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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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April 26. The House went into Committe on the PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELAND) Bill, Lord Morpeth having previously announced his intention raise 57. leaseholders' qualification, as printed in the Bill, to 81. Lord Howick rose to move an amendment upon the first clause. He laid it down as a principle, that the basis of the county franchise is not occupation, but property. The excess on which he would propose to require a rating, in order to confer a franchise, would be an excess of 57. beyond the rent and other charges. After further explaining his views, he said that all he should now ask of the House would be merely to consent to the principle. He then moved an alteration of the terms of the first clause. Lord Morpeth said, that though the proposals of Lord Howick might have been unobjectionable if moved as additions to the franchise provided by the Bill, they would not be eligible as substitutions for that franchise. Lord Stanley said the amendment was no verbal one; it raised the question whether the whole existing law and principle of beneficial interest should be swept away. When he should see an undue and unnatural diminution of the Irish constituency, from the amount intended by the Reform Bill, he should gladly co-operate for the redress of that evil; but he would not, because some gentlemen declined to grant leases of their property, consent to inundate the constituency by letting in voters without any property whatever.-Sir Robert Peel agreed in the general principles laid down by Lord Howick, although he did not intend to support his details. The House divided-For Lord Howick's amendment, 291; against it, 270; majority against Ministers, 21.

April 30. The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward the BUDGET. After shewing that the actual revenue and expenditure shewed a deficiency of nearly 2,000,0001. sterling, or nearly a inillion more than he had anticipated, he attributed this principally to the falling off of trade, and not to the failure of his scheme of taxation. Stamps and taxes had produced more than was expected. The deficiency in the Post-office was mainly caused by increased expenses.

He estimated the expenditure for the present year, including a part of the expenses to China, 400,0007. and Canada, 108,000. at 50,731,0007. The revenue for the year he estimated, the Customs at 22,000,000l. the Excise at 14,000,0007. the Stamps at 7,130,000l. and he thought he might rely upon the whole not falling short of 48,310,000l. leaving a deficiency of 2,421,000. He thought it would be requisite to make up the permanent revenue to fifty millions sterling per annum. He proposed to raise his revenue mainly by a modification of the duties on Timber and Sugar, which he estimated would produce 1,300,0007.; and an alteration on the duties on Corn would provide for any remaining defalcation. He concluded by moving a resolution that the sum of eleven millions be raised by Exchequer Bills to replace Bills to be paid off. Mr. Goulburn censured the proceedings of Minis ters, and said that, although their revenue had augmented, yet their expenditure had augmented in a still larger proportion. There was now an aggregate deficiency of five millions, and a calculated deficiency of two millions more for the year to come. Sir Robert Peel commented on the enor mous deficiency of 7,500,000l. incurred during the past five years, with a revenue too which had been throughout improving. For the present year there would be a deficit of 2,400,000l. Go. vernment ought to have stated the outline and details of their proposal respecting grain, as they had done respecting timber and sugar. The resolution was agreed to.

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May 6. Lord John Russell said Go. vernment had received information of certain preliminary arrangements having been entered into with CHINA, but they were disapproved of. They would wait for further accounts as to what the treaty contained. Captain Elliot had been recalled, and Sir Henry Pottinger had been appointed Plenipotentiary to China.

May 7. Lord John Russell, in moving that the House should go into a Committee of Ways and Means in order to con sider the SUGAR DUTIES, entered into a defence of the present policy of Government.-Lord Sandon then moved the Amendment of which he had given notice, "that, considering the efforts and

