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London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending April 1
1850, exclusive cf Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
. .

From the Eiitish possessions in America 26a. Mid. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... 275. did. „
From the East Indies .. 265. Oid. „
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of suzar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 265. id. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, April 4.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool
sack shortly before Five o'clock.
The Earl of ALBEMA.RLE took the oaths and his seat.

PETITIONS.
The Archbishop of YORK presented petitions from
places in Yorkshire against
Papal aggression.
The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented similar
petitions from various parts of Scotland.
The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition from
Carrick-upon-Suir, praying their Lordships not to sanc-
tion any penal measure which would outrage the feelings
of the Roman Catholics.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented petitions
from different parts of Irlland against Papal aggression,

MILLS AND FACTORIES (IRELAND).
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE,
the Mill and Factories (Ireland) Bill was read a third
time, and ordered to be committed.
Lord MOUNTCASHELL presented several petitions
from various parts of Somersetshire and War-
wickshire against Papal aggression. The Noble
Lord also presented petitions from Monaghan, Down,
and other Irish counties, praying that any measures that
might be adopted in this country to meet that aggression
might be extended to Ireland. The Noble Lord also
presented a petition from the grand jury of the county
of Wicklow against the abolition of the office of Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour of
the Patents Bill from various parties interested in the
trade and commerce of the country.
COUNTY COURTS.
Lord REDESDALE moved the adoption of the re-
port on the County Courts further Extension Bill.
After a few words from Lord ABINGER and Lord
BROUGHAM the report was received, and the Bill was
ordered to be re-committed on Tuesday.
COMMITTAL OF PRISONERS FOR LARCENY.

Lord BERNERS moved, pursuant to notice, for a
return of the number of prisoners committed for larceny
in England Wales from 1849 to 1851.—Agreed to.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
the Metropolitan Board of Health, stating that the
greatest neglect prevailed on the part of parents in
having their children ♦accinated, and praying the House
to adopt some stringent measures on the subject.
On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, certain re-
turns were ordered with respect to the importation of
meal and flour.

After the presentation of several petitions against
Papal Aggression, their Lordships adjourned, shortly
after Six o'clock, to Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

Mr. PAGE WOOD, the new Solicitor-General, took the
oaths and his seat on his re-election for the city of
Oxford. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was intro-
duced by Lord Duncan and Sir James Duke. He was
very loudly cheered.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Halesworth, Bcceles,land.Haddiscoe Railway Bi
was read a third time.

PETITIONS.

Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from
ninety-one deputy corn meters, in the city of London,
against schedule D of the Income-tax Act.
Several petitions were presented against Papal ag-
gression.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from
cattle-dealers, in Lincolnshire, against the continuance
of Smithfield-market ; also a petition from Peter-
borough, against the paper duty.
Captain EGERTON presented petitions from Crewe
and other places to the same effect.

Mr. REtNOLDS presented two petitions from places
in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from a place in
Elgin against the Bill for altering :the parochial system
of education in Scotland.

Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Liverpool
against the excise and customs' duties and in favour of
direct taxation.

Lord MAHON presented a petition from Hertford
in favour of the Bill for the removal of Smithfield-
market.

Mr. ADAIR presented a petition from Cambridge
again:4 the paper duty.
Mr. BATESON presented a petition from London-
derry praying 'or Parliamentary aid towards scriptural
schools in Ireland.

Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from
Clerkenwell, against the window duty.
Sir T. D. AULAND presented petitions from places
in Devonshire, against the paper-duty.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.

Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that, on an early day
after the Easter recess, he should move for a Select
Committee to inquire into the policy of continuing an
expenditure of public money in an attempt to construct
a harbour of refuge at Holyhead.
PUSEYISM IN THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.
Sir B. HALL said he would take the opportunity of
putting a question to the Noble Lord at the head of the
Government. He (Sir B. Hall) understood that the
Right Rev. Prelate the Bishop of London had stated
in another place, that in consequence of the extreme.
pressure of public business, it was not his intention to
bring in any measure for the correction of " clerks"
in certain cases, but that he intended to bring in again
the Bill which was rejected last session. Before
he put the question he would ask the Noble Lord if he
had seen a letter in the Timesnewspaper of this morning.
It appeared from that letter that a Noble Lord, who was
formerly a Member of this House, desired to have his
child baptized.—(Cries of " Oh," and order.) He took
it to be baptized, and the clergyman, the Rev. Mr.
Wagnel, of Brighton, requested it to be immersed—
(Order, order)—he was quite in order, and should insist
on putting the question.—(Hear.) What he stated was
that the Noble Lord desired to ]have the child baptized,
that the clergyman insisted on an immersion, and the
mother of the child said it was in too delicate a state of
health.

