The Express. — London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

BIRAINGHAM, May IS. W. SToct-ExceAnon —The only tntaintia to -day was in 1• Elyannottank width NM dons at 47. Its patina It la wiita dear, will nei th er bay wag nen I. tea roma easaUdetary star of nilray ccacynaa. BBIS !VI,. M. 18. qu. 411 d. E d at market was better. CaWeston* I v deed at 23; Gera Weston New Mama, ttl ; Birmingham and Derby, 43. YORK. May 18. B ALI& —lca, Newcasll., alibi larwiak (G. N.E. Pia.), 41. 14. W. COWL-018001,03U, May 18.-Tkero was bat a I wo 'apply of Waft% at market to day, which was gene rally cleared off at le. per qr. advance over last week's d eices; red, 425. to 4ts. ; whits, 605. to 63e. Barley n0mina 1. 24.... and Peas were fully as deer as last week. Comma, May 18.-The amount of business transacted today was trilliag, but what sales were effected were os better terms for the seller than last Friday. We quote: Wheat, 17.. to 18e. Barley, maltisig, 29e. to 31e.; grinding, 25e. to 26.. Oats, old, 24c to 27i. ; new, 213 e. to 25e. 6d. Be, aid, 14e. 6d , to lee. 3 d. ; new, 12s. ad. to 13.. M. Dour, May 18.-We hue a firmer trade in Wheat, still, the &maul belied mime, le. more money was with difficalty obtalead. Other things rennin as last quoted. Wheat. red, 47e. to 495. per 46 stones ; whit*, 495. to 52a Beam, 345. to 37e. per 38 stones. Owe, 20'. to 24a. per 24 swats. Bexley, malde&.2Be. to 31s. pan qr. ; geindiog, 255. to 265. per 30 stases. Flow. 34e. to 364. • super, 375. per 20 samara Herrin, May 15.-Our marlin has been fairly supplied with grain to-day. There lass Nee a batter belied Inn the Wheat trade, and la per qr. whence on lest week, for dead runs, was readily obtained. Barley and Osts scht freely, at last week's prima. Wheat, 43e. to 50e. per qr.; Barley, 245. to 30e.; Oats. 20.. to 225. Uric, May 18.-For Wheat there has been a goad &- mead. sad sales made freely at last week's rates. Spring OM eeneeds full picas, sad meets a steady sale. The weather has bees warm and showery, which is made,our. *hie fur all wing emu. Linseed Cakse, Bull have bat a moderate sale, at 71. 71. to 71. 10e. per ton. Fresh sad pod fonign hare moved off freely, et well-sep ported prices. Rape Cakes are slow of ale, at Me. per ton en .hl Bones have been free of sale exobip, at ells U. to 97e. 84 . . reties. seenedine to quality. Of Liana the ar- Moth soothe of 900 bags from Bombay, and two eavoraeu Memel ; one on nurture' account, and the ether es m 44 . There bee costumed a good demand (or this late 41 the learn, and last week's prises ha ve been well stettelliaed. Bleak Bea may be quoted 41e. ; fins Petersburg, 40 s. ; EVA, 371. to M. ; Memel, beat crushing, 375. to 385.; smiddllng, Si& to 365.; inferior, 32. e. to 34'., per quarter., acurthe, to 5 and eonditian. The fellow g are present pricm pm :- qr., Linseed, Black fi?e, 411. to 41s. el. ; Ales- Mk ; Bonslay. 42.. to 43 . i St. Petersburg, Sae, ello. ; geed cradling, 375. to Ms. ; inferior, 345. to Ms. ; 1019, 37e. to 32 5 . ; Memel and Konigsberg , 3 3 5. to Ma ; duo, hr feeding, 40s. to 42a. Rapes*, d, per last. Ostrom emd Danish, 301. Cloverseed, per ewt,, duty paid, red. to Mk ; white, 335. to 40s. Wheat, English, old, olties.l pg quarter, 43e. to 60s. ; new, 435. to 50 s. ; old , red , 411. to 48. ; new, 42e. to 48s. Foreign, flOibs. te the to bieh-mixed, Bettie 46e. to 60e. ; Hamburg, red, Ms. to 445. • Polish Odessa, 395. to 41s. Barley, pee v., malting, 2 . 55. to 284. ; grind i ng . per 30 stone, Ws. W. to 211. Oats, per qr., 01d,165. to 18s. ; new, 15s. to 18e. ; Emmiass, &e., per so.. 9d. to 10d. Peas, per qr., white, beams, 27.. to 30s. ; blue, 30e. to 36e. ; grindieg. 631 b. pre Masi. 26.. to 27.. Beane, old, 28s. to 33e. - new, Ma. le 33a; 255. to 275. Tares, grin din g . 6 31 b. per Withal, k WP t d 0 .8. 22.. Rye, per stoma old. to 9d. Ryseasal, par ton, 61. Oakes, per too, Linseed, English, 71. 7s. to 71. 10s. ; foreign, 61. Os. to 71. ; Rape, English sod foretell, 4/. lia. to 41 71. M. Nat, 41. Bones, Cattle, per too, 41. 12i. id. to 41. 17a. ed. Oaaao, Aflame, per tie, Q. to 81.10.. Lutcout, May 18.-We have had a moderate theme Wheat at market today, which last with a free sale at telly le. advance. Beans the turn dearer. Wheat, red, 42e. is 475. ; white, 62.. Barley, 28s. to 33a. Oats, 14s. ter Els. Beans, 30e. to 34a. Lmaxmco., May 18.-Refresbing showers aad suthine alternately, moompanied by a seasonable degree ei bid, M vies therestmiselt the weather daily stun tie end of lest week, the asps around us are now progressing onward with extracedlnsry vigour sad under the meet promising aspects; which, by the reports from various puts of this country and Ireland, appear to be extended generally. No seeable ire =however, has been produced upon the trade here Tuesday and to-day, and although, during that period, Wheat wan not in suave request, it was held aunty at our last quotations; States Flour, being saleable et full Czeand Indian Corn, still commanding a pre over every other article, continued to improve in value • all other grain remaining unvaried. The receipts isto t his port coastwise and from Ireland since Monday last are trivial, and very little grain from the latter source can be spored for export before harvest, whilst the imports of Euro pean and Egyptian reduce include chiefly a moderate quan tity of Wheat, with a good supply of Beans; and from the American State* 8,139 qrs of Indian Corn, with 6 076 tirls. Flour, as specified below. Having again to report a good attendance of town and country millers at our Corn Ex change to-day, all descriptions o' British and foreign Wheats were taken rather freely; sad, se shipments from the Nor.b of Europe are still interrupted, holders evinced more con fidence, and realised an advance of fully Id. per 701bs. upon the cement rates of Tuesday. Amnia& Flour &la met a geed demand, and the stack here baying been considerably Maud of late, an improvement of 3d. per band upon the annexod quotations was readily acquired, with a tendency rather upwards. Barley, Malt, sod Pees, moving slowly to consumers, merely austalui their previous value. In Beans we bus no change M net., except in Egyptian, which receded 6d. per qr. Oats, lnlng soiree, were the tors darer; and Oatmeal, upon a gesi► rat sale, supported late prigs. Indian Core ' notwidegend fag advises today from Cork ennonnemg the arrival of ft- ' , viral cargoes into that port, continued good request this morning, sad, though slightly easier than yeaterdiay, fully 'maintained Tuesday's currency ; Corn Meal remaining sears", and steady in value. Arrivals into Liverpool from the 15th to the 17th May, inclusive : Wheat, Malt, 350 ; Oats, 203 ; Beane, 8,334 ; Peas, 900 ; Indian Com, 9.099 ; Indian Cora Meal, 393 barrels; Oatmeal, 666 leeks ; Flour, 1,434 sacks, and 6,078 barrels. SOVIIIAMPTON, May 18.-The attendance at oar market to-day wee good, aid a better feeling showed itself in the trade generally than foe some weeks past. In Wheat • fair amount el bagasse wag dose, at the ex'reme prices of lest week. In Barley little deism. Beans and Oats find a regular demosd at rather more money. Flour, 335. to 355. per auk. WAILITINLD ' May 18.-Tls• arrival of Wheat is good this week, the trade however is firm, and fully last week's wins are realised, bat the sale is not etzteadve. Barley as before. Oats sad Shelling without variation. Beans quit es dear. No mrimios is other articles. The following are the quatstioes : - Wheat, per qr. of 801ba to the bushel, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red, new, 445. to Os.; extra, 475.; whit*, 46e. to 484.; extra, 61a. Norfolk end Muth red, 435. to 45e.; extra, 48e. ; white, 43.. to Els. ; extra, Os. Lineolnahin and Cambridgeshire red, 43e. to 44a' extra, 465.; white, 43e. to 475. ; ;Mrs, Mis. ; Terbahlre, red, 41s. to 435. ; extra, 44e. ; white, 435. to 46e.; extra, 48e.: Dentate and Konigsberg, white, Ms. to 475. ; ex tra, 615.; Lower Blade and Hamburg, reel, 425. to 44e. ; emu, 461. Mediterranean, red. Wu to Me.; extra, 42e. ; old, red. 1847, 42., to 44 4 . Wat Sea. Barley, per quarter imprial, Norfolk and Ma. M 31a; extra, 321.; Liossinshise sad Yakutat, Sk. to ees. ; extra, 31s. ; essult. Ma to 30e. ; extra, 334.; egthi. lolls 221. I. 234 i beetl e /ft !IL ; extra, 28.. , 631bs. te the mall, eme, new, eri. l l iM e l br = toles. Tielm, tow ato 31a; elikath le ella. her od, new, Me. to Ms. 