The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-23 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMANDER
WINGROVE IN RELATION TO THE CON-
VICT MITCHEL.
No. 1.
Copy of a letter from H. G. Ward, Esq., Secretary
of the Admiralty, to Commander Wingrove,
steam-vessel Scourge.
(Private and confidential.)
Admiralty, May 29, 1846.
Sir,—You will receive with this an official letter di-
recting you to take on board any supernumeraries that
you may find at Cork, whose direction may be the West
Indies, and any " prisoners" who may be consigned to
your charge by the proper authorities; and to proceed
with them to Bermuda.
This last order refers, as you may suppose, to Mr.
Mitchel, and I write by Lord Auckland's desire to con-
vey to you the wishes of her Majesty's Government as
to his treatment while on board the Scourge.
So long as you are in sight of land, or in any situation
in which you consider it possible that escape may be
attempted, or a rescue contemplated, you cannot be too
strict in your precautions; but once at sea it is not the
intention of the Government that Mr. Mitchel should be
treated with unnecessary harshness, or with anything
that could be mistaken for vindictive severity. You will
consider him, therefore, as a prisoner subject to all such
regulations as you may deem necessary for his security;
but you will take care that, both as regards food and
daily exercise, he shall have such indulgence as the state
of his health, which is understood to be much broken,
may seem to you to require.
The case is one in which much ought to be left to the
discretion of the officer in command, because much must
depend on the conduct of the prisoner ; but supposing
this to be suitable to the circumstances in which he is
now placed, and marked by a proper submission to your
authority, nothing can be further from the wish of the
Government than to add to the penalties which Mr.
Mitchel has incurre3, by any unnecessary severity
during the voyage.—l have, Szc.
(Signed) H. G. WARD.
P.S. Your first object must be to select a cabin for
Mr. Mitchel's confinement, at the door of which a sentry
may be placed, if necessary, and where his meals are to
be taken.

11. G. W.

(Signed)
No. 2.
Copy of a letter from Commander Wingrove to Vice
Admiral the Earl of Dundbnald, G.C.B.
Her 'Majesty's steam•sloop Scourge, Halifax,
November 6, 1848.

My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of this day's date, directing me to
furnish your Lordship, for the information of my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, with a detailed report
of the line of conduct pursued by me towards the con-
vict John Mitchel, on his passage to Bermuda ; and in
most respectfully stating my reasons for adopting such
line of conduct, &c., it will also be my duty to enclose
the duplicate of a letter on the subject I received from
Mr. Redington, the Under Secretary of State for Ireland.
The Scourge arrived at Cork on the morning of the
31st of May, and on the following morning, at six o'clock,
the prisoner was embarked, and the vessel sailed fur her
destination. There was no. senior officer present to
whom I could apply for that advice I was so desirous to
obtain respecting the exact treatment the prisoner ought
to receive. There was no time to seek it by letter, the
Commander-in-Chief being absent at Dublin ; Mr.
Redington'a letter to me, conveying the wishes of his
Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, was therefore, my
chief guide, and in giving it my most anxious
consideration, it occurred to me that although Mr.
Mitchel had been convicted of a very grave offence, from
which the mind of every loyal subject must recoil, still
he had not committed burglary, theft, or any of those
crimes which would sink him below the level of his
former sphere, in which I was informed he previously
moved as a barrister as well as the editor of a paper.
Looking again at the tenor of his Excellency's directions,
it also appeared to me to be his Lordship's desire that
tho prisoner should receive as much indulgence as was
compatible with his safe custody, bearing in mind that
he had been used to the society of educated men
and the comforts of life, while at the same time
I was distinctly informed that he was not during
the passage to be regarded as a common criminal.
Under these circumstances, and anxiously mindful
of the great responsibility of such a charge, it became
most difficult for me to decide in what part of the ship ho

should bo placed, or how he should be watched, ao as to
ensure his safe custody. I could not put him with the
officers, neither could I place him near the ship's com-
pany; indeed I must admit that I felt particularly
anxious he should not be where by any possibility he
might disseminate those principles which sentenced him
to transportation, or where he could have such uncon-
trollable opportunities of establishing mischievous com-
munication of a nature calculated seriously to embarrass
the difficulty of his safe custody at Bermuda.

