The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-03 00:00:00

NAVIGATION-LAWS.

Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from New
Brunswick, directed personally to the speaker, against
the proposed alteration of the navigation-laws, and
stating that, if that alteration were effected, it would
prove highly prejudicial to the British empire and to the
colony.
CROWN PROPERTY.

Mr. HUDSON gave notice that he would move for
a return with respect to public and other buildings
rented by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
in the city of Westminster.
FARMERS' ESTATE SOCIETY (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day being read for bringing up
the report on this Bill,
Mr. STAFFORD moyed the insertion of the follow-
ing clause, after clause 33, which was agreed to:—" And
be it enacted, that if any lands shall be subject to any
judgment, and part only of such lands shall be taken or
Purchased by the company under this Act, the release of
any portion of such lands from any judgment affecting
the same shall not operate, or be construed to extend or
operate, so as to nullify or in any manner to affect the
validity and force of such judgment as regards the resi-
due of such lands, or any other property not specially
released from such judgment; but such judgment shall
continue to affect such residue or other property not-
withstanding such release, in like manner and with the
like powers to enforce payment of interest and principal,
and to all intents and purposes as if such release had not
been executed."

Colonel DUNNE moved the insertion of the following
additional clause :—" Be it therefore enacted, that any
person or persons who shall have been evicted from
lands purchased by the company, either within the space
of twelve months previous to the purchase of such lands
by said company, or subsequently, during the period in
which said lands shall be vested in said company, and
shall also become chargeable as paupers to the relief of
the poor, then and in that case a rate, separate and
distinct from the ordinary rate levied on the union or
electoral division wherein such lands are situate, shall
be made and levied by the guardians of said union on the
said lands so purchased by the company for the support
and maintenance, either within or without the- work-
house, as they shall direct of the said evicted persons
and their families ; and said rate to be made and levied
as other rates for the relief of the poor, in addition to
the ordinary rate, on sueh lands, for the space of five
years from the date of sale of said lands by the company.
Mr. FRENCH was entirely opposed to the clause,
and hoped the lion. and Gallant Member would not
press it, as the effect of it would be to nullify the other
portion of the Bill.
Sir GEORGE GREY said he did not perfectly under-
stand the clause, as it was so loosely drawn, and there-
fore hoped that it would be withdrawn.
Colonel DUNNE apprehended that the clause was
perfectly intelligible.
After a few observations from other Hon. Members,
Mr. GLADSTONE opposed the insertion of the
clause, believing that the principle it contained would
defeat the object for the attainment of which the Bill had
been introduced.

Mr. BERNAL was of opinion that the insertion of the
clause would establish a precedent of a dangerous
character. It was proposed by it, in the case of eviction
of tenants for the non-payment of rent, that in the
event of their becoming chargeable to the poor•rate their
maintenance should be saddled.upon the land of the society
for a period of five years. He admitted that the object the
Hon. and Gallant Member had in view was a good one,
but he would advise him to withdraw the present clause,
and introduce another drawn up with more care, and
which was less likely to meet with opposition.
After a few observations from Mr. Callaghan, Mr. P.
Scrope, and Mr. Monsen,
Mr. STAFFORD opposed the clause, but if the Hon.
and Gallant Member would not withdraw it, he was of
opinion that it would be advisable to divide the House
on the subject, as there were many who were favourable
to the principle it laid down.
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A nu-
merous and distinguished party, among whom were the
Lord Mayor, the Speaker of the House of Commons,
Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Lord Ebrington, Sir E.
Codrington, Captain Mansell, R.N., John Abel Smith,
Esq., M.P., Captain Chappell, R.N., Blunt, Esq., (of
the Colonial• otlice), the Russian Consul, H. C. Lacy,
Esq , M.P. C. Williams, Esq., S. Smirke, Esq., Bolton
Bolton, Esq., E. Janson, Esq., T. Grissell, Esq., Captain
Mildmay, H. N., G. Edwards, Esq., &c.,
attended yes-
terday at Whitehall Wharf to witness the experiment of
the Timber Preserving Company, to prove the complete
efficacy of Payne's process in arresting the spread of
flame. The process, as is well known, differs from those
of Kyan, Burnett, and Bethel, in employing not only
exhaustion and pressure to inject and transfuse pre-
servative solutions, but in producing, by chemical de-
composition and combination, a new and insoluble ele-
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CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.—The following appoint-
ments have taken place:---The Rev. John Englandl Rudd,
rectoryM.A.
,caorfatceoovfenSht.aMm,arskt's. Church,
LBinircmolinnsgihirae on
Birmingham, to thee
nomination of the Lord Chancellor; the Rev. William
Taylor, M.A., to the rectory of Newton Bromswold,
Northamptonshire, on the nomination of the Warden
and Fellows of All Soul's College, Oxford; the Rev.
Charles William Hughes, M.A., to the incumbency of
Bnrcombe, Wiltshire, on the nomination of the Master
of St. John's Hospital, Wilton; the Rev. H. Dyke, M.A.,
to the rectory of Greatworth, Northamptonshire, ren-
dered vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Brading, M.A.;
the Rev. Charles John Ellicott, M.A., Platt, Fellow of
St. John's College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Pelton,
Rutlandshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev.
Gregory Bateman, M.A., on the nomination of Sir Gil-
bert Heathcote, Bart.
THE NEW METROPOLITAN SANITARY BILL.—
Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Mr. Deputy Peacock, and
other members of the Corporation, waited upon Lord
Morpeth, upon the subject of certain clauses, relative to
the City of London, in the new Will for effecting sanitary
I improvement in the metropolis. The deputation were
received with the utmost courtesy by his Lordship, who,
it is stated, expressed an anxious wish that the citizens
of London would be satisfied with those parts of the
measure whioh related to their benefit.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Common's.)

