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waggestion offered by his Hon. Friend (Mr. a !•h rtcn ) near him. lithe resolution b e f ore th e Hou-e were carried effect,in_ it must result in com pl e t e bit terness on the part of the people of Ireland towards the House. Mr. BROTHETON had already seconded the amendment. He thought that it was very often tee case that the , less a man was restricted the more stringently he considered himself to be bound. He had a foslish idea, that if it was left to Hon. Members unfettered to perform their duties, that filoma-uweoe ofuld very seldom be found shrinking from the Pe them. H e wou et trus t en ti re ly t o their sense of r honour and duty. If any Member should be found refractory, he would rather leave him t o answer f or his conduct to his constituents than punish him by a rule of the House for his neglect. The Hon. M em b er f or Li mer i c k per h aps h a d a different view in persisting in his contumacy—he wanted the House to send him to the To wer , so t h at t h e sympat hi es o f th e people might he raised, but he (M r . B rot h erton ) did no t w i s h to make a martyr of him ; therefore he thought the suggestion of his Hon. Friend ahouid be adopted. Mr. MORRIS O'CONNELL thought that nothing more than a mistaken notion of his duty was attributable to his Hon. Friend. the Member for Limerick. If he had wished to evade the duties o f th e H ouse , h e m i g ht h ave gone to I re l and, and , remained there secure from any interruption. Sir G. GREY was of opinion that no other course was open to the House than the adoption of the resolution which had been originally submitted. He did not see how they I could refuse to pass theerieinal proposition. The Hon. Mem ber for Limerick had had sufficuint time to reflect lapin the consequences of his retinal to serve upon Committees. The Hon. Member had refused to obey toe order of the Houses and it was very evident he must be held as in contempt of the House. He must say. therefore, that lie saw no reason to alter the resolution before the House. Mr. O'CONNELL thought that it was unnecessary for the House to come to this re so l u ti on , for his Hon. Friend,no notice Member for Limerick, ivies certain') not aware of t a r n ar y ee that being sent to him; to say the least, it seemed e s d. • the measure should. ite so hastily Sir R. PEEL could not help am e i x h p a r r e s s hl ' y G s e i n n tleman could have r l e ii s s s astonishment and regret at hearing that any Supposed that in the course 11° f n 'this debate any party could have come to any decision o o n ,h t i h o e r‘ subject, in consequence like personal feeling, of having been actuated . by n Fie could not help expressing anything like the point, and it was on co e nt o r f ar v y ery deep regret, for not ing, he believed,. was to the sentiments entertained by the whole of r tre re Members of that House than that of hostility to the Irish Members. It should he remembered that this was not the first time that a - Member of the House had been placed in this position. During the session of last year the Hon. Member for Winchester (Mr. B. Escott) had been appointed to serve on two Committees, and was afterwards appointed Member of a third. He had conceived that his attendance on the first two ought to exonerate him from any duty in the third, and he had accordingly declined to attend. The Select Committee made a representation of the circumstance to the House, and • he was ordered to attend. That Hen. Gentleman made his appeal to the House, and stated the facts, and of his utter in ability ' ity to do d u t y i n t h ree places at the same time • but the House overrul e d hi s objection, and he was obliged to console htmcelf by doing his duty as well as he could, for the order of the H ouse Was made that 1 e should attend upon all the Censmittees.—( Hear, h ear .) H e m i g h t a l so re f er to a circumstance which eceurred i n th e y ear 1830, w hen a similar instance had happened. The Hon. Member in that case had not attended his Committee. The report was made—he stated his reasons, and the House admitted that those reasons were valid, and excused him. Why does the Hon. Gentleman then presume that he should not be equally amenable to the rules of the House as any o her individual who is willing to submit to its orders? Here there wee no endeavour to palliate his con duct; and instead or endeavouring to excuse himself, he had re ferred to his correspondence, and stated that he had an ob jection to serve, on a ground of public principle, and gave no other reason than a vague statement of feeling. Ile had in deed said that he would attend neon no other Committees than those which might sit upon the affairs of Ireland. What other course then could the Committee of Selection pursue than that of reporting his conduct to the House ; and what other course coulse the House pursue than that of affirming the resolution that had now been submitted to them? The amend ment which had been moved on this resolution by the _Honourable and Learned Member for the county of Cork went to neither more nor less than doing away with the power of the House to compel Members to attend to these Com mittees, arid provided that every Member should be excused from attendance by assigning a special reason. Why he believed, if such were the case, the Hon. Member would very soon find that every idle men would speedily discover abundance of special reasons for his absence. The Hon. Mem er seemed to think that Committees form no part of the House, and that compulsory attendance on teem was beyond its control. 1' such a doctrine were to prevail, most grievous evils would speed ily flow both to the House and to the country, and if this rmestion were to be decided against the resolution, the character of the House roust speedily suffer. It hail always been hit polity to elevat e the character of that branch of the Leeis iature, which more particularly emanated from, and was more immediately- connected with the people, and upon which the eyes would of the p eop l e Were continuaily fixed. If Hon. Members not give their attendance on these Committees, there 11111 st be a newer t o compel them to do so, or they might on similar gro un d s exempt themselves from attendance on the o u...e itself ; and not only the business of the Committees, but also the public business of the House would, even under a call, become only voluntary, and any Members who chose would be eixoneraie t from the moat important legislative functions. For his own p art, h e conceived that the Committees constituted' part of the House. The Hon. Member asked Whether there was any law to compel the attendance of the Members, and from whence they derived their power? He might in the interim say, and as a sufficient answer to the inquiry, that if they could not compel attendance upon the Committees, neither could they compel attendanc, upon the most important business of the country, and they would lose every ability to ensure the performance of those duties for which the country had sent them there. But, with respect to the power, he could tell him that they derived the power from that source of all power in which the institution s and the laws of the country had their origin, and from which they derived their authority—i n the interests of all classes of that community from whom all power emanated. Toe Hon. Gentleman had stated that there was no clause in the Act of Union which gave them the power to compel the at tendance of the Irish Members. He was right; nor was there any statute law needed to give them the authority. The right was inherent in the c institution of that House, and pre viously existed in the institutions and the necessities out of which it arose long before the House itself was formed. If such a plea were to be set up, they ought, in his opinion, to give compensation to all those Members from North Britain who had served in Committees since the Scottish Union, for thcre was no clause in the Act of Union which ex pressly d eta il e d the rights and duties of those 'Mem bers, and the great men of that period had never thought it necessary to obtain a sanction of their rights or any other grants or privileges for the Scottish Members when they became Members of the United Parliament. If they were to assert to the statement of the Hon. Member, they must adopt some principle of action equivalent to that which they were now employing, and he therefore saw no alternative between affirming the resolution and taking a line of conduct which would be destructive of the power of the House. They did not rely upon the statute of Henry VIII., to which the Hon. :Member had alluded, but they relied upon the power which had been existing in the House throughoUt the whole series of its proceedings — on that source from which all power arose, the power which enabled to make laws ; and it was on these , grounds that he hoped that they should come to the conclusion ' which he conceived to be inevitable. He was sure that the Haase were quite aware of the consequences that would ensue if they were to refrain from establishing their authority i n thi s instance, which a ll part i es a l lowed to belong to the House of Commons in order to obtain its right., but the exercise of which the Hon. Member challenged in the most open manner. It was evident how much importance the Members attached to this power, and he trusted, therefore, that the House of Com mons would arlirm the resolution.—( Cheers.) Mr. H. GRATTAN presumed that this was only a question of privilege, and he thought it was inadvisable to bring it on at the present time. There was no ground in law. It was soot necessary to express it ; and if the House went to a division he should feel it his daty to oppose the resolution. Mr. C. POW ELL regretted to see the spirit of hostility in which the Government seemed inclined to act with regard to his Hon. Friend the Member for Limerick.—( No, no.) He thought they had better have adopted the suggestions of his Hon. Friend the Member for the city of Cork, and was sorry that the, Attorney-General had not adopted the same strain as that in which he had proposed it, instead of the hostile tone which he had used.—( Cries of " Oh, oh.") Certainly the speeches of the Hon. Attorney-General, and of the Hon. Baro net the Prime Minister, had evidenced that hostility. He conceived there was a difference between Irish and English .Memiters. Sir R. PEEL—No, ne. Mr. CHARLES PO WELL—There might have been some grounds for such a motion, if it had been merely an English case.—(" No, no.") But if the House had the power to compel the attendance of any Member in this manlier, they might compel him to do anything. For instance, supposing the case of any gentleman, e ho for :20 years had entertained part i eular opinions, and who came into the House five years ego a complete monopolist, and in the exercise of his judgment in the course of three years became converted into a thorough free trader, they alight order him to enter the House with his coat turned.—(Great i: laughter. ) He hoped th e or d er woull not , foe it i t did, he conceived th a t t h ey would exhibit a very Yro c_vgup•—( Renewed . laught er. ) H e trusted that the e rn merit would not persevere, for it they did, he must op 'Pose the ...solution. :NI, HUME could not help rising to reprobate the opinion that there was any differer,:ceibteitiween Irish and English Mem bers. If the form er ere privileg es as the latter, they were equally liable iYeePerwtnearsmainth% duties of their office. He thought this was not the were to show . to the people of Ireland that their Members ebeeteinne.itilp about sa tu t r . He would not take notice of what 1 1 1 ) 3.7. ' coats, and all that nonsense, but he would ask what were those Members in who entered the House afterua situation Reform Bill ? There was no law passed to put them in pos session of the privileges of the other Members of the House, nor was it necessary to pass any such law for the Irish Mem bees. He regretted that the last speaker had not followed the example of the manly speech of the Hon. Member for Kil kenny (Mr. John O'Connell), who, although he ent er t a i ned the same opinions as the Hon. Member for Limerick, had de ferred his own feelings to his higher sense of the claims of his *Tuohy, and did his duty in Committee. He thought that the Right Rio. Baronet at the head of the Government had stated the ease very fairly, anti agreed with him that . there was no other course t o p ursue ; f or if they allowed this plea it must put an end to a ll b us i nem . With what face could the Irish Members avail themselves of the privileges of this House, and then, ?Jeer refusing to fulfil their duty, stand up to demand the rights of their country. The best possible way to defend those rights was to fulfil their duty in that House, and not after enjoying the privileges, refuse to un dergo the labour by which they were accompanied. Those privileges were equally enjoyed by English, Irish, and Scotch Members, and without the power to compel the attendance of 1 the Members, the hohness of the country must be stopped. He ?sad a Netter opinion of the feeling of the Irish people than 1 the Hort. Member for Limerick—(Cheers)—for he believed hat the Irish people would say—of' what use was it their having Members in the House of Commons, if they did not sup port heir rights, an d how could they do so without fulfilling their duty ?