Mr. B. COCHRANE rose to order. Ho wished to
know whether the Hon. Baronet was at liberty to make
a statement.—(Hear.)
The SPEAKER—I understood the lion. Baronet
began his question by stating a fact.—(Hear.)
Sir BENJAMIN HALL said he was merely stating
a fact on which be founded his question.
The clergyman refused to baptize the child
without immersion, notwithstanding the statement
of the father, mother, and nurse, that it would be dan-
gerous to the existence of the child to do so if it were
so baptized. The clergyman refused to baptize the
child in any other way, and the Noble Lord to whom he
referred said the child was thus refused admission
into the Protestant Church, except at the risk of its
life, that risk having been declared by a competent per-
son. Now he wished to ask whether during the last six
months the Noble Lord had had any communication
with the archbishops or bishops with reference to the
continuance of certain forms which had been
introduced into the service of the Church by
certain clerge men, and whether it was their intention
to take any effectual steps for the purpose of suppressing
such practices which the Bishop of London in his recent
charge had denounced as histrionic performances.—
(Hear, bear.) Could the Noble Lord, in other words,
tell' them whether they intended to take any steps to
suppress Puseyism?—(Laughter.)j
Sir R. INGLI.S moved that the House at its rising do
adjourn until Monday next, in order, by the motion, to
have the opportunity of protesting against this House
being made the arena of any religious dis-
cussion, because it contained in it men of all
denominations, who were not therefore fitted for legisla-
tion on any subject connected with the Church.
Sir B. HALL quite
agreed with the Hon. Bart. that
this House was not fittest place for a polemical dis-
cussion, but what ether arena had they for making known
their sentiments ou these subjects? There might be
times and circumstances under which these matters
might be brought under discussion, because there was
no other place for them. In his opinion the prelates of
the Church had been wanting in their duties in this mat-
ter, and they might depend upon it that when the mo-
tion of the Hon. Member for Cockermouth came on a full
inquiry would take place.
Lord J. RUSSELL was'sorry that the Hon. Baronet
had thought it necessary to bring this question forward.
He regretted the statements which had been made with
regard to what had taken place with respect to the
sacred rite of baptism, for when they had no other au-
thority than a statement in a newspaper, no statement on
the other side ought to have been made as to any misun-
derstanding which might have taken place. His Ron,
Friend had given notice to him of a question, which,
considering the circumstances which had taken
place, would perhaps better have been deferred.
Now, with respect to the other matter. He mentioned,
some time ago, that he had spoken to the Archbishop of
Canterbury upon this subject, and since then he had had
no communication of any importance with his Grace.
He had thought it far better to leave the matter in the
what aboutthey whathad
was the nature of their
done or intended to do. A
hands of the Archbishops and Bishops rather than to
be constantly interfering,
iraonc proceedings, askingdin g s, o themr
short time ago, however, an
address, signed
by
twenty-fcur of the bishops, was laid
before the public, in which those bishops declared them-
selves against t io introduction of usages that
were ieconsietent with the former practices of
the Church. Besides -
that an address had been
presented to the Crown by his Right Honourable
Parliament, and .her Maesty
g jy
320,000, includin man Alerneers of both Rouses of
Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, signed by
to write to the archbishops,
communicating the substance of the address
to them,
bad commanded his Right
Honourable Friend
and directing them to discountenance practices that
were inconsistent with the ancient laws and
usages of the Church; adding, however, at the
some time that her
Majesty placed full confidence in
their discression and judgment. He had no doubt that,
in the course of two or three days, he should be able to
lay that letter before the House. He had only to state
further, that he thought it quite undesirable to bring
diseuseieu of this nature before the
House of ConalOno, ,

Mr.—COWAN, in the absence of the Lord-Advocate
from circumstances which he was sure they all de-
plored, wished to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary at
War, whether Government intended to propose any
measure for the abolition of tests in the Scotch Univer-
sities?

