The Express. — London, England, 1847-03-24 00:00:00

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The n , ,ble and learned lord said the allegation con tained in the petition, that between seventy and eighty millions of money were due principally to Bri tish sebjects on account of these bonds coup, he be lieved, strictly correct, the sums in question having been advanced by way of loan to Spain, with the object of enabling that power to resist the aggressions of France, and by means of which she had been enabled to free herself from Gallic domination. The revenues of Spain had doubled within a few years; and it was her bounden duty to make such arrangements as would satisfy her creditors as to her earnest desire to discharge these liabilities; unless, indeed, which he was very unwilling to believe, she had determined to adopt the transatlantic principle of repudiation, a re solution which would be wholly inconsistent with that spirit of Castilian honour which he trusted had yet a home in Spain. The Earl of CLARENDON having, by the courtesy of his noble and learned friend, seen the petition, could say that the statement of the petitioners was perfectly correct. It was quite true that the re venues of Spain had doubled since the year 1836, and if the attention of every succeeding minister had not been distracted by foreign intrigue on the one band, and domestic commotion on the other, Spain would be, at the present moment, one of the richest states in Europe. He was, however, bound to say abe had never adopted the principle of repudiation ; 1 she neither denied nor disputed the debt, but, on the ' I contrary, he believed the circumstances under which these loans were made were, and would be, long remembered by the Spanish people with feelings of the deepest gratitude. It must not, how ever, be lost sight of, that when the people of one country lent money to another, without the sanction of their own government, they did so on their own responsibility, and it was too much to say, that any government would be justified in incurring the risk of a war, in tke prosecution of claims so originated. The British government had never, however, hesi tated in bringing the subject under the notice of the Spanish authorities, and Lord PALMERSTON was Roe lending his assistance to the Spanish bond holders in the prosecution of their claims, he hoped with some prospect of success. He trusted that an expression of opinion upon the part of their lordships, combined with the representations of the government, would be success ful in obtaining a speedy and satisfactory adjustment. In the House of Commons, Mr. Routi.Ev obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better administration of charitable trusts, for the benefit of her Majesty's Ro man Catholic subjects. On the motion of Lord 1 . 34ND0N, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the existing state of the commercial relations of England with China. Mr. C. O'BRIEN moved for a select committee to inquire into the conduct of Captain WYNNE, late as inspecting officer of the Board of Works in the county of Clare, which, after some discussion, the motion being modified at the suggestion of Sir It. PEEL, was agreed to. Mr. LABOLTHERE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend and continue the act of last session for the treatment of poor persons afflicted with fever in Ireland. Mr. M. PHILLIPS asked whether the per sons employed on the public works in Ireland would be required to work on the fast day, or whether they would receive pay without labour. He also wished to know whether the working classes, following their ordinary occupations in England, would subject them selves to any penalty, or be guilty of any infringement of the law. Mr. LABOUCHERE replied, but only to the first quatios, that there had been already a fast day in Ireland, on which occasion the people had been continued at work and paid as usual. He sup f?led • similar arrangement would now be made. Mr. BRIGHT Awned, in reference to the proclama tion for the fast, on the presumption that it had been issued in accordance with the opinion of that house, that he entered kis protest against it, believing it to be a useless ceremony, the remnant of a period that had passed away, and not in accordance with the pre sent enlightened religious opinions of the people of England. Sir G. GREY felt assured that the house was not disposed to enter into a discussion on the subject, aid, therefore, he would only state his own impression, which was, that the fast which had been ordered was in strict accordance with Scripture. The house then went into committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, which occupied the house to its rising at twelve o'clock, two divisions taking place in favour of the government by considerable majorities. LIEUTENANT WAOHORN.—A proprietor of India Stock bas platted notice of the following motion on the books of the company —" To all the attention of the court of proprieto•e to the advantages conferred on India by the exertions of Lieutenant Waghom, and to recommend him to the favourable consideration of the board of directors." Thi s , lire Berke, is an English county in which the ewes of increen: In population has not by any means equalled the gen. nl retail stohibited by the aggregate returns for the whole kingdom. Is 1601 the total number of inhabitants returned lot the shire wee 107,444; in 1811, it was 117,460; in 1821, it was 134.088; in 1831, it was 146,529 ; in 1811 1 was ouly 156,989, so that in forty years it Mil increased but by 48,646 Or 47 per emit. ; being lees by 20 per ceet, than the increase cdpopulation within the mum kerel, in Cambridgeshire. Buckinghamshire, if sot in in own or (-nutty representation, yet in that of its puler vandary boroughs, has been a theatre of constitutional straggles of such infinite importance in their nature, and in their results of such signal value to the true liberties of the Maglish people, that It is pre-eminently entitled to nosiest in en Bli.ctoral History of England." We shall prewittly, therefore, state its bearings asSao chiefly as possible. But whilst thus recognising all its ii•porialtoe, we enu,t devote a word to that 0011- dltiOn of the parliamentary representation of Bucks, which is sulficieut to counterpoise all the merit of having once memorably vindicated the electoral rights of the subject. It is at this moment little better tt has been fur hall a century peat, a pocket county—an appanage to the magnificent estate and honours of the Dukt aof Buckingham. This ducal family still continues to controul the electors of knights of the shire, in every way that oontroul can be now exercised in, and to the fullest extent to which the influence of property in such matters might be pushed within the bounds of techlical ludeed, so tar as the influence of personal character, and a certain popularity of manner and deportment can corrobo rate and extend the inevitahle prestige which the pot-erosion of hied', houses, and titles, like thole concentnited ia the person of the present Duke of Buckingham std Chlndos—that influence may be said to hate attainter a point from which nothing but the constitution el a large body of newly qualified voters has any prinpect of detaching it. The case of Bucks, perhaps. area more than that of Berke, calls for this spsciee dII; Invention. Of course, like Berke, its representatives et most eloetions have been Conservatives ; and when one of these has succeeded to the peerage, or otherwise retired, his place has been filled up by a Conon votive candidate. This was so in the contested election of 1835, which returned the Marquis of Chandos, 8 1 r W. L. Young, Ban., mid Mr. Osseo Earet *V illnith,,the only Whig for didats, was oat In 1889, on the anseenian of the Marquis of Chandos to the ducal title, he was replaced by lir. Dupre, another conservative, who had no opponent brought agai nst him at the hunting'. At the election of 11140, the three candidates returned, atter a fierce opposition, were all conservatives, namey . , (4 , Sir W. L. Young, Bart., Mr. Dupre, and C. K. Murray, . The two defeated ca..di dates, Dr. Lee, LL.D., and r. Vane were whip. In 1812, on the theme of Sir W. Young, But. the Honourable W. Fitsouturice was returned in hie steed— another conservative. In 1846, on Mr. If 'arm'? to. tiring from the representation, the county replaced Lim by Mr. Christopher Tow, another Conservatire. If it be d•— sirable that other than ultra-Conservative opinions on all subjects connetted with agricultural and commercial policy and protection, should 111211 • voice among the representatives for Bucks, some means must be organised for making voters independent of