The Express. — London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

be produced from a quarter of mak was net 18, nor even 16 gallons, but 15 and 84-100ths. And if this quantity, or sixteen gallons, were assamid es the amount, inroad of comparing the produce with 200, it must be compared with 1601 be., this making a difference of forty pounds as to the competition of the different articles in the mine market. It was impossible to make these statements intelligible to their lordships ; and on that very account he asked them not to take on credit any statements from either side of the house, but to exandrie into the facts alleged by the noble lord. If those facts were borne out by evidence, his impression was that the result to the agriculturiats would be a matter of little consequence, and that the colonists would ultimately be materially injured by the incensed consump tion of foreign sugar M this market. When the experiments were tried upon which government relied, the price of He vannah sugar was 495 per cwt. Supposing it to be the fist that • quarter of malt was equal to 'AOlbs. of sugar, the calculation of the excise commissioner was that at 504. 4d., to which price it might not unnaturally rise, was equivalent to malt at 90s. ; and that, until malt reached 905., sugar could not be brought into competition with it, if the price of segar were from 49.. to 50s. T hat, if tree, disposed of the measure as • remedy for the present dist ress; because, with the present big i prices, sugar could not be brought into consumption to com pete with malt and barley. (Hear.) But the noble earl said that, at some period or other, there would be a great ad vantage in introducing sugar ; thus he adopted the principle' of a diding•seale, admitting or ekcluding sugar according as the price of corn rose or fell. It was alleged that the nice. sure would prevent uncertainty in the prices of colonial pro duce, while the fact was, that it would depend on the fiao tuations of prices here whether sugar could possibly be in troduced so as to come iato competition with corn or not. (Hear.) But these were proper matters for examination before a select committee and if the government were oor rect in their calculations, there would be a disposition on the part of theme who adeocatei the principle of protection to adopt the measure, without fear of the result to the agricultural interest here, but certainly with a very diminished opinion as to the benefits the colonists were likely to derive. The greatest benefit to the colonists would be a considerable rise in the price of sugar ; bat unless it suffered a material fall, it could not come into eonsumption at all. He doubted whether a large increase in the consumption of sugar would materially benefit the West Indian interest, under the present state of the law, — the duty on their produce remaining fixed, while that on foreign slave-grown sugar was yearly diminishing. His firm eonviction was, that any increase lathe consumption of sugar in this country would be mainly from slave-grown, and not from colonial produce. In the course of 1844, the consumption of sugar in this country was 206,0001 tau ; In 1846, it was 240,000 tons of British, and 3,861 tons of foreign ; altogether, about 244,000 tons. Supposing the consumption of the last month of 1846 (for which he had not the return) to be on an ave rage with that of the remainder of the year, the total °as sumption of sugar bad risen from 244,000 tons to 266,000 tons. Of these amounts, in the first year 240,000 tons out of 244,000 tons were British sugar; in the second, 238,000 tons out of 266,000 tons. Thus the consumption of colonial sugar had decreased by 2000 tons, and that of foreign slave-grown sugar lied increased from 3,867 tons to 28,196 tons. (Hear, hear.) The same thing was going on at the present tno 'amt. In the first six weeks of this year there had been an introduction of 27,000 tons of sugar against 18,000 in the same period of last year ; the increase being 1,500 tons of British auger, and 7,072 tons of foreign slave-grown sugar. (Hear, hear.) Ileum the prospect, nay, the cen twisty was that the increase of eonsum'tion here would be an increase of slavegrown, not of solocual sugar. This had been the case in the int as months after our ports had been opened to foreign sugar, before that stimulus which we had given to the slave trade had had time to work, before a Slagle pound of sugar had been produced by the foreign planters with the knowledge that the British market would be open to them. This increased consumption had taken place out of the surplus of former production, which had come in under a duty of 215., against a duty of 14s. What would be the state four years hence, when the benefit of our enlarged market for foreign slave-grown sugar had been in operation four years when estates had been cultivated, when cultivation had Nisi extended, slaves imported, production materially increased, and an alteration of 7.. in the duty be tween now and 1830 in favour of foreign slave-sugar, and against our own colonists? (Hear, hear.) No benefit, therefore, to the colonial producers could possibly re. salt from this measure. The noble earl had said, that under any circumstances malt at 60s. per quarter would require sugar to be 365. the hundred-weight for it to be possible to come into competition. That would depend not only on the quality of the spirit to be derived from the agar, but on the amount which could be extracted from a quarter of malt, with reference to which they were entirely la the dark. But, though sugar might be 365. in the market, it would be introduced into the distilleries at Ms., minus the drawback of 12s. 10d., the whole of which the importer was to receive bock. Thus, while malt; was' very heavily taxed, sugar might be intro duoed with a drawback (the most objectionable of all modes of remitting duty) of nearly the whole of the duty. That also was a subject which deserved the inquiry of a com mittee. The noble earl bad said that sugar was never known so low as 355. or 36e. • he had forgotten that the duty was never so low as at preterit. In 1830 Jamaica sugar had been sold in this market at 43m, paying a duty of 24s the cwt. ; thus making the cost mini 191. And a very siert time ago, Havanna sugar, which the commissioners et excise &dared to be 3 per cent. better than the ordinary run of Jsmaim sugar, was selling, minus the duty, at 21.. per cwt. Adding to this the duty of 145., and deducting the drawback of UM 10d., the consumable value was 22.. 2d.; and if Seaga MIS could only be introduced a few higher than Jamaisa sager was introduced in IEI3B, Ike with which the mak rowers would have to compels, meal be 725. 10d. inselend of Seca, se stated by the noble lord. Ni did not seek the relation of this bill. Had it been moment se stet= neesisris, he should have wished to te in ad ease, any objection ; but let them set tabs a Mop IWO= was to have ti permanent samit wise unemieell palsy of the matey. Let them ezoniso COW pant wilnorse, sad esseetein what would be the dilmellis sad pemement duty sat the nemenre on the egglisthienl Wong Isere, on the West Wien colonists sal Ca the elsoogrow ins produoso in Cuba. And it the MS• sem woe to be a pemeemmt one, at licit Ist the Ism adopt it with dok eyes open; let them be NOW they were not tam raimisiat when they had - dub* lo dezedr-Itest =:rare not injuring Al Meld, es& miewiets the plea of relining may Alamos, whisk the arm, would not do, sad • the pies of Franthaia bean to the colonists, which would not be eanibme&Oa dime peon& he asked their lordships to apes to hie ameadmmt, that the bill should be referred to a sant sommittee. End GREY odd that the noble lord objected to this men as port at • dispersal chain of proceeding than to the teasers linelt; sad bed mks* what was the nature of the pieta, AM had bees gins to the colonists? In the mum or Off dieernegen as the rum bill, last year, in the tabor hems otredimuni, the right hon. the Chancellor of the lashesmer and the noble lord at the head of the govern mot, had Meted that, dun& it was then impossible, owing toth.lslapmisddtheeomLa, to enter fully into the exams. scum eta& emegliarded quesion, no time should be lost smehheing it, sad is latieduoing a bill adapted to put .cap gon tense= equality with corn and malt in bosenries an/ The noble lord had said that this pledge did not bind parliament. It did in one for parliament had anussated, last year, to the colonial to normlidelsd essmetition with ihrelem nations; at thattime the right et the adentee to be mama in.. their vestrietime wee ensistalwad, and hulas •clissbt enntrlbuled tho purls( et the neeseare ; themes* the the* given by thie goversossot, was do use an the part of peelbsnent, for the renseed et way reetrletiens on the me of sager in breweries. The soils hut Might tali this • *s dangerous chain of img ;* bat, at dmoots, there was no Aerobe = "1 1 Them who saw Resod the government hod newer emelelled their Y minvisdese that the principle of to be, to implies dos ice for revenue, not 41Irnr, km) NM ter diverting capital and indult', from their snlneal ehmtralla, bat simply and solely to raise that' MIMI SU& INSSeeleisry to meet the wants of the publie aerial. 