The Express. — London, England, 1849-06-02 00:00:00

RAILWAY& TEIII DAT. Two o'Ctoce. In shwas there has beou little business done this Zooming, but prices are foicr.illy firmer in conse quence 41 the improvement in the English funds. Caledon.ens are 11. per share better, and are now quoted 23 to 26. London and North Westerns have been done at 123 and 120. Grist Western are quoted at 78. Midland , 881 to Eastern Counties bare been done at 8) ant tif. rest Northern were also disposed of at 10 and 101. cba+s s• Woo to.day op to 2 o'clock. lam= IlaawATs. 44 Aterdwa. irekrissi Ainberiptik, Notaiami. tam" a Lot Jur.. mignsfthala sod Wert or with • guarsagell • • Do.wilhouta (waste/ l a r 1:3 1.. 3 41 die. Illnai e rtv., lad Sim V . . Vuiv., end calla duly paid, L P = Da withoat a guarantee $ Daum, !dam., and Dim. 10 Bristol and Edited Oa Do. Thirds m in i mull lit j iq - lik;:ains . hunt*, ... .. l owan 14 Dc;.llhares ..- -- ... 10 Do. LW Prele;iee• ... 10 sad Holyhead ... Ps Do. Preemie . .. 17i Dam mt Bust lm 24 13 23 94 10i 11 4 pa S 4.944. 29 27 J A Y. 10 9 db. If 11 d& 241 n 1 tj II 60 I ye. 14 . I t ily $3 ii 111 as. lI S 3 1 3 I 1 1 11 ps.i I fls• Pat Pm. 33 14_ 15 /5 goat Malta's 11 (Vs Sic B.) _ • 11, W.(31.10446 pot 4. rtel 111. 20 Deters Cousties 10 10 Do. New OWL i jr it. si • DO. Do. fit,fit, S do. pot 41, Nal 01 S 11a so 30 Do. Lk B. paw was l 124 104 Do. 1 dorm 41 De. ii ss) 'edam New rile% Mae I Ode L &ma) • 911 Do. slow C. ditto _ 90 90 De. l =iner. ip.Ct. it U But 25 !i 4 De t ft DO do. I dolop 14 Da pet et Pre/ elk. 1111 But Llsodesklew is. M BdiaterMirdCilomase.. 111 10 Do. 1 arari lhi SO Great Notddra 111 Do.I ebeiree.l,l ol l lllll 12. 74 Do.e xi abr ie ls k l. OW of 115 Do. • • 40 Gt. *Mk. sod Waet . .(lM:) /09 11 & 8 Croa Dot Meth of DOM.. ft :Sow, CIO M • Do. New, 430 . . . 10 14 Ur. !kw, *IS NO 510 Great edam 01 00 lkr. told/ye ffeeDo. De. Ake U chases .„ .„ 17 13 Do. New, 817 „. „. 19 10 Ho'l and *lay_ „. • 15 Do. 4 Mares ... 1114 111/ Do. shoes M 19 Leacarter awl Outbid ... IS Do. Thirds ~ 111 Imeaddre set TOWSkt6I SO 0 Do. sham ... IS 114 Do. 1 Wares • 15 De. Ifthe .„ • • Do. sixteenths 1111 if Do.Tkink 10 Daltew dada per et.; • 0 Ira Wed Rides Unice ss Da Prestos and Wm 111 94 Do. 1 SO Leeds sad irs SO Leeds and Tbittk 10 45 Do. New 114 111 Loudon and Blackwell_ . IL SO Lm, Prisatos, & &OA; • 9 9 Do. c•roanserd i tr u ot Ireitoyd WI 10 Do. Pref. 5 per Cott... IS SO DaCcuv,rt. 3p. c„1632 • 11 Do. N,w FS gultr.np.Q. SI 121 Wad and (Persica 1 98 Ds. Prsiconeo IM Lasko k Nor.h.Weatiwr 7 Do. do. New 1 Mares_ Do. WPM 1 ['paw sa,ti.ioil.(e . , 10 Lades Ss Soullo.Westen. 424 Da. New, 120 „ 14 Doll t e;1110 O Do. Ordered); T p.e... 44 /Dada Bus., sad dat.. -• floods., .. Mud., and Lbw.. Do. ! N aafi% No. 1 .4 Do. Aura, Na ra, N .. ill Do. drama, Na S RI Do., New /10 Prof. 10 Do, Great Grisaby 101 Dd. do. .. to Do. 10,11. and i.ok;iis:: a Do. Grisnoby Dock .. 44 Do. Lincoln Ludo .. 10 I is:. Con. ireicrenee 13 W. Sao shares flint. I/141 Dubs 10 Do. R. awl B. 6p.c. . N Norfolk 13 Do. New Flu io Do. Guar.'s. 5 per am 5 Do. Guaran.3l modal North British . 23a 100 23 1 13 II 14, iii II a& & I 4 pa. 101 db. 16 db. iik • st AY. • AL 37 1 1 s pa iie - 4 - ie 3 4 Ms. 10! 10 dis. : Ms. IS 1 1 dia. IS 13 di.. 47 23t0 iii 13 3 96 47 ii pos. 39 pm. AI pm. 79 die. 1 4u4 94 49 1 111;.1 m. 29 27 ule. 13 13 dls. 2 7 dia. 5 di*. 1 dia. 11 dbl. 1 2 5 111 d ple. la. SS 33 It a; 12. Do. Cr h os e ... ... .. Do. dam ... ... .. Do. iv, North Stallardstdra.. lo 'Oxford, Wore., a *dm. 13 Kea 1.,t,....id , and isigatt $1 Rayeton and Melina .. is twal central, .. .. ii abuzy and Ethining. 1 Do.. Clona 8 S Do., trey uniianinsi. II insewetstry mat mom (Nor. M. 111 n.) ... .. 9 De. Halm ... ... . 14,1 1/0. taareAr9 ... . I Do. New.. to Do. S per nisi.. lii. $ lanorafta• Unies ... $0 Santa Dena ... ... 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I 1 3... ill s Aft 11 !s 4 • pa. u If dlr. 9D lei 6 1 k` 3 1 ft. ■ll ne et. I s 4 SiSI WI 4 1 i isi roman Lamm. I 5 lindialtalinn (Ws Italia 21 and Atot a rlank lea ... 111 Prams (Ilsrasii) II °stab Mania ... .. is Sant Indian . . ... 5 ilreat Indian 11;illila .. II Leam w. beers ... Se ;alibi; ... ... 13 tom et Pram ... f and ONO= ... IS Paris and Oi -. Id Paris/ad Mae ... ... N Pads and Insnabiti .. Id 1 Inman and Sem ... ... SD Owing* and anus ... ... 11 i foam and Nantes ... ... LIYXRPOOL, ./+w 1. MCI-BICII6WO6.—Tbs market opted to-day soya bag rather 0.0311 y, bet, towards Use dernoes, re rare havered, sal ths drank pr .rs were borer. Wes :—Zastere Cbeetfr. N Great :Sucher, 4.—Crest Western (617 shares), 4) d.—Lars. rare sad Yorkshire (Ilftti shares), et L—Lando• red North Wat ers, 133—Ditto (hew) shmes), p.—Ditio (Nth shams), a. 41 p.— Manchester. I6eMsll, and 11. as (Grew Or= and I % O MM 610 shares), 111661 .-141m54, 661—Ditto share r),ll 11. — North Ursa A, 220—South Earern and Dover (N.. r 13 .h, 61 4.), He. )—York, Narvik., sad Berra (ezersices Nos. 1 sag 1), 13.. 11.1.-1/Mo 10 . Y.. 6 pa ask 616110), 7Se. M.—Yak an d Mirth XMORad, St. MANCHESTER, .heris 1. STocx-Zunwroz.—The market was rather firmer, bat the trainees does was wry tailing. Dover (No. 4), 61-BheSeld and Laookshlee, t4i d. BIRMINGHAM, Jww 1. ISTacis•Eitaxamos.—"Tbe only business today was to lbrol atm Unions at 11 dam. and Eastern Counne., LEEDS, Moo 1. Broca-Racn anoz.—The No en the ezokaqto to-day were limited to p ent of extent; yet the valise of those shores urbiolt obaused hs:rti trd materially alined. amoniot which may be quoted : East Lane...hire Ned, di 11.—Lanc a shire end I'mlodire Mlle, Le 17e. el.—Newcastle sad Berwick Retentdooe, q d.—Whart dale; SS :a. Cd. d. 110P8.—Marnevoms, May 31.—From Saturday last the fly in this terMthourhood has been gradually , sad 'is now become soWantly amerces lbr working eateasive Wethiel; and If we may Judge front the rildt_geserdes of has end their feet gots ing into eredvft, wry tbe weld peso. and gloomy weather at the eery per ef ad= Ireea but too &mumble, w. must infer that sling areirems an prescated of as blight. Moe rapers lathe Lelbila market of an attar allyte h tleeseeel and of ash a deleembel elmeraterm. that perm her el nady armee her lb. le l per er.. will • bahlt sert Mr lime Issas Ismer pod ko hwe as the whole de is rathor Warr ur doss set germ* Oat rilterdly el growth which is indicatre of hadlL Ile &s ham tees wry partial r wail as late Is Ile arida Wes year, end her prise bawler hu mid by it Is lie m e t te ; but we new Ira In several gnineds that *O lio asee in its way up the peleu and In err Ironer tea mask We have are mrst red. re ha the media term err la ell plays hod the Ily erre* pow nisi, wrist their ere fellewrg 1p the ranges Ia meg parr= le am eharkg Mist. The fly re the Iles have lei greatly la reseed dime Tardsy, and we selem the lollowlag genres as an IVINIge sample darn : HOZSIKOIMIX. A great increase of Sy cm Monday morning. awnntretre.—Many more fly on Sunday and Wednesday, end etin taereasing. CitAnltitOon.—ln this parish acrd neighbourhood every one operas of a severe attack of fly. Tone=r —We have 60 or 60 on a leaf, besides a strong de tachment of tiy. Panenvissw, Ttrimunon, min Yrarouto.—All full of ilyorith the. Mtn Pacxgan.—We have fly, sigh t or ten on a kat B ILI NCNIAT.—Buffering very mac from fly and lime. MBRIWOIOIII.—The pariah generally has • few fly hat met to hurt. In nee sheltered Maw, we counted 'ill on a ter Os the Tueeday pretence, there were only Si. HVICTO - x. The fly is very thick, and begins to look for midable. We haw plenty of lice. EAST BUTToll.—tee bine is growing fast. Thus Is a eprinkkag of fly, but polite. Ovroah, May 31 —The hops continue to grow very fist, but are mach Infested with the fly ; this complaint is grad In this district. PINIIMIT, May 31.—The hop Dines in this parish are very uneven; verve sore looking strong and healthy, cam weak and ttoprainising. We Mae • groat deal of fly—from 1$ to 60 one leaf — end they are hmerelng daily. Waargaiux, May 31.