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people out of doors the greater necessity for the carrying of this measure.—(Cheers.) And the only thing that can pos sibly be substituted for the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet will be the i m m e di a te repeal of the corn-law instead.— of the three yea rs ' delay which he has proposedber (Cheers.) And w h en I he s r the Noble Lord, the for Lynn (Lord G. Bentinck), talking in the way in which he does, with all that unconsciousness in using argum ht e . nt: that have been often refuted, which must arise from aviog given his atte n ti on exc l us i ve ly to other subjectsfor the last twenty years —( H ear, h ear , and laughter)—and which has made him wholly unscquaintei with public measures. — ( Continued l aug h ter .) When I hear him talking that way, and when I h ear hi m b oas ti ng of being backed by 240 of en the gentlemen he gentlemen of England—when I hear them cheering talks that w a y— w hy, w h e n I see such a grievous and e • ridi culous delusion existing in the minds of Honourable Gentlemen in this House, and stating that that delusion is the public opinion on this subject—l do feel anxious that if it were pos sible the Right Hon. Baronet could appeal to the country— (Cneers, and counter-cheers from the protectionists)—with out any great inconvenience to the trade of the country — (Laughter from the protectionists)—without any ineon e venience to the private business of this House, I do say that 1 feel anxi ous t h at you should appea l to t h e country on this question. (Loud cheers.) The country will of the such an example of Honourable Gentlemen o country party as th ey do not anticipate.—(Loud cheers ) t The propositi on o f the Hon. Gentleman is t o open the ports fer Ireland. N ow, h as h e cons id er ed the practical s effect shut o in f opening the ports for Ireland, leaving the p England?—(Cheers.) Has he not givetnoui be brought in by the details of a measure which he has in preparation himself and the Noble Lord opposite, th e Member t p for r ev e L n y t o then? I suppose then he will have some contrivance introduction of provisions from Ireland into England.— ' (Hear, he r.) Because,not prepared with some plan ~ of this sort, seeing that ifw we have is have no custom-houses between the two islands, there is no possible means of preventing the free circulation of Amer ic an corn by substituting American provisions for Irish provisions brought into this country. The Noble Lord has told U 3 that in Ireland what is wanted is money, and not provisions, and I have beard the assertion often repeated both by the Noble Lord and some of his sup porters who sat around him. Now, if I understand the state of things in Ireland rightly, there is a positive deficiency in the necessaries of life ; and has there not been a partial. if not a total failure, of the potato crop, which forms the staple food of millions of the people of Ireland ? I presume there is no one here bold enough to deny that proposition. How, then, will money supply a deficiency of food ? If the people of Ireland had gold in equal proportion to their perishing potatoes, it would not supply them with food. Oh, but, it is said, you have plenty of corn, had you money to purchase it ; and be cause you hare net that money, this corn is being sent to England. Now, do I understand the Hon.' Member rightly ? Has he a proposition for stopping that corn being sent to Eng land ? If he has, what are the millions of people. who depend upon the 10,000,000 of Irish provisions, which the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn says annually come from Ire land, to d o f or t h e i r food ? The Honourable Member foe Limerick leaves the people of England out of th e ques tion alt oget h er , am ; i s endeavouring to stop the pro press of the me a s u r e of the Right Honourable iareiet. He is trying, by a compact with the Noble Lord the Member erner for Lynn, to have a bread-tax upon the peopleEngland,ht while he opens the ports for Ireland. But will n otdetain the House by c , oir g into arcuments to show that Ireland , as well a. England, v.ould be benefited by a repeal of the corn-laws. Whenever I wanted a stronger appeal than another to make to the people of England, I produce the greatest effect when I instance the case of Ireland. You say yourselves that those people are living upon water-tresses, sea-weed, and turnip-tops, and is not this sufficient to prove that the corn-laws have been a curse rather than a benefit to them? I agree with my Hon. Friend the Member for the county of Cork, that the repeal of the corn-laws will have the effect of extending manafactures in Ireland. They had the best possible proof of this. Establish free-trade in corn, and you open a trade across the Atlantic, with the United States of America. A people with these advantages must be idle indeed not to avail themselves of it. 'Fite Irish people, how ever, are not idle, they are enterprising, and will avail them selves, if the opportunity is given them, of the natural advan tages and facilities which their country presents for extending their commerce and manufacture. Manufactures will spring up on the west coast of Ireland beside those splendid streams which abound there, if you only enable them to purchase their corn from America, and to open an unrestricted trade across the Atlantic. I feel most anxious not to trespass upon the time of the House now. I have intruded but seldom in this debate, for I am anxious not to be a party to any proceed ing that may delay the progress either of the Coercion Bill or the oven •laws. I deeply regret, indeed, that these two measures should come intocompetition with each other, and I am quite sure that the people of England are vexed and distressed at it. During the recess I was called upon repeatedly to held great public meetings in Manchester, and in London, in order to re monstrate upen the delay occasioned by this debate, but the question 1 asked myself was, Who shall we remon , trate with ?" I did not know who to blame, nor do I now ; I can't Warne the Government, because if I were disposed to do so, I see they are already blamed so much that I cannot add to the load the weight of my censure. Then again, I have no right to blame the Members for Ireland, for it is not for me to judge as to the extent to which they deem it to be their duty to oppose the first reading of this Bill. I leave them to be the sole judges, be cause I should claim the same right myself, of the course and policy which they ought to adept. I deeply regret, never theless, that this obstruction has taken place. And I trust that Honourable Gentlemen, coming from Ireland, will, at all events, ask the co-operation of Gentlemen on their own side of the House, wito are quite as near in alliance with them in endeavouring to get good fur Ire land as th e N o bl e Lord opposite. 'I ney ought to blame and dispense censure upon the Liberal 'Members of the House, in the hope of seeking and obtaining the confidence of Hon. Gen. tlemen opposite ; and, at all events, I hope that on this side of the House we may manage to preserve good humour. I do not despair that on another evening after this we shall be able to advance towards the corn-law question, in which seriously Ireland is more deeply interested than in anything else. Mr. W. MILES was quite ignorant of any compact exist ing between the Hon. Member for Limerick and the party which was so ably heady by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn.He believed, according to the customary rules and cour tesy, the Hon. Member for Limerick gave his Noble Friend notice of his intention to put the question he has propounded this evening, and that was the only compact, if compact it could ha called, which existed between the Hon. Member and the protectionist party. He had nothing whatever to do with the long speech which the Hon. Member for Limerick had made in putting his question ; but, of course, he and his party were pledged by the answer given by his Noble Friend. It would he remembered, that on the first night of the debate on the corn-laws, he stated to the Government that they were ready to throw open the ports, if it were necessary to re lieve the suffering of the Irish people, and they were now ready to take that step, if the Government required them. He was not sorry that this short debate had taken place, for it enabled all parties in that House to express their sympathy for Ireland, and it was gratifying to see that all aides were desirous of doing something to relieve the suffering of Ireland. Irish Members would always find the party to which he belonged acting with tnpathy for Ireland, as far as it was possible for them to de so, and they were now desirous of taking the first step towards the social improvement of Ireland, namely, improving the lesser orders of society. That was not the time for entering upon the question of the corn-laws, but he was happy indeed that the debate hid taken place, because it would show the House and the country that however they might differ upon some point they were desirous of seeing some improvement introdaced into the sister kingdom. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said he wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury. Sir R. PEEL—I can anticipate the question the Hon. Mem ber wished to put to me, and I will answer it without hesita tion. I apprehend the question to be whether lam prepared to accept his proposition to repeal Lk. corn-laws in respect to Ireland for the period of three months? I say at once lam not prepared to agree to it. Mr. S. O'BRIEN was about to make an explanation, but being called to order he resumed his seat. Mr. B. DISR AELl—Before we go into a division upon the question before the House, I cannot help reverting to some of the observations made by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stockport. He has treated us with a definition which public men have often indulged in, and has threatened us wish the public indignation, and held up to us the horrors of public reprobation. He has imitated many great examples by not shrinking from defining and using a particular term for the purpose of menacing the Legislature.—( Hear. ) There is a celebrated definition of the same term connected to ith three individuals who met in a street (not a street in Stockport. )—( freer, and Laughter.) We are told, without the slightest exception, that the people of England are p.er-ons who live in towns; I think that definition, fur I made a note of it at the time, was loudly cheered by a gentleman, the expression of whose opinion—ot whose feeling!, !Ludt al cv:iys make a great impression on this House and on :he country. The Rtight Hon. Gentleman, the first Minister of the Cross n, the moment the H on . M em b er f or S toc k port, h e ld up w h at 11 e called, t h e ' country party to the indignation of the people, Indulged in aloud cheer, The moment the country party w ere t .,, h reweried with the' indignation of th e p eop l e , t h e R ig h t H on. Baronet the First Minister o i f England cheers most l us til y ; tr an e d e l i e , it (11:arneimtioeumbeorf w remembered, tl l a ,a t t the ti threat was f o ll owe d b y a The people were defined to e people consisted of. towns, and this definition m o e f b t e with r% n e s veryliving lo u in d cheer from the first Minister of " No, no.") Yes, I • • Ine C"wn. —,ies repeat it ; immediately after the ' nition of the term people the Right lion. Gentleman cheered,c which struck me at the time as rather strange, remembering a s I did that the cheer came from the same Right Hon. individual who was once so fond of being at the h ea d o f the country ,uta, tlensen of England. Ihe moment the Hen. Gentleman the Member for Stockport defined the people as being persons living in towns, and attempted, as he had often dote before, to control public opinion, by holding out a threat of public indie nation, saying that this sentiment of indignation would arise from the people, who, in a most worthy and frank manlier, he defined to be persons who lived in towns, the Prime Minister of England immediately cheered and accepted that definition. Sir ROBERT PEEL —I totally deny it.— ( Tremendous cheering.) Mr. B. DISRAELI—Sir, if the Right Hon. Baronet totally denies it—if he means to say any thine I have stated is false, of course I cease.