1a pope of dot pledge, they had supported the Eft neinielees is their of the earn laws ,• they had weds • smoure by whisk, is a few yews, the colonies be eupsed to toslititod 'competition with foreign unatries, and Ea aft by which the colonial legislatures VOW he MAW to Nimes themselves from the payment. lea duties imposed in lemur of British produce imported hie these edeshel ; had given a pledge that they WNW Mt,* cad consider what ought to be Eno seltiumpest Is the shift restrictions on the use of is tmetteides tine peemokings, if dangerous, had ha d avowed a great min i it to its legitimate con , had alluded to the nevi think them so bed, that in to seal their fate could not be sap it had been squad , defuses If motet:ass u =e. ipeinolyien 'ghee trade it mu psellostly right of whey to swam so oar astmereiei marine feigatioe eanuoittos had pronouns, an mils. laid nodding Eke tit him. What be bad mit which the government *Oak" am way or O. S•e4lVe upon the r of the navigation 4 tut wtalli had littbk e Twooded Gpmrsika gaN4ss, was 1111 . . .1 until ita committee would be to dos. The *Ode lord the tiehoe—ei se 'toy the a the hutseirZ were the principles of dams bilis? &imply theses it was thought that the sugars of the British colonies should come into consumption here for all por tions, and subject to no restrictions except those necessary for the purposes of revenue, and that if these sugars were capable of being used either in brews g or dis tilling, the menus laws ought so to be arrang e d that no bias would be given to the mind of the brewer or distiller, but that both should be left to say whether they would or would not use it in the oourseof their manufactures—in snort, that a bias should not be given to the manufacture any more than if no duty was charged. Now this was a question which it did not require a select committee to solve — it was a question to be decided by one branch or other of the legislature. If their lordships tad attended to the speech of the noble lord, they would have perceived that the points upon which the noble burl required inquiry were not very clear, for he had been much confused in his state ment, so much so, as to get quite beyon d his (Earl Gre ) 's)l depth, and to disable him from following the precise drift le the noble lord's argument. The points on which he sensed to desire inquiry were, es to whether it would answer tie purpose of the brewer and distiller to use sugar in his masts. facture, when sugar was at a particular price. Now, that WIN a matter with which the house had nothing whatever to do. He did not think it of any sort of consequence whether in point of practice it would be profitable to those manufacturers to use those materials or not; that was a question for them to determine according to their own interests, and all that the legislature had to do was to see that the revenue laws were so framed as not to prevent those embarked in those trades' from manufecturing their commodities in a way most pro fitable to themselves and advantageous to the public. (Hear. hear.) In point of fact it was quite clear that the use of sugar at a certain price would answer the purpose of the brewer and the distiller; but there remained a still more important consideration, namely, that those measures would be of great importance as tram in every time of scarcity to spare the consumption of eons in breweries and distilleries, and also in preventing at periods of Brat abundance in the production of sugars, the prior falling to • ruinous low rate. (Hear, hear.) The measures, he repeated, went towards an equalisation of prices, and he thought it quite unnecessary to refer a question of prices to a select eamminee. The house had before It calculations which had been recluse* to writini n w f l r th ma gr o : care by experienced psesons eampelmit to afford on the question. Tite malls Menporimendo whisk had been made were sated besod Mfrs IMO wan capable of being better than any Miro, on sure a subject. By those sagewimsats it been asmetained, clearly as any fact meld be established, that the smallest quantity of sugar ever bald to be equal to one quarter of malt, was 180 lbs. Nowoosse quarter of malt paid ; ,,,, d ua l of its. Bd., and taking ens hundred and eighty of sugar to be equal to one quarter of malt, it would pay a duty of 225. 6<1., so that this measure under the most unfavourable showing would not give the slightest advantage in point of taxation to sugar. Upon this there could not be the slightest possible doubt, and hence again it would be useless to send the measure before a salmi committee. With respect to spirits, it was equally clear that the calculations had been made with the same fairness, and both sugar and grain were placed on nearly the same footing so far as related to fiscal burdens. (Hear.) If the calculations were, however, wrong, the house was the proper tribunal to decide on the points of difference, and he must say that a reference to a select committee would be a most incon venient course; the appeal ought to be from the executive government to either house of parliament, and not to a select committee. It was related of au ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, in former days, that when it was proposed to refer a question of this kind to a select committee, he stated, " I will not consent to have the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer put iota commission," and in those views he (Earl Grey) entirely con curred. The government had prepared these measures upon the best information they had been able to obtain, and by these propositions they were prepared to stand. They were to be submitted, and if they were to be overruled they mast be so by ems of the branches of the legislature, end not by a select committee. This had been the usual pr actice —it osrtainl was the most convenient practiee, and to it he hoped their would adhere. If the noble lord oppo site (1/1111 Bersky) thought the calculations upon which the govenmsent lad acted were wrong, let him move his own calculations by way of amendment. (Hear. hear.) He (Earl Grey) had every confidence in the accuracy of the cal enistions on which these measures were based. The noble lord did not seem prepared with any specific calculations, but asked for the appointment of a select committee, in which he could fish out points which at present he was unable to bring forward. (Hear, hear.) Before he (Earl Grey) sat down, he must advert to cue part of the argument of the noble lord, with which he had been much surprised. Tbe noble lord said that these were supposed to be measures for the relief of the Weld Indies, and of advantage to the sollooists, and, said he, " I entirely reject that proposition." The noble lord treated the petitions which had been presented from the colonists, from the China Association, and from the agents for the different West India islands, as though the petitioners knew nothing on the sub ject of their own interests, and the noble lord urged that the result of these hills would be to give exclusive advantages to the slave-grown sugars of foreign states. The noble lord argued that the duty on foreign or slave sugar was in the course of progressive reduction, and that, at the end of five years, the duties would be equalised ; and, that being so, and as foreign . sugar now comes into consumption here, all the increased consumption would go to that description which had the benefit of the lesser amount of duty. Did it not strike the noble lord, that whether these bills were passed or not, foreign sugars would come into the market under the act of last ses sion, and that as the protection to the British colonists was to be gradaally diminished, it was to the advantage