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ceeded in obtaining the consent of Parliament to a grant of 620,0 00 1 . out of ' the Consolidated Fund for facili'Ating the completion of three Irish railways. To one of those railways there had been allotted a sum of 480,0001., and n obody could doubt but that the money had been wisely ePPlied. Lord Clarendon, the late Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 'while assisting at the festival by which the ° Pening of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, which was one of those three lines, hod been celebrated--Lord Clarendon coagratulated himself on the aid he had been able to give to the promoters of the U ndertaking, and expressed his satisfaction at its perfect anc eess. It appeared from a report which had been Presented to the House last session, that there had been for of l a t e y ears a sum of more than 8,000,000/. i°r the improvement of the communications in England, and that a sum of 2,450,000/. had been expended in Ire land', while in the Highlands of Scotland there had not been expended one farthing. Of the sum expended in Ireland not less than 973,00 e/. had been devoted to the co nstruction of railways; and a great part of that sum had been repaid, and the whole of it would, he had no doubt, be ultimately returned. In the year 1846 the Rouse had passed an Act for the construction of a rail waLY which would facilitate the communication between Oban and Glasgow; but that project was one of a very in complete and unsatisfactory character, and the cense 9fence was that it had altogether failed. Instead . forming a complete railway communication b etween Oban and Glasgow—that was to say, ; c d" a distance of 80 miles—it would merely f orm a railway communication for a distance of 45 or 46 miles to Loch Lomond, along which the traffic was to be carried by steam navigation. He be lieved that what was wanted was a complete system of t ail s Way communication, which would develope the traffic of the Western Highlands. But that was an undertak ing beyond the resources of the proprietors of the dis trict. Before the passing of the Act of 1846, surveys had been made from which it appeared that the expense of constructing the 45 miles of railway to Loch Lomond would amount to 265,000/. It had since been estimated that the cost of constructing the 80 miles of railway from Oban to Glasgow would amount to nearly 500,0001. Of that sum the proprietors of the district were pre- Pared to provide two-fifths, provided the Government !tete prepared to advance, by way of loan, the remain tcg•three-fiftbs, and they would offer the undertaking as ty for the repayment of that loan. Now, he thoght th at was a modest demand, and one to which the Go. t e e rnment might be expected to give a favour a bl e consi deration. He did not ask them to pledge themselves on that occasion to adopt the proposal; he would leave it ,;!' them t o a p po i nt an o ffi cer o f t h e i r own to i nqu i re :uto the feasibility and the expediency of the pro : pro- J d t and then th e y m i g ht ta k e the cour s e they should etu advisable' in the matter. He had been told that eWith an outlay ofbetween 100/. and 2001 . they might d ohte tr e t such information on the subject as would enable th em to determine whether or not they ought to agree th that resolution. He should only state, in conclusion, De :! , ,the inhabit an t s of the district in question possessed t v it rattr claims on the favour of the Legislature, anti existed` more patient and peaceable people had never s(Hear.) MACGREGOR was in principle opposed to ‘O ,I I IR Public money to advance private works. no matter 4 7 ., their nature. But there were circumstances con tp2ett with the Western Highlands which should at hZit a share of the attention of that House. Ireland LO been said to have received large sums, and he did eel pi t them ; but Ireland was always largely re - Pre c ru e _ tell in the government of the country ; whilst et h ''ad had only her Lord Advocate, who spent most , 14 .,. 11 time in London, and was to a great extent unac- Winted with the wants of the:country. It should also °r preetabered on the present occasion that three-fourths 11, h " Public revenue of Scotland was paid into the Eag let% • E xchequer , while the remaining one-fourth was eetlllent to defray the military and civil expenses of the tr y, as also the expenses of collecting the revenue. % e w as aware that if this matter was taken up by the cs e er nment the landed proprietors in that district would attztleribute largely ; and he believed the line, if con sed e t erft would have as good a traffic as the London s .-Wfehton. STRICKLAND protested against the under isim'cgaltogether. The principle of advancing public rie,s' -e Y,for private projects had already gone toe tar. He a s r, e ," be told that private property in the Highlands lu be improved; but were such means justifiable to orted to .for that purpose?—(Hear, hear.) It had N I : said that already 10,000,000/. of money had been te lt ' ll eed to impro ve pr i vate i n t e rests. But he should pro ts ei t s t gainst such. What right had any [lon. Gentleman las7PlY for a grant of public money to improve his own ajte property? He might be answered that the sums 1,,,,,‘1 be paid by mortgage; b ut even i n th at wa y they ) ( 4 not be paid in 20, in 30, or it might be in 40 to t e *---(Hear, hear.) As t o L or d G eorge Bentinok's %, It% for promoting railw a y s i n I re l an d, h e should t it ? if ever there was a country in th e w o rld which had ti ed ‘ins to relief of the kind it was Ireland at that pe- S sfe and yet the House was reluctantly compelled to (es the ad vance w hi c h that N o bl e L or d app li e d f or .— it t ;ll', hear.) At p resen t e d th ere ex i ste d no suc h c l a i m tt er m et ere did in th e cas e of Lord B en ti ne k, and he should ore oppose the application.—(Hear, hear.) CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he d a ssure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the int eba n b s e l_ for Newark that he had not mistaken the feel theN— t he Rowel or of the country when he assumed meta would be considerable sympathy with the inhabi t% of the W estern H i g hl ands; an d if h e ( t h e Chan aloqei ,f h the Ex c h equer ) saw th er e w e re a ny means by eow•uts advantage of that portion of her Majesty's the l ast could be legitimately secured, he should be tit Pere who would throw:obstacles in the way of p t on t he 0 „ 68 %lt proposition. But when he had to consider niti e l a T l tien raised by the Hon. and Learned Geneeman, Nte connected as he was with that part of the ti ttY a rive that before the House, and who from his posi ,loo, h:Lat House was eminently entitled to considera eliereee" Was bound to say that Hon. and Learned Gen tis e s.k,,ad failed to establish his pos . ition.—(Hear.) ‘;hancellor of the Exchequer) did not mean to " d eshould assist -Me e -, ten as a rule that the State not pre •uterPrises or advance capital for the improvement of t o t' t° L operty. The Hon. Baronet opposite seemed „sent get that capital so advanced was not alone repaid, 4 al t h l repaid with excellent interest.—(llear, hear.) hi e hg t the instances, which might be easily adduced, in b e State had made advances in furtherance of he re e iNrks, he was aware that in principle it should ` e rtei e lt ed with caution, and never applied but under Z:r e c onditions . He was ready to admit there t J i u s t ,tsnees in which it might not only be expedient, tto t t,fiable to make these advances. He would not k l il t ier to l llto any lengthened investigation of the propo tZile r . °ll e whose loss he would ever deplore. But he ire ee ' t nind the House that it ought not to be looked i t tA tirci a Mere statistical proposition, but one brought ehooj e ttt a moment of great emergency, and as such )1 1 ,1 1t ti i a snot be mixed up in the common category. ah._etie4 took that measure of the late Lord George tcitteee' of which he (the Chancellor of the Ea t-4111%e was a warm supporter, as a precedent for th e c `nt proposition, he should also remember that es chle ee s cheme formerly propounded by that lamented rete e -4 ,, n there were to be foend some matters of ini 4cts Which - did not appear in the present pro te_ 8 „gere w,ear, hear.) In the case the Irish railway ser, n es ti pos ed a large advance of public money ' but there was also this important condi s e - Ae - Z :O Y, that there should be a previous outlay Zot e „''uo State should be called upon to advance any le. t i i 'r -- (Hear, hear.) It was clearly understood that tote the of the capital employed Wa3 to be laid out he -141; t oe State should be called upon to advance the re two-thirds• Vok as securitye that if the State advanced 2001. 1 4 41 he could not ascertain of 3001 —( Hear , hear.) I that th ere h a d b een any out in the present instan ce . Il k STUART—My prop os i tion ) 44 be advanced by the n is, that two-fifths proprietors before the G - ent were called upon. in a'pos'i.k.;tion Sthe : CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER com ea e id b i e n . -See if the proprietors had sueserre?gd two•hiths of fos:aPita ' l, they would then be . th t under shh:yriorthneottitel ,Q„ &valise and state their case , gut n t pe ti i,, ei rcumstances he did not know seh t e o t leeteower 77: tee omm end an advance; for as oh, "es of money,and then calling on the f "e s him to be putting t ) ta , such appeared to t 't 41° hor k is k one see—(lean) If there had been a great outlay 11:10102 On a great public work in a district of the th which afforded e prospect of remuneration u se . adv ancing circumstances the Government would be justi 're btrancin money. But at present nothing whet -1114. be been done . g It . was acknowledged there had s e cli tUtl er ;u even a survey of the place; and the Hon. Lfeesecito‘r Glasgow, who seconded the present motion, k:hey had no maps or plans.. etfre c t ''OGREGOR— What I said was, that a few °I I% 8 s hould be expended ,in this way before this Th was t4 eotiCalled upon. th er ee,. A•NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted 1 1:1; NC: a survey from Loch Lomond to Oban, but tti?btht to the extent of some fifty miles. He ilii,"eati n — ,,,ere should be a survey of the whole before any 11 / 4 1; 4 hie Was made, He should repeat, if he saw e tta s tnee 6 4 a proposition in which assistance would tr rut% • - e interests of a suffering community, he would 6 1, it; b 81 See %i,, tit the present was not a case ot that kind. kt ,,, 1118 0 remind Hurt. Gentlemen there was an Itopt l ts - F, ll k t which was legitimately available for under ,t 11 ° ,1" is kind. The Loan Commissioners for public ha,„"Y %et; 4 ,fland that might he applied, in case the se 'Oeh_vreest,e legitimate and the object proper. Now, if titsght if were an important work for the country, he bd tilio u 'lon. Gentlemen put themselves in a position ' 4 5 s e . 