—(clear, hear.) The lion. Member then sat down. On the question being put for reading the order of the day for resuming the adjourned deb to on the Coercion 13111, Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL moved that the House do now adjourn.—( Cries of "Oh, oh.") A`r. aMITH O'BRIEN said he had now an opportunity of giving that explanation, which ti.e Ifouse had just refused to hear. Last Saturday, from Tapers which he had received from Ireland, he found taae the distress and suffering there had become so frighten that it was imperatively net estiry that some decisive step should be taken to alleviate it. He, there fore, wrote the letter to which he had already alluded to the Noble Lord the Member fur Lynn, without consulting any of the Irish Members, who in truth were nut aware of his inten tion till after the letter had been sent. Mr. NEWDEGATE said he wished to know whether he was right in thinking that the Right Hon. Baronet at the heal of Ninjesty's Government a few minutes ago declared Shrews bury, was false sserletht of his lion. Friend, the Member for s se Sir not. R°"•11T PEEL—Certainly I believe the words I used w ere , <, man says I cheesel tt , taly deny it." The Hen. GelV_lee man the Member for Stockport, expression of the Hon. Gentle dietat'ek;:ort, namely, that persons in towns heel a right to o,utlerntao,tthe cannery party, and thus I accepted the Hon. 's c?nstruction of the word " people." Arvin, I say, I:,:),it..onta,r‘.ly. deny Gentlemen the Member for it. The Hor. Hon. Li ent i l:e i r n f e i, A f • s h b e u Shrew s bury thinkshad I said an} thing that the H said was false. I said nothing of the ki l n )o e i . o — g o i ( r ,e n c , fuu.rdicheers.) t Mr. NE WDEGATE begged to a understood the Ri mss- s ght Hon. Baronet, but certainly the pression upon his mind was that the Right Hon. Baronet cheered the definition of the Hon. Member for Stockport. Mr. PETER 13ORTHWICK it wasesidenteherewas a misapprehension of the meaning of the Right Hon. Baronet, hot he regretted the Right Hon. Baronet did not rise to ex. plain at the time his lion. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury renewed his seat. (Cries of " Oh, ob•") Major M ACNANIA RA thought the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government had already suffi ciently explained. He was not responsible for the speech of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stockport, or any other Hon. Member, but if he were, that was not the piece to call upon him to explain it,—(Laughter,) Lord GEORGE BENTINCK was not in the House when 1 the Hon. Member for Stockport made his observations ; but \ there certainly was an impression amongst Hon. Members near him that the Right Hon. Baronst cheered a particular expres- i sion. His Hon. Friend was, therefore, justified in the remarks ! he had made, but the Right Hon. Baronet having stated that they were labouring under an erroneous impression, this dis- 1 claimer must be takan as perfectly satisfactory.—( Hear, hear.) 1 Mr. H. IHNDE said, he certainly thought the Right Hon. Baronet cheered the definition, and he rose simultaneousi! with his Hon. Friend the Member for Shre wsbur y to protest against what he considered very imprope r conduct.— (Oh, oh.) from Sir h JAMES isNoble G Friend R A the ie s m ai h o e , r tfloiartLyanftner, itw what fallen hvaedry fallenliA A l subject. But as he (Sir J. G raham) inex pedient and unnecessary to prolong hadthe a d a i t sc n tl e T t O t il o u h p is on ui t g li h is t Hon. Friend at the head of the Government, he perhaps was the person most capable of giving an opinion upon this matter. hard to call to account a He must say that it w as somewhat particular cheer of any man.b rHfenrhascitwneair,mpolrytc,haenedredhethie,avdearygraebel(e speech of the lion . Member in many of thelleseenetrimtaieennltys d w id hi e c h h ee t r h , e and H h on e . , G as e n n , t ) l t en an ia r n e h a d expressed. that his Right Hon. Friend did not cheer the declaration that whatever might be the opinion of that House with respect to the passing of the measure for the freer importation of corn into this country, whatever was the opinion of the represen tatives of the people, the people themselves had settled ihe question long ago. He had certainly demurred from the defi nition of the Hon. Member for Stockport, that the inhabi'ants of the towns constituted the people of this country. He dif fered from that definition when he heard it, and he was quite sure that his Right Hon. Friend abstained from cheering then. The Hon. Member for Shrewsbury was labouring under a great mistake if he supposed that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government had used any term which was in the least degree inconsistent with the rules of that House in positively denying the accuracy cf the lion. Member's impres sion. He had used no term imputing falsehood. He had I 1 stated distinaly and firmly that he totally denied it. Surely that was not inconsistent with the rules of the Hou_e when an erroneous statement had been made. Mr. MILES begged to corroborate what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman. He (Mr. Miles) was looking at the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government at the time this matter occurred, and he noticed that the Right Hon. Baronet did not cheer. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY also corroborated the statement. Mr. BROTHERT ON said his impression was that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not cheer. He thought the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury had grossly perverted the whole matter. Mr. CORBA.LLY said Le was lookir.g at the Right Hon. Baronet at the time, and he could state that the Right Hon. Baronet did not cheer. Sir R. PEEL—I totally dissent from the principle. I do not recognise any right in any class of the people—any sort of right to dictate to the country. Why then should I cheer ? Mr. COBDEN—The language which was used by the Hon. Member for Shremsbury is now adopted by the 'light lion. Gentleman. I never said that the towns could dictate to the country. In speaking of the people, I spike of the majority of the people ; and I apprehend that the majority of the people of these Islands live in towns. I by no means wish to say that they should dictate to the country, but in all constitutional countries, I apprehend, than the majority governs. Mr. DISRAELI said he had never anticipated any dis cussion upon the subject. Of course he had been mistaken, The Hon. Member for Stockport had made a speech, and in the course of that speech he ( Mr. Disraeli) had been given to understand that the Right Hon. Baronet had cheered a certain sentiment. He had been told by an Hon. Member that the Right lion. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury had cheered that sentiment in the most decided manner. He (Mr. Disraeli) said, " Are you sure of it ?" and he replied " I have not the slightest doubt of it." Now, so assured, he (Mr. Disraeli) had a perfect right in debate to refar to such a matter. Had such a cheer been given by him (Mr. Dis raeli) it would certainly have been immediately laid hold of by the Hon. Baronet. He was therefore surprised at the man ner in which the lion. Baronet denied his (Mr. Disraeli's) assertion ; and he was under the impression that the Right Hon. Baronet intended to be offensive in the matter. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Disraeli) of course immediately sat down. He was perfectly satisfied now that the Right Hon. Gen tleman, did not cheer, and therefore he (Mr. Disraeli) had la boured under an erroneous impression.—( Cheers. ) Sir R. PEEL—I take it for granted that there is an end to this personal matter. Of course if a Member in my situation cheer any sentiment, any gentleman is at liberty to comment upon it. But the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury took this definition as mine. Mr. DISRAELI—In consequence of the cheer. Sir R. PEEL—In consequence of the cheer, and upon that I immediately rose, and said I totally deny it. Mr. M. O'CONNELL then withdrew his motion for the adjournment of the House. THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. At ten minutes to ten o'clock the order of the day for re suming the adjourned debate was read. Mr. ° J. O'CONNELL said he was sorry, after the scene of recrimination which they had witnessed, to re-open the war. In addressing himself to the subject before the House he would first of all turn his attention to the speech of the Honourable Member for Stroud (Mr. P. Scrope). In the course of that speech the Honourable Member had used what he (Mr. O'Connell) could only designate as unchristian doctrines. The Honourable Member said that the only way of relieving Ireland was by establishicg a poor-law like the English one ; and the Hon. Member went on to say that the present system of charity in Ireland was ex travagant and useless. Ireland was not in a state to admit of a poor-law. What would they do with the labourer if they made his condition equally good as that of the independent labourer, whose struggle was such a life and death one that it requiTed a large amount of moral energy to engage or persevere in it. There was one thing he defied then to do, and that was, to make the condition of the labourer under any system affording relief, worse than that of the inde pendent labourer.--( Hear, hear.) He would wish to say, with respect to the observation of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn (Lord G. Bentinck), that the Members who advocated a repeal of the Union, repudiated the idea of a dismemberment of the empire. The Irish Members had been done great injustice to by the supposition that they advocated a repeal of the corn law in the hopes of benefiting by a side wind the object which they had in contemplation. But lie assured the House that they would not stain their cause by being guilty of impeding the cheapening of the bread to the famished people—( Cheers) and with reference to the charge which had been made against them of delaying, the progress of the measure ; but the charge did not rest with then—it rested with those who could dispense with the Coercion Bill. They could not give a facility for a Bill which was fraught with unmitigated evil to the country. English Members, and the writers fur the Eng lish press, talked to them of public opinion ; but they gave proof of a f4regone conclu s i on — name l y, that tey had no roe gard for public opinion in Ireland. That opinion never en tered into their consideration. But the time was come, if the two countries were to go on together, there should be due regard paid to that public opinion. —( Cries of " Hear, hear.") The people of England were not enlight ened as to the re..l condition of the Irish people. He would address himself now to the subject at present under the consideration of the House, and he would do so with a deep sense of his inability to deal with it, and, what he felt more acutely, with a disheartening sense of the effect of any entreaties or address he would make there. This was no ques tion of mere coercion fur a particular emergency. Whether they mi2ht think it or not—whether they might will it or not —in spite of themselves, the whole question of international relations—the whole question of the mu'ual position of the two countries must come under review. Why did he say so? There they were in the seventh century of the connexion of the two countries, and whatever might be the impression in this country on the subject, it could not he denied that it was re garded in Ireland with iron hatred. During that lengthened period he could not light upon a time—he could not lay his hands upon:a single spot, where the relations of the two coun tries presented any other aspect but that of the direst and most continued oppression. There they were in the 46th year of the Union—a Union accomplished by treachery and fraud—a union accomplished when the country was in a state of corn- Vete prostration ; and year after year they were going on in a geometrical progression, the whole country falling into the most indescribable and increasing misery, approaching occa sionally to famine and pestilence. Their minds were so occu pied, and properly occupied he would admit, with English mat ters, for it was natural that it should be so, that they could not see the state of Ireland as it really was. Ireland was not now in the condition she was in some time since. She was then weak, powerless, and disregarded, she was now fax growing into importance