—Sop have nude great progress within the last week, but the wet weather is much against keeping the garde= clean, and fly have made their appearance in large 'lumbers. EULNERIDOII, May 31.—T he bins In many gardens are growing very fast, but we have accoriderable quaoti'y of fly. PEAtillAnan, May 31.—The fly is now l on ast the bo ry p a, s, wee tand leainersased to a eery coneiderable degree two to to 40 have hem sees on a leaf; the nits also are following dom. lerinut.—The bins , which had made great progreu. has sow suffered a cheek and within the pan few days the Barer have berme talented with great quantities of fly; tact, some of the bias bath the appearance of s scant hag hay.ng teen dusted over Ilitem, the leaf being actually covered over with one mass of fly. Verna Iloaarzo.—Our gardens are full of fly. fnercsirto —Th • fly, which is in great abundance, hu =, in a peat talent, the progress of the blot. fume of our have pet on quite a sable hue. The plantations of this neighbourhood strongly indium that at AO nest picking the produce will be geed to to a very small corpus. We have never seen the fly more thandant, or more destructive to the young blue. Sane of the levee are r dark with this vermin as a pier of the bat Macey Week eiotk. bus:ay.—There is every prospect d a complete blight woe the eartirm; the is very ab undant . —Surrey Standard. Wintcerrsm, Jane I.—Oer market Me been very quiet daring the 1 meek, Namely a pocket of hope having changed I hands; sad the trade gmerelly feel more dieposed to hod their mock till they ste better able to judge of the canine crop. Prices Ina. WOOL.—Lormos, Jane 2.—Since the Wile sales the market has been quiet, bet In prices no change has taken place. The next sales will take place early In July. Arrivals this week are only 40 bales of foreign. The English Wool trade is d it, and prices of most descriptions are easier, althongh the gelation and manue.ctircs are fully cuiployed, and mostly to order. The near approach of the clip m. , tes too dealers desirous to effect sales, u illy the early brought new Wools we laid In pretty well. Lit en., Jose I.—Thee' is not any dunes to report in this branch of trade this week. Sales are eoi2tined to a supply of the im. mediate wants of the manufActurera ; and, although we do n)t quote any change of ,taunt to prices, the tendency is in Limit' of the buyer. Livenroot., May 31.—Tho public sales here on the 29. h end 30th last. comprised about 0,000 bags; a good many of them were which could nit meet with buyers at anything like late prices. The attendance frem Yorkshire and Belgium was fair. but the bidlinge were flat, Australhns Wier by a penny than late mks. Other kinds in proportion. HAY.—Simeniu), June 2.—lleens. Cooper and Davis report the trade rather better. at the tollovitag quotattooe Pnme Meadow. Ob. to CU Tee. I Kelm. 60 a to Ob. I ab oo.— 26a to 30s. InGsler 30a to I Gone . . to Ns. CATTLE.-Bwrramti, May 30.-We bad a fair 'apply et ante at mu market today. Pat Herb, 6.1. to 6e. fal. per stone ; Mattes, 3d. ft SOL Per m. Bnogrann Fan, on Monday fait, was thinly supplied with cattle, and the little beef on offer averaged Sid. per lb. steers, frenb barrens, end missals for grazing rearposea, in requeld, and sales effected at an advance in prices. Cows and Cahee averaged about i the u-ual number, and were disposed of without digiculty at some what higher term.. A fair supply of Sheep ; the average price for mutton 3;d. • dry Sheep were nbanced, whilst Ewes and Lambe woe less in ;doe. Pigs obtained hither prime. The business done in the hove Mir was on a limited wale. EXETER, June 1.-A good business was done to-day, at pekes more satisfactory to the buyer. Fat Peel most be quoted at Ss. to is. Pd., a d, In sang inetancea, a shade higher than this. Cows and Oahe& wtre pieatiful, but were meetly of an ordinary description, and sold from .1. to 121. There we a fair manly of Mars, which sold at from 205. to 231. per couple. Good barreners were more in request, and the freshest sold at be. to Is. RI. per wore. hutchen' Cal es sold at 4d. to sd. per lb. The best small fat %Vetting, in their wool, were worth aid. to &I. per lb.; naked fat limp, abut 3d. to aid.; ERE", 5.1.; Lamb, 6:d. to 7d.; store Mae, 235. to 30s. each; couples, 31s. to 31s. There was a large supply of rip, which, during th- early part cif the staining, cold at 7s. 6.1. per were; but, as the da ßri y . advanced, u there being not mach competition, and no buyers from Mil off materially ; and Mime the market closed good figs nodal g l a to 7s. 64. per wore. Litenwril, May 30.-The supply of Beef to-day was short, mat of Mutton much larger than usual, and the quality of both was good.. The demand was active, with a tendency to improvement to the price of Peet. MO, 3.. to is. prr stone; Mutton, 3d. per lb. Cattle at market Beaste, 39; Sliter,i, 721; Calves, 13; Pigs, S. SCAR)I3ItOII/OH, May 31.-To-day our market exhibited a good apply cif stock, notwithstanding the business continues very Wwuhl. Deena and pork Pigs barely reader our quotations. Bacon Pues woad at 6e. • pork Pigs, 6s. 3d. tee , toor. Limb, ild. ; Beef, MI. to Bid. ; Matto ', 6d. to 7d. ; Veal, OL to 7d. ; Bacon, 6d. to Bel. WARPYIILD, May 30.-IYn had 630 Beasts, and 6,700 Sheep and lambs. Badness was dull, a number of Beasts and Sheep remaining untold. Beef, 3s. Stk . to is. 3d. per Moue ; Mutton, kid. • Lamb, led. to per lb. Domino, May 30.-Numbers and kinds: 420 two and three.year.olds, SSO Mirka, 34 Cows and Queya, and 7 Bulls, of the Galloway broad 4lO illehlandere, various ages, end 140 Ayrshire Cows and Quay s; total, 1,391. Foe the lighter description of cattle sales were fair, a nd prices maintained. For heavier stock the market was a drug, and no prospect of a elearanee. 16 lots of Sheep, pertly ball-bred', with a winkling of Cheviots and Black-Mem. lioar, Ewes, Lambe, 3m., 'umbering 'owards of 000 head; demand for good arveb s brisk, and of that sort a general clearance; for inferior Me demand was not ea helot, bat a ocessiderable portion even of these were expected to change bands before evening. 21 carte, con. Wainer 134 figs; prices to-day a shade down; best 165., and treat that ems down to ea.; demand fair. - - ElLasoow, May 31.—Wa had to-day • large supply of Cattle, the greater parlor which were fins large login de flout Forfar and litrictrdire shires. Sales, us consequence of the numbers, were more ditScult to effect than hot week. and a decline of about 7a. 6d. per cwt was expertaixtd. Hest quality, 41a. 6d. per cwt.; inferior, 40a. to 43e. There was not races than an average supply of Sheep, and last weirs rates were znaintsinsd, with a thorough clearance. Ewa Wedders, 641. per lb.; Ewes, be.. Sd. to ed. Landis were plat. Itiful fa the seem, and sold at front 13s. to 21e. such. COVENT-GARDEN.—! moths prim : de Morning.— The following UT& WINOS, per des.,ll to N per 100, Ts to 14s Almonds, per peek, at tweet. pm M., 51 to as Walnut:. 1 luO. 1. GI to 2s pst 4. b 'MA.. les to 2,4 s Nina, Maxim*, pee bs 21, to 224 Filberts, per 10elb..tOs to 101/1 z Cub. par 101.4bt, PM to 110. Jitsalt, ott titbit., 12t W let rABLIK I Oakes, Dor %such. Id to 6d Hsi, T. to Its •-• too doo. ls to Ii p. Mom L A W to 34 ow IN to ls thill Art ="l l.l. o to it. ut. itt. 94 la W laWOOO. Obb.. por mat 4d to 9d Ox. pir ow % fal to la 11.. per pia* 6.1 w la per to td to 3d frimil= i notitootr lb to b b = per bark St to 3d pot tome. bd to 3 d d PosAy, IL ,doto. lo lib Roo pod t% von bawl., to to ta to od Marjoram. mum per ba.L. 9d to ls Mint. me Po bm•A-• 34 to 92 Baal, pea. P. Windt. WI tO 91 nee Apple, per Ib.. G to lee Grew% I,Abouse, per 11L.6s to re Iltreetrerrtee, per or., ed to Is Apple,,, deem, per barb.. ee to lb klttben. &Ito, es toils Ooooetcrries, gram, per bolt gore, Ls to es. Currant.. do.. do.. EL to 81. OM^ Der il°L. to pet IW, Gr to lt:a ORGIONto. Per (10,, 94 °bar.- - rot. per dos., 6a to lb =tperdta. buocb..ll to to otem KT tiOL . 30 to US *noel, per tolf-sboro. f 4 to la Potatoot, per too, Ora to 11 pm art. So to Ito pot Imitol. Gs to Ts boact..