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If ‘ itr gIY 1 ,1, iv, 1 , 1 ts ,„ 6 ) P SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock ; RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 2, DIRECT LONDON AND TVIANCNESTER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) It was also alleged that the properties marked 8 and 16 In the books Of reference were omitted from the plans deposited with the clerks of the peace for the counties through which this line was to pass, and in the Private Bill-office. This allagation was not pressed. There were three similar allegations which were abandoned. The next allegation was that the radius of the curve on the 142 d mile of the main line was not marked, which was established. It was also alleged that in the plan deposited with the clerk_of the peace no owner or occupier of the ground No. 64 appeared, which was sustained. The next allegation was that Sos. 515 and 543, in the liberties of St. Alban's and Presbury, were not marked in the books of reference. Evidence was given for and against the allegation. The Committee considered that the standing orders had not been complied with in this case. The next allegation was that In the book of reference No. 95, tom 545 to 553 inclusive, in the parish of Presbury, in the county of. tliester, was described as being in the county of Stafford. This allegation was sustained, It was also alleged that the radius of curve on the 174th mile and second furlong was not marked in the plans. Mr. Remington, engineer, proved the omission in question. Mr. DYSON contended, that the allegation referred to a line which thee' had not power to construct, and that therefore they were not bound to mark the radius alluded to. - The allegation was ultimately withdrawn. It was next alleged that there was an omi,:slon on the 13th mile and 7th furlong, which was sustained. 'The petition further alleged that the vertical line, mile 5, furlong Was not marked on the plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Derby. This allegation was proved. The petition also alleged that the height of the railway above the public road on the twenty-third niiie and third furlong was not, cor rectly marked, it being marked in one place as three feet, and in an other eight feet. This allegation was established. several similar allegations were abandoned. Mr. Psarr said that he would pass from 178 in the petition to the 28th allegation. The general allegation was that there was no notice even to certain owners of p ro p ert y on the line. ThdMas Slingsby, one of the petitioners, was examined to show that he had not been served with notice. Ma. DYSON —Pray how long is it since you have signed your consent? Mr. Slingsby—l don't know. 11 It was also alleged that Nos 78 and 79 were omitted from the plan deposited in the Private Bill-office, which was not pressed. The next allegation was that No. 181, described in the book of re ference as a parish road, did not appear on the plan, which was sus tained. Mr. DYSON—HOW old are you? Mr. Slingsby—l am twenty years of age. Mr. DYSON then contended that the witness was not entitled to be beard, as being a minor. • Alter some discussion between the agents, 'lhe CnainmaN, (Mr. G. Craig), said that the Committee were of opinion that the wittness had a right to be heard, being of an age sufficient to enable him to understand when his interests would be affected, as in the present case, being the owner of the property in question. The case was then proceeded with. Mr. Slingsby in reply to Mr. Dyson, said that he was living with his mother, who was not present. The notice was served on his matter in September last. The CUAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that in this case the standing orders had been complied with. The Committee then adjourned shortly after four o'clock, till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub-Commlite,e No. a This Sub-Committeeresumed its sittings at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Aglionby in the chair. THE WELSH MIDLAND. The object of the petitioners in this case was to make a railway front the city of NY: reester to Swat:sea and Carmarthen, with branches to various mineral fled tbljacent to the line. There were several petitioners against the Bill, amongst whom were the Earl of Jersey anti the Corporation of Worcester. The customary formal proofs of the serving of notices and deposit of plans, &c., having been put In, Mr. ELLTCOMBE stated that owing to Mr. Sidney Hall, who had had the entire control of the englueerin ,, department of the line, having been confined to his bed by Illness from the 13th to the 30th of November, the plans and sections of the scheme deposited with the clerks of the peaco on the 30th of November were not so perfect as they ct•u!d have wiiihed. They could find uo one to supply Mr. Hall's place, and they were, therefore, compelled to deposit the plans ha the condition he hail mentioned. The promoters of the scheme had a meeting upon the subject, and they determined upon depositing, on the 31st of December, with the clerks of the peace plans which had been prepared by Mr. halt ;subsequently to his ill ness fur, being deposited with the parlll clerks, and which were more perfect tll4ll those deposited on the 30th of November. Now, these deposited with the parish clerks ought to barn been duplicates _ . Oth of Nov of those deposited on tt mittec would consider that t justified a departure from the cirouns lees he had already state Mr. BIRK, wiio :r cared fir a petitioner against the Bill, appre imittee had nothir,g to do with the plans dc- I)ece!u with the clerks of the peace, and he cement of his Learned Friend, that the it to be admitted—namely, that the plans de s of the peace on the 30th of November were elleltt posited with th clerk imperfect, de- 5 , 1 r. ELLICOMD2 remarked that in the late case of the Monmouth and Hereford hallway, which was similar to the prese , :t one, it was decided that the promoters of the Bill might a , opt the perfected plans deposited with the parish clerks, on the 31st of December, in prefer ence to those deposited with the clerks of the peace, on the 33th cf November. He trusted, therefore, that the Committee would be gnide•d by precedent. and allow him to prove the accuracy of the plans deposited on the 31st of December. . - . Mr. Bum said the case of the - Monmouth and Hereford Bill was d'fferent to the present one. In that case there was no opposition ; and the parties had given ample testice that they intended to rely en the plans deposited on the 31st of December, and not on those depo sited on the 30th of November. Ile insisted that the Committee would not he justified in allowing the parties in this case to prove that . the- plans deposited on the 30th of December were accurate. ',Hwy ought to be confined to the plans deposited on the 10th of No vember, and required to show that the plans deposited on the 31st of December were duplicates of those deposited on the 30th of Nov. _ . The Committee, after a short consultation, decided that they would take evidence as to the illness of the engineer, because it came within the province of a Sub-Committee to ascertain whether the cause which had prevented the parties from comply ing with the standing orders was an exonerating cir cumstance in favour of the parties or not; but the question as to whether the plans deposited on the 31st - of December with the c erks of the peace should be substituted for those deposited on the 30.11 of Nov., must be left for the decision of the Committee on stand ing orders. Mr. Sidney Hall was accordingly called to prove his illness, and his cons •quent inability to examine the plans and sections previ misty to the deposit on the 30th of Nov. The Committee nevertheless decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in respect of the point relating to tins deposit of plans. The Committee shortly afterwards Sub-Committee No. 4 11 to-morrov (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) GM.S.S.Ce' 11117:7 .11.1 i i -D 2 mxinavr NEON. The object of this 13111, against which there were two petitions, is to make a line from Ayr to Portpatrick, that being the newest har bour to Bella t. Thelength of the line is 60 miles, and the required capital 800,0001. Mr. John Miller Is the engineer, and Messra. Rubardson and Co., the Parliamentary egants. lie two petitions above alluded to, are both preferred by Mr. P. Mackay, a writer to the Signet, but in the one petition he repre sented the magistrates of Newton-upon-Ayr, and some other persons. Mr. Webster appeared in support of the petitions. The first allegation of the petition, in which, as stated above, the petitioner represented other persons, was that an occupation-road, leading to the house of 31r. T. Gordon, which was crossed by the line, was reprmeived 'in the plans as being it public road. It was objected that this allegation ought to state that this road was the property of Mr. Gordon, and that as it did not, it was informal. After same discussion, the Committee dismissed the allegation. The next allegation was that a belt of planting in the parish of Newton'on-Ayr, marked No. 2 in the book of reference, and in the plaits and sections dodged at the Private Bill-office was not so marked in the plan lodged with the sheriff's clerk of Ayr, and that therefore the standing orders had not been complied with. Similar objections were raised to various other numbers, and evi dence was brought forward to substantiate them. On the ether hand it was contended that as the numbers were correctly marked in the plans deposited in the Private Bill-office, and proper notice had been given to the several owners and occupiers of the lands referred to in the allegation,. there had been a sufficient compliance with the standing orders. - In some of these cues the allegations were considered as proved and the standing orders not complied with ; in others the allega tions were civerrnietLbut they could not discriminate the sustained from the nnsustained. The 15th allegation was to the effect that the railway was to cross a public of turnpike road by a bridge, and no height or span of arch of such viaduct was stated In the plan. After some discussion between the agents for and against the alle gation, the Committee reserved their decision. The petition contained several other allegations, all of a technical and trilling character, relating to defects in the plans and sections, as deposited with the Sheriff-clerk. After considerable discussion, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee .considered their judgment upon the objections which, as stated above, had been reserved. 011 the re-admission of strangers, it was announced that two (Mite idle ,, atiens had been, stistah ed, anti all the others were overruled. The Committee then adjourned. Sub-Committee No. 5. Members present, Mr. Home Drummond, chairman, Mr. Egerton, the O'Conor Don, end Mr. Compton. LONDOTZ, 5it.L13231.72.7.7, ATM YE 3 1 6*1L 3-UNC TION' (EASZATOSTOICE TO YEOVIL). - The Committee procnded with the further consideration of this Bill, which was opposed on several grounds The first allegation this day was, that the elation line was not truly or accurately defined. The Committee unanimously decided that the standing orders on this point were not complied with. The second objection was, that there was a branch of the proposed line not intelligibly defined. lir. Smith, engineer, was examined by Mr. Venables, and proved that it appeared to hint there was a branch marked on the line of which no notice was given, and from the construction of the plan it could not be defined clearly what were the objects of the line. Mr. Webster, on behalf of the petitioners, called the engineer to the line, who proved there could be no difficulty in distinguishing the necessary particulars. .The Counnittee postponed their decision until they heard the next objection, which was that " two branches were marked on the map, while there was only one petitioned for, and that the plan was in consequence calculated to mislead." On these two points the Com mittee decided that the standing orders were not complied with, In asmuch as duplicates were not lodged in the Private Bill-office, the distances being incorrectly marked for several miles. In every other respect they decided the objections were not Sustained. The next allegfition contained in the petition of Earl Dighy, that the roads and rivers did Lot correspond on the &tit= line with those on tho railway line.", The Cominittec7dc' hied, that in this case, that the allegations wore not sufficiently specific tv correspond with the standing orders. The petition of Air: Wm. Hyman was then considered, '" That the Om; Of the proposed work are not correct, inasmuch as certain fields through which the proposed line is to pass, were not described in the bock of reference, and that no notice was given the petitioner in reslicet of the said fields, although he is the proprietor of the same." not c The emPCommittee in this case de c id ed that the standing orders were lied 31r. BATTEN, solicitor, was called to prove that another geld eel joining those in the preceding objection, was not marked ou the map, as a matter of course, was not described In the book or reference. 