The Express. — London, England, 1849-02-08 00:00:00

bear, and to sapped the poor. Had the swan et that expanses% hen sok to White s British Hesse cif Conner to false i Man) Had net en seiglibeen been their sod did set thole been .fan what mfetueg woes pa ens in the sheet iposs of two nioaths ?If they one essablithed the poinsigiothat they wen always It ipue Istilhdlataesa i the Wale renew of the seaany youth non be see Ste the mew Thole I Ink Is adeniste . mad thee wash the to vide be thownsine ; sem tenth then that was the been= of a gemernasst to feed the people. He did net thirst to the vase es enema of the eseenst; a vi i ft es and ailed sees bean they tae I Ming, to sake up their and se to what ahoy wend go is, net gal, is Issieni, bet in floodefol= Heeled. (Hoar. M. Thethne *pit aeries whin,* thee of the people of moth sod south. wadi sei quirt moistens.; end if they seed nib, wen sow shone to nth it algid nos be for these* (Haft hoar.) The hew lO am W where in die Int issiesse, IMO so s essinties that k all rem* tend sot be ediseloil. the penis We se be sivesoad. Wore they prepared is dal= C m % hear) He seal hardly my that eons& a enesdos. Thin how teas 10,0091. to be dimmed of f The elletnielailarli wow to stoke ea satiniate el tow ash the rim woe Muth to want, and it we ea be diddlined at their dots lion Had the genenessat nine hewn.' with any megonge c 4 permaaent male preposisg_ this woes of the pablis n (Esse, lion.) Le MI vend it 1 the grass of tan ailiieo., but and estend pr i s isseletV die vote sakes cm gennuasat win to atones radially to remove the evils of enieley. unease had bits premised, but they hal arm bees =9(Hear, hear.) ing eeled boa ; 11. and so keg se Noth r they gave * 5 Wen ter pewees to aeons the sad mosey to Mel thin as phew* they =he: m~ lave any valuable ingensosent. He bad pass away es the previous evenss. digested with hearths die minion sok for • loostiagass• of esu we, whines the thee guides his intertha dis t a o r reCia ose sing as le ma mans nn to abut. the aWits of nion& (Hoar, hear.) He bagged to recall the attn. than el the hens in this onat—os what prise* were they Gelled upon to veto this 50,0001 ? He wind it stated that it was bemuse certain detente of Leered was usable to aerator their own poor. What proof had they of sash histiffify P He fo Lod ft at the avenge rate for all Ireland was last year only 2s. 9d. in the 1 Why, he inkiaged to a parish fa which it we three times that mairat Hier principle was to give maw lieglids easy to nekton Irish poverty. Ile ged boned to Eriatain its own poor, ant h• gelled upon wa peraraniest to bring in sone as w e whir should boo to do r. It was or to be dime by giros public mane In works, se wee pro po hy the hos. sealer ter dread. If Beefy we to be hat Os the mph, who we the maturity? The land; but they hod bas isid *nth. laud err wor th =thine. (Heir.) If semethiay tangible is the shape of security was propwd, then night be one feasibility in the proposal, but nadir any Siam eirainsiesses it wend be only giving . away_ the nosey. Lot the lease sot be tbesetwed me that point. They were giving the money, emirs geneament knew it. (Hear.) He walked now to expire whoa whir to do. His oh *, Wan to negative the peopertion at pverament, bet to core at it he must first negative the rowed of the hen. menhir for (Proud. He wished thatelbee to be understood that is voting against the hon. mambiefe motion, his object was amply to negative the proportion of the m'aister. He word sok the government to esmaider what had been done by pubbeedvaneas already : hie belief was that they would be fatal to beim& No one wished better to Ireland than he did' bat tree all h• was able to judge, the vote of 50,0001. would be a nee ilionerais proveriag for that country. He silted the hone to woke it cm pristiiple, believing that th e inevita ble nosh. deur pr sate must be universal distress (Crean) Mr. A. STAFFORD said that the noble lord, the member foe liairekan, while enewtheg the ended of goodness an that (the oppoddes) side .1 his house, should reediest what had hese di& ismer eendwit. They had always retested that the poor-law was wow= in prisciple. He (Kr. Stafford) bored that if some alteration were not made they would require noes every year, and sash to larger dm the last. (Her, hear.) This was a eau el three which did not admit of the delay of a anomileso. It had been often said that the pro perty of bind ought to support the poverty of Ireland ; and when that statement was ant made is the house it besoska fink a cheer, bat it produced no applause now. How did it happen that the poverty to the wen of Ireland, although damned up by arti fi cial sea-s, bad overlea ped all bends? If the were any meaning in the phrase that "the of Inland ought to support the poverty of Ireland," Kr = this, that such a proposal r the precut ought not to be imtutained by the hour. (Heir.) He admitted the truth d the allegation that in the pre:nine of Mater the rats was very light; but • t mistake was ore pained ia joining the peovYs of Connaught to the Friar of Mater, wed strikng an army rate. If the house Waned to the 10th page of the report, so often quoted taiga the pent debate, they would Had that I. seas donne' Offrions the astir we 41s. 9d and other 375. in die pound. mid that is the ssetheen parts of Indeed it en gssddenyy he la esseent. Bat, while ben snwhin enapinetth sr the isellestive working of the paw law in Ironed, he lowed le ash them who tionid gs sod invest one, in the - Vain of Connaught ? (Ilanlnee.) Theis was net a slash &hist of the whole of Me Ohnottght sakes which was set Ilene to an enor imenagebbo mid Mr moment any stock woe pith on the land, or the amps sand o maturity, to a sertainty everyta wend be salmi he the rate. (Haar, hear.) He had warned the Mess Wore of what had tines some to per In Inks& Tint eir al to die__llbrawr parliamentary past had =At Ord we Gsal-losit No. 1; dna his Brisk money ma that was deed-leek No. ; now the vast gati by the right is thesis (*5 drew flier of tbe istdregnoff). wiaii also !11, tad the would be lain& No. S. (Seth hear.) Es With woe the hewn *Graham, is th= ware oldie bon strenten Iliontrese, to hese es the seassity et noinableg Ile nos per. The co& Lion of the area et linelien as to the rating must be estdel. (Hear.) The haw, Omaha, suet pan • lea settlement in rowan to the arm of ffon. They nast akar the "seen system so is net to pre. teat the keprovenest of the lied at ale option ef the sesegyhe iron ; mid foetid they etidl estedise thh I=of - tie - soes. nth node this elneation. they night the saline dole with sopa to Inked, mail is the eadilsine bloat to admen stem the somnionost gratin& .___Meted; he the people derived no sdeasinge be. peril* SWIM Inn* Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he hit that lie hewer able bind who had jut sat draws bad hen guilty ef seen titthe loseradistios ; he he had subtitled that tie pith of Ms Are law, and its inproolosall e dogenisdi en the estiknon el the *of the as et heathen How. =Pihis ben idled to rensuaber that the genennest nyon's& then ewe goesticas—that the ens of nastier had bees ispeensi hen the ether details of the bill ; that • eannieden wee swish& bus yaw es sitar isto that par- Vain pen of On opsestisa of the pose law ; that that nth utheles nails a ripen; ?fat the isist was on the table of the beset; sal that litiersibee lint did pee lithe poor law, which kedged a very grave need ad be submitted to the ansideraties el seethes sensitise. bet that it was ripe he the adepties of the hens sew, if the house eisealved it right to adopt it. Thorsen.. ee Ihr es the we et lentian was eenesreed, that gneiss id& _be essehlered fettled. Hear, heir .b)ees He tally bared tie siglommin made by nes with shone. le the prognitios of his eight friesd the Clitaniffille of the lineheipme, awl he admitted that it was no doubt a pilaff *big he the govienaint to come down