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Was rot for him (the Marquis of Ncrmanby) to suggest what course should be taken by the Nob:e Lord, hut he did think that after this case, it appeared to him, will' respect to the Noble Lord and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and the Noble Lord who had been appointed Custos Rotulorum, that some Noble Lord should move some reselution, which would prevent the case referred to being drawn into a precedent."—( Hear. ) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it neee:sary to add his testimony to that of the Noble Lord who had made this motion, and the other Noble Lords who had spoken in support of it. Nothing could be more clear than the ex pressions which had been expressed in that House (and if such expressions had not been made in the other House of Parlia ment, it was because such a discussion had never been brought on in that place), that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government at the time referred to that these two offices should be united. The clause that had been referred to by the Noble Lord was one of the most preposterous kind for in sertion in any such Act of Ppliament. Nobody could deny tivit a case might arise in which it might be most material to make a separation between the "two offices, that was to say, if the Lord-Lieutenant became disqualified by illness, by absence in the country, or by other causes, from duly discharging the duties of his situation—in that case he (the Marquis of Lans downe) submitted that the Crown should be armed with a power to separate these two offices. But were they to infer from that that it was intended, notwithstanding the declara tion that had been made in_ that House, that the Lord-Lieu tenant should remain ignorant of matters that were of the greatest importance. Not only did the Noble Lord assume that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was to remain ignorant of the most important proceedings in that country, but that he should be ignorant of what took place in that House. So that unless the Noble Lord was actually present in Parliament and in Ireland at the same time, he could not, according to the argument of the Noble Lord, properly discharge his duties. Now, he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) thought that this subject was of great importance at all times, but he did confess that in the present state of Ireland, and after what bad passed lately in that House in relation to that country, this subject was of much more importance now.—( Hear, heaa.) It was most important that this deviation from whatever might be the alleged custom should have occur) ed in the present year, after the discussion which had already taken place. He did not_know 'in what way or shape this matter would be dealt with Abut he certainly united with his Noble Friend in the wish that the opinion that might be expressed would be a unanimous one. He was sure he meant no disrespect to the Noble Earl (the Earl of St. Germans) in what he had to say, bur he could not help saying that he had made a most imperfect defence. He thought that her Majesty's Government should make some positive declaration as to the course which they intended hereafter to pursue with respect to the subject under their Lordships' consideration.—( Hear, hear. ) The Duke of RICHMOND entirely concurring with all that had fallen from his Noble Friend ; and, believing it of great importance that the laws which were made for England should be extended to Ireland—( Hear, hear)—he did hope that her Majesty's Ministers would make a declaration, and that they would speak out and say that the matter complained of had been done by inadvertance—( Hear, hear)—for he believed that it would be found to be so. He hoped that some Noble Lord would move a resolution upon the subject—( Hear, beat — to the effect that it was desirable that these two offices should not be disunited.—( Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend, (the Noble M arqu i s) w h o h a d b een L or d-Li eu t en ant of Iceland, had been lately abroad, and he complained that thaLood"kin tenant of Ireland did not read Hansard's debates. elis Friend had been in Italy, and he appeared to knoaalattl )1 t circumstances that had taken place in this:a ivtry ass departure.—( Hear, hear.) Hansard's debates! ./ t asr ;1* now got up and said, "Let by-goner be')y 2•• Ade not be pledged by our former speeches -.'"E' , (Hear, hear.) There was really nowl3-li!I'l ! I I c, H an sard's debates, because in perhaps twenty-flats a Jaf stt el the speeches of some parties had been delivered, Lae .w o uld de liver themselves of speeches on the ver y opposts ge4;off the question which they had previously supported.-4 Heaf,hear. ) The Earl of ST. GERMANS asked whether the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) wished him to introduce a Bill on the subject, which they could not do without interfering with the prerogative of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained that he only asked for some declaration on the part of her Majesty's Go vernment, which would prevent the recurrence of such a pro ceeding as had been complained of. He did not wish it to be drawn into a precedent. After a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTON the motion was agreed to. BOROUGH OF SCOTLAND BILL. This Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed, on the motion of Lord DALHOUSIE. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. _ _ Lord LINCOLN took the oaths and his seat for the Falkirk dis trict of Burghs. CLYDE DOCK AND HARBOUR BILL. Mr. OSWALD moved, that further proceeding on the third reading of the Clyde Dock and Harbour Bill be resumed, and amendments made in the Bill, in terms of the report of the Select Committee on Standing Orders, presented on the Ist of May. - Mr. HUME asked the House to stay further proceedings on this Bill, until certain documents which he had moved for were produced. He objected to giving the Clyde trustees the power sought under the Bill, because they had not properly complied with the Act they obtained in 1840. The trustees had already incurred a debt of 300,0001., and they now sought for additional powers to raise a sum of 100,000/., to carry out improvements on a piece of land which would re quire at least 800,0001. to be expended on it before it could be brought into a proper condition. He objected to the increase of the liabities already incurred by these trustees, as they did not possess sufficient revenues to pay the interest of the debt. He asked the power to delay further proceedings on this Bill for 14 days until he could obtain the papers he sought for. The construction of the docks was never contemplated until No verober last, and he was opposed to the trustees pledging the revenues of the river for their formation. The river, with proper care, if Mr. Walker's plans were carried out, might be made quite capable to accommodate all the shipping that could enter, without incurring the unnecessary expense of Constructing the proposed docks. Sir GEORGE CLERK believed that it would be a very great advantage to the river Clyde if docks were constructed on its banks. As far as he could gather, the Hon. Member for Montrose objected to this scheme, as the trustees had not sufficient revenue to meet the expenses necessary to he in curred. The city of Glasgow was rapidly extending, espe cially towards that portio n of tne Aue .iver wnere prp0.,... to us - of land was greatly in creasing, and he understood from the illifiuutaLlc Pacrobor for quite ade- Glasgow that the trustees possessed a sine— , __,..3....squired outlay. If there were sufficient ,goal" l i tie argument of the Honourable Member for Montrose quite fell to the ground; if, on the other hand, there were not sufficient revenue, then it would be expedient, perhaps, to adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Member. Sir JOHN EAST HOPE said there was no disposition on the part of the River Trustees to oppose any inquiry into their accounts, and they had manifested every desire to have a full and perfect scrutiny. After a few words from Mr. BAINES and Lord GRAN- ViLLE SOMERSET, Mr. NEWDEGATE said, as he was a member of the group to which the Bill had been referred, he wished to state that it was the firm impression of the Committee, that an important city like Glasgow, should have proper docks and wharfs, in order to carry on its trade in a proper manner, and the Com mittee refused its consent to the line passing the river, but they allowed a branch, which they considered would answer the pur pose of the railway. After a few words from Mr. OSWALD and Mr. LOCKHART, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, Mr. HUME having withdrawn his motion, considering that it would not be right if he divided the House upon it after the statement of the Government, Mr. LAWSON presented a petition from the Leeds and Th . irs k Railway Company in favour of the York and Knares borough Railway. NI:. LOCKHART presented a petition from the Earl of Glasgow against the Kilmarnock Waterworks Bill. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG moved that itbe an instruction to the Committee of Selection, to remit t he Bill, Edinburghe Edinburgh Water Bill, the Edinb ur g h and Leith Wat er Paving Bill, and the South Leith Church Bill, to the same Committee. —The motion was agreed to. Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Standing Orders and other Committees. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, signed by members of the Downpatrick board of guardians, compl aining abuses such a law as was prevalent on this head in England and Scot land. They also complained of a want of a law to prohibit Ingram and the improvident expenditudre o f they might be re f the public money by the Government Commissioners, an th lieved from the further instalments of money advanced on the ~f;onsolidated Funds. _Mr. THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE presented a petit.ion from several landowners in the Isle of Wight, praying t h at t h:tt island might be included in the General Highway Bill now in progress through the House. The roads in the Isle of Wi g ht w, are at present in a most wretched condition, although the inhabitan,`s were subjected to heavy taxation for the repair of the highways. He would move that the petition be printed with the votes.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. W. COLLETT presented a petition in favour of the Glasgow Union Railway. QUARANTINE LAWS. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he would postpone for fortnight his motion, that an humble address be resented to her Majesty, tha t she will be graciously pleased to di such correspondence or extracts en the subject of the quarantine laws as has taken place with foreign Governments since the last returns to Parliament, to be laic. on the table of this House ; and that this House will see with pleasure such relaxations in the existing system as may he compatible with a due regard to the public health, and the general interests of the nation. IRISH COERCION B e Mr. POULETT SCROPE gave notice that, on the motion for the third reading of this Bill , he would move the same amendment he had made when a s imilar Bill was proposed in I namely, that before any addition was made to the stringency of the criminal law in Ireland, steps should be taken forth e purpose of investigating and remedying the causes which led t o th at state of things a gainst which such a measure was d irected. • Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that he wou ld move for a po tat li e ce f . or the t he s'ecretary of co py of a memorial sent from Rochdale to s cor ,.duct of the H ome Department relative to tht, I. DUNCOMBE sa POPILLAw REMOVALS. . id, he had moved f respecting the removal of Mr. • v ire and Che s hire. Three kits s ebruary res Threoermsoevnethraslhraed turns • 3 / 4 , 0 w. in York yet they had not . several 1, . _,,, and as the poor from been produced. He forthwith. —.Agreed already p. ' t, move ti. at they be produ ced EDUCATION, to. would now LE . .GAL BID — a motion to Mr. WYSE, said th al : . he had given not ice . of Nvas, that the which he belie ved there Was no objectio into the House do extend the instruc,!ion given thtoeitrhelin!Committee on Legal Education (Irelai. , d), to otend consideration of the state, iinportoice, and ex ci t e e i n rY t of legal education in England.—AgreeJ to. ys of ha th v e e THE BRITISH MUSEVM . Mr. HUME moved for a return from the trustee British Museum, stating any and what regulations the y adopted to give effect to the recommendations of the Committee on Public Monuments, dated the 16th day of June, elect 1t341, or which have bad for their object to grant greater 6.1' ties and conveniences to persons visiting the Museum ; c a i n i t - 1 :a similar eturn frovn the trustees of the Nationai Oallery.— Agreed to. THE SLAVE EMANCIPATION OFFICE. Mr. HUME also moved for an " Account of the total ex plane of the Slave Emancipation Office, stating the several and the names of the officers to whom paid ; also salai: l ea P aid, 'of all colsitin gent expenses in each year since the passirg of the 131 ave Comb ensation Act, stating from what source these ex penses have bet'll p ‘ aid, and how long that office is to be eon tinued."