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2.
SALE OF BEER BILL.
Amendment proposed, paragraph 1, line 25, to leave out
the words "before half-past- twelve o'clock in the afternoon,
or where the :"-LQuestion put, " That-the words proposed to
be left out stand part of the Bill." The House divided:—

THE UNITED STATES,
AND MEXICO.

ARRIVAL OF THE. CALEDONIA.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Royal Mail
steam-ship Caledonia, Captain John Leitch, arrived
in the river at noon to-day, from New York, via
Halifax.

The Caledonia bring 47 passengers, 23,000/. in
specie, and dates from New York to 19th ult. inclu-
sive; Halifax to 22d.

The news from Europe of the Paris insurrection,
which was carried out by the steam-shiP Niagara,
had caused considerable sensation, and further ad-
vices from Europe were anxiously looked for. A
hope was expressed, however, by the mercantile
classes, that the insurrection having terminated so
signally in the triumph of law and order, that com-
mercial trans•,ctions with the Continent would the
sooner be generally resumed.
Congress had made no move towards an adjourn-
ment. The question now engaging the attention of
both the Senate and the House is the proper disposi-
tion of the newly-acquired territory ceded by Mexico.
The introduction of slavery into these new states, in-
cluding also it would seem Oregon, is of course stre-
nuously advocated by the representatives from the
southern states, whilst an equally strong party in
Congress, from the northern states, condemn the
measure. The New York Courier and Inquirer
says:—
" A compromise has been attempted in the Senate,
with what success remains to be seen. Two propositions
are before that body—the one to adopt the line of the
Missouri compromise, which would guarantee all the ter-
ritory north of 36 degrees 20 seconds to freedom, and
surrender all south of it to slavery. But inasmuch as a
large portion of the new territory is south of this line,
that proposition would absolutely plant slavery where it
now has no existence, and therefore be objectionab4e.
" Another propositien is to make all north of the Mis-
souri compromise free, and to leave all south of it open
to the declaration of its future inhabitants, whether or
not slavery shall exist there. This, at least, would ex•
empt the federal Government from actually establishing
slavery on free soil, even if the inhabitants thereof shall
themselves hereafter introduce it."

