The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-03 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

CANONRIES.
On the motion of Mr. HORSMAN. an address to the
Crown was agreed to for copies of all applications from
the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester, Rochester, Wor-
cester, Canterbury, Norwich, Winchester, Peterborough,
Exeter, and Southwell, for aid in the performance of
the additional duties cast upon them by the suspension
of canonries in their several chapters; stating, in each
case, the number of eanonries existing at the date of the
application, the duties attached to them, and the amount
granted in reply to each.
DISTRESSED UNIONS ADVANCES AND RE-
PAYMENTS OF ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion for considering the report on this Bill,
Mr. HAMILTON moved the following amendments:
—Clause 3, line 42, omit the word " proportionate."
Line 43, omit the words "or other denomination or
place." rage 4. line 7, after the word " comprised " add
the words " such amount to bear the same proportion to
the valuation of such townland as the charge upon the
barony, union, or electoral division (ascertained as afore-
said) shall bear to the valuation of such barony, union, or
electoral division respectively."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
understood to oppose the amendments. He proposed
to introduce words which would have the effect of allow-
ing the Treasury to ascertain and fix where the liability
of each division should be; and he could not see that the
House could have any objection to this.
Mr. HAMILTON said that bis only object was certainly
to fix that liability in a proper manner without confusing
the different divisions baronial and electoral; bat if the
Right Hon. Gentleman would assure him that the
method proposed would be the best he would be satisfied.
fir. •F:- FRENCH had great doubts of the Government
officials .in Ireland,.and. the details which he bad been
Obligfd teege into on,a late occasion were fully confirmed
bia;letter which, he had this morning received.
amendmen' s. were withdrawn. •
CLEMENTS. rdoied.' 03 add thefellowing• addl.
t ionalproviho- at-the mud- of elflueer-3:—eet Peovidede al-
ways, that at the •#time such annuitf sliatiebeofiied, tit
shall not exceed sixpence in the pound on tbe net as,
nual value then existing of the rateable hereditaments
of any townland or other denomination, unless by such
limitation the debt would not
,be paid off in forty years."
Ireland, he said, had been completely deceived with re-
spect to the boon which it bad been pretended had been
bestowed on her. It was evident that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had reserved to himself the power of demand-
ing the instalments of the advance whenever he chose.
The course which the Government had pursued had
only been to extract money from the people of Ireland.
—(flear, hear.) It was for those reasons that he now
proposed that the rate should not exceed sixpence in the
pound, unless there was a prospect that the debt could
not be pdd off within forty years,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
the Government would have been spared the censure
which the Hon. Meinber (Mr. Clements) sought 'to pass
upon them, considering that 3 ear after year the Govern-
ment had been granting votes of money for the
relief of distress in Ireland. A more unjust censure
was never uttered than that of the Hon. Member when
he said that the Government had sought to extiiiet,
money from the "people of Ireland. In the majority a
instan:es of loans of money to Ireland th? Oriod of re-
payment had been fifteen, and in dome cases twenty,.
years.
Sir R. FERGUSON• 'supported, Abet clause. The
Chancellor bf- the :Eiteh4quer 'talked a.l good, deal
abonfiabitiairritits etnfowee. She assessineutietat:t lire re,-
' turns showed that there was no foundation for what lee
said, and he really did hope the House would insist
upon the reducing the poor-law establishment in Ireland.
Mr. TRELAWNY said if the Bill were no boon at
all, as some Irish Members asserted, he was quite pre-
pared to refuse it altogether.
Mr. A. STAFFORD reminded the Hon. Gentleman
that the Bill was not intended as a bOOll to Ireland,
but to save a mass of people from dying of starvation.
Nothing was a boon which was done to save life, and no
matter what the case of the starvation might
be, whether it arose from bad legislation or a
visitation of Providence there could I • no doubt that it
did prevail to an enormous extent in Ire-
land, and so far from its conferring a
boon on the sister kingdom it_ , was the
bounden duty of Government to provide some relief.
Ile called upon the House, if they wished to make the
Bill just and effective, to amend the clause, as it was
proposed, and not to allow their time to be fritted away
by the ill-natured remarks of Hon. Members who had
neither the heart to commiserate, nor the mind to
comprehend the sufferings of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH was not ashamed to
admit that he was:grateful for this measure, though he
was bound to say that there was too much money squan-
dered in Ireland upon officials. Much of Irish misery and
Irish difficulty had been occasioned by bad legislation,
and it was not only the interest but the duty of the
House to do something to relieve the Irish people from
their unparalleled sufferings.
Mr. CONOLLY hoped that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would consent to extend the time of repay-
ment over a longer period, as the expense of the work-
ing of the poor-law was much greater than had been
calculated.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the addition of the proviso ... 91
Against it
Majority against the proviso ... —37
On our return into the gallery we found
Mr. CLEMENTS on his legs, moving that the Bil
should be recommitted for the purpose of amending
clause 70, and inserting words in other clauses.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

