The Express. — London, England, 1850-02-23 00:00:00

.~~ }• .1 THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1850. ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES. months a reheat, and as emir should be ablidsi to • vote set ia resdorkg wawa ••••0•• l• Mr. HUMS asked Lord J. Russ,ll whoa he intsaded to unk TlN n he ele should have held it hr lb* the peelled7 fee six Ineathe. M• Saks int vote foe the army or soy ? Lewd I. RUSSELL was aa d osoloo h to. is:, • i st wa di take bare Sealy bees a balding far twelve amiths wad to gums heed by.per k s e V e asemplarithat the paspess.af , the Sem vote as ld dab, we. k lie OM Is eato atm partbalar= ADJOURNMENT OF THE ••• _. _ _ awry mound 8C41 11(1b at Ha Oa the minim of Lord J. Rosauth, Iglo i ne i r s kw see ow, wa_ Tildes was ordered to Im adjoursed to . , peeled la elm gem It would ha temS THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES . *we was easaptioa la the MI, for the torimmbli BILLe iii I ' ,Inei i' .i ~ Is lt maimpfagesisise Mc as ermagire ip have kali beams- Lord Y. RUSSELL stated Isles „no , flab fee. IS ismaths-a pedal al four math, killer. this bill, in th e tit at Om because 11 , He irked the sibs UM at the Madam . her Illeket a ra there was to be a queasiest wbetkor *see wile WM two ',meant if I, wa n r i m i s she _ la Maas of lipids:ars el ass in the stossaik• swisales. that alma de happiest le he a safest la at as SL tits Wise should have boron it all the lafremation they not a haai sw aw hew e Ad ... n .. 4 . 11 seahl meekly giro up to Um lame time, sad that the papers if ha a d d ii - ,7„,w - a - ,,,, ase ri a - ;;;Tr tost . whisk ikwy had kesiesd should b• laid bele" Pnella - he be restricted by the pressen lie? Thsfehme l a ...01, sad skald be pat in a shape that Moeda (vision, he theaght the noble lerii mirk& lahre min lib brbg that queries alphas Wen be boom. He mam m a , , awmat to a aew isa- a w ma d ese - - -- a ow bad received &mamba that meniag from New mu. (Hear, Mar.) The noble lord at the hoed Isabad which it was imperunt the Muse should be w w e me s mea t re te s t me t enure d a w e 1 fa passe*. O. He should like, is be was Meat to post. w o w , hwei - x - • have to bring i n a bit k w pa h a . Peke the memo'. , the: iks "IL lad sal." rfi a titmll afi „„,_, 1 t..._ 116 ismsenry mesas be the United Kingdom. (Hem, hoar.) .. . a... um le =swab smooduent for at* paper o f saa'ag s ,sw• He was set gulag to se that there milted at pesseat any M Win Maw as to whither Ow nam iw •U' E ''' mill pressig se eery damsel is the country for riati '-- Wales and Vienne Mould have two bosses of Ibis- „ L A a hweam i . Bee the man wee net worth arguing latare, Mat balm the time came the boa . and lamed gee - with who h a we d that the la welew I. this country Wow eittnild lay bests the ben"! so that it mig ht i• meal be keg maintained, without considerable Mangos. printed, whelk was that he specifically proposed,what body If ia Inbar' the lasdlarde, by moon of their territorial was to be elsessd, sad what _tinalificafic as e _ lk ____,, • Ramb srs .,.._ si L l statism, samba' great lateens* is one way, and the priests were to To give sumelent time iie5 ..... .en5ec5ra ,.. ....... ce me w le d hitt snow kna. tun , ia bit op.osioa.ths tams. Sc PIMP" th e cook_m ittas __ _ .. . b that ___,"_____,Y tan h ola t ; meat reeking to baptise tba mode of gimes expreaska to is *Taw of the day was wiz "war am' Pw"i s s awa ' 6r • public opiates would de well to establish an sadly waited foetaight. =, the system at vote by ballot, which would amble all CONVICT SHIPS. Mr. GRATTAN salted whethm any swank had been awawa i ne d s" Putk•aphdeat:iTteal`wher,:erlaa4•ll wegrowatreafrePtaseasalley takes to ensure the safe caudate of the omelets to the ale. The noble UM M the head el the goverseasat had Weight ales, and whether the government inte n d ed to take any in a Fill for the better gemeasteat of the (cloaks, abound steps to punish the officers of the barque Indian. Mg with numerous phrases and provisions, oat of which' Mr. HAWES replied, that in consequence of the edema- guaranteed • representative to every 16,000 men of the pro : duet of the cheers and flew of that skip, they had bees peados. Another clause is the constitution about to be dinharded from their situations. framed panted out the eMps noseseary to be taken for en- EMIGRANT SHIPS. sawing the free sad impardal expramloa ef opinion by public Lord ASHLEY 'squired whether any seeps bed been eleetios, and the impartial mercies of the franchise. (Hear, takes to punish the ssissondiert of ths oaken of theßmailliss hear.) Now, in as cen:ar the face of the earth was emigreat ship, who had flogged and otherwise cruelly ilb sash a preludes more than in Ireland, for unless treated the female enigmas. they had a large coastireency, or the protection of the ballot, there ruled be no tree 'emission of opution-(bear, hear)- 16. HAWES said with regard to the Ramillies the fasts of of that bobs did not believe that elec. and if the members . , the saes were these :-The ship arrived in March last at tem by ballot would have the effect of rendering electors ' a the n . c tri l y ,',.."... d t ,tt Piase .. t h age* ... rt .mie th."..,,tii."lmPisis.at whatever ind modest, by removing them from the influence of a n ---- 4. -- ,„ er --- w - ee - ewe -- e - f - ew t - t i, - .1, - . 0f ,,,,. - 4, t i 5 ,..i - - 4, - . the ll arealth aad powerful, they would hare no objection however _ ii-- parlor ezasainatioo, that - - tom — foment and ben"' to Ilrid thi sea llt*d w el e iaa r tr.thig. sad emas ama g e satk a to eu To w o h t i h oh e ' 1 sealsaed by the moans in the promisee of the master, but erns occasioned scenes in Inland rm., as England, disgraceful, there was abides like flogging. act alone to the pretest goveramat, but to any govern. PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS, RC (IRELAND) BILL. meat that ever misted. (Hier, hear.) lie did not with Oa the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, to be understood as denying that the present bill would be Mr. NAPIER said ha felt it his duty Woes this an improvement. bill was read a second time to call the attention of the hems Mr. GROGAN thought it should be shown that the to a consideration of some of its more important clauses. „ m o w „j iha d w rum the inaoh i se. won they coerced The bill was divisible into two parts. One concerned the him to plass MENNE benne' two fires of an equally hostile qualifications of electors, and the other the registration. nature-the ismdleell as the one hand, and the priest on the With toped to that portion of the bill which cane other. He Minsk* also, that a distinction should be reads aerasst the qualification of electors, he objected to between the teem t bolding by lease, and the tenant who W bill because it would alter the weole inn- held at will. He certainly should object to a rating of 81. ails* of the kingdom. This bill did sway with the MOM- to counties as eatirely too low in amount ; and his objection sill el a beneficial law*" an the Part of the astir* and it was based apes the practical a:pension of the mischievous made it c impeller, oa a mast to take the trembles. offsets resulting from the old forty shilling franchise system. la the second clause they had an encouragement to joint mow, her.) "raw caused thewhich -- --- a r r a ngement-- -.