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33 to 35 over good middling 3s 5d to 3s 7d,35 to 36 over good
3s 8d to 3s 11d, and tine of favourite marks 4s to 4s 6d per gal-
lon. Leewards at 2s 3d to 2s 4d for proof to four overproof.
Demerara 35 to 36 per cent overproof at 3s 3d to 3s 4d per gal.
Calcutta at is Ild to Is 1114 proof with certificate. For Brandy
prices rule as follow :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of
1838, hhds 5s 3d, puns as 1d ; ditto 1839, hhds 5s Id, puns
4s lld ; ditto 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d; ditto 1841, hhds
4s 11d, puns 4s 9d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; mid
and good mid sorts, 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 8d to 2s 10d per
gallon. Geneva is 10d to is lld ; fine, for home consump-
tion at 2s 8d to 3s 6d per gallon. English Corn Spirits at
lOs 4cl per gallon cash.
RlCE.—This afternoon the market was well supplied with
Bengal Rice, buyers were more inclined to purchase, and the
whole was readily disposed of at full prices, middling white
fetched Its to Its 6d good bold white lls Gd to 12s 6d, sea
damaged 7s Gd to 11 s per cwt.
INDIGO.—Since the conclusion of the sale, a good demand
has prevailed for all descriptions from the home trade and
exporters, and the rates previously established are fully sup-
ported.

MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Lieut. Elmsall,
of the Ist Dragoons, are William de Cardonnel, not William de
Cardonnel Greaves, as previously stated. The date of the
commission of Lieut. Henry Saint John Clements, in the 84th
Foot, has been altered to Ist October, 1842.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
First or Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—W. Evetts, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Webb, re-
signed, July 26.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 30.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
The Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Dissentients Bill
was read a third time and passed.
The Church Endowment Bill, the Ecclesiastical Juris-
diction Bill, and the Clerks of the Crown and Chancery
Bill, severally passed through Committee, and were re-
ported.
The Metropolitan Buildings Bill also passed through
Committee, and was reported.
The Privy Council Bill was read a third time and
passed.
LAW COURTS (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE, with some preliminary ob-
servations which were inaudible in the gallery, moved
the order of the day for the Committee on the Bill for
regulating the certain usages and practice of the
.courts
of law in Ireland.
Lord CAMPBELL objected to the appointment of
prothonotary and other officers by the Lord Lieutenant
or his secretaries, instead of their being appointed by
the judges of the respective courts. , He would, at
another time, move an amendment for the purpose of
removing that objection.
The LORD CHANCELLOR defended that part of
the Bill, which he said was not a new enactment, as the
appointment of the prothonotaries had been vested in
the Lord Lieutenant.
The Bill then passed through Committee.
CATHOLIC PENAL LAWS REPEAL BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had been
requested by his Noble Friend near him (Lord Beau-
mont) to move the report of the Committee on the Bill
for repealing certain Acts imposing penalties on
Roman Catholics. He (the Lord Chancellor) had
carefully examined the Bill, and it did not pro-
pose to repeal any measure for the retention of
which there could be the least reason shown. The
motion was that the report be received. That motion
was made with a view to another—namely, that the
Bill be recommitted : and in Committee it would be
competent to any Noble Lord, or Reverend Pre-
late, to state his objections to any part of it.
It was a strange objection, under the circumstances,
that the Bill was brought up at so late a period of the
session ; the fact being, that the Bill had been before the
House fur two months, to enable every Noble Lord and
Rev. Prelate to examine its details. He defied any Member
of that House to lay his hand upon any Act named
in this Bill which ought not to be repealed. The first
Act was the Act of Edward VI., the Uniformity Act,
which required every person attending a place of wor-
ship to use the Book of Common Prayer, and impos-
ing upon any person attending worship where the
service was not performed according to that book, a
heavy fine for the first offence ; for the second, impri-
sonment for one year ; and for the third, imprisonment
for life. He did not propose to repeal the Act, but
only that it should not be obligatory on Catholics.
Could any one doubt the propriety of that ? The next was
the Act of Elizabeth, the Supremacy Act, which enacted
that if any one assumed that any person had ecclesias-
tical, spiritual, or temporal authority in these realm;
except the Queen, should for the first offence be punished
by the forfeiture of all goods and chattels ; for the
second, by imprisonment for life; and for the third by all
the penalties of high treason. The third Act imposed penal-
ties for not attending the parish church at least once a week.