—for they had equtl duties to luifil with the English Members. H e cer t a i n ly s h ou ld a ffi r m the resolution, and hoped the House would adopt it. Cries of " Divide;divide;" but Mr. RWART rose to ask a question, upon which he was being exceedingly anxiens ' and that was —i n th e ev ent of the motion be zee;lto, whetherther the Hon. M em b er f or Limerick would tl El at once into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms after being convicted of c for Kendal and Salford ontempt, or whether, as the Members his attendance moon that thought, vi he ought to be allowed to renew Sir T. WILDE had the highest respect for the Honourable Member for Cork, but he deeplygdiscussio ratretlti'leodn the opinions which in the course of this . Member had ex the on the motion before the House, and on the conduct of the Hon. Member for Limerick (Mr. S. O'Brien fectly agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, that i1W2. 11 5 rl e e p c e e r ‘ - aary to uphold the rights of that House, and thought they had been moderately and fairly stated. He regretted, therefore, the delusion order which the Hon. Member appeared to have acted; he trusted he would excuse himself, • but h e was bound to say that, on the present occasion, both his Parliamentary and his common law were decidedly beet. The Ho use were fully aware of the grounds on which this resolution was based. It was well known that Parliamentary law was a part of the law of the land, and he thought this law had been fairly stated by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government in his allusion to the Scottish Union, and the position which certain Members of that House had been enabled to obtain under it, as well as in his reference to the privi leg -s which they enjoyed from the same souree.—(Hear. ) All that the Union had done was to make certain Members re turned for Ireland Members of the Imperial Parliament, taking upon themselves all the powers, all th e aut h or i t i es, an d a ll the' privileges which had belonged to Members from time immemo rial.—(Hear, hear.) What did his Hon. Friend, the Member for the City of Cork, mean when he talked of this authority not 1 being sanctioned by the common law of the land? He agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member that they had no right by the common law to compel the attendance of Members on Committees, but they had that law of the land which passed by the name of Parliamentary law—(Hear, hear)—a law, ire many respects, o f hi g h er aut h ority t h an t h e commo n law, an d which was n ecessari l y a d m i tte d b y t h e comm on law itself (Hear.) H is H on. an d L earne d friend roust have come to but his con c lu s i on not i n a moment o f ser i o us contemplation , but rather whil e h e was i n fl uence d by a desire to relieve a serious from difficulty. It wou ld i n d e ed be attended w in convenience if they allowed an opinion that claimed in then to be entertained that the House had no such authority as oiewunlarsuepharat a p p ut av d t of the empii e, and he hoped present instance over Members coming House w f e ro u r d What was that authority ? I The House had a right t o notion w as what bya..s t; i r e t iin, hart l alreadyiauthority.ts stated. call upon every Member . to discharge those Parliamentary duties which, trim their sit en and position, de vo l ve d upon them, in such manner as the wisdom of the Hous e m i g h t d eem for the public benefit.—( Hear, hear.) When it was necessary necessary to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act, what wa s th e course the House adopted ? Was it riot to appoi n t a pr i vate 1 Committee to report to the House upon its expediency? And when the country was in a disturbed state, was it not usual to apooilit Secret Committees to make inquiry into the cause, and report to the House the result of that inquiry ? i H iw many questions, then, relating to the peace of the country, 1 to the due admini-tration of justice, or to the conduct of Ministers and other public functionaries, were there, which it was necessary and desirable should be inquired into by a Se cret or a Select Committee; but how were they to receive these inquiries if the House had not the power to command the services of every Member in such manner as it might think lessential for th e pu bli c b enef i t ? He agreed with his Honour and Learned Friend the Member for Cork, that Parliament might abuse its power as a court of justice might do, but his Honourable and Learned Friend might rely upon it, when the House sought to abuse it s p ower b y ma ki ng any absu r d reso l ut i on, it would be soon taught repentance. Now as to the question of whether the House could compel the attendance of its Members on Committees--could it not send fur the public—could it not send for witnesses, if they would not come ? Well, then, had it more power over the public than over its own Members ?—(Hear, hear.) They came there pledged So do their duty to the public, and who was to decide what that duty demanded, what services it required, and how it could best be performed, but the united wisdom of the Howe itself ? ( Hear, hear.) Therefore, then, the power to order Hon. Members to attend Committees was per fectly clear. But that was not the question here. The ques tion they were considering was the disobediency of an Hon. Menthe: in not attending a particular Committee; and, sub sequently treating with cont mpt an order of the House. It was true the appointment of the Hon. Member was made by a Committee of Selection; but the House, having delegated its powers to this Committee, the appointment had become the act of the House. It was now their act. It was by the authority of the House that the Hon. Member was called to attend the Committee, and what was cow their situation?—(Hear, hear.) Why, it was such that there was only one curse open to them. He deeply regretted that this question should have arisen, and that regret was increased by the fact, that the question had sprung out of the refusal of an Irish Member to attend on a Committee cor.nected with the private business of the House, because their present course, being misunderstood, or misrepresented, might be productive of more unpleasant feeling in the sister kingdom. He re gretted the more that the course of the Hon. Member for Limerick was adopted with the sanction of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Cork. But he was confident his Hon. and Learned Friend in his calmer moments would change his opinion, and he trusted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would give the House the benefit of his sober judgment upon the all-important question. It was for the interest of Ireland the House should have power over the Irish Members, and let it be remembered that wlsen me) , joined the House it entitled them to certain rights and privileges, and they claimed these rights and privileges to 'n dole them to discharge the duties which the people required of them, but at the same time the possession of these rights and privileges must make them amenable to the jurisdiction of the House ; and imperfect indeed would the Union have been had the jurisdiction of the House been of such a tweed charac ter that its power over different Members should be placed upon different footings. How then did they stand now they had made an order upon one of their Members to attend a Committee, and he had refused to do so? It was not that the [lon. :Wernher up to the present time had acted under any misapprehension, fir the Hon. Member, according to his a wn statement, had duly considered what his duty to the House and his duty to Ireland was, and he considered he was justified in withholding his attendance on that Committee. The Hon. Member could not be committing greater treason to his country than when he argued that he was doing no injustice to Ire land in not attending. It was desirable that the dignity and authority of the House should be preserved, and he for one hoped the motion of the Hon. Member for Kendal would not be allowed to go forth to the public, because, in effect, it ex cused every man in that House from doing his duty. If the House determined to discharge its duty, they must not shrink from maintaining their authority when it was distinctly shown. Was there any ground, any distinction between private and public Bills? It was true, private Bills interfered materially with private rights ; and it was the duty of the House to see that they were properly framed and properly drawn up. There was no distinction then between the two classes of Bills, and it was the duty of the House to employ its members to see that the law was wholesome, and that private Bills were framed in such a manner as to answer the ends of the public. There could be no difference then between the Parliamentary laws which related to the two class of Bills, and if they did not vindicate their authority in respect of one, Hon. Members might disobey their orders in respect to the other. The question was, then, what course should they take? Now, for himself, he would not shrink from meeting the difficulty, and on considering whether he should vote aye or no, he felt convinced that he should be doing right if he voted for that which maintained the authority of Parliament. He trusted that that House, in dealing with this question, would perform its first duty, and maintain its own character and authority, and preserve its jurisdiction from all evasion. He extremely regretted that this question should have come before the House, but there was no alternative for them to adopt but that which he had already pointed out. Mr. COLLETT said, as he did not wish to render himself liable to be placed in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arm s , h e wished to as k th e H on. and Learned Attorney-General a question respecting two resolutions which the House had agreed to in the early part of the session.—( Oh, oh.) It would be remembered that a resolution was passed, compelling the at tendance of Members on Railway Committees, and another to sanction the sitting of the House on Wednesdays, from twelve at noon till six in the evening. Now, he wished to know whether the minor duty of attending a Committee merged into the superior duty of attending the House ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, when the question came properly before the House, he should feel called upon to answer it. Mr. DISRAELI thought the House could at this moment adept a course by which they might legally gain a little time before they came to a conclusion in the present case, for it was admitted on both sides that technical notice had not been served on the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Limerick, and if they delayed the matter in order that this notice might be given, it would enable the Honourable Gentleman himself to consider his determination, and themselves to look minutely into the case. But there was strong ground f m the delay, for it was admitted that the matter involved a good deal of argu ment, and it was not improbable that the Honourable Member for Limerick might require to be heard by counsel. It was im portant, moreover, that the decision on the present occasion should not hereafter be upset on the ground of informality; and he trusted the suggestion he had just thrown out would be adopted by the House. He had heard it said that it was totally impossible to carry on the private business of the country, unless they exercised this privilege of compulsory attendance Why should this be so? The business of the country was carried on, a short time ago, without this compulsory power ; and it was only within the last twelve months that this new principle was introduced. It was introduced, too, under cir cumstances of a peculiar character—at a time of great excite ment—end when there was a strong pressure of private busi ness. It was thought at the time that the pressure of private business would continue, and it wes therefore thought ad visable to take this decided step while this excitement con tinued. They violated