Mr. FOX MAULE regretted that he could not give
a direct answer to the Hon. Member, but yet he was at
the same time anxious that no step should be taken
which had not reference to the general prosperity of the
country. For this reason he believed that the compact
entered into by the Scottish Church, although a true test,
was fallacious. By the resolution which appeared upon the
books of the House, it was evident that this was felt to be
a momentous question.
ACCOMMODATION IN WORKHOUSES (IRE-
LAND).
After a few words from Mr. SCULLY,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that he could give no
answer to the question of the Hon. Member, for the re-
turns of the last five months had not been made
upon it, but as soon as he could get them
they should be laid on the table of the House.
The guardians had done everything in their power to
increase the accommodation, but they had found it very
difficult to do so. The sanatory condition of the work-
house was exceedingly bad, but the Poor Law Commis-
sioners had directed their attention to the subject with
the view of inducing the guardians to find a remedy.
Mr. REYNOLDS rose amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh,
and time." When the noise had subsided, he went to
say, that when the Hon. Baronet (Sir B. Hall) was
speaking on a comparatively insignificant subject a few
minutes ago, the House heard him in perfect
silence.—(" Oh I") In consequence of the noise
in the House, scarcely any of the statements of the
Right Hon. Gentlemen (Sir W. Somerville) were heard
on that side of the House. It was not his intention to
address the House at any considerable length—(Re-
peated cries of " Oh, on")—but he respectfully claimed
the right to speak on a question which involved the
life and death of his fellow-countrymen and country-
women. In Kilrush Union eighty persons were allowed
to die per week for want of food, and they were indebted
to the really benevolent and charitable clergyman of the
Established Church, the Rev. Mr. Osborne, for bringing
to light the cruel carnage which was permitted to go on
day by day in that workhouse. What was the fact?
That a workhouse which was built to accommodate
4,465 persons was now filled to suffocation, and to
overflowing, there being 5,005 inmates within its walls;
and what did the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for
Ireland say? That there were 214 more persons in the
building than it could hold.—(Loud laughter.) He was
happy to perceive that on a grave and melancholy sub-
ject like this Hon. Gentlemen could be merry.--(Ohl)
Let him not be understood as meaning that Hon.
Members really wished to treat lightly such a subject.
He considered if these deaths were caused by the neglect
of Government they were accessories to the crime of
murder, and as such accountable before God, he wished
he could say before man also. In his opinion the
Secretary for Ireland had too many irons in the -fire, it
would be much better if he were to resign his post of
Commissioner of the Poor Law Board to some man who
would take coach or railroad, and have a personal in-
spection of the state of affairs himself.
Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN bore testimony that the
facted by the Honourable Member were perfectly
true. The board of guardians of Kilrush were sub-
jected to an enormous pressure each day, and as the Go-
vernment advances had been stopped, the union was
thrown on its own resources, which were totally unable
to support the burden.
Sir DE LACEY EVANS expressed a hope that the
Metropolitan Buildings Act would not be brought on at
a late hour of the night.
Sir G. GREY said it certainly would not.
The motion for the adjournment of the House until
Monday was then agreed to.
The House then went into Committee of Ways and
Means, Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
THE BUDGET.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
rose and said—Sir, several weeks have now elapsed
since I first put into your hands the resolution to which
I am about to call the attention of the Committee.—
(Hear, hear.) Since that time I believe the attention of