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sacrifices which Parliament and the Country have made for the abolition of the Slave Trade and Slavery, with the earnest hope that their exertions and example might lead to the mitigation and final extinction of those evils in other countries, this House is not prepared (especially with the present prospects of the supply of Sugar from British possessions) to adopt the measure proposed by her Majesty's Government for the reduction of the duties on Foreign Sugars." The debate which hereupon ensued was adjourned from day to day, and lasted for the unprecedented extent of eight nights. Sir Robert Peel, in opposing the project, said, that a sufficient supply of sugar would be furnished from the East and West Indies and the Mauritius, and that he saw no necessity of giving the preference to Cuba and Brazil. He did not contemplate with any alarm the commercial prospects of the country. The recent decrease of exports has been but small, and this owing chiefly to embarrassments in the United States, our chief customers. The state of our shipping

has been progressive. With respect to the Corn Law he preferred a graduated scale over a fixed duty. As to the Timber duties he must reserve his opinion until he had obtained the information furnished by the Governor of Canada. If he were in office, he should ask for time before he brought forward any plan of finance. The existing deficiencies had occurred because, as a Government, Ministers had retained office when they no longer had the means of effecting the measures they knew to be necessary. When the House divided, on the 18th of May, there appeared for Lord Sandon's amendment, 317; against it, 281; majority against Ministers, 36.

May 13. Mr. Muntz moved "That a humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, during his command of the Eleventh Hussars, with the view of ascertaining how far such conduct has rendered him unfit to remain in her Majesty's service;" which was negatived by a majority of 135 to 58.

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SPAIN.

FOREIGN NEWS.

The Duke of Victory (Espartero) has been elected by a majority of 76 votes as sole Regent of Spain during the minority of the Queen. He took the requisite oaths on the 10th inst. Arguelles had only 103 votes. The tranquillity of Madrid had not been disturbed. The Queen Mother, Christina, has taken refuge in France.

FRANCE.

The baptism of the Count of Paris, grandson of Louis Philippe, has been attended by much ceremonial and festivity in the French capital. There is to be a reduction of 60,000 men, troops to that amount being placed on the reserve.

The French army in Algiers is in constant hostility with the Arabs. On the 1st May 43 soldiers, having pursued the Arabs for some distance, fell into an ambuscade prepared by 600 of the enemy's cavalry, who put every one of them to the sword. Thirty-nine decapitated corpses were found on the spot; the five others could not be discovered. A subsequent account describes a dashing affair with from 5000 to 6000 Kabyles, the regular infantry of Abdel Kader, in which the two princes were personally engaged. The Duke de Nemours, who commanded the left wing, led the 24th regiment of the line, of which the Duke d'Amaule is

Lieutenant-Colonel, to the charge, and drove the Arabs from their position with a loss of several hundred men.

UNITED STATES.

General Harrison, the newly-elected President of the United States, died on the 4th April (see our Obituary); when the Vice President, Mr. Tyler, according to the constitution of the States, succeeded to the presidency, and issued an address to the nation. Mr. Tyler has retained the cabinet appointed by his predecessor, and, it is believed, that his policy will be similar to that of Gen. Harrison, particularly in regard to the relations between America and Great Britain. financial matters, however, he is decidedly opposed to a national bank and to national debt.

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On the 11th the residence of the late President Harrison, in Ohio, was totally destroyed by fire.

CHINA.

The intelligence from China is not satisfactory. On Feb. 6, the Plenipotentiaries had a long interview near the second bar of the Canton river, to settle all differences but was not effectual: yet Captain Elliot ordered the British troops to evacuate Chusan. The Chinese Com. missioner Keshen evinced an intention to procrastinate, which, added to a rumour that warlike orders had been received from

Pekin, produced an impression that hostilities must be renewed: Sir Henry Pottinger has gone out as envoy to China,

to supersede Captain Elliot, and with full power to settle all differences. RearAdmiral Elliot has arrived in London.

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April 20.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. The Bishop of London consecrated the new church of St. John the Baptist, at Harlow, Essex. He remarked that it was the 102d sacred building that he had had the happiness of consecrating.

April 27. The Bishop of Gloucester

and Bristol consecrated St. James's Church, at Barton Terrace, near Gloucester, for the Hamlets of Barton St. Michael and Barton St. Mary. The building is a neat and substantial structure, and will accommodate 630 persons, about half the sittings being free.