'OW, per slue, MIAs& to - 1141.; extra, 10d.; heeling, Bid. to 9d.; extra, 1 . , =,, ed. to 94.• extra, 10d. Shelling, per load of Ma to 23i. ; extra, 24.. Malt, per load of 6 Wilk 3A. 40a ; extra, 42a. BMW per imp. qr., blue ad elite Were, 28s. to 30s. ; extra, 32e.; grey and feed, 3k Mt Mk; extra, Ms. Itaposeed, per last Imp., English, Ell. to 2/1. ; foreign, 966. to M. Linseed, per imp. qr., 325. M ells. A mpere' dories! the week : Wheat, 11,697 qrs.; Bu lgy, 3 - Oats, 2277 ; Beans, 1,490 ; Peas, 443; Linseed, 17 i q, 244 loads. i CATTLB, dre.—BSVIZIAT, May 16.—We had a Mort supply of Smote sad a good show of Sheep, all of whisk wen sold, although rather slowly. Bed, le. 6d. to Se. par Mom. Mattes, clipped, 444. to 6d.; is wool, Sd pr lb. lxwran. May IL—Csemideriog that the fair washeld only on Wedassday, ]ens was a feed supply of stock. Of fat iambs lbw wee se mey ebeies specimen, bet plasm were melatelmed osnaliseieg the quality, Be. per some belay given he sew average geed Hew, sad a higher prim for the beet whisk were driven is. Cows sad Calms sold at from Si. to lIL, bat there was nothing very good in the Temkin. Poor steak meld sot be sold except at low CA I I I to 6d. per lb. The hussars making lm a lo P t s :for mc saves lutekei ry the Deameddre breedlag Calves were shown today. about 70, gels.. were meek low than last year, 15e. to 20a. per head as they sold from 35e. to 665. each. There was a good ;flu( amp, with I desided imprommeat la prism, fat ha *Mr wool being worth full lied. per lb., and in ems mess rather more was obtained. Store Blmp wen also quits as doer as last week; Lamb, 60. to 7d. per lb. KEDDIZIONSTO2.—At the Mel Monday fair, the sop. Ply of stook of all kinds was below Ma armee, tat, notwithstanding this, besieges was very slack. Mika Cows Oohed from 111. to 151. 10s., including the calf, but assay were drives away unsold. Bed, whirl was not plentiful, roomed 6d. to ild. per lb. • Metter , in the wool . 6d. to Bd.; sad without wool, morapiabont id. Very little done in Hones. Stem Pigs ware mum. LBUIRITIS, May 18.—la consequence of the his last Saturday, the supply of both Beef sod Mutton to.day was short, bat the demand was good, at the followleg primes : Beef, 64. to 54d. Mutton, 6d. to 54d. per lb. rltubber of Cattle at market: Bwa, 44; Sheep, 398; Calves, 41; Pip, 4. LYNN, May 15.—The show of store stock, soaslatlag ei Soots, Shorthorns, sad Irbh, cm rather small, bet business was more lively, se the peas, part were disposed of at an early kw. Fat Buses lb 4 hw, from U. Id. to Bs. pr Wee, with a *waft gem we leadly_illed. OWtig to the LW Waist wene wady dt ga ' g na w =area Slime M. to Is. IL per stone. with a SW Pip hem Mo. to Me. per head. Pet Peek ham is. 111. to Is. per Mem. Benda, 313; Sheep, 1,484 ; Sit Momenta/8. May 18.--By the WON; sinking the offal. Beef, per be., b. Is de. M. Matti" pm lb., ed. to 644. Veal, 6J. to 644 Lomb, 9J. Pork. per none, fe. 9d. to W. Rough fat, 3e. 6d. per stows. Row Hides, lo 34. to ls. 6d. Calcskins. 61. rr lh. Cattle at wait Beasts, 86; Calvet, 40; She , p, 672; Limbs, GO; Pigs, 6. SHIPISTON ott-Srova.—This fair on Thursday wee very thinly attended, both as regards dealers and Cattle, and eon s. qo. ally the trade was very dull. Mutton fetched about 4 id. without wool, and 6d. with wool. Bed brought scarcely 6d. per lb. Wanunaith, May 16.—The number of Beasts was 600, tad Sheep 7,300. Prima Beef, 6s. to Se. 3 d. per stone ; Mutton, 4d. to 64. pir lb. SWUM.= was beiskotherly all the stoek being sold. Torii, May 18.—We hart a small supply of Calves and Sheep, but a good show of Lambe. Calves, 64d• to ed. Sheep, 644. Lamb, Bd. to 814. per lb. Don's Mots CATTLE TRYST.—Tbis market was held on Moseley last, when there append on the stenos a fair ave rage supply of fat and grass cattle. Primo quilties brought from Si. 6d. to 6s. Bd. per Match stone ,• entreat, 69.34. Two year-olds sold at from 61. to 101. ; and year-olds from 31. to 51. Caleiss Cows were tho turn lower, and a stiff sale. Tke market on the whole was considontd dull, and pert was left unsold. FOTWAIL—Our market on Wedoinday was well supplied with stock. Fat mold from fle. to ee. 6d. per Dutch stool, sinking the offal. Young Milelt Cows were eagerly bought u but there was merrily a purchaser to be found for an o/d C o, ow. Cates for the gnu were more in demand than at our April market, bat ssles rather dull, and • little advance of price. Some lots changed heeds, at from 101. to 121., and Cattle of that description were mostly all sold. Gurectow, May 17.—The supply of Cattle at this morn ing's market was net Dearly so good as that of last week , either in number or quality, which had the effect of starting the prices for the best from 31. to 4s. parewt. The best Ox Beet brought from 443 e. to 48e. 64. par wt. ; second. tram 43.. to 455. Cows, Buls, and inferior, from 365. to 40s. per cwt., sinking offal. There was a very small Sheep market, with prices fully 2e. a head up. Best aged Wielders brought 614. per lb. ; second, tram 5 4 4 . to 51d., sinking offal. Lambs were in good demand, at horn 15s. to 21s per head, accord ing to weight and quality. Fed Calves are still dull of isle, at from 53e. is Soo. per cwt. Pigs generally in good de. mead, at 425. per cwt for large and i n at hem 40s. to 435. COVENT. GARDEN. lowing ars the prices : r •This Monsing.—The fol- Pim Ap*. per lb., Oa to Hr Orspoi, baboons. per lA. Be to 10e fereteo. pee lb, 11 to :Is Steowberries. per oz., Id to Is Apsios, deseert, plf bosh.. Is to 11e Mahon, ditto. es toes Omer. perdu l l- .11 pee 100. els to lee Lamar, perdoe., b ta per WO, Ts to He Contents, per peek. es to Ts Almonds, per peek, is swat, per lb.. le to 36 Walnuts, pee 100. Is dd 2. Pit Ids to fis Nat.. Utroldoos. per b., 10. to lb per 1006..60. toted' z Ce l an' WM.. Ws Pa Me pr both..ll. to 108 ABLE& Nips, rar bust& SI dos. to 4d getm Os le Ts le to le A p. lkses.ls 6610 pot di to Mt Ar eore ce =lll.. to Is Javeales. y Y. ero. fd to Is IMO" Oef. Pff IV 46 99 96 pee sem, to St foam per raft Is to * Einbromarftell lo BENI pit 714.11 l• 3d Peessl. pee log apory. pr lood‘ =ror bork id to oft pp dor. boa. W t o t lords& par tlglo 01 It d to Is Id =gook por.boo..Sd to ts Ns. P 1001416.3 OM 44 Caldera, pet dm. Al to Lid - NA pir dad , dd to lb 02=erdoLlsoi.ls ild to OAK per bodt. Ls to b Ideas i 6d to Lid gond. sos t e Is Potatoes. per Om to Ws pot owt., to lb we boddi.dd to ls NiniSl t erdos. boweb..ls tab Itod ilko l l i :j b o . 1. Homo U to b =lldk Pad% UN to St psi parrot. Is so Ss sal wr bwobt...d WU el frwirdk pot WO. So to Ss Niumolienc shah. Is Looks. pw Ida. dd 4 t 1 to o Is =441 WAN. low b pod lik 44 wid Oarrols. tose dos ss. Ss to ft aplomb, pot Womb to ts IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FitiDai, MAY 18. The LOAD Cumcctit.ort took his seat at 6 o'cksk. PRIVATE BUSINESS. SECOND READING.— The Aberdeen Destitute Fe male Orphan Asyium (Dsvidsoa's) Estate Bill. THIRD READINGS.— Saint Borough Water. works, Marks% &a. ; Bary Saint Edmund's Gas Company ; Bills. PUBLIC BUSINESS. SECOND READINGS. Sewers An Amendment ; Small Debts (flodand) Act Amendment ; Bile. COMMITTEE.—Leasehold Tenure of Lsnds (Ireland) Bill. THIRD READING.—Poor Laws (Ireland) Rate in Aid Bill PETITIONS PRESENTED. AORICCLTUNAL DISTRIM — By the Marquis of HAS. TINOS, from several places ; Lord SANDY& from places in Heruerdshire ;—oomplaining of agricultural distress, and praying for nlicf. PILOTACTION or WOltsX Bru..