Hon. Gentlemen has been directed to topics perhaps of

a more interesting or exciting character, but
certainly not of a more importance than
that to which I am now about to advert.
—(Hear, bear.) Time has also been afforded to
me for reconsidering the proposal which I then made to
the House, and of preparing any defence which I might
have to make for them.—(Hear, hear.) We
have also had the advantage of hearing from
a Noble Lord at the head of a great party the
course of financial policy which he was prepared to
pursue. He is prepared to reduce as far as possible the
income-tax at once, with a view to its ultimate extin-
guishment as sooon as circumstances will allow, and he is
prepared to makeup the deficiency which that proceeding
would create by the imposition of a duty upon the im-
portation of foreign corn.—(Hear.) Now, the proposal
which I have submitted, and which I shall submit to the
House, have for their object the promotion of the comfort
and the health of the labouring portion of the community
and further to reduce the duties upon articles of import
either of consumption or raw materials.—(Cheers.)
That is the policy which we feel it to be our duty to
pursue, and these two courses are now on
trial before the House and the country and
it is for the House and the country to
decide which .will be the most beneficial course to be
adopted for the welfare of this great empire.—(Cheers.)
With regard to my own proposal I can assure those
Honourable Gentlemen who have been impa-
tient for this night, that it has been from no
wish of mine that it has been so long delayed- They
will readily believe that I have been anxious to correct
some of the many misapprehensions that have prevailed
on the subject of my proposal, but believing as I do
that the principles upon which these proposals
were found to be sound, and those proposals themselves
to be honest, fair, and just. I have been most anxious
for the opportunity which this might afford me
to rr,explain what has been done, and
to vindicate the course which I feel
it to be my duty to pursue.— (Hear, hear.) I feel
I shall not in vain ask for the indulgence of
the House because it has never been refused
to any one who has been the object of so much
attack as myself, and I have therefore no hesitation
in asking for the kind indulgence of the House whitst I
vindicate my opinion and justify my conduct. He ad-
mitted at once tnat his proposals had not been re-
ceived wsth satisfaction by the country or by the
agricultural party, who were suffering from what must
be necessarily incident at all times to a change in a pro-
tective system, and which he believed could alone
be removed, not by an unjust reduction of
taxation in their behalf on the part of the Legislature,
but by their own individual exertions.—(Hear, hear.)
Time bad been given for the re-consideration of that
question, and the decision at which they had arrived
upon ij.—(llear, hear.) He would not refer to the steps
which had been taken with regard to the settlement of
this question, for he felt that it was a matter which
ought to be brought before the House. :They
should recollect that in the time of Lord Mel-
bourne's Government where was a deficiency of
5,000,0001. but the case was now different. Since the
Government had disposed of the emancipation affair
a new aspect had come over them, and that while
a deficiency was the evil complained of, a
redundancy was now the evil. The deficiency had :for-
merly been upwards of 5,000,0001., but since 1846 the
rates had been gradually altering, so that in
fact the whole of the tables had been changed,
and they hail now a surplus of 2,ooo,oooL—(Loud
cheers.) An Hon. Member had proposed to
reduce the nrtional expenses to about 2,000,0001.,
but he thought that the better plan would
be to keep faith with the national creditor—(Loud
cheers),—for if they did not he was assured that the
country would feel it to be necessary—(Hear, hear)—to
support it. What was the consequence? Why that
advantage would be gained by the aaption of a principle
which he did not wish to advocate, but which might be
insisted upon. By this plan which had been proposed it
was presumed that a saving of 400,000/. would be effected.
In times past we had accomplished great things by
maintaining the public credit of the country by means
of ithe sinking fund, however fallacious the
Principles were on which it was founded.
my time that fund has been entirely
changed, and the only: available sinking fund hat
relieved of a portion of our burdens we should not le,
those who follow us be placed at a greater disadvantage
but should take means to give them the same relief in
prospective which we have enjoyed. I am the
more serious on this point as doctrines have
been promulgated within the last six months,

SUMMARY.
The House having resolved itself into a Committee
of Ways and Means,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to explain
the alterations which he proposed to make in the
Budget. Several weeks had elapsed since he had pro-
posed the resolution to which he was about to call the
attention of the House, and time had been afforded
for the consideration of his propositions, and they had
also heard the propositions of the Noble Lord the leader
of the great party opposite, who proposed to reduce the
income-tax, and to re-imposean importduty on corn. His
own proposition was to continue the course on which
they had entered, of reducing import duties and
taxes on industry, and those two great prin-
ciples were before the country, and the country
was to choose. He had been most anxious for an op-
portunity of explaining and vindicating his opiaionst

