The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

fattb Ebition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANES, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, QBLISHED ETERT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ILTIMSG LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30. JOINT-STOCK 11.11.NN.5. 1 Dividend Amount ' Paid. Pril Name of Company. 1 per 1 An num. Share. 1 Z s. d. £ s. d. 1 kustralasla Britsh.North American ' Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 i 44' Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 - t';'olonial .. .... Loudn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 26 London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of I reland • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... 1 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland - 1 51. per cent. 50 0 0I 20 0 0 19 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 1 Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 i - Ditto ••-• • • • • 1 51.! 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 10 0 0 Union Of Australia.. •. I 61. per cent. 25 0 01 25 0 0 i - Union of London... - , Si. per cent.i 50 0 0 1 10 0 0 , - ----- INSURANCE COMPANIES. . Dividend ! Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ------ -. Alblen .S s. d. X s. d. 3/. Is. 500 0 0 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per c ent. 100 0 0 1 50 1 0 0 18% Ditto Marine,- • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 5% Atlas . British Commercial .. 7s per share 50 001 5 0 0 7 i Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si . per cent. j 100 0 0 210 0 25 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0 1 5 0 0 - Eagle . Eng. & Scot. Law .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - European Life -.• .. 5% per cent. 20 0 0 I All paid. - Freetnason.s' .• •-• • • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 130 Guardian .... -••• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 I 48 Imperial Firs - ...• • • 61. and bonus:soo 0 0 50 0 0 225 xd Imperial Life ........ 12s. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 15% Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & be. 'lOO 0 0 513 1 - Law Life - - .... 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ,egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - i"..ondon Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15U '.ondon Ship .... -.. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 ',Urine.. ..... • • .... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Wed. Invlid& Gen. Life Oil. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - National Leaa Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life.. - ..... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - talladitun Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 tls xd Phoenix . - - - .rotector Life•... ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - .'rovident Life •• -• . 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life............ 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - - Bun Fire ......... • . - - - Ditto Life . .. - - - Universal Life - CANALS. i 1 .1 Dividend Names ef 2 Dividend' Names of w ai Companies. mi per Price. Compani _ per Price. E 1 Annum. ' . ' 1 " ..,s Annum. sc, !- - A i X A.shtn& Oldh 97'51.55 • pel 70 Slonmouthsh 100 101. - Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. ! - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley.... 1601 121. ISO Ilacclesfteld. 100 - Basingstoke.. 1001 - - Neath -- • . 100 201. 340 Drknk&Abrg 1501 5/. , 86 Nottingham. 150 121. - ' :Iromtbrci...• 100' 141. : - Peak Forest. 78 3/. 40 budley..•... 1001 41. , - Regent's.... 33 1/. 4s. 18 Derby .• •• •• 100! 61. 1 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Elistnre&Chs 1331 41. ' b 5 Shropshire - 125 81. - E:ews.sh ••. 1001, 321. - Somrset Coal' 150 71. 10s. 130 Fah & Clyd 1001 41. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - ClFEndJunetn 1001 6/. 77 Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 275 Grand Uttion1100; 11. los. - Slirewsbury..l2s 151. - Glamorgnsh.!l72' 13%1. - Stourbridge..,l4s 201. 305 441istr&Brk131100; - 1 - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham • •1150 1 121. - Severn andl RudclersBeld.l 57! - - Wye Rail.s 26 11. Bs. - Ku= & Avul 39, 7s. 6d. 1 5 Trnt & Mr-1 soy .... 3 50 301. - Lancaster...l 47' 1/. 10s. 1 - Leeds&Livrp,loo' 341. ' 520 Timms &Med; 19 - - Leicester ..• .114 101. 75 Worcstr & 1 I I Leicstr &Nth? 8' 41. 36 Dirming. j 1 78 21 ' - Loughborogh;l42 701. 530 Wilts & Drks! 67 11. 11 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividead Amount Name of Company, per , of Paid. i Price Annum. Share. ------- X s. tl. X 8. 0 1 Bank of Scotland - 100 00 1 170 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 , 154 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 209 Commercial Bank ...• 6/. per cent. - 100 00 j 165 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 00 j 131.128 Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 90 Western Bank • ••••• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 83 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 1 ( Clydesdale Bank.- -• • 61. per cent. - 10 00 j 12% Eastern Bank 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 12 Caledonian Bank ...• • 7%1. pr cent. 3r, - 210 0 j 41. 9s Edinb. Glasgow Bank 61. p er cert. - 50 0 , 6/. 13s City of Glasgow Ba n k . 51. per cent. - 10 00 j 12% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1238. i,cl Hercules Insurance Co. 71. p er cent. , 100 0 0 10 0 0 ' 13% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9N Korth British Insur..• 5% /. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 223% Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin • 4 , lasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 1 ) 11' 7 4 i Shares •• • . 7s. 60. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17% Ed .^ pith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 Glauw & Ayrshir Rail. 77. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 62 'Glasgw&Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 .211 paid. 163{ Gls,7,w & Garnkirk Rail. Al. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% Dundee& Arbroth R a il. 61. per cent.' 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard Llfe_lssarnca.J 51. per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 9 DOCKS. Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. I per ' of I Paid. I Price. 1 Annum. Share. i Commercial ••..• • . • • 31. per cent. Stock. - - East and West India - _ EaA Country -.• . • • ' li. per sh. 100 0 0 - - t =den . - 107 St. li atharine ........5 per cent. ' Stock. - - Southampton •••• • • • • U. per cent. .50 0 0 50 0 0 I 30 - - 50 0 0j 3O WATER-VVORIES - Name of Company. Dividend per Amount of Paid. Share. Annum. East London.... • • • • • • 81. Grand Junction • • V. 103.. Kent ••• • • • 21. 10s. Vauxhall .......• •• 51. per cent. West Middlesex . . . 51. 10s. pr a. d. 100 0 0 -- 4113 4 -- 100 0 0 i 100 0 0 .- 63 12 9 / COURSE OF EXCIU Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 3% Ditto, at sight 12 1 Not terdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp........ .... 25 85 liamburgh ALB. 13 10% Paris, 3 days' sight .. 24 50 Ditto, 3 months...... 25 60 Marseilles •. •• •••.. • • 25 90 Bourdeaux ... • • 25 83 Frankfort oa Maine.... 121 Teterstargh, 3 Us .. Irleritu . ......... .NGE.-(THIS DAY. Gibraltar. ..... - Leghorn ........ • • •••• 30 30 Genoa •• ...• •• •• •. 25 90 Milan ............ Naples ...... • • . • • • 40% Palermo, per oa l2l Lisbon...... . • Rlo Janeiro Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OP BULLION, PIE oz. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 New D 0110. 1 .8 • • . • . 0 4 1016 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars.•. • • 0 S O3g - Vienna, effee.flo Trieste, ditto Adadx id • • ...... • 36 14 Cadiz .. •.. : ~. 36 Bilbao Barcelona •• • • • • • - SevtUe.. .. THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION.—(THIS DAY.) A public meeting was held at the London Tavern, Dishopsgete-;treet, to consider the propriety of peti tioning Parliament against the scheme of education, cnutained in the minutes of the Committee of Council of August and December, 1846 ; George William Alex under, Esq., in the chair. The meeting was held in the large hell of the London Tavern, but the attendance at the hour appointed for taking the chair was very scanty, Indeei, could not have exceeded fifty ; which had in creased to something more than double that number about half-an-hour afterwards, when the Chairman entered. The CIIAIR3IAN said he had been requested to state that sufficient care had not been taken to make the meeting known ; indeed that the bills had not been placarded till that morning, which, coupled with another tact, that a general meeting of the Society of Friends was being held that day, accounted for the thinness of the !meeting. He said he would not occupy the meeting long with any remarks on the general object; but he 'must say that he had been slowly led to a conclusion which was adverse to the Government scheme of educa tion. He was a member of the British and Foreign School Society, and had been one who admitted the propriety of Government grants in aid of exertions in favour of education, such as for the erection of schools. Thus far he went in reference to Government aid. But that was a very different thing From a great scheme of national schools, which ought to be called Church of England schools.—(Applause.) Ile denied that sectarian principles or ways were taught in the British Schools. But it was very different in the National Schools, so called, where the Church catechism was taught, and National Church tenets inculcated; in proof of which he might refer to a -volume of documents published by the Government, where a letter from a clergyman states, that if he had had the National School sooner, by that time there would not have been a Dissents r in the parish. Indeed, the scheme hrd been originated by members and dignitaries of the Church of England ; he believed it might be chiefly attributed to Dr. Kay Shuttleworth. He regretted much the originating of such a scheme at that time, as it was but throwing the apple of discord among the liberal friends of education. But he for one should never cease exerting himself to defeat it.