under 9icl per lb. There has been little desire to ope-
rate in Green and rather lower rates lave been accepted
whilst large parcels are on offer, more especially of
better sorts. For Scented Tea orders have become small,
and former terms are not to be obtained.
SPICES.—To• day at auction 1,202, bags Malabar
Pepper went at about the former, value, good at 3/d to
3/d, and damaged 31d. Of Nutmegs 176 pkgs went at
easier ratesqmid and good mid brown 2s 6d to 2s Bd,
low 9s to 2s sd, very ord is 5d to is 6d ; six cases Mace
sold at Is 7d to 2s for ord and mid ; these are again
lower rates ; six cases Penang Cloves went at Is ld to
Is 3d for mid and good.
RlCE.—Holders of East India are not disposed to ac-
cept further reduced rates, and supplied the market less
freely. There has been rather more demand by private
treaty, and about 6,000 bags white Bengal have been
sold at 8s 6d to 9s 6d, besides small parcels of
Madras at Bs, and pearl Barley at 7s 6d
to 8s per cwt. At public sale 2,390 bags were
nearly all taken in rather above the value, good white at
10s; a small part sold at 7s 6d for good siftings. There
is no variation in prices of cleaned Rice, and only mo-
derate purchases have been made, Patna, low to fine Ils
to 20s, broken 9s 6d to lOs 6d, town dressed Carolina
20s to 263, and American 18s 6d to 19s per cwt.
SAGO.—Few purchases have been made by private
treaty, but there is no Lather reduction, and at auction
315 boxes 210 bags were taken in at 20s to 25s for
middling to five Pearl. Sago Flour is not much wanted,
prices are also on the decline, and at auction 200 bags
were taken in at 20s 6d per cwt.
INDIGO.—There has been little passing in East India
fer any purpose during the week, still holders have re-
fused to make any concession in the value. At a slight
reduction there appears to be several home and export
buyers. For public sale the quantity declared is now
12,014 chests. Spanish is still brought freely to mar-
ket, and prices have slightly declined ; still at auction
160 serous of Guatimala were all sold at from 28 7d to
31 I Id for good ordinary Cortex to fine Sobres.
ra), COCHINEAL.—To-day a small part, only of. 150 bags
Teneriffe at public sale sold at 3s 7d to 8s 10d.
SALTPETRE.—To•day there was much dulness in the
market for Saltpetre, and rather lower rates are acceded
to. At auction 250 bags Calcutta were sold at 23s to
26s for good mid and good quality 4/ per cent refrac-
tion; but 2,403 bags were taken in at 24s 6d to 269,6 d

OXFORD, WORCESTER, and WOL-
VEI3,IIAIII)TON RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The ,adjourned half-yearly general meeting of the
proprietors of the above railway was held this afternoon,
at the. London Tavern; Mr. Raiford, M.P., chairman of
the board of directors, is the chair.
The CHAIRMAN stated that subsequently to the last
meeting the directors had had the pleasure of meeting
the five new directors, who had directed a good deal of
attention to the affairs of the company, and he was
happy to say the entire board of directors were perfectly
unanimous iu thecourse to be recommended to the share-
holders to-day. The board were of opinion that it was
for the interest of the company to proceed with some
portion of the line, and open it to the public as speedily
as possible. That, however, could not be done without
the directers had some additional means of raising money
than they now possessed, and one of the Bills to be sub-
mitted to . the ,proprietors tc-day would give them that
power .eepposing that Bill were passed, its
provisicna„ could, not be . put in force without
the. sanetich of the, shareholders in special general
meeting,aseerabled. The other Bill to be approved of
to-day was simply toenable the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction. Railway Companyi to re-purchase from this
companyethe Stratford and Avon Canal. In vonclusion,
be had only to add, that since the last meeting the direce,
tors hakhad- eq- iuteeeiew with the Railway Commis-:
sioners,4*.be eliatl,*; given .them an assurance that they
irpcepa agaimt ,the 'Great, Western Railway
Compeny as fast as.ahe ferees ofahe lslw,would sinew:, to
compel them to complete the „ .
Alelerman THOMPsON, M.P., was glad, to bear that so,
much attention bed been paid to the affairs of the con-
cern by the new direction, but he was sure the meeting,
like himself, were anxious to know what portion of the
line it was prepared to open. With regard to the two
Bills, it was an unparalleled circumstance that this was
the first company . who, without a single line of rail
opened, had introduced six Bills into Parliament, and he
rt°ribut_d that circumstance -to the fact of their having
tlree atterneys.—i(Laughtt r.) Fie' should be glad to
know, al-;o, how much of the arrears of calls-. had been
paid up siece the last meeting, and whether the legal
advisors considered the contract of the Birmingham and
Oefetd Juectioa Railway. fur the purchase of the canal
was binding or not. If it were a beneficial contract he
shout certainly object to its being carried out until the
Great Western Company fulfilled their agreement with
the company,—(near.) He was very much afraid
that no halal process whatever could induce the
Great Western Company to do justice to do this
company, as they had no means of raising money to
carry out the line.—(Hear.)
Tee CHAIRMAN replied, that since the last meeting
6e101)/. erreere of callsi had been paid up. The contract
for the purchase of the canal was under the seal of the
Birm;ngharu and Oxford Railway Company, and was
c7early legal and, binding; but whether it was beneficial
or net he could not say; nothing had been received from