and, for his part, notwithstanding that he enter-
which had been misapprehended. He admitted that his
tamed strong opinions on the subject, he was convinced
proposal bqd. not been received with satisf;,ction. He
it would be better to leave this matter in the haLdB in
was not :Jurprised that Gentlemon connected with the
agricultural interest should have been dissatisfied with
Legislaturethe s e leadnt
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in the
Church,hear.)
Andwhich
nothing should induce him to take any step that would but with regard to other parties he was surprised with
lead to produce a disruption amongst its clergy, the reception which those proposals had met with from
Mr. NEWDEGATE fully participated in the them ; but it was a matter of less surprise than regret,
course intimated by the Noble Lord opposite.
He wished, however, to know when the Noble There had been an expectation of a larger surplus, and
Lord proposed to bring on the second reading of gentlemen were sorry to find their expectations dis-
the Bill for the admission of Jews, as it was his inten- appointed.—(Hear, hear.) He had never sanctioned
tion to move that it be read a second time that day six
suchsanguine expectations, and therefore he saw not how
months.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should bring it on proposing an honest Budget to the House, he could have
at the earliest possible period after the dispoeal of the satisfied such expectations. He could not have met a
financial question. tithe of the demands for reduction made upon him.
Mr. FREWIN wished to know whether it was the They were bound in this financial measure to look
intention to bring in any Bill on the subject of segues- beyond the present year, and to resist the first
trations or sinecures in the Church. attempt Is entering on a wrong course. The. first Lord JOHN JOHN RUSSELL was understood to reply in
the negative.
.

vote some portion of the surplus to the liquidation of the
National Debt. Lord MELBOURNE'S Government had
been displaced for incurring an annual deficiency
which lead- to a loan of 5,000,0001. In 1846 a
surplus occurred, and in 1847 and 1848 the revenue

was less by 2,000,0001. than in the former year,
and yet there was no deficiency of ordinary revenue;
and in 1848 he proposed that we should pay further
taxes to defray the expenditure, but the House would
not consent to it. In such an empire as ours unforseen
occurrences would happen, which would render expen-
diture suddenly necessary, and that they ought always
to retain a surplus in hand. Why, within a week after
he had made his last statement a new Kafir war had
broken out, and within the last week a demand had been
made by the East India Company for 400,0001., un-
liquidated balance relating to the Chinese expedi-
tion. If we wese always to borrow and never to pay
but to devote the whole surplus to the reduction of
taxation how was the credit of the country to be main-
tained? However fallacious might be the principle of
the sinking fund, the existence of that fund main-
tained the public credit, and now the surplus stood
in the place of the sinking fund, and therefore
must be maintained. Considering the sentiments which
had on former occasions been expressed by the Hon.
Member for Montrose, he was surprised at his opposi-
tion to this proposal. He felt most seriously on this
point. He protested against the delusion that any failure
in payment of the dividends would injure only the rich.
Five-sixths of the persons receiving dividends re-
ceived an amount not exceeding 501. per annum, and
the sole dependence of these persons was upon the
maintenance of the public faith. Those persons were
widows, orphans, and artizans, who ought to be the es-
pecial objects of their solicitude. The results
of recent legislation had been to improve the condition
of the masses of the country, to make the community
at large the better able to bear the burden of taxation.
and the pressure of taxation upon them was less than it
was ten years ago. He spoke warmly upon this brench
of the subject because he felt warmly, and he challenged
those who wore avese to the maintenance of public faith
to stand boldly forward, and he called upon them who
agreed with him to do their duty, and withstand
the propagation of opinions so dishonest.—(Hear.)
He had no reason to alter the estimates of income and
expenditure which he had formerly laid before them.
The probable amount of surplus, therefore, he would
take at 1,892,0001., and in proposing to deal with
the surplus be did not study what would
be most effective, but what would be most
cost, which would give the greatest relief
He had been reproached for not having reduced the
duty on tea, but, although that was a high duty, it was
not a protective duty, and if he had reduced that duty,
he would, no doubt, have been calld upon to reduce the
duty on the article which competed with tea, viz., malt.
If gentlemen wished for any large reduction, they must
not perpetually demand reductions upon minor articles.
such as advertisements, newspaper stamps, and Irish
spirits. If the surplus was to be always
expended in the reduction of some minor tax
no great reductions could ever take place
It was for the sake of the labouring classes that he had
advocated the repeal of the duties on food and on raw
materials, and that for the purpose of improving their
dwellings that he had last year oarried the repeal of the
duty on bricks—(lronical cheers)—and it was for their
sakes that this year he proposed the repeal of the

duty on timber. They were crowded in cities
into ill-ventilated and ill-lighted apartments, and it was
to improve the sanitary condition of the labouring
poor that he proposed to repeal the window duties.
and they would well close their career as Ministers it

their last act should be to secure to the la.