Now, how could that law be retained after the Catholics
had been emancipated ? The sth of Elizabeth subjected
every one who denied the supremacy of the Sovereign at
once to a pryer:fur:ire. How could any one say that this
Act should be retained in the present times ? The next
Act was, that any person who should be reconciled to
the Church of Rome should be guilty of high treason.
Another imposed the heaviest penalties upon any Ca-
tholic who should cause his children to be educated
abroad. Was it reasonable, that at this time,
such a law should be retained ?—(Hear, hear.)
Another of those Acts prohibited any Roman Catholic
from departing more than twelve miles from his own
home, or approaching nearer than ten miles to the me-
tropolis.--(A laugh.) Would any one say that that
Act should not be repealed ? The 35th of Charles 11.
disqualified all persons who became converts to the
Roman Catholic religion to hold office ; another Act
prevented Roman Catholics from having arms in their
houses, or possessing a horse of the value of more than
5/.—(Laughter.) If a Roman Catholic was found to
possess a horse of greater value than that, the horse could
be seized and sold for that price.—(Hear, hear.) Who
would say that he did wrong in repealing that Act ?
(Hear, hear.) Now, if his Right Rev. Friend, who ex-
pressed on another evening some alarm for the security
of the Church on account of the proposed repeal of
these Acts, would state to the House the reasons which
convinced him (the Bishop of London) that any one of
those Acts should be continued, he (the Lord Chan-
cellor) would give up his opposition to it.—(Hear,
hear.) He had recommended to his Noble Friend
to allow his Bill, after passing through the Committee,
to stand over till the next session, in order
that it might be seen what the Government would do in
the meantime. But if his Noble Friend was not willing
to do so, he (the Lord Chancellor) would feel it his duty
to support the Bill.
The Bishop of LONDON did not wish it to be sup-
posed that he was opposed to the repeal of those penal
laws, which pressed, not practically, but in theory only,
upon the Roman Catholics. Apprehensive as he was of
being supposed to be a supporter of those obnoxious
laws, he was thankful to his Noble and Learned Friend
for giving him an opportunity of stating his reason for
opposing this motion. His Noble and Learned Friend
expressed an opinion that this was a subject
which it would be more fitting for tho Govern •
silent to take up and consider in the course of
the approaching recess. As that was the fittest course,
and as their Lordships had almost an assurance from
the Lord Chancellor that it would be adopted, he would
protest against the measure being now taken up by her
Majesty's Government, at the end of the session,
without notice, and without consulting any of' those
Members of their Lordships' House who were the
rulers and guardians of the Established Church, and
who ought to be consulted upon matters affecting
so much the interests of that Church. Risking
whatever imputations might be cast upon his charity,
he would protest against the repealing of those statutes,
without giving the House time to examine how
far that repeal would affect other laws. It was to be
remembered that since the Reformation the constitution
of this country had been not only essentially Protestant,
but anti-Popish. The first time the bulwarks which the
Reformation had set up around the Church were broken,
was in passing the Catholic Emancipation Act. Their
Lordships should beware how far they went in breaking
down other barriers. In removing those which it was
now proposed to remove, they should be careful to as-
certain that none more essential to the interests of the
Church should be endangered by their removal. He
believed that in these observations he only expressed the
sentiments of 19-20ths of the Protestant people of this
country. There was an Act—the 10th of Geo. IV.—
which provided that a Roman Catholic taking an oath
therein prescribed should not be liable to penalties under
the Acts referred to in the present Bill. No incon-
venience could be suffered from the delay of this Bill.
The Rev. Prelate concluded by moving as an amendment,
that the report be received that day three months.
Lore! BROUGLLAIVI entirely concurred in the ob-
servations of his Noble and Learned Friend on the
woolsack, and he believed that the repeal of these Acts
would add to the security of the Church. Those laws
were only retained on the statute-book—were only
tolerated for an hour—on this condition, that they
should never 'by any accident be put in force. One of
these penal nets—the safeguards of the Established
Church—imposed a penalty of 200 marks upon any
priest saying mass, and 100 marks upon every one who
attended mass ; yet mass was said in every part e,2
London every week, every day, perhaps, and Catholic
churches, some of them of great architectural beauty,
were erected in all parts, at the expense of 'she pious in
that persuasion.—(Hear, hear.) Would any one attempt
to enforce that cruel and absurd statutel—(Hear.) He
had only one objectionto thepresentllll which was, that
it did not go far enough ; and he lissped that in the next
session, the Government would bring in a much larger
and more comprehensive I:nee:sure. A Noble Friend of
his who was now high in the diplomatic service of the
Crown, had recommended to Mr. Canning that the first
step towards emancipation should be to do away with all
those Acts of prcemunire, which prevented all commu-
nication with the See of Rome, and to establish such
diplomatic relations with that court as were maintained
by Prussia and other Protestant countries, on behalf of
their Roman Catholic subjects.