&tto 21 Id II Irrit.pgr Its to 44 mosai w a tr. l a t o 0 Id to to i e l me. go 40 Won ram* riff WA atift4i to WI Per to 111 Plo It to of oar IS GI to &I Wolotoolob Wen. bon., 44 to 6.1 0304 . 0 .• Po OK busieb,. b to 60 1 Mase4 rat ism% to to YORK,Jwsel. Shod Rursiouor:—Salts: Bestesn Counties, 81—Great isurs,wrh, 10i —North British Tigre. Ili—North Staffordshire, 121 Usk and Berwick (14.reemlip Estencion), 13i. BRISTOL, Aft 1. BTOCC-Ziowiugos.—The =Art was weaker the peter day, and (;recit Wooers Quarter altars. ia w the ara woe Jean reenled, sag dosed ee kirr me 7 4, his t principal bad. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY, SUNS 1. The Sreanza took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. THIRD READINGS.—Torquay Market; Transfer of Sh.filitlel Canal to River Dun Navigation Company ; PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Sxoxi Paonierrion Bili..—The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex appeared at the bar, and presented a petition in favour of this bill. POOLLAW OFFICERS' SCPE/LLENVATION FIIND.—By Mr. THORNELY. from Wolverhampton; Mr. WAD DINGTON, from a place not heard; Mr. W. BROWN, from the Leigh Union, Lancashire, stand by the relieving end other officers; Mr. AGLIONBY, (roma place in Hants; Mr. HENRY , from Lancashire ,• in favour of this ororritios. COPTHOLD ENFRANCIUSIMINT BILL.—By Mr. wODE. HOUSE, from a play in Norfolk, against this bill. PARLIAMB TTTTT OATHS BILL.—By Mr. R. PALMER, from a place In Burks, against this bill. Tun Pliormi's CREWEL—By Mr. S. CRAWFORD, in favour of the six points of the Charter, from a place or par ties, name or names not heard. SYTTETIELD MARKET.—By Sir C. DOUGLAS, in favour of the removal of Stalthfiedd Market. INCCEBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. By Col. THOMPSON, from Dublin, in favour of this bill. Nam tTIONLAWIL—By Mr. HERRIES, from the Board of Trade of Quebec, agleam any alteration in the navigation laws. r•RLIARRETART Rironx.—By Mr. M'GREGOR, from Carlton, in favour of vote by ballot, annual parliaments, ff.c. MERCER= SEAMEN'S Ft:ED.—By Mr. GLADSTONE, from certain shipmasters, is favour of a more I quitable ad justment of the Merchsnt Seamen's end, end fir carrying oat the reeammendation of the oodaolisiet.en ; Mr. AULI. ONBY, from die Town Hamlets and other places, to the same effort. AoatcllLTum Disaterie.—By Sir C. BURRELL, from Croydon, in favour of an equalization of the laden of tax ation, and for relief to the agriimitural RETURNS ORDERED. —On the notion of Mr. SCULLY, return of the total number of preperties vested, up to the lit day of May 1849, in the Commissoners of Edu cation in Ireland, under the act 63 Cleo. 3, specifying the name of each property, the county in which sane is situated, the number of plantation scree in each prepay, the rent paid per acre for each holding on last lettoe, number of tenants on each property on the let day of May 1846, the number of tenants on each property on the 1,1 day of May 1849, the nano s of the schools in immediate onnexion with the commiseioners, sad where situated, with to number of boys in each, on the lit day of May last ; and he number of buys taught in each school gratis in each yeir for the last seven years, ending on the 31st day of December 1848. On the motion of Mr. BATESON, copies of articles 35 and 36 of the seakil ore.ers of the Irish Poor-law Commiasionets, dated the 6th day of February 1849; of all eirrerpondence (if any) between the Irish Poor-law Commisiouers and the Roman esthetic clergy relative to article 36 ; aid, of any cor respondence on the same subject between the Dish Poor-law Commissioners and their inspector s, and alsobetveen the com missioners and the board of guardians of the Belfast union. THE LATE EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND. Mr. AGLIONBY was induced by certain statements which had appeared in the money article of tin Time, and which were calculated to excite great alarm lathe minds of those who had Irked* in New Zealand, to ad the Under Secretary of Stat. for the Colonies, whether see further ac counts have been received from that colony os the subject of the earthquake which had been felt there ; and whether the extent and amount of damage is known ? Mr. HA WES stated that sines the despatches of the 25th of April, which were on the table of the house no despatch from the Governor of New Zealand had comet° hand; the Colonial-office bad, however, received the otlcial gentle published in the island—(they had not been Rewarded effi daily, but they might be regarded as official posers)—giving a more correct ace .unt of the damage done. It the papers on the table the total lea was estimated at 60,000/., and some details of the injury inflicted on the tows of Welling. ton were stated. Since then it appeared by be official sa dte that a commission had been appointed to inquire into the extent of the injury. The rate of this ommission was the 2nd of December, and by its report it smeared that the actual amount of damage done to the town was net more than 16,0u01.,including• lose of 3,5001. to the colonial go vernment, and 1,0001. worth of farming stock. Subsequently, on at 28th of December, the govenor, in an address to the Legislative Council, after retail's; to the earthquake, added : "Probably no surer proof coed be afforded of the real prosperity of this portion of tie province of Mui.ster than the rapidity with which its inlabitente had recovered from the effects of that calamity." the settlers had exhi bited their usual energy and persaveanoe, which had been second. d by him, end the result had teen that public co , fi de= was calmly restored, and commercial and other operations had, for some time past, bon resumed and carried on. (lieu.) This being the official statement, he (Mr. Hawes) trusted it would have the effot of dispelling any alarm that might be felt by the friend of the colonists in this country. (Hear, hear.) NEWFOUNDLAND FISIERIES. Mr. ROBINSON but understooc the hoe. Under Secretary for the Colonies on a formes evening that there would be no objection to produce the retort of the commis sion on these fisheries. Mr. HAWES rrplied that the hon. gentleman must then have misunderstood him. It would be cost inexpcdient to pr• duce the repert now, as nrgotiations sere pending on the subjset with foreign governments. REGULATIONS FOR IRISH PASSENGER STEAMERS. In reply to a question by Mr. Caurownx, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that the emit of the inves tigation which had bean made by Certain Denham bad established the necessity of the Board of Trade exercislog its powcr to limit the cumber of passeuign carried in the reamers trading between Ireland and Bigland ; but, before carrying that power into effect, he was duirous that the re port should be printed, in order that tilt steam boat pro prietors might be made acquainted with chat was proposed to be done. CANADIAN INDEMNITY BILL. Mr. W. MILES inquired whether the Colonial•offiee were in possession of the votes and proeeedi. ge of the vlonirl le gisLture in reference to this bill, and if so whether there would be any objection to lay them befcre tie house ? Mr. lIAtVES replied that all the votes end proceedings government had received had been alreadylaid before par liament, and any further pipers of that character on the same subject which might arrive would also re produced. Mr. W. MILES was atidetstood to ask whether any of the votes and primedings of the colonial legtilature had bean received. _ _ Mr. HAWES believed thatstme of them were to be found in the papers which Lad already been laid en the table. At all events, there could be no objection to produce any such documents which might be in the hands of the Colonial office ; but to the best of h's lumeledge and belief, ell the votes and proceedings of the Canadian legislature as to the Canadian Lamm Bill which had come to band had been ready laid before