there and ash he the pawn gnat (Hear.) The house NOS turn sod twist the ninths asked by the boa. sionber Ise liadatgelske (Sir J. Welehe) as t= pleased. bet there we only ors amen to that wee-elni this gown we at the ths =tiefl :Mono the Ina of the people— Seem oldie re posponsied es so sway onastase by the ben new hoe a Strind—would have einested the peens r ow car Tennant hest seated down and nai a datillar prepeYtioa to that now nein if they though t eight aid rem to come down semi sth this etwaley 111 011M0 at. word and ens the lien of the people in Wool. (ilimplam) He oho thought that the boa, swabs: isellenennesilte. tank) wee or error In attributing the prawn steessfalsepe ie the pen law. It seined to be hespeles that Wm/ at this menint was wafering usher the woks& mi n e whisk he Sir W. SomreZelitnelg a lrliewed bed sin he. fallen any ( country la the world. seemed Op think that each • calamity as tr i we i ll to Ida plate, and that th. cirdiatty Malt were . to go on as heretofore—that the soda! wiereisery ' to premed as hitherto—Cut sada* We le doll, that the t need not core dews sad gnats, and C ri t= harmible, In he, lest no ge es ia their ordinary course, and as spode' sem* le tailed. He begged of the house to eagaider ths Mate of this. is In land for a moment, and to resaombee thus they orb' not remedy it all co; a saildea. Do what they would, the process mast be a long ewe. And natll things ink a better turn, and some chance took place, if they did not step in with some temporary aid, as now proposed, the consequence would be, as he had already stated, a destruction of hunaa life ; and; when that destruction had taken place, he knew, from his own knowledge of English charade; and the feelings of hon. gentlemen or that house, that they would blame themselves for bring rej , cted the present propo al. (Hear, hear.) Now, then had been two objections advanced to the course which his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had thought proper to pursue. First of all there was the ohne- Con of rearing any money at all, to which he had already alluded, and which he could not express surprise at ; and then there was the objection of the hon. member for Stroud, who had said that the money ought to be lent, not gine, and employ, d in reproductive Operations. Now the question was, if they employed this money in re productive operaticns, would they be able to merit the difitalty for which the money now asked, and hereafter to he asked, was required ? His belief was, that if the house attempted to employ this money la a reproductive =seiner, it was not 60,0001. that would be asked, bat 600,0001. —(hear, hear)—and from hit knowledge 01 Ireland, he Warned the house, end he entreated those who thought with the boa, member for Stroud, to pease b► . fare they mixed up relief to the destitute poor with the en ployment of pourer labour on great reproductive works. (Her, hear.) Now, he would last state this tact to the pause, and allow hot& members to deduce from it whatever ornament they pleased. Cedar the Labour Rate Act, ale was called, then were at a eertaln period 700,000 able bodied men in what might be called the p a y abbe government, because they rewind daily wages from the gamey voted for that pavan by the gpenvaity of that house ; bat at no pe riod had there beep menthe. 66,000 persona nest,! rut lief from the per bews. (Hear.) Now, If the hone we to connect the poor laws with the reproductive employment of pauper. hater, they would batik the amber of 66,000 THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY !it IlliAll ik ihe Abel - L.- = wasuirsAX as far it zeal, as . lit urea Is races: ems` b ow abg... 6ai hai a igh )'i r eltil ikylimile • bow hea r: le d = he Itail ape glad linwideet allsdism—eisaidedig o eissobst ins et Mama impertant supparless ef the regent siggsrad barb basses be Wi n ed - that • emegealenelve manse aside be inisednaa,•he did Mak he yea aot i g= s app. met In ergesering_ • hope thee the farther vgi the rpotalid be Azad lee enathes sad ale., deg. (ll_ i nks hem" Lord J. SMALL —The mega and esseldeentbas se. idgaed by the km patiemene me, I admit. eadisisat Se j debt, sae is at dab insestag Se la myna. ; the I mat, on the ,fiber heed, observe did I easidered it the besides duty et her lidesey's minbline* to less as time in lay ing baba do Mai of Osseasse what they lad done and proposed to de spa this albs! s alemmiss, we Pa lave land IS able asemsary to t e pe li t i l the without aiming to pediment. Regard rg the i n =l *sic I think the hist. gentleman hardly sides the qualm Addy, when lie says it amounted to this— whether the people of Ragland are to pay the pool' rates of Ireland in sideline to their own. In 1622 a loan sad great EVrem la die earring pages el Ireland, that belag a at vibe thems were se pose laws Is that country MA pans MOS art made its the same parame, and yet me mil t =me 111.11 MN apes the government for sub im to the house. But in this year, w i =e rehat illi j illiel eesentaims and other goading.* have glees their ma to slaw by which 1,600,0001. have been sessissi in theatre afro, rates, you open forward and my is thin pardweler year, which has been one of increased poverty, that Imbue 'Leedom nothing for herself, and now spires that her par rates should be paid by rui—(hear)— lbw math* u_seineash which has never ban made before, seen when laira derts titl no poor rater, cr very limited poor rates. That is not taking • very comprehensive elserelthe enhject. hen this question comes on for eta sidlisealhet again, I CM enter Into no such pledge as the hoe. =lllMmnsie—that this will be the lest grant proposed. ehmeL) Neither will I say that a comprehensive meneare b new prepered by which I can do away with the neemartyetterther grants. I should think it exceedingly wrong If eiresmstaners of great exigency should arise, involving the aseassity of saving thousands from famine , that the m en** at this government should have pledged and bound INN to that Went. (Cheers.) I will, therefor •, leave MEOW IMO WS the sabiect, that I may not be prevented ken obeying a saw d publio duty should it prompt me to ask for a grant at a future time. (Hear , hear.) I will not pledge myself that this elan be the last iron ; but this I will say, that having had many propositions urged upon us re epee-deg the Irith poor law in the course of the last two years, which we have been reproached for not accepting, and it having turned out that in many instst.c.a the authors of those prepositions have themselves abandoned them, her Majesty's ministers have considered what they think should be the amemdments in the big poor law, and have arrived at the couclusion that if such amend ments were made, otter consequences would follow which would Year upon the rating of property in Ireland. When the poor-law committee meets I shall be pre pared to state tatrly to that committee my views and opinions. I will not say that those views and opinions may not be modified by the opinions of the Irish member, who may be better acquainted than I am with the working of particular provisions of the measure. I confess that there is no more difficult subject than a poor law in any c 'witty. (Hear, hear.) The various amendments made in the Eng lish poor law from the time of Elizabeth era ample proof of that fact, even in a flourishing and wealthy community like that of England. But in Ireland, where the law has been only recently in.rodueed, I must say that the difficulties of the question are increased. I will not say that lem now so fully muter of the details of the law se to be prepared to submit to tte hoses a proposal for its amendment. Heine may think It the part of a wise government to be prepared to offer a reassure on every subject in all its details, and that unless it can do so it is not worthy of the name of govern. ment. I metros I do not pretend to such wisdom. I will state the views I entertain, and