The Earl of WICKLOW believed from the turn the
discussion had taken that it remained with his Noble
Friend (Lord Beaumont) whether or not this Bill should
pass or not.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate
had alleged no argument against the Bill, but wished it
to be postponed, to make way for a larger Bill to which
there would be larger objections.—(Hear, hear.) It was
admitted on all hands, and not denied by the Right Rev.
Prelate, that those Acts were both useless and unjust.
He would support the Bill, with the hope that at a future
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emeasure would be passed.
Lord CAMPBELL would recommend his Noble
Friend to persist In the Bill as it stood.—(Hear, hear.)
pleasure to the precise and
accurate stseeeh of his Noble Friend on the woolsack,
who had clearly and forcibly demonstrated that those
twenty-four Acts ought to be at once repealed.
Lord BEAUMONT said that very little remained for
him to do in respect to the Bill. After the lucid
speech of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Wool-
sack, it would be supererogatory for him to add one
forwardword in
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vernment taking any steps towards the repeal of those
laws. But he had found support in her Majesty's Go-
vernment, especially in the Noble and Learned Lord on
the Woolsack, who was not deterred by the gross at-
tacks which were made on him by a public print, sup-
posed to be a friend to the Established Church.—(Hear,
hear.) But could it be doubted that his Noble and
Learned Friend was attached to the Established Church,
or that he was thoroughly convinced that the retention
of those odious laws in the statute book was useless to
the Church ? The Right Rev Prelate told the House that
there was provided by the 10th of George IV., an oath
which would protect Roman Catholics from those
acts of pramunire. But did the Right Reverend
Prelate know that there was not one Catholic in one
hundred who was " qualified," as it was called—that is,
who had taken the oath of the 10th Geo. IV. ? Indeed
no Roman Catholic ever thought of going to the courts
of quarter sessions to take that oath, which they would
consider an insult to their neighbours, as if they sus-
pected some informer would enforce against them those
prcrmunire Acts if they were not qualified. The great
majority of the Roman Catholics in England and Wales
were at this moment liable to qui tarn actions, and the
laws which be sought to repeal held out ample pecuniary
inducements to the informers.—(l-Tear, hear.) One Act
gave a reward of 100/. to any person who should convict
a " Popish priest of saying mass."—(Hear, hear, and a

TEA.—To-day several purchases were made in Tea; corn-.
mon sound Congou cash fetched lOid to Ild, good common
11.1 to Is, and Twankay ordinary is 2d to Is 3d per lb; the
market has a firm appearance. Duty has been paid on
515,800 lbs at this port during the past week.
Ott.s.— Southern Oil at 251 to 32/ per tun for low to fine
quality. Pale Seal at 351 5s to 35/ 10s. Cod Oil, at 33l lOs
to 34l lOs per tun. Sperm Oil fetched 811 lOs for Oil, and
861 to 87l per tun for head matter, but the quality was not
first rate. Cocoa Nut Oil 271 15s to 291 15s for middling to
good quality. Rape, pale, at 37s to 37s 6d, and brown 36s
to 36s 6d per cwt. East India Rape Seed Oil taken in at
341 15s per tun. Palm, fine quality, selling at 27s 6d to 28s
per cwt. Olive Oil at 44/ to 45l for Gallipoli, 42/ to 43/ for
Spanish, and 40/ to 41l per tun for Barbary. Linseed Oil at
25s 6d to 25s 9d per cwt on the spot.
TALLOW.—Holders of Russian Tallow are more inclined to
realise, and the rates accepted have been rather under those
of this day week. The demand on the spot has been limited,
and 40s 9d to 41s 3d per cwt accepted for P. Y. Candle of first
quality. For delivery there are sellers at 42s to 42s 3d per
ewt fir the last three months of the year. Town Tallow at
40s to 40s 6d per cwt net cash. New South Wales 36s 6d to
41s 9d; East India 38s; Archangel 39s 9d, and South Ame-
rican 38s 9d per cwt. To-day P. Y. Candle at 40s 9d to
41s 3d on the spot, and 41s 9d to 42s for delivery in the last
three months of the year.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 27, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick
Peat, as Consul for the Free Hanseatic city of Harnburgh, at
Nassau, in the island of New Providence.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 26.
