The Express. — London, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

to active mate, and in some iossances an advance of I real bad been paid. The Suer descriptions were in request for Spaio. Freights were depreserd, and ebartA rs of American vessels for Cowes and a market bud thin made at 21.5,. to 21. 10a. Exchange on London 10 per cent. premium. THIS DAY. Two °Moot. The bone funds have continued firm throughout the morning, without any variation in the closing prices of yest:rday. Consols opened at 911 to I ' at wbich they remain quoted , with a tendenc y upwarcls. th. ne Three per Cents. Reduced were done at 911 and a 1 ; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 92 1 and 1. si Exchequer Bills have improved ls., being negotiated : at 445. and 475. premium. Bank Stock at 194 and 3. The business altogether has been on a limited scale. 20 In the foreign funds very little has been done this morning, and prices !amain with scarcely any 2 . varia.ton since yesterday. Tho following camprire 14 the transactions up to the preheat time:—Bassi- se lies. Bonds at SO. Equadce at 31. Dutch Fours per Cent. Certificates at 78. Grenada Oae per Cents. to at 151. Portuguese Converted at 291 ard 1. Rtm- 0 too lien at 104. Bpeui.h Three per Cents. at 331. 33k ZNOLI3II FUND& 17i Doak Rock. 1114 1 Ct. Coo. for Ace.. 91 f I IS I par el nee. Ansa. NS I Mine r CtS. 9 21 1 ISI S por et. Cco. Am e s.. abut Lsrbosoor MA. 44.. to 47.. is TORSION FUND& SI rCI Mobilo "Mar.— I por (IL Oran& &Ir.. 114 IN I pre Ct. Noig. Ilools.lll S Orono& ilorrod 131.., 3 i ow OroL ditto. A pot Ct. . 1316. IS I Is gra Ct. lOssithso Ma.") I SO per CR aril& Dd... SO IS Mao :Wm 7501 30 lE. Soma Ara, 41 4 rorurVOsse.29 4 Di St. Cllllso Da SS, 4 Na i l ! . ceases. Dir. Ma. 3 pot Ma M a i • IS 0111MbillS NqUad.f rsiyi 4 oar Bek: GI FortS.rkob DJs.. Su N.. Si POI CL Dear! Oseks.. Ts . 21402•11=AL.4 5 1§ tt i! PRODUCE—Xi woito-uurs, JOLT 2. —There has 16 serredy bees a anseetslos by private *send today worth report. illig is the soloslal market ; but mem mews a very arm appearsses. = 2e puddle Wee Ifoger advertiard Mr tommotrow (Temeley) soap. neither oUI they be law previous M the 601 when the ,T,: esissod duty will be reseivslik. -Butler, Irish, h. bees M vety l a Dotted demand. and prism Isms deeded la. M 2s. Fine Dutch is. &UMW hilly ns. et WWI the demised hse been dull -Basis, of Sae glenable waft,. Ma memeanded preview pekes ; but heavy UM :.' ,• las Ins dull Of WM Amirbeen. of Ow qquality. singed, in deautS, = Me,, !ice-Iliste erealkene m Zimuid -Darrel pork steady, at ,', rMse.-Tallew ,at Ms. 3d.; town, Mite. 6d.; rough r, S,F I LL Melted Ming wilt. 1,044 emits; dellmred, 1,233 LI TM mend irk es bead le AIRS eadoe; at the some period ::, DM yew it was 7,416 man- Oils ban Drs. Seal, mkt. 3U. i m Maw, NC ts SOL ; limn sad yaw, SU. to 1111.; mow, 731.; head- r weer, 761.,• lad. M. Itle. is M.; WWII Ma. 3 1 1 1 . to 2 31 . i 067 e. it' Gallipoli. 41.; egenieh nod SOW, IN. M 444..• palm, NM to SM. ; 10 sew. W. M 331.; era, rape, pan In. M 37f. Ills.; linseed, MI. ~ LONDON WMFTLIOOM 111111/1.111.-Joie 30. .4 To Dinned. Pr Stoat ISt .„ .111& . " . 767 OM - IEIW - — WTI B Ev iiii me. 4MP 7.661 _ um 166.1v0 174.012 He (Mt 196.000 Minn %In its.smt ix.:,84 66 ys 1.464 2.7v3 IS . - ..... 2.310 .... Amp 36S LI 11.444 10X6 10 UM 96.473 M. 140 17 US 6.6 M kleit 30 116 16 ON 11.103 25 1111. 2 01 ..... Arlo 214 307 11.625 17,744 121 MINCING-WM, TOltelle,T, 230 P.X. 66 The whet hes opened with a dull appearares ; the 16 1 sapr market le Maitre, from the neer appewich of the alteration In Ir„, duties; end w oaths Ceylon Coffee Item been offered in public tale. rf 336 hogsheads Barbadoes Wear et fully previous rens In public LI Wt. at Mu to 445.; MO be gsadre@ sold at 39,.. 6d. M 40e.; E mined without alteritioa in prices; grocery lumps, fair to Sae, 44 ,„, lit lie. W. to Mu 7M mail public sales of Plantation ." Ceylon were chiefly bought in.-Rice : Broken white Bengal sold at .',.. Is. to P. Gd., which were previous rates-`Sego sold at a shade tower r. Cot. ra—Pintrato sold Seely at very NI prime to p advance, L „.. -Zanabar shush, 74 to If per 14-(foams: 2,000 begs I 4 bought In at 435. to 13 e., which went fell prime.-Cotton.... & meady.-Sta dull.-Itum lasetive.-15 other articles no material t" mhos. * lAi TALLOW.—No alteration is price,. retontonso T. C. %- ea the spot, ; °Moto rto December delivery, 3Oe. ; separate mmilbe delivery, Me. dd. to 396. 6d. Si COTTON. LtYszrooL, JULY 2.—The market to day was eery Arm, and Ma ado won about e,OOO balm, Including 1,500 Ame rican fur speculate& 2j; HOPS -MalbeTo3ll, July 3 will be seen from our SS district reports that little elevation haa taken pike in the state of M the plantation. Xne.h new depends en the weather and on any ful. 10 lowing attack of fly. The bine to many places is giving way from Bt. the aphides, end probably from the weathee, want of manure, and 3 0 cultivation. • short crop is now the general expeetatina. 40 FAILZIOII, YALDIW O. AND CEAST.-0e many grounds 16( fresh fly has been Lund; lice ham also inamesd; the blight os , these grounds evidently is going on; a few psteas on the Lich lands are wierably eliar, and the bine grows rapidly; kw can be r; sailed sale. WATZRINORIIRT, birftEWORTN, AND PICINAN.—The hops in then parishes are bitter than they were hot teeth ; the bins matinees Fromm and looks vrell; there is a good des! of fly and 1." bee, but not so muds as there has been. AT Les rOID.—The bine continues in about the saw state is as bet week; the weak gn.waLs have very little chance of recovery, and the stronger grounds are centrally beset with vertigo. cog Loose.—Heaps are cleaner. The nigrare bare ir ado their pi appearance In great numbers. We look more like a crop than blight 84 I —still whilst any vermin are left we ere not tuft. &. I Mracrream.—Our bops are now every day shrinking from SO the pole and going fast into blight never to recover; all the upper It ' part of the parish deadly blighted ; a few pounds at Crouch are still It doing a little, but still much vermin sad in imminent danger of Bt. blight; Mastol and the love! pat pee completely in blaek blight. 20 tint ENOAId.—The hop plantations are still in a very bad Pl state,.particularly below the hill ; upon the gravelly ridge In some few meoes a slight improvement has certainly taken place daring the 10 Jostfew days. truinorroirm—Looking very bed, full of vermin and l a generally Mart of Use litoomen.—The hope below the bill present a miserable 6 20 appearance petal' recovery; some ne the best Golding.. upon the rock ‘ e ere still looking healthy and tolerably free from vermin ; the grapes '; upon the same soil much more foul; present appearances are against "e i one-fourth eta crop in this wish. yy BROWIFIRLD.—We an much were than last week; upon the weak bine ground., leaves curled and quite at a stand ; the effects gi of the vermin every day more visible; the best high grounds look 8 still proinisinr, we hope to get half a crop upon the average; planta. 20 Lion reduced one-quarter sines Last year. Creveisiso.—A little improvement span last week's re- 10 port, more particularly upon the Sandstone Ridge. yo Kunst:sc.—A tolerable quantity of bine, but u full of to vermin os It well can be, and a good deal of honeydew. 10 Tornintnon.—We have more vermin, and the bine eer- fin Linty is going back; the large plantations at Golden-green, which r. nee hitherto been taking the shine out of La, are getting very full of r 4 vermin and booty-dew. 12 STA PLIIIVIIIIT.-11111 bine generally is looking black sad unkindly; the Midranuner sheet is hot wearing healthy; the pros. ' pecet of a mop no ways premising. 113( 30 Rotinntinn.—Onr hops axe decidedly worse than hut 10 week, full of lies and kaney-dew and some trash fly ; many gardens 10 must go into the blight if they are not them already, at the same time 80 the einem are numerous, and in saws balances a Ugh clearing their 80 way, but hare ea uphill game to light. 26 CANTPIRBUIT.—The hope everywhere present the meet unfavourable appeeranees. Laden with fly, lice, and flea, and honey. 