which I have derived from all the reports I have seen on the nbjeet, and from the study I have made of the law itself and its general principles, to the eammittee when it meets ; and after my mind shall be nmileup, notwithstanding the opinion of that committee, I will the propose to this house what I consider advisable on the 'abject. I will now say no more. I think this vote ateesity to prevent the direful effects of famine in the most liberated parts of Ireland. I think that the poor law, although ft las succeeded fully to my expectations generally, Whet dew so fully in certain parts of Ireland, and in others has bees And quite unequal to the distress. But the annendmante I mean to suggest I would prefer stating to the commilese than to this hones. I ant now quite ready to the further consideration of the present question till ay next; bat we shall then have no other proposition to make. The debate was accordingly adjourned till Friday nut. The house resumed, and again went into committee to pass the usual formal vote of supply. The house resumed, and adjourned at 5 minutes before 8 o'clock. the Orpreoo. The nib Mr liithit North newton end the United Mahn will be Brie op ea the evening et the PA The =Me Mr the We Omit of Aides end IMledeira adii be made tip on the min. of the 11th fib. lits Weil India Manta andsdlng Ilasilads, Nassau, Havanna. Nye Odom, ant Km." sad laoludin than kw Medelrn /t .lemde•Pleereane, Mew oragada. Chin, and Perft. .in be.de up emir istenleg eT A. iTMI Pen TM masks 111" m . Z elendee, GNU; and Cllhreltar will be nab wpm fie emenlnist tbe 111 b 1141 h The =Me let NM% Oeeen the le elma Wands, Fink Aden. *An. bias. Natiase. s Olime. of. Southampton, - 11 W be smie n ken x. the emweleAr el the 21Mb Feb. ,Ibe els ite, le tbs liellnnunan, Supt. Ad" Ilseo4lang, be., witt be wade ay on the mobs 1 5.121 . 1 " - - - - 11 w imilular Vora Sow& W. Vas Dispair's Lasit, awl lfute SWAM will to %W m ; lio swabs et lir Mk Tab. Thu t Ilis liewilu awl Bum area, will to Node Was *1 emir Ur 46 Muzelp. MGR WATILII AT LODON DEM Sa DBT —Metbag, IT WA. paut I N , At wan, Se O'. W. wt To-Waskrw —H.idag, LW. put I Afeww 40 W. wit I; LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 8. We perigee that the ill-used Spanish bondholders have resolved to entrust the me of their interests in Madrid to their Dutch brethren, and that their ex postulations and petitions to General Nenverz, the supreme arbiter of their fate, are to be forwarded through Amsterdam. Humiliating u this may be, it cannot be attributed to the absence of a British minister from Madrid, for we well recollect that, at a time when we were duly represented at Madrid, the English bondholders went over with an address to Louis PHILIPPI to interfere in their behalf, as the prince who had most influence in the Spanish capital We doubt if the bondholders will gain more by Dutch than by French mediation . And notwithstand iag the honeyed and mendacious letter of NAPNAZZ,WO do not believe that anything will be ever got from a Spanish government constituted as at present, except by an appeal to its only union', its furs or its va pidity. General NARVAI2 declares that if the interests of the bondholders have been forgotten, it has been owing to late events, to the diplomatic squabbles and the Carnet insurrection, which have allowed him no time to think of anything else. Bat had not General NAIIVAP2 ample moments during his loag hold of power, undisturbed by insurrection P And when were these visited by one thought of justice to any of the creditor, of Spain P We think, however, that the Spanish bondholders in Lyndon might find some more direct representative than a Dutchman to learn the sentiments of General Maven, or spur his honest inclinations. For we believe that, notwithstanding the gross insult inflicted by the Smith government on this court and its re preauftdie, nevertheless, Englishmen, holding at least semi-diplomatio positi ons , have opened nego tiations with the Spanish government on the subject of this insult, and of the breach which ensued. Now, we do think that the conduct of Colonel WiLsos or of any other English diplomatist, in thus acting, his been either mast reprehensible, if volun teered, or, if each conduct has been sanction d and ordered by the Foreign-office, there has been a very gross forgetfulness of its own dignity and of the country's honour by that clam No one can know anything of Spain without being aware that the impunity and encores of the military dictator of that country to expelling the representative of QlllllVicroni. from Ma dri d has lowered England beyond all calculation in the eyes of Spaniards ; and not only lowered England, but all the political ideas and principles peculiarly identified with, and patron tied by, England, such as a representative form of government and a free commercial system. For England to recover even a certain degree of the esteem and respect of the Spaniards, it was absolutely neomeary either to avenge the insult by violence (which towards so weak a country and so contemp tible a government was wisely avoided), or at least to show a proper sense of dignity, in demanding and awaiting that Spain should make the first reparation. But whoever knows the Spaniards, must know that the worst way to obtain this reparation was to send envoys to crave for it, or to get expectant diplomatists to negotiate for it. Seven or eight thousand a year is, however, too good a salary to be left in abeyance. And as soon uit was evident that it was beyond Lord Pautseseon'e power to force Sir Hu= Blum= upon NAP, vase, supported, as the latter war, by Lord &UNLIT, great anxiety and efforts would r infallibly be felt and made to procure the ;NINO, FEBRUARY :11549. new eppointainet. For this thi &ego task was ro llie ef solisiOng Tsolon aid intriguing at Ma d,• is as dou bt the candidate who could Wag to libredgereilles Clensral NW/ie. testimony that he wadi be . acceptable, and that he *mid obtain amen 00110,11•101111 than another—each a gentleman could not but establish a great etaleh- We ire truly marry that parliament did not long sines latish's. If Kr..Bsitiess wore really so chary, as he pretends to be, of the hoarser sad dignity of his °Ninny, he would have limed sa bids= to her Ma j. paying that the post of sayoy to the court of ipsia be suppressed. It wsuld be 7,0001. • year saved to the country, and would be the doing away with a place which is of so sort of use to our influence, interest, or dignity, bat very mush the contrary. The doing away with the =lazy would homiest a stop to the Intrigues and to the underhand treating with Ntaverz,which we take to be one of the disgraceful phenomena of our time. We perceive it stated in the nines that Sir HINRY BuLwza has been appointed British Envoy to Washington. We heard this rumour, but we did not credit it ; for it is patting Sir H. Burman into a post inferior to that from which he was ignominiously ex pelled. And Lord PALICZINTON ' by thrusting his own envoy into this inferior post, does in fact coun tersign the vindictive sentence of Nhay.in, and hum bles himself and the country before the all-powerfal =Xl of the Spanish general. We warn the Spanish bondholders that such truck ling can sever conduce to their interests. And we advise them to petition, that in any negotiation with Spain for a renewal of diplomatic intercourse, the in terests A the bondholders should be specially put for ward. This is what the American creditors of another nation would ask from their government, and what their government dund not refuse them. But, for our own part, we see no need at all of an English envoy at the court of Spain in jeopardy as it is, and almost certain to perish. as indeed it deserves, in no distant convulsion. A chargé d'afaires is quite sufficient, and one thousand a year an ample price for any influence which we are ever likely to have, or which is worth wielding, at a