all hostile influences which their op position to fetich opinions now provoke—suck as have nut yet been brought into play. In the mean time, the Duke of Buckingham's" influence," if it be not absolute in the county elections, is almost übiquitous. How wit to be eocountered when, even in such luge but decayed towns as Buckingham, Great Marlow, Beaconsfield, no one dreams of erecting a new house ? No one finds that in any of the eight hundreds into which Bucks is divided, or their fifteen market towns or their one hundred and fifteen purieh a, any nu cleus at present exists which might be made a centre of a newer and more popular influence at the next general election. The county has no city in which, as we usually find, there might exist the latent spirit of an independence, which is absolutely overawed by landlord influence in less ex tensive societies. Even Aylesbury, the real capital—for Buckingham town is a decaying place, with little beyond its venerable years to boast of—is but a stronghold and cita del of the conservative force, diffused throughout the shire. All the other towns seem slumbering in the mime contented devotion to the reigning house,in the same moral or commercial inactivity, which everywhere astonishes one in this " model county," as; thibigotry of party spirit occasionally terms it, With a degree of arrogant truth, in reference W is nand ! tipted conservatism. ew buildinp, new investments land, ore hardly heard of in any other but Wry connexions. And when we remember, that, at the last contested election, the " maximum " and " minimum" of the votes pone: by the three candidates returned, were, respectively, 2,578 end 2,547, whilst of the two rejected whet candidates, the one polled only 495, and the other 450, we dare not indulge a hope that the county is yet ripe for soy demonstration in favour of popular principles. If we look even to the probable influences of contiguity, or of its relative position to other counties, the prospect ut any good example from Berke or Hots is not a very cheering one. Buckinghamshire is bounded on the N. and N. W. by part of Northamptonshire; on the W. by Oxfordshire, on the S. by Wilts, and on the E. by Bedfordshiee Hera, and Middlesex. Its greatest length, measured from a whit in the neighbourhood of Olney on th' Thames to Stain,. is about 41 met,. Its extreme breadth is 27 miles. Its ores is 738 square miles, or, taking the sum of the returns from the &tiered parishes, 486,800 acres. Bucks is one of the m allet Englishcounties, being only the 39th in relation to rum' magnitude. It has some excellent land, besides tha highly productive district called the Vale of Aylesbury, which has been celebrated for its fertility from the oldest periods of our history. What are called the " fat white " soils of this I county are very productive. They mice some of the flirt I wheat that are brought into our markets—Olney, Cheat Marlow, Wycombe, and several others. The poor-rate levied throughout the county on each of the five decennial periods 1801 to 1841 inclusive was, respm tively, 86,1531.; 133.9441. • 107,4771.; 137,356 f. ; and 96,1031. This is an extraordinary result. Supposing the per vent age of the rate equal in 1801 and 1841, then the amount in the latter year, calculated on the greater popula tion, should have been 122,6611 , whereas it is lees by 27,5531., or about 25 per ceat. Until the passing of the Reform Act, Bucks sent altogether 14 repreeentatives to parliament, namely, two for the county, and two each for the boroughs of Buckingham (town), Aylesbury. Chipping Wycombe, Wendover, Great Marlow, and Agniondetham, er Antershain. By the aboorpfon of Wendover end Aner sham ante the Cements Schedale A," Bucks lost four repre sentatives ; hut being its-If invested, under the samee bill, with one additional member, its actual representation, borough included, sustains at this day a diminution of three members only. It returns eleven. The model county (as it has become the fashion to term)it, owing to certain high eying pretensions of party on recent occur ins) view to none, we believe, in the antiquity of its p erliementary representation. If it may justly take rank with Nlidllesex itself in point of the renown achieved by its own sons in their useful resistance to, and final triumph ever, the mon strous assumptions and despotic bearing of a tyrannieal ma jority of the House of Commons, it must yet be stigmatised with having afforded a memorable example of abject and unconstitutional submission to one of the mos - reckless and yet most timid of our prerogative-straining monarchs. The great case of " Ashby v. White " geese, indeed, immediately out of the return for the borough of Aylesbury. The Me of Goodwin was that of the challenge of 1 a member elected by the county itself as one of I its representatives, and it fell out thus . In 1604 I (2nd James I.), Bucks having returned as a "knight of I the Shire," a gentleman named Goodwin ; and u tition having been presented on behalf of Forteecue, the defeated candidate at such election, against this return, the House of Commons determined in the usual form, the: Goodwin had been duly elected. Hereupon the Lords desired a conference with the Commons, at which the Commons Laying inti mated, in emphatic but constitutional terms, their surprise, the Lords ascribed the circumstance of their interference to the intimations they had received Preen the King. 'Then the Commons addressed his Majesty, beseeching " that he would be tender of their privileges." But Bacon's paragon of princes" only the more ins:sted that, if tecy would not hold a conference with the Lords, they should confer with the judges. The Commons re plied that they were ever ready to meet the bents in con ference on any proper matters ; that is, on such as did not touch their privilege. Finding afterwards that tie pro bable cause of the king's earnestness in the matt. r was, that a wound had been inflicted on his inordinate vs. ty by their virtual rejection of his advice, " that they sh 'old not allow any outlaws among them ;" the Commons, attended by their speaker, waited upon the king, and humbly represented thst they had found upon inquiry that Goodwio's electi in had been duly carried on, and that, by consequence, Fortescue's was void; that the outlawries standing Minot Goodwin had been obtained in respect only of civil debt ; that Goodwin had rte unquestioned on that account in several parliaments since such outlawry had been first proclaimed; and that even the fact of such sentence and proclamation was not, strictly, pleadable against him by reason of certain informalities attaching to the peewees and out in his case. But the " modern Sdn mow" angrily persisted in requiring a conference b. tween the Commons and the judges, and a report from such con ference to his privy council. The Commons were wilting to pass an act disqualifying any outlawed person, thereafter, from sitting in their house, and as for the judges, they were willing to refer with those hith personages—sot, however, upon any proposition for reversing what the Commons ha d ilik . eade done, but simply with the view of availing themselves of the 'benefit of their leaning, and to satisfy the wish of the king in this respect. But the king adhering obsti nately to his whim, the Commons at last appointed a committee of their members to meet the judges, instruct ing such committee to insist only onthe further support and illustration of the reasons al y reigned by the house ter the course it had taken, but not to proceed to any other argument or answer. The "wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind," the great prons in this period of his brilliant is stated to have poured out at the feet but irregular career , of his sovereign, abundant store of that unctuous flattery which, in these days, thank heaven ! no English . neli o sh 8 .411 ti subject would so far &eget himself as to ofler, and u. lt th h a as t e be . e n n fwaritho omuotnqarcuiteh w su o taci uld per snt reason , .emthinit. in so the Commons did canes& on this odasioa, they went at tubeeyocrond.tte sinestrbseocf ..an g y . co . remi l t on ... they , . h d ad em e y d e i r ip m . t i e this conference, whether therl Howe of Commons court contd. in said to be • d eemed sAtrticletnngtenhoflsampeakisensogivt prop" y a diflie f ul m ty en , ech iran ich, d p . us at hed the a ti li m tt e le , further, might , m the tamper before i t s ti m e the ai.ty. have precipitated half &century eenthopearcking, fortunes .. tn ancltheparhaind existence wnhiceehowfas his sacrificeruPre between e on, byproposingui hy, w ith characteristic cunning that neither Goodwin nor Fortemscue should sit in the house . The