the conditution of the House with re gard to the conduct of the business of private Committees. Now the railway business was falling off it was hardly 1 necessary—it was hardly politic—to sanction this compulsery rule ; but before they came to a decision, they wanted evi dence upon the subject. Let them know what the railways were that this group No. 11 comprised. They might be all bubbles ; and if they delayed this motion for a short time, the next bulletin from the Stock Exchange might show that all these Bills had vanished ; therefore he hoped the House would take these circumstances into their consideration; by availing themselves of this technical expression, gain a little more time to look into the matter themselves, and give another oppor tunity to the Hon. Member for Limerick to consider his deci sion. It would enable them too, as he said before, to recon sider the spirit of this principle of compulsory attendance. The circumstances which justified them were daily disappear ing, and they would have an opportunity, at the same time, of 1 be Aeinra.tiele.d u to u ne z r a ve s t a h id e p it riv w il a e s g l es uit o e f t e h le e er H t o h u a s t e. hi relieving the mse l ves from a great difficulty, and yet a Hon. Friend had deliberately refused to attend eilt the f summons of the ; and he was of opinion that g wh 3 er n House, and had, therefore, been a breach of privi legethea requests of the e t r n y e A n f f e lc b e e a r House were not attended to they should e ' compliance. At the same time he was sure that every of the House would, in consequence of the circumstances which his lion. Friend was placed, wish to see this inn ,h certainly saeaebt eheaet . Itempt of the House visited by temper and moderation. coif agreed, in a great measure, with the remarks of the Hon e ee Member manifest mra i t te to every for andev e r they Shrewsbury e o y n et moat,h a t ( a i M nc r e . jnut D setm i i s c r pe a t e t l eo i f . ) t t h h e e m l H t se o w l a v a s e s e s that discbedierce ' . with the orders of the House was punished in some way or o th er . B ut he was sure that his Honourable Friend, in not attending to those orders, had been acting ' ignorance, and under misapprehension. lie knew th a t in the courts of law, if a party to a suit acted in contempt of the courts, he was supposed to act und er t h e advice of his counsel., (Hear, hear.) And it was quite clear that in this instance the Hon. 11 ember for the city of Li mer i c k had been actin, under the advice of the Hon. and Learned Nl em b er for Cork " ( Mr. O'Connell ).—( Laughter. ) But the Hon. Member for Limerick should have looked, not to the opinion, but the ex emplary conduct of that lion. and Learned Member, for his conduct, after all, was the best exponent on such questions.— ( Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend ought to lay such a value as was attached by all sensible men to gratuitous opinions of Learned Counsel.—( Hear, hear, and laughter) M e H on. Friend had been led into error ; he had fancied that a great difference existed between the duties of English and Irish Members of that House. But the House did not think there existed any, and he (Mr. Buller) thought that he must coincide with the opinion • ( Hear, hear.) At the same time Limerick ' that the notion of the Honourable Member for prevailed to a very considerable that the Irish Members were not many people fancied sub ect to thesame laws as the English, and it was evident that in disobeying the summons of the House, the Hon. Member was ac, tin , in conformity with that notion. He ( i A Ir . Buller), therefore, thought that it would be but just to give the Hon. Member an opportunity of rec onsiderin g his opinion.— (Hear , hear.) He should perfectly coincide with the opinion of the House, be en committed; but he would that a contempt hadeen contend that it would be but fair, after the House had come to such a resolution, to give the Hon. Member an opportunity of coming forward as a man of sense to say that he was prepared to submit t o th e unan imous opinion of the House. — ( Hear .) Mr. O'CONNELL explained with regard to some observa tions which had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just sat down. Sir R. H. INGLIS said it was his misfortune to differ very su • frequently of late with the opinion of the majority of the House. lie would, however, venture to say, that he would give his cor dialPPert to the original motion, He held that it would be t to the original city of Limerick ; and in giving his sup e e o x n c e t e e rn d i p n t g loyf the H dangerous ous if i House eo m n tit t t is case tedh y they refused the Hon. aon. Member e t tn o pheurn foris h the e t h s lative bodyhis duty. eof merelytthe e discharging ) le e g r i m H o e ti m on a , in h t e ai c n o e n d ce t i h v a e t d t t h h e at ex h i e st w en a c s orders and regulations of the House. de pended in a great measure upon theprokoverhactomrepslpiaeteicteww.iuthldthbeo paid to the Legislature , if its members w e r e found t o be incapa ble of enforcing laws for their own good? He hoped, therefore, that the House would persist in pressing the original motion. One Hon. Member had said that no man ought to vote upon that motion who was not prepared to vote for a direct punish. went of the contempt ; and another Hon. Member had sug gested, that if the original motion should be passed, the House ought to give the Hon. Member an opportunity of expressing his apology to the House for the contempt of which he had been guilty. But he (Sir R. H. highs) was not prepared even to grant that delay, because he felt that such delay had never yet been granted to any other individual Member of that House who had been found guilty of a disobedience to its orders. He sse E hoa n or g ui n l le i d s ft h hnt , iohs w tec e b:a r aes e wep, b se o rotm u hf n eti d ht teHe t d e l (a, a ntno t .d t ‘n n l ideoeamtdo pleab atehnroo of ignorance e giognr o no r ot d rrha e aen r n s cece ; ei t a oyt, n f, a d 3 , a a , s , saw no good for such d e l a y. All M em b ers, whether Irish or i in t te t d h e ; o t hf eLimerick should not be permitted to plead an ignorance of the rules ofrules the House. It could not be argued that the Hon. Member had not had sufficient notice of the order of the House, because it was regularly published wi•li the other notices. The Hon. Member was clearly bound to attend on a raiiway Commit • tee as well as upon any other conceivable measure that came before the House, if he were selected to attend. Under all these circumstrnces, he could not but feel that it was the abso lute duty of the Haus..s to agree to the motion of his Hon. Friend and colleague. Mr. FITZGERALD, amidst some impatience, said that he hoped the House would permit him to make a few observations on this subject. It was very interesting to every Irish mem ber, and therefore he thought that he was entitled to the indul gence of the House for a few moments. The Hon. Member for Limerick had conceived it to be his right to deny the rizht of the House to compel him to attend upon a railway Corn mittee, and he (Mr. Fitzgerald) was in hopes that his Hon. Friend would not have persisted in trying that question. The opinion entertained by his Hon. Friend on this subject was par. ticipated in by the majority of the people of Ireland. He, for his own part, hail not yet heard any argument that would in duce him to concede with the views of the Attorney-General en this question. On the contrary, all that he had heard only induced him to give his support to the amendment proposed by the Hon. Member (Mr. Warburton). The Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) had stated that the Members of the House were bonnd to perform all duties of the House; and he ( Mr. Fitzgerald) begged to observe to the Hon. Member, that the Irish Members were in a peculiar situation. The Hon. Member should recollect that the majority of the Irish Mem bers had been elected on the condition of not attending to any duties in that House.—( Great laughter.) The Hon. Member, in reply to the statement that it was a prevalent opinion that there was a great difference between EngliAt and Irish Mem bers, had said that there was indeed a difference between them, and it was this, that the Irish Members were not subject to the payment of the income-tax. But that Hon. Member should remember; that the majority of the Irish Members resided during the greater portion of the Fear in England, and thereby snhjected themselves to the payment of that tax. Undoubtedly if the Government had thought that the amount to be received in Ireland in the shape of incomes tax would have yielded any thing to their cioffer-, they would have subjected Ireland to the income-tax.—( Hear, hear.) He was confidently of opinion that his Hon. Friend, the Member for Limerick, in refusing to comply with the rules of the House, had no intention of con temning them ; he acted under the belief that he was dis charging his duty to his country, and he, therefore, could not vote for the or i g i na l mot i on. —(" H ear , hear," and loud cries of "Divide, divide.") Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The House then divided upon the original motion, when there appeared— In favour of ...... Against Majority 133 --120 Upon our re-admission into the gallery, we found Mr. ESTCOURT moving that the Hon. Member for Limerick should be committed to the custody of the Sergeant at-Arms. Colonel RAWDON then rose and bore testimony to the character of the Hon. Member for Limerick. He considered that he had acted upon a mistaken principle. He had looked upon his duty more in the light of what he had to do out of the House, rather than what he had to do in it. He thought that the House should allow some time to the Hon. Member in order to give him an opportunity of reteetlaidering his position. He contrasted his character with th'e' . s'..Members for Cork and Kilkenny, who, entertaining the se 'e political opinions, had net shrunk from the performance of their duties. The House Laving asserted its dignity in so unequivocal a manner, he thought the Hon. Member might be induced to retrace his steps. Mr. J. O'CONNELL did not wish to accept any compli ment at the expense of his Hon. Friend ! . he Member for Lime rick. He, the Hon. Member for Limerick, had performed faithfully what he considered to be his duty, and he thought his sincerity shoidd be respected ; he thought some time should be allowed to the Hon. Member to reconsider his position. If they did not do so, it would be considered by the Irish people as a proof of hostility to the Irish Members.—( Cries of No, no.") Hon. Members might say " No, no," but he knew that the sympathies of the people were now with the Hon. Member. He thought that a Commission ought to be ap pointed to inquire and report into the circumstances. Under standing that a motion was about to be made, the Hon. Mem ber deelined to press the motion. Lord MORPETH had given most reluctantly two votes upon the question then before the House, and was prepared to vote in favour of the Hon. Member for Oxford's motion, ex cept some sufficient reason should be shown to the contrary ; but after the large majorities of this House, he thought that some little time should be given to the Honourable Member, in order to ascertain whether he would not himself now be prepared to yield to the clearly ascertained opinion of that House. It had been stated in the course of the debate, that the Hon Member for Limerick did not entertain any precise notion that the con , duct he intended to pursue would be regarded as an act of contempt to the orders of the House. The House had ex pressed its opinion. It would seem considerate in thewi to see whether the expressed opinion had had any effect upon the Hon. Member. Most earnestly he wished this might be the case —( Hear, hear)—looking to the number of the notices which the Han. Member had upon the paper, and the various subjects connected with the interests in Ireland, upon which he had taken an active part. Let the Hon. Member not forget, that he had been following the example set by the Honourable Member for Cork, who certainly, in no less degree than for no shorter period of time, had been occupied in subjects con cerning the welfare of the Irish people. He had not thought it inconsistent with his devotion to the Irish people, or with his advocacy of the repeal of the union, to take his part in com mon with all other Members of that House, in dispatching the local business of the House, whether English, Irish, or Scotch. The Hon. Member for Limerick should not forget that English and Scotch Members had not shown themselves backward in attending to Irish business. Unusual facilities had been given, both