—Agreen "): CAN ADlAkir POLITICAL OFFENDERS. Mr. FLUME then moved for a return of the number of per : sons banished from Cant;,da, for political offences since 1837, e `-to Vali Diemetes Land, or if. any other colony ? stating th date of their conviction, the date of their departure from Canada as convicts, and the time of their arrival in Van Diemen's, Land ; also, the dates of release of such of these persons as have received her Majesty's gracious pardon; also, the names of those convicts who now remain in exile, and a statement of the nature of the offences for which they were banished. CHELSEA PENSIONERS. Captain LA YARD said that he had given notice some days ago of his intention to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary-at- War, if it was the intention of Government to take into con sideration the petition presented on the 21st day of April, and since printed by order of the House, from certain Chelsea pen sioners, complaining of b l. per cent. being stopped from their pay. He now wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to comply with the prayer of the peti tioners ? Mr. S. HERBERT was understood to say that he could hold out no hopes of the request of tha petitioners being complied with. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. mi O tte n e th on e tmhoetCioonrnoflSmiproßriaPtioEnEßlLifi.the House went into Com reaod,n the clause for the reduction of t he dut y on oats being Lord G. BENTINCK rose and s aid, that no part of the considered that these discussions than Ireland. When they considered all of whom I 'United Kingdom was more deeply interested in the result of there were 585,000 occupiers of land in 1 a r un t o p f o r t t h a e n m u e , he thousslit at was a matter were growers of oats, o r,at o l f ea t s h t e , t he mostgreater to a decisionto Ireland ibat they should not hastily c ome r s e eri o u p s on this the last and former years , to a sum of money had amain to d, Bill. TA annual importation of oats from Ireland little ; h (sr t 2,500,000!. Supposing that they came to they. cat . • f admitting the free importation of oats Tito Ecestsn d from foreign countries, and that the effect would Ise &dowering of the price of oats to the extent oft 0!. t. would effect Ireland in a very grievous degree., I t Onu 1 upon the simple article of oats amount to t t itx as it were upon the agricultural produce eourt`7 of 250,0001. per annum. He'vlseln 'Fat d a return of the prices of all oats that were exporeetts trtslatel from the year 1817 to 1839, compris ingL ,Ot tfeisty-three years, and the average price of into t s tl. - n;atito'veas Ils. 7d. per qr. ; and if oats were allowed to bei - (l`catattrigland from foreign countriesfree of duty, itwss litm'WGr elm that Ireland would be grievously affected. K is, * state what the prices of oats were in the years 1844 , " t, .d Dig, respectively at foreign ports.—( The Noble k t d - tint ; gad from some documents he held in his gys id, 1 i said it appeared that in 1844 the priceoiss, t s as Amsterdam was 12s. 9d. ; at Hamburgh, 10s. 9d.; t; ) an tlic',l2s. 6d. ; and at Riga, 6s. 6d. In the year 1845, t e prices were, at Amsterdam, lls. 9d. ; at Hambiigh , 1 A.10d.; at Dantzic, 10s. 6d. ; and at Riga, 10s. ri I . He next proceeded to read similar lists, which gave I et. ail s 'equally minute relative to the price of the iatir, ar tele in the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, at ArchaVgel, Riga, Konigsburgh, Stettin, and Copenhagen. The Right Hob. Gentleman the First Minister of the Crown asked w;sy he would give to the distress in Ireland a suspension of the Born-law ? Why he never thought that the suspension of Mse laws could do any good to the people of Ireland. never said that their removal would confer any benefit. they said emphatically that in the present state sof the eOatinent of Europe they could not afford in a ss ve.if scarcity to export corn or wheat. They proposed eto a suspension of the corn-laws as a practical proof Isislllaw the people of Ireland and England thatno good would (we from their repeal. They said that if the people of Ire land were excited by representations of the good that would result from a repeal of the corn-laws, that they (the protectionists) would not stand between them and that suspension. He had said that there were 585,000 holders of land in Ireland. Five hundred and eighty-five holders of farms not exceeding fifteen acres each—men who had no capital but their industry—no capital but their honesty.—( Hear, hear.) That was his state ment. Was it possible that farmers holding but fifteen acres of land could have much capital, or employ skill in the cultiva tion of their farms ? How could they possess threshing ma chines, drills, harrows, and other useful agricultural imple ments?—(Hear.) But such was the state of things as they found it. They found 558,000 farmers holding but fifteen acres—men who, if they believed Lord Essex, having no capi tal and skill, should not be:farmers. These 558,000 farmers, with 3,000,000 of souls dependent upon them, were to be sacrificed to their political economy. Now this was in accordance with the language which had been held by the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, when speaking of political economists. He gave the House to understand, that human beings were to be sacrificed, in order to ensure abetter cultiva tion of the land. There was a time when the Right Hon. Ba ronet would have scouted the idea of such political economy as this; there was a time when he recollected the Right Hon. Baronet referring to the letter which the Noble Lord the Mem ber for'London had addressed to his constituents, and describ ing those who were in favour of such political economy as a body whose doctrines it was to buy in the cheapest market, and substitute the corn of Russia and of Po land for their own—a body of men who were described as sacrificing the interests of the world to the advancement of their own—as a body of men who would sacrifice the hardy race of the farm labourer—a body of men to whom wealth was their only object. He recollected that the Hon. Member for Montrose interrupted the Right Hon. Baronet in that descrip tion, and that the Right Hon. Baronet, addressing the Hon. Member, said,—You sat for the likeness—(Cheers from the protectionists)—you are the representatives of ;,these harsh, cold-blooded, political economists. In his (Lord G. Ben tinck's opinion the Right Hon. Baronet was rather himself the hard-featured, harsh, cold-blooded economist which he repre sented the Hon. Member fur Montrose to he. —(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet had said that the protectionists had made things worse, and he had asked what had protection done for the 558,000 holders of land in Ireland ? It was certainly a difficult matter to say whether those individuals were in a better or a worse condition since the passing of the Corn Bill ; he had no very accurate data to go upon, but he had heard from an authority which he he had often quoted—Captain Foster—that in spite of the famine alleged to exist in Ireland, these holders of land were rapidly progressing towards improve. ment. That Gentleman had learned from the secretary of the savings' banks in Cork, that during the last year the small farmers in that district alone had deposited ir in the savings banks 200,0001. and the sums deposited by each individual did not exceed 34/.—(Hear, hear)—and yet they were called upon to sacrifice their capital at the shrine of free trade which had been created by the Right Hon. Baronet. He admitted that they were not going to shut out Ireland from the British markets, but they were depriving he of that favour and partiality whieh she had so long enjoyed. It was true this was not done by direct means, but it was done by introducing more favoured competitors into the British market, upon the same terms.—(Cheers.) He regretted that for the last thirty zmrt the R i g ht Hon. Baronet at the head of the Govern ... thy. course of a great statesman, and the course whi c h a great minister ought to • a nd be regrettea neepiy, m pursue; for the House, that the warning iihiett WiTilirown out, as for as the sake of the country, had not been used in this mea sure. It was with exceeding regret that he had alluded to this subject at all, but still he conceived that it was incumbent on the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Ministry that measures should be taken which were in consonance with the measures of the Government ; that the subject taken in these discussions should be in consonance with the impressions which had been promulgated in furthering the resolutions of the House. In the course of these discussions he was taunted, or rather ridiculed, because he took notice of the fact that a ship with 60 tons of potatoes had come to England from Ireland, and he was asked if he would interrupt the supplies destined for the people of England by purchasing this food for the apprehended scarcity? He would retaliate by asking the Right Honourable Baronet why the 60 or 80 tons of oats which had been recently shipped from Deptford to Ireland were not detained here in stead of being sent to Ireland ? It seemed that this proceeding was the converse of their own political economy, which was to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market. In this in stance they had bought in the dearest to supply the cheapest market. They did this instead of going to the localities in Ireland where scarcity did not exist, in order to purchase food for the support of the people. Ireland was the cheapest market from which they could have been supplied, while it would have been conferring a benefit on the country by circulating the money there. He never denied that distress existed; that was, partial distress. There was distress—great distress—in some localities, but it was not general. What he denied was the statement of her Majesty's Government respecting the prevalence of a general o al h d toh c ge o o n n i s ta u or l k t see t t h os o t. I s a e nf adwehtt to make n sa b k u e s in t he consult sesi their t p w ouo a rre s n_h t -a o fs_ae a es t t, t o e ra n sn d da t nt o hde t y l m i the l s ol t eu a ri t sd e , pestilence, and a ge nera l scarc it y an d f am i ne. Let them go find the case w as not w h at her Majesty's Government had re presented. He H sh e ip h s a , d o r f e 2 c oo eiv t e o d ns a b le u t r t d e e r n b , ut th t a h t re w e e days l a d a e g n o e with - oats in a bay in the west of Ireland. The Noble Lord then entered into details to show that the ' scarcity was not so great as it was represented to be. Now, to return to the r eal 1 of Ireland. Th e Ri g h t H on. Baronet had thrown outa sostate doubt as to th e correctness of the returns which he (LorclGe Bentinck) had several times referred to. But he could in form the Right Hon. Baronet that he held in his hand returns how that out of the 658,000 holders of farm in Ireand, not less than 558,000 h e ld farm f 564,374 h o ld ers of s o o o nly s 16 acres. There l were farms not employing labourers • 95,339 oc cupiers of farms emp_lo • labourers • 659,613 holders of land in Ireland. ; making a total of crease in the holders of land for the This would give an in- Now he thought that this wasseu ffi acsiet 15 years, of 25,696. sufficient proof that Ireland was in a prosperous condition an d a if t he y added t he remedies to which reference had been made ' on for night s—namely, namely, a liberal poor-law, to meet the wants of m t e h r nig e la bouring classes, and an attention to the condition and interests of the poorer classes of tenant-farmers in Ireland, he had no doubt that a material improvement would take place in the social condition of the people in every district, whether distressed or not, in that 'unfortunate country. Sir H. BARRON said that the people of Ireland very much doubted the sincerity of their lately acquired friends (the pro tectionists), and the question the poor farmer of 15 acres asked himself, was, What has protection done for use ?—( Cheers. ) lie confessed that he had himself been opposed to any altera tion of the corn-laws as at present existing ; but, on calm and careful consideration, he was now fully convinced that the mea sures propounded by her Majesty's Ministry would be of the first and most beneficial importance to Ireland ; and some of his tenants, men of great intelligence, holding farms of from 2 to 3 and 500 acres, were of the me opinion. He remem bered that on the late alte ration in the tariff, Ireland it was wold pro phesied that the stock and but ter trade of be completely ruined.—(Hear.) Bu t it was not so. Theseu trades had increased from 15 to 20 p er cent., and lan in the iobutter countries" had increased from 15 to 18 per cent., and he challenged the Noble Lord ( Lord Geor g e Bentinck) to contradict the fact that land in his part ofcen t the country had increas ed from 10 to 15 per (Cheers.) He was t satisfied that the people of this great country and that they would not be country required these changes, inimical to any of the interests of England or Ireland. of the poor When the Noble Lord appealed to this House on behalf ask, had landlords in Ireland, what on earth, he would had the poor of Ireland to expect from the continuance of a tax on human food ?