—(Applause.) The SECRETARY intimated that the central com mittee bad written to all the Metropolitan Members of Parliament, who had all acknowledged the invitation by written answers. The Rev. Mr STOVELL said, he was of opinion th a t the ed ucation of the children of this country was far too important to be committed rashly to the hands of Government, and not at all to be committed to hands already too full with husitte.s which perhaps had not been very well discharged as yet, too full of difficulties were j i v e ere at to adjustmentb o tp t irunted. These difficulties ettffairs of I re l an d, o f t h e affairs of Scotland, of of colonial goveremene, of ~ e civil jurisprudence, ties which did not encouttna poor-law—difficul unaher cas e sufficient of iteeff e them to add question undivided attention. But there was_ anotr" to es this . schem e to which burdened the consideration. as Vas comprehend all England; or no part of it? For it must Ee adopted uni%ersally, or at once fine entirely reit etee. But education was necessarily religious. It included the development, ix . all the powers and capabilities ( tithe hu man mind, of which the prime ruler was the conscience. But he contended that morality could not be followed out into habit unless the conscience was enlightened by th e revealed will of God. How, then, were the Government to set on a matter so clesely appertaining to the religious life ? In one of two ways—either they would adopt all re ligions equelly, the negativeand the positive, and founding their scheme in infidelity they would establish it . in law ; or they would engage the t eac h ers o f relig ion, whom they thought the best, and into their hands the whole scheme must bo thrown. But the Church of England was necessarily thought by the Government to be the best ; therefore, the power would fall into the hands of the Church of 'England. The manner in which the proposal had been introduced, the way in which it had silently glided in, exciting no attention till it was securely placed, was dangerous to the most sacred principles of the British people, for there was no liberty of which they might not thus be robbed, no sacred principle which might not thus be crushed for ever. He contended that the principle of the scheme was bad, the scheme itself was wrong, the manner of its introduction was an injury, and that it could not be carried into effect with- Loa out inflictin g a wrong upon t hi s country. H e conc l u d e d by moving—" Th a t, w h a t ever m i g h t b e t h e va l ue o f t h e education a l measure now propose d b y t h e G overnment, tl4 the meeting could not consent to accept it when brought forward in a manner so alien to the spirit and principles of the British Constitution." Mr. NATHANIEL GRIFFIN seconded the motion, which was carried with two dissentients. Mr. JOSEPH STURGE moved—" That even were the manner in which this measure is brought forward unex ceptionable, in the judgment of this meeting the gravest objections lie against the measure itself, as tending to enervate the system of voluntary contribution and local educational efforts, as opening a channel through which a corrupt political influence may at any time be exer cised on the masses of society ; as still further, and in the most inconsistent of all ways, mixing up the State , cc with religion, and in leading in numerous instances to a direct violation of the rights of conscience, and as the commencement of a system of Government action which is capable of vast and indefinite ex tension, but of which no man can foresee the issue." f: lie said there were one or two questions on which per haps he went a little further than those who had drawn up these resolutions. One of these was, whether under any circumstances a Government was entitled to take 3 4 education into its own keeping. It might perhaps build schools, but to take the direction of what he must call religious instruction was beyond their province, for they could not do so without offending the consciences of some i of their subjects. How could he impose a tax on a Jew md in order to buy a New Testament for the instruction of the imposer's child? Again, so long as they had a . church established by law in the ccuntry, and . a distinction made among sects, they could not accept Government aid, however guarded, ' without strengthening that establishment, and on that account he differed from the British and Foreign School Society, when th e y acce pt e d o f G overnment xd grants. It was an Lifringement of the voluntary prin ciple. He had, therefore, withdrawn his subscription, and given it to schools which had stood independent, v and he would now give 1001. su b scr ipti on t o th e B r i t i s h and Foreign Society if that grant were rejected. On these grounds he objected to a Government scheme of education. The Rev. JoHN BURNET seconded the motion in an eloquent speech. It was then proposed and carried that, in the judg ce ment of this meeting the fact that all schemes for the • promotion of education by the Government, which have been hitherto propounded, have been found to contain elements in their operation incompatible with the wel fare of the community, is adapted to shake the confi dence of our Legislators in the belief now so strongly entertained within the walls of Parliament—that educa is the business of the Government, and that it should induce them to give to that question a new and careful investigation. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(TII.I . 3 DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Larnond and Co., was dull, and participated in the general depression. Shropshire Unions have had a serious fall. The following are a few of the principal sales:— South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole ... £1 19 0 North British Extension Shropshire Union and Canal 0 16 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 5 0 Louvain ala Sambre 1 0 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 6 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 11 6 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 4 1 0 Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 17 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 6 Direct Northern (scrip) 2 7 6 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 18 6 Newport and Abergavenny 1 15 0 Taw Vale Extension and Dock Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bosto■ 70 THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ~ a I AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAacti 26, 1847. IThe Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the 14 Garter, has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under her royal sign manual, and the great seal of the ; order, bearing dat e thi s d ay , t o di spense w i th all the statutes % and regulations usually observed in regard to installation, i and to give and grant unto the Most Noble Francis ; 34 Duke of Bedford, Knight of the said Most Noble Order, and , i , duly invested with the ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order, in as full and ample a manner as if he had been formally installed ; _ any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, MARCH 19, 1847. , This day had audience of her Majesty, to deliver their credentials from their respective Courts—Senor Isturitz, • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Spain; and Senor Mora Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pl e nip o te n ti ar y f rom ;he Republic of Mexico; to which they were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the lion. Sir Edward Gust, K.C.11., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. WHITEHALL, illincit 29. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas C. England, 31. A., to the rectory of North Lew, in the county of Devon and diocese of Exeter, void by the death of the Rev. William Kitson. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend James Taylor to the church and parish of Monzie, in the presbytery of Auchterarder and shire of Fife, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend George Hutchison, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Banchory Ternan. DOWNING-STREET, Mascit 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Henry Burt, Esq., to be Surveyor of Roads for the Island of St. Christopher. _ WAR-OFFICE, MAnert 30. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon Lennox to be Captain, by purchase, vice the lion. C. H. Gust, who retires ; Cornet Lord Otho Augustus Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lord A. F. C. G or d on L ennox, March 30. sth Dragoon Guards—Captain Andrew Nugent, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice James Conoliy, who ex changes ; Lieutenant George Lloyd Robson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice N ugen t, w h o ret i res ; Cornet John Jenkins Thomas, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robson; Ensign Adolphus William Desart Burton. from 82d Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thomas, March 30. lith Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Stephen Sondes to be Captain, by purehase, vice Forrest, who retires; Cornet Lesley Alexander to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sondes ; Edwin Adolphus Cook, Gent., to be Cornet, by purehase, vice Alexander, dated March 30. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Colonel Henry Madox, from half pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, repav ing the difference, vice Brevet Colonel Sampson Stowell, who exchanges; Major Edward Pole, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Madox, who retires; Captain the lion. Robert Needham, to be Major, by purchase, vice Pole; Lieutenant Thomas Henry Clifton, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Needham ; Cornet John Almerus Digby, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clifton ; Charl e s G or i ng , G en t., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Digby, March 30. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Need, from half pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Hillier, promoted in the 44th Foot, March 30, Ist Regiment of Foot—Henry Whichcote Turner Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kennedy, deceased, March 30. 4th Foot—Ensign John William Percy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wollaston, who retires; Octavius Yorke Cocks, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Percy, March 30. 33d Foot—Frank Corbett, Gent.; to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Twigg, who retires, March 30. 39th Foot—Michael C. Wall, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Sears, promoted, March 30. 46th Foot.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign James George Clarke, vice Campbell, appointed Adjutant, Feb. 22; Ensign John Hickinbotham Chambers, vice Alacan, who retires, March 30. To be Ensign, by purchase—Dacre Ives Barrett Leonard, Oent., vice Cbamb:rs, March 30. To be Ensign, without purchase—Henry Ridge Wolrige, Gent., vice Clarke, March 31. To be Adjutant—Lieutenant Colin Frederick Campbell, vice O'Toole, promoted, Feb. 22. 68th Foot—Harry Valette Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Digby, who resigns ; Lieutenant Thomas Whitmore Storer to be Adjutant, vice Carmichael, who resigns the Adjutancy only, March 30. 82d Foot—Daniel Stratton Collings, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burton, appointed to the sth Dragoon Guards, March 30. _ _ BRE'ET.—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Madox, of 12th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel in the Army, June 28, 1833; Captain Andrew Nugent, of sth Dragoon Guards, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. IhrArrAcirED.—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieu tenant James White, from Adjutant of a Recruiting district; Lieutenant Lewis Alexander Boyd, from the 11th Foot; Lieutenant Henry Loftas Herbert, from 88th Foot, March 30. MEmortaiwum.—The commission of Lieutenant John Gaggin Cox, in the 2d West India Regiment, has been dated 18th December, 1816, instead of Bth August, 1840. BANKRUPTS. Edward Marshall, pewterer, Clifton-street, Sun-street, Finsbury, to surrender April 13, at two, and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Buchanan, Basing hall-street, City. William Heath Bonds, licensed victualler, Creek-road, Deptford, April 13, at half-past two, and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ala church-lane, Lombard-street; Symes, Weston, and Teesdale, Fenchurch-street, Henry Howell, draper, Shrewsbury, Salop, April 10, at twelve, and May 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basing hall-street ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbnry. Augusta Sophia Tipper, Henry Roe Tipper, and Alfred Tipper, stationers and paper manufacturers, Upper Thames street, London, April 9, at two, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Spicer, Great Marlow, Bucks. George Atkins Soar, glass cutter, Great Marylebone-street, April 5, at half-past one, and May 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man - street ; Bi c k ne ll an d C o., Connaught-terrace,Edge ware-road. _ Joh n Hain merchant Surrey-street, Strand, April 12, at Co., William Swain t,)l9e, and May 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. City, Old Jewry-chambers; Wild and I urci an d , Official . buuyirlder,Cheltenham, April 14 and May Wi:ictseotroalle(?tham and Co., Cheltenham. District Court. Hutton, official 14, at one, at th'e assignee. Bristol; Joseph Chatterton h builder, Manchester, April 13 5 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1E147. and 80, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Armstrong, Staple Inn, London ; Woodburne, Manchester. James Sharp, coal merchant, East Riddlesden-hall, April 17, and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds • Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Weatherhead and do., Bingley ; Bond, Leeds. Jeremiah Burrows, farmer, Sutton in Ashtield, April 16, and iday 7, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Stevens and Co., Queen -street, Cheapside, Loudon ; Jessop, Alfreton. Stephen and James Chappel, earthenware manufacturers, Leeds, April 12 and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Wiglesworth and Co, Gray's Inn; Smith, Leeds. William Hodgson, jun., licenced victualler, Leeds, April 19 and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Free max, official assignee, Leeds; Jacques and Co., Ely-place, Holborn ; Greaves, Leeds. Thomas Sivill, licensed victualler, Liverpool, April 16, and May 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Chester and Co., Staple-inn, London ' • Avison and Co • Liverpool. John Jebb, grocer, Baschurch, Shropshire, April 8, and May 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assiguee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, 13ir miligham.._ James Tranter, jun., timber merchant, Uttoxeter, April 14, and May 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Palmer, Rugeley ; Smith, Birmingham. William Henry Lovatt, factor, Wolverhampton, April 13, at eleven, and May, 18, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson, Wolverhampton; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of March 31.) St:Gan..—To-day a further decline took place in the value •f most descriptions of free and slave labour Sugar, as the quantity on offer was large and more than requisite for the wants of the home trade or exporters. Of West India Mus covado the supply is getting larger, and the assortment better, the private sales did not exceed 28U hhds and trcs, at prices showing a fall on those of Friday of 6d per cwt. The market closes heavily for all sorts of Sugar. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods met with little attention for home consumption, and lower rates were submitted to. We quote standard lumps at 64s 6d to 655, brown grocery 63s 6d to 645, and melting lumps 63s per cwt. The supply is rather larger. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted. MAunrrius.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced to operate in Mauritius Sugar, and of 14,741 bags 40 casks at public sale, not above half sold ; but the rates taken were only in a few instances rather under those that pervaded on Friday. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 124 hhds and 30 barrels of St. Croix Sugar were offered, a superior parcel, not only as regarded strength, but colour, and sold at lower rates, very tine yellow went at 58s to 58s 6d, fine 56s to 575, good 543 to 555, and middling 503 to 535. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two parcels of Madras Sugar were offered at public sale, amounting to 6,793 bags; but there was little desire evinced to purchase, and a small part only sold at rather lower rates. MOLASSES.—This afternoon at public sale 12 butts 78 hhds of Bengal Treacle, and only in part sold at 24s 6d to 255. 844 bags were put up, and only partly sold at 6d. decline. COFFES.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was operated in with caution. The quantity offered at public sale amounted to 482 bags and 2 casks of Plantation ; but the chief part was taken in at the full worth. TEA.—There has been little desire manifested to operate in any description of black, notwithstanding the moderate rates that exist. In the low and middling sorts of green large purchases have been made, in consequence of the low rates that are accepted. Good and fine met with a fair de mand, at prices differing from those that existed previously. SAGO is not much wanted, and 241 boxes at public sale to-day were sold at a further fall in prices of is to 2s per cwt. COCIIINEAL.—The public sales this day, consisting of 220 bags Honduras, went off very heavily, and barely one-half sold at a decline of at least 2d per lb. Riez.—To-day the market was plentifully supplied with Bengal Rice. The quantity offered at public sale amounted to 4,257 bags, but exporters and the home trade evinced little desire to operate, and a part only sold is under the rates of Friday. SPICES.—To-day Malabar Pepper met with littleattention, and 1,020 bags at auction were only in part sold, at about the former value. SALTPETAE.—AIthough there are further arrivals of Rough, vet holders manifest firmness, and have refrained from offer. ing any at public sale. Exporters and the home trade are desirous to operate, and the parcels sold privately were at stiff rates. English Refined met with ready buyers at 30s to 30s 6d per cwt. Nitrate of Soda has been sold to a fair extent. FaLTlT.—There has been several fresh arrivals lately of Currants, three cirgoes of Chesme and Red Smyrna Raisins, and a cargo of Valencia Raisins from Liverpool ; the market has been rather quiet this week, the exporters taking only small parcels of Currants. Of old Red Smyrna Raisins some sales have been made at 31s to 32s for shipping. SPIKITS.—For home consumption a brisker demand has been experienced for Jamaica Rum, still no material im provement in prices can be quoted In Leeward Islands the operations are upon rather a more extended scale, and 3s 7d to 3s 8d paid for proof strength. East India has been sold to a fair extent, and 3s 5d to 3s 6d are the rates paid for proof, with certificate. Demerara sells more freely at 5s to 5s 3d for strong sorts. For Brandy the market is in a dull state ; the stock is still on the increase, and there are free sellers. Geneva is wanted for exportation, and several parcels have been sold, common at 25 7d to 2s Bd. Fine 3s to 3s 8d per gallon. For British Corn Spirits and Gin prites remain the same, but the market is in a dull state, and stocks are accu mulating. INDIGO.—The next quarterly sales of Indigo will take place on the 11th May. The demand lately has been limited, but prices remain very firm at last February rates. Spanish brought previous terms, but only a part of 54 serons sold—ordinary Cortes to good Sobres 2s 6d to 4s Id. Hors.—The market has a dull appearance. There are sellers upon the fallowing terms :—Sussex pockets 78s to 88s, Weald of Kent 86s to 98s, Mid and East Kent 95s to 130 s. OILS.