of the colonists that some effort should be made to afford them an extension of consumption. (Hear, hear.) And these mea sures were intended to neutralise the effects of the diminution of protection. The noble lord was in error in supposing . that a great increase in the consumption o f sugar in this country would be entirely for the benefit of slave-grown sugars. He (Earl Grey) believed the contrary would be the result, and be had a confident hope that the British colonists could greatly reduce the cost of production. There existed among the planters of the West Indies end the Mauritius a tendency to improve the mode of cultivation—they were exerting themselves with great !Lim' and activity with a view to increase the amount of their produce. He believed that the crops now in the course of being sown in Jamaica, Trinidad, Antigua, and almost in every one of the colonies, would turn out to be very largely increased in com parison with the produce of preceding years. Two years ago, the produce of the Mauritius was estimated at 4.5,000 tons ; last year it wee estimated at 60,000 tons, and the crop now being sown was estimated by the governor and the planters at 60,000 tons ; being an increase, in two years, of 16,000 tom upon 4.5,000 tons. For these reasons, he (Earl tet) confidently hoped their lordships would reject the ma ...ment proposed by the noble lord opposite (Lord I =BHBURTON, who spoke in an almost inaudible tome, was understood to say that he ally and entir ely dis united from the course taken by the government, with re mien to the two measures now under consideration. He was masineed that in ten years there would be a com plete revnlekin of opinion in this country, on the subject of free-trade, soda pneral return to old principles. Lord MONTGLIE said the inquiry would be hardly wee* the VMS Spat on it. and was, in fact, a parliamentary argemstmeadem d Moth Ado abort Nothing. When, how ewer the 1.1111111111111119 to discuss the question of the duties on can, be dieold, notwithstanding his voting against a select aemonithes in the present instance, claim the right to support a OA inquiry on that subject. The Duke of RICHMOND was glad that he bad given mogleelee *ebb lord who had just spoken, for he had stated Mee Oa MI MI was one of very small importance. If, dtaradon, it bewelleed neither the colonies nor this country 11 was an addlisnal reason for inquiry. The noble lord 'ski that another 11411 was about to come before their lord 'hips ea lAMB lo milted to have an Inquiry, because the sne mileidabit nen banded were wrong. Did not ee mac lam them= shop T—(laughter)—and be (ilnaikioat Imi a right to mums that his neat Oared was right in his 'Westlake', and hie folds Mond lb, dent of the Board of Control was wrong. HYisM,blead said that it was important that the labourers Mak Ora should have cheap beer. In that he fully esememel, bat the only way to get wholesome cheap beer was to get rid of the malt-tax. (Hear, hear, hear.) Ha did not oppme this measure, and he did not Weed M veto it a Idea aomminoe fees the aMpoa of delhatimigit. If be a ostmlites Ms noble (Lord Cliammiles) preinel his moo be weak* veto Ike the he did not Mat to give the people pekes. Rimy re is a i therit wield do little poi and be no remedy for tho ethatlng distoess. Lod ILIADMONT thought that this bill if it did no good weak aseednly do no harm. The good, if any, would be entoomay emell. end it would mkt& irdwy to say . interest. ahoy in this arsoary:ar the rebinds. The tom eignatent against the aminslimat of Mesabi lord (fleshy) was kik own igen& Misr a I. wards *ea the Kama' of SALISBURY, lard RIEDNIMIAI.II mid that this was • case that required new& ThsVt ie t WIMIT/LdATH said. that the t greMiss one of food and lacono, the "ty of Which Mud willsthe grammamona, lo yob against the amendment ofhis noble Merl. The house divided —r^.."—` BEIM REA —factorler IlL itm... PET OA.— C IA Leith& AP. kir B. i r „h we.. CIA AIM, &CM 10. ismir dMI ta terulka ar • Mt 11811 0. Willbitiaft Dr e• efaaeli or; k ra theme's uf vas ay& 4 : 1 „, vorer, ear. Kr. rueasek..frea • Oro ii Beath wart, Not Dorval MA, me area erpilynerers, In Amur rear mieratiedre Se ISIS barrilre Mr. Fla meg her the Anatomy Ad; U MW Trate M erle*" tairrerbt= Hours' 8111. Mr. Pommy frm city al farm Sr sheatieset KIM dues. Mr. Ihrsra„ Iva Drrate W essagre, lathe etre amt. Yr. Illac.ar.s, Olinkir of Oreamme et blifee* Km!. ellerL By ries. hes Mort, from Cat, molest the riot Simmii Mt. Kr. S. Ormolu% Bra Mary v Carberelle, B. preMbleim et ore dm Yd ma. Kr. K. Ones, teem trasherer bore ef readare, fre abbiaingesitturst to whir by lacer; Sea Cherrer ef Oirmetee of lessehrtarr, ft the SKIDS radio s barn air there; fl'lMOmmillstkaissiti& ties ef Mirsaherm epret relief to bread Sir rid fat af the Arms arse erierry. Xt. J. OTherma.. Ikea thsOetalle Aid. Saw mil Kreps ef bread praying for rembert N e vi law rib rei te mime rierlere la that =miry t M M =is lee of Se CANIS Kan DME pier ea the roe erli ee the twit. Mr IL Yrs. Dam Dirlitmet of Livered la favour ef feremreietatles et nelriethe SKr ea atesebeteree me coteurree; *llia Bob. Valiallir. eettrer, el Ores err Vet neril et irlimides la lair le err mak to le brad, je=t a be delle ii. ii = s erfrue.. ty 0. rem. tree mere of from Ware B. tate fore at the Baja at Iketersh. Yr. Moser, HinareszT, Ileethwak to the rem (Katt. Capt. Proem, from Bright.= hymnal of rate-min, dew of Reform Art Kr. lirrr, from raiirdiral air Gaterbeed Lulea te favour of an Frl7ll Poor-law.' PATUILNS ORDERED.-0e the as d Cep& Pecon.t., • raters at all eaves whwit have been ls the Vise Admiralty Court heat the 10th at Au( s pa (int. Cioneom, carnesendewee a am et wary paid tor the Chriliw= g et the pampers et m n th Dudley Chden.—llr. P. Scam; Mem widive to the Omelet= Wes. NOTICES tlf IIOTION.—Coeres Oaa.—Ne. Masi; an biantN nest, to UM list the petition from Ehudasiena he the aped of the days ewer one be printed whit the vela "hues Car."—Kr. Mums, an Nark. met, le mew that the petition hem the owners of the BiaeitCat Wirtantlispeblid. Du, he., ficartAxe.--11se Lona Aver en • Wore day, to mews Ste leave to bring In • bill for the mat at the law at &edema with respect to births, manhole. aid doelha C.unrsim Stoma.—An lian. ttionwn. an the Ore Eottardee being waved ? to move for an inquiry Into the prong state of the an tes eyeenn m barred& Palest:-mx—Dario Hisonow.—Mr. E. Dean (on the part of Yr. Eameas). on goteg into Committee on the Leaded Property (hit) NM. to mow that anyad plan of relief by way at loan to hair' preotheore lot W end impitic, maim meampanied by prey wad/ noty Emat the Unite ol d lialetom Lam aim d4IIMATINI Lis.-11r. V. Sarre. on the ith ft btaroh, to neweehealleroden and adowion of power unite the lend and lalgratisa AV& Law et earassire Comomosa—Mr. Bosom, as Troia ae.t. to olimtba to Os flat rope% of the Settee CLrWr to Law of ttlemat. Pea Roar (thmaice).—Mr. J. O'Coisems, ea theft neat, to tom the Illieeney MUNN be gassed sommesent C i risf a r t h it tam rioesdhent Udall& (.(scow.—Mr. Ws" en ilemsoleg week, meths remmtleg the cow, mid the mgmenteesnmeeden fifths Ramlmadetek I. Mows treno.—Mr.lkiVlALS, ea Th_iiq, the ilk of Mmets, =den m the Mester Mika. ammo Daeeeoeems.—Mr. &Ewe.. Jae, en a Mame, Is soll attendee to date el Andantes an the WeetanChed disowned. T three s Itseerwices Porrnos.—afir. T. thostoine, on Thunday weak. ea move the sansiderstion elite pedlars of the Duke of Brunswick. LONDON (CITY) SMALL DEBTS BILL. Mr. MASTERMAN moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. BODKIN, in opposing the motion, called the attention of the house to the fact that, in consequence of the dispute between the Corporation of London and the Common Coun cil, there was at that moment no Judge of the Sheriff's Court. The Common Council had thought fit to make the appointment annual, and by the bill it was proposed to place the appointment of other judicial officers in the same posi tion. Mr. WARBURTON moved that the further consideration of the bill should be postponed until that day week. The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took rlace, and the bill was read a second time. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Lord J. RUSSELL intimated his intention, of moving upon Tuesday se'anight, for leave to bring in a bill to alter the constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission. Prior to that day he should make a statement to the house as to the particular objects which would be contemplated under this measure. Mr. HUME asked if any report had been received from this commission ? Lord J. RUSSELL apprehended that inasmuch as the commissioners under their new powers only met for the first time yesterday, they had no report to make at present. IRISH CORPORATION BILL AND ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. _ _ . . Major LAYARD faked if it was the intention of her Majesty's government to bring forward the Irish CoraWn Bill during this session of parliament, or to intr od uce any measure on the subct of the elective franchise In Ireland. Mr. LABOUCH ERE said the government were prepared with two bills on these subjects, and he hoped to be able to submit them to the house at such a period as to afford time for their fair and ample coesideration. RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE. Mr. G. BERKELEY wished to all the attention of the Under-Secretary for the Colonies to a report which had reached him of an occurrence in our dependency of Berbice. It was stated that s clergyman named Bell, and a Presby terian minister named Johnston, had attended a convict who was under sentence of death, but were unable to mike any impression upon bim. A Roman Catholic priest named Kelly, sent out by the government to officiate to convicts of that persuasion, was then called in, and was requested to try his influence, and with much difficulty he succeeded in eliciting from the man his desire to receive the Sacrament of Baptism. Upon informing the gaoler of this circumstance that functionary refused to permit Mr. Kelly to administer the sacrament without an order from Yr . Bell, the chaplain of the gaol. Mr. Bell was mat for; and he refused to permit the priest to proceed. and consequently the convict suffered without the stagnant being administered. He wished to know whether these facts had reached the government 1 Mr. HAWES said the only information relative to the circumstance which had. reached the Colonial-office came from a source which was equally opmitto the hon. number and to himself—namely, through thenolumns of a colonial newspaper. He would,' however, canes an inquiry to be made respecting the alleged occurrence. THE OFFICE OF CORONER. Mr. G. BERKELEY had.a question to put to the Hasse Secretary. lathe Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire, a resent had lately.been elected who wu resident in the town ad Cheltenham, unless than twenty.wight miles from the scene of his duty. He wished to know what measure should hi taken to remedy this grievance ? Sir G. GREY 'said that as no notice had been given him of the question, he was . unable to answer: it. CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE RELIEF OP IRISH DISTRESS. Mr. HAWES intimated to thehouse that he bad meshed a notifications from the House' of Assembly in Nova Sc e ne. that they had contributed -a sum of 1, 0 001. from the rie wares* of that colony towards the binds of the .. . British Aseselation for. the Relieb or extreme Dianne in remote parts of Ireland and Scotland." (Hear, hear.) IMPORTATIONS OF FLAX SEED IN IRELAND. Mr. FORSTER wished to put a question. He had been informed that the government had iorted a masatity of flax seed into Ireland, and he had reeneed a liner frog a large commercial firm in Limerick asking Mm to asontais from the government their intentions with reference to this subject, as there was reason to think that until their inten tions were known the regular importers of the article. knowing that they could not compete with the government, would suspend all importation of this seed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said that it was thought to be exceedingly desirable to import into Ireland some seed, awhich those who were disposed to turn their attention to the growth of flax might entirely rely, and, under these circumstances, the government ad permitted *1 importation of 600 bushels, but without any in tention of making any further importation whatever of the ankle upon their own account. (Hear, hear.) .. DMIGEATION FROM AFRICA TO THE WEST INDIES. Mr. BARELY rose to ask the Under Secretary of State Er the Colonies when her ifejuty's government would be Cody to racy into execution their intended plan of establish- Ina steam cataindaleation betwow the watt nowt at Africa awl tie Wad bake, for the pliWpawr af isllitseir dap =lli =rel Ilkso laboarars. li ked been suited Ent it was la latablia a sawn ariantnniadisn between the twirawallial• bateodally wawa dellnialty to be known sob trine their plan redly was. 'Air. D. HAWES, in reply, said that a *Old WM now pre the direction of the go , . Ilar the par pillar a Adam 'between Alma so II wile tlasialpgar . , and that thevery lam is MI& MI p, with agents SI esetrol et the t, would proceed to 'Ho dame, and ' voyages between the Waltham and that pat thit smut of Africa on which' s ts t i.. asitler_datery nor the slave trade He wished to ' seatsdiellastiy that the was only an ex perimentel sae—that the would be tried antler the eamidatatilence of pvernment—end that ft wee Wooded to limit the * is a period of twelve months, in which time they would be able to ascertain whether there were free and voluntary emigrants willing to proceed from Africa to the West Indies, for the purpose of engaging themselves, for a fair remune ration, in the culti vation of the soil. This was the government plan, respecting which the bon. member inquired. Mr. BARKLY—What is the name of the steamer? Mr. HAWES—The Bourg*. (Oh') -ney-General whether, any protection we He had been a 't present put Yard 3- URYSSELL replied, that in the case of present• meets Egg railway works iu Ireland, it bad been laid down as a rule /bat the earthworks of such railways 'should be, in all ease., considered so relief works. If any railway company objected to that rule, or required its enlargement, they must stets their reasons by memorial. FROCEEDINGS ON BILL DIVISION. Mr. HUME addressed the Speaker. An order had been passed during the two last sessions that Mr. Speaker leave the chair upon Wednesdays precisely as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of six, irrespective of any bed. nem that might be proceeding. On Wednesday last them was a division taking place at the hour of ix, the =Ma ed which was not reported by the teller until after six Allealk. He wished to know if, under these circums:anem, this report of the tellers could be received. His own Mow I was, that if they sat live minutes past six, they might sit fifty. The SPEAKER—The hon. member was quite right in stating that under the rule of the house the Speaker was to leave the chair at six o'clock on Wednesdays without the question being put : but that could not take place during a division, because, during a division, the doors of the house were ordered to be locked, and these doors could not be re-opened until the result of the division was reported by the tellers to the chair. As, therefore, the Speaker could not leave until the doors were opined, and as the doors could not be opened until the tellers had reported the divisioc, the division must proceed even though the clock were at six. (Loud cheering from the opposition, mingled with much taught-'r.) PUBLIC BUSINESS. Sir A. BROOKE said, it would be convenient to Irish members if the noble lord at the head of the government would state what course he intended to pursue, with refer ence to the public business. Lord J. RUSSELL would be very glad to make any state ment which would be for the convenience of the members of the house. They proposed that night to proceed with the Peer Relief (Ireland) Bill—a bill to which there were not many amendments. With regard to the other Irish bills, he did not think, as there were many objections to those bills, that it would be of any use proceeding with them that evening. On Monday next, either bin right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Excnequer, or himself, would make the financial statement, after which he would propose the second reading of the Railway Bill. He did not think they could go on with any Irish measures that night. On next Friday he would propose going into a Committee of Supply for the voting of the Navy Estimates. On the Monday and Friday of the week following he should also propose to proceed with the consideration of the estimates, so that it would bell Monday fortnight before he could bring under the con sideration of the house the Irish bills now postponed, namely, the Bills for the Improvement of Irish Estates, and for the Relief of the Poor. THE BLACK CAT SCHOONER. Mr. MUNTZ said, that as the embargo laid upon this ves sel was a matter of serious consequence to the owners, and as great pains had been taken to prevent a house being made yesterday, when he had a notice on the subject on the paper, be should feel it right to take the very earliest opportunity of bringing the subject under consideration. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Lord J. RUSSELL, having moved that the report of the Committee of Supply be brought up, Mr. HUME rose to state, that when any vote was to be taken on account of the British Museum, he should feel it to be his duty to bring under con sideration what appeared to him to be the defects in its management. He wished the government to change the constitution of the trustees, and instead of having an irresponsible and self elected body, to form a really respon sible board. An election had taken place that morning, and he wan informed, and had no doubt, that a most eligible member had been elected ; but it was complained, and with justice, that the departments of science and natural history were not properly represented. Lord J. RUSSELL said that considerable amendments in the management of the British Museum had already been effected. He would, however, consider the point mooted by the hon. member, and give him an answer on a future day. The report of the Committee of Supply was then received. LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee onthis bill, Mr. D. BROWNE went into a lengthened statement of the distress existing in Mayo, as detailed in the newspapers, and called upon the house to lose no time in affording effect teal relief. Mr. LEFROY said that various communications which he had received fully confirmed the heartrending statements of the journals as to the fearful distress now overwhelming the f sepia of Ireland. Sir B. HALL said it might be very true that some of the rents in Ireland wore not paid, and that the mane eve& of landlords willing to do their duty, were crippled accardingly. There was one rent, however, which for a long the had been very punctually collected and reported at don Hall, hut from which not one farthing, as far as be could learn, had been applied to mitigate the distress.* of those for whom hon. gentlemen meeting in that hall IMMO, intensely anxious. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. VERNER condemned as much as any man the collection of funds such as had been alluded to by the hon. baronet, but more especially their collection at a time Lie the present, when they must be wrung from a starving people. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the great cause of such misery was the subdivision of land, but that ahead not be visited on the present landlords, seeing that it kin= commenced by their ancestors sixty years since. He that the measure* of the government would have the effect of producing a better state of things in Ireland. Mr. LABOUCIIERE said, that some g!ntleiese seemed to be of opinion that the extent of Irish misery Wes 11111114111 , rated in that house, but he appealed to the home wherfaser he, on the part of the government, had ever sought In cow oeal the amount of distress in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He believed, and he said it with the deepest regret, that it would be scarcely possible to exaggerate in description the amount of human suffering prevailing in many parte of Ireland. Statements had been made to the house oa the subject, and if they were made for the purpose of government to adopt every remedy in their power, be assure hon. members that they were quite un . It was not because government was unwilling, kw it was indifferent that anything would be wan , hutdestnalk was, that the powers of government to Ids esimelif were far more limited than was generally thee**. Eimer men might differ as to whether or not the wane...* of vernment had been jade:easily applied, hat *5 arty keg been employed to an enormous extent in the mild of bilk distress nobody could attempt to deny. He believed thall that moment, 600,000 pus= in Ireland were reesislity vernment money under the Labour Rate Act. (Hear, bar. ) Great as these efforts were, and had been, they could not wholly prevent the loss of human life; but he had the satis faction of believing, that if thine who had been rescued from death could be estimated, the government might reckon its hundreds of thousands. (Hear. The measure to which be had adverted was the principal, but not the only gee to which the government had hd recourse. The system of soup-kitchens through the medium of relief committees had been extensively carried on, and government had every where liberally advanced money to meet contributions from local sources. Of course the great cause of distress was the high price of provisions, but tnere could not be a greater mistake than to suppose that government could by any means make these prices artificially lower. The martinis of the landlords and the clergy had, in many cases, been most praiseworthy ; but he trusted they would not mane their exertions to the display of individual charity. Grow delusions were at work amongst the Irish people, and he alkyd on the landlords and clergy to assist in dispelling them. He had recently received a communication from Mayo, from whisk he learnt that in that wretched county an organised eiembisstiest was at this moment going on, the object of Wbllle Was to discourage systematically the cultivation of the sea, by. premising that if cultivation were seemed, the fl WM t and parliament would be Ailed tz ie. poet Large bodies of men, some of thee Iratnvwsethassonts7 at night, warning the in gem mint .*M robbing asthey went also - gionienjoej hem, hem.) He hoped that the landlord* and dew seat be ding this fearful delusion. (Hear, hear.) Tbir =italreei for rent had been alluded to. He believed 7111 4 • I tie Eats civil bills had been issued in large num best y for rent, but they wine principally at the dlemen. He had great pleasure in believing, =hi general, the head landlords had exercised their t=altently. He trusted that all bitterness would be rem this question, and that without further dis tension Mr Men would be allowed to proceed with the *len stages deb bill. • Mr. I. OVONNZLL lamented the spirit of bitter- INN which bad been tanseamed in the discussion of =m ama, which, being hemeglit tlirord with a view to alleviate frisk dlonen, it was essialik were to be of any use, *Meld pre without gay. That bitterness brews% not oeminated llNllbers. With to the eepeet. shunt milli as heet. baronet had= it bed la emermenee of the wheel of tat addarisediensent, year gran ast yew, to t eine• *slim Me! pogopogo wished e to most together, bat o , as they ma& nell shyer be mem% the repeal rent vas looked .npon as dit t: umbel of and at ourralsoo be ors worm olettot, aar l a shilling remesentled • ma. It wee the mill\ thus demon strated that _lrnift from England immairipation. The repeal rent haat** boon valuablela ininellsrbg between the petty Imeltrestemil_lde prey, and somelag enemthbes Mho Justice le ma wlleckiordo. loW bow brionomard, too, in mash/der estsisesenefpammeaUkby idudng esen . who grown desperate . euffeta ' ' . such thing.) The hon. member for Beth, however, pro ceeded at some length to vindicate the people of , England from the charge, first observing that their conduct was far above the attacks of either of these hon. gentlemen, and that they . would vie with each Maw in doing good to Ireland in order that they might more effectually give the lie to such base aeemions. He, on the other side. had to complain that the Irish land lords had not contributed so they ought to have done towards the relief of distress in that country—instancing the fact that in Stibbereen the poor-rate, which was only sd. in the pound, bad not been paid by many persons fully capable of plying it. Now, he hail it in his power to state, that is parts of the county of Somerset the people were living upon horse beans and rotten turnips ; and that in the town he , represented, a meeting had been called to consider the best mode of relieving the distress. With that fact before his eyes, he had a right, as an English representative, nay, it was his duty, to demand that the Irish landlords should con tribute their fair share. "Hear, hear," from Irish member.) It had been stated and verified by the Secretary for Ire