parliament. Mr. lIERRIES, having sal sequentey entered the house, rose to put a question on the same subject. He hod, he said, several times asked the noble lord (Lord J. Russell), and other members of the government, for the production of the votes and proceedings of the legislative boils of Caoada, showirg the progress of the bill for granting compensation fir looses sustained by reason of the Canadian rebellion, more especially for inch extracts from those votes and pro etedingo as would lead to elucidate the intention of the colo nial le quieter. in paring the bill in question. He wished now to know whether there was any difficulty in the matter, or whether there was any objection, and what, to hying such papers before parliament. In other words, he desired to be informed if:the question, whether or no persons who hod contributed to and aided in the rebellion were to be in demnified for the losses thereby incurred by them, had been mooted in the course of the proceedings on the bill, and if so, what had been the result Mr. HAWES had already stated, in answer to the question of the hon. member for Somersetehire, that all the votes and procee legs of the legislative assembly of Canada, received by the Colonial-office, had already been printed and laid before parliament, and that the government had no others to produce. ALLEGED CANNIBALISM IN BALLINROBE. Lard J. RUSSELL said : I am anxious to take this oppor tunity of answering a question which was put to me some short time before the holidays by the hon. gentleman the member for Kerry (Mr. H. Herbert) in regard to an occur rence of a shocking and revoltieg nature said to have taken piece in Ireland, and which had been mentioned in a letter *damped to me. I stated when the question was pat to me that I had received no official account of the circumstance, but I would make inquiry, end inform the hon. gentleman of the result. Now the statement as contained in a letter which has been published by the gentleman who wrote to me, and who signs himself 'J. Anderson, reotor and vicar of Ballinrobe, and protestant chaplain of the Bal inrobe workhouse "—this gentleman, I observe, prefaces his state ment by remarking " that he knows how serious a thing it is to be instrumental in exciting the public mind; there fore, it is with great reluctance that I make these state ments." Well, after thus stating his extreme reluctance to say anything calculated to excite the public mind. he pro ceeds to state the following facts amongst others. He says "But, my lord, I have yet other woes to mention, the re cital of which may in future put an extinguisher on that niggardly policy which has produced such results. The tali I have now to tell is so horrifying as to render all that has yet occurred nothing in comparison." Then he pea on to say : "In a neighbouring union a shipwrecked human body was cast on shore; a starving man ex tracted the heart and liver, and that was the maddening feast on which he regaled himself and perishing family." On referring to the authorities in Ireland, my right bon. Mend the Secretary for Ireland (Sir W. Somerville) ob. tabled the depositions made at the time, and reported to the poor-law commissioners. The circumstance to which refs. renal is thus made, I should state, occurred in November last, the date of the letter being May 19, 1849 ; and the house will observe what the circumstance really was, and that it was of a character totally different from what was re presented by this person who is so fearful of unnecessarily exciting the public mind. (Hear.) It appears that it °c entred in the Clifden Union, and that a labourer who was at the time in constant employment, being employed by • farmer in the neighbourhood, found • dead bony rest upon the shore. This person, I should say, is represented to have been a man of • final:laxly voracious appe- tite, but not at the time suffering from distress himself, being, as I have said, in the receipt of regular wages. It is true that two of his sisters were receiving relief, but he was not, but was regularly employed at regular wages. When he toned the body, he did not appear to know that it was a human body, and he proceeded to cut out a part of it, and was about to eat it, when some of the neighbours remarked that it was the trunk of • human being. He said he was not aware of that, and it does not appear that he ate any portion et the flesh, whatever his original intentionnrght have been. The inspector, Mr. Briscoe, made inquiry into the circum stance, and the result has been reported as I have stated. ((War, hear.) But it does not appear that the man was in distress at all, and it was not at the time considered ' • ease that demanded further inquiry. Such being the circumstance, and the nature of it being go totally diffe rent from that which Mr. Anderson represented it, and which naturally induced inquiries on the past of the him member for Kerry, I felt it my duty to give this explana tion as soon as 1 possibly could after the meeting of the house—(uar, hear)—and I only wish further to Oren., that stateme nes of this nature made not only with much exaggeration, but with a total distortion of the facts— (cheese)—are calculated to produce a wet unfortunate effect, and to make peruses disbelieve stories accurately founded on what has really occurred, many of which, I em sorry to say, are but too uu-, and to weaken public sympathy for the very severe privations to which a great part of the population of Ireland are unhappily subjected. (Cheers ) THE MORTALITY IN BALLINASLOE. Sir G. GREY said, with regard to a q'. sti "t which had been put to him berm* the recess by the bon, member for Limerick (Mr. J. O'Connell) rehtive to the BalLossloe union, be had received • letti r from Lard Clstearty, the chairman of the board of guardians, whic:i it +es due Lim to refer to in order to correct a s tatement that h e (st r 0. Gre) had made as to the mortality In that union. He lid stated, on that noble lord's authority, that the mortality in the Rallinaslo• workhouse was rapidly decreasing, and th t on the haft day to which he had rteeired any iu!urcostion it had been seduced to six. Vllun Lord Clanearty r. - turned turned homs ho found that that atattatent was incur- reet, and that the cumber of deaths had not been so low as six in any one day, though in tiro days taken to gether it had bean 11, so that substantially, alter all, the Oakmont was borne out. (Hear) With regard to another question put by the hon. member for Dublin, with regard to the employmeat of the organist of the parish church to assist in cempounding medicines for the poor, Lord Van earty informed bin that it was true the services of Mr. Norton, the organist—who bad been a medical eseistant— had been accepted to meet a temporary emergency, no other militant being at the time available, but that there were other medical oMosrs under whom he had to act. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that in the statement he bad made with reference to the actual number of deaths in the Billinasloe workhouses, he was misled by English as well as Irish newspapers. The deaths from cholera in these workhouses had, however, been very large, and that epi demic had been superinduced by want of food. (Hear.) THE BUDGET. Lord I. RUSSELL announced that his right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would make Lis financial statement to the house on Friday, the 16th inst. (Hear.) SEIZURE OF BRITISH SHIPS BY THE HANES. Mr. G. BANDAR'S asked the noble lord, the Secretary for Foreign affairs, it he had heard of the fain of several British skips with British property, sailing from the port of Barth, basing been seized by the Danish ships of war, and taken into C, penhagen, though the mid port of Berth is not one of the ports which haa been declared under blockade, or any steps taken to render it so ? Lord PALMERSTON said that all he knew about the circumstance was, that an application bad been made to him on the subject some few days ago, and that he had directed inquiries to be made at Copenhagen relative to the cue. Mr. SANDARS asked whether it was true that vessels from Hull had entered the Scheldt, notwithstanding the blockade, and that their cargoes had been taken possession of, and Danish lieutenants put on board. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. GLADSTONE asked whether the right hos. gen tleman the president of the Board of Trade was able to state when the bill would be introduced for the better ma nagement of the Merchant Seamen's Fund ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that he would be unable to answer the question until the bill for the modification of the navigation laws received the sanction of the other house of parliament. REDUCTION OF THE COAST-GUARD SERVICE. Sr J. TYRELL raked whether, in conwquence of the ' great redaction which had taken place in the price of provi sion. generally, and also in articles of import of French manufacture, her Majesty's government contemplated, or were carrying into execution a great reduction in the coast guard service of this country ? He was led to put the ques Lion because he believed the horses and cavalry belonging to that service throughout England had already been sold by auction. He wished to ask further, whether on the south coast of England the French had not contracted to supply some poor.law unions with provisions. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in an swer to the first question, that it was considered possible to reduce the Coast Guard Service. With regard to the second qu stion, the government were not in possession of any information to the effeet that the French had contracted for the supply of any poor law union. (Hear.) Sir J. TYRELL—Are not the horses belonging to the Coast Guard selling at the present moment at the reposito ries in the City ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Not that I know of Not by law. (A laugh.) Sir J. TYRELL—I beg to usurp you that they are. (Laughter.) THE EVICTIONS AT TOOMEVARA: Mr. SCULLY begged to call the attention of the house to the demolition of the lugs valise of Toomevera, in the county of Tipperary, and to the eviction of no fewer than 600 of the i.uhabitanta of that place, which took place upon Thursday last. He wished sto ask the right honourable gentleman, the chief secretary for Ireland (Sir W. Somerville), whether the tenet& of guardians in the different districts, and particularly in the Ne.nagh union, were not bound to make provision for this numerous body of wretched individual', or whether the poor law commis sioners were prepared to take immediate steps to provide for their stray ? He had been informed that some hundreds of them, sine. their eviction, were dying, and takiug shelter ender the trees by the roadside. The scene was disgrace ful to a Curistian country. He rgretted to say that the landlld in the cue was a clergyman of the established church. His name was the Rev. Massy Dawson. He was not a clergyman in the cure of any parish in Ireland, but he bad a pariah in England, and he resided partly in England and partly in the county of Tipperary. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said that before the question was answered it wax necessary for the house to recollect that a very strong attack, upon mere newspaper authority, had been made by the hon. member for Tipperary upon a rev. gentleman, with whom he (Mr ; Drummond) was acquainted. Mr. SCULLY observed that hi had received a written communication upon the subject. Mr. DRUMMOND said that such attacks ought not to be made without notice having been given, because bon. members must know, particularly after what had fallen suortly before from the noble lord at the head of the go. yernment, that statements coming from Ireland could not be taken exactly u they were written. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. SOMERVILLE agreed with the hon, member for Surrey, that attacks of this nature ought not to be made without notice. He had not received any official informs titan of the transaction to which allusion hid been made ; but he bad no hesitation in raying that if the board of guar dians of the Nensgh union had tailed to snake provision for those entitled to relief under the Poor-law Act, the parties to apply to were the poor-law commissioners. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said the question was well worthy of consideration, whether the house would not interfere and adopt some measures for putting a stop to the fearful system of evictions now going on in Ireland. ADJOURNMENT Oh THE HOUSE. It was agreed that the house at its rising should adjourn to Monday neat. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1849. SUPPLY. The house then resolved ltierf into committee of supply. Upon the question that the sum of 103,4671. be voted for the maintenance and repairs of the royal palaces and public buildings, Mr. OSBORNE expressed his admiration of the personal character of the sovereign of this country, and the feeling of the house that her Majesty should occupy a palace creditable to the country. But hon. members were bound to protect the public puree, and to inquire into the system by which these enormous sums were year by year brought before the House of Commons. He was sure her Msjeaty would be the last per on to wish that duo sums should be voted away without a proper inquiry into the system being in. stitated. Honourable gentlemen who knew nothing of the estimate', were not aware that, besides a sum of 7501., the re was one o' 50,0001 for improving Buckingham palace, making a total of 60,750/. The Chancellor of the Exche quer shook his head—(a laugh)—hut that right hon. gentle man would admit that the 50,000/. had to be provided. (Hear.) The house ought to know what had already been spent on Buekioghem palace. A committee sat in 1841, and they made • report, by which it appeared that the ag gregate sum expended, exclusive of the marble arch, on Buckingham palace, was 613,296/. If to this were added other votes amounting to 150,0001., it would be found that that palace had cost the country altogether 763,2961. Now, for such a sum as that the - hones ought to have been able to build • palace every way fi•tiog for the sovereign ot England, and not the sort of patchwork building erected in the hole in which Buckingham Palace stood at present. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) So much for the palace. The vote for Windsor Castle was for 6.5501. for stables and other detached build ings, and that was followed by a vote for 10,00 W. for an in creased supply of water for general cleansing of drains, sad especially for the further protection of the castle from Are. The entire vote was for 16,5501., and the house might proba bly say that that was a small sum. But he found that since the year 1824 there had been expended upon Windsor CAB' no less a sum than 1,498,5161. Thousands had been ex peeded upon it in the glorious days of Oecr,te IV. ; and amongst other items the sum of 267,0001. had th , n been paid for furniture. Was this system to continue ? Did hon. members deserve the name of . guardians of the public purse if they suffered it to exist? He hoped they would expn u some strong opinion upon the subject. It was net his inten tion to divide upon the present occasion, because if he did, he would probably go with only a baker's dozen into one of the lobbies. (A laugh.) But he wished to point attention to the fact, that they was allowing enormous sums to be squandered, and that there was no hnewing when the miateter would come down to the house and aak for on' ceased votes. There was, in addition to Buck ingham and Windsor, the new palace at Westminster, upon which 2,000,0001. had already been spent. They were' erecting a hideous gallery in the Howe of Lords for the re porters, and they would not be able, after all their expendi ture, to hear one word in the new House of Commons, (Hear.) He objected to the item of 41. 