20 dew dripping bum the bine*, the plant is fast sinking to an tree. 30 tenable Kate. The last few days have been warm, but the nights, 18 In some instances, quite cold. tnless a speedy change ensue, ooff set. 80 tied warm weather—warm by night as wed as day—the crop must gr. be ',mediae, mall. Bets are freely laid spinet 80,0001. General gy accounts speak of an increase or fly and honey.dew—of the bine meetly bang very foal, black, and curling, aid altogether evidencing is no huge of half an ordinary crop, even if the weather hereafter Wprove !pourable. Bt. WOICESTEIL—We continue to receive unfavourable at. counts from the plantatkes in this distant, the blight increasing mods sad many of the weeds whiles seriously from its effects. There has been little beemes Ow ease ear let. The duty sta. tiooary at t 3,1e(1. to 110,000L—Meirldone Jourfeat ;of this day). MALLINO.—Tbe hops , notwithstanding their foul state. Some grounds are an d short of bine; others throw out ne health.-looking branches, but the vermin, which are as thick as ever, go follow them up to the very Ups. lO He Wiwi.— Althemo it cannot be said that our hope an SO free trove ems* yet tinhorn they have leen less Infested than many others. Commasatly, mks we have a mare serious attack, at the Fate se sea, we ham at peseta; pretty generally, the prospect 20 et growingeome good kepe—many, It imam be for, Wm the great 10 belt of the plastatioes, our bine is far from being full and vigorous. 20 'OUTMAN AND Ilux.—Withia the last few days there is a 20 dec C ided improvem tertelned ent In eta . litNllool.—Yliere is mg still a considerable quantity of vermin and breey.dew on the We, and it is the opinion of some con anneenre In this arghkrarbood that thereon be but few hops grown bare tW ewe& le HOUSNOUDIVIL-Imprevement has been observed in some 10 Cirathis week, end in meet rem& a great decreer) et fly; but nd 11011111411 W are se masker as ever. Th e strong knee (of wow. es hone a gone retiree in rme parish) are still In a growing ante lisps in this parish are looking very bad. The lee are daily ineremeg, and every probability of their going black. Our pecopeeta are vary discouraging. BRZNCULZT.—The report from our planters are somewhat eoatradietory. lonic are of opinion them are lime clean shoots an. prating; antimatter band it Is quite evident we hen more trash fly. On the whole dews Is coo improvement. HAWINOINIT.—The hops an very brad, =dimity grenade in 'ht. whiney an boy— ele. GueDIVIST.—In tbe early part of the week then was a considerable decrease of vermin, and the honeydew is also die. uppt.iriLg. This change has taken place upon the strong pounds. The weakly Land in the first growth still continue so, but still the bine mrde considerable progress this week. There la a very Entall qu ,nary tly.gokliArs as compared with former mess; ahe Mims air to be men. Settitireg AND BIDDINDIN.-111 NNW MINI& the ea , min ism tier &view ; the nlggerilliff• mods their applereack IS papal, the line presents a wry unhealthy appearance. takes there shwll ••••i a tarowrabk time for the Midsummer shoot, there must be but c very Wert erep. Owl rerrom.--71, lisps about here are mach in the same stale as lest west. still there is a slight kommement. The rain of Friday night bas iiimmtet revived them. Eons 'sumac—The beet grounds ere improving, but the weak bees cannot do math. The dam Mann very hat. UnisT•oll.lll3l.-01111eMby quaking we eaa quote no im provement is hops lime our lac; they continue infested with ver— min to a put extent The 3Liden*ner about seems very tardy in its ustruPea. Ttnelivaaw.—We find a decided decree of vermin this monassehrly let) ; lad aa isupeovenseet in the Moe, particularly Lanni the lases% hos taken place within the last few day*. Bramtan.—TM bias in this neighbourhood is reported to be leasiatastaa with rents than hitherto.—Maidsfess Gazelle (o tats day). WOOL.—Haingrozp, July 2.—The total quantity ( which small) pitched today to the 14.trket.hall affords no criterion of the te:d extent o/ Imbues trine acted, as by tor the treater and man Important isles ere be mama consent effected privately, end Wu, the parks go at ones Into the warelviness, or are shipped off by the canal to the minulastreke. 'ifs peso Wes (as o llemled from oce a the latiog replete), wen OW Wool, PS. Ft 1 per lb. ; for very coverlet Lou, lid., which was the topmost pries. Lambs' Wool, horn ItyL to l id. HAT.-BMITHPITLD, JULY 3.—Me m. Ceeper and Davie report the totlawlag quotations : Primo Hoodoo, ea to Tea New.... Oh to 63i , !Clover to Wake Ha to Pt I Um— Oft to go 0tr0w.... ;22. to 30s. RAILWAYS. THIS DAT, Two °Timm Ile share market continues rather depressed in tone, though quo'stioas generally have varied little fora those current at the close of the market yesterday. London and North Westerns are heavy, and Dave been done at 130; Great Wooten' at 82; Midlands st 67. York and North Midlands show symptoms of recovery, having been last bought at 291. French shares are entirely without lowliness. oleo to4lay o➢ to 1 o'olooL Pd. I llama RAILWAR N Do. Peden; • dailet..llol.,lla.lki. la. Burti SOO Tat. Gt. WM. I 20 and J 001104011•011. or VA spinals, .. 1 10 Do. without a I 134 Mrs, Wale.. sal 10 Wm., sic., aad i 33 r 9 calls duly paid. int 10 Do. wltliaat a guarantor Rasesa,lllla.. iM Bine ▪ Briatol sad Usage - 17s 1 Do. 18 aualdooll3asago 114 Do. leasros I* Do. Xl• Freiman rot 30 . sad ficiplired 13 Do. Pastime* 371 Dobb Aaa s and Doling J0N1... 1$ Do. al. & East llaa la • • .. 14 Do.(01.10s.) 6p. Ct. Pr 30 Eastern *rands. 10 Ds. New Ora.. p. Ct.. „ 01 Da. lA. P. Mr No- Do. do. P 10.2 Ii Do. N. St IL. 3 pre Ct.. 1 121 Do. 1 shams 4.1 Do. Now , IX OMITS Cram. ideas B Ode 1. 618. 1111 Do. claw C. ditto... _.• 10 Do i r a c a r i : a lga. p. Ct.; 13 East In t. lei Par 14 i PM 4 es. 2$ 26 sa 54 10f vi 1 1 1 24 24 4 7 1 Al De.. do. 114 De. s par CS Prof. t 20. SS East Liasolalo2o 20 24Milsrpsed 01040 w. 20 Ds. draw Ediabog i l mt t Northers ... IS Ds . . si DAR, YONVI4 k Dona.. 10 Grail Northers 14shares. A.D4820/1 71 D 0.4 sham IS, p. Ct.. $4 Do. isztawaos 4$ Ot.south.and Wog:. 100 Greet North at 1244412221.. Sr Do. Now, 20 Da New. S3O .„ .14 Do. N e w, LIS 100 I,GreZt Wesiers ... ... .. s . D o {.O . 2 0 m. _.. ...... FEL Pm. It 11 13 1 as. I pa. 11 3 / 1 1 U 81 a. 1 8 1 ; 1 3 1 6 11 pm t Pga• 33 11 ra• 114 14 I $ ape. 19 17 the. 19 17 dap 142 19i 17 12 7 die. 11 die. I 14 pak. 27,4 296 11 412 44 4 di.. 11 11; 44 7 1 Ma. 4122 1 14db. If die. 134 13i dls. 43 99f S 7 M pm. 40 42 pm. 18 21 pm. 11 03 40 42 i ey at& lie Isy 4 36 dia. 97 19 47 49 9 10 pas. 51 64 Iu Ilan and Selby... 25 Do. e sham 121 Do. f shares 50 lA:lamer and CarUsla tolDo. : 91 ilionialilly and Yorkaldre "i ps. 22 20 die. 12 10 di& 6 6 die. 4 31 ids. 7 7 dls. 2i 24 Pn• 90 Da leDe. ... ... .. 13 Do. Thirds ~ , !.. le Do. New (pa.. I ILO sjor t.) • - 46 Do. Liverpool& .. 9 us. West Midday U SS Do. Prestos and Wyre 10 Do. 4 shares (A) ... ... SO Leeds and Bredfard... ... SO Leeds and Thirek ... ... SO Da New ... 114 beaks an Bleekwall SO tan., Bright." Is S.C.oost iparanteed i t.. isteCroyetin . 30 Da Peel A per Cent—. SO Do.Cosvrt. 5 p.M.,1152 5 Da New CS gua. 6 p.Ct. ISt Landon and Greenwich .. ISD Da Preference 100 London & North-Western 12 Do. do. New 1 shame... 50 11 Do. n PUths . 1 Do. SIO ak.,11. nna(e ) Laudo & South-W 424 Do. New, £5O ... ... 34 Do. New, £ 6O ... ... 161 Do. Thirds ... ... _.. i Do. Preference 7p. Ct. 44 Manek., Bur., and Mat -100 Manch., She, and Line.. 1 15 Do. shares, No. 1 2.1 Do. Ikons, No. 1 ... 114 Do. H erres. No. 3.. 10 Do., eve £lO PreL ... 50 Do., Great Grimsby ... 101 m. do. "' fo Do. Ilbef.inals;la... SS Do. Grimsby Dook ... 1 44 Do. Unoola vase .. 100 Do. Con. Preference .., 23 Do. L 4 lO shares 100 Do. Biros. end D erb y .. . 100 Do. B. and B. 6p. Cent. I 10e Norfolk ... ... ... 1$ Do. New £2O .. .., 241 Do. Guaran. 5 per . Ct... il Do. Guar's. 54 pa Ct... 13 North British ... 11 , D Do. C a m ... ... ej Da Do. ... ... ... 2 Do. Preference , „ „ , 17i North Staffordshire ~ so Otford, Wore., & Wolver. 16 Read.,Guild., and Reigate 1; Royston and ilitebin . . 25 -Sottish Central II 'Mimes., & Stem., ( iitesA 7 Da, Claes 11 ... . . 6 Do., New Guara nteed... 15 Shrewsbury and Chester g l o or. W. MM.) ... ... 194 Do. Oswerarj .. I Do. New.. . _ 10 Do. spa Catt. Pegf.... 3 Shropshire Union ... 15 Do. Preference ... 71 South Staffordshire... 5.34 South Eastern ... .. 97 (1.0 211 Do. No. 1 ... ~. Do. No. 11 ... ... .. 30 Do. No. 3 .., 10 Do. No. 4 Reilsti;rd 10 Do. No. 4 S ... crip St th Wales ... _ ~ 10 S. York., Don., & Goole .. 12 Sheffield, Rotherham, ant Goole, N. DL gua.s p.Ct. 20 Waterford and Kilkenny.. 00 Wear Valley, 6p. Ct. gun. 23 Da do. do. 45 Wilts, Somee„, & Weym,.. 93 Yort,Neweastlelr Berwick 20 Do. Rites:dos (York & Newcastlei 5 Do. O.N.E. or Preference 50 ' raft and North Midland.. 