The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2l, 1847.

There being no opposition to the branch, evidence Was
gone into Iwo forma, and the preamble was declared to be
proved.
The Committee then proceeded with the clauses.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 20.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
SUNDAY TRAINS ON RAILWAYS.

GROUP XXXIII.
GREAT NORTHERN (EXTENSIONS TO
LEEDS AND WASZTIELD, DEVIA-

The Bishop ofIIE1:1 10RDPresent;ci;;;e;al peti-
tions against the running of trains upon Sundays.
Ordered to lie on the table.
NORTH KENT AND MID•KENT LINE.

TIONS, &c.)
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The room was then ordered to be cleared. The Committee
deliberated, and upon the parties boing called in,
The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee are of opinion that
the objection taken by Mr. Talbot is a good one, and must
prevail. The Leeds and Dewsbury Railway having sold
themselves to the London and North-Western Company, and
the Committee having proceeded, ever since they were made
aware of that fact, upon the assumption that the London and
North-Western parties were really before them, the Com-
mittee do not think that they can allow the Leeds and Dews-
bury Railway to turn ronud and repudiate the London and
North-Western Company, and stand in an independent posi-
tion; they think the objection, therefore, a valid one.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS then claimed to be heard on behalf
of the Manchester and Leeds Railway;as against the Mid-
land Counties scheme.

On the motion that the Liskeard and Caradon Rail-
way Bill be read a second time, as also the South.
Eastern Railway (North Kent Line) Bill, the south-
Eastern Railway (Strood to Maidstone) Bill, and the
South-Eastern Railway (Mid-Kent and Direct Tun-
bridge) Bill,
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that these
Bills sought to give fresh powers to the South-
Eastern Company. He was anxious that all these
railways should be rendered as useful as pos-
sible, and that every measure should be adopted
which could give the Government a knowledge of what
was being transacted. was obvious that it would be a
very great object to the county of Kent and the town of
Dover to bring them into such a close approximation
with the metropolis. He would move;that the Bills be
referred to the Railway Commissioners.
Lord BROUGHAM said that he was extremely glad
that his Noble Friend had taken this subject into his
hands. It well became his Noble Friend, because it had•
been his constant recommendation to Parliament that
more care should be taken of these railway schemes.
He (Lord Brougham) was always of opinion that much
more attention and care should be bestowed on these
railway schemes, and he would propose that the Bills
should be referred to a Select Committee.

Mr. TEMPLE objected to such a course.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS replied, and the Committee again
ordered the room to be cleared.

Upon the parties being realled, the Committee decided
that they were of opinion that the preamble of the

The Earl of RADNOR said that it appeared very
strange that those gentlemen who now opposed the
Bills were the very parties that got up the opposition to
these Bills. No less than a million had been expended
upon the line to Folkstone.
Lord BROUGHAM said he wished to be understood
as not referring to any petitions on the matter.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM said, that ten or twelve years
ago he had suggested that Government should have
powers to exercise a certain degree of control over rail-
ways, in fact that the whole subject should be taken
into the hands of Government, and he was of that
opinion still.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he had
thought it necessary to call the attention of their Lord-
ships to this question. He entirely concurred with his
Noble Friend (Earl Fitzwilliam), that the subject of
railways should be under the control of Government.
Lord REDESDALE said that he thought it of great
importance that the present. Bills should be brought
before the House. It would be impossible to pass these
Bills before next session, as the matter stood at pre-
sent, and yet there were no Bills of;greater importance
on the railway question, and, if possible, the Bill ought
to be got through this session.
The Bills were then ordered to be referred to a Select
Committee.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 20.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Four
o'clock.