and power. The people were bandesi together as a people were never banded before, animated with the spirit of one man, an „I determined to redrew.; themselves their grievances, if they were not redressed. They were tried in the tire of affliction, and they were so schooled by systematic ospression, that he should mock that House if he did not say that they were utterly disinclined and detached from this coun try. He believed it to be fur the advantage of both countries hat the connexion should continue, but it would net, he feared, continue, unless their policy was changed. Firmly as the people of Ireland were attached to the repeal—and that attachment was as strong as their attachment to life—their desire was to preserve the ebrinexion between the t ro countries. This connexion was the best mode, he sincerely believed, of advancing E their mutual interests, but he inu-t also say that tyrannical as .nngleanntde's.strength would never be secure if Ireland was dis- Nnileur:tacbiengthc,ase.Rousseitan of the . mu m st , ri li a e r , ch n , nd a barrier would be created by this i union which w e h i : h u t s i s , l e a n p powers of the world, would not be able to o would ask., was this Bill brought in? At what period, he at a time when the country was res. It d. was brought forward genre of successes in war—at resounding with the intelli they were going to confer benefitsomentF also, whin was the time when Ireland was threatenedon England —such By this course of proceeding they wereawalC with coercion. the recol lectie.ns that a period of success for Ermlanednwinags press:on for Ireland, anti that no concession of one of op rish rigLts might be expected unless England was ' beset with difficult} awaken. and dange r . Th ese were dangerous considerations to , Their object should rather be to blot out the past, and to av o id a ll rem i n i scences of the b memory of the bygone e history of ; the two countries ; b u t i nstead of that they what they , blamed them for doing i n th e Conciliation llall " andrefresliee the recollection of the oppr ess i ons and afflictions , which li e lind had undergone since she h a d t h e misfortune of being connected with England. Never were le ore easily conciliated than the I r i s h people were ; word even, or a promise, or th e sound of : promise. would have conciliated them ; but he would tell them ' that neither a word, nor a promise, nor the sound ora promise, would cor.ciliate them now. They have had too long experi ence of the conduct of this country to place any dependence in mere professions; for what word was ever kept, what promise was not broken, and what hopes held out were ever anything else hut empty delusions? It was an ungrateful moment, therefore, to attempt to inflict fresh tyranny upon Ireland. He was much struck with an article he had recently read in the Mee/ rer newspaper (which was said to be a Government paper) connected with the successes which had lately,att, rider! their arms in India ; aid he would take the liberty of reading the passage for the put pose of connecting better the remark• he had to make upon it.—( The Hon. Member here read the pa-sage, which stated that a large number of the Irish soldiers who were at present in India, under Sir Hugh Gough, hac subscribed a large amount of money fur the relief of their suffering countrymen at home, and had handed it to Sir Hugh Cough for remittance to li eland. They went to the field of battle after doing as this paper stated. Suppusing„ then, they were informed of w Eat was preparine for their unfortunate country supposing they were told that a Coercion Bill was preparing for the further relief of their would have been their feelings then? —(Hear, w hat starving countrymen , hear.) Would they ha ve turned their backs uyon NI they wntrA have gone on—they would have the enemy ? —O, _ have wrung victory from a b ild shed their blood—they would They were not the men who and daring enemy.—( Cheers. ) would then turn their stared them in the face. When the remnant of their force, how ever, came back, they would hear of what was doing for their country while they were fighting the battles of England.— (Hear, hear.) They would be told this—they would be told that their fathers, 'oho had left their wretched homes to seek th e pr i est for their d y i ng mot h ers , to have the consolation of religon given thcm on their dying b e d ___-.olear , )—they would be told, that while en deavouring toseek this conselation, they were seized and trans ported under th e h umane powers of an English law, termed a Coercion ill, and not unjustl so termed. ' —(Hear, hear. , ' Wttat must ß be their feelin lingo then? He would be told in that House, that this w ould not be the case—tha t an exception --- wo uld be made in such cases. Little , ire eed, were they in that House acquainted with the power of the minions of the law—of the subordinates, the police in that country. Such results, indeed, would not take place, if the justice of the Mem bers of that House was properly carried out.—( Hear, hear. ) And those who knew the police of that country were ni t ignorant of the means to which they would resort for the grati fication of their revengeful spirit. The little police of Ireland I were ever ready to follow up any man in that country who would attempt to give expression to his feel- I ines ; and it was well known that those subordinates of the law looked upon themselves as dignified by the little brief authority with which they were invested ; and they looked for the marked respect of the unfortunate people—(Hear, hear)—in 1 fact they expected that every man should be ready at all times to take off their ha's to those petty tyrants who were promoted for acts which very often tended but to the gratification of their own passions. He would appeal to the Irish Members of that House, if such was not the character of the Irish police, and if every word of what he had stated in referenc e t o th em was not true?—( Hear, hear. ) He believed that the word of the Irish Members was worth something upon that head, and yet throe policemen were to have the practical carrying out of this vile measure. This then would be the situation of the unfortunate peasantry of Ireland under the present Bill. He would speak to many other of the dangerous results of this measure, but he would also speak to the (larger which would accrue to this country from the effect of the pre sent policy of the English Government towards Ireland. They might think themselves safe, but he would warn them that they were on the blink of a dangerous precipice. It was a giddy height, and they looked down upon danger, and it may be ruin, though in the distance ; but that danger to the connexion of both countries was not the loss certain.—( Hear, hear. ) They might not think so, but he felt bound in his conscience to warn them, and he now did so, that this subject was a most dangerous one to this country.—(Hear, hear.) As a proof that he was nut overrating the matt, r, he found that the probability of a war was occupying the attention and judgment of the military men of this country. He found that the mili tary engineers, in their anxiety on this question, were looking at the geographical position of Ireland, and made, accordingly, observations upon her coast and harbour. in the event of a foreign war. Would they allow Ireland to remain in this state—would they allow her to be at the mercy of such a Bill as the present, while they were hurl ing defiance at their foreign enemies? Well, they might do so ; but they were mistaken if they wrapped themselves in the mantle of security, for they were anything but safe, under such a state of things in that country.—(Hear, hear.) To prove to the House that this danger was not unlikely, he felt bound to rest an extract from a journal of vet, high authority —he meant the United Service Gazette. ('l: he Hen. Member read at some length to the effect that, in case of a war between England and any other country, many of the harbours on the coast of Ireland were accessible to the ships of the enemy, and recommending that the attention of the Government should be directed to the defence of those places.) The Honourable Member continued—When France attempted a partial invasion of Ireland, General Massena was told that he could never think of conquering England by such an act of warfare; but the General replied, that he did not think of conquering England by such a step, but he was certain that a successful stand in Ireland would have ruined England, and that his intention was not to conquer but to ruin her. England, however, says, we are able to fight the world, and put down Ireland too. She might be able to do so, but it was not a very Christian-like boasts-(11nm hear.) She had been so vic torious in battle, that she might not only fancy herself still the favourite of fortune, but she might in reality be so. He trusted she would long continue so—(Cheers)—but if she were able to fight the world and put down Ireland, what scenes of blood would not be shed—what ruin to her manufacturers — what ruin to her mercantile interests, would not follow en the heels of such a victory. (Hear, hear.) With what feelings would this country contemplate so fearful a result.—( Hear, hear.) The Irish Members in that House felt that they were bound to oppose this Bill, that they were charged by the other side of the House with causing unne cessary and unwarrantable delay in the passing of such a mea sure. Instead, however, of this opposition being unnecessary and unwarranted, it was an opposition asked for by the ob noxious powers contained in it ; and they would be acting con trary to the trust reposed in them, and contrary to the dic tates and convictions of their own conscience. The Noble Lord (alorpeth) who stated that, notwithstanding he would oppose this measure in its future stages, he felt bound to support its first reading. He (Mr. O'Connell) was really at a loss to account for this—he really could not find the logic of it.—( Laughter.) With respect to the Noble Lord who Introduced this Bill, he found it stated in the papers, purporting to have reported the speech of that Noble Lord, sentiments which he could not agree with. This Bill was introduced by Lord St. Germans, who was sponsor to it. Now he would oppose this Bill, if for no other reason than because it had been stated by the late Secretary of State for Ireland.— ( Loud laughter. ) He recollected when this i , oble Lord came to Ireland in his official capacity, he teas talked of as a moderate man ; but the Irish people had un fortunate reasons to know the contrary. He was a man smeoth in speech, but one of fatal contradiction in action. Ile told the Irish people that Sir Robert Peel's policy towards Ireland should be wise and moderate, that he would endeavour to pro mote the interests of Ireland by developing her re seurces, and by combining wisdom with moderation in every measure affecting that country, and by trying to do justice to all. And yet, here was this " moderate" man now introducing a Bill which was calculated to trample on the few remaining liberties of the Irish people. This moderate man went to Ireland ; and what was his first act ? Let him (Mr. J. O'Connell) point to the election of Dublin, at which the Noble Lord the Member for Yorkshire was a candidate. In that case the grossest injustice had been practised. The sheriff had appointed a creature of his as overseer of a most important booth, and in which that creature gave every opposition to the Liberal voters. Appeals were made to the moderation and the candour and the justice of this moderate man ; and yet what did he do ? He gave no. answer whatever ; he went away, left Dublin, and left the whole affair in the hands of Mr. Breasten, and that was the first slip of this moderate man.