10 1 Do. Preference ... ... 6 46 ells. 38 . 40. 12 I pui. 32 30 d. 41 41 37 374 _ 21 1 4: 1 2 130 132 • Pau 5 1 1 1 5 3. 1 • 9" 33 116 16 14 Ma 13_ 11_ 4!4. $ll i i 34 111 9 ? dim. ii ii - iii l'it 19 21 12 11 dli. 11 7 die. 13 14 dia. 13 14 dia. 11 2i dia. 17 62 12 _44 lie di& 18 19 i PM. 131 131 3 5 2 31 pm. 41 41 lls. 19 Pm. Pm. 23 23 6 11 4 die. 11 I pm. 2 415. par I dig. par 7 5 dia. HI 15 2 21 dW dls. 12 15 11_ 14. 20e 11 $T a 447 24 22 d 1 &: 311 3 dis. 1i 1 Co. 3 3 ISt 11l 15i It 16 + 1 5 . r. 19f 20 Of 5I dia. ii 18 14 ni 4 Si die. 271 2 4/ 4 (ILL IR 1 4 291 9 81 91 51 6 reams Bauman. Asalaltalien (late Italian aad Motrlaa) 30 Doelogial sad Amiens .. 10 petrel Truce (Vierzoo) 6 Great ladisa Penlasula 10a Do. SO Namur sad Una ••• 13 Northers of Prime ... 7 Weiss sad &edema ... SI Parte mad Orleans SO Pub aad loon 10 Paste sad Sereaborg SO Hosea sad Saws 10 Ombra Nat Woes 11 Teen aad Nantes l i 9 dii. 12 1$ __ 1 i l ak. *d P ia. 006 207 Pau = 4 7 , 4 db.r 2 014. 30 23 21 33 ti e dbl. 14 1 1. 1 - 47 ass. LIVERPOOL, J+2y z. Stoczazcluagos.—The market waisteady, th= e lers vim but little hooker done.—data : lesseartdro esti Y (a ahareel, 3 el—Ditto (55th shares), 73.. 9d. 111 d.—Llverpool, Crosby, sod 4 d.-I.mdm sod North Western, 131a—Ditto (sew I darn), e. II W.—Manchester, Sholneld, and Leas h& (pref. eh.), Ilk —36.118.1, s —Ditto (a shares), 'Sp.—North Staffordshire, ea d. —North Woolens, a 13e. fld. d.--Shrewsbary, aseiblre (pref. oyster. II per et.), 14—York, Newoutle, sad Berwick (G.N.E. 6 per st ti 3 0) ill 115.9 d. et—Tort and North Kidloosd, tel. MANCHESTER, July 2. eromaxczAwai.—The market woe rather devoid of sideletiat, sad prim were a shade lower. Hat little stock, however, wesellsred I g orsale. BIRMINGHAM, July 2. OTOCIAZONANoz.—Shares were all lower to-day. North Shards were acme at 41 (Ito, sod Shrewsbury and Birmingham B.'s et 4 db. LEEDS, July 2. proci-Escnattos. —The transactions in shares at the Stock Exchange this warning, are but to a limited extent. Stack still remains scarce, and mires are without any material variation. The quotations are : —Leeds and Thirak, 191—Thirsk Eztendone Its., 1t... 3d. 81.—e•Il•Anni..* 231—York and North Midland, s 01 — North British Preference, la &L d. BRISTOL, .holy 2. Brocx-Excwittos.—The market was fiat, with mod* prices of all descriptions of stock. Great Western Quarters were done at 3 11-16 tbs d.—ttmtol Dock Notes, 2 pat. YORK, July 2. Broac•EXCil►trot.-Balea: Great Northern Preference, V. 18e. ed.; North British Wa n ki ; York and North Midland, SOL CORN —CIRENCESTER., July 2.—A good supply of Wheat at our inr rket to-day, for which buyers were willing to pay mode rately 'demount rates; but such extravagant prices were asked that bushiest was checked. Wheat, 10/. 10a. to 131. 10e. per load. Oats, 199. to Ittle. per qr. Beans, 36e. to Us. BrsTwiso, July 2.—A fine supply of Who's to.day, which met ready eale at last week's pekoe. Beareely any other grain offer. Osb, la lug. wheat, whits, s. to 201. 11. IBeaus, 08.10 SO& to Nu Ps% to 101. Us Barley, 510.24 e. to . to THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1849. of by their lordships, after a very full discussion upon the sobject. last session. The Earl of YARBOROUGH was opposed to the seeond reading. He was at a loos to conceive why railway com panies should be the only speculations sought to be interfered with in the manner proposed. He would therefore support the saseadment. Their lordships thou divided— For the saved ^--- ..,—....- Non-oontenta 5-5 The bill was then read a second time, and the house ad journed at a quarter to 8 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, JULY 2. The BPSAIIII took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. REPORT CONSIDERED.— General Land Drainage and Improvement Company (incorporation and conferring of powers) Bill. TRIED aEADlNGS.—Lanarkshire (east and west line) and Glasgow and Shotte Turnpike Roads (amendment of acts, &e.) ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Acts Amendment, Branches, and Deviations ; Bills. LORDS' AMENDMENTS CONSlDERED.—Charing cross Bridge (amendment of act., powers to alter authorised approaches, &c.); Bast Anglia= Railways (Ely and Hunt ingdon railway, extension of time) ; Bine. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. AGRICULTURAL Dunsue.—By Mr. A. DUNCOMBE, from Think and 11 other places in Yorkshire, ; Lord BROOKE, from Warwickshire, signed by 7,000 persons : Sir J. TROLLOPE, from Boston and 22 other places in its vicinity ; the Earl of MARCH, from a number of places in Surrey and Sussex; Major BERESFORD, from several places in North Essex ; and by Mr. COLVILLE, from Derbyshire ; complaining of agricultural distress, and pray ing fir PROTECTION TO WORM BILL.—By Mr. DUNCAN (9) , from South Shields and other lasers ; Mr. CHRIST - PRER, from Lincoln • Mr. J. WILLIAMS, from Maccles field ; In favour of this bill. Basa-nousze.—By Kr. BROTHERTON, from Great Grimsby, for the abolition of licences to beer-houses. Tan PEOPLE'S CRARTZII.—By Mr. L. HEYWORTH, from Derby, signed by 2,000 persons; Mr. CLAY, from Hull ; Sir G. STRICKLAND, from Preston; Captain PECHELL, from Brighton • Mr. COBDEN, from Heck atondwike, Yorkshire, with '7Ol signatures, and from Mir field, in tin lame county ; and by Mr. B. OSBORNE, from the secretary of the Institute of Progress, in favour of the People's Charter. COLONIAL DISTRESS.—By Mr.BAILLIE, from Kingston, Jamaica, complaining of colonial distress. COUNTY COURTS.—By Mr. It. C. HILDYARD, from Whitehaven, for the extension of the jurisdiction of these courts. M/LRB.TAOIS (SCOTLAND) BILL.—By Mr. COWAN, from Edinburgh, against this bill. POOR LAW OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION. In reply to Mr. THORN ELY. Mr. I3AINES said that the subject of a superannuation fund for poor law officers had been for some time past under the consideration of the board, and he hoped to lay a mea sure providing for its establishment on the table of the house, not this session, for the details would not be suffi ciently matured, but early in the next session. lie begged, however, to have it distinctly understood that he should be no party to any proposition for paying pensions to poor-law ' officers out of the poor rates, or out of any public fund what ever. The only principle he should admit would be that of providing a superannuation fund by deductims from the salaries of the officers to be benefited. (lieu, hear.) AUSTRALIA. Mr. SCOTT said that her Majesty's government having introduced into parliament the Australian Colonies (No. 2) Bill, continuing in New South Wel,e a single chamber of legislature, on the ground, u stated in the papers presented to both houses on the 25th day 01 May, that public opinion in the colony is opposed to • double dumber, and these papers recording the decision of the present governor of New South Wales, and of the legislative council, and con• Wog petitions from the most populous and influential por tions of the colony in favour of a second chamber, was it the intention of her Majesty's government to proceed with the bill in its present shape ; also wee any communication on the same subject received from the late governor, Sir George Gipps, and it so, was there any objection to its being laid on the table before proceeding with the bill. Mr. HAWESnid that the Australian Colonies (No. 2) Bill, which was verbatim the tame, a corrected informality excepted, with the bill which was laid before the house in the first instance, would be proceeded with as soon as pos- Mr. H. BAILLIB begged to inquire of the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether there was any objection hi the production of a continuation of the China correspondence laid before parliament in July 1847 ; and in the event of this being at present inexpedient, how far our relations with China were affected by the recent refusal of the Chinese government to fulfil the agreement for the opening of the city of Canton to British subjects, on the 6th of April last, on which subject considerable anxiety now prevailed amongst persons interested in Chinese commerce. Viscount PA.LMERSTON said that no doubt there was at the present moment considerable anxiety on the part of the commercial community here on the subject of our position at Canton, but he was glad to express the belief that this anxiety did not rest on any solid foundation. (Hear, hear.) It was quite true