----• - subservient - into the merits of the bill then before the house, but to polite.. This clans would have the effect of renew- entreat his right hon. friend, the Secretary for 'reload, net lag agitation in, that country, and would raise up to accede to the wishes of hon. gentlemen opposite to port a elms of persons who would live by agitation. They pone the bi ll . (Hear, hear.) It was evident from the dies were swam thatan act Pulled some time ago for the cession that had taken piece that them hon. gentlemen at purpose of neyeating joint . treetolds, hut here was a el me the opposite ride of the house intended to give the bill the giving to every joint occupier a vote, introducing the evil most determined and vigorous opposition. (":04.:1 pviplie of subdivision of land. Then the third dean gave For two years they had had the present bill to every one who was seized in fee simple to the amount of and be could *tato that the monogamic* had boss es M. • year a vote, so that if any one bought an estate worth diminish the franchise very considerably. (Hear, hear.) 1001. a year he might create twenty votes out of it. Was The present bill was intendedmoreor less to revive the that fair to porsoes who were strugglir g for the rights of constituencies of Ireland, therefore ha hoped after waiting properly' Then with regard to saltine the rating to the for _a n s as j meure for over twO years the pvernment would poor see the basis of qualification, it appeared to him that it press it forward, and not wait the convenience of bus. gentle- required a great deal of caution. In Ireland it was of men at the opposite side of the house, whom duty it was to great inipormee to the poor law from anything eon- be ready end in attendance at ell times. (Hear, hear.) The netted with religious or political hew. Then, with regard noble lord at the opposite side (Lord C. Hamilton) stated to the joint occupation, there would be a constant joggle that, from his knowledge, the people were not disposed to going on. They knew haw variable was the valuatioa of pro. register. He (Mr. Fagan) admitted that at present, with poesy even in Boston(' ; it was probably more so in Ireland. the franchise in its very limited condition, the people were Mr. HUMS said, if this bill was to do engage to Ireland, not disposed to register, because the possession of the Iran- it muss met the wishes of the community there. The chise was an expense and as annoyance instead of a benefit, learned gentleman objected to even this modified reform, f auwee h ae its p 0 5,..,,,, was placed home ,. t wo His principal reason for vision was to point out to tbe house fire,, (Hear, hear.) On one side, if he went with the land ' that this bill could not do justice to belied. A franchise of lord, he ran the risk of popular displeasure ; whilst, 81. in Ireland was equal to 301 in England. Formerly 40s. on the other has t, if he obeyed the dictates of his freeholders in Ireland had votes, bat they deprived conecienee, he ran the risk of bring oppressed by the lend them of that. He thought that to offer anything lord. (Hear, hear.) They all had heard, or read, of Irish to Ireland short of an ample restitution of election*, for instance, the eviction, at Carlow-.where the its privileges was rely to yeno.og the reunite people were persecuted for acting conscientiously, whieh Why should the half-Hottentots haleEagliah et the, Cam could tot have been the ease but for the unfortunately be allowed to vote if they were rated to the !cadent? limited state of the franchise. (Hear, hear,) The only (Hear, hear.) Were Irishmen less capable of exercising the mo d e t h a t could be adopted to protect the voter was to ex. I franchise than they? Assuredly not. tend the franchise, and than the people would be dimmed Mr. REYNOLDS thanked the boo. member for Mole to register. (Hear, hear) He agreed with his hon. lliend trose for his liberality, but could not forget that h. had the member for Manchester, that it was not necessary voted for the Irish C neon Bill, and that he was in favour that persons should express a desire to be placed on the of stripping Ireland of her last plume-the Lord Lieutenant. registry. (Hear, hear.) On the same ground that • man (" Hear, her; " and laughter.) Thotuth the bon. gentleman was summoned to earn on a jury or discharge any other opposite (Mr. Napier) had consented that his friends the legal or perks' duty, a mum should be placed on the registry Orangemen shooed be sacrifind by the former bill, yet he and allowed to exercise his privilege as Ins feelings and hi. was enraged to any further instalment of their rights being conscience dictated. (Hear, hear.) granted to the people. He professed to fear that it would Fir J. TYRELL alluded to tin influence of the catholic give greater power to the landlords; but be seemed to ero priests in Ireland, which Mr. Fagan and other members had prove of that portion which affected the borough franchise. casu illy mentioned, end was becoming anecdotical in his re it was to be regretted that this porti-n nut his approval; marks, when be was stopped by a general interposition of for it would be enough to make every one is Ireland coot hon. members, on the ground that his fact• and comments demo it. It tied been truly said that en 81. franchise in Ire- viten dto matters not before the h7use. Sir J. Tyrell per laud was equal to 301. in England. He was much dint. sited, but afterwards withdrew before the ruling judgment pointed in this bill, and wool _I propose an amendment in son- of the Speaker, promising to return to the topic formally mitts* reducing the franchise to 41. (Hear.) In nineteen- h erea f ter . twentieths of the countries the franchise had dandled to • Lord CASILEREAGH wished for more accurate infor mer* shadow ; Duet fourths of them would be cle se bo maims regarding the state of Irish constituencies. He did roughs, if en election occurred to-morrow, the voters being not so much object to the measure as to the inflicting it upon cbielly 601, tenants, and 201. rentcbargers. Many parts of Ireland by way of experiment, on corpore sill. this bill were espeole of improveceenr. Most of the free • men had neither a local habitation, nor, it might be said, a Mr. MONSELL attributed the decay of the Irish conati tueocy to the disgraceful reluctance of landlords to grant name; for they had often voted in the names of those who had gone to their long account. (Laughter.) It they wished leases. to make Ireland the right hand of England, and an aexiliary Mr. SADLEIR recommended the passing of the bill emceed of a drag chain on her progress, no more likely plan without delay. He believed, end showed grounds for the to accomplish those results coed be adopted than by giving belief, that the constituency of 'reload was becoming vitiated the Irish people • voice in the election of their representa- and factitious. tires. He would conclude by giving notice to move in com- Mr. 0 - FLAHERTY thanked the government for the bill. mitt.* that every one rated to the amount of 41., whether Mr. KEOGH thought that no substantial objection had in boroughs or counties, should have • vote in the election of been offered to the bit. For his own part, he was convinced members of parliament. of its essential necessity, if we wished to preserve a consti- Sir J. WALSH said it had been predicted that this bill tunny in the sister island. 374.000 voters would be placed would satisfy no parties; and this appeared to be correct. by this bill upon the county poll books. This was a large By reducing the franchise to 81., the represeatation of the addition, yet it did not ruse the Irish electoral body to an counties would be thrown into the hands of a low and needy equality with that of England, in proportion to the reopen class; and if the concession were once made, if the stone were aye populations. once set rolling, it would run to the bottom of the hill. Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied to objection which, he (Hear.) Were this measure agreed to, it eoul t give much sa id , b ore a l most solely upon the details of the measure. lie greater impetus to the demand for an extension o the Iran- submitted that its principle was untouched and intern/able. chise in England. lie admitted the Irish constituency had The &mord reading pissed without a division, and the dwindled ; the reason was that property had dwindled, bill was ordered for committal on Friday next. and there had hien a great d eal of emigre- ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. lion. But was it a reason for extending the SriWM. SOMERVILLE moved the mutond • of reading qualification lower; that the higher claeses were reduced in „.. bil l . number ? Rather let them look to • reconsiruction of that ''' s clue. The groat danger to liberty in our days arose, not from Mr. REYNOLDS said that the third clause of the bill the monarchy or the aristocracy, hut from the continual en- provided that there should be separate polling places for ANOTHER campaign is before us. The liberties of croacloments of the democratic principle. What hod already every 300 voters, and by another clause it was proposed that tard . extorted,sad s 1 I o att y won, are been the consequence of these encroachments ? In France, the expenses of the booths should be paid by the condi- i n dustry, so 1 1y a society was only penned by settirg clue against clam, dates. Now, if a constituency amounted to 18,000, no less oace more in danger. The terms of the capitulation placing the whole under military despotism, and using the than 60 booths would be required, which. M 211 . • booth, of 1816 are already broken by certain of those whose bayonet as the instrument of government. So strong were would cast 1,2001. for booths alone. He therefore thought signatures and seals are still affixed thereto. Tne de bts feelings against this bill, that he should have been glad that oils booth . should be made to answer tor more tha sorters stipulate indeed that the name of Protection had his hon. and learned friend opposed it in this stage . 300 voters. With regard to having a *emirate polling place Unless it assumed • very different appearance when it came for freemen, he doobted if that was an improvement. shall not be emblazoned on the new banners of a out of committee, he should then oppose its further progress. Mr M. J. O'CONNELL suggested that as the baronial re-united party; but except the name all is as it wan classification which was adopted in the bill would give rise in the palmy days of landlordism, when the laws of Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL was prepared to accept grate to gnat inconven i ence, a panth division ehou be fully the proposition of the government with regard to thelda d op ted . revenue and trade were but so many various screws county franchise ; bet in the boroughs the result would be, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that these were matters of to extort from labour, and thrift, and invention, F , aa. issued of iscrusing the hotrehold franchise, greatly to di- detail to which he would be ready to pay every cone- enough to make up for the exemption of the territo. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAT 22. menial% it. deratien. The Seamus took the chair at 4 o'clock.second time, and acd rig," oligarchy. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Col. TAYLOR stated that an 81. rating would, in the The bill was then read a ord r to be county of Dublin, which he had the honour to represent, committed on Monday. The tenor and result of Thursday night's debate PETITIONS PRESENTED. increase the amount of voters to the number of 28,009. ESTATES LEASING (IRELAND) BILL must seriously corroborate the fear and thu counsel. AGRICULTYRAL DISTILIOS.-By Mr. M. BELL, several He would prefer a 231 to an 81. rating. He objected to On the motion of Sir W. SOMERVILLE, this bill was which we have been entertaining and expatiating from Northumberland south; sad by Mr. BANKRS, from the bill, on the ground that its tendency was to snake the read • nand time. upon for the lust months, which are, that the middle a ',abbe meeting is Dorchester, somplaining of agricultural tons swamp the rural districts. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. and industrious classes, as well as the more intelligent distress, and praying for the imposition of • duty es forego Col. RAWDON said that the obi et of this bill was to On the motion that this bill be read a second time, of the upper clams, are not secure against hay hap rte. remedy a very great defect in the representation of Ireland • ' Mr. C. LEWIS Taxes 0:f KNOWLIDOn.-By Mr. MUNTZ , from the bat th ere was such a difference of opinion on the matter onstated, in reply to Sir H. Willoughby, ins protection and spoliation re-imposed upon them, that : the commons imitators commissioners bad power to except Birmingham Association for Promoting Political Lwow- the part of the Irish members oho addressed the house thatby admitting a larger body of the consumers ledge ; and by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, from the book- it was almost Impoteible for any minister to come to a dear order immediate execut i on with regard to one clue of cam-mons but with regard to another - clan their erden required to political power. Here have we had a return to bia 'ere of Loodon, praying fur the remimion of the stamp view on the mbject. He would swept the bill as • veny - ' protection, under a circuitous form, only rejected in datin oa newspapers and advertisements , and the excise gnat improvement on the present state of things, and as it a a a . th the subsequent coefirmotion of an set of perliament They duties on pope. would give Ireland a very large increase of voters. nen made an oer en respect to what they considered a-• - : "th House of Commons by one-and-twenty votes. Cot. Inv BOARDe.-By Sir R. PEEL, from Staffordshire ; Sir JOHN YOUNG thought oue of the great advantages stunted entainen,but on subsequent proceedines beiog taken, The repeal of the corn law was but a part of a hr fir W. MOLRSWORTH, from Middlesex ; and by I t appeared doubtful whether this was a stunted comma' or of this bill was that It woold melee the registry seltaet" A , large, sing . il-digested and connected syetem for Mr. BENS F.T, from Suffolk; for the establishment of and would magnet the frame/nee throughout the whole of log. a morn= lemon et row wet. In the latter ease the order h of the commissiousrs would require the coafirmetion of an c eapenin the g food of the people, as well as the raw coney boards to coutrol I xpeodittint. the counties. materials of manufacture, and for throwing act of parliament, and hence this bill was introduced. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. FRARGIHI O'CONNOR said that the bill was meet The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be upon the property of the country some portion of 1 Mr. PIMMAN, Yeoman Usher of the Black Red, 0990Wase asd sessesary ; but yet he looked unto it more as committed on Monday next. those burdens which clogged and obstructed industry. sawed the hone, us, home* l a m med to the t i t t le, a measure of policy than of principle on the part of the WOODS A ND FOREST S. Nothing can have been more successful than the seimueomed the Speaker t o th e R oute o f L o m e to h ew th e gennimout. The present government was • free-trade Lord J. RUSSELL said that, in rising to move for leave wcrking of theta principles, suem ssful in every point loyal Arun given by comunetem to the County e ms o re . getwaimat. and therefore feared that the counties should t_ bein g ,_ _ „.„, _ make better provision far the manage of of view. No sooner, however, have these burdens, bad) Bill. return • majority of protectionists to the House of Com "• z: .... 