it yi,t. • ,
Tnomrsox—What Portion of the line do
you intr.r.,d to complete forthwith?
Tkie CuaTkotate replied the northern portion, where
there Ka. the greatest amount of traffic and the greatest
ext.2i.t of poput.tion, frm:Abbots Wood to Dudley.
Alderman THOMPSON—What will the cost of thatliet
The CILAIR3IAN said a:ter that point of the line was
ready for treltio tha directors intended to direct their
nJelltion to tae completion of the line between Dudley
and _NVolverhampt:n. The estimsited eipense of the
whols.), in round numbers, would be 700.0001., namely,
350,0001.4.)r tte tiret portion, and 350,0001. for the part
betwftn Duey anti Wolverhampton.
M.r. Scogertnt GISELEP. observed that it was quite
eviOerit tha%tne policy of the Great Western Company
was to prevent the line from being made, and he, there-
fore, ib,,ught .they ought to have an independeat engi-
ne,7„ lie complained that the directors had refused :o
open ti.e books to the auditors elected at the last meeting.
Arter aotne further discussion the two Bills were ap-
pi2ved of,;ntid,:thankS having been voted to the Chairman,
the meeting terminated.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.
The Earl of STRADBROKE presented a petition
from some p:tee in Suffolk praying for a repeal of the
malt tax.
The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition from
Lancashire against the relay system in factories.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Cam-
bridge against any alteration in the law wh eh should
authoris.vmarriage with a deceased wite's sister.
The Earl of HARROWBY presented a petition pray-
ing for a repeal of the law authorising the sale of beer
in beer-houses, and moved that it be printed.—Agreed to.
The Bishop of LICHFIELD; presented a petition
apinst Post-office labour on a Sunday.
IRISH POOR LAVA.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH, in presenting a pe-
tition, praying for an alteration of the Irish Poor-law,
said that
,the British Constitution was a constitution he
bell in the greatest respect; but ho would rather live
under a military dzspotism than under a constitution
whiel, tolerated the arbitrary proceedings of the Poor-
Jar.. Commi,.sioners. Ha did not choose to be at the beck
and cull of two hooded serpents, sitting in Dublin.
Tle Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti-
tion., from two places in the county of Down against
-;.y alicraticni in the law authorising marriage with a
deceased wife's 'Aster.
PIRATES' HEAD MONEY BILL.
On the motion of Earl GREY, c2rtain amendments
wore in:rodured into this Bill, after which it was read a
th'tr time and passed.
The Ells on the table were forwarded a stage, and
tli it lordthips then adjotraed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SrEAE.IIII took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PEIITIONS.