—( Cheers.) Hetrusted that this agriculture, which would oblige would give an impetus to oblige the farmers to adept better measures of cultivation. But he contended that Ireland was not a corn growing country ; that a system of green crop growing ; that an encouragement to pasturage would be far more likely to yield the farmers a certain return. He was quite satisfied that the Irish farmer would be continually in difficulty while he reaped only one crop of corn instead of three, as under the present system. It was not for him (Sir H. Barron) to defend the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury from any charges brought against him, but he thought that a lecture on consistency—and he said it with all good humour—came with an exceedingly ill grace from the Noble Lord.—( Cheers.) The Noble Lord, he (Sir H. Barron) remembered came into that House as a strong supporter of the Whig party, and men asked them selves, therefore, Did this lecture on political consistency come from the unchanged and the immutable ? He con ceived that the recipe of the Noble Lord for ass isting the people, namely, t o sen d Government emissaries into ei the market to buy up f oo d f or t h em, was a perfectly This was the Noble Lo r d' s p l an f or lowering the no m v arke n t e s . He (Sir H. Barron) would h ave conce i ved that the better . and surer way to lower the markets would have been to purchase corn in for e i gn mar k ets, and to sell that cheaply to those who requir e d i t. He could tell the House, from personal observation, that nearly one-half of the people of Ireland were living u p on t h e charit-v Pith* neighbour and were it not for_thischaritb he could •": assure Hon. Members that hundreds and hundreds of thou sands would die of starvation. It was the knowledge of this fact that induced the mobility and gentry of Ireland to come forward and make some exertion to alleviate this distress. Mo,t of the gentry in his own neighbourhood had doubted the numbers of persons employed on their estates, but this was in the country ; and unless the Government made most extraordi nary exertions to assist the clergy and gentry in their efforts to lessen the distress, the misery in town would be most appalling. toe h d u a n y r e e e d d f h a e m w i e i w n t ho e hi g h? Why, of his own knowledge , he knew that the p ric e name hlna ismh o ee f mansP c : o r m i s m 000fnf subsistence r s e ei n a s n e i t c h o e u r lfedr day t w when provisions were so of potatoes was double what it had been for the last six years. But it was said, why do not the country gentry and clergy come forward and put these families in the way of getting their living. Now, how could they ? Many of these resided in the mountains, and had no claim upon the landlords of the district ; but with aid from Government these landlords would undertake works which would go very far to employ and relieve the wants of many of these starving families. Within these last few months several ships had arrived from America laden with the very food which was wanted for Ireland, but it was shut out from the markets of that country by the delay of this measure. And what, let him ask, would be the conse quence of this delay ? Why those who had money in their possession now would be compelled to expend the whole of it in purchasing provisions for their immediate wants, whereas, if this Bill were passed, this money would perhaps supply them with food for the whole of the autumn. Under these cir cumstances he should support her Majesty's Government. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not rise to follow the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down in answer ing the speech of the Noble Lord who had moved the amendment, but to point out to the Noble Lord that his amendment would not accomplish the object he had in view. The Noble Lord moved that the words 6° there should be levied upon oats on and after the Ist of February, 1849, a duty of Is.,' , should be omitted. Now, as a previous clause repealed the duty on all grains including oats, if this amend ment were carried there would be no duty on oats at all, which he was sure was not the object the Noble Lord had in view in proposing this amendment.—( Hear, hear.) He put it to the Noble Lord then, whether it was fair to take up the time of the Committee in discussing an amendment, which could not accomplish the end he had in view.—(llear, hear.) Lord GEORGE BENTINCK apprehended that the clause to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had just referred did not absolutely repeal the duty, and in this opiminion he be lieved, from a conversation he had had with him, thathis Right Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General, would bear him out. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, it was hardly fair for the Noble Lord to introduce his name in this matter, but independently of this the Noble Lord was wrong in supposing that the Bill did not absolutely repeal the duty on oats in the event of the Noble Lords' amendment being carried. It did not require the mind of a lawyer to see this.—(Hear, hear.) Captain LAYARD had come down to the House, intending to vote against the Noble Lord's amendment, but he was glad to find now that the Noble Lord was so stanch a free-trader.— (Cheers.) Instead, therefore, of opposing the amendment, he should new support it, if the Noble Lord had pressed it ; but he put it to the Noble Lord whether it would not be better, seeing that the country was anxious that the Bill should pass, for him to withdraw his opposition altogether.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. STUART was understood to dissent from the opinions 01 the Attorney-General. Mr. P. BORTHWICK said, if they introduced into the first clause of the Bill, which repealed the existing duties on grain, the words " excepting oats," Le apprehended his Noble Friend's amendment would only have the effect of negativing the Government proposal, so far as it related to oats. He would ask the Learned Attorney-General whether the effect of the first clause, already passed, would have the effect of repealing the existing duty on oats. The ATTORNEY-GFNERAL apprehended it would. Mr. STEWART thought that the whole of the clause should be rejected, and another clause remodelled should be introduced in lieu thereof. The SPEAKER intimated that no amendment could be proposed on any part of the clause already past.—(Hear, hear.) The only course to be adopted would be to pass or reject the whole clause. Mr. F. BARING thought that if the Noble Lord wished to make any alteration, he should propose his amendment in a proper form. Mr. SCO TT understood that the amendment of his Noble Friend was that the word " oats" should not be expressed. He thought the whole of the clause should be rejected. Lord G. BENTINCK then withdrew his amendment with reference to the word " oats." Mr. GREENE then read the first clause. "Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parlia ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act, in lieu of the duties now pay able upon the entry for home consumption in the United King dom, and upon the importation into the Isle of Man of corn, grain, meal, and flour, there shall be levied and paid unto her Majesty, her heirs, and successors, en all corn, grain, meal, and flour, already or hereafter to be imported into the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man, from parts beyond the seas, and entered for home consumption, after the passing of this Act, the duties set forth in the Schedule to this Act annexed until the first day of February, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and on, from, and after the said first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, the following duties :—namely, Upon all wheat, barley, bear or bigg, oats, rye, pease, and beans, for every quarter one shilling, and so in proportion for a less quantity. Upon all wheat, meal, and flour, barley meal, oat meal, rye meal, and fl Jur, pea meal, and bean meal, for every cwt. fourpence halfpenny, and so in proportion for a less quantity. Lord G. BLNTINCK moved the omission of the whole clause. Mr. FINCH considered that the protecting duties were of great benefit to the people of Ireland. The reneal of those duties would therefore, in his opinion, be tantaMeunt to a re peal of the Union. The Hon. Member proceeded to animad vert upon the currency introduced by the Right Honourable Baronet. He considered that if the House agreed to the pro position of his Noble Friend it would be a great boon to Ireland, to which the agriculturists of Ireland were well entitled. He would, therefore, most cordially support the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn. Mr. 0. GORE considered that the present question was peculiarly an Irish one ; and, therefore, as an Irish landlord, he should offer a few observations to the House regarding it. He looked upon the measure as the most important which bad ever come before the Legislature during the forty years that he had the honour of a seat in that House. And the passing of it would be—and he feared it would be passed—the era from whence to date the decline of this great empire. The object of the Bill—as it was stated to be—was to bring waste land into cultivation. Now, he had reclaimed wrte biz: In frelandit was their Custom to take fo ur , fi ve , 4%, or seven, aye, ten crops of oats in succession from' reclaimed lands, whilst in England they thought a great thing to take two—( Hear, hear)—and they therefore would, by passing the measure, reduce oats to such an extravagantly low price that it would not pay the farmer the capital which he in vested in the reclamation of the waste. His Noble Friend, (Lord G. Bentinck) had already demonstrated the evil which weuld be inflicted by the measure upon Ireland; he proved it by quoting the price of the foreign markets. But he would put the House in mind o f a statement made by Mr. Gladstone in 1842, namely, that he could procure 793,000 quarters of wheat, at an average of Its. 5d., adding about ss. for freightage—(Hear, hear)—which plainly demonstrated the low price which grain would bring in the home markets. But he would quote a higher authority than Mr. Gladstone, a higher authority than the Home Secretary, and a higher authority than the Prime Minister himself. He would quote Mr. Pitt who said, " that the agriculture of Ireland ought to to pro tected, and that it would be a blot upon England should they cease to support it."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SCOTT said that there was nothing which could alienate Ireland from this country more than the circum stance that she could not get an adequate return for her pro duce. If this Bill passed, she would not get an adequate re turn, but would be obliged to enter the market in competition with the foreigner. He denied, therefore, that it would do good to Ireland. It would, be s ides, have the effect of throwing the land of inferiror value out of cultivation. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw that the House might divide, but on our re-admission to the gallery we found that no division had taken place. Lord G. BENTINCK having withdrawn his amendment, The remaining clauses of the Bill, with the schedules, were then agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received on Friday next, amidst loud cheers. The House then resumed, and immediately afterwards re solved itself into Committee on the CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL, The different clauses of which were agreed to without oppo sition, and the report ordered to be read on Friday next. The House then resumed. The reports on her Majesty's message relating to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough were brought up and agreed to. THE POLLING PLACES IN IRELAND BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a qurter-past Nine o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MAY 5. The following Railway Bills were withdrawn : Preston and Pyre Railway Harbour and Dock (New Dock and Railway). Cornwall and Devon Central (Hayle, Lelant, St. Austell, and Bodmin Branched). Cornwall and Devon Central. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members : Bristol and Birmingham (Bath Line)—Mr. Hudsoi & Mr. Phillpott:4. Warwickshire and London (Worcester and Weedon Line)—Sir C. Douglas and Mr. Dugdale. Midland (Nottingham and 3lansteld Railway) —Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Mundy. The followinSgr r A e N eo l? e l t N ie G .; O w ß e D re E r ß ep S e ' rt C e o d A t l r 3 o l . lTtThEisECommi ttee : 1. That, i n t h e case . Mansfieldlllailway) l, e Midland Railway (Nottingham and with :—That th e part i es b e petition, the standing orders ou g ht t o b e di spense d ermitted to proceed with th e i r Bill . 