7 , . ine Meets, and land revenues of theerowu, r emoved from the shoulders of the people, been fairly BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Imam ' and for the direction of public works and buildings, it was felt by the propertied clasp, than the landed portion of Mr. PINNEY roved the mead reading of the British Lard C. HAMILTON considered that under the preent not his intention, particularly is the absenee of his noble ' ' Meet& Telegraph Company's Bell. law the number of *legion in Ireland could be quadrupled . Mead the chairman of the committee which sat on it absolutely refuse to bear them. Exempt they will Mr. RICARDO said the whole of the capital 'red Rethought, therefore , that it would be quite suMciout if this subject, who was unable to attend in the remai by ....._ __ ....,,, who were be, in one shape or another ; and, come what may, this bill did nut amount to 100,0004., and that it was an ~.`"`i 0'",... - ,:z t , - ,, , -- ---- now legally entitled to • vote an hones that night, to enter upon any lengthened mole- direct taxation on real property moot ho shoved back attempt epos the part of its promote?, to extort • rem of - "" -a------e• nations of the measure, or as the general reasons again by indirect taxation on tho maSSell of the Mow y from the Eleatic Telegraph Company . He moved , Mr. BRIGHT was glad to find that there was a ge- which induced her Majesty's government to think it ones- ea al; assodmeut, that it be read • steued time that day meal understanding on the other aide of the house sary. He would merely state the general reasons which peo ple . eta months. which amounted to a general acknowledgement that some induced them to think that skis department might be better neatly ea ded on Thursda and the They very y , Mr . FAMRUM said it was rather enema, without a bill of this nature was necessary, and that they had come to managed by its separation into two distinct offices. which he attempt will be renewed-renewed wherever op stroes ease being sods oat, that the hone should refuse to the emulsions that the condition of the representation M now was about to propose, than by their continuance in portunity occurs or opening Off, rA, The landlords mead • 14.1 to a committee up stairs, particularly mob a sue Ireland, whisk some years ago they would not allow to be wombination. Till the year 1832 then were different are masters of one house of parliament, and with pre as the mind, which held oat a ma w s to a ge d my raw amadad, now required come impeovemast to be applied to slim for the reanspreent of the Land Revenue and dominant influence in the other ; end we msy rely OMMO10•00 to the country. it. He agreed with the observations whisk had bon for the management of the Wood, and Forests, and The bourns divided - made as te the faults of the bill with regard to assaty then was also the ales of Surveyor of General upon thief, that as long es the present undue polio try. For the second reading - cal and electoral influence is left to the I Inded note- Anise it no kind of sensible reason could be given why the franelles bins these departments. But he thought experience rest, that influence will be exercised to procure &Cal 12-63 should he the th e • • of The bill was mordlnely reed a emend time.sagas for bermighs o° Mg •••• • The semi had shown that the combination these two offices led to exemption and substantive privileges over the rest of there fined affeed•d as criterion of what would be the extent the imposition of large and undue charges on the land re- CAMBRIDGE AND SREPRIITH RAILWAY. of the iaersase of the franchise. Om to paint which he venue of the crown, for the purpose of nublic work, their countrymen. kirii G. MANNERS moved the second reading of the wished to allude was, that the he., haessest the Secretary (Hear, beer.) And likewise the gentleman who held the Under some pretext or name the protectionists can Carithiidato and Shooreth 'onetime Railway and Branch, to for Ireland, sad kis friends, were desirous to attach some office being tenanted with the political partywho hap. always command a defection from the reluctant She joie toe Rasters Comae* Railway, Bill. of those Notristkins to this bill whisk were found in England used to be in power at the time, was not so well titled hie a rale of the land. A dozen whige swelled the ranks Mr. TOWNLEY moved, as an amendment, that it be to have gives lies to so mach evil, aid which he was sere department which really required all the knowledge Mad • MON time that day six lathe the so bLe lard at the had of her lif "esty' ao a governmout fen tho management of • landed estate, of the minority of 202 ; there were some Irish too. But After it brief therassion, would remove m soon as h• should bring in a bill Oa :s e n iar ite were wholly_ naconneeted with political • these alone could not have lent any effective strength Mr. TOWNLEY withdrew his amendment, and Me es- the &Met. It appeared that no occupier should have panne._ (Hear, hoar.) What they proposed, therefor ,to the assailants of industrial freedom. The main deice mad nabs el the bill was possimseg p a w T sgs dny mi. a tight to vol. Mita he should hare been twelve in the f ret phis; was to have three commieskaus„ of whim tion was led by Mr. GLADSTONE, who, with moue of IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. two ewe to eneelve salaries, for the mansgemest of the Iced Meissner she wows and for the woods and forests. Neither of this. etwnld he capable of having • seat in the Hones of Ceatheast Tke odes would then be restored to whatit omit 1810. With regard to the Geese 'ef weeks, that vela bad betheth• matter of we musk impsetanee that they propound to oaths It • podded edges, the list menene dosser of width might ink it together with a seat la the Hesse of Commune. Irkey thought that an a Meer of that theselption,:ritie, mad beide', • seat la She Moen of , Comaress, sashimi to hays • someal iiestrel ever fig poblie weeks that neighs be underta, and which of law years theadened audderable expose", tad which theldely deserved to be made a rabies* for the espeedel ensconce of • mbelseertif the ether& By Men.peeiveted impa tiens they would got rid of what wan fidt to be great rid, wady, that where • here mimes was to he keetrred tar Cbe Imposes, the ammo is which the muss to be rabid te wpm wen/rand wit by slide( a thugs ea the bed biveases of the criers • whereas the oldest Meg of • public aatare—either the arming of puled" paths, the im provement of the streets of the metropolis or some improve ment la Dahlia or Zdiabeergb, the expeiditure should be 'barged rather tle the general revenue of the Gauntry. (Hear, hear.) It was quite true that whe th er the sent requi re d, be it 110,0001. or 40,0001., was charged to the car or to the other, it was the same Wag to the public. They bad not to pay any more. But the system of charging these expenses on the land revenues of the crown bad the certain teaeney of keeping from the public view the lugs expenses that were incurred, and the question relating to the propriety of incurring mach large expendituie for public objec.s. (Hear, hear.) According to the statement which he had now made, therefore, the land revenue would it future be managed aa • department of revenue. The person employed in that office would hays only . to consider how they could beet manage the rents end receipts received from the property ; and, in the nett plaee, whet was the beet system of emanating the Woods and Forests. They would have nothing whatever to do with any expenditure except such a any owner of property would think uselessly fir the improvement if that property. On the other hand, the officer of works, being a political cam, would have to consider what sums it would be necessary to apply to puhis works, either to begin them or to carry them on—in what manner the perks for public recreation—ouch as Hamptou Court—should be kept in order and ornamented, ad any other expenditure which the government might think it necessary