The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-11 00:00:00

EVEN IN G EDITION. CHURCH -RATES. SEIZURES FROM FRIENDS FOR CHURCH, RATES. Guisborough, 3d month 31, 1840. PAVID BAKER. Original demand . Warrant and expenses.. 14 ........... 7 1 1 1 4 I 9 0 Goods seized-28i- lbs. Soap, value 1 8 10 531 lbs. Cheese Sold for 1/ 16i. Id. 2 3 3 GEORGE. FLETCHER. Original demand Warrant and expenses I 1 0 1 I`2 6 Goods scizeii—l 7 stone Flour, value 2 2 2 Sold for 1/. 18s. 9d. JOHN SMITH. 0 5 6 Warrant an d , xpenses Ori g i na l demnnd I 6 6 Goods seized —4oi- lbs. Cheese, value 10f lbs. Sugar 0 7 4 0 3 6 Ms. Soap 1 12 91- Sold for 11. 85. 7d. TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Leeds, April 10, 1840. Sir,—l n opening my Sun of Tuesday last I was ex ti;r,cmely grieved to find a paragraph, which I must take the werty of requesting you to contradict. Its purport was, that last Sunday his Reverence the Vicar of Leeds .‘ had r equested an d ex h orte d hi s congregat i on to o ff er up prayers for the souls of those departed." You, S.r, cannot f or a momen t entertain a belief that 1 410 1 was really tho case, for that practice, being one of the most dangerous of all Popish errors, is particularly re- Ptidiated by Dr. Hook, whose faith necessitates him to teach um! __,y- Catholic doctr-- cs, and consequently to abjure all Roman Catholic ones. If you want any further evidence of the truth of what I ass ert, I can only say that I was present at the time the soreon alluded t o was preac h e d, an d can t h ere f ore i lmnly a , ,sure you that not the slightest word issued from the D oc t or ' s lips to give one shade of truth to such a Cal umny. I sincerely hope and believe, Sir, my request will be c omplied with, for since what you inserted will undoubt edly, if uncontradicted, do injury to Christ's Holy Church, You cannot, either as a Christian or a gentleman, but be glad to have it in your power to make that contradiction. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, A LEEDS CHURCHMAN. , [We readily i nser t th e a b ove: the paragraph com - Pwned of was copied from a provincial Paper, the Yorir shiremam.—En. Sun.] SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. We last evening attended a repetition of the perform ance; of Hayd n ' s orator i o o f Th e C reat i on, un d er the aus pices of this S oc i ety, at t h e M us i c-room i n E xeter H all. ! I 'hose wh o w i tnesse d t h e execut i on of this masterpiece of I° Position on the previous Friday must have felt that a certain improvement had taken place both of the vocal and instrumental performers, an improvement consequent upon additional practice and increased attention to the drilling department of the business, and in the general features of the performance we do not hesitate to say that this, the greatest effusion of one of the greatest masters, has seldom fo r ever be en p l ace d b efore the public in a more beautiful form, and certainly not on a grander scale. It, however, needed no exqu i s i tely practised cars to discover here and there during the performance the unpleasant effect of the ?ver-wrought zeal of one or t wo o f t h e gent l emen amateurs ; butthese instance s were very few, and scarcely to he avoided in such a host of performers, who arc perhaps not disciplined to the endless drilling and co-practice of eencerted music, by w hi c h a l one per T ect i on can b e ob tained. We mention these circumstances only that Mr. Surtnan, to whose conduct the management of these mat tsrs fall s , may take an d give the hint in time. With the se ve ry trifli ng exceptions we must add our meed of praise to those wh o in the flail so loudly applauded their efforts—to t he spirit, en ergy, precision, and very effective manner in W hich the choruses, in the very difficult portions of the oratorio (we allude chiefly to " Achieved is the glorious wer k"), were executed. Th e r „ soli parts of the performance were Phillipsft skill 0 . 4,liss Birch, Miss Lucombe, and Messrs. and . usual ower fil,°lTh!, who acquitted themselves with their p al ability. We thought that in the first-mentioned of f hese ladies her heart was not always with her voice, and that a little more feeling would have subtracted in some 1 2"_,sages from the rather operatic style of her singing, bea uty added to the simplicity, and, as a consequence, the H/r u t) which she knows how - to throw into her subjects. obbs received loud plaudits, and was encored in " In na ute worth ;" and though he was certainly a little out of voice, •Yets},t), heartily deserved the approbation of his hearers. WhicihsscLonutcoMbe still t . vants . that polish to her performances has trilled prP.",:tice will of course accomplish. She ievery talent cequisite for a fine singer, and will doubt less succeed. Phillips eve thought better than ever • his recitatives wer e s: " ~ven wit h hi s usual energy acrd life, and hi s par t i n the cries was exquisitely good. The hall was densely crowded, and we were amongst a great number who could not obtain a scat. There were many complaints against the Committee for issuing more tickets than they had provided, or the hall could afford, , accommodation for; and we mention this that the matter I should be looked to in future. We understood that the r;ccipts of the evening far ex ceeded those on its first performance, and no doubt were most welcome to the coffers of the Society, THE MODEL PRISON.-Friday the Marquis Normanb laid th foundation stone of the Model ison. Several Menbers of e both Houses of Parliament, and Pr other gentlemen interested in the improvement of prison discipline, o f assembled on the site, which is about a mile to the northward p osit .cross, and adjoining the Caledonian Asylum. Its 1 0 11g n is commanding, healthful, and in every respect most andtIVERPOOL S HIPMASTERS ' A SSOCIATION .- üb lic meeting of M erc h an t s , U n d erwr it ers , Ship m a s ters, theothers, took place at Liverpool, on Saturday se'nnight, for .hnrpose of forming an association, having objects in view altar to institutions already existing in London, Hull, Bristol, tt n cl other seaport towns. The meeting was numerously attended, :' 4l a c onsiderable sum o f money su b scr i be d f or t h e purpo• e of fr.:lishing a new s - room an d co ff ee -room, w h ere i n f ormat i on et ing o shipping interests might be cncentratd, and to adopt ata lsure s for the removal s f t abuses connected with maritime of the Alerels:l g e nerally ; and more particularly as to the appropriation ant Seamen's Fund. givA retur n pu bli shed by the House of Coinmons es t h the Ports o f L ondon and Liverpool in the years 1838 and 1839 a t 4 t r e , e ,ti` 7 ely for the South Australian ports, South Sea fisheries, c,,.. e q2e Ports on the western coast of South America round s.7ld, tlorn. From London, in 1836, there had cleared for 14 3 n eY 78 vessels, with an amount of 33,960 tonnage ; and in E43 - ' vessel.., with an amount of 36,681 tonnage. In 9, or Port Philip, 7 vessels, with an amount of 2,243 ton at• In 1838, for Sout Australia, 26 vessels, with an s tt °a nt of 10,660 tonnage ; h and in 1839, 27 vessels, with an aunt o f vessels 1 9 761 tonnage In 1838, for the Swan River, 3 With - a ' n amount of 862 tonnage ; and in 1839, 4 yes 1, 3. with an amount of 1,082 tonnage. In 1838, for Hobart 1 8 1 .1 , 2 , 4 vessels, with an amount of 7,959 tonnage ; and in i* 23 vessels, with an amount of 7,879 tonnage. In P t for Launceston, lc , vessels, with an amount of 3,107 1411,age in 1839, 11 vessels, with an amount of 'lO tonnage. In 1839, for New Zealand, 7 vessels, s th an amount of 3,315 tonnage. In 1838, for the ~:3 0t h Se a fisheries, 21 vessels, with an amount of 6,427 ton „ ; and in 1!t39, 20 vessels, with an amount of 7,526 ton t-f.,a'• In 183 8 , for Chili, 5 vessels, with an amount of 1,008 Oa p age; and in 1839, 17 vessels, with an amount of 3,552 ton tge• .In 1838, for Peru, 13 vessels, with an amount of 3,131 t , -- "age ; and in 18.39, 21 vessels, with an amount of 4,524 ton ilge• From Liverpool, in 1838, there had cleared for Sydney vessels, with an amount of 7,352 tonnage; and in 183918 17,55 , 15, with an amount of 7,500 tonnage. In 1839, for 1 ort oilip, two vessels, with an amount of 487 tonnage. in 1838, 4 , , r) r South Australia, 2 vesse l s , w ith an amount o f 1 , 0 8 2 ton „”age ; and in 1839, 4 ve sse l s , w ith an amount o f 1 , 791 ton o lge• In 1839, for the Swan River, 1 vessel, with an amount 1 13 tonnage. In 183 S, for Hobart To.vn, 5 vessels, with an „ . rn nont of 17532 tonnage; and in 1839, four vessels, with an - "tount, of 1 91.3 t n In 1039, for Launceston, 1 vessel, onnag_. 3 , 1 an amount of 243 tonnage. In 1838, f or Chili , 14 ves .pish with an amount of 2,997 to nnage ; an d i n 1839 , 26 vesse l s, leits an amount of 7,187 tonnage. In 1838, for Peru, 12 yes selwith an amount of 2,931 tonnage; and in 1839, 19 ves with an amount, of 4,133 tonnage. (14 1 /'. er l -.R YLEBONE REFOR M D INNER .-A pu bli c to oi Ar if the Lib era l e l ectors of the borough of Marylebone the i t a ce on Wednesday even i ng, i n the spacious ball room of ost,bi'embly Hou se , Kenti s h T own, i n celebration of the ne tt . ' s htnent of a Reform and Registratio n A ssoc i at i on for t h e p 0 ,,, 0 tion of the fran c hise of the householde rs o f t h at great and : 1 us di s t r i ct. George H oughton, Esq., of St. Pancras, Ine q . et t on the o ccas i on , and among t h e gent l emen and more /11 nt ial ele c t ors present, were Si r B enjam i n Hall, Bart., the t tl e l nt , her for the b o r o ugh, N. A. Vigors, Es q ., M . P ., Dr. Tayiring.John 13agshaw, Esq., Alfred Daniell, Esq., P. A. Esq,, John Williams , Esq., Joseph Drake, Esq., J. IL Stock, Esq., B. B. Bacon, Esq., the Rev. r eni - „: 3 ; n in; Alajor Ravell &c. &c. The cloth having been give ° ,.. 