by that House and the House of Lords, to Irish Bills. He thought the House would stand better in the eyes of the people of thi s country, an d that of Ireland, if it allowed the Hon. Member an opportunity to bow to the general sense of the House. If, unfortunately, the House should not be prepared to grant this delay, he thought the better course would be to adopt the motion similar to that of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. He proposed that the ; Hon. Member for Oxford s'ould withdraw his motion, and that the Hon. Member for Limerick be requested to attend in his place, in order that the Speaker might communicate to f him the decision of the House. Mr. ESTCOURT had been governed by precedent in the • course he had adopted, and he knew of no precedent to with , 'draw his motion. He could only be guided by precedent. It • would be entirely unbecomming in him to withdraw his motion. Mr. WARD considered that the House surely did not need a precedent in order to give an Hon Member time to come to a calm consideration. The Hon. Member was not required to withdraw his motion—he was only required to postpone it. He was himself employed for seventeen days upon a Galway Committee last year, but he never dreamt of asking whether it was an Irish or an English Committee delegated to him by Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the Hon. Member would consent to postpone his motion. Mr. O'CONNELL said that his suggestion was, that the motion be postponed. He spoke for himself; he had had no communication with Mr. S. O'Brien ; but he considered, by a t:elay of two days, they would not in the least be tarnishing the dignity of the House. In the meantime, it was to be hoped that the Hon. Member might feel himself at liberty to pursue a course which would be more consistent with the feelings of the House. Sir R. PEEL said that the House had decided by a very large majority that a contempt of its authority had been com mitted, and it manifested in that majority a decided determina tion to support its authority. Yet at the same time he did not think that that dignity would be prejudiced by giving the Hon. Gentleman some time for calm consideration, that they might not throw any difficulty in the way of the Honourable Gentle man's pursuing a different coarse, and he did trust, with the advice of his friends he would be guided by more moderate counsels. He trusted the opinion of the Honourable Member, which he -0 highly valued upon these subjects, and who was entitled to the gratitude of the country for the part which he had taken, purely out of a sense of public duty, would not consider that they were establishing an inconvenient prece- Ident by the course they were about to adopt.—( Hear, hear. ) He believed that forbearance was the wisest course which they could pursue, and he was therefore for postponing the debate until Thursday next, and in the meantime the Hon. Member, seeing the opinion which had been expressed, might be induced to retrace his steps by the advice of his friends. Mr. O'CONNELL--I wish not to be misunderstood. Ido not pledge myself that the Hen. Member will pursue the course which the House would wish. Sir R. PEEL—Oh, no; we have not understood you so to do. Mr. WYSE did not see any reason for opposing the course proposed. If it was unusual, the circumstances were novel ; and abLa i od f r he d Lord precedent,eNolno sßiperEehdeTtwahQautwl would adopting thatot oinugpi oppose to should ba h n e in y t were establishing course but that which should appear most consistent b e understood, w ith aiitany that he did not desire that the House should pursue n own dignity. He did wish that some b r r e e t a ra th ci i n n be allowed by having the debate adjourned, gnioiggf Ee ttsQhhtieeou debate, E: g t); a ßh.a s r_thoe Ti p ' in e utei i dseo h : au 7 ortt o u h.ub n ; : yd i t his ti steps. oevtheaun rtrhOenpadtotphf opportunity r t( bha e ndn the E h : yrueXter business f us it takeATf wouldhr Membere . preference ll b A me l g E h understoodCHANCELLOßtsho concurred r the two last speakers. e rsitpheen ‘it ac r rumi nig remember Limerickna.. rtl ntomi: 3ftf eo H t lueont wem A ntßnhhseb l foKa t e: t ß rorEsepf tc Y erra ißtmsnilleogeeNn theirct strongly appeared discussion.aHon L mo wdE n l een S r s tpathAt s rioh i a dlisnee id iemsir bpbbcelw t ejoe h Teraas a cwhs: t tie:daheetti h i hnhrsf e aos: teptntihoha.ohroierientpc:fee_nicusdeasls House eo i dub n uuwoeetf c inay o urfa n .tl ndo.) - t t , t h ought o i r t quite unnecessary that any further delay should be interposed of f e between the motion andutio of he atrh,ehlle hear.") ) M e H m o be ( r N fo i r r O i x i f o o o r h d e — ) ( h te op r i e e d s that Hen. Members would not consider that . he was perform ing an agreeabl e duty.—( Hea r , hear.) Heassuredd the House fn that nothing b u t hi s sense of duty, and his end hi s s hip l for th e Hon. Member, cou ld i nduce him to get u make the stateme n t w hi c h h e had done. in But his H and Friend was so convinc e d o f t h e rectitude of the course which h e had adopted, and so impressed with its propriety, that his resolution remains unchanged, and he (Mr. Roch©) did not consider it his duty to conceal the facts of the case. Sir R. PEEL—I doubt whether we had not better pursue our own course. The House was willing to establish a pre• cedent, that time for consideration should be allowed; and I do think, after the course which it seems willing to pursue, ' that there will be a general desire that we had better not change that course from any statement which may be made. Mr. BULLER considered that the House would be con. suiting its own dignity in the best mode by allowing a short i p u e r t i h or e l o e m lapse before e , the d difficulty they should oul tymight got to any step, a n d, over. o h f e t h h a e d H n o o n t . t G h e e u s t li le g m h t a e o s t ; h h e e s i w t aot would o l d accordingly move n adjourned, and th e t it b T e h r o e d su eta me t d e a w t a t 3 he th t e im n e ad l o p ur r n ie e a d t . e business on Thursday next. in Aaldro.pEtiSngTtCh?srujßgtghTeasttsiaoithnde debate be then Mr. P. BORTHWICK gave notice that on Thursday, the 20th instant, he would move an inquiry Intl; the poor-laws of England and Wales. RECLAMATION OF WASTE LANDS. Mr. POULETT SCROPE proceed e d t o d raw t h e atten tion of the House to the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland. At the beginning of the session several Bills were laid upon the table of the House by the Right Hon. Gentleman. There was a County Works Bill, a Grand Jury Presentments Bill, but he looked in vain foi a Reclamation of Waste Land Bill. The SPEAKER—Seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Limerick has returned to his seat, I beg to state to him, that it is not usual, after a Member has been observed to . withdraw, to return until the debate has been concluded. 1 wish to inform hiva the debate has been adjourned. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said, with the utmost deference to the House, and to the Right Hon. Gentleman, he did not consider that he would be fulfilling his duty in voluntarily absenting himself from the House, as he had motions on the paper which he considered would be of importance to the country. (The Hon. Member then withdrew). Mr. P. SCROPE then continued.—He thought the time was come when it was no longer safe or prudent to leave the reclamation of the waste lands to the spirit of improvement which had been evinced by landlords. They had not exhibited a feeling which would warrant Parliament in leaving the matter any longer to them. In Leinster. Munster, and Connaught, there were 2,000,1 00 of acres which might be improved, and in Leinster there were 700,000. There was scarcely a county in Ireland which had not a large quantity of land which might be reclaimed. In Donegal there were 400,000 acres ; in Mayo 800,000 acres. (;f this quantity 170,0r0 acres might be im proved for cultivation, and 300,000 acres for pasture. In Ros common there were 120,000 acres, in Galway 400,000 acres. In Tipperary 300,000 acres might be improved for cultivation, and 60,000 acres for pasture. According to the state ment of a gentleman of considerable authority, there were 200 square miles of land in Ireland which might be reclaimed more or less profitably. The Hon. Mem ber then read copious extracts from the Landlord and Tenant Commission and other reports, to show the immense quantity of waste land in Ireland, and how successfully it might be re ela_rned. ) The question, however, continued the Hon. Gen tleman, might be put, if such profits arise from the reclamation of waste land, why was not more of it reclaimed? There!were many reasons. In the first place, the owners were principally absentees; in the second place, it was oftentimes difficult to obtain the co-operation of those whose property these waste lands were ; in the third place, many of the proprietors had only a life interest; and fourthly, there appeared to be an ex traordinary disinclination among the landed proprietors of Ire land to go on with such improvements. Captain KENNEDY said that if anything was to be done, Government should take the improvement of the land into their own hands. He said that the landlords were careless of reclaiming the waste lands. He (Mr. P. Scrope) 'thought the time had arrived when the Government should take the matter into their consideration. Why the tenants did not reclaim the bogland in the vicinity of their farms was, that they were not allowed any of the profits arising out of the improve ments. Without that incentive they could not be expected to do so. It was stated on good authority that immbdiately after improvements had been made, the rent of the land was raised, thereby putting the whole profit into the pockets of the landed proprietors. There were some cases in which some thousands of acres would be taken by some railways; no doubt these might be very advantageous lines to the public, but they would pass through some very valuable properties, and take up some gar dens and pleasuregrounds. In making this proposition, he begged to say he had no object in view but employing the labouring classes; therefore he would propose, that the capital about to be devoted to the reclamation of the waste lands in Ireland should be so applied as to grant farms of not le-s than one hun dred acres, and to let them either on lease or for a term of years--not to leave the tenant the option of resigning or pur chasing the farm. The Waste Land Society had set a valuable example fur the House to follow. He had heard from a gen tleman connected with that society that they had placed in a state of cultivation no less than 18,000 acres, and that with every chance of their becoming a profitable investment. If he wished to quote high authorities on this subject he could oc, so, for he found, in the recommendation given by Lord Stanley last year to the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, that a plan very similar to the one he had advocated was proposed. A similar plan was adopted in Holland and Belgium in their oorer provinces, and though it did not succeed as a profitable nvestment. vet it gave employment to many able-bodied men who would o herwise be mere paupers. Sir JA 1l ES GRAHAM—AII those provinces are kept under martial law. Mr. P. SCROPE—Such a measure would certainly give employment to vagrants, and would be certainly much better than the mode of treating them in England; and when the Right Hon. Baronet proposed shutting up an honest and indus trious people from sunset to sunrise. he (the Right Hon. Baronet) could hardly twit him with attempting to propose a system which would encourage the operation and application of martial law. Under the present lamentable state of things in Ireland, it was only right that Parliament should step in with some measure which would give employment to the population, and these waste lands offered to a great extent a means of em ployment which would enrich the country instead of impoverish.. ing it. He called the attention of the House to these things, and would ask for leave to bring in a Bill for the purpose he had already stated. He held in his hand a work lately published. from the pen of Mr. Thornton, a gentleman of acknowledged literary talent. It was a work on over-population, and re commended such a plan as he (Mr. P. Serope) had proposed. He would not trouble the House with any extracts ; he would merely state that the opinions of the writer were so strong on the subject of the urgencey of the present condition of Ireland, and on the necessity for adopting some such plan as the one he had proposed, that he declared that the Irish would be justified in calling for a repeal of the Union, if something was not done to alleviate their sufferings. He quoted this to show that the impression made on a cool and philosophic mind was, that it was better a nation should go through the bitter ordeal of a revolution, than that things should remain as they were at pre sent. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by asking leave to introduce the Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to support the motion. He thought that, by carrying oat the measure, great good would be done to Ireland, by bringing waste lands into cultivation, the improving of farms, and the advancement of agriculture. The great object they should keep in view was, not to force the people to leave the land, but to teach them how they could best improve the soil on which they were placed. It was im portant that the State shonld interfere to prevent the system of clearances going on ; and this could be done if it took into its hands the cultivation of waste lands, and those who were obliged to leave the estates of the present landlords, might be found in employment. While the present system continued in operation, they need not be surprised that assassi nations and other deplorable crimes prevailed.—( Hear. It was unreasonable that the land should remain uncultivated while the people were unemployed. Legislation was necessary to relieve the distresses of Ireland. It was necessary that the state should assume the power of taking waste lands, in order to alleviate some of the evils under which the Irish people were now labouring. landlord and the tena n t. F or th o . e n peace What the peopl e o f I reland required was a tenant right. It was that which had k ept t h e peop l e i n hi s of ; a good und e r s t an di ng al ri‘e'eagi y g so s h e b X s i u he s ; f e , : C r l o s between u in d Stroud. asupport the state the prop os i t i on of the Honourable Member Sir J. GR A HAM, who spoke in so low a tone of voice as to be almost inaudible in the gallery, was understood to say that he had lately bestowed considerable attention on this subject, and he was aware that there were large tracts of land in Ire land which might be advantageously reclaimed for the benefit of thepeople. There were some of the details of the Hon. Member opposite viith which he could not agree, and particularly with two observations upon which he dwelt for some time. The Hon. Member said they had done nothing to promote the em ployment of the poor in Ireland, while in no place had educa tion anade so little progress as in Ireland. Now, in reply to the latter observations, he could only state that in the last report of the national board of education, they stated that there were 400,000 children receiving instruction under the existiog system, which was considered by all parties and classes to he exceedingly excellent. With respect to the first observation, he could only refer to the efforts they had already made for giving employment to the people of Ireland, and he had every reason to believe that those efforts would prove successful.— ( Hear, hear.) With respect to the Bill itself, he should not oppose details. He should give it his best i ntent i ons, and in its pro gress g n h tro t ti h u e ct H io o n u , although sehe hop e d to ma k e t h e Bill more he obj ec t e d t o some o f i ts practicable and useful in its provi s i ons. Mr. ROC E made a few o b servations on the present law theme its i of landlo:d ant tenant in Ireland, which were spoken in so low a tone as to h inaudible in the gallery. He was understood to support the Bill. Mr. WY SE entreated the Government to give their atten tion to the establishment of model free schools in Ireland. Mr. LEFROY said that the improvement of waste lands in Ireland would be one of the naost beneficial undertakings that could he adopted. All the difficulties which attended legislation upon this point could, he considered, be easily dis pcsed of. The Government could treat with landed proprietors for their waste lands, and they could adopt such .Means as would improve the land, and afterwards let them to the proprietors at a certain rent, until the amount expended was fully paid up. He did trust that in the future stages of the Bill, it would be duly considered by the House. He trusted, that on occasions like this, both sides would join for the purpose of supporting such a measure. Leave was then given to bring i n th e Bill . RAILWAY . BILLS. Mr. HUDSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill for en abling or facilitating the winding up of the affairs of Joint- Stock Companies for making Railways, which shall have been formed subsequent to the commencement of the last session of Parliament, and for which Act , , of Incorporation shall not be obtained during the present session. Captain HARRIS moved for a return of the number of ships, their tonnage and crews, belonging to the United King dom, employed in the timber trade with the North American Colonies, cleared outwards and entered inwards in the years 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845. Also a return of the num ber, of ships specified above, their tonnage and crews, within n have been cleared outwards and entered inwardstwice the year, in the years 1841, 1842, 1843 1844, and 1845. Al so a return of the number of ships specified above, their tonnage and c rews , w hi c h h ave c l eare d outwards up to the date April 20, 1846. Sir JAMES GRAHAM sa id the return could not be made in the terms stated in the motion. After s ome mo difi cation it was ev entually agreed to. Mr. WAWN, i n the absence of M r. H ume , moved that the petition of ropemakers on the Clyde, for exempt i ng their trade from the op era ti on of the Factories Act, presente d on th e 27th of April, be printed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. Mr. BANKES gave notice that he would , on the 7 th of May, move that the minutes of evidence on the I3ridport elec tion be printed. The house then adjourned at a Quarter to One. respectrible acroewho had charge of ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —On Sunday afternoon a cabman observing something brought to the D enmark-street station, charged with the intention ' l °°king man, considerably advanced in years, was of e.minittlng suicide." ..e passed the charge-room in a state of great excitement, exclaiming at effectually ;" A cabman, who accompanied him, stated that being at intervals, " Oh, why did I not do it hid, the Irongate-stairs, near the Tower, he heard the prisoner ask a r fe stoppedrry itge s the river, as he had particular business over the water. The d i n 4hise the demeanour, fare to see the issue , and the lad's father, who was also present, observ bnoga:,,erwyhpaeteusylloaulr log that there was something bulky in the prisoner's pockets, and perceivingthat - they were heavy stones, suspected his p ur p ose, aid refused to let his son have anything to do with the fare. The old gentleman, findi ng he was observed, walked away in great confusion, folio .yed by the cabman, who with praiseworthy humanity kept him in view until they met a constable near the Mint, when lie was given into custody- On searching him four large stones were found in his coat pockets, deposited there, in all probability , to secure the cer tainty of his s i nking, should he succeed in plunging into the river. Ho refused to giv e any account of himself, but a paper addressed to W. Black Fs , ' ' --I*, 27, Mark lane, was found on him. Inspector Donegan, who was on duty, sent the prisoner, under the care of Ser geant Eves, to Mark-lane, when it was ascertained that he resided at Lansdowne's-cottages, Lower-road, Islington, where lie was taken, and the attendance of Mr. Dawson procured, the family physician , who took ch arge of Mr. Black, promising to hold an Immediate con sultation with his friends as to the best mode of proceeding. . E ADV ERTISEMENT.]—PALPITATION OF THE HEART, LSIIORTNESS OF BREATH, AND GENERAL D EB ILITY, CURED BY HOL o the present Pmts.—A gentleman of the name of Spencer , resid in g for pre.sent in 4a ckville-street Street East ' y's service, fell into ill-health, and Was even at death's door, the fi action of his hear. being frequently so out as to cause when 1 from shortness ing down, tho very of breath and d b'llt he could scarcely walk twenty yards. This g ~ ,, i,,,,,,, ' a lb:seen out hunting, in the fullest enki.Yrnent r.f hurl h, , having i."iay now cured by the surprising virtues of lioll , wey'e. jusily celebrated b . e il e l n s, which Ara sold by every chemist, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 28. Light Dragoons—Major A. F. Bonham, to be Lieut.- vice Wallington, who retires ; Captain - , urchase, vice Bonham; ^^rchase, vice Colonel, by pnrcnas, . G. A. F. Quentin, to be Major, u .) . Lieutenant W. A. Ryder, to be Captain, by M'Donough, who retires; Lieutenant Sir T. Munro, Bart., be Captain, by purchase, vice Quentin, April 28. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant C. E. Thornton, from the 56th Foot, to lie Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, who ex changes, April 28. 7th Foot—Lieutenant H. W. W. Wynn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord J. Butler, who retires; Ensign H. Charlton, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. Wynn ; April 28. Bth Foot—General Sir G. Drummond, G.C.8., from the 49th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir H. Bayly, de ceased, April 24. Captain F. S. Holmes, to be Major, by pur chase, vice Roper, who retires; Captain A. C. Robertson, from the 34th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickenson, who exchanges ; Lieut. W. T. Granville to be Captain, by purchase, vice Holmes, April 28; Captain E. G. Daniell, from the 55th Foot, to be Captain, vice Granville, who exchanges, April 29 ; Ensign W. 11. Herrick, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieute r ant, by purchase, vice Grenville, April 21 . 13th Foot—K. R. Murchison, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Frere, promoted in the 24th Foot, April 21. 15th Foot—Gen. Sir P. Riall, from the 74th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Gen. Sir M. Disney, K.C.B. deceased, April 24. 21st Foot—W. T. 3PGrigor, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Dickins, promoted, April 28. 24th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel R. Brookes, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice li. D. Towns bend, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Captain H. Paynter to be Major, by purchase, vice Marsh, who retires; Lieutenant E. Wodehouse, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paynter; Lieutenant E. J. I. Fleming to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires, April 28; Ensign A. E. Frere, from the 13th; Foot, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Rutledge, who retires, April 27 , Ensign W. Selby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wodehouse ; Ensign J. Daubenv to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fleming; E. S. Lull, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Selby, April 28; E. G. libbert, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daubeny, April 29. 32d Foot—Lieut. C. Richardson, from the 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Philipps, who exchanges, April 3. 34th Foot—Capt. C. F. B. G. Dickenson, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who exchanges, April 28. 35th Foot—S. F. Blyth, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Cuming, promoted in the 24th Foot, April 28. 36th Foot—C. H. Carew, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Fortescue, promoted, April 28. 49th Foot—Major-General Sir E. Bowater to be Colonel, vice General Sir G. Drummond, appointed to the Bth Foot, April 24. 55th Foot—Captain W. T. Granville, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Daniell, who exchanges, April 29. 56th Foot—Lieut. E. 31. IL Mainwaring, from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thornton, who exchanges, April 28. 65th Foot—Captain O. B. D'Arcey, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice W. S. Cook, who exchanges. April 28. 68th Foot—J. B. Digby, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hawker, promoted, April 28. 71st Foot—L. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Newman, promoted, April 28. 73d Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class N. S. Camp bell, to be Surgeon, vice M'Bean, appointed to the Staff, April 28. 74th Foot—Major-General, Sir A. Cameron, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir P. Riall, appointed to the 15th Foot, April 24. 75th Foot—R. Barter, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Keats, promoted; Paymaster J. Nicholson, from the 84th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Eddy, who exchanges, April 28. 