daTih.e.ssuf.ler 'relent Commons resolved, " That a ne w _seri" &c.; and the " outlaw .th.et "bold"noty of B o u n c e_ ks,.." .. while dressed a letter to Mr Speaker declining to serve. lege awe is entry made of a petition against the return Tutaz 176.] LONDON, WEDN ESDA' of one cf the letting members, on which no proceedings appear to have n taken. Exactly a hundred years weeds (April 4, 17 86) we have a petition from Earl Veraty, of the kingdom of Ireland, " and of certain freeholders of Bucks in his interest," against the return of John Aubrey, Esq., for this county; such return having been obtained by illegal means. Mr. Grenville's return on this occasion was uoimpeached. The numbers polled were: Right -Eon. W. W. Grenville, 2,261; John Aubrey, F.A., 1,746; Earl Verney, 1,716. After a trial of ix days be fore the election committee, in which Lord Verney substantiated objections against only two of Mr. Aubrey's voters, the committee formally declined any farther ing against the sitting member, Mr. Aubrey, wt .e : d r . as, thereupon, declared to be duly elected. To the case of "Ashby and White," which °courted ht the year 1703, we should more largely advert than it is our par pose to do, bad it not more properly formed pert of the par liamentary hietory of the county borough. Neverthelees, it is essential to be stated, that this was a case which raised and determined what we shall venture to term the mast "compact" question between law and privilege that had arisen in this kingdom for centuries. As generally happens where great Mimes of this sort have been joined, the facts on which the (ptomain was mimed pos sess et first sight only the remotest bearing on a struggle between the two greatest powers is the state. White and others were constables serving at the election for Aylesbury as returning officers for the borough, and they refused to receive the vote tendered by one Ashby. Ashby brought an action against White and others in the Cowl of Queen's Bench for this act, and obtained a verdict spinet them, in the face of which verdict the court gave far the defendants. The *Mae" the , • Or • molt et erair th r=smid rev • . Lords having celled In the judges, selenmly debated th e question— " whether a writ of error was a writ of right, or of grace, when duly applied for by the subject on sufficient grounds alleged 1" They then conndered whether, in this ease, the) would recommend her Majesty to grant the writ as prayed. Both these questions were ultimately determined in the affirmative. Bat, pending these proceedings and debates, the House of Commons, under a degree of excitement which, at this distance of time, is hardly intelligible, obtained a conference with the Lords, voted that the court of law which bad entertained the ori- Meal action, the Lord Chief Justice who had permitted it to be argued, the counsel and attorney retained for the plain tiff, the plaintiff himself, his witnemea, and all parties con cerned in the enormity of attempting to vindicate a common law right in a court of common law, es well so the Lords Spiritual and Temporal for entertaining Ashby's petition, were all guilty of a high breach of the privileges of the Commons ; and so from time to time they directed their serjerint-at-arms to take the several parties into custody. Those whom they caught, including certain other persons who bad commenced maims against the constables of Aylesbury (or refusing their votes, they committed to Newest.. They addressed the Queen, imploring her Mejesty to " be so tender of their uadoubted prerogauves as not to grant the writ of error." The pri soners whom the house had committed, meanwhile appeared under writs of habeas corps', sued out far them before Lord Chief-Justice Holt, and proceeded to petition the House of Lords; which, in its turn, strictly inhibited "all gaolers, sojeante-at-arms, and other such persons " from taking into custody or otherwise molesting any of such petitioners pending the consideration of their prayer to their lordships. This drew from the Coin eons fresh denunciations sod re newed hostilities against all counsel for and abettors of the prisoners. Nay, to such a pitch waa the frenzy "of the whole house" worked up, that they despatched their speaker with the niece to the Court of Queen's Bench to compel the attendance before them of Chief Justice Holt, who had passed over without any notice their former sum mons. But the imperturbable judge literally put Speaker and more both " out of court," with there words—" Mr. Speaker, if you do not depart from this court, I will commit you, though you had the whole House of Commons in your belly." 'rhe Speaker " withdrew ; " the Commons con tinued their fulminations . fulminations . The Lords, in conference with them, remonstrated on the heat, indecency, and unconstitu tional tyranny of their proceedings, and declared their firm intention of upholding and protecting the right.' which they then, by specific declaration, affirmed to be in the subject. They also addreseed the throne, urging the immediate ague of the writ of error, with a view to the protection of certain of her Majesty's aggrieved subjects, and entered set their journals a series of resolutions embody .Mg the whole principles of the common law, and the practice of the constitution, in respect of those rights which had been so outraged by the proceeding. of the House of Commons. Hereupon, the resentment of the lower house was kindled afresh, in all it. vehemence; and her Majesty, feariv h a still more serious collision between the two estates , sere a gracious menage to the lords, recog , rasing the claim whi had been established before then to a writ of error in this memorable ease ; but intimating her purpose of putting an immediate end to the session. This conclusion accordingly had the usual effect of breaking the seals of Mr. Speaker's warrants, and the captivity of all who had been detained under them. The moral as well as political effect of the lemon thus taught has been excellent. It has spared posterity many fur ther collisions and, we heartily trust, all serious ones between privilege of parliament and the rights of the people et common law, so long as the one shall be reetrained within the limits contemplated by the constitution, and the other shall not be vexatiously asserted to cAstraet that privilege within boundaries so narrow as to neutralise its independeace of the crown and of the lords. So much for the case of " Ashby and White." How to regenerate the electoral independence of Buckinghamsnire is a problem which we fear the results of the next election will show to be at least as difficult as Queen Anne found it to conciliate he just demands of the lords with the necessity of respecting the hostile importunity of the commons ? X. t COMMERCIAL 4 MARKETS. MONEY MARKET & CITY INTELLIGENCE. This day being set apart for a public fast, no business has been transacted in the City. 'AYS. There wee virjr little chat Quota . I Birk. 201. d E. Land, New Bd, 28a. 3d. p Edinburgh k Cargew, 18 Lod& N. Western, 178 Do. New Qoanera I l p Do. (G. J. Cam), 171 P Do. (ALB.), 70 Man. &Leeds (late H. Sti.), 71 p Do. Fifths., Si p Do. 321. sh., Sj p Do. (late L. B. , 41 p Man., BbeL, k Lin., 89 Do. (late 0.80. SO/. eh.', 11 d Midland. 118 Do. New, SI p LES, Baum 21 in the market. Midland Omen. B. D., 91j Newem & Berwick New, $ p 8. Eastern, New, No. 4, 114. Id. p York &Newt. Pref., 4i p York k N. Md., 834 lamb aod Think, 11 d Birm. end Oxford lone., 81 $ p E. lantolnahlre, 2 7p Meet., Preston, & W. IL, 3a. 9d. p Olastr = it y Dumtrlea, 1 p W. • Union, 11 p lay.„ Southp., 21p Man. & Soutbamptos, I d Dutch Rhenish, 21 d la the market there was h however, did not recede. 'has., Lan., &C h. In., I 3-111 Black., elltheror. & N. W., Do. Prof., II Loacaololre (late B. & II Kart., Pro., & W. R. J., 3-16 01. Nor., Dlr. Nor., Sc., per Um.. Man., & Birm.. roi Yam. & Ire& (32/. Awes), 21 Nan. & Grimsby 201. oh, ALES, MAPCN 23. little business doing. Prices, X inch. & Southank, 10e. 6d. I. Newc. & Berwick, New, 1 N. SUBNriehlre, 6 3-16 N. Coantice Union, 30p. 6d. Shreem., & Ptrm., (A), j Shr ° 42l;e l Pni 3 o 4 P, S. Eaetern & Dever, No. 4, 9-16 Wept Riding Union, If LLES,Awn 23. than it had been fora week The market wu more &Miro previously ; prices were also pi Bir. a Oxford In., Si ti Air. WoL, St Dudley, Se I e Air.. Wol., a M. Ed, 1i64 .p Mae Se p N. 6 Shreve'. k Blew. (A), 1. p LEEDS SAL/ There wu rather more hi were without variation. Beet Lancaaire, if p Do. New, Ms. 6d. p Do. Scrip, Ms. p E. a W. Yorkshire, IS.. tem p Gt. North. Lon. a York, Par ' Dbury Ez. lan P Do. (green), 7s. p Leeds end mita, Prof., NA (IL p Leeds, wake. , a Mid., Its. dd. d London, Brighton. a S. Coma, Fifteenth., se. p Yam & Lads, 321. eh., 21 9 _ _ etty well supported. Shrews. & Bina. (B). 