that the Chinese government had not ad mitted British subjects to the enjoyment of those privileges to which they were entitled on and after the 6th April last, under the treaty of Nankin ; but it had beenexplained, how ever, that the refusal on the part of the Chinese government had been necessitated by the irritation and jealousy _preva lent on the subject among the native population , chiefly that of the lower class, the Chinese government stating itself not to have the means at its disposal to protect British subjects admitted into Canton under the treaty from these menaced outrages of the natives, which would of course tend to dis turb the friendly relations now existing between the two countries. Her Majesty's government had not yielded the right which the treaties in question conferred upon them ; it had claimed, and declared Ralf to possess, on behalf of the British subjects in Canton, the right, dating from the 6th April, to enter the city of Canton; but the alternative being the armed enforcement of the right, if acted upon at once, or a temporary suspension of the right, her Majesty's govern ment had considered it more wise and more consistent with the interests of this country to abstain, for the present, from compulsion in enforcing the enjoyment of the right, being satisfied that there were grounds for the asser tion that there prevailed among the lower classes of the population of Canton a desire to insult and attack British subjects; and that even, if by the employment of force con- I cession could be immediately extorted from the Chinese go vernment, the advantage thus obtained would in no degree compensate for the permanent evil occasioned. (Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's government, therefore, fully asserting its claims under the treaties—claims which the Chinese govern -I ment in no way disputed—had postponed the exercise of the right until more favourable circumstances. EVICTIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. S. CRAW FORD, in relation to the statements of con tinued evictions in the union of Kilrush, contained in Capt. Kennedy's last reports, asked whether it was the intention of the government to propose any measure to parliament for the better protection of the lives of evicted tenants? Lord J. RUSSELL said the government had received and read with regret the reports of Capt. Kennedy, to which the hon. gentleman referred. Last year, in consequence of similar transactions, the government had carried a measure for the protection of the lives of evicted tenants ; he did not know that he could add any provisions to that act, by which evasions of its enactments could be more effectually pre vented, nor was any measure to that purpose at present un der the consideration of government; but what could be done to prevent evasions of the act should be done. (Hear.' PERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAT, JULY 2. The Earl of SitArriericaT (Deputy Speaker) took his mat at 6 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. SECOND READlNOS.—Sheffield and Tinsley Eqad, Re.; But Lancashire Railway Acts Amendment anc. De viation ; _Bills. THIRD READINOS.—East Lothian Central Railway, de.; Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, ac. ; Bills. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Maanuoas BILL.— By the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, from the presbytery of Newmatle•upon-Tyne, maims any alteration fa the law of Marriage. AOSICULTuItAL PILOTICTION.—By Lord STANLEY, am tr places in Lincolnshire , Duke RICHMOND, fromo several plame, signed by 4 , 448 persons—for .return to pr motive duds& .—B NATIONAL litotrcartowy Esrl NEL13914, fr.= f,„=;. pool, Rochdale, and Wigan, on the subject of educatbnal grants. Lord COLBORNE, from fun Steen of a poorlaw anion, praying for a superannuationd. Tan AininekLlAN Cot.oxias.—By Lord MONTEAGLE, from Sydney, New South Wales, on the subject of the pro posed alterstisn in the constitution of the Australian ooknies, and complaining of the inefficient state of the print franchise. FORTPATRICK AND DONAOHADEE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved that thew be laid before the house copies of all communications that have taken plan between the rostmaster-Cieneral and the parties who have contracted for carrying the nails from Greenock to Belfast. Also, copies of any contracts that have been made, stating the period for which they have been !leaden And also any statements to show the economy and saving proposed by the new arrangements. He would suggest the expediency of keeping, at least br a year, a steam-vessel between Portpatrick and Doasghtdes, and daring that time the experiment might be tried of the longer passage between Greenock and Belfast. This night be done at a very trifling expense. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE did not object Waive the information required, and begged to add that there would be also given the reports of the different surveying officers of the Admiralty from 1835, who had examined the ports in question. He knew, however, that public opinkn was in favour of the proposed change. After a conversation tke motion, as amended, wu agreed to. AUSTRIA. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the eommuniesuon made by the Austrian government as to the advance of the Austrian troops into Tuecany and the Lege. tions. It was mule on the 17th May, subsequent to the first convenation which had taken place in the house on the subject. Lori BROUGHAM wished to know whether any step had been taken to recognise Kossuth in Hungary The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that no such recog nition had taken place, nor could be made under clisting CLlGlAaMmuaucw. IRISH POOR LAW. The Earl of FORTESCUE presented the report of the committee on the Irish poor law. ENTAILED ESTATES BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND brought up the report of the committee on this subject, and moved the first reading of a bill embodying the views of the committee, the objert of the bill being to enable landholders to borrow money for the purpose of draining. He could not be present to mere the second reading, and he hoped therefore the government would take charge of the bill, which could do no harm, and would, in fact, enable many gentlemen to employ a great number or labourers who were now prevented from doing so. The Bari of HADDINOTON wished to know if this bill was to extend to Ireland ? _ • - • The Duke of RICHMOND replied in the negative. The Earl of WICKLOW thought the bill ought to apply to Ireland as well as England. The Duke of RICHMOND would not object to its being extended to Ireland, but as he wished the bill to be passed as quickly as possible, he bad not included Ireland, because he bad lived long enough te know that any bill applying (to Ireland wiu,not likely to go very rapidly through its stages. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) After a few words from the Marquis of LONDONDEIIRIf, The Earl of CARLISLE said that he quite approved of the bill, and he should be happy to give any eminence in his power in forwarding It through its remaining stages. Lord BEAUMONT supported the bill, bet thought it would not be effective unless it was accompanied by another measure to improve the outlets of dudes. At present they were often below the level of the neighbouring riven, and the land was therefore moat imperfectly drained. The erre ticn of steam engines, to draw the water off and empty it into the river, would be a great improvement and attended with compa ratively little expenu. The bill was then read a first time. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Lord MONTEAGLE, on presenting the petition from Sydney, asked whether it was intended to proceed, in the praseet session, with a bill for altering the constitution of the Australian colonies. The house ought to be cautious in colonial legislation. A constitution had been prepared for the colony, and sent out by the col snial s revery; but it was received with so much ducoatent that it was withdrawn. Earl GREY would not enter into the merit. of a bill which was not now before the house. It had long been the practice to refer all questions of a colonial character to committees of the Privy Council, and more particularly to this com mittee. It was found inconvenient some years ago to have a colonial beard, and the duties and responsibility were ere tore vested in the colonial secretary ; but the advice o t f h the crown was alwaesiu the form of a recommendation from the Committee or Beard of Trade and Plantations. The Secre tary of State for the Colonies gave his opinion as a member of that board. And it was nothing new that that board should be called on to advise on questions of col oiled policy. His noble friend contended that parliament ought by no means to proceed at this period of the session, and without the previously ascertained knowledge and consent of the colonial legislature, most interested , to pate this bid . But if his noble friend, and their lordships generally, would carefully look into the papers on their table, it would be seen that the bill in question preceded on this principle, and on this only, that it left to the colonial legislature, as and possible, a power to legislate na local matters, upon such alterations in their cons titutional forms as from time to time the wants or wishes of the colonies might seem to re quire, with only this limitation—that any colonial acts go ing to this extent should not peas into law in the colonies until after having been laid for a specified time before both houses of parliament and been sanctioned by the con sent of her Majesty in council. Now, the principle recommended by the report before their lordships was simply dole. It confirmed the existing constitution of New South Wales pretty much in the form it now ix teased, only separating from it the district of Victoria. It rendered ap plicable to the other Austrclian colonies all the acts of parlia ment now in force with regard to New South Wales, so as to establish the constitution of their respective legislatures on precisely the same principles Si that of the former was founded upon; and then the report recommends that all these legislatures thus to be cleated, or thus invested with new powers, shall be at liberty to adopt any alterations in the constitution of the colonies in which they respectively sit, subject only to such limitations of that general principle as he (Earl Grey) had already indicated. It was not his in tention to propose any material alteration in the provisions of this bill from thou comprised in the former one. The prin cipal alteration proposed to be introduced into this was, in fact, an omission—the omission of a clause which he himself bad been moat desirous of retaining. He meant the clause that would have provided a common tariff for all the Aus tralian colonies. It had appeared to him that it would be of the very highest importance to establish such a common tariff, inasmuch as it would have ;operated greatly to facilitate and increase colonial commerce and intercourse. But practically, it had been dis covered that it would be nec , rsary in the first place to get at a vast variety of details which could not be sup plied here, bat could only be procured by a colonial legisla ture ; and as it was intended that only one part of the mea sure—that which had been already brought under their lordships' notice—should come into operation this year, it had not been deemed expedient to hazard the chat ce of that event by retaining a clause that was not meant to have ope ration till some time nest year. Thus altered, he hoped that the bill, being one of very great importance to the best interests of the colony, might be allowed to pus this year. From personal communications he had had with some gentle men connected with the colonies of Australia that day, he felt himself justified in assuring their lordships that the parfait of the bill was anxiously desired by them. Lord LYTTBLTON had heard with the greatest possible surprise that it was the intention of the noble earl if possible to press through this bill. In the very able paper now on their lordships' table, the objections to this bill were so strongly stated that he was astonished how they could have been overlooked by the noble earl. The measure prepared on the reeommendetion of this report fell very far short, he repeated, of the objects it professed to accomplish, and in other respects was intrinsically objectionable. Lord STANLEY concurred with his noble friend who had just spoken. Without asking the noble earl, then, for any distinct pledge at the present moment, he would only reiterate his own hope that on further considera tion the noble lord would withdraw this bill. Earl GREY would eertainly avail himself of the sugges tion of the noble lord, in so far as it did not call for any im mediate determination on his (Lord Grey's) part. It would, however, be matter of deep regret to him should the bill not par this session. The discussion haviag thus terminated the petition was ordered to lie upon the table. AUDITORY OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS BILL. Lord MONTEAGLE, on moving the second reading of this bill, said that at so advanced an hour of the evening he would not call upon their lordships to enter on its dis cussion, but would propose the second reading now, pro prow merely, and to take the debate upon it on going into committee. Tke Earl of LONBDALE declared himself entirely opposed to the principle of this bill—(hear, hear)—and could... no advantage limply to arise from its second read ing. It introduced • new principle, and one he thought most objectionable, namely, the admissien (sedulously re fused by all other bills of an analogous nature) cf government officers and agents to become interested parties in a trading speculation ; for what else was any rail way but • trading speculation ? He thought it his duty to pretest against the measure, and he would therefore move that it be read a second time that day three months. Lord MONTEAGLE said his noble friend might recollect that the principle of the bill had been unanimously approved sible. AMERICAN NAVIGATION LAWS. In reply to Mr. Coaxzwau, Laos, Lord PALMERSTON said that the American navigation laws was u nearly as possible the same with the British law, of which parliament had just decreed the repeal. It would not be until the end of the year that, according to the power vested by the existing law in the president, the correspond ing changes could be made in the law of the United States. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion that the Clerk proceed to read the orders of the day, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would state what course he proposed with respect to some of the leading measures before the house. The Poor-law Relief (Ireland) Bill, having now gone through committee on all the government clauses, he should propose that the house sit to morrow (this day), at 12 o'ciock, for the purpose of continuing, and, as he hoped, of concluding the committee. If the bill then west through committee and report he should propose to take the third reading on Monday, it being eminently desirable that the attention of the House of Lords should, as speedily ea pos sible, be directed to this most important measure. (Hear, hear.) On Friday he proposed to take the Mar riages (Scotland) Bill before any other business. Atter the consideration et these bills the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would propose advances for the purpose of the Irish railways to the west of Irelsnd, sad the advances necessary for the relief of distress in Ireland. On Thursday and Friday in the next week he proposed to take the ordnance estimates and the remaining estimates in com mittee of supply. There wee another bill with reference to which much inquiry had been made—the Australian Go vernment Bill. Ile proposed to take the second reading of this hill on Monday, the 16th inst ; and he would avail himself of the present opportunity to state that the govern ment meant to propose some very important changes in the bill—(hear, hear)—one of these related to the tariff which, under the act of parliament, they might have introduced into the bill ; this tariff, however, they now propo ed to omit, giving to the general assembly of the Austra lian colonies the power of making a general tariff for the whole of those colonies. (Hear, hear.) With respect to some other bills he did not propose to give any of them up or to discharge the order that even ing, but he might state that he should put them for near days, and on those days he should propose to diseharge the orders, or to postpone them to a time beyond the duration of the session . The most important of these measures was a bill with regard to ecclesiastical commissions, which was founded upon a bill introduced into that house, he thought, three Fissions ago, and with which it was not his in tention to proceed in the present session. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the Charitable Trusts Bill, he intended to take a similar course. He had net been able, in conse quence of his noble friend's health, to consult the Lord Chancellor upon it; and having postponed it so late, and its being a subject of such importance, he did not propose to proceed with it in the present session. There were, how- ever, one or two nib eets of very great importance, on which it was necessary that they should bring measures before the house, and state the grounds on which they were proposed, u well as what part of them it would be desirable to pass in the present session of parliament. The most important of these related to the question of lights and pilotage. (Hoer, hear.) His right hon. friend the President of the Board of Trade was anxious that he should be enabled to explain to the house his general views on the subject, and at the same time the general views of the government, without proceed ing to legislate in the present session, with regard to the amendment of the laws relative to the mercantile marine. He proposed, therefore, that the house should sit at 12 o'clock on Tuesday the 10th for that statement. On Monday next he should propose likewise that the house should take into considerat ion the amendments on the Incumbered Estates bill. The bill for facilitating the transfer of incumbend atates had been printed with the Lords' amendments. The Greater part of those amendments were, as he consider:: , improvements on the bill hut there we. the Ter; i ugnest importance, which required the most deliberate • con sideration of the house. He should propose the considera tion of all those amendments on Monday next. He did not know that there was anything on which he could now state further the intentions of the government. There were many bills of less consequence which must depend a good deal on the disposition of the house to forward them in the course of the present year. (Hear, hear.) It was not necessary, he thought, that he should on this occasion make any further statement on the subject. He trusted that there would be no objection to taking at once the third reading of some bills that ware not opposed ; but it was not his intention certainly to press forward the stage of any bill on which there was likely to be any discussion, having promised the hon. g.htle man opposite (Mr. Disraeli) not to threw any obstacle in the way at Lis bringing krward his motion upon the state of the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. OSBORNE observed that the noble lord had omitted • very important bill—the bankruptcy bill—from Lis catalogue. Lord J. RUSSELL raid he intended to have stated that the bill w.s under the consideration of • select committee. Mr. F. MACKENZIE inquired what was to be done with the Health of Towns (S:otland) Bill, and the Public Health (Scotland) Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL did not wish to give a definitive answer with respect to those bills. Mr. HUME protested against the government taking the Tuesday mornings from private members. If the house met at 12 o'clock it would adjourn at 4or half-put 4, and it would be late in the afternoon-6 o'clock—before they re 'mumbled, when it would be impossible properly to discuss any great question, suck as the Irish church, and many others. Ties noble lord Laving deprived them of their Thursdays now wanted to rob them of their Tuesdays. All their indulgence had been thrown away upon him. Really the noble lord appeared to have no conscience. (A laugh.) Mr. GLADSTONE said there was another measure, in adeition to that relative to pilotage and lights, which he was in hopes the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade might have introduced in the present session—a measure greatly affecting the comfort of the Kamm of this country—relative to the Merchant Seamen's Fund. (Hear, hear.) It was too late, he was aware, to hope that any bill could be passed on the subject in the present ses sion ; but he trusted that it •as the intention of the right hon. gentleman to lay some Lill on the table with regard to it, because it was quite clear that whenever it should be laid upon the table it would require great consideration on the part of the country. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said he was linable, in the absence of his right bon. friend, to answer the question at present. Mr. HUME said that, on the 7th March last, he moved for a return of the salaries of officers in the publi, offices. He andeistood that those salaries were so numerous in some of the offices that they had been unable to make out &return he four months. If any of the public offices were so over burdened with clerks, be should move that those parties be dismissed. (A laugh.) In April last also he moved fur • return of pluralities, and that had not yet been received. Lord J. RUSSELL said the reason why he imagined many of the returns to which that hon. gentleman re ferred had not been very speedily made, was, that the con current business of the departments fully to ok up the time of the clerks. The hoe. gentleman should move to increase the number of the clerks, in order that the returns might be made more quickly. (A laugh.) Mr. HUME thought the noble lord misunderstood him. He wanted merely • copy of the pay bills—the amount which the different clerks drew from each office. It was a mere pretence to say there was any difficulty in the way of furnishieg it. (Hear, hear.) After some unimportant conversation on various points of public business, the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill, the Marriages in Foreign Cuuntries Facilitating Bill, and the Sewers Acts Amendment (No. 2) Bill, were severally read a third time, and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. On the motion for postponing the committee en this bill, Mr. E. DENISON said he understood the reason given by the noble lord for postponing it was the sitting . of the com mission on the subject of leaseholds—in his opinion a per fectly good reason. He wished to ask, however, for an assu rance that that commission might make its report during the recess, and that the bill, in ha amended shape, should cer tainly be introduced in the next session of parliament. Lord J. RUSSELL said his belief was, from all he had heard, that the commission would report during the recess, and that he might hope to bring forward the bill early next sesuion. (Hear, hear.) The other orders of the day were then gone through seriatim, for the purpose of being postponed. STATE OF THE NATION. Mr. DISRAELI said he rose to impose that the house should become a committee to consider the state of the nation. He did so because, in his opinion, great and gene ral distress prevailed in this country, and because he be lieved that that great and general distress had been progres sive since the formation of the present government. The noble lord and his colleagues had possessed the government of this country for three years uncontrolled and uncriticised. (t , Hear," and a laugh.) They had passed all their mea sures. They had not hail to encounter an organised opposi tion. (Hear, hear.) No body of men had enjoyed the go vernment of this country heretofore under circumstances so favourable as those pone-seed by tho noble lord and his col leagues. (Hear, hear.) That being the case, one w.a in clined to contrast the situation of England at the present moment with what it was at the period when the noble lord and his colleagues assumed the reins of power. He need not real to the recollection of hon. gentlemen the condition of England, at the commencement say of 1846. In all its rela tions profound tranquillity prevailed throughout Europe ; and if one of those critical conjunctures that would always occasionally occur in the complicated transac• dons of great states did arrive, so great was the influence of England, and so justly great, that the friendly mediation of our canatey invariably resulted in the amicable settlement of the questions at issue. (Hear, hear.) At that moment, also, our colonies, after suffering great vicissitudes, had re conciled themselves to the new position in which they were placed ; and great, and, as some thought, insuperable as were the difficulties with which they had to