14s. in the votes for keeping up the Palace Cowl, rind he must enter his strong protest against that court in any and every shape. All the details of these palaces were given in sepa rate Totes, but he thought it would be a great improvement, and that it would tend to put hon. members on 'heir guard, if the aggregate amount expended upon these buildings figure din the votes also. He attributed no fault to the government for the heavy estimates they were bringing ft,rward, but he called upon the house to put a stop to the profuse expenditure which was perpetually going on. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought his hon. and gallant friend would admit that one of the most splendid buildings in the ehuntry hod been erected at Windsor, and that it was necessary to keep it in a Ferfect state of repair. Now, as there was not any drain at Windsor Castle, or any means of earring off the water, or any proper supply of freak water, means must be taken to make the required improvement., and to prevent the cala mity of fire in a building of that kind. (Hear.) Upon the vote of 14,2001. for the completion of the new east front of Buckingham Palace, Mr OSBORNE asked whether there was any estimate of the saw nee ot tarnishing the new wing of the palace ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the negative. The house would be put to no expense what- ever for furnishing. Mr. OSBORNE had another question to ask : what was to be done with the arch ? The arch had cost 80,0001., and there woe a charue now for taking it down. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could net -( what was to be done with the arch. It was quite clear it could not stand where it was, but where it was to be put had not yet been decid,d. The vote was age. ed to. Upon the Tote of 3,284/. for the temporary socommtdation of the houses of parliament, Mr. OSBORNE observed that upon these temporary buildinp upwards of 200,0001. had already been expended. The east of the ventilation alone had been 120,0001. Mr. Justice Wightman bad oomplained the other day that he was unable to sit in his over ventilated court. The counsel complained of pains in his legs, and the judge of pains in his head. (Laughter.) Now, that house was tolerably well ventilated—(bmar, hear)—but the cost of the luxury had . , bus enormous. - I The vote wu then agreed to. The next vote, No. 4, was postponed. Vote No. 5, being 46,7711. for the new packet harbour and harbour of refuge at Holyhead, agreed to. On the vote of 141,5001. for constructing harbours of refuge, Mr. GIBSON said be swished clearly to undentand whether these harboun were for military or commercial He had heard it doubted whether the works at t u o r s P e ° r et :Ould be of any use to merchant vessels. Indeed, the French regarded them as military defences. Mr. ROBINSON, as chairman of Lloyds, thanked the government for constructing them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that hefalydeisliedbefor; the miscellaneous estimates committee last year the steps which had led to the construction of these harbours. They were, in fact, constructed upon the recom mendation of the shipping interest. The vote was then agreed to, as was that of 10,0001. for the Caledonian canal. On the vote of 24,2331. for public buildings in Ireland and the inland navigation of that country, Mr. SPOONER, referring to the item of 1,2251. for May nooth College, said he had hoped, after the vote of lut year, that they would not be so soon again called upon to vote money for this college. He mast object to the propreed sum. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, as be had explained last year, the vote of last year was for addi tions to the college, but it made no provision for the ordinary repairs, to which this vote applied. Mr. SPOONER said he would take the sense of the com mittee on the vote, awl accordingly moved that it be reduced by the amount of 1,2251. The committee divided— For the motion Against it 96 —69 The Tito was then agreed to. 9,5601. for the works of Kingstown Harbour.—Agreei to. 93,2001. for the salaries and expenses of the officers of the two houses of parliament.—Agreed to. On 67,2001. to defray the expenses of the Treasury de. partment, Mr. GOULBURN said he could not concur in the trio ciple on which some reductions had been made in the Treasury It was bad economy to effect a saving if that saving led to ales efficient discharge of duty. In that sense be disapproved of the abolition of the two chief clerks, being convinced that these reductions would have the effect of throwing important branches of the public business into incompetent hands. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his obligation to the right hon. gentleman for his thus no ticing the sacrifice which had been made by his much valued friend the Secretary to the Admiralty ; with regard to the reductions and alterations in the Treasury, he took upon himself the whole responsibility, and be still believed them to be justified by circumstances. The opinion of those in the office and otherwise best able to judge of the value of those reductions war, that they would tend to the efficiency of the Treasury department. Mr. HENLEY thought this a favourable opportuoi'y to urge on the government the reduction of the salaries of officers, as a consequence of the reduction in the price of all the necessaries of life. He should, therefore, more that the vote be reduced by the sum of 5,0401., being a reduction of 10 per cent. on the salaries. If this were agreed to, he should propose a similar reduction in other items; but he thought it better to begin with the treasury. Mr. SLANEY said the parties proposing this reduction had opposed the alteration of the corn laws. If the reduction in prices ware permanent, he would support a reduction of salaries, but it would be right to wait a year or two to see what would bathe effect. It would be the worst possible policy to underpay the o '.cers of government. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the salaries of the higher offices of government had been in quired into by two committees, in last year and in 1831, when they were fixed at the present amount. Before 1831, the Secretaries of State received 6,0001 and fees; they were reduced to 5,0001. The Lord Privy Seal was also reduced to 4,0001. So that, were they to revert to the period referred to, the result would be an increase instead of a reduction. In the committee of last year, • reduc.ion had been proposed in the salaries of the First Lord of the Treasury end the Chancellor of the Exchequer; this was negatived by ' 11 to 2 ; and the hon. member for Oxfordshire voted against the reduction. The committee reported that they did not recommend any alteration in the salaries of the Leeds of the treasury. But the amendment dealt also with the selaries of the lower officers. As the hon. member for the West Rid ing had said, the other day, the officers of government gene- rally were not over-paid. I Mr. COBDEN—I beg your pardon. I was speaking of the officers of the army and navy, and I said that thee. on I active service were not overpaid, but that we had too many of them. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must repeat his conviction that the public to generally were not too highly paid, considering the responsible and important nature of their services. It had been said that the reduction in the price of provisions was so considerable as to balance the income-tax. He rejoiced that the hon. gentleman oppo- site bore such decided testimony to the good effects of thu free-trade measures, and should be glad to find such a re duction in his own bills as to bear out the statements made by the hon. gentleman. (Hear.