4 oei e „ . I PPIy to the Commissioners of Public Works N-4,011, th at assistance which they now sought frees N I lie doubted not the construction of the line ip se mi, but the Government was also bound to tl P l e e 'oti t 4 , P o pulation of the district. He could Fissure a n ,;" Learned Ft iend it gave him great pain to t of t l dPreposition brought forward by him; but he i t tet te he to receive any memorial from the projec ts .11 e too ti t is ! h ew un dertaking, and it the claims were legei- Cues . "Id be h a ppy t o g ive it all the assistance in 1041% 4 4 (hear, hear.) t k hei:ist d • I CE believt d it was the duty of Government o gia istriets which were in a position to develope ,il l)l ,, c) st ef i. 4 ources, which, in the present salinecae could i o go ttia l tY, ec ,toally done, by the construction of of : 11 t ban ''''',° , vever, he should say the preliminaries so not °seta take before a plying to that House. 4 41 4 e w lthsta d- n tlt), ot tin n Ing, he hoped her Majesty's Ministecs tea set their faces against the project, as it was I A. o ° A t Worthy of the deepest consideration. 1 1 1^--Zere e !SE - LL supported the motion of his t l i d t o e n n . Friend, who, he thought, had made ) e . ' t to entitle the project to the consideration hth. t • lid emt ra Ministers. i k , 8 , ` 4 O te eieB should admit that . the , present, tee wog one of great diffieutty to he dealt with, ere • • • as all such * eh which it was imposslble to lay doe '• 441,141(1 b e 1- loweVer, he could not see what advantage to th eti wsY o Highland; to have the present pro constructed. He thought their only hope I 15 SUN, federacy throughout the population, that murders were andperpetrated thoughin opena day, Special that Commission jurors d een intimidated, ap pointed, these men had not been put upon their trial. Such a state of things required a calm, a searching, and grave investigation.—(Hear, hear.) . The present was no e p g r r e a v d t e ou s s ue o h cc a as g i o o e n st s io ta n te t d o on. ld dent Member of the House, and that he would give every t tp h ha tt ar t t;ty p h o eci s u i w t e i sc o tu n i I n l c e l h e a eh t t l ea s cd o p otno said da when he was an indepen aid to the executive Government in such a manner. After he had given notice of a motion on the subject, he had received information of what bad occurred to a gentleman whose name he would not mention. The Ribbon confederacy had met and sat on trial on that gentleman, for they had a judicial body— theydi had tried him and condemned him to e.— that( Hear,a Ribbonman, i h h hear.) o r o . ) rn aTheo h w was obliged to leave. and the farm being unlet heohm h m a i d t ted left o was r re turned and required to be let in again as tenant, which c o had ffe e offence been he a had tenant, n a ne committed the gentleman would not permit. He also referred to a similar case on the Glenny estate, and asked was that The state of things to be permitted ?—( Hoar, hear.) law was set at defiance, and life and property wero without security. There were a set of laws in Ireland which made conspiracy and murder a capital offence in that country, but such a law did not apply to England, death for that offence. In 1810 a law was passed about Justice Blackburne and the and in the Munster circuit a man had been sentenced to the ribbon system, and Mr. late Commissioner said no one could read that Act with out seeing that the crime it aimed at was at the very root of the disturbances of the country, and the cause of their assembling that day. It was a mistake to call such a matter a land question. The system had its own code of laws, and they were ready to carry them out even to the death of the party obnoxious to them. There was great difficulty in getting evidence under the law of 1810, and it was a rule in the confederacy that not only the party who administered the oath and the man who took it should be present on the occasion. In 1816 the Insurrection Act passed, one of those Acts justified by extreme necessity, as he (Mr. Napier) was of opinion that it was better always to ex haust the ordinary powers of the law. In 1824 another Act was passed, and one also in 1839, and the Chief Jus tice, in referring to these Acts, said, undoubtedly the ordinary laws were sufficient, if they could be efficiently administered. By referring to the difficulties they would see how it was the law could not be executed, and what means, should be adopted to break down a confederacy so dangerous to the peace and prosperity of the country. If they could only secure safety to life and property there was no reason why capital should not flow into Ire land, and why the resoures of Ireland, which God had made so abundant with a benignant hand, should not be fully developed. The Right Hon. Gentleman then re ferred to the case of Jones, who was tried before Mr. Justice Ball, when a great body of evidence respecting the ribbon confederacy was produced—their signs in short-hand, and their rules and regulations. The con federacy it must be known, may not be confined to Ire land. It had spread.into England, and was to be found at Manchester and other places, and it had also made its way into Scotland. He next referred to a trial at Ar magh before Mr. Justice Crampton, and the charge de livered by that Learned Judge, and also to the opinion expressed by the late distinguished Chief Justice Bushe, a man of whom Ireland may be proud, who presided at a Special Commission at Maryborough in 1832; and nothing he said could be read with more advantage than the charge of that eminent Judge. Mr. Justice Burton said the confederacy had its own code of laws, which they endeavoured to carry out; and the question was, whether the laws of the confederacy or of the land should prevail. In 1822, Mr. Plunket, then Attorney-General for Ireland, prosecuted in one of these cases, and the object of the prosecutio n was to bring before the public the ramifications of the confederacy, a matter which was thought even more important than the conviction of the prisoner. It was to be observed, that the class of persons in the confederacy was not the poorer class of persons, but the comfortable and the better class.—(Hear, hear.) In 1824, there was a Committee of the House of Lords on the subject. Mr. Justice Blackburne was examined before that Cominittee, and the evidence he gave on that occasion showed his knowledge of the people and the state of the country. Lie showed what were the objects of the society, its efforts to get possession of the soil,and the intimidation it exercised over the, poorer. classes, and he (Mr. Napier) thought that w h en t h ey saw the better classes bending under the operation of the confederacy they ought to sympathise with the poorer classes.-- (Hear, hear.) The case of the poorer Classes ought to be regarded in a fair and temperate spirit. The next inquiry was in '32 before a Committee, which numbered upon it many of the most eminent members of the House. That Committee, in their report adverted to the Special Commission of the previous year,when there were 99 cases for trial, out of which there wero 38 con victions; and the reason for the convictions being so numerous was attributed by the Attorney-General to the fact that he only brought forward cases in which he was certain of getting verdicts of conviction. That Committee of Special Commis sion was followed by the Coercion Act of Lord Grey, which expired in '35. After alluding to the system of Crown challenges in Ireland, in setting aside jurors, he referred to an important Cominittee of the House of Lords in '3B, before which Major Warburton gave evi dence confirmatory of the views of • the judges. The present course of the cenfederacy was, that when any of their party was dispossessed of a farm, the land should lie waste, poor -rates and other rates accumulating, and at length the land was obtained on their own terms. Formerly the law enabled them to convict parties having passwords in their possession, but that law being re pealed they could no longer convict for that offence. Now he thought, that a law that nipped such a conspi racy in the bud was a wise and just law.—(Hear.) If the Legislature could do anything on that subject it ought to do it. Let it be said that the Legislature could do nothing, and meet the question with a direct nega tive. On the contrary, if anything could be done for the protection of life and property in Ireland, then whatever is necessary should be done. It was his intention to bring the matter before the House, and now that he had the honour of standing in his present posi tion, he felt himself bound to take up the subject with out delay. It was his intention to bring, before the House a code of laws for the regulation of the relations of landlord and tenant, and he hoped the measures he would introduce, would have the effect of sitnplyfying and improving these relations.