The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-26 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS wished to ask if her Majesty's
Ministers had received any lafonnation from% or respecting
any foreign 'power, which increases or modifies the necessity
which they oonsidered to exist for the introduction of a
Militia Bill at the time of their accession to office.

The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER said on Mon-
day next, in introdncing the Militia Bill, the Right HOll. the
Secretary of State for the Home Department will express
generally to the Mouse the considerations which have.in-
duced the Government to propose that measure.— (Hear.)
CLERGY RESERVES.

Mr. GREY wisiTeCitOsa the—Secretary for the Colonies,
whether;it was the intention:of her. Majesty's Government to
introduce a Bill into Parliament with a view to carry into
effect the assurances given by the late Secretary of State, in
his dispatches to Lord Elgin of the 27th January and 11th
July 1851, with reference to the disposal of the clergy re-
servesiin Canada?
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the only 'answer he could give,
was, that the subject to whichthe question referred *as nosy
under the consideration of Ministers.---(Hear, hear.)
BOROUGH' HARBOURS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE wished to know from the Hon. and
Learned Member for Leith whether he intended to proceed
with this Bill. _ _ _

, Mr., MONCRIEFF had hoped the Bill would have
been taken up by the Government, as it, was . a very
important measure to Scotland. It Wbuld be impas-
sible for a private Member to carry it through,
as it required the assent of the Admiralty and the
Board of Trade, but in abandoning the Bill for the present
session he begged to give notice that should he have
a seat in the next Parliament he should renew it again.
THE TEST ACTS. _

F. IVIAULE

Irder

Mr. said a Bill stood on the o) :s
Monday relating to the repeal of the Test Acts in the
tniversities of Scotland, and he should be glad
to know what course Government intended to take in re-
ference to this Bill?—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WALPOLE could: not answer that question this
evening.
ADJOURNSIENT OF THE HOUSE.
_

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER it was agreed that the House at its rising should ad-
journ until Monday.
SUPPLY.
On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair for
going into Committee of Supply,
Mr. SCULLY rose and said he wished to address
a few words to the House on the subject of the
gl set question that was now agitating the country.-
(oh, oh.) The Government were shortly going to appeal to
the people upon one of the moat important topics that
could be addressed to them, and upon which a great differ-
ence of opinion prevailed. As a hupable member of the landed
interest, associated with it by the ties of ' relationship
and education, he must be deeply interested in that ques-
tion, and he was therefore anxious to trespass for a few mo-
ments upon the attention of the liouse.-(Hear, hear.)
Some of the gentlemen around him had declared that the
land had not suffered through the repeal of the
corn-laws, but he knew that it had, for in his own 'case he
had been obliged to reduce his rents.-(Hear, hear.) Still
he thought that measure was a step in the right direc-
tion, and iNithough it might have been hurriedly
carried, and although a small fixed duty might
have been advisable at one time for the purposes
of revenue. Tee day had gone by when they could hope to
tax the food of ,the people with safety. The landed I
interest of the country, however, were suffering from the
altered;state of the law, and he wished now to point out what
he considered would be the best remedy for their case.
Fair play ought to be given to the landed interest, without
placing any burden on any other class of the community.
The cost of transmitting a given amount of land, compared
to that of transmitting a given quantity of property, was four
or Eve times greater, in consequence of the technicalities
of the law and the complexity of titles. The greater
rhttet7ll_ of the la requiring entailed, and what he proposed was,
might
truatteues,tead of separate Acta to sanction sales by
r_a general Act should be passed of which parties
a stimalY avail themselves. This would give
benefit of the landed
of all kinds, and greatly
... Laud,. •
enterprise is
_ a interest. There ought to be freedom of
hear.) He tr'(l- as wellfaer in other matters.-(Hear,
in corn they "„I",r, also 'that if they had free trade
He next suggested that alio have free trade in capital,
settle disputes betwetl7`,Lt.rieabual. should be established to
there should be fresatiTi
of._ His last suggestion was that
moved for'L
labour. If these propositions
' theY would be hailed with uni-
eoA•reaCO MP ANY.I Id
uni-
versal satisfaction.
were acceed®d to he belis•,,, I
EASTERN Alicturn,....
or arade end of all correspondence
between the Board . .
r. .
t n Archipetaz Wise respecting the
charter of the Eastern Mr. MACGREGOR,
° Company during the
year
t e
year 1847. considerable
Mr. HENLEY said a amountof
lace between she cor-
respondence took company and
before the
the Board of rade
now
charter was
granted, but as litigation was no going
on the onr in the courts
of law for setting aside the charter,
thinkgitmriin't that it had
been obtained by fraud, lie did not
i etaset t to lay be-
fore the House any documents which.rn g
stilln a ~.aes.
Inch
tion between private explanation,w Fcßulng.
After a few words of the amendment les,
withdrawn, and the House wentinto Committee.
Colonel DUNNE rose to introduce the Ordnance Esti-
mates to the Committee, and, in doing so, he remarked
that
a upon
the estimates themselves were so clear, as they appeared
the votes that they required no explanation whatever.-
(Hear, hear.) The estimates he need hardly observe were
to
prepared by his predecessors in office, and they appeared
him to have been prepared with a due and proper
attention to economy.- (Hear, hear.) The ordnance service,
was never in a more efficient state than it was at presant,
and, notwithstanding, there had been an incrense
in the number of men in all the other items
of the estimates, with the exception of No. 9,
l
which related to the survey of Scotland, which i.s
year was increased by 10,0001, the votes were reduce . f,-
(Hear, hear.) The increase in the number 1 of
men would of course necessitate an increase
in the expenditure ; but, on the whole, the
estimate shewe4 a reduction upon those,of last year. - (_l3 ar,
hear.) He concluded
,by moving that the number of ;rten
tor artillery and ordnance be voted at 15,582.-(lfeer.)'
Mr. WILLIAMS admitted that the ordnanance was in a