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said, he should vote for the 'meadow nt. tie knew that the great mass et articles of consumption were reduced frrm 20 to 25 per cent. Sir H. VERNEY opposed the amendment. Mr. HENLEY said be did not think the salaries of the chief officers of government too high, and on that ground had opposed particular reductions in the committee. For the same reason he now 'wronged a general reduction of 10 per cent., believing that the circumstances of the country warranted it. Mr. COBDEN wished to state the reasons why he should support the amendment, inasmuch they were not the same as those given by hon. gentlemen opposite. Hon. members opposite had supported it on the ground that a great reduc tion had taken place in the price of commodities, and they attributed that reduction to recent commercial legislation. He would remind the house that if recent corn- ' menial legislation bad afiected the price of corn, it had not affected the price of manufactures. Cotton and woollen goads were previous to that legislation sold cheaper here than in any country on the face of the earth ; other wise they could not have been exported to all parts of the world. The recent commercial legislation had been of very Crest o.vantage to the c immunity which he represent el, and had so far rendered them better able to pay these sala ries. He wished to guard himself against being supposed to give a kind of vindict've vote against the government. The tone of hon. gentlemen rpporite indicated that they wished to take revenge against the government for their commerjal policy—(hear, hear)—but for his own pert, his vote would be given now on the same grounds as it would have beta five years ago. (Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that the blither functionaries in the civil departments were paid more than they need be. He was not, indeeel, for pay ing low salaries ; nor was he one of those who thought that cheap bread meant li•er wages; but he must say that when a minister revived 5,0001. a-year, there was room for reduction, while an ample sum was left to maintain the state, rank, and dignity of than great officers. He would undertake to say that it was more than double the amount paid to any similar functionary in any country in the world ; an I ministers of state abroad did not, he believed, find any diffi• cnity in discharging the duties a their offices. One of the advantages which he contemplated would result from put ting their highest functionaries on lower salaries was this, that they would probably afterwards set the fashion here, is imitation of that of other countries, of adopting . • greater simplicity of habit of lieing, so as t . , be able to indulge in hospitality at a less extravagant rate. If the salary of 5,000/. • year were reduced to 4,0001., be thought the amount would still be very high, and he did not think any man, whatever might be his private fortune, would be precluded from filling these offices. The filling of the office of Secretary of State did not necessarily involve any great additional expenditure on the part of the individual ; on the contrary, the man who had almost incessant occupa tion, bad but 'little time for extravagance. The mode in which the boa. gentleman proposed to save this 6,040/. was one of which he (Mr. Cobden) could not approve. It would got be rat to sltlltc 10 err cent. oft the wipda of ale warms. Ia the Treasury there were a great number of clerks, is emir fag 1501., 1461., and 1091. a year ; and in the same establish ment there were messengers receiving 701. With such salaries he would on no account deal in the same manner as with salaries of 5,0001. (Hear, hear.) And, if the amend ment were carried,he would certainly propose that the saving should be distributed in a manner different from that pro posM by the ben. g entleman. The country was indebted to the hen. ger tleman for facing the government as he had done by manic, a reduction of their selaries, and if the amendment were carried the redustion effected would, he believed, lead to cerrsepending reductions in other departments. If the First Lord of the Treasury had not 5,0001. a year, he would not, perhaps, get up in that house and say that he thought a bishop ought to have 10,0001. or 12,0001. a year. (Hear, hear.) Other important reductions might be expected to follow the reduction of the salaries of the 'sinister' of the crown. The committee then divided— Foe the amendment Against it The vote was then agreed to. Oa 25.4001. being proposed, to pay the salaries and ex penses of the home department, Mr. COBDEN asked the hon. member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) whether he meant to persevere in his preposal of reduction with regard to other departments ? Hau no tice been given, many other hon. members would, he be liever', have supported the hon. member. (Hear, hear.) It would evidently benseless to propose reductions then, but he would suggest that • motion should be brought forward embroution all departments. Mr. HENLEY said his object had been to lay down a general principle. Ac regarded the notice, he had not been aware that the nti , teellareous estimates were coming on that evening ; the printed notice rather applied to the commis sariat. If • general reduction were carried out, entending to.all the go vernmen t departments, he believed a saving of front 600,0001. to 100,0001. might be effected. Mr. MITCHELL loped that the hon. member for the West Riding of Yorkehire would binteelf give notice of a motion for a general reduction of cutleries in the government departments. The vote was then egreed to. The following votes were then pawed without discussion: 76,0001. for the salaries and expenses of the Forciga Da. partment. 36,900/. for war and the colonies. 43,0001. for the Privy Council for Trade. 2,0001. for the Wiry of the Lord Privy Seal. 23,9001. for the office of the Paymaster Gi neral. 6,6261. for the department of the Comptroller• General tif the Exchequer. 2,7001. fee the State Paper Office. 3,6401. for the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Comm elopers for England. 240,0001. was then proposed to defray the expenses one. netted with the administration of the laws relating to ti ts . . Mr. HENLEY wished to know why the sum of 103,000 1. in the previous year had been increased this jeer to 107,0001.1 Mr. BAINES replied that in the English expenses th e h e . crease in the present year amounted to only 8531., which was thug accounted for. In the early part of last year his right hen. predecessor was of opinion that 11 inspectors would be sufficient for the duties to be ?cribbage' by earn otheert. lit the summer he became convinced that it was no to have 13, a conclusion which subsequent calorie:use:lQ proved to be correct. Two additional inspectors were sp pointed, and 8531. was the amount due to them for the time they had been actually engaged. Captain PECHELL expressed his strong approval of the recent administration of the peter law, and hoped that be alterations introduced by the late Mr. C. Buller would be carried out by his successor. Mr. F. FRENCH objected to the item of 63.0001, for poor law expenses in Ireland, and proposed, as ae amend ment, to substitute for it 30,0001., the expense incurred in 1835. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that the expenditure had and tubtedly been very heavy during the past year in Ira , land ; he hoped that a large portion of it would not recto, trusting, as he did, that the calamitous CirCUM,Lintos which had necessitated it would be exceptional. Sir H. VERNEY pointed out that each of the English inspectors had 70 or 80 unions requiring his censtant per sonal supervision. The gallery was cleared for a division but none took placa, the mover of the amendment not obt aining a co teller. The vote was accordingly agreed to., • The next vote was 45,694/. to defray:the expenses of the Mint. In reply to Mr. THORNELT, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the issue of 2s. piezespromieed last year had been int. rrupted by the discovery that an act of parliament wool I be tithes eery to authorial the issue of a new coin. A bill, however, had been prepared for the putpase, which stood for hitch duction that day. 