—(Hear.) Nothing. was more necessary than to put down these, for the purpose of promoting the peace and prosperity of Ireland. There was what, by a desecration, was' called a cate chism; ono of the principles inculcated was to discoun tenance any man taking land over a tenant to assist in robbing landlords. There was a series of murders, be ginning in April, 1849, which were committed, and for which the parties had not been convicted. It was not a matter of religion, for some of those who fell victims were Catholics, and some Protestants. The first was the case of two brothers, who were care-takers of land which lay untenanted, and for which the parties going out of possession were compensated. These two men were murdered in open day, and the murderers had never been brought to judgment. There was another case of a murder committed in Armagh upon Mr. M'Avila. He was agent to a property in that county. The party was brougnt to trial, but acquitted. The jury, although they acquitted the prisoner, declared that they thought he was guilty. What he meant to say was, that the jury, al though they had not what they considered sufficiently conclusive evidence to find a verdict of guilty, yet had no moral doubt that he was the party who committed the crime. This man went to America, and on his deathbed confessed that he was the person who com mitted the crime. In 1850 a gentleman was fired at in open day, and in 1851 Mr. Coleman was murdered, and his body found covered with eighteen wounds. The party accused was taken up, and afterwards admitted to bail, upon the surety of two parties at 101. each. This man absconded to America. A young man named Maclary was murdered going to mass. His sister accompanied him and sought to protect him. She threw herself over him, but the assassins beat him to death with cudgels. His crime was that his father had an addition made to his faun of 'somb land, which had been given up by the tenants; The,parties were tried by a jury exclusively of Roman ,Cathelies - ; seven were in favour. of condemning, and five for an acquittal. From these instances he hoped that an alteration would be made in the consitu tion of the juries which tried these eases, and that a better class of jurors should be impanelled to try them. It was anomalous that a superior class of persons should by the present law have to try cases of- a civil cha racter, and that these criminal cases should be tried by jurors of a lower grade. In one case a party as he Came out of the court said—" I'm the boy who did the job." Then there was the murder of Mr. Bateson. This gen tleman had a model farm, in the cultivation of which he spent 4601. a year in wages; thus giving employment to the people. Ample testimony was paid to the excel lence of his character; a journal, entertaining opposite politics to him, described him as a good man, perhaps the best landlord in the county who gave employment to the people throughout the year. There was the murder of Mr. Eastwood, the perpetrators of which were never brought to trial. Mr. Cha m br e was the last case. This gentleman bad never disposses . sed a tenant; he spent 6001. a year in wages for. u bat rd e labour. Wh a t , th en, was hi s cr i me ? He had made p th a a ss t e t d hese over, m himself a c ti ve i n putt i ng d own t h e sys t e m of Ribbonism. Re had s e l ecte d these cases as specimens, an d i n none of which a con v i ct i on had been obtained. Th e ass i zes conviction.rnsoshldbe co m l mtt t i wa e s d and nothin g d one bY Parliament to effect a remedy. It was know n t h at in" cth uses assessments were made to defend the prisoner e s a w f i r t g h i t m f a p l u t n h t n y g , He received a letter from a gentleman residing in the he was acqu a i nte d , who statedeounty Monaghan, with whom he had reduced hi s rents.il that, to m ee t th e t i mes , upon the price of corn for the tla the had mad e a va l uat i ont al lowed two-thirds up on that valuation to three years, and serving one-third fo r hi mself, yet that s the tenants, re serving ition, that though some of them such w e as the or re they dare not pay it. Thi s gent l eman said that Ribb willing, yet ism was at the bottom of all t hi s disorder. Thareon ats held out against all those wh o res i sted, and if the m w h ere ad courage to disregard them, th e f ema l es of their families we re threatened. This touches th e i r feelings in a way the: fsw men could resist. Captain W ar b urton , who had been sent down by the Government into these districts, and who h a d great experience, in such matters, could give the Committee valuable information. Major grown rigs; COO Id also give information, and had already drawn up a paper suggesting some improvement in the law to meet the evil.—(Hear, hear.) It was objectionable to have the constables returning the jurors. In one case a constable had himself been placed in the dock for one of these offences. It was of gr eat importance that they s.hquid have a= pro ppr class of jurors, atid wit'lni the bir ounistances were such that they could take them to other districts, there ought to he a power to do so, in order to have a trial free from those local intimidations. These things could be brought before the Committee, and then , 4 • MORTMAIN COMMITTEE. Mr. HEADLAM moved that the Select Committee on the laws of mortmain do consist of seventeen Mem bers, and to nominate the following Members:—Mr. Headlam, Lord John Manners, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Marshall, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Shafto Adair, Mr. Anstey, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Hardcastle, Sir H ibert Harry Inglis, Mr. Heald, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Philip Howard, Mr. Mon sell, and Mr. Meagher. Mr. HUME thought there was a rule fixing the num. ber of Members at fifteen, unless there were special rea sons for it. Mr. HEADLAM said his reason for adding three ad ditional Members was that there was not a sufficient number of Members of the Roman Catholic religion. Mr. WALPOLE said the question was whether the Committee were to meet merely to make a report, or whether they int en d e d t o exa mine further witnesses. If the former, he had no objection; but if the latter, these new Members had not had the advantage of hearing the previous evidence. • Mr. HEADLAM said there was only one witness to be examined, but of course he would not object if it was found necessary to examine others. Mr. ANSTEY said if the 'Hon. Gentleman intended to close the labours of the Committee, he was not taking the best means of doing so. It any of the new Members required it, it might be necessary to go over the evidence again. Mr. P. HOWARD supported the additions proposed to the Committee, as it was essential that so large and important a class of the community should be repre sented. Mr. DRUMMOND, as a member of the Committee, protested against any further evidence being taken. Mr. SCULLY said the constitution of the Committee, which showed so large a preponderance of members of one class of opinions, had caused great dissatisfaction in Ireland. The committee was then appointed. OUTRAGES IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the state of those pares of the counties of Armagh, Monaghan, and Louth, which are referred to in her Majesty's speech; into the immediate came of crime and outrage in those districts; and into the efficiency of the laws, and of their adminis tration, for the suppression of such crime and outrage. The Learned Gentleman said that his motion was sub stantially the same as the one he intended to make be fore the change in the Government took place.—(Hear, hear.) Oa the first night of the session he drew atten tion to the subject, which was alluded to in the Speech from the Throne, a paragraph of which spoke of the crimes and outrages in the three counties of the north of Ireland, included in his motion. The Noble Lord then at the head of the Government informed him that inas much as a Special Commission was sitting, and had not finished its proceedings, it would be premature to go into the subject at that time. The Noble Lord was un doubtedly right, and he could not proceed with the matter then. But when the Commission had terminated, he gave notice of a motion for a Committee to inquire into the causes why the law had proved insufficient in the counties of Louth, Monaghan, and Armagh, for the suppression of crime. The Right Honourable Baronet the then Home Secretary, put a motion on the paper as an amendment to his, the terms of which he (Mr. Napier) had adopted, because he found on looking at the amendment, that there was no real difference between them. He conferred with the Right Hon. Baronet on the subject, and the Right Hon. Baronet, with the cour tesy which always distinguishes his intercourse with members on either side of the House, in expressing his concurrence in the obkot in view, said he should make no opposition to his taking any step to bring the subject before the House. He need not say that it was a sub ject of the deepest interest to the Irish people, or that it claimed the most serious atttention from the House, be cause there could be nothieg of greater moment than the security of life and property in Ireland, which, however they might differ on matters of policy, was, after allohe substratum of good government. Now, the Speech from the Throne adverted t o th e state o f t h o se districts, and he thought he was entitl e d to l a y b e f or e the House such clear and unambiguous evidence of a very startling nature, respecting the state of those very districts of the country, as would at least call upon the House to pause well, to consider it, and to lend every con stitutional assistance to inquire into, and remove if possible, the causes which produce a state of things at variance with the preservation of life and property, with the introduction of capital, with employment, with industry, and with every thing of importance either to the owners or to the occu piers of land in this portion of the country. In t he course of last year, the grand jury of the county of Louth, of which Lord Claremont, an extensive landed proprietor in the county, was foreman, presesred.a me morial to Lord Clarendon, in which they drew attention to what struck them as an organiz , d system of crime other mattersrelatingge demanding earnest investigation. It suggested that the In to nst now necessary able police officers should be sent into the country, ae guire go a t k a n r o e w ta l r ed of the "Ribbon" system, and not alone during to the administration of the , law, to enter into. He (Mr. Napier) af terwardsn of the state of crime in that county cases, he was perfectnl twilitleoars, selecting only the cases con nected with the tt ln i • c t , er e in p overt acts of a great confederacy, system. So startling were these return embraced would put the law down,conscious that they were the which, ifra i ac f et n yi e n t a down, g p oa u pi t enns tc ohnfo. f December, and n i cdt property.wit h the l a wyr—h The law --an e t o u r conspiracy period between the 20th of April, 1849, and the 29cetlil It embraced twanty-three separatelBsl. ders, shooting with intent to cases , acting' Deur wounding, threatening notices, acting' a c s uttin g and of unlawful ass emblies, administering umelmbers oaths, a nd preventing prosecutions for n o a r " f u l And be found that out of those tweet' e. three cases, in five insta nces onl y there had been eO ,, Y : victions: in all the rest, the law not having been able to overtake the criminal. Shortly before the meeting of Parliament a Special Commission was issued to the county of Monaghan, which was proceeding at the time the session commenced; and that Special Commission, issued on the part of the Government, marked its sense of its consciousness of the peculiar state of criminality of the distric , . The Hon. Member for Windsor, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, atteeded on that Com mission, and he was b oun d to say, from all the inquiry he had made, that he had conducted the cases at that Commission with great ability. But no convictions were had, and the cases remaining ~ere removed out of the Queen's Bench, with a view of being taken to :another part of the country, white there was a probability of getting a better class of jurors. At that Commission a judge, inferior to none in learning arid judgment, pre sided. As the cases remaining were to go down to be tried at the next assizes he would not further allude to the Commission, the men being untri e d . Th e Right Hon. Gentleman then referred to the charge delivered by the Learned Judge to the grind jury, in which he awed it was t(n true that Ribb e nism prevailed in all its terrors iu that district. He next alluded to very the murder of Mr. Bateson, and said h e h a d a im portant document which had been submitt e d to the late Chief Secretary for Irelite nervid (Sir Willia m So lle,a e , signatures to which 160 gignures were append e d. Among th, , m th ,, se of three licuteeaets, tweuty-seven deputy lieutenants, and die Mag - istra'.es of the three counties he h a d fl awed'. The statement iti mat document corr.,s winded with what had be(n said by the present Lerd Chancellor of Ireland, of murder,. and attempts at mur der. The sympathy that prevailed in favour of the con THE of improvement lay in a system of well-directed emigra tion.