contend, there existed in our colonies a quality which he feared no one could pretend existed at present—a quality to cope with them. (Hear, hear.) At that period, the commence ment of 1846, our export trade had reached an amount which never before had been achieved in that branch of our commerce. At that period those various classes that formed what was popularly called " the agricultural interest," were prospering, not so much by the enjoyment of what was called " high prices," but by being able to extract from the soil a greater quantity of produce than they had for many beears, and being sure of a market where that produce could be disposed of. At that period, too, Ireland, if not entirely satisfactory to those who were its real friends, if still it were the victim of political empiricism, and the only cure for its evils was still considered to be sending it messages of peace, wee, nevertheless, compared with its present state, in one of comparative happiness. (Hear, hear.) Finally, in her Ma jesty's exchequer, there existed a surplus revenue of between 3,000,0001. and 4,000,0001. sterling. (Hear, hear.) Now, he apprehended, that no gentleman in that house, on ' whatever side he sat, would rise and sweet that the characteristics of the present period were of a similar nature to those to which he had adverted. European tranquillity and English influence seemed to have disappeared together. (Hear, bear.) Our colonies were many of them ruined — all of them were discontented; some of them were, or had been, in insurrection. (Hear, hear.) Our foreign trade had fallen off, from the commercial year ending at the commence ment of 1846 to the commercial year terminating at the beginning of this year, in declared value, to the amount of 7,000,0001. sterling. Our once prosperous agriculture was pros trate. (Protectioaist cheers) Ireland was absolutely in a state of social decomposition. (Renewed cheers.) And as far our revenue, the surplus of 3,000,0001. had been succeeded by a deficiency to the same amount, which had only been terminated, not by an act of the cabinet, but by the interference of that house, an interference which he was now calling for on a still greater wale. (Hear, hear.) The remarkable circumstance was, that that prosperity, the absence of which we now so much lamented and to which we looked back with such longing eyes, was, when we were in possession of it, the source of the greatest discontent. When we were en joying all than advantages to which he had referred, the people of this country were sorely dissatisfied. Not satisfied with the largest foreign trade that this country ever enjoyed, nothing would satisfy us but becoming the workshop of tne world. Instead of being contented with the English farmer who was drawing a greater quantity from the soil than any farmer in Europe or America, he was denounced daily as an unskilful sluggard. Notwithetandiag all the sacrifices that had been made by our colonists, sacrifices which no body of men ever yet before incurred with equal spirit, they were told that they must make still greater exertions. Not satisfied with possessing an ample surplus revenue, they were told that the tea duty must be taken off immediately. Let them look to the state of the able-bodied poor as it was recorded during the year 1846, and up to the latest period at which any authentic returns had been received from the poor-law authorities. A most I startling result would be at once observed. He appealed to documents the evidence of which could not be for a moment untested. They were authentic reports and statements signed by responsible men. He would refer to ne anonymous letters—no fragmentary statements furnished by unknown or concealed individuals. (Hear, hear.) He woad not call the attention of the house to any non-official documents or other illegitimate sources of argument ; and he trusted he should not be met by any such unfair answer on the part of the noble lord. He appealed in support of his emetic= to the reports of the poor law commissioners. What were the statements which they had furnished respecting the conditien of the labouring classes. Contrastiog the two periods of 1846 and 1848, the numbers of able-bodied paupers bad increased from Lady-day, 1846, to Lady-day, 1848, no m able-bodied peUl‘reinigll sit ( bean wm g a6 e s. n 3 e 7 r 2 a e : loon y . within el.elrnotf t: lees than 74 per cent. f quarter ending Lady-day, 1848, (Hear, hear.) The increase of pint into account, was 41 per cent.; whilst the increase in the expenditure for the poor in the same period was no le ss th an p 25 per cent. (Hear, hear.) In the quarter ending on Led e r a l r y i 6 e , of the number of able-bodied paupers had swelled to 664i,000, In the quarter ending Lady-day 1846, the number. of of all classes receiving relief were 1,332,000. In the slim: period of 1848, the numbers of the same class of paupers bad increased to 1,876,000. The expenditure for the r.:ief of the poor during the year ending Lady-day 1846, amounte d to 4,954,0001. The last report tarnished by the ne.r Law Commissiosers stated it to have swollen to the minium of 6,180,0001. (Hear, hear.) The poor law mum'. had drawn up a tabular statement coot', tha state of tweln purely agricultural ;, 0 0 - " l ' n g n -41 with tint eisanufacturing counties between •, os was 184 6 ut. 6 and 1848 . The first fact adduced by the A m from this Comparative state: meat was that the incree: s o of paupers in the twelve menu. factoring districts was greater than in the twelve wield. tural counties, end that this was caused by the immigration of Irish. But, alu, if they examined the Poor-lan Como minimum' returns from the purely agricultural distticee, the house would fled the result, if not quite se mourigul, at least equally alarming. 'I he increase in the poor rates be tween Ladyday, 1846, and Ladyday, 1848, in the twelve manufacturing districts, was 391 per cent. in the gress ; but, even if he di iucted Lancashire, which was the focus where. upon the Irish immigration principally concentrated itself, the increase in the rates would amount te 2.5 per cent within the period selected. The average increase of the rates in the twelve agriculture counties within the, period cited was 161 per cent. In Herefordshire, which was whoiiy free from the influence of manufacturing agencies, the inere ire In the rates was 21 per cent. ; and in another purely agricultural county—lie was sorry to say that with which he was connected—namely, Buckuighaniehire— the poor's rates had increased between 1846 and 1848 no leis than 22 per cent. A year bad elapsed since the last pow. law returns had been tail on the table, and consequently no official or authenticated statements could be Mania to. His hon. friend, the member for Montrose, had given notice of an amendment upon his motion. His bun. frier.d was rather fond of giving notice, of amendments, and, perhaps, it was fortunate le lied done so on the present occasion, for he had he et cal 1, ction that his hon. friend had ever succeeded in any (meet his amendment.. Mr. Fox tired to say that a ganil It r en joyed two pleasures—the pressure of losing and the plea ' sure of gaining. Perhaps, his hon. friend enjoyen the tint of these pleasures. (Hear, hear.) He had annoueced his intention even before he knew what hie (lit. Doreen's) motion was to be—(hear)—and from some chance OlOATVL ti:ne which fell from him, he (Mr. Disraeli) apprehended that his amendment had no definite form, but would he based on the fact, that the resolutions which he was about to bring forward had not been previcusl laid on the table of the house. He had not that degree et self confidence and self-complacency which many more able and experienced persons were entitled to posse's. lie sew now in public what he had always said in rivate—that it this country was to be governed on whig principles be, to one, preferred that it should be governed by the whips; b e t, as he believed their whole system was a pernicious sys,tu e — es he believed they had identified themselves with a rime of policy which was occasioning the decay of this o ute ri _ as he believed it was in his power to prove that, as ta- ss t e , could, in a public discussion before an assembly like rte. pre. sent, he gave them a frank, he hoped not ungeve tee, but uncompremieing opposition, and took this epporte, i.e., on the part of himself and his friends, of laying before chi 1.041 and the country the reasons why they were in opts