St. Luke's Church, High Orchard, near Gloucester, which has been built and endowed by the Rev. S. Lysons, Rector of Rodmarton, who is appointed the Minister, was consecrated the next day. This church was erected from a design by T. Fulljames, esq. architect, of Gloucester, and is a neat structure in the later style of Early English. It is calculated. to accommodate 520 persons: there are 160 free sittings. It is also provided with an organ. It is the intention of Mr. Lysons to commence a school in connection with the church.

On the following day was consecrated a church, dedicated to St. Paul, at a place called White's Hill, more than a mile distant from the town of Stroud, in the midst of a large and poor population. The church, a beautiful structure of the Norman style of architecture, is capable of accommodating 600 persons, and 500 sittings are free.

These churches have originated with the Diocesan Church Building Association. The first was completed by it, the Society having taken upon itself the liabilities of the contractors, which they were unable to meet, to the extent of nearly 6007. That munificent benefactor, Dr. Warneford, gave 5007. towards the endowment, the Lord Bishop 2507. the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester 2501.; and Dr. Warneford also contributed 1007. towards the repairing fund. St. Luke's Church originated with the Diocesan Church Building Association, but it was afterwards taken up in the most liberal spirit by the Rev. Samuel Lysons, of

Hempstead Court, who built and endowed it entirely at his own expense. The build. ing of St. Paul's Church at White's Hill, near Stroud, was promoted by the above Association to the extent of 500l.; and here again Dr. Warneford has contributed 7007. towards the endowment.

April 27. A meeting, specially called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the purpose of raising a fund towards providing or the endowment of additional Bishoprics in the Colonies, was held at Willis's Rooms. Resolutions were unanimously passed that the Church of England, in endeavouring to discharge her unquestionable duty of providing for the religious wants of her members in foreign lands, is bound to proceed upon her own princi ples of apostolical order and discipline; that the want of episcopal superintendence is a great and acknowledged defect in the religious provision hitherto made for many of the colonies and dependen. cies of the British Crown; that it was necessary that an immediate effort should be made to impart to them the full benefit of the church in all the completeness of her ministry, ordinances, and govern. ment; and, finally, that a fund should be raised towards providing for the endow. ment of bishoprics in such of the foreign possessions of Great Britain as shall be determined upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of the United Church of Eng. land and Ireland. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has contributed 10,0007.; the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 5,000.; the Church Missionary Society, annual for New Zealand, until a grant of land be available, 600.; the Colonial Church Society 4127.; and the New Zealand Church Society (for New Zealand) 1007. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager gives 1,000l. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the University of Oxford, and John Gladstone, esq. with his sons, each 1,000l. Many other subscriptions have been exceedingly liberal, and the amount advertised within a few days was nearly 33,000%.

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PROMOTIONS, PREFERMENTS, &c.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

April 23. Edw. W. H. Schenley, to be Commissioner of Arbitration at Surinam, vice Dalrymple.

April 24. Edw. Dyer Sanderson, esq. to be Chief Justice of Tobago.

April 27. Earl Somers to use the surname of Somers before Cocks.

April 28. Knighted: Thomas Noel Harris, esq. late Lieut.-Col. in the army, K.H. &c. á Groom of the Privy Chamber; William WightBurman, esq. a Judge of the Queen's Bench; Isaac Morley, esq. Mayor of Doncaster, and Edw. Samuel Walker, esq. Mayor of Chester.

April 29. Gen. Sir John Harvey, K.C.B. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Newfoundland.

April 30. 14th Light Dragoons, Major W. Havelock to be Lieut.-Col.; Capt. Edw. Harvey to be Major; 37th Foot, brevet Major H. O. Wood to be Major. Brevet, to be Majors in the army, Captains Wm. Wainman, John Caulfield, and Robert Stewart.-Sir Robert B. Clarke, to be Chief Justice of Barbadoes; Henry Edw. Sharpe, esq. to be Attorney-General of Barbadoes.