bouring population the free use of the light
and air of Heaven. The most objectionable
duties that would be imposed were protective duties—
such were the duties on coffee and timber—he proposed
to remove them. Great attempts had been made by the
adulteration of coffee, he did not propose to meet
that complaint by sending an army of excisemen
into the grocers' shops, bnt he proposed to meet
it by reducing the duty, and consequently the price
of the genuine article. He had, therefore, selected
coffee and timber as having superior claims for a reduc
tion of duty.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

COURSE OF EXCH.4
Amsterdam .......... 11 15
Ditto, three months .. 11 1654
Rotterdam .... ••.. •• 11 16%
Antwerp• • ............ 25 22%
Brussels • • .... •... 25 2214
Haraburgh .• ....M.B. 13 74
Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 2%
Ditto. 3 months .... 25 22%,
Marseilles ••..••• • .. • • 25 22%
Bourdeauz.• • • ..... •
Frankfort on Maine.... 119
Vienna, effeo. Ho" .. .• 13 18
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 20
Potersburgh, Rble.. 37%
Madrid ••• • •• ........ 50
Cadiz • • • • ......
Barcelona
Saville.. •• •• •• •• •• ••

INGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibra1tar...........• ••
Leghorn 80 50
Genoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 52%
Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Venice.... •• .. •••••• ••
Naples •....... 413
Palerrao,peroz........ 124 !,‘
Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 124%
Lisbon ...............• 63%
Oporto" •• eeeeee •• •• •• 53%
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
New York, 60 days'sight
Philadelphia

PRICED OP BULLION, PEI 08,
Foreign Gold in bars ..411 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars .• .... 0 0 0
Silver in bars ........ 0 0 0

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, April 4.)
SUGAR.—To-day there were sellers of West India at a de-
cline on last Fridays terms of 6d to is per cwt. All parties
operate with caution and the sales are confined to 184 hhds,
&c., including 50 hhds Jamaica which sold at 36s Gd to
:36s for ord to good brown, 48 hhds 3 trcs Demerara good
mid yellow 38s 6d to 395, mid brown and low yellow 35s to
36g 6d. per cwt.
REFINED.—To• day Refined Sugar was purchased with
caution for home consumption, but brown Lumps of low
quality are not offered under 47s per cwt. Crushed Sugar is
dull of sale.