that not only was the land in that country not being tilled, but that there existed in the county of Mayo a comblandes not to till it. Now, as an English member, he felt blood' to call upon the government to beware, that in their propo eels for the regeneration of Ireland, they did not create a feeling which would lead to the same result—that they did not check the tilling of the soil by making the people de pendent on the government. The hon. member having again defended the English people from the charges which he alleged to have been made against them by Irish members, concluded with a personal attack on the hon. member for Meath (Mr. Grattan), in reference to whom, he observed, that the name only remained—that the substance Wes gem, and the spirit had fled. Mr. SHAW expressed his surprise at the unprovoked at tack made by the hon. member for Marylebono ou the He landlords, and pointed out the injustice of laying hold et two or three poor-law unions upon which to found =eh attacks, and pass ing over the remaining 130 well-managed unions. It was certainly not the fault of the Irish member' H the business of that evening were delayed. (Hear, hear.) Accusations bad been made against Lord Lucan, Sir W. Becher, and others, which had been proved to have bees unfouaded ; and it was now his duty to state in consequenee of what had fallen from the hon. baronet, that he had that morning receimd a letter from a respectable clergyman is Cork, saying that the large property of Lord Car bery was now in the hands of the Dowagm Carbery, and that her whole time and nearly her 1!= fortune were devoted to meet the present distress. (Hear.) ~The hon. member for Bath seemed to say that the English people were accused by the Irish members of want of gene rosity. He (Mr. Shaw) had never heard any such charge made in that house. He bad beard the hon. member and a few other hon. members accused, and justly accused, of violence and vituperation ; but he had heard no such accusa tion against the English people or the government. (Hear.) After a few words from Mr. ROEBUCK in explanation, Lord J. RUSSELL said he agreed very much in the spirit of the observations of the right hon. gent. (Mr. Shaw). He (Lord J. Russell) was very far from boasting of any generosity on the part of parliament or of the English people; and he thought the government might claim exemption from the charge of insensibility as regarded the distresses of Ireland, which had been brought against them so freely before the commencement of the session. (Hear, hear.) There were two matters upon which he wished to say one or two words, in connection with the future. It was impossible to look forward to the next year without very serious apprehensions. (Hear, hear.) Although he could hardly believe that any efforts would carry Ireland through the transition which they must expect to see there without very great roffer ing, yet, through the neglect of precautions which were within reach, that suffering might be greatly aggravated. He was sorry to learn front some Roman Catholic priests that is various parts of the country the smaller tenants did not intend to cultivate the land because they did not expect a very good harvest. This arose from a very unfortunate constitution of society. He had constantly observed that when landlords spoke of their tenants, they were apt to find fault with them either for n eglecting cultivation, or conceal ing the real amount of their produce • while, on the other , hand, tenants complained that landlords pushed their rights to the utmost, and deprived them of the 1114311 of subsistence by forcing from them high rents. He thought that eider a better e pint were manifested between the two elesses, and especially unless the landlords went more omega the tenants and conveyed to them their wishes for Heir pros. perity, no legislation would be of any.amil. (Hear, hear.) Another point was this : there was not, he thought, the smallest hesitation on the part of the people of this country to snake any sacrifices that might be necessary to alleviate in a degree—for it must only be in a degree the very great calamity which had fallen upon Ireland; but he he lieved there was an opinion in this country which was wow spreading among the people of Ireland that, whatever might be done ip the preeent year, in reference to future years, it should be provided by Law that all those who were in a state of destitution should be relieved, when the workhouse was not full, in the workNouse—when it was full, in some -- hear. He did not believe Irish re other place. (Hear, _.•.) presentatiree would oppose the establishment of that prin ciple ; and all classes in this country would be much better satisfied with measures imposing a pecuniary sacrifice on themselves if they sew that measures founded on that principle were cheerfully assented to. Hs had not beard, nor did he expect to hear, a single objec tion to the principle that the property of Ireland should be liable to be charged for Irish purposes. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN said nothing would please him better than the appointment of a resolute body of men to visit the scenes of misery, and report as to the conduct of the dillarent landlords. He thought the measures of the govemnor ies terylnade ose auste . to res h ulle n t ot th , e .et p b rzir ttwoe,igme:t ro:wei.rd; and in refiarenee to one of them, that which was called the Soup-kir:hen BM, he believed that, however be neficial it might be in towns, it would fail in the rural districts. As regarded the question of labour, he thought they would be obliged to continue the application of stimulants for several years. 1,500p001. would do very little towards absorbing 600,000 persons employed ea the roads. He regretted that the proposal of the noble lord, the member for Lynn, had been *Wed. Mr. B. ESCOTT said the measures before the house had not been put forward by the government es fully adequate to meet the calamity. The whole subject was one upon which little difference existed amongst honest men. The English people were anxious to give to Ireland an equality of rights, but they also desired that equal burdens should accompany those rights. Viscount BERNARD urged upon the government to re member the impossibility of occupying the people in agricul tural work, alone. Mr. H. GORE thought that they never could benefit Ireland until they got rid of the present system of small holdings. He felt great confidence in the measures of the government with reference to Ireland. Mr. FITZGERALD had just came from Ireland with his mind full of the horrible scenes he had witnessed in that country, and he must say that he thought the government ought to do more than they were doing for its relief end permanent improvement. Lord C. HAMILTON requested the noble lord opposite to postpone the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, in order to allow the country gentlemen of Ireland to return home until after Easter, and take an active part in relieving the wants of their coramen. J. RUSSELL regretted that he could not from a sense of public duty accede to the noble lord's request. Lord C. HAMILTON said that he lamented the noble lord's determination, because it would prevent himself from attending the discussion of the measure. Viscount CASTLEREAGH said that considering the vast difficulties which the government had to contend with, he thought that hon. gentlemen making minor differences ought to give their best support to the noble lord opposite, in promotion of the efforts which he was making to re lieve Ireland front the heavy calamities under which she was labouring. (Hear, bear.) Lord DUNCAN recommended members of the house to lay aside mutual recriminations, at all events until the im portant measures before them in reference to Ireland were prsetieally disposed of. (Hear, beer.