'ln ln this case also, the alitCommt decided that the standing orders an g a quarter put four o'clock, were not complied with ; they Adjourned the further hearing of rho ease till to-morrow, a t Twelve D'elock. Sub-Committee No. 6. (COfttinued from our Afternoon Edition). SOVIrg..,76ASTZRZT ASISI'OII23 STATION' Erna. ne,4;;FIE), This object of this Bill Is simply the extension of the present Ilan at Ashford, where it is also intended 't , ) construct .sta „„rkAhops. rower is given in the Bill to take laud to the extent MO acres. The 04. in-tilted cost is I 1,0)0/. The e„gineer Is Roberti. Stephenson, Esq. The standing orders were compl:ed with. CHICHESTER, POIZT.SIVIOUTTI, AND rAR,E. SA= WAY. . . . The object of this Bill is to authorise tile sale of the above-named Railway to the South-WeStern and London and Brighton Railway Companies. The amount of purchase -money had been previously' agreed upon, and did not transpire. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with, except as regarded a mere notice which was not served in proper -time aILILIMSE 7 . I33 117t2 7.7.0C:q7:5T1M 27,11ZINJ'AY AND CANAL. ;.This is a Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to plltyhase the Gravesend and Rochester Ita Tway and Canal. pe standing orders were complied with. THE TAP 'VALE (BRANCHES). The' 1311 i is to authorise the construction of two small branches, about t Went? :tides in length, from the TatfeTale Rails ay. The es timated coat is 216,000/.. and the amount subscribed 16,5 A. The engineer is E. g‘ighton, Esq., the Parliamentary agents Messrs. Burka and Co, afloiAie solicitors Messrs. W. D. and W. Hunt. Standing ort:ar: covagied with. WEST IsOlirn,N2f RAILWAY IMPROVEMENT azi -0 =XTEATEctoNs. This Bill is to authorise 'he extension from the basin of the Kens ington Canal to the Thames:. The length is about I% miles, and the estimated. cost 50,0061. The engineers are Robert itephenson and Dockray, Eaqrs.; the Parliamentary agents 'ours. Bvalie lsleasrs. Parker and C o . 1a CO., Alla tilie Solicitors, The standing orders were comptied with. The Committee then adjourned at Four o'clock STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee of standing orders met this day at 12 o'clock, for the dispatch of public business. After hearing the usual evidence, the DUBLIN, DUNDRUM, AND ENNISKERRY Company wtre de clared to have compiled with the standing orders. CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY. This case - occupied a considerable portion of time, it being opposed by the Dublin and Cashel Company. The Com mittee, however, decided that the standing orders had been complied with, and ;that the Company might proceed, the Cove branch of the line being thrown out for non-compliance. The CoMmittee reported that the Glanmire branch had also failed to fulfil the standing orders, but recommended that the Company should be allowed to proceed. THE CARLOW EXTENSION RAILWAY Has been postpOned until Thursday next. This line is 22 miles in length, and the capital of the Company 180,0001. SLIGO AND SHANNON RAILWAY. The usual evidence having been gone through, the Committee re ported that the standing orders had been complied with in this case. LAIRNE, BELFAST, AND BALLYMENA, The Committee reported that in this case the Company had corn plied with the standing orders. BALLYMENA AND BALLYMONEY. This company were also declared to have complied with the standing orders and to have passed. THE KILLARNEY JUNCTION RAILWAY has been reserved for the want of two witnesses ; it may, however, be considered virtually to have passed. THE GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) CORK EXTENSION has also been reserved till Thursday next. The Committee adjourned at half-past four o'clock. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) In the case of the following Bills the Committee have decided that they should b,l allowed to be proceeded with : NORTH OF SCOTLAND AND EASTERN EXTENSION. SO 11 E RSETS H IRE MIDLAND RAILWAY. RICHMOND RAILWAY (Kew Branch). RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK. EDI N BURGHAND;NORTH ERN RAILWAY (I t unfermline Branch) AIRDRIE AND BATIIGATE:RAILWAY.—This Bill was allowed to be proceeded with on the promoters proving that each of the sub scribers had paid up their amount previous to the presentation of the petitions. LEICESTER AND TAMWORTII RAILWAY.—At the time when this Bill was called, there was no person representing that scheme In attendance. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.—The Committee came to a decision that they would make especial report to the House to-night upon this case. Vire hear it said that the Division is likely to take thee on Ti nrsday night. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Fire o'clock. CORN LAWS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented numerous petitions from the West and North Riding of Yorkshire, the counties of Derby, Cornwall, and Devon, in England ; Montgomeryshire, in Wales; Forfar, Elgin, and Aberdeenshire, in Scotland; and Tyrone, Carlow, and Londonderry, in Ireland, against the Go vernment measure. _ _ _ _ _ HIGH CONSTABLES' BILL. The NOBLE DUKE then gave notice that he intended to move that the High Constables' Bill be referred to the com mittee which was to be named on Thur.day next. THE CASE OF BRIAN SEERY. The Marquis of WESTMEATH wished to call the atten tion of their Lordships to a question which had been put to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of the Home Depart ment, in the other House, last night, relating to the care of Bryan Seery, who was recently convicted at Mulinger, and it was answered by the Right Hon. Gentleman that a deputation proceeded from the county of Westmeath to the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland with the object of impressing on his mind to allow the law to take its course. The Right lion. Gentle man having thus answered the question, he (the Marquis of Westmeath) coneidered, under the circumstances, it was his duty to bring the matter under their consideration. He regretted such an answer had been given, asino deputation on the subject did proceed from the county of Westmeath to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Earl ST. GERMANS rose to ofder. With the greatest respect he must tell the Noble Marquis, that it was not proper to advert in that manner to what took place in the other House. Lord BROUGHAM concurred, and said that ii was ex ceedingly irregular to refer to a speech purporting to be made in the other liouse, and which was only known to the Noble Marquis through the ordinary channels of communication, or as he (Lord Brougham) would say plainly, the newspapers.— (Ilrar, and laughter.) The Earl St. GERMAINS said the more regular course would have been for the Noble Marquis to have given rotiee of his intention to put the question, and then he (the Earl St. Germans) would have been Drepared to give an answer. As it was he was quite incapable of answering it or making any explanation. The Marquis of WESTMEATH had no desire to adopt any unusual proceeding, nor to take any member of the Govern ment in that House by surprise, by referring to statements made by one of his colleagues in the other House without giving notice of his intention. He was anxious to contradict the statement to which he referred, on the earliest possible moment, for when that statement ar rived in Ireland, the portion of the press which considered that Bryan Seery ought to haie been executed would vitupe rate the magistrates of the county, and there was no telling to what injury they might be subjected to in consequence. He admitted that in courtesy he ought to have notice of his in tention to put the question, hut the necessity of giving an immediate contradiction to the assertion must be his apology. He therefore wished to ask the Noble Earl (Eari St, Germans) if the Secretary of State in his place admitted that such a deputation did wait upon the Lord Lieu. tenant, and that he regretted the circunistance, as it was un called for. The LORD CHANCELEOR—In what place? The Marquis of WESTMEATH—In the other House.— (Lau;httr). The LORD CHANCELLOR—Then the Noble Earl can not answer the question. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM suggested that his Noble Friend should give notice on Thursday of his intention to put his question to the Noble Earl. The Marquis of WESTMEATH was understood to assent to the suggesti , m, and there the matter dropped. TAE LAW OF ABDUCTION. Lord BROUGHAM said, in presenting a petition, that there were very serious anomalies in the law relating to abduction which required amendment. After referring to the cases of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the late Lord Redesdale, he proceeded to present a petition from Jane Worthing, a widow, whose husband died in 1842; as her circumstances were reduced in eonsequence of the death of her husband, she was induced to take a lodger into her house, named Burton Newman. By the present law, a man may be inveigled into a marriage that nothing could set aside. Here was a person of forty years of age inveigling a child into a marriage, which there is no power to annul. That was the law of Scotland at present. He brought in a Bill to remedy that law, but others determined to keep it, and thus the law as it at present exists what be could call nothing but a gross and brutal law. He took off this young girl, and when he came back he was tried for seduction at the Central Criminal Court, and ,was very properly convicted by the learned judge, Baron Gurney, who in passing sentence said, he never heard of such a case before. He was now undergoing that most just and righteous sentence of the law, an imprisonment for a period of two years. The Bill he proposed would not dissolve that marriage; that eould not now be cured, but he (Lord Brougham) hoped their Lordships would give their attention to the present measure to prevent such occurrences in future. In the case before their Lordships a marriage actually teok place, and he could not then question the validity of that marriage, as he did not wish to provoke a discussion, and would therefore abstain from arguing the case. If no remedy were given for this state of things, tae greatest evis would continue to result. He considered it too bad that one party should by stratagem and artifice be allowed to prey upon the ignorance, innocence, and even weakness of another party. In the present case there would be a transfer of 4001. a year, which was her property, and over which she would cease to have any control unless their Lordships n itnessed. He hoped, therefore, that their Lordships iiould take the matter into their consideration, and remedy the grievances he had stated. —...—. The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that it would he desirable to have the petition printed before any other steps were taken in the matter. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection that the petition should be printed. Lord CAMPBELL entered his solemn protest against the course proposed to be adopted by the Noble Lord. He approved Of the Bill to dissolve the marriage in such cases as that of Wakefield and Turner, where she left the man an intact virgin, but he could not assent to it as being at all appli cable to those cases where the marriage was consummate d. When a marriage was celebrated according the law of Scotland—when that marriage was consummated—when the parties afterwards lived together as man and wife, and when, perhaps, children were born the fruit of that union—to talk of dissolving a marriage under such circumstances, and to make •the children illegiti mate, was contrary to all principle, and involved far more serious evils than those which this Bill sought to remedy. The Law of Scotland, he admitted, was ex tremely defective on the subject, and he hoped that the Learned Judges of this country would see the propriety of returning to the opinion which they entertained in 1835, but while the law remained as it was, it must be respected and obeyed. To talk therefore of dissolving marriages eontracted in the way stated, was contrary to all principles of justice, and if once they made a change of the nature proposed, where he would ask where they to stop. Lord BROUGHAM said, that if all these marriages were contracted under the same circumstances, he did not see that any great harm would follow from dissolving. If a robber of forty years of age entered a house and carried off a child of four teen, pretending to take her to Furnival's Inn, and by a gross fraud contracted a marriage, he thought the consummation of that marriage only aggravated the offence. The Earl of SHHFTESBURY said it was not usual to print petitions. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was a mere matter matter of form, and equivalent to petitioners presenting their own petition at the bar. Leave was then given to print the petition. tot - al a CORN-LAWS. llr a nd K im lN: ed A ia l t ß: presented a petition from some place In Scotland, pra3ing that the repeal of the corn-laws should be BROAD AND NAIMOW GAUGE. Lord MN N AIRD, in pursuance of the question of which he had given notice, said, that among the many important measures likely to come before the House this session, both as regarded their social and commercial position, he thought the railways one that required their most serious considera tion. I n whateve r view they examined this subject— whethcr as enabling the merchant to dispense with . • LORDS' SU Isi NilsAltY. The Loan CHANCELLOR took h scat upon the W oo l sac k r n as ren a t Five o'clock. After the presentation of petitions , The Dimwit's of WESTMEATH asked a questio w h a t had taken place in the House of Commons in to efe to the case of BRYAN SEERY. The question having boon objected to as irregular, the Noble Marquis gave notice of a question on the subject for Monday. Lord BROUGHAM then presented a petition from a person named Worthing, praying their Lordships to amend the law relating to divorce. The case was somewhat similar to that of Edward Gibson Wakefield. The daughter of the peti tioner, a minor, had been abducted by been named Newman, and married by him. The man bad convicted of the abduction, and she prayed their Lordships to amend the law, so 'as 'to give an easier remedy in such cases. The Noble and Learned Lord co nc l uded by announcing his intention of moving.that the petition he referred to a Select Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested the propriety of having the petition printed. Lord CAMPBELL protested against this proceeding. In the case of Wakefield, the marriage had never been consummated, but in this instance there had been issue, and he trusted their Lordships would not illegitimatise the issue. The Scotch law of marriage ought to be altered, but until it was altered, marriages contracted under the law ought to be maintained. After a few words from Lord Bnotetasam, the petition was ordered to be printed. Load KINNAIRD then rose to ask the Government what course the y intended to pursue with respect to the report of the Gauge Commission ? The question was of great impor tauce in a social, a commercial, a military, and a financial point of view, and he hoped the House would grant a Committee to inquire whether it would not be advisable to establish a general system for superintendence and control of railways generally, which would ensure the safety and convenience of the public, and prevent the pro mulgation of bubble schemes. With regard to the report of the Commissioners, it appeared to him to be all hi favour of the broad gauge, with the exception of the conveyance of troops and of goods ; and after reading the report he was surprised to find the Commissioners recommending the narrow gauge. He trusted they would not attempt to limit the speed, and he regretted that the Commissions had not considered the pro priety of adopting a medium gauge. The narrow gauge nnght, without any inconvenience, be altered into a six foot gauge. Indeed, he believed it was impossible to alter the whole of the narrow gauge into the broad without any incon• venience to the public, and without anv enormous expense to the parties. He trusted the Roble Lord would maturely consider the subject before he tied down the country to an inferior gauge. The expense of the alteration might be defrayed by a.mileage-tax upon all railways. He wished to know how soon it would be before the evidence was laid before the House, and that the Government would be prepared to state their intentions on the subject. The Earl of DALHOUSIE replied, that the recommendations of the Commissioners were of very great importance, and must be maturely considered. No effect could be given to those recommendations without an Act of Parliament, and the Government felt that it would be unjust to propose to take any steps until the members of the Legislature should have bad an opportunity of studying the evidence, which woula be laid on the table of the House as soon as possible, possibly in the course of two or thpee wchks; and as soon as the Government should have considered the evidence, they would propose some' measure on the subject. Lord BROUGHAM thought that time should be given not only to Parliament, but to engineers and scientific men, to consider the subject. Lord HATHETTON rose, and was left speaking. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minuteg before Four. 'f he following Bills were read a second time, and were ordered to be committed, viz., the Mallon and Driffield Junction Railway. Glasgow Waterworks. Cambridge and Oxford Railway. Aston Riies. York and North Midland Railway (East Riding Branches) — No. 2. Great North of England Railway Purchase. Great North of England and Bcroughbridge Branch Railway. Great North of England and Bedsle Branch Railway. Blackburn, Preston, and East Lancashire Railways Amalga mation. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. Mr. WILSON PATTEN Presented a petition from Burnley, praying for a remission of sentence in the case of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Several petitions of a similar nature, from Stoekdale and other places, were also presented. WILLIAM ELLIS. Several petitions were presented from places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, praying the House to recommend to her Ma jesty the free and unconditional pardon of William Ellis, si ho was convicted of setting fire to a house, on what the petitioners believe to have been false and malicious evidence. The peti tions were all ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to oorrect an error he bad fallen into in his address yesterday. He had stated that in the case which he had laid before Mr. Baron Pennefather, he had made a point in his (Air. O'Connell's) favour. Now he wished to correct that statement, for he had said directly oppisite. Having corrected this mis-statement, he would not trouble the House any further. IiOUNSLOW AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that, as by some mistake the second reading of the above Bill, which stood on the paper for yesterday, had not be,n moved, he should do so to-morrow. .THE CHARTIST CONVICTS—THE TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. BAINE presented two petitions—one of them from Greenwich—praying for the liberation of the Chartist con victs, Frost, Williams, and Jones ; the other (as we under stood it) in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. Mr. WARD presented a petition from this Railway Com pany, against the recent decisihn come to by the Standing Orders Committee, involving the point that landlords who deciped on the met its of competing lines should have the power of charging such companies for the liberty of making surveys, and in proportion to the extent surveyed. He would also move that the petition be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration on Thu, sday next. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Gloucester in favour of the liberation of Frost, Williams, and Jones. COMMERCIAL POLICY. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool in favour of the Govern. meat commercial policy, and setting forth that the uncertainty which existed excited great embarrassment. _ EDUCATION IN WALES. Mr. WILLIAMS postponed his motion on the state of edu cation in Wales to that day fortnight. THE CASE OF SEERY. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to move for the production of certain correspondence between the Lord Lieutenant and Dr. Cantwell, respecting the ease of Brian Seery, who was recently executed at Mußinger. The Hon. Gentleman also gave notice of his intention, on an earl) day. of introducing a isid for, the amendment of the criminal law of Ireland, and to prevent a person being twice tried for the saute offence. THE CHARTIST CONVICTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion, that an hum ble address be presented to her M a j es ty, th a t s h e will be gra ciously pleased to take into her Majesty's most gracious consi deration the petitions of the people presented during the pre sent session of Parliament, in favour of a restoration to their native land of Frost, Williams, aid Jones, till this day fortnight. THE RECENT WAR IN INDIA. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next, he should move that the thanks of the House be g.ven to the Governor-General of India, and to the officers and men of the British Indian army, who were employed in the recent operations in India, and the Levant of the Sutlej, and in order to make those operations more intelligible, and the policy of the Indian Government more clear, it was his intention on a previous day to lay upon the table of the House some dis patches recently received from the Governor-General of India with regard to his policy.--( Cheers.) THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY. Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select Committee on standing orders, in which the Committee stated that the announcement in the votes of the House on Friday evening last, that the Committee had decided that the standing orders in respect of the petition of the promoters of the West Riding Union Railway ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed with their Bill, had originated in error, and the Committee beg to report that the standing orders in respect of the West Ridirg Union Railway ought not to be dispensed with. The report was agreed to. Mr. Eg I COURT rose and stated, that on Friday last, in the report of the standing orders Committee, there was a clerical error, to which he begged to call the attention of the House, In that report it had been stated that the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders in this case ought to be dis pensed with, whereas the decision of the committee was, that the standing orders should not be dispensed with ; the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded with. By some error, in which he as Chairman of the Committee must bear some part, through some indifference, he hoped not negligence on his part, the report was sent away without his having examined it as he should have done. This was the first error which had been committees by those who were acting under the standing orders of the Committee. Under these circumstances the subject was brought under the consideration of the Committee this day, and as in all railway cases it was of the utmost insportancenthat such errors should be corrected at the earliest opportunity, he had ventured to give notice last night that he would move that all the proceedings in the case of the .