slate of great efficiency, while the estimates shared a reduc-
tion over those of last year, bat as compared with 1835,
they had Increased from 1,152,0001. to 2,470.0004, which
he thought was a disgraceful circumstance.—(Hear, hear.).
The fact was the military services of this country were
wretchedly managed, and general officers who were'receiv- •
ing large sums from the state in the shape of pay were
allowed to augment their means by taking the clothing con-
tracts of their different regiments.—(Hear, hear.) That
was ak. systein`"--, which - the Committee ought to
insist should at once be put a stop to, and he demanded that
it should .be done now.—(Hear, hear.) -The commissary
estimates, which should consist of one item only, he
found were divided into two, and he was strongly
inclined to suspect the Treasury exercised no control
over these estimates, or it would have taken care that the
recommendations which were made by the Commission of
1837 were fully carried out.—(Hear, hear.) Had that been
done, the estimates would have been immediately reduced,
and the foundation for a rigid system of economy established
for the future.—(Hear, heer.)
Colonel DUNNE had no answer to make to the observe-

tions of the Hon. Gentleman, but he was glad to learn from
him that he intended to offer no opposition to the estimates.
—(Hear.) With regard to his last remark, however, he begged
to assure the Hon. Member that many of the recommenda-
tions had been carried into effeet.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr J. A. SMITH again took the opportunity of pressing
upon the Government the propriety of doing something to
increase the comforts of the soldier while in barracks.

Colonel DUNNE said he was ready to give that subject
his best attention, but the Hon. Member would see, that as
the matter would involve an increase of expense, it was one
which the Committee ought themselves to deal with.— (Hear.)
Colonel AN SON assured the Committee that these estimates
had been prepared with a due attention to economy, and so
Honourable Members would only take the trouble to ex-
amine before discussing them.—(Elear, hear.) They could
be easily understood, and had his Noble Friend the Member
for Lambeth taken the trouble to make himself master of
them he would not haue fallen idto the error of supposing
that the estimate this year exhibited an extravagant in-,
crease over those of 1835. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME said many important changes might
be made both in the army and the ordnance'
with great advantage to the public' service;
but, nevertheless, as the estimatrs wero not those of the
present Government, he would make no opposition to them.
—(Hear, hear.) He would, however, recommend the War
Department to turn its attention to the improvements which!
had been suggested, and see if they could not;
be curried into effect.—(Hear, hear.) At all.evonts unless)
they did so they, would not obtain the estimates: so easilyl
as they were getting them. now, .for in no department wasi
there more room for economy and improvement than WI
that of the army and ordnanbe:
After stew words from Mt. EWART, the vote,was agreed
to, as was also a money vote for the pay of the men
am ,unting to 749,2541.

(LEFT an, TIN'O.)

COURSt' OF EXCH

imaserir•al •• •• •• •• •• 12 0

EMU,. Chro• month' 12 1
itotterdam •• .• •• 12 1
antwerp.• ;;••'ll,O. 0;041 •• 25 55
25 55
Elambargh • MM. 13 15-
Altuna. •• .• ••••••• ..
Paris, 3 days'siglit • 25 37%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 55.
Marseilles • • •.. gg •• 25 55
Bourdeenz •• •• •• •• • - •
Trankfortorl Mettle.... 122
Berlin • • • a • • • • • • • • • • • • -
Vienna, effec. flo•. 12 45
Trieste, 12 45
Petersburgh, BEL Bble .. 374
Madrid •• .. •• •• •• •• 49X
Cadiz •• •- •• •• •• •• 50%
Barcelona
•• ..•• .• •• ••

&NGE.-(THIS DAY.)
pibraltaf..•• •• •• •• -

--•- - •
Gellogi:•••••••••••:'4:• 25 60

Mita?' sji r• •• •• •• •• bo
Venice. •• •• •• EL
giggles- 40%
t'A1ern10,per03........ 122
ifessina .............. 122
Lisbon•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •6 53%
OPOrtO•• •• •• •• •• ••••• ••• 63%
Elio Janelro

auenos Ayres .. .:.. ..
New York, 60 days'sight
Philadelphia .. .. • • ....

estais el nutLXON, rza
Pore! gn Geld Hi bars.. AS 17 '9
Portugal Gold Coln 0 00 I
spanigiDoubloons 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10%
stivorin bars ........ 0 5 0%