3e. `9d. p Shropshire Unine. 184. 9d. d S. Sta. Ben.(lata June.),M. 9 d. Ito. (lace T 1112: In fra 19 Ilan. and Smith.. i d N. SUM. & ch. val. J., 4S. 04 . XAMMI IS. nines transacted, and prices Matlock k Benton, 10s. p Midland, 117 Do. Pref.,llp London k BrigS. Eighths, Te Sip Newean k Berwick. New, 31 p Carlisle Extension, W. 6d. p Lir., Man., & New. Jun., 20s. d Asabertrater, ra. a Northern Counties Unice. SOa d York & Newcastle Pref., 4 p Wharnisle Junction, 3a. 6d. d 111 . A IC S 23. The market retaTiietlthe;S Saturday and Monday, and prices for most description of at Gt. western, Firth/ 7 p Do. Haire/ 174 p Do. Quarters, p York k New. 101 p North British Thirds, Y 3 P 1 1 1 Shrews. and Bir. (law P Midland New (40/. oh.), s 1 p Do. NM., 31 EDINBURGH SA Aberdeen. 211 Caledonian, New, 31s. Direct Northern Se., 35. Dundee and Nor. Jn., 575. M. Mc Dundee and Perth. 32 4 I Do. New, 191 19 E. Lothian Central. 941(41.57n81L Bdin. & Whistle, 51 Ellin., Leith, lk Grantee, 20 De. Quarters, Ile. M. 151.9 d. Edin. sad Northern, 161 Do. New, 65e. Do. Newport, 7/. 171 73 Do. do. New, W. Ma. me degree of firmness as on holders were asking higher sock. Bristol & Exeter, 2p Man. & reeds 2i p South Devon, New, p Caledonian., 2j d North Peaffords., 31 p Bir. and Gloucester, t 23 Do. New, 301 t 1,128. Kowa 22. Ellin. k Perth (New C 0.,. 328 . Do. Halms, Ma Gt. Northers (late D(r. Nortbern), 735. Man. and Southampton, 32a. North Brings, 331 Do. Qrs., f2a 6d. 83s. Do. New Qrs. Be., U. MM. Yd. Do. Thirds, 10a. 6d. 71. iteottatt Oeatral, 23 Scottish Midland, 201 Do. New, 88 8 Stirling k Duokrm., nu ed. k. SOAP TRADE.—LoNnoN, MARCH 22.—Y.C. on the spot, per cwt., London, 61s. ; Liverpool, 61s. Town Tallow, nett price, London, 50s. 6d. to ole. Rough Fat, letter price, per stone of 8 lbs., London, los. Ild. New gate Market, for good Pat, average price, per stone of BIM., London, 3s. Id. to 3s. 3d. Rough Stuff, London, 265. Palm Oil, Loadon, 375. ; Liverpool, 359. Resin, flue trans parent, London, 6s. 6d. ; Liverpool, 4s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. Alkali, strong and weak, per cent., London, 30. ; Liver pool. 30. to 31d. Price of extra pale Soap, nett price, ex clusive of chest, freights, Rs., London, 51s. to 62a. ; Liverpool, 61s. Mottled, London, 521. ; Liverpool, 495. EVENING,MARCH 24,1847. [3d. 0,1RN.-Buix, Mawr! 21-The trade bail been ver y i n . - wave during the past week. The fide favourable weather Pre have experienced has not been without its effect. At Ode day's market the supply of Wheat was small, there being a short .stiendanee of farmers, who are much oceuvii d with field work. The show of foreign also is very limited ; but we moat quota , prices fully 2a. pee qr. lower than List week, and very dull este. Barley is slashed to quit, although offered on lower terms. The same remark spplivs to other descriptions of spring corn. Linseed is firm; but Linseed Cakes are obtainable on easier terms. Nothing doing in Rapeseed or Cake*. The following we the present prices of grain : Wheat, red, 665. to 745.; white, Moto 785.; Dantzie, 745. to 765.; hewer Baltic and Hamburg, 68s. to 745. Barley, malting, 44*. to ' 60*. Oats, 30s. to 345. ; Danish, 271. to 30s. Bowies, 3'24. to 341. Beans, 484. to 624. ; foreign, 48s. to 624. Peas, white and yellow, 645. to 68a. Linseed, crushing, 365. to 49e. • feeding, We. to 525. Rapeseed, per 10 qrs., 301. Linseed Cakes, English, per ton, 101. 17s. 6d. to 111.; foreign, 81. to 101. 15s. Rape Cakes, 120 s. M•ILCII n.—A i lood supply of samples Trade rather dull. Best white hest fetehol 84s. to 66a. per qr. ; second quality, 80s. to 821. ; Sussex red Wheats, fine and dry, mule from 191. 10s to 201. per load ; dente samples fetched 181 . Purchases made for shipmcnt to France : Flour, 665. to 60s. per bag. The best Burley sold at previous pries ; inferior was is. per qr. lower. Oats, best Poland and Potato, Made 365. to 375. per qr. ; best black, English, 325. ; foreign, 90s. ; middling 'maples 2k. to 28e. Beans, Peas, and Rye scarce ; the little 06er41 was at lastsquoted terms. Vetches, winter, 75. per bushel ; win, 10s. to 10a 134. stand. Mimi ms careless buyers. Merchants decline pur chasing Wheat at present rate", while tartnen are unwilling is sell at any reduction. Maltsters have generally (*axed wetting, and there is no demand for the little Barley that appears. Beans nominal. Lases, MARCH 23.—We have a good arrival of Wheat to-day; the trade continuts slow, and prices are Is. per cr. lower than on Friday. Barley is dull, though no material vari+tion in value. Oats and Shelling as before. Beano lower, and demand limited. Arrivals this week Wheat, 9,693; Oats, 693; Bariey, 2,017 ; ktaans, 2,03.3 ; Malt, 180 ; Shelling, 19; Flour, 33. LRIOKTON BUZZARD, MARCH 23.—At this day's market there was only a moderate supply of Wheat and Bailey, the trade for which ruled very dull, eta decline of 2a. per load on the former, and ls. to 2s. per quarter on Barley. Beans and Peas nominal, at last week's prices. Wheat, per load of 5 bushels, 46a. to 50s. Barley, per imperial qr., 45.1. to 524. Beans, old, 30s. to 335. ; new, 295. to 32e. Peas, maple, 31s. to 355. LIVERPOOL, MA act' 23.-The arrivals into this port sines Tuesday last provide a fair supply of grain coastwise ; those from abroad during the same period containing chi, Sr a large import of Indian Corn, a tolerably quantity of Indian Mead, and 22,000 barrels of Flour; whil4 the exports to Ire land have reported generally to a good extent. Our market to-day haring been tolerably well attended by country mil lers, and Name from Ireland, the demand for Wheat was to a fair extent at a decline of 3d. per 701 b. from those of last Tuesday. Flour was more neglected, at a reduc tion of 1.. to lc 6d. per sack end barrel respectively. Malting Barley and Malt are dull of ale , at a decline of 2.. per quarter, This observation spelt. a also to Beans and Peas. Few transactions occurred in Oats, and their value is re duced Id, pet 4516. The reduction in the value of Yadkin Corn and Meal is considerable, though there appeared more confidence in each to-day, the former at a decline of Gs. to Be. per quarter, and the latter 3s. to 4s. per barrel on the quotations of this day se'nnight. British: Wheat, per 701b5., English, red, new, 11%. 3d. to Ils. 6d.; extra, Ils. 6d. to 11s. 9d. ; white, new, Its. 64. to Ils. 9d.; extra, Ile. 9d. to 12e. ; Irish, red, new, 10a 6d. to 10e. 9d.; extra, 10s. 9d. to Ils.; white, new, 10s, Gd. to Ils. Barley, English, per quarter, new, 52a. to 54a, Chevalier, 66e to 58s. ; Scotch and Inch, per 60 lb., new, 6.. 6d. to 6s. 10(1. Melt, English, per quarter, pelt, 72.. to 83s. Oats, English and Scotch, per 45 lb., new, ss. 3d. to se. ; seed, fls Bd. to ss. 10d.; Welsh, new, Cs. to se. 4d.; Irish, flue qualities, new, 5.. 4d. to 6e. 6d ; general qualities, new, 5.. Id. to So. 3d. Deans, English, per quarter, 55e. to 595.; Pigeon , 595. to 604. Scotch end Iri sh, per 480 lb., new, 6s. to 525. Peas, English, per quarter, white, 58s. to 6.5 e. ; and Irish, grey, 545. to 56a. Flour, per 280 11.., English and Irish, fine, 48e. to Gls. ; cut e 675. to 69s ; extra, 60s. to 61a. Oatmeal, per load of 210:b., Irish, new, 499. to Gls. ; old, 45c to 495. ; Canadian, old, 4GL to 49.. Bran, per 24 lb., Is. 9d. to ls 10,1. Foreign : Wheat, per 701 h., Canadian, free, r. 4, 10e. 9d. to 11.. 3d.; white, I Is. at , to Ils. 9d.; Unitd& State, red: 11s. to 11.. 6d. ; white, Ils. 6d. to I Is. 10d. ; Dwane, mixed and red, 104. 10d. to 11.. 4d. ; high mixed, 11.. 10d. to 12e. 2d.; Lower Baltic and Hamburg, red, I Is. to I la. 44.; white, Ils. 2d. to 111. 6d.- Riga& l'etershurg,red,loe. Bd. to Its. ; Archangel, 10s. sd, to ICI.. Bd. ; Odessa, common, red, 10e. 6d. to 10s. 9d.; Polish, 10s. N. to Its. ; French, Spanish, and Italian, real, 10e. 9d. to II..; white, Ils. to lls. 3d.; Bennet and Marianopoli, red, 10s. 6d. to 1 la. ; Egyptian, 9s. 9d. to 101.; Mediterranean, &e., hard, red, 10s. to 10., 4d. Rye, per qr., Baltic, &c., 425. to 45e. Barley, per 601 b., grinding and distilling, 6s. 6d. to6s. 10d. Oate, per 461 b., 6s. Gd. to 5. Bd. Beans, per qr., European, 60s. to 545.; Egyptian, per 4801 b., 40. to 41s. Peas, per qr., Baltic &c., white, 68s. to 625.; Canadian, 50s. to GO.. Indian Corn, per 4801 b., 58e. to 625. Indian Meal, per barrel of 1961 b., 27c to 28s. Flour, per barrel of 19616., Canadian, sweet, 38e. 6d. to 395. 6d. ; United States, sweet, 38e. 6d. to 395. 