“West Riding Union Railway" should be annulled, and they were founded upon error. As chairman of this Committee he (Mr. Estcourt) had felt it his duty. at the earliest opportunity, to bring undor the consideration of the Committee the effects of the case. The Committee applied themselves to the investigation of th e case , an d h av i ng satisfied themselves this error arase from a clerical accident, considered the best course they could adopt to rectify the erroneous pro ceedings of this House on Friday would be to report to-night the accurate report of the resolution to which the Committee had come. They had, therefore, prepared a special report containing the resolution of the Committee upon this case. He did not consider that the promoters of this Bill had any thing to complain of, as they were publicly sold when the, the Committee had come to a decision that the decision was, that the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded with. Upon that occasion, though he had not, an accurate recollection of the circumstance., still he had not the slightest doubt that he had stated the decision to be that the standing orders had not been complied with. The Committee were further desirous of considering what part of these consequences could be attributed 'to them, and they have also instructed their Chairman to move " That so much of the report of the Select Committee on Standing Orders, presented to this House on Friday last, as relates to the West Riding Union Railway petition ; as also, that the order of the House of the same day, that a Bill be brought in, in consequence of that report, be annulled." Mr. WOOD considered that if ever there was a case in which a lenient construction should be put upon the orders of the House, the present was the the one ; in up wards of 55 miles of railway, there was but one quarter of a mile of dissent ; and considering that the line would confer vast benefits upon the West Riding of Yorkshire, he would urge the can upon the favourable consideration 01 the House. Mr. E. DENISON considered that as the line was no longer opposed, and as the two opposing companies were amal gamatec, he could see no serious objection to the whole scheme. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he hoped the House would con seat to the proposition of the Hon. Member. If the House reolly meant that they should take into their consideration the same facts as before, it would be opening a very dangerous door for constant application to the House, and for rescinding the decisions of the Standing Orders Committee. He was quite ready to take the whole case into consideration, coupling the effect on the public with the mistake made by the Com mittee, and the parties might reap some advantage from such a course. Mr. CHARLES WOOD said that he felt himself perfectly satisfied with the decision that had been given by the Standing Orders Committee. Lord MORPETEI said that be conceived that the promoters of that Bill were quite able to make out a strong case; but with that they had nothing to do. He thought that in order to meet the justice of the case (the mistake having been made), that the Bill should be referred to the committee with whom the mistake originated. The motion was then put and carried. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in favour of the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Noble Lord did not any from what place. eeg E see a m ofrfor o ri v tah e lge d eet for r arisse c t t o atl p nen i rdd e s s i aanonecfd:tnhrepe,pav newspapers orders eraysp, er sandwithin regulations the seve ral EAST INDIA POSTAGE. r r a e s t I :p p i s e r r c e :t sf i i n dp g; s t M l et i s n ta th ti e ng in t la h n e d se c v o e m ra . l newspapersmnnicatiou b of ro t u h g e h ru b n y t y ea , afndromtheEnchglaarngde f a o n r d le o u t e h r e s r and for and for transmission to the several places in India, and a re turn of the aggregate amount of postage recieved by the East India Company, at each of their Presidencies, and the expense incurred for the service of the post at each Presidency, stating whether the letters and despatches of the public departments re sent free of expense in India. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Mr. HUNIE moved that an address be presented to her Ma je,ty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to direct that copies of all applications from the colonists of the Cape of Good Hope, made to the Colonial-office, for a Representative Government, be laid before this House, together with copies of the answers thereto; that copies of all applications of a similar import, from other British Colonies, be also laid before this House. —Ordered. Sir R. H. INGLIS moved—That a Standing Committee of Sixteen Members be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker, in the direction of the library, and to whom shall be referred all matters relating thereto :—Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord J. Russell, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Barings, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Shaw, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mahon, Colonel Fox, Mr. Pendarves. Mr. Acland, Sir William Somerville, Mr. D. Dundas ' and Mr. Monckton Manes. Mr. HUME hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet would have no objection to give a power to the Comm ttee to print on octavo paper, all such documents as they should think proper to print. He thought that it would be well to make an experiment, he had no doubt that the motion would meet with the concurrence of Hon. Members. Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to the printing of the docu ments in octavo, in consequence of the expense. It would be shameful if the public money were expended in such a manner. Dr. BOWRING felt that the appointment of the proposed Committee would give great satisfaction to the House, and the country. Similar steps had been taken in the French Chamber of Deputies and the Belgian House of Representa tives. He did think that the librrries of the House might be much enriched with valuable productions on commerce, sta tistics, polities, &c., if a mutual arrangement were entered into between this and other Governments for th ecx ehange of a copy of every work published in each country. An arrangement of that sort was proposed by the French Go vernment with that of this country some years ago. If such an arrangement were entered into it would be the only really wise treaty which they had ever made.—( Hear, hear.) He had no doubt that the Right lion. Baronet (Sir ft. Inglis) would have no objection to entertain such a proposition. Sir R. INGLIS.--Certainly not. He thus became ac quainted with this widow and her daughter, and even after the death of Worthing the succession to an estate worth 4001. per annum, opened to the daughter, and upon learning this New man commenced his opperations for getting possession of the daughter. He contrived to visit the house of the widow where lie was no longer a lodger, but his advanced age lulled all the suspicions an.t apprehensions of the mother. He took the opportunity one evening, while the mother was absent from home, to call and tell the daughter that her mother wished to see her at his solicitors, in Fur nival's Inn. The girl was a mere child, did not know where Furnival's Inn was, but she, nevertheless, not having any idea of his intentions, readily consented to accompany him, and he conveyed her to the Eastern-square station of the London and Birmingham Railway, and subsequently effected her seduction. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought the matter had better be left to the consideration of the House rather than come to any precipitate decision. It I was then decided that five should form a quorum. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, Mr. Horsman was ex cused from attendance on all private Bills. CROWN PROSECULIONS IN IRELAND. On the motion of Mr. PIGOTT it was ordered, that all minutes in the offices of the Treasury, the Home Office, the offices of the Irish Government, and in the possession of the Law Officers of the Crown, respecting the appointment of the Solicitors of the Crown for Crown prosecutions, and especially respecting the appointment of Messrs. Seed, Fulkeir, and Elliott, and all other minutes relating to Crown prosecutions in Ireland subsequent to the Treasury minute of 3d June, 1842, be laid upon the table. RETIRED LIST OF THE NAVY. Admiral DUNDASwrs - Ced - to ask the Right Hon. Gentle. man, the Secretary of the Admiralty, why it was that no reply had been given to those officers of the Navy, who had applied to be pat upon the retired list ? Mr. CORRIE said that be was not aware that any reply would be expected until the Government were in a position to 'sgtisfy the many claims of those officers. When the navy estimates were submitted to the House, the expenses of those claims would he included. Sir C. NAPIER wished to know whether the delay rested with th 3 Treasure or with the Admiralty in this matter. It was well known that it was not intended to persevere with the retired list which had barn published. He thought that the letters of all those officers who had given in their names ought to be returned to them, that they might not be put into a bad position in making their applichtion to the new list as they had already. suffered sufficiently by the delay. Mr. CORRIE was not aware that there hail been any delay —the matter would be settled as soon as the navy estimates could be prepared. _ ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day being read, Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL said the observations he was about to make should be confined as closely sas possible to the subject of the debate. lie would not, like the Hon. Members for Huntingdon and Kilmarnock, and the Noble Lord the Member for Newark, travel into extraneous matter, but he would confine himself to the strict merits of the question before the House. Be should not be aihamed to say that his opinions had altered very much upon this question within the last two months. tie was at one time prepared to adopt a moderate fixed duty, not as a permanent measure, but as one which would be likely to endure for a considerable number of years. But he should confers that his opinions upon this subject had since then un dergone a considerable change, particularly during the period of the last autumn and winter, when the state of the potato crop in Ireland was such as to lead to the expectation of a speedy abolition of all 'duty upon that necessary article of food—he meant corn of every description. It might seem that his opinion as an individual would be of little importance upon this question, but he should say that his attention was first attracted to it by the threatened famine in Leland in the month of October last. In that month the disease in the potato first showed itself. He was speaking now in the hear ing of many Honourable Members from 'lreland, and he felt assured they could not say that he was dealing in exaggeration, when he stated that it was confidently expected in Ireland during that month that the ports would have been thrown open. It was also a most remarkable fact that not one of the most ultra protection papers said one word upon the subject ; and it was not until the wise and prudent measure of the Right Hon. Baronet had been announced that a cry was raised by those papets, and he should say it was one of the most strange cries he had ever heard. Yes, a cry was raised to the effect that the famine was a party famine, and not a real one, but one tup for the par pose of restoring the Noble Lord the Member for London and his supporters to power ; and to such an extent did it run that even the high station, character, and moderate views of the Duke of Leister did not save him, and those who acted with him, on the Mansion-house Committee, in Dublin, from the charge of partizanship. These ehargea were made, and the result had been most disastrous, for many men whom he knew who, in October, were prepared to enter into pe rsona l su b scr i pl i ons or to take any other steps which the e x i gency o f t h e cr i s i s he could not pass referred W4S com- mightre of scarcity. require, these ni enT unfortunately, b e g an t o d ou b t t h e existence here wa.! one honourable excep. o ti v n e n r, toasthethefacbtiooduys c w ours w e h , ici w i hi h e e h posed of gentlemen whu differed from him (Air. O'Connell) COMMONS' SUMMARY. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Fear o'clock, Several Railway Bills were read a second time and or• dered to be committed. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition froM Burnley, in Lancashire, praying for a free pardon for Frost, Williams, and Jones. Mr. WILLIAMS presented similar petitions from Coventry. Petitions were presented for and against the free-trade measures brought forward by the Government. Mr. O'CoNnut.t. had to complain of a breach of privilege on the part of the Morning Chronicle, in having nude him to say yesterday, with respect to the execution et Seery, that he had laid the case upon the subject before Mr. Baron PENNE FATHER, and that that Learned Judge had decided against Lim; now, what he stated was, that that Learned Judge had decided in his favour. Ile was sure that the error was unintentional, and he should therefore not press the matter further. Sir R. PEat, presented a petition from the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool, praying the house to come to a speedy determination with respect to the Ministe rial question now before it. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he should on the 26th move that the correspondence between Dr. Cartwell and the Lord Lieutenant of -Ireland, relative to the execution of Leery, should be laid on the table. -- Sir IL PEEL gave noticeof hisintention on Monday next to move the thanks of the House to the Governor General of India and the officers and men employed in the recent operations on the left bank of the Sutlej ; and in order that the subject might be properly understood by the Rouse, he should, a few days previously, lay on the table dispatches that had been received by the Government from the Governor-General of Mr. ESTCOURT then moved, pursuant to notice, that so much of the report of the Committee on Standing Orders, presented on Friday, which related io the West Riding Union Railway petition for leave to bring in a Bill, be annulled, and that the notice be expunged that the West Riding Union Railway be brought in. The error that had been committed was merely technical, but the Committee had that day come to the resolution that the standing orders should not be dispensed with in the case of the West Riding Union Railway Bill. and had directed him by their Chairman to report it to the House, in order that no unnecessary delay should occur to the parties. After some observations from Mr. C. Wool?, Mr. B. DICNISON, Mr. AGi.IONRY, and Lord MORPETH, the subject was referred back to the Committee on Standing Orders. „ ... Mr. HUME moved for certain notices relative to the carriage of letters and newspapers to the East Indies, and also for re turns relative to the Cape of Good Hope.—Agreed to. Mr. CURRY in answer to a question from Admiral DUNDAS and Sir C. NAPIER, said, that when the navy estimates were brought forward. A new argument a new argument would be suggested relative the retired list of officers Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL then resumed the adjourned debate on the Free Trade measure of the Government. He was not ashamed to own that his (LEa-F sirrura.) - THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING•) This Gazette contains a notice stating that it was not the intention of the Hon. James Lindsay. to defend his return for the borough of Wigan. will hold a draw . I.o ot ß i e D e i C s I h l e A r e ltl y ß E g i R r e L n A , t l i N l a ' S t, r OFFICE,Majest, y F B . 23, 1846. Royal Highnes the ing-room, at St. James's I'alace, on Thursday, the 16th FEB. 23. of March next, at two o'clock. next, LtlOreß2l)7thC i H ns A ta iN n lß t, li fo ß r L h A iB lN la ' t S e OFFICE , RO3 Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Friday Arch- Duke Duke of Modena, viz.:— The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, whit e gloves, necklaces and car rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Tuesday, the 3d of March next, viz The Ladies to wear bla c k silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or 'gold and white, or white and silver stuffa, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Friday, the 6th of March next, the Court to go out of Mourning, WHITEHALL, FIR. 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John James Simpson, of Derby, in the county of Derby, Gentleman, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery- DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 24, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Au gustus Fitzßoy, Knt., to be Governor and Commander-in- Chief in and over the colony of North Australia and of its dependencies. FOREIGN-OFFIC • The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Lind blad, as Consul-General at Gibraltar, for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. Cormai:k.ion by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire— W. F. Grant, Esq., so be Deputy-Lieutenant, Nov. 3, 1843. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. R. P. Campbell Marquis of Chandos to be Deputy Lieu tenant, Feb. 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northumberland. Lord F. Fitzclarence to be Deputy Lientenant ; J. S. D. Sellav, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 10. H. 6regson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; E. J. Coiling wood, Es.q., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; S F. Gillum, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Rev. J. D. Clark to be. De puty-Lieutenant; T. Riddell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; W. H. Cadogan, Efq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J. 11. FL Atkinson, Esq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; C. W. Orde. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; 0. A. B. Cresswell, Esq. ' to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J. C. Jobling, Esq., to he Dep. Lieut., Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Captain W. Style, R.N., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 18. Oxfordshire Reg - t. of Militia—S. W. Gardiner, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; the lion. T. E. Stonor to be Lieutenant ; A. F. Shunt, Gent., to be Lieutenant; W. W. Holloway, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; C. W. Fuller, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 18. Commissions by the L-}rd Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—J. Hewett, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 10; H. Lewis, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 13, 1846. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu tenant 'l'. L. Fitzhugh to be First Lieutenant, vice Massie, deceased ; Second Lieutenant J. Hughes to be First Lieu tenant, vice Thompson, deceased, Feb 9, 1846. 13. W. Wynne, Gent, to be First Lieutenant, vice Parry, deceased ; 11. R. Sandbach, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, vice Fitzhugh, promoted ; R. A. Price, to be Second Lieutenant, rice Hughes, promoted ; E. Lloyd, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice 'Wynne, re signed; R. S. Perkins, Gent, to be Surgeon, vice Hughes, deceased, Feb. 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Edinburgh. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—A. 0. Maitland, Geot., to be Lieutenant, vice Craig ; W. Laillie, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Maitland, Jan. 28. BANKRUPTS. Henry John Todd, and Edward Todd, drapers, Liverpool. Abraham Frebour, silk manufacturer, Spitalfields.; George Moir, boot maker, John's-row, St. Luke's. Charles Self, plumber, Sun-street, Bishopsgate Without. Robert Garland, corn chandler, Waltham-green. Jonathan Knights, cattle dealer, Great Melton and Thur. Barton, Norfolk. Henry Pearson Coles, innkeeper, Wickham-market, Suffolk. William Kitson, soap manufacturer, White street, South wark. Samuel Holdsworth and William Holdsworth, corn millers, Drighlington, Yorkshire. William Longbottom and Ralph Bentley, wool merchants, Rochdale, Lancashire. 11' lliam Rowlandson, surgeon, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Stephen Vertue, merchant, Liverpool. Jo.,:eph IValton, coal merchant, Liverpool. - Richard Kirby Frankish, builder, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Edward Steane Harley, grocer, Birmingham. Samuel Hutchinson, broker, Bradford, Yorkshire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 24.) SUGAR—To-day there was no improvement in the demand for West India Sugar, grocers and refiners purchasing all descriptions with caution, and the quantity sold amounted to only 290 hhds and trcs : the rates taken were rather tin der those previously quoted, although the supply at market is yet scanty. 'There were no public sale of West India or Mauritius, but of Bengal large parcels ware brought forward. REFisa.D.—To-day there was no improvement in the de mand for Refined goods for home consumption, although standard lumps could be obtained at 62s 6d, and brown lumps according to quality, at 61s to 62e. Bonded Crushed Sugar is still much in request for forward delivery, and it is difficult to purchase first quality under 355 per cwt. MAmarrins.—Merchants have been more inclined to re alise, and submitted to a reduction on previous prices of 6d to is for good and fine yellow, and 6d per cwt. for all other kind. The consumption is still on the increase, alauritius being cheaper than any other he me trade kinds of sugar. EAST Ixnra.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at auction was large, and amounted to 7,282 bags and 7 Cases; the trade evinced little desire to operate, and not above one half sold upon rather lower terms FortalGN.—To•day there was no public sale of Foreign, but 500 boxes of whit e Havannah, 700 ditto yellow, 200 barrels of Rio, -and 176 bags of Santa Martha are declared for Friday. By private treaty 40 chests of low Brown Bahia were sold at I 7 a. The quantity ofJava declared for sale by the Dutch Trading Company is 40,000 baskets. Comata—To-day there was little desire shown to pur chase any kind af Coffee by private treaty, but good ordinary pale Native Ceylon was not to be obtained under 46s per cwt. At public sale only 727 bags of sea damaged Costa Rica were offered, and sold at the full value. COCOA.—flolders of Foreign, submitting to lower rates occasioned a much better demand. CIIICORY.—Foreign Root has been in demand at 301. per ton, duty paid, and Powder has been selling at 5-Is to 56s per cwt. . _ _ TEA.—Prices do not improve for Congou, but there is still a good town and cou'itry demand. Several parcels of Pon chung have been taken at 4d to 9d, according to quality, and the stock is still diminishing. Souchong has been sold to fair extent. The cheawss of Hyson induces the trade to operate largely. In Young Hyson sales have been made 9d to is Gd for Canton, and is 9d to 3s for common to good and tine Hyson kind. Hyson Skin has been fetching Gd to Is 8d for common to good. For Twankay there has been much inquiry, and full rates are paid, the supply being still moderate. SHcrs.—To-dtiy at public sale 100 bags of Batavia Pepper were mid at 2 3 !id to 250, and sea damaged 2%d per lb, being the fell value. 26 casks o f Li me d Nutmegs at 04 3s 9d duty, were in part sidd at 3s 2d to 3s 3d for good bald. SPIRITS.—There was an extensive business done in Cal cutta Rum at an average of Is 7d per gallon proof. In Lee ward Island the operations are upon a more extended scale, but int at better prices. Jamaica is not offered upon lower terms, the business transacted was limited. Demerara is not offered at lower rates, but there has been little desire shown to operate. The demand has fallen of for Brandy; are not so firm. British Corn Spirits is dull of sale, but lOs 60 per gallon net cash is still insisted upon ; the supply is larger than it was. Gin has been sparing dealt in. Ifor.