2. That, i n th e case of the NNlntehaven and Furness Junction Railway petition, th e standing orders ought not to be di s p ense d w ith. Railway petition, the te East and West of E ng l an d J unct i on 4. That, in th e case of standing orders ought not t o b e di spensed w i th. petition, the standing orders the Launceston and South De von R a il wa y ought 5. That, in the case of the not to be dispens e d w ith. Railway petition, the standing Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction orders ought not to be di spense d w itk. 6. That, in the case of the (Bath Line) petition, the standing ristol and Birmin g h am R a il wa y orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to abandoning that portion of th e i r li ne the plane with their Bill, on proceed have not been deposited with the clerk of the a a n ri d o s t e e c t ti sons al of which 7. That, in the case of tile Londoc, Salisbury and . Y w cov n ck. Junc tion Railway (Salisbury to Yeovil) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on the insertion of a clause restraining them from taking any land from a field (Ne. 2) in the parish of Sutton Bingham, to the termination of the line as shown on the plan. 8. That, in the case of the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to Introduce such additional provision, on proving to the Committee on the Bill the consent of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company. 9. That, In the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rail way petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce sach additional provision, on proving to the Committee on the Bill the con sent of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company. 10. That, in the case of the Kent Atmospheric Railway petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to introduce such additional provi sion, on proving before the Committee on the Bill the assent of all the owners, lessees, and occupiers on the line of the proposed deviation. That the Committees on this and the four preceding Bills do exa mine in the first place how fur such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 11. That, in the case of the Warwickshire and London Railway (Worcester and Weedon Line) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. First, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. THE WOUNDED MAN BLEWITT.—Last night, on in quiry of Mr. Duncan, the house surgeon of the hospital, our in formant learnt that not the remotest hope was new entertained of the patient's ultimate recovery, mortification of the injured parts of the body through which the ball had passed having at length taken Place, notwithstanding the favourable symptOMS Which A few days duce APPArOIItIY PAWPAW thalliting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. CHESTER, Moxn,ty iS.TIGHT, 12 O'CLOCK. THE CUP. It is generally calculated that at least 35 horses will start, a number exceeding all precedent, and not at all improbable; up .cards of 40 being niw in the city or at Delamere Forest, amongst them Inheritress, The Baron, Corranna, Sweetmeat, St. Lawrence, Sorella, Glossy, Intrepid, Queen of Tyne, Vol au-Vert, Hope, Ralf, Pride of Kildare, Hooton, Roderick, Little Hampton, Warp, Salopian, Polish, Lady Wildair, The Roper's Daughter, Crim. Con., Pedometer, Redstreak, Clumsy, Cataract, Miss Burns, Connaught Ranger, Plaudit, The Magnet, Vitula, Best -Bower, Stream, I-etit Morceau, Marquis of Conyngham, Mermaid, Punch, Finvaragh, Bro ther to Sir Henry, Billy Purvis, Elena, Clara, Caren Bawn. Dawson starts Inheritress, Glossy, Cries. Con., and Brother to Sir Henry: and Wadlow, it is said, Sweetmeat, Salopian, The Roper's Daughter, Redstreak, and Intrepid—nine out of two stables. We take for granted they will be started in triple lines, and that the final quotations will be in some measure influenced by the draw." Assuredly the rear rank will rua at a disadvantage. 7 to 1 agst Best Bower 10 to 1 agst Magnet 10 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 11 to 1 agst Clumsy 11 to 1 agst Miss Burns 13 to 1 agst Vitula 14 to 1 agst Pedometer 15 to 1 agst Polish 16 to 1 agst Inheritress 20 to 1 agst Hope 25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 30 to 1 agst Crim. Con. 31 to 1 agst Glossy—taken 33 to 1 agst Plaudit 40 to 1 agst Corranna 40 to 1 agst Billy Purvis Weatherbit is struck out. THE DEE STAKES.—The following norses are nere . Dulo, Princess Alice, Chartist, Kismet, Tooacconist, c. out of Miss Thomassina, Malcolm, Alliance, Fancy Boy, bre. to Sir Henry, Sharston, Drifileld, King Charles, and the Sister to Johanna colt. THE DERBY. 3 to 1 agst Lord E Russell's Sting 9 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Tom Tullock—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's Fancy Boy 25 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser 33 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt—taken TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O ' CL OCK.—A list, at the best of slender pretensions, was rendered almost to a skele ton by a walk over for the Produce Stakes, and had it not been for the Two Years Old Stakes, would have afforded but an indifferent opening to the meeting. To eke out the sport, the running did not commence until a quarter before three. The Grosvenor Stakes, as usual, being the first event; the walk over succeeded ; and at .ps quarter before four, the two years old were started (the rain descending in torrents at the time), leaving us barely time to save the express train. The Plate race has yet to be run, and as the Cestrians are pro verbial for making the most of racing of this kind—always having an eye to the interests of the innkeepers—we shall not be surprised if the running is spun out until between six and seven o'clock. The only changes in the cup of any consequence, are in Polish, Connaught Ranger, and Hope; the former is backed at 14 to 1, and the Ranger at 20 to 1, while 30 to 1 is offered against Hope. It is still imagined that nearly thirty-five horses will start; that all will get comfortably round the Ship-yard Turn, now that it is de prived of its " fair proportions," may be questioned, Time will not permit us to add more than a brief return of the racing;— The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 added for 3 yrs old, 6st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; 5 yrs, 9st 21b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b; winners of 501. once 51bs extra; mares, &c. allowed 31bs. Grosvenor Course. (6 Snbs. ) Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, 3 yrs (Tasker) 1 Mr. Mostvn's c by Phoenix, 3 yrs Mr. Meiklarn's Lightning, 5 yr.; .. . . 7 to 2 on Burlesque, who made all the running and won easy by a length. Run in 2 minutes, 21 seconds. Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft, colts, Bst 41b ; fillies, Bst. Two miles. (4 Subs.) • Mr. F. R. Price's kismet walked over. Sweepstakes of 25 sow. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b ; fillies, &c., Bst 21b. Nearly three - quarters of a mile. ( 15 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Glentilt (Nat) 1 Hr. Pedley's F0rec105ure......... - 2 Lord Eglinton's Nerissa The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. E R. Clarke's Miles's Boy, Mr. R. Peel's Credential, Mr. F. R. Price's The Prarie Bird, Mr. Buckley's Saddleworth, Mr. Worley's Wintonia, Mr. Jaques's Dipthong. Betting-7 to 4 agst Glentilt, 2to 1 agst Miles's Boy, sto 1 agst Credential, and 7to 1 agst Dipthong. Nerissa took the lead at starting, and with Glentilt in close waiting, made running round the turn; Glentilt then headed her, went en with a decided lead from the distance, and won by nearly a length, Foreclosure beating Nerissa for second by a head. Run in one minute twenty-seven seconds. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM, 1846. THURSDAY.—The Grand Stand Plate of 200 sow., in specie, given by the lessee of the Grand Stand, added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. The winner of the Chester Cup or Suffolk Stakes, to carry 71bs, or of both, 1 Gibs extra. The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. Coratma, aged, 9.-t 41b—St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 111b—Old England, 4 yrs, Sat 81b—Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—The Merry Monarch, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Dis cord, aged, Bst—Maynooth, 4 yrs, ist 1 21b—Alamode, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Polish, 6 yrs, 7st 81b —Miss Elis, 4 yrs, 7st 71 b— Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—iEgis, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Con naught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Javelin, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Miss Burns, 6 yrs, 7st—Clumsy, 4 yrs, 7st--Manglar, 4 yrs, 7st— g, by Advocate, out of Dexterous's dam—Best Bower, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Flattery, 4 yrs, Est 121b—False Report, 5 yrs, Est 121 b—My Mary, 4 yrs, Gst 121b—Cocoa Nut, 4 yrs, Gst 81b —Alkali, 4 yrs, fist 71b—The Wreck, 4 yrs, fist 71b—Lon don, 4 yrs, Est llb—c, by Don John, out of Peri, 3 yrs, Gst —Wild Roe, 4 yrs, 6st-Buttress, 3 yrs, .sst 121b—Gamet, 4 yrs, sst 121b—The Premier, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Blackbird, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Marquis of Conygham, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Lord llarry, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Sir Peter Laurie, 3 yrs, sst 61b, MANCHESTER, 1846. Acceptances for the Manchester Cup, Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Philip, 6 yrs, 7st 131b—Coeur de Leon, 4 yrs. 7st 91b—Beatrice, aged, ist 81b—Hooton, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—real:thin, 6 yrs, 7st 41b—Dr. Husband, 5 yrs, ist—Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, 6st 131b—Bedale, 4 yrs, Est 41b— Burgundy, 3 yrs, sst 121b—The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs, Sat. '^-^'' . 1- (I'4' Leoace of' th. Tl.ce Course. Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Philip, 6 yrs, Bst—Fair Charlotte, 5 yrs, Bst—Beatrice, aged, 7st 91b—Quebec, 6 yrs, ist 71b— emir de Leon, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Dr. Husband, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Surety, 5 yrs , 7 st 41 b — Cariesima, 4 y rs , 7st—Psalm singer, 4 yrs, 7st—Little John, 5 yrs, 7st—Princess Royal, 4 yrs ' Est 111b—Barbara Young ,4 yrs, 6st 61b—Bu rgun d y, 3 yrs, Est—Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Lord Harry, 3 vra, sst 41b—Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs, sst 21b—The Red Vixen, 3 yrs, sst. ASCOT HEATH, 1840. Nominations for the Ascot Stakes. Rowland Hill, 4 yrs—My Mary, 4 yrs—Master Stepney, 4 yrs—Mowerina, 3 yrs---:The Wreck, 4 yrs—Beaufront, 5 yrs—Merryman, 4 yrs—Carissima, 4 yrs—The Dart, 4 yrs —Queen of Tyne, aged—Subduer, 6 vrs—Spur, 3 yrs— Queen Pomare, 4 yrs—Arthur, 4 yrs—Javelin, 4 yrs—Co lumbus, 4 yrs—Aristotle, aged—Whip, 5 yrs—Crocus, 6 yrs —Miss Burns, 6 yrs—Satyr, 5 yrs—Deodara, 4 yrs—Agis, 4 yrs--Polka, 3 yrs—Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs—Jenny Wren, 4 yrs —Rufl; 4 yrs—Devil to Pay, 5 yrs—Miss Elis, 4 yrs---, Glossy, 6 yrs—Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs—Clumsy, 4 yrs—Fuzbos, 4 yrs—Vitellius, 6 yrs—Tbrapiton, 3 yrs—Needful, 5 yrs— Nereus, 4 yrs—Ould Ireland, 4 yrs—Morpetb, 5 yrs— Sheraton, 5 yrs—A-la -mode, 5 yrs —Punch, 3 yrs—lnherit ress, 6 yrs—Akbar, 5 yrs—Rowena, 5 . yrs—The Roper's Daughter, aged—Footstool, 3 yrs—Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs— Wild Roe, 4 yrs—Headsman, 3 yrs--Lothario, 3 yrs— Muscatel, 3 yrs—Trueboy, 6 yrs--Lightning, 5 yrs— Gamecock, 6 yrs—Stream, 4 yrs—Tugnet, 3 yrs— Mongrel, 4 yrs—Astonishment, 3 yrs—Camera Obscure, 3 yrs—Mentor, 4 yrs—Petit Morceau, 4 yrs—Brush, 5 yrs— I-am-not-Aware, aged—Mosque, aged—Keppel, aged— f by Touchstone, out of Languish, 4 yrs—Misdeal, aged— Pineapple, 6 yrs—Leopard, 4 yrs—Cornelius, 3 yrs—The Witch, 4 yrs—Ohio, 3 yrs—Gaiety, 5 yrs—Tit Bit, 3 yrs— g by Advocate, out of Dexterous's dam, 4 yrs—Humdrum, 3 yrs—Leaconfleld, 3 yrs—London, 4 yrs—f by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 5 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs—Crim. Con., 4 yrs—Flattery, 4 yrs—Lord Harry, 3 yrs —Stoker, 4 yrs--Buttress, 3 yrs—Farthing Candle, 3 yrs— Antler, 5 yrs—Petitioner, 3 yrs—Wolf-dog, 4 yrs—Flahow lagh, 4 yrs—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs—Lynceus, 3 yrs—Red Deer, 5 yrs—Discord, aged. (RECEIVED CHESTER, Ti CHEST. 9 to 1 agst Best Bower 11 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 11 to 1 agst Miss Burns 12 to 1 agst Polish—t. 12 to 1 agst Clumsy . 14 to 1 agst The Magnet 15 to 1 agst Vitals 15 to 1 agst The Baron 15 to 1 agst Pedometer Betting THIS DAY.) ESDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK. It CUP. 16 to 1 agst Inheritress 20 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 25 to 1 agst Hope 40 to 1 agst Glossy 40 to 1 agst Billy Purvis 40 to 1 agst Roderick very flat. REPORTED DEATH OF MR. A. IV. HILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l am most happy to inform you that the report of our respected neighbour, A. NV. Hill, Esq.'s death, is totally false—a report, no doubt, citculated for a PURPOSE—which report, I hope, did not emanate from this neighbourhood.