—(Hcar, hear.) Ile did not know whether there might not be cases in whit h grants of public money might not be made, but he would advise the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Le very cautious. It appeared to him that this did not seem to be one of the cases in which such a grant ought to be made. Mr. TREL A WNY said if they had any spare cash in the public Treasury there were other prtions of the kingdom in which the money might be more advan tageously laid out than in the Highlands of Scotland. For instance, they had at present no direct communica tion between Portsmouth and Plymouth, although that was most essential to the national defences. Teen, they required an extension of the electric telegraph. It should be borne in mind that they had only 2,000 bayonets in Portsmouth, and if an enemy suddenly ap peared on the coast the whole of the ships might be de stroyed and the arsenal burned. It was also, he thought, essential that they should have a line of railway between Plymouth and Falwouth, which it might bo advisable to carry out. It appeared to him that this was an attempt to adopt Protectionist principles by encouraging, by means of public grants, those particular undertakings. Sir D. NORREYS reminded the House that they were aware, from the blue books that had been pub lished, that there was great distress existing in the west of Ireland, but it was utterly impossible to aid theta by means of these grants. If a commission were ap pointed by the people of Scotland to inquire into the best means of relieving the existing distress, the Government might perhaps be induced to interfere. Mr. BOOKER said it appeared to him that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had overlooked one very im portant consideration—namely, that there was extreme distress existing in the Highlands and Islands of Scot land. He did think that it was an object of the first consideration with a parental Government to efford pro fitable industrial employment to the people, without the necessity of their transporting themselves from the shores of their native country. He thought the Hon. and Learned Member for Newark was entitled to the best thanks of the House for the able and lucid state ment he had put before them. It was impossible to calculate the effect of the construction of a railway, as the traffic rapidly developed itself as soon as facilities wore afforded. He should like to have the assurance of the Government that they would be prepared to con sider the matter in the event of the parties themselves raising a portion of the capital. He understood the in habitants had offered to defray two-fifths of the expenses of the preliminary survey. Mr. F. SCOTT thought the case that had been brought forward by the Hon. Gentleman presented pe culiar features, not only with regard to the amount of toe distress, but with regard to the extensive tract of country over which its benefits would extend. He had hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would have afforded more countenance to the project than he seemed inclined to grant, and it appeared to him that the matter was deserving of further and more attentive consideration. Mr. P. HOWARD hoped the Commissioners would not persist in his motion at present. The Right Hon. Gentleman had not entirely negatived the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, and it might be advisable to submit to him a more matured plan. He did not think it would be possible to induce the landed proprietors to subscribe unless they had some anterior encouragement from the Government. As ha thought the matter deserving of further consideration, he should move the adjournment of the debate to Tuesday, 30th March. The motion having been seconded, was put and agreed to. -! ffi T - P * LONDON, WEDNESDAY he would expect the concurrence of the House in pro moting a remedy and thereby advancing industry and protecting honest men, and putting down crimes so den gerons to society. Thi s resu l t would b e b ene fi c i a l, no t only to Ireland but to th e emp i re at l arg e.—(Cheers.) Mr. HATCHELL did not o bj ect to the mot i on; in deed, it was perfectly pl a i n , f rom the statement ma d e by his Right Hon. and Lear ne d F r i end, that i t oug h t t o b e acceded to generally by t h e House.—(Hear, hear.) Neither did he object sp ec i a ll y to the form o f t h at mo tion, as it was clear that th e m i schief for wh i c h a reme d y should be discovered in these three counties would be equally met in every other part of Ireland. It would appear to the House that the crimes and outrages alluded to have not sprung 'up of late date in Ireland, inasmuch as there had existed in that country analogous societies for at least thirty years. The Governments of Lord the lon House o urabl e t h a a and Grey, Lord Melbourne, a n d Si r R. Peel bad endeavoure d to keep within the limit s o f the law, and meet the dis turbances by special commissioncommissions.He (Mr. Hatchet!) would apply himself to some of the late outrages adverted w to b u y l d his b e clearßight t o I Learnedd any party w office of Crown pro secutor in Ire'placed in a very difficult positi on . I t was impossible of late Ireland was lh'oriehnedld. the times to obtain convictions under any circumstances. With respect to the two ineffectual trials which were still standing over in the special commission, he would not speak of them minutely, but he would say, in one case, he' did advise the special com mission; it was a case which ought to be prosecuted, as the evidence was sufficiently strong. He was alone re sponsible for that advice, not the late Lord-Lieutenant, as had been incorrectly asserted. The case, however, had been transferred to the Queen's Bench, there to be tried according to the proper forms of the court. In the case of the outrages at Louth, in one case of outrage a second• trial had to take place. At that second trial the sister of the murdered man came forward and contra dicted the previous evidence of the Young woman who had sworn to the identity of the prisoner, and thus pro cured the acquittal of the prisoner. In the case of Mr. Eastwood he had advised the postponement of the trial, because he was not in a condition to produce a material witness. The gentleman was now in a condition to prodUce that witness, and the case might be removed by certiorari if the Honourable and Learned Gen tleman wished. His general instructi ons were to get proper jurors, and not to take Persons who were under the influence of fear or other causes. But he utterly denied having violated any of the fundamental features of the jury law. He had throughout respected the principles of the jury law in all his proceedings. There was no doubt that 'ifibbonism existed a wide con spiracy in parts of Irelana, not for any one particular purpose, but for a variety of object s . In O ne case the Ribbon confederacy had been used for the purpose of coercing trade, and in one instance a man had been mur dered who had not conformed to the rules of th a t con federacy. At present the confederacy directed its views to the relations of, landlord and tenant. He hoped the Select Committee would prove of adva ntage by inquir ing into the cause of crime in the counties referred to. Mr. HALLE WELL said the question involved not only the materialimprovement of that country, but the very character of the people. There was no country in the wo r ld w hi c h p re ie n ted such a state of thi ngs as Ire land. He was satisfied finless the law was made to be the terror of evil-doers, that evil-doers would become a terror to the law. He strenuously advised a rigid en forcement of the law. Mr. M'CULLAgII concurred in the remarks of the Right Hon. Gentleman with regard to the preval ence et crime in Ireland and its debasing effects on the popula tion. But if this was admitted on one hand, they were bound to bear in mind on the other hand that equality and law had never been the same in Ireland as in other portions of the empire. With respect to the tenure of land several discussions in that House had taken pl ace, and though nothing definite had been decided upon, yet most Hon. Members were agreed as to the expediency of making some modification which it was anticipated would soften the asperities between tenant and landlord, It had already been urged on the House the propriety of altering the law of ejectment in order to give some advantage to the Irish tenant; but it was opposed on the ground that it would not be right to give the Irish tenant more advantage than the Scotch and English tenant enjoyed, lSinee that proposition was refused, a large number of evictions had taken .place, and this had led to the increaie of crime and the impossibility of obtaining justice. He did not think it would answer any good purpose to have a Select Committee, if they wore to narrow their ob ject to th at class of w itnesses only which the Honour able and Learned Gentleman proposed to call before it. In 1817, the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland, then Chief Justice Blackburne, succeeded without any extra ordianary measures in vindicating the law in the county of Limerick, when a worse state of things existed at the time than lately 'prevailed in the north. Since then Limerick was perfectly tranquil. Let not the