The Parliament of Great Britain consists of a House of Lords and a House of Commons. The House of Lords consists of Lords Temporal, who are Peers of the realm, and whose honors, immunities, and privileges are hereditary; and Lords Spiritual, consisting of Archbishops and Bishops. The House of Lords is composed of all the five orders of nobility of England, viz: dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, who have attained the age of 21 years, and labor under no disqualification; of 16 representative peers from Scotland; 28 representative peers from Ireland; 2 English archbishops and 24 bishops, and 4 representative Irish bishops. The number of each, in 1844, was as follows: Elected July, 1841.- Rt. Hon. Charles S. Lefevre, Speaker. 459 The House of Commons consists of knights, citizens, and burgesses, respectively chosen by counties, cities, and boroughs, apportioned as follows: The Union of Ireland was carried into effect January 1st, 1801: and the Parliament which sat the same month, and which included the members from Ireland, is styled the 1st Imperial Parliament; and the Parliament which assembled January 29, 1833, is styled the 11th Imperial, or 1st Reformed Parliament. The following table exhibits the succession of Parliaments since the union with Ireland: High Court of Chancery.-Lord Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor ; salary, £14,000:- Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, £7,000:- Sir Launcelot Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor, £6,000. Court of the Queen's Bench. - Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice; £10,000:- Sir J. Patteson, Sir J. Williams, Sir J. T. Coleridge, and Sir Wm. Wightman, Judges, £5,500 each. Court of Common Pleas. Sir N. C. Tindal, Lord Chief Justice, £8,000: Sir Th. Coltman, T. Erskine, Sir W. H. Maule, and Sir C. Cresswell, Judges, £5,500 each. Court of Exchequer.- Sir Frederic Pollock, Lord Chief Baron, £7,000; Sir John Gurney, Sir James Parke, Sir E. H. Alderson, Sir R. M. Rolfe, Barons, £5,500 each. Scotland. Court of Sessions.—1st Division. David Boyle, Lord President, £4,300 : J. H. Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie; J. Fullerton, Lord Fullerton; Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, Judges, £2,000 each. 2d Division.- John Hope, Lord Justice Clerk, £4,000.- Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank; J. H. Forbes, Lord Medwyn; Sir J. W. Moncrieff, Lord Moncrieff, Judges, £2,000 each. Those of the Judges who are also Judges of the Criminal Court, have an additional £600 a year. Outer House; Permanent Lords Ordinary, attached equally to both Divisions of the Court. H. Cockburn, Lord Cockburn; J. Cunninghame, Lord Cunninghame; Sir J. A. Murray, Lord Murray; James Ivory, Lord Ivory; Alexander Wood, Lord Wood. Ireland. Court of Chancery.— Sir Edward B. Sugden, Lord Chancellor, £8,000 : Francis Blackburne, Master of the Rolls, £4,500. Court of the Queen's Bench. - Hon. E. Pennefather, Lord Chief Justice, £5,076. Charles Burton, Philip C. Crampton, Louis Perrin, Judges, £3,692 each. Court of Common Pleas.. Hon. John Doherty, Lord Chief Justice, £4,615. Robert Torrens, Nicholas Ball, and J. D. Jackson, Judges, £3,692 each. *The bishoprics thus marked are to be abolished when they become vacant. New Zealand. Brit. Guiana. Malta & Gibral. Antigua. From a return, just laid before the House of Number of the Clergy.· The number of curates serving benefices on which the incumbents are non-resident, is 2,711. The number of curates assistant to resident incumbents, is 2,032. Total number of curates, 4,743. WOOL, AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES. According to returns lately made to the House of Commons, the quantities of wool imported into Great Britain in the year 1843, were 21,132,852 lbs., the produce of British possessions, and 28,110,741 lbs., the produce of foreign countries, making a total of 49,248,093 lbs. In 1842, the total quantity imported was 45,881,639 lbs.; in 1841, 56,170,974 lbs.; in 1840, 49,436,284 lbs., and the average of 14 years, from 1830 to 1843 inclusive, 45,500,000 lbs. Of the imports of 1843, there was received from the Cape of Good Hope, 1,728,453 lbs.; from the British East Indies, 1,888,023 lbs.; from New South Wales, 11942,557 lbs.; from Van Dieman's Land, 3,993,040 lbs. ; and from Southern Australia, 1,387,514 lbs. Of the quantity imported from foreign countries, there were received from Russia, 3,511,916 lbs.; from Germany, 16,805,448 lbs.; from the States of the Rio de la Plata, 1,879,653 lbs.; and from Peru, 2,535,200 lbs. Of the foreign wool, 17,736,888 lbs. were charged with a duty of 1d. per lb.; 7,804,918 lbs. with a duty of 1⁄41⁄2d. per lb.; and 1,906,636 lbs. (alpaca or lama wool,) with a duty of 2s. 6d. per cwt. The total declared value of British Woollen Manufactures exported to British possessions in 1843, was £1,307,191; and to foreign countries, £5,483,041. SHIPPING IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The number and tonnage of sailing vessels, registered in England, on the 31st day of December, 1843, was as follows: Sailing vessels which entered inwards coastwise, in the year 1843: |