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London IVezo Price Current, March 26.)
SIIGA.R.—To-day full rates were demanded for West
India Sugar, the market presented a quiet tone. 'Operatic)*
are only 221, making for the week 2,000 hhds, Sec., bat thels
is only a limited quantity, on sale.
REFINEA—To-day Refined Sugar was in greater request
foe home consumption, and rates closed rather higher, brown
Lumps at 31s 6d, and low to fine grocery Lumps at 44s t.)
to 48s per,cwt. The export demand for Crushed Sugar Is
not better, still lOwer rates are not taken.
MAURMV s.—This afternoon at auction 6,885 bags f
Mauritius Sugar nearly_all found buyers, and full -rates we
obtained, good mid to good yellow realised 32s to 33s 6 ,
t
low to mid 29s to 31. 6d, good to fine browm 26s 6d to 29 ,
mid 25s to 265,' good to fine grainy yellow 353 to 375, in-
ferior and mid 30$ to 34s 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar met with
ready sale. At auction 2,959 bags were sold, soft brown t
22s Gd to 245, yellow ditto 24s 6d to 27s 6d, low to mid li e
MauritiUs 28s to 29s 6d, and mid grainy yellow 33s to 331 6 ,
Of Bengal 3,Boo"bags were nearly all sold, the tower sorts f
white went rattier cheaper, bnt all other kind's realised `f 1
rates, mid grainy white went at 40s 6d to 415# ord to go
soft yellow 24s 6d to 27a 6d, fine white Benares 35s to 35s 6 ,
mid to good Ns 6d to 34e 6d, low 31s 6d to 325, damp
washed 31s to 34s per cwt.
FosEIGN.--"Po-day several purchases were made in yello
Havannah Sugar by private treaty, and cargo of bre
realized I-1s per cwt. At public sale 20 hhds St. Croix we e
sold at 4?. 6d for fine yellow, and good 378 6'd to 38s; 2
1 hhds, 23 trcs, 514 bris Tortola, low brown 25. to 26.6 ,
better sorts 27s to 298, low to mid yellow 22s 6d to 30s, g
and good mid 32s 6d is 33s 6d ; 109 hhds and 139 bris Por o
Rico were only in part disposed of, good to fine yellow 34s d
to 38s, and mid 33s 6d to 34s per owt.
COlFFE.—Exi;itay .Native Ceylon attracted less attentio ,
Yet lower fates are rejected. At auction 698 bags of t e
mark P 0 H were nearly all taken in at 893 for good 'o .
Plantation continues to be wanted. Few paresis were so d
privately ; whilst 68 casks at sale were taken in at 53s r
low mid.

Taw—There is a greater demand for true. medium kin
of Young Hyson and Gunpowder at from Is
to le Bd. The general quotations for Hyson low
mid are Is to- is 3d, good to fine Is 4d to 2s, superi
2s 2d to 2s Bd, common Young Hyson 9d to 11
mid to good is to is 6d, fine is 7d to 21 2d, Gn
powder Canton 8d to Ild, low to mid Hyson sold Is to is
etter kinds is 7d to as 4d, Caper 8d to is ad, Hyson s.

7d to Is and Twankay 10d to is Id. Scented Orange PeW
ord and mid sorts are dull of sale at 8d to ls, but a fair di
mead exists for good to fine at is 2d to is 7d. Flowel
Pekoe sells more freely ; low to goad can be obtained at
to is 6d, fine and superior is 8d to 2s Bd. For really flu
Congou a, more ready sale preyails, but for other sor
a alight redtiction has taken place. The rates taken f
common quality are 7id, good ord 8d to Sid, rather blackit
leaf and blackish leaf 80 to 100, fine to Pekoe kinds lld
Is 6.1. Oolong met with a dull sale, and offered at from 1;
to Is 3d 'for good to fine, and 8d to 10d for inferior. Sol
thong 8d to is 2d, and fine. Is 3d to is 6d. Pouchong
wanted at 4d to 6d.

RICE.—To-day East India was operated in with caution
and the rates taken were 65 per cwt under the last auctions
Of 3,109 bags Bengal at public sale, a small pait only soli(
at 93 6d to lOs 6cl for mid to good white, and damaged 5s tc
9s 6d. Of Sago 1.017 chests sold at full rates—large pearl
21s 6d to 23s 6d, and good small 16s to 165 9d.
SPICES.—A larger demand exists for Nutmegs, and there
is an advance of ld per lb. At auction 50 chts were sold :
common brown at is lOd to 2s ld, mid 2s 2d to 2s 6d, good
2s 7d to 2s 10d, fine 3s Id to 3s 4d,and shrivelled is 65 pei
lb. The rates paid privately for limed were is 85 to
4d. Mace is wanted. At auction 22 chts were sol 4
common and mid Is 10d to 2s 4d, and mouldy is 4d tc
1 s 10d. Privately sales of good to fine made at 2s 3d if
2s 6d. Pepper is still held with firmness. Prices for Ma.
labar range from 3i to 4d; Penang and Sumatra 34 to
sA bite is wanted. Some parcels of Cayenne have beer
sold at 8d to is. Pod Pepper is in small supplt
there are bvyers at 40e to 51s, and fine 60s ;tf
655. Pimento is held with firmness, and none has again beer
offered for at auction. A good demand prevails privately
the rates'paid being from 4%d to 4%a for mid to:good. Clove,
are not higher, although several purchas have been made
The value of Amboyna is 7d to 71%d; Penang lld to
2d; Bourbon and African 6d to 6%d. In Cinnamon trans
actions are larger than last week ; yet Ceylon, of first quail'',
cau be obtained at Is 10d. to 3d, second ditto is 4d to 2s. 35
third and fourths Is 3d per lb. Cassia Lignea is wanted
Prices for common to mid range at 112 e to 116 s, and good ti
fine 117 e to 122 s per ewt. OF Cassia Buds there is no sup
ply. For Ginger privately several transactions have takes
place at full previous terms ; Jamaica realizing from 40s to
115 s, fine 120 s to 2203- Cochin, low to mid 28s
.to 38s, good.l
to fine 405.t0 48s, and African 24s to 24s 6d per cwt.
SPIRITS.,—Few transactions -have again taken place 'in
Leeward Island Rum, and rates incline downwards, ruling
at is 4id to is sicl, fine and brown Is 6d per gallon proof.
East India Is 4d. For Bermuda a good business
has been concluded at from 2s to 2s 2d for 30 .to
40 over proof. For Jamaica the market has a. dull
aspect, and there are willing sellers of choice sorts 34 to 38
over proof at 3s 6d to 4s, fine 3s to ffs sd, good 85 to 38 over
, 2s 5d to 29 10d, mid 2s 2d to 2s 4d, and low 26 'to
130 over Is lid to 2s Id. Cognac beat Brandy !of
the vintage of 1651 can be obtained at 4s ld ,to
4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 4d to 411 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d 'to
4s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 65 6d, low to
mid 2s 4d to 43, and Bordeaux is Ild to 2s 2d, For British
made Spirit trade is dull, and there are free sellers at 95 Ild
to lOs net cash. Gin 8s 6d for 22 under proof, and 17 ditto.
at 9s. Geneva is 9d to is 10d, and fine 2s to 2s 4d pail
gallon.
1mma0...-Of East India many parcels have been aga'iril,
taken by shippers and home dealers ; holders have confi.:.
dance, and are obtaining'an advance on last males' rates of a
to 45 pet lb.. The quantity in first hands is much reduced.,
Spanish is mounted. We quote Floras at 5s 2d to 55 sff;
Sobras 4e 4d to 5s • Cortes, good to fine 43 to 45 4d, mid
3s 6d to 3s 10d; and low to ord 2s 8d to 3s 4d per lb.
Codusre.X.L.—To-day Cochineal was dealt in' ivith, reifies
tanee,and. former rates are barely. sustained. At auction $6
bags Mexican were nearly all taken in at 3s 5d to 3e 6d for
silvers, and black 3s 7d to 4s 2d.
Ort.s.—To-day at auctien 40 tuns Cod Oil sold -at 321 15s
to 331, one lot 331108; 20 tuns Seal 281 15s to 291 5s for.
straw and tinged ; 12 tuns Newfoundland Whale `2l/ to 291
5s ; 115 cks. Palm, ord to fine 25a to 26s 9d ; 80 hhds Ma-
dras Cocoa Nut 30s 9d to .32s ltd; 100 tons Cochin 855 6d,
and 398 hhds Ground Cocoa /Int Oil 30s.
TaLLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went
off quietly. Of 148 pkgs South American only 79 sold, at
32s to 358 3d; 163 cks Sydney nearly all found buyers at
32s to 36s 3d ; 140 cks Italian 34s to 35s ; 7 cks East Indian
39s 9d to 40s; 90 cks North American Grease 288; 80 cks
Petersburgh Soap Tallow were all taken in.