84th Foot—Paymaster G. 11. Eddy, from the 75th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Nicholson, who exchanges, April 28. 89th Foot—Lieut. J. L. Philipps, from the 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Richardson, who exchanges, April 3. 92d Foot—Lieut. A. Stewart to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., deceased ; Ensign E. P. Mann, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, March 30 ; A. J. Ro bertson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mann ; Assistant-Sur geon H. Downes, M.D., fiom the Staff, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Millengen, appointed to the Staff, April 28. Rifle Brigade—H. S. H. Comewall, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Addington, who retires, April 28. Ist West India Regiment—A. Murphy, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Ficklin, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, April 28. 3d West India Regiment—C. H. Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cumming, promoted, April 27 ; G. S. Tyler, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bancroft, promoted, April 28. UNATTACHED.—Major R. Brookes, from the 69th Regi ment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, April 27 BREVET.—Capt. P. Gordon, of the 11 th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to be Major in the army in the East Indies, dated April 3. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon J. A. D. M'Bean, from the 73d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Campbell, appointed to the 73d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon J. C. Millin gen, from the 92d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Downes appointed to the 92d Foot, April 28. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aria, 27. Ordnance Medical Department—Temporary Assistant Sur , geon E. S. Protheroe to be Assistant Surgeon, April 18. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant and High Steward of Knkcudbright. G. S. Abercromby, Esq., jun., W. Miller, Esq., j un ., M. C. Maxwell, Esq., W. K. Laurie, Esq., J. Hall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, March 28. Kirkcudbright and Wigton Regiment of Militia—W. Stewart, Esq., to be Major, vice H. D. Stewart, resigned ; A. Gordon, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice A. Anderson, de ceased ; Ensign D. Hannay to be Lieutenant, vice A. M'Donald, deceased, March 31. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Clack. mannan. Stirling, Dumbarton, Clackmannan, and Kinross Militia— J. Christie, Esq., to be Captain, vice E. F. Erskine, deceased, April 22. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. 115th, or Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia—T. Davidson, Esq., to he Captain, vice R. ISl'Der inent Fergusltill, resigned ; P. Warner, Esq., to be Captain, vice W. Rankin, resigned; Ensign IL Mackay to be Lieu tenant, vice T. Davidson, resigned, April 8. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Joseph Quarton, grocer, Stamford-bridge, Yorkshire. BAN KRUPTS. Charles John Bond, tailor, Blackheath, to surrender May 8, and June 12, at one, at the Court o 1 Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee; Engleheart, Great Knight Rider street, Doctors'-commons. Hannah Walduck, chemist, Nelson-square, Blackfriars road, May 5, at two, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin- lane ; Bevan, Old Jewry. James Laws, grocer, Broad .street, Golden-square, May 12, at two, and June 9, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Burn, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'-commons. Charles Pulling, potato salesman, Hay's-wharf, Tooley street, May 12, at half-past two, and June 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples, lirederick's-place, Old Jewry. Alfred Birchall, share broker, Manchester, May 14 and June 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed and Langford, Fri day-street, Cheapside ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. James Hampson, iron founder, Manchester, May 14 and n a c e i r ie ; st c er op l p )i o s e t k ri , ct c C le o v u e r la t. nd- H ro o w b- , St. James's, or Coppock and Woollam, Stockport. son, June olffil , e i a a t i t a i s y s e i Thomas Crewdson, stockbroker, Liverpool, May 7 at l g v n e e e, at 1 ,t I h a e n a e eleven, and May 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee; Gregory and Co., Bedford row, London ; Green, Brunswick-buildings, Brunswick -street, Liverpool. Owen Hughes, linen draper, Holyhead, May 15 and May 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sweeting and Byrne, Southamp ; on-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; Roberts, Carnarvon ; Curry and Co., Liverpool. George Leather and Charles Wetherell 'Wardle, earthen ware manufacturers, May 14 and June 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Sud low and C i., Chancery-lane, London ; Shackleton, Leeds. Edward Hill, hosier, Stourport, Worcester, Slay 11 and June 8, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pritchard and Ingram, Stour port; Rawlins, Temple-row, Birmingham. Wiliiatn Perry, iron founder, Wolverhampton, May 9 and ' June 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bennett and Thorne, Wolverhampton. John Parsons, edge tool manufacturer, Wolverhampton, May 8, and 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motterarn and Knowles, Birmingham. [Dividends, &c., in our next.] LLOYD'S SHI DYING. - _ LONDON, Aram 23.—Wind S.W., pleasant breeze, and line mild weather. DEAL, APRIL 27.—Wind N., light.--Arrd. Cape Packet, Lamb, Mauritius ; Thomas Metcalf, Gorton, Colombo. Sid. Merwede, Dorestan, New York ; Esperance, Duff, Valparaiso ; Palestine, Collier, Cape of Good Hope. Arrived from the River, and sailed for, 27th, Duchess of Northumberland, Withers, Calcutta ; Naiad, Rose, Demerara ; Ocean Queen, Bluett, Jamaica. Poarsuotrra, APRIL 27.—Wind E.N.E. to W.—Sid. Mary, Kemp, Bombay. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—Arrd. Madrid steamer, Bingham, Gibra:tar, left IBth, Cadiz 19th, Lisbon 21st, Oporto, Vigo, and Cor runna 22d. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27.—Wind light.—Arrd. Viscount Sanden, Lancaster, Calcutta. Sld. 26. Margaret Pollock, Pye, Quebec. 27. John 'Lorton, Cunningham, Shanghae ; Wild Irish Girl, Graham, Bombay ; Exin, M. Vicar, Barbadoes ; Envoy, M. Kittrlck, Staten Island ; Liberty, Gamble, New Carlisle ; Calliope, Scott, Quebec. Off, Ann, Royal William, —. WATERFORD, APRIL 26.—Wind E. to S.S.E. and N.—Sld. 25. Ratchford, Flavin, St. John's, Newfoundland. CORK, APRIL 25.—Sid. Garland, Baltimore. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 27.—Wind N.E. 26. Sid. Ann 31ills, Young, Quebec. BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 27.—The Helen, Leighton, from Sunderland to Stettin, sunk in the bay this morning in five fathoms of water. MARYPORT, APRIL 27.—The Royalist, which was on shore at Leatham, has been got off, and is now off the port. ST. 3lawes, APRIL 24 . — Aird n . o. C g o i m ily n:erce, Smith, Liverpool to Spalding, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, &c., having shipped a heavy sea 15 miles W. of Small. OFF PENZANCE, APRIL 25 thick, mast head painted white, was plc • ked up near this P lIAR T. I L V E a p l e o s o Llt A e n p I I RIL 2 a 7 s . si 1 A a a topmastr, S cli u e 3 1 5, feßeat Williams, t l a o v n i g a for Rotterdam. eightßn oetyotreitrdnNimi; instant 6th inst. name, was washed on shore at Blackball s, white, d an t o d p ti ,i v d e e. f b ee 2la t r a o n a d d w , t o h t o t oumt mark painted or - THE FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF ERROLL.— The re mains of this lamented nobleman were removed from Portman ar on Monday morning at eight o'clock , f or i n t e r me nt at WinibleA sdqounaettended by the present Earl of Erroll as chief mourner ; his widowed Countess and her three daughters, Viscountess Campden, Lady Agnes Duff, and Lady Alice Hay ; also by his sister, Lady Isa bella Wemyss, Lady Mary Fox, the brothers and brothers-in-law, Earl Munster, and other near relatives. The solemn ceremony was performed by the brother-in-law of the deceased, the Rev. C. Wode ho use. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the other branches of the Royal Family, graciously offered their carriages to follow in the procession, and also many noblemen and friends of the deceased, which was re spectfully declined, in consequence of his late Lordship's express wish and direction that his funeral should be strictly private. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have been unremitting in their inquiries, both during the illness and since the death of the Noble Earl, and her Majesty the Queen Dowager honoured the Countess of Erroll with a visit of condolence in Portman-square on Wednesday, the 22d. This amiable and respected nobleman manifested during his long and severe illness the utmost Christian faith, and met the approach of death with a colmness that evinced great moral courage, and a perfect resignation to the will of Providence. FIRE IN HouNDsDrrcir.—On Monday, shortly before ten o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr. Cantor an India-rubber and sponge merchant. The flames, when first dis covered, were raging in the basement, amongst a quantity of india rubber and feathers. The inmates attempted, but in vain, to subdue the fire ; for owing to the dense smoke that ascended the stairs, they were unable to get down to the room in which the flames were burning. Information having been sent to the engine stations, nu merous engines shortly arrived, and a supply o f water being , ob tained, the fire was confined to that portion of the buildi ng i n which it originated. The might Of the fire could net be learned, SALE W. W. SIMPSON'S SALES. ' OF THE NORTH COVE HALL ESTATES IN THE LARGE ROOM AT THE NORFOLK HOTEL, NORWICH, ON THURSDAY LAST. The attendance was exceedingly numerous, and, to a great extent, represented the individual and collective re .neetability, as well as the opulence of the sister counties. m previous to openi ng th e sa l es, ventured to r at some length on the all-ab sor bi ng address his andienu., subject of the contemplated he opined, certain ) abolition of the corn-laws. He acknowledged tn,;.! till within the last year he had been a thoroughgoing protectionist. A three years' test, however, of Sir Robert Peel's measures, added to his extensive experience up to the present period in the let ting and sales of landed property, he was now free and proud to confess that sliding and other scales had fallen from his eyes; the result of which is that he is now a thot ougbgoing anti-protectionist. Mr. Simpson observed, from an honest and firm convic tion, that rents, which had been set on fair and liberal prin ciples (within the last seven years) of " live, and let live," would be permanent, and he fearlessly stated that the years' purchase on such rentals have risen within the last six months, and, in all probability, will continue to rise on the settlement of the great question in respect of Free Trade in Corn, &c. For the truthfulness of these statements, Mr. Simpson referred to recent lettings and sales, which have been published not only by himself, but other auctioneers and land agents of greater eminence ; consumption and de mand of an increasing population (in the ratio of about 1,000 per day), the capital, skill, industry, and enterprise, in addi tion to the easy and inexpensive transit of the produce to the first markets in Europe, will form such a counterpoise, as will enable us to compete successfully with the miserably uncultivated lands and minds of exotic growth. Instead, therefore, of the motto of " Agitate, agitate," let us substi tute that of" Cultivate, cultivate ;" and let landlords assist improving tenants by making advances (in the nature of improvements in drainage, &c., &c.) of the additional capital which may be required, .charging for the same at the r rate of 4 per cent. on that expenditure, which shall be judiciously laid out; hence the tenant farmer will reap an additional benefit of at least 10 per cent., and a perma nent improvement of the value of the farm (quasi landlord) will supervene. Mr. Simpson stated that in his humble opinion, Sir Robert Peel is (at least) one of the greatest, most talented, and fearlessly honest Ministers that has ever lived in the tide of times. The following is an account of the Sales:— Lot 1. The Mansion called North Cove Hall, with 516 acres of arable, pasture, marsh, and wood land, was bought in at £19,000 Sold the next day, by private contract, to Wm. Everett, EN., of Yarmouth. 