6d.; Limited States and Canadian. sour, 33e. 6i. to 34a. 6d. Arrivals from the 16th of March to the 22nd of March inclusive, into Liverpool and Runcorn: Wheat, 10.9.56; Barley, 3,164; Malt, 3,327; Oats, 1,021; Beans, 4,278; Peas, 924; Indian Corn, 21,494 qr..; Indian Coro Meal. 8,697 barrels; Oatmeal, 424 sacks; Flour, 832 sacks, 22,379 barrels. LYNN, MARCH 23.—A good supply of Wheat to-day, at 2s. to 38. per qr. lower. Barley dull, at a decline of la. to Is. per qr. Beans 21. per qr. cheaper. Wheat, 611 b. to 6.31 h., 72.. to 75.. ; white. 78s. Barley, beat rung, 48v. ; stained, 42a. to 445. Beans, 52a. to 535. Oats, 18d. per stone. PRESTON, MARCH 20.—Trade was inactive, and the vales confined to the present wants of millers and dealer'. The average price of Wheat is 80s. per qr. ' • - - SALISBURY, MARCH 23 -A •ery slack market for corn, and no business transacted until • reduction of from 10s. to 15$, per load was submitted to. Some floe samples of white Wheats fetched 201. 10s. ; middling, 191. to 191. 10s. ; best red Wheat, from 191. to 191. 10s. ; good, 741. to 76.. per qr ; inferior samples, 70s. to 72.. Flour, best, 63. per sack. Best Bread Flour, 595. ; second, 565. Bread, cheap bakers', 15d. ; others, 17d. to 18d. the 81b. loaf. Barley sold at a reduction of from 1.. to 3s. per qr. ; the beet bright and heavy samples made 524. to 545. perqr good,though a little stained, 48s. to 50..; inferior samples under 10 score, 44a. to 465. Malt, best, 10s. per bushel. Beans were ' offered at • lower price, by 2s. per qr. Pea. also were sold at from ls. to 2s. per qr. cl.eaner. Rye was also on the decline, though not much at market. Oats were also lower by la. to Bs. per qr. ; best Poland and Potato, 355. to 365. per qr. ; beat Bnelish•grown black, 30s. ; some good sweet, 245. to 265. Winter Vetches, 7.. per bushel; Spring do., 9s. to 10s. 6d. Spring small seeds sold well, at a trifling advinee. SLIGO, MARCH 20.—Immense arrivals, and • large con sumption still pine sn.—Oats. 265. Bd. down to 19.. 6d. per barrel. Oatmeal, 265. 6d. per cwt. Indian Meal. 191, per ton. Wheat, 28.8 d. per stone. American Flour, 21. fis. per barrel. MANUFACTURES.—HIIDDERSFIELD, MARCH 23. —There has been rather more doing in our Piece-halls to day, but nothing near the quantity we ought to expect at this season of the year. in short, we fear we shall not have moth doing before harvest time. Prosisions are exceed. ingly dear, and the people cannot be clothed end fed at the same time. Prices same as last week. Light patterns, at from 3s. to 41. per yard, were most in request. CHEESE.--SALresuirr, MARCH 23.—Rather more than the usual quantity ; the prices rather on the decline. Very excellent Chedder could this der he purchased at 76e. per cwt.; good Somerset, 665. to 685.; best North Willa, We. to 62e. ; half-eowards, 445. to Ms.; skim, 365. HOPS.--SAUSBURY, MARCH 23.—The trade firm. Beet Famhams, 71. to 71. 7e. per ewt. ; snood quality. 6/. to 61. 10.. ; country Hop•, 51. to 5!. 10e ; Sussex, 41. 111.. to 51.; best Kent*, 61. to 61. 61. ; Mid-Kents, 51. to 51. 10a. ; old Hops, 3.55. to 455. WOOL.—HrDDERSFIELD, MARCH 23.—We have no improvement to report in this branch of our trade. The very few sales which are effected are done without profits ; in feet. manufacturers are acting very cautiously in not buy ing only just to suit their present wants. CATTLE, FAREHAM, MARCH 22.—A good supply of fa Bessie, Cows, Ball, and Calves. The best Beasts, 10s to 10s. 6d. the score. Fat Cows, 9s. 9d. to 10.. ; inferior, 9s. Fat Calves, 10s. to 10a. 6d. ; delicate ditto, 12s. 6d. to 20s. each. Sheep : Fat Downs fetched, for the best, 4s. Bd. the stone of 8 lb. ' • Ewes and o th er second quality, 4s. to 4i. 4d. ; Long Wools, 42. 4d. to 4s. Bd. There were some fine fat Lambs for sale, which made from 20s. to 275. each. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22. —The market to-day was very slenderly supplied with Beef and Mutton, and the demand wag an average one. Beef wu not so well to buy, but the quotations remain unchanged. Mutton may be quoted about the IMO as on Monday lad. _ - - SaLurevar, Mawr( 22.—There was a good supply of Devour, Herefords, end Short-Horna this day. The price silted in the moraine for best Short- Horns was lls. per ICON for best Devon,. los. 6d. • good Herefords, HeVers, and other fat Beast, lOs. to 10e. 3d., yet, before the close, dealers bad to reduce the price asked at least 6d. per more, and even then but few found purchasers. Sheep : A shorter sup ply than usual ; the principal number were South Downs ; but few Horn Sheep offered. The beAt four-tooth sold at es. ed. per stone • good wether and fat ewes, 4s . ; interior Sheep, 3e. Bd., andthere were several pens which could sot find buyers. Lambs not yet brought to market. Calves, fat, many lolled, were also cheaper ; some very prime ones purchased by Laudon carriers far Ba. 9d. the score pounds. Fir Yesterday', thirlam see Jog pa," IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, MOUSE OF LORDS.—TOWDAT, MARCH 23. Th. Lonu CH cncrttott took his seat at b o'clock. PSEILIC HOSTESS. onss.—Bp IqdTeeAsure , - tWana piste ia Lancaahire, ilost the government *flame of erit..'f,6o°; from the 11."66a. Colon, for abf.liti.m of L. of ..ettlet tient ; from Mood ju r y of n4of against the prir.cfple of out-dom Mier; from Mr. P.• me t limitation of the Itrulerltr Art to five years. 3 1 1. rd from Mr. Dempster Homing and Sr: Than Letithe....0 v •__," 4 ',17 — ._,.....7 the m -pommel of th e interest oar Spanish horde. meat interference. P tPLI.S PitI,ENTED.—Pr fart Gary, oopy of a fle•P s ' cli frara the Lieut.-Governor of :ter iirlin atek. intimating that tho 0n..' 1464. had voted 12,5001. tot the relief of the dietreved (kw in ireLtai. COM MITTEL —Drainage of Lead Bill. NOTILP. Of MOTION.—The Marquis of LANPDOWNy m nithreq seat, to more the adjournment of the house for the Laster mom. SPANISH BONDS. Lord BROUGHAM, in promoting the petition from the Spanish bonitholden, st tted that the petite .a rem emoted the feelings of a very large and formerly a very wealthy body, though, in cask quence of being holders of these hoods they were not new in that condition. They complained that they had ben induced to advance their money—and he believed the amount advanced was, in the aggregate, nearer SO than 70 teatimes—upon the security of the Spanish government, ta secure the independent. of Spain against the aggreosions of France, and that they were legally and strictly ereditnrs of Spain to that extent. The great bulk of these creditors were eubjerts of England : and if not wholly—for the indo mitable courage of the people of Spain no one could die putt—it was undoubtedly in a great part by the aid of the sooty so advanced that Spaln had been enabled to tree herself from the Napoleon usurpa tins. With his knowledge of the high spirit of ho nour for which the Spanish character had been always re. snarksMe, he should he most reluctant to belisee that Spain had with regard to these her just debts adopted the novel principle of "repudiation." (A laugh.) He never could believe that Castilian honour had so entirely departed from the peninsula as to make it is the least degree improbable that these debts would he paid. Spain had sucreeded—he would not say by our help, but certainly in association with us—in securing her indi prudence: she was now us indepen dent as anv country in Europe; and surely it would be meet unreasonable, if, having thus o btained the profit, she were to call upon us to bear the cost It might be said that Spain was not able ts , s+l; e nl. her beribiliegr bum did not absolve her go dm . Ms Oa boodle wort herself to discharge these bta by instalments, or in any way she could, and to make such arrangements as to time and amount as should satisfy her creditors of her sincere desire to discharge her liabilities. (Hear.) He found that the revenue of Spain bad much increased of late, and was still rapidly increatiing. Eleven or tat lee years ago her annual revecue was but 6,000,000; but by the official return for the lava tear, as made by her own finance minister, it wan 12.000,000. There was no reason, therefore, for saying that she was not in a condition to pay. He hoped that the high character of the Spanish nation would be maintained in the settlement of these claims at as early a period ea WY ' consistent with the proper menstrement of her own affairs. The Earl of CLARENDON—His noble and learned friend haring yi aterd iy hen good enough to show him the mason he meant to present, he believed he could say that the statement of the ease of the pi tthesers, as so tains,' in that petition, was perfectly correct. He thought therefore that the remark. of his noble and learned Mead were fully justified. (Hear.) And indeed he did net eta eider that his noble and learned triend had at all exaggerated the great injustice with which the ix