't he vote was agreed to. The next vote was 7,9951., to defray the charge of the Commissioners of Railways. Mr. HENLEY admitted that the vote under this h ea d was very satisfactorily decreased. It was rather out of curiosity than far any other reason that he would ask .he meaning of one item in this vote of 601. for newspapere, en item not occurring in the charge for any other public department. Was it that the officials in this department had so wetter!, nothing to do, that newspapers were to he provided for their entertainment. (A laut s b.) Mr LABOUCHERE said that hie sttention had not hue especially drawn to the item in quotation, but he te nerivell that the newspapers supplied were them railway journale the contents of which were expedient, if not abtolu ely emery, for the administration of the department. As to the vote itself, it exhibited a very material reduction apt that of the previous year, which was 10,6001., while the charge In tho first year of tke board was 17,000!. The vote was then agreed to, as were the following: 12,8221. for the record office. 11,8791. for the inspectors of mines. factorier. &e. 1,7551. for the salaries of certain officers in Scotland, sad other charges formerly paid out of the hereditary reeeennof that kingdom. 6,4641. for the officers and attendants of the household 01 the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. 24,2351 fin the salaries and expenses of the chief secretary of the LOrd-Liententint cf Ireland in Dublin and London, and the privy council in Ireland. 5,4561. for the charge of the office of paymaster of cid services, Ireland. 39,392/. for the salaries and expenses of the b 'toed of public works, Ireland. 39.0001, for 'oreign and other secret service. 277,762/. for the :parses of stationery and printinz and binding in the 1 public departments, including the charge of her Majesty's stationery-office. In relation to this vote, Mr. COBDEN asked whether there would he any ohjee. (inn to change the form of the blue-hooks from folio to octavo. The change would be to the infinite oce.vinience of every person who had to handle the volumes, end he was prepared to show that there would be a saving of (nom 20 to 30 per cent. effected by tho alteration. There was already before them one blue-book in the octivo form, a report of the sanitary comenioien, which diatinc.ly illustrated the gre .ter ronyeeience of that form. (Ilear, bear.) As to sta tistical tablet., they could be given just as well in the 'soars as in the folio !orm; this was proved by the elaborate tahles given in the octavo volumes of MtCulloch, Porter, and other statistical writers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the greater economy of the octavo form was disputed. Mr. COBDEN s,id be could prove the economy Le had staled before a committee, if the right hon. gentlemsu would give him one far a fortnight. 16,0007., to compl te the sum necessary to defray law chancre, and the salaries, fee., in toe office of the toliciter to the Treasury. 9,0001., ter the prosecution of offenders against the lees relating to coinage. 17.700/., for cornet , of sheriffs, formerly defrayed eat of civil centiepencies ; also for the amount requ:red to make good the deficiency in the fees of the Queen's remembrance in the Excheqtter, and for other purposes. 69,9911. for the expense of criminal pros' cations, and for other law chug., it. le..and. 10.3701. for the salaries and expenses of the isselreat debtors court. 73,7301. for law expenses in Scotland. 35,5001. towards the charge of the metropolitan i Dublin. 258,000!. to defray certain charges formerly paid out of the county rates. On the v to of 702,523/. for prisons and convict establish. meats, at home and abroad, Mr. HENLEY commented upon the increase which this vote had presented in recent years. Sir G. GREY admitted that the aggregate amount of the vote was larger than it had 'teen in former you-4. It must he remembered, how..ver, that no less a sum than 33,000 L had been transferred from the navy estimates to close esti mates for the conveyance cf transports from this country. There was also a further sum of 28,0001. on account of va riety atd prisons in Ireland, which had formerly been charged upon the consolidated fund. Mr. HENLEY said there was another item to which he wished to draw the attention of the committee, the txtravr neat charge for the maintenance of criminal lunatics. The cost for maiutsining 11l patients in Bethlehem amounted to .1,8401. per annum, a much larger sum than was arid is other public lunatic asylums. Sir G. GREY nit! the vote was less than it bad been in forms )ears. An inquiry was being instituted into the subject, but he thought it must be admitted that bromic' who had been guilty of murder and such dreadful crimes requited more attenUon and supervision than the or dinary clots or lunatics. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote was a sum of 125,0001. for public educa tion ice Great Britain. Mr. HENLEY said he bad not expected that th'e yob would have been brought on to-night. lie knew there was a very strong feeling in the coun•ry that it was not fairly ad ministered by the itevernmenL (Hear, hear.) The vote was agreed to. On the vote of 120,0001 for defraying the expenses of the Commiesionere of National Education in Ireland, Mr. GROGAN said he understood that the comtnissiorers had brought out two books of poetry—one a biographical account of the poets from Chancer down to the most need tetrad ; the other extracts from the same poets—and these for the education of pauper children. It appeared to hiss that the commissioners might bo much better employed. The vote was then agreed to, as were the following • 10.0001. for the school of design and for aid to preriarial schools. 2,0061. for salaries and allowances to certain professors Of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 4,0001. for the University or London. 7,430/. for gt ants to Scottish Universities. 3001. for the Royal Irish Academy. 300!. for the Royal Mien= Academy. 6,0001. for the Royal Dublin Society. 3,1001. for the Royal Belfast Academical 'retitle ice. 36,2881. for new buildings and firings at the BMA Museum. 1,500/. to enable the trustees of the British )(SWUM to de fray the expanse of collecting antiquities. On the vote of 1,300/. for the National Gallery, Sir W. JOLLIPFE inquired if' it were in content adios to provide better accommodation for the pictures of the Vet non Gallery. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the present state of the couotry, he did not feel Mame justified in proposieg any additional expense for the er..etio• of • new gallery fee thous pictures, although he rd n.itted that it would be very desirable to procure some more suitable accommodation for them. ' The vote was agreed to, as were the farming : 18,0091. for the geological survey of Great Britai n see Ireland the museum of Irish Industry, Du . 5,0001. for magnetic observations at Toronto, St. Ilelense ; the museum of prectiet in geology, London; sna liner Reyal and Colonel Bobbie. 2,800/. for complt ring_ the monument in Trafalga r-s q uare observations C ian ape tions ot G e o a o n d y H in o g p :n , to the memory of Esrl Nelson. a u n n d de N r 's t a he l) d i ir ell ec l ti n ol o l l a t n h ' S ' A l U d reso -for 4,019/. for the civil establishment of the Bermuda.. 2,0001. for the civil establithir.;nt u! P r i n ce Edw ard " Island. On the vote of 11,5781. for the eeclesisstical eatabli basal of the British Mwth American prsvinces, Mr. J. B. SMITH said he thought the time hail ease when Canada should support its own institution'. He ob jected to paying tor the church establishments of any coloay. Mr. HAWES said the rote would termlnate wilt the lives of the present incumbents. It wag rail at I'r , '.at is accordance with a distinct compact. [i i 9 die. IS 19 my 1133 4 37 4. IN 1 as. 62 11 112 I s. If db. t Par db. Ple. Per 7 111 d . 44 4 $1 27 11) Is 1i .S Idk. n s $ 1 ells. 34: