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MISS PARDOE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all tb;Libraries, in 3 vols. CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN. By Miss PARDOE. Authoress of " The City of the Sultan," &e. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. Just ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, ALGERIA AND TUNIS, In 1845. By Captain J. CLARK KENNEDY, 18th Royal Irish. An Acount of a Journey made through the two Regencies, by Viscount FEILDING and Captain KENNEDY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. SECOND EDITION. Now Ready in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 245. bound, MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART, Commonly called " THE YOUNG PRETENDER ;" With Notices of the Rebellion in 1745. BY C. L. KLOSE, ESQ. " This work may justly claim the credit of being the fullest and most authentic narrative of this great era of English history."- 151senger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. .NEW NOVEL BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. Just ready, in 3 vols. post MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE. By the Countess of BLESSINGTO Y. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. SEAT OF WAR IN INDIA. Just published, In poet Bvo ., price 59. cloth, with Map. THE PUNJAUB, being a brief Account of the COUNTRY OF THE SIKHS, its Extent, History, Commerce, Productions, Government, Manufactures, Laws, Religion, Sec. By LIEUT.-COL. STEINBACH, Late of the Lahore Service. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. The MAP may be had separately, price is. coloured, and Is. 6d. in case. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their conti nued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock„ at the Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place all favours, cont fi ning instructions, are respectfully requested ts be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered : and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed ef according to instructions. Offices. Mall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On SATURDAY Next, Meacti 21, will be performed Verdi's highly successful Opera of NINO. With New,Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Nina... King . ef Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signor Corelll , Orotasphe (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Dote ; Ab dello (an Ofileer of the King of Assyria), Signor Daitic,rl; Fenena (daughter of Minus), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Nines), Madlle. Sancbioll. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The /Scenery by Mr.V. Marshall, entitled, CATARLN4 ; on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts hylie. Lucile Gratin, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Mondelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglloni ; M.M. Gosselln, Bertrand, Di Mattia. and Perrot. Madame Castellon is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear. THIIATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Burdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLWER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hard lastle. Mr. W. Farrell ; Young 3larlow, Mr. 11. Roll ; Tony Lump sin, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Gloter ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Relne d'an Jour," "Antoinette" Celiarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Roi d'Yvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hnmby,&c. To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE UHL TANGS. Mr. Oclightly, Afr.Buck3tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs Brindal, 7 ilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. • THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Flnt Appearance in the Regular Drama of the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB ! THIS EVENING The performances will commenee with WATCH AND WARD. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Lsidlaw. To he followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and h;s Seven Lengue Boots. In which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, 6s. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Wondrous success and hearty shouts of laughter at the New Farce of " Did yon ever send your Wife to Camberwell ?" THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybnn, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed (Cie; Vaudeville Comedy, entitled. THE FOLLIES OF .t 1 NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, AI r. J. Vining; Count p e Brissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ' • Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; MM. Duval, Miss E. Honner; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled MATHEWS AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, Walton, Oxberry, and Miss E. Honner. To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING LIKENEAS.. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestris. To be succeeded by a Comic Scene, called, TWO IN THE MORNING. By Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Compton. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Melanie Duval will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILLIPPE'S iIOIREES and MA7 INEES MYSTERIEUS ES Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who Bo* to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's mast Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chlorin' Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes. 2sIL. ; Is.i,t P, and Is. • IL Gallery, 6d.; Peva. Boxes, ' Ils. 6d. ASTLEY'a ILOY AL AM P ris KAMM OF Ala S. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the present brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throngs of admiring Spectators to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeous tableaux and magnificence of effect.—Splendid Double Band, Stu pendous Performing Elephants, &c. THIS EVENING Will be ..performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the Company and beautithl Stud will appear. Unique Seines of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with a Grand MILITARY BALLET. OAYJDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Enormous hit. Unparalleled attraction. The New Grand Spectacle and the Army of Women received with Thunders of Applause. The New Drama highly succeseful. THIS EvEarrxel Will be performed TILE SEA KING'S VOW ; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May nard, Johnson, Lewis, IL:slop, MUnson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which the New Drama, entitled, THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. gEW.BATHER.--SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 57; Noon, 42, BAROMETER, 29.62.—W 10 N., fine. HIGH WATER AT LOPIDON-BRIDOE THIS DAY. Morning .. 33 minutes after 5. Evening .. 66 minutes after 6'5 1 16# 4 7- , Ak khili - , . 4 4,7 ° • "'"'N - . -*. f . • m -Dit T ; Urniiig J:fl LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1846. most Th mild eEarle of CLARENDOS and ABERDEEN are men of the and amiable character, and no two statesmen perhaps could b e c h osen t o spea k on the Oregon question who could show a more peaceable disposition, or so much moderation, or such a total absence of every appearance of hostile feeling even towards the violent war party in America. Their brief speeches on Tuesday peace are perfect models in this respect—they breathe onlywill to the mis guided men of the west, and even to Mr. and General Case, who have behaved towards England in a way that might justly have called forth differen A t this moderation may have a language.aiireln place g e o 01 efP ff eocstsibliyn America frota that intended, and induc ing certain parties to follow the example, and act like Christians, may lead them, A n d mild language h as hitherto done, to rise la:w their e demands, and attribute the apparent submissiveness of Eng land to fear, or co mmercial iniereets, or some other motive equally unbecoming a great and high-spirited nation. On the other hand, such a course has its advantages in a moral point of view, and cannot fail to make a favourable impres every Continental Power. England, they must set, has adopted a ,system in every respect different from that of her antagonist. She has used no insulting language, made no unreasonable demand;. She has offered to settle the diapute by nef:oL;ation, or reference to a third Power. She has, in short, effere.l everything consistent with her honour. Looking at the nay of this country, her vast wealth, her almost inexhausti:Ae resources, and the noVe contest she so long maintained against the most gigantic power ever seen by Europe—such a peaceful attitude cannot fail to make the deepest impression in favour of her rights, and ex hibit her in a Ight which may well excite the envy of the world. We only trust that this moderation will not be car riea beyond the proteer limits, and that Lord ABERDEEN will not for: et t:Jat there arc bounds beyond which even the most peaceable of her MA.tr.sTr :1 subjects could not be induced to % S r %, Iprh The rights of the I..Tudson's Bay Company must be _..------reeerve , l, the Columbia River cannot be surrendered, nor any ,'lS*Neonc ion made which can interrnot a free communication with -', .'..- "-- 4 1i0. \ P ific • and it ought never to be forgotten that c 1 - . t •-,N,',.; .....,_ ,i , . ' .;:. ....,, _.---Vy el mg to unreasonable demands we only the more en _ .4 - _, .:-: - 1. ailgO he blessings of peace. On these points Lord ABBllt i'l7*o . id nothing—his remarks were all general, and his -7,-, - - 1 - b o p : 1 _ , ' o f an . amicable settlement of the Aiffarences much T ri 411 . 5 ngar, we tear, than those entertained by any other person. 6. .6 4ir !id " I cannot," he said, " bring myself tobelieve that any reason able doubt remains of our being able to bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion." Ile knows more than the public, and the public in the mean time may take his word when he assures them that the conduct of this great transaction will ; be fStbearing, conciliatory, moderate, and just, without any 1 sacrifice of honour or of the real interests of the country. We only hope that he will never forget his own solemn declara tion, that " England has rights in the Oregon, and that she is prepared to maintain them." The tariff is not yet inished. We had hoped too much, it appears, of the discretion and even of the humanity of protectionist legislators. Though the Corn Bill is waiting for the tariff, and none of the articles included in the tariff— some of them of prime importance to a people suffering from scarcity—can be admitted at the proposed reduced du ties till the whole report on the tariff has been received — notwithstanding the appalling accounts of the march of famine in Ireland, and the authoritative representations of the injury done to all the commercial interests by the con tinuance of delay—the protectionist pop-guns still go on popping, Lord Goconcs BENTDICK still goes on practising himself into an orator at the expense of starving millions, and Sir Jonx TynnELL and Colonel Swum? snaking" merry descants on a nation's woes." When and how is all this tomfoolery to end ? The protectionists, it appears, had. made up their mind not to let the second reading of the Corn Bill pass till suxt Fri • day week. Lord G. BENTINCK has made up his book so as to let the third reading be taken the last day that the House of Commons will sit before Easter, that the Lords may not begin with it till after Easter, so as the protectionists can talk, and will talk, and there is no shame in them. Sir ROBERT PEEL has lost nothing by allowing the second reading of the Corn Bill to be postponed till Monday next ; for whether it comes en next Monday, or bad come on on Tuesday, in either case it had been settled by Lord GEORGE BENTLNCK, whose decrees are irrevocable, that the division should take place on Friday week. And Lord GEORGE BErrincE, who shows himself every night a great calculator, has calculated that the debate on timber is to last six hours; so as the House were not unnaturally unwilling to sit for six hours, from eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, to begin work again at twelve yesterday, and as nothing is lost by letting the six hours' pro tectionist mooning on timber come off on Friday, on Friday it is to come off; and then let us hope that the tariff will be finished, and the new duties come into operation on Satur day morning. Yesterday morning the Irish Fever Bill was proceeded with. The sentiments to which Mr. \VARLET has given expression in connexion with this Bill have, we think, been most unjustly misrepresented, when he is ridiculed as pre scribing high diet for fever, and accused of throwing ob structions in the way of the cure of fever, by remonstrating against a previous absence of measures for preventing it. The frightful returns laid before Parliament, if they show anything, show that the fever has its origin in want of food. That is the Government case. It is a case universally assented to. The existence of scarcity has been long known, its production of disease has been long foreseen. " Why, then," asks Mr. WALLET, " have effectual measures not been taken to supply food to the starving ?" And it is not too late yet. Why are not effectual measures now taken for providirg every starving man, in whom starvation has not yet produced disease, with food that may yet be in time to prevent it? And Mr. WALLET lays hold of the defect of the Irish poor-law system, which does not provide the means of relieving the destitute immediately, without first bringing him into the workhouse. Mr. P. SCROPE has also ably enforced the necessity of making some alteration in the provision of the Irish poor-law to meet the sad necessity of the present moment. This is not the time to cling to theories, when starvation and death threaten on every side. This is not the time to wait for the operation of the measures introduced by the Government with a view to providing employment, nor even for the distribution of those supplies of food which the Government have collected, and by the collection of which Sir J. GRAHAM is so ready to justify himself to his country and posterity, by a state of things such as now exists in Ireland. The means should be at hand in every parish of providing immediate relief . to the destitute, as it is provided by the relieving officers in Eng land. Till these means are given, the Government will not have done all their duty. This is what Mr. WAKLIY has urged upon the Government with his usual ability, and with a benevolence of which one would have thought his public life had afforded proof enough to protect him from the un handsome insinuations in which a Liberal paper has per mitted itself to indulge. We alluded in our columns of yesterday to the promised motion of Lord Joan RUSSELL, and entirely approved of its postponement until the all-engrossing, the vitally important topic of the day, the introduction of cheap food for the many, shall have been safely carried through its various stages to a triumphant termination, but we do not the less keenly feel the imperative necessity of an early and attentive investiga tion into the causes which have hitherto rendered so fair a country, so large a portion of our dominions, as Ireland un doubtedly is, rather &thorn in the side of Great Britain, the fer tile source of embarrassment and difficulty to the Government, than (as undoubtedly she ought to be) her great strength and support. The people of Ireland have long suffered under the blighting effects of misgovernment and oppression ex • tended through ages of misrule—let us hope that a new and a brighter era is dawning upon both nations, and that the abolition of all political distinctions, the removal of all un equal and unjust laws, which have hitherto rendered a people possessing so many high and noble qualities, so ready to feel and appreciate any kind (we should rather say just) acts, dissatisfied and insubordinate, will restore it to us as an integral portion of our nation rather than a province. Never was there a time when acts of concession, cf justice on our part could be rendered with a better grace. . The visita tion of PSOVIDEICE has unhappily afflicted our Irish brethren with all the horrors of famine and of pestilence, occasioned by the deteriorated quality of the scanty provisions retained for home consumption ; and this, be it remembered, at a time when they are exporting to oar shores large quantities of the finest description of esculents. Our Government, with the sanction and approbation of persons of all classes, varieties, and shades of politics through out the country, are anxiously seeking for and ready to adopt any means to alleviate their distress—to extend the warmest sympathy and the most disinterested friendship to the sufferers—amply sufficient to testify to a people of such high and generous impulses the true character of our feelings towards them—that we do not wish in any re spect to enact the part of a superior, but in all things to make them part and parcel of ourselves in full and perfect equality—that we are actuated by a laudable and anxious desire to remove their grievances and to render them complete justice, to develope their energies, and to bring their great national resources into full and perfect operation. But much remains still to be done before this happy con summation can be attained, and gladly do we hail the exist ence of an improved spirit amongst our legislators in the manner in which they discuss the affairs of our sister island. Men of the highest and most exalted talent, of compre hensive intellect, have shaken off many of the antiquated prejudices which formerly hung around them, and prevented the free exercise of their faculties; they can now give full liberty (unrestrained by considerations of party) to their nobler feelings; the Government, and many of the most intellectual of what was formerly termed the Conservative party, have happily emancipated themselves from the thraldom of the more bigoted and intolerant of their associates, from the sup posed necessity of acting with whom, and keeping them selves united as a party, their better feelings were formerly fettered andenchained. Already* measure has been brought forward to sweep off the last remnants of the penal cede which so long disgraced our statute-book, and it was received with the almost unanimous approbation of the House. True it is that some little opposition was manifested, but it was of the faintest description, and appeared to have been given rather as a protest against the measure than with any well-grounded hope of resisting it in its progress. Indeed, we should doubt the efficacy, the justice of any measure which was not greeted by some such exhibition. And now that this improved spirit is animating the national councils we entertain the sanguine expectation that but a short while will elapse before we shall witness its happy fruits—that where discontent and anarchy now prevail, contentment and peace will become their substitutes—where poverty and its attendant miseries have attained a rank and spurious growth, wealth and its cheerful adjuncts will supply their place—where the assassin now lurks, the hardy and peaceful yeoman will be found. And that Ireland at large, hitherto writhing beneath the tortures of misrule, will soon be converted into a thriving and prosperous portion of our dominions, and in place of reproach, will reflect honour on the British Legislature. We have received Madrid journals of the 10th, which left little doubt that a speedy change of Ministry was certain, and this event, by no means unexpected, has been confirmed by an extraordinary express which reached Paris on Monday night, announcing that on the 12th all the Ministers had resigned. This is believed to be the work of CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ ; for the moderation of the latter, ever since the fall of MARTI:4E2 DE IA ROSA'S Cabinet, and the acquits= cence of the Qu EEN-MoTss ER in the change, were all feigned, and displayed for some ulterior object of their plans. The public absolutely know nothing, bat strong and well-founded suspicions are entertained that some dark, mysterious scheme is in operation for the marriage of the QUEEN to one not acceptable to the Spanish nation. No doubt remains that a now Cabinet will be formed with • • NAttvaEz as Chief Mi nister. On the 10th the Three per Cents. closed at 29i at 30 days ; the Five per Cents., at 21i at 30 days; and the Coupons, at 2:3N at 30 days. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, the de bate on the motio n of M. REMUSAT relative to public func tionaries having sea ts in the Chamber had commeneed,hu up to the hour of post it possessed no feature of the slightest interest. A Committee had been appointed on M. ST. PRIEST'S Bill for the reduction of the Five per Cent. Stoek Of the Members six are Ministerialists, and consequently in favour of postponement, and the measure therefore may be regarded as settled, at least, for this session. A Bill for granting 300,060 f. to the Minister of the Interior, for charitable pur poses, had been passed on a previous day almost unani mously. The late insurrection in Poland still forms the principal topic in several of the journals, but the remarks upon it are without either novelty or interest, The total amount of subscriptim Pins up t 4 Saturday, was 43,000f 1 and those in the provinces already known were reckoned at 7,000 f, making altogether 50,000 f. (2,0001.) We are glad to find I that the accounts received from the United States of the manner in which the new tariff of Sir ROBERT PEEL was received at New York and Washington, has given satisfac tion at Paris. This is a good sign for the continuation of peace between England and France. War, even among men that at one time belonged to the war party, is becoming unfashionable, and the blessings, of peace begin to be estimated at their real - value, The Constitutionnel, adverting to the accounts from America, says :—" They afford an additional argument for the advocates of peace, and the most powerful that can be urged in an American assembly, for it is founded on self-interest; but the next ar rivals will tell us whether the impressions of the first day were fugitive, or whether they have remained permanent in ,the minds of the American statesmen." The arguments of the Courrier Francais, :a journal not partial to England, might be put forth by any peace society in England. We are much pressed for SpaCe, but the article is too good to be abridged : " It is long since political economists have said to their Govern ments—grant ns commercial liberty, free trade with all nations, and we in our turn guarantee to you, in the name of the science of which we are the advocates, that the liberty which you bestow as a gift on humanity, shall not meet an ungrateful return; we guarantee that It shall successively remove all the causes of trouble, disorder, and antagonism, which ft is your duty to combat and destroy ; we gua rantee to you that there shall one day reign in the world, that golden age, which has been placed so mal-apropos in the past, and which in the future is the golden age of peace. These eco nomists have been Scarcely listened to, and if they have been, it has been only 'with the intention of stigmatising their ideas as dreams and utopian reveries. The first answer given was ' This liberty is impossible. Nations have been always imparked within their frontiers; they are accustomed to be separated, divided, dis united ; how then will you accustom them to unite and treat each other as brothers?' The economists have not replied to this, they have done better; they have allowed facts to speak for them selves; they have shown populations drawn towards each other, uniting themselves by the bonds of interest and sympathies, and breaking by degrees those shackles which separated them ; they have shown societies formerly scattered, and forming each a separate world, drawing towards each other in such a manner as to form a great whole, the parts of which, though distinct and different, are attached to each other by the in dissoluble bond of commercial relations. They have, in fine, pointed out the constantly increasing amount of the imports and exports of each country, and have said-, This is what will henceforth secure peace. War will not take place when one nation depends on another for its subsistence.' Events that are taking place on all sides prove the correctness of the opinion of these who have been hitherto designated as dreamers and utopians. The genius of war re coils before that of commercial liberty. We have, fur instance, just received from the United States accounts in which 'the political economists will - receive an admirable confirmation of the excellence of their principles, in which they will find the an - nouncement of a signal victory, which the application of their prin ciples is on the point of giving to the cause of peace. After remaining for a mouth without any news from England, the Americans re ceived by the Cambria the financial plan proposed by Sir Robert Peel. This great measure which has slut an end to the old system pursued in England, and inaugurates in the world the era of commer cial liberty, has caused a complete revolution both at Washington and at New York. All warlike ideas, even by the most ardent adversaries of England, were immediately laid aside. The language of the press, hitherto so threatening, has become completely pacific. The Oregon question may be considered to be, if not arranged, at least in a fair way of settlement. This, we repeat, is a victory of which the friends of freedom have a just right to be proud. In England, the accounts from America have caused general satisfaction, except ameugst the ohd protectionist party. For this party, already half vanquished, and which will to morrow have disappeared, the blow is painful. If the news !from America had not been favourable, the protectionists might perhaps have succeeded in causing :the postponement of the :reform of the eons-laws ; perhaps they might have succeeded In causing its re jection by the House of Lords. But how can they now struggle against a measure which, by giving the people food at a cheap rate, will secure peace to England? All opposition is henceforth impos sible." The irenchFunds continued to improve on Monday; the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 40e. ; . the live per Cents., 1201. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,340 f. ; Rouen, 1,0801. ; Havre, 762 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 7961. 25c.; Avignon, 1,000 f.; Vierzoa, 757 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 6851. ; Basle, 2501. ; Fampoux, 460 f. ; Dieppe, 480 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 547 f. 50e. ; Tours and Nantes, 5761. 25e.; Paris and Lyons, definitive, 6241. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot). 512 f. 50c. ; ditto (Le cointe), 5061; ditto (Conapagnle Merldlonale), 5041. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 5031. ; ditte(Espeleta), 5041. ; Dijon and Mul haussen (O'Neill) definitive% 565 t. Charleroi, 4961. 75e. LYONS, Mellen 14.—Parts and Orleans, 1,3151. ; Rouen, 1,050 f. Viezron, 7551. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK ESCHANGE, Afenen 17. Bordeaux, Tealouse, and Cette (Espeletaj, 2% —Dendre Valley, % —Dutch Rhenish, 6 —*reat Northern of Franco Constituted, 16% —Louvain and Jemappe, I%,—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 2—Luxembourg. I —Namur and Liege, 3%—Rouen and Havre, 30 —Sambre and Meuse, 4 —Tours and Nantes Constituted, 734. THE 8 uN I VONWON, THU'ItSDAY Alp - RN ING. MARCH 19, 1846. EAST INDIA HOUSE. The usual quarterly meeting of the Court of Directors and Proprietors of the East India Company, took place yesterd.iy at the East India House. The CHAIRMAN haying, stated the objects, for the consi deration of which the muting had been called, The SECRETARY read a list of the Parliamentary and other papers of the Company that had been presented and received since the last meeting. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. GEORGE TIIGIIPSON then rose and proceeded with his usual motion in reference to the claims of the Raja of Sattara. LIEUTENANT WAGHORN AND THE OVERLAND MAIL. When Mr. Thompson el. sed his address, Major-General BRIGGS seconded the motion. Mr. GORDON said he had heard the whole of the discussion that had taken place upon this question, and he felt assured that every person who had heard that diseussion must be convinced of the justice of the case made out for the Raja. The question was then put and negatived. Mr. D. SALOMONS gave notice of the following motion for the next Court day : " To call the attention of the Court of Proprietors to the advantages conferred on India by the exertions and perse ♦erance of Lieutenant Waghorn, with a view of recommend ing his services to some fitting remuneration or acknowledg ment." The following is a copy of the petition The humble memorial or petition of Thomas Waghorn, a Lieutenant in her Majesty' s Navy, to the Court of Pro prietors of the Hon. East India Company, Shewet b,—That your 'petitioner entered your honourable service in 1819. He served your interests in service from 1819 to 1832, both in peace and in war, as the records on your own shelves, and that of the Court of Directors, in common with those of the India- Board will prove, and continued with his various usefulness, by which you received a great amount of money from his personal labours, especially in the American war. These documents have only to be again read to detail, if detail be necessary, his extraordinary useful ness. He was afterwards pioneer and executive of the over land route; he leaves you to calculate the immeasurable ad vantages each of you gained from his labours. The overland route might have existed at this date; but it is universally acknowledged it could not be formed in its present aptitude to your interests unless your petitioner had striven, through evil and good report, to perfect it as it now is. The accompanying two documents are from your two late Governors-General of India. Your petitioner prays of you to relieve him from the debts he was obliged to incur to a large amount by granting him a pension (not a donation), and in so doing you will have the recollection of your peti tioner so long as it pleases God he shall exist. With the most humble supplication he craves this at your hands, in order that posterity may not record his name as a martyr without a reward to yourselves and his country. (Signed)' THOMAS WAGHORN. The Court then adjourned. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY V. LORD HARBOROUGH.— The indictment for alleged railway riot, yreferred by Lord Harborcugh against John Smith and Henry Elliott, con tractors, and Thomas and Samuel Morris, labourers, con nected with the Midland Railway, for rioting in his Lord ship's park at Stapleford, last autumn, came on for hearing at the Oakham Assizes yesterday week, before Chief Justice Tindal. Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Flowers, conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Macaulay, the de fence. The jury acquitted all the defendants. A bill was also preferred by the Midland Company against Lord Hat borough and others, for conspiracy and riot ; and the grand jury (the foreman of which was Lord Harborough's brother in-law), found " a true bill," as regarded the conspiracy.— Leicestershire Mercurg. IMPORTS OF FOREIGN WHEAT AT GLOUCESTER.— We have had, within the last few days, as will be seen from our shipping list, some rather extensive arrivals of foreign corn from the Mediterranean. From Odessa, three vessels are reported; from Constantinople, two; from Smyrna, one; from Catania, one ; and from Leghorn, one ; all wheat laden. When the free trade measures of the Government shall have been carried, the port of Gloucester will assuredly participate very largely in the benefits to be derived from a liberal commercial policy. One indication of an expected increase of trade may be observed in the progress which is being made in digging out the foundation for another very capacious warehouse, adjoining the Basin. It is intended, we believe, for the use of the corn firm of Messrs Phillpotts and Co. A Treasury order, we understand, -has reached this, in common with the other ports of the kingdom, for the liberation of Indian corn and rice at the nominal duty of Is. per quarter; but the importers are required to enter into a customary bond to pay the higher duty (in the case of Indian corn, lls. per quarter), in case the Bill at present before Parliament should not pass into a law. This stipule.: tion will, in all probability, induce the merchants to continue their Indian corn in bond till the fate of the measure in Par liament shall be decided, or rendered tolerably certain. There are something more than 1,100 quarters of this corn in bond in Gloucester; and this, there can be little doubt, will in a few weeks at the very farthest, be liberated for consumption. —Gloucester Journal.' TIIE MIDDLESEX NEW PRISON.—We stated last week that the designs for the Middlesex House of Detention were furnished by the Government Inspectors of Prisons; and this has been generally reported. The fact is, however, that it is from an original design of the county surveyor, Mr. Moseley. The magistrates have determino: to adopt that gen tleman's plan for the entire rebuilding, rather than that of the " Surveyor General of Prisons," for its partial construct ion only ; and the Secretary of State having (subsequently upon the report of the inspectors) sanctioned this more per fect mode of execution, the work is proceeding under the superintendence of Mr. Moseley.