— (Hear, hear.) The next act of this moderate man was to ap point to judicial situations on the Bench men who had made themselves remarkable even in this House by their vehement opposition to any measure of liberal tendency for Ireland. His next step was that of the dismissal of the liberal magistrates. The Hon. Member then called attention to the circumstances connected with the proclamation that had been issued for the prevention of the ,meeting that was intended to have been held at Clontarf. lie would contend for it that that proceeding was one, if not of cold-blooded cruelty, at least one of cold-blooded heedlessness. And the excuse for suddenly issuing that proclamation was, that there had not been time to correct it. He would say that anything more mocking than this excuse he had never heard. Let the House look to the conduct of Lord St. Germans, who was a party to the appointment of O'Driscoll to the magistracy of the county of Galway, the man who had been dismissed, and was unwor thy to be again appoint e d. Th e L or d St. G ermans was a party to th appointment of Lord Lucan to the Lord-Lieute nancy of Mayo. Lord Lucan was the man who rescinded the order for allowing the Sisters of Charity to visit the prisons and hospitals. These ladies had denied themselves every comfort and luxury of life, and consented to live in po verty, to benefit their fellow -creatures. They faced for that purpose disease and death in their most terrible forms, and exposed themselves without fear to contagion. That order—he said so in no sectarian spirit—that order would have been respected in every man's heart, and Lord Lucan refused in the most contemptuous man. nor what would not have been refused its the most Anti- Catholic part of this country. The Protestants themselves were so convinced of the utility of these foundations that they had instituted some of them themselves, and yet Lord Lucan was rewarded by the Lord-Lieutenancy of Mayo. Throughout the three or four years that they had the misfortune of having Lord Lucan as secretary, he sacrificed all his feelings to parti zanship. He yielded all his feelings to party purposes, and supported the Government in all their harsh measures, and yet that man came forward—as it has been reported in the newspapers—and spoke feelingly of the crime of Ireland, and how he felt grieved at the measures of repression which the Government felt compelled to apply. 'What were hie last words? That the Government regretted to interfere with the rights of property to such an extent, but they had no remedy. 01 course they could not do so, as long as the law remained on the statute-book, but they could remove the law and introduce measures to make the landlords respect the rights of property in the tenant, as much as the House respected the rights of property in the landlord, There were Hon. Gentlemen in that House who had been such as to call for a consideration of the measures they had proposed. With regard to the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department, he (Mr. J. O'Connell) referred to him, because he had not remedied his former acts, but he had declared his repentance of them. His expressions seemed to hold out hope for Ireland, and to promise that some measures of good for Ireland should be adopted. His sentiments seemed to come mere from his heart this year, but he was contravening his ow: declarations in bringing forward the present Bill. His former conduct towards the people of Ireland remained bitterly im pressed on their memories, and anxious as they were to accept words of conciliation, yet they must call on him not to leave them with mere words, but to show by his acts that he felt a sincere repentance, and conceived a new line of policy better adapted to the wants of the county. With regard to the Right Hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury, he had not given them these assurances ; he had not held out the same language. It might be the difference of temperament, that he tray not willing to express those feelings, but kept them within his own breast. Still the omission was im portant, because it related to the offence charged against him. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would recall to his memory his conduct towards Ireland, he would find that it began by an unjust and tyrannical persecution of the press. tie would remember that during his Secretaryship in Ireland, th e Orange system obtained an organization of the most flourish ing and permanent description, and that had been attributed to ' him. Ile (Mr. J. ('Connell) did not charge the Right Hon. Baronet with it, because he (the Right Hon. Gentleman) p e e v o e i r i y le y o o l un lr g ela g n en d was anxious as he was willing to believe he stood well with the of smainly to his fostering that the —but property, arid who was of Pro testantthe'o rang , persuasion, m a n. The Rightas soon ii as on h . system obtained the ascendency in Ireland ; so much so, that eGceanintleen(i)fanagheawdaosn"l:ecrnerlanl Oacscaar-t ses cmmpmiw%z‘olii,eaeenthayaahcalsssituruut, diehrhrrileeeistngff:go:idriearra: sjuiontsh,shotiwonuses,ymreppartehseynttoewd atrhdesseweroosprionitchipilses, party as wasthe and bad, super •abundance of loyalty. There was one think ) certain, namely, that throughout his life in Ireland, he had beets leagued with those who were constantly and strongly opposed to the rights of the people of Ireland, and went with all th • e err the ribeoe t the h mi mi e niet bringing iaod p s:u r , progress g hef e r o e t ff, li :ne reliefp p o o , of rho peopl e of ccvdm a ll eec t nddno e h t tiehli a h rtii l iifi a , gmme , dena,tialvtio. tattdeooipchipueng, effaced hio, sho:t,:eesfia a ,iosei uti relent ikenefflnaghe en: unflinchingly, iiyrie3dwte,t:::aturrnhi tnniedo:t..nttei possess,ion restrictions o o r n a Catholic andseries l alwaysi ofc liberty y (ah ss: his opinion fully against the freedom of his fellow -subjects. ef Ireland, of the opposition he had made to them while there. His conduct since then, whether in or out of olive, was not calculated t o i m p rove t h e i mpression.—( Ilear, hear.) No one was more ready th an h e was to urge the Whigs forward the he gave that party peg, leo flreland in then, and h 1 ti3a. i t He : old and isolated recollect e d facts cagheaient cheers which raksd rip and presented with all the dramatic t effect and illustration of whi c h h e was capa bl e, to serve his purpose; warping and misleadicg th e j u d gment of his hearers to effect that end. The two Right Hon. Baroneta opposite had also done their Lest to violate people the elect ora l r i g h ts of the o '- f Ireland, assisted by' Lord Stanley, isi support of which attempt they attributed perjury and brib er y, arid every o th er v i ee them. The people of Ireland recollected a ll th ese deeds, ' o an t o' knew that, ever since they came into power, their object had been to give ascend ancy t,', the party that is inimical to the rights and privileges of the great body of Irishmen. That while th ey had, Janus like, one face of liberality to the people of England, they presented another of injustice, and tyranny, and cruelty to the people of Ireland. These were the men who were to administer this law with the assistance of their suhordi rates. Was it any wonder, then, that the representatives of measure titan that, it be no other objections to the it would Ireland opposed the measure? For himself, if ther e were rdministered by ne cessary, lie would strenuously oppose its p assin g into a law. ' such parties, even admitting that was , He now came to the measure itself , He would ask, had t he Government fairly tried the powers already in their hands? Had those powers been fairly tried ? If they bad been, and failed, however much he might be overwhelmed at the sense of the hideous crimes committed by his countrymen, he would feel that he could not resist the granting of new powers. T ILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1846. But he denied that they had exhausted the powers at their disposal. They had the power of special commissions ; had that been tried and failed? It was said that it had been tried in the case of Brian Seery, and failed. This was not so, for they exectieed their man. They secured their victim, though there was a deep feeling of doubt and mystery regarding that. affair in the minds of the people of Ire land. The Special Commission had succeeded. There were only five counties in Ireland in which the horrible crime of assassination prevailed, though that was not to the extent that had been represented, and they might try a Special Commis sion in each of these.—( Hear, hear.) This would be a cheaper, fuller, and better means of meeting the evil thaw by the Bill befire the House. Until they had fully tried them, they were not in a position, fairly and equitably, to ask for such extraor dinary powers. They could also increase the police ; and they had other powers which they could call into operation. Therefore, until they tried those, and others like these, under the existing law, he could not consent to their asking for such a Bill as that before the House. Their case was not complete until all these had been tried and failed. At present their case was— " But half made up, And that so lamely and uolashionably That dugs bark at them as they pass by." But it was to those %elm had been aptly termed the under takers of Ireland that they oe ed the present Bill. They hated the people of Ireland on accoact of the Maynooth grant and the Corn Bill, and they now made tools of the two Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite. They had, in consequence, the Government, on the one hand, attempting a noble revolution, and at once abandoning the errors they had formerly professed ; and, on the other hand, sunk in the mud and mire of cruelty, tyranny, and unchristianity in respect to Ireland.--(Hear.) He had said that Government had net used their power for the advantaee of Ireland. They had not even in the cause of that desolation—they had nut, in the whole course of their legislation, once touched on tl:e causes of crime in that country.—(Hear, hear.) What were those causes? lle would tell them, not in his owe words, but from tee very re • of the landlords had induced the outrages of the peasantry. cords of that House. He would show thew that the outrages The extermination of the tenantry led to the assassination of the landlords.—(Hear, hear.) The state of that country was neither more nor less than that of a national system of murder between these classes, and he found in the appendix, that from the years 1827 to 1833 (five years in all) there had been 14,100 ejectment:, comprising a popu lation of 40,100 turned out of their houses. The Hon. Nlem her then proceeded to read at length quotations font the charges of Lord Chief Justice Pennefeather, from the evi det ce of Messrs. Howley and Lloyd, Sergeants-at-law, and others, with the view of showing that the legislative Acts which had reference to Ireland were drawn up to favour the landlords, while they oppressed the tenants. Ile did not wish to detain the House too long— (Cries of " Oh !" aid ironical cheering)—but he could not help thinking that it evidenced the feelings of the Government towards Ireland, when not one Irishman was considered worthy of holding a situation of trust in that country. He would, with the permission of the house, read some quotations from the evidence of a gentleman intimately acquaiuted with the north and south of Ireland, a gentleman who had acted as agent for large estates there, and who was therefore competent to form an opinion upon the matter. He meant Mr. Wiggins. The Hon. Member read quotations from that gentleman's evidence to prove his argument that Leland was unjustly dealt with. The example of tl.e Marquis of Ormond was often pointed to, and what was this example? Why the performance of his duty. There was a volume of Irish history in that. The general rule in Ireland was for the Irish landlords to disregard their duties, although they so closely observed their rights. He held in his hand a heart-sickening detail of exterminations in Ireland. The first case he would refer to was that of Mr. Shea, of Blackmore Lodge, in the county of Kilkenny. ( The Hon. Gentleman then read from a pamphlet, which detailed a eourse of persecuti on w hi c h h a d been adopted by an Irish landlord for the purp ose o f ex t erm inating certain of the Roman Catholic tenantry.) Th e proceedings of Government had already engende re d cr i me i n Ireland, and this mea sure would drive the p eo ple to worse crimes. He held in his hand a copy of the Cork Examiner, from which it appeared that from the Gerrard property 80 families, including 457 individuals, had been ejected very recently; from another property in that neighbourhood, 19 families, con sisting of 95 individuals; from Sir Francis Hopkins', 37 families, including 218 individuals ; from another property nine families, including 53 individuals; from another property one widow and her family, consisting of eight individuals ; from Lord Waterford's property 270 individual;; arid front another 170 individuals, making a total of parties evicted recently in the neighbourhood of Cork, of 1,271 human beings, who were in fact exterminated by their landlords from the land of their birth.