2. A Freehold Farm of 122 acres, sold to 4,640 John Slipper, Esq., of Ashby, for 3. A Freehold Farm of 122 acres, produc ing (including the land in hard, 1251. 7s. 9d. per annum), was bought in at An offer of 3,100 was made for this lot on the following day. The selling price is now 3,250/. 4. An Estate (principally Freehold), com prising 180 acres of land of first-rate quality, a gentlemanly residence and buildings, the rental amounting to 3221. 7s. 3d. per annum, bought in at An offer of 8,000/. has been made by private contract, but the price now is 8,5001. 5. A Small Farm House, and 17 acres of land (Freehold), producing 371. 19s. per an num. Bought in at • 9OO 8501. was offered. 6. A Freehold Cottage, 2A. 3n. 34p. of land, sold to the Rev. Charles Clarke, for 7. Two Freehold Tenements with Gardens, &c., containing together IA. OR. 91 , ., bought in at • 3,150 Sold by Private Contract, to Win. Everett, Esq.. after the sale, at 2801. 8. Ditto ditto, altogether containing Lc ln. 251'., sold to Benj. Andrews, Esq., for 305 9. Four Enclosures of Land, principally Freehold, containing 3A. 3n. 29r., producing 131.65. 2d. per annum. Bought in at 3OO £36,960 The Advowson of the Rectory of Woodton, si tuate about five miles from Bungay, was of fered on the same day. 3,0001. were bid, but the reserve price being 3,3501, it was bought in. Mr. Simpson is instructed to treat for the disposal of those lots bought in at the sale. The Proprietor, however, who is a gentleman of large landed and other property, is not at all indisposed to retain those portions of the lands which' orm the cream of the estate. LAW ISTELLIGEN CE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April2B. SCADDY V. LOURAND. This was an action of replevin. The plaintiff was the owner of houses in Gordon-street, Gordon-square, and defen dant was collector of parish rate ! for the parish of St. Pancras, and in that capacity seized the goods of plaintiff for certain rates to which plaintiff contended he was not liable, replevied the goods, and brought an action, upon the grounds that defendant -had not been legally elected collector at the vestry. The case originated so far back as May 16, 1839. BAIL COURT, April 28. THE QUEEN V. ROBINSON. In this case it appeared that the defendant was a clergy man in the Established Church, and that a true bill had been found against him by the grand jury at the Oxford Assizes upon a charge of perjury. Defendant's Counsel contended that the case was one which should properly have been brought to trial at the civil side of the Court, and now moved by certiorari for a rule to that effect.—Granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 28. In this Court a case was called on which involved a bond debt to the amount of 2,000 i., and the Court having been occupied until one o'clock in hearing the arguments for and against making the rule absolute, the defendant's counsel intimated that there was a probability of the parties coming to an arrangement, and the case was stopped. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. April 28. A considerable portion of the day was occupied in dis cussing the probable intention of a testator, who in his will used language that raised the question—viz., be had in hi possession only a moiety of an estate, and in his will he used the words, "I will my moiety." The question was, whether he meant the whole of what he possessed or only a moiety of it. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 28. (Bell as Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IX RE BUTTERFIELD AND CO. Baeitza's CHARGES.—In this case the bankrupts had carried on bush osa as woollen-drapers, at Royston, Hertford shire, and to-day was appointed for audit and certificate. Mr. Moaucir, on behalf of the assignees, objected to a broker's charge of 351., for making an inventory. He said that the work bad in fact been done by a ➢ir. Oliver, who understood the trade, and had been employed by the broker of the Court, and had charged 851. for his trouble, which the assignees considered quite suf ficient, and that the broker's copy was not of the slightest practical use, and the charge was actually for mere copying. Mr. LAWRENCE said the brokers of the Court were not competent in such cases as these, and Mr. Oliver had Lot charged for making the inventory, but only for commission on the sale. A long discussion ensued, as the subject has frequently been raised before the Commissioners, and their opinions are contlctory on the point; in one case a serioas robbery oc curred, and was with difficulty discovered, through so many persons being engaged. The COMMISSIONER said that it was very little use sending down a messenger unless an inventory was taken, and a broker was appointed to each Court for the purpose, but if he did not do the work, of course he was not entitled to charge for it. The costs in this case, however, had been allowed by the taxing master, who perhaps was not aware of the ob • jection of the assignees, and he should again refer it back to him.—The certificate was granted. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 28. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE HENRY BENNET. This insolvent stood opposed by Mr. Nichols, and was supported by Mr. Cooke. The insolvent's liabilities amounted to 921. The creditors complained that the insolvent, notwith standing the small amount of his debts, had recklessly spent 2501. a very short time before his arrest, and that he had made preferences in paying two sums of 751. each to parties to whom he owed 1001. within the three months of his going to prison. Mrs. Wilson was one to whom the insolvent had given 751. She stated the money to have been paid, and the receipt given on the 2d of goyember, while it was proved by the mark on the receipt, that it was not issued from the Stamp. office, until the 15th. Mrs. Wilson was willing to refund the money for the bene fit of all the creditors, and the Court ordered the case to stand over until Tuesday, to enable her to do so. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. An application was this day made by Mr. John Kelly Courtenay, reporter, to Mr. Jardine, for a summons against Mr. Foster, of the Morning Post newspaper, whose name has lately appeared in a report of proceedings at this court. The statement of the applicant was as follows :—A report appeared in The Sun of the 17th instant of a case in which Mr. Foster preferred a charge against the beadle of the parish of St. Martin's for an assault, in which report that gentleman was described as " Mr. Foster, known by the name of Thorne." Yesterday evening the reporter was met in Wellington -street by Mr. Foster, who called him to 0 accounte in for making that statement. An altercation ensued,t h e course of which Mr. Foster threatened to his wa t c h pp r tunity, and pay him out." an assault, he feared Mr. JARDINE inquired whetkerthe?aaphpdlicoat hnhtehaopupgihictahnet would put the threat into executi o n assuring the Magistrate t h at ate A l l y r is J su n e n d n . ms granted the s ummons, which was immedi- MAH LBOROUGH-STREET. about, ash ca rged with being concerned in the eighteen years of age, who refused to gi ve her Ale w follow ing Ch a rles Crowther, cook in the family residing at No. 2, B r yanstone-square, stated that between twelve and o ne daring fema s treet robbery name, o'clock yesterday morning he was walking arm-in-arm with a friend along Oxford-street, on his way home, when, at the corner of New Bond-street, the prisoner came up and ac costed him. Not wishing to have anything to say to her, and as she continued close in front of him for several yards, he pushed her aside gently to pass on; she immediately seized his gold _guard chain, and giving it a violent snatch brok e it. Twelve or fourteen common prostitutes, with whom the prisoner seemed to be acting in concert, had then assembled close to them. On feeling for his watch, which he did on the in stant, he found it was gone ; he had seen it safe but a minute or two previously. He directly seized her, and kept hold of her until a police-constable, of tlie C division came up, and took her into custody. Her po c o o nr m t p oin a i enri ofobn being nh h ge a s t gs i e l u y aarre m dh. a ec d dh e aa off i Vinehis c streetlling forsta station-}louse h p o o u l s i c e e a . the Vinestreet Station-house a portion of the guard.chaill fell from her dress, and on her way thither the constable no ticed her throw something away, which he picked up, and found to be anoth er p art o f the chain. The watch was not found. Mr. MALTBY asked if she had an opportunity of handing it to a confederate P—The prosecutor said, most certainly, a very ample one. The prisoner, with great indifference, said she knew nothing of the prosecutor's watch. She certainly broke his guard-chain, as he struck her for only speaking to him. The prosecutor denied that he struck her; it was a gentle push he gave her.—Committed for trial. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The birthdays of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, who completed her 70th year, and of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, born in 1843, were celebrated yesterday, at Windsor. The bells of the parish church were rung at intervals throughout the clay. A royal salute was also fired at twelve o'clock from the corporation ordinance in the Bachelor's acre, under the ;superintendence of Mr. Bond, the town-gunner. MARKET NE WS-(YESTER, T) AY) NAM 11111.15LICEIC8. 4/ to SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 10s ; Clover ditto, Iss per Si Iss; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1. load. Supply moderately good, and trade very dull. 41 8s CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, .1 173 to Si 14s ; Oat Straw, 11 13s to I/ 15s ; Wheat Straw, I/ 16s to 1 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 41 8s ; Clover ditto, ‘ lB 2 : Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 ' 7O per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. (From the London New Price Current of April 28.) SUGAR.—To-day West India Sugar of all kinds was soughtlt after by grocers and refiners; a large business was transacted 1 considering the indifference and smallness of the show, and' the rates paid were 6d to Is. per cwt. above thoNe of Friday*, for brown, yellow, and grey kinds. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods of all sorts were pun.- chased with eagerness by the home trade, and further ad— vanced rates were paid, brown melting lumps selling a't 64a 6d to 655, brown grocery 653 6d to 66s and standard It Dips 61s il to 67s per cwt.—indeed, the mnoket has been nee lir cleared. Bonded Crushed Sugar has fallen in value, 33s to 33s 3d per cwt. having been taken for several parcels of fil it quality for forward delivery. MAritmus.—This afternoon Mauritius was in extensi• re request, and the parcels offered at auction, amounting i 'n 10,987 bags 28 casks and 36 barrels were readily disposed t 4 at an advance on former rates of is per cwt. Emir INDIA.—This afternoon yellow Havannah Sugar 4 was purchased with less freedom, 1,565 chests at auction mostly found buyers, but rather under former rates. COCOA.—There has been little desire evinced to operate privately in West India, and none has been submitted to public competition ; former rates are not obtainable, and the stock is a large one. Foreign is dull of sale, and 184 bags Bahia at auction were taken in. FOREIGN.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with in creased attention, and 2,480 bags at auction were all sold at prices exhibiting an advance of is pert cwt. MorassEs.—ln West India a good business has been trans acted, and at prices rather above those previously current, low to fine b. inging 20s 6d to 24s 6d per cwt. Bengal Treacle. has met with more attention, and the parcels sold privately were at fully former rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was purchased with caution, and two parcels offered at auction, amounting to 629 bales,9B% bales were only in part sold upon rather lower terms. _ _ Srnins—There has been a strong desire shown to pur chase Jamaica Rum of all descriptions, and the rates offered have been Id to 2d per gallon above those previousl y current, bui, business has been checked by the small apply at markei. Leeward Island is much wanted, and prices con tinue on ti . ;c l advance. In Demerara a good brisi ness has been transacted• and at improved rates. Calcvata has been extensively cLealt in, and N bigher rates at n paid. Although Brandy can be obtained upon lower terms, still the purchases made have been Limited in all description s. Fine 4;eneva for home consumption is wanted at 2s 8d to 3s, but the common export sort is dui; of sale at 2s Id to 2s 2d. British Corn Spirits have been parchased with caution at 1036 d per gallon nett cash. Iwnwo.