House, therefore, be led away by the belief that it was neces sary to change he fundamental principles of the law in Ireland, because in certain districts there had been no convictions. In the first trial, that for the murder of Mr. Bateson—there were four justices of the peace on the jury, and amongst its other members were se veral owners of property—the jury, in fact, was not composed of doubtful persons, or of men of the inferior class, and yet nine were for acquittal, and three for con viction. On the second trial, seven were for acquittal, sad three fur conviction. The evidence was of a character to raise great doubts in the mind of any men— the whole ; question being one of identity. It was not, therefore, by altering the constitution of juries that they could effect an improve ment. There was much in the management of pro perty, and in the state of society, which caused great irritation. and it was an improvement in that source of action they. shonldilook for an amelioration of the subject matter of complaint. He did not, how ever, in the observations ho• had made, mean to raise any question about the appointment of the Committee, but he had thought it his duty to express his • - dissent from some of the views of the R d Gentle on. and Learne man opposite. Mr.'OROGAN, in a voice scarcely audible, protested against any attempt on the part of a Member of that House to palliate the outrages which had been committed in the recently disturbed districts of Ireland. The motion was then agreed to. THE ANNUAL IND EMNITY BILL. On the motion of Sir W. J OLLIFFE, to bring n this Bil, accordin gly and read a first timle.and it was introduced leave was given COMMITTEE ON EXPIRING LAWS. On the motion of Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, the fol lowing gentlemen were nominated a Sweet Committee on Expiring Laws:—Mr. G. A. Hamilto n , Mr. Mackenzie , Mr. Attorney-General, air. Bernal, Mr. Stafford, Ste W. Jolliffe, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Hume, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Greene, Lord 11. Lennox, Mr. Aglionby, Sir J. Young, and Mr. Hayter. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. On the order of,the day for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. SOTHERON said that his object in seeking to legislate on this subject was to render permanent the Act which had been passed twe years ago, rary measure, respecting it, and therefore he begged leave to withdraw the present Bill, and gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day) move for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the present Act for a couple or years longer; and, it he should have a seat in the next Parliament, he purposed bringing in a measure of a per manent character on the subject as a tempo- The order of the day for the second reading of the Bill was accordingly discharged. SUPPLY. The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and the following resolutions were lorreed to:— employed for the sea service 1. That 39. 000 men be for the year ending the 31st d a y of March, 1853, in eluding 11,000 Roy al Marines and 2,000 boyii, and that a naval reserve of 5,000 men be established for the like period. 2. That a sum not exceeding 1,469,0541, be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of wages to seamen and marines, including the naval reserve, which will come in the 31st day courof Marcse of pa m h, Iyent 853, d uring th © y ear en di ng o n • 3. That a sum not exceeding 506 ,5781. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of victuals to seamen and marines, in her Majesty's fleet, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1853. The report of the Committee of W ays and Means was brought up and agreed to. The Duties, report on t was agreed to. he Suitors in Ch ancery Reli e f (S tamp Adjourned at Eleven o'clock. THE REV. a h R iR CH . EGSLACDOSuTROTN.E IN THE The Arches' Court was yesterday the scene of unusual excitement. So mmch public interest has not been ex cited in any case pending in this court since the Gorham case. The doors were no sooner opened than the space appropriated to the public was immediately filled. We noticed some of the clergy present. The Reverend Gentleman had previously met a few of his more imme diate supporters at the Craven Hotel, Craven-streec, Strand. nraise opened been the ta k case,e , end de tailed Dr. Bayford appeared on behalf of the Bishop, an d theß A Ic a tFeopuanwhichhad already having briefly Mr. Gladstone defended himself. Dr. question as to whether the articles which were admitted the in the Consistory Court , in the case of Dr. Dillon,mittd admissible in this case. were The Learned JUDGE directed Mr. Gladstone to kee r o to that point first, as it must be d etermine d before thing else could be gone into. an v _ Mr. Gladstone, ou the understanding th a t he should have a fair opportunity of going into the general ques tion on a future day, proceeded to deal with the poi n t in band, and to take up several points in which he con sidered the articles in question to be inapplicable; b ut on being,reminded by the Court, that by admitting the articles he did not admit the t ruth of them, and that it would effect a considerable reduction in! tliG costa of the slut if he. admitted certain things, which must other wiNe be pi:oved at a great expense—an expense which, if the case went against him, he would have to meet—the Rev. Gentleman admitted the articles. Adjonrned til Friary •-Pdr. ______---......•••• f'l Carter, iisn g published }'ills an —Davidu n Ite r m Aj3 edy v c ir L f:::tij o x rn in his paper of the 16th January, 1852, the following ex _ tr aardinary cure which lately came under his notice. A gen -1., proprietor of the Ballyshagnon. Herald, tl eman of the Barony of Tyrhugh had suffered for years from a disordered liver, accompanied by a dreadful cough. He had 1. 1;11 1- 1 : fi ts : 1 1 1 d ° Ind a ige g stro medical advice for three years without deriving any bene fi t. At length he had recourse to Holloway's Pills, and this excel lon t medicine soon gave him relief by easin g the c ough and per hitting hi m to enjov sound and refreshing sleep, A fter con 'tinning their use a little time, they effected a perfect cure of I tis malady and restored him to good health.—Sold by all Dra iggists and at Professor Holloway's gstablishment 244, SO; wtcl,Loncloza. fAr I' EVENING, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—On Monday the 15th, attention was on the stretch, to hear the questions and answers touching the measures to be pursued by the new Government. The answers, atript of much skilful arrangement of words to conceal the ideas, were,—That the more the now Government is asked what it means to do, the more it will not tent—That it is not pledged to impose a five-shilling duty, or do any other given thing, unless it likes it better;—That its present idea is, not to reverse but to modify the policy of Free Trade, by " reversing" meaning taking away the whole, and by " modifying" taking away ninety-nine hundredths or any other frac tion. This is what the oracle vouchsafes to leave to be gathered from the interpretation of its words; and there is no doubt that the oracle has every claim to success which superior cleverness can give. One other thing is distinetly to be collected from the oracle; sad that is, that the oracle desires to postpone a General Election. A reason which in tho near balance of motives pro and contra, justly determines the opposing parties to take the otnerside. The Protectionists, although immeasurably the abloat players on the board, cannot avoid letting out, that they count on the progress of the influence which attends possession of the government. Another point which they probably aim at, is to try their hands on next year's t ßegistration. As they have been allowed to win the greater piece which is the haiine the Election, they will probably win the less, which is the Registration. One - enormous advantage the Protectionists have always had, and entirely owing to their own supe rior generalship. They never allow a debate, how ever remotely connected with the question of Free Trade, to pass without making a full and formal parade of ,their theory of Protection, such as it is. In this manner they drill one another into the best attainable knowledge of what is possible to be said for their cause, and impress on the public, and especially on waverers, that they are the men who can render a reason for what they demand. And their opponents, or those who ought to be, take the precisely opposite coarse. They throw up their brief and refuse to answer, on the plea forsooth that it is not the question before the House. It is this which has lost the Free Trade cause; to the extent at all events of replacing the enemy in the citadel. And this will be sufficient to keep it lost, or to lose it over and over if some interference of Providence should re store the chance of trial. The strange thing about this Course of conduct, is that it is so diametrically opposite to what obtained the po pular victory of the Anti-Core-law League. The. League obtained its success, because young men and maidens were.put in possession of the reasons why Pro tection was a babyism as well as a cruelty. They were accustomed to see the reasons on one side weieted against those on the other, and the result was th a t Pro tection kicked the beam. There is no wonder that when the process was inverted, the result should be also. It was gratifying on Monday to perceive an outburst of something like a different policy, and from the 4eutter where of all ()there it is most capable or being made effective. Lord John Russell spoke of the in creased export of manufactures, as " implying an in crease of native industry and capital, and thereby just the contrary of the statement of the supporters of Protection." There is the " Open, Sesame," which if applied in time would have prevented all the mischief. And there is the secret, which it would be a pardonable outbreak of ill-humour to say, has been as religiously kept by theFree-Traders in the House of Commons, as if to utter it were treason I aiOnst God and man. If the Noble Lord would listen to an old practitioner, on the same principle that he would do so to a dentist, an oculist, or any other who bad attached himself for a series of years to a particular branch of business, he should be counselled to do by himself, what apparently nobody else will do for him, and push the Protectionists with this the grand infirmity and inherent rottenness of their entire system, consisting in requiring of men to ignore the fact that things obtained through foreign commerce are just as much the results of British industry as things created at home, and with the further result upon the final balance, of giving an advantage to the consumer measured by the difference of price. One industry may reside in one county and the other in another; and the childish fallacy of the Protectionists consists in re presenting that the industry of Lancashire and the West Riding is not British indus try, and ought to be put down whenever anybody else can. be found to say they would profit by it. The war is in fact against Foreign Com merce, or against all that part of it which consists in bringing goods cheaper from. abroad than they could be made at home. It is a war against the trade with Por tugal fur wine, to favour those who say they could make it in hothouses at home. 