The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-30 00:00:00

THE ELBE.

Mr. SANDARS asked the Noble Lord the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs if any reply had been received from
her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, in answer to the
Noble Lord's dispatch (on or about the 12th of June
last), informing him of the fact of three Spanish vessels,
the Anita, Paquete de Cantabria, and the Carmen,
having obtained permission, through the Spanish Mi-
nister at Copenhagen, to leave the Elbe with cargoes,
notwithstanding the blockade of that river, and that two
of the said ships had previously broken the blockade?
Lord PALNIERSTON said no answer had been re•
ceivt-d, but this afternoon dispatches (we understood)
had arrived, which he had not yet had an opportunity
of examining.
DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE win' SPAIN.

Lord MAHON inquired if any steps had been taken
with respect to the resumption of diplomatic relations,
and whether the recent concessions made by the Spanish
Government would not in his opinion justify our proceed-
ing in a conciliatory spirit to obtain that apology and
reparation which they had an undoubted right to claim.
Lord PALMERSTON replied that it had been stated
in another place that a communication had been made to
the Government by the King of the Belgians, that a dis-
position existed on the part of Spain to seek
his good offices, in order to bring about a
reconciliation, and inquiring whether such a course
would be acceptable to her Majesty's Government.
The reply was, that they had no objection. Several
communications had since passed, chiefly of a verbal
nature; but they had not led to any result. With regard
to the " consideration on the part of the Spanish Govern-
ment to British merchants," he supposed they had not
acted unjustly towards British subjects in Spain.
Lord MA IION—The new tariff.
Lord PALMERSTON said a new tariff had been pro-
posed by the Government for the acceptance of the
Cortes, not as a favour to the English Government or to
the English nation, but a well• considered step, with a view
to the promotion of the interests of Spain herself.
—(Cheers.) He was sure any one who knew anything of
the condition of Spain must wonder that the dif-
ferent Governments of Spain had not seen how
mach its interests had been injured by the contin-
uance of that absurd system of tariff which had so
long prevailed to the injury and detriment of
itrintewrfehricen;
btuhte
ifG otvbeernmseoubtlecountrye
a n t
t o did t not
Spain.—(Hear, hear.) These, however, were matters
ofL ortdhism
became the Spanish Government bad taken this
step .„„h,
own interestaac view to the promotion of their
offer on the partltlt at the same time whether the
brought to any prictieftb!g of the Belgians had been
therefore, show .a less "11:2, the British should,
that account, than they had to honour on
occasion, he must say that that *v. former
course
to which he could not consent.—(Hear, bear.)
THE BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
In reply to Mr. FORSTER, who inquired about the
Light Dues Bill.
Mr. LAIJOUCRERE said his Noble Friend at the
head of the Government would state on Monday the
course he intended to adopt with rsspcct to the business
of the session. The Bill referred to he should not be
able to proceed with until the week after next.
SATURDAY SITTING.
Sir G. GREY intimated that Government proposed
that the House should sit to-morrow, at twelve o'clock,
in the event of the Irish Poor-law Bill not getting
through Committee to-night.
ND) BILL.
POOR RELIEF (IRELA
11
The House then went into Committee on this Bi .

On clause 3 being proposed,
Mr. CLEMENTS rose and, after some short observa-
tions, moved the following amendment:—" Whereas it
is expedient that prompt and immediate measures should
be taken for the revision of unions and of electoral divi-
sions in Ireland, and in case of a total or partial disso-
lution or other alteration of the limits of any union,
which shall lead to the formation of any new union,
that provision Ilhould he made with respect to the