court like that of Queen ISABELLA, or with a government like that of Neaverz. OP all our colonies thole which compose the West India group are in the least promising circumstances. In an economical point of view they are badly off; but this is the least a larm ing feature of their case. Per severance .ind industry, if government would only leave them alone, would restore them from their pre sent depret•sion in time, and meanwhile the means of comfortable subsistence, if not of wealth, are within the reach of the whole population. There is no such destitution there as we witness among our home paupers, and there cannot be. Bat there are elements of strife and contention among them—animosities of clams and opinion•—that prevent cordial co-operation for the redress of common grievances, and suggest perverted views of measures by which their condition is to be bettered. There are eighteen British colonies in the West Indies, occupying an aggregate territory of some 18,000 square miles (if the cultivated part of Guiana be alone taken into consideration), and having a population of about a million of souls. In 1842 the proclaim of these colonies imported into Great Britain was valued at six millions; the exports to them from Great Britain at five millions and a half. These data do not warrant the impression that these colonies are I deficient in wealth. The declared value of British, and Irish produce and merchandise exported from this country in 1842 was forty-seven millions. This was rather below the average of the years immedi ately preceding and folio% mg, which may be taken at fitly millions. The million of residents in the West India colonies produced for exportation six millions' worth of property; the twenty-four millions of the mother country fifty millions' worth. Between the imports of Great Britain and those of the West Indies there are no data for instituting a comparison: the imports into the latter from the United States and the British provinces in North America are not stated. But when we see that com modities to the value of five millions and a half were imported from Great Britain alone, and take into account the extensive provision and lumber trade which these colonies carry on with North America, there can be no doubt that their import trade bears a fair proportion to their export trade. Still, that the economical condition of the West Indies is in a very deranged and depressed condition is unfortunately' beyond a doubt. This is mainly owing to two otroumetanoes—the peculiar tenure of property and involved circumstances of the proprie tary class; and the difficulty felt by that class of adapting itself to the new relations between the capi talist and the labourer introduced by negro eman cipatioa. The social revolution to which the West Indies were subjected by the sot emancipating the negroes, and, perhaps to a still greater extent, the legislative interference limiting the quantity of slave labour of many previous years, have done much to aggravate the embarrassments of West Indian proprietors and capitalists, but they have not caused them. The jealous restrictive and protective policy of this coun try in respect of its =gar colonies, gave rise to a ooun teractieg policy on the continent. It called into exist ence the beetroot sugar manufactories of France and Germany,and the exclusion of tropical gagers for their protection. The market of our West India planters came thus to be restricted to the British islands. But, conennectly with this narrowing of the market for their produce, Great Britain went on increasing the extent of country from which that market was sup plied. Guiana, Trinidad, St. Lucia, Mauritius, and. other sugar-producting colonies, were wrested from France, Spain , and Holland . The production of East India sugar was encouraged. The sugars of the Brasil and Cuba were allowed to be refined in bond in England for exportation. Under such a system the value of sugars in the British market—the only market open to the West Indies—could not fail to dlaioish rapidly and continuously. Bat the slave. awnsrs of those colonies attributed all their losses to the interference of the home government with slave labour, and, engraft(' by the inveterate and hopeless warfare they persisted in waging against emancipa tion, aver dreamed of attending to the infinitely greater danger which threatened them from the grasp mg and selfish commercial policy of the mother cou T n here try. was a circumstance in the social position of the proprietary clam which aggravated greatly the mischief of this oversight In the earlier period of British sugar speculation, the value of that product was enormous, and immense fortunes were ra pidly acquired by West Indian proprietors and planters. The aristocratic English fami lies who had obtained extensive West Indian grants were thus enabled to draw large revenues from their properties, under a lax and irregular system of management that allowed their agents to grow soddenly rich and become proprietors in their turn. No person of English race, who can affard to live indolently on his income in England, will remain to play the part of an economical manager within the tropics. The great majority of the West India proprietors became, as a matter of course, ab sentees. A few of them were, by . birth and con nexion, members of the Engli s h a ristocracy : all of them affected the expenditure and pursuits of this class. At London, Bath, and Cheltenham, the West Indians were noted as profuse votaries of pleasure: early in the course of last century Governor ThlrON wrote to a Barbadoce planter, " The loose and extravagant education of your youth is a sure indica tion of calamity and misery to your country, for in a few years they come to govern the public affairs." Among other aristocratic luxuries the West Indians did not fail to indulge in the purchase of seats in parliament, and the rxords of the Pirr-made peerage attest what sedulous and successful coronet hunters they made. The habits contracted in the first flush of West Indian wealth have been persisted in throughout the decline occasioned by the narrowing of their market to Great Britain, increased extent of the British sugar colonies, and other causes. The result has been that almost every West Indian property has been mort gaged to the teeth. In some oases the English merchants who have advanced loans have foreclosed, in others they have oftpelled the proprietors to em ploy themes sole agents on their own terms. In the latter case, stores and other necessaries have for a long tract of years been supplied to the plantations at exorbitant rates, and the produce, when remitted to this country, carried to amount for the reduction of debts previously incurred. In the former case the mer _haute, ignora n t •••f the peouliar modes of West India cultivation, ignorant of the booms of sugar- growing and making, have persisted in managiz e t r l e ie d estates from a distance that would have r profitable management even by the most skilful and intelligent, impourdbin In addition to these draw backs, the monopoly of the West Indian trade has settled in a few large, and in most oases bug-established, bosses, who long clung with desperate fidelity to antiquated and unfitting modes of °manning business, amid all the revolutions which that trade was undergoing. And when awakened to the change that had taken place they rushed precipitately into measures which made bad worse. The revelations made to the creditors, on the recent radars of one of these houses, show that it had endeavoured to retrieve its West Indian losses by em barking largely in speculations in the Mauritius, at tempting to conduct its business both there and in the West Indies without increasing its capital. Bach e gambling—throwing double or quits— could ea riave only one result; and this is but one example of what has, in different ways, been done by many. The social revolution