NOlialit STAFFORD/OMR RAILWAY. ( MiICS open, 112.
Return of traffic for the week ending March 14:—
Railway and canal ... ... £4,828 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,740 0 0
Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.

THE LONDON-BRIDGE • CLOCK.—The Southwark
Paving Board have determined to erect a lofty and elegant
quadrangular clock-tower to contain the large clock manu-
factured by Mr. George W. Beinett, of Blackheath, for the
Crystal Palace. The Tower, which will be constructed of
cast iron and glass, and in general form not very dissimilar
to the markSt•erosses to be seen at Winchester and else-
where, will stand about 32 feet high, will be surmounted by
an elegant octagonal open-work spire of 20 feet, making a
total height of 52 feet, and will be placed nearly ii the middle
of the road on the Southwark side of London-bridge; so
that the dials; which will be of glass, and about six feet in
diameter,*iil be distinctly visible, both by night and day,
over London-bridge, and as far as Union-street in the
Borough; as well astnern'Tooley-street and the approach to
the railw!lY"_limin,,ittl; 'led, as they. will be • illuminated,
cannot fau'ro o,e:*,itffinite service to the vast multitudes of
peiSons conglintly traversing those thoroughfares. —Kent:* sh
Mercury.
A deputation on the subject of the Dorchester and Exeter
Railway had 'an interview with the Right lion. J. W.
Henley yesterday, at the'railway.-depattmealpof,,th•-Beard
of Trade.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CXCV..
REVIEW OF THE NORTHAMPTON. MEETING, WITH
A GLANCE AT THAT-OF CROXTON-PARK, &c.