workhouse accommodation existing in any such dissolved
or altered union. And be it enacted,, that it, upon there
formation of any new union, it shall appear to the said
Commissioners expedient that, until sufficient workhouse
accommodation shall be provided for such union
eithe'r by the erection of a new workhouse,
or by the adaptation of any existing buildings for
such purpose, a portion of the workhoua ac-
commodation existing in the union or unions of
w inch such new union, or any part thereof, had pre-
viously formed a part, should he reserved for such new
uriian, or any part thereof, it shall be lawful for the
said Commissioners to make such order, under. their
seal, as to them shall appear necessary for appropriating
any part of the workhouse accommodation of such
union or unions for the use of such new union, or of any
part thereof, and to make such regulations for the Go-
vernment of such workhouses, and for the admis-
sion and discharge of paupers therefrom, as under the
circumstances they may think proper; and it shall be
be lawful for the guardians of such new union to make
order for the admission of any paupers chargeable to
such new union, or to any electoral division thereof,
into any workhouses to which such order of the said
Commissioners shall apply, and for their discharge there •
from, in such numbers and according to such regula-
tions as shall or may from time to time be pre-
scribed by the said Commissioners, and to provide
for the conveyance of such paul.,ers to or from such
workhouses ; and such orders of admission or dicharg,2
made by such guardians, according to the regulations
prescribed as aforesaid, shall be binding on the
guardians of the unions in which the workhouses are
situate, and on their officers; and it shall be lawful for
the said Commissioners, and they are hereby empowered,
from time to time to fix and determine the sum
s
which shall be paid by such new union, or any
part thereof, for the maintenance and clothing of
the paupers chargeable to such new union, or
any part thereof, and the proportion of the
establishment charges which shall be paid for the accom-
modation reserved in such workhouse, and the periods
at which such payments shall be made, either wholly or
in part; and the said Commissioners may, at their dis-
cretion, from time to time suspend, alter, or rescind such
orders and regulations aforesaid, or any of them. Pro-
vided always, and be it enacted, that if any pauper who
shall have been sent to any workhouse as aforesaid,
situate out of the union to which or to any electoral di-
vision of which such pauper is chargeable,
shall be discharged therefrom, either by order
of the guardians or at his own request, and '
shall become destitute in the union in which such work-
house is situate, within one calendar month from his
discharge, the expense of his maintenance in such work-
house shall be chargeable against the union or elec-
toral division from, whence he was originally Lent. And
be it-enacted, that: it the guardians of any such new
union shall refuse or neglect to make the payment
according to the terms and at the periods prescribed
by the said Commissioners as aforesaid, it shall be law
ful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby
required, on the application of the guardians of the
unions to which such payments are due, to make an order
under their seal requiring such payments to be made by
the treasurer of such new uni.n, and thereupon the trea-
surer of such new union shall pay to the treasurer of the
union in whose behalf such order shall have been made,
the rates levied in such new union, or such proportion of
them, at such times and in such portions as shall be
prescribed by such order, until the whole amount re-
quired shall have been paid; and any treasurer of any
union, who after receiving such order shall pay away to
any person, other than the person appointed in and by
such order to receive the same, any part of any rates
collected in such union beyond what he shall have
been so allowed by such order to retain until the
whole of the payments prescribed by such order
shall have been made, shall be liable to pay to the
said guardians, the sum which he shall have so wrong-
fully paid away; and in case of non-payment thereof it
shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, on complaint
of the guardians, or of any one inspector, to levy the
amount so wrongfully paid away by distress and sale of
the goods and chattles of such treasurer ; and the receipt
of the treasurer appointed in such order to receive the
payments prescribed shall be sufficient discharge to the
treasurer of such new union, for so much money paid by
him, and shall be allowed in auditing and passing his
accounts."

Sir G. GREY said that so far from the Government
being inattentive to any recommendation of the super-
intendents of the several unions, it was an express di-
rection of the Poor-law Commissioners that they should
make as frequent reports as possible. The Poor-law
Commissioners had disseminated as widely as possible
what their general intentions were, and they bad in-
vited communications from all quarters respecting the
necessities which now existed and their opinion of the
best means that could be devised for meeting them.
After a few observations from Mr. MONSELL,

Mr. CLEMENTS said, as the House appeared gene•
rally satisfied with the statement of the Right Hon.
Baronet, although he confessed he was nor, he would
withdraw his amendment.