— The Builder. The Warsaw courier states that by order of the authorities a Te Deum was chanted in the cathedral of that city, "as a thanksgiving to God for permitting the Poles to retain the happiness of living under the Russian domination." CORN RENTS.—Corn rents will soon likely become the method of paying the rents of arable farms. It is the case already on some of the properties in this country, and we understand that the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Mackenzie of Sea forth has proposed to her tenantry to receive so much corn per acre at the fiar prices on an average of three years for existing leases ; and on new leases at the prices are annually struck fur these kinds of grain respectively.—Ross-shire Ad vs Cs .T. _ _ _ - " THE STATE OF TUSCANY.—The Journal des Debats mentions that considerable agitation at present reigns in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It would appear that the extradition of M. Renzi had greatly displeased the majority of the population, which cannot understand why the Tuscan Government should consider itself obliged to deliver up to the Court of Rome, this winter, the individual whose extradition it refused to sanction last summer. " Of all the States of Italy," says the Journal des Daces, " Tuscany is the only country in which the Jesuits have net established them selres, and to that fact may be attributed the peace aed tranquility which the Grand Duchy has so long enjoyed. The Jesuits, finding that they could not succeed in establishing themselves openly in the Grand Duchy, tried to obtain their object by indirect means. To this end they introduced some sisters of the Sucre Cceur, who it is well known are excellent auxiliaries for the Jesuits. Funds were provided, a suitable house was found, and in short every thing arranged for their installation at Pisa ; when on the 21st ult, a large number of the in habitants of that city congregated upon the square before the cathe dral and cried Down with the Jemits l Down with the sisters of the Sacre Cceur This little emeute (against which it does nct ap pear that the Government showed any disposition to act) produced a great sensation In the town. Without loss of time several ecclesias tics and professors of the University, and other notab'e inhabitants, addressed to the governor a protestation against the introduction of any establishment in any way connected with the Jesuits. That document plainly shows, what men who are really attached to their religion, and who desire that the world should return to Catholic unity, think of the Jesuits, and of the sisters of the Sacre Cceur." "We trust," concludes the Journal des I),Gats," that the excellent Prince who presides over the destinies of Tuscany, will take into consideration the protestation which has Wen addressed to the Governor of Pisa." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen lr.ld a Court and Privy Council yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Priv. Seal, the Commander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the Trea sury, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colo nial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Postmaster General, the Chief S'eretary for Ireland, the Lord Ste /yard, the Lord Chamberlain,' and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Right Rm. Charles Viscount Canning, Chief ' Commissior er of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. The lion. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At tha Court, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Gordon, G.C.8., her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of Austria, was presented to the Queen at an audience, by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen. The Bishop of Calcutta bad an audience of the Queen, to submit to her Majesty the ground plan and the per- spective view of the Cathedral of St. Paul's, Calcutta, erecting by Colonel Forbes, of the Engineers. The Duke of Buccleuch and Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen. The Court was attended by the Marquis of London. derry, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. 'I he Royal Family were taken their usual exercise yes terday in the royal garden. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto, his Excellency the Netherlands' Minister and Mademoiselle Dedel, the Duchess of Buccleuch. the Marquis and Marchioness of Ahereorn, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Charles Wellesley, the lion. end Rev. C. Leshe Courtenay, and Captain the Hon. James P. Murray. - The band of the First Life Guards was in attendance during dinner at the palace, and performed the following pieces Medley Overture Pot pourri Walzer —Themis Fest Klauge Labitzky. Cori—La jarita Rossini. Polka—Norfolk Labitzky. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ke'tt took an airing in a carriage yesterday. A deputation, consisting of the Marquis of Bread elbane, the Earl of teglintoun, Lord Kinnaird, Mr. W. Forbes; M.P., Mr. R. Dennistoun, M.P.. Captain Dal rymple, M.P., Mr. W. Baillie, M.P., Mr. A. Smollett, M.P., Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Anderson, of the Glas gow Union Bank ; Mr. Smith, of the Western Bank ; Mr,.Brock, of tie Clydesdale Bank ; Mr. Salmoud, of the City of Gl:sgow Bank ; Mr. Milne, of the Dundee Bank ; the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Messrs. Bain and Brown, of Glasgow, and Messrs. Smith and M'Neil, of Edinburgh, bad an interview with Sir Robert Peet yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deptify-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. A deputation from the North American Colonial As sociation had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yester day. The deputation consisted of INIt;,, Dowie (Chair man), Mr. Gillespie. Mr. Carter, Mr. John. Masterman, M.P.. and Mr. David Barclay, M.P. The Ecelesiaelical Commissioners for England, had a general meetin;r, yesterday. 1 here were preient the Archbishop of Caeterbury, the Bishops of London, Bangor, Carlisle, Chester, Ely, Hereford, Llandaff, Norwich, Oxford, and Rochester, the Judge of the Pre re gative Court, the Earl of Bessboroughrtne Right Hon. H. Elohhoese, and the Dean of Westminster. The Duke of Wellington gave a dinner to the Cabinet igiqisters yesterday at Apsley-house. Dispatches were reeeived at the Colonial-office from the Governor of New Zealand. . A deputation, consisting of Mr. G. Wi . braham, Mr. Jervis, Psi P., Mr. Tolemache, M.P., Mr. P. Davies Cooke, Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P.. Mr. Brittain, and Mr. Hicklin, had au interview yesterday with Sir H. Peel. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION. Within these few days there has been an addition to the ordinary features of this establishment. This aurae tion is some opaque microscopic portraits of a number of the most distingiushed leaders of the Seikhs, all but one of whom wt re opposed to our troops in the late battles of the Sutlej. The portraits have been selected from the work of a lady of eminent artistical talent, who was resident in the Punjaub a number of years, and her portraits are considered to be striking likenesses. Those men appear favoured by nature, being well formed and athletic, and do not indicate, either by the peculiar construction of the face, or by the .expression of the eye, that great feeling uf ferocity and cruelty which is stated to be a. leading characteristic amongst them. On the contrary, the majority had handsome features, no scowl or overhanging brow, but presenting a clear nponness of counteranee. and beautifully formed features. The instrument by which these interesting pictures are exhibited is thc well-known opaque microscope, in vented by Mr. Longbottow, and brought before the public with great success at the POl% technic In-titution. It is intended, we understand, that there shall be given a series of portraits of all the public characters engaged in the present struggle—our own brave countryman the late Sir Robert Sale, Lady Sale, Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Hugh Gough, and other distinguished individuals. The directors, for the spirited way with which this splendid institution is conducted, well merit the public approbation and support. BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTITUTE The fifth soirée of the season was held on Tuesday at the rooms of this society, in George-street, Hanover square, and was attended by a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, members and their families. During the evening a recent traveller in Australia and New Zealand, Mr. George French Angus,' exhibited a large collection of very interesting draw ings, made by himself during his excursions in these coun tries. They embraced scenery, costumes, portraits, and groups of figures illustrative of the manners of the various tribes. He was accompanied by a New Zealand youth, son of the 'chief Pomara ; who, with the whole of his family, except only this youth, were killed by a hostile party. This son, thus left without parent or protector, was taken by Mr. Angus to Sidney, and there placed at school ; but on re turning to England Mr. Angus brought the youth with him, to give him the benefit of an English education, and afford him an opportunity of seeing this country, after some stay in which, it is intended that he should return, to commu nicate the results of his acquirements to his countrymen. The youth was dressed in his native costume, evinced great intelligence, and excited general interest by his ap pearance and conversation. There was also present as a visitor on this occasion a Bulgarian Prince, Alexander Stoilovitch Exarque Bey . ogiou, who has come to England on a very interesting mission. The Bulgarians, who occupy one of the conquered provinces of the Turkish empire, near the chain of the Balkan and Black Sea, are at present very much in the condition of the Greeks, previous to the establish ment of their independence, and notwithstanding the hotti eheriff of the Sultan 'Abd-001-Madjed, which gives to all the subjects of the Ottoman empire, whatever may be their faith, equal civil and political rights, the local authorities of Bul garia, removed from the eye of the chief ruler of the empire, and having no fear of public opinion or the press, which no where exists throughout the interior, practise cruelties and oppres ions at. which every humane heart would shudder if they were fully detailed. The Prince being himself a Chrislian, but a member of one of the few remaining fami lies of the ancient Bulgarian nobility who continued in possession of their estates and privileges, is anxious to in terest the more inlelligent and philanthropic men of influ ence in Europe in the improvement of his country. Instead of seeking to resist the oppression under which his country men labour by an armed revolution, which so often oily rivets the chains of the unsuccessful more closely, he hopes, by the more pacific and mere certain mode of establishing schools, introducing the press, and promoting religious and benevolent associations for the advancement of civilization, to effect a slow but gradual amelioration. He has been received in France by M. Guizot and the French Ministers with the. greatest respect and cordiality, and has had a most favourable interview with the Earl of Aberdeea and other of her Majesty's Ministers in this country. He proposes to bring over some of the sons of the principal Bul garian families to England, and other countries in amity with the Sublime Porte, for education in schools and colleges, and then return them, with all their stores of knowledge, to their own country, as has been done with so much success by the present Pacha of Egypt. The Prince was introduced to the assembly by the resident director, Mr. Buckingham, who explained the object of his visit at some length. Mr. Buckingham was followed by the Prince himself, who ad dressed the company in French. Puic OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Faris is 14 per which, at the English Mint price of 3 /. 