effected by negro emancipa tion would have tried the stability . of West Indian resources in the most favourable mrcumstanses ; and It hes been brought to bear upon a bankrupt pro- prietary upon a proprietary . who are in many instances only the nominal owners or their plantations. They are reluctant to relin quish for a time their aristocratic habits—the reputation of a wealth they no longer possess—and to set themselves to work by economy and industry to make the most of their still highly capable posses sions. Like drowning men they catch at every straw. They ally themselves to the corn monopo lists, hoping that if the corn monopoly can be re established theirs may be preserved. They appeal to the opponents of slavery, and try to colour their monopoly with the fair pretext of a discouragement to the employers of slaves. They delude themselves, and allow themselves to be deluded by interested poli ticians, with vain prospects of re-establishing a state of things which has passed away for ever. These are unpalatable truths; but they are a bitter medicine, which the West Indians must swallow it they would escape rain. The great body of the people of this country will sympathise with and aid the West Indians in their' struggles against the ignorant and vindictive despotism of the Co lonia' office; in their straggles to obtain self government and economical government; in the as sertion of their claims to procure frco labour wherever they can find it at their own cost; and in their de mands to be allowed to trade freely with all parts of the world. Bat the people of this country will no longer be saddled with a monopoly of English sugar growers; they will not plunge into Quixotic wars against countries yet unconvinced of the evils of slavery and the slave trade; they will not be juggled into paying more money on account of emancipation to communities two-thirds of whose members have gained the power to dispose of their own labour and much money by emancipation. The occupants of our West India colonies have ample sources of wealth in their own soil if theywill set to work in the right way, and they must do this if they would prosper, for JOHN Batt's pocket is fi nally and hopelessly b uttoned up. Mitmiss tidy east plan . Wl= a Ird sell Wee Meer dr rseileades ; bat (Or . wee, *et LW= psepr Mow es peredesdre vein they the peeper W ten dens the ante& He d Owe was eessishies _repeign in sztentiss inn • poops his Meer, witith was te reins • imp MINS. MA thew. se assepeenlis kr Ids labor. stag hin saides bee lis dells Miens. Ihis wee enter ihse wadi wetMMßnret/,eel wistsverilisbeees right& will the ads wed= sew sesessei be lisped dist, se fir es say seepediss et Ineing; ' teesereed. heeds/ dist Wight be ileyed leiwer, kweeldset reetwithebe swes el tile beim New, la We sliaisi4 the hes. =sabre kr Useidwithe sod lissecos had see sr geed fairly wins Ober Mein to the essiori et rslwardil Ms matey as wet is with the smell pail Is Wwi. It was very eery is speak el so nob is tie pond paid here and than, sal It we sexy easy to * sgas ,• bat IN Wei per* ilea, whir they o f so sea ia the pound, dist that perm& wee a wry tit=ehlwee4 that •large waster el el Weil did ret sr it. (Mac) Cr a sh: ss eigesisd the inequable, dike sere r neithis g wee so talk. dies es tie fsesdeg of ea fterine es *at The expendi ten fir the previous of ].defier bed bin Ils. Old., end in Misr, la 81d. Now, is dins geniense, lie burden on the peeress/4 net 7se screidand as epardre lett in Ulster these eiss see arlan, that et ClierX is Deingal, in which she espown was en lOgd. is the pound—sea* half the vs. Wain of the whale urea; and if lee. sseenbare looked at sew et the ease division they weeld gad the disrepertiou still rare /bail. Is Unser she wee b. ; Hil es* it wee Ida 4d. in the posed. Connaught the average iptas was 6e. 8.1. in the pond ; but the exposer In the Westport union were on the average 14s. lid. la Clare they INNS Pk 7d. le the pond, and in the Clifdea sierra Isa d tb• Clifdea union the rate was Mt. ld. in the mod. This mist to be done? Supplies they wow 11. adept the meg T o l p iea s of the hen . member he fluid, wheelie his works produced anything, ball the papalaliss died. (Hear, hear.) The ton. mem ber kr Bassemessa, wit peat feelings of the greatest humanity, bad obeerved mos the great numbers that WWI upon the rellibooks, bat he ought to remember that if those swab= were sat upon the rate books. lisp wild be la their rim The same hon. amber had also desinst that the pcomat ebb of things to bind woe ath asesthat k had ippon* before ; but that was a stabs Tess it wee that thin had beta partial Whims of the imp; is Inland Wars, asi that the charitable p=l this sesatry had then cams heated to obviate the mead ; bat never belie for three consecutive years ail that the whole et the produce throughout beildd 'sally failed. (Hear.) He bad read that about aossaay eip, i. the year 1744 or 1743, there had been a hod sad mire destruction of the potato crap in Ire bad. He knew net exactly what the population of the offirstry was at that time, bat it must have been small aompared with what it wee at present. It probably woe about 2,000,000, and the calculation was, that 400000 'lithe people died the death of famine fa that year. Now, VISA was the state of thiogs at that time, and if since then I Owe hod not been a general hikes of the potato crop until sir, the house might form sew Judgment of what the re mit wool be if there was no poor law in Ireland and no maigalsory provhica for the support of the destitute basil lash of that mazy. (Hear, hear.) He knew not that he swab add anything to the statements already made by bit right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer I. of the mirery which existed in Inland. Ho hoped that whatever the result of the general slues =be, at all events the amendment of the member for Stroud would not be sainted te. Mr. HERBERT mid that whilst concurieg in every word whisk had fallen from the hon. member for Northamp tonshire (Mr. Miff rrd), and feeling that the people of Ire. lid had a right to complain of put misgovernment, he thought that if the house refused the present motion, that refusal would be tantamount to a sentence of death upon the people of Ireland. Mr. E. B. ROCHE said he would support the motion be. foes the host*, not because he thought 1 , the best rear* that could be devised under preset sireamemasos fur Im land, but because it was a stopimp t sad with seed semi relief. He coofemed that he set as pit seen say s p a lezzaposal for townland rating which wield Wpatie • &Ile ea extermination, and he begmei to remind the house that Irish estates were Dew so am* easumborod that in point of fact they were its* meadmies. (Hear.) Bir 0. GREY said, in reply to the hoe. soombee fa Notthareptonshire, that the ginseng" nt did not contemplate the possibility of arriving at a towaland rating. They hid been of opinion that a revisions sad redistribution of the olio toed divisions weld sot be salhholedly arrived at idled period inquie ni z ies. sed last year the eassaiseloa, 111111 untvened Mindy imewhed loos the In order to ossemplidi the ekest with the hes. hod la Wow, of meld" a saw %hiss es of the swam of t that eee_hasa rad ye the int i ge b ithe estimilloo. Their gust 'sport had soislited, tad hod less Mimi to ths hit= Otemimisa for their epithet as to the expediency of abbe upon it at ease. Bet Mr list rupees the existing law was =Elide 111111 no ,new bill was neorisszy. In the Mesa poor by power wee given to the erasseissiesess to re-swigs the deslseal dithisme, and they had now the ab. mite surer hvoinwis them as well as the undoes. do that Kiley sheath hide Is friar of the report of Os mi. wthdeases ilea poor e it aid be carried into oast at owes, wiliest amiss to peoliemeat. He thought the her dooms ths member it Kerry sated unfairly in ls tee gsiesessed ler barbs proposal a imatlttoe h eempesM er less. elms