The amendment was accordingly withdrawn.
On the motion that the clause bo agreed to,
Mr. STAFFORD rose to move another amendment.
They were now, he thought, approaching that part of
the Bill in which all real and useful alterations
might be introduced.—(Hear, hear.) He might
be permitted to remind the House of the
course which the Legislature had uniformly pursued on
this subject in England. So early as the reign of George
the First certain parishes were authorised to combine
themselves together for the purpose of rating. There
had been cases where parishes had been transferred
from one union to another, but there was no power
t. ..forming two unions
out of an old one. Electoral divisions had never been
adopted by the Poor-law CoMtnissioners. Since the
introduction of the poor.law into Ireland there had
not been a case of a new union formed without

the consent of th© board of guardians. Continuing
as the present poor-law did that enormous
power vested in the Poor-law Commissioners, what
he (Mr. Stafford) asked was, that where boards
of guardians had thorou, hly and fairly discharged their
duties, they should not have the insult inflicted upon
them of being compelled to give up the manage-
ment of the poor in tho district, when by
the acknowledgment of the Poor-law Commis-
sioners they had exercised those arduous duties wisely.
lie knew a case in which a workhouse cost 26,0001.,
but if they altered the boundaries of the union they
would render some of that workhouse accommoda-
tion unnecessary; and the house could not be
sold for anything like what it had cost, should such a
course be necessary. Let the money raised be placed
in the hands of the directors, and if they misused it they
alone would be to blame. The conduct of the Govern-
ment on this question was most inconsistent, for while
they had
declared that they did
they had a Bill before the 'Luse by which they pro-
posed to confer the power of local self-government in
England, and while they lauded that form of govern-
another Bill before the
Hmeonutseinfotrhlisrecloeunndt,rbyy, which
ichha
not deem the guardians in Ireland fit fur self-govern-
, ment, and denied to them that which they proposed to
grant to England.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said his Hon. Friend had
asked in what spirit he intended to carry out the clause?
He could assure his Hon. Friend that it was his inten-
tion to carry it out in a spirit of justice and equality
towards the rate-payers, and, having stated that, he must
now say that it was his intention to oppose the proviso
proposed by his Hon. Friend; and he did not think
that anything his Hon. Friend had said was of a nature
to induce the House to revert back to the old system.
The Right Hon. Baronet took a review of the question,
and having put some supposed cases to the sense of the
House, in connexion'with the union of Ballina, con-
cluded by repeating that he must oppose the priviso of
his Hon. Friend.
After a few words from Mr. C. LEWIS and Mr. STAF •
FORD,
Mr. HERBERT said that the Bill now before the
House, and the discussions to which it gave occasion,
were 'attributable to the former bad legislation of that
House, on the subject of the Irish Poor-law. The Right
Hon. Baronet, Sir W. Somerville, had referred to the
Union of Ballina, and drawn some supposed cases; but
he could furnish the Right Hon. Baronet and the House
with statements, emanating from distinguished and in-
telligent men in the county with which he bad the
honour to be connected, entirely at variance with his
supposed cases. The Government had sent into his (Mr.
Herbert's) county certain Commissioners to put inquiries
to them, and take their answers; and having thus ob-
tained from them their representations, and a report
that the Guardians had well discharged their duty, they
now turned round and paid no attention to these repre-
sentations. He must say that it was a mockery in Go-
vernment to have thus acted; and that the system of
centralisation which they were endeavouring to establish
was most pernicious. _ _ _

Sir GEORGE GREY could assure the House that the
Boundary Commissioners would not act in the dark; but
that they would afford to all parties an opportunity to
exprt-ss their opinions in respect to the proposed change,
and the effects it could be shown to have upon their
localities. Should his Hon. Friend press his amend-
ment, he felt himself called upon to say that he must
offer to it all the opposition in his power.
Mr. FAGAN opposed, and Lord C. HAMILTON
supported the amendment.

Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL opposed the amendment.
Colonel DUNNE, believing that the board of guardians
were the parties most interested in respect to the dispo-
sition of the funds entrusted to them, he should vote for
the amendment of the lion. Member for Northampton.
After a few words from Mr. Clements, Mr. P. Scrope,
Sir 1. W. Barron, Mr. Roche, and Lord Naas, the Com-
mittee divided; when there appeared—.
For the amendment
Against it ...
Majority ... ... -
Clause 3 was then agreed to.
Sir IL BARRON moved after the word " annuity,'
to insert the words " as also every interest payable on
any mortgage, judgment debt, or family charge."
The CIIziNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
the object of the amendment was provided tor in another
section of the Bill.