'The Protectionists dare not face this example; all they - can say on it is, that though it might bo impolitic to lose four or five hundred per cent on the price of wine, it is politic and expedient to lose forty or fifty on the price of corn. • I repeat it, with all inettginable respect, that if the Noble Lord desires to try has opponents at close quarters, he must say this for hims elf, for it is experimentally proved that nobody will say it for him. He tried the key in the lock last night, mid if he will try it again as shall be required, he may walk out of Protection's castle of Despair, and set poor pilgrims dancing about the giant's head upon a pole. But to return to you and yours, to whom I feel more certain of access, I sue distinctly that the trust of your opponents is in a new".Eleclion. They wish to post pone it, and therefore the o ter side wishes to bring it on; on which, since you can do nothing either to promote or hinder, there is no more to be said than that the longer it is postponed, the readier you must be. The lion has been let in, and it is left to you to turn Lim out again. You are to go to the Election witn a power of ten to one agaiaist you; that is to say, your opponents, in the aggregate., are to have something like a vote among three or four buindred, and yours among three or four thousand. Your opponents are to pull at the long end of the steel-yard, and you at the short; and if you can, so beat them, you are to win. I know of no help at the present moment; but never forget it in time to come, and the time is coming when you may remember it with advantage. For th.e present, do what you can to make your horse win, thoutgh he is to carry ten stone to your adversary's (me. Remember that all you are ever to have, in every possible way, depends upon it. If you have desires be yond corn, as doubtless , you have, remember that you might as well hope to gain those objects from Louis Napoleon's grenadiers if they were installed in the House of Commons, as ask for them from the pre sent tenants of power. If there are simple men among you, they will run some one way and some another as was done in France, end heave the Elections to go in tevour of thegenerai adverss r; y. Exactly la pr e p urtion as you are free from such, will lee the unanimity with which you will use., the chance you have. You are acting against these who will give you nothut t ; you want, and take away ev es ything you Lave. You are pulling for your lives„ and there is no use in stopping to . say you have got a leaky boat. Get home in her to Plymouth, end another time you may have a better. But the thing is, to get home now. Work therefore while there is the chance. There is no body but can do something; and many a little makes a mickle.' Stir vigorously, stir all; or by-and-by you will lift up your eyes where stirring is of no use. On one point I want to enter a protest, iu the name of as many Free Traders as shall agree in opinion; and as I am not likely to have the opportunity of doing it anywhere else, I do it here, and ark you to put it for ward and support it. Our opponents have a tolerably firm persuasion, that it they are beaten in the next Elections, their chance is over for ever. But it does not follow that if we are beaten our chance would be over for ever; on the contrary, we should from the first hour set ourselves to well heart and soul to recover the lost ground by every means that time or chance should ever place within our reach. It is therefore quite natural that the opponent should be anxious to include our side in an agreement that the d ecision shall he final; but it is not at all according to the rules of the wars, that our side should agree to it. I therefore protest against having ever made any such agreem ant, and declare the directly contrary intention. Ido this in the name of so many as shall think with me; end if the time comes, we will not be slow to act upon it. On Tuesday the moat note-worthy proceeding was a movement from the Ministerial side, for a grant of public money to make a railway in the Western Highlands; which their own Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the feelings natural to a purse-bearer, would not support. So the debate was adjourned for a fortnight, to be em ployed in overcoming his resistance. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 17th March, 1852. ' MARCH 17, 1852. OVERLAND MAIL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL, FEB. 3 lIER MAJESTY'S Taoops.—Lieut.•Colonel Tomkins, Commanding RA., in China, Dee. 29, 1851; L;eizt. Lugg, ILA., in China, Dec. 28, 1851. MADRAS.—Liaur. Henry 811, 2d Native Veteran Bat talion, at Wallsjalinad, Jan. 28. - - BENGAL.—Captain W. G. Don, 43d Regiment Native, Infantry, Commanding Hill Rangers, Lt Baugulpore. CHINA. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C,, ANNOUNCED SINCE DISPATCH OF THE LAST OVERLAND MAIL, FEB, 3 . HER MAJESTY s TROOPS. LEAVE OF ABSENCE.-Bth Foot--Ensign mi acphersen to England, via the Cape of Good Hope, for two years from date of embarkation, at the recommendation of a , assembled board of medical officers, subject to the confirmation toff his Excellency the Commander-in -Chief in India, Aden, Foot—A board of medical o ffi cers having recemmended that Lieut. M. E. S mith may be permitted to proceed to England for the yeeovery of his health, his Excellency Lieut. General S ir John Grey, K.C.8., grants leave of absence to that office r for one year from the date of embarkation , s ub ject to the con firmation of his Exc e ll ency the C v ommander-in-Chief in India. 83d Foot—Lieut. Metge, to England, for two years from date of embarkati on , at the recommendation of a board of medical officers, subject to the con firmation of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India. of time bargain speculation going on in the Bazaar, and prices have consequently been subjected to fluctuations. Quota tions for Patna in the Bazaar were yesterday Co.'s Rs. 1,020 INDIA.- AND CHINA. to 1,022 per chest. Benares is nominal, th ere b eing none from the first sale left in the godowns. Our money market remains with scarcely any a l teration. ;es We have received our corr e sp on d ence and fi of Previous rates of interest at the Bank of Bengal are main newspapers from India and China. The dates are- ) tamed but in other quarters it is said rather more stringent Calcutta, Feb. 8 ; Bombay, Feb. 17; and China, ' rates ar e no t un f r equently imposed ; an d a lt oge th er t h ere is Jan. 30 . still considerable difficulty felt in respect to financial matters, ,(From the Overland Bombay Times, Feb. 17.) both here and throughout the country, amongst all classes. In the Ba zaar amongs t th e M arwarr i e d ea l ers t h ere i s h ardly SITXMARY.-The Governor-General arri ve d at Cal- way improvement whatever. The several houses which gave cutta on the 29th ult., He is said to have approved generally of the conduct of the Commodore, but ex- others yso w m i e d i t 'ew months . back t haven a o n t d b i e n eL supplantedinfluence. e fl y cepted to the abduction of the Burmese chi pof war. It lowing are thenypprerseetnetnsiounotaoti wealthons for Government Securities: now appear s , ho wever , th a t it was no t on this account Transfer Five per Cents. q Rs., 3to 3-8-0 prem. ; New Fives, that the Fox was fired upon. The governor told him , 2-8-0 to 3-0-0 prem. ; Sicca ditto, 2-8-0 to 3-0-0 discount, that if be att em pt e d t o remove B r i t i s h p ro p er ty f rom I C om p any ' s Rs. ; Four per Cent., 13 to 13-8.0 discount; Sicca Rangoon he wou ld b a assa il e d f rom t h e s t oc k a d es; an d , Re. ditto, 15-8-0 to In-0-0 discount; Bank of Bengal shares ! are quoted Company' • ' 3- , ;,) prom.; Agra Bank (500 paid R 24( '' the commodore replied, that if so much as a pistol were I up), Company di-charged no biro, he would teed the stockades, and e26t o 23 e-,ch.Rs. 490 to 493; Bonded Warehouse shares, he accordingly when attacked kept his word. The The import market has continued dull, and had ever since Governor-General is said to be most anxious to see and the departure of the terolr sales are notwithstanding . which, bring the Burmese to their senses without .resorting to however, a large amoun v hostilities, and to avoid a war if possible. Reinforce- goods and mule twist. Prices s et e are h reported, if both m v p a i r e i c a e . ments and, munitions are meanwhile b e i ng di s p a t c h e d in tam during the period under notiwee.ut little, Low reed any, shirt abundance to our settlements on the frontier, and every ings have not been quite so readily sold as they were; y while preparation made to repel assault and revenge insult, or medium q_aalities appear to have come into rather better enter upon hostilities if necessary. No further steps have favour. Forty-five inch and wider goods have been saleable to a moderate extent. Grey madapollarns have moved off been taken, so far as is known, by the Burmese, who pro lesshfreely than they did, although oably await" to sea what we propose. Ali Moored has t ded. j, prises can hardly be said yielded to hie fate without the necessity of a resort to t o tten av ra e th re er ro tree a ly dispoaseelleot77 btoth grey and white, have force, and the troops ordered to assemole at Sulikur, to Bleached goods are almost stationaryathe late current rates. in h' e W it coerce if necessary, are now on their way back to their figured shirtings are saleable to a fair extent. w value. hite twills cantonments. A proclamation dated Roree, the 21st of continue much neglected. Low white shirtin January, has been issued by the commissioner under di- moveable at former miserable low prices. whi t: are only m reain of the Gove rnment o f India, promulgating the lams bring hardly so much as greys. White cambr i -l i c ad a a r P° * l- grounds of our offence. It i s t h us set forth:- When the no sort of demand. The sales of Turkey red goods hav e eb e in n Khyrpore chief found th a t h e h a d go; Sir C harles Na- considerable, but without any amendment in value. p -eeta pier fully into his toile, and induced him to take from sell very badly, and the chief buyers at present are the Ne his brethren their dominions with the view of extending Paul and Cabal dealers, who buy mostly in a retail fashion, and make but little impression on the enormous st oc k s of this his own, the territory a ft erwar d s to b e occupied by him c h lass of goods. Woollens are getting out of season ; and they was defined by the treaty of Nownahur, consisting of badly all through. certain additions to that supposed previously his own. have sold S very S cotch fabrics have attracted a little more atten- The extent of this was deeeribed on a leaf of the Koran, tion, and the sales of mulls and lappets reported are con- This he removed, and substituted .another in its place, siderable. Book muslins at present are quiet, and likely to describing larger dominions as his, and clairnieg a portion remain so until business with the Burmese is again resumed. of that which had belonged to his brethren, and ought on Male twist has sold to a fair extent. 