fore he sat down he would refer to a subject which had Ibe a much larger quantity exported. It was generally t day of September, 1846. By this return th_ay wn'ild see ,
been brought under his notice by the Noble Ble on .gip- balky, d that then; oie about ‘'ix oolions of that co" 113 to so. 's c ure .-c heir erg !,od is the
posite (Lord Colohester). The Ncbh. I s oad soil eons-Ala-I 'a "' ' a. r traoo the I.aFl -•i74 if to. 1..
tint naval courts marial sh- uld o- • • .4' : -1 , • . . • ogle sixr..e for f!It• r gallantry. o ot. r.
tain cases, not of passing 6e,:toeoe ui Wit:, onto out gain_ ttorre ire oe. uuuted ; and i mined to see, it he had health and strength, to the
of such other punishment as the case might seem to de- as it is known that upwards of two millions are taken bottom of all these matters, no matter how high
serve. He entirely concurred in that object, and if his by the English and Scotch distillers, in order to keep the parties were, who were concerned. These fees were
Noble Friend would bring forward a Bill to amend the them out of the export market, so that, allowing only 3d. most excessive and it was a great hardship upon those
law in this respect, he would give it all the assistance in a gallon for the loss the English people are taxed to the who spent their lives cruising about in these unhealthy
his power. extent of 100,0001. per annum. He was, therefore, situations to be thus defrauded. The judge of the ad-
Lord COLCHESTER thanked the Noble Earl for the anxious, he must confess, to ascertain what reason the miralty court at the Cepe of Good Hope said that he had
manner in which he had met his suggestion. With re- Chancellor of the Exchequer had to allege for any oppo• no cognisance of any other party save that of her Ma-
specs to'the Bill now before the House, he had no doubt sition to the measure. Whatever the article, rum, jesty. They were all aware of what Lord Cochrane said
the principle was one which might be put into operation brandy, or gin, the same evil was liable to occur to the of admiralty courts. He feared, however, that since his
beneficially, and therefore he should not object to the consumer of spirits, and he should therefore conclude by time another reformation would be exceedingly desirable
second reading ; but he should oppose some of the de. moving that the House resolve itself into a Committee of as far as the Cape of Good Hope was concerned.
tails. His intention in the measure referred to by the the whole House. Mr. HUME seconded the motion, and begged permis-
Noble Earl was to assimilate the powers of naval courts- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must sion to add St. Helena and the Australian colonies to the
martial to those of military courts-martial. As the law really resist the proposition of his Hon. Friend. True return; because he had been informed that matters were
now stood, with respect to the navy, certain offences it might please the English and Scotch distillers, while it just as bad in those quarters. Those courts were under
proved to the satisfaction of a court-martial, they must, might not prove injurious to the revenue ; but it other- no control; they might do as they liked, and if any sub-
whatever were the circumstances, pass the sentence of wise might prove detrimental to the public service. ject ever deserved inquiry the present was that one.
death. He wished them to have the power of passing Mr. HUME said, as to what would please or Mr. WARD said that there could be no sort of objec-
such sentence as the offence might seem to deserve, displease the distillers of England and Scot- tion to the return, and from a specimen of a bill which
which would correspond with the practice in the army. tland was not the question for that House or he had seen, there were other courts which were nearer
After a few words from the Earl of AUCKLAND, the Chancellor of the Exchequer to consider. The home which also appeared to have the capability of
which were not heard in the gallery, question to be considered was, whether it was right and making out a smart bill. If his Hon. Friend could sug-
Lord SALTOUN said the Bill was susceptible of im- just that all spirits should be put upon the same footing. gest any new method for the organization of these
provement, but he should reserve his opinions till the Why rum coming from Jamaica should be allowed to courts, he would be happy to attend to them.
measure was in Committee. be bonded, and rum coming from Scotland not, was most COMMITTEE ON FEES.
The Bill was then read the second time. extraordinary, and an anomaly he could not account for. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
The Naval Service of Boys Bill was read the second He thought that the House ought to accede to the mo- to add Lord Seymour and Mr. Pattison to the Com-
time. tion of his Hon. Friend, and resolve itself into a Coin- mittee on Fees in Courts of Law and Equity.
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL postponed till after mittee of the whole House for the purpose of considering Motion agreed to.
the recess the presentation of a petition, of which he had the important subject brought forward by his Hon. Mr. BORTHWICK moved the preparation and pro-
given notice, from the Rev. M. Kettlewell, master of the Friend. duction of accounts of the quantities of British sheep and
endowed school of Clonmel. lambs' wool, and woollen yarn, exported from the
The House then adjourned till Friday, the 28th inst. United Kingdom in the year 1846 ; specifying the coun-
tries to which they were sent. 01 the quantities of wool
of the Alpaca and Llama tribe imported into the United
Kingdom in the year 1846 ; and of the quantities re-
exported during the same period, and the countries to
which they were sent. Of the quantity of mohair (or
goats' wool) imparted into the United Kingdom in the
year 1846 ; and of the quantity re• exported during the
sarn period, and the countries to which they were sent.
Of the quantities and declared value of British woollen
manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in the
year 1846 ; specifying the countries to which they were
sent (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, N 0.341, of
session 1846).
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he had no objection to the return moved for.
Agreed to.