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The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the clause.
Mr. AGLIONBY supported the original clause.
Mr. NAPIER said that the amendment went too far,
or did not go far enough, for it was intended to make
a jointure liableto the poor-rate; the jointure subsisting.at
the time the poor-law came into force, there was no
reason why it should not extend to a mortgage debt.
Sir A. BROOKE hoped the jointure of a widow would
not be subjected to poor-rates as proposed by the present
Bill, for it would be a great hardship.
After a few words from Colonel THOMPSON
Sir H. BARRON contended that the amendment be
proposed was founded on the principle of justice and
equity, and ought therefore to be adopted by the House.
Sir D. NORREYS pronounced it to be one of the
most outrageous propositions ever submitted to the con-
sideration of Parliament, and should oppose it by every
mesas is his pour.

Mr. VESCI thought it would inflict a great bard6hip
on widows who posse,sed jointure, and hoped the Go-
sernment w ,uid re-con,idr the clau,e.

Sir L. O'BRIEN o.upp.)rse,i the elv.use.
Mr. S. CIi,A.WFOItt) thought it was most unjust,
that while the propri,,tor of an estate was elmrged with
poor. rate for the entire of his property, mortga,,,ees and
annuitants should b.) exempt. He should, therefore,
support the amendment.
After a few words from Mr. F. O'Connor, Mr. M. J.
O'Connell, Sir 11. Barron, and Mr. J. O'Connell, the
Committee divided, when the numbers were—

Fur the amendment
Against it

Majority

... -69

On the question being; puton clause 5,
Mr. NAPIER proceeded to move the amendments of
which he had given notice. The Hon. Member went on
to explain that under the Tithe Composition Act, the
clergyman suffered a deduction of 25 per cent.; in other
words, he received from the landlords 751. for every
1001., the tithe being secured as a rent charge on the
land. In paying this rent-charge the lair-third was in
the habit of deducting the whole of the poor rate from
the payment he had to make to tho clergyman, although,
in point of fact, the landlord only paid half of the rate,
as he was allowed the other half by the tenant occupier;
and his (Mr. Napier's) object in his amendments to the
clause was, that the landlord should have the power of
deducting only half of the poor-rate from the tithe rent-
charge, instead of deducting the whole f the rate, as he
had the power to do at present. His only object was
that the rate should be placed on a just principle, and
the clergy were quite content to submit to the deduction
of half poundage on the gross income.
Mr. ROCHE said the principle and the practice of the
Learned Member who had just addressed the House,
did not exactly tally, and the effect of his amendment
would be t, open the whole of the Church question in
Ireland. Supposing the principle were assented to, it
would be impossible to carry it without altering the
entire system of poor rate. The Noble and Learned
Gentleman had not shown one instance in which the pre-
sent regulation worked unjustly. It should be recollected,
too, that the tithe rent-charge was paid more regularly
and punctually than any other charge on land. He
trusted the principle asserted in the clause would not be
abandoned, and that property in Ireland would not be
confiscated to Church purposes.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped
tbat they would not get into a discussion on the Church
question, and opposed the amendment. If the Noble and
Learned Gentleman wished to effect so great an altera-
tion of the law, he ought to propose the distinct repeal
of the clause which rendered tithe rent-charge liable to
a certain proportion of poor-rate.
Mr. CONOLLY supported the amendment, and in
doing so repeated the arguments used by the Noble and
Learned Member for the University of Dublin.
After a short discussion, in which Mr. G. A. Lamm-
TON and Mr. DENHAM NORREYS took part,
Mr. NAPIER withdrew his amendment, and stated
that he would have a distinct clause embodying his views
on the bringing up of the report.
The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Clause
six also passed after brief discussion.
On clause seven being put,
Mr. E. B. ROCHE trusted that this clause, which ren-
dered the landlord liable to payment of not more than
one half the rate, and the occupier to the other half,
would not be persevered in. The present principle of
allowing the tenant to deduct one-half the poundage on
the valuation was just, and he did not see why it should
be departed from, as it acted as a check on rack-redting.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said
that this 7th clause was in favour of tho landlord, be-
cause heretofore the property of the tenant was gene-
rally valued at about half the sum that he actually paid
in rent, and consequently, when one shilling in the
pound was rated as a poor-rate, the tenant, as being
valued at half his rent, suppose 100/. per annum, acid
that he was valued at only 501., it then followed that
when he was to have the rate deducted from the land-
lord's rent, that the whole burden of the rates fell on the
landlord.