—( Hear, hear.) Those were the first fruits of their Coercion Bill—that was the prestige of it.—( Hear, hear.) The Government had talked of the moral effect of this coercive measure, but the effect of it was this, that the moment the landlords of Ireladd learned the intention of the Government to introduce it, they commenced evicting their unfortunate tenants, who were driven to desperation. This Coercion Bill had in fact encouraged the most immoral acts.—( Hear, hear.) Let the Government go on with their Bill; let tleem push it forward. It was a measure for which they could patch up a majority from all sorts of discordant elements. They could certainly pick up something like a majority to coerce the Irish people and the Irish Members, but the Government and those who supported them must take the responsibility—the responsibility of the death of the people would be upon their heads ; but the said grief, and misery, and desolation of the country would be with the poor of the land.--( Loud cries of "r• ear, hear.") He would wish to make a few observations with respect to the in efficiency of the coercive measures that had hitherto been in troduced by the Government. He could quote to them authorities from their own reports, Commissioners, arid Blue Books, to show that such measures, instead of pacifying, have driven the people to despair. The people of those portions of the country where coercive laws had been in force had been examined before Commissioners of the Government, and they unanimously stated that the effect was to enrage the people, and the consequence was, that the number of crimes and outrages were far greater than before those laws Caine into operation. And ti.e Right Hon. Mr. Blackburn, the Master of the Rolls in Ireland, had given evidence to the same effect. He regretted that the night had so far advanced, because he had abundance of evidence to adduce in support of the stand which he had taken against the Bill, arid there were several Hon. Gentlemen behind him who had also mountains of evi dence to adduce against this most odious measure.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary-at-War had, in support of this measure, brought forward as an argument that the narrower the ground was, the greater was the neces sity.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He conceived that that was a fair deduction of the argument of that Right Honour able Gentleman. It certainly was an argument wor thy of the cause. He wished to ask what man would be safe if this measure were passed ?—( Hear, hear.) Every rank would suffer, hut the lower ranks particularly, be caase the wealthier classes had now ample means of protecting themselves against its clauses. The peasantry would be con fined to their cabins, their smoky and unwholesome huts, from sunset to sunrise, and if they dared to leave them, they would be liable to the horrors of transportation.—(Hear,hear. ) The magistrates of I re l an d were a i r , a dy sufficiently measure would enlarge them to a p m o o " s . most r u s n ° i f • e a thes n great,a s b t l i l) be e nud x t t extent.—(Hear, t i :— (Hea r , hear.) The Hon. Member then read a series of documents for the purpose of prming the increase of crime in England as compared with that of Ireland. During the last four years murders had increased fully eight per cent ; arsons had increased twenty-eight per cent. There was just one circumstance to which he would allude be • fore he hurried to a conclusien.—(Great laughter.) lie could not object to Honourable Gentlemen laughing, but he con sidered they had no rcason to do se, as he had not the power of rising to address the House at an earlier period if the even ing. What, however, he referred to was the state of the tenure of land in Ireland. The present Lord Chancellor of Ireland had introduced a plan that had been found to work well. He introduced the system of giving leases of thirty-one years in those tenarity cases that canoe before him ; and he (Mr. O'Connell) thought that if a similar plan were adopted gene rally the best results would follow. Ile had now to thank the House, and he did so sincerely, for the attention and silence with which they had heard him in discharging what he con ceived to be a solemn and Imperative duty. Captain JONES said he could assert that not a single eject ment had taken place on that property. 11r. H. GRATTAN said he had heard that 277 families had been ejected from the property in question. After a few words from Mr. S. O'BRIEN and Mr. M- O'CoNNEI.I., Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said he believed there was not a more humane landlord in the country than the Marquis of Waterford, and he hoped he would have an opportunity of re futing those charges. On the motion of Mr. M'CARI HY, the debate was then adj:,urned. The ether orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourLd at half-past One until Monday next. Ii I RAILWAY LEGISLATION. The following are Sir Robert Peel's resolutions, as amended on Thursday night : I. That this House will not read a third time any Bill to empower any company (whether intended to be incorporated by such Bill, or already iucorporated by Act of Parliament), to construct a railway, utiles three clear dare before the liiitd reading, there shall have been deposited at the Private Bill t'iltil C.:1 1' ; e t here signed t() ij a e m ° l l) e a n u t tl o i e : r i i i t e ic i •a n t s e p d ec t i l ir n o l f a a ti l i i : e:• h parties,ere n ' i l a c f e t err mentioned, and comprising the particulars hereinafter ex osrfici till% company, 0 b consecutive being; pressed, and stating the following facts, viz. :- 1. That a copy of the Zia was submitted to the con- ' sideration of a meeting of the holders of scrip, or of bankers' receipts for scrip, of the company, or (in case of p a : c pz o i n tst r e p : :ny already incorporated) the shareholders or stockholders of the company, specially called for that 2. That such meeting was called by advertisements, inserted once in each of two consecutive weeks in the I- "adore Gazette (if the railway be an English rail way) or in the L d ll' f il urgh Gazettes (if the railway • on ,i, am ~ ii i. be a Scotch railway), in the London and _Dalian in each of ai l i-i tlic3to e u. an I rich rail way ), and in at least three London daily news. Papers, and not less than three titnes in each such less than l ase t t i l ia the railway be a Scotch railway, not less such two consectrive weeks ; and three times in each of two Edinburgh news- Pa P ers in each of two such consecutive weeks; and in case the railway be an Irish railway, not less than three times in each of two Dublin daily news papersweienktesnded to be e b t4 y ll . l'eh the NH : —That such meeting was con stituted incorporated a e t t l a .e i ',ja (ife porated one-third e e . rs t oz p p r a o r d t u c o i f n g t h thereat, e scrip, ea p it a u l or proposedbankers' r4ce 'l it ' for scrip, of the company representing not to b by the company under the Bill (such seri P h aving been actually issued, or the deposits in respect thereof having been paid before the 31st of March ill the present year). 4 . In the case of the company being already incor is herein otherwise provided' according to the constitu .lo_,MS ton of the company, and was constituted of share! I I That such meeting was held, except so far as or stockholders th'ireof competent to vote at the of i !Mary 5. That at such meeting meetings of the company, and representing; either per sopany or as proxies not less than one-thir ' d part of the whole capital or stock of the company. persons producing thereat scrip, or bankers' receipts for the Bill was eppioved of by `rip , equal to at least thre-iitiha of the total amount m • the purposes meeting; or, in the case of a company alreadyincorporated, et ' ser'o, or lii.nkers' receipts for scrip. produced at the by three-hulls at least of the nh.teiiii, the votes being given and computed according to the constitution of the company. - rapeer'rianiseedach of G. 'That tuose cases iu which the Bill is promoted by an incorporated • inpany, but the parties interested are holders of scrip which " it is proposed shall be converted into shares or stock, or otherwise become portion of the the Bill, and ri only on that event, shall for interest of thecohnictlintrenratye,d company on the passing of companies not incorporated. at such meeting, yet IL That for the of this resolution it shall be compe tent ;or the chairman of any meeting called in pursuance of this 'resolution, be deemed to be cases of thereof, in the event of the above prescribed quorum of scrip shares or stock t \ae the case may be) not being represented consti tuting the said 'nesting, approving or not approving of the to cause the votes of the persons Bill, to be taken and recorded, and then to adjourn the 4 same to some day, hour, and place to be declared by the chairman, such day not being less than three days, and not more than one week, from the original day of meeting; and such day, hour, and place. being in the meantime advertised ] twice in each of three London daily newspapers, or in the Edinburgh or Dublin newspapers, as above directed in the case of Scotch or Irish railways ; and at such ad journed meeting it shall also be competent to the chair man thereof to cause to be taken and recorded the votes of such of the parsons constituting the same as have not voted at the original meeting; and the total amount of votes given at the original and adjourned meeting shall be received as if given at one and the same meeting. 111. That such certificate shall also comprise, in a tabular form, the following particulars :- 1. The day, time, and place of the meeting, and of the adjourned meeting (if any). 2. The dates of insertion of the advertisements for the meeting and the names of the newspapers in vthich they were inserted. 3. The names and addresses of the persons producing scrip, or bankers' receipts for scrip, at the meeting, ac cording to the statements of such persons; Or, in the case of a company already incorporated, or The names and addresses of the shareholders or stock holders present at the meeting, according to the register book of names and addresses. 4. The denoting numbers, if any, of the scrip, and in the case of bankers' receipts, the names of the persons from whom the deposit is therein stated to be received, and the am out of the scrip and receipts respectively pro duced by the persons so producing the same at the meeting : Or, in the case of a company already incorporated, The respective amounts of shares or stock held or represents) by the shareholders or stockholders attend ing the meeting. 5. The fact of the approval or non-approval of the Bill (as the case may be) by the several persons pro ducing scrip, or bankers' receipts, at the meeting, or by the several shareholders or stockholders attending the meeting. 6. The total amount of strip and bankers' receipts produced at such meeting, and the amount thereof proe duced by the persons approving of the Bill, or in the case of a company already incorporated, the total amount of shares or stock represented, either in person or by proxy at the meeting, and the amount thereof so represented by persons approving of the Bill. 7.. The total amount of the capital proposed to he raised by the company under the Bill ; or in the case of a company already incorporated, the total amount of the capital or stock of such company. IV. That such certificate shall be signed by the chair , man of the meeting, and by one of the solicitors of the copa -1 pang, and the authenticity of such certificate shall be verifhal by the signature of the Parliamentary agent depositing the same. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GkZEI"TE. WHITEHALL, APRIL 23, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honour able George Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the s'aire of Aberdeen, in the room of William George Earl of Erroll, deceased. WHITEHALL. APRIL 24. The Queen has . been pleased to direct '_otters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto Matthew Charles Howard Gibbon, 11 , q , the office of Richmond Herald, void by the promotion of James Pulman, Esq., to the office of Norroy King of Arms. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 24. The Queen has been pleased appoint Alexander Stewart, Esq., to be Master of the Rolla for the province of Nova Scotia. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 21. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Roberts, as Consul at Milford Ilaveti for his Majesty the King of the b'elgittne. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Haire, as Consul at Gibraltar fur the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh- Schwerin, FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 22. The Queen has been pleesed to approve of Mr. James Henry, as Consul at Launceston, Van Diemen's Laud, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. Commission by the Queen. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Captain W. P. K. Browne, from the 49th Regiment, to be Adjutant, vice Guthrie, who retires, April 2. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. The Hon. E. T. Wodehouse to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 9; the Hon. B. Wodehouse to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 10 ; W. Norris, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 14; T. Kerslake, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 15. Commission.; signed by the Lord- Lieutenant of Surrey. To be Deputy-Lieutenants—John Courage, Eso., George Scoyell, Eeq., Samuel Palmer, Esq., Algernon Perkins, Esq., and James Forbes Young, Esq., _starch 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—G. M. Innes, Gent., to be Ensign, March 26. Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—S. Rails, Gent., to he Lieutenant, April 2. Royal West Middlesex Militia—W. C. Clayton, Esq., to be Captain ; A. ~11. Ridgway, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; W. B. Parker, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; H. Austen, Gent., to be Ensign, April 23. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Q Vivian, Esq., to be Major, vice Lord Burghley, promoted, March 26; J. S. Capron, Esq., to be Captain, vice Davison, resigned, April 3 ; R. 'F. Clarke, Esq., to be Captain, vice Christie, resigned, April 4; W. Christie, Esq., to be Captain, vice Young, re signed, April 18 • E. Griffin, Gent., to be Ensign, April 4. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. North York Regiment of Militia—R. W. Jackson, Gent., to be Lieutenant; W. W. Harland, Gent., to he Ensign; R. B. Booth, Gent., to be Ensign, April 15. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire. Eat Devon Regiment of Militiaa—J. C. Harris, Esq.. to be Captain, vice the lion. N. Fellowes, resigned, Feb. 28 ; H. Churchill, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 31 ; G. L. Dacie, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 11; C. C. Wills, Gent., to be Ensign, March 19. North Devon Regiment of Militia—E. Moore, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; T. H. Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 6. Royal First Devon Regt. of Yeomanry Cavalry—J. M. Wolcott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cockburn, deceased ; E. Ethelston, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wolcott promoted: A. K. E. Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Barnes, pro moted, April 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Royal Lanarkshire Militia—W. J. C. Anstruther, Esq., (not W. J. C. Anstruther, Esq., as stated in Tuesday's Gazette), to be Captain, vice Everard, resigned, March 23. WHITEHALL, APRIL 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Marsh Lee, of New Serum, in the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery, BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Thomas Reynolds, cheesertionger, Cow-cross-street. William Beyuon, button manufacturer, Birmingham. BANK RUP l'S. Edward Clifford, wheelwright, Minster, Kent, to surrender May 2, at eleven, and May 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basingliall-street ; Butterfield and Venour, Gray's Inn square. Philip Kleft, cheesemonger, South-street, Manchester square, April 30, at two, and May 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Bassinghall street; Spiller, Camomile-etreet, Bishops gate-street. William Chamberlain, grocer, Eest Dereham, Norfolk, May 5, and June 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Storey, Gray's Inn-place, London ; Gillman, Norwich. Thomas Williams, merchant, Fenchurch-street, May 1, at eleven and June 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Peile, Great Winchester-street. Thomas Elisha Deacon and Frederick Day, brewers, He mel Hemstead, Hertfordshire, May 7, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptce. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers; Greshatn, Castle- street, Holborn. Robert Bone, grocer, Durham, May 4,. at eleven, and J une 12, at one, at the Newcustle-upon-Tyme District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Churchecourt, Old Jewry ; Thompson, Durham ; Moyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 'l'ltomas Jackson, worsted spinner, Salterhebhle, Yorkshire May 5 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hopee official assignee, Leeds; Jagnea and Co., lily-place, London; Thoina.s Buckworth, mercer :red draper, Nottingham, May 8 and Juue 13, at eleven, at the I3irniingi;anl District Court. %alpy,officiai assignee, Birmingham; Sale and Worthing hleriry ml: on and Richard Vause, merchants, H t eleven, at the Town-hall. Milli. li} - Tajuicl‘tiel::niiiliikail' Benjamin re flis • Beasley, a N it n ; ignee, Holden and Son, Hull. June 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acreman, Monmouth;stol; \icho:as Bristol. J. Buttrey, commission-agent, Manchester, May 6, and June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregor and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ; Hampson and So Manchester. William Miller, commission-agent, .Manchester, May 7 and 28, at twelve, at the Manche ter District Court. Hobson, British mae 1 1 1 )o t Possessions s w s i e o e t k i s andoit lc I s t rassignee,row,Be d-row, - c r l o , Manchester; London; G r eg ; o Gregory, Cooper, PRICE OF SUGAR. Manchester. h G e r ,Ve ° r. rY' The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the f P r r o ( l in t e l e ie o r f etu ti :n e s 345. ld. per cwt, ending i America, April 2 computedl,46 [Dividends, &c., in Our Next.l THE IVEATIIIITZ_E I L I ‘ A Rv N E D sT . PROSPECTS. DUBLIN, APRIL 22 " Ihe continued unfavourable state of the weather for sprin g sow.ng gives rise to the most p ainful apprehensions for the next harvest. We called attention to this subject some weeks since; but there was a brief interval of dry weather, which for the time dispelled alarm, How ever, it has again become cold and wet, and the ground is so saturated that spring sowing cannot safely be proceeded with. Generally, about the 17th of March this most impor tant agricultural business is nearly completed. Now, on the 22d of April, half the spring sowing is not gone through. If the weather should not speedily change for the better, people will become more alarmed for the next harvest than for the difficulties of our present position. The winter-sown wheats we are happy to say, are looking well and healthy. DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE. The accounts received this morning present a most de plorable picture of utter destitution. There are further re ports of the spread of typhus fever. Several landlords are most actively co-operating in providing against famine, and amongst this class we are happy to observe the name of Lord li ; but there are many extensive proprietors who have not contributed a single shilling. Lord Cloncarry has subscribed 50/. to the Murroe and Abingd,m Reliet Fund. The Earl of Clare has subscribed 51)1. to the Poor Relief Fund in Limerick.—Limerick Re porter. SPREA D OF FEVER.—BALLYSP SE—This town has been visited with typhus fever within the last few weeks; not less than twenty families having suffered under the malady which comprised about a fifth part of the inhabitants of the place. The visitation appears to fall on all classes alike. Four deaths have occurred since the disease commenced here, and the symptoms are still sufficiently alarming, —Banner of Ulster. NEWRY.—On Saturday last a meeting was held in the Court House, for the purpose of appointing a relief committee fur the town and neighbourhood of Newry. SUSPECTED MURDER AT MANCIIESTER.-INQUEST.- The inquest on view of the body of Daniel trinkwater, which was adjourned on Tuoiday se'ennight, was resumed On Tuesday last, when the jury, after a short deliberation, f,Jund that tile deceased was taken out of the Rochdale Canal dead, wil h several marks of violence upon him, but how tho-e marks were produced, or what was the cause of death, there was no evidence to show. LAW INTELLIGENCE, (HOUSE OF LORDS, April 24. The Hotio sat to-day for the first time since tha Easter recess to - mar appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cot :enham and Lord Campbell. THE EARL OF STAIR V. ICING, This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the Court of Session in Scotland. The question involved in the case is one of dry Scotch entail, as to whether or not a deed had been properly registered. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Rutherford appeared for the aprell.tut ; and Mr. Anderson and Mr. Robertson for the respondent. The case appears likely to occupy some days. COURT OF CHANCERY, April 24. The Lord Chancellor, after disposing of the Unopposed lunatic petitions in his paper, proceeded to hear the Rather arguments in tile part-heard appeal of Weeks v. Stanhope, which occupied his Lord ship the remainder of the morning. I' ICE-CHANCELLOR' S COURT, April 24: The Vice-Chancellor of England took unopposed peiitiens, short causes and petitions to day, none of which possessed any interest. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRIM.) WILSON v. STANHGPE—DEISURREN. This was a bill tiled by the plaintiff, a shareholder, on behalf of the other shareholders of the London and Manchester Direct Inde pendent Railway (Remington's line), against the Directors and Provisional Committee of that Company, and alleged that the defendants have generally neglected the interests of the company. and frustrated the objects of it in favour of the Direct Loudon and Man chester Railway (Rastrick's line), to which they handed over the plans and sections prepared for the rival scheme ; and alleges fur ther, that this was done for a personal consideration ; and that the deposits paid in on the Remington line were laid out in the purchase of shares in the other company, with a view to keeping up their price in the market, and adds some minor details bearing upon these charges. The cse e was heard on demurrer, on the part of the Hon. Mr. Stanhope, one of the defendants, on whose behalf the demurrer was argued en a point of equity, and on the question ,of parties, it was contended that in case a partnership was to be wound up, it could not be brought into Court but i■ presence of all parties concerned. The COURT decided that the point in equity failed, and overruled the demurrer ou the question of parties, without prejudice to any question in the cause, and reserved costs. JUST V. EAST. This case, which was one chiefly of accounts came on this morning for judgment and further directions. - Tjae Master's report found a large amount due for capitarandlnteresufrom the executor to the estate of the plaintiff, whoychttained his majority in 1832. The Court proceeded through, bite de tails, remarking on them at great length, and in the main confirming the finding of the 'Master, but disallowed the claim: for interest on the balance' calculated from 1826, one year after the death of the testator, holding the executor liable to be charged with interest only since the time of the heir attaining his majority. There were three items of 4001., 1,1501. and 1,0001., which particularly engaged the attention of the Court in delivering judgment. They all appearLd against the executor in the Master's report Abut fur the 4001. a promissory note had been put interthElhands.of the plaintiff on his attaining the age of 21, in 1832; and, since then, up to 1842, he had used no effort to realise the proceeds. The Court, under these circumstances. could not holdahetexecu tor liable unless it were proved that the note could never have been liquidated. On the 1,150/. no interest could be allowed, for it was the debt of the deceased co-executor. The defendant always believed the 1,0001. secur, d by a mortgage, but whether a mortgage existed at all did not appear in evi dence, he was, therefore, chargeable with that sumlsnd the Court ordered a reference to the Master, to inquiminto that debt, with liberty the defendant to take proceedings to get in this sum of 1,0001. due to flee plaintiff's estate. PARR V. GYLBY. Mr. LEE said the case was between a husband, the plain ,whc, sued in forma' pauperis, and his wife, who was pos essed of considerable property. The details that would have to be disclosed were of the most painful character, and on that account he made a proposal before at the bar with a view to closing the suit, on which he had been consulted 'nit very lately, but he was met with defiance. After vain considering the character of the disclosures that would have to be made, and the little hope there was of obtaining e decree favourable to his client, be had unwillingly deter mined to decline opening the case in consideration of the parties concerned on the other side, and in this his coadjutor in the cause agreed with hitn.