My object was to convey Lim to the place of his
banishment with the least motive to exasperation, so
far as he or his partizans were concerned, and with the
least risk 'of bad consequences upon my own people
afterwards. Then, again, it occurred to me I should be
held responsible if this convict had committed suicide
upon awakening to a real sen-e of his situation, which
from the anguish of his mind there really seemed reason
to apprehend on first leaving his native land. I con-
sidered it my duty to endeavour to calm these feelings as
much as possible, and for this reason, as well as others,
I did not consider him safe, indeed I could not rest satis
fled, unless he was under my own immediate eye; there-
fore, I waived al personal feelings, which were much in-
deed at variance with the course I thought it best to
pursue, and allotted to the prisoner a portion of my
cabin, and gays him his meals at my own table, taking
special care to invite no one else while he remained on
board, at the same time confining him to the strict
observation of the sergeant of marines and one sentry
whenever he took an airirg on deck ; two sentries
watched him also by night. The result was successful: the
prisoner was landed safely at Bermuda, in comparative
health and calmness of m;ntl, though he suffered acutely
from an alarming malady during the passage, which the
surgeon informed me might cut the thread of his exist-
ence in a moment.
He was landed before his arrival could possibly be
anticipated on the island. Having thus successfully
performed this responsible as well as most disagreeable
duty to the best of my judgment, having conscientiously
acted for what I considered the good of the service,
having adopted that course which I thought would be
most consonant with the wishes of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, and disclaiming all sympathy with the pri.
Boner beyond that which is due from one Christian to
another in misfortune, I confidently trust their Lordships
will be pleased to extend to me that protection to which,
under all the very peculiar circumstances of the case, I
feel that lam justly entitled.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) HENRY EDW. WINGROVE, Commander.
Dublin Castle, May 30, 1848.

Sir,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to convey
to you his Excellency's desire that John Mitchel, whom
you have been instructed to convey as a prisoner to Ber-
muda, should, during the voyage, receive as much indul-
gence as is compatible with his safe custody. He should
not be ironed, nor is it necessary that he should wear
the copvict dress. Although Mr. Mitchel has been con-
victed of felony, he is a man of education, used to the
society of educated men and the comforts of life, and he
is, therefore, during his passage, not to be regarded as a
common Criminal, or treated with unnecessary severity.
I have, &c.
(Signed) T. REDINGTON.
The officer commarAing her Majesty's ship Scourge.
No. 3.

Copy of a Letter from Captlin W. A. 13. Hamilton,
Second Secretary of the Admiralty, to Vice-Admiral
the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B.
(Secret )
Admiralty, Dec. 11, 1848.
My Lord,—Having laid More my Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty your letter of the 6th
instant, enclosing a statement from Commander
Wiegrove, of the Scourge, relative to the treat-
ment of the convict Mitchel by him, on his passage
to Bermuda, and giving it as your opinion that
Commander Wingrove acted up to the tenor and
spirit of his instructions from the Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland, and that their Lordships will approve of the
lenity shown by Commander Wingrove; I am commanied
to acnuaint you that my Lords are disposed, generally,
to approve of Commander Wingrove 's conduct, but upon
the understanding that the convict was not admitted to
partake of his meals in the company and as the guest of
the commander, although he may have had his meals in
the commander's cabin. —I am, &c.,
(Signed)._ W. A. B. HAMILTON.

No. 4.
Copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. 11.
Mackay, to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
Cove of Cork, March 14, 1849.
Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 12th inst., I have
the honour to report, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the instructions
addressed to Commander IVingrove, of the Scourge,
relative to the convict Mitchel, were received at this
port on the evening of the 31st of May last; but as the
envelope was addressed to me, and marked " private
and confidential," it was forwarded to Dublin, where I
received it on the evening of the Ist of June, too late to
be sent to the Scourge, as I knew she was to have left
Cork at daylight that morning; I therefore retained the
letter in my possession, and now return it in the state
in which it was received.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) DONALD H. MACKAY, Rear-Admiral.