17 s. 1014d.r er ounce m eel i b il' for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 50 ; and the exchange at Paris en London at short being 25 65, it fol lows that gold it 0.5 S per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices front Ilamburgh the price of gold is 436 1 ,4 per muk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1014 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10'4 ; and the Exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 12, it follows that gold is 0.57 per cent. dearer in London than in liamburgh. the course of exchange at New York on London Is 108 U per cent., and the par or excuans.e between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.33 per cent. against England. lint the quoted exchange at New York bei ,, g for bills at GO dad s' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. TIE LATE. FATAL FIGHT.-NEWCASTLE•ON•TYNE , MON'D AT N c RT.-1 he adjourned inquest on the body of Michael Reilly, who was killed in a prize-fight, at Myth, near this town , was resumed this afternoon, before Stephen Reed, Esq., coroier for the istriet. The evidence showed, that the arrangements cf the battle were the usual (meson such oeg.tsions, and that both combatants were attended by seconds, bottle-Selders, and referees. The fight, it was stated, appeared a fair one until towards the close, when the deceased was so weak that his seconds had to carry him up to his antagonist, and that lie frequently fog back into their arms. Mr. Ward, surgeon, of Illyth, who attended Reilly immediately after the fight, described his appearance and condition as appalling ; he was unconscious and unable to swallow ; and his head and parts of his body were much cut and swollen. There was no doubt, according to this witness's testimony, tat the unfortunate man's death was occasioned by the injuries he received in the course of the fight. The jury returned a verdict of " Atansiaughter" against William Gieghorn and his abet tors ; including, it is believed, all the parties who took part in the arrangements of the battle. The coroner, however, thought it dis creet to withhold their names from the public at present, as the whole of them are yet at large. Warrants were issued for their apprehen sion. The inquiry was attended by Sir M. W. Ridley, Dart., and several of the county magistrates. GROCERS AND TEA-DEALERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU- AtaN.—Tnesday evening the nintßannual meeting of the donors and t'lseribers to thls in•Utution was held at the Londen Tavern William Sewell, Esq., President, In the chair. The report eongra- Whited the subscribers on the increased prosperity of the society, which has fc,r Ns of jest the relief of distressed members of the trade, their widows and orphans. There are now 29 pensioners on the funds ; the males receive 24/. and the females 181. per annum, at a cost of 606/. The donations, annual subscriptions, and the dividends on the stock, amounted to 1,6071. 175., being an increase of 1751, over that of the preeedhlg year. The report was adopted. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES-WEDNESDAY. Match ; 100 revs. Ona mile and a half, over four hurdles. Mi. Lambden's Chance. 11st 12Ib (olliver) 1 Mr. Clifton's Pedlar, 12st 21b 5t04 on Chance. Won easy. The Debdal Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added by the Stewards; for hunters, list each. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. E. Hyde Clarke's Leo. aged, I Ist 71b (Capt. Brooks) 1 Mr. Mylton's b g, by Volney, out of Saturnia 2 Mr. H. de Rode's Pullaway, list 71b Mr. Clifton's Puff-and-Dart, aged, list 71b 0 Mr. Sanders's Princess, list 71b, came to the post, but would not start. 64 agst Leo. Won cleverly by half a length. Match ; 1,000 sous. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. O'Brien's Needful, Gst 21b ......... ......(Wintringbam) 1 Mr. Clifton's Nottingham, Bst 71b 6t04 on Needful. Won in a trot.. Nottingham broke down. The Warwick Handicap of 15 nova. each ; 10 ft, and 5 only if declared :40 added. Two miles. (Ten Subs., two of whom paid.) Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 5 yrs, 7st 51b 2 Lord Brooke's Roebuck, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Scott's Mosque, aged; Bst ••• Mr. Death's Subduer, 6 yrs, 7st 81b, Mr. E. Peel's Jack Sheppard, aged, 7st, and Mr. Foster's Isabella, 3 yrs, sst, also ran. Betting-2 to lon the field, 3to 1 agst Subduer (t), 4to 1 agst Godfrey (taken freely), 4 to 1 agst Mosque (t), 4 to 1 agst lsabells and 5 to 1 agst Jack Sheppard. Godfrey challenged Kilgram at the distance, efeated him without an effort, and won easily by half a length ' • Roebuck, who made nearly all the running, was a bad third. The Trial Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added, for 3 yrs old, 7st ; and 4 yrs, 9st; winner of Derby, Oaks. or St. Leger, 10lbs extra; those that never won allowed 21bs. One mile. 9 Subs. Mr A. W. Hill's Burlesque, 3 yrs Mr. Maugham's Cherry Bounce, 3 prs Mr. Meiklam's b c by Touchstone, out of Laura. 3 yrs Sir R. Pigott's c by Colwick, out of Peeress, 3 yrs 4 Mr. W. Scott's Hightield, 3 yrs ... 7 to 4 on Burlesque ; - '5 to 2 agst 1 - lightield; and 4 to 1 agst C erry Bounce. Burlesque made all the running, and won in a canter. Handicap Hurdle Race fora cup of 50/. Two miles over five hurdles. Gentlemen riders. Lord Glamis' Belshazzar, aged, I Ist 81b (Owner) 1 Mr. J. Wilson's Mantrap, list 61b 2 The following also started :—Lord Guernsay's na Eagle, list 51b—Mr. E. Welch's Siasher, lOst 41b—Mr. R. Clifton's Pedlar, 1 Ist 111b—Mr. Lambden's Chance, and Mr. Rolt's Argus, 11 st. The other match was off by consent, and the Farmers' race not run when our acccount The town full, and the meeting a good one. BETTING AT THE BEDFORD HOTEL, TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHAMPTONSIIIRK STAICES.-300 to 25 agst Needful ( t ), 300 to 25 and 900 to 100 agst his winning this race and his match for 1,000/. CHESTER bur.-17 to 1 agst Sweetmeat (16 to 1 was taken on the course, and after the Trial Stakes, 10 to 1 was taken freely), 600 to 20 agst Arthur (t), 35 to 1 agst Whinstone (0. On the course, 25 to 1 was taken about Hope, 1,000 to 30 about Mermaid, 1,000 to 25 agst Billy Purvis, and 40 to agst Arthur. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STASES.-7 to 1 agst Morpeth (t)-7 to 1 agst Butirtiss (t)-8 to 1 agst Gudfrey (t)-10 to 1 agst Outcast. CHESTER CuP.-1S to 1 agst Clumsy (taken freelv)- 18 to 1 agst Sweetmeat (t)-20 to 1 agst Miss Burns (t)- 22 to 1 agst Best Bower-25 to 1 agst The Baron-30 to 1 agst Fitzallen-40 to 1 agst Magnet (t)-40 to 1 agst Arthur (0-1,000 to 15 agst Sir Diggory Diddle (t). THE DERBY.---5 to 1 agst Sting (t;-15 to 1 ‘gst Bro cardo-22 to 1 agst lago-25 to 1 agst Tibthorpe 40 to 1 agst Malcolm-40 to 1 agst Fancy Boy-1,000 to 20 agst Sharston (t). CITY OF LONDON PENSION SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of this Institution was held last evening at the London Tavero, Bishopsg ,te-street, the most noble the Marquis of Breadalhane, K.T. in the chair. At six o'clock about 170 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner, which was .placed upon .the table in that admirable style fir which Messrs. Bathe and Breache are so eel, brated. The gallery was filled by ladies, and the champagne, which circulated briskly - at the dinner-table, was not Confined to the body of the room, for the fair auditors in the galiery had likewise an oppirtunity of judging of the excellency of the chainpagne- furnished at the London Tavern. The band of .the . Fusileer guards was in attendance, and performed several popular airs during the course of the evening. The vocal arrangements were under the direction of Mr. J. Bru ton, who wa assisted by Messrs. Geroge. Turner; Sporle, and Farquharson Smith. The veteran Toole bAciated as toast-master. The cloth having been withdrawn. the usual loyal toasts were drank w;th ali the honours. In proposir.g the toast of The Navy and Army," The Noble CHAIRMAN took .occasion to allude to the bloody wartare in which cur trtaTs were new engaged in India, and in the course of which they had, as usual, covered themselves with glory. He further said, that it must be a source of great satisfaction to know that the war in which we were at present engaged - in that coun try was one of a purely defensive nature:—[This allu s.on to the gallaut deeds o - our tro. pa on the banks of the Sudej was recsived with enthusiastic- applause.]— The toast having been drank with all the honours, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the toast of the even ing, " Prosperity to the City of London Pen on S.,ciety, and may it flourish for ever."—(Loud cheers.) The Chat ity which they were there met to support was characterised by that which was the peculiar character istic of charity properly so called—it was universal. — (Cheers.) It aas only limited by the extent of its means of doing goOd. All who were in . distress were eligible to receive its benefits without distinction of sect or country. It was, however, more especially appro priated to the relief of distressed artizans, manufac turers, and tradesmen, who had preserved a good char acter through life, by alloviing them in their old age, pensions, the amount of which was settled by the board of directors ; awl also bysillowing pensions to the deserving widows of such persons. None were admitted to the benefits of the - society who were under the age of 60, unless they were labouring under a total incapacity of earning a livelihood. The funds tf the society were devoted to the relief of persons who had become dis tressed, not from their ' own imprudence, but from causes over which they could have had no control ; and the strictest inquiry was in stituted into the merits of each particular case. The pensions were conferred only on: persons who had been reduced to distress by the decay of their natural powers, or by the vicissitudes of trade. At the present time, when such :great changes were going on in trade, such a society was particularly deserving of support ; for however much those changes might benefit the com munity at large, yet it was not possible to introduce any changes in trade without this being accom panied by cases of individual distress which could not but open a wide field for the exertions of this society.