of moat ospriams, whet be at the awe die ppeerr toast egoist the of US desterel has towalands. fleas who *NW to the pit no: i r i m plead with the 'kw of ionise Mosidea he these airs the laws samba was 'toothiest, &SUM Wm is mist that the dresmseamos wither width lit repeal woo, male were very aillseat ham Ohm whisk alma win the fkst appeal wee moth to Om hew at the gonad of a bibs. The whole ddm pow as Whiled at that time la swan the peami of baba rotated to truly 300,0004, bent by the psis Wan lb. hems k appeared that the rate othhoted led yaw as meted 1,100,0001. (Hear, hear.) Be banal list 'Waver wee of taxation might have ex iled, or whatever peer low adobe lave existed, there w ield still have been is Indeed, amiss to the circuities' of the Ism few yes a, a hop sarit of pauperism. And rids was him the het that although Ireland had Zik whets tresial the payment the rates, yet WNW boil pselthadott of a peptides ef 2,000,000 I;Mwesises parts el the marry. He wee happy to eve ea improval team of Wig had token place In Ireland on the whist. He ens oast that that ho us would not take urea Meth Os Mary rageadedity without a knowledge of litshomaisss to rein this pant for the pupase of avatlitg sanadea, paellothaly os the rata' would be ed. bind to the daeef, id moo emartion world bs spared to addle mimed lien theft who were able to pay. Mr. =RBI= said la explanation that he never advo 11618i • tows-had Or J. GRAHAMa= that brevity was. now the do. oho dike bone mil he limit himself to a very few re. ameba. He would ad eater into the question el the sma of Imielime sof the ideas other deta'ds whisk)ad bees see. hoed to la nisei essmiNsi, bat staid hiseedf to Gm imalleme wader Sok Aced tr lers wadi desi vie amemimmth ess. tabled two propoilloss, the ant big th h at if ray money be greeted k should be fs lie slaps eta kin He did not ears to that repeellies, boat lee was Joel. out of the mid= et debtor sad =Ohm be Great BMWs and baked—(Mar, beer) p—eed imams be would Naar gM doale the eammat, as ea absents vast, than a be resit by compulsory meene—ameas =i am le d& peeve bombard with the peas d theisk eml Imams to the Rolm (Hear, hoar.) the moil propseiti o. that this mow *aid Is 1a what the lees. gesitims teemed repoisedm moor mee, be thought lid the mgammle d the her member for Mims sem fbeeieMim sodas it. Omidadog the rest exempla is Fermi Me bad no nines as the Mob. Hamad of athissal eredwiego—(hoor howdo— net thaw. this to list essoml pospedliss - he ;was the dasidedb mind. H. saw aims to the porosities of the worn. Mat, whisk he ad lambed • meet Important &- deism lie thought t mitted hat the mirth of this mid the resat mama vas Waist mere air lee this statists of death sepia thowissio. Mots) mall *sly loa mei dds m a its la Aid ameba, that say farther caw ,asst be eallesid iY I. But the executive virt uosi mutt have time to mum oath a measure alts had referred to, and the iwmles of that storing would, he was sun, to hot IlklasoP mlaisten that use time h ad arrived when votes of Oh dairqthea—votes of limitary expedessey--eaald so baser be expected from that house. After - less ressexis ken Mr. nix, Mr. EDINA= nee Se wagged the Impiety of kg thls anemia. order that mete See ealibt a t i had l Ltd der wattieskig the sposlie ..t ,leg thou ppm whisk boy were wen pot memnessipt. He esuld net evermar bete dealing of t right hem. member far Desostehlre. Oise this wee the bat vote ef be kind they would be soled wen to ewe br the sem p.O The W right lea onlimun armed that esavke he I had as dead that bra *Ogre mieleters were prepared to heist forward a efeere memo on the entjett of lag - taxation in Intend and on ether Irish entesele. It would. therelsee, be extremely agreeable to heat hem her Majesty's gereornent that sash was their blew lion, become if they would do so—if they wce e thlm that this was really only a solitary vote, and that if so to they would call the mimetic's of the house to a oompehe sire measure, which would render further application W the house for votes of this kind unnecessmv, nth a anew would, no doubt, influence the conduct of hon. petlenum who were now opposing the vote. But they had net beard an such intimation ; indeed he had collected from what ha did hear an inference the very reverse. (Cheery.) Bat if such be the intention of the government, and if they would now declare themselves, there was no dotbt that a satiate tory decision might soon be arrived at. But as the motion was pu• they were called ulna to support a aniouati4 to two millions, in thirty anions, two-thirds of which were in a state of bankruptcy. The proposed 50,0004 could not be of any efficiency in such a CIGIN unless accom panied by a comprehensive scheme of legiolatioa. It was difficult to resist appitah of the kind, but that wu a reason why they should net be taken by surprise. The Chan cellor of the Ezehequer founded his ease upon mann ecriet in‘ormation, which ought to be printed. In deed ministers were always inclined to make such appeals in cases of apparent exigency. Not a year ago her Majesty's ministers eked Ise an increase of the income tax, declaring that according to their informa tion the security of the nation and the public credit depend-d on that hcuse acceding to it. Fortunately, however, his (Mr. Disraeli's) party did not accede to it, and they now had their reward in being told by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the revenue was oatmeal prosperous notwithstanding such refusal. (Cheers.) eg, then, that this propoeitko of a vote of GERMANY. FRANKFORT.—On the 3rd instant the National Assembly voted (after an animated debate), by a ma jority of 242 to 208, the seventh section of the bill for guaranteeing the constitution; that section runs as follows: In case of war or et an insurrection, the provisions of the bill of fundamental rights respecting imprisonment, domi ciliary visits, and the right of holding public meetings, may be set aside, for a limited time, by the government of the empire, or of any single state, but only on the fol lowing conditions: let. The order to that effect must, in cash case, proceed from the entire cabinet of the empire or of the single state. 2nd. The ministry of the empire must obtain the sanction of the imperial diet, and the cabinet of the 'operate state that of its ligelative assem bly, if they be sitting at the time ; should such not be the cm, they must be convored on the expiration of a f ortnight, in order that the measures taken may be submitted to their approbation, otherwise those measures cannot be continued. Further provisions will be contained in a law for the empire. With ripped to the proclamation of a state of siege in a &Mei, the existing legal enaounents remain in force. The following clause was added to the foregoing one by the decision of a majority of 222 to 206. If, pending urgent clinger, in case of war or insurrection, the usual efficiency of the magisterial power, or of the tri bunal', is paralysed, the entire ministry of the empire or of any "operate state may, betides taking the maims allowed in the 7th section, proclaim martial law for a determined district, with the understanding that the provisions of the 9th and 43rd sections of the bill of funda mental rights respecting the exceptions to the ad missibility of capital punishment and of the com petency of military tribunals come into force. For the proclaiming as well as the continuing of martial law, the sanoticn of the imperial or local diet is necessary. If it be not assembled, it must be convoked simultaneously with the proclaiming of menial law. Further provisions respecting martial law are reserved for imperial legislation. Until a law on that subject b 3 published, the existing regulaticns remain in force _ . A motion brought forward by Herr Von &Inner- Hog (the Austrian plenipotentiary), having in view the conferring greater powers on the military autho rities with respect to martial law, was negatived by a majority of 336 to 66. The paucity of the supporters of the motion gave rise to loud ironical cheers. BAVARIA.