MOLASSES.—The market for all sorts has a quiet appear.
ance, and previous rates are supported with difficulty. West
India of low to fine quality can be obtained at 14s to 16s 6d,
Bengal and Mauritius 12s to 13s, Cuba and Porto Rico
14s to Ns 6d per cwt. There is a fair consumption of Molasses.
Honey, Jamaica at from 40s to 60s for low to fine.
MAURITIIIS.—This afternoon there was no public sale of
Mauritius Sugar, and privately little was done at former
rates there are free sellers.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Madras
Sugar went off flatlp at rather lower rates, of 8,320 bags not
more than half sold, mid to fine grainy lyellow at 39s to 41s
low to good soft yellow 29s to 345, brown ditto 27s 6d to
295. Bengal was held for full rates, and 2,585 bags were
only in part sold, low and mid white Benares at3Bs to 39s 6d,
and fine grainy whith 48s to 48s6d per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and the bu-
siness done privately was small, with sellers at rather lower
rates; only 400 chts brown Bahia sold at 37s per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day there Wii little or no inquiry in the home
or export demand for any sort of Coffee and none was offered
at public sale; holders generally were unwilling to submit
to any further decline. The nearest', value of Native Ceylon
is 42s for parcels.
Cocoa.—Although Foreign is offered at a further reduc-
tion there are few buyers. At auction 1,383 bags Guayaquil
refilled from bulk in ship's hold were taken in at 25s to 27s
for dark grey. There is a more plentiful supply of Trinidad.
At auction of 512 bags a small part only was disposed of;
good red at 51s to 545, grey 48s and damaged 36a 6d to 46s
per cwt. The value of Grenada is 42s to 463 for sound quality.
TEA.—To-day there was a good deal doing in the lower
sorts of black and green Tea at full rates.
Rim —ln consequence of a reduction on last week's rates
of 3d per cwt having been submitted to for Madras a
good business has been transacted, and the parcels offered at
auction amounting to 8,247 bags were nearly all disposed of,
low and pinky at 7s 6d to 8s 6, and good white Bengal grain
9s to 9s 6d. Bengal is rather cheaper, but several parcels
have been taken in the private contract market. At
auction 1,500 begs were sold, mid and good mid white at 9s
to 9s 6d, broken 8s to 8s 6d, and siftings 7s ad to Bs. The
value of good and fine white is lOs to lle. Cargo and pearl
barley Rice remains dull of sale at 7s to Bs. Clean Rice still
sells freely, Patna at 12s to 17s, broken 108 6d to Ils 6d,
and town dressed Carolina 20s to 28s. At auction
20 [casks American went at 17s 6d. Sago is
generally held,, for full rates, but less wanted.
Of 442 chests at auction not about half sold, low small
pearl at 18s 6d to 195, mid to fine 19s 6d to 245, and a few
lots superior white large pearl 32s to 38s per cwt. Sago
Flour is however, wanted at 15s to ifs 6d. Of Tapioca 84
barrels at auction sold at 214 d for ordinary ; 157 packages
East India Arrowroot at 3d ; 50 % packages St. Vincents
4d to 434 d ; 30 half packages Bermuda Is 2d to Is 3d, and
20 pkgs Tousles Mois 21/2d per lb.
N.:SPIRITS.— For Jamaica Rum only small purchases have
been made by shippers or home dealers. The value of 30
to 32 per cent over proof, of low quality, is 2s 5d to 2s
7d; 32 to 34 over mid 2s 8d to 2s 10d, better
sort 34 to 38 over 3s to 3s sd, and fine to superior
3s 6d to 44s 3d. Leeward Island can be obtained at
Is 7d to Is 7id proof, and very few buyers are to be met
with. East India has been dealt in with caution at Is 5d
to Is 6d; and there are fur arrivals. Only limited
sales have been made in Demerara at 2s 3d to
2s ad. for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Sales
in Brandy continue upon a limited scale; Cognac best brads
of the vintage of 1850 is offered at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto
4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 94 to 4s 11d, and inferior sorts
3s to 4s per gallon. Some arrivals have taken place this
week. For Geneva the market is dull; export sort at is 7d
to is lid; and fine for home use at is 3d to 23 per gallon.
INDIGO.—This afternoon the public sales of Guatemala
Indigo attracted little attention, and prices declined 4d to
oil per lb for low and mid sorts, but better sorts sustain their
former value. Of 590 serons offered about half sold, Cortes
94 to? 4a 84
very low to good at 4 2d to Us 9d, good and fine ,Sobres as

COCIILNEAL.—This afternoon a public sale of 60 bags Hon-
duras Cochineal went off flatly at 3s 3d to 3s 7d for low to
g-00(1, Slit/ era, these at easier rates.

THE DOCKS OF BIRKENHEAD.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
We announced in our last number that a negotiation
had been entered upon between the Liverpool Dock
Committee and certain parties interested in the
docks, warehouses, and other property at Birkenhead
for a purchase of the latter, and we advocated the
propriety of such an arrangement on fair and
equitable terms. We now learn that the offer made
on behalf of the Liverpool Trust was not regarded
by the Birkenhead authorities as of a nature to be en-
tertained, and that for the present, consequently, the
negotiation has fallen through. Much comment has
occurred during the progress of the attempt ;
but, although in some degree we coincide with some
of their remarks, we cannot agree in the conclu-
sions of some of our contemporaries, that the bargain
was likely to be a disadvantageous one to Liverpool,
especially if there exists among the party who are now
advocating a change of the Liverpool Dock manage-
ment a sincere desire to provide for the growing wants
of the trade of the Mersey.
We believe we can also confirm the statement made by
a contemporary that the offer of the Liverpool Dock
Committee was equivalent to about I ls. to 12s. in the
pound; the capital represented being about 2,000,0001.—
when the outer works and all are completed at Birkenhead
—to be paid for in Liverpool bonds, without interest for
the first three years, and subject to a graduated scale of
interest afterwards. It must, therefore, be evident that
the Liverpool Dock estate would at once come into pos-
session of a valuable property, subject only to an imme-
diate expenditure for completing the outer works, already
included in the aforesaid estimate of 2,000,0001., with a