from time to time to recommend and the House of Commons to sanction. Ile would have to explain the reasons for these 'apneas and would direct his attention directly—not to the management of • land estate for which he might not be fitted by experi mice, but to those matters which were rather matters of large public concernment, and which would be likely to be made the subject of debate and discussion in that house. (Hear.) With regard to the salaries, the whole sum for the two offices w,.uld he the same as that which was now 'employed for the purpose. At present the first oomeniesioner had 2,0001, a year, and the two others had 1,2001. What they proposed now was that the Commissioners of Lend Revenue should consist of three persons, two of theta only with Lila. rise. The first holdirg • commission would receive I O'K, and the second 1.0001. The third would be some person in the public service, who would not receive a salary. The Com missioner of Public Works would receive • 'slaty of 2,0001. • War which was the sum now paid to the Filet Commissioner of oods and Forests. That was the salary given to officers of that description, and with that he would be entitled to have I seat in the House of Commons. There would therefore be neither an increase of salaries nor would there be any addi tion to the number of persons able to hold seats in the House of Commons together with offices of profit beyond the present number. He hoped that these two offices would be the meats after a time of bringing the expenditure within proper bounds, for there certainly were some expenses con nected with this department which were net properly regu lated, and by bringing them under the eye of parliament they hoped to mate them less burdensome.Theee were the ge neral outlines of the bill which he now proposed to brims; in. (Hear. bear.) Mr. CA BIDWELL said that, being a member of the com mittee, he thought it right to state that be wee glad this subject bad engaged the attention of the government, and he concurred with the noble lord in berieving that there was no department of the public service in which there Iris greater cc, pe fur eft ctive improvement. (Hear, hear.) He thaught the proposal he made of a board of revenue en tirely devoted to that subject was one ea:related to promote economy in the public service, and 'great security in the dr tribution of the wool. He looked upon the proposition of submitting every estimate to the Huse of C Anions as a most important I rovision. After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, The bill was afterwards brought in and read a first time. PAYMENT OF WAGES IN IRELAND. Sir W. SOMERVILLE brought in • bill to prohibit, in Ireland, the payment, in sultans cases, of wag's in goods or herwise than in the current coin of the realm. It was read a first time. PRISON DISCIPLINE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAT, Fts. 22. Their lordships eseembled shortly alter 4 o'elsek. CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM. in movie, the snood readi this bill, said that time the b ut wades it had • fertlitrreviiirm, sad lad received farther improvememos. The elation had beeu Irene through by Mr. P.tt Taylor. who lad amended the language, oaly using one word ia who mac The bill was reed a wooed time. BANKRUPT LAW lONSOLIDATION BILL. Os As motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the secood readiag of Oda bill was postponed to this day fortaight. PRZSBYTRRIAN MINISTES IN IRELAND. Thee Marquis o f LONDONDERR R Y wished te the atteatioe of the *able in aqui. (Lsnadoeret) to o n otch be lied rmeired trout a preebyterian miaister is that tart of Iceland with whie hse wee essseetal. Their ladebige had so doubt sees, ham the rabbi jouniale, tbsesolos ollpesosi. l a p which the peeebrerlas 'Waiters bed Wired. Robed received s letter from owe el them, the Rea. S. W. Dobbins, whisk called open him to remit what be bed Mead le &dr kerdeliips• house on Friday last. He gaged that he (the Marquis of Londonderly) had charged the preebyteries mi nisters of the Consty el Dews with 'settles the testate to a resistance ot the palmist of their mats He, however, had saver raj 1 s although it was so reported in the Timm, bat he c euld apt be marts respoesible for tle reports of pub lic joensals He could oily ny that is the mommy of Mans • tenant of his had had his buildiage set ea fire Ps oases he bad rad his rests, end them wee so doubt that the feeling of resistirg the payment of ream bad been induced by the warthog, nay, almost by the EATS., of the gmbyterian ministers. He wished to knew whether there win any power far 'nobbles thews ponces who the stirred ap the public mild to the communion of nob acts. They received a large portion of their Memo trees the recaps issions : rsulei they not be deprived of 1411 they thus occearaged persons to resist the law of the lead' Ile thought the noble earl, the Lord Lieutenant of Wand, might be able to promeste them, tad as he was still fa the c,untry, the gammas% mould communicate with bias os the subject. The Marquise( LANSDOWNE amid have gives s moss saishotory wawa it be had bed an oppertesityricrasultieg with his noble friend the Lord Lieutenant. TIN letter which MA her. addrelood to the Roble marquir, he thought was pa* improper sad takeout, bet it did not follow, as a meesesery cossequesee, that hie 'noble friend meld direct for it. The dierz.bution of the mows datum, =Lye be.. left to th. presbyteries Aare, sad it wail! be • &Skutt ostler to interfere with it. OREECE. LIM EDDISBURT poosso --- tidooso ppm plain to Groom THE RIVER PLATE. The Earl of Hirt — wittiod - tiTs - pat • question to Mr settle marquis opposite as to AM rats of o Mader with the River Piste. lass plosion the noble servile Yid armed the hour that then was every ream to ever that moment that arrangement.s won isompresd by tith a pore would be Tittered truth' those wren, and ha deo reductios of the paper this asked for, on the GI hi bring snots try to result the garnumeat of i te rCir, rise the President of the Republic woe this absent to • ter scald not be obtained. Sin at seven menthe had dose aiapapa, and be insegined, therefore, that that, was mom Cie Mick is the part of hot Majesty's gortrustst I. portared iafamation. As far as say otterl spirt they shoal I have been is this dark as to vibes bed pima bad not the satjtet attracted cossidornble attssties is Yuman, and in the mores of the dietaries of it, it append ban the statemest of this Writ for Torign Alain, that there was as omission in the armies Meta bet's this country and Brines Apes to make any provi%ion for .he litre and property of forewarn engaged in those ware This statement had ocitheiosed eorideratile anxiety on the pen of those concerned, sad they wished to be assured on this point. But, moreover, it might In im ports% to ascertain from the noble marquis, ern if he was sot preparci. to lay on the table the treaty in the form in whist it I. at been tia-lly agreed to, whether this intention whisk he had announced on • former occasion had boon sistrisid oat by the treaty. He thought, it he ncollerod tightly, that the noble menials had stated that the basis of the treaty was that which was galled t' Mr. Hold's arrange meat "—that was the brie upon which he undersold the moth marph to say the treaty was constructed ; and above al, the independence of Moser Video was as object espe cially to be ensured. He wished to put • question to the mos le marquis as to that basis ; the original pro. position, wises the negotiations were first entered into with the goversmest of Buenos Ayres, under the auspices of this noble lord behind him was this—that the nrestrvation of Monte Video was a point to be princi pally kept in view. Ho wished to ask—first, whether that had been carried out ? Secondly, whether the power of England end France would came en immediate ditannamest of toreigners who tad horns arms ? And, thirdly, whether Osecrsl R ..sas would simultaneously casts the whole of the Are :Air? troops to bt withdrawn tram every part of the Orients! territories? On the motion of Sir G. Omar, the toilowint mere nomi nated the select committee on prison discipline : --Sir George Grey, Mr. Edmund Denison, Mr. Pearson, Sir Henry He. lord, Mr. Smhere.n, Mr. Aldermen Sidney, Mr Ea• kis, Capt. Pelbam, Mr. Peto, Viscount Mahon, Sir E•lwerd Buxton, Mr. Hobert Palmer, Sir John Pakington, Mr. Arm strong, and Mr. Mika's. NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN IRELAND. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE (who spoke in a low tone of voice, and was suet indistinctly heard in the gal lery) was understood to soy that he was sorry it was not in Isis poser to lsy the treaty on the table of the house; he could not produce it until it had been ratified. The treaty had been signed on the 24th November, and it was founded on the basis of Ur. Hood's arrangement. R 9. 'peeing emu points to which the noble earl had Winded, it ass impossible for hint to rise distinct answers, as they could oLly be .crated with General Oribe. and did not come within the treaty with General Rona The with dnwal of any Interference on the part of General Roses was ; rovided for. He hoped the French government would egret to the treaty. Lord EDDISBURY said the formal ratification of the treaty hat not yet taken place. The Earl of ABERDEEN said that since the subje-t had been before diseaseed it had assumed • different character. He underyood now that a treaty hid been alined, but not rat fled, which had been contracted only with General Rosin and that no treaty had been entered into with General Once. Consequei t'y the Oriental republic was left in the condition in which it was by the former treaty. If any treaty had been made with General Roses, and the independence and anority of the Oriental republic was not provided for, we had done nothing, for it was the only object of importance to us (Hear, hear.) As to General Roses, we had nothing to complain of, to ask for, or to expect, but the independence of the Oriental republic. He was at a loss to know for what other object a treaty could be entered into. It appeared to him • clumsy arrangement to enter into a treaty with General RPM without coming to any understanding with General Oribe. We bad a minister who was well calculated to carry on e friendly intercourse with this government ; and yet up to this period he had been admitted into the presence of General Rotas. Even after the treaty Ind been signed, and therefore after the ratification, by the last accounts oar English minister, haying put himself on the footing of entire friendship with this government, had actually not been re ceived, and had not been allowed to appear in the presence of the governor. How long was this to last ? In inch semi barbarous government it was quite aboard to talk of diplo- matic etiquette. After all, there were limits to insults and be end think that this was the most anbeard.of thing that had ever taken place, that an English minister newer jenny, first, as a friend, afterwards signing a treaty of friendship, should actually not be received by the govern ment with which he was on terms of friendship. How long was he to sit in the antechamber of this commander Roses r at what time would it be convenient ter him to eater H. (the Eel of Aberdeen) could not say, how tar the answer Risen by the g eeeee merit was an answer to the question which had been put. After a few woods from Lord HOWIAN and Lord COL. CHSITSI, The matter dropped. Tee Margate of CLAN RICARDE laid on the table some papers relating to the north of Ireland. - Their lordships then adjourned. On the motion of Sir W. VERNER, a return was ordered of all national s:hools in Ireland which have been erected, or to which the commissioner have contributed assistance towards the fitting up of the schools, adjoining to or within the precincts of lilniaa cathodic chapels, nun neries, or monastic institutions of any kind, from the 30• h day of April, 1843, to the 31st day of Do.cember, 1849 (in continuation of parliamentary paper 520, of session 1843). The house then adjourned at 20 minutes to ten o'clock. Sir W. MOLVIWORTH paired off with Mr. ADDIIIILST on Mr. Disraeli's motion on Thursday evening. Mr. PnTU and Mr. R. STEPHENION paired on Mr. Dia raeh's motion on Thursday evening? nrelzig. plotioram. aid directness than is hie wont, gave the sigma and led the way. Had his followers been few in number, or were they capable of being described as personal friends, it would be a fact of less signifi cance. Bat it cannot fail to strike the most cursory seder of the division list that among the Peeletee, who have publicly renousesd the leadership and guidance of the late premier, are the most active and ambitious of that now dissolved and scattered ova tion. It was so power of sophistry on the part of Mr. GLADSTONE that led Lords MAHON and CASTLE 'S/AM', Mr. CSARTRitie, or Mr. Mosinee, to support Mr. DISILILILI, against the warnings and remon strates.. et the ono. persuasive and paramount mess- I ben far Tamworth and Ripon. Mr. GLADSTONE most completely turned his back upon the acre and principles of his political life, u far as taxation and trade ere concerned. What hops. will be excited by thie defection of the first lieutenant of Use PEEL party P What an example does it offer P Waist pre/spent does it point to P If Mr. GLADSTONE had been poring over the political chess board, and calculating by what aeries of moves, completely cone cealing his design, he could drive even liberal mini.- ters into the corner of a fixed duty on corn, he could not have devised a move more ingeniou than the carrying of Mr. DiestAßm's motion. Let the surplus be disposed of, by way of indemnity, amongst the landlords before even the surplus is ensured. And where will the landed majority send the CHANCELLOR of the Exeuecieut to look for a supply ? To taxes for protection, no doubt, under the plea that there are taxes for revenue. It is the American dodge that is sought to be re-enacted here. If we consider the tone and the arguments of the chief impugner. of Mr. DISRAELI'S proposal, we are by no means thereby assured of the staunchness of resistance to protection. Even Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who took a most liberal and enlightened view of the two kinds of taxation, that which was paid be the rich and that which was wrung from the poor— even he held out to the landed interest that they might indemnify themselves by a redistribution of the iucome tax. Sir ROBERT PEEL dwelt at exor bitant length on the immense advantage likely to accrue to the landed interest from the repeal of the ditty on bricks. Although he omitted the chief con sideration, the impulse it would give to the immedi ate increase of that one great kind of real property which had of late years moat relieved the land of its quota of rates. Even Lord lons RUSSELL dwelt on the in tended boon of lightening the stamp duties, and other charges on the transfer of landed property, forgetting that what the landed interest lent likes to contemplate is this very facility of transfer. All these bribes were evidently regarded with dis dain by the country party. No small boon will conter.t them, unless, indeed, it be the commeccement of reaction, a small instalment of great changes and I indemnities to come. The d • • • n showed this, as it proves they can count upon Irish suffering or caprice, upon Whig defection, and upon the final disruption of what once was the PEEL party. Hence it is manifest that it the cause of free trade is to be saved, this must depend more