for 21 to 4i per cent refraction.'
SPIRITEL—The rates risked' for Leeward Island Rum
are still Is 3id to is 4id proof, but there has been little
business done this week, - and a reduction is looked
fer. In the market for East India much dulness
exists, and is 2id to Is 3d is the value, but parcels to
arrive can be obtained rather under these rates. Deme-
rara met with little attention, and a further reduction
has taken place. Sales of 30 and 40 per cent.
over proof have been made at is I Id to 2s 3d. Fine
Jamaica is in good demand at 'from 3s 2d to 4s 2d fa.
383 to 38s per cent over proof, but other sorts
are dull of tale," And offered at from 2s 3d to
3s 2d for low to good 20 to 34 per cent over.
Brandy met with little attention from shippers or
home dealers and holders appear disposed to sell.
Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1849 at 4s 3clto
4s sd; Ig4A ditto 4's 5(1 to 43 7d; 180 dittie 4S 1 Id to 5a Id;
and inferior sorts' 8d to eft td. Gebecieliria ben ope-•
awl in with eaueionear le fide and tide at-42eto 3s. The'
market is.quiet for British drade4Spirit at es4d per gall
net cash, and rot. Grin-At 7e' lOdetteBY 41d for 1710.22, per
.cent. undee proof.
• Tie.ndi'v. ay' thee publhe suldi 'O'f nat
dull ratee; 840 packages South American were sold sae
frotis 36s to 363 6d, very ord 31s to 32s 6d, Grease 28s
6d to 20s; 289 casks Sydney 343 to 38s.
Oeee.—Although further advanced rates have been
acceded to for Olive Oil, yet operations for all purposes
are limited; Gallipoli and Spanish at 441 to 45/,
and other sorts 421 to 431 103 per tun. The value
of Lucca per jar is 51 103 to 6/, and Florence
17s to 20s per chts. There is a further increase
in the stock. Rapeseed Oil is offered at a reduc-
tion, and sa'e; have been small; pale At 383.6.1 to 393 6d,
and brown 37s to 383 per ewe. Linseed Oil has been
purchased with caution for home trade purpuee3, and
only limited shipping orders have been completed;
prices continue to decline, And rule at 30s 6d
to 315 on the spot ; there is also a further
increase of supply. Few sales have been completed
fe delivery. Prices are not better for Palm, a fair busi-
ness has been concluded 30s to 31s for good and fine. In
consequence cf lower terms having been accepted for
Cocoa Nut, operations are upon a larger scale at 303 to 32s
but the stock is yet heavy. Seal continues to be operated in
with caution and sellers are willing to accept for pale 361t0
361.103, straw and tinged 321 to 351 10s, other sorts 311 to
32/. Cod is not cheaper, and operations have been small
at 341 10e to 35/. Southern has been in good request at
321 to 331 10s for low to fine, but the market will be
better suppliid shortly. There are several buyers of
Sperm Oil; prices continue•to advance, and rule at 831
to 841 for fine Colonial. The value of bast Headin atter
is 89/ to 901 per tun. To-day at auction 28 pkgs
Cocoa Nut Oil all taken in at 31s fur Cochin and Ceylon

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fer
the Week ending on Saturday, the 27th day of April, len.
roan DEPAITNINT.

Notes i55ued........ 29,937,876

:A29,937,375

Dated th• 2d day of May, 1830.

BANKIX4:I D:
Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000
Rest .• .......... 3,062,232
E'ublic deposits (In-
cluding Exchequer,

Government debt •• 11,0,5,100
Other securities .• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 14727,110 R
Silver balliou • • 2C0,871