. • TO THE 'EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—My remarks on the past meeting at Northampton
were, for the most part, borne out by the running,
the, decisions, in six instances out of the ten, having
been- in favour of 'my selections. The ball. opened
on - Wednesday with. the Trial Stakes, which, as
Clincher failed to win, my second selection, the
Glee colt, accomplished the task by an easy two lengths.
Directly Clincher faced the hill, it was perceived that the
immense stake invested on his chance was lost, for be cut it
immediately. In all probability WV shill heat of the Glee
colt in connexion with the Derby betting; he, however, pos-
sesses no earthly chance of carryinsfoff the great stake- on
the Downs of Epsom.
The Triennial Stakes were won, at I imagined they would
be, by Frantic, who cantered borne two lengths in advance
of ConvulsioriVelopidas and Plumstead cut a very miserable
The principal race of the-meeting; the Great Northamp7
tonshire Stakes, in its decision' bowled over the calculations
of the seven metropolitan sporting writers, not one taking
the winner absolutely for shoice. The five horses
that I remarked the race would lie among obtained the
five foremost places. Chief Justice, whom I selected as
my winner, finishing a so-so second. Ballet Girl, who
stood third in my estimation, was third. Teddington,
whom I Voted decidedly against notwithstanding the enor-
mous favouritism awarded him by the stable and the public,
I placed fourth—the exact position he attained. But now
comes my serious blunder. At Teddington's heels, I observed,
that Darkie and Poodle would be: found; Darkie cer-
tainly was there, but' Poodle Was in a very different
place, as he cleared the post au easy winner by a
couple of lengths, Of Poodle's chance I
.stated, in my note
of Monday, that he was " the light weight destined to beat
all Me three years old, and is the pick of the Newmarket divi-
sion." Although I have failed in selecting the winner of this
Haticlicap,- yet I 'cannot complain of the • fickle goddess's
treatment of me, as out of the three Kincipal Handicaps
run this year,' I was right with Hyacinth at Doncaster,
with Doubt at' Warwick, and am now no farther
off the :Mark than second at Northampton. 'The amount of
money wohon Poodle is by no Meaner great ; but had Chief
Justice deTeddingtonPulled through, the professionals would
have been hit very hard. Poodle is among the adceptanCes
for the Newmarket Handicap, at sst 21b and 71b penalty,
and looks somewhat dangerous; but more of this anon. He
.also figures in the Cheater cup, and gat 71b and 101 b penalty,
makinghis weight s.st 3114-which reads very well. •
The 'Whittlebury Stakes resulted in a bit of a blunder, or
-in all' probability Caption would have finished 'second
'Longbow; ithe, however, to** it into her head to 'bOlt,
and unsatiafietbrily.settled hat chance., The Premier's
Longbeer hadi at elf his owns Way, winning . with, the most
cAnaammitik ease gby three lengthst,PappermenV being the
on!y,aniniakl3,Y. that gat'any where near him.
The 'Alth 'Stares were won a comital looking brute
as black-Eon cbal,c; and who' rejoices 'in the ceepaorn,Pl
prAthan- bli ra... proauce oz tne LIMB s
aragone ;an if t vro hie is a specimen of that stallion's produce,
I am very much:afraid .that they:will be generally of little
. " lr the ei,ception-of Glenavoni whose " day"

has not arrived, the,rest of the competitors were of a 'fiery
mediocre -class, and likely to do but little in any of their
future essays if in respectable company.
Earl Spencer's Plate,' as usual, produced the best field,
numerically, of the whole meeting : seventeen came . to the
post, and after a couple of false starts they got away very
badly ; not, however, without a serious contre temps, Free-
dom falling and giving her jockey (Wells) a severe bruising,
from which he is stilt suffering acutely. The filly injured
herself so badly that she died almost immediately afterwards.
Lady Agnes also met with an accident, having run against a
man, fallen, pitching• young Carroll off; neither jock nor
mare; hbwever, being seriously hurt. The race is described
in a few words: my particular fancy, the Prime Minister,
with Forester and the Prince Caradoc colt, were in
front all the • way ; Forester winning, after a desperate
struggle, by a head; the Minister beating Prince
Caradoc colt by a neck. In my remarks on this
stake on Mbndsiy -last, I observed that the Plate
Would probably result "in a victory for the Prime mister,
'notwithstanding the topping weight of Bst 1016 allotted to him,
the Prince Caradoc 'colt and Forester being in close attend-
ance.' My ideas were, consequently, very nearly realised ;
the three I. selected to finish in front occupied the first,
second, and third places; the heavy weight on my espe-
cial choice telling fatally in the last few strides.

It is singular that Wadlow's horses have every time they
have started this year obtained a place, generally the second
one ; but in no one instance have been victorious.
The Delapre Stakes were won; as I foretold, by Paddy
Bird, and the Cup fell to the lot of the Brother to Willing-
ham, one of my selected nags for that race.
The Innkeepers' Plato I announced as a certainty for
Fechabers or Ballet Girl ; the latter won it cleverly by half
aliiiigthTiiiid—tielotmer found himself an indifferent third,
Milkboy being second, Olothworker a wretched fourth, aid
'Avia if-vile fifth and last. 'So mach for Northampton.
Now turn we to the sport for the ensuing-week, which is
pregnant with the fate of cash andhorses. On Monday we
have the Milnthorpe Steeplechase; on Tuesday the Alwinton
Steeplechases ; Croxton Park alto' on , Tuesday ; the Epsom
Spring Meeting -and West of Scotland. Steeplechases on
Thursday the Epsom Steeplechases on Friday; and the
Liverpool Hunt "Steeplechases on Saturday;, a busy week
truly.
I shall not touch upon anything else at the present time
than the races at Croxton Park; with a slight glance at the
*Weft' Metropolitan Stakes.
The Crouton Park Meeting stands for decision on Tuesday
and Wednesday, and commences, as sual, with a small stake
not entered for as yet;. then follows.the Betook Castle Stakes
of 15 sort each, 10 ft, with 80 added if three horses start;
for three years o!d ; colts, list 71b ; fillies, Bst 51h, with allow-
ances and penalties, cue mile.. I do not anticipate seeing
many at the post for this race, nor, do I imagine that there is
anything among the entries— perhaps with the exception of
Adige —that stands a chance of competing successfully with
Lord Derby's Lomaaow. Fledgling wilt probably be the
nearest horse to this couple. The garters for this, as well as
for the other stakel at this meeting, I shall publish on
Monday.
The Granby Handicap, about a mile and a half, out of its
subscription list, numbering fifty-one, nineteen nominators
have declared themselves content with the imposts on their
horses. Alonzo, at 12st 81b, I consider placed hors de
combat. Clothworker, at list 131 b, and Chief Justice,
at list 101 b, have quite as much as they can con-
veniently carry. Lough Bawn is no go. Agis, steered
by Captain Little, may run forward, but his so doing is
let 11b he
Brother to Dough and Faux
dubious. Darkie at 1 let 61b• and Sir Robert at list Sib,
possess moderate chances
-
Pas none. Herbert,
at l
bad s 'and with Lord Wilton up,
looks anything but s pec. Loadstone is very, queer.
Warwick, who is going to have a crick jock up—at least so
I understand, at 10st,• 131 b, ought to be about the mark.
Jack-in-the-Corner, if ridden. by the Count, will be no-
where. John of Berwick is moderate. /Bolus wretched.
Estafette, lOst 31b, *ay/ good. Don Juan, Ischia, sad
Cyclops forlorn hopes. '"At the present writing the race I
imagine will rest with Herbert, Warwick, and Estafette;
Waatwtor, if any, for choice.
The entries for the Gold Cup being for the most part the
same as those in the Granby Handicap it will be superfluous
to venture an opinion ‘on at this time; I may observe, how-
ever, that-Ischia, at lOst 21b, is said to be mischievous. One
of Roger's string, probably.
Fledgling or Bing Ch ,aT!inE in reported at Newmarket to
be a good thing for the OM plate, given by Mrs. Fletcher
Norton. The other stakes I cannot touch upon to-day.
With respect to the Great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom,
I may remark that Baby, Cockcrow, Cnwas, Grand Duke,
Grey Tommy, Letterpress,Masham, Pelopidas, Knock Knoll,
Janina, and Cyclops, are reported to be on the missing lilt ;
`chat Osborne hat some hopes of carrying off the stake with
ofie of his nags; and that Irate and Stilton are all but certain
to occupy two out of the four first places. ,
I sun, Sir, yawl, &e.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.i.