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A SALOPIAN. B R IGHTON, MAY s.—Lord Drumlanrig and f a mily arr i ve d here vesterday afternoon evening by: m the t and Lord Littord left last en route to Paris. LIVES OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND.—B y T . R OSCOE, he steamersteam steamer fo m r Dieppe EsQ.—Vol. 1., William the Conqueror (to be completed in about six volumes). Mr. Roscoe has earned for himself a great reputation for learning and scholarship, w hi c h t hi s work is well calculated to enhance. His work is not a new history of England, but it forms a necessary companion to those we already possess. Compiled from official records and other authentic documents, private as well as public, Mr. Roscoe has quitted the beaten track of recording merely public deeds and events. Ills object has been to explore the peculiarities of individual kingly disposition, character, and way of thinking; to search out the real motives of actions, to follow his hero into the privacy of domestic and social life, and to draw a faithful picture alike of his vir tues and his vices, his passions, propensities, and eccentrici.. ties, in short, to exhibit his personal history, comprising every trait by which he is distinguished from the rest of mankind. His task has been executed with a spirit and zeal which imparts the profoundest interest to the narrative [ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, and falling off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use of the two above-named articles, applied alternately the bo tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and preserving the hair, Air. Catlin's account of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Ame rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. Ross and Sons, 119, and 12.0, Bishopsgate-street, who first introduced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the ani mals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with an bo t e a :b a n: y e B ro a nn rra e e r k v s e y ss e el s- . their names and address printed on the pot, or the chanees are their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetable oil., applied to the hair are worse than useless. THE 10TH HussAns.—The staff and remaining por aerfte on terday morning and proceeded to Herne Bay. They then embarked on board a steam-boat for Gravesend, where they were transhipped on board the Larkins and Persia li ff i 'amen, which vessels will sail La excellent condition, li on o f this fine regiment in The staff l this The i t u r o o r o n v ing an fo e r ar ß e r t b 9 a IL. COURT CIRCULAR, The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in a pony carriage yesterday in Claremont Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took their usual walk and rides in the forenoon in the pleasure grounds of Claremont. The MarquTs — o7 7 6rmonde, Lord in Waiting, arrived at Claremont yesterday. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, left Claremont at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock) esterday, in an open car riage and four, escorted by a party of the 7th Hussars, fir town. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, followed in a chariot arid four.' Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in an open carriage and four. And the Lady in Waiting, Lady Port man, and the Lord in Waiting, the Marquis of ()monde, followed in another carriage and four. The royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace at five minutes past six o'clock. Her Majesty and the Prince were received by the Hon. Misses Napier and Dawson, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamber lain, the Master of the Household, and Sir Frederic Stovin. The Marquis of Ormonde has succeeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Sir Frederic 'stovin has succeeded Admiral Sir Robert Otway as the Groom in Wait ing to her Majesty. r g Q ßu L o i s F aa n lßi lyi e i l a ,n g ve c i,s r si t tt o ehd o c k iii)e a tri n , air s inn• yesterday in e n iai d ec e r-l b rli v aajg L ees a . t d y 3 l - i J ther u ;Majesty (7f ate Kent, a a r borough house. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Lord Monteagle, and a deputation, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Commandeur Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Railway Termini had a mseting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Canning, the Right Hon. 3. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Frederick Smith. Mr. Adair had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yes Colonial-office, r r d d ao; at T r a t d h e from p iesr th iaa e tyc G l la o et v s t e 'si r ee l o roe r i n o rc f eec G eo i i r et a dh l sot ae RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are--Bristol and Exeter, New, ]O —Birmingham and Gloucester, 125y,—Bristol and South Wales Junction, 184—Caledonian, SI —Newcastle and Berwick:, 21 North Devon, 1 W —South Wales, 3 —Taff Yale, 1 7-16. MANCHESTER, MAY 5, STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &c., I Is. 3d. dis.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, % dis.- Buckingham and Bletchley Junction, % p.-Clitheroe Junction, 1 ,-1 dis.-Derby and Crewe, 4 p.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 325. Gd. p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, t 4 p. -Goole, Doncaster, Shef field, &c., 3 4 p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, I% dis.- an ! t h u4 d t e e r r s Railwayfi d tt 1 and i x Canal,B r l a dp.-i„i2u,%l d e p r . s - fi l i d u d a i d i e d r s s fi l e , l ( d ffl i e t l n a d J .3 ti t lie tion, 6% p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire % dia.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 4 c. p.-Liver pool and Bury, 91a p.-Ditto, New Shares, 2 3-16 p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1% p.-Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, 5-16 p.-London and York, par-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.-Manchester and Birmingham, 81 c. -Ditto, Quarters (B), 9 p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 8 p.-Manchester; and Bi rm ingham Continuation, &c., dis.-Manchester and Hyde, p. -Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 1-6 dis.-Manchester and Southampton, IA p.-North Staffordshire, 5% p.-North Western, Sc. 6d. p.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 1-16 p.-Oldham, Birken head, &c., % dis.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 3Y p.--Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 13s. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quar ters, No. 3,1% p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 11 1 p. -Shrop shire :Union Railway and Canal, dis.-South Midland, 3 p.- South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), 5-16 c. p.-Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction, p.-West Riding Union, G4s.p. LEEDS, MAr 5. STOCK EXCIIINGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 30s. p.-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 3% p. - Huddersfield and Manchester, 1% p.-Iluddersfield and Sheffield, 7 p.-Leeds and Bradford, 30 c..p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3% p.- Leeds and Thirsk, 2 dis.- London and Croydon, 23-Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 23-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 p.-Ditto, Fifth Shares, 10% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 3% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 11 p.-Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 938 p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 335. p.-South Eastern and Dover, No. 2,4% p.- Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 10s. dis.-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 255. Gd. dis.-Buckinghamshire, % p.-Clitheroe Junc tion, 4s. dis.-Direct Northern, 15s. dis. -Essex and Suffolk, 165. dis. -Glasgow and Dumfries, Is. p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, Bs. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 235. dis.-Leeds and York, Is. dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 2s. dis.-Leices ter and Bedford, 9s. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 335. p. -London and York, par-London and Portsmouth, IA dis.-London and Manchester (them.), 345. 6d. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat lock, and Midland, 13i p.-Manchester and Birmingham Continua tion and Welsh Junction, 15s. 6d. dis.-Northumberland and Lanca shire Junction, 17s. dis.-North Staffordshire, 51. I7s. p.-North Westrn, % p.-Shropshire Union, % dis.-South Midland, 2% p.-- South and Midland Junction, 245. dis.-Welsh Midlands, 225. dis.- West Riding Union, 51. 4s. HULL, MAT 5. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-There has been a good demand for all de scriptions of shares, and a scarcity is felt of good stock. The sales arc-York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 12-Black burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4-Ditto, New, 14-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 14-Ipswich and Bury, Cambridge and Ely, 395.- North British, Carlisle, 21. 165.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos ton, 425.-Buckinghamshire, 21. 9s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 1% -East Lincolnshire, 31s. 6d.-Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. 155.- Hull and Barnsley Junction, 245. 6d.-Hull and Lincoln, 235. Gd.- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 395.-Leicester and Bedford, 125.- Leicester and Tamworth, 1% -London and York, 21. Bs.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 215.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31. Ms.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 2% -North Western, 28s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, 31.25.--South Midland, 41. 19s. 6d.- Shef field and Macclesfield, 205.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3% - Shropshire Union, 275.-Trent Valley Continuation, 375. 9d.-West Riding Union, 51. 18s. 3d.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 275. SHEFFIELD, May 5. STOCK EXCLIANGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 2), 2N p.—Ditto, ditto (No. 3 Scrip), 335. Gd. p. —Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 2s. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2s. 6d. dis.—Buddersfield and Manchester, I p.—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, 12s. Gd. dis.—Derby and Gainsborough, 14s. dis.—East Lincolnshire, 78. 6d. p.—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 9s. Gd. dis.—London and York, 2s. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 2s. 6d. p.—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 7s. dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 14s. p.—Ditto, Extension, I Is. dis.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 12s. 6d. die.— South Midland, 2% p.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, par. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 5. STOCI EICHINGE.—The sales are—Buckinghamshire, Is. p.— Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 12e. 6d. dis.—Liveproool, Orms kirk, and Preston, I i p.—Manchester, Leeds Extension, 3 , 4 p.— North British, Halves (Carlisle), 335. 6(1. p.—North Western, 14 p. lICDDERSFIELD, MAY .5 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—South Eastern and Dover, New (issued 151.), No. 4, 3 —Caledonian,B% —Huddersfield and Man chester Railway and Canal, 12 1 j —Huddersfield _and Sheffield Junc tion, 14 IA —Liverpool and Bury, 9 p.—Ditto, New, 3—Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 16—Leeds and Thirsk, 7% —Newcastle and Berwick, 20%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. 18s. Gd.—Ant bergate Nottingham, and Boston, 2ki 1 A —Clitheroe Junction, 2 North Western, 268.—London and York, 2V . ,, —Sheffield and Lin colnshire, IZ. 175.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 475. Gd.—Buckingham shire, par. . EDINMTRGII, MAY 2. Cmnrm Pyrns,NGE.-The sales are -Aherdeen, fio.-Aberdeen, Banff, and. Eight, 295.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 465.-Ayr and Gallo way, 315.-British and Irish Union, 428.-Caledonian Extension, 325. -Carnwath and West Linton, 225. -Direct Northern, 40s. 64:1.-Dun dee and Perth, 17 -East Indian Railway, 14s. 3d.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 235. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 6 1 ,4-Ditto, Newport, 150. 6d.-Ditto, Loctigelly, 21s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Pee bles, 300.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 355.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 385.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 475. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ardrossan, 425. 6d.-London and York, 555.- North British, 29-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 575. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 131. 10s.-Ditto, New, 71. Is.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 325.