Mr. BARCLAY thought that the House ought to
enter promptly into the redress of the grievance com-
plained of by the Hon. Member. The indirect result
of this question was far more important than it
at first appeared. The present Excise regulations required
an immense outlay of capital, and the consequence was
that the trade of distillation was in this country confined
to a very few persons, and by means of this monopoly
the prices of the article were kept up very considerably.
He• thought the first proposition of the Hon. Gentleman
was very reasonable, and that the second was based on
perfectly sound principles. Now he believed, if they
allowed British spirits to be rectified in bond, they would
lay the foundation of a considerable export trade iu that
article.

Mr. MOFFATT replied. He bad heard nothing from
the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the slightest weight
against his motion, and he hoped his oppo,,ition would
be considered equally unsatisfactory by the public. The
principal ground of the opposition of the Right Hon.
Gentleman was, flint the ri•venue would lose if his Bill
became law ; but he (Mr. Moffatt) did not think that
any such result would follow.

ADJOURNED DEBATE.,
On the motion for the order of the day for the ad-
journed debate on the second reading of the Poor laws
Administration 13111,

The House then divided, %hen there appeared—
Fur the motion 5l
Against it
Majority against the motion
BRITISH SPIRITS.
Mr. MOFFATT moved that the House resolve itself
into a Committee of the whole House, with a view to
adopt a Bill to purmit British spirits to he rectified in
bond for exportation, and to permit rt ctifiyd spirits and
compounds to be warehoused for exprtaiion,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXU lEQUER said
that the objection to this Bill WAS that it would
ultima!ely Ise impossible to r,-ctify spirits at all, for
if the duty was only to be charged after the spirits
left the premises of the rectifiers, the Excise would
not have the slightest c:otek for levying the
duty on the spirits in the country. The lion. Gentleman
;laid that his Bill was founded on the Bill of an Hon.
Friend of his, who seine years ago was Secretary to the
Treasury ; but that Bill had not been proceeded with
from that time to this. Experiments had been made
as to whether it was possible to ascertain the different
state of spirits while they were in the hands of the recti-
fier. If they succeeded he should have no objection,
but at present he did not apprehend any such result.
The adoption of the Bill would result in a loss to the
Exchequer, and he should, therefore, have to raise the
duty to supply the deficiency, which the state of the
country would not permit him to do.
Mr. HUME said, at the present time large quanti-
ties of spirits imported from Holland were exported to
the Colonies, in preference .to a better and more
desirable spirit which could be exported from Scotland
if this measure were adopted. He was surprised that
more of his free-trade friends did not support the last
motion. He was at all times ready to support the Mi-
nistry when they were acting rightly, but in oppos-
ing this proposal they were stultifying their
former votes upon free trade.—(Hear, hear.)
He thought the best way to remove the difficulty would
be for the House to resolve itself into a Committee on
the subject.
Mr. FORBES said that, if he understood the case
rightly, it appeared that a great portion of the trade of
this country found its way into the hands of the Dutch
distillers. He really hoped that those Hon. Members
who were in favour of the British distillers, and those
who were in favour of free trade, would give their support
to the motion of the Hon. Member.

Sir GEORGE GREY, in reply to a question from
Mr. B. Escott„ said that no doubt that illegal ptoceed-
is had taken place in some parts of the c6untry, but as
et ncf personal vi.oleflc been committed, anti thcught
it unfair to charge the thicurhancts that had taken place
from the high price of c',:rn to the conduct of the poor-
guard:ans.