Mr. J. O'CONNELL and Mr. S. CRAWFORD argued
against the clause, because rack-rents were a very great
injury, and served as the principal reason for repealing
this clause, and that the valuation should be made com-
plete and equitable, which ought long since to have been
cffected by the Government.
_ _ _ _ _ _

Mr. M. O'CONNELL said that as a practical man,
he knew how the law operated as it stands at present,
and that nothing is more injurious to the tenantry
than the present s) stem of valuation, because they con-
sider nothing more unjust, and more ruinous to their
interests, than to be at the mercy of a deceitful valuator:
he should support the clause.
Mr. FAGAN said that he did not agreo with the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. O'Connell), that the occupiers
of land were ignorant of what they were generally rated;
and he believed that the clause would create general
dissatisfaction in Ireland, and that it would be also the
cause of the people leaving that country. He should,
therefore, oppose the clause.
Sir J. WALSH said that he should support the
clause, because it would put an end, as much as possible,
to many of those frauds that now prevail ; and he be-
lieved that not only the landlords but the tenants would
be benefited by this clause.
Mr. SCULLY considered in the course of a few
years that universal valuation should take place, but that
the present was not the time for it, and should therefore
oppose the clause. _

lEhe Committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the seventh clase ... 125
Against it ... ... 19
Majority ••• —lO6
Clause 8 was theu agreed to.
On clause 9 being read,

Sir D. NalitlEkS suggested that land should be
revalued with reference to improvements, at certain
stated intervals, ani those should be longer than was
generally the case.
Tho ATTORNEY•GENERAL explained that this
clause was similar in its nature to others directed towards
the same part of the subject. The Hon. Gentleman's
objection applied rather to the mode of the valuation
than the principle, in which there was a strong analogy
with the practice which prevailed in England.
Mr. GROGAN moved a verbal atrendment,which was
agreed to, embracing the banks of rivers, and also se
embankments, in the clause.

Mr. M. O'CONNELL proposed that mills should he
exempted from the operation of this clause.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the sug-
gestion.

Sir H. W. BARRON moved to substitute, in line 25
of the clause, the words "twenty-one years," instead of
" seven years." The consequence of such an alteration
would be a great encouragement to agricultural im-
provements.
Sir G. GREY said that the clause as it stood was in
strict conformity with the recommendation of the Com-
mittee. Seven years was considered a reasonable time
within which capital laid out would become remunera-
tive; and if the time were longer it would operate to the
detriment of other parties largely interested.
Mr. GROGAN suggested that the alteration should
be made from seven to fourteen years, on the evidence
taken by the Committee of the House of Lords, and
moved an amendment to that effect. _

Sir A. BROOKE said, he thought that twenty-one
years was little enough, but he was quite willing to con-
sent to the proposition of the Hcnourable Member
before him for fourteen years. The tenant ought to be
allowed sufficient time to indemnify himself in, and it
was most important that he should have it. He there-
fore begged of the Government to allow the alteration
to be made.

Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug-
gested, that the obvious mode of proceeding would be for
the landlord to make an allowance for improvements on
his estate. That was a plan which Hon. Members
ap-
peared not to have thought of, and the Committee
having recommended seven years, he thought it would
be best to adopt that period.
Sir A. BROOKE said he had practised what he had
recommended, and that he could give the Governmeut
information if they required it, and he thought it
' would be useful, of what the valuations were fourteen
years ago.
Sir H. W. BARRON, after some further discussion,
withdrew his amendment, as also did Mr. Grogan.
Sir A. BROOKE said he was not satisfied with this
arrangement of the clause, and he should press a
division on the question of an amendment to fourteen
years.
The galleries were cleared, but no division took place,
and the clause was agreed to.
Clauses 10 and 11 were agreed to.
On clause 12 being proposed.
Colonel DUNNE wished to know from the lion. and
Learned Member for the University of Dublin whether
he had examined the clause? _ _ _