—There has been a fair business transacted in the best Pockets, and full rates have been obtained. but other sorts are little wanted at present. CocunsEAL.—The demand has been lose active, but holders are firm and insist upon full rates. COURSE OF EXCH) Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 95 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 .5 Rotterdam . 2U. 12 10 Antwerp..... • . • 2Ci 15 lianiburgh •• 31.8. 13 14% Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 75 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 Marseilles ....... ..... 26 10 80urdeaux.......... • . 26 10 Frankfort on Stable.... 1223 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... Berlin ...... Vicuna, effoc.tio•...•• 10 104 Trieste, 10 10A Aladrid ..... ...•• 36 LNGE.-- (THIS DAY.) Leghorn . (lenoa ................ 26 10 Milan .. Venice... ........ . Naples ....... ..... 39% l'alenuo, per 0z........ 119% Lisbon.... ..... ....... 52% Oporto • ...... ••.. • • 52% Rio Janeiro ........ • . 21% Bahia Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 days' sight titiladelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OR. Foreign Gold in bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .• 31 7 5 Sew Doubloons 0 0 0 yew Dollars ••..• • • • 0 4 ”, Inver in bars 0 4 11 IA Cadiz .. • :se Bilbao., • • • Barcelona • .. Seville. ....... :; :; :: :: 174?ERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Monday. Feb. 23. PROTECTION OF LIFE (IRELAND) BILL. Earl ST. GERMANS (in continuation from our Third Edition of last night) said—This document was signed by Messrs. Prittiv, Birch, and Jackson, three gentlemen of unimpeach able respectability. It is dated the sth of December, 1845, and fully illustrates the state of things at that time. The next case occurred at the works of the Shannon, which is very similar to the one I have already quoted respecting the colonies. It occurred no later than the kith of February ; and it would appear that between eleven and twelve o'clock of the night of that day the patrol was fired at by a man whom they succeeded in arresting, but they were after wards attacked by his confederates, who were all armed, and who amounted in number to fifteen. On the party coining to his aid they immediately fired at the sub-constables, and one was struck with a bullet or slug on the temple, while a ball passed through the coat of another. The attacking party consisted of several men ; but, owing to the dark ness of the night, the. officer in command thought his life and those of his men endangered, and went into a house close by, where they remained for the night. Mr. Burke and Mr. Rus sell, two magistrates, immediately attended on being sent for, and with the police scoured the neighbourhoood, but did not capture any of the party. The police fired several rounds, of ammunition and a pistol was found in the place where the attack occurred, and three men were next day arrested who wer e looked upon as the leaders of this party. One man named Cusheen had thirty bullets on his person, and a woman in a hsMse adjoining the place of attack became so alarmed that her life was in danger. "No circumstance occurred for along time which, in my opinion, tends more to improve the peace of the country than this occurrence," writes the chief consta ble, " as it evinces such determination on the part of the police to put down outrages, for the people will have a confidence in their vigilance and success in putting down every description of outrages." lie also adds that the conduct and bravery of the police were beyond all praise. I mention those facts to show your Lordships the extent to which crime and daring are now carried on in Ireland. My Lords, I think your Lord ships will have remarked that a very great proportion of these crimes are committed by bands of armed men, bound together by secret associations for the purpose of intimidating the peaceable portion of her Majesty's subjects. In the list of 137 homicides, your Lordships will be, I am sure, surprised.to learn that only five were committed on the persons of gentlemen. The greater number of these outrages were committed on small farmers. The house of a gentleman might be truly said to be his castle. He was well armed himself, and the servants in his employ were also well armed, so that it seldom happened that his house was attacked. Your Lordships may therefore observe what the position of a small farmer must be under these circumstances. The fact .of his being in the employment of a farmer, who was obnoxious to these mid night legislators, was sufficient to provoke their indignation, and whenever they chose to carry their diabolical intentions into effect, —mark the consequences. His door, which was but very insufficiently secured, was forced open, a band of those midnight assassins dragged him from his bed, and either murdered, or maimed, or mu tilated him in the presence of his wife. There was not the least exaggeration in this statement. The details which he had read bore ample and melancholy testimony to its truth. If the unfortunate victim also of these outrages was rendered incapable of labour and his life almost jeopardised, he dared not come forward to give evidence so as to convict the assassins of the outrage. 1 say, then, my Lot ds, that this is emphatically a measure for the better pro tection of life and limbs in Ireland. The laws which at present exi s t f or th at purpose are not sufficient to afford that protection, and I will show that every exertion has been made to render them as efficient as possible. The number of police-constables was at present very limited, and exceeded by very little the number that was employed iii 1835. (The Noble Earl then read a comparative state ment of the number of constables which were em ployed in the disturbed counties in 1835, and at present, which showed a small increase at the present time. ) There has been an increase in the number of stipendiary ma • gistrates. All has, however been in vain, and we are now compelled to apply to Government for extraordinary powers to protect life, and thus to give to life that security which alone can make it valuable. Your Lordships will find that the powers which we seek in this Bill will not violate the prirciples of the Constitution. Your Lordships will see by the first clause that power is sought to make a proclamation in the district, or such barony, or part, or parish in which the murder has been commuted, and also to enable the Lord Lieutenant to send into such district any force of the constabulary he ty think r t.—the whole ex sense of such cbe ourne oy the i habitants olthe Sal d:s riot. The next clause is of great imps, iance e, is of such a na ture thet it would not he justifiable, except in such ex treme cases as the present. The victims of these outrages in Ireland are for the most part of the poorer and humbler classes, and it has also been noticed that these outrages are committed in the night ; armed men do not patrol the country except at night. I have, also, every reason to be lieve that these murders and outrages are deliberated upon by persons assembling in public-houses during the night. I therefore propose, under these particular circumstances, that the power should be vested in the Executive of Ireland, which is sought by this second clause. There is a pro vision in the Bill, as ;our Lordships will see, to enable the Lord Lieutenant to withdraw, ear revoke, that portion of the proclamation which relates to that particular provision alluded to by the second clause. The next clause of any im portance to which I shall call your Lordships' attention is one which enables the Lord Lieutenant to order certain sums of money to be paid (as I can hardly call it compensation) to the relations of the murdered party. This is not altogether a principle unknown to the laws of this country. Independently of the grief caused by the death of the head of the family, his relations are reduced to the greatest amount of privation and distress. I should, therefore, propose to take power in this Bill to levy upon the district in which these murders should be committed a certain sum of money, to be appliedtos the maintenance and relief of those who are undergoing: tin state of distress. I do not propose to discuss in detail the clsuses of this measure. Your Lordships will observe that there is a clause in this Bill to the effect, that the assess ments are to be levied according to the poor-law valuation, and that no individual, however small the amount at which he may be rated, shall be exempt from the payment of this rate, and that Le should not be allowed to deduct from his rent any amount of rate so levied. Another clause is one authorising the justices to examine into public-houses where it may he supposed these associations are in the habit of meeting. Your Lordships will observe that this does not apply to pris ate heuses. The concealing of fire-arms in the disturbed districts is to be considered a misdemeanour, and is to be tried at quarter-sessions or assizes. Your Lordships will observe that there is no new tribunal constituted; trial by jury is preserved, and the mode of conducting criminal pro ceedings is in no way altered. There is One thing, however, I wish to call your Lordships' attention to particularly, I mean the securing from intimidation those persons who have to give evidence on those trials. Ido not, however, think it necessary to say more on the subject of this Bill, because ample oppor tunity will be given to your Lordships to urge any objections against it, and I may assure you that her Majesty's Govern ment will give these objections their fullest and fairest consi deration. I know that, with regard to the cause and origin of these disturbances, various opinions are entertained. Some contend that they are all to be attributed to political grievances. It appears to me, however, that one simple fact that I have related in the course of the observations I have made is sufficiently demonstrative of the futi lity of this opinion ; I have stated that in eighteen counties of Ireland crime has actually diminished. Now, if political griev ances are the cause of crime, should not those grievances produce the effect in one part of the country that they do in another? Be these grievances real or imaginary, surely we ought to find them to the same extent and force in the county of Wexford as in Limerick, in Kildare as in Roscommon, in i'sleath as in Tipperary. But these outrages have no features of an insurrectionary character ; they are perpetrated on private grounds, and it cannot, therefore, be supposed that they have their origin in any political grievance whatever. It does not appear to me that continuing this dis cussion will lead to any satisfactory result. Her Majesty's Government have given sufficient proof in the Bills that they have passed, and those that aro in contemplation, of their desire to remove any cause of dissatisfac tion which may exist with regard to the political condition of Ireland. I think that if I were adverting to the measures which are contemplated by Government, I should be distract ing your Lordship's attention from the subject under considera tion. Further opportunities shall be given to discuss the merits of the measure, and to limit the discus sion now cannot in any way abridge its consideration. With your Lordships' permission I will now come to another part of the subject. At thesame time I may say, that I shall always be prepared, and I am sure the Government will also be prepared, in matters of this nature, when opportu nities present thems.elres, to state their view with I regard to those measures which should be brought forward for the good of Ireland. This I will say, my Lords, and I say it w ithout fear of contradiction, that no measure of improvement, no measure whether it be a political or a social measure, will be effectual for the improvement of Ireland or of its people until you have put an end to this system of terror to the people.