Mr. HENLEY said that the law was in operation for
fourteen or fifteen years: The attention of the Poor-
law Commissioners had been directed within the last
few days to communications feat had been received on
the subject, and he trusted that they would take the
means necessary in reference to the subject. He
thought they should not make a violent change in this
law to which a majority of the people still adhered, from
an approval of its principle, namely, local administra-
tion and central control. The question of due local ad-
ministration depended upin the weakness or the strength
of a Government, when Government was strong it
might snap its fingers at poor-Itsw officers, and when
there was a eeak Government, this most important law,
the operation of which was so beneficial to the country,
would be endangered. He did not wish to enter into the
abstract question whether or not Parliament had power
to delegate its authority on the subject in question.
The authorities that had been advanced on this matter
were not at all analogous to the matter, and the defini-
tions that were given of what was understood to be unjust
cases of distress, wens most contradictory, as Hen.
Gentlemen would perceive by a reference to
the report of the Commissioners of 1839, 1841, and 1844.
With respect to the medical treatment of the poor, the
Commissioners said, in their report, and he would read
that report to the House.—(The Hon. Member then read
an extract from the report of the Poor-law Commis-
sioners;)—from which it appeared that the parishes were
in the habit of paying small salaries to the medical prac-
titioners, leaving them to make up their incomes from
other sources. The Hon. Member then read an order
of the Commissioners, recommending that the charge
and salaries of the medical advisers should be left open
to competition, but expressly providing that the charges
made under that order should not exceed the expenses
under the previous system. Now, had it not been for
the humanity of the medical men themselves, the con-
sequences to the poor would have been disastrous in the
extreme. In the parish in which he resided the salary
formerly paid to the doctor was 101. per annum ; under
the present system it was reduced to 21. 17s. 6d. per
annum.—(Hear, hear.) And in the union in which
that parish was situated the Commissioners had reduced
the amount from 3001. to 2901., being a reduction of the
paltry sum of 10/. Now, it was evident that the poor
must suffer under such a distressing state of things.
Then, with respect to workhouses, he must say that he
felt great astonishment at the statement of the Right
Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, in answer to the speech of the Hon. Member for
Dorsutshire (Mr. Bankes), that the inspectors of prisons
had the same power in the regulation of the diet of the
prisoners as the Poor. law Commissioners had in regulating
the diet of the poor in the workhouses, such state-
ments should not be. made in that House without, at all
events, his (Mr. Henley) endeavouring to show that
such was not the case. There were express regulations
by an Act of Parliament, the 4th Geo. IV., cap. 64,
fixing the minimum of the allowance to prisoners.
The amounts fixed by that Act haee never been re-
duced : they might have been increased. '['hut Act
also made aitriqtta:e prevision for the spiritual vverits of
the prisoners, slid ap-,onittnent of chaplains.
Sir G. GREY was nod: rsteed to say that in the
speech h tee Hee. :Sleinher had alluded to he had
merely C!(.. ,irguitie“rs or the am.
for ,11'..h (Mr. Ferrand).—that the
Cientoissietisrs ha,] es:re* heir powers in regulating
the dieters' of re. _ _ _

Mr. BARCLAY thought so much weight ought not
to be attached by the Government to the objections of
the Excise. If those objections were always to be
raised as a barrier against fiscal improvement, the effects
might be most disastrous to the best interests of the
country.