4., a number of Loyal, ' personal, and patriotic toasts were the The health of Sir Benjamin Hall, the Member for tiot.°l.ough of Marylebone," was received with demonstra glowi,,q delight, and elicited from the Hon. Member a grateful, dori t "g return. Several excellent speeches were delivered E g L the evenin g' arthe,,afit,,,:itn;EpoZirt LIVES LOST.-The inhabitants of of Staithes have of late been in a state of number us,, f t 4es Pair, on receiving information that eleven in num . el l ag e d 41 lives, the sole dep endence of is idows, children, Persttr"thersi were untimely launched into eternity. The iA t , e allurted to followed the occupation of fishermen, who, r o tee .t health, were unfortunately overtaken by a severe 1 10 4 i the 20th ult., and perished at sea. 4) 'lebrit "E RAILROAD,- 117 r. Burke, of trotting t he tr Y' has matched himself to ride and drive the distance of 4t ell alr''-rc 'ad from Birmingham to London (100 miles) in I ft .°sei t ti h rs . 100 1. The match to take place on any road to be (3 " with 4 l urke, between London are t on I o corny Et) three months. The odds are on " time." / liss C . l , ls° a i A SENSIBILITY.-The fascinating' s grand soiree, 697, tce t" . ` l en'rth, h Broadway, will . be given to-rn or alk thi the usual poetical embellishments. When pway s feei poetical, n t of lovely and interesting young women, / arktise. arid as if I occupied the next apartment to --New York Morning Herald. ? 4 ve h e M sPo It D.-A party of the County Police ; I tkeri `n duty in this town during the week, and have alo r"r,t?bles that hy the superintendents. Their clothing re- O_Med, an. ,Z t t the Aletropolitao Police. There arc now 58 en rripleteZ t,n heir numbers are increased, and the an ngernents eY willbe extended throughout the coun a ty . COURT CIRCULAIt. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive Yesterday morning in the Parks in a pony-chaise with out-riders. Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audi ences yesterday of her Majesty. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, honoured the performance of Mr. Charles Kemble as Hamlet at Covent garden Theatre, with their presence last evening. The Royal Suite consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby, the Earl of Listowel, the Hon. C. A. Murray, Mr. Rich, the [lon. Col. Cavendish, Col. Bouverie, and Mr. Francis Seymour. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening included the Earl and Countess of Errol and Lady Ida Hay, the Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Mel bourne, Lord Holland, Lord Robert Grosvenor, General Alava, Sir Henry Wheatley, Hon. Col. and Mrs. Grey, and Colonel and Mrs. Bouverie. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. Addresses of Congratulation were presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, by the following Noblemen and Gentlemen : Mr. Pye, High Sheriff of the county, and Sir Oswald . - Mosley, Bart.—from Staffordshire. Mr. John Nesbitt, High Sheriff, the Marquis of Head fort, and Mr. Young, M. P.—from the county of Cavan. Sir Edward Sugden and Mr. Pemberton, M.P.—from Ripon. The Bishop of Hereford—from the Archdeacon, Rural Deans, and the Arelideaconry of Salop, in the Diocese of Hereford. The Bishop of Ely and the Rev. Dr. Maddy, Canon of Ely—from the Bishop and Doan and Chapter of Ely. Mr. Griffith Evans, the Mayor of Oswestry, and Mr Richard Croxon, the Town Clerk, accompanied by Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore, M. P.—from the ,rlayor, Alder men, and Councillors of Oswestry. Mr. William Moore, High Sheriff of the county—from Waterford. 'The Earl of GAllor:ay, Mr. Alexander Murray, M.P., and Mr. Blair, M. P.—from Kirkcudbright and Wigtoun. Mr. Grimston, M. P., and Mr. George Alfred Muskctt, M.P.—from St. Alban's. Hon. Colonel Rice Trevor, M.P., and Mr. Jones, M. P. —from the Mayor and Corporation of the Borough of Landovery. Mr. Armstrong, High Sheriff, and Colonel Verner, M. P. for the county—from the Grand Jury of the County of Armagh. Sir John Edwards, Bart., and Mr. Jones, the Mayor— from Llnnidloes, in the county of Montgomery. Mr. Duff, M. P.—from Bamffshire. Mr. Scholefield, M. P.—from the Town Council of Birmingham. A Deputation of Button-makers, from Birmingham, were introduced to his Royal Highness by Mr. Scholefield, M. P., to present an address congratulating the Prince on his marriage, arid also asking his Royal Highness to pa tronise their trade. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole; Mr. Geo. Edward Anson, Treasurer; Lord George Lennox, Gen tleman of the Bedchamber; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry; and Mr. Francis Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber. Addresses of Congratulation to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on the marriage of the Queen with Prince Albert, were presented to her Royal Highness yes. terday at Buckingham Palace, from the following places and public bodies : From the Mayor, Aldermen, Council, and Inhabitants of the Borough of Llandovery, in the County of Carmar then—Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. G. Rice Trevor and Mr. Jones, M. P. From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Bo rough of Ripon, in Council assembled—Presented by Sir Edward Sugden and Mr. Pemberton, M. P. From the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and Bur gesses, and Inhabitants of St. Albans, in the county of Hertford—Presented by Mr. Grimston, M. P., and Mr. Muskett, NI. P. From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough of Oswestry, in the County of Salop—Presented by Mr. G. Evans, Mr. Croxon, the Town Clerk, and Mr. Ormsby GMT, M. P. _ From the Council of the Borough of Birmingham— Presented by Mr. Scholefield, M. P. From the Noblemen, Justices of the Peace, Commis sioners of Supply, and Landholders of the County of Wig toun—Presented by the Earl of Galloway, Mr. A. Mur ray, ,M. P., and Mr. Blair, M. P. From the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the Ccunty of Stafford--Presented by Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., and Mr. Pyc Smith, Sheriff of the County. From the Bishop and Dean and Chapter of tho Cathe dral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Ely— Presented by the Bishop of Ely, and the Rev. Dr. Maddy, Canon of Ely. From the Archdeacon, Rural Deans, and Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Salop, in the diocese of Hereford—Pre sented by the Bishop of Hereford. From the county of Cavan—Presented by Mr. Nesbitt, the High Sheriff, the Marquis of Headfort, and Mr. Young, M P. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended during the presentation of the Addresses by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in 'Waiting, and Col. Cooper, C. 8., First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's Household. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's, and also the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Princess Augusta also visited the Duchess of Glouces tor yesterday. Prince George of Cambridge had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Mayers, the Agent for Barbadoes, had an inter view with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office. Mr. Baron Gurney and Mr. Langdale had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby at the Home-office. The Earl of Fingall an Mr. Corbally had an inter view with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonisl office. The Hon. Charles Brett and family arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Malta on Thursday. HE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOM. LADIES DRESSES. DUCHESS OF NORTHUMRERLAND.—M an t ua of black Ge noa velvet, lined with silk, ornamented with black lace and bouffans of satin ; bodice of the same, elegantly decorated with pearls ; berthe and sabots of black lace ; petticoat of black satin, with a riche laco flounce. Head-dress, white plume and lappets, pearls and diamonds ; necklace and earings en suite. DUCHESS oF:StirttEaLa :in.—Train of rich amethyst reps, shot with gold, - bordered with wreath of laurel leaves of gold embroidered; petticoats of crepe Cachemire, ornamented with amethysts set in gold. Hoad.dress, feathers, and diamonds. DUCHESS or Anc.m..—Train of blue velours epingle, lined with white satin, and trimmed griebe, Brussels point tucker and ruffles; petticoat. of rich blue satin, trimmed with magnificent Brussels lace flounce. Head-dress, feathers and point lappets ; ornaments, magnificent diamonds. DUCHESS or ROXISURGHE.—Train of rich white satin, trimmed with bouffans of tulle and boqucts of variegated ca mellias, with velvet leaves ; guipure blonde tucker and ruffles; petticoat of white crape over satin, trimmed with blonde flounces, festooned with bouquets of camellias. Head-dress, feathers, and blonde lappets ; ornaments, diamond tiara, with necklace and earrings en suite ; stomacher of diamonds and sapphires. DUCHESS or SOMERSET.—A manteatt of magnificent gera nium-colour velvet, with a richly embroidered gold border, lined with white satin, and trimmed with a gold fringe ; the corsage ornamented with a splendid stomacher of diamonds, the sleeves fastened with a rose and thistle, composed of rubies, emeralds, and diamond`; a petticoat of rich white satin, embroidered to correspond with the mantua, in gold and geranium. Head dress, white ostrich feathers and tiara of diamonds. DUCHESS OF BEAurou.T.