I March 26,1852.

-I,ll.li,a_i xeturn - especit
_ ----___„___-,____
DIE llop puv.—l eatardai., Mr. Bodges, M.P.
the hop duty, which
mmons. The returns
,extend 11144 0744...18.51. Last y4ai the . number of acres
, was W 4.4. The amount of duty charged
Pwraosc.uprileadtpbaisroo,the
,uove:
tinclersultiva
w . 46,6 iL, (the ani °mat, of the oAd duty.only was 129,56 W.)
oo •
f years was fit. 33., 'id. i're Tex acre for the whole series
dicllew Granada, to the end of
:41ejanPu:varPveerlh:sefvrae:mar;veg;,:bilau:t they contain little of interest.
The
popular.
w ur. Improvements tranquil, and the Government con-
tinuedih state
connexion with internal
!communication. were ' being steadily proceeded with, and
through this medium trade, it we anticiPated,bwould be
greatly benefited. •
laas generally
The Mexican papers • recentl—
y received contain
accounts of continued activity amonethe (mining interests
in that country. The following paragraph describes
the re-opening of some Works abandoned in 1820:
•' The mines of Valletillo, in the' state of New Leon,
which was abandoned by the Spaniards in 1820, has been
re-opened, and is now being worked with great success: The
water has all been pumped out by means of a steam-engine,
and the mine put in good order 'Agate It yields silver in
abundance, and• a small quantitynf miircury. ' ' The yield per
day reaches 1,000 dolls.i
_and the expenses amount to only
'5O dolls." ' - • .
zi• a L, it:
Mr. 'Filson Patten had fln intterrimiyith the Chancellor
'of thi,Excheciner,"ghis.:Aciel rplEtens,a*t Powning-street,
..; „
Fla/114,4g._ . .. , .. :I ::t:,,- , I in): e; i 0 Lis no km.. 1.4-,
~:i. .1,:;,..: 1,- •••,-7.--..------,.. trd-.-L,--- • -• , I

ENT.
F, MAIM - I

-- ,
4'4; • HOPSE OF LORDS, March 25. i
LAW. OF WILLS AMENDMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving that this Bill be
committedrsaid thetthe first clause in it Wllit they great ob-
ject which he wished to carryet present. He should move
in Committee that, the second and third clauses should' be
struck out of the Bill; but he should afterwards introduce
them as separate Bills, and take the sense of their Lordships
uponithem.
The House then went into Committee.
The first clause way then read. It is in the following
terms :=' That whereas, by an Act passed in the let year
of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled ' An
Act {for the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills,'
it is enacted that no will shall be valid unless it shall:be
signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by
some other person in his presence, and by his directidn;
every so far only as regards the position of the
signature of hosftahlie testator, or of the person signing for him
as aforesaid, be deemed to be valid within the said enact-
ment, as explained by this Act, if the signature shall be
so placed at or after, or following, or under, or beside,' or
opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be apparent that
the testator intended to give effect to the writing signed', as
his will by such his signature, although the same shall not
follow or be immediately after the foot or end of the Will,
and although a blank space shall intervene between the con-
eluding word of the will and the signature, and although
the signature shall be placed among the words of the
testimonium clause or of the clause of attestation, or . it
follow or be after or under the clause of attestation, either
,
withor b
eo r
after,
withoutfte r , o
r a
under,blank
beside intervening,theriamoers , shall aholnl
tie foohrl l oish
the
names, of the subscribing witnesses, and aft
pa p e signatureror shall
papersb be
containing
t aa i
nsiindge orth page
ilol rwoht
ehreerop:
be written
paragraph or disposing part of the will shall
to be
above the signature, and although there shall appear
_din- side, or
sufficient space on or at the bottom of the preceding 5
is written, to contain the signature;
butdi nsition or direct' on
bpeagoe,poerraottivheerto portion
give
oeffrtelicetsatmo eapnaypesopno 1
aive
nr toiOeni although
the
which is underneath or follows it, nor shall
any disposition inserted after the signature s
any blank space in the will."
this clause, as now
Lord CRANWORTH was afraid that
as it was intended
worded, would create as many difficultiets
ri" froth the site
to correct. The fault at present dap(' .4 . effect to
of the law, but from the decisions of the i
udogwesshigunpaotnuriet. shall
,As
it
betmheadweiilnl
to the regulation which his Noble and Learned Friend had