—(Cheers.) The class of' individuals to which he alluded had given their best exertions to bene fit society, and it was the duty of society to relieve them in their distress;and that relief would be afforded as far as their funds would admit by this society. Unfor tunately the society had been subject to great fluctuations. At one r eriod they had had as many as 500 pensioners on their books. At present they had 52 on their list. Of these 22 were above eighty years of age, 15 were upwards of seventy, and 15 were upwards of sixty. Relief was afforded . to all, as far as the funds would go, without distinction of religion .or country. Wherever they found distress there they held out the relieving hand, and this charity was what all charities ought to be, tiniVersal.—(Cheers.) The toast was then drank with three time three, after which Mro Bruton sang en admirable original comic song, a hich being encored, he; after the manner of comic vocalists, sung another song equally good with the first. • On the health of the Secretary, Mr. H. F. Richard son, being drank, that gentleman gave a detailed history of the society from its first forination in 1818 up to the present time, and read a list of the subscriptions, which amounted in the whole to upwards of 9001., and various other toasts were drunk and responded to, and the com pany separated at about half-past eleven o'clock. ROYAL REGIMENT of ARTILLERY The exertions of the recruiting parties . to raise men for this gallant corps are now attended with considerable success, and numbers of .fine young men are • weekly joining at head quarters at Woolwich, from various parts of the country, to acquire a knowledge of the duties of artillerymen. The following circular memorandum has just been issued for the information of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment, and those intending to enlist in that branch of her Majesty's service:— " Deputy Adjutant-General's Office, Woolwich, March 13. " The Master-Getieral and Honourable Board of Ordnance, by letter dated the 11th of March, 1546, S 361, have directed her Majesty's warrant, dated 19th of Dedember, 1845, to be extended to the Royal Artillery, by which rewards for the 'greater encouragement of meri torious set., ice, and for good conduct of non-commissioned o ffi cers and soldiers, are provided for ; it is desirable that these benefits be as extensively circulated as circumstances will permit. "Of the advantages conferred, an annuity in addition to pay for a certain number of sergeants ; the service, combined with good conduct, entitling soldiers to good-conduct pay is considerably reduced ; thus, on completing five years' rervice, with two years' exemption from the de faulters' book, one penny per dit fn' s added to the pay of the soldier, and for every subsequent five years' service, extending to thirty years, a similar increase takes place, the maximum rate being 6d, a-day ; and the good•conduct pay enjoyed by the soldier is carried with bins to the pension list, se that in proportion of length of service and good conduct he may realise a pension from Is. to Is. 6d. a-day. " The particular attention of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men on the recruiting service, is called to this subject, that they may explain to the peasantry the improved condition of the soldier while serving, and the certain provision made for hlm when no longer fit for her Majesty's service. " H. D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-General." In addition to the advantages to the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery alluded to in the above circular memorandum, it has been decided that one sergeant and eight men are to be added to each company of the present nine battalions, and that the tenth battalion will be raised according to the increased strength of the present companies. The number of companies of the Royal Artil lery at home and on foreign stations amour.t to seventy-two, which will give promotion to seventy-two non-commissioned officers, and the same number of men will be promoted from the ranks, in addition to those required to farm the tenth battalion. THE A ssiz ES. —Con siderable inconvenience has been felt, and in many instances grievous injury inflicted upon suiters and witnesses, by reason of the short time allowed by the judges for the transaction of public business in the dif ferent assize towns—between the closing of the Courts in cne bailiwick and the opening of them in another. It is abso lutely and legally necessary, when once the days are named, and the precepts sealed, that the commission for the county, city, or town, should be opened on the very day stated, without any reference to the quantity of business— crown or civil—nndisposed of at the previous place of sit ting. This is an evil of such magnitude, that it is to be hoped means will be taken to prevent its recurrence here after.—Dublin Evening Mail.—[The same evil has for years past prevailed in England. It is to be hoped that the executive will provide a speedy remedy for it in both coun ities.—ED. Burl IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 18. The &MUER& took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. SUNDERLAND GAS BILL. Mr. WAWN moved that the Committee on the Sunder land Gas Bill have leave to proceed with two selected Mem bers, and to appoint another Chairman. After considerable discussion amongst several llon. Mem bers the motion was withdrawn. SUNDERLAND DOCKS BILL. Mr. BELL moved that the Committee on the Sunderland Docks (re-committed) Bill have leave to proceed on Thurs day, at three o'clock, with two selected Members only. The motion was agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz. :—Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid land Junction Railway; Southampton Port and Harbour ; Sumersetshire Midland Railway; Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and South Shields Railway Pur chase). Captain PECHELL presented a petition praying the House to appoint a select Committee to inquire into the justness of the claims of the British Legion during the Spanish war. POOR LAIN S (IRELAND). On the order of the day being read, Mr. POULETT SCROPE said, perhaps he might be al lowed to express a few observations on the Irish poor-laws, as he had had some experience on the subject. In 1827 the first provision for the destitute poor of Ireland was first car ried into law. The machinery of the poor-law in Ireland was nearly similar to what it was in England_ They had a regular set of officers—wardens similar to our relieving offi cers, and workhouses were attachod to each union. The sub stantial difference between the English and the Irish poor law consisted in the giving of in-door relief to the paupers in England, which was not done in Ireland. He uoped th.:t the House would cL me to the opinion that the first r,aource of the people of Ireland, after the failure of the potato crop, was their crop of oats; and if that crop had been properly managed, it would have been sufficient to pro vide against any emergency. He hoped the encouragement afforded by Government to the importation of American corn would be beneficial to Ireland, a.id that enough corn would be speedily collected to meet the present necessity. He had seen with great a!arin the ecormous extent of exports of oats and other kinds of corn which had taken place from Ireland since the failure of the potato crop. He found on a reference to the returns, which would be in the recollection of the House, that up to the sth of February last the imports of corn into England from Ireland amounted to 258,000 qrs. of wheat, 701,000 cwt. of flour, and 82,000 qrs. of barley, making, on a rough calculation, something worth nearly a mil ion of money. Nearly 1,000,000 qrs. of cats bad been exported from Ireland since the failure of the potato crop last harvest, and that system of exportation was going on still. We were now in the middle of March, and during toe last six weeks since the production of the returns, the expor.s bad no doubt been going on in the same ratio. He hoped, however, that some means had been taken to store up the corn ex ported, so that the people of Ireland might still be enabled to obtain the food they had been most used to. At the time of the failure of the potato crop, as if it had been especially ordained by Providence, there was a most bountiful harvest of oats. Government had under taken to be responsible that the people in Ireland should not starve, but they wouli have dune better to have left that responsibility to the local authorities in Ireland. The House had heard from the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government that he — placed great reliance on the voluntary subscriptions and assistance of the landowners. That was a very brittle and frail dependence. He (Mr. P. Sct op , ) knew that in many districts the landlords certainly did provide for their teatimes; but there was a vast number of districts where the landlords were receiving their full rent, and would not return one farthing towards the support of their tenantry. In the northern parts of Europe the first claim to the produce of the soil was admitted to be with the people who were engaged in producing it. He could not for a mo ment rely on the voluntary principle trusted to by the Right Hon. Baronet, for even during the present state - , of distress in Ireland, accounts reached them every day, that the evic tion of tenantry was still going •u. Their cabins and houses were levelled, and they themselves turned out to swell the increasing mass of destitution and misery in the towns of Ireland. He had just seen a statement of a most harrowing descripion of what had taken place in Roscom mon. It stated the people were continually being turned out from from their houses. He had himself read, no later than yesterday, that 447 wretched beings had been ex pelled from their homes In one case a man was lying ill from a fever, and his entreaty, that the walls of his hut should be allowed to stand, in order that he might have some shelter, was refused. In another case, a poor woman, with her child in her arms, was not • allowed time to escape from the hut, but as she was running out the beam fell, and, as he (Mr. P. Scope) understood, killed her child in her arms. It was to prevent these cases, and to introduce the principle of compelling the landlords to take some means of providing for their tenants that he stirred in the matter; for while there were hundreds of these cases in progress it was necessary to act. He would refer them to what took place iu Mullingar, where nineteen families were evicted from their tenures, and in Mallow forty persons hal been expelled, and prayers had been offered up in their chapel for patience to enable them to bear their inflictions. Sir J. GRA.HAM asked where the Hon. Member obtained his inforuiation ? Mr. I'. SCROPE said (as we understood) from the public journals. He could, had he wished, have referred to num bers of blue books to prove the misery that existed, but he did not think such a course necessary. The system had ex isted for years, and it was now time to give the people some refuge and guarantee against starvation. Otherwise they had no chalice but to increase the number of harrow ing cases that had been already brought forward. That would be the case if boards of guardians were compelled to maintain their poor, but it was well known that in Ireland such was not the case. In the report of the Poor law Cum missioners fer 1845 there was a case of a man who had ap plied to the guardians of Carrick-on-Shannon, but %HS refused every relief, and the consequence was that the individual died on the highway, and remained a sp.e , acle during the whole of the following r'ay (Sunda3 ). The Corn tnissioners had very properly reprimanded the guardians on that ace unt, but they had not provided any adequate remedy for the evil, and what he (Mr. Scrop,e) wished to ate was a compulsory power ex rcieed to oblige the guardians to give relief. He vas aware that the workhouse was op , ned, but all the workhouses in Ireland were totally inadequate to the reception of the nuruereus applicants who would present themselves for relief. All the workhouses toeether in Ireland would not accommodate more than 97,000 persons, and le thought, therefore, that relief should be applied in the shape of employment. To further such assistance they might bring in a Bid - for recovering the waste lands, not the bog land, but the large quantity of waste Linds which every part of Ireland presented for cultivation. The Members for Ireland migut talk of confiscation arising from the poor-rate. But what was it? Why, in Ireland the poor-rate was only 6d. in the pound, while in England it was 2s.