From all appearances, however, it was probable
that this question would be adjourned over to the
next session of Congress.
The papers in almost every large city were corn-
plaining bitterly about the .operation of The new "re-
taliatory" postage Act, and several able letters on the
subject had appeared in the New York Journal of
Commerce. In connexion with this postage-question
we notice that in the Senate, on the 16th, on Mr. Niles
bringing up his Bill for regulating the payment of
the ocean steam-ships according to services, performed,
Mr. Allen intimated his intention of moving
that, on the termination of the existing con-
tracts which the United States Government had
entered into with the various steam-ship companies,
no new contracts should be entered into, as from the
results of the mail contracts with ocean steam com-
panies so far, he was sure that all such arrangements
were very injurious, in a financial point of view, to
the Government. He announced his determined
opposition to all future contracts with ocean mail
steamers.
The Canal Bank at Albany failed on the 12th. It
was one of those banks denominated " Safety Fund,"
and was a very old institution, and has ranked very
high in public estimation, as being a safe concern.
The capital of the bank was 400,000 dollars, the
whole of which, together with 113,000 dollars depo-
sited, would be lost; and it seems very doubtful
whether the circulating notes, amounting to 182,000
dollars more, will ever be paid. The exposition of
the affairs connected with the concern are very dis-
reputable.
The Washington steam-ship, belonging to the
United States Ocean Steam Navigation Company,
was advertised to leave New York on the 21st, the
day after the Caledonia left.
The Southern Telegraph Company (Magnetic)
whose line extends from New York, through Phila-
delphia and Baltimore to Washington, a distance of
about 250 miles, had declared their first annual divi-
dend 6 per cent.
The news from Mexico is not uninteresting.
Paredes, at the head of a small force, had pillaged the
Mint at Guanajato, and then proceeded for the Mex-
ican capital. The coin stolen from the Mint is said
to have been chiefly English. The authorities in
Mexico were preparing to suppress the insurrection,
but the condition of the country on the whole is very
unpromising. Almost all the American forces had
left the country, General Worth's division being the
only one remaining.
Business matters in New York kept dull, as indeed
was usual at this season. Money was, however, quite
scarce, and as much as 11 to 1 per cent. a month
was paid on good paper.
The export of specie had not entirely ceased, the
quantity sent from New York during the week pre-
vious to the Caledonia sailing being about 310,756
dollars.

Exchange on England had been bought freely at
9/ to 10, so much so as to induce sellers to ask 10/,
which rate, however, was not firmly maintained.
Flour was quoted 5 doll. 50c. for good Genessee ;
common sorts, 5 doll. 12ic. to 5 doll. 25c. • Indian
Corn, 52c. to 550.; Meal, 2 doll. 50c. per brl.
Cotton was quiet, but firm, holders confidently ex-
pecting to hear of an advance in price in England by
the Hibernia, then expected in.
The exports of Cotton during the week ending
July 19 to Great Britain were 35,000 bales, making
total exports to Great Britain since September 1,
1847, 1,190,000. The stock in New York was
60,000 bales.

Freights were very low. Cotton, id. to 5-32 d.
per lb.; Corn, 30. to 4d. per bushel in bags, sd. in
bulk.

NEW YORK MARKETS.
TUIUMAY, JULY 18.—Flour exhibited very little
change, and sales of this state and western brands were
made at about yesterday's prices. Pure brands of Ge•
nessee were in steady demand for the eastern trade, at
full prices. Small sales new were again made at yester-
day's rates. Wheat was quiet, and no sales of moment
reported. Yellow corn continued in steady demand,
while supplies were light; sales were mad* to a fair ex-
tent at yesterday's rates. There was no change in meal,
rye, or oats. Provisions were firmer, and considerable
sales were reported, including prime and mess, at an
advance. Lard remained about the same. Sugars
were active, with a fair amount of sales, on terms stated
below.

BREADSTTJFFS --Flour—The sales footed up 4,000 to
5,000 barrels, in various separate lots, among which
were about 1,500 to 2,000
.barrels this state common
Oswego, &0., at 5 to 5 dolls. 121 c., with some inferior
at 4 dolls. 94c.; 500 to 600 ditto pure to extra Ge-
nessee, &c., at 5 dolls. 50e.. to 7 dolls.; 500 ditto fine
or scratched ditto sold at 4 dolls. 629 c. ; a lot of
Genestiee, extra, sold at 41 dolls. 75e.; smal sales of
Ohio, flat hoop, were made at about 5 dolls. 124 c. to
5 dolls. 25c. There was no change in Southern;
sales of 200 to 300 barrels were made at six dolls.
Wheat—The market was quiet, and no sales transpired.
Corn—Sales of about 15,000 to 20,000 bushels were
made, in separate lota, including. 2,000 bushels fiat
yellow, at 52c.; 12,000 ditto ditto at 53c.; 8,000 to
10,000 ditto round yellow sold at 55e. ; 1,100 mixed
ditto, for distilling, at 47c. Meal—The sales amounted
to about 800 barrels Jersey, at 2 dolls. soe. Rye—
Sales of 1,000 bushels were made at lite. Rye Flour—
Sales of 150 barrels were made at dolls. 6itc. to 3 dolls.
62F'. Oats—Canal were worth 43c. to 44c., and by
retail, 45c.
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Cotton—The total amount of sales yesterday was
1,500 bales ; to day, we only hear of 800 bales of same
descriptions. The market is firm, without buoyancy or
activity, but few parties were disposed to take hold at
present rates, although an advance by the next steamer
is generally conceded. The quotations rule the same as
for the previous steamer :