Mr. MOFFATT replied, and the House divided, and
the numbers were
For the motion

... ... ... 56

Against it . . 63
Majority against the motion ... —7
CASE OF MR. I)ILLON.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved for copies of the follow-
ing papers respecting Mr. John Dillon's claim for prize
money out of the proceeds of the smuggler brig Peru:—
Statements of George F. Young, G. Punic, and Fergus
O'Connor, Esqs., as to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
agreement in Mr. John Dillon's case. The decision of
Admiral Sir E, Codrington on said agreement ; and the
opinions of Admirals Sir C. Martin, Sir it. Stonford,
and the late Sir P. C. Our?iatti then•on, and the
legal opinions of Justice Sir IL Manic and the
late &r William Follett thr,r,on ; also the affidavit
of Mr. William Burt, then chit-t- boatman of the
Coast Guard station at Milk Core, c..Atnty C-rk, w;th
rtlcrence to the Pei•ti ; and ;iltowi:e the afti:lav,t of
clearance from the Cust.,m-house of New Y.rk by.
Junes Hitche.,x. r of the P,ru, it,,d the
manifests of the cargo of the d and iiie uflrlavits
~f Ur. Patrick Monaghan ;:i. ; al=e. for a r> tout
the vantity of Aid the
Lohowit paid to Mr. 11,,t,ry a lct CU3N,4,-110t1%41
cilik;er ati Kin.ialc, as priZ: In At j".
; ;.t.r a tifrity the
ad.treswd to th,.. :q the 1:;:-asiiry by
John dated the 20; it ~,y of March, 1847,
The Hon. Member went into Lae particulars, which have
already been several times bet,.r., the House, and coo-
tended that Mr. Dillon had been badly umed in regard t,
this matter. It was said that he was not the actual
captor of the brig in question, or directly engaged in the
business ; but to that he would reply, that it was gene-
rally admitted, it' it could be shown a party was in any
way a party to such a capture he was fairly entitled to
his share of the rize-moni-y. That Mr. Dillon
had been so engaged had been satisfactorily
proved by high authorities. The Hon. Member
then referred to several naval and legal authorities, to
show that the claimant was fully entitled to his proper
share of prize-money. He had no intention to follow
this out, but the officer was exceedingly desirous that his
character should be cleared of the charge of cowardice
under which he now laboured, and that he should receive
some remuneration fur his loss of pay and character.
He trusted, therefore, that the Government would take
the matter into their consideration, as the petitioner, he
believed, had expended much money and time too, and
was, he believed, in very reduced circumstances.
Mr. PARKER said that on the part of the First
Lord of the Tresury, he had to say that the papers
were now in so different a shape that it was impossible to
render them as they were desired. The original papers
had been returned to the memorialists. Lord Spencer,
through the medium of Sir Edward Codrington, had
already decided the question, and he could not consent
to have it re-opened. The question had been decided
over and over again. All that were really public and
official papers the Treasury were ready to produce, but
those that were copies of private documents returned to
Mr. Dillon himself they must decline.
Mr. WAKLEY said that ho could not help thinking
but that Mr. Dillon was an injared man; at one time his
request was refused because he was charged with
cowardice, but when that is challenged and found to be
inaccurate, then they went upon another tack. Why,
then, was the question of cowardice raised, unless it was
intended to be relied upon—it was unbecoming the
Minister of the Crown, or the conduct of a great de-
partment, to act in such a petty manner. Now, he would
ask the Hon. Gentleman was he prepared to refer the
question to a Select Committee- if he refused; he was
quite confident that he did so, because he did not feel
thoroughly impressed with the justice of his case.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he had not any objection to grant the returns
moved.

Mr. TIF;NLEY i in his course of argu-
ment, cm l (•tid,,,iv.iar to co:,tirist the direful
Lk' rte.'/lei (0, ,ith in- reckless c,:nduet
of the "to tt,.. c..urse which they ha l pur-
sued the p.,or in the institution.; of this country.
Tim [lon, then proceeaed to re the cl iuse of
the Act of 4 'Coo. IV. c. 64, regulating the appointment
of and fixing their duties, and contrasted
with that. elAuse the order of the Poor-law Commis-
sioners on the. subject. By the one, two sermons on
Sundays were to be vreached to the prisoners, but by
the latter, only one to the pauper:. He was not required
to catechise' the children, or to instruct the inmates,
as by the Act of Geo. IV., and a miserable stipend was
paid to the clergyman for the performance of his duties.
By the operations of this Act, the unfortunate girl who
was delivered of a child in the workhouse, was treated
worse than the destitute girl out of the workhouse, who
had taken away the life of her child, for which offence, a
merciful jury found her guilty of the comparatively mild
crime of concealing the birth of her child. And when
these two girls should meet again in their native villages
what would be the result of the treatment they had each
undergone? but to impress upon their minds, and the
minds of all who were acquainted with the subject, the fact
that those who had committed crime obtain better treat-
ment than those who were guilty of no crime, except their
poverty. Now could the House believe that had the Poor-
law Commissioners made the same provision for the pauper
as Parliament made for the criminal, could they have
witnessed so much disease and misery as had recently
been found in many of the workhouses throughout the
country ?—(Hear, hear.)
An HoN. MENBER here moved that the House be
counted.