6th Regiment of Foot-Lieutenant C. H. Dowker, from
53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. Bristow, who retires upon
half-pay of 3d Foot, July 26.
Bth Foot-Sergeant G. Corry, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Maher, appointed to 61st Foot, July 26.
14th Foot-C. C. Newman, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Boxer, appointed to the 80th Foot, July 26.
18th Foot-Ensign J. G. Wilkinson, from 49th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hutton, appointed to 61st
Foot, July 26.
26th Foot-Gentleman Cadet C. E. Preston, from Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Du-
perier, promoted in the 80th Foot, July 26.
49th Foot-Gentleman Cadet J. F. Cust, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wilkin-
son, promoted in 18th Foot, July 26.
53d Foot-Major W. G. Gold to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase ; Brevet Major J. L. Black to be Major,
vice Gold ; Lieut. W. Follows to be Captain, vice Black,
July 26.
To be Lieutenants without purchase-Lieutenant J. Daw-
man, from the 40th Foot; Lieutenant C. F. Wedderburne,
from the 7th Foot • Lieutenant R. N. Clarke, from 94th Foot ;
Lieutenant T. Mowbray, from 3d West India Regiment;
Lieutenant J. Morphett, from 57th Foot; Lieutenant W. F.
Waldegrave, from 3d Foot, vice Dowker, appointed to 6th
Foot ; Lieutenant M. H. Oldfield, from 89th Foot, vice Myt-
ton, who exchanges; Ensign G. R. Hopkins, from 76th Foot;
Ensign Sir C. W. C. Burton, Bart. ; Ensign J. Breton ;
Ensign G. N. Micklethwait; Ensign the Hon. F. W. H.
Fane, July 26.
To be Ensigns, without purchase-Gentleman Cadet M.
M'Creagh, from Royal Military College, vice Sir C. Burton,
July 26 ; W. H. Grubbe, Gent., vice Breton July 27 ; H.
Buck, Gent., vice Micklethwait, July 28; J. M'Kenzie,
Gent., vice Fane, July 29.
To be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign-Serjeant-Major
W. Dunning, vice Folio ws, promoted, July 26.
69th Foot-Brevet-Colonel the lion. H. Dundas, from half-
pay 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. Trevelyan,
who exchanges; Major C. L. Nesbitt to be Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, without purchase ; Brevet Major R. Rumley to be Major,
vice Nesbitt ; Lieut. W. Butler to be Captain, vice Rumley,
July 26.
To be First Lieutenants, without Purchase-Lieut. W. W.
Johnson, from 17th Foot ; Second Lieut. G. W. Bligh, vice
Butler ; Second Lieut. and Adjutant S. Kenney ; Second
Lieut. G. Rigaud ; Second Lieut. E. F. Campbell ; Second
Lieut. E. 'H. Rose; Second Lieut. P. B. Roe; Second
Lieut. W. P. Salmon ; Second Lieut. J. Fraser; Second
Lieut. G. VavaSour • Second Lieut. E. U. Coxen ; Second
Lieut. H. Saunders, 26.
To be Second Lieutenants, without purchase.-Gentleman
Cadet G. A. Robinson, from the Royal Military College, vice
Bligh ; Gentleman Cadet A. E. Johnson, from Royal Mili-
tary College, vice Rigaud ; Gentleman Cadet F. Dawson,
from Royal Military College, vice Campbell, July 26 ; H. R.
Farnden, Gentleman, vice Rose, July 27 ; Frederick
Arthur St. John, Gentleman, vice Roe, July 28 ;
L. C. Travers, Gent., vice Salmon, July 29; J. P. Batteraby,
Gent., vice Fraser, July 30 ; J. L. E. Baynes, Gent., vice
Vavasour, July 31; B. Ward, Gent., vice Coxen, Aug. 1 ;
N. H. Vaughan, Gent., vice Saunders, Aug. 2.
61st Foot-Major A. M'Leod to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase ; Capt. W. Jones to be Major, vice M'Leod;
Lieut. C. C. Deacon to be Captain, vice Jones, 26.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Lieut. C. F. Mac-
kenzie, from let Foot ; Lieut. G. D. Hutton, from 18th Foot ;
Lieut. H. J. W. Egan, from 55th Regiment ; Lieut. G.