—(No, no.) No; why he had known in some in stances the poor-rate to amount to 10s.. 1 25., and even 19s. in one else. Such being the case, he thought the local authorities ought to be called upon to assess an equal rate upon all the inhabitants, and thus raise a fund for providing that employment which, in this emergency, was so absolutely necessary. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) had the other day talked as if some mystery should be observed in this matter; but he believed that the institution of a sound poor-law would save the necessity for any such ui.eandid proceeding, and would prevent all those outrages by which the country was at present disgraced. He did not ask for a permanent measure, but he did wish that the burden should in the first place be thrown on the local authorities, and then, according to circumstances, to provide for the future. He believed that, even under the present pressure of famine and want, the rate required would not be more than elevenpence in the pound. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, in seconding the motion, said he did not rise for the purpose of offering the least obstruction to the measures that had been introduced by her Majesty's• Ministers, but he felt it necessary on that occasion to offer a few observations, as tieing connected with the sub ject. The Government had taken upon themselves the re sponsibility of providing for the wants and distresses of the destitute people of Ireland, for which undertaking he gave them every credit.—(Hear, hear.) They had substantial proof, however, that the measures introduced by the Government were not sufficient to meet the exigencies of the people of that country.—(Hear, hear.) If they were sufficient, why was it that they had so many reports laid on the table of that House, all showing that disease and famine were extending themselves?—(Hear.) Such, he took for granted, was a proof that the measures pro posed were insufficient. For a number of years past the measures recommended by Committees and Commissions, in reference to Ireland, had not been adopted by that House; and his (Mr. Crawford's) opinion was, had they been attended to and adopted, there would not exist the misery and distress • that at present prevailed in that country. Therefore, he felt it was their duty to force on the Government the con sideration of those measures that had been suggested, with a view to remedying those evils.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of her Ma jesty's Government, in introducing his measure, stated that it would be impossible for him to proceed without the aid of local support; in fact, that he depended much on voluntary help. Now, he (Mr. Crawford) did not mean to cast the slightest imputation on the landlords or gentry of Ireland, as he was aware that arnong,t them there were many kind hearted and benevolent gentlemen, but he should. at the same time, say that he had not a doubt that many of them would not come forward to do their duty by the people ; and, there fore, it was the Government were called on to make a provi sion for such necessity. But he should also observe, if the landlords were expected to do their duty, they should get every facility for doing it.—(Hear, hear.) The measures recommended to that House should be adopted, such as giving relaxation of entail to tenants for life, as a compensa tion for the improvements made by them.—(Hear, hear.) For nearly two years the report of the Landlord and Tenant Commission had bean lying in abeyance, and nothing had been done ; and though 'Government had introduced Bills for the amelioration of Ireland, yet he wanted to see a power given for the general improvement of the country.-.... (Hear.) The Bill at present before the House only pro. Tided for one description of disease (fever); it made no provi sion for the various other diseases mentioned in the reports. There could be no doubt that the ejectments referred to had also taken place ; and he therefore suggested that the Government should take up the waste lands, which would afford scope for the exercise of labour and yield ample re muneration to the labouting classes. It was necessary that the Government should assume a bold front, and take upon themselves the power of making such important alterations with regsrd to the titles of land as the nature of the case re quired.—(Hear.) As to relieving the poor of Ireland by the application of the present system of poor-laws, it was impossible; and unless the guardians were permitted to ad minister out-door relief under the authority of the Commis sioners, in such cases as the circumstances required, the diffi culties could never be remedied. He should conclude by seconding the motion of the Hon. Gentleman who preceded him.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that he felt he was labouring under very many and great disadvantages in replying to the ob servations of Hon. Members on the subject of Ireland, in consequence of the absence of his colleagues who were more immediately connected with that country, but at the same time he was anxious to state frankly to the House the opit aions which he entertained with reference to the important question which had, he thought, been rather unnecessarily brought under discussion by the instruction which the Hon. Member (Mr. P. Scrope) had put upon the paper. He at the same time believed also that it was barely within the ruler of the House that such an instruction should be allowed upon this question. This measure was exceedingly limited in its nature, for although important, it was precise in its ob jects. It was for the temporary relief of cases of fever arising from the present unhappy circumstances of Ireland, and the construction which they must necessarily put on the resolution of the Hon. Member would raise the question of relief tits not only the afflicted, !ant i° the able-bodied poor of Ireland who were out of the union workhouses. His instruc tion was to relieve all the destitute poor out of the union houses who might be in danger of perishing from want. Mr. POULETT SCROPE said that if the precise words of his instructions did not sufficiently convey his meaning, he had, he thought, sufficiently explained his wishes in the re marks he had afterwards made. What he wished was, that the Government relief would be given in the shape of work, and not in the form of a bounty. He would be quite willing to alter the words of his instruction. Sir J. GRAHAM said that this uncertainty wss one of the , disadvantages of a departure a frotn the rules of the House. The proper course for the lion. Member would have been to have moved for leave to bring in a Bill to meet his wishes. The Honourable • Member, indeed, expressed his willing' nest to alter the framing of his instruction but that Nt Quid not amend the- matter, for they were not that day met to caesider the propriety of adding to or amending th e poor. law in Ireland, neither were they met to consider an other subject of great social importance, he meant the rela tions between landlords and tenants; for if they discussed • these questions they would be anticipating the motion 0 f which the Noble Lord the Member fur London had giv.e n notice fie- after Easter, namely, the general condition of the people of Ireland ; and it would be otherwise imprudent to prematurely discuss these questions, inasmuc h I as they lay at the root of all their difficulties respecting Ireland. The time, he thought, was unfit for considering these important subjects, but he could not refrain from com menting upon one or two of the observations made by the last two speakers. The Hon. Member who had introduce d this motion complained that the measure under considera tion had not been introduced sufficiently early, when th e y could have had time to give it their full considerati on. Hecould only explain the reason why the Bill was not earlier introduced by referring Hon. Members to the circurnsten ces which 'had led to the resignation of her Majesty's GoTsru . • ment, and its reconstruction in a short time lifter, and it was not until the Government, as it at present existed, 1 1 s, constituted, it was not until the middle of the month 0 , December that they could even consider what Bills :shou l d - be introduced, and surely Hon. Members would allow that it was a matter of absolute necessity that the Imperial Psi; liament should not be summoned until the objects Wh ic would be brought under their notice had been carefully O r sidered and determined upon. He trusted that this nation would be satisfactory to the House and to the flor t. Member. The lion. Member laboured under a misaPPl n hension when he thought that there existed at present r; law for the relief the poor in Ireland. There exit ted the law introduced by the Noble Lord opposite four Pr te f visions to that effect—first that perseas in a state ' destituti-rn and a ffl icted with disease should be taken in s t : ' the workhouses, next that they might be removed to tot fever hospitals; but as these, in some instances, wer e some twenty or thirty miles distance, and as some of lei, diseases might be of an epidemic character, lie consid re: .