May 1. Major-Gen. Sir George Arthur, knt. created a Baronet.

May 5. Col. C. R. Fox to be Surveyor-General of the Ordnance.

May 6. William - Standish Standish (heretofore Carr) of Cocken, co. Durham, esq. in compliance with the will of his cousin, Frank Hall Standish, esq. to use the name of Standish only and bear the arms of Standish of Duxbury.

May 7. Patrick Morris, esq. to be Treasurer of Newfoundland.

May 10. Alexander Shepherd, esq. to be Treasurer of New Zealand.-Thomas Welsh, esq. to be Attorney-Gen. of Van Diemen's Land.-Samuel-Geo. W. Archibald, to be Master of the Rolls, James W. Johnston, AttorneyGen. and J. B. Uniacke, Solicitor-Gen. of Nova Scotia. North Somerset Yeomanry, Henry Shute, esq. to be Major.

May 11. 11th Foot, Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Wilson, K.C.B. to be Colonel; 82d Foot, MajorM Gen. Sir Andrew Pilkington, K.C.B. to be Colonel; Rifle Brigade, Capt. H. F. Beckwith, to be Major. Unattached, Major T. E. Kelly, to be Lieut.-Col. Geo. Lloyd Hodges, esq. (late Consul in Egypt) to be Consul at Hamburgh; Charles John Barnett, esq. (late Consul at Warsaw), to be Consul in Egypt.

May 12. The Duke of Sutherland, K.G. in regard for the memory of his mother, the late Duchess and Countess of Sutherland, to bear the surname of Sutherland before Leveson Gower.-Knighted, Samuel Hancock, esq. Senior Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard.-Wm. Lamb Arrowsmith, esq. to be Superintendent ods of the Government Works and Repairs at Malta.

May 13. Major Crawford Hagart, Dep. Adj.Gen. of the Bombay Army, to accept the insignia of the third class of the Douranée Fap Empire.

May 14. John Sealy, esq. to be SolicitorGen, of Barbadoes.-Stephen Bourne, esq. to be Registrar of Berbice.

May 15. Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. summoned to the House of Peers as Baron Hastings, he being one of the heirs of Sir John de Hastings, who sat in Parliament in 18 Edw. I.- Niven Moore, esq. (late Consul at Beirout) to be Consul at Aleppo; Nath. Wm. Werry, esq.

(late Consul at Damascus) to be Consul at Beirout; Richard Wood, esq. to be Consul at Damascus.

May 18. 1st Foot Guards, Capt. John Dixon to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel.-Scots Fusilier Guards, Capt. N. W. J. B. Micklethwaite to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col.-43d Foot, Major James Forlong to be Lieut.-Col.; Major W. Fraser to be Major 93d Foot; Capt. R. C. Smyth to be Major. Brevet: Capt. H. J. M. Gregory to be Colonel in the Army.

May 18. The Rev. Archibald Bennie to be one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland.

May 19. The Hon. and Rev. E. T. Keppel to be one of the Deputy Clerks of the Closet to her Majesty.

May 21. John Dunnington, of Thicket-priory, co. York, clerk, M.A., in respect to the memory of Robert Jefferson, of Howden, esq. to take the name of Jefferson after Dunnington, and bear the arms of Jefferson in the first quarter.-89th Foot, brevet Major Edward Thorp to be Major.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Commander, Lord Henry Russell. Appointment.-Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, K.C.B. to be Commander-in-Chief in India and the China Seas.-Rear-Adm. R. Thomas to be Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific.

Member returned to serve in Parliament.
Sandwich.-Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, esq.
The Earl of Caledon has been chosen a Repre-
sentative Peer for Ireland.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. H. Pepys, D.D. to be Bishop of Worcester. Rev. T. V. Short, D.D. to be Bishop of Sodor and Man.