Mr. NAPIER replied that he considered it a reason-
able and proper one.—(Bear, hear.)
Some conversation then ensued as to the effect of civil
bill decrees under that clause, in which Mr. Henley, the
Attorney-General, Mr. Napier, Sir H. W. Baron, Colonel
Dunne, and other Hon. Members took part.
Mr. STAFFORD suggested that it would be better to
consider the clause proposed by the Government and the
other clause together, and that it !would, therefore, be
advisable to report progress.
Sir G. GREY said that the clause proposed by the
Government was quite irrespective of the 41. rating
clause, and stood solely on its own merits ; they there-
fore expected the Committee to give a decision upon the
clause itself, independently of any other.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL suggested that further consi-
deration of the clause should be postponed.
After a short conversation,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
he should not object to the postponement of the clause
until this day, if the Committee were not then prepared
to decide upon it.
Ultimately the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and
obtained leave to sit again to-morrow (this day) at twelve
o'clock.
The Consolidated Fund (3,000,0001.) Bill was read a
second time.
The Excise Benevolent Fund Society Bill was read a
second time.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the second reading of the Small Debts Act Amendment
Bill.
Lord D. STUART wished to know whether it was
intended that the parties having an interest in the Pa-
lace Court should receive any compensation?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
understood to say that those parties who had purchased
their offices were entitled to compensation, and he be-
lieved some of them already had obtained it. That
question, however, did not then come before them, as
the second reading only recognised the principle that
the Palace Court should be abolished. The question of
compensation should be decided in a Committee of the
whole House.

The Bill was then read a second time.
the Cougity Rates, &c., Bill was read a second time,

The General and Quattcr S scions Bill was read a
third time ,ind passed.
Mr. BAINES moved Vr.,e second reading of the Poor.
law Union Charges Act A,t-uviottnent ail; and in reply
to an observation by Mr. Ft ,OYER, said tic proposed to
take the discussion upon p.-ting into Committee, and
would Or Wednesday week, after lion. Members bad
returned frorn the quarter sessions.
The Bill was then read a second time.
The Hoes went into Comtuittee upon the Newgate
Gaol (Dublin) Bill.
S‘-weral clause,' were agreed to, and
The CHAIRMAN reported rrogress and obtained
leave to sit again on Mor4iy.
The Marriages in For,,ign Countries Facilitating
Bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to be
printed.
The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was read a third
time and passed.

On the motion of Mr. FIZEWEN, have was given to
bring in a Bill for the, akyllition of benefices and plurali-
ties, which was read a finA time.

The House adjourned at Twenty minutes past One.

EAST INDIA. COLLEGE, HAILEY-

BURY.

"OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE CHAIRMAN AND
DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA. COM-
PAN Y.

HERTFORD, FRIDAY EVENING —This day (Friday)
being appointed for closing :he first term of 1849, a de-
putation from the Court of Directors of the East India
Company, visited the college at Halley bury, ne,iir llert•
ford, for the purpose of rec-iving the report of the
Principal (the Rev. Henry Melvil!, 8.D.) upon the lit,-
rature and discipline of the tPrrn, and of distributing the
medals and prizes awarded to the succFssful competitors
in the various branches of Oriental, classical, and
European literature.
The chair was taken by Major-General Galloway,
supported on either side by the members of the deputa-
tion. The Chairman having taken his seat,
T. W. HOOPER, Esq., the clerk of the College De-
partment of the East India House, read the following
report of the prizes and distinctions obtained by the
students:—
MEDALS, PRIZES, AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINC-
TIONS OF STUDENTS LEAVING COLLEGE, JUNE, 1849.
Fourth Term.

Mr. Merris—llighly distinguished, with medal in po•
Racal economy and history, medal in Ilindustani, prize
in Sanscrit, priza in Persian, and prize for general pro-
ficiency at the E ester examination.
Air. Hammond—Highly distinguished, with medal in
classics, medal in Sanscrit„ prize n Ilindustani, and plize
in Hindi.

Mr. White—Highly distinguished, with medal in law.
Mr. lkswell—llighly distinguhhed, with medal in
mathematics.

Mr. Breeks—Highly distinguished, with medal 'in
Teloogoo.
Messrs. Walter Macdonald, Hogg, Bird, Palmer,
Wylie, H. D. Robertson, and Egerton—Highly dis•
tiuguished._

Messrs. Jackson and Maloney—Passed with great
credit.
PRIZES AND OTHER HONOURABLE DISTINCTIONS OF
STUDENTS REMAINING IN COLLEGE, JUNE, 1849.
Ttird Teruo.