t e t iee . lie had placed befire the house the state of the a thing classes of this country at the present moment; he app aled to that as the justification, not only as the justifieatioe, b u t as the urgent cause of the investigation which he wes erbium the house to eater into, and the vote which he hop 4 they might record. He wanted to know why there mis suck a decline, why there was such a deterioration, in the sty of the peopie of England ? He wanted to know wee then was an increase of able-bodied paupers in England. after three years, to the amount of 74 per cent ? Lt t t. et be explained. He wanted to know why there was a relit eve in. crease in the general mars of the pauper population, are is the expenditure for the relief of the poor in this country ? With the permission of the house he would endeavour to di raver the causes of the deterioration of the people—cause- we tch he considered a bane to the country. He wanted to knit i telly was this increa'e of pauperism in England Who, when we had a right to expect, according to the p irons in authority, not only the maintenance, but a vast increase, of the prosperity which we were enjoying, the result should be the lamentable pieturt which he had drawn without exaggeration, from the reeerei of our official authorities? The first resson that he wool I ti bee, he would not say the principal, but one of the psi tipel reasons of the distress of the country he apprehend. 4 to be the decline in our foreign commerce. A reduction, in three years, of seven millions of exports, would, hon. gentlemen would easily understand, occ mien great distress, awl be a principal means of diminishing the employment of the people. By an official document upon the table of the house, it appeared that in 1845 and 1846, in round numb rs oar exports were 60 millions. In 1848, they were, in round numbers 53 millions. He recognised in that diminutiou of our expo rts one of the principal causes of the distress or the country. He need not remind the house that miring all the period when we were called on to Enke very great changes in our tariff, daring the whole of 1845 and 1846, when the country was agitated Ice savour of constructing the commercial system of this country on new principle., railway investment had been going on ter a long time, and no one who pictured the gre at pros- perity that would arise to England from this change in oar commercial system, no one told us at the same time then great results would have been inevitable, that simultaneously they were pursuing a course which would prevent their benefits accruing—on the contrary, the greatest autrterities, the ministers of the day, the very men who were the authors of the change of the tariff in 1846, were the prime Annuls tors. (Hear, hear.) They did not consider that these in vestments were injurious to commerce, and he was of the same opinion as three great authorities—lie did not believe they were. He believed it happened, in the case of the railway investments, as it happened always when corneal(' got into a scrape ' that they were tonic struck, they turned round and abused earls other ; reed the middle class of whom they heard so much, who told us that the only people to govern the country were the principal authors and originators of this investment—those were the persons who, when results occurrid which they had ~, i t ticipatcd, turned round and foisted en railway investments all the evils which he believed occurred from other causes. They might account for the year 1847 as they liked by railway investment or over.spsculation, when they had, by supporting railways, to stimulate commercial eta prize, but they could not alter the tact that in the yea 1815, when they maintained that the noon' had cum. nished in consequence of continental convulsions, as tar as an opinion could be formed (and it was a very impotent item) there was a very considerable incense. There was another reason why he doubted whether there had been a diminution of exports. He was indebted to the tight boa. gentleman, the president of the B and of Tema, for the completion of this return, moved for in 1847 by a airmen of the house—viz, the entire imeorts and ex ports of the years 1847 and 1819 the es' turn oaly going to 181 G. Now he was wail( of the total exports; they heti not got a return of exports fa detail to different countries; but he held the °Mist reiunt of the total exports of the United Kingdom, and he find that, in contenting this mech maligned year of 1848, dt. year of continental convulsione, with the great yews 1845 and 1845, there had been no diminution in the minden of goods exported. The official value of geode denoted their quality ; the average of the exports of ISIS and 1815 wu 133 millions. (Hear, hear.) The total exports of the put 1848, in consequence of continental convulsions, wen 132,904,0001., nearly the same figure ; but mask 'him 4 6 ' ficant fact, that the average of 1845 and 1846 on the de lad value was 594 millionth but the declared value of ISIS was only 53 millions. (Hear, bear.) That was the impertent consequence, full of instruction, and he recommended the house, and especially the advocates of free trade, eon fatly to consider the result, and what was more, if they pima/ could, satisfactorily to explain it. There were, he thought, 65 articles of export enumerated in the tables of the Mord of Trade, which had been recently laid on the table. iatioFrom this he found that 1849 exhibited a great depreca price ; that a larger quantity of goods was exported from this country in the four months of 1849, compered with the first four months of 1848, but that theme goods had been ex ported at a much diminished nrice. lie lotted in sten articles of these papers that there had been a slight si pee* elation. There were 17 articles whose gross value cos' o.? given and not the quantities, and therefore it was cot e‘iclAT what was the appreciation or the depreciation. UP lass forty-one articles depreciat. d, which were told to forrigness in the first four months of this year in round numbers far 13 millions sterling, last year there would have he re ceived, at the same prices, 14,685,000/. sterling. O n t as seven articles appreciated there wee an increase of ice the amount of 44,0001., and if he took fifteen snicked which the quantities were not enumerated, and distribetea the appreciation and depreciation according to the relative quantities of the other articles, there would be a further eines ciation of 175,000/., and an apprecietien of 36,0001. But I °_ e , summary was this :—After allowing for the appreciationt these exports of the first four months of 1549, w hich, he en s glad, exhibited such eatisfectory eviden ce — suc h couplet•• demonstration of the revival of trade, to the amount o f one and a half million sterling—there ware rOlitiVely a net depre ciation of price to the amount of 1,738,0001. Now, he sr euld mention two or three of the great items upon which th is d a reciation took place. There was a depreciation in cett z goods exported, as compared with the price of letB, of 646,0001.; upon woollen gouts exported in 1819,64 CM pared with the peace of 184 8 , of 295,0001 . ; upon linens es ported, of 103,0671.; and upon metals, of 426,0141. What wee the result i The result was this: that the Beebe labourer was giving more labour to the foreign production than what he gave last year, at the rate of 10 per cent. upon these exports. It had been said, that the priithiplee upon which reciprocity was based were Woo erovertible as far as they went, but that !hey only applied to the direct trade between newel. and that inasmuch as the commerce of the world wss mainly carried on by indirect trade, the system of rte cipro city could have little or no influence on the general neduct of affairs. But he was of opinion that the critics who were so prompt to metre this observation were little acquainted with the theory of reciprocity. It was raid that it they pat a countervailing duty on the products of Russia it mien: diminish our markets in Brazils, and that by allowing tzh. Russians the means of paying for the products of Brsile we were increasing the means of that country to ber me customers to ourselves. But if we went to Brazil It we _ ezr, found there a hostile tariff, as well as in Russia. ( ~H r . 0 Ile had heard the distinguished member f tu me West Riding, while dilating on the value of the h o of market, form his estimate by ascer t a ining the quantity I I f