Webb, from 40th Foot ; Lieut. A. W. Gordon, from Ist Foot ;
Ensign R. C. Dudgeon, from 75th Foot; Ensign E. T.
Wickham ; Ensign W. J. Hudson; Ensign C. R. Platt ; En-
sign H. E. H. Burnside, July 26.
To be Ensigns, without purchase-Ensign C. L. Maher,
from Bth Foot, vice Wickham; Gentleman Cadet E. S.
Powys, from the Royal Military College, vice Hudson, July 26;
J. St. G. Lewen, Gent., vice Platt, July 27 ; G. A. Bace,
Gent., vice Burnside, July 28.
75th Foot-Gentleman Cadet W. Meynell, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Dudgeon,
promoted in 61st Foot, July 26.
76th Foot-Gentleman Cadet B. Rising, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hop-
kins, promoted in the 53d Foot, July 26.
77th Foot-Gentleman Cadet F. Kennedy, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Colle-
ton, promoted in 22d Foot, July 26.
80th Foot-Major T. Bunbury to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase; Brevet Major J. W. Nunn to he Major,
vice Bunbury; Lieut. J. Lightbody to be Captain, vice Nunn,
July 26.
To be Lieutenants without purchase-Lieutenant J. Cum-
ming, from 4th Foot ; Lieut. E. Hardinge, from 39th Foot ;
Lieut. R. Crawley, from 3d Foot ; Lieut. T. R. Hickson,
from 55th Foot; Lieut. G. D. Pitt, from 57th Foot; Ensign
C. Duperier, from 26th Foot ; Ensign A. T. Welsh ; Ensign
E. A. Holdich ; Ensign G. S. Young ; Ensign W. Hunter,
July 26.
To be Ensigns, without purchase-Ensign B. H. Boxer,
from 14th Foot, vice Welsh ; Gentleman Cadet S. A. Ker-
shaw, from the Royal Military College, vice Holdich, July 26 ;
G. C. Robertson, Gent., vice Young, July 27 ; J. L. Fraser,
Gent., vice Hunter, July 28.
89th Foot-Lieutenant J. F. Fitzgiffard Mytton, from 53d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Oldfield, who exchanges, July 26.
MEMORANDUM.-The commission of Assistant-Commis-
sary-General Collin Miller has been cancelled, from March
19, 1844, he having been allowed to receive a commutation, in
lieu of the half-pay of his rank.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 30.
Ist Dragoon Guards-Captain T. Smales, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice D. S. K. Maclaurin,
who retires on half-pay, July 30.
4th Dragoon Guards-Sergeant-Major T. Clarke to be Cor-
net, without purchase, July 30.
sth Dragoon Guards-Cornet C. Holder to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Barnett, who retires ; T. J. Bridge, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Holder, July 30.
12th Light Dragoons-Captain E. Pole to be Major, by
purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Barton, who retires;
Lieutenant S. A. Capel to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pole;
Cornet C. S. A.'Fhellusson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Capel ; Cornet R. E. Fullerton, from 16th Light Dragoons
(Riding-master), to be Cornet, without purchase, July 30;
. A. Rigby, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thellus-
son, July 31 ; Cornet J. De M. M. Prior to be Adjutant, vice
Capel, promoted, July 30.
15th Light Dragoons-Cornet H. Lee, from 16th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jackson, who
retires, July 29.
16th Light Dragoons-R. E. Fullerton, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Lee, promoted in the 15th Light Dragoons,
July 29.
2d Foot-Assistant-Surgeon W. Harvey, from 9th Foot,
to be Surgeon, vice Young, appointed to 28th Foot, July 30.
9th Foot-P. Mackay, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Harvey, promoted in the 2d Foot, July 30.
11th Foot-Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. Wilson, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major, vice W. Chambre, who exchanges ;
Captain J. Fordyce, to be Major, by purchase, vice Wilson,
who retires; Lieut. W. Kenny, to be Captain by purchase,
vice Fordyce ; Ensign F. D. Bewes, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase. vice Kenny, July 30.
28th Foot-Surgeon W. H. Young, from 2d Foot, to be
Surgeon, vice Campbell, who retires upon half-pay, July 30.
31st Foot-Gentleman Cadet A. C. Cure, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gould,
Promoted, July 30.
34th Foot-Major G. Buxton, from half-pay Unattached, to
be Major, vice J. J. Best, who exchanges; Captain R. W.
Byron, to be Major, by purehase, vice Buxton, who retires ;
Lieut. E. P. A. Talbot to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Byron Ensign E. W. Sitwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Talbot ; H. T. Parker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Sitwell, July 30.
45th Foot-Capt. E. Evans, from half-pay Unattached, to be
Paymaster, vice Erskine, appointed to 21st Foot, July 30.
49th Foot-Lieut. H. Pearson to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Goslin, who retires; Ensign L. Bellairs to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Pearson ; It. 11. Page,! Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Bellairs, July 30.
53d Foot-Capt. R. B. Brown, from 75th Foot to be Cap-
tain, vice Bathurst, who exchanges, July 30.
61st Foot-Captain D. Herbert, from 88th Foot, to be
Captain, vice De Butts, who exchanges, July 30.
62d Foot-Gentleman Cadet J. M. M. Hewett, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchaie, vice
Sinclair, promoted, Jul}, 30,
63d Foot-Ensign J. Fairtlough to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bannatyne. whose promotion, by purchase, has been
cancelled; J. Spier, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Fairtlough, promoted, July 30.
70th Fout-W. B. Doveton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Best, appointed to the Ride Brigade, July 30.
75th Foot-Captain T. H. Bathurst, from the 53d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Brown, who exchanges, July 30.
81st Foot-Captain W. Chadwick, from half-pay 34th Foot,
to be Captain, Vice J. E. Orange, who exchanges; Lieut.
the Right Hon. R. A. G. Dalzell to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Chadwick, who retires ; Ensign T. D. Perry to be
Lieutenant, by purchase vice Dalzell ; Gentleman Cadet T.
H. Fenwick, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
bypurchase, vice Perry, July 30.
84th Foot-Sergeant-Major J. M'Cann to be Ensign, with
r t ,
out purchase, vice Hutchison, promoted, July 30.
88thcapFootait-o, viCacpotaHinerWhe. M
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eßxcuhttaso,gfrer
jultlyte3o6.lst Foot,
to be
95th Foot-J. W. Minchin, Gent., tobe Ensign, E ,by pur-
chase, vice Mosley, who retires, July 30.
Ist West India Regiment-H. Johnstone, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Sullivan, promoted, July 30.
2d West India Regiment-J. S. Gordon, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Hunt, promoted, July 30.
3d West India Regiment-S. B. Hartigan, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Cox, promoted, 30.
BREVET.-Captain Wm. Chadwick, of the Nat Foot, to be
Major in the Army; July 22) WO.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1644.

laugh.) That Act was still in existence, and no one
could say when an attempt would be made to enforce it.
He would proceed with- the Bill, and trusted that their
Lordships would support him.—(Cheers.)
The Bishop of LONDON explained.
The question was then put, the amendment was nega.
tived, and the report received.

The Bishop of LONDON, in reply to the Lord Chan-
cellor, said that he would not interfere in the Bill any
further, as he knew, from the way in which it was taken
up, that any interference on his part would be fruitless. But
he felt fortified in the course he had taken by the coun-
tenance and approbation of such of his Right Reverend
and Most Reverend Brethren, who had attended to sup-
port him.
The Bill was ordered to be committed on Thursday
next.

METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL.

The House went into Committee on this Bill.
The Marquis of SALISBURY moved amendments,
the purport of which was not heard in the gallery. But
they were agreed to without discussion.
All the clauses, 118 in number, were read seriatim
and agreed to, with only verbal amendments in a few.
The schedules were then read, and agreed to.
The report was brought up, and ordered to be received
on Thursday.
The Railways Bill was read a second time on the mo-
tion of. Lord DALHOUSIE, who, stated that the dis-
cussion would be taken on Thursday.
The House then adjourned at Eight o'clock.

of thirty per cent., it was impossible that a single article
could be exported. He would suggest whether the
coopers might not be allowed to manufacture in bond
for the West Indies and the colonies generally. If that
advantage were conferred the English merchants would,
doubtless, give the preference to their own countrymen.
After what had been said he should not take the sense
of the House upon his motion.
Lord SANDON hoped the Government would give
their attention to the subject, as it was a very pressing
case.

After some short discussion the motion was withdrawn.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.
The Earl of LINCOLN, in moving for leave to bring
in a Bill to empower her Majesty's Commissioners of
Woods and Forests to form a terrace and embankment,
with convenient landing places for the public, on the
Middlesex shore of the river Thames, between West-
minster and Blackfriars bridges, said that he did not
mean to press the measure during the present session ;
but he was anxious to give Members an opportunity of
considering the matter in all its bearings.
Sir C. BURRELL opposed the Bill.
Mr. MUTT' thought the measure would be an advan-
tageous one, though he disapproved of many of its pro-
visions.
Mr. HUME said he thought those provisions in the
Bill which were intended to effect improvements, would
be the greatest possible impediment to the navigation of
the river.
Sir F. TRENCH said he had been examined before
the Committee, and gave his evidence on the belief that
Mr. Walker's proposition of embankment had been
adopted. Improvements should not be confined to one
bank of the Thames, both should be improved equally.
A view of St. Paul's should be opened to the river, and
nothing could be more magnificent or desirable than
such a view would be.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
_ _ HEALTH OF TOWNS.

Mr. MACKINNON rose to call the attention of the
House to the report of the Select Committee on the Im-
provement in the Health of Towns in 1842, which
states, " That the practice of interment within the pre-
cincts of large towns, is injurious to the health of the
inhabitants thereof, and frequently offensive to public
decency." Also, to the report of the Ecclesiastical Com-
mission, as follows :—" The practice of burial in the
church or chapel, appears to us in many respects inju-
rious, in some instances by weakening or deteriorating
the fabric of the church, and in others by its tendency
to affect the lives or health of the inhabitants ; we are
of opinion that this practice should in future
be discontinued." Parliament had been too
long neglectful of the disgraceful condition 'in
which the churchyards of the metropolis were.
Instead of. exciting feelings of awe and rever-
ence, these venerable graveyards excited nothing but
feelings of disgust. He would not mention the names
of particular places. They were notorious as they were
abominable. Let them view the burial -places on • the
Continent, Pere le Chaise for instance, and they would
see nothing to offend the eye or the ear, but everything
to inspire feelings of reverence and admiration. Was
it not a shame that the wealthiest, and in all respects the
greatest, city in the world should be surrounded by grave-
yards so hideous and noisome that it would be disgrace-
ful to the most barbarous countries? They talked of the
march of intellect and civilization, but let them recollect
the decent and solemn regard which was paid to the
dead in Greece, Rome, and in Egypt. The Right Hon.
Baronet would have a great deal of leisure during the
recess, and hoped he would devote a portion of his time
to this most important subject. He wished to know
whether, in the course of the ensuing session, the Go-
vernment intended to introduce any measure on the
subject.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would not discuss
the subject at present. It was a most difficult one to
legislate upon. It was impossible to bring forward
any measure on the subject, and until he could
introduce one in all respects satisfactory, he did not in-
tend to call for Parliamentary interference. Nothing
could be worse than legislating on such a subject by
piecemeal.—The subject then dropped.
DON CARLOS.

Mr. P. BORTHWICK then rose to move for copies
of all correspondence which had passed between Don
Carlos (or on behalf of his Royal Highness) and her
Majesty's Government, relating to certain proposition,
which had been made by that Prince, having for their
object the tranquillisation of Spain; as also copies of
all correspondence which had passed between her Ma-
jesty's Government and the Governments of France and
Spain respectively relative to the said propositions.—The
Hon. Gentleman alluded to a question which had been
put by the Earl of Clarendon in the House of Peers to
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but he was called to
order by
The SPEAKER who said that it was quite irregular
for the Hon. Member to refer to anything which had
occurred in the House of Peers.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK said he would bow to the de-
cision of the chair. He contended that the proposition
which had been submitted to the Government of this
country by Don Carlos relative to the affairs of Spain
had been misunderstood and misrepresented, and in
order to show this he called on her Majesty's Govern-
ment far the production of these papers. He denied
that Don Carlos was the representative of despotism, or
that Isabella was at the head of a Liberal Government.
He could not look upon that country as enjoy-
ing constitutional liberty, three-fourths of which
was always in a state of Beige. Why, he
found by the public Gazette of Spain, that lately 147
men had been called out one morning and shot
without the form of trial. He would ask when had Don
Carlos shown any disposition to withhold constitutional
liberty from the people of Spain ? He said that no in-
steno° of Don Carlos having done so could be found.
He (Mr. Borthwick) trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman
at :lie head of the Government would not oppose this
motion on a point of form, seeing that a principle of
justice was involved in it.
Lord J. MANNERS seconded the motion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER looked
upon the motion of the Hon. Gentleman as one which
had been made merely to give the Hon. Gentleman an
opportunity of expressing his opinions upon the subject.