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD was persuaded that nothing would permanently benefit Ireland without an efficient poor-law. The house then went into committee. On Clause 1 being proposed, Mr. GOULBURN said tho object of this bill was merely to render valid certain irregular proceedings under the act of make ; but he tit very essential that words lied& be introduced, the public officers, also, by whoa, seder the Imam government, those proceed ,mss leadbla eiedisainas Abet Lazoisonaas • rid that the attention of the inesimpat bed bog' tipsily directed to this important Fiat, riot' aim WI bait pawed for imertion in the JAI whisk br wail Abet the olden bin right inn. friend bad la view. Upon the question tint the first clause owl part of the bill Mr. GIOULBURN thought it would be bather te f x a sum I. be drawn from the consolidated bend wither than allow it to be unlimited. Lord J. RUSSELL considered it wouldbs mem aduinibie to leave it to the discretion of the Lads ef tin Treasury ; the sum axed for public works by the government lan en- Sim bad been exceeded by mix times the amount. The clause was then agreed to. Clause 4 was agreed to, after a short discussion, with some verbal amendments. The remaining clauses were agreed to, the bill was then reviled and ordered to be read a third time on Monday IN TIME OR YOUR DAYS, MR. WAGHORN'S THIRD PAMPHLET on 87Z411 to AUSTRALIA }icier , In a Letter addraared tp Earl ey Gr. Month, , and Co. soar la breweries. Omit osessatinge ask been inadious ; dry bad ersaly al , 'lris et legislation, sad bed Mina it -. 6 .. - eirsisa. i Hoar.) Thu meth hod had prim lawo aid beil sented lo think as impartial iasetry ens nreola t , . l, 'The winged"a lam sertoinly oo 4 - ea sonmweiti game t bat = wi dow dillinti bra fil er pines of , fag Or natiord sohly_ea il ram at (14 be nab eaq be &odd admit Int they di Al ea Whew bee r soil that end le o la olosmai sf tale so ow amipi er w am i 111, 7 11 . 11 , u ant Ind STANLEY add be bad ea will* the wide sari isepliM4 Is him roe, that ti e rgellion alai sae ea ii theseogne nto bans added q east, and ISA sae Ali try &odd I sidentisa of a salon osinsiere. lad OBIT rid Or very esrodea a . . area auttlin of fat 1 tr iv := - e or tills . 411. Tr. i etre lawo, upsolally in dot esioain Tires y rste her b e whit dere . Mei Om) bad bona sathot um Zsladeret ae ran& et Set searob aa liesseleat der er Mak qaerra. Olio essorMarrao the On dad of th area tbettrip veldt wi If it did set, be eridase t= sioa. (Mar , hoar.) Bet draw the had bred sio j eaii a to what i with Wade in i ' Hs 'lr" .. " — tessliestios wee rat Mead randred at die tiro dot sore t i asondthe somplitei wldi ladle into of eanYterinelateldillealty, and tl, I ' Uri tbs onarittea to wind rre alna ier dal nee tea was to bs a Co jsellac drat. fat wire was really I a oder nundire was salmi Ow by ti Assoithara peak bees kid for and • ~... . --.. -- - • --.. • - Bite erin6oo. • MAILS. The overland closed mills, rio Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong Kong, Sc., will be made up on the *muse of the 24th February. The mails for Vigo, Oporto Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be mode up on the mor ning of the 27th February. The made for New South aka, Van Diemen's land, and New Zealand will be made up on the evening of the let March. The West India =do, including those for Mexico, llondaras, and the Havana/h. will be made up on the morning of the 2nd March. The mails for British !forth America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be made up on the evening of the Srd March. Tye overland malts for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Wanda, pgypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, llong-Kong, and China, via Southanipioa, willbe made up on the morning of the Std of March. The mails for the Brarils, the River Plate, Monte Video, Penmen. Madeira, and Buena Ayres, will be made op on the boon, B ml l l%o 4111 March. TO CORRESPONDENTS. thin that, L Msngit at must be dr malt intentions to dress le rigbt, brae a r expression wr aid ;- le intender rasa send and the.eforn lea whisk dr soils lr• senvenisr rode . the pease had sr the noir lord—had any any rah inquiry ? What The Advertising 0111oesoTtie 7 DAliTiliiikri 7. and "EXPRESS" ham bees REMOVED from 90, FLEET-STREET, to !t:o. to BOUYERIE-STREET, FLEET-STREET, contiguous to the Printing and Publishing Others We cannot satins, in any say, any communication that is tent to of ca • but those *hothouse to address no in confidence will lied their aside:ice respected. NEITHER CAN WE UNDERTAKE TO RETURN ANY MANUSCRIPTS WHATEVER. Adrenieemeats intended for Me Repress, London everting paper, most be at the °Mae by Two &Moak cm the day of publication. HIOII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. Tigre Dar—Morning, 14 min. past I; Afternoon, 47 min. pant S To-lionnow—Morning, 9 min. pat 6; Aftarnoon, 30 min. put 6 LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 20. Ix the House of Lords yesterday the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked whether her Majesty's Minis ters would produce copies of a correspondence which Chad taken place between the government of India, and the promoters of railways in that portion of her Majesty's dominions, on the subject of advances by way of loan, for carrying out such projects. The noble earl also complained that the people of India had to pay five per cen t for money, when it could be raised in England for the purposes of government at three-and-a-half. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said there would be no objection to produce the corre po d nee when complete. Conditions had been slag ] me ted by the government, on which certain advances might be male on account of railways to be constructed in India, but up to the present time they had not been accepted. Lord ASHBURTON renewed his motion for various returns relative to the capital embarked in railways, and of the investments by the Bank of England in bonds, debentures, or other securities of railway companies. The Earl of CLARENDON objected to the latter return, on the ground that it would establish a precedent, by which the Bank might be hereafter compelled to dis close to the public the names of those parties to whom they had given credit. Lord Asmweros was willing to substitute for the return objected to by the noble earl one to the effect of an account of public se entities held by the Bank, his only object being to enable parliament to see what had been the cause of the movement in the money market, and the extent to which the agency of the Bank had been used in reference to railway securities. He begged it to be clearly under. stood that he cast no reflection upon the Bank directors, believing, as he did, that no body of men could be more honourable in their transactions. On the order of the day for going into committee on t h e Sugar in Breweries and Distilleries Bills, a dismal of some length ensued, Lord STANLEY propoeing, es amendment, that the Distilleries Bill be referred to a select committee up stairs : upon which motion a di vision took place, when there appeared, for the ori ginal motion, contents, 35 ; non-contents, 27 : majo rity, B,—and the bills then went through committee without farther opposition. In the House of Commons the City of London Small Debts Bill was reads, second time. Mr. HAWES informed the house that the Howe of Assembly in , Nova Scotia had contributed the sum of 1,0001 to wards the relief of distress in Ireland and Scotland. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Mr. FORSTER, said the government had sanctioned the importation of 600 bushels of superior flax seed into Ireland, but it was not intended to make any farther importation whatever of that article upon their own recounts. Mr. B. HAwES, in answer to Mr. BARELY, said a vessel was preparing under the authority of the go vernment, for the purpose of establishing a steam communication between the coast of Africa and the West Indies, for the purpose of facilitating the emigration of fr ee: labourers. In reply to Mr. BRIGHT, Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood trisay that he would, on Monday next, lay on the table a copy of the memorial of a large body of miLlowners, in Lancashire, which had been presented to him, on the subject of the Factories Bill. The noble lord also intimated, in answer to Mr. W. CoLverr, that the earthworks of Irish railways would in all cases be considered as relief works, and if the companies oh jected to that rule, or desired its enlargement, they mast do so by way . of memorial. The noble lord stated, for the convenience of Irish members, that, ea Monday, either the Chancellor of the Exchequer or himself would make the financial statement of which he had given notice, and proceed with the Railway Com missioners Bill , and as the estimates must be moved in the next andfollowing week, it would be Monday f before the house could proceed with the bills be Rie improvement of Irish estates, and that for the read' of the poor. Mr. HUME announced that when any vote