titioners had been treated, or the hardship which the neglect of the Spanish governmert 'o discharge these claims had entailed upon them ; fur Spain wax, in reality, not in the impoverished condition which her ministers had, on certain occasions, as sumed she ems; for, under the administrative system which now existed, her revenues (as his hon. and learned friend had truly stated) had doubled since ISM ; and if that ad ministrative system were conducted with prudence and eco nomy, and if the attention of every succeeding minister was not constantly distracted by f -reign intrigue on the one hand and domsatie commotion on the other, and if their exertions did not inconsequence tend to paralyse the industry and retard the prosperity of the country, Spain would be one of the richest countries in Etienne. (Hear, hear.) He believed no people were more industrious—none more reedy to exert themselves, if the motive for industry were given, and if the legitimate reward for their exertions were secured to them. There was no country in Europe, of equal area, whose mineral and agricultural products were so greet as those of Spain; there was no country in Europe whose products were more in demand, or which had greater means ol acquiring wealth, than Spain ; and if the industry of her people, and the develepment of that wealth were encouraged and promoted by her government, the statement of the Finance minister, who said that the resoure.• of Spain were equal to the payment of this debt ten times over, would he justified. Spain, therefore, had no right to plead insolvenro as the ground for not paying these claims. (Hear, hear.) He was, however, bound, in justice, to say, that eke had never adopted the new principle alluded to by his noble and learned friend—the principle of " repudia tion." (Hear, hear.) She had never dewed or disputed the debt in any way. On the contrary, he believed that the circumstances under which the money was advanced were re membered and would long be remembered with feelings of sine re grunted- by the Spanish peop:e. From time to time, armugeinents had been mad.' for paying thus debt, but un fortunately it hod al says happened that before they could be carried into effect, a mew minister hadkome in who con ' sidered it I- is duty to set aside evi ry plan that had been pro posed by hi. predecessor. And as the proposal. for paying the claims of the holders of then hoods had lx en set aside with the others, and as the holders of these beads were principally British subjects —many of whom, most imprudently no doubt, had invested the tamps of their lives in this ban—very severe suffering, and in many asses total ruin, bad moulted. It amid not, however, be too often remembered— so many millions of British capital having been, during the last 26 years, lent and lost—that whtn people lent money to a foreign government, without the sanction of their own government, they did so on their own responsibility. (Hear.) individuals must not suppose that this country- would incur the danger of a wee in the prom cation of such claims, e teept in extraordinary care, where the special guarantee of the government had heen given. Nevertheless, her hlsjesty's government had never hesitated to bring under the coneders. tien of, and to press upon the government of Spain, thejwit claims of the British holders of Spanish bonds. (Hear.) The British mini-ter at Madrid was, et this moment, by direction of his noble fry' nd the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, leading his assistance to the British bondholders in the pro secution of their claims upon the government of Spain, and he hoped with some prospect of success. (Hear, hear.) The petitioners stated, he believed, that in the opinion of some of the most eminent jurists the case of these bond holders constituted a tams beta. He did not wish to make use of the language of menace—he believed that an expres sion of opinion on the part of their lordships would be the moat likely means of procuring justice to the bondholders, who, it appeared, were mast moderate in their demands, and merely salted from tee Spanish government a guarantee for the ultimate settlement of their claims. Such an expression of opinion, together with the representations of the govern ment, would, he hoped, be successful in obtaining a speedy and satisfactory arrangement. (Hear.) In answer to a qua tion from Lord BROUGHAM, The Earl of CLARENDON added, that Mr. Bulwer, our minister at Madrid, had received instruction. (rem hit go vernment to give all the assistance in his power to the agents of the bondholder. at Madrid in prow-cable- their claims. Lord Man! orox made some observations which were totally inaudible in the gallery. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. RISING OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of WICKLOW said he had been girt n to un derstand that the house was to adjourn for the Londe's, to Tuesday formisht. He would suggest to noble lords con nected with the gov.rnment, whether the tonvenicace of the house would not be more consulted bj odj .urning to Thursday, the 15th of April, instead of Tu.stley, the 13th, so had been the usual course. . . Earl GREY said that government would be happy to yield to the ',Mee of the house, provided that no public baseness of importance we* interfered with. Their lordships adjourned at Ave minute-, past sir o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuesuAN, MARCII 23. The SPZAKRa took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS.. BEOCIND HEADINOB.--6;;;Mercial Oar Lista and Cokr Com pany; Dunfermline and Cnpar (bort Houma , Runcorn Gas We glen and Scrathbungo Bond ; Warrington Gas tiger and C ok e; West. =Water Impranemnsts ; Bills. REPORI.--acottlab Union Insurance Company PUBLIC BUIIINE,S._ rumor B.—B ) a Baptist congregation of Wolverhomptoo ; Mr. C. P. Violent, from acme Ramon, from a Pralmilant endemism ; Mr. O.wn, from LIAZI.PUT against the Government Sabin* Education.-Str H. Lou., nom a scotch preobylmff ,_• um wee, from metal Fresh) tenet in Aberdeen awn ; me. Tam% awn geelibyteries Rtirlourshire ageing the Re gionadwneillEthejlmondMarnoges (Scotland) Mlle. -Mr. haortion- TOO, Iron benwillis ciliation% in favour of being placed to the moor MOW with liwnwilers of the metropolis.- -Mr. Bow, tem. tiwrdisno of • nobs In Dunn; Mr. IL Your, from a place in that 7.111 t Riding of York; lasi i mps--, trona a place in Suffolk ; Lord J. Mut- MM. fns pierdinnst a union in Leicestershire, awl from inclus ion*, mil of Norfolk : &genet the Pour Removal Act. - Mr. ism from Kliscak. In Amor of the restoration of the Fee of Kelows-Mr. torso. from grand Jury of Cavort, In favour of a gintannumt opt., of emigratfon for Ireland, an d for alteration of mole et Wing for whet Ow Irish pose.- 01r W. Q.ot, from Beth mitpolln, tr anti{ MOW Penwiew IsslreirmL -Mr. two us. Wm maw In fan MOM tomb Is Illminalmn, Winans of • pleas am Goons of Ossoisise of Iffinelsanse : Is favour Iwpdry its ramie Or ewe! ed wenn I. loan-Lied 8,1100". from Lew poo.. for nod se Orin ands, MKT READINO.--11nms Clatibils Charitable Truffle I. IfF.CON DFt FIADINOS.-Nan) Service oilier. !Cool Prisms; COMAIITTEES.-Poor Relief (Ireland); Harbour, Docks, and Piers'Clatum; REPORTo.-Commona l Inclose,'; )(mine Mutiny: RETCHNS ORDERED.-On the motion of Mr. B. Connor, Ter WINS a. to the number of quartaws of met an which duty um charged, on I populates of Eland in 1700; of the numben of quarters of malt and the Way dorm! thereon from the year lett to I xl3 inciance ; of the amount of duty received be same period ; of the number of beer shop licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the pro mimes for the .name period; and • return of the number of melee of land lylft waste in the United Mondani at the protein time. NOTICES OF MOTION.-Ficauutso to 110.1 lioeu.-Dr. BOW UN O, on Friday nest. Mask whether any official intimation had been re. mired of the discontinuance of the practice of thannng at Hang Kong. Pcstic Wow, Ilaimesto.