—Of Linseed Oil only a moderate quantity having been taken for home consumption or exportation, and prices have given way, 27s 6d per cwt being taken on the spot. Of Rape :iced Oil may parcels have been disposed of, brown at 365, pale 375, and tine pale foreign 38s. Olive Oil met with less attention. Of Cocoa Nut the supply being still trifling, holders are enabled to obtain high rates. Of Palm further parcels have been received, and the stock being heavy, holders are inclined to realise. Lard Oil is in fair request at 45s to 50s. For Sperm Oil a much better demand prevailed, and prices have improved. For God Oil the market has a quiet ammarance, and a limited business was transacted. Southern has been disposed of to a fair ex tent, but not at better prices. TALLOW.—The demand is still on the decrease for Russian on the spot, and a further decline in the value has taken place. For delivery in the last three months of the year, however, a fair business has been transacted. Of home•made there is an increased quantity offering for sale, whilst the demand has been limited. With other sorts of Tallow the market is yet plentifully supplied, and prices are on the decline. MYER] NIA PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission at Four o'clock, to the Drainage of Land Bill, the Llynvi Iron Company, and the Whiteburn and Kelso and Lauder and Kelso Road Bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury-, and Lord Monteagle. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. 'The LORD Ch ANCELLuR took his seat on the Wool iack at Five o'clock. WATERWORKS CLAUSES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed ; as were also the Gas Works Clauses Bill, the Markets and Fairs Clauses Bill, and the Commissioners Clauses Bill. GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION. The Earl of CLARENDON presented several peti tions, on the part of the Marquis of Lansdowne, from congregations of Baptists at Uakham, from Protestant Dissenters at Bocking, in Essex ; and from Protestant Dis senters at Eddingtou, i❑ the county of Bedford, against the Government scheme of education. POOR-LAW SETTLEMENT. The NOBLE EARL also presented a petition from the rector and churchwardens of a parish in the county of Pembroke, praying for a repeal of the Poor-law Settle ment Bill. POOR REMOVAL. The NOBLE EARL also presented a petition from the guardians of the poor of the Bath Union praying for a repeal of the Poor Removal Act, passed last session. ELECTORAL DIVISIONS.—POOR RELIEF (IRELAND). The NOBLE EARL then presented a petition from the aldermen and corporation of Cork against the system of electoral division in the proposed Poor Relief Act. GOVERNMENT PLAN OF EDUCATION. Lord BROUGUAM presented a petition from the teachers of a Sunday-school at Salem, in the county of Dorset, against the proposed Government measure of education. POOR-LAW SETTLEMENT. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from the inhabitants of Shepton Msllett, praying for an altera tion of the law of settlement ; also a petition from the board of guardians in Glamorgan upon the same subject. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAWS. Lord BROUGHAM wished to correct a statement which had appeared in one of the Sunday papers, to the effect that ho had changed his opinions with respect to arrest on mesne process. The statement in question had caused him considerable annoyance by the number of letters which he had received upon the subject from persons who were at present under arrest, and whose intention it was to take the benefit of the existing Acts. But it was possible that the wrong construction of the Act by the Commissioners might have worked the effect of which the complaint was made. The Commissioners had a power to imprison for twenty days, and in some instances for forty days, and it appeared that in some cases the power had been overstretched. This was - _ tainly an evil, but it might very probably lead to the abolition, the more complete abolition of imprisonment for debt. He had received a communication from Nottingham in which it was stated that the labourers had a right to support from the produce of the land. Now he had not been able to pay muoh attention to the matter of this communication, and the petition on which it was based, but thusi much he might say, that, in his opinion, the labouring poor were entitled just equally to support from the whole of the national capital—from the funds, stock in trade, and all other capital of which the country is possessed. The only title which any poor man had, in his opinion, was upon the produce of his own work. It was the primeval curse, inflicted by a higher power than man, that he should obtain his bread from t:;e sweat of his brow, and he (Lord Brougham) thought th.t it was perfectly right that it should be so; for he believed that if there was no such condition imposed there would be but little work per formed. The Bishop of LONDON—Surely his Noble and Learned Friend did not mean to say that no person Vai to obtain any subsistence but that for which he worked ? Lord BROUGHAM—OnIy the able-bodied poor. SCOTTISH PEERAGE. Lord COLVIai rose to draw the attention of their Lordship to gin ,niotion which ho had been requested to HOUSE OF LORDS. Earl GREY, with the view of meeting the conven, ence of Noble Lords in Ireland, proposed that their Lordships should adjourn till Thursday the 15th, instoah of Tuesday, the 13th, and he begged to give notice that after the holidays their Lordships would meet in the new buildings, her Majesty having been graciously pleased to appropriate a portion of her palace to their Lordships use. Their Lordships accordingly adjourned to Thursday, the 15th of April. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. ASSESSED TAX COLLECTORS. Mr. BENBOW presented several petitions from the collectors of the income and assessed taxes, praying for a higher scale of remuneration for their duties. ROYAL ASSENT. The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the table of the House for the purpose of summoning the C ommons to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to several public and private Bills, for a list of which see Lords' report. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time : Blackburn Improvement, Market, &c. British Commercial Insurance Company (No. 2). Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction Railway. Dublin Consumers Gas. Falmouth Waterworks. Inverness Harbour and Navigation. Inverness Municipal and Police, & c . Rathmines Improvement. funstall Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Im provement, and Market. SHIPLEY GAS BILL. Mr. GREENE wished to call the attention of the [louse to a special report from the Committee on the Shipley Gas Bill, showing a direct variance, on the part of the Committee, from the report of the surveying officers appointed under the Act 9 and 10 Vi c., c. 106, to make the preliminary inquiries, and moved that the Bill be re-committed. After a few words from Mr. 11. BERKELEY, Mr. HUME moved that the Bill should be referred to a Select Committee up stairs.' After a few words from Mr. Brotherton, Sir W. Clay, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Aglionby, Mr. CARDWELL said, that as a M em b er o f t h e Private Bills Committee, he wished to say one word, and he did not wonder that the Hon. Baronet with whom he had served was anxious that the proceedings of the Committee should not be judged by the present case. The circumstances were these : there w as a l arge district which required lighing by gas, and it was desirable by every means to save expense, and with the furtherance of that object the Commissioners had sent down surveying officers to see what really the state of the case was. Their report was in every respect favourable to the object of the petitioners, but it was stated that the population of the district were quite unable to bear any heavy expenses ; and with a view to save the outlay, the Committee had agreed to avoid any of those preliminary expenses which are so frequently made the grand difficulty in obtaining an Act of Parliament. Notwithstanding all this endeavour the Hon. Member for Cockermouth wished the Bill to be treated as an opposed Bill, and this was the way in which the expense was to be saved. He sincerely trusted that the Hon. Member for Lancaster would oppose such a course with all his might. Be had only to say that he had personally no interest whatever in the district ; but he could not but observe that he was now not at all sur prised at the way in which the able reports on railways had been treated when they had beon made by the Board of Trade.. Mr. STRUTT said it was extremely unfair to judge of the utility of those local inquiries by one instance. He :ldgive his support to t h e or i g i na l mot i on, b ut at the a h m ou etime he did not wish to cast the slightest slur whatever upon the report of the local officers. After a few words from Mr. GREENE, Mr. HUME thought if the local surveyors had been called it would have been satisfactory. But as it was not to be drawn into precedent, he would withdraw his amendment. The motion was then agreed to. DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT BILL On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. GREGORY begged Mr. S. O'Brien to postpone the second reading till after Easter, in consequence of the absence of certain returns which he bad moved for rela ive to the Bill, and he moved accordingly. DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT BILL• Ors the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. GREGORY begged Mr. Smith O'Brien to post pone the second reading till after Easter, in consequence of the absence of certain returns which he had moved for relax ive to the Bill, and he moved accordingly. Mr. GROGAN seconded the motion. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN had no objection to the post ponement of the Bill if the Government considered such a course advisable. 'Air. D. BROWNE opposed the postponement. There had been no reason given to justify it. The corporation of Dublin, who were the promoters of the measure, re presented a constituency of 200,000 persons, and they were very desirous to have it carried into effect. lie thought, therefore, it would be a great injustice to them If I L were postponed, and would lead to the belief, already strongly impressed on them, that UTION. Mr. SPOONER presented two petitions from congre gations in Bradford, praying for a measure to suppress trading in seduction, and for the better protection of fe males. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented five peti ions to the same effect. MERCHANT SEAMAN'S FUND. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to ask a question before the order of the day was gone into. It was one of the greatest importance to the public, and had reference to the Merchant Seaman's Fund some days ago, he had been led to understand that a Commission of inquiry was about to be issued, and he wished to know it such were the fact. Captain BERKELEY said that he had every reason to suppose that the Commission would immediately be issued and the inquiry gone into. BILL TO SUPPRESS TRADING IN SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION. Mr. SPOONER then proceeded to ask leave to intro duce the Bill of which he had giveu notice for the sup- pression of the trading in seducticn, and for the better protection of females. He could assure them that he felt great difficulty in bringing the question under the notice of the House, as he was persuaded he could not do it that justice it deserves. He would have been better satisfied had the measure been placed in abler hands, and if the Members of the Government opposite had taken it under their protection. There existed in the metropolis an association— Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEV—Sir, I rise to a point of order. The Hon. Member, to make good his case, must bring before the House matters and details which are altogether unfit fur publication. I therefore call the attention of the House to the fact that there are strangers in both galleries. The Galleries were then cleared, and the debate pro ceeded with closed doors. THE EDUCATION MEASURE.—PROPOSED GENE RAL CONFERENCE.—The Patriot of last night states that steps hive already been taken for calling a !general confer ence to discuss the subject of the proposed measure of national education. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. Mr. John James, a surgeon, residing at Champion hill, Camberwell, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with wounding Caroline Jones on the preced ing night. The complainant, a woman of the town, who showed much reluctance in coming forward, stat e d th a t s h e lodged at 9, William-street, Walworth, and that on the preceding night the prisoner, accompanied by another gentleman, called to see her. They were in the back parlour together, and after some time the prisoner said something offensive to her, and she immediately threw the contents of a pot of porter in his face ; that she was about to strike him with the empty pot, when she was thrust out of the room by some other persons, and then discovered that she was bleeding from a wound across her right hand, when a policeman was called, and her assailant given into custody. She added that she did not think now that the prisoner wounded her intentionally. In reply to Mr. CorrniorrAx, the complainant said that she believed the prisoner was paring his finger nails with a penknife at the time she was wounded ; that she heard him exclaim that be had a knife in his hand, and desired her to stand off. This was after she was wounded. The prisoner asked the complainant whether she did not attempt to strike him with the empty pewter pot, and that he put up his hand to ward off the blow, which was the way the accident occurred ? 16.1.0• I Her reply was th a t s h e did ma k e suc h an attempt, and that she still believed that the wound was accidentally given. Mr. Corm/mum—Then if that was the case why did you afterwards give the prisoner into custody ? Com plainant—l was in a passion with him then. She then explained that she received a visit from the prisoner and another gentleman that morning, and that the former made her a present of a sum of money, and promised to pay the doctor's bill if she did not press the charge. That as she was still under the impression that it all arose from accith nt, she consented to the proposed terms, and therefore now wished to decline any further proceedings in the case. Mr. COTTINGSAN said that he should not permit a case of so serious a nature to be settled in the manner desired ; that if offences of that kind were allowed to be made up persons would frequently go unpunished who deserved to be prosecuted; that he should certainly have a further investigation of the case, although the com plaining party had exhibited such a disinclination now to press the charge. Sarah Selina Parish was then ca lled, and, on being sworn, she stated that sho was present on the above ZCC34OII. That sho beard an altercation between the parties, and saw the complalWat imatcll up csi pewter Mr. lIUME gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better administration of charitable trusts in England and Wales. Mr. BOND CABBELL moved for an address for ac counts of the amount of duty charged upon malt, the number of quarters of malt upon which such duty was charged, and the population of England and Wales in the year 1700 ; of the amount of duty charged upon malt, the number of quarters of malt upon which such duty was charged, and the population of the United Kingdom in each year, during the years 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846, respectively ; of the amount of money received from the duty on malt, and the net amount available for the public revenue, in each year, during the years 1840, 1341, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846 respectively ; returns of the number of beer-shops licensed to sell beer to be drunk upon the premises, in each of such years respec tively ; of the number of acres of land now lying waste, uncultivated, and uninclosed in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively. Mr. DISRAELI moved that an address he presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to lay before this House, copies of, or extracts from, any correspondence between her Majesty's Secre tary of State, or written at his desire, and the Govern ments of Spain, Portugal, Greece, Mexico, and the States of South America, respecting loans made lay British subjects to those Governments. Also, copies of any communications made to British claimants from the Foreign-office on the subject of such correspondence. SUPPRESSION OF SEDUCTION AND PROSTI- postpone till to-night, in order that the true claims of the ancient nobility of Scotland for a certificate of their titles might be established. It was truly stated that in this matter he had no personal concern; but he ought to state that in cases where the Eng lish nobility had to act on their privilege, before they did so act they had to go before the Lord Chancellor and prove their right to the title. In Ire land there was a similar security, but in Scotland there was no such advantage, for at the election of a Peer of Scotland an individual had nothing to do but to state himself to have a right to the tide he claimed to be at once allowed to vote. He must now draw tho atten tion of the House to a matter personal to himselt. lie had been represented in a Scotch paper as having brought on a conversation respecting him self. Now the person of whom ha complained was the representative of Lord Colville of Ochiltree, while he was Colville of Kilross, and he would put it to the House whether he had not endeavoured to the utmost of his power to place the House in the right position with re spect to this matter, and he should, therefore, now restrict himself simply to the terms of the motion of which he had given notice. Lord CAMPBELL thought their Lordships were very much indebted to the Noble Lord who had brought this matter before them, for it was not one in wh ch the Scottish nobility alone were interested, but the tradespeople also, who were often defrauded, in consequence of the facility which existed of usurping the titles and privileges of the Scotch nobility. He hoped that it would be prosecuted to the utmost that the evil might be put down, and that the Noble Lord (Colvile) would continue to give it his attention, and after getting his returns would move for a Select Com mittee. Lord BROUGHAM agreed that that was the proper course; but he hoped that the attention of the Select Committee would be directed to the resolutions which affected this subject, and were brought into their Lord ships House in 1832. Why, a mere mendicant might go into Holyrood House, and on the mere claim could vote and influence important questions. So that actually it became a matter interesting the Legislature. The Earl of ROSEBERY agreed that the law was defective in the respect mentioned by his Noble and Learned Friend (Campbell), and he trusted that, if the matter went into Committee, it would be remedied. :BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a number of parish clerks and schoolmasters against the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Bill. EDUCATION. Earl RADNOR presented a petition against the Go vernment scheme of education. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from New port Pagnall against the Government scheme of educa tion; he only presented it in order to express how far he dissented from it. He would take that opportunity of giving notice that he would, after the Easter recess, bring the question of emigration before the attention of their Lordships. CRIMINAL LAW. Lord BROUGHAM moved that the Archbishop of Dublin be added to the Committee on Criminal Law. THE LAW OF MARRIAGE. Lord GOUT presented a number of petitions from Bristol, Cheltenham, and various other places, against the law prohibiting marriage with a deceased wife's sister. The petition was signed by many Dissenting ministers and medical gentlemen, who all bore testimony to the contusion created in families by the present law. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition signed by 42 attornies and 2 barristers of the city of Bath upon the same subject, complaining of the uncertainty which hung over the law as it at present stood. He begged, however, to state his opinion that there was no uncer tainty hanging over the law at present, for, by an Act carried through their Lordships' House by Lord Denman in 1835, such marriages were declared null and void, without being declared void by the ecclesiastical law, as was required by the statutes of Henry VIII. They add the fact, that a great number of marriages had been contracted since 1835 on the speculation that the general principle of these marriages would be made valid ; and they wished, above all, to know whether the innocent children were to be legitimate or not. He thought, therefore, that there was a sufficient reason why the general principle should be opened up, for it was but natural that parents should desire to place their children nnder the protection of those who were the nearest re lations to them, and there was, therefore, sufficient reason for a full investigation of the whole question. Lord CAMPBELL did not rise with a view to ex press any opinion upon the subject, for upon that his mouth was closed by the result of a recent trial in the provinces. Upon the death of his wife he married her sister, and while that woman was still alive he left her and married a third wife. He was indicted for bigamy, and the defence put in was that that marriage was void, because the second ceremony had been celebrated between him and the sister of his deceased wife. The cause thus raised the question, and it had been brought by writ of error before their Lordship's House ; there fore, he thought that that was enough for their Lordships refusing to give any opinion at pre sent upon the question. He would be very sorry to see the law upon this subject, the marriage of a man with his decewed wife's sister, altered, for the law which had been instituted against incest affected affinity as well as consanguinity. Lord BROUGHAM was very sorry that he had not been made aware of this case coming on before he ex pressed his mind, but still he would hear counsel upon the case, and if he saw reason, no doubt he would change his opinion. ADJOURNMENT OF TILE lIOUSE.—THE NEW if it wore postponed, and would lead to the belief, already strongly impressed on them, that there was one law for Ireland, and another for this country. Mr. HERBERT was in favour of postponement, that they might have an Opportunity of reading the evi dence, so as to enable them to come to a proper conclusion on the merits of the Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he should not have inter posed to prevent the Hon. Gentleman from pursuing the course he had thought proper to adopt, but he (Mr. Labouchere) must say that he still adhered to his opinions on the subject, and he was prepared to give his assent to the principle of the Bill. He conceived that the principle involved in the Bill was, whether or no the city of Dublin, the second city of the United King dom, should have municipal privileges equal to the cities in this country, and to which they were so justly entitled. There were some of the positions put forward by the corporation of Dublin, to which he could not assent, but he was told that they were ready to withdraw what was objectionable. Ile would take this opportunity that he held in his hand a petition, signed most numerously by the inhabitants of Dublin, in favour of this Bill. He was prepared to proceed in that eoui'Ae which had for its object the improvement of the municipal condition of the Corporation of Dublin. The Earl of LINCOLN said that the Bill stood at present before the House in this position. At the sug gestion of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Montrose, the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests commissioned two gentlemen to investigate this subject, and they, after a careful examination into every point, reported most strongly against the Bill. Now, surely this was a prima facie case against the Bill. His Hon. Friend did not call upon them to reject this Bill, but he said they ought to ascertain the facts that had influenced those gentlemen in coming to a decision before they came to a decision in favour of this Bill, lie thought that they should ascertain what the circum stances had been that had influenced the promoters. Now, he should like to see the evidence before he would say that the report was borne out. If the Right Honourable Geutlemau had carefully considered the subject he would be aware that these powers were, in a great majority of ins antes, not vested in the muni cipal corporation. Until very lately in Liverpool the powers for paving and lighting were not vested in the municipal corporation. It was a monstrous proposal to say, after persons had been appointed under the Act, to make a legislative investigation of this subject, for the express purpose of saving expense to all parties, that they should not have time to hear any further evi dence upon the subject. Ile should therefore support the motion for the postponement. Lord MORPETH did not wish to extend the dis cussion, and he rose to suggest, as the evidence was not yet printed, that the further consideration of the Bill be postponed till after Easter. At the same time, he might remark, that if the second reading was now agreed to, it would not be against the usual course adopted in reference to private Bills, even when it was necessary that the evidence should be printed. Mr. HUME thought it was desirable to postpone the second reading of the Bill. He would certainly advise that until the evidence was printed and placed in the hands of Members of the House. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL hoped that the suggestion for the postponement would be agreed to. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said, as the House appeared to be in favour of the postponement of the Bill, he would not press the second reading at present. The measure was accordingly postponed till after Easter CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (EX TENSION AT CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD) BILL.—(No. 2). On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, A short discussion ensued, in which Lord Sandon, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, and Mr. R. Collett, took part, The Bill was read a second time. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LONDON AND HARWICH. Mr. GOULBURN said he held in his hand petitions signed by the principal merchants of Russia, Prussia, and other continental countries, praying for a railway communication between the port of Harwich and London. Ile also held in his hand a petition from the inhabitants of Harwich to the same effect. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition from the Dean of Windsor against the Windsor and Great Western Railway. NOTICES OF MOTIONS.—PROVINCIAL BEER SELLERS. Mr. SPOONER (in the absence of his colleague Mr. Mentz) gave node of his intention to bring in a Bill to enable the provincial brewers to keep open till twelve o'clock, as was allowed to the metropolitan brewers. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. pot full of beer off the table in the parlour, and dash its contents in the prisoner's face. They were standing close together at the time, and the complainant was about to strike the prisoner with the empty pot, when she was forcibly put out of the room, and she imme diately afterwards exclaimed that she was wounded ; that she (witness) heard the prisoner exclaim, after the beer was thrown over him, that he had a knife and he would use it. The prisoner here asked the witness if she did not previously see him paring his finger nails with a pen knife ? and her reply was, that ►he saw nothing of the kind. She, however, admitted that she did not notice the accused take the knife out of his pocket ; he might have had it in his hand for all she knew before the beer was thrown over him. John Humphreys stated, that he was the proprietor of the house, 9, William-street, Walwortb, and let it nut in lodgings to single ladies ; that on the preceding night he was occupied in reading a newspaper in the room where the parties were, and heard some strong language uttered, and then saw the beer thrown over the accused. He (witness) also heard the words relative to using the knife mentioned by the prisoner, but did not see him stab the complainant. He (witness) on seeing the woman bleeding called the accused an unmanly fellow, and he was afterwards given into custody. The prisoner declared that it all arose from accident ; that when he went into the house he pulled out his pen knife and began to pare down his finger nails ; that while he was so engaged the complainant, on some fan cied insult, threw a pot of porter in his face, and she was about to strike him also when he put up his arms to save himself, and that in aiming a blow at his head her hand came in contact with the knife, and that was the only way he could account for what had happened. He added that he had no malicious intention, that the knife was previously in his hand, and he submitted that it was a very different case to that of having taken the weapon from his pocket for the purpose of using it. The prisoner then called forward a gentleman named Bridgman, who, on being sworn, said, that he accom panied him to the house in question, and was present in the parlour when the occurrence took place on the pre ceding night ; that he saw the knife in his friend's hand before the beer was flung in his face, and that he was using it for the purpose of cutting his finger nails at the moment ho was struck at by the complainant, who was most insolent in her conduct. The complainant again interceded in the accused's behalf, saying that she freely forgave him, and that she knew that he did not wound her intentionally. . The policeman, who was called into the house on the occasion, said that he did not find the knife with which the alleged wound was inflicted, and did not examine the prisoner's pockets at the time. Mr. COTTINGHAM said, in a cane of such a descrip tion it was the policeman's duty to hare searched the prisoner before he did anything else, and that all persons in the police should know, on taking a prisoner into cus tody under such circumstances, it was most important to make a strict search on the spot where such offence was perpetrated, in order to find the weapon with which the injury was inflicted. The magistrate then proceded to say that it was absurd for the accused to assert that he was in the act of paring his finger nails with his knife in the parlour of a brothel at the time the wound was inflicted on the complainant, and that it was quite evident that be had given a sum of money to his victim in order to prevent her from appearing against him. He (the magistrate) perceived by the police-sheet that the prisoner was by profession a surgeon; he certainly had acted with great folly in entering a house of such a de scription, and then quarrelling with one of its abandoned inmates, which led to the result that had taken place ; he regretted seeing a man of the accused's profession place himself in such a position, but he was bound to do his duty to the public ; and though it was not pro bable that a jury would convict the accused upon the evidence of the complainant, yet he should give her the opportunity of preferring her indictment against him at the sessions, and for that purpose should adjudge him to enter into his own recognisance in 501. and find two sureties of 501. each, to appear at the next Central Criminal Court sessions. THAMES. A young woman, named Mary Fitzgerald, was brought before Mr. Yardle . y charged wits► stealing a bundle of linen from the house of a poor old creature named Sarah Grey, of 8, Raymond-place, St. George's-in the-East. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix works a mangle, by which she obtains a scanty living. On Saturday evening the prisoner called upon her for a bundle of linen which had been left by her mother to be mangled in the early part of the day. It was delivered to her, and she managed at the same tine to take away another bundle of linen which was also left with the old woman to be mangled. The prisoner delivered the bundle to another mangling woman named Hare, in the same neighbourhood, in whose possession it was found, and who was the means of causing the prisoner to be apprehended. She was committed for trial. WESTMIIVS7ER. Shortly after the disposal of night charges, an elderly gentleman waited upon Mr. Broderip, and entreated him to render him some assistance in recovering his nephew, who had been inveigled away from his home on Saturday. Mr. BRODERIP inquired by whom?—Applicant replied, by a woman. Mr. BRODERIP asked for what object?—Applicant said it was his impression, and that of the other mem bers of his family, that her object was to, induce him to marry her. Mr. BRODERIP wished to know his age ?—Applicant replied, twenty-six. Mr. BRODERIP supposed that the nephew had been a consenting party in the transaction. The young man, he presumed, had not been induced to accompany her contrary to his own wishes?—Applicant was not aware that he had. Mr. BReDERIP intimated that he could not assist the applicant. - The gentleman was desirous of knowing whether the magistrate could not afford him some aid if it could be clearly shown that his nephew was of an imbecile state of mind? Mr. BRODBRIP observed, that if even that were shown it would not give him the power to interfere. Had ap plicant's nephew any property ? Applicant rep:ied, none. The woman was a person of interior condition in life to the young man, and it was the opinion of his family that she wished to get married to him from a belief that there was or might be some property coining to him. Mr. BIZODERIP repeated that he had no power to in terfere. If the young man were of an imbecile state of mind the remedy they had was by habeas corpus. Ap plicant had better consult his legal adviser, who would apply to one of the ju tges. Applicant, who Was accompanied by a brother of the young man spoken of, then thanked the magistrate and withdrew. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 29. SERVICE IN TII E ARMY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to ask the questions of which he had given notice. He had, therefore, to inquire whether the Bill now introduced into the House of Commons by her ‘lajesty's Govern ment for limiting the time of service in the army has the sanction and approbation of the Commander, in Chief, and it it h:s originaied on his recommendation to her Majesty's Government, or if any opinions have been taken by any board of general officers, or other military authorities on the measure. Whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to advise her Majesty to issue her royal warrant, as in October, 1806, for fixing and raising the pensions of non-commissioned officers and soldiers who become entitled to their discharge by rea son of expiration of certain periods of service, viz., to non-commissioned officers to ILL od., to privates Is., thus returning to the standard thought advisable at that period, when limited service was first introduced, in stead of remaining at the diminished pensions now esta blished. Earl GREY said that although no inconvenience might arise to the public servi ce b y g i ving an explicit reply to the question, yet it was plainly improper that confidential communications between the Ministers and the Horse Guards should be brought before the House, and he could, therefore, return no answer at all. With respect to the second question, ho had to say that no such warrant as that to which the Noble Marquis al luded had been issued, or was intonded to be issued. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had then to move for copies of all the communications between her Majesty's Ministers and the Horse Guards with respect to the term of enlistment for service and also with respect to the increase of pen sions, according to the minute of October 18, 1846. As the oldest general officer in the service, he felt bound to perform this duty : it was a duty he did not shrink from, because he felt confident that nine out of ten of the general officers of the army wore opposed to this Bill. He thought they had a right to know what were the opinions of the general officers of the army on the sub ject. Ther e was no t a t present a s i ng l e military officer in the Cabinet. In matters of law, in the navy, o r in the church, the opini ons o f th e di g nataries, or the offi cers at the head of the department were studied ; but with respect to the army a great and fundamental change was now to be brought about under the recommendation of the Secretary at War, who was, no doubt, a v ery respectable sort of gentleman, but certainly knew no more about the army than one of the clerks at the table. He said that was not the first time that a limited serv i ce had been proposed. A similar proposition was mad e i n 1806, and before that in 1757. Ilad the present mea sure resembled that of Mr. Wyndham, who proposed pensions for the soldiers after their service had expired, there would have been some encouragement for the army. But by this measure it wa s proposed that at the end of ten years the soldier could demand his discharge. noNw, only let them suppos e thi s arrangement had been existence during the war. Suppose the Duke of Y or k had had a numbe . r of th ese young men from twenty t o twenty-five years of age, what wou ld h ave b een the consequence? Why that army, after their first campaign, was ordered to Copenh agen, thence to Corunna; from Corunna to Vimeira, a n d t h ence to Talavera. Such was the service which these forces saw. How soon, he asked, could a recruit be fitted for his duty ? Sir C. Napier, an auth or i ty on such a subject, had said that an infantry soldier could be fitted for his duties completely in three or four years ; but he (the Marquis of Londc,n derry), as a cavalry officer, took upon him to say that a good cavalry soldier could not be made under five or six years. He could not speak of the artil lery ; but if a cavalry soldier could not be per fectly fitted under that time, an artillery soldier could not be prepared in a shorter period. Their cavalry was not like the cavalry of continental countries, for the officers by purchases or promotions were always changing, and great irregularity and em barrassment would be the consequence of the soldiers being allowed, at the expiration of ten years, to retire from the service. It s h ou ld b e remem b ere d th a t i t required five years of hard discipline to make a good soldier, it should be remembered also that under 0/ _present admirable regulations it would only retatl ir : mf re t r •fh- to buy man off'. the best mode of et lg„ men for th e serv i ce was the men that vroula stand 74 theca the longest—British men and Beitieht beyone°,-. and he sin cere l y h oped Goiarnment would not, for to sake of false theories, go a ga i ns t e ll Tratitice..' ,' thought Government could do no better good then DI restoring the pensions of the nor:-commissioned oMesr l and privates to the position in which they stood forifelA He entirely concurred in the opinion, that if should pass, that bounties should be given. He prefe7, Mr. % ynd ham's Bill to this, for now they would placing one large bod y of soldiers in opposition W auother, and he would therefore recommend the Minis 4 to take a leaf out of that excellent book. He told the° beforehand, in order that they might know what thel had to do. Supposing they saw that they could not 101) the Bill in the other House, and could not therefore Per vent this inju s ti ce t o t h e o ld sold i er, as comparel w ah l • the new tro o p s — suppos i ng t h ey were to vote foe, whole clause, the Noble Lord must see what a predler . , meet they would be in. The army, he believed, Al never in higher discipline or in better condition tha n . l ;, was at the present moment. He believed it was invin ol : o l and as . for comparison with foreign armies, there was m r ,. sort of comparison that could be instituted with ouen w .; for they were altogether different bodies. He luta i t; ceived a letter from an officer of considerable stitn7i in the army, in which that gallant officer denonn A . the proposed change as being injurious' to. n ; discipline and the service of the array. 0 Noble Lord then proceeded to read an e , -troctr hs a speech made upon the subject in 1806, by the .01 Hon. George Canning, in order to show thetl4 eminent statesman's opinio n was un f avoura b le to co enlistment. He warned them against any interfer e with the discipline of the army, said I`.e hoped the Sot° would in some degree check the desire of eome 11 1 t1 ' Gentlemen to " experimentise" in matters which T 1 did not understand ; w i t h t h ese op i nions, he ber3,.o move for copies of all th e correspondent,* that had go b ' . , place upon the subje c t o f thi s measure, between th e Government and th e H orse G uards ; also of all the correspondence that had taken place with : general 00°1 in reference to the same matter. Earl GREY said that h e wou ld f o ll ow the aale of brevity, which •the Noble Marquis laid down, on p r i nc i p l e, b ut wh i ch he * so much overlooked in practice, He would take snothe, opportunity of sp e aki ng t o th e quest i on o f the toesst of limited enli s tm en t, f or th at measure was not yet fore the House ; but with referen ce t o th e mot i o nafi'L Noble Marquis, he thought it must be apparent to tboo Lordships that it wo u ld b e su b vers i ve of all the prinn i. pies in which the business of the Governrant was Of; ried on, if such returns as those moved for were grant The Government had consu lt e d th e aut h or i t i es o f 1 11° . Horse Guards on the framing of this measure. trusted that their Lordships would not accede to the proposition of the Noble Lord. The Earl of CARDIGAN said, he must state that be looked with great apprehension on the policy of the GI ) ; vernment in the introd uc ti on o f t hi s Bill, fo r shortening the period of enlistment in the arra/ . He thought that the objects which the of, sure contemplated could be better obtained - ti o giving a better pension, when those individuals t w o served were discharged, and by taking means tosh°llo the period of colonial service. Even by the present J;;., it was only proposed to give, after a period of 34 yeii i ; service, a retiring pension of ? 6d. per day, which was no lowest amount of parochial relief given to the pert i e who were employed to break stones. He did not tb','"" that they were thus holding out any inducement to P; to enlist in the army. But if the Legislature did intendd carry this measure into a law, he trusted that they 00 . w cte , take into consideration the propriety of at any rate rentr io ing the present un li m i te d power wh i ch was granted 0.0 ' men cf purchasing th e i r own di sc h arges. He could thbo conceive how the law could b e ma d e to operate in, , relief of men stationed in the colonies. They svon obliged to keep up a p er p e t ua l system o f transpo rt 11 : 0 , this country to the c o l on i es , i n or d er to re li eve 111 `,.. men ; and they pl ace d th e o ffi cers w h o there stationed in a most difficult position he ', removing the men just as they had come disciplined. He should wish to make j o other observation, which he had not seen adverted to the other House of P ar li ament . Th ere was a el:* prejudice in thi s coun t ry , as t h e i r L or d s hi ps were Ord. against a large st an d ing army . S ome of their; ° , O , ships might rememb e r th a t, t en or f ourteen year Ted a large body of men, somee here above 30,000, War° p o through the streets of L on d on , i n a ll t h e P°. and panoply of m ars h a l array . H e m i ght b e t o ld tn a ro , that body of men had dispersed quietly ; b u t the G ole be ir meet of the day w e r e not a t t h e t i me so sangu i ne of ' 0 doing so, for they had g i ven or d ers to have ever y in readiness who could be found in the neigh hood of the metr o p o li s . N ow, suppos i ng that atis°ool. future time a simil ar ly l arge b o d y o f di sc h ar ged diers—men wh o h a d b een taug h t the use o f t he 0! to ket for ten y ears — suppose t h at t h ese men refuse?ti; disperse so qui e tly as th e ot h ers h a d d one, h e c ould sure their Lordship s th a t it wou ld b e f oun d a most c o be cult matter to suppress th em . F or t h ese reasen-, believed tha ! ale int e nd e d measure wou ld b e folios effective. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY bad only ono observation to m a k e i n re ply. H e h a d on ly taken th same course as a Noble Lord opposite had taken, in ret l l the other night to a Noble Fiend of his on his-right and he thought that out o f cour t esy t h e pa p e rs be ask!„, for might have been grant e d. If h e h a d b een wrong u• his supposition that the 6d. a day was not to be gran w tedt he begged to be excused for th e error, and woul d draw his motion, at least so far as th e fi rs t part Was concerned. The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. COLVILLE PEERAGE. Lord COLVILLE, after a brief conversation, postponed his motion until to-morrow, The Duke of RICHMOND thanked the Noble Lord on behalf of the Scotch Peerage for having taken charge of the matter, which he deemed to be of the utmost inv . portance. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several peti• Lions from Sussex and Northamptonshire, against the Jaw of settlement. The petitioners from the latter county . particularly complained that, after having, bf subscriptions, succeeded in clearing their villages of the persons who were, from their position, best fitted for emigration, they had been inundated with poor from out parishes. He thought that certainly the A" o f the last session was one of the most clumsy Acts of legislation that had ever passed any public body, an d trusted that the Government wou ld s h ort l y b r i ng forward soma Ine4- sure for its amendment. CASE OF MR. BUTT. nt The Duke of RICHMOND had a petition to Pre s. o f til l, from a person with who m h e was unacqua i n ted, name of Butt. This per son had been convict/id with Lord Cochrane of having spread reports, before it 1)c curred, of the capture of the l a t e Emperor of the Fran „h for which, together with his Lordship, he had be a 9 ,i subjected to a severe pecunia r y penalty. ll* Pr Il Y - d that, as their Lordships had d ea l t l en i ent l y v, Lor Cochrane, they would do the sane with him, and stirs him the 1,000/. in which h e h a d b een ful.,d._(l4oigh ter) As he did not intend to take any measures, ha w° lll4 siruply lay it on the table. WAIER WORKS CLAUSES BILL. The report of this Bill was brought up. MARKETS AND FAIRS CLAUSES Bar , The report of this Bill was also brought up, with s fe amendments, and received. The other orders of th e d a y were t h en di spose d of, their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE 01 COMMONS. March 29. INSURRECTION IN CATALONIA. h a Lord J. MANNERS sa id the Hon. Member ill taken great credit to himself for nut Pu w a g' 1,000 diers and 100 o ffi cers, w h om he !led taken Peoug rs , t L so death ; but in ref erence to t h at h e would Tr- luA„--,° , the soldiers of D on C ar l os h ad to resist an unpile a t sion by parties who had no legitimate riglit or 9 whatever in the country. He would turn from tf speech of the Hon. and Gallant Member to the &pee': : the Noble Lord—a speech w hi c h i n tone and Sewe r b trusted would, on all fut u r e occas i ons on t hi s subject j imitated by him. He further trusted that w hat b t fallen from the N o bl e L or d wou ld induce every 00 1, in Spain to act on p r i nc ipl es more i n consonanc e humanity and legitimate warfare than the proclaitll' ° ii of Colonel Breton, referred to by the nen. Member f° l. Evesham. Lilo Sir DE LACY EVANS w i s h e d t o as k the --- NT o ha Lord whether it was r i g ht th at proc l amations s h o uld ": issued from this coun t r y lik e t h e one re f erre d to by t' o Hon. Member for Evesham by an individual receiv iv ' the hospitality of this country ?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. P. BO fan WICK thought he had iu the Coal e of his observations guarded himself against any possi e allusion to the events of the late civil war in Spain. P I had certainly not blamed the Hon. and Gallant Gewart, opposite. H e h a d cer t a i n l y never sa i d one wo rd "' reference to him, tho ug h th e N o bl e L or d (L or d Palmer ston) had made some reference to it. What he meant t° say was, that his observations had reference to the present state of Spain, and not with respect to pet against that co un t r y. Th e proc l amat i on did 1) ; denounce war, but it called upon the friends of the Con de de Montemolin not to make any reprisals when war wa g levied against them.—(Order, order.) Lord PALMERSTON —ln answer to the que sii° • li t of the Hon. and G a ll an t M em b er , I b eg to say thl6his would be a great abuse of the hospitality which country affords to every foreigner of any class or ra nk ' who chose to reside here, that they should issue procf. mations of any kind tending to i nc it e war an d dila° once between friendly states.—(Cheers.) LANDLORD AND TENANTS HILL In reply to a question from Mr. P. SCROPE, Lord J. RUSSELL stat e d th a t t h e Governmentin tended to introduce a Bill on this subject ; but if th e / should not be enabled to introduce the Bill immediat el y after Easter, it would be well if the Hon. Gentlema n would proceed with his Bill.—(Hear.) MORTALITY IN IRELAND. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK was desirous to re 7 suine the inquiry he made a few days ago with respol to the mortality in Ireland. He wished to ask the Chie f Secretary whether any serious or energetic effort would be made to ascertain the number of d ea ths this year fIP compared with other years ? He was now about t t ) produce an. authority which he was sure the noun would not call in question, as to the practicability Of procuring such a return. It would be in the recollec tion of the House, that when he first mooted this ques tion, he was told, in reply, that a registry of death % was only kept by the Protestant clergy, and that i t would be impossible to obtain from them the deaths of those belonging to the Roman C a th o li c persuasion. Now, he had received a letter f rom th e b ro ther of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland—(gr• Sheil—" Who? who?")—the brother of the ArebbishtiP of Tuam—(Cries of "He is not the head of the Catholic Church." "Lie is not the head of the Catholic Church,' front §lrail)'4ll be; Me: mai tors prir alio diti it I co] era was that Paul pros lent the feel , elan Goy for t