—By the lifnuttis of EXE TER, from various plat-6 • the Bishop of WINCHESTER, from a pine not heard ;—in favour of this bill.. OFFICIAL RIPONTII or TNIIR LORDSHIPS' PARLIANIXT ART PSOCRIDINOII. — By Lord LYNDHURST, from short hand writer, who are parlitary and law reporters for morning newsparn, warfare metf their lordships should de termine upon having en official report of their proceedings, as an historical record or otherwise, the petitioners' claims to be engaged in the preparation of such report may be taken into consideration, and that they might be examined. if neosmary, in support of he allegations of their petition. RATS IN AID Bal.—By the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, from an individual, against this bill PAPERS PRESENTED. CANADA--By the Idsrquis of LANSDOW NE, despatches and papers relative to Canadian affairs. NOTICE OF MOTION CANADA.—LottI BROUGHAM. oa Friday next, to call ' the attention of the house to Lord Elgin's despatch. HIGHWAYS BILL. The Earl of ST. GERMANS unseated a report from the committee on the Highways Bill, and npressed hit re gret that they had determined up in recommending that the mean's should not be proceeded with. Committees of both houses of parliament lid, in 1838 and in 1840, reported in favour of a change in the law with respect to the regulation of highways ; and he trusted the subject would not be last eight of by the government. OFFICIAL REPORT OF AT THEIR ES. LORDSHIPS' DEB Lord LYNDHURST, on presenting the petition from short-hand writers connected with the morning newspapers (the partkulan of which are noticed above), moved that the same lee referred to the select committee on the acoommoda tsar of the hones. (Hear, hear.) Agreed to. INVASION OF ROME. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE took the int opportunity of rising to explain • matter connected with tt ee answer whisk be gave to a question pat to him by the noble lord behind him (Lord Remnant), u to the Invasion of the dominion of the Pope by three different powers in Europe. The quince was whether the designs and intentions of Meer penes bad been communicated 0 her Majestys go memaint, and he stated that • communication had been made by the French government to the Secretary for Fo reign *fairs of its intention to undertake that invasion whisk their lordships had seen undertaken by the nosonien. ant, of Civita Vecchia, and afterwards by an Meek on Rome. He further stated that no regent onemoinkotion had been made by the government of Amnon or the government of Naples. In satfshsesy in dereheeMy, be was lestilled in stating that no camenuniestioa of • hems l mire had hem made by the Amble& govern ment ea the ealgest, beams there was ne nosed of each rammemiestlen - se the Feesignueem Urea application to his noble blend the Searermy be Foreign Arens he toend thee se seek immenniesdea had been made in any regular hem The Rail of ABERDEEN mid he was happy to have heard the staimeme and upleanies mule by the noble mar quis, and he lei se doubt it wes egneabie emu hi nge to have ark sash • statement; bait he add nee het; ebegreng men the enmities la whisk be woe planed. UM* noble marquis had said he was igament whether say am annisetien bad been made by the Amelia goverment se net, it would have bees Ward gam\ ; bet thoughis seer gob. in a Wei men 'aphelia and ailignm—md se mei eof be mere mime sad emphein Men thee i l --mid he bed le Whim the hems thee se ease = whatever had been made by the Austrian government to the goverassest of this seastry, and sow he said Met Se Mena be justified In saying that no reenter esumemleetins reedie. But ths noble sump& weld nn Ore the essesensbution made by the Fres* ce mimosa wee wily verbal—no note wan presented—ft an del gememmigalise ether than a verbal espremenialisa of their ineentina wee made ; and yet that wee WU selleisne to sad* her Majesty's government, although the gmemment of had mitten • noes an enegemed la the vogue herniahisk the French statement bed been mode. The Marquis of LANSDOWIII d d nee MW to paling the disguise; and, without educing M ghee had filen beet the noble mil as to • matter hag gene by, he would merely my as to the two inisamiertiens from the Fran* end Austria governments, that in the beter ease there hod been but ono scauresties, and in the former, see only = bat • gory d• despatch bad been formally mmensw to the Foreigandlm. (Hem, beer.) LAW OF BANKRUPTCY. Lewd BROUGHAM brought up the golden°, and re pert, and moved that it be peinted.—Agreed The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped We noble friend meal abstain from presenting toe bill fee some thne, as it mniedned many mists wkid timid require farther con iiisentlen. THE PROTESTANT CHURCH IN SCOTLAND. Lord BROUGHAM postponed until Tuesday oust certain petitions from members - of the united chunk of England and Inland resident in Seethed. NAVIGATION LAWS. Lord STANLIT, la laying on the table the ementiments he Intended to peepers on Monday next in the Navigation Malesnali the emus be proposed to take. Their hod desiiin, by a _way mejerity, that thee Nisei mine no no semidenwen WWI bill; he bad hit la Idll to mains be monism, Is wider time die It ft was he bkromdlblee 1111Iaalad milk WEN to snob Oh NMI mkt dissant It wee MINN, Is Mrs. dims le Or meddle ben , disk *said set le lesseimesa mak k. gdgigk. mil Todd see embeds smassor awoke - etas essomsowi et dm sews time lama NO/ les gemming. Hat. was et the dome of the WE, it `sippers& se Ms ems Ile semederetts be bed te i rc Smola sitsgstbar slier ass snide's= et tie oda* last pried* be bad to direst etteetios to nose No, OM THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 19. 1849. whereas the bill of the (overcast had the erect of destroy leg the navigation laws, end then re.enactiag a Pg• SU: per %lon of Mess, and on ether points acting on the principle of retaliation on forage power s which might not secede to our principles, kis mode of action would he exactly th e opposite ; be would proceed on the vigil* is the 'Aida navigation laws, but provide that is main ewe. mime we might receive lull reelpreeity ken amigo mime, her Majesty la come' , eimild be entimmeleed to drepenee with certain provisions of lam laws in game of melt (Mime. He should, therefore, , bum te MONO the meals& dal the repealing cl auses ma . Asked is am peen* ham, jip. ?roomed to maintain in - Serra givtidtmare en to MOM snip building establish ment% redoes to maims rardry co foreign ships. He the system of apprenticeship ; =." maaintala Ole pittereourse b. tw a this smutty aed her camas& Re also proposed to megnMis the Of magilla navigation laws, under emit es bei Miitefes advisers should think fit ...me in 111.10 &NM specified iv the bill. His eir was tomtit& Os post navigation laws, except in murk moss es smealeinime Wait be granted. Berl GREY wished be knew whether the amendments would be such as to asks it clear what were the restrictions to be maintained an my own shipping quite irrespective of foreign nations. Lord STANLEY hoped when the noble lord read the amodeseute he would fled them intelligible. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE made some observations, which were not audible in the gallery. Lord STANLEY did not thick it was binding on any noble lonl that he should give notion of any amendments on a bill which they were celled on to diseum in detail. (" Hear, hear," from End Grey.) He should not alter his opinion I. c o nsequence of the courteous isterniption of the noble out. Upon such a measure, which had only passed its second reading by 10 proxies M was not an unressonabla time to take eight days foe coosultiog those so deeply interested in it as to what modifications should be introduced. The Bishop of OXFORD laid on the table an amendment to the Navigation Bill, which he propmed to move on Monday. LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LANDS (IRELAND) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on Mon day he should move the suspension of the standing orders with reference to this bill. RATE IN AID BILL. • On the motion thatiiiisiillTsitsdiTiiird time, The Earl of OLBNOALL said be considered that the bill woald he • fail inasmuch as it proposed to rens swi oat fa n impoverished ninny. He was genvineed that the bill now before their lordships' beim genii not relieve the 21 bankrupt unions in Ireland. Me heel ageism before him of thirteen of those =doss. Ile teat It tar meented that the distress would bees great in ISIS es it bet hum in U4B. If that were so, and, giving the dieleMad galas the benefit of all the money they might OWN in tilea? ti o . f loses sad grants from fr iendly sone srlbs would be all spent, and a deficiency of email to be made up. The game of the Manehestre @shed men who urged it on was, that no =should make advances to Ireland , but t hat oh should be reduced to such a state that their =6lwould be worth nothing, sad then the Manchester w Norwich men might prams their estates for a bagatelle. He called upon their lordships not to yield to the dictation of these M an chester men, and not to consent, ruthlessly, to confiscate the property' 01 the Irish landlords. If they peened this measure, they aught rely upon it that they woulddrive from the country those 8,000 loyal men—that garrison of Anglo-Irish landlords, who were the mainstay of the protestant church. There were, however, numerous remedies within their reach— emigration, the establishment of agricultural schools, drain er and land improvements, and the promotion of railways. He did trust that they would not give measles to the people of Ireland to say that England had seised upon the moment of Irish distress to injure and destroy her property. He should therefore move that the bill be read a third time that day three months. (Hear, hear.) Lord CREMORNE supported the bill. One great ad vantage of the rate in aid was, that it could be collected all over Ireland at an avenge coat of le. in the pound ; but how could they estimate the cost of collecting an income-tax The Earl of HEMET could not agree that the coun try might as well pay one tax as another. One tax alight be almost unobjectionable, whilst ano ther was environed with serious objections. Such, he contended, was the case with the present measure. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL felt it to be his duty to Ireland to speak out on the present occasion. After hearing the evidence before the committee, stating on oath that the amount of the rate in aid would not be sufficient, and that it would not be collected without resistance, be could not come to any conclusion but to oppose it, and he was ssto nished that the government had persisted in proposing the measure. Men of all parties were hostile to it, and the press condemned it with one accord. The loss of the potato had entailed a loss upon Ireland of upwards of 60,000,000/. in three years ; in addition to this they had been obliged to import upwards of a million of tons of food, which bed been paid for in hard cash, to the amount of 30,000,0001 which made a grand total of 90 , 000,0001. n f food alone, a fact which would account for the distress of the °Gantry. Silver had elliappeared. The bank-notes too bad diminished in amount, there being now 4,000,000/. in circulation against 7,000,0001. in 1816. There was not a sufficiency of the circulating medium in Ireland to moiety the wants of 8,000,000 of people. He had voted against this bill on a former occasion, And he shield do so again. Ina STUART DE DECIES said that the question re solved Emir into a very narrow eompase, namely, who her the dietitian poor in the insolent unions of Ireland were to be supported *rough the famine ; and, if so, by what species of tax the sneer' of support were to be levied) Those who had spoken ea the present bill bad nothing better to proves, eind, that being the case, the only alternative was to pies the mean. Tic lid of WICKLOW mid that, entertaining se- Mews ebiections to the present measure, recollecting Om division of the other night, and seeing that every penes who was connected with Ireland, and who was net diepeulleat on the government, had opposed the rata in • be MI hope that ministers would have abstained from Win pieuleg it on the legislature, and that they would bra boa some other means of alleviating the destitution of his *sentry. Lord DE ROB opposed the bill, u wholly unjust towards the industrious men of northern Ireland, whose natural die gentent would be a far greater calamity than even famine. The Earl of CARLISLE having, on the notation of the Mehl reading of the bill, so fully stated to their lordships the ipeosids on which the government urged upon them the neemillewes edible measure,need do little more stalls final star eiMatial l than emphatically repeat the conviction entertained NENE and Ms colleague, that unpalatable and unwel -1 N, 21146abe, the manure was, there existed the most he. u aeseasity for adopting it The government freely ilehnitied That the measure was only justified by the serious, migumedeeted, he might well say the unparalleled, earissai which called it forth ; but he would contend that IMs enneirscy did justify it. A noble lord had spoken of the gennuaent as contemplating miracles by the agency of this bill ; the government contemplated nothing of the sort ,• I the government bad, after mature reflection, framed this bill as a means calculated, according to the best of theiriudgment, to counteract a great and imminent evil, but they bad never held it up as an infallible cure for the parWalar, or as a possess for the general, evil. A noble lord had asserted that, while the government were responsible for the propo sitiou of the messure, those who opposed it were in no de gree responsible for the Melte of its rejection—a proposition to which he could not orient. (Hear, hear.) He was pre• pared to contend that the results of rejecting this measure would be most awful ; and he eodld not think that thus who, after full warning given should, by rejecting the mea sure, bring about Ouse retold, could be otherwise than, at all 'nab, morally responsib'n. Earl PTTZWILLIAII said 'that his noble friend, who would not consent to impose a tax upon the poverty of Ire land, seemed ready _enough to tax its =Ty. For his own pert, be was Misled that if their we to reject this bill, government would within a week d evise some satis henry alternative, if not a property tax, which he himself had always advoca ted—at all events some other expedient which their lordships could not very well reject. Their lordships then divided. For the third reading 37 Agana it LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this hill, Lord BEAUMONT said that it provided no compensation to the owner for the loss of his reversion ; and on that ground he should oppose it. The Earl of ItOUNTCAf3FIELL thought it desirable to introduce a claw, providing that the owner should not be entitled to take advantage of the provisions of the act, unless he had And complied with the covenants originally imposed apes him. Lord MONTEAOLE observed that the Mil ought not to opera*, in eases ia which parties had forfeited the right of renewal. --- The LORD CHANCELLOR said the objector the billwas let to alter the relative position of the lessor and the lessee, hat to essmet that which was now ineouvenient to both into sm a rt metal. It was desirable, he thought, to introduce riiscat in the Srd clause, in order to meet certain objestless. The ME then went through committee, sad certain verbal areendneenta ware Introduced. Their lerdeldpa adjourned at hat-past nine. ROUSE OF COMMONS.—FiaDAY, MAT 18. The BriAzza took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. THIRD itWCEIS Drainage Acts Asmandst (snsorlatent of eats, extension of tine for soot olds. eff nem% pews' to levy and raise fart sr Estes and swam to gm ezinacteter and tails, and for sew pur poses) ; Ciesim-ctron adage Osman's* of aele, to altar antlisrind glassier. fiL) Hafsisesb elas- PI! 