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I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
JAMES MATHER.

South Shields, March 22, 1849.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS _EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 21, 1849.
Notice is hereby given, that, with a view to prevent
injury to trade, the Queen has been graciously pleased to
command, that the Court mourning, announced to com-
mence to morrow shall not apply to the occasion of the en-
suing Drawing-room, to be held on Thursday, the 29th
instant.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, BlAncir 23.
It is hereby notified that Viscount Palmerston, her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, has received a dispatch from her Majesty's
Minister at Copenhagen, stating that ho had received
from the Danish Minister a notice that all the ports of
Holstein and Schleswig, with the exception of Als and
Arm, will be blockaded on and after the 27th of the
present month.
The Notice is as follows:

" The Minister of the Navy hereby makes known,
that all harbours and ports in the Duchies of
Schleswig and Holstein, will, from the 27th of this
month, be blockaded, ',excepting of course, the islands
of Als and Aro; and such other places as are actually
under the Royal Government.
" The blockade will be raised for every place return-
ing under the lawful Government; and special notice will
be given whenever such places are excepted from• the
blockade." _ .

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" The Ministry of the Navy at Copenhagen, the 7th
March, 1849."
(L.S.) (Signed) " ZAHRTMANN."
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 22, 1849.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Sir George William Anderson,
Knt., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the
island of Mauritius and its dependencies, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class,
or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath.

WAR- OFFICE, MARCH 23.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Lord
Brownlow Thomas Montagu Cecil to be Lieutenant and
Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Azahibald Keppel Mac-
donald, who retires; Roger Most3n, Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Brownlow Cecil.
March 23.

23d Foot—Second-Lieutenant Edward Howell to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vincent, who re-
tires; Edward William Fenwick, Gent., to be Second•
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Howell, March 23.
25th Foot—Ensign Henry Veitch to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Needham, deceased, Jan. 9; John
Pitt Kennedy, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Veitch, March 23.
27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Arthur Mage-
nis, from the 87th Foot, to be Lientenant-Colonel, vice
Johnstone, who exchanges. March 23.
28th Foot—George Savile Willson, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Truell, deceased, March 23.
36th Foot—Lieutenant Roger Barnston to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Abbott, who retires ; Ensign Bernard
Robert Shaw to be Lieutenant, by putchase, vice Barn-
ston ; Richard Hughes Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Shaw ; Ensign Richard Harbord to be
Adjutant, vice Barnston, promoted, March 23.
38th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Torrens Daniell
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jackson, de-
ceased, March 7 ; Sergeant-Major Frederick Bailey to
be Ensign, vice Daniell, March 23.
Cl44th Foot—Lieutenant William Faussett, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Lindsay, who retires ; Ensign
George Barchard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Faussett; Arthur Peniston Moore, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Burchard, March 23.
50th Foot—Surgeon Archibald Alexander, from the
78th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Webster, who exchanges,
March 23.
57th Foot—Ensign Henry Butler to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Swetenhana, who retires ; George Udney
Hague, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Butler,
March 23.

59th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Gamage Byam to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Peebles, who retires; Ensign
James Stanhope Patrick Clarke to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Byam; Frederick }racket, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Clarke, March 23.
75th Foot—Captain John Hamilton Cox, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice George Thorne
George, who exchanges, March 23.
78th Foot—Surgeon Arthur Charles Webster, from
the 50th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Alexander, who ex-
changes, March 23.
87th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Montague Cholmeley
Johnstone, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Magenis, who exchanges, March 23.
94th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Symth Mercer to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Henry Nicholls, who re-
tires upon full-pay, March 23.
Ensign Whiteford John Bell to be Lieutenant, vice
Mercer, March 23.
Henry Jameson, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Bell,
March 23.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Isaac Hindley Herbert Gall to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton, who retires;
Ensign Frederick William Despard to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, ♦ice Gall; Loftus John Nunn, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Despard, March 23.
BREVET. —Captain William Henry Kenny, half-pay,
61st Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to have the
local rank of Major in New Zealand, March 23; Ensign
MEMORANDUM —The names of the Assistant-Surgeon
appointed to the 88th Foot, in the Gazette of the 18th
August, 1848, and removed tj? the Royal Regiment of
Hor:e Guards, in the Gazette of 6th October, 1848, are
" Frederick George Kenn," and not "Fergus Kerin," as
previously stated.
John Pitt Kennedy, of the 25► h Regiment of Foot, to
have the local rank of Major in the East Indies, March 24.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current, March 23.)