was proposed to be taken on account of the British Museum, he should bring under the considera tion of the house what he considered to be defects existing in the constitution of the governing body of that establishment The question of going into com mittee on the Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill, origi nated a discussion on all the debateable points refer ring to the present state and condition of that country. after which the house went into, and the bill passed through, committee. WE find, in the Agricelteral Gazette of to-day, an early copy of which has been kindly forwarded to so, an important document to which public attention can not be too quickly directed. It is a statement of the esti mated amount, as compared with other years, of corn and other food now remaining in the hands of far mers. Being an abstract of ninety-four separate re turns obtained from practical farmers, in thirty-ix English, Scotch, and Welsh counties, it must be pre sumed to represent the truth as far as it can be repre sented by estimates. The prospect is anything but gratifying. It shows not only that farmers hold lees than usual of any description of food, but that the stock of some is well nigh exhausted, and that the quantity of wheat in their hands is compa ratively small. The editor of the Agricultural Gazette, by whom the whole return. in question were abstracted, infers that the stock of wheat is pro bably one-fifth or one-sitrth4ess than usual, and that appearances are against an early harvest; that there is very little more barley in the country than will suffice for seed ; that the stooks of oats, beans, and peas are unusually short ; and that if there are enough potatoes for seed, it is only because no one desires to plant the usual quantity. We have carefully gone through the 94 statements, and we find that in WHEAT 22 persona only speak of an average quantity on hand, four of an unusual quantity, and 68 of a much diminished stock. Yet it is of wheat that the most favourable account Is given. If we turn to barley, oats, beans, and peas the quantity may be 'dated in the following table : Atme bad "'' --- _ _ i * o h m The home divida-Contents ...........a t iss e am s= le zumz; .27thli7 zii. ... ;,iond.; Nat-Contents 27-8 Mr. FERRAND asked the Attorney-Denied' Baxley. Oats. Drees. rem. like that Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to ten under the Railways Consolidation Act, any ..; to h ops better. tlt es im a di nd b iz i br em Mel abo r priess el i t i h gr ie l e T ie --*- il f ! I i had said Above ss avenge POOR LAWS IN IRELAND. 4 14 I . ' vet provided for the cases of tenants in Mil ? a the libartlem °I Im e llamia rim e s = " I .,, l ,_.„,„_ riabailli *.. .._,,,c hi I ' s . 11°- , Lard J. RUSSELL said he would simply for leave r e ,=1,..., ll 4 • • It a'ffs• HOUSE OF COMMONS. —FRIDAY, Ills. 19. sufferer in consequence of the intepreilatiaft it Set mestel stand u r. ...4_,......__ ha Wei . in the bill ~ for the appointment of a board ve for the Very mask bay as average .. IMO Oa- The Sentazit took tbe citalf=bsixe four etelook. upon that said that so ka seemed to hi ths Ws* on of the administration of the laws for the relief Nene, or mereely any, except 1,, s 1 LS ll WA NIA GRA AN it ten hilts .MOdhicas Hl= Ss 7:r a w • k sw of lbreasst .... dim laws IMOCIND RZADDIOS.-11reastme so* Ward INHwer. Bridle man haying given him notice of this qoastion he • . was I Wawa Raw Rams Debt. Dsnrwainisrusehmi Illsaimelles, Diodes end enabled to make inquiries end to look into the of atbgai gr k k aisde ssess a m i t sa L bp firoa f th. " l "; o r ali k, Ib b i sa lgat e . = the bill Po or e ui h er Ling al" . l -Telve d stste gi the Pft emo v orrdiagly. of Drew ma Pak Rimy Naletelles ma tam- the 7th clause of the 8& 9 Viet. e.lB ;,,,_ aid l•. toot the seem % wi g m g e , as he b e g b een a bl e r e e s . FACTORIBO - BILL. th l u t must be confessed that this is a serious state et =sit!La. 01d! ... __ sat lailimMat ENNEN4 Eastern clause involved in so mach Intricacy, and its OSINIMIIII so emu, ear •ere Jed a n te the poc k ets d p l o os s On the motion for the second reading of this blil, gt •, and what adds to their unfavourable appear.. Omar * Mena Brie Osealies Rears lift *Web 1 • 0 7., ...2., „...., sews dependent upon the special circumstances of the ems that he b e g e ig e ek, padi M g s r e ° r one w h om h e em u Mr. LEADER protested . that the division on Wednesday ante is, all Voly. ~... 'alr7 . '"''"'"" .. " -- pa p ; m u.. was ob li ged to decline airing any present answer to the net tams. b e e „be was a w o w of that Moo. last had not been a feu division, because it had been taken mo I . off u siir fk of, or ofw so wah, gime . !", however, Plt men Tharrwita. Usgelesi, . sag Now. gantlet. (" Oh, oh," and loud laughter.) wee the polio it Inland weeded was food. New, duo stespeetely. the very generaLannounoement that turnips 7Fmrs on the other hand, that hay is unusually ion sp o k e endleoge=amatesteaw_*(4lSereEsa Ilei awl Emu MEMORIAL FROM MILL-OWNERS. No other may Ma Own be Os distribution of meal bed • )4/r.aISCOTT agreed with the bon. member, but thought Amu L'hol,_ 9ll l = I=r ig u s iis . usillif . liallPwin= Mr. BRIGIII•had been informed that a large and most :b o a d reml i mg agy mew t o g kr dud mites' 'ft biter that the tense of the house should be taken on the le/May Vag as. Newt" ""'" r Bankla weeny ' """'zre.,;,,,„ • iniimatiel hely_of asilimwenre in Lancashire, employing no oo she me peammas hid so 4 ileet os oak stadia for going into committee. when it was his (Mr. Nat 110,510 had Ibrwarded to the noble m bag bola seemeibed ier pdmee The editor of the Agrsi lateral Gazette attaches liendge)intention to move that it be committed that day six r eery conriderable importance to the returns from • Meer he Dales Meemem Usisa ikthe Me Imii rr mown, an important memorial ib, Row= or a Yes k g e m us teretaity to =oaths. (Hear, kesr.) witch these conclusions have been drawn. The, . 1 1..... 11 •••••,, 0 wiiiheleilltrPasearks Bill now before th at hou r- anismitani the. agefla lea. ssassker tar IlLesth• it The till was then reed a second time, and entered to 'he wer e p re pared by p rac ti c al men , e a c h well Incura hese 'lmirli".l" :f Er tnewhieWt le) nar-orte llalliar 'W",..7 0 &mew Her table lord had any cdgeetioa to lay was roam HAIN* matehm she emsaitted on 3rd of March. os a „ A u rilemar. win Revel • • aseise .111 1100 h in his own district, and, in moat caner ---_,. a may of that .trash as the table in order that it 'eighths b o g then "hi j i =la teas thole bentba . ma, that a = .l ‘ , sea ssm Th rjene c t lug a7a: printed 'goading the dievemion. ditty to agog Yoe ouNielop st tk• Ida ps•ple• ma pot . the questions submitted to them were made the sub k g ltire wl i =ia Lei ma 10 Naha Ong Lord J. RUSSELL wee understood to say that he would w ith m art rakkarer krona km mariew gm KEN•S7 IMPORTATION OF CHINESE SHOAL—The Sheba jet of cousaltalion with neighbours evoly well in' giLl.l e autita Niribank uverietk o..t elree Th aeU__tew.. lay it upon the table us M.mtlay nest. ord wish tollomilms- or tie ma lasiolswiski the ENO& pospis iiiiligiereti• from China was hauled into the St. liatherise Dock on farmed ; and we may add th a t th e names of hit ode of ti .. Amsftesnerden Loma sefteseM Wafts law* (asskwortai RAILWAY WOILILE IN IRELAND. . which aldraeleiemaltaingleuelemses&a.came at Om orallelop, and the last. elesniele Ha Meat ea Thanday afternoon last, with a . cargo of 800 tons ot sugar, i n f orman t e , which are given, are t h ow o f r ej o ses Mr. COLLET ? "411-0- dark kw N•lestf. Severn- for •disrolithijes Om the pimoit WO It Wog was • the growth of the celestial empire. It is of a remarkabl y meat whether it was their WNW°. re awe say assii44a64 N. pau cities et be &site provides.* Se far the horrible fine Talky, and %nits. white. It is packed in hags, me i, about wire good faith and capability of forinhiS -* 17-had? What isw ether o.hiame nneoliroa.-rettnor iud.wmu. meow we ester was: pea those reflsrsy companies sy_w_lismt._ Wield Inissntmants had atrocities whiat Ibis kg bee. (Mr. taming Me. This is the third cargo of Masse wigs; correct judgment no doubt whatever 0111 be elute- been made ? UT Grattan roes twins fa his piste and ORM said any which has arrived in the port of London. Mined, They irresistibly lead to the conclusion that - • • • • - . • I THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1847. I .~