Rev. W. K. Hamilton to be Canon of Salisbury.
Rev. J. Edwards to be Canon of Durham.
Rev. J. Ashley to be Preb. of Ely.

Rev. C. H. Ridding to be a Fellow of Winchester.

Rev. W. Newstead Falkner to be Preb. of Newchapel, Tipperary.

Rev. H. Allen, St. Paul's P.C. Bury.

Rev. R. Baker, Friston cum Snape V. Suff. Rev. C. U. Barry, St. Edward's P. C. Cambridge.

Rev. F. Baugh, Great Ilford V. Essex.

Rev. J. H. Bloom, Newton by Castleacre V. Norf.

Rev. R. Bond, Briston V. Norf.

Rev. W. Brocklebank, Udimore P.C. Sussex.
Rev. R. Brown, North Aston V. Oxon.
Rev. H. N. W. Comyn, Brunstead R. Norf.
Rev. W. Dannett, Naunton Beauch. R. Worc.
Rev. J. Donton, Biggleswade V. Beds.
Rev. R. D. Evans, Kingsland R. Heref.
Rev. T. S. Evans, St. Leonard V. Shoreditch.
Rev. R. Fayrer, Scissett P.C. Yorksh.
Rev. W. George, Cherrington R. Glouc.
Rev. T. A. Hedley, St. James' P.C. Glouc.
Rev. H. Herning, St. Giles' V. Oxford.
Hon. and Rev. W. Howard, Whiston R. Yorksh.
Rev. R. P. Humfrey, Thorpe Mandeville R.
Northamptonsh.

Rev. O. Jenkins, Longworth R. Berks.

Rev. H. J. Legge, Brimscombe New Ch. Glouc. Rev. S. Lysons, St. Luke's P.C. Gloucester. Rev. W. M. Macdonald, Calstone R. Wilts,

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Feb. 26. At Kotaghery, the wife of the Lord Bishop of Madras, a dau.

April 6. In Portman-sq. the wife of Charles Wynne, esq. jun. a son.-17. At Rome, the lady of Sir George Baker, Bart. a son and heir.-18. At Hilston-house, Monmouthsh. the wife of George Cave, esq. a dau.-22. At the Rectory, Ewell, the lady of the Rev. Sir George L. Glynn, Bart. Vicar of Ewell, a son. 24. At Everingham Park, Yorksh. the wife of Wm. Constable Maxwell, esq. a son.At Mangotsfield House, the wife of T. P. Peterson, esq. a dau.-27. The wife of the Rev. Jacob Wood, Vicar of Egham, twin daus. 30. At the College, Isle of Man, the wife of the Rev. R. Dixon, the Vice Principal, a dau.

Lately. At Richmond, Surrey, Lady Sussex Lennox, a son, still-born. -The Hon. Mrs. Trotter, Connaught-pl. a dau. -In Eaton-pl. Mrs. Henry Shaw Lefevre, a son.In Lower Seymour-st. Portman-sq. the wife of Capt. J. M. Gambier, a dau. At Newbottle Abbey, Dalkeith, the Marchioness of Lothian, a son.

-In Grosvenor-sq. the Hon. Mrs. Charles Stanley, a dau.-At Mickleham-hall, Lady Albert Conyngham, a dau.At Ostend, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Fulton, a dau.--In Harley-st. Mrs. Denis Le Marchant, a dau.-————In Great Cumberland-pl. the wife of G. R. Smith, esq. M.P. a son.--In Dover-st. the Countess of Sandwich, a son.- In Welbeck-st. the wife of T. W. C. Master, esq. M.P. a son and heir. In Ireland, the Hon. Mrs. Plunkett, a dau.At Cintra, in Portugal, the wife of Admiral Sartorius, a son.