-Scottish Central, 161.-Ditto, New, 61. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction, 255.-South Midland, 41.-Stirling and Dunferm line, 355. GLASGOW, MAY 4. STOCK EZCHINGE.-Tho sales are-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 305.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 515.-Ayr and Galloway, 335. 6d.- Banffshire, 215.-British and Irish Union, 415.-Caledonian, 12 Ti - Ditto, New, 405.-Caledonian Extension, 335. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 335.-Dh•ect Northern, 425. 6d.-Dun blane, Doane, and Callender, 305.-East Indian Railway, 145.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, New, 201.-Edinburgh and Northern, 71.- Ditto Newport, 175.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 305.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 335. 6d.-Glasgow General Terminus, 10 1 4 -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 38s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 761.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 47e.-Glasgow, Kilniantock, and Ardrossan, 428.-Inverness and Elgin, 225.-Lanark and Lothians, 445.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 12s. &1.-Lesmaliagow, 425.- Manchester and Southampton, 455.-Midland, New, 351.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 205.-Perth and Inverness, 315.-Scottish Central, 174-Scottish Grand Junction, 21s.- Scottish Southern, 365.-Slamannan and Bo'ness, 625. 6d.-South Eastern and Dover, 1414-South Midland, 905.61.-South and Midland Junction, 20s. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 355. Bell's Life in London, Sunday, May 10.—Chester Races.—Full and exclusive particulars. Every race timed and gra phically described. The opening of tne cricket season. Price of Bell's Life (40 folio columns), 6d. Bell's Life of May 3, - contained four folio columns of the five days' Newmarket First Spring Meeting, with a table of thirty-three winners, the amount of the stakes, the time of each race, the distance and weights--Chester meeting by Pegasus—Paris races and steeple chases—Florence races—Notes from Curragh—lndexes to races, including Ireland—Steeple chases— The ring, regattas, pedestrianism, and coursing, ant , ' a matchless variety of sporting and general intelligence. Bell's Life is regularly published in time for all the Saturday afternoon railways. The sale of Bell's Life exceeds 24,000. The Sidon steam-frigate, constructed by Sir C. Napier, is expected to be floated out of Deptford Dockyard about the 12th of May.— United Serrice Gazette. 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Immediately the newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object bcoomes clear and distinct, se that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful achromatic telescopes, opera glasses, and microscopes. Caution—Messrs. S. and 11. Solomons, opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their Immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—only to be bad at 39, Albermarle treet, Piccadilly, opposite the Tor Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —CASE OF A BAD LEG OF SIR particular, a an n TEEN YEARS' STANDING CURED BY HOLLOWAY ' S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Copy —Copy of a letter from Mr. Frederick, chemist, 32, Sidew e ll- I 1 o wnaey's in Ointment street, Exeter; — " To Professor Holloway.—Sir,--1 have the plea sure to inform you that the demand for your pills and ointment i s ra pidly increasing. Several remarkable and wonderful cases o f cure a b ft y e t rw he a ir rd in s e p an er s f h ec a t v ly e lactuerleydcobmyethtoe m u y se n o o r ti l c i e o . O old gentleman of this city who had an ulcerated l e g f or sixteen years and had spent hundreds of pounds without obt a i n i ng relief, but Wit; Pills.—Sold by all dealers in medicine, and at Professor Establishment, 244, Strand, London. . . , —..„—.. STRIKE ON THE RICHMOND RAILWAY.—On Monday afternoon, about two o'clock, there was a general strike on the Rich mond Railway. The men, to the number of 700, ceased working, expressing a determination to have an increase in their wages of six pence per day. Many of the men being drunk, Mr. Knill, the con tractor, apprehended a disturbance, and applied to the police. The navigators paraded the town of Wandsworth until a late hour, but no disturbance arose. The contractor afterwards declared his inten tion of not taking one of the old hands on again. Yesterday the works remained suspended, and in the course of the morning the con tractor had a private Interview with Mr. Clive, at Wandsworth Po lice-court, the nature of which was not made public. At a later pe riod of the day a large number of navigators collected about the court, and ultimately about a dozen of them came to the magistrate and applied for summonses for the wages due to them. Mr. Clive refused to grant their request, on the ground that they were hired servants, in which case a magistrate could not act. As the demand was a mere debt, It should be recovered at the Court of Requests. DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held, in compliance with the standing orders of Parliament, on Monday, in the Commission Room, Exchange-buildings, Sunderland. Thomas Robson, Esq., a director, was called to the chair. He stated that the object of the meeting was to give the assent or dissent of the com pany to the deed of agreement between the directors of the Railway Company and the directors of the Newcastle and Darlington Junc tion Railway Company, for the sale and purchase of the railway, and to give their assent or otherwise to a Bill now pending in Parliament, entitled " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junc tion Railway Company to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway, and the Wearmouth Dock, and to make certain branch Railways in the county of Durham, and for other purposes." The motions for tke sale, &c., of the railway having been made and se mted, they were, after some observations, put to the meeting and carried unanimously. S . ERIOUS AFFRAY.—On Monday last, two men were felling thnber near Redditch, and having during the day partaken too freely of intoxicating drinks, they quarrelled on their way home, when one of them, Roberts, taking up his Axe aimed a blow at his companion Thomas, which missed his head, but entered tile fleshy part of the left thigh. Roberts immediately aimed another blow at Thomas, which cut off the flesh from the front part of the forehead in a slanting direction down to the left ear, and Thomas has lost such a quantity of blood that it 15 doubtfill whether ho will recover, 7.oitiffaterilitre Omni*. LATEST FROM. AMERICA. We received at a late hour last night, by ex press, from Liverpool, New York papers of the 11 th ult., by the packet-ship John R. Nuddy:— Mexrco.—Letters have been received at Washington from Mr. Slidell, of a date as late as the third of March, which confirm the published reports of his movements. He had sent into the administration of Paredes his ultimatum, requir ing to be recognised, without condition or qualification, as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, and giving them until the 18th of March to decide. These letters are dated from Jalapa. In the House of Representatives, a discussion arose, in consequence of the speech of Mr. Webster, in the Senate, on the Oregon Question, to which we alluded in our yesterday's paper. This discussion assumed the character of a debate on the Ashburton treaty. The opponents of Mr. Webster accused him of having be. trayed, the interests of the country in the negotiations for the treaty, and in the affeirs of the Caroline and M‘Leod, and of having misapplied the public monies. On the 9th, Mr. Ingersol, after a vehement speech against Mr. Webster, proposed the following resolutions : Resolved, that the Secretary of State furnish this House an account of all payments made on the President's certifi cates, fron tile fund appropriated by law, through the agency of that department, for the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, since the 4th of March, 1841 ; with copies of all entries, receipts, letters, vouchers, memorandums, or other evidences of such payments; to whom paid, for what, and particularly all concerning the north-eastern boun dary dispute with Great Britain. Also, copies of what ever communications were made from the Secretary of State during the last session of the 27th Congress ; particularly February, 1843, to Mr. Cushing and Mr. Adams, members of the Committee of this House on Foreign Affairs, of the wish of the President of the United States to institute a special mission to Great Britain. Also, copies of all letters nn the books of th e D epartment of State to any officer of the United States, or any person of the United States, eo or any per son, in New York concern i ng Alexander M Resolved, that the c h a i rman of the Comm ittee c of this House on Foreign Affairs submit t o the Ho use journal or minutes cf that committee du r i ng th e last session us of the 27th Congress. And if the papers were produced, they would, he said , prove Mr. Webster's misdemeanours in office, and ren der him liable to impeachment for peculation. Som e o f the public money, he asserted, had been appropriated to procure the release of Mr. M' Lend. Several Members addressed the House in vindication - of Mr. Webster, among them Mr. Adams, who said if there were any grounds fur the charge of a misapplication of funds, the question must be addressed to John Tyler, who was the proper person to be impeached, and not Daniel Webster. After several other Senators had addressed the House, • The previous question was now ordered, and the main question was ordered to be now taken, ayes 108, noes 70. Mr. DIXON, of Conn., now moved an amendment for carry ing back the inquiries of the resolutions through every ad ministration of the Government.—This was rejected, ayes 64, noes 105. The resolutions were then adopted, ayes 126, noes 28. On the 10th the whole subject was re-opened, in con sequence of a motion by Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut, for the reconsideration of the vote on Mr. Ingersol's re solutions. The debate ended in a motion to lay the question on the table, which prevailed by the very decisive vote of a general affirmative and no negative voices. In the Senate the debate on the Oregon notice still continued, although it had since the speech of Mr Webster assumed somewhat of the character of the debate on the Ashburton treaty. " On the 10th of April Mr. Webster offered a resolution re questing the President to furnish the Senate with all the in formation within his reach concerning the searching of Ame rican vessels prior to the treaty of Washington. This is in tended as an offset to Mr. Dickinson's resolution for a list of the vessels searched since that period. It was adopted. " Mr. Jsmagin offered a resolution calling upon the Exe cutive for information in respect to the expenditure from the secret service fund through a series of years. It lies over for debate. " Mr. Clayton submitted a resolution asking for informa tion regarding French spoliations, which he said he should call up when the Oregon question was disposed of. " Mr. Fairfield, of Maine,, made a lengthened reply to Mr. Webster's assertion that there were not fifty intelligent per sons in Maine who did not prefer a settlement of the north eastern boundary under the Ashburton treaty, to having the question kept open. He said it was not approved of, but only acquiesced in by the people of Maine. Mr. Webster replied to Mr. Fairfield, and said that there were not only fifty, but there was not one man of any pro minency in Maine, who would have voted against the Ash burton treaty, so as to haveremitted the question back to the state in which it was before that treaty. " Mr. Bagby, of Alabama, then addressed the Senate at length in favour of the resolution of notice, but also in favour of compromising upon the 49th parallel.' This is the latest account the papers furnish us with of the proceedings in the Senate. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE—Arm. 11. $lOOO State s's, '5O 991, 4 1500 Ohio 6's, '6O ... ... 90 ' 5000 Penn-s's ... 6S 26 shares Phoenix Bank ... 10 Ditto Bank America ... • 5 Ditto Am Ex Bank ... 250 Ditto Farm. Tr. ••. 100 Ditto Wicks 50 Ditto Morris Cl. C 1....... 50 Ditto E. Bostonsnw. 250 ditto Can. Co. ... 35 Ditto Erie RR.... 150 Ditto Reading RR. 125 Ditto Nor. and W. 525 Ditto Harlem RR. 100 Ditto Long Island R. ... ... 944 ... 24 ::: 1 6 5 1 / ... 14% •• ••• 53 ... •• ••• 67 ..• ••• .• ••• 55 ... ... 