20's and 30's are their fall totaveht.cbme ours. The fraud was fully este- rather lower; other Nos. continue without much change, Wished against him, and ultimately admitted, and he is v w e h r i v le d t u h l e l tendency rnrk of 60's is upwards. Coloured yarns are now stripped of what in reality never was his-of the Reis- miserably low priezzeadmsto remains a d re iffi e c x u e l ee t Li t sale at our late ship or chieftairtehip-the grounds of our quarrel, and re- Metals continue at about former low value, with abundant dticed hereafter to the rank of a nobleman in the possession supplies. Copper, however, is rather more valuable during of his hereditary estates. There has beau something like the past few days. Speller is dull, and again down in value. a rebellion in the Portuguese territories of the Goa, coca- Exchange has fallen 4or 5 per cent. since the last mail sinned, it is said, by resistance In some unpopular taxes left. Current rates for the present dispatch are as follows: lately imposed by the Governor. The troops were called -First-class credits, 2s. o%d. to 2s. id. per rupee; ditto O'f i el to 2s. Id. per rupee. out, and some bloodshed ensued, and it was supposed at documents, 2s. . Freights-Tonnage continues more than ample for the one time that assistance would be required from us by wants of the port, although many of the first-class large ships the Goaneme authoritiea their own .army amounting i have taken their departure. Quotations are--Sugar to Lon all to about two thousand, and of these a thousaneiar n ndw in the field. The Punjaub continues tranquil, and e don, 1/. 17s. 6d. to 2/. ; Rice, 21. ss. to 21. 102 ; Saltpetre, Ti. 10s. ; Oilseeds, 2/. ss. to 21. I0e.; Hides, 2/. 10s. to profound tranquillity prevails throughout all our do- 21. 12s. 6d.; Jute, 21. ss, to 21. 7s. 6d. per ton. minion.. On Me 9: - .11 iris. a splendid me.lNg, pi., , ,.; i. over by the Governor, took place in the Town Hall on the presentation of prizes to the most distinguished of the alumni of the Elphinstone College. There were above 2,000 persons assembled in the room, of whom 1,500 were pupils at the various seminaries in the island unaer Government. The chairman of the Board of Education, Sir Erskine Perry, reviewed the progress of education, and stated that when the first professors of the Elphinstone College, of whom one-Principal Hark ness-was present, arrived twenty years ago, they were obliged to lecture to empty benches-their only want was pupils. By a report recent.y published there appear at present to be 51 apprentices beipg instructed at the School of Industry; there are amongst them 26 fin does, 21 Ilahomeilans, 3 Parsees, and 2 Portuguese Christians. Twenty-seven are orphans-the parents of the rest are in a large number of cases absent from Bombay. At the last meeting of the Bombay Geographical So ciety a paper was read by Mr. John Smith on the dis coveries made by the East African missionaries of what appear to be the sources of the Nile. This mysterious river is said to arise from two lakes, one of which is of great dimensions nearly under the Line, and they seem fed by the melting snows of the gigantic range, which rises to the altitude of 22,000 feet at least, close by. The description of this long - looked-for locality coincides exactly with that given of it by Ptolemy 2,000 years ago. The new Small Cause Court at Bombay has now been fully established, though not yet in operation. Messrs. Crawford, Johnson, and West are the judges, on 1,8001. and 1,2001, per 'minim respectively. Some curious statis tics have of late been published in reference to the move ments of the governors and commanders in chief of Bom bay, with the presidency, staff, and attendant subordi nates. When en what is called " a tour of inspection," from two to three months are spent by them at the Cool hill station of Mahebuleshwar, until lately in the demi pions of Sattara, and nearly the worst place in the presi dency for the transaction of business. About as much more isenjoyed at Poona; and this constitutes the tour. No commander-in-chief ever was in Scinde since it became ours; and the northern and southern divisions of the army have not once been visited since 1837. The direct loss in travelling allowances on these journeys of plea sure amounts to about 5,0001. a year; and the State pays in all about 30,0001. a year for the services of a couple of gentlemen who spend eight months of the year at Mahabuleshwar or Poona, and might, for all the use they are, take out the remaining four where they pleased. ' Their chief function seems at the present to be the retardation of business, by breaking up all the public establishments during their wanderings, and requiring the form of reference to be gone through. The custom has been going on for years, anti now-a-days seems to have reached its height. It will, we trust, show the people at home that if' we take no harm from governors and commanders-in-chief, who spend their time in amusing themselves, we would be none the worse were we deprived of them altogether. The Calcutta jour nalists have memorialised the Court of Directors against the enactment of a law conformable with the recommendations of the Post-office Commission, which continue newspaper postages at the present excessive charges, and impose a postage en English newspapers equivalent to their exclusion from the interior altoge ther. The ship Kelso, a Bombay and Calcutta trader, was destroyed by fire off "Calcutta on the 24-25th ult., the origin of the fire having on this occasion been purely accidental. Colonel Outram, late resident at Baroda, returns home on sick leave, and in official disfavour, by to-day's steamer, carrying with him the homage and respect of all honourable men. Our readers are already aware of the circumstances out of which the displeasure of Go vernment has arisen-having, in standing up for the ful filment oC Cie Bii-Lbh pledge foresella meee in levee: u. a lady who has been robbed of her only son, stripped of her fortune, and maligned by miscreants who have con fessed their crimes, discovered a frightful amount of cor ruption, in which Government servants seemed deeply implica'ed. Desirous of purgieg the Augeau stable and redeeming our good name, he was considered by Go vernment to have gone too far-such inquiries were troublesome-misdoings of this sort were better hushed up-the wrongs of an injured lady of rank, of a house that enjoyed our protection, not worthy of our notice! We shall watch with some interest the reception these things meet with at nome, and whether our anxiety fur the welfare and good government of India is confined to the construction of roads supposed likely to supply Lan cashire with cheaper cotton, while we suffer a blot to rest upon our name, and wrongs to be inflicted by our aenction, which must ruin our character and influence in native eyes for ever. This question has caused Baroda politics to be more deeply inquired into than they other wise would have been. We believe the hands of the heads of departments in these matters to have all along been clean. We now await the production of papers before Parliament, which will, we trust, be insisted on before the present session is over. - - --- the ff rai a l - a K rr ° i N v a ed' 24th of Nov em b er. , J h A r is i o . g3ioo.g— -eCodnv o t e h e e f r l o s m th E o o f gl t a h o e d month e We alluded last month to the destructive fire that had occurred here, and to the death of Colonel Tomkyns, and Lieutenant Lugg, of the Royal Artillery. Lieut. Wilson, of the Royal Engineers, and the two gunners who were in a precarious state, are quite out of danger and recovering rapidly. Respecting the Kwangsi rebellion, reports, as usual, are rife. Seu, Governor of Canton, is still absent. Be has invited all loyal subjects to come forward with their contributions to defray the military expellees of the ex pedition, and motives of interest or of fear will no doubt induce most of them to respond to the appeal. All is quiet at Canton, and the inhabitants seem to have no apprehension of the rebels approaching nearer and creating disturbance. From Shanghai we have accounts to the 22d of the month. A formidable piratical fleet in the neigh bourhood of Ningpo causes much apprehension to the people and Government of that district. The Mandarins and the chief of the pirates have had an interview, but negotiations were broken off in consequence of the latter refusing to show the respect due to the Governor of the district. Her Majesty's brig Contest, at the recoest of the Chinese authorities, was stationed at Ningpo. Her Majesty's steamer Spyux ar rived at Shanghai from this on the 15th, and afterwards proceeded to Ningpo to relieve the Contest and to ren der such assistance as may be necessary. The emigration of Chinese to California is greatly on the increase. During the past month six vessels have e , iiled; 10 are preparing to leave, and more are required. Many who had previously emigrated have returned with substantial proofs of their success, and the Chinese are not slow in following the example of their countrymen when money is the inducement. Seventeen American whalers hare lately arrived in our harbour. The fishing during the past season has been unprofitable. • In imports a fair business has been doing at rather improved ratem. At Shanghai the market continues dull. In tea