large portion of the docks and land immediately
available fer the purposes of revenue, whilst the pur-
chase-money would not be paid in money, but in Liver-
pool-dock bond's, thereby cementing Birkenhead inte-
rests with the general welfare and progress of the town
and port, instead of converting them into dangerous
rivals. It therefore resolves itself into a question
whether it is desirable to purchase the Birkenhead
estate at a moderate rate of interest, or to expend a
further sum of 1,000,0001. in providing accommodation
on this side to compete with Birkenhead.
In order to show what the Birkenhead estate, so called,
will really consist of, we have collected the following
particulars, which may not be familiar to many of our
readers:—
Dock Space—About 200 acres, suitable for the largest
class of ships frequenting the port, with some four miles
of quay apace when the port is entirely walled in.
Land-700,000 to 800,000 square yards, including the
South Reserve, secured by the Act of last session,
200,000 yards—Herculean Dock, with facilities for dis-
charging on both sides of the river at one rate.
Warehouses—Some eighteen or twenty excellent
warehouses, ready to receive goods and merchandise of
all kinds.
The whole of the above is actual propertye—the water
space a freehold belonging to the bondholders, under
trust, and the land to the dock company, as a joint-
stock concern ; and every provision is now making
by both concerns to meet the requirements of trade, by
the erection of sheds, cranes, and other conveniences,
on the most approved modern principles; besides which
there is on the dock company's land one of the finest
mahogany sheds in the kingdom, in fell operation; and
the wharf walls on their land are built, or build-
ing, as far as Wallasea-bridge, one entire side of the
port ; whilst direct railway communication exists over
the entire quays, and the Cheater and Birkenhead Rail
way Company are completing their private station on
the margin of the docks, which will probably not be
equalled for a combination of maritime and internal com-
munication.
To suppose that such a magnificent property could
remain unproductive, or that it would not yield a fair
return on the investment, is ridiculous. It appears
to us that so far from it being a drawback on the
Liverpool revenue, it would be much more likely to
assist it. The well-known character of the parties ne-
gotiating for shrewdness and ability, as well as of ho-
nesty of purpose, ought to be sufficient guarantee that
they would enter into no bargain likely to be detrimental
to the interests of Liverpool.
Looking to the rapid advancement of the port, there can
scarcely be a doubt that water space and storage accom-
modation of this magnitude must exercise &considerable in-
fluence for the future, and, spite of opposition, Birkenhead
must in time derive a fair share of business. It is, there-
therefore, simply a question whether the Birkenhead
estate would be more valuable to the commerce of the
country in its present position or as an adjunct to Liver-
pool. Opinions may differ in this respect, but not as to
Birkenhead having the power for mischief, with her
large amount of water-space at so small a comparative
lcost with Liverpool.
As regards the merits of the Bill now before Parlia-
ment for alteration of the Liverpool Dock Trust, much
may be said. It is admitted that there has been a large
expenditure of money for dock purposes, with compara-
tively small results in the way of accommodation, and
we cannot see that this defect in management would be
likely to be improved by the trust reverting to the parties
under whose charge the evil originwed, and whose dis-
appointed ambition has probably inseigated the present
movement. We contend that the prosperity or the
town and of the docks are one, and that this end is more
likely to be promoted by the management remaining in
the hands of the burgesses and other permanent inha-
bi(ants of Liverpool than in that of an ephemeral mer-
cantile class, who, in many instances, are only accidental
ratepayers. Cheap dock accommodation is very desir-
able, but it is not the only thing that has contributed to
the successful development of what is now the first port
in the empire. Any false move in the dock estate ma
nagement that would be likely to reduce the receipts
below the liabilities, injure the credit of its bonds, and
stop a future supply of money, would be more fatal than
taking the Birkenhead estate on reasonable terms and
making it subservient to the increasing wants of com-
merce, shipping, and various trades now suffering for
want of suitable localities.

THE GREAT UNPAID AND THEIR CLERICS.—The
Somersetshire Assizes commenced at Taunton on Wednesday.
The Lord Chief Baron, in charging the grand jury, -com-
plained that in certain cases there appeared to have been a
sad misunderstanding of the law on the part of magistrates
committing persons for trial, and instanced the case of a girl,
named Russeter (committed on a charge of con-
cealment of birth), who had been upwards of six
months in prison upon a charge which was inca-
pable of being supported in any way whatever. His Lord-
ship also complained that many of the depositions were
so badly written as to be scarcely legible, and did not reflect
the highest honour on the state of education of the magis-
trates' clerks. In the most serious case in the calendar, the
depositions were written so badly that, in order to make him-
self master of the case, he had been compelled to send the
depositions to the clerk of assize to have them copied that he
might read them.