29,937,87 i
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Sir J. HANMER Iresented a petition from Newing-
ton Butts against intramural interments.
Several other petitions were presented to the same
eff.,ct.
Mr. FORDYCE presented a petition from Aberdeen-
shire in favour of protection to agriculture.
Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions against
.the shift-system in factories. .
Mr. COBDEN presented several petitions to the same
eff cr.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition against the Mar-
riage Act. aiso against the Public Health Bill and Police
eli from Edinburgh.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition in fa-
vour of some measure for the efficient supply of water
to the metropolis.
Numerous petitions were presented against Sunday
labour in the Post office.
Sir LUCIUS O'BRIEN presented a petition from
Cla.:!? against the attorneys' certificate tax.
Colonel DUNNE also pr
OME-esenti di simi;ar petition.
INCTAX .
Colonel SIBTIIORP gave notice that he should on
an leer!y day cell thy., attention of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to tlao met'.-s1 of levying the income-tax en
tenaot-furtners.
An How. INIZIIIBF:it moved that the House be counted.
hut there being more than foriry Members present the
business proceeded.
REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX.
In answer to Mr. BUCK,
Mr. CAYLEY said that he had no intention of
giving up his motion on the repeal of the malt-t;.x.
He
should bring it on at the end of the month.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
In answer to a question from Mr. COWAN,
The LOAD ADVOCATE said that it was not his
intention to press forward the Health of Towns and
Police (Scotland) Bills in their
voied to go into Committee
on resent shape; he pro-
them pro forma on
.Monday, and to go on with them afterwards at a morn-
log siting on a future Thursday.
FACTORY ACT.
In answer to a question from Lord ASHLEY'
Sir G. GREY said that it was thei themselves for
intention of bee
. They
34ajoety's Government to bring
in a
children
proposed to
she regulation of the factory system
limit 1 ha hours of labour for womanand
ethe .hours of six in the morning and six in the evening
between
epriive days in the week, and on Saturday between six
.45d two. This would limit the hours to ten, with-
()lit allowing them so much range as at present.
• lie made this statement in the spirit of the existing
We, and not with any view of throwing an obstacle in
!ifie•ie-ay of the exertions now made to ameliorate the
lmel4-en •of the factory operatives in regard to their
•;;Aottrs;.ollPQ.ur• , L.
• mr aQPTOcaMt any interference between
t the exertions of the
star aud. men.; ancl,ihe,,thoug,Ah.
eblo Lora (Lord Aszetey.e,wou..Pop...l?e.n.eatheslaasos
rtote cop(Fatio,„l36 plhtt.o ,arnenetrate.7(ptear, hear.)
t this. was a aVar betw.en capit t
(Mr. Man")'t" that:. the Government .shoul
he. deplored
Trion ofthis kind, whit
'161) wittatr as,to support I propos.
.133 .„t.n.. m
thought in the his
• degree poti _ No
wulirdAst (!litt-hiS:criOtar-Wbeill, he saw the Goyereme t
of" 'e n'etry'inteiterfeg in •of way .seriously to
dice that capi,as.e r,
LDWARDS pretested dig comprem4
e
which the Government now souglit'.t,e bring about in
this matter,
feom the which he thought worm" be 3' departure
spirit of the Act of 1847.
' THE MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES.
Colonel
• askel the Chancellor of the
Exchequer when
the Miscellaneous Estimates would be
brought forward?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Australian Colonies Bill
that ho could make aostimat wa etze
wouldax
re
rdan forego
emn !te le
noo
unt d
oa
ry
s; beyond
y when
the Miscellaneous Ee further
AGRICULTIS
Lord NAAS said of late STATISTICS.
some valuable returns
had beyears
en laid on the table rel
statistics of Irelane, and h© waisingeto the agricultural
torli:
et: t isiku a thee of thath t
Hon. Gentleman the Secretary
of the session they might expect reland at what period
pectation
re:urr.
the table before a late
Sir X. SOMERVILLE could hold out no ex
- that the return would bo laid on
period of the session.

Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-hank a, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 4,693,443
Other deposits • • •• • • 10,597,499
seven day and other
bills.. ••-. • • • 1,147,973

OEPARTKIN T.

Government securi-
ties(inclucling Dsad
Weight Annuity) • • 14,292,170
' Other securities •• • • 2,781,347
Notes ••••••• • • • • • •• 9,641,680
Gold and silver coiu • • 708,969

434,424,077

Dated the 2d day of May, 1850.

COURSE OF EXCITA
Anaster,larn .......... 12 241
Ditto, three months,. 12 3
ICotterdam ...... 12 a
Antwerp .......... .... 15 80
Brussels ...... 25 SO
auiburgh M.B. 13 13%
Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 60
Ditto, 3 months 25 SO
Marseilles ............ 25 821,4
.
Frankfort on Maine.... 121 X
ilerhu • • .. • • • • .... • • • •
Vienna, effec. flo 12 10
Trieste, .. • ..... 11 1.?
Pet,r'shargb, Sll. Rble•• 37U
;;:..I,ld • •• • 49%
REtreolona • • • • • . .... • •
.• .• .. • • • • •• •• ••

£34,421,077
311RSIIILL, Chief Cashier.

. _
• IRISH MEASURES.
CAnel DT_TNNE observed that there were five or six
nc ti :es on the.ptper relating; to Ireland, nil ou important
P.ilPets, and h 4 shculd lice to know how many tbf.,
L.P.lgiili'llonGurrtblo.Genticnaan intended to proceed with.
tc night. .
Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied that he should take 86
ra9riy as he could.—(A laugh.)

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1850.