'T eat orabil, sod Oaku m sollwaY Nell awl Bald& Railway (Darassr ea Waimea ant bu iss, itc.) Bills. LORD, AMENDXRETS CONSIDERED. North Wilsons Railway (extaasios at laniastse Snack abandon. mast al Loath Broach, atm rood to Sottlomotioo, , ooloados of Woo he mobilo of loads on& osootrution of I web) BM. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL RETOIIII.—By Mr. MUNTZ. from inhsbitants limminuhatti ; Mr. COB I DEN, from Berkturespeteed, Hens, in favour of the above oijfettS. MAIIIIIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL.—By Mr. ANDERSON. from inhabitants of Kirkwall ; Bir J. HOPE, from Edin burgh, against this bill. Poo: Law, flooviaxo.—By Mr. ANDERSON, from the parochial board of Orkney, complaining of the operation of the Scottish poor law, which had produced licentousness, discontent, improvidence, gross imposition, and was destruc• tive of natural effection. COUNTY Counts.—By Mr. B. DENISON, from Doncas ter, in favourot the extension of the powersof County Courts. OATHS BILL.— M CHISTO PHER (3), from PARLIAMENTARY Lincolodiire ; R. By H. IN GLI S, from Maidstone ; easiest this bill. ARBITRATION TREATIES INSTEAD Or WAR.—Br Mr. CHRISTOPHER, from places in Lincolnshire ; Sir R. PEEL, from Tainworth ; in favour of this proposition. lan: Poo: Law.—By Mr. FAGAN, from the board o guardians of the Cork union, complaining of the operation of this law. BNYEANCRISZWEIR Or COPTHOLDS BILL.—By Mr. AG , LIONBY, from Ellenborough, Cumberland , in favour of this bill. Mr. WRIGHTSON moved that Mr. Osborne, Mr. Frewen, and Mr. Brien, be allowed to attend and vote in the committee on group 19 of opposed private bills, in re sped of the bills for which they were added to that com mittee, notwithstanding the clerk of the committee of .aelec flea has not received (rem them the prescribed forms of de claration, with their signatures attached, provided they deliver in such declaration forthwith. The motion was agreed to. Mr. J. B. SMITH moved that the petition of house holders and owners of property in the New North-road, Boston, and Its vicinity, against the New North-road (Continuation Amt) Bill (deposited in the Private Bill Office on the 16th day of this instant May), be referred to the com mittee on the bill ; and that it be an instruction to the coal. mitres to entertain the same, notwithstanding it was not de posited in the Private Bill Office within seven clear days after the second reading of the bill, by reason of the illness of Me. Hume, the member to whom it was intrusted. After a few words from Mr. W. Parris and others, the motion was negatived without a division. - - PRIVILEGE OF THE HOUSE. Mr. J. O'CONNELL wished to give notice on a mater connected with the privileges of the house and with the lag discussion upon the Parlismrn•ary Oaths Bill. In conse quence of h•viug seen in the Times newspaper another via ladon of the rules of the house by the report of the last dis cussion on the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, in which report not only the rale+ of the house were violated, but the argu ments of Roman catholic members were omitted, whilst the different arguments against them were duly inserted; he should when this Parliamentary Oaths Bill came before the house endeavour to esairtain whether strangers were pre sent, and, if that were the case, draw the attention of the house to the fact. CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Sir W.4IOI.ESWORTH asked the hen. gentleman, the Ui,der Secretary of State for the Colonise, whether he in tended to send out any more convicts to Van Diemen's Land, and whether there was not a despatch of the governor of Van Diemen's Land stating that, in his opinion, there was no room for convicts ? Mr. HAWES, in answer to his hon. friend, could not give him or the house any pledge whatever that there would be a cessation of transportation of convicts to Van Diemen's Land. It was the wish of government to send out as few as possible, at the proper period ot time and under proper regulations, but he could give no pledge of the intention to cease. As to the despatches of the Governor-General of Van Diemen's Land, indicating, in his opinion, that there was no room for convicts there, he begged to state that no d•spatch had been received on which such an interpretation could t e put. Ha was gciog to lay on the table a fresh bitch of papers relating to transportation, upon which the hon. gentleman might put his own construction. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE, On the motion of Lrd J. Russitxx, it was ordered that the house, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday next. ADJOURNMENT FOR WHITSUNTIDE. _ In answer to a question by an Hox. MEMBER, L - ird J. RUSSELL said that he intended to give notice that co Friday next be would move that the house, at its rising, do adjourn till the Thursday following. He might as well seats that, as it was in the power of the povernmeat, according to the rules of the house, to give notice on Fri day that the supply be taken on the Thursday following, he intended next Friday to give notice that the supply be taken on the following Thursday. AFFAIRS OF SICILY. Mr. BANKES said that he had given notice to the noble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that he would put a question to him this day ; but as they had now reached the usual time for commencing public busmen, and as the noble lord was not in his place, he would put the question to the noble lord at the head of the government. There were two quesi ; the first related to a question which he put to the noble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a few weeks since, when, in answer to a question of his, the noble lord then stated that the cabinet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land did recognise a separate Siciliaa government indepen• dent of the government of the King of the Two Sicilies. He now asked whether the cabinet of Great Britain still re• cognised a separate Sicilian government, independent of the government of the King of the Two Sicilies ? Lora I, RUSSELL.—My noble friend dated, es far as I recollect, that there was, at the time the negotiations were carried on with the government of Sicily, a de facto govern ment existing in the island. I do not believe that any de facto government is now existing, and therefore there Is no government in any way recognised. Mr. BANKES—The question having been answered that an independent government of Sicily no longer existed—that there was no Sicilian government now existing in Sicily independent of the government of the King of the Two Sicihea—the noble l'rd the Secretary for Foreign Affairs having now taken his place, the second qua den wee to this effect, whether the noble lord was aware that as the result of the permission which was Oyu by him to transport ordnance from her Majesty's store* leg the avowed use of the Sicilian insurgents (he supposed they might now call them so), end other encouragement ghee te these parties who formed an insurgent govern ming in Slily, this cireanutence arose : —Two steamers were sepged; sae t• sail from the Thames, the other from Liver pool. The steamer engaged to sail from the Thames was detained by order of the Board of customs. A question arose sad the matter was referred to the Board of Treasury. The Beard of Treasury, after duly considering the subject, and after having bad a communication, probably with the noble lord, and the noble lord having had a communication, as it had been stated to him—but he might be mistaken in that respect, as he had no information from the minister of the aces of the king of the Two Sicilies—but he believed a eammaication was made to the noble lord by the minister tithe king of the Two Slakes that the detention of the ves sel should be continued, the Treasury declined to interfere. and the vessel was at liberty to proceed. The other vessel