—Court dress, composed of a tulle dress, over rich white satin, trimmed with five blonde flounces, en tablier, with bows of cerise and silver riband; train and body of rich green Pompadour, brocaded in cerise and silver, and lined with white satin, trimmed all round with blonde ; body and sleeves richly ornamented with blonde and brilliants. Plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and brilliants. DUCIIESS OF BUCCLEUCH.—Court dress, composed of a pink crape dress, over white satin, trimmed with two rich silver blonde flounces, agraffes with bows of riband and bouquets of diamonds ; train and body of rich pink and silver Pompadour, brocaded in bouquets of mixed colours, lined with white satin, and trimmed with silver fringe ; silver blonde berthe and ruffles; ceinture of diamonds, plume of feathers, silver blonde lappets, and tiara of diamonds. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Matthew, Lady Tierney, and family, at their resi dence, Bruton•strcet, Berkeley-square ; Lady Bunbury and Miss Napier, at the Cavendish Hotel ; Captain and Mrs. Jackson, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Harris, at ditto; Lord Caren, at Fenton'„ Hotel ; the Baron Von Kotze and Suite, at ditto ; the Right lion. Yates and Lady Jane Peel and family, at ditto ; Lieutenant Yates Peel, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Alsop, at ditto; Captain Graham and Colonel Thornton, at ditto ; Lady and the Hon. Miss Methuen ; Lord Maidstone, at Mould's Hotel, Suffolk street; the Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot, at Ap sley House ; the Honourable Mrs. Norton, in Bolton street ; Lady Hcppesley ; Lady Freemantle and Miss Hervey; the lion. Captain Bertie. DEPARTURES. Captain Garth from Thomas's Hotel, for Berkshire; the Honourable Colonel and Mrs. Ashburnham, from ditto, for ditto ; Major Simons, for Bath ; Lord and Lady Dorchester, for Stuffings, Berkshire ; the Rev. Lord John Thynne, for Glastonbury Rectory ; Lord James Townes bend, for Rainham Hall, Norfolk ; the Earl of Cardigan, for Hales-place, near Canterbury ; Captain Randolph, for Wrotham, Kent ; Major Stopford, R. A., for Dover Castle ; Cornet the Honourable Stapleton Cotton, for York ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Chichester; the Earl of Wilton, for Belvoir Castle; Lord Archibald St. Maur, for Sussex ; Stafford O'Brien, Esq., for Clatloe House, Limerick. We regret to hear of the indisposition of Lord Manners. His Lordship, who is in his 85th year, is suffering from an attack of influenza. GLENGARRY.—It is rumoured that our burgh member, Mr. Morrison, is in treat• for the purchase of that extensive and valu ble portion of the Glengarry estates in In verness-shire, possessed by the trustees of the Marquis of Iluntly. We shall rejoice to find Mr. Morrison, like his friend, Mr. Ellice, jun., M.P., become a Highland proprietor. In the northern districts we want ss hat he can supply—cupital—to improve and embellish the country, and afford means of employ ment for the country.—lnverness Courier. Lord Etningion is expected in town next week from Ireland ; he will remain in London a few weeks : in his absence deputies will be sworn in to administer the Government of Ireland. The general talk of Bath is the conduct of a clergyman who has sent an anonymous letter to another of the fraternity, making all sorts of ugly charges against a brother of the cloth. The affair is likely to occupy the Courts of Law, unless the injured party can prevailed on to abandon his present intention. The letter writer wa: expelled the Church last Sunday by the Rector, who wou'd " nut al:ow him to dis grace his Church." Some of the walls of the city are chalked ssith the name of the guilty party. — Wilts Independent. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1840. treat the witness as a hostile one, and cross-examined him. It was the practice to allow proof to be given of agency after the examination of the witness. While the Committee were discussing the question the Speaker was announced to be at prayers, so that the decision could not be given till Monday. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Globe.) We wish it to be clearly understood, that, in defend ing the Government from what we consider (and Sir Robert Peel as good as confessed) a mere party oppo sition for mere party objects, we have not for a mo ment meant to deny the serious sins of omission with which all parties in this country may well reproach them selves, as regards China. Had Sir R. Peel, in the devotional peroratio n of his subdued speech, instead of taking freedoms with the text of our Liturgy, con tented himself with praying God to turn from us those evils which WE most righteously have deserved, we should sincerely have joined in the prayer. Had Sir James Graham proposed to solemnize a day of na tional humiliation for years of national eagerness and presumptio❑ of enterprise —we could scarcely have opposed it. We do think that British impatience of restraint and disciplin e has been much to blame in our relations since the trade was opened with so peculiar a people. What we do not think is, that any acts of the Government could have altered the con sequences of the conflict between British anti-monopoly and Chinese moimpo/y—British determination to serve customers wherever they could be found, and Chinese apprehensio n of all intercourse between their and our subjects. The mere increase and e nfranchisement of our trade must have brought on a crisis ; nor do we even think that the cautious policy of the East India Company would have long staved it off. (rom the Stadard.) The quest ' on o f the Church R es erves in Canada is stated with equal perspicuity and candour in the petition of the University of Oxford. The claim of the Church is not weakened by the authority of the law, now confessed to be clearly in its favour ; but were the subject still open, reason and justice to the majority of the British nation place it upon an immoveable foundation. The majority of the British nation, including the population of Ireland, are attached to the doctrines and discipline of the united Church of' England and Ireland. A still greater majority, in cluding the members of the Church of Scotland, are attached to the principle of an Established Church. The people of the United Kingdom generally arc in vited to emigrate to the Colonies, with a view to extend the scheme of British society in a form, as nearly as cir cumstances will permit, representing the soeill state at home, and therefore likely to preserve these depen dencies in their political connection with the parent nation. (From the Courier.) We were not deceived in the estimate which we yes terday formed of the character of Lord Denman's opinion of the Printed Papers B 11, although we certainly did not anticipate the Learned Judge's acqui escence in the clause for putting a stop to the actions now pending. This, it will be perceived from the terms of his amendment, will be its undoubted effect :—" That all actions now pending against the printer of the House of Commons in respect of any publication by order of the House, shall be, and the same arc hereby stayed and defeated." Now, it seems very difficult to reconcile this amendment with Lord Denman's observation in the in troductory speech, that when he considered the means adopted by the Commons to relieve the embarrassment which has been created by their own resolutions to authorise publication by sale, he saw much to complain of in every point of view, " for it certainly did introduce a mode of paralyzing the proceedings of a Court of Justice through the medium of a communication between other parties, to which, he believed, their Lordships would agree with him they ought not to be exposed." What ever inconvenience may have arisen to the House of Commons, it is perfectly clear it ought not to be re moved at the expense of the injured. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after 3 o'clock. PRINTED PAPERS BILL. The Printed Papers Bill was read a third time and passed. _ Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that, imme diately after Easter, he should move for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider what regulations it was expedient to adopt respecting the publications of their Lordship's House. ISLAND OF GUERNSEY. Lord DENMAN presented a pet;tion from Messrs. Ladbrook, bankers, London, complaining of the state of the law in Guernsey and the adjacent islands, and stating that, owing to the delays in the courts of law, they had been for a long time unable to recover the sum of 4001., due to them from inhabitants of the island of Guernsey nn bills of exchange, and that from the same cause three years had elapsed in an undefended cause without their being able to obtai n any thing, while the expenses were most ruinous.' His Lordship begged to call the attention of the Government to the subject. MEDICAL REFORM, Lord DENMAN and the Marquis of NORMANBY pre sented petitions (the former from physicians and sur geons of Nottingham) praying for medical reform. CORN-LAWS. Lord SYDNEY and the Earl of CLARENDON presented petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws. The Marquis of NORMAN BY presented petitions in favour of Church Extension. Several Bills on the table were advanced a stage. The House then adjourned to Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past Three o'Clock. Mr. DUNBAR presented a petition from the Minis ters, Elders, and Congregation of Elgin, against the in. trusion of Ministers into the Church of Scotland. Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from some parish in Roxburghshire, against Lay Church patronage ; also a petition from certain inhabitants of the same county, praying for Annual Parliaments, Universal Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot. Colonel RUSHBROOKE presented a petition from some place in Suffolk, praying for Church Extension. Sir C. BROOKE VERB presented a petition with a similar prayer. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Hawick, in Scotland, praying for a repeal of the Corn laws ; also similar petition s from a person residing at Dudley, from the Catholic congregation of Chester, a petition in favour of Jewish emancipation from an in dividual residing at Kennington, and a petition from a place the name of which we could not catch, in favour of Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot. Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from the in habitants of Lincoln's Inn, the inhabitants of Rother hithe, and the inhabitants of Clare-market, praying for a repeal of the existing Corn-laws. Mr. LOWTHER presented a petition from York, preying the House not to assent to any alteration of the Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada. Alr. OSWALD presented a petition from Glasgow in favour of the Copyrights Design Bill. Mr. HODGSON presented a petition from Swansea complaining of the working of the Municipal Corpora tion Act. The petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee now sitting on the subject. Col. T. WOOD presented a petition from Staines, praying for Church &tension. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that immediately after Easter he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to Parliamentary Elections in England and Wales.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would defer, till after Easter, the motion of which he had give n notice for Tuesday next, to introdoce a Bill to amend the sixth and seventh George IV., entitled the Clergy Reserves Bill. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN hoped the Noble Lord would not exclude from the motion of which he had given notice, a clause to amend the laws relating to the registration of voters. Lord J. RUSSELL said that in bringing forward his motion he would state his general views as far as regarded Ireland also. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he would move as an amendment to the motion which had been made last night, relating to the payments made to Roman Catholic Clergymen in the British Colonies, that the returns should be extended to all classes of Clergymen, and to all denominations of Dissenters in the British Colonies. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then gave notice of a motion with regard to the petition of Mr. Bradshaw, in Ireland ; also that after Easter he would call the attention of the House to the state of the occupiers of land in India ; also that on the first motion, that the Speaker do leave the Chair for going into Committee on the Irish Registration Bill, he would move that a Select Com mittee should be appointed to inquire into the law with respect to the registration of voters in Great Britain and Ireland, and to report on the practicability of assimilating the law in both countries ; also that, on the motion for going into Committee on the Irish Registration Bill, he should move that the House should go into Committee that day six months. Sir H. INGLIS wished to ask if there would be any objection to lay before the House the opinion of the House on the Clergy Reserves Bill (Canada). Lord J. RUSSELL could not then answer the ques tion. He would take time and consider the subject. Sir R. 11. INGLIS gave notice that on Thursday, the 7th of May, he would call the attention of the House to the subject of Church Extension. Messengers from the House of Lords brought down SECOND EDITION. TIIE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES 'mills I FUNDS Hank Stock lndia Stack — 3 per Ccut Bed 3 per Cent Cmt5....., .......... !11% Ditto Old Amniotic, — 3N, per Cent. lied ... ......... ... 95% Ditto New Annuities New :Br4 per Cent 'A ~ is Ex. Bills, 1.0001 '2(l "i P m New 5 per Cent — Ditto 50 , 1/ ' , 5 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 0 pin Jan. 18(11 Oct. 1859 Jan 1890 ..... . — Consols for Acct 91 FOREIGN FUNDS Portuguese Bonds, Spec cent. Ditto, New Ditto \Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian llonth, 5 per cent — 'i Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per . en. 2d Ditto, Deterred French, 5 per cent. I. —c Exchang,: —f. c French, 3 per cent r. c. Dutch,*,:, per cent. 5 , Ditto, S per cent. 99 N ICES Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chiba?), 6 per cent 4OX Coloini,an, 6 er cent Ditto, IS2I Danish, :3 per cent 77N Greek Bonds, 1525, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, ti per cent., 1525 :ZBI4 Peruvian ,1825,6 per cent Great Western Railway . Ditlo New Share. 9`2 ! ,4 London and Brighton Railway London and Birmingham Railway itil Ditto New Shares 1 4 ,4 London and Greenwich Railway London and South Western Railway 4:l London and Croydon Railway Cfrunkl Ditto Scrip . South Eastern and Dover ONj ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) LUDLOW. The Committee met again to-day at eleven o'clock. Sarah Merrick was recalled, and, in reply to ques tions from Mr. Cockburn, stated that on Monday, the 3d of June, prior to this election, she went to Coleman's house, and saw Mrs. Coleman, who informed her that she had the money for Mr. Merrick, if he chose to take it, and would vote for Mr. Clive ; and afterwards took her into her bed room, and showed her some money, but what amount she could not tell. There were a great many sovereigns. Mrs. Coleman said the money should be given to her husband after he had voted. Witness informed her husband of what Mrs. Coleman had stated, and subsequently returned and told Mrs. Cole man, by desire of her husband, that if the money were not sent to him immediately, it would be unnecessary to say anything more upon the subject, as be did not wish to be bothered further about it. While conversing with Mrs. Coleman, Mr. Coleman came in, and having informed him of the nature of her business, at the request of Mrs. Coleman she was desired to wait a few minutes. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman having retired, the latter in a few minutes returned, and put into witness's hand 331. in sovereigns, and three 51. notes, inclosed in a piece of brown paper, saying she would lend it to her. Witness replied— " Very well," and went home and gave it to her husband. —[The piece of brown paper, with three country bank notes and a quantity of sovereigns, was here produced and i•!entified by the witness as being the money she re ceived from Mrs. Coleman.] She was desired to tell her husband not to vote until the morning, nor to come to Coleman's until after the election had concluded. On being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MERE WETHER, the witness stated that she handed the money to her husband, and they had kept it ever since, be cause although having paid away several sums subse quently, they had not had any occasion to touch this money. She also stated that on the polling day she saw Mr. Coppock exhibiting the money from the bal cony of a house in Ludlow, but did not hear what Mr. Coppock said. He had previously been to her house and saw her husband, but she did not hear what passed between them. By Mr. HORS lAN, a member of the Committee.— Her husband, although the money was given to him to vote for Mr. Clive, voted for Mr. Alcock. He had always been a Reformer. Her husband knew the money was given for his vote for Mr. Clive. By Lord SANDON—She did not at the time think it was a singular thing that Mr. Coppock should ex hibit the money in the way he did. She gave it to Mr. Coppock, having taken it out of her husband's drawer, in which it had been locked up. She had no particular reason for handing it to Mr. Coppock, although she would not have given it to any person who might have chanced to have asked for it. By Lord Howtcx—lt was by her husband's desire that she gave the money to Mr. Coppock. By Mr. HonsmAN—Mr. Coppock and her husband came to the house together upon this occasion. Mr. Coppock accompanied her into the bed room— (Laughter)—whcre she gave him the money. Her husband went into the kitchen. By the CHAIRMAN—She had made a mistake in say ing she had kept the money ever since she received it from Mrs. Coleman, because it certainly had been in Mr. Coppock's possession. By Mr. HoßsMAN—\Vhen she received the money from Mrs. Coleman, she did not promise that her husband should vote for Mr. Clive, although undoubtedly that was the understanding. Her husband chose to vote for Mr. Alcock. Mr. TALBOT then addressed the Committee, and contended that a case of bribery had been clearly sub stantiated against Mr. Clive by means of his agents. Mr. AUSTEN contra argued on behalf of Mr. Clive, and the Learned Counsel having concluded his address, The Committee adjourned at a few minutes after four until twelve o'clock on Monday, when the decision will be given, and the whole proceedings terminate. CAMBRIDGE. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition of Mr. Milner Gibson, against the return of Mr. Manners Sutton for the borough of Cambridge, met this morning. Sir CHAS. LENNOX, Bart., Chair man. Messrs. Austin and Cockburn were counsel for the petitioner. Mr. B. Andrews and Mr. S!rjeant Wrangham were Counsel for the sitting Member. At the sitting of the Committee Mr. ANDnEws objected to the proceedings. He contended that after the General Committee for Elections had made one selection, they had no power to do so again_ The Committee decided that their powers were valid. Mr. AUSTIN then opened the petitioners' case, and entered into many cases of bribery and treating of a very gross kind ; which he said he would be enabled to prove, and bring home gross bribery not only to the agents of Mr. Sutton, but as having been committed in his presence. We think it better to give the facts, as they are proved in evidence. He then called Mr. Gunning, the Town Clerk of Cambridge, who pro duced the poll book, and proved the agency of Messrs. Fisher and Twiss for the sitting Member, and that Messrs. Cooper and Cannon acted as agents for the petitioner. Samuel Long, a harness-maker at Cambridge, had been principally engaged by Messrs. Swan. Remem bered the election of 1837. When he voted for Mr. Sutton, had no interviews with him o❑ that occasion. Also remembered the election of 1839—had no inter views with Mr. Fisher, nor did he ever speak with Mr. Sutton in his life. He had been ap prehended and held to bail for bribery—the trial was about to come on in March last, but he had made no communication, either directly or indirectly, with Mr. Cannon, until he saw him in London about six weeks ago. Upon that occasion he gave him a state ment of the circumstances of the charge. He told Mr. Cannon that he had seen Messrs. Mitchell and Fisher during the election in the presence of Mr. Sutton. Told Mr. Cannon that Mr. Mitchell, by Mr. Fisher's desire, Lad given him forty sovereigns for the purpose of bribery, but upon his oath there •vas not a word of truth in the statement. He met Mr. Can non by appointment,and not being upon oath he thought he was at liberty to make any statement to him that he pleased. He believed he might have made more state ments than one to Mr. Cannon—he made them as often as he asked for them. He told Mr. Cannon that he was well acquainted with Mr. Sutton, and was the ge neral agent for the Tory party, and had frequent private interviews with the agents for that gentleman. The witness was examined at great length as to the com munications he had made to the solicitor for the peti tioner, in which it appeared that the witness had riven him a detailed statement of the bribery i❑ which he was engaged, all of which he now stated to be entirely false. When taken into custod) he tore up a paper on which were the names of several voters, in whose handwriting he did not know. Mr. COCKBURN—Did you give N. to Mr. Smith Witness—l am not bound to answer that question. Mr. CocKßußN—Why not ? Mr. ANDREWS objected. The witness was indicted, and he ought to be informed by the Committee that he was not obliged to criminate himself. Mr. COCKBURN did ❑ot think the witness required any caution. The Committee inquired whether the witness had not pleaded Guilty ? Mr. CocKaunN said, Yes. Mr. ANDREWS said a motion was now pending to withdraw the plea of guilty, and enter a plea of not guilty. The Committee cautioned the witness that he was not bound to answer any question criminating himself. In answer to Mr. COCKBURN, the witness sa id t h e effect of answering the question might criminate him se lf. Mr. COCKBURN—Did you give nine sovereigns to Mrs. Smith ? The Witness—l decline to answer the question. Mr. COCKBURN submitted that he bad a right to an answer to the question. Mr. ANDREWS objected, and after argument, The Committee said that enough had been got from the unwilling witness,and thought the question ought not to be pressed. The Witness was then recalled and said when he was apprehended he had between 16 and 17 pounds upon him. He got it in different places—some of it from the Messrs. Swan—could not sty how much. Mr. ANDREWS again objected. There was no proof that Long was in any way an agent for the purposes of Mr. Sutton, any evidence in the case was the other way. Mr. COCKBURN contended that he had a right to the Printed Papers Bill with amendments, to which the concurrence of the House was desired. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the Bill, with the amendments, be printed, and taken into consideration on Monday next. Mr. HOPE complained of some returns, relative to Epping Forest, which] had been moved for, and which were calculated to throw imputations upon the character of a noble relative of his, Lord Douglas. After a few words from Mr. Wallace and the Lord- Advocate, the subject was dropped. The Report upon Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill was postponed till Monday next. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to Lord HOTHAM, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he proposed on Monday to bring on the amendment of the Printed Papers Bill, and as far as he understood those amend ments he thought he should move that they be agreed to. He should next take Lord Seaton's An nuity Bill, and then the Admiralty Courts' Bill. SUPPLY. The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to. CHINA. Sir ROBERT PEEL having given notice that he would this day move the production of the Order in Council directing reprisals on vessels belonging to China, the necessity for such motion was abrogated by the return of the Paper itself, directing the reprisals, and or d er i ng a C omm i ss i on f or the in stitution of Courts' of Admiralty and Vice-Admi ralty. He begged to ask whether, as the commission was not yet prepared, there would be any objection to lay a copy of it on the table as soon as it was ready ? Lord PALMERSTON replied in the affirmative. Sir R. PEEL apprehended that the Order in Coun cil contained positive instructions to all her Majesty's vessels of war to seize all vessels belonging to the Em peror of China or to his subjects, not only on the coasts of China, but in all other parts of the world. Then, in the event of seizures taking place, he begged leave to ask what would be done with the property seized ? He apprehended that the course would be to detain the vessels and not proceed to adjudicate upon the property in the Admiralty Courts, which adjudication would de pend upon ulterior events. The main question which he wished to ask, was whether the order in Council gave instructions to all her Majesty's vessels of war to seize all vessels belonging to the Emperor of China in whatever seas they might be found. Lord PALMERSTON replied that the Order gave full authority to any of her Majesty's ships of war that might fall in with Chinese vessels to detain them. Of course the Order in Council would apply practically only to such of her Majesty's ships as were on the coasts of China. Any vessels so detained would be held in safe custody until the demands of her Majesty's Government were satisfied. If those demands were complied with, they would of course be released ; but if the demands were refused, and the vessels were condemned by the Courts of Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty, the proceedings would he disposed of ac cording to the orders which the Commission might think proper to issue. Sir R. PEEL said the Noble Lord assumed that the trade of China was carried on only on the coast of China, and in ordinary circumstances that was perhaps the case ; but under new circumstances exceptions might occur. He now begged to ask if the usual pro clamation as to the distribution of prize money had been issued. Lard PAL NIERSTON said there had been no such proclamation. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that there bad not been a declaration of war, properly so called, but only an attempt to obtain reparation. Sir R. PEEL did not wish to go into the question of war, which he had purposely avoided. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Right Honour able Baronet had asked him whether there was an in timation of bringing down a message from the Crown respecting China. He (Lord John Russell) then begged leave to reserve his answer, but he had no wish to refuse information on the subject, and had to observe that there might be news from China which would make it incumbent to bring down a message, but he wished it to be understood that as far as matters had proceeded at present it was not intended to advise the Crown to send down a message. In answer to Sir R. PEEL, Lord PALMERSTON intimated that the Corn• mission would be produced as soon as it was prepared. CALL OF THE HOUSf: Mr. GRATTAN intimated that on Monday he should move a call of the House on Lord Stanley's Bill for Irish Registration. Sir R. PEEL and Lord J. RUSSELL expressed them selves to the effect that this did not rest with the dis cretion of individual Members, but an order of the House must be obtained for the call—not like closing the Galleries, which any Member could do at pleasure. The House then adjourned at a quarter past Four. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 10. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before four o'clock. The Duffryn and Llynoi Railway Company Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Maiden Newton Reads Bill was read a third time, and passed. Captain ALSAGER presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to give additional powers to the Thames Tunnel Company. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. MAXWELL gave notice that on Monday next he should move for a return of the number of Roman Catholic Bishops or Priests receiving grants of public money in the Colonies, the dates at which those grants commenced, and the authority under which they were made. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that on the motion of the Hon. Member for Cavan (Mr. Maxwell) he should move that the return be extended to Protestants of all denominations, and also a return of the relative numbers of the members of the different Christian sects. The Hon. and Learned Member also gave notice that it was his inten tion shortly after Easter to call the attention of the House to the state of the landed proprietors in the East Indies. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice, that on Monday he should move that the returns relating to Commissions issued since 1838, and for which he had moved on the 27th of February last, be laid before the House forthwith. He found that returns of a much more voluminous nature which had been moved for since that period, had been laid before the Home, and therefore he thought he was justified in moving for them forthwith. Sir F. TRENCH gave notice that on Monday he should move fur an account of all goods imported for home consumption in the three years ending 1829, and a similar account for the three yearn ending 1840, distinguishing the amount of duty paid, and whether by weight or by value. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir G. CLERK a new writ was or dered for the county of Elgin, in the room of the lion. Col. E. \V. Grant, who had accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltern linudreds. Lord HOTHAM wished that the Hon. Member for Kilkenny should explain the course he wished to take with respect to a notice of his relating to Judges of the Admiralty. Mr. HUME said that he intended his motion should only apply to future Judges. Lord HOTH AM gave notice that in that case be should take an early opportunity of moving that after the dissolu tion of the present Parliament no Judge of the Admi ralty should sit in the House. Sir N. H. INGLIS wished to put a question to the Right Honourable Member the Secretary to the Admiralty, in reference to a lorgo iron steamer which had lately been taken into her Majesty's dock-yard of Portsmouth, and refitted there. There was a mystery connected with her destination, and there was a strong impression that it was an illicit one. Mr. M. O'FERRALL said that it was true that a ves sel of the description which had been mentioned had been ratted in the dockyard of Portsmouth, but he believed there was nothing illicit in her destination. Sir R. H. INGLIS—Is she not destined to be engaged in the slave-trade or the opium -trade ? Mr. MORE O'FERRALL said he had no reason to think so. Mr. HUME saw a notice in the paper of to-day that civil contingencies were to he moved for in Committee. The papers relating to the subject had only been delivered that afternoon—they had only been put into his hands when leaving a Committee of that House, he therefore trusted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not press those votes under the circumstances. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not, of cow se, under such circumstances, press these votes. CANADA. Mr. PA KINGTON said at present the second read ing of the Bill for uniting the two Canadas stood for a se cond reading on Monday next. Now, considering the great importance of the debate which had occupied the present week, the n ear approac h o f t h e h o lid ays , an d t h e greatimportance of the subject itself, he begged to suggest to the Noble Lord the propriety of postponing the further progress of the Bill until after the Easter holidays. Lord J. RUSSELL was of opinion that it was of very great importance that the House of Commons should either give th e i r assent to t h e Bill or di s sent from it, be fore the Easter holidays. Ho would therefore move it on Monday next.—(Hear.) THE BUDGET. Mr. HERRIES begged to ask the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he could yet name the day when he would submit his financial statement to the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER bad intended to name the day before the holidays, but found that he would not be prepared to do so until the Monday after the holidays. Mr. H. VERNON begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the return of the Post Revenue for the last quarter included the payment made by the public offices, or the charges attendant upon the production of the stamps? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the return certainly included the payments made by the public offices, but the charges had not yet been ascertained, and therefore could not be charged against the receipts. ROMAN CATHOLIC ORNAMENTS. Mr. SOMERSET MAXWELL said it had been very generally stated in the L ond on Journals , that a Treasury order had been issued :o the Board of Customs, directing th a t all pictures, plate , and ornaments, f or the unge o f Roman Catholic places of worship should be exempted from the usual duty. lie wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any order to that effect had been issued. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said no such order whatever had been issued.—( Hear, hear.) The case he apprehended stood thus. There had been a very old practice at the Treasury that the vestments which were used by the Roman Catholic priests in religious ceremo nies, and which they imported, should be exempted from the heavy duty charged upon such articles. That old order had probably given rise to that new suspicion.— (Cheers and laughter.) There had been always an order also with regard to other articles used in public worship, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, for instance, where it was any remarkable specimen of art, such as an old painted window, it had been, although there had been no general order, the practice of the Treasury to admit these articles free of duty.—( Hear. ) NEW ZEALAND. In answer to Lord ING E STR lE, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Report of the New Zea land Commission would be laid upon the table before the Easter holidays. _ REPRISALS ON CHINA. Sir IL PEEL begged to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary of the Colonies whether there was any foundation for the report which was very generally circu lated, that an Order in Council bad been issued for re prisals, in respect of China? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there had been an Older in Council for reprisals.—( Loud cheers from the Opposi tion benches, followed by cheers from the Ministerial side.) Sir R. PEEL begged to ask, whether it was intended to make any formal communication on the subject to Par liament ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, not at present. Sir R. PEE L. Is it intended to issue letters of marque ? Lord J. RUSSELL was not prepared to answer the question at that moment —(Cries of .‘ There ought to be notice of the question," followed by cheers from the Op position benches.) Sir R. PEEL wished to know what was the date of the Order in Council. Lord J. RUS S ELL said it was last Friday.—(Oppo sition cheering.) IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. S. O'BRIEN wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lan cashire to bring on the Registration Bill on the 6th May. The reason of his asking the question was, that there was a report in existence, that it was his intention to with draw the Bill. Lord STANLEY said, that although the Hon. Member had last year abandoned a similar Bill, he had, no inten tion to follow his example—(Cheers)—and he bad only now earnestly to request the attendance of Members on the 6th of May.—( Hear, bear.) Mr. H. GRATTAN gave notice of his intention to move a call of the House on that day.—(Great cheering ) The Exchequer Bills (Public Works) 13111 was read a third time and passed. LORD SEATON'S ANNUITY BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee on Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill. Mr. HUME had given notice that he should in Com mittee on the Bill move to limit the grant of 2,0001. a-year to the life of Lord Seaton, excluding his two suc cessors. Since the time he had given that notice he had taken upon himself the trouble of looking aro the important services which had been stated in the Bill as having been performed by Lord Sea ton ; and be felt bound, after that search, to say hat he could not discover one act of Lord Seaton's that deserved the reward proposed to be given him. His (Mr. Hume's) wish was, if it was consistent with the forms of the House, to refer the Bill to a Committee up stairs. He was prepared to show that Lord Seaton, in the situation in which he was placed, had violated the ex isting laws and constitution of Canada. There were no acts of Sir John Colborne's which appeared t him (Mr. Hume) to warrant such a signal mark of liberality on the part of the people of It9gland ; on the contrary, he thought there were many acts of that officer which deserved the re probation of that House and the country. He would read one public despatch which appeared in the Parliamentary Papers before the House, as a sample and pattern of the manner in which Sir John Colborne conducted the public business of the country. Greater atrocities and cruelties had never been !perpetrated ; and instead of going into Committee upon this Bill, the House ought to call upon her Majesty's Government to prove, before a Select Com mittee, the important services of Sir John Celborne which called for such a mark of public gratitude. Sir John Colborne did not check, control, or punish