on the country than on parliament. All is false and insecure within the walls of Westminster. There is there nc thing bat a hollow mass ot speciousness and treachery. And however staunch the more eminent leaderr, how ever true the conviction and attachment to free trade may be, of the PEELS, the RUSSELLS, and the GRA HAMS, there are smaller fry around them all very ready to hurry back to protection, shculd it mos conceal its cause under new cames and ingenious pretexts. It is for the country not to sleep. The question, the great question, which is now about to influence all to be said and done about taxation, power, trade, reform, is, are the industry and intelligence ot the country to be dominated and fleeced by its hereditary stupidity and rapaciousness ? That is the question for electoral as well as financial reformers to ask themselves. And the debates et this week are proof sufficient, how identical and inseparable are the two movements. Without a lairer distribution ot electoral power, the people of this country will never obtain or keep a fair distribution of &cal b-rdecs. VIE cultivation of Cuba and Brazil has latterly been directed to one staple—sugar._ The eastern supplies of coffee are now sa great that British possessiOn g s, em ploying free labour only, are forcing slave labour coffee out of our market. It is, therefore, enough for our present purpose to examine what indueemere. the cultivation of cugar has offered in the pet, and will present in the future, to the iniport of shaves. Aad as Cubs is of the two slave importing countries the one in which the production of sugar has most rapidly increased, wa shall confine our case to it. But the conclusions must, it will be obvious, apply with still greater Lorca to the less happily situated Brazil. The West Indian committee of 1818 received very detailed information on the ccst of sugar culture in Cuba. The statements of Mn. PETEtt HOUTIIWicE, of Mr. HARDOTTLE, and of Mr. Ilieutes, accord very nearly on the main facts ; and these are : 1. That the prime cost of the slaves in a sugar planta tion is from one third to one half the capital ex pended on the land, in bringing the soil into cultiva tion, in buildings, in cattle, and in m ichinery. 2. That the annual charge of interest, including what must be ailed wear and tear, is 12 per cent. on the cost of the slaves, and 6 per cent. o e that of the laud, &c. 3. That the yearly keep of a slave is 51. a head. 4. That the cost for superintendence and skilled labour is as much as the total keep of the slaves. And, Isstly, that the other charges come to es much as the two last mentioned items. It will have been already felt by those who have followed these statements, that the annual charge for the prime cost of the Mayes is sinking to something much less on the cost of the sugar produced, than they expected to have found. In the case of the Saratoga E-tate (the account current of which cceu pits nearly three pages of Mr. IlleGiss' testimony), the result is this :—The slaves coot at first 100,000 dollars; the land and plant, 200,000 dollars; the annual outgoings of all kinds about 30,0011 dollen , . Interest on the cost of the slaves at 12 per cent. is 12,000 dollars; on the cost of the estate, &c., at Fix per cent., also 12,000. The whole annual cost of the crop of sugar is thus about 54,000 dollars ; of which the prime cost of the alive. figures for 12.000 only ; or not ems fourth. This estate appears to produce 4,000 boxes of sugar ; they, therefore, cos' about 1'2.. a cwt.; and the share of the prime cost of the slaves therein, is about 2s. 6d. a cwt. Without wearying our readers with other figures in the evidence taken by the committee, all of which we have carefully examined, we may state that it appears that in Cuba the fist cost of the slaves never ccnstitutes a greater charge than 3F. a cit. or 31. a ton on the oust of sugar. Now, as the annual prcduction of sugar by a slave is at least two tons, so we can prove (as the arithmeticians say) our calculations, by rememberii.g that the annual return to the planter is thus more than 61. a head, and that return is more than 12 per cent. on the selling price of slaves in Cuba °flats years,just what it should be if our, or, rather, if Mr. Mutates', calculations be correct. And we may, parenthe.ically, observe that these state ments accord, most remarkably, with those in YOUNG and EDWARD 4, of estates in Jamaica towards the end of the last and the beginning of the pre sent century, as to the proportions of capital employed in land &c. and in slaves; though, by inferiority of management. the Jamaica planters then only ebtaitied one-third of the sugar a Cuban planter now gets from an equal expenditure. No wonder, therefore, that the British West Indies were always a lEstrets,d Interest! It need hardly be stated how complete a solution these facts and figures give to the qua scone—why the past slave trade has been sufficient for Cuba (and consequently for Brazil), and why, if unres•rieted, it could hardly be greater. From them it appears that for every slave imported, a further sum equal to or double his cost—another 501. or 1001.—must be invested by the planter. 'faking, then, the slave trade at the very Itw rate of 30,000 1 ear, at least 5,000,0001. mist thus be sunk by Brazil and Cuba annually. Can these countries afford more? ,500 ob, ine mported h e e le r slaves d e in At o C nb u dr br. nwg a h n ad d to wl weevill n r a a l t h e . How manypeiceto There atrheemnoor re must planter 2 they cost those countries ? By the depreciation of one-third, the planter would, ait has boa shown, save Is. a cwt. in the cost of sugar. But what would be his increased expenses in other matters; from increased population, increased demands for food, increased demand for land, for anp:rintendence, for machinery, for skilled labour, and for other materiel of increased production? OUTGOING The mails rid Marx Brrypt, C. Mon, India, Hong-Kong, dm., will be made up on the evening of Feb. 25. The mile for Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar will be made up on Feb. 27. The West India Mails, including Bermuda, H b, Nassau, 11n• duns, New Orleans, and Mexico; and excluding three for Madeira, St. Juan.de-Niceranta, New Granada, Chili, and Peru,will be made up on March 2. The mails for bdaderia, the Brasile, and Buenos Ayres, will he made up on the evening of March 4. The mails for British North America and the United States will be made up on the evening of March 8. The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Southampton, will he made up on the morning of March 20. MOH WATRA AT LONDON NI/11/01. Tags Day —Nenitag, Ilh. 1.. Aftdr•MlL 11b. 44,5. T ,seasuvr—Korniag.l2B. OS Atiamal. II 1. LA. LONDON, S.4TURDAY, F.HDRU.4RY 23. What, too, would be the effect of increased supply on the markets for sugar ? Every slave produces at least two tons of anger. The present consumption of the world, 1,200,000 tuts, has not been sufficient to keep the price from constantly declining; and the general opinion amongst merchants is, that auger will, with the present supply and the present rate of increase of that supply, continue to fall. How much addi tional sugar will, then, be produced by the extraor dinary number of slaves to be poured into Cuba and Brazil, to enable the planter to save ls. a cwt. on its cost P And by how much will that additional supply reduce his returns ? Questions like thine look so puerile to those who are capable of connecting cause and effect, or of looking beyond their own selfish fears, that we add no more. If those who talk so glibly about an im mense increase, under any circumstances, of the slave trade, bad applied to the subject five minute? serious thought, they—or such of them as can work out any. thing besides dead reckoning—mast have checktd themselves in their career of nonsense. The 1 mita tient; that have hitherto kept the Cuban and Brazi lian slave trade at its past figures must, even if Eig land carried slaves in t.er ships of war instead of seizing them, prevent it from seriously increasing. Nor can we refrain from calling attention to the satisfactory corollary that can be added to this conclu sion. The veteran deluders of Ezeter-hall have been wont to tell the go& mouches who assemble there the , it is the inGrest of the planters, under certain inde finite circumstance., to work their slaves to death, and to replace the mortality by fresh purchases. Brought to the light of day, this bugbear turns out to be as ridiculous as their other presentiments. 