Fredrrick Tapley, linendraper, Sidmouth, Devon-
shire, May 14, at two, and June 11, at eleven, at
the Court cf Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old
Fish-street.
Richard Heath, brassfounder, Limehouse, May 11, at
halt-past twelve, and June 13, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-
staret; Freeman and Bothatnley, Coleman-street.
Mason, cotton spinner, Cinderhill, Lan-
cashire, and June 5, at eleven, at the Manches-
tcearsGhoeirerge Gar
District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manches-
ter; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
George Augustus Munro, merchant, Liverpool, May
16, and June 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Holden,
Liverpool.
Joel Wilson, iron manufacturer, West Bromwich,
Staffordshire, May 22 and June 12, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assig-
nee, Birmingham; Hodgson, Birmingham.
coal dealer, Wolverhampton, Stafford-
and June 12, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham leFge
Districtai Court. Valpy, official assignees, Bir-
mingham; Bolton, Wolverhampton.
Joseph Chilton, apothecary, Bath, May 14, and Jun
11, at twelve, at the Bristol District Cour. Acramau,
official assignee, Bristol; Hollings, Bath.
Richard Keitley, builder, Cheltenham, May 15 and
June 12, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol. Packwood, Cheltenham.
John Hollingwortb, shipowner, Kingston-upon-Hull,
May 15 and June 5, at half-past ten, at the Leeds
District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Burrell,
White Hart-court Lombard-street; Packwood, Chel-
tenham.
George Wilson, draper, Wakefield, May 23 and June
21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds; Grundy, Manchester; Messrs.
Richardson, Leeds.
James Pennock, farrier, York, May 23 and June 21,
at eleven, at the -Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leed- ; Dale, York; Balmer, Leeds.
Noah George Boad, bookseller, Huddersfield, May 21
and June 10, at eleven,, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Clough, Huddersfield ;
• Courteuay, Leeds. •
Edward Wray, diaper, Kingston-upon-Hell, May 15,
and June 5, at half -past ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, official assignee, Hull;
oESUGAR.
ankles and Son, Hull.
The - average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted; from returns made in the week ending April 30,
1850, exclu-ive of Custom Duties pa'd or payable, thereon
on the importatisn thereof into Great Britain
From the British possessions in, America 235. Hid. per cat.
From the Mauritiut , 225. `,*(l. „
From the East Indies :41d. „
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... • 238. Od.
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, May 3.

Assembly that ought to commence the execution
of the work. The Constitutionnel also declares
that yvhile it decress the prolongation ,of the office
of President, it ought, at the same time,,fo de-
cree.,the prolongation of its own mis,don. This
act of double treason will not be carried into effect;
the would .be traitors are too weak and too suspicious
of each other, and the only result of any such attempt
would be destruction swift and sure to all who had
been foolish enough to depart from the paths of
loyalty. In the meanwhile the first overt act of this
intended treason has been committed.

The Moniteur announces that the Minister of the
Interior has appointed a commission to prepare a Bill
to introduce certain reforms in the present Electoral
Law. The members of the commission are as fol-
lows :

MM. Benoist d'Azy, Berryer, Benguot de Bro-
glie, Buffet, Chasselour, Laubat, Darn, Leon Fau-
cher, Jules de Lasteyrie, Mole, Montalembert, Mont-
bello, Piscatory de Sezt-, General St. Priest, Thiers,
de Vatimesni), all members of the National Assembly
and all monarchists and reactionaries to a man. The
Orleanists compose the majority, then come the. Le-
gitimiits,- and the Bonapartists are fewer in number
than any.

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived.

We read in a Madrid letter of the 27th ult :
" The Queen7Mother has given a dinner on the occa-
sion of the anniversary of her birth, and this eveuilig
she will have a ball, at which Queen Isabella and the
King will he present. Yesterday after the Ministers
had paid their respects to Queen Christina, they
waited on the King, who received them with great
cordiality."
• The funds are steady—Three per Cents. 301.