421,4 HORRIBLE OUTRAGE. The residents of Westminster and Its vicinity were on Tuesday thrown into a state of the greatest excitement, in consequence of its having become generally reported that a woman had been killed by her husband, he having thrown her out of a three pair of stairs win dow, after inflicting several wounds upon her. We recret to say that there was too much truth in the report, awl that an outrage had been committed of the most atrocious character, and one which will, in all probability, subject the perpetrator of it to a condign punish ment. - • The following is the substance of the statement made by the wit nesses at the police station in Rochester-row, and which will, of course, be confirmed in their tbstimony before the magistrate :—A brickmaker, named William Luff, has for upwards of a twelvemonth been cohabiting with a young woman who has passed as his wife, but whose name is unknown even, as he alleges, to the man v,ho has been living with her. They took up their quarters a week ago at No. 4, Pear-street, a low house let out to persons of very indif ferent character, where the atrocious violence we are about to record was committed. At about seven o'clock on Tuesday night Luff re turned home, and a violent quarrel was heard in their room by other residents in the house, but as matters of the sort are of nightly occurrence in low places of this description, It was perfectly unheeded. After it had been for some time evident by her cries that he was beating her most unmercifully, he seized her by the waist and threw her out of the win dow, and the poor creature, after falling with her head upon the wall which divides the yard from another, dropped into the yard. The thieves and prostitutes of the immediate vicinity, whose atten tion had been drawn to the room by the poor woman's cries —to their credit be it spoken—hemmed the fellow in his room, and took the senseless victim of his brutality to Westminster Hospital, whilst others went in quest of a policeman. Robert White, 100 It, on being acquainted with the circumstances, hastened to the spot, and enter ing a back room on the second floor found Luff with a knife in his band. He immediately struck him on the wrist with his truncheon, and having induced him to loose his hold of the weapon, took him into custody, and conveyed him to the police station in Rochester row, followed by hundreds of persons. Mr. Taylor, the inspector on duty, examined a host of persons who had something to say on the subject, and ulti , uately entered the names of three on the sheet, who are in a condition to establish the above facts. White produced a brick covered with blood and hair, as also several broken articles of crockeryware, with a poker in a similar condition, and informed the inspector that there was a pail in the room, in which the poor woman had bled copiously. The victim of the wretch's atrocious violence is about 20 years of age. Not a feature of her face could be distinguished, from the vielenee she had received; and the following is the certificate given by Mr. F. Wildbore, the house surgeon at the Westminster Hos pital : " I certify that a woman, —, has been brought to the hos pital by 100 B, and is now in a state of insensibility, and It is diffi cult to say what may be the consequences." It is needless to add that the ninian, who is a strong, powerfu; fellow, was detained. He appeared to be perfectly sober. THE MAIM— SOUTHAMPTON, MAY s.—The Oriental Company's steam-ship the Pasha, Captain Evans, arrived here this morning, at 8 A.M., and landed her mails of the following dates : Gibraltar, April 24 ; Cadiz, 25 ; Lisbon, 30 ; Oporto, May I ; and Corunna, 2 ; which were forwarded to London by the 9 o'clock train. The Pasha brought home 73 passengers and a full fruit cargo. The Royal West India Mail packet, the Medway, Captain Andrews. with the Mexican and West India mails, is fully expected here to morrow; she is believed to have many passengers and a Inn cargo. The Madrid, Captain Bingham, will leave the docks on Thursday with the Mediterranean and Peninsular m ans fall cargo, and A ILII s steam -ship complement of passengers. The Oriental C itn PTl t 'l l i, :a.gt India and Royal - Tar, Captain Brooks, from Atexandla, w China mails, may be looked for a t the Mot ierbank on Friday nex t . with The marriage of Visco unt Castlerea g h Viscountess rowerscourt was solemnized on Saturday, at the British Embassy. The ceremony was performed in a private manner, there being present only the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl and Countess of Roden, and other immediate relatives of the noble pair. The newly-married couple have lett Paris to spend the honeymoon in Switzerland.—Poris _paper. HONESTY UNREWARDED.—One day last week man, while riding in an omnibus from the Y ork ork and Albany, Regent's young Park, to the Bank, found in it an el egant silver card-case, and on opening it discovered three 1001. , one 301 , and one 101. note, with the numbers on a piece of paper insid together with a card with the address of the owner. He immedi ately e delivered the card-case and contents to the owner, a lady, and r eceived an answer that she " would think of him," but up t y o , this time her renection seems not to have suggested the propriety of her re warding e a h per d sonto whom she is so much indebted, as he has not seen o r any thing of her. The finder of the card-case is in indigent circumstances, so that his honesty is the more deserving of reward. The " peace movement," concerning which so many curious documents were published some time ago, is proceeding with the utmost vigour, and in various parts of the country are to be found numerous bodies resolved to prevent all chances of collision with the United States, if there is any force in that system of " addresses " which has been recently contrived. An address tuts just been sent to the citizens of Cincinnati, and of the United States generally, by the inhabitanrs of Exeter, who have signed to the number of 1,600. The women of Exeter wished to join in this address, but it seems there was no precedent for uniting their names with those of the men. They therefore resolved to have an address of their own, and have accordingly got up one to the " Women of Philadelphia," to which they have subscribed no less than 1,600 names. The number In cludes persons of the most varied rank in society. PRICE or GroLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 1614 per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1034 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 56'; and the exchange at Paris en London at short being 25 72 1 4 it fol lows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1034 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ; and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13 113, it follows that the price of gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer ill London than in Hamburgh. SINGULAR DEATH DURING SLEEP.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Queen's Head, St. John's-lane, S t.Sepulchre's, on the body of Francis Brenan, aged twenty-three years, a gas fitter, whose death occurred under the following singular circumstances :—lt appeared by the evidence that the deceased had for the last two years lodged at the above tavern, and a remarkable feature connected with his life, was the peculiar somnolent disposi tion evinced by him when at work, and even while eating his :noels, at which times he would frequently doze off, and if allowed, sleep for hours. On Saturday last he was called at six in the morning, a. , usual, when he responded "all right," but he, however. ii fg sleep again, and about twelve at noon, as the servant eA surgeon ed oir tht room to maim the bed, he was discovered lying dead. and said was immediately called in, and who pronounced hip dead, that his death had taken place while sleeping. 't o rd Natural death.". BO iarl U es Ch o i g e l r e: It is expected that Captain Sir dm T i h ra o l K.C.8., will be appointed Flag Captain to A_ 323Slaarci Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. of influential Mem bers understand that a meeting —United eeivice Gazette. .e yesterday, at the resi bers of both Muses of Pathan:eta took plat- dence of Lord Robert Grosvenor, on the subject of the Bill about to . pooner, for the be introduced into the House of Commons by M ti r S Ellpg WU en and inr the pro. more effectual aupPYO/4913 tr team Of teraatee.:: • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. . PORTsmontil, TcEsnay.,-The Earl of Ellenborotift, \ Flrst toad 0 the Admiralty, accompanied by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, theCosn mandenin-Chief, went on board the Excellent gunnery ship, Captain Chads, this morning as early as half-past five o'clock, to witness the effect of firing of Mr. Halc's rockets and other gunnery manceuvres, with which the First Lord and the scientific officers present ex pressed themselves highly gratified. A number of Captain Norton's concussion shells were also tired; they exploded in every case with the greatest effect immediately on striking. A solid shot was dis charged at the same time fro►rr the same gun, the shell being in ad vance of the shot. After this, shot practice at the steam funnel was exhibited, and the seamen and marines were put through various exercises with small arms, concluding by boarding with scaling lad ders, &c. His Lordship expressed himself highly gratified with the state of efficiency exhibited by the crew of the Excellent, and highly complimented Captain Chads and the officers. At eight o'clock his Lordship returned to the George Hotel to breakfast, and left fer town by the express train at 12.3 by the South-Western Railway. Admiral Sir George Cockburn visited the new works of defence erecting at Blockhouse this morning at ten o'clock. His Lordship returned to town at half-past twelve. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., inspected and inusrered the crew of the Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, this day at Spithead. Ti►e Serpent, 16, Commander (now Captain) Nevin , was paid of this day. The squadron of evoluHen will. we believe, iiati on their summer cruise on Monday next. The llue-of-battle ships will victual for tire months and the steamers for :lave. The squadron anchored last night in a line bearin g f rom the Coeuno dore aiient west north-west in the order of saili ng . th e S t. Vinceii t • being the easternmost , then the Vanguard, _Albion, and Trafal g a r , coT eposing the vim divtAion; next, the Queen, Rodney, and Superb, conspo:.4-ng the rear division. The steamers anchored in a line to the north :'vard of the line-of battle ships. Commodore Bremer struck his pent; ant on board the Queen as that ship passed the St. Vincent to take tiro her berth in the place allotted to her. The Queen, Rodney, anti Superb carried the white (Commodore Bremer's) ensign yesterday. The Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, came into harhomr this after noon to have 30 tons of additional ballast put on hoard. Mr. Egerton, mate of the Raleigh, 30, has been promote..l by Lord Ellenborough to the rank of Lieutenant. Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, one of the Lords of the Ad- miralty, arrived here this evening, at a quarter past six o'clock, and will, we believe, conclude the inspection of this port, begun on Satur day by the other members of the Board. Wootwien, MAY 4.—The Blazer steam-vessel has been refitted at Woolwich and returned to Harwich to resume her surveying duties. Captain Owen Stanley, the gallant officer who has comma" led her since the appointment of Captain Washington to be a member of the Tidal Commission, is about to hoist his pendant on the Rattlesnake, formerly a troopship, but now fitted for the surveying service. The Rattlesnake, under the command of Captain Stanley, is to be em ployed in surveying the coast of New Guinea, or Papua, the South Pacific Ocean, situate to the north of New Holland, from which it is separated by Endeavour Strait. Considerable interest is attached to the contemplated expedition of the Rattlesnake, as it is intended to combine two very important purposes---to survey the coasts of a large and fertile island, and await the result of the ex pected passage of the Erebus and Terror, the vessels that proceeded h f e ou e n n d ter i p n r m isi ra n e g ti e c x a i l 1 1 on the -North Polar expedition or, in the event of a north-west pail sage being o e' rer th o e f th e e rri fr y o el zen re of g C i a o p n t s wain itSh a Sir John r tlou of his officers and crew, as it is cont emplated to accomplish the object of a north-west passage over land, if not possible by water. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone .Tournal of yesterday.) MAIDSTONE.—The hops in this district are coming on fast, lit sonic instances being nearly halt way up the poles, and looking very kindly. Maatwoarn.--in this neighbourhood, our con\ spondent informs . as, that the poling is nearly finished, and that the pine comes very strong and healthy. In some grounds tying h —as been begun. Thera is a little lice, but nothing worth speaking of. CANTsustatv.—The hops have vary greatly advanced in the past fortnight, and in some instances they arc nearly three feet up the poles. The weather this week has been somewhat ungentai. on Monday and Tuesday they were attacked with a blight ; but on the whole, we may say, they exhibit a vigorous and promising appear ance. FIRE IN BERMONDSEY.