she proceeded. She rear ed the port of Palermo at a oddest period, and sailed to lldanaillea. When she reached Marseilles, the minister of France, taking a different view of it from the noble lord, at the commend of the minister et the King of the Two Sicilia to the Cent of France, had detained the vessel in the port of Marseilles. He asked the noble lord whether lie had been aware of the (hounding's which had been oo stated to him, circumstances which appeared to be correct, and whether he considered that we had enforced those laws which it was in our power to enforce for the detention of welsh avowedly going to disturb the peace of a friendly gentry. Tbe question related to the detention of the vessel, the Bombay. Lord PALMERSTON said that the hon. and learned gentleman, under the guise of asking him a question, had given him as much complete information as if he had been, our own correspondent." (" Hear, heer," and laughter.) He did not follow the hoe. and learned gentleman through the whole of thew details as to what the French govern• meat bad done. He Auld my that the persons who com posed the provisional government at Pslermo had quitted Palermo, and at present, according to the last accounts, there was no recognised government there. As to the vessels, It was true that one verel did leave Liverpool, and arrive at Palermo. As to the second vessel, the Bombay, applica tion was made on behalf of, and by the Neapolitan minister here, for the detention of the Bombay, on the ground that she wee shipping in violation of the foreign enlistment act, and, therefore, she ought to be detained. The matter was referred to the treasury and customs. The foreign office has nothing to do whatever with the execution of the law, ex cept making known to the proper department any assertion that the law has been violated. The whole of the mama lion was carried on between the treuury, the customs, and the proper offer; and it was in consequence of legal *d eign that there was no justifiable ground for further detain ing the Bombay, that the Bombay was released. MARRIAGE OF ENGLISH NATIVES WITH OREIRS. In answer to a question by Mr. Ansisr, relative to the rights of English women in two instances in which they had martied foreigners, Lord PALMERSTON said that he would lay the cor respondence on the table. An English lady had married a It man subject, naturalised in Egypt. He died in Egypt. The natter mate under the cognisanee of the consul entitled by nationality to protest the Roman 'abject, and the British sonsul bed no right whatever to take any notice of the pro perty. The statement was made by the widow in this country, and instructions were sent to her Majesty's Consul- General to ascertain what became of the property. The in formathra was ascertained and communicated to the widow, bat the woe informed that the British government had no right te ; her husband being a foreigner, and &W -eikel is a foreign unastry, her claim mist fall within the eatiosality of her husband. As to the second ease, about Mr. Paget, he would luire if there was • letter. The can was entkely similar. A British lady, who married a fo reigner het in a foreign country her nationality. She fol lowed tie aationality of her husband. In this ease, it was en Malan subject who married a Bikini hug. is eisd it was in the Austrian dominions OW WNW Her marrying a British eMest e crlntis rho resciont la her own natural anginas, cola sot &vent her d o o f f one i o r e shamese erin usban try d na ur il :li l an; se qui nedo doctrineforeigner b y s i f b d o er lio do t li t r ft the b e y T n h a th a ti t e coali a 11t legalyT adviser, of the crown, and which no one was disposed to "PTO- OCCUPATION OF HUNGARY. Mr. WYLD asked if the Britieh government, having connexion with the coverament of Fiance, sent any protest against the occupation of Hungary by the Mosque, u the remarks of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs gave occasion to suppose ? Lord PALMERSTON—Her Mlesty's government hive made no protest on the subject. CASE OF MR. W. 8. O'BRIEN. Lord J. RUSSELL, having moved that the record in the case of Mr. Smith O'Brien be entered as read, said he bad now to move that the said Mr. 8. O'Brien, a mimber of this house, had bees convicted of high treason ; and he would state the course whim's he proposed to take on this ocessien, which he believed was without precedent ; but, being with out precedent, it was a case which would relieve him from any necessity of either proving the heinousness of the offence that had been committed, or of urging on the house that it was en offence which necessarily incapacitated the person who had been hitherto a member of this house from con tinuing to held a seat in the house. The precedents which were upon the journals, which would at all have any refe r reuse in this cue, wen of two hinds. The first kind was with respect to cases of high treason. The first ease that he should mention was on May 10, 1715, with respect to J. Foster, a member of the house. It was resolved " that John Fester, a member of this !nue, having been taken in open , rebellion, bearing arms against her Majesty, be espelle 1 tom this house. Secondly, it was ordered that the Speaker de Imo his warrant fora new writ." The other case was en Jan. 2, 1716, the house having been informed that J. Carnegie, of Forfar, being armed on the part of the rebels, during the; late rebellion, and th ere being persons at the door who could prove the same, they were called in and examined at the bar, and gave an account that they had seen him armed, and he was ordered to be expelled the house. The other cases were cases with regard to which *here might be a doubt as to the nature of the offence. He would not mention the partieulan, as they did not bear on the present case; but they were cues of perjury, conTintey, and various offences of the nature of nisch mesnour, on which there might be a doubt reasonably entertained who. ther, from their nature, they were such as to require a severe penalty. The present case of Mr. S. O'Brien is the case of a member with respect to whom no proceedings had I been taken, when it was said he was armed against her Ma jesty, when he became a prisoner, because this house had waited till the conclusion of the proceedings, when it ap paired, from the record whieh had just been entered as read, that Mr. S.O'Brien was wrens ed fur high treason in Ireland, that he was convicted of that high treason, and, the writ of error having been brought against the conviction, all the pleas were overruled, and the judgment confirmed by the House of Lords. He would therefore move that "It tip- I pears, from the records of the House of Lords, that Wm. Smith O'Brien, a member of this house, has been convicted of high treason." And when the house has agreed to that, he would further propose that a new writ do issue for the county of Limerick. Sir F. THESIGER wished to make a suggestion with reference to the wording of the resolution. It said, " con victed of high treason." But the noble lord would see that attainder did not follow on conviction, but on judgment. It should run " &Minted," the civil death resulting not from the conviction but from the judgment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that a middle course would be perhaps the best. lie would recommend the in sertion of the word " adjudged." The motion as amended in accordance with the suggestion of the Attorney-General, was put and agreed to. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that a new writ should issue for the county of Limerick in the room of William Smith O'Brien, adjudged guilty of high treason. Mr. F. O'CONNOR said, that having seen the motion as originally framed, it had not been his intention to offer soy observations, but merely to move, as an amendment, that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for the pardon ef Mr. O'Brien ; but, having learned from the rela tives of that gentleman that it would be more prudent to allow the question to remain in the hands of her Majesty's governasent—(bear, hear)—he should abstain from taking any further pert in the proceedings. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then put and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. The house resolved itself into committee on this bill. Mr. J. O'CONNELL observed that he saw strangers in the gallery, and strangers were ordered to withdraw. During our exclusion we were informed by the messenger that the committee divided on the question of leaving out, in the let clause, the words " and that I do not believe," the words being introductory to the following—" that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prolate, person, state, or p itentate bath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, authority, or power, within this realm." For the words Against The words were accordingly struck out. The gallery wee opened at 10 minutes after (flight. The house was still in committee, and the 6th clause ap peared to be under discussion. After a few words from Mr. Law and Lord J. Rusextt, having reference to something that had gone before, An amendment, which had been proposed by Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND, was negatived. Clause 5 was then 'greed to. On clause 6, " Act not to extend te Roman catholic,, nor to affect 10. G. IV , c. 7", Mr. M'CULLAGH proposed the omission of the clause. The effect of such omis-ion would be that catholic, and protestants would, in future, take the same oath. He said, as the committee had negatived the former propo sitions, he was fortified in hie conviction of the impor tance of giving equal rights to all. As the bill stood, every man, churchman, dissenter, or jew, got relief by it, except the catholic ; and he was certain the public opinion was against the exception being continued. He concluded by moving that clause 6 be omitted, in order that catholic incubus of b3th houses of parliament should be placed, in future, upon the same footing, in this respect, with their fellow-members of all other persuasions. (Hear.) Mr. W. FAGAN wished to state, as a Roman catholic, speaking the sentiments of his brethren, that it was most humiliating and degrading to take the oath in its present form, and it was doubly so after the proceedings that had taken place in the earlier discussions of that evening. He could not forget the taunt which had been directed arainst him by the hon. member for Warwickshire, in the discus sion on ministers' money, of having forgotten the oath he had taken. Without doing anything to injure the protes tant religion, he was confident he might take steps to lessen the temporalities of that church, and actually confer a benefit en the religion. (Hear, hear.) If he thought that the bill would be endangered by the proposition now made, he would not support it; but he did not believe that such would be the effect. Mr. J. O'CONNELL had no doubt that the amendment had been brought forward with the best intentions. But he was satisfied that the oath did not impose the restrictions which some imagined; and such being his conscientious view, he should act accordingly. Mr. NEWDEGATE begged to all the attention of the Moose le the fact that the bon. gentleman who had just set down revived the debate at the commencement of which be moved that strangers should withdraw, and referred to the speeches of the noble lord and the right hon. gentleman of which he had given a falsified risen'. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL.—I deny that it is false. Mr. NEWDEGATE.—WeII, then, • one-sided risunse. The hon. gentleman had moved the exclusion of those by whom the public were usually informed of what took Owe in that house, end, having done that, he afterwards get up and gave a one-sided risussi of what had taken place during that exclusion. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ARUNDEL said he did not mean te continue the discussion, but he regretted the exclusion of the public from the house. He thought the rule of the house which excluded strangers • • useful one, and he hoped it would never be abrogated. lie never knew the rule to be enforced hut once before duriog 12 years, and he regretted that it was enforced on this occasion particularly, because the public would not, in consequence of it, have as opportunity of reading a debate which was most useful and favourable to the opinions which he held on this subject. Mr. SPOONER thought that when it was said that this was only a step towards the r:peel of the Roman catholic oath, it was an argument for those who opposed the measure. lie considered it would be a violation of the eonstitution to to do anything with that oath. Lord J. RUSSELL was glad to find that the hon. gentle man, who was • laudalor tempOris acti, declaring that the act of 1829, which his said was a violation of the constitution, was now a part of the constitution. (Laughter.) With re gard to the proposition of the hen. gentleman (Mr. M.Cul lagh), he had only to say, that whilst he wished to make the oath more simple, he did not wish by doing so to raise any fresh objections against the bill now before the house. The bon gentleman pointed out objections to the Roman catholic oath. the present state of the oath at all events admitted the Roman catholic,, but it did not admit the Jews. He did not undertake to defend the various provisions of the oath. (Hear, hear.) That was no part of his duty; but, as he did not wish to rai-e new objections against the practical object be had in view, he must vote against the proposition of the hos. gentleman. Mr. P. WOOD said there were such political and yell sious objections to the oath taken by Roman catholic' that he would vote for the omission of the claws. The committee then divided— For the clause Againstit 64-49 The clause was weed to. The house resumed. Report to be received on Monday. PASSENGERS BILL. This bill went through committee. DEFECTS IN LEASES BILL. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL this bill was committed pro forma. amendments introduced, and the bill ordered to be recommitted on Thursday week. RAILWAYS. Mr. F. O'CONNOR, is consequence of communications with persons interested in the question of railways, post poned hie motion for the present for a committee to inquire into the transactions connected with the several railways in the United Kingdom, with a view of satisfying the share holders is to the application of ths funds ; but if government did not bring forward the question he should. The other orders ot tin day were disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter before 10 o'clock. SOUTH Ye tisAEV.—The late flee and oppor tune weather in h geis i, hpsur)sood has been of great ad vantage to the fanners. T agricultural operations have in consequence been permeated with briskly. The o show of blossom is remarkably good. Vie entrtsg. OUTGOING MAILS. The 'oak kr Gibraltar, Malta, Omen, me lonian Wands, u m. Admit, (Myles. India, Hong-Kong, and Clans, tin Vouthemi too," - X.1 be made ap this evening. The mails, eta Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceyloo, India, Hong-Kong, &e., will be made up ou mum s o tli e v 24th of May. Malls tar British North America and the United State IQ i g made up en the make of the 25th May. Its Blest India MiuM including Bermuda, Gamins, floodurea, New Orleans. sad Mexico, ant excluding Madeira, Et. Jusn-de.Nicersgua, New Granada, and pa % t be mods up on the morning of the 2nd June. opal the The mails t o or Madeir the 4ta, the h of Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, willis si b ing of June. 1110 K WATER AT LONDON MIDGE. Tow Do -lterelaip. Ma. put II ADAisom 041 - MA IL To-Uosaoir -Montag, 0 Ada put 0: Altansonal aft. t that in the year 1849, ne arly twenty yea rs after Id LONDON, SATURDAY, MA yl 9. IT is impossibl e no t to ark how it comes to pr was called a reform in