and one of the most important rights of that con-
stitution was the power it gave them of complaining
of their grievances.—(Hear, hear.) His Noble R,lative
had also stated that what had been said in that house
had had the effect of inducing importers to send corn
into this country, which had been sold at a loss. He
was not aware that anything he had ever said had had
that affect, but if it had doe so. ail he could say was,
that he was very glad of it.—(Cheers and ia'ighter.)
His earnest advice to the fanners was to be united, and
fight their own battle—not take the advice of his Noble
Relative, bat ti take the advice of Those who had re-
mained true to their cause, and who were their advisers
and supporters in 1846. Why, what earned the repeal
of the corn-laws but an agitaion at Manchester? and if
the farmers onl% remained united, and kept up a con-
stant agitation, they would get protection back (l:air--
(llean) Be had another petition, to presert from
Sreyning, in Sussex, which was less of a political or
party than a practical character. They camplained
that they had been called upon to erect a new gaol,
and to pay a heavy rate for that purpose. The
parties who were said to have been affect-el by
tree trade were not called upon to pay to that ra'e, and
as gao!s were not exclusively of any one class they did
not uuderstand is la;- the expense should be thrown upon
the rained farmers, and the wealthy men should be
exempted. They were called upon also by law to build
lunatic asylums in every county. They did not make
lunatics. A great many would be mane among the
lartmas it they continued free trade, that he could tall
theca.— (A laugh ) He certainly did feel very mush
is -
dined to move a resolution on this petition, for ha fah it
was a practical grievance, and he was glad to near it
admitted by his Noble Friend opposite, that the law was
in a most unsatisfactory state. After mach a satem-at
he thought that he and his colleagues acre called upon,
as advisers to her ;Majesty, to come forward with an
amendment.' He was glad he had brought the subject
forward that night, because he had extorted several ad-
missions from the Government, mid, as they were not too
strong just now in the other House of Parliament, he
was not without hope that by combining to press them
he would ultimately succeed.
After a few words from Lord VIVIAN,
'he Earl of MOUNTCASLIEL, in presepting a pe-
tition to a similar effeet, said that it was not the farm-ra
alone who were suffering; the shopkeepers of London
were also losing greatly in consequence of thirty-mil-
lions leas being spent in London than before the repeal
of the corn-laws. Many of them were verging on bank-
ruptcy, and if the system was continued many failures
might.be expected.
.The matter thou dropped.
On the motion of Earl GREY, the West India Ap-
peals. Bill was read a third time.
The Leasehold Tempe of Laud (Ireland) Act Amend-
ment Bill was read a second time, pro forma.
The Earl of WAR WICK presented a petition from
Stratford-on Avon against Post-office labour on Sunday.
Their Lordships then adjourned

110 USE OF COMMONS, May 1.
THE STAMP DUTIES.
In reply to Mr. DISRAELI,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was not the intention
of the Government to bring forward to-morrow any
refereeci- te the stamp duties. It Oteigiet
be convenient that'be sliould'state'thet 'l?es proposed to
proceeddte-morrow witinthe Distressed Unions kIN1:40)
Bill, and 'the' Parliertnefrtary Franchise (Ireland} Bill;
and that .the Adatralran'Cbloh,hiSSllllineotaktbe taken as
the first order on Mandeb , eeesee
COUN't Y COURTS EXTENSION BILL.
On the motion f3r going into Committee on this Bill,
Mr. KEOGH rose to move that it be an instruction
to the Cuatinittee to extend its operation to Ireland. It
might, he said, be urged against this motion that it was
not competent for him to move it, that he
ought to introduce a separate Bill for the
purpose he had in view, but he apprehended
there would be no difficulty in accomplishing his object
in the manner he propose], if the object it el met with
the approve' cf the House. The reaeons which pre-
vailed fOr the extension - of county courts
in England were twice as strong in
Irelantleend he hoped when he told the House the vast
benefits the measure would confer upon the sister king-
dom it would have no hesitation in adopting his motion.
Finding that none of the objections that had been raised
to the exteesion of the County Courts Bill in England
existed in Ireland, he could not see what objection
there could be to make it an instruction to the
Committee to extend the operation of the Bill to Ireland,
by giving the assistant barristers' courts in that
country jurisdiction to the extent of fifty pounds.
He could not see why an assistant barrister
in Ireland shouid be only paid 4001. a year, while the
judge of a county court in this country was allowed
upwards of 1.000!.
Sir G. GREY did not see how the provisions of this
Bill could be extended to Ireland. His Right Hon.
Friend the Secret try for Ireland would shortly intro-
duce a Bill on the sej,ct relative to Ireland, and in
the discussion of that measure the suggestions of the
Honourable Member miglat be repeated. It it was the
general wish of the House, on the part of the Govere-
went, he would eayethat •no further opposition would
be offered An the extension of the jurisdiction of the
county courts from 201. to 50/.
After some further discussion the motion was with-
drawn, and theilouse went into Committee on the Bill.
On_ clause 1. extending the jurisdiction to demands
net exceeding 50/.,
Mr. MITOULL proposed to add wards taking away
the power of the. Court to order payments by instal-
ments, or at any future time, in cases where the defend-
ant, or any one of the detendants, was a person subject
to the bankrupt laws. lie had not bad an opportunity
of placing upon the votes this proviso, which ho pro-
posed at the suggestion of the City committee, presided
over ,by Mr. W. Hawes. If it was desired that there
should be time to consider, it could be moved on the re-
port, instead of being now pressed. While the juris-
diction was under 20/. commercial cases were hardly
touched, but the commercial houses in London had an
enormous number of accounts between 20/. and 501. with
the retail traders; one house had accounts upon their
books amounting to 65,000/., and seven-eighths of them
were for sums under 501.; another had 605 accounts,
and 466 were under 501. Now, if the judge of the
County Court was to have power, in the case of persons
engaged in trade, to give the defendant time, or order
the debt to be paid by monthly iustalments, no one
could be sure of his commercial bills between 20/. add
50/. being paid.
Sir G. GREY would be glad to hear whit the Hon.
Member who had charge of the Bill thought of this pro-
posal. For himself, he thought that, independently of
the difficulty thrown upon a judge in calling. upon him
to decide at the moment whether a man came within
this desOription, it would be hard upon the particular
defendants who owed between 20/. and 501., that they
must pay instanter or else execution must issue ;sin 'the
superior courts the defendant had till the 'neat term
before judgment was obtained. .. •
Mr. FITZROY, having only known of the ameridlient
since he came down to the House, would give no bpi-
nion at the moment, and would rather the consideration
of it should be deferred till the report.
Some conversation took place as to the language of
the amendment, it being suggested by Mr. MULLINGS
that there would have to be a collateral inquiry whether
the defendant owed enough to make him subject to the
bankrupt laws, and Mr. COCKBURN observed that it
would be better to introduce some such words as "a
person subject by his trade or occupation to the bank-
rupt laws." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman added
that perhaps a middle course might be taken by limiting
the power to eive time to two or three months.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought, if the power
to give time was to be limited to two months, the Limi-
tation ought to apply to all debts, whether under or
over 201.
Mr. W. BROWN considered that though there might
be some ground for giving the judge a discretionary
power to grant time in the case of a book debt, it was
otherwise where a bill had been given. The creditor
might be depending upon its payment in order to meet
his engagements.
The amendment was then witherawn for the present,
and the clause was agreed to, with some verbal amend•
ments introduced by Mr. FITZROY.
On clause 2, providing that fees be taken according to
a schedule at the end of the Bill,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved to amend the
clause by providing that the fees now payable upon
plaints above 101 shall be the fees to be taken under this
Act in plaints above 20/. If that was agreed to, the
proposed new schedule, with its graduated sale of fees,
according as the sum sued for was between 201. and 30/.,
30/. and 40/., or 401. and 501., would be struck out. There
had been great complaints about the fees. '
Mr. FirzßoY thought that the proposal was air
ceedingly unfair, and that there was an attempt to mis-
lead the House. If the principle was worth anything in
actions below 201., it must be worth something in those
above it. A man who recovered 19/. would be much
dissatisfied if he had to pay the same fees as a man who
recovered 491. He was sure the House would never
sanction the principle of throwing additional duty on
any man without giving him remuneration. The fees
were not imperatively fixed by the Bill, for the conclud-
ing words of the clause gave power to the Secretary of
State, with the consent of the Treasury, to "regulate;
vary, lessen, or increase them in such manner as shall
seem to him fit." He had no objection to take one uni-
form scale of -feesthe first in the schedule, for instance
—and was content to leave the amount of remuneration
in the hands of the House; but he would certainly take
the sense of the House if the Hon. and Learned Gentle.
man pressed his motion.
Sir G. GREY reminded the Hon. Member that the
argument of the Attorney-General was, that the judges
would have to decide on a higher class of cases, but no
part of the fees would go into their pockets, as they
were paid by a fixed salary. Surely the Hon. Member
did not think greater acumen would be required in a
high bailiff to serve a summons than in a judge to de-
cide on a case? If an absolute uniformity of fees was
established, they might he obliged to make the amount
so high that it would not be worth while in many cases
to go into court at all. The argument of the lion.
Gentleman, that if there was to be no difference in
fees between 201. and 501., there should be no differ-
ence between 10/. and 20/., was of no force, because
the officers of the court would have increased duties'and
fees in proportion.--(Hear.)
Alderman THOMPSON believed the schedule of fees
in the old Bill much too high. He knew a case where a
poor man when arrested for some debt of ss. or lOse had
been forced to pay 14s. to the bailiff, as the latter claimed
his fee of is. a mile, just as if the debtor bed actually
been taken that disteece in custody. lie trusted the
Attorney-General would not allow bailiffs to take , fees
for services which were not performed, and wLhed that
the Legislature had been more alive to the true nature
of this mischieveue Bill. If it passed, the House would
soon be overwhelmed with petitions for its repeal or
modification,
4DEBuQK
they
ought to give a fair sum to every person employed,