'lnure is but one period of the year at which even a planter is tempted to over-work his slaves—crop time. The sugar his estate can produce is limited to that he can hart, st ; and generally surplus canes rot in the fields for want of power to har vest them. He has, therefore, the straig.st inducement to work his slaves at that periqd, and we may be sure he does so, at least to th , . furthest point consistert with their health. The question then is, if he got his slaves for kilt' 'helr present price, would the reduction make it profitable to the planter, for the purpose of producing more, to kill his slaves off in a year or two ? Why, if he did, he would thereby charge the sugar he produced with 33 or 50 per cent., in-read ci 12 per cent., on the cost of his gang. Need more be said ? FRANCE. PARIS, FltllllT, . 31 r N. The elections of Paris are now near at hand. On both sides the utmost endeavours are being made to concentrate forces. Tee organs of democracy and socialism are all agreed, and in the meetings of the several arron di ssemen t s for oho).* delegates to the . . central democratic committee, the parties of combina tion have the upper hand, notwithstanding the rant of many fiery spirits of either shade of extra ne opinion, whose endeavours d, not fete them from the sulticion of their being police suits. It would seem from this that the extreme repubicans ate &el< d yet to trust to the suffrage for an exhib'ti,tt of their influence, leaving to the provocation of power tte chance of afittrourable opportunity for more active measures. Tolerance is their motto: The Nationa/rays M. Victor Seim!cher and M. Perrinon, whose . ele edam fn. Guadalonpe were annulled by the Legislative Assembly, have rust been re-elected in that colony by an immense majority. A merchant vessel just arrived from Guadeloupe has b:ought the news, which will be slaw ly confirmed by the mail steamor which is daily expected." The delegates that are to form the central com mittee are 223 in number, and are to meet th'srvoi- ing for the purpose ofcaming to a &amen. As the ex clusives are accused of having amongst them mars friends of M. Carlier, and as i , is the objectof the pc I.ce to s re/ divisions amongst the members, i. has been deter mined that the meting this evening shall take pis?* with closed doors, and that the committee ..hail adopt its list ofcandidatt sat once. The first questions that will be sztike, will be w, ether the cenirnittie means to take its resolutions by the law of majority. 1 th:s is objected to, the case must be referred back the meetings of the people. It not the list of cartli.letis will be definitively fixed to-right. It is supp that Emile de Gaudin, Leon Vidal, and a third - ..ia:` (14 lentlemain will be chosen, and bS the deco: or the committee is to be final, these gentlemen will be voted for at the general election. Oa the part of the conservatives, MM. d'Arbouville and Ls Hitte, b•.th generals, and the latter minister of foreign affairs, acd M. Bernie - di will unite most suffrages. The Education Bill took a egentic stride yester day, and all the clauses up to the 59th passed. Tne pent which led to most debate was the question of normal schools, in which M. Triers, sacriticing his dislike for them, did not ask for their abolition, h.; expressed a wish that the question of retention or suppression in each department should he left to the councils-general to decide. Though M de Parieu opposed this course by moving an amendment, the Chamber adopted the views of M. Triers, which on this paint coincided with those of the committee. The debate resumed to day off, red no p Ant of werest up to post-hour. Previous to its being commenced an incident occurred on the motion of M. Vitet, for fix ing the order in which the Paris and Avignon Rail way was to be taken. Several members demanded that the law should be referred to the conseil d'etat; but on a vote it was determine.' not to send the law to the council of sta.e, but to take it in the house im mediately after the law on education. M. Nlawsuin has presented the following amend ment to the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill : Art. 1. 1. The minister of pubic works ia authorised to concode the Paris and Avignon railway by nubile adjudics• don on tenders, on the clauses tied conditions of the eahter nes charges annexed to the present bill. The adjudication shall be announced at least 45 days beforehand. The person obtaining the grant shall be bound to deposit a csu't six• money of 20 millions of francs. Th;s caution-mon, y rhea he returned to him by tenths, in monthly papas:eta, so .00it se the credit of its account cures ne. with the treasury, oyeaci according to the tsetse of the ca/der des charges, shat: h o exceeded 50 millions of francs. Art. 2. No one shall be admitted to tender, unless he hes previously deposited in the CAB , . des Consignations a 5:1111 of 10 millions of trance. This par mem shall be carti..l t the account of the person obtaining the contract, s h.ch atu,t be completed within the month, and besore talst; pores/don of the line. The other deposits shall be Mime. distely returned. The eautionsmoney, es well as the des -s:3 made before the tender, may be made either in cash or in rentes, calculated at the average price et the mono pre ceding that in which the adjudication shall tale Tne committee on the bill for the sanatory improvement of lodging-houses proposes to in terdict landlords from letting lodgings which an adminietrative investization may have shown to be insalubrious; and M.lVoloweki and M. de Montemart have proposed that communes shall be authorised to impose an extraordinary tax of 5 per cent. on the principal taxes, in order to construct new lodging houses for workmen, and to improve the unhealthy lodgings of manufactories and workshops. Baron Gros left Paris last night ea rout.. for Athens. Count d'Ormy has been offered the post of ambas sador at Hanover. General Castellan, one of the new litutenante general of France, arrived at Bordeaux on the 21st. The metallic reserve of the Bat.k c 1 rrtitce has again increased about 3 millions, beinkr 'low about dtitri millions to 46-14 millions of notes in circulation. Tr e discount accommodation has fallen ott about 1; million in Paris, sad about 600,000 tr. in the depart ments, the amount of the former being 39,1Y9,23'nfr., and of the latter 67,226,405 tr. Protested bills hare diminished about titkl,ooofr. in l'aris, and about 70,000 fr. in the branch banks, the amounts piing re spectivelyy. 1,623,:152tr. and 1,509,49tfr. t)11 the side of liabilities, the notes in circulation 'nave it.creared about 3.10,000 fr. in Paris, and have &creased a little more than 1 million in the provinces. 'fhe account current of the Treasury has increased about 70,000 fr , being now 83,290,854 fr. Private accounts current in Pans have &sneered about 745,004 qr., and in the country about 197,0001 r., the amount of the former being 73,072,937 fr., and of the latter 25,113,765 fr. PARIS, Feu. 22. 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