Mr. Chapman—Highly distinguished, with prize in
mathematics, prize in political economy and history,
priz•3 in law, prize in Sanscrit, Ariz- in Persian, prizs in
Hindustani, prize in Hindi, and prize for general pro&
cietcy at the Easter examination.
Mr. Grant—Highly distinguished, with prize in clas-
sics, and prize in p.ditical economy and history.
Mr. J. H. B. Colvin—Highly distinguished, with prize
in Sanscrit, and Ariz, in Arabic.
Mr. Muspratt—Highly- distinguished, with prize in
Bengalee. .

Messrs. Grey, B. W. Colvin, F. R. Cockerell, Brod-
burst—llighly distingui,lied.
Messrs. Lewis, Lawford, G. T. Forbes, Colthurst, and
Spencer—Passed with great credit.

Second Term.

Mr. Currie—Highly distinguised, with prize in the
classics and priz' in Persian.
Mr. Gordon—Highly distinguished, with prize in ma-
thematics, and prize in law.
Mr. L Forbes—Prize for general proficiency, at the
Easter examination.

Mr. Saunders—Highly distinguished, with prize in
politiell economy and history.
Mr. Shaw—Passed with great credit, with great pro-
ficiency, and prize in Sanscrit.

Messrs. Freeting, Crawford, and Jenkins—Highly
distinguished. _ _ _

Messri. Thompson. J. C. Cockerel], Dalyhell, Kemball,
and Wigram—Passed with great credit.

First "fer tn.

Mr. Lushington—llighly distinguised, with prize in
Latin, prize in Sanscrit, and general proficiency at Eas-
ter examination.

Mr. Stuyth—Highly distinguished, with prize for the
best English essay, and prize in classics.
Mr. Thomason—Highly distinguished, with prize in
mathematics, with good proficiency in essay, classics, law,
and Sanscrit.

Mr. Dashwood—Highly distinguished, with great pro-
ficiency in essay and classics.
Mr. Arthur—Highly distinguished, with great pro-
ficiency in law.
Messrs. Block, Penhey, Lowe, Manderson, and Bo-
sanquet passed with great credit.
It appeared from the report of the general conduct,
that of those gentlemen in their fourth term no less a
number than 15 out of 16 have obtained honours; and
of the 69 students 52 had succeeded in obtaining
honours, 33, or more than half, being highly distin-
guished. The prizenv,n, being a sufficient number to
show that the honours had been keenly contested, though
in one or two cases there was a complete loading of
honours. The essays on plitical economy, 54 in num-
ber, have received the mark of good or great proficiency,
and were highly creditable to the industry and ability of
their authors. In the third term there had been great
proficiency in Sanscrit, with only one failure. Great
progress has also been made in Persian and Hindustani
by the gentlemen of the third term; and of the general
studies, honourable mention was made of Mr. J. Colvin
for his progress in Arabic, Me:srs. Hammond and Chap
man for classics and Hindustani, and Mr. Muspratt for
Bengalee. The discipline of the college had been un-
usually good during the past term.
Mr. Carmichael Smith (from Harrow College), read his
prise English essay.
Mr. Morris read a translation, by himself, from Indian
history into Hindustani.

Mr.Breeks translated a passage in Urine's "History
of Ilindugani" into Teloogoo.
➢lr. Hammond read a translation by himself into
Sanscrit, from Milton's " Paradise Lost." The whole of
these, and especially the latter, were received with great
applause.

The priz?s were then awarded and presented by the
Chairman.

The Chairman (Major•Gcneral Galloway) then ad-
dresscdlthe students g, nerally, expressing, 4-n the part of
the Court of Directors, his high satisfaction received
from the report of their Principa► of the exemplary man-
ner in which they had couductkd themselves in the by-
gone term.
The company then adjourned to tho council chamber,
where a splendid dejeuner was provided, after which the
Cilairman, in a very complimentary speech, proposed the
Health of the Principal and the Professors of the
College."
The Rev. H. Melvill returned thanks.