made for the case of persons making wills in extremis, he
thought that their case should be made the exceptioe, and
not the rule. He repeated that the language of the existing
law was clear. Here the Noble and Learned Lord read the
following clause from the Ist of Victoria, c. 26
And be it further enacted, that no will shall be valid
unless it 8112.11 be in writing and executed in manner here-
inafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the
foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person
in his p-resence and by his direction; and such signature
shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the pre-
sence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and
such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the
presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be
necessary."
It was the judges of the ecclesiastical' courts, and not the
judges of the courts of common law, who required that
the signature of the testator should be at the foot of the
will, and who declared that whenever a large blank was
left at the foot of it the will was invalid. Perhaps they
might be justified in this; but the subsequent cases had
gone much further—ay, even to the length of saying that
if a testator signed his name at more than an inch beluw the
will itself that will was thereby invalidated. His Noble and
Learned Friend's clause provided that, "if the signature
should be so placed at or after, or following or under, or
beside, or opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be ap-
parent that the testator intended to give effect to the writing
as his will by such signature, although the same should not
follow, or be immediately after the foot or end of the will,"
it should be deemed valid; and then followed a long string
of althoughs, which the Noble and Learned Lord read,
which showed that his Noble and Learned Friend on the
Woolsack had carefully read through all the existing deci-
sions, and had framed his language to meet them. Now,
was not his Noble and Learned Friend opening a door by
such a profusion of language to further difficulties? lle
thought that it would be an amendment of the clause to
make it stop before the first " although" (so, at least, we
understood).
The LORD CHANCELLOR had not expected any ob-
jection to this clause, especially after he had agreed to in-
troduce the two other clauses of this Bill as separate mea-
sures. His Noble and Learned Friend said that this first
clause would increase a hundred times over the present diffi-
culties about wills. If that were so, he (the Lord Chan-
cellor) must be a very bad draughtsman indeed, and ought to
hand over his measure for improvement to his Noble and
Learned Friend. But he believed the language of the clause
to be correct as it stood. He had only one object in bringing
forward this clause, and that was, to make all wills signed
with due solemnity valid. If his Noble and Learned Friend
could improve the language of the clause he should have no
objection to his doing so. This Bill, though recently pro-
duced, had not been got up in haste. He had been conver-
sant with this subject all his life; he had written a book upon
it, and he had carefully perused and, reviewed all the deci-
sions with as much care, impartiality, and precision as he
could command. He assured his Noble and Learned Friend
that the clause, as altered by him, would by no means ac-
complish the object which he had in view.
After a short conversation, in which Lord LTNDHUZST and
Lord Ceeterwoem took part. hut of th> reef,
was inaudible in the gallery,
The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH suggested that the Noble
and Learned Lords should meet in Select Committee to-
morrow morning, and there settle the language of the clause.
After making himself merry for some time with the multi-
plicity of adverbs somewhat contradictory, contained in the
first part of this clause, he concluded by stating that they
ought to be carefully considered, as the omission of one of
them might jeopardize the inheritance of many.
The LORD CHANCELLOR again repeated that he did
not expect such an opposition as this to the present clause,
especially as the view which he had taken of the existing
law was perfectly accurate.
Lord BROUGHAM objected to sending the Bill to a Se-
lect Committee, as he doubted if that proceeding would be
productive of any benefit.
The Bill then passed through Committee.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER.
The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH inquired if the Noble
Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government was prepared
to fix a day for the consideration of the East India Com-
pany's charter?
The Earl of DERBY replied, that he had already stated
he proposed to take the subject into consideration on Friday,
April 2.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, he had observed in
one report, and in one only, of the remake in another place
of the Right Hon. Gentlemen the President of the Board of
Control, that it was his intention to state his views on the
subject of the East India charter on proposing the Committee
of Inquiry. He could hardly think his Right Hon. Friend
(Mr. Herries), who had been so short a time in office, could
come to any final decision on so important a matter in such
a limited period. It would be a great satisfaction to him
to hear that his Noble Friend at the head of the Govern-
ment was not prepared to commit himself to any specific
arrangement or to the details of any measure in reference
to the East India Government without full inquiry.
The Earl of DERBY said he would state in general terms
the course her Majesty's Government thought it expedient
to take when he brought the subject before their Lordships,
but that he would not feel justified in entering into details
on that occasion, and that his observations would certainly
be of a very general character. He was anxious that the
Government should be guided in their final determination by
the information which was to be derived from the labours of
the Committees of Inquiry.
THE IRISH DEBT.
Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a Select Committee to
which shall be referred the Treasury minates providing for
the debts due from the counties and unions in Ireland by the
imposition of a consolidated annuity for a period not exceed-
ing forty years. He did not mean to find fault with the
generosity or the prudence displayed by this country, and
the Parliament of this country, with reference to the noble
aid they had extended to Ireland, to enable her to meet
the most distressing calamity that had ever befallen any
country; but the subsequent arrangements which had been
come to with reference to the re-payment of advances to
Ireland had been productive of great, if not permanent,
inconvenience. One of the mistakes most often heard in
discussion and met with in print was the assertion that
money advanced to Ireland was to be regarded as a gift for
the repayment of which it was useless to look ; whereas the