those who were guilty of such violent and atrocious acts, even after the cessation of the unfortunate rebellion or outbreak in a nor. tion of Lower Canada. He would refer to one letter of Mujor-Goleral Sir John Macdonald, dated the 11th No vember 1838, in which that officer stated that he had dis persed the rebels, and had destroyed the houses of two notorious rebels who had been engaged in the rebellion of the preceding winter, by causing them to be burned; and that at Le Grand he had caused the house of a notorious rebel named Bell, a blacksmith, who bad made pikes for the rebels the preceding winter, to be destroyed ; that he had made prisoners of several leaders of minor note, and had caused their houses to be destroyed. Now, Sir John Colborne had not given sly order for the discontinuance of these abominable acts, nor had he brought to trial any of the persons guilty of this atrocious conduct. Sir 3. Colborne had stated in his despatch that the rebels bad disbanded at L'Acadie and Beauharnois, and had released their prisoners; that many houses had been burned there, but only those in which arms were found for the purposes of rebellion, and that none had suffered but those engaged in actual rebellion. Now, this despatch was at direct vari ance with the letter of Sir John Macdonald. Both state ments could not be correct, and he thought that such a discrepancy called for an inquiry on the part of the House. Either Sir John Macdonald was in error in stating that he had destroyed the houses of persons engaged in rebellion during the preceding winter, or Sir John Colborne was in error in saying that none had been damaged but of those who were then in arms—both could not be correct. On many occasions the Duke of Wellington had punished parties acting tender him, for having exceeded their orders, and for having been guilty of such excesses as those to which be was then alluding. If the documents be required were furnished to the House, he thought he would be able to show that Sir John Colborne, so far as the interests of humanity were concerned in discharging his duties as Com mander-in-Chief, not only deserved no reward, but should be censured for the course he pursued. With regard to the civil conduct of Sir J. Colborne, he (Mr. Hume) believed there was no parallel to be found for it in any of the colonies of the British empire. All ho asked was that Parliament should be just, and if severity was to have been exercised in Canada, be thought it would be admitted that unnecessary rigour should not have been resorted to. Then courts-martial had . been held during the sittings of the ordinary tribunals, and in those courts-martial an or dinance had been issued, having an ex post facto operation. and ordering the burning or destruction of the houses of those who had previously been engaged in rebellion, at a time when no law of Canada allowed such destruction of their property ; just as though, if there happened another outbreak in Monmouth this year, the troops were to proceed to ravage the property of all those concerned in the last outbreak. What he com plained of was, that Sir J. Colborne, by the orders he issued, had called upon these men to appear and answer for the offences for which her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies had declared there was a complete amnesty. Lord Durham had declared in his proclamation issued after the receipt of Lord Glenelg's despatch, that there should be a complete amnesty of all those indi viduals. One of them came back after the amnesty had been published, believing himself, under Lord Durham's proclamation, to he safe. Now, Sir J. Colborne had ordered that individual to be seized by a body of horse and sent beyond the frontier, contrary to the declaration of her Majesty's Government. If such proceedings, so con trery to the usual stream of justice in this country bad taken place, and if such atrocities had been perpetrated, which he alleged the public documents would prove, he would ask whether Sir John Colborne was a per son who ought to be allowed to receive 150,000/., or even 1,0001., of the public money P He could further show that the Ilabeas Corpus Act had been sus pended in a most unwarranted manner. A question was referred to two of the Judges as to how far the Imperial Act of last session altered the law, and how far Sir John Colborne had the power of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act; and Sir John Colborne actually suspended those two Judges because they ventured, in the execution of their duty, to give an honest opinion in favour of the liberty of the subject. He (Mr. Hume) would move next Tuesday for a copy of all the correspondence that had taken place on that subject. It was a daugerous principle which had been introduced of late years of rewarding persons for the exercise of their ordinary duties, and he thought the House ought not to sanction the irregularities of which Sir John , Colborne had been guilty. He would therefore move by way of amendment that the Bill now under consideration should be referred to a Select Committee up stairs, for the purpose of ascertaining how far the conduct of Sir John Colborne was deserving of the pension proposed to be granted to him. The SPEAKER thought the amendment proposed by the Hon. Gentleman was not according to the rules of the House. The first part of the motion , to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, would be perfectly regular. Mr. HUME would then move to refer the Bill to a Select Committee. He had merely added the latter part of th e motion in order that Hon. Gentlemen might be aware of his object in referring the Bill to a Select Committee up stairs. The SPEAKER said the first part of the motion was perfectly regular. The question having been put, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Hon. Gentleman had chosen that opportunity for the purpose of renewing a question which had already been decided by a great ma jority of the House.—( Cheers.) The proper time to have brought this motion forward was when the subject was first brought under th e cons i deration of "the House, which the Hon. Gentleman had done, and the result had been that his views were departed from by a great majority of the House'—(Cheers)—no w h e came forward with a o tion of a most irregular nature, to which the Speaker had properly objected, and which, if correct, represented Lord Seaton as not' only unworthy of the favour of the Crown, but as des erv i ng to b e dismissed from the military service ' altogether. Mr. HUME—Certainly. Lord J. RUSSELL—No doubt the Hon. Gentleman thought so, but the House had decided that Lord Seaton was worthy of the greatest praise. He would not then go into the various details of the conduct of Lord Seaton in Canada. But when the Right Hon. Genticinsn had re ferred to the conduct of the Duke of Wellington in restraining the excesses of his army, he should not forget that it was a thing generally all:wed that no Commander was ever more strict than Lord Sea ton in dealing w ith t h e excesses of those under him.— (Hear, hear.) Th e H on . M em ber should have yielded to the authority of the Duke of Wellington himself, who had merits no one capacity borne his testim on y no t o nly to the courage but of Lord Seaton _(H ear , hear)—with 7hose cr could be better acquainted than the Noble Duke in ques tion. It was certainly true that the principles of a f ree constitution could not be maintained in Canada while a civil war raged there. With respect to the excesses of the -:-.,--,-- itroops, Lord Seaton himself bad given an answer ta:sUch charges in a document in which he stated that the ibsults of the expedition were certainly most deplorable, but that 1 they were in every instance to be traced to the auth - orn of" the disturbances in which they had originated. Was the Honourable Ge. tleman ignorant of the barba rities which had been perpetrated on those inhabi tants of Canada whose only crime was their loyalty ? Were all the sympathies of the House to be shown to those who had commenced the insurrection ? For his part he could not think so. He believed that the disorders which had been committed in Canada were for the most part com mitted by persons who, in the fury of civil war, had had re course to violence against those who had been guilty of the same violence towards them. But that war was an inevi table portion of the calamities of civil war, and he would place the responsibility of such proceedings on those who had excited the insurrection—(Hear)—he should say that most I njustifiable insurrection commenced without any reasonable cause, and which could not lead to any good. He could not, therefore, trace the misfortunes in question to a Commander who was known to be as distinguished for his humanity as for his capacity and military skill. I s ' e h a e t r o e n w w as a s o othernmeoreparticularly p oi withnt connected,which and t he c h ht a. that e r of wasth Lord e treatment of the prisoners. Now, on the whole, he (Lord J. Russell) said that. never were prisoners taken in rebel lion treated with more lenity than these men.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Seaton had never executed any but at the earnest entreaty of the Executive Council, and many owed their lives to his humanity.—(Hear, hear.) It was un necessary to defend Lord Seaton from the charge of hav ing suspended constitutional Government, under which, for the last three years, Lower Canada could not b e go verned. His Lordship had only, under the authority of Parliament, acted as he was bound to do towards the leaders of a wanton and sanguinary rebellion. Mr. VERNON remarked that the Hon. Member him selt bad given a notice for giving Lord Seaton a pension only for his life—( Hear, hear)—though he has been long cognizant of all the facts he had now stated.