—The address in answer to the speech from the throne was presented to the king on the Ist inst. by a deputation from the chambers. It ex presses the hope that the constitution of Germany will, by excluding all separate interests, promote the unity of that nation, but at the same time guarantee the independence of the various states. HESSE-CASSEL. Whilst the governments of nearly all the German states are occupied with the amelioration of the institutions of their respective countries, that of Hem-Cassel (which still delights in a legislative assembly of castes) devotes its attention to the improvement of the whiskers and monstachios of the officers of the army. It is prescribed that these ornaments of the human face shall be conjoined in a way that will render their form something like a printed W (w), the extreme point of the chin being left bare, and the hair on the upper lip extending round the corners of the mouth, and forming branch lines to the whiskers. BADEN.—Dates from Calends) to Jan. 29, state that the government has laid before the Chambers the project of law for an extraordinary income tax to cover the deficit of five millions. Though their num bers are not given, it appears from the context that it is proposed to impose 12 krentsers on 100 florins, or five per cent. This money may be called an extraor dinary measure, and is oily justified by the fact that the government proposes a reduction of the state ex penditure to the amount of 490,000 florins, of which 100,000 florins are of the civil list. HAMBURG.—Our correspondent writes, under date Feb. 3 : Our neighbouring town of Altona, excited by the fear that the negotiations carried on in London will not lead to pleas, but that the war will break out again in the sprint, is taking preparatory steps to meet that eventuality with energy and vigour. An address, bearing 700 signatures, dated 27th nit, was sent to Frankfort. It begins by com plaining of the want of attention p a id by the central govern ment to the German navy, having done nothing for it except taking off the hands of Hamburg speculators a few old vessels. But Even this infantine beginning was neg lected. In-tend of exercising and drilling sailors and marines on board of them, the latter, for the sake of misplaced eco nomy, were paid off to a man. This inertness encourages the enemy, though small in numbers, to defy forty-five millions of Germans, to send military end armed peasants across the border during the armistice, and kill peaceable and harmless inhabitants. The high National Assembly (the address goes on to siy), is in the same situation as we are ; we are lett without pro tection to our commerce, and they cannot protect their own flag, which is insulted by the Danes with impunity, their FalOrl in London mobbing together and tearing down from the masts of German vessels lying in the West India Docks the national colours, those very colours fixed upon by the H. N. A., and spitting upon them, and nobody taking mea sures to avenge such a gross insult. To show that the naval commerce of the duchies is worth protecting, the signers of the address observe that they possess 2,650 sea trading vessels, of 28 to 40 (?) lasts measurement, and 13,000 well disciplined sailors. They (the petitioners) request the Cen tral Power eventually to grant letters of marque, so that they may retaliate upon the enemy, and have some of his property to set off agsnat theirs taken by him. Against H. Heekscher's opinion on letters of marque (given by him in a debate on the subject) they quote that of his teacher, Dr. Men* Pohl; (an authority on the subject), by which they intend to prove the totality of such a ateasure, which M. Heokacher opposed at the time, as being contrary to the spirit of civilised nations. Yesterday, placards, signed by fourteen highly respectable inhabitants—merchants, physicians, lawyers, end tradesmen at Altana, Galled • meeting for this morning, to take into c3noideration the defeat:reins state of the place, and preprire against emergencies. An advertisement to the same effect was put in a morning paper, fixing twelve o'clock for the opening. The market-place was crowded to emotes Icing before the hour appointed ; and after several speaken were heard, it war. resolved, by acclamation, that a " kineistions be organised a nd drillel, and other steps taken to prepare for dsiouts," No doubt the example set by Alcoa, being the s I mast pspulous, meet essuutorelsl, sad most wealthy tetra hi 3 the Duchies, will be le/lowed up bp other comatualliss ; the estuary. Ine Court WINDSOR, WZDNEBDAY.—The Right Roo, W. L Lasosua, c om pe ro g ee of the Queen's Honwhold, had la aud ones of her Majesty this morning in the Castle and pre. seated the Address from the House of Commons to the gem. The But of Listowel was the Lord in Waiting. Her Majesty, aosevapaniad by Prince Albert, rods egg ce , bombe& this hrusees Into the Great Park. lard Alfred Paset sad Galena Wylde attended the Queen sad die 4, Lord and Lady Ashley are etryeeted to arrive this at at the Cud.), en a visit to her Majesty. • The Queen's private band played the f o ll ow i ng lien pa. terday evening : OTertare. " Zaziette Seleetke. "Les latlissuall" Osnwinetta Tea Owlebader Walser " Der Gnus kis Alyilnlande" Manch nurser. This evening the royal dinner circle will include Lord awl Lady Ashley, and the ladies and gentlemen of the raysi household in waiting. The Duchess of Kent, attended by her ladies, is expected to visit the Queen this evening. g et Majesty's private band will attond in the Castle after '• - dinner. The Bishop of London had an interview with Load John Russell, at his official residence in Downing-Yreet. Capt. Maxwell, R.N., from New Zealand, h a d in interview with Bari Grey yesterday, at the Colonial office. The School of Design had a meeting yesterday, at the Olee of the Board of Trade. Some of the cabinet minister. dined yesterday evening with the corporation of the Trinity-house. Deapatcbee were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Cey ion and Hoeg Kong. THE 'TRINITY ROOM—INITIATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—Last evenieg, the Muter, Deputy, and Elder Brethren of the Corporation of the Trinity House assembled at Oe Trinity House, Towephill, to initiate Lord John Russell u an elder brother, in the room of the late Viscount Melbourne. The Duke of Wellington, the muter, crrived : at twenty minutes to seven o'clock, and the Litfir rat guests assembled soon afterwards in the court-room, when Lord ' John Rusell went through the customary ceremonies, Nevi owl to his becoming one of the corporate body. As usual Ce all such occasions, a grand banquet was given under the pre sidency of the muter. the Duke of Wellington, and the d s . puty, Sir John Henry Petty, hart., in the vice chair. There wu, among the elder brethren present, the Earl of Miuto, the Rtg t Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart., M.P., the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, Bart., M.P., Capt. A. Chapman, Capt. A. Timbre% Capt. R. Wellbank, Capt. J. Hayman, Cent. J. Rees, Capt. H. Nelson, Adm. Sir T. B. Martin, G.C.8., Capt.C.Weller, Copt. F. Madan, Adm. Sir C.Adam (Governor of Greenwich Hospital), Cant. S. Ellerby, Capt. G. Probyn, Capt. W. Pixley, Capt. C. Farquharson, Capt. R. Gordon, R.N., Capt. W. E. Ferrer, Capt. H. B. Boa, Capt. J. Shep. herd, Capt. E. Foord, and Capt. G. J. Redman. The visitors who availed themselves of dining with the mas hers of the corporation were : The Marquis of Lau downs, the Right Hon. Sir J. C. Hobhouee, But, M.P., the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon, the Speaker of tho House of Commons, Capt. Lord J. Hay, Capt. the Hon. M. F. Berkeley, the lion. Wm. Cowper, and Capt. A. Milne (Lords of the Almiralq); Rear. Adm. Sir