The galleries were accordingly cleared, but there being
more than 40 Members present, ,
Mr. HENLEY proceeded to say that he bad shown-L.
at least he had endeavoured to show—that the adminis-
tration of the law ought not to be taken out of the hand
of the Legislature. Now he was particular that in making
any revision of the present system, they should not in-
crease the difficulties of parties seeking relief, and he,
therefore, regretted the more to see that this Bill did
not take from the Commissioners any of those powers
which they had indecorously exercised, both as regarded
the law and the people. It relieved them of some of
the formulas which had brought them into so much dis-
credit, but it did not take from them the real_ powers
exercised by them formerly. It was intended by this
Bill to associate three or four Cabinet Ministers with
tthhee Commissioners
s;teapnd? ww.haht.",,,lewt
hhaitmchaask,
neewwoeueltlidbae
party have of making an application in that
of a' grievance, committed
four Cabinet Ministers, who
under House, t h feo rl a
w the,
against redress
would constitute a third of the whole Cabinet. Would
not every question of that sort have to be fought tooth
and nail as a Government question, and then how could
these Cabinet Ministers give their attention to the
working of the commission. It was foolish to supims,t,
that they could, and th,, result would be that there would
be one or two men as now, conducting the entire business
of the commission. Still, however, every question of
grievance would be fought as if these Cabinet Ministers
had taken part in the matter, and of course it would I
become a Government questio;. Look again at the
vast political influence it would give to the Government.
There were thousands employed throughout thecoueneirny.
under the poor•daw, and in times ot a severe
tested election it would be ann,tst ini eissibb- for
Government to refrain from exercail,rieratgdyitsbaitdirtiusuffi-ei,lit
,eiete ever
them. Besides, he thought they
number o: Gctvertiment officers in the Hobs:, but it was
not so much on that account that he objected
bot'actdhivas whose
whit
ofh i
ephe petty
uldas the mixing up of Cabinet Ili a isters wjith'
ci'llneetegiu'avirldhiamns, examining of ac-
the
election
(o.irf officers; salt:or:.
duties were merely
de-
tail,cot;eu,eihmadsappoilituier.t
eretaotebrelemn length i(t3hi4tabodntit:;)etrivciaiu.nrit_sittltisi tilt! a•
ttilTise connectedhad t'now
w gwoiitilei
ahtasgt
co,eenittlet,mplated; and in
the Bill than he
efitinthPehpreoioirtohft:g'thaii; Country in the state they
te tn
whichconclusion hl
were in at present—he imploreudsethh leseonttoil
the agitator and thetlualteeafrsyoms-
Ili:lees:: cl,
legislated and
forw h which he
in
pon which he now demagogue the powerful wea-
ddiidsconntnetntedscpriuioprl,ethattoParwPliteld when ho told the
one mode, and tbr the rich in another. Hitherto the
people of the country had looked up to the Crown as the
redresser of grievances.
When they felt that there had
been a maladministration of the law, they appealed to
the Minister ; but if the
whom Crown
wo
uwldertehmeyadheatvhe t o
the
appeal:
adminis-
trator of the law, to
lie warned the House
in pulsing this , then, not to be two precipitant
inßill, but to direct,their serious attention

Mr. F. BARING said that be hoped justice would be
done ; and denied that there was any indisposition on
the part of the Government, to which he had the ho-
nour to belong, to render Mr. Dillon, or any one else,
all that justice or propriety demanded.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD thanked the Right
Hon. Gentleman for the courtesy which he had mani-
fested towards him, upon the present occasion ; he, of
course, should remain satisfied with the concession which
had been made to him, but the impression must still
remain upon his mind that Mr. Dillon had been hardly
,treated. He would, therefore, withdraw his motion.

NE W FO LINDLAND.
Mr. HAWES morwil for leave to bring in a Bill en-
titled, " An Act to render permanent certain parts of
an Act of the fifth and sixth years of her present Ma-
jesty, for amending the constitution of the Government
of Newfoundland, and to declare that the rest of the
said Act shall thenceforward cease to be in force."
Mr. HUME desired to know whether there were any
other colonies included in the Bill ?

Mr. HAVES said that the object of the Bill was to
restore the ancient constitution with some few ex-
ceptions.
ADMIRALTY COURT AT THE CAPE OF

GOOD HOPE.
Captain PECHELL moved for returns of all fees pay-
able in the several Vice-Admiralty Courts at the Cape
of Good Hope and St. Helena, with a return of all offi-
cers and persons holding appointments in the said Courts,
with the nature of the duty performed, and the amount of
salary received by each, and, if paid by fees, the annual
amount received by each since the Ist day of January,
1842 ; of the registrar's copy of the marshal's certificate
of breaking up of the hull and of the sale of the cargo
of the slave ressel Diana, condemned in the Vice-Admi-
ralty Court at the Cape of Good Hope, and transmitted
by the agents for the captors to the Treasury on the iith