— (Cheers.) My Lords, it is perfectly true that many of these outrages partake of agrarian outrage. These arise, it is true, out of the present mode of tenure and occupation of land he Ireland. I think the copious extracts which I have read to your Lordships will be sufficient to prove that. Formerly landlords were in the habit of granting long leases, which prevented land going so much into the hands of middle men, and there was not so much subdivision of land. Subdivision of land, as your Lordships may he aware, has become very frequent in Ireland, and I am ready to admit that system has been of late very much abused in that country, and it has no doubt led to many of the evils which now prevail in Ireland. I think, how ever, the great cause of the evils of Ireland is the existence of those secret and illegal associations with which it is now afflicted. —( Cheers. ) They do operate so as to alarm, and terrify, and intimidate the peace able and well-disposed, and to prevent them, in almost every case, applying to the magistrates for pro tection. And, my Lords, 1. do think that it is necessary to meet those secret and illegal associations. I therefore call upon your Lordships to give your sanction to this measure. Whets it shall have passed, as I hope and trust it will— ( Cheers)—when it shall have passed, and enabled the Executive Government to put an end to the reign of terror, and to give the peasantry of Ireland, and to the wealthy of that country that sort of security which the English people, and which I am happy to say, the peasantry in many parts of Ireland do now enjoy, then, my Lords, I think we may look forward to the satisfactory results which her Majesty's Government are at this moment engaged in adopt ing. My Lords, your Lordships are no doubt aware, that in the course of the present session no less than 448,0001. has been voted for the purpose of employing the people of Ireland in public works in that country. Your Lordships are also aware that in the course of last session no fewer than 13 railway Bills were passed, involving an expenditure of nearly 9,000,0001. All this will be employed in a mode which, :it appears to me, to be most desirable to give employ ment to the labourers of that country. Now, my Lords, I say it without fear of cotradictiun, that it is impossible that any measures fur the improvement of Ireland should be effectual until such a measure as this shall have passed.—( Hear, hear. ) I will not say mere, but trust and hope, and I ava sure I express the earnest prayer of her Majesty's Government, that, in pro posing the present measure, there is no wish that the law should remain aday longer than it is necessary for the protection of life and property in Ireland. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Noble Earl, in showing, the necessity for the Bill before the House, had en tered into a statement that in many respects must have been as painful for him to give as it was painful for their Lordships to hear. He did not rise to offer the slightest oppo. lion to the progress of the Bill—a Bill which, on the face of it, as stated by her Majesty's Government, was intended for the preservation of the lives and property of her M ,jesty's subjects in many parts of Ireland, for he thought the Bill should progress through the House without the least possible delay. So far from blaming the Noble Lord and the Government for bringing forward the measure at such an early period of the session, he considered that after the de. elaration contained in her Majesty's Speech from the Throne, which declaration was unhappily warranted by the facts laid before the House in the Noble Earl's address, not a day should have been lost in submitting the measure to Parliament. Every day of delay after that declaration was a day lost.. While he therefore felt it was the duty of her Majesty's Government to call the attention of the House at an early time to this important subject, in or der to devise a measure to meet this deplorable state of things in Ireland, he must not be understood to sup pose that this measure should take precedence of other mea sures for the relief of that country.— ( hear, hear.) The adoption of this measure would not in the least degree relieve her Majesty's Goverifinent from the ca rr yi ng out those other measures which were required to meet the state of Ireland—measures that better accorded with the feel ings of their Lordships, and were calculated to benefit and advance the social condition of the people of that country. He considered it expedient that their Lordships, whether in vited by the Government or not, s ho u ld en t er i nto a consi dermion at no distant period of measures that were more calculated to give universal satisfaction than the one at present before their Lordships.—( Hear, hear. ) He admitted, however, that this measure was necessary to enable the Government amid the people of Ireland to accom plish the carrying out of more extensive schemes of legis lation, which would be more conducive to the future peace and prosperity of Ireland ; and he for one looked upon the present measure as the indispensable precursor of more im portant propositions. How, let him ask, could mea sures, which were dictated for the benefit of Ire. land, were calculated to excite the industry of that country, and to produce local improvements; nay, if some of their Lordships would have it, calculated to confer additional privileges upon the people of Ireland, be attended with any benefit or advantage to the people of the country, if mea sures were not adopted for arresting the hand of the midnight assassin ? ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Let them, ilea, at once enter into the consideration, after the passing of this measure, of measures which were calculated in a large degree to encourage the industry of Ire land, and to teach the poor man, notwithstanding what one class of Legislators might say on the subject, that his labour was his own property,. and not subject to the caprice of, or only to be exercised at the will of his superiors. Nay, even if the privilege were to be extended—if the poor man was to be enabled to vote where he had not voted before— and he be enabled to take part in municipal deliberations—of what value was that vote to him if there was a law in existence which dictated to him how he should exercise that vote, instead of allowing him to vote according to..his opinion ? He, therefore, did not feel that the Bill which had been produced by the Noble Earl was one which would afford the poor that protection which they stood so much in need of. He had truly stated, in introducing it, that the crimes now per petrated in Ireland, extended to every state of society in which any improvement had taken place ; that the present illicit law was not directed so much aga i ns t t h e r i c h as t h e poor man ; forthe rich man could guard himself against its consequences by withdrawing from the scenes affected by those daring and systematic crimes ; they were directed against the poor labouring man , against the man who ans w e r i ng t o th e ca ll of the Legislature sought to improve his country—( Hear) - 7 -to the call of; his landlord, who, it was hoped, encouraged him to improve the land which he held. Those crimes were not confined to one county, but extended throughout the whole of Ireland, and would end in consequences of death, insecurity of property, and would cause capital in that country to be frit tered away to its serious detriment. On these grounds, he felt that he should be ill doing his duty to Ireland, or to their Lord ships, if he did not express his opinion that the Bill brought in by the Noble Earl would be of great benefit to that country. By so doing, however, he would not be prevented from urging on her Majesty's Ministers and their Lordships the necessity of adopting measures to alleviate the sufferings of that people. He trusted that the time was come when her Majesty's Mi. meters would give that subject no unnecessary delay. Their Lordships would do right to pals that Bill, and he had only to say that he hoped they would give it all the considera tion which the nature of the measure required, in order to secure the liberty and independenee of the subject. He was sure that the subject would obtain, at their Lordships' hands, am little delay as possible, when it was considered that every day added to the list of crimes committed in that country. With reference to the particular provisions of the Bill it was not is wish to interfere. —( !fear.) He hoped their Lordships would consider the particular amount of punishment to be dealt out, and that the particular character of each county would be carefully attended to. He would not delay their Lordships with many observations, as he was sure there were persons better qualified to pronounce judgment on the subject. But on that occasion he thought that in the shape of penalties the expenses that would ar i se ought to be levied from the districts creating them, and that measures ought to be adopted for the purpose of protecting the witnesses and the persons who might be inst rtmen t l l in bringing o ff enders to justice. It did appear to him that the enactments of the "Arms Bill" had not been attended with the desired effect, for there had been+ considerable increase in the amount of crime, and their eV!' sea measure ought to be considered with reference to that Bill. For the liberty of the subject, he thought that the measu i re . ought to be passed now, for in many parts of the coet try it would be found to be of great practical benefit. tbe L N or o d bl l e 3R L O or U d BROUGHAM o A b I a I d ajgursetedsawti down, and o e b u s d er p v a a r t t i t o e n ui s er m iy a d w e l b t L l Y his last observation, that the Bill ought not to be delayed In the smallest space of time unless what was absolutely guest sary for well considering its provisions. He would t _I I , counter to that feeling by endeavouring to defeat it in 14 of its stages. He heartily deplored, he sincerely deplored, ta . ' d there should exist in any part of the British dominionse,,,t_ more especially in a part so near to themselves, a state r i. l l - 1, ciety (confined, he would hope, to but a few districts), w s n_ ic ,s if not strongly and energetically put down, to talk of . 001 _7 improvements, to talk of any amelioration in the conditionel that country, and still more to talk of any legislative benre_aalp.' effect, was as wild a fancy as ever entered into the mindel PI a Lor.' —( Hear, hear.) The first duty imperative on their c ure ships was to make Ireland an habitable country. The P i bi l e given by his Noble Friend did not take him or their Lord !bile by surprise, conversant as they were with the general fear l ! ;th of the case, though not as fully acquainted /_;cie those hideous details that picture which Y 1 a tilde it impossible to say that Ireland was an ha-L i .d.. place for any peaceable subject. The first duty of their . L•v_ . 0 ships was to prevent this frightful state of crime which "„ stalking abroad over the country, reducing county after C O"; i to a state that made the denizens of the South Sea Isla n , o d. preferable people to live among than the inhabitants of Irei ni ii. He lamented that one provision was not in the present ~, But by the recommendation of the Noble Duke, h (i' in most cases amounts to the force of a command, be r e , Brougham) was induced to withdraw his measure• H ersh ferred to a measure to render it possible to " to convictions of crime, by having the trial of t bs accusation in a part of the country where ;lu , jurors are not rubject to the shot of the 10 1" i re. He did not think that this measure should he confined t",,„ r it land, and if it were reckoned less invidious , he would rst"" jt were made a general than a particular and ocal measa k t e ; be. was clearly and without. hesitation his opinion, and 7 e ar whose ad, ar l lieved he had the authority of some of the m e . l' e the nent lawyers and judges of the country, and 1 " 3 „ hts tree constitutional principles of the country r °; 0 0. side, that there should be power given to t li _ : e ase secutor, under due regulations, as regarded the /l e r f tbs of the defendants, of trying the case at the o ption ~,,o , prosecutor. In the case of Ireland the Government, Olga secutors, should not be confined to the county or place 7 . 