parliament, we have beau seriously wenased by the forcible acquisition dm & by a Party. systematically opposed to every p r i c k& and to every me asur e abetted or carried by economy, bi h ed : s e ip ot without ewuoet of swelled perceiving Europe the ivi men and popular interests throughout that period. A few proxies in the House of Lords are supposed - uonf have ea lta v ati e wex d at us ion , if w the y h a li n a g v se upon nutvheed gwriftnume ti reactionary administration, which would have at icon in question, if not overturned, the very f Won of free trade —whit‘h would ha ve "as. of e consumers, which would have allied with ail andthar righby would not have shrunk from war itself in the prosecution of their policy. It is impossible to reed the . prou ctiooist speeches on the subject of the nat. gathole fort. and gist of their arguments goes upon a wee policy, on the necessity of mistrustirg and rival Mg toe neighbouring peers of the continent and of sacrificing trade itself to the paramount demands ofs war fleet and a war expenditure. The colonies are just treated in the same way,end contemplated in the same light, as our trading and tax-paying classes of home.. They are mere corollaries and supports to the military and financial resources of the gouts. mane. The people at home, abroad, or is the colo nies, are put out of the question. The government, always supposing it identical with, and wielded by, the aristocracy, is the all-in-all to he considered. To have it strong, wealthy, well-bore, and endowed with all the elements ot insolence and vigour —to defy alike the clamour of the lower c'sis cue the calmer demands of the middle ranks—saki the aim, the principle, and the programme of thole). tectionists. How is it that in 1849 the pc'ple of England ere almost at the mercy of a set of politicians a fall ow tury behind and apart from the progress, the necui ties, and the ideas of the age in which they live! How is it that the cause of enlightened liberaliet and free trade is menaced by this invasion of the Vandals, who threaten to bring beck feudalism, aid to rule us with the principle and the rod of pesters? The reason is, that the people of this country have for some time abandoned the care and defend themselves to mongrel and middle parties—to men whose sympathies and respect turn to the protec tionist aristocracy, whilst their intelligence and their f-are alone are turned towards the people. Atte the great conquest of the League, the middle-else, grateful for the aid afforded them at the eleventh hour, gave in their resignation, and abandoned the defence of popular interests to statesmen who nave supported them, except for the sake of creating poli tical capital out of them. The consequenee has been a kind of lukewarm, compromis. ing, semi-hostile, semi-conciliatory, 'wiggle, which has benumbed the country, left public opunaa and the public interests without that imposing and numerous party which should represent it, and which has commibed the management of affairs and the government of the state to two bands of penned condottieri, who still march, and drill, and ma. nceuvre, according to the old tradition of par liamentary and o ffi cial campaigning, but who really want the spirit, and the energy, and the capacity. to advance or even defend pop lar interest,. Hitherto they have kept the field at two divisions, two flying squadrons, simulating enmity and independence ot each other, thereby the I better to distract their foes , and parr y serious attack. They are now obliged to unite. The coalition be comes more evident and more near to its com pletion every day. And, when it has been accomplished, we shall find a government founded on a whi; and tory compromise, and based on the principle of the strati quo, b.:•und not to yield to any popular demencl, and probably receiving into tt ear ranks all three waifs and fugitives who cannot fail 0 quit the protectionist cause when all object has ceasql to exist for it. At such a critical prriod it behoves the people, and the middle classes, which are their na tural leaders, to unite for their own in terests and their own defence. They may depend upon it, that they have no true friends but themselves. Nor can they trust any, save those whom they daily try and come in contact with. We are aware how many impediments and obstructions there are to such union and association. The trouble of the continent have not only frightened the upper classes, who have communicated the fright to their dependents, but the continuance of a plitically troubled atmosphere stops that current ct busicess by againstetgahtttpheopfvwuel which our indostrious multitudes live. There is, how ever, a wholesome and salutary agitation ; and never area people more at the mercy da bold disturber than when it shrinks into passive silence and timid horror of discussing and entertaining, what, after all, are the common and inevitable topics of life. The citizen may be as timid and conservative u he pleases; he cannot with all that shut out the tax gatherer ; and the more timid and conservative he is, the greater will be the demand of that tax-gatherer. Even the alight economy of the year, the promise if not to reduce expenditure by the rule of its noes cities, at least to keep it within the limits of whit the present taxes eroduce--what do we, what do the conservative citizens. owe them to, save to the exertions of such men as Mr. COBDEN, or such awe ciations as those who have put forward the cause of financial reform ? So far, the Financial Reform Associations have done good service. Bat who does not feel that for the present they ye brought to a stand still ; that thee are arrayed against their principles and their recom mendation,, the three aristocratic parties in pada,- ment,while all Wbigs,Peelites, and protectionists, cry with one voice, that the present military establish ments cannot be reduced, and that the status gem in finance must remain a permanent incubus upon the emery ? In the face of such a declaration, and such a pros pect, the economist has but one alternative. However averse to politics or to political agitation, he meatus that through this alone he can overcome the coalition which refuses to take an ounce from his burden. Financial reform has become an idle hope, unless par liamentary reform be made to accompany or prelude it. And the demand of further and rational parlia mentary reform, instead of being an eh mat of poli tical disorder, is, by the admission of all, the best safety valve that the effervescence of society could at this present moment have. We have observed with great satisfaction the efforts, strenuou s but quiet, made to found a great Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association in this metropolis. The avowed aims of this association will be found stated in a kind of address in another column of oar paper. Those aims are moderate household suffrage, an extension of the franchise, which all must admit to be desirable and fair—nose would call it subversive. The Times itself abetted it some time back, and pointed it out es the probable part of some new cabinet programme. The ballot in a country where dependence of man open man is becoming more and more the rule of life, hes grown ! into a necessity, and the absence of it a grievance no longer to be tolerated. The inequalities and same dities of our electoral divisions, with tha duration of parliaments which tempts7persons to trade in politics independent of their constituencies, are surely abases which cry for amendment. Nor can tho men or the society which struggle for these things ba considered as throwing dangerous elements into ae political at mosphere. Those who consider such a current as this dangerous merely prefer those states of calm which always precede and produce the tempest. Our columns on Thursday recorded a meeting held in Southwark to further this great principle and aid is the organisation of the great pacific and 'Wm