He thought that in the House of Commons, when papers
were moved for, the Government ought to adhere as closely
to matters• of form as they possibly could. The House
had before it the whole facts of the case, and he 'did not,
therefore, think it necessary to enter more at length into
it in resisting the motion.
The Marquis of GRANBY said the affairs of Spain were
at presentin a state of confusion, in consequence of the
disputed succession ; a proposal had been made to arrange
the matter by a marriage between the young Isabella
and the family of Don Hos, and this, he thought, was
the only manner in which the contest could be ter-
minated.
Mr. BORTHWICK replied, and asked if the informal
part of the correspondence was refused, whether the Go-
vernment would also refuse that part of it which was
strictly official, and which ought to be before the House.
This question was not answered ; and on the motion
being put, Mr Borthwick called for a division, in which
the numbers were—
For the motion
Against it 33
Majority against the motion —3l
FINE ARTS.
Mr. WYSE then presented the petitions of which he
had given notice of, from artists and friends to art, in
London and Dublin, praying the establishment of gal-
leries for the reception of casts; or the best works in
sculpture, from the earliest period to the present. He
recapitulated the statements in the petitions of the ad-
vantages that would arise from such an institution, and
alluded to the orderly and praiseworthy manner, in which
the people had behaved when admitted into collections
of works of art. Such a gallery, if made, ought to be
as complete as possible, and contain specimens of various
schools and ages, from the Egyptian and Persian, to the
Greek, the Roman, the midEeval, and modern schools. Its
influence on art would be important and salutary. The
Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that an
humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying
that her Majesty would be graciously pleased. to take
into her favourable consideration, the prayer of those
petitions for the establishment of a gallery for the pre-
servation of works of art.
Colonel RAWDON seconded the motion.
Dr. BO WRING thought there was no person in this
country to whom art was so much indebted as his Right
Hon. Friend, and he hoped the motion would be as-
sented to.

Mr. ESCOTT agreed in what had fallen from the.
Honourable Gentleman as to the merit which was due
to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the zea I which he ma-
nifested in promoting the love of the fi .ne arts in this
country. He wished to know from the l don. Gentleman
whether the decision o`: the Committee with respect to
the artists who had been solicited to es :ecute works for
the Houses Of Parliament was final ?
Mr. WYSE said that the Committee 1.• lad selected cer-
tain of the artists whose works seemed to ) be the best, to
execute certain works, but the Committee had taken
care not to bind themselves to take any one of the pro-
ductions of those artists.— (Hear, hear.)
Sir T. FREMANTLE did not think the House was
now in a situation to come to a proper decision on this
important subject, and to vote an address to her Majesty
upon a motion of which no notice had I seen given. Ile
thought the Right Hon. Gentleman Nvl )ulti do better to
withdraw his motion, looking at the st ate of the House
and the period of the session.

Mt. XGLIONBY thought it would lo better that
Hon. Gentlemen should be dismissed at once by the
Speaker. The Right Hon. Gentleman 'had e of given any
reason why the motion should not be &flowed to pass, ex-
cept the late period of the sessioil and the state of the
House. He hoped the same reasons woad prevent the
Government from pressing certain Bills whi :eh they had
declared their intention of passing.
Lord ELIOT did not think that the Ho m. Gentleman
had dealt fairly by his Right Hon. Frienc 1 the Member
for Buckingham. His Right Hon Friend s 3bjected to tlae
motion because no notice of the motion ha d been given,
and he had urged that the lateness of the s ession and the
state of the House were reasons why the motion shoidd
not be pressed.
Mr. HUME woull advise his Right H on. Friend to
withdraw his motion, and to give notice on the subject
for next session. The honour of the cou "dry required
that the state of art should receive the sear, lous attention
of the Government.

Mr. WYSE consented to withdraw his notion, which
was accordingly done.
SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. FOSTER moved for the followint ; addition to
the return moved for by Viscount Palm erston, on the
16th of July:—" The number of slave v essels arrived
in the transatlantic States since 1814, their names,
description. (as brig, schooner, or ship, Icc.), masters'
names, tonnage, armament, number of arew, national
flag, whether empty or with slaves (whose ;' number to be
stated), the loss by death oa the voyage, fr .01 a what part
of Africa arrived, the length of passage, a ja date of ar-
rival, 60 far as those particulars are kuo Amite her Mo-