1;v0i the offence was alleged to be committed, but that theYr e 0 10 have power to try the case in Dublin or Londonderry. ' o boe 1 every-day practice in England, is smuggling case' , t bs the smuggler could not be committed, an .i., 0 01. penalties for contraband trading could not be 0 '7 . . 4. - a re All these prosecutions, it is well known to your Lordship tried in London. In Scotland it has b een f r om titee l- 00 inorial the custom of trying every description of cases' 0;0 the greatest offence down to the lowest misdemeanour , l of tried at Edinburgh, where he himself had seen this princlPLar. the administration of justice carried out in every dais 'I; of rence. From the remote northern and southern PI Gri' Scotland all offences whatever are tried before the n i gars o minal Court at Edinburgh. No benefit could ben d 0 4 to persons by being tried in the neighh au t beo where they are known. It is better for toa nine times out of ten, and better for the administratit to times ten that they should be tried at some distance frT a rt place where they were known. When a jury comes to Inetoal, box impregnated with all the tittle-tattle of the ne ighbeaf IV they were not in a proper condition to give a true verd ic t. tha t was referring to the law of the country. The old law Op as s It a man should be tried by a jury of his neighbours 00 called voisseau, and from this term comes the term asa now in use in legal phraseology. The crirninta hi according to the old law, t o be trke ee eal hundreders in the hundred or hamlet in which the offti es, committed. In the reign of Queen Anne an 10 st d male to the Court of Queen's Bench to set aside the / 00 of a jury. The ground of the appeal was, that the Plot witnesses of the fact—the Court granted the rule in thl . „ires That was the explanation and origin of the law, which 1. 701 a jury to be impanelled on the spot where the crime w a y, 0 0 ,4 matted. His hope and trust was, that before many 01 ; 0 0 0 . , over, the Government would be able to use effective °l st 0 0 for putting down these disturbances ; and he threw of suggestion, because he thought it would add e ast what to the usefulness of the present 'n e w, and because he thought that the Bill 11°11 0 10 4 itself, be ineffectual without it. He did not wish to Ptrges the discussion, but he might be permitted to hope tr o sod' ;-Iteration would take place in the penal enactments Agit persons as might be discovered out of doors after sunse 00 Lord FARNHAM trusted their Lordships vinal'ilia ~a 0° him to speak on this subject, connected as i . 1; with one of the most disturb e d districts- „ a s ir a had been asked some fourteen mo n th s ago which 'lie:, quietest and. hest conducted coun ty i n I re l an d, he a llu be sr, pride have referred t o hi s own coun t y o f C avan , but 0 01 now sorry to say that s i nce th a t ti me ma tt e rs wer e Ag es different. At th e commencemen t o f t h e l ast y e ar the oaen the county of C a va n were pr i nc i pa ll y mar k e d by threst elj . - 0 wii tices served on the smaller farmers, or the per next class. This was followed up by attacks on the l ies /I' the lower orders, robbing them of fire-arms, and °t .., a " 0,4 rages of that description, until at last they were tel"„ f t by murder. Large bodies of men paraded the o°ll2 0 , fire-arms, swords, pistols, large pitchforks, and watt" - '0 lr s under agent of his friend, Mr. Hamblin, was walking ter light of day through the town of Cavan, when the stt ill' o otto made to murder him. Ns attempt was made by OW • la to raise the hue and cry, /and he, althoogh then e° t o olo.l, n the country, felt it his duty to return home ,_i n ir - 0 assist in _suppressino the disturbances whis° D ort, He hoped that their " Lordships would give their 01 , 1 k . 5; this measure, which was calculated to 'give some ' tn. ,' ASO rity to those who still remained in the country. 11n- ce' on his arrival in the county of Cavan, the first intelligeheoc, was communicated to him was, that as Mr. Bell I3 o ° t 00 0 s,„ turning from church the previous Sunday with his tiv° -.r• O °P thd was brutally murdered. There were a number of Pe ri , a, sent, he believed, at the murder ; at all even. o ife o were close at hand when the murder was e, ° ;o'; ~,./ No individual attempted to arrest the mur„ al l ' a '... did not fly from the spot, but walked deliberate' 3 .o D., - The murderer of that gentleman had never h - a ~t'- -- covered. lie ( Lord Farnham) arrived in C al tleo7 a r day after the funeral of that honoured g e l' 10 - ,, The cause of Mr. Bell Booth's death 141011r been ascertained. Mr. Booth was a gentleman of 1- pe 1 perty, and he farmed th e w h o l e o f it himself. r ot a very humane man. There was no party s pire d t in at , 4 in the cause of his death.—(Hear, hear. lie 100 0 him (Lord Farnham) mo s t str e n uous ly in receted, 44 i ; the dissolution of the Orang e S oc i e ty i n 1836. and on - o f II casion when he recommended the discontinuan ce e. 0 processions he gave him mo s t cor dial suPr - bes 1 : 0 1 01 (Lord Farnham) mad e th ose recommendations to ess he conceived that they only t en d e d to eeP ar bich A l cram man, and k e ep u p t h a t re li g i ous an i m osity wfaro stirred up on every such occasion. 13 " ® eo of Mr. Bell Booth took place about ton ws from the place where he was murdered , a il o e , attended by thousands of armed persons, /t i Villilal from different parishes in the county. The town °i 04 dra was for 36 hours in the possession 0 j oetr i . assassins. The local constabulary force was ra n Orn a p increased, because those anniversary processions whl e- o f ids," men were accustomed to hold on the first .i t ere r g e were about to happen in eight days ,-.." aset• Forty magistrates were assembled in the town of '7, r ev lected from various parts of the country, and their mendation of ri , mendation was, that none of the lodges should wen t I 1/ of sion. It would be satisfactory to tell their LordshiP ee ° p iio l l o the lodges obeyed the recommendation with the el tha t_ o ll two. The Noble Marquis had truly stated., 11 11 ;10 was a Bill to protect the poor. He kn r e : l ae her e there were many landed prop r i e t ors in " - n d t'eSt felt that property had its duties a s we ll as it s r ightS,! to . d o, fore whose tenants were comparatively well attendee s ome the difference between the rich man and the poor fa , r ; bird's,. that the rich man, however great the inconvenien ce : - ait/0, could leave the country, but such was not the ca% pen s ?, poor man. The farmers of Cavan were principally 1 )(1 .7 r s 50 occupying small portions of land. Twenty acres iatieriast, tiered a large farm. In order to be able to go elsevvhe r wortii t a of these outrages, they would be obliged to sell tbeir or IP 0 but in that case who would dare to purchase it ? bate, the person would not be safe who made such a In!'„"bici co o' was his (Lord Farnham's) opinion that all the ral!: potod from the ribbon societies, the object of which we e ' e at! 0 4 fined to dispu!es about land, but whi eh ,,4o„o of , i to the carrying out of personal re v- -- clO .- ar everything of • an annoying and criminal eiaad fir Those of their Lordships connected with Ir a oi t t bst knew the nature of ribb o n societies, but perhaps rt es- 'l ll lO Lordships did not know w h a t th e i r cons titu t ion wa s n , e . o f "00 case he could not do better, in co nve yi ng a knn ede Tfra ° o id t this constitution was, than by rea di ng a n caw s e ight 1.0 4 speech of a Noble Friend who had great I t. „slr t heir Lordships— he meant Lord Plunk t° , 4 0 01 Plunkett, in a charge to a jury in a, co - i side .- c otts: ing the ribbon societies, stated that no person 01 " ore t ra or wealth belonged to these societies, but that the posed of the humbler classes —men, ignorant anal' t beir 4 • yet nevertheless prepared to do any act to forWaru tta iatin e d interests, and to carry out any measure on the a t i berg that which they had set their minds. (The Noble Pt forth .0 aosr an extract from the speech, to this effect :—" ll "a a t its f ed . the constitution of the ribbon societies was such tr,. a sta - t ol.) o b r e d r e s r w t o o ul r d ea s l t i o se p t a b t e no o t b l j ii e r e ig ts , however ie r b ev t o b l e t y ing we i n re "i o s p sty . In conclusion, he begged to state that he sh-en iti .' F e te measure, because he thought it was calculated `lalesvi o ali tection to life and security to property in Ireland• - ; be ° 0 00 The Marquis of CLAN RICA RDE declared tbs. wit h ft 0 • vote for the measure, although he differet er dshiP i t haif of its details. He had addressed their se l t o off this matter, and the observations he ad dr r s wine, lee' Lordships had been made the subject he hea t li o severe remarks, and because, forsooth. that t ors ' turgid to call upon the Government to r t hat s ad' and property in Ireland. He denied largeL r ith wmaosr more important p connexionones betweenw which b bore this m u p e a o s n u r t e b e ari f d at_e roef hie r at e; and while he regretted that an y observationsbot opper have given offence to any one, he could wo t abec iatel/ r oadt measure which the Government declared was l a w in ,A robe • nary for strengthening and maintaining the. d a qua' alio It had been said that the Irish people requir e un lit sto ba g the extension of the franchise, and religious e , (l ,.. 3 ; l etiiiing i t h' e 0 might be of opinion that they ought to co nced y e t u re d u ei n og t o so he was at a loss to understand the necessity 0 Nothing to- gib into the question before their LordshiPs• Acco rding shi more absurd than this species of reasoning. _ "_ ido to w w e a h,-1 Irish farmer might say, "I have not that trail% and _ed am entitled," and they might say, the P a 130 take care that you are worse off than Pu e o a uld reP i l c i reP I P moment." To which it was possible la//theY tv " u a our P t . , 4 ? protect my property and my life I" to whic h .. „ .ll l e ave ~, ~.., OW " Because you have not the franchise,uwe '.,"„, hi s ofenr,',, 0 010 wre know r t at r petty exposed and your life in danger. i" neces sal W rig ht! law like that proposed by the Noble Earl sc a ; to afford the people of Ireland the enjoy, luenthe c onsti t t he to which they were entitled byboured. B old 55° of those 0 ;00° Government under which they 1 i a , ,,..,. he c .. .. b ieb were parts of the Bill to which he 0. 1 it: t he agree. lie decidedly objected to that r ion'tireticciogeted the set forth that it should be permanent. a° sod he esß e ctt rol st , Noble Government would bthat enabled,at an i e t a es r a l y ra, p ep e nceat: _ bt o ( f il t t e , pa e ar t s, s e.., i ear gferb • : state of Ireland, to propose . ( H be , e t hou But, in his opinion, it should . it was necessary always to e,nn ..b i te dly of au_ an indr'' of su i c f h h __ a a li r hit A ra c r t ; ni a na t whichu li r m e , i t limited ttiheheplovwa period,se power afgoar givenh e v., as shoulduiu uc,it d ii e t s a / ...6 ° 1 0 i w t. e r fob, a close. giving sill heyfixed Y ;A, 0: firlite period. Its continuance shoe Legislature n';'drest pill I ° tend w it h fo en r a th fe a r t tb p ( c r r i i ) o e d rio e d x , it necessary. There w which he objected. Ho agreed wit_ reuse, t h a t p a l__, not had spoken on that side of the H ho were indirectly .onglia : ought not to be inflicted on those w f murder, bY ( 11 1 7 13 o de directly concerned in the common they i ds res.-- relat ion! tax on them and the districts which _ nd o tber . , t bac to reimburse the wives, children, ?,_ a d rm ittea tit the y e d district! ;_, P os iiieg as p i f i r t a e h o d e e t s b t t h a ehr t e t opto"astrehte count' Y e this tax should be imposed on aff injustice hY not ought to be careful of committing an of the murdered man --( HearOeetli sae Nobleti'Le'oes:loo7ehd_t THE SUN, LONDON', TUESDAY EVENING. PEBRUAIIi - s4 MM. ~, `~+' • .~.