-Mr. Enos; on Fridey neat, to more for certain returns connected with public worts to Ireland. INDIAN COTTON. Mr. BRIGHT postponed his motion for an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the growth of cotton in India until after tits raw, in satiamiesess et es intima tion he had received hem tie richt hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Climtset Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said that there were some papers in 'mese of preparation which it would be necereary to have when the motion was brought forward, and for that reason he had asked the hon. gendetuan to postponv INDIA. Sir J. C. HOBROUSE (in reply to Mr. Ewart) said that the subject of furlough regulations iv erecting both the mili tary and civil service in India wu under the consideration of the Board of Control. It was, as his hon. friend knew, a tarot important subject ; one in which no cluusge could take plea without a lesidative eseetaaeot, sad cat whit& t would be wow( to come is say conclusion a ithous the gravest consideratioa. INSPECTORS OF RAILWAYS. . . . Major LAYARD asked the Pint Commissioner of the Railway Board why the office cf Inspector-General of Rail ways, so essential for the information and guidance of the board, had not yet been filled up ? It was now five months since Sir C. Paslej'a services were dispensed with, and the responsibility now rested with the former assistant, without any increase of salary. Mr. STRUTT said that the duties of inspector-general were now being moot satisfactorily performed by two gentle men who werc appointed in compliance with the act, and termed " Inspectors of Railways." The question of salaries .as under the consideration of the board. 1 IiBREE wßSh—art. of Ni A r ND m C . O u l.` , N .rutp6 TlES ti . on ' eJ till April 13, his sootiest leave to bring Ina enable retail brewers of thi, Midland cousin,: to keel , : open their houses until twelve o'clock at eight, in the same manner as the metropolitan retail brewers. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTS. Mr. ROM I LLY obtained ;nye to bring in a bill for the better administration of charit:ble trusts fur the berictit of her Majesty's Roman Catholie n bjects. The object of the bill was to remora doubt which had arisen as to the legality of charitable bequests to Ron.arr Catholics pri , r to • 'm the Catholic Relief Act. It was further Letended enable • 'l, all charitable bequests to Roman Catholic, to be enrolled in the High Court of Chancery, in order that the Sr administra- • Lion might be duly carried into Edict; and, in cases of breaches of trust, to empower the Court of Clammy to deal with them under the previsions of .12 Geo. 3. Mr. J. O'CONNELL was not aware whether any requi sition had been made on the subject of this bill by an large Andy of the Roman Catholics. The /abject with whic h it dealt was one of great difficulty, and he should be glad to know if the Roman Catholic dignitaries st the church in England had been consulted as to the bringing in of • bill whoa affectid their jurisdiction. If that was so, he would support it, but if not, he trusted the hi a. ant learned mem ber would name a distant der for the emend reading, so that there might bo an opportunity of consulting thaw right rev. gentlemen. TRADE WITH CHINA. Viscount SANDON moved for • select committee on the present state of oar soninereial relations with China. AA there was so objection to the motion on the part of the government he should not interpose at any length between the proceeding with the Poor Relief Bill for Ireland. Among his own constituents, as well es other persons engaged in eeepaseree, there was an impression that our now trade with China would be limited and obstructed, unless there was a reduction of the duty on tea, as that was the only retain to be obtaimed for our manufactures. They would have to bring the question of the redaction of the duties on tea before the home. but he felt, that considering the peculiar circumstances of the year, thin was not • fitting time to do se. It might, how ever, be advantageous to investigate our relations with China, and to see if there was anything, independently of the duty on tea, which obstructed and limited oar trade. All our relations were recent and experimental, and the state et things in that country was such as to render it necessary to examine and ascertain the COMAS of the obstruction of oar trade. Mr. HASTIF was sorry the governmant had se easily oonsentei to this motion. He was afraid it was a pretext for another purpose, the reduction of the tea-du•y. It would have berm better if the noble lord had come directly to that object; and if he had done so, he (Hr. Hustle), would have seconded the motion, but as it now ,food it was so indt finite as to be likely to create tuspicion abd jealousy in China. The motion was agreed to. CASE OF CAPTAIN WYNN& Mr. C. O'BRIEN moved for a select committee to inquire into the conduct of Capt. Wynne during his employment in the county of Clare, in November and December, 1846, and January, 1847, as inspecting oflleer of the Board of Works, and into the statements contained in his printed letters, and those of Mr. S. Gamble, addressed to that board. and laid on the table of the house, and the report, thereon; and also to inquire into and report whether the said Board of Works have, or have not, suppressed certain letters or reports made, or alleged to have been made by Captain Wynne to them on investigations held at Ennistimon on the )oth, and at Lia• annoy on the 19th of December, 1846; and also certain letters in the possession of the said bard connected with those subjects. The hon. member complained of the unwil lingness shown to plint him the pairom he had moved for on the 11th of February, and thought it a poor reward for 16 yearn' support of the present government. He complained of the attark made r n him, his r olles.guc, and the relief commit tee of the county of Clare, in which he (Capt. Wynne) asserted that thee, by their conduct, invited the arawainstien of the dicer of the Board of Works. He (Mr. O'Brien) maintained that the charges made by Captain Wynne were calumnious, and should be inquired and if the committee pronounced them to be well. founded, he (Mr. O'Brien) would not remain five minutes in that house. [The hon. gentleman then read the accusations in question, which were contained in letter., of the respective dates of December the Ist, fith, 10th, and 19th, 1846. He asked for no favour; he simply asked:for common jus tire; surf with that view Le should now move in the terms nip ady st,u d. Major M ACE AMARA neconded the motion. Mr. LABUUCHF.ItE said ho much regretted that ti.e honourable mover of this resolution had not acquiesced in the suggestion he had made to him, to postpone the motion for a few days, until the documents which had been moved for by the honourable member, and ordered be the house, were printed, and in the hands of * honourable member., which would be on the day after to-morrow. The doemments were now in the courtse of printing, and when delivered would throw such a light upon the whole of the transactions of which the hon. member complained, as would enable the house to deal justly with the question. He (Mr. Labouchere) had no desire to estrange or alienate from the government the sup port of the hon. member and his colleague, hut, on an oc casion of thin kind, where the conduct of a public officer was attacked—an officer whose general conduct entitled him to the support of the government—he (Mr. Labouchere), for one, should feel himself disgraced if he shrank from giving him that support. He (Mr. Labouchere) bad no choice — himself o net .ant of the crown—in a question of this nature: he was 11Otilld to deft nd the honest services of those who acted under him, it be believed that they had taithfully dis charged the dutire which devolved upon them. He tht re fore felt that he could not consent to alter the course which, upon consideration, he had felt it his duty to pursue in this matter. When the documents were before the bonne, he was far from saying they would be so satisfactory as to induce the house not to agree to an inquiry, hut he wou'd not be a party to a motion which, in its terms, inculpated the conduct, not only of Capt. Wynne and Mr. Gamble, but also the board of works. Against Capt. Wynne no such prionSfincie nip had been madeout to justify his being draped an a crimi nal before a select committee. Though Capt. Wynne might not have acted with perfect discretion, yet it was the opinion of the government that, under circumstances of great dif ficulty, and met as he had been with a most formidable op. position, his conduct had been conspicuous for firmness and integrity. (Hear, hear.) Since the matter had been last discussed be (Mr. Labouchere) had seen ('apt. Wynne for the first time. In reference to the ein the letter com plained of, Capt. Wynne deel he would not retract a word of it, because he believed it to be a true description of the state of things which existed; but he added that he never meant to imply that there existed in the minds of the hon. members for Clare a design to procure hie assassination. Major MACE AMARA—Read the words. Mr. LABOCC HERE wished the sentence had been dif ferently worded, but still some allowance ou s tht to he made for excited feelings is times of difficulty. He would, how ever, read the words. The passage