SUGAR.—To-day there was not a better demand for
West India Sugar, and the very small quantity of 50
hhds, &c., found buyers; still holders refused to submit
to any further reduction. The sales for the week amount
to only 285 hhds, &e. For other sorts of free labour
Sugar the market, however, has a brisker appearanee.
REFINED.—To-day the market for Refined Goods was
in a quiet state, and prices are on the decline. Brown
lumps were sold at 49s 6d to 50s 6d, and Standard lumps
at 51s. Bonded Crushed is not much wanted, still full
rates are obtained. For Loaves the market is quiet at
34s to 36s for 6 to 141bs.

MAURITIUL—This afternoon there were four public
sales of Mauritius Sugar, comprising 9,282 bags, a fair
part of which consisted of superior grocery sorts. The
demand was brisker, and the whole sold at full rates,
Fine yellow realised 40s to 425, middling and good 38s
to 39s 6d, low 37s to 37s 6d, good and fine brown 35s 6d
to 365. 6d, ordinary to fine grey 37s to 40s 6d, washed
and syrupy 35s to 41s 6d per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the public sales of
Bengal Sugar consisted of 1,266 bags, and went at full
rates ; strong white at 45s to 48s. 6J., fine yellow 44s
6d, mid soft 34s 6d to 365, ord and mid brown 30s to
31s 6d, damp white Benares 39s 6d to 425. Of Madras
1,752 bags were sold at full rates ; low and mid soft
yellow went at 33s to 345, good and brown at 31s 6d to
32s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-clay there was little passing in Foreign
Sugar by private treaty. The sales for the week are a
cargo of Pariaba at 20s for brown, and at 25s for white;
one of brown Pernambuco at 20s, and 1,000 chests of
yellow Havannah at 22s to 25s per cwt.
. _

MOLASSES.—There is still firmness in the market for
West India, but the sales made have been of little mo-
ment this week. Deliveries still exceed imports, and
the value is from 16s 6d to 21s for low to fine quality.
East India Treacle 15s 6d to 16s; the sales made are of
little moment.
COITEL—This afternoon the home trade Coffee mar-
ket presented a quiet aspect : at public sale 30 casks 16
brls Jamaica, the chief part was taken in ; good quality
of the new crop at 75s to 89s ; ordinary old sold at
32s 6d, and triage 28s ; 3 casks Demerara, good ordi-
nary 36s ; 165 bags Native Ceylon taken in, good ordi-
nary 33s ; 14 bales 50 bags Mysore, good ordinary old
green 43s per cwt.
Cocos.—The market for West India is firm. Foreign
is in fair demand at from 27s to 28s 6d per cwt, at which
a fair business has been concluded.