there has been little alteration. Rather lower prices have been paid at Shanghai. About 75 to 80 chops Congou it, all have been settled. The excess of export compared wits last year is little more than 4,000,000ib. For silk the demand in the north had be come more active, and prices had adveeced 4 to 5 par cent. In the export to this time the decrease is equal to 1,390 bales. In Harbour—Her Majesty's ship Hastings. Her Majesty's surveying-vessel Royalist, lately arrived. Captain Bates. when surveying near one of the Phil lipino Islands had a very narrow escape of being cut off with his boat's crew by eight large piratical prahus which gave chase for five miles. At Whampoa—Her Majesty's steamer Salamander. At Canton—Her Majesty's steamer Nemesis. At Amoy—The brig Lily. At Ningpa—Her Majesty's brig Contest, and tha steamer Spuynx. . - The latest dates from England are to the 24th of No vember; Calcutta, December 8; Bombay, December 18; Sydney, October 20; Manilla, December 13; and Sin gapore, January 5. Y.S. We have just rk•ceived advices from Can ton, mentioning that a report was - current of a battle having bl.en fought between the Imperial troops and the rebels, and of the former, in particular, having suffered severely. It has caused some uneasiness among the Chinese. Wore the provincial city of Kwangsi to fall into the hands of the rebels, Canton might be placed in some jeopardy. COURT 'CIRCUL'AR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, did not leave the grounds of Osborne yesterday. The Royal dinner party included Sir Charles Eastlake, the Dean of Winchester, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, and the Rev. Mr. Protheroe. - - Lord 'Maidstone had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, 'at his official residence' in Downing street. Mr. Doyle, from the Bahamas, had an interview with Sir John Pakiton ye iterday at the Colonial-office. Sir William Codr in gton had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. A deputation from the grand jury of the county of Monaghan, consisting of Mr. Matthew John Anketell, and Mr. Edmond Percival Morphy, accompanied by their Parliamentary agent, Mr. Bryden, transacted business yesterday at the railway department of the Board of Trade. Lord Redesdale had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole 'yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Deedes had also an interview with the Right lion. Gentlema n . The Cambridge Tjniversity Commission bad a meeting yesterdayday at the official ratidence . of the First Lard o f the Treasury, in Downing -street. Bish op of Cheater, the D ean of £l3', Sir John th; Rev. Proft=isor Sedgwic k, and the Rev. stir. 11 , Batasu n (Secretary). Dispatches ware sent from the Colonial-offic, , estfr dov to the Gov ernor of the West Indian 1,1,,,,a5.J • ACCIDENTO Tili Lp:ef D9NAND gIYATII-WESTERN RAILWAY. _Oa Saturday evening, about ei g ht o'clock, just N as an engine which had left the 1 46ngsight depot of the London and North-Western Company had got upon the down line to M a nchester, and before th e driver could get a fair the Macclesfield t ra i n to Manchester came up i speed upont , a i, eonsinerable pac.e and ran into it. The shock was 80 violent, that fourteen or sixteen persons were much shaken and bruised, but no person was killed or ser i ous ly i n j ur ed. Dr. Harrison and his partner, Mr. Cook, surgeons to the com pany, were very early in attendance, and dressed the wounds Of the injured passenge rs , w hi c h consisted principa ll y o f braises of the knees against the seats. All the parties were removed to their homes. Y CANTON MAr,ELT IZEPORT. HO NG- KONG, JAN. 30. The business done in imports daring the month has been of a more satisfactory nature than that of last month. Cotton--The business done in this article has not been so extensive as that of last month, and dealers have been unwil ling to pay previous rates. Bombay quoted T 7.5 to T 9.1 ; Bengal, T 7.8 to T 9.3; Madras, T 7.9 to T 9.5. The sales b are estimated at 18,000 bales. Stock, 36,000 bales against 43,000 bales last year. Cotton Yarn—The imports continuing light, pgriocoedss:baonwd o to 42 dolls. Shirtings—There has been de man d f or these 1.85 ul. an advance. Nos. 16 - 24, 31 dolls. to 33 d011 5. d ; 5021 N ,105 0 .0 . 0t 2 0p 8 i2 - e 3 c.6 2 e5s , 39 dolls. to 41 (lolls.; Nos. 38-42, 39 dolls. dA s prices ic is e . sh w av h e it i e m s, p l r . o 6 v o e d d o . Hs t Grays 2.8 a 5 dolls. About. in Tall ; have been sold. Woollens—Sp. stripes remain as last quoted, 7 0 c. to 98c.; long ells, 6.50 dolls, to 6.75 dolls • millets, 1, , - dolls. for English, 15 dolls. to 20 dolls. for Du .. dolls. to 21% Iron has declined Nail rod, 9 .10 dolls. to tell* 2.30 dolls, ; bar Fquare, 1.85 dolls. to 2 dolls. ; flat, 1.90 d round, 2.35 (lolls. to 2.50 dolls oils. to 2.5 d o ll s . ; ; small round, 2.45 dolls. to 3.35 dolls. Turkey Opium--410 dolls, to 435 dolls., and some inquiry. Cochineal -85 dolls. to 115 doll Tea—The busine ss done during 8, the month has been trifling, and at about previous rates. The settlements of Congou to date have been about 450 chops, against 560 last year. Of new greens about 1 11,000 packages have but has yet been done in this home market. description for the nn from I s t J u l y, 1851, to 25th lbs. u 27,900,00 0 of January, 1852 .. •.. Shanghai from Ist July, 1851, to 22d of Januury, 1852 ... ... 23,000,000 50,900,000 Export from Canton from lst July, 1850, to 25th of January, 1851 31,800,000 Shangai from Ist of July, 1850, to 15th of January, 1851 ... 15,000,000 46,800,000 Exchange on England opened at, for American credits, 4 .9. 11d., but declined to 4s. 10d., 4s. oki -v.., and 4s. 9€1., at which the principal transactions were done. Oriental Bank drew a little at 45. 9d. On India Company's paper, accepted, 235 r. to 230 r., and at 229 r. to 228 r. Freights —Owing to vessels being required for the con veyance of Coolies to California, rates are firmer, and may be considered 2/. 105. From Shanghai our advices are to the 22d inst. ' The import market was dull. In exports the transactions had been moderate. Silk was in demand. Tea—Of Congou about 45 had been settled for, atifrom 10 ed olls i . il is tile taels to 12% taels. In greens little had been done. Silk—Remained much as last quoted, to within a week previous to the date of our advices, when more activity eta3blishdap peared in the market, and an advance of 15 dolls, per pecul dolls.; and for the best description 400 dolls. to 405 dolls. ; T w s a s a t l e e s sorts offered. For Nos. 3 and 4 inferior, 350 dolls. to 360 dolls. OlTaysaam there was little offering.. Common, asked ; No. 3 Tsatlee, 378 dolls. to 380 289 dolls.; fair, 300 dolls. to 310 dolls. ; fine, 339 dolls. nomi na l. Export from China to date , 13 , 5 00 at t l a. Woollens—Spanish stripes had been q uitt ed in barter at ) bales against 13,900 b a l es , and 1,100 bales last year. Longcloths—G rays s how a trifling advance , and quoted 2.30 dolls, t 02.75 d o lls. ; whites in barter h ave been taken .60 88e. to d o ll s . 1.3; l o ng ells sold at dolls. 7.10 an d dolls. to 2.75. Sales estimated at 120,000 pieces 6.5. Exchange on England _declined. latterly. First class paper quoted 49. 11%d. !.o b s.;Onental Bank, 4s. 11%cl. 230r5.. . __37 3s, for tea; 3/. 10s. for silk. 0 ] American credits; on India Company's accepted paper Freignv - n y one vessel cn the berth. CIA . L REPORT. The Governirmalle°nEtlieelliElAp on th: ss9 r LCUTTA MARKET. December, arriv ed t he 31st inst., and the morning of town about twelve o'clock bulk n lk th o e f f t o h l e lo m wrn i i Oriental steamer with the with London dates to the 24th was anchored off day. Amount of bills drawn by the East India Company on this Presidency from the Bth to the 23d December was 77,7851. I4s. 10d., at 2s. per rupee. One or two farther failures were announced. Respecting exportafrom this there is not much change to note. A large quantity of indigo was, however , shipped in the course col last month, reaching to 13,491 chests, 8,816 chests of which were for Great Britain, w ewereon ande41,3133054t chests for France. Th e s hip m ents of su g ar scale. Of raw silk the quantity sent forward was consider able, and s hipments t o so me extent Fe still in p rogress. In ee THE GREAT GLORE.---Mr. corahs, and indeed all kinds of silk piece goods, busimse has continued on a limited scale. Saltpetre has been in eaten- ' interesting model of the Arc ti c instructive Geographical Exhibition i n Leicester-square a :vvi V heale l s ci btis added to his Shipments of rice to Greet very seven feet in diameter, and exhibits re ions. It . is .. abou of t sive request for North America, whilst for other parts very n relief the districts the Arc. ie. regions, a. - well es f e ,, moate h e as iati 6 nt w d n on itg a elf. ample scale. Lac dye II" ' them : indeed it takes in so exte ler' tliat lie contiguous to little ii ,it em h R s: e d a hemisphere as to comprehend the only been shipped to a moderate extent, but there has been more freedom shown regarding shell lac,both. for Greatl3ritain part of France.. The scale is far li f the and North America. Sa ffl ower is oat of season, and very little indication of the minutest island ge enough to aow ol the business has been done. Hides have been freely shipped to lands are raised in relief s, lakes, and rivers. Al and excellent] modelled; the o w f e G e P r Great the t ßritain northern anl Great Britain, and rather a large amount of trausactions for mountains and valle - being e 313 distinctly mar ked, and the North America, as well as other places , has taken place. - whole appropriately coloured. Not great manual only Exports of linseed have been chiefly confined to Great labour and dexterity have been bestewed o this model, but Britain and the -United States. beh e tard seed has been it bag re wired for i . largelshipped to, &gl and . - castor oil appears to have q .5 execution immense research ' and con summate geographical keo led and it gives to all who attracted less attention than usual . . -t 60 835 maunds (Thu e, , 't the clearest w ge ; were shipped to Great Britain in Jan I- A goad deal of suryey i .. and most complete idea of the Arctic Catch has gone forward, but only anu reions. Upon this e•vf • a ll portion has been easily follow the tracks of all the celebrated Polar naviga sent to England. tors, and find entertainment in speculating on the feasibility The second opium sale o fwill be held on the the season solvin g the great geograph i ca l pro bl em o t a nor th- west 10th instant. Sin ce th e l ast sa l e t h er e lies be e n a good deal of • Passage.