—ShortIy after daybreak yes terday morning, a destructive fire was discovered raging on the gine factory of Mr. Young, situate In the Spa-road Bermondsey, and un fortunately proved the most destructive that has occurred in the dis trict for a considerable time. The premises comprising the factory were of long extent, and owing to their peculiar construction, the upper stories being entirely built of wood, their destruction was ex ceedingly rapid. The fire is believed to have originated by a girder in the flirnace flue having become ignited and communicating with the floors, &c., in the boiler house, and before assistance could be obtained, the fames had extended to the interior of the manufactory. On the intelligence arriving at the various stations, engines were dispatched with all haste to the scene, and no delay occurring In obtaining water, they were got to work with surprising alacrity. The conflagration then was most alarming, flames were rushing from every window, and the destruction, not only of the factory, but the adjacent premises of Mr. Powell. fellmonger, appeared inevitable. By half-past five o'clock no fewer than eight of the Brigade engine& had been brought to play on the burning mass, notwithstanding which the fire raged for about an hour afterwards with almost uncon trollable fiery, and ere it was checked, almost the whole of the fac tory and its valuable machinery had fallen a sacrifice. The damage is estimated at upwards of 2,5001. The factory Is insured In the Atlas Fire-office. FIRE IN THE WATERLOO - ROAD.—Yesterday after neon, shortly after tour o'clock, a lire broke out'in the workshop be longing to Mr. G. Griffith, picture - frame-manufacturer, situate behind the front premises, numbered 145, in the Waterloo-road. The alarm having been promptly given, the Brigade and West of England engines were quickly on the spot, and, being instantly set to work, the flames were happily confined to the premises in which they originated; but before they were extinguished the workshop and its contents sera almost entirely consumed. The cause of the fire could not be ascer tained. Mr. Griffith was insured for the contents in the Phoenix, and the building in the Sun Fire-office. SUICIDE BY A SIIPEINTENDENT OF POLICE.--. LIVERPOOL, TITESDAT.—This morning considerable excitement pre vailed in the town, information having been received that Superin tendent William Henry Riding had committed suicide by taking tau dannm. The deceased had been in the force for twelve or fourteen, years, and was much respected by his brother officers. A few years ago be received some severe injuries in the performance of his duties at the fire which took place in the Gorse, which had somewhat Jim-. paired his constitution, and he bad lately been in a very desponding state of mind, having been heard to express an intention of destroy ing himself, althoughno one suspected that he would carry his threat into execution. The wife of the deceased returned home about five o'clock on the evening in question, and :on going up stairs, found her husband lying in bed in a state of stupor, apparently suffering from the effects of poison. Dr. Halliday was immediately called in, who applied the usual remedies, and in about two hours the deceased re covered to some extent. Shortly afterwards, however, he again re lapsed, and expired about nine o'clock. On inquiry it was ascertained that the deceased had purchased an ounce of laudanum il'om the chemist's a short time previously to the commission of the rash act. He has left a widow and five children. Yesterday Covent garden market presented the early norelty of peaches and nectarines, with a profusion of cherries and strawberries. DEATH FROM DRINKING REM.—On Friday forenoon an inquiry was instituted before William Carter, Esq., the coroner for Surrey, and a highly respectable jury, in the committee-room of Lambeth Workhouse, for the purpose of investigating the death of Stephen Stapley, a bricklayer, formerly an inmate of the workhouse. Police-constable 138'L, deposed that while on duty in Park-street, Lower Kennington-lane, on Saturday night last, his attention was called to the deceased, whom he found lying in the tap-room of the Anchor and Hope public-house. Ile was quite insensible, and lying on the floor, as if from drunkenness. Witness afterwards had him removed to the workhouse, where he was seen by the parochial sur geon. Sarah Lucas, landlady of the Anchor and Hope, stated that the deceased came into her house on the afternoon of Saturday last, about tour o'clock, in company whit a tuan who is in the habit of driving a cart for Mrs. WriOtt, ginger -beer manatee-. hirer, of Kennington. The deceased had evidently been drink. ing. They walked up to the bar. and partook of a glass of brandy caob. ktoc. .nterwards auotber 111+111 came in, who ap. peered to be known to them. The ginger-bc,r man then called tbr a half-pint of rum, the whole of which the deceased put into a large goblet, with some sugar. Witness left the bar for a few seconds, and when she returned, she heard Mrs. 'Wright's man say. " Well, if you will drink the whole of it, I will pay for it." The de ceased immediately seized the glass, and drank it off. The deceased remained in front of the bar about three minutes, when ho fell to the ground. Ile was lifted up, but was quite insensible, and did not speak again.—By the Coroner—Believed the drinking was the de ceased's own act. The third person who came in r onstrated with him not to drink so large a quantity, but he repli a t "h e :* would not be dictated to by any one." Mr. William Butte Id, pro prietor of the . Jolly Gardeners' Tavern, Lambeth-walk, sa' that the deceased and Mr,. Wright's man came to his bona., on the day in question, in company with several men. The latter called for half-a-pint of rum, which he said he would pay for if the deceased would drink it. The deceased Imme diately afterwards took the glass, and tossed off the whole like a draught of water. The deceased said he could drink more, which Mrs. Wright's man attempted to pay for, but witness would not serve them. The deceased and his companion soon left the house, and he saw no more of them. Mr. Duke, the parochial sur geon, stated that on Sunday morning last, about half-past one o'clock he saw the deceased in the workhouse. Ile was then lying in the hall in a state of drunkenness. Witness used means to restore him, when he roused up, and seemed somewhat better. He was placed in a warm bath and well rubbed, as he was in a cold and miserable state. It was a very wet and boisterous night, which had rendered his clothes very uncomfortable. lie was subsequently wrapped ha warm blankets, and taken to the sick ward, where he remained until noon, when he suddenly expired. The cause of death was temporary congestion of the brain, resulting from the effects of excessive drink ing.• Verdict —" That the deceased died from the effects of a large quantity of ardent spirits taken inadvertently." ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE.—The annual meeting of the council and members of the Royal College of Veterinary* Sur geons took place yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Thomas Turner, Esq., the president, in the chair. The report read by the secretary, a very lengthy document, commenced by alluding to the condescension of her Majesty in granting to the veterinary surgeons a charter of incorporation, which had emancipated them from the grade and avocation of a nameless profession, and given them a po sition in the scientific world. The system of education and exami nation is working well, and although the •couneil regret the loss of E. Stanley, Esq., late chairman of the board of examiners, they con gratulate the profession on the vacancy being filled up by the election of Dr. G. Babbington. The report, after alluding at considerable length, to the want of unanimity prevailing in the profession, and the attempts making by the agricultural societies, and gentlemen connected with, veterinary schools, to alter some of the provisions of d the e ch co artr f gives a correspondence between Sir James Graham an d or Sir James respect to such alteration, which the i coun c il tothe ~ diplomas" given to puplls not being considered o Professor Branc), Dr. Plabbington, Mr. James they could not agree to. After f w ad e v ig e h r i t t. n a g ithough theboardof nexmam„,i,nrColsopecro,m3fro.sedLilitronettfrinfry. Percival, James Turner, and the report concluded Field , ' e ' en "' and Pei t ' he profession to support, by annual contri by an earnest appeal to butions, the llmds of the college. After a most animated discussion on a mo tion that the report be referred back to the cou nc il f or further consid e ration, in which Messrs. Cherry, Professor Dick, Tombs, Vines, Mayhew, &e., took part, the report was adopted by 30 to 14. The vacancies in the council having been filled up, and other busi ness got through, the meeting, which lasted near six hours, broke up. MALDON, MAY 2.—WRECKED GOODS.—Three barrels and a windlasskildcrkin of porter, with an empty barrel and kilder and. a winass and anchor, which were clandestinely landed and kin; con c(sealatedurdaaty)thbee e b n as rec in o , v b e y rea so an me d Csecolurchedestebry fisthheermeoemn,pthroanveer tohfiscu...dar toms. It is presumed they came from a vessel belonging to South-. wold, lately wrecked on the Bucksea, a portion of whose cargo, con'. slating of a hogshead of b ran d y and some casks of porter, has b een taken into Burnham, and delivered to the officer of Customs. Five of the casks landed here are branded Freeman, and the other Rea and Co., London.—Esser Herald. HARVEST PROSPECTS.—The continued unfavourable , state of the weather for spring sowing gives rise to the most painful apprehensions for the next harvest. The weather has again become cold and wet, and the ground is so saturated that spring sowing can not safely be proceeded with. Generally, about the 17th of March this important agricultural business is nearly completed. Now, to wards the end of April, half the spring sowing is not gone through. If the weather should not speedily change for the better, the people will become more alarmed for the next harvest than for the diflicui. ties of their present position. The winter sown wheats are, however, looking well and healthy.—Rosshire Adrertiser. PUBLIC OPENING OF RAILWAYS.—In the course of the ensuing month no fewer than eight railways will be publicly opened. Of them, the meat important, is the North British, the direction of which company have certified to the Board of Trade their intention of opening a portion of their line, should it be approved by the Inspector-General, on the 2d of May, from Edinburgh to Cockbunispatch and Dunbar. A flirther passage will not be attained for some time, owing to the backward state of the principal portion of the works. The first portion of the South Devon Railway, from Exeter to Teignmouth, Is announced to be opened on Friday next. The Blackpool Branch Railway, from the Preston and Wyne line , is to be opened to-morrow (Wednesday) with much ceremony. The Blackburn and Preston line of railway Is " on to ward a state that the directors have announced its op eningc Ist of June, although it will be ready for goods tr t r i r pa h ss e ag ar e lie o ri tion of the tunnel itear,:niciPsttgliowlenadierlt'oeirt,sisayi The Furness Railway is intended to he opened with the Easters Coon Union line, in continuation t month. With the excep tion trains on the let of nex t mon th. The s p ell ing ti o e f s t it h e e i f w a a s y tens at Colchester to Ipswich, is stated to be neat the line with ballas wasrgons. The Margate running up and do Railway (four miles In length) branch branch of the South - Ea st e rn e xpected to be completed by the end Ist i nailw i a ss y, baeebnraonpeehheir within m h t h il h e E th astern ing off from Ramsga te, w t rn ha P t ittl' i t t ed 1 ' Sanrda pTdloymotiv increasing, es are Eh laSt the passage of coal trains. ER FxstuNG.—The lobster fishing is going of Lonsr rrf C j er u :O woir u singp n e days for principal n i e o i b i:a t l er p s aNrtv were elir:::sh.lehltseiSaSTtilanrtgaftindofr:aeljitgeautht net less than 5001, wo t rt he h thippcd fr om this by steamers for Liverpool, them by Mr. William Gallocher, one of t h e tackarnen ' of the fish market, who has entered into eXtens ee t: y -e eaT her engagements w ith the lob gagTehineseenWerwe from Mulls , c si te a r y fi , sh i e u rs ipo fo rt, r th ar ei r r a t i zke en th d ro Lee ugh bfi tt the lobster fishing re are now, from 500 to principal fishmongersLoinndtohne COO individuals engaged i n purchasing lobsters for the where agents for the that it is by Englishmen and employed a ll n ' il es li te rblin isl are e4 .. on the western coast , a l e ri m sh a m rk eh ets t . me l re mark,tspiLii4e-osrothfytioshfingt, dd. among the isles of Scotland, has been ori ginated and nourished. We may mention, as a fact, that not only have a number of the Highland lairds looked with apathy at this rising source of wealth to the country, but have also endeavoured to throw bars in the way of its cultivation, by trying to exact rent for fishing in the sea on the coast of their domains. A number of the independent Celts, and some of the sons of the Emerald Isle, how ever, aided by the fishery laws, lihve succeeded in throwing open tit trade.- - Nosshitv Agrernier. I THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAX 6 3 184