„ that provision as a very imperfect one. The third proc hli ; was one which enabled the guardians to erect fever hospitals„ . their vicinities, and the fourth provision wasosie which en ab l ed them, in the absence of any temporary erection, to hire b ui Tt inns for the purpose of admitting fever patients. He ran say-that, generally speaking, there was no reason to con3P; of any unwillingness on the part of the guardians to give eve s assistance to those who were afflicted with fever, but w ith .., the last few weeks Government had received inforniation fr°l l the Executive Government in Ireland reporting that f e ver Ni". very _greatly increased in consequence, he supposed, of tit(' scarcity of 'food, and the unwholesome quality of it. prehension bad- been entertained that the existing fa it would be found too limited in its working, and therefore , was, that Government had thought proper to introduce t at present Bill. Tate Honourable Member complained t" he he had not taken the trouble of sufficiently explaining provisions of the Bill, and the sources from which the fuel necessary for its being carried into effect were to be supl o tt He bad, he believed, explained on a former occasion d the expenses would be borne, partly by the public, ° l to partly by the ratepayers. Power was also given.ss the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on the represen ta r , of the Central Medical Board in Dublin, to rerlufe; guardians to erect hospitals or to hire buildings for fev..d patients, where they would receive medical attendanc e . such medical appliances as their unhappy c o ndition reettu r ii t The Hon. Gentleman also complained that Goverinne f should have foreseen the evil and prohibited exportatiold:a wheat from Ireland, with a view to meet the apprell eu famine. ste Mr. P. SCROPE explained that he intended only 0 . 0 0 that Government should have reserve stores of provW where the danger of famine was must inconvenient. • l e ft Sir J. GRAHAM said the Hon. Member's explanatil t ee matters as they were. If Government had prohibit exportation of corn from Ireland he apprehended that the ditiou of the country would not be in any way imPr c o p n. It was not to be denied that either proposition of the t ee Gentleman would have raised the price of provisions on% poor man. A more dangerous propositioncould not hav e r b A- a f proposed, and it would t ave inflicted an evil only second to ttio which would have been caused by checking the exoor ts cr el of cora from Ireland.—(Hear.) 'With regard to the gel i d ) • eviction of tenants in Ireland, it was to be desired t.ind, be ri landlords in these extremities would exercise more '44 usual forbearance to their tenants. The sum of °ll e a already voted by the Government amounted to eery aed halt' a million of money, and it should be W or d without delay in the best possible manner, to "' Ai da the wished-for relief. He was by no means inclined to % l e with the Right Hon. Gentlemen on the questivn of the provement of waste lands in Ireland, and he would be , ops e willing 'to listen to any suggestion he might " r ot to offer. But he came now to the mo , t imP ° t aes question which could be well consiter , tl. under a pressure , of a temporarrcalamity, it was exPe aftbe hastily, and without deliberation; tisslter the principle oa t existing poor-law. The Hon. Gentleman had observed e a the Government had taken a very serious responsibility eTipg themselves by not throwing the burden of t n s e ss isi the calamity on local boards, but rather e"°-(alt to meet it out of the public funds. Ile atter James) Graham) felt the responsibility—bu t having given the measure the most anxious cons tder wit a he felt that it would not have been consisten t e s of e i his sense of duty,' to recommend the adoption other course than that which bad beeu adopte,:eliecl was their bounden duty not to legislate for k s pece with reference to English teeling, and still less with rete";ali to English law; but they were bound to legielat e or all reference to Irish feeling and to Mali law, and it W 55 necessary for him to state that the principle of assn work, as compensation for relief, which lia,r established in England since the reign of Queen Eat 0 ; had never been introduced' in Ireland. In Engh tn ore absol t • e ant of food lad far many years been felt; .4 a hall been a want of wsrk experience ' s, but that °'" s iatl eslaotity easily redressed. In Ireland very diff ere nt I', o l prevailed ; alms giving prevailed more than jnp et other country in the world. The Roman u°,, t p ets re;igion is sere .p eva!ent, and the peculiar "' s pit of that religion attach the utmost importance t?.iii,,bd givnig, and int. educe into tie social system a state of tt-00 d: cidedly io favour of the poor. Now, circumstances ° 0 Ca: s inn oueht n t to be overlooked ; besides, the itorul l o ate° tholic religion possessed an unmarried clergy, w ho muss of their time to the assistance of the poor -Th„ee' hear.) The maj , •rity of Irish , andl rds invariablY se rbr liti.p , ur on their estates for those who needed it, and as'.act,os rity to those who were unable to wlls. so that, in their property poverty did not exist. It was true C ha o o rs neglected those who lived on their estates, and '' u° , to suffering all the ills of poverty, on whom, perhaiT te ought to be levied in order to raise a su ffi cient fun s a abti port those indigent persons. But the imposition of sIO:'10 would have a similar effect to that of the old poor-lat_`. los t tln country, and, therefore, in policy and equity, he was sIP,, o arS5 introduction of such a tax into Ireland, because a tet 4ls evil should not be met by remedies, the permanent .ellieer which would be dangerous. Its imposition would ve to sistent with the welfare of that country, espec i a lly e owners of property, would be dangerous in the extr o e° 3 ,,,ol°, I great body of the people, and a torrent of pauperis woall be caused, which both the owners and renters of lan e' find it impossible to support.—(Hear.) He reP ea bt tb the evil was of a temporary nature, and that it oug tiQb fore to be met with temporary remedies.—(llea r4 det7s the peculiar aircunistances of Ireland were c o un t a sc; e j they would find that she contributed h er re saP it i of taxation, and therefore when famine and distress Peeer., he thought they ought to be alleviat -d out of the d bu t taxation of ihe kingdom, not in the nature of' a dol soe nt an amount of money given out of the taxation of the o ne:, 1, -a to which Ireland contributed her fair share, in order 1 of the evils which her inhabitants were threatened ee'pls; failure of the potato crop. He hoped then that th e !, JAI Ireland would perceive that the Government and tb t oe lature were exceedingly anxious to aid them in t he „sSeres need, and that they had shown sympathy for their s ' i ferl ll .s by devising early measures for the alleviation of their it d ecti, As a question of policy, he was opposed to the int r er gtefa of a land-fix to meet• a pressing but temporary ° eat° t + because he thought it would be dangerous in the.....(1119; to impose new burdens on an impoverished count* s." o p hear.) He had ventured to trouble the House ael,ll;edlSop length than he intended, because he thought it, i j a ers ti that the views which he entertained after much ue of should be fully explained.—(Bear.) u Mr. S. O'BRIEN asked what alterations the as o ,: p S.• a s proposed to introduce in the Bill when in Cornmi t ';aito tj at Sir J. GRAHAM said he should propose the sc WO' of the words "poor" for "destitute," and " epidenn'' f , 9 a of " fever." Or e s bi Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said nothing could be .tos ee it than the spirit in which this subject had been dis‘ aj oetaS the Right Hon. Baronet.—(Hear.) lie hoped to , .410 . 0 with the same feeling; but in the remarks which e le oe s feel it his duty to address to the House, if an3 4l ": a fail'; fall from him contrary to that, he trusted they o f °Je t it consider that it was put forward with any intention d tV ie lo ing the Right Hon. Baronet. They were all aa'rc_ c of le ts was desirable to take measures to prevent tht e i sca ielt which would result from the failure of "' li e . , ie. crop, in order to meet future con!' t pay but, in his opinion, the Bill which the Governnts°., 01.10, • a f troduced with the intention of accomplishinis, , eer was inadequate to the emergency. He found , ° v eil r ofr to the Irish Poor-law Act, that the guardians of e e ' ts eas o es law union are empowered to provide relief for ~!,) , aopcee fected with contagious or other diseases in tue yp iese e .o under their control during their illness and con e res'i'ast to afford them such food as they might deem a nd t ss with the consent of the Poor-law Commissioner% by, SS the expense should be paid out of the rates P a s inhabitants of each union. Under this law th, e . r a i tbi ° o os fever hospitals connected with unions, in all of H e t) w° l had been carried.out, whenever necessity arose. or 7 l therefore that the Right Hon. Baronet should i,! of aro t o. forward some case in which the guardians of o r lw t t his So' these unions had neglected or refused to carry Ott be be ti ps vision ; he had not, however, done so, but the 1 1',..' wg •ealy m 40; troduced showed that he considered that the ponr - ,' e th? °` had neglected their duty. The Bill would introuule_.„ipra er a ciple of imperative taxation, which was much C9_ l r To 0%0 0 1 in Ireland, and apparently without achieving ari3 fr it,a t ore t o I f also gave power to the Executive to state ` who nut officers, certainly at the expense of thei..ot u ai supersede the o ffi cers now employed in the slu e ' Irel° ° i en t v . It appeared to him, however, that the people r " . .. us rnf o s not want fever hospitals, but food at the p a e 6 n„acl solo a He could not s belp saying that the commercitra• In fest GovernmenfaTtparried, would improve the tr ail ._ere"oeclellpe, because thesPenerts would most likely be t e n:, r est, ce iP. 12,000,0001. ta s -35,000,0001, by which, of court! /s o oa s bers would onn that employment which ved!_ eo ry 7,01! them. One }loathed and seventy returns from asr a)e time been livin~ t Bi ot in cou n nti o es dsibeeoneWeelpthotaattotele7 andp heootrhtaitin a very se e yes bast whole of their supply of provisions would d wool He believed that the protectionists of Irelan et abe' o rr, had no objection to the opening of the ports in sn ee ling,.: 0 , ! for the admission of corn; at least such was the ' the d u e ' s valent amongst all classes in Ireland. It el i d in g , to ba r Government, when such a crisis was dependintotad: assembled Parliament, and then such measures " s o !',l' a sis been adopted as would have rendered unnscessarinse, to the public purse. As regarded railway oil) fond s ail manifest that it would be impossible that ana'nocaion that source would come into circulation in co „op , . 00 •• - ig any railway Bills to be considered this s e :jaerst i e ete li t the Government taken these projects into co . n ibt h oe , November last—(Hear,hear)—their benefit In The 9 bs.l felt at the period when it would most be wante d' WOO ' o efi Hon. Gentleman had said that Bills for pubflioci the e jo e thti e been forwarded in order that Ireland migh t leers f e of the employment they would occasion. , f o r Drainage Bill, the Bill for County 100,000/. was to be advanced ; the übnc _ w vi r , he ries ie tr which 50,0001, was to be advanced; a nd the frag ly ieS/ Bill, for which 50,000/. was to be advanecV,r. s. re; certainly be better than grants, and had r, i sert ° s ; been speaking to an Irish Parliament ne_ .. " l , co n y s u s W01:150 p commended similar measures to them, `,tonal 'MP that the principle of indiserhuinat e of the moss demoralising end clibu ln. g•