon exercise having been g ne through with becoming precision, the various evolutions of forming the square, marching and counter marching, forming divisions, sub-divisions, sections, end again forming line upon several pottions of the main body, firing by tile, sections, platoons, and vollies, and the various evolutions of light infantry having been performed, apparently to the satisfaction of the inspect - ! ng gt : reral officers, the battalion was once more formed into line, and having presented arms, the several ccim panics were marched to their respective quarters. Col goal Tulloch commanded in chief. The field mar stmts. Lien re's. &..., wore their appropriate uniturres DEATHS IN WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL.—Thurs day Mr. Bedford held two inquests in the Westminster Bridewell on the bodies of prisoners who had died therein. The first was respecting the death of Ann Nye, aged 43. The deceased was the wife of a gentle man's servant, living at the West-end, and had a family of tour children, but she had late l y led such a dissipated life that her husband was forced to live away from her. She was convicted at the Bow-street Police-court on the 14th of the present month, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour , for being an idle and disorderly person. Her constitution was so broken . up by the life she had been leading th at she d in the in firmary on Tuesday last. A post modem examination proved that the lungs were extensively diseased. Ver dict, " Natural death." The second inquiry was co,n cerning the death of Andrew Sandell, aged 64 : The deceased was convicted at the Clerkenaell Sessions of larceny, and s e n tenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. On Wednesday morning last deceased was seized with a fit, which lasted some considerable time. Mr. Lavies, the prison surgeon, attended and did all that the nature of his case required, but without success, and he died the same day from serus apoplexy. Verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. MANSLAUGHTER.—Thursday night an inquest, ad journed from Tuesday last, was resumed before Mr. W. Pa) ne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Peter Doyle, a tailor, aged twenty-nine, of No. 11, Bell alley, Throgmorton-street, whose death was caused by a man named Fitzgibbon, under the following circum stances :—lt appeared that on Saturday night last the deceased, who was related to Fitzgibbon, called upon th e latter at his resid ence in Dunnitig's-alley, Bishopsgate , and during the night d ran k a considerable quantity of liquor. Between one and two o'clock on Sunday morn ing a qaarrel . took place, arising out of jealousy on the part of . Fitzgibbon, and a fight ensued. According to the dying statement of the deceased, Fitzgibbon threw gettin ghlmbelly. fr into e w t the p syaa : i rd f di t n h jt e uhme s the p t p a er i de r s s ewn t i o cteh ofh bottom, Fitzgibbon, ti e m beb , so a no i n ) and on i lar n aetn s m f gt e ,hu :t ve, d iegds t- e ' a f .tmo d eT e t hhthi:mei hospital, nsepei whered use h e alter o f hopedth the e m li o a s bad killeddisgusting h n . house ' h u s e ff u d e ra le i E n sh g ( r ) . ; ‘ a tl . t y c i p a a l r i t% vi tt a i s s admi-sion Mr. Haigh, made a post m orteme had examination, and fi:uhd the cause Of death to arise from rupture of the bladder. produced no doubt from the deceased having be e n k ne l t upon, and no t from the fall. The jury, after a p a ti ent - investi gation, returned a verdict of " Man s l aug h ter aga i nst fitzgibbOn t and a warrant was issued for his committal KMPERIAL PARE.; AMENT 11017 SE OF LORDS, iisfay 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his neat on the Wool sack shortly before Five o'clock. Several messages from the House of Commons were brought up. REWARDS TO BRITISH SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. The Duke of RICHMOND said he wished to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, whether or net it was intended to give any medals to those soldiers who had served in the Peninsular war ? He had received a communication from the Secretary of State last 3 ear, in which he stated that it was intended to distribute those med ds, and he wished to know if any such distribution was to take place. He also wished to know whether the sailors who had served under Nelson would or wonhl not be lost sight of? Earl GREY said that it was intended t.) investigate the claims of the officers and soldiers employed during the Peninsular war, and also the sailors. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION R AIL W Some conversation (the greater part of which was inaudible in the gallery) then ensued between Lords BhouGHAM and BEAUMONT, as to the nature of the Committee to be appointed upon the Birmin g ham and Oxford Junction Railway. Lend REDESDALE complained that the whole pro ceeding was novel and irregular, and if they agreed to the motion they would be laying down a bad precedent. Lori LYNDHURS I' thought their Lordships shou'd delay the appointment of the Committee which was sought. After a few words from Lords CAMPBELL and BROUGUAM, Lord lIEDESDALE said, he was so convinced of the bad precedent of appointing such a Committee, that he gave notice that on Monday next he would move that the order of the day fur the appointment of the Com mittee be discharged. The sohj, , ct then dropf.ed. CONVEYANCE OF ENTAILED ESTATES. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Lord Provost arc! Town Council of Gl4sgow, praying that a measure might be passed to facilitate the conveyance of entailed estates. Glasgow, Paisley. and Greenock Railway (Amend ment and Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, nook, and Ayr, the Glasgow, adrrhead, and Neilston, and the Glasgow, SttaiCayen, and Lesmahagow Rail ways, and to Ilaw_gh Pity.). Great Southern to be T a u t;‘ , l ai l in e r s e). rern Railway Extension (Pur tarlingtonLowestoft Railway and :!arbour (Alteration near Reed ham). National Mercantile Life Assurance Society. Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymundham to the Norwich Exten s i on o f t h e I psw ich and Bury Saint Edmund's Railw a y, and the proposed Thetford and Re, dham Rail wa y, near pi ss ). Nurrollt Railway (Y arm .. ut n E xtens ion, &c.) Paisley, Barr'-lead. and Hurlet Railway. Saffron Walden R ates . South Staffadshire R a il wa y (Cannock, N..rton Branches, & c .) Swansea Docks. Wyrley, and Wakefield Market. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Birkeniiead Comini3sioners I).icic Acts Ainen,lment (as to Ginstruction S,ai Wall along ‘Vallas:y Pool). Caledonian and Gh t , gow, P a i : l ey, and Greenock Rail ways Amilgamation. Dublin Consumers Gas. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway (Construction of Docks.); Great N.,rthern Railway (llertford, HatfiAd, and Sr. Alban's Branch). Llynvi Valley Railway Extension. Waterfor.i Road HEALTH OF TOWNS. Dr. BO WRING presented a petition in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. TRANSPORTATION TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from several of the residents in Van Diemen's Land against the sys tein of penal transportation to that colony. THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. SHAW. Mr. CHRIS FIE presented a petition from 600 of the congregation of the Rev. Mr. Shaw, stating that he hid been suspended by the Bishop of Exeter for officiating in a Dissenting charel, and that upon his application to the Court of Queen's Bench for redress it had been de nied to him, and praying that the House would take the matter into consideration. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. BAILLIE presented a petition against the Births, Marriages, and i jeaths (Scotland) Registration Bill. MEDICAL REGIS'T'RATION BILL. Mr. BR()WN presented- two petitions in favour of this Bill. MALT TAX The Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from persons in Lancashire, praying fur the repeal of the malt tax. Lord BROUGHAM assured the Noble Duke that he was opposed to all taxes, and to the malt tax also. But he could not consent to that tax being repealed till it could be seen how the; could do without it. The Duke of RICHMOND diff.red from the N ,, ble and L .arned Lord. The tax in question was felt as a great burden, the re-moval of which was become more necessary from certain late changes in the law. The sugar duties, too, had been reduced, so as to bring that article into competition with malt ; and as malt, itself could now be got elsewhere, the duty. was become a severe burden. He hoped his Noble Friend would ere long bring in a measure for the repeal of this duty. FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. Lord PORTMAN ruse to call attention to the papers laid before this House relating to the fire at St. John's, Newfoundland ; and to move an humble address to her Majesty. He said this matter had been brought before his attention first of all by the clere. , - men of the West of England. They found thst the principal part of the fund had been devoted to objects to wh:ch it was positively prohibited from being devoted. He would now direct their attention to the documents and papers which had been laid upon their Lordships' table. Letters were before the House which would show the House the extent of the calamity to which he referred. Considerable collections had been made for the relief of the sufferers ; petitions had also been presented to the Queen, praying that a collection might be made f:ir the sufferers. The Noble Lord then proceeded to refer to several documents, bearing upon the case, at a consider able length. The bishop of LONDON said the Noble Lord com plained of the way in which the funds, raised unt7er a Queen's Letter, for the damage dune at Newfoundland by fire, had been applied. lie objected to every por tion of the money bring employed for the rebuilding of the parish church. Now it ought to b considered that the parish church of St. John's, was the only one de stroyed, and surely it was a work of charity to erect it, under the circumstances. Being the only place of wor ship which stiff rid by the fire, it was but ri,:ht that a portion of the amount raised, should be applied in th e manner referred to, and he could not see how it could reasonably be denied. An application was made to the Crown from a Committee, appointed at a meeting, over which the Lord Mayor presided, to allow collections to he made in the churches and cha pels throughout the country for the purpose of relieving the distress occasioned by the fire in Newfoundland, and for rebuilding the churches. which had been destroyed. He did not, therefore, think that the Bishops or the Goverment were to blame for the course which was taken, but if blame did attach to any one for what had been done, he was quite ready to take it upon him&elf. He begged to thank the Govern ment in his own name, and in the name of the authorities of Newfoundland, for their exertions in behalf of the unfortunate persons who had suffered by the disaster. . . Earl GRIA . said his Noble Friend had blamed him for not allowing a portion of the money for the rebuild ing► of the church. He did refuse to shot any portion of the money for this purpose, hut he did so at the wish, and with the approval of, the authorities of the colony. The persons of the workin:, class who had been sufferers by the fire had received compensation to nearly the full amount, awl the class which suffered most ceverely (lamely, the small shopkeepers), did not come forward to receive relief. It appeared therefore to him, that the application of the surplus money—which remained from these contributions—to the restoration of the churches destroyed. was a most leg timate application, and one likely to be more beneficial than the continuation of money crants to the sufferers; whereby a most improper and morbid craving for this relief had originated. Under the existing law there was no machinery for regulating the distribution of charitable donations of this descrip tion, end, in almost all cases, such donations were ap plied under a system analogous to the one adopted in this instance. He had no c.bjection to the motion as brought forward, but it certainly was not likely to serve any efficient purpose. The Bishop of SALISBURY said that he entirely concurred in the olvervations of the Noble Lord (Port man) that any information as to the method of disposing of this money might be useful, but sill he was of opinion that so far from it being misapplied, it had been very juoieiously distributed according to the usual mode in such casts. After a few words in reply from Lord PORTMAN. The Transference of Laud Bill was then read a first time. Several Bills were then forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF CWIMOIVS, May 28. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Captain BURKE was introduced by L3rd M. Hill and Admiral Dundas, and took the oaths awl his seat for the county of Galway, in the room of T. B. Martin, Esq., deceased. SECOND READINGS. The following Bilk were read a second time, and or dered to be committed:— Townshend Peersge. W►ndsor Castle and Town Approaches Improvement, and Removal of Datchet Bridge. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up and agreed to : Birmingham, Wolverhamiitnn, and Stour Valley Rail was, No. 1 (Smethwick Deviation). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail• way, No. 2 (Branches). Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust Ferry. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester Rail. _ _ way, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail way. Dundee and Newtyle Railway. Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension, and Inehture. Polgavie, and Inehmiehael Branches) Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware Line, &c.) Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of London and Stratford Stationf. and Amendment of Acts). Eist Lothian C,-ntral Railway. &In bu , gh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and Amendment). Great Northern Railway (Branch to Horneastle and at Btaytord Mere, Lincoln) Great Northern Railway (Deviations between London and Grantham). Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Drainage and Inclosure Company's Incorporation. Liverpool G as . London and North-Western Railway (Purchase of the Earl of Ellesmere's interest in the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway). London and North-Western Railway (Newport Pagnall, Olni y, and Wellingborough Branch). London and North-Western Railway (Portobello and Wolverhampton Branch, &c.) London and North-Western Railway (Atherston and Whitacre Branch). London and North-Western Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches). Northampton and Banbury Railway. Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway. Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease). Royston and Hitchin Railway (Extension from Royston to Cambridge). Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amendment and Branch to LaurencAirk). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London and North Western R;:ilway Compam ). The reports on the following Bills were further con sidered and agreed to : Aberdeen Harbour. Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, &c.) Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway. Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Purchase of Navan Branch, &e.) Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Ea, am Counties Railway Extension (Cambridge to Bedford, &c.) Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, and Brain tree Purchase). East Railway (Louth Navigation Pur thas,-). L R i a n i e l t w )i a a y shire East Lincolnshire Rai l w a y ( Deviation at Boston , and Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grinisb‘ ) Glasgow and Shotis Road. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway (Amend ment, D .viations, and Branches). Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilstnn Direct Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branches at fort Glasgow). AFRICAN CRUISERS. The nom. MEMIIHR also presented a petition from the borough of Liverpool rgainst the employment of cruisers on the coast of Africa, and complaining that they did more harm than good. CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. Captain PECHELL presented a petition signed by 32 of the chei,.ists and dru gg i sts o f B rig ht on , praying for a Bill to regulate the business of chemists an:l druggists. Mr. WYNN ELLIS presented a petition to the same effect. HEALTH OF TOWNS. . Mr. GODSON pre-anted a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and 'town-Council of the borough of Kidder minster, in favour ot the Health of Towns Bil. TENANT RIGHT. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented a petition from the county of Warwick in tavour of the Tenant Right Dill. SCOTCH REGISTRATION AND MARRIAGE BILLS. Sir GEORGE CLERK said he had an important pe tition to present from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, to which he begged to call the attend em of the Rigot lion. Gentleman (the Lord Advo- . cat-) otposlte. The General Assembly of the Church of Sc Aland, at a m ee t ing l as t wee k, t oo k i n t o consideration the R-gistration and Marriage Bills, and after a discus. sion of their provisions, a division took place. In that division two hundred and four voted for a pe tition to this House, and but two against it.—(Hear.) The petition was against both Bills, and the petitioners averred that several clauses in them were extremely ob jectionable as affecting the interests of the Church of Scotland, as well as the country generally. Oa that account, they felt called on to oppose the Bills, and they trusted na further legislation would take place upon them till they were further considered and more matured. He had also a petition to present against the Marriage Bill from the bishops and clergy of the Epis copal Ct•urch of Scothnd, who stated that the measure would inflict a great hardship on them, and praying that the House would not pass it into a law, or, at least, postpone the Bill till another session. He had also nine other petitions from various presbyteries and public bodies in Scotland to the same effect. EDUC A TIOWAL GRANT. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition, praying that the Riman Catholics might be allowed to participate in the Government grant for education. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented several petitions to the same effect. CASE OF MR. COBBETT. The TioN. MEMBER also presented a petition from r. Cobbett, in the Queen's Bench Prison, complaining of the treatment which he had received, and praying for redress. REGISTRATION BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE presented petitions in Favour of the R gistrntion RM. HEALTH OF IOWNS BILL. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the me• dieat practitioners of Coventry in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. NOTICES OF MOI'ION-EXCISE. Dr. BOWRIN.4 gave notice that on Monday he should move for certain returns connected with the Excise, and if it should be his privilege to be in that House—(Laughter) —he should, in another session, call th,ir attention to the necessity for an entire revision of the Excise laws. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. DIVETT give notice that, in Committee on the Health of Towns Bill, he should move that clauses 19, 20, 21, and 23 be struck out. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. Mr. C. BERKELEY gave notice that, on reading the order of the day on Monday, he should put a question to the First Lord Commission' er of Woods and Forests with respect to the Wellington statue —(Laughter.) RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. Lord G. BEN riseK presented petitions from Dublin, and from various unions in Clare, Queen's County, Galway, Clonmel, and other places in Ireland, in favour of the extension of railways in that country. COLON' 4ATIO - N. Lord GEORGE BEN I'INCK presented a petition from Dublin in favour of some efficient plan of colo nisation. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition, numerously signed, from the me di cal men of Northampton, in favour of the Health of Towns' Bill, and frorri the Commis sioners of Paving and Lighting in the same place, against the Bill.—(Laughter.) Mr. MACKINNON begged to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the G o v ernment whether i t was th e intention of the Government to proceed with the Health of Towns Bill this session? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would state the course he would pursue On Monday night next. EDUCATION.—RONIAN CATHOLICS. Sir R. PEEL said he had to present two petitions to the House from her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, praying that they may be included in the provisions of the grant for education; the first was signed by clergy men and laymen in Allingham, Northumberland, and the second by ckniymen and laymen in Enfield. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSELL, it was agreed that the House at its rising adjourn till Minday night. POOR-LAW COMMISSION. Captain PECHEI,L wished to know whether the Noble Lord intended to take the vote for the expenses of the Poor•law Commission to night? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that vote would not be inemied among the estimates to-night. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord JOAN RUSSELL said that on Monday next, before the other orders of the day, he would take up the Lords' Amendments on the Poor-law (Ireland) Bill, and the Landed Estates (Ireland) Bill. As the Scotch Bilk introduced by the Lord Advocate, and appointed for Monday night, might be subject to some (Islay, they would be con sidered immediately after these two Bills. The Prisons' Bill would come on for consideration on Thursday, and the Discount on Loan Bill on Friday. STATE OF PORTUGAL. Mr. IIUME wished to ask a questh,n which he had put the other night, with respect to the state of Por tugal. That queati. , n was as to whether the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had any objection to lay on the table of the House copies of the instructions c h ni a l t d w b h e en time cams he would the table of the House. which had been eiven to the British agents in Portugal. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he should oppose at pre sent the production of any papers respecting Portug a l. The Government bad no objection to the production done by that the matter ott tape km : ee h i ,r t e .. aa p lri t t ! ut papers, gr i t t eh i fp, : xrre w hw h ehe e erm n e itls t rac h uih e ds prope reeefiiiwt came to be considered on Monday the Noble Lord would give tion. him an answer, and he would ther e f ore on that day s once more put the que Another Hoti. MEMBER was proceeding to put a question to the House on another subject, when he was called to order, and Mr. HUAIE said that he had another question to put, but t h a t was to the Noble Lord a t t h e h ead of the Foreign Department, and that was, whether any instruc tions had been sent out Colonel Wylde and the other Bsh agents to use coercive measures in the event of the Junta not ace Aing to the propositions which bad been laid before them? Lord PALMERSTON said that arrangements had been made between the Governm ents o f France, Spain, and Portuzal, for the repression of the insurrection in that country. The production of the papers asked for would naturally hinder the progress of any negotiation,, but when the proper time came he would he ready to produce the pa p e rs and to state the reasons for the tnea s which they had adopted, acid which he was sure would s ati4v the How l '. Mr. i nimE—All he wished to know was, whether any instructions tor coercive measures had been issued, Lord PALMERSTON said that it was impossible to produce the papers while measure s were i n course of eXevution. Mr. HUME then gave notice that he should on Monday bring the subject under the consideration of the souse. MA Y 29, 14.7 i RELIEF WORKS (IRELAND). Lord G. BENTINCK havint , observed that, while the outlay on the public works in Ireland had been reduced frpm a quarter of a million to 40,0001. per week, the expense of the staff, which had been rated at 60,000/. Wds btill 14.0001 a week, said the question he wished to a.,lc was, whether there was any pro*pect of the expense of the stuff being reduced in proportion to the reduction of the outlay for labour? He wished, therefore, to in quire, how many of those persons who were receiving 14,0001. a 'week of the public money were of the class of destitute electors? The CHANCELLOR of the E X CHEQUER said ° that on the 25th of thi- month a great reduction had taken place in the numberof the inferior classes employed on the public works. A reduction in the numbers of the superior officers could not be so easily effected, as they would have to be employed on the various relief committees. In the numbers of the overseers and the check clerks a very largo reduction had taken place. Upon the 31st of March the number of mverseers employed was 11,218, whtreas upon the 25th of May their number 0 ,, 1y amounted to 3,700, being a reduction of about 7,000. The check clerks had ben reduced from 4 800 on the 31st of March to 2,000 on the 25th of the present month. With regard to the others who were employed reduc tions were going on as far as was consistent with the necessities of the case. PORTUGAL Sir R. PEEL asked the Noble Lord (Palmerston) if the course which her Majesty's Government were pur- Portugal was the consequence of any combined plan of action with the Governments of Spain, France, and Portugal, arising out of the treaty of the Quadruple Alliance. or if it was independent of that treaty? Lord PALMERSTON said that the policy of her Majesty's Government was riot in consequence of that treaty, excepting so far as this—that the Government of Portugal addressed itself to them as being parties to that treaty, but the present proceedings were the con sequence of a new agreement. IRELAND. Lord G. BENTINCK asked if he understood the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer to say that the reduction of the pay clerks was to 3,700, or 5,700? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re peated the statement he had made when the Noble Lord first asked the question. SCOTCH BILLS. Mr. HOME DRUMMOND wished to know when the Scotch Bil were to he brought forward? _ _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he would state on Monday night what course should be adopted with re gard to them. INDIRECT TAXATION. Mr. EWART presented petitions from a number of merchants, spirit dealers, and bakers, resident in Edin burgh and Leith, complaining of the oppressive system of indirect taxation. Ordered to lie upon the table. On the motion for reading the order of the day, Mr. EWART rose to move that it is expedient that a more direct system of taxation on property should (as far as possible) be substituted for the indirect system (by Customs and Excise duties) now in use. That such a change would, by removing restrictions caused by the Excise, encourage trade, and the free application of science to trade. Tie, by removing the restric tions caused by Customs duties, it would extend commerce, and be the most natural means of prolonging the peace, by promoting the interconrse of the world. That it would be highly beneficial to the poor (who now pay the great mass of indirect taxation), by giving them more abundant means of subsistence and of employment, and would tend generally and finally to the good of all classes of the community. He wished to call the attention of the House to the present system of indirect taxation, and it was principally in the name of the poor that he did so, for it was an admitted fact that the greater portion - of the tax on all the articles of consumption was paid by the poor. A great pressure was inflicted upon the poorer classes by the system of indirect taxation, which, according to a calculation made, amounted to 20 per cent., or one-fifth of the whole revenue. Many schemes had been pro pounded; among others it had been suggested that an ad valorem duty, or one that should be regu lated by the quality of the article, would be the most fair and just in its operation, and so far had this opinion been impressed on the minds of practical men, that Sir R. Walpole, and other names not less cele brated, were among those who supported it. But experience had shown them that an ad valorem system of taxation was impracticable. The adoption of this plan would prove of inestimable service to the poor, while it would do no injury to the Exchequer For instance, when the duty was taken off salt, it was anticipated that the returns from that source would fall off, but the anticipations were not realised. But this system of a discriminating duty, however just in theory, had not at all succeeded in practice. lie was, therefore, of opinion, that since the objects sought could not be obtained by an ad valorem or discriminating duty, they should at once try the system which he had taken the • liberty of suggesting, namely, to reduce the duty on tea, on sugar, on butter, and such other articles of consumption, and place the same in their just proportions on the pro perty of the. country. Under the present system the trade with :Mina had decreased, and in other articles of general comfort and common use they were sta tionary. By adopting the mede suggested by him they would greatly increase their commerce. With respect to butter and cheese, it v as of great im• portance that still further reductions should be made in the duties now levied upon those articles. Large quan tities of those articles were consumed by the working claves of this country. Since the alteration of the duties on :those articles by the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Tamworth the consumption bad :nereased in value to a very large extent. The value the butter imported into this country in the year 1845 was 259,0001., but in the present year it amounted to 312,3261.; the value of the cheese imported in 1845 was 372,7771., while in 1847 their declared value was 506,7451., arid there was no doubt but that a still greater increase would take place upon a further reduction of the duties. It was proved also before a Committee of that House, that if they were to lower the duties on tobacco, a very , considerable trade would be created in that article, and that it would lead to a much more extensive manu facture of snuff. By the abolition of the duties on the importation of corn which had taken place, America, he believed would be induced to increases her purchases of their manufactures. There was another article also, which would be greatly affected by reduction, the article of wine, the consumption of which he believed would be increased to an incredible extent if the duties were reduced. The Hon. Member then referred to the report of the Committee, in 1833, on the Excise laws, which had made many valuable suggestions, which he wished had been carried out.—(Hear) He alluded. of course, to such petty interference of observing the Excise claim, for if the system of observing stock was to • be continued they would require ten , times the number of officers as now existed for taking those observances properly. and he would ask whether any of the trades affected would tolerate such a supervision as it would then be necessary to institute ? The • Commissioners ap pointed in 1835, with Sir Henry Parnell at their head, had unanimously recommeaded the reduction of the duty from one penny to one farthing per pound ; and they had stated that France, Germany, and Spain were all in advance of this country in the manufacture of soap. Ireland, it was well known, was not rated with any duty on soap. He would not trouble the House with any further observations on this head, because many Honourable Members were intimately acquainted with the subject. But there was another :subject of very considerable importance, on which he must say a few words. That was the duty on paper. Now, this duty was first imposed in the 10th of Queen Anne, in the year 1711, and it was said to be imposed to provide supplies for the war, and to obtain a good and lasting peace. A long time had elapsed since that peace was established, but the duty "had never been removed. To show the extent of this grievant -Et, he might state that the paper on which newspapers are printed is formed of the sweepings of the cotton factories ; and one of the evils which the petitioners complained of was, that the mate rial of which their paper was formed, no d which- k was taxed in its manufactured state, had pre viously been taxed when is i ts raw condition. He was particularly anxious to have the duty taken off ' paper, because he considered that it was a tax upon the literature of the country. They must all re member the repeal of the almanac tax. Before that tax was taken off almanacs could only be procured by the rich. There was every prospect of the English language becoming eventually the only language used in commerce. This was evident from the rapidity with which Eng land sad Aunt ica were extending their foreign relations, and this was an additional reason why the literature of this country should be left free and untaxed. It was also desirable that an equalization of the duties levied in this country and Ireland on spirits should take place. Salt also was an article, the consumption of which had greatly increased since a reduction had taken place in the amount of duty upon it, and upon which it was desir able, for the cause of chemistry, and the other sciences, that the Excise duties should be entirely removed. The effect of the whole of the Excise duties was seriously to impede the progress of the arts, as well as to inflict an injury upon the public at large. The Excise laws ope rated also upon science, and checked its advance, as ap plied to the arts. There was one kind of duties, how ever, which were so unequal in their pressure that he would briefly allude to them—he meant the stamp duties. It was mentioned last year before a Committee who sat upon these duties, that upon a 501 sale of land the duty was 12i per cent., on 1001. 51, per cent., and so on to 5001., when it was 1 per cent. He called on them in the name of morality to alter their present system. He also maintained that it they had a more direct system of taxation, they would collect their taxes at a much less cost, and thereby increase the revenue very considerably'. One reason, therefore, why he preferred direct to indirect tax was because it elevated the morals of the people, and another was because it was calculated to preserve the peace of the world. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought up several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. The debate on Direct Taxation was then resumed. The CHANCELLOR of tho EXCHEQUER thought no excuse had need to be made by the Hon. Gentleman forward the present motion. It was one of for bringing gr eat importance, yet he hoped under existing circum• stances the .House would bear with him, if he did not attempt to follow him through the various items to which be had referred, as in another Parliament it might• be found necessary to increase the amount of' di v e, taxation, and therefore he regretted the question was brought forward at the present time. With this general declaration he considered it would be the best course for him not to go into the details of the question now, but leave it to a future and more fitting occasion. Mr. B 5 YORKE hoped the lion. Member (Mr. Ewart) would, after the declaration of the Right Hon. Gentlrman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) postpeee the subject. In another session of Perliament tin re would have to be a general revision of taxation. Mr. HUME said the business of the night was the voting away of the public money, and therefore ha thought the question was one which was fairly entitled to consideration. He for one thought the whole exel,e system