May 3. The wife of Dr. Buckland, Canon of Christchurch, a dau. 6. In Hamilton-pl. the Countess of Eldon, a dau.8. In New Bond-st. Mrs. C. Wriothesley Digby, a dau.—

16. At Sion Cottage, the wife of W. Surtees Raine, esq. a son. 18. At St. Leonard's-hill, the wife of W. B. Harcourt, esq. a son and heir. 19. In Parliament-st. the wife of Dr. Todd, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

Oct. 7. At Perth, Western Australia, George Leake, esq. formerly of Mecklenburgh-sq., to Georgina-Mary, only dau. of the late Sam. Kingsford, esq. of Battersea.

Jan. 25. At Rio de Janeiro, Charles Hopley, esq. merchant. to Mary-Anne, only dau. of the late John Nuttall, esq. of Shuttleworth, Lancash. ; at the same time, Agnes Hopley, sister of the above, to J. H. Nuttall, esq. merchant, of Monte Video, eldest son of the said J. Nuttall, esq.

Feb. 1. At Broughton, near Newport-Pagnel, John Benne, esq. Buckingham, to MaryAnn, eldest dau. of the late T. S. Hollingworth, esq. of Newport-Pagnel.

2. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, William Brophy, esq. of Dublin, to Julia, eldest dau. of N. Winsland, esq. of Great Russell-st. Bloomsbury.

18. At Kurnaul, Capt. W. B. Thompson, 67th N. Inf., to Selina-Maria, dau. of George Christopher, esq. of Chiswick, Middlesex.

March 9. At Malablishwar, Bombay, Arthur Morris, esq. 4th N. Inf., to Jane, second dau. of Capt. Renwick, R.N. Honiton.

5. Mr. Robert Kent, of Plymouth, to Harriette Vaughan, eldest dau. of the late Col. T. Hole, 25th Light Dragoons.

6. At Waterford, John Gatchell, of Cooleggan, King's co. esq. to Frances, dau. of the late Jonathan Gatchell, esq. of Waterford.

8. At St. George's, Han.-sq. the Rev. Samuel Jones, M.A., Classical Tutor of the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Hoxton, to ElizabethRebecca, youngest dau. of S. F. Scott, esq. Lower Belgrave-pl.

10. At St. George-the-Martyr, Mons. Jules Rottier, to Elizabeth, dau. of the late Richard Sharp, esq. of the Bank of England.At Newington, Lieut. T. A. Butler, R.N. to EmmaLouisa, eldest dau. of Capt. Sir H. E. Atkinson, R.N.

12. John-Eveleigh Wyndham, esq. only son of the Rev. J. H. Wyndham, of Corton, near Sherborne, to Elizabeth-Geraldine, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Fitzgerald, of Mapperton House, Somerset, and Turlough, co. Mayo.

13. At Corhampton, Hants, William, second son of Walter Long, esq. of Preshaw House, Hants, to Elizabeth Hare, only child of the late J. H. Jolliffe, esq. of Bathford. -At Brecon, T. P. Lucas, esq. M.D. of Brecon, and late of the Ordnance Medical Department, to Charlotte, only dau. of the late John Powell, esq.

-At Chelvey, Somerset, the Rev. J. F. Cumberlege, Vicar of Astwood, Bucks, to LucyAnne, dau. of the late Rev. John Matthew, Rector of Kilve, Som.. At Bath, William Stevens, esq. of Timberdene, Mickleham, Surrey, to Geogiana, only dau. of James Wapshare, esq. of Bath.At Brixton, George, eldest son of L. M. Simon, esq. of the Paragon, Blackheath, to Caroline, only surviving dau.. of the late Joseph, Baron de Paravicini.Blickling, Charles-William, eldest surviving son of Robert Marsham, esq. of Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, to Emily-Louisa, third dau. of Reginald-George Macdonald, chief of Clanronald, and grand-dau. of the late Earl of Mount Edgecumbe.

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At Kennington, James Topham, esq. jun. of the Clapham-road, to Mary-Anne, only dau. of the late Osborn Thompson, esq.At Abbot's-Langley, Frederick, eldest son of

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