--The Bill therefore was dis missed. ROLL'S COURT, April 24. PINCHEHILLI V. PHILIPS, This was a motion to dissolve an injunction, which had been ob tained by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Pincher'lll and Co., merchants of London and Smyrna, to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Phillips and Co•, merchants, of London, from making use of a bill of lading for twenty five chests of opium, which they had consigned ou the de fendants. It appeared that the plaintiffs (who had become insolvents) were indebted at the time of the shipment of goods to the defendants in a general account of 2,3001., and the defendant had been in the kabit .1' accepting bills of exchange in liquidation of debts arisirg tof orders that had bees executed by the plaintiffs. On th• resent occasion the defendants considered that it would be mote Advisable to depart from their usual practice, and set the amount of the opium to the credit side of their account with Messrs. Pincherilli and Co. The plaintiffs then obtained the injunction which it was now sought to set aside. The having been concluded, arguments Lord LANGDALE, in delivering judgment said, that in July, 1845, the plaintiffs suffered severely from a fire that occurred at Smyrna, and to such an extent as to be unable to pay the demands against them. However, being persons of credit who had carried on business reap ct ably for a considei able ti me, they hoped,and not without reason, to obtain sympathy and assistance from their friends, notwithstanding he losses they had sustained. In this they succeeded, and amongst the - feuds who assisted them were the present (lei endants, who advanced. them a sum of 1,5001., for the payment of which they stated they would afford them sufficient time. There were two bills given for this sum, one for 4081., the other for the remainder of the loan, and it was alleged that the former was to be paid at the time it be came due, and with rc spect to the latter it was of course natural to suppose that, though the defendant was anxious to afford accommo dation to the plaiutiffe, he did not resign his right as a creditor. Accordingly it was expressed in a letter to the plaintiffs by the defendant that he entertained a hope that remittances would barnacle tram tima to time on account. There appeared on both , ,sides a, desire for mutual accommodation. A letter had been written: by &a' piaintiffs, relauresided at Smyrna, to t,e defendant, which that it would be for their mutual advantage, if them,, were. ttme granted for the pay ment of their account. 'This( showed the position in which the parties stOod with relation toteack dther, and the knowledge the defendant po i seessed cif theottattalbf /he plaintiff's pecuniary affairs. They must-now come to the correspondence, that took place, which Was adducid as evidenCe of thevcontract which'the plaintiffs al leged to exist. The first letter respecting the , transaction out of which the present proceedings had grown was dated the 27th, of January, 1846, And was froiu theAlefendant to Isaac Pin cherilli 'Alt Smyrna, giving an ordilfor twenty-five chests' of opium, stating that he.would givelhisa thg usuitUrehnbursement,oll.heir ac count. Now, under ordinary ciroumstanee„4 could not be supposed that thq words " usual reimbursement" had)any,other meaning than that thadefendalt:preant to regard theppium aT4a. payment of his account. But, th g i bcc•trring shortly after the.circnmstances of the plain , iffe had become known, and • Pattertelhe receipt of a letter to that effect, it could scarceiy be expected that the plaintiffs stould be considered by the defend ant as being able to make OS siiipment of the extent required without being paidiSfoc it. 4 AM'. Isaac Pencherilli acted on this view, and as he had taipurchasethe opium, paid forit in the most convenient way, which wallbyAlrawingbills of exchange. His Lordship having gone Into. tke correspondence, which was very voluminous, concluded. bAsaylng, that he saw no reason to dissolve the injunction,eandiarderel that the motion should be dismissed, and the costs paid by th 'defendants. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 24. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Baron ALDEasox.) ROBINSON V. GLASS. This was an action brought to recover the amount of a bill furnished by the plaintiff to the dtfOn taut, for clothes. The defence set up was, that the defendant's fatter was always in the habit of paying these bills. The father bad become a bankrupt in 1844, and the • son sought to shield himself under that bankruptcy from payment of the bill ; it having, how ever, appeared in evidence that the father had, previous to 1844, warned Rubins:Ai not to furnish certain clothes to his son, assuring hint that be would not pay for such, if they were; and it also having ap peared that the SOD, who hatlibefore been supported by his father, had been appointed to a Government situation, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought, 391. Bs., with costs. BENTIO V. WEEE Mr. Jervis and Mr. llayescappeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers anti% Jamesifor defendant. This was w at is technically called:" a running down ease," and the action was .broughtito recover the_amounro4damagesoustained by the plaintiff, on. the 3dlof January last, bytillaving a valuable horse killed,,hls gig broken., anclfrisitou - der dislocated, by the colli sion of a " tilte4cart,'Sthe property oft he defendant. It appearedarom th vidence of the plaintiff, that as he was re turning home,.abouLfive o'clock' in, the evening, to his residenceiln Camberwell, keeping his owngsido•of the road; and going at ani' easy pace) of four or five miles an hour, tis horse was struck by thet shaft of the cart - belongingaPto the• defendant, w1"0 It had been coming in San opposite ',direction. About at t of , - the shaft entered Into the breasi of the animal, w. 1. isnmealately died ofahodnjury. The plaintiff was thrown out of the gig, and his. shoulder had suffered a serious injury, and his aucle. was/ so much bruised that it was 'sworn he would never after •• recover the 5 perfect use of It again. The hone was valued „st from. 451. to 501. The plaintiff was a commission agent, and the defendant was an egg merchant,4‘tesiding faille neighbourhood of _Lambeth, who employed the tilted.cait-in the transmission of his goods, and it was• in thetcare of one of his servants when,theraccident occurred. Tift:icase for the defence was that „the , )plaiiitlinwas,pot Mk his own side of the road, and that im mediately after tliviccidentAre admitted`the same) and that it was an inevitable occurrence. • Evidence was. then given that , the testimony of one of .nesses 'was at variance with a previous statement madelty him at the thne of the accidtint- Baron ALDESSOIK then charged the jury, who, after some cond• deration, returt.ed a yerclicrifortheelefendant. past four o'clock. The Court adjourned at,helf. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 24. Sittings In Banco, Westminster Hall. OLWISON U. THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. This was an action taken by Messrs. It. andlt.olwison, insurance brokers, nominal plaintiffs, who effected a policy of insurance on behalf of Alessrs. Garrett and Co., in the Marine Insurmice Com pany, upon certain goods shipped on board the Penang, and destned for China. The action wai tried at Liverpool Spring Assizes, 1844, and a verdict taken for the plaintiff; int 2,6791., subject to a special case. Mr. MARTIN, In applying for the rule, stated the facts as they ap peared in evidence, which were in substance to this effect :—Tbat the planitiffs shipped their goods on board the Penang for Canton; that while on the voyage a storm arose, and the vessel and cargo were injured; that the Penang put into Ilong-Kong, and there transhipped the goods into the James Lang , which the defendants contended was the final port of destivation of the 200 bales of goods, but the plaintiffs contended that such could not be the case, inas much as that llong-ii ong was 111011 (in June, 1841), but a barren rock, having no warehouses, and only a few sheds, and that the goods were only trans ad s hipped with a view to ascertain the extent of the damage they hustained ; and that Canton was the thial port of destination, because it was the final port of sale. The case is one of rather a complicated nature, and involves the consideration of the question as to what was the actual understand standing between this country and China at the time, or whethe o r England was at open hostilities with the Chinese then. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on behalf of the plaintiff, contended that England was then at open war with China, and that Canton was, at the time of the arrival of the Penang at Hong-Kong, in a state of actual siege by the British forces, and that therefore the party in charge of the goods did not deem It safe to take tkem there, and therefore he hired the James Lang as receiv. ing ship, and put the goods into her. lie further contended that the policy was so generally worded as to leave optional the port in China at which the goods were to be landed ; and that the Penang w as destined to return to England with tea, and not to go on to Canton. but ' He further contended that the James Lang was not hired asrta, re ceiving ship, which was to convey the goods to some other pp pt a warehou,e for the goods. Mr. MARTIN proceeded to reply, and had not concluded When eu report left. r BAIL COURT, April 24. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice Wiouratate.) Mr. • Usyruarue moved, on the part of a prisoner charged with man slaughter under a coroner's inquest, for a writ of certiorari to bring up the proceedings, and a rule nisi to show caese why he should not be admitted to bail. The names of the parties did not trarspire, but it appeared from the affidavits produced by the Learned Counsel, that the deceased, being in a state of intoxication, went to the home of tile prisoner and began to undress, as if he had been at home. Whilst they were struggil: g the prisoner's wife ran for assistance, and the prisoner having succeeded in putting the deceased out of the door, shut it. It was supposed that the shutting of the door caused the deceased to fall down the steps and fracture his skull. It did not appear that the act was malicious.—Application granted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 24. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) FREDERICK PDX COOPER'S INSOLVENCY. This insolvent was described as a dramatic author and shorthand writer. He had been connected with various minor theatres, both town and provi nc i a l, an d to the failure of these !