should be revised, and as there was a league es tablished to effect this object, he wished it every auee Ss. They would soon have to elect a new Parliament, and it would depend on the people what Members should be returned, and what should be done with the excise-laws. The duties on soap, paper, and bricks, were most oppress sive, and if the people were true to themselves, this would be accomplished. There were many ways in whil the expenditure of the country might be redueed, in order to effect improvements in the taxes ; for instal .e, a million might be saved by withdrawing the cruir rs from the coast of Africa, where they were doing no got.el, but evil. Mr. WILLIAMS complained of such motions heire; brought forward, unless they were persevered in. There was one Omission in the statement of the Hon. Mereb. , r for Dumfries. It was the reduction of the expenditure. as well as the carrying out of direct taxation. l:e would eJII their attention to the fact that the estimat-'s in 1835 were seven millions less than they were in r:, e present year. Year for year the increase of the es - mates has been going on.. He called upon the Chance- !- lee of the Exchequer to explain how this took pita—. The country ought nut to be satisfied with this state et things, or with the tax roll of fifty-five millions of money. It would, in his opit.ion, be better that the sense of t! e House should be tsken in a direct motion on this stdr ject. - Col. SIBTHORP thought the best course would be for the Right lion. Gentleman the Chancell.,r Of ti.e Exchequer to give up his office to the Hon. Member f,r Coventry. It would be then seen what he could do in his new position. Mr. E WART said as the subject would have to come fully before the House on a future occasion, and after the expression of opinion which had been elicited, would for the present withdraw the motion. He telt great unwillingness to vote this 77,0001, believing that a greater saving in the department could be effected. Mr. SHELL defended the officers of the min!. They were not blameable for the large amount of expenditute. There certainly were some things objectionable in Oa management of the mint, but the officers engaged in the mint were not answerable for them Mr. HUME said he did not blame the officers, but tl - e system. This country was paying more for this depart mint than any other country in the world. Mr. SHELL was rejoiced to hear that Hon. Gentle man did not question the morality of the officers engaged in the mint. Mr. WILLIAMS complained that the department was in the hands of a private company, whereas it ought to be in the hands of the Government. lie hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would turn his attention to this subject. Sir GEORGE CLERK said there was a good deal of uncertainty in the work supplied to the contractors of the Mint. These contractors had a large capital in• vested in the business, and it was not to be won dered at that when they were called upon sucl•lenly to throw out a certain amount of work it involved the country in a large expense. Mr. HUME was not aware that the contractors had a large capital lying dormant, Mr. SHELL said it was true the Government found the machinery for the Mint, but the miners bad to keep that machinery in rerair. He entertained an ear nest hope that ere long some useful modification woulJ take place in the system. Mr. THORNEIY wished to know when the country might expect the issue of 2s. pieces? Mr. SHELL said he had consulted his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exch , quer upon the sub• ject, who was more officially responsible for the issue than he was, and his Right Hon. Friend had promised to give his attention to the subject. He had, therefore, given instructions to the engraver of the Mint to hod h mielf in readiness to prepare the et,. After some further conversation, the vote was agreed to. On the question that 17,000/. be voted to her Majesty. to defray the expenses of the Railway Commtuiuners' services, Colonel SIBTHORP said he could see no necessity why the country should be put to such an expense. It ought to be paid by the railway companies. Mr. HUDSON said he did not approve of the Board. All the railway companies considered it quite uncall.•d for, and he could not agree to the suggestion of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite. In selecting the officers of the Railway Board, he regretted that Go vernment had not appointed gentlemen who were con versant with the railway system. 8,000/. a year would be quite sufficient for the expenditure of the Com -mission. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the annual expenditure of the board was only 12,0001., and he was quite sure that the - ability. and integrity with which the Flom Gentleifian conducted hi own. affairs put a much larger suminto this pocket than that now proposed as, a salary -lot the officers of the board. • - • • Mr. HUDSON—Oh, but that is a mere speculation —(Laughter.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the appointment of the board was most populsr, and the object of the Government was not to have in:). one upon it who was connected with ra howls, in orde r to secure perfect fairnest, and to leave no moth fiet . jealousy or suspicion of favouritism. Col. SIBTBORP said that one of the duties of ti.e board should be to ascertain how far compensation has been given, can be, and must he given to the famiti.•s of those eho have been injured by accidents upon ruilroad hich he was sorry to observe were, daily occurring-. The Government were boded to take care of the lives ( t' the pe , •p!e, and they should, thererore, pay attention iv the subject. Mr. 3 ri:UTT said, that by an Act passed at the end of the last session for the purpose of giving compensit don to the surviving relatives. He had also to assure the Han. Member that there was no portion of their du y to which they paid so much attention .as to the cause: of accidents. And when they heard of the melancholy accident to which reference had been made, they sent down a very able engineer with whom they had assts ciated, Mr. Walker, a very eminent gentleman ; and they had communicated with the other departments of the Government, in order that some steps might be taken. The Board of Ordnance had also sent down engineers —(Hear, hear)—to examine into the circumstance of the case. _ _ Mr. HUME considered that it was most important to continue the commis,ion, and that it should be sup • ported in an efficient manner. Mr. WILLIAMS di , l hope that her Maj. sty's Go vernment would place great power and control in the hands of the commission, even so far as to extend to the regulation of the goods on the different railways. After a few words from the CHA.NCELLOA of the Ex- CHEQUER and Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HUME wished t., know whether the Government had any return by which they were able to ascertain the number of third class carriages in which the passenger, were obliged to stand. Mr. STRUTT said, that under the terms of the Act passed last year, each railway company was obliged to run one train, at least, during the day, at a speed of not less than twelve miles an hour, and at the charge of a penny the mile, closed and with seats ; but whether any company thought fit to run any other carriages at a 1.