began thus " I and the other officers a the board of works have strong rea . ~:: sons to complain of the conduct of the two members for the county of Clare, who appear to come here for the purpose of bolffing on up, one and all, to be assassinated " Major MACNAMARA—Read on. Mr. LABOUCHERE (continuing)—"The overseers and stewards are, in consequence, not discharging their duties awl the men at work are doing little or nothing, except whai they please." He had read the words, and repeated the as of Capt. Wynne, that although he retained the opi nion he expressed as to the conduct of the two hon. members for Clare, at a time when the officers of the board of works had hien made the objects of outrage and attack, yet he never intended to impute to those two hon. members the intention of having purposely excited the people to acts of assassination. He (Mr. Labouehere) felt bound to say, that, on the part of the relief committee of the county of Clare, there had been gross neglect of duty • and in that opinion he we* fortified by the statements furnished to the government by Capt. FiAbourne, a most active and intelli gent public officer. With respect to the services of Capt. Wynne, they had gained for him the highest testimonials from the lieutenant of the county, Sir Lucius O'Brien, and other magistrates. Under these circumstances, he could not consent to the reference in its present terms, and he hoped the hon. member would consent to withdraw his motion until next week, when the papers relating to the motion would have been delivered, and the house thereby enabled to judge se to the best mode of having a full inquiry into the whole circumstance. of the case. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN thought that the inquiry as sought ought to be conceded. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Laboucheve) had every consideration ter the feelings of Capt. Wynne, but none for the two members for Clare, who had so long been under the heavy charge of having encou raged assat-ination. (Hear, hear.) Let the government dictate the terms of the inquiry, but in justice to his two hon. friends the investigation they invited ought not to be refused. Lord J. RUSSELL remarked that the government did not refuse an inquiry. If the bon. member (Mr. C. O'Brien) would frame his motion in such terms that they could not be objected to, and then defer having the committee until the papers alluded to were in the hands of hon. members, there would be no objection on the part of the government to the appointment of a committee. Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the original motion. The production of the papers could not is the slightest degree do away with the necessity of such an inquiry as that de manded by the two hcn. members whose characters had been assailed. • Sir It. PEEL Paid it was clear that the government in truded to allow the appointment of a committee, and, there fore, the lea preliminary discussion that took place the better would the committee be able to come to an unpreju• diced consideration of the spatters referred to it. Would it not be welt it the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) suggested such an alteration of the terms of the motion as would cave another tlebste upon it ? Mr. LABOCCHERE had not the lent objection to confer with the hnn. member (Mr. C. O'Brien) in order to arrange the terms of the reference in such a manner as not to cut imputations upon a body of public officers. Between this time and the next meeting of the house, he would be glad to arrange these terms with the hon. member. Mr. C. O'BRIEN objected to any further delay, and while ready to em:eur in terms. said he mut Insist upon as lame• diate wrong'. meat, tinting, and when delivered would throw ouch • the whole of the transactions of which the hon. mplaincd, as would enable the home to deal the question. He (Mr. Labouchere) had no ;mange or alienate from the government the sup- hon. member and his colleague, but, on an oc- lb kind, where the conduct of a public officer was an officer whose general conduct entitled him to • tof the government—he (Mr. Labouchere), for I feel himself disgraced if he shrank from giving ipport. He (Mr. Labouchere) had no choice— .ant of the crown—in a question of this nature: lid to clerical :he honeit services of those who r him, it be believed that they had faithfully dia- iluti.• which th•volved upon them. He the re- st he mild not consent to alter the course which, iteration, he had felt it hie duty to pursue in this Ten the documents were before the boas., he was ying they would be no oatisfactoryas to induce the A/ agree to an inquiry, but Le wou'd not he a motion which, in its terms, inculpated the conduct, f Capt. Wynne and Mr. Gamble, but also the rocks. Against Capt. Wynne no such prim4fseie en madeout to justify his being dragged as a crimi- a committee. Though Capt. Wynne might ded with perfect discretion, yet at was the opinion eminent that, under circumstances of great dir- t met as he had been with a most formidable op. is conduct had been conspicuous for &nines. and (Hear, bear.) Since the matter had been last se (Mr. Labouchere) had seen Capt. Wynne for ne. In reference to the passage in the letter cora- , Capt. Wynne declared he would not retract a because he believed it to be a true deocription of ,f things which existed; but he added that he jl it to imply that there existed in the minds of the era for Clare a design to procure his asameination. ACN AMARA—Read the words. 3011.7 C HERE wished the sentence had been gif- ts:de& but still some allowance ought to be made feelings is times of difficulty. He would, how. the words. The passage began thus : "1 and officers of the board of works have strong rea- :plain of the conduct of the two members for the Clare, who appear to come here for the purpose us up, one and all, to be amassinated " :ACNAMARA—Read on. BOUCHERE (continuing)—"The overseen and re, in consequence, not discharging their duties, In at work are doing little or nothing, except what t." He had read the words, and repeated the as• Capt. Wynne, that although he retained the opi- preesed as to the conduct of the two hon. members at a time when the officers of the board of works made the objects of outrage and attack, yet he ided to impute to those two hon. members the if having purposely excited the people to acts of m. He (Mr. Labouchere) felt bound to soy, e pan of the relief committee of the county of ge A re had been groan neglect of duty • and in that was fortified by the statements furnished to the .t by Capt. Fichbnurne, a moot active and intolli. e officer. With respect to the services of Capt. ley had gained for him the highest testimonials euteniust of the county, Sir Lucia. O'Brien, and strati.. Under these circumstances, he could not the reference in its present terms, and ha hoped member would consent to withdraw his motion week, when the papers relating to the motion been delivered, and the house thereby enabled s to the best mode of having a full inquiry into circumstances of the case. ITH O'BRIEN thought that the inquiry u -ht to be conceded. The right hon. gentlemen where) had every consideration for the feelings of ne, but none for the two members for C 1.,,, who r been under the heavy charge of having encon- a.ination. (Hear, hear.) Let the government terms of the inquiry, but in justice to hie two Is the investigation they invited ought not to be RUSSELL remarked that the government did an inquiry. If the bon. member (Mr. C. O'Brien) Se his motion in such terms that they could not be r, and then defer having the committee until the ded to were in the hands of hon. members, there ao objection on the part of the government to the ;nt of a committee. WILLIAMB supported the original motion. The ot the papers could not is the slightest degree do the necessity of such an inquiry as that de- -7 the two hen. members whose characters had led. 'EEL raid it was clear that the government in. allow the appointment of a committee, and, there- leas preliminary discussion that took place the old the committee be able to come to an unpreju• sideration of the matters referred to it. Would it di it the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) such an alteration of the terms of the motion as ve another debate upon it ? kBOCICHERE had not the lend objection to confer hon. member (Mr. C. O'Brien) in order to arrange of the reference in such a manner as not to cast cos upon a body of public officers. Between this the next meeting of the house, he would be glad to ;hove terms with the hon. member. O'BRIEN objected to any further delay, and while emeur in terms, said he swot insist upon an i mine- sag , . meat,