—The quarterly sales of East India have termi-' tutted. The quantity of Indigo dispose,4 of A this sail° has been much greater than was to be exp,vted from the pre-" vieusly depressed state of the market. SALTPETRE. —To- day three parcels of Calcutta, amonnting to 2,095 bags, were offered at public sale; th, , tre was little desire evinced to ,operate, and the whole was Laken in at barely former rates. Oits.—ln Southern Oil prices have slightly giv en No:V• In Cod a good business has been transacted privately ; holders manifest firmness. Prices do not improve fo r Seal, although a fair quantity has been disposed of since of it last report. Sperm has been purchased with less freedon t, and there are sellers privately upon rather lower terms. T 1.13 de liveries of Fish Oil have again exceeded the arrivals, . yet prices still show a considerable decline, in comparison with those of last year. Cocoa Nut has been sparingly dealt in privately. Of Palm many parcels have been taken, but better rates are not obtainable. For Linseed Oil lower r atea have been taken. There are sellers of Rape Seed upon lower terms, but few buyers are to be met with. In Oliive Oil many purchases have been made, and holders evirace firmness. TALLOW.—The business transacted in Russian on ti‘e spot has been extremely limited and prices are going down '• There are few purchasers to be met with for forward delivery, but 428 6d to 435. per cwt, duty paid, are the rates insisted uron for the last three months of the year. For Australian: Tallow a good demand has existed on the spot, and previous: rates are sustained. Other kinds have met with attention: and brought fair market rates. ENNINGTON GLEE I.LITB.—This society closed its ninth sea on on Monday, at the Horns Assembly Rooms, Nanning ton, with a dress concert, on which occasion several choice glees and madrigals were performed by the members to a very numerous audi tory. The encores were many and deserved, and the whole of the musical arrangements reflect the highest credit on the conductor, Mr. T. J. Boardman. The excellent arrangements for the comfort of the guests were made by Mr. James Wilde, the indefatigable secre tary to the society. - THE FALSE DIAMONDS AND THE MONT DE PIETE.— About six months back a man, aged forty, of respectable appearance and good manners, applied to a pawnbroker in the Rue des Fosses. Montmartre, to advance money on a set of diamond ornaments of considerable value, which he said belonged to his wife. He stated that he was a dealer in lace, but being pressed for funds to meet some bills, he was obliged to raise money as he best could. The pawn broker had the diamonds examined by a jeweller, who pronounced them to be of good water, but observed that the setting - was quite old-fashioned. The sum of 4,800 f. was eventually advanced on them, which the lace merchant said he should only want for a dshy or two. Accordingly, two days after, he returned with the money, paid the interest exactly, and got back the jewels. A few weoks after he came again, and the same proceedings took place, and from that time forward the diamonds were pledged once or twice a month, according as money was scarce or plentiful with the borrower. Matters went on in this way for some time, and is sort of intimacy had arisen between the parties, when on the 14th of the present month, the excellent customer came as usual, Pt xtrented the diamonds, and received the 4,800 f. Some days, however, having elapsed without his appearing as usual, the pawnbroker felt uneasy. and sent to his address to inquire if by chance he happened to be un well ; to his great surprise, he learned that no such person lived in the house. He then took the goods to the head establishment .of the Mont de Pike, where, on their being examined, he was at once in formed that the stones were false ; nay, more, three other sels of ornaments, precisely similar, were shown him, by means of which other persons in the business had been similarly tricked. Sea rch wa immediately made for the adroit knave, and at last the works's who had made the seve ra l f a l se sets was diseovered. He d eel". a. " ,. that they hail been ordered from him for thoeonoal repreaenitatlOno and that he had not felt the slightest suspicion that anything wrong was intended. In consequence of indications coming from, this workman, a more active search was instituted, and on Wednesday the soi-disant lace-dealer was arrested at Rouen, on his way to Eng land —Palignani's Messenger. A PROTECTED LABOURER.—VERNHAM. —A farmer here is giving only live shillings per week to his shepherd, wi th wife and children. This week one died from absolute starvat lon ; and such is their utter destitution, that the poor man had to apply to the Board of Guardians last summer for the money to buy a cold. in which to bury his child. He has one shilling a week to pay foe' the rent of his cottage out of the As. I— Hampshire Advertiser, TorT and Protectionist paper. _ GRAVESEND, APRIL 27.—A detachment of the 10th Hussars, consisting of 120 men and their officers, arrived this day. per steame , , from Herne Bay, for embarkation on board the Brahmin , for Calcutta. This vessel was lying here awaiting their arrival, but. the officers in command of the troops, on inspecting the accommoda-• tions on board the Brahmin, which they, as :s stated, found incom plete and insufficient, and also, considering that the vessel was too heavily laden to burthen her further, would not allow the troops to embark in her, and they were accordingly landed at the Custom house wharf, and located at the barracks until billets should be made out for them. The officers in command of the detachment have, as is admitted by every person who saw the ship, exercised a wise discretion. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—THE SEIKII COUNTRY.--- On Saturday, at a very full meeting of the members, the Right Hen. the Earl of Auckland, late Governor of India, and President of the Society, in the chair, a paper was read by Professor Wilson, on the origin and history of the Seikhs, the interest of which was considerably increased by the relation of the experience of the Noble President, when, as Viceroy of India, he visited the Court of Lahore. The Siekh nation took its rise from one of the earlier Hindoo reformers, many of whom were men of great acquirements, and for a long time they were a nomadic race of inoffensive barbarians, or scattered bands of banditti, distinguished principally for their hostility both to Hindoos and Mohammedans. One of their laws in their sacred works was to " slay a Mohammedan wherever they meet him ; and if a Hindoo, beat and plunder him." They were governed by many chiefs, who early united in a confederacy funning a general diet, to which every one who commanded an armed band belonged. It a • s not until the present century that they were transformed from ill-de fined military bands into a compact body by the late Runjeet Singh, which had never, however, the elements "of solidity, as was shown by recent events. The original Seikhs, instead of being the hardy* race which was supposed, had greatly degenerated from physical ex cesses, and the prowess displayed in the last great events was more that of tile Hindoos and ether people who were in their armies than of themselves. In the conversation that ensued, the President de scribed his reception by the members of the Court of Lahore, who were a fine manly race, of a very hospitable character, and stated that so tenacious were they of their religious rites, that although he was admitted into the chief temple of their sacred worship, he was excluded the sight of the sacred tank, in which is contained the first precepts of their religion, as given by their founder. The report was ordered to be printed. _ ACCIDENT AT MILLBANK.—Two LIVES LOST.— An accident of a frightful character, by which two persons were and several other i arties sesiously if not fatally injured, occurred on Friday afternoonlipon the extensive premises belonging to Sortie, stone-merchant, carrying on business at Milbank, opposite the General Penitentiary. It ap;iears that between the hours of three and four, a number of Sortie's men were engaged in unless ling a barge of marble blocks. The vessel was draughted to the edge of the wharf, and the blocks of marble were being lifted by means of what is termed a shifting crane. Whilst the men were thus en ga;ed, a heavy block of stone, weighing several hundred weight, which was being drawn to the top of the crane, caused the cross bar to firm asunder, and the massive block of marble was sent fs,:ng in • the barge lying at the edge of the water. As soon as It was perceived that the crane had given way, the men at work be neath made an attempt to get out of the reach of the same; but I* ore they had time to accomplish their object, not only the pon derous mass of marble, but the machinery also, fell forward with fearful crash. The men who were immediately underneath were almost doubled up by the great weight that fell upon them. and those who were close at hand were thrown in vario ;l u e s shs d e ir w ec u tio r n: . by the stones flying around them. A young man named William Johnson, a native of Oxford, who had been employed on the works m on o l v y e a d than ten minutes after his admission. Another of the workmen named George fteowtidmayWsewstainsin picked t er u uo attention itt n : a n 7wi oa nhs entremoved em diedi a t t o a i t n e s h Richards. of Dorset-street, Vauxhall-bridge-road, was found in a which etrects tolfi ethpeoocirrefaedllt?uwnenxj injuries lie en had alty and surgical e same hos tutlrlyy Burke, had t fo h r e . ir T th w tg o h l s vo h r r k e m ke e n n : hos pital, a i L ar w s h t e a r t e e he o r h e i e s e c i s o :1 1'1 every i f e tl r lic e o o u r ld u s i u . su ggest, evening t o h f e received. This party, we regret to say, has left eleven children Burke The West minsterlaHospital,tsttelirseimn remain 11fa a i aws state reyaonpturrtehecceaorrvi precarious nu n it a i i tt n iho e en d .. W eTn il h li e an na d m w ed er G e eo ta rg k e en ll t o o ll th ow e ay and ii accident appears to have been from the r^Atenness of the crane, which doubtless arose from its long exposer t) the weather. AU !ugliest will be held upon the bodies. Holloway cause u rofpathhnYil: On the 19th i nst. BIRTHS , at Balmacara House, the lady of J. W. Liging ston, Esq., of Lochalsh, of a daughter. On the 19th inst. at Hackney, the wife of Henry Gerard Ohrly. Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., at Edinburgh, the lady of the lion. J. Fox Strang ways, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. James Hall, of Camden-road-villas, of daughter. On the 24th inst., at Heston Hall, Heston, the lady of John Rayor Hogarth, Esq., of a son. On the 24th lust., at Wilton-crescent, Lady Georgiana of a sou. On the 24th Inst., at Oxford-terrace, the lady of F. Keats, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th inst., the lady of Mr. W. H. Filcher, of New Broad street, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., the wife of Mr. Alfred Brand, of Trinity-terrace , Southwark, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Lewisham Church, George Buker, Esq., • Staines, to 31ary Ann, only child of the late William Marshall trocte Esq„ of Brook-end Ilouse, Ippolitts, Herts. On the 22d inst., at the Irazilian Legation, York-place, Portman' square, Mademoiselle Marques Lisboa, eldest daughter of his Excel lency the Brazilian Minister, to Chevalier A. de Sequeira, Secretary to the Brazilian Legation at Madrid. DIED. On the 20th inst., Charles Cooke, Esq., of the Green, Worcester. On the 22d inst., at Carrion-street East, W. Garrick, Esq., Coil mander R.N., aged 77. On the 23d lust., at Rye-lane, Peckham, Henry Richard Mfflott. Esq., aged 72. On the 23d host., at Quedgeley Rectory, Dudley Robert, third son of the Rev. Erskine Knollys. On the 23d inst., in West-street, Brighton, Harry Blaker, Esq' surgeon, aged 61. On the 23d inst., at Leasowe Castle, Henrietta Maria Christina• youngest daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Cust. On the 24th host., Captain George Lawson, late of the 2d ° I. Queen's Royals, aged M. On the 25th inst., at Lower Grosvenor-place, Henry Ford, EEL- London: Printed and Published by h!ViDO YOITNG, of No. ot Strand, Printer, at The Nun (Mice, No. 112, Strand, in the P. —. m o' the Savoy, in the County of' Middlesex, Wednesday, API . 29, 1846. 112, .::! ..*:'.; ,. .1 4 1 ~ . .'''','.'}:4 • ' : I tQ. : - ' ,1 • 5 :;: , s'*... - yrilE SUN, LONDON, WEDIsTESDA 1, 7 , MORNING, APRIL 29, 1846.