-ss cost, or with less convenience, was an affair of which the Act took no cognisance. The vote was then agreed to. PUBLIC RECORDS. The sum of 12,812/ was then proposed for the ex penses of the offices of public records, compensation to officers, &c. Mr. PROTFIEROE hoped that some safe and perms nent,place would shortly be prepared for the receptp i n of the public records, in order to reserve th. m from t very'nnsafe position in which many of them were no w placed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the subject was under the con,ideration of the Government. There was, however, consirerable diffi culty in obtaining a suitable site for the er(ction of such a building, which he hoped would soon be suet. Dr. BO WRING thought that attention ought to be bestowed by the Government in the collection of the early records of the histories of this country, which were believed to exist in grfat numbers, and of great value, especially some of the writings of the monkish historians. Great progress had been made in collections of this kind by the different countries on the continent. Mr. PRO THEROE thought it a matter of import ance to consider in what manner it would be best to give the information which would be so collected to the public. After a few words from Mr. Protheroe and Dr. Bowring and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the vote was agreed to. INSPECTORS OF FACTORIES AND MINES. A vote of 13,0341., to defray the expenses of the sala ries of the inspectors of factories and mines was Olin agreed to. HEREDITARY CROWN REVENUES. The sum of 1,7551. was then proposed to defray the expenses of certain officers in Scotland. formerly de frayed out of the hereditary crown revenues of that country. Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote. He had divided the House upon several occasions on the vote ; he would not, however, do so on the present occasion, but he hoped that the vote would not be again brought forward. LORD LIEUTENANT'S HOUSEHOLD. The sum the o salaries6,464l.f of the officers, wastliencepro, and posedotthoerdtefraxpeynstehce charges • of the household of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Dr. BOWRING objected to the vote; one of the items of which it was made up, was 1,0001. to be laid out in Queen's Plates to be run for at horse races. He thought that in the present distressing state of that country, it was most unreasonable to ask the House to agree to vote away such a sum for such a purpose. Mr. LABOUC HERE defended the vote on the ground that various sums were voted by the House for England and Scotland for this purpose, and he thought it would be most invidious to refuse to Ireland so small a vote as that now proposed. Mr. WILLIAMS thought that it would be just as reasonable to propose a vote for the encouragement of cock-fighti ng and badger -baiting as for the pry motiov f the gambli ng and nefarious system of horse - racing. e should move as an amendment that the vote be reducedirn to the sum o f 4960 L Is. 2d., thereby excluding t h e 1 for Queen's Plates. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw , and the House divid e d, w h en t h ere a pp eare d, The gallery was cleared for a divis ion, place ; and the vote w as agreed to. osel On the vote of 5,135 E being prop but none took to defray the expenses of the office oathe Puyn - ,ll.ter thCCtrin Ser. vice in Irelavd, Mr. Iit:TRH ohjected \ t. rote,-and slid that the office of the Lord-Li, rater akyitf . IrelTtkAtekit, be done away with altogether. Irer'fird - ghouTibe placiii in tho same feoting in every respect as England, and if this ./ equality was secored,,there would be little occasion for such offices as that for which the present vote was pro posed. If he had the good fortune to he returned to the next Parliament, he would not allow the first sessiom to pass over without submitting a motion to the House to abolish the Lord:llltut.-nant's office, and be believed there would not be- f; and a single Member who would not join him ithgetting rid of an institution whose only object appearerl . to he the creating and fostering a great system of 6'101.1. This mot:e of dealing- with • Ireland was not the proper one, and had the • ffect of making that country a colony instead of an integral part of the United King , fom.. Re would enter his protest against this and similar votes, as he bells ved those offices en tailed a useless and unmeessary expense upon the country. Mr. LA.ROUCHERE said that whatever opinion might be enter:A:tied with vssoret the utility of these offices, it w:is not upon an i'era like that the quußtion could be &snis.t.: l . 11. s Ilc•r. s,i.l the gen ral advantage should bc , lothea to lit the applicstion of his experiiture, and he agrt.el wit2i hint in that opinion, but he would not then enter into a discussi on of the question which the Hon. Gentleman brorght before them. The vo'e was then net-P . ( d to. On . the voti , of 97.0281. to defray the C penses of the Bonrd of Public Works in Ireland.- Sir R. FERGUSON asked the Chancellor of the Ex quer what arranuentent was made with r n e d sp h ec e t should the 2ld salary of the Ciairrean of the Board ; a also like to know what part of that office was to be tem porary, and what permanent ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Who was very imperfectly heard, %as understood to say, what part of the office would be permanent, and what temporary ? Mr. HENLEY said the vote was very much increased since last year. It was very large, and as it was an ad ditional sum to what was expended in the weekly superintendence - of the works going on in Ireland. The vote was then azreed to. On the vote of 39,0001. to defray tlle stcret'service expenses, Dr. BOWRING thought it very strange that the same amount should be asked year after year for this item, and he wished to know if there aas any balance ever left from fit mer years. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the vote every year was struck on un average by former Sears. - Mr. HUME objected to the vote altogether. He did not think that bribing a set of fellows, such as those who received thi, , money, was the proper plan for any Government to adopt. A Government that could not carry on its business without resorting to this expedient was not fitted to carry on the affairs of the country. The tendency of such expenditure was always to in crease more and more, and be protested against such an outlay at all. Mr. WILLIAMS considered it would te vcry desi- rable to know whether any balances of this exp , nditure remained at the end of the y-ar. He thotwhf the vote :vas a most objecticnable one, and that it crested the most erroneous impressions amino. the people, many of whom supposed that it consider/d i e portion of it was de voied to electioneering experces. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that such s report was altogether without foundation. The expenditure of this vote vas strictly locked after, and he did not think that any portion of it was unnecessarily incurred. The vote was then azre-d to. 295,5131 was proposed to defray the expenses of the stationery and printing, &c. of the various public de. parttnents. Mr. WILLIAMS considered that this was a most enormous sum. and would like to see a deuailed account of this expenditure. Mr. PARKER said there were so many returns or dered by the House—so many inquiries made, and so many documents deminded. that a very large expendi ture was necessarily incurred. , Mr. CARDWELL corroborated this statement, and sail' if a dutail,d return of the cost at printing eseh do cument was male, the expenditure under this vote would be greatly increased. After a few words from Mr. HUME, who was desir ous that a full detail of the accounts should be Oven, Dr. BOWRING said if the statements made by the late Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. Cardwell) were correct, it only show, d the comp icat,d and entangled way ir. which the public accounts were kept, and the oeceQsity which existed for an improved syst,-m of keep ing them. Mr. CAADWELL said that these observations wore ntirely untour-detl end uticulleo for. What he said simply was a detailed 4ccount of the cost of printing - ach return would_ cause a very considerable additional expenditure. Lord O. BENTESTB: thought that mary of the re turns ordered-were us. a nd he should lik e to h ave a return of_ the cost of :he various ch , eUtnents which had teen moved for by the . two Hon.. Gentlemen opposite (Dr. Bowring and Mr. Hume.)—(Laughter.) Mr. HUME had no. the t.lichtest objection to accede to the Noble Lord's wish, and to challenge him to say that he (Mr. Hume) never may. d for a r, turn that he did not afterward.; use ef —(Hear, htar ) The N. hie Lortl had no right t, say that the papers he moved for %we useless and unnecessary. LA the 1 apers be looked et, and it wouli be seen that in the crest majority of in ,tanees his object was removsil of existing abuses.— (Hear, h. ar.) As there appeared, however to be some reluctance to givo a detailed account of the expenditure of this item, he would, on Monday next, move that these accounts be analysed, ant s ] that the result be laid before the Hoase. Sir %V. CLAY said there could be no doubt that many of the returns moved for were quite anti( ceiisary, and `only gave trouble t, the departinvnt without producing any advaetage. . Mr. WILLIAMS'siid it appeared that there had been an incr , ase of 68,000/. in th. course of last year ; but the 1-lon. Gentleman had only acc-untad fur 11,0001. He was not aware that. more Parliamentary paper, were published last year than in ita.predecessor. He hope-d, therefore, that the Eln. Gentleman w“ula cake the t,ubject into consideration, and that fir the future a strxinct account would be famished of the different pal:IA.B published, and of the quantity of p spar supplied to the different public offices. Dr. BOWRING said, frequently repetitions of the .ame return were published, and suggested, in order to obviate this, that be ore an unoppos. , d order was put by the chair, it should heascertaine.l th a t no s i mi l ar document had been previously published. Returns were invariably made according to the letter of the order, acid where figures extended over a number of pages, they were not added up at the bottom of each page, and Hon. Members were often obliged to add up the whole at the end of the twentieth or thirtieth page. He bail never moved for a return, because he had been asked to do so ; but because they had reference to mat ters b. for, the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER depre cated the turn whin the dismission had taken. He considered, hoy.ev..r, that some censor, was deserved, with respect to the a ay in which returns were made out. , Wher Hon. Member-. h id asked him whether he had any objection to a return, he had invariably suggested that !hey should search their library in order to ascertain whether they had or had not been furni.hed, and fre quently similtr re:urns had hi en found. It woul Ibe utterly impossible to furnish every item of expense in preparing a return--uch as paper, printing &C.—but at the same time he could not avoid saying that the expense of this department ought to be conducted as economi cally as po.sible, but without, at the same time, militating what portion of t h e sosg a i in r. st i tp E e N v L al E ue y of wi t s h h e ed doe t u in m k e n n o ts. w increase related to papers published by the order of the Hou , e, and what to the papers published by the order of the different public derrirtments ? Thy• CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said h• had al►eady stated that the inc►ease in Parliamentary prii:Trs was 15,0001. Mr. ARK WRIGHT inquired what control the sta tionery-office had in the publication of papers? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the stattonery-office could not print any papers without authority to that effect trom the public office from which they were supplied. Papers were printed under the authority of the Government, and the Government was, of course, responsible. After some further conversation, the vote was agreed to. 9,6001. was next voted to defray the expense ofp Of pro secuting offenders, and 16.000/. to detray the expe n s e sheriffs. commissions of the peace, &c. 13.3681. was next imposed to detray t he ex p ense of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. Mr. HUMEhad understood that the Bankruptcy and Inso lv en t he Debtor,' Court were to be ama lgamated. lie wished n to know, whether this was to _ be the ea,e not F Mr. PARKER replied , but t h e purport of it did not rea ch the gallery. The vote was agreed to. 61,060 L was next proposed to defray the law ex penses of Scotland. In reply to Mr. HUME, The LORD ADVOCATE said the accounts were regularly audited. On the vote of 71,2591. being proposed to defray the expenses of criminal prosecutions and law charges in Ireland, Mr. HUME wished to know if the system of detain ing witnesses for many months before the trials on which they were engaged will:allowed, or was still con tinned ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland said, ex cepting in very rare instances, this system was done away with. The vote was agreed to. On the vote of 388,0001. for defraying certain charges formerly borne by the county rates. being proposed, Mr. HENLEY said that as this vote could not cover the expense at present incurred by the country for the maintenance of the penons detained in custody, he wished to know how the balince was to be made up? Sir GEORGE GREY said that there were two classes of prisoners—those to be detained in custody in the gai,ls of this country, and those sentenced to banishment beyond seas. The present vote was intended to cover the expense of the former class, the latter would be pro vided for by a future vote of the House. Dr. BOWRINU wished that the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State would give the House some assurance that the gaud c. , n , uct on the part of s pri soner, would alleviate the condition and length of his puniAment, Sir G. GREY said that such an assurance was not required, as the principle was already acted on. The vote was agreed to. On the vote of 14,3491. being proposed to defray *be eapenses of the Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, :ourt , en to %Orel went , n t of i w° lia; of ent .in fer- gin- 'F wt Ira ~