F. Beaufort, F.R S. ; Capt. W. A. Baillie Hamilton, R.N., and Mr. H. G. War I, 31 P. (Secre taries of the Admiralty); Dr. Lushington, Capt. R Pelly, dte. Viscount Palmerston, the Earl Grey, and the Earl of Granville were prevented dining with the honourable as. from prior engagements. The customary loyal toasts of " The Queen," " The Queen Dowager and the Royal Family," " Prince Albert (an elder brother)," " The Master (the Duke of Wellington)," " The Deputy (Sir J. Pally)," " Lord John Russell (the newly elected brother)," were given among the leading touts, and at 11 o'clock the circle broke up. RESIGNATION OP MA. RALLANTINE, TEE MAOISTRATIL—Thie gentleman, one of the oldest stipen diary msgistrates of the metropolis, having officiated at the Thames Police Court for more thin 27 years, and he, for some time put, has been suffering fr•im ill health, has tendered his resignation, which was yesterday accepted in complimentary letter from Sir George Grey. REPEAL OF THE MALT TAX. A special general meeting of the committee and subscribers of the Total Repeal Malt Tax Association was held yesterday, at 1 o'clock, at the York Hotel, B r id ge . street, Blackfriars. On the motion of Mr. Lamb, Mr. 3. Neme, of &ling Court, Kent, was called to the chair. Amongst those present were the following : C. 11. Frewen, ' Esg , member for Sussex ; W. Fisher Hobbs , E sq ., o f Hosted Lodge, Essex ; W. Shaw, EA., of the Strand ; Hems. H. Selmer, J. Smith, J. Milder, W P. Lamb, from Sussex ; 8. Cheetham, from Rutland ; C. H. Lattimore, from Hertfordshire; W. Smith and W. P. Taunton, from Hampshire ; W. Edwards and C. Pocock. from Berkshire; A. Campion and Dewy, from Devonshire ; T. W. Grainger, from Cambridgeshire ; J. H. Raider, from Oloumaterslure ; F. K. Elves, from Kent ; M. Claydon, from Essex. The Secretary (Mr. Cosner) read the minutes of the two preceding meetings, held respectively on May 15 and Nov. 7, 1848. Before the business of the meeting commenced, Mr. C. H. FREWEN, M.P. for East Sussex, entered into soma explanations with regard to a petition entrusted to him for presentation in the House of Commons in the last session, from which it appeared that the standing orders pre cluded him from securing a discussion at the period when the petition was presented. Some good had, he observed, been done by the mere presentation of the petition, inas much as it bad since been reprinted and extensively circu lated by the society. The hon. gentleman further went on to say, that his brother had empowered him to present on his behalf the sum of 2W. in favour of the object. (Cheers.) On the motion of Mr. CHEICTRAY, seconded by Mr. SELMES, a vote of thanks was given to Mr. Frewen for his exertions in the cause. Mr. FRBWEN said that in the course which he had pur sued he had merely endeavoured to carry out his honest convictions. Previous to the last election he was asked, is a meet's" held at Hayward's Heath, if he would support the repeal of the malt tax. He replied that the first meeting held in Sussex in favour of the object was attended by him self, and that be moved the first resolution. That took place long before he bad any idea of obtaining a seat iniparliument. (Hear.) It was his opinion that under the existing state of things the farmer could not go on. (Hear, hear.) Such was the pressure of local burdens in Best Sussex that the land was in danger of ;sing out of cultivation. There were many instances bath in that div*sion of Sussex and in the Weald of Kent , of farms becoming vacant and no one being found willing to enter upon them. (Hear, hear.) It was quite clear, therefore, that something mat be done to pro dues an alteration. • The Seater/ay then read a copy of the resolution which had been forwarded to the Central Protection Society and the local protection societies in different parts of the king dom, calling upon them to aid the movement, and the replies which had been received.—The first reply of the central society was a simple acknowledgment of the receipt of the resolution ; a second reply from the same society, dated Dec. 9, 1848, stated that Mr. Cheetham had given notice of a motion in favour of immediate repeal, and that the whole subject would stand over until that motion was discussed. The replies from the local societies were nearly all in favour of the object. The question of malt-tax repeal haying been brought under the consideration of the member. of the Central Pro- Valor Society on the previous day, it was here suggested that Mr. Cheetham, of Oakham, should report to the associa tion the substance of what had passed. Mr. CHEETHAM said it was, perhaps, generally known by those present that he had on the peen ms day proposed a resolution at a meeting of the Central Protection S oc iety, pledging that society to use its beet efforts to obtain the re peal of the malt-tax. The motion was ably seconded by Mr. John Elliman. Mr. Ellmaa and himself wers.met in a very friendly spirit by Mr. William Bennett, in a series of resolu tions, not only embracing his (Mr. Cheethanis) own views en the subject, but also a recommendation in favour of a general revision of such taxation as pressed most heavily upon the agricultural portion of the community. Mr. Ben nett went so far as to say that the society would not accept melt tax repeal as a compensation for the loss of protection ; and this view apes/amber much snore agreeable then the original resolution that the latter was withdrawn by himself, in concurrence with Mr. Ellman, in order to se cure harmony the more readily, as in Mr. Bennett's reside lions were comprehended all their views with regard to the malt tax. He was bound to say that never in his life had he heard the tenantry of this country express their opinions more fearlessly or more uprightly than on the previous day. (Chun.) As regarded numbers, he felt quite sure that these who were in favour of repeal were as ten to one. But they were unfortunately met by another class of persons, who unequivocally told them that they could not support them in the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) Sir John Trial then observed that he considered this question of too much importance to be disposed of summarily by a committee; and he proposed an adjournment until the first Tuesday in March, in the hope that by that time a decisive demonstration would have been made, either for repeal or against it. The Duke of Richmond coincided in this view ; but at the same time un equivocally declared that he would not on any account abandon the project of malt-tax repeal. This declaration having been made by the duke, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Menu, , and himself, felt almost bound, from courtesy to his Grace, to agree to the suggestion of postponemert, believing that they would thus aid the cause. The meeting of this protec tion society stood adjourned therefore until one o'clock on the first Tuesday in Marsh, when a general meeting of all the members who chose to attend would take place. Hs had thus stated all that had occurred on the previous day, with regard to the repealer the malt tax. Mr. W. SHAW said he had heard with a great deal of disappointment in one sense though not in another, the report which had been made by Mr. Cheetham of the previous day's meeting. The result was that which be had anticipated. He had narrowly watched the proceed ings of the Central Protection Society ; and be must confem that the more he bad done so the more convinced bad be become that there was nothing to be hoped for as the result of its exertions. (Hear.) The committee of that society well knew the position in which this question stood; sad they were also aware that the farmers, as a body, were dis posed, on all great and important questitns, to look for leaders. On many occasions, when mooting any particular quution amongst farmers in their own localities, he kid been met by the observation, a Why, we don't