—( Hear. ) Mr. GILLON agreed with the Hon. Member for Kin kenny, that the House had been taken by surprise. He did not think it was too much to ask of the House to pause before granting so large an amount of pensions. They had not heard any statement of the services for which that large grant was to be given.—( Hear, hear.) At all events, there were conflicting statements as was shown by the public documents to which his Hon. Friend had referred ; and he thought time should be given to contradict them if they were erroneous ; before they voted away the public money they should be satisfied of the truth of the statement by which the grant was made. Sir R. INGLIS had hoped, for the credit of the Haute and the country, that there would not have been another Member to support the views of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. He complained of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny having put a notice on the paper for limiting the pensions of 2,0001 a year to Lord Seaton's life, and then bringing forward vite a different motion. Ide hoped the Hon. Member would not be suffered to withdraw it, in order that the House might ascertain whether there were one, two, three, or four. I believe that would be the utmost who would uphold the doctrines put forth by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. The Noble Lord had done justice to himself, to the country, and to Lord Seaton, in the statement he had made ; and he hoped that a large msjori , 'tv of the House would record their concurrenc e i n his statement. Mr. V. SMITH observed that the Hon. Member for Kilkenny's was a strange motion, it being for an inquiry into the conduct of Lord Seaton after the House bad, by a large majority, agreed to give him 2,000/. a year for his nublic services. - Mr. HUME explained that when he gave notice of his motion he did not know that he should find the facts in the official documents b^forc the House, although he was perfectly aware of them himself. Mr. E WART thought his Hon. Friend could not, with any regularity, submit such a motion to the House. After a few words from Mr. GO UL BUR N, strangers were ordered to withdraw. Oa a division the numbers were— For the Bill Against it 8 Majority The Bill then went into Committee. Mr. J. HUM E rose to object to the blank being filled up with any sum, for he would oppose any pension at all without inquiry. He again charged Lord Seaton with want of humanity, and with having outraged public justice. He characterized this proceeding as a public robbery till all these charges had been 'disproved. He should say •‘ Nay" to the vote of 2,0001., but would not trouble the House to divide again on it. Col. SIBTIIO - RP said he really could not compre hend %%bat the for. Member was at.—( A laugh.) The blank was filled up with 2,0001., against a loud " No" of Mr. Hume. Mr. HUME then objected to the pension extending to Lord Seaton's two next heirs male. Mr. S. O'BRIEN also objected to three lives. Still he did not think that the pension should be limited to the life of Lord Seaton, now at an advanced age. Undoubtedly Lord Seaton bad rendered great services to the country—... his energy and firmness had saved Canada. He should, on the whole, suggest that the grant be to his Lordship and his next male heir. Mr. WALLACE would support his friend the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, wishing that peerages should bo granted for life only. Mr. GILLON rejoiced that his Hon. Friend had op posed this long pension. Colonel SIBTHORP said the Hon. Member who had last spoken had proposed 6,0001. a year additional to the Duke of Sussex—that was his economy.—( Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said, considering all the hard- Win and dangers which Lord Seaton bad endured, he thought that it would be a poor reward to give the pension for less than three lives.—(Hear, hear.) He recollected that so bad all the pensions of the Peninsular heroes— Lord 13crcsfr,rd, Lord Combermere, &c., &c. been granted.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. A G L lONBY said these precedents generally went to a greater extent than in this case, and the pensions were given for the heirs of the grantees for ever. Lord Combcrmerc's was the first case in which the pension had been granted for three lives only. For his own part, he had rather that a larger sum should have been given to Lord Seaton, than burthening the country with payments to his heirs. The Committee divided, and the numbers were— For the Clause as it stood For Mr. flume's proposition Majority —26 The House then resumed. REPRISALS ON CHINA. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to explain the statement he had made at a 'previous period of the evening, respecting reprisals on China, as he believed that statement had been misunderstood. The object of the Order in Council was not to authorize letters of marque, by which privateers could seize on Chinese vessels, but to establish a Court which would have power to condemn vessels seized by her Majesty's ships of war. Lord STANLEY wished to ask the Noble Lord the date of the Order. Lord J. RUSSELL—It was Friday last. Mr. HUME asked if there would be any objection to lay a copy of the Order in Council on the table of the Lord J. RUSSELL said that a copy of the order would be laid before the House on Monday next. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. It was moved that a sum not exceeding 60,0001. should be granted for Civil Contingencies.—Agreed to. It was then moved that a sum not exceeding 20,530,0001. should be granted for the payment of outstanding Ex chequer Bills. Mr. HUME wished to know at what period it was in. tended to make those claims payable? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did 'tat intend to make any alteration in the period at which they had hitherto been payable. The other Orders of tae Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half.past Seven o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS APRIL 10. % Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. . Lord STRAFFORD presented several petitions rgainst the repeal of the Corn-laws. The Earl of CAMPERDOWN presented petitions from Auchterarder and other places against the intrusion of Ministers. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented petitions from Qucensferry, Linlithgow, and other places, also against the intrusion of Ministers. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented several similar petitions from places in Scotland. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from Nova Scotia, against the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented two petitions from places in East Cornwall, against any interference with the existing Ccrn-laws. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented petitions from Winchester and other places, in favour of Church Extension.L and against the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition from the Borough of Clones, in the county of Monaghan, against the Irish Municipal Reform Bill. As so much stress had been laid upon the progress of Temperance in Ireland, he wished to show something of the objects and progress of teetotalism in Dublin. At a recent meeting to that city, a priest named Father Maguire said, " He would tell that high-born, bilious sprig of the House of: Derby."—( Laughter.) That was no laughing matter to him ( Lord Westmeath) to hear the Noble Lord spoken of in such terms by any man, much less by a minister of re. ligion.—( Hear.) He (Father Maguire) would tell the high-born, bilious sprig of the House of Derby that in three months he would have two millions of temperance men who would sound the tocsin of Repeal, and effect the li berty of eight millions of people, by driving both Whigs and Tories out of office —a consummation not very de ' s irable to the Noble Viscou nt o pp osite. Father Maguire wot ton to say that the Tories would not dare to send Stanley amongst them ; they might as well thi n k o f gett i ng Castlereagh out of his difficulties—( Laughter) —and ex pect that the black gentleman would take the celestial keys out of the hands of the Prince of the Apostles."— (A laugh.) Noble Lords opposit e l aug h at this. But he could see nothing in it to laugh at. If the Irish Municipal Reform Bill were passed, the effect would be to give the municipal government of Dublin up to men, who would use such language and express such sentiments in their Courts of Common Council. He also said that if the El use presumed to give the Bill a third reading he would place himself at the head of 3,000,000 teetotallers to resist its imposition on the Irish nation. He (the Marquis of Westmeath) hoped that during the recess the Noble Viscount would seriously consider what the bearings of this Municipal Corporations Bill were. He believed it would accomplish no one purpose of municipal good for the inhabitants of that city, but that its effssets would be to confiscate a revenue which would shortly increase to 40, or even 60,000/., and give it to the agitators of Iteland ; and, he asked, what use would be made of it? lie wished to know whether the Noble Viscount would have any objection to lay on the table, in order that it might bo printed, the evidence delivered on the subject EVENING EDITION. 111 }_ ~ ~i 1..~ 'i'!..... ~~~ ~~ Fig 1 1