fact really was, that of the various sums advanced to
Ireland, under the Acts passed for the purpose within the
last few years, and which sums it had been asserted
were not very likely to be repaid, no less an amount
than 6,065,879/. had been repaid. And since the poor-
law had been introduced into Ireland, notwithstanding
the distress which pressed upon the country, sums amount-
ing in the whole to upwards of 7,000,000/. sterling had
been raised by Ireland out of her own resources for the
relief of the distress afilicting her people. Owing to the
peculiar circumstances of Ireland, and her being almost
wholly an agricultural country, the agricultural calamity of
a failure of crops bad fallen on her with excessive hardship.
The value of land between 1841 and 1851 in Ireland had
exhibited a considerable decline. In the former
_year it
was set down at 13,076,00 W.; in 1851 it had fallen to
11,580,000/.—a fall of 1,509,000/., or 10 per cent. on the
whole. This decline in value had been experienced princi-
pally in Connaught and Munster, where, in a valuation of
5,199,0001., the fall was 1,026,0001. In like manner the
population had greatly decreased. In the period between
1841 and 1851 it had decreased 20 per cent., or
1,600,009 souls. Emigration had no doubt con-
tributed to that result; but the emigration was of a pre-
judicial character, for the persons emigrating carried
away out of the country a greater amount of capital in pro-
portion to the capital of the whole country, than the
number of persons emigrating bore to the whole population
of the country. The consequence of this state of things
was that the country felt most severely the amount of rate
and local taxation, and that pressure was likely to be felt in
augmented degree under the operation of the Treasury minute.
The powers given to the Treasury were extravagant in their
nature. The Act did not provide for any Parliamentary
revision on the subject, and though objections were taken
by certain Noble Lords, and himself amongst the number,
they were precluded from proposing any amendment by the
fact of its being a money Bill. The Act was passed on the
17th of May, and the first minute was issued on the 4th of
June. That minute pointed out the mode in which the
money was to be repaid, as well as established the machinery
for its distribution; and although the Treasury made the ad-
vances, and no account had been rendered the board of
guardians, yet when these bodies, upon repayment being de-
manded, begged respectfully to be informed of what the
items consisted, the imputation was thrown out against them
that they refused to pay their just debts. The Noble
Lord then referred to the Labour-rate Act, under which, he
said, a debt was contracted to the extent of more than
2,000,000/. ' • but that debt was so excessive that no indi-
vidual in his senses could by possibility have dreamt
that they would have the power of enforcing it. The ex-
penditure was not administered by any local authority
whatever, but by officers of the Government, appointed by
the Gbverninent, responsible to the Government, and acting
under the direction and control of the Government; and
there were some Noble Lords now present who well knew
that, when the gentry, landowners, and occupiers felt it ne-
cessary occasionally to call the attention of Government to
the abuses which were prevailing under the public-works
system, so far were they from receiving any of their state-
ments with candour or courtesy, that they were directed to
mind their own business.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He
granted that where there was such an army as 75,000 per-
sons employed, under the authority of 1,500 engineers and
officers, abuses would arise l but he made no imputation on
the gentlemen at the head of the Board of Public Works on
that account, for the operations were, undoubtedly, beyond
their management and control. Having observed that his
object in proposing an inquiry was to ascertain whether the
claims advanced were just claims, and in the next place
in what manner the 4,000,0001. sterling had been expended,
the Noble Lord concluded by moving the appointment of a
Committee.
The Earl of DERBY said, with regard to the proposition
for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the
subject which his Noble Friend had brought under their
Lordships consideration; he (the Earl of Derby) had no ob-
jection whatever to make. His Noble Friend had stated
very fairly the various charges which he had made against
the powers conferred by the Act of Parliament on the Trea-
sury for carrying on public works in Ireland. In some of
those charges he (the Earl of Derby) was ready to agree. In
t
the first place his Noble Friend had laid good ground for, at
all events, questioning the propriety of that portion
ex
the
Act Act which gave encouragement to an extraordinary
diture on the part of the unions, the effect of whicht-:
their
enable those unions to evade the just repayumveineion
of the
debt to the Treasury, He meant that
Act which declared that the payment of thePriarinennu, ity
cease whenever the rates, not only in there
uach to a certain
but should
d namely,
Another division of the union, should
amount. That was a point which
audneavinoidthaobslee
Another point was also deservingdesenrrsideeration, namely,
whether there might not be sogizs
etyhe theyc o nwt reorle ofw works
nkys
cases where there had been
wherea nor allowancei
do
e kr a bt
Ihe e anlnmsde Ives had not
waste of money,
been of a beneficiarc hdabr
local authority; thong
~,,„107meut to and to keep alive large
,acatetrihesareanedtienar
undertaken to give --illation who, if such works had not
of the Pol) Id have been left unemp
loyed
been pertaken mould
f utter destitution. He (the Earl of
been undert
Noble Friend in
and in a state o
concurred with his
Derby)
that it was but right, when charges were
Government against any particular unions
the opinioanl"
made by the
for the repayment of advances, that a full account of the
particulars of those charges should be furnished. IVhat
should be deemed a satisfactory account would be matter of
consideration for the Committee. No doubt the Commit-
tee would fairly examine into the case of each
union, and weigh the facts deliberately, both on one
side and the other. He was glad to hear his Noble Friend
state that there was no intention on the part of Ireland to
ask for a remission of the debt justly due from the people of
Ireland for that for which they had actually received value.
On the other hand, he (the Earl of Derby) could assure his
Noble Friend that the Government was quite prepared to
give full consideration to the nature of the claims arising
out of charges over which the population of Ireland had net
been able to exercise any controul ; and to make all due al-
lowance for any abuses which had prevailed in the expendi-
ture of the money which had been advanced to meet those
charges. At the same time, he must beg their Lordships to
bear in mind that, if there had been abuses in the expenditure
of those advances, there had, on the other band, been TorY