TEL—Black met with little attention, and there are
sellers at rather lower rates; ordinary and good
Congou can be purchased at 71d to 13/c1 per lb.
For Green the trade is in a quiet position,
and there aro sellers rather under previous quota-
tions: the market is also well supplied. Of Scented and
Pekoe Tea several parcels have been disposed of, but at
rather lower rates. With an extensive consumption and
low prices it is surprising the Tea market should con-
tinue in an inactive state. To-day the public sales of
2,278 packages of Tea just arrived, went off with ex-
treme heaviness, and only one lot of Gunpowder, in fancy
boxes, sold at 4s 4d per lb.
SPICES.—To-day at auction 41 pkgs of Jamaica Ginger
sold at 73s to 100 s for low mid and good; 145 bgs
Pimento went at barely former rates; good ord coarse at
aid to 3/d, and mid at 3jd per lb.
Ricx.—Tosday there was not a better demand for
East India Rice. At auction 4299 bags Madras sold at
a further decline of 6d per cwt ; mid pearl barley went
at 7s to 85, damaged 4s 6d to 7s, mid small sound pinkey
white 7s 6d to Bs, damaged 5s to 7s ; 500 pockets Ben-
gal, good mid white 9s 6d to 10s, and damaged 7s 6d to
8s 6d per cwt.
INDIGO.—The deliveries of East India continue to ex-
tend for all purposes. Holders are firm, and insist upon
prices fully equal to those of the last quarterly sale.
The home and export demand has been limited this
week. For Spanish the market is firm.
SALTPETRE.—To-day rough met with an active de-
mand. At auction 1817 bgs Calcutta sold at fully
former advanced rates ; 3 to 51 per cent. refraction
realized 28s 6d to 295, and 17/ per cent. 28s to 28s 6d ;
701 bags for export only went at 27s 6d per cwt for 10
per cent. refraction.
FRUIT.—To day currants met with little inquiry from
exporters; but the home demand was good, and prices
are well kept up. Denia Raisins went off slowly at 29s
to 335, but Eleme met with a good sale at 42s to 445, and
Velencia 38s to 402 per cwt.
COCHINEAL.—To-day there was not more activity in
the market for Cochinearl. At auciion 78 bags Hon-
duras mostly sold at 3s 10d to 4s 4d for silvers, and at
5s to 5s 2d for good black; 34 bags Mexican were nearly
all taken in at 3s 10d to 33 lld for silvers, and at 4s Id
io 4s 3d for black. These are rather lower rates for
black, but silvers wer full up.
Smarrs.--The market is firm for East India Rum,
and a good sale exists. The purchases for the week are
500 puns, &c., at is 3d to Is 3/d for proof. Leeward
Island about 400 puns have been sold at is 4d to
Is 4/d proof, and fine brown in small parcels
at is sd. Demerara realised the former value,
and several parcels have been sold at 2s to 2s 3d
for 30 to 36 per cent. over proof, at which holders are
firm. For Jamaica full rates are asked, still the sales
made by exporters or home dealers are not of much mo-
ment, and the market is well supplied with low and mid
sorts. Of fine the quantity at market is still small.
Brandy has fetched full rates. For Geneva the market
is quiet; export sort is offered at Is 9d to is 10d, and fine
for duty at 2s 6d to 3s 6d per gal. The price of British
made Spirit has been reduced 2d per gal.
_ _

TALLOW.—Today the public sales of Tallow went al

lower rates. Of South American 793 pkgs were chiefly
sold at 33a 9d to 39s 6d for low to fine; 399 cks New
South Wa!e3 35s 3d to 40s 9d ; 33 casks Tuscan
38s 9d to 39s ; 32 casks North American 37s 6d to
38s ; 53 casks Petersburgh Soap Tallow 36s 9d to 37s
per cwt. _ _ _

OILS.—Seal has been dealt in with caution; pale at 301
to 311, other sorts 27/ 103 to 291 103, and brown 261 to
271. The market for Cod is quiet at 261 lOs to 271.
Southern met with little attention. To-day a public sale
of 148 packages Cocoa Nut Oil went at 34s to 36s 6d;
32 Ins North West Whale 321 105 to 33/.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32,1br
the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of March, 1841).
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes i55ued........ 28,551,920

Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities .. • • 2,984.900
Gold coin and bullion 14,2211,351
Silver bullion • • • • • • 323,369

£28,551,924

28,551,920
3f. DIAUSEILLL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 22d day of March, 1849.
BANKING DEPAITION T.

Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000

Rest • .. 3,661,099
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
videndaccounts).. 6,984,268
Other deposits • . • . .. 9,855,626
Seven day and other
bills.. ...... .• •... 1,041,659

Government smut-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 14,072,844
Other securities .. • . 10,638,064
Notes •••.••• • • • . • •• 10,853,075
r Gold and silver coin.. 731,859

£36,295,842

•
1 £36,295,812
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 22d day of March. IS

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.

Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, which were read a first time.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
some place in Sussex fora repeal of the malt-tax, and
for agricultural protection.
Lord STANLEY presented petitions against any
alterations in the marriage-law, and against the rate
in aid.

Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented petitions against the
rate in aid.

PETTY SESSIONS BILL.

The Marquis of SALISBURY made several objec-
tions to this Bill, and urged the postponement of the
second reading.
Lord CAMPBELL complained that the Noble Mar-
quis was endeavouring to create a prejudice against tho
Bill before the Bill was regularly before the House, and
before he had had an opportunity of explaining its pro-
visions.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Tho Whitchurch Waterworks Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The two following Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed:—Chester and Holyhead Rail-
way (increase of capital, with powers to the London and
North-Western Rail way:Conipany to subscribe thereto);
London Corporation.
PETITIONS.

Mr. BAGSHAW presented a petition from a public
meeting, held in Exeter Hall, praying for the liberation
of the Rev. J. Shore.

A number of petitions were presented in favour of
international arbitration.

Mr. P. MILES presented a petition from the soli-
citors of Taunton, praying for the abolition of the attor-
neys' certificate duty. Also, a petition from a place in
Somersetshire against the Bill for legalising marriages
with a deceased wife's sister.

Mr. 11. BAILLIE presented a petition against the
Scotch MarriagelAct.
Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition from Plymouth
praying for the liberation of thelßev. Mr. Shore.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from a
place in the county of Antrim against the rate:in aid.
Capt. PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton
praying for greater economy in the naval and military
expenditure of the country.
Mr. H. HERBERT presented a petition from the
guardians of the Killarney Union against the Rate in
Aid Bill.

Mr. HERRIES presented a petition against the repeal
of the navigation-laws.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from the let.
ter-press printers of Carlisle, praying for the repeal of
the stamp duty on newspapers, the advertisement duty,
and the duties on paper.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Currie, in the
county of Edinburgh, praying that the burdens pressing
upon manufacturers might be speedily removed; also a
petition from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Company, complaining of the heavy rating of railways
for the poor and other parochial rates, and praying that
a Bill might be introduced by Which the grievances com-
plained of in that respect might be speedily redressed.
Mr. OSBORNE presented a petition from Lambeth
praying for a reduction of the national expenditure.
Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from
the merchants, manufacturers,.and others of Manchester,
in favour of the total repeal of the navigation-laws.
CONVEYANCE OF- TROOPS TO THE
COLONIES.
Captain BOLDERO moved for returns of the cost of
fitting out two frigates as troopships to convey 1;000
troops to Ceylon, together with the expenses of manning
the same; of the cost of the home voyage with the
same number of troops, time 'an average passage ;
of the outlay necessary for a second and
third voyage out and home, the second to
Malta, the third to the Cape, with 1,000 troops each
voyage ; of the amount of tonnage necessary for con-
veying the same force, the expense attending it by the
transport system, and the tonnage required ; of the ex-
pense incurred by the last outward and home voyage of
the Resistance troop-ship to the Mauritius with troops,
her registered tonnage, the number of persons on board
out and home, including the commander and crew and
cabin passengers, the tonnage appropriated for their use
and unoccupied by stores, not being their personal bag-
gage; and of the number of superficial and cubic feet
allowed to each individual.—Agreed to.
LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL (SCOTLAND).
Mr. FORBES wished to know from the Solicitor-
General of Scotland, whether it tas his intention to
have this Bill read a second time tonight; and if not,
when he intended to proceed with it. The subject was
looked upon with great interest in Scotland.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for SCOTLAND
replied that it was not his intention to propose the
second reading of the Bill to-night; he should not pro-
ceed with the Bill until after Easter.
THE MARINES.
Mr. HUME said he rose to give notice that on Tues•
day next he would move for a return of the expense of
raising and enrolling 15,009 marines.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND).
Mr. OSBORNE asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer if he intended to introduce a Bill during the
present session for the abolition of the equity jurisdiction
of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland ; and, in the
event of not abolishing the equity jurisdiction, if he
would introduce a Bill for the regulation of the Equity
Exchequer in Ireland, and for paying fixed salaries to
the officers in place of the present mode of remunerating
them by fees and by means of stamps upon the pro-
ceedings ?
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