_ipeculations were attributed hi s p resent embarrass ments. His debts amounted to 1,6251., and his assets (good and doubtful) to 7831. OMr. Sturgeon supported the insolvent, who was opposed by r. Lloyd and Mr. Cox, solicitors. The ground of objection was that the insolvent had ap plied for relief and had been dismissed, it being proved to the satisfaction of the Court that he was a trader. Mr. Commissioner FARE refused to entertain the insol vent's application, at the same time commenting with some severityonsreditors being harassed in this manner by debtors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAI?I,BOROUGH-STREET. George Casten, a remarkably flue-grown young man, was charged with being a deserter from the 12th Regiment of Light Drago,ns (Lancers). John Porteus, sergeant, Gth Dragoons, stated that in consequence of in:ormation he had received he apprehended the prisoner betwa en eight and nine o'clock on i hurday, at the King's Arms public-house, in Bear-street, Leicester-square, as a deserter from the 12th Light Dragoons. Mr. Ham:wick (to the prisoner)—Do you admit being a deserter from that regiment? Prisoner—l do. Edward Kelly, sergeant of the 3d Dragoon Guards, identified the prisoner, having known him while in the regiment. The prisoner admitted that he enlisted into the 12th Lancers about a y,lar caul ten months ago, at a public-house in Westminster, and deserted from Maidstone, on the sth instant, for the purpose of getting mar ried. lie was committed, and his descriptive return forwarded to the War-office in the usual manner. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the Huuse of Commons. THURSDAY, - APRIL 23. Th. following Railway Bill was withdrawn : Great Southern and Western Extension (Carlow to Kilkenny . SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, APRIL 27. Forth and Clyde Junction. Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction. Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Idirkenhead Junction. Portbury Pier and Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and:Manchaster (Whaley Bridge AI Hayfield Branches). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Extension to Ely, with a Brandi therefrom). London and Birmingham (Weedon and Northampton). West Cornwall. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. South Devon (No. 2—Amendment and Branches). Midland (Clay Cross to Newark). REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (No. 20) OF RAILWAY BILLS. MITCILUI AND SOUTII-WESTEEN BILL. Mr. Sotheron reported from the Select committee on Group (No. 20) of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group were referred, That in the case of the Mitcham and South-Western Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of several of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and that they had examined into the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but that the same had not been proved to their satisfaspon. RZPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (No. 19) OF RAILWAYS. EXETER, TOPSiIAM, AND EXMOUTH BILL. Lord Harry Vamareported from the Selset Committee on Groff]) (No. fa) of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group were referred, That in the CASS of the Exeter, Topsham, ani Exmouth Railway Bill they had hoard counsel in support of several of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and that they had examined into the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. MARKET NE WS-(TESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday the arrivals of Wheat of home produce have been but moderate, though of fair average quality. the stands were by no means heavily supplied with samples of that grain, yet so inactive was the demand for it, that prices were almost nominal, and a clear ance was not effected by the factors, Upwards of 18,000 quarters a foreign Wheat have arrived this week, and been landed in bond. Very few transactions took place, either in free or under-lock par cels, at late rates. The quantity of Barley was somewhat on the in crease. The first qualities were quite as dear, but all other kinds were much neglected. The supply of Malt was not large, yet it wad fully equal to the wants of the buyers. In prices we have no altera tion to notice-. Oats were very scarce, and selected parcels produces a trifle more money. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advised. English ...... [fish ........ Foreign ...... :ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 4,690 qrs. I 3,810 qrs. Oats Flour. 3,929 qrs. 4,670 skS. 6,620 4,860 18,130 8,100 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The arrivals of Beasts up to our market to-day being on the In crease, and the attendance of buyers by no means numerous, the Beef trade was somewhat inactive, yet Monday's quotations were sup ported in every instance. From Scotland we received 380 Beasts and 420 Sheep ; and from Holland 31 Oxen and Cows, together with 20 Sheep, the latter In very middling condition. With Sheep Ws were, the time of year considered, fairly supplied. Prime old Downie were in steady request, at full prices. In other kinds, comparatively little business was transacted. From the Isle of Wight 203 Lambs came to hand per railway ; while from other quarters, the receipts of that description of stock were tolerably good. On the whole, the Lamb trade was firm, at hilly previous quotations. Calves were in short supply, and stuggish demand, at barely stationary prices. The Pork trade was dull, at late rates. Milch Cows heavy, at from 151 15s to 17/ 15s each, including their small Calf. Suck leg Calves, 18s to 30s; and Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. Beasts,. 752 ; Cows, 147 ; Sheep and Lambs, 5,400 ; Calves, 190 ; Pigs, 280. NEUTGATE ./11%770 LEADENZIALL. Our markets were again fairly supplied with each kind of Meat,. which moved off slowly, at but little variation in prices. BOROUGH HOP MAUS:MT. -- • • - Notwithstanding our market during the whole of the present week has been very scantily supplied with line Hops, both in pockets and bags, the demand for them has fallen off, and prices are with diffi culty supported. There are several large parcels of old and inferior Hops on offer, to effect sales of which lower rates must be complied with. The accounts from the plantations state that the bine is pro gressing tolerably well. (From the London New Price Current of April 24.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a good business transacted in all kinds of West India Sugar, considering the scanty show, • and the private purchases amounted to 40U hhds and tras, • for which rather higher rates were paid, making the advance for the week Is, and in some cases Is 6d per cwt. The total quantity disposed of during the four market days haa' . amounted to 2,220 hhds and trcs. The market closes very fl mly for all kindsof home-trade Sugar. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were extensively deaW in by the home trade, and advanced rates were paid, brow>". lumps selling at 64s to 64s 6d, and standard lumps at 65s U. 65s 6d per cwt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar a good business% was transacted, but the Refiners were compelled to talvie' 33s 6d to 34s per cwt for first quality. MAuarritrs.—The demand has increased for all destrir tions this week, and although the market has been lar supplied, chiefly with the better sorts, still an advance . ill prices of Is per cwt has taken place. Several parcels ha:re been disposed of privately for grocery and refining purp4ses , and the public sales of 13,872 bags 473 casks went o ff with spirit. _ EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal was in excellent re quest, and four parcels offered at public sale, amounting_ to 3,967 bags, were all sold at an advance on former rates of 15• per cwt. FOREIGN.—The market has presented a firmer appe: trance for yellow and brown Havannah this week, a fair bti.sineaS has been transacted privately, and the rates paid exhibit s small advance on those previously current. Holders of Brazil have refused to further reduce their prices, and refrain from offering any at auction this week. White has been purchased with caution; brown is, however, wanted, and the parcels sold privately were upon former terms: there is a less quantity of all descriptions on offer. All kinds of Foreign are cheaper than they were last year, white sorts in parti cular, and the stock is still less. TEA.—There has been a much better demand for Conga of all descriptions this week, but at present no advance has taken placein,prices. In Pouchong there has been rather moreAmsi,nesetransacted, and holders evince snore firmness• tlyscut has been in, much better demand, and there are not seller's upon former terms. Twankey of common qua lity is duthof sale, but,the better sorts are wanted. Young Hyson sells more freely. A larger business has been terms" acted'in gunpowder. For Pekoe Tea the market has a dull appearance,. and prices are on the decline. Souchong his been in faierequest. Bohea is dull of sale. COVEE.—This afternoon 253 bales, and 26} bales bfaehis CotreeT it Nere submitted to publi c competition • the trade. evincedlittle desire, to operate, a n d th e sound w as nearly a ll taken in atemoderate prices. RICE.—N ore:striet attention has been paid to Bengal Bien since our last publication, and white descriptions have brought prices , rather above those that previously existed. SPIRITS. —There has been an extensive business trans' acted in Calcutta Rum this week, and an advance on former rates of Id to 2d pe r ga ll on h as taken place. Demerara ha o been in good demand, and stiffer rates are given. There sae been a strong desire evinced to purchase Jamaica, and further advance in the value has taken place, but the h suppli, at market is far from ample for the demand. For L e ewar d Island prices are still on the advance, and business has been checked by the scanty snpply at market. Although Brandy la offered upon further reduced terms, still exporters and the heme trade have operated with much caution. INDIGO.—Up to this day 11,670 chests have passed the hammer, of which the proprietors have withdrawn 3,932, an d bought in 1,452, leaving 6,256 actually sold. 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Gentleman, who htastea taste for military a dventures, has yowl with his s ervant that he gone over to India, having left !,?; most distant pr ospect of a &iv o is is ;to be sentf?r s as soon as there n the a reading .— P unch . wife Rind, 71st of h. tuliibebnyg,ail 41: 3 7, On the 26th of February, at Mussooree, the lady of Captain N. I. of 4 s l o :T H S I. On the 14th inst , at North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, t l On the 18th hist , the su w r i g f e e o o n ; o th f e a Rev . henry 11. Evans, perpetti4 curate of LeytonstOne, of a daughter. On the 18th i nst., in Upper Harley-street, the lady of Edinanl Pe PYs , Esq., of a son. ,On the 19th Inst ., at Artillery-place, Finsbury, Mrs. M. Me) re. of 8, son. On the 19th inst., at Hanover-terrace, Regent's-park, the Wire GI Arthur Powell, Es., of a son. On the 19th inst., at North Creaks Rectory, the lady of tho O° S. and Rev. Thomas It. Keppel, of a son. to On the 20th l us t . , a t H o lly-t errace , Hi g h gate, Mrs. Beaumont' a daughter. On the 20th i ns t., a t Ni g hti nga l e -t errace, Woolwich-common, lira. George Renwick, of a son. MARRIED. at On Thursday, the 16th inst., at St. Mary' s Ch are h, L e i ce ster, a the Rev. Richard Fawssett, M.A. Captain Henry Butler, son Colonel the Hon. Pierce Butler, to Clara, eldest daughter John Taylor, Esq., of tLe Newarke. .On the 20th inst., at Olney, Bucks, Charles Talbot, Esq., to AnU e ' fifth daughter of Air. Samuel Baker, all of that pima,. LIED. On the 22d lust., in Old BreacT-etreet, William Eccles, ° 4. ' surgeon, aged 46. On the 9th inst. at Leamington, Elizabeth Catherine, eldest clatlBB*. ter of Captain and Mrs. William Harris, of Yealutpton, Devon. On the 18th inst., Ann, eldest daughter of Nicholas Robinson, Merchant, Sudley, near Liverpool. On the 18th inst., in Cloudesley-terrace, Islington, Fanny, repot of the late T. Stirtou, Esq. On the' lst inst., at Brixton-rise, William Mason, Esq., aged 82 'd. On the 21st inst., at B e df or d-pl ace , K ens i ng t on , LadySweedlx" rel ct of the late Sir Christopher Sweedland. On the 22d inst , in Sudb ur y- par k, near Harrow, William At tlee' Esq., R.H.A., F.R.C.S.,&c. 14 On the 22d inst., at Hasti ngs , Frederick Richard, eldest MU rilY IVY of the late Colonel Crewe, aged 22. Pembroke College, aged.. oa_fer 4 On the 22d lust., Alfred Byron Tegg, t of P ., o em l youngest son of the late Thomas Tegg, Esq., On the 22d inst., at Highbury-grove, Harriet Fearn, relict of t P. late John Fearn, Esq. On the 236 inst., at Ls.dbroke-villas, Notting-hill, Dandeson COO * Esq., secretary of the Church Missionary Society, aged 68. London: Printed and Published b y It r IIRDO YOUNG, et • 11 2, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mee, N 0.112, Strand. it tha 1)11"11 of tto Savoy, to the C ounty et Middlesex, Sateree7f a 25, 1846.